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tĕnŭĭtas, ātis. f. [tenuis], thinness, slenderness, fineness, smallness, tenuity (class.).

Lit.:

casurusne in conspectum videatur animus, an tanta sit ejus tenuitas, ut fugiat aciem,

Cic. Tusc. 1, 22, 50:

valetudo modo bona sit, tenuitas ipsa delectat,

slimness, id. Brut. 16, 64:

crurum,

Phaedr. 1, 12, 6: aëris, rarity (with siccitas), Sen. Q. N. 2, 10, 1:

lini,

Plin. 19, 1, 2, § 9:

chartae,

id. 13, 12, 24, § 79:

capillamenti,

id. 11, 37, 65, § 171:

liniam duxit summae tenuitatis per tabulam,

id. 35, 10, 36, § 81:

caudae,

id. 8, 33, 51, § 121:

cribri,

id. 18, 11, 27, § 105:

aquae,

thinness, clearness, purity, id. 31, 3, 23, § 38; cf.

sanguinis,

id. 11, 39, 92, § 226 et saep.—

Transf. (acc. to tenuis, I. B.), smallness, insignificance, poverty, indigence, scarcity:

Magii,

Cic. de Or. 2, 66, 265:

alicujus,

Cic. Fil. Fam. 16, 21, 4; Caes. B. G. 7, 17:

aerarii,

Cic. Off. 2, 21, 74:

earum rerum, quas terra procreet, vel ubertatem vel tenuitatem,

id. Div. 2, 13, 30.—

Trop., fineness, acuteness, minuteness in language:

limata tenuitas et rerum et verborum,

Cic. Fin. 3, 12, 40; id. Opt. Gen. Or. 3, 9:

(dialectica) sectas ad tenuitatem suam vires ipsā subtilitate consumet,

Quint. 12, 2, 13; 12, 10, 35; 10, 2, 23:

discriminum ac differentiarum tenuitates,

fine shades, Gell. 1, 3, 29.

ūro, ussi, ustum, 3, v. a. [for uso from root us; cf. Gr. euô, to singe; auô, to kindle], to burn (class.).

Lit.

In gen.:

(sacer ignis) urit corpore serpens Quamcumque arripuit partem,

Lucr. 6, 660:

urere ne possit calor amplius aridus artus,

id. 4, 871:

calidum hoc est: etsi procul abest, urit male,

Plaut. Most. 3, 1, 81:

urit odoratam nocturna in lumina cedrum,

Verg. A. 7, 13:

homines in usum nocturni luminis,

Tac. A. 15, 44:

picem et ceras alimentaque cetera flammae,

Ov. M. 14, 533.—

In partic.

To burn up, destroy by fire, consume (syn. cremo):

hominem mortuum, inquit lex in XII., in urbe ne sepelito neve urito,

Cic. Leg. 2, 23, 58 Mos.; so XII. Tab. ib. 2, 24, 60:

flamma cum corpora fulva leonum soleat torrere atque urere,

Lucr. 5, 898 (902): in corpore si quid ejusmodi est, quod reliquo corpori noceat, id uri secarique patimur, Cic. Phil. 8, 5, 15:

agros,

Liv. 26, 21, 15:

urbes hostium,

Tac. H. 2, 12:

superbas Carthaginis arces,

Hor. Epod. 7, 6:

Achaïcus Ignis Iliacas domos,

id. C. 1, 15, 35; cf.:

usto ab Ilio,

id. Epod. 10, 13:

ustis navibus,

id. ib. 9, 8:

neglectis urenda filix innascitur agris,

id. S. 1, 3, 37:

cum frondibus uritur arbos,

Ov. M. 2, 212 et saep.:

acanthi radices ustis laxatisque mire prosunt,

burned, scorched, Plin. 22, 22, 34, § 76:

a sole usti,

id. 23, 4, 42, § 85:

ecce sexus infirmus se uri perpetitur,

Lact. 5, 13, 14:

urbis hostium,

Tac. H. 2, 12:

praedas,

id. A. 4, 48:

regionem,

Curt. 4, 9, 8; 4, 14, 2.—

Of encaustic painting, to burn in (very rare):

picta coloribus ustis puppis,

Ov. F. 4, 275:

tabulam coloribus,

id. ib. 3, 831.—

Transf.

