aquam+in+ōs+cato

dē-cēdo, cessi, cessum, 3 ( inf. sync. decesse, Ter. Heaut. prol. 32; Cic. Fam. 7, 1, 2; Neue Formenl. 2, 536. The part. perf. decessus perh. only Rutil. Nam. 1, 313), v. n., to go away, depart, withdraw. (For syn. cf.: linquo, relinquo, desero, destituo, deficio, discedo, excedo. Often opp. to accedo, maneo; freq. and class.)—Constr. absol. with de, ex, or merely the abl.; rarely with ab.

Lit.

In gen.:

decedamus,

Plaut. Bac. 1, 1, 74:

de altera parte (agri) decedere,

Caes. B. G. 1, 31, 10:

decedit ex Gallia Romam Naevius,

Cic. Quint. 4, 16:

e pastu,

Verg. G. 1, 381; cf.:

e pastu decedere campis,

id. ib. 4, 186:

ex aequore domum,

id. ib. 2, 205;

Italiā,

Sall. J. 28, 2:

Numidiā,

id. ib. 38, 9:

Africā,

id. ib. 20, 1;

23, 1: pugnā,

Liv. 34, 47:

praesidio,

id. 4, 29 (cf.:

de praesidio,

Cic. de Sen. 20, 73):

quae naves paullulum suo cursu decesserint,

i. e. had gone out of their course, Caes. B. C. 3, 112, 3; so,

cum luminibus exstinctis decessisset viā,

had gone out of the way, Suet. Caes. 31:

pantherae constituisse dicuntur in Cariam ex nostra provincia decedere,

Cic. Fam. 2, 11, 2.

Esp.

t. t.

In milit. lang., to retire, withdraw from a former position:

qui nisi decedat atque exercitum deducat ex his regionibus,

Caes. B. G. 1, 44, 19;

so,

absol., id. ib. 1, 44 fin.; Hirt. B. G. 8, 50:

de colle,

Caes. B. C. 1, 71, 3:

de vallo,

id. B. G. 5, 43, 4:

inde,

id. B. C. 1, 71 fin.:

loco superiore,

Hirt. B. G. 8, 9; so with abl., Auct. B. Alex. 34; 35 (twice); 70 al.—

In official lang.: de provincia, ex provincia, provinciā, or absol. (cf. Cic. Planc. 26, 65), to retire from the province on the expiration of a term of office:

de provincia decessit,

Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 20;

so,

id. Att. 7, 3, 5; id. Fam. 2, 15 (twice); Liv. 29, 19 Drak.:

decedens ex Syria,

Cic. Tusc. 2, 25, 61; so,

e Cilicia,

id. Brut. 1:

ex Africa,

Nep. Cato, 1, 4:

ex Asia,

id. Att. 4, 1:

ex ea provincia,

Cic. Div. in Caecil. 1 Zumpt N. cr.:

ut decedens Considius provinciā,

Cic. Lig. 1, 2; Liv. 39, 3; 41, 10:

te antea, quam tibi successum esset, decessurum fuisse,

Cic. Fam. 3, 6; so absol., id. Planc. 26, 65 al.:

Albinus Romam decessit,

Sall. J. 36 fin.; cf.:

Romam ad triumphum,

Liv. 8, 13; 9, 16. —Rarely with a:

cui cum respondissem, me a provincia decedere: etiam mehercule, inquit, ut opinor, ex Africa,

Cic. Planc. 26 fin.

Decedere de viā; also viā, in viā alicui, alicui, or absol., to get out of the way, to give place, make way for one (as a mark of respect or of abhorrence):

concedite atque abscedite omnes: de via decedite,

Plaut. Am. 3, 4, 1; cf.:

decedam ego illi de via, de semita,

id. Trin. 2, 4, 80 (Cic. Clu. 59. [p. 517] 163; cf. II. B infra); cf.:

qui fecit servo currenti in viā decesse populum,

Ter. Heaut. prol. 32:

censorem L. Plancum via sibi decedere aedilis coegit,

Suet. Ner. 4; cf. id. Tib. 31:

sanctis divis, Catul. 62, 268: nocti,

Verg. Ec. 8, 88:

peritis,

Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 216 (cf.:

cedere nocti,

Liv. 3, 60, 7).—Also, to get out of the way of, avoid:

decedere canibus de via,

Cic. Rep. 1, 43, 67; cf.:

hi numero impiorum habentur, his omnes decedunt, aditum defugiunt, etc.,

Caes. B. G. 6, 13, 7.—By zeugma, in the pass.:

salutari, appeti, decedi, assurgi, deduci, reduci, etc.,

Cic. de Sen. 18, 63.

Pregn., to depart, disappear (cf.: cedo, concedo).

Of living beings, to decease, to die:

si eos, qui jam de vita decesserunt,

Cic. Rab. Perd. 11:

vitā,

Dig. 7, 1, 57, § 1; Vulg. 2 Mac. 6, 31; but commonly absol.:

pater nobis decessit a. d. VIII. Kal. Dec.,

id. Att. 1, 6:

cum paterfamiliae decessit,

Caes. B. G. 6, 19, 3; Nep. Arist. 3, 2, and 3; id. Cim. 1; id. Ages. 8, 6; Liv. 1, 34; 9, 17; Quint. 3, 6, 96 et saep.:

cruditate contracta,

id. 7, 3, 33:

morbo aquae intercutis,

Suet. Ner. 5 fin.:

paralysi,

id. Vit. 3:

ex ingratorum hominum conspectu morte decedere,

Nep. Timol. 1, 6.—

Of inanimate things, to depart, go off; to abate, subside, cease:

corpore febres,

Lucr. 2, 34:

febres,

Nep. Att. 22, 3; Cels. 3, 3; cf.:

quartana,

Cic. Att. 7, 2 (opp. accedere):

decessisse inde aquam,

run off, fallen, Liv. 30, 38 fin.; cf.:

decedere aestum,

id. 26, 45; 9, 26 al.:

de summa nihil decedet,

to be wanting, to fail, Ter. Ad. 5, 3, 30; Cic. Clu. 60, 167; cf.:

quicquid libertati plebis caveretur, id suis decedere opibus credebant,

Liv. 3, 55:

decedet jam ira haec, etsi merito iratus est,

Ter. Hec. 3, 5, 55 (for which ib. 5, 2, 15: cito ab eo haec ira abscedet):

postquam invidia decesserat,

Sall. J. 88, 1; Liv. 33, 31 fin.; Tac. A. 15, 16 al.:

priusquam ea cura decederet patribus,

Liv. 9, 29; so with dat., id. 2, 31; 23, 26; Tac. A. 15, 20; 44.— Poet.:

incipit et longo Scyros decedere ponto,

i. e. seems to flee before them, Stat. Ach. 2, 308.—In the Aug. poets sometimes of the heavenly bodies, to go down, set:

et sol crescentes decedens duplicat umbras,

Verg. E. 2, 67; so id. G. 1, 222; Ov. M. 4, 91; hence also of the day, to depart:

te veniente die, te decedente canebat,

Verg. G. 4, 466;

also of the moon,

to wane, Gell. 20, 8, 7.

Trop.

De possessione, jure, sententia, fide, etc. (and since the Aug. per. with abl. alone;

the reading ex jure suo,

Liv. 3, 33, 10, is very doubtful), to depart from; to give up, resign, forego; to yield, to swerve from one's possession, station, duty, right, opinion, faith, etc.

With de:

cogere aliquem de suis bonis decedere,

Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 17 fin.; cf.:

de hypothecis,

id. Fam. 13, 56, 2;

and de possessione,

id. Agr. 2, 26;

de suo jure,

id. Rosc. Am. 27; id. Att. 16, 2:

qui de civitate decedere quam de sententia maluit,

id. Balb. 5:

de officio ac dignitate,

id. Verr. 1, 10:

de foro decedere,

to retire from public life, Nep. Att. 10, 2:

de scena,

to retire from the stage, Cic. Fam. 7, 1, 2; cf. impers.:

de officio decessum,

Liv. 8, 25 fin. —

With abl. alone (so usually in Liv.):

jure suo,

Liv. 3, 33 fin.:

sententiā,

Tac. A. 14, 49:

instituto vestro,

Liv. 37, 54:

officio (opp. in fide atque officio pristino fore),

id. 27, 10; 36, 22:

fide,

id. 31, 5 fin.; 34, 11; 45, 19 al.:

poema... si paulum summo decessit, vergit ad imum,

Hor. A. P. 378.—

Very rarely with ab:

cum (senatus) nihil a superioribus continuorum annorum decretis decesserit,

Cic. Fl. 12.—

Absol.: si quos equites decedentis nactus sum, supplicio adfeci, Asin. Pol. ap. C. Fam. 10, 32, 5.

De via, to depart, deviate from the right way:

se nulla cupiditate inductum de via decessisse,

Cic. Cael. 16, 38:

moleste ferre se de via decessisse,

id. Clu. 59, 163; so,

viā dicendi,

Quint. 4, 5, 3.

(acc. to no. I. B. 2) To give way, yield to another (i. e. to his will or superior advantages—very rare):

vivere si recte nescis, decede peritis,

Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 213:

ubi non Hymetto Mella decedunt,

are not inferior, id. Od. 2, 6, 15.

( poet.) To avoid, shun, escape from (cf. I. B. 2 supra): nec serae meminit decedere nocti, to avoid the late night, i. e. the coldness of night, Varius ap. Macr. S. 6, 2, 20; Verg. Ecl. 8, 88; id. G. 3, 467:

calori,

id. ib. 4, 23.

To fall short of, degenerate from:

de generis nobilitate,

Pall. 3, 25, 2: a rebus gestis ejus et gloriae splendore, Justin. 6, 3, 8.

For the simple verb (v. cedo, no. I. 2), to go off, turn out, result in any manner:

prospere decedentibus rebus,

Suet. Caes. 24.

dē-fervĕfăcĭo, fēci, factum, 3, v. a., to seethe or cause to boil.—

Prop.:

brassicam bene,

Cato R. R. 157, 9:

aquam in aëno,

Vitr. 8, 5:

radicem in vino,

Plin. 23, 7, 64, § 129.—

Transf.: aër defervefactus in pulmone, heated, Varr. ap. Lact. Opif. Dei 17.

dē-fundo, fūdi, fūsum, 3, v. a., to pour [p. 533] down, pour out (in the ante-Aug. per. very rare; not in Cic. and Caes.).

In gen.:

aquam,

Cato R. R. 156, 5:

vinum (sc. ex dolio in amphoram),

Hor. S. 2, 2, 58:

late sanguinem,

Sil. 5, 453 et saep.:

ovi album in vas,

Cels. 6, 6, 1; cf.:

aliquid in fictilia labra,

Col. 12, 50, 10 al. — Poet. transf.:

fruges pleno cornu,

pours forth, Hor. Ep. 1, 12, 29:

verba pectore,

Petr. 5, 22; cf.:

voces pectore,

id. 121, 102.—

Esp., a religious t. t., to pour out, as a libation:

te prosequitur mero Defuso pateris,

Hor. Od. 4, 5, 34; so,

libamenta Mercurio,

Val. Max. 2, 6, 8.

dē-mitto, mīsi, missum, 3, v. a., to send down; to drop; to let, sink, or bring down; to cause to hang or fall down; to lower, put down, let fall (freq. and class.).

Lit.

