archĭtectŏnĭcē

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    Architectonice, architectonices, pen. corr. foem. g. Quintil. L'art et science de massonnerie ou charpenterie, de deviser edifices et bastimens, Architecture.

architectonicē, ēs, f. (ἀρχιτεκτονική sc. τέχνη), die theoretische, wissenschaftliche Baukunst, die Architektur, Quint. 2, 21, 8. – Nbf. architectonica, ae, f., Mart. Cap. 9. § 891. Serv. Verg. Aen. 6, 43 Thilo.

vĕl-ut or vĕl-ŭti, adv. (cf. vel, II.), even as, just as, like as.

Correl., with a foll. sic or ita (very rare).

In gen.:

velut in cantu et fidibus, sic ex corporis totius naturā et figurā varios motus ciere,

Cic. Tusc. 1, 10, 20 (al. vel ut):

cum velut Sagunti excidium Hannibali, sic, etc.,

Liv. 31, 18, 9:

velut per fistulam, ita per apertam vitis medullam umor trahitur,

Col. 3, 18, 5.—

In partic., to introduce comparisons: veluti Consul, cum, etc.... sic exspectabat populus, etc., Enn. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 48, 107 (Ann. v. 87 Vahl.):

ac veluti magno in populo cum saepe coorta est Seditio... Sic, etc.,

Verg. A. 1 148; v. infra, II. B. 2., and atque, II. 4.—

In gen.:

studeo hunc lenonem perdere, velut meum erum macerat,

Plaut. Poen. 4, 1, 2:

cum repente instructas velut in acie certo gradulegiones accedere Galli viderent,

Hirt. B. G. 8, 9:

ne vitam silentio transeant veluti pecora, quae, etc.,

Sall. C. 1, 1:

veluti qui sentibus anguem Pressit,

Verg. A. 2, 379. —With abl. absol.:

cum velut inter pugnae fugaeque consilium trepidante equitatu,

Liv. 1, 14, 8 Weissenb. ad loc.; cf. id. 1, 31, 3; 1, 29, 4; 1, 53, 5; 2, 12, 13.—

In partic.

To connect, by way of example, a single instance with an established general proposition, as, for instance, for example:

hoc est incepta efficere pulchre, veluti mihi Evenit, ut ovans praedā onustus incederem,

Plaut. Bacch. 4, 9, 145; id. Rud. 3, 1, 4; id. Merc. 2, 1, 3; cf. id. Aul. 3, 4, 3; id. Curc. 5, 3, 4; id. Truc. 2, 1, 35; 2, 7, 19:

numquam tam male est Siculis, quin aliquid facete et commode dicant: veluti in hac re aiebant, In labores Herculis, etc.,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 44, § 95:

ut illi dubia quaedam res... probetur: velut apud Socraticum Aeschinem demonstrat Socrates, etc.,

id. Inv. 1, 31, 51:

est etiam admiratio nonnulla in bestiis aquatilibus iis, quae gignuntur in terrā. Veluti crocodili, etc.,

id. N. D. 2, 48, 124; id. Fin. 2, 35, 116; cf.:

multa conjecta sunt aliud alio tempore, velut hoc, etc.,

id. Q. Fr. 3, 1, 7, § 23:

velut in hac quaestione plerique dixerunt,

id. N. D. 1, 1, 2:

velut iste chorus virtutum in eculeum inpositus imagines constituit,

id. Tusc. 5, 5, 13:

aliae quoque artes minores habent multiplicem materiam, velut architectonice,

Quint. 2, 21, 8:

sermonibus ejus fruebar, veluti fuit illa sermocinatio,

Gell. 19, 8, 1.—

To introduce a comparison or figurative expression, as, like, as it were: concurrunt veluti venti, cum spiritus Austri, etc., Enn. ap. Macr. S. 6, 2 (Ann. v. 423 Vahl.); 6, 3 (ib. v. 431 ib.):

frena dabat Sipylus, veluti cum, etc.,

Ov. M. 6, 231:

migrantes cernas totāque ex urbe ruentes, Ac, veluti ingentem formicae farris acervum Cum populant, etc.,

Verg. A. 4, 402; cf.

supra, I. B.: hic velut hereditate relictum odium paternum conservavit, etc.,

Nep. Hann. 1, 3:

quoddam simplex orationis condimentum, quod sentitur latente judicio velut palato,

Quint. 6, 3, 19:

ducetur rerum ipsā serie velut duce,

id. 10, 7, 6: haec velut sagina dicendi, id. 10, 5, 17:

inaequalia tantum et velut confragosa,

id. 8, 5, 29:

haec est velut imperatoria virtus,

id. 7, 10, 13.—

To introduce a hypothetical comparative clause, just as if, just as though, as if, as though.

Usually velut si:

absentis Ariovisti crudelitatem, velut si coram adesset, horrerent,

Caes. B. G. 1, 32:

tantus patres metus de summā rerum cepit, velut si jam ad portas hostis esset,

Liv. 21, 16, 2; Quint. 2, 13, 1:

velut si urbem adgressurus Scipio foret, ita, etc.,

Liv. 29, 28, 9:

facies inducitur illis (corporibus mixtis) Una, velut si quis, etc.,

Ov. M. 4, 375.—

Sometimes, in this sense, velut alone:

saepe, velut gemmas ejus signumque probarem, Per causam memini me tetigisse manum,

Tib. 1, 6, 25 (21); Ov. M. 4, 596:

velut ea res nihil ad religionem pertinuisset,

Liv. 2, 36, 1:

velut abundarent omnia,

id. 2, 41, 9:

me quoque juvat, velut ipse in parte laboris ac periculi fuerim, ad finem pervenisse, etc.,

id. 31, 1, 1 Weissenb. ad loc.

vĕl-ut or vĕl-ŭti, adv. (cf. vel, II.), even as, just as, like as.

