breadth

cresco, crēvi, crētum, 3 ( inf. perf. sync. cresse, Lucr. 3, 683), v. inch. n. [1. creo].

Orig., of things not previously in existence, to come forth, grow, to arise, spring, be born, become visible, appear (so mostly poet.)

Lit.:

cetera, quae sursum crescunt sursumque creantur,

Lucr. 6, 527:

quaecumque e terrā corpora crescunt (for which, subsequently, exoriuntur),

id. 1, 868:

corpore de patrio ac materno sanguine crescunt,

id. 4, 1210:

hic et acanthus Et rosa crescit,

Verg. Cul. 397.—So esp. freq. in part. perf.: crētus, a, um, arisen, sprung, descended from, born of; with abl.:

mortali corpore cretus,

Lucr. 5, 6; 2, 906; cf.:

mortali semine,

Ov. M. 15, 760:

corpore materno,

Lucr. 4, 1224:

nativo corpore,

id. 5, 61:

Semiramio sanguine,

Ov. M. 5, 85; cf. id. ib. 13, 31:

Amyntore,

id. ib. 8, 307; cf. Verg. A. 9, 672; Ov. M. 13, 750.—With ab:

ab origine eādem,

Ov. M. 4, 607; cf.:

Trojano a sanguine,

Verg. A. 4, 191.—

Trop.:

haec villa inter manus meas crevit,

Sen. Ep. 12, 1:

ingens hic terris crescit labor,

Sil. 3, 75.—Far more freq.,

Of things already in existence, to rise in height, to rise, grow, grow up, thrive, increase, etc.

Lit.:

arbores,

Lucr. 1, 254; so,

fruges, arbusta, animantes,

id. 1, 808:

omnia paulatim crescunt (with grandescere alique),

id. 1, 190 sq.:

ut (ostrea) cum lunā pariter crescant pariterque decrescant,

Cic. Div. 2, 14, 33:

in lecticis crescunt (infantes),

Quint. 1, 2, 7:

cresce, puer,

Ov. M. 2, 643 et saep.:

in cujus domo creverat,

had grown up, been reared, Suet. Oth. 1; cf.:

Alexander per quinquennium sub Aristotele doctore mclito crevit,

Just. 12, 16, 8:

Nilus in aestatem crescit campisque redundat,

Lucr. 6, 713; cf.

of the same,

id. 6, 737:

Liger ex nivibus creverat,

Caes. B. G. 7, 55 fin.:

in frondem crines, in ramos bracchia,

to grow into, Ov. M. 1, 550; cf.:

in ungues manus,

id. ib. 2, 479:

in immensum Atlas,

id. ib. 4, 661:

in latitudinem,

to increase in breadth, Col. Arb. 17:

in longitudinem,

Plin. 11, 37, 87, § 216:

super ora caputque onus,

Ov. M. 12, 516:

ut clivo crevisse putes,

id. ib. 8, 191 et saep. —

Transf., to increase in number to, augment, multiply:

non mihi absenti crevisse amicos,

Cic. Sest. 32, 69 (B. and K. ex conj. de crevisse):

adhuc crescentibus annis,

Ov. A. A. 1, 61.—

Trop.

In gen., to grow, increase, to be enlarged or strengthened:

cum Atheniensium opes senescere, contra Lacedaemoniorum crescere videret,

Nep. Alcib. 5, 3; so,

hostium opes animique,

Cic. Imp. Pomp. 15, 45:

non animi tantum, sed etiam vires crescebant,

Liv. 5, 46, 4:

animus laude crescit,

Quint. 1, 2, 3; Curt. 4, 6, 13; Just. 19, 1, 8:

animus crevit praetori,

Liv. 44, 4, 1:

cujusvis opes contra illius potentiam,

Sall. C. 17, 7:

cujusquam regnum per scelus,

id. J. 14, 7:

potentia paucorum (opp. plebis opes imminutae),

id. C. 39, 1; Liv. 4, 2, 2 et saep.:

haec (mala) primo paulatim,

Sall. C. 10, 6:

primo pecuniae, deinde imperii cupido,

id. ib. 10, 3:

fuga atque formido latius,

id. J. 55, 7:

licentia,

id. C. 51, 30:

inopia omnium,

Liv. 21, 11, 12:

rerum cognitio cottidie,

Quint. 12, 11, 17:

quā ex re creverat cum famā tum opibus,

Nep. Alcib. 7 fin.; cf.:

(Saguntini) in tantas brevi creverant opes,

Liv. 21, 7, 3:

Rhodiorum civitas populi Romani opibus,

Sall. C. 51, 5; cf.:

qui malo rei publicae,

id. ib. 51, 32:

usque ego postera Crescam laude recens,

Hor. C. 3, 30, 8:

a brevibus in longas (iambi),

Quint. 9, 4, 136.—

In partic., to rise or increase in distinction, honor, courage, etc., to be promoted or advanced, to prosper, to become great, attain honor:

accusarem alios potius, ex quibus possem crescere,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 30, 83:

ex invidiā senatoriā,

id. Clu. 28, 77:

ex his,

Liv. 29, 37, 17:

ex me,

id. 35, 19, 5:

de uno isto, de multis,

Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 67, § 173:

dignitate, gratiā,

Nep. Att. 21, 1; cf. id. ib. 10, 3; and absol.:

crescendi in curiā occasio,

Liv. 1, 46, 2:

cresco et exsulto et discussā senectute recalesco, quotiens, etc.,

Sen. Ep. 34, 1; cf.:

gaudet et ex nostro crescit maerore Charaxus,

Ov. H. 15, 117:

hic uno modo crescere potest, si se ipse summittat, etc.,

Plin. Pan. 71, 4.

dēfīnĭo, īvi, ītum, 4, v. a.

To bound, to set bounds to; to limit, terminate, define (for syn. v. decerno—freq. in Cic.).

Lit.:

ejus fundi extremam partem oleae directo ordine definiunt,

Cic. Caecin. 8, 22; cf. id. Rep. 2, 6:

orbes caeli aspectum nostrum definiunt,

id. Div. 2, 44; cf. id. N. D. 2, 40:

orbem terrarum (loca),

id. Balb. 28, 64;

imperium populi R.,

id. Sest. 31, 67 al. —

Trop.

