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81 vitreus
vitreus, a, um (vitrum), gläsern, aus Glas, I) eig. u. meton.: A) eig.: hostis, Ov., od. latro, Mart., Stein im Schachspiele: faba (Perle), Petron. (vgl. faba no. II): vasa, Colum.: dolium, Colum. u. Th. Prisc.: sedilia, kristallene, Verg. – subst., vitreum, eī, n., a) das Glasgeschirr, Sen. de ira 1, 12, 4 (wo si vitreum fractum est). – b) die Glasperle (Ggstz. margarita, die echte Perle), Tert. ad martyr. 4 extr.: oft Plur. vitrea, ōrum, n., gläsernes Geschirr, Glaswerk, Plin. u.a.: fracta vitrea, Glasscherben, Mart. – Nbf. vitria ars, Glasmacherkunst, Corp. inscr. Lat. 13, 2000. – B) meton., gläsern, dem Glase ähnlich, a) an Glanz, Schimmer usw., kristallhell, kristallen, glänzend, unda, Verg.: fons purus et vitreus, Plin. ep.: v. pontus, Hor.: ros, Ov.: Circe, strahlend, glänzend (als Meergöttin), Hor. carm. 1, 17, 20. – b) in Hinsicht der Durchsichtigkeit, durchsichtig wie Glas, toga, sehr dünn, fein, Varro sat. Men. 313: bilis, Pers. 3, 8. – c) in Ansehung der Farbe, grün, meergrün, color, Plin. 9, 100. – II) bildl.: fama, der gleißende, Hor. sat. 2, 3, 222: laetitia, zerbrechliche wie Glas (= vergängliche), Augustin. de civ. dei 4, 3. p. 149, 7 D.2: fortuna vitrea est; tum, cum splendet, frangitur, Glück und Glas, wie bald bricht das, Publ. Syr. sent. 189 R.2 -
82 carmen
carmen inis, n [1 CAS-], a song, poem, verse, oracular response, prophecy, form of incantation, tune, air, lay, strain, note, sound (vocal or instrumental): canentes carmina, L.: Carmine vocali clarus, O.: lyrae, Pr.: per me concordant carmina nervis, O.: ferale, V.: cygnorum, O.: citharā carmina divides, H.: barbaricum, O. — Esp., a composition in verse, poem, poetry, verse, song: cantūs et carmina, melodies and words: Maeonii carminis alite, H.: tragicum, H.: carmina Livi, H.: Lydis remixto carmine tibiis, H.: famosum, abusive, H.: canere, to compose: pueris canto, H.: condere, H.: contexere: fingere, H.: docere, H.: ad umbilicum adducere, H. — Lyric poetry: Carmine tu gaudes, hic delectatur iambis, H.: Carmina compono, hic elegos, H. — A poetic inscription: carminibus templorum aditūs exornare: tumulo superaddite carmen, V.—A passage from a poem, poetical extract: audiens tam grande carmen: Euripideum illud.—An oracular response, prophecy, prediction: Cumaeum, V.: in libris Sibyllinis, L.—A charm, incantation: Carminibus Circe socios mutavit Ulixi, V.: veneficae Scientioris, H.: Auxiliare, O.—A form of speech, ceremonial phrase, formula (in religious or legal observances): quae (verba) longo effata carmine, L.: diro quodam carmine iurare, L.: cruciatūs carmina: lex horrendi carminis erat, of a dreadful form, L.: Appii Caeci carmen, a proverbial saying: magistri, a school-task for the memory: sacrum, L.* * *Icard for wool/flaxIIsong/music; poem/play; charm; prayer, incantation, ritual/magic formula; oracle -
83 daedalus
daedalus adj., δαίδαλοσ, skilful, cunning: Circe, V.—Artfully contrived, skilful: tecta, V.* * *daedala, daedalum ADJskillful, dexterous; skillfully made/worked; artificial, artifically contrived; variously adorned, ornamented; variegated -
84 dīrus
dīrus adj. with comp, ill - omened, ominous, boding, portentous, fearful, awful, dread: cometae, V.: quibus nihil dirius: mortalibus omen, O.: tempus: exsecratio, L. — Plur n. as subst: in dira incurrimus: Dira canere, O.: dira alcui precari, Tb. — Dreadful, cruel, fierce, fell, relentless: sorores, the furies, V.: Dea, i. e. Circe, O.: Hannibal, H.: mens, V.: hydra, H. — Dreadful, dire, horrible, awful: dapes, O.: venena, H.: bellum, V.: cupido, insane, V.: sollicitudines, H.: superbia, O.: Temporibus diris, in the reign of terror, Iu.— Plur n. As adv.: dira fremens, frightfully, V.* * *dira, dirum ADJfearful, cruel, awful, horrible; fierce -
85 fūrātus
fūrātus adj. [P. of furor], in secret, by stealth: patri quos Circe furata creavit, V. -
86 induō
induō uī, ūtus, ere [indu+4 AV-], to put on, assume, dress in: Meam (vestem), T.: vestes Indutae, V.: lugubria, O.: Herculi tunicam: galeas, Cs.: albos crinīs, V.: scalas, shouldered, O.: raptae insignia Bacchi, O.: sibi torquem: unam (vestem) iuveni, V.—To clothe, dress, cover, wrap, deck, array: se in florem, V.: quos Induerat Circe in voltūs ferarum, V.: cum venti se in nubem induerint: toris lacertos, O.: pomis se arbos Induerat, V.: eamst indutus (vestem)? T.: galeam Induitur, V.: Quidlibet indutus, dressed as it happens, H.: Indutus capiti, V.: indutus Troas agebat, wearing (the helmet), V.—To entangle, impale, pierce: se stimulis inopinantes induebant, Cs.: se hastis, L.: An sese mucrone Induat, i. e. pierce, V.—Fig., to put on, assume: personam iudicis: cuius simulationem induerat, L.: tellus Induit hominum figuras, O.—To entangle, involve: se actione: suā confessione induatur necesse est, entangle himself: se in captiones: non se purgavit, sed induit.* * *induere, indui, indutus Vput on, clothe, cover; dress oneself in -
87 mōly
mōly —, n, μῶλυ, a magic herb, moly, O.* * *molyos/is N Nplant (white flower and black root) (mythical used by Odysseus against Circe) -
88 sup-pōnō (subp-)
