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  • 1 sēmita

        sēmita ae, f    a narrow way, side-way, path, foot-path, lane, by-way: angustissima: notae, Cs.: ubi plures diversae semitae erant, L.: Rara per occultos lucebat semita calles, V.—Prov.: qui sibi semitam non sapiunt, alteri monstrant viam, Enn. ap. C.—Fig., a by-way, way, path, lane: Ego illius semitā feci viam, Ph.: viā exire... semitā revertisse: fallentis semita vitae, H.: recta, H.: Tranquillae vitae, Iu.
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  • 2 callis

    callis, is, m. ( fem., Varr. R. R. 2, 2, 10; Liv. 22, 14, 8; 31, 42, 8; 36, 15, 9; Curt. 3, 10, 10; 4, 16, 11; Amm. 30, 1, 15; 31, 10, 9; cf. Neue, Formenl. 1, p. 673) [etym. dub.; acc. to Serv. ad Verg. A. 4, 405, and Isid. Orig. 15, 16, 10, from callum; cf. Doed. Syn. IV. p. 68], a stony, uneven, narrow footway, a foot-path, a mountain-path, etc.; most freq., a path made by the treading of cattle: callis est iter pecudum inter montes angustum et tritum, a callo pecudum perduratum, Isid. Orig. l. l.: callis = via pecorum vestigiis trita, Vet. Gloss.
    I.
    Lit.:

    per calles silvestres,

    Varr. R. R. 2, 9 fin.; 2, 10, 1 and 3; Cic. Sest. 5, 12 Orell.:

    inde prope inviis callibus ad dictatorem perfugerunt,

    Liv. 22, 15, 10; cf. id. 32, 11, 2; Verg. A. 4, 405; cf. Ov. M. 7, 626 al.:

    per calles ignotos,

    Liv. 31, 42, 8; 35, 27, 6; 36, 15, 9; 38, 2, 10; Curt. 7, 11, 7:

    secreti,

    Verg. A. 6, 443:

    surgens,

    Pers. 4 (3), 57.—
    II.
    Transf.
    A.
    A mountain-pasturage, alp, declivity, mountain-pass, defile (cf. Vogel ad Curt. 3, 10, 10 N. cr.):

    rara per occultos lucebat semita calles,

    Verg. A. 9, 383 Heyne:

    nos hic pecorum modo per aestivos saltus deviasque callis exercitum ducimus,

    Liv. 22, 14, 8:

    per calles saltusque Macedonicorum montium,

    id. 44, 36, 10:

    in Ciliciae angustiis et inviis callibus dimicare,

    Curt. 4, 13, 6:

    angustis in Ciliciae callibus,

    id. 4, 9, 22; 5, 4, 4; 5, 4, 17; Liv. 35, 30, 10:

    quaestor, cui provincia vetere ex more calles evenerant,

    Tac. A. 4, 27 Orell. and Draeg. ad loc.; cf.:

    (provincia) semitae callesque,

    Suet. Aug. 19:

    calles consitae arboribus,

    Amm. 31, 10, 9.—
    B.
    A way, path, road, in gen., Val. Fl. 3, 568; 5, 394 (but in Lucr. 6, 92, the correct read. is calcis, not callis; v. Lachm. ad h. l.).

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  • 3 callis

        callis is, m and f    [1 CEL-, CER-], a stony footway, foot-path, mountain-path, pass, defile: inviis callibus, L.: angustus, V.: suum servare cal<*>em, O.: deviae, L.: vix singulis pervii, Cu.—A mountain-pasturage, alp: Italiae callīs praedari: per occultos calles, V.
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    rough/stony track, path; moorland/mountain pasture; mountain pass/defile (L+S)

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  • 4 iter

        iter itineris, n    [I-], a going, walk, way: dicam in itinere, on the way, T.—A going, journey, passage, march, voyage: cum illi iter instaret et subitum et longum: ut in itinere copia frumenti suppeteret, Cs.: in ipso itinere confligere, L.: ex itinere litteras mittere, S.: iter ingressus: tantum itineris contendere, hasten: in Italiam intendere iter, L.: iter, quod constitui, determined upon: iter in provinciam convertere, direct, Cs.: agere in rectum, O.: flectere, change the course, V.: iter ad regem comparare, prepare for, N.: supprimere. break off, Cs.: classe tenere, V.: die ac nocte continuato itinere, Cs.: rumpere, H.: Boi ex itinere nostros adgressi, Cs.: terrestri itinere ducere legiones, by land, L.: Unde iter Italiam, V.—A journey, march (as a measure of distance): cum abessem ab Amano iter unius diei, a day's journey: quam maximis itineribus contendere, forced marches, Cs.: confecto iusto itinere eius diei, full day's march, Cs.—A way, passage, path, road: itineribus deviis proficisci in provinciam: erant itinera duo, quibus itineribus domo exire possent, Cs.: in diversum iter equi concitati, L.: ut deviis itineribus milites duceret, N.: vocis, passage, V.: neque iter praecluserat unda, cut off, O.: iter patefieri volebat, opened, Cs.— A right of way: aquaeductus, haustus, iter, actus a patre sumitur: iter alcui per provinciam dare, Cs.—Fig., a road, path, way: declive senectae, O.: vitae diversum, Iu.—A way, course, custom, method, means: patiamur illum ire nostris itineribus: verum gloriae: amoris nostri: salutis, V.: fecit iter sceleri, O.
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    journey; road; passage, path; march

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  • 5 līmes

        līmes itis, m    [2 LAC-], a path, passage, road, way, track: eo limite signa extulerunt, L.: lato te limite ducam, V.: acclivis, O.: transversi, by-roads, L.: Appiae, the line of the Appian way, L.: solito dum flumina currant Limite, channel, O.: trahens spatioso limite crinem Stella, track, O.: Sectus in obliquo est lato curvamine limes, the zodiac, O.— A boundary, limit, land-mark (between two fields or estates): partiri limite campum, V.: effodit medio de limite saxum, Iu.: certi, H.— A fortified boundary-line, boundary-wall: limite acto, Ta.— Fig., a boundary, limit: angustus mundi, Iu.— A way, path: quasi limes ad caeli aditum: idem limes agendus erit, i. e. the same means, O.
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    path, track; limit; strip of uncultivated ground marking boundary

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  • 6 trāmes

        trāmes itis, m    [1 TER-], a cross-way, side-way, by-path, foot-path: egressus est tramitibus paludatus: per tramites occulte perfugere, S.: transvorsis tramitibus transgressus, L.: silvae, V.— Poet., a way, path, road, course, flight: cito decurrit tramite virgo, V.: Palantes error certo de tramite pellit, H.: adclivis, O.
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    footpath, track; (stream) bed; course; (family) branch; narrow strip (land)

