auri

thēsaurus (in den besten Hdschrn. u. in Inschrn. thēnsaurus), ī, m. (θησαυρός), I) der niedergelegte u. aufbewahrte Vorrat, Schatz, 1) eig.: thesauros constituere, Vitr. – bes. von Geld und Geldeswert, thes. auri, Plaut.: tabularius thensaurorum, Corp. inscr. Lat. 6, 325: thesaurum effodere, Plaut.: thesaurum obruere, Cic., defodere, Cic.: thesaurum reponere (zurücklegen), Quint.: thesaurum invenire, Cic.: incubare publicis thesauris, Liv.: velut clausis thesauris incubare, Quint.: thesauros Gallici auri occultari a patribus, Liv.: thesauros tyranni scrutari, Liv. – 2) bildl.: a) reicher Vorrat, Hülle und Fülle, thes. mali, Plaut.: thesauros penitus abditae fraudis vultu laeto tegentes, Plaut. – b) ein Schatz = ein im höchsten Grade Nutzen bringender Mensch od. Gegenstand, leno, thensaurus meus, Plaut.: custos erilis, decus popli, thesaurus copiarum, Plaut.: integrum et plenum adepta est thesaurum, Plaut. – II) der Ort, wo etwas niedergelegt-, aufbewahrt wird, die Vorratskammer, das Magazin, der Speicher, 1) eig.: a) übh.: servata mella thesauris, Zellen, Verg.: in his operibus thesauri sunt civitatibus in necessariis rebus a maioribus constituti, Vitr.: condere semina in thesauros cavernarum, Plin.: condere in thesauris maxilarum cibum, Plin.: in thesauris suis (in seiner Garderobe) vestem numquam nisi annum esse passus est,

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Lampc. Alex. Sev. 40, 2. – b) insbes.: α) die Schatulle, der Schatz für Geld und Geldeswert, cum thesaurum effregisset heres, Plin. – gew. die Schatzkammer eines Tempels oder des Staatsschatzes, die Schatzkapelle, das Schatzgewölbe, thesauros Proserpinae spoliare, Liv.: thesauros expilare, Liv.: litterae recitatae sunt, pecuniam ex Proserpinae thesauris nocte clam sublatam, Liv.: pecuniam omnem conquisitam in thesauros Proserpinae referri iussit, Liv.: esse thesaurum publicum sub terra saxo saeptum, Liv. – β) poet., v. der Unterwelt, postquam est orchi (orci) traditus thesauro, Naev. bei Gell. 1, 24, 2. – 2) übtr., die Schatzkammer, die Vorratskammer, das Magazin, Repertorium, die Fundgrube, thesaurus rerum omnium memoria, Cic.: quod lateat in thesauris tuis, im Pulte, Cic.: qui illos locos tamquam thesauros aliquos argumentorum notatos habet, Cic.: quoniam, ut ait Domitius Piso, thesauros esse oportet, non libros, Plin.: litterae thesaurum (s. unten) est, Petron.: thesaurus fraudis, aufgespeicherter Betrug, Apul.: thesauri bibliothecales, Bücherschätze, Sidon. epist. 8, 4, 1. – v. Pers., quoties aliquid abditum quaero, ille thesaurus est, ein lebendiges Lexikon, eine lebendige Bibliothek, Plin. ep.: Papinianus doctrinae legalis thesaurus, Spart. – ⇒ Heterogen. thesaurum, ī, n., Petron. 46, 8. Paul. ex Fest. 8, 14 u. Itala, s. Rönsch S. 271. – Über die Schreibweise thensaurus s. Ritschl

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Prolegg. ad Plaut. trin. p. C III. Wagner Orthogr. Verg. p. 457 sq. Corp. inscr. Lat. 6, 30737. Halm Emendatt. Valer. p. 16. Rönsch Itala p. 459. – Auch tesaurus geschr., Corp. inscr. Lat. 9, 4988.

m. moist earth, clay, mud (aurr etr iljar, en ofan kuldi).

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s, m., prop. wet clay or loam, but also in Eggert Itin. p. 682 of a sort of clay, cp. Ivar Aasen s. v. aur. In A. S. eâr is humus; in the Alvismál one of the names of the earth is aurr (kalla aur uppregin). In the Völuspá the purling water of the well of Urda is called aurr; hence the paraphrase in the Edda, þær taka hvern dag vatn í brunninum, ok með aurinn (the clay, humus) er liggr um brunninn, ok ausa upp yfir askinn. Elsewhere used simply of mud, wet soil, aurr etr iljar en ofan kuldi, Gs. 15; auri trödd und jóa fótum, Gh. 16; ok við aur ægir hjarna, bragnings burs of blandinn varð, his brains were mixed with the mud, Ýt. 16; aurr ok saurr, mud and dirt, Ann. 1362; hylja auri, humo condere, in a verse in the Konn. S.