sup-pōnō (subp-) posuī, positus (posta, V.), ere, to put below, set under: anitum ova gallinis: caput et stomachum fontibus, H.: Cervicem polo, O.: (tauros) iugo, yoke, O.: Agresti fano pecus, drive under, O.: fratrem tumulo, i. e. bury, O.: incedis per ignīs Suppositos cineri doloso, hidden under, H.: terrae dentes, i. e. sow, O.: Falcem maturīs aristis, apply, V.: cultros, apply (i. e. to the throat), V.—To put in the place of, substitute for: in eorum locum civīs Romanos: criminibus illis pro rege se supponit reum.—To substitute falsely, falsify, forge, counterfeit: puerum, T.: puellam, L.: patri quos (equos) Circe Suppositā de matre nothos furata creavit, i. e. secretly introduced, V.: trepidat, ne Suppositus venias, Iu.— Fig., to add, annex, subjoin: exemplum epistulae. —To make subject, subject, submit: Nil ita sublime est... Non sit ut inferius suppositumque deo, O.—To subordinate, class under: huic generi partīs quattuor: Latio supposuisse Samon, i. e. regarded as inferior, O. -
89 vitreus
vitreus adj. [vitrum], of glass, vitreous: Priapus, i. e. a glass in the form of a Priapus, Iu.: hostis, i. e. a glass chessman, O.—Like glass, glassy, clear, bright, shining, transparent: unda, V.: ros, O.: Circe, brilliant, H.—Fig., brilliant, splendid: quem cepit vitrea fama, H.* * *vitrea, vitreum ADJof glass; resembling glass in its color (greenish), translucency, or glitter -
90 Cynanthus latirostris
—1. LAT Cynanthus latirostris ( Swainson)2. RUS ширококлювый цинантус m3. ENG broad-billed hummingbird4. DEU Breitschnabelkolibri m5. FRA colibri m circéVOCABULARIUM NOMINUM ANIMALIUM QUINQUELINGUE — AVES > Cynanthus latirostris
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91 Aeaea
Aeaea, ae, f., = Aiaiê, acc. to fable, the island in the Tyrrhene Sea where the Circe of Homer had her abode, and where, acc. to Plin. 3, 5, 9, § 58, the later Circeii was situated, now called Monte Circello. Acc. to Mela, 2, 7 med., it was the abode of Calypso. -
92 Aeson
Aesōn, ŏnis, m., = Aisôn, a Thessalian prince, brother of king Pelias, and father of Jason, who, according to fable, was in extreme old age transformed by the magic arts of Medea into a youth, Ov. M. 7, 2.— Whence,I.Aesŏnĭdes, ae, patr. m., = Aisonidês, a male descendant of Æson, i. e. Jason, Ov. M. 7, 164:II.Phasias Aesoniden, Circe tenuisset Ulixem,
id. A. A. 2, 103:mobilis Aesonide,
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93 Aesonides
Aesōn, ŏnis, m., = Aisôn, a Thessalian prince, brother of king Pelias, and father of Jason, who, according to fable, was in extreme old age transformed by the magic arts of Medea into a youth, Ov. M. 7, 2.— Whence,I.Aesŏnĭdes, ae, patr. m., = Aisonidês, a male descendant of Æson, i. e. Jason, Ov. M. 7, 164:II.Phasias Aesoniden, Circe tenuisset Ulixem,
id. A. A. 2, 103:mobilis Aesonide,
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94 Aesonius
Aesōn, ŏnis, m., = Aisôn, a Thessalian prince, brother of king Pelias, and father of Jason, who, according to fable, was in extreme old age transformed by the magic arts of Medea into a youth, Ov. M. 7, 2.— Whence,I.Aesŏnĭdes, ae, patr. m., = Aisonidês, a male descendant of Æson, i. e. Jason, Ov. M. 7, 164:II.Phasias Aesoniden, Circe tenuisset Ulixem,
id. A. A. 2, 103:mobilis Aesonide,
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95 Angitia
Angĭtĭa, ae, f., sister of Medea and Circe, who received divine honors from the Marsi, Verg. A. 7, 759 (acc. to Serv. ad Verg. A. 7, 750, Medea herself); Sil. 8, 498; Inscr. Orell. 115; 116; 1846.—Hence, Nemus Angitiae, the region consecrated to Angitia, near Lucus, in the Marsian territory, now Luco, Verg. l. c.; cf. Mann. Ital. 1, 515. -
96 apo
I.A.. To fasten, attach, join, bind, tie to (syn.: ligo, adligo, jungo, conjungo, recto): comprehendere antiqui vinculo apere dicebant, Paul. ex Fest. s. v. apex, p. 18 Müll.; cf. apex; used only in part. perf. pass. aptus (the P. a. v. infra):B.uteri terrae radicibus apti,
fastened to the earth, Lucr. 5, 808 (Lachm., terram and apti = adepti):bracchia validis ex apta lacertis,
united with the strong shoulders, id. 4, 829:gladium e lacunari setā equinā aptum demitti jussit,
Cic. Tusc. 5, 21, 62:linguam vinclis de pectore imo aptis moveri,
Gell. 1, 15.—Trop.: ex aliquā re (like pendere ex aliquā re), depending upon, arising from (so only in Cic.):II.rerum causae aliae ex aliis aptae et necessitate nexae,
Cic. Tusc. 5, 25, 70:honestum, ex quo aptum est officium,
id. Off. 1, 18, 60; id. Fin. 2, 14, 47:ex quā re (sc. virtute) una vita omnis apta sit,
id. Ac. 2, 10, 31:causa ex aeternis causis apta,
id. Fat. 15, 34:cui viro ex se apta sunt omnia, etc.,
id. Tusc. 5, 12, 36 (as transl. of Plat. Menex. p. 302: Hotôi gar andri eis heauton anêrtêtai panta, etc.); cf. id. Fam. 5, 13.—Once also with pendere:non ex verbis aptum pendere jus,
Cic. Caecin. 18.—Also without ex:vitā modicā et aptā virtute perfrui,
Cic. Leg. 1, 21, 56:rudentibus apta fortuna,
id. Tusc. 5, 14, [p. 138] 40.—A.. Joined, bound, or tied together, connected:B.aptum conexum et colligatum significat,
Non. p. 234, 32 (so most freq. in Lucr.):conjugio corporis atque animae consistimus uniter apti,
Lucr. 3, 846; 5, 555; 5, 558:genus... validis aptum per viscera nervis,
bound together by the strong band of the sinews, id. 5, 928:quae memorare queam inter se singlariter apta,
id. 6, 1067 al.:facilius est apta dissolvere quam dissipata conectere,
Cic. Or. 71, 235:quā ex conjunctione caelum ita aptum est, ut, etc.,
id. Tim. 5:qui tam certos caeli motus, tamque omnia inter se conexa et apta viderit,
id. N. D. 2, 38, 97; Gell. 6, 2. —Trop.:III.omnia inter se apta et conexa,
Cic. Fin. 4, 19, 53:apta inter se et cohaerentia,
id. N. D 3, 1, 4:efficiatur aptum illud, quod fuerit antea diffiuens ac solutum,
id. Or. 70, 233.— Poet., with abl., endowed, furnished, or ornamented with something: fides alma, apta pinnis, furnished with wings, winged, Enn. ap. Cic. Off. 3, 29, 105:stellis fulgentibus apta caeli domus,
