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arbŭtum ( arbĭtum, Lucr. 5, 941), i, n. [id.], the fruit of the arbute or strawberrytree, the wild strawberry.

Lit.:

quae nunc hiberno tempore cernis Arbita puniceo fieri matura colore,

Lucr. 5, 941: glandes atque arbuta vel pira lecta (as the food of man in the state of nature; cf. Varr. R. R. 2, 1, 4), id. 5, 963; so Verg. G. 1, 148; 2, 520.—

Meton.

= arbutus, the arbute or strawberry-tree:

jubeo frondentia capris Arbuta sufficere, i. e. frondes arbuti,

that you give the goats a supply of arbuteshoots, Verg. G. 3, 300; cf. id. E. 3, 82; so id. G. 4, 181.—

A tree, in gen., Rutil. Itin. 1, 31. (The gram. Phocas considers arbuta in the signif. A. and B. as heterogen. from arbutus; v. Phoc. Ars, p. 1706 P., p. 338 Lind.)

arbŭtum ( arbĭtum, Lucr. 5, 941), i, n. [id.], the fruit of the arbute or strawberrytree, the wild strawberry.

Lit.:

quae nunc hiberno tempore cernis Arbita puniceo fieri matura colore,

Lucr. 5, 941: glandes atque arbuta vel pira lecta (as the food of man in the state of nature; cf. Varr. R. R. 2, 1, 4), id. 5, 963; so Verg. G. 1, 148; 2, 520.—

Meton.

= arbutus, the arbute or strawberry-tree:

jubeo frondentia capris Arbuta sufficere, i. e. frondes arbuti,

that you give the goats a supply of arbuteshoots, Verg. G. 3, 300; cf. id. E. 3, 82; so id. G. 4, 181.—

A tree, in gen., Rutil. Itin. 1, 31. (The gram. Phocas considers arbuta in the signif. A. and B. as heterogen. from arbutus; v. Phoc. Ars, p. 1706 P., p. 338 Lind.)

arduus, a, um, adj. [akin to ARDÔ, arsô = to water, to cherish; aldainô = to make grow; aldêeis = growing; alo, altus, q. v.; 1. ad-oleo, ad-olesco; related to arbor, arbutus as eruthros, Germ. roth, Engl. red, is related to ruber; Ardea was perh. so called from its lofty situation; cf. Arduenna], high, elevated, lofty, steep (syn.: altus, celsus, sublimis).

Lit.: Pergama ardua, Enn. ap. Macr. S. 6, 2:

aether,

Ov. M. 1, 151:

sidera,

id. ib. 1, 730:

cedrus,

id. Am. 1, 14, 12:

cervix equi,

Hor. S. 1, 2, 89:

et campo sese arduus infert (Turnus),

Verg. A. 9, 53.—Also in prose in Gell.:

supercilia,

i. e. proudly elevated, Gell. 4, 1, 1:

confragosus atque arduus clivis,

steep, Varr. R. R. 1, 18, 4:

ascensus,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 23:

arduus ac difficilis ascensus,

Liv. 25, 13:

ardua et aspera et confragosa via,

id. 44. 3: via alta atque ardua, Enn. ap. Cic. Tusc. 1, 16, 37:

mons,

Ov. M. 1, 316:

Tmolus,

id. ib. 11, 150 al.—Hence, subst.: arduum, i, n., a steep place, a steep:

Ardua dum metuunt, amittunt vera viaï,

Lucr. 1, 659:

in ardua montis Ite,

Ov. M. 8, 692:

ardua terrarum,

Verg. A. 5, 695:

per arduum scandere,

Hor. C. 2, 19, 21:

in arduo,

Tac. A. 2, 47:

in arduis ponet nidum suum,

Vulg. Job, 39, 27:

ardua Alpium,

Tac. H. 4, 70:

castellorum,

id. A. 11, 9:

ingressi sunt ardua,

Vulg. Jer. 4, 29. —

Trop.

That is difficult to reach or attain, difficult, laborious, hard, arduous:

magnum opus omnino et arduum conamur,

Cic. Or. 10, 33:

rerum arduarum ac difficilium perpessio,

id. Inv. 2, 54; so id. Leg. 1, 13:

id arduum factu erat,

Liv. 8, 16; Tac. A. 4, 4:

victoria,

Ov. M. 14, 453:

virtus,

Hor. C. 3, 24, 44:

nil mortalibus arduum est,

id. ib. 1, 3, 37.— Subst.:

nec fuit in arduo societas,

Tac. A. 12, 15.—

Troublesome, unpleasant:

in primis arduum videtur res gestas scribere,

Sall. C. 3, 2, upon which Gellius remarks: Arduum Sallustius non pro difficili tantum, sed pro eo quoque ponit, quod Graeci chalepon appellant:

quod est cum difficile tum molestum quoque et incommodum et intractabile,

Gell. 4, 15:

quam arduum onus,

Tac. A. 1, 11.—

Of fortune, difficult, adverse, inauspicious:

aequam memento rebus in arduis Servare mentem,

in adversity, Hor. C. 2, 3, 1.

