căcūmen

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căcūmen, ĭnis, n. [etym. dub.], the extreme end, extremity, or point of a thing; the peak, top, utmost point.

Lit. (whether horizontal or perpendicular; while culmen is an extremity projecting in height; v. Doed. Syn.; in the poets freq.; in prose rare before the Aug. per.;

not in Cic.): ut altis Arboribus vicina cacumina summa terantur Inter se,

the extreme top, Lucr. 1, 898. —So of tree-tops:

umbrosa cacumina,

Verg. E. 2, 3:

fracta,

id. ib. 9, 9; 6, 28; id. G. 2, 29; 2, 307; Ov. M. 1, 346; 1, 552; 1, 567; 8, 257; 8, 716; 8, 756; 9, 389; 10, 140; 10, 193; 13, 833; 15, 396; Quint. 8, 3, 10; 1, 2, 26:

arborum cacumina,

Plin. 10, 53, 74, § 147:

ficorum, pirorum, malorum,

Col. 3, 21, 11:

olivae,

id. 5, 11, 14 and 15; 11, 3, 37; Pall. Jan. 15, 15; id. Febr. 25, 28; id. Mart. 10, 23; 10, 35; id. Apr. 4, 1; Veg. 4, 4, 9 al.:

harundinis,

Plin. 16, 36, 64, § 158.—Of grass, the points of the blades, Ov. Tr. 3, 12, 12:

praeacutis (ramorum) cacuminibus,

Caes. B. G. 7, 73; Lucr. 6, 459.— Of the summits, peaks of mountains, Liv. 7, 34, 4; Lucr. 6, 464; Cat. 64, 240; Verg. A. 3, 274; Hor. Epod. 16, 28; Ov. M. 1, 310; 1, 317; 1, 666; 6, 311; 8, 797; 7, 804; 9, 93; Luc. 7, 75, Plin. 3, 16, 20, § 117; 6, 7, 7, § 20 al.—Of other things:

pilorum, Auct. B. Afr. 47: atomi,

Lucr. 1, 600:

cujusque rei,

id. 1, 750:

ovi,

Plin. 10, 52, 74, § 145; 10. 54, 75, §

151: metae,

id. 36, 5, 4, § 31:

pyramidis,

id. 36, 12, 17, § 79:

membrorum,

id. 11, 37. 88, §

219: ignis,

Luc. 1, 551:

incurvum, of the elephant's back,

Sil. 9, 584.—

Trop.

The end, limit: donec alescundi summum tetigere cacumen, until they have completely attained the limit of their growth, Lucr. 2, 1130:

ad summum donec venere cacumen,

to the height of perfection, id. 5, 1456: famae, Laber. ap. Macr. S. 2, 7.—

As a gram. t. t., the mark of accent placed over a letter, Mart. Cap. 3, § 273.

mēta, ae, f. [root ma-, measure, whence Gr. metron; Lat. manus, mane, etc. (q. v.), properly, that which marks a measured space, hence], any mark at a boundary or limit, esp.,

The conical columns set in the ground at each end of the Roman Circus, the goal, turning-post:

metaque fervidis Evitata rotis,

Hor. C. 1, 1, 5:

aut prius infecto deposcit praemia cursu Septima quam metam triverit ante rota,

Prop. 3, 20, 25; cf.:

et modo lora dabo, modo verbere terga notabo, Nunc stringam metas interiore rotā,

Ov. Am. 3, 2, 11; Suet. Caes. 39:

petra in metae maxime modum erecta est, cujus ima spatiosiora sunt, altiora in artius coëunt, summa in acutum cacumen exsurgunt,

i. e. in the shape of a cone, Curt. 8, 39, 6; cf. III. 3. infra).—

Any goal or winning-post, the mark, goal, in any contest of speed:

optatam cursu contingere metam, of a footrace,

Hor. A. P. 412:

metam tenere, in a boatrace,

Verg. A. 5, 159.—

Trop. (because of the danger to drivers of striking the goal, and breaking their oars), a critical point, place of danger:

fama adulescentis paulum haesit ad metas, notitiā novā mulieris,

broke down, failed, at the critical point, Cic. Cael. 31.—

Transf., an end, period, extremity, boundary, limit:

longarum haec meta viarum,

Verg. A. 3, 714:

ad metas aevi pervenire,

id. ib. 10, 472:

metam tangere vitae,

Ov. Tr. 1, 9, 1:

ad metam properare,

id. A. A. 2, 727:

ultima,

id. Am. 3, 15, 2:

hic tibi mortis erant metae,

Verg. A. 12, 546:

ad quas metas naturae sit perveniendum usu,

i. e. extremes, Varr. L. L. 8, 16, 31:

quando illa (luna) incurrat in umbram terrae, quae est meta noctis, eam obscurari necesse est,

the limit, measure of night, Cic. Div. 2, 6, 17 (but v. 3. below, fin. and the passage there cited from Pliny): sol ex aequo metā distabat utrāque, equally far from both ends of his course, i. e. at noon, Ov. M. 3, 145:

intercalariis mensibus interponendis ita dispensavit (Numa), ut vices uno anno ad metam eandem solis unde orsi essent... dies congruerent,

Liv. 1, 19, 6 Weissenb. ad loc.:

metae Marsicae, = fines Marsorum,

Mart. Cap. 4, § 331 Kapp:

pares horarum metas, tam antemeridialium quam postremarum, manifestant,

id. 6, § 600.—

A turning-point in one's course:

praestat Trinacrii metas lustrare Pachyni,

to sail around the promontory of Pachynus, Verg. A. 3, 429.—

Of any thing resembling in shape the meta of the Circus; any thing of a conical or pyramidal form, a cone, pyramid (class.);

of a conical hill: ipse collis est in modum metae, in acutum cacumen a fundo satis lato fastigatus,

Liv. 37, 27:

buxus in metas emittitur,

into cones, Plin. 16, 16, 28, § 70:

in metas foenum exstruere,

in ricks, haycocks, Col. 2, 18, 2:

lactantes,

conical cheeses, Mart. 1, 44, 7:

lactis,

id. 3, 58, 35:

meta sudans,

a conical stone on a fountain, dripping with water, Sen. Ep. 56, 4: meta molendaria, or molendinaria, that part of the upper millstone which projects downward and grinds the corn (the upper part is the catillus, q. v.); = Gr. onos aletês, Dig. 33, 7, 18, § 5:

metas molendinarias rotare,

Amm. 17, 4, 15:

si minor materia quam lux, metae existere effigiem,

i. e. if the solid body be smaller than the light, its shadow will be conical, Plin. 2, 11, 8, § 51 (cf. the context).

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ăcūmĕn, ĭnis, n. [acuo], a point to prick or sting with; diff. fr. cacumen, which designates merely the summit or extremity of a thing, Doed. Syn. 2, 108.

Lit.: tum clupei resonunt et ferri stridit acumen, Enn. ap. Prisc. p. 838 P. (Ann. v. 369 ed. Vahl.):

coni,

Lucr. 4, 431:

nasi,

id. 6, 1193 (i.e. the pointed contraction of the nose before death; cf. Bentl. ad Hor. S. 1, 3, 29):

stili,

Cic. de Or. 1, 33:

ferrum Diana volanti abstulerat jaculo: lignum sine acumine venit,

Ov. M. 8, 353; 3, 84.—Hence, also, the sting of an animal:

scorpii,

Cic. Arat. 685:—auspicium ex acuminibus, a military omen of victory, when the spears stuck in the ground suddenly begin to burn or shine at the points, Cic. Div. 2, 36, 77, and id. N. D. 2, 3; cf. Liv. 22, 1; 43, 13.—In Plin., of the taste: sharpness or pungency, 14, 20, 25.—

Fig., of the mind, like acies.

Acuteness, shrewdness, keenness, acumen:

sermonis leporem, ingeniorum acumen, dicendi copiam,

Cic. Fl. 4; so Nep. Alc. 11; Plin. 2, 27, 27, § 97.—Also without a gen.:

ubi est acumen tuum?

Cic. Tusc. 1, 6; so Lucr. ap. Cic. Fam. 5, 14, 2: Empedocles an Stertinium deliret acumen, Hor. Ep. 1, 12, 20.— Poet. also in plur.:

serus Graecis admovit acumina chartis,

Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 161.—

Cunning, subtlety:

argutiae et acumen Hyperidis,

Cic. Or. 31; so id. de Or. 2, 63.—Also in plur.:

dialectici ipsi se compungunt suis acuminibus,

id. de Or. 2, 38:

meretricis acumina,

Hor. Ep. 1, 17, 55. —Hence,

ad-rādo, si, sum, 3, v. a. [ad, intens. ], to scrape, shave, or pare close.

