basilicum

băsĭlĭcus, a, um, adj., = basilikos, kingly, royal, princely, splendid, magnificent, = regalis (in this sense perh. only ante-class.).

Adj.

In gen.. basilicas edictiones atque imperiosas habet, Plaut. Capt. 4, 2, 31, id. Rud. 2, 4, 18:

facinora,

id. Trin. 4, 3, 23 victus, id. Pers. 1, 1, 32:

status,

id. Ps. 1, 5, 43.—

Esp.

Basilica vitis, a kind of vine among the Dyrrhachians, Plin. 14, 2, 4, § 30, Col. 3, 2, 19; 3, 2, 28; 3, 7, 1, 3, 9, 1, 3, 21, 3' uva, Isid. Orig. 17, 5, 22.—

Basilica nux, Macr S. 2, 14, 7.—

Subst.

băsĭlĭcus, i, m. (sc. jactus), = Venereus, the king ' s throw, the best throw of dice (v. alea), Plant. Curc. 2, 3, 80.—

Esp. freq., băsĭlĭca, ae, f., = basilikê (sc. oikia s. stoa), a public building in the forum with double colonnades, which was used both for judicial tribunals and as an exchange, a basilica, portico (cf. regia, in the year of Rome 542 there were no such porticos there, Liv 26, 27, 3, the first known was built by Cato in the year 568, and called Basilica Porcia, id. 39, 44, 7 Drak., Aur. Vir. Ill. 47; the most considerable basilicae in the Aug. age were the Porcia, Opimia, and Julia; the latter, built by Julius Cæsar in the third year of his dictatorship, was the chief seat of judicial proceedings; v Vitr 5, 1;

O Müll. Archaeol. § 291, cf. with § 180, Dict of Antiq.) forum plenum et basilicas isto rum hominum videmus,

Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 58, § 152, 2, 4, 3, § 6, id. Mur. 34, 70, id. Att. 2, 14, 2, 4, 16, 14 Julia, Plin. Ep 5, 21, 1; Quint. 12, 5, 6; Suet. Calig. 37, so, Aemilia, Plin. 35, 3, 4, § 13 Pauli, id. 36, 15, 24, § 102, Tac. A. 3, 72, cf. Cic. Att. 4, 16, 14. porti cus Caii et Lucil, Suet. Aug 29. completis undique basilicis ac templis, Tac. H 1, 40. —Pure Lat. regia, Suet. Aug. 31 fin., Stat. S. 1, 1, 30; v regius.—In the fourth centu ry churches were first built in the style of basilicas (cf Müll. Archaeol. § 194).— Hence, late Lat., basilica, a metropolitan church, a cathedral, a basilica. Sulp Sev H. Sacra, 2, 33 and 38.—

băsĭlĭcum, i, n.

A princely robe, Plaut. Ep. 2, 2, 48. —

In the Gr form băsĭlĭcŏn, i, n., = basilikon, a black plaster, Scrib. Comp. 210, also called, 238, băsĭlĭcē, ēs.—

The best kind of nuts, Phn. 15, 22, 24. § 87; cf. I. B. 2. supra.—Hence, adv.: băsĭlĭcē, royally, etc.: exornatus basilice, in princely, mao [p. 224] nificent style, Pers. 4, 2, 1; 1, 1, 29; 5, 2, 25. —Of severe pain: ut ego interii basilice! how wholly, completely, etc., Plaut. Ep. 1, 1, 54.

băsĭlĭcus, a, um, adj., = basilikos, kingly, royal, princely, splendid, magnificent, = regalis (in this sense perh. only ante-class.).

Adj.

In gen.. basilicas edictiones atque imperiosas habet, Plaut. Capt. 4, 2, 31, id. Rud. 2, 4, 18:

facinora,

id. Trin. 4, 3, 23 victus, id. Pers. 1, 1, 32:

status,

id. Ps. 1, 5, 43.—

Esp.

Basilica vitis, a kind of vine among the Dyrrhachians, Plin. 14, 2, 4, § 30, Col. 3, 2, 19; 3, 2, 28; 3, 7, 1, 3, 9, 1, 3, 21, 3' uva, Isid. Orig. 17, 5, 22.—

Basilica nux, Macr S. 2, 14, 7.—

Subst.

băsĭlĭcus, i, m. (sc. jactus), = Venereus, the king ' s throw, the best throw of dice (v. alea), Plant. Curc. 2, 3, 80.—

Esp. freq., băsĭlĭca, ae, f., = basilikê (sc. oikia s. stoa), a public building in the forum with double colonnades, which was used both for judicial tribunals and as an exchange, a basilica, portico (cf. regia, in the year of Rome 542 there were no such porticos there, Liv 26, 27, 3, the first known was built by Cato in the year 568, and called Basilica Porcia, id. 39, 44, 7 Drak., Aur. Vir. Ill. 47; the most considerable basilicae in the Aug. age were the Porcia, Opimia, and Julia; the latter, built by Julius Cæsar in the third year of his dictatorship, was the chief seat of judicial proceedings; v Vitr 5, 1;

