claudius

Arruntĭus, ii, m., a Roman nomen.

L. Arruntius, consul A.U.C. 759, Tac. A. 1, 13; 3, 11; 6, 5;

prob. the same as the historian L. Arruntius, who composed a work on the Punic Wars,

Sen. Ep. 114, 17 sqq.—

Arruntius, a celebrated artist under Claudius Cœsar, Plin. 29, 1, 5, § 7.—

Arruntius Stella, a poet, Stat. S. 1, 2; Mart. 6, 21.—

Arruntius Caelius, a Latin grammarian, Diom. I. p. 307 P.; Prisc. III. p. 607 P.

as-sĕro ( ads-, K. and H., Müller), sēvi, situm, 3, v. a., to sow, plant, or set near something (very rare;

not in Cic.), Agroet. de Orthogr. p. 2274 P.: vites,

Cato, R. R. 32 fin.:

vitis adsita ad olus,

Varr. R. R. 1, 16 fin.:

vites propter cupressos,

id. ib. 1, 26: Lenta quin velut adsitas Vitis implicat arbores, * Cat. 61, 102: populus adsita certis Limitibus, * Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 170 (quippe quae vitibus maritaretur, Agroet. l. c.).

as-sĕro ( ads-, Ritschl, Fleckeisen, Merk., Halm, Weissenb.), sĕrŭi, sertum, 3, v. a., to join some person or thing to one's self; hence,

As a jurid. t. t. (so this word is most freq. found; cf. assertor and assertio).

Aliquem manu, in libertatem or liberali causā (also merely manu, and finally absol. adserere), to declare one (a slave) to be free by laying hands upon him, to set free, to liberate:

adserere manu in libertatem...,

Varr. L. L. 6, § 64 Müll.:

qui in libertatem adserebant,

Suet. Vit. 10:

se adserit in libertatem,

Dig. 47, 10, 11 fin.:

in iis qui adserantur in libertatem, quia quivis lege agere possit, id juris esse,

Liv. 3, 45; so,

in ingenuitatem,

Suet. Aug. 74:

se ingenuitati,

Dig. 40, 14, 2:

manu eas adserat Suas populares liberali causā,

Plaut. Poen. 4, 2, 83:

manuque liberali causā ambas adseras,

id. ib. 5, 2, 142: si quisquam hanc liberali adseruisset manu, id. Curc. 5, 2, 68:

ego liberali illam adsero causā manu,

Ter. Ad. 2, 1, 40: cum in causā liberali eum, qui adserebatur cognatum, suum esse diceret, * Cic. Fl. 17, 40:

neminem venire, qui istas adsereret manu,

Plaut. Poen. 5, 6, 11:

illam a lenone adserito manu,

id. Pers. 1, 3, 83;

and transf.: pisces manu adserere,

id. Rud. 4, 3, 34:

adserui jam me fugique catenas,

Ov. Am. 3, 11, 3 Merk.; Suet. Vesp. 3; id. Gram. 21.—

Aliquem in servitutem, to declare one to be a slave by laying the hand upon him, to claim as a slave:

M. Claudio clienti negotium dedit (Ap. Claudius), ut virginem in servitutem adsereret,

Liv. 3, 44; so Suet. Tib. 2; Liv. 34, 18; 35, 16 fin. —

After the poets of the Aug. per., transf. from the judicial sphere to common life.

(Acc. to I. A.) To free from, to protect, defend, defend against (esp. freq. in Flor. and Suet.):

habe ante oculos mortalitatem, a quā adserere te hoc uno munimento potes,

Plin. Ep. 2, 10, 4:

se ab injuriā oblivionis,

id. ib. 3, 5, 9:

liberatae Italiae adsertique imperii nuntius,

Flor. 3, 3, 19:

post adsertam a Manlio, restitutam a Camillo urbem,

id. 1, 13, 19:

Latini quoque Tarquinios adserebant,

id. 1, 11, 1:

Gracchanas leges,

id. 3, 16, 1:

easdem leges,

id. 3, 17, 1; so id. 2, 18, 16; 3, 3, 19; 3, 17, 4:

dignitatem,

Suet. Caes. 16 (cf. Caes. B. C. 1, 7, and Suet. Caes. 33:

defendere dignitatem,

id. ib. 72:

tueri dignitatem): senatus in adserendā libertate consensit,

in the restoring of freedom, Suet. Calig. 60; id. Claud. 10:

namque adserit urbes sola fames (liberas facit urbes contra dominos, Schol.),

Luc. 3, 56:

hoc focale tuas adserat auriculas,

i. e. guard against the hearing of bad verses, Mart. 14, 142:

non te cucullis adseret caput tectum (sc. a basiis),

id. 11, 99.—

(Acc. to I. B.) Aliquid sibi, to appropriate something to one's self, to claim, declare it one's own possession: nec laudes adsere nostras, claim not for yourself, etc., Ov. M. 1, 462:

haec (gaudia) utrāque manu complexuque adsere toto,

Mart. 1, 16, 9; and (per hypallagen): me adsere caelo, appoint me to the skies, i. e. declare me to be of celestial origin, Ov. M. 1, 761.—In prose, Vell. 2, 60 Runhk.; cf. Val. Max. 4, 4, 4:

Unus hominum ad hoc aevi Felicis sibi cognomen adseruit L. Sulla,

Plin. 7, 43, 44, § 137:

sapientis sibi nomen adseruit,

Quint. 12, 1, 20:

sibi artem figurarum,

id. 9, 3, 64:

ipse te in alto isto pinguique secessu studiis adseris?

are you devoting yourself? Plin. Ep. 1, 3, 3:

dominationem sibi,

Suet. Oth. 9:

divinam majestatem sibi,

id. Calig. 22:

Gallaeci Graecam sibi originem adserunt,

Just. 44, 3.—

In gen., to maintain, affirm, assert, declare; diabebaioumai, Gloss.:

non haec Colchidos adserit furorem, Diri prandia nec refert Thyestae,

Mart. 10, 35:

Epicharmus testium malis hanc utilissime imponi adserit,

Plin. 20, 9, 34, § 89, where Jan conjectures ait:

mollissimum quemque beatum fore adserebant,

Aur. Vict. Caes. 28, 8; so id. ib. 3, 5:

non vacat adserere quae finxeris,

Quint. Decl. 7, 6; Pall. 1, 19, 3; so Veg. 1, 17, 4; 1, 17, 5; 5, 25, 1 al.

aula, ae, f. ( gen. aulāī, Verg. A. 3, 354; v. Neue, Formenl I. p 11), = aulê

Lit., the front court of a Grecian house (mostly poet.; syn. atrium): janitor aulae, i. e. Cerberus, Hor C. 3, 11, 16; also a court for the cattle (cf. aulê; Serv ad Verg. A. 9, 60): vacuam pastoris in aulam, Prop 4, 12, 39; so Hor. Ep 1, 2, 66; Petr. 119; Grat. Cyn. 167.—Also an inner court of a house, a hall, = atrium, Verg. A. 3, 354 lectus genialis in aulā est, Hor Ep 1, 1, 87—

Transf

A palace, the castle of a noble, the royal court (syn.. regia, palatium, basilica): illā se jactet in aulā Aeolus. Verg. A. 1, 140 (cf. Hom. Od 10, 1 sq.) fuscae deus aulae, i. e. Pluto, Prop. 5, 11, 5; cf. Hor. C. 2, 18, 31:

laeta Priami aula,

id. ib. 4, 6, 16;

4, 14, 36 al.: rarissimam rem in aulā consequi senectutem,

in a court, Sen. Ira, 2, 33; cf.:

caret invidendā Sobrius aulā,

Hor. C. 2, 10, 8.— Poet., of the cell of the queen-bee: aulas et cerea regna refingunt, Verg G. 4, 202.—

Meton.