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  • 7 limes

    līmĕs, ĭtis, m. [root in līmus; cf. limen, and Gr. lechris; cf. Just. Inst. 1, 12, 5], a cross-path, balk between fields.
    I.
    Lit., the Romans usually had in their fields two broad and two narrower paths; the principal balk from east to west was called limes decumanus; that from north to south was called cardo;

    of the two smaller ones, that running from east to west was called prorus, the other, from north to south, transversus,

    Hyg. de Limit. Const. 18, 33 and 34; Col. 1, 8, 7:

    lutosi limites,

    Varr. R. R. 2, 4, 8. —
    B.
    Transf. (mostly poet.).
    1.
    A boundary, limit between two fields or estates, consisting of a stone or a balk:

    partiri limite campum,

    Verg. G. 1, 126:

    saxum antiquum, ingens, campo quod forte jacebat, Limes agro positus, litem ut discerneret arvis,

    id. A. 12, 897:

    effodit medio de limite saxum,

    Juv. 16, 38.—
    2.
    A fortified boundaryline, a boundary-wall:

    cuncta inter castellum Alisonem ac Rhenum novis limitibus aggeribusque permunita,

    Tac. A. 2, 7:

    limite acto promotisque praesidiis,

    id. G. 29: penetrat interius, aperit limites, Vell. 2, 120.—
    3.
    In gen., any path, passage, road, way; also, by-street, by-road:

    eo limite Athenienses signa extulerunt,

    Liv. 31, 39:

    profectus inde transversis limitibus,

    id. ib.:

    lato te limite ducam,

    Verg. A. 9, 323:

    acclivis,

    Ov. M. 2, 19:

    limite recto fugere,

    id. ib. 7, 782:

    transversi,

    by-roads, Liv. 22, 12, 2 Fabr.; 31, 39, 5; 41, 14 init.: limes Appiae, the line of the Appian street (for the street itself), id. 22, 15, 11:

    limite acto (i. e. facto),

    Tac. G. 29.—

    Of the channel of a stream: solito dum flumina currant Limite,

    Ov. M. 8, 558; Prop. 5, 9, 60.—Of the track of light left behind them by comets, fiery meteors, torches, etc.:

    flammiferumque trahens spatioso limite crinem, Stella micat,

    Ov. M. 15, 849:

    tum longo limite sulcus Dat lucem,

    Verg. A. 2, 697; Plin. 2, 26, 25, § 96:

    sectus in obliquo est lato curvamine limes,

    the zodiac, Ov. M. 2, 130:

    latum per agmen Ardens limitem agit ferro,

    Verg. A. 10, 514; cf. Sil. 4, 463; 9, 379; Stat. Th. 9, 182.—
    4.
    A line or vein in a precious stone:

    nigram materiam distinguente limite albo,

    Plin. 37, 10, 69, § 184.—
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    A boundary, limit:

    limes carminis,

    Stat. Th. 1, 16:

    aestuat infelix angusto limite mundi,

    Juv. 10, 169.—
    B.
    A distinction, difference:

    judicium brevi limite falle tuum,

    Ov. R. Am. 325:

    quaedam perquam tenui limite dividuntur,

    Quint. 9, 1, 3.—
    C.
    A way, path:

    si maledicitis vostro gradiar limite,

    Plaut. Poen. 3, 3, 18:

    bene meritis de patria quasi limes ad caeli aditum patet,

    Cic. Somn. Scip. 8; Sen. Ben. 1, 15, 2:

    eundem limitem agere,

    to go the same way, employ the same means, Ov. A. A. 3, 558.

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  • 8 semita

    sēmĭta, ae,f. [se-(=sed-), i.e. aside; and root mi-, to go; cf.: meo, trames], a narrow way, a path, foot - path, lane, by - way, etc. (opp. via, a highway; cf.: callis, trames): quā ibant, ab itu iter appellarunt;

    quā id anguste, semita ut semiter, dictum,

    Varr. L. L. 5, § 35 Müll.
    I.
    Lit. (freq. and class.):

    angustissimae semitae,

    Cic. Agr. 2, 35, 96; cf. Mart. 7, 61, 4:

    aut viam aut semitam monstrare,

    Plaut. Rud. 1, 3, 30:

    decedam ego illi de viā, de semitā,

    id. Trin. 2, 4, 80; cf. id. Curc. 2, 3, 8; Sen. Ep. 64, 10:

    scabras lutosasque semitas spectant, id. Ira, 3, 35, 5: omnibus viis notis semitisque essedarios ex silvis emittebat,

    Caes. B. G. 5, 19; so (opp. via) id. ib. 7, 8; Liv. 44, 43:

    semita angusta et ardua,

    id. 9, 24:

    ut Oresti nuper prandia in semitis decumae nomine magno honori fuerunt,

    Cic. Off. 2, 17, 58; Suet. Ner. 48; Enn. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 20, 40 (Ann. v. 44 Vahl.):

    rara per occultos lucebat semita calles,

    Verg. A. 9, 383:

    quā jacet Herculeis semita litoribus,

    the narrow way, Prop. 1, 11, 2 et saep.—In mal. part., Plaut. Curc. 1, 1, 36; cf.

    vulgi,

    Prop. 2, 23 (3, 17), 1.—Prov.: qui sibi semitam non sapiunt, alteri monstrant viam, Enn. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 58, 132 (Trag. v. 358 Vahl.):

    de viā in semitam degredi,

    Plaut. Cas. 3, 5, 40.—
    B.
    Transf., of other ways or paths ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose):

    formicae praedam Convectant calle angusto... opere omnis semita fervet,

    Verg. A. 4, 407;

    so of the same,

    Plin. 11, 30, 36, § 110:

    Phryxi quā semita jungi Europamque Asiamque vetat,

    Stat. Achill. 1, 409:

    spumea semita fugientis clavi,

    Val. Fl. 4, 420:

    velox Lunae pigraque Saturni,

    Claud. Laud. Stil. 2, 438:

    umida Iridis,

    id. Rapt. Pros. 2, 99:

    aratri, id. de Apono, 25: arteriae, id est spiritus semitae,

    Plin. 11, 37, 89, § 219.—
    II.
    Trop. (rare but class.), a way, path, road:

    locuples et speciosa vult esse eloquentia... feratur ergo non semitis, sed campis: non uti fontes angustis fistulis colliguntur, sed ut latissimi amnes totis vallibus fluat ac sibi viam, si quando non acceperit, faciat,

    Quint. 5, 14, 31:

    illius ego semita feci viam,

    Phaedr. 3, prol. 38:

    jam intellegetis, hanc pecuniam, quae via modo visa est exire ab isto, eandem semita revertisse,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 23, § 57:

    secretum iter et fallentis semita vitae,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 103:

    semita certe Tranquillae per virtutem patet unica vitae,

    Juv. 10, 364:

    novum ad victoriam iter sanguinis sui semita aperire,

    Flor. 1, 14, 4; so in eccl. Lat., freq., of a way of life, course of conduct, etc.:

    justitiae,

    Vulg. Prov. 2, 8:

    justorum,

    id. ib. 16, 17.