Lit.: scobina ego illam actutum adraserim, Plaut. ap. Varr. L. L. 7, § 68 Müll.:

adrasum cacumen,

lopped off, Plin. 17, 19, 30, § 138:

scalpello acuto (sarmentum) in modum cunei adradito,

Col. de Arb. 8:

conspexit Adrasum quendam,

newly shaved, Hor. Ep. 1, 7, 50.—

Fig.: Aeitourgion illud, nescio an satis, circumcisum tamen et adrasum est, i. e. if it be not yet completed, still it is nearly so (the fig. is prob. derived from sculpture), Plin. Ep. 2, 12 Keil.

āĕrĭus (quadrisyl.), more rar. āĕrĕ-us, a, um, adj., = aerios.

Pertaining to the air, aërial (a poet. word, which Cic. uses only in higher flights of speech):

volucres,

Lucr. 5, 825; Cic. Univ. 10:

volatus avium atque cantus,

id. Top. 20:

aërias vias carpere,

their way in the air, Ov. A. A. 2, 44: aërias tentăsse domos, the heavens, * Hor. C. 1, 28, 5 al.—Hence aërium mel, because the bee was believed to collect its honey from falling dew, Verg. G. 4, 1. —

Rising aloft, airy, high. —So esp. of mountains:

Alpes,

Verg. G. 3, 474; Ov. M. 2, 226:

aërio vertice Taurus,

Tib. 1, 7, 15 ( aetherio, Müll.):

cacumen,

Cat. 64, 240 al. —Of trees:

quercus,

Verg. A. 3, 680:

ulmus,

id. E. 1, 59.—Of other things:

arces,

Verg. A. 3, 291:

(capra) cornibus aëriis,

Ov. F. 5, 119.—

Aëria spes, airy, i. e. quickly flying away, vain, fleeting, transitory, Arn. 2, p. 86.

altĭtūdo, dĭnis, f. [altus], height or depth (cf. alo, p. a. init.).

Height, altitude (syn.: altum, cacumen, culmen, vertex, apex).

Lit.:

altitudinem temperato,

Cato, R. R. 22, 23:

altitudo aedium,

Cic. Off. 3, 16:

montium,

id. Agr. 2, 19; Vulg. Isa. 37, 24:

in hac immensitate altitudinum,

Cic. N. D. 1, 20:

navis,

Caes. B. G. 4, 25:

muri,

Nep. Them. 6, 5:

moenium,

Tac. H. 3, 20; so absol.:

fore altitudines, quas cepissent hostes (sc. montium),

heights, Liv. 27, 18.—

Trop., height, loftiness:

elatio atque altitudo orationis,

Cic. Brut. 17:

fortunae et gloriae,

id. Rab. Post. 16:

animi,

greatness of soul, nobleness of mind, id. Fam. 4, 13, 7; so Liv. 4, 6 fin.; Gell. 17, 2 et saep.—

Depth (syn.: altum, profundum).

Lit.:

spelunca infinitā altitudine,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 48; so id. ib. 2, 5, 27; id. Div. 1, 43:

fluminis,

Caes. B. G. 4, 17:

maris,

id. ib. 4, 25:

terrae,

Vulg. Matt. 13, 5; ib. Marc. 4, 5:

plagae,

Cels. 7, 7, § 9.—

Trop., depth, extent (eccl. Lat.):

O altitudo divitiarum sapientiae et scientiae Dei,

Vulg. Rom. 11, 33.—Spec., depth of soul, secrecy, reserve, Gr bathutês: exercenda est facilitas et altitudo animi, quae dicitur, i. e. a serenity or calmness that conceals the real feelings, Cic. Off. 1, 25, 88.—In mal. part.:

ad simulanda negotia altitudo ingenii incredibilis,

Sall. J. 95, 3:

per illos dies egit altitudine animi,

Tac. A. 3, 44; id. H. 4, 86:

altitudines Satanae,

deep plots, Vulg. Apoc. 2, 24.

am-pŭto, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a., to cut around, to cut away or off, to lop off, prune.

