cīvīlis

quercus, ūs ( gen. querci, Pall. 4, 7, 8; gen. plur. quercorum, Cic. Fragm. ap. Prisc. p. 717 P.; dat. and abl. plur. do not occur), f. [perh. from root kar (kal-k), to be hard; cf.: cornu calx, calculus].

An oak, oaktree, esp. the Italian or esculent oak, sacred to Jupiter (cf. robur): quercus dicitur, quod id genus arboris grave sit ac durum, tum etiam in ingentem evadat amplitudinem: querqueram enim gravem et magnam putant dici, Paul. ex Fest. p. 259 Müll.: percellunt magnas quercus, Enn. ap. Macr. S. 6, 2 (Ann. v. 194 Vahl.):

magna Jovis quercus,

Verg. G. 3, 332:

glandiferae,

Lucr. 5, 939; Cic. Leg. 1, 1, 2:

aëriae,

Verg. A. 3, 680:

quercus et ilex Multā fruge pecus juvat,

Hor. Ep. 1, 16, 9:

auritae,

id. C. 1, 12, 12:

aridae,

id. ib. 4, 13, 10:

durior annosā quercu,

Ov. M. 13, 799: quercorum rami, Cic. Fragm. ap. Prisc. p. 717 P.—

Poet., transf.

Of things made of oak-wood. Of a ship, of the ship Argo, Val. Fl. 5, 65.— Of a javelin, Val. Fl. 6, 243.— Of a drinkingvessel, Sil. 7, 190.—

Capitolina,

a garland of oak-leaves, Juv. 6, 386;

usually bestowed upon one who had saved the life of a citizen in battle,

Ov. F. 4, 953; id. M. 1, 563; Luc. 1, 357:

civilis,

Verg. A. 6, 772. —

For acorns (very rare):

veteris fastidia quercūs,

Juv. 14, 184.

rē̆-plĕo, ēvi, ētum (contr. form replesti, Stat. S. 3, 1, 92:

replerat,

Lucr. 6, 1270), 2, v. a.

To fill again, refill; to fill up, replenish, complete, etc.

Lit. (class.): [p. 1570] exhaustas domos, Cic. Prov. Cons. 2, 4:

exhaustum aerarium,

Plin. Pan. 55, 5:

consumpta,

to supply, make up for, Cic. Mur. 25, 50:

exercitum,

to fill up the number of, Liv. 24, 42; cf.:

castra, tribus ex his,

Plin. Pan. 28, 5:

scrobes terrā,

Verg. G. 2, 235:

fossam humo,

Ov. F. 4, 823:

vulnera,

i. e. to fill up again with flesh, Plin. 34, 15, 46, § 155:

alopecias,

id. 20, 23, 99, § 263.— Absol.:

cinis purgat, conglutinat, replet, adstringit,

Plin. 23, 7, 63, § 124:

veteremque exire cruorem Passa, replet sucis (corpus),

Ov. M. 7, 287. —

Mid.: quoties haustum cratera repleri vident,

filled again, Ov. M. 8, 680.—

Trop., to supply, make up for, complete (rare):

quod voci deerat, plangore replebam,

Ov. H. 10, 37; cf.:

repletur ex lege, quod sententiae judicis deëst,

Dig. 42, 1, 4, § 5: quae (in oratione) replenda vel deicienda sunt, to be filled out, supplied (shortly before, adicere, detrahere), Quint. 10, 4, 1:

pectora bello Exanimata reple,

i. e. strengthen again, reinvigorate, reanimate, Stat. Th. 4, 760.—

(With the idea of the verb predominating.) In gen., to fill up, make full, to fill (freq. in the poets and in post-Aug. prose).

Lit.: navibus explebant sese terrasque replebant, Enn. ap. Serv. ad Verg. A. 6, 545 (Ann. v. 310 Vahl.):

delubra corporibus,

Lucr. 6, 1272; cf.:

campos strage hominum,

Liv. 9, 40 Drak.:

sanguine venas,

Ov. M. 7, 334:

flore sinus,

id. F. 4, 432:

lagenam vino,

Mart. 7, 20, 19:

galeas et sinus conchis,

Suet. Calig. 46:

corpora carne,

to fill, satisfy, satiate, Ov. M. 12, 155; cf.:

se escā,

Phaedr. 2, 4, 19:

se cibo,

Col. 9, 13, 2; Petr. 96; 111:

virginem,

to get with child, Just. 13, 7, 7; cf.

equas,

Pall. Mart. 13, 1:

orbem (luna),

to fill, Ov. F. 3, 121; cf.

numerum,

to complete, Lucr. 2, 535:

summam,

Manil. 2, 719:

pretium redemptionis,

to make up, Dig. 40, 1, 4, § 10:

foramen auris repletum,

stopped up, Lucr. 5, 814.— Poet.:

femina, quom peperit, dulci repletur lacte,

becomes filled, Lucr. 5, 814:

(Etesiae) undas replent,

swell up, id. 6, 718:

tu, largitor opum, juvenem replesti Parthenopen (i. e. exornasti),

Stat. S. 3, 1, 92.—

Trop.:

nemora ac montes gemitu,

Lucr. 5, 992; so Verg. A. 2, 679; Ov. M. 1, 338; 3, 239:

populos sermone,

Verg. A. 4, 189:

Pontum rumore,

Ov. P. 4, 4, 19:

aures,

Plaut. Rud. 4, 6, 22:

vias oculorum luce,

Lucr. 4, 319; cf. id. 4, 378:

naumachiae spectaculis animos oculosque populi Romani,

Vell. 2, 100, 2; cf.: patriam laetitiā id. 2, 103, 1:

eruditione varia repletus est,

Suet. Aug. 89:

fabulis omnis scaenas,

Just. 11, 3, 11.—

Esp. freq. in eccl. Lat.: replere aliquem spiritu intellegentiae,

Vulg. Ecclus. 39, 8:

amaritudinibus,

id. Thren. 3, 15:

insipientia,

id. Luc. 6, 11:

gaudio,

id. Rom. 15, 13:

replevi Evangelium,

I have thoroughly disseminated the Gospel, id. ib. 15, 19.—

Mid.: repleri justā juris civilis scientiā,

Cic. de Or. 1, 42, 191.— Hence, rē̆plētus, a, um, P. a. (acc. to II.), filled full (freq. and class.).