Princely power, dignity:

rex omniauctoritate aulae communita imperium cum dignitate obtinuit,

Cic. Fam. 15, 4 qui tum aulā et novo rege potiebatur, i. e. possessed the highest influence at court, Tac. A. 6, 43. —

The persons belonging to the court, the [p. 206] court, courtiers:

prona in eum aula Neronis (erat) ut similem,

Tac. H. 1, 13 fin.:

tum Claudius inter ludibria aulae erat,

Suet. Ner. 6.

aula, = olla, q. v. init.

Aurēlĭānus, i, m.

Flavius Claudius, a Roman emperor who reigned A. D. 270-275; his life was written by Vopiscus; Inscr. Orell. 489; 1026 sq.; 1535; 1856.—

Derivv.

Aurēlĭānus, a, um, adj., of Aurelian: sodales, a college of priests like the Augustales, Capitol. M. Anton. Philos. 7 fin.:

BALNEVM,

built by Aurelian, Inscr. Grut. 178, 3.—

Aurēlĭānensis, e, adj.: urbs, the present Orleans, Sid. 8, 15.

Aurēlĭānus, i, m.

Flavius Claudius, a Roman emperor who reigned A. D. 270-275; his life was written by Vopiscus; Inscr. Orell. 489; 1026 sq.; 1535; 1856.—

Derivv.

Aurēlĭānus, a, um, adj., of Aurelian: sodales, a college of priests like the Augustales, Capitol. M. Anton. Philos. 7 fin.:

BALNEVM,

built by Aurelian, Inscr. Grut. 178, 3.—

Aurēlĭānensis, e, adj.: urbs, the present Orleans, Sid. 8, 15.

ăvĕo, ēre, v. a. [from Sanscr. av, to love, to wish; to satisfy one's self, to be content, to do or fare well], to wish, desire earnestly, to long for, crave (syn.: volo, cupio): avere nihil aliud est quam cupere, Paul. ex Fest. p. 14 Müll.: ab ludis animus atque aures avent Avide exspectantes nuntium, Enn. ap. Varr. L. L. 6, § 70 (Trag. v. 70 Vahl.).—Constr. with inf., acc., and absol.

With inf.:

te imitari aveo,

Lucr. 3, 6:

Illud in his quoque te rebus cognoscere avemus,

id. 2, 216:

res exponere,

id. 4, 778:

rationem reddere,

id. 3, 259:

discedere aventes,

id. 4, 1203:

Non est mihi tempus aventi Ponere signa novis praeceptis,

Hor. S. 2, 4, 1; 2, 6, 99:

propiusque accedere aventi figere pectora,

Ov. M. 2, 503:

valde aveo scire quid agas,

Cic. Att. 1, 15; 2, 18; id. Fin. 2, 14, 46; id. Off. 1, 4, 13; id. Div. 1, 6, 11:

Jam mens praetrepidans avet vagari,

Cat. 46, 7:

avet (ara) spargier agno,

Hor. C. 4, 11, 7:

ipsum L. Paulum omnium oculi conspicere urbem curru ingredientem avent,

Liv. 45, 39, 8; 33, 32, 8; Col. 3, 21, 6:

avebat animus antire statimque memorare exitus,

Tac. A. 4, 71; 12, 36.—

With acc.:

quia semper aves quod abest, praesentia temnis,

Lucr. 3, 957; so id. 3, 1082; 3, 1083:

parto, quod avebas,

Hor. S. 1, 1, 94:

aveo genus legationis ut, etc.,

Cic. Att. 15, 11 fin. (acc. to conj. of Gronov.; so B. and K.; v. Orell. ad h. l.); Sil. 9, 371.—

Absol.:

Et mora, quae fluvios passim refrenat aventes,

which restrains the eager river, Lucr. 6, 531, where Lachm. and Munro read euntīs:

Talem dira sibi scelerisque dolique ministram Quaerit avens,

Val. Fl. 2, 123; Aur. Vict. Caes. 3.—

Avens = libens, Laev. ap. Gell. 19, 7.— ăventer, adv., eagerly, earnestly (post - class.), Sid. Ep. 2, 2; v. Amm. 18, 5 and 19.

ăvĕo (or, acc. to Quint. 1, 6, 21, hă-vĕo; cf. Spald. ad l. l. and Schneid. Gr. 1, p. 185), ēre, v. n. [v. 1. aveo init. ], to be or fare well; except once in Mamert., used only in the imper. ave, aveto, avete, and inf. avere, as a form of salutation, both at meeting and separating, like salve and chaire (hence, Fest. p. 13 explains it by gaudeo).

In gen., Hail! God bless thee, farewell! adieu (prob. not used by Cic.): Caesar simulatque, Have, mihi dixit, statim exposuit, [p. 214] i. e. had saluted me, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 16, 4:

numquam dicis Ave, sed reddis etc.,

Mart. 3, 95, 1:

Ave! gratiā plena, Dominus tecum!

Vulg. Luc. 1, 28:

Jesus occurrit illis dicens Avete!

ib. Matt. 28, 9.—

In mock homage (eccl. Lat.): dixit Ave! Rabbi,

Vulg. Matt. 26, 49; 27, 29; ib. Marc. 15, 18; ib. Joan. 19, 3.—Haveto at the end of a letter, Cato ap. Sall. C. 35, 6; and Ave at the beginning, August. ap. Gell. 15, 7, 3:

Marcus avere jubet,

Mart. 3, 5, 10 al. —

Esp.

As a morning greeting (diff. from vale, a greeting at separating in the evening; cf. Suet. Galb. 4:

ut liberti servique mane salvere, vesperi valere sibi singuli dicerent): et matutinum portat ineptus ave,

Mart. 1, 56, 6; 1, 56, 109 fin.; 4, 79, 4; 7, 39, 2.—

As a farewell to the dead, = vale: Atque in perpetuom, frater, ave atque vale, *Cat. 101, 10;

and so frequently in inscriptions,

Inscr. Orell. 2663; 4732; 4734; 4735;

4742. But in Martial avere is distinguished, as a greeting to the living, from valere, a greeting to the dead: Jam satis est, Afer: non vis avere: vale!

