brandish

cŏrusco, āre, v. a. and n. (the access. form conisco is found in some copies of Lucr. 2, 320, and Cic. Fragm. ap. Quint. 8, 3, 21) [root scar-, to leap; Gr. skairô; cf. also korussô; v. Lidd. and Scott, s. v.].

To thrust or push with the horns (very rare):

agni ludunt blandeque coruscant,

Lucr. 2, 320:

frontem,

Juv. 12, 6: caput opponis cum eo coruscans, Cic. Fragm. ap. Quint. 8, 3, 21.—

Transf., to move quickly, to vibrate, shake, brandish, wave, tremble, etc. ( poet.).

Act.:

duo Gaesa manu,

Verg. A. 8, 661:

hastam,

id. ib. 12, 431:

telum,

id. ib. 12, 887; Sil. 1, 434:

ferrum,

Val. Fl. 2, 228 al.:

linguas (colubrae),

Ov. M. 4, 494:

alternos apices (flammae),

Stat. Th. 12, 432.—

Neutr., to flit, flutter, shake:

apes pennis coruscant,

Verg. G. 4, 73:

abies,

trembles, Juv. 3, 254.—

In partic., of the tremulous motion of fire, lightning, or brilliant bodies, to flash, glitter, gleam, coruscate: flamma inter nubes coruscat, Pac. ap. Cic. de Or. 3, 39, 157:

elucent aliae (apes) et fulgore coruscant,

Verg. G. 4, 98:

Juppiter arce,

Val. Fl. 5, 304:

telisque salum facibusque coruscat,

id. 1, 703:

coruscans clipeus,

Claud. III. Cons. Hon. 29 al.

crispo, no perf., ātum, 1, v. a. and n. [id.].

Act., to curl, crisp, crimp ( poet. or in post-Aug. prose).

Prop.:

capillum,

Plin. 29, 4, 26, § 82: feminae cincinnos, Maec. ap. Sen. Ep. 114, 5.—

Transf.

To make variegated, rough, uneven; to cover or plant with something, to strew over:

tellurem apio viridi,

to border, Col. 10, 166:

mixtum aurum cono,

Stat. Th. 8, 568:

alma novo crispans pelagus Tithonia Phoebo,

Val. Fl. 1, 311; cf. Zumpt ad Rutil. 2, 13:

quādam rugatione crispari corpora,

Cael. Aur. Tard. 2, 1, 17.—

To put into a tremulous motion, to swing, brandish, wave (cf.:

vibro, quasso): bina manu lato crispans hastilia ferro,

Verg. A. 1, 313; 12, 165 (cf.: duo doure tinassôn, Il. 12, 298):

non illis solitum crispare hastilia campo,

Sil. 8, 374:

tergeminos jactus,

App. M. 11, p. 258, 35:

buxum,

Claud. Rapt. Pros. 2, 110:

clunes,

Arn. 7, p. 239; cf. crispitudo.— Trop.:

cachinnum,

Sedul. 1, 316.—

Neutr., only in part. pres. crispans.

Curled, uneven, wrinkled:

buxus,

Plin. 16, 16, 28, § 70:

nasus,

Pers. 3, 87.—

Trembling:

cum vibrat crispante aedificiorum crepitu (of an earthquake),

Plin. 2, 82, 84, § 198.

dī-mĭco, āvi (e. g. dimicavere, Vell. 2, 85, 1;

dimicaverant,

Caes. B. C. 2, 4, 3;

dimicassent,

Vell. 2, 85, 5 al.;

dimicuisse,

Ov. Am. 2, 7, 2; 2, 13, 28), ātum, 1, v. n., lit., to brandish one's weapons against the enemy, i. e. to fight, struggle, contend (freq. and class.).

Lit.:

manum conserere atque armis dimicare,

Caes. B. C. 1, 20, 4:

armis cum aliquo,

Nep. Milt. 1, 2:

ferro pro patria,

Liv. 1, 24:

acie cum aliquo,

id. 2, 49 fin.;

for which: in acie,

Caes. B. G. 7, 64, 2:

proelio,

id. ib. 5, 16, 2;

6, 31, 1 al.: equitatu,

Nep. Eum. 3 fin.:

adversus aliquem,

Nep. Milt. 4 fin.:

pro legibus, pro libertate, pro patria,

Cic. Tusc. 4, 19 et saep.:

tuto dimicare,

Caes. B. G. 3, 24, 2; so absol., id. ib. 2, 21, 5; 3, 17 fin. et saep.— Pass. impers.:

ancipiti proelio dimicatur,

Caes. B. C. 3, 63, 3; so,

proelio,

id. ib. 1, 41, 3; 3, 72, 3 al.;

and without proelio,

id. B. G. 5, 16, 1; id. B. C. 3, 85, 3; Cic. Off. 1, 12, 38; cf.:

in mortem dimicabatur,

Vell. 2, 85, 4 al. —In partic. of gladiatorial combats, Suet. Caes. 26; 39; id. Calig. 27; 30; Plin. 8, 7, 7, § 18 al.—

With an abstr. subject:

leonum feritas inter se non dimicat,

Plin. H. N. 7 prooem. § 5.

