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dīrus, a, um, adj. [Sanscr. root dī, to flee; Gr. deos, deidô, deinos], fearful, awful (for syn. cf.: saevus, atrox, ferox, crudelis, trux, furens, furiosus, immitis).

Orig. belonging to the lang. of augurs; of fate, ill-omened, ominous, boding, portentous:

QVAE AVGVR INIVSTA, NEFASTA VITIOSA DIRA DEFIXERIT, IRRITA INFECTAQVE SVNTO,

Cic. Leg. 2, 8 fin.; cf. id. Div. 1, 16:

tristissima exta sine capite fuerunt, quibus nihil videtur esse dirius,

id. ib. 2, 15 fin.; cf.:

bubo, dirum mortalibus omen,

Ov. M. 5, 550:

omen,

Tac. H. 3, 56; Suet. Aug. 92; id. Tib. 1, 3, 17:

aves,

Tac. A. 12, 43; Suet. Claud. 22:

alites,

Plin. 18, 1, 1, § 4:

somnia,

Val. Fl. 3, 59:

tempus, Cic. Poët. Div. 1, 11, 18: exsecrationes,

Liv. 40, 56; 28, 22; Suet. Claud. 12; cf.

deprecationes,

Plin. 28, 2, 4, § 19:

detestatio,

Hor. Epod. 5, 89:

ritus sacrorum,

Tac. A. 16, 8:

religio loci,

Verg. A. 8, 350 et saep.—Hence, as subst.:

dīrae, ārum, f.

(sc. res), ill-boding things, portents, unlucky signs:

dirarum obnuntiatio,

id. ib.; Plin. 28, 2, 4, § 17; 28, 2, 5, § 26; Tac. A. 6, 24 al.; Hor. Epod. 5, 89; Müll. Etrusk. 2, p. 117.—

As a nom. propr., Dīrae, the Furies, Verg. A. 12, 845 sq.; 4, 473; Val. Fl. 1, 804; Aur. Vict. Epit. 21 al.;

called also Dirae deae, sorores,

Verg. A. 7, 324 and 454.—

dīra, ōrum, n., fearful things, ill-boding events:

in dira et in vitiosa incurrimus,

Cic. Div. 1, 16, 29; id. Leg. 2, 8, 21; cf.:

me mihi dira precari cogis,

to curse, invoke curses on, Tib. 2, 6, 17:

dira passus,

Vulg. Sirach, 38, 16.

Transf., of character, dreadful, horrible, terrible, abominable, detestable (so almost exclusively poet.; a very favorite expression with the Aug. poets; in the Ciceron. per. not at all; but cf. diritas, II.): senex dirissimus, Varr. Poët. ap. Non. 100, 30:

Dea,

i. e. Circe, Ov. M. 14, 278:

Ulixes,

Verg. A. 2, 261; 762:

Hannibal,

Hor. C. 2, 12, 2 al.:

durum,

id. ib. 3, 6, 36 (also ap. Quint. 8, 2, 9):

Afer,

Hor. C. 4, 4, 42:

Amulius,

Ov. F. 4, 53:

noverca,

id. H. 12, 188:

pellex,

id. ib. 5, 60 et saep.:

hydra,

Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 10:

serpens,

Ov. M. 2, 651:

victima,

id. A. A. 1, 334:

parens,

fell, cruel, id. ib. 2, 383:

soror,

Stat. S. 5, 3, 84:

parentes,

Manil. 5, 541.—

Of inanimate and abstr. subjects:

regio,

Ov. Tr. 3, 3, 5:

facies,

id. F. 1, 553:

dapes,

id. ib. 6, 663:

venena,

Hor. Epod. 5, 61; id. S. 1, 9, 31:

Asphaltites lacus,

Plin. 5, 15, 15, § 71:

scopulus,

id. 4, 11, 18, § 51:

duarum Syrtium vadoso mari diri sinus,

id. 5, 4, 4, § 26 et saep.:

bellum,

Verg. A. 11, 217:

nefas,

id. ib. 4, 563:

sollicitudines,

Hor. Epod. 13, 10:

amores,

Ov. M. 10, 426:

superbia,

id. ib. 3, 354:

quies,

Tac. A. 1, 65 et saep.— Poet., answering to the Gr. deinos, with inf.:

dira portas quassare trabs,

Sil. 4, 284.—

Skilful:

in complicandis negotiis,

Amm. 14, 5, 8.

dīrus, a, um, adj. [Sanscr. root dī, to flee; Gr. deos, deidô, deinos], fearful, awful (for syn. cf.: saevus, atrox, ferox, crudelis, trux, furens, furiosus, immitis).

Orig. belonging to the lang. of augurs; of fate, ill-omened, ominous, boding, portentous:

QVAE AVGVR INIVSTA, NEFASTA VITIOSA DIRA DEFIXERIT, IRRITA INFECTAQVE SVNTO,

Cic. Leg. 2, 8 fin.; cf. id. Div. 1, 16:

tristissima exta sine capite fuerunt, quibus nihil videtur esse dirius,

id. ib. 2, 15 fin.; cf.:

bubo, dirum mortalibus omen,

Ov. M. 5, 550:

omen,

Tac. H. 3, 56; Suet. Aug. 92; id. Tib. 1, 3, 17:

aves,

Tac. A. 12, 43; Suet. Claud. 22:

alites,

Plin. 18, 1, 1, § 4:

somnia,

Val. Fl. 3, 59:

tempus, Cic. Poët. Div. 1, 11, 18: exsecrationes,

Liv. 40, 56; 28, 22; Suet. Claud. 12; cf.

deprecationes,

Plin. 28, 2, 4, § 19:

detestatio,

Hor. Epod. 5, 89:

ritus sacrorum,

Tac. A. 16, 8:

religio loci,

Verg. A. 8, 350 et saep.—Hence, as subst.:

dīrae, ārum, f.

(sc. res), ill-boding things, portents, unlucky signs:

dirarum obnuntiatio,

id. ib.; Plin. 28, 2, 4, § 17; 28, 2, 5, § 26; Tac. A. 6, 24 al.; Hor. Epod. 5, 89; Müll. Etrusk. 2, p. 117.—

As a nom. propr., Dīrae, the Furies, Verg. A. 12, 845 sq.; 4, 473; Val. Fl. 1, 804; Aur. Vict. Epit. 21 al.;

called also Dirae deae, sorores,

Verg. A. 7, 324 and 454.—

dīra, ōrum, n., fearful things, ill-boding events:

in dira et in vitiosa incurrimus,

Cic. Div. 1, 16, 29; id. Leg. 2, 8, 21; cf.:

me mihi dira precari cogis,

to curse, invoke curses on, Tib. 2, 6, 17:

dira passus,

Vulg. Sirach, 38, 16.

Transf., of character, dreadful, horrible, terrible, abominable, detestable (so almost exclusively poet.; a very favorite expression with the Aug. poets; in the Ciceron. per. not at all; but cf. diritas, II.): senex dirissimus, Varr. Poët. ap. Non. 100, 30:

Dea,

i. e. Circe, Ov. M. 14, 278:

Ulixes,

Verg. A. 2, 261; 762:

Hannibal,

Hor. C. 2, 12, 2 al.:

durum,

id. ib. 3, 6, 36 (also ap. Quint. 8, 2, 9):

Afer,

Hor. C. 4, 4, 42:

Amulius,

Ov. F. 4, 53:

noverca,

id. H. 12, 188:

pellex,

id. ib. 5, 60 et saep.:

hydra,

Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 10:

serpens,

Ov. M. 2, 651:

victima,

id. A. A. 1, 334:

parens,

fell, cruel, id. ib. 2, 383:

soror,

Stat. S. 5, 3, 84:

parentes,

Manil. 5, 541.—

Of inanimate and abstr. subjects:

regio,

Ov. Tr. 3, 3, 5:

facies,

id. F. 1, 553:

dapes,

id. ib. 6, 663:

venena,

Hor. Epod. 5, 61; id. S. 1, 9, 31:

Asphaltites lacus,

Plin. 5, 15, 15, § 71:

scopulus,

id. 4, 11, 18, § 51:

duarum Syrtium vadoso mari diri sinus,

id. 5, 4, 4, § 26 et saep.:

bellum,

Verg. A. 11, 217:

nefas,

id. ib. 4, 563:

sollicitudines,

Hor. Epod. 13, 10:

amores,

Ov. M. 10, 426:

superbia,

id. ib. 3, 354:

quies,

Tac. A. 1, 65 et saep.— Poet., answering to the Gr. deinos, with inf.:

dira portas quassare trabs,

Sil. 4, 284.—

Skilful:

in complicandis negotiis,

Amm. 14, 5, 8.

dīrus, a, um, adj. [Sanscr. root dī, to flee; Gr. deos, deidô, deinos], fearful, awful (for syn. cf.: saevus, atrox, ferox, crudelis, trux, furens, furiosus, immitis).