Lit., esp. of plants: amputata id est circum putata, Paul. ex Fest. p. 24 Müll.:

vitem ferro,

Cic. Sen. 15:

mergum,

Col. 4, 15, 4:

cacumen (ulmi),

Plin. 16, 32, 57, § 132.—

Of other things: praeceidit caulem testīsque una amputat ambo,

Lucil. 7, 22 Müll.:

pestiferum in corpore,

Cic. Phil. 8, 5:

umeros,

to mutilate, Sen. Thyest. 761:

ex ipso vertice capillos,

Plin. Ep. 7, 27, 12:

caput,

Suet. Galb. 20:

manus,

id. ib. 9:

pollices,

id. Aug. 24 et saep.—In Pliny also of things that are bitten off:

caudas mugili,

Plin. 9, 62, 88, § 185.—

Trop., to lop off, curtail, shorten, diminish:

amputata inanitas omnis et error,

removed, banished, Cic. Fin. 1, 13:

volo esse in adulescente, unde aliquid amputem,

id. de Or. 2, 21:

licet hinc quantum cuique videbitur circumcidat atque amputet,

id. ib. 1, 15, 65:

longa colloquia,

Sen. Med. 530:

numerum legionum,

Tac. H. 2, 69.—In rhet.:

amputata loqui,

in a disconnected manner, in abrupt sentences, Cic. Or. 51:

amputata oratio et abscisa,

concise, Plin. Ep. 1, 20, 18.

ăpex, ĭcis, m. [etym. acc. to Serv. ad Verg. A. 10, 270, and Paul. ex Fest. p. 18 Müll., from apo, to join to, whence aptus; cf. Van. Etym. p. 33], the extreme end of a thing, the point, summit, top (syn.: cacumen, summa, fastigium, culmen, vertex); hence,

Lit., the small rod at the top of the flamen's cap, wound round with wool, Serv. ad Verg. A. 2, 683; 10, 270.—Hence,

Transf.

(As pars pro toto.) The conical cap of the flamen, ornamented with this rod:

QVEI. APICEM. INSIGNE. DIALIS. FLAMINIS. GESISTEI, Epitaph. Scip. Grotef. 2, 299: apicem dialem,

Liv. 6, 41:

apex e capite prolapsus,

Val. Max. 1, 1, n. 4.—Hence, of the priesthood itself: homo honestus non apice insignis, Sen. ap. Lact. 17, 6.—

Any hat or helmet, a crown:

ab aquilā Tarquinio apicem impositum putent,

Cic. Leg. 1, 1:

regum apices,

Hor. C. 3, 21, 20:

ardet apex capiti,

Verg. A. 10, 270; 2, 683.—Of birds, the crest, Plin. 11, 37, 44, § 121.—

A projecting point or summit.

Lit., of trees:

lauri,

Verg. A. 7, 66.—Of a headland:

sublimis,

Juv. 12, 72:

montis apex,

Sil. 12, 709; so Vulg. Judith, 7, 3.—Of the point of a sickle, Col. 4, 25, 1.—Of the summit of a flame, Ov. M. 10, 279 et saep.—

Trop., the highest ornament or honor, the crown of a thing:

apex est senectutis auctoritas,

Cic. Sen. 17, 60:

hinc apicem Fortuna sustulit, hic posuisse gaudet,

Hor. C. 1, 34, 14.—

1.. In gram., the long mark over a vowel, Quint. 1, 7, 2; 1, 4, 10; 1, 5, 23;

Victor. p. 2469 P.—Hence, trop.: nullum apicem quaestionis praetermittere,

Arn. 3 init. —

The forms or outlines of the letters:

litterarum apices,

Gell. 13, 30, 10; 17, 9, 12.—Hence (per synecdochen),

A letter or any other writing:

apicum oblator,

Sid. Ep. 6, 8:

Augusti apices,

i. e. rescripts, Cod. Just. 2, 8, 6 fin. —

Of the point or apex of a Hebrew letter, put fig. for the least particle, tittle (eccl. Lat.; Gr. hê keraia):

iota unum aut unus apex non praeteribit a lege,

Vulg. Matt. 5, 18; ib. Luc. 16, 17.

Ăventīnus, i, m.

A.. (Sc. mons.) The Aventine, one of the seven hills of Rome, extending from the Palatine to the Cœlian Mount; until the reign of Ancus Marcius, without the city proper, Cic. Rep. 2, 18; Sen. Brev. Vit. 14; Gell. 13, 4. The origin of the name is uncertain; acc. to Liv. 1, 3, 9, it was named from Aventinus, an Alban king buried there; other etymologies are given by Varr. L. L. 5, § 43 Müll.; cf. Serv. ad Verg. A. 7, 657, where, beside the etymologies given and referred to, another is given from Varro; cf. Creuz, Antiq. p. 23 sq.; Smith, Dict. Antiq.— Neutr.: Aventī-num, i, Liv. 1, 33, 1 and 5; 21, 62, 8.— Hence,