Transf. beyond the milit. sphere, to struggle, to strive, to contend: omni ratione erit dimicandum, ut, etc., Cic. Div. ap. Caecil. 22, 72:

dimicantes competitores,

Liv. 6, 41:

de sua potentia periculo civitatis,

Cic. Att. 7, 3; esp. with the accessory idea of risk, hazard: reos, de capite, de fama, de civitate, de fortunis, de liberis dimicantes (for which, shortly before: qui auderent se et salutem suam in discrimen offerre), Cic. Sest. 1: de honore et gloria (for which, shortly before: de vita, de gloria in discrimen vocantur), id. Off. 1, 24, 83:

de vita gloriae causa,

id. Arch. 10, 23; cf.:

de vita,

id. ib. 11 fin.; Liv. 24, 26: de omnibus fortunis reip., Pompei. ap. Cic. Att. 8, 12 D.:

de fama,

Nep. Timoth. 4, 3:

de liberis,

Liv. 3, 44 fin.; and:

de repulsa,

i. e. at the risk of one, id. 6, 40; cf. also without de:

ut in singulas horas capite dimices tuo,

Liv. 2, 12 (in Cic. Fin. 2, 17, 56, the reading is dubious, v. Madv. ad h. l.).—

In Tertullian, borrowed from the lang. of gladiators (v. supra, no. I.):

ad hanc jam lineam dimicabit nostra congressio,

Tert. Pudic. 6; id. adv. Marc. 1, 7.

glădĭus, ĭi, m. (also archaic glă-dĭum, ii, n., Lucil. ap. Non. 208, 13; cf. Varr. L. L. 9, § 81 Müll.; Quint. 1, 5, 16; v. gladiola under gladiolus, I.) [perh. akin to clades, cardo; cf. kladasai, to brandish], a sword (syn. the poet. ensis, acc. to Quint. 10, 1, 11; cf. also: spatha, acinaces, sica, pugio).

Lit.:

arripuit gladium,

Plaut. Capt. 4, 4, 7; id. Cas. 2, 4, 28:

eripite isti gladium, quae sui est impos animi,

id. Cas. 3, 5, 9: succincti gladiis media regione cracentes, Enn. ap. Paul. ex Fest. p. 53 Müll. (Ann. v. 497 Vahl.): contecti gladiis, id. ap. Philarg. ad Verg. G. 4, 230 (Ann. v. 415 ib.):

occursat ocius gladio comminusque rem gerit Varenus,

Caes. B. G. 5, 44, 11:

pila miserunt, celeriterque gladios strinxerunt,

drew, id. B. C. 3, 93, 1:

gladium stringere,

Cic. Phil. 2, 9, 21; Verg. A. 12, 278:

destringere,

Caes. B. G. 1, 25, 2; 7, 12 fin.; id. B. C. 1, 46, 1; 1, 47, 3; Cic. Off. 3, 31, 112; id. Cat. 3, 1, 2; Liv. 27, 13, 9 et saep.:

educere,

Caes. B. G. 5, 44, 8; Cic. Att. 4, 3, 3; Sall. C. 51, 36; cf.:

educere e vagina,

Cic. Inv. 2, 4, 14:

nudare,

Ov. F. 2, 693:

recondere in vaginam,

Cic. Inv. 2, 4, 14; cf.

condere,

Quint. 8 praef. §

15: xiphion gladi praebet speciem,

Plin. 25, 11, 89, § 138.—

Prov.

Suo sibi hunc gladio jugulo, fight him with his own weapons, Ter. Ad. 5, 8, 35; cf.

the same,

Cic. Caecin. 29, 82.—

Cum illum (Clodium) plumbeo gladio jugulatum iri tamen diceret (Hortensius), i. e. with very little trouble, Cic. Att. 1, 16, 2. —

Ignem gladio scrutare, stir the fire with a sword (= pur machairai skaleuein, Pythag. ap. Diog. Laert. 8, 17), Hor. S. 2, 3, 276.—

Gladium alicui dare qui se occidat, to give one the means of ruining himself, Plaut. Trin. 1, 2, 92.—

Transf.

Murder, death:

cum tanta praesertim gladiorum sit impunitas,

Cic. Phil. 1, 11, 27; cf. id. Fam. 10, 2, 1; Vell. 2, 3, 3; 2, 125, 2;

gladiorum licentia,

Cic. Fam. 4, 9 fin.; id. 2, 22, 2:

qui universas provincias regunt, jus gladii habent,

i. e. the power of life and death, Dig. 1, 18, 6, § 8:

potestas gladii,

ib. 2, 1, 3; Capitol. Gord. 9.—

A gladiatorial combat:

qui cum maxime dubitat, utrum se ad gladium locet an ad cultrum,

Sen. Ep. 87 med.:

comparare homines ad gladium,

Lact. 6, 12 fin.:

servus ad gladium vel ad bestias vel in metallum damnatus,

Dig. 29, 2, 25.—

Gladius vomeris, a ploughshare, Plin. 18, 18, 48, § 172.—

The sword-fish, also called xiphias (xiphias), Plin. 9, 2, 1, § 3; 9, 15, 21, § 54; 32, 11, 53, § 145.

in-stringo, nxi, ictum, 3, v. a.

To bind, girdle, fasten, chain (rare;

not anteAug.): aliquem vinculis,

Quint. Decl. 5, 16:

adhuc feralibus amiculis instrictus,

App. M. 10, p. 244, 14.— Absol., Isid. 19, 10, 1.—

Of a weapon, to draw, brandish, employ in attack: nam si gladium instrinxit, quid dubium est quin occidendi animo percusserit? Mos. et Rom. Leg. Coll. 1, 6, 3.—

Trop., to stimulate, incite:

divino spiritu instrictus,

Liv. 5, 15, 10 Drak. N. cr.; so, uxor dolore, App. M. 8, p. 211; 9, p. 225, 9 (Hild., instinctus):

haec admonitio Tauri non modo non repressit, sed instrinxit etiam nos ad elegantiam Graecae orationis affectandam,

Gell. 17, 20, 7 Hertz.

in-torquĕo, torsi, tortum, 2, v. a., to twist, turn round, turn to; to wrench, sprain (class.).

