cogitationes+omnes

fămĭlĭāris, e ( abl. sing. regularly familiari; familiare, Varr. and P. Rutil. ap. Charis. p. 105 P.), adj. [familia].

Of or belonging to servants (rare; only as subst.): fămĭlĭāris, is, m., a servant:

majores nostri servos (quod etiam in mimis adhuc durat) familiares appellaverunt,

Sen. Ep. 47 med.:

hujus familiae familiarem,

Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 203; id. Ep. 1, 1, 2.—

Of or belonging to a house, household, or family; household, domestic, family, private (freq. and class.):

fundus,

Plaut. As. 5, 2, 24; cf.

focus,

Col. 11, 1, 19:

filius,

Plaut. Capt. 2, 2, 23:

negotiis familiaribus impediti,

Auct. Her. 1, 1, 1; cf.:

res domesticae ac familiares,

Cic. Tusc. 1, 1, 2; so,

res,

the household, family affairs, property, Plaut. Stich. 1, 2, 88; Caes. B. G. 1, 18, 4; Quint. 12, 1, 6; 12, 7, 9:

ab domo ab re familiari, diutius abesse,

Liv. 5, 4, 6 al.; cf.

copiae,

Liv. 2, 16, 7:

pecuniae,

Tac. A. 4, 15:

rationes,

id. ib. 6, 16:

curae,

id. ib. 11, 7:

referam nunc interiorem ac familiarem ejus vitam,

Suet. Aug. 61:

vita,

Plaut. Pers. 1, 3, 46:

quis umquam in luctu domestico, quis in funere familiari cenavit cum toga pulla?

Cic. Vatin. 13, 31: parricidium, i. e. committed on a member of the same family, Att. ap. Cic. N. D. 3, 26, 67:

maeror,

a family grief, Plaut. Cist. 4, 2, 60:

Lar,

Cic. Quint. 27, 85; id. Verr. 2, 3, 11, § 27; id. Rep. 5, 5 Mos. N. cr., v. Lar; cf.:

numen Minerva,

Quint. 10, 1, 91.—

Transf.

Familiar, intimate, friendly, and (more freq.) subst., a familiar acquaintance, friend (syn.: amicus, familiaris, intimus, necessarius).

With substt.:

videmus Papum Aemilium C. Luscino familiarem fuisse, etc.,

Cic. Lael. 11, 39:

biduo factus est mihi familiaris,

id. Fam. 3, 1, 2; id. Phil. 2, 32, 78; id. Rep. 2, 20; cf. id. Fam. 7, 8, 1:

amici,

Plin. Ep. 9, 34, 1; 9, 37, 1:

sermones,

Cic. Off. 2, 11, 39; id. Fam. 15, 15, 1; id. Att. 1, 9, 1; cf.

epistolae,

Quint. 1, 1, 29:

minus familiari vultu respexisse,

friendly, Suet. Caes. 78:

voltus ille,

Cic. Att. 1, 11, 1:

colloquium,

Liv. 25, 18, 5:

jam inde a puero in omnia familiaria jura assuetus,

the rights of intimacy, id. 24, 5, 9:

voluntas,

Sen. Ben. 6, 16, 1; cf.:

vox auribus meis familiaris,

Petr. 100:

familiaribus magis ei aetati exemplis,

Quint. 5, 10, 96:

exempla,

id. 7, 2, 17; 9, 4, 44:

verba regionibus quibusdam magis familiaria,

id. 8, 2, 13:

litterae,

Suet. Tib. 62.— Comp.:

qui familiarior nobis propter scriptorum multitudinem est,

Cic. de Or. 3, 19, 71:

aditus in domum,

Liv. 24, 5, 7:

frater ei (with carior),

Nep. Att. 16, 2:

quo boves familiariores bubulco fiant,

Col. 6, 2, 6:

color argenti militaribus signis,

Plin. 33, 3, 19, § 58. — Sup.:

homo amantissimus familiarissimus, conjunctissimus officiis,

Cic. Sull. 20, 57; cf. id. Att. 16, 16, F. 17:

luna terris familiarissimum sidus,

Plin. 2, 9, 6, § 41; 16, 18, 30, § 75; 16, 31, 57, § 131.—

Absol.:

est ex meis domesticis atque intimis familiaribus,

Cic. Fam. 3, 1, 3:

familiaris meus,

id. Lael. 24, 89:

per C. Valerium Procillum familiarem suum cum eo colloquitur,

Caes. B. G. 1, 19, 3:

Caelii,

Cic. Cael. 25, 61:

pauci familiares,

id. Lael. 1, 2.— Sup.:

quod M. Aemulius unus est ex meis familiarissimis atque intimis maxime necessarius,

Cic. Fam. 13, 27, 2; cf.:

intimus, proximus, familiarissimus quisque,

id. Q. Fr. 1, 4, 1:

familiarissimus meus,

id. Fam. 13, 13, 1:

familiarissimi ejus,

id. Rep. 1, 9.—

Of or belonging to one's self, to one's own people or country (cf. domesticus); only in the lang. of the haruspices, of those parts of the animal which related to the party that sacrificed (opp. hostilis):

(haruspices) fissum familiare et vitale tractant,

Cic. Div. 2, 13, 32; cf.:

Decio caput jecinoris a familiari parte caesum haruspex dicitur ostendisse,

Liv. 8, 9, 1; cf.:

mater procurans familiare ostentum,

Liv. 26, 6, 14.—

Familiar, customary, habitual:

mihi familiare est omnes cogitationes meas tecum communicare,

Plin. Ep. 4, 24, 7; 2, 5, 10:

familiare est hominibus omnia sibi ignoscere,

Vell. 2, 30, 3:

fuisse statuariam artem familiarem Italiae quoque indicant,

Plin. 34, 7, 16, § 33; 35, 7, 31, § 49.—

Fitting, appropriate, adapted:

quae peregrina... transferuntur, minus sunt familiaria nostro solo quam vernacula,

Col. 3, 4, 1:

familiarissimum hoc platanis,

Plin. 16, 31, 57, § 131:

hipposelinum sabulosis familiarissimum,

id. 19, 8, 48, § 163.—Hence, fămĭlĭārĭter, adv.

By families:

agros in montibus Romani acceperunt familiariter,

Front. de Colon. p. 119 Goes.—

Familiarly, intimately, on friendly terms (freq. and class.):

hominem ignotum compellare familiariter,

Plaut. Men. 2, 3, 23; cf.:

nimium familiariter Me attrectas,

id. Rud. 2, 4, 6; id. Ep. 1, 1, 2:

nihil turpius quam cum eo bellum gerere, quicum familiariter vixeris,

Cic. Lael. 21, 77:

familiariter amicus,

Quint. 1, 2, 15:

amatum a me,

id. 10, 3, 12:

dilectus,

Plin. Ep. 9, 19, 5 et saep.:

loqui,

Cic. Div. in Caecil. 12, 37:

scribere,

id. Att. 9, 4, 1: nosse causas, i. e. to be familiarly or intimately, accurately acquainted with, Quint. 6, 4, 8; 5, 7, 7:

quod ex longinquo petitur, parum familiariter nostro solo venit,

i. e. suitable, adapted, Col. Arb. 1, 3.— Comp.:

licentius, liberius, familiarius cum domina vivere,

Cic. Cael. 23, 57:

factum,

id. de Or. 2, 3, 14; Quint. 2, 7, 3.— Sup.:

cum Verre familiarissime et amicissime vivere,

Cic. Div. in Caecil. 9, 29; Nep. Ages. 1, 1.

ĭnānis, e, adj. [etym. dub.; cf. 2. in-], empty, void (opp. plenus; freq. and class.).

Physically:

cum vas inane dicimus, non ita loquimur ut physici, quibus inane esse nihil placet, sed ita, ut verbi causa sine aqua, sine vino, sine oleo vas esse dicamus,

Cic. Fat. 11, 24:

aqualis inanis (opp. plena),

Plaut. Mil. 3, 2, 41:

tune inane quicquam putes esse, cum ita completa et conferta sint omnia, ut, etc.,

Cic. Ac. 2, 40, 125:

quae spatium pleno possint distinguere inane,

Lucr. 1, 527:

domum ejus exornatam et instructam, fere jam iste reddiderat nudam atque inanem,

Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 34, § 84:

granum inane cassumque,

Plin. 18, 17, 45, § 161:

quae (naves) inanes ad eum remitterentur,

Caes. B. G. 5, 23, 4; so,

naves (opp. onustae),

id. B. C. 3, 8, 3; 3, 40, 4; Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 50, § 131; cf.:

inde navigia inania et vacua hinc plena et onusta mittantur,

Plin. Pan. 31, 4:

lagenae,

Cic. Fam. 16, 26, 2:

mensa,

Plaut. Pers. 3, 1, 26:

vix incedo inanis, ne ire posse cum onere existimes,

without a burden, id. Am. 1, 1, 174; cf.:

ego bajulabo: tu, ut decet dominum, ante me ito inanis,

id. As. 3, 3, 70:

janitor ad dantes vigilet: si pulset inanis Surdus, etc.,

emptyhanded, without presents, Prop. 4 (5), 5, 47:

hic homo est inanis,

without money, without fortune, Plaut. Most. 3, 1, 44; id. Bacch. 3, 6, 2; id. Trin. 3, 2, 75:

misera in civitate et inani,

Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 66, § 160:

egentes inanesque discedere,

id. ib. 2, 2, 9, § 25 fin.:

structores ad frumentum profecti inanes redierunt,

id. Att. 14, 3, 1; cf. id. Off. 3, 2, 6:

equus,

without a rider, id. Verr. 2, 2, 66, § 160; cf.:

quid, quod omnes consulares... simul atque assedisti partem istam subselliorum nudam atque inanem reliquerunt?

id. Cat. 1, 7, 16:

absint inani funere neniae,

without a corpse, Hor. C. 2, 20, 21:

parasitus,

unfed, hungry, Plaut. Stich. 1, 3, 78:

venter,

hungry, Hor. S. 1, 6, 127; cf.:

siccus, inanis Sperne cibum vilem,

id. ib. 2, 2, 14:

quod inani sufficit alvo,

Juv. 5, 7:

laeva,

without rings, Hor. S. 2, 7, 9:

litterae,

empty, Cic. Fam. 6, 22, 1:

paleae,

empty, light, Verg. G. 3, 134:

nubila,

id. ib. 4, 196:

venti,

id. A. 6, 740: tum ebur ex inani corpore extractum (a transl. of the Platon. apoleloipotos psuchên sômatos), lifeless, dead, Cic. Leg. 2, 18, 45 Mos.:

corpus,

Ov. H. 15, 116; id. Am. 3, 9, 6; cf.

in the foll.: vulgus,

i. e. the shades, Stat. Th. 1, 93; cf.

umbra,

Ov. Tr. 3, 11, 25:

imago,

id. F. 5, 463:

regna Ditis,

Verg. A. 6, 269:

Tartara,

Ov. M. 11, 670: leo, a lion ' s hide, Stat. Th. 1, 483; so,

tigris,

id. ib. 6, 722:

vultus,

i. e. blind, Sen. Phoen. 43: Gaurus, i. e. hollow (an extinct volcano), Juv. 9, 57. —

With abl., gen., or ab (the last rare):

nulla epistula inanis aliqua re utili,

Cic. Att. 2, 8, 1:

Agyrinensis ager centum septuaginta aratoribus inanior est,

id. Verr. 2, 3, 52, § 121:

sanguinis atque animi pectus inane,

Ov. H. 3, 60:

corpus animae,

id. M. 13, 488; 2, 611; Prop. 3, 18 (4, 17), 32:

lymphae dolium,

Hor. C. 3, 11, 26:

pectus deorum,

Sil. 2, 309: inanis a marsupio, Prud. steph. 2, 104. —

Subst.: ĭnāne, is, n., an empty space, a void (most freq. in Lucr.):

scilicet hoc id erit vacuum quod inane vocamus,

Lucr. 1, 439:

namque est in rebus inane,

id. 1, 330 sq.; cf. id. 1, 569; 2, 236:

ita nullum inane, nihil esse individuum potest,

Cic. N. D. 1, 23, 65:

plus esse inanis,

Lucr. 1, 365:

inani,

ib. 524:

inane,

id. 1, 369; 426; 507;

514 et saep.: ad inane naturae,

Plin. 30, 1, 4, § 13:

per inane,

through the air, Lucr. 1, 1018; 2, 65 et saep.; Verg. E. 6, 31; id. A. 12, 906; Plin. 8, 43, 68, § 169 et saep.— Abl.:

inani,

Lucr. 1, 742; 1009:

ab inani,

id. 1, 431:

in inani,

id. 1, 1078; 2, 122:

sine inani,

id. 1, 510; 532; 538:

per inania,

id. 1, 223; Ov. M. 2, 506.

Trop.

