classĭcus

classĭcus, a, um, adj. [classis], of or belonging to a classis.

To a class or division of the Roman people; only transf., belonging to the first class, of the highest class: classici dicebantur non omnes qui in quinque classibus erant, sed primi tantum classis homines (opp. classem, infra), Cat. ap. Gell. 6 (7), 13, 1; cf. Paul. ex Fest. p. 113, 12:

testes classici,

id. ib. p. 56, 15.—

Trop., of the highest rank, classical, superior, standard:

classicus adsiduusque aliquis scriptor, non proletarius,

Gell. 19, 8, 15.—

Subst.: classĭcus, i, m., he that summons the classes of citizens to the Comitia: in Arce classicus oanat tum circumque moeros, Comment. ap. Varr. L. L. 6, § 92 Müll.—

To the military and naval forces (v. infra; and cf. classis, I. B.), but in use only in the sense of or belonging to the fleet:

classicos milites,

Liv. 21, 61, 2; 26, 48, 12:

bella,

naval, Prop. 2, 1, 28:

certamen,

Vell. 2, 85, 2:

corona = navalis,

id. 2, 81, 2.—Hence,

Subst.

classĭcum, i, n., a field or battle-signal upon the trumpet:

classicum cecinit,

Liv. 28, 27, 15:

classicum canere jubet,

Tac. A. 2, 32; cf.:

classicum cani jubet,

Caes. B. C. 3, 82:

classico ad contionem convocat,

Liv. 7, 36, 9:

cum silentium classico fecisset,

id. 2, 45, 12:

classica sonant,

Verg. A. 7, 637:

neque excitatur classico miles truci,

Hor. Epod. 2, 5; Suet. Caes. 32; id. Vit. 11; Quint. 2, 11, 4; Luc. 4, 186 al.—

Since only the leader commanded it to be given: classicum praetorium (al. praeconium),

Prop. 3 (4), 3, 41; cf. Caes. l. l.; Liv. 28, 27, 15; Veg. Mil. 2, 22.—

Meton., the war-trumpet:

necdum etiam audierant inflari classica,

Verg. G. 2, 539; Tib. 1, 1, 4. —

Subst.: classĭci, ōrum, m., marines, Tac. H. 1, 36; 2, 11; 2, 17; 2, 22; 2, 67; 3, 55.—Also mariners, seamen, Curt. 4, 3, 18.

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classĭcus, a, um, adj. [classis], of or belonging to a classis.

To a class or division of the Roman people; only transf., belonging to the first class, of the highest class: classici dicebantur non omnes qui in quinque classibus erant, sed primi tantum classis homines (opp. classem, infra), Cat. ap. Gell. 6 (7), 13, 1; cf. Paul. ex Fest. p. 113, 12:

testes classici,

id. ib. p. 56, 15.—

Trop., of the highest rank, classical, superior, standard:

classicus adsiduusque aliquis scriptor, non proletarius,

Gell. 19, 8, 15.—

Subst.: classĭcus, i, m., he that summons the classes of citizens to the Comitia: in Arce classicus oanat tum circumque moeros, Comment. ap. Varr. L. L. 6, § 92 Müll.—

To the military and naval forces (v. infra; and cf. classis, I. B.), but in use only in the sense of or belonging to the fleet:

classicos milites,

Liv. 21, 61, 2; 26, 48, 12:

bella,

naval, Prop. 2, 1, 28:

certamen,

Vell. 2, 85, 2:

corona = navalis,

id. 2, 81, 2.—Hence,

Subst.

classĭcum, i, n., a field or battle-signal upon the trumpet:

classicum cecinit,

Liv. 28, 27, 15:

classicum canere jubet,

Tac. A. 2, 32; cf.:

classicum cani jubet,

Caes. B. C. 3, 82:

classico ad contionem convocat,

Liv. 7, 36, 9:

cum silentium classico fecisset,

id. 2, 45, 12:

classica sonant,

Verg. A. 7, 637:

neque excitatur classico miles truci,

Hor. Epod. 2, 5; Suet. Caes. 32; id. Vit. 11; Quint. 2, 11, 4; Luc. 4, 186 al.—

Since only the leader commanded it to be given: classicum praetorium (al. praeconium),

Prop. 3 (4), 3, 41; cf. Caes. l. l.; Liv. 28, 27, 15; Veg. Mil. 2, 22.—

Meton., the war-trumpet:

necdum etiam audierant inflari classica,

Verg. G. 2, 539; Tib. 1, 1, 4. —

Subst.: classĭci, ōrum, m., marines, Tac. H. 1, 36; 2, 11; 2, 17; 2, 22; 2, 67; 3, 55.—Also mariners, seamen, Curt. 4, 3, 18.

classis (old orthog. CLASIS, Column. Rostr.; v. under I. B. 2.), is ( acc. sing. usu. classem; classim, Auct. B. Afr. 9, 2; abl. usu. classe;

classi,

Verg. A. 8, 11; Liv. 23, 41, 8; Vell. 2, 79), f. [root cal-, cla-, of clamo, kaleô; prop. the people as assembled or called together], hence,

After the division of the Roman people by Servius Tullius into six (or, the citizens who paid tribute alone being reckoned, into five) classes,

A class, Liv. 1, 42, 5; 1, 43, 2 sq.; Cic. Rep. 2, 22, 39 sq.; Gell. 6 (7), 13, 1 sq.; Cic. Fl. 7, 15; Liv. 1, 42, 5; 1, 43, 1 sqq.; Plin. 33, 3, 13, § 43; cf. Dion. Halic. 4, 16 sq.; 7, 59:

prima classis vocatur... tum secunda classis, etc.,

Cic. Phil. 2, 33, 82: infra classem; v. classicus, I.—

Trop.:

qui (philosophi) mihi cum illo collati, quintae classis videntur,

i.e. of the lowest rank, Cic. Ac. 2, 23, 73; cf. classicus, I. B.—Hence,

In milit. lang., the whole body of the citizens called to arms, an army.

Of the land army (mostly very ancient): procincta, Lex Numae in Fest. s. v. opima, p. 189, 13 Müll.: classis procincta [id est exercitus armatus, Gloss.], Fab. Pictor. ap. Gell. 10, 15, 4; cf. Gell. 1, 11, 3; Paul. ex Fest. p. 56, 3:

classi quoque ad Fidenas pugnatum cum Vejentibus quidam in annales rettulere,

Liv. 4, 34, 6 Weissenb. ad loc.:

Hortinae classes populique Latini,

Verg. A. 7, 716 Serv.—

Of men at sea, the fleet, including the troops in it (the usu. signif. in prose and poetry):

CLASESQVE. NAVALES. PRIMOS. ORNAVET.... CLASEIS. POENICAS...., Column. Rostr., v. 7 sq.: nomina in classem dare,

Liv. 28, 45, 19:

cetera classis... fugerunt,

id. 35, 26, 9:

ut classem duceret in Ligurum oram,

id. 40, 26, 8; 41, 24, 13; cf. id. 42, 48, 10:

navium classis,

id. 22, 37, 13:

posteaquam maximas aedificasset ornassetque classes,

Cic. Imp. Pomp. 4, 9:

classem instruere atque ornare,

id. Verr. 2, 5, 51, § 135:

classis ornandae reficiendaeque causā, Liv 9, 30, 4: comparare,

Cic. Fl. 14, 33:

facere,

Caes. B. C. 3, 42 al.:

classe navigare,

by ship, Cic. Fl. 14, 32; cf. Verg. A. 1, 379; 8, 11;

Hor.C. 3, 11, 48: classes = naves,

Verg. A. 2, 30:

geminasque legit de classe biremis,

id. ib. 8, 79:

omittere,

id. ib. 5, 794:

armare,

id. ib. 4, 299:

deducere,

id. G. 1, 255:

efficere,

Nep. Them. 2, 3:

(Suiones) praeter viros armaque classibus valent,

Tac. G. 44. —

In the post-Aug. per., sometimes, a class, division, in gen.:

pueros in classes distribuerant,

Quint. 1, 2, 23; so id. 1, 2, 24; 10, 5, 21; Suet. Tib. 46:

operarum,

Col. 1, 9, 7:

servorum,

Petr. 74, 7.