Mart. 9, 7, 4. And thus the ambiguity of avere in the anecdote in Suet. Claud. 21 is to be explained: Emissurus (Claudius) Fucinum lacum naumachiam ante commisit. Sed cum proclamantibus naumachiariis, Ave ( farewell), Imperator, morituri te salutant: respondisset, Avete vos (i. e. as dying), neque post hanc vocem, quasi venia data (since they interpreted the exclamation as live!), quisquam dimicare vellet, etc.—

As a mere expression of goodwill (eccl. Lat.):

nec Ave ei dixeritis,

nor bid him God-speed, Vulg. 2 Joan. 10, 11.

.. cum is avere jubeat, qui jam fecit, ut averem, Mamert. Grat. Act. ad Julian.

Brĭtanni, ōrum, m., the Britons, inhabitants of Great Britain, Lucr. 6, 1105; Caes. B. G. 4, 21; 5, 14; 5, 21 et saep.; Tac. Agr. 11 sq.; id. A. 14, 29; Verg. E. 1, 67; Hor. C. 1, 35, 30; 3, 4, 33; 3, 5, 3 et saep.— In sing. Britannus catenatus, Hor. Epod. 7, 7.—

The inhabitants of Bretagne, or Brittany, in France, Sid. Ep. 1, 7; 9, 9.—

Derivv.

Brĭtannĭa ( Brittānĭa in MSS. and edd. of Sol. and Mart. Cap.), ae, f., = Brettania, Great Britain, in its most extended sense, consisting of Albion ( England and Scotland) and Hibernia or Ibernia ( Ireland), Plin. 4, 16, 30, § 102; hence, also, in plur. Britanniae, Cat. 29, 20; 45, 42;

in a more restricted sense,

the larger island, England and Scotland, Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 16, 4; id. N. D. 2, 34, 88; Caes. B. G. 4, 21; 5, 8; 5, 12 sq.; Mel. 3, 6, 4; 3, 6, 6; Plin. 4, 16, 30, § 102 sq.; 25, 3, 6, § 21; Tac. Agr. 10 sq.; 21; 24; id. H. 1, 9 sq.—

Brĭtan-nus (Brītannus, Lucr. 6, 1105), a, um, adj., of Britain, British ( poet. Britannicus):

esseda,

Prop. 2, 1, 76:

canes,

Claud. II. Cons. Stil. 301:

litus,

id. IV. Cons. Hon. 28:

oceanus,

id. B. Get. 202; Laus Ser. 40 et saep.—

Brĭtannĭcus, a, um, adj., Britannic, British:

aestus,

the British Channel, Cic. N. D. 3, 10, 24:

mare,

Mel. 3, 6, 3:

oceanus,

id. 1, 3, 1; 2, 6, 1:

inter Rhenum et Sequanam,

Plin. 4, 19, 33, § 109: legiones, Tac. [p. 252] H. 1, 9; 1, 60; 2, 57; 2, 65;

3, 22 al.: balaena,

Juv. 10, 14:

lingua,

Tac. G. 45: herba, water-dock:

rumex aquaticus,

Plin. 25, 3, 6, § 20.— Subst.: Brĭtannĭcus, i, m., a cognomen of the conquerors of Britain; of the son of the emperor Claudius and Messalina, previously called Germanicus, Suet. Claud. 27; 43; Tac. A. 11, 4; 11, 11; 11, 26; 11, 32; 12, 2;

poisoned by Nero,

Tac. A. 13, 16; Suet. Ner. 33.—Of the emperor Commodus, Lampr. Commod. 8.—

Britto or Brīto, ōnis, = Britannus.

A Briton, Aus. Epigr. 110.—

An inhabitant of Bretagne, in France, Mart. 11, 21, 9. — Plur., Juv. 15, 124 (al. Bistones).—

Brĭtannis, ĭdis, f. adj., British, of Britain:

insulae, i. e. Albion et Hibernia,

Prisc. Perieg. p. 577.—

‡ Brĭtannĭcĭānus, a, um, adj., Britannic, transacting business in Britain, Inscr. Rein. cl. 1, n. 177; Inscr. Orell. 2029.

Brĭtanni, ōrum, m., the Britons, inhabitants of Great Britain, Lucr. 6, 1105; Caes. B. G. 4, 21; 5, 14; 5, 21 et saep.; Tac. Agr. 11 sq.; id. A. 14, 29; Verg. E. 1, 67; Hor. C. 1, 35, 30; 3, 4, 33; 3, 5, 3 et saep.— In sing. Britannus catenatus, Hor. Epod. 7, 7.—

The inhabitants of Bretagne, or Brittany, in France, Sid. Ep. 1, 7; 9, 9.—

Derivv.

Brĭtannĭa ( Brittānĭa in MSS. and edd. of Sol. and Mart. Cap.), ae, f., = Brettania, Great Britain, in its most extended sense, consisting of Albion ( England and Scotland) and Hibernia or Ibernia ( Ireland), Plin. 4, 16, 30, § 102; hence, also, in plur. Britanniae, Cat. 29, 20; 45, 42;

in a more restricted sense,

the larger island, England and Scotland, Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 16, 4; id. N. D. 2, 34, 88; Caes. B. G. 4, 21; 5, 8; 5, 12 sq.; Mel. 3, 6, 4; 3, 6, 6; Plin. 4, 16, 30, § 102 sq.; 25, 3, 6, § 21; Tac. Agr. 10 sq.; 21; 24; id. H. 1, 9 sq.—

Brĭtan-nus (Brītannus, Lucr. 6, 1105), a, um, adj., of Britain, British ( poet. Britannicus):

esseda,

Prop. 2, 1, 76:

canes,

Claud. II. Cons. Stil. 301:

litus,

id. IV. Cons. Hon. 28:

oceanus,

id. B. Get. 202; Laus Ser. 40 et saep.—

Brĭtannĭcus, a, um, adj., Britannic, British:

aestus,

the British Channel, Cic. N. D. 3, 10, 24:

mare,

Mel. 3, 6, 3:

oceanus,

id. 1, 3, 1; 2, 6, 1:

inter Rhenum et Sequanam,

Plin. 4, 19, 33, § 109: legiones, Tac. [p. 252] H. 1, 9; 1, 60; 2, 57; 2, 65;

3, 22 al.: balaena,

Juv. 10, 14:

lingua,

Tac. G. 45: herba, water-dock:

rumex aquaticus,

Plin. 25, 3, 6, § 20.— Subst.: Brĭtannĭcus, i, m., a cognomen of the conquerors of Britain; of the son of the emperor Claudius and Messalina, previously called Germanicus, Suet. Claud. 27; 43; Tac. A. 11, 4; 11, 11; 11, 26; 11, 32; 12, 2;

poisoned by Nero,

Tac. A. 13, 16; Suet. Ner. 33.—Of the emperor Commodus, Lampr. Commod. 8.—

Britto or Brīto, ōnis, = Britannus.