In gen., empty, useless, worthless, vain, unprofitable:

aures ipsae, quid plenum, quid inane sit judicant,

Cic. Brut. 8, 34:

quod honestum nos et laudabile esse dicamus, id illi cassum quiddam et inani vocis sono decoratum esse dicant,

id. Tusc. 5, 41, 119; cf.:

honesti inane nomen esse,

id. Ac. 2, 22, 71:

sin vera visa divina sunt, falsa autem et inania humana,

id. Div. 2, 62, 127:

voces inanes fundere,

id. Tusc. 3, 18, 42; cf.

elocutio,

id. de Or. 1, 6, 20:

damnatus inani judicio,

Juv. 1, 47:

vox,

Quint. 11, 3, 32:

verba,

id. 8, 2, 17; 9, 3, 100; cf.

verborum torrenti,

id. 10, 7, 23:

crimen,

Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 72, § 177:

o inanes nostras contentiones!

id. de Or. 3, 2, 7:

o spes fallaces et cogitationes inanes meae!

id. Mil. 34, 94; cf.:

inani et tenui spe te consolaris,

id. Rosc. Com. 14, 42:

spes,

Verg. A. 10, 627:

religio,

Cic. Rep. 1, 15 fin.:

delectari multis inanibus rebus, ut gloriā, etc.,

id. Lael. 14, 49; 23, 86:

cupiditates,

id. Fin. 1, 13, 46:

causas nequidquam nectis inanes,

Verg. A. 9, 219:

minae,

Hor. Epod. 6, 3:

tempus inane peto, requiem spatiumque furori,

vacant, leisure, Verg. A. 4, 433; so,

ternpora (with morae),

Val. Fl. 3, 657: tempora, in prosody, i. q. the Gr. kenos chronos, the use of a short syllable for a long one, Quint. 9, 4, 51 Spald.—

With gen.:

omnia plena consiliorum, inania verborum,

poor in words, Cic. de Or. 1, 9, 37:

quae inanissima prudentiae reperta sunt,

id. Mur. 12, 26.—

Of persons, vain, worthless, petty:

Graii,

Lucr. 1, 639:

homo inanis et regiae superbiae,

Sall. J. 64, 5:

imagines, quibus inanissimi homines serviunt,

Lact. 2, 17, 8:

inanes Hoc juvat,

Hor. S. 1, 4, 76; Liv. 45, 23, 16; Lucr. 1, 639:

hi pressi et integri, contra inflati illi et inanes,

Quint. 12, 10, 16; cf.:

illud vero pusilli animi et inanis,

Cic. Fam. 2, 17, 7:

non negaverim totam Asiae regionem inaniora parere ingenia,

Liv. 45, 23, 16.—

As subst.: ĭnāne, is, n., that which is empty or vain; emptiness, vanity, inanity:

o curas hominum! o quantum est in rebus inane!

Pers. 1, 1:

inane abscindere soldo,

Hor. S. 1, 2, 113.— Plur.:

dum vitat humum, nubes et inania captet,

id. A. P. 230:

inaina famae,

idle reports, Tac. A. 2, 76:

inania belli,

id. ib. 2, 69.—Hence, adv.: ĭnānĭter, vainly, idly, uselessly:

exsultare,

Cic. Tusc. 4, 6, 13:

moveri,

id. Ac. 2, 15, 47; cf. id. ib. 2, 11, 34:

pectus angere,

Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 211:

medicas exercet inaniter artes,

Ov. M. 2, 618.

ĭnānis, e, adj. [etym. dub.; cf. 2. in-], empty, void (opp. plenus; freq. and class.).

Physically:

cum vas inane dicimus, non ita loquimur ut physici, quibus inane esse nihil placet, sed ita, ut verbi causa sine aqua, sine vino, sine oleo vas esse dicamus,

Cic. Fat. 11, 24:

aqualis inanis (opp. plena),

Plaut. Mil. 3, 2, 41:

tune inane quicquam putes esse, cum ita completa et conferta sint omnia, ut, etc.,

Cic. Ac. 2, 40, 125:

quae spatium pleno possint distinguere inane,

Lucr. 1, 527:

domum ejus exornatam et instructam, fere jam iste reddiderat nudam atque inanem,

Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 34, § 84:

granum inane cassumque,

Plin. 18, 17, 45, § 161:

quae (naves) inanes ad eum remitterentur,

Caes. B. G. 5, 23, 4; so,

naves (opp. onustae),

id. B. C. 3, 8, 3; 3, 40, 4; Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 50, § 131; cf.:

inde navigia inania et vacua hinc plena et onusta mittantur,

Plin. Pan. 31, 4:

lagenae,

Cic. Fam. 16, 26, 2:

mensa,

Plaut. Pers. 3, 1, 26:

vix incedo inanis, ne ire posse cum onere existimes,

without a burden, id. Am. 1, 1, 174; cf.:

ego bajulabo: tu, ut decet dominum, ante me ito inanis,

id. As. 3, 3, 70:

janitor ad dantes vigilet: si pulset inanis Surdus, etc.,

emptyhanded, without presents, Prop. 4 (5), 5, 47:

hic homo est inanis,

without money, without fortune, Plaut. Most. 3, 1, 44; id. Bacch. 3, 6, 2; id. Trin. 3, 2, 75:

misera in civitate et inani,

Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 66, § 160:

egentes inanesque discedere,

id. ib. 2, 2, 9, § 25 fin.:

structores ad frumentum profecti inanes redierunt,

id. Att. 14, 3, 1; cf. id. Off. 3, 2, 6:

equus,

without a rider, id. Verr. 2, 2, 66, § 160; cf.:

quid, quod omnes consulares... simul atque assedisti partem istam subselliorum nudam atque inanem reliquerunt?

id. Cat. 1, 7, 16:

absint inani funere neniae,

without a corpse, Hor. C. 2, 20, 21:

parasitus,

unfed, hungry, Plaut. Stich. 1, 3, 78:

venter,

hungry, Hor. S. 1, 6, 127; cf.:

siccus, inanis Sperne cibum vilem,

id. ib. 2, 2, 14:

quod inani sufficit alvo,

Juv. 5, 7:

laeva,

without rings, Hor. S. 2, 7, 9:

litterae,

empty, Cic. Fam. 6, 22, 1:

paleae,

empty, light, Verg. G. 3, 134:

nubila,

id. ib. 4, 196:

venti,

id. A. 6, 740: tum ebur ex inani corpore extractum (a transl. of the Platon. apoleloipotos psuchên sômatos), lifeless, dead, Cic. Leg. 2, 18, 45 Mos.:

corpus,

Ov. H. 15, 116; id. Am. 3, 9, 6; cf.

in the foll.: vulgus,

i. e. the shades, Stat. Th. 1, 93; cf.

umbra,

Ov. Tr. 3, 11, 25:

imago,

id. F. 5, 463:

regna Ditis,

Verg. A. 6, 269:

Tartara,

Ov. M. 11, 670: leo, a lion ' s hide, Stat. Th. 1, 483; so,

tigris,

id. ib. 6, 722:

vultus,

i. e. blind, Sen. Phoen. 43: Gaurus, i. e. hollow (an extinct volcano), Juv. 9, 57. —

With abl., gen., or ab (the last rare):

nulla epistula inanis aliqua re utili,

Cic. Att. 2, 8, 1:

Agyrinensis ager centum septuaginta aratoribus inanior est,

id. Verr. 2, 3, 52, § 121:

sanguinis atque animi pectus inane,

Ov. H. 3, 60:

corpus animae,

id. M. 13, 488; 2, 611; Prop. 3, 18 (4, 17), 32:

lymphae dolium,

Hor. C. 3, 11, 26:

pectus deorum,

Sil. 2, 309: inanis a marsupio, Prud. steph. 2, 104. —

Subst.: ĭnāne, is, n., an empty space, a void (most freq. in Lucr.):

scilicet hoc id erit vacuum quod inane vocamus,

Lucr. 1, 439:

namque est in rebus inane,

id. 1, 330 sq.; cf. id. 1, 569; 2, 236:

ita nullum inane, nihil esse individuum potest,

Cic. N. D. 1, 23, 65:

plus esse inanis,

Lucr. 1, 365:

inani,

ib. 524:

inane,

id. 1, 369; 426; 507;

514 et saep.: ad inane naturae,

Plin. 30, 1, 4, § 13:

per inane,

through the air, Lucr. 1, 1018; 2, 65 et saep.; Verg. E. 6, 31; id. A. 12, 906; Plin. 8, 43, 68, § 169 et saep.— Abl.:

inani,

Lucr. 1, 742; 1009:

ab inani,

id. 1, 431:

in inani,

id. 1, 1078; 2, 122:

sine inani,

id. 1, 510; 532; 538:

per inania,

id. 1, 223; Ov. M. 2, 506.

Trop.

