as-sĭmĭlis

hŏmo, ĭnis (archaic form hemonem hominem dicebant, Paul. ex Fest. p. 100 Müll.; cf. humanus init., and nēmo, from nĕ-hĕmo: homōnem, Enn. ap. Prisc. p. 683 P. = [p. 860] Ann. v. 141 Vahl.:

hŏmōnes,

Naev. 1, 1), comm. [root in humus, Gr. chamai; cf. Germ. -gam in Bräutigam; O. H. Germ. gomo; Goth. guma; Old Engl. goom; Engl. groom; cf. also Gr. epichthonioi; Hebr. Adam], a human being, man.

Lit.

In gen.:

animal hoc providum, sagax, multiplex, acutum, memor, plenum rationis et consilii quem vocamus hominem, praeclara quadam condicione generatum esse a summo deo, etc.,

Cic. Leg. 1, 7, 22; cf.

, on the natural history of man,

Plin. 7 praef. sq.; § 5 sq.: decem hominibus vitam eripis, indictā causā, Cato ap. Gell. 13, 25 (24), 12: dum quidem unus homo Romanus toga superescit, Enn. ap. Fest. p. 302 Müll. (Ann. v. 486 Vahl.); cf.: unus homo nobis cunctando restituit rem, id. ap. Macr. S. 6, 1 (Ann. v. 313 ib.): navus repertus homo Graio patre Graius homo rex, id. ap. Fest. p. 169 Müll. (Ann. v. 183 ib.):

homo jam grandior,

Ter. Phorm. 2, 3, 15:

homo amicus nobis... homo antiqua virtute ac fide,

id. Ad. 3, 3, 86 sq.; cf.:

bonus homo et nobis amicus,

Cic. Fam. 16, 18 fin.: quid est, quod homo masculus lubentius videre debeat bella uxore? Varr. ap. Non. 248, 16:

infelix,

Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 169:

homo omni doctrina eruditus,

Cic. Fin. 1, 5, 13; cf.:

homo summā prudentiā, multā etiam doctrinā,

id. Fam. 3, 7, 5:

de hujus hominis (i. e. Pompei) felicitate, etc.,

id. de Imp. Pomp. 16, 47:

iners atque inutilis,

id. Off. 3, 6, 31; cf.:

contemptus et abjectus,

id. Agr. 2, 34, 93:

insulsus,

id. Tusc. 1, 8, 15; cf.

also: hominum homo stultissime,

Ter. Ad. 2, 2, 10:

quid hoc homine faciatis?

Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 16, § 42:

consulere generi hominum,

the human race, mankind, id. Rep. 3, 12:

genus hominum,

id. ib. 2, 26; id. de Or. 1, 9, 36; Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 7 et saep. (more freq., genus humanum; v. humanus and genus); cf.:

natura hominem conciliat homini... hominum coetus et celebrationes,

Cic. Off. 1, 4, 12:

placet Stoicis, quae in terris gignantur, ad usum hominum omnia creari, homines autem hominum causa esse generatos,

id. ib. 1, 7, 22:

homines plurimum hominibus et prosunt et obsunt,

id. ib. 2, 5, 17: is dictus popularibus olim, Qui tum vivebant homines, Enn. ap. Cic. Brut. 15, 58 (Ann. v. 308 Vahl.):

homines Romani,

Cic. de Imp. Pomp. 14, 41:

lege conciliati homines cum dis putandi sunt,

id. Leg. 1, 7, 23:

pro deum atque hominum fidem!

Plaut. Curc. 5, 3, 16 et saep.: divumque hominumque pater, Enn. ap. Varr. L. L. 5, § 65 Müll. (Ann. v. 566 Vahl.); so, id. ap. Cic. N. D. 2, 2, 4 (Ann. v. 567) and ap. Gell. 12, 4 (Ann. v. 254); but homo, sing., is used of the human race, mankind (= homines, genus humanum), when it has no predicate joined with it:

qua haud scio an quidquam melius sit homini datum,

Cic. Lael. 6, 20; 3, 11:

taces, Monstrum hominis?

Ter. Eun. 4, 4, 29; cf.:

odium illud hominis impuri,

Cic. Fam. 12, 1, 1:

quid hoc sit hominis?