In gen.:

picis e caelo demissum flumen,

Lucr. 6, 257; cf.:

caelo imbrem,

Verg. G. 1, 23:

caelo ancilia,

Liv. 5, 54 et saep.:

barbam malis,

Lucr. 5, 673:

latum clavum pectore,

Hor. S. 1, 6, 28; cf.:

monilia pectoribus,

Verg. A. 7, 278:

laenam ex humeris,

id. ib. 4, 263: Maia genitum demittit ab alto, Verg. A. 1, 297; cf.:

ab aethere currum, Ov M. 7, 219: e muro sporta,

Sall. Hist. 2, 53:

aliquem in sporta per murum,

Vulg. 2 Cor. 11, 33:

taleam (sc. in terram),

to put into the ground, plant, Cato R. R. 45, 2;

arbores altius,

Plin. 17, 11, 16, § 81:

puteum alte in solido,

i. e. to sink deep, Verg. G. 2, 231:

triginta pedes in terram turrium fundamenta,

Curt. 5, 1, 31:

arbusta certo demittunt tempore florem,

Lucr. 5, 670:

demisit nardini amphoram cellarius (i. e. deprompsit),

Plaut. Mil. 3, 2, 12:

fasces,

Cic. Rep. 2, 31; cf. id. ib. 1, 40:

cibos (sc. in alvum),

Quint. 10, 1, 19; cf. Ov. M. 8, 835.—Naut. t. t., to lower, demittere antennas, Sall. Hist. 4, 41 Dietsch.;

Auct. B. Alex. 45, 2: cornua (i.e. antennas),

Ov. M. 11, 482; cf.:

effugit hibernas demissa antenna procellas,

id. Tr. 3, 4, 9:

arma, classem, socios Rheno,

Tac. A. 1, 45 fin.; cf.: farinam doliis secundā aquā Volturni fluminis, Frontin. Strat. 3, 14, 2;

and pecora secundā aquā,

id. ib. 3, 14, 4:

manum artifices demitti infra pectus vetant,

Quint. 11, 3, 112; cf.

brachia,

id. 2, 13, 9:

frontem (opp. attolli),

id. 11, 3, 78:

supercilia (opp. allevari), ib. § 79: aures,

Hor. Od. 2, 13, 34; cf.

auriculas,

id. S. 1, 9, 20:

caput,

Ov. M. 10, 192:

crinem,

id. ib. 6, 289:

demisso capite,

Vulg. Job 32, 6 al.:

aliquos per funem,

Verg. A. 2, 262; Hor. A. P. 461:

vestem,

id. S. 1, 2, 95; cf.

tunicam,

id. ib. 25:

stolam,

id. ib. 99 et saep.; often in a violent manner, to cast down, to cast, throw, thrust, plunge, drive, etc.:

equum in flumen,

Cic. Div. 1, 33, 73; cf.:

equos a campo in cavam viam,

Liv. 23, 47:

aliquem in carcerem,

Liv. 34, 44 fin.; cf. Sall. C. 55, 4:

aliquem ad imos Manes,

Verg. A. 12, 884:

hostem in ovilia,

Hor. Od. 4, 4, 10:

gladium in jugulum,

Plaut. Merc. 3, 4, 28; cf.:

ferrum in ilia,

Ov. M. 4, 119:

sublicas in terram,

Caes. B. G. 3, 49, 4; cf.:

huc stipites,

id. ib. 7, 73, 3 and 6:

huc caementa,

Hor. Od. 3, 1, 35:

nummum in loculos,

to put, id. Ep. 2, 1, 175:

calculum atrum in urnam,

Ov. M. 15, 44:

milia sex nummum in arcam nummariam,

Nov. Com. v. 108 Rib.: caput ad fornicem Fabii, to bow, stoop, Crassus ap. Cic. de Or. 2, 66, 267: tunicam ad talos, Varr. ap. Non. 286, 19; cf. Cic. Clu. 40, 111; Quint. 5, 13, 39 et saep.:

quove velim magis fessas demittere naves,

Verg. A. 5, 29; cf.:

navem secundo amni Scodam,

Liv. 44, 31.— Poet. with dat.:

corpora Stygiae nocti tormentis,

Ov. M. 3, 695; cf.:

aliquem neci,

Verg. A. 2, 85:

aliquem Orco,

id. ib. 2, 398; Hor. Od. 1, 28, 11:

aliquem umbris,

Sil. 11, 142:

ferrum jugulo,

Ov. H. 14, 5:

ferrum lacubus,

id. M. 12, 278:

offa demittitur faucibus boum,

Plin. 27, 11, 76, § 101.—

Se, or in the pass. form with middle signif., to let one's self down, stoop, descend:

(venti vortex) ubi se in terras demisit,

Lucr. 6, 446:

se inguinibus tenus in aquam calidam,

Cels. 1, 3:

se ad aurem alicujus,

Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 30; cf.:

cum se demittit ob assem,

Hor. Ep. 1, 16, 64:

concava vallis erat, qua se demittere rivi Assuerant,

Ov. M. 8, 334 al.:

nonullae (matres familias) de muris per manus demissae,

Caes. B. G. 7, 47, 6.— Prov.: demitti de caelo, or simply caelo, to be sent down from heaven, i. e. to be of celestial origin, Liv. 10, 8, 10; Quint. 1, 6, 16.—

Esp., milit. t. t.

To send, bring, or lead down soldiers into a lower place:

in loca plana agmen demittunt,

Liv. 9, 27; cf.:

agmen in vallem infimam,

id. 7, 34:

equites Numidas in inferiorem campum,

id. 27, 18:

agmen in Thessaliam,

id. 32, 13; 38, 2: exercitum in planitiem, Frontin. Strat. 1, 2, 7 al.; and without in:

agmen,

Liv. 9, 2:

levem armaturam,

id. 22, 28 al.:

cum se major pars agminis in magnam convallem demisisset,

had descended, Caes. B. G. 5, 32 fin.;

so with se,

id. ib. 6, 40, 6; 7, 28, 2; id. B. C. 1, 79, 4; Cic. Fam. 15, 4, 4 al.—

Arma demittere, in making a military salute: armis demissis salutationem more militari faciunt, with grounded arms, Auct. B. Afr. 85, 6. —

Trop., to cast down, let sink, etc.:

demisere oculos omnes gemitumque dedere,

Ov. M. 15, 612; cf.:

vultu demisso,

Vulg. Isa. 49, 23:

demissis in terram oculis,

Liv. 9, 38, 13;

also in sleep: cadit inscia clavo Dextera, demittitque oculos,

Val. Fl. 3, 41:

vultum,

Val. Max. 8, 14, 5; Curt. 6, 32, 1:

vultum animumque metu,

Ov. M. 7, 133; cf.

vultus,

id. ib. 10, 367; Liv. 2, 58. hoc in pectus tuum demitte, impress this deeply on your mind, Sall. J. 102 fin.; cf.:

eas voces in pectora animosque,

Liv. 34, 50; and:

dolor hoc altius demissus, quo minus profiteri licet,

Just. 8, 5, 11: cum in eum casum me fortuna demisisset, ut, etc., had reduced, Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 8, 2:

dignitatem in discrimen,

Liv. 3, 35:

vim dicendi ad unum auditorem (opp. supra modum sermonis attolli),

Quint. 1, 2, 31; to engage in, enter upon, embark in, meddle with:

me penitus in causam,

Cic. Att. 7, 12, 3; cf.:

me in res turbulentissimas,

id. Fam. 9, 1, 2: cogita ne te eo demittas, unde, etc., Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 16 fin.:

se in comparationem,

Suet. Rhet. 6:

se in adulationem,

to descend to, Tac. A. 15, 73:

se usque ad servilem patientiam,

id. ib. 14, 26:

se ad minora illa,

Quint. 1 prooem. § 5: re in secunda tollere animos et in mala demittere, to let it sink, i. e. to be disheartened, Lucil. ap. Non. 286, 7; cf.:

si vicerint, efferunt se laetitia: victi debilitantur animosque demittunt,

Cic. Fin. 5, 15, 42; so,

animos (with contrahere),

id. Tusc. 4, 6 fin.; and:

animum (with contrahere),

id. Q. Fr. 1, 1, § 4:

mentes,

Verg. A. 12, 609 (desperant, sicut e contra sperantes aliquid erigunt mentes, Serv.); and with abl.:

ne se admodum animo demitterent,

Caes. B. G. 7, 29.—In geom., t. t., to let fall a line, Vitr. 3, 5, 5.—Hence, dēmissus, a, um, P. a., brought down, lowered.

Lit.

Of localities, sunken, low-lying, low (cf. dejectus, P. a., no. I.):

campestribus ac demissis locis,

Caes. B. G. 7, 72, 3; cf.:

loca demissa ac palustria,

id. B. C. 3, 49, 5.—

Of other things, drooping, falling, hanging down:

demissis umeris esse,

Ter. Eun. 2, 3, 22 Ruhnk.:

tremulus, labiis demissis,

with flabby lips, id. ib. 2, 3, 44:

demisso capite discedere,

Cic. Clu. 21, 58; cf.:

tristes, capite demisso,

Caes. B. G. 1, 32:

demisso vultu,

with downcast looks, Sall. C. 31, 7.— Poet. in Gr. constr.:

Dido vultum demissa,

Verg. A. 1, 561.—Also deep:

demissa vulnera,

Sen. Ep. 67 fin. —

Trop.

Downcast, dejected, dispirited, low (freq.):

erigebat animum jam demissum,

Cic. Clu. 21, 58:

esse fracto animo et demisso,

id. Fam. 1, 9, 16:

(homines) animo demisso atque humili,

id. Font. 11; cf. id. Tusc. 2, 21:

demisso animo fuit,

Sall. J. 98 al.:

demissa voce loqui,

Verg. A. 3, 320.—In the comp.:

nihilo demissiore animo causa ipse pro se dicta,

Liv. 4, 44.— Transf. to the person:

quis P. Sullam nisi moerentem, demissum afflictumque vidit?

Cic. Sull. 26 fin.:

videsne illum demissum?

id. Mur. 21, 45; Quint. 1, 3, 10 al.— Comp.:

orator in ornamentis et verborum et sententiarum demissior,

Cic. Or. 24, 81.—

Lowly, humble, unassuming, shy, retiring (opp. elatus, lofty, proud):

ea omnia, quae proborum, demissorum, non acrium sunt, valde benevolentiam conciliant,

Cic. de Or. 2, 43, 182; cf.:

multum demissus homo,

Hor. S. 1, 3, 57:

sit apud vos modestiae locus, sit demissis hominibus perfugium, sit auxilium pudori,

Cic. Mur. 40, 87.—

Rarely of external condition, humble, poor:

qui demissi in obscuro vitam habent (opp. qui magno imperio praediti in excelso aetatem habent),

Sall. C. 51, 12.—

Poet., and in Tacitus, of genealogical descent, descended, derived, sprung:

ab alto Demissum genus Aenea,

Hor. S. 2, 5, 63; so Verg. G. 3, 35: id. A. 1, 288; Stat. Th. 2, 613; Tac. A. 12, 58.— Sup. does not occur. — Adv.: dēmisse.

Lit., low:

hic alte, demissius ille volabat,

Ov. Tr. 3, 4, 23.—

Trop., humbly, modestly, abjectly, meanly:

non est ausus elate et ample loqui, cum humiliter demisseque sentiret,

Cic. Tusc. 5, 9, 24:

suppliciter demisseque respondere,

id. Fl. 10, 21:

se tueri,

id. Att. 2, 18, 3.— Sup.: haec quam potest demississime atque subjectissime exponit, * Caes. B. C. 1, 84 fin.

dis-cŭtĭo, cussi, cussum, 3, v. a. [quatio], to strike asunder, dash to pieces, shatter, etc.

In gen.: dentes, Lucil. ap. Non. 455, 18:

deum delubra,

Lucr. 6, 418; cf.:

columna rostrata tota ad imum fulmine discussa est,

Liv. 42, 20:

ne saxa ex catapultis lateritium discuterent,

Caes. B. C. 2, 9, 3; cf.:

aliquantum muri tribus arietibus,

Liv. 21, 12: rostro (navis) discusso, shattered, Auct. B. Alex. 46, 2; cf.:

tempora cava ictu,

Ov. M. 2, 625:

ora saxo,

id. ib. 4, 519:

percussam aquam,

Plin. 28, 8, 29, § 118:

nubes,

Ov. M. 15, 70:

discussae jubae capiti,

Verg. A. 9, 810 et saep.—

In partic.

In medic. lang., to scatter, disperse ( = digerere), Cels. 2, 17; 3, 15; Scrib. Comp. 43; Plin. 30, 15, 47, § 135 et saep. —

Pregn., to break up, scatter, disperse, dissipate.

Lit. (rarely):

illos coetus,

Liv. 2, 28; cf.:

Boeoticum consilium,

id. 42, 44:

sole orto est discussa (caligo),

id. 29, 27:

caligo,

Cic. Phil. 12, 2, 5; cf.

umbras (sol),

Verg. G. 3, 357; id. A. 12, 669:

discussa nox,

Luc. 5, 700.—Rarely with pers. objects:

Cato discutit Etruscos, Gabinius Marsos, etc.,

routs, subdues, Flor. 3, 18, 13; cf.:

hostiles turmae discussae,

Amm. 25, 1.—Far more freq. and class.,

Trop.:

terrorem animi tenebrasque,

to disperse, dispel, Lucr. 1, 148; 2, 61 al.; cf. Cic. de Or. 3, 57:

quod rem totam discusseram,

had frustrated, brought to naught, id. Q. Fr. 2, 12;

so freq.: rem,

Liv. 34, 56; 39, 10; Suet. Dom. 2 al.:

discutere et comprimere periculum consilio,

Cic. Mur. 39, 84; so,

periculum,

Liv. 2, 52; Front. Strat. 2, 11, 4:

captiones (shortly before: dissolvere interrogationes),

Cic. Ac. 2, 15, 46: omnem ejus cunctationem, Asin. Pollio ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 33, 2:

disceptationem,

Liv. 38, 13:

crimen alicujus,

Quint. 4, 2, 18:

famam,

Tac. H. 2, 9:

fidem,

Luc. 1, 119:

consilia hostium,

Front. Strat. 4, 7, 31:

seditionem,

id. ib. 1, 9, 2; Vell. 2, 81:

bellum (with sepelire),

id. 2, 75:

nefas,

Flor. 3, 18, 9 et saep. —Hence, * discussē, adv., only comp., minutely, accurately:

explorare discussius,

Mart. Cap. 9, § 891.