In gen., empty, useless, worthless, vain, unprofitable:

aures ipsae, quid plenum, quid inane sit judicant,

Cic. Brut. 8, 34:

quod honestum nos et laudabile esse dicamus, id illi cassum quiddam et inani vocis sono decoratum esse dicant,

id. Tusc. 5, 41, 119; cf.:

honesti inane nomen esse,

id. Ac. 2, 22, 71:

sin vera visa divina sunt, falsa autem et inania humana,

id. Div. 2, 62, 127:

voces inanes fundere,

id. Tusc. 3, 18, 42; cf.

elocutio,

id. de Or. 1, 6, 20:

damnatus inani judicio,

Juv. 1, 47:

vox,

Quint. 11, 3, 32:

verba,

id. 8, 2, 17; 9, 3, 100; cf.

verborum torrenti,

id. 10, 7, 23:

crimen,

Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 72, § 177:

o inanes nostras contentiones!

id. de Or. 3, 2, 7:

o spes fallaces et cogitationes inanes meae!

id. Mil. 34, 94; cf.:

inani et tenui spe te consolaris,

id. Rosc. Com. 14, 42:

spes,

Verg. A. 10, 627:

religio,

Cic. Rep. 1, 15 fin.:

delectari multis inanibus rebus, ut gloriā, etc.,

id. Lael. 14, 49; 23, 86:

cupiditates,

id. Fin. 1, 13, 46:

causas nequidquam nectis inanes,

Verg. A. 9, 219:

minae,

Hor. Epod. 6, 3:

tempus inane peto, requiem spatiumque furori,

vacant, leisure, Verg. A. 4, 433; so,

ternpora (with morae),

Val. Fl. 3, 657: tempora, in prosody, i. q. the Gr. kenos chronos, the use of a short syllable for a long one, Quint. 9, 4, 51 Spald.—

With gen.:

omnia plena consiliorum, inania verborum,

poor in words, Cic. de Or. 1, 9, 37:

quae inanissima prudentiae reperta sunt,

id. Mur. 12, 26.—

Of persons, vain, worthless, petty:

Graii,

Lucr. 1, 639:

homo inanis et regiae superbiae,

Sall. J. 64, 5:

imagines, quibus inanissimi homines serviunt,

Lact. 2, 17, 8:

inanes Hoc juvat,

Hor. S. 1, 4, 76; Liv. 45, 23, 16; Lucr. 1, 639:

hi pressi et integri, contra inflati illi et inanes,

Quint. 12, 10, 16; cf.:

illud vero pusilli animi et inanis,

Cic. Fam. 2, 17, 7:

non negaverim totam Asiae regionem inaniora parere ingenia,

Liv. 45, 23, 16.—

As subst.: ĭnāne, is, n., that which is empty or vain; emptiness, vanity, inanity:

o curas hominum! o quantum est in rebus inane!

Pers. 1, 1:

inane abscindere soldo,

Hor. S. 1, 2, 113.— Plur.:

dum vitat humum, nubes et inania captet,

id. A. P. 230:

inaina famae,

idle reports, Tac. A. 2, 76:

inania belli,

id. ib. 2, 69.—Hence, adv.: ĭnānĭter, vainly, idly, uselessly:

exsultare,

Cic. Tusc. 4, 6, 13:

moveri,

id. Ac. 2, 15, 47; cf. id. ib. 2, 11, 34:

pectus angere,

Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 211:

medicas exercet inaniter artes,

Ov. M. 2, 618.

rĕgĭo, ōnis, f. [rego], a direction, line (rare but class.).

Lit.:

nullā regione viaï Declinare,

Lucr. 2, 249; cf.:

notā excedo regione viarum,

Verg. A. 2, 737:

de rectā regione deflecto,

Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 68, § 176:

haec eadem est nostrae rationis regio et via,

id. ib. 2, 5, 70, § 181; cf.:

oppidi murus ab planitie rectā regione, si nullus anfractus intercederet, MCC. passus aberat,

Caes. B. G. 7, 46; and:

non rectā regione iter instituit, sed ad laevam flexit,

Liv. 21, 31:

declinamus item motus nec tempore certo, nec regione loci certā,

nor in a specified direction, Lucr. 2, 260; cf. id. 2, 293; Curt. 8, 9, 2:

(Hercynia silva) rectā fluminis Danubii regione pertinet,

Caes. B. G. 6, 25; 7, 46;

Curt 7, 7, 4: ubi primos superare regionem castrorum animum adverterunt,

the line, Caes. B. C. 1, 69:

eam esse naturam et religionem provinciae tuae, ut, etc.,

i. e. the situation, Cic. Fam. 1, 7, 6:

traicere amnem in regionem insulae,

Curt. 8, 13, 23.—

E regione, adverbially.

