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fingo, finxi, fictum, 3, v. a. [Sanscr. dih-, dēhmi, smear; Gr. thig, thinganô, touch; whence figulus, figura, etc.; prop., to handle].

Lit.

To touch, handle, stroke, touch gently (rare):

mulcere alternos, et corpora fingere lingua,

Verg. A. 8, 634:

saepe manus aegras manibus fingebat amicis,

Ov. F. 5, 409.—

Esp., to form, shape, fashion, frame, make (class.), whence also figulus:

esse aliquam vim, quae finxerit, vel, ut tuo verbo utar, quae fabricata sit hominem,

Cic. Ac. 2, 27, 87; cf.:

ab aliquo deo ficti esse videantur,

id. de Or. 1, 25, 115:

fingere et construere nidos,

build, id. ib. 2, 6, 23:

favos,

id. Off. 1, 44, 157:

ut illa bestia fetum ederet informem, lambendo postgea fingeret, etc.,

Gell. 17, 10, 3.—

In partic.

Of the plastic art, to form or fashion by art (in wax, clay, stone, etc.), to mould or model, as a statuary:

quorum alterum fingere opinor e cera solitum esse, alterum esse pictorem,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 13, § 30; cf.:

in ceris aut fictilibus figuris,

id. N. D. 1, 26, 71:

similitudines ex argilla,

Plin. 35, 12, 43, § 151; cf.

, sarcastically: hic homullus, ex argilla et luto fictus Epicurus,

Cic. Pis. 25, 59:

pocula de humo,

Ov. Tr. 2, 489:

Alexander ab Apelle potissimum pingi et a Lysippo fingi volebat... qui neque pictam neque fictam imaginem suam passus est esse, etc.,

Cic. Fam. 5, 12, 7; cf.:

fingendi ars,

of making statues, statuary, id. de Or. 3, 7, 26:

corpora fingendo pingendove efficere,

Quint. 5, 12, 21.—

With the access. notion of arranging, adorning, etc., to set to rights, arrange; to adorn, dress, trim ( poet. syn.:

componere, excolere, ornare): Bene cum lauta est (mulier), tersa, ornata, ficta est: infecta est tamen,

Plaut. Stich. 5, 5, 4:

cum se non finxerit ulli,

Ov. R. Am. 341:

isti ficti, compositi, crispi cincinni,

Plaut. Truc. 2, 2, 32; cf.:

canas fingere comas,

Tib. 1, 2, 92:

comas presso pollice,

Prop. 3, 10 (4, 9), 14; Ov. A. A. 1, 306; Mart. 6, 57; cf.:

comas auro,

Stat. Th. 5, 228:

crinem,

Verg. A. 4, 148; cf. also Phaedr. 2, 2, 9:

vitem putando,

Verg. G. 2, 407 Forbig.—

With the access. notion of untruth, to alter, change, for the purpose of dissembling:

hi neque vultum fingere, neque interdum lacrimas tenere poterant,

Caes. B. G. 1, 39, 4; cf.:

vultus quoque hominum fingit scelus,

i. e. makes men change countenance, Ter. Heaut. 5, 1, 14.

Trop.

In gen., to form, fashion, make: Ly. multa eveniunt homini quae [p. 751] volt, quae nevolt. Ph. Mentire, gnate, nam sapiens quidem pol ipsus fingit fortunam sibi, Plaut. Trin. 2, 2, 84; cf.

the vv. foll.: natura fingit homines et creat imitatores et narratores facetos,

Cic. de Or. 2, 54, 219:

animos fingere, formare,

id. Brut. 38, 142: cf.:

moderari et fingere mentem ac voluntates,

id. Leg. 3, 18, 40:

ea quae nobis non possumus fingere, vultus, facies, sonus,

id. de Or. 1, 28, 127: formam totius rei publicae velim mittas, ex qua me fingere possim, regulate myself, i. e. proceed, act, id. Att. 6, 3, 4; cf.:

ad eorum (qui audiunt) arbitrium et nutum totos se fingunt et accommodant,

id. Or. 8, 24:

ea (verba) nos sicut mollissimam ceram ad nostrum arbitrium formamus et fingimus,

id. de Or. 3, 45, 177; cf.

also: arbitrio fingere,

id. Brut. 79, 274:

fortuna humana fingit artatque ut lubet,

Plaut. Capt. 2, 2, 54; cf.:

vitam subito flecti fingique posse,

shaped, directed, Cic. Sull. 28, 79; cf. id. ib. 25, 69:

jure erat semper idem voltus, cum mentis, a qua is fingitur, nulla fieret mutatio,

id. Tusc. 3, 15, 31; cf.:

circumspexit amictus et finxit vultum,

composed, Ov. M. 4, 318:

lingua vocem immoderate profusam fingit et terminat,

forms, Cic. N. D. 2, 59, 149; cf.:

Peripateticorum institutis commodius fingeretur oratio,

id. Brut. 31, 119: ego apis Matinae more modoque operosa parvus carmina fingo (like the Gr. plattô), make, compose, Hor. C. 4, 2, 32:

carmina,

id. Ep. 2, 1, 227; id. A. P. 331; 240:

versus,

id. ib. 382:

poëmata,

Suet. Tit. 3:

opprobria in quemvis,

Hor. Ep. 1, 15, 30.—

In partic.

With a double predicate, to form, make into something or in a certain manner:

finxit te ipsa natura ad honestatem, gravitatem... ad omnes denique virtutes magnum hominem et excelsum,

Cic. Mur. 29, 60:

nec, si miserum fortuna Sinonem Finxit, vanum etiam mendacemque improba finget,

Verg. A. 2, 79:

(illum) spissae nemorum comae Fingent Aeolio carmine nobilem,

Hor. C. 4, 3, 12:

di bene fecerunt, inopis me quodque pusilli Finxerunt animi,

id. S. 1, 4, 18: timui, mea me finxisse minora putarer Dissimulator opis propriae, to have lessened, i. e. purposely disparaged it, id. Ep. 1, 9, 8.—

To form by instruction, to instruct, teach, train:

idem mire finxit filium,

i. e. caused him to play his part, Ter. Heaut. 5, 1, 25; cf.:

voce paterna Fingeris ad rectum,

Hor. A. P. 367:

fingitur artibus,

id. C. 3, 6, 22:

fingit equum tenera docilem cervice magister Ire viam, qua monstret eques,

id. Ep. 1, 2, 64.—

To form mentally or in speech, to represent in thought, to imagine, conceive, think, suppose; to sketch out:

fingite animis... fingite cogitatione imaginem hujus condicionis meae, etc.,

Cic. Mil. 29, 79; cf.:

omnia quae cogitatione nobismet ipsi possumus fingere,

id. N. D. 3, 18, 47:

fingere animo,

id. de Sen. 12, 41: cf.

also: animo et cogitatione,

id. Tusc. 5, 24, 68:

ex sua natura ceteros,

to conceive of, id. Rosc. Am. 9, 26:

quid magis exercitum dici aut fingi potest?

id. Mil. 2, 5:

maleficium,

id. Rosc. Am. 40, 116:

tu, stulta, deos, tu fingis inania vera,

Prop. 3, 20 (4, 19), 5:

qui utilitatum causa fingunt amicitias,

suppose, Cic. Lael. 14, 51:

principatum sibi ipse opinionis errore finxerat,

had imagined to himself, id. Off. 1, 8, 26:

in summo oratore fingendo,

in representing, sketching out, id. Or. 2, 7:

finge tamen te improbulum,

Juv. 5, 72.—

With double acc.:

quod si qui me astutiorem fingit,

Cic. Fam. 3, 8, 6:

Tiresiam sapientem fingunt poetae... at vero Polyphemum Homerus immanem finxit,

id. Tusc. 5, 39, 115.—

With an object-clause, and in pass., with a subject-clause:

finge, aliquem nunc fierisapientem, nondum esse,

suppose, Cic. Ac. 2, 36, 117:

finge solum natum nothum,

Quint. 3, 6, 100.—Ellipt.: interfecti aliqui sunt;

finge a nobis,

assume, grant, Liv. 39, 37, 11:

fingamus Alexandrum dari nobis,

Quint. 1, 1, 24:

non omnia corpora fingunt in medium niti,

Lucr. 1, 1083; cf. id. 2, 175:

qui naufragus fingitur se suspendisse,

Quint. 8, 5, 22:

qui suos artus morsu lacerasset, fingitur in scholis supra se cubasse,

id. 8, 2, 20.—

Pregn., with the access. notion of creating by thinking, to contrive, devise, invent, feign something (esp. untrue):

argento comparando fingere fallaciam,

Plaut. As. 2, 1, 2; 4:

fallacias,

Ter. Heaut. 3, 2, 22:

fallaciam,

id. And. 1, 3, 15; cf.: nonne ad senem aliquam fabricam fingit? id. Heaut. 3, 2, 34:

fingit causas, ne det, sedulo,

id. Eun. 1, 2, 58:

falsas causas ad discordiam,

id. Hec. 4, 4, 71:

si mihi aliquam (rem publicam), ut apud Platonem Socrates, ipse finxero,

Cic. Rep. 2, 1 fin.; cf. id. ib. 2, 11:

ex eventis fingere,

id. Fam. 6, 6, 4:

(crimina) in istum fingere,

id. Verr. 1, 5, 15:

ea quae sunt in usu vitaque communi, non ea, quae finguntur aut optantur,

id. Lael. 5, 18:

in faciem moresque meos nova crimina fingis,

Ov. H. 12, 177:

fingere qui non visa potest, commissa tacere Qui nequit,

Hor. S. 1, 4, 84:

quaelibet in quemvis opprobria fingere,

id. Ep. 1, 15, 30:

finguntur et testamenta,

Quint. 7, 4, 39:

nemo dolorem fingit in hoc casu,

Juv. 13, 132: qui sub obtentu monituum deorum scientes eos fingunt, Mos. et Rom. Leg. Coll. 15, 2, 6. —With double acc.:

bonois se ac liberales,

Sen. Ben. 4, 17, 3.—With inf.:

ignorare fingit,

Claud. in Eutrop. 2, 306.—Hence, fic-tus, a, um, P. a., feigned, fictitious, false:

in amicitia nihil fictum est, nihil simulatum,

Cic. Lael. 8, 26; cf. id. ib. 18, 65:

ficto officio et simulata sedultiate conjunctus,

id. Caecin. 5, 14:

in re ficta (opp. in vera),

id. Lael. 7, 24:

falsum est id totum neque solum fictum, sed etiam imperite absurdeque fictum,

id. Rep. 2, 15:

commenticii et ficti dii,

id. N. D. 2, 28, 70:

fabula,

id. Off. 3, 9, 39:

in rebus fictis et adumbratis,

id. Lael. 26, 97:

amor,

Lucr. 4, 1192:

gemitus,

Ov. M. 6, 565:

cunctatio,

Tac. A. 1, 46:

ficto pectore fatur,

Verg. A. 2, 107.— Poet. and in post-Aug. prose also, of persons:

pro bene sano Ac non incauto fictum astutumque vocamus,

dissembling, false, Hor. S. 1, 3, 62:

alii fictum (eum), ingratum, immemorem loquuntur,

Plin. Ep. 8, 18, 3;

but: ficta pellice plorat,

imaginary, Juv. 6, 272.— Poet., subst.: fictum, i, n., deception, fiction:

ficti pravique tenax,

Verg. A. 4, 188:

jam consumpserat omnem Materiam ficti,

Ov. M. 9, 767.—Adverb.:

fictumque in colla minatus, Crura subit,

Stat. Th. 6, 876.— Adv.: ficte, feignedly, fictitiously:

ficte et simulate quaestus causa insusurrare,

Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 4, § 13:

ficte reconciliata gratia,

id. Fam. 3, 12, 4.

fingo, finxi, fictum, 3, v. a. [Sanscr. dih-, dēhmi, smear; Gr. thig, thinganô, touch; whence figulus, figura, etc.; prop., to handle].

Lit.

To touch, handle, stroke, touch gently (rare):

mulcere alternos, et corpora fingere lingua,

Verg. A. 8, 634:

saepe manus aegras manibus fingebat amicis,

Ov. F. 5, 409.—

Esp., to form, shape, fashion, frame, make (class.), whence also figulus:

esse aliquam vim, quae finxerit, vel, ut tuo verbo utar, quae fabricata sit hominem,

Cic. Ac. 2, 27, 87; cf.:

ab aliquo deo ficti esse videantur,

id. de Or. 1, 25, 115:

fingere et construere nidos,

build, id. ib. 2, 6, 23:

favos,

id. Off. 1, 44, 157:

ut illa bestia fetum ederet informem, lambendo postgea fingeret, etc.,

Gell. 17, 10, 3.—

In partic.

Of the plastic art, to form or fashion by art (in wax, clay, stone, etc.), to mould or model, as a statuary:

quorum alterum fingere opinor e cera solitum esse, alterum esse pictorem,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 13, § 30; cf.:

in ceris aut fictilibus figuris,

id. N. D. 1, 26, 71:

similitudines ex argilla,

Plin. 35, 12, 43, § 151; cf.

, sarcastically: hic homullus, ex argilla et luto fictus Epicurus,

Cic. Pis. 25, 59:

pocula de humo,

Ov. Tr. 2, 489:

Alexander ab Apelle potissimum pingi et a Lysippo fingi volebat... qui neque pictam neque fictam imaginem suam passus est esse, etc.,

Cic. Fam. 5, 12, 7; cf.:

fingendi ars,

of making statues, statuary, id. de Or. 3, 7, 26:

corpora fingendo pingendove efficere,

Quint. 5, 12, 21.—

With the access. notion of arranging, adorning, etc., to set to rights, arrange; to adorn, dress, trim ( poet. syn.:

componere, excolere, ornare): Bene cum lauta est (mulier), tersa, ornata, ficta est: infecta est tamen,

Plaut. Stich. 5, 5, 4:

cum se non finxerit ulli,

Ov. R. Am. 341:

isti ficti, compositi, crispi cincinni,

Plaut. Truc. 2, 2, 32; cf.:

canas fingere comas,

Tib. 1, 2, 92:

comas presso pollice,

Prop. 3, 10 (4, 9), 14; Ov. A. A. 1, 306; Mart. 6, 57; cf.:

comas auro,

Stat. Th. 5, 228:

crinem,

Verg. A. 4, 148; cf. also Phaedr. 2, 2, 9:

vitem putando,

Verg. G. 2, 407 Forbig.—

With the access. notion of untruth, to alter, change, for the purpose of dissembling:

hi neque vultum fingere, neque interdum lacrimas tenere poterant,

Caes. B. G. 1, 39, 4; cf.:

vultus quoque hominum fingit scelus,

i. e. makes men change countenance, Ter. Heaut. 5, 1, 14.

Trop.

In gen., to form, fashion, make: Ly. multa eveniunt homini quae [p. 751] volt, quae nevolt. Ph. Mentire, gnate, nam sapiens quidem pol ipsus fingit fortunam sibi, Plaut. Trin. 2, 2, 84; cf.

the vv. foll.: natura fingit homines et creat imitatores et narratores facetos,

Cic. de Or. 2, 54, 219:

animos fingere, formare,

id. Brut. 38, 142: cf.:

moderari et fingere mentem ac voluntates,

id. Leg. 3, 18, 40:

ea quae nobis non possumus fingere, vultus, facies, sonus,

id. de Or. 1, 28, 127: formam totius rei publicae velim mittas, ex qua me fingere possim, regulate myself, i. e. proceed, act, id. Att. 6, 3, 4; cf.:

ad eorum (qui audiunt) arbitrium et nutum totos se fingunt et accommodant,

id. Or. 8, 24:

ea (verba) nos sicut mollissimam ceram ad nostrum arbitrium formamus et fingimus,

id. de Or. 3, 45, 177; cf.

also: arbitrio fingere,

id. Brut. 79, 274:

fortuna humana fingit artatque ut lubet,

Plaut. Capt. 2, 2, 54; cf.:

vitam subito flecti fingique posse,

shaped, directed, Cic. Sull. 28, 79; cf. id. ib. 25, 69:

jure erat semper idem voltus, cum mentis, a qua is fingitur, nulla fieret mutatio,

id. Tusc. 3, 15, 31; cf.:

circumspexit amictus et finxit vultum,

composed, Ov. M. 4, 318:

lingua vocem immoderate profusam fingit et terminat,

forms, Cic. N. D. 2, 59, 149; cf.:

Peripateticorum institutis commodius fingeretur oratio,

id. Brut. 31, 119: ego apis Matinae more modoque operosa parvus carmina fingo (like the Gr. plattô), make, compose, Hor. C. 4, 2, 32:

carmina,

id. Ep. 2, 1, 227; id. A. P. 331; 240:

versus,

id. ib. 382:

poëmata,

Suet. Tit. 3:

opprobria in quemvis,

Hor. Ep. 1, 15, 30.—

In partic.

