clārē

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clārus, a, um, adj. [kindr. with Germ. klar; Engl. clear; cf. clamo], clear, bright (opp. obscurus, caecus; very freq. in all periods, and in all kinds of composition).

Lit.

Relating to the sight, clear, bright, shining, brilliant, etc.

Absol.:

luce clarā et candidā,

Plaut. Am. 1, 3, 49:

ut mulierum famam multorum oculis lux clara custodiat,

open day, Cic. Leg. 2, 15, 37; cf.:

frequentissimā celebritate et clarissimā luce laetari,

id. Cael. 20, 47:

lumen,

Lucr. 3, 1:

oculorum lumina,

id. 4, 825; cf.:

mundi lumina (i.e. sol et luna),

Verg. G. 1, 5:

oculi,

Cato, R. R. 157, 10:

incendia,

Verg. A. 2, 569:

lucerna,

Hor. S. 2, 7, 48:

scintillae ignis,

Lucr. 6, 163:

fulmina,

id. 6, 84:

vestis splendor,

id. 2, 52:

color,

id. 5, 1258; cf.:

color clarissimus,

id. 2, 830:

candor,

id. 4, 232:

loca,

id. 5, 779 al.:

caelum,

Tac. A. 1, 28:

nox,

id. Agr. 12:

pater omnipotens clarus intonat,

in the clear sky, Verg. A. 7, 141 Serv.; cf. Cic. Arat. 4:

sidus,

Hor. C. 4, 8, 31:

clarissimae gemmae,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 27, § 62; cf.

lapides,

Hor. C. 4, 13, 14:

vitrum,

Ov. M. 4, 355:

purpurarum sidere clarior usus,

Hor. C. 3, 1, 42.—

With abl.:

speculo,

Plaut. Most. 3, 1, 112 dub.:

argento clari delphines,

Verg. A. 8, 673:

rutilis squamis,

id. G. 4, 93:

ferrugine,

id. A. 9, 582; cf. id. ib. 11, 772 Wagn.:

auro gemmisque corona,

Ov. M. 13, 704; 2, 2; 11, 359:

albo Lucifer exit Clarus equo,

id. ib. 15, 190:

claraeque coruscis Fulguribus taedae,

Lucr. 5, 295 al. —

Poet., of the wind (cf.: albus, candidus, and in Gr. lampros anemos; v. Lidd. and Scott under lampros), making clear, i. e. bringing fair weather:

aquilo,

Verg. G. 1, 460 Forbig. ad loc.—

Relating to the hearing, clear, loud, distinct:

clarā voce vocare,

Lucr. 4, 711; Cic. Clu. 48, 134; id. Caecin. 8, 22; Liv. 7, 31, 12; 42, 25, 12; Ov. M. 3, 703:

lectio,

Cels. 1, 2:

clariore voce,

Caes. B. G. 5, 30; cf. Cic. Tusc. 5, 7, 19:

sonor,

Lucr. 4, 567:

clamor,

Plaut. Poen. 5, 3, 27:

plausus,

id. As. Grex. 6:

plangor,

Ov. M. 4, 138:

latratus,

id. ib. 13, 806:

ictus,

id. ib. 2, 625:

strepitus, Suet. Vit. Luc.: vox (opp. obtusa),

Quint. 11, 3, 15; 9, 4, 136 Spald.:

spiritus,

id. 11, 3, 55; cf. id. 11, 3, 41 and 82:

syllabae clariores,

id. 8, 3, 16.—

Trop.

Clear, manifest, plain, evident, intelligible (syn.:

planus, apertus, perspicuus, dilucidus, etc.): vide ut mi haec certa et clara attuleris,

Ter. Hec. 5, 4, 1 Ruhnk.; cf.:

omnia non properanti clara certaque erunt,

Liv. 22, 39, 22:

clara res est, quam dicturus sum, totā Siciliā celeberrima atque notissima,

Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 25, § 61; 2, 5, 38, § 101; id. Tusc. 1, 32, 78:

luce sunt clariora nobis tua consilia,

id. Cat. 1, 3, 6:

id quod est luce clarius,

id. Tusc. 1, 37, 90:

si ea, quae dixi, sole ipso inlustriora et clariora sunt,

id. Fin. 1, 21, 71; id. Div. 1, 3, 6:

caecis hoc satis clarum est,

Quint. 12, 7, 9:

lumen eloquentiae,

id. 3, 8, 65; cf. id. 12, 10, 15; 11, 1, 75:

in narrando (T. Livius) clarissimi candoris,

id. 10, 1, 101 Spald. and Frotsch.:

Massinissam regem post LXXXVI. annum generasse filium clarum est,

Plin. 7, 14, 12, § 61:

somno clarius,

Ov. F. 3, 28:

exempla,

Tac. Or. 8; id. A. 4, 11:

documenta,

id. ib. 6, 22.—

Brilliant, celebrated, renowned, illustrious, honorable, famous, glorious, etc. (cf.: illustris, insignis, eximius, egregius, praestans, nobilis; a favorite epithet, esp. in the sup., like fortissimus, designating the highest praise of the honor-loving Roman; hence, a standing title, at all times, of distinguished public characters, as consuls, proconsuls, pontifices, senators, etc.):

nobilitas,

Plaut. Rud. 4, 2, 28;

opp. to obscurus,

Lucr. 1, 639; so Quint. 5, 10, 26: clari viri atque magni, Cato ap. Cic. Planc. 27, 66; Cic. Sest. 69, 144:

certe non tulit ullos haec civitas aut gloriā clariores, aut auctoritate graviores,

Cic. de Or. 2, 37, 154:

vir fortissimus et clarissimus,

id. Verr. 1, 15, 44; cf. id. ib. 2, 5, 58, § 153; id. de Or. 1, 45, 198; id. Clu. 48, 134:

exempla clara et inlustria,

id. Div. 2, 3, 8:

pugna clara et commemorabilis,

Plaut. Ps. 1, 5, 111:

pax clarior majorque quam bellum fuerat,

Liv. 10, 37, 4:

animus abunde pollens potensque et clarus,

Sall. J. 1, 3; so,

facundia clara pollensque,

id. ib. 30, 4:

clara et magnifica,

id. ib. 4, 8:

clari potentesque fieri,

id. C. 38, 1:

familia,

Tac. A. 2, 37; 3, 76:

majores,

id. ib. 4, 61: pater si in Equestri gradu clarus, clarior vitricus, Plin. [p. 350] Ep. 2, 13, 4:

clarissimi consules,

id. ib. 7, 33, 8:

generis clarissimus auctor,

Ov. P. 2, 9, 19:

clarissima civitas,

Nep. Thras. 2, 1:

apud Germanicos quoque (Titus),

Tac. H. 2, 77:

scriptores,

id. A. 1, 1.—

With abl.:

clariores gloriā,

Cic. de Or. 2, 37, 154; v. supra:

arte medicinae,

Quint. 3, 6, 64:

eloquendi suavitate,

id. 10, 1, 83:

sententiis,

id. 10, 1, 90:

Juppiter giganteo triumpho,

Hor. C. 3, 1, 7:

agendis causis,

id. Ep. 1, 7, 47:

Ajax toties servatis Achivis,

id. S. 2, 3, 194:

bello,

Tac. Agr. 29; id. H. 3, 44:

gens memoriā nominis,

id. ib. 1, 67:

Cluvius Rufus eloquentiā,

id. ib. 4, 43.—

With in:

in arte tibiarum,

Quint. 2, 3, 3; cf.:

clarissimi in eā scientiā,

Plin. 36, 5, 4, § 11:

in litteris,

Quint. 1, 6, 35:

in agendo,

id. 12, 10, 49:

in foro,

id. 10, 5, 14:

in contionibus,

id. 12, 2, 7; 12, 10, 49.—

With ex:

ex doctrinā nobilis et clarus,

Cic. Rab. Post. 9, 23.—

With ob:

ob obscuram linguam,

Lucr. 1, 639:

ob id factum,

Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 32; cf.:

urbs clara ob insignem munimento naturali locum,

Liv. 24, 39, 8.—

With ab:

Trojanoque a sanguine clarus Acestes,

Verg. A. 1, 550.—

With gen.:

artis ejus,

Plin. 37, 1, 4, § 8.—

As a title:

clarissimus vir,

Cic. Att. 15, 20, 2; cf. id. ib. 14, 11, 1:

clarissimi consules,

Plin. Ep. 7, 33, 8; cf. Dig. 49, 14, 18; Lampr. Elag. 4;

Alex. Sev. 21 al.: permitto tibi vir clarissime Veiento (a senator), dicere,

Plin. Ep. 9, 13, 19; so,

ordo = senatorius,

Vop. Aur. 18 fin.; cf. also Isid. Orig. 9, 4, 12.—

Meton., of the wives of such distinguished public characters:

clarissimae feminae,

Dig. 1, 9, 8.—

In a bad sense, notorious:

minus clarum putavit fore quod de armario quam quod de sacrario esset ablatum,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 12, § 27; 2, 1, 19, § 50; 2, 4, 12, § 29:

ecquid hoc totā Siciliā clarius, ecquid indignius? etc.,

id. ib. 2, 5, 7, §

16: populus (sc. Campanus), luxuriā superbiāque clarus,

Liv. 7, 31, 6.—Hence, adv.: clārē (freq. and class.).

Lit.

