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báculo

  • 1 báculo

    m.
    1 walking-stick, stick, cane, staff.
    2 support, aid.
    3 staff, scepter, wand.
    4 crosier, bishop's staff.
    * * *
    1 (palo) staff
    2 (de obispo) crosier
    3 figurado support
    \
    * * *
    noun m.
    1) stick, staff
    * * *
    SM
    1) (=bastón) stick, staff

    báculo pastoral — crozier, bishop's staff

    2) (=apoyo) prop, support
    * * *
    a) ( bastón) walking stick
    b) (liter) ( apoyo) support
    * * *
    = staff, ceremonial staff.
    Ex. The author also comments briefly on the scepters and staffs used by prelates in Austria, 16th-18th cs.
    Ex. Ceremonial staffs can be as elaborate as a Christmas Tree or as functional as a walking stick.
    * * *
    a) ( bastón) walking stick
    b) (liter) ( apoyo) support
    * * *
    = staff, ceremonial staff.

    Ex: The author also comments briefly on the scepters and staffs used by prelates in Austria, 16th-18th cs.

    Ex: Ceremonial staffs can be as elaborate as a Christmas Tree or as functional as a walking stick.

    * * *
    1 (bastón) walking stick
    2 ( liter) (apoyo) support
    el hijo será un báculo para su vejez his son will be a comfort o a support to him in his old age
    Compuesto:
    crosier
    * * *
    1. [de obispo] crosier
    báculo pastoral crosier
    2. [sostén] support;
    ella será el báculo de mi vejez she'll comfort me in my old age
    * * *
    m staff; fig
    support
    * * *
    1) : staff, stick
    2) : comfort, support

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  • 2 báculo

    • cane
    • crosier
    • crozier
    • scepter
    • support
    • walking race
    • walking ticket

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  • 3 báculo pastoral

    m.
    bishop's staff, bishop's crook, crook, crosier.
    * * *
    crosier
    * * *
    * * *

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  • 4 báculo de obispo

    • bishop's staff

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  • 5 báculo de peregrino

    • pikestaff
    • walking race
    • walking ticket

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  • 6 báculo pastoral

    • bishop's staff
    • crosier
    • crozier

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  • 7 baculum

    băcŭlum, i, n. ( băcŭlus, i, m., rare, and not before the Aug. period; Ov. M. 2, 789; id. F. 1, 177; App. M. 7, p. 194, 30; Aus. Epigr. 53; Isid. Orig. 20, 13, 1; Vulg. Gen. 38, 25; id. Psa. 22, 4; cf. bacillum), [like baktron, from root ba- of baxô, bibaxô, bainô, to go = Sanscr. ga], a stick, staff, as a support in walking (class.; while scipio is a staff for ornament, and fustis a stick for beating; Doed. Syn. III. p. 266 sqq.; but later used in all these signiff.; cf.

    bacillum): proximus lictor, Sextius, converso baculo oculos misero tundere coepit,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 54, § 142:

    baculum agreste,

    Ov. M. 15, 655:

    pastorale,

    Sil. 13, 334; Ov. M. 8, 218; 14, 655; 15, 659; 6, 27; 8, 693; id. F. 1, 177; Claud. Epigr. 2, 3; 2, 26; 2, 484:

    baculi crassitudo,

    Plin. 20, 23, 96, § 255.— So, baculum (-us) et pera, staff and pouch, badges of Cynic philosophers, Mart. 4, 53; App. Mag. p. 288, 6; Aus. Epigr. 53 (cf. bactroperita); Cels. 8, 20; Vitr. 10, 6; Plin. 30, 14, 44, § 129 Gron.; cf.:

    in baculo me transivi Jordanum istum,

    i.e. as a poor pilgrim, Vulg. Gen. 32, 10.—Also, the augural staff or lituus, Liv. 1, 18, 7.— A sceptre:

    baculum aureum (regis) berylli distinguebant,

    Curt. 9, 1, 30; Flor. 3, 19, 10; cf. id. 4, 11, 3. —And of the sceptre on the stage, in tragic representations, Suet. Ner. 24 Oud.:

    corpora serpentum baculi violaverat ictu,

    Ov. M. 3, 325; Col. 2, 20 (21), 4:

    summa papaverum capita dicitur baculo decussisse,

    Liv. 1, 54, 6:

    baculorum subactiones,

    blows with small staves, sticks, Vitr. 2, 4; 7, 3.—
    B.
    In eccl. Lat. from baculus; trop., a support, stay:

    an speras in baculo arundineo,

    Vulg. 4 Reg. 18, 21:

    baculum senectutis nostrae,

    id. Tob. 10, 4.—
    2.
    As instrument of wrath, rod, Vulg. Isa. 10, 24.

