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  • 21 ossiculatim

    ossĭcŭlātim, adv. [id.], by bones, bone by bone (ante-class.): legere aliquem, Caecil. ap. Non. 147, 29.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > ossiculatim

  • 22 ossu

    1.
    ōs, ōris (no gen. plur.), n. [kindr. with Sanscr. āsya, os, vultus, facies], the mouth (syn. bucca): quam tibi ex ore orationem duriter dictis dedit, Enn. ap. Non. p. 512, 8:

    ex ore in ejus os inflato aquam dato palumbo,

    Cato, R. R. 90:

    ad haec omnia percipienda os est aptissimum,

    Cic. N. D. 2, 54, 184:

    oris hiatus,

    id. ib. 2, 47, 122:

    os tenerum pueri,

    Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 126:

    fetidum,

    Cic. Pis. 7, 13:

    trilingue,

    Hor. C. 2, 19, 31:

    os loquentis Opprimere,

    Ov. M. 3, 296: in ore omnium esse, to be in everybody's mouth, to be the common talk:

    in ore est omni populo,

    Ter. Ad. 1, 2, 13:

    istius nequitiam in ore vulgi atque in communibus proverbiis esse versatam,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 46, § 121:

    Harmodius in ore est,

    id. Tusc. 1, 49, 116:

    in ore omnium,

    id. Verr. 2, 2, 23, § 56:

    habere aliquid in ore,

    to have a thing in one's mouth, be constantly talking of it, id. Fam. 6, 18, 6; id. ib. 5, 16, 2; id. Fin. 3, 11, 37; id. Att. 14, 22, 2:

    poscebatur ore vulgi dux Agricola,

    with one voice, one consent, unanimously, Tac. Agr. 41.—So, uno ore, unanimously, Ter. Phorm. 4, 3, 20; id. And. 1, 1, 69; Curt. 10, 2, 18; Cic. Lael. 23, 86; Sen. Ep. 81, 31:

    uno omnes eadem ore fremebant,

    Verg. A. 11, 132: volito vivus per ora virūm, soon become famous, Enn. ap. Cic. Tusc. 1, 15, 34 (Epigr. v. 4 Vahl.):

    virūm volitare per ora,

    Verg. G 3, 9:

    in ora vulgi, or hominum pervenire, or abire,

    to get into people's mouths, become the common talk, Cat. 40, 5; Liv. 2, 36, 3:

    ire per ora Nomen,

    Sil. 3, 135:

    hic Graecā doctrinā ore tenus exercitus animum bonis artibus non induerat,

    i. e. only as far as his tongue, only so as to talk, Tac. A. 15, 45.—Hence, os suum aperire (eccl. Lat.), to begin to speak, Vulg. Job, 33, 2; id. Ecclus. 51, 33 et saep.:

    os alicujus aperire,

    to cause to speak, id. Ezech. 33, 22; cf. id. ib. 24, 27;

    3, 27.—But: aperuerunt super me os suum, sicut leo,

    threatened, Vulg. Psa. 21, 13: os sublinere alicui, to cheat, befool, v. sublino.—
    B.
    Esp.: pleno ore, i. e. heartily, zealously:

    ea nescio quomodo quasi pleniore ore laudamus,

    Cic. Off. 1, 18, 61.—
    II.
    Transf.
    A.
    In gen.: the face, countenance (syn.:

    vultus, facies), acutis oculis, ore rubicundo,

    Plaut. Ps. 4, 7, 118:

    figura oris,

    Ter. Eun. 2, 3, 26: iratorum, [p. 1282] Cic. Off. 1, 29, 102:

    in ore sunt omhia, in eo autem ipso dominatus est omnis oculorum,

    i. e. every thing depends on the countenance, id. de Or. 3, 59, 221:

    in tuo ore vultuque acquiesco,

    id. Deiot. 2, 5:

    concedas hinc aliquo ab ore eorum aliquantisper,

    come out from them, out from their presence, leave them alone, Ter. Heaut. 3, 3, 11. —So of lower animals:

    insignis et ore Et rutilis clarus squamis,

    Verg. G. 4, 92:

