apium

f. (= - ttrī) Physalis flexuosa L. ;

m. a species of plant Suṡr. ;

appio s.m. (bot.) ( Apium graveolens) celery, smallage.

as-sūmo ( ads-, Lachm., Halm, B. and K., Weissenb., K. and H.; ass-, Merk.), mpsi, mptum, 3, v. a., to take to or with one's self, to take up, receive, adopt, accept, take.

In gen.

Lit.:

Plura sibi adsumunt quam de se corpora mittunt,

Lucr. 2, 1124:

cibus atque umor membris adsumitur intus,

id. 4, 1091;

so of nourishment,

Cels. 1, 3; 5, 27, n. 17; Scrib. Comp. 200:

numquam committet, ut id, quod alteri detraxerit, sibi adsumat,

Cic. Off. 3, 5, 23:

sacra Cereris adsumpta de Graeciā,

id. Balb. 24, 55:

socius et administer omnium consiliorum adsumitur Scaurus,

Sall. J. 29, 2:

eos in societatem consilii avunculi adsumunt,

Liv. 2, 4, 2:

adulescentes conscii adsumpti,

id. ib.:

in societatem armorum,

id. 2, 22; so,

in consilium,

Plin. Ep. 3, 19; id. Pan. 8:

in consortium,

id. Ep. 7, 3:

nec decet aliter filium adsumi, si adsumatur a principe,

i. e. is adopted, id. ib. 7, 4;

8, 3: uxorem,

id. ib. 83, 4:

si rursum (uxor) adsumeretur,

Tac. A. 12, 2:

adsumptis duobus filiis ire perrexit,

Vulg. Gen. 48, 1; ib. 2 Par. 23, 20:

Tunc adsumpsit eum Diabolus,

ib. Matt. 4, 5:

adsumit Jesus Petrum,

ib. Marc. 9, 1:

quem (arietem) adsumens obtulit holocaustum pro filio,

ib. Gen. 22, 13; ib. Lev. 14, 10 et saep.:

in familiam nomenque,

Tac. A. 1, 8 et saepe: cautum dignos adsumere, to take or choose as friends only those worthy of you, Hor. S. 1, 6, 51:

adsumpsit Jesus duodecim, i. e. as his disciples,

Vulg. Luc. 18, 31. —So of the assumption of our Lord to heaven: Dominus Jesus adsumptus est in caelum, Vulg. Marc. 16, 9; ib. Act. 1, 2.—

Trop.:

libero tempore, omnis voluptas adsumenda est, omnis dolor repellendus,

Cic. Fin. 1, 10, 33:

laudem sibi ex aliquā re,

id. Mur. 14, 31:

ut acer equus pugnae adsumit amorem,

Ov. M. 3, 705:

omne quod sumatur in oratione, aut ex suā sumi vi atque naturā aut adsumi foris,

Cic. de Or. 2, 39, 163:

alii (loci) adsumuntur extrinsecus,

id. Top. 2, 8; id. Planc. 23, 56 Wund.:

orator tractationem orationis sibi adsumet,

id. de Or. 1, 12, 54.—Also, like arrogare, to usurp, to claim, assume, arrogate:

neque mihi quicquam assumpsi neque hodie adsumo,

Cic. Fam. 1, 9, 17; Auct. ad Her. 1, 1:

cogam Assumptumque patrem commentaque sacra fateri,

Ov. M. 3, 558.—Of discourse, to take up, begin (eccl. Lat., after the Hebrew):

At ille adsumptā parabolā suā ait,

Vulg. Num. 23, 18; 23, 7; ib. Job, 27, 1; 29, 1.—

Esp.,

Sometimes, like accipio, without the idea of action, to receive, obtain:

fetus Melliferarum apium sine membris corpora nasci, Et serosque pedes serasque assumere pennas,

Ov. M. 15, 384:

Qui sperant in Domino, adsument pennas sicut aquilae,

Vulg. Isa. 40, 31:

a ventis alimenta adsumere,

Ov. M. 7, 79:

illas assumere robora gentes,

id. ib. 15, 421.—

To take in addition to, to add to:

si quis aliam quoque artem sibi adsumpserit,

Cic. de Or. 1, 50, 217; 1, 37, 170:

aliquantum jam etiam noctis adsumo,

id. Fam. 7, 23 fin.:

ne qui postea adsumerentur,

Liv. 21, 19:

Butram tibi Septiciumque et Sabinum adsumam,

Hor. Ep. 1, 5, 28.—

In logic, t. t., to add or join to a syllogism the minor proposition: Ea (propositio vera ac perspicua) est hujus modi: Si quo die Romae ista caedes facta est, ego Athenis eo die fui, in caede interesse non potui. Hoc quia perspicue verum est, nihil attinet approbari; quā re adsumi statim oportet hoc modo: fui autem Athenis eo die, Cic. Inv. 1, 36, 63; id. Div. 2, 51, 106; 2, 53, 108.—

In gram.: adsumpta verba.

Epithets, epitheta, Cic. Part. Or. 7. —

Figurative expressions, tropes, Quint. 10, 1, 121.

ăpĭātus, a, um [apium].

Boiled with parsley:

aqua,

Theod. Prisc. 2, 2.—

Like a parsley-leaf, crisped:

mensa,

Plin. 13, 15, 30, § 96.

as-sūmo ( ads-, Lachm., Halm, B. and K., Weissenb., K. and H.; ass-, Merk.), mpsi, mptum, 3, v. a., to take to or with one's self, to take up, receive, adopt, accept, take.

In gen.

Lit.:

Plura sibi adsumunt quam de se corpora mittunt,

Lucr. 2, 1124:

cibus atque umor membris adsumitur intus,

id. 4, 1091;

so of nourishment,

Cels. 1, 3; 5, 27, n. 17; Scrib. Comp. 200:

numquam committet, ut id, quod alteri detraxerit, sibi adsumat,

Cic. Off. 3, 5, 23:

sacra Cereris adsumpta de Graeciā,

id. Balb. 24, 55:

socius et administer omnium consiliorum adsumitur Scaurus,

Sall. J. 29, 2:

eos in societatem consilii avunculi adsumunt,

Liv. 2, 4, 2:

adulescentes conscii adsumpti,

id. ib.:

in societatem armorum,

id. 2, 22; so,

in consilium,

Plin. Ep. 3, 19; id. Pan. 8:

in consortium,

id. Ep. 7, 3:

nec decet aliter filium adsumi, si adsumatur a principe,

i. e. is adopted, id. ib. 7, 4;

8, 3: uxorem,

id. ib. 83, 4:

si rursum (uxor) adsumeretur,

Tac. A. 12, 2:

adsumptis duobus filiis ire perrexit,

Vulg. Gen. 48, 1; ib. 2 Par. 23, 20:

Tunc adsumpsit eum Diabolus,

ib. Matt. 4, 5:

adsumit Jesus Petrum,

ib. Marc. 9, 1:

quem (arietem) adsumens obtulit holocaustum pro filio,

ib. Gen. 22, 13; ib. Lev. 14, 10 et saep.:

in familiam nomenque,

Tac. A. 1, 8 et saepe: cautum dignos adsumere, to take or choose as friends only those worthy of you, Hor. S. 1, 6, 51:

adsumpsit Jesus duodecim, i. e. as his disciples,

Vulg. Luc. 18, 31. —So of the assumption of our Lord to heaven: Dominus Jesus adsumptus est in caelum, Vulg. Marc. 16, 9; ib. Act. 1, 2.—

Trop.:

libero tempore, omnis voluptas adsumenda est, omnis dolor repellendus,

Cic. Fin. 1, 10, 33:

laudem sibi ex aliquā re,

id. Mur. 14, 31:

ut acer equus pugnae adsumit amorem,

Ov. M. 3, 705:

omne quod sumatur in oratione, aut ex suā sumi vi atque naturā aut adsumi foris,

Cic. de Or. 2, 39, 163:

alii (loci) adsumuntur extrinsecus,

id. Top. 2, 8; id. Planc. 23, 56 Wund.:

orator tractationem orationis sibi adsumet,

id. de Or. 1, 12, 54.—Also, like arrogare, to usurp, to claim, assume, arrogate:

neque mihi quicquam assumpsi neque hodie adsumo,

Cic. Fam. 1, 9, 17; Auct. ad Her. 1, 1:

cogam Assumptumque patrem commentaque sacra fateri,

Ov. M. 3, 558.—Of discourse, to take up, begin (eccl. Lat., after the Hebrew):