Orig. belonging to the lang. of augurs; of fate, ill-omened, ominous, boding, portentous:

QVAE AVGVR INIVSTA, NEFASTA VITIOSA DIRA DEFIXERIT, IRRITA INFECTAQVE SVNTO,

Cic. Leg. 2, 8 fin.; cf. id. Div. 1, 16:

tristissima exta sine capite fuerunt, quibus nihil videtur esse dirius,

id. ib. 2, 15 fin.; cf.:

bubo, dirum mortalibus omen,

Ov. M. 5, 550:

omen,

Tac. H. 3, 56; Suet. Aug. 92; id. Tib. 1, 3, 17:

aves,

Tac. A. 12, 43; Suet. Claud. 22:

alites,

Plin. 18, 1, 1, § 4:

somnia,

Val. Fl. 3, 59:

tempus, Cic. Poët. Div. 1, 11, 18: exsecrationes,

Liv. 40, 56; 28, 22; Suet. Claud. 12; cf.

deprecationes,

Plin. 28, 2, 4, § 19:

detestatio,

Hor. Epod. 5, 89:

ritus sacrorum,

Tac. A. 16, 8:

religio loci,

Verg. A. 8, 350 et saep.—Hence, as subst.:

dīrae, ārum, f.

(sc. res), ill-boding things, portents, unlucky signs:

dirarum obnuntiatio,

id. ib.; Plin. 28, 2, 4, § 17; 28, 2, 5, § 26; Tac. A. 6, 24 al.; Hor. Epod. 5, 89; Müll. Etrusk. 2, p. 117.—

As a nom. propr., Dīrae, the Furies, Verg. A. 12, 845 sq.; 4, 473; Val. Fl. 1, 804; Aur. Vict. Epit. 21 al.;

called also Dirae deae, sorores,

Verg. A. 7, 324 and 454.—

dīra, ōrum, n., fearful things, ill-boding events:

in dira et in vitiosa incurrimus,

Cic. Div. 1, 16, 29; id. Leg. 2, 8, 21; cf.:

me mihi dira precari cogis,

to curse, invoke curses on, Tib. 2, 6, 17:

dira passus,

Vulg. Sirach, 38, 16.

Transf., of character, dreadful, horrible, terrible, abominable, detestable (so almost exclusively poet.; a very favorite expression with the Aug. poets; in the Ciceron. per. not at all; but cf. diritas, II.): senex dirissimus, Varr. Poët. ap. Non. 100, 30:

Dea,

i. e. Circe, Ov. M. 14, 278:

Ulixes,

Verg. A. 2, 261; 762:

Hannibal,

Hor. C. 2, 12, 2 al.:

durum,

id. ib. 3, 6, 36 (also ap. Quint. 8, 2, 9):

Afer,

Hor. C. 4, 4, 42:

Amulius,

Ov. F. 4, 53:

noverca,

id. H. 12, 188:

pellex,

id. ib. 5, 60 et saep.:

hydra,

Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 10:

serpens,

Ov. M. 2, 651:

victima,

id. A. A. 1, 334:

parens,

fell, cruel, id. ib. 2, 383:

soror,

Stat. S. 5, 3, 84:

parentes,

Manil. 5, 541.—

Of inanimate and abstr. subjects:

regio,

Ov. Tr. 3, 3, 5:

facies,

id. F. 1, 553:

dapes,

id. ib. 6, 663:

venena,

Hor. Epod. 5, 61; id. S. 1, 9, 31:

Asphaltites lacus,

Plin. 5, 15, 15, § 71:

scopulus,

id. 4, 11, 18, § 51:

duarum Syrtium vadoso mari diri sinus,

id. 5, 4, 4, § 26 et saep.:

bellum,

Verg. A. 11, 217:

nefas,

id. ib. 4, 563:

sollicitudines,

Hor. Epod. 13, 10:

amores,

Ov. M. 10, 426:

superbia,

id. ib. 3, 354:

quies,

Tac. A. 1, 65 et saep.— Poet., answering to the Gr. deinos, with inf.:

dira portas quassare trabs,

Sil. 4, 284.—

Skilful:

in complicandis negotiis,

Amm. 14, 5, 8.

horrĕo, ui, ēre, v. n. and a. [for horseo, kindred to Sanscr. hrish, to stand erect, to bristle], to stand on end, stand erect, to bristle.

Lit. (for the most part only poet.;

not in Ciceron. prose): in corpore pili, ut arista in spica hordei, horrent,

Varr. L. L. 6, § 49 Müll.; cf.:

et setae densis similes hastilibus horrent,

Ov. M. 8, 285:

saepe horrere sacros doluit Latona capillos,

Tib. 2, 3, 23:

horrentibus per totum corpus villis,

Plin. 8, 40, 61, § 150:

horrentes barbae,

Petr. 99:

horrentibus scopulis gradum inferre,

Plin. Pan. 81, 1:

horrentes rubi,

Verg. G. 3, 315:

horrentibus hastis,

id. A. 10, 178:

horrebant densis aspera crura pilis,

Ov. F. 2, 348:

rigidis setis,

id. M. 13, 846:

horret capillis ut marinus asperis Echinus aut currens aper,

Hor. Epod. 5, 27:

pervigil ecce draco squamis crepitantibus horrens Sibilat,

Ov. H. 12, 101: densantur campis horrentia tela virorum, Enn. ap. Prisc. p. 866 P. (Ann. v. 288 Vahl.); cf.: hastis longis campus splendet et horret, id. ap. Macr. S. 6, 4 (Sat. v. 15 Vahl.); imitated Verg. A. 11, 602 Serv.; Liv. 44, 41, 6: mare cum horret fluctibus, is ruffled, rough, Att. ap. Non. 422, 33:

duris cautibus horrens Caucasus,

Verg. A. 4, 366:

silvis horrentia saxa fragosis,

Ov. M. 4, 778. —

Transf.

To move in an unsteady, shaking manner.

In gen., to shake, tremble (very rare):

corpus ut impulsae segetes Aquilonibus horret,

Ov. H. 10, 139; cf. horresco.—

In partic.

To shake, shiver with cold, rigere ( poet. and very rare):

saepe etiam dominae, quamvis horrebis et ipse, Algentis manus est calfacienda sinu,

Ov. A. A. 2, 213:

horrenti tunicam non reddere servo,

Juv. 1, 93:

sola pruinosis horret facundia pannis,

Petr. 83.—

To tremble, shudder, quake with fright; more freq. as a verb. act., with an object, to shudder or be frightened at, to tremble at, be afraid of (the class. signif. of the word, equally freq. in prose and poetry; cf.: exsecror, abominor, aversor, abhorreo, odi, exhorresco).

Absol.:

totus, Parmeno, Tremo horreoque, postquam aspexi hanc,

Ter. Eun. 1, 2, 4: Ph. Extimuit tum illa? Me. Horret corpus, cor salit, Plaut. Cist. 2, 3, 9:

arrectis auribus horrent Quadrupedes monstrique metu turbantur,

Ov. M. 15, 516:

scilicet horreres majoraque monstra putares, si mulier vitulum ederet,

Juv. 2, 122.—

With acc.:

si qui imbecillius horrent dolorem et reformidant,

Cic. Tusc. 5, 30, 85:

deorum (conscientiam) horrere,

id. Fin. 1, 16, 51:

judicium et crimen,

id. Verr. 2, 5, 29, § 74; cf.:

ingrati animi crimen,

id. Att. 9, 2, A, 2:

ipsam victoriam,

id. Fam. 7, 3, 2: Ariovisti crudelitatem, * Caes. B. G. 1, 32, 4:

nomen ipsum accusatoris,

Quint. 12, 7, 1:

fragilitatis humanae vires,

Plin. Pan. 27, 1:

pauperiem,

Hor. S. 2, 5, 9:

onus,

id. Ep. 1, 17, 39:

iratum mare,

id. Epod. 2, 6:

nutum divitis,

id. Ep. 1, 18, 11:

strictas secures trepida cervice,

Sil. 6, 695 et saep.:

te Negligit aut horret,

Hor. Ep. 1, 7, 64; cf.:

quem dives amicus odit et horret,

id. ib. 1, 18, 25:

horrent admotas vulnera cruda manus,

Ov. P. 1, 3, 16:

aciem ac tela horrere,

Liv. 21, 53, 2; Curt. 7, 8, 4; 9, 2, 33:

illam, quam laudibus effert, horrere,

to loathe, Juv. 6, 183. —

With an inf. or relat.-clause:

ego vestris armis armatus non horrui in hunc locum progredi,

Cic. Agr. 2, 37, 101:

horreo dicere,

Liv. 7, 40, 9:

horret animus referre,

id. 2, 37, 6; 28, 29, 4; Lact. 7, 15, 11; 6, 17, 7:

dominatio tanto in odio est omnibus, ut quorsus eruptura sit, horreamus,

Cic. Att. 2, 21, 1; 1, 27, 1:

quemadmodum accepturi sitis, horreo,

id. Phil. 7, 3, 8.—

With ne:

eo plus horreo, ne illae magis res nos ceperint, quam nos illas,

Liv. 34, 4, 3.—

To shudder with amazement, to be astonished, amazed (very rare):

quae mehercule ego, Crasse, cum tractantur in causis, horrere soleo,

Cic. de Or. 2, 45, 188:

animo horrere,

id. Dom. 55, 140:

cogitatione,

Curt. 9, 6, 12; cf. horrendus, 2.—

To be of a rough or frightful appearance; to look rough, look frightful; to be terrible, dreadful, horrid (rare; mostly poet.):

possetne uno tempore florere, deinde vicissim horrere terra,

Cic. N. D. 2, 7, 19: quaedam loca frigoribus hiemis intolerabiliter horrent, Col. 1, 4, 9; German. Progn. 2, 158; cf.: nec fera tempestas toto tamen horret in anno. Ov. F. 1, 495:

Phoebus,

Stat. Th. 4, 1.—

Trop.:

horrebant saevis omnia verba minis,

Ov. R. Am. 664.—Hence,

horrens, entis, P. a. (acc. to I.), bristly, shaggy, rough ( poet. and very rare):

horrens Arcadius sus,

Lucr. 5, 25:

horrentique atrum nemus imminet umbra,

Verg. A. 1, 165:

horrentes Marte Latinos,

id. ib. 10, 237:

horrensque feris altaribus Esus,

Luc. 1, 445.—

hor-rendus, a, um, P. a.