    ore rubicundo (gallina),

    Plin. 10, 56, 77, § 156:

    ales cristati cantibus oris,

    Ov. M. 11, 597:

    coram in os aliquem laudare,

    to praise one to his face, Ter. Ad. 2, 4, 5:

    alicui laedere os,

    to insult one to his face, id. ib. 5, 4, 10:

    praebere os,

    to expose one's self to personal insults, id. ib. 2, 2, 7; so,

    os praebere ad contumeliam,

    Liv. 4, 35:

    in ore parentum liberos jugulat,

    before their parents' eyes, Sen. Ben. 7, 19, 8:

    quae in ore atque in oculis provinciae gesta sunt,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 33, § 81:

    in ore omnium cotidie versari,

    id. Rosc. Am. 6, 16:

    ut esset posteris ante os documentum Persarum sceleris sempiternum,

    id. Rep. 3, 9, 15:

    illos aiunt epulis ante ora positis excruciari fame,

    Macr. Somn. Scip. 1, 10, 13:

    ante ora conjugum omnia pati,

    Liv. 28, 19, 12.—So of the face, front, as indicative of modesty or impudence: os habet, linguam, perfidiam, = Engl. cheek, Plaut. Mil. 2, 2, 33:

    os durum!

    you brazen face! Ter. Eun. 4, 7, 36:

    os durissimum,

    very bold, Cic. Quint. 24, 77:

    impudens,

    Ter. Eun. 3, 5, 49:

    quo redibo ore ad eam, quam contempserim?

    with what face? id. Phorm. 5, 7, 24; cf. id. ib. 5, 9, 53; id. Heaut. 4, 3, 22; Liv. 26, 32.—Hence, transf., boldness, effrontery, impudence:

    quod tandem os est illius patroni, qui, etc.,

    Cic. de Or. 1, 38, 175:

    nostis os hominis, nostis audaciam,

    id. Verr. 2, 2, 20, § 48; id. Rab. Post. 12, 34:

    non, si Appii os haberem,

    id. Fam. 5, 10, a, 2; id. ib. 9, 8, 1.—On the contrary: os molle, modest, bashful:

    nihil erat mollius ore Pompeii,

    Sen. Ep. 11, 3.—
    B.
    The head:

    Gorgonis os pulcherrimum, cinctum anguibus,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 56, § 124:

    truncis arborum antefixa ora,

    Tac. A. 1, 61. —
    C.
    Speech ( poet.):

    ora sono discordia signant,

    Verg. A. 2, 423.—
    D.
    A mouth, opening, entrance, aperture, orifice:

    os lenonis aedium,

    Plaut. Ps. 4, 1, 41:

    porta velut in ore urbis,

    Liv. 25, 11 fin.:

    ingentem lato dedit ore fenestram,

    Verg. A. 2, 482:

    Ponti,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 58, § 129:

    os atque aditus portus,

    id. ib. 2, 5, 12, §

    30: specūs,

    entrance, Tac. A. 4, 59:

    vascula oris angusti,

    Quint. 1, 2, 28:

    ulceris,

    Verg. G. 3, 454:

    Tiberis,

    Liv. 1, 33:

    venarum,

    Cels. 2, 7.— Also of the sources of a stream:

    fontem superare Timavi, Unde per ora novem, etc.,

    Verg. A. 1, 245.—
    E.
    The beak of a ship:

    ora navium Rostrata,

    Hor. Epod. 4, 17.—
    F.
    Os leonis, lion's-mouth, a plant, Col. 10, 98.—
    G.
    The edge of a sword:

    interfecit in ore gladii,

    Vulg. 1 Reg. 15, 8; id. 4 Reg. 10, 25 et saep.
    2.
    ŏs, ossis (collat. form ossum, i, Varr. ap. Charis. p. 112 P.; Att. ap. Prisc. p. 750 ib.; Tert. Carm. adv. Marc. 2, 196: ossu, u, Charis. p. 12 P.—In plur.:

    OSSVA for OSSA, freq. in inscrr.,

    Inscr. Orell. 2906; 4361; 4806; Inscr. Osann. Syll. p. 497, 1; Cardin. Dipl. Imp. 2, 11: ossuum for ossium, Prud. steph. 5, 111), n. [prop. ossis for ostis, kindred with Sanscr. asthi, os; Gr. osteon; Slav. kostj], a bone (class.).
    I.
    Lit.:

    quid dicam de ossibus?