► Comp. arduior: iter longius arduiusque erat, Cato ap. Prisc. p. 600 P.— Sup. arduissimus: asperrimo atque arduissimo aditu, Cato ap. Prisc. p. 600 P.; cf.: assiduus, egregius, industrius, perpetuus, and Rudd. I. p. 180, n. 58.— Adv. not used.

arduus, a, um, adj. [akin to ARDÔ, arsô = to water, to cherish; aldainô = to make grow; aldêeis = growing; alo, altus, q. v.; 1. ad-oleo, ad-olesco; related to arbor, arbutus as eruthros, Germ. roth, Engl. red, is related to ruber; Ardea was perh. so called from its lofty situation; cf. Arduenna], high, elevated, lofty, steep (syn.: altus, celsus, sublimis).

Lit.: Pergama ardua, Enn. ap. Macr. S. 6, 2:

aether,

Ov. M. 1, 151:

sidera,

id. ib. 1, 730:

cedrus,

id. Am. 1, 14, 12:

cervix equi,

Hor. S. 1, 2, 89:

et campo sese arduus infert (Turnus),

Verg. A. 9, 53.—Also in prose in Gell.:

supercilia,

i. e. proudly elevated, Gell. 4, 1, 1:

confragosus atque arduus clivis,

steep, Varr. R. R. 1, 18, 4:

ascensus,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 23:

arduus ac difficilis ascensus,

Liv. 25, 13:

ardua et aspera et confragosa via,

id. 44. 3: via alta atque ardua, Enn. ap. Cic. Tusc. 1, 16, 37:

mons,

Ov. M. 1, 316:

Tmolus,

id. ib. 11, 150 al.—Hence, subst.: arduum, i, n., a steep place, a steep:

Ardua dum metuunt, amittunt vera viaï,

Lucr. 1, 659:

in ardua montis Ite,

Ov. M. 8, 692:

ardua terrarum,

Verg. A. 5, 695:

per arduum scandere,

Hor. C. 2, 19, 21:

in arduo,

Tac. A. 2, 47:

in arduis ponet nidum suum,

Vulg. Job, 39, 27:

ardua Alpium,

Tac. H. 4, 70:

castellorum,

id. A. 11, 9:

ingressi sunt ardua,

Vulg. Jer. 4, 29. —

Trop.

That is difficult to reach or attain, difficult, laborious, hard, arduous:

magnum opus omnino et arduum conamur,

Cic. Or. 10, 33:

rerum arduarum ac difficilium perpessio,

id. Inv. 2, 54; so id. Leg. 1, 13:

id arduum factu erat,

Liv. 8, 16; Tac. A. 4, 4:

victoria,

Ov. M. 14, 453:

virtus,

Hor. C. 3, 24, 44:

nil mortalibus arduum est,

id. ib. 1, 3, 37.— Subst.:

nec fuit in arduo societas,

Tac. A. 12, 15.—

Troublesome, unpleasant:

in primis arduum videtur res gestas scribere,

Sall. C. 3, 2, upon which Gellius remarks: Arduum Sallustius non pro difficili tantum, sed pro eo quoque ponit, quod Graeci chalepon appellant:

quod est cum difficile tum molestum quoque et incommodum et intractabile,

Gell. 4, 15:

quam arduum onus,

Tac. A. 1, 11.—

Of fortune, difficult, adverse, inauspicious:

aequam memento rebus in arduis Servare mentem,

in adversity, Hor. C. 2, 3, 1.

► Comp. arduior: iter longius arduiusque erat, Cato ap. Prisc. p. 600 P.— Sup. arduissimus: asperrimo atque arduissimo aditu, Cato ap. Prisc. p. 600 P.; cf.: assiduus, egregius, industrius, perpetuus, and Rudd. I. p. 180, n. 58.— Adv. not used.

formōsus (FORMONSVS, Inscr. Grut. 669, 10; comp.:

FORMONSIOR,

Inscr. Fabr. p. 374, no. 169:

formonsam,

Verg. E. 1, 5 Rib.), a, um, adj. [forma, I. B. 1.], finely formed, beautiful, handsome (freq. and class; syn.: pulcher, speciosus, venustus, bellus).