A Briton, Aus. Epigr. 110.—

An inhabitant of Bretagne, in France, Mart. 11, 21, 9. — Plur., Juv. 15, 124 (al. Bistones).—

Brĭtannis, ĭdis, f. adj., British, of Britain:

insulae, i. e. Albion et Hibernia,

Prisc. Perieg. p. 577.—

‡ Brĭtannĭcĭānus, a, um, adj., Britannic, transacting business in Britain, Inscr. Rein. cl. 1, n. 177; Inscr. Orell. 2029.

Brĭtanni, ōrum, m., the Britons, inhabitants of Great Britain, Lucr. 6, 1105; Caes. B. G. 4, 21; 5, 14; 5, 21 et saep.; Tac. Agr. 11 sq.; id. A. 14, 29; Verg. E. 1, 67; Hor. C. 1, 35, 30; 3, 4, 33; 3, 5, 3 et saep.— In sing. Britannus catenatus, Hor. Epod. 7, 7.—

The inhabitants of Bretagne, or Brittany, in France, Sid. Ep. 1, 7; 9, 9.—

Derivv.

Brĭtannĭa ( Brittānĭa in MSS. and edd. of Sol. and Mart. Cap.), ae, f., = Brettania, Great Britain, in its most extended sense, consisting of Albion ( England and Scotland) and Hibernia or Ibernia ( Ireland), Plin. 4, 16, 30, § 102; hence, also, in plur. Britanniae, Cat. 29, 20; 45, 42;

in a more restricted sense,

the larger island, England and Scotland, Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 16, 4; id. N. D. 2, 34, 88; Caes. B. G. 4, 21; 5, 8; 5, 12 sq.; Mel. 3, 6, 4; 3, 6, 6; Plin. 4, 16, 30, § 102 sq.; 25, 3, 6, § 21; Tac. Agr. 10 sq.; 21; 24; id. H. 1, 9 sq.—

Brĭtan-nus (Brītannus, Lucr. 6, 1105), a, um, adj., of Britain, British ( poet. Britannicus):

esseda,

Prop. 2, 1, 76:

canes,

Claud. II. Cons. Stil. 301:

litus,

id. IV. Cons. Hon. 28:

oceanus,

id. B. Get. 202; Laus Ser. 40 et saep.—

Brĭtannĭcus, a, um, adj., Britannic, British:

aestus,

the British Channel, Cic. N. D. 3, 10, 24:

mare,

Mel. 3, 6, 3:

oceanus,

id. 1, 3, 1; 2, 6, 1:

inter Rhenum et Sequanam,

Plin. 4, 19, 33, § 109: legiones, Tac. [p. 252] H. 1, 9; 1, 60; 2, 57; 2, 65;

3, 22 al.: balaena,

Juv. 10, 14:

lingua,

Tac. G. 45: herba, water-dock:

rumex aquaticus,

Plin. 25, 3, 6, § 20.— Subst.: Brĭtannĭcus, i, m., a cognomen of the conquerors of Britain; of the son of the emperor Claudius and Messalina, previously called Germanicus, Suet. Claud. 27; 43; Tac. A. 11, 4; 11, 11; 11, 26; 11, 32; 12, 2;

poisoned by Nero,

Tac. A. 13, 16; Suet. Ner. 33.—Of the emperor Commodus, Lampr. Commod. 8.—

Britto or Brīto, ōnis, = Britannus.

A Briton, Aus. Epigr. 110.—

An inhabitant of Bretagne, in France, Mart. 11, 21, 9. — Plur., Juv. 15, 124 (al. Bistones).—

Brĭtannis, ĭdis, f. adj., British, of Britain:

insulae, i. e. Albion et Hibernia,

Prisc. Perieg. p. 577.—

‡ Brĭtannĭcĭānus, a, um, adj., Britannic, transacting business in Britain, Inscr. Rein. cl. 1, n. 177; Inscr. Orell. 2029.

Brĭtanni, ōrum, m., the Britons, inhabitants of Great Britain, Lucr. 6, 1105; Caes. B. G. 4, 21; 5, 14; 5, 21 et saep.; Tac. Agr. 11 sq.; id. A. 14, 29; Verg. E. 1, 67; Hor. C. 1, 35, 30; 3, 4, 33; 3, 5, 3 et saep.— In sing. Britannus catenatus, Hor. Epod. 7, 7.—

The inhabitants of Bretagne, or Brittany, in France, Sid. Ep. 1, 7; 9, 9.—

Derivv.

Brĭtannĭa ( Brittānĭa in MSS. and edd. of Sol. and Mart. Cap.), ae, f., = Brettania, Great Britain, in its most extended sense, consisting of Albion ( England and Scotland) and Hibernia or Ibernia ( Ireland), Plin. 4, 16, 30, § 102; hence, also, in plur. Britanniae, Cat. 29, 20; 45, 42;

in a more restricted sense,

the larger island, England and Scotland, Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 16, 4; id. N. D. 2, 34, 88; Caes. B. G. 4, 21; 5, 8; 5, 12 sq.; Mel. 3, 6, 4; 3, 6, 6; Plin. 4, 16, 30, § 102 sq.; 25, 3, 6, § 21; Tac. Agr. 10 sq.; 21; 24; id. H. 1, 9 sq.—

Brĭtan-nus (Brītannus, Lucr. 6, 1105), a, um, adj., of Britain, British ( poet. Britannicus):

esseda,

Prop. 2, 1, 76:

canes,

Claud. II. Cons. Stil. 301:

litus,

id. IV. Cons. Hon. 28:

oceanus,

id. B. Get. 202; Laus Ser. 40 et saep.—

Brĭtannĭcus, a, um, adj., Britannic, British:

aestus,

the British Channel, Cic. N. D. 3, 10, 24:

mare,

Mel. 3, 6, 3:

oceanus,

id. 1, 3, 1; 2, 6, 1:

inter Rhenum et Sequanam,

Plin. 4, 19, 33, § 109: legiones, Tac. [p. 252] H. 1, 9; 1, 60; 2, 57; 2, 65;

3, 22 al.: balaena,

Juv. 10, 14:

lingua,

Tac. G. 45: herba, water-dock:

rumex aquaticus,

Plin. 25, 3, 6, § 20.— Subst.: Brĭtannĭcus, i, m., a cognomen of the conquerors of Britain; of the son of the emperor Claudius and Messalina, previously called Germanicus, Suet. Claud. 27; 43; Tac. A. 11, 4; 11, 11; 11, 26; 11, 32; 12, 2;

poisoned by Nero,

Tac. A. 13, 16; Suet. Ner. 33.—Of the emperor Commodus, Lampr. Commod. 8.—

Britto or Brīto, ōnis, = Britannus.