Lit.:

mentum in dicendo,

to distort, Cic. de Or. 2, 66:

oculos,

Verg. G. 4, 451:

caulem,

Plin. 19, 6, 34, § 114: talum, to sprain, Auct. B. Hisp. 38: vereor, ne Pompeio quid oneris imponam, mê moi Gorgeiên kephalên deinoio pelôrou intorqueat, Cic. Att. 9, 7, 3.— Pass. or with se, to twist or wrap itself:

involvulus, quae in pampini folio intorta implicat se,

Plaut. Cist. 4, 2, 64:

cum subito... procella nubibus intorsit sese,

Lucr. 6, 124:

ipsi palmites intorquentur,

Plin. 17, 22, 35, § 183. —

Transf.

To brandish, hurl, or throw towards:

hastam tergo,

to launch at its back, Verg. A. 2, 231:

jaculum alicui,

to hurl against one, id. ib. 10, 322; Ov. M. 5, 90; Sil. 1, 304:

telum,

Verg. A. 10, 381:

saxum,

Sil. 7, 623:

telum in hostem,

Verg. A. 10, 882; Sen. Ep. 45. —

To throw into confusion:

orationem,

Plaut. Cist. 4, 2, 65; cf.

mores,

to corrupt, pervert, Pers. 5, 38.—

Trop., to cast upon, throw out against:

alternis versibus intorquentur inter fratres gravissimae contumeliae,

Cic. Tusc. 4, 36, 77:

vocem diram,

Sil. 11, 342.— Hence, intortus, a, um, P. a., twisted, wound; crisped, curled; trailed, prolonged; perplexed, involved; distorted, corrupted:

spirae modo,

Plin. 2, 25, 23, § 91:

intorto circa bracchium pallio,

wound about my arm, Petr. 80:

paludamentum,

wrapped round, Liv. 25, 16:

angues intorti capillis Eumenidum,

entwined, Hor. C. 2, 13, 35:

capilli,

curled, Mart. 8, 33; Sil. 3, 284:

sonus concisus, intortus,

Plin. 10, 29, 43, § 82:

noctuae intorto carmine occinunt,

App. Flor. 13:

rudentes,

twisted, made by twisting, Cat. 64, 235:

funes,

Ov. M. 3, 679 al. — Adv.: intortē, windingly, crookedly:

intortius,

Plin. 16, 16, 27, § 68.— Transf.: hoc dicere, August. de Nat. et Grat. 49.

in-torquĕo, torsi, tortum, 2, v. a., to twist, turn round, turn to; to wrench, sprain (class.).

Lit.:

mentum in dicendo,

to distort, Cic. de Or. 2, 66:

oculos,

Verg. G. 4, 451:

caulem,

Plin. 19, 6, 34, § 114: talum, to sprain, Auct. B. Hisp. 38: vereor, ne Pompeio quid oneris imponam, mê moi Gorgeiên kephalên deinoio pelôrou intorqueat, Cic. Att. 9, 7, 3.— Pass. or with se, to twist or wrap itself:

involvulus, quae in pampini folio intorta implicat se,

Plaut. Cist. 4, 2, 64:

cum subito... procella nubibus intorsit sese,

Lucr. 6, 124:

ipsi palmites intorquentur,

Plin. 17, 22, 35, § 183. —

Transf.

To brandish, hurl, or throw towards:

hastam tergo,

to launch at its back, Verg. A. 2, 231:

jaculum alicui,

to hurl against one, id. ib. 10, 322; Ov. M. 5, 90; Sil. 1, 304:

telum,

Verg. A. 10, 381:

saxum,

Sil. 7, 623:

telum in hostem,

Verg. A. 10, 882; Sen. Ep. 45. —

To throw into confusion:

orationem,

Plaut. Cist. 4, 2, 65; cf.

mores,

to corrupt, pervert, Pers. 5, 38.—

Trop., to cast upon, throw out against:

alternis versibus intorquentur inter fratres gravissimae contumeliae,

Cic. Tusc. 4, 36, 77:

vocem diram,

Sil. 11, 342.— Hence, intortus, a, um, P. a., twisted, wound; crisped, curled; trailed, prolonged; perplexed, involved; distorted, corrupted:

spirae modo,

Plin. 2, 25, 23, § 91:

intorto circa bracchium pallio,

wound about my arm, Petr. 80:

paludamentum,

wrapped round, Liv. 25, 16:

angues intorti capillis Eumenidum,

entwined, Hor. C. 2, 13, 35:

capilli,

curled, Mart. 8, 33; Sil. 3, 284:

sonus concisus, intortus,

Plin. 10, 29, 43, § 82:

noctuae intorto carmine occinunt,

App. Flor. 13:

rudentes,

twisted, made by twisting, Cat. 64, 235:

funes,

Ov. M. 3, 679 al. — Adv.: intortē, windingly, crookedly:

intortius,

Plin. 16, 16, 27, § 68.— Transf.: hoc dicere, August. de Nat. et Grat. 49.

lībro, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [libra].