To designate by limiting; to limit, define, determine; to explain (cf. circumscribo, no. II. A.):

genus universum brevi circumscribi et definiri potest,

Cic. Sest. 45, 97; cf. id. de Or. 1, 16, 70:

universam et propriam oratoris vim,

id. ib. 1, 15:

definienda res erit verbis et breviter describenda,

id. Inv. 1, 8 fin.; cf. Cic. Rep. 1, 24; 2, 31 fin.: omitto innumerabiles viros, etc.... unum hoc definio, tantam esse necessitatem virtutis, etc., this only I declare, etc., id. ib. 1, 1 fin.: probe definitur a Stoicis fortitudo, cum eam virtutem esse dicunt propugnantem pro aequitate, id. Off. 1, 19; 1, 27, 96; id. Fin. 2, 2 et saep.:

nec uno modo definitur res eadem,

Quint. 7, 3, 16; Tac. A. 6, 28 et saep.:

aedes sibi optimas, hortos, etc.,

Cic. Phil. 8, 3, 9; cf.:

ut suus cuique locus erat definitus,

Caes. B. G. 7, 81, 4:

tempus adeundi,

id. ib. 7, 83, 5: cf.:

ante quem diem iturus sit,

id. B. C. 1, 11, 2:

annos,

Quint. 12, 6, 1:

consulatum in annos,

Caes. B. C. 3, 82, 4; cf.:

potestatem in quinquennium,

Cic. Agr. 2, 13:

ut quam vitam ingrediar, definias,

id. Ac. 2, 36; cf. id. Quint. 27:

non remittam: definitum est,

it is determined, decided, Plaut. Cist. 2, 1, 43; Cic. Fat. 5, 9; Vulg. 1 Reg. 20, 33.—

In opposition to breadth or laxity (cf. circumscribo, no. II. 2), to limit within certain bounds, to restrict, confine:

non vagabitur oratio mea longius atque eis fere ipsis definietur viris, qui, etc.,

Cic. de Or. 3, 3:

quae sententia definit amicitiam paribus officiis ac voluntatibus,

Cic. Lael. 16, 58; cf. id. de Or. 3, 28, 109: ex perduellium numero definitus, included in the definition of, Off. 3, 29, 107 (dub.). —

To terminate, finish (very rare;

perh. only in the foll. places): ut totam hujus generis orationem concludam atque definiam,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 52 Zumpt; id. Or. 19 fin.: definito juvene, ended, i. e. slain, Apul. M. 8, p. 203, 20.—Hence, dēfīnītus, a, um, P. a. (according to no. I. B. 1), definite, limited, distinct, precise; plain, perspicuous (rare, but good prose): quaestionum duo sunt genera: alterum infinitum, alterum definitum. Definitum est, quod hupothesin Graeci, nos causam, etc., Cic. Top. 21;

so opp. generales,

Quint. 7, 2, 1:

certum esse in caelo ac definitum locum, ubi, etc.,

Cic. Rep. 6, 13;

so with certus,

id. Fam. 3, 8; Quint. 7, 10, 7:

quaestiones,

Cic. Top. 24 fin.—Adv.: dē-fīnītē, definitely, precisely, distinctly, [p. 531] etc., Cic. Balb. 14; de Or. 2, 27, 118; Plin. Pan. 88, 6; Gell. 1, 257 al.— Comp. and sup. do not occur.

dēfīnĭo, īvi, ītum, 4, v. a.

To bound, to set bounds to; to limit, terminate, define (for syn. v. decerno—freq. in Cic.).

Lit.:

ejus fundi extremam partem oleae directo ordine definiunt,

Cic. Caecin. 8, 22; cf. id. Rep. 2, 6:

orbes caeli aspectum nostrum definiunt,

id. Div. 2, 44; cf. id. N. D. 2, 40:

orbem terrarum (loca),

id. Balb. 28, 64;

imperium populi R.,

id. Sest. 31, 67 al. —

Trop.

To designate by limiting; to limit, define, determine; to explain (cf. circumscribo, no. II. A.):

genus universum brevi circumscribi et definiri potest,

Cic. Sest. 45, 97; cf. id. de Or. 1, 16, 70:

universam et propriam oratoris vim,

id. ib. 1, 15:

definienda res erit verbis et breviter describenda,

id. Inv. 1, 8 fin.; cf. Cic. Rep. 1, 24; 2, 31 fin.: omitto innumerabiles viros, etc.... unum hoc definio, tantam esse necessitatem virtutis, etc., this only I declare, etc., id. ib. 1, 1 fin.: probe definitur a Stoicis fortitudo, cum eam virtutem esse dicunt propugnantem pro aequitate, id. Off. 1, 19; 1, 27, 96; id. Fin. 2, 2 et saep.:

nec uno modo definitur res eadem,

Quint. 7, 3, 16; Tac. A. 6, 28 et saep.:

aedes sibi optimas, hortos, etc.,

Cic. Phil. 8, 3, 9; cf.:

ut suus cuique locus erat definitus,

Caes. B. G. 7, 81, 4:

tempus adeundi,

id. ib. 7, 83, 5: cf.:

ante quem diem iturus sit,

id. B. C. 1, 11, 2:

annos,

Quint. 12, 6, 1:

consulatum in annos,

Caes. B. C. 3, 82, 4; cf.:

potestatem in quinquennium,

Cic. Agr. 2, 13:

ut quam vitam ingrediar, definias,

id. Ac. 2, 36; cf. id. Quint. 27:

non remittam: definitum est,

it is determined, decided, Plaut. Cist. 2, 1, 43; Cic. Fat. 5, 9; Vulg. 1 Reg. 20, 33.—

In opposition to breadth or laxity (cf. circumscribo, no. II. 2), to limit within certain bounds, to restrict, confine:

non vagabitur oratio mea longius atque eis fere ipsis definietur viris, qui, etc.,

Cic. de Or. 3, 3:

quae sententia definit amicitiam paribus officiis ac voluntatibus,

Cic. Lael. 16, 58; cf. id. de Or. 3, 28, 109: ex perduellium numero definitus, included in the definition of, Off. 3, 29, 107 (dub.). —

To terminate, finish (very rare;

perh. only in the foll. places): ut totam hujus generis orationem concludam atque definiam,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 52 Zumpt; id. Or. 19 fin.: definito juvene, ended, i. e. slain, Apul. M. 8, p. 203, 20.—Hence, dēfīnītus, a, um, P. a. (according to no. I. B. 1), definite, limited, distinct, precise; plain, perspicuous (rare, but good prose): quaestionum duo sunt genera: alterum infinitum, alterum definitum. Definitum est, quod hupothesin Graeci, nos causam, etc., Cic. Top. 21;

so opp. generales,

Quint. 7, 2, 1:

certum esse in caelo ac definitum locum, ubi, etc.,

Cic. Rep. 6, 13;

so with certus,

id. Fam. 3, 8; Quint. 7, 10, 7:

quaestiones,

Cic. Top. 24 fin.—Adv.: dē-fīnītē, definitely, precisely, distinctly, [p. 531] etc., Cic. Balb. 14; de Or. 2, 27, 118; Plin. Pan. 88, 6; Gell. 1, 257 al.— Comp. and sup. do not occur.

dē-lĭgo, lēgi, lectum, 3, v. a. [1. lego], to choose out, to select (for syn. cf.: lego, coopto, designo, eligo, seligo).

In gen. (freq. and class.):

continuo Amphitruo delegit viros primores principes,

Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 49:

ad eas res conficiendas Orgetorix deligitur,

Caes. B. G. 1, 3, 3: quodsi liber populus deliget, quibus se committat;

deligetque optimum quemque,

Cic. Rep. 1, 34:

qui ex senatu in hoc consilium delecti estis,

id. Rosc. Am. 3 fin.; so with ex, id. Agr. 2, 9, 23; id. Mil. 8, 21; id. Rep. 1, 44; Caes. B. G. 3, 18; 5, 11; Sall. J. 23, 2; Liv. 8, 33 et saep.; poet. with ab:

delectos ordine ab omni centum oratores,

Verg. A. 7, 152:

Otho (Celsum) bello inter duces delegit,

Tac. H. 1, 71:

locum castris,

Caes. B. G. 1, 49; 2, 17:

hunc sibi locum domicilio,

id. ib. 2, 29 fin. et saep.:

re frumentaria comparata equitibusque delectis,

id. ib. 4, 7;

and so of soldiers,

id. ib. 1, 48; Sall. J. 46, 7; 49, 1 al.:

delecti Latio et Laurentibus agris,

Verg. A. 11, 431:

melimela ad lunam delecta,

Hor. S. 2, 8, 32.— Poet.:

altaque mortali deligere astra manu,

Prop. 2, 32, 50 (3, 30, 50 M. dub.; al. deripere).—

In partic.