, to separate mentally, distinguish, as in disputare, discernere, etc.), which prevails in the post-class. derivatives: discussio, discussor, and discusse; as also in the Romance: discutere, discussare, discussione; discuter, discussion, etc., there appear to be no examples in the literary language.

ē-dūco, xi, ctum, 3 ( imper., educe, Plaut. Pers. 4, 1, 11; id. Stich. 5, 6, 1:

educ,

Cic. Cat. 1, 5, 10; Alcim. 5, 248 al.— Inf. pass. parag., educier, Plaut. Truc. 5, 16), v. a., to lead forth, draw out, bring away (very freq. and class.).

In gen.:

novam nuptam foras,

Plaut. Cas. 4, 3, 1;

so with personal objects, fidicinam,

id. Ep. 3, 4, 36 (opp. introducere):

eram,

id. Mil. 4, 6, 53:

virginem,

id. Pers. 4, 1, 11; Cic. Q. Fr. 3, 3 fin. al.; cf.

also: populum e comitio,

Varr. R. R. 1, 2, 9:

mulierem ab domo secum,

Caes. B. G. 1, 53, 4:

rete foras,

Plaut. Truc. 1, 1, 18; cf.:

pisces everriculo in litus,

Varr. R. R. 3, 17, 7:

radicem e terra,

id. ib. 3, 10, 5:

gladium,

Caes. B. G. 5, 44, 8; Sall. C. 51, 36; cf.:

gladium e vagina,

Cic. Inv. 2, 4, 14:

gladium,

Vulg. Marc. 14, 47 al.:

sortem,

Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 51 fin.; cf.:

aliquos ex urna,

id. ib. 2, 2, 17:

tribus,

id. Agr. 2, 8, 21:

telum corpore,

Verg. A. 10, 744; cf. Plin. 7, 20, 19, § 83 et saep.:

lacum (with emittere),

Cic. Div. 1, 44, 100; cf.

fistulam,

Varr. R. R. 3, 14, 2:

aquam in fossas,

Plin. 18, 19, 49, § 179; Dig. 8, 3, 29:

se foras,

to go out, Ter. Hec. 3, 3, 4 Ruhnk. ad loc.; cf.:

se multitudini,

to withdraw one's self from the multitude, Sen. Vit. Beat. 2 fin. —

In partic.

In all periods.

Pub. law t. t.

To bring, summon before court (cf. duco, I. B. 1.):

cum in jus ipsum eduxi,

Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 47; cf.:

ex domo in jus,

Quint. 7, 8, 6: SI. QVIS. EORVM. AD. ME. EDVCTVS. FVERIT., Edict. Praet. ap. Gell. 11, 17, 2:

aliquem ad consules,

Cic. Planc. 23;

and simply aliquem,

id. Verr. 2, 2, 26 Zumpt N. cr.; 2, 2, 37; 2, 3, 65.—Once also, to bring up or lead away for punishment (for which more commonly duco; v. Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 26):

ad tintinnaculos educi viros,

Plaut. Truc. 4, 3, 8.—

Of persons in office, to take out with one to one's province: quos educere invitos in provinciam non potuit, eos retinere qui potuit? Cic. Fragm. ap. Quint. 5, 10, 76; so,

medicum secum,

id. Pis. 34.—

Milit. t. t., to lead forth, march out troops (very freq. in Caes.):

Teleboae ex oppido Legiones educunt suas,

Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 63:

praesidium ex oppido (opp introducere),

Caes. B. C. 1, 13, 2:

cohortes ex urbe,

id. ib. 1, 12, 2:

exercitum ab urbe,

Liv. 3, 21:

copias e castris,

Caes. B. G. 1, 50, 1; 2, 8 fin.; 7, 13, 1; 7, 80, 1; id. B. C. 1, 43, 3 et saep.; Liv. 31, 37 al.;

for which also: copias castris,

Caes. B. G. 1, 51, 2; 4, 13 fin.; id. B. C. 1, 68, 1; Verg. A. 11, 20;

legiones ex hibernis,

Caes. B. G. 1, 10, 3; 5, 27, 9; 7, 10, 1; Liv. 40, 39:

ex finibus,

Caes. B. G. 4, 1, 4 et saep.; cf.

also: impedimenta ex castris,

id. ib. 7, 68, 1.—Without designating the term. a quo:

cohortes,

Caes. B. G. 3, 26, 2; id. B. C. 1, 41, 2; 1, 64, 6; Sall. J. 68, 2; Liv. 39, 15; Front. Strat. 1, 5, 22 et saep.; cf.: exercitum foras, Cato ap. Gell. 15, 13, 5:

exercitum in expeditionem,

Cic. Div. 1, 33, 72:

copias adversus Afranium,

Front. Strat. 1, 5, 9; 2, 2, 5 et saep.—And absol. of the general himself, to move out, march out (so mostly in Liv.; cf.

duco): ex hibernis,

Caes. B. G. 7, 10, 1:

ex oppido,

id. ib. 7, 81, 3; cf.:

tribus simul portis,

Liv. 41, 26:

ad legionem Pompeii duplici acie eduxit,

Caes. B. G. 3, 67, 3:

in aciem,

Liv. 1, 23; 8, 9; 21, 39; Front. Strat. 2, 1, 5, al. —

Naut. t. t., to bring out a ship from the harbor, to put to sea:

naves ex portu,

Caes. B. C. 1, 57, 2; 2, 22, 5; 3, 26, 2;

also: classem portu,

Plin. 2, 12, 9, § 55.—Hence,

Transf., of goods, to export:

equos ex Italia,

Liv. 43, 5, 9 (cf.:

extra provinciam ducere,

Dig. 49, 16, 12, § 1).—

In midwifery, t. t., to assist at birth:

attractus infantem educit,

Cels. 7, 29 med.:

per ipsas manus (infans) commode educitur,

id. ib. — So of birds, to bring out of the egg, to hatch:

pullos suos,

Plaut. Poen. 1, 2, 143; so,

fetum,

Plin. 10, 54, 75, § 152 (with excludere); 9, 10, 12, § 37.—Hence,

Transf.

To bring up, rear, a child (usually with reference to bodily nurture and support; while 2. educo refers usually to the mind; but the distinction is not strictly observed; cf. Krebs, Antibarb. p. 395), to educate:

non possunt militares pueri setanio educier,

Plaut. Truc. 5, 16:

bene ego istam eduxi meae domi et pudice,

id. Curc. 4, 2, 32; id. Most. 1, 3, 29; id. Rud. 1, 3, 38; Ter. And. 5, 4, 8; id. Heaut. 2, 1, 14 al.; Cic. de Or. 2, 28, 124; Liv. 1, 39 fin.; 21, 43 Drak.; Tac. A. 1, 4; 41; Prop. 3, 9, 51 (4, 8, 51 M.); Verg. A. 7, 763; 8, 413; Col. 3, 10, 16; Curt. 3, 12, 16 al.— Trop.:

senex plane eductus in nutricatu Venerio,

Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 55.—

In gen., to bear, to produce = edere, Verg. A. 6, 765; 779: aura educit colores, * Cat. 64, 90.—

In vulg. lang., to drink off, toss off, Plaut. Stich. 5, 5, 18; 5, 6, 1.—With a punning allusion to the signif. 4. b. a, Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 274.—

Since the Aug. period.

Of motion in an upward direction (cf. effero and erigo), to draw up, to raise:

(Ortygia me) superas eduxit sub auras,

Ov. M. 5, 641; 3, 113; cf.

trop.: (Pindarus) vires animumque moresque aureos educit in astra,

Hor. C. 4, 2, 23 (cf.:

sustulit in astra,

Cic. Att. 2, 25).—

With the accessory idea of making, to rear, erect, build up:

turrim summis sub astra Eductam tectis,

Verg. A. 2, 461; cf.:

aram sepulcri caelo,

id. ib. 6, 178; imitated by Sil. 15, 388:

molem caelo,

Verg. A. 2, 186:

turres altius,

Tac. A. 12, 16; id. H. 4, 30:

pyramides instar montium,

id. A. 2, 61:

moenia caminis Cyclopum,

Verg. A. 6, 630; cf.:

moles quam eductam in Rhenum retulimus,

Tac. H. 5, 18.—

Of time, to pass, spend (cf. duco, II. B. 3. b.):

pios annos,

Prop. 2, 9, 47:

insomnem noctem ludo,

Stat. Th. 2, 74:

somnos sub hiberno caelo,

Sil. 11, 405:

nimbos luxu,

Val. Fl. 2, 371.

ēdŭco, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [1. educo, II. A. 4. b.], to bring up a child physically or mentally, to rear, to educate (very freq. and class.): educit obstetrix, educat nutrix, instituit paedagogus, docet magister, Varr. ap. Non. 447, 33 (but this distinction is not strictly observed; see the foll. and 1. educo, II. A. 4. b.).

Prop.:

hera educavit (puellam) magna industria,

Plaut. Cas. prol. 44 sq.:

Athenis natus altusque educatusque Atticis,

id. Rud. 3, 4, 36:

bene pudiceque educatu'st usque ad adolescentiam,

id. Capt. 5, 3, 16 et saep.; cf. id. Men. 5, 5, 7; id. Trin. 2, 4, 111 al.; Att. ap. Non. 422, 14; Ter. Eun. 1, 2, 37; id. Ad. 3, 4, 49; Cic. Lael. 20, 75; id. Rep. 2, 21; id. de Or. 1, 31; Ov. F. 6, 487; id. M. 3, 314; Vulg. Psa. 22, 2. —

Transf., to bring up, rear, foster, train, educate:

neque enim hac nos patria lege genuit aut educavit, ut, etc.,

Cic. Rep. 1, 4; id. Or. 13 fin.; cf.:

ars dicendi ea, quae sunt orta jam in nobis et procreata, educat atque confirmat,

id. de Or. 2, 87, 356:

in his (scholis) educatur orator,

Quint. 9, 2, 81:

oratorem, id. prooem. § 5: illos in disciplina,

Vulg. Ephes. 6, 4.—

Poet. and in post-Aug. prose, of plants or animals, to nourish, support, produce:

quod pontus, quod terra, quod educat aër Poscit,

Ov. M. 8, 832; cf. id. Pont. 1, 10, 9:

vitis mitem uvam,

Cat. 62, 50:

pomum, non uvas (ager),

Ov. Pont. 1, 3, 51:

herbas (humus),

id. M. 15, 97:

Caecuba,

Plin. 16, 37, 67, § 173:

florem (imber),

Cat. 62, 41 al.:

lepores, apros,

Hor. Ep. 1, 15, 22.—

To possess, hold (cf. nutrire = trephein), Verg. Cul. 13.

hŏnestus, a um, adj. [honos, honor, qs. furnished or clothed with honor], full of honor, honorable.

Regarded with honor, enjoying respect or consideration, honored, distinguished, honorable, respectable, noble, = honoratus:

qui me honore honestiorem fecit,

Plaut. Capt. 2, 3, 32: cum honos sit praemium virtutis judicio studioque civium delatum ad aliquem;

qui eum sententiis, qui suffragiis adeptus est, is mihi et honestus et honoratus videtur, etc.,

Cic. Brut. 81, 281:

satis honestam honoratamque imaginem fore,

Liv. 36, 40, 9: magnus atque honestus, Brut. et Cass. ap. Cic. Fam. 11, 3, 4; cf.:

salvi et honesti,

id. ib. 11, 2, 2:

honestus homo et nobilis,

Cic. Mur. 36, 75:

cum honesto aliquo homine,

id. Fam. 16, 9, 4:

amplae et honestae familiae,

illustrious and honorable families, id. Mur. 7, 15; cf.: homines honestis parentibus ac majoribus nati, id. Fragm. ap. Quint. 11, 1, 85:

bonis parentibus atque honesto loco natus,

id. Tusc. 5, 20, 58:

cum Sabinas honesto ortas loco virgines rapi jussit,

id. Rep. 2, 7:

loco natus honesto,

Caes. B. G. 5, 45, 2:

Polla, Nursiae honesto genere orta,

Suet. Vesp. 1:

equite Romano in primis honesto et ornato,

distinguished, eminent, Cic. Fam. 13, 14, 1; 13, 31, 1:

eques Romanus,

id. ib. 13, 62; cf.:

erant complures honesti adulescentes, senatorum filii et ordinis equestris,

Caes. B. C. 1, 51, 3:

publicani, homines honestissimi atque ornatissimi,

Cic. de Imp. Pomp. 7, 17:

homo honestissimus,

Caes. B. G. 1, 53, 6:

milites honestissimi sui generis,

id. B. C. 1, 20, 1:

virginis honestae vaticinatione,

Suet. Galb. 9 et saep.:

quia deus auctor culpae honestior erat,

Liv. 1, 4, 2:

tam grave, tam firmum, tam honestum municipium,

Cic. Fam. 13, 4, 2:

honestissimus conventus,

Quint. 1, 2, 9:

ut honestiore judicio conflictere?

more honorable, Cic. Quint. 13, 44:

dies honestissimus nobis,

id. Fam. 1, 2, 2:

atque erit illa mihi mortis honesta dies,

Prop. 3 (4), 21, 34:

honesta paupertas,

Vell. 129, 3:

omnium honestarum rerum egens,

not able to live suitably to his rank, Sall. J. 14, 17: honestis manibus omnia laetius proveniunt, i. e. of generals (cf. shortly before:

ipsorum tunc manibus imperatorum colebantur agri),

Plin. 18, 3, 4, § 19.—As substt.

hŏnestĭōres, um, m., men of noble birth:

qui hominem castraverit... sive is servus sive liber sit, capite punitur: honestiores publicatis bonis in insulam deportantur,

Paul. Sent. 5, 23, 13; 1, 21, 4 sq.;

opp. humiliores,

id. ib. 5, 25, 1 sq.; Mos. et Rom. Leg. Coll. 1, 2, 2; 8, 4, 2.—

hŏnestum, i, n., honorable conduct, morality, virtue:

nec honesto quicquam honestius,

Cic. Fin. 4, 7, 25:

rigidi servator honesti (Cato),

Luc. 2, 389.

