avaricious

per-tĭnax, ācis, adj. [tenax], that holds fast, that clings firmly, very tenacious.

Lit. (only poet. and in post-Aug. prose):

digitus male pertinax,

Hor. C. 1, 9, 24:

ales unguibus pertinax,

App. Flor. p. 366: tenaxne pater ejus est? Ph. Pater immo edepol pertinax, exceedingly avaricious, Plaut. Capt. 2, 2, 39.—

Transf., that lasts long, very durable:

spiritus,

Plin. 10, 29, 43, § 81:

siligo in Allobrogum agro pertinax,

id. 18, 8, 20, § 85.—

Trop., firm, constant, steadfast, persevering, unyielding; in a bad sense, obstinate, pertinacious, stubborn (cf. pervicax); constr. absol., with in and abl.; also (rare and not ante-Aug.) with in and acc., adversus and acc., ad and acc.; also (post-Aug.) with gen., Att. ap. Non. 433, 6 sq.:

concertationes in disputando pertinaces,

Cic. Fin. 1, 8, 27 sq.:

pertinacissimus fueris, si, etc.,

id. ib. 2, 33, 107:

valde pertinax,

id. ib. 2, 3, 9:

pertinax fama,

Plin. 24, 17, 101, § 159:

studium, Quint. Inst. prooem.: certamen,

Liv. 2, 40:

stare pertinaci statu,

Gell. 2, 1, 2:

octoginta milia fortissimae pertinacissimaeque in retinendis armis juventutis,

Vell. 2, 27, 1:

pertinax virtus,

Liv. 25, 14:

pertinax adversus temerarios impetus,

id. 28, 22, 14:

pertinacior in repugnando,

id. 29, 33:

pertinax ad obtinendam injuriam,

id. 29, 1, 17:

in quod coepit pertinax et intenta,

Sen. Ira, 1, 1, 2.—

Poet., with inf.:

fortuna... Ludum insolentem ludere pertinax,

Hor. C. 3, 29, 51.—

With gen.:

justitiae,

App. Mag. p. 338, 34:

irae,

Val. Max. 6, 3, 3.—Hence, adv.: pertĭnācĭter.

Very fast or firmly, very tenaciously, persistently:

haec ipsa magis pertinaciter haerent, quo deteriora sunt,

Quint. 1, 1, 5; Suet. Tib. 74:

pertinacius resistere,

Plin. 16, 43, 83, § 227:

pertinacissime retinere,

id. 33, 6, 32, § 100. —

Constantly, firmly, steadily, perseveringly; obstinately, stubbornly, pertinaciously:

pertinaciter liberalibus studiis deditus,

Suet. Claud. 40 fin.:

pertinaciter in aliquā re manere,

Varr. R. R. 1, 20: pertinaciter offensus, Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 23, 1:

contendere,

Suet. Caes. 1:

studere,

Sen. Ep. 5, 1.— Comp.:

pertinacius insequi,

Hirt. B. G. 8, 13.— Sup.:

pertinacissime pabulo abstinere,

Suet. Caes. 81 med.; id. Ner. 56.—

Pertĭnax, ācis, m., surname of the emperor P. Helvius, who succeeded Commodus on the throne, Capitol. Pert. 1; Aur. Vict. Epit. 18.

praedātor, ōris, m. [id.], a plunderer, pillager.

Lit. (class.):

quos ego in eodem genere praedatorum direptorumque pono,

Cic. Cat. 2, 9, 20:

exercitus, praedator ex sociis,

Sall. J. 44, 1.—

Transf.

A hunter ( poet.):

praedator aprorum,

Ov. M. 12, 306; Stat. Th. 4, 316.— Transf.:

corporis,

i. e. a ravisher, Petr. 85, 3.—

A rapacious or avaricious man, Tib. 2, 3, 43.

pullus, i, m. [root pu-, to beget; cf. puer; Gr. pôlos; Engl. foal].

A young animal, young, a foal (cf. fetus):

asininus,

Varr. R. R. 2, 8, 2:

equinus,

Col. 6, 29, 1:

onagrorum,

Plin. 8, 44, 69, § 171:

glirium,

Varr. R. R. 3, 15:

ranae,

Hor. S. 2, 3, 314:

columbini,

Cic. Fam. 9, 18:

gallinacei,

Liv. 32, 1; Col. 8, 5, 7:

pavonini,

Varr. R. R. 3, 9:

anserum,

id. ib. 3, 10:

ciconiae,

Juv. 14, 74:

ex ovis pulli orti,

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

asinam, et pullum filium,

Vulg. Zach. 9, 9.—

In partic., a young fowl, a chicken, Hor. S. 1, 3, 92; 2, 2, 121; id. Ep. 2, 2, 163; Sen. Q. N. 4, 6, 2; cf.:

pulli implumes,

Hor. Epod. 1, 19.—So of the sacred chickens, used in divination:

cum cavea liberati pulli non pascerentur,

Cic. N. D. 2, 3, 8.—

Transf.

