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cĕrē̆brum (per tmesin: saxo cerecomminuit-brum, Enn. ap. Don. p. 1777 P., and ap. Serv. ad Verg. A. 1, 412), i, n. [root kar- of karê, v. celsus init.; and root bharof pherô, fero; cf. Corss. Beitr. p. 354], the brain, Plaut. Cas. 3, 5, 19; Ter. Ad. 4, 2, 32; 5, 2, 7; Verg. A. 5, 413; 9, 419; Lucr. 6, 804; Cic. Tusc. 1, 9, 19; Plin. 11, 37, 49, § 133 sq.; 33, 6, 34, § 102 et saep.—

Meton., understanding, Plaut. Aul. 2, 1, 30; Hor. S. 2, 3, 75; Phaedr. 1, 7, 2; Suet. Calig. 50.— Anger, choler, Plaut. Poen. 3, 5, 25; cf. id. Bacch. 2, 3, 17: o te, Bolane, cerebri Felicem! ( = cerebrosus, passionate), Hor. S. 1, 9, 11.—

Transf. to plants, the pith in the upper part, Plin. 13, 4, 8, § 36.

ex-spīro ( expīro), āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. and n. (mostly poet. and in post-Aug. prose; not in Cic. and Caes.).

Act., to breathe out, to emit, to blow out, to exhale, give out: animam pulmonibus, Lucil. ap. Non. 38, 27:

animam medios in ignes,

Ov. M. 5, 106:

auras,

id. ib. 3, 121:

flumen sanguinis de pectore,

Lucr. 2, 354; cf.:

flammas pectore,

Verg. A. 1, 44:

odorem de corpore,

Lucr. 4, 124:

sonos per saxa (unda),

Sil. 9, 285:

colorem (uniones),

Plin. 9, 35, 56, § 115.—

Poet. transf.:

cadavera vermes,

i. e. send forth, produce, Lucr. 3, 720:

silva comas tollit fructumque exspirat in umbras,

i. e. spreads out into foliage, Stat. S. 5, 2, 70.—

Exspirare animam, to expire, die, Gell. 3, 15 init. —

To rush forth, come forth, be exhaled.

Lit.:

per fauces montis ut Aetnae Exspirent ignes,

Lucr. 6, 640:

ignis foras (with exire in auras),

id. 6, 886:

vis fera ventorum,

Ov. M. 15, 300:

halitus Averni,

Val. Fl. 4, 493:

unguenta,

evaporate, Plin. 13, 3, 4, § 20: vis, Lucil. ap. Non. 38, 30.—

Trop.:

irae pectoris exspirantes,

Cat. 64, 194.—

To breathe one's last, to expire.

Lit.:

ut per singulos artus exspiraret,

Sall. H. 1, 30 Dietsch.:

atram tundit humum exspirans,

Verg. A. 10, 731:

ubi perire jussus exspiravero,

Hor. Epod. 5, 91:

inter primam curationem exspiravit,

Liv. 2, 20, 9:

inter verbera et vincula,

id. 28, 19, 12:

extremus exspirantis hiatus,

Quint. 6, 2, 31; 9, 2, 73; Sen. Ep. 99, 27; Curt. 3, 5, 4; Suet. Tib. 21; id. Claud. 23; Val. Max. 4, 5, 6; Plin. 7, 36, 36, § 122.— Pass. impers.:

quoniam membranā cerebri incisā statim exspiretur,

Plin. 11, 37, 67, § 178:

exspiravit aper dentibus apri,

Juv. 15, 162.—

Trop., to expire, perish, come to an end, cease:

si ego morerer, mecum exspiratura res publica erat,

Liv. 28, 28, 11:

libertate jam exspirante,

Plin. Pan. 57, 4:

ne res publica exspiraret,

Val. Max. 3, 2, 18:

criminis causa exspirat,

becomes extinct, ceases, Dig. 48, 17, 1 fin.; 24, 3, 19:

prior obligatio,

ib. 45, 1, 58.

fēlix, īcis (abl. felici, except Cic. Or. 48, 159; and as nom. prop., v. II. B. 2. infra), adj. [from root feo, fevo, to bear, produce, Gr. phuô; cf.: fio, femina; whence fetus, fecundus, femina, fenus], fruit-bearing, fruitful, fertile, productive.

