augent

1) General subject: cap, capsule, detonator, percussion cap, primer

2) Geology: augent, blasting cap, detonating fuse, percussive cap

3) Military: cap, fulminate cap

4) Engineering: cork seal, primer bottle-top, priming cap

5) Mining: vent

6) Polygraphy: inset (микрофона)

7) Electronics: button

8) Arms production: priming element

9) Makarov: button (угольного микрофона), microphone button (угольного микрофона), primer cap

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augĕo, auxi, auctum, 2, v. a. and n. ( perf subj. auxitis = auxeritis, Liv. 29, 27: auceta: saepe aucta, Paul. ex Fest. p. 25 Müll.; v. Müll. ad h. l.) [Gr. auxô auxanô; Lith. augu, and augmu = growth; Sanscr. vaksh; Goth. vahsjan, and auka = growth; Germ. wachsen; Engl. wax; also allied to vegeo vegetus, vigeo vigor, vigil [p. 204] v. Curt. pp. 67, 186 sq., and Bopp, Gloss. p. 304 b].

Act., to increase, to nourish (orig., to produce, bring forth that not already in existence; in which signification only the derivative auctor is now found).

1.. To increase, enlarge, augment, strengthen, advance that which is already in existence (class. in prose and poetry; syn.: adaugeo, amplio, amplifico): Quicquid est hoc, omnia animat, format, alit, auget, Pac. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 57, 131:

cibus auget corpus alitque,

Lucr. 1, 859:

redductum (animale genus) daedala tellus alit atque auget generatim pabula praebens,

id. 1, 229; 5, 220; 5, 322;

6, 946: virīs,

id. 6, 342:

in augendā re,

Cic. Rab. Post. 2; 14; so,

in augendā obruitur re,

Hor. Ep. 1, 16, 68:

rem strenuus auge,

increase your gains, id. ib. 1, 7, 71:

opes,

Nep. Thras. 2, 4:

possessiones,

id. Att. 12, 2:

divitias,

Vulg. Prov 22, 16:

dotem et munera,

ib. Gen. 34, 12:

rem publicam agris,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 18; so Tac. H 1, 79:

aerarium,

id. A. 3, 25:

vallum et turres,

id. H. 4, 35:

classem,

Suet. Ner. 3:

tributa,

id. Vesp. 16:

pretium,

Vulg. Ezech. 16, 31:

numerum,

Suet. Aug. 37, and Vulg. Deut. 20, 19 al.:

morbum,

Ter. Hec. 3, 1, 54:

suspitionem,

id. Eun. 3, 1, 46; Suet. Tit. 5:

industriam,

Ter. Ad. prol. 25:

molestiam,

Cic. Fl. 12:

dolorem alicui,

id. Att. 11, 22 vitium ventris, id. Cael. 19:

peccatum,

Vulg. Exod. 9, 34:

furorem,

ib. Num. 32, 14:

benevolentiam,

Cic. Lael. 9, 30: animum alicujus, to increase one ' s courage, id. Att. 10, 14; so,

animos,

Stat. Th. 10, 23:

vocem,

to strengthen, raise, Suet. Claud. 33; id. Ner. 20' hostias, to increase, multiply, id. Aug. 96:

ego te augebo et multiplicabo,

Vulg. Gen. 48, 4 al. — Poet.:

nuper et istae Auxerunt volucrum victae certamine turbam,

i. e. have been changed into birds, Ov. M. 5, 301.—

Trop., to magnify, to exalt, to extol, embellish, to praise (syn.:

laudo, laude afficere, verbis extollere, orno): homo tenuis non verbis auget suum munus, sed etiam extenuat,

Cic. Off. 2, 20, 70:

aliquid augere atque ornare,

id. de Or. 1, 21, 94; so,

rem laudando,

id. Brut. 12, 47:

munus principis,

Plin. Pan. 38 al. —

Aliquem (aliquid) aliquā re, to furaish abundantly with something, to heap upon, give to, to enrich, endow, bless, load with: lunae pars ignibus aucta, the part that is entirely filled with fire, Lucr 5, 722: 3. 630: Tantā laetitiā auctus sum, ut nil constet, poët, ap. Cic. Fin. 2, 4, 14 oaque vos omnia bene juvetis, bonis auctibus auxitis, old form of prayer in Liv. 29, 27:

alter te scientia augere potest, altera exemplis,

the one can enrich you with learning, the other furnish you with examples, Cic. Off. 1, 1, 1:

aliquid divitiis,

id. Agr. 2, 26, 69:

commodis,

id. Phil. 11, 14 fin.:

senectus augeri solet consilio, auctoritate, sententiā,

id. Sen. 6, 17:

gratulatione,

id. Phil. 14, 6:

honore,

id. ib. 9, 6:

honoribus,

Hor. S. 1, 6, 11; so Tac. A. 6, 8:

honoribus praemiisque,

Suet. Caes. 52; id. Vit. 5: augeri damno, to be enriched with a loss (said comically), Ter. Heaut. 4, 1, 15:

liberalitate,

Tac. A. 3, 8:

largitione,

id. ib. 13, 18:

nomine imperatorio,

id. ib. 1, 3:

cognomento Augustae,

id. ib. 12, 26 et saep.—Also without abl.:

Di me equidem omnes adjuvant, augent, amant,

Plaut. Men. 3, 3, 27, and id. Ep. 2, 2, 8:

aliquem augere atque ornare,

to advance, Cic. Fam. 7, 17:

aut augendi alterius aut minuendi sui causā aliquid dicere,

id. Part. Or. 6, 22 solum te commendat augetque temporis spatium, honors, Plin. Pan. 24; so id. ib. 26; Suet. Claud. 12.—

In the lang. of religion, t. t. (like mactare, adolere, etc.), to honor, reverence, worship by offerings:

Aliquid cedo, Qui vicini hanc nostram augeam aram [Apoliinis],

Plaut. Merc. 4, 1, 10:

si quā ipse meis venatibus auxi, etc.,

Verg. A. 9, 407.—

Neutr., to grow, increase, become greater (rare; syn.: augesco, cresco, incresco; on this use of vbs. com. act., v. Ellis ad Cat. 22, 11): eo res eorum auxit, Cato ap. Gell. 18, 12, 7:

usque adeo parcunt fetus augentque labore,

Lucr. 2, 1163:

ignoscendo populi Romani magnitudinem auxisse,

Sall. H. 1 (Fragm. Orat. Philipp. contra Lepid. §

6): O decus eximium magnis virtutibus augens,

Cat. 64, 323:

balnea Romae ad infinitum auxere numerum,

Plin. 36, 15, 24, § 122; 2, 16, 13, § 71:

veram potentiam augere,

Tac. A. 4, 41 (Halm, augeri).—Hence, auctus, a, um, P. a., enlarged, increased, great, abundant; in posit. only as subst.:

auctum vocabatur spatium, quod super definitum modum victoriae adjungitur,

Paul. Ex Fest. p. 14 Müll. — Comp.:

tanto mi aegritudo auctior est in animo,

Plaut. Capt. 4, 2, 2:

auctior est animi vis,

Lucr. 3, 450:

auctior et amplior majestas,

Liv. 4, 2; 3, 68; 25, 16:

auctius atque Di melius fecere,

Hor. S. 2, 6, 3.—

* Sup.: auctissima basis, Treb. Gall. 18.— Adv. probably not in use, for in App. Met. 4, p. 290 Oud., altius is the correct reading.

sal, sălis ( neutr. collat. form of the nom. sălĕ, Enn. ap. Gell. 2, 26, or Ann. v. 378 Vahl.; Varr. ap. Non. 223, 17; also, in the regular form sometimes neutr. in sing., v. infra, I.; but plur. always sales, m.; cf. Neue, Formenl. 1, 697 sq.; dat. plur.: infusis salis, Fabian. ap. Charis. p. 82 P.), m. [root sal-, to stream, flow; cf. hals; perh. also found in insula, salix].

Lit., salt.