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assĭdŭus ( ads-, perh. only by confusion of 1. assiduus with 2. assiduus), i, m. [as-do; cf.

infra,

Gell. 16, 10, 15 ], a tributepayer; a name given by Servius Tullius to the citizens of the upper and more wealthy classes, in opp. to proletarii, citizens of the lowest classes, who benefit the state only by their progeny (proles).

A.. Lit.:

cum locupletes assiduos (Servius) appellāsset ab aere dando,

Cic. Rep. 2, 22, 40.—So in the Twelve Tables:

adsiduo vindex adsiduus esto. Proletario jam civi, cui quis volet vindex esto,

Gell. 16, 10, 5; cf.

Dirks. Transl. 154 sq.: locuples enim est assiduus, ut ait L. Aelius, appellatus ab aere dando,

Cic. Top. 2, 10; Varr. ap. Non. p. 67, 25: quibus erant pecuniae satis locupletes, assiduos;

contrarios proletarios,

id. ib.:

assiduum ab aere dando,

Quint. 5, 10, 55:

adsiduus in Duodecim Tabulis pro locuplete dictus, ab assibus, id est aere dando,

Gell. 16, 10, 15: adsiduus dicitur, qui in eā re, quam frequenter agit, quasi consedisse videatur. Alii assiduum locupletem, quasi multorum assium dictum putārunt. Alii eum, qui sumptu proprio militabat, ab asse dando vocatum existimārunt, Paul. ex Fest. p. 9 Müll.:

ditiores qui asses dabant, assidui dicti sunt,

Charis. p. 58 P.; cf. vindex ap. Cassiod. Orth. p. 2318 P.:

assiduus dicebatur apud antiquos, qui assibus ad aerarii expensam conferendis erat,

Isid. Orig. 10, 17; cf. Nieb. Röm. Gesch. 1, pp. 496-502.—

Meton., a rich person:

noctīsque diesque adsiduo satis superque est,

Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 14.—

Trop., adject. of a first-rate, classical writer:

classicus adsiduusque aliquis scriptor, non proletarius,

Gell. 19, 8, 15 (cf. on the other hand:

Proletario sermone nunc quidem utere,

common talk, Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 157).

assĭdŭus ( ads-, Ritschl, Lachm., Fleck., B. and K., Rib., Weissenb., Jahn; ass-, Merk., Halm, K. and H.), a, um, adj. [from assideo, as continuus from contineo, etc.]:

Itaque qui adest, adsiduus (est),

Varr. L. L. 7, § 99; but more correctly: adsiduus dicitur, qui in eā re, quam frequenter agit, quasi consedisse videatur, to have sat down to it, Paul. ex Fest. p. 9 Müll.; hence,

Constantly present somewhere, attending to, busy or occupied with something (cf. deses, idle, from desideo):

cum hic filius adsiduus in praediis esset,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 7; id. Att. 4, 8, b, §

3: fuit adsiduus mecum praetore me,

id. Cael. 4, 10; Varr. R. R. 2, 10, 6; Vulg. Eccli. 9, 4; 37, 15:

semper boni adsiduique domini (i. e. qui frequenter adest in praediis) referta cella vinariā, oleariā, etc.,

Cic. Sen. 16, 56:

suos liberos agricolas adsiduos esse cupiunt,

id. Rosc. Am. 16, 47:

flagitator,

id. Brut. 5, 18:

his potius tradam adsiduis uno opere eandem incudem diem noctemque tundentibus,

id. de Or. 2, 39, 162:

Elevat adsiduos copia longa viros,

Prop. 3, 31, 44:

campus, Assiduis pulsatus equis,

Ov. M. 6, 219:

adsiduus in oculis hominum fuerat,

Liv. 35, 10:

hostis, adsiduus magis quam gravis,

id. 2, 48:

canes adsiduiores,

Varr. R. R. 2, 9:

circa scholas adsiduus,

Suet. Tib. 11:

(patrimonia) majora fiunt Incude adsiduā semperque ardente camino,

by the busy anvil, Juv. 14, 118:

Retibus adsiduis penitus scrutante macello Proxima,

id. 5, 95:

Quem cavat adsiduis sudibus,

id. 6, 248:

in mandatis illius maxime adsiduus esto,

Vulg. Eccli. 6, 37; 12, 3.—So of the constant attendance of candidates for office, Q. Cic. Petit. Cons. 9, 37 (cf. these passages in their connection).—Hence sarcastically of parasites:

urbani adsidui cives, quos scurras vocant,

Plaut. Trin. 1, 2, 165.—

With the prominent idea of continuance in time, continual, unremitting, incessant, perpetual, constant (very freq. both in prose and poetry):

foro operam adsiduam dare,

Plaut. As. 2, 4, 22: ludis adsiduas operas dare, [p. 180] Lucr. 4, 974:

pars terraï perusta solibus adsiduis,

id. 5, 252:

imbres,

id. 5, 341; Cic. Att. 13, 16:

motus,

Lucr. 1, 995, and 4, 392;

2, 97: repulsus,

id. 4, 106:

casus,

id. 5, 205:

frequentia,

Cic. Planc. 8 fin.; Q. Cic. Petit. Cons. 9, 37: febricula, Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 21 fin.:

adsidua ac diligens scriptura,

Cic. Or. 1, 33, 150:

recordatio,

id. Fin. 1, 12, 41:

deorum adsidua insidens cura,

Liv. 1, 21:

deprecatio justi adsidua,

Vulg. Jac. 5, 16:

(portae) adsiduus custos,

Liv. 34, 9:

longa temporum quies et continuum populi otium et assidua senatūs tranquillitas, etc.,

Tac. Or. 38:

sterilitates,

Suet. Claud. 18:

quantum (nominis) Octavius abstulit udo Caedibus adsiduis gladio,

Juv. 8, 243:

barbarorum incursus,

Suet. Vesp. 8:

vasa aurea adsiduissimi usūs,

id. Aug. 71:

ignis,

Tib. 1, 1, 6:

aqua,

Prop. 2, 1, 68; 2, 19, 31; 3, 11, 56 al.:

libidines,

id. 2, 16, 14:

Hic ver adsiduum atque alienis mensibus aestas,

Verg. G. 2, 149:

nubes,

Ov. M. 1, 66:

gemitus,

id. ib. 2, 486 et saep.: Non feret assiduas potiori te dare noctes, * Hor. Epod. 15, 13.—Sometimes said with a degree of impatience, constant, everlasting, eternal:

lapsus Tectorum adsiduos,

Juv. 3, 8:

obvius adsiduo Syrophoenix udus amomo,

with his everlasting perfume, id. 8, 159 Jahn:

adsiduo ruptae lectore columnae,

id. 1, 13.—Hence adv., continually, constantly, without intermission.

