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argŭo, ŭi, ūtum (ŭĭtum, hence arguiturus, Sall. Fragm. ap. Prisc. p. 882 P.), 3, v. a. [cf. argês, white; argos, bright; Sanscr. árgunas, bright; ragatas, white; and rag, to shine (v. argentum and argilla); after the same analogy we have clarus, bright; and claro, to make bright, to make evident; and the Engl. clear, adj., and to clear = to make clear; v. Curt. p. 171].

A.. In gen., to make clear, to show, prove, make known, declare, assert, mênuein:

arguo Eam me vidisse intus,

Plaut. Mil. 2, 3, 66:

non ex auditu arguo,

id. Bacch. 3, 3, 65:

M. Valerius Laevinus... speculatores, non legatos, venisse arguebat,

Liv. 30, 23:

degeneres animos timor arguit,

Verg. A. 4, 13:

amantem et languor et silentium Arguit,

Hor. Epod. 11, 9; id. C. 1, 13, 7.— Pass., in a mid. signif.:

apparet virtus arguiturque malis,

makes itself known, Ov. Tr. 4, 3, 80:

laudibus arguitur vini vinosus Homerus,

betrays himself, Hor. Ep. 1, 19, 6.—

Esp.

With aliquem, to attempt to show something, in one's case, against him, to accuse, reprove, censure, charge with: Indicāsse est detulisse;

arguisse accusāsse et convicisse,

Dig. 50, 16, 197 (cf. Fest. p. 22: Argutum iri in discrimen vocari): tu delinquis, ego arguar pro malefactis? Enn. (as transl. of Eurip. Iphig. Aul. 384: Eit egô dikên dô sôn kakôn ho mê sphaleis) ap. Rufin. §

37: servos ipsos neque accuso neque arguo neque purgo,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 41, 120:

Pergin, sceleste, intendere hanc arguere?

Plaut. Mil. 2, 4, 27; 2, 2, 32:

hae tabellae te arguunt,

id. Bacch. 4, 6, 10:

an hunc porro tactum sapor arguet oris?

Lucr. 4, 487:

quod adjeci, non ut arguerem, sed ne arguerer,

Vell. 2, 53, 4:

coram aliquem arguere,

Liv. 43, 5:

apud praefectum,

Tac. A. 14, 41:

(Deus) arguit te heri,

Vulg. Gen. 31, 42; ib. Lev. 19, 17; ib. 2 Tim. 4, 2; ib. Apoc. 3, 19 al.—

With the cause of complaint in the gen.; abl. with or without de; with in with abl.; with acc.; with a clause as object; or with ut (cf. Ramsh. p. 326; Zumpt, § 446).

With gen.:

malorum facinorum,

Plaut. Ps. 2, 4, 56 (cf. infra, argutus, B. 2.):

aliquem probri, Stupri, dedecoris,

id. Am. 3, 2, 2:

viros mortuos summi sceleris,

Cic. Rab. Perd. 9, 26:

aliquem tanti facinoris,

id. Cael. 1:

criminis,

Tac. H. 1, 48:

furti me arguent,

Vulg. Gen. 30, 33; ib. Eccl. 11, 8:

repetundarum,

Tac. A. 3, 33:

occupandae rei publicae,

id. ib. 6, 10:

neglegentiae,

Suet. Caes. 53:

noxae,

id. Aug. 67:

veneni in se comparati,

id. Tib. 49:

socordiae,

id. Claud. 3:

mendacii,

id. Oth. 10:

timoris,

Verg. A. 11, 384:

sceleris arguemur,

Vulg. 4 Reg. 7, 9; ib. Act. 19, 40 al.—

With abl.:

te hoc crimine non arguo,

Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 18; Nep. Paus. 3 fin. —

With de:

de eo crimine, quo de arguatur,

Cic. Inv 2, 11, 37:

de quibus quoniam verbo arguit, etc.,

id. Rosc. Am. 29 fin.:

Quis arguet me de peccato?

