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61 sublīmis
sublīmis e, adj. with comp. [2 LAC-], uplifted, high, lofty, exalted, elevated: vertex, V.: montis cacumen, O.: portae, V.: Os, uplifted (opp. pronus), O.: dum sublimis versūs ructatur, gazing upwards, H.: flagellum, uplifted, H.: currus, L.: quanto sublimior Atlas sit montibus, etc., Iu.— Plur n. as subst: Antiquique memor metuit sublimia casūs, lofty flights, O.— Borne aloft, uplifted, elevated, raised: Syrum Sublimen medium adripere, T. (al. sublimem): campi armis sublimibus ardent, raised high, V.: Sublimes in equis redeunt, V.: (Venus) Paphum sublimis abit, through the sky, V.: sublimis abit, L.— On high, lofty, in a high position: iuvenem sublimem stramine ponunt, V.: Tyrio iaceat sublimis in ostro, O.— Fig., lofty, exalted, eminent, distinguished: Mens, O.: Sublimis, cupidusque et amata relinquere pernix, aspiring, H.: tuis natalibus Inveniet quisquam sublimius? Iu.—Of style, lofty, elevated, sublime: carmina, Iu.; cf. natura, H.* * *sublime, sublimior -or -us, sublimissimus -a -um ADJhigh, lofty; eminent, exalted, elevated; raised on high; in high position -
62 acumen
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.I.Lit.: tum clupei resonunt et ferri stridit acumen, Enn. ap. Prisc. p. 838 P. (Ann. v. 369 ed. Vahl.):II.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.A.Acuteness, shrewdness, keenness, acumen:B.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,
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63 adrado
I.Lit.: scobina ego illam actutum adraserim, Plaut. ap. Varr. L. L. 7, § 68 Müll.:II.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. -
64 aerius
I.Pertaining to the air, aërial (a poet. word, which Cic. uses only in higher flights of speech):II.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:* B.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.— -
65 alesco
ălesco, ĕre, v. inch. n. [alo], to grow up, increase (only ante-class.), Varr. R. R. 1, 44, 4; 2, 4, 19: alescendi cacumen, * Lucr. 2, 1130. -
66 altitudo
I. A.Lit.:B.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:II.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).A.Lit.:B.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,
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67 amputo
I.Lit., esp. of plants: amputata id est circum putata, Paul. ex Fest. p. 24 Müll.:II.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,
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68 apex
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,I.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,II.Transf.A.(As pars pro toto.) The conical cap of the flamen, ornamented with this rod:B.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:C.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.1.Lit., of trees:2.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:D.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;2.Victor. p. 2469 P.—Hence, trop.: nullum apicem quaestionis praetermittere,
Arn. 3 init. —The forms or outlines of the letters:E.litterarum apices,
Gell. 13, 30, 10; 17, 9, 12.—Hence (per synecdochen),A letter or any other writing:F.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. -
69 Aventinensis
Ăventīnus, i, m.I.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,B.The adjj.,1.Ăventīnus, a, um, of Mount Aventine:2.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 —II.A son of Hercules, Verg. A. 7, 657. -
70 Aventiniensis
Ăventīnus, i, m.I.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,B.The adjj.,1.Ăventīnus, a, um, of Mount Aventine:2.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 —II.A son of Hercules, Verg. A. 7, 657. -