the abode of heaven studded with glittering stars, Lucr. 6, 357 (cf. id. 5, 1205: stellis micantibus aethera fixum);imitated by Verg.: caelum stellis fulgentibus aptum,
Verg. A. 11, 202, and:axis stellis ardentibus aptus,
id. ib. 4, 482:veste signis ingentibus aptā,
Lucr. 5, 1428:magis apta figura,
id. 2, 814: lucus opacus teneris fruticibus aptus, Varr. ap. Non. p. 235, 9:Tyrio prodeat apta sinu,
Tib. 1, 9, 70.—Hence,aptus, a, um, P. a., pr., fitted to something; hence, suited, suitable, proper, apposite, fit, appropriate, adapted, conformable to (cf. accommodatus and appositus, 2.).A.In gen.: aptus is, qui convenienter alicui junctus est, Paul. ex Fest. s. v. apex, p. 18 Müll. (so most freq. after the Cic. per.); constr. with ad or dat.; of persons always with dat.(α).With ad:(β).ossa habent commissuras ad stabilitatem aptas,
Cic. N. D. 2, 55, 139:in pulmonibus inest raritas quaedam ad hauriendum spiritum aptissima,
id. ib. 2, 55, 136:locus ad insidias aptior,
id. Mil. 20:calcei habiles et apti ad pedem,
id. de Or. 1, 54, 231:castra ad bellum ducendum aptissima,
Caes. B. C. 2, 37; so Vulg. 1 Par. 7, 40; ib. 2 Par. 26, 13:aptum ad proelium,
ib. 1 Reg. 14, 52:fornices in muro erant apti ad excurrendum,
Liv. 36, 23, 3 al. —With dat.:(γ).non omnia rebus sunt omnibus apta,
Lucr. 6, 961:aliis alias animantibus aptas Res,
id. 6, 773:initia apta et accommodata naturae,
Cic. Fin. 4, 17, 46:quod verum, simplex sincerumque sit, id esse naturae hominis aptissimum,
id. Off. 1, 4, 13:haec genera dicendi aptiora sunt adulescentibus,
id. Brut. 95, 223; so id. ib. 62, 326; id. Tusc. 1, 36, 87; id. Or. 22, 1 al.:quod aetati tuae esset aptissimum,
id. Off. 1, 2, 4; so Nep. Att. 16, 1:apta dies sacrificio,
Liv. 1, 45:venti aptiores Romanae quam suae classi,
id. 25, 37 al.:notavi portus puppibus aptos,
Ov. M. 3, 596; 4, 160:armis apta magis tellus,
Prop. 4, 22, 19:aptum equis Argos,
Hor. C. 1, 7, 9:apta vinculo conjugali,
Vulg. Ruth, 1, 12; ib. Luc. 9, 62:aptus amicis,
Hor. S. 2, 5, 43 et saep.— Other constrr.:With in (cf. Rudd. II. p. 96, n. 60):(δ).in quod (genus pugnae) minime apti sunt,
Liv. 38, 21:formas deus aptus in omnes,
apt for, easily changed into, Ov. M. 14, 765:in ceteros apta usus,
Vulg. Deut. 20, 20:vasa apta in interitum,
ib. Rom. 9, 22.—With qui (cf. Zumpt, §(ε).568): nulla videbatur aptior persona, quae de illā aetate loqueretur,
Cic. Am. 1, 4:est mihi, quae lanas molliat, apta manus,
Ov. H. 3, 70.—Poet., with inf:(ζ).(Circe) apta cantu veteres mutare figuras,
Tib. 4, 1, 63:aetas mollis et apta regi,
Ov. A. A. 1, 10.— Esp. freq.,Absol., Sall. H. Fragm. ap. Non. p. 235, 16:B.amor,
Prop. 4, 22, 42:saltus,
Ov. M. 2, 498:ars,
Tib. 1, 7, 60:apta oscula,
Tib. 1, 4, 54; Ov. H. 15, 132:lar aptus,
an extensive, satisfying possession, Hor. C. 1, 12, 43.—So in prose:aptus exercitus,
an army good in fight, ready for battle, Liv. 10, 25:tempus aptum,
the right time, id. 35, 19; so Vulg. Eccli. 20, 6 al.—Esp., in rhet., of the fitness, appropriateness of discourse:I.quid aptum sit, hoc est quid maxime decens in oratione,
Cic. de Or. 3, 55, 210; so apta oratio, which has the appropriate rhet. fulness and periodic rounding: numerosa et apta oratio, id. Or. 50, 168; cf. id. ib. 50, 70; so id. Brut. 17, 68:Thucydides verbis aptus et pressus,
exact and brief in expression, id. de Or. 2, 13, 56.—Hence, aptē, adv., closely, fitly, suitably, nicely, rightly.Lit.A.Absol.:B.atque ita apte cohaeret (mundi corpus), ut etc.,
Cic. Tim. 5: altera est nexa cum superiore et inde apteque pendens, id. ap. Non. p. 235, 18:capiti apte reponere,
Liv. 1, 34, 8.—With ad:C.apte convenire ad pedem,
Cic. Fin. 3, 14, 46.— Sup.,With inter:II. A.ut inter se quam aptissime cohaereant extrema (verba) cum primis etc.,
Cic. Or. 44, 149.—Absol.:B.facile judicabimus, quid eorum apte fiat,
Cic. Off. 1, 41, 146:quod est oratoris proprium, apte, distincte, ornate dicere,
id. ib. 1, 1, 2:apte et quiete ferre,
id. ib. 4, 17, 38:non equite apte locato,
Liv. 4, 37, 8:Qui doceant, apte quid tibi possit emi,
Ov. Am. 1, 8, 88:nec aliter imperium apte regi potest,
Curt. 8, 8, 13:floribus compositis apte et utiliter,
Plin. 11, 16, 16, § 46. — Comp.:qualia aptius suis referentur locis,
Plin. 2, 62, 62, § 153:Aptius haec puero, quam tibi, dona dabis,
Mart. 13, 26.—With dat.:C.si quid exierit numeris aptius,
Quint. 10, 12, 26.— Sup.:seruntur Parilibus tamen aptissime,
Plin. 19, 3, 24, § 69.—With ad:(ut) ad rerum dignitatem apte et quasi decore (loquamur),
Cic. de Or. 1, 32, 144:spolia ducis hostium caesi suspensa fabricato ad id apte ferculo gerens,
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97 carmen
1.carmen, ĭnis, n. (old form cas-men, Varr. L. L. p. 86 Bip.) [Sanscr. çasto [p. 293] declaim, praise; cf.: camilla, censeo], a tune, song; poem, verse; an oracular response, a prophecy; a form of incantation (cf.: cano, cantus, and canto).I.In gen., a tune, song, air, lay, strain, note, sound, both vocal and instrumental (mostly poet.; in prose, instead of it, cantus; cf.II.also versus, numeri, modi): carmen tuba ista peregit ( = sonus),
Enn. Ann. 508 Vahl.:carmine vocali clarus citharāque Philammon,
Ov. M. 11, 317; cf.vocum,
id. ib. 12, 157:per me (sc. Apollinem) concordant carmina nervis,
id. ib. 1, 518; cf. id. ib. 11, 5;5, 340: solaque culminibus ferali carmine bubo Saepe queri,
Verg. A. 4, 462; so id. G. 4, 514; Ov. M. 10, 453:cygnorum,
id. ib. 5, 387; cf. id. ib. 14, 430; Mart. 13, 77:citharae liquidum carmen,
Lucr. 4, 981; cf. id. 2, 506; Hor. C. 1, 15, 15:lyrae carmen,
Prop. 2, 1, 9 Hertzb.:canere miserabile carmen,
Ov. M. 5, 118:harundineum,
id. Tr. 4, 1, 12:socialia carmina,
id. H. 12, 139:barbaricum,
