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assĭdŭus ( ads-, perh. only by confusion of 1. assiduus with 2. assiduus), i, m. [as-do; cf.

infra,

Gell. 16, 10, 15 ], a tributepayer; a name given by Servius Tullius to the citizens of the upper and more wealthy classes, in opp. to proletarii, citizens of the lowest classes, who benefit the state only by their progeny (proles).

A.. Lit.:

cum locupletes assiduos (Servius) appellāsset ab aere dando,

Cic. Rep. 2, 22, 40.—So in the Twelve Tables:

adsiduo vindex adsiduus esto. Proletario jam civi, cui quis volet vindex esto,

Gell. 16, 10, 5; cf.

Dirks. Transl. 154 sq.: locuples enim est assiduus, ut ait L. Aelius, appellatus ab aere dando,

Cic. Top. 2, 10; Varr. ap. Non. p. 67, 25: quibus erant pecuniae satis locupletes, assiduos;

contrarios proletarios,

id. ib.:

assiduum ab aere dando,

Quint. 5, 10, 55:

adsiduus in Duodecim Tabulis pro locuplete dictus, ab assibus, id est aere dando,

Gell. 16, 10, 15: adsiduus dicitur, qui in eā re, quam frequenter agit, quasi consedisse videatur. Alii assiduum locupletem, quasi multorum assium dictum putārunt. Alii eum, qui sumptu proprio militabat, ab asse dando vocatum existimārunt, Paul. ex Fest. p. 9 Müll.:

ditiores qui asses dabant, assidui dicti sunt,

Charis. p. 58 P.; cf. vindex ap. Cassiod. Orth. p. 2318 P.:

assiduus dicebatur apud antiquos, qui assibus ad aerarii expensam conferendis erat,

Isid. Orig. 10, 17; cf. Nieb. Röm. Gesch. 1, pp. 496-502.—

Meton., a rich person:

noctīsque diesque adsiduo satis superque est,

Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 14.—

Trop., adject. of a first-rate, classical writer:

classicus adsiduusque aliquis scriptor, non proletarius,

Gell. 19, 8, 15 (cf. on the other hand:

Proletario sermone nunc quidem utere,

common talk, Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 157).

assĭdŭus ( ads-, Ritschl, Lachm., Fleck., B. and K., Rib., Weissenb., Jahn; ass-, Merk., Halm, K. and H.), a, um, adj. [from assideo, as continuus from contineo, etc.]:

Itaque qui adest, adsiduus (est),

Varr. L. L. 7, § 99; but more correctly: adsiduus dicitur, qui in eā re, quam frequenter agit, quasi consedisse videatur, to have sat down to it, Paul. ex Fest. p. 9 Müll.; hence,

Constantly present somewhere, attending to, busy or occupied with something (cf. deses, idle, from desideo):

cum hic filius adsiduus in praediis esset,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 7; id. Att. 4, 8, b, §

3: fuit adsiduus mecum praetore me,

id. Cael. 4, 10; Varr. R. R. 2, 10, 6; Vulg. Eccli. 9, 4; 37, 15:

semper boni adsiduique domini (i. e. qui frequenter adest in praediis) referta cella vinariā, oleariā, etc.,

Cic. Sen. 16, 56:

suos liberos agricolas adsiduos esse cupiunt,

id. Rosc. Am. 16, 47:

flagitator,

id. Brut. 5, 18:

his potius tradam adsiduis uno opere eandem incudem diem noctemque tundentibus,

id. de Or. 2, 39, 162:

Elevat adsiduos copia longa viros,

Prop. 3, 31, 44:

campus, Assiduis pulsatus equis,

Ov. M. 6, 219:

adsiduus in oculis hominum fuerat,

Liv. 35, 10:

hostis, adsiduus magis quam gravis,

id. 2, 48:

canes adsiduiores,

Varr. R. R. 2, 9:

circa scholas adsiduus,

Suet. Tib. 11:

(patrimonia) majora fiunt Incude adsiduā semperque ardente camino,

by the busy anvil, Juv. 14, 118:

Retibus adsiduis penitus scrutante macello Proxima,

id. 5, 95:

Quem cavat adsiduis sudibus,

id. 6, 248:

in mandatis illius maxime adsiduus esto,

Vulg. Eccli. 6, 37; 12, 3.—So of the constant attendance of candidates for office, Q. Cic. Petit. Cons. 9, 37 (cf. these passages in their connection).—Hence sarcastically of parasites:

urbani adsidui cives, quos scurras vocant,

Plaut. Trin. 1, 2, 165.—

With the prominent idea of continuance in time, continual, unremitting, incessant, perpetual, constant (very freq. both in prose and poetry):

foro operam adsiduam dare,

Plaut. As. 2, 4, 22: ludis adsiduas operas dare, [p. 180] Lucr. 4, 974:

pars terraï perusta solibus adsiduis,

id. 5, 252:

imbres,

id. 5, 341; Cic. Att. 13, 16:

motus,

Lucr. 1, 995, and 4, 392;

2, 97: repulsus,

id. 4, 106:

casus,

id. 5, 205:

frequentia,

Cic. Planc. 8 fin.; Q. Cic. Petit. Cons. 9, 37: febricula, Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 21 fin.:

adsidua ac diligens scriptura,

Cic. Or. 1, 33, 150:

recordatio,

id. Fin. 1, 12, 41:

deorum adsidua insidens cura,

Liv. 1, 21:

deprecatio justi adsidua,

Vulg. Jac. 5, 16:

(portae) adsiduus custos,

Liv. 34, 9:

longa temporum quies et continuum populi otium et assidua senatūs tranquillitas, etc.,

Tac. Or. 38:

sterilitates,

Suet. Claud. 18:

quantum (nominis) Octavius abstulit udo Caedibus adsiduis gladio,

Juv. 8, 243:

barbarorum incursus,

Suet. Vesp. 8:

vasa aurea adsiduissimi usūs,

id. Aug. 71:

ignis,

Tib. 1, 1, 6:

aqua,

Prop. 2, 1, 68; 2, 19, 31; 3, 11, 56 al.:

libidines,

id. 2, 16, 14:

Hic ver adsiduum atque alienis mensibus aestas,

Verg. G. 2, 149:

nubes,

Ov. M. 1, 66:

gemitus,

id. ib. 2, 486 et saep.: Non feret assiduas potiori te dare noctes, * Hor. Epod. 15, 13.—Sometimes said with a degree of impatience, constant, everlasting, eternal:

lapsus Tectorum adsiduos,

Juv. 3, 8:

obvius adsiduo Syrophoenix udus amomo,

with his everlasting perfume, id. 8, 159 Jahn:

adsiduo ruptae lectore columnae,

id. 1, 13.—Hence adv., continually, constantly, without intermission.