At ille adsumptā parabolā suā ait,

Vulg. Num. 23, 18; 23, 7; ib. Job, 27, 1; 29, 1.—

Esp.,

Sometimes, like accipio, without the idea of action, to receive, obtain:

fetus Melliferarum apium sine membris corpora nasci, Et serosque pedes serasque assumere pennas,

Ov. M. 15, 384:

Qui sperant in Domino, adsument pennas sicut aquilae,

Vulg. Isa. 40, 31:

a ventis alimenta adsumere,

Ov. M. 7, 79:

illas assumere robora gentes,

id. ib. 15, 421.—

To take in addition to, to add to:

si quis aliam quoque artem sibi adsumpserit,

Cic. de Or. 1, 50, 217; 1, 37, 170:

aliquantum jam etiam noctis adsumo,

id. Fam. 7, 23 fin.:

ne qui postea adsumerentur,

Liv. 21, 19:

Butram tibi Septiciumque et Sabinum adsumam,

Hor. Ep. 1, 5, 28.—

In logic, t. t., to add or join to a syllogism the minor proposition: Ea (propositio vera ac perspicua) est hujus modi: Si quo die Romae ista caedes facta est, ego Athenis eo die fui, in caede interesse non potui. Hoc quia perspicue verum est, nihil attinet approbari; quā re adsumi statim oportet hoc modo: fui autem Athenis eo die, Cic. Inv. 1, 36, 63; id. Div. 2, 51, 106; 2, 53, 108.—

In gram.: adsumpta verba.

Epithets, epitheta, Cic. Part. Or. 7. —

Figurative expressions, tropes, Quint. 10, 1, 121.

castrum, i, n. [kindred with casa, q. v.].

In sing., any fortified place; a castle, fort, fortress (more rare than castellum):

ei Grunium dederat in Phrygiā castrum, etc.,

Nep. Alcib. 9, 3; Liv. 32. 29, 4; Dig. 27, 1, 17 fin. —

Esp., nom. propr.

Castrum Altum or Album, in Hispania Tarraconensis, Liv. 24, 41, 3.—

Castrum Inui, or simply Castrum, an ancient city of the Rutuli, near Ardea, Verg. A. 6, 775;

called Castrum,

Ov. M. 15, 727; Sil. 8, 359. —

Castrum Novum, a city on the seacoast of Etruria, Liv. 36, 3, 6; Plin. 3, 5, 8, § 51.—

Another Castrum Novum, on the sea-coast of Picenum, now Giulia Nova, [p. 299] Plin. 3, 13, 18, § 110; also called absol. Castrum, Vell. 1, 14, 8.—

Castrum Truentinum, a maritime city of Picenum, on the river Truentus, Cic. Att. 8, 12, B, 1;

also called Truentum,

Plin. 3, 13, 18, § 110.—

Castrum Vergium, a fortress of the Bergistani in Hispania Tarraconensis, now Berga, Liv. 34, 21, 1.—Far more freq.,

In plur.: castra, ōrum, n. ( castra, ae, f.: castra haec vestra est, Att. ap. Non. p. 200, 30; Trag. Rel. p. 238 Rib.).

Lit., several soldiers ' tents situated together; hence, a military camp, an encampment; among the Romans a square (quadrata);

later, after the manner of the Greeks, sometimes circular, or adjusted to its situation,

Veg. Mil. 1, 23. It was surrounded by a trench (fossa) and a wall (vallum), and had four gates: Porta Praetoria, the front, chief gate, on the opp. side from the enemy, from which the legions marched; opp. to this, Porta Decumana (in later times Porta Quaestoria), the back gate;

Porta Principalis Dextra, and Porta Principalis Sinistra, situated on the two sides of the camp,

Liv. 40, 27, 4 sq.; cf. Dict. of Antiq.—

Phrases.