    Cic. N. D. 2, 55, 139:

    cur hunc dolorem cineri ejus atque ossibus inussisti? (i. e. mortuo),

    id. Verr. 2, 1, 44, § 113; id. ib. 2, 5, 49, § 128: ossa legere, to gather up the bones that remain after burning a corpse, Verg. A. 6, 228; Sen. Ira, 2, 33, 6:

    condere,

    to bury, Verg. A. 5, 47: ossa legere, to extract fragments of bone from a wound, Sen. Ben. 5, 24, 3; id. Prov. 3; Quint. 6, 1, 30: tum vero exarsit juveni dolor ossibus ingens, in his bones, i. e. in his inmost part, in his soul, Verg. A. 5, 172:

    cui versat in ossibus Durus amor,

    id. G. 3, 258; id. A. 6, 55; cf. Vulg. Job, 4, 14.—
    B.
    Transf., the hard or innermost part of trees or fruits:

    arborum ossa,

    i. e. the inside wood, the heart, Plin. 17, 27, 43, § 252:

    olearum ac palmularum,

    i. e. the stones, Suet. Claud. 8.—
    II.
    Trop., the bones, the solid parts or outlines of a discourse:

    utinam imitarentur (Atticos dicendo), nec ossa solum, sed etiam sanguinem,

    Cic. Brut. 17, 68; cf. id. Fin. 4, 3, 6; Quint. 1, p. 34.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > ossu

  • 23 sacer

    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.
    I.
    In gen.
    (α).
    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.—
    (β).
    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.—
    (γ).
    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).—
    B.
    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.
    II.
    In partic., with a bad accessory signif., devoted to a divinity for destruction, forfeited; and absol., accursed, criminal, impious, wicked.
    (α).
    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.—
    (β).
    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.—
    B.
    Transf., in gen., accursed, execrable, detestable, horrible, infamous, etc. (only poet. and in post-Aug. prose).
    a.
    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). —
    b.
    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.).
    A.
    Lit.
    (α).
    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.—
    (β).
    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.
    a.
    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.—
    b.
    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.—
    c.
    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. —
    2.
    Prov.
    a.
    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. —
    b.
    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.—
    B.
    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.

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  • 24 sanitas

    sānĭtas, ātis, f. [sanus], soundness of body, health (class., = valetudo bona; opp. valetudo mala, imbecillitas; cf.

    also salus): est enim corporis temperatio, cum ea congruunt inter se, e quibus constamus, sanitas: sic animi dicitur, cum ejus judicia opinionesque concordant,

    Cic. Tusc. 4, 13, 30; cf. id. ib. 3, 5, 10.
    I.
    Lit.:

    Apollo, quaeso te, ut des Salutem et sanitatem nostrae familiae,

    Plaut. Merc. 4, 1, 13 (for which, in the old formula of prayer in Cato, R. R. 141, 3: duis bonam salutem valetudinemque; v. salus, I. A. init.): ut alimenta sanis corporibus agricultura, sic sanitatem aegris medicina promittit, Cels. prooem. init.:

    qui incorruptā sanitate sunt,

    Cic. Opt. Gen. 3, 8 (for which, shortly before:

    contenti bonā valetudine): aegro interim nil ventura sanitas prodest,

    Sen. Ep. 117, 26; Tac. A. 1, 68 fin.:

    si robur corporibus bonum, non est minus sanitas,

    Quint. 5, 10, 89 N. cr.; so, corporis (with integritas), Gell. 18, 1, 5:

    pecoris,

    Varr. R. R. 2, 1, 21:

    hostiae,

    id. ib. 2, 5, 11: donec sanitate ossis dolor finiatur, by the healthy condition of the bone, i. e. by the bone ' s being completely healed, Cels. 8, 8 fin.:

    ad sanitatem dum venit curatio,

    while the cure is being perfected, Phaedr. 5, 7, 12; cf.:

    folia ligni ad sanitatem gentium,

    Vulg. Apoc. 22, 2:

    redire in statum pristinum sanitatis,

    Ambros. in Psa. 40, 12:

    restitui sanitati,

    to recover, Vulg. Matt. 12, 13; Sulp. Sev. Chron. 1, 13 fin.:

    sanitatem reddere,

    Cels. 2, 8; Arn. 7, 39:

    pristinae aliquem sanitati restituere,

    Hier. Ep. 76, 8; Sulp. Sev. Vit. St. Mart. 21:

    recipere sanitatem,

    Just. 11, 8, 9; Cels. 6, 15 fin.:

    recuperare sanitatem,

    Just. 20, 2, 9; 32, 3, 9.—
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    Soundness of mind (opp. to passionate excitement), right reason, good sense, discretion, sanity, etc. (v. Cic. Tusc. 4, 13, 30 supra):

    sanitatem enim animorum positam in tranquillitate quādam constantiāque censebant,...quod in perturbato animo, sicut in corpore, sanitas esse non posset,

    Cic. Tusc. 3, 4, 9:

    sua quemque fraus, suum scelus de sanitate ac mente deturbat,

    id. Pis. 20, 46; pravarum opinionum conturbatio et ipsarum inter se repugnantia sanitate spoliat animum morbisque perturbat, id. Tusc. 4, 10, 23:

    plebem ad furorem impellit, ut facinore admisso ad sanitatem pudeat reverti,

    Caes. B. G. 7, 42; 1, 42:

    ad sanitatem se convertere,

    Cic. Sull. 5, 17:

    ad sanitatem redire,

    id. Fam. 12, 10, 1:

    ad sanitatem reducere,

    id. Verr. 2, 2, 40, § 98:

    perducere ad sanitatem,

    Hirt. B. G. 8, 22; Cic. Phil. 11, 14, 37; Liv. 2, 29; 2, 45; Phaedr. 4, 25, 35:

    est omnino Priscus dubiae sanitatis,

    Plin. Ep. 6, 15, 3.—
    B.
    Of style, soundness or correctness of style, propriety, regularity, purity, etc.:

    insulsitatem et insolentiam, tamquam insaniam orationis odit, sanitatem autem et integritatem quasi religionem et verecundiam orationis probat,

    Cic. Brut. 82, 284:

    summi oratoris vel sanitate vel vitio,

    id. ib. 80, 278:

    ut (eloquentia) omnem illam salubritatem Atticae dictionis et quasi sanitatem perderet,

    lost all the healthy vigor and soundness, as it were, of Attic speech, id. ib. 13, 51 (v. salubritas, I. fin.; and cf. id. Opt. Gen. 3, 8):

    qui suae imbecillitati sanitatis appellationem, quae est maxime contraria, obtendunt,

    Quint. 12, 10, 15; cf. Tac. Or. 23:

    eloquentiae,

    id. ib. 25.—
    C.
    Rarely of other abstract things:

    victoriae,

    solidity, permanence, Tac. H. 2, 28 fin.:

    metri,

    regularity, correctness, Macr. S. 5, 17 fin.

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  • 25 coxa

        coxa ae, f     the hip, Iu.
    * * *
    hip (of human); haunch (of animal); hip bone (L+S); bend inwards

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  • 26 eho

        eho     interj, look here! look you! holla! soho!: Eho tu, emin ego te? T.: Eho tu inpudens, T.— With enclit. dum., see here now, just look here!: eho dum bone vir, T.

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  • 27 iugulum

        iugulum ī, n (iugulus, ī, m, Iu.), dim.    [iugum], the collar-bone, hollow part of the neck: iugula concava habere.—The throat, neck: mucrones a iugulis vestris deiecimus: recludere stricto ense, O.: iugulos aperire susurro, Iu.: dare iugulum Clodio, offer.—Fig., a slaughter, murder: Electrae iugulo se polluere, Iu.