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  • 9 trames

    trāmĕs, ĭtis, m. [akin to trans, and Gr. terma, goal].
    I.
    Lit., a cross - way, sideway, by-path, foot-path (cf. semita): domum ire coepi tramite, Plaut. Fragm. ap. Varr. L. L. 7, § 62 Müll.:

    egressus est non viis, sed tramitibus, paludatus,

    Cic. Phil. 13, 9, 19:

    in Apennini tramitibus,

    id. ib. 12, 11, 26:

    per tramites occulte perfugeret,

    Sall. C. 57, 1:

    per tramites occultos,

    id. J. 48, 2:

    transvorsis tramitibus transgressus,

    Liv. 2, 39, 3; Suet. Caes. 31:

    per devios tramites refugiens,

    id. Aug. 16; Prop. 3, 13 (4, 12), 44; 3 (4), 22, 24; Verg. A. 11, 515 al. —
    B.
    Transf.
    1.
    Poet., in gen., a way, path, road, course, flight:

    cito decurrit tramite virgo,

    Verg. A. 5, 610:

    facili jam tramite sistam,

    id. ib. 6, 676: palantes error certo de tramite pellit. Hor. S. 2, 3, 49; Ov. F. 3, 13; id. M. 10, 53; Sen. Ep. 84, 13; Stat. Th. 2, 48:

    trames aquae immensae,

    a channel, Vulg. Ecclus. 24, 41.—
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    Branches of a family, Gell. 13, 19, 15.—
    II.
    Trop., a way of life, way, course, method, manner: (Epicurus) viam monstravit, tramite parvo Qua possemus ad id recto contendere cursu, Lucr. 6, 27:

    ab aequitatis recto tramite deviare,

    Amm. 22, 10, 2:

    augustissimus ad immortalitatis praemium,

    Lact. 5, 18, 11 al.

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  • 10 orbis

        orbis is, abl. orbe (rarely -bī, C.), m    a ring, circle, re-entering way, circular path, hoop, orbit: in orbem intorquere: in orbem curvat (iter) eun<*> dem, O.: digitum iusto commodus orbe teras, a ring, O.: ut in orbem consisterent, form a circle, Cs.: orbe facto se defendere, a hollow square, Cs.: orbem volventes suos increpans, L.: in orbem sese stantibus equis defendere, L.: duodecim signorum orbis, zodiac: lacteus, Milky Way: sidera suos orbes conficiunt, orbits: inmensis orbibus angues Incumbunt pelago, coils, V.—A round surface, disk, circle: mensae, round top, O.: de tot pulchris orbibus comedunt, round tables, Iu.: lucidus, disk (of the sun), V.: ictus ab orbe, quoit, O.: (hasta) per orbem cavum Transit, shield, V.—A mosaic pavement, Iu.—One side of a balance: alterno orbe, Tb.—A wheel: Unda ferratos sustinet orbes, V.: Fortunae stantis in orbe Numen, her wheel, O.—An eye-socket, eye: gemino lumen ab orbe venit, eye, O.: oculorum orbes, V.—With terrae or terrarum, the circle of the world, earth, world, universe: orbis terrae, S., C.: terrarum orbis, V.—The earth, world, universe (sc. terrae): Iuppiter totum cum spectet in orbem, O.: Si fractus inlabatur orbis, H.: Roma orbis caput, O.—A country, region, territory: Eoo dives ab orbe redit, the East, O.: Assyrius, Iu.—Fig., a circle, rotation, round, circuit: ut idem in singulos annos orbis volveretur, L.: orbis hic in re p. est conversus, the circle of political change: imperium per omnīs in orbem ibat, in rotation, L.—In time, a cycle, round, period: Annuus, V.: Triginta magnos volvendis mensibus orbīs explebit, years, V. —Of speech, a rounding off, period, cycle: quasi orbem verborum conficere: orationis.—A cycle of thought: sententiae Pyrrhonis in hunc orbem incidere non possunt: circa vilem patulumque orbem, the trite and obvious path, H.
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    circle; territory/region; sphere

    orbis terrarum -- world/(circle of lands)

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  • 11 regiō

        regiō ōnis, f    [REG-], a direction, line: de rectā regione deflectere, from the direct path: ab planitie rectā regione abesse, in a straight line, Cs.: non rectā regione iter instituit, sed ad laevam flexit, L.: notā excedo regione viarum, i. e. the frequented streets, V.: Nec sidus regione viae fefellit, direction, V.: superare regionem castrorum, line, Cs.: haec eadem est nostrae rationis regio et via, I follow the same direction and path.—In the phrase, e regione, in a straight line, directly: e regione moveri: ferri, petere.— In the opposite direction, over against, exactly opposite: (luna) cum est e regione solis: e regione turris: e regione castris castra ponere, Cs.— A line of sight, visual line, boundary-line, boundary, limit: quae regione orbem terrarum definiunt: caeli regionibus terminare: si res eae orbis terrae regionibus definiuntur.—Esp., in augury: nempe eo (lituo) Romulus regiones direxit, drew (in the air): lituus quo regiones vineae terminavit.—Fig.: quibus regionibus vitae spatium circumscriptum est: vix facile sese regionibus offici continere.—Of the sky, a quarter, region: regio (lunae mutatur), quae tum est aquilonia tum australis: Atque eadem regio Vesper et Ortus erit, O.: Vespertina, H.: caeli serena, V.: occidentis, L.— A region, neighborhood, quarter, situation: eam esse naturam et regionem provinciae tuae, ut, etc., i. e. the geographical situation: agri fertilissima, Cs.: regione castrorum, in the vicinity of the camp, L.: deserta siti regio, V.: acie regione instructā non apertissimā, N.: Quor in his te conspicor regionibus? T.— A portion of country, territory, province, district, region: regio, quae ad Aduaticos adiacet, Cs.: regio, quae mari cincta esset: Pedana, H.: Cantium, quae regio est maritima omnis, Cs.: terrae maximae regiones inhabitabiles: in quattuor regiones dividi Macedoniam, L.: ut quam latissimas regiones praesidiis teneret, Cs.— A district with its people, country, nation: aspera et fidelis et fautrix suorum: quae regio si fida Samnitibus esset, L.—Fig., a province, department, sphere: ‘benedicere’ non habet definitam aliquam regionem, has no determinate province.
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    area, region; neighborhood; district, country; direction