With a double predicate, to form, make into something or in a certain manner:

finxit te ipsa natura ad honestatem, gravitatem... ad omnes denique virtutes magnum hominem et excelsum,

Cic. Mur. 29, 60:

nec, si miserum fortuna Sinonem Finxit, vanum etiam mendacemque improba finget,

Verg. A. 2, 79:

(illum) spissae nemorum comae Fingent Aeolio carmine nobilem,

Hor. C. 4, 3, 12:

di bene fecerunt, inopis me quodque pusilli Finxerunt animi,

id. S. 1, 4, 18: timui, mea me finxisse minora putarer Dissimulator opis propriae, to have lessened, i. e. purposely disparaged it, id. Ep. 1, 9, 8.—

To form by instruction, to instruct, teach, train:

idem mire finxit filium,

i. e. caused him to play his part, Ter. Heaut. 5, 1, 25; cf.:

voce paterna Fingeris ad rectum,

Hor. A. P. 367:

fingitur artibus,

id. C. 3, 6, 22:

fingit equum tenera docilem cervice magister Ire viam, qua monstret eques,

id. Ep. 1, 2, 64.—

To form mentally or in speech, to represent in thought, to imagine, conceive, think, suppose; to sketch out:

fingite animis... fingite cogitatione imaginem hujus condicionis meae, etc.,

Cic. Mil. 29, 79; cf.:

omnia quae cogitatione nobismet ipsi possumus fingere,

id. N. D. 3, 18, 47:

fingere animo,

id. de Sen. 12, 41: cf.

also: animo et cogitatione,

id. Tusc. 5, 24, 68:

ex sua natura ceteros,

to conceive of, id. Rosc. Am. 9, 26:

quid magis exercitum dici aut fingi potest?

id. Mil. 2, 5:

maleficium,

id. Rosc. Am. 40, 116:

tu, stulta, deos, tu fingis inania vera,

Prop. 3, 20 (4, 19), 5:

qui utilitatum causa fingunt amicitias,

suppose, Cic. Lael. 14, 51:

principatum sibi ipse opinionis errore finxerat,

had imagined to himself, id. Off. 1, 8, 26:

in summo oratore fingendo,

in representing, sketching out, id. Or. 2, 7:

finge tamen te improbulum,

Juv. 5, 72.—

With double acc.:

quod si qui me astutiorem fingit,

Cic. Fam. 3, 8, 6:

Tiresiam sapientem fingunt poetae... at vero Polyphemum Homerus immanem finxit,

id. Tusc. 5, 39, 115.—

With an object-clause, and in pass., with a subject-clause:

finge, aliquem nunc fierisapientem, nondum esse,

suppose, Cic. Ac. 2, 36, 117:

finge solum natum nothum,

Quint. 3, 6, 100.—Ellipt.: interfecti aliqui sunt;

finge a nobis,

assume, grant, Liv. 39, 37, 11:

fingamus Alexandrum dari nobis,

Quint. 1, 1, 24:

non omnia corpora fingunt in medium niti,

Lucr. 1, 1083; cf. id. 2, 175:

qui naufragus fingitur se suspendisse,

Quint. 8, 5, 22:

qui suos artus morsu lacerasset, fingitur in scholis supra se cubasse,

id. 8, 2, 20.—

Pregn., with the access. notion of creating by thinking, to contrive, devise, invent, feign something (esp. untrue):

argento comparando fingere fallaciam,

Plaut. As. 2, 1, 2; 4:

fallacias,

Ter. Heaut. 3, 2, 22:

fallaciam,

id. And. 1, 3, 15; cf.: nonne ad senem aliquam fabricam fingit? id. Heaut. 3, 2, 34:

fingit causas, ne det, sedulo,

id. Eun. 1, 2, 58:

falsas causas ad discordiam,

id. Hec. 4, 4, 71:

si mihi aliquam (rem publicam), ut apud Platonem Socrates, ipse finxero,

Cic. Rep. 2, 1 fin.; cf. id. ib. 2, 11:

ex eventis fingere,

id. Fam. 6, 6, 4:

(crimina) in istum fingere,

id. Verr. 1, 5, 15:

ea quae sunt in usu vitaque communi, non ea, quae finguntur aut optantur,

id. Lael. 5, 18:

in faciem moresque meos nova crimina fingis,

Ov. H. 12, 177:

fingere qui non visa potest, commissa tacere Qui nequit,

Hor. S. 1, 4, 84:

quaelibet in quemvis opprobria fingere,

id. Ep. 1, 15, 30:

finguntur et testamenta,

Quint. 7, 4, 39:

nemo dolorem fingit in hoc casu,

Juv. 13, 132: qui sub obtentu monituum deorum scientes eos fingunt, Mos. et Rom. Leg. Coll. 15, 2, 6. —With double acc.:

bonois se ac liberales,

Sen. Ben. 4, 17, 3.—With inf.:

ignorare fingit,

Claud. in Eutrop. 2, 306.—Hence, fic-tus, a, um, P. a., feigned, fictitious, false:

in amicitia nihil fictum est, nihil simulatum,

Cic. Lael. 8, 26; cf. id. ib. 18, 65:

ficto officio et simulata sedultiate conjunctus,

id. Caecin. 5, 14:

in re ficta (opp. in vera),

id. Lael. 7, 24:

falsum est id totum neque solum fictum, sed etiam imperite absurdeque fictum,

id. Rep. 2, 15:

commenticii et ficti dii,

id. N. D. 2, 28, 70:

fabula,

id. Off. 3, 9, 39:

in rebus fictis et adumbratis,

id. Lael. 26, 97:

amor,

Lucr. 4, 1192:

gemitus,

Ov. M. 6, 565:

cunctatio,

Tac. A. 1, 46:

ficto pectore fatur,

Verg. A. 2, 107.— Poet. and in post-Aug. prose also, of persons:

pro bene sano Ac non incauto fictum astutumque vocamus,

dissembling, false, Hor. S. 1, 3, 62:

alii fictum (eum), ingratum, immemorem loquuntur,

Plin. Ep. 8, 18, 3;

but: ficta pellice plorat,

imaginary, Juv. 6, 272.— Poet., subst.: fictum, i, n., deception, fiction:

ficti pravique tenax,

Verg. A. 4, 188:

jam consumpserat omnem Materiam ficti,

Ov. M. 9, 767.—Adverb.:

fictumque in colla minatus, Crura subit,

Stat. Th. 6, 876.— Adv.: ficte, feignedly, fictitiously:

ficte et simulate quaestus causa insusurrare,

Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 4, § 13:

ficte reconciliata gratia,

id. Fam. 3, 12, 4.

flōs, ōris, m. [root fla-; Gr. ek-phlainô, to stream forth; cf. phlasmos; Lat. flare, flamen, etc., v. flo], a blossom, flower.

Lit.:

suaves flores,

Lucr. 1, 8:

juvat novos decerpere flores,

id. 1, 928:

novi,

Hor. C. 4, 1, 32:

recentes,

id. ib. 3, 27, 44:

verni,

id. ib. 2, 11, 9:

florum omnium varietas,

Cic. de Sen. 15, 54:

suavitas odorum, qui afflarentur e floribus,

id. ib. 17, 59:

laetissimi flores,

id. Verr. 2, 4, 48, § 107:

ninguntque rosarum Floribus,

Lucr. 2, 628:

flores rosae, rosarum,

Hor. C. 2, 3, 14; 3, 29, 3; 4, 10, 4:

piabunt floribus et vino Genium,

id. Ep. 2, 1, 144; cf.:

fons Bandusiae, dulci digne mero non sine floribus,

id. C. 3, 13, 2:

nitidum caput impedire myrto Aut flore,

id. ib. 1, 4, 10:

recte necne crocum floresque perambulet Attae Fabula, si dubitem, etc.,

the stage strewed with flowers, id. Ep. 2, 1, 79:

carduus florem purpureum mittit inter medios aculeos,

puts forth, Plin. 20, 23, 99, § 262; cf. id. 21, 6, 17, § 31:

legere,

Ov. M. 4, 315.—

Transf.

The honey of flowers sucked out by the bees:

rure levis verno flores apis ingerit alveo, Conpleat ut dulci sedula melle favos,

Tib. 2, 1, 49; Verg. G. 4, 39; Plin. 11, 7, 7, § 17.—

In gen., like the Gr. anthos, for whatever forms either the best part or the highest part of a thing (mostly poet. and in postAug. prose).—

The flower of any thing, i. e. the prime or best part, also the best kind of any thing: postquam est honoratus frugum et floris Liberi, the bouquet or flavor of wine, Pac. ap. Non. 498, 12; so,

vini (Bacchi),

Plaut. Curc. 1, 2, 1; id. Cas. 3, 5, 16; Lucr. 3, 221.— The best kind of oil, Plin. 15, 6, 6, § 23; of wax, id. 21, 14, 49, § 84; of rosin, id. 14, 20, 25, § 124; of salt, id. 13, 1, 2, § 14; Cato, R. R. 88, 2; of meal, Plin. 18, 9, 20, § 86 et saep.; of cream, Vitr. 8, 3; of the finest dish: cenae, Favorin. ap. Gell. 15, 8, 2.—

The highest part, the top, crown, head of a thing.—Of the froth of wine, Cato, R. R. 11, 2; Col. 12, 30; Plin. 14, 21, 27, § 136.—The blisters, scales that are formed in smelting metals, id. 34, 11, 24, § 107; the upper dust of marble or gypsum, Col. 12, 20, 8.— Poet. of the first downy hairs of the beard: nunc primum opacat flore lanugo genas, Pac. ap. Paul. ex Fest. s. v. genas, p. 94 Müll. N. cr.; Verg. A. 8, 160; Luc. 6, 562:

ante genas dulces quam flos juvenilis inumbret,

Claud. in Prob. Cons. Pan. 69.—Donec flammai fulserunt flore coorto, a tip or flash of flame, Lucr. 1, 900.—

In archit., carved flowers placed as ornaments on a Corinthian capital, Vitr. 4, 1, 12; on a cupola, id. 4, 8.