71 Aventinum
Ăventīnus, i, m.I.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,B.The adjj.,1.Ăventīnus, a, um, of Mount Aventine:2.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 —II.A son of Hercules, Verg. A. 7, 657. -
72 Aventinus
Ăventīnus, i, m.I.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,B.The adjj.,1.Ăventīnus, a, um, of Mount Aventine:2.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 —II.A son of Hercules, Verg. A. 7, 657. -
73 cacumino
căcūmĭno, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [cacumen], to point, make pointed (prob. formed by Ovid):summas cacuminat aures,
Ov. M. 3, 195:saxoque cacuminat ensem,
Sid. Carm. 7, 414:ova cacuminata,
Plin. 10, 52, 74, § 145:apex in conum cacuminatus,
Sid. Ep. 2, 2. -
74 ceu
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;II.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:b.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.—c.With si (twice in Lucr.), Lucr. 4, 620; 6, 161.—B.Sometimes in a conditional sense, as if, as it were, like as if, etc., Enn. ap. Non. p. 483, 2:C.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. -
75 contraho
con-trăho, xi, ctum, 3, v. a., to draw or bring several objects together, to collect, assemble (freq. and class.).I.In gen.A.Lit. (syn. colligo;B.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.1.To bring about, carry into effect, accomplish, execute, get, contract, occasion, cause, produce, make, etc. (very freq.):2.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:b.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:II.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).A.Lit.:2.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:B.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;A.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.:B.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.1.Of language, etc.:2.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. -
76 evado
ē-vādo, si, sum, 3 ( perf. sync. evasti, Hor. S. 2, 7, 68; Sil. 15, 796; perf. evadi. Treb. Poll. Trig. Tyr. 5, 6), v. n. and a.I. A.Lit.1.In gen.:b.si (apes) ex alvo minus frequentes evadunt,
Varr. R. R. 3, 16, 36:ex aqua,
Plaut. Rud. 1, 2, 86:ex balineis,
Cic. Cael. 27, 65:oppido,
Sall. J. 56, 5:undis,
Verg. A. 9, 99:puteo,
Phaedr. 4, 9, 11:abiit, excessit, evasit, erupit,
Cic. Cat. 2, 1:per praeruptum saxum in Capitolium,
Liv. 5, 46:in terram,
to disembark, to land, id. 29, 27 fin. —In an upward direction:2.ex abditis sedibus evadere atque exire,
Cic. N. D. 2, 37, 95:evado ad summi fastigia culminis,
mount up, ascend, Verg. A. 2, 458:ad parietem,
Suet. Ner. 48:in murum, muros, moenia,
Liv. 2, 17; 4, 34; 10, 17:in jugum,
id. 33, 8:in cacumen,
Curt. 7, 11:super capita hostium,
id. 5, 3 et saep.—In partic., to get away, escape:B.aut e morbo evasurum aegrotum, aut e periculo navem, aut ex insidiis exercitum,
Cic. Div. 2, 5, 13: ex fuga, * Caes. B. G. 3, 19, 4:e manibus hostium,
Liv. 22, 49:ex judicio,
Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 5:e tanto periculo,
Liv. 42, 18:periculo,
id. 21, 33:adverso colle, sicuti praeceptum fuerat, evadunt,
Sall. J. 52, 3; cf. id. ib. 50 fin.; Liv. 1, 12 fin.; 10, 1 et saep.—Trop.1.In gen., to go or come out, pass out, escape:b.accedit, ut eo facilius animus evadat ex hoc aëre eumque perrumpat, quod, etc.,
Cic. Tusc. 1, 19; cf.:ex corpore (animus),
id. de Sen. 22, 80; and:cum ab iis... evaseris, id Tusc. 1, 41, 98: ad conjecturam,
to arrive at, Plaut. Rud. 3, 1, 20:ne in infinitum quaestio evadat,
Quint. 2, 17, 16. —In an upward direction:2.nitamur semper ad optima: quod facientes aut evademus in summum, aut certe multos infra nos videbimus,