Lit. (rare; not in Cic.): felices arbores Cato dixit, quae fructum ferunt, infelices quae non ferunt, Paul. ex Fest. p. 92, 10 Müll.; cf. Fronto Ep. ad Amic. 2, 6 ed. Mai.; so,

arbor,

Liv. 5, 24, 2:

arbusta,

Lucr. 5, 1378:

rami,

Verg. G. 2, 81; so,

rami feliciores,

Hor. Epod. 2, 14:

silvae,

i. e. of fruitful trees, Verg. G. 4, 329:

Massica Baccho,

fruitful in vines, id. A. 7, 725; cf.

Campania,

Plin. 3, 5, 9, § 60:

felicior regio,

Ov. P. 2, 10, 51; cf.:

felix oleae tractus,

Claud. Cons. Mall. Theod. 179:

venti,

Val. Fl. 6, 711.—

In partic.

In the old relig. lang.: felices arbores, all the nobler sorts of trees, whose fruits were offered to the superior deities, in contradistinction to the infelices, which were dedicated to the inferior deities, Macr. S. 2, 16, 2.—

Felix, as an adj. propr. in Arabia Felix, the fertile portion of Arabia, opp. Arabia Deserta and Petraea; v. Arabia.—

Transf.

Act., that brings good luck, of good omen, auspicious, favorable, propitious, fortunate, prosperous, felicitous (orig. belonging to the relig. lang.; in the class. per. almost confined to poets;

syn.: faustus, fortunatus, beatus, secundus): quae (omina) majores nostri quia valere censebant, idcirco omnibus rebus agendis: QVOD BONVM FAVSTVM FELIX FORTVNATVMQVE ESSET praefabantur,

Cic. Div. 1, 45, 102; so, QVOD BONVM FORTVNATVM FELIXQVE SALVTAREQVE SIET POPVLO ROMANO QVIRITIVM, etc., an old formula in Varr. L. L. 6, § 86; cf.

also: ut nobis haec habitatio Bona, fausta, felix fortunataque eveniat,

Plaut. Trin. 1, 2, 3:

quod tibi mihique sit felix, sub imperium tuum redeo,

Liv. 22, 30, 4:

auspicia,

Verg. A. 11, 32; cf.

omen,

Ov. P. 2, 1, 35:

o dea... Sis felix, nostrum leves, quaecumque, laborem,

Verg. A. 1, 330; cf.:

sis bonus o felixque tuis!

id. E. 5, 65:

terque novas circum felix eat hostia fruges,

id. G. 1, 345:

Zephyri,

id. A. 3, 120:

sententia,

Ov. M. 13, 319:

industria (corresp. to fertilis cura),

Plin. H. N. 14 praef. § 3.—

Lucky, happy, fortunate (the predom. signif. in prose and poetry):

exitus ut classi felix faustusque daretur,

Lucr. 1, 100:

Polycratem Samium felicem appellabant,

Cic. Fin. 5, 30, 92:

Caesar Alexandriam se recepit, felix, ut sibi quidem videbatur,

id. Phil. 2, 26, 64; cf. id. ib. 2, 24, 59:

vir ad casum fortunamque felix,

id. Font. 15, 33:

ille Graecus ab omni laude felicior,

id. Brut. 16, 63:

Sulla felicissimus omnium ante civilem victoriam,

Sall. J. 95, 4:

in te retinendo fuit Asia felicior quam nos in deducendo,

Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 10, § 30; cf.:

quin etiam si minus felices in diligendo fuissemus,

id. Lael. 16, 60:

vade, o felix nati pietate,

Verg. A. 3, 480; cf. id. ib. 6, 785:

Praxiteles quoque marmore fericior,

i. e. succeeded better as a sculptor, Plin. 34, 8, 19, § 69:

felices ter et amplius, Quos irrupta tenet copula,

Hor. C. 1, 13, 17:

omnes composui. Felices! nunc ego resto,

id. S. 1, 9, 28:

Latium felix,

id. C. S. 66:

tempora,

Juv. 2, 38:

saecula,

Ov. Tr. 1, 2, 103; Juv. 3, 312; Quint. 8, 6, 24: cf.:

nulla sorte nascendi aetas felicior,

id. 12, 11, 22:

felicissima facilitas,

id. 10, 1, 111:

felicissimus sermo,

id. 9, 4, 27:

ita sim felix, a form of asseveration,

Prop. 1, 7, 3:

malum, i. q. salubre,

salubrious, wholesome, Verg. G. 2, 127 Serv.—Prov.: felicem scivi, non qui quod [p. 734] vellet haberet, sed qui per fatum non data non cuperet, Aus. Idyll. 319, 23 sq.—

With gen. ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose):

Vergilius beatus felixque gratiae,

Plin. H. N. 14 praef. §

7: o te, Bolane, cerebri Felicem!