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  • 28 māla

        māla ae, f    [2 MAC-], the cheek-bone, jaw: meos malis mandere natos, C. poët.: malis absumere mensas, V.: (Canis) Increpuit malis, V.: leonis horribilis, H.— A cheek: quin pugnus in malā haereat, T.—Usu. plur: decentes, H.: impubis, V.: sine volnere, Iu.
    * * *
    cheeks, jaws

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  • 29 nymphē

        nymphē ēs, f, νύμφη, a bride, mistress, young woman, O.— Plur, nymphs, demi-goddesses, who inhabit the sea, rivers, fountains, woods, and mountains, V., H., O.: Libethrides, Muses, V.: vocalis Nymphe, Echo, O.     optimē    [bonus; for * bone].—Of manner, well, better, best: ager bene cultus: olere, agreeably, V.: succedere, prosperously, T.: optione vendere, dear: emere honorem, cheaply, V.: habitare, in good style, N.: optime video Davum, most opportunely, T.: optime suos nosse, thoroughly, N.: monere, advise well, T.: nuntias, your news is good, T.: putas, aright, T.: partes descriptae, accurately: melius cernere: melius inperatum est, there was better generalship, L.: pugnare, successfully, S.: naturā constituti, well endowed: instituti, educated: de re p. sentiens, patriotic: sentiens, with good intentions: animatus, favorable, N.: quod bene cogitasti, laudo, your good intentions: consulere, to plan well, S.: Si bene quid de te merui, have served you, V.: vivere, correctly: mori, with honor, L.: ea bene parta retinere, honorable acquisitions, S.: iura non bene servare, faithfully, O. — In particular phrases, with verbs: si vales, bene est, i. e. I am glad: optumest, very well, T.: bene est, nil amplius oro, I am satisfied, H.: iurat bene solis esse maritis, are well off, H.: spero tibi melius esse, that you are better: mihi bene erat pullo, i. e. I enjoyed a meal upon, H.: bene habet, it is well: bene dicere haud absurdum est, S.: alcui bene dicere, to praise: vertere Ad bene dicendum, i. e. eulogy, H.: nec bene nec male dicta, cheers nor imprecations, L.: Bene dixti, you are right, T.: bene audire, see audio: bene agere cum aliquo, to treat well, T.: Di tibi Bene faciant, do you good, T.: bene sane facis, sed, etc., many thanks, but, etc.: Bene factum, I am glad of it, T.: bene facit Silius qui transegerit, I am glad that: bene facta male locata male facta arbitror, favors: quid bene facta iuvant, V.: bene factorum recordatio, good deeds: bene gratia facti, V.: bene gesta res p., well administered: occasio rei bene gerendae, a chance of success, Cs.: nec (res) gesturos melius sperare poterant, L.: qui de me optime meriti sunt, have done me excellent service: de re p. bene mereri, to be useful to the state: bene meritus civis: quod bene verteret, turn out well, L.: Di vortant bene Quod agas, bring out well, T.: bene Pericles (sc. dixit): melius hi quam nos (sc. faciebant): quod (imperium) si (ei) sui bene crediderint cives, did well to intrust to him, etc., L.: melius peribimus quam, etc., it will be better for us to perish, L. — Of intensity, very, quite: sermo bene longus: fidum pectus, H.: lubenter, T.: penitus, very intimately: notus, widely, H.: bene plane magnus (dolor) videtur, exceedingly: bene ante lucem venire, some time: mane, very early: tutus a perfidiā, entirely, L.: scelerum si bene paenitet, heartily, H.
    * * *
    nymph; (semi-divine female nature/water spirit); water; bride; young maiden