id. M. 11, 163.—With allusion to playing on the cithara:hoc carmen hic tribunus plebis non vobis sed sibi intus canit,
Cic. Agr. 2, 26, 68; cf. Aspendius.—Also the sound of waves, Claud. Cons. Mall. Th. 319; cf. Auct. Aetn. 295.—Esp., a composition in verse, a poem; poetry, verse, song, whether in a broader sense, of every kind of poetic production, epic, dramatic, lyric (opp. to prose and to cantus, the melody), or, in a more restricted sense, for lyric poetry.A.Cum hanc felicitatem non prosa modo multi sint consecuti sed etiam carmine, Quint. 10, 7, 19; cf. id. 1, 8, 2; 8, 6, 27; 10, 1, 95:B.perspicuum est, et cantus (melodies) tum fuisse rescriptos vocum sonis et carmina (words),
Cic. Tusc. 4, 2, 3; id. de Or. 2, 8, 34; 3, 51, 197:carminibus cum res gestas coepere poetae Tradere,
Lucr. 5, 1444:Maeonii carminis alite,
Hor. C. 1, 6, 2:epicum carmen,
Quint. 10, 1, 62:heroici sublimitas,
id. 1, 8, 5; cf. Prop. 3 (4), 3, 16:Iliacum,
Hor. A. P. 129:historia quodammodo carmen solutum,
Quint. 10, 1, 31:Pierium,
Lucr. 1, 946; 4, 21:tragicum,
Hor. A. P. 220:carmina Livi,
id. Ep. 2, 1, 69; cf. Tac. A. 11, 13:Saliorum carmina,
Varr. L. L. 3, 26; 9, 61; Quint. 1, 6, 40; Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 86 Schmid.; cf. Liv. 1, 20, 4 al.:lyricorum carmina,
Quint. 9, 4, 53; Prop. 4 (5), 6, 32:Aeolium,
Hor. C. 3, 30, 13:Lydis remixto carmine tibiis,
id. ib. 4, 15, 30; cf. id. Epod. 9, 5:carmen funebre proprie Naenia,
Quint. 8, 2, 8:carmina quae in Phaeacum epulis canuntur,
Cic. Brut. 18, 71; cf. id. ib. 19, 75:lascivum,
Quint. 9, 4, 108:obscena,
satirical, abusive poems, libels, Prop. 1, 16, 10;the same: famosum,
Hor. Ep. 1, 19, 31 Schmid.:malum,
id. ib. 2, 1, 153; id. S. 2, 1. 82 Heind.:obliquum,
Stat. S. 1, 2, 27:probrosum,
Tac. A. 4, 31; cf.:si quis carmen condidisset quod infamiam faceret flagitiumve alteri,
Cic. Rep. 4, 10, 12; and Fragm. XII. Tab. 8, 1, ap. Wordsw. Fragm. and Spec. p. 259 sq.; Fischer ad Cic. Tusc. 4, 2, 4.—Phrases:canere,
Cic. Brut. 18, 71; Liv. 1, 20, 4 al.:cantare cui,
Hor. C. 3, 1, 4:cantitare,
Cic. Brut. 19, 75: CONDERE, XII. Tab. ap. Cic. Rep. 4, 10, 12; Lucr. 5, 1; Hor. S. 2, 1, 82; id. A. P. 436:contexere,
Cic. Cael. 8, 18:disponere,
Lucr. 3, 420:pangere,
id. 1, 934; 4, 9:fingere,
Hor. C. 4, 2, 32; id. Ep. 2, 1, 227; id. A. P. 331:dicere,
id. C. 4, 12, 10; id. C. S. 8:dictare,
id. S. 1, 10, 75; id. Ep. 2, 1, 110:docere,
id. C. 2, 19, 1:ad umbilicum adducere,
id. Epod. 14, 7:deducere ad sua tempora,
Ov. M. 1, 4:fundere,
Cic. Tusc. 1, 26, 64:componere ad lyram,
Quint. 1, 10, 29; cf. id. 11, 2, 11.—Esp.1.In a restricted sense for lyric or epic poetry:2. 3.carmine tu gaudes, hic delectatur iambis,
Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 59 Schmid.; cf.:carmina compono, hic elegos,
id. ib. 2, 2, 91: amabile carmen, i. e. a love poem or song, id. ib. 1, 3, 24.—And opp. to the drama for an epic or lyric poem:fabula, quae versatur in tragoediis atque carminibus,
Quint. 2, 4, 2.—A poetic inscription:4.et tumulum facite et tumulo superaddite carmen: Daphnis ego, etc.,
Verg. E. 5, 42; id. A. 3, 287; Ov. M. 14, 442; id. F. 3, 547 al.—A response of an oracle, a prophecy, prediction:5.ultima Cumaei venit jam carminis aetas,
Verg. E. 4, 4; so Ov. M. 6, 582; Liv. 1, 45, 5; 23, 11, 4; 25, 12, 4; 29, 10, 6; 38, 45, 3; Tac. A. 3, 63; 4, 43; 6, 12 al.—A magic formula, an incantation: MALVM, Fragm. XII. Tab. ap. Plin. 28, 2, 4, § 17; cf.6.Fragm. XII. Tab. 8, 1, a. ap. Wordsw. Fragm. and Spec. p. 260: polleantne aliquid verba et incantamenta carminum,
Plin. 28, 2, 3, § 10: carmina vel caelo possunt deducere lunam;Carminibus Circe socios mutavit Ulixi,
Verg. E. 8, 69 sq.; so id. A. 4, 487; Hor. Epod. 5, 72; 17, 4; id. S. 1, 8, 19; Prop. 2 (3), 28, 35; Ov. M. 7, 137; 14, 58; Quint. 7, 3, 7; Tac. A. 2, 69; 4, 22 al.—On account of the very ancient practice of composing forms of religion and law in Saturnian verse, also a formula in religion or law, a form:7.diro quodam carmine jurare,
Liv. 10, 38, 10; 10, 41, 3; 31, 17, 9; 1, 24, 6 and 9; Plin. 28, 2, 3, § 12:cruciatus carmina,
Cic. Rab. Perd. 4, 13; cf. id. Mur. 12, 26:lex horrendi carminis erat: duumviri perduellionem judicent, etc.,
of a dreadful form, Liv. 1, 26, 6:rogationis carmen,
id. 3, 64, 10.—Moral sentences composed in verses:2.Appii Caeci carmen,
Cic. Tusc. 4, 2, 4; cf.:liber Catonis qui inscriptus est Carmen de moribus,
Gell. 11, 2, 2:ut totum illud, VTI. LINGVA. NVNCVPASSIT., non in XII. tabulis, sed in magistri carmine scriptum videretur,
Cic. de Or. 1, 57, 245:necessarium,
id. Leg. 2, 23, 59. -
98 casmen
1.carmen, ĭnis, n. (old form cas-men, Varr. L. L. p. 86 Bip.) [Sanscr. çasto [p. 293] declaim, praise; cf.: camilla, censeo], a tune, song; poem, verse; an oracular response, a prophecy; a form of incantation (cf.: cano, cantus, and canto).I.In gen., a tune, song, air, lay, strain, note, sound, both vocal and instrumental (mostly poet.; in prose, instead of it, cantus; cf.II.also versus, numeri, modi): carmen tuba ista peregit ( = sonus),
Enn. Ann. 508 Vahl.:carmine vocali clarus citharāque Philammon,
Ov. M. 11, 317; cf.vocum,
id. ib. 12, 157:per me (sc. Apollinem) concordant carmina nervis,
id. ib. 1, 518; cf. id. ib. 11, 5;5, 340: solaque culminibus ferali carmine bubo Saepe queri,
Verg. A. 4, 462; so id. G. 4, 514; Ov. M. 10, 453:cygnorum,
id. ib. 5, 387; cf. id. ib. 14, 430; Mart. 13, 77:citharae liquidum carmen,
Lucr. 4, 981; cf. id. 2, 506; Hor. C. 1, 15, 15:lyrae carmen,
Prop. 2, 1, 9 Hertzb.:canere miserabile carmen,
Ov. M. 5, 118:harundineum,
id. Tr. 4, 1, 12:socialia carmina,