(Acc. to II. A. 2. b.) Dreadful, terrible, fearful, terrific, horrible (mostly poet. and in post-Aug. prose):

horrendum et dictu video mirabile monstrum,

Verg. A. 3, 26:

truces horrendaeque imagines,

Plin. Pan. 52, 5:

silva invia atque horrenda,

Liv. 9, 36, 1:

Roma,

Hor. C. 3, 3, 45:

rabies,

id. S. 2, 3, 323:

diluvies,

id. C. 4, 14, 27:

tempestas (with foeda),

Vell. 2, 100, 2:

nox,

Ov. F. 6, 140:

vox,

Val. Fl. 1, 210; cf.:

lex erat horrendi carminis,

Liv. 1, 26, 6:

juvenis Parthis horrendus,

Hor. S. 2, 5, 62:

pallor utrasque Fecerat horrendas aspectu,

id. ib. 1, 8, 26:

res horrenda relatu,

Ov. M. 15, 298:

horrendum dictu!

Verg. A. 4, 454.— Neutr. adv.:

belua Lernae Horrendum stridens,

Verg. A. 6, 288:

arma Horrendum sonuere,

id. ib. 9, 732;

12, 700: intonet horrendum,

Juv. 6, 485.— Plur.:

horrenda circumsonantibus Alemannis,

Amm. 27, 10, 10.—

In a good sense, wonderful, awful, venerable ( poet.):

horrenda virgo (Camilla),

Verg. A. 11, 507:

horrendae procul secreta Sibyllae,

id. ib. 6, 10:

tectum augustum, ingens... Horrendum silvis et religione parentum,

id. ib. 7, 172. — Adv.: horrendē, dreadfully, Vulg. Sap. 6, 5; 17, 3.

horrĕo, ui, ēre, v. n. and a. [for horseo, kindred to Sanscr. hrish, to stand erect, to bristle], to stand on end, stand erect, to bristle.

Lit. (for the most part only poet.;

not in Ciceron. prose): in corpore pili, ut arista in spica hordei, horrent,

Varr. L. L. 6, § 49 Müll.; cf.:

et setae densis similes hastilibus horrent,

Ov. M. 8, 285:

saepe horrere sacros doluit Latona capillos,

Tib. 2, 3, 23:

horrentibus per totum corpus villis,

Plin. 8, 40, 61, § 150:

horrentes barbae,

Petr. 99:

horrentibus scopulis gradum inferre,

Plin. Pan. 81, 1:

horrentes rubi,

Verg. G. 3, 315:

horrentibus hastis,

id. A. 10, 178:

horrebant densis aspera crura pilis,

Ov. F. 2, 348:

rigidis setis,

id. M. 13, 846:

horret capillis ut marinus asperis Echinus aut currens aper,

Hor. Epod. 5, 27:

pervigil ecce draco squamis crepitantibus horrens Sibilat,

Ov. H. 12, 101: densantur campis horrentia tela virorum, Enn. ap. Prisc. p. 866 P. (Ann. v. 288 Vahl.); cf.: hastis longis campus splendet et horret, id. ap. Macr. S. 6, 4 (Sat. v. 15 Vahl.); imitated Verg. A. 11, 602 Serv.; Liv. 44, 41, 6: mare cum horret fluctibus, is ruffled, rough, Att. ap. Non. 422, 33:

duris cautibus horrens Caucasus,

Verg. A. 4, 366:

silvis horrentia saxa fragosis,

Ov. M. 4, 778. —

Transf.

To move in an unsteady, shaking manner.

In gen., to shake, tremble (very rare):

corpus ut impulsae segetes Aquilonibus horret,

Ov. H. 10, 139; cf. horresco.—

In partic.

To shake, shiver with cold, rigere ( poet. and very rare):

saepe etiam dominae, quamvis horrebis et ipse, Algentis manus est calfacienda sinu,

Ov. A. A. 2, 213:

horrenti tunicam non reddere servo,

Juv. 1, 93:

sola pruinosis horret facundia pannis,

Petr. 83.—

To tremble, shudder, quake with fright; more freq. as a verb. act., with an object, to shudder or be frightened at, to tremble at, be afraid of (the class. signif. of the word, equally freq. in prose and poetry; cf.: exsecror, abominor, aversor, abhorreo, odi, exhorresco).

Absol.:

totus, Parmeno, Tremo horreoque, postquam aspexi hanc,

Ter. Eun. 1, 2, 4: Ph. Extimuit tum illa? Me. Horret corpus, cor salit, Plaut. Cist. 2, 3, 9:

arrectis auribus horrent Quadrupedes monstrique metu turbantur,

Ov. M. 15, 516:

scilicet horreres majoraque monstra putares, si mulier vitulum ederet,

Juv. 2, 122.—

With acc.:

si qui imbecillius horrent dolorem et reformidant,

Cic. Tusc. 5, 30, 85:

deorum (conscientiam) horrere,

id. Fin. 1, 16, 51:

judicium et crimen,

id. Verr. 2, 5, 29, § 74; cf.:

ingrati animi crimen,

id. Att. 9, 2, A, 2:

ipsam victoriam,

id. Fam. 7, 3, 2: Ariovisti crudelitatem, * Caes. B. G. 1, 32, 4:

nomen ipsum accusatoris,

Quint. 12, 7, 1:

fragilitatis humanae vires,

Plin. Pan. 27, 1:

pauperiem,

Hor. S. 2, 5, 9:

onus,

id. Ep. 1, 17, 39:

iratum mare,

id. Epod. 2, 6:

nutum divitis,

id. Ep. 1, 18, 11:

strictas secures trepida cervice,

Sil. 6, 695 et saep.:

te Negligit aut horret,

Hor. Ep. 1, 7, 64; cf.:

quem dives amicus odit et horret,

id. ib. 1, 18, 25:

horrent admotas vulnera cruda manus,

Ov. P. 1, 3, 16:

aciem ac tela horrere,

Liv. 21, 53, 2; Curt. 7, 8, 4; 9, 2, 33:

illam, quam laudibus effert, horrere,

to loathe, Juv. 6, 183. —

With an inf. or relat.-clause:

ego vestris armis armatus non horrui in hunc locum progredi,

Cic. Agr. 2, 37, 101:

horreo dicere,

Liv. 7, 40, 9:

horret animus referre,

id. 2, 37, 6; 28, 29, 4; Lact. 7, 15, 11; 6, 17, 7:

dominatio tanto in odio est omnibus, ut quorsus eruptura sit, horreamus,

Cic. Att. 2, 21, 1; 1, 27, 1:

quemadmodum accepturi sitis, horreo,

id. Phil. 7, 3, 8.—

With ne:

eo plus horreo, ne illae magis res nos ceperint, quam nos illas,

Liv. 34, 4, 3.—

To shudder with amazement, to be astonished, amazed (very rare):

quae mehercule ego, Crasse, cum tractantur in causis, horrere soleo,

Cic. de Or. 2, 45, 188:

animo horrere,

id. Dom. 55, 140:

cogitatione,

Curt. 9, 6, 12; cf. horrendus, 2.—

To be of a rough or frightful appearance; to look rough, look frightful; to be terrible, dreadful, horrid (rare; mostly poet.):

possetne uno tempore florere, deinde vicissim horrere terra,

Cic. N. D. 2, 7, 19: quaedam loca frigoribus hiemis intolerabiliter horrent, Col. 1, 4, 9; German. Progn. 2, 158; cf.: nec fera tempestas toto tamen horret in anno. Ov. F. 1, 495:

Phoebus,

Stat. Th. 4, 1.—

Trop.:

horrebant saevis omnia verba minis,

Ov. R. Am. 664.—Hence,

horrens, entis, P. a. (acc. to I.), bristly, shaggy, rough ( poet. and very rare):

horrens Arcadius sus,

Lucr. 5, 25:

horrentique atrum nemus imminet umbra,

Verg. A. 1, 165:

horrentes Marte Latinos,

id. ib. 10, 237:

horrensque feris altaribus Esus,

Luc. 1, 445.—

hor-rendus, a, um, P. a.

(Acc. to II. A. 2. b.) Dreadful, terrible, fearful, terrific, horrible (mostly poet. and in post-Aug. prose):

horrendum et dictu video mirabile monstrum,

Verg. A. 3, 26:

truces horrendaeque imagines,

Plin. Pan. 52, 5:

silva invia atque horrenda,

Liv. 9, 36, 1:

Roma,

Hor. C. 3, 3, 45:

rabies,

id. S. 2, 3, 323:

diluvies,

id. C. 4, 14, 27:

tempestas (with foeda),

Vell. 2, 100, 2:

nox,

Ov. F. 6, 140:

vox,

Val. Fl. 1, 210; cf.:

lex erat horrendi carminis,

Liv. 1, 26, 6:

juvenis Parthis horrendus,

Hor. S. 2, 5, 62:

pallor utrasque Fecerat horrendas aspectu,

id. ib. 1, 8, 26:

res horrenda relatu,

Ov. M. 15, 298:

horrendum dictu!