Plaut. Am. 2, 1, 26; cf.:

quid illuc hominus est?

Ter. Eun. 5, 1, 17;

in addresses: nisi caves tu homo, etc.,

id. Heaut. 5, 3, 1:

tu homo adigis me ad insaniam,

id. Ad. 1, 2, 31.—In apposition:

mares homines,

Plaut. Poen. 5, 5, 32:

amanti homini adulescenti,

id. Trin. 1, 2, 94; cf.:

filius homo adulescens,

Ter. Phorm. 5, 8, 52;

v. adulescens: verberare hominem senem,

id. Ad. 4, 2, 23:

servom hominem,

id. Phorm. 2, 1, 62:

oculi hominis histrionis,

Cic. de Or. 2, 46, 193:

nemo homo,

Plaut. Pers. 2, 2, 29; cf.:

ut homo nemo velit nisi hominis similis esse,

Cic. N. D. 1, 28, 78;

v. nemo. —Of females: mater, cujus ea stultitia est, ut eam nemo hominem appellare possit,

Cic. Clu. 70, 199:

quae (Io) bos ex homine est,

Ov. F. 5, 620; Juv. 6, 284:

dulcissimum ab hominis camelinum lac,

Plin. 28, 9, 33, § 123: homines feminae (opp. mares homines), Aug. Civ. Dei, 3, 3.—

Prov.

Quot homines, tot sententiae, many men, many minds, i. e. every one has his own opinion, Ter. Phorm. 2, 4, 14; Cic. Fin. 1, 5, 15.—

Ut homo est, ita morem geras, Ter. Ad. 3, 3, 77 (but in Plaut. Most. 3, 2, 36 spurious, v. Ritschl ad h. l.).—

Homines, dum docent, discunt, Sen. Ep. 7, 8 fin. —

Aiunt homines plus in alieno negotio videre quam in suo, the lookers-on see farther in the game than the players, id. ib. 109, 16. —

Homo nulli coloris, neither fish nor flesh, Plaut. Ps. 4, 7, 99.—

Homo sum; humani nihil a me alienum puto, Ter. Heaut. 1, 1, 25; cf.:

homo ego sum, homo tu es,

Plaut. Trin. 2, 4, 46.—

Lupus homo homini, non homo, quom qualis sit non novit, Plaut. As. 2, 4, 88.—

In partic.

Pregn., in a good or a bad sense.

In a good sense (cf. vir), a man, as a reasonable or moral being:

homo es, qui me emunxisti mucidum,

Plaut. Ep. 3, 4, 57:

si homo esset, eum potius legeret,

Cic. Att. 2, 2, 2:

nox te expolivit hominemque reddidit,

id. de Or. 2, 10, 40:

si vis homo esse,

id. Att. 4, 15, 2:

homines visi sumus,

id. ib. 13, 52, 2:

nos quod simus, quod habeamus, quod homines existimemur, id omne abs te habere,

id. Fam. 7, 29, 1:

si tu sis homo,

Ter. Ad. 5, 8, 11:

et tu illum tuom, si esses homo, sineres, etc.,

if you had a man's sense, id. ib. 1, 2, 27:

exuens hominem ex homine,

Cic. Fin. 5, 12, 35: cum Socrates Alcibiadi persuasisset, eum nihil hominis esse, that he was nothing of a man (i. e. in no respect such as a man should be), id. Tusc. 3, 32, 77:

(Nero) dicebat se quasi hominem tandem habitare coepisse,

like a human being, Suet. Ner. 31:

me hominem inter homines voluit esse,

Petr. 39. —

In a bad sense, a man, as a weak, mortal being, subject to error, of low condition (rare):

fateor me saepe peccasse, nam et homo sum et adhuc juvenis,

Petr. 130: cf.

homines sumus, non dei,

id. 75:

(Demosthenes, Homerus) summi sunt, homines tamen,

Quint. 10, 1, 25.—In fem.: quae si hoc tempore non diem suum obiisset, paucis post annis tamen ei moriendum fuit, quoniam homo nata fuerat, Sulp. ap. Cic. Fam. 4, 5, 4.—Also of servants (as distinguished from a free Roman): homo P. Quinti, Quintus's man, i. e. his slave, servant, Cic. Quint. 19, 61:

vinum familiae... Saturnalibus et Compitalibus in singulos homines congios,

Cato, R. R. 57, 2; Cat. 10, 16.—

In opp. to a woman, a man (anteand post-class., and very rare):

mi homo et mea mulier, vos saluto,

Plaut. Cist. 4, 2, 57; Lact. 2, 12; Dig. 48, 19, 38.—

In milit. lang., homines, opp. to cavalry, foot-soldiers, infantry:

capti homines equitesque producebantur,

Caes. B. C. 2, 39, 5; cf. vir. —

Homo novus, v. novus.—

Bodies, corpses:

jam pigritia singulos sepeliendi promisce acervatos cumulos hominum urebant,

Liv. 5, 48, 3.—

Particular phrases.

Paucorum hominum esse, to have but few intimates, be choice in one's company: (Maecenas) paucorum hominum et mentis bene sanae. Hor. S. 1, 9, 44:

homo est Perpaucorum hominum,

Ter. Eun. 3, 1, 19.— Hence, comically, of the favorite but rare fish, acipenser: Scipio vide, quid agas: acipenser iste paucorum hominum est, Cic. Fragm. ap. Macr. S. 2, 12 (see the anecdote in connection).—

Inter homines esse (agere).

To be among the living, to be alive, to live (very rare):

Hercules numquam abiisset ad deos, nisi cum inter homines esset, eam sibi viam munivisset,

Cic. Tusc. 1, 14, 32:

inter homines esse desinere,

i. e. to die, Dig. 31, 1, 59; so,

agere inter homines desinere,

Tac. A. 15, 74 fin.:

ab hominibus ereptus est,

Dig. 31, 1, 58.—

To see the world, be among men:

iste homo qui numquam inter homines fuerit,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 28, 76.—

Transf., esp. in familiar lang., the man, the fellow, instead of the pron. he, his, him:

haben argentum ab homine?

Plaut. Ps. 4, 7, 65:

ibi homo coepit me obsecrare, ut, etc.,

Ter. Eun. 2, 2, 30:

itast homo,

id. Ad. 1, 2, 63:

dixit, se senatui roganti de Marcello ne hominis quidem causa negaturum,

Cic. Fam. 4, 4, 3:

ei medico imperasti, ut venas hominis incideret,

id. Pis. 34, 83:

tantum esse in homine sceleris,

id. Sest. 9, 22 Halm.; 41, 89; id. Verr. 2, 4, 27, § 62:

persuasit homini,

Nep. Dat. 10, 3:

aut insanit homo aut versus facit,

Hor. S. 2, 7, 117:

agnoscit hominem Caesar,

Phaedr. 2, 5, 19 Burm. ad loc.; al.—

Hic homo, this man, = I, myself (ante-class. and poet.):

hunc hominem velles si tradere,

Hor. S. 1, 9, 47:

solus hic homo est, qui sciat, etc.,

Plaut. Curc. 2, 1, 33:

tibi verba, huic homini verbera,

Ter. Heaut. 2, 2, 114 (cf. hic, G.).

hŭmĭlis, e, adj. [humus; like chamalos from chamai, on the ground, i. e.], low, lowly, small, slight (class.; esp. freq. in the trop. signif.).

Lit.:

arbores et vites et ea quae sunt humiliora neque se tollere a terra altius possunt,

Cic. Tusc. 5, 13, 37; cf.:

turrim humilem parvamque fecerant,

Caes. B. C. 2, 8, 1 sq.:

humilior munitio,

id. ib. 3, 63, 2:

(naves) humiliores quam quibus in nostro mari uti consuevimus,

id. B. G. 5, 1, 2:

humiles habitare casas,

Verg. E. 2, 29:

domus,

Hor. C. 3, 1, 22:

postes,

Ov. M. 8, 639:

arcus,

id. ib. 3, 30:

arae,

Val. Fl. 3, 426:

virgas humilis mordere salicti,

Juv. 11, 67:

Forentum,

low, situated in the plain, Hor. C. 3, 4, 16; so,

Myconos,

Ov. M. 7, 463:

Italia,

Verg. A. 3, 522:

humillimo solo aqua diutissime immorata,

Just. 2, 1 med.:

avi similis, quae circum litora, circum Piscosos scopulos humilis volat aequora juxta,

flies low, Verg. A. 4, 255; cf.:

decisis humilis pennis,

Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 50:

potest ex deformi humilique corpusculo exire formosus animus ac magnus,

small, diminutive, Sen. Ep. 66:

brevi atque humili corpore homines,

Gell. 19, 13, 3; Curt. 7, 4:

humiles Cleonae,

little, petty, Ov. M. 6, 417 (in Ptolem. polis ou megalê):

Troja,

id. ib. 15, 424:

ipse humili designat moenia fossa,

i. e. slight, shallow, Verg. A. 7, 157; so,

fossa,

Tac. A. 1, 61; cf.

radix,

Plin. Ep. 8, 20, 5.

Trop.

As respects rank, birth, fortune, worth, consideration, etc., low, base, mean, humble, obscure, poor, needy, insignificant (cf.:

supplex, summissus, demissus, abjectus): ut si parentibus nati sint humilibus,

Cic. Lael. 17, 90:

humiles nati (shortly after: trivio conceptus et educatus stercore),

Phaedr. 1, 27, 2: humiles et obscuri homines, Cic. Div. 1, 40, 88; id. Quint. 31, 95:

humillimus homo de plebe,

Liv. 3, 19, 9; cf.:

humilis in plebe et ideo ignobilis puerpera,

Plin. 7, 36, 36, § 121:

ne latos fines parare studeant potentioresque humiliores possessionibus expellant,

Caes. B. G. 6, 22, 3:

humiliores, opp. opulentiores,

Hirt. B. G. 8, 51 fin.:

hos Suevi vectigales sibi fecerunt ac multo humiliores infirmioresque redegerunt,

Caes. B. G. 4, 3 fin.: homines humiles, opp. amplissimi viri, Balb. et Opp. ap. Cic. Att. 9, 8, A, 1:

satis superque humilis est, qui, etc.,

Liv. 3, 53, 9:

junge tuis humiles, ambitiose, manus,

of the servants, Ov. A. A. 2, 254:

civitas ignobilis atque humilis,

Caes. B. G. 5, 28, 1:

humilem sane relinquunt et minime generosum, ut ita dicam, ortum amicitiae,

Cic. Lael. 9, 29:

Viridomarus, quem Caesar ex humili loco ad summam dignitatem perduxerat,

Caes. B. G. 7, 39, 1:

qui cogitationes suas abjecerunt in rem tam humilem atque contemptam,

Cic. Lael. 9, 32; cf.:

nihil abjectum, nihil humile cogitant,

id. Fin. 5, 20, 57:

aut nulla aut humili aliqua arte praediti,

id. Arch. 5, 10:

humiles et sordidae curae,

Plin. Ep. 1, 3, 3:

rei pictor,

Plin. 35, 10, 37, § 120 (dub.;

Jan. floridissimus): humilis atque obsoletus vestitus,

Nep. Ages. 8:

agna,

poor, humble, Hor. C. 2, 17, 32:

fortuna,

Juv. 6, 287:

domus,

id. 11, 171.—Hence, subst.: hŭmĭle, is, n., that which is humble or base, a low station:

ex humili potens,

Hor. C. 3, 30, 12:

quales ex humili magna ad vestigia rerum extollit Fortuna,

Juv. 3, 39.—

Prov.: Humiles laborant ubi potentes dissident,

Phaedr. 1, 30, 1.—

Of low, mean language: iambus frequentissimus est in iis, quae demisso atque humili sermone dicuntur. Cic. Or. 58, 196:

sermo,

Hor. A. P. 229; cf.:

neque humilem et abjectam orationem nec nimis altam et exaggeratam probat,

Cic. Or. 57, 192:

verbum,

id. Brut. 79, 274:

humilia et vulgaria verba,

Quint. 10, 1, 9:

translatio,

id. 8, 6, 5:

si quis sublimia humilibus misceat,

id. 8, 3, 60:

quae humilia circa res magnas, apta circa minores videntur,

id. 8, 3, 18:

humile et quotidianum sermonis genus,

id. 11, 1, 6:

of the author himself: Macer... humilis,

i. e. commonplace, id. 10, 1, 87:

nil parvum aut humili modo, Nil mortale loquar,

Hor. C. 3, 25, 17.—

Of mind or character, low, mean, base, abject:

qui umquam apparitor tam humilis? tam abjectus?

