collectio

collectĭo ( conl-), ōnis, f. [id.].

Abstr., a collecting together.

Prop.:

membrorum (Absyrti),

Cic. Imp. Pomp. 9, 22:

spiritūs,

Petr. 98:

fructuum,

Dig. 9, 2, 27, § 25: terrae, Paul. ex Fest. p. 96, 17 Müll.—

Trop., the collecting, acquiring:

amicorum (opp. detractio),

Sen. Ep. 74, 25.—

Esp.

In rhet. lang., a summing up of things said, a short repetition, recapitulation, summary, anakephalaiôsis, * Cic. Brut. 88, 302; Auct. Her. 1, 6, 10; Quint. 4, 4, 2.—

In post-Aug. philos. lang., argumentation, reasoning, a syllogism, a conclusion, inference, Sen. Ep. 45, 7; 85, 2; Quint. 9, 2, 103; Plin. 2, 23, 21, § 85; Arn. 1, 35.—

Concr. in medic. lang., a swelling, tumor, abscess, Plin. 22, 25, 58, § 122; 24, 4, 7, § 13; 26, 12, 79, § 127; 27, 12, 87, § 110 et saep.; Sen. Ep. 68, 7; Scrib. Comp. 206.

collectĭo ( conl-), ōnis, f. [id.].

Abstr., a collecting together.

Prop.:

membrorum (Absyrti),

Cic. Imp. Pomp. 9, 22:

spiritūs,

Petr. 98:

fructuum,

Dig. 9, 2, 27, § 25: terrae, Paul. ex Fest. p. 96, 17 Müll.—

Trop., the collecting, acquiring:

amicorum (opp. detractio),

Sen. Ep. 74, 25.—

Esp.

In rhet. lang., a summing up of things said, a short repetition, recapitulation, summary, anakephalaiôsis, * Cic. Brut. 88, 302; Auct. Her. 1, 6, 10; Quint. 4, 4, 2.—

In post-Aug. philos. lang., argumentation, reasoning, a syllogism, a conclusion, inference, Sen. Ep. 45, 7; 85, 2; Quint. 9, 2, 103; Plin. 2, 23, 21, § 85; Arn. 1, 35.—

Concr. in medic. lang., a swelling, tumor, abscess, Plin. 22, 25, 58, § 122; 24, 4, 7, § 13; 26, 12, 79, § 127; 27, 12, 87, § 110 et saep.; Sen. Ep. 68, 7; Scrib. Comp. 206.

di-spergo, in late Lat. and sometimes in MSS. of the older authors written di-spargo (cf. aspergo and conspergo), si, sum, 3, v. a., to scatter on all sides, to scatter about, disperse (freq. and class., esp. in the part. perf.).

Lit.:

per agros passim dispergit corpus,

Cic. Poet. N. D. 3, 26, 67; cf. per hypallagen:

membrorum collectio dispersa (coupled with dissipare),

id. de Imp. Pomp. 9, 22 (but in Lucr. 3, 988, the right reading is:

dispessis membris, not dispersis, v. dispando): cur (deus) tam multa pestifera terra marique disperserit?

id. Ac. 2, 38, 120:

nubes dispergunt venti,

Lucr. 5, 254:

an tibi jam mavis cerebrum dispergam hic?

Ter. Ad. 5, 2, 7; for which: ut cerebro dispergat viam, besprinkle, id. ib. 3, 2, 19:

caprae dispergunt se, contra oves so congregant et condensant in locum unum,

Varr. R. R. 2, 3, 9; cf.:

comites dispersi,

Lucr. 4, 576; so the mid.:

dispersi, of persons,

Cic. Fl. 13, 30; id. Sest. 42, 91;

and esp. freq. of soldiers,

Caes. B. G. 1, 40, 8; 3, 28, 3; id. B. C. 1, 44, 1; 2, 38, 5 et saep.; Sall. J. 98, 4, et saep.; cf.:

dispersi a suis pars cedere, etc.,

id. ib. 51, 1; and in the verb. fin. act.:

quae (duo milia evocatorum) tota acie disperserat,

had distributed, Caes. B. C. 3, 88, 4:

fimum,

Plin. 18, 23, 53, § 193:

vitem traducibus dispergere atque disrarare,

Col. 5, 6, 36: lactuca dispergitur, set out, i. e. planted, id. 11, 3, 25:

color dispergitur omnis,

Lucr. 2, 831 (not disperditur, v. Lachm. ad h. l.):

ubi brachia et crura inaequaliter dispergit,

i. e. moves at random, Cels. 2, 6:

Mesopotamia vicatim dispersa,

i. e. divided, Plin. 6, 26, 30, § 117:

magna pars Judaeae vicis dispergitur,

Tac. H. 5, 8 et saep.— Poet.:

aries dispergit saxa (with effundere muros),

Luc. 1, 384 Cort.:

dispersa capillos,

id. 10, 84:

quo latior (res) est, in cunctas undique partis Plura modo dispargit et ab se corpora mittit,

Lucr. 2, 1135; so with in and acc., id. 1, 309; Caes. B. G. 6, 34, 1; Plin. 11, 37, 89, § 220:

tripartitum exercitum plures in manus,

Tac. A. 3, 74 al.:

aër dispargitur ad partis minutas corporis,

Lucr. 4, 895.