Form as-sĭdŭō ( ads-):

operam dare alicui,

Plaut. Cist. 1, 3, 37:

edere,

id. Mil. 1, 1, 50:

perpotare,

id. Most. 4, 2, 60:

esse cum aliquo,

id. Truc. 2, 4, 68:

quaerere aliquid,

Plin. 26, 3, 8, § 16:

adesse,

Dig. 40, 4, 44.—Far more freq.,

Form assĭdŭē ( ads-):

ubi sum adsidue, scio,

Ter. Hec. 2, 1, 20:

in ore indisciplinatorum adsidue erit,

Vulg. Eccli. 20, 26:

Adsidue veniebat,

Verg. E. 2, 4:

homines nobiles adsidue unā scribere,

Ter. Ad. prol. 16:

adsidue cantare,

Cic. Div. 1, 34, 74:

alia, quae suis locis dicentur adsidue,

Plin. 24, 1, 1, § 3:

Cum assidue minores parentibus liberi essent,

Quint. 6, 3, 67:

agere aliquid,

Ter. Heaut. prol. 29:

ut oculis adsidue videmus,

Cic. N. D. 2, 41, 104:

audire aliquid,

id. Mil. 34, 93: frequenter et adsidue consequi aliquid, Auct. ad Her. 4, 56, 69:

laudare aliquid,

Vulg. Eccli. 51, 15:

interrogari,

ib. ib. 23, 11:

litteris uti,

Cic. Fam. 5, 15:

convivari,

Suet. Aug. 74:

frequentare aedem,

id. ib. 91:

gestare aliquem ornatum,

id. Calig. 52:

DEFLERE ALIQVEM,

Inscr. Grut. 950, 8:

adsidue recens,

Plin. 11, 53, 115, § 277.— Comp not found.—

* Sup. assĭdŭissimē ( ads-):

Adsiduissime mecum fuit Dionysius,

Cic. Brut. 91, 316: salientes (aquae) adsiduissime interdiu et noctu, Sen. Cons. ap. Front. Aquaed. 2, p. 252; for the comparison of the adj. and adv. (as in arduus, exiguus, egregius, industrius, perpetuus, etc.), v. Rudd. I. p. 180, n. 58.

assĭdŭus ( ads-, perh. only by confusion of 1. assiduus with 2. assiduus), i, m. [as-do; cf.

infra,

Gell. 16, 10, 15 ], a tributepayer; a name given by Servius Tullius to the citizens of the upper and more wealthy classes, in opp. to proletarii, citizens of the lowest classes, who benefit the state only by their progeny (proles).

A.. Lit.:

cum locupletes assiduos (Servius) appellāsset ab aere dando,

Cic. Rep. 2, 22, 40.—So in the Twelve Tables:

adsiduo vindex adsiduus esto. Proletario jam civi, cui quis volet vindex esto,

Gell. 16, 10, 5; cf.

Dirks. Transl. 154 sq.: locuples enim est assiduus, ut ait L. Aelius, appellatus ab aere dando,

Cic. Top. 2, 10; Varr. ap. Non. p. 67, 25: quibus erant pecuniae satis locupletes, assiduos;

contrarios proletarios,

id. ib.:

assiduum ab aere dando,

Quint. 5, 10, 55:

adsiduus in Duodecim Tabulis pro locuplete dictus, ab assibus, id est aere dando,

Gell. 16, 10, 15: adsiduus dicitur, qui in eā re, quam frequenter agit, quasi consedisse videatur. Alii assiduum locupletem, quasi multorum assium dictum putārunt. Alii eum, qui sumptu proprio militabat, ab asse dando vocatum existimārunt, Paul. ex Fest. p. 9 Müll.:

ditiores qui asses dabant, assidui dicti sunt,

Charis. p. 58 P.; cf. vindex ap. Cassiod. Orth. p. 2318 P.:

assiduus dicebatur apud antiquos, qui assibus ad aerarii expensam conferendis erat,

Isid. Orig. 10, 17; cf. Nieb. Röm. Gesch. 1, pp. 496-502.—

Meton., a rich person:

noctīsque diesque adsiduo satis superque est,

Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 14.—

Trop., adject. of a first-rate, classical writer:

classicus adsiduusque aliquis scriptor, non proletarius,

Gell. 19, 8, 15 (cf. on the other hand:

Proletario sermone nunc quidem utere,

common talk, Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 157).

assĭdŭus ( ads-, Ritschl, Lachm., Fleck., B. and K., Rib., Weissenb., Jahn; ass-, Merk., Halm, K. and H.), a, um, adj. [from assideo, as continuus from contineo, etc.]:

Itaque qui adest, adsiduus (est),

Varr. L. L. 7, § 99; but more correctly: adsiduus dicitur, qui in eā re, quam frequenter agit, quasi consedisse videatur, to have sat down to it, Paul. ex Fest. p. 9 Müll.; hence,

Constantly present somewhere, attending to, busy or occupied with something (cf. deses, idle, from desideo):

cum hic filius adsiduus in praediis esset,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 7; id. Att. 4, 8, b, §

3: fuit adsiduus mecum praetore me,

id. Cael. 4, 10; Varr. R. R. 2, 10, 6; Vulg. Eccli. 9, 4; 37, 15:

semper boni adsiduique domini (i. e. qui frequenter adest in praediis) referta cella vinariā, oleariā, etc.,

Cic. Sen. 16, 56:

suos liberos agricolas adsiduos esse cupiunt,

id. Rosc. Am. 16, 47:

flagitator,

id. Brut. 5, 18:

his potius tradam adsiduis uno opere eandem incudem diem noctemque tundentibus,

id. de Or. 2, 39, 162:

Elevat adsiduos copia longa viros,

Prop. 3, 31, 44:

campus, Assiduis pulsatus equis,

Ov. M. 6, 219:

adsiduus in oculis hominum fuerat,

Liv. 35, 10:

hostis, adsiduus magis quam gravis,

id. 2, 48:

canes adsiduiores,

Varr. R. R. 2, 9:

circa scholas adsiduus,

Suet. Tib. 11:

(patrimonia) majora fiunt Incude adsiduā semperque ardente camino,

by the busy anvil, Juv. 14, 118:

Retibus adsiduis penitus scrutante macello Proxima,

id. 5, 95:

Quem cavat adsiduis sudibus,

id. 6, 248:

in mandatis illius maxime adsiduus esto,

Vulg. Eccli. 6, 37; 12, 3.—So of the constant attendance of candidates for office, Q. Cic. Petit. Cons. 9, 37 (cf. these passages in their connection).—Hence sarcastically of parasites:

urbani adsidui cives, quos scurras vocant,

Plaut. Trin. 1, 2, 165.—

With the prominent idea of continuance in time, continual, unremitting, incessant, perpetual, constant (very freq. both in prose and poetry):

foro operam adsiduam dare,

Plaut. As. 2, 4, 22: ludis adsiduas operas dare, [p. 180] Lucr. 4, 974:

pars terraï perusta solibus adsiduis,

id. 5, 252:

imbres,

id. 5, 341; Cic. Att. 13, 16:

motus,

Lucr. 1, 995, and 4, 392;

2, 97: repulsus,

id. 4, 106:

casus,

id. 5, 205:

frequentia,

Cic. Planc. 8 fin.; Q. Cic. Petit. Cons. 9, 37: febricula, Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 21 fin.:

adsidua ac diligens scriptura,

Cic. Or. 1, 33, 150:

recordatio,

id. Fin. 1, 12, 41:

deorum adsidua insidens cura,

Liv. 1, 21:

deprecatio justi adsidua,

Vulg. Jac. 5, 16:

(portae) adsiduus custos,

Liv. 34, 9:

longa temporum quies et continuum populi otium et assidua senatūs tranquillitas, etc.,

Tac. Or. 38:

sterilitates,

Suet. Claud. 18:

quantum (nominis) Octavius abstulit udo Caedibus adsiduis gladio,

Juv. 8, 243:

barbarorum incursus,

Suet. Vesp. 8:

vasa aurea adsiduissimi usūs,

id. Aug. 71:

ignis,

Tib. 1, 1, 6:

aqua,

Prop. 2, 1, 68; 2, 19, 31; 3, 11, 56 al.:

libidines,

id. 2, 16, 14:

Hic ver adsiduum atque alienis mensibus aestas,

Verg. G. 2, 149:

nubes,

Ov. M. 1, 66:

gemitus,

id. ib. 2, 486 et saep.: Non feret assiduas potiori te dare noctes, * Hor. Epod. 15, 13.—Sometimes said with a degree of impatience, constant, everlasting, eternal:

lapsus Tectorum adsiduos,

Juv. 3, 8:

obvius adsiduo Syrophoenix udus amomo,

with his everlasting perfume, id. 8, 159 Jahn:

adsiduo ruptae lectore columnae,

id. 1, 13.—Hence adv., continually, constantly, without intermission.

Form as-sĭdŭō ( ads-):

operam dare alicui,

Plaut. Cist. 1, 3, 37:

edere,

id. Mil. 1, 1, 50:

perpotare,

id. Most. 4, 2, 60:

esse cum aliquo,

id. Truc. 2, 4, 68:

quaerere aliquid,

Plin. 26, 3, 8, § 16:

adesse,

Dig. 40, 4, 44.—Far more freq.,

Form assĭdŭē ( ads-):

ubi sum adsidue, scio,

Ter. Hec. 2, 1, 20:

in ore indisciplinatorum adsidue erit,

Vulg. Eccli. 20, 26:

Adsidue veniebat,

Verg. E. 2, 4:

homines nobiles adsidue unā scribere,

Ter. Ad. prol. 16:

adsidue cantare,

Cic. Div. 1, 34, 74:

alia, quae suis locis dicentur adsidue,

Plin. 24, 1, 1, § 3:

Cum assidue minores parentibus liberi essent,

Quint. 6, 3, 67:

agere aliquid,

Ter. Heaut. prol. 29:

ut oculis adsidue videmus,

Cic. N. D. 2, 41, 104:

audire aliquid,

id. Mil. 34, 93: frequenter et adsidue consequi aliquid, Auct. ad Her. 4, 56, 69:

laudare aliquid,

Vulg. Eccli. 51, 15:

interrogari,

ib. ib. 23, 11:

litteris uti,

Cic. Fam. 5, 15:

convivari,

Suet. Aug. 74:

frequentare aedem,

id. ib. 91:

gestare aliquem ornatum,

id. Calig. 52:

DEFLERE ALIQVEM,

Inscr. Grut. 950, 8:

adsidue recens,

Plin. 11, 53, 115, § 277.— Comp not found.—

* Sup. assĭdŭissimē ( ads-):

Adsiduissime mecum fuit Dionysius,

Cic. Brut. 91, 316: salientes (aquae) adsiduissime interdiu et noctu, Sen. Cons. ap. Front. Aquaed. 2, p. 252; for the comparison of the adj. and adv. (as in arduus, exiguus, egregius, industrius, perpetuus, etc.), v. Rudd. I. p. 180, n. 58.

assĭdŭus ( ads-, perh. only by confusion of 1. assiduus with 2. assiduus), i, m. [as-do; cf.

infra,

Gell. 16, 10, 15 ], a tributepayer; a name given by Servius Tullius to the citizens of the upper and more wealthy classes, in opp. to proletarii, citizens of the lowest classes, who benefit the state only by their progeny (proles).

A.. Lit.:

cum locupletes assiduos (Servius) appellāsset ab aere dando,

Cic. Rep. 2, 22, 40.—So in the Twelve Tables:

adsiduo vindex adsiduus esto. Proletario jam civi, cui quis volet vindex esto,

Gell. 16, 10, 5; cf.

Dirks. Transl. 154 sq.: locuples enim est assiduus, ut ait L. Aelius, appellatus ab aere dando,

Cic. Top. 2, 10; Varr. ap. Non. p. 67, 25: quibus erant pecuniae satis locupletes, assiduos;

contrarios proletarios,

id. ib.:

assiduum ab aere dando,

Quint. 5, 10, 55:

adsiduus in Duodecim Tabulis pro locuplete dictus, ab assibus, id est aere dando,

Gell. 16, 10, 15: adsiduus dicitur, qui in eā re, quam frequenter agit, quasi consedisse videatur. Alii assiduum locupletem, quasi multorum assium dictum putārunt. Alii eum, qui sumptu proprio militabat, ab asse dando vocatum existimārunt, Paul. ex Fest. p. 9 Müll.:

ditiores qui asses dabant, assidui dicti sunt,

Charis. p. 58 P.; cf. vindex ap. Cassiod. Orth. p. 2318 P.:

assiduus dicebatur apud antiquos, qui assibus ad aerarii expensam conferendis erat,

Isid. Orig. 10, 17; cf. Nieb. Röm. Gesch. 1, pp. 496-502.—

Meton., a rich person:

noctīsque diesque adsiduo satis superque est,

Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 14.—

Trop., adject. of a first-rate, classical writer:

classicus adsiduusque aliquis scriptor, non proletarius,

Gell. 19, 8, 15 (cf. on the other hand:

Proletario sermone nunc quidem utere,

common talk, Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 157).

assĭdŭus ( ads-, Ritschl, Lachm., Fleck., B. and K., Rib., Weissenb., Jahn; ass-, Merk., Halm, K. and H.), a, um, adj. [from assideo, as continuus from contineo, etc.]:

Itaque qui adest, adsiduus (est),

Varr. L. L. 7, § 99; but more correctly: adsiduus dicitur, qui in eā re, quam frequenter agit, quasi consedisse videatur, to have sat down to it, Paul. ex Fest. p. 9 Müll.; hence,