Quint. 12, 11, 30.—In partic., to turn out, fall out, end in some manner, to have an issue of some kind, to result, to turn to or become something:b.ex communibus proprii, ex fucosis firmi suffragatores evadunt,
Q. Cic. Pet. Cons. 9, 35; cf. Cic. Or. 27, 95; id. Fin. 4, 25, 69:quos judicabat non posse oratores evadere,
id. de Or. 1, 28, 126:fuit autem Athenis adulescens, perfectus Epicureus evaserat,
id. Brut. 35, 131; 87, 299; id. Fin. 4, 28, 78:ita molles mentes evadunt civium,
id. Rep. 1, 43, 67; cf.:juvenis evasit vere indolis regiae,
Liv. 1, 39:quod tu ejusmodi evasisti,
Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 69:nimis saepe secus videmus evadere,
id. Leg. 2, 17, 43.—Of abstract subjects:ut ita fastidiosae mollesque mentes evadant civium, ut, etc.,
id. Rep. 1, 43 fin.:si quando aliquod somnium verum evaserit,
id. Div. 2, 53:vereor ne haec quoque laetitia vana evadat,
Liv. 23, 12:quoniam primum vanum inceptum evasisset,
id. 35, 47 et saep.:intellego hercle: sed quo evadas nescio,
what you are driving at, Plaut. Poen. 1, 1, 44: quam timeo, quorsum evadas, where you are coming out in your story, Ter. And. 1, 1, 100; 1, 2, 5:nimia illaec licentia Profecto evadet in aliquod magnum malum,
id. Ad. 3, 4, 64:demiror quid sit, et quo evadat, sum in metu,
Plaut. As. 1, 1, 68; cf. Cic. Att. 14, 19 fin.:videamus, hoc quorsum evadat,
id. ib. 9, 18, 4; Nep. Dion. 8, 1:huccine (beneficia),
to end in this, Sall. J. 14, 9:in morbos longos,
Liv. 27, 33, 6.—Pregn., to come to pass, be fulfilled:II.aliquando id, quod somniarimus, evadere,
Cic. Div. 2, 59;for which: si somnium verum evasit aliquod,
id. ib. 2, 71, 146.Act. (mostly poet. and post-Aug.; not in Cic.), to pass over or pass a thing, to get over, pass beyond, leave behind.A.Lit.1.In gen.:b.omnem videbar evasisse viam,
Verg. A. 2, 730:tot urbes,
id. ib. 3, 282:vada, arva,
Ov. M. 3, 19:amnem,
Tac. A. 12, 35:limen harae,
Col. 7, 9, 13:vestibulum (apes),
id. 9, 12, 1 et saep.—In an upward direction:2.sic fata gradus evaserat altos,
had mounted the steps, Verg. A. 4, 685:ardua,
to climb, ascend, Liv. 2, 65. —In partic., to get away, flee, escape from, = effugere:B.alicujus manus,
Verg. A. 9, 560:loca mortis,
Ov. M. 14, 126:flammam,
Verg. A. 5, 689:angustias,
Liv. 21, 32; 38, 2:nocturnas insidias,
Suet. Caes. 74: aliquem, Tiber. ap. Suet. Tib. 61.—Trop.1.In gen.: vitam, to depart from, i. e. to die, App. M. 4, p. 140.—b.In an upward direction:2.si haec quoque jam lenius supina perseverantibus studiis evaseris,
hast climbed, ascended, Quint. 12, 10, 79.—In partic., to escape, get rid of: aegritudinem, Lucil. ap. Non. 294, 7:necem,
Phaedr. 4, 6, 4:gravem casum,
Tac. A. 14, 6:sermones malignorum,
Plin. Ep. 7, 24, 3 et saep. -
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ex-sero or exĕro, rŭi, rtum, 3, v. a.; to stretch out or forth, to thrust out, put forth, to take out (mostly post-Aug.).I.Lit.:B.Gallus linguam ab irrisu exserens,
Liv. 7, 10, 5:linguam per os,
Plin. 9, 27, 43, § 82:manum subter togam ad mentum,
Liv. 8, 9, 5:brachia aquis,
Ov. M. 2, 271:caput ponto,
id. ib. 13, 838;for which: caput ab Oceano,
Luc. 5, 598; cf.:herba Exserit e tepida molle cacumen humo,
Ov. Tr. 3, 12, 12:enses,
id. F. 3, 814:creverat infans Quaerebatque viam, qua se exsereret,
might come forth, id. M. 10, 505:se domicilio (cochleae),
Plin. 9, 32, 51, § 101:radicem ejus exserito,
take out, tear up, Col. 12, 58, 1:vincula,
i. e. to throw off, id. 8, 8, 12.—In partic., of parts of the body, exsertus, a, um, protruding from the dress, bare, uncovered: dextris humeris exsertis, bared, * Caes. B. G. 7, 50, 2; cf. Verg. A. 1, 492; Stat. Ach. 1, 346; cf.II.transf. of the person: exsertus humero,
