animos

implĭco ( inpl-), āvi, ātum, or (twice in Cic., and freq. since the Aug. per.) ŭi, ĭtum (v. Neue, Formenl. 2, 550 sq.), 1, v. a. [in-plico, to fold into; hence], to infold, involve, entangle, entwine, inwrap, envelop, encircle, embrace, clasp, grasp (freq. and class.; cf.: irretio, impedio).

Lit.:

involvulus in pampini folio se,

Plaut. Cist. 4, 2, 64:

ut tenax hedera huc et illuc Arborem implicat errans,

Cat. 61, 35; cf. id. ib. 107 sq.:

et nunc huc inde huc incertos implicat orbes,

Verg. A. 12, 743:

dextrae se parvus Iulus Implicuit,

id. ib. 2, 724; cf.:

implicuit materno bracchia collo,

Ov. M. 1, 762:

implicuitque suos circum mea colla lacertos,

id. Am. 2, 18, 9:

implicuitque comam laevā,

grasped, Verg. A. 2, 552:

sertis comas,

Tib. 3, 6, 64:

crinem auro,

Verg. A. 4, 148:

frondenti tempora ramo,

id. ib. 7, 136; cf. Ov. F. 5, 220: in parte inferiore hic implicabatur caput, Afran. ap. Non. 123, 16 (implicare positum pro ornare, Non.):

aquila implicuit pedes atque unguibus haesit,

Verg. A. 11, 752:

effusumque equitem super ipse (equus) secutus Implicat,

id. ib. 10, 894:

congressi in proelia totas Implicuere inter se acies,

id. ib. 11, 632:

implicare ac perturbare aciem,

Sall. J. 59, 3:

(lues) ossibus implicat ignem,

Verg. A. 7, 355.—In part. perf.:

quini erant ordines conjuncti inter se atque implicati,

Caes. B. G. 7, 73, 4:

Canidia brevibus implicata viperis Crines,

Hor. Epod. 5, 15:

folium implicatum,

Plin. 21, 17, 65, § 105:

intestinum implicatum,

id. 11, 4, 3, § 9:

impliciti laqueis,

Ov. A. A. 2, 580:

Cerberos implicitis angue minante comis,

id. H. 9, 94:

implicitamque sinu absstulit,

id. A. A. 1, 561:

impliciti Peleus rapit oscula nati,

held in his arms, Val. Fl. 1, 264.

Trop.

In gen., to entangle, implicate, involve, envelop, engage:

di immortales vim suam... tum terrae cavernis includunt, tum hominum naturis implicant,

Cic. Div. 1, 36, 79:

contrahendis negotiis implicari,

id. Off. 2, 11, 40:

alienis (rebus) nimis implicari molestum esse,

id. Lael. 13, 45:

implicari aliquo certo genere cursuque vivendi,

id. Off. 1, 32, 117:

implicari negotio,

id. Leg. 1, 3:

ipse te impedies, ipse tua defensione implicabere,

id. Verr. 2, 2, 18, § 44; cf.: multis implicari erroribus, id. Tusc. 4, 27, 58:

bello,

Verg. A. 11, 109:

eum primo incertis implicantes responsis,

Liv. 27, 43, 3:

nisi forte implacabiles irae vestrae implicaverint animos vestros,

perplexed, confounded, id. 40, 46, 6:

paucitas in partitione servatur, si genera ipsa rerum ponuntur, neque permixte cum partibus implicantur,

are mingled, mixed up, Cic. Inv. 1, 22, 32: ut omnibus copiis conductis te implicet, ne ad me iter tibi expeditum sit, Pompei. ap. Cic. Att. 8, 12, D, 1:

tanti errores implicant temporum, ut nec qui consules nec quid quoque anno actum sit digerere possis,

Liv. 2, 21, 4.—In part. perf.:

dum rei publicae quaedam procuratio multis officiis implicatum et constrictum tenebat,

Cic. Ac. 1, 3, 11:

Deus nullis occupationibus est implicatus,

id. N. D. 1, 19, 51; cf.:

implicatus molestis negotiis et operosis,

id. ib. 1, 20, 52:

animos dederit suis angoribus et molestiis implicatos,

id. Tusc. 5, 1, 3:

Agrippina morbo corporis implicata,

Tac. A. 4, 53:

inconstantia tua cum levitate, tum etiam perjurio implicata,

Cic. Vatin. 1, 3; cf. id. Phil. 2, 32, 81:

intervalla, quibus implicata atque permixta oratio est,

id. Or. 56, 187:

(voluptas) penitus in omni sensu implicata insidet,

id. Leg. 1, 17, 47:

quae quatuor inter se colligata atque implicata,

id. Off. 1, 5, 15:

natura non tam propensus ad misericordiam quam implicatus ad severitatem videbatur,

id. Rosc. Am. 30, 85;

and in the form implicitus, esp. with morbo (in morbum): quies necessaria morbo implicitum exercitum tenuit,

Liv. 3, 2, 1; 7, 23, 2; 23, 40, 1:

ubi se quisque videbat Implicitum morbo,

Lucr. 6, 1232:

graviore morbo implicitus,

Caes. B. C. 3, 18, 1; cf.:

implicitus in morbum,

Nep. Ages. 8, 6; Liv. 23, 34, 11:

implicitus suspicionibus,

Plin. Ep. 3, 9, 19; cf.:

implicitus terrore,

Luc. 3, 432:

litibus implicitus,

Hor. A. P. 424:

implicitam sinu abstulit,

Ov. A. A. 1, 562:

(vinum) jam sanos implicitos facit,

Cael. Aur. Acut. 3, 8, 87.—

In partic., to attach closely, connect intimately, to unite, join; in pass., to be intimately connected, associated, or related:

(homo) profectus a caritate domesticorum ac suorum serpat longius et se implicet primum civium, deinde mortalium omnium societate,

Cic. Fin. 2, 14, 45:

omnes qui nostris familiaritatibus implicantur,

id. Balb. 27, 60:

(L. Gellius) ita diu vixit, ut multarum aetatum oratoribus implicaretur,

id. Brut. 47, 174:

quibus applicari expediet, non implicari,

Sen. Ep. 105, 5.— In part. perf.:

aliquos habere implicatos consuetudine et benevolentia,

Cic. Fam. 6, 12, 2:

implicatus amicitiis,

id. Att. 1, 19, 8:

familiaritate,

id. Pis. 29, 70:

implicati ultro et citro vel usu diuturno vel etiam officiis,

id. Lael. 22, 85. —Hence,

implĭcātus ( inpl-), a, um, P. a., entangled, perplexed, confused, intricate:

nec in Torquati sermone quicquam implicatum aut tortuosum fuit,

Cic. Fin. 3, 1, 3:

reliquae (partes orationis) sunt magnae, implicatae, variae, graves, etc.,

id. de Or. 3, 14, 52: vox rauca et implicata, Sen. Apocol. med. — Comp.:

implicatior ad loquendum,

Amm. 26, 6, 18. — Sup.:

obscurissima et implicatissima quaestio,

Gell. 6, 2, 15:

ista tortuosissima et implicatissima nodositas,

Aug. Conf. 2, 10 init. —

im-plĭcĭtē ( inpl-), adv., intricately (rare):

non implicite et abscondite, sed patentius et expeditius,

Cic. Inv. 2, 23, 69.

in-flŭo, xi, xum, 3, v. n., to flow or run into.

Lit.:

Hypanis in Pontum influit,

Cic. Tusc. 1, 39, 94:

in quem sanguis a jecore per venam illam cavam influit,

id. N. D. 2, 55, 138:

lacus qui in flumen Rhodanum influit,

Caes. B. G. 1, 8; 3, 9, 1:

palus influit in Sequanam flumen,

id. ib. 7, 57.— With the simple acc.:

Oceanum,

Plin. 6, 24, 28, § 108.—With adv. of place:

non longe a mari, quo Rhenus influit,

Caes. B. G. 4, 1:

huc Lycus, huc Sagaris influit,

Ov. P. 4, 10, 48:

influentes capilli,

flowing down, hanging loose, Cels. 6, 1.— Absol.:

amnis influens,

Plin. 6, 7, 7, § 19.—

Transf., of things not fluid, to flow, stream, rush, or press into:

influentes in Italiam Gallorum copiae,

Cic. Prov. Cons. 13, 32:

influxisse eo Scythas,

Plin. 6, 7, 7, § 22; cf.:

influentibus negotiis,

Plin. Pan. 81:

influens atque effluens divinus animus tamquam influere possumus,

Cic. Univ. 13: in universorum animos, steal into, insinuate one ' s self into, id. Off. 2, 9, 31:

in aures,

id. Lael. 25, 96:

oratio quam maxime in sensus eorum qui audiunt influat,

id. de Or. 3, 24, 91:

in animos teneros atque molles,

id. Leg. 2, 15, 38:

sermone Graeco in proximas Asiae civitates influente,

Quint. 12, 10, 16:

aliquid ex illa lenitate ad hanc vim acerrimam,

Cic. de Or. 2, 53, 212:

quis influentis dona fortunae abnuit,

overflowing, abounding, Sen. Thyest. 536.

in-fringo, frēgi, fractum, 3, v. a. [infrango], to break off, to break, bruise, crack.

Lit.:

infractis omnibus hastis,

Liv. 40, 40, 7:

ut si quis violas riguove papavera in horto Liliaque infringat,

Ov. M. 10, 191:

genibusque tumens infringitur unda,

Val. Fl. 5, 412: manus, to snap or crack one ' s fingers, Petr. 17:

articulos,

Quint. 11, 3, 158: latus liminibus, to bruise one ' s side by lying on the threshold, Hor. Epod. 11, 22: infractus remus, appearing broken, in consequence of the refraction of the rays in the water, Cic. Ac. 2, 25; cf.:

infracti radii resiliunt,

Plin. 2, 38, 38, § 103:

ossa infracta extrahere,

id. 23, 7, 63, § 119.—

Transf., to strike one thing against another: digitos citharae, to strike or play upon the lute, Stat. Ach. 1, 575:

alicui colaphum,

to give one a box on the ear, Ter. Ad. 2, 1, 46; Plin. 8, 36, 54, § 130:

linguam (metu),

to stammer, Lucr. 3, 155.—

Trop., to break, check, weaken, lessen, diminish, mitigate, assuage:

ut primus incursus et vis militum infringeretur,

Caes. B. C. 3, 92:

conatus adversariorum,

id. ib. 2, 21:

florem dignitatis,

Cic. Balb. 6, 15:

militum gloriam,

id. Mil. 2, 5:

animos hostium,

Liv. 38, 16:

spem,

Cic. Or. 2, 6:

tribunatum alicujus,

id. de Or. 1, 7, 24:

vehementius esse quiddam suspicor, quod te infringat,

id. Att. 7, 2, 2:

continuam laudem humanitatis,

Plin. Ep. 7, 31, 3:

res Samnitium,

Liv. 8, 39, 10:

difficultatem,

to overcome, Col. 2, 4, 10:

jus consulis,

Dig. 34, 9, 5 fin.:

fortia facta suis modis,

to weaken, Ov. Tr. 2, 412:

deos precatu,

to appease by entreaties, Stat. Ach. 1, 144:

infringitur ille quasi verborum ambitus,

Cic. de Or. 3, 48, 186:

infringendis concidendisque numeris,

id. Or. 69, 230:

vocem de industria,

purposely to make plaintive, Sen. Contr. 3, 19.—

To destroy, make void, break:

quoniam haec gloriatio non infringetur in me,

Vulg. 2 Cor. 11, 10:

legem,

ib. 1 Macc. 1, 66. — Hence, infractus, a, um, P. a., broken, bent.

Lit.:

mares caprarum longis auribus infractisque probant,

Plin. 8, 50, 76, § 202.—

Trop., broken, exhausted, weakened, subdued.

In gen.:

infractos animos gerere,

Liv. 7, 31, 6:

nihil infractus Appii animus,

id. 2, 59, 4:

oratio submissa et infracta,

id. 38, 14:

infractae ad proelia vires,

Verg. A. 9, 499:

veritas,

falsified, Tac. H. 1, 1:

fides metu infracta,

shaken, id. ib. 3, 42:

tributa,

diminished, id. ib. 4, 57:

potentia matris,

id. A. 13, 12:

fama,

injured reputation, Verg. A. 7, 332; Tac. H. 2, 22:

Latini,

broken, Verg. A. 12, 1.—

Diluted:

fel aqua infractum,

Plin. 28, 12, 50, § 186.—

In partic., of speech, broken off:

infracta et amputata loqui,

broken, unconnected, Cic. Or. 51, 170:

infracta loquela,

broken talk, baby - talk, Lucr. 5, 230:

cum vocem ejus (delicati) infractam videret,

effeminate, Gell. 3, 5, 2:

vocibus delinitus infractis,

Arn. 4, 141.

impello ( inp-), pŭli, pulsum, 3 (archaic inf. pres. pass. inpellier, Lucr. 6, 1060), v. a. [in-pello], to push, drive, or strike against a thing; to strike, reach.

Lit.