Of persons.

As a term of endearment, dove, chick, darling:

meus pullus passer, mea columba,

Plaut. Cas. 1, 50:

strabonem Appellat paetum paeter, et pullum, male parvus Si cui filius est,

Hor. S. 1, 3, 45; Suet. Calig. 13 fin.; M. Aur. ap. Front. Ep. ad Anton. 1, 1 Mai.—

Pullus milvinus, qs. young kite, of an avaricious person, Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 2, 2, § 6.—

Of plants, a sprout, young twig, Cato, R. R. 51; 133; Pall. 4, 9.

pullus, a, um, adj. dim. [for purulus, from purus], pure: veste pullā candidi, Varr. ap. Non. 368, 28.

pullus, a, um, adj. [kindr. with pellos].

Dark-colored, blackish-gray, dusky, blackish:

lepus superiore parte pulla, ventre albo,

Varr. R. R. 3, 12, 5:

nigra terra, quam pullam vocant,

Col. 1, praef. §

24: color lanae pullus atque fuscus,

id. 7, 2, 4:

ne maculis infuscet vellera pullis,

Verg. G. 3, 389:

hostia,

Tib. 1, 2, 62:

capilli,

Ov. Am. 2, 4, 41:

myrtus,

dusky, dark-green, Hor. C, 1, 25, 18; cf.

ficus,

id. Epod. 16, 46.—ESD. freq.: pulla vestis, a dark-gray garment (of dark-gray or undyed wool, the dress of mourners and of the lower orders), of mourners, Varr. ap. Non. 549, 33;

also called toga pulla, not worn at funeral repasts,

Cic. Vatin. 12, 30; 13, 31.—Hence, subst.: pullum, i, n., a dark - gray garment, Ov. M. 11, 48:

pullo amictus,

Liv. 45, 7; Flor. 4, 2, 45.— Plur.:

pulla decent niveas (puellas),

Ov. A. A. 3, 189.—

Transf.

In allusion to the clothing of the poor:

pulla paupertas,

Calp. Ecl. 7, 26;

80: ipse praetor cum tunicā pullā sedere solebat,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 24, § 54.—

Prov.: non possum togam praetextam sperare, cum exordium pullum videam,

i. e. a bad beginning cannot make a good ending, Quint. 5, 10, 71.—

Of language:

pullus sermo,

the vulgar speech, Varr. L. L. 9, 26, 33.—

(From mourning attire.) Sad, sorrowful, mournful ( poet.):

si mihi lanificae ducunt non pulla sorores stamina,

Mart. 6, 58, 7:

nere stamina pulla,

Ov. Ib. 246.

pullus, i, m. [root pu-, to beget; cf. puer; Gr. pôlos; Engl. foal].

A young animal, young, a foal (cf. fetus):

asininus,

Varr. R. R. 2, 8, 2:

equinus,

Col. 6, 29, 1:

onagrorum,

Plin. 8, 44, 69, § 171:

glirium,

Varr. R. R. 3, 15:

ranae,

Hor. S. 2, 3, 314:

columbini,

Cic. Fam. 9, 18:

gallinacei,

Liv. 32, 1; Col. 8, 5, 7:

pavonini,

Varr. R. R. 3, 9:

anserum,

id. ib. 3, 10:

ciconiae,

Juv. 14, 74:

ex ovis pulli orti,

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

asinam, et pullum filium,

Vulg. Zach. 9, 9.—

In partic., a young fowl, a chicken, Hor. S. 1, 3, 92; 2, 2, 121; id. Ep. 2, 2, 163; Sen. Q. N. 4, 6, 2; cf.:

pulli implumes,

Hor. Epod. 1, 19.—So of the sacred chickens, used in divination:

cum cavea liberati pulli non pascerentur,

Cic. N. D. 2, 3, 8.—

Transf.

Of persons.

As a term of endearment, dove, chick, darling:

meus pullus passer, mea columba,

Plaut. Cas. 1, 50:

strabonem Appellat paetum paeter, et pullum, male parvus Si cui filius est,

Hor. S. 1, 3, 45; Suet. Calig. 13 fin.; M. Aur. ap. Front. Ep. ad Anton. 1, 1 Mai.—

Pullus milvinus, qs. young kite, of an avaricious person, Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 2, 2, § 6.—

Of plants, a sprout, young twig, Cato, R. R. 51; 133; Pall. 4, 9.

pullus, a, um, adj. dim. [for purulus, from purus], pure: veste pullā candidi, Varr. ap. Non. 368, 28.

pullus, a, um, adj. [kindr. with pellos].

