ars+(

mātĕrĭa, ae ( gen. materiāi, Lucr. 1, 1051), and mātĕrĭes, ēi (only in nom. and acc. sing., and once gen. plur. materierum, Lact. 2, 12, 1; v. Neue, Formenl. 1, p. 383), f. [from same root with mater, q. v.], stuff, matter, materials of which any thing is composed; so the wood of a tree, vine, etc., timber for building (opp. lignum, wood for fuel); nutritive matter or substance for food (class.).

Lit.

In gen.:

materia rerum, ex qua et in qua sunt omnia,

Cic. N. D. 3, 39, 92; cf. id. Ac. 1, 6, 7:

materiam superabat opus,

Ov. M. 2, 5:

materiae apparatio,

Vitr. 2, 8, 7:

rudis,

i. e. chaos, Luc. 2, 8; cf.: omnis fere materia nondum formata rudis appellatur, Cinc. ap. Paul. ex Fest. p. 265 Müll.:

(arbor) inter corticem et materiem,

Col. 5, 11, 4:

crispa,

Plin. 16, 28, 51, § 119:

materiae longitudo,

Col. 4, 24, 3:

vitis in materiam, frondemque effunditur,

id. 4, 21, 2:

si nihil valet materies,

Cic. de Or. 2, 21, 88:

in eam insulam materiam, calcem, caementa, atque arma convexit,

id. Mil. 27, 74:

caesa,

Col. 11, 2, 11; cf. Caes. B. G. 4, 17; 5, 39:

cornus non potest videri materies propter exilitatem, sed lignum,

Plin. 16, 40, 76, § 206:

materiae, lignorum aggestus,

Tac. A. 1, 35:

videndum est ut materies suppetat scutariis,

Plaut. Ep. 1, 1, 35:

proba materies est, si probum adhibes fabrum,

id. Poen. 4, 2, 93: imprimebatur sculptura materiae anuli, sive ex ferro sive ex auro foret, Macr. S. 7, 13, 11. — Plur.:

deūm imagines mortalibus materiis in species hominum effingere,

Tac. H. 5, 5.—Of food:

imbecillissimam materiam esse omnem caulem oleris,

Cels. 2, 18, 39 sqq.; cf. of the means of subsistence:

consumere omnem materiam,

Ov. M. 8, 876; matter, in gen.:

materies aliqua mala erat,

Aug. Conf. 7, 5, 2.—In abstract, matter, the material universe:

Deus ex materia ortus est, aut materia ex Deo,

Lact. 2, 8.—

Esp., matter of suppuration, pus, Cels. 3, 27, 4.—

Transf., a stock, race, breed:

quod ex vetere materia nascitur, plerumque congeneratum parentis senium refert,

Col. 7, 3, 15:

generosa (equorum),

id. 6, 27 init. —

Trop.

The matter, subjectmatter, subject, topic, ground, theme of any exertion of the mental powers, as of an art or science, an oration, etc.: materiam artis eam dicimus in qua omnis ars et facultas, quae conficitur ex arte, versatur. Ut si medicinae materiam dicamus morbos ac vulnera, quod in his omnis medicina versetur;

item quibus in rebus versatur ars et facultas oratoria, eas res materiam artis rhetoricae nominamus,

Cic. Inv. 1, 5, 17:

quasi materia, quam tractet, et in qua versetur, subjecta est veritas,

id. Off. 1, 5, 16:

est enim deformitatis et corporis vitiorum satis bella materies ad jocandum,

id. de Or. 2, 59, 239; 1, 11, 49; id. Rosc. Com. 32, 89; id. Div. 2, 4, 12:

sermonum,

id. Q. Fr 1, 2, 1: materies crescit mihi, my matter (for writing about) increases, id. Att. 2, 12, 3: rei. id. Q. Fr. 2, 1, 1:

aequa viribus,

a subject suited to your powers, Hor. A. P. 38:

infames,

Gell. 17, 12, 1:

extra materiam juris,

the province, Gai. Inst. 2, 191.—

A cause, occasion, source, opportunity (cf. mater, II.):

quid enim odisset Clodium Milo segetem ac materiam suae gloriae?

