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1 catena
cătēna, ae, f. (once with num. distrib. as piur. tantum:I.trinis catenis vinctus,
Caes. B. G. 1, 53) [Sanscr. kat, to fall away; cf. catax].A wooden bracket, brace, etc., for holding two beams together, Cato, R. R. 18, 9; Vitr. 7, 3; Pall. 1, 3, 1.—II. A.Used as a fetter, shackle, etc.; usu. in plur. (syn. vincula):2.catenis vincire aliquem,
Plaut. Men. 1, 1, 3; Ov. M. 15, 601 al.:catenas indere alicui,
Plaut. Capt. 1, 2, 3:in catenas conicere aliquem,
Caes. B. G. 1, 47; Liv. 29, 21, 2:catenas inicere alicui,
Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 41, § 106:in catenis aliquem Romam mittere,
Liv. 29, 21, 12:in catenis aliquem per urbem ducere,
id. 45, 40, 6:eximere se ex catenis,
Plaut. Men. 1, 1, 8:rumpere catenas,
Hor. S. 2, 7, 71:catenas alicui exsolvere,
Tac. H. 3, 31 al. —In sing., Liv. 24, 34, 10; Cat. 64, 297; Verg. A. 6, 558; Hor. S. 1, 5, 65; Curt. 4, 3, 22; 7, 5, 36; Tac. A. 4, 28; 6, 14; Suet. Aug. 94; Sen. Ep. 9, 8; Plin. 34, 15, 43, § 150.—Of a chain stopping the entrance of a harbor:3.catena ferrea valde robusta,
Amm. 26, 8, 8.—Trop., a constraint, fetter, barrier, bond:B.taetra belua, constricta legum sacratarum catenis,
Cic. Sest. 7, 16:compesce animum frenis, catenā,
Hor. Ep. 1, 2, 63:validā teneamur catenā,
Tib. 4, 5, 15; 4, 1, 117:splendidiore nunc eos catenā sed multo graviore vinctos esse, quam cum, etc.,
Liv. 35, 38, 10:qui ad superiora progressus est.. laxam catenam trahit nondum liber,
Sen. Vit. Beat. 16, 3; id. Tranq. 10, 3.—A chain of gold or silver worn by women as an ornament, Plin. 33, 3, 12, § 40; Paul. Sent. 3, 6, 84.—C.A series of things connected together, a chain, series, Lucr. 6, 910 (but id. 2, 630, is a false reading for quod armis; v. Lachm.).—D.Trop.:(praecepta oratoria) in catenas ligare,
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2 fibula
fībŭla (post-class. contr. fibla, Apic. 8, 7; Inscr. Orell. 2952; plur. heterocl.: fibula, ōrum, n., Spart. Hadr. 10, 5), ae, f. [contr. from figibula, from figo], that which serves to fasten two things together, a clasp, buckle, pin, latchet, brace.I.In gen.A.Lit.:B.ubi fibula vestem, Vitta coercuerat neglectos alba capillos,
Ov. M. 2, 412;so on clothes (frequently set with gold and precious stones, and given as a mark of honor to deserving soldiers),
Verg. A. 4, 139; 5, 313; 12, 274; Liv. 27, 19, 12; 39, 31, 18:fibula crinem Auro internectat,
Verg. A. 7, 815: trabes binis utrimque fibulis ab extrema parte distinebantur, braces, * Caes. B. G. 4, 17, 6; Vitr. 1, 5:iligneae, ulmeae, etc.,
bands, fillets for making baskets, Cato, R. R. 31, 1.—Transf.:II.P. Blessus Junium hominem nigrum, et macrum, et pandum, fibulam ferream dixit,
Quint. 6, 3, 58.— Trop.:sententia clavi aliquā vel fibulā terminanda est,
connection, Fronto Laud. Fun. 1:laxare fibulam delictis voluntariis,
bonds, fetters, Tert. Cor. Mil. 11.—In partic.A.A surgical instrument for drawing together the lips of a wound, Gr. anktêr, Cels. 5, 26, 23; 7, 4.—B.A stitching-needle drawn through the prepuce, Cels. 7, 25, 3; Mart. 7, 82, 1; 11, 75, 8; Juv. 6, 73; 379; Sen. ap. Lact. 1, 16; Tert. Cor. Mil. 11; id. Pudic. 16. -
3 ansa
ansa, ae, f. [cf. chandanô, and pre-hendo, pre-hensum, and labê from labein], that by which something is taken hold of, a handle, haft; of a vessel, pitcher, vase, and the like.I.Lit., Cato, R. R. 113; Verg. E. 3, 45; 6, 17; Ov. M. 8, 653; id. H. 16, 252; Mart. 14, 106 al.—Of other things, e. g. of an iron handle of a door:II.ansa ostii,
Petr. 96.—Of the loop on the edge of a sandal, through which the shoetie was drawn, Plin. 35, 10, 36, § 12; so Tib. 1, 8, 14.—Of the handle of the rudder, the tiller, Vitr. 10, 8.—Of the cheeks of a balance in which the lever moves, Vitr. 10, 8.— In architecture, the cramp-iron or brace which holds several stones together, Vitr. 2, 8; Prop. 5, 1, 142.—Trop., as also the Gr. labê, handle, occasion, opportunity (rare, and in the class. per. only in Cic.):illum quaerere ansam, infectum ut faciat?
Plaut. Pers. 4, 4, 119:reprehensionis ansa,
Cic. Planc. 34:controversiarum,
id. Caecin. 6 fin.:ansas sermonis dare,
id. Sest. 10:sibi tamquam ansas ad reprehendendum dare,
id. Am. 16, 59:alicui lucrandi ansam offerre,
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4 fibulatio
fībŭlātĭo, ōnis, f. [fibulo], a brace or bolt that fastens together, Vitr. 10, 3.
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