Of fruits, to gather, pick off:

oleam,

Cato R. R. 144, 1:

uvam,

ib. 112, 2:

fructum,

Col. 5, 10, 10.—

With the accessory idea of removal to a distance, to choose out and send or take away (rare):

amentem ex aedibus,

Plaut. Asin. 3, 3, 42:

senes ac fessas aequore matres,

Verg. A. 5, 717.

dē-lĭgo, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. (de in the sense of reduction in breadth; cf. devincire), to bind or tie together; to bind up, to bind fast (good prose):

homini rostrum deliges,

Plaut. Men. 1, 1, 13:

brachium superimposito penicillo,

Cels. 2, 10 fin.:

vulnus,

Quint. 2, 17, 9; 2, 21, 17; cf.:

deligatus et plurimis medicamentis delibutus,

id. 11, 3, 129:

veretra,

Suet. Tib. 62 et saep.:

hominem proripi atque in foro medio nudari ac deligari et virgas expediri jubet,

Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 62; cf. id. ib. 2, 4, 40:

sarmentis circum cornua boum deligatis,

Quint. 2, 17, 19:

naviculam ad ripam,

Caes. B. G. 1, 53, 3; so,

naves ad ancoras,

id. ib. 4, 29;

and, naves ad terram,

id. B. C. 3, 39:

epistolam ad amentum,

id. B. G. 5, 48, 5: ad patibulos deligantur, cruci defiguntur, Licinius ap. Non. 221, 11; cf.:

aliquem ad palum,

Liv. 2, 5; 8, 7:

viros ac feminas ad stipitem,

Suet. Ner. 29 al.:

alterius collo ascopera deligata,

id. ib. 45.

dĭgĭtus, i, m. [Gr. daktulos; cf. Germ. Zehe, Eng. toe; from root dek(dechomai), to grasp, receive; cf.

Germ. Finger, from fangen,

Curt. Gr. Etym. 133. Corssen, however, still refers digitus to root dik-, dico, deiknumi, as the pointer, indicator, Ausspr. 1, 380; cf. dico], a finger.

Prop.:

tot (cyathos bibimus), quot digiti sunt tibi in manu,

Plaut. Stich. 5, 4, 24; id. Most. 5, 1, 69; id. Mil. 2, 2, 47; 4, 2, 57 et saep.—The special designations: pollex, the thumb; index or salutaris, the forefinger; medius, also infamis and impudicus, the middle finger; minimo proximus or medicinalis, the ring-finger; minimus, the little finger, v. under those words.—

Special connections:

attingere aliquem digito (uno),

to touch one lightly, gently, Plaut. Pers. 5, 2, 15; Ter. Eun. 4, 6, 2 Ruhnk.; Licinius ap. Gell. 19, 9, 13; Cic. Tusc. 5, 19, 55; cf.

with tangere,

Plaut. Rud. 3, 5, 30; id. Poen. 5, 5, 29:

attingere aliquid extremis digitis (with primoribus labris gustare),

to touch lightly, to enjoy slightly, Cic. Cael. 12:

attingere caelum digito,

to be exceedingly happy, id. Att. 2, 1, 7: colere summis digitis, to adore (to touch the offering or consecrated gift) with the tips of the fingers, Lact. 1, 20; 5, 19 fin.; cf. Ov. F. 2, 573:

computare digitis,

to count on the fingers, to reckon up, Plaut. Mil. 2, 2, 51; Plin. 34, 8, 19, no. 29, § 88; cf.:

numerare per digitos,

Ov. F. 3, 123:

in digitis suis singulas partis causae constituere,

Cic. Div. in Caec. 14, 45.—Hence, venire ad digitos, to be reckoned, Plin. 2, 23, 21, § 87; and:

si tuos digitos novi,

thy skill in reckoning, Cic. Att. 5, 21, 13; cf.

also: digerere argumenta in digitos,

to count on the fingers, Quint. 11, 3, 114: concrepare digitos or digitis, to snap the fingers, as a signal of command, Petr. 27, 5; Plaut. Mil. 2, 2, 53; Cic. Off. 3, 19; v. concrepo; cf.

also: digitus crepans,

Mart. 3, 82, 15:

digitorum crepitus,

id. 14, 119:

digitorum percussio,

Cic. Off. 3, 19, 78:

intendere digitum ad aliquid,

to point the finger at any thing, Cic. de Or. 1, 46 fin.:

liceri digito,

to hold up the finger in bidding at an auction, Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 11;

for which also: tollere digitum,

id. ib. 2, 1, 54. The latter phrase also signifies, to raise the finger in token of submission, said of a combatant, Sid. Ep. 5, 7; cf. Mart. Spect. 29, 5;

and Schol,

Pers. 5, 119:

loqui digitis nutuque,

to talk by signs, Ov. Tr. 2, 453;

different is: postquam fuerant digiti cum voce locuti,

i. e. playing as an accompaniment to singing, Tib. 3, 4, 41; cf.:

ad digiti sonum,

id. 1, 2, 31; cf. also Lucr. 4, 587; 5, 1384:

digito compesce labellum,

hold your tongue, Juv. 1, 160.—For the various modes of employing the fingers in oratorical delivery, cf. Quint. 1, 10, 35; 11, 3, 92 sq.; 103; 120 al.: monstrari digito, i. e. to be pointed out, to become distinguished, famous, Hor. C. 4, 3, 22; Pers. 1, 28;

for which: demonstrari digito,

Tac. Or. 7 fin.; Cic. de Or. 2, 66, 266; id. Rep. 6, 24; Nep. Datam. 11, 5; Suet. Aug. 45.—Prov. phrases:

nescit, quot digitos habeat in manu, of one who knows nothing at all,

Plaut. Pers. 2, 2, 5:

in digitis hodie percoquam quod ceperit,

i. e. he has caught nothing, id. Rud. 4, 1, 11: ne digitum quidem porrigere, not to stretch out a finger, like the Gr. daktulon mê proteinai, ekteinai, for not to give one's self the least trouble, Cic. Fin. 3, 17, 57; cf.:

exserere digitum,

Pers. 5, 119 Scal.;

and in like manner: proferre digitum,

to move a finger, to make any exertion, Cic. Caecin. 25, 71:

scalpere caput digito, of effeminate men fearful of disarranging their hair,

Juv. 9, 133; cf. Sen. Ep. 52 fin.; a habit of Pompey's, acc. to Calvus ap. Schol. Luc. 7, 726, and Sen. Contr. 3, 19; Amm. 17, 11. (Cf. Echtermeyer's Ueber Namen und symbolische Bedeutung der Finger bei den Griechen und Römern, Progr. d. Hall. Pädagogiums, v. 1835.)

Transf.