Bringing or deserving of honor, honorable, respectable, creditable, worthy, virtuous, decent, proper, becoming.

In gen.:

ut (civium vita) opibus firma, copiis locuples, gloria ampla, virtute honesta sit,

Cic. Att. 8, 11, 1:

in convivio moderato atque honesto,

id. Mur. 6, 13:

aequa et honesta postulatio,

id. Rosc. Am. 2, 7:

honestum ac probabile nomen,

id. Caecin. 25, 71; cf.:

ut honesta praescriptione rem turpissimam tegerent,

Caes. B. C. 3, 32, 4:

causas abeundi quaerat honestas,

Lucr. 4, 1181:

certatio,

Cic. Lael. 9, 32:

honestam rem actionemve aut non suscipere aut, etc.,

id. ib. 13, 47:

res, causa (opp. turpis),

Auct. Her. 1, 3, 5; cf.:

honesta res dividitur in rectum et laudabile,

id. 3, 2, 3:

hominum honestissimorum testimoniis non credere,

Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 49, § 128; id. Rosc. Am. 6, 16:

homines honestissimi,

id. ib. 17, 49:

quod omnium sit votum parentum, ut honestiores quam sint ipsi, liberos habeant,

Quint. 1, 1, 82:

soror,

virtuous, chaste, Hor. S. 2, 3, 58:

vita honestissima,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 17, 48; so in sup.:

labor,

Quint. 12, 7, 10:

praecepta,

id. 12, 2, 27:

testimonia,

id. 5, 11, 37:

vitae instituta sic distant, ut Cretes et Aetoli latrocinari honestum putent,

Cic. Rep. 3, 9:

honestum quibusdam rapto vivere,

Quint. 3, 7, 24:

honestius est de amicorum pecunia laborare quam de sua,

Cic. Fam. 13, 14, 2:

ut neque rectum neque honestum sit, nec fieri possit, ut, etc.,

id. Lael. 21, 76:

honestum et rectum,

id. ib. 22, 82:

honestum id intellegimus, quod tale est, ut, detracta omni utilitate, sine ullis praemiis fructibusve per se ipsum possit jure laudari,

id. Fin. 2, 14, 45; cf. id. Inv. 2, 53, 159; id. Leg. 1, 18, 48:

si maritus uxorem suam in adulterio deprehensam occidit... non inique aliquid ejus honestissimo calori permittitur, Mos. et Rom. Leg. Coll. 4, 10, 1: mores honestos tradere,

Juv. 6, 239.—As subst.: hŏnestum, i, n., honesty, integrity, virtue (cf.:

honor, virtus, etc.): quandoquidem honestum aut ipsa virtus est aut res gesta virtute,

id. Fin. 5, 23, 66; cf.:

sive honestum solum bonum est, ut Stoicis placet, sive quod honestum est, id ita summum bonum est, ut, etc.,

id. Off. 3, 3, 13; 1, 4, 14:

formam quidem ipsam et tamquam faciem honesti vides,

id. ib. 1, 5, 14:

omnis honesti justique disciplina,

Quint. 12, 2, 1:

honesti praesens imago,

id. 12, 1, 28:

quo (honesto) detracto quid poterit beatum intellegi?

Cic. Tusc. 5, 15, 45:

de honesto ac bono,

Quint. 2, 2, 5:

honesta ac turpia,

Cic. Leg. 1, 16, 44; 1, 17, 46:

honestis similia sunt quaedam non honesta,

id. Ac. 2, 16, 50:

in eodem pectore nullum est honestorum turpiumque consortium,

Quint. 12, 1, 4:

de honestis, justis, utilibus quaestiones,

id. 3, 6, 41.—Prov.:

honesta mors turpi vita potior,

Tac. Agr. 33:

imponit finem sapiens et rebus honestis,

Juv. 6, 444:

honestus rumor alterum est patrimonium,

Pub. Syr. 217 Rib.—

In partic., of personal appearance, noble, fine, handsome, beautiful (mostly poet.):

ille erat honesta facie et liberali,

Ter. Eun. 4, 4, 15; 2, 1, 24; cf.: ita me di ament, honestus est. id. ib. 3, 2, 21:

erat forma praeter ceteras honesta,

id. And. 1, 1, 96:

facies,

Suet. Tib. 68:

caput,

Verg. A. 10, 133; id. G. 2, 392:

asini,

Varr. R. R. 2, 6, 2:

(equi),

Verg. G. 3, 81:

ager honestior,

Varr. R. R. 1, 4, 2:

tunc ora rigantur honestis Imbribus (i. e. lacrimis),

Stat. Th. 2, 234.—As subst.: hŏnestum, i, n., beauty:

nec, si quid honesti est, jactat habetque palam, quaerit, quo turpia celet, = si quid pulchri habent,

Hor. S. 1, 2, 84.—Hence, adv.: hŏ-nestē.

(Acc. to I.) Honorably, nobly (very rare):

honeste natus,

of noble birth, Suet. Aug. 43.—Far more freq. and class.,

(Acc. to II.) Decently, becomingly, properly, creditably, virtuously:

neque illa matrem satis honeste tuam sequi poterit comes,

Plaut. Merc. 2, 3, 69; id. Rud. 2, 3, 77:

sic volo Te ferre (aquam) honeste, ut ego fero,

id. ib. 2, 5, 7:

unde Mundior exiret vix libertinus honeste,

Hor. S. 2, 7, 12:

ut videamur vestiti esse honeste,

Varr. L. L. 8, § 31 Müll.:

(Lucretia) tum quoque jam moriens, ne non procumbat honeste, Respicit,

Ov. F. 2, 833:

(Caesar) sinum ad ima crura deduxit, quo honestius caderet,

Suet. Caes. 82; Lucil. ap. Non. 427, 26:

valde se honeste gerunt,

Cic. Att. 6, 1, 13:

honestius hic, quam Q. Pompeius,

id. Off. 3, 30, 109:

quae in nostris rebus non satis honeste, in amicorum fiunt honestissime,

id. Lael. 16, 57:

aliquid recte honesteque dicere,

id. Rep. 1, 2:

beate et honeste vivere,

id. ib. 4, 3:

honeste vivere (opp. turpiter),

Quint. 5, 10, 24:

facere ac dicere (opp. turpiter),

id. 11, 1, 14; 10, 5, 13:

tam jejuna fames, cum possit honestius tremere, etc.,

Juv. 5, 10. iste quidem veteres inter ponetur honeste, fairly, properly, Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 43:

fastigium nunc honeste vergit in tectum inferioris porticus,

Cic. Q. Fr. 3, 1, 4, 14.

hŏnestus, a um, adj. [honos, honor, qs. furnished or clothed with honor], full of honor, honorable.

Regarded with honor, enjoying respect or consideration, honored, distinguished, honorable, respectable, noble, = honoratus:

qui me honore honestiorem fecit,

Plaut. Capt. 2, 3, 32: cum honos sit praemium virtutis judicio studioque civium delatum ad aliquem;

qui eum sententiis, qui suffragiis adeptus est, is mihi et honestus et honoratus videtur, etc.,

Cic. Brut. 81, 281:

satis honestam honoratamque imaginem fore,

Liv. 36, 40, 9: magnus atque honestus, Brut. et Cass. ap. Cic. Fam. 11, 3, 4; cf.:

salvi et honesti,

id. ib. 11, 2, 2:

honestus homo et nobilis,

Cic. Mur. 36, 75:

cum honesto aliquo homine,

id. Fam. 16, 9, 4:

amplae et honestae familiae,

illustrious and honorable families, id. Mur. 7, 15; cf.: homines honestis parentibus ac majoribus nati, id. Fragm. ap. Quint. 11, 1, 85:

bonis parentibus atque honesto loco natus,

id. Tusc. 5, 20, 58:

cum Sabinas honesto ortas loco virgines rapi jussit,

id. Rep. 2, 7:

loco natus honesto,

Caes. B. G. 5, 45, 2:

Polla, Nursiae honesto genere orta,

Suet. Vesp. 1:

equite Romano in primis honesto et ornato,

distinguished, eminent, Cic. Fam. 13, 14, 1; 13, 31, 1:

eques Romanus,

id. ib. 13, 62; cf.:

erant complures honesti adulescentes, senatorum filii et ordinis equestris,

Caes. B. C. 1, 51, 3:

publicani, homines honestissimi atque ornatissimi,

Cic. de Imp. Pomp. 7, 17:

homo honestissimus,

Caes. B. G. 1, 53, 6:

milites honestissimi sui generis,

id. B. C. 1, 20, 1:

virginis honestae vaticinatione,

Suet. Galb. 9 et saep.:

quia deus auctor culpae honestior erat,

Liv. 1, 4, 2:

tam grave, tam firmum, tam honestum municipium,

Cic. Fam. 13, 4, 2:

honestissimus conventus,

Quint. 1, 2, 9:

ut honestiore judicio conflictere?

more honorable, Cic. Quint. 13, 44:

dies honestissimus nobis,

id. Fam. 1, 2, 2:

atque erit illa mihi mortis honesta dies,

Prop. 3 (4), 21, 34:

honesta paupertas,

Vell. 129, 3:

omnium honestarum rerum egens,

not able to live suitably to his rank, Sall. J. 14, 17: honestis manibus omnia laetius proveniunt, i. e. of generals (cf. shortly before:

ipsorum tunc manibus imperatorum colebantur agri),

Plin. 18, 3, 4, § 19.—As substt.

hŏnestĭōres, um, m., men of noble birth:

qui hominem castraverit... sive is servus sive liber sit, capite punitur: honestiores publicatis bonis in insulam deportantur,

Paul. Sent. 5, 23, 13; 1, 21, 4 sq.;

opp. humiliores,

id. ib. 5, 25, 1 sq.; Mos. et Rom. Leg. Coll. 1, 2, 2; 8, 4, 2.—

hŏnestum, i, n., honorable conduct, morality, virtue:

nec honesto quicquam honestius,

Cic. Fin. 4, 7, 25:

rigidi servator honesti (Cato),

Luc. 2, 389.

Bringing or deserving of honor, honorable, respectable, creditable, worthy, virtuous, decent, proper, becoming.

In gen.:

ut (civium vita) opibus firma, copiis locuples, gloria ampla, virtute honesta sit,

Cic. Att. 8, 11, 1:

in convivio moderato atque honesto,

id. Mur. 6, 13:

aequa et honesta postulatio,

id. Rosc. Am. 2, 7:

honestum ac probabile nomen,

id. Caecin. 25, 71; cf.:

ut honesta praescriptione rem turpissimam tegerent,

Caes. B. C. 3, 32, 4:

causas abeundi quaerat honestas,

Lucr. 4, 1181:

certatio,

Cic. Lael. 9, 32:

honestam rem actionemve aut non suscipere aut, etc.,

id. ib. 13, 47:

res, causa (opp. turpis),

Auct. Her. 1, 3, 5; cf.:

honesta res dividitur in rectum et laudabile,

id. 3, 2, 3:

hominum honestissimorum testimoniis non credere,

Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 49, § 128; id. Rosc. Am. 6, 16:

homines honestissimi,

id. ib. 17, 49:

quod omnium sit votum parentum, ut honestiores quam sint ipsi, liberos habeant,

Quint. 1, 1, 82:

soror,

virtuous, chaste, Hor. S. 2, 3, 58:

vita honestissima,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 17, 48; so in sup.:

labor,

Quint. 12, 7, 10:

praecepta,

id. 12, 2, 27:

testimonia,

id. 5, 11, 37:

vitae instituta sic distant, ut Cretes et Aetoli latrocinari honestum putent,

Cic. Rep. 3, 9:

honestum quibusdam rapto vivere,

Quint. 3, 7, 24:

honestius est de amicorum pecunia laborare quam de sua,

Cic. Fam. 13, 14, 2:

ut neque rectum neque honestum sit, nec fieri possit, ut, etc.,

id. Lael. 21, 76:

honestum et rectum,

id. ib. 22, 82:

honestum id intellegimus, quod tale est, ut, detracta omni utilitate, sine ullis praemiis fructibusve per se ipsum possit jure laudari,

id. Fin. 2, 14, 45; cf. id. Inv. 2, 53, 159; id. Leg. 1, 18, 48:

si maritus uxorem suam in adulterio deprehensam occidit... non inique aliquid ejus honestissimo calori permittitur, Mos. et Rom. Leg. Coll. 4, 10, 1: mores honestos tradere,

Juv. 6, 239.—As subst.: hŏnestum, i, n., honesty, integrity, virtue (cf.:

honor, virtus, etc.): quandoquidem honestum aut ipsa virtus est aut res gesta virtute,

id. Fin. 5, 23, 66; cf.:

sive honestum solum bonum est, ut Stoicis placet, sive quod honestum est, id ita summum bonum est, ut, etc.,

id. Off. 3, 3, 13; 1, 4, 14:

formam quidem ipsam et tamquam faciem honesti vides,

id. ib. 1, 5, 14:

omnis honesti justique disciplina,

Quint. 12, 2, 1:

honesti praesens imago,

id. 12, 1, 28:

quo (honesto) detracto quid poterit beatum intellegi?