Sil. 8, 587;and in Greek construction: exserti ingentes humeros,
Stat. Th. 4, 235:unum exserta latus Camilla,
Verg. A. 11, 649:truces exserta manus,
Val. Fl. 2, 207; also absol.:exsertique manus vesana Cethegi,
tucked up, prepared for the fight, Luc. 2, 543:Latona,
Stat. Th. 9, 681.—Trop.A.In gen.:B.exseram in librum tuum jus, quod dedisti,
will avail myself of, make use of, Plin. Ep. 8, 7, 2:secreta mentis ore exserit,
discloses, Sen. Herc. Oet. 255.—In partic., to reveal, show, with an object-clause, Phaedr. 1, 12, 2:A. B.paulatim principem exseruit,
i. e. showed himself as, Suet. Tib. 33. —Hence, exsertus ( exert-), a, um, P. a.Open, evident, conspicuous:exserto bello,
Stat. S. 5, 2, 39:cachinnus,
i. e. unrestrained, loud, App. M. 1, p. 103, 15:exsertior opera,
Pacat. Paneg. ad Theod. 35. — Adv.: exserte (acc. to B.), openly, clearly, loudly:clamitans,
App. M. 1, p. 109:jubet,
Tert. ad Uxor. 2, 1.— Comp.:consurgere,
Amm. 16, 12.— Sup.:egit tribunatum (with severissime),
very strictly, rigorously, Spart. Sev. 3. -
78 fastigium
fastīgĭum, ii, n. [cf. Sanscr. bhrshtīs, corner, rim; Gr. a-phlaston, aplustria, the ornamented stern of a ship; O. H. Germ. brort, the prow], the top of a gable, a gable end, pediment (syn.: cacumen, culmen, vertex, apex).I.Prop.:B.Capitolii fastigium illud et ceterarum aedium non venustas, sed necessitas ipsa fabricata est... utilitatem templi fastigii dignitas consecuta est,
Cic. de Or. 3, 46, 180; cf.:fastigia aliquot templorum a culminibus abrupta,
Liv. 40, 2, 3:evado ad summi fastigia culminis,
Verg. A. 2, 458; Cic. Q. Fr. 3, 1, 4, § 14.—Hence, meton., the roof of a house, Verg. A. 8, 491; 9, 568; Val. Fl. 2, 235:habere pulvinar, simulacrum, fastigium, flaminem,
id. Phil. 2, 43, 110; cf.of the same: omnes unum in principem congesti honores: circa templa imagines... suggestus in curia, fastigium in domo, mensis in caelo,
Flor. 4, 2 fin.:Romae signa eorum sunt in Palatina aede Apollinis in fastigio,
Plin. 36, 5, 4, § 13; cf. id. 35, 12, 43, § 152; Vitr. 3, 2.— Transf.:operi tamquam fastigium imponere,
Cic. Off. 3, 7, 33.—Transf.1.The extreme part, extremity of a thing, whether above or below.a.Top, height, summit:b.colles... pari altitudinis fastigio oppidum cingebant,
Caes. B. G. 7, 69, 4:opus nondum aquae fastigium aequabat,
Curt. 4, 2, 19:summi operis,
id. 4, 2, 8:jamque agger aequaverat summae fastigia terrae,
id. 8, 10, 31:aquatilium ova rotunda, reliqua fere fastigio acuminata,
Plin. 10, 52, 74, § 145:gracilitas (arundinis) nodis distincta leni fastigio tenuatur in cacumina,
id. 16, 36, 64, § 158; cf.:cornua in leve fastigium exacuta,
id. 11, 37, 45, § 124; 16, 33, 60, § 141; Vulg. 2 Reg. 18, 24.—In plur., Lucr. 4, 827:muri,
Val. Fl. 2, 553:fontis fastigium,
i. e. the height on which the fountain sprang up, Hirt. B. G. 8, 41, 5.—The lower part, depth: forsitan et scrobibus quae sint fastigia, quaeres, [p. 728] what should be the depth of the trenches, Verg. G. 2, 288.—2.(From the sloping form of the gable.) A slope, declivity, descent:3.ab oppido declivis locus tenui fastigio vergebat,
Caes. B. C. 1, 45, 5:jugum paulo leniore fastigio,
id. ib. 2, 24, 3:iniquum loci ad declivitatem fastigium,
id. B. G. 7, 85, 4:rupes leniore submissa fastigio,
Curt. 6, 6, 11:capreoli molli fastigio,
Caes. B. C. 2, 10, 3; 2, 24, 3:musculi,
id. ib. 2, 11, 1:scrobes paulatim angustiore ad infimum fastigio,
i. e. gradually narrowing from top to bottom, id. B. G. 7, 73, 5; cf.:si (fossa) fastigium habet, ut (aqua) exeat e fundo,