Trop.:

in praesentia tantummodo numeros et modos et partes argumentandi confuse et permixte dispersimus: post descripte... ex hac copia digeremus,

Cic. Inv. 1, 30, 49; cf. id. de Or. 1, 42, 187; 191; Quint. 9, 3, 39:

bellum tam longe lateque dispersum,

Cic. de Imp. Pomp. 12, 35:

in re dispersa atque infinita,

Q. Cic. Pet. Cons. 1:

plebis vis soluta atque dispersa in multitudine,

Sall. J. 41, 6:

rumorem,

Tac. A. 4, 24:

falsos rumores,

id. H. 2, 96; and with acc. and inf.:

volgus fingendi avidum disperserat accitum in adoptionem,

had given out, id. ib. 2, 1:

membratim oportebit partis rei gestae dispergere in causam,

Cic. Inv. 1, 21, 30:

vitam in auras,

Verg. A. 11, 617; cf.:

partem voti in auras,

id. ib. 795.— Hence, adv. in two forms:

dispersē, dispersedly, here and there (very rare):

disperse et diffuse dictae res,

Cic. Inv. 1, 52, 98:

multis in locis dicta,

id. Verr. 2, 4, 52, § 116. —

dispersim, Varr. R. R. 1, 1, 7; 3, 2, 13; Suet. Caes. 80.

di-spergo, in late Lat. and sometimes in MSS. of the older authors written di-spargo (cf. aspergo and conspergo), si, sum, 3, v. a., to scatter on all sides, to scatter about, disperse (freq. and class., esp. in the part. perf.).

Lit.:

per agros passim dispergit corpus,

Cic. Poet. N. D. 3, 26, 67; cf. per hypallagen:

membrorum collectio dispersa (coupled with dissipare),

id. de Imp. Pomp. 9, 22 (but in Lucr. 3, 988, the right reading is:

dispessis membris, not dispersis, v. dispando): cur (deus) tam multa pestifera terra marique disperserit?

id. Ac. 2, 38, 120:

nubes dispergunt venti,

Lucr. 5, 254:

an tibi jam mavis cerebrum dispergam hic?

Ter. Ad. 5, 2, 7; for which: ut cerebro dispergat viam, besprinkle, id. ib. 3, 2, 19:

caprae dispergunt se, contra oves so congregant et condensant in locum unum,

Varr. R. R. 2, 3, 9; cf.:

comites dispersi,

Lucr. 4, 576; so the mid.:

dispersi, of persons,

Cic. Fl. 13, 30; id. Sest. 42, 91;

and esp. freq. of soldiers,

Caes. B. G. 1, 40, 8; 3, 28, 3; id. B. C. 1, 44, 1; 2, 38, 5 et saep.; Sall. J. 98, 4, et saep.; cf.:

dispersi a suis pars cedere, etc.,

id. ib. 51, 1; and in the verb. fin. act.:

quae (duo milia evocatorum) tota acie disperserat,

had distributed, Caes. B. C. 3, 88, 4:

fimum,

Plin. 18, 23, 53, § 193:

vitem traducibus dispergere atque disrarare,

Col. 5, 6, 36: lactuca dispergitur, set out, i. e. planted, id. 11, 3, 25:

color dispergitur omnis,

Lucr. 2, 831 (not disperditur, v. Lachm. ad h. l.):

ubi brachia et crura inaequaliter dispergit,

i. e. moves at random, Cels. 2, 6:

Mesopotamia vicatim dispersa,

i. e. divided, Plin. 6, 26, 30, § 117:

magna pars Judaeae vicis dispergitur,

Tac. H. 5, 8 et saep.— Poet.:

aries dispergit saxa (with effundere muros),

Luc. 1, 384 Cort.:

dispersa capillos,

id. 10, 84:

quo latior (res) est, in cunctas undique partis Plura modo dispargit et ab se corpora mittit,

Lucr. 2, 1135; so with in and acc., id. 1, 309; Caes. B. G. 6, 34, 1; Plin. 11, 37, 89, § 220:

tripartitum exercitum plures in manus,

Tac. A. 3, 74 al.:

aër dispargitur ad partis minutas corporis,

Lucr. 4, 895.

