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  • 1 auricolor

    aurĭ-cŏlor, ōris, adj. [aurum], of the color of gold:

    aethra,

    Juvenc. Evang. Bapt. Chr. 1, 359.

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  • 2 auricomans

    aurĭ-cŏmans, antis, adj. [id.], with golden hair, chrusokomês:

    crocus,

    Aus. Idyll. 6, 11.

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  • 3 aurifluus

    aurī̆flŭus, a, um, adj. [aurum-fluo], flowing with gold:

    Tagus,

    Prud. adv. Symm. 2, 604 (cf.: Tanti tibi non sit opaci Omnis harena Tagi quodque in mare volvitur aurum, Juv 3, 55).

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  • 4 aurifodina

    aurĭ-fŏdīna, ae, f [aurum], a goldmine, Plin. 33, 4, 21, § 78; Dig. 3, 4, 1 al.

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  • 5 auripigmentum

    aurĭ-pigmentum, i, n. [aurum], orpiment; composed of arsenic, sulphur, and earth, of a brilliant yellow color, Vitr. 7, 7; Cels. 5, 5; Plin. 33, 4, 22, § 79.

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  • 6 aurum

    aurum (Sab. ausum, Paul. ex Fest. p. 9 Müll.; vulg. Lat., ōrum, ib. p. 183; cf. Ital. and Span. oro and Fr. or), i, n. [v. aes].
    I.
    Gold; as a mineral, v. Plin. 33, 4, 21, § 66 sqq.:

    auri venas invenire,

    Cic. N. D. 2, 60, 151:

    venas auri sequi,

    Lucr. 6, 808; Tac. G. 5:

    aurum igni perspicere,

    Cic. Fam. 9, 16:

    eruere terrā,

    Ov. Am. 3, 8, 53:

    auri fodina,

    Plin. 33, 4, 21, § 78; Vulg. Gen. 2, 11; ib. 2 Par. 2, 7; ib. Matt. 2, 11; Naev. ap. Serv. ad Verg. A. 2, 797:

    ex auro vestis,

    id. 2, 22 (ap. Isid. Orig. 19, 22, 20) et saep.—

    Provv.: montes auri polliceri,

    to promise mountains of gold, Ter. Phorm. 1, 2, 18:

    carius auro,

    more precious than gold, Cat. 107, 3 (cf.: kreissona chrusou, Aesch. Choëph. 372; chrusou chrusotera, Sapph. Fr. 122. Ellis).—
    II.
    Meton.
    A.
    Things made of gold, an ornament of gold, a golden vessel, utensil, etc.:

    Nec domus argento fulget nec auro renidet,

    gold plate, Lucr. 2, 27. So,
    1.
    A golden goblet:

    et pleno se proluit auro,

    Verg. A. 1, 739:

    Regales epulae mensis et Bacchus in auro Ponitur,

    Ov. M. 6, 488:

    tibi non committitur aurum,

    Juv. 5, 39; 10, 27; Stat. Th. 5, 188;

    and in the hendiadys: pateris libamus et auro = pateris aureis,

    Verg. G. 2, 192.—
    2.
    A golden chain, buckle, clasp, necklace, jewelry:

    Oneratas veste atque auro,

    Ter. Heaut. 3, 1, 43:

    Donec eum conjunx fatale poposcerit aurum,

    Ov. M. 9, 411; 14, 394.—
    3.
    A gold ring:

    Ventilet aestivum digitis sudantibus aurum,

    Juv. 1, 28.—
    4.
    A golden bit:

    fulvum mandunt sub dentibus aurum,

    Verg. A. 7, 279; 5, 817.—
    5.
    The golden fleece:

    auro Heros Aesonius potitur,

    Ov. M. 7, 155.—
    6.
    A golden hairband, krôbulos:

    crines nodantur in aurum,

    Verg. A. 4, 138 Serv.—
    7.
    Esp. freq., gold as coined money:

    si quis illam invenerit Aulam onustam auri,

    Plaut. Aul. 4, 2, 4:

    De Caelio vide, quaeso, ne quae lacuna sit in auro,

    Cic. Att. 12, 6, 1:

    Aurum omnes victā jam pietate colunt,

    Prop. 4, 12, 48 sq.:

    quid non mortalia pectora cogis Auri sacra fames?

    Verg. A. 3, 56; cf. Plin. 37, 1, 3, § 6; so Hor. C. 2, 16, 8; 2, 18, 36; 3, 16, 9; id. S. 2, 2, 25; 2, 3, 109; 2, 3, 142; id. Ep. 2, 2, 179; Vulg. Matt. 10, 9; ib. Act. 3, 6 et saep.—
    B.
    The color or lustre of gold, the gleam or brightness of gold, Ov. M. 9, 689:

    anguis cristis praesignis et auro (hendiadys, for cristis aureis),

    id. ib. 3, 32:

    saevo cum nox accenditur auro,

    Val. Fl. 5, 369 (i. e. mala portendente splendore, Wagn.); so,

    fulgor auri, of the face,

    Cat. 64, 100, ubi v. Ellis.—
    C.
    The Golden Age:

    redeant in aurum Tempora priscum,

    Hor. C. 4, 2, 39:

    subiit argentea proles, Auro deterior,

    Ov. M. 1, 115; 15, 260.

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  • 7 aurum

        aurum ī, n    [AVS-], gold: auri pondus: auri venae: carior auro, more precious than, Ct. — Prov.: montīs auri polliceri, T. — The color of gold, golden lustre, brightness: spicae nitidum, O.: anguis cristis praesignis et auro, O.— The Golden Age: redeant in aurum tempora priscum, H.: argentea proles, Auro deterior, O. — An ornament, implement, or vessel of gold: plenum, a golden goblet, V.: ancillae oneratae auro, golden jewellery, T.: fatale, necklace, O.: aestivum, a light ring for summer, Iu.: fulvum mandunt sub dentibus aurum, a golden bit, V.: auro potiri, the golden fleece, O.— Coined gold, money: auri indigere: Auri sacra fames, V.: otium non venale auro, H. — A gilded yoke, V.
    * * *
    gold (metal/color), gold money, riches

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  • 8 fames

    fămes, is (ante- and post-class. nom. sing.:

    famis,

    Varr. R. R. 2, 5, 15; Prud. Psych. 479; gen.: fami, Cato and Lucil. ap. Gell. 9, 14, 10; abl., scanned fămē, Lucr. 3, 732; Verg. A. 6, 421; Ov. M. 5, 165; 8, 846; 11, 370 al.) f. [root gha-; Sanscr. gahami, to leave, abandon; Gr. chatis, chêtos, want; chêros, deprived of], hunger (syn.: inedia, jejunium, esuries, esuritio).
    I.
    Lit.:

    interficere aliquem siti fameque atque algu,

    Plaut. Most. 1, 3, 36; id. Rud. 2, 2, 7; cf.:

    cum cibo et potione fames sitisque depulsa est,

    Cic. Fin. 1, 11, 37:

    cibi condimentum esse famem, potionis sitim,

    id. ib. 2, 28, 90:

    bestiae fame monitae,

    id. Clu. 25, 67:

    fame atque inopia rerum omnium confecti,

    id. Verr. 2, 5, 51, § 134;

    (avis) fame enecta,

    starved to death, id. Div. 2, 35, 73; cf.:

    plebem fame necare,

    id. Q. Fr. 2, 3, 2:

    patientia famis,

    id. Cat. 1, 10, 26: famem explere, to satiate, id. pro Dom. 23:

    tolerare,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 28, 3:

    extremam famem sustentare,

    id. ib. 7, 17, 3:

    duram propellere,

    Hor. S. 1, 2, 6; cf.:

    pellere querna glande,

    Tib. 2, 1, 38:

    propulsare,

    Col. 2, 10, 1; Tac. A. 14, 24:

    deponere,

    Ov. F. 6, 530:

    levare,

    to assuage, id. H. 14, 96:

    vincere sacris extis,

    Val. Fl. 2, 347 et saep.:

    in principio fame utendum,

    the patient must fast, Cels. 8, 10, 7; cf.:

    primis diebus fames, deinde liberalius alimentum,

    id. ib. —Prov.:

    ambitiosa non est fames,

    is not nice, Sen. Ep. 119, 14:

    malum panem tibi tenerum et siligineum fames reddet,

    id. ib. 123, 2.—
    B.
    Transf.
    1.
    Famine, dearth (rare in class. Lat.):

    fames, quae tum erat in hac mea Asia: messis enim nulla fuerat,

    Cic. Att. 5, 21, 8:

    fames esse coepit,

    Curt. 10, 8:

    in fame frumentum exportare,

    Cic. Fl. 7, 17; Vulg. Ruth, 1, 1; id. Matt. 24, 7 et saep.—
    * 2.
    In gen., poverty, indigence:

    aliquem ad famem reicere,

    Ter. Phorm. prol. 19.
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    Like sitis, a violent longing for any thing, greediness, greed, avidity ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose):

    quid non mortalia pectora cogis, Auri sacra fames!