Constantly present somewhere, attending to, busy or occupied with something (cf. deses, idle, from desideo):

cum hic filius adsiduus in praediis esset,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 7; id. Att. 4, 8, b, §

3: fuit adsiduus mecum praetore me,

id. Cael. 4, 10; Varr. R. R. 2, 10, 6; Vulg. Eccli. 9, 4; 37, 15:

semper boni adsiduique domini (i. e. qui frequenter adest in praediis) referta cella vinariā, oleariā, etc.,

Cic. Sen. 16, 56:

suos liberos agricolas adsiduos esse cupiunt,

id. Rosc. Am. 16, 47:

flagitator,

id. Brut. 5, 18:

his potius tradam adsiduis uno opere eandem incudem diem noctemque tundentibus,

id. de Or. 2, 39, 162:

Elevat adsiduos copia longa viros,

Prop. 3, 31, 44:

campus, Assiduis pulsatus equis,

Ov. M. 6, 219:

adsiduus in oculis hominum fuerat,

Liv. 35, 10:

hostis, adsiduus magis quam gravis,

id. 2, 48:

canes adsiduiores,

Varr. R. R. 2, 9:

circa scholas adsiduus,

Suet. Tib. 11:

(patrimonia) majora fiunt Incude adsiduā semperque ardente camino,

by the busy anvil, Juv. 14, 118:

Retibus adsiduis penitus scrutante macello Proxima,

id. 5, 95:

Quem cavat adsiduis sudibus,

id. 6, 248:

in mandatis illius maxime adsiduus esto,

Vulg. Eccli. 6, 37; 12, 3.—So of the constant attendance of candidates for office, Q. Cic. Petit. Cons. 9, 37 (cf. these passages in their connection).—Hence sarcastically of parasites:

urbani adsidui cives, quos scurras vocant,

Plaut. Trin. 1, 2, 165.—

With the prominent idea of continuance in time, continual, unremitting, incessant, perpetual, constant (very freq. both in prose and poetry):

foro operam adsiduam dare,

Plaut. As. 2, 4, 22: ludis adsiduas operas dare, [p. 180] Lucr. 4, 974:

pars terraï perusta solibus adsiduis,

id. 5, 252:

imbres,

id. 5, 341; Cic. Att. 13, 16:

motus,

Lucr. 1, 995, and 4, 392;

2, 97: repulsus,

id. 4, 106:

casus,

id. 5, 205:

frequentia,

Cic. Planc. 8 fin.; Q. Cic. Petit. Cons. 9, 37: febricula, Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 21 fin.:

adsidua ac diligens scriptura,

Cic. Or. 1, 33, 150:

recordatio,

id. Fin. 1, 12, 41:

deorum adsidua insidens cura,

Liv. 1, 21:

deprecatio justi adsidua,

Vulg. Jac. 5, 16:

(portae) adsiduus custos,

Liv. 34, 9:

longa temporum quies et continuum populi otium et assidua senatūs tranquillitas, etc.,

Tac. Or. 38:

sterilitates,

Suet. Claud. 18:

quantum (nominis) Octavius abstulit udo Caedibus adsiduis gladio,

Juv. 8, 243:

barbarorum incursus,

Suet. Vesp. 8:

vasa aurea adsiduissimi usūs,

id. Aug. 71:

ignis,

Tib. 1, 1, 6:

aqua,

Prop. 2, 1, 68; 2, 19, 31; 3, 11, 56 al.:

libidines,

id. 2, 16, 14:

Hic ver adsiduum atque alienis mensibus aestas,

Verg. G. 2, 149:

nubes,

Ov. M. 1, 66:

gemitus,

id. ib. 2, 486 et saep.: Non feret assiduas potiori te dare noctes, * Hor. Epod. 15, 13.—Sometimes said with a degree of impatience, constant, everlasting, eternal:

lapsus Tectorum adsiduos,

Juv. 3, 8:

obvius adsiduo Syrophoenix udus amomo,

with his everlasting perfume, id. 8, 159 Jahn:

adsiduo ruptae lectore columnae,

id. 1, 13.—Hence adv., continually, constantly, without intermission.

Form as-sĭdŭō ( ads-):

operam dare alicui,

Plaut. Cist. 1, 3, 37:

edere,

id. Mil. 1, 1, 50:

perpotare,

id. Most. 4, 2, 60:

esse cum aliquo,

id. Truc. 2, 4, 68:

quaerere aliquid,

Plin. 26, 3, 8, § 16:

adesse,

Dig. 40, 4, 44.—Far more freq.,

Form assĭdŭē ( ads-):

ubi sum adsidue, scio,

Ter. Hec. 2, 1, 20:

in ore indisciplinatorum adsidue erit,

Vulg. Eccli. 20, 26:

Adsidue veniebat,

Verg. E. 2, 4:

homines nobiles adsidue unā scribere,

Ter. Ad. prol. 16:

adsidue cantare,

Cic. Div. 1, 34, 74:

alia, quae suis locis dicentur adsidue,

Plin. 24, 1, 1, § 3:

Cum assidue minores parentibus liberi essent,

Quint. 6, 3, 67:

agere aliquid,

Ter. Heaut. prol. 29:

ut oculis adsidue videmus,

Cic. N. D. 2, 41, 104:

audire aliquid,

id. Mil. 34, 93: frequenter et adsidue consequi aliquid, Auct. ad Her. 4, 56, 69:

laudare aliquid,

Vulg. Eccli. 51, 15:

interrogari,

ib. ib. 23, 11:

litteris uti,

Cic. Fam. 5, 15:

convivari,

Suet. Aug. 74:

frequentare aedem,

id. ib. 91:

gestare aliquem ornatum,

id. Calig. 52:

DEFLERE ALIQVEM,

Inscr. Grut. 950, 8:

adsidue recens,

Plin. 11, 53, 115, § 277.— Comp not found.—

* Sup. assĭdŭissimē ( ads-):

Adsiduissime mecum fuit Dionysius,

Cic. Brut. 91, 316: salientes (aquae) adsiduissime interdiu et noctu, Sen. Cons. ap. Front. Aquaed. 2, p. 252; for the comparison of the adj. and adv. (as in arduus, exiguus, egregius, industrius, perpetuus, etc.), v. Rudd. I. p. 180, n. 58.

assĭdŭus ( ads-, perh. only by confusion of 1. assiduus with 2. assiduus), i, m. [as-do; cf.

infra,

Gell. 16, 10, 15 ], a tributepayer; a name given by Servius Tullius to the citizens of the upper and more wealthy classes, in opp. to proletarii, citizens of the lowest classes, who benefit the state only by their progeny (proles).

A.. Lit.:

cum locupletes assiduos (Servius) appellāsset ab aere dando,

Cic. Rep. 2, 22, 40.—So in the Twelve Tables:

adsiduo vindex adsiduus esto. Proletario jam civi, cui quis volet vindex esto,

Gell. 16, 10, 5; cf.