In gen. (mostly poet.):

cavum conversa cuspide montem Impulit in latus,

Verg. A. 1, 82:

vocales impellere pollice chordas,

to strike, Tib. 2, 5, 3; cf. Ov. M. 10, 145:

aequora remis,

id. ib. 3, 657; cf.:

infidum remis marmor,

Verg. G. 1, 254:

impellunt animae lintea Thraciae,

swell, Hor. C. 4, 12, 2:

auras mugitibus,

Ov. M. 3, 21; cf.:

maternas aures Luctus,

Verg. G. 4, 349:

sensus,

Lucr. 1, 303:

colles canoris plausibus, Claud. Cons. Prob. et Olybr. 175: cui patuere Alpes saxa impellentia caelum,

Sil. 11, 217: cum fretum non impulit Ister, does not strike, i. e. does not empty into, Luc. 5, 437:

impulsum ab eo dextri pedis pollice,

Suet. Calig. 57:

subitus antennas impulit ignis,

Juv. 12, 19.—

In partic., with the access. idea of motion, to drive forward, set in motion, urge on, impel (class.):

biremes subjectis scutulis impulsas vectibus in interiorem partem transduxit,

Caes. B. C. 3, 40, 4:

(navem) triplici versu (remorum),

Verg. A. 5, 119:

puppim remis velisque,

Sil. 1, 568:

ratem (levis aura),

Ov. M. 15, 697:

currum,

Val. Fl. 6, 6:

equum calce,

Sil. 7, 697; cf.:

cornipedem planta,

id. 2, 71:

Zephyris primum impellentibus undas,

Verg. G. 4, 305:

fluctus (ventus),

Petr. 114:

aequor velis,

Tac. A. 2, 23:

praemissus eques postremos ac latera impulit,

id. ib. 2, 17: utque impulit arma, i. e. brandished, flourished, Verg. A. 8, 3:

remos,

id. ib. 4, 594:

sagittam nervo,

to shoot, discharge, Ov. M. 11, 325:

semen vehementius urinam impellit,

drives down, promotes the discharge of, Plin. 24, 19, 118, § 180:

praecipitantem igitur impellamus et perditum prosternamus,

give a push to, Cic. Clu. 26, 70; Tac. A. 4, 22:

procumbunt orni, nodosa impellitur ilex,

is overthrown, thrown down, Luc. 3, 440:

impulit aciem,

forced to give way, broke, Liv. 9, 40, 9; cf.:

hostem primo impetu impulit,

id. 9, 27, 9:

impulsis hostibus castra cepit,

Vell. 2, 70, 1:

impulit Vitellianos modica caede,

Tac. H. 3, 16:

quem (hostem) si inpellere maturasset,

id. ib. 4, 34;

78 al.— Designating the limit: in fugam atque in latebras impellere,

Cic. Rab. Perd. 8, 22:

se in vulnus,

Vell. 2, 70 fin.:

inque meos ferrum flammasque Penates Impulit,

Ov. M. 12, 552:

ferrum capulo tenus,

Sil. 9, 382:

(Aufidus) in aequora fluctus,

id. 7, 482; 14, 429:

jamque diem ad metas defessis Phoebus Olympo Impellebat equis,

id. 11, 270.

Trop.

To move to a thing; to impel, incite, urge; esp., to instigate, stimulate, persuade (the predom. signif. in good prose); constr. usu. with aliquem in or ad aliquid and ut; less freq. with a terminal adverb, the inf., the simple acc., or absol.

Aliquem in aliquid:

nisi eum di immortales in eam mentem impulissent, ut, etc.,

Cic. Mil. 33, 89:

hic in fraudem homines impulit,

id. Pis. 1, 1; id. Lael. 24, 89; and:

in fraudem impulsus,

id. Deiot. 12, 32:

in sermonem,

id. de Or. 2, 89, 363:

in plurimas animum audientium species impellere,

Quint. 12, 10, 43.—

Aliquem ad aliquid (so most freq.):

ad quam quemque artem putabat esse aptum, ad eam impellere atque hortari solebat,

Cic. de Or. 1, 28, 126:

ad veterum annalium memoriam comprehendendam impulsi atque incensi,

id. Brut. 5, 19:

facile ad credendum,

id. Rep. 2, 10:

aliquos ad omne facinus,

id. ib. 6, 1:

ad maleficium,

Auct. Her. 2, 21, 34:

ad injuriam faciendam,

Cic. Fl. 34, 85:

ad scelus,

id. Rosc. Am. 14, 39:

ad bellum,

id. Sull. 13, 36:

ad crudelitatem,

Quint. 8, 3, 85:

ad metum, cupiditatem, odium, conciliationem,

id. 3, 8, 12 et saep.—

With ut:

quae causa nos impulerit, ut haec tam sero litteris mandaremus,

Cic. N. D. 1, 4, 7; cf. id. de Sen. 21, 77:

Germanos tam facile impelli, ut in Galliam venirent,

Caes. B. G. 4, 16, 1; Cic. N. D. 2, 66, 166; id. Rep. 3, 2; id. Fin. 3, 20, 65; Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 51 et saep.—

With a terminal adv.:

dum in dubio est animus, paulo momento huc illuc impellitur,

Ter. And. 1, 5, 31:

impulit huc animos,

Luc. 8, 454:

voluntates impellere quo velit,

Cic. de Or. 1, 8, 30.—

With inf.:

fuerunt quos pavor nando capessere fugam impulerit,

Liv. 22, 6, 7:

quae mens tam dira Impulit his cingi telis?

Verg. A. 2, 520; Tac. A. 6, 45; 13, 10:

quendam impulit servilem ei amorem obicere,

id. ib. 14, 60; Hor. C. 3, 7, 14; Stat. Th. 10, 737; Just. 3, 1, 3; 5, 1, 4; 29, 4, 5.—

With the simple acc.:

ut forte legentem Aut tacitum impellat quovis sermone,

to arouse, address, Hor. S. 1, 3, 65; Val. Fl. 4, 486:

cum praetor lictorem impellat,

Juv. 3, 128:

quis modo casus impulit hos,

id. 15, 120:

vernacula multitudo, lasciviae sueta, impellere ceterorum rudes animos,

to instigate, stimulate, Tac. A. 1, 31 Ritter. (Nipperd. implere).—In pass.:

(ut) qui audiunt aut impellantur aut reflectantur,

Cic. de Or. 2, 77, 312:

Bellovacos impulsos ab suis principibus ab Aeduis defecisse,

Caes. B. G. 2, 14, 3:

vel iratum vel impulsum ab aliis,

Quint. 11, 1, 71:

hac fama impulsus Chremes ultro ad me venit,

Ter. And. 1, 1, 72:

impulsus irā... Quibus iris impulsus,

id. Hec. 3, 5, 35:

furore atque amentia impulsus,

Caes. B. G. 1, 40, 4:

hac impulsi occasione,

id. ib. 7, 1, 3:

Induciomari nuntiis impulsi,

id. ib. 5, 26, 2:

Cassandrae impulsus furiis,

Verg. A. 10, 68 et saep.:

quia et initio movendus sit judex et summo impellendus,

Quint. 7, 1, 10:

cum simul terra, simul mari bellum impelleretur,

Tac. Agr. 25; cf.:

impulsum bellum,

Luc. 7, 5; 7, 330.—

Absol.: cui (daimoniôi) sempel ipse paruerit, numquam impellenti, saepe revocanti, Cic. Div. 1, 54, 122:

qui nullo impellente fallebant,

id. Fl. 8, 20:

uno ictu frequenter impellunt (sententiae),

Quint. 12, 10, 48.—

To overthrow, subdue, destroy (rare): praecipitantem igitur impellamus, et perditum prosternamus, Cic. Clu. 26, 70:

miseri post fata Sychaei... Solus hic (Aeneas) inflexit sensus animumque labantem Impulit,

i. e. has completely subdued, Verg. A. 4, 23:

impellere ruentem,

to destroy completely, Tac. H. 2, 63 fin.:

inpulsas Vitellii res audietis,

id. ib. 3, 2:

inmenso Achaicae victoriae momento ad impellendos mores,

Plin. 33, 11, 53, § 149:

impulsum bellum,

i. e. brought near to a close, Luc. 5, 330:

impellens quidquid sibi, summa petenti, obstaret,

id. 1, 149:

tum leviter est temptatum,... et nunc maximo temporum nostrorum auctore prope inpulsum,

Quint. 3, 4, 2 Spald. N. cr.

implĭco ( inpl-), āvi, ātum, or (twice in Cic., and freq. since the Aug. per.) ŭi, ĭtum (v. Neue, Formenl. 2, 550 sq.), 1, v. a. [in-plico, to fold into; hence], to infold, involve, entangle, entwine, inwrap, envelop, encircle, embrace, clasp, grasp (freq. and class.; cf.: irretio, impedio).

Lit.:

involvulus in pampini folio se,

Plaut. Cist. 4, 2, 64:

ut tenax hedera huc et illuc Arborem implicat errans,

Cat. 61, 35; cf. id. ib. 107 sq.:

et nunc huc inde huc incertos implicat orbes,

Verg. A. 12, 743:

dextrae se parvus Iulus Implicuit,

id. ib. 2, 724; cf.:

implicuit materno bracchia collo,

Ov. M. 1, 762:

implicuitque suos circum mea colla lacertos,

id. Am. 2, 18, 9:

implicuitque comam laevā,

grasped, Verg. A. 2, 552:

sertis comas,

Tib. 3, 6, 64:

crinem auro,

Verg. A. 4, 148:

frondenti tempora ramo,

id. ib. 7, 136; cf. Ov. F. 5, 220: in parte inferiore hic implicabatur caput, Afran. ap. Non. 123, 16 (implicare positum pro ornare, Non.):

aquila implicuit pedes atque unguibus haesit,

Verg. A. 11, 752:

effusumque equitem super ipse (equus) secutus Implicat,

id. ib. 10, 894:

congressi in proelia totas Implicuere inter se acies,

id. ib. 11, 632:

implicare ac perturbare aciem,

Sall. J. 59, 3:

(lues) ossibus implicat ignem,

Verg. A. 7, 355.—In part. perf.:

quini erant ordines conjuncti inter se atque implicati,

Caes. B. G. 7, 73, 4:

Canidia brevibus implicata viperis Crines,

Hor. Epod. 5, 15:

folium implicatum,

Plin. 21, 17, 65, § 105:

intestinum implicatum,

id. 11, 4, 3, § 9:

impliciti laqueis,

Ov. A. A. 2, 580:

Cerberos implicitis angue minante comis,

id. H. 9, 94:

implicitamque sinu absstulit,

id. A. A. 1, 561:

impliciti Peleus rapit oscula nati,

held in his arms, Val. Fl. 1, 264.

Trop.

In gen., to entangle, implicate, involve, envelop, engage:

di immortales vim suam... tum terrae cavernis includunt, tum hominum naturis implicant,

Cic. Div. 1, 36, 79:

contrahendis negotiis implicari,

id. Off. 2, 11, 40:

alienis (rebus) nimis implicari molestum esse,

id. Lael. 13, 45:

implicari aliquo certo genere cursuque vivendi,

id. Off. 1, 32, 117:

implicari negotio,

id. Leg. 1, 3:

ipse te impedies, ipse tua defensione implicabere,

id. Verr. 2, 2, 18, § 44; cf.: multis implicari erroribus, id. Tusc. 4, 27, 58:

bello,

Verg. A. 11, 109:

eum primo incertis implicantes responsis,

Liv. 27, 43, 3:

nisi forte implacabiles irae vestrae implicaverint animos vestros,

perplexed, confounded, id. 40, 46, 6:

paucitas in partitione servatur, si genera ipsa rerum ponuntur, neque permixte cum partibus implicantur,

are mingled, mixed up, Cic. Inv. 1, 22, 32: ut omnibus copiis conductis te implicet, ne ad me iter tibi expeditum sit, Pompei. ap. Cic. Att. 8, 12, D, 1:

tanti errores implicant temporum, ut nec qui consules nec quid quoque anno actum sit digerere possis,

Liv. 2, 21, 4.—In part. perf.:

dum rei publicae quaedam procuratio multis officiis implicatum et constrictum tenebat,

Cic. Ac. 1, 3, 11:

Deus nullis occupationibus est implicatus,

id. N. D. 1, 19, 51; cf.:

implicatus molestis negotiis et operosis,

id. ib. 1, 20, 52:

animos dederit suis angoribus et molestiis implicatos,

id. Tusc. 5, 1, 3:

Agrippina morbo corporis implicata,

Tac. A. 4, 53:

inconstantia tua cum levitate, tum etiam perjurio implicata,

Cic. Vatin. 1, 3; cf. id. Phil. 2, 32, 81:

intervalla, quibus implicata atque permixta oratio est,

id. Or. 56, 187:

(voluptas) penitus in omni sensu implicata insidet,

id. Leg. 1, 17, 47:

quae quatuor inter se colligata atque implicata,

id. Off. 1, 5, 15:

natura non tam propensus ad misericordiam quam implicatus ad severitatem videbatur,

id. Rosc. Am. 30, 85;

and in the form implicitus, esp. with morbo (in morbum): quies necessaria morbo implicitum exercitum tenuit,