A Briton, Aus. Epigr. 110.—

An inhabitant of Bretagne, in France, Mart. 11, 21, 9. — Plur., Juv. 15, 124 (al. Bistones).—

Brĭtannis, ĭdis, f. adj., British, of Britain:

insulae, i. e. Albion et Hibernia,

Prisc. Perieg. p. 577.—

‡ Brĭtannĭcĭānus, a, um, adj., Britannic, transacting business in Britain, Inscr. Rein. cl. 1, n. 177; Inscr. Orell. 2029.

Brĭtanni, ōrum, m., the Britons, inhabitants of Great Britain, Lucr. 6, 1105; Caes. B. G. 4, 21; 5, 14; 5, 21 et saep.; Tac. Agr. 11 sq.; id. A. 14, 29; Verg. E. 1, 67; Hor. C. 1, 35, 30; 3, 4, 33; 3, 5, 3 et saep.— In sing. Britannus catenatus, Hor. Epod. 7, 7.—

The inhabitants of Bretagne, or Brittany, in France, Sid. Ep. 1, 7; 9, 9.—

Derivv.

Brĭtannĭa ( Brittānĭa in MSS. and edd. of Sol. and Mart. Cap.), ae, f., = Brettania, Great Britain, in its most extended sense, consisting of Albion ( England and Scotland) and Hibernia or Ibernia ( Ireland), Plin. 4, 16, 30, § 102; hence, also, in plur. Britanniae, Cat. 29, 20; 45, 42;

in a more restricted sense,

the larger island, England and Scotland, Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 16, 4; id. N. D. 2, 34, 88; Caes. B. G. 4, 21; 5, 8; 5, 12 sq.; Mel. 3, 6, 4; 3, 6, 6; Plin. 4, 16, 30, § 102 sq.; 25, 3, 6, § 21; Tac. Agr. 10 sq.; 21; 24; id. H. 1, 9 sq.—

Brĭtan-nus (Brītannus, Lucr. 6, 1105), a, um, adj., of Britain, British ( poet. Britannicus):

esseda,

Prop. 2, 1, 76:

canes,

Claud. II. Cons. Stil. 301:

litus,

id. IV. Cons. Hon. 28:

oceanus,

id. B. Get. 202; Laus Ser. 40 et saep.—

Brĭtannĭcus, a, um, adj., Britannic, British:

aestus,

the British Channel, Cic. N. D. 3, 10, 24:

mare,

Mel. 3, 6, 3:

oceanus,

id. 1, 3, 1; 2, 6, 1:

inter Rhenum et Sequanam,

Plin. 4, 19, 33, § 109: legiones, Tac. [p. 252] H. 1, 9; 1, 60; 2, 57; 2, 65;

3, 22 al.: balaena,

Juv. 10, 14:

lingua,

Tac. G. 45: herba, water-dock:

rumex aquaticus,

Plin. 25, 3, 6, § 20.— Subst.: Brĭtannĭcus, i, m., a cognomen of the conquerors of Britain; of the son of the emperor Claudius and Messalina, previously called Germanicus, Suet. Claud. 27; 43; Tac. A. 11, 4; 11, 11; 11, 26; 11, 32; 12, 2;

poisoned by Nero,

Tac. A. 13, 16; Suet. Ner. 33.—Of the emperor Commodus, Lampr. Commod. 8.—

Britto or Brīto, ōnis, = Britannus.

A Briton, Aus. Epigr. 110.—

An inhabitant of Bretagne, in France, Mart. 11, 21, 9. — Plur., Juv. 15, 124 (al. Bistones).—

Brĭtannis, ĭdis, f. adj., British, of Britain:

insulae, i. e. Albion et Hibernia,

Prisc. Perieg. p. 577.—

‡ Brĭtannĭcĭānus, a, um, adj., Britannic, transacting business in Britain, Inscr. Rein. cl. 1, n. 177; Inscr. Orell. 2029.

Brĭtanni, ōrum, m., the Britons, inhabitants of Great Britain, Lucr. 6, 1105; Caes. B. G. 4, 21; 5, 14; 5, 21 et saep.; Tac. Agr. 11 sq.; id. A. 14, 29; Verg. E. 1, 67; Hor. C. 1, 35, 30; 3, 4, 33; 3, 5, 3 et saep.— In sing. Britannus catenatus, Hor. Epod. 7, 7.—

The inhabitants of Bretagne, or Brittany, in France, Sid. Ep. 1, 7; 9, 9.—

Derivv.

Brĭtannĭa ( Brittānĭa in MSS. and edd. of Sol. and Mart. Cap.), ae, f., = Brettania, Great Britain, in its most extended sense, consisting of Albion ( England and Scotland) and Hibernia or Ibernia ( Ireland), Plin. 4, 16, 30, § 102; hence, also, in plur. Britanniae, Cat. 29, 20; 45, 42;

in a more restricted sense,

the larger island, England and Scotland, Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 16, 4; id. N. D. 2, 34, 88; Caes. B. G. 4, 21; 5, 8; 5, 12 sq.; Mel. 3, 6, 4; 3, 6, 6; Plin. 4, 16, 30, § 102 sq.; 25, 3, 6, § 21; Tac. Agr. 10 sq.; 21; 24; id. H. 1, 9 sq.—

Brĭtan-nus (Brītannus, Lucr. 6, 1105), a, um, adj., of Britain, British ( poet. Britannicus):

esseda,

Prop. 2, 1, 76:

canes,

Claud. II. Cons. Stil. 301:

litus,

id. IV. Cons. Hon. 28:

oceanus,

id. B. Get. 202; Laus Ser. 40 et saep.—

Brĭtannĭcus, a, um, adj., Britannic, British:

aestus,

the British Channel, Cic. N. D. 3, 10, 24:

mare,

Mel. 3, 6, 3:

oceanus,

id. 1, 3, 1; 2, 6, 1:

inter Rhenum et Sequanam,

Plin. 4, 19, 33, § 109: legiones, Tac. [p. 252] H. 1, 9; 1, 60; 2, 57; 2, 65;

3, 22 al.: balaena,

Juv. 10, 14:

lingua,

Tac. G. 45: herba, water-dock:

rumex aquaticus,

Plin. 25, 3, 6, § 20.— Subst.: Brĭtannĭcus, i, m., a cognomen of the conquerors of Britain; of the son of the emperor Claudius and Messalina, previously called Germanicus, Suet. Claud. 27; 43; Tac. A. 11, 4; 11, 11; 11, 26; 11, 32; 12, 2;

poisoned by Nero,

Tac. A. 13, 16; Suet. Ner. 33.—Of the emperor Commodus, Lampr. Commod. 8.—

Britto or Brīto, ōnis, = Britannus.

A Briton, Aus. Epigr. 110.—

An inhabitant of Bretagne, in France, Mart. 11, 21, 9. — Plur., Juv. 15, 124 (al. Bistones).—

Brĭtannis, ĭdis, f. adj., British, of Britain:

insulae, i. e. Albion et Hibernia,

Prisc. Perieg. p. 577.—

‡ Brĭtannĭcĭānus, a, um, adj., Britannic, transacting business in Britain, Inscr. Rein. cl. 1, n. 177; Inscr. Orell. 2029.