The adjj.,

Ăventīnus, a, um, of Mount Aventine:

cacumen,

Ov. F 4, 816:

jugum,

id. ib. 3, 884:

arx,

id. ib. 6, 728:

humus,

id. ib. 6, 82: Remus, because he consulted the auspices there (therefore its summit was called Remuria;

v. Remurinus),

Prop. 5, 1, 50:

Diana, because she had there an ancient and very distinguished temple,

id. 5, 8, 29; cf. Hor. C. S. 69; Mart. 12, 18, 3; 7, 73, 1.—

Ăven-tīnensis (Fest. s. v. nesi, p. 165 Müll.) or Ăventīnĭensis (Val. Max. 7, 3, 1), e, of or belonging to Mount Aventine: Diana, who had a temple upon the Aventine Hill —

A son of Hercules, Verg. A. 7, 657.

Ăventīnus, i, m.

A.. (Sc. mons.) The Aventine, one of the seven hills of Rome, extending from the Palatine to the Cœlian Mount; until the reign of Ancus Marcius, without the city proper, Cic. Rep. 2, 18; Sen. Brev. Vit. 14; Gell. 13, 4. The origin of the name is uncertain; acc. to Liv. 1, 3, 9, it was named from Aventinus, an Alban king buried there; other etymologies are given by Varr. L. L. 5, § 43 Müll.; cf. Serv. ad Verg. A. 7, 657, where, beside the etymologies given and referred to, another is given from Varro; cf. Creuz, Antiq. p. 23 sq.; Smith, Dict. Antiq.— Neutr.: Aventī-num, i, Liv. 1, 33, 1 and 5; 21, 62, 8.— Hence,

The adjj.,

Ăventīnus, a, um, of Mount Aventine:

cacumen,

Ov. F 4, 816:

jugum,

id. ib. 3, 884:

arx,

id. ib. 6, 728:

humus,

id. ib. 6, 82: Remus, because he consulted the auspices there (therefore its summit was called Remuria;

v. Remurinus),

Prop. 5, 1, 50:

Diana, because she had there an ancient and very distinguished temple,

id. 5, 8, 29; cf. Hor. C. S. 69; Mart. 12, 18, 3; 7, 73, 1.—

Ăven-tīnensis (Fest. s. v. nesi, p. 165 Müll.) or Ăventīnĭensis (Val. Max. 7, 3, 1), e, of or belonging to Mount Aventine: Diana, who had a temple upon the Aventine Hill —

A son of Hercules, Verg. A. 7, 657.

Ăventīnus, i, m.

A.. (Sc. mons.) The Aventine, one of the seven hills of Rome, extending from the Palatine to the Cœlian Mount; until the reign of Ancus Marcius, without the city proper, Cic. Rep. 2, 18; Sen. Brev. Vit. 14; Gell. 13, 4. The origin of the name is uncertain; acc. to Liv. 1, 3, 9, it was named from Aventinus, an Alban king buried there; other etymologies are given by Varr. L. L. 5, § 43 Müll.; cf. Serv. ad Verg. A. 7, 657, where, beside the etymologies given and referred to, another is given from Varro; cf. Creuz, Antiq. p. 23 sq.; Smith, Dict. Antiq.— Neutr.: Aventī-num, i, Liv. 1, 33, 1 and 5; 21, 62, 8.— Hence,

The adjj.,

Ăventīnus, a, um, of Mount Aventine:

cacumen,

Ov. F 4, 816:

jugum,

id. ib. 3, 884:

arx,

id. ib. 6, 728:

humus,

id. ib. 6, 82: Remus, because he consulted the auspices there (therefore its summit was called Remuria;

v. Remurinus),

Prop. 5, 1, 50:

Diana, because she had there an ancient and very distinguished temple,

id. 5, 8, 29; cf. Hor. C. S. 69; Mart. 12, 18, 3; 7, 73, 1.—

Ăven-tīnensis (Fest. s. v. nesi, p. 165 Müll.) or Ăventīnĭensis (Val. Max. 7, 3, 1), e, of or belonging to Mount Aventine: Diana, who had a temple upon the Aventine Hill —

A son of Hercules, Verg. A. 7, 657.

Ăventīnus, i, m.