Vulg. Joan. 8, 46; 16, 8.—

With in with abl. (eccl. Lat.):

non in sacrificiis tuis arguam te,

Vulg. Psa. 49, 8.—

With acc.: quid undas Arguit et liquidam molem camposque natantīs? of what does he impeach the waves? etc., quid being here equivalent to cujus or de quo, Lucr. 6, 405 Munro.—

With an inf.-clause as object:

quae (mulier) me arguit Hanc domo ab se subripuisse,

Plaut. Men. 5, 2, 62; id. Mil. 2, 4, 36:

occidisse patrem Sex. Roscius arguitur,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 13, 37:

auctor illius injuriae fuisse arguebatur?

id. Verr. 2, 1, 33:

qui sibimet vim ferro intulisse arguebatur,

Suet. Claud. 16; id. Ner. 33; id. Galb. 7:

me Arguit incepto rerum accessisse labori,

Ov. M. 13, 297; 15, 504.—

With ut, as in Gr. hôs (post-Aug. and rare), Suet. Ner. 7:

hunc ut dominum et tyrannum, illum ut proditorem arguentes,

as being master and tyrant, Just. 22, 3.—

Transf. to the thing.

To accuse, censure, blame:

ea culpa, quam arguo,

Liv. 1, 28:

peccata coram omnibus argue,

Vulg. 1 Tim. 5, 20:

tribuni plebis dum arguunt in C. Caesare regni voluntatem,

Vell. 2, 68; Suet. Tit. 5 fin.:

taciturnitatem pudoremque quorumdam pro tristitiā et malignitate arguens,

id. Ner. 23; id. Caes. 75:

arguebat et perperam editos census,

he accused of giving a false statement of property, census, id. Calig. 38:

primusque animalia mensis Arguit imponi,

censured, taught that it was wrong, Ov. M. 15, 73:

ut non arguantur opera ejus,

Vulg. Joan. 3, 20.—

Trop., to denounce as false:

quod et ipsum Fenestella arguit,

Suet. Vit. Ter. p. 292 Roth.—With reference to the person, to refute, confute:

aliquem,

Suet. Calig. 8.—Hence, argūtus, a, um, P. a.

Of physical objects, clear.

To the sight, bright, glancing, lively:

manus autem minus arguta, digitis subsequens verba, non exprimens,

not too much in motion, Cic. de Or. 3, 59, 220 (cf. id. Or. 18, 59: nullae argutiae digitorum, and Quint. 11, 3, [p. 160] 119-123):

manus inter agendum argutae admodum et gestuosae,

Gell. 1, 5, 2:

et oculi nimis arguti, quem ad modum animo affecti sumus, loquuntur,

Cic. Leg. 1, 9, 27:

ocelli,

Ov. Am. 3, 3, 9; 3, 2, 83:

argutum caput,

a head graceful in motion, Verg. G. 3, 80 (breve, Servius, but this idea is too prosaic): aures breves et argutae, ears that move quickly (not stiff, rigid), Pall. 4, 13, 2:

argutā in soleā,

in the neat sandal, Cat. 68, 72.—

a.. To the hearing, clear, penetrating, piercing, both of pleasant and disagreeable sounds, clear-sounding, sharp, noisy, rustling, whizzing, rattling, clashing, etc. (mostly poet.): linguae, Naev. ap. Non. p. 9, 24:

aves,

Prop. 1, 18, 30:

hirundo,

chirping, Verg. G. 1, 377:

olores,

tuneful, id. E. 9, 36: ilex, murmuring, rustling (as moved by the wind), id. ib. 7, 1:

nemus,

id. ib. 8, 22 al.—Hence, a poet. epithet of the musician and poet, clear-sounding, melodious:

Neaera,

Hor. C. 3, 14, 21:

poëtae,

id. Ep. 2, 2, 90:

fama est arguti Nemesis formosa Tibullus,

Mart. 8, 73, 7: forum, full of bustle or din, noisy, Ov. A.A. 1, 80:

serra,

grating, Verg. G. 1, 143:

pecten,

rattling, id. ib. 1, 294; id. A. 7, 14 (cf. in Gr. kerkis aoidos, Aristoph. Ranae, v. 1316) al.—Hence, of rattling, prating, verbose discourse:

sine virtute argutum civem mihi habeam pro preaeficā, etc.,

Plaut. Truc. 2, 6, 14:

[Neque mendaciloquom neque adeo argutum magis],

id. Trin. 1, 2, 163 Ritschl.—

Trop., of written communications, rattling, wordy, verbose:

obviam mihi litteras quam argutissimas de omnibus rebus crebro mittas,

Cic. Att. 6, 5: vereor, ne tibi nimium arguta haec sedulitas videatur, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 1. — Transf. to omens, clear, distinct, conclusive, clearly indicative, etc.:

sunt qui vel argutissima haec exta esse dicant,

Cic. Div. 2, 12 fin.:

non tibi candidus argutum sternuit omen Amor?