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  • 30 ōs

       ōs ōris (no gen plur.), n     the mouth: ad haec omnia percipienda os est aptissimum: tenerum pueri, H.: os loquentis Opprimere, O.: e foliis natos Ore legunt (apes), V.: Gallica Temperat ora frenis, i. e. controls the horses, H.: nidum sibi construit ore, beak, O.: hostilia Ora canum, jaws, O.— Prov.: equi frenato est auris in ore, H.—The organ of speech, mouth, tongue, lips: in orest omni populo, in everybody's mouth, T.: istius nequitiam in ore volgi esse versatam: Postumius in ore erat, was the common talk, L.: consolatio, quam semper in ore habere debemus, to talk of constantly: poscebatur ore volgi dux Agricola, unanimously, Ta.: uno ore dicere, with one consent, T.: Uno ore auctores fuere, ut, etc., unanimously advised, T.: volito vivus per ora virūm, become famous, Enn. ap. C.: in ora hominum pro ludibrio abire, become a by-word of mockery, L.: quasi pleniore ore laudare, with more zest.—The face, countenance, look, expression, features: figura oris, T.: in ore sunt omnia, i. e. everything depends on the expression: concedas hinc aliquo ab ore eorum aliquantisper, leave them alone, T.: ad tribunum ora convertunt, looks, Cs.: agnoscunt ora parentum, V.: ales cristati cantibus oris, O.: coram in os te laudare, to your face, T.: nulli laedere os, insult to his face, T.: qui hodie usque os praebui, exposed myself to insult, T.: ut esset posteris ante os documentum, etc.: ante ora coniugum omnia pati, L.: Ora corticibus horrenda cavatis, masks, V.—As expressing boldness or modesty, the face, cheek, front, brow<*> os durum! brazen cheek! T.: os durissimum, very bold front: quo redibo ore ad eam, with what face? T.: quo ore ostendi posse? etc., L.: in testimonio nihil praeter vocem et os praestare.—Boldness, effrontery, impudence: quod tandem os est eius patroni, qui, etc.: nostis os hominis.—A voice, speech, expression: ora sono discordia signant, V.: ruit profundo Pindarus ore, H.: falsi ambages oris, O.— A mouth, opening, entrance, aperture, orifice, front: ante os ipsum portūs, L.: ingentem lato dedit ore <*>enestram, V.: os atque aditus portūs: Tiberis, L.: per ora novem, etc., sources, V.: ora navium Rostrata, beaks, H.—Fig., a mouth: ex tot<*>us belli ore ac faucibus.
    * * *
    I
    mouth, speech, expression; face; pronunciation
    II
    bone; (implement, gnawed, dead); kernel (nut); heartwood (tree); stone (fruit)
    III
    bones (pl.); (dead people)

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  • 31 pecten

        pecten inis, m    [PEC-], a comb (for the hair): deducit pectine crines, O.: digitis inter se pectine iunctis, i. e. interlocked, O.— The reed, sley (of a loom): arguto percurrens pectine telas, V.— A comb, card, heckle (for wool), Iu.— A rake: pectine verrit humum, O.— An instrument for striking the strings of the lyre: eburnus, V., Iu.: Dum canimus sacras alterno pectine Nonas, i. e. in distiches, O.— A kind of shell-fish, scallop, H.
    * * *
    I
    comb; rake
    II
    comb, rake, quill (playing lyre); comblike thing (pubic bone/region, scallop)

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  • 32 pectus

        pectus oris, n    [PAC-], a breast, breast-bone: pectore in adverso ensem Condidit, V.: in pectus cadit pronus, O.: latum demisit pectore clavom, H.: esse vincto pectore, ut gracilae sient, tightlaced, T.— The stomach: reserato pectore, O.— The breast, heart, feelings, disposition: amari toto pectore: metus insidens pectoribus, L.: laeta deae permulsit pectora dictis, V.: Illi robur et aes triplex Circa pectus erat, H.: mollities pectoris, tender-heartedness, O.: vitā et pectore puro, conscience, H.: pectora casta, O.— The soul, spirit, mind, understanding: de hortis toto pectore cogitemus: quod verbum in pectus Iugurthae altius descendit, S.: novum in Bruti pectore ingenium, L.: nova pectore versat Consilia, V.: oculis ea pectoris hausit, the mind's eye, O.: memori referas mihi pectore cuncta, H.: deus quem clausum pectore habebat, i. e. who inspired her, O.— A character, heart, person: cara sororum Pectora, V.: mihi Thesea pectora iuncta fide, O.
    * * *
    breast, heart; feeling, soul, mind

