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  • 1 capital

        capital ālis, n    [capitalis], a capital offence, crime punishable by death or exile (civil death): quique non paruerit capital esto, C. (lex): praesidio decedere apud Romanos capital esse, L.: in sellā Regis consedisse capital foret, Cu.: capitalia ausi plerique, L.
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    capital crime/punishment (loss of life or civil rights); priestess headband

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  • 2 caput

        caput itis, n    [CAP-], the head: Capillus circum caput Reiectus, T.: caput obnubito, L.: capitis nives, H.: capite operto: aperire: velare, L.: abscindere cervicibus: capite demisso: attollere, O.: extollere, to become bold: breve (equi), H.: coronatum (bovis), Tb.: per caput pedesque ire, heels over head, Ct.: dux cum exercitu supra caput est, i. e. is ready to fall upon us, S.: capita conferre, to lay heads together, i. e. to confer in secret, L.: caput aut collum petere, strike at the vital parts: haec alias inter caput extulit urbes, towers, i. e. excels, V.: aliena negotia Per caput saliunt, run through the head, i. e. the mind, H.: capitis labor, mental exertion, H. — Meton., the head, top, summit, point, end, extremity: iocur sine capite (of a sacrifice), L.: in extis, O.: tignorum, Cs.: cornu duxit, donec curvata coirent capita, the ends, V. — The origin, source, spring, head (of a river), L.: caput unde erumpit Enipeus, V.: celsis caput urbibus exit, my source springs among great cities, V.—The mouth, embouchure (rare): multis capitibus in Oceanum influit, Cs.—Of plants: diducere terram ad capita, the roots, V.: papavera demisere caput, the heads, V.: capitum iugatio, branches (of the vine). — Of mountains, the summit: capita aspera montis, V. — Of persons, a head, person: ridiculum caput! T.: carum, V.: duo haec capita taeterrima: ignota, L.: di capiti ipsius reservent, for himself, V.: capiti cane talia Dardanio rebusque tuis, i. e. for Aeneas and yourself, V.: Perfidum, H.: de sacrando cum bonis capite alcuius, L.: ut caput Iovi sacraretur, L.—With numerals: capitum Helvetiorum milia CCLXIII, souls, Cs.: nullum caput Proserpina fugit, H.: in capita, to each person, L.; cf. sus Triginta capitum fetūs enixa, V.—Fig., life, physical life: Capitis periculum adire, to risk life, T.: caput obiectare periclis, V.: capitis poena, capital punishment, Cs.: certamen capitis et famae: ut capite dimices tuo, L.: caput offerre pro patriā: patrium tibi crede caput (i. e. patris vitam), O.: accusatus capitis absolvitur, of a capital crime, N.: Sthenium capite damnare.—Civil life, personality, civil rights, liberty and citizenship: capitis causae, involving citizenship: iudicium capitis: capitis deminutio, loss of civil rights, Cs.—Poet.: capitis minor, H.—Of persons, a leader, chief, guide: concitandorum Graecorum: capita nominis Latini, heads, chiefs, L.: ut se Suevorum caput credant, chief tribe, Ta.: capita coniurationis securi percussi, L.: illic est huic rei caput, author, contriver, T.: ab illo fonte et capite Socrate: corpori valido caput deerat, leader, L.: ipsum Expugnare caput, the great man himself, H. —A head, chief, capital: Thebae totius Graeciae, first city, N.: Roma, orbis terrarum, L.: castellum eius regionis, principal place, L.: Romam caput Latio esse, L.: ius nigrum, cenae caput, principal dish: fundus, vestrae pecuniae, chief source of income: caput esse artis, decere, the note, characteristic: ad consilium de re p. dandum caput est nosse rem p., first qualification: caput litterarum cum alquo, reason for corresponding: Epicuri, chief dogma: caput belli et summa, V.—In writings, a division, paragraph, chapter: legis: caput Annianum de hereditatibus, passage in the will of A.— Of money, the principal sum, capital, stock: quibus ille de capite dempsisset, reduced their debts: de capite deducite alqd, L.: Quinas hic capiti mercedes exsecet, extort sixty per centum, H.
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    head; person; life; leader; top; source/mouth (river); capital (punishment); heading; chapter, principal division

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  • 3 multa

    1.
    multa ( mulcta), ae, f. [Sabine, acc. to Varr. ap. Gell. 11, 1, 5; Oscan, acc. to Paul. ex Fest. p. 142 Müll.], a penalty involving loss of property, a fine, amercement, mulct; in the most ancient times riches consisted only in the possession of flocks and herds; it accordingly signified, at first, a fine in cattle; but in later times, when money was the measure of wealth, it signified a pecuniary fine (whereas poena denotes a punishment of any kind, e. g. corporal punishment, imprisonment, capital punishment):

    vocabulum ipsum multae M. Varro non Latinum, sed Sabinum esse dicit,

    Gell. 11, 1, 5: multam Osce dici putant poenam quidam. M. Varro ait poenam esse, sed pecuniariam, Paul. ex Fest. p. 142 Mull.:

    cum pecore diceretur multa,

    Varr. L. L. 5, § 95 Müll. The highest penalty in the earliest times was thirty head of cattle, the lowest a sheep, in specifying which the word ovis is used as of the masculine gender: ego ei unum ovem multam dico, I condemn him to pay, fine him, a legal formula ap. Gell. 11, 1, 4:

    multae dictio ovium et bovium,

    Cic. Rep. 2, 9, 16.—Later, of a pecuniary fine:

    multa praesens quingentum milium aeris in singulas civitates imposita,

    Liv. 10, 37:

    multam alicui dicere,

    to decree, award, Cic. Phil. 11, 8, 18:

    indicere,

    Plin. 18, 3, 3, § 11:

    subire,

    Ov. F. 5, 289:

    committere,

    to deserve, incur, Cic. Clu. 37, 103:

    exigere,

    Varr. L. L. 5, § 177 Müll.:

    remittere,

    Cic. Phil. 11, 8, 18:

    irrogare (of the plaintiff, or people's tribune),

    to propose that the accused be fined a certain sum, id. Mil. 14, 36; so,

    petere,

    id. Clu. 33, 91:

    aliquem multā et poenā multare,

    id. Balb. 18, 42:

    multam alicui facere,

    Gell. 7, 14, 8: certare, to contend on both sides whether or not the proposed fine should be paid:

    duo tribuni plebis ducentum milium aeris multam M. Postumio dixerunt: cui certandae cum dies advenisset,

    Liv. 25, 3:

    multae certatio,

    Cic. Leg. 8, 3, 6:

    multa erat Veneri,

    for the benefit of Venus, id. Verr. 2, 2, 9, § 25:

    multa gravis praedibus Valerianis,

    a heavy loss, great damage, id. Fam. 5, 20, 4.—
    II.
    In gen., a penalty:

    singulos jure jurando adigam non aliter quam stantes cibum capturos esse... hanc multam feretis, etc.,

    Liv. 24, 16, 13:

    haec ei multa esto: vino viginti dies Ut careat,

    Plaut. As. 4, 1, 55.
    2.
    multa, adj. fem., v. multus.

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  • 4 capud

    căpŭt ( kăp-căpud), ĭtis ( abl. sing. regularly capite:

    capiti,

    Cat. 68, 124; cf. Tib. 1, 1, 72 Huschk., where the MSS., as well as Caes. German. Arat. 213, vary between the two forms), n. [kindr. with Sanscr. kap-āla; Gr. keph-alê; Goth. haubith; Germ. Haupt].
    I.
    The head, of men and animals:

    oscitat in campis caput a cervice revolsum,

    Enn. Ann. 462 Vahl.: i lictor, conliga manus, caput obnubito, form. ap. Cic. Rab. Perd. 4, 13; cf. Liv. 1, 26, 6:

    tun' capite cano amas, homo nequissume?

    Plaut. Merc. 2, 2, 34; so,

    cano capite,

    id. As. 5, 2, 84; id. Cas. 3, 1, 4; Tib. 1, 1, 72; Pers. 1, 83 al.; cf. Tib. 1, 10, 43, and:

    capitis nives,

    Hor. C. 4, 13, 12, and Quint. 8, 6, 17 Spald.:

    raso capite calvus,

    Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 306:

    irraso,

    id. Rud. 5, 2, 16:

    intonsum,

    Quint. 12, 10, 47:

    amputare alicui,

    Suet. Galb. 20; Vulg. 1 Par. 10, 9:

    capite operto,

    Cic. Sen. 10, 34, 34:

    obvoluto,

    id. Phil. 2, 31, 77 Klotz:

    caput aperire,

    id. ib.:

    abscindere cervicibus,

    id. ib. 11, 2, 5:

    demittere,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 32; Cat. 87, 8; Verg. A. 9, 437: attollere. Ov. M. 5, 503:

    extollere,

    to become bold, Cic. Planc. 13, 33: efferre, to raise one ' s head, to be eminent, Verg. E. 1, 25 al.—Of animals, Tib. 2, 1, 8; Hor. S. 1, 2, 89; 2, 3, 200; id. Ep. 1, 1, 76 al.—
    b.
    Prov.: supra caput esse, to be over one ' s head, i. e. to be at one ' s very doors, to threaten in consequence of nearness ( = imminere, impendere), Sall. C. 52, 24; Liv. 3, 17, 2; Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 2, 2, § 6; Tac. H. 4, 69; cf. Kritz ad Sall. l. l.: capita conferre (like our phrase to put heads together, i. e to confer together in secret), Liv. 2, 45, 7:

    ire praecipitem in lutum, per caputque pedesque,

    over head and ears, Cat. 17, 9:

    nec caput nec pedes,

    neither beginning nor end, good for nothing, Cic. Fam. 7, 31, 2; cf. Cato ap. Liv. Epit. lib. 50; Plaut. As. 3, 3, 139 sq.—
    c.
    Capita aut navia (al. navim), heads or tails, a play of the Roman youth in which a piece of money is thrown up, to see whether the figure-side (the head of Janus) or the reverse - side (a ship) will fall uppermost, Macr. S. 1, 7; Aur. Vict. Orig. 3; cf. Ov. F. 1, 239; Paul. Nol. Poëm. 38, 73.—
    d.
    Poet., the head, as the seat of the understanding:

    aliena negotia Per caput saliunt,

    run through the head, Hor. S. 2, 6, 34; so id. ib. 2, 3, 132; id. A. P. 300.—
    e.
    Ad Capita bubula, a place in Rome in the tenth region, where Augustus was born, Suet. Aug. 5.—
    2.
    Transf., of inanimate things.
    a.
    In gen., the head, top, summit, point, end, extremity (beginning or end):

    ulpici,

    Cato, R. R. 71:

    allii,

    Col. 6, 34, 1:

    porri,

    id. 11, 3, 17:

    papaveris,

    Liv. 1, 54, 6; Verg. A. 9, 437:

    bulborum,

    Plin. 19, 5, 30, § 94:

    caulis,

    id. 19, 8, 41, § 140 al.:

    jecoris (or jecinoris, jocinoris),

    Cic. Div. 2, 13, 32; Liv. 8, 9, 1; cf. id. 27, 26, 14; 41, 14, 7; cf. Paul. ex Fest. p. 244 Müll.:

    extorum,

    Ov. M. 15, 795; Luc. 1, 627; Plin. 11, 37, 73, § 189: pontis, tēte de pont, Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 18, 4; cf. Front. Arat. 2, 13, 5:

    tignorum,

    Caes. B. C. 2, 9:

    columnae,

    Plin. 34, 3, 7, § 13:

    molis,

    the highest point of the mole, Curt. 4, 2, 23:

    xysti,

    Plin. Ep. 2, 17, 20:

    porticus,

    id. ib. 5, 6, 19 al.—
    b.
    Esp., of rivers,
    (α).
    The origin, source, spring ( head):

    caput aquae illud est, unde aqua nascitur,

    Dig. 43, 20, 1, § 8; so Lucr. 5, 270; 6, 636; 6, 729; Tib. 1, 7, 24; Hor. C. 1, 1, 22; id. S. 1, 10, 37; Verg. G. 4, 319; 4, 368; Ov. M. 2, 255; Hirt. B. G. 8, 41; Liv. 1, 51, 9; 2, 38, 1; 37, 18, 6:

    fontium,

    Vitr. 8, 1; Mel. 3, 2, 8; Plin. Ep. 8, 8, 5; 10, 91, 1 al.—
    (β).
    (more rare) The mouth, embouchure, Caes. B. G. 4, 10; Liv. 33, 41, 7; Luc. 2, 52; 3, 202.—
    c.
    Also of plants, sometimes the root, Cato, R. R. 36; 43; 51:

    vitis,

    id. ib. 33, 1; 95, 2; Plin. 17, 22, 35, § 195; Verg. G. 2, 355.—
    d.
    Also, in reference to the vine, vine branches, Col. 3, 10, 1; Cic. Sen. 15, 53.— Poet., also the summit, top of trees, Enn. ap. Gell. 13, 20, and ap. Non. 195, 24; Ov. M. 1, 567; Poët. ap. Quint. 9, 4, 90; Claud. Rapt. Pros. 3, 370. —
    e.
    Of mountains, rocks, Verg. A. 4, 249; 6, 360.—
    f.
    Of a boil that swells out, Cels. 8, 9;

    hence, facere,

    to come to a head, Plin. 22, 25, 76, § 159; 26, 12, 77, § 125; cf.: capita deorum appellabantur fasciculi facti ex verbenis, Paul. ex Fest. p. 64 Müll.—
    II.
    Per meton. (pars pro toto), a man, person, or animal (very freq. in prose and poetry; cf. kara, kephalê,, in the same signif.;

    v. Liddell and Scott and Robinson): pro capite tuo quantum dedit,

    Plaut. Most. 1, 3, 54; id. Pers. 1, 1, 37:

    hoc conruptum'st caput,

    id. Ep. 1, 1, 85:

    siquidem hoc vivet caput, i. e. ego,

    id. Ps. 2, 4, 33; so id. Stich. 5, 5, 10; cf. id. Capt. 5, 1, 25:

    ridiculum caput!