Liv. 3, 2, 1; 7, 23, 2; 23, 40, 1:

ubi se quisque videbat Implicitum morbo,

Lucr. 6, 1232:

graviore morbo implicitus,

Caes. B. C. 3, 18, 1; cf.:

implicitus in morbum,

Nep. Ages. 8, 6; Liv. 23, 34, 11:

implicitus suspicionibus,

Plin. Ep. 3, 9, 19; cf.:

implicitus terrore,

Luc. 3, 432:

litibus implicitus,

Hor. A. P. 424:

implicitam sinu abstulit,

Ov. A. A. 1, 562:

(vinum) jam sanos implicitos facit,

Cael. Aur. Acut. 3, 8, 87.—

In partic., to attach closely, connect intimately, to unite, join; in pass., to be intimately connected, associated, or related:

(homo) profectus a caritate domesticorum ac suorum serpat longius et se implicet primum civium, deinde mortalium omnium societate,

Cic. Fin. 2, 14, 45:

omnes qui nostris familiaritatibus implicantur,

id. Balb. 27, 60:

(L. Gellius) ita diu vixit, ut multarum aetatum oratoribus implicaretur,

id. Brut. 47, 174:

quibus applicari expediet, non implicari,

Sen. Ep. 105, 5.— In part. perf.:

aliquos habere implicatos consuetudine et benevolentia,

Cic. Fam. 6, 12, 2:

implicatus amicitiis,

id. Att. 1, 19, 8:

familiaritate,

id. Pis. 29, 70:

implicati ultro et citro vel usu diuturno vel etiam officiis,

id. Lael. 22, 85. —Hence,

implĭcātus ( inpl-), a, um, P. a., entangled, perplexed, confused, intricate:

nec in Torquati sermone quicquam implicatum aut tortuosum fuit,

Cic. Fin. 3, 1, 3:

reliquae (partes orationis) sunt magnae, implicatae, variae, graves, etc.,

id. de Or. 3, 14, 52: vox rauca et implicata, Sen. Apocol. med. — Comp.:

implicatior ad loquendum,

Amm. 26, 6, 18. — Sup.:

obscurissima et implicatissima quaestio,

Gell. 6, 2, 15:

ista tortuosissima et implicatissima nodositas,

Aug. Conf. 2, 10 init. —

im-plĭcĭtē ( inpl-), adv., intricately (rare):

non implicite et abscondite, sed patentius et expeditius,

Cic. Inv. 2, 23, 69.

irrīto ( inr-), āvi, ātum, 1 ( perf. subj. inritassis for inritaveris, Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 298), v. a. [cf. eris, erethô, erethizô, Curt. Gr. Etym. p. 342, ed. 4], to incite, excite, stimulate, instigate, provoke, exasperate, irritate.

Lit.:

inritare dictum est proprie provocare,

Non. 31, 21:

si me inritassis, etc.,

Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 298; id. Stich. 2, 2, 22:

ne si magis inritatus siet,

Ter. Ad. 2, 4, 18:

ita sum inritatus, ut, etc.,

id. Phorm. 2, 1, 10:

ut vi inritare ferroque lacessere fortissimum virum auderet,

Cic. Mil. 31, 84:

virum telis,

Verg. A. 10, 644:

Terra, ira irritata deorum,

id. ib. 4, 178:

bello gentes,

Just. 12, 6, 16:

sibi simultates,

Liv. 33, 46:

aliquem ad necem alicujus,

Vell. 2, 66.— Poet.:

cum fera diluvies quietos Irritat amnes,

enrages, Hor. C. 3, 29, 41:

flammas,

to kindle, Ov. F. 2, 649.—

In gen., to incite, move, stir up, provoke, vex, inflame:

crabrones,

Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 75:

tribunos plebis fama ea ipsa inritaverat magis ad certamen,

Liv. 6, 27:

animos ad bellum,

id. 31, 5:

iracundiam, Sen. de Ira, 3, 8: infantiam ad discendum,

Quint. 1, 1, 26:

forma meos irritat amores,

Ov. Am. 2, 4, 9:

vitia,

id. ib. 3, 4, 11:

cupiditatem,

Sen. Ep. 7:

suspiciones,

Tac. H. 3, 4:

animos,

Hor. A. P. 180:

ingenium,

Prop. 4 (5), 6, 75:

naturam per se pronam ad humanitatem,

Sen. Ben. 6, 29:

princeps, qui delatores non castigat, irritat,

encourages, Suet. Dom. 9:

exitium,

to hasten, Tac. A. 13, 1:

tussim,

to excite, make worse, Cels. 2, 1; 5, 28, 2. — Hence, irrī-tātus, a, um, P. a., excited, enraged, provoked, irritated:

canem inritatam imitarier,

Plaut. Capt. 3, 1, 25:

ad aliquid,

Suet. Galb. 21:

in aliquid,

Sen. Ep. 97.— Comp.:

ego his ejus verbis irritatior,

Gell. 15, 9, 7; 10, 9, 2; id. praef. § 20.— Adv.: irrītātē, in an irritated manner; only in comp., Amm. 22, 15, 19.

irrĭto ( inr-), āre, v. a. [1. irritus], to make void, invalidate (late Lat.), Cod. Th. 3, 12, 2.

irrumpo ( inr-), rūpi, ruptum, 3, v. n. and a. [in-rumpo], to break, burst, or rush in or into.

Lit.

With advv. or prepp.:

cesso huc intro inrumpere?

Ter. Eun. 5, 6, 26:

nec inrumpo, quo non licet ire,

Ov. P. 1, 7, 23:

quocunque,

id. Tr. 2, 305:

qua irrumpens oceanus, etc.,

Plin. 3 prooem. §

3: in castra,

Cic. Div. 1, 24, 50; Caes. B. G. 4, 14; 6, 36:

in eam partem hostium,

id. ib. 5, 43:

in medios hostes,

id. ib. 7, 50:

in castellum,

id. B. C. 3, 67:

cum telis ad aliquem,

Sall. C. 50, 2:

ad regem,

Vulg. 4 Reg. 3, 26:

mare in aversa Asiae,

Plin. 6, 13, 15, § 36:

intra tecta,

Sen. Oct. 732:

tellurem irrumpentem in sidera,

Sil. 15, 167: se in curiam, Varr. ap. Non. 263, 21:

irrumpentis in curiam turbae,

Suet. Calig. 14:

in Macedoniam,

Just. 24, 6, 1:

vacuos in agros,

Luc. 2, 441.—

With acc.:

quin oppidum irrumperent,

Caes. B. C. 2, 13. 4:

domum alicujus,

id. ib. 3, 111, 1:

portam,

Sall. J. 58, 1; 25, 9:

castra,

Just. 2, 11, 15:

interiora domus irrumpit limina,

Verg. A. 4, 645:

moenia Romae,

Sil. 13, 79:

stationes hostium,

Tac. H. 3, 9:

Italiam,

id. ib. 4, 13:

Karthaginem,

Plin. 35, 4, 7, § 23:

cubiculum,

Suet. Claud. 37:

triclinium,

id. Vesp. 5:

vacuam arcem,

Sil. 2, 692.—

With dat.:

thalamo,

Verg. A. 6, 528:

templo,

Sil. 2, 378:

trepidis,

id. 9, 365:

sacris muris,

id. 10, 368:

tectis,

id. 13, 176.—

Absol.:

cum irrumpere nostri conarentur,

Caes. B. C. 3, 67:

ad primum gemitum,

upon the first groan, Suet. Oth. 11:

dixit et irrupit,

Ov. F. 6, 453:

cognoscit hostes pluribus agminibus inrupturos,

Tac. Agr. 25.—

Trop., to break or rush in or upon; to intrude upon, invade, attack, interrupt:

quo modo in Academiam irruperit,

Cic. Ac. 2, 44, 136:

imagines in animos per corpus irrumpunt,

id. ib. 2, 40, 125:

in alicujus patrimonium,

id. de Or. 3, 27, 108:

luxuries in domum irrupit,

id. ib. 3, 42, 168:

in nostrum fletum,

id. Lig. 5, 13:

calamitates, quae ad me irruperunt,

Sen. Ep. 117:

irrumpet adulatio,

Tac. H. 1, 15: grammatici ad prosopopoeias usque... irrumpunt, venture upon, i. e. presume to teach, Quint. 2, 1, 2:

Deos,

i. e. boldly inquire the will of the gods, Stat. Achill. 1, 508:

Phoebe, hanc dignare irrumpere mentem,

to enter, inspire, id. Th. 10, 341:

animos populi,

Luc. 1, 470; 5, 167:

extremique fragor convexa irrupit Olympi,

id. 7, 478.—

To break, violate:

foedus,

Lact. 1, 18, 17; Vulg. 2 Macc. 13, 25:

institutum, Lact. de Ira Dei, 14, 6: legem,

Tert. adv. Marc. 4, 20:

pacem,

Cassiod. Var. 5, 43.

irrīto ( inr-), āvi, ātum, 1 ( perf. subj. inritassis for inritaveris, Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 298), v. a. [cf. eris, erethô, erethizô, Curt. Gr. Etym. p. 342, ed. 4], to incite, excite, stimulate, instigate, provoke, exasperate, irritate.

Lit.:

inritare dictum est proprie provocare,

Non. 31, 21:

si me inritassis, etc.,

Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 298; id. Stich. 2, 2, 22:

ne si magis inritatus siet,

Ter. Ad. 2, 4, 18:

ita sum inritatus, ut, etc.,

id. Phorm. 2, 1, 10:

ut vi inritare ferroque lacessere fortissimum virum auderet,

Cic. Mil. 31, 84:

virum telis,

Verg. A. 10, 644:

Terra, ira irritata deorum,

id. ib. 4, 178:

bello gentes,

Just. 12, 6, 16:

sibi simultates,

Liv. 33, 46:

aliquem ad necem alicujus,

Vell. 2, 66.— Poet.:

cum fera diluvies quietos Irritat amnes,

enrages, Hor. C. 3, 29, 41:

flammas,

to kindle, Ov. F. 2, 649.—

In gen., to incite, move, stir up, provoke, vex, inflame:

crabrones,

Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 75:

tribunos plebis fama ea ipsa inritaverat magis ad certamen,

Liv. 6, 27:

animos ad bellum,

id. 31, 5:

iracundiam, Sen. de Ira, 3, 8: infantiam ad discendum,

Quint. 1, 1, 26:

forma meos irritat amores,

Ov. Am. 2, 4, 9:

vitia,

id. ib. 3, 4, 11:

cupiditatem,

Sen. Ep. 7:

suspiciones,

Tac. H. 3, 4:

animos,

Hor. A. P. 180:

ingenium,

Prop. 4 (5), 6, 75:

naturam per se pronam ad humanitatem,

Sen. Ben. 6, 29:

princeps, qui delatores non castigat, irritat,

encourages, Suet. Dom. 9:

exitium,

to hasten, Tac. A. 13, 1:

tussim,

to excite, make worse, Cels. 2, 1; 5, 28, 2. — Hence, irrī-tātus, a, um, P. a., excited, enraged, provoked, irritated:

canem inritatam imitarier,

Plaut. Capt. 3, 1, 25:

ad aliquid,

Suet. Galb. 21:

in aliquid,

Sen. Ep. 97.— Comp.:

ego his ejus verbis irritatior,

Gell. 15, 9, 7; 10, 9, 2; id. praef. § 20.— Adv.: irrītātē, in an irritated manner; only in comp., Amm. 22, 15, 19.

irrĭto ( inr-), āre, v. a. [1. irritus], to make void, invalidate (late Lat.), Cod. Th. 3, 12, 2.

irrumpo ( inr-), rūpi, ruptum, 3, v. n. and a. [in-rumpo], to break, burst, or rush in or into.

Lit.

With advv. or prepp.:

cesso huc intro inrumpere?