Form as-sĭdŭō ( ads-):

operam dare alicui,

Plaut. Cist. 1, 3, 37:

edere,

id. Mil. 1, 1, 50:

perpotare,

id. Most. 4, 2, 60:

esse cum aliquo,

id. Truc. 2, 4, 68:

quaerere aliquid,

Plin. 26, 3, 8, § 16:

adesse,

Dig. 40, 4, 44.—Far more freq.,

Form assĭdŭē ( ads-):

ubi sum adsidue, scio,

Ter. Hec. 2, 1, 20:

in ore indisciplinatorum adsidue erit,

Vulg. Eccli. 20, 26:

Adsidue veniebat,

Verg. E. 2, 4:

homines nobiles adsidue unā scribere,

Ter. Ad. prol. 16:

adsidue cantare,

Cic. Div. 1, 34, 74:

alia, quae suis locis dicentur adsidue,

Plin. 24, 1, 1, § 3:

Cum assidue minores parentibus liberi essent,

Quint. 6, 3, 67:

agere aliquid,

Ter. Heaut. prol. 29:

ut oculis adsidue videmus,

Cic. N. D. 2, 41, 104:

audire aliquid,

id. Mil. 34, 93: frequenter et adsidue consequi aliquid, Auct. ad Her. 4, 56, 69:

laudare aliquid,

Vulg. Eccli. 51, 15:

interrogari,

ib. ib. 23, 11:

litteris uti,

Cic. Fam. 5, 15:

convivari,

Suet. Aug. 74:

frequentare aedem,

id. ib. 91:

gestare aliquem ornatum,

id. Calig. 52:

DEFLERE ALIQVEM,

Inscr. Grut. 950, 8:

adsidue recens,

Plin. 11, 53, 115, § 277.— Comp not found.—

* Sup. assĭdŭissimē ( ads-):

Adsiduissime mecum fuit Dionysius,

Cic. Brut. 91, 316: salientes (aquae) adsiduissime interdiu et noctu, Sen. Cons. ap. Front. Aquaed. 2, p. 252; for the comparison of the adj. and adv. (as in arduus, exiguus, egregius, industrius, perpetuus, etc.), v. Rudd. I. p. 180, n. 58.

assĭdŭus ( ads-, perh. only by confusion of 1. assiduus with 2. assiduus), i, m. [as-do; cf.

infra,

Gell. 16, 10, 15 ], a tributepayer; a name given by Servius Tullius to the citizens of the upper and more wealthy classes, in opp. to proletarii, citizens of the lowest classes, who benefit the state only by their progeny (proles).

A.. Lit.:

cum locupletes assiduos (Servius) appellāsset ab aere dando,

Cic. Rep. 2, 22, 40.—So in the Twelve Tables:

adsiduo vindex adsiduus esto. Proletario jam civi, cui quis volet vindex esto,

Gell. 16, 10, 5; cf.

Dirks. Transl. 154 sq.: locuples enim est assiduus, ut ait L. Aelius, appellatus ab aere dando,

Cic. Top. 2, 10; Varr. ap. Non. p. 67, 25: quibus erant pecuniae satis locupletes, assiduos;

contrarios proletarios,

id. ib.:

assiduum ab aere dando,

Quint. 5, 10, 55:

adsiduus in Duodecim Tabulis pro locuplete dictus, ab assibus, id est aere dando,

Gell. 16, 10, 15: adsiduus dicitur, qui in eā re, quam frequenter agit, quasi consedisse videatur. Alii assiduum locupletem, quasi multorum assium dictum putārunt. Alii eum, qui sumptu proprio militabat, ab asse dando vocatum existimārunt, Paul. ex Fest. p. 9 Müll.:

ditiores qui asses dabant, assidui dicti sunt,

Charis. p. 58 P.; cf. vindex ap. Cassiod. Orth. p. 2318 P.:

assiduus dicebatur apud antiquos, qui assibus ad aerarii expensam conferendis erat,

Isid. Orig. 10, 17; cf. Nieb. Röm. Gesch. 1, pp. 496-502.—

Meton., a rich person:

noctīsque diesque adsiduo satis superque est,

Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 14.—

Trop., adject. of a first-rate, classical writer:

classicus adsiduusque aliquis scriptor, non proletarius,

Gell. 19, 8, 15 (cf. on the other hand:

Proletario sermone nunc quidem utere,

common talk, Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 157).

assĭdŭus ( ads-, Ritschl, Lachm., Fleck., B. and K., Rib., Weissenb., Jahn; ass-, Merk., Halm, K. and H.), a, um, adj. [from assideo, as continuus from contineo, etc.]:

Itaque qui adest, adsiduus (est),

Varr. L. L. 7, § 99; but more correctly: adsiduus dicitur, qui in eā re, quam frequenter agit, quasi consedisse videatur, to have sat down to it, Paul. ex Fest. p. 9 Müll.; hence,

Constantly present somewhere, attending to, busy or occupied with something (cf. deses, idle, from desideo):

cum hic filius adsiduus in praediis esset,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 7; id. Att. 4, 8, b, §

3: fuit adsiduus mecum praetore me,

id. Cael. 4, 10; Varr. R. R. 2, 10, 6; Vulg. Eccli. 9, 4; 37, 15:

semper boni adsiduique domini (i. e. qui frequenter adest in praediis) referta cella vinariā, oleariā, etc.,

Cic. Sen. 16, 56:

suos liberos agricolas adsiduos esse cupiunt,

id. Rosc. Am. 16, 47:

flagitator,

id. Brut. 5, 18:

his potius tradam adsiduis uno opere eandem incudem diem noctemque tundentibus,

id. de Or. 2, 39, 162:

Elevat adsiduos copia longa viros,

Prop. 3, 31, 44:

campus, Assiduis pulsatus equis,

Ov. M. 6, 219:

adsiduus in oculis hominum fuerat,

Liv. 35, 10:

hostis, adsiduus magis quam gravis,

id. 2, 48:

canes adsiduiores,

Varr. R. R. 2, 9:

circa scholas adsiduus,

Suet. Tib. 11:

(patrimonia) majora fiunt Incude adsiduā semperque ardente camino,

by the busy anvil, Juv. 14, 118:

Retibus adsiduis penitus scrutante macello Proxima,

id. 5, 95:

Quem cavat adsiduis sudibus,

id. 6, 248:

in mandatis illius maxime adsiduus esto,

Vulg. Eccli. 6, 37; 12, 3.—So of the constant attendance of candidates for office, Q. Cic. Petit. Cons. 9, 37 (cf. these passages in their connection).—Hence sarcastically of parasites:

urbani adsidui cives, quos scurras vocant,

Plaut. Trin. 1, 2, 165.—

With the prominent idea of continuance in time, continual, unremitting, incessant, perpetual, constant (very freq. both in prose and poetry):

foro operam adsiduam dare,

Plaut. As. 2, 4, 22: ludis adsiduas operas dare, [p. 180] Lucr. 4, 974:

pars terraï perusta solibus adsiduis,

id. 5, 252:

imbres,

id. 5, 341; Cic. Att. 13, 16:

motus,

Lucr. 1, 995, and 4, 392;