A toe (cf. Heb., Gr. daktulos, Fr. doigt), Lucr. 3, 527; Verg. A. 5, 426; Petr. 132, 14; Sen. Ep. 111; Quint. 2, 3, 8 et saep.; also of the toes of animals, Varr. R. R. 3, 9, 4; Col. 8, 2, 8; Plin. 10, 42, 59, § 119 al.—

A small bough, a twig, Plin. 14, 1, 3, § 12; 17, 24, 37, § 224.—

As a measure of length, an inch, the sixteenth part of a Roman foot (pes), Front. Aquaed. 24 sq.; Caes. B. G. 7, 73, 6; id. B. C. 2, 10, 4; Juv. 12, 59 al.: digiti primores, finger-ends, as a measure, Cato R. R. 21, 2;

digitus transversus,

a fingerbreadth, id. ib. 45 fin.;

48, 2.—Prov.: digitum transversum non discedere ab aliqua re,

not to swerve a finger's breadth, Cic. Ac. 2, 18, 58; cf.

without transversum: nusquam ab argento digitum discedere,

id. Verr. 2, 4, 15;

and ellipt.: ab honestissima sententia digitum nusquam,

id. Att. 7, 3, 11.

Dĭgĭtus, i, m., a proper name; in plur.: Digiti Idaei = Daktuloi Idaioi, the priests of Cybele, Cic. N. D. 3, 16, 42; cf. Arn. 3, 41 and 43, and v. Dactylus.

dĭgĭtus, i, m. [Gr. daktulos; cf. Germ. Zehe, Eng. toe; from root dek(dechomai), to grasp, receive; cf.

Germ. Finger, from fangen,

Curt. Gr. Etym. 133. Corssen, however, still refers digitus to root dik-, dico, deiknumi, as the pointer, indicator, Ausspr. 1, 380; cf. dico], a finger.

Prop.:

tot (cyathos bibimus), quot digiti sunt tibi in manu,

Plaut. Stich. 5, 4, 24; id. Most. 5, 1, 69; id. Mil. 2, 2, 47; 4, 2, 57 et saep.—The special designations: pollex, the thumb; index or salutaris, the forefinger; medius, also infamis and impudicus, the middle finger; minimo proximus or medicinalis, the ring-finger; minimus, the little finger, v. under those words.—

Special connections:

attingere aliquem digito (uno),

to touch one lightly, gently, Plaut. Pers. 5, 2, 15; Ter. Eun. 4, 6, 2 Ruhnk.; Licinius ap. Gell. 19, 9, 13; Cic. Tusc. 5, 19, 55; cf.

with tangere,

Plaut. Rud. 3, 5, 30; id. Poen. 5, 5, 29:

attingere aliquid extremis digitis (with primoribus labris gustare),

to touch lightly, to enjoy slightly, Cic. Cael. 12:

attingere caelum digito,

to be exceedingly happy, id. Att. 2, 1, 7: colere summis digitis, to adore (to touch the offering or consecrated gift) with the tips of the fingers, Lact. 1, 20; 5, 19 fin.; cf. Ov. F. 2, 573:

computare digitis,

to count on the fingers, to reckon up, Plaut. Mil. 2, 2, 51; Plin. 34, 8, 19, no. 29, § 88; cf.:

numerare per digitos,

Ov. F. 3, 123:

in digitis suis singulas partis causae constituere,

Cic. Div. in Caec. 14, 45.—Hence, venire ad digitos, to be reckoned, Plin. 2, 23, 21, § 87; and:

si tuos digitos novi,

thy skill in reckoning, Cic. Att. 5, 21, 13; cf.

also: digerere argumenta in digitos,

to count on the fingers, Quint. 11, 3, 114: concrepare digitos or digitis, to snap the fingers, as a signal of command, Petr. 27, 5; Plaut. Mil. 2, 2, 53; Cic. Off. 3, 19; v. concrepo; cf.

also: digitus crepans,

Mart. 3, 82, 15:

digitorum crepitus,

id. 14, 119:

digitorum percussio,

Cic. Off. 3, 19, 78:

intendere digitum ad aliquid,

to point the finger at any thing, Cic. de Or. 1, 46 fin.:

liceri digito,

to hold up the finger in bidding at an auction, Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 11;

for which also: tollere digitum,

id. ib. 2, 1, 54. The latter phrase also signifies, to raise the finger in token of submission, said of a combatant, Sid. Ep. 5, 7; cf. Mart. Spect. 29, 5;

and Schol,

Pers. 5, 119:

loqui digitis nutuque,

to talk by signs, Ov. Tr. 2, 453;

different is: postquam fuerant digiti cum voce locuti,

i. e. playing as an accompaniment to singing, Tib. 3, 4, 41; cf.:

ad digiti sonum,

id. 1, 2, 31; cf. also Lucr. 4, 587; 5, 1384:

digito compesce labellum,

hold your tongue, Juv. 1, 160.—For the various modes of employing the fingers in oratorical delivery, cf. Quint. 1, 10, 35; 11, 3, 92 sq.; 103; 120 al.: monstrari digito, i. e. to be pointed out, to become distinguished, famous, Hor. C. 4, 3, 22; Pers. 1, 28;

for which: demonstrari digito,

Tac. Or. 7 fin.; Cic. de Or. 2, 66, 266; id. Rep. 6, 24; Nep. Datam. 11, 5; Suet. Aug. 45.—Prov. phrases:

nescit, quot digitos habeat in manu, of one who knows nothing at all,

Plaut. Pers. 2, 2, 5:

in digitis hodie percoquam quod ceperit,

i. e. he has caught nothing, id. Rud. 4, 1, 11: ne digitum quidem porrigere, not to stretch out a finger, like the Gr. daktulon mê proteinai, ekteinai, for not to give one's self the least trouble, Cic. Fin. 3, 17, 57; cf.:

exserere digitum,

Pers. 5, 119 Scal.;

and in like manner: proferre digitum,

to move a finger, to make any exertion, Cic. Caecin. 25, 71:

scalpere caput digito, of effeminate men fearful of disarranging their hair,

Juv. 9, 133; cf. Sen. Ep. 52 fin.; a habit of Pompey's, acc. to Calvus ap. Schol. Luc. 7, 726, and Sen. Contr. 3, 19; Amm. 17, 11. (Cf. Echtermeyer's Ueber Namen und symbolische Bedeutung der Finger bei den Griechen und Römern, Progr. d. Hall. Pädagogiums, v. 1835.)

Transf.

A toe (cf. Heb., Gr. daktulos, Fr. doigt), Lucr. 3, 527; Verg. A. 5, 426; Petr. 132, 14; Sen. Ep. 111; Quint. 2, 3, 8 et saep.; also of the toes of animals, Varr. R. R. 3, 9, 4; Col. 8, 2, 8; Plin. 10, 42, 59, § 119 al.—

A small bough, a twig, Plin. 14, 1, 3, § 12; 17, 24, 37, § 224.—

As a measure of length, an inch, the sixteenth part of a Roman foot (pes), Front. Aquaed. 24 sq.; Caes. B. G. 7, 73, 6; id. B. C. 2, 10, 4; Juv. 12, 59 al.: digiti primores, finger-ends, as a measure, Cato R. R. 21, 2;

digitus transversus,

a fingerbreadth, id. ib. 45 fin.;

48, 2.—Prov.: digitum transversum non discedere ab aliqua re,

not to swerve a finger's breadth, Cic. Ac. 2, 18, 58; cf.

without transversum: nusquam ab argento digitum discedere,

id. Verr. 2, 4, 15;

and ellipt.: ab honestissima sententia digitum nusquam,

id. Att. 7, 3, 11.