Lit.:

referto foro repletisque omnibus templis,

Cic. Imp. Pomp. 15, 44; so,

Curia,

Suet. Dom. 23:

amnes,

Verg. A. 5, 806:

paulatim gracilitas crurum,

Suet. Calig. 3. —

With abl.: amphorae argento, C. Gracch. ap. Gell. 15, 12 fin.:

cornu pomis,

Ov. M. 9, 87:

insula silvis,

Plin. 12, 10, 21, § 38:

cauda pavonis luce,

Lucr. 2, 806:

exercitus iis rebus (sc. frumento et pecoris copiā),

abundantly provided, Caes. B. G. 7, 56 fin.:

repletus epulis,

Claud. Fesc. 16. —

With gen.:

repletae semitae puerorum et mulierum,

Liv. 6, 25, 9 Drak.—

Trop., with abl.:

(terra) trepido terrore,

Lucr. 5, 40:

quaeque asperitate,

id. 4, 626:

genus antiquom pietate,

id. 2, 1170:

vates deo,

Capitol. Macr. 3: curantis eādem vi morbi repletos traherent, infected (cf. impleo and anapimplamenoi, Thuc. 2, 51, 4), Liv. 25, 26, 8:

vita,

i. e. long enough, Luc. 3, 242:

vox repleta,

full, Stat. Th. 2, 625:

repleti his voluptatibus,

Petr. 30, 5.— Comp., sup., and adv. do not occur.

rĕ-volvo, volvi, vŏlūtum, 3, v. a., to roll back; to unroll, unwind; to revolve, return (class.; esp. freq. since the Aug. per.).

Lit.

In gen.:

Draco revolvens Sese, Cic. poët. N. D. 2, 42, 106: (pelagus) gelidum ab imo fluctum revolvit in partem superiorem,

Col. 8, 17, 1:

fluctus (hibernus auster),

Tac. A. 6, 33:

retro Aestum (ventus),

Sen. Agam. 487:

retro sua fila (Sorores),

id. Herc. Fur. 182; cf.:

inmites scis nulla revolvere Parcas Stamina,

Stat. Th. 7, 774:

lapidem,

Vulg. Matt. 28, 2. — Poet.:

(pontus) aestu revoluta resorbens Saxa,

i. e. from which the waves are rolled back, Verg. A. 11, 627:

addiderat Civilis obliquam in Rhenum molem, cujus objectu revolutus amnis adjacentibus superfunderetur,

Tac. H. 5, 14:

rursus perplexum iter omne revolvens Fallacis silvae,

going over again, Verg. A. 9, 391:

revoluta aequora,

id. ib. 10, 660 Wagn. —

Mid., to come or go back, to revolve, return, etc. (syn. revertor):

itaque revolvor identidem in Tusculanum,

Cic. Att. 13, 26, 1:

ter sese attollens cubitoque annixa levavit: Ter revoluta toro est,

fell back, sank back, Verg. A. 4, 691:

spissā jacuit revolutus harenā,

id. ib. 5, 336:

revoluta rursus eodem est,

Ov. M. 10, 63 (a little before: relapsa est).— Poet., of returning time:

dies,

Verg. A. 10, 256:

saecula,

Ov. F. 4, 29; cf.:

centesimā revolvente se lunā,

Plin. 18, 25, 57, § 217:

saecula revolvuntur,

Claud. Phoen. 104.—

In partic., to unroll, turn over, read over, repeat (not ante-Aug.;

syn. verso): tuas adversus te Origines revolvam,

Liv. 34, 5:

taedium illud et scripta et lecta saepius revolvendi,

Quint. 11, 2, 41:

cum loca jam recitata revolvimus irrevocati,

Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 223:

antiqua,

Sil. 8, 49; Mart. 6, 64, 15; 11, 1, 4.—

Trop.

In gen.:

in iis, quae denominata sunt, summa paupertas in eadem nos frequentissime revolvit,

leads back, Quint. 12, 10, 34: iterum revolvere casus Iliacos, to go through again, to undergo or experience again, Verg. A. 10, 61.—

Mid., to return to any thing; with in:

in eandem vitam te revolutum denuo Video esse,

Ter. Hec. 4, 4, 69; cf.:

in luxuriam,

Just. 30, 1, 7:

in metus,

Sen. Thyest. 418:

in ista,

Ov. M. 10, 335:

animus in sollicitudinem revolutus est,

Curt. 4, 10, 31: iterum in pejora revolvi, [p. 1592] Sil. 14, 174:

rursus in veterem fato revoluta figuram,

Verg. A. 6, 449.— With ad:

omnia necessario a tempore atque homine ad communes rerum et generum summas revolventur,

Cic. de Or 2, 31, 135:

ad patris revolvor sententiam,

id. Ac. 2, 48, 148:

ad ejus causae seposita argumenta revolvi nos oportet,

id. de Or 2, 30, 130:

ad illa elementa,

id. Rep. 1, 24, 38:

ad dispensationem annonae,

Liv. 4, 12 fin.:

ad vana et totiens irrisa,

Tac. A. 4, 9:

ad memoriam conjugii et infantiam liberorum,

id. ib. 11, 34:

ad vitia,

id. ib. 16, 18:

ad irritum (labor et victoria),

id. H. 3, 26:

rursus ad superstitionem,

Curt. 7, 7, 8.— With adv.:

primum eodem revolveris,

Cic. Div. 2, 5, 13:

eo, quo minime volt, revolvitur,

id. Ac. 2, 6, 18:

cum majore periculo eodem revolvuntur,

Cels. 7, 26, 2; cf.:

eo revolvi rem, ut, etc.,

Liv. 5, 11.—

In partic., to relate again, repeat; to brood or reflect upon (not anteAug.):

sed quid ego haec nequicquam ingrata revolvo?

Verg. A. 2, 101:

facta,

Claud. Laud. Stil. 1, 35:

dicta factaque ejus secum,

Tac. Agr. 46:

iras in animo,

id. A. 4, 21; 3, 18:

visa,

Ov. F. 4, 667 (with secum jussa refert):

curas (animus),

Sen. Oedip. 764 (with repetit metus).

rŭdis, e, adj. [cf. crudus], unwrought, untilled, unformed, unused, rough, raw, wild (cf. crudus): omnis fere materia non deformata, rudis appellatur, sicut vestimentum rude, non perpolitum: sic aes infectum rudusculum, Cincius ap. Fest. p. 265 Müll. (class.; esp. freq. in the trop. signif.).

Lit.:

terra (opp. restibilis),

Varr. R. R. 1, 44, 2; so,

terra,

id. ib. 1, 27, 2:

ager,

Col. 3, 11, 1:

campus,

Verg. G. 2, 211:

humus,

Ov. M. 5, 646:

rudis atque infecta materies,

Petr. 114, 13; cf.:

rudis indigestaque moles (Chaos),

Ov. M. 1, 7:

marmor,

Quint. 2, 19, 3:

saxum,

id. 9, 4, 27; cf.:

signa (de marmore coepto),

Ov. M. 1, 406:

aes (opp. signatum),

Plin. 33, 3, 13:

hasta,

rudely finished, ill-made, Verg. A. 9, 743; cf.:

novacula (with retusa),

Petr. 94, 14:

circumjectus parietum,

Plin. 11, 51, 112, § 270:

caementum,

Tac. Or. 20 (with informes tegulae):

lana,

Ov. M. 6, 19:

textum,

rough, coarse, id. ib. 8, 640; so,

vestis,

id. F. 4, 659:

herba,

wild, Mart. 2, 90, 8: cf.

uva,

unripe, green, hard, id. 13, 68.— Neutr. plur. as subst.: detrahit doctrina aliquid, ut lima rudibus et cotes hebetibus, Quint. 2, 12, 8. —

Poet., transf., young, new (cf. integer):

illa (carina, sc. Argo) rudem cursu prima imbuit Amphitriten,

untried, not yet sailed on, Cat. 64, 11;

hence, also, Argo,

Luc. 3, 193:

agna,

Mart. 9, 71, 6:

filia,

id. 7, 95, 8:

dextram cruore regio imbuit,

Sen. Troad. 217:

pannas,

new, Vulg. Matt. 9, 16. —

Trop., rude, unpolished, uncultivated, unskilled, awkward, clumsy, ignorant; hence (like ignarus), with gen., unacquainted with, inexperienced in, etc. (cf. imperitus).