Ter. Eun. 5, 6, 26:

nec inrumpo, quo non licet ire,

Ov. P. 1, 7, 23:

quocunque,

id. Tr. 2, 305:

qua irrumpens oceanus, etc.,

Plin. 3 prooem. §

3: in castra,

Cic. Div. 1, 24, 50; Caes. B. G. 4, 14; 6, 36:

in eam partem hostium,

id. ib. 5, 43:

in medios hostes,

id. ib. 7, 50:

in castellum,

id. B. C. 3, 67:

cum telis ad aliquem,

Sall. C. 50, 2:

ad regem,

Vulg. 4 Reg. 3, 26:

mare in aversa Asiae,

Plin. 6, 13, 15, § 36:

intra tecta,

Sen. Oct. 732:

tellurem irrumpentem in sidera,

Sil. 15, 167: se in curiam, Varr. ap. Non. 263, 21:

irrumpentis in curiam turbae,

Suet. Calig. 14:

in Macedoniam,

Just. 24, 6, 1:

vacuos in agros,

Luc. 2, 441.—

With acc.:

quin oppidum irrumperent,

Caes. B. C. 2, 13. 4:

domum alicujus,

id. ib. 3, 111, 1:

portam,

Sall. J. 58, 1; 25, 9:

castra,

Just. 2, 11, 15:

interiora domus irrumpit limina,

Verg. A. 4, 645:

moenia Romae,

Sil. 13, 79:

stationes hostium,

Tac. H. 3, 9:

Italiam,

id. ib. 4, 13:

Karthaginem,

Plin. 35, 4, 7, § 23:

cubiculum,

Suet. Claud. 37:

triclinium,

id. Vesp. 5:

vacuam arcem,

Sil. 2, 692.—

With dat.:

thalamo,

Verg. A. 6, 528:

templo,

Sil. 2, 378:

trepidis,

id. 9, 365:

sacris muris,

id. 10, 368:

tectis,

id. 13, 176.—

Absol.:

cum irrumpere nostri conarentur,

Caes. B. C. 3, 67:

ad primum gemitum,

upon the first groan, Suet. Oth. 11:

dixit et irrupit,

Ov. F. 6, 453:

cognoscit hostes pluribus agminibus inrupturos,

Tac. Agr. 25.—

Trop., to break or rush in or upon; to intrude upon, invade, attack, interrupt:

quo modo in Academiam irruperit,

Cic. Ac. 2, 44, 136:

imagines in animos per corpus irrumpunt,

id. ib. 2, 40, 125:

in alicujus patrimonium,

id. de Or. 3, 27, 108:

luxuries in domum irrupit,

id. ib. 3, 42, 168:

in nostrum fletum,

id. Lig. 5, 13:

calamitates, quae ad me irruperunt,

Sen. Ep. 117:

irrumpet adulatio,

Tac. H. 1, 15: grammatici ad prosopopoeias usque... irrumpunt, venture upon, i. e. presume to teach, Quint. 2, 1, 2:

Deos,

i. e. boldly inquire the will of the gods, Stat. Achill. 1, 508:

Phoebe, hanc dignare irrumpere mentem,

to enter, inspire, id. Th. 10, 341:

animos populi,

Luc. 1, 470; 5, 167:

extremique fragor convexa irrupit Olympi,

id. 7, 478.—

To break, violate:

foedus,

Lact. 1, 18, 17; Vulg. 2 Macc. 13, 25:

institutum, Lact. de Ira Dei, 14, 6: legem,

Tert. adv. Marc. 4, 20:

pacem,

Cassiod. Var. 5, 43.

laxo, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. (rarely n.; v. I. B. 2. b. and II. B. b. infra) [id.], to stretch out, extend, to make wide or roomy, to expand.

Lit.:

forum,

Cic. Att. 4, 16, 8:

manipulos,

to open the ranks, Caes. B. G. 2, 25:

lilium ab angustiis in latitudinem paulatim se laxans,

Plin. 21, 5, 11, § 22.—

Transf.

To open, undo, unloose (syn. solvo):

vincula epistolae laxavit,

Nep. Paus. 4:

nodos Herculeos,

Luc. 4, 632:

ubi dolor vocem laxaverat,

had loosened his voice, Just. 42, 4, 13:

claustra,

Verg. A. 2, 259:

claustra portarum,

Juv. 8, 261:

intestina,

Plin. 8, 36, 54, § 129.—

To slacken, relax:

laxare arcum,

to slacken, unbend, Phaedr. 3, 14, 11:

excussos rudentes,

Verg. A. 3, 267:

laxantur corpora rugis,

become flabby with wrinkles, Ov. A. A. 3, 73:

laxatis habenis invehi jussit,

Curt. 4, 9, 24; 4, 15, 3:

laxatisque vinculis... ostendit manum,

Just. 14, 4, 1:

se cutis arida laxet,

Juv. 6, 144:

oleum ad nervos laxandos utile est,

Plin. 23, 8, 80, § 157:

corpus velut laxatum,

Petr. 82:

ferrum,

to smelt, Stat. Achill. 1, 429.—

Neutr.:

crebris fluctibus compages operis verberatae laxavere,

were loosened, opened, Curt. 4, 3, 6.—

To lighten, ease:

pharetra graves laxavit umeros,

Sen. Herc. Oet. 787.—

Trop.

To lighten, relieve, unbend, recreate (syn.: levo, libero): a contentione disputationis animos curamque laxemus, Cic. de Or. 3, 61, 230:

judicum animos atque a severitate ad hilaritatem traducere,

id. Brut. 93, 322:

animum ab assiduis laboribus,

Liv. 32, 5: ut istis te molestiis laxes, release yourself, Luc. ap. Cic. Fam. 5, 14, 3.—

To relax, mitigate, moderate, abate, weaken:

alicui laxare aliquid laboris,

Liv. 9, 16:

vix primos inopina quies laxaverat artus,

Verg. A. 5, 187:

placida laxarant membra quiete... nautae,

id. ib. 5, 836:

subtile examen justitiae,

Gell. 1, 3:

iram,

Stat. Th. 6, 831: nigrantes tenebras id. ib. 12, 254:

paulatim temeritate laxata,

Petr. 82:

longiore dierum spatio laxare dicendi necessitatem,

to prolong, delay, defer, Quint. 10, 5, 22:

memoriae inhaeret fldelius, quod nulla scribendi securitate laxatur,

id. 10, 6, 2:

rarescit multo laxatus vulnere miles,

weakened, Sil. 17, 422.— To lay open, disclose, reveal ( poet.):

fata latentia laxa,

Stat. Achill. 1, 508.—

To reduce the price of:

annonam,

Liv. 2, 34, 12; so neutr., to lessen, fall in price:

annona laxaverat,

Liv. 26, 20.— laxātus, a, um, P. a., spread out, separated, extended, wide.

Lit.:

custodiae,

i. e. separated, withdrawn, Liv. 21, 32 fin.:

custodia,

Petr. 112:

membrana laxatior,

Plin. 19, 1, 3, § 17:

laxati ordines (aciei),

Tac. H. 3, 25; Sil. 9, 364:

corpore laxati,

released from the body, Cic. Rep. 6, 15 fin. —

Trop.:

libidinum vinculis laxati,

released, freed, free, Cic. de Sen. 3, 7:

laxatus curis,

id. Tusc. 1, 19, 44:

pugna,

a battle broken off, Liv. 21, 59:

nox,

i. e. clear, Sil. 13, 550.

lībo, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [root lib-, leibô, loibê; cf. Līber, delibutus, etc.], to take a little from any thing.

Lit.

In gen.:

libare gramina dentibus,

to crop, Calp. Ecl. 5, 51.—

In partic.

To take a taste of a thing, to taste:

jecur,

Liv. 25, 16:

pocula Bacchi,

Verg. A. 3, 354:

flumina libant Summa leves,

to sip, id. G. 4, 54.—

Poet., to touch a thing:

cibos digitis,

Ov. A. A. 1, 577:

summam celeri pede libat harenam,

id. M. 10, 653:

cellulae limen,

Petr. 136:

oscula alicujus,

to kiss, Verg. A. 1, 256.—

To pour out in honor of a deity, to make a libation of any thing:

duo rite mero libans carchesia Baccho,

Verg. A. 5, 77:

carchesia patri,

Val. Fl. 5, 274:

Oceano libemus,

Verg. G. 4, 381:

in mensam laticum libavit honorem,

id. A. 1, 740:

pateris altaria libant,

sprinkle, id. ib. 12, 174:

sepulcrum mei Tlepolemi tuo luminum cruore libabo,

App. M. 8, p. 206 fin. —

To pour out or forth:

rorem in tempora nati,

Val. Fl. 4, 15.—

To pour out as an offering, to offer, dedicate, consecrate:

certasque fruges certasque bacas sacerdotes publice libanto,

Cic. Leg. 2, 8, 19:

diis dapes,

Liv. 39, 43:

uvam,

Tib. 1, 11, 21:

frugem Cereri,

Ov. M. 8, 274:

noluit bibere, sed libavit eam (aquam) Domino,

Vulg. 2 Reg. 23, 16. — Absol., to offer libations:

libant diis alienis,

Vulg. Jer. 7, 18:

Domino,

id. 2 Reg. 23, 16:

cum solemni die Jovi libaretur,

Gell. 12, 8, 2.—So poet.:

carmen aris,

Prop. 4 (5), 6, 8:

Celso lacrimas libamus adempto,

Ov. P. 1, 9, 41.—

To lessen, diminish, impair by taking away:

ergo terra tibi libatur et aucta recrescit,

Lucr. 5, 260; id. 5, 568:

virginitatem,

Ov. H. 2, 115:

vires,

Liv. 21, 29.—

Trop., to take out, cull, extract from any thing (rare but class.):

ex variis ingeniis excellentissima quaeque libavimus,

Cic. Inv. 2, 2, 4; cf. id. Tusc. 5, 29, 82:

qui tuo nomini velis ex aliorum laboribus libare laudem,

Auct. Her. 4, 3, 5:

libandus est etiam ex omni genere urbanitatis facetiarum quidem lepos,

Cic. de Or. 1, 34, 159:

a qua (natura deorum) haustos animos et libatos habemus,

id. Div. 1, 49, 110:

unde (i. e. ex divinitate) omnes animos haustos, aut acceptos, aut libatos haberemus,

id. ib. 2, 11, 26: neque ea, ut sua, possedisse, sed ut aliena libāsse. id. de Or. 1, 50, 218.—

To learn something of, acquire superficially:

sed eum (informamus) qui quasdam artes haurire, omnes libare debet,

Tac. Dial. 31 fin.

Lĭbo, ōnis, m., a Roman surname in the gens Marcia and Scribonia, Cic. Att. 12, 5, 3; id. Brut. 23, 89; id. de Or. 2, 65, 263; id. Ac. 1, 1, 3; Hor. Ep. 1, 19, 8.

lībo, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [root lib-, leibô, loibê; cf. Līber, delibutus, etc.], to take a little from any thing.

Lit.

In gen.:

libare gramina dentibus,

to crop, Calp. Ecl. 5, 51.—

In partic.

To take a taste of a thing, to taste:

jecur,

Liv. 25, 16:

pocula Bacchi,

Verg. A. 3, 354:

flumina libant Summa leves,

to sip, id. G. 4, 54.—

Poet., to touch a thing:

cibos digitis,

Ov. A. A. 1, 577:

summam celeri pede libat harenam,

id. M. 10, 653:

cellulae limen,

Petr. 136:

oscula alicujus,

to kiss, Verg. A. 1, 256.—

To pour out in honor of a deity, to make a libation of any thing:

duo rite mero libans carchesia Baccho,

Verg. A. 5, 77:

carchesia patri,

Val. Fl. 5, 274:

Oceano libemus,

Verg. G. 4, 381:

in mensam laticum libavit honorem,

id. A. 1, 740:

pateris altaria libant,

sprinkle, id. ib. 12, 174:

sepulcrum mei Tlepolemi tuo luminum cruore libabo,

App. M. 8, p. 206 fin. —

To pour out or forth:

rorem in tempora nati,

Val. Fl. 4, 15.—

To pour out as an offering, to offer, dedicate, consecrate:

certasque fruges certasque bacas sacerdotes publice libanto,

Cic. Leg. 2, 8, 19:

diis dapes,

Liv. 39, 43:

uvam,

Tib. 1, 11, 21:

frugem Cereri,

Ov. M. 8, 274:

noluit bibere, sed libavit eam (aquam) Domino,

Vulg. 2 Reg. 23, 16. — Absol., to offer libations:

libant diis alienis,

Vulg. Jer. 7, 18:

Domino,

id. 2 Reg. 23, 16:

cum solemni die Jovi libaretur,

Gell. 12, 8, 2.—So poet.:

carmen aris,

Prop. 4 (5), 6, 8:

Celso lacrimas libamus adempto,

Ov. P. 1, 9, 41.—

To lessen, diminish, impair by taking away:

ergo terra tibi libatur et aucta recrescit,

Lucr. 5, 260; id. 5, 568:

virginitatem,

Ov. H. 2, 115:

vires,

Liv. 21, 29.—

Trop., to take out, cull, extract from any thing (rare but class.):

ex variis ingeniis excellentissima quaeque libavimus,

Cic. Inv. 2, 2, 4; cf. id. Tusc. 5, 29, 82:

qui tuo nomini velis ex aliorum laboribus libare laudem,

Auct. Her. 4, 3, 5:

libandus est etiam ex omni genere urbanitatis facetiarum quidem lepos,

Cic. de Or. 1, 34, 159:

a qua (natura deorum) haustos animos et libatos habemus,

id. Div. 1, 49, 110:

unde (i. e. ex divinitate) omnes animos haustos, aut acceptos, aut libatos haberemus,

id. ib. 2, 11, 26: neque ea, ut sua, possedisse, sed ut aliena libāsse. id. de Or. 1, 50, 218.—

To learn something of, acquire superficially:

sed eum (informamus) qui quasdam artes haurire, omnes libare debet,

Tac. Dial. 31 fin.