A.. (Sc. mons.) The Aventine, one of the seven hills of Rome, extending from the Palatine to the Cœlian Mount; until the reign of Ancus Marcius, without the city proper, Cic. Rep. 2, 18; Sen. Brev. Vit. 14; Gell. 13, 4. The origin of the name is uncertain; acc. to Liv. 1, 3, 9, it was named from Aventinus, an Alban king buried there; other etymologies are given by Varr. L. L. 5, § 43 Müll.; cf. Serv. ad Verg. A. 7, 657, where, beside the etymologies given and referred to, another is given from Varro; cf. Creuz, Antiq. p. 23 sq.; Smith, Dict. Antiq.— Neutr.: Aventī-num, i, Liv. 1, 33, 1 and 5; 21, 62, 8.— Hence,

The adjj.,

Ăventīnus, a, um, of Mount Aventine:

cacumen,

Ov. F 4, 816:

jugum,

id. ib. 3, 884:

arx,

id. ib. 6, 728:

humus,

id. ib. 6, 82: Remus, because he consulted the auspices there (therefore its summit was called Remuria;

v. Remurinus),

Prop. 5, 1, 50:

Diana, because she had there an ancient and very distinguished temple,

id. 5, 8, 29; cf. Hor. C. S. 69; Mart. 12, 18, 3; 7, 73, 1.—

Ăven-tīnensis (Fest. s. v. nesi, p. 165 Müll.) or Ăventīnĭensis (Val. Max. 7, 3, 1), e, of or belonging to Mount Aventine: Diana, who had a temple upon the Aventine Hill —

A son of Hercules, Verg. A. 7, 657.

ceu, adv. [contr. from ce-ve, like neu and seu, from neve and sive], a particle of equality or comparison, as, like as, just as (in the ante-Aug. per., peculiar to more elevated poetry;

later also in prose, in Seneca and Suet., and esp. freq. in Plin. H. N.): pars vertere terga, ceu quondam petiere rates,

Verg. A. 6, 492:

ceu talpae,

Plin. 9, 6, 7, § 17:

ceu notamus in muscis,

id. 11, 48, 108, § 258; so id. 9, 37, 61, § 132; Suet. Vit. 17; Plin. 19, 12, 62, § 187.—

In poet. comparisons (hence, haud aliter follows in a corresponding clause, Verg. A. 9, 797; 10, 360, or sic, id. ib. 10, 729), like, as, like as:

tenuis fugit ceu fumus in auras,

Verg. A. 5, 740; so id. G. 3, 542; * Cat. 64, 239:

Hecuba et natae... Praecipites atrā ceu tempestate columbae,... sedebant,

Verg. A. 2, 516; * Hor. C. 4, 4, 43:

ceu nubibus arcus Mille jacit varios adverso sole colores,

Verg. A. 5, 88; so id. ib. 5, 527.—

With cum, as when, Verg. G. 1, 303: 4, 96; id. A. 7, 673; 9, 30; 9, 792; 10, 97; Sen. Q. N. 6, 24, 4.—

With si (twice in Lucr.), Lucr. 4, 620; 6, 161.—

Sometimes in a conditional sense, as if, as it were, like as if, etc., Enn. ap. Non. p. 483, 2:

Thesea ceu pulsae ventorum flamine nubes Aërium nivei montis liquere cacumen,

Cat. 64, 239:

per aperta volans, ceu liber habenis, Aequora,

Verg. G. 3, 194; Plin. 2, 28, 28, § 98; 9, 37, 61, § 132; 34, 18, 54, § 175; Suet. Tib. 52; Stat. Th. 1, 320.— Hence, with a subj.:

ceu cetera nusquam Bella forent,

Verg. A. 2, 438; Sil. 2, 378; Stat. S. 3, 1, 6; id. Th. 2, 417; Plin. 16, 10, 18. § 41; 31, 1, 1, § 2; 34, 6, 13, § 28 al.—

In the Nat. Hist. of Pliny sometimes ceu vero = quasi vero, in refuting another's opinion, as if, just as if: ceu vero nesciam adversus Theophrastum scripsisse etiam feminam, Plin. praef. § 29; 7, 55, 56, § 188; 11, 39, 92, § 226; 12, 1, 5, § 11 al.; cf. upon this word, Hand, Turs. II. pp. 45-49.

con-trăho, xi, ctum, 3, v. a., to draw or bring several objects together, to collect, assemble (freq. and class.).

In gen.