Prop. 2, 3, 24.—

To the smell; sharp, pungent:

odor argutior,

Plin. 15, 3, 4, § 18.—

To the taste; sharp, keen, pungent:

sapor,

Pall. 3, 25, 4; 4, 10, 26.—

Of mental qualities.

In a good sense, bright, acute, sagacious, witty:

quis illo (sc. Catone) acerbior in vituperando? in sententiis argutior?

Cic. Brut. 17, 65:

orator,

id. ib. 70, 247:

poëma facit ita festivum, ita concinnum, ita elegans, nihil ut fieri possit argutius,

id. Pis. 29; so,

dicta argutissima,

id. de Or. 2, 61, 250:

sententiae,

id. Opt. Gen. 2:

acumen,

Hor. A. P. 364:

arguto ficta dolore queri,

dexterously-feigned pain, Prop. 1, 18, 26 al. —

In a bad sense, sly, artful, cunning:

meretrix,

Hor. S. 1, 10, 40: calo. id. Ep. 1, 14, 42:

milites,

Veg. Mil. 3, 6.—As a pun: ecquid argutus est? is he cunning? Ch. Malorum facinorum saepissime (i.e. has been accused of), Plaut. Ps. 2, 4, 56 (v. supra, I. B. a.).—Hence, adv.: argūtē (only in the signif. of B.).

Subtly, acutely:

respondere,

Cic. Cael. 8:

conicere,

id. Brut. 14, 53:

dicere,

id. Or. 28, 98.— Comp.:

dicere,

Cic. Brut. 11, 42.— Sup.:

de re argutissime disputare,

Cic. de Or. 2, 4, 18.—

Craftily:

obrepere,

Plaut. Trin. 4, 2, 132; Arn. 5, p. 181.

artĭo, īvi, ītum, 4, v. a. [1. artus], to fit close, to drive in tight (only ante-class.):

surculum,

Cato, R. R. 40, 3; so id. ib. 41, 2: linguam in palatum, Nov. ap. Non. p. 505, 30.

artĭo, īre, v. a. [ars], to indue with art; only in the two foll. exs.: artitus: bonis instructus artibus, skilled in arts. Paul. ex Fest. p. 17 Müll. (cf.:

centum puer artium,

Hor. C. 4, 1, 15).—Hence also endowed with cunning (cf. ars, II. fin.), artful:

artiti viri,

Plaut. As. 3, 2, 19 in varr. lectt.

astūtus, a, um, adj. [a lengthened form of the ante-class. astus, like versutus from versus, cinctutus from cinctus; and astus itself has the form of a P. a., q. v. init. ], shrewd, sagacious, expert; or (more freq., cf. astutia) in mal. part., sly, cunning, artful, designing, etc.

Ante-class. form astus, a, um: asta lingua, Att. ap. Non. p. 1, 54.—

Class. form astūtus:

malus, callidus, astutus admodum,

Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 112:

Causam dicere adversus astutos, audacīs viros, valentes virgatores,

id. As. 3, 2, 19:

non tam astutus, neque ita perspicax,

Ter. Heaut. 5, 1, 1:

verum ego numquam adeo astutus fui, Quin etc.,

id. Ad. 2, 2, 13:

ratio,

Cic. Verr. 1, 11 fin.:

nihil astutum,

id. Or. 19, 64: hoc celandi genus est hominis non aperti, non simplicis, non ingenui;

versuti potius, obscuri, astuti, fallacis,

id. Off. 3, 13, 57:

astuti Getae,

Prop. 5, 5, 44:

Parthorum astutae tela remissa fugae,

id. 4, 8, 54:

ut est astuta et ingeniosa sollertia,

Plin. 36, 26, 66, § 192, where Jan omits astuta et:

gens non astuta, nec callida,

Tac. G. 22 et saep.:

pro bene sano Ac non incauto fictum astutumque vocamus,

Hor. S. 1, 3, 62:

homo sagax et astutus,

Mart. 12, 88, 4:

Est vir astutus multorum eruditor,

Vulg. Eccli. 37, 21:

vulpes,

Hor. S. 2, 3, 186:

consilium,

Gell. 5, 10 al. —As subst. (eccl. Lat.):