Of sight (acc. to I. A.), brightly, clearly:

clare oculis video,

Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 35:

clare fulgens caesaries,

Cat. 66, 9:

occidere,

of a star, Col. 11, 2, 52.— Comp.:

clarius micare,

Plin. 10, 20, 22, § 43:

nitere,

Stat. S. 4, 1, 4. — Sup.:

clarissime lucere,

Vitr. 9, 4.—

Of hearing (acc. to I. B.), clearly, distinctly, plainly, aloud:

clare recitare,

Plaut. Pers. 4, 3, 30: plaudite, id. Am. fin.; cf. id. Bacch. fin.:

dic,

Ter. And. 4, 4, 15 Ruhnk.:

gemere,

Cic. Att. 2, 20, 3:

res clare enuntiare,

Quint. 8, 3, 62:

sonare,

id. 11, 3, 55:

exscreare,

id. 11, 3, 160:

maledicere,

Suet. Vit. 14 et saep.:

palam et clare,

id. Claud. 3; cf. Mart. 7, 92, 5.— Comp.:

clarius fabulari,

Suet. Calig. 22.— Sup.:

pisces clarissime audiunt,

Plin. 10, 70, 89, § 193; Vitr. 5, 3.—

Trop.

Mentally (acc. to II. A.), distinctly, intelligibly, clearly:

clare atque evidenter ostendere,

Quint. 8, 3, 86; cf. id. 4, 1, 1:

aliquid intellegere,

Plin. 37, 2, 6, § 16. — Comp.: eo clarius id periculum apparet, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 14, 2; so,

clarius intellegi,

Quint. 2, 5, 7:

clarius elucebit,

id. 12, 1, 26:

clarius ostendemus,

id. 2, 17, 25 al. — Sup., Quint. 9, 1, 19.—

Morally (acc. to II. B.), illustriously, honorably (very rare):

clarius exsplendescebat,

Nep. Att. 1, 3.

plaudo ( plōdo, Varr. ap. Non. 478, 5, and Quint. 6, 1, 52), si, sum, 3, v. a. and n.

Act., to clap, strike, beat any thing ( poet.; cf.

plango),

Verg. Cir. 179:

pectora manu,

Ov. M. 2, 866:

clipeum pectore,

Stat. Th. 7, 134:

aquas,

id. S. 1, 3, 74:

choreas pedibus,

to execute a choral dance, stamping with the feet, Verg. A. 6, 644:

plausis alis,

Ov. M. 14, 507; 14, 577.—

Neutr., to clap, strike, beat (of two bodies striking together).

In gen. ( poet. and in postAug. prose):

alis Plaudentem figit sub nube columbam,

Verg. A. 5, 515:

pennis,

with her wings, Ov. M. 8, 238:

rostro,

id. ib. 6, 97. — Absol.:

aversas inter se manus collide, non plaudent,

Sen. Q. N. 2, 28.—

In partic.

To clap the hands in token of approbation, to applaud, clap (class.):

manus suas in plaudendo consumere,

Cic. Att. 16, 2, 3:

huic ita plausum est, ut salvā re publicā Pompeio plaudi solebat,

id. ib. 2, 19, 3.—In the theatre, at the close of the piece: nunc, spectatores, Jovis summi causā clare plaudite, Plaut. Am. fin.; id. Ep. fin.; cf.:

usque Sessuri, donec cantor, vos plaudite, dicat,

Hor. A. P. 155; and:

cum ventum est ad ipsum illud. quo veteres tragoediae comoediaeque clauduntur, Plodite,

Quint. 6, 1, 52 Spald. N. cr.; cf. also: manibus clare, Plaut. Cas. fin.:

spectavi ego pridem comicos ad istum modum Sapienter dicta dicere atque is plaudier,

id. Rud. 4, 7, 24: in aliquem, to express disapprobation of any one by clapping, pounding, stamping, i. e. to hiss him off, Min. Fel. Octav. 14.—

Transf., in gen., to express approbation, to approve, applaud:

plaudit sepultis,

Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 88:

dis hominibusque plaudentibus,

Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 4, 1; Juv. 3, 157:

funus,

id. 1, 146: sibi, to applaud one's self, to be satisfied or well contented with one's self:

populus me sibilat: at mihi plaudo Ipse domi,

Hor. S. 1, 1, 66:

nec ipse tibi plaudis,

Plin. Ep. 9, 14.—

To strike hands in completing a bargain:

stultus homo plaudet manibus,

Vulg. Prov. 17, 18.

ap-plaudo (post-class. applōdo), ( adp-, Ritschl, Fleck., Müll.; app-, Merk.), si, sum, 3, v. a.

To strike one thing upon another, to clap:

cavis applauso corpore palmis,

Ov. M. 4, 352:

adplauso tela sonat latere,

Tib. 2, 1, 66; so Sil. 16, 357:

ovum applosum ad terram,

Spart. Get. 3; so Lampr. Elog. 6: terrae (dat.), App. M. 6, p. 184, 34; 9, p. 236, 21.—

Trop., to clap the hands in approbation, to applaud:

sacerdotes applaudebant manibus suis,

Vulg. Jer. 5, 31:

adplaudere atque adprobare fabulam,

Plaut. Ps. 5, 2, 33:

nobis clare adplaudite,

id. Men. 5, 9, 100:

agite, adplaudamus,

id. Pers. 5, 2, 13: cui generi civium maxime adplaudatur? * Cic. Sest. 54, where B. and K. read plaudatur.

ap-plaudo (post-class. applōdo), ( adp-, Ritschl, Fleck., Müll.; app-, Merk.), si, sum, 3, v. a.