Lit. (syn. colligo;

opp. dissipo): quae in rerum naturā constarent quaeque moverentur, ea contrahere amicitiam, dissipare discordiam,

Cic. Lael. 7, 24:

cohortes ex finitimis regionibus,

Caes. B. C. 1, 15:

exercitum in unum locum,

id. B. G. 1, 34; cf.:

omnes copias Luceriam,

Cic. Att. 8, 1, 2; and:

omnia in unum locum,

id. ib. 8, 11, B, 3:

omnes copias eo,

Nep. Ages. 3, 1:

navibus circiter LXXX. coactis, contractisque,

Caes. B. G. 4, 22; cf.:

magnam classem,

Nep. Con. 4, 4:

naves,

Suet. Calig. 19:

agrestes,

Ov. F. 4, 811:

captivos,

Liv. 37, 44, 3:

utrumque ad colloquium,

id. 28, 18, 2:

undique libros,

Suet. Aug. 31; cf.

exemplaria,

id. Gram. 24:

muscas in manu,

Plin. 12, 25, 54, § 122; cf.

serpentes,

id. 28, 9, 42, § 151: ii, qui in idem (collegium) contracti fuerint, Traj. ap. Plin. Ep. 10, 34 (43), 1—

Trop.

To bring about, carry into effect, accomplish, execute, get, contract, occasion, cause, produce, make, etc. (very freq.):

amicitiam,

Cic. Lael. 14, 48:

vinculum amicitiae,

Val. Max. 4, 7 init.:

aliquid litigii,

Plaut. Cas. 3, 2, 31; cf.

lites,

id. Capt. prol. 63: qui hoc [p. 458] mihi contraxit, id. Cas. 3, 2, 21; cf.:

negotium mihi,

Cic. Cat. 4, 5, 9; and:

numinis iram mihi (arte),

Ov. M. 2, 660:

bellum Saguntinis,

Liv. 24, 42, 11:

aliquid damni,

Cic. Fin. 5, 30, 91:

molestias,

id. Fam. 2, 16, 5; cf. Sall. H. 2, 41, 8 Dietsch:

aes alienum,

Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 8, § 25:

causam certaminis,

Liv. 22, 28, 4; cf.

certamen,

id. 23, 26, 11; 25, 34, 10 al.:

necessitates ad bellum,

id. 44, 27, 12:

culpam,

to incur, Cic. Att. 11, 24, 1 al.:

cruditatem,

Quint. 7, 3, 38; cf. id. 2, 10, 6:

morbum,

Plin. 30, 8, 21, § 65:

pestilentiam,

id. 36, 27, 69, § 202:

saginam corporis,

Just. 21, 2:

causam valetudinis ex profluvio alvi,

Suet. Aug. 97 fin. et saep.: porca contracta, owed, due, sc. for the expiation of a crime, Cic. Leg. 2, 22, 57 fin. —

In the lang. of business, t. t., to make a contract, conclude a bargain, to contract:

rationem, rem cum illo,

Cic. Clu. 14, 41; cf. id. Off. 1, 17, 53; id. Sull. 20, 56; id. Att. 7, 7, 7:

in tribuendo suum cuique et rerum contractarum fide,

id. Off. 1, 5, 14:

ex rebus contrahendis,

id. ib. 3, 15, 61:

in contrahendis negotiis,

id. ib. 2, 11, 40:

adfinitas inter Caesarem et Pompeium contracta nuptiis,

Vell. 2, 44, 3 et saep.—

Transf. beyond the sphere of business:

cum aliquo,

to have intercourse with, to associate with, Cic. Off. 1, 2, 4:

nihil cum populo,

id. Tusc. 5, 36, 105.—

In partic., with the prevailing idea of shortening or diminishing by drawing together (cf.: cogo, colligo, etc.), to draw close or together, to draw in, contract, shorten, narrow, lessen, abridge, diminish (freq. and class.; opp. porrigo, dilato, tendo).

Lit.:

animal omne membra quocumque volt flectit, contorquet, porrigit, contrahit,

Cic. Div. 1, 53, 120:

pulmones tum se contrahunt adspirantes, tum intrante spiritu dilatant,

id. N. D. 2, 55, 136:

contractum aliquo morbo bovis cor,

id. Div. 2, 16, 37; cf.:

se millepeda tactu,

Plin. 29, 6, 39, § 136:

bina cornua (opp. protendere),

id. 9, 32, 51, § 101: collum. Cic. Tusc. 2, 17, 41;

opp. tendere,

Quint. 11, 3, 82:

frontem,

to wrinkle, contract, Cic. Clu. 26, 72; Hor. S. 2, 2, 125:

supercilia (opp. deducere),

Quint. 11, 3, 79:

medium digitum in pollicem,

id. 11, 3, 92; cf.:

contractum genibus tangas caput,

Hor. S. 2, 7, 61:

gravissimo frigore solus atque contractus vigilabit in lectulo,

Hier. Ep. 53:

castra,

Caes. B. G. 7, 40:

vela,

Hor. C. 2, 10, 23; Quint. 12, prooem. § 4; cf. Cic. Att. 1, 16, 2:

orbem (lunae),

Ov. M. 15, 198:

umbras,

id. ib. 3, 144:

orationem (with summittere),

Quint. 11, 1, 45; cf. id. 12, 11, 16:

tempora dicendi,

id. 6, 5, 4 et saep.:

lac,

to curdle, coagulate, Plin. 23, 7, 63, § 117.—Of bees:

contracto frigore pigrae ( = contractae frigore pigro),

Verg. G. 4, 259; cf.:

pigrum est enim contractumque frigus,

Sen. Ira, 2, 19, 2:

horrida tempestas contraxit caelum,

narrows, Hor. Epod. 13, 1:

vulnera,

Plin. 24, 8, 33, § 48; cf.

cicatrices,

id. 12, 17, 38, § 77:

ventrem,

to stop, check, Cels. 4, 19; cf.

alvum,

id. ib.:

vomitiones,

Plin. 20, 2, 6, § 11.—

Esp., archit. t. t., to narrow, make smaller or tapering:

columnam,

Vitr. 4, 3, 4; cf. id. 3, 3, 12; 4, 7, 2:

pyramis XXIV. gradibus in metae cacumen se contrahens,

Plin. 36, 5, 4, § 31.—

Trop., to draw in, lessen, check, restrain ( = certis limitibus quasi coartare et circumscribere;

opp. remittere, diffundere): cui non animus formidine divum contrahitur?

Lucr. 5, 1219; cf.:

te rogo, ne contrahas ac demittas animum,

do not suffer your spirits to droop, Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 1, § 4; and:

animos varietas sonorum (opp. remittere),

id. Leg. 2, 15, 38: terram quasi tristitiā (sol;

opp. laetificas),

id. N. D. 2, 40, 102:

ut et bonis amici quasi diffundantur et incommodis contrahantur,

are made sad, id. Lael. 13, 48 (cf. id. Tusc. 4, 6, 14):

ex quibus intellegitur, appetitus omnes contrahendos sedandosque,

id. Off. 1, 29, 103; cf.

cupidmem,

Hor. C. 3, 16, 39 et saep. —Hence, contractus, a, um, P. a. (acc. to II.), drawn together into a narrow space, i. e. compressed, contracted, close, short, narrow, abridged, restricted, limited, etc.

Lit.:

tanto contractioribus ultimis digitis,

Quint. 11, 3, 95:

nares contractiores habent introitus,

Cic. N. D. 2, 57, 145:

contractior ignis,

smaller, Lucr. 5, 569:

aequora,

Hor. C. 3, 1, 33; cf.

freta,

Ov. F. 6, 495:

locus (with exiguus),

Verg. G. 4, 295:

Nilus contractior et exilior,

Plin. Pan. 30, 3: contractiora spatia ordinum, Col. 5, 5, 3.—

Trop.

Of language, etc.:

et brevis ambitus verborum,

Cic. Brut. 44, 162; cf.:

contractior oratio,

id. ib. 31, 120:

propositum dicendi (opp. uberius),

Quint. 11, 1, 32:

summissā atque contractā voce (opp. erectā et concitatā),

id. 11, 3, 175; so,

vox,

id. 11, 3, 64: parvum opusculum lucubratum his jam contractioribus noctibus, Cic. Par. prooem. § 5.—

In gen.:

quae studia in his jam aetatibus nostris contractiora esse debent,

Cic. Cael. 31, 76:

paupertas,

stinted, Hor. Ep. 1, 5, 20 (cf.:

angusta pauperies,

id. C. 3, 2, 1);

in the same sense transf. to the person: ad mare descendet vates tuus et sibi parcet Contractusque leget,

retired, solitary, id. ib. 1, 7, 12; cf.

homo,

Verg. M. 78.— Adv.: contractē, on a contracted scale; only in comp.:

assuescamus. servis paucioribus serviri, habitare contractius,

Sen. Tranq. 9, 3; Lact. 2, 8, 39 al.