Dĭgĭtus, i, m., a proper name; in plur.: Digiti Idaei = Daktuloi Idaioi, the priests of Cybele, Cic. N. D. 3, 16, 42; cf. Arn. 3, 41 and 43, and v. Dactylus.

frons (also anciently fruns; plur. frundes, Enn. Ann. 266 Vahl.; cf. Charis. p. 105 P.—Also in nom. fros or frus, Varr. ib.; Enn. v in the foll.; cf. Prisc. p. 554 P.; and FRONDIS, acc. to Serv. Verg. G. 2, 372), dis, f. [etym. dub.], a leafy branch, green bough, foliage.

Lit. (class.; in sing. and plur.; syn. folium).

Sing.: populea frus, Enn. ap. Aus. Technop. (Edyll. 5) 158 sq. (id. Ann. v. 562 Vahl.):

ilignea, quernea,

Cato, R. R. 37, 2:

in nemoribus, ubi virgulta et frons multa,

Varr. R. R. 2, 5, 11:

bobus praestabit vilicus frondem,

Col. 11, 3, 101: alta frons decidit, Varr. ap. Non. 486, 13:

ne caules allii in frondem luxurient,

Plin. 19, 6, 34, § 113:

perenni frunde corona,

Lucr. 1, 119:

nigrae feraci frondis in Algido,

Hor. C. 4, 4, 58:

sine fronde,

Ov. Tr. 3, 10, 75:

immaturam destringere,

Quint. 12, 6, 2.—

Plur.: russescunt frundes, Enn. ap. Charis. p. 105 P. (Ann. v. 266 Vahl.):

deserta via et inculta atque interclusa jam frondibus et virgultis relinquatur,

Cic. Cael. 18, 42:

viminibus salices fecundi, frondibus ulmi,

Verg. G. 2, 446:

frondibus teneris non adhibendam esse falcem,

Quint. 2, 4, 11:

bovemque Disjunctum curas et strictis frondibus exples,

Hor. Ep. 1, 14, 28; id. C. 3, 18, 14.—

Poet. transf., a garland made of leafy boughs, a garland of leaves, leafy chaplet: donec Alterutrum velox victoria fronde coronet, Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 64; so in sing., id. C. 4, 2, 36; id. Ep. 2, 1, 110:

nos delubra deum festa velamus fronde,

Verg. A. 2, 249; 5, 661; Ov. M. 1, 449; 565; id. A. A. 1, 108.—In plur., Ov. F. 1, 711; 3, 482.

frons, frontis, f. ( masc., Cato ap. Gell. 15, 9, 5; and ap. Fest. s. v. recto, p. 286, b, Müll.; Plaut. Mil. 2, 2, 46 Ritschl, N. cr.; id. ap. Non. 205, 4; Caecil. ap. Gell. 15, 9, 3; Vitr. 10, 17) [cf. Sanscr. brhū; Gr. ophrus; Germ. Braue; Engl. brow; v. Curt. Gr. Etym. p. 296], the forehead, brow, front (syn.: vultus, os, facies).

Lit.:

frons et aliis (animalibus), sed homini tantum tristitiae, hilaritatis, clementiae, severitatis index: in adsensu ejus supercilia homini et pariter et alterna mobilia,

Plin. 11, 37, 51, § 138:

tanta erat gravitas in oculo, tanta contractio frontis, ut illo supercilio res publica, tamquam Atlante caelum, niti videretur,

Cic. Sest. 8, 19: frontem contrahere, to contract or knit the brows, id. Clu. 26, 72; Hor. S. 2, 2, 125;

for which, adducere,

Sen. Ben. 1, 1:

attrahere,

id. ib. 6, 7: remittere frontem, to smooth the brow, i. e. to cheer up, Plin. Ep. 2, 5, 5;

for which: exporge frontem,

Ter. Ad. 5, 3, 53; cf.:

primum ego te porrectiore fronte volo mecum loqui,

Plaut. Cas. 2, 4, 3:

explicare,

Hor. C. 3, 29, 16;

solvere,

Mart. 14, 183: ut frontem ferias, smitest thy forehead (as a sign of vexation), Cic. Att. 1, 1, 1; cf.:

nulla perturbatio animi, nulla corporis, frons non percussa, non femur,

id. Brut. 80, 278:

femur, pectus, frontem caedere,

Quint. 2, 12, 10:

frontem sudario tergere,

id. 6, 3, 60;

for which: siccare frontem sudario,

id. 11, 3, 148:

capillos a fronte retroagere,

id. ib. 160:

mediam ferro gemina inter tempora frontem Dividit,

Verg. A. 9, 750:

quorundam capita per medium frontis et verticis mucrone distincta, in utrumque humerum pendebant,

Amm. 31, 7, 14:

insignem tenui fronte Lycorida (a small forehead was regarded as a beauty by the ancients),

Hor. C. 1, 33, 5; cf. id. Ep. 1, 7, 26; Petr. 126; Mart. 4, 42, 9; Arn. 2, 72.—Of the forehead of animals:

est bos cervi figura: cujus a media fronte, etc.,

Caes. B. G. 6, 26, 1:

tauri torva fronte,

Plin. 8, 45, 70, § 181:

equi,

Ov. Tr. 5, 9, 30:

ovis,

id. F. 4, 102:

cui (haedo) frons turgida cornibus Primis,

Hor. C. 3, 13, 4:

(vitulus) Fronte curvatos imitatus ignes lunae,

id. ib. 4, 2, 57.—In plur., Lucr. 5, 1034. —

The brow as a mirror of the feelings:

non solum ex oratione, sed etiam ex vultu et oculis et fronte, ut aiunt, meum erga te amorem perspicere potuisses,

Cic. Att. 14, 13, B, 1; cf. Q. Cic. Petit. Cons. 11, 44; and:

homines fronte et oratione magis, quam ipso beneficio reque capiuntur,

expression of countenance, id. ib. 12, 46:

si verum tum, cum verissima fronte, dixerunt, nunc mentiuntur,

Cic. Rab. Post. 12, 35:

haec ipsa fero equidem fronte et vultu bellissime, sed angor intimis sensibus,

id. Att. 5, 10, 3: frons, oculi, vultus persaepe mentiuntur;

oratio vero saepissime,

id. Q. F. 1, 1, 5, § 15; cf.:

oculi, supercilia, frons, vultus denique totus, qui sermo quidam tacitus mentis est, hic in fraudem homines impulit,

id. Pis. 1, 1; id. Fam. 1, 9, 17:

fronte occultare sententiam,

id. Lael. 18, 65:

tranquilla et serena,

id. Tusc. 3, 15, 31; cf.:

reliquiae pristinae frontis,

id. Fam. 9, 10, 2:

laeta,

Verg. A. 6, 862:

sollicita,

Hor. C. 3, 29, 16:

tristis,

Tib. 2, 3, 33:

gravis,

Plin. Pan. 41, 3:

humana, lenis, placida,

Sen. Ben. 2, 13:

inverecunda,

Quint. 2, 4, 16:

proterva,

Hor. C. 2, 5, 16:

urbana (i. e. impudens),

id. Ep. 1, 9, 11:

impudens, proterva, Aug. Op. imperf. c. Jul. 6, 21: impudentissima,

id. ib. 26; cf.:

impudentia frontis,

Hier. adv. Rufin. 1, 7:

fronte inverecunda nummos captare,

Val. Max. 8, 2, 2.—In plur.:

si populo grata est tabella, quae frontes aperit hominum, mentes tegat,

Cic. Planc. 6, 16.—

Prov.:

frons occipitio prior est,

i. e. better work before the master's face than behind his back, Cato, R. R. 4; Plin. 18, 5, 6, § 31.—