Cic. Mil. 13, 35 (for which shortly before:

fons perennis gloriae suae): materies ingentis decoris,

Liv. 1, 39, 3:

non praebiturum se illi eo die materiam,

id. 3, 46, 3:

major orationis,

id. 35, 12, 10:

criminandi,

id. 3, 31, 4:

omnium malorum,

Sall. C. 10:

materiam invidiae dare,

Cic. Phil. 11, 9, 21:

materiam bonitati dare,

id. de Or. 2, 84, 342:

scelerum,

Just. 3, 2, 12:

seditionis,

id. 11, 5, 3:

laudis,

Luc. 8, 16:

benefaciendi,

Plin. Pan. 38:

ne quid materiae praeberet Neroni,

occasion of jealousy, Suet. Galb. 9:

epistolae, quae materiam sermonibus praebuere,

Tac. H. 4, 4:

praebere materiam causasque jocorum,

Juv. 3, 147:

materiamque sibi ducis indulgentia quaerit,

id. 7, 21.—

Natural abilities, talents, genius, disposition:

fac, fuisse in isto C. Laelii, M. Catonis materiem atque indolem,

Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 68, § 160:

in animis humanis,

id. Inv. 1, 2, 2:

materiam ingentis publice privatimade decoris omni indulgentia nostra nutriamus,

Liv. 1, 39, 3:

ad cupiditatem,

id. 1, 46; Quint. 2, 4, 7.—Hence, one's nature, natural character:

non sum materia digna perire tua,

thy unfeeling disposition, Ov. H. 4, 86.—

A subject, argument, course of thought, topic (post-Aug.):

tertium diem esse, quod omni labore materiae ad scribendum destinatae non inveniret exordium,

Quint. 10, 3, 14:

argumentum plura significat... omnem ad scribendum destinatam materiam ita appellari,

id. 5, 10, 9:

video non futurum finem in ista materia ullum, nisi quem ipse mihi fecero,

Sen. Ep. 87, 11:

pulcritudinem materiae considerare,

Plin. Ep. 3, 13, 2; 2, 5, 5:

materiam ex titulo cognosces,

id. ib. 5, 13, 3 al. (materies animi est, materia arboris;

et materies qualitas ingenii, materia fabris apta,

Front. II. p. 481 Mai.; but this distinction is not observed by class. writers).

ōrātōrĭus, a, um, adj. [orator].

Of or belonging to an orator, oratorical (class.), Cic. de Or. 1, 54, 231:

ornamenta,

id. Brut. 75, 261:

vis dicendi,

id. Ac. 1, 8, 32:

ars, Quint. praef. § 17: gestus,

id. 11, 3, 125:

compositio,

id. 1, 8, 13:

virtus,

id. 3, 1, 10; 6, 3, 39:

ingenium,

Cic. Brut. 29, 110.—

Subst.: ōrātōrĭa, ae, f. (sc. ars), the oratorical art, oratory, Quint. 2, 14, 1; 2.—

Of or belonging to praying; hence, subst.: ōrātōrĭum, ii. n. (sc. templum), a place of prayer, an oratory (eccl. Lat.):

in oratorio nemo aliquid agat, nisi, etc.,

Aug. Ep. 109:

Judith ingressa est oratorium,

Vulg. Judith, 9, 1.—Hence, adv.: ōrā-tōrĭē, oratorically (class.):

pulchre, et oratorie dicere,

Cic. Or. 68, 227:

loqui,

Auct. Her. 4, 56, 69: Quint. 9, 1, 13;

opp. to tragice, comice,

Sen. Ep. 100, 10.

ōrātōrĭus, a, um, adj. [orator].

Of or belonging to an orator, oratorical (class.), Cic. de Or. 1, 54, 231:

ornamenta,

id. Brut. 75, 261:

vis dicendi,

id. Ac. 1, 8, 32:

ars, Quint. praef. § 17: gestus,

id. 11, 3, 125:

compositio,

id. 1, 8, 13:

virtus,

id. 3, 1, 10; 6, 3, 39:

ingenium,

Cic. Brut. 29, 110.—

Subst.: ōrātōrĭa, ae, f. (sc. ars), the oratorical art, oratory, Quint. 2, 14, 1; 2.—

Of or belonging to praying; hence, subst.: ōrātōrĭum, ii. n. (sc. templum), a place of prayer, an oratory (eccl. Lat.):

in oratorio nemo aliquid agat, nisi, etc.,

Aug. Ep. 109:

Judith ingressa est oratorium,

Vulg. Judith, 9, 1.—Hence, adv.: ōrā-tōrĭē, oratorically (class.):

pulchre, et oratorie dicere,

Cic. Or. 68, 227:

loqui,

Auct. Her. 4, 56, 69: Quint. 9, 1, 13;

opp. to tragice, comice,

Sen. Ep. 100, 10.