id. H. 12, 139:barbaricum,
id. M. 11, 163.—With allusion to playing on the cithara:hoc carmen hic tribunus plebis non vobis sed sibi intus canit,
Cic. Agr. 2, 26, 68; cf. Aspendius.—Also the sound of waves, Claud. Cons. Mall. Th. 319; cf. Auct. Aetn. 295.—Esp., a composition in verse, a poem; poetry, verse, song, whether in a broader sense, of every kind of poetic production, epic, dramatic, lyric (opp. to prose and to cantus, the melody), or, in a more restricted sense, for lyric poetry.A.Cum hanc felicitatem non prosa modo multi sint consecuti sed etiam carmine, Quint. 10, 7, 19; cf. id. 1, 8, 2; 8, 6, 27; 10, 1, 95:B.perspicuum est, et cantus (melodies) tum fuisse rescriptos vocum sonis et carmina (words),
Cic. Tusc. 4, 2, 3; id. de Or. 2, 8, 34; 3, 51, 197:carminibus cum res gestas coepere poetae Tradere,
Lucr. 5, 1444:Maeonii carminis alite,
Hor. C. 1, 6, 2:epicum carmen,
Quint. 10, 1, 62:heroici sublimitas,
id. 1, 8, 5; cf. Prop. 3 (4), 3, 16:Iliacum,
Hor. A. P. 129:historia quodammodo carmen solutum,
Quint. 10, 1, 31:Pierium,
Lucr. 1, 946; 4, 21:tragicum,
Hor. A. P. 220:carmina Livi,
id. Ep. 2, 1, 69; cf. Tac. A. 11, 13:Saliorum carmina,
Varr. L. L. 3, 26; 9, 61; Quint. 1, 6, 40; Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 86 Schmid.; cf. Liv. 1, 20, 4 al.:lyricorum carmina,
Quint. 9, 4, 53; Prop. 4 (5), 6, 32:Aeolium,
Hor. C. 3, 30, 13:Lydis remixto carmine tibiis,
id. ib. 4, 15, 30; cf. id. Epod. 9, 5:carmen funebre proprie Naenia,
Quint. 8, 2, 8:carmina quae in Phaeacum epulis canuntur,
Cic. Brut. 18, 71; cf. id. ib. 19, 75:lascivum,
Quint. 9, 4, 108:obscena,
satirical, abusive poems, libels, Prop. 1, 16, 10;the same: famosum,
Hor. Ep. 1, 19, 31 Schmid.:malum,
id. ib. 2, 1, 153; id. S. 2, 1. 82 Heind.:obliquum,
Stat. S. 1, 2, 27:probrosum,
Tac. A. 4, 31; cf.:si quis carmen condidisset quod infamiam faceret flagitiumve alteri,
Cic. Rep. 4, 10, 12; and Fragm. XII. Tab. 8, 1, ap. Wordsw. Fragm. and Spec. p. 259 sq.; Fischer ad Cic. Tusc. 4, 2, 4.—Phrases:canere,
Cic. Brut. 18, 71; Liv. 1, 20, 4 al.:cantare cui,
Hor. C. 3, 1, 4:cantitare,
Cic. Brut. 19, 75: CONDERE, XII. Tab. ap. Cic. Rep. 4, 10, 12; Lucr. 5, 1; Hor. S. 2, 1, 82; id. A. P. 436:contexere,
Cic. Cael. 8, 18:disponere,
Lucr. 3, 420:pangere,
id. 1, 934; 4, 9:fingere,
Hor. C. 4, 2, 32; id. Ep. 2, 1, 227; id. A. P. 331:dicere,
id. C. 4, 12, 10; id. C. S. 8:dictare,
id. S. 1, 10, 75; id. Ep. 2, 1, 110:docere,
id. C. 2, 19, 1:ad umbilicum adducere,
id. Epod. 14, 7:deducere ad sua tempora,
Ov. M. 1, 4:fundere,
Cic. Tusc. 1, 26, 64:componere ad lyram,
Quint. 1, 10, 29; cf. id. 11, 2, 11.—Esp.1.In a restricted sense for lyric or epic poetry:2. 3.carmine tu gaudes, hic delectatur iambis,
Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 59 Schmid.; cf.:carmina compono, hic elegos,
id. ib. 2, 2, 91: amabile carmen, i. e. a love poem or song, id. ib. 1, 3, 24.—And opp. to the drama for an epic or lyric poem:fabula, quae versatur in tragoediis atque carminibus,
Quint. 2, 4, 2.—A poetic inscription:4.et tumulum facite et tumulo superaddite carmen: Daphnis ego, etc.,
Verg. E. 5, 42; id. A. 3, 287; Ov. M. 14, 442; id. F. 3, 547 al.—A response of an oracle, a prophecy, prediction:5.ultima Cumaei venit jam carminis aetas,
Verg. E. 4, 4; so Ov. M. 6, 582; Liv. 1, 45, 5; 23, 11, 4; 25, 12, 4; 29, 10, 6; 38, 45, 3; Tac. A. 3, 63; 4, 43; 6, 12 al.—A magic formula, an incantation: MALVM, Fragm. XII. Tab. ap. Plin. 28, 2, 4, § 17; cf.6.Fragm. XII. Tab. 8, 1, a. ap. Wordsw. Fragm. and Spec. p. 260: polleantne aliquid verba et incantamenta carminum,
Plin. 28, 2, 3, § 10: carmina vel caelo possunt deducere lunam;Carminibus Circe socios mutavit Ulixi,
Verg. E. 8, 69 sq.; so id. A. 4, 487; Hor. Epod. 5, 72; 17, 4; id. S. 1, 8, 19; Prop. 2 (3), 28, 35; Ov. M. 7, 137; 14, 58; Quint. 7, 3, 7; Tac. A. 2, 69; 4, 22 al.—On account of the very ancient practice of composing forms of religion and law in Saturnian verse, also a formula in religion or law, a form:7.diro quodam carmine jurare,
Liv. 10, 38, 10; 10, 41, 3; 31, 17, 9; 1, 24, 6 and 9; Plin. 28, 2, 3, § 12:cruciatus carmina,
Cic. Rab. Perd. 4, 13; cf. id. Mur. 12, 26:lex horrendi carminis erat: duumviri perduellionem judicent, etc.,
of a dreadful form, Liv. 1, 26, 6:rogationis carmen,
id. 3, 64, 10.—Moral sentences composed in verses:2.Appii Caeci carmen,
Cic. Tusc. 4, 2, 4; cf.:liber Catonis qui inscriptus est Carmen de moribus,
Gell. 11, 2, 2:ut totum illud, VTI. LINGVA. NVNCVPASSIT., non in XII. tabulis, sed in magistri carmine scriptum videretur,
Cic. de Or. 1, 57, 245:necessarium,
id. Leg. 2, 23, 59. -
99 Circa
1.circā, a later access. form for circum; not freq. before the Aug. per., esp. in Livy and Quintilian [acc. to Klotz, circa = circum ea; cf: antea, interea, postea, praeterea, etc.].I.Adv.A.( = circum, I. B.) Around, round about, all around, in the environs or neighborhood:B.gramen erat circa,
Ov. M. 3, 411:ripaeque lacusque Responsant circa,
Verg. A. 12, 757:at circa gravibus pensis affixa puella... remittat opus,
Tib. 1, 3, 87:circaque quā tumor est,
Cels. 5, 28, 3; 5, 28, 4: fluvius ab tergo; ante circaque velut ripa praeceps oram ejus omnem cingebat, Liv. 27, 18, 5; 28, 33, 2:circa Padus amnis,
id. 21, 43, 4 Weissenb. ad loc.:caligo, quam circa umidi effuderant montes,
Curt. 4, 12, 20:alibi quam Romao circaque,
Plin. 26, 1, 1, § 1; Quint. 12, prooem. § 2; Tac. A. 2, 11.—Circa esse, to be in the region around, in the neighborhood:C.ex montibus qui circa sunt,
Liv. 1, 4, 6:Tarquinium moribundum cum qui circa erant excepissent,
id. 1, 41, 1:sed non passi sunt ii, qui circa erant,