Cic. Tusc. 5, 15, 45:

de honesto ac bono,

Quint. 2, 2, 5:

honesta ac turpia,

Cic. Leg. 1, 16, 44; 1, 17, 46:

honestis similia sunt quaedam non honesta,

id. Ac. 2, 16, 50:

in eodem pectore nullum est honestorum turpiumque consortium,

Quint. 12, 1, 4:

de honestis, justis, utilibus quaestiones,

id. 3, 6, 41.—Prov.:

honesta mors turpi vita potior,

Tac. Agr. 33:

imponit finem sapiens et rebus honestis,

Juv. 6, 444:

honestus rumor alterum est patrimonium,

Pub. Syr. 217 Rib.—

In partic., of personal appearance, noble, fine, handsome, beautiful (mostly poet.):

ille erat honesta facie et liberali,

Ter. Eun. 4, 4, 15; 2, 1, 24; cf.: ita me di ament, honestus est. id. ib. 3, 2, 21:

erat forma praeter ceteras honesta,

id. And. 1, 1, 96:

facies,

Suet. Tib. 68:

caput,

Verg. A. 10, 133; id. G. 2, 392:

asini,

Varr. R. R. 2, 6, 2:

(equi),

Verg. G. 3, 81:

ager honestior,

Varr. R. R. 1, 4, 2:

tunc ora rigantur honestis Imbribus (i. e. lacrimis),

Stat. Th. 2, 234.—As subst.: hŏnestum, i, n., beauty:

nec, si quid honesti est, jactat habetque palam, quaerit, quo turpia celet, = si quid pulchri habent,

Hor. S. 1, 2, 84.—Hence, adv.: hŏ-nestē.

(Acc. to I.) Honorably, nobly (very rare):

honeste natus,

of noble birth, Suet. Aug. 43.—Far more freq. and class.,

(Acc. to II.) Decently, becomingly, properly, creditably, virtuously:

neque illa matrem satis honeste tuam sequi poterit comes,

Plaut. Merc. 2, 3, 69; id. Rud. 2, 3, 77:

sic volo Te ferre (aquam) honeste, ut ego fero,

id. ib. 2, 5, 7:

unde Mundior exiret vix libertinus honeste,

Hor. S. 2, 7, 12:

ut videamur vestiti esse honeste,

Varr. L. L. 8, § 31 Müll.:

(Lucretia) tum quoque jam moriens, ne non procumbat honeste, Respicit,

Ov. F. 2, 833:

(Caesar) sinum ad ima crura deduxit, quo honestius caderet,

Suet. Caes. 82; Lucil. ap. Non. 427, 26:

valde se honeste gerunt,

Cic. Att. 6, 1, 13:

honestius hic, quam Q. Pompeius,

id. Off. 3, 30, 109:

quae in nostris rebus non satis honeste, in amicorum fiunt honestissime,

id. Lael. 16, 57:

aliquid recte honesteque dicere,

id. Rep. 1, 2:

beate et honeste vivere,

id. ib. 4, 3:

honeste vivere (opp. turpiter),

Quint. 5, 10, 24:

facere ac dicere (opp. turpiter),

id. 11, 1, 14; 10, 5, 13:

tam jejuna fames, cum possit honestius tremere, etc.,

Juv. 5, 10. iste quidem veteres inter ponetur honeste, fairly, properly, Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 43:

fastigium nunc honeste vergit in tectum inferioris porticus,

Cic. Q. Fr. 3, 1, 4, 14.

hŏnestus, a um, adj. [honos, honor, qs. furnished or clothed with honor], full of honor, honorable.

Regarded with honor, enjoying respect or consideration, honored, distinguished, honorable, respectable, noble, = honoratus:

qui me honore honestiorem fecit,

Plaut. Capt. 2, 3, 32: cum honos sit praemium virtutis judicio studioque civium delatum ad aliquem;

qui eum sententiis, qui suffragiis adeptus est, is mihi et honestus et honoratus videtur, etc.,

Cic. Brut. 81, 281:

satis honestam honoratamque imaginem fore,

Liv. 36, 40, 9: magnus atque honestus, Brut. et Cass. ap. Cic. Fam. 11, 3, 4; cf.:

salvi et honesti,

id. ib. 11, 2, 2:

honestus homo et nobilis,

Cic. Mur. 36, 75:

cum honesto aliquo homine,

id. Fam. 16, 9, 4:

amplae et honestae familiae,

illustrious and honorable families, id. Mur. 7, 15; cf.: homines honestis parentibus ac majoribus nati, id. Fragm. ap. Quint. 11, 1, 85:

bonis parentibus atque honesto loco natus,

id. Tusc. 5, 20, 58:

cum Sabinas honesto ortas loco virgines rapi jussit,

id. Rep. 2, 7:

loco natus honesto,

Caes. B. G. 5, 45, 2:

Polla, Nursiae honesto genere orta,

Suet. Vesp. 1:

equite Romano in primis honesto et ornato,

distinguished, eminent, Cic. Fam. 13, 14, 1; 13, 31, 1:

eques Romanus,

id. ib. 13, 62; cf.:

erant complures honesti adulescentes, senatorum filii et ordinis equestris,

Caes. B. C. 1, 51, 3:

publicani, homines honestissimi atque ornatissimi,

Cic. de Imp. Pomp. 7, 17:

homo honestissimus,

Caes. B. G. 1, 53, 6:

milites honestissimi sui generis,

id. B. C. 1, 20, 1:

virginis honestae vaticinatione,

Suet. Galb. 9 et saep.:

quia deus auctor culpae honestior erat,

Liv. 1, 4, 2:

tam grave, tam firmum, tam honestum municipium,

Cic. Fam. 13, 4, 2:

honestissimus conventus,

Quint. 1, 2, 9:

ut honestiore judicio conflictere?

more honorable, Cic. Quint. 13, 44:

dies honestissimus nobis,

id. Fam. 1, 2, 2:

atque erit illa mihi mortis honesta dies,

Prop. 3 (4), 21, 34:

honesta paupertas,

Vell. 129, 3:

omnium honestarum rerum egens,

not able to live suitably to his rank, Sall. J. 14, 17: honestis manibus omnia laetius proveniunt, i. e. of generals (cf. shortly before:

ipsorum tunc manibus imperatorum colebantur agri),

Plin. 18, 3, 4, § 19.—As substt.

hŏnestĭōres, um, m., men of noble birth:

qui hominem castraverit... sive is servus sive liber sit, capite punitur: honestiores publicatis bonis in insulam deportantur,

Paul. Sent. 5, 23, 13; 1, 21, 4 sq.;

opp. humiliores,

id. ib. 5, 25, 1 sq.; Mos. et Rom. Leg. Coll. 1, 2, 2; 8, 4, 2.—

hŏnestum, i, n., honorable conduct, morality, virtue:

nec honesto quicquam honestius,

Cic. Fin. 4, 7, 25:

rigidi servator honesti (Cato),

Luc. 2, 389.

Bringing or deserving of honor, honorable, respectable, creditable, worthy, virtuous, decent, proper, becoming.

In gen.:

ut (civium vita) opibus firma, copiis locuples, gloria ampla, virtute honesta sit,

Cic. Att. 8, 11, 1:

in convivio moderato atque honesto,

id. Mur. 6, 13:

aequa et honesta postulatio,

id. Rosc. Am. 2, 7:

honestum ac probabile nomen,

id. Caecin. 25, 71; cf.:

ut honesta praescriptione rem turpissimam tegerent,

Caes. B. C. 3, 32, 4:

causas abeundi quaerat honestas,

Lucr. 4, 1181:

certatio,

Cic. Lael. 9, 32:

honestam rem actionemve aut non suscipere aut, etc.,

id. ib. 13, 47:

res, causa (opp. turpis),

Auct. Her. 1, 3, 5; cf.:

honesta res dividitur in rectum et laudabile,

id. 3, 2, 3:

hominum honestissimorum testimoniis non credere,

Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 49, § 128; id. Rosc. Am. 6, 16:

homines honestissimi,

id. ib. 17, 49:

quod omnium sit votum parentum, ut honestiores quam sint ipsi, liberos habeant,

Quint. 1, 1, 82:

soror,

virtuous, chaste, Hor. S. 2, 3, 58:

vita honestissima,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 17, 48; so in sup.:

labor,

Quint. 12, 7, 10:

praecepta,

id. 12, 2, 27:

testimonia,

id. 5, 11, 37:

vitae instituta sic distant, ut Cretes et Aetoli latrocinari honestum putent,

Cic. Rep. 3, 9:

honestum quibusdam rapto vivere,

Quint. 3, 7, 24:

honestius est de amicorum pecunia laborare quam de sua,

Cic. Fam. 13, 14, 2:

ut neque rectum neque honestum sit, nec fieri possit, ut, etc.,

id. Lael. 21, 76:

honestum et rectum,

id. ib. 22, 82:

honestum id intellegimus, quod tale est, ut, detracta omni utilitate, sine ullis praemiis fructibusve per se ipsum possit jure laudari,

id. Fin. 2, 14, 45; cf. id. Inv. 2, 53, 159; id. Leg. 1, 18, 48:

si maritus uxorem suam in adulterio deprehensam occidit... non inique aliquid ejus honestissimo calori permittitur, Mos. et Rom. Leg. Coll. 4, 10, 1: mores honestos tradere,

Juv. 6, 239.—As subst.: hŏnestum, i, n., honesty, integrity, virtue (cf.:

honor, virtus, etc.): quandoquidem honestum aut ipsa virtus est aut res gesta virtute,

id. Fin. 5, 23, 66; cf.:

sive honestum solum bonum est, ut Stoicis placet, sive quod honestum est, id ita summum bonum est, ut, etc.,

id. Off. 3, 3, 13; 1, 4, 14:

formam quidem ipsam et tamquam faciem honesti vides,

id. ib. 1, 5, 14:

omnis honesti justique disciplina,

Quint. 12, 2, 1:

honesti praesens imago,

id. 12, 1, 28:

quo (honesto) detracto quid poterit beatum intellegi?

Cic. Tusc. 5, 15, 45:

de honesto ac bono,

Quint. 2, 2, 5:

honesta ac turpia,

Cic. Leg. 1, 16, 44; 1, 17, 46:

honestis similia sunt quaedam non honesta,

id. Ac. 2, 16, 50:

in eodem pectore nullum est honestorum turpiumque consortium,

Quint. 12, 1, 4:

de honestis, justis, utilibus quaestiones,

id. 3, 6, 41.—Prov.:

honesta mors turpi vita potior,

Tac. Agr. 33:

imponit finem sapiens et rebus honestis,

Juv. 6, 444:

honestus rumor alterum est patrimonium,

Pub. Syr. 217 Rib.—

In partic., of personal appearance, noble, fine, handsome, beautiful (mostly poet.):

ille erat honesta facie et liberali,

Ter. Eun. 4, 4, 15; 2, 1, 24; cf.: ita me di ament, honestus est. id. ib. 3, 2, 21:

erat forma praeter ceteras honesta,

id. And. 1, 1, 96:

facies,

Suet. Tib. 68:

caput,

Verg. A. 10, 133; id. G. 2, 392:

asini,

Varr. R. R. 2, 6, 2:

(equi),

Verg. G. 3, 81:

ager honestior,

Varr. R. R. 1, 4, 2:

tunc ora rigantur honestis Imbribus (i. e. lacrimis),

Stat. Th. 2, 234.—As subst.: hŏnestum, i, n., beauty:

nec, si quid honesti est, jactat habetque palam, quaerit, quo turpia celet, = si quid pulchri habent,

Hor. S. 1, 2, 84.—Hence, adv.: hŏ-nestē.