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  • 8 baculus

    băcŭlum, i, n. ( băcŭlus, i, m., rare, and not before the Aug. period; Ov. M. 2, 789; id. F. 1, 177; App. M. 7, p. 194, 30; Aus. Epigr. 53; Isid. Orig. 20, 13, 1; Vulg. Gen. 38, 25; id. Psa. 22, 4; cf. bacillum), [like baktron, from root ba- of baxô, bibaxô, bainô, to go = Sanscr. ga], a stick, staff, as a support in walking (class.; while scipio is a staff for ornament, and fustis a stick for beating; Doed. Syn. III. p. 266 sqq.; but later used in all these signiff.; cf.

    bacillum): proximus lictor, Sextius, converso baculo oculos misero tundere coepit,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 54, § 142:

    baculum agreste,

    Ov. M. 15, 655:

    pastorale,

    Sil. 13, 334; Ov. M. 8, 218; 14, 655; 15, 659; 6, 27; 8, 693; id. F. 1, 177; Claud. Epigr. 2, 3; 2, 26; 2, 484:

    baculi crassitudo,

    Plin. 20, 23, 96, § 255.— So, baculum (-us) et pera, staff and pouch, badges of Cynic philosophers, Mart. 4, 53; App. Mag. p. 288, 6; Aus. Epigr. 53 (cf. bactroperita); Cels. 8, 20; Vitr. 10, 6; Plin. 30, 14, 44, § 129 Gron.; cf.:

    in baculo me transivi Jordanum istum,

    i.e. as a poor pilgrim, Vulg. Gen. 32, 10.—Also, the augural staff or lituus, Liv. 1, 18, 7.— A sceptre:

    baculum aureum (regis) berylli distinguebant,

    Curt. 9, 1, 30; Flor. 3, 19, 10; cf. id. 4, 11, 3. —And of the sceptre on the stage, in tragic representations, Suet. Ner. 24 Oud.:

    corpora serpentum baculi violaverat ictu,

    Ov. M. 3, 325; Col. 2, 20 (21), 4:

    summa papaverum capita dicitur baculo decussisse,

    Liv. 1, 54, 6:

    baculorum subactiones,

    blows with small staves, sticks, Vitr. 2, 4; 7, 3.—
    B.
    In eccl. Lat. from baculus; trop., a support, stay:

    an speras in baculo arundineo,

    Vulg. 4 Reg. 18, 21:

    baculum senectutis nostrae,

    id. Tob. 10, 4.—
    2.
    As instrument of wrath, rod, Vulg. Isa. 10, 24.

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  • 9 baculum

        baculum (or poet. baculus, m, O.), ī, n    [BA-], a stick, staff, walking-stick: baculo sustinet artūs, O.: baculo oculos alcui tundere: baculo innixus, O.: baculum quem lituum appellarunt, L.— A sceptre: aureum, Cu.
    * * *
    stick, walking stick, staff; lictor's rod/staff (not fascas); scepter; crozier

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  • 10 dēcūtiō

        dēcūtiō cussī, cussus, ere    [de + quatio], to shake off, strike down, cast off: ense caput, O.: lilia, O.: summa papaverum capita baculo, L.: mella foliis, V.: silvis honorem (i. e. frondem), H.: turres fulminibus decussae, L.: ariete decussi muri, L.
    * * *
    I
    decutere, decussi, decussus V TRANS
    shake/strike/knock/force down/off/aside (from upright); dislodge; overturn
    II
    decutire, -, - V TRANS
    flay, skin; deprive of skin

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  • 11 minister

        minister tra, trum, adj.    [3 MAN-], subordinate, that serves, ministering: Lumina (i. e. oculi) propositi facta ministra tui, furthering, O.: ministro baculo, with the aid of a staff, O.—As subst m., an attendant, waiter, servant, aider, furtherer, promoter, helper: quibus ministris ea egerit, by whose agency, S.: me ministro, by my aid, Iu.: ministri publici Martis: ministri imperi tui, under officers: ministros se praebent in iudiciis oratoribus, i. e. prompters: legum, administrator: ministri ac satellites cupiditatum: Calchante ministro, with the help of Calchas, V.: fulminis ales, i. e. the eagle, H.: calidae gelidaeque (aquae), one who serves, Iu.: sit anulus tuus non minister alienae voluntatis.
    * * *
    I
    attendant, servant, waiter; agent, aide; accomplice
    II