Lĭbo, ōnis, m., a Roman surname in the gens Marcia and Scribonia, Cic. Att. 12, 5, 3; id. Brut. 23, 89; id. de Or. 2, 65, 263; id. Ac. 1, 1, 3; Hor. Ep. 1, 19, 8.

littĕra (less correctly lītĕra), ae, f. [lino, q. v.], a letter, a written sign or mark signifying a sound.

Lit.:

cubitum hercle longis litteris signabo jam usquequaque, si quis, etc.,

Plaut. Rud. 5, 2, 7:

quid hae locuntur litterae?

id. Bacch. 4, 7, 3; cf.: quid istae narrant? Tox. Perconctare ex ipsis;

ipsae tibi narrabunt,

id. Pers. 4, 3, 29:

sus rostro si humi A litteram impresserit,

Cic. Div. 1, 13, 23:

priscarum litterarum notae,

id. ib. 2, 41, 85:

maximis litteris incisum,

id. Verr. 2, 2, 63, § 154 fin.:

lenis appellatio litterarum,

id. Brut. 74, 159:

suavis appellatio litterarum,

Quint. 11, 3, 35:

quae si nostris litteris scribantur,

id. 12, 10, 28 litterarum ordine, in alphabetical order, Plin. 37, 9, 54, § 138:

verba primis litteris notare, Prob. de Not. Signif. 1 Huschke: digerere in litteram,

to arrange alphabetically, Sen. Ep. 68, 18: scire litteras, [p. 1072] to be able to read and write, Plaut. Truc. 4, 2, 23; Vitr. 1, 1, 14:

nescire litteras,

not to be able to read and write, id. Clem. 2, 1, 2; Suet. Ner. 10:

scribere aureis litteris,

Gai. Inst. 2, 77:

scientia litterarum,

the art of writing, Dig. 29, 2, 93:

facere litteram or litteras,

to write, Plaut. As. 4, 1, 22; Cic. Ac. 2, 2, 6.—In the language of comedy:

homo trium litterarum, i. e. fur,

a thief, Plaut. Aul. 2, 4, 46: litteram ex se longam facere, i. e. to make an I by hanging perpendicularly, to hang one's self:

neque quicquam meliust mihi, ut opinor, quam ex me ut faciam litteram longam, meum laqueo collum quando obstrinxero,

id. ib. 1, 1, 37:

littera salutaris, i. e. A. (absolvo) and tristis, i. e. C. (condemno), which were put on the voting-tablets,

Cic. Mil. 6, 15.—

Transf.

A word, a line:

ad me litteram numquam misit,

Cic. Fam. 2, 17, 6: ad litteram, word for word, literally:

locum ad litteram subjeci,

Quint. 9, 1, 15.—

A handwriting:

Alexidis manum amabam, quod tam prope accedebat ad similitudinem tuae litterae,

Cic. Att. 7, 2, 3; cf.:

arguit ipsorum quos littera,

Juv. 13, 138 (v. also infra B. 1. fin.).—

Usually plur.

Littĕrae, ārum, f., a letter, epistle: litteras resignare, to unseal or open a letter, Plaut. Trin. 3, 3, 65:

ut litterarum ego harum sermonem audio,

id. Ps. 1, 1, 97; Cic. Att. 1, 13, 1:

dare alicui litteras ad aliquem,

id. Cat. 3, 4, 9:

litteras mittere,

id. Att. 5, 21, 2:

reddere alicui,

id. ib. 5, 21, 4:

accipere,

id. ib. 5, 21, 7:

remittere,

id. ib. 11, 16, 4:

nullas iis praeterquam ad te et ad Brutum dedi litteras,

id. Fam. 3, 7, 1:

queri apud aliquem per litteras,

id. Att. 5, 21, 13: invitare aliquem perlitteras id. ib. 13, 2, 2:

civitatum animos litteris temptare,

Caes. B. C. 1, 40, 1: litterae missae, a letter sent by a person: litterae allatae, a letter received: hence, liber litterarum missarum et allatarum, a letter-book:

L. M. (i. e. litterae missae)... L. A. (i. e. litterae allatae), etc.,

Cic. Font. 4, 8; id. Verr. 2, 3, 71, § 167.—In poets also sometimes in sing.:

quam legis a rapta Briseide littera venit,

Ov. H. 3, 1; 5, 2; id. M. 9, 515; Tib. 3, 2, 27; Mart. 10, 73 al.—

A writing, document, paper:

litterae publicae,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 63, § 140; 2, 4, 16, § 35; esp. a written acknowledgment:

littera poscetur,

Ov. A. A. 1, 428.—

An account-book:

ratio omnis et litterae,

Cic. Quint. 11, 37; id. Verr. 2, 4, 12, § 27.—

An edict, ordinance:

praetoris litterae,

Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 22, § 56:

litteras revocavit,

letter of appointment, commission, Suet. Vesp. 8. —

Written monuments, records, literature:

abest historia litteris nostris,

is wanting in our literature, Cic. Leg. 1, 2, 5:

Graecae de philosophia litterae,

philosophical literature, id. Div. 2, 2, 5:

genus hoc scriptionis nondum satis Latinis litteris illustratae,

id. Brut. 64, 228; id. Tusc. 1, 1, 1; id. Fin. 1, 2, 4:

Graecis litteris studere,

id. Brut. 20, 78:

damnum Hortensii interitu Latinae litterae fecerunt,

id. ib. 33, 125:

nullam artem litteris sine interprete et sine aliqua exercitatione percipi posse,

merely from books, id. Fam. 7, 19:

quod litteris exstet, Pherecydes primum dixit animos hominum esse sempiternos,

id. Tusc. 1, 16, 38:

parvae et rarae per eadem tempora litterae fuere,

Liv. 6, 1, 2; 7, 3, 6:

Etruscae,

id. 9, 36, 3:

paucissimos adhuc eloquentes litterae Romanae tulerunt,

Quint. 10, 1, 123: amor litterarum, id. prooem. 6.—

History, inasmuch as it is derived from written monuments:

cupidissimus litterarum fuit,

Nep. Cat. 3, 1; id. Pelop. 1:

parvae et rarae per eadem tempora litterae fuere,

Liv. 6, 1.—

Literary labor, composition:

omnis varietas litterarum mearum,

Cic. Fam. 15, 4, 12:

non nihil temporis tribuit litteris,

Nep. Hann. 13, 2.—

An inscription, Ov. M. 11, 706.—

Learning, the sciences, liberal education, scholarship, letters:

sit mihi orator tinctus litteris: audierit aliquid, legerit,

Cic. de Or. 2, 20, 85:

erant in eo plurimae litterae,

id. Brut. 76, 265:

homo communium litterarum, et politioris humanitatis non expers,

id. de Or. 2, 7, 28:

homo sine ingenio, sine litteris,

id. Verr. 2, 4, 44, § 98:

fuit in illo ingenium, ratio, memoria, litterae, cura, cogitatio, diligentia,

id. Phil. 2, 45, 116:

mihi nihil libri, nihil litterae, nihil doctrina prodest,

id. Att. 9, 10, 2:

litterarum scientia,

id. Brut. 42, 153:

litterarum coguitio,

id. de Or. 3, 32, 127: nescire litteras, to be without a liberal education, id. Brut. 74, 259:

altiores litterae,

magic, Plin. 14, 4, 5, § 51.—Comically of the art of love: Litteras didicisti;

quando scis, sine alios discere,

Plaut. Truc. 4, 2, 22.

littĕra (less correctly lītĕra), ae, f. [lino, q. v.], a letter, a written sign or mark signifying a sound.

Lit.:

cubitum hercle longis litteris signabo jam usquequaque, si quis, etc.,

Plaut. Rud. 5, 2, 7:

quid hae locuntur litterae?

id. Bacch. 4, 7, 3; cf.: quid istae narrant? Tox. Perconctare ex ipsis;

ipsae tibi narrabunt,

id. Pers. 4, 3, 29:

sus rostro si humi A litteram impresserit,

Cic. Div. 1, 13, 23:

priscarum litterarum notae,

id. ib. 2, 41, 85:

maximis litteris incisum,

id. Verr. 2, 2, 63, § 154 fin.:

lenis appellatio litterarum,

id. Brut. 74, 159:

suavis appellatio litterarum,

Quint. 11, 3, 35:

quae si nostris litteris scribantur,

id. 12, 10, 28 litterarum ordine, in alphabetical order, Plin. 37, 9, 54, § 138:

verba primis litteris notare, Prob. de Not. Signif. 1 Huschke: digerere in litteram,

to arrange alphabetically, Sen. Ep. 68, 18: scire litteras, [p. 1072] to be able to read and write, Plaut. Truc. 4, 2, 23; Vitr. 1, 1, 14:

nescire litteras,

not to be able to read and write, id. Clem. 2, 1, 2; Suet. Ner. 10:

scribere aureis litteris,

Gai. Inst. 2, 77:

scientia litterarum,

the art of writing, Dig. 29, 2, 93:

facere litteram or litteras,

to write, Plaut. As. 4, 1, 22; Cic. Ac. 2, 2, 6.—In the language of comedy:

homo trium litterarum, i. e. fur,

a thief, Plaut. Aul. 2, 4, 46: litteram ex se longam facere, i. e. to make an I by hanging perpendicularly, to hang one's self:

neque quicquam meliust mihi, ut opinor, quam ex me ut faciam litteram longam, meum laqueo collum quando obstrinxero,

id. ib. 1, 1, 37:

littera salutaris, i. e. A. (absolvo) and tristis, i. e. C. (condemno), which were put on the voting-tablets,

Cic. Mil. 6, 15.—

Transf.

A word, a line:

ad me litteram numquam misit,

Cic. Fam. 2, 17, 6: ad litteram, word for word, literally:

locum ad litteram subjeci,

Quint. 9, 1, 15.—

A handwriting:

Alexidis manum amabam, quod tam prope accedebat ad similitudinem tuae litterae,

Cic. Att. 7, 2, 3; cf.:

arguit ipsorum quos littera,

Juv. 13, 138 (v. also infra B. 1. fin.).—

Usually plur.

Littĕrae, ārum, f., a letter, epistle: litteras resignare, to unseal or open a letter, Plaut. Trin. 3, 3, 65:

ut litterarum ego harum sermonem audio,

id. Ps. 1, 1, 97; Cic. Att. 1, 13, 1:

dare alicui litteras ad aliquem,

id. Cat. 3, 4, 9:

litteras mittere,

id. Att. 5, 21, 2:

reddere alicui,

id. ib. 5, 21, 4:

accipere,

id. ib. 5, 21, 7:

remittere,

id. ib. 11, 16, 4:

nullas iis praeterquam ad te et ad Brutum dedi litteras,

id. Fam. 3, 7, 1:

queri apud aliquem per litteras,

id. Att. 5, 21, 13: invitare aliquem perlitteras id. ib. 13, 2, 2:

civitatum animos litteris temptare,

Caes. B. C. 1, 40, 1: litterae missae, a letter sent by a person: litterae allatae, a letter received: hence, liber litterarum missarum et allatarum, a letter-book:

L. M. (i. e. litterae missae)... L. A. (i. e. litterae allatae), etc.,

Cic. Font. 4, 8; id. Verr. 2, 3, 71, § 167.—In poets also sometimes in sing.:

quam legis a rapta Briseide littera venit,

Ov. H. 3, 1; 5, 2; id. M. 9, 515; Tib. 3, 2, 27; Mart. 10, 73 al.—

A writing, document, paper:

litterae publicae,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 63, § 140; 2, 4, 16, § 35; esp. a written acknowledgment:

littera poscetur,

Ov. A. A. 1, 428.—

An account-book:

ratio omnis et litterae,

Cic. Quint. 11, 37; id. Verr. 2, 4, 12, § 27.—

An edict, ordinance:

praetoris litterae,

Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 22, § 56:

litteras revocavit,

letter of appointment, commission, Suet. Vesp. 8. —

Written monuments, records, literature:

abest historia litteris nostris,

is wanting in our literature, Cic. Leg. 1, 2, 5:

Graecae de philosophia litterae,

philosophical literature, id. Div. 2, 2, 5:

genus hoc scriptionis nondum satis Latinis litteris illustratae,

id. Brut. 64, 228; id. Tusc. 1, 1, 1; id. Fin. 1, 2, 4:

Graecis litteris studere,

id. Brut. 20, 78:

damnum Hortensii interitu Latinae litterae fecerunt,

id. ib. 33, 125:

nullam artem litteris sine interprete et sine aliqua exercitatione percipi posse,

merely from books, id. Fam. 7, 19:

quod litteris exstet, Pherecydes primum dixit animos hominum esse sempiternos,

id. Tusc. 1, 16, 38:

parvae et rarae per eadem tempora litterae fuere,

Liv. 6, 1, 2; 7, 3, 6:

Etruscae,

id. 9, 36, 3:

paucissimos adhuc eloquentes litterae Romanae tulerunt,

Quint. 10, 1, 123: amor litterarum, id. prooem. 6.—

History, inasmuch as it is derived from written monuments:

cupidissimus litterarum fuit,

Nep. Cat. 3, 1; id. Pelop. 1:

parvae et rarae per eadem tempora litterae fuere,

Liv. 6, 1.—

Literary labor, composition:

omnis varietas litterarum mearum,

Cic. Fam. 15, 4, 12:

non nihil temporis tribuit litteris,

Nep. Hann. 13, 2.—

An inscription, Ov. M. 11, 706.—

Learning, the sciences, liberal education, scholarship, letters:

sit mihi orator tinctus litteris: audierit aliquid, legerit,

Cic. de Or. 2, 20, 85:

erant in eo plurimae litterae,

id. Brut. 76, 265:

homo communium litterarum, et politioris humanitatis non expers,

id. de Or. 2, 7, 28:

homo sine ingenio, sine litteris,

id. Verr. 2, 4, 44, § 98:

fuit in illo ingenium, ratio, memoria, litterae, cura, cogitatio, diligentia,

id. Phil. 2, 45, 116:

mihi nihil libri, nihil litterae, nihil doctrina prodest,

id. Att. 9, 10, 2:

litterarum scientia,

id. Brut. 42, 153:

litterarum coguitio,

id. de Or. 3, 32, 127: nescire litteras, to be without a liberal education, id. Brut. 74, 259:

altiores litterae,

magic, Plin. 14, 4, 5, § 51.—Comically of the art of love: Litteras didicisti;

quando scis, sine alios discere,

Plaut. Truc. 4, 2, 22.

ob-lecto, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [2. lacto], to delight, please, divert, entertain, amuse (class.; most freq. with se and mid.; syn. delecto); constr. usually aliquem (aliquid, se), with abl., with cum, with in and abl.