Dirks. Transl. 154 sq.: locuples enim est assiduus, ut ait L. Aelius, appellatus ab aere dando,

Cic. Top. 2, 10; Varr. ap. Non. p. 67, 25: quibus erant pecuniae satis locupletes, assiduos;

contrarios proletarios,

id. ib.:

assiduum ab aere dando,

Quint. 5, 10, 55:

adsiduus in Duodecim Tabulis pro locuplete dictus, ab assibus, id est aere dando,

Gell. 16, 10, 15: adsiduus dicitur, qui in eā re, quam frequenter agit, quasi consedisse videatur. Alii assiduum locupletem, quasi multorum assium dictum putārunt. Alii eum, qui sumptu proprio militabat, ab asse dando vocatum existimārunt, Paul. ex Fest. p. 9 Müll.:

ditiores qui asses dabant, assidui dicti sunt,

Charis. p. 58 P.; cf. vindex ap. Cassiod. Orth. p. 2318 P.:

assiduus dicebatur apud antiquos, qui assibus ad aerarii expensam conferendis erat,

Isid. Orig. 10, 17; cf. Nieb. Röm. Gesch. 1, pp. 496-502.—

Meton., a rich person:

noctīsque diesque adsiduo satis superque est,

Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 14.—

Trop., adject. of a first-rate, classical writer:

classicus adsiduusque aliquis scriptor, non proletarius,

Gell. 19, 8, 15 (cf. on the other hand:

Proletario sermone nunc quidem utere,

common talk, Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 157).

assĭdŭus ( ads-, Ritschl, Lachm., Fleck., B. and K., Rib., Weissenb., Jahn; ass-, Merk., Halm, K. and H.), a, um, adj. [from assideo, as continuus from contineo, etc.]:

Itaque qui adest, adsiduus (est),

Varr. L. L. 7, § 99; but more correctly: adsiduus dicitur, qui in eā re, quam frequenter agit, quasi consedisse videatur, to have sat down to it, Paul. ex Fest. p. 9 Müll.; hence,

Constantly present somewhere, attending to, busy or occupied with something (cf. deses, idle, from desideo):

cum hic filius adsiduus in praediis esset,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 7; id. Att. 4, 8, b, §

3: fuit adsiduus mecum praetore me,

id. Cael. 4, 10; Varr. R. R. 2, 10, 6; Vulg. Eccli. 9, 4; 37, 15:

semper boni adsiduique domini (i. e. qui frequenter adest in praediis) referta cella vinariā, oleariā, etc.,

Cic. Sen. 16, 56:

suos liberos agricolas adsiduos esse cupiunt,

id. Rosc. Am. 16, 47:

flagitator,

id. Brut. 5, 18:

his potius tradam adsiduis uno opere eandem incudem diem noctemque tundentibus,

id. de Or. 2, 39, 162:

Elevat adsiduos copia longa viros,

Prop. 3, 31, 44:

campus, Assiduis pulsatus equis,

Ov. M. 6, 219:

adsiduus in oculis hominum fuerat,

Liv. 35, 10:

hostis, adsiduus magis quam gravis,

id. 2, 48:

canes adsiduiores,

Varr. R. R. 2, 9:

circa scholas adsiduus,

Suet. Tib. 11:

(patrimonia) majora fiunt Incude adsiduā semperque ardente camino,

by the busy anvil, Juv. 14, 118:

Retibus adsiduis penitus scrutante macello Proxima,

id. 5, 95:

Quem cavat adsiduis sudibus,

id. 6, 248:

in mandatis illius maxime adsiduus esto,

Vulg. Eccli. 6, 37; 12, 3.—So of the constant attendance of candidates for office, Q. Cic. Petit. Cons. 9, 37 (cf. these passages in their connection).—Hence sarcastically of parasites:

urbani adsidui cives, quos scurras vocant,

Plaut. Trin. 1, 2, 165.—

With the prominent idea of continuance in time, continual, unremitting, incessant, perpetual, constant (very freq. both in prose and poetry):

foro operam adsiduam dare,

Plaut. As. 2, 4, 22: ludis adsiduas operas dare, [p. 180] Lucr. 4, 974:

pars terraï perusta solibus adsiduis,

id. 5, 252:

imbres,

id. 5, 341; Cic. Att. 13, 16:

motus,

Lucr. 1, 995, and 4, 392;

2, 97: repulsus,

id. 4, 106:

casus,

id. 5, 205:

frequentia,

Cic. Planc. 8 fin.; Q. Cic. Petit. Cons. 9, 37: febricula, Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 21 fin.:

adsidua ac diligens scriptura,

Cic. Or. 1, 33, 150:

recordatio,

id. Fin. 1, 12, 41:

deorum adsidua insidens cura,

Liv. 1, 21:

deprecatio justi adsidua,

Vulg. Jac. 5, 16:

(portae) adsiduus custos,

Liv. 34, 9:

longa temporum quies et continuum populi otium et assidua senatūs tranquillitas, etc.,

Tac. Or. 38:

sterilitates,

Suet. Claud. 18:

quantum (nominis) Octavius abstulit udo Caedibus adsiduis gladio,

Juv. 8, 243:

barbarorum incursus,

Suet. Vesp. 8:

vasa aurea adsiduissimi usūs,

id. Aug. 71:

ignis,

Tib. 1, 1, 6:

aqua,

Prop. 2, 1, 68; 2, 19, 31; 3, 11, 56 al.:

libidines,

id. 2, 16, 14:

Hic ver adsiduum atque alienis mensibus aestas,

Verg. G. 2, 149:

nubes,

Ov. M. 1, 66:

gemitus,

id. ib. 2, 486 et saep.: Non feret assiduas potiori te dare noctes, * Hor. Epod. 15, 13.—Sometimes said with a degree of impatience, constant, everlasting, eternal:

lapsus Tectorum adsiduos,

Juv. 3, 8:

obvius adsiduo Syrophoenix udus amomo,

with his everlasting perfume, id. 8, 159 Jahn:

adsiduo ruptae lectore columnae,

id. 1, 13.—Hence adv., continually, constantly, without intermission.

Form as-sĭdŭō ( ads-):

operam dare alicui,

Plaut. Cist. 1, 3, 37:

edere,

id. Mil. 1, 1, 50:

perpotare,

id. Most. 4, 2, 60:

esse cum aliquo,

id. Truc. 2, 4, 68:

quaerere aliquid,

Plin. 26, 3, 8, § 16:

adesse,

Dig. 40, 4, 44.—Far more freq.,

Form assĭdŭē ( ads-):

ubi sum adsidue, scio,

Ter. Hec. 2, 1, 20:

in ore indisciplinatorum adsidue erit,

Vulg. Eccli. 20, 26:

Adsidue veniebat,

Verg. E. 2, 4:

homines nobiles adsidue unā scribere,

Ter. Ad. prol. 16:

adsidue cantare,

Cic. Div. 1, 34, 74:

alia, quae suis locis dicentur adsidue,

Plin. 24, 1, 1, § 3:

Cum assidue minores parentibus liberi essent,

Quint. 6, 3, 67:

agere aliquid,

Ter. Heaut. prol. 29:

ut oculis adsidue videmus,

Cic. N. D. 2, 41, 104:

audire aliquid,

id. Mil. 34, 93: frequenter et adsidue consequi aliquid, Auct. ad Her. 4, 56, 69:

laudare aliquid,

Vulg. Eccli. 51, 15:

interrogari,

ib. ib. 23, 11:

litteris uti,

Cic. Fam. 5, 15:

convivari,

Suet. Aug. 74:

frequentare aedem,

id. ib. 91:

gestare aliquem ornatum,

id. Calig. 52:

DEFLERE ALIQVEM,

Inscr. Grut. 950, 8:

adsidue recens,

Plin. 11, 53, 115, § 277.— Comp not found.—

* Sup. assĭdŭissimē ( ads-):

Adsiduissime mecum fuit Dionysius,

Cic. Brut. 91, 316: salientes (aquae) adsiduissime interdiu et noctu, Sen. Cons. ap. Front. Aquaed. 2, p. 252; for the comparison of the adj. and adv. (as in arduus, exiguus, egregius, industrius, perpetuus, etc.), v. Rudd. I. p. 180, n. 58.

căno, cĕcĭni, cantum (ancient imp. cante = canite, Carm. Sal. ap. Varr. L. L. 7, § 37 Müll.; fut. perf. canerit = cecinerit, Lib. Augur. ap. Fest. s. v. rumentum, p. 270 ib.; perf. canui = cecini, acc. to Serv. ad Verg. G. 2, 384, predominant in concino, occino, etc.—Examples of sup. cantum and part. cantus, canturus, a, um, appear not to be in use; the trace of an earlier use is found in Paul. ex Fest. p. 46 Müll.: canta pro cantata ponebant;

once canituri,

Vulg. Apoc. 8, 13), 3, v. n. and a. [cf. kanassô, kanachê, konabos; Germ. Hahn; Engl. chanticleer; kuknos, ciconice; Sanscr. kōkas = duck; Engl. cock], orig. v. n., to produce melodious sounds, whether of men or animals; later, with a designation of the subject-matter of the melody, as v. a., to make something the subject of one ' s singing or playing, to sing of, to celebrate, or make known in song, etc.

Neutr., to utter melodious notes, to sing, sound, play.

Of men:

si absurde canat,

Cic. Tusc. 2, 4, 12; Plin. Ep. 3, 18, 9:

celebrare dapes canendo,

Ov. M. 5, 113:

si velim canere vel voce vel fidibus,

Cic. Div. 2, 59, 122; Quint. 5, 11, 124; 1, 8, 2; Gell. 19, 9, 3:

quemadmodum tibicen sine tibiis canere non possit,

Cic. de Or. 2, 83, 338; cf.:

tibia canentum,

Lucr. 4, 587; 5, 1384; Cic. Tusc. 1, 2, 4; Quint. 1, 10, 14:

curvo calamo,

Cat. 63, 22:

harundine,

Ov. M. 1, 683; Suet. Caes. 32:

cithara,

Tac. A. 14, 14:

lituus quo canitur,

Cic. Div. 1, 17, 30; Verg. E. 2, 31:

movit Amphion lapides canendo,

Hor. C. 3, 11, 2; Serv. ad Verg. G. 2, 417 al.; Cic. Brut. 50, 187.—

Of the faulty delivery of an orator, to speak in a sing-song tone:

inclinată ululantique voce more Asiatico canere,

Cic. Or. 8, 27; cf. canto and canticum.—

Of animals (usu. of birds, but also of frogs), Varr. L. L. 5, § 76 Müll.:

volucres nullă dulcius arte canant,

Prop. 1, 2, 14; Cic. Div. 1, 7, 12:

merula canit aestate, hieme balbutit,

Plin. 10, 29, 42, § 80; 10, 32, 47, § 89:

ranae alio translatae canunt,

id. 8, 58, 83, § 227.—Of the raven, Cic. Div. 1, 7, 12.—Esp., of the crowing of a cock:

galli victi silere solent, canere victores,

to crow, Cic. Div. 2, 26, 56; v. the whole section; id. ib. 2, 26, 56, § 57; Col. 8, 2, 11; Plin. 10, 21, 24, § 49 (cf. also cantus):

gallina cecinit, interdixit hariolus (the crowing of a hen being considered as an auspicium malum),

Ter. Phorm. 4, 4, 27.—

In the lang. of the Pythagoreans, of the heavenly bodies (considered as living beings),

the music of the spheres, Cic. N. D. 3, 11, 27.—

Transf., of the instruments by which, or ( poet.) of the places in which, the sounds are produced, to sound, resound:

canentes tibiae,

Cic. N. D. 2, 8, 22:

maestae cecinere tubae,

Prop. 4 (5), 11, 9:

frondiferasque novis avibus canere undique silvas,

and the leafy forest everywhere resounds with young birds, Lucr. 1, 256; Auct. Aetn. 295.

Act., to make something or some person the subject of one ' s singing or playing.

With carmen, cantilenam, versus, verba, etc., to sing, play, rehearse, recite:

cum Simonides cecinisset, id carmen, quod in Scopam scripsisset,

Cic. de Or. 2, 86, 352:

carmina quae in epulis canuntur,

id. Brut. 18, 71:

in eum (Cossum) milites carmina incondita aequantes eum Romulo canere,

Liv. 4, 20, 2:

Ascraeum cano carmen,

Verg. G. 2, 176; Suet. Caes. 49; Curt. 5, 1, 22: canere versus, Enn. ap. Varr. L. L. 7, § 36 Müll. (Ann. v. 222 Vahl.); Cic. Or. 51, 171; id. Brut. 18, 71:

neniam,

Suet. Aug. 100: idyllia erôtika, Gell. 19, 9, 4, § 10:

verba ad certos modos,

Ov. F. 3, 388:

Phrygium,

Quint. 1, 10, 33 Spald.—The homog. noun is rarely made the subject of the act. voice:

cum in ejus conviviis symphonia caneret,

Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 44, § 105.—

Prov.

Carmen intus canere, to sing for one ' s self, i. e. to consult only one ' s own advantage, Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 20, § 53; id. Agr. 2, 26, 68; v. Aspendius.—

Cantilenam eandem canis, like the Gr. to auto adeis asma, ever the old tune, Ter. Phorm. 3, 2, 10; v. cantilena.—

With definite objects.

In gen., to sing, to cause to resound, to celebrate in song, to sing of, Lucr. 5, 328:

laudes mortui,

Varr. L. L. 7, § 70 Müll.:

canere ad tibiam clarorum virorum laudes atque virtutes,

Cic. Tusc. 4, 2, 3; Quint. 1, 10, 10; 1, 10, 31; Liv. 45, 38, 12:

puellis carmine modulato laudes virtutum ejus canentibus,

Suet. Calig. 16 fin.:

dei laudes,

Lact. 6, 21, 9:

deorum laudes,

Val. Max. 1, 8, ext. 8.—So with de:

canere ad tibicinem de clarorum hominum virtutibus,

Cic. Tusc. 1, 2, 3 (cf. cantito):

praecepta,

Hor. S. 2, 4, 11:

jam canit effectos extremus vinitor antes,

Verg. G. 2, 417 Wagn. N. cr.:

nil dignum sermone,

Hor. S. 2, 3, 4:

quin etiam canet indoctum,

id. Ep. 2, 2, 9:

grandia elate, jucunda dulciter, moderata leniter canit,

Quint. 1, 10, 24; Cat. 63, 11:

Io! magna voce, Triumphe, canet,

Tib. 2, 5, 118; Ov. Tr. 4, 2, 52; cf. Hor. C. 4, 2, 47:

haec super arvorum cultu pecorumque canebam,

Verg. G. 4, 559 Wagn.: et veterem in limo ranae cecinere querelam, croaked (according to the ancient pronunciation, kekinere kuerelam, an imitation of the Aristophanic Brekekekex; v. the letter C), id. ib. 1, 378; Lucr. 2, 601:

anser Gallos adesse canebat,

Verg. A. 8, 656:

motibus astrorum nunc quae sit causa, canamus,

Lucr. 5, 510:

sunt tempestates et fulmina clara canenda,

id. 6, 84.—

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

canitur adhuc barbaras apud gentes (Arminius),

Tac. A. 2, 88:

Herculem... ituri in proelia canunt,

id. G. 2:

Dianam,

Cat. 34, 3:

deos regesve,

Hor. C. 4, 2, 13:

Liberum et Musas Veneremque,

id. ib. 1, 32, 10:

rite Latonae puerum,

id. ib. 4, 6, 37;

1, 10, 5: plectro graviore Gigantas, Ov M. 10, 150: reges et proelia,

Verg. E. 6, 3; Hor. C. 4, 15, 32:

arma virumque,

Verg. A. 1, 1:

pugnasque virosque,

Stat. Th. 8, 553:

maxima bella et clarissimos duces,

Quint. 10, 1, 62.—Very rarely, to celebrate, without reference to song or poetry:

Epicurus in quădam epistulă amicitiam tuam et Metrodori grata commemoratione cecinerat,

Sen. Ep. 79, 13.—Esp. of fame, to trumpet abroad:

fama facta atque infecta canit,

Verg. A. 4, 190:

fama digna atque indigna canit,

Val. Fl. 217 al. —And prov., to sing or preach to the deaf:

non canimus surdis,

Verg. E. 10, 8: praeceptorum, quae vereor ne vana surdis auribus cecinerim. Liv. 40, 8, 10.—

Since the responses of oracles were given in verse, to prophesy, foretell, predict.

In poetry:

Sibylla, Abdita quae senis fata canit pedibus,

Tib. 2, 5, 16; cf.:

horrendas ambages,

Verg. A. 6. 99; 3, [p. 280] 444:

fera fata,

Hor. C. 1, 15, 4; cf. id. Epod. 13, 11; id. S. 2, 5, 58; Tib. 1, 7, 1; cf. id. 3, 3, 36; 1, 6, 50; Hor. C. S. 25:

et mihi jam multi crudele canebant Artificis scelus,

Verg. A. 2, 124; Hor. S. 1, 9, 30.—

In prose:

ut haec quae nunc fiunt, canere di inmortales viderentur,

Cic. Cat. 3, 8, 18:

non haec a me tum tamquam fata... canebantur?

id. Sest. 21, 47:

eum, qui ex Thetide natus esset, majorem patre suo futurum cecinisse dicuntur oracula,

Quint. 3, 7, 11; Just. 11, 7, 4; 7, 6, 1; Tac. A. 2, 54; id. H. 4, 54:

cecinere vates, idque carmen pervenerat ad antistitem fani Dianae,

Liv. 1, 45, 5; 5, 15, 4 sq.; 1, 7, 10; Tac. A. 14, 32; Liv. 30, 28, 2; cf. Nep. Att. 16, 4; cf.

of philosophers, etc.: ipsa memor praecepta Canam,

Hor. S. 2, 4, 11 Orell. ad loc.; cf.:

quaeque diu latuere, canam,

Ov. M. 15, 147.

In milit. lang., t. t., both act. and neutr., of signals, to blow, to sound, to give; or to be sounded, resound.

Act.:

bellicum (lit. and trop.) canere, v. bellicus: classicum, v. classicus: signa canere jubet,

to give the signal for battle, Sall. C. 59, 1; id. J. 99, 1:

Pompeius classicum apud eum (sc. Scipionem) cani jubet,

Caes. B. C. 3, 82.— Absol. without signum, etc.: tubicen canere coepit, Auct. B. Afr. 82; cf. Flor. 4, 2, 66.—

Neutr.:

priusquam signa canerent,

Liv. 1, 1, 7:

ut attendant, semel bisne signum canat in castris,

id. 27, 47, 3 and 5; 23, 16, 12;

24, 46 (twice): repente a tergo signa canere,

Sall. J. 94, 5; Liv. 7, 40, 10; Verg. A. 10, 310; Flor. 3, 18, 10:

classicum apud eos cecinit,

Liv. 28, 27, 15.—

Receptui canere, to sound a retreat:

Hasdrubal receptui propere cecinit (i. e. cani jussit),

Liv. 27, 47, 2; Tac. H. 2, 26.— Poet.:

cecinit jussos receptus,

Ov. M. 1, 340.—And in Livy impers.:

nisi receptui cecinisset,

if it had not sounded a counter-march, Liv. 26, 44, 4:

ut referrent pedem, si receptui cecinisset,

id. 3, 22, 6.—

Trop.:

revocante et receptui canente senatu,

Cic. Phil. 12, 3, 8:

ratio abstrahit ab acerbis cogitationibus a quibus cum cecinit receptui,

id. Tusc. 3, 15, 33:

antequam (orator) in has aetatis (sc. senectutis) veniat insidias, receptui canet,

Quint. 12, 11, 4.

to practice magic, to charm, etc., found in the derivv. cantus, canto, etc., are entirely wanting in this verb.

pĕdes, itis, m. [pes], one that is or goes on foot.

In gen.:

etiam si pedes incedat,

on foot, afoot, Liv. 28, 9, 15:

cum pedes iret in hostem,

Verg. A. 6, 881:

silvā pedes errat in altā,

Ov. M. 14, 364.—Esp., apposit.:

etiam si pedes incedat,

Liv. 28, 9, 15:

Macedones sciverunt ne (Alexander) pedes venaretur,

Curt. 8, 1, 18:

ipse equo desiluit, pedesque per nives ingredi coepit,

id. 5, 6, 14:

agmen circumibat pedes,

id. 7, 3, 17.—

In partic.

A foot-soldier:

postulavit ne quem peditem ad colloquium Caesar adduceret,

Caes. B. G. 1, 42: equitum et peditum copiae, foot-soldiers, foot, Pomp. ap. Cic. Att. 8, 12, C, 1:

tria milia et septingenti pedites ierunt,

Liv. 35, 40, 5.—

Collect., in sing., foot-soldiers, infantry. cum pedes concurrit, Liv. 30, 34:

in pedite robur,

Tac. Agr. 12:

simul pedes, eques, classis apud praedictum amnem convenere,

Tac. A. 1, 60; id. H. 4, 70.—

Transf.: equites pedites, as a general designation for the entire people; cf. colloq. Engl. horse, foot, and dragoons:

equitum peditumque prolem describunto,

Cic. Leg. 3, 3, 7:

omnes cives Romani equites peditesque,

Liv. 1, 44:

Romani tollent equites peditesque cachinnum,

Hor. A. P. 113.— In sing.:

quodvis genus hominum ibi videas, equitem, peditem,

Plaut. Poen. 4, 2, 10.—

A land-soldier (opp. to a marine, classicus):

classicae peditumque expeditiones,

Vell. 2, 121, 1.