ōrātōrĭus, a, um, adj. [orator].

Of or belonging to an orator, oratorical (class.), Cic. de Or. 1, 54, 231:

ornamenta,

id. Brut. 75, 261:

vis dicendi,

id. Ac. 1, 8, 32:

ars, Quint. praef. § 17: gestus,

id. 11, 3, 125:

compositio,

id. 1, 8, 13:

virtus,

id. 3, 1, 10; 6, 3, 39:

ingenium,

Cic. Brut. 29, 110.—

Subst.: ōrātōrĭa, ae, f. (sc. ars), the oratorical art, oratory, Quint. 2, 14, 1; 2.—

Of or belonging to praying; hence, subst.: ōrātōrĭum, ii. n. (sc. templum), a place of prayer, an oratory (eccl. Lat.):

in oratorio nemo aliquid agat, nisi, etc.,

Aug. Ep. 109:

Judith ingressa est oratorium,

Vulg. Judith, 9, 1.—Hence, adv.: ōrā-tōrĭē, oratorically (class.):

pulchre, et oratorie dicere,

Cic. Or. 68, 227:

loqui,

Auct. Her. 4, 56, 69: Quint. 9, 1, 13;

opp. to tragice, comice,

Sen. Ep. 100, 10.

săpĭentĭa, ae, f. [sapiens].

(Acc. to sapiens, A.) Prop., good taste, i. e. good sense, discernment, discretion, prudence, intelligence (class.; syn. prudentia): pellitur e medio sapientia, vi geritur res, Enn. ap. Gell. 20, 10, 4 (Ann. v. 272 Vahl.):

non aetate verum ingenio adipiscitur sapientia,

Plaut. Trin. 2, 2, 88; id. Mil. 4, 6, 36:

fac participes nos tuae sapientiae,

id. Ep. 2, 2, 73; cf.:

neque habet (erus meus) plus sapientiae quam lapis,

id. Mil. 2, 2, 81; id. Capt. 2, 3, 53; cf. id. ib. 2, 3, 50:

sedulo Moneo, quae possum, pro meā sapientiā,

Ter. Ad. 3, 3, 73:

quanta mea sapientia est,

Plaut. Stich. 1, 2, 62:

erum anteëo sapientiā,

Ter. Phorm. 2, 1, 17:

re enim iniquum est, sed tuā sapientiā fit aequissimum,

Cic. Deiot. 2, 4:

numquam enim temeritas cum sapientiā commiscetur,

id. Marcell. 2, 7:

quid virtus et quid sapientia possit, etc.,

Hor. Ep. 1, 2, 17:

sapientia prima (est), stultitiā caruisse,

id. ib. 1, 1, 41; cf. id. A. P. 396:

insaniens sapientia,

id. C. 1, 34, 2.—

(Acc. to sapiens, B.) Wisdom, = sophia (so predominantly in the class. per., e. g. in Cic.): nec quisquam sophiam, sapientia quae perhibetur, In somnis vidit, etc., Enn. ap. Fest. p. 325 Müll. (Ann. v. 227 Vahl.); cf.: Sophiam vocant me Graii, vos Sapientiam, Afran. ap. Gell. 13, 8, 3; and: princeps omnium virtutum illa sapientia, quam sophian Graeci vocant, Cic. Off. 1, 43, 153:

ad sapientiam hujus nimius nugator fuit,

Plaut. Capt. 2, 2, 25:

ita fit, ut mater omnium bonarum rerum sit sapientia, a cujus amore Graeco verbo philosophia nomen invenit,