O Müll. Archaeol. § 291, cf. with § 180, Dict of Antiq.) forum plenum et basilicas isto rum hominum videmus,

Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 58, § 152, 2, 4, 3, § 6, id. Mur. 34, 70, id. Att. 2, 14, 2, 4, 16, 14 Julia, Plin. Ep 5, 21, 1; Quint. 12, 5, 6; Suet. Calig. 37, so, Aemilia, Plin. 35, 3, 4, § 13 Pauli, id. 36, 15, 24, § 102, Tac. A. 3, 72, cf. Cic. Att. 4, 16, 14. porti cus Caii et Lucil, Suet. Aug 29. completis undique basilicis ac templis, Tac. H 1, 40. —Pure Lat. regia, Suet. Aug. 31 fin., Stat. S. 1, 1, 30; v regius.—In the fourth centu ry churches were first built in the style of basilicas (cf Müll. Archaeol. § 194).— Hence, late Lat., basilica, a metropolitan church, a cathedral, a basilica. Sulp Sev H. Sacra, 2, 33 and 38.—

băsĭlĭcum, i, n.

A princely robe, Plaut. Ep. 2, 2, 48. —

In the Gr form băsĭlĭcŏn, i, n., = basilikon, a black plaster, Scrib. Comp. 210, also called, 238, băsĭlĭcē, ēs.—

The best kind of nuts, Phn. 15, 22, 24. § 87; cf. I. B. 2. supra.—Hence, adv.: băsĭlĭcē, royally, etc.: exornatus basilice, in princely, mao [p. 224] nificent style, Pers. 4, 2, 1; 1, 1, 29; 5, 2, 25. —Of severe pain: ut ego interii basilice! how wholly, completely, etc., Plaut. Ep. 1, 1, 54.

jacto, āvi, ātum (jactarier, Lucr. 6, 556; Enn. Tr. 130), 1, v. freq. a. [jacio], to throw, cast, hurl.

Lit.:

semen,

to scatter, Varr. R. R. 1, 42:

semina per undas,

Ov. M. 4, 748:

jactato flore tegente vias,

id. Tr. 4, 2, 50:

irrita sacrilega jactas incendia dextra,

id. M. 14, 539:

hastas,

Cic. de Or. 2, 78, 316:

vestem argentumque de muro,

Caes. B. G. 7, 47:

lapides vacuum in orbem,

Verg. G. 1, 62:

cinerem per agros,

id. ib. 1, 81:

se muris in praeceps,

Curt. 5, 6, 7;

of casting a net: rete,

Dig. 19, 1, 12;

also of dicethrowing: talos arripio, jacto basilicum,

Plaut. Curc. 2, 3, 79; cf.:

numerosque manu jactabat eburnos,

Ov. A. A. 2, 203; id. ib. 3, 355; Suet. Aug. 71.—

Transf.

To throw or toss about; to shake, flourish:

crura,

Lucr. 4, 991:

brachia in numerum,

id. 4, 769:

manus,

Quint. 11, 3, 179; 10, 3, 21:

umeros,

id. 11, 3, 130:

tinnula manu,

Ov. Tr. 1, 1, 38:

tintinnabulum,

Phaedr. 2, 7, 5:

onerosa pallia,

Juv. 6, 236:

cerviculam,

Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 19, § 49:

nisi se suo more jactavisset,

i. e. to make gestures, id. Brut. 60, 217:

cum multum se Curio ex more jactasset,

Quint. 11, 3, 129:

exsultare immoderateque jactari,

Cic. Div. 1, 29, 60:

corpus in suo sanguine,

to wallow, Ov. M. 10, 721:

videntes,

Verg. G. 2, 355:

a facie manus,

to throw kisses, Juv. 3, 106; cf.: jactare basia, id. 4, 118:

oculos,

Lucr. 4, 1133:

lumina,

Ov. H. 3, 11:

jugum,

i. e. to be restless, rebellious, Juv. 13, 22.—

To drive hither and thither, to drive about:

cum adversā tempestate in alto jactarentur,

Cic. Inv. 2, 31, 95; Ov. H. 17, 235; Hor. Ep. 1, 11, 15; Ov. Tr. 3, 2, 15:

ut Aeneas pelago... omnia circum Litora jactetur,

Verg. A. 1, 668; 10, 48; 1, 182:

jactati aequore toto Troes,

id. ib. 1, 29; Ov. M. 11, 441 al.:

si quando, ut fit, jactor in turba, etc.,

Cic. Planc. 7, 17:

jactatur domi suae homo honestissimus,

id. Verr. 2, 1, 26, § 67:

aestu febrique jactari,

id. Cat. 1, 13.—So of the sea:

ut jactetur aqua,

Lucr. 6, 553:

cito mutata est jactati forma profundi,

Ov. H. 19, 77:

aequora,

id. Tr. 4, 4, 57.—

To throw away:

merces,

Plaut. Rud. 2, 3, 43:

arma,

Liv. 9, 12; Curt. 3, 3, 9.—Esp., to throw overboard, throw into the sea, Dig. 47, 2, 43, § 10; 14, 2, 4, § 2:

jactatur rerum utilium pars maxima,

Juv. 12, 52.—

To throw out, emit, spread:

luna suam jactat de corpore lucem,

Lucr. 5, 576:

voces per umbram,

Verg. A. 2, 768.—

Trop.