    Verg. A. 3, 57; so,

    auri fames,

    Plin. 33, 4, 21, § 72; cf.:

    argenti sitis importuna famesque,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 23; Plin. 33, 1, 3, § 6; cf.:

    auri fames durissima est,

    id. 33, 4, 21, § 72:

    ex longa fame satiaret se auro,

    Curt. 5, 1, 4:

    crescentem sequitur cura pecuniam Majorumque fames,

    Hor. C. 3, 16, 17:

    honorum Marii fames,

    Flor. 3, 21, 6.—
    * B.
    Of speech, poverty of expression:

    jejunitatem et famem malle quam ubertatem et copiam,

    Cic. Tusc. 2, 1, 3.—
    C.
    Personified: Fames, as a goddess, Verg. A. 6, 276; Ov. M. 8, 784; 785 et saep.

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  • 9 pondo

    pondo, adv. [abl. from pondus], by weight, in weight.
    A.
    In gen.:

    neque piscium ullam unciam hodie pondo cepi,

    an ounce weight, Plaut. Rud. 4, 2, 8:

    ut exercitus coronam auream dictatori libram pondo decreverit,

    a pound in weight, weighing a pound, Liv. 3, 29; 4, 20:

    vettonicae tusae pondo libra,

    Plin. 26, 7, 19, § 33:

    pretium in pondo libras denarii duo,

    id. 33, 12, 56, § 158:

    styracis, resinae terebinthinae pondo sextantes,

    Cels. 5, 25, 16:

    sextarium aquae cum dodrante pondo mellis diluunt,

    Col. 12, 12:

    argenti in convivio plus pondo quam libras centum inferre,

    Gell. 2, 24, 2.—
    B.
    In partic., with numerals, as the usual measure of weight, as subst. indecl., pounds (sc. libra;

    freq. and class.): COMPEDIBVS QVINDECIM PONDO... VINCITO, Fragm. XII. Tabularum: quot pondo te censes esse nudum?

    Plaut. As. 2, 2, 33:

    auri quinque pondo abstulit,

    Cic. Clu. 64, 179:

    argenti pondo viginti millia,

    Caes. B. C. 2, 18; Plin. 33, 3, 15, § 51; 11, 42, 97, § 241:

    fulmen aureum quinquaginta pondo auri,

    Liv. 22, 1, 17.— Gen.: rettuli auri pondo mille octingentūm septuaginta, Varr. ap. Non. 149, 19:

    corona aurea pondo ducentūm,

    id. ib. 163, 33.

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  • 10 aura

    aura, ae ( gen. sing. aurāï, Verg. A. 6, 747; v. Neue, Formenl. I. p. 11; also, auras, like familias, custodias, terras, etc.; Servius gives this in Verg. A. 11, 801; still all the MSS. give aurae, and so Rib.), f., = aura [AÔ, auô, to blow].
    I.
    The air, as in gentle motion, a gentle breeze, a breath of air (syn.:

    aër, ventus, spiritus): agitatus aër auram facit,

    Isid. Orig. 13, 11, 17: semper aër spiritu aliquo movetur;

    frequentius tamen auras quam ventos habet,

    Plin. Ep. 5, 6, 5:

    flatus, qui non aura, non procella, sed venti sunt,

    Plin. 2, 45, 45, § 116:

    et me... nunc omnes terrent aurae,

    now every breeze terrifies me, Verg. A. 2, 728:

    Concutiat tenerum quaelibet aura,

    Ov. A. A. 2, 650.— Hence,
    II.
    Transf.
    A.
    In gen., a breeze, a wind (even when violent):

    Et reserata viget genitabilis aura Favoni,

    Lucr. 1, 11; cf.: Aura parit flores tepidi fecunda Favoni. Cat. 64, 282:

    omnes, Aspice, ventosi ceciderunt murmuris aurae,

    Verg. E. 9, 58:

    aurae Vela vocant,

    id. A. 3, 356:

    aura post meridiem,

    Vulg. Gen. 3, 8:

    aura tenuis,

    ib. 3 Reg. 19, 12:

    lenis, ib. Job, 4, 16: petulans,

    Lucr. 6, 111:

    ignarae,

    brutish, Cat. 64, 164, ubi v. Ellis:

    rapida,

    Ov. M. 3, 209:

    stridens,

    Val. Fl. 2, 586:

    violentior,

    Stat. Th. 6, 157:

    aurae flatus,

    Vulg. Act. 27, 40:

    omnes eos tollet aura,

    ib. Isa. 57, 13 et saep.—Also breath:

    flammas exsuscitat aura,

    Ov. F. 5, 507.—
    B.
    Trop.: dum flavit velis aura secunda meis, while a favorable breeze breathed on my sails, i. e. so long as I was in prosperity, Ov. P. 2, 3, 26:

    totam opinionem parva non numquam commutat aura rumoris,

    Cic. Mur. 17:

    tenuis famae aura,

    Verg. A. 7, 646:

    quem neque periculi tempestas neque honoris aura potuit umquam de suo cursu aut spe aut metu demovere,

    Cic. Sest. 47 fin.:

    levi aurā spei objectā,

    Liv. 42, 39, 1:

    sperat sibi auram posse aliquam adflari in hoc crimine voluntatis defensionisque eorum, quibus, etc.,

    token of favor, Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 13:

    nescius aurae (sc. amoris) Fallacis,

    Hor. C. 1, 5, 11:

    incerta Cupidinis aura,

    Ov. Am. 2, 9, 33.—Hence freq. aura popularis, the popular breeze, popular favor, Cic. Har. Resp. 20 fin.; Liv. 3, 33, 7; 30, 45, 6 al.; Hor. C. 3, 2, 20; Quint. 11, 1, 45 (cf.:

    ventus popularis,

    Cic. Clu. 47, 130); so,

    aura favoris popularis,

    Liv. 22, 26, 4.—Also in plur.:

    nimium gaudens popularibus auris,

    Verg. A. 6, 816; and absol.:

    adliciendo ad se plebem jam aurā non consilio ferri,

    Liv. 6, 11, 7.—
    C.
    1.. The air (mostly poet. and plur.):

    cum Nubila portabunt venti transversa per auras,

    Lucr. 6, 190:

    Tenvis enim quaedam moribundos deserit aura,

    id. 3, 232:

    Aurarumque leves animae calidique vapores,

    id. 5, 236:

    (anima) discedit in auras,

    id. 3, 400; 6, 1129 et saep.—Hence, aurae aëris or aëriae aurae freq. in Lucr.: (res) Aëris in teneras possint proferrier auras, 1, 207; 1, 783; 1, 801; 1, 803; 1, 1087; 2, 203; 3, 456; 3, 570; 3, 591;

    4, 693: liquidissimus aether Atque levissimus aërias super influit auras,

    id. 5, 501; 1, 771; 4, 933:

    Nulla nec aërias volucris perlabitur auras,

    Tib. 4, 1, 127:

    Qui tamen aërias telum contorsit in auras,

    Verg. A. 5, 520.—
    2.
    Esp., the vital air:

    Vivit et aetherias vitalīs suscipit auras,

    breathes a breath of ethereal air, Lucr. 3, 405;

    imitated by Verg.: haud invisus caelestibus auras Vitales carpis, A. 1, 387: vesci vitalibus auris, i. e. vivere,

    Lucr. 5, 857; imitated by Verg., A. 1, 546, and 3, 339; so,

    haurire auram communem,

    Quint. 6, prooem. §

    12: captare naribus auras,

    to snuff the air, Verg. G. 1, 376.— Trop.: libertatis auram captare, to catch at the air of freedom, i. e. to seize upon any hope of liberty, Liv 3, 37, 1.—
    3.
    Meton.
    a.
    The upper air, Heaven, on high:

    assurgere in auras,

    Verg. G. 3, 109; so id. A. 4, 176:

    dum se laetus ad auras Palmes agit,

    id. G. 2, 363:

    ad auras Aetherias tendit,

    id. ib. 2, 291; so id. A. 4, 445: stat ferrea turris ad auras, poet. for ad alta, rises high, id. ib. 6, 554: Sorbet in abruptum fluctus, rursusque sub auras Erigit alternos, id. ib. 3, 422; 7, 466; 2, 759; 5, 427 al.; cf. Wagner, Quaest. Verg. X. 1.—
    b.
    In opp. to the lower world, the upper world (cf. aether, I. B. 3.):

    Eurydice superas veniebat ad auras,

    Verg. G. 4, 486; so id. A. 6, 128:

    Ortygiam, quae me superas eduxit prima sub auras,

    Ov. M. 5, 641; 10, 11 (cf. Verg. A. 6, 481: ad superos);

    so of childbirth: pondus in auras expulit,

    Ov. M. 9, 704.—In gen. for publicity, daylight:

    ferre sub auras,

    i. e. to make known, Verg. A. 2, 158:

    reddere ad auras,

    to restore, id. ib. 2, 259: fugere auras, to seclude or hide one ' s self, id. ib. 4, 388.—
    D.
    Transf. to other atmospheric objects which exert an influence on bodies, as light, heat, sound, vapor, etc.
    1.
    A bright light, a gleam, glittering (cf. phaeos aütmê, Callim. Hymn. Dian. 117):

    discolor unde auri per ramos aura refulsit,

    Verg. A. 6, 204 (splendor auri, Serv.).—
    2.
    The warmth of sunlight: solis calidior visa est aura, Varr. ap. Non. p. 275, 25.—
    3.
    Sound, tone, voice, echo:

    Si modo damnatum revocaverit aura puellae,

    Prop. 3, 23, 15:

    at illi Nomen ab extremis fontibus aura refert,

    id. 1, 20, 50.—
    4.
    Vapor, mist, odor, exhalation:

    inolentis olivi Naturam, nullam quae mittat naribus auram,

    Lucr. 2, 851:

    at illi Dulcis compositis spiravit crinibus aura,

    a sweet odor exhaled, Verg. G. 4, 417; so Mart. 3, 65; Val. Fl. 5, 589; cf. Heins. ad Ov. M. 15, 394:

    si tantum notas odor attulit auras,

    Verg. G. 3, 251:

    pingues ab ovilibus aurae,

    Stat. Th. 10, 46.

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  • 11 mina

    1.
    mĭna ( mna, Plin. 35, 10, 36, § 107), ae, f., = mna.
    I.
    A Greek weight of a hundred Attic drachmas, a mina, Plin. 21, 34, 109, § 185; Rhem. Fann. de Ponder. 32 sq. —
    II. A.
    The silver mina; this was of 100 Attic drachmae or Roman denarii (about $18.05 of our currency):

    argenti,

    Plaut. As. 2, 3, 16; id. Poen. 2, 21; 5, 5, 8 al.—Also absol.:

    mina,

    Plaut. Trin. 2, 4, 2; id. Ps. 3, 2, 87; id. Poen. 5, 6, 22 al.; Cic. Tusc. 5, 32, 91; id. Leg. 2, 27, 68:

    minae bonae mala opera partae,

    Plaut. As. 3, 3, 144.—
    B.
    Auri, the mina of gold, of five times the value of the silver one:

    alia opust auri mina,

    Plaut. Truc. 5, 44; id. Mil. 5, 27.
    2.
    mĭna, ae, f. adj., smooth: mina ovis, smooth-bellied, with no wool on the belly:

    mina (id est ventre glabro), Varr R. R. 2, 2, 6: minae oves, a play on the double meaning of the word (v. 1. mina, II.),

    Plaut. Truc. 3, 1, 9.—
    II.
    Subst.: mĭna, ae, f.: minam Aelius vocitatam ait mammam alteram lacte deficientem, quasi minorem factam, Paul. ex Fest. p. 122 Müll.

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  • 12 nitor

    1.
    nītor, nīsus and nixus ( inf. nitier, Lucr. 1, 1059; old form of the part. perf.: gnitus et gnixus a genibus prisci dixerunt, Paul. ex Fest. p. 96 Müll.), 3, v. dep. n. [from gnitor; root gnic- or gnig-; cf.: nico, conivere], to bear or rest upon something.
    I.
    Lit.
    (α).
    With abl.: ambae te obsecramus genibus nixae, we implore thee upon our knees, i. e. kneeling, Plaut. Rud. 3, 3, 33:

    stirpibus suis niti,

    Cic. Tusc. 5, 13, 37:

    herbescens viriditas, quae nixa fibris stirpium sensim adulescit,

    id. Sen. 15, 51:

    hastili nixus,

    id. Rab. Perd. 7, 21:

    mulierculā nixus,

    id. Verr. 2, 5, 33, § 86:

    juvenis, qui nititur hastā,

    Verg. A. 6, 760:

    paribus nitens Cyllenius alis Constitit,

    id. ib. 4, 252:

    nixus baculo,

    Ov. P. 1, 8, 52.—
    (β).
    With in and acc.:

    nixus in hastam,

    Verg. A. 12, 398.—
    (γ).
    With de:

    de quā pariens arbore nixa dea est,

    Ov. H. 21, 100.—
    (δ).
    With gen. of place:

    humi nitens,

    Verg. A. 2, 380.—
    (ε).
    Absol.: Sisiphu' versat Saxum sudans nitendo, Poët. ap. Cic. Tusc. 1, 5, 10:

    niti modo ac statim concidere,

    to strive to rise, Sall. J. 101, 11.—
    B.
    Transf.
    1.
    To make one's way with an effort, to press forward, advance; and, with respect to the goal, to mount, climb, fly, etc. (mostly poet.):

    quaedam serpentes ortae extra aquam simul ac primum niti possunt, aquam persequuntur,

    Cic. N. D. 2, 48, 124:

    nituntur gradibus,

    Verg. A. 2, 442:

    in altas rupes,

    Luc. 4, 37:

    ad sidera,

    Verg. G. 2, 427:

    in aëra,

    Ov. P. 2, 7, 27:

    in adversum,

    id. M. 2, 72:

    sursum nitier,

    Lucr. 1, 1059.—Of violent bodily motion:

    niti corporibus et ea huc illuc, quasi vitabundi aut jacientes tela agitare,

    to struggle, Sall. J. 60, 4.—
    2.
    To strain in giving birth, to bring forth, Plin. 9, 35, 54, § 107 (al. eniti):

    nitor,

    I am in labor, Ov. M. 9, 302; Pseud.-Ov. Her. 21, 100.—
    3.
    To strain for a stool, Suet. Vesp. 20.—
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    To strive, to exert one's self, make an effort, labor, endeavor:

    moderatio modo virium adsit et tantum, quantum potest, quisque nitatur,

    Cic. Sen. 10, 33; Nep. Att. 15, 2:

    nisurus contra regem,

    Caes. B. C. 2, 37; Sall. C. 38, 2:

    pro aliquo,

    Liv. 35, 10; cf.:

    pro libertate summā ope niti,

    Sall. J. 31, 17:

    nitebantur, ne gravius in eum consuleretur,

    Sall. J. 13, 8; cf.:

    unus Miltiades maxime nitebatur, ut, etc.,

    Nep. Milt. 4, 2. — Inf.:

    summā vi Cirtam irrumpere nititur,

    Sall. J. 25, 9:

    patriam recuperare niti,

    Nep. Pelop. 2:

    ingenio nitor non periisse meo,

    Ov. P. 3, 5, 34; id. M. 8, 694.— Absol., of soldiers hard pressed in battle:

    tamen virtute et patientia nitebantur atque omnia vulnera sustinebant,

    Caes. B. C. 1, 45.—
    2.
    To strive after a thing:

    ad immortalitatem gloriae niti,

    Cic. Sen. 23, 82:

    ad summa, Quint. prooem. § 20: in vetitum,

    Ov. Am. 3, 4, 17.—
    3.
    To try to prove, contend in argument, argue, with acc. and inf.:

    nitamur igitur nihil posse percipi,

    Cic. Ac. 2, 21, 68.—
    B.
    To rest, rely, depend upon a thing.
    (α).
    With in and abl.:

    nixus in nomine inani,

    Lucr. 5, 909:

    conjectura in quā nititur divinatio,

    Cic. Div. 2, 26, 55:

    ea, in quibus causa nititur,

    id. Cael. 10, 25:

    cujus in vitā nitebatur salus civitatis,

    id. Mil. 7, 19.—
    (β).
    With abl.:

    spe niti,

    Cic. Att. 3, 9, 2:

    consilio atque auctoritate alicujus,

    id. Off. 1, 34, 122; id. Fam. 1, 5, a, 2:

    si quis hoc uno nititur quod sit ignobilis,

    id. Clu. 40, 112.—
    (γ).
    With ubi:

    quo confugies? ubi nitere?

    Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 64, § 155.—Hence, P. a., as subst., Nixus, i, m., only plur., Nixi, ōrum, m., three guardian deities of women in labor, the statues of whom, representing them in a kneeling posture, stood on the Capitol before the chapel of Minerva, Paul. ex Fest. p. 174 Müll.:

    magno Lucinam Nixosque patres clamore vocabam,

    Ov. M. 9, 294.
    2.
    nĭtor, ōris, m. [niteo], brightness, splendor, lustre, sheen.
    I.
    Lit.:

    nitor exoriens aurorae,

    Lucr. 4, 538:

    diurnus,

    the daylight, Ov. H. 18, 78:

    herbarum viridis,

    Lucr. 5, 783:

    argenti et auri,

    Ov. P. 3, 4, 23:

    eboris,

    Plin. 7, 15, 13, § 64:

    materiae,

    of the wood, id. 16, 40, 79, § 215:

    speculi,

    id. 11, 37, 64, § 170:

    gladii,

    id. 2, 25, 22, § 89:

    nigerrimus gemmae,

    id. 37, 10, 69, § 184:

    nitorem cutis facit sal,

    id. 31, 7, 41, § 84.— Plur.:

    nitores splendoresque auri,

    Gell. 2, 6, 4.—
    B.
    Transf.
    1.
    Sleekness, plumpness, good looks, beauty:

    nitor corporis,

    Ter. Eun. 2, 2, 10:

    urit me Glycerae nitor,

    Hor. C. 1, 19, 5:

    Liparei nitor Hebri,

    id. ib. 3, 12, 6:

    nullus totā nitor in cute,

    Juv. 9, 13.—
    2.
    Neatness, elegance, brilliancy of external appearance:

    si quem... aliquid offendit, si purpurae genus, si amicorum catervae, si splendor, si nitor,

    Cic. Cael. 31, 77:

    habitus,

    Juv. 3, 180:

    oppidum praecipui nitoris,

    Plin. 4, 12, 26, § 85.—
    3.
    In gen., color, Lucr. 2, 819:

    ludis et externo tincta nitore caput,

    Prop. 2, 14, 26 (3, 11, 2).—
    II.
    Trop., of speech, splendor, elegance, grace of style. —With gen.:

    adhibendus erit in eis explicandis quidam orationis nitor,

    Cic. Or. 32, 115:

    domesticus eloquii,

    Ov. P. 2, 2, 51:

    nitor et cultus descriptionum,

    Tac. Or. 20:

    translationum,

    Quint. 12, 10, 36.— Absol.:

    sublimitas et magnificentia et nitor,

    Quint. 8, 3, 3:

    eruditione ac nitore praestare,

    id. 10, 1, 98:

    scripsit non sine cultu ac nitore,

    id. 10, 1, 124.—
    B.
    Of character, dignity, excellence:

    generis,

    Ov. P. 2, 9, 17; splendid liberality, Stat. S. 3, 3, 149.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > nitor

  • 13 Nixi

    1.
    nītor, nīsus and nixus ( inf. nitier, Lucr. 1, 1059; old form of the part. perf.: gnitus et gnixus a genibus prisci dixerunt, Paul. ex Fest. p. 96 Müll.), 3, v. dep. n. [from gnitor; root gnic- or gnig-; cf.: nico, conivere], to bear or rest upon something.
    I.
    Lit.
    (α).
    With abl.: ambae te obsecramus genibus nixae, we implore thee upon our knees, i. e. kneeling, Plaut. Rud. 3, 3, 33:

    stirpibus suis niti,

    Cic. Tusc. 5, 13, 37:

    herbescens viriditas, quae nixa fibris stirpium sensim adulescit,

    id. Sen. 15, 51:

    hastili nixus,

    id. Rab. Perd. 7, 21:

    mulierculā nixus,

    id. Verr. 2, 5, 33, § 86:

    juvenis, qui nititur hastā,

    Verg. A. 6, 760:

    paribus nitens Cyllenius alis Constitit,

    id. ib. 4, 252:

    nixus baculo,

    Ov. P. 1, 8, 52.—
    (β).
    With in and acc.:

    nixus in hastam,

    Verg. A. 12, 398.—
    (γ).
    With de:

    de quā pariens arbore nixa dea est,

    Ov. H. 21, 100.—
    (δ).
    With gen. of place:

    humi nitens,

    Verg. A. 2, 380.—
    (ε).
    Absol.: Sisiphu' versat Saxum sudans nitendo, Poët. ap. Cic. Tusc. 1, 5, 10:

    niti modo ac statim concidere,

    to strive to rise, Sall. J. 101, 11.—
    B.
    Transf.
    1.
    To make one's way with an effort, to press forward, advance; and, with respect to the goal, to mount, climb, fly, etc. (mostly poet.):

    quaedam serpentes ortae extra aquam simul ac primum niti possunt, aquam persequuntur,

    Cic. N. D. 2, 48, 124:

    nituntur gradibus,

    Verg. A. 2, 442:

    in altas rupes,

    Luc. 4, 37:

    ad sidera,

    Verg. G. 2, 427:

    in aëra,

    Ov. P. 2, 7, 27:

    in adversum,

    id. M. 2, 72:

    sursum nitier,

    Lucr. 1, 1059.—Of violent bodily motion:

    niti corporibus et ea huc illuc, quasi vitabundi aut jacientes tela agitare,

    to struggle, Sall. J. 60, 4.—
    2.
    To strain in giving birth, to bring forth, Plin. 9, 35, 54, § 107 (al. eniti):

    nitor,

    I am in labor, Ov. M. 9, 302; Pseud.-Ov. Her. 21, 100.—
    3.
    To strain for a stool, Suet. Vesp. 20.—
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    To strive, to exert one's self, make an effort, labor, endeavor:

    moderatio modo virium adsit et tantum, quantum potest, quisque nitatur,

    Cic. Sen. 10, 33; Nep. Att. 15, 2:

    nisurus contra regem,

    Caes. B. C. 2, 37; Sall. C. 38, 2:

    pro aliquo,

    Liv. 35, 10; cf.:

    pro libertate summā ope niti,

    Sall. J. 31, 17:

    nitebantur, ne gravius in eum consuleretur,

    Sall. J. 13, 8; cf.:

    unus Miltiades maxime nitebatur, ut, etc.,

    Nep. Milt. 4, 2. — Inf.:

    summā vi Cirtam irrumpere nititur,

    Sall. J. 25, 9:

    patriam recuperare niti,

    Nep. Pelop. 2:

    ingenio nitor non periisse meo,

    Ov. P. 3, 5, 34; id. M. 8, 694.— Absol., of soldiers hard pressed in battle:

    tamen virtute et patientia nitebantur atque omnia vulnera sustinebant,

    Caes. B. C. 1, 45.—
    2.
    To strive after a thing:

    ad immortalitatem gloriae niti,

    Cic. Sen. 23, 82:

    ad summa, Quint. prooem. § 20: in vetitum,

    Ov. Am. 3, 4, 17.—
    3.
    To try to prove, contend in argument, argue, with acc. and inf.:

    nitamur igitur nihil posse percipi,

    Cic. Ac. 2, 21, 68.—
    B.
    To rest, rely, depend upon a thing.
    (α).
    With in and abl.:

    nixus in nomine inani,

    Lucr. 5, 909:

    conjectura in quā nititur divinatio,

    Cic. Div. 2, 26, 55:

    ea, in quibus causa nititur,

    id. Cael. 10, 25:

    cujus in vitā nitebatur salus civitatis,

    id. Mil. 7, 19.—
    (β).
    With abl.:

    spe niti,

    Cic. Att. 3, 9, 2:

    consilio atque auctoritate alicujus,

    id. Off. 1, 34, 122; id. Fam. 1, 5, a, 2:

    si quis hoc uno nititur quod sit ignobilis,

    id. Clu. 40, 112.—
    (γ).
    With ubi:

    quo confugies? ubi nitere?

    Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 64, § 155.—Hence, P. a., as subst., Nixus, i, m., only plur., Nixi, ōrum, m., three guardian deities of women in labor, the statues of whom, representing them in a kneeling posture, stood on the Capitol before the chapel of Minerva, Paul. ex Fest. p. 174 Müll.:

    magno Lucinam Nixosque patres clamore vocabam,

    Ov. M. 9, 294.
    2.
    nĭtor, ōris, m. [niteo], brightness, splendor, lustre, sheen.
    I.
    Lit.:

    nitor exoriens aurorae,

    Lucr. 4, 538:

    diurnus,

    the daylight, Ov. H. 18, 78:

    herbarum viridis,

    Lucr. 5, 783:

    argenti et auri,

    Ov. P. 3, 4, 23:

    eboris,

    Plin. 7, 15, 13, § 64:

    materiae,

    of the wood, id. 16, 40, 79, § 215:

    speculi,

    id. 11, 37, 64, § 170:

    gladii,

    id. 2, 25, 22, § 89:

    nigerrimus gemmae,

    id. 37, 10, 69, § 184:

    nitorem cutis facit sal,

    id. 31, 7, 41, § 84.— Plur.:

    nitores splendoresque auri,

    Gell. 2, 6, 4.—
    B.
    Transf.
    1.
    Sleekness, plumpness, good looks, beauty:

    nitor corporis,

    Ter. Eun. 2, 2, 10:

    urit me Glycerae nitor,

    Hor. C. 1, 19, 5:

    Liparei nitor Hebri,

    id. ib. 3, 12, 6:

    nullus totā nitor in cute,

    Juv. 9, 13.—
    2.
    Neatness, elegance, brilliancy of external appearance:

    si quem... aliquid offendit, si purpurae genus, si amicorum catervae, si splendor, si nitor,

    Cic. Cael. 31, 77:

    habitus,

    Juv. 3, 180:

    oppidum praecipui nitoris,

    Plin. 4, 12, 26, § 85.—
    3.
    In gen., color, Lucr. 2, 819:

    ludis et externo tincta nitore caput,

    Prop. 2, 14, 26 (3, 11, 2).—
    II.
    Trop., of speech, splendor, elegance, grace of style. —With gen.:

    adhibendus erit in eis explicandis quidam orationis nitor,

    Cic. Or. 32, 115:

    domesticus eloquii,

    Ov. P. 2, 2, 51:

    nitor et cultus descriptionum,

    Tac. Or. 20:

    translationum,

    Quint. 12, 10, 36.— Absol.:

    sublimitas et magnificentia et nitor,

    Quint. 8, 3, 3:

    eruditione ac nitore praestare,

    id. 10, 1, 98:

    scripsit non sine cultu ac nitore,

    id. 10, 1, 124.—
    B.
    Of character, dignity, excellence:

    generis,

    Ov. P. 2, 9, 17; splendid liberality, Stat. S. 3, 3, 149.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > Nixi

  • 14 Nixus

    1.
    nītor, nīsus and nixus ( inf. nitier, Lucr. 1, 1059; old form of the part. perf.: gnitus et gnixus a genibus prisci dixerunt, Paul. ex Fest. p. 96 Müll.), 3, v. dep. n. [from gnitor; root gnic- or gnig-; cf.: nico, conivere], to bear or rest upon something.
    I.
    Lit.
    (α).
    With abl.: ambae te obsecramus genibus nixae, we implore thee upon our knees, i. e. kneeling, Plaut. Rud. 3, 3, 33:

    stirpibus suis niti,

    Cic. Tusc. 5, 13, 37:

    herbescens viriditas, quae nixa fibris stirpium sensim adulescit,

    id. Sen. 15, 51:

    hastili nixus,

    id. Rab. Perd. 7, 21:

    mulierculā nixus,

    id. Verr. 2, 5, 33, § 86:

    juvenis, qui nititur hastā,

    Verg. A. 6, 760:

    paribus nitens Cyllenius alis Constitit,

    id. ib. 4, 252:

    nixus baculo,

    Ov. P. 1, 8, 52.—
    (β).
    With in and acc.:

    nixus in hastam,

    Verg. A. 12, 398.—
    (γ).
    With de:

    de quā pariens arbore nixa dea est,

    Ov. H. 21, 100.—
    (δ).
    With gen. of place:

    humi nitens,

    Verg. A. 2, 380.—
    (ε).
    Absol.: Sisiphu' versat Saxum sudans nitendo, Poët. ap. Cic. Tusc. 1, 5, 10:

    niti modo ac statim concidere,

    to strive to rise, Sall. J. 101, 11.—
    B.
    Transf.
    1.
    To make one's way with an effort, to press forward, advance; and, with respect to the goal, to mount, climb, fly, etc. (mostly poet.):

    quaedam serpentes ortae extra aquam simul ac primum niti possunt, aquam persequuntur,

    Cic. N. D. 2, 48, 124:

    nituntur gradibus,

    Verg. A. 2, 442:

    in altas rupes,

    Luc. 4, 37:

    ad sidera,

    Verg. G. 2, 427:

    in aëra,

    Ov. P. 2, 7, 27:

    in adversum,

    id. M. 2, 72:

    sursum nitier,

    Lucr. 1, 1059.—Of violent bodily motion:

    niti corporibus et ea huc illuc, quasi vitabundi aut jacientes tela agitare,

    to struggle, Sall. J. 60, 4.—
    2.
    To strain in giving birth, to bring forth, Plin. 9, 35, 54, § 107 (al. eniti):

    nitor,

    I am in labor, Ov. M. 9, 302; Pseud.-Ov. Her. 21, 100.—
    3.
    To strain for a stool, Suet. Vesp. 20.—
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    To strive, to exert one's self, make an effort, labor, endeavor:

    moderatio modo virium adsit et tantum, quantum potest, quisque nitatur,

    Cic. Sen. 10, 33; Nep. Att. 15, 2:

    nisurus contra regem,

    Caes. B. C. 2, 37; Sall. C. 38, 2:

    pro aliquo,

    Liv. 35, 10; cf.:

    pro libertate summā ope niti,

    Sall. J. 31, 17:

    nitebantur, ne gravius in eum consuleretur,

    Sall. J. 13, 8; cf.:

    unus Miltiades maxime nitebatur, ut, etc.,

    Nep. Milt. 4, 2. — Inf.:

    summā vi Cirtam irrumpere nititur,

    Sall. J. 25, 9:

    patriam recuperare niti,

    Nep. Pelop. 2:

    ingenio nitor non periisse meo,

    Ov. P. 3, 5, 34; id. M. 8, 694.— Absol., of soldiers hard pressed in battle:

    tamen virtute et patientia nitebantur atque omnia vulnera sustinebant,

    Caes. B. C. 1, 45.—
    2.
    To strive after a thing:

    ad immortalitatem gloriae niti,

    Cic. Sen. 23, 82:

    ad summa, Quint. prooem. § 20: in vetitum,

    Ov. Am. 3, 4, 17.—
    3.
    To try to prove, contend in argument, argue, with acc. and inf.:

    nitamur igitur nihil posse percipi,

    Cic. Ac. 2, 21, 68.—
    B.
    To rest, rely, depend upon a thing.
    (α).
    With in and abl.:

    nixus in nomine inani,

    Lucr. 5, 909:

    conjectura in quā nititur divinatio,

    Cic. Div. 2, 26, 55:

    ea, in quibus causa nititur,

    id. Cael. 10, 25:

    cujus in vitā nitebatur salus civitatis,

    id. Mil. 7, 19.—
    (β).
    With abl.:

    spe niti,

    Cic. Att. 3, 9, 2:

    consilio atque auctoritate alicujus,

    id. Off. 1, 34, 122; id. Fam. 1, 5, a, 2:

    si quis hoc uno nititur quod sit ignobilis,

    id. Clu. 40, 112.—
    (γ).
    With ubi:

    quo confugies? ubi nitere?

    Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 64, § 155.—Hence, P. a., as subst., Nixus, i, m., only plur., Nixi, ōrum, m., three guardian deities of women in labor, the statues of whom, representing them in a kneeling posture, stood on the Capitol before the chapel of Minerva, Paul. ex Fest. p. 174 Müll.:

    magno Lucinam Nixosque patres clamore vocabam,

    Ov. M. 9, 294.
    2.
    nĭtor, ōris, m. [niteo], brightness, splendor, lustre, sheen.
    I.
    Lit.:

    nitor exoriens aurorae,

    Lucr. 4, 538:

    diurnus,

    the daylight, Ov. H. 18, 78:

    herbarum viridis,

    Lucr. 5, 783:

    argenti et auri,

    Ov. P. 3, 4, 23:

    eboris,

    Plin. 7, 15, 13, § 64:

    materiae,

    of the wood, id. 16, 40, 79, § 215:

    speculi,

    id. 11, 37, 64, § 170:

    gladii,

    id. 2, 25, 22, § 89:

    nigerrimus gemmae,

    id. 37, 10, 69, § 184:

    nitorem cutis facit sal,

    id. 31, 7, 41, § 84.— Plur.:

    nitores splendoresque auri,

    Gell. 2, 6, 4.—
    B.
    Transf.
    1.
    Sleekness, plumpness, good looks, beauty:

    nitor corporis,

    Ter. Eun. 2, 2, 10:

    urit me Glycerae nitor,

    Hor. C. 1, 19, 5:

    Liparei nitor Hebri,

    id. ib. 3, 12, 6:

    nullus totā nitor in cute,

    Juv. 9, 13.—
    2.
    Neatness, elegance, brilliancy of external appearance:

    si quem... aliquid offendit, si purpurae genus, si amicorum catervae, si splendor, si nitor,

    Cic. Cael. 31, 77:

    habitus,

    Juv. 3, 180:

    oppidum praecipui nitoris,

    Plin. 4, 12, 26, § 85.—
    3.
    In gen., color, Lucr. 2, 819:

    ludis et externo tincta nitore caput,

    Prop. 2, 14, 26 (3, 11, 2).—
    II.
    Trop., of speech, splendor, elegance, grace of style. —With gen.:

    adhibendus erit in eis explicandis quidam orationis nitor,

    Cic. Or. 32, 115:

    domesticus eloquii,

    Ov. P. 2, 2, 51:

    nitor et cultus descriptionum,

    Tac. Or. 20:

    translationum,

    Quint. 12, 10, 36.— Absol.:

    sublimitas et magnificentia et nitor,

    Quint. 8, 3, 3:

    eruditione ac nitore praestare,

    id. 10, 1, 98:

    scripsit non sine cultu ac nitore,

    id. 10, 1, 124.—
    B.
    Of character, dignity, excellence:

    generis,

    Ov. P. 2, 9, 17; splendid liberality, Stat. S. 3, 3, 149.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > Nixus

  • 15 pondus

    pondus, ĕris, n. [pendo], a weight.
    I.
    Lit.
    A.
    In gen., a weight used in a scale, Cic. Tusc. 5, 24, 69:

    pondera ab Gallis allata iniqua,

    Liv. 5, 48 fin.:

    utuntur taleis ferreis ad certum pondus examinatis pro numo,

    Caes. B. G. 5, 12; Dig. 19, 1, 32: pondera publica, Paul. ex Fest. p. 246 Müll.—
    2.
    In partic., the weight of a pound, a pound (very rare for the usual pondo):

    dupondius a duobus ponderibus, quod unum pondus assipondium dicebatur. Id ideo, quod as erat libra pondus,

    Varr. L. L. 5, § 169 Müll.:

    argenti pondera quinque,

    Mart. 7, 53, 12.—
    B.
    Transf.
    1.
    In abstr.
    a.
    Heaviness, weight of a body:

    moveri gravitate et pondere,

    Cic. Fat. 11, 24; 10, 22; 20, 46; id. Tusc. 1, 17, 40:

    magni ponderis saxa,

    Caes. B. G. 2, 29; 7, 22:

    emere aliquid pondere,

    by weight, Plin. 12, 7, 14, § 29; 35, 17, 57, § 197; Tac. A. 6, 26; cf.:

    in his quae pondere constant,

    Dig. 18, 1, 35 med.; Gai. Inst. 2, 196:

    id, quod pondere continetur,

    Dig. 30, 1, 47.—
    b.
    In plur.: pondera, balance, equipoise, equilibrium:

    pendebat in aëre tellus Ponderibus librata suis,

    Ov. M. 1, 13; so Luc. 1, 57; cf. Lucr. 2, 218 and 6, 574:

    trans pondera (corporis) dextram Porrigere (= ultra libramentum sive aequilibrium corporis),

    out of balance, Hor. Ep. 1, 6, 51; cf. Lachm. ad Lucr. II. p. 380 sq.; cf.

    also: quis libravit in pondere montes et colles in staterā?

    Vulg. Isa. 40, 12.—
    2.
    In concr.
    a.
    A heavy body, a weight, mass, load, burden:

    in terram feruntur omnia suo nutu pondera,

    Cic. Rep. 6, 17, 17:

    grande auri pondus,

    id. Verr. 2, 1, 17, § 45; so,

    innumerabile pondus auri,

    id. Sest. 43, 93:

    magnum argenti pondus expositum,

    Caes. B. C. 3, 96:

    aeris magnum pondus,

    id. ib. 3, 103; Stat. Th. 6, 648:

    immania pondera baltei,

    Verg. A. 10, 496:

    Spartani pondera disci,

    Mart. 14, 164, 1.— Poet., of the fruit of the womb, Ov. M. 9, 684; id. Am. 2, 14, 14; Prop. 4, 1, 96 (5, 1, 100); Mart. 14, 151;

    of the privy parts,

    Cat. 63, 5; Stat. S. 3, 4, 77.—
    b.
    A quantity, number, multitude (anteclass. and very rare): magnum pondus omnium artificum, Varr. ap. Non. 466, 5.—
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    Weight, consequence, importance, consideration, influence, authority, etc. (class.; cf.

    momentum): persona non qualiscumque testimonii pondus habet,

    Cic. Top. 19, 73:

    grave ipsius conscientiae pondus est,

    id. N. D. 3, 35, 85; cf.:

    (honestas) aut sola expetenda est... aut certe omni pondere gravior habenda quam reliqua omnia,

    id. Off. 3, 8, 35:

    id est maximi momenti et ponderis,

    id. Vatin. 4, 9:

    qui pondus habent,

    id. Att. 11, 6, 1: habet vim in ingenio [p. 1396] et pondus in vitā, id. de Or. 2, 74, 302:

    magnum pondus accessit ad tollendum dubitationem, judicium et consilium tuum,

    id. Fam. 11, 29, 1:

    ut is intellegat, hanc meam commendationem magnum apud te pondus habuisse,

    id. ib. 13, 25; cf.:

    ut is intellegat meas apud te litteras maximum pondus habuisse,

    id. Fam. 12, 27; 13, 35, 2:

    tuae litterae maximi sunt apud me ponderis,

    id. ib. 2, 19, 2:

    ejus filius eodem est apud me pondere, quo fuit ille,

    id. Att. 10, 1. 1.—Of style:

    omnium verborum ponderibus est utendum,

    Cic. de Or. 2, 17, 72:

    fabula sine pondere et arte,

    Hor. A. P. 320; cf.:

    nugis addere pondus,

    id. Ep. 1, 19, 42.—
    B.
    Oppressive weight, burden ( poet. for onus):

    curarum,

    Luc. 9, 951; Stat. Th. 4, 39:

    rerum,

    Ov. Tr. 2, 237; Mart. 6, 64, 14:

    tauri ruentis In Venerem tolerare pondus,

    Hor. C. 2, 5, 4:

    amara senectae Pondera,

    Ov. M. 9, 438:

    Constantius, insolentiae pondera gravius librans,

    Amm. 14, 5, 1.—
    C.
    Weight of character, i. e. firmness, constancy ( poet.):

    nulla diu femina pondus habet,

    Prop. 2, 25 (3, 20), 22:

    nostri reverentia ponderis obstat,

    Stat. Th. 1, 289:

    hilaris, tamen cum pondere, virtus,

    id. S. 2, 3, 65; cf. id. ib. 5, 3, 246.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > pondus

  • 16 splendor

    splendor, ōris, m. [splendeo], sheen, brightness, brilliance, lustre, splendor.
    I.
    Lit.
    A.
    In gen. (mostly poet. and in post-Aug. prose;

    syn.: fulgor, nitor): splendor acer adurit saepe oculos,

    Lucr. 4, 304:

    splendor clipeo clarior, Plaut Mil. 1, 1, 1: caelum splendore plenum,

    id. Merc. 5, 2, 39:

    flammae,

    Ov. F. 5, 366:

    auri (with nitor gemmae),

    Auct. Her. 4, 50, 63:

    argenti,

    Hor. S. 1, 4, 28:

    jussine in splendorem dare bullas has foribus nostris?

    to be polished, Plaut. As. 2, 4, 20; cf. id. Aul. 4, 1, 16:

    clarus vestis purpureaï,

    Lucr. 2, 52; cf.:

    magnificus Babylonicorum,

    id. 4, 1029:

    aquaï,

    clearness, id. 4, 211:

    aquarum,

    Front. Aquaed. 89:

    minii,

    Plin. 33, 7, 40, § 121:

    lapidis phengitae,

    Suet. Dom. 14 et saep.— Plur.:

    nitores et splendores auri,

    Gell. 2, 6, 4: tremuli splendores, Claud. Cons. Prob. et Olyb. 123. —
    B.
    In partic., of style of living, etc., splendor, magnificence, sumptuousness (class.;

    syn. magnificentia): (majores nostri) in publicā dignitate omnia ad gloriam splendoremque revocarunt,

    Cic. Fl. 12, 28:

    si quem horum aliquid offendit, si amicorum catervae, si splendor, si nitor,

    id. Cael. 31, 77:

    splendor domūs atque victūs,

    Gell. 1, 14, 1.—
    II.
    Trop., lustre, splendor, honor, dignity, excellence, etc. (so most freq. in Cic.):

    honesti homines et summo splendore praediti,

    Cic. Clu. 69, 198:

    summorum hominum splendor,

    id. de Or. 1, 45, 200: senator [p. 1745] populi Romani, splendor ordinis, id. Caecin. 10, 28:

    equester,

    id. Rosc. Am. 48, 140; cf. id. Fam. 1, 3, 1; 1, 12, 27:

    imperii,

    id. Imp. Pomp. 14, 41:

    animi et vitae,

    id. Rep. 2, 42, 69:

    vitae,

    Liv. 3, 35, 1:

    dignitatis,

    Cic. Sull. 1:

    M. Catonis splendorem maculare,

    id. Sest. 28, 60:

    harum rerum splendor omnis et amplitudo,

    id. Off. 1, 20, 67:

    splendore nominis capti,

    id. Fin. 1, 13, 42:

    verborum Graecorum,

    id. Or. 49, 164; cf. id. ib. 31, 110; Plin. Ep. 7, 9, 2; Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 111:

    actio ejus habebat in voce magnum splendorem,

    clearness, Cic. Brut. 68, 239; so,

    vocis,

    id. ib. 71, 250; Plin. 20, 6, 21, § 47.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > splendor

  • 17 acervus

        acervus ī, m    a mass of similar objects, pile, heap: acervus ex sui generis granis: scutorum, V.: aeris et auri, H.: morientum, O.: magnum alterius frustra spectabis acervum, your neighbor's abundant crop, V.—Fig., a multitude, mass, great number, quantity: cerno insepultos acervos civium: facinorum, scelerum. — Poet.: caedis acervi, V. — Absol: ingentīs spectare acervos, enormous wealth, H.: quid habet pulchri constructus acervus, accumulated hoard, H.: quae pars quadret acervum, completes the fortune, H. — Esp., in dialectics, t. t., a seeming argument by gradual approximation: elusus ratione ruentis acervi, defeated by the argument of the vanishing heap, i. e. a sorites, H.
    * * *
    mass/heap/pile/stack; treasure, stock; large quantity; cluster; funeral pile