Verg. A. 4, 454.— Neutr. adv.:

belua Lernae Horrendum stridens,

Verg. A. 6, 288:

arma Horrendum sonuere,

id. ib. 9, 732;

12, 700: intonet horrendum,

Juv. 6, 485.— Plur.:

horrenda circumsonantibus Alemannis,

Amm. 27, 10, 10.—

In a good sense, wonderful, awful, venerable ( poet.):

horrenda virgo (Camilla),

Verg. A. 11, 507:

horrendae procul secreta Sibyllae,

id. ib. 6, 10:

tectum augustum, ingens... Horrendum silvis et religione parentum,

id. ib. 7, 172. — Adv.: horrendē, dreadfully, Vulg. Sap. 6, 5; 17, 3.

horrĕo, ui, ēre, v. n. and a. [for horseo, kindred to Sanscr. hrish, to stand erect, to bristle], to stand on end, stand erect, to bristle.

Lit. (for the most part only poet.;

not in Ciceron. prose): in corpore pili, ut arista in spica hordei, horrent,

Varr. L. L. 6, § 49 Müll.; cf.:

et setae densis similes hastilibus horrent,

Ov. M. 8, 285:

saepe horrere sacros doluit Latona capillos,

Tib. 2, 3, 23:

horrentibus per totum corpus villis,

Plin. 8, 40, 61, § 150:

horrentes barbae,

Petr. 99:

horrentibus scopulis gradum inferre,

Plin. Pan. 81, 1:

horrentes rubi,

Verg. G. 3, 315:

horrentibus hastis,

id. A. 10, 178:

horrebant densis aspera crura pilis,

Ov. F. 2, 348:

rigidis setis,

id. M. 13, 846:

horret capillis ut marinus asperis Echinus aut currens aper,

Hor. Epod. 5, 27:

pervigil ecce draco squamis crepitantibus horrens Sibilat,

Ov. H. 12, 101: densantur campis horrentia tela virorum, Enn. ap. Prisc. p. 866 P. (Ann. v. 288 Vahl.); cf.: hastis longis campus splendet et horret, id. ap. Macr. S. 6, 4 (Sat. v. 15 Vahl.); imitated Verg. A. 11, 602 Serv.; Liv. 44, 41, 6: mare cum horret fluctibus, is ruffled, rough, Att. ap. Non. 422, 33:

duris cautibus horrens Caucasus,

Verg. A. 4, 366:

silvis horrentia saxa fragosis,

Ov. M. 4, 778. —

Transf.

To move in an unsteady, shaking manner.

In gen., to shake, tremble (very rare):

corpus ut impulsae segetes Aquilonibus horret,

Ov. H. 10, 139; cf. horresco.—

In partic.

To shake, shiver with cold, rigere ( poet. and very rare):

saepe etiam dominae, quamvis horrebis et ipse, Algentis manus est calfacienda sinu,

Ov. A. A. 2, 213:

horrenti tunicam non reddere servo,

Juv. 1, 93:

sola pruinosis horret facundia pannis,

Petr. 83.—

To tremble, shudder, quake with fright; more freq. as a verb. act., with an object, to shudder or be frightened at, to tremble at, be afraid of (the class. signif. of the word, equally freq. in prose and poetry; cf.: exsecror, abominor, aversor, abhorreo, odi, exhorresco).

Absol.:

totus, Parmeno, Tremo horreoque, postquam aspexi hanc,

Ter. Eun. 1, 2, 4: Ph. Extimuit tum illa? Me. Horret corpus, cor salit, Plaut. Cist. 2, 3, 9:

arrectis auribus horrent Quadrupedes monstrique metu turbantur,

Ov. M. 15, 516:

scilicet horreres majoraque monstra putares, si mulier vitulum ederet,

Juv. 2, 122.—

With acc.:

si qui imbecillius horrent dolorem et reformidant,

Cic. Tusc. 5, 30, 85:

deorum (conscientiam) horrere,

id. Fin. 1, 16, 51:

judicium et crimen,

id. Verr. 2, 5, 29, § 74; cf.:

ingrati animi crimen,

id. Att. 9, 2, A, 2:

ipsam victoriam,

id. Fam. 7, 3, 2: Ariovisti crudelitatem, * Caes. B. G. 1, 32, 4:

nomen ipsum accusatoris,

Quint. 12, 7, 1:

fragilitatis humanae vires,

Plin. Pan. 27, 1:

pauperiem,

Hor. S. 2, 5, 9:

onus,

id. Ep. 1, 17, 39:

iratum mare,

id. Epod. 2, 6:

nutum divitis,

id. Ep. 1, 18, 11:

strictas secures trepida cervice,

Sil. 6, 695 et saep.:

te Negligit aut horret,

Hor. Ep. 1, 7, 64; cf.:

quem dives amicus odit et horret,

id. ib. 1, 18, 25:

horrent admotas vulnera cruda manus,

Ov. P. 1, 3, 16:

aciem ac tela horrere,

Liv. 21, 53, 2; Curt. 7, 8, 4; 9, 2, 33:

illam, quam laudibus effert, horrere,

to loathe, Juv. 6, 183. —

With an inf. or relat.-clause:

ego vestris armis armatus non horrui in hunc locum progredi,

Cic. Agr. 2, 37, 101:

horreo dicere,

Liv. 7, 40, 9:

horret animus referre,

id. 2, 37, 6; 28, 29, 4; Lact. 7, 15, 11; 6, 17, 7:

dominatio tanto in odio est omnibus, ut quorsus eruptura sit, horreamus,

Cic. Att. 2, 21, 1; 1, 27, 1:

quemadmodum accepturi sitis, horreo,

id. Phil. 7, 3, 8.—

With ne:

eo plus horreo, ne illae magis res nos ceperint, quam nos illas,

Liv. 34, 4, 3.—

To shudder with amazement, to be astonished, amazed (very rare):

quae mehercule ego, Crasse, cum tractantur in causis, horrere soleo,

Cic. de Or. 2, 45, 188:

animo horrere,

id. Dom. 55, 140:

cogitatione,

Curt. 9, 6, 12; cf. horrendus, 2.—

To be of a rough or frightful appearance; to look rough, look frightful; to be terrible, dreadful, horrid (rare; mostly poet.):

possetne uno tempore florere, deinde vicissim horrere terra,

Cic. N. D. 2, 7, 19: quaedam loca frigoribus hiemis intolerabiliter horrent, Col. 1, 4, 9; German. Progn. 2, 158; cf.: nec fera tempestas toto tamen horret in anno. Ov. F. 1, 495:

Phoebus,

Stat. Th. 4, 1.—

Trop.:

horrebant saevis omnia verba minis,

Ov. R. Am. 664.—Hence,

horrens, entis, P. a. (acc. to I.), bristly, shaggy, rough ( poet. and very rare):

horrens Arcadius sus,

Lucr. 5, 25:

horrentique atrum nemus imminet umbra,

Verg. A. 1, 165:

horrentes Marte Latinos,

id. ib. 10, 237:

horrensque feris altaribus Esus,

Luc. 1, 445.—

hor-rendus, a, um, P. a.

(Acc. to II. A. 2. b.) Dreadful, terrible, fearful, terrific, horrible (mostly poet. and in post-Aug. prose):

horrendum et dictu video mirabile monstrum,

Verg. A. 3, 26:

truces horrendaeque imagines,

Plin. Pan. 52, 5:

silva invia atque horrenda,

Liv. 9, 36, 1:

Roma,

Hor. C. 3, 3, 45:

rabies,

id. S. 2, 3, 323:

diluvies,

id. C. 4, 14, 27:

tempestas (with foeda),

Vell. 2, 100, 2:

nox,

Ov. F. 6, 140:

vox,

Val. Fl. 1, 210; cf.:

lex erat horrendi carminis,

Liv. 1, 26, 6:

juvenis Parthis horrendus,

Hor. S. 2, 5, 62:

pallor utrasque Fecerat horrendas aspectu,

id. ib. 1, 8, 26:

res horrenda relatu,

Ov. M. 15, 298:

horrendum dictu!