Trop., the flower, crown, ornament of any thing (class.; a favorite flg. of Cic.).

In gen.:

ea tempestate flos poëtarum fuit (Plautus),

Plaut. Cas. prol. 18:

sic omnis fetus repressus, exustusque siti flos veteris ubertatis exaruit,

Cic. Brut. 4, 16:

(Ennius) flos delibatus populi... qua (eloquentia) virum excellentem praeclare tum illi homines florem populi esse dixerunt,

id. ib. 15, 58 sq. (cf. Enn. Ann. v. 309 ed. Vahl.):

flos nobilitatis ac juventutis,

id. Phil. 2, 15, 37; so, legatorum, id. Fl. 26, 61:

versaris in optimorum civium vel flore vel robore,

id. Or. 10, 34; cf.:

quod floris, quod roboris in juventute fuerat, amiserant,

Liv. 37, 12, 7:

ex morbo velut renovatus flos juventae,

id. 28, 35, 7; 26, 2, 6; Curt. 3, 5, 8:

provincia Galliae... ille flos Italiae, illud firmamentum imperii populi Romani, illud ornamentum dignitatis,

Cic. Phil. 3, 5, 13:

flos dignitatis,

id. Balb. 6, 15; cf.:

ego te, Crasse, cum vitae flore, tum mortis opportunitate, divino consilio et ortum et exstinctum esse arbitror,

splendor, glory, id. de Or. 3, 3, 12:

in ipso Graeciae flore,

in the very flower, the most flourishing condition, id. N. D. 3, 33, 82:

flos aetatis,

the flower of one's age, the prime of life, Lucr. 3, 770; 5, 847; cf.:

non venirem contra gratiam, non virtutis spe, sed aetatis flore collectam,

Cic. Phil. 2, 2, 3.— Without aetas: Pa. Anni? Ch. Anni? Sedecim. Pa. Flos ipse, Ter. Eun. 2, 3, 28:

viridissimo flore puella,

Cat. 17, 14:

in flore primo tantae indolis juvenis exstinctus est,

Plin. Ep. 5, 9, 5:

in flore virium se credens esse,

Liv. 42, 15, 2:

primus flos animi,

youthful vigor, Stat. Ach. 1, 625;

but also: flos animi,

ripe age, Sen. Ep. 26:

videmus Vergilium ea de causa hortorum dotes fugisse, et e tantis, quae retulit, flores modo rerum decerpsisse,

i. e. the choicest, best, Plin. H. N. 14 praef. § 7.—

Transf.: flos aetatis, maidenly or youthful innocence (of girls or boys), virginity:

(virgo) cum castum amisit polluto corpore florem,

Cat. 62, 46:

Hasdrubal flore aetatis, uti ferunt, primo Hamilcari conciliatus,

Liv. 21, 2, 3; cf. id. 21, 3, 4:

florem aetatis (Caesaris) in Bithynia contaminatum,

Suet. Caes. 49.—

In partic., of speech, a flower, embellishment, ornament:

ut porro conspersa sit (oratio) quasi verborum sententiarumque floribus, etc.,

Cic. de Or. 3, 25, 96:

flos aut lumen eloquentiae,

id. Brut. 17, 66; cf.:

nullus flos tamen neque lumen ullum (in M. Crassi oratione),

id. ib. 66, 233:

florem et colorem defuisse,

id. ib. 87, 298:

alia copia locuples, alia floribus laeta,

Quint. 8, 3, 87:

male audire... nimiis floribus et ingenii affluentia,

id. 12, 10, 13.

lĕvo, āvi, ātum, 1 (old form of fut. perf. levasso, Enn. ap. Cic. de Sen. 1), v. a. [1. levis], to lift up, raise, elevate (syn.: extollo, erigo).

Lit. (mostly poet. and in post-Aug. prose):

ter sese attollens cubitoque annixa levavit,

Verg. A. 4, 690:

se de caespite,

to rise, Ov. M. 2, 427:

se saxo,

id. F. 4, 528:

cum se matura levarit progenies (avium),

Juv. 14, 83:

apis se confestim levat sublimius,

Col. 9, 12, 1; Plin. 2, 16, 13, § 69; 36, 16, 24, § 122:

per hiemem, quae altius levat Alpes, i. e. by the snow,

Flor. 3, 3, 11.—

Transf.

To make lighter, lighten, to relieve, ease: cantantes ut eamus, ego te fasce levabo, Verg. E. 9, 65:

serpentum colla levavit,

i. e. alighted from the dragon-car, Ov. M. 8, 798:

dentes,

to clean the teeth, Mart. 14, 22:

vesicam,

Spart. Carac. 7:

jactatur rerum utilium pars maxima, sed nec damna levant,

do not lighten the ship, Juv. 12, 53.—

To take away, take:

furcā levat ille bicorni sordida terga suis,

takes down, Ov. M. 8, 647:

alicui manicas atque arcta Vincla,

Verg. A. 2, 146:

tributum,

to raise, levy, Dig. 50, 15, 4, § 2.—

Trop., to lighten, relieve, console, refresh, support a person or thing with any thing (freq. and class.). —Of a personal object:

non nihil enim me levant tuae litterae hoc tempore,

Cic. Att. 11, 8, 1.—Of things as objects: O Tite, si quid te adjuero curamve levasso, Enn. ap. Cic. de Sen. 1 (Ann. v. 339 Vahl.); so,

auxilio viros,

Verg. A. 2, 452; 4, 538:

curam et angorem animi sermone et consilio,

Cic. Att. 1, 18, 1:

molestias,

id. Fam. 4, 3, 2:

fonte sitim,

to slake, Ov. Tr. 4, 8, 26:

arida ora aqua,

to refresh, id. R. Am. 230; so,

membra gramine,

id. F. 6, 328.— Pass.:

levantur tamen miserae civitates, quod nullus fit sumptus in nos,

Cic. Att. 5, 16, 3.—

Transf.

To lighten, lessen, alleviate, mitigate (cf.:

laxo, libero): meam egestatem,

Plaut. Trin. 3, 2, 62:

alicui paupertatem,

id. Ep. 4, 1, 33:

morbum,

id. Mil. 4, 6, 57:

inopiam multum,

Caes. B. C. 3, 48, 1:

salutari arte fessos Corporis artus,

Hor. C. S. 63:

morbi vim levaturus,

Curt. 3, 6, 2:

levavitque apertis horreis pretia frugum,

reduced, Tac. A. 2, 59:

vario viam sermone,

Verg. A. 8, 309:

injurias,

Caes. B. C. 1, 9:

suspicionem,

Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 59, § 136:

ut sumptus levaretur,

Plin. Ep. 10, 43 (52), 2:

calamitatem innocentium,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 3, 7:

his levabat omnem vulnerum metum nobilitas mortis,

id. Tusc. 2, 24, 59:

qui paupertatem levet propinqui,

Juv. 14, 236.—

To lessen, diminish, weaken, impair: cave lassitudo poplitum cursum levet, Att. ap. Non. 336, 29:

laudem alicujus,

id. ib. 31:

inconstantiā levatur auctoritas,

Cic. Ac. 2, 22, 69:

multa fidem promissa levant,

Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 10.—

To relieve, release, discharge, free from any thing.

With abl.:

leva me hoc onere,

Cic. Fam. 3, 12, 3:

aliquem miseriis,

id. ib. 3, 8:

me molestia,

id. ib. 16, 9, 2:

aliquem metu,

Liv. 2, 22:

animos religione,

id. 21, 62; cf.:

qui hac opinione non modo verbis, sed etiam opere levandi sunt,

Cic. Lael. 20, 72:

ut homines populares supplicio aut exsilio levarentur,

id. Verr. 2, 5, 6, § 13:

se aere alieno,

id. Att. 6, 2, 4:

se infamiā,

id. Verr. 2, 3, 61, § 141: se vitā, Varr. ap. Non. 336, 33.—

With gen.:

ut me omnium jam laborum levas,

Plaut. Rud. 1, 4, 27.—

To avert:

omen,

Verg. A. 3, 36:

ictum dextra,

Hor. C. 2, 17, 28.

lēvo ( laevo), āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [2. levis], to make smooth, to smooth, polish.

Lit.:

levare ac radere tigna,

Lucr. 5, 1267: corpus, * Cic. Fragm. Or. in Clod. et Cur. 5; Cels. 8, 3:

magni levatique mensarum orbes,

Sen. Helv. 11, 6:

mensas,

Stat. Th. 1, 519.—

Trop., of speech, to smooth down, polish, soften:

nimis aspera sano Levabit cultu,

Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 123.—Hence, P. a.: lēvātus, a, um; comp.:

quae levatiora levioraque sunt,

more highly polished, Gell. 17, 8, 15.

lĕvo, āvi, ātum, 1 (old form of fut. perf. levasso, Enn. ap. Cic. de Sen. 1), v. a. [1. levis], to lift up, raise, elevate (syn.: extollo, erigo).