    Ter. And. 2, 2, 34:

    festivum,

    id. Ad. 2, 3, 8:

    lepidum,

    id. ib. 5, 9, 9:

    carum,

    Verg. A. 4, 354; Hor. C. 1, 24, 2:

    liberum,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 32, § 79:

    vilia,

    Liv. 25, 6, 9:

    viliora,

    id. 9, 26, 22:

    vilissima,

    id. 24, 5, 13:

    ignota,

    id. 3, 7, 7; cf. id. 2, 5, 6:

    liberorum servorumque,

    id. 29, 29, 3 al. —In imprecations:

    istic capiti dicito,

    Plaut. Rud. 3, 6, 47; cf.:

    vae capiti tuo,

    id. Most. 4, 3, 10; so id. Poen. 3, 3, 32; Ter. Phorm. 3, 2, 6; Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 1, 4; Tib. 1, 2, 12; Verg. A. 8, 484; 11, 399 al.—With numerals:

    capitum Helvetiorum milia CCLXIII.,

    souls, Caes. B. G. 1, 29; 4, 15:

    quot capitum vivunt, totidem studiorum Milia,

    Hor. S. 2, 1, 27; id. Ep. 2, 2, 189; cf. id. C. 1, 28, 20 al.; so, in capita, in distribution, to or for each person (cf. in Heb. also, for each head, poll, = for each individual, v. Robinson in h. v.), Liv. 2, 33, 11; 32, 17, 2; 34, 50, 6 al. (cf.:

    in singulos,

    id. 42, 4, 5).—Of. the poll-tax:

    exactio capitum,

    Cic. Fam. 3, 8, 5; so,

    capite censi, v. censeo.—Of animals,

    Verg. A. 3, 391; Col. 6, 5, 4 fin.; 8, 5, 4; 8, 5, 7; 8, 11, 13; Veg. Vet. 1, 18.—
    III.
    Trop.
    1.
    Life, and specif.,
    a.
    Physical life:

    carum,

    Plaut. Capt. 2, 1, 33 sq.; 5, 1, 26:

    si capitis res siet,

    if it is a matter of life and death, id. Trin. 4, 2, 120: capitis periculum adire, to risk one ' s life, Ter. And. 4, 1, 53; id. Hec. 3, 1, 54; cf. id. Phorm. 3, 2, 6 Runnk.:

    capitis poena,

    capital punishment, Caes. B. G. 7, 71:

    pactum pro capite pretium,

    Cic. Off. 3, 29, 107:

    cum altero certamen honoris et dignitatis est, cum altero capitis et famae,

    id. ib. 1, 12, 38:

    cum dimicatione capitis,

    id. Prov. Cons. 9, 23; cf.:

    suo capite decernere,

    id. Att. 10, 9, 2; so Liv. 2, 12, 10; Cic. Fin. 5, 22, 64; Liv. 9, 5, 5:

    caput offerre pro patriā,

    Cic. Sull. 30, 84:

    patrium tibi crede caput, i. e. patris vitam et salutem,

    Ov. M. 8, 94; so,

    capitis accusare,

    to accuse of a capital crime, Nep. Paus. 2 fin.:

    absolvere,

    id. Milt. 7, 6:

    damnare,

    id. Alcib. 4, 5; id. Eum. 5, 1:

    tergo ac capite puniri,

    Liv. 3, 55, 14:

    caput Jovi sacrum,

    id. 3, 55, 7:

    sacratum,

    id. 10, 38, 3 al.; cf. Ov. M. 9, 296.—
    b.
    Civil or political life, acc. to the Roman idea, including the rights of liberty, citizenship, [p. 290] and family (libertatis, civitatis, familiae): its loss or deprivation was called deminutio or minutio capitis, acc. to the foll. jurid. distinction: capitis deminutionis tria genera sunt: maxima, media, minima; tria enim sunt, quae habemus: libertatem, civitatem, familiam. Igitur cum omnia haec amittimus (as by servitude or condemnation to death), maximam esse capitis deminutionem; cum vero amittimus civitatem (as in the interdictio aquae et ignis) libertatem retinemus, mediam esse capitis deminutionem;

    cum et libertas et civitas retinetur, familia tantum mutatur (as by adoption, or, in the case of women, by marriage) minimam esse capitis deminutionem constat,

    Dig. 4, 5, 11; cf. Just. Inst. 1, 16, 4; Cic. de Or. 1, 40, 181; 1, 54, 231; id. Tusc. 1, 29, 71; Liv. 3, 55, 14; 22, 60, 15:

    capitis minor,

    Hor. C. 3, 5, 42:

    servus manumissus capite non minuitur, quia nulnum caput habuit,

    Dig. 4, 5, 3, § 1.—Of the deminutio media, Cic. Brut. 36, 136; id. Verr. 2, 2, 40, §§ 98 and 99; id. Quint. 2, 8 al.—Of the deminutio minima, Cic. Top. 4, 18; cf. Gai Inst. 1, 162.—
    2. (α).
    With gen.:

    scelerum,

    an arrant knave, Plaut. Curc. 2, 1, 19; id. Bacch. 4, 7, 31; id. Mil. 2, 6, 14; id. Ps. 1, 5, 31; 4, 5, 3; id. Rud. 4, 4, 54:

    perjuri,

    id. ib. 4, 4, 55:

    concitandorum Graecorum,

    Cic. Fl. 18, 42:

    consilil,

    Liv. 8, 31, 7:

    conjurationis,

    id. 9, 26, 7:

    caput rei Romanae Camillus,

    id. 6, 3, 1; cf.:

    caput rerum Masinissam fuisse,

    id. 28, 35, 12; so id. 26, 40, 13:

    reipublicae,

    Tac. A. 1, 13:

    nominis Latini,

    heads, chiefs, Liv. 1, 52, 4:

    belli,

    id. 45, 7, 3:

    Suevorum,

    chieftribe, Tac. G. 39 fin. al.—The predicate in gen. masc.:

    capita conjurationis ejus virgis caesi ac securi percussi,

    Liv. 10, 1, 3.—
    (β).
    With esse and dat.:

    ego caput fui argento reperiundo,

    Plaut. As. 3, 3, 138; cf.:

    illic est huic rei caput,

    author, contriver, Ter. And. 2, 6, 27; so id. Ad. 4, 2, 29 al.—
    (γ).
    Absol.:

    urgerent philosophorum greges, jam ab illo fonte et capite Socrate,

    Cic. de Or. 1, 10, 42:

    corpori valido caput deerat,

    guide, leader, Liv. 5, 46, 5:

    esse aliquod caput (i. e. regem) placebat,

    id. 1, 17, 4; cf. id. 1, 23, 4; Hor. S. 2, 5, 74 al.—Of things, head, chief, capital, etc.;

    thus of cities: Thebas caput fuisse totius Graeciae,

    head, first city, Nep. Epam. 10 fin.; so with gen., Liv. 9, 37, 12; 10, 37, 4 Weissenb. ad loc.; 23, 11, 11; 37, 18, 3 (with arx); cf.:

    pro capite atque arce Italiae, urbe Romanā,

    Liv. 22, 32, 5; and with dat.:

    Romam caput Latio esse,

    id. 8, 4, 5; and:

    brevi caput Italiae omni Capuam fore,

    id. 23, 10, 2 Drak. N. cr. —Of other localities:

    castellum quod caput ejus regionis erat,

    the head, principal place, Liv. 21, 33, 11.—Of other things:

    jus nigrum, quod cenae caput erat,

    the principal dish, Cic. Tusc. 5, 34, 98; cf. id. Fin. 2, 8, 25:

    patrimonii publici,

    id. Agr. 1, 7, 21; cf. id. ib. 2, 29, 80; Liv. 6, 14, 10: caput esse artis, decere, the main or principal point, Cic. de Or. 1, 29, 132:

    caput esse ad beate vivendum securitatem,

    id. Lael. 13, 45: ad consilium de re publicā dandum caput est nosse rem publicam;

    ad dicendum vero probabiliter, nosse mores civitatis,

    id. de Or. 2, 82, 337; 1, 19, 87:

    litterarum,

    summary, purport, substance, id. Phil. 2, 31, 77:

    caput Epicuri,

    the fundamental principle, dogma, id. Ac. 2, 32, 101; cf. Quint. 3, 11, 27: rerum, the chief or central point, head, Cic. Brut. 44, 164.—So in writings, a division, section, paragraph, chapter, etc.:

    a primo capite legis usque ad extremum,

    Cic. Agr. 2, 6, 15; cf. id. ib. 2, 10, 26; id. Verr. 2, 1, 46, § 118 Ascon.; id. Fam. 3, 8, 4; Gell. 2, 15, 4 al.; Cic. de Or. 2, 55, 223; id. Fam. 7, 22 med.; Quint. 10, 7, 32:

    id quod caput est,

    Cic. Att. 1, 17, 4; so id. Fam. 3, 7, 4.—Of money, the principal sum, the capital, stock (syn. sors;

    opp. usurae),

    Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 4, § 11; 2, 3, 35, § 80 sq.; id. Att. 15, 26, 4; Liv. 6, 15, 10; 6, 35, 4; Hor. S. 1, 2, 14 al.

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  • 5 caput

    căpŭt ( kăp-căpud), ĭtis ( abl. sing. regularly capite:

    capiti,

    Cat. 68, 124; cf. Tib. 1, 1, 72 Huschk., where the MSS., as well as Caes. German. Arat. 213, vary between the two forms), n. [kindr. with Sanscr. kap-āla; Gr. keph-alê; Goth. haubith; Germ. Haupt].
    I.
    The head, of men and animals:

    oscitat in campis caput a cervice revolsum,

    Enn. Ann. 462 Vahl.: i lictor, conliga manus, caput obnubito, form. ap. Cic. Rab. Perd. 4, 13; cf. Liv. 1, 26, 6:

    tun' capite cano amas, homo nequissume?

    Plaut. Merc. 2, 2, 34; so,

    cano capite,

    id. As. 5, 2, 84; id. Cas. 3, 1, 4; Tib. 1, 1, 72; Pers. 1, 83 al.; cf. Tib. 1, 10, 43, and:

    capitis nives,

    Hor. C. 4, 13, 12, and Quint. 8, 6, 17 Spald.:

    raso capite calvus,

    Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 306:

    irraso,

    id. Rud. 5, 2, 16:

    intonsum,

    Quint. 12, 10, 47:

    amputare alicui,

    Suet. Galb. 20; Vulg. 1 Par. 10, 9:

    capite operto,

    Cic. Sen. 10, 34, 34:

    obvoluto,

    id. Phil. 2, 31, 77 Klotz:

    caput aperire,

    id. ib.:

    abscindere cervicibus,

    id. ib. 11, 2, 5:

    demittere,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 32; Cat. 87, 8; Verg. A. 9, 437: attollere. Ov. M. 5, 503:

    extollere,

    to become bold, Cic. Planc. 13, 33: efferre, to raise one ' s head, to be eminent, Verg. E. 1, 25 al.—Of animals, Tib. 2, 1, 8; Hor. S. 1, 2, 89; 2, 3, 200; id. Ep. 1, 1, 76 al.—
    b.
    Prov.: supra caput esse, to be over one ' s head, i. e. to be at one ' s very doors, to threaten in consequence of nearness ( = imminere, impendere), Sall. C. 52, 24; Liv. 3, 17, 2; Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 2, 2, § 6; Tac. H. 4, 69; cf. Kritz ad Sall. l. l.: capita conferre (like our phrase to put heads together, i. e to confer together in secret), Liv. 2, 45, 7:

    ire praecipitem in lutum, per caputque pedesque,

    over head and ears, Cat. 17, 9:

    nec caput nec pedes,

    neither beginning nor end, good for nothing, Cic. Fam. 7, 31, 2; cf. Cato ap. Liv. Epit. lib. 50; Plaut. As. 3, 3, 139 sq.—
    c.
    Capita aut navia (al. navim), heads or tails, a play of the Roman youth in which a piece of money is thrown up, to see whether the figure-side (the head of Janus) or the reverse - side (a ship) will fall uppermost, Macr. S. 1, 7; Aur. Vict. Orig. 3; cf. Ov. F. 1, 239; Paul. Nol. Poëm. 38, 73.—
    d.
    Poet., the head, as the seat of the understanding:

    aliena negotia Per caput saliunt,

    run through the head, Hor. S. 2, 6, 34; so id. ib. 2, 3, 132; id. A. P. 300.—
    e.
    Ad Capita bubula, a place in Rome in the tenth region, where Augustus was born, Suet. Aug. 5.—
    2.
    Transf., of inanimate things.
    a.
    In gen., the head, top, summit, point, end, extremity (beginning or end):

    ulpici,

    Cato, R. R. 71:

    allii,

    Col. 6, 34, 1:

    porri,

    id. 11, 3, 17:

    papaveris,

    Liv. 1, 54, 6; Verg. A. 9, 437:

    bulborum,

    Plin. 19, 5, 30, § 94:

    caulis,

    id. 19, 8, 41, § 140 al.:

    jecoris (or jecinoris, jocinoris),

    Cic. Div. 2, 13, 32; Liv. 8, 9, 1; cf. id. 27, 26, 14; 41, 14, 7; cf. Paul. ex Fest. p. 244 Müll.:

    extorum,

    Ov. M. 15, 795; Luc. 1, 627; Plin. 11, 37, 73, § 189: pontis, tēte de pont, Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 18, 4; cf. Front. Arat. 2, 13, 5:

    tignorum,

    Caes. B. C. 2, 9:

    columnae,

    Plin. 34, 3, 7, § 13:

    molis,

    the highest point of the mole, Curt. 4, 2, 23:

    xysti,

    Plin. Ep. 2, 17, 20:

    porticus,

    id. ib. 5, 6, 19 al.—
    b.
    Esp., of rivers,
    (α).
    The origin, source, spring ( head):

    caput aquae illud est, unde aqua nascitur,

    Dig. 43, 20, 1, § 8; so Lucr. 5, 270; 6, 636; 6, 729; Tib. 1, 7, 24; Hor. C. 1, 1, 22; id. S. 1, 10, 37; Verg. G. 4, 319; 4, 368; Ov. M. 2, 255; Hirt. B. G. 8, 41; Liv. 1, 51, 9; 2, 38, 1; 37, 18, 6:

    fontium,

    Vitr. 8, 1; Mel. 3, 2, 8; Plin. Ep. 8, 8, 5; 10, 91, 1 al.—
    (β).
    (more rare) The mouth, embouchure, Caes. B. G. 4, 10; Liv. 33, 41, 7; Luc. 2, 52; 3, 202.—
    c.
    Also of plants, sometimes the root, Cato, R. R. 36; 43; 51:

    vitis,

    id. ib. 33, 1; 95, 2; Plin. 17, 22, 35, § 195; Verg. G. 2, 355.—
    d.
    Also, in reference to the vine, vine branches, Col. 3, 10, 1; Cic. Sen. 15, 53.— Poet., also the summit, top of trees, Enn. ap. Gell. 13, 20, and ap. Non. 195, 24; Ov. M. 1, 567; Poët. ap. Quint. 9, 4, 90; Claud. Rapt. Pros. 3, 370. —
    e.
    Of mountains, rocks, Verg. A. 4, 249; 6, 360.—
    f.
    Of a boil that swells out, Cels. 8, 9;

    hence, facere,

    to come to a head, Plin. 22, 25, 76, § 159; 26, 12, 77, § 125; cf.: capita deorum appellabantur fasciculi facti ex verbenis, Paul. ex Fest. p. 64 Müll.—
    II.
    Per meton. (pars pro toto), a man, person, or animal (very freq. in prose and poetry; cf. kara, kephalê,, in the same signif.;

    v. Liddell and Scott and Robinson): pro capite tuo quantum dedit,

    Plaut. Most. 1, 3, 54; id. Pers. 1, 1, 37:

    hoc conruptum'st caput,

    id. Ep. 1, 1, 85:

    siquidem hoc vivet caput, i. e. ego,

    id. Ps. 2, 4, 33; so id. Stich. 5, 5, 10; cf. id. Capt. 5, 1, 25:

    ridiculum caput!