(Acc. to I.) Honorably, nobly (very rare):

honeste natus,

of noble birth, Suet. Aug. 43.—Far more freq. and class.,

(Acc. to II.) Decently, becomingly, properly, creditably, virtuously:

neque illa matrem satis honeste tuam sequi poterit comes,

Plaut. Merc. 2, 3, 69; id. Rud. 2, 3, 77:

sic volo Te ferre (aquam) honeste, ut ego fero,

id. ib. 2, 5, 7:

unde Mundior exiret vix libertinus honeste,

Hor. S. 2, 7, 12:

ut videamur vestiti esse honeste,

Varr. L. L. 8, § 31 Müll.:

(Lucretia) tum quoque jam moriens, ne non procumbat honeste, Respicit,

Ov. F. 2, 833:

(Caesar) sinum ad ima crura deduxit, quo honestius caderet,

Suet. Caes. 82; Lucil. ap. Non. 427, 26:

valde se honeste gerunt,

Cic. Att. 6, 1, 13:

honestius hic, quam Q. Pompeius,

id. Off. 3, 30, 109:

quae in nostris rebus non satis honeste, in amicorum fiunt honestissime,

id. Lael. 16, 57:

aliquid recte honesteque dicere,

id. Rep. 1, 2:

beate et honeste vivere,

id. ib. 4, 3:

honeste vivere (opp. turpiter),

Quint. 5, 10, 24:

facere ac dicere (opp. turpiter),

id. 11, 1, 14; 10, 5, 13:

tam jejuna fames, cum possit honestius tremere, etc.,

Juv. 5, 10. iste quidem veteres inter ponetur honeste, fairly, properly, Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 43:

fastigium nunc honeste vergit in tectum inferioris porticus,

Cic. Q. Fr. 3, 1, 4, 14.

in-do, dĭdi, dĭtum, 3, v. a. [in-, 2. do], to put, set, or place into or upon (mostly anteclass. and post-Aug.).

Lit.

With in and acc.:

coronam in focum,

Cato, R. R. 143, 2:

in urnam,

id. ib. 143, 23:

ignem in aram,

Plaut. Mil. 2, 5, 1:

in aquam salem,

id. Merc. 1, 2, 92:

vini guttam in os,

id. Cas. 2, 3, 31.—

With in and abl.:

effigiem in statua,

Tac. A. 1, 74. —

Aliquid alicui:

compedes servis,

Plaut. Men. 1, 1, 4:

aliquem lecticae,

Tac. A. 3, 14:

vinclo fasciae cervicem,

id. ib. 15, 57.—

With acc. only:

fenestras,

Plaut. Rud. 1, 1, 6. —

Trop.

To introduce:

novos ritus,

Tac. H. 5, 4.—

To impart or give to, apply to, impose on, attach to, etc.:

pavorem suis, alacritatem hostibus,

Tac. H. 4, 34 fin.:

odium alicui,

id. A. 12, 3:

alicui vocabulum,

id. ib. 2, 56:

propterea huic urbi nomen Epidamnum inditum'st,

Plaut. Men. 2, 1, 37:

vernaculis artificibus... nomen histrionibus inditum,

Liv. 7, 2, 6:

unde Aspero inditum est cognomen,

id. 3, 65, 4; 2, 13, 1; 4, 29, 6;

21, 31, 4: quae nomina sceleri indidit,

Sall. H. 1, 41, 24:

hoc nomen beluis,

Curt. 9, 1, 5. — Esp.,

To name after or for: nomen indere, with ab or ex and abl.:

ab Erythro rege (mari) nomen est inditum,

Curt. 8, 9, 14:

a celeritate Tigri nomen,

id. 4, 9, 16:

ab inopia Egerio,

Liv. 1, 34, 3:

quod illi nomen indiderant ex nomine urbis,

Tac. A. 2, 56:

quibus nomen ex re inditum,

Sall. J. 78, 1. — indĭtus, a, um, P. a., put or placed into, put, set, laid, or thrown upon.

Lit.:

utrum deus extrinsecus (operi suo) circumfusus sit, an toti inditus,

Sen. Ot. Sap. 31 (Dial. 8, 4, 2):

venenum potioni,

Curt. 10, 10, 17:

vincula,

put on, Tac. A. 11, 2:

pontes,

thrown over, id. ib. 12, 57:

lecticae,

laid upon, id. ib. 3, 14:

ferrum visceribus ustis,

Sen. Troad. 585.—

Trop., imposed, appointed, given:

custodes,

Tac. A. 3, 28.

in-flo, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a., to blow into or upon any thing, to inflate.

Lit.

In gen.:

age, jam infla buccas,

Plaut. Stich. 5, 5, 26:

ex ore in os palumbi inflare aquam,

Cato, R. R. 90:

tumidoque inflatur carbasus Austro,

is swelled, Verg. A. 3, 357:

merito quin illis Juppiter ambas Iratus buccas inflet,

should in a rage puff up both his cheeks, Hor. S. 1, 1, 21:

inflant (corpus) omnia fere legumina,

make flatulent, Cels. 2, 26.—

In partic., to play upon a wind instrument:

inflare cavas cicutas,

Lucr. 5, 1383:

calamos leves,

Verg. E. 5, 2.— Absol., to blow:

simul inflavit tibicen, a perito carmen agnoscitur,

Cic. Ac. 2, 27, 86.— With cognate acc.:

sonum,

Cic. de Or. 3, 60, 225. —

Trop., to puff up, inflate:

spe falsa animos,

Cic. Pis. 36, 89:

regis spem (with erigere animos),

Liv. 35, 42, 5:

animos ad intolerabilem superbiam,

id. 45, 31, 31; 37, 26, 4:

purpuratis solita vanitate spem ejus inflantibus,

Curt. 3, 2, 10; 5, 10, 3:

crescentem tumidis infla sermonibus utrem,

Hor. S. 2, 5, 98:

ipse erit glorià inflandus,

Quint. 11, 1 med. — Absol., of speech:

Antipater paulo inflavit vehementius,

blew a little too hard, Cic. Leg. 1, 2, 6.—Of music:

illi qui fecerunt modos, a quibus aliquid extenuatur, inflatur, variatur,

id. de Or. 3, 26, 102 fin.:

et ea (medicamenta) quae ob caritatem emendi mulo inedicorum cupiditas inflaverat,

puffed, bepraised, Veg. Vet. 4, 7, 4.— Hence, inflātus, a, um, P. a., blown into, filled with blowing.

Lit.:

si tibiae inflatae non referant sonum,

Cic. Brut. 51, 192:

bucina cecinit jussos inflata receptus,

Ov. M. 1, 340:

nolo verba inflata et quasi anhelata gravius exire,

with a too great expenditure of breath, Cic. de Or. 3, 11, 40.—

Transf., swelled up, swollen, puffed up:

serpens inflato collo,

Cic. Vatin. 2, 4:

bucca inflatior,

Suet. Rhet. 5:

inflatum hesterno venas Iaccho,

Verg. E. 6, 15:

Volturnus amnis inflatus aquis,

swollen, enlarged, Liv. 23, 19, 4:

amnes,

id. 40, 33, 2:

capilli,

hanging loose, dishevelled, Ov. A. A. 3, 145:

inflata rore non Achaico turba,

Verg. Cat. 7, 2. — Comp.:

vestis inflatior,

Tert. Pall. 4 med. —

Trop.

In gen., puffed up, inflated, haughty, proud:

quibus illi rebus elati et inflati non continebantur,

Cic. Agr. 2, 35, 97:

inflatus et tumens animus,

id. Tusc. 3, 9, 19:

inflata spe atque animis,

id. Mur. 15, 33:

promissis,

id. ib. 24, 49:

laetitia atque insolentia,

id. Phil. 14, 6, 15:

jactatione,

Liv. 29, 37, 9:

assensionibus,

id. 24, 6, 8:

estne quisquam tanto inflatus errore,

Cic. Ac. 2, 36, 116:

opinionibus,

id. Off. 1, 26, 91:

his opinionibus animus,

Liv. 6, 11, 6, 6, 18, 5:

vana spe,

id. 35, 49, 4:

vano nuntio,

id. 24, 32, 3:

successu tantae rei,

id. 37, 12, 4:

legionum numero,

Vell. 2, 80, 2:

superbus et inflatus,

Juv. 8, 72:

elatus inflatusque,

Suet. Ner. 37.— Comp.:

juvenis inflatior,

Liv. 39, 53, 8.—

In partic., of style, inflated, turgid:

Attici pressi et integri, Asiani inflati et inanes,

Quint. 12, 10, 16:

inflatus et tumidus,

Tac. Or. 18:

Callimachus,

Prop. 2, 34 (3, 32), 32; Suet. Rhet. 2.— Hence, adv.: inflātē, only in comp., haughtily, proudly, pompously:

aliquid latius atque inflatius perscribere,

Caes. B. C. 2, 17, 3:

inflatius commemorare,

id. ib. 2, 39, 4:

inflatius multo, quam res erat gesta, fama percrebuerat,

id. ib. 3, 79, 4:

fabulari inflatius,

Amm. 22, 16, 10.

irrĭgo ( inr-), āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [1. inrigo], to lead or conduct water or other liquids to a place.

Lit.:

amurcam ad arbores,

Cato, R. R. 36:

aquam in areas,

id. ib. 151:

imbres (plantis),

Verg. G. 4, 115.—

Transf.

To water, irrigate:

Aegyptum Nilus irrigat,

Cic. N. D. 2, 52, 130; cf.

fig.: Democritus, cujus fontibus Epicurus hortulos suos inrigavit,

id. ib. 1, 43, 120:

jugera L. prati,

id. Q. Fr. 3, 1, 2, § 3:

hortos,

Just. 11, 10, 9.—

To overflow, inundate:

Circus Tiberi superfuso irrigatus,

Liv. 7, 3:

Pactolus irrigat culta auro,

Verg. A. 10, 142.—

To wet, moisten, bedew:

terram sanguine,

Plin. 2, 63, 63, § 159:

irrigat terram cruor,

Sen. Thyest. 44:

fletu genas,

id. Phoen. 441. —

To supply with fluid: venas quae sub cute sunt. Cels. 7, 7, 15; cf. Flor. 1, 23, 2.—

Trop.

To cheer, refresh, nourish, strengthen, flood, diffuse:

vino aetatem,

Plaut. Poen. 3, 3, 86: per aures pectus, Lucil. ap. Non. 497, 31:

sol irrigat assidue caelum candore recenti,

Lucr. 5, 282: per membra quietem, to diffuse, id. 4, 908; cf.:

alicui placidam per membra quietem,

Verg. A. 1, 692:

fessos sopor irrigat artus,

id. ib. 3, 511:

ut studiosi juvenes lectione severa irrigarentur,

Petr. 4.—

To flood, overwhelm (com.):

irrigatus plagis,

i.e. beaten soundly, Plaut. Epid. 1, 2, 18.

in-tĕro, trīvi, trītum ( second pers. perf. intrīsti; see below), 3, v. a., to rub into, to rub, bruise, or crumble in ( poet. and postAug.).

Lit.:

infundito in catinum: eo interito,

Cato, R. R. 156, 6:

aliquid potioni,

Plin. 28, 19, 80, § 261.—

Trop. Prov.: tute hoc intrīsti: tibi omne est exedendum, you have made this dish, and must eat it up, i. e. you have begun the affair, and must carry it through, Ter. Phorm. 2, 2, 4:

tibi quod intrīsti exedendum est, sic vetus verbum jubet,

Aus. Edyll. 6, p. 167.—Hence, intrītus, a, um, P. a.

Adj.

Bruised to pieces, pounded up:

glans intrita,

Plin. 24, 3, 3, § 7. —

Crumbled into, broken into:

panis triticeus intritus in aquam,

Varr. R. R. 3, 9, 21:

panis in lacte,

id. ib. 2, 9, 10. —

Subst.

intrīta, ae, f., paste, mash of lime, clay, etc., Plin. 36, 23, 55, § 176; Col. 12, 55. —

intrītum, i, n., paste (post-class.), App. M. 11, p. 265.

in-tĕro, trīvi, trītum ( second pers. perf. intrīsti; see below), 3, v. a., to rub into, to rub, bruise, or crumble in ( poet. and postAug.).

Lit.:

infundito in catinum: eo interito,

Cato, R. R. 156, 6:

aliquid potioni,

Plin. 28, 19, 80, § 261.—

Trop. Prov.: tute hoc intrīsti: tibi omne est exedendum, you have made this dish, and must eat it up, i. e. you have begun the affair, and must carry it through, Ter. Phorm. 2, 2, 4:

tibi quod intrīsti exedendum est, sic vetus verbum jubet,

Aus. Edyll. 6, p. 167.—Hence, intrītus, a, um, P. a.

Adj.