Cic. Phil. 2, 32, 82:

ut ille tum humilis, ut demissus erat!

id. Att. 2, 21, 3:

humillimus assentator,

Vell. 2, 83, 1:

neque nos simus tam humiles, ut quae laudamus inutilia credamus,

Quint. 11, 1, 13:

privata deduci superbo Non humilis mulier triumpho,

Hor. C. 1, 37, 32:

succumbere doloribus eosque humili animo imbecilloque ferre miserum est,

Cic. Fin. 1, 15, 49:

animi,

Lucr. 6, 52:

si prece et obsecratione humili ac supplici utemur,

Cic. Inv. 1, 16, 22; 1, 56 init.; cf.:

fracto animo, atque humili aliquem supplicare,

id. Planc. 20, 50:

humillimae preces, Suet. Vit. Luc.: pavor,

Verg. G. 1, 331; cf.

metus,

Val. Fl. 3, 394.—Hence, adv.: hŭmĭlĭter, low, deeply.

Lit. (so post-Aug. and very rare):

in loco clivoso humilius rami arborum servandisunt, in plano altius,

Pall. 3, 13, 3:

eadem facta claritate vel obscuritate facientium vel tolluntur altissime vel humillime deprimuntur,

very deeply, Plin. Ep. 6, 24, 1. —

Trop. (acc. to II. B.), basely, meanly, abjectly, humbly (class.):

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

Cic. Tusc. 5, 9, 24:

aut servit humiliter, aut superbe dominatur,

Liv. 24, 25, 8:

servire alicui,

id. 45, 32, 5:

audacter territas, humiliter placas,

Auct. Her. 4, 20, 28:

animose paupertatem ferre, humiliter infamiam,

Sen. Ep. 120 med.

hŭmĭlis, e, adj. [humus; like chamalos from chamai, on the ground, i. e.], low, lowly, small, slight (class.; esp. freq. in the trop. signif.).

Lit.:

arbores et vites et ea quae sunt humiliora neque se tollere a terra altius possunt,

Cic. Tusc. 5, 13, 37; cf.:

turrim humilem parvamque fecerant,

Caes. B. C. 2, 8, 1 sq.:

humilior munitio,

id. ib. 3, 63, 2:

(naves) humiliores quam quibus in nostro mari uti consuevimus,

id. B. G. 5, 1, 2:

humiles habitare casas,

Verg. E. 2, 29:

domus,

Hor. C. 3, 1, 22:

postes,

Ov. M. 8, 639:

arcus,

id. ib. 3, 30:

arae,

Val. Fl. 3, 426:

virgas humilis mordere salicti,

Juv. 11, 67:

Forentum,

low, situated in the plain, Hor. C. 3, 4, 16; so,

Myconos,

Ov. M. 7, 463:

Italia,

Verg. A. 3, 522:

humillimo solo aqua diutissime immorata,

Just. 2, 1 med.:

avi similis, quae circum litora, circum Piscosos scopulos humilis volat aequora juxta,

flies low, Verg. A. 4, 255; cf.:

decisis humilis pennis,

Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 50:

potest ex deformi humilique corpusculo exire formosus animus ac magnus,

small, diminutive, Sen. Ep. 66:

brevi atque humili corpore homines,

Gell. 19, 13, 3; Curt. 7, 4:

humiles Cleonae,

little, petty, Ov. M. 6, 417 (in Ptolem. polis ou megalê):

Troja,

id. ib. 15, 424:

ipse humili designat moenia fossa,

i. e. slight, shallow, Verg. A. 7, 157; so,

fossa,

Tac. A. 1, 61; cf.

radix,

Plin. Ep. 8, 20, 5.

Trop.