    Ter. And. 2, 2, 34:

    festivum,

    id. Ad. 2, 3, 8:

    lepidum,

    id. ib. 5, 9, 9:

    carum,

    Verg. A. 4, 354; Hor. C. 1, 24, 2:

    liberum,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 32, § 79:

    vilia,

    Liv. 25, 6, 9:

    viliora,

    id. 9, 26, 22:

    vilissima,

    id. 24, 5, 13:

    ignota,

    id. 3, 7, 7; cf. id. 2, 5, 6:

    liberorum servorumque,

    id. 29, 29, 3 al. —In imprecations:

    istic capiti dicito,

    Plaut. Rud. 3, 6, 47; cf.:

    vae capiti tuo,

    id. Most. 4, 3, 10; so id. Poen. 3, 3, 32; Ter. Phorm. 3, 2, 6; Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 1, 4; Tib. 1, 2, 12; Verg. A. 8, 484; 11, 399 al.—With numerals:

    capitum Helvetiorum milia CCLXIII.,

    souls, Caes. B. G. 1, 29; 4, 15:

    quot capitum vivunt, totidem studiorum Milia,

    Hor. S. 2, 1, 27; id. Ep. 2, 2, 189; cf. id. C. 1, 28, 20 al.; so, in capita, in distribution, to or for each person (cf. in Heb. also, for each head, poll, = for each individual, v. Robinson in h. v.), Liv. 2, 33, 11; 32, 17, 2; 34, 50, 6 al. (cf.:

    in singulos,

    id. 42, 4, 5).—Of. the poll-tax:

    exactio capitum,

    Cic. Fam. 3, 8, 5; so,

    capite censi, v. censeo.—Of animals,

    Verg. A. 3, 391; Col. 6, 5, 4 fin.; 8, 5, 4; 8, 5, 7; 8, 11, 13; Veg. Vet. 1, 18.—
    III.
    Trop.
    1.
    Life, and specif.,
    a.
    Physical life:

    carum,

    Plaut. Capt. 2, 1, 33 sq.; 5, 1, 26:

    si capitis res siet,

    if it is a matter of life and death, id. Trin. 4, 2, 120: capitis periculum adire, to risk one ' s life, Ter. And. 4, 1, 53; id. Hec. 3, 1, 54; cf. id. Phorm. 3, 2, 6 Runnk.:

    capitis poena,

    capital punishment, Caes. B. G. 7, 71:

    pactum pro capite pretium,

    Cic. Off. 3, 29, 107:

    cum altero certamen honoris et dignitatis est, cum altero capitis et famae,

    id. ib. 1, 12, 38:

    cum dimicatione capitis,

    id. Prov. Cons. 9, 23; cf.:

    suo capite decernere,

    id. Att. 10, 9, 2; so Liv. 2, 12, 10; Cic. Fin. 5, 22, 64; Liv. 9, 5, 5:

    caput offerre pro patriā,

    Cic. Sull. 30, 84:

    patrium tibi crede caput, i. e. patris vitam et salutem,

    Ov. M. 8, 94; so,

    capitis accusare,

    to accuse of a capital crime, Nep. Paus. 2 fin.:

    absolvere,

    id. Milt. 7, 6:

    damnare,

    id. Alcib. 4, 5; id. Eum. 5, 1:

    tergo ac capite puniri,

    Liv. 3, 55, 14:

    caput Jovi sacrum,

    id. 3, 55, 7:

    sacratum,

    id. 10, 38, 3 al.; cf. Ov. M. 9, 296.—
    b.
    Civil or political life, acc. to the Roman idea, including the rights of liberty, citizenship, [p. 290] and family (libertatis, civitatis, familiae): its loss or deprivation was called deminutio or minutio capitis, acc. to the foll. jurid. distinction: capitis deminutionis tria genera sunt: maxima, media, minima; tria enim sunt, quae habemus: libertatem, civitatem, familiam. Igitur cum omnia haec amittimus (as by servitude or condemnation to death), maximam esse capitis deminutionem; cum vero amittimus civitatem (as in the interdictio aquae et ignis) libertatem retinemus, mediam esse capitis deminutionem;

    cum et libertas et civitas retinetur, familia tantum mutatur (as by adoption, or, in the case of women, by marriage) minimam esse capitis deminutionem constat,

    Dig. 4, 5, 11; cf. Just. Inst. 1, 16, 4; Cic. de Or. 1, 40, 181; 1, 54, 231; id. Tusc. 1, 29, 71; Liv. 3, 55, 14; 22, 60, 15:

    capitis minor,

    Hor. C. 3, 5, 42:

    servus manumissus capite non minuitur, quia nulnum caput habuit,

    Dig. 4, 5, 3, § 1.—Of the deminutio media, Cic. Brut. 36, 136; id. Verr. 2, 2, 40, §§ 98 and 99; id. Quint. 2, 8 al.—Of the deminutio minima, Cic. Top. 4, 18; cf. Gai Inst. 1, 162.—
    2. (α).
    With gen.:

    scelerum,

    an arrant knave, Plaut. Curc. 2, 1, 19; id. Bacch. 4, 7, 31; id. Mil. 2, 6, 14; id. Ps. 1, 5, 31; 4, 5, 3; id. Rud. 4, 4, 54:

    perjuri,

    id. ib. 4, 4, 55:

    concitandorum Graecorum,

    Cic. Fl. 18, 42:

    consilil,

    Liv. 8, 31, 7:

    conjurationis,

    id. 9, 26, 7:

    caput rei Romanae Camillus,

    id. 6, 3, 1; cf.:

    caput rerum Masinissam fuisse,

    id. 28, 35, 12; so id. 26, 40, 13:

    reipublicae,

    Tac. A. 1, 13:

    nominis Latini,

    heads, chiefs, Liv. 1, 52, 4:

    belli,

    id. 45, 7, 3:

    Suevorum,

    chieftribe, Tac. G. 39 fin. al.—The predicate in gen. masc.:

    capita conjurationis ejus virgis caesi ac securi percussi,

    Liv. 10, 1, 3.—
    (β).
    With esse and dat.:

    ego caput fui argento reperiundo,

    Plaut. As. 3, 3, 138; cf.:

    illic est huic rei caput,

    author, contriver, Ter. And. 2, 6, 27; so id. Ad. 4, 2, 29 al.—
    (γ).
    Absol.:

    urgerent philosophorum greges, jam ab illo fonte et capite Socrate,

    Cic. de Or. 1, 10, 42:

    corpori valido caput deerat,

    guide, leader, Liv. 5, 46, 5:

    esse aliquod caput (i. e. regem) placebat,

    id. 1, 17, 4; cf. id. 1, 23, 4; Hor. S. 2, 5, 74 al.—Of things, head, chief, capital, etc.;

    thus of cities: Thebas caput fuisse totius Graeciae,

    head, first city, Nep. Epam. 10 fin.; so with gen., Liv. 9, 37, 12; 10, 37, 4 Weissenb. ad loc.; 23, 11, 11; 37, 18, 3 (with arx); cf.:

    pro capite atque arce Italiae, urbe Romanā,

    Liv. 22, 32, 5; and with dat.:

    Romam caput Latio esse,

    id. 8, 4, 5; and:

    brevi caput Italiae omni Capuam fore,

    id. 23, 10, 2 Drak. N. cr. —Of other localities:

    castellum quod caput ejus regionis erat,

    the head, principal place, Liv. 21, 33, 11.—Of other things:

    jus nigrum, quod cenae caput erat,

    the principal dish, Cic. Tusc. 5, 34, 98; cf. id. Fin. 2, 8, 25:

    patrimonii publici,

    id. Agr. 1, 7, 21; cf. id. ib. 2, 29, 80; Liv. 6, 14, 10: caput esse artis, decere, the main or principal point, Cic. de Or. 1, 29, 132:

    caput esse ad beate vivendum securitatem,

    id. Lael. 13, 45: ad consilium de re publicā dandum caput est nosse rem publicam;

    ad dicendum vero probabiliter, nosse mores civitatis,

    id. de Or. 2, 82, 337; 1, 19, 87:

    litterarum,

    summary, purport, substance, id. Phil. 2, 31, 77:

    caput Epicuri,

    the fundamental principle, dogma, id. Ac. 2, 32, 101; cf. Quint. 3, 11, 27: rerum, the chief or central point, head, Cic. Brut. 44, 164.—So in writings, a division, section, paragraph, chapter, etc.:

    a primo capite legis usque ad extremum,

    Cic. Agr. 2, 6, 15; cf. id. ib. 2, 10, 26; id. Verr. 2, 1, 46, § 118 Ascon.; id. Fam. 3, 8, 4; Gell. 2, 15, 4 al.; Cic. de Or. 2, 55, 223; id. Fam. 7, 22 med.; Quint. 10, 7, 32:

    id quod caput est,

    Cic. Att. 1, 17, 4; so id. Fam. 3, 7, 4.—Of money, the principal sum, the capital, stock (syn. sors;

    opp. usurae),

    Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 4, § 11; 2, 3, 35, § 80 sq.; id. Att. 15, 26, 4; Liv. 6, 15, 10; 6, 35, 4; Hor. S. 1, 2, 14 al.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > caput

  • 6 kaput

    căpŭt ( kăp-căpud), ĭtis ( abl. sing. regularly capite:

    capiti,

    Cat. 68, 124; cf. Tib. 1, 1, 72 Huschk., where the MSS., as well as Caes. German. Arat. 213, vary between the two forms), n. [kindr. with Sanscr. kap-āla; Gr. keph-alê; Goth. haubith; Germ. Haupt].
    I.
    The head, of men and animals:

    oscitat in campis caput a cervice revolsum,

    Enn. Ann. 462 Vahl.: i lictor, conliga manus, caput obnubito, form. ap. Cic. Rab. Perd. 4, 13; cf. Liv. 1, 26, 6:

    tun' capite cano amas, homo nequissume?

    Plaut. Merc. 2, 2, 34; so,

    cano capite,

    id. As. 5, 2, 84; id. Cas. 3, 1, 4; Tib. 1, 1, 72; Pers. 1, 83 al.; cf. Tib. 1, 10, 43, and:

    capitis nives,

    Hor. C. 4, 13, 12, and Quint. 8, 6, 17 Spald.:

    raso capite calvus,

    Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 306:

    irraso,

    id. Rud. 5, 2, 16:

    intonsum,

    Quint. 12, 10, 47:

    amputare alicui,

    Suet. Galb. 20; Vulg. 1 Par. 10, 9:

    capite operto,

    Cic. Sen. 10, 34, 34:

    obvoluto,

    id. Phil. 2, 31, 77 Klotz:

    caput aperire,

    id. ib.:

    abscindere cervicibus,

    id. ib. 11, 2, 5:

    demittere,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 32; Cat. 87, 8; Verg. A. 9, 437: attollere. Ov. M. 5, 503:

    extollere,

    to become bold, Cic. Planc. 13, 33: efferre, to raise one ' s head, to be eminent, Verg. E. 1, 25 al.—Of animals, Tib. 2, 1, 8; Hor. S. 1, 2, 89; 2, 3, 200; id. Ep. 1, 1, 76 al.—
    b.
    Prov.: supra caput esse, to be over one ' s head, i. e. to be at one ' s very doors, to threaten in consequence of nearness ( = imminere, impendere), Sall. C. 52, 24; Liv. 3, 17, 2; Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 2, 2, § 6; Tac. H. 4, 69; cf. Kritz ad Sall. l. l.: capita conferre (like our phrase to put heads together, i. e to confer together in secret), Liv. 2, 45, 7:

    ire praecipitem in lutum, per caputque pedesque,

    over head and ears, Cat. 17, 9:

    nec caput nec pedes,

    neither beginning nor end, good for nothing, Cic. Fam. 7, 31, 2; cf. Cato ap. Liv. Epit. lib. 50; Plaut. As. 3, 3, 139 sq.—
    c.
    Capita aut navia (al. navim), heads or tails, a play of the Roman youth in which a piece of money is thrown up, to see whether the figure-side (the head of Janus) or the reverse - side (a ship) will fall uppermost, Macr. S. 1, 7; Aur. Vict. Orig. 3; cf. Ov. F. 1, 239; Paul. Nol. Poëm. 38, 73.—
    d.
    Poet., the head, as the seat of the understanding:

    aliena negotia Per caput saliunt,

    run through the head, Hor. S. 2, 6, 34; so id. ib. 2, 3, 132; id. A. P. 300.—
    e.
    Ad Capita bubula, a place in Rome in the tenth region, where Augustus was born, Suet. Aug. 5.—
    2.
    Transf., of inanimate things.
    a.
    In gen., the head, top, summit, point, end, extremity (beginning or end):

    ulpici,

    Cato, R. R. 71:

    allii,

    Col. 6, 34, 1:

    porri,

    id. 11, 3, 17:

    papaveris,

    Liv. 1, 54, 6; Verg. A. 9, 437:

    bulborum,

    Plin. 19, 5, 30, § 94:

    caulis,

    id. 19, 8, 41, § 140 al.:

    jecoris (or jecinoris, jocinoris),

    Cic. Div. 2, 13, 32; Liv. 8, 9, 1; cf. id. 27, 26, 14; 41, 14, 7; cf. Paul. ex Fest. p. 244 Müll.:

    extorum,

    Ov. M. 15, 795; Luc. 1, 627; Plin. 11, 37, 73, § 189: pontis, tēte de pont, Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 18, 4; cf. Front. Arat. 2, 13, 5:

    tignorum,

    Caes. B. C. 2, 9:

    columnae,

    Plin. 34, 3, 7, § 13:

    molis,

    the highest point of the mole, Curt. 4, 2, 23:

    xysti,

    Plin. Ep. 2, 17, 20:

    porticus,

    id. ib. 5, 6, 19 al.—
    b.
    Esp., of rivers,
    (α).
    The origin, source, spring ( head):

    caput aquae illud est, unde aqua nascitur,

    Dig. 43, 20, 1, § 8; so Lucr. 5, 270; 6, 636; 6, 729; Tib. 1, 7, 24; Hor. C. 1, 1, 22; id. S. 1, 10, 37; Verg. G. 4, 319; 4, 368; Ov. M. 2, 255; Hirt. B. G. 8, 41; Liv. 1, 51, 9; 2, 38, 1; 37, 18, 6:

    fontium,

    Vitr. 8, 1; Mel. 3, 2, 8; Plin. Ep. 8, 8, 5; 10, 91, 1 al.—
    (β).
    (more rare) The mouth, embouchure, Caes. B. G. 4, 10; Liv. 33, 41, 7; Luc. 2, 52; 3, 202.—
    c.
    Also of plants, sometimes the root, Cato, R. R. 36; 43; 51:

    vitis,

    id. ib. 33, 1; 95, 2; Plin. 17, 22, 35, § 195; Verg. G. 2, 355.—
    d.
    Also, in reference to the vine, vine branches, Col. 3, 10, 1; Cic. Sen. 15, 53.— Poet., also the summit, top of trees, Enn. ap. Gell. 13, 20, and ap. Non. 195, 24; Ov. M. 1, 567; Poët. ap. Quint. 9, 4, 90; Claud. Rapt. Pros. 3, 370. —
    e.
    Of mountains, rocks, Verg. A. 4, 249; 6, 360.—
    f.
    Of a boil that swells out, Cels. 8, 9;

    hence, facere,

    to come to a head, Plin. 22, 25, 76, § 159; 26, 12, 77, § 125; cf.: capita deorum appellabantur fasciculi facti ex verbenis, Paul. ex Fest. p. 64 Müll.—
    II.
    Per meton. (pars pro toto), a man, person, or animal (very freq. in prose and poetry; cf. kara, kephalê,, in the same signif.;

    v. Liddell and Scott and Robinson): pro capite tuo quantum dedit,

    Plaut. Most. 1, 3, 54; id. Pers. 1, 1, 37:

    hoc conruptum'st caput,

    id. Ep. 1, 1, 85:

    siquidem hoc vivet caput, i. e. ego,

    id. Ps. 2, 4, 33; so id. Stich. 5, 5, 10; cf. id. Capt. 5, 1, 25:

    ridiculum caput!