Bruised to pieces, pounded up:

glans intrita,

Plin. 24, 3, 3, § 7. —

Crumbled into, broken into:

panis triticeus intritus in aquam,

Varr. R. R. 3, 9, 21:

panis in lacte,

id. ib. 2, 9, 10. —

Subst.

intrīta, ae, f., paste, mash of lime, clay, etc., Plin. 36, 23, 55, § 176; Col. 12, 55. —

intrītum, i, n., paste (post-class.), App. M. 11, p. 265.

irrĭgo ( inr-), āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [1. inrigo], to lead or conduct water or other liquids to a place.

Lit.:

amurcam ad arbores,

Cato, R. R. 36:

aquam in areas,

id. ib. 151:

imbres (plantis),

Verg. G. 4, 115.—

Transf.

To water, irrigate:

Aegyptum Nilus irrigat,

Cic. N. D. 2, 52, 130; cf.

fig.: Democritus, cujus fontibus Epicurus hortulos suos inrigavit,

id. ib. 1, 43, 120:

jugera L. prati,

id. Q. Fr. 3, 1, 2, § 3:

hortos,

Just. 11, 10, 9.—

To overflow, inundate:

Circus Tiberi superfuso irrigatus,

Liv. 7, 3:

Pactolus irrigat culta auro,

Verg. A. 10, 142.—

To wet, moisten, bedew:

terram sanguine,

Plin. 2, 63, 63, § 159:

irrigat terram cruor,

Sen. Thyest. 44:

fletu genas,

id. Phoen. 441. —

To supply with fluid: venas quae sub cute sunt. Cels. 7, 7, 15; cf. Flor. 1, 23, 2.—

Trop.

To cheer, refresh, nourish, strengthen, flood, diffuse:

vino aetatem,

Plaut. Poen. 3, 3, 86: per aures pectus, Lucil. ap. Non. 497, 31:

sol irrigat assidue caelum candore recenti,

Lucr. 5, 282: per membra quietem, to diffuse, id. 4, 908; cf.:

alicui placidam per membra quietem,

Verg. A. 1, 692:

fessos sopor irrigat artus,

id. ib. 3, 511:

ut studiosi juvenes lectione severa irrigarentur,

Petr. 4.—

To flood, overwhelm (com.):

irrigatus plagis,

i.e. beaten soundly, Plaut. Epid. 1, 2, 18.

mācĕro, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [prob. from root mag-, massô, to knead; through an adj. mācerus; v. Corss. Ausspr. 1, 395; cf. also măcer], to make soft or tender, to soften by steeping, to soak, steep, macerate (not in Cic. or Cæs.).

Lit.:

brassicam in aquam,

Cato, R. R. 156, 5:

salsamenta,

Ter. Ad. 3, 3, 27:

in piscina lupinum,

Col. 1, 6, 21:

semen lacte,

id. 11, 3, 51:

(ramos genistae) marinā aquā,

Plin. 24, 9, 40, § 66:

(siliginem) novem diebus maceratum... subigunt,

id. 18, 11, 27, § 106:

grana (cacaliae) in oleo,

id. 25, 11, 85, § 135:

intestina piscium sale,

id. 31, 7, 43, § 93:

podagrici crura macerantes,

Vitr. 18, 3.—

Transf., to weaken in body or mind, to waste away, enervate.

Of the body:

multos iste morbus homines macerat,

Plaut. Capt. 3, 4, 22; Liv. 26, 13:

quam lentis macerer ignibus,

Hor. C. 1, 13, 8; cf.:

Macedo siti maceratus,

Curt. 5, 13, 24:

pars exercitus ad utilitatem nostram macerata perductaque ad exitiabilem famem,

Vell. 2, 112, 4:

Fabius sic maceravit Hannibalem, ut, etc.,

i. e. Hannibal's army, Flor. 2, 6, 28:

muscus crura vitium situ et veterno macerat,

Col. 4, 22, 6:

cor solum viscerum vitiis non maceratur,

Plin. 11, 37, 69, § 182.—

Of the mind, to fret, vex, torment, distress, torture, pain (syn.:

crucio, torqueo): egemet me concoquo et macero et defatigo,

fret myself, Plaut. Trin. 2, 1, 2:

quor me excrucio? quor me macero? quor meam senectutem sollicito?

Ter. And. 5, 3, 15; cf. id. Eun. 1, 2, 107:

noli te macerare,

id. And. 4, 2, 2:

cura satis me lacrumis maceravi,

Plaut. Capt. 5, 1, 8:

hoc me facinus miserum macerat,

id. Mil. 3, 1, 21: infelix sollicitudo persequitur nec oratorem macerat et coquit, * Quint. 12, 10, 77:

quae vos macerent desiderio,

Liv. 5, 54, 3; 26, 13, 8.— Poet., with a causal object-clause:

consimili ratione ab eodem saepe timore macerat invidia, ante oculos illum esse potentem,

Lucr. 3, 75.— Mid., to vex, torment one's self:

maceror interdum, quod sim tibi causa dolendi,

Ov. H. 2, 125: unum hoc maceror et doleo tibi deesse, Terenti, C. Caes. ap. Suet. Vit. Ter. fin.: ex desiderio magis magisque maceror, Afran. ap. Charis. p. 182 P.

prae-cĭpĭo, cēpi, ceptum, 3, v. a. [capio], to take or seize beforehand, to get or receive in advance (class., esp. in the trop. sense; syn.: anticipo, praeoccupo).

Lit.

In gen., Lucr. 6, 1050:

nisi aquam praecepimus ante,

id. 6, 804:

a publicanis pecuniam insequentis anni mutuam praeceperat,

Caes. B. C. 3, 31:

aliquantum viae,

to get the start somewhat, Liv. 36, 19:

longius spatium fugā,

id. 22, 41 fin.:

iter,

id. 3, 46:

Piraeeum quinqueremibus,

to preoccupy, id. 32, 16, 5: mons a Lusitanis praeceptus, Sall. Fragm. ap. Gell. 10, 26, 3:

si lac praeceperit aestus,

i. e. have previously dried up, Verg. E. 3, 98.—

In partic., in jurid. lang, to receive (esp. an inheritance or bequest) in advance, Plin. Ep. 5, 7, 4:

si heres centum praecipere jussus sit,

Dig. 30, 122; so ib. 36, 1, 63:

quantitatem dotis,

ib. 17, 2, 81:

dotem,

ib. 10, 2, 46:

per praeceptionem hoc modo legamus: Lucius Titius hominem Stichum praecipito,

Gai. Inst. 2, 216. —

Trop.

In gen., to take or obtain in advance, to anticipate:

aliquantum ad fugam temporis Syphax et Hasdrubal praeceperunt,

gained some advantage in time, Liv. 30, 8 fin.:

tempus,

id. 1, 7:

celeres neu praecipe Parcas,

do not hasten in advance of, do not anticipate, Stat. Th. 8, 328; so,

veneno fata praecepit,

Flor. 3, 9, 4: praecipio gaudia suppliciorum vestrorum, I rejoice in advance, Anton. ap. Cic. Phil. 13, 20, 45; Hirt. B. G. 8, 51; cf. Liv. 45, 1, 1:

jam animo victoriam praecipiebant,

figured to themselves beforehand, Caes. B. C. 3, 87 fin.; Liv. 10, 26:

spe jam praecipit hostem,

Verg. A. 11, 491: praecipere cogitatione futura, to conjecture or imagine beforehand, Cic. Off. 1, 23, 81:

omnia,

Verg. A. 6, 105; cf.:

haec usu ventura opinione praeceperat,

had already suspected, Caes. B. G. 7, 9:

sed alterum mihi est certius, nec praecipiam tamen,

Cic. Att. 10, 1, 2.—

In partic., to give rules or precepts to any one, to advise, admonish, warn, inform, instruct, teach; to enjoin, direct, bid, order, etc. (syn.:

mando, impero, doceo): vilici officia, quae dominus praecepit,

Cato, R. R. 142:

Philocomasio id praecipiendum est, ut sciat,

Plaut. Mil. 2, 2, 92:

quoi numquam unam rem me licet semel praecipere,

id. As. 2, 4, 15:

quae ego tibi praecipio, ea facito,

id. Trin. 2, 2, 17:

docui, monui, bene praecepi semper quae potui omnia,

Ter. Ad. 5, 9, 6:

quicquid praecipies, esto brevis,

Hor. A. P. 335:

de eloquentiā,

Cic. de Or. 2, 11, 48:

de agriculturā,

Plin. 18, 24, 56, § 201:

alicui aliquid praecipere,

Cic. Mur. 2, 4: glossemata nobis, Asin. Gall. ap. Suet. Gram. 22:

numerumque modumque carinis Praecipiant,

Verg. A. 11, 329:

cantus lugubres,

Hor. C. 1, 24, 2:

artem nandi,

Ov. Tr. 2, 486:

humanitatem,

Plin. Ep. 1, 10, 2, etc.:

mitem animum et mores modicis erroribus aequos Praecipit,

enjoins, recommends, Juv. 14, 16.—With inf.:

justitia praecipit, parcere omnibus,

Cic. Rep. 3, 12, 21; so,

paeoniam praecipiunt eruere noctu,

Plin. 25, 4, 10, § 29:

codicillos aperiri testator praecepit,

Dig. 31, 1, 89.—With ut:

illud potius praecipiendum fuit, ut, etc.,

Cic. Lael. 16, 60:

recte etiam praecipi potest in amicitiis, ne, etc.,

id. ib. 20, 75:

consulentibus Pythia praecepit, ut, etc.,

Nep. Milt. 1, 3.—With subj. alone:

praecipit atque interdicit, omnes unum peterent Indutiomarum,

Caes. B. G. 5, 58:

his praecepit, omnes mortales pecuniā aggrediantur,

Sall. J. 28, 1.—With acc. and inf.:

etiam scelere convictos nonnisi ad opus damnari praeceperat,

Suet. Ner. 31:

D. Claudius edicto praecepit,

decreed, commanded, Dig. 48, 10, 15. —As subst.: praecĭpĭens, entis, m., a teacher, Cic. Rep. 1, 46, 70:

jam prope consummata fuerit praecipientis opera,

Quint. 2, 6, 6:

in numero praecipientium,

id. 2, 3, 5.—Hence, praeceptum, i, n. (acc. to II. B.), a maxim, rule, precept; an order, direction, command, bidding; an injunction, etc. (class.):

quo praecepto ab iis diligentissime observato,

Caes. B. G. 5, 35:

sine praecepto ullius suā sponte struebatur acies,

Liv. 9, 31:

transvectae praecepto ducis alae,

Tac. Agr. 37:

hoc praeceptum patet latius,

Cic. Tusc. 2, 24, 58; cf.:

hoc praeceptum officii diligenter tenendum est,

id. Off. 2, 14, 51.—In plur.:

tuis monitig praeceptisque,

Cic. Fam. 5, 13, 3:

in quam (partem) praecepta nobis danda sunt,

id. Inv. 2, 17, 53; 2, 34, 105:

abundare praeceptis philosophiae,

id. Off. 1, 1, 1:

dare praecepta dicendi,

id. Brut. 76, 273; cf.

studiosis dicendi praecepta tradere,

id. Or. 41, 141:

deūm praecepta secuti,

orders, commands, Verg. G. 4, 448:

sine vi non ulla dabit (Nereus) praecepta,

id. ib. 4, 398.

prŏpĭor, ĭus, gen. ōris, adj. comp., and proxĭmus, a, um, adj. sup. (v. below, II.) [from the obsol. propis; whence prope].

Comp., nearer, nigher.

Lit., of place:

portus propior,

Verg. A. 3, 530:

tumulus,

Liv. 22, 24:

ut propior patriae sit fuga nostra,

Ov. P. 1, 2, 130:

domus,

Sall. H. 2, 40 Dietsch:

cum propior caliginis aër Ater init oculos,

Lucr. 4, 338 (314).—With acc.:

propior montem suos collocat,

Sall. J. 49, 1:

propior hostem,

Hirt. B. G. 8, 9.—With ab:

quisquis ab igne propior stetit,

Sen. Ep. 74, 4.—With inf.:

propior timeri,

Stat. Th. 12, 223.— Neutr. plur, subst.: prŏpĭōra, um, places lying near:

propiora fluminis,

Tac. H. 5, 16:

tenere,

Verg. A. 5, 168.—

Trop.