To balance, make even, level, to determine a level: aquam, to level water, i. e. to ascertain the fall of water by means of a level, Vitr. 8, 6, 3: collocationem libratam indicare, id 8, 6, 1.— Pass. impers.:

libratur autem dioptris,

Vitr. 8, 6, 1.—

Transf., to make even or level:

pavimenta,

Cato, R. R. 18, 7.—

To hold in equilibrium, to poise, balance:

terra librata ponderibus,

Cic. Tusc. 5, 24, 69:

columnarum turbines ita librati perpenderunt, ut puero circumagente tornarentur,

Plin. 36, 13, 19, § 91:

librati pondera caeli orbe tene medio,

Luc. 1, 58.—

To cause to hang or swing, to keep suspended, keep in its place:

vela cadunt primo et dubia librantur ab aura,

are waved to and fro, Ov. F. 3, 585:

et fluctus supra, vento librante, pependit,

Sil. 17, 274:

aëris vi suspensam librari medio spatio tellurem,

Plin. 2, 5, 4, § 10.—

To cause to swing, to swing, sway, brandish, set in motion, hurl, dash, cast, launch, fling, throw:

summā telum librabat ab aure,

Verg. A. 9, 417:

ferro praefixum robur,

id. ib. 10, 479:

caestus,

id. ib. 5, 478:

tum librat ab aure intorquens jaculum,

Sil. 5, 576:

dextra libratum fulmen ab aure misit,

Ov. M. 2, 311; 5, 624; 7, 787; Luc. 3, 433:

librata cum sederit glans,

Liv. 38, 29: librare se, to balance or poise one's self, to fly:

cursum in aëre,

Ov. Am. 2, 6, 11: saepe lapillos Tollunt;

his sese per inania nubila librant,

Verg. G. 4, 196:

haliaeetos librans ex alto sese,

Plin. 10, 3, 3, § 8:

corpus in herba,

to stretch one's self out on the grass, Ov. F. 1, 429: incidentis manus libratur artifici temperamento, Plin. 12, 25, 54, § 115:

librare iter,

to take one's way, Sen. Oed. 899.—

Trop.

To make of even weight, to balance, make equal ( poet.):

orbem horis,

Col. 10, 42:

crimina in antithetis,

Pers. 1, 85.—

To weigh, ponder, consider ( poet. and in post-class. prose):

librabat metus,

Stat. Th. 9, 165: quae omnia meritorum momenta perpendit, librat, examinat, Naz. Pan. ad Const. 7: praescriptiones, Cod. Th. 8, 4, 26.— Hence, lībrātus, a, um, P. a.

Level, horizontal:

aquam non esse libratam, sed sphaeroides habere schema,

Vitr. 8, 6.—

Poised, balanced, swung, hurled, launched; forcible, powerful:

librata cum sederit (glans),

Liv. 38, 29:

librato magis et certo ictu,

violent, powerful, Tac. H. 2, 22:

malleus dextra libratus ab aure,

Ov. M. 2, 624:

per nubes aquila librata volatu,

Sil. 15, 429. — Comp.:

libratior ictus,

Liv. 30, 10; cf. id. 42, 65.—Hence, * adv.: lībrātē, deliberately:

aliquid eligere,

Serv. Verg. A. 2, 713.

pāpĭlĭo, ōnis, m. [cf. pallô, brandish; palpitare, pila], a butterfly, moth.

Lit.:

ferali mutant cum papilione figuram,

Ov. M. 15, 374; cf. Plin. 11, 19, 21, § 65; 21, 14, 47, § 81; 28, 10, 45, § 162.—Also of other winged insects, Plin. 11, 32, 37, § 112; 11, 23, 27, § 77.—

Transf., a tent, pavilion:

in expeditionibus apertis papilionibus prandit atque coenavit,

Lampr. Alex. Sev. 51; Spart. Pescen. 11; Treb. Poll. Trig. Tyr. 16; Tert. ad Mart. 3; Vulg. Exod. 33, 8; id. Num. 16, 27; id. 2 Reg. 11, 11. The Fratres Arvales also made use of such tents when making their offerings in the grove of Dia, Inscr. Marin. Fratr. Arv. n. 41.

pīla, ae, f. [perh. for pisula, from root pis-; v. pinso, piso], a mortar (syn. mortarium):

pila, ubi triticum pinsant,

Cato, R. R. 14; Ov. Ib. 573:

zeae granum tunditur in pilā ligneā,

Plin. 18, 11, 29, § 112:

si contuderis stultum in pilā,

Vulg. Prov. 27, 22: sal sordidum in pilā pisatum, Paul. ex Fest. p. 158 Müll.

pīlă, ae, f. [for pigla, from root pag-, pig-, of pango, pe-pig-i, q. v.], a pillar (syn. columna): pila, quae parietem sustentat, ab opponendo dicta est, Paul. ex Fest. p. 204 Müll.:

locavit pilas pontis in Tiberim,

Liv. 40, 51:

salax taberna a pileatis nona fratribus pila, of the temple of Castor and Pollux,

Cat. 37, 1: nulla taberna meos habeat neque pila libellos, i. e. they are not to be publicly sold (as the booksellers had their stalls around the pillars of public buildings), Hor. S. 1, 4, 71; Vitr. 6, 11:

pilas operibus subdere,

Sen. Q. N. 6, 302; Plin. 11, 10, 10, § 23; Mart. 7, 61, 5.—

Transf., a pier or mole of stone:

saxea,

Verg. A. 9, 711; Vitr. 5, 12; Suet. Claud. 20; Sil. 4, 297.

pĭla, ae ( gen. sing. pilaï, Lucr. 5, 713; 720; 726), f. [etym. dub.; perh. akin to Gr. pallô, brandish; Lat. pellere, drive; v. Corss. 1, 525 sqq.], a ball, playing-ball (syn. follis).