Lit. (mostly poet. and in post-Aug. prose):

ter sese attollens cubitoque annixa levavit,

Verg. A. 4, 690:

se de caespite,

to rise, Ov. M. 2, 427:

se saxo,

id. F. 4, 528:

cum se matura levarit progenies (avium),

Juv. 14, 83:

apis se confestim levat sublimius,

Col. 9, 12, 1; Plin. 2, 16, 13, § 69; 36, 16, 24, § 122:

per hiemem, quae altius levat Alpes, i. e. by the snow,

Flor. 3, 3, 11.—

Transf.

To make lighter, lighten, to relieve, ease: cantantes ut eamus, ego te fasce levabo, Verg. E. 9, 65:

serpentum colla levavit,

i. e. alighted from the dragon-car, Ov. M. 8, 798:

dentes,

to clean the teeth, Mart. 14, 22:

vesicam,

Spart. Carac. 7:

jactatur rerum utilium pars maxima, sed nec damna levant,

do not lighten the ship, Juv. 12, 53.—

To take away, take:

furcā levat ille bicorni sordida terga suis,

takes down, Ov. M. 8, 647:

alicui manicas atque arcta Vincla,

Verg. A. 2, 146:

tributum,

to raise, levy, Dig. 50, 15, 4, § 2.—

Trop., to lighten, relieve, console, refresh, support a person or thing with any thing (freq. and class.). —Of a personal object:

non nihil enim me levant tuae litterae hoc tempore,

Cic. Att. 11, 8, 1.—Of things as objects: O Tite, si quid te adjuero curamve levasso, Enn. ap. Cic. de Sen. 1 (Ann. v. 339 Vahl.); so,

auxilio viros,

Verg. A. 2, 452; 4, 538:

curam et angorem animi sermone et consilio,

Cic. Att. 1, 18, 1:

molestias,

id. Fam. 4, 3, 2:

fonte sitim,

to slake, Ov. Tr. 4, 8, 26:

arida ora aqua,

to refresh, id. R. Am. 230; so,

membra gramine,

id. F. 6, 328.— Pass.:

levantur tamen miserae civitates, quod nullus fit sumptus in nos,

Cic. Att. 5, 16, 3.—

Transf.

To lighten, lessen, alleviate, mitigate (cf.:

laxo, libero): meam egestatem,

Plaut. Trin. 3, 2, 62:

alicui paupertatem,

id. Ep. 4, 1, 33:

morbum,

id. Mil. 4, 6, 57:

inopiam multum,

Caes. B. C. 3, 48, 1:

salutari arte fessos Corporis artus,

Hor. C. S. 63:

morbi vim levaturus,

Curt. 3, 6, 2:

levavitque apertis horreis pretia frugum,

reduced, Tac. A. 2, 59:

vario viam sermone,

Verg. A. 8, 309:

injurias,

Caes. B. C. 1, 9:

suspicionem,

Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 59, § 136:

ut sumptus levaretur,

Plin. Ep. 10, 43 (52), 2:

calamitatem innocentium,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 3, 7:

his levabat omnem vulnerum metum nobilitas mortis,

id. Tusc. 2, 24, 59:

qui paupertatem levet propinqui,

Juv. 14, 236.—

To lessen, diminish, weaken, impair: cave lassitudo poplitum cursum levet, Att. ap. Non. 336, 29:

laudem alicujus,

id. ib. 31:

inconstantiā levatur auctoritas,

Cic. Ac. 2, 22, 69:

multa fidem promissa levant,

Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 10.—

To relieve, release, discharge, free from any thing.

With abl.:

leva me hoc onere,

Cic. Fam. 3, 12, 3:

aliquem miseriis,

id. ib. 3, 8:

me molestia,

id. ib. 16, 9, 2:

aliquem metu,

Liv. 2, 22:

animos religione,

id. 21, 62; cf.:

qui hac opinione non modo verbis, sed etiam opere levandi sunt,

Cic. Lael. 20, 72:

ut homines populares supplicio aut exsilio levarentur,

id. Verr. 2, 5, 6, § 13:

se aere alieno,

id. Att. 6, 2, 4:

se infamiā,

id. Verr. 2, 3, 61, § 141: se vitā, Varr. ap. Non. 336, 33.—

With gen.:

ut me omnium jam laborum levas,

Plaut. Rud. 1, 4, 27.—

To avert:

omen,

Verg. A. 3, 36:

ictum dextra,

Hor. C. 2, 17, 28.

lēvo ( laevo), āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [2. levis], to make smooth, to smooth, polish.

Lit.:

levare ac radere tigna,

Lucr. 5, 1267: corpus, * Cic. Fragm. Or. in Clod. et Cur. 5; Cels. 8, 3:

magni levatique mensarum orbes,

Sen. Helv. 11, 6:

mensas,

Stat. Th. 1, 519.—

Trop., of speech, to smooth down, polish, soften:

nimis aspera sano Levabit cultu,

Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 123.—Hence, P. a.: lēvātus, a, um; comp.:

quae levatiora levioraque sunt,

more highly polished, Gell. 17, 8, 15.

Mătīnus, i, m., a mountain or promontory in Apulia, near the foot of Mount Garganus, now Matinata, Luc. 9, 185; Schol. Cruq. ad Hor. C. 1, 28, 3.—Hence,

Mă-tīnus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Mount Matinus, Matinian:

apis Matinae More,

Hor. C. 4, 2, 27:

litus,

id. ib. 1, 28, 3:

cacumina,

id. Epod. 16, 28.—

Mătīnus, i, m., a mountain in Apulia Daunia, Luc. 9, 185.

Memphis, is and ĭdos, f., = Memphis, a city of Middle Egypt, celebrated as the residence of the Egyptian kings, now Metrahenny (fourteen miles south of Cairo), Mel. 1, 9, 9; Plin. 2, 85, 87, § 201; 5, 9, 9, § 50; Liv. 45, 11 sq.; Hor. C. 3, 26, 10; Tac. H. 4, 84; Prop. 3, 11, 34:

quae colis, et Memphin, palmiferamque Pharon,

Ov. Am. 2, 13, 7.— Hence,

Memphītes, ae, m. adj., Memphite, of or from the city of Memphis, Egyptian:

Memphiten plangere bovem,

i. e. Apis, Tib. 1, 8 (7), 28 lapis, Plin. 36, 7, 11, § 56.—

Memphītĭcus, a, um, adj., Memphitic, Egyptian:

templa,

Ov. A. A. 1, 77:

ensis,

Luc. 10, 5.—

Memphītis, ĭdis, f. adj., Memphite, Egyptian ( poet.):

terrā Memphitide,

Juv. 15, 122:

vacca,

i. e. Io, Ov. A. A. 3, 393:

cymba,

Luc. 4, 136.

Memphis, is and ĭdos, f., = Memphis, a city of Middle Egypt, celebrated as the residence of the Egyptian kings, now Metrahenny (fourteen miles south of Cairo), Mel. 1, 9, 9; Plin. 2, 85, 87, § 201; 5, 9, 9, § 50; Liv. 45, 11 sq.; Hor. C. 3, 26, 10; Tac. H. 4, 84; Prop. 3, 11, 34:

quae colis, et Memphin, palmiferamque Pharon,

Ov. Am. 2, 13, 7.— Hence,

Memphītes, ae, m. adj., Memphite, of or from the city of Memphis, Egyptian:

Memphiten plangere bovem,

i. e. Apis, Tib. 1, 8 (7), 28 lapis, Plin. 36, 7, 11, § 56.—

Memphītĭcus, a, um, adj., Memphitic, Egyptian:

templa,

Ov. A. A. 1, 77:

ensis,

Luc. 10, 5.—

Memphītis, ĭdis, f. adj., Memphite, Egyptian ( poet.):

terrā Memphitide,

Juv. 15, 122:

vacca,

i. e. Io, Ov. A. A. 3, 393:

cymba,

Luc. 4, 136.

Memphis, is and ĭdos, f., = Memphis, a city of Middle Egypt, celebrated as the residence of the Egyptian kings, now Metrahenny (fourteen miles south of Cairo), Mel. 1, 9, 9; Plin. 2, 85, 87, § 201; 5, 9, 9, § 50; Liv. 45, 11 sq.; Hor. C. 3, 26, 10; Tac. H. 4, 84; Prop. 3, 11, 34:

quae colis, et Memphin, palmiferamque Pharon,

Ov. Am. 2, 13, 7.— Hence,

Memphītes, ae, m. adj., Memphite, of or from the city of Memphis, Egyptian:

Memphiten plangere bovem,

i. e. Apis, Tib. 1, 8 (7), 28 lapis, Plin. 36, 7, 11, § 56.—

Memphītĭcus, a, um, adj., Memphitic, Egyptian:

templa,

Ov. A. A. 1, 77:

ensis,

Luc. 10, 5.—

Memphītis, ĭdis, f. adj., Memphite, Egyptian ( poet.):

terrā Memphitide,

Juv. 15, 122:

vacca,

i. e. Io, Ov. A. A. 3, 393:

cymba,

Luc. 4, 136.