Hor. S. 1, 9, 12:

felices studiique locique,

Ov. M. 5, 267:

felix uteri,

Sil. 4, 359:

leti,

id. 4, 398:

famae,

id. 4, 731:

felices operum dies,

Verg. G. 1, 277.—

With inf. ( poet.):

quo non felicior alter Ungueretela manu ferrumque armare veneno,

happier, more successful in, Verg. A. 9, 772; id. G. 1, 284; Sil. 13, 126. —

With gerund. dat. (rare):

tam felix vobis corrumpendis fuit,

successful in, Liv. 3, 17, 2.— Adv.: fēlīcĭter.

(Acc. to I.) Fruitfully, abundantly:

hic segetes, illic veniunt felicius uvae,

Verg. G. 1, 54.—

(Acc. to II.)

Auspiciously, fortunately, favorably: quod mihi vobisque Quirites, Se fortunatim, feliciter ac bene vortat, Enn. ap. Non. 112, 3 (Ann. v. 112 ed. Vahl.); cf. Plaut. Aul. 4, 10, 58:

ut ea res mihi magistratuique meo, populo plebique Romanae bene atque feliciter eveniret,

Cic. Mur. 1, 1; Caes. B. G. 4, 25, 3.—In expressing a wish or in calling to a person, Good luck! faciam quod volunt. Feliciter velim, inquam, teque laudo, Cic. Att. 13, 42, 1:

feliciter, succlamant,

Phaedr. 5, 1, 4; Suet. Claud. 7; id. Dom. 13; Flor. 3, 3 fin.; Juv. 2, 119; Vulg. Gen. 30, 11 al.—

Luckily, happily, successfully (most freq.):

omnes sapientes semper feliciter, absolute, fortunate vivere,

Cic. Fin. 3, 7, 26:

res publica et bene et feliciter gesta sit,

id. Phil. 5, 15, 40; id. Fam. 7, 28 fin.:

navigare,

id. Verr. 2, 2, 38, § 95; cf.:

qui te feliciter attulit Eurus,

Ov. M. 7, 659:

feliciter audet,

Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 166:

ob ea feliciter acta,

Sall. J. 55, 2.—Prov.:

feliciter sapit qui alieno periculo sapit,

Plaut. Merc. 4, 4, 40.— Comp., Ov. Ib. 305.— Sup.:

bella cum finitimis felicissime multa gessit,

Cic. Rep. 2, 9:

re gesta,

Hirt. B. G. 8, 37, 1:

gerere rem publicam,

Caes. B. C. 1, 7, 6:

cessit imitatio,

Quint. 10, 2, 16: Horatius... verbis felicissime audax, 10, 1, 96.

Fēlix (with abl. Felice, v. Neue, Formenl. 2, p. 67), a Roman surname of frequent occurrence, first applied to L. Sulla, Plin. 7, 44, 44, § 186.—

Claudius Felix, Suet. Claud. 28.—

Antonius Felix, procurator of Judea and Galilee under Claudius, Vulg. Act. 23, 26; 25, 14.—

Julia Felix, i. q. Berytus, Plin. 5, 20, 17, § 78.

fĕlix, ĭcis, v. filix init.

fēlix, īcis (abl. felici, except Cic. Or. 48, 159; and as nom. prop., v. II. B. 2. infra), adj. [from root feo, fevo, to bear, produce, Gr. phuô; cf.: fio, femina; whence fetus, fecundus, femina, fenus], fruit-bearing, fruitful, fertile, productive.

Lit. (rare; not in Cic.): felices arbores Cato dixit, quae fructum ferunt, infelices quae non ferunt, Paul. ex Fest. p. 92, 10 Müll.; cf. Fronto Ep. ad Amic. 2, 6 ed. Mai.; so,

arbor,

Liv. 5, 24, 2:

arbusta,

Lucr. 5, 1378:

rami,

Verg. G. 2, 81; so,

rami feliciores,

Hor. Epod. 2, 14:

silvae,

i. e. of fruitful trees, Verg. G. 4, 329:

Massica Baccho,

fruitful in vines, id. A. 7, 725; cf.