In a straight line, directly:

e regione moveri (opp. declinare),

Cic. Fat. 9, 18;

so of the rectilinear motion of atoms,

id. ib. 20, 46:

ferri, petere,

id. Fin. 1, 6, 19:

ut cadat e regione loci, quā dirigit aestus,

straight down, perpendicularly, Lucr. 6, 823; cf. id. 6, 833.—

In the opposite direction, over against, exactly opposite; constr. with gen., dat., or absol.

With gen.:

(luna) cum est e regione solis,

Cic. N. D. 2, 40, 103:

erat e regione oppidi collis,

Caes. B. G. 7, 36:

castris positis e regione unius eorum pontium, quos, etc.,

id. ib. 7, 35:

praesidio e regione castrorum relicto,

id. ib. 7, 61 fin.:

rates duplices e regione molis collocabat,

id. B. C. 1, 25:

e regione turris,

id. B. G. 7, 25.—

With dat.: dicitis, esse e regione nobis e contrariā parte terrae, qui adversis vestigiis stent contra nostra vestigia, quos antipodas vocatis, Cic. Ac. 2, 39, 123:

e regione castris castra ponere,

Caes. B. G. 7, 35.—

Absol.:

acie e regione instructā,

Nep. Milt. 5, 3.—

Trop., on the other hand, on the contrary (late Lat.;

syn.: e contra): Arabes camelorum lacte vivunt, e regione septentrionales, etc.,

Hier. adv. Jovin. 2, 7.—

Transf.

The line which bounds the sight, the visual line, boundary-line, boundary (cf: limes, finis).

Primarily in the lang. of augury:

intra eas regiones, quā oculi conspiciant,

Varr. L. L. 7, § 9 Müll.:

nempe eo (sc. lituo) Romulus regiones direxit tum, cum urbem condidit... ab Attio Navio per lituum regionum facta descriptio,

Cic. Div. 1, 17, 31:

lituus, quo regiones vincere terminavit,

id. N. D. 2, 3, 9:

regionibus ratis,

id. Leg. 2, 8, 21.—

In gen., a boundary-line, limit, boundary; usually in plur.

Lit.:

anteponatur omnibus Pompeius, cujus res gestae atque virtutes iisdem quibus solis cursus regionibus ac terminis continentur,

Cic. Cat. 4, 10, 21; cf.:

caeli regionibus terminare,

id. ib. 3, 11, 26:

orbis terrae regiones,

id. Arch. 10, 23. — Rare in sing.:

quae regione orbem terrarum definiunt,

Cic. Balb. 28, 64.—

Trop.:

ejus (argumenti) nunc regiones, limites, confinia Determinabo,

Plaut. Poen. prol. 45:

animus si, quibus regionibus vitae spatium circumscriptum est, eisdem omnes cogitationes terminaret suas,

Cic. Arch. 11, 29:

pars (quaestionum) circumscripta modicis regionibus,

id. de Or. 2, 16, 68:

vix facile sese regionibus officii continere,

id. Agr. 2, 35, 97. —

A quarter, region of the heavens or the earth (mostly poet.):

(Nilus) exoriens penitus mediā ab regione diei,

Lucr. 6, 723; so id. 6, 732:

etiam regio (lunae mutatur), quae tum est aquilonaris, tum australis,

Cic. N. D. 2, 19, 50:

deinde subter mediam regionem sol obtinet,

id. Rep. 6, 17, 17:

atque eadem regio Vesper et Ortus erunt,

Ov. Ib. 38; cf.

vespertina,

Hor. S. 1, 4, 30;

Vitr 4, 5, 1: caeli in regione serenā,

Verg. A. 8, 528: regione occidentis, Liv 33, 17; Just. 18, 3, 10.—

A portion (of the earth or heavens) of indefinite extent; a tract, territory, region (cf.: tractus, plaga).

Lit.

In gen.:

in hac regione,

Plaut. Cist. 4, 2, 42:

locum delegit in regione pestilenti salubrem,

Cic. Rep. 2, 6, 11:

agri fertilissima regio,

Caes. B. G. 7, 13 fin.:

quā te regione reliqui?