Lit.: pilā expulsim ludere, Varr. ap. Non. 104, 29:

di nos quasi pilas homines habent,

Plaut. Capt. prol. 22; id. Most. 1, 2, 73:

pilae studio teneri,

Cic. de Or. 3, 23, 88; Hor. S. 1, 5, 49:

cum lapsa e manibus fugit pila,

Verg. Cir. 149, Prop. 3, 12 (4, 13), 5:

pila cadit aut mittentis vitio, aut accipientis... (pila) jactata et excepta,

Sen. Ben. 2, 17, 3:

pilam scite et diligenter excipere... apte et expedite remittere,

id. ib. 2, 32, 1:

pilam repetere, quae terram contigit,

Petr. 27:

reddere pilam,

Mart. 14, 46, 2. There were four sorts of pilæ:

trigonalis, paganica, follis, harpastum.—Prov.: mea pila est,

I have the ball, I have caught it, I've won, Plaut. Truc. 4, 1, 7:

claudus pilam,

Cic. Pis. 28, 69;

v. claudus: Fortunae pila,

the foot-ball of fortune, Aur. Vict. Epit. 18.—

Transf.

The game of ball:

quantum alii tribuunt alveolo, quantum pilae,

Cic. Arch. 6, 13.—

Of any thing round, a ball or globe of any material:

pilae lanuginis,

Plin. 12, 10, 21, § 38:

scarabaei e fimo ingentes pilas aversi pedibus volutant,

id. 11, 28, 34, § 98.—Of the globe of the earth (ante-class.): in terrae pila, Varr. ap. Non. 333, 25.—The ancients made use of a glass or crystal ball filled with water as a burning-glass:

cum addită aquā vitreae pilae sole adverso in tantum excandescunt, ut vestes exurant,

Plin. 36, 26, 67, § 199; 37, 2, 10, § 28.—The Roman ladies carried a crystal or amber ball to keep their hands cool, Prop. 2, 18, 60 (3, 18, 12); Mart. 11, 8.—Of the ball or lump of earth which adheres to the roots of a bush when torn up, Col. 5, 9. —Of the ballots or bails used by judges in voting, Prop. 4 (5), 11, 19; Ascon. Argum. Milon. fin. —Of stuffed balls or human figures: pilae et effigies viriles et muliebres ex lanā Compitalibus suspendebantur in compitis. quod hunc diem festum esse deorum inferorum quos vocant Lares, putarent: quibus tot pilae, quot capita servorum; tot effigies, quot essent liberi. ponebantur, ut vivis parcerent et essent his pilis et simulacris contenti, Paul. ex Fest. p. 239 Müll. Bulls were baited by throwing similar stuffed figures at their heads, Mart. Spect. 19, 2:

quantus erat cornu, cui pila taurus erat!

id. ib. 9;

hence, sed cui primus erat lusor dum floruit aetas, Nunc postquam desiit ludere prima pila est,

id. ib. 10, 86. As these effigies were usually torn by the throwing, the term is also applied to a torn toga, Mart. 2, 43, 6.—

In partic.:

pilae Nursicae, i. e. rapae rotundae,

Mart. 13, 20, 2.

quătĭo, no perf., quassum, 3, v. a. [Sanscr. root, cyu-, to move, set in motion; cf. Gr. skeuos, instrument; skeuazô, to prepare], to shake (class.; syn.: concutio, convello).

Lit.

In gen., Fest. p. 261 Müll.:

cum equus magnā vi caput quateret,

Liv. 8, 7:

alas,

Verg. A. 3, 226:

pennas,

Ov. M. 4, 676; Hor. C. 3, 29, 53:

aquas,

to agitate, disturb, Ov. H. 18, 48:

cymbala,

Verg. G. 4, 64:

catenas,

Plin. Ep. 7, 27, 5: caput. Ov. F. 6, 400:

comas,

id. H. 14, 40:

quercum huc illuc,

id. M. 12, 329.—

Of earthquakes: quatitur terrae motibus Ide,

Ov. M. 12, 521:

quid quateret terras,

id. ib. 15, 71:

quatiens terram fragor,

Sil. 1, 536.—

Of the ground, by treading, marching, etc.: campum,

Verg. A. 11, 875:

campos,

id. ib. 11, 513; Sil. 1, 297:

quatitur tellus pondere,

id. 4, 199:

sonitu quatit ungula campum,

Verg. A. 8, 596:

pede ter humum,

Hor. C. 4, 1, 28:

pede terram,

id. ib. 1, 4, 7:

quatitur certamine circus,

Sil. 16, 323. —

In partic.

Of arms, weapons, reins, etc., to wield, brandish, ply, hold:

securim,

Verg. A. 11, 656:

ensem,

Sil. 1, 429:

aegida,

id. 12, 336:

scuta,

Tac. H. 2, 22:

hastam,

Petr. 124:

lora,

Sil. 16, 415; 16, 440:

largas habenas,

id. 17, 542:

verbera (i. e. flagella),

Verg. Cul. 218.—

Of the body, breast, limbs, etc., to agitate, shake, cause to tremble, etc.:

horror Membra quatit,

Verg. A. 3, 29:

anhelitus artus et ora quatit,

id. ib. 5, 199:

tussis pulmonem quatit,

Sil. 14, 601:

terror praecordia,

id. 2, 254:

pectora quatit gemitu,

Val. Fl. 5, 310.—

To beat, strike, drive:

homo quatietur certe cum dono foras,

to beat out of doors, Ter. Eun. 2, 3, 67:

Arctophylax prae se quatit Arctum, Cic. poët. N. I). 2, 42, 109: cursu quatere equum,