Varr. R. R. 1, 14, 2.—In the later grammarians, an accent placed over a word, Mart. Cap. 3, § 264; § 268 al.; Diom. p. 428 P.II.Trop.A.The highest part, summit, the highest degree, most exalted rank or dignity (perh. only since the Aug. per.):2.quicquid numinum hanc Romani imperii molem in amplissimum terrarum orbis fastigium extulit,
Vell. 2, 131, 1; cf.:sic fit, ut dei summum inter homines fastigium servent,
Plin. Pan. 52, 2:et quoad usque ad memoriam nostram tribuniciis consularibusque certatum viribus est, dictaturae semper altius fastigium fuit,
Liv. 6, 38 fin.; cf.:in consulare fastigium vehi,
Vell. 2, 69, 1:ad regium fastigium evehere aliquem,
Val. Max. 1, 6, 1:alii cives ejusdem fastigii,
Liv. 3, 35, 9:stare in fastigio eloquentiae,
Quint. 12, 1, 20:rhetoricen in tam sublime fastigium sine arte venisse,
id. 2, 17, 3:et poësis ab Homero et Vergilio tantum fastigium accepit, et eloquentia a Demosthene,
id. 12, 11, 26; cf.:magice in tantum fastigii adolevit, ut, etc.,
grew into such esteem, Plin. 30, 1, 1, § 2.—In gen., dignity, rank, condition:B.(M. Laetorio) curatio altior fastigio suo data est,
Liv. 2, 27, 6; cf.:ampliora etiam humano fastigio decerni sibi passus est,
Suet. Caes. 76:tamquam mortale fastigium egressus,
Tac. A. 15, 74:animus super humanum fastigium elatus,
Curt. 9, 10 med.:quales ex humili magna ad fastigia rerum extollit Fortuna,
Juv. 3, 39.—A leading or chief point, head in a discourse; a principal sort or kind (rare):summa sequar fastigia rerum,
Verg. A. 1, 342:e quibus tribus fastigiis (agrorum) simplicibus,
sorts, kinds, Varr. R. R. 1, 6, 2:propter haec tria fastigia formae discrimina quaedam fiunt sationum,
id. ib. 1, 5:haec atque hujuscemodi tria fastigia agri, etc.,
id. ib. 1, 6, 6; cf.also: quo fastigio sit fundus,
id. ib. 1, 20 fin. (and v. Lachm. ad Lucr. p. 223):laudem relego fastigia summa,
Prisc. Laud. Anast. 148. -
79 fastigo
fastīgo, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [v. fastigium], to make pointed, to sharpen to a point, to raise or bring to a point (in the verb. finit. only post-Aug., not in Cic.).I.Lit.:B.frumenta verno tempore fastigantur in stipulam,
grow up into a straw with a sharpened point, Plin. 18, 7, 10, § 52:folia in exilitatem fastigantur,
id. 24, 19, 118, § 178:(terra) spatiosa modice paulatim se ipsa fastigat,
Mel. 2, 1, 5:se molliter (Africa),
id. 1, 4, 1; 3, 10, 5.—In the part. perf.:scutis super capita densatis, stantibus primis, secundis summissioribus... fastigatam, sicut tecta aedificiorum sunt, testudinem faciebant,
Liv. 44, 9, 6:collis in modum metae in acutum cacumen a fundo satis lato fastigatus,
id. 37, 27, 7:fastigatus in mucronem,
Plin. 2, 25, 22, § 89:fastigatā longitudine (margaritarum),
id. 9, 35, 56, § 113.—Transf.1.(Cf. fastigium, I. B. 2.) Fastigatus, sloping up to a point, sloped; sloping down, steep, descending:2.collis leniter fastigatus paulatim ad planitiem redibat,
Caes. B. G. 2, 8, 3:tigna... prona ac fastigata, ut secundum naturam fluminis procumberent,
id. ib. 4, 17, 4.—(Cf. I. B. 3.) In the later grammarians, to mark with an accent, to accent:II.ut fastigetur, longa brevisve fuat,
Mart. Cap. 3, § 262.—Trop., to elevate, exalt (late Lat.):qui statum celsitudinis tuae titulorum parilitate fastigat,
Sid. Ep. 3, 6:quamquam diademate crinem Fastigatus eas,
id. Carm. 2, 5.—Hence, fastīgātus, a, um, P. a., high, exalted (late Lat.):ad arcem fastigatissimae felicitatis evectus,
Sid. Ep. 2. 4:duo fastigatissimi consulares,
id. ib. 1, 9.— Adv.: fastīgāte, Caes. B. G. 4, 17, 4; id. B. C. 2, 10, 5. -
80 foliosus
fŏlĭōsus, a, um, adj. [id.], leafy, full of leaves:aizoum foliosum usque ad cacumen,
Plin. 25, 13, 102, § 161:arbor foliosior,
id. 12, 11, 23, § 40.
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