Absol.:

consilium,

Plaut. Poen. 1, 1, 61; cf.:

forma ingenii impolita et plane rudis,

Cic. Brut. 85, 294:

incohata ac rudia,

id. de Or. 1, 2, 5:

quae rudia atque imperfecta adhuc erant,

Quint. 3, 1, 7:

rudia et incomposita,

id. 9, 4, 17:

vox surda, rudis, immanis, dura, etc.,

id. 11, 3, 32:

modulatio,

id. 1, 10, 16; cf.:

modus (tibicinis),

Ov. A. A. 1, 111:

rude et Graecis intactum carmen,

Hor. S. 1, 10, 66:

stilus (with confusus),

Quint. 1, 1, 28; 12, 10, 3:

animi,

id. 1, 10, 9 (with agrestes);

1, 1, 36: adhuc ingenia,

id. 1, 2, 27; cf.

ingenium,

Hor. A. P. 410:

rudis fuit vita priscorum et sine litteris,

Plin. 18, 29, 69, § 284:

saeculum,

Quint. 2, 5, 23; 12, 11, 23; Tac. H. 1, 86:

anni,

i. e. young, early, Quint. 1, 1, 5; Tac. A. 13, 16 fin.; cf.:

adhuc aetas,

id. ib. 4, 8:

rudem me et integrum discipulum accipe et ea, quae requiro, doce,

Cic. N. D. 3, 3, 7; Quint. 2, 3, 3; 3, 6, 83:

Aeschylus rudis in plerisque et incompositus,

id. 10, 1, 66:

tam eram rudis? tam ignarus rerum? etc.,

Cic. Sest. 21, 47; so (with ignarus) Quint. 1, 8, 4:

rudis ac stultus,

id. 11, 3, 76:

illi rudes homines primique,

id. 8, 3, 36; 10, 2, 5:

illi rudes ac bellicosi,

id. 1, 10, 20:

nescit equo rudis Haerere ingenuus puer,

Hor. C. 3, 24, 54.—

With in and abl.:

cum superiores alii fuissent in disputationibus perpoliti, alii in disserendo rudes,

Cic. Rep. 1, 8, 13:

(oratorem) nullā in re tironem ac rudem esse debere,

id. de Or. 1, 50, 218; (with hebes) id. ib. 1, 58, 248:

rudis in re publicā,

id. Phil. 6, 6, 17:

in causā,

id. Fam. 4, 1, 1:

in jure civili,

id. de Or. 1, 10, 40:

in minoribus navigiis,

id. ib. 1, 38, 174:

omnino in nostris poëtis,

id. Fin. 1, 2, 5:

sermo nullā in re,

id. de Or. 1, 8, 32.—With simple abl. (very rare):

Ennius ingenio maximus, arte rudis,

Ov. Tr. 2, 424:

arte,

Stat. Th. 6, 437:

studiis,

Vell. 2, 73, 1.—

With gen.:

imperiti homines rerum omnium rudes ignarique,

Cic. Fl. 7, 16:

dicat se non imperitum foederis, non rudem exemplorum, non ignarum belli fuisse,

id. Balb. 20, 47:

provinciae rudis,

id. Verr. 2, 2, 6, § 17:

Graecarum litterarum,

id. Off. 1, 1, 1; Nep. Pelop. 1, 1:

rei militaris,

Cic. Ac. 2, 1, 2:

harum rerum,

id. Verr. 2, 2, 35, § 87:

artium,

Liv. 1, 7:

bonarum artium,

Tac. A. 1, 3:

facinorum,

id. ib. 12, 51:

agminum,

Hor. C. 3, 2, 9:

civilis belli,

id. Ep. 2, 2, 47; cf.:

bellorum (elephanti),

Flor. 4, 2, 67:

operum conjugiique,

Ov. F. 4, 336:

somni,

i. e. sleepless, id. M. 7, 213:

dicendi,

Tac. A. 1, 29.—

With ad (very rare):

rudem ad pedestria bella Numidarum gentem esse,

Liv. 24, 48, 5:

ad quae (spectacula) rudes tum Romani erant,

id. 45, 32, 10; 10, 22, 6; 21, 25, 6:

ad partus,

Ov. H. 11, 48:

ad mala,

id. P. 3, 7, 18:

rudes adhuc ad resistendum populos,

Just. 1, 1, 5:

rudis natio ad voluptates,

Curt. 6, 21, 9; 8, 8, 24.—

With dat. (very rare):

fontes rudes puellis,

i. e. strange, Mart. 6, 42, 4.—

With inf.:

nec ferre rudis medicamina,

Sil. 6, 90:

Martem rudis versare,

id. 8, 262.— Comp., sup., and adv. do not occur.

rŭdis, is, f. ( abl. sing. rudi, Capitol. Opil. Macr. 4, 5), a slender stick or rod.

To stir with in cooking; a stirring-stick, spatula:

versato crebro duabus rudibus,

Cato, R. R. 79; so,

ferreae,

Plin. 34, 18, 50, § 170; cf. rudicula.—

A staff used by soldiers and gladiators in their exercises (perh. a wooden sword), answering to a quarter-staff, a foil (freq. and class.):

(milites) rudibus inter se in modum justae pugnae concurrerunt,

Liv. 26, 51; 40, 6 and 9 Drak. N. cr. (al. sudibus); Ov. Am. 2, 9, 22; id. A. A. 3, 515:

rudibus batuere,

Suet. Calig. 32.—Hence, transf.: PRIMA or SVMMA RVDIS (also in one word, SVMMARVDIS), the first or head fencer, the fencing-master, Inscr. Orell. 2575; 2584: SECVNDA RVDIS, the second fencer, the fencing-master ' s assistant, ib. 2573 sq.—A gladiator received such a rudis when honorably discharged (whence he was called rudiarius):

tam bonus gladiator rudem tam cito accepisti?

Cic. Phil. 2, 29, 74:

acceptā rude,

Juv. 6, 113:

essedario rudem indulgere,

Suet. Claud. 21.—And hence transf. to other persons who receive an honorable discharge:

tardā vires minuente senectā, Me quoque donari jam rude tempus erat,

i. e. to dismiss, discharge, Ov. Tr. 4, 8, 24; id. Am. 2, 9, 22; cf.:

spectatum satis et donatum jam rude,

Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 2 (v. Orell. ad h. l.):

ergo sibi dabit ipse rudem,

Juv. 7, 171; Mart. 3, 36, 10.

rūmor, ōris, m. [cf. Gr. ôruô, to howl; orumagdos, din; Sanscr. root ru-, roar; ravas, uproar; Lat.: raucus, rudo].