Campania,

Plin. 3, 5, 9, § 60:

felicior regio,

Ov. P. 2, 10, 51; cf.:

felix oleae tractus,

Claud. Cons. Mall. Theod. 179:

venti,

Val. Fl. 6, 711.—

In partic.

In the old relig. lang.: felices arbores, all the nobler sorts of trees, whose fruits were offered to the superior deities, in contradistinction to the infelices, which were dedicated to the inferior deities, Macr. S. 2, 16, 2.—

Felix, as an adj. propr. in Arabia Felix, the fertile portion of Arabia, opp. Arabia Deserta and Petraea; v. Arabia.—

Transf.

Act., that brings good luck, of good omen, auspicious, favorable, propitious, fortunate, prosperous, felicitous (orig. belonging to the relig. lang.; in the class. per. almost confined to poets;

syn.: faustus, fortunatus, beatus, secundus): quae (omina) majores nostri quia valere censebant, idcirco omnibus rebus agendis: QVOD BONVM FAVSTVM FELIX FORTVNATVMQVE ESSET praefabantur,

Cic. Div. 1, 45, 102; so, QVOD BONVM FORTVNATVM FELIXQVE SALVTAREQVE SIET POPVLO ROMANO QVIRITIVM, etc., an old formula in Varr. L. L. 6, § 86; cf.

also: ut nobis haec habitatio Bona, fausta, felix fortunataque eveniat,

Plaut. Trin. 1, 2, 3:

quod tibi mihique sit felix, sub imperium tuum redeo,

Liv. 22, 30, 4:

auspicia,

Verg. A. 11, 32; cf.

omen,

Ov. P. 2, 1, 35:

o dea... Sis felix, nostrum leves, quaecumque, laborem,

Verg. A. 1, 330; cf.:

sis bonus o felixque tuis!

id. E. 5, 65:

terque novas circum felix eat hostia fruges,

id. G. 1, 345:

Zephyri,

id. A. 3, 120:

sententia,

Ov. M. 13, 319:

industria (corresp. to fertilis cura),

Plin. H. N. 14 praef. § 3.—

Lucky, happy, fortunate (the predom. signif. in prose and poetry):

exitus ut classi felix faustusque daretur,

Lucr. 1, 100:

Polycratem Samium felicem appellabant,

Cic. Fin. 5, 30, 92:

Caesar Alexandriam se recepit, felix, ut sibi quidem videbatur,

id. Phil. 2, 26, 64; cf. id. ib. 2, 24, 59:

vir ad casum fortunamque felix,

id. Font. 15, 33:

ille Graecus ab omni laude felicior,

id. Brut. 16, 63:

Sulla felicissimus omnium ante civilem victoriam,

Sall. J. 95, 4:

in te retinendo fuit Asia felicior quam nos in deducendo,

Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 10, § 30; cf.:

quin etiam si minus felices in diligendo fuissemus,

id. Lael. 16, 60:

vade, o felix nati pietate,

Verg. A. 3, 480; cf. id. ib. 6, 785:

Praxiteles quoque marmore fericior,

i. e. succeeded better as a sculptor, Plin. 34, 8, 19, § 69:

felices ter et amplius, Quos irrupta tenet copula,

Hor. C. 1, 13, 17:

omnes composui. Felices! nunc ego resto,

id. S. 1, 9, 28:

Latium felix,

id. C. S. 66:

tempora,

Juv. 2, 38:

saecula,

Ov. Tr. 1, 2, 103; Juv. 3, 312; Quint. 8, 6, 24: cf.:

nulla sorte nascendi aetas felicior,

id. 12, 11, 22:

felicissima facilitas,

id. 10, 1, 111:

felicissimus sermo,

id. 9, 4, 27:

ita sim felix, a form of asseveration,

Prop. 1, 7, 3:

malum, i. q. salubre,

salubrious, wholesome, Verg. G. 2, 127 Serv.—Prov.: felicem scivi, non qui quod [p. 734] vellet haberet, sed qui per fatum non data non cuperet, Aus. Idyll. 319, 23 sq.—

With gen. ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose):

Vergilius beatus felixque gratiae,

Plin. H. N. 14 praef. §

7: o te, Bolane, cerebri Felicem!