Correl., with a foll. sic or ita (very rare).

In gen.:

velut in cantu et fidibus, sic ex corporis totius naturā et figurā varios motus ciere,

Cic. Tusc. 1, 10, 20 (al. vel ut):

cum velut Sagunti excidium Hannibali, sic, etc.,

Liv. 31, 18, 9:

velut per fistulam, ita per apertam vitis medullam umor trahitur,

Col. 3, 18, 5.—

In partic., to introduce comparisons: veluti Consul, cum, etc.... sic exspectabat populus, etc., Enn. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 48, 107 (Ann. v. 87 Vahl.):

ac veluti magno in populo cum saepe coorta est Seditio... Sic, etc.,

Verg. A. 1 148; v. infra, II. B. 2., and atque, II. 4.—

In gen.:

studeo hunc lenonem perdere, velut meum erum macerat,

Plaut. Poen. 4, 1, 2:

cum repente instructas velut in acie certo gradulegiones accedere Galli viderent,

Hirt. B. G. 8, 9:

ne vitam silentio transeant veluti pecora, quae, etc.,

Sall. C. 1, 1:

veluti qui sentibus anguem Pressit,

Verg. A. 2, 379. —With abl. absol.:

cum velut inter pugnae fugaeque consilium trepidante equitatu,

Liv. 1, 14, 8 Weissenb. ad loc.; cf. id. 1, 31, 3; 1, 29, 4; 1, 53, 5; 2, 12, 13.—

In partic.

To connect, by way of example, a single instance with an established general proposition, as, for instance, for example:

hoc est incepta efficere pulchre, veluti mihi Evenit, ut ovans praedā onustus incederem,

Plaut. Bacch. 4, 9, 145; id. Rud. 3, 1, 4; id. Merc. 2, 1, 3; cf. id. Aul. 3, 4, 3; id. Curc. 5, 3, 4; id. Truc. 2, 1, 35; 2, 7, 19:

numquam tam male est Siculis, quin aliquid facete et commode dicant: veluti in hac re aiebant, In labores Herculis, etc.,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 44, § 95:

ut illi dubia quaedam res... probetur: velut apud Socraticum Aeschinem demonstrat Socrates, etc.,

id. Inv. 1, 31, 51:

est etiam admiratio nonnulla in bestiis aquatilibus iis, quae gignuntur in terrā. Veluti crocodili, etc.,

id. N. D. 2, 48, 124; id. Fin. 2, 35, 116; cf.:

multa conjecta sunt aliud alio tempore, velut hoc, etc.,

id. Q. Fr. 3, 1, 7, § 23:

velut in hac quaestione plerique dixerunt,

id. N. D. 1, 1, 2:

velut iste chorus virtutum in eculeum inpositus imagines constituit,

id. Tusc. 5, 5, 13:

aliae quoque artes minores habent multiplicem materiam, velut architectonice,

Quint. 2, 21, 8:

sermonibus ejus fruebar, veluti fuit illa sermocinatio,

Gell. 19, 8, 1.—

To introduce a comparison or figurative expression, as, like, as it were: concurrunt veluti venti, cum spiritus Austri, etc., Enn. ap. Macr. S. 6, 2 (Ann. v. 423 Vahl.); 6, 3 (ib. v. 431 ib.):

frena dabat Sipylus, veluti cum, etc.,

Ov. M. 6, 231:

migrantes cernas totāque ex urbe ruentes, Ac, veluti ingentem formicae farris acervum Cum populant, etc.,

Verg. A. 4, 402; cf.

supra, I. B.: hic velut hereditate relictum odium paternum conservavit, etc.,

Nep. Hann. 1, 3:

quoddam simplex orationis condimentum, quod sentitur latente judicio velut palato,

Quint. 6, 3, 19:

ducetur rerum ipsā serie velut duce,

id. 10, 7, 6: haec velut sagina dicendi, id. 10, 5, 17:

inaequalia tantum et velut confragosa,

id. 8, 5, 29:

haec est velut imperatoria virtus,

id. 7, 10, 13.—

To introduce a hypothetical comparative clause, just as if, just as though, as if, as though.

Usually velut si:

absentis Ariovisti crudelitatem, velut si coram adesset, horrerent,

Caes. B. G. 1, 32:

tantus patres metus de summā rerum cepit, velut si jam ad portas hostis esset,

Liv. 21, 16, 2; Quint. 2, 13, 1:

velut si urbem adgressurus Scipio foret, ita, etc.,

Liv. 29, 28, 9:

facies inducitur illis (corporibus mixtis) Una, velut si quis, etc.,

Ov. M. 4, 375.—

Sometimes, in this sense, velut alone:

saepe, velut gemmas ejus signumque probarem, Per causam memini me tetigisse manum,

Tib. 1, 6, 25 (21); Ov. M. 4, 596:

velut ea res nihil ad religionem pertinuisset,

Liv. 2, 36, 1:

velut abundarent omnia,

id. 2, 41, 9:

me quoque juvat, velut ipse in parte laboris ac periculi fuerim, ad finem pervenisse, etc.,

id. 31, 1, 1 Weissenb. ad loc.