Memphis, is and ĭdos, f., = Memphis, a city of Middle Egypt, celebrated as the residence of the Egyptian kings, now Metrahenny (fourteen miles south of Cairo), Mel. 1, 9, 9; Plin. 2, 85, 87, § 201; 5, 9, 9, § 50; Liv. 45, 11 sq.; Hor. C. 3, 26, 10; Tac. H. 4, 84; Prop. 3, 11, 34:

quae colis, et Memphin, palmiferamque Pharon,

Ov. Am. 2, 13, 7.— Hence,

Memphītes, ae, m. adj., Memphite, of or from the city of Memphis, Egyptian:

Memphiten plangere bovem,

i. e. Apis, Tib. 1, 8 (7), 28 lapis, Plin. 36, 7, 11, § 56.—

Memphītĭcus, a, um, adj., Memphitic, Egyptian:

templa,

Ov. A. A. 1, 77:

ensis,

Luc. 10, 5.—

Memphītis, ĭdis, f. adj., Memphite, Egyptian ( poet.):

terrā Memphitide,

Juv. 15, 122:

vacca,

i. e. Io, Ov. A. A. 3, 393:

cymba,

Luc. 4, 136.

mŏdus, i, m. [root med-, measure, weigh; Gr. medomai, medontes, mêstôr, medimnos; cf.: modius, modestus, moderor], a measure with which, or according to which, any thing is measured, its size, length, circumference, quantity (freq. and class.).

Lit.

In gen.:

modi, quibus metirentur rura,

Varr. R. R. 1, 10, 1:

is modus acnua Latine appellatur,

id. ib. 1, 10, 2:

filio agri reliquit ei non magnum modum,

Plaut. Aul. prol. 13:

hoc erat in votis, modus agri non ita magnus,

Hor. S. 2, 6, 1:

de modo agri scripsit,

Cic. Att. 13, 33, 2:

de modo agri (actio), cum a venditore emptor deceptus est,

Paul. Sent. 1, 19, 1:

modus hic agri nostro non sufficit horto,

Juv. 14, 172:

modus altitudinis et latitudinis (sulcorum),

Col. 11, 3, 4:

collis modum jugeri continens,

Col. Arbor. 1, 6:

ut omnium par modus sit,

Cels. 3, 27; cf. Col. 12, 23:

falsus,

false measure, Dig. 11, 6: magnus legionum, Vell. 2, 73, 2: hic mihi conteritur vitae modus, measure or term of life, Prop. 1, 7, 9.—

In partic.

Pregn., a proper measure, due measure:

in modo fundi non animadverso lapsi sunt multi,

Varr. R. R. 1, 11:

suus cuique (rei) modus est,

Cic. Or. 22, 73:

ordine et modo,

id. Off. 1, 5, 14:

modum alicujus rei habere,

to observe measure in a thing, not exceed the bounds of moderation, id. Verr. 2, 2, 59, § 144:

vox quasi extra modum absona,

beyond measure, immoderately, id. de Or. 3, 11, 41:

cum lacus praeter modum crevisset,

id. Div. 1, 44, 100:

ii sine dubio fidem et modum transeunt,

id. Off. 1, 29, 102:

supra modum in servos suos saevire,

Gai. Inst. 1, 53:

sine modo modestiāque,

without measure, without moderation, Sall. J. 41, 9:

sine modo ac modestia agi,

Liv. 26, 48, 11.—

The measure of tones, measure, rhythm, melody, harmony, time; in poetry, measure, metre, mode:

vocum,

Cic. Div. 2, 3, 9:

musici,

Quint. 1, 10, 14:

lyrici,

Ov. H. 15, 6:

fidibus Latinis Thebanos aptare modos,

Hor. Ep. 1, 3, 12: Bacchico exsultas (i. e. exsultans) modo, Enn. ap. Charis. p. 214 P. (Trag. v. 152 Vahl.):

flebilibus modis concinere,

Cic. Tusc. 1, 44, 106: saltare ad tibicinis modos, to the music or sound of the flute, Liv. 7, 2:

nectere canoris Eloquium vocale modis,

Juv. 7, 19.—Fig.:

verae numerosque modosque ediscere vitae,

moral harmonies, Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 144.—

Transf.

A measure which is not to be exceeded, a bound, limit, end, restriction, etc.:

modus muliebris nullust, neque umquam lavando et fricando modum scimus facere,

Plaut. Poen. 1, 2, 21:

quis modus tibi tandem exilio eveniet,

id. Merc. 3, 4, 67:

modum aliquem et finem orationi facere,

to set bounds to, Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 48, § 118:

ludendi est quidem modus retinendus,

id. Off. 1, 29, 104:

imponere alicui,

Liv. 4, 24, 4:

cum modum irae nullum faceret,

id. 4, 50, 4:

modum transire,

Cic. Tusc. 4, 17, 4:

cupidinibus statuat natura modum quem,

Hor. S. 1, 2, 111:

inimicitiarum modum facere,

Cic. Sull. 17, 48:

modum statuarum haberi nullum placet,

id. Verr. 2, 2, 59, § 144:

qui rebus infinitis modum constituant,

id. Fin. 1, 1, 2:

constituere,

id. Verr. 2, 2, 59, § 145: modus vitae, tou biou telos, Prop. 1, 7, 9. —With gen. gerund.:

modum lugendi aliquando facere,

to make an end of mourning, Cic. Fam. 5, 16, 6.— Poet. with inf.:

nam quis erit saevire modus?

Stat. Th. 12, 573; cf. the foll.—

A way, manner, mode, method:

modus est, in quo quem ad modum, et quo animo factum sit, quaeritur, Ejus partes sunt prudentia, et imprudentia,

Cic. Inv. 1, 27, 41:

nullum modum esse hominis occidendi quo ille non aliquot occiderit,

id. Rosc. Am. 35, 100:

nec enim semper (hae partes) tractantur uno modo,

id. Or. 35, 122:

vitae,

way of life, id. Tusc. 5, 23, 66:

caelestium ordinem... imitari vitae modo,

id. Sen. 21, 77: quibus modis, by what method of acting, i. e. what means, Sall. C. 5, 6:

cultores has Alpis modo tuto transmittere,

Liv. 21, 30, 8.— Poet. with inf.:

nec modus inserere atque oculos imponere simplex,

Verg. G. 2, 73.—

Esp. freq.: modo, in modum, or ad modum, with a gen. or adj., in the manner of, like:

servorum modo,

in the manner of, like slaves, Liv. 39, 26:

pecorum modo trahi,

Tac. A. 4, 25:

in modum ramorum,

Col. Arbor. 22:

in nostrum modum,

in our manner, Tac. H. 3, 25:

servilem in modum cruciari,

like slaves, Cic. Verr. 1, 5, 13; Caes. B. G. 6, 19, 3; Suet. Calig. 56:

mirum in modum,

in a wonderful manner, wonderfully, Caes. B. G. 1, 41:

ad hunc modum distributis legionibus,

in this manner, id. ib. 5, 24:

naves ad hunc modum factae,

id. ib. 3, 13:

nos nostras more nostro et modo instruximus legiones,

Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 66:

non tuo hoc fiet modo,

id. Men. 2, 1, 25:

si humano modo, si usitato more peccāsset,

after the manner of men, Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 3, § 8; cf.:

Carneadeo more et modo disputata,

id. Univ. 1; for which with gen.:

apis Matinae More modoque,

Hor. C. 4, 2, 28; and:

agendi more ac modo,

Quint. 11, 1, 29:

tali modo,

in such a manner, in such wise, Nep. Att. 21, 1:

nullo modo,

in no wise, by no means, Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 76, § 186:

omni modo egi cum rege et ago cotidie,

in every way, earnestly, urgently, id. Att. 6, 2, 7: omnibus modis tibi esse rem salvam [p. 1157] ut scias, Plaut. Ps. 4, 6, 13:

omnibus modis miser sum,

every way, wholly, completely, Ter. Hec. 4, 4, 79:

miris modis,

Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 3, § 9; Liv. 1, 57, 6; Hor. C. 2, 17, 21:

mille modis amor ignorandust,

Plaut. Trin. 2, 1, 30:

hoc multis modis reprehendi potest,

Cic. Fin. 2, 26, 82 (v. Madv. ad h. l.); so,

filium multis modis jam exspecto, ut redeat domum,

very much, Ter. Hec. 2, 3, 7; cf.

multimodis: mira miris modis,

Plaut. Cas. 3, 5, 5; cf.