To strike one thing upon another, to clap:

cavis applauso corpore palmis,

Ov. M. 4, 352:

adplauso tela sonat latere,

Tib. 2, 1, 66; so Sil. 16, 357:

ovum applosum ad terram,

Spart. Get. 3; so Lampr. Elog. 6: terrae (dat.), App. M. 6, p. 184, 34; 9, p. 236, 21.—

Trop., to clap the hands in approbation, to applaud:

sacerdotes applaudebant manibus suis,

Vulg. Jer. 5, 31:

adplaudere atque adprobare fabulam,

Plaut. Ps. 5, 2, 33:

nobis clare adplaudite,

id. Men. 5, 9, 100:

agite, adplaudamus,

id. Pers. 5, 2, 13: cui generi civium maxime adplaudatur? * Cic. Sest. 54, where B. and K. read plaudatur.

crĕpo, ŭi, ĭtum, 1, v. n. and a. [Sanscr. krap, to lament; cf. crabro] (mostly poet. or in post-Aug. prose; in class. prose, concrepo).

Neutr., to rattle, crack, creak, rustle, clatter, tinkle, jingle, chink, etc.

In gen.:

foris,

Plaut. Am. 1, 2, 34; Ter. Ad. 2, 3, 11:

fores,

id. Eun. 5, 7, 5; id. Heaut. 1, 1, 121; 3, 3, 52:

intestina (with crepitant),

Plaut. Men. 5, 5, 26:

herba Sabina ad focos,

Prop. 4 (5), 3, 58; cf. Ov. F. 4, 742:

sonabile sistrum,

id. M. 9, 784 (cf. crepitanti sistro, Prop. 3 (4), 11 (9 Bip.), 43): crepante pede. Hor. Epod. 16, 48:

nubes subito motu,

Ov. F. 2, 501:

catena,

Sen. Ep. 9, 8:

lapis, in statuā Memnonis,

Plin. 36, 7, 11, § 58 et saep.: digiti crepantis signa novit eunuchus, a snapping the fingers (as a sign of a command), Mart. 3, 82, 15; cf.

concrepo, I.—Of the voice: vox generosa, quae non composita nec alienis auribus sed subito data crepuit,

because loud, Sen. Clem. 2, 1, 1.—

In partic., to break wind, Cato ap. Fest. s. v. prohibere, p. 206; Mart. 12, 77 and 78; cf. crepitus, B.—In a play upon words: Co. Fores hae fecerunt magnum flagitium modo. Ad. Quid id est flagitii? Co. Crepuerunt clare, Plaut. Poen. 3, 2, 33.—

Transf., to break with a [p. 481] crash:

remi,

Verg. A. 5, 206.—

Act., to make something sound, make a noise with, cause to resound or rattle.

Lit.:

(Camenae) manibus faustos ter crepuere sonos,

i. e. clapped, Prop. 3 (4), 10, 4; so,

ter laetum sonum populus,

Hor. C. 2, 17, 26:

procul auxiliantia aera,

Stat. Th. 6, 687: aureolos, to make to chink, i. e. to count, Mart. 5, 19, 14.—Esp. freq.,

Trop., to say something or talk noisily, to make much ado about, to boast of, prattle, prate, etc.:

neque ego ad mensam publicas res clamo neque leges crepo,

Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 56:

sulcos et vineta,

Hor. Ep. 1, 7, 84:

quid veri,

id. S. 2, 3, 33:

immunda dicta,

id. A. P. 247:

post vina gravem militiam aut pauperiem,

id. C. 1, 18, 5; cf. with a rel.-clause: crepat, antiquum genus ut... tolerarit aevum, * Lucr. 2, 1170.

fābŭlor, ātus (archaic inf. praes. fabularier, Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 46; id. Most. 3, 1, 77; id. Ps. 1, 1, 60; id. Trin. 2, 4, 60; Ter. Hec. 3, 1, 36; also act. form fabulaverit, Afran. ap. Non. 232, 26 dub.: fabulabere, Rib. v. 147:

fabulem,

Plaut. Mil. 2, 5, 33 Fleck.), 1, v. dep. a. [fabula], to speak, converse, talk, chat (mostly ante- and post-class.; esp. [p. 714] freq. in Plaut.; not in Cic.; syn.: aio, inquam, dico, loquor, etc.).