    Ter. And. 2, 2, 34:

    festivum,

    id. Ad. 2, 3, 8:

    lepidum,

    id. ib. 5, 9, 9:

    carum,

    Verg. A. 4, 354; Hor. C. 1, 24, 2:

    liberum,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 32, § 79:

    vilia,

    Liv. 25, 6, 9:

    viliora,

    id. 9, 26, 22:

    vilissima,

    id. 24, 5, 13:

    ignota,

    id. 3, 7, 7; cf. id. 2, 5, 6:

    liberorum servorumque,

    id. 29, 29, 3 al. —In imprecations:

    istic capiti dicito,

    Plaut. Rud. 3, 6, 47; cf.:

    vae capiti tuo,

    id. Most. 4, 3, 10; so id. Poen. 3, 3, 32; Ter. Phorm. 3, 2, 6; Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 1, 4; Tib. 1, 2, 12; Verg. A. 8, 484; 11, 399 al.—With numerals:

    capitum Helvetiorum milia CCLXIII.,

    souls, Caes. B. G. 1, 29; 4, 15:

    quot capitum vivunt, totidem studiorum Milia,

    Hor. S. 2, 1, 27; id. Ep. 2, 2, 189; cf. id. C. 1, 28, 20 al.; so, in capita, in distribution, to or for each person (cf. in Heb. also, for each head, poll, = for each individual, v. Robinson in h. v.), Liv. 2, 33, 11; 32, 17, 2; 34, 50, 6 al. (cf.:

    in singulos,

    id. 42, 4, 5).—Of. the poll-tax:

    exactio capitum,

    Cic. Fam. 3, 8, 5; so,

    capite censi, v. censeo.—Of animals,

    Verg. A. 3, 391; Col. 6, 5, 4 fin.; 8, 5, 4; 8, 5, 7; 8, 11, 13; Veg. Vet. 1, 18.—
    III.
    Trop.
    1.
    Life, and specif.,
    a.
    Physical life:

    carum,

    Plaut. Capt. 2, 1, 33 sq.; 5, 1, 26:

    si capitis res siet,

    if it is a matter of life and death, id. Trin. 4, 2, 120: capitis periculum adire, to risk one ' s life, Ter. And. 4, 1, 53; id. Hec. 3, 1, 54; cf. id. Phorm. 3, 2, 6 Runnk.:

    capitis poena,

    capital punishment, Caes. B. G. 7, 71:

    pactum pro capite pretium,

    Cic. Off. 3, 29, 107:

    cum altero certamen honoris et dignitatis est, cum altero capitis et famae,

    id. ib. 1, 12, 38:

    cum dimicatione capitis,

    id. Prov. Cons. 9, 23; cf.:

    suo capite decernere,

    id. Att. 10, 9, 2; so Liv. 2, 12, 10; Cic. Fin. 5, 22, 64; Liv. 9, 5, 5:

    caput offerre pro patriā,

    Cic. Sull. 30, 84:

    patrium tibi crede caput, i. e. patris vitam et salutem,

    Ov. M. 8, 94; so,

    capitis accusare,

    to accuse of a capital crime, Nep. Paus. 2 fin.:

    absolvere,

    id. Milt. 7, 6:

    damnare,

    id. Alcib. 4, 5; id. Eum. 5, 1:

    tergo ac capite puniri,

    Liv. 3, 55, 14:

    caput Jovi sacrum,

    id. 3, 55, 7:

    sacratum,

    id. 10, 38, 3 al.; cf. Ov. M. 9, 296.—
    b.
    Civil or political life, acc. to the Roman idea, including the rights of liberty, citizenship, [p. 290] and family (libertatis, civitatis, familiae): its loss or deprivation was called deminutio or minutio capitis, acc. to the foll. jurid. distinction: capitis deminutionis tria genera sunt: maxima, media, minima; tria enim sunt, quae habemus: libertatem, civitatem, familiam. Igitur cum omnia haec amittimus (as by servitude or condemnation to death), maximam esse capitis deminutionem; cum vero amittimus civitatem (as in the interdictio aquae et ignis) libertatem retinemus, mediam esse capitis deminutionem;

    cum et libertas et civitas retinetur, familia tantum mutatur (as by adoption, or, in the case of women, by marriage) minimam esse capitis deminutionem constat,

    Dig. 4, 5, 11; cf. Just. Inst. 1, 16, 4; Cic. de Or. 1, 40, 181; 1, 54, 231; id. Tusc. 1, 29, 71; Liv. 3, 55, 14; 22, 60, 15:

    capitis minor,

    Hor. C. 3, 5, 42:

    servus manumissus capite non minuitur, quia nulnum caput habuit,

    Dig. 4, 5, 3, § 1.—Of the deminutio media, Cic. Brut. 36, 136; id. Verr. 2, 2, 40, §§ 98 and 99; id. Quint. 2, 8 al.—Of the deminutio minima, Cic. Top. 4, 18; cf. Gai Inst. 1, 162.—
    2. (α).
    With gen.:

    scelerum,

    an arrant knave, Plaut. Curc. 2, 1, 19; id. Bacch. 4, 7, 31; id. Mil. 2, 6, 14; id. Ps. 1, 5, 31; 4, 5, 3; id. Rud. 4, 4, 54:

    perjuri,

    id. ib. 4, 4, 55:

    concitandorum Graecorum,

    Cic. Fl. 18, 42:

    consilil,

    Liv. 8, 31, 7:

    conjurationis,

    id. 9, 26, 7:

    caput rei Romanae Camillus,

    id. 6, 3, 1; cf.:

    caput rerum Masinissam fuisse,

    id. 28, 35, 12; so id. 26, 40, 13:

    reipublicae,

    Tac. A. 1, 13:

    nominis Latini,

    heads, chiefs, Liv. 1, 52, 4:

    belli,

    id. 45, 7, 3:

    Suevorum,

    chieftribe, Tac. G. 39 fin. al.—The predicate in gen. masc.:

    capita conjurationis ejus virgis caesi ac securi percussi,

    Liv. 10, 1, 3.—
    (β).
    With esse and dat.:

    ego caput fui argento reperiundo,

    Plaut. As. 3, 3, 138; cf.:

    illic est huic rei caput,

    author, contriver, Ter. And. 2, 6, 27; so id. Ad. 4, 2, 29 al.—
    (γ).
    Absol.:

    urgerent philosophorum greges, jam ab illo fonte et capite Socrate,

    Cic. de Or. 1, 10, 42:

    corpori valido caput deerat,

    guide, leader, Liv. 5, 46, 5:

    esse aliquod caput (i. e. regem) placebat,

    id. 1, 17, 4; cf. id. 1, 23, 4; Hor. S. 2, 5, 74 al.—Of things, head, chief, capital, etc.;

    thus of cities: Thebas caput fuisse totius Graeciae,

    head, first city, Nep. Epam. 10 fin.; so with gen., Liv. 9, 37, 12; 10, 37, 4 Weissenb. ad loc.; 23, 11, 11; 37, 18, 3 (with arx); cf.:

    pro capite atque arce Italiae, urbe Romanā,

    Liv. 22, 32, 5; and with dat.:

    Romam caput Latio esse,

    id. 8, 4, 5; and:

    brevi caput Italiae omni Capuam fore,

    id. 23, 10, 2 Drak. N. cr. —Of other localities:

    castellum quod caput ejus regionis erat,

    the head, principal place, Liv. 21, 33, 11.—Of other things:

    jus nigrum, quod cenae caput erat,

    the principal dish, Cic. Tusc. 5, 34, 98; cf. id. Fin. 2, 8, 25:

    patrimonii publici,

    id. Agr. 1, 7, 21; cf. id. ib. 2, 29, 80; Liv. 6, 14, 10: caput esse artis, decere, the main or principal point, Cic. de Or. 1, 29, 132:

    caput esse ad beate vivendum securitatem,

    id. Lael. 13, 45: ad consilium de re publicā dandum caput est nosse rem publicam;

    ad dicendum vero probabiliter, nosse mores civitatis,

    id. de Or. 2, 82, 337; 1, 19, 87:

    litterarum,

    summary, purport, substance, id. Phil. 2, 31, 77:

    caput Epicuri,

    the fundamental principle, dogma, id. Ac. 2, 32, 101; cf. Quint. 3, 11, 27: rerum, the chief or central point, head, Cic. Brut. 44, 164.—So in writings, a division, section, paragraph, chapter, etc.:

    a primo capite legis usque ad extremum,

    Cic. Agr. 2, 6, 15; cf. id. ib. 2, 10, 26; id. Verr. 2, 1, 46, § 118 Ascon.; id. Fam. 3, 8, 4; Gell. 2, 15, 4 al.; Cic. de Or. 2, 55, 223; id. Fam. 7, 22 med.; Quint. 10, 7, 32:

    id quod caput est,

    Cic. Att. 1, 17, 4; so id. Fam. 3, 7, 4.—Of money, the principal sum, the capital, stock (syn. sors;

    opp. usurae),

    Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 4, § 11; 2, 3, 35, § 80 sq.; id. Att. 15, 26, 4; Liv. 6, 15, 10; 6, 35, 4; Hor. S. 1, 2, 14 al.

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  • 7 ūltimus (ūltumus)

        ūltimus (ūltumus) adj. sup.    [cf. ulterior].— In space, farthest, most distant, most remote, uttermost, extreme, last: (luna) quae ultima a caelo lucebat: in ultimam provinciam se coniecit, the most remote part of the province: maris terrarumque orae, L.: Africa, farthest Africa, H.: quā terrarum ultimas finit Oceanus, L.— Plur m. as subst, the most remote people, those farthest on: recessum primis ultimi non dabant.—As subst n., what is farthest, the most remote, the last, the end: praeponens ultima primis, H.: ultima signant, the goal, V.: extremum atque ultimum mundi.—Of time or order, remotest, earliest, oldest, first, last, latest, final: ultimi temporis recordatio: memoria pueritiae: sanguinis auctor, V.: dies, last, O.: de duro est ultima ferro, O.: necessitate, quae ultimum ac maximum telum est, superiores estis, L.: senatūs consultum, Cs.— Plur n. as subst: perferto et ultima exspectato, the end.—In the phrase, ad ultimum, to the end, at last, lastly, finally: si qualis in cives, talis ad ultimum in liberos esset, L.— Rarely with illud: domos suas ultimum illud visuri, now for the last time, L.—Of degrees or rank, utmost, extreme, highest, first, greatest: summum bonum, quod ultimum appello: ultimae causae cur perirent, etc., H.: periculum, Cu.: inopia, L.: supplicium, i. e. capital punishment, Cs.: discrimen vitae, L.—As subst n.: omnia ultima pati, any extremity, L.—In the phrase, ad ultimum, to the extreme, in the highest degree: fidem ad ultimum fratri praestare, L.: consilium ad ultimum demens, utterly, L.: ad ultimum inopiae adducere, to the last degree, L.: ad ultimum periculi pervenire, Cu.— Lowest, meanest: non ultima laus, H.: vigiliis et labore cum ultimis militum certare, L.

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  • 8 carnificina

    work/act/office of executioner/torturer; torture/execution; capital punishment

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  • 9 carnuficina

    work/act/office of executioner/torturer; torture/execution; capital punishment

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  • 10 kaput

    head; person; life; leader; top; source/mouth (river); capital (punishment)

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  • 11 carnificina

    carnĭfĭcīna ( carnŭf-), ae. f. [carnifex].
    I.
    The office of executioner or hangman; capital punishment, execution:

    carnificinam facere = carnificem esse,

    Plaut. Capt. 1, 2, 23; cf. id. Cist. 2, 1, 1:

    locus carnificinae,

    Suet. Tib. 62.—Hence,
    II.
    Per meton., the rack, torture, torment: dolores atque carnificinas facere, Cato ap. Gell. 10, 3, 17; and ap. Non. p. 187, 30; so,

    carnificinam subire,

    Cic. Tusc. 5, 27, 78:

    in ergastulum et carnificinam duci,

    Liv. 2, 23, 6.—
    B.
    Trop.:

    cum omnis perturbatio miseria est, tum carnificina est aegritudo,

    Cic. Tusc. 3, 13, 27; cf. id. Sest. 65, 135 (= crudelitas).

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  • 12 carnuficina

    carnĭfĭcīna ( carnŭf-), ae. f. [carnifex].
    I.
    The office of executioner or hangman; capital punishment, execution:

    carnificinam facere = carnificem esse,

    Plaut. Capt. 1, 2, 23; cf. id. Cist. 2, 1, 1:

    locus carnificinae,

    Suet. Tib. 62.—Hence,
    II.
    Per meton., the rack, torture, torment: dolores atque carnificinas facere, Cato ap. Gell. 10, 3, 17; and ap. Non. p. 187, 30; so,

    carnificinam subire,

    Cic. Tusc. 5, 27, 78:

    in ergastulum et carnificinam duci,

    Liv. 2, 23, 6.—
    B.
    Trop.:

    cum omnis perturbatio miseria est, tum carnificina est aegritudo,

    Cic. Tusc. 3, 13, 27; cf. id. Sest. 65, 135 (= crudelitas).