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  • 12 spatium

        spatium ī, n    [SPA-], a space, room, extent: Trīs pateat caeli spatium non amplius ulnas, V.: spatiis locorum animadversis, Cs.: quod spatium non esset agitandi, N.: spatio distante, O.— A space, distance, interval: magno spatio paucis diebus confecto, Cs.: viae, length, O.: tantum erat relictum spati, ut, etc., Cs.: tormentorum usum spatio propinquitatis interire, Cs.: medium caeli, H.: spatium discrimina fallit, the distance, O.— Size, bulk, extent: spatium victi hostis (serpentis), O.: Dat spatium collo, O.: admirabile rhombi, very large, Iu.: trahit (aurīs) in spatium, i. e. lengthens out, O.— A walking, walk, promenade, turn, course: duobus spatiis tribusve factis: septem spatiis circo meruere coronam, O.— A space for recreation, walk, promenade, public place, square: urbs distincta spatiis communibus: spatia silvestria: Academiae nobilitata spatia: locus planis Porrectus spatiis, in levels, H.: Curvatis fertur spatiis, V.— A prescribed path, race-course, track: quasi decurso spatio ad carceres a calce revocari: amat spatiis obstantia rumpere claustra, H.: Addunt in spatia, V.: tritum, O.: Phocus in interius spatium Cecropidas ducit, the interior, O. —Fig., a path, course, race, track: eadem: Prope iam excurso spatio, T.: Te mea quem spatiis propioribus aetas Insequitur, V.: in spatio Q. Hortensium ipsius vestigiis persecuti: vitae, O.— A portion of time, space, interval, period: spatia omnis temporis non numero dierum sed noctium finiunt, Cs.: spatium praeteriti temporis: diei, the length, Cs.: dierum triginta: spatio brevi, H.: me ex constituto spatio defensionis in semihorae curriculum coëgisti: trochaeus, qui est eodem spatio quo choreus, i. e. of the same metrical length: spatia annorum, Pr.: spatio pugnae defatigati, Cs.— Space, time, leisure, opportunity: neque, ut celari posset, tempus spatium ullum dabat, T.: irae suae spatium et consilio tempus dare, L.: Ne properes, oro; spatium pro munere posco, O.: cum erit spatium, praestabo, etc.: illi spatium ad sese conligendum dedisse: sex dics ad eam rem conficien<*> dam spati postulant, Cs.: Ut ne esset spatium cogitandi, T.: pila coniciendi, Cs.: Spatium adparandis nuptiis dabitur, T.
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    space; area/expanse, room (for); intervening space, gap/interval; length/width; race course, lap, circuit; closed way/walk, turn; track (planet); act of play; interval, time, extent, period, term; duration; distance; area; size; bulk

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  • 13 via

        via ae (old viāī, Enn. ap. C.), f    [VAG-], a way, highway, road, path, street: Roma, non optimis viis: ire in viā, T.: omnibus viis notis essedarios emittebat, Cs.: via, quā Assoro itur Hennam: viā ire, by the highway, L.: tres ergo viae, a supero mari Flaminia, ab infero Aurelia, media Cassia: Via Sacra, H.: castra angustiis viarum contrahit, etc., i. e. of the passages (between the tents), Cs. —Prov.: qui sibi semitam non sapiunt alteri monstrant viam, Enn. ap. C.: totā errare viā, T.— A way, passage, channel, pipe, entrance: omnes eius (sanguinis) viae, i. e. veins: a medio intestino usque ad portas iecoris ductae viae, ducts: Spirandi viae, the windpipe, O.: Finditur in solidum cuneis via, a cleft, V.: harundo Signavit viam flammis, its path, V.—A way, march, journey: in viam se dare: tridui, a three days' journey, Cs.: longitudo viae, L.: Flecte viam velis, V.: lassus maris et viarum, H.: inter vias, on the road, T. —Fig., a way, method, mode, manner, fashion, course: ut rectā viā rem narret, i. e. directly, T.: vitae via conversa, H.: rectam vitae viam sequi: haec una via omnibus ad salutem visa est, L.: gloriae: (di) non... nullas dant vias nobis ad significationum scientiam.— Abl, by the right way, in the proper manner, correctly, unerringly, properly: in omnibus quae ratione docentur et viā, primum, etc.: ipsus secum eam rem reputavit viā, T.: viā et arte dicere.
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    way, road, street; journey

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  • 14 bicallis

    foot-path, path

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  • 15 linea

    līnĕa ( līnĭa), ae, f. [linum], a linen thread, a string, line.
    I.
    Lit.:

    nectere lineas, restes, funes,

    Varr. R. R. 1, 23, 6:

    linia longinqua per os religata,

    Plin. 9, 17, 26, § 59:

    ligato pede longā lineā gallina custoditur,

    Col. 8, 11, 15:

    linea margaritarum triginta quinque,

    Dig. 35, 2, 26; cf.:

    lineae duae ex margaritis,

    ib. 34, 2, 40; and ib. 9, 2, 27 fin.:

    linea dives (of the strings of pearls which were thrown among the people at the public games),

    Mart. 8, 78, 7 (cf. Suet. Ner. 11).—
    B.
    In partic.
    1.
    In a net, the threads which form the meshes:

    licia difficile cernuntur: atque ut in plagis lineae offensae, praecipitant in sinum (of spiders' webs),

    Plin. 11, 24, 28, § 82.—
    b.
    Transf., a net, Plin. 9, 43, 67, § 145:

    si feras lineis et pinna clusas contineas,

    Sen. Clem. 1, 12, 5.—
    2.
    A fishing-line:

    tremulāve captum lineā trahit piscem,

    Mart. 3, 58, 27; 10, 30, 18.—Hence, prov.: mittere lineam, to cast a line, to fish for, try to catch a person, Plaut. Most. 5, 1, 22.—
    3.
    A plumbline of masons and carpenters:

    perpendiculo et lineā uti,

    Cic. Q. Fr. 3, 1, 1; cf.:

    ad regulam et lineam,

    Vitr. 7, 3; 5, 3; Pall. 3, 9.—Hence,
    b.
    Ad lineam and rectā lineā, in a straight line, vertically, perpendicularly:

    solida corpora ferri suo deorsum pondere ad lineam,

    Cic. Fin. 1, 6, 18; Plin. 19, 8, 42, § 147;

    of the layers of stone in a wall: saxa, quae rectis lineis suos ordines servant,

    Caes. B. G. 7, 23:

    (ignis) rectis lineis in caelestem locum subvolat,

    Cic. Tusc. 1, 17, 40.—
    4.
    A region, tract:

    linea tam rectum mundi ferit illa Leonem,

    that region lies directly under the lion, Luc. 10, 306.—
    5.
    A bowstring, Ter. Maur. praef. v. 19.—
    II.
    Transf., a thread-like stroke or mark made with a pen, pencil, etc., a line:

    Apelli fuit perpetua consuetudo, numquam tam occupatam diem agendi, ut non, lineam ducendo, exerceret artem, quod ab eo in proverbium venit (namely, the proverb: nulla dies sine linea),

    Plin. 35, 10, 36, § 84:

    lineam cinere ducere,

    id. 18, 33, 76, § 327:

    candida per medium folium transcurrens,

    id. 27, 11, 77, § 102:

    serra in praetenui linea premente harenas (of sawing marble),

    id. 36, 6, 9, § 51:

    nec congruebant ad horas ejus lineae (of the sundial),

    id. 7, 60, 60, § 214; Pers. 3, 4.—In geometry, a line: linea a nostris dicitur, quam grammên Graeci nominant. Eam M. Varro ita definit:

    Linea est, inquit, longitudo quaedam sine latitudine et altitudine,

    Gell. 1, 20, 7:

    locorum extremae lineae,

    Quint. 1, 10, 39:

    lineae, quae emittuntur ex centro,

    Plin. 2, 65, 65, § 165; 2, 16, 13, § 64:

    linea circumcurrens,

    a circular line, circle, Quint. 1, 10, 41.—
    2.
    In partic.
    (α).
    A boundary-line which consisted of a narrow path between fields, Hyg. de Limit. p. 151; 152 Goes. —
    (β).
    In gen., a way, path:

    dedit sequendam calle recto lineam,

    Prud. Cath. 7, 48.—
    b.
    A barrier or line in the theatre, by which the seats were separated from each other:

    quid frustra refugis? cogit nos linea jungi,

    Ov. Am. 3, 2, 19; id. A. A. 1, 139:

    lineas poscere,

    Quint. 11, 3, 133.—
    c.
    A feature, lineament:

    adulti venustissimis lineis,

    Arn. 5, 179 al. —
    B.
    Trop.
    1.
    A line of descent or kindred, lineage (post-class.): stemmata cognationum directo limite in duas lineas separantur, quarum altera est superior, altera inferior, Dig. 38, 10, 9:

    clara gentis Linea,

    Stat. S. 3, 3, 43:

    primo gradu superioris linea continentur pater, mater,

    Paul. Sent. 4, 11, 1.—
    2.
    An outline, sketch, design (a fig. borrowed from painting):

    quidam materias latius dicendo prosequebantur... alii, cum primas modo lineas duxissent,

    Quint. 2, 6, 2; cf. id. 4, 2, 120: ea quae in Platonis oratione demiramur, non aemulari quidem, sed lineas umbrasque facere ausi sumus, Gell. 17, 20, 8.—
    3.
    A boundary-line, bound, limit, end, goal:

    cum poëtae transilire lineas impune possint,

    Varr. L. L. 9, § 5 Müll.; Cassiod. Var. 3, 50:

    si quidem est peccare tamquam transire lineas,

    to go beyond the mark, pass the prescribed limits, Cic. Par. 3, 1, 20:

    mors ultima linea rerum est,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 16, 79:

    admoveri lineas sentio,

    Sen. Ep. 49.—Hence, prov.: amare extremā lineā, to love at a distance, i. e. to see the beloved object only at a distance, not be able to speak to her, Ter. Eun. 4, 2, 12.

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  • 16 linia

    līnĕa ( līnĭa), ae, f. [linum], a linen thread, a string, line.
    I.
    Lit.:

    nectere lineas, restes, funes,

    Varr. R. R. 1, 23, 6:

    linia longinqua per os religata,

    Plin. 9, 17, 26, § 59:

    ligato pede longā lineā gallina custoditur,

    Col. 8, 11, 15:

    linea margaritarum triginta quinque,

    Dig. 35, 2, 26; cf.:

    lineae duae ex margaritis,

    ib. 34, 2, 40; and ib. 9, 2, 27 fin.:

    linea dives (of the strings of pearls which were thrown among the people at the public games),

    Mart. 8, 78, 7 (cf. Suet. Ner. 11).—
    B.
    In partic.
    1.
    In a net, the threads which form the meshes:

    licia difficile cernuntur: atque ut in plagis lineae offensae, praecipitant in sinum (of spiders' webs),

    Plin. 11, 24, 28, § 82.—
    b.
    Transf., a net, Plin. 9, 43, 67, § 145:

    si feras lineis et pinna clusas contineas,

    Sen. Clem. 1, 12, 5.—
    2.
    A fishing-line:

    tremulāve captum lineā trahit piscem,

    Mart. 3, 58, 27; 10, 30, 18.—Hence, prov.: mittere lineam, to cast a line, to fish for, try to catch a person, Plaut. Most. 5, 1, 22.—
    3.
    A plumbline of masons and carpenters:

    perpendiculo et lineā uti,

    Cic. Q. Fr. 3, 1, 1; cf.:

    ad regulam et lineam,

    Vitr. 7, 3; 5, 3; Pall. 3, 9.—Hence,
    b.
    Ad lineam and rectā lineā, in a straight line, vertically, perpendicularly:

    solida corpora ferri suo deorsum pondere ad lineam,

    Cic. Fin. 1, 6, 18; Plin. 19, 8, 42, § 147;

    of the layers of stone in a wall: saxa, quae rectis lineis suos ordines servant,

    Caes. B. G. 7, 23:

    (ignis) rectis lineis in caelestem locum subvolat,

    Cic. Tusc. 1, 17, 40.—
    4.
    A region, tract:

    linea tam rectum mundi ferit illa Leonem,

    that region lies directly under the lion, Luc. 10, 306.—
    5.
    A bowstring, Ter. Maur. praef. v. 19.—
    II.
    Transf., a thread-like stroke or mark made with a pen, pencil, etc., a line:

    Apelli fuit perpetua consuetudo, numquam tam occupatam diem agendi, ut non, lineam ducendo, exerceret artem, quod ab eo in proverbium venit (namely, the proverb: nulla dies sine linea),

    Plin. 35, 10, 36, § 84:

    lineam cinere ducere,

    id. 18, 33, 76, § 327:

    candida per medium folium transcurrens,

    id. 27, 11, 77, § 102:

    serra in praetenui linea premente harenas (of sawing marble),

    id. 36, 6, 9, § 51:

    nec congruebant ad horas ejus lineae (of the sundial),

    id. 7, 60, 60, § 214; Pers. 3, 4.—In geometry, a line: linea a nostris dicitur, quam grammên Graeci nominant. Eam M. Varro ita definit:

    Linea est, inquit, longitudo quaedam sine latitudine et altitudine,

    Gell. 1, 20, 7:

    locorum extremae lineae,

    Quint. 1, 10, 39:

    lineae, quae emittuntur ex centro,

    Plin. 2, 65, 65, § 165; 2, 16, 13, § 64:

    linea circumcurrens,

    a circular line, circle, Quint. 1, 10, 41.—
    2.
    In partic.
    (α).
    A boundary-line which consisted of a narrow path between fields, Hyg. de Limit. p. 151; 152 Goes. —
    (β).
    In gen., a way, path:

    dedit sequendam calle recto lineam,

    Prud. Cath. 7, 48.—
    b.
    A barrier or line in the theatre, by which the seats were separated from each other:

    quid frustra refugis? cogit nos linea jungi,

    Ov. Am. 3, 2, 19; id. A. A. 1, 139:

    lineas poscere,

    Quint. 11, 3, 133.—
    c.
    A feature, lineament:

    adulti venustissimis lineis,

    Arn. 5, 179 al. —
    B.
    Trop.
    1.
    A line of descent or kindred, lineage (post-class.): stemmata cognationum directo limite in duas lineas separantur, quarum altera est superior, altera inferior, Dig. 38, 10, 9:

    clara gentis Linea,

    Stat. S. 3, 3, 43:

    primo gradu superioris linea continentur pater, mater,

    Paul. Sent. 4, 11, 1.—
    2.
    An outline, sketch, design (a fig. borrowed from painting):

    quidam materias latius dicendo prosequebantur... alii, cum primas modo lineas duxissent,

    Quint. 2, 6, 2; cf. id. 4, 2, 120: ea quae in Platonis oratione demiramur, non aemulari quidem, sed lineas umbrasque facere ausi sumus, Gell. 17, 20, 8.—
    3.
    A boundary-line, bound, limit, end, goal:

    cum poëtae transilire lineas impune possint,

    Varr. L. L. 9, § 5 Müll.; Cassiod. Var. 3, 50:

    si quidem est peccare tamquam transire lineas,

    to go beyond the mark, pass the prescribed limits, Cic. Par. 3, 1, 20:

    mors ultima linea rerum est,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 16, 79:

    admoveri lineas sentio,

    Sen. Ep. 49.—Hence, prov.: amare extremā lineā, to love at a distance, i. e. to see the beloved object only at a distance, not be able to speak to her, Ter. Eun. 4, 2, 12.

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  • 17 orbita

    orbĭta, ae, f. [orbis].
    I.
    A track or rut made in the ground by a wheel.
    A.
    Lit. (class.):

    impressa orbita,

    Cic. Att. 2, 21, 2; id. Verr. 2, 3, 3, § 6; Verg. G. 3, 293; Liv. 32, 17.—
    B.
    Trop., a track, course, path (ante-class. and poet.): neque id ab orbitā matrum familias instituti, quod, etc., Varr. ap. Non. 542, 28; Plin. 8, 58, 83, § 227; a beaten path, Quint. 2, 13, 16:

    veteris culpae,

    i. e. bad example, Juv. 14, 37.—
    II.
    An impression, mark left by a ligature:

    vinculi,

    Plin. 17, 23, 35, § 210.—
    III.
    A circuit, orbit:

    orbita lunae,

    Auct. Aetn. 230:

    lunaris illa orbita,

    Sen. Q. N. 7, 10, 2.

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  • 18 vea

    vĭa ( vĕa, Varr. R. R. 1, 2, 14), ae ( gen. sing. vias, Enn. ap. Prisc. p. 679 P., or Ann. v. 421 Vahl.; viāï, Enn. ap. Cic. Sen. 6, 16, or Ann. v. 209 ib.; Lucr. 1, 406; 1, 659; 2, 249 et saep.; dat. plur. VIEIS, Inscr. Lat. 206, 50), f. [Sanscr. vah-āmi, bring, lead; Gr. ochos, ochêma, vehicle; Germ. Wagen; Engl. wagon; from this root are also veho, vexo, etc.], a way, in the most general sense (for men, beasts, or carriages, within or without a city), a highway, road, path, street.
    I.
    Lit.
    1.
    In gen.:

    viae latitudo ex lege duodecim tabularum in porrectum octo pedes habet, in anfractum, id est ubi flexum est, sedecim,

    Dig. 8, 3, 8:

    Romam in montibus positam et convallibus, non optimis viis, angustissimis semitis,

    Cic. Agr. 2, 35, 96:

    et modo quae fuerat semita, facta via est,

    Mart. 7, 61, 4:

    aut viam aut semitam monstret,

    Plaut. Rud. 1, 3, 30:

    mi opsistere in viā,

    id. Curc. 2, 3, 5:

    ire in viā,

    Ter. Eun. 3, 2, 42:

    omnibus viis notis semitisque essedarios ex silvis emittebat,

    Caes. B. G. 5, 19 (opp. semita), id. ib. 7, 8; Liv. 44, 43, 1; cf.:

    decedam ego illi de viā,

    Plaut. Trin. 2, 4, 80; cf. id. Curc. 2, 3, 8:

    paulum ad dexteram de viā declinavi,

    Cic. Fin. 5, 2, 5:

    decedere viā,

    Suet. Tib. 31:

    aestuosa et pulverulenta via,

    Cic. Att. 5, 14, 1:

    quā (viā) Sequanis invitis propter angustias ire non poterant,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 9:

    cursare huc illuc viā deterrimā,

    Cic. Att. 9, 9, 2:

    in viam se dare,

    to set out on a journey, id. Fam. 14, 12:

    te neque navigationi neque viae committere,

    id. ib. 16, 4, 1:

    tu abi tuam viam,

    Plaut. Rud. 4, 3, 88:

    milites monuit, viā omnes irent, nec deverti quemquam paterentur,

    along the highway, Liv. 25, 9, 4.—In a double sense:

    ire publicā viā,

    Plaut. Curc. 1, 1, 35.—Prov.: qui sibi semitam non sapiunt, alteri monstrant viam, Enn. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 58, 132 (Trag. v. 358 Vahl.):

    de viā in semitam degredi,

    Plaut. Cas. 3, 5, 40:

    totā errare viā,

    Ter. Eun. 2, 2, 14.—
    2.
    In partic., as the name of a particular street or road:

    tres ergo viae, a supero mari Flaminia, ab infero Aurelia, media Cassia,

    Cic. Phil. 12, 9, 22:

    Via Appia,

    id. Mil. 6, 15; id. Imp. Pomp. 18, 55; cf. Liv. 9, 29, 6;

    v. Appius: Via Campana,

    Suet. Aug. 94;

    v. Campania: Sacra Via, in Rome, in the fourth region,

    Varr. L. L. 5, § 47 Müll.; Fest. p. 290 ib.; Cic. Planc. 7, 17; Hor. Epod. 4, 7; 7, 8:

    Via Sacra,

    id. S. 1, 9, 1;

    also written as one word, SACRAVIA,

    Inscr. Grut. 638, 7; 1033, 1; cf. Charis. p. 6 P.; Diom. p. 401 ib. (v. sacer, I. A.); cf. Becker, Antiq. 1, p. 219 sq.— Hence, Sacrăvĭenses, ĭum, m., those dwelling on the Sacra Via, Fest. s. v. October equus, p. 178 Müll.—
    B.
    Transf.
    1.
    Abstr., like our way, for march, journey (syn. iter):

    cum de viā languerem,

    Cic. Phil. 1, 5, 12:

    nisi de viā fessus esset,

    id. Ac. 1, 1, 1: tridui via, a three days' march or journey, Caes. B. G. 1, 38:

    bidui,

    id. ib. 6, 7; Cic. Div. 1, 15, 27:

    longitudo viae,

    Liv. 37, 33, 3:

    flecte viam velis,

    Verg. A. 5, 28:

    tum via tuta maris,

    Ov. M. 11, 747:

    feci Longa Pherecleā per freta puppe vias,

    id. H. 16, 22:

    ne inter vias praeterbitamus, metuo,

    by the way, on the road, Plaut. Poen. 5, 3, 43; Ter. Eun. 4, 2, 1; Turp. ap. Non. p. 538, 8 et saep.—
    2.
    In gen., a way, passage, channel, pipe, etc.; thus, a lane in a camp, Caes. B. G. 5, 49; a passage between the seats of a theatre, Mart. 5, 14, 8; Tert. Spect. 3; of the veins:

    omnes ejus (sanguinis) viae,

    Cic. N. D. 2, 55, 137; of the chyle ducts:

    quaedam a medio intestino usque ad portas jecoris ductae et directae viae,

    id. ib.; the windpipe, Ov. M. 15, 344; 14, 498; a cleft through which any thing penetrates, Verg. G. 2, 79; cf. Ov. M. 11, 515; the path or track of an arrow, Verg. A. 5, 526; a stripe in a party-colored fabric, Tib. 2, 3, 54 et saep.—
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    In gen., a way, method, mode, manner, fashion, etc., of doing any thing, course (cf. modus):

    vitae,

    Cic. Fl. 42, 105; id. Agr. 1, 9, 27; id. Sest. 67, 140; Hor. Ep. 1, 17, 26; Sen. Brev. Vit. 9, 5; Lact. Epit. 67, 12:

    via vivendi,

    Cic. Off. 1, 32, 118:

    rectam vitae viam sequi,

    id. ib.:

    Socrates hanc viam ad gloriam proximam dicebat esse,

    id. ib. 2, 12, 43:

    haec ad aeternam gloriam via est,

    Plin. 2, 7, 5, § 18:

    haec una via omnibus ad salutem visa est,

    Liv. 36, 27, 8:

    invenire viam ad mortem,

    Plin. Ep. 3, 16, 12:

    totidem ad mortem viae sunt,

    Sen. Contr. 1, 8, 6:

    cum eum hortarer ut eam laudis viam rectissimam esse duceret,

    Cic. Brut. 81, 281: haec est una via laudis, id. Sest. 65, 137:

    totam ignoras viam gloriae,

    id. Phil. 1, 14, 33:

    quae tum promptissima mortis via, exsolvit venas,

    Tac. A. 16, 17:

    habeo certam viam atque rationem, quā omnes illorum conatus investigare et consequi possim,

    Cic. Verr. 1, 16, 48:

    defensionis ratio viaque,

    id. ib. 2, 5, 1, §

    4: non tam justitiae quam litigandi tradunt vias,

    id. Leg. 1, 6, 18:

    docendi via,

    id. Or. 32, 114:

    optimarum artium vias tradere,

    id. Div. 2, 1, 1:

    (di) non... nullas dant vias nobis ad significationum scientiam,

    id. ib. 2, 49, 102:

    rectam instas viam,

    i. e. you speak correctly, truly, Plaut. As. 1, 1, 41.—Adverb.: rectā viā, directly:

    ut rectā viā rem narret ordine omnem,

    Ter. Heaut. 4, 3, 28.—
    B.
    Pregn. (cf. ratio), the right way, the true method, mode, or manner:

    ingressu'st viam, i. e. rectam,

    Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 273:

    in omnibus quae ratione docentur et viā, primum constituendum est, quid quidque sit, etc.,

    rationally and methodically, Cic. Or. 33, 116:

    ut ratione et viā procedat oratio,

    id. Fin. 1, 9, 29.—Adverb.: viā, rightly, properly (opp. to wandering out of the way):

    ipsus eam rem secum reputavit viā,

    Ter. And. 2, 6, 11:

    viā et arte dicere,

    Cic. Brut. 12, 46. —
    C.
    Viam perficere, i. e. to attain an end, Just. Inst. proöem. 1.

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  • 19 via

    vĭa ( vĕa, Varr. R. R. 1, 2, 14), ae ( gen. sing. vias, Enn. ap. Prisc. p. 679 P., or Ann. v. 421 Vahl.; viāï, Enn. ap. Cic. Sen. 6, 16, or Ann. v. 209 ib.; Lucr. 1, 406; 1, 659; 2, 249 et saep.; dat. plur. VIEIS, Inscr. Lat. 206, 50), f. [Sanscr. vah-āmi, bring, lead; Gr. ochos, ochêma, vehicle; Germ. Wagen; Engl. wagon; from this root are also veho, vexo, etc.], a way, in the most general sense (for men, beasts, or carriages, within or without a city), a highway, road, path, street.
    I.
    Lit.
    1.
    In gen.:

    viae latitudo ex lege duodecim tabularum in porrectum octo pedes habet, in anfractum, id est ubi flexum est, sedecim,

    Dig. 8, 3, 8:

    Romam in montibus positam et convallibus, non optimis viis, angustissimis semitis,