Brĭtanni, ōrum, m., the Britons, inhabitants of Great Britain, Lucr. 6, 1105; Caes. B. G. 4, 21; 5, 14; 5, 21 et saep.; Tac. Agr. 11 sq.; id. A. 14, 29; Verg. E. 1, 67; Hor. C. 1, 35, 30; 3, 4, 33; 3, 5, 3 et saep.— In sing. Britannus catenatus, Hor. Epod. 7, 7.—

The inhabitants of Bretagne, or Brittany, in France, Sid. Ep. 1, 7; 9, 9.—

Derivv.

Brĭtannĭa ( Brittānĭa in MSS. and edd. of Sol. and Mart. Cap.), ae, f., = Brettania, Great Britain, in its most extended sense, consisting of Albion ( England and Scotland) and Hibernia or Ibernia ( Ireland), Plin. 4, 16, 30, § 102; hence, also, in plur. Britanniae, Cat. 29, 20; 45, 42;

in a more restricted sense,

the larger island, England and Scotland, Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 16, 4; id. N. D. 2, 34, 88; Caes. B. G. 4, 21; 5, 8; 5, 12 sq.; Mel. 3, 6, 4; 3, 6, 6; Plin. 4, 16, 30, § 102 sq.; 25, 3, 6, § 21; Tac. Agr. 10 sq.; 21; 24; id. H. 1, 9 sq.—

Brĭtan-nus (Brītannus, Lucr. 6, 1105), a, um, adj., of Britain, British ( poet. Britannicus):

esseda,

Prop. 2, 1, 76:

canes,

Claud. II. Cons. Stil. 301:

litus,

id. IV. Cons. Hon. 28:

oceanus,

id. B. Get. 202; Laus Ser. 40 et saep.—

Brĭtannĭcus, a, um, adj., Britannic, British:

aestus,

the British Channel, Cic. N. D. 3, 10, 24:

mare,

Mel. 3, 6, 3:

oceanus,

id. 1, 3, 1; 2, 6, 1:

inter Rhenum et Sequanam,

Plin. 4, 19, 33, § 109: legiones, Tac. [p. 252] H. 1, 9; 1, 60; 2, 57; 2, 65;

3, 22 al.: balaena,

Juv. 10, 14:

lingua,

Tac. G. 45: herba, water-dock:

rumex aquaticus,

Plin. 25, 3, 6, § 20.— Subst.: Brĭtannĭcus, i, m., a cognomen of the conquerors of Britain; of the son of the emperor Claudius and Messalina, previously called Germanicus, Suet. Claud. 27; 43; Tac. A. 11, 4; 11, 11; 11, 26; 11, 32; 12, 2;

poisoned by Nero,

Tac. A. 13, 16; Suet. Ner. 33.—Of the emperor Commodus, Lampr. Commod. 8.—

Britto or Brīto, ōnis, = Britannus.

A Briton, Aus. Epigr. 110.—

An inhabitant of Bretagne, in France, Mart. 11, 21, 9. — Plur., Juv. 15, 124 (al. Bistones).—

Brĭtannis, ĭdis, f. adj., British, of Britain:

insulae, i. e. Albion et Hibernia,

Prisc. Perieg. p. 577.—

‡ Brĭtannĭcĭānus, a, um, adj., Britannic, transacting business in Britain, Inscr. Rein. cl. 1, n. 177; Inscr. Orell. 2029.

Brĭtanni, ōrum, m., the Britons, inhabitants of Great Britain, Lucr. 6, 1105; Caes. B. G. 4, 21; 5, 14; 5, 21 et saep.; Tac. Agr. 11 sq.; id. A. 14, 29; Verg. E. 1, 67; Hor. C. 1, 35, 30; 3, 4, 33; 3, 5, 3 et saep.— In sing. Britannus catenatus, Hor. Epod. 7, 7.—

The inhabitants of Bretagne, or Brittany, in France, Sid. Ep. 1, 7; 9, 9.—

Derivv.

Brĭtannĭa ( Brittānĭa in MSS. and edd. of Sol. and Mart. Cap.), ae, f., = Brettania, Great Britain, in its most extended sense, consisting of Albion ( England and Scotland) and Hibernia or Ibernia ( Ireland), Plin. 4, 16, 30, § 102; hence, also, in plur. Britanniae, Cat. 29, 20; 45, 42;

in a more restricted sense,

the larger island, England and Scotland, Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 16, 4; id. N. D. 2, 34, 88; Caes. B. G. 4, 21; 5, 8; 5, 12 sq.; Mel. 3, 6, 4; 3, 6, 6; Plin. 4, 16, 30, § 102 sq.; 25, 3, 6, § 21; Tac. Agr. 10 sq.; 21; 24; id. H. 1, 9 sq.—

Brĭtan-nus (Brītannus, Lucr. 6, 1105), a, um, adj., of Britain, British ( poet. Britannicus):

esseda,

Prop. 2, 1, 76:

canes,

Claud. II. Cons. Stil. 301:

litus,

id. IV. Cons. Hon. 28:

oceanus,

id. B. Get. 202; Laus Ser. 40 et saep.—

Brĭtannĭcus, a, um, adj., Britannic, British:

aestus,

the British Channel, Cic. N. D. 3, 10, 24:

mare,

Mel. 3, 6, 3:

oceanus,

id. 1, 3, 1; 2, 6, 1:

inter Rhenum et Sequanam,

Plin. 4, 19, 33, § 109: legiones, Tac. [p. 252] H. 1, 9; 1, 60; 2, 57; 2, 65;

3, 22 al.: balaena,

Juv. 10, 14:

lingua,

Tac. G. 45: herba, water-dock:

rumex aquaticus,

Plin. 25, 3, 6, § 20.— Subst.: Brĭtannĭcus, i, m., a cognomen of the conquerors of Britain; of the son of the emperor Claudius and Messalina, previously called Germanicus, Suet. Claud. 27; 43; Tac. A. 11, 4; 11, 11; 11, 26; 11, 32; 12, 2;

poisoned by Nero,

Tac. A. 13, 16; Suet. Ner. 33.—Of the emperor Commodus, Lampr. Commod. 8.—

Britto or Brīto, ōnis, = Britannus.

A Briton, Aus. Epigr. 110.—

An inhabitant of Bretagne, in France, Mart. 11, 21, 9. — Plur., Juv. 15, 124 (al. Bistones).—

Brĭtannis, ĭdis, f. adj., British, of Britain:

insulae, i. e. Albion et Hibernia,

Prisc. Perieg. p. 577.—

‡ Brĭtannĭcĭānus, a, um, adj., Britannic, transacting business in Britain, Inscr. Rein. cl. 1, n. 177; Inscr. Orell. 2029.