To torment, disquiet, disturb:

jactor, crucior, agitor, stimulor,

Plaut. Cist. 2, 1, 4:

nolo te jactari diutius,

id. Trin. 3, 2, 59:

ipsa velut navis jactor,

Ov. H. 21, 41:

jactari morbis,

Lucr. 3, 507:

clamore et convicio,

Cic. Fam. 1, 5:

aliquem,

id. Div. in Caecil. 14, 45.—

Jactare se or jactari, not to be firm, to waver, Cic. Tusc. 4, 10.—Of money, to fluctuate in value:

jactabatur temporibus illis nummus sic, ut nemo posset scire, quid haberet,

Cic. Off. 3, 20, 80. —

To consider, examine, discuss:

pluribus praesentibus eas res jactari nolebat,

Caes. B. G. 1, 18:

multa totā die in concilio variis jactata sermonibus erant,

i. e. discussed, not decided, Liv. 1, 50, 3:

pectore curas,

Verg. A. 1, 227:

jactari magis quam peragi accusatio ejus poterat,

discussed without a conclusion, to no purpose, Liv. 10, 46, 16.—

To discuss, mention, intimate, pronounce, throw out, utter, speak, say, name, propose a thing:

rem jactare sermonibus,

Liv. 8, 29:

ultro citroque,

id. 7, 9:

jactamus jam pridem omnis te Roma beatum,

Hor. Ep. 1, 16, 18:

talia jactanti, etc.,

Verg. A. 1, 102:

jactatum in condicionibus nequiquam de Tarquiniis in regnum restituendis,

Liv. 2, 13, 3:

hanc autem jactari magis causam quam veram esse,

to be rather the pretext than the true reason, id. 5, 53, 2.—

To throw or fling out threats, etc.:

jactare et opponere terrorem,

Cic. Sest. 23, 52:

minas,

id. Quint. 14, 47:

probra in quempiam,

Liv. 29, 9; cf.:

convicia,

Prop. 3, 8, 11.—

To boast of, vaunt a thing:

ostentare honorem aetatis, jactare urbanam gratiam et dignitatem,

Caes. B. C. 3, 83:

ingenium,

Quint. 3, 1, 3:

genus et nomen,

Hor. C. 1, 14, 13:

regna et virtutem,

Ov. H. 16, 81:

quo te jactas creatum,

id. M. 9, 23; Curt. 8, 1, 23.—

With se, to talk boastfully of one's self, to boast, make an ostentatious display.

Absol.:

intolerantius se jactare,

Cic. de Or. 2, 52, § 209:

non jactandi mei causā,

Quint. Decl. 268.—

With dat.:

se alicui,

to boast of one's self to a person, Ov. H. 12, 175:

se Iliae querenti ultorem,

Hor. C. 1, 2, 18; Liv. 35, 49, 3:

ipse cum se jactaret amicae,

Juv. 1, 62.—

With in or simple abl.:

cum in eo se in contione jactavisset,

Cic. Att. 2, 1, 5:

ne quis sit lucus, quo se plus jactet Apollo,

Verg. E. 6, 73.—

With de:

jactat se jamdudum de Calidio,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 21, § 46.—

With gen.:

se justitiae,

Hier. Ep. 23, 34. —

With two acc.:

se jactare formosum,

Phaedr. 3, 8, 6.—

To carry one's self confidently or conceitedly:

qui antea solitus esset jactare se magnificentissime in illo loco,

Cic. Att. 2, 21, 3.—

To be officious or active in, to give one's self up to, devote one's self to a thing:

jactare se in causis centumviralibus,

Cic. de Or. 1, 38, 173:

nostrum hoc tempus aetatis forensi labore jactari,

id. Q. Fr. 3, 5:

in qua (re publica) tu non valde te jactas,

id. Fam. 2, 15, 3:

se actionibus tribuniciis,

Liv. 3, 1.—

Se in pecuniis, to be prodigal of one's money, Cic. Cat. 2, 9.—Hence, jactans, antis, P. a., boasting, bragging, boastful, vainglorious.