Verg. A. 4, 454.— Neutr. adv.:

belua Lernae Horrendum stridens,

Verg. A. 6, 288:

arma Horrendum sonuere,

id. ib. 9, 732;

12, 700: intonet horrendum,

Juv. 6, 485.— Plur.:

horrenda circumsonantibus Alemannis,

Amm. 27, 10, 10.—

In a good sense, wonderful, awful, venerable ( poet.):

horrenda virgo (Camilla),

Verg. A. 11, 507:

horrendae procul secreta Sibyllae,

id. ib. 6, 10:

tectum augustum, ingens... Horrendum silvis et religione parentum,

id. ib. 7, 172. — Adv.: horrendē, dreadfully, Vulg. Sap. 6, 5; 17, 3.

săcer, sā̆cra, sā̆crum (ante-class. collat. form sacer, sacris, sacre; plur.:

sacres porci,

Plaut. Men. 2, 2, 16; id. Rud. 4, 6, 4; Varr. R. R. 2, 1, 20; 4, 16; sing. acc.: sacrem porcum, Fest. s. h. v. p. 318 Müll.), adj. [root sa-; Gr. saos, sôos, safe; whence Lat. sānus], dedicated or consecrated to a divinity, holy, sacred, = hieros (cf.: sanctus, augustus): Gallus Aelius ait, sacrum esse quocumque modo atque instituto civitatis consecratum sit, sive aedis, sive ara, sive signum, sive locus, sive pecunia, sive quid aliud quod dis dedicatum atque consecratum sit, Fest. s. v. sacer mons, p. 318 Müll.; cf.:

quicquid destinatum est diis, sacrum vocatur,

Macr. S. 3, 7:

sacrae (res) sunt quae diis superis consecratae sunt: religiosae quae diis manibus relictae sunt,

Gai. Inst. 2, 3.

In gen.

Absol.:

quicquam (opp. profanum),

Plaut. Merc. 2, 3, 27; id. Trin. 2, 2, 8; cf.:

aedificiis omnibus, publicis privatis sacris profanis, sic pepercit, etc.,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 54, § 129; so,

locus sacer et profanus,

id. Inv. 1, 26, 38; Auct. Her. 2, 4, 7; Quint. 5, 10, 38:

miscebis sacra profanis,

Hor. Ep. 1, 16, 54; id. A. P. 397; Nep. Them. 6, 5; Sall. C. 11, 6:

villae signis et tabulis refertae partim publicis partim etiam sacris et religiosis,

Cic. Leg. 3, 13, 31; so (with religiosus) id. Verr. 2, 4, 57, § 127; Suet. Tib. 61:

mores autem rapere properant quā sacrum quā puplicum,

Plaut. Trin. 4, 3, 37:

(legum) genera sunt tria, sacri, publici, privati juris,

Quint. 2, 4, 33; cf. in the sup.:

deprecor hoc unum per jura sacerrima lecti,

Ov. H. 9, 159:

aedes,

Plaut. Am. 4, 1, 5; Cic. Fam. 13, 11, 1; Quint. 4, 2, 8; Ov. M. 14, 315:

lucus late sacer,

Verg. A. 5, 761:

arvum Martis,

Ov. M. 7, 101:

ara,

Plaut. Aul. 4, 1, 20:

aurum,

Liv. 5, 50; cf.

pecunia (opp. privata),

Quint. 4, 2, 8:

arma,

Liv. 24, 21:

tus,

Ov. M. 14, 130:

sanguis (of the sacrificial victim),

Cat. 68, 75:

ales (so called from its use in augury),

Verg. A. 11, 721:

luces (with profestae),

Hor. C. 4, 15, 25; cf.

dies (with religiosus),

Suet. Tib. 61:

tempus,

Hor. C. S. 4:

commissum,

a crime against religion, Cic. Leg. 2, 9 et saep.— Poet.: vitis (as sacred to Bacchus), Enn. ap. Charis. p. 214 P. (Trag. v. 149 Vahl.); Hor. C. 1, 18, 1; so,

laurus,

id. ib. 3, 4, 18; Verg. A. 7, 60:

robur,

Ov. M. 8, 752:

aqua,

Hor. C. 1, 1, 22:

fontes,

Ov. M. 2, 464; Verg. E. 1, 53:

focus,

Hor. Epod. 2, 43:

Tarentum,

id. C. 1, 28, 29:

fines,

Sil. 3, 501; cf.

montes (the Alps, because not to be ascended by men),

id. 4, 70;

vates (because dedicated to Apollo),

Hor. C. 4, 9, 28; Tib. 2, 5, 113; cf.:

sacer interpresque deorum Orpheus,

Hor. A. P. 391;

and (for sanctus) of the divinity itself: Vesta,

Prop. 3, 4 (4, 3), 11; so,

Cybebe,

id. 3 (4), 22, 3 (but in Liv. 3, 19: ut sacrosancti habeantur, quibus ipsi dii neque sacri neque sancti sunt, so used only on account of the lusus verbb. with sacrosancti;

v. the context).—Sacer Mons,

a hill about three miles from Rome, beyond the Anio, and on the right of the Via Nomentana, to which the Roman people retired during their controversy with the Senate, Liv. 2, 32; 3, 52; Cic. Rep. 2, 37, 63; id. Brut. 14, 54:

os sacrum, quod imum ventrem sustinet,

Cael. Aur. Tard. 1, 4: Sacra Via, or ( poet.) Sacer Clivus, a street in Rome leading from the Forum to the Capitol, Cic. Planc. 7, 17; id. Att. 4, 3, 3; Hor. S. 1, 9, 1; id. C. 4, 2, 35; Mart. 1, 70, 5;

v. also via, I. A. 2.: sacer morbus,

the epilepsy, Cael. Aur. Tard. 1, 4:

sacer lapis,

a stone landmark, a mere-stone, Liv. 41, 13: os sacrum, anatom. t. t., = Gr. hieron osteon, the lowest bone of the spine, Cael. Aur. Tard. 1, 4, 24:

litterae sacrae (eccl. Lat.),

the Scriptures, Vulg. 2 Tim. 3, 15.—For its combinations with ignis, via, etc., v. those words.—

With gen. (class.):

ego te sacram coronam surripuisse scio Jovis,

Plaut. Men. 5, 5, 38; so,

urna Veneris,

id. Rud. 2, 5, 16 (for which:

urna Veneria,

id. ib. 2, 5, 18):

Dianae celebris dies,

Hor. C. 2, 12, 20:

sepulcrum Batti veteris,

Cat. 7, 6; cf. Plin. 8, 21, 31, § 76.—As a predicate: terra, ut focus domiciliorum, sacra deorum omnium est (a transl. of the Platon. Gê hiera pantôn theôn), Cic. Leg. 2, 18, 45:

illa insula (sc. Delos) eorum deorum sacra putatur,

id. Verr. 2, 1, 18, § 48.—

With dat. (mostly poet. and in post-Aug. prose; cf.

infra, II. A.): sacra Jovi quercus,

Ov. M. 7, 623:

esculus Jovi sacra,

Plin. 16, 4, 5, § 11:

Nymphis cervus,

Ov. M. 10, 109:

Cereri Polyphoetes (as a priest),

Verg. A. 6, 484:

pugionem templo Salutis detraxerat gestabatque velut magno operi sacrum,

Tac. A. 15, 53:

cupressus Diti sacra,

Plin. 16, 33, 60, § 139:

aesculus Jovi,

id. 16, 4, 5, § 11.—As a predicate:

Jani mensis, Qui sacer est imis Manibus,

Ov. F. 2, 52, quercus antiqua, quae erat Marti sacra, Suet. Vesp. 5 (al. sacrata).—

Transf., in gen., holy, sacred, awful, venerable (not till after the Aug. per., and very rare):

silentium,

Hor. C. 2, 13, 29:

laedere amantes,

Prop. 3, 16 (4, 15), 11:

lingua (Ciceronis),

Mart. 5, 69, 7:

Maro,

id. 8. 56, 3:

quaedam patris memoria,

Quint. 11, 1, 59:

O sacer et magnus vatum labor,

Luc. 9, 983:

heu sacri vatum errores,

Sil. 8, 100.—So used of the emperors;

disapproved of by Tiberius: (Tiberius) alium dicentem sacras ejus occupationes verba mutare et pro sacris laboriosas dicere coëgit,

Suet. Tib. 27.—But soon after Tiberius in general use:

auris Caesaris,

Mart. 7, 99, 4:

sacri lateris custos,

id. 6, 76, 1:

apud aures sacras mentitus est,

Amm. 28, 6, 26 (cf.:

se Imperatori mentitum,

id. 28, 6, 26, § 21); and hence, for ecclesiastical: domus, comitatus, scrinia, largitiones, etc., in the law books et saep.

In partic., with a bad accessory signif., devoted to a divinity for destruction, forfeited; and absol., accursed, criminal, impious, wicked.

With dat.: si quisquam aliuta faxit, ipsos Jovi sacer esto, Lex Numae ap. Fest. p. 6 Müll.; cf.: ut caput ejus Jovi sacrum esset, an ancient plebiscitum ap. Liv. 3, 55, 7:

non alienum videtur, de condicione eorum hominum referre, quos leges sacros esse certis diis jubent, quod, cum cetera sacra violari nefas sit, hominem sacrum jus fuerit occidi, etc.,

Macr. S. 3, 7.—

Absol.: homo sacer is est, quem populus judicavit ob maleficium; neque fas est eum immolari; sed qui occidit, parricidii non damnatur. Nam lege tribuniciā primā cavetur: si quis eum, qui eo plebei scito sacer sit, occiderit, parricida ne sit. Ex quo quivis homo malus atque improbus sacer appellari solet, Fest. s. v. sacer mons, p. 318 Müll.: PATRONVS SI CLIENTI FRAVDEM FECERIT SACER ESTO, LEX XII. Tab. ap. Serv. Verg. A. 6, 609;

in imitation: uter aedilis fuerit, etc.... is intestabilis et sacer esto,

Hor. S. 2, 3, 181:

eum, qui cuiquam nocuerit, sacrum sanciri,

Liv. 3, 55.—

Transf., in gen., accursed, execrable, detestable, horrible, infamous, etc. (only poet. and in post-Aug. prose).