Transf

The forepart of any thing, the front, façade, van (opp. tergum and latus):

copias ante frontem castrorum struit,

Caes. B. C. 3, 37, 1:

aedium,

Vitr. 3, 2:

parietum,

id. 2, 8:

januae,

Ov. F. 1, 135:

scena,

Verg. G. 3, 24:

(navium),

id. A. 5, 158:

pontis,

Hirt. B. G. 8, 9, 4:

collis ex utraque parte lateris dejectus habebat, et in frontem leniter fastigatus, etc.,

Caes. B. G. 2, 8; 7, 23: intervallum justum arborum quadrageni pedes in terga frontemque, in latera viceni, Plin. 17, 23, 35, § 202; cf. Quint. 1, 10, 43:

octo cohortes in fronte constituit,

Sall. C. 59, 2:

quatuor legionum aquilae per frontem,

Tac. H. 2, 89:

una fronte contra hostem castra muniunt,

only in front, Caes. B. C. 1, 80, 2 Herz.:

aequa fronte ad pugnam procedebat,

Liv. 36, 44, 1:

nec tamen aequari frontes poterant, cum extenuando infirmam mediam aciem haberent,

id. 5, 38, 2:

recta fronte concurrere hosti (opp. in dextrum cornu),

Curt. 4, 13 med.; cf.:

directa fronte pugnandum est,

Quint. 5, 13, 11:

veritus ne simul in frontem simul et latera suorum pugnaretur,

Tac. Agr. 35:

transisse aestuaria pulchrum ac decorum in frontem (i. e. fronti),

for the front, the van, id. ib. 33: dextra fronte prima legio incessit, on the right front, i. e. on the right wing, id. H. 2, 24 fin.:

laeva,

Claud. in Ruf. 2, 174; cf.:

frons laevi cornu haec erat,

Curt. 4, 13 fin. — Poet. transf., of clouds:

ut non tam concurrere nubes Frontibus adversis possint quam de latere ire,

Lucr. 6, 117;

of a precipice: Fronte sub adversa scopulis pendentibus antrum,

Verg. A. 1, 166.—Esp. freq.: a fronte, in front, before (opp. a tergo and a latere):

a tergo, a fronte, a lateribus tenebitur, si in Galliam venerit,

Cic. Phil. 3, 13, 32:

a fronte atque ab utroque latere cratibus ac pluteis protegebat,

Caes. B. C. 1, 25 fin.:

totis fere a fronte et ab sinistra parte nudatis castris,

id. B. G. 2, 23, 4. —

The outer end of a book-roll or volume, Tib. 3, 1, 13; Ov. Tr. 1, 1, 11.—

The circumference of a wheel, Vitr. 10, 4.—

In measuring land = latitudo, the breadth:

mille pedes in fronte, trecentos cippus in agrum Hic dabat,

Hor. S. 1, 8, 12; Inscr. Orell. 4558; 4560.—

Trop.

The outside, exterior, external quality, appearance (cf. species and facies;

mostly post-Aug.): Pompeius Scauro studet: sed utrum fronte an mente, dubitatur,

Cic. Att. 4, 15, 7:

plus habet in recessu, quam fronte promittat,

Quint. 1, 4, 2; 11, 1, 61; cf.:

frons causae non satis honesta,

id. 4, 1, 42 Spald.:

decipit Frons prima multos,

the first appearance, Phaedr. 4, 2, 6; cf.:

dura primā fronte quaestio,

Quint. 7, 1, 56:

ex prima statim fronte dijudicare imprudentium est,

id. 12, 7, 8.—

The character or feelings expressed by the brow.

Poet. in partic., shame:

exclamet perisse Frontem de rebus,

Pers. 5, 104 (for which:

clament periisse pudorem,

Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 80).—

Impudence, boldness (late Lat.; cf.

os),

Aug. Civ. D. 3, 30.

lăter, ĕris, m. [Sanscr. root prath-, widen; prathas, breadth; Gr. platus, platos], a brick, tile.

Lit.:

nil mirum, vetus est maceria, lateres si veteres ruunt,

Plaut. Truc. 2, 2, 49 sqq.:

in latere aut in caemento, ex quibus urbs effecta est,

Cic. Div. 2, 47, 98; cf.:

paries crudo latere ac luto constructus,

Col. 9, 1, 2:

contabulationem summam lateribus lutoque constraverunt,

Caes. B. C. 2, 9:

lateres de terra ducere,

to make, Vitr. 2, 3, 1:

lateres coquere,

to burn, id. 1, 5:

sepimentum e lateribus coctilibus,

burnt bricks, Varr. R. R. 1, 14, 4.—Prov.: laterem lavare, to wash a brick, = plinthon plunein, i. e. to wash the color out of a brick, to labor in vain, Ter. Phorm. 1, 4, 8; but cf. Lucil. Sat. 9, 19.—

Transf.: lateres aurei, argentei, bars, ingots, or wedges of gold, of silver, Plin. 33, 3, 17, § 56; Varr. ap. Non. 131, 15; 520, 17.

lātĭtūdo, ĭnis, f. [1. latus], breadth, width of any thing (class.).

Lit.:

in hac immensitate latitudinum, longitudinum, altitudinum,

Cic. N. D. 1, 20, 54:

fossae,

Caes. B. G. 2, 12:

castra amplius milibus passuum VIII. in latitudinem patebant,

id. ib. 2, 7 fin.:

patere in latitudinem,

id. ib. 2, 8; Plin. 3 prooem. § 3; cf. Quint. 1, 10, 42; 11, 3, 141:

vires umerorum et latitudines ad aratra extrahenda,

Cic. N. D. 2, 63, 159. —

Transf., in gen., extent, size, compass:

possessionum,

Cic. Agr. 2, 26, 67.—

Trop. (very rare):

verborum,

a broad pronunciation, Cic. de Or. 2, 22, 91: Platonica, richness or copiousness of expression, Plin. Ep. 1, 10, 5 (for the Gr. platutês tês hermê neias, called amplitudo Platonis, Cic. Or. 1, 5).

laxātĭo, ōnis, f. [id.], a widening, wide space, width, breadth (post-Aug.).

Lit.:

duorum digitorum laxatio,

Vitr. 4, 7, 4.—

A relief, mitigation, Cael. Aur. Tard. 2, 1, 52 al.

longus, a, um, adj. [cf. langazô, longazô], long.

Lit.