Lit.: insolens, arrogans, jactans, Cic. Fragm. ap. Non. 322, 13:

epistolae jactantes et gloriosae,

Plin. Ep. 3, 9:

neque vereor ne jactantior videar, etc.,

id. ib. 9, 23; so Verg. A. 6, 815: jactantior hic paulo est, Hor. S. 1, 3, 50.—With gen.:

tumidus ae sui jactans,

Quint. 11, 1, 50:

plebis jactantissimus amator,

Spart. Hadr. 17.—

Transf., proud, noble, splendid:

septemgemino jactantior aethera pulset Roma jugo,

Stat. S. 4, 1, 6; Claud. IV. Cons. Hon. 1.— Adv.: jactanter, boastfully, ostentatiously:

minae jactanter sonantes,

Amm. 27, 2, 3; Prud. Ham. 170.— Comp.:

jactantius maerere,

Tac. A. 2, 77:

litteras componere,

id. H. 3, 53; Prud. Ham. 170.

stătus, a, um, v. sisto.

stătus, ūs, m. [sto and sisto].

In a corporeal sense.

Mode or way of standing, of holding one's body (at rest), posture, position, attitude, station, carriage; sing. and plur.: Ps. Statur hic ad hunc modum. Si. Statum vide hominis, Callipho, quasi basilicum, look at the way he stands, Plaut. Ps. 1, 5, 41:

stat in statu senex ut adoriatur moechum,

in an attitude of attack, ready, id. Mil. 4, 9, 12: concrepuit digitis, laborat;

crebro conmutat status,

his posture, id. ib. 2, 2, 51:

qui esset status (videre vellem) flabellulum tenere te asinum tantum,

what your attitude was, what figure you cut, in holding the fan, Ter. Eun. 3, 5, 50:

in gestu status (oratoris erit) erectus et celsus, rarus incessus,

attitude, Cic. Or. 18, 59:

status quidem rectus sit, sed diducti paulum pedes,

Quint. 11, 3, 159:

abesse plurimum a saltatore debet orator... non effingere status quosdam, et quidquid dicet ostendere,

id. 11, 3, 89:

ut recta sint bracchia, ne indoctae rusticaeve manus, ne status indecorus,

id. 1, 11, 16:

stare solitus Socrates dicitur... immobilis, iisdem in vestigiis,

Gell. 2, 1, 2:

dumque silens astat, status est vultusque diserti,

Ov. P. 2, 5, 51:

statum proeliantis componit,

Petr. 95 fin. —

So of the pose of statues: non solum numerum signorum, sed etiam uniuscujusque magnitudinem, figuram, statum litteris definiri vides,

Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 21, § 57:

expedit saepe, ut in statuis atque picturis videmus, variari habitus, vultus, status,

Quint. 2, 13, 8:

ut illo statu Chabrias sibi statuam fieri voluerit. Ex quo factum est ut postea athletae his statibus in statuis ponendis uterentur,

Nep. Chabr. 1, 3.—And of images in a dream:

ubi prima (imago somni) perit, alioque est altera nata inde statu, prior hic gestum mutasse videtur,

Lucr. 4, 772:

(opp. motus, incessus) quorum (iratorum) vultus, voces, motus statusque mutantur,

motions and postures, Cic. Off. 1, 29, 102:

decorum istud in corporis motu et statu cernitur,

id. ib. 1, 35, 126:

habitus oris et vultūs, status, motus,

id. Fin. 3, 17, 56; 5, 17, 47:

in quibus si peccetur... motu statuve deformi,

id. ib. 5, 12, 35:

eo erant vultu, oratione, omni reliquo motu et statu, ut, etc.,

id. Tusc. 3, 22, 53:

status, incessus, sessio, accubatio... teneat illud decorum,

id. Off. 1, 35, 129:

in pedibus observentur status et incessus,

the posture and gait, Quint. 11, 3, 124.—

Of external appearance, manners, dress, and apparel:

quoniam formam hujus cepi in me et statum, decet et facta moresque hujus habere me similis item,

Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 111:

redegitque se ad pallium et crepidas, atque in tali statu biennio fere permansit,

Suet. Tib. 13.—

Size, height, stature of living and inanimate beings (cf. statura;

post-Aug.): pumilionem, quos natura brevi statu peractos, etc.,

Stat. S. 1, 6, 58: longissimum... aratorem faciemus;

mediastenus qualiscunque status potest esse,

Col. 1, 9, 3:

in gallinaceis maribus status altior quaeritur,

id. 8, 2, 9; so id. 7, 9, 2; 7, 12 med.:

plantae majoris statūs,

Pall. Febr. 25, 20.—

A position, place, in the phrase de statu movere, deicere, or statum conturbare, to displace, drive out, eject, expel, throw from a position (esp. of battle and combat):

equestrem procellam excitemus oportet, si turbare ac statu movere (hostes) volumus,

Liv. 30, 18, 14:

nihil statu motus, cum projecto prae se clipeo staret, in praesidio urbis moriturum se... respondit,

id. 38, 25: Manlius scutum scuto percussit atque statum Galli conturbavit (cf. the next sentence: atque de loco hominem iterum dejecit), Claud. Quadrig. ap. Gell. 9, 13, 16.—So, out of the military sphere, in order to avoid an attack:

ea vis est... quae, periculo mortis injecto, formidine animum perterritum loco saepe et certo de statu demovet,