Of persons:

ego sum malus, Ego sum sacer, scelestus,

Plaut. Bacch. 4, 6, 14; Afran. ap. Non. 397, 22 (with malus); Lucil. ib. 397, 27.— Sup., Plaut. Most. 4, 2, 67:

homo sacerrimus,

id. Poen. prol. 90; id. Rud. 1, 2, 69; Turp. ap. Non. 397, 29 (with pessimus). —

Of things: sacerrimum domicilium, Turp. ap. Non. 397, 30:

di magni, horribilem et sacrum libellum,

Cat. 14, 12:

hircus alarum,

id. 71, 1:

auri fames,

Verg. A. 3, 57 (for which:

aurum fame,

Plin. 33, 1, 3, § 6:

venenum (Medeae),

Val. Fl. 7, 165:

nox,

id. 8, 25:

arma metu,

id. 4, 185; cf.

pavor,

id. 1, 798:

insania,

Stat. Th. 10, 804:

morbus,

i. e. epilepsy, Cael. Aur. Tard. 1, 4.—With dat.:

ut immerentis fluxit in terram Remi Sacer nepotibus cruor,

Hor. Epod. 7, 20.— Comp. and adv. do not appear (as for the comp. v. Varr. L. L. 8, § 77 Müll.).—Hence, subst.: sā̆crum, i, n., something consecrated; a holy or sacred thing, a sacred vessel or utensil; a sanctuary, a temple; a religious act, a sacrifice, etc.; in plur. in gen., sacred rites, religious worship, religion (both of the State and of single races and families; and even of individuals; v. infra, b; class.; most freq. in plur.).

Lit.

Sing.:

sacrum sacrove commendatum qui cleperit rapsitque parricida esto,

Cic. Leg. 2, 9, 22:

ubi sacro manus sis admolitus,

Plaut. As. 3, 2, 24:

omne sacrum rapiente dextrā,

Hor. C. 3, 3, 52:

metuens velut contingere sacrum,

id. S. 2, 3, 110:

apud Cluacinae sacrum,

Plaut. Curc. 4, 1, 10; Quint. 1, 4, 6:

Minervae,

Dict. Cret. 5, 12 fin.:

theatrum veluti quoddam illius sacri templum vocabimus,

Quint. 3, 8, 29: [p. 1611] quae (sacerdos Cereris) Graecum illud sacrum monstraret et faceret, Cic. Balb. 24, 55:

sacrum Herculi facere,

Liv. 1, 7:

facere Junoni,

Prop. 4 (5), 9, 43:

facto per Magos sacro,

Suet. Ner. 34:

sollemne sacrum conficere,

Flor. 1, 13, 16:

ita se habet sacrum (Suovetaurilia),

Quint. 1, 5, 67:

arma lecta conici in acervum jussit consul sacrumque id Vulcano cremavit,

Liv. 41, 12:

sacrum piaculare fieri,

id. 29, 19:

sollemne Apollinis sacrum,

Suet. Aug. 94; Ov. M. 12, 33:

pyrā sacri sub imagine factā,

id. ib. 14, 80:

nec de lucernā fas est accendi sacrum,

Phaedr. 4, 11, 13:

neve initianto, nisi ut assolet, Cereri, Graeco sacro,

according to the Grecian rites, Cic. Leg. 2, 9, 21; cf.:

vetabo, qui Cereris sacrum Vulgarit arcanae,

Hor. C. 3, 2, 26:

morientibus operire (oculos) rursusque in rogo patefacere, Quiritium ritu sacrum est,

Plin. 11, 37, 55, § 150:

in sacro est,

id. 18, 12, 30, § 118.—

Plur.: sacra deosque penates.. ex aedibus suis eripuisse dixit, sacred vessels or utensils, holy things, Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 5, § 13; cf. Liv. 5, 40:

sacra omnia proferre, Auct. B. Alex. 32, 3: portabant canistris,

Ov. M. 2, 713:

Troïa,

Tib. 2, 5, 40:

velut qui Junonis sacra ferret,

Hor. S. 1, 3, 11; cf.

of the same,

Verg. A. 2, 293; 2, 717 Heyne; Ov. F. 1, 527; id. H. 7, 80; 7, 158:

cumque suis penetralia sacris,

i. e. the images of the gods, Penates, id. M. 1, 287:

jactata aequoribus sacra,

Hor. C.4,4,54:

pueri Sacra canunt,

sacred songs, Verg. A. 2, 239; cf. Ov. Tr. 4, 10, 19:

sacra ordine in mensā Penatium deorum Ponuntur,

sacred gifts, offerings, Naev. B. Pun. 1, 11:

neve ulla vitiorum sacra sollemnia obeunto,

Cic. Leg. 2, 8, 19:

sicut in sollemnibus sacris fieri consuevit,

Sall. C. 22, 2:

qui (Mercurius) sacris anniversariis coleretur,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 39, § 84 (for which:

sacrificiis anniversariis colebatur,

id. ib. 2, 4, 57, §

128: sacris e principum numero pontifices quinque praefecit,

id. Rep. 2, 14, 26:

(Romulus) sacra diis aliis Albano ritu, Graeco Herculi facit,

Liv. 1, 7; cf.:

sacra Jovi facturus erat,

Ov. M. 3, 26:

sacra Jovi Stygio Perficere,

Verg. A. 4, 638:

ipse (Numa) plurima sacra obibat,

Liv. 1, 20:

densi circumstant sacra ministri,

Ov. M. 2, 717:

arcana sacra,

Hor. Epod. 5, 52; Ov. M. 10, 436:

fera,

id. ib. 13, 454:

nefanda,

id. ib. 10, 228:

mystica,

id. H. 2, 42:

horrida,

Sil. 3, 140:

veneranda,

id. 7, 382:

casta,

Stat. Achill. 1, 370.

Divine worship or religion in gen.: publica sacra, quae publico sumptu pro populo fiunt, quaeque pro montibus, pagis, curiis, sacellis: at privata, quae pro singulis hominibus, familiis, gentibus fiunt, Fest. pp. 244 and 245 Müll.; Liv. 5, 52:

quo foedere (Romulus) et Sabinos in civitatem ascivit, sacris communicatis,

Cic. Rep. 2, 7, 13:

quod per populum errari fas non erat propter religionem sacrorum,

id. Agr. 2, 7, 18; so,

religio sacrorum,

id. Fl. 28, 69:

sacra Cereris conficere,

id. Balb. 24, 55; so,

Cereris,

Hor. S. 2, 8, 14 (cf. supra, a fin.):

Eleusina,

Suet. Claud. 23:

Junonis,

Hor. S. 1, 3, 11:

Orphica,

rites, solemnity, festival, Cic. N. D. 3, 23, 58:

Bacchia,

Ov. M. 3, 518:

trieterica Bacchi,

id. ib. 6, 587:

Dianae,

id. ib. 7, 94;

15, 489: Isidis,

Suet. Oth. 12 et saep.—

The private religious rites of a gens, a family, etc. (observed by the Romans with the greatest care):

sacra privata perpetua manento,

Cic. Leg. 2, 9, 22; cf. id. ib. 2, 19, 47:

an gentilicia sacra ne in bello quidem intermitti, publica sacra et Romanos deos etiam in pace deseri placet?

Liv. 5, 52:

ut ne morte patris familias sacrorum memoria occideret,

Cic. Leg. 2, 19, 48:

docebant (antiqui) tribus modis sacris adstringi,

id. ib. 2, 20, 49:

magnum est eadem habere monumenta majorum, eisdem uti sacris, sepulcra habere communia,

id. Off. 1, 17, 55; cf.:

ut qui natus sit, ignoret, cujus sanguinis, quorum sacrorum sit,

Liv. 4,2:

sacra interire illi (majores) noluerunt,

Cic. Mur. 12, 27:

sacrorum alienatio,

id. Or. 42, 144 (v. alienatio); cf. sing.:

sacrum familiare,

Macr. S. 1, 16:

nuptialia,

marriage solemnities, Quint. 1, 7, 28;

called also jugalia,

Ov. M. 7, 700; cf. respecting the sacra privata of the Romans, Savigny, in his Zeitschr. 2, p. 397 sq.—

Poet., poems (as sacred to the Muses):

mihi jam puero caelestia sacra placebant, Inque suum furtim Musa trahebat opus,

Ov. Tr. 4, 10, 19:

vatum,

Pers. prol. 7:

Maronis,

Mart. 7, 63, 5. —

Prov.

Inter sacrum saxumque stare, to stand between the victim and the knife, i. e. to be between the door and the wall, to be in great straits, Plaut. Capt. 3, 4, 84; cf.:

inter sacrum et saxum positus,

App. M. 11, p. 271 fin. —

Hereditas sine sacris, i. e. a great profit without trouble, = a rose without thorns, meat without bone, etc. (because the keeping up of the sacra privata was attended with great expense), Plaut. Capt. 4, 1, 8, and id. Trin. 2, 4, 83; cf. Fest. p. 290 Müll.—

Transf., in gen. (the figure being borrowed from secret religious rites), in plur.: sacra, secrets, mysteries (not till after the Aug. period, and very rare):

sacra tori coitusque novos referebam,

Ov. M. 7, 709:

peregisse mihi videor sacra tradentium artes,

Quint. 5, 14, 27 (cf.:

omnes fere, qui legem dicendi, quasi quaedam mysteria, tradiderunt,

id. 5, 13, 60):

litterarum colere,

id. 10, 1, 92:

studiorum profanare,

Tac. Or. 11.