With adj.:

stativa,

occupied for a long time, permanent, Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 12, § 29; Caes. B. C. 3, 30; 3, 37; Sall. J. 44, 4; Tac. A. 3, 21:

aestiva,

summer camp, id. ib. 1, 16; Suet. Claud. 1:

hiberna,

Liv. 29, 35, 13 (more freq. absol. aestiva and hiberna, q. v.):

navalia,

an encampment on the shore for protecting the fleet and the troops while landing; sometimes connected with the ships drawn to land, Caes. B. G. 5, 22 Herz.; cf. id. ib. 5, 11; Liv. 29, 35, 13;

called also nautica,

Nep. Alcib. 8, 5; id. Hann. 11, 6 (cf. id. ib. § 4; Liv. 44, 39): lunata, crescent-shaped, Auct. B. Afr. 80.—With numerals:

una,

Tac. A. 4, 2:

bina,

Cic. Phil. 12, 11, 27; Liv. 4, 27, 3:

quina,

Caes. B. C. 3, 9.—

With verb:

locum castris antecapere,

Sall. J. 50, 1; cf.:

capere locum castris,

Liv. 4, 27, 3; 9, 17, 15;

and montes castris capere,

Tac. A. 12, 55: castra metari, Cael. ap. Non. p. 137, 18; Caes. B. C. 3, 13, 3; Hirt. B. G. 8, 15 al.:

facere,

Caes. B. G. 1, 48; Nep. Milt. 5, 2; Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 12, § 29 al.:

ponere,

Caes. B. G. 2, 5; 7, 35; Nep. Hann. 5 fin.:

ponere et munire,

Sall. J. 75, 7:

munire,

Caes. B. G. 1, 49; Liv. 44, 39, 1:

communire,

Caes. B. G. 5, 49; Liv. 23, 28, 3:

castra castris conferre,

id. 10, 32, 5; 23, 28, 9:

castris se tenere,

Caes. B. G. 1, 40, 8:

castra movere,

to break up, to decamp, id. ib. 1, 39 fin.; also syn. with to march forth from a camp, id. ib. 1, 15 Herz.; 1, 22; 2, 2; Sall. C. 57, 3; Nep. Dat. 8, 4; id. Eum. 12 fin. et saep.—Hence, also, promovere, Caes. B. G. 1, 48:

movere retro,

Liv. 2, 58, 3:

removere,

id. 9, 24, 4:

proferre,

Caes. B. C. 1, 81:

castris castra inferre,

Enn. Trag. 201 Vahl.—

Castra Praetoriana, Praetoria, Urbana or simply Castra, the barracks of the Prœtorians in the suburbs of Rome, Suet. Tib. 37; id. Claud. 21; Tac. A. 4, 2; Suet. Aug. 29; id. Claud. 36; Dig. 48, 5, 15. —

Castrorum filius, a surname of Caligula, who was brought up in the camp, Suet. Calig. 22; Aur. Vict. Caes. 3.—So, Castrorum mater, an appellation of Faustina, the wife of the emperor Marcus Aurelius, because she accompanied him in an expedition against the Quadi, Capitol. Marc. Aur. 26.—Hence both appell. in later inscriptions as titles of the Roman emperors and empresses. —

Esp. as nom. propr., like castrum.

Castra Corneliana or Cornelia, on the north coast of Africa, near Utica, so called because the elder Scipio Africanus first pitched his camp there, after his landing in Africa, in the second Punic war, Caes. B. C. 2, 24; 2, 25; 2, 37; Mel. 1, 7, 2; Plin. 5, 4, 3, § 24.—

Castra Caecilia, in Lusitania, Plin. 4, 22, 35, § 117.—

Castra Hannibalis, a seaport town in Bruttium, Plin. 3, 10, 15, § 95.—

Castra Pyrrhi, a place in Grecian Illyria, Liv. 32, 13, 2.—

Castra Vetera or Vetera, a place on the Lower Rhine, now Xanthen, Tac. H. 4, 18; 4, 21; 4, 35; id. A. 1, 45.—

Castra Alexandri, a district in Egypt, Curt. 4, 7, 2; Oros. 1, 2.—

Meton.