Lit., the talk of the many, whether relating facts or expressing opinions.

Common talk, unauthenticated report, hearsay, rumor (the prevalent and class. signif.; used equally in sing. and plur.; syn.: fama, sermo); absol., or with a mention of its purport.

Absol.: est hoc Gallicae consuetudinis, uti mercatores in oppidis vulgus circumsistat, quibusque ex regionibus veniant quasque ibi res cognoverint, pronuntiare cogant. His rumoribus atque auditionibus permoti de summis saepe rebus consilia ineunt, quorum eos e vestigio poenitere necesse est;

cum incertis rumoribus serviant, et plerique ad voluntatem eorum ficta respondeant,

Caes. B. G. 4, 5; cf.:

aliquid rumore ac famā accipere... falsis rumoribus terreri,

id. ib. 6, 20:

multa rumor perferet,

Cic. Fam. 2, 8, 1; cf.

also, in the description of the house of Fame, in Ovid: mixtaque cum veris passim commenta vagantur Milia rumorum confusaque verba volutant,

Ov. M. 12, 55 (v. the passage in its connection):

rumoribus mecum pugnas,

Cic. N. D. 3, 5, 9:

rumores Africanos excipere,

id. Deiot. 9, 25:

senatus vulgi rumoribus exagitatus,

Sall. C. 29, 1:

multa rumor fingebat,

Caes. B. C. 1, 53:

addunt et affingunt rumoribus Galli, quod res poscere videbatur,

id. B. G. 7, 1:

frigidus a Rostris manat per compita rumor,

Hor. S. 2, 6, 50 et saep. —

With the purport of the rumor introduced by an object- or relative-clause; by de, rarely by gen.

Postquam populi rumorem intelleximus, Studiose expetere vos Plautinas fabulas, etc., Plaut. Cas. prol. 11: cum interea rumor venit, Datum iri gladiatores; populus convolat, etc., Ter. Hec. prol. alt. 31; id. Heaut. prol. 16:

crebri ad eum rumores afferebantur litterisque item Labieni certior fiebat, omnes Belgas contra populum Romanum conjurare, etc.,

Caes. B. G. 2, 1:

meum gnatum rumor est amare,

Ter. And. 1, 2, 14; cf.:

rem te valde bene gessisse rumor erat,

Cic. Fam. 1, 8, 7; id. Att. 16, 5, 1:

serpit hic rumor: Scis tu illum accusationem cogitare? etc.,

id. Mur. 21, 45:

crebro vulgi rumore lacerabatur, tamquam viros et insontes ob invidiam aut metum exstinxisset,

Tac. A. 15, 73:

subdito rumore, tamquam Mesopotamiam invasurus,

id. ib. 6, 36.—

With de:

nihil perfertur ad nos praeter rumores de oppresso Dolabellā,

Cic. Fam. 12, 9, 1:

de Aeduorum defectione rumores afferebantur,

Caes. B. G. 7, 59:

de vitā imperatoris dubii rumores allati sunt,

Liv. 28, 24:

graves de te rumores,

Cic. Deiot. 9, 25:

exstinctis rumoribus de auxiliis legionum,

Caes. B. C. 1, 60 fin. —

With gen. (very rare):

cenae rumor,

Suet. Aug. 70:

belli civilis rumores,

Tac. H. 3, 45: rumor prostratae regi pudicitiae Suet. Caes. 2.—

Common or general opinion, current report, the popular voice; and objectively, fame, reputation (less freq. but class.):

famam atque rumores pars altera consensum civitatis et velut publicum testimonium vocat: altera sermonem sine ullo certo auctore dispersum, cui malignitas initium dederit, incrementum credulitas,

Quint. 5, 3, 1; cf.:

adversus famam rumoresque hominum si satis firmus steteris, etc.,

Liv. 22, 39:

qui erit rumor populi, si id feceris?

Ter. Phorm. 5, 7, 18:

totam opinionem (populi) parva nonnumquam commutat aura rumoris,

Cic. Mur. 17, 35: rumoribus adversa in pravitatem, secunda in casum, fortunam in temeritatem, declinando corrumpebant, with their slanders, misrepresentations, Sall. Fragm. ap. Non. 385, 3:

quos rumor asperserat, ii, etc.,

Curt. 10, 31, 18:

rumorem quendam et plausum popularem esse quaesitum,

Cic. Clu. 47, 131:

rumori servire,

Plaut. Trin, 3, 2, 14; cf. in the lusus verbb. with rumen: ego rumorem parvi facio, dum sit rumen qui impleam, Pompon. ap. Non. 18, 15:

omnem infimae plebis rumorem affectavit,

Tac. H. 2, 91:

Marcellus adverso rumore esse,

Liv. 27, 20:

flagret rumore malo cum Hic atque ille,

Hor. S. 1, 4, 125; Tac. H. 2, 93 fin.: invidiam alicui concitare secundo populi rumore, with the concurring or favorable judgment, with the approbation, Fenest. ap. Non. 385, 17; so, rumore secundo, Suev. ap. Macr. S. 6, 1; old poet in Cic. Div. 1, 16, 29; Verg. A. 8, 90; Hor. Ep. 1, 10, 9; cf.:

aliquid accipere secundo rumore,

Tac. A. 3, 29:

claro apud volgum rumore erat,

id. ib. 15, 48.—

Transf., a murmuring, murmur of a stream:

amoena fluenta Subterlabentis tacito rumore Mosellae,

Aus. Mos. 22.

saevus, a, um (collat. form saevis, e; in gen. plur. saevium, Amm. 15, 9; 29, 5), adj. [etym. dub.; perh. akin with scaevus, q. v.], roused to fierceness (while ferus signifies naturally fierce); raging, furious, fell, savage, ferocious, etc. (mostly poet.)

Lit., of animals:

leones,

Lucr. 3, 306; 4, 1016; cf.:

saecla leonum,

id. 5, 862:

leaena,

Tib. 3, 4, 90:

lea,

Ov. M. 4, 102:

saevior leaena,

Verg. G. 3, 246:

apri,

Lucr. 5, 1327:

sues,

id. 5, 1309:

lupi,

Tib. 1, 5, 54:

canes,

Prop. 4 (5), 4, 40; Ov. M. 7, 64:

ferae,

Tib. 1, 10, 6; Ov. M. 4, 404; 7, 387:

belua,

Hor. C. 1, 12, 22.—

Transf., of any vehement, passionate excitement, fierce, cruel, violent, harsh, severe, fell, dire, barbarous, etc. (syn.: crudelis, inmitis, trux, durus).