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  • 12 nītor

        nītor nīxus (usu. in lit. sense) and nīsus (usu. fig.), ī, dep.    [CNI-], to bear upon, press upon, lean, support oneself: niti modo ac statim concidere, strive to rise, S.: stirpibus suis niti: mulierculā nixus: hastā, V.: nixus baculo, O.: cothurno, strut, H.: nixi genibus, on their knees, L.: nixus in hastam, V.: humi nitens, V.— To make way, press forward, advance, mount, climb, fly: serpentes, simul ac primum niti possunt: nituntur gradibus, V.: ad sidera, V.: in aëre, O.: in adversum, O.: niti corporibus, struggle, S.— To strain in giving birth, bring forth: nitor, am in labor, O.— Fig., to strive, put forth exertion, make an effort, labor, endeavor: virtute et patientiā nitebantur, Cs.: tantum, quantum potest, quisque nitatur: pro libertate summā ope niti, S.: ad sollicitandas civitates, Cs.: ne gravius in eum consuleretur, S.: maxime, ut, etc., N.: summā vi Cirtam inrumpere nititur, S.: patriam recuperare, N.: vestigia ponere, O.: ad inmortalitatem: in vetitum, O.— To contend, insist: nitamur igitur nihil posse percipi. — To rest, rely, depend upon: coniectura in quā nititur divinatio: cuius in vitā nitebatur salus civitatis: quā (auctoritate) apud exteras <*>ationes, Cs.: rebus iudicatis: quo confugies? ubi nitere?
    * * *
    I
    niti, nisus sum V DEP
    press/lean upon; struggle; advance; depend on (with abl.); strive, labor
    II
    niti, nixus sum V DEP
    press/lean upon; struggle; advance; depend on (with abl.); strive, labor
    III
    brightness, splendor; brilliance; gloss, sheen; elegance, style, polish; flash

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  • 13 prae-temptō (-tentō)

       prae-temptō (-tentō) —, —, āre,    to examine previously, make trial: baculo iter, O.: pedibus iter, Tb.: pollice chordas, O.: praetemptata crimina, experimental, Ta.—Fig., to test beforehand: sui vires, O.

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  • 14 sustineō

        sustineō tinuī, tentus, ēre    [subs (see sub)+ teneo], to hold up, hold upright, uphold, bear up, keep up, support, sustain: umeris bovem: arma membraque, L.: infirmos baculo artūs, O.: manibus clipeos, O.: lapis albus Pocula cum cyatho duo sustinet, H.: aër volatūs alitum sustinet: iam se sustinere non posse, i. e. to stand, Cs.: se a lapsu, L.: se alis, O.— To hold back, keep in, stay, check, restrain, control: currum equosque: remos: manum, O.: a iugulo dextram, V.: aliud simile miraculum eos sustinuit, L.: perterritum exercitum, Cs.: se ab omni adsensu, i. e. refrain. —Fig., to uphold, sustain, maintain, preserve: civitatis dignitatem et decus: causam publicam: trīs personas, characters: (arbor) ingentem sustinet umbram, V.— To furnish with means of support, nourish, sustain, support, maintain: hac (sc. re frumentariā) alimur ac sustinemur: qui ager non amplius hominum quinque milia potest sustinere: meretriculae munificentiā sustineri, L.: hinc patriam parvosque Penatīs Sustinet, V.: plebem, L.— To bear, undergo, endure, tolerate, hold out, withstand: sese diutius sustinere non posse, Cs.: nec sustinuissent Romani, nisi, etc., L.: labores: certamen, L.: vim hostium, N.: volnera, Cs.: senatus querentes eos non sustinuit, L.: iusta petentem deam, O.: ultra certamen, sustain the conflict longer, L.: sustineri ira non potuit, quin, etc., L.: non artūs Sustinuit spectare parens, O.: nec sustinet ullus queri, O.: conloqui cum eo, quem damnaverat, sustinuit, Cu.: quae se praeferre Dianae Sustinuit, presumed, O.: sustinebant tales viri, se tot senatoribus... non credidisse?— To hold in, stop, stay, check, restrain, keep back: est igitur prudentis sustinere impetum benevolentiae: hostium impetum, Cs.: consilio bellum, avoided, L. — To put off, defer, delay: sustinenda solutio est nominis Caerelliani: ad noctem oppugnationem, Cs.: rem in noctem, L.
    * * *
    sustinere, sustinui, sustentus V
    support; check; put off; put up with; sustain; hold back