Dark-colored, blackish-gray, dusky, blackish:

lepus superiore parte pulla, ventre albo,

Varr. R. R. 3, 12, 5:

nigra terra, quam pullam vocant,

Col. 1, praef. §

24: color lanae pullus atque fuscus,

id. 7, 2, 4:

ne maculis infuscet vellera pullis,

Verg. G. 3, 389:

hostia,

Tib. 1, 2, 62:

capilli,

Ov. Am. 2, 4, 41:

myrtus,

dusky, dark-green, Hor. C, 1, 25, 18; cf.

ficus,

id. Epod. 16, 46.—ESD. freq.: pulla vestis, a dark-gray garment (of dark-gray or undyed wool, the dress of mourners and of the lower orders), of mourners, Varr. ap. Non. 549, 33;

also called toga pulla, not worn at funeral repasts,

Cic. Vatin. 12, 30; 13, 31.—Hence, subst.: pullum, i, n., a dark - gray garment, Ov. M. 11, 48:

pullo amictus,

Liv. 45, 7; Flor. 4, 2, 45.— Plur.:

pulla decent niveas (puellas),

Ov. A. A. 3, 189.—

Transf.

In allusion to the clothing of the poor:

pulla paupertas,

Calp. Ecl. 7, 26;

80: ipse praetor cum tunicā pullā sedere solebat,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 24, § 54.—

Prov.: non possum togam praetextam sperare, cum exordium pullum videam,

i. e. a bad beginning cannot make a good ending, Quint. 5, 10, 71.—

Of language:

pullus sermo,

the vulgar speech, Varr. L. L. 9, 26, 33.—

(From mourning attire.) Sad, sorrowful, mournful ( poet.):

si mihi lanificae ducunt non pulla sorores stamina,

Mart. 6, 58, 7:

nere stamina pulla,

Ov. Ib. 246.

răpax, ācis, adj. [rapio], grasping, greedy of plunder, rapacious.

Lit. (class.;

syn. furax): vos rapaces, vos praedones,

Plaut. Men. 5, 7, 26; id. Pers. 3, 3, 6:

olim furunculus, nunc vero etiam rapax,

Cic. Pis. 27, 66; so with fur, id. Verr. 2, 3, 2, § 4:

inopiā rapax,

Suet. Dom. 3:

procuratorum rapacissimum quemque,

id. Vesp. 16; cf. Tac. H. 1, 20:

Cinara,

i. e. eager for presents, Hor. Ep. 1, 14, 33; so Tib. 1, 5, 59; 2, 4, 25:

cervi, luporum praeda rapacium,

Hor. C. 4, 4, 50; id. Epod. 16, 20; cf.

Harpyiae,

id. S. 2, 2, 40.— As subst.: răpax, ācis, comm., a beast of prey, Plin. 11, 45, 101, § 247.—

Of things, rapacious, ravenous (mostly poet.):

falces rapaces,

Lucr. 3, 650:

ventus,

Ov. A. A. 1, 388:

ignis,

id. M. 8, 837:

mors,

Tib. 1, 3, 65; cf.

Orcus,

Hor. C. 2, 18, 30:

fortuna,

id. ib. 1, 34, 14:

dentes,

fangs, tusks, Veg. 6, 1, 1.—With gen.:

chryselectrum rapacissimum ignium,

very ignitible, Plin. 37, 3, 12, § 51.—As a poet. epithet of floods:

amnes,

Lucr. 5, 341:

fluvii,

id. 1, 17:

unda, Cic. poët. N. D. 3, 10, 24: undae,

Ov. M. 8, 550:

Danubius,

id. ad Liv. 397.— Hence, transf., an appellation of the twenty-first legion and the soldiers composing it (qs. that sweeps every thing before it), Tac. H. 2, 43; 100; 3, 14; 18; 22.—

Trop. (rare), with gen., grasping, seizing eagerly or quickly, greedy, avaricious:

nihil est rapacius quam natura,

Cic. Lael. 14, 50:

rapacia virtutis ingenia,

Sen. Ep. 95, 36:

nostri omnium utilitatum et virtutum rapacissimi,

Plin. 25, 2, 2, § 4.

vultur ( volt-), ŭris (ante-class. collat. form of the nom. sing. vultŭrus ( volt-), Enn. ap. Charis. p. 120 P.; id. ap. Prisc. p. 683 ib.; and id. ap. Serv. Verg. A. 6, 597, or Ann. v. 141 Vahl.), m., a vulture.