    Latin-English dictionary > pectus

  • 33 pūrgō

        pūrgō āvī, ātus, āre    [purus+1 AG-], to free from what is superfluous, make clean, make pure, clean, cleanse, purify: piscīs ceteros purga, bone, T.: falcibus locum, cleared the ground: domum muribus, Ph.: educ omnīs tuos, purga urbem: miror morbi purgatum te illius, H.— To clear the body, purge: quid radix ad purgandum possit<*> Qui purgor bilem, purge myself of, H.— To clear away, remove: ligonibus herbas, O.: scindit se nubes et in aethera purgat apertum, melts away, V.: Cultello unguīs, trim, H.—Fig., of persons, to clear from accusation, excuse, exculpate, justify: Sullam ipsius virtus purgavit: me tibi: Caesarem de interitu Marcelli: si sibi purgati esse vellent, Cs.: civitatem facti hostilis, L.— To remove, refute, repel, justify: Aut ea refellendo aut purgando vobis corrigemus, T.: factum, O.: facinus, Cu.: purgandis criminibus, by disproving: suspicionem, remove, L.: ea, quae ipsis obicerentur, refute, L. — To establish, vindicate, plead: innocentiam suam, L.: viri factum (esse) purgantes cupiditate atque amore, pleading in excuse, L.: purgantibus iis multitudinis concursu factum, L.—In religion, to make atonement for, expiate, purify, atone for, lustrate: populos, O.: nefas, O.
    * * *
    purgare, purgavi, purgatus V
    make clean, cleanse; excuse

    Latin-English dictionary > pūrgō

  • 34 quō-circā

        quō-circā     conj, for which reason, wherefore, and therefore: quocirca nihil esse tam detestabile, quam, etc.: Quocirca cingere flammā Reginam meditor, V.—In tmesi: quo, bone, circa, H.

    Latin-English dictionary > quō-circā

  • 35 scalprum

        scalprum ī, n    [SCARP-], a sharp cutting instrument, chisel, knife: fabrile, carpenter's chisel, L.: Si scalpra (emat) non sutor, shoemaker's knives, H.— A penknife, Ta.
    * * *
    tool for scraping/paring/cutting away/removing parts of bone/sharpening pens

    Latin-English dictionary > scalprum

  • 36 spīna

        spīna ae, f    [SPI-], a thorn: spinae acutae, V.: spinis conserto tegmine nullis, O.— A prickle, spine: animantium aliae spinis hirsutae: spinā nocuus, O.— The backbone, spine: duplex, V.: a spinae crate teneri, O.: Spina viret, the back, O.: spinae curvamen, O.—Fig., plur, thorns, difficulties, subtleties, perplexities: disserendi spinae: partiendi et definiendi, intricacies: spinas animo evellere, cares, H.: Quid te exempta levat spinis de pluribus una, errors, H.
    * * *
    thorn/spine/prickle (plant/animal); spike (asparagus); thorn-bush; blackthorn; spine/backbone/back; Circus center wall; fish-bone; difficulties (pl.); cares

    Latin-English dictionary > spīna

  • 37 testa

        testa ae, f    [TERS-], a piece of burned clay, brick, tile: testae tectorum meorum.— A piece of baked earthen-ware, earthen vessel, pot, pitcher, jug, urn: testā ardente, a lamp, V.: (vinum) testā Conditum levi, H.: mihi fundat avitum Condita testa merum, O.— A broken piece of earthen-ware, brick, sherd, potsherd: Testa parem fecit, O.: unde cerebrum testa ferit, Iu.—Among the Greeks, a sherd used in voting, potsherd as a ballot: testarum suffragiis, quod illi o)strakismo/n vocant, N.— Plur, castanets, bits of bone struck together by dancers: Testarum crepitūs cum verbis, Iu.— A shell, hard covering: nativae: lubrica, i. e. a covering of ice, O.— A shell-fish: non omne mare est generosae fertile testae, H.
    * * *
    object made from burnt clay; earthenware jar; fragment of earthenware, shard

    Latin-English dictionary > testa

  • 38 apocynon

    dog's bane, a plant poisonous to dogs; magic bone in left side of venomous frog

    Latin-English dictionary > apocynon

  • 39 cercis

    Latin-English dictionary > cercis

  • 40 cisorium

    cutting instrument; (for bone)

    Latin-English dictionary > cisorium

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