2, 97: repulsus,

id. 4, 106:

casus,

id. 5, 205:

frequentia,

Cic. Planc. 8 fin.; Q. Cic. Petit. Cons. 9, 37: febricula, Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 21 fin.:

adsidua ac diligens scriptura,

Cic. Or. 1, 33, 150:

recordatio,

id. Fin. 1, 12, 41:

deorum adsidua insidens cura,

Liv. 1, 21:

deprecatio justi adsidua,

Vulg. Jac. 5, 16:

(portae) adsiduus custos,

Liv. 34, 9:

longa temporum quies et continuum populi otium et assidua senatūs tranquillitas, etc.,

Tac. Or. 38:

sterilitates,

Suet. Claud. 18:

quantum (nominis) Octavius abstulit udo Caedibus adsiduis gladio,

Juv. 8, 243:

barbarorum incursus,

Suet. Vesp. 8:

vasa aurea adsiduissimi usūs,

id. Aug. 71:

ignis,

Tib. 1, 1, 6:

aqua,

Prop. 2, 1, 68; 2, 19, 31; 3, 11, 56 al.:

libidines,

id. 2, 16, 14:

Hic ver adsiduum atque alienis mensibus aestas,

Verg. G. 2, 149:

nubes,

Ov. M. 1, 66:

gemitus,

id. ib. 2, 486 et saep.: Non feret assiduas potiori te dare noctes, * Hor. Epod. 15, 13.—Sometimes said with a degree of impatience, constant, everlasting, eternal:

lapsus Tectorum adsiduos,

Juv. 3, 8:

obvius adsiduo Syrophoenix udus amomo,

with his everlasting perfume, id. 8, 159 Jahn:

adsiduo ruptae lectore columnae,

id. 1, 13.—Hence adv., continually, constantly, without intermission.

Form as-sĭdŭō ( ads-):

operam dare alicui,

Plaut. Cist. 1, 3, 37:

edere,

id. Mil. 1, 1, 50:

perpotare,

id. Most. 4, 2, 60:

esse cum aliquo,

id. Truc. 2, 4, 68:

quaerere aliquid,

Plin. 26, 3, 8, § 16:

adesse,

Dig. 40, 4, 44.—Far more freq.,

Form assĭdŭē ( ads-):

ubi sum adsidue, scio,

Ter. Hec. 2, 1, 20:

in ore indisciplinatorum adsidue erit,

Vulg. Eccli. 20, 26:

Adsidue veniebat,

Verg. E. 2, 4:

homines nobiles adsidue unā scribere,

Ter. Ad. prol. 16:

adsidue cantare,

Cic. Div. 1, 34, 74:

alia, quae suis locis dicentur adsidue,

Plin. 24, 1, 1, § 3:

Cum assidue minores parentibus liberi essent,

Quint. 6, 3, 67:

agere aliquid,

Ter. Heaut. prol. 29:

ut oculis adsidue videmus,

Cic. N. D. 2, 41, 104:

audire aliquid,

id. Mil. 34, 93: frequenter et adsidue consequi aliquid, Auct. ad Her. 4, 56, 69:

laudare aliquid,

Vulg. Eccli. 51, 15:

interrogari,

ib. ib. 23, 11:

litteris uti,

Cic. Fam. 5, 15:

convivari,

Suet. Aug. 74:

frequentare aedem,

id. ib. 91:

gestare aliquem ornatum,

id. Calig. 52:

DEFLERE ALIQVEM,

Inscr. Grut. 950, 8:

adsidue recens,

Plin. 11, 53, 115, § 277.— Comp not found.—

* Sup. assĭdŭissimē ( ads-):

Adsiduissime mecum fuit Dionysius,

Cic. Brut. 91, 316: salientes (aquae) adsiduissime interdiu et noctu, Sen. Cons. ap. Front. Aquaed. 2, p. 252; for the comparison of the adj. and adv. (as in arduus, exiguus, egregius, industrius, perpetuus, etc.), v. Rudd. I. p. 180, n. 58.

agrĭcŏla, ae, m. (Lucr. has gen. plur. agricolūm in 4, 586, but reg. form in 2, 1161; 6, 1260) [ager-colo], a cultivator of land, in the widest sense, a husbandman, agriculturist (including even the vine-dresser, gardener; also one who takes pleasure in agriculture, etc.); or in a more limited sense, a farmer, ploughman, countryman, boor, peasant.

Prop.:

bonum agricolam laudabant,

Cato, R. R. 1, 2:

agricolae assidui,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 16:

(Deiotarus) optimus paterfamilias et diligentissimus agricola et pecuarius,

devoted to agriculture and cattlebreeding, id. Deiot. 9:

sed venio ad agricolas,

the farmers, id. Sen. 16:

agricolam laudat juris peritus,

Hor. S. 1, 1, 9:

invisum agricolis sidus,

id. ib. 1, 7, 26:

sollers,

Nep. Cat. 3:

peritissimus,

Col. R. R. 1, 11, 1:

fortunati,

Verg. G. 2, 468:

indomiti,

id. A. 7, 521:

parvo beati,

Hor. Ep. 1, 2, 139:

negotiosi,

Col. R. R. 9, 2, 5:

severi,

Lucr. 5, 1356:

miseri,

Verg. A. 12, 292; Vulg. Gen. 4, 2; ib. Jacob. 5, 7.—Of the vine-dresser, keeper of a vineyard:

locavit eam (vineam) agricolis,

Vulg. Matt. 21, 33; ib. Joan. 15, 1.— Hence,

Meton., of the gods, patrons, tutelary deities of agriculture, as Ceres, Bacchus, Faunus, etc.:

agricolarum duces di,

Varr. R. R. 1, 1, 4:

Redditur agricolis gratia caelitibus,

Tib. 2, 1, 36.

Agrĭcŏla, ae, m., a Roman proper name: Cn. Julius, a celebrated Roman commander, father-in-law of Tacitus, who wrote his life, v. Tac. Agr.

agrĭcŏla, ae, m. (Lucr. has gen. plur. agricolūm in 4, 586, but reg. form in 2, 1161; 6, 1260) [ager-colo], a cultivator of land, in the widest sense, a husbandman, agriculturist (including even the vine-dresser, gardener; also one who takes pleasure in agriculture, etc.); or in a more limited sense, a farmer, ploughman, countryman, boor, peasant.

Prop.:

bonum agricolam laudabant,

Cato, R. R. 1, 2:

agricolae assidui,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 16:

(Deiotarus) optimus paterfamilias et diligentissimus agricola et pecuarius,

devoted to agriculture and cattlebreeding, id. Deiot. 9:

sed venio ad agricolas,

the farmers, id. Sen. 16:

agricolam laudat juris peritus,

Hor. S. 1, 1, 9:

invisum agricolis sidus,

id. ib. 1, 7, 26:

sollers,

Nep. Cat. 3:

peritissimus,

Col. R. R. 1, 11, 1:

fortunati,

Verg. G. 2, 468:

indomiti,

id. A. 7, 521:

parvo beati,

Hor. Ep. 1, 2, 139:

negotiosi,

Col. R. R. 9, 2, 5:

severi,

Lucr. 5, 1356:

miseri,

Verg. A. 12, 292; Vulg. Gen. 4, 2; ib. Jacob. 5, 7.—Of the vine-dresser, keeper of a vineyard:

locavit eam (vineam) agricolis,

Vulg. Matt. 21, 33; ib. Joan. 15, 1.— Hence,

Meton., of the gods, patrons, tutelary deities of agriculture, as Ceres, Bacchus, Faunus, etc.:

agricolarum duces di,

Varr. R. R. 1, 1, 4:

Redditur agricolis gratia caelitibus,

Tib. 2, 1, 36.