With abl.:

ut quam diutissime te jucundā opinione oblectarem,

Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 1, § 1:

cum eorum inventis scriptisque se oblectent,

id. Rep. 1, 17, 28:

se agri cultione,

id. Sen. 16, 56; Ter. Eun. 1, 2, 115:

aliquem falso gaudio,

Plaut. Poen. 5, 4, 102:

Musae me oblectant carmine,

Cat. 66, 8.—With an impers. object:

legentium animos fictis oblectare,

Tac. H. 2, 50; so,

ironically: paulum praesidii, qui familiarem suam vitam oblectet modo,

cheer, comfort, Plaut. Pers. 1, 3, 46:

vitam sordido pane,

id. As. 1, 2, 16.—Mid.:

in communibus miseriis hac tamen oblectabar speculā,

Cic. Fam. 2, 16, 5:

ludis oblectamur,

id. Mur. 19, 39.—

With cum:

oblecta te cum Cicerone quam bellissime,

Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 13, 4:

cum his me oblecto, qui res gestas scripserunt,

id. de Or. 2, 14, 61; cf.

elliptically: ego me interea cum libellis,

id. Att. 12, 3, 1.—

With in:

in eo me oblecto,

I delight in him, he is my delight, Ter. Ad. 1, 1, 24:

se in hortis,

Cic. Off. 3, 19, 58:

ego me in Cumano et Pompeiano satis commode oblectabam,

i. e. amused myself excellently well in Cumanum, id. Q. Fr. 2, 12, 1.—

With acc.:

minime equidem me oblectavi,

id. ib. 1, 2, 10:

hortulos emere ubi se oblectare posset,

Cic. Off. 3, 14, 58:

ut te oblectes scire cupio,

id. Q. Fr. 2, 3, 7:

populum,

Hor. A. P. 321.—With an impers. object:

haec studia adulescentiam alunt, senectutem oblectant,

Cic. Arch. 7, 16; Ter. Phorm. 2, 3, 87:

animos,

Ov. R. Am. 169; Tac. H. 2, 50:

animum,

Juv. 14, 265.—

Transf., to spend or pass time agreeably:

studio lacrimabile tempus,

Ov. Tr. 5, 12, 1:

iners otium,

Tac. A. 12, 49:

inter cenam oblectamus otium temporis,

Plin. Ep. 4, 14, 15.—

Hence, to delay, detain:

ego illum interea hic oblectabo,

Plaut. As. 2, 2, 83:

dic mi ubi, Philotis, te oblectāsti tam diu,

Ter. Hec. 1, 2, 9.

ob-rēpo, psi, ptum, 3, v. n., to creep up to any thing, approach stealthily (class.).

Lit.:

et possim mediā quamvis obrepere nocte,

Tib. 1, 9 (8), 59; Flor. 4, 10, 2:

qui Gallos in obsidione Capitolii obrepentes per ardua depulerat,

Gell. 17, 21, 24.—With dat.:

feles quam levibus vestigiis obrepunt avibus!

Plin. 10, 73, 94, § 202.—

Transf.

In gen., to steal upon, come suddenly upon one; to take by surprise, to surprise.

With dat.:

qui enim citius adulescentiae senectus, quam pueritiae adulescentia obrepit?

Cic. Sen. 2, 4: mihi decessionis dies lelêthotôs obrepebat, id. Att. 6, 5, 3; cf. in the foll. under e:

cui obrepsit oblivio,

Sen. Ben. 3, 2, 1:

vitia nobis sub virtutum nomine obrepunt,

id. Ep. 45, 7.—

With acc. (ante-class., and in Sall.):

tacitum te obrepet fames,

Plaut. Poen. prol. 14:

si tanta torpedo animos obrepsit,

Sall. H. 1, 49, 19.—

With ad:

Plancium non obrepsisse ad honorem,

to creep up to, to come at by stealth, Cic. Planc. 7, 17:

obrepsisti ad honores errore hominum,

id. Pis. 1, 1. —

With in and acc.: imagines obrepunt in animos dormientium extrinse cus, Cic. Div. 2, 67, 139; Ambros. Off. Mi. nist. 3, 6, 41.—

Absol.:

obrepsit dies,

Cic. Att. 6, 3, 1:

obrepit non intellecta senectus,

Juv. 9, 129.—

In partic., to surprise, deceive, cheat:

numquam tu, credo, me imprudentem obrepseris,

Plaut. Trin. 1, 2, 23; 4, 2, 132; Flor. 4, 10; Gell. 6, 12, 4.— Impers. pass.:

si obreptum praetori sit de libertate,

Dig. 40, 5, 26, § 8; 26, 7, 55, § 4.

pōno, pŏsŭi (Plaut. posīvi), pŏsĭtum, 3 (old form of perf. POSEIVEI, Inscr. Orell. 3308:

posivi,

Plaut. Ps. 5, 1, 35: posivimus, id. Fragm. ap. Prisc. p. 898 P.:

posiverunt, Cato, R. R. praef. 1: posiveris,

id. ib. 4, 1; Plaut. Trin. 1, 2, 108: POSIER unt, Inscr. Orell. 5061:

POSIT, contr. from posivit,

ib. 71; 732; 1475; 3087 al.; part. perf. sync. postus, a, um, Lucr. 1, 1059; 3, 87; 6, 965), v. a. [for posno, posino, from old prep. port, = proti, pros, and sino; cf.: porricio, pollingo, etc., and v. pro, sino], to put or set down a person or thing, to put, place, set, lay, etc. (syn.: colloco, statuo); constr. with acc. alone, or with in and abl., or with adv. of place; sometimes with in and acc., or absol.; v. infra.

Lit.

In gen.:

tabulas in aerario ponere,

Caes. B. C. 3, 108:

castra,

to pitch, id. ib. 1, 65 fin.:

castra iniquo loco,

id. ib. 1, 81:

milia passuum tria ab eorum castris castra ponit,

id. B. G. 1, 22 fin.: qui indicabantur, in senatu sunt positi, Cic. Fragm. ap. Quint. 9, 3, 50:

tabulas obsignatas in publico,

Cic. Fl. 9, 21:

sejuges in Capitolio aurati a P. Cornelio positi,

Liv. 38, 35, 4:

tyrannicidae imago in gymnasio ponatur,

Quint. 7, 7, 5; cf. id. 1, 7, 12:

collum in Pulvere,

Hor. C. 4, 6, 11; cf.:

artus in litore ponunt,

Verg. A. 1, 173; and with simple abl.:

saxo posuit latus,

Val. Fl. 4, 378:

in curulibus sellis sese posuerunt,

seated themselves, Flor. 1, 13.—With in and acc.: hodierno die primum longo intervallo in possessionem libertatis pedem ponimus, Cic. Phil. 3, 11, 28 B. and K. (Klotz, possessione):

Cyzici in Prytaneum vasa aurea mensae unius posuit,

Liv. 41, 20, 7 Weissenb. ad loc.:

stipes erat, quem... in flammam triplices posuere sorores,

Ov. M. 8, 452:

omnia pone feros in ignes,

id. R. Am. 719:

oleas in solem,

Cato, R. R. 7:

coronam in caput,

Gell. 3, 15, 3.—With sub and abl.:

pone sub curru nimium propinqui,

Hor. C. 1, 22, 21:

fundamenta,

Vulg. 1 Esd. 6, 3:

ubi pedem poneret non habebat,

might set his foot, Cic. Fin. 4, 25, 69:

genu or genua,

to bow the knee, to kneel, Ov. F. 2, 438; 5, 507; Curt. 8, 7, 13:

num genu posuit? num vocem supplicem misit?

id. 4, 6, 28:

oculos,

to cast one's eyes on, Vulg. Jer. 24, 6:

faciem,

to turn one's face, id. ib. 42, 15.—

In partic.

In milit. lang., to place, post, set, station a body of troops:

ibi praesidium ponit,

Caes. B. G. 2, 5:

praesidium ibi,

id. B. C. 1, 47 fin.:

legionem tuendae orae maritimae causā,

id. ib. 3, 34:

insidias contra aliquem,

Cic. Agr. 2, 18, 49.—

To set up, erect, build (mostly poet.):

opus,

Ov. M. 8, 160:

templa,

Verg. A. 6, 19:

aras,

id. ib. 3, 404:

tropaeum,

Nep. Dat. 8, 3; so,

in inscrr., of erecting monuments of any kind: POSVIT, PONENDVM CVRAVIT (usu. abbreviated P. C.), etc.: columna rostrata quae est Duilio in foro posita,

in honor of Duilius, Quint. 1, 7, 12.—

Hence, poet., to form, fashion works of art:

Alcimedon duo pocula fecit... Orpheaque in medio posuit,

Verg. E. 3, 46:

hic saxo liquidis ille coloribus Sollers nunc hominem ponere, nunc deum,

Hor. C. 4, 8, 8.—

To set, set out, plant trees, etc. ( poet. and in postAug. prose;

syn.: planto, sero): pone ordine vites,

Verg. E. 1, 74:

vitem,

Col. 4, 1; cf.:

ille et nefasto te (arbor) posuit die,

planted thee, Hor. C. 2, 13, 1.—

To lay, stake, wager, as a forfeit; to lay down, propose, as a prize: pono pallium;

Ille suum anulum opposuit,

Plaut. Curc. 2, 3, 76:

pocula fagina,

Verg. E. 3, 36:

invitat pretiis animos et praemia ponit,

id. A. 5, 292:

praemia,

id. ib. 5, 486:

praemium,

Liv. 41, 23, 10.—

In business lang., to put out at interest, to loan, to invest (less freq. than collocare): pecuniam in praedio ponere, Cic. Tull. § 15 Orell.; cf.:

pecuniam apud aliquem,

id. Verr. 2, 3, 70, § 165:

dives positis in fenore nummis,

Hor. A. P. 421:

pecuniam Quaerit Kalendis ponere,

id. Epod. 2, 70.—

To place, set, appoint a person as a watch or guard, accuser, etc. (less freq. than apponere):

Dumnorigi custodes ponit, ut, quae agat, scire possit,

Caes. B. G. 1, 20 fin.:

custos frumento publico est positus,

Cic. Fl. 19, 45: alicui accusatorem, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 12, 3:

puer super hoc positus officium,

Petr. 56, 8.—

To serve up, set before one at table (rare for the class. apponere), Cato, R. R. 79; so id. ib. 81:

posito pavone,

Hor. S. 2, 2, 23; 2, 4, 14; 2, 6, 64; 2, 8, 91; id. A. P. 422:

positi Bacchi cornua,

Ov. A. A. 1, 231:

vinum,

Petr. 34, 7:

calidum scis ponere sumen,

Pers. 1, 53:

porcum,

Mart. 8, 22, 1:

da Trebio, pone ad Trebium,

Juv. 5, 135.—

To lay aside, take off, put down, lay down, etc. (as clothing, arms, books, the hair or beard, etc., = deponere):

cum pila ludere vellet tunicamque poneret,

Cic. Tusc. 5, 20, 60; cf.:

veste positā,

id. ib. 1, 47, 113:

velamina,

Ov. A. A. 2, 613; cf.:

velamina de corpore,

id. M. 4, 345:

arma,

Caes. B. G. 4, 37:

sarcinam,

Petr. 117, 11:

barbam,

Suet. Calig. 5; cf.:

bicolor positis membrana capillis,

Pers. 3, 10:

libros de manibus,

Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 8, § 23; cf.:

cum posui librum, et mecum ipse coepi cogitare,

id. Tusc. 1, 11, 24.—

To lay out for the grave:

toroque Mortua componar, positaeque det oscula frater,

Ov. M. 9, 503; Verg. A. 2, 644.—Also, to lay in the grave, to bury, inter ( poet. and in post-class. prose;

syn.: sepelio, condo): corpore posto,

Lucr. 3, 871:

te... patriā decedens ponere terrā,

Verg. A. 6, 508; Ov. F. 5, 480:

ubi corpus meum positum fuerit,

Dig. 34, 1, 18 fin.; Inscr. Orell. 4370:

IN HAC CVPA MATER ET FILIVS POSITI SVNT,

ib. 4550; 4495:

HIC POSITVS EST, Inscr. in Boeckh. C. I. Gr. 4156: CINERES,

Inscr. Orell. 4393; 4489.—

Ponere calculum or calculos, transf., to weigh carefully, to ponder, consider:

si bene calculum ponas,

Petr. 115, 16:

examina tecum, omnesque, quos ego movi, in utrāque parte calculos pone,

Plin. Ep. 2, 19 fin. —

To arrange, deck, set in order (cf. compono):

qui suas ponunt in statione comas,

Ov. A. A. 3, 434:

quid totiens positas fingis, inepta, comas?

id. ib. 1, 306; cf. id. H. 4, 77; id. M. 1, 477.—

To subdue, calm, allay, quiet:

quo non arbiter Hadriae Major, tollere seu ponere vult freta,

Hor. C. 1, 3, 16:

magnos cum ponunt aequora motus,

Prop. 4 (5), 14, 31.—Hence, neutr., of the winds, to fall, abate ( poet. and late Lat.):

cum venti posuere omnisque repente resedit Flatus,

Verg. A. 7, 27:

tum Zephyri posuere,

id. ib. 10, 103:

simul ac ventus posuit,

Gell. 2, 30, 2.