In gen.: ut pro viribus tacere ac fabulari tute noveris, Enn. ap. Non. 475, 3 (Trag. v. 182 ed. Vahl.):

clare advorsum fabulabor,

Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 144:

reliqua alia,

id. Poen. 3, 4, 8:

ut aperte tibi nunc fabuler,

Ter. Ph. 4, 3, 49:

quod omnes homines fabulantur per vias, Mihi esse filiam inventam,

Plaut. Cist. 5, 1:

aliquid,

to say, utter, Liv. 45, 39 fin.:

(ars medendi) ictum fulmine Aesculapium fabulata,

Plin. 29, 1, 1, § 3:

inter sese,

Plaut. Ep. 2, 2, 53:

cum aliquo,

Suet. Calig. 22; id. Dom. 4:

stabant Fronto et Festus fabulantes,

Gell. 19, 13, 1:

inter fabulandum,

id. 15, 1, 4.—

Esp., to speak a language:

qui Obsce et Volsce fabulantur,

Titin. Com. v. 104 Rib.

flāgĭtĭum, ii, n. [flagito; cf. Doed. Syn. 2, p. 143; Corss. Ausspr. 1, 398 sq.; orig., burning desire, heat of passion].

Lit., an eager or furious demand, importunity, urgency (post-Aug. and rare; cf.

flagitatio): Lentulus credebatur illa militiae flagitia primus aspernari,

Tac. A. 1, 27:

pro Plancina cum pudore et flagitio disseruit, matris preces obtendens,

id. ib. 3, 17.—

Transf.

Esp., a shameful or disgraceful act done in the heat of passion; a burning shame, disgraceful thing (class.;

syn.: scelus, nefas, facinus, maleficium, peccatum, delictum, crimen): quae (convivia) domesticis stupris flagitiisque flagrabunt,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 32, § 71; so,

flagrantissima (with adulteria),

Tac. A. 14, 51; cf.:

stupra et adulteria et omne tale flagitium,

Cic. de Sen. 12, 40; id. Verr. 2, 5, 10, § 26:

domesticis vitiis atque flagitiis se inquinare,

id. Tusc. 1, 30, 72; cf.:

homo sceleribus flagitiisque contaminatissimus,

id. Prov. Cons. 6, 14; and id. Rosc. Am. 9, 25:

tantum sceleris et tantum flagitii admittere,

id. Att. 10, 3:

quae libido ab oculis, quod facinus a manibus umquam tuis, quod flagitium a toto corpore abfuit? etc.,

id. Cat. 1, 6, 13; cf.:

Q. Curius, flagitiis atque facinoribus coopertus,

Sall. C. 23, 1;

so with facinora,

id. ib. 14, 2 Kritz. N. cr.:

nihil facinoris, nihil flagitii praetermittere,

Liv. 39, 13, 10; 39, 16, 1:

tanta flagitia facere et dicere,

Cic. Tusc. 4, 34, 73:

in hoc flagitio versari ipsum videmus Jovem (corresp. to stuprum),

id. ib. 4, 33, 70:

in tot flagitia se ingurgitare,

id. Pis. 18, 42.—

In gen., any shameful or disgraceful act or thing (without the accessory idea of passion):

petere honorem pro flagitio more fit,

Plaut. Trin. 4, 3, 28:

flagitium fiet, nisi dos dabitur virgini,

id. ib. 3, 1, 11:

cum loquimur terni, nihil flagitii dicimus: at cum bini, obscoenum est,

Cic. Fam. 9, 22, 3:

flagitium rei militaris admittere,

id. Clu. 46, 128: flagiti principium est, nudare inter cives corpora, Enn. ap. Cic. Tusc. 4, 33, 70 (Trag. v. 426 ed. Vahl.):

nonne id flagitium est, te aliis consilium dare, foris sapere, tibi non posse auxiliarier?

is it not a shame? Ter. Heaut. 5, 1, 49:

praeesse agro colendo flagitium putes,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 18, 50:

quantum flagitii commisisset (for which, shortly before: nihil turpius, quam, etc.),

id. Brut. 61, 219; cf.:

ita necesse fuit aut haec flagitia concipere animo aut susceptae philosophiae nomen amittere,

disgraceful assertions, absurdities, id. N. D. 1, 24, 66.—Comically: Co. Fores hae fecerunt magnum flagitium modo. Ad. Quid id est flagitii? Crepuerunt clare, Plaut. Poen. 3, 2, 32.— Leg. t. t.: perfectum flagitium, a completed crime (opp. imperfectum), Paul. Sent. 5, 4, 14.—

In vulg. lang., concr. like scelus, shame, disgrace, as a term of reproach, i. q. rascal, scoundrel:

flagitium illud hominis!