Agrĭcŏla, ae, m., a Roman proper name: Cn. Julius, a celebrated Roman commander, father-in-law of Tacitus, who wrote his life, v. Tac. Agr.

assĭdŭus ( ads-, perh. only by confusion of 1. assiduus with 2. assiduus), i, m. [as-do; cf.

infra,

Gell. 16, 10, 15 ], a tributepayer; a name given by Servius Tullius to the citizens of the upper and more wealthy classes, in opp. to proletarii, citizens of the lowest classes, who benefit the state only by their progeny (proles).

A.. Lit.:

cum locupletes assiduos (Servius) appellāsset ab aere dando,

Cic. Rep. 2, 22, 40.—So in the Twelve Tables:

adsiduo vindex adsiduus esto. Proletario jam civi, cui quis volet vindex esto,

Gell. 16, 10, 5; cf.

Dirks. Transl. 154 sq.: locuples enim est assiduus, ut ait L. Aelius, appellatus ab aere dando,

Cic. Top. 2, 10; Varr. ap. Non. p. 67, 25: quibus erant pecuniae satis locupletes, assiduos;

contrarios proletarios,

id. ib.:

assiduum ab aere dando,

Quint. 5, 10, 55:

adsiduus in Duodecim Tabulis pro locuplete dictus, ab assibus, id est aere dando,

Gell. 16, 10, 15: adsiduus dicitur, qui in eā re, quam frequenter agit, quasi consedisse videatur. Alii assiduum locupletem, quasi multorum assium dictum putārunt. Alii eum, qui sumptu proprio militabat, ab asse dando vocatum existimārunt, Paul. ex Fest. p. 9 Müll.:

ditiores qui asses dabant, assidui dicti sunt,

Charis. p. 58 P.; cf. vindex ap. Cassiod. Orth. p. 2318 P.:

assiduus dicebatur apud antiquos, qui assibus ad aerarii expensam conferendis erat,

Isid. Orig. 10, 17; cf. Nieb. Röm. Gesch. 1, pp. 496-502.—

Meton., a rich person:

noctīsque diesque adsiduo satis superque est,

Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 14.—

Trop., adject. of a first-rate, classical writer:

classicus adsiduusque aliquis scriptor, non proletarius,

Gell. 19, 8, 15 (cf. on the other hand:

Proletario sermone nunc quidem utere,

common talk, Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 157).

assĭdŭus ( ads-, Ritschl, Lachm., Fleck., B. and K., Rib., Weissenb., Jahn; ass-, Merk., Halm, K. and H.), a, um, adj. [from assideo, as continuus from contineo, etc.]:

Itaque qui adest, adsiduus (est),

Varr. L. L. 7, § 99; but more correctly: adsiduus dicitur, qui in eā re, quam frequenter agit, quasi consedisse videatur, to have sat down to it, Paul. ex Fest. p. 9 Müll.; hence,

Constantly present somewhere, attending to, busy or occupied with something (cf. deses, idle, from desideo):

cum hic filius adsiduus in praediis esset,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 7; id. Att. 4, 8, b, §

3: fuit adsiduus mecum praetore me,

id. Cael. 4, 10; Varr. R. R. 2, 10, 6; Vulg. Eccli. 9, 4; 37, 15:

semper boni adsiduique domini (i. e. qui frequenter adest in praediis) referta cella vinariā, oleariā, etc.,

Cic. Sen. 16, 56:

suos liberos agricolas adsiduos esse cupiunt,

id. Rosc. Am. 16, 47:

flagitator,

id. Brut. 5, 18:

his potius tradam adsiduis uno opere eandem incudem diem noctemque tundentibus,

id. de Or. 2, 39, 162:

Elevat adsiduos copia longa viros,

Prop. 3, 31, 44:

campus, Assiduis pulsatus equis,

Ov. M. 6, 219:

adsiduus in oculis hominum fuerat,

Liv. 35, 10:

hostis, adsiduus magis quam gravis,

id. 2, 48:

canes adsiduiores,

Varr. R. R. 2, 9:

circa scholas adsiduus,

Suet. Tib. 11:

(patrimonia) majora fiunt Incude adsiduā semperque ardente camino,

by the busy anvil, Juv. 14, 118:

Retibus adsiduis penitus scrutante macello Proxima,

id. 5, 95:

Quem cavat adsiduis sudibus,

id. 6, 248:

in mandatis illius maxime adsiduus esto,

Vulg. Eccli. 6, 37; 12, 3.—So of the constant attendance of candidates for office, Q. Cic. Petit. Cons. 9, 37 (cf. these passages in their connection).—Hence sarcastically of parasites:

urbani adsidui cives, quos scurras vocant,

Plaut. Trin. 1, 2, 165.—

With the prominent idea of continuance in time, continual, unremitting, incessant, perpetual, constant (very freq. both in prose and poetry):

foro operam adsiduam dare,

Plaut. As. 2, 4, 22: ludis adsiduas operas dare, [p. 180] Lucr. 4, 974:

pars terraï perusta solibus adsiduis,

id. 5, 252:

imbres,

id. 5, 341; Cic. Att. 13, 16:

motus,

Lucr. 1, 995, and 4, 392;

2, 97: repulsus,

id. 4, 106:

casus,

id. 5, 205:

frequentia,

Cic. Planc. 8 fin.; Q. Cic. Petit. Cons. 9, 37: febricula, Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 21 fin.:

adsidua ac diligens scriptura,

Cic. Or. 1, 33, 150:

recordatio,

id. Fin. 1, 12, 41:

deorum adsidua insidens cura,

Liv. 1, 21:

deprecatio justi adsidua,

Vulg. Jac. 5, 16:

(portae) adsiduus custos,

Liv. 34, 9:

longa temporum quies et continuum populi otium et assidua senatūs tranquillitas, etc.,

Tac. Or. 38:

sterilitates,

Suet. Claud. 18:

quantum (nominis) Octavius abstulit udo Caedibus adsiduis gladio,

Juv. 8, 243:

barbarorum incursus,

Suet. Vesp. 8:

vasa aurea adsiduissimi usūs,

id. Aug. 71:

ignis,

Tib. 1, 1, 6:

aqua,

Prop. 2, 1, 68; 2, 19, 31; 3, 11, 56 al.:

libidines,

id. 2, 16, 14:

Hic ver adsiduum atque alienis mensibus aestas,

Verg. G. 2, 149:

nubes,

Ov. M. 1, 66:

gemitus,

id. ib. 2, 486 et saep.: Non feret assiduas potiori te dare noctes, * Hor. Epod. 15, 13.—Sometimes said with a degree of impatience, constant, everlasting, eternal:

lapsus Tectorum adsiduos,

Juv. 3, 8:

obvius adsiduo Syrophoenix udus amomo,

with his everlasting perfume, id. 8, 159 Jahn:

adsiduo ruptae lectore columnae,

id. 1, 13.—Hence adv., continually, constantly, without intermission.