Of persons:

nunc truculento mihi atque saevo usus sene est,

Plaut. Bacch. 4, 5, 3; so (with truculentus) id. Truc. 3, 2, 5; cf.:

agrestis, saevus, tristis, parcus, truculentus, etc.,

Ter. Ad. 5, 4, 12:

gens, Cic. poët. Tusc. 2, 8, 20: ex amore saevus,

Plaut. Am. 1, 3, 43:

uxor,

cross, Ter. Phorm. 5, 1, 17:

vir,

Hor. C. 3, 10, 2:

custos,

id. Ep. 1, 16, 77:

magister,

id. ib. 1, 18, 13:

novercae,

Verg. G. 2, 128:

Canidia,

Hor. Epod. 5, 47:

Tisiphone,

id. S. 1, 8, 33:

mater Cupidinum,

id. C. 1, 19, 1; 4, 1, 5:

Juno,

Verg. A. 1, 4; cf.:

conjux Jovis,

Ov. M. 9, 199:

Proserpina,

Hor. C. 1, 28, 20:

Necessitas,

id. ib. 1, 35, 17:

tyrannus,

Ov. M. 6, 581; cf.:

cum tyranno saevissimo et violentissimo in suos,

Liv. 34, 32:

saevus metu,

Suet. Dom. 3:

aliquanto post civilis belli victoriam saevior,

id. ib. 10:

post cujus interitum vel saevissimus exstitit,

id. Tib. 61:

saevorum saevissime Centaurorum, Euryte,

Ov. M. 12, 219 et saep.: saevus in armis Aeneas acuit Martem, terrible, deinos, Verg. A. 12, 107:

Hector,

id. ib. 1, 99; Ov. M. 13, 177:

Achilles,

id. ib. 12, 582:

sed manibus qui saevus erit,

Tib. 1, 10, 67:

nimium in pellice saevae deae,

Ov. M. 4, 547:

videt Atridas Priamumque et saevum ambobus Achillem,

Verg. A. 1, 458:

saevus accusandis reis,

Tac. A. 11, 5:

duces,

Hor. C. 3, 16, 16.— Poet., with inf. (cf. saevio, II. A.):

quaelibet in quemvis opprobria fingere saevus,

Hor. Ep. 1, 15, 30; cf. in comp.:

saevior ante alios iras servasse,

Sil. 11, 7.—

Of things: mare, Naev. ap. Fest. s. v. topper, p. 352 Müll.; Sall. J. 17, 5:

pelagus,

Ov. M. 14, 559:

fluctus,

Plaut. Mil. 2, 5, 4:

procellae,

Lucr. 3, 805:

undae,

id. 5, [p. 1616] 222: saevi exsistunt turbines, Poët. ap. Cic. de Or. 3, 39, 157:

ventus,

Cic. Att. 5, 12; Liv. 28, 18; Ov. M. 12, 8: tempestates, Lucil. ap. Non. 388, 17; Lucr. 6, 458; Liv. 24, 8; cf.

hiems,

id. 40, 45; Val. Fl. 7, 52:

Orion,

Verg. A. 7, 719:

scopulus,

id. ib. 5, 270:

ignes,

Prop. 1, 1, 27; Ov. M. 2, 313; Hor. C. 1, 16, 11:

bipennis,

Ov. M. 8, 766:

falx Priapi,

Tib. 1, 1, 18:

catenae,

Hor. C. 3, 11, 45: tympana, sounding harshly or terribly, id. ib. 1, 18, 13 et saep.: saevo ac duro in bello, Lucil. ap. Non. 388, 15; so,

bellum,

Lucr. 1, 475: saeva et tristia dicta, Lucil. ap. Non. 388, 23: unde superstitiosa primum saeva evasit vox fera, Poët. ap. Cic. Div. 2, 56, 115:

minae,

Prop. 1, 17, 6 sq.:

verba,

Hor. Epod. 12, 13:

jocus,

id. Ep. 2, 1, 148; id. C. 1, 33, 12:

naves,

id. ib. 1, 37, 30:

militia,

id. Ep. 1, 18, 54:

cum ex saevis et perditis rebus ad meliorem statum fortuna revocatur,

Cic. Rep. Fragm. 6, p. 419 Osann (5, p. 247 B. and K.; ap. Amm. 15, 5, 23): Medea amore saevo saucia, Enn. ap. Auct. Her. 2, 22, 34; and ap. Cic. Cael. 8, 18 (Trag. v. 288 Vahl.); so,

Amor,

Verg. E. 8, 47:

horror,

id. A. 12, 406:

verbera,

id. G. 3, 252:

ira,

Prop. 1, 18, 14:

damna,

Tac. A. 2, 26:

adulationes,

id. ib. 4, 20:

caedes,

Ov. M. 1, 161:

dolores,

Verg. A. 1, 25:

ira,

Ov. M. 1, 453:

paupertas,

Hor. C. 1, 12, 43:

quae sibi belligeranti saeva vel prospera evenissent,

Tac. A. 2, 5:

ut saeva et detestanda Quirinio clamitarent,

id. ib. 3, 23:

multa saevaque questus,

id. ib. 1, 6.— Adv., in three forms, saeve, saeviter (anteclass.), and saevum (in post-Aug. poets), fiercely, furiously, ferociously, cruelly, barbarously, etc.

saevē:

saeve et atrociter factitavit,

Suet. Tib. 59:

facere omnia,

Luc. 8, 492:

gesturus impia bella,

id. 7, 171. —

saevĭter: ferro cernunt de victoriā, Enn. ap Non. 511, 8; Att. and Afran. ib. 4, 7; Plaut. Ps. 5, 2, 3; id. Poen. 1, 2, 122; id. Trin. 4, 3, 53.—

saevum:

cui arridens,

Sil. 1, 398; Stat. Th. 3, 589; Claud. Rapt. Pros. 1, 285.—

Comp.:

lumina Gorgoneo saevius igne micant,

Ov. A. A. 3, 504; Plin. 30, 2, 5, § 15; Hor. C. 2, 10, 9.—

Sup.:

sunt (loca), quae tepent hieme, sed aestate saevissime candent,

Col. 1, 4, 9; Claud. ap. Suet. Claud. 2:

saevissime dentiunt,

Plin. 11, 37, 64, § 170.

saevus, a, um (collat. form saevis, e; in gen. plur. saevium, Amm. 15, 9; 29, 5), adj. [etym. dub.; perh. akin with scaevus, q. v.], roused to fierceness (while ferus signifies naturally fierce); raging, furious, fell, savage, ferocious, etc. (mostly poet.)

Lit., of animals:

leones,

Lucr. 3, 306; 4, 1016; cf.:

saecla leonum,

id. 5, 862:

leaena,

Tib. 3, 4, 90:

lea,

Ov. M. 4, 102:

saevior leaena,

Verg. G. 3, 246:

apri,

Lucr. 5, 1327:

sues,

id. 5, 1309:

lupi,

Tib. 1, 5, 54:

canes,

Prop. 4 (5), 4, 40; Ov. M. 7, 64:

ferae,

Tib. 1, 10, 6; Ov. M. 4, 404; 7, 387:

belua,

Hor. C. 1, 12, 22.—

Transf., of any vehement, passionate excitement, fierce, cruel, violent, harsh, severe, fell, dire, barbarous, etc. (syn.: crudelis, inmitis, trux, durus).