Astutus omnia agit cum consilio,

Vulg. Prov. 13, 16; ib. Eccli. 18, 28.— Comp.:

fallacia astutior,

Plaut. Cas. 5, 1, 7:

si qui me astutiorem fingit (followed by callidius),

Cic. Fam. 3, 8, 6:

qui custodit increpationes, astutior fiet,

Vulg. Prov. 15, 5.—

* Sup.:

astutissimus adversarius,

Aug. Serm. 17: astutissima calliditas, id. Civ. Dei, 21, 6.— Adv.: astūtē, craftily, cunningly:

astute comminisci aliquid,

Plaut. Ep. 2, 2, 96:

docte atque astute captare,

id. Most. 5, 1, 21:

consulte, docte atque astute cavere,

id. Rud. 4, 7, 14: Astute, shrewdly done, Ter. And. 1, 2, 12:

astute labefactare aliquem,

id. Eun. 3, 3, 3:

satis astute adgredi aliquem,

id. Phorm. 5, 8, 75:

astute reticere aliquid,

Cic. ad Q. Fr. 1, 2, 1: astute nihil agere, Matius ap. Cic. Fam. 11, 28, 3.— Comp.:

astutius ponere aliquid,

Varr. L. L. 9, 1 Müll.— Sup.:

astutissime componere aliquid,

Gell. 18, 4:

astutissime excogitare,

Lact. 1, 22: astutissime fingi, Aug. Civ. Dei, 19, 5.

callĭdus, a, um, adj. [calleo], that is taught wisdom by experience and practice, shrewd, expert, experienced, adroit, skilful:

versutos eos appello, quorum celeriter mens versatur: callidos autem, quorum, tamquam manus opere, sic animus usu concalluit,

Cic. N. D. 3, 10, 25.

Ingenious, prudent, dexterous, skilful.

In gen. (class.):

ad suum quaestum, callidus,

Plaut. As. 1, 3, 34; id. Truc. 2, 4, 62 (cf. id. ib. 2, 5, 40: omnes homines ad suum quaestum callent); id. Ps. 2, 4, 35; id. Ep. 3, 3, 47; id. Poen. 1, 2, 25: callida Musa, Calliope, * Lucr. 6, 93:

ego ut agitator callidus, priusquam ad fidem veniam, equos sustinebo,

Cic. Ac. 2, 29, 94:

natura nihil potest esse callidius,

id. N. D. 2, 57, 142:

Demosthene nec gravior exstitit quisquam nec callidior, nec temperatior,

id. Or. 7, 23:

juvenis parum callidus,

Plin. Ep. 7, 6, 11:

in disputando,

Quint. 12, 2, 14.—In reference to art, excelling in art, skilful, Hor. S. 2, 3, 23 Heind.; 2, 7, 101; id. Ep. 1, 10, 26. —

Particular constructions.

With gen.:

rei rusticae,

Col. 2, 2, 1:

rerum naturae,

id. 7, 3, 12:

rei militaris,

Tac. H. 2, 32:

temporum,

id. A. 4, 33.—

With abl.:

juncturā callidus acri,

Pers. 5, 14.—

In the Greek manner, with inf.:

callidus Condere furto,

Hor. C. 1, 10, 7; cf.:

tuque testudo resonare septem Callida nervis,

id. ib. 3, 11, 4; Pers. 1, 118.—

Meton., of things: foramina callidissimo artificio naturā fabricata, very well contrived or wrought, Cic. Tusc. 1, 20, 47:

inventum,

Nep. Eum. 5, 4:

junctura,

Hor. A. P. 47.—

Crafty, cunning, artful, sly.