Form as-sĭdŭō ( ads-):

operam dare alicui,

Plaut. Cist. 1, 3, 37:

edere,

id. Mil. 1, 1, 50:

perpotare,

id. Most. 4, 2, 60:

esse cum aliquo,

id. Truc. 2, 4, 68:

quaerere aliquid,

Plin. 26, 3, 8, § 16:

adesse,

Dig. 40, 4, 44.—Far more freq.,

Form assĭdŭē ( ads-):

ubi sum adsidue, scio,

Ter. Hec. 2, 1, 20:

in ore indisciplinatorum adsidue erit,

Vulg. Eccli. 20, 26:

Adsidue veniebat,

Verg. E. 2, 4:

homines nobiles adsidue unā scribere,

Ter. Ad. prol. 16:

adsidue cantare,

Cic. Div. 1, 34, 74:

alia, quae suis locis dicentur adsidue,

Plin. 24, 1, 1, § 3:

Cum assidue minores parentibus liberi essent,

Quint. 6, 3, 67:

agere aliquid,

Ter. Heaut. prol. 29:

ut oculis adsidue videmus,

Cic. N. D. 2, 41, 104:

audire aliquid,

id. Mil. 34, 93: frequenter et adsidue consequi aliquid, Auct. ad Her. 4, 56, 69:

laudare aliquid,

Vulg. Eccli. 51, 15:

interrogari,

ib. ib. 23, 11:

litteris uti,

Cic. Fam. 5, 15:

convivari,

Suet. Aug. 74:

frequentare aedem,

id. ib. 91:

gestare aliquem ornatum,

id. Calig. 52:

DEFLERE ALIQVEM,

Inscr. Grut. 950, 8:

adsidue recens,

Plin. 11, 53, 115, § 277.— Comp not found.—

* Sup. assĭdŭissimē ( ads-):

Adsiduissime mecum fuit Dionysius,

Cic. Brut. 91, 316: salientes (aquae) adsiduissime interdiu et noctu, Sen. Cons. ap. Front. Aquaed. 2, p. 252; for the comparison of the adj. and adv. (as in arduus, exiguus, egregius, industrius, perpetuus, etc.), v. Rudd. I. p. 180, n. 58.

assĭdŭus ( ads-, perh. only by confusion of 1. assiduus with 2. assiduus), i, m. [as-do; cf.

infra,

Gell. 16, 10, 15 ], a tributepayer; a name given by Servius Tullius to the citizens of the upper and more wealthy classes, in opp. to proletarii, citizens of the lowest classes, who benefit the state only by their progeny (proles).

A.. Lit.:

cum locupletes assiduos (Servius) appellāsset ab aere dando,

Cic. Rep. 2, 22, 40.—So in the Twelve Tables:

adsiduo vindex adsiduus esto. Proletario jam civi, cui quis volet vindex esto,

Gell. 16, 10, 5; cf.

Dirks. Transl. 154 sq.: locuples enim est assiduus, ut ait L. Aelius, appellatus ab aere dando,

Cic. Top. 2, 10; Varr. ap. Non. p. 67, 25: quibus erant pecuniae satis locupletes, assiduos;

contrarios proletarios,

id. ib.:

assiduum ab aere dando,

Quint. 5, 10, 55:

adsiduus in Duodecim Tabulis pro locuplete dictus, ab assibus, id est aere dando,

Gell. 16, 10, 15: adsiduus dicitur, qui in eā re, quam frequenter agit, quasi consedisse videatur. Alii assiduum locupletem, quasi multorum assium dictum putārunt. Alii eum, qui sumptu proprio militabat, ab asse dando vocatum existimārunt, Paul. ex Fest. p. 9 Müll.:

ditiores qui asses dabant, assidui dicti sunt,

Charis. p. 58 P.; cf. vindex ap. Cassiod. Orth. p. 2318 P.:

assiduus dicebatur apud antiquos, qui assibus ad aerarii expensam conferendis erat,

Isid. Orig. 10, 17; cf. Nieb. Röm. Gesch. 1, pp. 496-502.—

Meton., a rich person:

noctīsque diesque adsiduo satis superque est,

Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 14.—

Trop., adject. of a first-rate, classical writer:

classicus adsiduusque aliquis scriptor, non proletarius,

Gell. 19, 8, 15 (cf. on the other hand:

Proletario sermone nunc quidem utere,

common talk, Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 157).

assĭdŭus ( ads-, Ritschl, Lachm., Fleck., B. and K., Rib., Weissenb., Jahn; ass-, Merk., Halm, K. and H.), a, um, adj. [from assideo, as continuus from contineo, etc.]:

Itaque qui adest, adsiduus (est),

Varr. L. L. 7, § 99; but more correctly: adsiduus dicitur, qui in eā re, quam frequenter agit, quasi consedisse videatur, to have sat down to it, Paul. ex Fest. p. 9 Müll.; hence,

Constantly present somewhere, attending to, busy or occupied with something (cf. deses, idle, from desideo):

cum hic filius adsiduus in praediis esset,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 7; id. Att. 4, 8, b, §

3: fuit adsiduus mecum praetore me,

id. Cael. 4, 10; Varr. R. R. 2, 10, 6; Vulg. Eccli. 9, 4; 37, 15:

semper boni adsiduique domini (i. e. qui frequenter adest in praediis) referta cella vinariā, oleariā, etc.,

Cic. Sen. 16, 56:

suos liberos agricolas adsiduos esse cupiunt,

id. Rosc. Am. 16, 47:

flagitator,

id. Brut. 5, 18:

his potius tradam adsiduis uno opere eandem incudem diem noctemque tundentibus,

id. de Or. 2, 39, 162:

Elevat adsiduos copia longa viros,

Prop. 3, 31, 44:

campus, Assiduis pulsatus equis,

Ov. M. 6, 219:

adsiduus in oculis hominum fuerat,

Liv. 35, 10:

hostis, adsiduus magis quam gravis,

id. 2, 48:

canes adsiduiores,

Varr. R. R. 2, 9:

circa scholas adsiduus,

Suet. Tib. 11:

(patrimonia) majora fiunt Incude adsiduā semperque ardente camino,

by the busy anvil, Juv. 14, 118:

Retibus adsiduis penitus scrutante macello Proxima,

id. 5, 95:

Quem cavat adsiduis sudibus,

id. 6, 248:

in mandatis illius maxime adsiduus esto,

Vulg. Eccli. 6, 37; 12, 3.—So of the constant attendance of candidates for office, Q. Cic. Petit. Cons. 9, 37 (cf. these passages in their connection).—Hence sarcastically of parasites:

urbani adsidui cives, quos scurras vocant,

Plaut. Trin. 1, 2, 165.—

With the prominent idea of continuance in time, continual, unremitting, incessant, perpetual, constant (very freq. both in prose and poetry):

foro operam adsiduam dare,

Plaut. As. 2, 4, 22: ludis adsiduas operas dare, [p. 180] Lucr. 4, 974:

pars terraï perusta solibus adsiduis,

id. 5, 252:

imbres,

id. 5, 341; Cic. Att. 13, 16:

motus,

Lucr. 1, 995, and 4, 392;

2, 97: repulsus,

id. 4, 106:

casus,

id. 5, 205:

frequentia,

Cic. Planc. 8 fin.; Q. Cic. Petit. Cons. 9, 37: febricula, Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 21 fin.:

adsidua ac diligens scriptura,

Cic. Or. 1, 33, 150:

recordatio,

id. Fin. 1, 12, 41:

deorum adsidua insidens cura,

Liv. 1, 21:

deprecatio justi adsidua,

Vulg. Jac. 5, 16:

(portae) adsiduus custos,

Liv. 34, 9:

longa temporum quies et continuum populi otium et assidua senatūs tranquillitas, etc.,

Tac. Or. 38:

sterilitates,

Suet. Claud. 18:

quantum (nominis) Octavius abstulit udo Caedibus adsiduis gladio,

Juv. 8, 243:

barbarorum incursus,

Suet. Vesp. 8:

vasa aurea adsiduissimi usūs,

id. Aug. 71:

ignis,

Tib. 1, 1, 6:

aqua,

Prop. 2, 1, 68; 2, 19, 31; 3, 11, 56 al.:

libidines,

id. 2, 16, 14:

Hic ver adsiduum atque alienis mensibus aestas,

Verg. G. 2, 149:

nubes,

Ov. M. 1, 66:

gemitus,

id. ib. 2, 486 et saep.: Non feret assiduas potiori te dare noctes, * Hor. Epod. 15, 13.—Sometimes said with a degree of impatience, constant, everlasting, eternal:

lapsus Tectorum adsiduos,

Juv. 3, 8:

obvius adsiduo Syrophoenix udus amomo,

with his everlasting perfume, id. 8, 159 Jahn:

adsiduo ruptae lectore columnae,

id. 1, 13.—Hence adv., continually, constantly, without intermission.

Form as-sĭdŭō ( ads-):

operam dare alicui,

Plaut. Cist. 1, 3, 37:

edere,

id. Mil. 1, 1, 50:

perpotare,

id. Most. 4, 2, 60:

esse cum aliquo,

id. Truc. 2, 4, 68:

quaerere aliquid,

Plin. 26, 3, 8, § 16:

adesse,

Dig. 40, 4, 44.—Far more freq.,

Form assĭdŭē ( ads-):

ubi sum adsidue, scio,

Ter. Hec. 2, 1, 20:

in ore indisciplinatorum adsidue erit,

Vulg. Eccli. 20, 26:

Adsidue veniebat,

Verg. E. 2, 4:

homines nobiles adsidue unā scribere,

Ter. Ad. prol. 16:

adsidue cantare,

Cic. Div. 1, 34, 74:

alia, quae suis locis dicentur adsidue,

Plin. 24, 1, 1, § 3:

Cum assidue minores parentibus liberi essent,

Quint. 6, 3, 67:

agere aliquid,

Ter. Heaut. prol. 29:

ut oculis adsidue videmus,

Cic. N. D. 2, 41, 104:

audire aliquid,

id. Mil. 34, 93: frequenter et adsidue consequi aliquid, Auct. ad Her. 4, 56, 69:

laudare aliquid,

Vulg. Eccli. 51, 15:

interrogari,

ib. ib. 23, 11:

litteris uti,

Cic. Fam. 5, 15:

convivari,

Suet. Aug. 74:

frequentare aedem,

id. ib. 91:

gestare aliquem ornatum,

id. Calig. 52:

DEFLERE ALIQVEM,

Inscr. Grut. 950, 8:

adsidue recens,

Plin. 11, 53, 115, § 277.— Comp not found.—

* Sup. assĭdŭissimē ( ads-):

Adsiduissime mecum fuit Dionysius,

Cic. Brut. 91, 316: salientes (aquae) adsiduissime interdiu et noctu, Sen. Cons. ap. Front. Aquaed. 2, p. 252; for the comparison of the adj. and adv. (as in arduus, exiguus, egregius, industrius, perpetuus, etc.), v. Rudd. I. p. 180, n. 58.

circum-spĭcĭo, exi, ectum, 3 ( perf. sync. circumspexti, Ter. Ad. 4, 5, 55; inf. sync. circumspexe, Varr. ap. Non. p. 106, 16, or Sat. Men. 82), v. n. and a. (class.).

Neutr., to look about one ' s self, to cast a look around; or, with an obj.-clause, to observe, see, look about:

circumspicedum, numquis est, Sermonem nostrum quiaucupet,

see whether there is any one, Plaut. Most. 2, 2, 41; 2, 2, 43; Ter. And. 2, 2, 20;

Varr. l. l.: suus conjux ubi sit circumspicit,

Ov. M. 1, 605:

circumspicere late,

Quint. 10, 3, 29:

num quid circumspexti?

Ter. Ad. 4, 5, 55:

diversi circumspiciunt,

Verg. A. 9, 416:

qui in auspicium adhibetur nec suspicit nec circumspicit,

Cic. Div. 2, 34, 72:

circumspicit, aestuat, of one in trouble or perplexity,

id. Rosc. Com. 14, 43; cf. Liv. 21, 22, 7.—

Sometimes circumspicere se, to look about one ' s self:

circumspicedum te, ne quis adsit arbiter,

Plaut. Trin. 1, 2, 109; Varr. ap. Non. p. 106, 16;

Auct. B. Afr. 47: numquamne te circumspicies?

Cic. Par. 4, 2, 30.—In partic., to look about one ' s self with haughtiness; to think highly of one ' s self:

usque eone te diligis et magnifice circumspicis?

Cic. Rosc. Com. 2, 5;

and trop. of language: Romanus sermo magis se circumspicit et aestimat praebetque aestimandum,

Sen. Ep. 40, 11.—

Trop., to exercise foresight, be cautious, take heed:

esse circumspiciendum diligenter, ut, etc.,

Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 3, § 10: cui mandetis (rempublicam) circumspicite [p. 342] Sall. H. 2, 41, 10 Dietsch.—Esp. freq.,

Act., to view on all sides, to survey:

cum sua quisque miles circumspiceret,

looked carefully to see, Caes. B. G. 5, 31; Liv. 9, 28, 5:

tam latā acie ne ex medio quidem cornua sua circumspicere poterant,

Liv. 37, 41, 4:

lucos,

Ov. M. 5, 265:

amictus,

to review, id. ib. 4, 318; so,

habitum suum,

Plin. Ep. 4, 11, 3; cf. under circumspectus, adv.—

To descry, get sight of by looking around:

saxum circumspicit ingens,

Verg. A. 12, 896:

Athin,

Ov. M. 5, 72.—

Transf., of things:

in latus omne patens turris circumspicit undas,

Ov. H. 6, 69.—

Trop.