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  • 13 ulter

    ulter, tra, trum, adj. ( comp. ulterior, us; sup. ultimus) [cf.: uls, ollus, olim; and the advv. ultra, ultro], prop. that is beyond or on the other side. The posit. is not found, but the comp. and sup. are very freq.
    I.
    Comp.: ultĕrĭor, ĭus, farther, on the farther side, that is beyond, ulterior:

    quis est ulterior?

    Ter. Phorm. 4, 2, 10:

    quorum alter ulteriorem Galliam decernit cum Syriā, alter citeriorem,

    i. e. transalpine, Cic. Prov. Cons. 15, 36:

    Gallia,

    id. Att. 8, 3, 3; Caes. B. G. 1, 7:

    portus,

    id. ib. 4, 23:

    Hispania,

    Suet. Caes. 7; 18; 56:

    pars urbis,

    Liv. 34, 20, 5:

    ripa,

    Verg. A. 6, 314; Vell. 2, 107, 1:

    ulterius medio spatium sol altus habebat,

    Ov. M. 2, 417.—
    B.
    As subst.
    1.
    ul-tĕrĭōres, um, m. (sc. homines), the more remote, or more distant persons, those beyond:

    cum ab proximis impetrare non possent, ulteriores tentant,

    Caes. B. G. 6, 2: recurritur ex proximis locis;

    ulteriores non inventi,

    Liv. 3, 60, 7:

    proximi ripae neglegenter, ulteriores exquisitius,

    Tac. G. 17.—
    2.
    ultĕrĭōra, um, n. (sc. loca or negotia).
    (α).
    Of places, the more remote parts or regions, the districts beyond:

    Mosellae pons, qui ulteriora coloniae annectit,

    Tac. H. 4, 77.—
    (β).
    In gen., of things, that which is beyond, things beyond, farther, or in addition; things future:

    ulteriora mirari, praesentia sequi,

    Tac. H. 4, 8:

    ut dum proxima dicimus, struere ulteriora possimus,

    things beyond, what is to come, Quint. 10, 7, 8; cf.:

    pudor est ulteriora loqui,

    Ov. F. 5, 532; id. A. A. 3, 769:

    semper et inventis ulteriora petit,

    id. Am. 2, 9, 10.—
    3.
    Rarely sing.: ultĕrĭus, ōris, n., something more, any thing further:

    cujus (fero, tuli) praeteritum perfectum et ulterius non invenitur,

    Quint. 1, 6, 26.—
    II.
    Sup.: ultĭmus, a, um, that is farthest beyond, i. e. the farthest, most distant, most remote, the uttermost, extreme, last; often to be rendered as a subst., the farthest or most distant part of any thing, etc. (opp. to citimus, while extremus is opp. to intimus).
    A.
    Lit., of space:

    illa minima (luna) quae ultima a caeio, citima terris luce lucebat alienā,

    Cic. Rep. 6, 16, 16:

    partes,

    id. ib. 6, 20, 20:

    in ultimam provinciam se conjecit,

    id. Att. 5, 16, 4:

    devehendum in ultimas maris terrarumque oras,

    Liv. 21, 10, 12:

    orae,

    Plaut. Most. 4, 3, 3; Hor. C. 3, 3, 45; Liv. 5, 37, 2:

    campi,

    Plaut. Rud. 4, 3, 95:

    Hesperia,

    Hor. C. 1, 36, 4:

    Africa,

    id. ib. 2, 18, 4:

    Geloni,

    id. ib. 2, 20, 18:

    in plateā ultimā,

    Plaut. Curc. 2, 2, 28; id. Mil. 3, 1, 15:

    in ultimis aedibus,

    Ter. Heaut. 5, 1, 29:

    spelunca draconis,

    Phaedr. 4, 18, 3:

    cauda,

    i. e. the end of, Plin. 9, 5, 4, § 11:

    mors ultima linea rerum est,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 16, 79.—
    2.
    Subst.
    (α).
    ultĭmi, ōrum, m. (sc. homines), the farthest or most remote people:

    recessum primis ultimi non dabant,

    Caes. B. G. 5, 43.—
    (β).
    ultĭma, ōrum, n. (sc. negotia), the farthest or most remote things:

    praeponens ultima primis,

    Hor. S. 1, 4, 59:

    ultima signant,

    the goal, Verg. A. 5, 317.—
    (γ).
    Rarely sing.: ultĭmum, i, n., the last, the end:

    caelum ipsum, quod extremum atque ultimum mundi est,

    Cic. Div. 2, 43, 91.—
    B.
    Transf.
    1.
    Of time or order of succession, the remotest, earliest, oldest, first; the last, latest, final:

    ultimi et proximi temporis recordatio,

    Cic. Prov. Cons. 18, 43:

    tam multis ab ultimā antiquitate repetitis,

    id. Fin. 1, 20, 65:

    tempora,

    id. Leg. 1, 3. 8:

    initium,

    Auct. Her. 1, 9, 14:

    principium,

    Cic. Inv. 2, 2, 5:

    memoria pueritiae,

    id. Arch. 1, 1:

    memoria saeculorum,

    Just. 12, 16, 3:

    vetustas hominum,

    id. 2, 1, 20:

    sanguinis auctor,

    Verg. A. 7, 49:

    ultima quid referam?

    Ov. H. 14, 109: scilicet ultima semper Exspectanda dies homini est, last, id.M. 3, 135:

    aetas est de ferro,

    id. ib. 1, 127:

    vox,

    id. ib. 3, 499:

    dicta,

    id. ib. 9, 126:

    lapis,

    i. e. a gravestone, Prop. 1, 17, 20: cerae, i. e. a last will, testament, Mart. 4, 70, 2:

    aetas,

    Quint. 12, 4, 2:

    senectus,

    id. 11, 1, 10:

    virtute pares, necessitate, quae ultimum ac maximum telum est, superiores estis,

    Liv. 4, 28, 5:

    decurritur ad illud extremum atque ultimum senatus consultum,

    Caes. B. C. 1, 5. —As subst.: ultĭma, ōrum, n.:

    perferto et ultima exspectato,

    final events, the end, Cic. Fam. 7, 17, 2:

    ultima vitae,

    Calp. Ecl. 3, 91.—Rarely sing.:

    matrem ultimo aetatis affectam,

    Aus. Vict. Or. Gent. Rom. 10.—Adverb.:

    si fidem ad ultimum fratri praestitisset,

    to the last, Liv. 45, 19, 17; 3, 64, 8; 3, 64, 11; also (more freq.) at last, lastly, finally, = ad extremum, ad postremum, postremo:

    si qualis in cives, talis ad ultimum in liberos esset,

    Liv. 1, 53, 10; 5, 10, 8; 3, 10, 3:

    ne se ad ultimum perditum irent,

    id. 26, 27, 10; so,

    ultimo,

    Suet. Ner. 32 fin.; Petr. 20, 139;

    and, ultimum,

    for the last time, Liv. 1, 29, 3; Curt. 5, 12, 8; App. M. 2, p. 126.—
    2.
    Of degree or rank, and denoting the highest as well as the lowest extreme of either.
    a.
    The utmost, extreme, the highest, first, greatest, = summus, extremus:

    summum bonum, quod ultimum appello,

    Cic. Fin. 3, 9, 30:

    ultimae perfectaeque naturae,

    id. N. D. 2, 12, 33:

    ut absit ab ultimis vitiis ipse praeceptor ac schola,

    Quint. 2, 2, 15:

    ultimae causae cur perirent, etc.,

    Hor. C. 1, 16, 18:

    scelus,

    Curt. 5, 12, 17:

    rex ad ultimum periculum venit,

    id. 7, 6, 22:

    facinus,

    id. 8, 8, 2; 6, 3, 13; 6, 9, 11:

    necessitas,

    id. 9, 12, 6; Liv. 2, 43, 3; 3, 4, 9; Sen. Clem. 1, 12, 5:

    ad ultimam inopiam adducere,

    Liv. 6, 3, 4; 37, 31, 2:

    ad ultimos casus servari,

    id. 27, 10, 11:

    dedecus,

    Curt. 9, 5, 11:

    exsecrationes,

    Just. 24, 2, 8: ultimum supplicium, extreme (i. e. capital) punishment, Caes. B. C. 1, 84; so,

    poena,

    Liv. 3, 58, 10; Plin. Ep. 2, 11, 8:

    desperatio,

    Tac. H. 2, 48; 2, 44; Curt. 10, 8, 9; Liv. 42, 66, 1; Sen. Contr. 4, 29, 2:

    discrimen ultimum vitae et regni,

    Liv. 37, 53, 16; 23, 21, 2:

    ad ultimam perductus tristitiam,

    Petr. 24.—Esp., as subst.: ultĭ-ma, ōrum, n.:

    omnia ultima pati,

    every extremity, the worst, Liv. 37, 54, 2:

    ultima pati,

    Ov. M. 14, 483; id. Tr. 3, 2, 11; Curt. 3, 1, 6:

    ultima audere,

    Liv. 3, 2, 11:

    priusquam ultima experirentur,

    id. 2, 28, 9.—Rarely sing.:

    paene in ultimum gladiorum erupit impunitas,

    Vell. 2, 125, 2:

    ad ultimum inopiae adducere,

    to the last degree. Liv. 23, 19, 2; 31, 38, 1:

    ad ultimum periculi pervenire,

    Curt. 8, 1, 15.— Trop.:

    ut in pecude, nisi quae vis obstitit, videmus naturam suo quodam itinere ad ultimum pervenire,

    Cic. N. D. 2, 13, 35.—Adverb.:

    ad ultimum pro fide morituri,

    Curt. 3, 1, 7:

    consilium sceleratum, sed non ad ultimum demens,

    in the extreme, utterly, to the last degree, Liv. 28, 28, 8.—
    b.
    The lowest, meanest (very rare):

    qui se Philippum regiaeque stirpis ferebat, cum esset ultimae,

    Vell. 1, 11, 1:

    principibus placuisse viris non ultima laus est,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 17, 35: ultima sit laudes inter ut illa tuas, Auct. Cons. ad Liv. 17:

    ultima pistoris illa uxor,

    the worst, App. M. 9, p. 224, 26.— Subst.:

    ut vigiliis et labore cum ultimis militum certaret (consul),

    Liv. 34, 18, 5:

    in ultimis laudum,

    id. 30, 30, 4:

    in ultimis ponere,

    the lowest, meanest things, Plin. 17, 12, 18, § 91.

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  • 14 ulteriora

    ulter, tra, trum, adj. ( comp. ulterior, us; sup. ultimus) [cf.: uls, ollus, olim; and the advv. ultra, ultro], prop. that is beyond or on the other side. The posit. is not found, but the comp. and sup. are very freq.
    I.
    Comp.: ultĕrĭor, ĭus, farther, on the farther side, that is beyond, ulterior:

    quis est ulterior?

    Ter. Phorm. 4, 2, 10:

    quorum alter ulteriorem Galliam decernit cum Syriā, alter citeriorem,

    i. e. transalpine, Cic. Prov. Cons. 15, 36:

    Gallia,

    id. Att. 8, 3, 3; Caes. B. G. 1, 7:

    portus,

    id. ib. 4, 23:

    Hispania,

    Suet. Caes. 7; 18; 56:

    pars urbis,

    Liv. 34, 20, 5:

    ripa,

    Verg. A. 6, 314; Vell. 2, 107, 1:

    ulterius medio spatium sol altus habebat,

    Ov. M. 2, 417.—
    B.
    As subst.
    1.
    ul-tĕrĭōres, um, m. (sc. homines), the more remote, or more distant persons, those beyond:

    cum ab proximis impetrare non possent, ulteriores tentant,

    Caes. B. G. 6, 2: recurritur ex proximis locis;

    ulteriores non inventi,

    Liv. 3, 60, 7:

    proximi ripae neglegenter, ulteriores exquisitius,

    Tac. G. 17.—
    2.
    ultĕrĭōra, um, n. (sc. loca or negotia).
    (α).
    Of places, the more remote parts or regions, the districts beyond:

    Mosellae pons, qui ulteriora coloniae annectit,

    Tac. H. 4, 77.—
    (β).
    In gen., of things, that which is beyond, things beyond, farther, or in addition; things future:

    ulteriora mirari, praesentia sequi,

    Tac. H. 4, 8:

    ut dum proxima dicimus, struere ulteriora possimus,

    things beyond, what is to come, Quint. 10, 7, 8; cf.:

    pudor est ulteriora loqui,

    Ov. F. 5, 532; id. A. A. 3, 769:

    semper et inventis ulteriora petit,

    id. Am. 2, 9, 10.—
    3.
    Rarely sing.: ultĕrĭus, ōris, n., something more, any thing further:

    cujus (fero, tuli) praeteritum perfectum et ulterius non invenitur,

    Quint. 1, 6, 26.—
    II.
    Sup.: ultĭmus, a, um, that is farthest beyond, i. e. the farthest, most distant, most remote, the uttermost, extreme, last; often to be rendered as a subst., the farthest or most distant part of any thing, etc. (opp. to citimus, while extremus is opp. to intimus).
    A.
    Lit., of space:

    illa minima (luna) quae ultima a caeio, citima terris luce lucebat alienā,

    Cic. Rep. 6, 16, 16:

    partes,

    id. ib. 6, 20, 20:

    in ultimam provinciam se conjecit,

    id. Att. 5, 16, 4:

    devehendum in ultimas maris terrarumque oras,

    Liv. 21, 10, 12:

    orae,

    Plaut. Most. 4, 3, 3; Hor. C. 3, 3, 45; Liv. 5, 37, 2:

    campi,

    Plaut. Rud. 4, 3, 95:

    Hesperia,

    Hor. C. 1, 36, 4:

    Africa,

    id. ib. 2, 18, 4:

    Geloni,

    id. ib. 2, 20, 18:

    in plateā ultimā,

    Plaut. Curc. 2, 2, 28; id. Mil. 3, 1, 15:

    in ultimis aedibus,

    Ter. Heaut. 5, 1, 29:

    spelunca draconis,

    Phaedr. 4, 18, 3:

    cauda,

    i. e. the end of, Plin. 9, 5, 4, § 11:

    mors ultima linea rerum est,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 16, 79.—
    2.
    Subst.
    (α).
    ultĭmi, ōrum, m. (sc. homines), the farthest or most remote people:

    recessum primis ultimi non dabant,

    Caes. B. G. 5, 43.—
    (β).
    ultĭma, ōrum, n. (sc. negotia), the farthest or most remote things:

    praeponens ultima primis,

    Hor. S. 1, 4, 59:

    ultima signant,

    the goal, Verg. A. 5, 317.—
    (γ).
    Rarely sing.: ultĭmum, i, n., the last, the end:

    caelum ipsum, quod extremum atque ultimum mundi est,

    Cic. Div. 2, 43, 91.—
    B.
    Transf.
    1.
    Of time or order of succession, the remotest, earliest, oldest, first; the last, latest, final:

    ultimi et proximi temporis recordatio,

    Cic. Prov. Cons. 18, 43:

    tam multis ab ultimā antiquitate repetitis,

    id. Fin. 1, 20, 65:

    tempora,

    id. Leg. 1, 3. 8:

    initium,

    Auct. Her. 1, 9, 14:

    principium,

    Cic. Inv. 2, 2, 5:

    memoria pueritiae,

    id. Arch. 1, 1:

    memoria saeculorum,

    Just. 12, 16, 3:

    vetustas hominum,

    id. 2, 1, 20:

    sanguinis auctor,

    Verg. A. 7, 49:

    ultima quid referam?