Cic. Leg. 1, 22, 58:

sapientia hominis custos,

id. Fin. 4, 1, 1; id. Lael. 2, 7; 6, 20; 9, 30:

omnem spem salutis ad clementiam victoris et sapientiam contulisse,

id. Marcell. 6, 18:

quorum vobis pro vestrā sapientiā, Quirites, habenda est ratio diligenter,

id. Imp. Pomp. 7, 17:

sapientiae vocem audire,

id. Phil. 13, 3, 6:

studia sapientiae,

Tac. A. 14, 56:

doctores sapientiae,

philosophers, id. ib. 14, 16. —With gen.:

admirari soleo cum ceterarum rerum tuam excellentem, M. Cato, perfectamque sapientiam tum, etc.,

in other things, Cic. Sen. 2, 4.—In plur., sarcastically: qui (sapientes) si virtutes ebullire volent et sapientias, nihil aliud dicent, nisi, etc. (the plur. denoting their perpetual speaking of wisdom), a saying referred to Epicurus, Cic. Tusc. 3, 18, 42.—

In partic., of single departments of knowledge, science, or wisdom, practical wisdom, knowledge of the world, philosophy, Lucr. 5, 10:

sapientia est, ut a veteribus philosophis definitum est, rerum divinarum et humanarum causarumque, quibus eae res continentur, scientia,

Cic. Off. 2, 2, 5:

sapientia, quae ars vivendi putanda est,

id. Fin. 1, 13, 42 (for which:

ars est philosophia vitae,

id. ib. 3, 2, 4).—Of jurisprudence:

istam oscitantem sapientiam Scaevolarum et ceterorum beatorum otio concedamus,

Cic. de Or. 2, 33, 144; cf.:

his temporibus audaciā pro sapientiā liceat uti,

id. Fam. 1, 10 init. —Of eloquence: hanc cogitandi pronunciandique rationem vimque dicendi veteres Graeci sapientiam nominabant, Cic. de Or. 3, 15, 56.—Of statesmanship, policy:

sapientia constituendae civitatis,

Cic. de Or. 2, 37, 154; cf.:

qui propter ancipitem, quae non potest esse sejuncta, faciendi dicendique sapientiam florerent,

id. ib. 3, 16, 59. —Of mathematics:

sapientiae professor,

Suet. Tib. 14.

stătŭārĭus, a, um, adj. [id.], of or belonging to statues (post-Aug.):

ars,

the art of making statues, statuary, Plin. 34, 7, 16, § 33; 36, 5, 4, § 37:

temperatura (aeris),

id. 34, 9, 20, § 97.—As substt.

stătŭ-ārĭa, ae, f., the art of statuary, Plin. 35, 12, 45, § 156; 36, 5, 4, § 15 (= ars fingendi). —

stătŭārĭus, ii, m., a maker of statues, a statuary (syn. sculptor), Quint. 2, 21, 1; Sen. Ep. 88, 15; Plin. 35, 8, 34, § 54.

stătŭārĭus, a, um, adj. [id.], of or belonging to statues (post-Aug.):

ars,

the art of making statues, statuary, Plin. 34, 7, 16, § 33; 36, 5, 4, § 37:

temperatura (aeris),

id. 34, 9, 20, § 97.—As substt.

stătŭ-ārĭa, ae, f., the art of statuary, Plin. 35, 12, 45, § 156; 36, 5, 4, § 15 (= ars fingendi). —

stătŭārĭus, ii, m., a maker of statues, a statuary (syn. sculptor), Quint. 2, 21, 1; Sen. Ep. 88, 15; Plin. 35, 8, 34, § 54.

sūtrīnus, a, um, adj. [contr. for sutorinus, from sutor], of or belonging to a shoemaker or cobbler, shoemaker ' s - (mostly post-Aug. for sutorius).

Adj.:

taberna,

Tac. A. 15, 34:

ars,

Plin. 7, 56, 57, § 196; Varr. L. L. 5, § 93 Müll. —

sūtrīna, ae, f.

(Sc. officina.) A shoemaker ' s shop, cobbler ' s stall; sutrinae manceps, Plin. 10, 43, 60, § 122; 35, 10, 37, § 112; Tert. Pall. 5. —

(Sc. ars.) The shoemaker ' s trade, Varr. ap. Non. 160, 17; Vitr. 6, praef. fin.; Lact. 1, 18, 21; App. Flor. p. 346, 35. —

sūtrīnum, i, n. (sc. artificium), a shoemaker ' s work or trade, Sen. Ep. 90, 23.

Sūtrīnus, a, um, v. Sutrium, I.