Nep. Eum. 10, 4:eversa est turris quodque circa muri erat,
Liv. 34, 29, 6:Corinthus et quae circa est regio,
Plin. 24, 9, 42, § 69; Quint. 10, 7, 16. —Also freq. without esse, in connection with a subst.:multarum circa civitatum irritatis animis,
the towns lying around, Liv. 1, 17, 4; 9, 2, 1; 27, 30, 3; 29, 29, 2;42, 64, 2: angulus muri erat in planiorem patentioremque quam cetera circa vallem vergens ( = cetera loca quae circa erant),
id. 21, 7, 5:corpora multa virūm circa,
Verg. A. 7, 535; Plin. 3, 17, 21, § 124.—Strengthened: undique circa and circa omnis ( = circum), round about, all around: frumento undique circa ex agris convecto. Liv. 42, 56, 8; 23, 19, 8;II.nam et circa omnia defecerunt,
id. 9, 23, 10:cum tam procul Romani unica spes, circa omnia hostium essent,
id. 21, 11, 12; cf. id. 9, 2, 7 Drak.:exhausto circa omni agro,
id. 31, 38, 1; 24, 3, 3; Val. Fl. 8, 2; Flor. 1, 18, 12 Duker; Quint. 9, 2, 45.—Prep. with acc.A.In space.1.( = circum, II. B.) Prop., in the region which surrounds, about, around, on the sides of:2.quam (Hennam) circa lacus lucique sunt plurimi atque laetissimi flores omni tempore anni,
Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 48, § 107:noctu ligna contulerunt circa casam eam, in quā quiescebat,
Nep. Alcib. 10, 4:circa flumina et lacus frequens nebula est,
Sen. Q. N. 5, 3, 1:circa equum Alexandri,
Curt. 4, 15, 26:illi robur et aes triplex Circa pectus erat,
Hor. C. 1, 3, 10; id. S. 2, 6, 34:quem circa tigres jacent,
Ov. M. 3, 668.—( = circum, II. C.) Into... around, to... round about, etc. (first in Livy):3.Romulus legatos circa vicinas gentes misit,
Liv. 1, 9, 2:legatis circa duodecim populos missis,
id. 4, 23, 5; 28, 26, 11:circa domos ire,
id. 26, 13, 1; 25, 9, 2; 39, 18, 2;29, 22, 3: circa civitates missi legati,
id. 21, 49, 7 Weissenb.; 31, 3, 5; Plin. 7, 37, 37, § 123; Suet. Aug. 49; id. Ner. 28:litteris circa praefectos dimissis,
Liv. 42, 51, 1:custodes circa omnes portas missi,
id. 28, 26, 11; 26, 13, 1.—( = circum, II. D.) With the prevailing idea of neighborhood, vicinity, in the region of, near to, near by:b.Capuam et urbis circa Capuam occupare,
Cic. Agr. 1, 7, 22:circa Liternum posuit castra,
in the neighborhood of, Liv. 23, 35, 6:tabernae erant circa forum,
Quint. 6, 3, 38:circa Armeniae montes,
Curt. 5, 1, 13:Acesinen amnem,
Plin. 12, 5, 11, § 23:domum auream,
Suet. Ner. 38:sacrificantem,
id. Claud. 36.—As a less definite designation of place for in:4.Orestis liberi sedem cepere circa Lesbum insulam,
Vell. 1, 2, 5:circa Mesopotamiam subsistere,
Curt. 4, 9, 1:quod circa Syriam nascitur,
Plin. 19, 3, 16, § 46;Quint. prooem. § 20: initia statim primi libri,
id. 1, 5, 44; cf.finem,
id. 4, 3, 5:virentes campos,
Hor. C. 2, 5, 5:cum amor saeviet circa jecur,
id. ib. 1, 25, 15 (cf. Petr. 17, 8:dolor saevit in praecordiis). So esp. freq. in medic. lang.: circa faciem, nares, aures, labra,
Cels. 5, 28, 2; 5, 2, 8.—So in Livy, with names of places, approaching the more general use of later writers, v. infra, C.:quadriduum circa rupem consumptum,
Liv. 21, 37, 3:compositis circa Opuntem rebus,
id. 28, 7, 9:iisdem diebus circa Chalcidem Thoas... eandem fortunam habuit,
id. 35, 37, 5 Weissenb. ad loc.; cf.:multos circa unam rem ambitus fecerim,
id. 27, 27, 12 Weissenb. ad loc.—( = circum, II. E.) In respect to persons who surround one (as attendants, friends, adherents, etc.), around, about:B.multa sibi opus esse, multa canibus (sarcast. for indagatoribus) suis, quos circa se haberet,
Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 48, § 126:ex iis trecentos juvenes inermes circa se habebat,
Liv. 29, 1, 2:omnes,
Suet. Aug. 48; id. Calig. 43:circa regem erat et Phrygum turba,
Curt. 3, 1, 17:e spadonibus, qui circa reginam erant,
id. 4, 10, 25: omne sed officium circa te semper obibat turba tui sexūs, [p. 334] Mart. 1, 91, 3:quod omnes circa te similes tui effecisti,
Plin. Pan. 83, 3.—In the language of the imperial court:circa latus alicujus agere,
to wait on, altend, Dig. 27, 1, 30.—Hence also without a verb: circa aliquem, = hoi peri tina, the attendants, companions of a person:omnibus vero circa eum gratuito aut levi fenore obstrictis,
Suet. Caes. 27; id. Dom. 9; cf. Liv. 21, 49, 7 Drak.—(Peculiar to the form circa). In time, designating nearness, proximity to a definite point of time, about (first in Livy; cf.2.circiter): postero die circa eandem horam in eundem locum rex copias admovit,
Liv. 42, 57, 10:circa eum mensem,
Plin. 9, 18, 33, § 69:lucis ortum,
Curt. 5, 3, 7:lucem,
Suet. Oth. 11:mediam noctem,
id. Claud. 2:vernum aequinoctium,
Col. 5, 6, 19:Kalendas et Idus Octobr.,
id. 5, 10, 8, 5, 10, 12; 5, 12, 2 al.; Plin. Ep. 1, 7, 4; Pall. 2, 4; 2, 7 al.—With definite numbers:septimum diem,
Cels. 2, 6:undecimam horam,
Suet. Caes. 88:lustra decem,
Hor. C. 4, 1, 6; Scrib. 227.—With general designations of time:tempora illa,
Quint. 11, 3, 143:tempora Peloponnesia,
id. 12, 10, 4:Murenae Cepionisque conjurationis tempus,
Vell. 2, 93, 1:Magni Pompeii aetatem,
Plin. 33, 12, 55, § 156:mortem,
id. 11, 37, 73, § 189:initia imperii,
Suet. Claud. 7.—And in the designation of periods of time by persons who belonged to them (cf. ante):circa Demetrium Phalerea,
about the time of Demetrius Phalereus, Quint. 2, 4, 41 Spald.:Tisiam et Coraca,
id. 2, 17, 7:Philippum,
id. 12, 10, 6:Ciceronem,
Sen. Contr. 1 praef.:Attium,
Vell. 1, 17, 1.—In numerical designations, about, nearly, almost (first in Livy for the usual ad or circiter):C.ea fuere oppida circa septuaginta,
Liv. 45, 34, 6:quingentos Romanorum,
id. 27, 42, 8:decem milia Persarum,
Curt. 4, 6, 30:sestertium vicies,