    Ov. H. 14, 109: scilicet ultima semper Exspectanda dies homini est, last, id.M. 3, 135:

    aetas est de ferro,

    id. ib. 1, 127:

    vox,

    id. ib. 3, 499:

    dicta,

    id. ib. 9, 126:

    lapis,

    i. e. a gravestone, Prop. 1, 17, 20: cerae, i. e. a last will, testament, Mart. 4, 70, 2:

    aetas,

    Quint. 12, 4, 2:

    senectus,

    id. 11, 1, 10:

    virtute pares, necessitate, quae ultimum ac maximum telum est, superiores estis,

    Liv. 4, 28, 5:

    decurritur ad illud extremum atque ultimum senatus consultum,

    Caes. B. C. 1, 5. —As subst.: ultĭma, ōrum, n.:

    perferto et ultima exspectato,

    final events, the end, Cic. Fam. 7, 17, 2:

    ultima vitae,

    Calp. Ecl. 3, 91.—Rarely sing.:

    matrem ultimo aetatis affectam,

    Aus. Vict. Or. Gent. Rom. 10.—Adverb.:

    si fidem ad ultimum fratri praestitisset,

    to the last, Liv. 45, 19, 17; 3, 64, 8; 3, 64, 11; also (more freq.) at last, lastly, finally, = ad extremum, ad postremum, postremo:

    si qualis in cives, talis ad ultimum in liberos esset,

    Liv. 1, 53, 10; 5, 10, 8; 3, 10, 3:

    ne se ad ultimum perditum irent,

    id. 26, 27, 10; so,

    ultimo,

    Suet. Ner. 32 fin.; Petr. 20, 139;

    and, ultimum,

    for the last time, Liv. 1, 29, 3; Curt. 5, 12, 8; App. M. 2, p. 126.—
    2.
    Of degree or rank, and denoting the highest as well as the lowest extreme of either.
    a.
    The utmost, extreme, the highest, first, greatest, = summus, extremus:

    summum bonum, quod ultimum appello,

    Cic. Fin. 3, 9, 30:

    ultimae perfectaeque naturae,

    id. N. D. 2, 12, 33:

    ut absit ab ultimis vitiis ipse praeceptor ac schola,

    Quint. 2, 2, 15:

    ultimae causae cur perirent, etc.,

    Hor. C. 1, 16, 18:

    scelus,

    Curt. 5, 12, 17:

    rex ad ultimum periculum venit,

    id. 7, 6, 22:

    facinus,

    id. 8, 8, 2; 6, 3, 13; 6, 9, 11:

    necessitas,

    id. 9, 12, 6; Liv. 2, 43, 3; 3, 4, 9; Sen. Clem. 1, 12, 5:

    ad ultimam inopiam adducere,

    Liv. 6, 3, 4; 37, 31, 2:

    ad ultimos casus servari,

    id. 27, 10, 11:

    dedecus,

    Curt. 9, 5, 11:

    exsecrationes,

    Just. 24, 2, 8: ultimum supplicium, extreme (i. e. capital) punishment, Caes. B. C. 1, 84; so,

    poena,

    Liv. 3, 58, 10; Plin. Ep. 2, 11, 8:

    desperatio,

    Tac. H. 2, 48; 2, 44; Curt. 10, 8, 9; Liv. 42, 66, 1; Sen. Contr. 4, 29, 2:

    discrimen ultimum vitae et regni,

    Liv. 37, 53, 16; 23, 21, 2:

    ad ultimam perductus tristitiam,

    Petr. 24.—Esp., as subst.: ultĭ-ma, ōrum, n.:

    omnia ultima pati,

    every extremity, the worst, Liv. 37, 54, 2:

    ultima pati,

    Ov. M. 14, 483; id. Tr. 3, 2, 11; Curt. 3, 1, 6:

    ultima audere,

    Liv. 3, 2, 11:

    priusquam ultima experirentur,

    id. 2, 28, 9.—Rarely sing.:

    paene in ultimum gladiorum erupit impunitas,

    Vell. 2, 125, 2:

    ad ultimum inopiae adducere,

    to the last degree. Liv. 23, 19, 2; 31, 38, 1:

    ad ultimum periculi pervenire,

    Curt. 8, 1, 15.— Trop.:

    ut in pecude, nisi quae vis obstitit, videmus naturam suo quodam itinere ad ultimum pervenire,

    Cic. N. D. 2, 13, 35.—Adverb.:

    ad ultimum pro fide morituri,

    Curt. 3, 1, 7:

    consilium sceleratum, sed non ad ultimum demens,

    in the extreme, utterly, to the last degree, Liv. 28, 28, 8.—
    b.
    The lowest, meanest (very rare):

    qui se Philippum regiaeque stirpis ferebat, cum esset ultimae,

    Vell. 1, 11, 1:

    principibus placuisse viris non ultima laus est,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 17, 35: ultima sit laudes inter ut illa tuas, Auct. Cons. ad Liv. 17:

    ultima pistoris illa uxor,

    the worst, App. M. 9, p. 224, 26.— Subst.:

    ut vigiliis et labore cum ultimis militum certaret (consul),

    Liv. 34, 18, 5:

    in ultimis laudum,

    id. 30, 30, 4:

    in ultimis ponere,

    the lowest, meanest things, Plin. 17, 12, 18, § 91.

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  • 15 ulteriores

    ulter, tra, trum, adj. ( comp. ulterior, us; sup. ultimus) [cf.: uls, ollus, olim; and the advv. ultra, ultro], prop. that is beyond or on the other side. The posit. is not found, but the comp. and sup. are very freq.
    I.
    Comp.: ultĕrĭor, ĭus, farther, on the farther side, that is beyond, ulterior:

    quis est ulterior?

    Ter. Phorm. 4, 2, 10:

    quorum alter ulteriorem Galliam decernit cum Syriā, alter citeriorem,

    i. e. transalpine, Cic. Prov. Cons. 15, 36:

    Gallia,

    id. Att. 8, 3, 3; Caes. B. G. 1, 7:

    portus,

    id. ib. 4, 23:

    Hispania,

    Suet. Caes. 7; 18; 56:

    pars urbis,

    Liv. 34, 20, 5:

    ripa,

    Verg. A. 6, 314; Vell. 2, 107, 1:

    ulterius medio spatium sol altus habebat,

    Ov. M. 2, 417.—
    B.
    As subst.
    1.
    ul-tĕrĭōres, um, m. (sc. homines), the more remote, or more distant persons, those beyond:

    cum ab proximis impetrare non possent, ulteriores tentant,

    Caes. B. G. 6, 2: recurritur ex proximis locis;

    ulteriores non inventi,

    Liv. 3, 60, 7:

    proximi ripae neglegenter, ulteriores exquisitius,

    Tac. G. 17.—
    2.
    ultĕrĭōra, um, n. (sc. loca or negotia).
    (α).
    Of places, the more remote parts or regions, the districts beyond:

    Mosellae pons, qui ulteriora coloniae annectit,

    Tac. H. 4, 77.—
    (β).
    In gen., of things, that which is beyond, things beyond, farther, or in addition; things future:

    ulteriora mirari, praesentia sequi,

    Tac. H. 4, 8:

    ut dum proxima dicimus, struere ulteriora possimus,

    things beyond, what is to come, Quint. 10, 7, 8; cf.:

    pudor est ulteriora loqui,

    Ov. F. 5, 532; id. A. A. 3, 769:

    semper et inventis ulteriora petit,

    id. Am. 2, 9, 10.—
    3.
    Rarely sing.: ultĕrĭus, ōris, n., something more, any thing further:

    cujus (fero, tuli) praeteritum perfectum et ulterius non invenitur,

    Quint. 1, 6, 26.—
    II.
    Sup.: ultĭmus, a, um, that is farthest beyond, i. e. the farthest, most distant, most remote, the uttermost, extreme, last; often to be rendered as a subst., the farthest or most distant part of any thing, etc. (opp. to citimus, while extremus is opp. to intimus).
    A.
    Lit., of space:

    illa minima (luna) quae ultima a caeio, citima terris luce lucebat alienā,

    Cic. Rep. 6, 16, 16:

    partes,

    id. ib. 6, 20, 20:

    in ultimam provinciam se conjecit,

    id. Att. 5, 16, 4:

    devehendum in ultimas maris terrarumque oras,

    Liv. 21, 10, 12:

    orae,

    Plaut. Most. 4, 3, 3; Hor. C. 3, 3, 45; Liv. 5, 37, 2:

    campi,

    Plaut. Rud. 4, 3, 95:

    Hesperia,

    Hor. C. 1, 36, 4:

    Africa,

    id. ib. 2, 18, 4:

    Geloni,

    id. ib. 2, 20, 18:

    in plateā ultimā,

    Plaut. Curc. 2, 2, 28; id. Mil. 3, 1, 15:

    in ultimis aedibus,

    Ter. Heaut. 5, 1, 29:

    spelunca draconis,

    Phaedr. 4, 18, 3:

    cauda,

    i. e. the end of, Plin. 9, 5, 4, § 11:

    mors ultima linea rerum est,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 16, 79.—
    2.
    Subst.
    (α).
    ultĭmi, ōrum, m. (sc. homines), the farthest or most remote people:

    recessum primis ultimi non dabant,

    Caes. B. G. 5, 43.—
    (β).
    ultĭma, ōrum, n. (sc. negotia), the farthest or most remote things:

    praeponens ultima primis,

    Hor. S. 1, 4, 59:

    ultima signant,

    the goal, Verg. A. 5, 317.—
    (γ).
    Rarely sing.: ultĭmum, i, n., the last, the end:

    caelum ipsum, quod extremum atque ultimum mundi est,

    Cic. Div. 2, 43, 91.—
    B.
    Transf.
    1.
    Of time or order of succession, the remotest, earliest, oldest, first; the last, latest, final:

    ultimi et proximi temporis recordatio,

    Cic. Prov. Cons. 18, 43:

    tam multis ab ultimā antiquitate repetitis,

    id. Fin. 1, 20, 65:

    tempora,

    id. Leg. 1, 3. 8:

    initium,

    Auct. Her. 1, 9, 14:

    principium,

    Cic. Inv. 2, 2, 5:

    memoria pueritiae,

    id. Arch. 1, 1:

    memoria saeculorum,

    Just. 12, 16, 3:

    vetustas hominum,

    id. 2, 1, 20:

    sanguinis auctor,

    Verg. A. 7, 49:

    ultima quid referam?

    Ov. H. 14, 109: scilicet ultima semper Exspectanda dies homini est, last, id.M. 3, 135:

    aetas est de ferro,

    id. ib. 1, 127:

    vox,

    id. ib. 3, 499:

    dicta,

    id. ib. 9, 126:

    lapis,

    i. e. a gravestone, Prop. 1, 17, 20: cerae, i. e. a last will, testament, Mart. 4, 70, 2:

    aetas,

    Quint. 12, 4, 2:

    senectus,

    id. 11, 1, 10:

    virtute pares, necessitate, quae ultimum ac maximum telum est, superiores estis,

    Liv. 4, 28, 5:

    decurritur ad illud extremum atque ultimum senatus consultum,

    Caes. B. C. 1, 5. —As subst.: ultĭma, ōrum, n.:

    perferto et ultima exspectato,

    final events, the end, Cic. Fam. 7, 17, 2:

    ultima vitae,

    Calp. Ecl. 3, 91.—Rarely sing.:

    matrem ultimo aetatis affectam,

    Aus. Vict. Or. Gent. Rom. 10.—Adverb.:

    si fidem ad ultimum fratri praestitisset,

    to the last, Liv. 45, 19, 17; 3, 64, 8; 3, 64, 11; also (more freq.) at last, lastly, finally, = ad extremum, ad postremum, postremo:

    si qualis in cives, talis ad ultimum in liberos esset,

    Liv. 1, 53, 10; 5, 10, 8; 3, 10, 3:

    ne se ad ultimum perditum irent,

    id. 26, 27, 10; so,

    ultimo,

    Suet. Ner. 32 fin.; Petr. 20, 139;

    and, ultimum,

    for the last time, Liv. 1, 29, 3; Curt. 5, 12, 8; App. M. 2, p. 126.—
    2.
    Of degree or rank, and denoting the highest as well as the lowest extreme of either.
    a.
    The utmost, extreme, the highest, first, greatest, = summus, extremus:

    summum bonum, quod ultimum appello,

    Cic. Fin. 3, 9, 30:

    ultimae perfectaeque naturae,

    id. N. D. 2, 12, 33:

    ut absit ab ultimis vitiis ipse praeceptor ac schola,

    Quint. 2, 2, 15:

    ultimae causae cur perirent, etc.,

    Hor. C. 1, 16, 18:

    scelus,

    Curt. 5, 12, 17:

    rex ad ultimum periculum venit,

    id. 7, 6, 22:

    facinus,

    id. 8, 8, 2; 6, 3, 13; 6, 9, 11:

    necessitas,

    id. 9, 12, 6; Liv. 2, 43, 3; 3, 4, 9; Sen. Clem. 1, 12, 5:

    ad ultimam inopiam adducere,

    Liv. 6, 3, 4; 37, 31, 2:

    ad ultimos casus servari,

    id. 27, 10, 11:

    dedecus,

    Curt. 9, 5, 11:

    exsecrationes,

    Just. 24, 2, 8: ultimum supplicium, extreme (i. e. capital) punishment, Caes. B. C. 1, 84; so,

    poena,

    Liv. 3, 58, 10; Plin. Ep. 2, 11, 8:

    desperatio,

    Tac. H. 2, 48; 2, 44; Curt. 10, 8, 9; Liv. 42, 66, 1; Sen. Contr. 4, 29, 2:

    discrimen ultimum vitae et regni,

    Liv. 37, 53, 16; 23, 21, 2:

    ad ultimam perductus tristitiam,

    Petr. 24.—Esp., as subst.: ultĭ-ma, ōrum, n.:

    omnia ultima pati,

    every extremity, the worst, Liv. 37, 54, 2:

    ultima pati,

    Ov. M. 14, 483; id. Tr. 3, 2, 11; Curt. 3, 1, 6:

    ultima audere,

    Liv. 3, 2, 11:

    priusquam ultima experirentur,

    id. 2, 28, 9.—Rarely sing.:

    paene in ultimum gladiorum erupit impunitas,

    Vell. 2, 125, 2:

    ad ultimum inopiae adducere,

    to the last degree. Liv. 23, 19, 2; 31, 38, 1:

    ad ultimum periculi pervenire,

    Curt. 8, 1, 15.— Trop.:

    ut in pecude, nisi quae vis obstitit, videmus naturam suo quodam itinere ad ultimum pervenire,

    Cic. N. D. 2, 13, 35.—Adverb.:

    ad ultimum pro fide morituri,

    Curt. 3, 1, 7:

    consilium sceleratum, sed non ad ultimum demens,

    in the extreme, utterly, to the last degree, Liv. 28, 28, 8.—
    b.
    The lowest, meanest (very rare):

    qui se Philippum regiaeque stirpis ferebat, cum esset ultimae,

    Vell. 1, 11, 1:

    principibus placuisse viris non ultima laus est,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 17, 35: ultima sit laudes inter ut illa tuas, Auct. Cons. ad Liv. 17:

    ultima pistoris illa uxor,

    the worst, App. M. 9, p. 224, 26.— Subst.:

    ut vigiliis et labore cum ultimis militum certaret (consul),

    Liv. 34, 18, 5:

    in ultimis laudum,

    id. 30, 30, 4:

    in ultimis ponere,

    the lowest, meanest things, Plin. 17, 12, 18, § 91.