Masc.: ex sale, qui apud Carthaginienses fit, Cato ap. Prisc. p. 659 P.:

salem candidum sic facito,

id. R. R. 88; Varr. R. R. 1, 7, 8; Col. 6, 17, 7; 8, 6 Schneid. N. cr.; 12, 6, 2; 12, 21, 2 al.; Plin. 31, 7, 39, § 73; Plaut. Merc. 1, 2, 95; id. Curc. 4, 4, 6; id. Pers. 3, 3, 25; Sall. Fragm. ap. Charis. p. 82 P., and ap. Prisc. p. 644 ib.; Hor. S. 1, 5, 46 et saep.—Prov.:

salem cum pane edit,

Plin. 31, 8, 41, § 89.—

Neutr.: nunc vides in conviviis ita poni et sal et mel, Varr. ap. Charis. p. 82 P.; so, aliud, Fabian. ib. p. 82 P.;

tritum,

Veg. 2, 24, 4 al.; v. also infra, II.—

Doubtful gen.:

multos modios salis,

Cic. Lael. 19, 67:

(caseum) parco sale reponunt,

Verg. G. 3, 403; Caes. B. C. 2, 37:

salis vendendi arbitrium,

Liv. 29, 6; 45, 29; Hor. S. 1, 3, 14; 2, 2, 17; 2, 4, 74; Col. 7, 8, 5; Cels. 2, 24; Plin. 31, 7, 42, § 91.—

Plur.:

quin aspergi solent sales: melior fossilis quam marinus,

Varr. R. R. 2, 11, 6; Col. 7, 4, 8; 8, 6, 1; Pall. 9, 2 Mai; id. Nov. 19; Fabian. ap. Charis. p. 82 P.; Ov. M. 15, 286.—

Meton.

Poet., the salt water, brine, sea.

Sing., Enn. 1. 1.:

supra rorem salis edita pars est remorum,

Lucr. 4, 438:

et sale tabentes artus in litore ponunt,

Verg. A. 1, 173; 1, 35; 3, 385; 5, 848; 5, 866; 6, 697; 10, 214; Ov. P. 1, 1, 70; Val. Fl. 4, 722.—

Plur.:

sales amari,

Ov. M. 15, 286:

aequorei,

Luc. 10, 257.—

A speck on precious stones shaped like a grain of salt. — Sing.:

sal,

Plin. 37, 6, 22, § 83; 37, 8, 37, § 117; 37, 2, 10, § 28.— Plur.:

sales,

Plin. 37, 2, 8, § 22.—

Trop.

Intellectual acuteness, good sense, shrewdness, cunning, wit, facetiousness, sarcasm, a witticism, witty saying (class. in sing. and plur.;

syn.: lepos, facetiae, festivitas): (sal) adeo necessarium elementum est, ut transierit intellectus ad voluptates animi quoque. Nam ita sales appellantur, omnisque vitae lepos et summa hilaritas laborumque requies non alio magis vocabulo constat,

Plin. 31, 7, 41, § 88.

Sing.:

qui habet salem, quod in te est,

Ter. Eun. 3, 1, 10; cf.:

nulla venustas, Nulla in tam magno est corpore mica salis,

Cat. 86, 4:

Caesar inusitatum nostris oratoribus leporem quendam et salem est consecutus,

Cic. de Or. 2, 23, 98; cf. id. N. D. 2, 29, 74:

sale vero et facetiis Caesar vicit omnis,

id. Off. 1, 37, 133:

(litterae) tum humanitatis sparsae sale,

id. Att. 1, 13, 1:

qui (versus) dum denique habent salem ac leporem,

Cat. 16, 7:

P. Scipio omnes sale facetiisque superabat,

Cic. Brut. 34, 128; cf.:

argutiae facetissimi salis,

Plin. 35, 10, 37, § 117:

salis satis est, sannionum parum, Cic Fam. 9, 16, 10: in quo mihi videtur specimen fuisse humanitatis, salis, suavitatis, leporis,

id. Tusc. 5, 19, 55:

(Lucilius) sale multo Urbem defricuit,

Hor. S. 1, 10, 3; cf.

of the same: acerbitas et abundantia salis,

Quint. 10, 1, 94:

hic delectatur iambis, Ille Bioneïs sermonibus et sale nigro,

i. e. biting wit, sarcasm, Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 60; Cat. 13, 5:

qui plurimum in scribendo et salis haberet et fellis nec candoris minus,

Plin. Ep. 3, 21, 1. —

Neutr. (ante-class.): quicquid loquitur, sal merum est, Afran. ap. Prisc. p. 659 P.; so, (puella) Charitôn mia, tota merum sal, Lucr. 4, 1162.—

Plur.:

Romani veteres atque urbani sales,

Cic. Fam. 9, 15, 2:

vestri proavi Plautinos Laudavere sales,

Hor. A. P. 271; Sen. Vit. Beat. 27, 2:

periculosi sales,

id. Tranq. 1, 4:

libaboque tuos, scite Menandre, sales,

Prop. 3 (4), 21, 28:

huic generi orationis aspergentur etiam sales, qui in dicendo minimum quantum valent: quorum duo genera sunt, unum facetiarum, alterum dicacitatis,

Cic. Or. 26, 87; cf. Quint. 6, 3, 15; 10, 1, 117:

(Ciceronem) in salibus aliquando frigidum,

id. 12, 10, 12:

a salibus suffusis felle refugi,

Ov. Tr. 2, 565:

protervi sales,

Stat. S. 1, 6, 6:

salibus vehemens intra pomoeria natis,

Juv. 9, 11.—

(Borrowed from the use of salt as a relish.) Good taste, elegance:

tectum antiquitus constitutum plus salis quam sumptūs habebat,

Nep. Att. 13, 2.—

Sharpness, pungency, stimulus, incentive:

quae (sc. calor, sanguis) aviditatem naturali sale augent,

Plin. 10, 72, 93, § 198.

sŏlum, i, (collat. form sŏlus, ūs, m., acc. to Varr. L. L. 6, 1, 2), n. [root sar-, to guard, make whole; Sanscr. Sarva, entire; cf.: solea, solidus, sollus], the lowest part of a thing, the bottom, ground, base, foundation.

Lit., the floor or pavement of a room; the bottom of a ditch or trench; the foundation of a building or the ground, site, on which it stands, etc.; ground, earth, land, soil; the sole of the foot or of a shoe, etc.:

aurata tecta in villis et sola marmorea,

Cic. Par. 6, 3, 49:

(templi) Marmoreum solum,

Ov. M. 15, 672; Tib. 3, 3, 16:

ut ejus (fossae) solum tantundem pateret, quantum summa labra distabant,

Caes. B. G. 7, 72:

imum stagni,

Ov. M. 4, 298:

maris,

Sen. Agam. 475.—Of a river-bed:

puro solo excipitur,

Curt. 3, 4, 8; 5, 3, 2; cf.:

ubi mollius solum reperit, stagnat insulasque molitur,

id. 8, 9, 7:

trabes in solo collocantur,

Caes. B. C. 7, 23:

super pilas lapide quadrato solum stratum est,

Curt. 5, 1, 33:

tecta (porticus) solo jungens,

Lucr. 4, 430:

solo aequata omnia,

Liv. 24, 47 fin.:

clivus Publicius ad solum exustus est,

id. 30, 26, 5:

urbem ad solum diruere,

Curt. 3, 10, 7; Eutr. 4, 17:

solo exaequare,

Flor. 1, 13, 4:

solo aequare,

Vell. 2, 4, 2:

aedificia cuncta solo cohaerentia,

Amm. 22, 11, 6:

ISIDI TEMPLVM A SOLO POSVIT,

Inscr. Orell. 457; cf. ib. 467; Inscr. Fabr. 10, 47: domo pignori data et area ejus tenebitur: est enim pars ejus;

et contra jus soli sequitur aedificium,

Dig. 13, 7, 21:

solum proscindere terrae,

Lucr. 5, 1295; so,

terrae,

id. 1, 212; 5, 211; 5, 1289.— Plur.: recente terrae [p. 1724] sola sanguine maculans, Cat. 63, 7:

sola dura,

id. 63, 40; Verg. G. 1, 80; Tib. 1, 5, 3; Stat. S. 1, 1, 56; id. Th. 4, 445:

sibi praeter agri solum nihil esse reliqui,

Caes. B. G. 1, 11:

solum exile et macrum,

Cic. Agr. 2, 25, 67:

incultum et derelictum,

id. Brut. 4, 16:

densum, siccum, macrum, etc.,

Col. 2, 2, 5 sq.:

duratae solo nives,

Hor. C. 3, 24, 39:

putre,

Verg. G. 2, 204:

cruentum,

Ov. M. 4, 134:

foecundum,

id. ib. 7, 417:

pulvereum,

id. ib. 7, 113:

triste,

id. ib. 8, 789:

vivax,

id. ib. 1, 420:

pingue,

Verg. G. 1, 64:

praepingue,

id. A. 3, 698:

mite,

Hor. C. 1, 18, 2:

exiguum,

Tib. 1, 1, 22:

cultum,

id. 1, 1, 2:

nudum,

Curt. 3, 4, 3; 7, 5, 17:

viride,

Verg. A. 6, 192:

presso exercere solum sub vomere,

id. G. 2, 356:

solo inmobilis haeret,

id. A. 7, 250:

ingreditur solo,

id. ib. 4, 177:

solo recubans,

id. ib. 3, 392:

reptans solo,

Stat. S. 5, 5, 83.— Plur.:

saturare fimo pingui sola,

Verg. G. 1, 80:

ardent sola terrae,

Lucr. 2, 592; Cat. 61, 7; 61, 40; Tib. 1, 5, 3; Stat. S. 1, 1, 56; id. Th. 4, 445; cf. Cic. Balb. 5, 13, B. 1. infra: solum hominis exitium herbae, the sole of the foot, Varr. R. R. 1, 47 fin.:

mihi calciamentum solorum (est) callum,

Cic. Tusc. 5, 32, 90:

loca nullius ante Trita solo,

Lucr. 1, 927; 4, 2:

(canes) unguibus duris, solo nec ut corneo nec nimium duro,

Varr. R. R. 2, 9, 4: qui auro soccis habeat suppactum solum, the sole of a shoe, Plaut. Bacch. 2, 3, 98;

of a dog: solum corneum,

Varr. R. R. 2, 9, 4:

cereale solum pomis agrestibus augent,

their wheaten board, Verg. A. 7, 111:

vastis tremit ictibus aerea puppis, Subtrahiturque solum,

i. e. the sea under the vessel, id. ib. 5, 199:

omne ponti,

Val. Fl. 4, 712:

astra tenent caeleste solum,

i. e. the vault of heaven, Ov. M. 1, 73: manibusque cruentis Pulsat inane solum, i. e. the sockets of the eyes, Stat. Th. 1, 55.— Prov.: quodcumque or quod in solum venit, whatever falls to the ground, i. e. whatever comes uppermost or occurs to the mind, = quod in buccam venit, Varr. ap. Non. 500, 11; Cic. N. D. 1, 23, 65; Afran. ap. Non. 124, 18 sq. (Com. Fragm. v. 41 Rib.).—Also ellipt. (cf. bucca):

convivio delector: ibi loquor, quod in solum ut dicitur,

Cic. Fam. 9, 26, 2.—

Transf., in gen.

Soil, i. e. land, country, region, place (cf.: terra, tellus, humus): sola terrarum, Enn. ap. Fest. p. 301 Müll. (Ann. v. 443 Vahl.):

solum, in quo tu ortus et procreatus,

Cic. Leg. 2, 2, 4; cf.

patriae,

id. Cat. 4, 7, 16; Liv. 5, 49:

pro solo, in quo nati essent,

id. 5, 30, 1:

patrium,

id. 21, 53:

natale,

i. e. native country, natal soil, Ov. M. 7, 52; 8, 184; id. P. 1, 3, 35; Sen. Med. 334; cf.:

in gremio regni solique genitalis,

Amm. 17, 12, 21:

Miletus, genitale solum,

Vell. 2, 7, 5 (7); Vop. Aur. 3, 2.— Plur.:

vos, mutae regiones, imploro, et sola terrarum ultimarum, etc.,

Cic. Balb. 5, 13:

sola Romana,

Capitol. Max. 13:

vile solum Sparte est,

Ov. M. 15, 428:

Romani numen utrumque soli,

id. F. 3, 292:

maxima Fundani gloria soli,

id. P. 2, 11, 28.— Hence, solum vertere, to leave one's country (generally said of going into exile):

qui volunt poenam aliquam subterfugere, eo solum vertunt, hoc est, sedem ac locum mutant,

Cic. Caecin. 34, 100; cf.:

neque exsilii causā solum vertisse diceretur,

id. Quint. 28, 26; id. Phil. 5, 5, 14; Liv. 3, 13; 43, 2 al.; so,

solum civitatis mutatione vertere,

Cic. Balb. 11, 28.—Rarely, in this sense:

solum mutare: exsules sunt, etiam si solum non mutarint,

Cic. Par. 4, 2, 31; cf.:

quo vertendi, hoc est mutandi, soli causā venerant,

id. Dom. 30, 78.—

In jurid. lang.: res soli, land, and all that stands upon it, real estate (opp. res mobiles, personal or movable property):

omnes res, sive mobiles sint, sive soli,

Dig. 13, 3, 1; so,

res soli,

ib. 43, 16, 1, § 32:

tertia pars de agris, terris, arbustis, satis quaerit, et, ut jurisconsultorum verbo utar, de omnibus quae solo continentur,