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].

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,

Transf.

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.—

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.—

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.—

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.—

Meton.

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.—

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.—

Transf. to other atmospheric objects which exert an influence on bodies, as light, heat, sound, vapor, etc.

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.).—

The warmth of sunlight: solis calidior visa est aura, Varr. ap. Non. p. 275, 25.—

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.—

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.

mĭna ( mna, Plin. 35, 10, 36, § 107), ae, f., = mna.

A Greek weight of a hundred Attic drachmas, a mina, Plin. 21, 34, 109, § 185; Rhem. Fann. de Ponder. 32 sq. —

A Greek money of account.

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.—

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.

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.—

Subst.: mĭna, ae, f.: minam Aelius vocitatam ait mammam alteram lacte deficientem, quasi minorem factam, Paul. ex Fest. p. 122 Müll.

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.

Lit.

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.—

With in and acc.:

nixus in hastam,

Verg. A. 12, 398.—

With de:

de quā pariens arbore nixa dea est,

Ov. H. 21, 100.—

With gen. of place:

humi nitens,

Verg. A. 2, 380.—

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.—

Transf.

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.—

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.—

To strain for a stool, Suet. Vesp. 20.—

Trop.

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.—

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.—

To try to prove, contend in argument, argue, with acc. and inf.:

nitamur igitur nihil posse percipi,

Cic. Ac. 2, 21, 68.—

To rest, rely, depend upon a thing.

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.—

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.—

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.

nĭtor, ōris, m. [niteo], brightness, splendor, lustre, sheen.

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.—

Transf.

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.—

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.—

In gen., color, Lucr. 2, 819:

ludis et externo tincta nitore caput,

Prop. 2, 14, 26 (3, 11, 2).—

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.—

Of character, dignity, excellence:

generis,

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

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.

Lit.

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.—

With in and acc.:

nixus in hastam,

Verg. A. 12, 398.—

With de:

de quā pariens arbore nixa dea est,

Ov. H. 21, 100.—

With gen. of place:

humi nitens,

Verg. A. 2, 380.—

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.—

Transf.

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.—

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.—

To strain for a stool, Suet. Vesp. 20.—

Trop.

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.—

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.—

To try to prove, contend in argument, argue, with acc. and inf.:

nitamur igitur nihil posse percipi,

Cic. Ac. 2, 21, 68.—

To rest, rely, depend upon a thing.

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.—

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.—

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.

nĭtor, ōris, m. [niteo], brightness, splendor, lustre, sheen.

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.—

Transf.

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.—

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.—

In gen., color, Lucr. 2, 819:

ludis et externo tincta nitore caput,

Prop. 2, 14, 26 (3, 11, 2).—

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.—

Of character, dignity, excellence:

generis,

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

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.

Lit.

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.—

With in and acc.:

nixus in hastam,

Verg. A. 12, 398.—

With de:

de quā pariens arbore nixa dea est,

Ov. H. 21, 100.—

With gen. of place:

humi nitens,

Verg. A. 2, 380.—

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.—

Transf.

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.—

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.—

To strain for a stool, Suet. Vesp. 20.—

Trop.

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.—

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.—

To try to prove, contend in argument, argue, with acc. and inf.:

nitamur igitur nihil posse percipi,

Cic. Ac. 2, 21, 68.—

To rest, rely, depend upon a thing.

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.—

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.—

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.

nĭtor, ōris, m. [niteo], brightness, splendor, lustre, sheen.

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.—

Transf.

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.—

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.—

In gen., color, Lucr. 2, 819:

ludis et externo tincta nitore caput,

Prop. 2, 14, 26 (3, 11, 2).—

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.—

Of character, dignity, excellence:

generis,

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

pondus, ĕris, n. [pendo], a weight.

Lit.

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.—

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.—

Transf.

In abstr.

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.—

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.—

In concr.

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.—

A quantity, number, multitude (anteclass. and very rare): magnum pondus omnium artificum, Varr. ap. Non. 466, 5.—

Trop.

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.—

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.—

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.