Since, in military expeditions, a camp was pitched each evening, in the histt. (esp. Livy) for a day ' s march:

secundis castris ( = bidui itinere) pervenit ad Dium,

Liv. 44, 7, 1; so Tac. H. 3, 15; cf.:

alteris castris,

Liv. 38, 13, 2; Curt. 3, 7.—

So tertiis castris,

Liv. 38, 13, 11; 38, 24, 1; Tac. H. 4, 71:

quartis castris,

Liv. 44, 46, 10:

quintis castris,

Caes. B. G. 7, 36; Liv. 28, 19, 4:

septimis castris,

id. 40, 22, 1:

decimis castris,

id. 27, 32 fin.; 28, 33, 1.—

Military service (hence, often opp. forum and toga), Nep. Epam. 5, 4; Vell. 2, 125, 4; Tib. 4, 1, 39:

qui magnum in castris usum habebant,

Caes. B. G. 1, 39.—

Of beehives:

cerea,

Verg. A. 12, 589:

in apium castris,

Pall. 1, 37, 4.—

Of a sheepfold, Col. 6, 23, 3.—

Of political parties, regarded as arrayed in hostility:

si ad interdicti sententiam confugis... in meis castris praesidiisque versaris,

Cic. Caecin. 29, 83.—

Of philosophical sects:

Epicuri castra,

Cic. Fam. 9, 20, 1:

O castra praeclara (Epicuri)!

id. ib. 7, 12, 1; Hor. C. 3, 16, 23; Sen. Ep. 2, 4.

con-grĕgo, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a., to collect into a flock or herd, to assemble.

Prop. (rare;

mostly in Pliny the elder): oves,

Plin. 8, 47, 72, § 188.—Mid.:

apium examina congregantur,

collect in swarms, Cic. Off. 1, 44, 157; cf. id. N. D. 2, 48, 124:

cetera animantia congregari videmus,

Plin. 7, prooem. 1, §

5: cum ceteris,

id. 8, 22, 34, § 81:

in loca certa,

id. 10, 23, 31, § 61:

se ad amnes (ferae),

id. 8, 16, 17, § 42.—More freq. (in good prose; esp. freq. in Cic.),

In gen., to collect or assemble a multitude together, to unite, join, associate.

Lit.:

dissipatos homines,

Cic. Tusc. 1, 25, 62; cf.:

dispersos homines in unum locum,

id. de Or. 1, 8, 33:

se unum in locum ad curiam,

id. Phil. 14, 6, 15:

dissipatos (homines) unum in locum,

id. Sest. 42, 91:

multitudinem fugitivorum unum in locum,

id. Par. 4, 1, 27; Tac. A. 1, 28 fin.:

hominem in idem Vettii indicium atque in eundem hunc numerum,

Cic. Vatin. 10, 25.—With cum:

se cum aequalibus,

Cic. Fin. 5, 15, 42; id. Quint. 16, 52; id. Rab. Perd. 7, 21 fin. —With dat.:

cum illis moror quibus me tempus aliquod congregavit,

Sen. Ep. 62, 2.— Absol.:

deterrimum quemque,

Tac. A. 1, 16 fin. —Mid.:

secedant improbi, unum in locum congregentur,

Cic. Cat. 1, 13, 32:

in fano congregantur commentandi causā,

id. Div. 1, 41, 90:

in Academiā congregati,

id. Ac. 1, 9, 34:

armati locis patentibus congregantur,

Liv. 24, 21, 9:

congregabantur undique ad Titum Tatium,

id. 1, 10, 1:

quanta vis oriens et congregata,

Cic. Dom. 25, 67:

Gamphasantes nulli externo congregantur,

Plin. 5, 8, 8, § 45:

ciconiae abiturae congregantur in certo loco,

id. 10, 23, 31, § 61:

cuncti deinde ad portum congregantur,

Just. 19, 2, 10:

inter se,

Tac. A. 1, 30:

in urbe,

id. H. 3, 82. —And in tmesis:

conque gregantur,

Lucr. 6, 456.—Prov.:

pares cum paribus facillime congregantur,

Cic. Sen. 3, 7.—

Trop. (rare; mostly in Quint.), to collect, accumulate:

argumenta infirmiora,

Quint. 5, 12, 4:

verba,

id. 9, 3, 45; cf.

turbam (verborum),

id. 10, 1, 7; cf. congregatio, II.

crispus, a, um, adj. [kindred with crinis, crista; cf. cresco].

Originally of the hair, curled, crisped, crimped:

cincinni,

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

coma,

Sil. 16, 120; and:

leo crispioribus jubis,

Plin. 8, 16, 18, § 46.—Of persons, having curled hair, curlyheaded, Plaut. Capt. 3, 4, 115; id. Rud. 1, 2, 37; Ter. Hec. 3, 4, 26.—

Trop., of discourse, artistic, elaborate:

crispum agmen orationis,

Gell. 1, 4, 4; cf. crispulus, II.—

Transf.