In gen.:

longo interjecto intervallo,

Cic. Off. 1, 9, 30:

longissima epistula,

id. Att. 16, 11:

Rhenus longo spatio citatus fertur,

Caes. B. G. 4, 9:

proficisci longissimo agmine,

id. ib. 5, 31:

stant longis annixi hastis,

Verg. A. 9, 229:

umbilicus septem pedes longus,

Plin. 6, 34, 39, § 212:

longa folia habet fere ad tres digitos,

id. 27, 12, 86, § 110:

ferrum autem tres longum habebat pedes,

in length, Liv. 21, 8:

scrobes faciemus tribus pedibus longas,

Pall. 2, 10: longa navis, a war-ship, manof-war, on account of its shape, Enn. ap. Serv. ad Verg. A. 11, 326 (Ann. v. 468 Vahl.); [p. 1077] Lentul. ap. Cic. Fam. 12, 15, 5: longus versus, the heroic hexameter, Enn. ap. Cic. Leg. 2, 27, 68; Diom. p. 493 P.; Isid. Orig. 1, 38:

longa atque insignis honorum pagina,

Juv. 10, 57:

sesquipede est quam tu longior,

taller, Plaut. Trin. 4, 2, 58:

longus homo, i. q. longurio,

a tall fellow, long-shanks, Cat. 67, 47; so,

Maura,

Juv. 10, 223: longa manus, a long, far-reaching, mighty hand:

an nescis longas regibus esse manus,

Ov. H. 17, 166;

on the contrary: attulimus longas in freta vestra manus,

unmutilated, uninjured, Prop. 3, 5, 14 (4, 6, 60).—

In partic., far off, remote, distant, = longinquus (post-Aug. and very rare):

remeans longis oris,

Sil. 6, 628:

longa a domo militia,

Just. 18, 1: longas terras peragrare, Auct. Decl. Quint. 320.—

Great, vast, spacious ( poet.):

pontus,

Hor. C. 3, 3, 37; 3, 27, 43:

Olympus,

Verg. G. 3, 223:

classemque ex aethere longo prospexit,

id. A. 7, 288:

caelum,

Ov. M. 6, 64.—

Transf., of time, long, of long duration or continuance, tedious:

in tam longa aetate,

Cic. de Sen. 19, 66:

vita longior,

id. Tusc. 1, 39, 94:

horae quibus exspectabam longae videbantur,

id. Att. 12, 5, 4:

uno die longior mensis,

id. Verr. 2, 2, 52, § 129:

longa interjecta mora,

Caes. B. C. 3, 69:

post longum tempus,

Sen. Contr. 7, 17, 2; 9, 28, 12:

per longum tempus,

Suet. Ner. 57:

vita,

Liv. 2, 40, 6; 9, 17, 6:

spatium (sc. temporis),

id. 9, 18, 10:

error,

protracted, id. 5, 33:

caedes,

id. 6, 8, 7:

longi aliorum principatus,

Tac. H. 2, 55:

longae pacis mala,

Juv. 6, 292:

bellum,

Quint. 3, 8, 56:

memoriam nostri longam efficere,

Sall. C. 1, 3:

morbus,

Liv. 27, 23, 6; Cels. 3, 1, 1:

longo tempore,

after a long interval, Verg. A. 3, 309; cf.:

longo post tempore,

id. E. 1, 29:

longa dies,

length of days, a long life, Juv. 10, 265:

longa syllaba,

Cic. de Or. 3, 47, 183:

littera,

id. Or. 48, 159:

syllabae,

Quint. 9, 4, 36:

vocalis,

id. 9, 4, 85:

longae pretium virtutis,

Luc. 2, 258:

longa Lethe,

id. 6, 769: in rebus apertissimis nimis longi sumus; Cic. Fin. 2, 27, 85:

exordium nimis longum,

Auct. Her. 1, 7, 11:

longior quam oportet sermo,

Quint. 8, 3, 53:

nulla de morte hominis cunctatio longa est,

Juv. 6, 221:

quantis longa senectus plena malis,

id. 10, 190; 14, 251.—Hence:

longum est,

it would take long, it would be tedious, Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 60, § 156:

longum est ea dicere, sed hoc breve dicam,

id. Sest. 5, 12: experire;

non est longum,

id. Phil. 3, 2, 10:

arcessere tormenta longum videbatur,

Tac. H. 3, 71. —Ellipt., without inf., Cic. N. D. 1, 8, 19: ne longum sit, ne longum faciam, not to be tedious, to speak briefly:

ac, ne longum sit, Quirites, tabellas proferri jussimus,

id. Cat. 3, 5, 10:

ac ne longum fiat, videte,

id. Leg. 2, 10, 24:

ne longum faciam: dum tu quadrante lavatum Rex ibis,

Hor. S. 1, 3, 137: longius facere, to defer or put off any longer:

nihil opus est exemplis id facere longius,

Cic. Fin. 5, 6, 16; id. Leg. 1, 7, 22: nihil est mihi longius, nothing makes time seem longer to me than, i. e. I am full of impatience, can hardly wait for:

respondit, nihil sibi longius fuisse, quam ut me viderit,

id. Fam. 11, 27, 1; id. Verr. 2, 4, 18, § 39;

but: nec mihi longius quicquam est quam videre hominum voltus,

nothing is more tedious, id. Rab. Post. 12, 35: in longum, long, for a long time:

nec in longum dilata res,

Liv. 5, 16:

in longum dilata conclusio,

drawn out tediously, Quint. 8, 2, 22:

causando nostros in longum ducis amores,

Verg. E. 9, 56:

otium ejus rei haud in longum paravit,

Tac. A. 3, 27; 11, 20:

in longum sufficere,

id. H. 4, 22:

odia in longum jaciens, ia. A. 1, 69: nec in longius consultans,

id. H. 2, 95: per longum, for a long time:

per longum celata fames,

Sil. 2, 465: ex longo, for a long time back:

collecta fatigat edendi Ex longo rabies,

Verg. A. 9, 64: longa spes, that looks far ahead, reaching far into futurity:

vitae summa brevis spem nos vetat inchoare longam,

Hor. C. 1, 4, 15; Stat. Th. 1, 322.—Of persons, prolix, tedious:

nolo esse longus,

Cic. N. D. 1, 36, 101:

in verbis nimius et compositione nonnumquam longior,

Quint. 10, 1, 118:

(testis) longus protrahi potest,

id. 5, 7, 26:

longus spe ( = tardus et difficilis ad sperandum),

slow to hope, Hor. A. P. 172.— Hence, adv., in three forms.

Form longē, long, in length.

Lit., a long way off, far, far off, at a distance, Plaut. Rud. 4, 3, 95: ab eo oppido non longe fanum est Junonis, Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 46, § 103:

longe absum, audio sero,

id. Fam. 2, 7, 1:

quam longe est hinc in saltum Gallicanum,

id. Quint. 25, 79:

longe mihi obviam processerunt,

id. Verr. 2, 2, 27, § 65: longe lateque collucere, in length and breadth, i. e. far and wide, everywhere, id. N D. 2, 15, 40:

Di vim suam longe lateque dmundunt,

id. Div. 1, 36, 79:

longe gradi,

to take long steps, Verg. A. 10, 572:

Vercingetorix locum castris delegit ab Avarico longe millia passuum XVI.,

Caes. B. G. 7, 16:

Rhenum non longe a mari transire,

id. ib. 4, 1, 1:

tu autem abes longe gentium,

Cic. Att. 6, 3, 1; cf. id. Fam. 12, 22, 2.— Comp.:

fontes longius a praesidiis aberant,

Caes. B. C. 3, 49, 5:

longius non discedam,

Cic. Fam. 14, 2 fin.:

longius meare,

Col. 9, 8, 9.—

Trop.