To view something mentally, to survey, ponder upon, weigh, consider (syn.:

considero, perpendo): reliqua ejus consilia animo circumspiciebat,

Caes. B. G. 6, 5:

circumspicite paulisper mentibus vestris hosce ipsos homines,

Cic. Sull. 25, 70; cf.

se,

id. Par. 4, 2, 30:

neque temere consulem saltatorem vocare, sed circumspicere, quibus praeterea vitiis adfectum esse necesse sit eum, etc.,

id. Mur. 6, 13.—So with rel. -clause, Sall. H. 2, 41 Dietsch; Sen. Ep. 70, 5; Calp. Ecl. 5, 95:

circumspectis rebus omnibus rationibusque subductis summam feci,

Cic. Fam. 1, 9, 10:

permulta sunt in causis circumspicienda, ne quid offendas,

id. de Or. 2, 74, 301; id. Agr. 1, 8, 23; id. Fam. 5, 13, 3:

circumspicite celeriter animo, qui sint rerum exitus consecuti,

id. Leg. 2, 17, 42:

vide, quaere, circumspice, si quis est forte ex eā provinciā qui te nolit perisse,

id. Verr. 2, 3, 77, § 180; id. Clu. 53, 147; id. Cat. 4, 2, 4; Liv. 23, 20, 6; cf. Tac. H. 2, 6; Suet. Aug. 63.—With ut and subj., Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 3, § 10; Ov. Tr. 1, 1, 87:

cum circumspicerent Patres quosnam consules facerent,

Liv. 27, 34, 1.—

To look about for something with desire, to seek for, etc. (so mostly since the Aug. per.):

nec, sicut aestivas aves, statim auctumno tecta ac recessum circumspicere,

Liv. 5, 6, 2; 7, 14, 6:

externa auxilia,

id. 1, 30, 6; cf. Just. 22, 5, 4:

fugam,

Tac. A. 14, 35; Just. 2, 12, 26:

novas belli causas,

id. 31, 1, 8; Verg. G. 3, 390; Plin. Ep. 3, 3, 3:

peregrinos reges sibi,

Just. 40, 1, 1; 22, 5, 4:

viresque suas circumspectantes his validiores,

Amm. 22, 8, 18.—Hence, circumspectus, a, um, P. a.

Of things, weighed with care, well considered, guarded, circumspect (perh. not ante - Aug.):

verba non circumspecta,

Ov. F. 5, 539:

judicium,

Quint. 10, 1, 26:

interrogatio,

id. 5, 7, 31:

moderatio animi,

Val. Max. 4, 3, 4:

circumspectissima sanctio decreti,

id. 1, 1, 20.—

Transf. to the person who carefully weighs a thing, circumspect, considerate, cautious, wary, provident, heedful:

modo circumspectus et sagax, modo inconsultus et praeceps,

Suet. Claud. 15:

circumspectissimus et prudentissimus princeps,

id. Tib. 21:

tenues et circumspecti,

Quint. 12, 10, 23; Cels. 3, 9 fin.:

omnes,

Col. 1, 8, 16; 1, 7, 12:

sive aliquis circumspectior est,

Sen. Q. N. 5, 1, 5.—Of dogs:

assidui et circumspecti magis quam temeraril,

Col. 7, 12, 5.—

In late Lat., worthy of consideration, respected, distinguished:

circumspectum et verecundum nomen populi Romani,

Amm. 14, 6, 6:

colores,

id. 28, 4, 12:

circumspectus genere, famā potentiāque,

id. 18, 10, 1.—Hence, circumspectē, adv., with consideration, with mature deliberation, warily, cautiously, considerately, circumspectly, etc.:

circumspecte compositeque indutus et amictus,

Gell. 1, 5, 2 (cf. supra, II. D.):

circumspecte vestiti,

Amm. 27, 3, 14:

circumspecte facti versus,

Gell. 9, 10, 6:

facere aliquid,

Dig. 4, 4, 7, § 8: parcius et circumspectius faciendum est, * Quint. 9, 2, 69:

circumspectius donare, eligere eos, in quos merita conferantur,

Sen. Ben. 3, 14, 1.

scurra, ae, m.

Orig., an elegant, town-bred man; a fine gentleman, gallant, dandy:

tu urbanus vero scurra, deliciae popli, Rus mihi tu objectas?

Plaut. Most. 1, 1, 14; cf. (opp. militaris) id. Ep. 1, 1, 13; id. Curc. 2, 3, 17.—Also of an elegant debauchee, Cic. Sest. 17, 39; Auct. Har. Resp. 20, 42.—

Transf.

A city buffoon, droll, jester (usually in the suite of wealthy persons, and accordingly a kind of parasite;

syn.: sannio, parasitus): urbani assidui cives, quos scurras vocant,

Plaut. Trin. 1, 2, 165; id. Poen. 3, 2, 35; 5, 5, 2; id. Truc. 2, 6, 10; Cic. Quint. 3, 11; id. de Or. 2, 60, 247; id. Verr. 2, 3, 62, § 146; Auct. Her. 4, 10, 14: Hor. S. 1, 5, 52, 1, 8, 11; id. Ep. 1, 15, 28; 1, 18, 4; Vulg. 2 Reg. 6, 20.—Zeno sarcastically called Socrates scurra Atticus, Cic. N. D. 1, 34, 93:

Sabinus Asilius, venustissimus inter rhetores scurra,

Sen. Suas. 2, 12.—Of the clown in a pantomime, Juv. 13, 111.—Prov.:

vetus est: De scurrā multo facilius divitem quam patremfamilias fieri posse,

Cic. Quint. 17, 55. —

In the times of the later emperors, one of the guard, a soldier of the guard, a guardsman, Lampr. Alex. Sev. 61; 62 fin.; id. Heliog. 33; Treb. Poll. Trig. Tyr. 30.

undĭquĕ, adv. indef. [unde-que, prop. whencesoever; hence], from all parts, sides, or places, from every quarter, on all sides, on every part, everywhere:

ut undique uno tempore in hostes impetus fieret,

Caes. B. G. 1, 22:

vicus altissimis montibus undique continetur,

id. ib. 3, 1:

cinctus periculis,

Cic. Imp. Pomp. 11, 30:

rebus undique collectis, arcessitis, comportatis,

id. de Or. 3, 24, 92; cf.:

carpere et colligere,

id. ib. 1, 42, 191:

carpere atque delibare,

id. Sest. 56, 119:

sic undique omni ratione concluditur,

on all grounds, id. N. D. 2, 53, 132:

omnes undique copiae conferuntur,

id. Rep. 3, 17, 27:

concurritur undique ad istum Syracusas,

id. Verr. 2, 2, 53, § 133:

undique ad inferos tantumdem viae est,

id. Tusc. 1, 43, 104:

natura undique perfecta,

id. Fin. 5, 9, 26; cf. id. ib. 5, 24, 69:

omnes enim partes ejus (i. e. mundi) undique medium locum capessentes nituntur aequaliter,

id. N. D. 2, 45, 115:

delirus et amens Undique dicatur,

Hor. S. 2, 3, 108:

soluta ac velut labens undique toga,

Quint. 11, 3, 147:

undique omnes conisi hostem avertunt,

Liv. 3, 63, 4:

undique omnis copias contrahit,

Curt. 3, 1, 10; Flor. 4, 2, 38.—

Utterly, entirely, completely, in all respects:

aut undique religionem tolle aut usque quāque conserva,

Cic. Phil. 2, 43, 110:

vita undique referta bonis,

id. Tusc. 5, 31, 86:

nam quid fere undique placet?