Sen. Q. N. 2, 1, 2; Plin. Ep. 6, 19, 4:

ut feneratores duas patrimonii partes in solo collocarent,

lay out in land, Suet. Tib. 48:

in solo proprio,

Vop. Flor. 2.—

Trop., a base, basis, foundation (very rare): auspicio regni stabilita scamna solumque, i. e. throne, Enn. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 48 fin. (Ann. v. 99 Vahl.); cf.: Tarquinio dedit imperium simul et sola regni, Enn. ap. Fest. p. 298 Müll. (Ann. v. 151 Vahl.):

solum quidem et quasi fundamentum oratoris vides locutionem emendatam et Latinam,

Cic. Brut. 74, 258: solum quoddam atque fundamentum, id. de Or. 3, 37, 151: solo aequandae sunt dictaturae consulatusque, to be levelled with the ground, i. e. to be utterly abolished, Liv. 6, 18, 14; so,

ad solum dirutum,

Vulg. Nah. 2, 6.

sōlum, adv., v. 1. solus fin.

thēsaurus (old form thensaurus, Plaut. Trin. prol. p. ciii. Ritschl; cf. Marin. Fratr. Arv. p. 590; collat. form thensau-rum, n., Petr. 46, 8), i, m., = thêsauros.

Any thing laid or stored up, a hoard, treasure, provision, store.

Lit.:

TABVLARIVS THENSAVRORVM,

Inscr. Orell. 3247:

thensaurum effodere,

Plaut. Trin. 3, 3, 53; 4, 4, 8; id. Ps. 2, 2, 33; id. Aul. prol. 7:

thesaurum defodere... invenire,

Cic. Div. 2, 65, 134:

nec vero quemquam senem audivi oblitum, quo loco thesaurum obruisset,

id. Sen. 7, 21:

non exercitus neque thensauri praesidia regni sunt, verum amici,

Sall. J. 10, 4:

intactis opulentior Thesauris Arabum,

Hor. C. 3, 24, 2.—

Law t. t., treasure trove:

thensaurus est vetus quaedam depositio pecuniae, cujus non exstat memoria, ut jam dominum non habeat,

Dig. 41, 1, 31, § 1; 41, 2, 3, § 3; Cod. 10, 15, 1.—

Trop. (very rare):

thesaurus mali,

a great quantity, Plaut. Merc. 1, 2, 54: stupri, id. Fragm. ap. Non. 456, 19; cf.: augent ex pauxillo;

thensaurum inde pariunt,

id. Most. 4, 1, 8:

thesauros penitus abditae fraudis vultu laeto tegentes,

App. M. 5, p. 165, 15. —

Of persons, a treasure, loved one, a valued or dear object: Di. Quid, amator novos quispiam? Ast. Integrum et plenum adortust thensaurum, Plaut. Truc. 4, 2, 13; cf. id. ib. 2, 1, 34:

eccum lenonem, incedit, thensaurum meum,

id. Curc. 5, 2, 76; cf.:

thensaurus copiarum,

id. As. 3, 3, 67.—

A place where any thing is stored up, a storehouse, treasure - chamber, treasure - vault, treasury (cf.: cella, armarium).

Lit.:

monedula condens semina in thesauros cavernarum,

id. 17, 14, 22, § 99; cf. poet., of the cells of bees, Verg. G. 4, 229:

admonent quidam, esse thesaurum publicum sub terrā saxo quadrato septum,

Liv. 39, 50, 3:

Proserpinae,

id. 29, 8, 9; 29, 18, 4; 31, 12, 1; cf. poet. of the Lower World: postquam est Orcino traditus thesauro, Naev. ap. Gell. 1, 24, 2.—

Esp., a strong-box, treasure-chest:

cum thesaurum effregisset heres,

Plin. 34, 7, 17, § 37:

apertis thesauris suis,

Vulg. Matt. 2, 11.—

Trop., a repository, conservatory, magazine, collection, Plaut. Poen. 3, 3, 12:

quid dicam de thesauro rerum omnium, memoria?