Plaut. Cas. 2, 1, 8; id. As. 2, 4, 67; id. Cas. 3, 2, 22; id. Men. 3, 2, 24; 5, 1, 9:

ipsa quae sis stabulum flagitii,

id. Truc. 2, 7, 31: etiam opprobras vim, flagiti flagrantia, burning shame, i. e. outrageous villain, id. Rud. 3, 4, 28:

omnium flagitiorum atque facinorum circum se tamquam stipatorum catervas habebat,

Sall. C. 14, 1.—

(Causa pro effectu.) Shame, disgrace (rare but class.):

id erat meum factum flagiti plenum et dedecoris,

Cic. Att. 16, 7, 4; cf.:

magnum dedecus et flagitium,

id. Off. 3, 22, 86: qui non gloria movemini neque flagitio, Sall. Or. Licin. fin. (p. 236 ed. Gerl.):

beatus qui pejus leto flagitium timet,

Hor. C. 4, 9, 50:

flagitio additis damnum,

id. ib. 3, 5, 26:

quia illa forma matrem familias flagitium sit si sequatur,

Plaut. Merc. 2, 3, 71:

facere damni mavolo, Quam obprobramentum aut flagitium muliebre inferri domo,

id. ib. 2, 3, 85; id. Ep. 3, 4, 79:

flagitium imperio demere,

Liv. 25, 15, 19:

consul moveri flagitio timoris fatendi,

id. 42, 60, 4.

mīror, ātus, 1 ( act. collat. form, v. miro), v. dep. a. and n. [Sanscr. smi, smile; Gr. meidaô; cf.: mirus, nimīrum], to wonder or marvel at, to be astonished or amazed at a thing; to admire; constr. with acc., acc. with inf., with quod, si, quā ratione, quid, unde, etc., with de, and poet.; in Greek constr. also aliquem alicujus rei (class.).

With acc.:

neglegentiam hominis,

Cic. Att. 10, 5, 59:

illud jam mirari desino, quod ante mirabar,

id. de Or. 2, 14, 59:

signa, tabulas pictas, vasa caelata,

Sall. C. 11, 6:

praemia,

Verg. G. 3, 49:

patrem,

to honor admiringly, Stat. S. 5, 2, 75:

alia digna miratu,

of admiring wonder, Sen. Ep. 94, 56:

mirari se,

to admire one's self, be in love with one's self, be vain, Cat. 22, 17.—

With object-clause:

si quis forte miratur, me ad accusandum descendere,

Cic. Div. in Caecil. 1, 1.—

With quod:

mirari se aiebat, quod non rideret haruspex, haruspicem cum vidisset,

Cic. Div. 2, 24, 51.—

With si:

idne tu miraris, si patrissat filius?

Plaut. Ps. 1, 5, 27: miror si, I should wonder, be surprised, if:

miror, in illā superbiā et importunitate si quemquam amicum habere potuit,

Cic. Lael. 15, 54.—

With rel.-clause:

ne miremini, quā ratione hic tantum potuerit,

Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 54, § 134:

ejus rei quae causa esset miratus,

Caes. B. G. 1, 32:

miror, quid ex Piraeo abierit,

Ter. Eun. 2, 2, 59:

satis mirari non possum, unde, etc.,

Cic. N. D. 1, 34, 95:

si quis antea mirabatur, quid esset, quod, etc.,

id. Sest. 1.—

With de:

de singulari impudentiā,

Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 2, § 6.—

With cum: ne quis miretur, cum tam clare tonuerit, Pompon. ap. Non. 473, 3 (Com. Rel. v. 4 Rib.).—

Poet. in Greek constr. (thaumazô tina tinos), aliquem alicujus rei:

(te) justitiaene prius mirer belline laborum,

Verg. A. 11, 126.—

Trop.

To have a regard for:

familiaritates... amantium nos amicorum et nostra mirantium,

Cic. Off. 2, 8, 30.—

Of inanim. subjects ( poet.):

(arbos) miraturque novas frondes et non sua poma,

Verg. G. 2, 82.—Hence, mīran-dus, a, um, P. a., wonderful, strange, singular (class.):

in mirandam altitudinem depressum,

Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 27, § 68:

mirandum in modum,

in a wonderful manner, id. Att. 9, 7, 3:

cliens,

Juv. 10, 161:

fides,

Stat. S. 1, 3, 20.— Neutr. absol.: mirandum est, unde, etc., the wonder is, etc., Juv. 10, 32.

occento ( obc-), āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [obcanto], to sing at or before, i. e.,

To serenade a person:

senem,

Plaut. Stich. 4, 1, 66.— Absol.:

quid, si adeam ad fores atque occentem?

Plaut. Curc. 1, 2, 57:

hymenaeum,

id. Cas. 4, 3, 9 (dub.; al. offundam).—

In a bad sense, to sing a satirical song or pasquinade against any one (class.): occentassint antiqui dicebant, quod nunc convicium fecerint dicimus: quod id clare, et cum quodam canore fit, ut procul exaudiri possit, Paul. ex Fest. p. 181 Müll.: si quis occentavisset, sive carmen condidisset, quod infamiam faceret flagitiumve alteri, XII. Tab. ap. Cic. Rep. 4, 10, 12 (Fragm. ap. Aug. Civ. Dei, 2, 9); cf. Rein's Criminalrecht, p. 357 sq.—With acc. of the place: ostium, to sing a lampoon or pasquinade before one's door, Plaut. Pers. 4, 4, 20; id. Merc. 2, 3, 73.—

Transf., of birds of ill omen:

bubo occentans funebria,

singing dismal songs, Amm. 30, 5, 16.

obscēnĭtas ( obscaen-, obscoen-), ātis, f. [obscenus].