Verg. G. 3, 132; Sil. 12, 254.—Of things:

quatiunt fenestras juvenes,

Hor. C. 1, 25, 1:

scutum hastà,

Liv. 7, 26, 1. —

To shake, beat, or break in pieces, to batter, shatter:

urbis moenia ariete quatere,

Liv. 21, 10:

muros,

Verg. A. 2, 610:

muros arietibus,

Liv. 38, 10:

turres tremendā cuspide,

Hor. C. 4, 6, 7:

tecta quatiuntur,

Plin. Pan. 51, 1:

externas arces,

Sil. 2, 300:

Pergama,

id. 13, 36; cf.:

tonitru quatiuntur caerula caeli,

Lucr. 6, 96. —

Trop., to agitate, more, touch, affect, excite:

est in animis tenerum quiddam quod aegritudine quasi tempestate quatiatur,

Cic. Tusc. 3, 6, 12: mentem, Hor. C. 1, 16, 5:

nec vultus tyranni Mente quatit solidā (justum virum),

id. ib. 3, 3, 4:

non ego te Invitum quatiam,

id. ib. 1, 18, 12:

quatiunt oracula Colchos,

Val. Fl. 1, 743:

famā oppida,

id. 2, 122:

quatit castra clamor,

Sil. 3, 231:

tumultus pectora quatit,

Sen. Thyest. 260:

ingenium,

Tac. H. 1, 23:

animum,

Gell. 9, 13, 5:

cum altissima quaterentur, hic inconcussus stetit,

Plin. Pan. 94, 3. —

In partic., to plague, vex, harass:

quatere oppida bello,

Verg. A. 9, 608:

extrema Galliarum,

Tac. H. 4, 28. — Hence, quassus, a, um, P. a.

Lit., shaken, beaten, or broken in pieces, battered, shattered:

aula quassa,

a broken pot, Plaut. Curc. 3, 26:

muri,

Liv. 26, 51:

naves,

id. 25, 3:

faces,

i. e. pieces of pine-wood split up for torches, Ov. M. 3, 508:

rates,

shattered, leaky, Hor. C. 4, 8, 32; 1, 1, 18:

murra,

Ov. M. 15, 399:

lectus,

id. H. 11, 78:

harundo,

Petr. 69:

turres,

Sen. Thyest. 568; cf.:

multo tempora quassa mero,

Ov. R. Am. 146; cf. quasso, I. B. —

Trop.:

quassā voce,

in a broken voice, Curt. 7, 7, 20:

littera,

Quint. 12, 10, 29:

anima quassa malis,

broken down, exhausted, worn out, Sen. Herc. Fur. 1308:

quasso imperio,

Sil. 15, 7.

rŏto, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. and n. [rota].

Act., to turn a thing round like a wheel; to swing round, whirl about ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose; cf. torqueo).

Lit.:

Learchum bis terque per auras More rotat fundae,

Ov. M. 4, 517; cf. id. ib. 9, 217; id. A. A. 2, 374:

jactare caput et comas excutientem rotare, fanaticum est,

Quint. 11, 3, 71:

sanguineos orbes (i. e. oculos),

to roll about, Val. Fl. 4, 235: ensem fulmineum, to brandish (in order to add force to the blow), Verg. A. 9, 441:

telum,

Liv. 42, 65, 10:

telum in ora loquentis,

Stat. Th. 9, 802:

clipeum, Val Fl. 6, 551: saxa,

Sen. Q. N. 3, 27, 6:

flammam (venti),

Lucr. 6, 202; cf.:

(venti) trudunt res ante rapidique rotanti turbine portant,

in a whirling tornado, id. 1, 295:

flammae fumum,

Hor. C. 4, 11, 11:

se in vulnus (ursa),

Luc. 6, 222:

conreptum rotatumque sternit,

Plin. 8, 16, 19, § 51.— Mid., to turn or go round in a circle, to roll round, revolve:

Tyrrheni greges circumque infraque rotantur,

Stat. Achill. 1, 56:

circum caput igne rotato,

Ov. M. 12, 296:

poterisne rotatis Obvius ire polis?

id. ib. 2, 74; cf.:

nivibus rotatis (with glomerari),

id. ib. 9, 221: sphaerico motu in orbem rotari, Macr Somn. Scip. 2, 14, 31.—

Trop.:

aut curtum sermone rotato Torqueat enthymema,

round, compact, concise, Juv. 6, 449:

sic ordinem fati rerum aeterna series rotat,

Sen. Q. N. 2, 35, 2.—

Neutr., = rotari, to turn or roll round, to revolve (very rare):

parte ex aliā, quā saxa rotantia late Impulerat torrens,

Verg. A. 10, 362 Serv. (cf.:

volventia plaustra,

id. G. 1, 163);

so of a peacock spreading its tail out like a wheel,

Col. 8, 11, 8.

torquĕo, torsi, tortum, 2 (archaic inf. torquerier, Hor. S. 2, 8, 67), v. a. [Gr. trepô, to turn; cf. atrekês; also Sanscr. tarkus; Gr. atraktos, a spindle; and strephô, to twist], to turn, turn about or away; to twist, bend, wind (class.; syn. converto).

Lit.