Trop.:

in praesentia tantummodo numeros et modos et partes argumentandi confuse et permixte dispersimus: post descripte... ex hac copia digeremus,

Cic. Inv. 1, 30, 49; cf. id. de Or. 1, 42, 187; 191; Quint. 9, 3, 39:

bellum tam longe lateque dispersum,

Cic. de Imp. Pomp. 12, 35:

in re dispersa atque infinita,

Q. Cic. Pet. Cons. 1:

plebis vis soluta atque dispersa in multitudine,

Sall. J. 41, 6:

rumorem,

Tac. A. 4, 24:

falsos rumores,

id. H. 2, 96; and with acc. and inf.:

volgus fingendi avidum disperserat accitum in adoptionem,

had given out, id. ib. 2, 1:

membratim oportebit partis rei gestae dispergere in causam,

Cic. Inv. 1, 21, 30:

vitam in auras,

Verg. A. 11, 617; cf.:

partem voti in auras,

id. ib. 795.— Hence, adv. in two forms:

dispersē, dispersedly, here and there (very rare):

disperse et diffuse dictae res,

Cic. Inv. 1, 52, 98:

multis in locis dicta,

id. Verr. 2, 4, 52, § 116. —

dispersim, Varr. R. R. 1, 1, 7; 3, 2, 13; Suet. Caes. 80.

lăcūna (collateral form lŭcūna; cf. Lachm. ad Lucr. vol. 2, p. 205; lăcūnā-tūra, App. Flor. 15, p. 351, 2 Hildebrand; v. infra), ae, f. [lacus], a ditch, pit, hole; esp. a place where water collects, a pool, pond.

Lit. (mostly poet.): lacuna, id est aquae collectio, a lacu derivatur, quam alii lamam, alii lustrum dicunt, Paul. ex Fest. p. 117 Müll.:

vastae,

Lucr. 6, 552:

vastae Orci,

id. 1, 116; 6, 538:

cavae,

Verg. G. 1, 117; 3, 365.— Poet.:

salsae,

i. e. the sea, Lucr. 5, 794; 3, 1044; also,

Neptuniae,

Auct. Her. 4, 10, 15:

caecas lustravit luce lacunas,

Cic. Arat. 431.—

In gen., a hollow, cavity, opening, chasm, cleft:

cum supercilia cana, et sub ea lacunae, dicunt, eum equum habere annos sedecim,

Varr. R. R. 2, 7, 3; 1, 29, 3; cf.:

atque lacunarum fuerant vestigia cuique,

Lucr. 5, 1261; Vitr. 7, 1, 4:

labrum superius sub ipsa medietate narium lacuna quadam levi, quasi valle, signavit deus,

Lact. Op. D. 10:

genae teretes ac medio mento lacuna,

a dimple, App. Flor. p. 351 (Hildebr., lacunatura).—

Trop., a gap, void, defect, want, loss (rare but class.):

est, qui expleas duplicem istam lacunam,

to fill up the double void, Varr. R. R. 2, 1, 28:

ut illam lacunam rei familiaris expleant,

Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 55, § 138:

lacuna in auro,

id. Att. 12, 6, 1:

illa labes et quasi lacuna famae,

Gell. 1, 3, 23.

lāma, ae, f. (cf.: lacus, lacer).

A slough, bog, fen: lacuna id est aquae collectio, quam alii lamam, alii lustrum, Paul. ex Fest. p. 117 Müll.:

viribus uteris per clivos, flumina, lamas,

Hor. Ep. 1, 13, 10.—

A kind of mastic: Pistacia lentiscus, Linn.; Plin. 12, 17, 36, § 72 (al. lainam).

pullārĭus, a, um, adj. [1, pullus].

Of or belonging to young animals:

collectio,

Veg. Vet. 1, 29; 2, 25, 1.— Facete: feles, a kidnapper of boys, qs. boy-mouser, catchboy, Aus. Ep. 70, 5.—

Subst.

pul-lārĭus, ĭi, m.

A man who fed the sacred chickens, the chicken-keeper, Cic. Div. 2, 34, 72; Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 12, 3; Liv. 8, 30; 9, 14; 10, 40; Inscr. Orell. 2456; 3509. —In this signif. as adj.: DECVRIA PVLLARIA, i. e. of the pullarii, Inscr. Orell. 5010.—

In mal. part.: paiderastês, pullarius, Gloss. Philox.—

Pullariam Plautus dixit manum dextram, Paul. ex Fest. p. 243 Müll. —

An island in the Adriatic near Istria, Plin. 3, 26, 30, § 151.