Curled, uneven, waving, wrinkled: parietes abiete crispā, Enn. ap. Cic. Tusc. 3, 19. 44:

brassica,

Cato, R. R. 157, 2:

crispae frondis apium,

Col. 11, 3, 33:

acer montanum crispius,

Plin. 16, 15, 26, § 67:

(marmor) Augusteum undatim crispum,

id. 36, 7, 11, § 55:

lactuca crispissimi folii,

Col. 11, 3, 26 et saep.—

In tremulous motion, quivering, tremulous: linguae bisulcae jactu crispo fulgere, Pac. ap. Non. p. 506, 17; Verg. Copa, 2:

pecten (i. e. plectrum),

Juv. 6, 382:

aër subtili nebulā,

Pall. Aug. 8, 1.

Crispus, i, m., a Roman surname; so esp. of the well-known Roman historian C. Sallustius.

crispus, a, um, adj. [kindred with crinis, crista; cf. cresco].

Originally of the hair, curled, crisped, crimped:

cincinni,

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

coma,

Sil. 16, 120; and:

leo crispioribus jubis,

Plin. 8, 16, 18, § 46.—Of persons, having curled hair, curlyheaded, Plaut. Capt. 3, 4, 115; id. Rud. 1, 2, 37; Ter. Hec. 3, 4, 26.—

Trop., of discourse, artistic, elaborate:

crispum agmen orationis,

Gell. 1, 4, 4; cf. crispulus, II.—

Transf.

Curled, uneven, waving, wrinkled: parietes abiete crispā, Enn. ap. Cic. Tusc. 3, 19. 44:

brassica,

Cato, R. R. 157, 2:

crispae frondis apium,

Col. 11, 3, 33:

acer montanum crispius,

Plin. 16, 15, 26, § 67:

(marmor) Augusteum undatim crispum,

id. 36, 7, 11, § 55:

lactuca crispissimi folii,

Col. 11, 3, 26 et saep.—

In tremulous motion, quivering, tremulous: linguae bisulcae jactu crispo fulgere, Pac. ap. Non. p. 506, 17; Verg. Copa, 2:

pecten (i. e. plectrum),

Juv. 6, 382:

aër subtili nebulā,

Pall. Aug. 8, 1.

Crispus, i, m., a Roman surname; so esp. of the well-known Roman historian C. Sallustius.

Daedălĭōn, ōnis, m., Daidaliôn, a [p. 510] king of Trachis, son of Lucifer, and brother of Ceyx, who was changed into a hawk, Ov. M. 11, 295 sq.

† daedălus, a, um, adj., = daidalos, artificial, skilful ( poet. and in postclass. prose).

Act.: Minerva, Enn. ap. Paul. ex Fest. p. 68, 6 Müll. (Fr. Inc. Lib. xxi. Vahl.): daedalam a varietate rerum artificiorumque dictam esse apud Lucretium terram, apud Ennium Minervam, apud Vergilium Circen, facile est intellegere, cum Graece daidallein significet variare, Paul. ex Fest. p. 68 Müll.: Circe (" ingeniosa," Serv.), Verg. A. 7, 282.—

With gen.:

verborum daedala lingua,

the fashioner of words, Lucr. 4, 549; cf.:

natura daedala rerum,

id. 5, 234.—

Pass., artificially contrived, variously adorned, ornamented, etc., daidaleos: tecta (apium), skilfully constructed:

signa,

Lucr. 5, 145:

tellus,

variegated, id. 1, 7; 228; Verg. G. 4, 179; cf.:

carmina chordis,

artfully varied on strings, id. 2, 505.—

* Adv.: daedăle, skilfully, Jul. Val. Res gest. A. M. 3, 86.

Daedălĭōn, ōnis, m., Daidaliôn, a [p. 510] king of Trachis, son of Lucifer, and brother of Ceyx, who was changed into a hawk, Ov. M. 11, 295 sq.

† daedălus, a, um, adj., = daidalos, artificial, skilful ( poet. and in postclass. prose).