As respects rank, birth, fortune, worth, consideration, etc., low, base, mean, humble, obscure, poor, needy, insignificant (cf.:

supplex, summissus, demissus, abjectus): ut si parentibus nati sint humilibus,

Cic. Lael. 17, 90:

humiles nati (shortly after: trivio conceptus et educatus stercore),

Phaedr. 1, 27, 2: humiles et obscuri homines, Cic. Div. 1, 40, 88; id. Quint. 31, 95:

humillimus homo de plebe,

Liv. 3, 19, 9; cf.:

humilis in plebe et ideo ignobilis puerpera,

Plin. 7, 36, 36, § 121:

ne latos fines parare studeant potentioresque humiliores possessionibus expellant,

Caes. B. G. 6, 22, 3:

humiliores, opp. opulentiores,

Hirt. B. G. 8, 51 fin.:

hos Suevi vectigales sibi fecerunt ac multo humiliores infirmioresque redegerunt,

Caes. B. G. 4, 3 fin.: homines humiles, opp. amplissimi viri, Balb. et Opp. ap. Cic. Att. 9, 8, A, 1:

satis superque humilis est, qui, etc.,

Liv. 3, 53, 9:

junge tuis humiles, ambitiose, manus,

of the servants, Ov. A. A. 2, 254:

civitas ignobilis atque humilis,

Caes. B. G. 5, 28, 1:

humilem sane relinquunt et minime generosum, ut ita dicam, ortum amicitiae,

Cic. Lael. 9, 29:

Viridomarus, quem Caesar ex humili loco ad summam dignitatem perduxerat,

Caes. B. G. 7, 39, 1:

qui cogitationes suas abjecerunt in rem tam humilem atque contemptam,

Cic. Lael. 9, 32; cf.:

nihil abjectum, nihil humile cogitant,

id. Fin. 5, 20, 57:

aut nulla aut humili aliqua arte praediti,

id. Arch. 5, 10:

humiles et sordidae curae,

Plin. Ep. 1, 3, 3:

rei pictor,

Plin. 35, 10, 37, § 120 (dub.;

Jan. floridissimus): humilis atque obsoletus vestitus,

Nep. Ages. 8:

agna,

poor, humble, Hor. C. 2, 17, 32:

fortuna,

Juv. 6, 287:

domus,

id. 11, 171.—Hence, subst.: hŭmĭle, is, n., that which is humble or base, a low station:

ex humili potens,

Hor. C. 3, 30, 12:

quales ex humili magna ad vestigia rerum extollit Fortuna,

Juv. 3, 39.—

Prov.: Humiles laborant ubi potentes dissident,

Phaedr. 1, 30, 1.—

Of low, mean language: iambus frequentissimus est in iis, quae demisso atque humili sermone dicuntur. Cic. Or. 58, 196:

sermo,

Hor. A. P. 229; cf.:

neque humilem et abjectam orationem nec nimis altam et exaggeratam probat,

Cic. Or. 57, 192:

verbum,

id. Brut. 79, 274:

humilia et vulgaria verba,

Quint. 10, 1, 9:

translatio,

id. 8, 6, 5:

si quis sublimia humilibus misceat,

id. 8, 3, 60:

quae humilia circa res magnas, apta circa minores videntur,

id. 8, 3, 18:

humile et quotidianum sermonis genus,

id. 11, 1, 6:

of the author himself: Macer... humilis,

i. e. commonplace, id. 10, 1, 87:

nil parvum aut humili modo, Nil mortale loquar,

Hor. C. 3, 25, 17.—

Of mind or character, low, mean, base, abject:

qui umquam apparitor tam humilis? tam abjectus?

Cic. Phil. 2, 32, 82:

ut ille tum humilis, ut demissus erat!

id. Att. 2, 21, 3:

humillimus assentator,

Vell. 2, 83, 1:

neque nos simus tam humiles, ut quae laudamus inutilia credamus,

Quint. 11, 1, 13:

privata deduci superbo Non humilis mulier triumpho,

Hor. C. 1, 37, 32:

succumbere doloribus eosque humili animo imbecilloque ferre miserum est,

Cic. Fin. 1, 15, 49:

animi,

Lucr. 6, 52:

si prece et obsecratione humili ac supplici utemur,

Cic. Inv. 1, 16, 22; 1, 56 init.; cf.:

fracto animo, atque humili aliquem supplicare,

id. Planc. 20, 50:

humillimae preces, Suet. Vit. Luc.: pavor,

Verg. G. 1, 331; cf.

metus,

Val. Fl. 3, 394.—Hence, adv.: hŭmĭlĭter, low, deeply.