mirimodis: eum tibi commendo in majorem modum,

very much, greatly, Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 12 (14), 3:

nullo modo,

id. Fin. 2, 31, 102; Col. 9, 8; Suet. Tit. 2:

bono modo,

moderately, Cato, R. R. 5:

bono modo desiderare aliquid,

Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 6, 3: ejus modi, of that kind, of such a kind or sort (freq.):

ejusmodi sunt tempestates consecutae, ut,

Caes. B. G. 3, 29, 2:

in ejusmodi casu,

id. ib. 5, 33, 4;

6, 34, 7: erant ejusmodi fere situs oppidorum, ut,

id. ib. 3, 12, 1:

petitionis nostrae hujusmodi ratio est,

Cic. Att. 1, 1, 1; so,

cujusquemodi, cujusdammodi, cujusmodicumque, cuimodi, cuicuimodi, v. Zumpt, § 678: cujusmodi,

of what sort, Cic. Fam. 15, 20, 3:

cujuscemodi,

of what sort soever, id. Inv. 2, 45, 134: hujusmodi, hujuscemodi, of this kind, such:

hujusmodi casus,

Caes. B. C. 2, 22:

hujuscemodi verba,

Sall. J. 9 fin.:

illiusmodi,

of that kind, Cic. Div. in Caecil. 21, 68; so,

istiusmodi amicos,

Plaut. Rud. 2, 2, 15.—

In gram., a form of a verb, a voice or mood:

in verbo fiunt soloecismi per genera, tempora, personas, modos, etc.,

Quint. 1, 5, 41: patiendi modus ( the passive voice)... faciendi modus ( the active voice), id. 9, 3, 7; cf. 1, 6, 26.

mos, mōris, m. [etym. dub.; perh. root ma-, measure; cf.: maturus, matutinus; prop., a measuring or guiding rule of life; hence], manner, custom, way, usage, practice, fashion, wont, as determined not by the laws, but by men's will and pleasure, humor, self-will, caprice (class.; cf.: consuetudo, usus).

Lit.:

opsequens oboediensque'st mori atque imperiis patris,

Plaut. Bacch. 3, 3, 54:

huncine erat aequum ex illius more, an illum ex hujus vivere?

Ter. Heaut. 1, 2, 24: alieno more vivendum est mihi, according to the will or humor of another, id. And. 1, 1, 125:

nonne fuit levius dominae pervincere mores,

Prop. 1, 17, 15: morem alicui gerere, to do the will of a person, to humor, gratify, obey him:

sic decet morem geras,

Plaut. Most. 3, 2, 35; Cic. Tusc. 1, 9, 17:

animo morem gessero,

Ter. And. 4, 1, 17:

adulescenti morem gestum oportuit,

id. Ad. 2, 2, 6; v. gero.—

The will as a rule for action, custom, usage, practice, wont, habit:

leges mori serviunt,

usage, custom, Plaut. Trin. 4, 3, 36:

legi morique parendum est,

Cic. Univ. 11:

ibam forte Viā Sacrā, sicut meus est mos,

custom, wont, Hor. S. 1, 9, 1:

contra morem consuetudinemque civilem,

Cic. Off. 1, 41, 148:

quae vero more agentur institutisque civilibus,

according to usage, according to custom, id. ib.:

mos est hominum, ut nolint eundem pluribus rebus excellere,

id. Brut. 21, 84:

ut mos est,

Juv. 6, 392;

moris erat quondam servare, etc.,

id. 11, 83:

more sinistro,

by a perverted custom, id. 2, 87.— So with ut:

morem traditum a patribus, ut, etc.,

Liv. 27, 11, 10:

hunc morem servare, ut, etc.,

id. 32, 34, 5:

virginibus Tyriis mos est gestare pharetram,

it is the custom, they are accustomed, Verg. A. 1, 336:

qui istic mos est?

Ter. Heaut. 3, 3, 1:

mos ita rogandi,

Cic. Fam. 12, 17, 1:

ut mos fuit Bithyniae regibus,

id. Verr. 2, 5, 11, § 27: moris est, it is the custom:

negavit, moris esse Graecorum, ut, etc.,

id. ib. 2, 1, 26, § 66; Vell. 2, 37, 5:

quae moris Graecorum non sint,

Liv. 36, 28, 4; cf.:

(aliquid) satis ex more Graecorum factum,

id. 36, 28, 5:

ut Domitiano moris erat,

Tac. Agr. 39.— Plur.:

id quoque morum Tiberii erat,

Tac. A. 1, 80:

praeter civium morem,

contrary to custom, to usage, Ter. And. 5, 3, 9: sine more, unwonted, unparalleled:

facinus sine more,

Stat. Th. 1, 238; so,

nullo more,

id. ib. 7, 135:

supra morem: terra supra morem densa,

unusually, Verg. G. 2, 227 (cf.:

supra modum): perducere aliquid in morem,

to make into a custom, make customary, Cic. Inv. 2, 54, 162:

quod jam in morem venerat, ut, etc.,

had become customary, Liv. 42, 21, 7.—

In partic., in a moral point of view, conduct, behavior; in plur., manners, morals, character; in a good or bad sense:

est ita temperatis moderatisque moribus, ut summa severitas summā cum humanitate jungatur,

manners, Cic. Fam. 12, 27, 1:

suavissimi mores,

id. Att. 16, 16, A, 6: boni, id. Fragm. ap. Non. 254, 8.—Prov.:

corrumpunt mores bonos colloquia mala,

Vulg. 1 Cor. 15, 33:

justi,

Cic. de Or. 2, 43, 184:

severi et pudici,

Plin. 28, 8, 27, § 106:

sanctissimi,

Plin. Ep. 10, 20, 3: feri immanisque natura, Cic. Rosc. [p. 1168] Am. 13, 38:

totam vitam, naturam moresque alicujus cognoscere,

character, id. ib. 38, 109:

eos esse M'. Curii mores, eamque probitatem, ut, etc.,

id. Fam. 13, 17, 3; id. de Or. 2, 43, 182:

mores disciplinamque alicujus imitari,

id. Deiot. 10, 28:

perditi,

id. Fam. 2, 5, 2:

praefectura morum,

the supervision of the public morals, Suet. Caes. 76:

moribus et caelum patuit,

to good morals, virtue, Prop. 4 (5), 11, 101:

amator meretricis mores sibi emit auro et purpurā,

polite behavior, complaisance, Plaut. Most. 1, 3, 128:

propitiis, si per mores nostros liceret, diis,

i. e. our evil way of life, Tac. H. 3, 72:

morum quoque filius,

like his father in character, Juv. 14, 52:

ne te ignarum fuisse dicas meorum morum, leno ego sum,

i. e. my trade, Ter. Ad. 2, 1, 6:

in publicis moribus,

Suet. Tib. 33; 42.—

Transf.

Quality, nature, manner; mode, fashion:

haec meretrix fecit, ut mos est meretricius,

Plaut. Men. 5, 4, 8:

mores siderum,

qualities, properties, Plin. 18, 24, 56, § 206:

caeli,

Verg. G. 1, 51:

Carneadeo more et modo disputare,

manner, Cic. Univ. 1:

si humano modo, si usitato more peccāsset,

in the usual manner, id. Verr. 2, 2, 3, § 9:

Graeco more bibere,

id. ib. 1, 26, 66:

apis Matinae More modoque,

after the manner of, like, Hor. C. 4, 2, 27:

Dardanius torrentis aquae vel turbinis atri More furens,

Verg. A. 10, 604:

more novalium,

Col. 3, 13, 4:

caeli et anni mores,

Col. 1, Praef. 23:

omnium more,

Cic. Fam. 12, 17, 3; so,

ad morem actionum,

Quint. 4, 1, 43:

elabitur anguis in morem fluminis,

like, Verg. G. 1, 245:

in hunc operis morem,

Hor. S. 2, 1, 63:

pecudum in morem,

Flor. 3, 8, 6:

morem vestis tenere,

mode, fashion, Just. 1, 2, 3.—

A precept, law, rule ( poet. and postAug.):

moresque viris et moenia ponet,

precepts, laws, Verg. A. 1, 264; cf.:

pacis inponere morem,

id. ib. 6, 852:

quod moribus eorum interdici non poterat,

Nep. Ham. 3:

quid ferri duritiā pugnacius? sed cedit, et patitur mores,

submits to laws, obeys, is tamed, Plin. 36, 16, 25, § 127:

ut leo mores Accepit,

Stat. Ach. 2, 183:

in morem tonsa coma, = ex more ludi,

Verg. A. 5, 556.

Nīlus, i, m., = Neilos.