Unfavorableness, inauspiciousness, of a bad omen:

mali ominis obscenitas,

Arn. 1, 10.—

Moral impurity, foulness, unchastity, lewdness, obscenity.

In abstr. (the class. signif. of the word):

si rerum turpitudo adhibetur et verborum obscenitas,

Cic. Off. 1, 29, 104; cf. id. ib. 1, 35, 127; cf. also id. de Or. 2, 59, 242:

si quod sit in obscenitate flagitium, id aut in re esse aut in verbo,

id. Fam. 9, 22, 1:

obscenitas non a verbis tantum abesse debet, sed etiam a significatione,

Quint. 6, 3, 29:

eques Romanus obscenitatis in feminas reus,

Suet. Claud. 15:

professis apud se obscenitatem cetera quoque concessisse delicta,

unchastity, id. Ner. 29:

obscenitate oris hirsuto atque olido seni clare exprobrata,

the disfigurement produced by lewdness, id. Tib. 45:

in obscenitatem, aliquem compellere,

Dig. 1, 12, 1, § 8.—

Concr., an obscene thing (post-Aug. and very rare): corporum obscenitas, = ta aidoia, Arn. 5, 176:

amputata,

id. 5, 173.— Plur.:

in poculis libidines caelare juvit ac per obscenitates bibere,

obscene figures, Plin. H. N 30 prooem. § 5.

obscēnĭtas ( obscaen-, obscoen-), ātis, f. [obscenus].

Unfavorableness, inauspiciousness, of a bad omen:

mali ominis obscenitas,

Arn. 1, 10.—

Moral impurity, foulness, unchastity, lewdness, obscenity.

In abstr. (the class. signif. of the word):

si rerum turpitudo adhibetur et verborum obscenitas,

Cic. Off. 1, 29, 104; cf. id. ib. 1, 35, 127; cf. also id. de Or. 2, 59, 242:

si quod sit in obscenitate flagitium, id aut in re esse aut in verbo,

id. Fam. 9, 22, 1:

obscenitas non a verbis tantum abesse debet, sed etiam a significatione,

Quint. 6, 3, 29:

eques Romanus obscenitatis in feminas reus,

Suet. Claud. 15:

professis apud se obscenitatem cetera quoque concessisse delicta,

unchastity, id. Ner. 29:

obscenitate oris hirsuto atque olido seni clare exprobrata,

the disfigurement produced by lewdness, id. Tib. 45:

in obscenitatem, aliquem compellere,

Dig. 1, 12, 1, § 8.—

Concr., an obscene thing (post-Aug. and very rare): corporum obscenitas, = ta aidoia, Arn. 5, 176:

amputata,

id. 5, 173.— Plur.:

in poculis libidines caelare juvit ac per obscenitates bibere,

obscene figures, Plin. H. N 30 prooem. § 5.

obscēnĭtas ( obscaen-, obscoen-), ātis, f. [obscenus].

Unfavorableness, inauspiciousness, of a bad omen:

mali ominis obscenitas,

Arn. 1, 10.—

Moral impurity, foulness, unchastity, lewdness, obscenity.

In abstr. (the class. signif. of the word):

si rerum turpitudo adhibetur et verborum obscenitas,

Cic. Off. 1, 29, 104; cf. id. ib. 1, 35, 127; cf. also id. de Or. 2, 59, 242:

si quod sit in obscenitate flagitium, id aut in re esse aut in verbo,

id. Fam. 9, 22, 1:

obscenitas non a verbis tantum abesse debet, sed etiam a significatione,

Quint. 6, 3, 29:

eques Romanus obscenitatis in feminas reus,

Suet. Claud. 15:

professis apud se obscenitatem cetera quoque concessisse delicta,

unchastity, id. Ner. 29:

obscenitate oris hirsuto atque olido seni clare exprobrata,

the disfigurement produced by lewdness, id. Tib. 45:

in obscenitatem, aliquem compellere,

Dig. 1, 12, 1, § 8.—

Concr., an obscene thing (post-Aug. and very rare): corporum obscenitas, = ta aidoia, Arn. 5, 176:

amputata,

id. 5, 173.— Plur.:

in poculis libidines caelare juvit ac per obscenitates bibere,

obscene figures, Plin. H. N 30 prooem. § 5.

occento ( obc-), āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [obcanto], to sing at or before, i. e.,

To serenade a person:

senem,

Plaut. Stich. 4, 1, 66.— Absol.:

quid, si adeam ad fores atque occentem?