Of persons:

nunc truculento mihi atque saevo usus sene est,

Plaut. Bacch. 4, 5, 3; so (with truculentus) id. Truc. 3, 2, 5; cf.:

agrestis, saevus, tristis, parcus, truculentus, etc.,

Ter. Ad. 5, 4, 12:

gens, Cic. poët. Tusc. 2, 8, 20: ex amore saevus,

Plaut. Am. 1, 3, 43:

uxor,

cross, Ter. Phorm. 5, 1, 17:

vir,

Hor. C. 3, 10, 2:

custos,

id. Ep. 1, 16, 77:

magister,

id. ib. 1, 18, 13:

novercae,

Verg. G. 2, 128:

Canidia,

Hor. Epod. 5, 47:

Tisiphone,

id. S. 1, 8, 33:

mater Cupidinum,

id. C. 1, 19, 1; 4, 1, 5:

Juno,

Verg. A. 1, 4; cf.:

conjux Jovis,

Ov. M. 9, 199:

Proserpina,

Hor. C. 1, 28, 20:

Necessitas,

id. ib. 1, 35, 17:

tyrannus,

Ov. M. 6, 581; cf.:

cum tyranno saevissimo et violentissimo in suos,

Liv. 34, 32:

saevus metu,

Suet. Dom. 3:

aliquanto post civilis belli victoriam saevior,

id. ib. 10:

post cujus interitum vel saevissimus exstitit,

id. Tib. 61:

saevorum saevissime Centaurorum, Euryte,

Ov. M. 12, 219 et saep.: saevus in armis Aeneas acuit Martem, terrible, deinos, Verg. A. 12, 107:

Hector,

id. ib. 1, 99; Ov. M. 13, 177:

Achilles,

id. ib. 12, 582:

sed manibus qui saevus erit,

Tib. 1, 10, 67:

nimium in pellice saevae deae,

Ov. M. 4, 547:

videt Atridas Priamumque et saevum ambobus Achillem,

Verg. A. 1, 458:

saevus accusandis reis,

Tac. A. 11, 5:

duces,

Hor. C. 3, 16, 16.— Poet., with inf. (cf. saevio, II. A.):

quaelibet in quemvis opprobria fingere saevus,

Hor. Ep. 1, 15, 30; cf. in comp.:

saevior ante alios iras servasse,

Sil. 11, 7.—

Of things: mare, Naev. ap. Fest. s. v. topper, p. 352 Müll.; Sall. J. 17, 5:

pelagus,

Ov. M. 14, 559:

fluctus,

Plaut. Mil. 2, 5, 4:

procellae,

Lucr. 3, 805:

undae,

id. 5, [p. 1616] 222: saevi exsistunt turbines, Poët. ap. Cic. de Or. 3, 39, 157:

ventus,

Cic. Att. 5, 12; Liv. 28, 18; Ov. M. 12, 8: tempestates, Lucil. ap. Non. 388, 17; Lucr. 6, 458; Liv. 24, 8; cf.

hiems,

id. 40, 45; Val. Fl. 7, 52:

Orion,

Verg. A. 7, 719:

scopulus,

id. ib. 5, 270:

ignes,

Prop. 1, 1, 27; Ov. M. 2, 313; Hor. C. 1, 16, 11:

bipennis,

Ov. M. 8, 766:

falx Priapi,

Tib. 1, 1, 18:

catenae,

Hor. C. 3, 11, 45: tympana, sounding harshly or terribly, id. ib. 1, 18, 13 et saep.: saevo ac duro in bello, Lucil. ap. Non. 388, 15; so,

bellum,

Lucr. 1, 475: saeva et tristia dicta, Lucil. ap. Non. 388, 23: unde superstitiosa primum saeva evasit vox fera, Poët. ap. Cic. Div. 2, 56, 115:

minae,

Prop. 1, 17, 6 sq.:

verba,

Hor. Epod. 12, 13:

jocus,

id. Ep. 2, 1, 148; id. C. 1, 33, 12:

naves,

id. ib. 1, 37, 30:

militia,

id. Ep. 1, 18, 54:

cum ex saevis et perditis rebus ad meliorem statum fortuna revocatur,

Cic. Rep. Fragm. 6, p. 419 Osann (5, p. 247 B. and K.; ap. Amm. 15, 5, 23): Medea amore saevo saucia, Enn. ap. Auct. Her. 2, 22, 34; and ap. Cic. Cael. 8, 18 (Trag. v. 288 Vahl.); so,

Amor,

Verg. E. 8, 47:

horror,

id. A. 12, 406:

verbera,

id. G. 3, 252:

ira,

Prop. 1, 18, 14:

damna,

Tac. A. 2, 26:

adulationes,

id. ib. 4, 20:

caedes,

Ov. M. 1, 161:

dolores,

Verg. A. 1, 25:

ira,

Ov. M. 1, 453:

paupertas,

Hor. C. 1, 12, 43:

quae sibi belligeranti saeva vel prospera evenissent,

Tac. A. 2, 5:

ut saeva et detestanda Quirinio clamitarent,

id. ib. 3, 23:

multa saevaque questus,

id. ib. 1, 6.— Adv., in three forms, saeve, saeviter (anteclass.), and saevum (in post-Aug. poets), fiercely, furiously, ferociously, cruelly, barbarously, etc.

saevē:

saeve et atrociter factitavit,

Suet. Tib. 59:

facere omnia,

Luc. 8, 492:

gesturus impia bella,

id. 7, 171. —

saevĭter: ferro cernunt de victoriā, Enn. ap Non. 511, 8; Att. and Afran. ib. 4, 7; Plaut. Ps. 5, 2, 3; id. Poen. 1, 2, 122; id. Trin. 4, 3, 53.—

saevum:

cui arridens,

Sil. 1, 398; Stat. Th. 3, 589; Claud. Rapt. Pros. 1, 285.—

Comp.:

lumina Gorgoneo saevius igne micant,

Ov. A. A. 3, 504; Plin. 30, 2, 5, § 15; Hor. C. 2, 10, 9.—

Sup.:

sunt (loca), quae tepent hieme, sed aestate saevissime candent,

Col. 1, 4, 9; Claud. ap. Suet. Claud. 2:

saevissime dentiunt,

Plin. 11, 37, 64, § 170.

săpĭo, īvi or ĭi (sapui, Aug. Civ. Dei, 1, 10; id. Ep. 102, 10; but sapivi, Nov. ap. Prisc. p. 879 P.; id. ap. Non. 508, 21:

saPisti,

Mart. 9, 6, 7:

sapisset,

Plaut. Rud. 4, 1, 8), 3, v. n. and a. [kindr. with opos, saphês, and sophos], to taste, savor; to taste, smack, or savor of, to have a taste or flavor of a thing (cf. gusto).

Lit. (so only in a few examples).