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  • 18 ad

       ad praep. with acc.    [cf. Eng. at].—Of approach (opp. to ab, as in to ex).    I. In space, to, toward: retorquet oculos ad urbem: una pars vergit ad septentriones, Cs.: tendens ad sidera palmas, V. —Fig.: ad alia vitia propensior, more inclined to. —Esp., ad dextram, sinistram, or laevam, to or on the right or left: ito ad dextram, T.: alqd ad dextram conspicere, Cs.: non rectā regione... sed ad laevam, L.—Designating the goal, to, toward: ad ripam convenire, Cs.: vocari ad cenam, H.: ad se adferre: reticulum ad narīs sibi admovebat (cf. accedit ad urbem, he approaches the city; and, accedit provinciae, it is added to the province).— Ad me, te, se, for domum meam, tuam, suam (in T. freq.): eamus ad me, T. — With gen., ellipt.: ad Dianae, to the temple of, T.: ad Castoris currere. — Used for dat: litteras dare ad aliquem, to write one a letter (cf. litteras dare alicui, to give a letter to one): domum ad te scribere: ad primam (epistulam) scribere, to answer.—Hence, librum ad aliquem mittere, scribere, to dedicate a book to one. —In titles, ad aliquem signifies to, addressed to.— With names of towns, ad answers to Whither? for the simple acc., i. e. to the vicinity of, to the neighborhood of: ad Aquinum accedere, approach: ut cum suis copiis iret ad Mutinam. — Of hostile movement or protection, against (cf. adversus): veniri ad se existimantes, Cs.: ipse ad hostem vehitur, N.: Romulus ad regem impetum facit (cf. in), L.: clipeos ad tela protecti obiciunt, V.: ad hos casūs provisa praesidia, Cs.—In war, of manner of fighting: ad pedes pugna venerat, was fought out on foot, L.: equitem ad pedes deducere, L.: pugna ad gladios venerat, L. — Emphatic of distance, to, even to, all the way to: a Salonis ad Oricum portūs... occupavit, Cs.: usque a Dianis ad Sinopum navigare. — Fig.: deverberasse usque ad necem, T.: virgis ad necem caedi.—Of nearness or proximity in gen. (cf. apud), near to, by, at, close by: ad forīs adsistere: Ianum ad infimum Argiletum fecit, L.: quod Romanis ad manum domi supplementum esset, at hand, L.: errantem ad flumina, V.; and ellipt.: pecunia utinam ad Opis maneret! — Of persons: qui primum pilum ad Caesarem duxerat, Cs.: ad me fuit, at my house: ad inferos poenas parricidi luent, among.—So, fig.: ad omnīs nationes sanctum, in the judgment of, Cs.: ut esset ad posteros monumentum, etc., L.: ad urbem esse (of a general outside of the walls): ad urbem cum imperio remanere, Cs.—With names of towns and verbs of rest: pons, qui erat ad Genavam, Cs.; and with an ordinal number and lapis: sepultus ad quintum lapidem, N.—    II. In time, about, toward: domum reductus ad vesperum, toward evening.—Till, until, to, even to, up to: usque ad hanc aetatem: ad multam noctem: amant ad quoddam tempus, until: quem ad finem? how long: ad quartam (sc. horam), H. — Hence, ad id (sc. tempus), till then: ad id dubios servare animos, L.— At, on, in, by: ad horam destinatam, at the appointed hour: frumentum ad diem dare. —    III. In number or amount, near, near to, almost, about, toward (cf. circiter): talenta ad quindecim coëgi, T.: annos ad quadraginta natus.—Adverb.: occisis ad hominum milibus quattuor, Cs.: ad duo milia et trecenti occisi, L.—Of a limit, to, unto, even to (rare): (viaticum) ad assem perdere, to the last farthing, H.: ad denarium solvere. —Esp., ad unum, to a single one, without exception: omnes ad unum idem sentiunt: exosus ad unum Troianos, V. —    IV. In other relations, with regard to, in respect of, in relation to, as to, to, in: ad honorem antecellere: nihil ad rem pertinet.—Ellipt.: rectene an secus, nihil ad nos: Quid ad praetorem? quid ad rem? i. e. what difference does it make? H.: quibus (auxiliaribus) ad pugnam confidebat, Cs.: ad speciem ornatus, ad sensum acerbus: mentis ad omnia caecitas: ad cetera paene gemelli, H.: facultas ad dicendum.—With words denoting measure, weight, manner, model, rule, etc., according to, agreeably to, after: taleis ad certum pondus examinatis, Cs.: ad cursūs lunae describit annum, L.: canere ad tibiam: carmen castigare ad unguem, to perfection (see unguis), H.: ad istorum normam sapientes: ad specus angustiae vallium (i. e. ad specuum similitudinem angustae valles), Cs. — With the cause or reason, according to, at, on, in consequence of, for, in order to: ad horum proces in Boeotiam duxit, on their entreaty, L.: dictis ad fallendum instructis, L.: causae ad discordiam, to produce dissension, T.: ad facinora incendere, S.: ad speciem tabernaculis relictis, for appearance, Cs.: ad id, for this use, as a means to that end, L.: ad id ipsum, for that my purpose, L.: delecto milite ad navīs, marines, L.: puer ad cyathum statuetur, H.: biiugi ad frena leones, yoked in pairs with bits, V.: res quae sunt ad incendia, Cs.: ad communem salutem utilius.—In comparison, to, compared with, in comparison with: terra ad universi caeli complexum: nihil ad tuum equitatum, Caesar.—    V. In adverbial phrases, ad omnia, withal, to crown all: ad omnia tantum advehi auri, etc., L.—Ad hoc and ad haec, moreover, besides, in addition: ad hoc, quos... postremo omnes, quos, etc., S. — Ad id quod, beside that (rare): ad id quod... indignitate etiam Romani accendebantur, L. — Ad tempus, at a definite, fixed time, C., L.; at a fit, appropriate time, L.; for some time, for a short time, L.; according to circumstances. — Ad praesens, for the moment, for a short time.—Ad locum, on the spot: ut ad locum miles esset paratus, L.—Ad verbum, word for word, literally. — Ad summam, on the whole, generally, in general; in a word, in short, C., H.—Ad extremum, ad ultimum, ad postremum, at the end, finally, at last; of place, at the extremity, at the top, at the end: ad extremum (teli) unde ferrum exstabat, L.; of time, at last, finally: ad extremum incipit philosophari; of order, finally, lastly; to the last degree, quite, L. — Quem ad finem? to what limit? how far? how long? Note.—a. Ad rarely follows its acc: quam ad, T.: quos ad, C.: ripam ad Araxis, Ta.—b. In composition, ad- stands before vowels, b, d, f, h, i consonant, m, n, q, v, and mostly before l, r, s; acbefore c; but very often ad- before cl-, cr-, and cu-; ag- or ad- before g; ap- or ad- before p; atbefore t; but a- or ad- before gn, sp, sc, st.
    * * *
    I II
    to, up to, towards; near, at; until, on, by; almost; according to; about w/NUM

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  • 19 ad-ferō (aff-)

        ad-ferō (aff-) attulī    (adt-), adlātus (all-), adferre (aff-), to bring, fetch, carry, convey, take, deliver: magnam partem ad te, T.: scyphos ad praetorem: Curio pondus auri: nuntium ei: donum in Capitolium: litterae ab urbe adlatae, L.: litteras a patre: huc scyphos, H.: adfertur muraena in patinā, is served, H.: peditem alvo, V.: ad consules lecticā adfertur, L.—Poet., of a person: te qui vivum casūs attulerint, V. — Esp., with pron reflex., to betake oneself, go, come: huc te adfers, V.: urbem Adferimur, V.: te verus mihi nuntius adfers? i. e. present yourself in your true person, V.—Adferre manūs, to lay on, use force, do violence: pro se quisque manūs adfert, defends himself forcibly.—Freq. with dat, to lay hands on, attack, assail: domino: pastoribus vim et manūs. —With dat. of thing, to do violence to, i. e. rob, plunder, pillage: templo: eis rebus. — Fig., to bring, introduce, carry, convey to, apply, employ, use, exert, exercise: genus sermonum adfert exile, i. e. employs: quod ad amicitiam populi R. adtulissent, i. e. had enjoyed before the alliance, Cs.: in re militari nova, i. e. to reorganize the army, N.: non minus ad dicendum auctoritatis, quam, etc.: auctoritatem in iudicium, exercise: bellum in patriam, O.: Iris alimenta nubibus adfert, brings, O. —Esp., vim alicui, to employ force against, compel: ut filiae suae vis adferretur, compulsion: praesidio armato, attack, L.—To bring tidings, bring word, carry news, report, announce: haud vana adtulere, L.: ad Scipionem perductus, quid adferret, expromit, explains what news he brought, L.: calamitatem ad aurīs imperatoris: subito adlatum periculum patriae: inimico nuntium, notify: ad illam attulisse se aurum quaerere: attulerunt quieta omnia esse, L.: rebellasse Etruscos adlatum est, L.: calamitas tanta fuit, ut eam non ex proelio nuntius adferret.—To carry, produce, cause, occasion, impart, render, give: agri plus adferunt quam acceperunt: detrimentum, Cs.: vobis populoque R. pacem: suspicionem multis: parricidae aliquid decoris, to lend lustre: difficultatem ad consilium capiendum, Cs.: aliquid melius, suggest: aliquid oratoriae laudis, attain: quod iniquitas loci adtulisset, i. e. the consequences, Cs.: tempus conloquio non dare magnam pacis desperationem adferebat, Cs.: natura adfert ut eis faveamus, etc., brings it about: (id) volvenda dies attulit, V. — To bring forward, allege, assign: causam, T.: nihil adferunt, qui negant, etc., say nothing to the point: rationes cur hoc ita sit: aetatem, to plead in excuse: cur credam adferre possum. — Aliquid, to contribute, help, assist, be of use: nihil ad communem fructum: vide si quid opis potest adferre huic, T.: precibus aliquid attulimus etiam nos, have been of some assistance by.

    Latin-English dictionary > ad-ferō (aff-)

  • 20 aliquantum

        aliquantum ī, n    [neut. of aliquantus], a little, some, a considerable amount, something: ex cottidianis sumptibus: auri: itineris, Cs.: muri, L.: equorum et armorum, S.
    * * *
    I
    to some extent, in some degree, somewhat, slightly, a little
    II
    certain/fair amount/number/degree; a considerable quantity; a part/bit

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