Cic. de Or. 1, 5, 18; Quint. 11, 2, 1; cf.:

thesauri argumentorum,

Cic. Part. Or. 31, 109:

suppeditat nobis Atticus noster de thesauris suis quos et quantos viros,

id. Fin. 2, 21, 67: thesauros oportet esse non libros, Plin. praef. § 17; cf.:

mihi quoties aliquid abditum quaero, ille thesaurus est,

a literary storehouse, Plin. Ep. 1, 22, 2.—

The title of a Greek play by Philemon, upon which Plautus founded the Trinummus, Plaut. Trin. prol. 18.

thēsaurus (old form thensaurus, Plaut. Trin. prol. p. ciii. Ritschl; cf. Marin. Fratr. Arv. p. 590; collat. form thensau-rum, n., Petr. 46, 8), i, m., = thêsauros.

Any thing laid or stored up, a hoard, treasure, provision, store.

Lit.:

TABVLARIVS THENSAVRORVM,

Inscr. Orell. 3247:

thensaurum effodere,

Plaut. Trin. 3, 3, 53; 4, 4, 8; id. Ps. 2, 2, 33; id. Aul. prol. 7:

thesaurum defodere... invenire,

Cic. Div. 2, 65, 134:

nec vero quemquam senem audivi oblitum, quo loco thesaurum obruisset,

id. Sen. 7, 21:

non exercitus neque thensauri praesidia regni sunt, verum amici,

Sall. J. 10, 4:

intactis opulentior Thesauris Arabum,

Hor. C. 3, 24, 2.—

Law t. t., treasure trove:

thensaurus est vetus quaedam depositio pecuniae, cujus non exstat memoria, ut jam dominum non habeat,

Dig. 41, 1, 31, § 1; 41, 2, 3, § 3; Cod. 10, 15, 1.—

Trop. (very rare):

thesaurus mali,

a great quantity, Plaut. Merc. 1, 2, 54: stupri, id. Fragm. ap. Non. 456, 19; cf.: augent ex pauxillo;

thensaurum inde pariunt,

id. Most. 4, 1, 8:

thesauros penitus abditae fraudis vultu laeto tegentes,

App. M. 5, p. 165, 15. —

Of persons, a treasure, loved one, a valued or dear object: Di. Quid, amator novos quispiam? Ast. Integrum et plenum adortust thensaurum, Plaut. Truc. 4, 2, 13; cf. id. ib. 2, 1, 34:

eccum lenonem, incedit, thensaurum meum,

id. Curc. 5, 2, 76; cf.:

thensaurus copiarum,

id. As. 3, 3, 67.—

A place where any thing is stored up, a storehouse, treasure - chamber, treasure - vault, treasury (cf.: cella, armarium).

Lit.:

monedula condens semina in thesauros cavernarum,

id. 17, 14, 22, § 99; cf. poet., of the cells of bees, Verg. G. 4, 229:

admonent quidam, esse thesaurum publicum sub terrā saxo quadrato septum,

Liv. 39, 50, 3:

Proserpinae,

id. 29, 8, 9; 29, 18, 4; 31, 12, 1; cf. poet. of the Lower World: postquam est Orcino traditus thesauro, Naev. ap. Gell. 1, 24, 2.—

Esp., a strong-box, treasure-chest:

cum thesaurum effregisset heres,

Plin. 34, 7, 17, § 37:

apertis thesauris suis,

Vulg. Matt. 2, 11.—

Trop., a repository, conservatory, magazine, collection, Plaut. Poen. 3, 3, 12:

quid dicam de thesauro rerum omnium, memoria?

Cic. de Or. 1, 5, 18; Quint. 11, 2, 1; cf.:

thesauri argumentorum,

Cic. Part. Or. 31, 109:

suppeditat nobis Atticus noster de thesauris suis quos et quantos viros,

id. Fin. 2, 21, 67: thesauros oportet esse non libros, Plin. praef. § 17; cf.:

mihi quoties aliquid abditum quaero, ille thesaurus est,

a literary storehouse, Plin. Ep. 1, 22, 2.—

The title of a Greek play by Philemon, upon which Plautus founded the Trinummus, Plaut. Trin. prol. 18.