Lit. (so post-Aug. and very rare):

in loco clivoso humilius rami arborum servandisunt, in plano altius,

Pall. 3, 13, 3:

eadem facta claritate vel obscuritate facientium vel tolluntur altissime vel humillime deprimuntur,

very deeply, Plin. Ep. 6, 24, 1. —

Trop. (acc. to II. B.), basely, meanly, abjectly, humbly (class.):

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

Cic. Tusc. 5, 9, 24:

aut servit humiliter, aut superbe dominatur,

Liv. 24, 25, 8:

servire alicui,

id. 45, 32, 5:

audacter territas, humiliter placas,

Auct. Her. 4, 20, 28:

animose paupertatem ferre, humiliter infamiam,

Sen. Ep. 120 med.

ictus, a, um, Part., from ico.

ictus, ūs ( gen. sing. icti, Quadrig. ap. Gell. 9, 13, 17), m. [ico], a blow, stroke, stab, thrust, bite, sting (freq. and class.).

Lit.

In gen.:

a bestiis ictus, morsus, impetus,

Cic. Off. 2, 6, 19:

pro ictu gladiatoris,

id. Mil. 24, 65:

neque ictu comminus neque conjectione telorum,

id. Caecin. 15, 43:

scutis uno ictu pilorum transfixis et colligatis,

Caes. B. G. 1, 25:

non caecis ictibus procul ex improviso vulnerabantur,

Liv. 34, 14, 11:

ictu scorpionis exanimato altero,

Caes. B. G. 7, 25, 3:

prope funeratus Arboris ictu,

Hor. C. 3, 8, 8:

ictus moenium cum terribili sonitu editi,

Liv. 38, 5, 3:

apri,

Ov. M. 8, 362; Hor. C. 3, 22, 7:

serpentum,

Plin. 23, 1, 11, § 14:

Lesbium servate pedem meique Pollicis ictum,

a striking, playing on the lyre, Hor. C. 4, 6, 36:

alae,

the stroke of a wing, Plin. 10, 3, 3, § 9:

pennarum,

id. 6, 12, 13, § 32:

Phaethon ictu fulminis deflagravit,

a stroke of lightning, lightning, Cic. Off. 3, 25, 94:

fulmineus,

Hor. C. 3, 16, 11; Ov. M. 14, 618.— Poet., of the beating rays of the sun:

tum spissa ramis laurea fervidos Excludet ictus,

Hor. C. 2, 15, 10:

solis,

Ov. M. 3, 183; 6, 49:

Phoebei,

id. ib. 5, 389 (al. ignes):

Phoebi,

Luc. 7, 214:

longe Ejaculatur aquas atque ictibus aëra rumpit,

with jets of water, Ov. M. 4, 124: saxaque cum saxis et habentem semina flammae Materiem jactant, ea concipit ictibus ignem, by their blows, i. e. collision, id. ib. 15, 348.—

In partic.

In prosody or in music, a beating time, a beat:

et pedum et digitorum ictu intervalla signant,

Quint. 9, 4, 51:

modulantium pedum,

Plin. 2, 95, 96, § 209:

unde etiam trimetris accrescere jussit Nomen iambeis, cum senos redderet ictus Primus ad extremum similis sibi,

Hor. A. P. 253.—

A beat of the pulse:

ictus creber aut languidus,

Plin. 11, 37, 88, § 219.—

In mal. part.:

multorum,

Juv. 6, 126.—

Trop., a stroke, blow, attack, shot, etc.:

sublata erat de foro fides, non ictu aliquo novae calamitatis, sed suspicione, etc.,