Suet. Claud. 6:quartum milliarium,
id. Ner. 48:selibram,
Cels. 4, 19:singulas heminas,
id. 7, 15.—(Also peculiar to the form circa, and only in post-Aug. prose; esp. freq. in Quint., occurring more than seventy times.) Trop. for the designation of an object about which, as if it were a centre, any thing moves, is done, etc., around, about, in, in respect to, etc.; depending upon substt., adjj., or verbs.1.Upon substantives:2.circa eosdem sensus certamen atque aemulatio,
Quint. 10, 5, 5:circa S litteram deliciae,
id. 1, 11, 6:verba dissensio,
id. 3, 11, 5:memoriam suam vanitas atque jactatio,
id. 11, 2, 22:hoc opiniones,
id. 2, 15, 1;Plin 8, 16, 19, § 48: quem pugna est,
Quint. 8, 6, 1; 7, 1, 15:voces inani studio,
id. 8, prooem §18 et saep: rura sermo,
Plin. 18, 1, 1, § 5:classicum brevis et expeditus labor,
Plin. Ep 3, 9, 13:hospitia nullum fastidium,
id. Pan. 20, 3:publica circa bonas artes socordia,
Tac. A. 11, 15:principem novo exemplo, i. e. in principe,
Suet. Claud. 14.—Upon adjectives:3.non circa plurium artium species praestantem, sed in omnibus eminentissimum,
Quint. 12, 10, 12:jus nostrum attentior,
id. 4, 5, 21:studia mentis erectae,
id. 1, 3, 10:lites raras ridiculi,
id. 7, 1, 43:praecepta utiles sententiae,
id. 10, 1, 52; 6, 1, 42 al.:corporis curam morosior,
Suet. Caes. 45:victum indifferens,
id. ib. 53:deos ac religiones neglegentior,
id. Tib. 69:administrationem imperii vacuus,
id. Dom. 3 al.:summa scelera distentum,
Tac. A. 16, 8 fin.:adfectationem Germanicae originis ultro ambitiosi,
id. G. 28:excessus otiosus,
id. Or. 22:se animati,
Just. 14, 1, 3 al. —Upon verbs facetum quoque non tantum circa ridicula opinor consistere, Quint. 6, 3, 19:► Circa very rarely follows its case:hoc disputatum est,
id. 1, 5, 34:priores erratur,
id. 2, 5, 26:formas litterarum haerere,
id. 1, 1, 21, cf. id. 5, 10, 114; Suet. Aug. 71. res tenues morari, Quint 1, 1, 35:consilium elegendi successoris in duas factiones scindebantur,
Tac. H. 1, 13:Medeam, Thyestem (tragoedias) tempus consumas,
id. Or. 3:successorem omnia ordinari,
Suet. Claud. 45:ceremonias, item circa omnium ordinum statum quaedam correxit,
id. ib. 22.quem circa,
Cic.Verr. 2, 4, 48, § 107; Ov. A. A. 2, 577; id..3, 668; cf. circum, II. fin.2.Circa, ae, v. Circe. -
100 circa
1.circā, a later access. form for circum; not freq. before the Aug. per., esp. in Livy and Quintilian [acc. to Klotz, circa = circum ea; cf: antea, interea, postea, praeterea, etc.].I.Adv.A.( = circum, I. B.) Around, round about, all around, in the environs or neighborhood:B.gramen erat circa,
Ov. M. 3, 411:ripaeque lacusque Responsant circa,
Verg. A. 12, 757:at circa gravibus pensis affixa puella... remittat opus,
Tib. 1, 3, 87:circaque quā tumor est,
Cels. 5, 28, 3; 5, 28, 4: fluvius ab tergo; ante circaque velut ripa praeceps oram ejus omnem cingebat, Liv. 27, 18, 5; 28, 33, 2:circa Padus amnis,
id. 21, 43, 4 Weissenb. ad loc.:caligo, quam circa umidi effuderant montes,
Curt. 4, 12, 20:alibi quam Romao circaque,
Plin. 26, 1, 1, § 1; Quint. 12, prooem. § 2; Tac. A. 2, 11.—Circa esse, to be in the region around, in the neighborhood:C.ex montibus qui circa sunt,
Liv. 1, 4, 6:Tarquinium moribundum cum qui circa erant excepissent,
id. 1, 41, 1:sed non passi sunt ii, qui circa erant,
Nep. Eum. 10, 4:eversa est turris quodque circa muri erat,
Liv. 34, 29, 6:Corinthus et quae circa est regio,
Plin. 24, 9, 42, § 69; Quint. 10, 7, 16. —Also freq. without esse, in connection with a subst.:multarum circa civitatum irritatis animis,
the towns lying around, Liv. 1, 17, 4; 9, 2, 1; 27, 30, 3; 29, 29, 2;42, 64, 2: angulus muri erat in planiorem patentioremque quam cetera circa vallem vergens ( = cetera loca quae circa erant),
id. 21, 7, 5:corpora multa virūm circa,
Verg. A. 7, 535; Plin. 3, 17, 21, § 124.—Strengthened: undique circa and circa omnis ( = circum), round about, all around: frumento undique circa ex agris convecto. Liv. 42, 56, 8; 23, 19, 8;II.nam et circa omnia defecerunt,
id. 9, 23, 10:cum tam procul Romani unica spes, circa omnia hostium essent,
id. 21, 11, 12; cf. id. 9, 2, 7 Drak.:exhausto circa omni agro,
id. 31, 38, 1; 24, 3, 3; Val. Fl. 8, 2; Flor. 1, 18, 12 Duker; Quint. 9, 2, 45.—Prep. with acc.A.In space.1.( = circum, II. B.) Prop., in the region which surrounds, about, around, on the sides of:2.quam (Hennam) circa lacus lucique sunt plurimi atque laetissimi flores omni tempore anni,
Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 48, § 107:noctu ligna contulerunt circa casam eam, in quā quiescebat,
Nep. Alcib. 10, 4:circa flumina et lacus frequens nebula est,
Sen. Q. N. 5, 3, 1:circa equum Alexandri,
Curt. 4, 15, 26:illi robur et aes triplex Circa pectus erat,
Hor. C. 1, 3, 10; id. S. 2, 6, 34:quem circa tigres jacent,
Ov. M. 3, 668.—( = circum, II. C.) Into... around, to... round about, etc. (first in Livy):3.Romulus legatos circa vicinas gentes misit,
Liv. 1, 9, 2:legatis circa duodecim populos missis,
id. 4, 23, 5; 28, 26, 11:circa domos ire,
id. 26, 13, 1; 25, 9, 2; 39, 18, 2;29, 22, 3: circa civitates missi legati,
id. 21, 49, 7 Weissenb.; 31, 3, 5; Plin. 7, 37, 37, § 123; Suet. Aug. 49; id. Ner. 28:litteris circa praefectos dimissis,
Liv. 42, 51, 1:custodes circa omnes portas missi,
id. 28, 26, 11; 26, 13, 1.—( = circum, II. D.) With the prevailing idea of neighborhood, vicinity, in the region of, near to, near by:b.Capuam et urbis circa Capuam occupare,
Cic. Agr. 1, 7, 22:circa Liternum posuit castra,
in the neighborhood of, Liv. 23, 35, 6:tabernae erant circa forum,
Quint. 6, 3, 38:circa Armeniae montes,
Curt. 5, 1, 13:Acesinen amnem,