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  • 15 castigatus

    castīgo, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [castum-ago, as purgo = purum-ago], to set right by word or deed, to correct, chastise, punish; to blame, reprove, chide, censure, find fault with (syn.: animadvertere, punire; more forcible than reprehendere and vituperare; weaker than culpare;

    class. in prose and poetry): pueros non verbis solum, sed etiam verberibus,

    Cic. Tusc. 3, 27, 64; so,

    verberibus,

    Plin. 8, 3, 3, § 6; cf. Liv. 26, 27, 8; Curt. 8, 6, 5:

    magnā clade,

    Liv. 39, 1, 4:

    baculo,

    Front. Strat. 1, 1, 3:

    quo saepius (magister) monuerit, hoc rarius castigabit,

    Quint. 2, 2, 5:

    laudat Pompeius... segniores castigat atque incitat,

    Caes. B. C. 1, 3;

    so opp. laudare,

    Liv. 27, 8, 18; Tac. Agr. 21:

    castigando increpandoque plus quam leniter agendo, proficere,

    Liv. 27, 9, 8:

    servos exuviis bubulis,

    Plaut. Most. 4, 1, 26:

    aliquem dictis plurumis,

    id. Bacch. 4, 8, 67; Verg. A. 5, 387:

    verbis,

    Cic. Off. 1, 25, 88; Liv. 36, 20, 4:

    litteris,

    Caes. B. C. 3, 25:

    per litteras,

    Tac. A. 3, 35:

    leniter,

    Liv. 30, 15, 10; 36, 31, 8:

    vehementissime,

    Petr. 109, 1:

    in hoc me ipse castigo quod, etc.,

    Cic. Tusc. 5, 1, 4:

    segnitiem hominum atque inertiam,

    id. de Or. 1, 41, 184; Liv. 31, 6, 5:

    nimiam lenitatem,

    id. 39, 55, 1:

    moras,

    Verg. A. 4, 407:

    dolos,

    id. ib. 6, 567:

    vitia,

    Juv. 2, 35; Vulg. Psa. 117, 18; id. Heb. 12, 6 al.—
    II.
    Esp.
    A.
    To correct some error, to set right, mend ( poet. or in post-Aug. prose) ( = corrigere, emendare): carmen, *Hor. A. P. 294:

    amicae verba,

    Juv. 6, 455:

    examen improbum in trutină,

    Pers. 1, 6:

    vitia sua,

    Plin. Pan. 46, 6.—
    B.
    To hold in check, to restrain; lit. and trop. (rare for the more usu. coërcere, cohibere, etc.):

    quid illum credis facturum, nisi eum... servas, castigas, mones?

    Ter. Heaut. 3, 3, 31:

    equum tenacem, non parentem frenis asperioribus castigare,

    Liv. 39, 25, 13; Tac. A. 6, 13:

    castigatus animi dolor,

    Cic. Tusc. 2, 21, 50:

    risum crebris potiunculis,

    Petr. 47, 7:

    lapsus,

    Stat. Th. 6, 700; cf. under P. a.—Hence,
    b.
    Of relations of space, to enclose, surround, encompass, confine, shut in:

    insula castigatur aquis,

    Sil. 12, 355.— Hence, castīgātus, a, um, P. a. ( poet. or in post-Aug. prose), confined, compressed; hence,
    1.
    As a designation of physical beauty, small, slender, close:

    pectus,

    Ov. Am. 1, 5, 21:

    frons,

    Stat. S. 2, 1, 43.—
    2.
    Trop., restrained, checked:

    luxuria tanto castigatior, quanto posset esse liberior, Aug. Civ. Dei, 5, 24: castigatissima disciplina,

    the strictest, Gell. 4, 20, 1 Hertz (Cod. Reg. castissima).— Adv.: castīgātē.
    a.
    (Acc. to castigatus, 1.) Compressedly, briefly:

    castigatius,

    Macr. Somn. Scip. 1, 6:

    castigatius eloqui,

    Aug. Doctr. Christ. 4, 14.—
    b.
    (Acc. to 2.) Restrainedly, within bounds:

    vixit modeste, castigate, etc.,

    Sen. Contr. 6, 8:

    vivere,

    Amm. 22, 3, 12.