Of time, long, for a long period (but, acc. to some, not in positive; and the foll. passages are to be understood locally; v. Forbig. ad Verg. A. 5, 406; 10, 317):

longe prospicere futuros casus,

Cic. Lael. 12, 40:

stupet Dares, longeque recusat,

Verg. A. 5, 406:

nec longe,

id. ib. 10, 317:

quae venientia longe ante videris,

Cic. Tusc. 3, 14, 29.— Comp.:

Varro vitam Naevii producit longius,

Cic. Brut. 15, 60:

paulo longius tolerare,

Caes. B. G. 7, 71, 4:

longius anno remanere,

id. ib. 4, 1, 7; Nep. Att. 2, 4; Sall. C. 29, 1.— Sup.: quamdudum in portum venis huc? Ep. Longissime, Plaut. Stich. 4, 1, 24:

quid longissime meministi in patria tua,

id. Men. 5, 9, 52:

quoad longissime potest mens mea respicere,

Cic. Arch. 1, 1.—

Of speech, long, at length, diffusely:

haec dixi longius quam instituta ratio postulabat,

Cic. Or. 48, 162:

longius aliquid circumducere,

Quint. 10, 2, 17.—

Longe esse, abesse.

To be far away, i. e. to be of no assistance, of no avail:

longe iis fraternum nomen populi Romani afuturum,

Caes. B. G. 1, 36:

longe illi dea mater erit,

Verg. A. 12, 52:

quam tibi nunc longe regnum dotale Creusae,

Ov. H. 12, 53:

longe conjugia, ac longe Tyrios hymenaeos Inter Dardanias acies fore,

Sil. 17, 80; Petr. 58.—

Longe esse ab aliqua re, to be far from, i. e. destitute of a thing:

ut ab eloquentia longissime fuerint,

Quint. 8 prooem. § 3.—

Widely, greatly, much, very much, by far; esp. with sup. and ( poet. and post-Aug. = multo) comp.:

errat longe,

Ter. Ad. 1, 1, 40:

longe ante videre,

Cic. Tusc. 3, 14; Liv. 1, 19, 12:

longe melior,

Verg. A. 9, 556:

minor,

Liv. 24, 28, 5:

longe acrius,

Tac. A. 4, 40:

praestantior,

Curt. 10, 3, 10; Suet. Calig. 5; Quint. 10, 1, 67:

tumultuosior,

Vell. 2, 74:

proelium longe magis prosperum,

id. 2, 51:

longe omnium longissima est,

Plaut. Most. 8, 3, 8:

longe nobilissimus,

Caes. B. G. 1, 2:

longe doctissimus,

Hor. S. 1, 5, 3:

longe plurimum ingenio valuisse videtur,

Cic. Brut. 14, 35:

longe princeps,

id. Fam. 13, 13:

longe praestare,

id. Brut. 64, 230:

ceteris antecellere,

id. Verr. 2, 4, 53, § 118:

anteponere alicui rei aliquid,

id. de Or. 1, 21, 98:

dissentire,

id. Lael. 9, 32 init.:

quod longe secus est,

id. ib. 9, 29 fin.:

longe aliter se habet ac,

id. Ac. 2, 31, 101:

longe dissimilis contentio,

id. Sull. 17, 49:

longe ante alias specie insignis,

Liv. 1, 9:

sciunt longe aliud esse virgines rapere, aliud pugnare cum viris,

id. 1, 12, 8:

longe mihi alia mens est,

Sall. C. 52, 2:

a quo mea longissime ratio... abhorrebat,

Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 4, § 10:

longissime diversa ratio est,

id. Phil. 5, 18, 49:

(istae facultates) longe sunt diversae,

id. de Or. 1, 49, 215:

longe omnes multumque superare,

id. Verr. 2, 5, 44, § 115:

longe et multum antecellere,

id. Mur. 13, 29.—Repeated:

plurimum et longe longeque plurimum tribuere honestati,

Cic. Fin. 2, 21, 68:

sed longe cunctis longeque potentior illa,

Ov. M. 4, 325; so Gell. 14, 1.—

In post-class. Lat. = valde:

longe gravis,

Stat. Th. 10, 140:

longe opulentus,

App. M. 1, p. 112, 1:

par studiis aevique modis sed robore longe (sc. impar),

far from equal, Stat. Achill. 1, 176.—

Form longĭter, far:

non, ut opinor, id a leto jam longiter errat,

Lucr. 3, 676.—

Form longum, long, a long while ( poet.):

nimis longum loquor,

Plaut. Ep. 3, 2, 40:

nimis diu et longam loquor,

id. Ps. 2, 3, 21:

nec longum laetabere,

Verg. A. 10, 740; Ov. M. 5, 65:

clamare,

Hor. A. P. 459; Juv. 6, 65; Stat. Th. 7, 300; 10, 467.

palmāris, e, adj. [1. palma].

A hand's-breadth, or palm, in length, width, etc.:

virgulae,

Varr. R. R. 1, 35:

spatia,

Col. 8, 3; 11, 3:

scrobes,

Pall. 3, 24:

palmarem in minutiem contrahi,

Arn. 6, 204.—

Of palms, full of palms, palm-:

lucus,

Amm. 24, 4, 7.—

Trop., that merits the palm or prize, excellent (class.):

statua,

Cic. Phil. 6, 5, 15:

sententia,

id. N. D. 1, 8, 20: dea, the goddess of victory, because she is represented with a palm-branch, App. M. 2, p. 116, 2.

pĕdālis, e, adj. [pes], of or belonging to the foot, foot-.

In gen.; hence, subst.: pĕdālis, is, f. (sc. solea), a slipper, Petr 56.—

In partic., of the size of a foot, of a foot, as a measure; a foot in length, breadth, thickness, etc.:

sol mihi videtur quasi pedalis,

a foot in diameter, Cic. Ac. 2, 26, 82; cf. Sen. Q. N. 1, 3, 10:

transtra ex pedalibus in latitudinem trabibus,

Caes. B. G. 3, 13:

longitudo,

Col. 4, 7, 3:

crassitudo,

Plin. 17, 8, 4, § 47:

altitudo,

id. 20, 22, 91, § 247:

spatium,

Col. 4, 16, 2:

intervalla,

Plin. 21, 4, 10, § 21:

sulcus,

id. 17, 20, 33, § 146.— Subst.: pĕdālis, is, f., a measure; in gen.:

tuae praecisionis,

Vulg. Jer. 51, 13.

pĕdānĕus, a, um, adj. [pes], of the size of a foot, a foot in length, breadth, etc.

Lit. (very rare):

pedaneum super rudus inducimus,

a foot thick, Pall. 6, 11, 2:

pedanei ramuli,

Sol. 2, 42.—

Transf.

Pedanei judices, petty judges that tried only trifling cases (so called because they had only a low seat and no tribunal), Dig. 3, 1, 1, § 6; so ib. 2, 7, 3; 48, 19, 38, § 10; Paul. Sent. 5, 28; cf. Ps.-Ascon. ad Cic. Div. in Caecil. 15.—

Pedanei senatores, for pedarii senatores, Gell. 3, 18, 10.