Plin. 12, 5, 11, § 23:domum auream,
Suet. Ner. 38:sacrificantem,
id. Claud. 36.—As a less definite designation of place for in:4.Orestis liberi sedem cepere circa Lesbum insulam,
Vell. 1, 2, 5:circa Mesopotamiam subsistere,
Curt. 4, 9, 1:quod circa Syriam nascitur,
Plin. 19, 3, 16, § 46;Quint. prooem. § 20: initia statim primi libri,
id. 1, 5, 44; cf.finem,
id. 4, 3, 5:virentes campos,
Hor. C. 2, 5, 5:cum amor saeviet circa jecur,
id. ib. 1, 25, 15 (cf. Petr. 17, 8:dolor saevit in praecordiis). So esp. freq. in medic. lang.: circa faciem, nares, aures, labra,
Cels. 5, 28, 2; 5, 2, 8.—So in Livy, with names of places, approaching the more general use of later writers, v. infra, C.:quadriduum circa rupem consumptum,
Liv. 21, 37, 3:compositis circa Opuntem rebus,
id. 28, 7, 9:iisdem diebus circa Chalcidem Thoas... eandem fortunam habuit,
id. 35, 37, 5 Weissenb. ad loc.; cf.:multos circa unam rem ambitus fecerim,
id. 27, 27, 12 Weissenb. ad loc.—( = circum, II. E.) In respect to persons who surround one (as attendants, friends, adherents, etc.), around, about:B.multa sibi opus esse, multa canibus (sarcast. for indagatoribus) suis, quos circa se haberet,
Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 48, § 126:ex iis trecentos juvenes inermes circa se habebat,
Liv. 29, 1, 2:omnes,
Suet. Aug. 48; id. Calig. 43:circa regem erat et Phrygum turba,
Curt. 3, 1, 17:e spadonibus, qui circa reginam erant,
id. 4, 10, 25: omne sed officium circa te semper obibat turba tui sexūs, [p. 334] Mart. 1, 91, 3:quod omnes circa te similes tui effecisti,
Plin. Pan. 83, 3.—In the language of the imperial court:circa latus alicujus agere,
to wait on, altend, Dig. 27, 1, 30.—Hence also without a verb: circa aliquem, = hoi peri tina, the attendants, companions of a person:omnibus vero circa eum gratuito aut levi fenore obstrictis,
Suet. Caes. 27; id. Dom. 9; cf. Liv. 21, 49, 7 Drak.—(Peculiar to the form circa). In time, designating nearness, proximity to a definite point of time, about (first in Livy; cf.2.circiter): postero die circa eandem horam in eundem locum rex copias admovit,
Liv. 42, 57, 10:circa eum mensem,
Plin. 9, 18, 33, § 69:lucis ortum,
Curt. 5, 3, 7:lucem,
Suet. Oth. 11:mediam noctem,
id. Claud. 2:vernum aequinoctium,
Col. 5, 6, 19:Kalendas et Idus Octobr.,
id. 5, 10, 8, 5, 10, 12; 5, 12, 2 al.; Plin. Ep. 1, 7, 4; Pall. 2, 4; 2, 7 al.—With definite numbers:septimum diem,
Cels. 2, 6:undecimam horam,
Suet. Caes. 88:lustra decem,
Hor. C. 4, 1, 6; Scrib. 227.—With general designations of time:tempora illa,
Quint. 11, 3, 143:tempora Peloponnesia,
id. 12, 10, 4:Murenae Cepionisque conjurationis tempus,
Vell. 2, 93, 1:Magni Pompeii aetatem,
Plin. 33, 12, 55, § 156:mortem,
id. 11, 37, 73, § 189:initia imperii,
Suet. Claud. 7.—And in the designation of periods of time by persons who belonged to them (cf. ante):circa Demetrium Phalerea,
about the time of Demetrius Phalereus, Quint. 2, 4, 41 Spald.:Tisiam et Coraca,
id. 2, 17, 7:Philippum,
id. 12, 10, 6:Ciceronem,
Sen. Contr. 1 praef.:Attium,
Vell. 1, 17, 1.—In numerical designations, about, nearly, almost (first in Livy for the usual ad or circiter):C.ea fuere oppida circa septuaginta,
Liv. 45, 34, 6:quingentos Romanorum,
id. 27, 42, 8:decem milia Persarum,
Curt. 4, 6, 30:sestertium vicies,
Suet. Claud. 6:quartum milliarium,
id. Ner. 48:selibram,
Cels. 4, 19:singulas heminas,
id. 7, 15.—(Also peculiar to the form circa, and only in post-Aug. prose; esp. freq. in Quint., occurring more than seventy times.) Trop. for the designation of an object about which, as if it were a centre, any thing moves, is done, etc., around, about, in, in respect to, etc.; depending upon substt., adjj., or verbs.1.Upon substantives:2.circa eosdem sensus certamen atque aemulatio,
Quint. 10, 5, 5:circa S litteram deliciae,
id. 1, 11, 6:verba dissensio,
id. 3, 11, 5:memoriam suam vanitas atque jactatio,
id. 11, 2, 22:hoc opiniones,
id. 2, 15, 1;Plin 8, 16, 19, § 48: quem pugna est,
Quint. 8, 6, 1; 7, 1, 15:voces inani studio,
id. 8, prooem §18 et saep: rura sermo,
Plin. 18, 1, 1, § 5:classicum brevis et expeditus labor,
Plin. Ep 3, 9, 13:hospitia nullum fastidium,
id. Pan. 20, 3:publica circa bonas artes socordia,
Tac. A. 11, 15:principem novo exemplo, i. e. in principe,
Suet. Claud. 14.—Upon adjectives:3.non circa plurium artium species praestantem, sed in omnibus eminentissimum,
Quint. 12, 10, 12:jus nostrum attentior,
id. 4, 5, 21:studia mentis erectae,
id. 1, 3, 10:lites raras ridiculi,
id. 7, 1, 43:praecepta utiles sententiae,
id. 10, 1, 52; 6, 1, 42 al.:corporis curam morosior,
Suet. Caes. 45:victum indifferens,
id. ib. 53:deos ac religiones neglegentior,
id. Tib. 69:administrationem imperii vacuus,
id. Dom. 3 al.:summa scelera distentum,
Tac. A. 16, 8 fin.:adfectationem Germanicae originis ultro ambitiosi,
id. G. 28:excessus otiosus,
id. Or. 22:se animati,
Just. 14, 1, 3 al. —Upon verbs facetum quoque non tantum circa ridicula opinor consistere, Quint. 6, 3, 19:► Circa very rarely follows its case:hoc disputatum est,
id. 1, 5, 34:priores erratur,
id. 2, 5, 26:formas litterarum haerere,
id. 1, 1, 21, cf. id. 5, 10, 114; Suet. Aug. 71. res tenues morari, Quint 1, 1, 35:consilium elegendi successoris in duas factiones scindebantur,
Tac. H. 1, 13:Medeam, Thyestem (tragoedias) tempus consumas,
id. Or. 3:successorem omnia ordinari,
Suet. Claud. 45:ceremonias, item circa omnium ordinum statum quaedam correxit,
id. ib. 22.quem circa,
Cic.Verr. 2, 4, 48, § 107; Ov. A. A. 2, 577; id..3, 668; cf. circum, II. fin.2.Circa, ae, v. Circe.
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