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  • 16 castigo

    castīgo, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [castum-ago, as purgo = purum-ago], to set right by word or deed, to correct, chastise, punish; to blame, reprove, chide, censure, find fault with (syn.: animadvertere, punire; more forcible than reprehendere and vituperare; weaker than culpare;

    class. in prose and poetry): pueros non verbis solum, sed etiam verberibus,

    Cic. Tusc. 3, 27, 64; so,

    verberibus,

    Plin. 8, 3, 3, § 6; cf. Liv. 26, 27, 8; Curt. 8, 6, 5:

    magnā clade,

    Liv. 39, 1, 4:

    baculo,

    Front. Strat. 1, 1, 3:

    quo saepius (magister) monuerit, hoc rarius castigabit,

    Quint. 2, 2, 5:

    laudat Pompeius... segniores castigat atque incitat,

    Caes. B. C. 1, 3;

    so opp. laudare,

    Liv. 27, 8, 18; Tac. Agr. 21:

    castigando increpandoque plus quam leniter agendo, proficere,

    Liv. 27, 9, 8:

    servos exuviis bubulis,

    Plaut. Most. 4, 1, 26:

    aliquem dictis plurumis,

    id. Bacch. 4, 8, 67; Verg. A. 5, 387:

    verbis,

    Cic. Off. 1, 25, 88; Liv. 36, 20, 4:

    litteris,

    Caes. B. C. 3, 25:

    per litteras,

    Tac. A. 3, 35:

    leniter,

    Liv. 30, 15, 10; 36, 31, 8:

    vehementissime,

    Petr. 109, 1:

    in hoc me ipse castigo quod, etc.,

    Cic. Tusc. 5, 1, 4:

    segnitiem hominum atque inertiam,

    id. de Or. 1, 41, 184; Liv. 31, 6, 5:

    nimiam lenitatem,

    id. 39, 55, 1:

    moras,

    Verg. A. 4, 407:

    dolos,

    id. ib. 6, 567:

    vitia,

    Juv. 2, 35; Vulg. Psa. 117, 18; id. Heb. 12, 6 al.—
    II.
    Esp.
    A.
    To correct some error, to set right, mend ( poet. or in post-Aug. prose) ( = corrigere, emendare): carmen, *Hor. A. P. 294:

    amicae verba,

    Juv. 6, 455:

    examen improbum in trutină,

    Pers. 1, 6:

    vitia sua,

    Plin. Pan. 46, 6.—
    B.
    To hold in check, to restrain; lit. and trop. (rare for the more usu. coërcere, cohibere, etc.):

    quid illum credis facturum, nisi eum... servas, castigas, mones?

    Ter. Heaut. 3, 3, 31:

    equum tenacem, non parentem frenis asperioribus castigare,

    Liv. 39, 25, 13; Tac. A. 6, 13:

    castigatus animi dolor,

    Cic. Tusc. 2, 21, 50:

    risum crebris potiunculis,

    Petr. 47, 7:

    lapsus,

    Stat. Th. 6, 700; cf. under P. a.—Hence,
    b.
    Of relations of space, to enclose, surround, encompass, confine, shut in:

    insula castigatur aquis,

    Sil. 12, 355.— Hence, castīgātus, a, um, P. a. ( poet. or in post-Aug. prose), confined, compressed; hence,
    1.
    As a designation of physical beauty, small, slender, close:

    pectus,

    Ov. Am. 1, 5, 21:

    frons,

    Stat. S. 2, 1, 43.—
    2.
    Trop., restrained, checked:

    luxuria tanto castigatior, quanto posset esse liberior, Aug. Civ. Dei, 5, 24: castigatissima disciplina,

    the strictest, Gell. 4, 20, 1 Hertz (Cod. Reg. castissima).— Adv.: castīgātē.
    a.
    (Acc. to castigatus, 1.) Compressedly, briefly:

    castigatius,

    Macr. Somn. Scip. 1, 6:

    castigatius eloqui,

    Aug. Doctr. Christ. 4, 14.—
    b.
    (Acc. to 2.) Restrainedly, within bounds:

    vixit modeste, castigate, etc.,

    Sen. Contr. 6, 8:

    vivere,

    Amm. 22, 3, 12.

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  • 17 decutio

    1.
    dē-cŭtĭo, cussi, cussum, 3, v. a. [quatio], to shake off, strike or beat off, cast off (not freq. till after the Aug. per.; not in Caes. or Cic.).
    I.
    Lit.:

    decussa Cydonia ramo,

    Prop. 3, 13 (4, 12), 27:

    lilia,

    Ov. F. 2, 707:

    summa papaverum capita baculo,

    Liv. 1, 54:

    olivas,

    Plin. 15, 3, 3, § 11:

    mella foliis,

    Verg. G. 1, 131: honorem ( poet. for frondem) silvis, id. ib. 2, 404:

    rorem,

    id. ib. 4, 12:

    uncum mento fixum,

    Prop. 4, 1, 141 (5, 1, 141 M.):