Trop.

In gen., to set, place, put, lay a thing anywhere: noenum ponebat rumores ante salutem, Enn. ap. Macr. S. 6, 1 (Ann. v. 314 Vahl.):

pone ante oculos laetitiam senatūs,

Cic. Phil. 2, 45, 115:

at te apud eum, di boni! quantā in gratiā posui,

id. Att. 6, 6, 4; cf. id. ib. 5, 11, 6; 6, 1, 22: ponite me ei (Appio) in gratiā, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 6, 5:

apud Lentulum ponam te in gratiā,

Cic. Att. 5, 3, 3 B. and K. (Orell. gratiam):

se quoque in gratiā reconciliatae pacis ponere,

Liv. 44, 14, 7:

in laude positus,

Cic. Sest. 66, 139:

aliquem in metu non ponere,

i. e. not to fear, id. Top. 13, 55:

virtutum fundamenta in voluptate tamquam in aquā ponere,

id. Fin. 2, 22, 72; cf. id. Pis. 4, 9:

aliquid in conspectu animi,

id. de Or. 3, 40, 161; cf.:

sub uno aspectu ponere,

Q. Cic. Petit. Cons. 1, 1: ponendus est ille ambitus, non abiciendus, to lay down gently, i. e. close gracefully, Cic. Or. 59, 199:

super cor,

to lay to heart, Vulg. Mal. 2, 2.—With in and acc.:

te in crimen populo ponat atque infamiam,

Plaut. Trin. 3, 3, 11.—Elliptically: et quidem cum in mentem venit, ponor ad scribendum, when it occurs to Cœsar, he sets me (i. e. my name) to the Senate's decrees, Cic. Fam. 9, 15, 4.—

In partic.

Ponere aliquid in aliquā re, to put or place a thing in something, to cause a thing to rest or depend upon:

credibile non est, quantum ego in consiliis et prudentiā tuā, quantum in amore et fide ponam,

Cic. Att. 2, 23, 3:

spem in aliquo,

id. ib. 6, 1, 11:

salutis auxilium in celeritate,

Caes. B. G. 5, 48; cf.:

spem salutis in virtute,

id. ib. 5, 34, 2:

ut in dubio poneret, utrum, etc.,

regarded as doubtful, doubted, Liv. 34, 5, 3: sed haec haud in magno equidem ponam discrimine, I shall attach no great importance to it, id. prooem. § 8.—In pass.: positum esse in aliquā re, to be based or founded upon, to rest upon, depend upon:

ut salutem praesentium, spem reliquorum in vestris sententiis positam esse et defixam putetis,

Cic. Fl. 1, 3; id. Agr. 2, 9, 22:

omnia posita putamus in Planci tui liberalitate,

id. Att. 16, 16, F, 2; id. Or. 8, 27:

in te positum est, ut, etc.,

id. Att. 16, 16, B, § 8. —

To lay out, spend, employ a thing, esp. time, in any thing:

tempus in cogitatione ponere,

Cic. de Or. 3, 5, 17:

si in hac curā vita mihi ponenda sit,

id. Fam. 9, 24, 4:

diem totum in considerandā causā,

id. Brut. 22, 87; cf. id. Fam. 5, 21, 1; id. Att. 6, 2, 6:

sumptum,

id. Q. Fr. 3, 1, 2; id. Fam. 13, 54 fin.; cf.:

totum animum atque omnem curam, operam diligentiamque suam in petitione,

id. Mur. 22, 45:

id multo tum faciemus liberius totosque nos in contemplandis rebus perspiciendisque ponemus,

id. Tusc. 1, 19, 44:

apud gratissimum hominem beneficium ponere,

id. Fam. 13, 55 fin.:

itinera enim ita facit, ut multos dies in oppidum ponat,

id. Att. 11, 22, 2.—

To put, place, count, reckon, consider a thing in or among certain things:

mortem in malis,

Cic. Fin. 3, 8, 29:

in beneficii loco,

id. Fam. 15, 4, 12; id. Cat. 2, 9, 20:

si quis motus populi factus esset, id C. Norbano in fraude capitali esse ponendum,

id. de Or. 2, 48, 199:

in laude,

to regard as praiseworthy, id. Top. 18, 71:

in vitiis poni,

to be regarded as a fault, Nep. Epam. 1, 2.—

To appoint, ordain, make something:

leges,

Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 11, § 28:

festos laetosque ritus,

Tac. H. 5, 5 fin.:

ut male posuimus initia, sic cetera sequentur,

Cic. Att. 10, 18, 2:

ne tu in spem ponas me bonae frugi fore,

to hope for, reckon upon, Plaut. Capt. 5, 2, 4 Fleck.: nomen, to apply or give a name (= imponere):

sunt enim rebus novis nova ponenda nomina,

Cic. N. D. 1, 17, 44; id. Tusc. 3, 5, 10; Verg. A. 7, 63:

qui tibi nomen Insano posuere,

Hor. S. 2, 3, 48: rationem, to furnish an account, to [p. 1397] reckon, Suet. Oth. 7; cf. Col. 1, 3:

pecuniae,

Dig. 46, 3, 89.—

To make or render vows or votive offerings to the gods:

Veneri ponere vota,

Prop. 3, 12, 18:

nunc ego victrices lauro redimire tabellas, Nec Veneris mediā ponere in aede morer,

Ov. Am. 1, 11, 25:

hic ponite lucida Funalia et vectes,

Hor. C. 3, 26, 6:

libatum agricolae ponitur ante deo,

Tib. 1, 1, 14; Ov. M. 3, 506:

ex praedā tripodem aureum Delphi posuit,

Nep. Paus. 2, 3.—

In speaking or writing, to lay down as true, to state, assume, assert, maintain, allege, take for granted, etc.:

quamobrem, ut paulo ante posui, si, etc.,

Cic. Fam. 1, 9, 21; id. Fin. 2, 31, 100:

recte Magnus ille noster, me audiente, posuit in judicio, rem publicam, etc.,

id. Leg. 2, 3, 6: verum pono, esse victum eum;

at, etc.,

Ter. Phorm. 4, 3, 25:

positum sit igitur in primis, etc.,

Cic. Or. 4, 14:

hoc posito atque concesso, esse quandam vim divinam, etc.,

id. Div. 1, 52, 118; cf.:

quo posito, et omnium sensu adprobato,

id. Fin. 3, 8, 29; id. Leg. 2, 19, 48:

pono satis in eo fuisse orationis atque ingenii,

id. Brut. 45, 165:

aliquid pro certo ponere,

Liv. 10, 9 fin.:

nunc rem ipsam ponamus quam illi non negant... Est haec res posita, quae ab adversario non negatur,

Cic. Caecin. 11, 32.—

Esp.: exemplum ponere, to cite an instance:

eorum quae constant exempla ponemus,

Cic. Inv. 1, 38, 68:

perspicuo et grandi vitio praeditum posuimus exemplum,

id. ib. 1, 47, 88:

ab adjunctis antea posui exemplum,

id. Top. 11, 50:

horum exempla posui ex jure civili,

id. ib. 14, 58:

horum generum ex Cicerone exempla ponamus,

Quint. 5, 11, 11; 6, 3, 108 al.—

To set before the mind, represent, describe:

nec ponere lucum Artifices, nec, etc.,

Pers. 1, 70:

pone Tigellinum,

Juv. 1, 155.—

To propose, offer, fix upon a theme for discussion (= proponere):

mihi nunc vos quaestiunculam, de quā meo arbitratu loquar, ponitis?

Cic. de Or. 1, 22, 102; 2, 1, 2:

ponere aliquid, ad quod audiam, si tibi non est molestum, volo,

id. Fat. 2, 4; cf.:

ponere jubebam, de quo quis audire vellet,

id. Tusc. 1, 4, 7:

ponere praemium,

Liv. 39, 17, 1; and impers. pass.:

doctorum est ista consuetudo eaque Graecorum, ut iis ponatur, de quo disputent quamvis subito,

id. Lael. 5, 17; so,

cum ita positum esset, videri, etc.,

id. Tusc. 3, 22, 54.—

To put away, leave off, dismiss, forego, lay down, surrender (= deponere):

vitam propera ponere,

Plaut. Curc. 4, 3, 4:

vitia,

Cic. de Or. 3, 12, 46:

dolorem,

id. Tusc. 3, 28, 66: inimicitias, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 6:

curas,

Liv. 1, 19:

metum,

Plin. Ep. 5, 6:

iram,

Hor. A. P. 160:

moras,

id. C. 4, 12, 25; Ov. F. 2, 816:

animos feroces,

Liv. 8, 1:

corda ferocia,

Verg. A. 1, 302:

vires (flammae),

id. ib. 5, 681:

ipsum rudimentum adulescentiae bello lacessentem Romanos posuisse,

had obtained his first experience, Liv. 31, 11 fin.; Suet. Ner. 22; also,

tirocinium,

Just. 12, 4, 6:

animam,

to lay down life, Vulg. Johan. 10, 15; 17.—Esp., milit. t. t.: arma ponere (= deponere), to lay down arms, yield, surrender:

Nepesinis inde edictum ut arma ponant,

Liv. 6, 10, 5:

dedi imperatorem, arma poni jubet,

id. 4, 10, 3; cf.:

positis armis,

id. 35, 36, 4; id. Epit. 88.—

To make, cause to be (eccl. Lat.):

cornu tuum ponam ferreum,

Vulg. Mich. 4, 13:

posuit me desolatam,

id. Thren. 3, 11; with quasi:

ponam Samariam quasi acervum,

id. Mich. 1, 6; with in and acc.:

posuerunt eam in ruinam,

id. Isa. 23, 13.—

To assume, suppose, put a case (of mere suppositions; only late Lat.; cf. 6 supra): pone tamen ab evangelistis scriptum, Ambros. de Fide, 5, 16, 194; Ps.-Quint. Decl. 273.—Hence, pŏsĭtus, a, um, P. a., of localities, placed, situated; situate, standing, lying anywhere:

Roma in montibus posita,

Cic. Agr. 2, 35, 96:

Delos in Aegaeo mari posita,

id. Imp. Pomp. 18, 55:

portus ex adverso urbi positus,

Liv. 45, 5:

tumulus opportune ad id positus,

id. 28, 13:

urbs alieno solo posita,

id. 4, 17.— Poet.:

somno positus = sopitus,

lulled to sleep, Verg. A. 4, 527.

rĕ-crĕo, āvi, ātum, v. a., to make or create anew, to remake, reproduce, restore, renew (very rare;

syn.: reficio, reparo): lumen,

Lucr. 5, 759; 5, 277; cf. id. 5, 323:

carnes,

Plin. 34, 15, 46, § 155. — Poet.: Athenae recreaverunt vitam legesque rogarunt, transformed, reformed life (by agriculture), Lucr. 6, 3; Lact. 7, 21; Sedul. 4, 289; cf.

, of baptism,

Paul. Nol. C. 21, 465; and, jocosely: illic homo homines non alit, verum educat Recreatque, he does not merely feed men, but fattens and transforms them (by much eating), Plaut. Men. 1, 1, 23. —

In gen., to restore to a good condition, to revive, refresh, recruit, invigorate in body or mind; and, mid., to become refreshed or recruited, to recover, revive (freq. and class.; syn.: reficio, relevo, erigo, confirmo).