Cic. Caecin. 15, 42.— Transf., of mental position, conviction, argument, etc.:

saepe adversarios de statu omni dejecimus,

Cic. Or. 37, 129:

voluptas quo est major, eo magis mentem e suā sede et statu demovet,

throws the mind off its balance, id. Par. 1, 3, 15.—Similarly: de statu deducere, recedere, from one's position or principles:

fecerunt etiam ut me prope de vitae meae statu deducerent, ut ego istum accusarem,

Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 4, § 10:

neque de statu nobis nostrae dignitatis est recedendum, neque sine nostris copiis in alterius praesidia veniendum,

id. Att. 1, 20, 2.—So, de statu suo declinare = moveri:

neque dubito quin, suspitione aliquā perculsi repentinā, de statu suo declinarint,

i. e. became unsettled, Cic. Clu. 38, 106:

qui cum me firmissimis opibus... munire possim, quamvis excipere fortunam malui quam... de meo statu declinare,

than abandon my position, id. Prov. Cons. 17, 41; cf.

of the position of heavenly bodies: qui eodem statu caeli et stellarum nati sunt,

aspect, id. Div. 2, 44, 92.

Trop., condition, state, position, situation, circumstances.

Of persons, condition in regard to public rights, political or civil status, any loss of which was a capitis deminutio (v. caput):

capitis minutio est statūs permutatio,

Gai. Dig. 4, 5, 1; id. Inst. 1, 159; cf. Dig. 4, 5, 11:

quo quisque loco nostrum est natus... hunc vitae statum usque ad senectutem obtinere debet,

Cic. Balb. 7, 18:

ad quem proscripti confluebant. Quippe nullum habentibus statum quilibet dux erat idoneus,

with regard to the civil death of the proscribed, Vell. 2, 72, 5:

illorum salus omnibus accepta fuit... quia tam grati exoptatum libertatis statum recuperaverint,

Val. Max. 5, 26:

si statu periclitari litigator videtur,

if his civil status seems in peril, Quint. 6, 1, 36:

nec ulla tam familiaris est infelicibus patria quam solitudo et prioris statūs oblivio,

i. e. the status of full citizenship, lost by banishment, Curt. 5, 5, 11:

permanent tamen in statu servitutis,

Suet. Gram. 21:

vetuit quaeri de cujusquam defunctorum statu,

id. Tit. 8 fin.:

multorum excisi status,

Tac. A. 3, 28: qui illegitime concipiuntur, statum sumunt ex eo tempore quo nascuntur, i. e. whether freemen or slaves, etc., Gai. Inst. 1, 89:

cum servus manumittitur: eo die enim incipit statum habere,

a civil status, Dig. 4, 5, 4:

homo liber qui se vendidit, manumissus non ad suum statum revertitur, sed efficitur libertinae condicionis, i. e. that of an ingenuus,

ib. 1, 5, 21:

primo de personarum statu dicemus,

civil status, ib. 1, 5, 2; so Titin. 5:

de statu hominum (sometimes status used in the jurists absolutely with reference to freedom and slavery): si status controversiam cui faciat procurator, sive ex servitute in libertatem, etc.,

Dig. 3, 3, 39, § 5; so ib. 3, 3, 33, § 1.—Similarly in the later jurists: status suus = aetas XXV. annorum, years of discretion:

cum ad statum suum frater pervenisset,

Dig. 31, 1, 77, § 19.—

Condition and position with reference to rank, profession, trade, occupation, social standing, reputation, and character:

an tibi vis inter istas vorsarier prosedas... quae tibi olant stabulum statumque?

their trade, Plaut. Poen. 1, 2, 59:

quod in civitatibus agnationibus familiarum distinguuntur status,

the ranks of the families, Cic. Leg. 1, 7, 23:

regum status decemviris donabantur,

the rank of kings was assigned to the decemvirs, id. Agr. 1, 1, 2:

cum alii rem ipsam publicam atque hunc bonorum statum odissent,

the social position of the higher classes, id. Sest. 20, 46:

non ut aliquid ex pristino statu nostro retineamus,

id. Fam. 4, 4, 1:

ecquis umquam tam ex amplo statu concidit?

id. Att. 3, 10, 2:

non enim jam quam dignitatem, quos honores, quem vitae statum amiserim cogito,

id. ib. 10, 4, 1:

quam (statuam) esse ejusdem status amictus, anulus, imago ipsa declarat,

id. ib. 1, 1, 17:

praesidium petebamus ex potentissimi viri benevolentiā ad omnem statum nostrae dignitatis,

id. Q. Fr. 3, 8, 1: noster autem status est hic:

apud bonos iidem sumus quos reliquisti, apud sordem, etc.,

id. Att. 1, 16, 11:

ego me non putem tueri meum statum ut neque offendam animum cujusquam, nec frangam dignitatem meam?