Of persons (class.):

itaque me malum esse oportet, callidum, astutum,

Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 112:

malum crudumque et callidum atque subdolum,

id. Poen. 5, 2, 148; id. Pers. 4, 4, 70; id. Cist. 4, 2, 61:

ego hominem callidiorem vidi neminem,

Ter. Phorm. 4, 2, 1; id. And. 1, 2, 27; id. Eun. 5, 6, 10; Petr. 4, 2, 1:

hi saepe versutos homines et callidos admirantes, malitiam sapientiam judicant,

Cic. Off. 2, 3, 10 Beier; id. Caecin. 19, 55; cf. id. Off. 3, 13, 57; Quint. 6, 3, 96:

homo luteus etiam callidus ac veterator esse vult,

Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 14, § 35:

gens non astuta nec callida,

Tac. G. 22:

ad fraudem callidi,

Cic. Clu. 65, 183; cf. Plaut. As. 2, 1, 9:

in disputando mire callidos,

Quint. 12, 2, 14:

amici accendendis offensionibus callidi,

Tac. A. 2, 57.—

Meton., of things:

doli,

Plaut. Bacch. 4, 4, 4:

consilium,

Ter. And. 3, 4, 10:

audacia,

Cic. Clu. 65, 183:

callida et malitiosa juris interpretatio,

id. Off. 1, 10, 33:

liberalitas,

crafty, calculating, Nep. Att. 11, 3:

malitia inimici,

Liv. 38, 44, 1:

cunctatio,

Suet. Tib. 24:

saevitia,

id. Dom. 11.—

Trop.:

merx, of a woman,

Plaut. Cist. 4, 2, 61.—Hence, adv.: callĭdē (in both signiff. of the adj. freq. and class.).

Skilfully, shrewdly, expertly, etc.:

callide nosse aliquem,

well, Plaut. As. 2, 2, 82:

intellegere,

Ter. And. 1, 2, 30:

callide arguteque dicere,

Cic. Or. 28, 98:

dicere,

id. de Or. 1, 20, 93:

callide et perite versari,

id. ib. 1, 11, 48:

sine quo nihil satis caute, nihil satis callide agi posset,

id. Caecin. 5, 15 al. — Comp., Tac. A. 6, [p. 271] 37.— Sup., Nep. Them. 1 fin. —

Cunningly, craflily, etc.:

callide et facete exordiri rem,

Plaut. Pers. 4, 1, 7:

accedere,

Cic. Fl. 10, 22:

occultare vitia sua,

Sall. J. 15, 3:

callide et cum astu confiteri aliquid,

Gell. 12, 12, 1.

cătus, a, um, adj. [root ka-; Sanscr. ça-, to whet, sharpen; cf. cos, cautes, cuneus; Sabine, = acutus, acc. to Varr. L. L. 7, § 46, p. 90 Bip.].

Sharp to the hearing, clear-sounding, shrill (cf. acutus, 2.): jam cata signa fere sonitum dare voce parabant, Enn. ap. Varr. l. l. (Ann. 447 Vahl.). —

Transf. to intellectual objects, in a good and bad sense.

In a good sense, clear-sighted, intelligent, sagacious, wise, opp. stultus (in prose probably never naturalized; hence Cic., in prose, adds ut ita dicam; v. the foll.): catus Aelius Sextus, Enn. ap. Cic. Tusc. 1, 9, 18 (Ann. v. 335 Vahl.); Plaut. Most. 1, 3, 29; id. Ps. 2, 3, 15; Ter. And. 5, 2, 14 Don. and Ruhnk.; Hor. C. 1, 10, 3:

prudens et, ut ita dicam, catus,

Cic. Leg. 1, 16, 45.—Constr. with inf.:

jaculari,

Hor. C. 3, 12, 10.—With gen.:

legum,

Aus. Mos. 400.—Of abstract things:

dicta,

Enn. Ann. 519 Vahl.:

consilium,

Plaut. Ep. 2, 2, 75.—

In a bad sense, sly, crafty, cunning, artful ( = callidus, astutus):

cata est et callida,

Plaut. Pers. 4, 4, 71; so id. Poen. 5, 2, 147; id. Most. 5, 2, 21; id. Trin. 3, 2, 51; Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 39.— Adv.: cătē, conform. to II. A.:

sapienter, docte et cordate et cate,

Plaut. Poen. 1, 1, 3; id. Men. 2, 3, 61; Cic. Arat. 304.— Comp. and sup. not in use in the adj. or in the adv.

cătus, i, m., a male cat (post-class.), Pall. Mart. 9, 4; scanned, cātus, Poët. ap. Anth. Lat. 5, p. 162, 3 al.

cŏlor (old form cŏlos, like arbos, clamos, honos, etc., Plaut. Mil. 4, 4, 43; Lucr. 6, 208; 6, 1073; Sall. C. 15, 5, acc. to Prob. II. pp. 1456 and 1467 P.; Plin. 13, 15, 30, § 98; 35, 11, 42, § 150), ōris, m. [root cal-, to cover; cf.: caligo, occulere, calyx], color, hue, tint.