Cic. Agr. 2, 3, 8:

nec illum habet ictum, quo pellat animum,

id. Fin. 2, 10, 32:

sub ictu nostro positum,

i. e. in our power, Sen. Ben. 2, 29; cf.:

stare sub ictu Fortunae,

Luc. 5, 729:

tua innocentia sub ictu est,

i. e. in imminent danger, Sen. Cons. ad Marc. 9 fin.; cf. the opposite: Deum extra ictum sua divinitas posuit, beyond shot, i. e. out of danger, id. Ben. 1, 7:

eodem ictu temporis,

i. e. moment, Gell. 14, 1, 27; cf.:

singulis veluti ictibus bella transigere,

by separate attacks, Tac. H. 2, 38:

quae (legiones) si amnem Araxen ponte transgrederentur, sub ictum dabantur,

would have come to close quarters, id. A. 13, 39 fin.; cf.:

laetis ostentat ad Urbem Per campos superesse vim, Romamque sub ictu,

near at hand, before the eyes, Sil. 4, 42.—

(Cf. icio, II. A.) Ictus foederis, the conclusion of a treaty, Luc. 5, 372; Val. Max. 2, 7, 1.

ĭn-haerĕo, haesi, haesum, 2, v. n., to stick in, to stick, hang, or cleave to, to adhere to, inhere in.

Lit.

With abl.:

sidera suis sedibus inhaerent,

Cic. Univ. 10:

animi, qui corporibus non inhaerent,

id. Div. 1, 50, 114:

visceribus,

id. Tusc. 2, 8, 20:

constantior quam nova collibus arbor,

Hor. Epod. 12, 20:

occupati regni finibus,

Vell. 2, 129, 3:

prioribus vestigiis,

i. e. continues in his former path, Col. 9, 8, 10:

cervice,

Ov. M. 11, 403.—

With ad and acc.:

ad saxa inhaerentes,

Cic. N. D. 2, 39, 100.—

With in and abl.:

in visceribus,

Cic. Tusc. 4, 11, 24:

in rei natura,

id. de Or. 2, 39, 163.—

With dat.:

conjux umeris abeuntis inhaerens,

Ov. Tr. 1, 3, 79:

pectoribus nostris,

id. ib. 1, 6, 3:

tergo,

id. M. 9, 54. —

Absol.:

linguae,

Cic. Div. 2, 46, 96: inhaesuro similis (canis), as if about to hang on the hare, i. e. to fasten on her, Ov. M. 1, 535:

dextram amplexus inhaesit,

Verg. A. 8, 124. —

Trop., to cling to, adhere to, engage deeply or closely in; to be closely connected with, etc.; with in and abl.:

inhaeret in mentibus quoddam augurium,

is inherent in our minds, Cic. Tusc. 1, 15, 33.— Absol.:

opinatio inhaerens et penitus insita,

Cic. Tusc. 4, 11, 26.—With dat.:

virtutes semper voluptatibus inhaerent,

are always connected with, id. Fin. 1, 20, 68:

vultibus illa tuis, tanquam praesentis inhaeret,

she hangs upon your features, gazes at, Ov. Tr. 4, 3, 19:

pectoribus tu nostris inhaeres,

id. ib. 1, 6, 3:

oculis animisque,

Vell. 1, 14, 1:

paene stulta est inhaerentium oculis ingeniorum enumeratio,

that are before the eyes, plainly to be seen, id. 2, 36, 3:

illa meis oculis species abeuntis inhaeret,

Ov. H. 2, 91:

excidere proxima, vetera inhaerere,

Quint. 11, 2, 6:

memoriae inhaerent fidelius quae, etc.,

id. 10, 6, 2: scio memoriae tuae preces nostras inhaerere, Plin. et Traj. Ep. 12, 1: studiis, to apply one ' s self to, Ov. Tr. 3, 7, 11:

studio operatus inhaesi,

id. M. 8, 865:

semper alicui,

to be always about one, id. A. A. 3, 561:

Lysippum statuae unius lineamentis inhaerentem, inopia exstinxit,

constantly intent upon, Petr. 88:

conpendendis rebus pertinaciter inhaerere,

to be obstinately bent on, Amm. 21, 13, 11.—With acc.:

pejores inhaesimus laqueos,

App. M. 8, p. 209.