To burn, i. e. to scorch, parch, dry up; to sting or pain acutely (syn. torreo):

videmus ceteras partes incultas (terrarum), quod aut frigore rigeant aut urantur calore,

Cic. Tusc. 1, 28, 69:

cum Sol gravis ureret arva,

Ov. M. 6, 339:

terras (Sol),

id. ib. 4, 194:

campum (seges),

Verg. G. 1, 77 sq.:

solum (cicer),

Plin. 18, 12, 32, § 124:

vineas (fimum suillum),

id. 17, 27, 46, § 258:

urentes harenae,

Hor. C. 3, 4, 31;

v. Orell. ad h. l.: sitis usserat herbas,

Ov. F. 4, 299:

sitis arida guttur Urit,

id. M. 11, 130:

fauces urit sitis,

Hor. S. 1, 2, 114:

nec febribus uror anhelis,

Ov. P. 1, 10, 5:

pestilentia urens simul urbem atque agros,

Liv. 10, 47, 6:

dysenteria si urat,

Plin. 28, 9, 33, § 128: calx urit, discutit, extrahit, burns, heats (when taken as a medicine), id. 36, 24, 57, § 180:

uri, vinciri, ferroque necari,

Sen. Ep. 37, 1:

hae sunt, quarum Delicias et panniculus bombycinus urit,

oppresses, Juv. 6, 260.—

To rub sore; to gall, fret, chafe, corrode:

calceus... si pede minor, uret,

Hor. Ep. 1, 10, 43:

si te gravis uret sarcina chartae,

id. ib. 1, 13, 6:

teneros urit lorica lacertos,

Prop. 4 (5), 3, 23:

uri virgis,

Hor. S. 2, 7, 58:

loris non ureris,

id. Ep. 1, 16, 47:

antiqua terebra urit eam partem quam perforat: Gallica excavat nec urit,

Col. Arb. 8, 3:

ut prensos urant juga prima juvencos,

Ov. R. Am. 235. —

To pinch with cold; to nip, blast, wither:

pernoctant venatores in nive, in montibus uri se patiuntur,

Cic. Tusc. 2, 17, 40:

Scythae continuis frigoribus uruntur,

Just. 2, 2, 9:

iis, quae frigus usserit, sunt remedio,

Plin. 22, 25, 57, § 119; Ov. Tr. 3, 2, 8; id. F. 1, 680:

urebant montana nives,

Luc. 4, 52; Val. Fl. 2, 287.—

Trop., to burn, inflame, consume with passion; in pass., to burn, glow, be heated, be inflamed, be enamored; of love or lust:

me tamen urit amor,

Verg. E. 2, 68:

Daphnis me malus urit,

id. ib. 8, 83:

vires urit videndo Femina,

id. G. 3, 215:

urit me Glycerae nitor, Urit grata protervitas,

Hor. C. 1, 19, 5 sq. — Pass.:

uritur infelix Dido,

Verg. A. 4, 68: Hor. Epod. 14, 13; Ov. M. 1, 496; 3, 464; 7, 22;

13, 763 al.: meum jecur urere bilis,

Hor. S. 1, 9, 66:

ira communiter urit utrumque,

id. Ep. 1, 2, 13.— Pass.:

uror, seu, etc.,

Hor. C. 1, 13, 9.—Of envy:

urit fulgore suo,

Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 13.—

Transf.

To vex, annoy:

uro hominem,

I gall the fellow, Ter. Eun. 2, 2, 42; cf. pass.:

id nunc his cerebrum uritur, Me esse hos trecentos Philippos facturum lucri,

Plaut. Poen. 3, 5, 25. —

In gen., to disturb, harass, annoy, oppress:

eos bellum Romanum urebat,

Liv. 10, 17, 1; cf. pass.:

quo (bello) Italia urebatur,

id. 27, 39, 9:

labor aliquem urens,

id. 36, 23, 5:

captos legibus ure tuis,

Ov. Am. 1, 8, 70:

populum gravis urebat infesto mari annona,

Vell. 2, 77, 1:

urebat nobilem populum ablatum mare,

Flor. 2, 6, 2.

vincŭlum, or (also in class. prose), contr., vinclum, i, n. [id.], that with which any thing is bound, a band, bond, rope, cord, fetter, tie (cf.: catena, manica, compes).

Lit.:

corpora constricta vinculis,

Cic. de Or. 1, 52, 226:

nodos et vincula rupit,

Verg. A. 5, 510:

hic fessas non vincula naves Ulla tenent,

id. ib. 1, 168:

Chio solvite vincla cado,

Tib. 2, 1, 28:

tunicarum vincla relaxat,

Ov. F. 2, 321:

quamvis Charta sit a vinclis non labefacta suis,

i. e. the seal, id. P. 3, 7, 6:

chartae sua vincula dempsi,

id. Tr. 4, 7, 7:

epistolae laxare,

Nep. Paus. 4, 1:

pennarum vincula,

Ov. M. 8, 226:

et Tyrrhena pedum circumdat vincula plantis,

Verg. A. 8, 458;

so of sandals,

Tib. 1, 5, 66; Ov. F. 1, 410; 2, 324; 3, 823.—

Esp. in the plur., of the fetters of prisoners, and hence sometimes to be rendered prison; and vincula publica, the state-prison:

mitto vincla, mitto carcerem, mitto verbera, mitto secures,

Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 24, § 59:

aliquem aeternis tenebris vinculisque mandare,

id. Cat. 4, 5, 10:

de convivio in vincla atque in tenebras abripi,

id. Verr. 2, 4, 10, § 24: in vincula conjectus, Caes. B. G, 3, 9;