In gen.:

cervices oculosque,

Cic. Leg. 2, 15, 39:

oculum,

to roll, distort, id. Ac. 2, 25, 80:

ora,

to twist awry, id. Off. 1, 36, 131:

ab obscenis sermonibus aurem,

Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 127:

oculos ad moenia,

Verg. A. 4, 220:

ad sonitum vocis vestigia,

id. ib. 3, 669:

serpens squamosos orbes Torquet,

Ov. M. 3, 42; cf.

anguis,

Verg. G. 3, 38:

capillos ferro,

i. e. to curl, frizzle, Ov. A. A. 1, 505:

stamina pollice,

id. M. 12, 475:

remis aquas,

id. F. 5, 644:

spumas,

Verg. A. 3, 208:

taxos in arcus,

to bend, id. G. 2, 448:

tegumen torquens immane leonis,

winding about him, id. A. 7, 666:

cum terra circum axem se convertat et torqueat,

Cic. Ac. 2, 39, 123:

torta circum bracchia vestis,

Tac. H. 5, 22.—

In partic.

To whirl around, to whirl in the act of throwing, to wield, brandish, to fling with force, to hurl (mostly poet.):

torquet nunc lapidem, nunc ingens machina tignum,

Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 73:

amnis torquet sonantia saxa,

Verg. A. 6, 551:

stuppea torquentem Balearis verbera fundae,

id. G. 1, 309:

jaculum in hostem,

id. A. 10, 585; Ov. M. 12, 323: hastam in hunc, id. ib 5, 137;

for which: hastam alicui,

Val. Fl. 3, 193:

telum aurata ad tempora,

Verg. A. 12, 536:

tela manu,

Ov. M. 12, 99:

valido pila lacerto,

id. F. 2, 11:

glebas, ramos,

id. M. 11, 30:

cum fulmina torquet (Juppiter),

Verg. A. 4, 208;

and trop.: cum Juppiter horridus austris Torquet aquosam hiemem,

id. ib. 9, 671; cf.:

Eurus nubes in occiduum orbem,

Luc. 4, 63.—In prose:

torquere amentatas hastas lacertis,

Cic. de Or. 1, 57, 242.—

To twist awry, misplace, turn aside, distort:

negat sibi umquam, cum oculum torsisset, duas ex lucernā flammulas esse visas,

Cic. Ac. 2, 25, 80:

ora Tristia temptantum sensu (sapor) torquebit amaro,

Verg. G. 2, 247.—

To wrench the limbs upon the rack, to put to the rack or to the torture, to rack, torture (class.):

ita te nervo torquebo, itidem uti catapultae solent,

Plaut. Curc. 5, 3, 12:

eculeo torqueri,

Cic. Fin. 3, 13, 42:

aliquem servilem in modum,

Suet. Aug. 27; cf.:

ira torquentium,

Tac. A. 15, 57:

servum in caput domini,

against his master, Dig. 48, 18, 1: vinctus tortusve, [p. 1880] Suet. Aug. 40 fin. —

Trop.

In gen., to twist, wrest, distort, turn, bend, direct (a favorite expression of Cicero):

versare suam naturam et regere ad tempus atque huc et illuc torquere ac flectere,

Cic. Cael. 6, 13:

torquere et flectere imbecillitatem animorum,

id. Leg. 1, 10, 29:

oratio ita flexibilis, ut sequatur, quocumque torqueas,

id. Or. 16, 52:

omnia ad suae causae commodum,

id. Inv. 2, 14, 46:

verbo ac litterā jus omne torqueri,

wrested, perverted, id. Caecin. 27, 77:

sonum,

to inflect, Auct. Her. 3, 14, 25:

cuncta tuo qui bella, pater, sub numine torques,

Verg. A. 12, 180:

versare sententias, et huc atque illuc torquere,

Tac. H. 1, 85.—

In partic. (acc. to A. 2.), to rack, torment, torture (syn.:

ango, crucio): tuae libidines te torquent,

Cic. Par. 2, 18:

mitto aurum coronarium, quod te diutissime torsit,

id. Pis. 37, 90: acriter nos tuae supplicationes torserunt, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 11, 1:

equidem dies noctesque torqueor,

Cic. Att. 7, 9, 4:

verbi controversia jam diu torquet Graeculos homines,

id. de Or. 1, 11, 47; 3, 9, 33:

stulti malorum memoriā torquentur,

id. Fin. 1, 17, 57:

sollicitudine, poenitentia, etc., torquetur mens,

Quint. 12, 1, 7:

invidiā vel amore vigil torquebere,

Hor. Ep. 1, 2, 37; Ov. H. 20, 123:

torqueor, infesto ne vir ab hoste cadat,

id. ib. 9, 36; cf. Hor. S. 2, 8, 67:

Aeacus torquet umbras,

holds inquisition over, Juv. 1, 9.— Transf.: (reges) dicuntur torquere mero, quem perspexisse laborant, qs. to rack with wine, i. e. to try or test with wine, Hor. A. P. 435; so,

vino tortus et irā,

id. Ep. 1, 18, 38.—

To hurl, fling (of language):

curvum sermone rotato enthymema,

Juv. 6, 449.—Hence, tortus, a, um, P. a., twisted, crooked, contorted, distorted.

Lit.:

via (labyrinthi),

Prop. 4 (5), 4, 42:

quercus,

i. e. a twisted oakgarland, Verg. G. 1, 349.—Hence,

Subst.: torta, ae, f., a twisted loaf, a twist, Vulg. 1 Par. 16, 3. —

Trop.:

condiciones,

confused, complicated, Plaut. Men. 4, 2, 25. — Adv.: tortē, awry, crookedly:

torte penitusque remota,

Lucr. 4, 305 (329).

ventĭlo, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [ventulus], to toss, swing, brandish in the air; to fan. [p. 1970]

Lit.

In gen.:

facem,

Prop. 4 (5), 3, 50:

arma,

Mart. 5, 31, 4:

aureos nummos manu,

App. M. 2, p. 126, 14.— Absol.:

quam stultum est, cum signum pugnae acceperis, ventilare!