Of time, nearer, later, more recent:

veniunt inde ad propiora,

Cic. Tusc. 1, 48, 116:

venio ad propiorem (epistulam),

id. Att. 15, 3, 2:

propior puero quam juveni,

Vell. 2, 53, 1:

septimus octavo jam propior annus,

Hor. S. 2, 6, 40; id. C. 3, 15, 4:

mors,

Tib. 2, 3, 42:

propiore aut longiore tempore aliquid facere,

Dig. 23, 4, 17.—

Of relationship, nearer, more nearly related; with dat.:

quibus propior P. Quintio nemo est,

Cic. Quint. 31, 97:

ille gradu propior sanguinis,

Ov. H. 3, 28; 16, 326; 20, 158:

amicus,

Hor. Ep. 1, 9, 5.—

Of resemblance, more nearly resembling, more like (class.); with dat.:

quae sceleri propiora sunt, quam religioni,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 50, § 112:

tauro,

Verg. G. 3, 57:

vero est propius,

more probable, Liv. 4, 37; Ov. F. 4, 801; Tac. A. 13, 34; id. G. 45:

scribere Sermoni propiora,

Hor. S. 1, 4, 42.—With acc. (not in Cic.):

propius est fidem,

is more credible, Liv. 4, 17:

quod tamen vitium propius virtutem erat,

Sall. C. 11, 1.—

Of relation or connection, nearer, more nearly related, affecting or concerning more nearly, of greater import, closer, more intimate:

hunc priorem aequom'st me habere: tunica propior pallio est, proverbially,

my shirt is nearer than my coat, Plaut. Trin. 5, 2, 30:

propior societas eorum, qui ejusdem civitatis,

Cic. Off. 3, 17, 69:

sua sibi propiora pericula esse, quam mea,

id. Sest. 18, 40:

alium portum propiorem huic aetati videbamus,

id. Att. 14, 19, 1:

damnum propius medullis,

Hor. Ep. 1, 10, 28:

cura propior luctusque domesticus,

Ov. M. 13, 578; id. P. 4, 9, 71:

supplemento vel Latium propius esse,

Liv. 8, 11:

irae quam timori propiorem cernens,

more inclined to anger than to fear, Tac. A. 16, 9: oderat Aenean propior Saturnia Turno, more inclined or attached to, Ov. Tr. 1, 2, 7.—Hence, adv.: prŏpĭus, more nearly, nearer, closer (class.).

Lit.

Absol.:

propius accedamus,

Ter. Ad. 3, 2, 11; Ov. M. 2, 41:

res adspicere,

Verg. A. 1, 526:

propius spectare aliquid,

Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 67;

stare,

id. A. P. 361.—

With dat., nearer to: propius grammatico accessi, Cic. ap. Diom. p. 405 P. (not elsewhere in Cic.):

propius Tiberi quam Thermopylis,

Nep. Hann. 8, 3:

propius stabulis armenta tenerent,

Verg. G. 1, 355.—

With acc.:

ne propius se castra moveret,

Caes. B. G. 4, 9:

pars insulae, quae est propius solis occasum,

id. ib. 4, 28: propius aliquem accedere, id. ib. 5, 36:

propius urbem,

Cic. Phil. 7, 9, 26:

mare,

Sall. J. 18, 9.—

With ab:

propius a terris,

Cic. N. D. 1, 31, 87:

antiquitas quo propius aberat ab ortu et divinā progenie, hoc melius ea cernebat,

id. Tusc. 1, 12, 26:

ab Urbe,

Plin. 17, 25, 38, § 243.—

Trop.:

ut propius ad ea accedam, quae a te dicta sunt,

Cic. Fin. 4, 10, 24; Sen. Ira, 3, 42, 4; Cic. Part. 36, 124:

propius accedo: nego esse illa testimonia,

id. Fl. 10, 23:

a contumeliā quam a laude propius fuerit post Vitellium eligi,

Tac. H. 2, 76:

nec quicquam propius est factum, quam ut illum persequeretur,

he was within an ace of following him, Cic. Clu. 21, 59; so,

propius nihil est factum, quam ut occideretur,

id. Q. Fr. 1, 2, 5, § 15.

Sup.: proxĭmus (PROXVMVS and PROXSVMEIS, Tab. Bant.; late comp. proximior, Sen. Ep. 108, 16; Ulp. ap. Prisc. p. 607 P.; v. below, B. 2. and 3.; cf. in adv. 2. c.), a, um, adj., the nearest, next (class.).

Lit., of place:

proxima oppida,

Caes. B. G. 3, 12:

via,

Lucr. 5, 103; cf.:

via ad gloriam proxima et quasi compendiaria,

Cic. Off. 2, 12, 43:

ad proximum mare, dein Romam pergerent,

Sall. J. 23, 2:

in proximos collis discedunt,

id. ib. 54, 10:

proximum iter in Galliam,

Caes. B. G. 1, 10:

paries cum proximus ardet,

Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 84:

agri termini,

id. C. 2, 18, 23:

proximus vicinus,

one's nearest neighbor, Plaut. Most. 3, 1, 138; Ter. Hec. 1, 2, 49; Cic. Att. 2, 14, 2; Dig. 50, 15, 4.—With dat.:

Belgae proximi sunt Germanis,

Caes. B. G. 1, 1: huic proximum inferiorem orbem tenet puroeis, Cic. N. D. 2, 20, 53:

proxima Campano ponti villula,

Hor. S. 1, 5, 45.—With acc. (not in Cic.):

qui te proximus est,

Plaut. Poen. 5, 3, 1:

ager proximus finem Megalopolitarum,

Liv. 35, 27:

Crassus proximus mare Oceanum hiemarat,

Caes. B. G. 3, 7, 2:

qui proximi forte tribunal steterant,

Liv. 8, 32, 12.—With ab, nearest to, next to:

dactylus proximus a postremo,

next before, Cic. Or. 64, 217:

ut quisque proximus ab oppresso sit,

Liv. 37, 25:

proximus a dominā,

Ov. A. A. 1, 139:

proxima regio ab eā (urbe),

Curt. 10, 5, 18. —Hence, as subst.,

proxĭmus, i, m., a neighbor, a fellow-man, Val. Max. 6, 9 init.; Quint. Decl. 259.—As subst.,

proxĭmum, i, n., the neighborhood, vicinity:

vicinus e proximo,

hard by, Plaut. Aul. 2, 4, 11:

aquam hinc de proximo rogabo,

from the house next door, id. Rud. 2, 3, 73:

cum in proximo hic sit aegra,

close by, next door, Ter. Hec. 3, 2, 6:

huic locum in proximum conduxi,

Cic. Fil. Fam. 16, 21, 4:

per impluvium huc despexi in proximum,

into our neighbor's, Plaut. Mil. 2, 3, 16.— Plur.:

traicit in proxima continentis,

Liv. 31, 46, 12.—

Trop.

Of time, the next preceding or following, the previous, last, the next, the following, ensuing:

quid proximā, quid superiore nocte egeris,

Cic. Cat. 1, 1, 1:

his proximis Nonis, cum in hortos Bruti venissemus,

id. Lael. 2, 7:

Gabinius quem proximis superioribus diebus acerrime oppugnasset,

id. Fam. 1, 9, 20: se proximā nocte castra moturum, on the next, i.e. the following night, Caes. B. G. 1, 40 fin.; 2, 12; 3, 18; Liv. 2, 7, 1:

proximo anno,

Sall. J. 35, 2; Plin. 17, 23, 35, § 208:

in proxumum annum (se) transtulit,

Cic. Mil. 9, 24:

proximo, altero, tertio, denique reliquis consecutis diebus,

id. Phil. 1, 13, 32:

bello tanto majore quam proximo conatu apparatum est,

Liv. 4, 23, 6 Weissenb. ad loc.: IN DIEBVS V. PROXSVMEIS QVIBVS QVISQVE EORVM MAG (istratum) INIERIT, Tab. Bantin. lin. 14; so ib. lin. 12; Cic. Fam. 10, 26, 2; id. Att. 11, 11, 1:

censor qui proximus ante me fuerat,

id. Sen. 12, 42: die proximi, old abl. form for proximo, Cato ap. Gell. 10, 24, 10, and ap. Non. 153, 11; cf.:

crastinus, pristinus, etc., but proximo a. d. VI. Kal. Octobr.,

recently, last of all, Cic. Att. 18, 5.—

In order of succession, rank, estimation, worth, etc., the next:

summa necessitudo videtur esse honestatis: huic proxima incolumitatis: tertia ac levissima commoditatis,

Cic. Inv. 2, 58, 173:

observat L. Domitium maxime, me habet proximum,

id. Att. 1, 1, 3:

proximos dentes eiciunt,

Varr. R. R. 2, 7, 2:

prima vulnera... Proxima,

Ov. M. 3, 233:

proximos illi tamen occupavit Pallas honores,

Hor. C. 1, 12, 19: proximum est, ut, it follows that, remains that, the next point is: proximum est ergo, ut, opus fuerit classe necne quaeramus, we must next inquire, Cic. Fl. 12, 27:

proximum est, ut doceam, deorum providentiā mundum administrari,

id. N. D. 2, 29, 73.—Of value or quality, the next, most nearly approaching, most like or similar:

id habendum est antiquissimum et deo proximum, quod est optimum,

Cic. Leg. 2, 16, 40:

ficta voluptatis causā sint proxima veris,

Hor. A. P. 338:

proxima Phoebi Versibus ille facit,

Verg. E. 7, 22.— Comp.:

ut quorum abstinentiam interrupi, modum servem et quidem abstinentiae proximiorem,

Sen. Ep. 108, 16.—

In relationship, connection, or resemblance, the nearest, next, most nearly or closely related, next of kin, most like:

AGNATVS PROXIMVS, Fragm. XII. Tabularum: hic illi genere est proximus,

Ter. Ad. 4, 5, 17:

proximus cognatione,

Cic. Inv. 2, 49, 144:

id des proximum,

id. Leg. 2, 16, 40:

proxima virtutibus vitia,

Quint. 10, 2, 16:

propinquitate,

Nep. Ages. 1, 3:

proximae necessitudines,

Petr. 116.— Comp.: si quis proximior cognatus nasceretur, Ulp. ap. Prisc. p. 607 P.— Subst.: proxĭmi, ōrum, m., one's nearest relatives, next of kin:

injuriosi sunt in proximos,

Cic. Off. 1, 14, 44; Caes. Fragm. ap. Gell. 5, 13, 6; Phaedr. 5, 1, 16:

cum haec omnia cumulate tuis proximis plana fecero,

i.e. to your friends, intimates, Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 64, § 165; id. Pis. 32, 79; Gell. 3, 8, 3.—

In gen., one's neighbor, fellow-man:

sive nostros status, sive proximorum ingenia contemplamur,

Val. Max. 6, 9, 1; Quint. Decl. 2, 59:

quis est mihi proximus?

Aug. in Psa. 118; Serm. 8, 2; 90, 7 init. —

That is nearest at hand, i. e. apt, fit, suitable, convenient, easy (anteand post-class.):

argumentum,

App. Mag. p. 278:

cum obvium proximumque esset dicere, etc.,

Gell. 3, 14, 12: eamus ad me;

ibi proximum est, ubi mutes,

there is the fittest, most convenient place, Ter. Eun. 3, 5, 64.— Adv.: proxĭmē (proxume; comp. proximius, v. below, 2. c.), nearest, very near, next.

Lit., of place, with dat. (not in Cic., rare in Livy):

quam proxime potest hostium castris castra communit,

Caes. B. C. 1, 72 fin.; Liv. 25, 14, 4.—With acc.:

exercitum habere quam proxime hostem,

Cic. Att. 6, 5, 3:

proxime Pompeium sedebam,

id. ib. 1, 14, 3:

proxime Hispaniam Mauri sunt,

Sall. J. 19, 4.—With ab:

a Surā proxime est Philiscum oppidum Parthorum,

Plin. 5, 26, 21, § 89:

omnes tamen quam proxime alter ab altero debent habitare,

Col. 1, 6, 8.—

Trop.

Of time, shortly before or after, last, next:

civitates quae proxime bellum fecerant,

Caes. B. G. 3, 29:

Tito fratre suo censore, qui proximus ante me fuerat,

Cic. Sen. 12, 42; id. Part. 39, 137; Plin. Ep. 4, 13, 3:

cum proxime judices contrahentur,

id. ib. 5, 7, 3.—With acc.:

proxime abstinentiam sumendus est cibus exiguus,

Cels. 3, 2:

proxime solis occasum,

Pall. 9, 8, 5.—

Of order, rank, estimation, condition, etc., next to, next after, next:

proxime et secundum deos homines hominibus maxime utiles esse possunt,

Cic. Off. 2, 3, 1:

me huic tuae virtuti proxime accedere,

id. Fam. 11, 21, 4:

proxime a nobilissimis viris,

Vell. 2, 124, 4; id. 2, 127, 1:

proxime valent cetera lauri genera,

Plin. 23, 8, 80, § 158: utilissimum esse omphacium;

proxime viride,

id. 23, 4, 39, § 79.—With acc.: esse etiam debent proxime hos cari, qui, etc., Cass. ap. Cic. Fam. 12, 13, 2:

proxime morem Romanum,

closely following the Roman method, Liv. 24, 48, 11:

erat res minime certamini navali similis, proxime speciem muros oppugnantium navium,

closely resembling, id. 30, 10.—In this sense also with atque:

proxime atque ille aut aeque,

nearly the same as he, Cic. Fam. 9, 13, 2.—

Very closely, nicely, accurately:

ut proxime utriusque differentiam signem,

Quint. 6, 2, 20 Spald.; cf.:

analogia, quam proxime ex Graeco transferentes in Latinum proportionem vocaverunt,

id. 1, 6, 3. — Comp.:

nonne apertius, proximius, verius?

Min. Fel. Oct. 19.