4, 27: in vincula duci,

Liv. 3, 13, 4; 3, 49, 2; 3, 56, 4; 3, 57, 5; 5, 9, 4; 9, 34, 24; 38, 56, 9; Vell. 2, 7, 2 al.:

in vinculis et catenis,

Liv. 6, 16, 2;

ex vinculis causam dicere,

i. e. to plead in chains, Caes. B. G. 1, 4:

publica,

Nep. Milt. 7, 6; id. Paus. 2, 2; id. Cim. 1, 1; Paul. Sent. 5, 17, 3; 5, 26, 1.—

Trop., a bond, fetter, tie, band:

qui ex corporum vinculis tamquam e carcere evolaverunt,

Cic. Rep. 6, 14, 14:

vinculum ad astringendam fidem,

id. Off. 3, 31, 111; cf.:

victum ingens vinculum fidei,

Liv. 8, 28, 8:

vincula revellit non modo judiciorum, sed etiam utilitatis vitaeque communis,

Cic. Caecin. 25, 70:

vinculum ingens immodicae cupiditatis injectum est,

Liv. 10, 13, 14: quae (beneficium et gratia) sunt vincula concordiae, Cic. Fin. 2, 35, 117:

vinculis et propinquitatis et affinitatis conjunctus,

id. Planc. 11, 27:

vincla summae conjunctionis,

id. Att. 6, 2, 1:

accedit maximum vinculum, quod ita rem publicam geris, ut, etc.,

id. Fam. 15, 11, 2:

quod vinclum, quaeso, deest nostrae conjunctioni,

id. ib. 5, 15, 2:

ne cui me vinclo vellem jugali,

Verg. A. 4, 16; cf. Ov. M. 9, 549:

excusare laborem et mercenaria vincla,

Hor. Ep. 1, 7, 67.

vincŭlum, or (also in class. prose), contr., vinclum, i, n. [id.], that with which any thing is bound, a band, bond, rope, cord, fetter, tie (cf.: catena, manica, compes).

Lit.:

corpora constricta vinculis,

Cic. de Or. 1, 52, 226:

nodos et vincula rupit,

Verg. A. 5, 510:

hic fessas non vincula naves Ulla tenent,

id. ib. 1, 168:

Chio solvite vincla cado,

Tib. 2, 1, 28:

tunicarum vincla relaxat,

Ov. F. 2, 321:

quamvis Charta sit a vinclis non labefacta suis,

i. e. the seal, id. P. 3, 7, 6:

chartae sua vincula dempsi,

id. Tr. 4, 7, 7:

epistolae laxare,

Nep. Paus. 4, 1:

pennarum vincula,

Ov. M. 8, 226:

et Tyrrhena pedum circumdat vincula plantis,

Verg. A. 8, 458;

so of sandals,

Tib. 1, 5, 66; Ov. F. 1, 410; 2, 324; 3, 823.—

Esp. in the plur., of the fetters of prisoners, and hence sometimes to be rendered prison; and vincula publica, the state-prison:

mitto vincla, mitto carcerem, mitto verbera, mitto secures,

Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 24, § 59:

aliquem aeternis tenebris vinculisque mandare,

id. Cat. 4, 5, 10:

de convivio in vincla atque in tenebras abripi,

id. Verr. 2, 4, 10, § 24: in vincula conjectus, Caes. B. G, 3, 9;

4, 27: in vincula duci,

Liv. 3, 13, 4; 3, 49, 2; 3, 56, 4; 3, 57, 5; 5, 9, 4; 9, 34, 24; 38, 56, 9; Vell. 2, 7, 2 al.:

in vinculis et catenis,

Liv. 6, 16, 2;

ex vinculis causam dicere,

i. e. to plead in chains, Caes. B. G. 1, 4:

publica,

Nep. Milt. 7, 6; id. Paus. 2, 2; id. Cim. 1, 1; Paul. Sent. 5, 17, 3; 5, 26, 1.—

Trop., a bond, fetter, tie, band:

qui ex corporum vinculis tamquam e carcere evolaverunt,

Cic. Rep. 6, 14, 14:

vinculum ad astringendam fidem,

id. Off. 3, 31, 111; cf.:

victum ingens vinculum fidei,

Liv. 8, 28, 8:

vincula revellit non modo judiciorum, sed etiam utilitatis vitaeque communis,

Cic. Caecin. 25, 70:

vinculum ingens immodicae cupiditatis injectum est,

Liv. 10, 13, 14: quae (beneficium et gratia) sunt vincula concordiae, Cic. Fin. 2, 35, 117:

vinculis et propinquitatis et affinitatis conjunctus,

id. Planc. 11, 27:

vincla summae conjunctionis,

id. Att. 6, 2, 1:

accedit maximum vinculum, quod ita rem publicam geris, ut, etc.,

id. Fam. 15, 11, 2:

quod vinclum, quaeso, deest nostrae conjunctioni,

id. ib. 5, 15, 2:

ne cui me vinclo vellem jugali,

Verg. A. 4, 16; cf. Ov. M. 9, 549:

excusare laborem et mercenaria vincla,

Hor. Ep. 1, 7, 67.