Sen. Ep. 117, 25:

aliud est pugnare, aliud ventilare,

id. Excerpt. Contr. 3 praef. med.:

cubitum utrumque in diversum latus,

Quint. 11, 3, 118:

populeas ventilat aura comas,

fans, sways, agitates, Ov. Am. 1, 7, 54:

incendia (flatus),

i. e. to fan, inflame, kindle, Sil. 17, 507: frigus, fans coolness upon him, i. e. cools him with fanning, Mart. 3, 82, 10.— Absol.:

aestate apertis foribus atque etiam aliquo ventilante cubabat,

Suet. Aug. 82: ventilat aestivum digitis sudantibus aurum, i. e. tosses to and fro (as it were) in order to cool it, Juv. 1, 28:

alis,

Claud. in Eutr. 1, 109.—Mid.:

alio atque alio positu ventilari,

to move one's self, Sen. Tranq. 2, 10.—

In partic., econom. t. t., to toss grain into the air, in order to cleanse it from chaff, to winnow, Varr. R. R. 1, 55, 6; Col. 12, 30, 1; 1, 6, 16; Plin. 18, 30, 73, § 302; 18, 32, 75, § 322.—

Trop., to set in motion, to move, disturo, agitate, disquiet: cujus lingua quasi flabello seditionis illa tum est egentium contio ventilata, * Cic. Fl. 23, 54:

nomen alicujus pro tribunalibus,

i. e. to bring forward, App. Mag. p. 337, 30: vitam insontium Manibus accitis, Cod. Th. 9, 16, 5; Cod. Just. 9, 18, 6.

vī̆bro, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. and n. [cf. Sanscr. vip, to tremble].

Act., to set in tremulous motion, to move rapidly to and fro, to brandish, shake, agitate (class.; syn.: quatio, ventilo).

Lit.:

hastas ante pugnam,

Cic. de Or. 2, 80, 325:

hastam,

id. Off. 2, 8, 29:

flamina vestes,

to cause to flutter, Ov. M. 1, 528:

faces,

Claud. Epith. 97:

multifidas linguas (draco),

Val. Fl. 1, 61:

tremor vibrat ossa,

makes tremble, Claud. Rapt. Pros. 3, 152:

viscera vibrantur (equitando),

are shaken about, Tac. A. 12, 51:

impositus scuto more gentis et sustinentium umeris vibratus, dux eligitur,

id. H. 4, 15:

digitis vibratis jactare sententias,

Quint. 11, 3, 120:

thyrsum manu,

Sen. Oedip. 420:

serpens squalidum crista caput vibrans,

id. Herc. Oet. 1254.— Poet.:

vibrata flammis aequora,

i. e. glimmering, sparkling, Val. Fl. 8, 306:

crines vibrati,

i. e. curled, frizzled, Verg. A. 12, 100; Plin. 2, 78, 80, § 189.—

Mid.: sic mea vibrari pallentia membra videres,

Ov. H. 11, 77.—

Transf., to throw with a vibratory motion, to launch, hurl:

sicas et spargere venena,

Cic. Cat. 2, 10, 23:

conferti et quasi cohaerentes tela vibrare non poterant,

Curt. 3, 11, 4:

tremulum excusso jaculum lacerto,

Ov. H. 4, 43:

per auras spicula,

id. M. 8, 374:

fulmina (Juppiter),

id. ib. 2, 308; cf.:

vibratus ab aethere fulgor,

Verg. A. 8, 524:

jaculum ex arborum ramis vibrari,

Plin. 8, 23, 35, § 85. —

Trop.

Of language, to fling, hurl, launch:

truces vibrare iambos,

Cat. 36, 5; cf. 2. vibratus, II.—

To threaten:

tela undique mortem vibrantia,

Amm. 31, 13, 2. —

Neutr., to be in tremulous motion, etc.

Lit.

In gen., to shake, quiver, vibrate, tremble:

linguā vibrante (serpentis),

Lucr. 3, 657; Ov. M. 3, 34:

terrae motus non simplici modo quatitur, sed tremit vibratque,

Plin. 2, 80, 82, § 194.—

Of the voice or sounds, to tremble:

(haec vox) sonat adhuc et vibrat in auribus meis,

Sen. Prov. 3, 3; cf.:

sonus lusciniae vibrans,

Plin. 10, 29, 43, § 82:

querelā adhuc vibrante,

Val. Max. 5, 3, 2:

ejusmodi fabulae vibrabant,

Petr. 47.—

To glimmer, glitter, gleam, scintillate, etc.:

mare, quā a sole collucet, albescit et vibrat,

Cic. Ac. 2, 33, 105: signa, Flor. 3, 11:

in tremulo vibrant incendia ponto,

Sil. 2, 664; Val. Fl. 2, 583; 2, 342; Claud. Rapt. Pros. 2, 2.—Of bright weapons:

juvenes Tela tenent dextrā lato vibrantia ferro,

Ov. M. 8, 342:

gladius,

Verg. A. 9, 769; cf.:

clipeum Vibranti medium cuspis transverberat ictu,

id. ib. 10, 484.—

Trop., of language:

cujus (Demosthenis) non tam vibrarent fulmina illa, nisi numeris contorta ferrentur,

would not have been hurled with such vigor, Cic. Or. 70, 234; cf.:

oratio incitata et vibrans,

id. Brut. 95, 326:

sententiae,

Quint. 10, 1, 60; 11, 3, 120. —Hence, vĭbrātus, a, um, P. a., impetuous, forcible:

iambus flammis fulminis vibratior,

Aus. Ep. 21, 5.