Plaut. Curc. 1, 2, 57:

hymenaeum,

id. Cas. 4, 3, 9 (dub.; al. offundam).—

In a bad sense, to sing a satirical song or pasquinade against any one (class.): occentassint antiqui dicebant, quod nunc convicium fecerint dicimus: quod id clare, et cum quodam canore fit, ut procul exaudiri possit, Paul. ex Fest. p. 181 Müll.: si quis occentavisset, sive carmen condidisset, quod infamiam faceret flagitiumve alteri, XII. Tab. ap. Cic. Rep. 4, 10, 12 (Fragm. ap. Aug. Civ. Dei, 2, 9); cf. Rein's Criminalrecht, p. 357 sq.—With acc. of the place: ostium, to sing a lampoon or pasquinade before one's door, Plaut. Pers. 4, 4, 20; id. Merc. 2, 3, 73.—

Transf., of birds of ill omen:

bubo occentans funebria,

singing dismal songs, Amm. 30, 5, 16.

oscĭto, āre, v. n., and oscĭtor, āri, v. dep. ( inf. oscitarier, Turp. ap. Non. 322, 18; or Com. Rel. v. 15 Rib.) [oscieo], to open the mouth wide, to gape.

Of plants, to open, unclose: oscitat in campis caput a cervice revulsum, of the plant lion's-mouth, Enn. ap. Serv. Verg. A. 10, 396; cf. Col. 10, 260; and:

(arborum) folia cotidie ad solem oscitant,

turn towards the sun, Plin. 16, 24, 36, § 88.—

Of living beings, to gape, yawn:

ut pandiculans oscitatur,

Plaut. Men. 5, 2, 80; * Lucr. 3, 1065:

clare ac sonore oscitavit,

Gell. 4, 20, 8.— With acc.:

quid adhuc oscitamus crapulam hesternam,

August. Ver. Rel. 3.—

Trop., to be listless, drowsy, inactive (cf.:

dormio. sterto): cum majores (calamitates) impendere videantur, sedetis et oscitamini,

i. e. are listless, idle, negligent, Auct. Her. 4, 36, 48; cf. the foll.—Hence, oscĭtans, antis, P. a., listless, sluggish, lazy, negligent (class.):

interea oscitantes opprimi,

Ter. And. 1, 2, 10: quae Epicurus oscitans allucinatus est, qs. half asleep, Cic. N. D. 1, 26, 72.—Of abstract things:

oscitans et dormitans sapientia,

Cic. de Or. 2, 33, 144.—

* Adv.: oscĭtanter, carelessly, negligently:

quod ille tam solute egisset, tam leniter, tam oscitanter,

Cic. Brut. 80, 277.

oscĭto, āre, v. n., and oscĭtor, āri, v. dep. ( inf. oscitarier, Turp. ap. Non. 322, 18; or Com. Rel. v. 15 Rib.) [oscieo], to open the mouth wide, to gape.

Of plants, to open, unclose: oscitat in campis caput a cervice revulsum, of the plant lion's-mouth, Enn. ap. Serv. Verg. A. 10, 396; cf. Col. 10, 260; and:

(arborum) folia cotidie ad solem oscitant,

turn towards the sun, Plin. 16, 24, 36, § 88.—

Of living beings, to gape, yawn:

ut pandiculans oscitatur,

Plaut. Men. 5, 2, 80; * Lucr. 3, 1065:

clare ac sonore oscitavit,

Gell. 4, 20, 8.— With acc.:

quid adhuc oscitamus crapulam hesternam,

August. Ver. Rel. 3.—

Trop., to be listless, drowsy, inactive (cf.:

dormio. sterto): cum majores (calamitates) impendere videantur, sedetis et oscitamini,

i. e. are listless, idle, negligent, Auct. Her. 4, 36, 48; cf. the foll.—Hence, oscĭtans, antis, P. a., listless, sluggish, lazy, negligent (class.):

interea oscitantes opprimi,

Ter. And. 1, 2, 10: quae Epicurus oscitans allucinatus est, qs. half asleep, Cic. N. D. 1, 26, 72.—Of abstract things:

oscitans et dormitans sapientia,

Cic. de Or. 2, 33, 144.—

* Adv.: oscĭtanter, carelessly, negligently:

quod ille tam solute egisset, tam leniter, tam oscitanter,

Cic. Brut. 80, 277.

prŏoemĭum, ii, n., = prooimion.

An introduction, preface, proem (class.; syn.: exordium, principium): quod principium Latine vel exordium dicitur, majore quădam ratione Graeci videntur prooimion nominasse:

quia a nostris initium modo significatur, illi satis clare partem hanc esse ante ingressum rei, de quă dicendum sit, ostendunt..certe prooemium est, quod apud judicem, priusquam causam cognoverit, prosit,

Quint. 4, 1, 1; cf. id. 4, 1, 53; 2, 13, 1; 3, 9, 1;

3, 11, 28 et saep.: citharoedi prooemium,

prelude, Cic. de Or. 2, 80, 325:

longo et alte petito prooemio respondere,

id. Clu. 21, 58 ' volumen prooemiorum..prooemio abuti prooemium exarare, desecare, agglutinare, id. Att. 16, 6, 4:

legis prooemium,

id. Leg. 2, 7, 16.—

Transf., in gen., a beginning ( poet.): rixae, Juv 3, 288.