Of things eaten or drunk:

oleum male sapiet,

Cato, R. R. 66, 1:

occisam saepe sapere plus multo suem,

Plaut. Mil. 2, 6, 104:

quin caseus jucundissime sapiat,

Col. 7, 8, 2:

nil rhombus nil dama sapit,

Juv. 11, 121.—With an acc. of that of or like which a thing tastes:

quis (piscis) saperet ipsum mare,

Sen. Q. N. 3, 18, 2:

cum in Hispaniā multa mella herbam eam sapiunt,

Plin. 11, 8, 8, § 18:

ipsum aprum (ursina),

Petr. 66, 6.— Poet.: anas plebeium sapit, has a vulgar taste, Petr. poët. 93, 2:

quaesivit quidnam saperet simius,

Phaedr. 3, 4, 3.—

Of that which tastes, to have a taste or a sense of taste (perh. so used for the sake of the play upon signif. II.):

nec sequitur, ut, cui cor sapiat, ei non sapiat palatus,

Cic. Fin. 2, 8, 24.—

Transf., of smell, to smell of or like a thing (syn.: oleo, redoleo; very rare): Cicero, Meliora, inquit, unguenta sunt, quae terram quam crocum sapiunt. Hoc enim maluit dixisse quam redolent. Ita est profecto;

illa erit optima, quae unguenta sapiat,

Plin. 17, 5, 3, § 38:

invenitur unguenta gratiosiora esse, quae terram, quam quae crocum sapiunt,

id. 13, 3, 4, § 21.—In a lusus verbb. with signif. II.: istic servus quid sapit? Ch. Hircum ab alis, Plaut. Ps. 2, 4, 47.—

Trop.

To taste or smell of, savor of, i. e.,

To resemble (late Lat.):

patruos,

Pers. 1, 11.—

To suggest, be inspired by:

quia non sapis ea quae Dei sunt,

Vulg. Matt. 16, 23; id. Marc. 8, 33.—

Altum or alta sapere, to be high-minded or proud:

noli altum sapere,

Vulg. Rom. 11, 20:

non alta sapientes,

id. ib. 12, 16.—

To have good taste, i.e. to have sense or discernment; to be sensible, discreet, prudent, wise, etc. (the predominant signif. in prose and poetry; most freq. in the P. a.).

Neutr., Plaut. Ps. 2, 3, 14:

si aequum siet Me plus sapere quam vos, dederim vobis consilium catum, etc.,

id. Ep. 2, 2, 73 sq.:

jam diu edepol sapientiam tuam abusa est haec quidem. Nunc hinc sapit, hinc sentit,

id. Poen. 5, 4, 30; cf.:

populus est moderatior, quoad sentit et sapit tuerique vult per se constitutam rem publicam,

Cic. Rep. 1, 42, 65;

so (with sentire),

Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 292; id. Bacch. 4, 7, 19; id. Merc. 2, 2, 24; id. Trin. 3, 2, 10 sq.; cf.:

qui sapere et fari possit quae sentiat,

Hor. Ep. 1, 4, 9; Plaut. Bacch. 1, 2, 14:

magna est admiratio copiose sapienterque dicentis, quem qui audiunt intellegere etiam et sapere plus quam ceteros arbitrantur,

Cic. Off. 2, 14, 48:

veluti mater Plus quam se sapere Vult (filium),

Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 27:

qui (puer) cum primum sapere coepit,

Cic. Fam. 14, 1, 1; Poët. ap. Cic. Fam. 7, 16, 1:

malo, si sapis, cavebis,

if you are prudent, wise, Plaut. Cas. 4, 4, 17; so,

si sapis,

id. Eun. 1, 1, 31; id. Men. 1, 2, 13; id. Am. 1, 1, 155; id. Aul. 2, 9, 5; id. Curc. 1, 1, 28 et saep.; Ter. Eun. 4, 4, 53; id. Heaut. 2, 3, 138:

si sapias,

Plaut. Merc. 2, 3, 39; 4, 4, 61; id. Poen. 1, 2, 138; Ter. Heaut. 3, 3, 33; Ov. H. 5, 99; 20, 174:

si sapies,

Plaut. Bacch. 4, 9, 78; id. Rud. 5, 3, 35; Ter. Heaut. 4, 4, 26; Ov. M. 14, 675:

si sapiam,

Plaut. Men. 4, 2, 38; id. Rud. 1, 2, 8:

si sapiet,

id. Bacch. 4, 9, 74:

si saperet,

Cic. Quint. 4, 16: hi sapient, * Caes. B. G. 5, 30: Ph. Ibo. Pl. Sapis, you show your good sense, Plaut. Mil. 4, 8, 9; id. Merc. 5, 2, 40:

hic homo sapienter sapit,

id. Poen. 3, 2, 26:

quae (meretrix) sapit in vino ad rem suam,

id. Truc. 4, 4, 1; cf. id. Pers. 1, 3, 28:

ad omnia alia aetate sapimus rectius,

Ter. Ad. 5, 3, 46:

haud stulte sapis,

id. Heaut. 2, 3, 82:

te aliis consilium dare, Foris sapere,

id. ib. 5, 1, 50:

pectus quoi sapit,

Plaut. Bacch. 4, 4, 12; id. Mil. 3, 1, 191; id. Trin. 1, 2, 53; cf.:

cui cor sapiat,

Cic. Fin. 2, 8, 24:

id (sc. animus mensque) sibi solum per se sapit, id sibi gaudet,

Lucr. 3, 145.—

Act., to know, understand a thing (in good prose usually only with general objects):

recte ego rem meam sapio,

Plaut. Ps. 1, 5, 81:

nullam rem,

id. Most. 5, 1, 45: qui sibi semitam non sapiunt, alteri monstrant viam, Poët. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 58, 132; Cic. Att. 14, 5, 1; Plaut. Mil. 2, 3, 65; cf.:

quamquam quis, qui aliquid sapiat, nunc esse beatus potest?

Cic. Fam. 7, 28, 1:

quantum ego sapio,

Plin. Ep. 3, 6, 1:

jam nihil sapit nec sentit,

Plaut. Bacch. 4, 7, 22:

nihil,

Cic. Tusc. 2, 19, 45:

plane nihil,

id. Div. in Caecil. 17, 55: nihil parvum, i. e. to occupy one ' s mind with nothing trivial (with sublimia cures), Hor. Ep. 1, 12, 15; cf.: cum sapimus patruos, i.e. resemble them, imitate them in severity, Pers. 1, 11. —

Prov.: sero sapiunt Phryges, are wise behind the time; or, as the Engl. saying is, are troubled with afterwit:

sero sapiunt Phryges proverbium est natum a Trojanis, qui decimo denique anno velle coeperant Helenam quaeque cum eā erant rapta reddere Achivis,

Fest. p. 343 Müll.:

in Equo Trojano (a tragedy of Livius Andronicus or of Naevius) scis esse in extremo, Sero sapiunt. Tu tamen, mi vetule, non sero,

Cic. Fam. 7, 16, 1.—Hence, să-pĭens, entis ( abl. sing. sapiente, Ov. M. 10, 622; gen. plur. sapientum, Lucr. 2, 8; Hor. S. 2, 3, 296;

but sapientium,

id. C. 3, 21, 14), P. a. (acc. to II.), wise, knowing, sensible, well-advised, discreet, judicious (cf. prudens).