Lit.

In gen.:

varii rerum,

Lucr. 2, 786:

nequeunt sine luce Esse,

id. 2, 795:

aureus ignis,

id. 6, 205:

albus,

id. 2, 823; cf.:

color albus praecipue decorus deo est,

Cic. Leg. 2, 18, 45:

purpureus conchyli,

Lucr. 6, 1073:

Tyrios mirare,

Hor. Ep. 1, 6, 18; Ov. M. 4, 165; 10, 261; cf. id. ib. 6, 65; Verg. G. 1, 452:

colorem accipere,

Plin. 11, 38, 91, § 225:

bibere,

id. 8, 48, 73, § 193:

inducere picturae,

id. 35, 10, 36, § 102:

color caerulo albidior, viridior et pressior,

Plin. Ep. 8, 20, 4:

amethystinus,

Suet. Ner. 32:

color in pomo est, ubi permaturuit, ater,

Ov. M. 4, 165; Plin. 30, 2, 6, § 16:

bonus,

Varr. R. R. 3, 7, 10:

melior,

Plin. 7, 6, 5, § 41: colores, oculos qui pascere possunt, [p. 371] Lucr. 2, 419:

rebus nox abstulit atra colorem,

Verg. A. 6, 272:

quam cito purpureos deperdit terra colores,

Tib. 1, 4, 30:

nec varios discet mentiri lana colores,

Verg. E. 4, 42:

Iris, Mille trahens varios adverso sole colores,

id. A. 4, 701.— Poet.:

ducere, of grapes, etc.,

to acquire color, become colored, Verg. E. 9, 49; Ov. M. 3, 485; cf. Sen. Ep. 71, 30.—

Meton.

Coloring stuff, dyestuff:

regionis naturā minii et chrysocollae et aliorum colorum ferax,

Flor. 4, 12, 60; Plin. 35, 6, 12, § 30 sq.—

Flowers of varied colors:

aspice quo submittat humus formosa colores,

Prop. 1, 2, 9; Val. Fl. 6, 492.—

Specif., the natural color of men, the complexion, tint, hue:

qui color, nitor, vestitus,

Ter. Eun. 2, 2, 11:

formae autem dignitas coloris bonitate tuenda est, color exercitationibus corporis,

Cic. Off. 1, 36, 130:

venusti oculi, color suavis,

id. Tusc. 5, 16, 46:

verus (opp. to paint),

Ter. Eun. 2, 3, 27 Don.; cf. Ov. A. A. 3, 164;

and fucatus,

Hor. Epod. 12, 10:

senex colore mustellino,

Ter. Eun. 4, 4, 22:

niveus,

Hor. C. 2, 4, 3:

albus,

fair, Ov. M. 2, 541:

egregius,

Cic. Fin. 2, 20, 64:

verecundus,

Hor. Epod. 17, 21; cf.:

vide Num ejus color pudoris signum indicat,

Ter. And. 5, 3, 7: colorem mutare, to change or lose color (on account of any excitement of the passions, from shame, fear, pain, etc.), to blush, etc., Hor. Ep. 1, 16, 38; cf. Cic. Clu. 19, 54:

color excidit,

Ov. M. 2, 602:

perdere,

id. ib. 3, 99:

adeo perturbavit ea vox regem, ut non color, non voltus ei constaret,

Liv. 39, 34, 7.—

Prov.:

homo nullius coloris,

an unknown man, Plaut. Ps. 4, 7, 99 (like the phrase: albus an ater sit; v. albus).—

Sometimes for beautiful complexion, fine tint, beauty:

o formose puer, nimium ne crede colori,

Verg. E. 2, 17:

quo fugit Venus, heu, quove color?

Hor. C. 4, 13, 17; Ov. H. 3, 141.—

Trop.