Of visible subjects:

deum rotundum esse volunt, quod ea forma ullam negat esse pulchriorem Plato: at mihi vel cylindri vel quadrati vel coni vel pyramidis videtur esse formosior,

Cic. N. D. 1, 10, 24:

consideratur in homine, formosus an deformis,

id. Inv. 1, 24, 35:

virgines formosissimae,

id. ib. 2, 1, 2:

mulier,

Hor. A. P. 4:

vis formosa videri,

id. C. 4, 13, 3:

formosum pastor Corydon ardebat Alexin,

Verg. E. 2, 1; cf.:

formosi pecoris custos, formosior ipse,

id. ib. 5, 44:

Galatea hedera formosior alba,

id. ib. 7, 38:

boves,

Ov. A. A. 1, 296:

mater haedorum duorum,

id. F. 5, 117:

arma Sabina,

Prop. 4 (5), 4, 32; so,

formosius telum jaculabile,

Ov. M. 7, 679:

arbutus,

Prop. 1, 2, 11 (dub.;

Müll. felicius): Alcibiades, omnium aetatis suae multo formosissimus,

Nep. Alcib. 1, 2:

nunc frondent sylvae, nunc formosissimus annus,

Verg. E. 3, 57:

tempus (i. e. ver),

Ov. F. 4, 129:

aestas messibus,

id. R. Am. 187:

lux formosior omnibus Calendis,

Mart. 10, 24, 2:

habitus formosior,

Quint. 9, 4, 8.—Prov.:

Formonsa facies muta commendatio est,

Pub. Syr. 169 (Rib.).—

Rarely of abstr. subjects:

nihil est virtute formosius, nihil pulchrius,

Cic. Fam. 9, 14, 4.— Adv.: formōse, beautifully (very rare):

Cupidinem formosum deum formose cubantem,

App. M. 5, p. 168:

saltare,

id. ib. 6, p. 183:

formosius,

Quint. 8, 3, 10:

formosissime,

Aug. Conf. 1, 7.

in-sĕro, sēvi, sĭtum, 3, v. a. [in-, 1. sero], to sow or plant in; to ingraft (class.).

Lit.:

frumentum,

Col. 5, 7, 3:

pirum bonam in pirum silvaticam,

to ingraft, graft, Varr. R. R. 1, 40, 5:

vitem,

Col. Arb. 8, 2:

fissā modo cortice virgam Inserit,

Ov. M. 14, 631; Hor. Epod. 2, 12:

inseritur et nucis arbutus horrida fetu,

Verg. G. 2, 69 Forbig. ad loc.; so,

cum Vergilius insitam nucibus arbutum dicat,

Plin. 15, 15, 17, § 57. —

Trop., to implant:

num qua tibi vitiorum inseverit olim Natura,

Hor. S. 1, 3, 35:

remedia herbis invisis,

Plin. 22, 6, 7, § 15:

animos corporibus,

to unite, Cic. Univ. 12, 38.—Hence, insĭtus, a, um, P.a., ingrafted, grafted.

Lit.:

arbor,

Col. Arb. 20, 2:

mala,

Verg. G. 2, 33.—

Transf., of animals:

discordantem utero suo generis alieni stirpem insitam recipere,

a hybrid, Col. 6, 36, 2.— Subst.: insĭtum, i, n., a graft, scion, Col. 5, 11, 8.—

Trop., implanted by nature, inborn, innate, natural:

O generosam stirpem et tamquam in unam arborem plura genera, sic in istam domum multorum insitam atque illigatam sapientiam,

Cic. Brut. 58, 213: reliqua est ea causa, quae non jam recepta, sed innata;

neque delata ad me, sed in animo sensuque meo penitus affixa atque insita est,

id. Verr. 2, 5, 53, § 139:

Deorum cognitiones,

id. N. D. 1, 17, 44:

tam penitus insita opinio,

id. Clu. 1, 4:

notio quasi naturalis atque insita in animis nostris,

id. Fin. 1, 9, 31:

menti cognitionis amor,

id. ib. 4, 7, 18:

hoc naturā est insitum, ut,

id. Sull. 30, 83:

feritas,

Liv. 34, 20, 2.— In gen., taken in, incorporated, admitted, adopted:

ex deserto Gavii horreo in Calatinos Atilios insitus,

Cic. Sest. 33, 72:

insitus et adoptivus,

Tac. A. 13, 14.

in-sĕro, sĕrŭi, sertum, 3, v. a. [in-, 2. sero], to put, bring, or introduce into, to insert (class.); constr. with in and acc., or with dat.

Lit.