Hor. S. 1, 9, 12:

felices studiique locique,

Ov. M. 5, 267:

felix uteri,

Sil. 4, 359:

leti,

id. 4, 398:

famae,

id. 4, 731:

felices operum dies,

Verg. G. 1, 277.—

With inf. ( poet.):

quo non felicior alter Ungueretela manu ferrumque armare veneno,

happier, more successful in, Verg. A. 9, 772; id. G. 1, 284; Sil. 13, 126. —

With gerund. dat. (rare):

tam felix vobis corrumpendis fuit,

successful in, Liv. 3, 17, 2.— Adv.: fēlīcĭter.

(Acc. to I.) Fruitfully, abundantly:

hic segetes, illic veniunt felicius uvae,

Verg. G. 1, 54.—

(Acc. to II.)

Auspiciously, fortunately, favorably: quod mihi vobisque Quirites, Se fortunatim, feliciter ac bene vortat, Enn. ap. Non. 112, 3 (Ann. v. 112 ed. Vahl.); cf. Plaut. Aul. 4, 10, 58:

ut ea res mihi magistratuique meo, populo plebique Romanae bene atque feliciter eveniret,

Cic. Mur. 1, 1; Caes. B. G. 4, 25, 3.—In expressing a wish or in calling to a person, Good luck! faciam quod volunt. Feliciter velim, inquam, teque laudo, Cic. Att. 13, 42, 1:

feliciter, succlamant,

Phaedr. 5, 1, 4; Suet. Claud. 7; id. Dom. 13; Flor. 3, 3 fin.; Juv. 2, 119; Vulg. Gen. 30, 11 al.—

Luckily, happily, successfully (most freq.):

omnes sapientes semper feliciter, absolute, fortunate vivere,

Cic. Fin. 3, 7, 26:

res publica et bene et feliciter gesta sit,

id. Phil. 5, 15, 40; id. Fam. 7, 28 fin.:

navigare,

id. Verr. 2, 2, 38, § 95; cf.:

qui te feliciter attulit Eurus,

Ov. M. 7, 659:

feliciter audet,

Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 166:

ob ea feliciter acta,

Sall. J. 55, 2.—Prov.:

feliciter sapit qui alieno periculo sapit,

Plaut. Merc. 4, 4, 40.— Comp., Ov. Ib. 305.— Sup.:

bella cum finitimis felicissime multa gessit,

Cic. Rep. 2, 9:

re gesta,

Hirt. B. G. 8, 37, 1:

gerere rem publicam,

Caes. B. C. 1, 7, 6:

cessit imitatio,

Quint. 10, 2, 16: Horatius... verbis felicissime audax, 10, 1, 96.

Fēlix (with abl. Felice, v. Neue, Formenl. 2, p. 67), a Roman surname of frequent occurrence, first applied to L. Sulla, Plin. 7, 44, 44, § 186.—

Claudius Felix, Suet. Claud. 28.—

Antonius Felix, procurator of Judea and Galilee under Claudius, Vulg. Act. 23, 26; 25, 14.—

Julia Felix, i. q. Berytus, Plin. 5, 20, 17, § 78.

fĕlix, ĭcis, v. filix init.

membrāna, ae, f. [membrum], the skin or membrane that covers parts of the body (class.).

Lit.:

natura oculos membranis tenuissimis vestivit,

Cic. N. D. 2, 57, 142:

cerebri,

the membrane of the brain, meninges, Cels. 8, 4:

membranis cicadae volant,

Plin. 11, 28, 33, § 96:

membranis volant fragilibus insecta,

id. 11, 39, 94, § 228.—

Esp., the skin or slough of snakes, Ov. M. 7, 272; Luc. 6, 679.—

Transf.

The thin skin of plants and other things, Plin. 15, 22, 24, § 88:

corio et membrana Punica (teguntur),

id. 15, 28, 34, § 112:

tenuissimis membranis velatur allium,

id. 19, 6, 34, § 111:

putaminis ovi,

id. 29, 3, 11, § 46.—

A skin prepared for writing, etc., parchment, Quint. 10, 3, 31:

Homeri carmen in Membrana scriptum,

Plin. 7, 21, 21, § 85: sic raro scribis, ut toto non quater anno Membranam poscas, Hor. S. 2, 3, 2:

Parrhasiae, for drawing,

Plin. 35, 10, 36, § 68:

croceae membrana tabellae,

Juv. 7, 23:

quod in chartulis sive membranis meis aliquis scripserit, meum est,

Gai. Inst. 2, 77.—

The surface, outside of a thing ( poet.):

coloris,

Lucr. 4, 95.— Trop.:

scies, sub ista tenui membrana dignitatis quantum mali jaceat,

Sen. Ep. 115, 9.