The river Nile, celebrated for its annual overflow, Lucr. 6, 712 sq.; Cic. N. D. 2, 52, 130; id. Rep. 6, 18, 19; Sen. Q. N. 4, 2; Plin. 5, 9, 10, § 51; 18, 8, 47, § 167; Vitr. 8, 2, 6; Mart. Cap. 6, § 676; Luc. 10, 199 et saep.—It flows through seven mouths into the sea, Juv. 13, 26; cf. Ov. M. 5, 187; 1, 422.—

Also personified, the god of the Nile, Nilus, father of the Egyptian Hercules, Cic. N. D. 3, 16, 42; cf. id. ib. 3, 23, 58 sq.—

Transf., a canal, conduit, aqueduct:

piscina et nilus,

Cic. Q. Fr. 3, 9, 7:

ductus vero aquarum, quos isti nilos et euripos vocant,

id. Leg. 2, 1, 2.—Hence,

Nī-lĭăcus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to the Nile:

fontes,

Luc. 10, 192:

gurges,

id. 9, 1023:

fera,

the crocodile, Mart. 5, 65, 14; cf.

crocodilus,

id. 3, 93, 7:

holus,

the colocasia, id. 13, 57, 1.—

Transf., Egyptian:

Niliacis carmina lusa modis,

Ov. A. A. 3, 318: amor, an Egyptian amour, i. e. with Cleopatra, Luc. 10, 80:

tyrannus,

id. 8, 281:

plebs,

Juv. 1, 26:

pecus,

i. e. Apis, Stat. Th. 3, 478: juvenca, Io or Isis. Mart. 8, 81, 2:

lens,

id. 13, 9, 1.—

Nīlĭcŏla, ae, m., a dweller on the Nile, an Egyptian, Prud. ap. [p. 1208] Symm. 2, 439.—

Nīlĭgĕna, ae, comm., one born on the banks of the Nile, an Egyptian, Macr. S. 1, 16, 37: Niligenūm deūm, v. l. Verg. A. 8, 698 (cf. Lachm. ap. Lucr. 5, 440). —

Nīlōtĭcus, a, um, adj., of the Nile:

Nilotica tellus,

Mart. 6, 80, 1:

rura,

Luc. 9, 130:

aqua,

Sen. Q. N. 3, 25, 11.—

Nīlō-tis, ĭdis, f. adj., of or from the Nile, Egyptian:

Nilotis acus,

Luc. 10, 142:

tunica,

Mart. 10, 6, 7:

aqua,

Sid. Ep. 8, 12.

rĕ-vŏlo, āre, v. n., to fly back (rare but class.).

Lit.:

turdi quotannis in Italiam trans mare advolant et eodem revolant,

Varr. R. R. 3, 5, 7:

grus,

Cic. N. D. 2, 49, 125:

mergi,

Verg. G. 1, 361:

Daedalus ceratis alis,

Ov. M. 9, 741:

apis ut nulla intro revolet,

Col. 9, 12, 1.—

Transf.:

telum,

Ov. M. 7, 684:

sol,

to hasten back, Manil. 2, 193:

ad aliquem,

Vell. 2, 123, 2.

sēdŭlus, a, um, adj. [etym. dub.; acc. to Curt. from root hed-, to go; Gr. hodos, way; whence Lat. solum, solium; cf. tremulus, from tremo; prop. active, inclined to motion; but perh. better referred to root sed-, sid-, (Sanscr. sad-), of sedeo; Engl. sit; cf. assiduus. The derivation from sē - dolo, adopted by Don. Ter. Ad. 3, 3, 59; Serv. Verg. A. 2, 374; Non. 37, 28; and Isid. Orig. 10, 244 and 247; cf. Döderl. Syn. 1, p. 117 sq. al., is an error]; orig. sitting fast, persisting in some course of action; hence, busy, diligent, industrious, zealous, careful, unremitting, solicitous, assiduous, sedulous (mostly poet.;

syn.: diligens, officiosus, attentus): eloquentes videbare, non sedulos velle conquirere,

orators, not those who labor at oratory, Cic. Brut. 47, 176:

haec a concubitu fit sedula, tardior illa,

Ov. A. A. 1, 377:

exanimat lentus spectator, sedulus inflat,

Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 178:

tantum venerata virum hunc sedula curet,

Tib. 1, 5, 33; cf.

puer (minister),

Hor. C. 1, 38, 6:

agricola,

Plin. 17, 14, 24, § 101:

olitor, Col. poët. 10, 148: apis,

Tib. 2, 1, 50; Ov. M. 13, 928:

Baucis,

id. ib. 8, 640:

anus,

Tib. 1, 3, 84:

nutrix,

Ov. H. 21, 95; id. M. 10, 438; Hor. A. P. 116:

mater,

Phaedr. 4, 5, 13:

deducat juvenum sedula turba senem,

Tib. 1, 4, 80:

sedula fune viri contento bracchia lassant,

Ov. F. 4, 297:

labor,

Sen. Hippol. 1109:

opera,

App. M. 9, p. 237:

industria,

id. ib. 2, p. 128:

ministerium,

id. ib. 11, p. 267:

cura,

Col. 8, 1, 3 et saep.: velim te arbitrari factum. R. Sedulum est, submoventur hostes, removentur lapides, Plaut. Fragm. ap. Charis. p. 194 P.—

With an invidious implication, officious, obtrusive:

ne studio nostri pecces odiumque libellis Sedulus importes opera vehemente minister,

Hor. Ep. 1, 13, 5:

hospes,

id. S. 1, 5, 71:

nec quisquam flammae sedulus addat aquam,

Tib. 2, 4, 42:

luna,

Prop. 1, 3, 32; cf.:

male sedulus,

Ov. A. A. 3, 699; id. M. 10, 438.—Hence, advv.

sēdŭlō, busily, diligently, industriously, eagerly, carefully, zealously, unremittingly, assiduously, solicitously, sedulously.

In gen. (very freq. and class.;

a favorite word of Plaut. and Ter.): nam ille amico suo sodali sedulo rem mandatam exsequitur,

Plaut. Bacch. 3, 3, 71 sq.:

ut cognorant, dabimus operam sedulo,

id. Cas. prol. 16; so,

operam dare,

id. Pers. 4, 7, 10; id. Men. 5, 7, 20:

addere,

id. Cist. 1, 1, 54; id. Most. 1, 2, 41:

comparare quae opus sunt,

Liv. 1, 41:

faciam sedulo, Ut, etc.,

Plaut. Capt. 2, 3, 25.—Most freq. with facere; cf. Cato, R. R. 2, 2; Plaut. Ep. 2, 2, 108; id. Bacch. 4, 8, 30; id. Merc. 2, 3, 126; id. Poen. 1, 2, 144; id. Pers. 1, 1, 47 sq.; Ter. And. 3, 4, 18; 4, 1, 56; id. Eun. 2, 3, 71; id. Heaut. 1, 1, 74; 2, 4, 16; id. Ad. 1, 1, 25; 2, 2, 43; Cic. Clu. 21, 58; id. Fin. 3, 4 fin.; Vatin. ap. Cic. Fam. 5, 10 a, 2.—With fieri, Plaut. Merc. 2, 2, 31; id. Rud. 1, 4, 22; id. Trin. 1, 2, 155; Ter. Ad. 3, 3, 59; id. Phorm. 1, 4, 51; 5, 8, 12; Cic. Fam. 2, 11 fin.; cf.:

sedulo id ago,

Ter. And. 3, 5, 8:

agitans mecum,

id. Phorm. 4, 3, 10: ad socios nostros sedulo dispertieram, alio frumentum, alio legatos, etc., Cato ap. Charis. p. 197 P.; cf.: salutem impertit studiose et sedulo, Lucil. ap. Non. 37, 30:

aliquid conservare,

Cato, R. R. 5, 8:

servare,

Plaut. Capt. 2, 2, 7; id. Curc. 5, 2, 41; id. Rud. 2, 3, 52:

celare,

id. Aul. 1, 2, 35:

dissimulare,

Ter. Hec. 4, 2, 2; id. Phorm. 2, 3, 81:

animum advertere,

Plaut. Stich. 4, 1, 40; id. Rud. 2, 2, 1; cf.:

munditer se habere,

id. Poen. 1, 2, 26: Ge. Valuistine usque? Ep. Sustentatum'st sedulo, id. Stich. 3, 2, 14; 4, 2, 8:

sedulo aliquid dicere,

to assert emphatically, protest, id. Capt. 4, 2, 106; cf.: ego illud sedulo Negare factum;

ille instat factum,

Ter. And. 1, 1, 119; so,

moneo,

id. Ad. 3, 3, 72:

et moneo, et hortor,

id. Hec. 1, 1, 6:

credere,

i. e. sincerely, id. Phorm. 2, 4, 13; cf.

argumentari,

Cic. Att. 3, 12, 1.—

In partic., with an implication of design, on purpose, designedly, intentionally (rare;

not in Cic.): aliquid occultare,

Plaut. Capt. 2, 2, 48:

fingit causas, ne det, sedulo,

Ter. Eun. 1, 2, 58:

nusquam nisi in virtute spes est, milites, et ego sedulo, ne esset, feci,

Liv. 34, 14:

diem extrahere,

id. 28, 15:

tempus terere,

id. 3, 46: imitari aliquem, Quint. 7, 1, 54.—

sēdŭlē, busily, diligently, carefully, etc. (post-Aug. and rare):

semper custos sedule circumire debet alvearia,

Col. 9, 9, 1: hoc munus implet sedule, Prud. steph. 5, 407; Vulg. 4 Reg. 4, 13.