Brĭtanni, ōrum, m., the Britons, inhabitants of Great Britain, Lucr. 6, 1105; Caes. B. G. 4, 21; 5, 14; 5, 21 et saep.; Tac. Agr. 11 sq.; id. A. 14, 29; Verg. E. 1, 67; Hor. C. 1, 35, 30; 3, 4, 33; 3, 5, 3 et saep.— In sing. Britannus catenatus, Hor. Epod. 7, 7.—

The inhabitants of Bretagne, or Brittany, in France, Sid. Ep. 1, 7; 9, 9.—

Derivv.

Brĭtannĭa ( Brittānĭa in MSS. and edd. of Sol. and Mart. Cap.), ae, f., = Brettania, Great Britain, in its most extended sense, consisting of Albion ( England and Scotland) and Hibernia or Ibernia ( Ireland), Plin. 4, 16, 30, § 102; hence, also, in plur. Britanniae, Cat. 29, 20; 45, 42;

in a more restricted sense,

the larger island, England and Scotland, Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 16, 4; id. N. D. 2, 34, 88; Caes. B. G. 4, 21; 5, 8; 5, 12 sq.; Mel. 3, 6, 4; 3, 6, 6; Plin. 4, 16, 30, § 102 sq.; 25, 3, 6, § 21; Tac. Agr. 10 sq.; 21; 24; id. H. 1, 9 sq.—

Brĭtan-nus (Brītannus, Lucr. 6, 1105), a, um, adj., of Britain, British ( poet. Britannicus):

esseda,

Prop. 2, 1, 76:

canes,

Claud. II. Cons. Stil. 301:

litus,

id. IV. Cons. Hon. 28:

oceanus,

id. B. Get. 202; Laus Ser. 40 et saep.—

Brĭtannĭcus, a, um, adj., Britannic, British:

aestus,

the British Channel, Cic. N. D. 3, 10, 24:

mare,

Mel. 3, 6, 3:

oceanus,

id. 1, 3, 1; 2, 6, 1:

inter Rhenum et Sequanam,

Plin. 4, 19, 33, § 109: legiones, Tac. [p. 252] H. 1, 9; 1, 60; 2, 57; 2, 65;

3, 22 al.: balaena,

Juv. 10, 14:

lingua,

Tac. G. 45: herba, water-dock:

rumex aquaticus,

Plin. 25, 3, 6, § 20.— Subst.: Brĭtannĭcus, i, m., a cognomen of the conquerors of Britain; of the son of the emperor Claudius and Messalina, previously called Germanicus, Suet. Claud. 27; 43; Tac. A. 11, 4; 11, 11; 11, 26; 11, 32; 12, 2;

poisoned by Nero,

Tac. A. 13, 16; Suet. Ner. 33.—Of the emperor Commodus, Lampr. Commod. 8.—

Britto or Brīto, ōnis, = Britannus.

A Briton, Aus. Epigr. 110.—

An inhabitant of Bretagne, in France, Mart. 11, 21, 9. — Plur., Juv. 15, 124 (al. Bistones).—

Brĭtannis, ĭdis, f. adj., British, of Britain:

insulae, i. e. Albion et Hibernia,

Prisc. Perieg. p. 577.—

‡ Brĭtannĭcĭānus, a, um, adj., Britannic, transacting business in Britain, Inscr. Rein. cl. 1, n. 177; Inscr. Orell. 2029.

caecus (not coecus; sometimes in MSS. cēcus), a, um, adj. [akin to skia, skotos; Sanscr. khāyā, shadow], having no light, devoid of light.

Act., not seeing, blind.

Lit.:

Appius, qui caecus annos multos fuit,

Cic. Tusc. 5, 38, 112:

traditum est enim Homerum caecum fuisse,

id. ib. 5, 39, 114; Lucr. 5, 839:

catuli, qui jam dispecturi sunt, caeci aeque et hi qui modo nati,

Cic. Fin. 4, 23, 64:

si facie miserabili senis, caeci, infantis,

Quint. 4, 1, 42:

caecum corpus,

the blind part of the body, the back, Sall. J. 107, 1:

perdices caecae impetu,

Plin. 10, 33, 51, § 102:

gigni,

Vell. 1, 5, 2.—

Prov.:

ut si Caecus iter monstrare velit,

Hor. Ep. 1, 17, 4:

apparet id quidem etiam caeco,

even a blind man can see that, Liv. 32, 34, 3:

caecis hoc, ut aiunt, satis clarum est,

Quint. 12, 7, 9.—

Trop., mentally or morally blind, blinded (freq. in prose and poetry):

o pectora caeca!

Lucr. 2, 14:

non solum ipsa Fortuna caeca est, sed eos etiam plerumque efficit caecos, quos complexa est,

Cic. Lael. 15, 54; cf.

casus,

id. Div. 2, 6, 15:

caecus atque amens tribunus,

id. Sest. 7, 17:

caecum me et praecipitem ferri,

id. Planc. 3, 6:

mater caeca crudelitate et scelere,

id. Clu. 70, 199:

cupidine,

Sall. J. 25, 7:

amentiā,

Cic. Har. Resp. 23, 48:

quem mala stultitia Caecum agit,

Hor. S. 2, 3, 44:

amatorem amicae Turpia decipiunt caecum vitia,

id. ib. 1, 3, 39:

mens,

Tac. Agr. 43.—With ad:

caecus ad has belli artes,

Liv. 21, 54, 3.—With gen.:

caecus animi,

Quint. 1, 10, 29; Gell. 12, 13, 4:

fati futuri,

ignorant of, Luc. 2, 14; cf. Claud. Rapt. Pros. 1, 138.— Subst.: Caeci, ōrum, m., the blind people, i.e. the people of Chalcedon, according to the oracle at Delphi. Tac. A. 12, 63; cf. Plin. 5, 32, 43, § 149. —

Meton. of the passions themselves:

caeca honorum cupido,

Lucr. 3, 59; Ov. M. 3, 620:

ac temeraria dominatrix animi cupiditas,

Cic. Inv. 1, 2, 2; id. Pis. 24, 57:

exspectatio,

id. Agr. 2, 25, 66:

amor,

Ov. F. 2, 762:

amor sui,

Hor. C. 1, 18, 14:

festinatio,

Liv. 22, 39, 22:

furor,

Hor. Epod. 7, 13:

caeca et sopita socordia,

Quint. 1, 2, 5:

ambitio,

Sen. Ben. 7, 26, 4.—

Pregn., blind, i.e. at random, vague, indiscriminate, aimless:

in hac calumniā timoris et caecae suspitionis tormento,

Cic. Fam. 6, 7, 4:

caeco quodam timore... quaerebant aliquem ducem,

id. Lig. 1, 3:

caecique in nubibus ignes Terrificant animos,

Verg. A. 4, 209:

caeca regens filo vestigia,

id. ib. 6, 30:

ne sint caecae, pater, exsecrationes tuae,

Liv. 40, 10, 1:

et caeco flentque paventque metu,

Ov. F. 2, 822:

lymphatis caeco pavore animis,

Tac. H. 1, 82:

cervus... Caeco timore proximam villam petit,

Phaedr. 2, 8, 3:

timor,

Ov. Am. 1, 4, 42.—

Transf.