maintain my character, id. Fam. 9, 16, 6:

quos fortuna in amplissimo statu (i. e. regum) collocarat,

Auct. Her. 4, 16, 23:

tantam in eodem homine varietatem status,

high and low position in life, ups and downs, Val. Max. 6, 9, 4:

cum classiarios quos Nero ex remigibus justos milites fecerat, redire ad pristinum statum cogeret,

Suet. Galb. 12:

quaedam circa omnium ordinum statum correxit,

id. Claud. 22:

cum redieritis in Graeciam, praestabo ne quis statum suum vestro credat esse meliorem,

social position, Curt. 5, 5, 22:

omnis Aristippum decuit color et status et res,

Hor. Ep. 1, 17, 23.—

Condition in reference to prosperity, happiness or unhappiness, and health (mostly poet. and post-Aug.):

at iste non dolendi status non vocatur voluptas,

Cic. Fin. 2, 9, 28:

neque hic est Nunc status Aurorae meritos ut poscat honores,

Ov. M. 13, 594:

flebilis ut noster status est, ita flebile carmen,

id. Tr. 5, 1, 5:

quid enim status hic a funere differt?

id. P. 2, 3, 3:

pejor ab admonitu fit status iste boni,

id. ib. 1, 2, 54:

his enim quorum felicior in domo status fuerat,

Val. Max. 6, 8, 7:

sin nostros status sive proximorum ingenia contemplemur,

id. 6, 9 pr.:

caelum contemplare: vix tamen ibi talem statum (i. e. felicitatis deorum) reperias,

id. 7, 1, 1:

haec quidem (vox) animi magnifici et prosperi status (fuit),

id. 6, 5, ext. 4:

obliti statūs ejus quem beneficio exuistis meo,

Curt. 10, 2, 22:

sumus in hoc tuo statu iidem qui florente te fuimus,

i. e. distress, id. 5, 11, 5:

res magna et ex beatissimo animi statu profecta,

Sen. Ep. 81, 21: voverat, si sibi incolumis status (of health) permisisset, proditurum se... hydraulam, Suet. Ner. 54. —

Condition, circumstances, in gen., of life or of the mind:

homines hoc uno plurimum a bestiis differunt quod rationem habent, mentemque quae... omnem complectatur vitae consequentis statum,

Cic. Fin. 2, 14, 45:

facias me certiorem et simul de toto statu tuo consiliisque omnibus,

id. Fam. 7, 10, 3:

tibi declaravi adventus noster qualis fuisset, et quis esset status,

id. Att. 4, 2, 1:

quid enim ego laboravi, si... nihil consecutus sum ut in eo statu essem quem neque fortunae temeritas, neque, etc., labefactaret,

id. Par. 2, 17:

sed hoc videant ii qui nulla sibi subsidia ad omnes vitae status paraverunt,

id. Fam. 9, 6, 4: atque is quidem qui cuncta composuit constanter in suo manebat statu (transl. of emeinen en tôi heautou kata tropon êthei, Plat. Tim. p. 42, c. Steph.), in his own state, being, Cic. Tim. 13:

vitae statum commutatum ferre non potuit,

Nep. Dion, 4, 4:

id suis rebus tali in statu saluti fore,

Curt. 5, 1, 5: haec sunt fulmina quae prima accepto patrimonio et in novi hominis aut urbis statu fiunt, in any new condition (when a stroke of lightning was considered an omen), Sen. Q. N. 2, 47.—Rarely of a state:

libere hercle hoc quidem. Sed vide statum (i. e. ebrietatis),

Plaut. Ps. 5, 2, 4.—Esp., in augury: fulmen status, a thunderbolt sent to one who is not expecting a sign, as a warning or suggestion, = fulmen monitorium:

status est, ubi quietis nec agitantibus quidquam nec cogitantibus fulmen intervenit,

Sen. Q. N. 2, 39, 2.—

Of countries, communities, etc., the condition of society, or the state, the public order, public affairs.

In gen.:

Siciliam ita vexavit ac perdidit ut ea restitui in antiquum statum nullo modo possit,