Act.: Minerva, Enn. ap. Paul. ex Fest. p. 68, 6 Müll. (Fr. Inc. Lib. xxi. Vahl.): daedalam a varietate rerum artificiorumque dictam esse apud Lucretium terram, apud Ennium Minervam, apud Vergilium Circen, facile est intellegere, cum Graece daidallein significet variare, Paul. ex Fest. p. 68 Müll.: Circe (" ingeniosa," Serv.), Verg. A. 7, 282.—

With gen.:

verborum daedala lingua,

the fashioner of words, Lucr. 4, 549; cf.:

natura daedala rerum,

id. 5, 234.—

Pass., artificially contrived, variously adorned, ornamented, etc., daidaleos: tecta (apium), skilfully constructed:

signa,

Lucr. 5, 145:

tellus,

variegated, id. 1, 7; 228; Verg. G. 4, 179; cf.:

carmina chordis,

artfully varied on strings, id. 2, 505.—

* Adv.: daedăle, skilfully, Jul. Val. Res gest. A. M. 3, 86.

dēsĭdĭa, ae, f. [desideo], a sitting long, remaining in a place.

Prop. (rare), Prop. 1, 15, 6.—

A sitting idle, idleness, inactivity, slothfulness (class.;

for syn. cf.: inertia, languor, otium, pax, feriae, justitium, dies fasti, etc., and v. deses): in portum confugere non inertiae neque desidiae,

Cic. Brut. 2, 8;

so with inertia,

id. Sest. 10, 22;

with languor,

id. Off. 1, 34, 123; id. Tusc. 5, 27, 78;

with socordia,

Sall. C. 4, 1;

with segnities,

Suet. Galb. 9 et saep.;

opp. industria,

Cic. Sest. 48 fin.;

opp. agentes,

Ov. R. Am. 149 et saep.:

corde expelle desidiam tuo,

Plaut. Trin. 3, 2, 24: latrocinia desidiae minuendae causa fieri, * Caes. B. G. 6, 23, 6:

horridus alter (ductor apium) desidiā,

Verg. G. 4, 94:

vitanda est improba Siren, Desidia,

Hor. S. 2, 3, 15 et saep.—In plur., Lucr. 5, 48; cf.:

vobis desidiae cordi,

Verg. A. 9, 615.—

Of an inanimate subject:

ager post longam desidiam laetas segetes affert,

lying fallow, Col. 2, 17, 3.

dēsīdĭa, ae, f. [desido], a subsiding, retiring (an Appuleian word):

maris, Ap. de Mundo, p. 73, 28: sanguinis,

id. Dogm. Plat. p. 17, 15.

dē-trunco, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a., to lop or cut off (rare, and perh. not ante-Aug.).

Prop.:

arbores,

Liv. 21, 37:

superiorem partem,

Col. 5, 6, 13:

alam regi apium,

Plin. 11, 17, 17, § 54:

caput,

Ov. M. 8, 770 al. —

Transf. to the body from which a member is cut off, to mutilate, maim, behead:

gladio detruncata corpora bracchiis abscisis,

Liv. 31, 34:

aliquem,

Val. Fl. 3, 145; cf.:

Dalmatas incensa urbe quasi detruncaverat,

Flor. 4, 12, 11.

dīvĭdŭus, a, um, adj. [id.].

Divisible:

omne animal et dissolubile et dividuum sit necesse est,

Cic. N. D. 3, 12, 29; id. Univ. 7, 19; Col. 12, praef. 8.—

Divided, separated (mostly poet. and in postAug. prose):

dividuom talentum faciam,

Plaut. Rud. 5, 3, 53; cf. Ter. Ad. 2, 2, 33: munere, * Hor. Ep. 1, 17, 49:

coma,

Ov. Am. 1, 5, 10:

aqua,

id. F. 1, 292:

equi amne,

id. Am. 2, 488:

luna,

i. e. a half-moon, Plin. 2, 97, 99, § 215:

arbores,

with a parted trunk, id. 16, 30, 53, § 122:

labor apium,

Sen. Ep. 121 fin.:

dividuum (me) tenent alter et alter amor,

Ov. Am. 2, 10, 10.—

In the later gramm.: dividuum nomen, quod a duobus vel amplioribus ad singulos habet relationem, vel ad plures in numeros pares distributos, ut uterque, alteruter, quisque, singuli, bini, terni, centeni, Prisc. p. 581 P.