In gen.:

ut quisque maxime perspicit, quid in re quāque verissimum sit, quique acutissime et celerrime potest et videre et explicare rationem, is prudentissimus et sapientissimus rite haberi solet,

Cic. Off. 1, 5, 16; cf.:

sapientissimum esse dicunt eum, cui quod opus sit ipsi veniat in mentem: proxume acceder illum, qui alterius bene inventis obtemperet,

id. Clu. 31, 84:

M. Bucculeius, homo neque meo judicio stultus et suo valde sapiens,

id. de Or. 1, 39, 179:

rex aequus ac sapiens,

id. Rep. 1, 26, 42; cf.:

Cyrus justissimus sapientissimusque rex,

id. ib. 1, 27, 43:

bonus et sapiens et peritus utilitatis civilis,

id. ib. 2, 29, 52:

o, Neptune lepide, salve, Neque te aleator ullus est sapientior,

Plaut. Rud. 2, 3, 29:

quae tibi mulier videtur multo sapientissima?

id. Stich. 1, 2, 66:

(Aurora) ibat ad hunc (Cephalum) sapiens a sene diva viro,

wise, discreet, Ov. H. 4, 96 Ruhnk.; so,

puella,

id. M. 10, 622:

mus pusillus quam sit sapiens bestia,

Plaut. Truc. 4, 4, 15; id. As. 3, 3, 114 et saep.—With gen. (analogous to gnarus, peritus, etc.):

qui sapiens rerum esse humanarum velit,

Gell. 13, 8, 2.— Subst.: săpĭens, entis, m., a sensible, shrewd, knowing, discreet, or judicious person:

semper cavere hoc sapientes aequissimumst,

Plaut. Rud. 4, 7, 20; cf.:

omnes sapientes suom officium aequom est colere et facere,

id. Stich. 1, 1, 38; id. Trin. 2, 2, 84:

dictum sapienti sat est,

id. Pers. 4, 7, 19; Ter. Phorm. 3, 3, 8; Plaut. Rud. 2, 4, 15 sq.:

insani sapiens nomen ferat, aequus iniqui,

Hor. Ep. 1, 6, 15:

sapiens causas reddet,

id. S. 1, 4, 115:

quali victu sapiens utetur,

id. ib. 2, 2, 63; 1, 3, 132.—In a lusus verbb. with the signif. of sapio, I., a person of nice taste:

qui utuntur vino vetere sapientes puto Et qui libenter veteres spectant fabulas,

good judges, connoisseurs, Plaut. Cas. prol. 5: fecundae [p. 1630] leporis sapiens sectabitur armos, Hor. S. 2, 4, 44.—As a surname of the jurists Atilius, C. Fabricius, M'. Curius, Ti. Coruncanius, Cato al., v. under B. fin. —

Of abstract things:

opera,

Plaut. Pers. 4, 5, 2:

excusatio,

Cic. Att. 8, 12, 2:

modica et sapiens temperatio,

id. Leg. 3, 7, 17:

mores,

Plaut. Rud. 4, 7, 25:

verba,

Ter. Ad. 5, 1, 7:

consilium,

Ov. M. 13, 433:

Ulixes, vir sapienti facundiā praeditus,

Gell. 1, 15, 3:

morus, quae novissima urbanarum germinat, nec nisi exacto frigore, ob id dicta sapientissima arborum,

Plin. 16, 25, 41, § 102.—

After the predominance of Grecian civilization and literature, particularly of the Grecian philosophy, like sophos, well acquainted with the true value of things, wise; and subst., a wise man, a sage (in Cic. saepiss.): ergo hic, quisquis est, qui moderatione et constantiā quietus animo est sibique ipse placatus ut nec tabescat molestiis nec frangatur timore nec sitienter quid expetens ardeat desiderio nec alacritate futili gestiens deliquescat;

is est sapiens quem quaerimus, is est beatus,

Cic. Tusc. 4, 17, 37:

sapientium praecepta,

id. Rep. 3, 4, 7:

si quod raro fit, id portentum putandum est: sapientem esse portentum est. Saepius enim mulam peperisse arbitror, quam sapientem fuisse,

id. Div. 2, 28, 61:

statuere quid sit sapiens, vel maxime videtur esse sapientis,

id. Ac. 2, 3, 9; cf. id. Rep. 1, 29, 45.—So esp. of the seven wise men of Greece:

ut ad Graecos referam orationem... septem fuisse dicuntur uno tempore, qui sapientes et haberentur et vocarentur,

Cic. de Or. 3, 34, 137:

eos vero septem quos Graeci sapientes nominaverunt,

id. Rep. 1, 7, 12:

sapienti assentiri... se sapientem profiteri,

id. Fin. 2,3, 7.—Ironically:

sapientum octavus,

Hor. S. 2, 3, 296.—With the Romans, an appellation of Lœlius: te, Laeli, sapientem et appellant et existimant. Tribuebatur hoc modo M. Catoni: scimus L. Atilium apud patres nostros appellatum esse sapientem, sed uterque alio quodam modo: Atilius, qui prudens esse in jure civili putabatur;

Cato quia multarum rerum usum habebat... propterea quasi cognomen jam habebat in senectute sapientis... Athenis unum accepimus et eum quidem etiam Apollinis oraculo sapientissimum judicatum,

Cic. Lael. 2, 6; cf.:

numquam ego dicam C. Fabricium, M'. Curium, Ti. Coruncanium, quos sapientes nostri majores judicabant, ad istorum normam fuisse sapientes,

id. ib. 5, 18:

ii, qui sapientes sunt habiti, M. Cato et C. Laelius,

id. Off. 3, 4, 16; Val. Max. 4, 1, ext. 7; Lact. 4, 1.—Hence, adv.: săpĭen-ter, sensibly, discreetly, prudently, judiciously, wisely:

recte et sapienter facere,

Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 133; id. Mil. 3, 3, 34:

consulere,

id. ib. 3, 1, 90:

insipienter factum sapienter ferre,

id. Truc. 4, 3, 33:

factum,

id. Aul. 3, 5, 3:

dicta,

id. Rud. 4, 7, 24:

quam sapienter jam reges hoc nostri viderint,

Cic. Rep. 2, 17, 31:

provisa,

id. ib. 4, 3, 3:

a majoribus prodita fama,

id. ib. 2, 2, 4:

considerate etiam sapienterque fecerunt,

id. Phil. 4, 2, 6; 13, 6, 13:

vives sapienter,

Hor. Ep. 1, 10, 44:

agendum,

Ov. M. 13, 377:

temporibus uti,

Nep. Epam. 3, 1; Hor. C. 4, 9, 48.— Comp.:

facis sapientius Quam pars latronum, etc.,

Plaut. Curc. 4, 3, 15; id. Poen. prol. 7:

nemo est, qui tibi sapientius suadere possit te ipso,

Cic. Fam. 2, 7, 1:

sapientius fecisse,

id. Brut. 42, 155.— Sup.:

quod majores nostros et probavisse maxime et retinuisse sapientissime judico,

Cic. Rep. 2, 37, 63.