In body: propterea capitur cibus, ut suffulciat artus Et recreet vires interdatus, Lucr. 4, 868; cf. Plin. 12, 1, 2, § 4:

voculam,

Cic. Att. 2, 23, 1:

ex vulnere,

id. Inv. 2, 51, 154; Liv. 29, 18:

ex gravi morbo,

Cic. Red. ad Quir. 1, 4:

aspectu smaragdi recreatur acies,

Plin. 37, 5, 16, § 63:

lassitudines,

id. 22, 13, 15, § 32; cf.

defectionem,

Tac. A. 6, 50:

leni vento umerum,

Hor. C. 3, 20, 13:

arbor aestivā recreatur aurā,

id. ib. 1, 22, 18:

tenuatum corpus,

id. S. 2, 2, 84:

potorem squillis,

id. ib. 2, 4, 58:

semivivum ex acie elatum,

Nep. Eum. 4, 4:

fessos maniplos,

Sil. 17, 194.—

In mind:

quae (litterae) mihi quiddam quasi animulae restillarunt: recreatum enim me non queo dicere,

revivified, Cic. Att. 9, 7, 1:

reficere et recreare mentem,

id. Planc. 1, 2;

so coupled with reficere,

id. Mil. 1, 2; cf.:

(discipulus) mutatione recreabitur sicut in cibis, quorum diversitate reficitur stomachus,

Quint. 1, 12, 5:

afflictum erexit, perditumque recreavit,

restored again to life, Cic. Imp. Pomp. 9, 23; cf.:

provinciam afflictam, et perditam erigere atque recreare,

id. Verr. 2, 3, 91, § 212:

ego recreavi afflictos animos bonorum,

id. Att. 1, 16, 8:

res publica revirescat et recreetur,

id. Fam. 6, 10, 5:

non recreatus neque restitutus populus,

id. Rosc. Am. 47, 137:

recreatur civitas,

id. Rep. 1, 44, 68:

(animus) cum se collegit atque recreavit,

has recovered itself, id. Tusc. 1, 24, 58:

litteris sustentor et recreor,

id. Att. 4, 10, 1:

Caesarem Pierio recreatis antro,

Hor. C. 3, 4, 40: spatium interponendum ad recreandos animos, * Caes. B. C. 3, 74 fin. et saep.:

se ex magno timore,

Cic. Cat. 3, 4, 8:

recreatus ex metu mortis,

id. Verr. 2, 5, 61, § 160:

ab hoc maerore recreari,

id. Att. 12, 14, 2: se ab illo tumore, Auct. B. Alex. 37 fin.:

veritas debilitata tandem aequitate talium virorum recreëtur,

Cic. Quint. 2, 4.—With gen.:

recreatur animi,

App. M. 2, p. 119, 37; 5, p. 168, 21.

rĕ-fĭcĭo, fēci, fectum (AEDIFICIA REFACTA, Inscr. Orell. 3115), 3, v. a. [facio], to make again, make anew, put in condition again; to remake, restore, renew, rebuild, repair, refit, recruit, etc. (freq. and class.; syn.: renovo, restauro, redintegro).

Lit.

In gen.:

quidvis citius dissolvi posse videmus Quam rursus refici, etc.,

Lucr. 1, 557 sq.:

aliud ex alio reficit natura,

id. 1, 263:

ea, quae sunt amissa,

Caes. B. C. 2, 15; 2, 16; cf.:

arma, tela, alia quae spe pacis amiserat, reficere, Sall J. 66, 1: testamentum jure militari,

to make anew, Dig. 29, 1, 9: reficere sic accipimus ad pristinam formam iter et actum reducere, hoc est, ne quis dilatet aut producat deprimat aut ex aggeret;

longe enim aliud est reficere, aliud facere,

ib. 43, 19, 3 fin.:

reficere est, quod corruptum est, in pristinum statum restaurare,

ib. 43, 21, 1:

opus,

Cic. Verr 2, 1, 54, § 142; cf.:

Demosthenes curator muris reficiendis fuit, eosque refecit pecumā suā,

id. Opt. Gen. 7, 19:

aedes,

id. Top 3, 15; so,

aedem,

Nep. Att. 20, 3:

fana reficienda,

Cic. Rep. 3, 9; Nep. Timol. 3:

rates quassas,

Hor. C. 1, 1, 17:

templa Aedisque labentes deorum,

id. ib. 3, 6, 2:

muros, classem, portas,

Caes. B. C. 1, 34 fin.:

naves,

id. B. G. 4, 29 fin.; 4, 31; 5, 1; 5, 11;

5, 23: pontem,

id. ib. 7, 35; 7, 53 fin.; 7, 58; id. B. C. 1, 41 al.:

labore assiduo reficiendae urbis,

Liv. 6, 1, 6 et saep.:

copias ex dilectibus,

to fill up, recruit, Caes. B. C. 3, 87:

exercitus,

Liv. 3, 10.—Of cattle:

semper enim refice,

Verg. G. 3, 70:

ordines,

Liv. 3, 70:

si paulum modo res essent refectae,

i. e. the army, Nep. Hann 1, 4:

flammam,

to rekindle, Ov. F. 3, 144:

ignes,

Petr. 136. —

In partic.

Econom. and mercant. t. t., to make again, i. e. to get back again, get in return (cf.:

reddo, recipio): nemo sanus debet velle impensam ac sumptum facere in culturam, si videt non posse refici,

Varr. R. R. 1, 2, 8:

numquam eris dives ante, quam tibi ex tuis possessionibus tantum reficiatur, ut eo tueri sex legiones possis,

Cic. Par. 6, 1, 45; Dig. 50, 16, 88:

quod tanto plus sibi mercedis ex fundo refectum sit,

Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 50, § 119:

quod inde refectum est, militi divisum,

Liv. 35, 1 fin. Drak.:

pecuniam ex venditionibus,

Dig. 26, 7, 39, § 8:

impensas belli alio bello refecturus,

to replace, defray, Just. 9, 1, 9. —

Publicists' t. t.: reficere consulem, tribunum, praetorem, etc., to appoint anew, to reappoint, re-elect:

tribunos, consulem,

Liv. 3, 21:

consulem,

id. 10, 13:

Voleronem tribunum,

id. 2, 56:

consul factus, refectus,

Sen. Ep. 104, 9:

praetorem,

Liv. 24, 9:

tribunos,

Cic. Lael. 25, 96; Liv. 6, 36. —

Trop

In gen., to restore (very rare):

in quo (naufragio rei publicae) colligendo, ac reficiendā salute communi,

Cic. Sest. 6, 15. refecta fides, Tac. A. 6, 17.—

In partic., of the body or mind, to make strong again, to restore, reinvigorate, refresh, recruit ( = recreare, renovare; freq. and class.).

Of the body; constr. class. usu. with ex and abl. of disease, toil, etc.; rarely with ab and abl.:

exercitum ex labore atque inopiā,

Caes. B. G. 7, 32, 1:

ad reficiendum militem ex jactatione maritimā, Liv 30, 29, 1: morbus ex quo tum primum reficiebatur,

id. 39, 49, 4; cf.:

milites hibernorum quiete a laboribus,

Hirt. B. G. 8, 1:

boves quiete et pabulo laeto,

Liv. 1, 7:

saucios cum cura,

Sall. J. 54, 1:

equos,

Caes. B. C. 2, 42 fin.:

vires cibo,

Liv. 37, 24:

Tironis reficiendi spes est in M. Curio,

of curing, Cic. Att. 7, 3, 12:

aciem oculorum,

Plin. 37, 5, 17, § 66 (al. recipiat):

stomachum,

id. 32, 6, 21, § 64:

lassitudines,

id. 31, 10, 46, § 119:

cum saltus reficit jam roscida luna,

refreshes, revives, Verg. G. 3, 337:

teneras herbas (Aurora),

Ov. F. 3, 711:

ego ex magnis caloribus in Arpinati me refeci,

Cic. Q. Fr. 3, 1, 1:

se ex labore,

Caes. B. G. 3, 5 fin.; 7, 83:

se ab imbecillitate,

Plin. 26, 11, 68, § 109:

necdum salis refectis ab jactatione maritumā militibus,

Liv. 21, 26, 5;

and simply with se,

Cic. Fam. 7, 26, 2:

labore refici ac reparari videtur,

Plin. Pan. 77, 6: ex vulnere refici, Tac. A. 13, 44 fin.:

ex longo morbo,

Sen. Ep. 7, 1. —

Of the mind:

nunc vester conspectus et consessus iste reficit et recreat mentem meam,

Cic. Planc. 1, 2:

me recreat et reficit Pompeii consilium,

id. Mil. 1, 2:

cum reficiat animos ac reparet varietas ipsa (dicendi),

Quint. 1, 12, 4;

so with renovare,

id. 6, 3, 1:

animum ex forensi strepitu,

Cic. Arch. 6, 12:

refecti sunt militum animi,

Liv. 21, 25, 10:

reficit animos Romanis,

id. 42, 67 init.:

non ad animum, sed ad vultum ipsum reficiendum,

i. e. to cheer up, clear up, Cic. Att. 12, 14, 3:

ad ea quae dicturus sum reficite vos,

id. Verr. 2, 4, 47, § 105:

refectā tandem spe,

restored, renewed, Liv. 23, 26:

rerum repetitio et congregatio memoriam judicis reficit,

Quint. 6, 1, 1; cf. id. 4, prooem. § 6. — Hence, * rĕfectus, a, um, P.a., refreshed, recruited, invigorated; comp., refectior, Mart. Cap 2, § 139.

rĕ-laxo, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a., to stretch out or widen again; to unloose, loosen, open (class.; cf.: solvo, libero).

Lit.:

alvus tum astringitur, tum relaxatur,

Cic. N. D. 2, 54, 136; cf.:

tum astringentibus se intestinis tum relaxantibus,

id. ib. 2, 55, 138:

densa relaxare (opp. rara densare),

Verg. G. 1, 419:

dissolvunt nodos omnes et vincla relaxant,

Lucr. 6, 356: tunicarum vincula, Ov. F. 2, 321; cf.

nodos (sc. aquaï),

Lucr. 6, 878 (with exsolvere glaciem); cf.:

fontibus ora,

Ov. M. 1, 281:

caecos fontes,

Sil. 3, 51:

glaebas,

to loosen, Varr. R. R. 1, 27, 2:

humum,

Col. 11, 3, 46 Schneid. N. cr.; Pall. 2, 13, 3:

vias et caeca Spiramenta,

Verg. G. 1, 89:

claustra,

Ov. Am. 1, 6, 17; cf.

flores,

Sen. Thyest. 903:

diversa bracchia,

to spread out, Sil. 14, 399:

arcum,

to unbend, Sen. Agam. 322:

ut, quae (aedificia) sunt vetustate sublapsa, relaxentur in melius,

restored, Plin. Ep. 10, 70 (75), 1 Keil (al. reparentur).—

Trop., to slacken, ease, lighten, alleviate, mitigate, soften, assuage; to cheer up, enliven, relax (a favorite word of Cic.; cf.:

relevo, recreo, mitigo): animos doctrinā,

Cic. Arch. 6, 12; cf.:

tu a contentionibus cottidie relaxes aliquid,

id. Leg. 1, 4, 11: quaero enim non quibus intendam rebus animam, sed quibus relaxem, ac remittam, id. Fragm. ap. Non. 329, 7, and 383, 23:

constructio verborum tum conjunctionibus copuletur, tum dissolutionibus relaxetur,

id. Part. 6, 21:

pater nimis indulgens, quicquid ego astrinxi, relaxat,

id. Att. 10, 6, 2:

animus somno relaxatus,

id. Div. 2, 48, 100:

animum,

id. Brut. 5, 21; id. Rep. 1, 9, 14; cf.:

relaxare animos et dare se jucunditati,

id. Off. 1, 34, 122:

ut ex pristino sermone relaxarentur animi omnium,

id. de Or. 1, 8, 29:

anxiferas curas requiete, id. poët. Div. 1, 13, 22: (risus) tristitiam ac severitatem mitigat et relaxat,

id. de Or. 2, 58, 236; cf.:

tristem vultum relaxare,

Sen. Cons. ad Helv. 15;

and, with this, cf.: relaxato in hilaritatem vultu,

Petr. 49, 8:

ne nocturna quidem quiete diurnum laborem relaxante,

Curt. 5, 13, 5: mores aetas lasciva relaxat, i. e. makes dissolute, Claud. Prob. et Olybr. 153:

(animi) cum se plane corporis vinculis relaxaverint,

Cic. Sen. 22, 81; Claud. Rapt. Pros. 2, 330:

se occupationibus,

Cic. Fam. 7, 1, 5; id. Att. 16, 16, 2:

se a nimiā necessitate,

id. Or. 52, 176. —

Mid.: homines quamvis in turbidis rebus sint, tamen interdum animis relaxantur,

Cic. Phil. 2, 16, 39:

insani cum relaxentur,

when they come to themselves, when the attack abates, id. Ac. 2, 17, 52.— Absol.: (dolor) si longus, levis;

dat enim intervalla et relaxat,

Cic. Fin. 2, 29, 94.