    Victoria fulmine icta decussaque,

    struck down, Liv. 26, 23; cf. id. 25, 7:

    pinnas muri,

    id. 40, 45; 44, 8; cf.:

    partem muri arietibus,

    id. 32, 17:

    muros ariete,

    id. 33, 17:

    nidos avium sagittis,

    Plin. 10, 33, 50, § 97: collem decusso Labieni praesidio celeriter occupaverunt, dislodged, Auct. B. Afr. 50 fin.; cf.:

    decussus Capitolio,

    Val. Max. 1, 4, 2.—In comic lang.:

    ex armario argenti tantum, quantum, etc.,

    to shake out, Plaut. Epid. 2, 3, 4.—
    II.
    Trop.: cetera aetate [p. 525] jam sunt decussa, shaken off, thrown aside, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 13, 1 (al. decursa):

    ad id non accedes, ex quo tibi aliquid decuti doles,

    wrested, Sen. Cons. ad Marc. 18 8 fin.
    2.
    dēcŭtĭo, ire, 4, v. a. [de-cutis], to deprive of skin, to flay, Tert. ad Nat. 1, 14.

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  • 18 minister

    mĭnister, tra, trum, adj. ( gen. plur. ministrūm, Stat. S. 3, 1, 86) [a double comp. in form, from minus and comp. ending -ter, Gr. ter-os; cf.: magister, sinister], that is at hand, that serves, ministers (as an adj. only poet. and later): lumina (i. e. oculi) propositi facta ministra tui, that further, promote; promotive, or in a subst. sense, Ov. H. 21, 114:

    minister Grex,

    Sil. 11, 274:

    ardor,

    Lucr. 5, 297:

    ministro baculo,

    with the aid of a staff, Ov. Ib. 261.—
    II.
    Subst.
    A.
    mĭnister, tri, m., an attendant, waiter, servant; also a priest's attendant or assistant; likewise an inferior officer, underofficial; hence, transf., an aider in a good or bad sense, a furtherer, promoter, helper, an abettor, accomplice:

    centum aliae (famulae), totidemque pares aetate ministri,

    Verg. A. 1, 705:

    Phrygius,

    the cup-bearer Ganymede, Val. Fl. 5, 691; Mart. 12, 15, 7:

    Falerni,

    a cup -bearer, Cat. 27, 1:

    ministri publici Martis,

    Cic. Clu. 15, 43:

    hostia Inter cunctantes cecidit moribunda ministros,

    Verg. G. 3, 488:

    ministri imperii tui,

    inferior officers, under-officials, Cic. Q. Fr 1, 1, 3:

    regni,

    an assistant in the regal government, a minister, Just. 16, 1, 3:

    infimi homines ministros se praebent in judiciis oratoribus,

    i. e. inform the orators what the law is, Cic. de Or 1, 45, 146:

    legum,

    a minister, administrator, id. Clu. 53, 198:

    sermonum,

    a mediator, negotiator, Tac. H. 2, 99:

    consiliorum suorum,

    Vell. 2, 129, 3:

    Tiberius Alexander... minister bello datus,

    Tac. A. 15, 28:

    ministri ac servi seditionum,

    Cic. Fam. 1, 9, 13:

    ministri ac satellites cupiditatum,

    id. Verr 2, 3, 8, § 21; so,

    furoris alieni,

    agents, instruments, Lact. 5, 11:

    libidinis, Cic Lael. 10, 35: socii scelerum atque ministri,

    Lucr. 3, 61:

    Calchante ministro,

    with the help of Calchas, Verg. A. 2, 100:

    ministrum esse in maleficio,

    Cic. Clu. 22, 60:

    minister fulminis ales,

    i. e. the eagle, Hor. C. 4, 4, 1:

    calidae gelidaeque (aquae) minister,

    one who serves, Juv. 5, 63:

    me nemo ministro fur erit,

    by my aid, id. 3, 46.—Esp. (eccl. Lat.), a minister of religion, a preacher of Christ:

    ut sim minister Christi,

    Vulg. Rom. 15, 16; id. Eph. 3, 7:

    fidelis,

    id. ib. 6, 21:

    Dei,

    id. 2 Cor. 6, 4:

    optimus,

    Aug. Conf. 10, 26.—Of inanimate things:

    sit anulus tuus non minister alienae voluntatis,

    Cic. Q. Fr 1, 1, 4:

    taedae, ardore ministro, suppeditant novum lumen,

    Lucr. 5, 297.—
    B.
    mĭnistra, ae, f., a female attendant, maid-servant; a female assistant or minister, at religious worship (class. only in the trop. signif.).
    1.
    Lit.:

    una ministrarum,

    Ov. M. 9, 90; 306; 14, 705:

    accipiat missas apta ministra notas,

    Ov. A. A. 3, 470:

    ara deae certe tremuit, pariente ministrā,

    i. e. the Vestal Sylvia, id. F. 3, 47.—Also among Christians:

    ancillae, quae ministrae dicebantur,

    i. e. deaconesses, Plin. Ep. 10, 97, 8.—
    2.
    Trop., a servant, handmaid; in a bad sense, an aider, accessory, abettor:

    ministra et famula corporis res familiaris,

    Cic. Tusc. 1, 31, 75:

    voluptatum satellites et ministrae,

    id. Fin. 2, 12, 37:

    Camilla delegit pacisque bonas bellique ministras,

    Verg. A. 11, 658.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > minister

  • 19 nitor

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

    stirpibus suis niti,

    Cic. Tusc. 5, 13, 37:

    herbescens viriditas, quae nixa fibris stirpium sensim adulescit,

    id. Sen. 15, 51:

    hastili nixus,

    id. Rab. Perd. 7, 21:

    mulierculā nixus,

    id. Verr. 2, 5, 33, § 86:

    juvenis, qui nititur hastā,

    Verg. A. 6, 760:

    paribus nitens Cyllenius alis Constitit,

    id. ib. 4, 252:

    nixus baculo,

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

    nixus in hastam,

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

    de quā pariens arbore nixa dea est,

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

    humi nitens,

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

    niti modo ac statim concidere,

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

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

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

    nituntur gradibus,

    Verg. A. 2, 442:

    in altas rupes,

    Luc. 4, 37:

    ad sidera,

    Verg. G. 2, 427:

    in aëra,

    Ov. P. 2, 7, 27:

    in adversum,

    id. M. 2, 72:

    sursum nitier,

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

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

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

    nitor,

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

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

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

    nisurus contra regem,

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

    pro aliquo,

    Liv. 35, 10; cf.:

    pro libertate summā ope niti,

    Sall. J. 31, 17:

    nitebantur, ne gravius in eum consuleretur,

    Sall. J. 13, 8; cf.:

    unus Miltiades maxime nitebatur, ut, etc.,

    Nep. Milt. 4, 2. — Inf.:

    summā vi Cirtam irrumpere nititur,

    Sall. J. 25, 9:

    patriam recuperare niti,

    Nep. Pelop. 2:

    ingenio nitor non periisse meo,

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

    tamen virtute et patientia nitebantur atque omnia vulnera sustinebant,

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

    ad immortalitatem gloriae niti,

    Cic. Sen. 23, 82:

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

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

    nitamur igitur nihil posse percipi,

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

    nixus in nomine inani,

    Lucr. 5, 909:

    conjectura in quā nititur divinatio,

    Cic. Div. 2, 26, 55:

    ea, in quibus causa nititur,

    id. Cael. 10, 25:

    cujus in vitā nitebatur salus civitatis,

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

    spe niti,

    Cic. Att. 3, 9, 2:

    consilio atque auctoritate alicujus,

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

    si quis hoc uno nititur quod sit ignobilis,

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

    quo confugies? ubi nitere?

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

    magno Lucinam Nixosque patres clamore vocabam,

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

    nitor exoriens aurorae,

    Lucr. 4, 538:

    diurnus,

    the daylight, Ov. H. 18, 78:

    herbarum viridis,

    Lucr. 5, 783:

    argenti et auri,

    Ov. P. 3, 4, 23:

    eboris,

    Plin. 7, 15, 13, § 64:

    materiae,

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

    speculi,

    id. 11, 37, 64, § 170:

    gladii,

    id. 2, 25, 22, § 89:

    nigerrimus gemmae,

    id. 37, 10, 69, § 184:

    nitorem cutis facit sal,

    id. 31, 7, 41, § 84.— Plur.:

    nitores splendoresque auri,

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

    nitor corporis,

    Ter. Eun. 2, 2, 10:

    urit me Glycerae nitor,

    Hor. C. 1, 19, 5:

    Liparei nitor Hebri,

    id. ib. 3, 12, 6:

    nullus totā nitor in cute,

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

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

    Cic. Cael. 31, 77:

    habitus,

    Juv. 3, 180:

    oppidum praecipui nitoris,

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

    ludis et externo tincta nitore caput,

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

    adhibendus erit in eis explicandis quidam orationis nitor,

    Cic. Or. 32, 115:

    domesticus eloquii,

    Ov. P. 2, 2, 51:

    nitor et cultus descriptionum,

    Tac. Or. 20:

    translationum,

    Quint. 12, 10, 36.— Absol.:

    sublimitas et magnificentia et nitor,

    Quint. 8, 3, 3:

    eruditione ac nitore praestare,

    id. 10, 1, 98:

    scripsit non sine cultu ac nitore,

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

    generis,

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

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > nitor

  • 20 Nixi

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

    stirpibus suis niti,

    Cic. Tusc. 5, 13, 37:

    herbescens viriditas, quae nixa fibris stirpium sensim adulescit,

    id. Sen. 15, 51:

    hastili nixus,

    id. Rab. Perd. 7, 21:

    mulierculā nixus,

    id. Verr. 2, 5, 33, § 86:

    juvenis, qui nititur hastā,

    Verg. A. 6, 760:

    paribus nitens Cyllenius alis Constitit,

    id. ib. 4, 252:

    nixus baculo,

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

    nixus in hastam,

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

    de quā pariens arbore nixa dea est,

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

    humi nitens,

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

    niti modo ac statim concidere,

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

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

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

    nituntur gradibus,

    Verg. A. 2, 442:

    in altas rupes,

    Luc. 4, 37:

    ad sidera,

    Verg. G. 2, 427:

    in aëra,

    Ov. P. 2, 7, 27:

    in adversum,

    id. M. 2, 72:

    sursum nitier,

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

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

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

    nitor,

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

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

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

    nisurus contra regem,

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

    pro aliquo,

    Liv. 35, 10; cf.:

    pro libertate summā ope niti,

    Sall. J. 31, 17:

    nitebantur, ne gravius in eum consuleretur,

    Sall. J. 13, 8; cf.:

    unus Miltiades maxime nitebatur, ut, etc.,

    Nep. Milt. 4, 2. — Inf.:

    summā vi Cirtam irrumpere nititur,

    Sall. J. 25, 9:

    patriam recuperare niti,

    Nep. Pelop. 2:

    ingenio nitor non periisse meo,

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

    tamen virtute et patientia nitebantur atque omnia vulnera sustinebant,

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

    ad immortalitatem gloriae niti,

    Cic. Sen. 23, 82:

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

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

    nitamur igitur nihil posse percipi,

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

    nixus in nomine inani,

    Lucr. 5, 909:

    conjectura in quā nititur divinatio,

    Cic. Div. 2, 26, 55:

    ea, in quibus causa nititur,

    id. Cael. 10, 25:

    cujus in vitā nitebatur salus civitatis,

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

    spe niti,

    Cic. Att. 3, 9, 2:

    consilio atque auctoritate alicujus,

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

    si quis hoc uno nititur quod sit ignobilis,

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

    quo confugies? ubi nitere?

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

    magno Lucinam Nixosque patres clamore vocabam,

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

    nitor exoriens aurorae,

    Lucr. 4, 538:

    diurnus,

    the daylight, Ov. H. 18, 78:

    herbarum viridis,

    Lucr. 5, 783:

    argenti et auri,

    Ov. P. 3, 4, 23:

    eboris,

    Plin. 7, 15, 13, § 64:

    materiae,

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

    speculi,

    id. 11, 37, 64, § 170:

    gladii,

    id. 2, 25, 22, § 89:

    nigerrimus gemmae,

    id. 37, 10, 69, § 184:

    nitorem cutis facit sal,

    id. 31, 7, 41, § 84.— Plur.:

    nitores splendoresque auri,

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

    nitor corporis,

    Ter. Eun. 2, 2, 10:

    urit me Glycerae nitor,

    Hor. C. 1, 19, 5:

    Liparei nitor Hebri,

    id. ib. 3, 12, 6:

    nullus totā nitor in cute,

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

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

    Cic. Cael. 31, 77:

    habitus,

    Juv. 3, 180:

    oppidum praecipui nitoris,

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

    ludis et externo tincta nitore caput,

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

    adhibendus erit in eis explicandis quidam orationis nitor,

    Cic. Or. 32, 115:

    domesticus eloquii,

    Ov. P. 2, 2, 51:

    nitor et cultus descriptionum,

    Tac. Or. 20:

    translationum,

    Quint. 12, 10, 36.— Absol.:

    sublimitas et magnificentia et nitor,

    Quint. 8, 3, 3:

    eruditione ac nitore praestare,

    id. 10, 1, 98:

    scripsit non sine cultu ac nitore,

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

    generis,

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

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > Nixi

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