Of plants, without buds or eyes:

rami,

Plin. 16, 30, 54, § 125; cf. caeco and oculus. —

Of the large intestine:

intestinum,

the cœcum, Cels. 4, 1, 28; 4, 14, 1.—

Pass., that cannot be seen, or trop., that cannot be known, invisible, concealed, hidden, secret, obscure, dark.

Lit.: sunt igitur venti nimirum corpora caeca, winds are accordingly bodies, although invisible, Lucr. 1, 278; 1, 296; 1, 329;

2, 713: vallum caecum,

Caes. B. C. 1, 28; cf.: caecum vallum dicitur, in quo praeacuti pali terrae affixi herbis vel frondibus occuluntur, Paul. ex Fest. p. 44 Müll.; so,

fossae,

covered, Col. 2, 2, 9; Pall. Mai, 3. 1:

in vada caeca ferre,

Verg. A. 1, 536:

fores,

private, id. ib. 2, 453:

spiramenta,

id. G. 1, 89:

colubri,

Col. 10, 231:

ignis,

Lucr. 4, 929:

venenum,

id. 6, 822:

tabes,

Ov. M. 9, 174:

viae,

blind ways, Tib. 2, 1, 78:

insidiae armaque,

Ov. F 2, 214; cf. Sil. 5, 3:

saxa,

Verg. A. 3, 706; 5, 164:

vulnus,

a secret wound, Lucr. 4, 1116;

but also,

a wound upon the back, Verg. A. 10, 733; cf.

in the same sense, ictus,

Liv. 34, 14, 11; Sil. 9, 105 (cf.: caecum corpus, the back, I. A. supra):

caeca manus, i.e. abscondita,

Ov. M. 12, 492:

caecum domūs scelus,

Verg. A. 1, 356.—

Trop.:

caecas exponere causas,

Lucr. 3, 317:

improba navigii ratio, tum caeca jacebat,

lay still concealed, id. 5, 1004; so,

venti potestas,

id. 3, 248; 3, 270: fluctus, Sisenn. ap. Non. p. 449, 10:

caeca et clandestina natura,

Lucr. 1, 779:

res caecae et ab aspectūs judicio remotae,

Cic. de Or. 2, 87, 357:

obscurum atque caecum,

id. Agr. 2, 14, 36:

fata,

Hor. C. 2, 13, 16:

sors,

id. S. 2, 3, 269:

tumultus,

secret conspiracies, Verg. G. 1, 464:

amor,

id. ib. 3, 210; cf.:

stimulos in pectore caecos Condidit,

Ov. M. 1, 726. In Plaut. once, prob. taken from the vulgar lang.: caecā die emere, upon a concealed ( pay-) day, i.e. to purchase on credit (opp. oculata dies, i.e. for ready money): Ca. Pereo inopiā argentariā. Ba. Emito die caecā hercle olivom, id vendito oculatā die, Plaut. Ps. 1, 3, 67.—

By poet. license, transf. to the hearing:

murmur,

Verg. A. 12, 591 (as we, by a similar meton., say a hollow sound; cf. on the other hand, in Gr. tuphlos ta ôta); so,

clamor,

Val. Fl. 2, 461:

mugitusterrae,

Sen. Troad. 171.—

Neutr., that obstructs the sight, or trop., the perception; dark, gloomy, thick, dense, obscure.

Lit.:

nox,

Cic. Mil. 19, 50; Lucr. 1, 1108; Cat. 68, 44; Ov. M. 10, 476; 11, 521:

caligo,

Lucr. 3, 305; 4, 457; Cat. 64, 908; Verg. A. 3, 203; 8, 253:

tenebrae,

Lucr. 2, 54; 2, 746; 2, 798; 3, 87; 6, 35;

3, 87: silentia, i.e. nox,

Sil. 7, 350:

latebrae,

Lucr. 1, 409:

iter,

Ov. M. 10, 456:

loca,

Prop. 1, 19, 8:

cavernae,

Ov. M. 15, 299; Sil. 7, 372:

latus,

Verg. A. 2, 19:

cubiculum si fenestram non habet, dicitur caecum,

Varr. L. L. 9, § 58 Müll.; so,

domus,

without windows, Cic. Or. 67, 224:

parietes,

Verg. A. 5, 589:

pulvis,

id. ib. 12, 444:

carcer,

id. ib. 6, 734:

sardonyches,

not transparent, opaque, Plin. 37, 6, 23, § 86:

smaragdi,

id. 37, 5, 18, § 68: acervus (of chaos), chaotic, confused, Ov M. 1, 24; Col. 4, 32, 4' chaos, Sen. Med. 741, Sil. 11, 456.—

Trop., uncertain, doubtful: obscurā spe et caecā exspectatione pendere, i.e. of an uncertain consequence or result, Cic. Agr. 2, 25, 66:

quod temere fit caeco casu,

id. Div. 2, 6, 15. cursus (Fortunae), Luc. 2, 567:

eventus,

Verg. A. 6, 157:

caeci morbi, quorum causas ne medici quidem perspicere queunt,

Col. 1, 5, 6; so,

dolores,

Plin. 29, 2, 10, § 38; 29, 3, 13, § 55:

crimen,

that cannot be proved, Liv. 45, 31, 11.— Subst.: caecum, i, n., uncertainty, obscurity ( poet.):

verum in caeco esse,

Manil. 4, 304.—

* Comp., Hor. S. 1, 2, 91.— Sup. and adv. not in. use.

Caecus, i, m.; agnomen of Appius Claudius Crassus, as being blind, Cic. Brut. 14, 55; cf. Liv. 9, 29, 11; Cic. Sen. 6, 16.

caeco, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [id.], to make blind, to blind.

Lit.:

sol caecat,

Lucr. 4, 325 (300); Paul. Nol. Carm. Nat. S. Fel. 20, 7; 20, 292:

unde caecatus est (Appius Claudius),

Aur. Vict. Vir. Ill. 34, 3.—Hence, in gardening:

oculum,

to destroy, Col. 4, 9, 2; 4, 24, 16; cf. caecus, I. C., and oculus.—

Trop.:

qui largitione caecarunt mentes imperitorum,

Cic. Sest. 66, 139:

ut (animi acies) ne caecetur erroribus,

id. Tusc. 5, 13, 39:

caecati libidinibus,

id. ib. 1, 30, 72:

cupiditate,

id. Dom. 23, 60:

caecata mens subito terrore,

Liv. 44, 6, 17:

pectora... serie caecata laborum,

Ov. P. 2, 7, 45:

caecabitur spes vindemiae,

Pall. 1, 6, 11:

timidos artus,

to make senseless, Verg. Cul. 198.—

Transf., to make dark, to obscure:

caecantur silvae,

Avien. Per. 504.—

Trop., of [p. 261] discourse:

celeritate caecata oratio,

rendered obscure, Cic. Brut. 76, 264.