Quint. 1, 2, 15.—

Esp.

With gentium, in every quarter, in every part of the world: pacato undique gentium toto, quā patet, orbe terrarum, Edict. Aurelian. ap. Vop. Firm. 5.—

With laterum:

canes rabidi et immanes undique laterum circumfusi,

App. M. 8, p. 209, 11.—

With versus ( versum):

marinae aurae undique versus assidui flatus,

Just. 44, 1, 10:

cum Oceanus omnes terras omnifariam et undique versum circumfluat,

Gell. 12, 13, 20; 7, 16, 6; App. Mag. p. 322, 22; Sol. 40 med. —

With secus:

undique secus agris arentibus,

Sol. 27, 46.

urbānus, a, um, adj. [urbs], of or belonging to the city or town, city-, town- (opp. rusticus; cf.: urbicus, oppidanus).

Lit.

Adj.:

nostri majores non sine causā praeponebant rusticos Romanos urbanis,

Varr. R. R. 2, praef. §

1: rustica et urbana vita,

id. ib. 3, 1, 1:

vita (opp. rustica),

Quint. 2, 4, 24; cf. Ter. Ad. 1, 1, 17:

urbani assidui cives, quos scurras vocant,

Plaut. Trin. 1, 2, 165:

scurra,

id. Most. 1, 1, 14:

leges,

id. Rud. 4, 3, 85:

tribus,

Cic. de Or. 1, 9, 38:

praetor,

Caes. B. C. 3, 20:

plebes,

Sall. C. 37, 4:

servitia,

id. ib. 24, 4:

exercitus,

Liv. 27, 3, 9:

administratio rei publicae (opp. provincialis),

Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 15, § 43:

res,

Plaut. Cas. 1, 13; Caes. B. G. 7, 6:

motus,

id. ib. 7, 1:

luxus,

Tac. A. 2, 44: praedia, land and houses, all land covered by buildings (v. praedium), Dig. 50, 16, 198; 8, 1, 1; cf. ib. 8, tit. 2:

fundus,

Cato, R. R. 8, 2:

rus,

Just. 31, 2:

cohortes,

Dig. 25, 1, 8, § 9.—

Subst.: urbā-nus, i, m., an inhabitant of a city, a city man, citizen:

urbani fiunt rustici,

Plaut. Merc. 4, 3, 15 sq.:

omnes urbani, rustici,

Cic. Fin. 2, 23, 77:

sermo omnis non modo urbanorum, sed etiam rusticorum,

id. Or. 24, 81:

otiosi,

Liv. 5, 20, 6:

obrepere urbanis,

Plin. Ep. 9, 20, 2.—

Esp., devoted to the city, fond of city life:

diligere secessum, quem tu nimis urbanus es, nisi concupiscis,

Plin. Ep. 2, 17, 29.—

Transf., in the city fashion, in the city style, citizenlike, both in a good and a bad sense.

In a good sense.

Polished, refined, cultivated, courteous, affable, urbane (syn.:

comis, humanus): hominem non solum sapientem, verum etiam, ut nunc loquimur urbanum,

Cic. Fam. 3, 8, 3; cf. Quint. 8, 3, 34 sq.; so Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 6, § 17.—

Transf., of plants, improved, cultivated, ornamental: sunt arborum quaedam urbaniores, quas his placet nominibus distinguere. Hae mites, quae fructu atque aliqua dote umbrarumve officio humaniusjuvant, non improbe dicantur urbanae. Plin. 16, 19, 32, § 78:

acanthi topiariae et urbanae herbae,

id. 22, 22, 34, § 76.—

Of speech.

In gen., refined, polished, elegant. nice, choice:

in vocibus nostrorum oratorum recinit quiddam et resonat urbanius,

Cic. Brut. 46, 171:

genus dicendi,

Quint. 2, 8, 4:

os facile, explanatum, jucundum, urbanum, id est, in quo nulla neque rusticitas neque peregrinitas resonet,

id. 11, 3, 30:

distinctior et urbanior et altior Cicero,

Tac. Or. 18.—

In [p. 1935] partic., of wit, witty, humorous, facetious: urbanus homo erit, cujus multa bene dicta responsaque erunt: et qui in sermonibus, circulis, conviviis, item in contionibus, omni denique loco ridicule commodeque dicet, Domit. Mars. ap. Quint. 6, 3, 105:

dictum per se urbanum,

id. 6, 3, 54:

circumfertur Marcii Philippi velut urbanissimum factum atque dictum,

Col. 8, 16, 3:

qui est in isto genere urbanissimus,

Cic. Cael. 15, 36:

Romani veteres atque urbani sales,

id. Fam. 9, 15, 2:

homines lauti et urbani,

id. Verr. 2, 1, 6, § 17:

hic tibi comis et urbanus liberque videtur,

witty, clever, Hor. S. 1, 4, 90:

urbanus coepit haberi,

id. Ep. 1, 15, 27:

in senatu dicax et urbanus et bellus,

Plin. Ep. 4, 25, 3:

urbanos qui illa censuerunt dicam an miseros? Dicerem urbanos, si senatum deceret urbanitas,

id. ib. 8, 6, 3.—

In a bad sense, bold, forward, impudent:

frontis ad urbanae descendi praemia,

Hor. Ep. 1, 9, 11:

audacia,

Cic. Prov. Cons. 4, 8.— Adv.: urbānē (acc. to II. A.).

Courteously, civilly, affably, politely, urbanely:

severe et graviter et prisce agere, an remisse ac leniter et urbane,

Cic. Cael. 14, 33:

urbanius agere,

id. ib. 15, 36: urbanissime et prudentissime adjuvit, Treb. Gallien. 14.—More freq.,

Of speech, wittily, acutely, elegantly, happily:

aliquem facete et urbane ridere,

Cic. Fin. 1, 11, 39:

bene et urbane dicere,

Quint. 6, 3, 42; 5, 7, 26; 6, 1, 46 al.:

interrogare,

id. 11, 3, 126:

emendare,

id. 8, 3, 54:

urbanius elabi,

id. 2, 11, 2:

urbanissime respondere,

Gell. 15, 5, 3.