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  • 16 ultima

    ulter, tra, trum, adj. ( comp. ulterior, us; sup. ultimus) [cf.: uls, ollus, olim; and the advv. ultra, ultro], prop. that is beyond or on the other side. The posit. is not found, but the comp. and sup. are very freq.
    I.
    Comp.: ultĕrĭor, ĭus, farther, on the farther side, that is beyond, ulterior:

    quis est ulterior?

    Ter. Phorm. 4, 2, 10:

    quorum alter ulteriorem Galliam decernit cum Syriā, alter citeriorem,

    i. e. transalpine, Cic. Prov. Cons. 15, 36:

    Gallia,

    id. Att. 8, 3, 3; Caes. B. G. 1, 7:

    portus,

    id. ib. 4, 23:

    Hispania,

    Suet. Caes. 7; 18; 56:

    pars urbis,

    Liv. 34, 20, 5:

    ripa,

    Verg. A. 6, 314; Vell. 2, 107, 1:

    ulterius medio spatium sol altus habebat,

    Ov. M. 2, 417.—
    B.
    As subst.
    1.
    ul-tĕrĭōres, um, m. (sc. homines), the more remote, or more distant persons, those beyond:

    cum ab proximis impetrare non possent, ulteriores tentant,

    Caes. B. G. 6, 2: recurritur ex proximis locis;

    ulteriores non inventi,

    Liv. 3, 60, 7:

    proximi ripae neglegenter, ulteriores exquisitius,

    Tac. G. 17.—
    2.
    ultĕrĭōra, um, n. (sc. loca or negotia).
    (α).
    Of places, the more remote parts or regions, the districts beyond:

    Mosellae pons, qui ulteriora coloniae annectit,

    Tac. H. 4, 77.—
    (β).
    In gen., of things, that which is beyond, things beyond, farther, or in addition; things future:

    ulteriora mirari, praesentia sequi,

    Tac. H. 4, 8:

    ut dum proxima dicimus, struere ulteriora possimus,

    things beyond, what is to come, Quint. 10, 7, 8; cf.:

    pudor est ulteriora loqui,

    Ov. F. 5, 532; id. A. A. 3, 769:

    semper et inventis ulteriora petit,

    id. Am. 2, 9, 10.—
    3.
    Rarely sing.: ultĕrĭus, ōris, n., something more, any thing further:

    cujus (fero, tuli) praeteritum perfectum et ulterius non invenitur,

    Quint. 1, 6, 26.—
    II.
    Sup.: ultĭmus, a, um, that is farthest beyond, i. e. the farthest, most distant, most remote, the uttermost, extreme, last; often to be rendered as a subst., the farthest or most distant part of any thing, etc. (opp. to citimus, while extremus is opp. to intimus).
    A.
    Lit., of space:

    illa minima (luna) quae ultima a caeio, citima terris luce lucebat alienā,

    Cic. Rep. 6, 16, 16:

    partes,

    id. ib. 6, 20, 20:

    in ultimam provinciam se conjecit,

    id. Att. 5, 16, 4:

    devehendum in ultimas maris terrarumque oras,

    Liv. 21, 10, 12:

    orae,

    Plaut. Most. 4, 3, 3; Hor. C. 3, 3, 45; Liv. 5, 37, 2:

    campi,

    Plaut. Rud. 4, 3, 95:

    Hesperia,

    Hor. C. 1, 36, 4:

    Africa,

    id. ib. 2, 18, 4:

    Geloni,

    id. ib. 2, 20, 18:

    in plateā ultimā,

    Plaut. Curc. 2, 2, 28; id. Mil. 3, 1, 15:

    in ultimis aedibus,

    Ter. Heaut. 5, 1, 29:

    spelunca draconis,

    Phaedr. 4, 18, 3:

    cauda,

    i. e. the end of, Plin. 9, 5, 4, § 11:

    mors ultima linea rerum est,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 16, 79.—
    2.
    Subst.
    (α).
    ultĭmi, ōrum, m. (sc. homines), the farthest or most remote people:

    recessum primis ultimi non dabant,

    Caes. B. G. 5, 43.—
    (β).
    ultĭma, ōrum, n. (sc. negotia), the farthest or most remote things:

    praeponens ultima primis,

    Hor. S. 1, 4, 59:

    ultima signant,

    the goal, Verg. A. 5, 317.—
    (γ).
    Rarely sing.: ultĭmum, i, n., the last, the end:

    caelum ipsum, quod extremum atque ultimum mundi est,

    Cic. Div. 2, 43, 91.—
    B.
    Transf.
    1.
    Of time or order of succession, the remotest, earliest, oldest, first; the last, latest, final:

    ultimi et proximi temporis recordatio,

    Cic. Prov. Cons. 18, 43:

    tam multis ab ultimā antiquitate repetitis,

    id. Fin. 1, 20, 65:

    tempora,

    id. Leg. 1, 3. 8:

    initium,

    Auct. Her. 1, 9, 14:

    principium,

    Cic. Inv. 2, 2, 5:

    memoria pueritiae,

    id. Arch. 1, 1:

    memoria saeculorum,

    Just. 12, 16, 3:

    vetustas hominum,

    id. 2, 1, 20:

    sanguinis auctor,

    Verg. A. 7, 49:

    ultima quid referam?

    Ov. H. 14, 109: scilicet ultima semper Exspectanda dies homini est, last, id.M. 3, 135:

    aetas est de ferro,

    id. ib. 1, 127:

    vox,

    id. ib. 3, 499:

    dicta,

    id. ib. 9, 126:

    lapis,

    i. e. a gravestone, Prop. 1, 17, 20: cerae, i. e. a last will, testament, Mart. 4, 70, 2:

    aetas,

    Quint. 12, 4, 2:

    senectus,

    id. 11, 1, 10:

    virtute pares, necessitate, quae ultimum ac maximum telum est, superiores estis,

    Liv. 4, 28, 5:

    decurritur ad illud extremum atque ultimum senatus consultum,

    Caes. B. C. 1, 5. —As subst.: ultĭma, ōrum, n.:

    perferto et ultima exspectato,

    final events, the end, Cic. Fam. 7, 17, 2:

    ultima vitae,

    Calp. Ecl. 3, 91.—Rarely sing.:

    matrem ultimo aetatis affectam,

    Aus. Vict. Or. Gent. Rom. 10.—Adverb.:

    si fidem ad ultimum fratri praestitisset,

    to the last, Liv. 45, 19, 17; 3, 64, 8; 3, 64, 11; also (more freq.) at last, lastly, finally, = ad extremum, ad postremum, postremo:

    si qualis in cives, talis ad ultimum in liberos esset,

    Liv. 1, 53, 10; 5, 10, 8; 3, 10, 3:

    ne se ad ultimum perditum irent,

    id. 26, 27, 10; so,

    ultimo,

    Suet. Ner. 32 fin.; Petr. 20, 139;

    and, ultimum,

    for the last time, Liv. 1, 29, 3; Curt. 5, 12, 8; App. M. 2, p. 126.—
    2.
    Of degree or rank, and denoting the highest as well as the lowest extreme of either.
    a.
    The utmost, extreme, the highest, first, greatest, = summus, extremus:

    summum bonum, quod ultimum appello,

    Cic. Fin. 3, 9, 30:

    ultimae perfectaeque naturae,

    id. N. D. 2, 12, 33:

    ut absit ab ultimis vitiis ipse praeceptor ac schola,

    Quint. 2, 2, 15:

    ultimae causae cur perirent, etc.,

    Hor. C. 1, 16, 18:

    scelus,

    Curt. 5, 12, 17:

    rex ad ultimum periculum venit,

    id. 7, 6, 22:

    facinus,

    id. 8, 8, 2; 6, 3, 13; 6, 9, 11:

    necessitas,

    id. 9, 12, 6; Liv. 2, 43, 3; 3, 4, 9; Sen. Clem. 1, 12, 5:

    ad ultimam inopiam adducere,

    Liv. 6, 3, 4; 37, 31, 2:

    ad ultimos casus servari,

    id. 27, 10, 11:

    dedecus,

    Curt. 9, 5, 11:

    exsecrationes,

    Just. 24, 2, 8: ultimum supplicium, extreme (i. e. capital) punishment, Caes. B. C. 1, 84; so,

    poena,

    Liv. 3, 58, 10; Plin. Ep. 2, 11, 8:

    desperatio,

    Tac. H. 2, 48; 2, 44; Curt. 10, 8, 9; Liv. 42, 66, 1; Sen. Contr. 4, 29, 2:

    discrimen ultimum vitae et regni,

    Liv. 37, 53, 16; 23, 21, 2:

    ad ultimam perductus tristitiam,

    Petr. 24.—Esp., as subst.: ultĭ-ma, ōrum, n.:

    omnia ultima pati,

    every extremity, the worst, Liv. 37, 54, 2:

    ultima pati,

    Ov. M. 14, 483; id. Tr. 3, 2, 11; Curt. 3, 1, 6:

    ultima audere,

    Liv. 3, 2, 11:

    priusquam ultima experirentur,

    id. 2, 28, 9.—Rarely sing.:

    paene in ultimum gladiorum erupit impunitas,

    Vell. 2, 125, 2:

    ad ultimum inopiae adducere,

    to the last degree. Liv. 23, 19, 2; 31, 38, 1:

    ad ultimum periculi pervenire,

    Curt. 8, 1, 15.— Trop.:

    ut in pecude, nisi quae vis obstitit, videmus naturam suo quodam itinere ad ultimum pervenire,

    Cic. N. D. 2, 13, 35.—Adverb.:

    ad ultimum pro fide morituri,

    Curt. 3, 1, 7:

    consilium sceleratum, sed non ad ultimum demens,

    in the extreme, utterly, to the last degree, Liv. 28, 28, 8.—
    b.
    The lowest, meanest (very rare):

    qui se Philippum regiaeque stirpis ferebat, cum esset ultimae,

    Vell. 1, 11, 1:

    principibus placuisse viris non ultima laus est,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 17, 35: ultima sit laudes inter ut illa tuas, Auct. Cons. ad Liv. 17:

    ultima pistoris illa uxor,

    the worst, App. M. 9, p. 224, 26.— Subst.:

    ut vigiliis et labore cum ultimis militum certaret (consul),

    Liv. 34, 18, 5:

    in ultimis laudum,

    id. 30, 30, 4:

    in ultimis ponere,

    the lowest, meanest things, Plin. 17, 12, 18, § 91.

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  • 17 ultimi

    ulter, tra, trum, adj. ( comp. ulterior, us; sup. ultimus) [cf.: uls, ollus, olim; and the advv. ultra, ultro], prop. that is beyond or on the other side. The posit. is not found, but the comp. and sup. are very freq.
    I.
    Comp.: ultĕrĭor, ĭus, farther, on the farther side, that is beyond, ulterior:

    quis est ulterior?

    Ter. Phorm. 4, 2, 10:

    quorum alter ulteriorem Galliam decernit cum Syriā, alter citeriorem,

    i. e. transalpine, Cic. Prov. Cons. 15, 36:

    Gallia,

    id. Att. 8, 3, 3; Caes. B. G. 1, 7:

    portus,

    id. ib. 4, 23:

    Hispania,

    Suet. Caes. 7; 18; 56:

    pars urbis,

    Liv. 34, 20, 5:

    ripa,

    Verg. A. 6, 314; Vell. 2, 107, 1:

    ulterius medio spatium sol altus habebat,

    Ov. M. 2, 417.—
    B.
    As subst.
    1.
    ul-tĕrĭōres, um, m. (sc. homines), the more remote, or more distant persons, those beyond:

    cum ab proximis impetrare non possent, ulteriores tentant,

    Caes. B. G. 6, 2: recurritur ex proximis locis;

    ulteriores non inventi,

    Liv. 3, 60, 7:

    proximi ripae neglegenter, ulteriores exquisitius,

    Tac. G. 17.—
    2.
    ultĕrĭōra, um, n. (sc. loca or negotia).
    (α).
    Of places, the more remote parts or regions, the districts beyond:

    Mosellae pons, qui ulteriora coloniae annectit,

    Tac. H. 4, 77.—
    (β).
    In gen., of things, that which is beyond, things beyond, farther, or in addition; things future:

    ulteriora mirari, praesentia sequi,

    Tac. H. 4, 8:

    ut dum proxima dicimus, struere ulteriora possimus,

    things beyond, what is to come, Quint. 10, 7, 8; cf.:

    pudor est ulteriora loqui,

    Ov. F. 5, 532; id. A. A. 3, 769:

    semper et inventis ulteriora petit,

    id. Am. 2, 9, 10.—
    3.
    Rarely sing.: ultĕrĭus, ōris, n., something more, any thing further:

    cujus (fero, tuli) praeteritum perfectum et ulterius non invenitur,

    Quint. 1, 6, 26.—
    II.
    Sup.: ultĭmus, a, um, that is farthest beyond, i. e. the farthest, most distant, most remote, the uttermost, extreme, last; often to be rendered as a subst., the farthest or most distant part of any thing, etc. (opp. to citimus, while extremus is opp. to intimus).
    A.
    Lit., of space:

    illa minima (luna) quae ultima a caeio, citima terris luce lucebat alienā,

    Cic. Rep. 6, 16, 16:

    partes,

    id. ib. 6, 20, 20:

    in ultimam provinciam se conjecit,

    id. Att. 5, 16, 4:

    devehendum in ultimas maris terrarumque oras,

    Liv. 21, 10, 12:

    orae,

    Plaut. Most. 4, 3, 3; Hor. C. 3, 3, 45; Liv. 5, 37, 2:

    campi,

    Plaut. Rud. 4, 3, 95:

    Hesperia,

    Hor. C. 1, 36, 4:

    Africa,

    id. ib. 2, 18, 4:

    Geloni,

    id. ib. 2, 20, 18:

    in plateā ultimā,

    Plaut. Curc. 2, 2, 28; id. Mil. 3, 1, 15:

    in ultimis aedibus,

    Ter. Heaut. 5, 1, 29:

    spelunca draconis,

    Phaedr. 4, 18, 3:

    cauda,

    i. e. the end of, Plin. 9, 5, 4, § 11:

    mors ultima linea rerum est,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 16, 79.—
    2.
    Subst.
    (α).
    ultĭmi, ōrum, m. (sc. homines), the farthest or most remote people:

    recessum primis ultimi non dabant,

    Caes. B. G. 5, 43.—
    (β).
    ultĭma, ōrum, n. (sc. negotia), the farthest or most remote things:

    praeponens ultima primis,

    Hor. S. 1, 4, 59:

    ultima signant,

    the goal, Verg. A. 5, 317.—
    (γ).
    Rarely sing.: ultĭmum, i, n., the last, the end:

    caelum ipsum, quod extremum atque ultimum mundi est,

    Cic. Div. 2, 43, 91.—
    B.
    Transf.
    1.
    Of time or order of succession, the remotest, earliest, oldest, first; the last, latest, final:

    ultimi et proximi temporis recordatio,

    Cic. Prov. Cons. 18, 43:

    tam multis ab ultimā antiquitate repetitis,

    id. Fin. 1, 20, 65:

    tempora,

    id. Leg. 1, 3. 8:

    initium,

    Auct. Her. 1, 9, 14:

    principium,

    Cic. Inv. 2, 2, 5:

    memoria pueritiae,

    id. Arch. 1, 1:

    memoria saeculorum,

    Just. 12, 16, 3:

    vetustas hominum,

    id. 2, 1, 20:

    sanguinis auctor,

    Verg. A. 7, 49:

    ultima quid referam?

    Ov. H. 14, 109: scilicet ultima semper Exspectanda dies homini est, last, id.M. 3, 135:

    aetas est de ferro,

    id. ib. 1, 127:

    vox,

    id. ib. 3, 499:

    dicta,

    id. ib. 9, 126:

    lapis,

    i. e. a gravestone, Prop. 1, 17, 20: cerae, i. e. a last will, testament, Mart. 4, 70, 2:

    aetas,

    Quint. 12, 4, 2:

    senectus,

    id. 11, 1, 10:

    virtute pares, necessitate, quae ultimum ac maximum telum est, superiores estis,

    Liv. 4, 28, 5:

    decurritur ad illud extremum atque ultimum senatus consultum,

    Caes. B. C. 1, 5. —As subst.: ultĭma, ōrum, n.:

    perferto et ultima exspectato,

    final events, the end, Cic. Fam. 7, 17, 2:

    ultima vitae,

    Calp. Ecl. 3, 91.—Rarely sing.:

    matrem ultimo aetatis affectam,

    Aus. Vict. Or. Gent. Rom. 10.—Adverb.:

    si fidem ad ultimum fratri praestitisset,

    to the last, Liv. 45, 19, 17; 3, 64, 8; 3, 64, 11; also (more freq.) at last, lastly, finally, = ad extremum, ad postremum, postremo:

    si qualis in cives, talis ad ultimum in liberos esset,

    Liv. 1, 53, 10; 5, 10, 8; 3, 10, 3:

    ne se ad ultimum perditum irent,

    id. 26, 27, 10; so,

    ultimo,

    Suet. Ner. 32 fin.; Petr. 20, 139;

    and, ultimum,

    for the last time, Liv. 1, 29, 3; Curt. 5, 12, 8; App. M. 2, p. 126.—
    2.
    Of degree or rank, and denoting the highest as well as the lowest extreme of either.
    a.
    The utmost, extreme, the highest, first, greatest, = summus, extremus:

    summum bonum, quod ultimum appello,

    Cic. Fin. 3, 9, 30:

    ultimae perfectaeque naturae,

    id. N. D. 2, 12, 33:

    ut absit ab ultimis vitiis ipse praeceptor ac schola,

    Quint. 2, 2, 15:

    ultimae causae cur perirent, etc.,

    Hor. C. 1, 16, 18:

    scelus,

    Curt. 5, 12, 17:

    rex ad ultimum periculum venit,

    id. 7, 6, 22:

    facinus,

    id. 8, 8, 2; 6, 3, 13; 6, 9, 11:

    necessitas,

    id. 9, 12, 6; Liv. 2, 43, 3; 3, 4, 9; Sen. Clem. 1, 12, 5:

    ad ultimam inopiam adducere,

    Liv. 6, 3, 4; 37, 31, 2:

    ad ultimos casus servari,

    id. 27, 10, 11:

    dedecus,

    Curt. 9, 5, 11:

    exsecrationes,

    Just. 24, 2, 8: ultimum supplicium, extreme (i. e. capital) punishment, Caes. B. C. 1, 84; so,

    poena,

    Liv. 3, 58, 10; Plin. Ep. 2, 11, 8:

    desperatio,

    Tac. H. 2, 48; 2, 44; Curt. 10, 8, 9; Liv. 42, 66, 1; Sen. Contr. 4, 29, 2:

    discrimen ultimum vitae et regni,

    Liv. 37, 53, 16; 23, 21, 2:

    ad ultimam perductus tristitiam,

    Petr. 24.—Esp., as subst.: ultĭ-ma, ōrum, n.:

    omnia ultima pati,

    every extremity, the worst, Liv. 37, 54, 2:

    ultima pati,

    Ov. M. 14, 483; id. Tr. 3, 2, 11; Curt. 3, 1, 6:

    ultima audere,

    Liv. 3, 2, 11:

    priusquam ultima experirentur,

    id. 2, 28, 9.—Rarely sing.:

    paene in ultimum gladiorum erupit impunitas,

    Vell. 2, 125, 2:

    ad ultimum inopiae adducere,

    to the last degree. Liv. 23, 19, 2; 31, 38, 1:

    ad ultimum periculi pervenire,

    Curt. 8, 1, 15.— Trop.:

    ut in pecude, nisi quae vis obstitit, videmus naturam suo quodam itinere ad ultimum pervenire,

    Cic. N. D. 2, 13, 35.—Adverb.:

    ad ultimum pro fide morituri,

    Curt. 3, 1, 7:

    consilium sceleratum, sed non ad ultimum demens,

    in the extreme, utterly, to the last degree, Liv. 28, 28, 8.—
    b.
    The lowest, meanest (very rare):

    qui se Philippum regiaeque stirpis ferebat, cum esset ultimae,

    Vell. 1, 11, 1:

    principibus placuisse viris non ultima laus est,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 17, 35: ultima sit laudes inter ut illa tuas, Auct. Cons. ad Liv. 17:

    ultima pistoris illa uxor,

    the worst, App. M. 9, p. 224, 26.— Subst.:

    ut vigiliis et labore cum ultimis militum certaret (consul),

    Liv. 34, 18, 5:

    in ultimis laudum,

    id. 30, 30, 4:

    in ultimis ponere,

    the lowest, meanest things, Plin. 17, 12, 18, § 91.

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  • 18 capitāle

        capitāle is, n    (late for capital), a capital offence, Ta.
    * * *
    I II
    capital crime/punishment (loss of life or civil rights); priestess headband

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  • 19 merces

    1.
    merces, ēdis ( irreg. acc. mercem, Claud. 6; Cons. Hon. 578), f. [mereo, what is deserved or earned; hence], hire, pay, wages, salary, fee, reward, etc. (syn.: pretium, stipendium; class.).
    I.
    Lit.:

    manuum mercede inopiam tolerare,

    the wages of manual labor, Sall. C. 37, 7:

    ne ars tanta abduceretur ad mercedem atque quaestum,

    Cic. Div. 1, 41, 92:

    operae,

    id. Verr. 2, 1, 56, § 147:

    veterum officiorum,

    Juv. 5, 13:

    uti ab Arvernis Sequanisque Germani mercede arcesserentur,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 31:

    haec merces erat dialecticorum,

    fee, Cic. Ac. 2, 30, 98:

    Apollonius cum mercede doceret,

    id. de Or. 1, 28, 126:

    mercedibus scenicorum recisis,

    the players' salaries, Suet. Tib. 34:

    poscere mercedes,

    to work for hire, Juv. 8, 246:

    sarcienda vestimenta mercede certa accipere,

    Gai. Inst. 3, 205.—Prov.:

    dignus est operarius mercede suo,

    Vulg. Luc. 10, 7.—
    B.
    In partic., in a bad sense, an unrighteous reward, a bribe:

    pretio atque mercede minuere majestatem rei publicae,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 20, § 50:

    magnā mercede pacisci cum aliquo, ut,

    Liv. 25, 33: mercedem accipere ab aliquo, Cic. Rosc. Am. 29, 80:

    lingua adstricta mercede,

    tied with a bribe, id. Pis. 13, 30:

    iniquitatis,

    Vulg. 2 Pet. 2, 13.—
    II.
    Transf.
    A.
    A price for any thing, reward, wages; recompense, punishment; cost, injury, detriment; a stipulation, condition, etc.:

    mercedem alicujus rei constituere,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 51, § 134:

    alicui proponere,

    id. Q. Fr. 3, 3, 4:

    alicui rei imponere,

    Juv. 7, 149:

    exigere ab aliquo,

    Cic. Lael. 21, 80:

    merces sanguinis atque laboris,

    Juv. 14, 164; 1, 42:

    mercedem solvere,

    to make payment, id. 7, 157:

    appellare,

    to demand payment, id. 7, 157, v. 158.—Prov.:

    unā mercede duas res adsequi,

    to kill two birds with one stone, Cic. Rosc. Am. 29, 80:

    non aliā bibam Mercede,

    condition, Hor. C. 1, 27, 13:

    temeritatis merces,

    punishment, Liv. 39, 55:

    qui metit mercedem accipit,

    reward, Vulg. Johan. 4, 36:

    in molestiā gaudeo, te eam fidem cognoscere hominum non ita magnā mercede, quam ego maximo dolore cognōram,

    price, cost, Cic. Fam. 1, 9, 3:

    non sine magnā mercede,

    not except at great cost, id. Tusc. 3, 6, 12:

    victum illa mercede parare,

    Juv. 14, 273:

    magnā quidem res tuas mercede colui,

    to my great disadvantage, Sen. Tranq. 11, 2.—
    B.
    Rent, revenue, income, interest:

    mercedes Argileti et Aventini,

    Cic. Att. 12, 32, 2:

    dotalium praediorum,

    id. ib. 15, 20, 4:

    ex fundo,

    id. Verr. 2, 3, 50, § 119:

    mercedes habitationum annuae,

    house-rents, Caes. B. C. 3, 21:

    publicanos tertiā mercedum parte relevavit,

    farm-rent, Suet. Caes. 20: quinas hic capiti mercedes exsecat, interest or discount on capital, Hor. S. 1, 2, 14.
    2.
    merces, for merx, v. h. v.

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  • 20 accuso

    ac-cūso (also with ss; cf. Cassiod. 2283 P.), āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [fr. causa; cf. cludo with claudo], orig. = ad causam provocare, to call one to account, to make complaint against, to reproach, blame.
    I.
    In gen., of persons:

    si id non me accusas, tu ipse objurgandus es,

    if you do not call me to account for it, you yourself deserve to be reprimanded, Plaut. Trin. 1, 2, 59:

    quid me accusas?

    id. As. 1, 3, 21:

    meretricem hanc primum adeundam censeo, oremus, accusemus gravius, denique minitemur,

    we must entreat, severely chide, and finally threaten her, Ter. Hec. 4, 4, 94 sq.:

    ambo accusandi,

    you both deserve reproach, id. Heaut. 1, 1, 67:

    cotidie accusabam,

    I daily took him to task, id. ib. 1, 1, 50:

    me accusas cum hunc casum tam graviter feram,

    Cic. Att. 3, 13; id. Fam. 1, 1 Manut.:

    me tibi excuso in eo ipso, in quo te accuso,

    id. Q. Fr. 2, 2:

    ut me accusare de epistularum neglegentia possis,

    that you may blame me for my tardiness in writing, id. Att. 1, 6. —Also metaph. of things, to blame, find fault with:

    alicujus desperationem,

    Cic. Fam. 6, 1: inertiam adolescentium, id. de Or. 1, 58 (cf. incusare, Tac. H. 4, 42);

    hence also: culpam alicujus,

    to lay the fault on one, Cic. Planc. 4, 9; cf. id. Sest. 38, 80; id. Lig. 1, 2; id. Cael. 12, 29.—Hence,
    II.
    Esp.
    A.
    Transferred to civil life, to call one to account publicly (ad causam publicam, or publice dicendam provocare), to accuse, to inform against, arraign, indict (while incusare means to involve or entangle one in a cause); t. t. in Roman judicial lang.; constr. with aliquem alicujus rei (like katêgorein, cf. Prisc. 1187 P.):

    accusant ii, qui in fortunas hujus invaserunt, causam dicit is, cui nihil reliquerunt,

    Cic. Rosc. Am. 5:

    numquam, si se ambitu commaculasset, ambitus alterum accusaret,

    id. Cael. 7:

    ne quis ante actarum rerum accusaretur,

    that no one should be called to account for previous offences, Nep. Thras. 3, 2; Milt. 1, 7. Other rarer constructions are: aliquem aliquid (only with id, illud, quod), Plaut. Trin. 1, 2, 59; cf. Ter. Ph. 5, 8, 21:

    aliquo crimine,

    Cic. Verr. 1, 16; Nep. Milt. 8; id. Lys. 3, 4; id. Ep. 1 al.:

    de pecuniis repetundis,

    Cic. Clu. 41, 114; cf.:

    de veneficiis,

    id. Rosc. Am. 32, 90:

    inter sicarios,

    id. ib. 32; cf. Zumpt, § 446; Rudd. 2, 165 sq.; 169, note 4.—The punishment that is implied in the accusation is put in gen.:

    capitis,

    to accuse one of a capital crime, Nep. Paus. 2, 6; cf. Zumpt, § 447. —
    B.
    Casus accusandi, the fourth case in grammar, the accusative case, Var. L. L. 8, § 66 Müll.; v. accusativus.

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