In gen., color, i.e. external form, state, condition, position, outward show, appearance (predominant in rhet.; v. 2.; elsewh. rare, and mostly poet.):

amisimus omnem non modo sucum ac sanguinem, sed etiam colorem et speciem pristinam civitatis,

Cic. Att. 4, 16, 10:

vitae,

Hor. S. 2, 1, 60; cf.: omnis Aristippum decuit color et status et res, every color became him, i. e. he accommodated himself to every condition, id. Ep. 1, 17, 23: novimus quosdam, qui multis apud philosophum annis persederint, et ne colorem quidem duxerint, have not acquired even the outward appearance, i.e. have imbibed or learned nothing, Sen. Ep. 108, 5; cf. Quint. 10, 1, 59: omnia eundem ducunt colorem;

nec Persis Macedonum mores adumbrare nec Macedonibus Persas imitari indecorum,

Curt. 10, 3, 14 Vogel ad loc. —

A class, fashion, kind.

In gen. (rare):

hos maxime laudat.. egregium hoc quoque, sed secundae sortis ingenium... hic tertius color est,

Sen. Ep. 52, 4:

tertium illud genus... sed ne hic quidem contemnendus est color tertius,

id. ib. 75, 15; cf.:

in omni vitae colore,

Stat. S. 2 prooem. init. —

Esp., of diction, character, fashion, cast, coloring, style:

ornatur igitur oratio genere primum et quasi colore quodam et suco suo,

Cic. de Or 3, 25, 95; cf. id. ib. 3, 52, 199:

non unus color prooemii, narrationis, argumentorum, etc.,

Quint. 12, 10, 71:

qui est, inquit, iste tandem urbanitatis color?

Cic. Brut. 46, 171:

color dicendi maculis conspergitur,

Quint. 8, 5, 28; cf.:

color totus orationis,

id. 6, 3, 110:

simplicis atque inaffectati gratia,

id. 9, 4, 17:

tragicus,

Hor. A. P. 236:

operum colores,

id. ib. 86.—

Pregn. (cf. supra, 1. B. 2.), a beautiful, brilliant quality or nature, splendor, lustre, brilliancy (freq. only in rhet. lang.):

nullus argento color est avaris Abdito terris,

Hor. C. 2, 2, 1.—

Of diction.

A high, lively coloring, embellishment:

intelleges nihil illius (Catonis) lineamentis nisi eorum pigmentorum quae inventa nondum erant, florem et colorem defuisse,

Cic. Brut. 87, 298; id. de Or. 3, 25, 100; id. Q. Fr. 2, 13 (15 a), 2.—

In a bad sense, t. t., an artful concealment of a fault, a pretext, palliation, excuse, Quint. 4, 2, 88 Spald.; 6, 5, 5; 10, 1, 116; 11, 1, 81; 12, 1, 33; cf. Sen. Contr. 3, 21; 3, 25:

res illo colore defenditur apud judicem, ut videatur ille non sanae mentis fuisse, etc.,

Dig. 5, 2, 5: sub colore adipiscendae possessionis, Cod. Th. 3, 6, 3; Juv. 6, 280.

flexus, a, um, Part. and P. a., from flecto.

flexus, ūs, m. [flecto], a bending, turning, winding (class.; in sing. and plur.).

Lit.:

aures duros et quasi corneolos habent introitus, multisque cum flexibus,

Cic. N. D. 2, 57, 144; cf. Quint. 6, 13, 9:

ut qui cursu parum valent, flexu eludunt,

id. 9, 2, 78:

cum venissem ad pontem, in quo flexus est ad iter Arpinas,

Cic. Att. 16, 13, a, 1; cf.:

in aliquo flexu viae,

Liv. 22, 12, 7:

implicatae flexibus vallium viae,

id. 32, 4, 4:

Rhenus modico flexu in occidentem versus,

Tac. G. 1:

flexu Armeniam petivit,

id. A. 12, 12:

alio flexu reduci ad viam,

Quint. 2, 17, 29:

(quo pacto sol) Brumales adeat flexus,

Lucr. 5, 616:

brumales,

id. 5, 640:

metae,

the turn round the goal, Pers. 3, 63:

labyrinthei,

the mazes, Cat. 64, 114:

capilli dociles et centum flexibus apti,

Ov. Am. 1, 14, 13: in litore flexus Mecybernaeus, the bay or gulf, Mela, 2, 3 init.; cf. id. 3, 1.—

Trop.

In gen., a turning, transition into another state, political change:

id enim est caput civilis prudentiae, videre itinera flexusque rerum publicarum,

Cic. Rep. 2, 25, 46:

in hoc flexu quasi aetatis fama adolescentis paululum haesit ad metas (the figure taken from the turning of the racers on reaching the goal),

id. Cael. 31, 75; cf.:

si infinitus forensium rerum labor decursu honorum et jam aetatis flexu constitisset, i. e. senectus,

id. de Or. 1, 1, 1:

flexu auctumni (= post medium tempus auctumni, trop. from turning the meta in the Circus),

Tac. H. 5, 23; v. Orell. ad h. 1.—

In partic. (post-Aug.).