Styx, ygis and ygos, f., = Stux.

A fountain in Arcadia, the icy-cold water of which caused death, Plin. 2, 103, 106, § 231; Sen. Q. N. 3, 25, 1; Vitr. 8, 3, 16; Just. 12, 14, 7; Curt. 10, 10, 17.—

In mythology, a river in the infernal regions, by which the gods swore, Cic. N. D. 3, 17, 43; Verg. G. 4, 480; Ov. M. 12, 322; id. A. A. 1, 635; Sil. 13, 570; Stat. Th. 8, 30; id. Achill. 1, 269 al.— Hence, poet., the infernal regions, the lower world, Verg. G. 1, 243; Ov. M. 10, 13; id. P. 4, 8, 60; id. Tr. 5, 2, 74; Mart. 4, 60, 4; and for poison:

miscuit undis Styga Sidoniis,

Sen. Oedip. 163.—Hence,

Stygĭus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to the Styx, Stygian; and poet., of or belonging to the lower world, infernal:

palus,

Verg. A. 6, 323:

aquae,

id. ib. 6, 374:

torrens,

Ov. M. 3, 290:

cymba,

i. e. of Charon, Verg. G. 4, 506; so,

carina,

id. A. 6, 391:

Juppiter,

i. e. Pluto, id. ib. 4, 638; cf. id. ib. 6, 252:

frater,

id. ib. 9, 104:

Juno,

i.e. Proserpine, Stat. Th. 4, 526:

canes,

Luc. 6, 733:

manes,

Val. Fl. 1, 730:

umbrae,

Ov. M. 1, 139.—Hence, poet., deadly, fatal, pernicious, awful, etc.:

vis,

Verg. A. 5, 855; cf.

nox,

i. e. death, Ov. M. 3, 695:

bubo,

id. ib. 15, 791 et saep.—

Stygĭālis, e, adj., Stygian:

sacra,

Verg. Cir. 373.

vĕrĕor, ĭtus ( part. pres. verens; rare in histt.; not in Cæs., Liv., Sall., or Curt., veritus being used instead; but freq. in Cic., Nep., and Just.; cf. Krebs, Antibarb. p. 1192), 2, v. dep. a. and n. [Greek root or-, Wor; ouros, epiouros, guardian; horaô, to see; O. H. Germ. warten, to see; Engl. ward], to feel awe of, to reverence, revere, respect; to fear, be afraid of any thing (good or bad); to fear or be afraid to do a thing, etc. (not so strong as metuo, v. Cic. Quint. 1, 1 infra; cf. also timeo); constr. with acc., with an inf., the gen., a foll. ne, ut, a rel.-clause, or absol.

With acc.:

vereri aliquem,

Plaut. Am. prol. 23; so,

vereri et metuere Junonem,

id. ib. 2, 2, 202: contra nos ambae faciunt, summa gratia et eloquentia;

quarum alteram vereor, alteram metuo,

Cic. Quint. 1, 1:

metuebant eum servi, verebantur liberi,

id. Sen. 11, 37; cf.:

quid? veteranos non veremur? nam timeri se ne ipsi quidem volunt,

id. Phil. 12, 12, 29:

veremur vos, Romani, et, si ita vultis, etiam timemus,

Liv. 39, 37, 17:

ut majorem fratrem vereri,

Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 3, 3:

quem discipuli et amant et verentur,

Quint. 2, 2, 8 Spald. N. cr.:

non se hostem vereri, sed angustias itineris et magnitudinem silvarum,

Caes. B. G. 1, 39:

patris conspectum,

Ter. Phorm. 2, 2, 1:

reprehensionem doctorum atque prudentium,

Cic. Or. 1, 1:

Gallica bella,

id. Att. 14, 4, 1:

periculum,

Caes. B. G. 5, 48; id. B. C. 3, 21; Hirt. B. G. 8, 39:

desidiam in hoc,

Quint. 1, 3, 7:

opinionem jactantiae,

id. 9, 2, 74:

pauperiem,

Hor. Ep. 1, 10, 39:

majus,

id. S. 2, 8, 57:

supplicium ab aliquo,

Auct. Her. 2, 19, 28:

hoc verens in hanc tarditatem incidi,

Cic. Att. 10, 8, 5:

quae verens Epicurus... commentus est, etc.,

id. N. D. 2, 23, 59:

invidiam verens,

Nep. Eum. 7, 1.—

With inf.:

vereri introire in alienam domum,

Plaut. Mil. 4, 4, 32:

vereor dicere,

Ter. And. 2, 1, 23:

vereor committere, ut, etc.,

Cic. Leg. 1, 13, 37:

quos interficere,

Caes. B. G. 5, 6:

insanos qui inter vereare insanus haberi,

Hor. S. 2, 3, 40:

verear magis, Me amoris causā hoc ornatu incedere,

Plaut. Mil. 4, 7, 2:

judex verebar non omnes causam vincere posse suam,

Ov. H. 16, 75 sq. — Impers.:

Cyrenaici, quos non est veritum in voluptate summum bonum ponere,

Cic. Fin. 2, 13, 39.—

With gen. (mostly ante-class.): uxor, quae non vereatur viri, Afran. ap. Non. 496, 29:

tui progenitoris,

Att. ib. 497, 2:

feminae primariae,

Ter. Phorm. 5, 7, 78:

tui testimonii,

Cic. Att. 8, 4, 1.— Impers.: nihilne te populi veretur, Pac. ap. Non. 497, 2.—

With dat. (very rare):

eo minus veritus navibus, quod, etc.,

for the ships, Caes. B. G. 5, 9.—

With ne, lest or that:

sed vereor, ne videatur oratio mea, etc.,

Cic. Rep. 1, 46, 70; 3, 5, 70; id. de Or. 1, 55, 234; id. Sull. 23, 66; Caes. B. G. 1, 19; 1, 42; 2, 1; Sall. J. 14, 20; Hor. S. 1, 2, 127; id. Ep. 1, 16, 19:

veritus, ne licentia invidiam adcenderet,

Sall. J. 15, 3:

agebamus verentes ne quid accideret,

Cic. Fam. 13, 19, 2:

tum me inquit collegi, verens ne... noceret,

id. Att. 15, 21, 1; id. Fam. 9, 16, 1; id. de Or 2, 3, 14; 3, 9, 33; Nep. Dion, 4, 1; 8, 5; id. Them. 5, 1.—To introduce an expression of opinion, like dubito an:

si, ut Graeci dicunt, omnes aut Graios esse aut barbaros, vereor ne barbarorum rex fuerit (Romulus),

then I am afraid that, I suspect that, Cic. Rep. 1, 37, 58:

non vereor, ne assentatiunculā quādam aucupari tuam gratiam videar,

id. Fam. 5, 12, 6; Plaut. Capt. 2, 2, 58; id. Mil. 3, 3, 68; Cic. Fam. 2, 7, 1; Matius ap. Cic. Fam. 11, 28, 8.—

With ne... non:

accepi tuas litteras, quibus intellexi te vereri ne superiores mihi redditae non essent,

Cic. Fam. 14, 5, 1.—So usu. after non vereor, ne non is used instead of ut (cf. ê, infra):

non vereor ne hoc officium meum P. Servilio non probem,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 38, § 82; 2, 2, 47, § 118:

non vereor, ne non scribendo te expleam,

id. Fam. 2, 1, 1; 2, 5, 2; 2, 6, 2; 11, 28, 8; Cels. 5, 28, 12.—

So after questions implying a negative: quid est cur verear ne ad eam non possim accommodare Torquatos nostros?

Cic. Fin. 1, 10, 34;

and in ironical concessions or assumptions: si meis horis in accusando uti voluissem, vererer ne mihi crimina non suppeterent,

id. Verr. 2, 1, 11, § 31; id. ap. Quint. 9, 3, 19.—

With ut, that not:

veritus ut hostium impetum sustinere posset,

Caes. B. G. 5, 47:

illa duo, Crasse, vereor, ut tibi possim concedere,

Cic. de Or. 1, 9, 35; id. Fam. 14, 14, 1; id. Agr. 2, 22, 58; Auct. Her. 3, 6, 11:

ut ferulā caedas meritum majora subire Verbera non vereor,

Hor. S. 1, 3, 121.—

With a rel.-clause, to await with fear, to fear, dread:

heri semper lenitas verebar quorsum evaderet,

Ter. And. 1, 2, 5:

Pomptinum quod scribis in urbem introisse, vereor, quid sit,

Cic. Att. 7, 7, 3: hoc quomodo acciperent homines, vereor etiam nunc, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 10, 1:

vereor, num hic aliud sit dicendum,

Dig. 20, 4, 11.—

With de and abl. (very rare):

de quā (Carthagine) vereri non ante desinam quam illam excisam esse cognovero,

Cic. Sen. 6, 18.—

Absol.:

hic vereri perdidit,

i. e. he has lost all sense of shame, Plaut. Bacch. 1, 2, 50:

ne vereamini, Quia bellum Aetolis esse dixi cum Aliis,

id. Capt. prol. 58: ne vereare;

meo periculo hujus ego experiar fidem,

id. ib. 2, 2, 99.—Hence,

vĕrenter, adv., with reverence, reverently, Sedul. 1, 8.—

vĕrendus, a, um, P. a., that is to be feared or reverenced, awful, venerable; fearful, terrible ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose).