Cic. Verr. 1, 4, 12:

nunc in eo statu civitas est ut omnes idem de re publicā sensuri esse videantur,

id. Sest. 50, 106:

omnem condicionem imperii tui statumque provinciae mihi demonstravit Tratorius,

id. Fam. 12, 23, 1; so id. ib. 13, 68, 1:

mihi rei publicae statum per te notum esse voluisti,

id. ib. 3, 11, 4; so,

status ipse nostrae civitatis,

id. ib. 5, 16, 2:

non erat desperandum fore aliquem tolerabilem statum civitatis,

id. Phil. 13, 1, 2:

sane bonum rei publicae genus, sed tamen inclinatum et quasi pronum ad perniciosissimum statum,

id. Rep. 2, 26, 48:

aliquo, si non bono, at saltem certo statu civitatis,

id. Fam. 9, 8, 2:

ex hoc qui sit status totius rei publicae videre potes,

id. Q. Fr. 1, 2, 5, § 15: ex eodem de toto statu rerum communium [p. 1756] cognosces, id. Fam. 1, 8, 1:

tamen illa, quae requiris, suum statum tenent, nec melius, si tu adesses, tenerent,

id. ib. 6, 1, 1:

non illi nos de unius municipis fortunis arbitrantur, sed de totius municipii statu, dignitate, etc., sententias esse laturos,

id. Clu. 69, 196:

ego vitam omnium civium, statum orbis terrae... redemi,

id. Sull. 11, 33:

Ti. Gracchum mediocriter labefactantem statum rei publicae,

id. Cat. 1, 1, 3:

eo tum statu res erat ut longe principes haberentur Aedui,

Caes. B. G. 6, 12, 9:

cum hoc in statu res esset,

Liv. 26, 5, 1; so id. 32, 11, 1:

eam regiam servitutem (civitatis) collatam cum praesenti statu praeclaram libertatem visam,

id. 41, 6, 9:

statum quoque civitatis ea victoria firmavit ut jam inde res inter se contrahere auderent,

i. e. commercial prosperity, id. 27, 51:

ut deliberare de statu rerum suarum posset,

id. 44, 31:

ut taedio praesentium consules duo et status pristinus rerum in desiderium veniant,

id. 3, 37, 3:

jam Latio is status erat rerum ut neque bellum neque pacem pati possent,

id. 8, 13, 2:

qui se moverit ad sollicitandum statum civitatis,

internal peace, id. 3, 20, 8:

omni praesenti statu spem cuique novandi res suas blandiorem esse,

more attractive than any condition of public affairs, id. 35, 17:

tranquillitatis status,

Val. Max. 7, 2, 1:

in sollicito civitatis statu,

Quint. 6, 1, 16:

principes regesque et quocumque alio nomine sunt tutores status publici,

guardians of public order, Sen. Clem. 1, 4, 3: curis omnium ad formandum publicum statum a tam sollemni munere aversis, Curt, 10, 10, 9; so,

ad formandum rerum praesentium statum,

Just. 9, 5, 1:

populo jam praesenti statu laeto,

Suet. Caes. 50:

ad componendum Orientis statum,

id. Calig. 1:

deploravit temporum statum,

id. Galb. 10:

ad explorandum statum Galliarum,

id. Caes. 24:

delegatus pacandae Germaniae status,

id. Tib. 16: et omnia habet rerum status iste mearum ( poet., = reipublicae meae), Ov. M. 7, 509.—

Esp., of the political sentiments of the citizens:

a Maronitis certiora de statu civitatium scituros,

Liv. 39, 27:

ad visendum statum regionis ejus,

id. 42, 17, 1:

suas quoque in eodem statu mansuras res esse,

id. 42, 29, 9:

cum hic status in Boeotiā esset,

id. 42, 56, 8.—

Of the constitution, institutions, form of government, etc.:

Scipionem rogemus ut explicet quem existimet esse optimum statum civitatis,

Cic. Rep. 1, 20, 33; 1, 21, 34; 1, 46, 70;

1, 47, 71: ob hanc causam praestare nostrae civitatis statum ceteris civitatibus,

id. ib. 2, 1, 2:

itaque cum patres rerum potirentur, numquam constitisse statum civitatis,

the form of the government had never been permanent, id. ib. 1, 32, 49:

in hoc statu rei publicae (decemvirali), quem dixi non posse esse diuturnum,

id. ib. 2, 37, 62:

providete ne rei publicae status commutetur,

id. Har. Resp. 27, 60:

eademque oritur etiam ex illo saepe optimatium praeclaro statu,

aristocratic form of government, id. Rep. 1, 44, 68:

ut totum statum civitatis in hoc uno judicio positam esse putetis,

id. Fl. 1, 3:

ut rei publicae statum convulsuri viderentur,

id. Pis. 2, 4:

pro meā salute, pro vestrā auctoritate, pro statu civitatis nullum vitae discrimen vitandum umquam putavit,

id. Red. in Sen. 8, 20:

cum hoc coire ausus es, ut consularem dignitatem, ut rei publicae statum... addiceres?

id. ib. 7, 16:

omnia quae sunt in imperio et in statu civitatis ab iis defendi putantur,

id. Mur. 11, 24:

intelleges (te habere) nihil quod aut hoc aut aliquo rei publicae statu timeas,

id. Fam. 6, 2, 3:

quod ad statum Macedoniae pertinebat,

Liv. 45, 32, 2:

ex commutatione statūs publici,

Vell. 2, 35, 4:

haec oblivio concussum et labentem civitatis statum in pristinum habitum revocavit,

Val. Max. 4, 1, ext. 4:

Gracchi civitatis statum conati erant convellere,

id. 6, 3, 1 fin.:

Cicero ita legibus Sullae cohaerere statum civitatis affirmat ut his solutis stare ipsa non possit,

Quint. 11, 1, 85:

qui eloquentiā turbaverant civitatium status vel everterant,

id. 2, 16, 4:

id biduum quod de mutando reipublicae statu haesitatum erat,

Suet. Claud. 11:

nec dissimulasse unquam pristinum se reipublicae statum restituturum,

id. ib. 1:

conversus hieme ad ordinandum reipublicae statum, fastos correxit, etc.,

id. Caes. 40:

tu civitatem quis deceat status Curas,

what institutions, Hor. C. 3, 29, 25.—Hence,

Existence of the republic:

quae lex ad imperium, ad majestatem, ad statum patriae, ad salutem omnium pertinet,

Cic. Cael. 29, 70 (= eo, ut stet patria, the country's existence):

si enim status erit aliquis civitatis, quicunque erit,

id. Fam. 4, 14, 4: status enim rei publicae maxime judicatis rebus continetur, the existence of the republic depends on the decisions of the courts, i. e. their sacredness, id. Sull. 22, 63. —

In nature, state, condition, etc.:

incolumitatis ac salutis omnium causā videmus hunc statum esse hujus totius mundi atque naturae,

Cic. Or. 3, 45, 178:

ex alio alius status (i. e. mundi) excipere omnia debet,

Lucr. 5, 829:

ex alio terram status excipit alter,

id. 5, 835:

est etiam quoque pacatus status aëris ille,

id. 3, 292:

non expectato solis ortu, ex quo statum caeli notare gubernatores possent,

Liv. 37, 12, 11:

idem (mare) alio caeli statu recipit in se fretum,

Curt. 6, 4, 19:

incertus status caeli,

Col. 11, 2:

pluvius caeli status,

id. 2, 10:

mitior caeli status,

Sen. Oedip. 1054.—

The characteristic, mark, character, essential feature of a thing.

In gen.:

atque hoc loquor de tribus his generibus rerum publicarum non perturbatis atque permixtis, sed suum statum tenentibus,

preserving their essential features, Cic. Rep. 1, 28, 44.—Hence,

Esp. in rhet. jurisp.

The answer to the action (acc. to Cic., because the defence: primum insistit in eo = the Gr. stasis):

refutatio accusationis appellatur Latine status, in quo primum insistit quasi ad repugnandum congressa defensio,

Cic. Top. 25, 93; so,

statu (sic enim appellamus controversiarum genera),

id. Tusc. 3, 33, 79:

statum quidam dixerunt primam causarum conflictionem,

Quint. 3, 6, 4; cf. Cic. Part. Or. 29, 102.—

The main question, the essential point:

quod nos statum id quidam constitutionem vocant, alii quaestionem, alii quod ex quaestione appareat, Theodorus caput, ad quod referantur omnia,

Quint. 3, 6, 2:

non est status prima conflictio, sed quod ex primā conflictione nascitur, id est genus quaestionis,

the kind, nature of the question, id. 3, 6, 5; cf. the whole chapter.—

In gram., the mood of the verb, instead of modus, because it distinguishes the conceptions of the speaker:

et tempora et status,

tenses and moods, Quint. 9, 3, 11:

fiunt soloecismi per modos, sive cui status eos dici placet,

id. 1, 5, 41.

statuliber.

vultŭrĭus ( volt-), ii, m. [id.], a vulture, bird of prey.

Lit., Plaut. Truc. 2, 3, 16; id. Most. 3, 2, 146 sqq.; Lucr. 4, 680; Liv. 27, 23, 3; 27, 11, 4; 41, 21, 7.—

Transf.

A vulture; a designation for a rapacious or covetous person, an extortioner, and the like:

sunt alii qui te volturium vocant,

Plaut. Trin. 1, 2, 64:

vulturius illius provinciae imperator,

Cic. Pis. 16, 38; Cat. 68, 124.—

An unlucky throw at dice:

jacit vulturios quattuor. Talos arripio: jacto basilicum,

Plaut. Curc. 2, 3, 78.

vultŭrĭus ( volt-), ii, m. [id.], a vulture, bird of prey.

Lit., Plaut. Truc. 2, 3, 16; id. Most. 3, 2, 146 sqq.; Lucr. 4, 680; Liv. 27, 23, 3; 27, 11, 4; 41, 21, 7.—

Transf.

A vulture; a designation for a rapacious or covetous person, an extortioner, and the like:

sunt alii qui te volturium vocant,

Plaut. Trin. 1, 2, 64:

vulturius illius provinciae imperator,

Cic. Pis. 16, 38; Cat. 68, 124.—

An unlucky throw at dice:

jacit vulturios quattuor. Talos arripio: jacto basilicum,

Plaut. Curc. 2, 3, 78.