An artful turning, winding, shifting:

inde recta fere est actio, hinc mille flexus et artes desiderantur,

Quint. 5, 13, 2:

qui haec recta tantum, et in nullos flexus recedentia tractaverit,

id. 10, 5, 12. —

Of the voice, inflection, modulation, variation:

citharoedi simul et sono vocis et plurimis flexibus serviunt,

Quint. 1, 12, 3:

quid quoque flexu dicendum,

id. 1, 8, 1:

qui flexus deceat miserationem,

id. 1, 11, 12; 1, 8, 3.—

In gram., inflection, variation, derivation (in Varro flexura, v. h. v.): quid vero? quae tota positionis ejusdem in diversos flexus eunt? cum Alba faciat Albanos et Albenses;

volo, volui et volavi,

Quint. 1, 6, 15.

insĭdĭōsus, a, um, adj. [insidiae], cunning, artful, deceitful, dangerous, insidious (class.).

Of persons:

quis insidiosior unquam fuit?

Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 78, § 192. —

Of inanim. and abstr. things:

Capraria insidiosa naufragiis,

Plin. 3, 5, 11, § 78:

pocula Circes,

Ov. M. 14, 294:

verba,

id. H. 20, 212:

clementia,

Cic. Att. 8, 16, 2. — Sup., Plin. 29, 1, 8, § 28. — Adv.: insĭdĭōsē, cunningly, deceitfully, insidiously:

in gratiam rediit cum illo,

Cic. Rab. Post. 12, 33:

me insidiosissime tractavit,

id. Q. Fr. 1, 3, 8.

Pĕlĭas, ădis, f.

Of or belonging to Pelias; v. 2. Pelias fin. —

Pēlĭas, ădis, f., of or belonging to Pelion; v. Pelion, C.

Pĕlĭas, ae (nom. Pelia, Sen. Med. 201; 276), m., = Pelias, a king of Thessaly, son of Neptune and the nymph Tyro, brother of Neleus, half-brother of Æson, and father of Acastus. Being appointed by Æson guardian to his son Jason, he sought, when Jason grew up, to rid himself of the charge by inciting him to join the Argonautic expedition. After Jason's return Pelias was slain by his own daughters, at the artful instigation of Medea, Plaut. Ps. 3, 2, 80; Hyg. Fab. 24; Enn. ap. Auct. Her. 2, 22, 34 (Trag. v. 286 Vahl.); id. ap. Cic. de Or. 3, 58, 217 (id. v. 313 ib.); Ov. M. 7, 304; Val. Fl. 1, 22 et saep.—Hence, Pĕlĭădes, the daughters of Pelias, who, upon Medea's promise to restore their father's youth, cut him to pieces, and boiled him in a caldron, Phaedr. 4, 7, 16; cf. Hyg. Fab. 24.

Pĕlĭas, ădis, f.

Of or belonging to Pelias; v. 2. Pelias fin. —

Pēlĭas, ădis, f., of or belonging to Pelion; v. Pelion, C.

Pĕlĭas, ae (nom. Pelia, Sen. Med. 201; 276), m., = Pelias, a king of Thessaly, son of Neptune and the nymph Tyro, brother of Neleus, half-brother of Æson, and father of Acastus. Being appointed by Æson guardian to his son Jason, he sought, when Jason grew up, to rid himself of the charge by inciting him to join the Argonautic expedition. After Jason's return Pelias was slain by his own daughters, at the artful instigation of Medea, Plaut. Ps. 3, 2, 80; Hyg. Fab. 24; Enn. ap. Auct. Her. 2, 22, 34 (Trag. v. 286 Vahl.); id. ap. Cic. de Or. 3, 58, 217 (id. v. 313 ib.); Ov. M. 7, 304; Val. Fl. 1, 22 et saep.—Hence, Pĕlĭădes, the daughters of Pelias, who, upon Medea's promise to restore their father's youth, cut him to pieces, and boiled him in a caldron, Phaedr. 4, 7, 16; cf. Hyg. Fab. 24.