    Cic. Agr. 2, 35, 96:

    et modo quae fuerat semita, facta via est,

    Mart. 7, 61, 4:

    aut viam aut semitam monstret,

    Plaut. Rud. 1, 3, 30:

    mi opsistere in viā,

    id. Curc. 2, 3, 5:

    ire in viā,

    Ter. Eun. 3, 2, 42:

    omnibus viis notis semitisque essedarios ex silvis emittebat,

    Caes. B. G. 5, 19 (opp. semita), id. ib. 7, 8; Liv. 44, 43, 1; cf.:

    decedam ego illi de viā,

    Plaut. Trin. 2, 4, 80; cf. id. Curc. 2, 3, 8:

    paulum ad dexteram de viā declinavi,

    Cic. Fin. 5, 2, 5:

    decedere viā,

    Suet. Tib. 31:

    aestuosa et pulverulenta via,

    Cic. Att. 5, 14, 1:

    quā (viā) Sequanis invitis propter angustias ire non poterant,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 9:

    cursare huc illuc viā deterrimā,

    Cic. Att. 9, 9, 2:

    in viam se dare,

    to set out on a journey, id. Fam. 14, 12:

    te neque navigationi neque viae committere,

    id. ib. 16, 4, 1:

    tu abi tuam viam,

    Plaut. Rud. 4, 3, 88:

    milites monuit, viā omnes irent, nec deverti quemquam paterentur,

    along the highway, Liv. 25, 9, 4.—In a double sense:

    ire publicā viā,

    Plaut. Curc. 1, 1, 35.—Prov.: qui sibi semitam non sapiunt, alteri monstrant viam, Enn. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 58, 132 (Trag. v. 358 Vahl.):

    de viā in semitam degredi,

    Plaut. Cas. 3, 5, 40:

    totā errare viā,

    Ter. Eun. 2, 2, 14.—
    2.
    In partic., as the name of a particular street or road:

    tres ergo viae, a supero mari Flaminia, ab infero Aurelia, media Cassia,

    Cic. Phil. 12, 9, 22:

    Via Appia,

    id. Mil. 6, 15; id. Imp. Pomp. 18, 55; cf. Liv. 9, 29, 6;

    v. Appius: Via Campana,

    Suet. Aug. 94;

    v. Campania: Sacra Via, in Rome, in the fourth region,

    Varr. L. L. 5, § 47 Müll.; Fest. p. 290 ib.; Cic. Planc. 7, 17; Hor. Epod. 4, 7; 7, 8:

    Via Sacra,

    id. S. 1, 9, 1;

    also written as one word, SACRAVIA,

    Inscr. Grut. 638, 7; 1033, 1; cf. Charis. p. 6 P.; Diom. p. 401 ib. (v. sacer, I. A.); cf. Becker, Antiq. 1, p. 219 sq.— Hence, Sacrăvĭenses, ĭum, m., those dwelling on the Sacra Via, Fest. s. v. October equus, p. 178 Müll.—
    B.
    Transf.
    1.
    Abstr., like our way, for march, journey (syn. iter):

    cum de viā languerem,

    Cic. Phil. 1, 5, 12:

    nisi de viā fessus esset,

    id. Ac. 1, 1, 1: tridui via, a three days' march or journey, Caes. B. G. 1, 38:

    bidui,

    id. ib. 6, 7; Cic. Div. 1, 15, 27:

    longitudo viae,

    Liv. 37, 33, 3:

    flecte viam velis,

    Verg. A. 5, 28:

    tum via tuta maris,

    Ov. M. 11, 747:

    feci Longa Pherecleā per freta puppe vias,

    id. H. 16, 22:

    ne inter vias praeterbitamus, metuo,

    by the way, on the road, Plaut. Poen. 5, 3, 43; Ter. Eun. 4, 2, 1; Turp. ap. Non. p. 538, 8 et saep.—
    2.
    In gen., a way, passage, channel, pipe, etc.; thus, a lane in a camp, Caes. B. G. 5, 49; a passage between the seats of a theatre, Mart. 5, 14, 8; Tert. Spect. 3; of the veins:

    omnes ejus (sanguinis) viae,

    Cic. N. D. 2, 55, 137; of the chyle ducts:

    quaedam a medio intestino usque ad portas jecoris ductae et directae viae,

    id. ib.; the windpipe, Ov. M. 15, 344; 14, 498; a cleft through which any thing penetrates, Verg. G. 2, 79; cf. Ov. M. 11, 515; the path or track of an arrow, Verg. A. 5, 526; a stripe in a party-colored fabric, Tib. 2, 3, 54 et saep.—
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    In gen., a way, method, mode, manner, fashion, etc., of doing any thing, course (cf. modus):

    vitae,

    Cic. Fl. 42, 105; id. Agr. 1, 9, 27; id. Sest. 67, 140; Hor. Ep. 1, 17, 26; Sen. Brev. Vit. 9, 5; Lact. Epit. 67, 12:

    via vivendi,

    Cic. Off. 1, 32, 118:

    rectam vitae viam sequi,

    id. ib.:

    Socrates hanc viam ad gloriam proximam dicebat esse,

    id. ib. 2, 12, 43:

    haec ad aeternam gloriam via est,

    Plin. 2, 7, 5, § 18:

    haec una via omnibus ad salutem visa est,

    Liv. 36, 27, 8:

    invenire viam ad mortem,

    Plin. Ep. 3, 16, 12:

    totidem ad mortem viae sunt,

    Sen. Contr. 1, 8, 6:

    cum eum hortarer ut eam laudis viam rectissimam esse duceret,

    Cic. Brut. 81, 281: haec est una via laudis, id. Sest. 65, 137:

    totam ignoras viam gloriae,

    id. Phil. 1, 14, 33:

    quae tum promptissima mortis via, exsolvit venas,

    Tac. A. 16, 17:

    habeo certam viam atque rationem, quā omnes illorum conatus investigare et consequi possim,

    Cic. Verr. 1, 16, 48:

    defensionis ratio viaque,

    id. ib. 2, 5, 1, §

    4: non tam justitiae quam litigandi tradunt vias,

    id. Leg. 1, 6, 18:

    docendi via,

    id. Or. 32, 114:

    optimarum artium vias tradere,

    id. Div. 2, 1, 1:

    (di) non... nullas dant vias nobis ad significationum scientiam,

    id. ib. 2, 49, 102:

    rectam instas viam,

    i. e. you speak correctly, truly, Plaut. As. 1, 1, 41.—Adverb.: rectā viā, directly:

    ut rectā viā rem narret ordine omnem,

    Ter. Heaut. 4, 3, 28.—
    B.
    Pregn. (cf. ratio), the right way, the true method, mode, or manner:

    ingressu'st viam, i. e. rectam,

    Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 273:

    in omnibus quae ratione docentur et viā, primum constituendum est, quid quidque sit, etc.,

    rationally and methodically, Cic. Or. 33, 116:

    ut ratione et viā procedat oratio,

    id. Fin. 1, 9, 29.—Adverb.: viā, rightly, properly (opp. to wandering out of the way):

    ipsus eam rem secum reputavit viā,

    Ter. And. 2, 6, 11:

    viā et arte dicere,

    Cic. Brut. 12, 46. —
    C.
    Viam perficere, i. e. to attain an end, Just. Inst. proöem. 1.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > via

  • 20 āctuārius

        āctuārius adj.    [ago], easily driven, swift: navigia, Cs.: naves, L.
    * * *
    I
    short-hand writer, clerk, account/book-keeper, secretary
    II
    actuaria, actuarium ADJ
    swift, nimble, light; of/serving to mark a cattle path/road between fields

    Latin-English dictionary > āctuārius

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