Lit., Plin. 10, 6, 7, § 19; Liv. 41, 21; Verg. A. 6, 597.—As a bird of omen, Liv. 1, 7, 1. —Prov.:

vultur profert cornua, for something impossible,

Claud. in Eutr. 1, 352.—

Transf., a designation of a grasping, avaricious person, Sen. Ep. 95, 43; Mart. 6, 62, 4.

Vultur ( Volt-), ŭris, m., a mountain in Apulia, near Venusia, now Monle Vulture, Hor. C. 3, 4, 9; Luc. 9, 185.—Hence, Vulturnus ( Volt-), a, um, adj., of or belonging to Vultur:

ventus,

a southeastby-one-third-south wind, Plin. 2, 47, 46, § 119; Sen. Q. N. 5, 16, 3; Col. 5, 5, 15; 11, 2, 65; Gell. 2, 22, 11; App. de Mundo, p. 63, 14.

vultur ( volt-), ŭris (ante-class. collat. form of the nom. sing. vultŭrus ( volt-), Enn. ap. Charis. p. 120 P.; id. ap. Prisc. p. 683 ib.; and id. ap. Serv. Verg. A. 6, 597, or Ann. v. 141 Vahl.), m., a vulture.

Lit., Plin. 10, 6, 7, § 19; Liv. 41, 21; Verg. A. 6, 597.—As a bird of omen, Liv. 1, 7, 1. —Prov.:

vultur profert cornua, for something impossible,

Claud. in Eutr. 1, 352.—

Transf., a designation of a grasping, avaricious person, Sen. Ep. 95, 43; Mart. 6, 62, 4.

Vultur ( Volt-), ŭris, m., a mountain in Apulia, near Venusia, now Monle Vulture, Hor. C. 3, 4, 9; Luc. 9, 185.—Hence, Vulturnus ( Volt-), a, um, adj., of or belonging to Vultur:

ventus,

a southeastby-one-third-south wind, Plin. 2, 47, 46, § 119; Sen. Q. N. 5, 16, 3; Col. 5, 5, 15; 11, 2, 65; Gell. 2, 22, 11; App. de Mundo, p. 63, 14.

vultur ( volt-), ŭris (ante-class. collat. form of the nom. sing. vultŭrus ( volt-), Enn. ap. Charis. p. 120 P.; id. ap. Prisc. p. 683 ib.; and id. ap. Serv. Verg. A. 6, 597, or Ann. v. 141 Vahl.), m., a vulture.

Lit., Plin. 10, 6, 7, § 19; Liv. 41, 21; Verg. A. 6, 597.—As a bird of omen, Liv. 1, 7, 1. —Prov.:

vultur profert cornua, for something impossible,

Claud. in Eutr. 1, 352.—

Transf., a designation of a grasping, avaricious person, Sen. Ep. 95, 43; Mart. 6, 62, 4.

Vultur ( Volt-), ŭris, m., a mountain in Apulia, near Venusia, now Monle Vulture, Hor. C. 3, 4, 9; Luc. 9, 185.—Hence, Vulturnus ( Volt-), a, um, adj., of or belonging to Vultur:

ventus,

a southeastby-one-third-south wind, Plin. 2, 47, 46, § 119; Sen. Q. N. 5, 16, 3; Col. 5, 5, 15; 11, 2, 65; Gell. 2, 22, 11; App. de Mundo, p. 63, 14.

vultur ( volt-), ŭris (ante-class. collat. form of the nom. sing. vultŭrus ( volt-), Enn. ap. Charis. p. 120 P.; id. ap. Prisc. p. 683 ib.; and id. ap. Serv. Verg. A. 6, 597, or Ann. v. 141 Vahl.), m., a vulture.

Lit., Plin. 10, 6, 7, § 19; Liv. 41, 21; Verg. A. 6, 597.—As a bird of omen, Liv. 1, 7, 1. —Prov.:

vultur profert cornua, for something impossible,

Claud. in Eutr. 1, 352.—

Transf., a designation of a grasping, avaricious person, Sen. Ep. 95, 43; Mart. 6, 62, 4.

Vultur ( Volt-), ŭris, m., a mountain in Apulia, near Venusia, now Monle Vulture, Hor. C. 3, 4, 9; Luc. 9, 185.—Hence, Vulturnus ( Volt-), a, um, adj., of or belonging to Vultur:

ventus,

a southeastby-one-third-south wind, Plin. 2, 47, 46, § 119; Sen. Q. N. 5, 16, 3; Col. 5, 5, 15; 11, 2, 65; Gell. 2, 22, 11; App. de Mundo, p. 63, 14.