Adj.:

majestas,

Ov. M. 4, 540:

patres,

id. P. 3, 1, 143; cf. id. Tr. 5, 6, 31:

ossa (viri),

id. H. 3, 104:

Alexander Partho verendus,

Luc. 10, 46:

fluctus classibus,

id. 5, 502.—

Subst.: vĕrenda, ōrum, m., the private parts, Plin. 28, 15, 60, § 213; 32, 9, 34, § 107; 36, 21, 42, § 156; Plin. Ep. 3, 18, 14;

called also partes verendae,

Veg. Vet. 1, 7.

signif.: ubi malunt metui quam vereri se ab suis, Afran. ap. Gell. 15, 13, 3; cf. also the impersonal use above, b and g.

vĕrĕor, ĭtus ( part. pres. verens; rare in histt.; not in Cæs., Liv., Sall., or Curt., veritus being used instead; but freq. in Cic., Nep., and Just.; cf. Krebs, Antibarb. p. 1192), 2, v. dep. a. and n. [Greek root or-, Wor; ouros, epiouros, guardian; horaô, to see; O. H. Germ. warten, to see; Engl. ward], to feel awe of, to reverence, revere, respect; to fear, be afraid of any thing (good or bad); to fear or be afraid to do a thing, etc. (not so strong as metuo, v. Cic. Quint. 1, 1 infra; cf. also timeo); constr. with acc., with an inf., the gen., a foll. ne, ut, a rel.-clause, or absol.

With acc.:

vereri aliquem,

Plaut. Am. prol. 23; so,

vereri et metuere Junonem,

id. ib. 2, 2, 202: contra nos ambae faciunt, summa gratia et eloquentia;

quarum alteram vereor, alteram metuo,

Cic. Quint. 1, 1:

metuebant eum servi, verebantur liberi,

id. Sen. 11, 37; cf.:

quid? veteranos non veremur? nam timeri se ne ipsi quidem volunt,

id. Phil. 12, 12, 29:

veremur vos, Romani, et, si ita vultis, etiam timemus,

Liv. 39, 37, 17:

ut majorem fratrem vereri,

Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 3, 3:

quem discipuli et amant et verentur,

Quint. 2, 2, 8 Spald. N. cr.:

non se hostem vereri, sed angustias itineris et magnitudinem silvarum,

Caes. B. G. 1, 39:

patris conspectum,

Ter. Phorm. 2, 2, 1:

reprehensionem doctorum atque prudentium,

Cic. Or. 1, 1:

Gallica bella,

id. Att. 14, 4, 1:

periculum,

Caes. B. G. 5, 48; id. B. C. 3, 21; Hirt. B. G. 8, 39:

desidiam in hoc,

Quint. 1, 3, 7:

opinionem jactantiae,

id. 9, 2, 74:

pauperiem,

Hor. Ep. 1, 10, 39:

majus,

id. S. 2, 8, 57:

supplicium ab aliquo,

Auct. Her. 2, 19, 28:

hoc verens in hanc tarditatem incidi,

Cic. Att. 10, 8, 5:

quae verens Epicurus... commentus est, etc.,

id. N. D. 2, 23, 59:

invidiam verens,

Nep. Eum. 7, 1.—

With inf.:

vereri introire in alienam domum,

Plaut. Mil. 4, 4, 32:

vereor dicere,

Ter. And. 2, 1, 23:

vereor committere, ut, etc.,

Cic. Leg. 1, 13, 37:

quos interficere,

Caes. B. G. 5, 6:

insanos qui inter vereare insanus haberi,

Hor. S. 2, 3, 40:

verear magis, Me amoris causā hoc ornatu incedere,

Plaut. Mil. 4, 7, 2:

judex verebar non omnes causam vincere posse suam,

Ov. H. 16, 75 sq. — Impers.:

Cyrenaici, quos non est veritum in voluptate summum bonum ponere,

Cic. Fin. 2, 13, 39.—

With gen. (mostly ante-class.): uxor, quae non vereatur viri, Afran. ap. Non. 496, 29:

tui progenitoris,

Att. ib. 497, 2:

feminae primariae,

Ter. Phorm. 5, 7, 78:

tui testimonii,

Cic. Att. 8, 4, 1.— Impers.: nihilne te populi veretur, Pac. ap. Non. 497, 2.—

With dat. (very rare):

eo minus veritus navibus, quod, etc.,

for the ships, Caes. B. G. 5, 9.—

With ne, lest or that:

sed vereor, ne videatur oratio mea, etc.,

Cic. Rep. 1, 46, 70; 3, 5, 70; id. de Or. 1, 55, 234; id. Sull. 23, 66; Caes. B. G. 1, 19; 1, 42; 2, 1; Sall. J. 14, 20; Hor. S. 1, 2, 127; id. Ep. 1, 16, 19:

veritus, ne licentia invidiam adcenderet,

Sall. J. 15, 3:

agebamus verentes ne quid accideret,

Cic. Fam. 13, 19, 2:

tum me inquit collegi, verens ne... noceret,

id. Att. 15, 21, 1; id. Fam. 9, 16, 1; id. de Or 2, 3, 14; 3, 9, 33; Nep. Dion, 4, 1; 8, 5; id. Them. 5, 1.—To introduce an expression of opinion, like dubito an:

si, ut Graeci dicunt, omnes aut Graios esse aut barbaros, vereor ne barbarorum rex fuerit (Romulus),

then I am afraid that, I suspect that, Cic. Rep. 1, 37, 58:

non vereor, ne assentatiunculā quādam aucupari tuam gratiam videar,

id. Fam. 5, 12, 6; Plaut. Capt. 2, 2, 58; id. Mil. 3, 3, 68; Cic. Fam. 2, 7, 1; Matius ap. Cic. Fam. 11, 28, 8.—

With ne... non:

accepi tuas litteras, quibus intellexi te vereri ne superiores mihi redditae non essent,

Cic. Fam. 14, 5, 1.—So usu. after non vereor, ne non is used instead of ut (cf. ê, infra):

non vereor ne hoc officium meum P. Servilio non probem,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 38, § 82; 2, 2, 47, § 118:

non vereor, ne non scribendo te expleam,

id. Fam. 2, 1, 1; 2, 5, 2; 2, 6, 2; 11, 28, 8; Cels. 5, 28, 12.—

So after questions implying a negative: quid est cur verear ne ad eam non possim accommodare Torquatos nostros?

Cic. Fin. 1, 10, 34;

and in ironical concessions or assumptions: si meis horis in accusando uti voluissem, vererer ne mihi crimina non suppeterent,

id. Verr. 2, 1, 11, § 31; id. ap. Quint. 9, 3, 19.—

With ut, that not:

veritus ut hostium impetum sustinere posset,

Caes. B. G. 5, 47:

illa duo, Crasse, vereor, ut tibi possim concedere,

Cic. de Or. 1, 9, 35; id. Fam. 14, 14, 1; id. Agr. 2, 22, 58; Auct. Her. 3, 6, 11:

ut ferulā caedas meritum majora subire Verbera non vereor,

Hor. S. 1, 3, 121.—

With a rel.-clause, to await with fear, to fear, dread:

heri semper lenitas verebar quorsum evaderet,

Ter. And. 1, 2, 5:

Pomptinum quod scribis in urbem introisse, vereor, quid sit,

Cic. Att. 7, 7, 3: hoc quomodo acciperent homines, vereor etiam nunc, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 10, 1:

vereor, num hic aliud sit dicendum,

Dig. 20, 4, 11.—

With de and abl. (very rare):

de quā (Carthagine) vereri non ante desinam quam illam excisam esse cognovero,

Cic. Sen. 6, 18.—

Absol.:

hic vereri perdidit,

i. e. he has lost all sense of shame, Plaut. Bacch. 1, 2, 50:

ne vereamini, Quia bellum Aetolis esse dixi cum Aliis,

id. Capt. prol. 58: ne vereare;

meo periculo hujus ego experiar fidem,

id. ib. 2, 2, 99.—Hence,

vĕrenter, adv., with reverence, reverently, Sedul. 1, 8.—

vĕrendus, a, um, P. a., that is to be feared or reverenced, awful, venerable; fearful, terrible ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose).

Adj.:

majestas,

Ov. M. 4, 540:

patres,

id. P. 3, 1, 143; cf. id. Tr. 5, 6, 31:

ossa (viri),

id. H. 3, 104:

Alexander Partho verendus,

Luc. 10, 46:

fluctus classibus,

id. 5, 502.—

Subst.: vĕrenda, ōrum, m., the private parts, Plin. 28, 15, 60, § 213; 32, 9, 34, § 107; 36, 21, 42, § 156; Plin. Ep. 3, 18, 14;

called also partes verendae,

Veg. Vet. 1, 7.

signif.: ubi malunt metui quam vereri se ab suis, Afran. ap. Gell. 15, 13, 3; cf. also the impersonal use above, b and g.