ŏdor (old form ŏdos, like arbos, labos, etc., Plaut. Capt. 4, 2, 35; id. Ps. 3, 2, 52; Sall. J. 44, 4), ōris, m. [root od-; Gr. ozô, odôda, odmê; whence oleo, olfacio], a smell, scent, odor (class.; cf. fragrantia).

Lit.

In gen.:

omnis odor ad supera fertur,

Cic. N. D. 2, 56, 141:

odorem avide trahere naribus,

Phaedr. 3, 1, 3:

florum,

Cic. Sen. 17, 59.—

In partic.

A pleasant odor, perfume; concr., perfumery, essences, spices (syn. odoramenta).—So mostly in plur.:

sternite lectos, incendite odores,

Plaut. Men. 2, 2, 4:

incendere odores,

Cic. Tusc. 3, 18, 43; id. Verr. 2, 4, 35. § 77;

2, 5, 56, § 146: croceos odores Tmolus mittit,

Verg. G. 1, 56:

perfusus liquidis odoribus,

perfumed waters, ointments, balsams, Hor. C. 1, 5, 2; id. Ep. 2, 1, 269:

corpus differtum odoribus conditur,

Tac. A. 16, 6.— Sing., Plaut. Mil. 2, 5, 2:

fragrans Assyrio odore domus,

Cat. 68, 144:

ara Fumat odore,

incense, Hor. C. 3, 18, 7.—

A disagreeable smell, a stench, stink (syn.:

nidor, faetor): putidus odor ibi saepe ex sulfure et alumine. Varr L. L. 5, § 25 Müll.: cum odos aut pabuli egestas locum mutare subegerat,

Sall. J. 44, 4:

camera odore foeda,

id. C. 55, 4:

ingratos odores,

Ov. M. 2, 626:

gravis,

Verg. G. 4, 49:

taeter,

Caes. B. C. 3, 49; Verg. A. 3, 228:

malus,

Hor. Epod. 12, 8:

intolerabili foeditatis odore,

Cic. N. D. 2, 40, 127:

offensus putrefacti cerebri odore,

Suet. Calig. 27 fin.:

ignis,

Vulg. Dan. 3, 94.—

Trop., a scent, inkling, hint, presentiment, suggestion:

odor suspicionis,

Cic. Clu. 27, 73:

legum,

id. Verr. 2, 5, 61, § 160:

hominum furta odore persequi,

id. ib. 2, 4, 24, §

53: res fluit ad interregnum, et est non nullos odor dictaturae,

id. Att. 4, 18, 3 B. and K. (al. 4, 16, 11):

lucri bonus est odor,

Juv. 14, 204; cf.:

Christi bonus odor sumus Deo in iis,

Vulg. 2 Cor. 2, 15:

urbanitatis,

a tincture of politeness, Cic. de Or. 3, 40, 161.

raptus, a, um, Part., from rapio.

raptus, ūs, m. [rapio], a carrying off by force.

In gen. (very rare):

Inoo lacerata est altera raptu,

violent rending, Ov. M. 3, 722:

runcinarum,

Plin. 16, 42, 82, § 225:

lenes cucurbitarum,

Cael. Aur. Acut. 1, 11.—Esp. a jerking, cramp in the limbs (med. t. t.):

raptus omnium membrorum ex cerebri membranis,

Cael. Aur. Acut. 1, 1, 8; cf. id. ib. 1, 3, 37, = Gr. spasmos, id. ib. 2, 10, 74.— More freq.,

In partic., a carrying off, robbing, plundering:

ad praedam et raptus congregare,

Tac. A. 2, 52; cf. id. H. 1, 46; 83; id. G. 35:

raptus exercere,

id. A. 15, 38 fin. —

Esp. of persons, an abduction, rape:

quis de Ganymedi raptu dubitat?

Cic. Tusc. 4, 33, 71:

virginis (Proserpinae),

id. Verr. 2, 4, 48, § 107; Suet. Ner. 46; Ov. F. 4, 417.— Absol., Tac. A. 6, 1; id. H. 2, 73 fin.; claud. Rapt. Pros. 2, 12.

vermĭnātĭo, ōnis, f. [vermino], the worms, a disease of animals, the bots.

Lit., Plin. 28, 11, 49, § 180; 30, 15, 50, § 144. —

Transf., a crawling, itching pain, Sen. Ep. 78, 9.— Plur.:

cerebri aestuantis,

Sen. Ep. 95, 17.