Verg. A. 9, 390:

regione portae Esquilinae,

in the region, neighborhood, Liv. 3, 66 fin. Drak.; 25, 25; 30; 33, 17; cf. Oud. de Auct. B. Alex. 30, 7;

for which: e regione castrorum,

in the vicinity of the camp, Liv. 10, 43 Drak.:

eā regione quā Sergius erat,

id. 5, 8:

tam vasta,

Just. 13, 7, 3:

acclivis,

Col. 3, 13, 8:

deserta siti regio,

Verg. A. 4, 42. — Plur.:

hi loci sunt atque hae regiones, quae mihi ab ero sunt demonstratae,

Plaut. Ps. 2, 2, 1:

cur in his ego te conspicor regionibus?

Ter. Eun. 5, 8, 32:

qui innumerabiles mundos infinitasque regiones mente peragravisset,

Cic. Fin. 2, 31, 102:

terrae maximae regiones inhabitabiles,

id. N. D. 1, 10, 24 et saep. —

In partic.

A portion of country of indefinite extent; a territory, province, district, region; esp. freq. in plur., lands, territories:

at regione locoque alio terrisque remotis,

Lucr. 2, 534:

Trebonium ad eam regionem, quae Aduaticis adjacet, depopulandam mittit,

Caes. B. G. 6, 33:

in ejusmodi regione atque provinciā, quae mari cincta esset,

Cic. Fl. 12, 27:

quae regio orave terrarum erat latior?

id. Sest. 30, 66:

regio Pedana,

Hor. Ep. 1, 4, 2:

quorum hominum regio,

id. ib. 1, 15, 2:

Sogdiana,

Curt. 7, 10, 1:

Cantium, quae regio est maritima omnis,

Caes. B. G. 5, 14:

quae regio totius Galliae media habetur,

id. ib. 6, 13: Sida, quae extrema regio est provinciae meae, Lentul. ap. Cic. Fam. 12, 15, 5:

ubi major atque illustrior incidit res, clamore per agros regionesque significant,

Caes. B. G. 7, 3:

principes regionum atque pagorum inter suos jus dicunt,

id. ib. 6, 23:

alias regiones partesque peteret,

id. ib. 6, 43 fin.; cf.

so with partes,

id. B. C. 1, 25:

deinde in quattuor regiones dividi Macedoniam. Unam fore et primam partem, quod, etc.... Secundam fore regionem, quam, etc.,

Liv. 45, 29:

quod erant propinquae regiones,

Caes. B. C. 3, 34:

ut quam latissimas regiones praesidiis teneret,

id. ib. 3, 44. — Sometimes a district with its people: tractus ille celeberrimus, tota denique nostra illa aspera et montuosa et felix et fautrix suorum regio, Cic. Planc. 9, 22.—

A principal division of the city of Rome, and of the territory around Rome, a quarter, ward, district, circle (of these, under Servius Tullius, there were in the city four, and in the Roman territory twenty-six; under Augustus, there were fourteen in the city), Laelius Felix ap. Gell. 15, 27, 4; Plin. 3, 5, 9, § 66; Varr. ap. Non. 43, 10; Suet. Aug. 30; Tac. A. 14, 12; 15, 40; Inscr. Orell. 4 sq. et saep.; cf.

Niebuhr, Gesch. 1, p. 458 sq.: regio quaedam urbis aeternae,

Amm. 22, 9, 3; 16, 10, 15.—

Of other cities,

Inscr. Orell. 6, 768.—Hence, A REGIONIBVS, a captain of a quarter, Inscr. Murat. 894, 8; 895, 4 and 5.—

Of the provinces into which Italy was divided by Augustus, a province, division:

descriptionem ab eo (Augusto) factum Italiae totius in regiones undecim,

Plin. 3, 5, 6, § 46; 3, 11, 16, § 99; 3, 12, 17, § 106 al.—

Trop., a province, department, sphere:

dum in regionem astutiarum mearum te induco, ut scias Juxta mecum mea consilia,

Plaut. Mil. 2, 2, 78; 3, 3, 13:

idque (consilium) situm mediā regione in pectoris haeret,

Lucr. 3, 140: ceterae fere artes se ipsae per se tuentur singulae;

benedicere autem non habet definitam aliquam regionem, cujus terminis saepta teneatur,

has no determinate province, Cic. de Or. 2, 2, 5:

eadem est nostrae rationis regio et via,

compass and course, id. Verr. 2, 5, 70, § 181. —

The country, the field (late Lat.):

herba regionis,

Vulg. Gen. 2, 5:

ligna,

id. Ezech. 17, 24;

id. Joel, 1, 19: bestiae,

id. Ezech. 31, 13.