In gen.:

collum in laqueum,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 17, § 37; id. de Or. 2, 39, 162:

oculos in pectora,

Ov. M. 2, 94:

caput in tentoria,

Liv. 8, 36, 6:

gemmas aureis soleis,

Curt. 9, 1, 29:

falces longuriis,

Caes. B. G. 3, 14:

subtegmen radiis,

Ov. M. 6, 56:

in avium nidis aliquid,

Plin. 24, 19, 113, § 174.—

In partic., to ingraft: quidquid inserueris, vimine diligenter ligato, Col. Arb. 8, 2:

surculus insertus,

id. ib. 3.—

Trop., to bring into, introduce, to mix or mingle with:

amputanda plura sunt illi aetati, quam inserenda,

Cic. Cael. 31, 76:

jus est, quod non opinio genuit, sed quaedam innata vis inseruit,

id. Inv. 2, 53, 161:

historiae jocos,

Ov. Tr. 2, 444:

querelas,

Tac. H. 1, 23:

adeo minimis etiam rebus prava religio inserit Deos,

Liv. 27, 23, 2:

contiones directas operi suo,

Just. 38, 3:

tantae rerum magnitudini hoc inserere,

Vell. 2, 107, 1:

haec libello,

Suet. Dom. 18: manus, to set one ' s hands to, Luc. 8, 552:

liberos sceleri,

to draw into, involve in crime, Sen. Thyest. 322:

nomina alienae gentis Aeacidis,

Ov. M. 13, 33; cf.:

ignobilitatem suam magnis nominibus,

Tac. A. 6, 2: se, to mingle with, join, engage in:

inserentibus se centurionibus,

id. H. 2, 19:

se turbae,

Ov. A. A. 1, 605:

se bellis civilibus,

id. M. 3, 117: civium numero, to reckon or enroll among, Suet. Aug. 42:

Liviorum familiae,

id. Tib. 3:

stellis et concilio Jovis,

Hor. C. 3, 25, 6:

aliquem vitae,

i. e. to preserve alive, Stat. S. 5, 5, 72: nomen famae, to attach to fame, i. e. to render celebrated, Tac. Or. 10.

mītesco ( mitisco), ĕre, v. inch. n. [mitis], to become mild or mellow, to grow ripe (of fruits, to lose their roughness or harsh flavor; class.).

Lit.: nec grandiri frugum fetum posse nec mitescere, Pac. ap. Non. 343, 16 (Trag. Rel. v. 142 Rib.): uvae a sole mitescunt, Cic. Oecon. ap. Gell. 15, 5, 8:

mala,

Plin. 15, 14, 15, § 51:

cornus, arbutus, prunus, piri,

to grow mellow, ripe, Col. 7, 9:

sunt (herbae) quae mitescere flamma, Mollirique queant,

Ov. M. 15, 78:

ervum,

Plin. 22, 25, 73, § 153.—

Transf., in gen., to grow mild, soft; to grow gentle, tame: offirmatod animo mitescit metus, Pac. ap. Non. 406, 9 (Trag. Rel. v. 293 Rib.): nullum est ingenium tantum neque cor tam ferum, quod non... mitiscat malo, Att. ap. Non. 473, 6 (Trag. Rel. v. 684 Rib.): caelum mitescere, arbores frondescere, Poët. ap. Cic. Tusc. 1, 28, 69:

hiems,

Liv. 23, 19:

annus,

Sil. 15, 505:

frigora,

Hor. C. 4, 7, 9:

Alpium juga,

Plin. 3, 25, 28, § 147:

ferae quaedam numquam mitescunt,

Liv. 33, 45. —

Trop., to grow mild, gentle:

nemo adeo ferus est, ut non mitescere possit,

Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 39.

mītesco ( mitisco), ĕre, v. inch. n. [mitis], to become mild or mellow, to grow ripe (of fruits, to lose their roughness or harsh flavor; class.).

Lit.: nec grandiri frugum fetum posse nec mitescere, Pac. ap. Non. 343, 16 (Trag. Rel. v. 142 Rib.): uvae a sole mitescunt, Cic. Oecon. ap. Gell. 15, 5, 8:

mala,

Plin. 15, 14, 15, § 51:

cornus, arbutus, prunus, piri,

to grow mellow, ripe, Col. 7, 9:

sunt (herbae) quae mitescere flamma, Mollirique queant,

Ov. M. 15, 78:

ervum,

Plin. 22, 25, 73, § 153.—

Transf., in gen., to grow mild, soft; to grow gentle, tame: offirmatod animo mitescit metus, Pac. ap. Non. 406, 9 (Trag. Rel. v. 293 Rib.): nullum est ingenium tantum neque cor tam ferum, quod non... mitiscat malo, Att. ap. Non. 473, 6 (Trag. Rel. v. 684 Rib.): caelum mitescere, arbores frondescere, Poët. ap. Cic. Tusc. 1, 28, 69:

hiems,

Liv. 23, 19:

annus,

Sil. 15, 505:

frigora,

Hor. C. 4, 7, 9:

Alpium juga,

Plin. 3, 25, 28, § 147:

ferae quaedam numquam mitescunt,

Liv. 33, 45. —

Trop., to grow mild, gentle:

nemo adeo ferus est, ut non mitescere possit,

Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 39.