comically

lymphātĭcus, a, um, adj. [lympha; cf. hydrophobia; hence, in gen.], distracted, frantic, panic-struck:

pavor,

a panic, Liv. 10, 28, 10; 7, 17, 3:

metus,

Sen. Ep. 13, 9:

somnia,

Plin. 26, 8, 34, § 52:

elleborum medetur melancholicis, insanientibus, lymphaticis,

id. 25, 5, 24, § 60.—

Transf.

Comically:

lymphatici nummi,

that cannot keep quiet in one's purse, as if mad, Plaut. Poen. 1, 2, 135 Weise (al. lymphati).—

lymphātĭcum, i, n., the disease of a lymphaticus, insanity:

faxo actutum constiterit lymphaticum,

Plaut. Poen. 1, 2, 136.

mănĭpŭlātim, adv. [id.].

By handfuls, in bundles, Plin. 12, 13, 28, § 48.—

Milit., by maniples: manipulatim resistere hostibus, Sisenn. ap. Non. 141, 27:

manipulatim structa acies,

Liv. 8, 8; Tac. H. 1, 8, 2.—Comically:

manipulatim munerigeruli facite mihi jam ante aedīs hic adsint,

i. e. in troops, Plaut. Ps. 1, 2, 48.

mănĭpŭlus (sync. mănīplus, in poets; plur.:

inter manipula,

Spart. Hadrian. 10), i, m. [manus-pleo, plenus], a handful, a bundle.

Lit.:

de his (herbis) manipulos fieri,

Varr. R. R. 1, 49:

manipulos obligare,

Col. 11, 2, 40:

vincire,

id. 2, 19, 2:

alligari,

Plin. 18, 28, 67, § 262:

filicumque maniplis Sternere humum,

Verg. G. 3, 297:

nexos deferre maniplos,

Col. 10, 315:

maniplos solvere,

the bundles of hay, Juv. 8, 153.—

Transf.

= haltêres, pieces of metal held in the hand during gymnastic exercises, to increase the momentum of a leap or stroke, Cael. Aur. Tard. 5, 2, 38.—

Because the ancient Romans adopted a pole, with a handful of hay or straw twisted about it, as the standard of a company of soldiers; in milit. lang., a certain number of soldiers belonging to the same standard, a company, maniple; generally applied to infantry, and only by way of exception to cavalry:

miles pulcre centuriatus est expuncto in manipulo,

Plaut. Curc. 4, 4, 29:

pertica suspensos portabat longa maniplos: Unde maniplaris nomina miles habet,

Ov. F. 3, 117:

adeo ut iidem ordines, manipulique constarent,

Caes. B. C. 2, 28:

manipulos laxare,

id. B. G. 2, 25:

continere ad signa manipulos,

id. ib. 6, 33:

in legione sunt manipuli triginta,

Gell. 16, 4, 6.—Of cavalry:

infrenati manipli,

Sil. 4, 316: App. M. 9, p. 221, 5.—Comically: manipulus farum, a troop, band, Ter. Eun. 4, 7, 6.

māter, tris, f. [root ma-; Sanscr. and Zend, to make, measure, like Gr. mêtêr, the maker, akin with Dor. matêr; Germ. Mutter; Engl. mother; cf.: materies, manus], a mother ( dat. sing. matre, Corp. Inscr. Lat. 177; dat. plur. matris, Inscr. Grut. 90:

matrabus,

Inscr. Orell. 2089).

Lit.:

si quidem istius regis (sc. Anci Martii) matrem habemus, ignoramus patrem,

Cic. Rep. 2, 18, 33:

cur non sit heres matri suae?

id. ib. 3, 10, 17:

de pietate in matrem,

id. Lael. 3, 11:

Sassia mater hujus Aviti,

id. Clu. 5, 12:

Hecate, quae matre Asteria est,

who has Asteria for her mother, id. N. D. 3, 18, 46:

musa, matre nati,

id. ib. 3, 18, 45: mater esse de aliquo, to be a mother, i. e. to be pregnant by any one, Ov. H. 9, 48:

facere aliquam matrem,

id. M. 9, 491: mater familias or familiae, the mistress of a house, matron (v. familia).—

Transf., a nurse:

mater sua... quae mammam dabat, neque adeo mater ipsa, quae illos pepererat,

Plaut. Men. prol. 19:

puero opust cibo, opus est autem matri quae puerum lavit,

id. Truc. 5 10:

lambere matrem,

Verg. A. 8, 632.—As a title of honor, mother, applied to priestesses: jubemus te salvere, mater. Sa. Salvete puellae, Plaut. Rud. 1, 5, 5:

amice benigneque honorem, mater, nostrum habes,

id. ib. 1, 5, 30.—To goddesses:

Vesta mater,

Sen. Excerpt. Contr. 4, 2; Verg. G. 1, 498:

mater Matuta, v. h. v.: Flora mater,

Lucr. 5, 739;

the same: florum,

Ov. F. 5, 183: mater magna, or absol.: Mater, i. e. Cybele, the mother of all the gods:

matris magnae sacerdos,

Cic. Sest. 26; cf. absol.: matris quate cymbala circum, Verg. G. 4, 64; id. A. 9, 108:

secreta palatia Matris,

Juv. 9, 23:

matres... cives Romanae, ut jus liberorum consecutae videantur,

Paul. Sent. 4, 9, 1:

matris condicionem sequi,

Gai. Inst. 1, 81; cf. §§ 67, 86.—Also, in gen., a woman, a lady; usu. in plur., women, ladies:

pilentis matres in mollibus,

Verg. A. 8, 666:

matres atque viri,

id. ib. 6, 306; cf. Ov. F. 1, 619.—Of the earth, as the mother of all:

exercitum Dis Manibus matrique Terrae deberi,

Liv. 8, 6; cf. Cic. Leg. 2, 22, 56.—Of a country:

haec terra, quam matrem appellamus,

Liv. 5, 54, 2:

amorum,

i. e. Venus, Ov. H. 16, 201:

cupidinum,

i. e. Venus, Hor. C. 1, 19, 1.—Of animals:

porci cum matribus,

Varr. R. R. 2, 4:

excretos prohibent a matribus haedos,

Verg. G. 3, 398:

ova assunt ipsis cum matribus, i. e. cum gallinis,

Juv. 11, 70:

mater simia,

id. 10, 195:

pullus hirundinis ad quem volat mater,

id. 10, 232.—Of the trunks of trees, etc.:

plantas tenero abscindens de corpore matrum,

Verg. G. 2, 23; Plin. 12, 5, 11, § 23.—Of a fountain, as the source of waters:

ex grandi palude oritur (fluvius), quam matrem ejus accolae appellant,

Mel. 2, 1, 7.—Of a chief or capital city:

mater Italiae Roma,

Flor. 3, 18, 5:

ut Graeci dicere solent, urbium mater, Cydona,

id. 3, 7, 4:

(Cilicia) matrem urbium habet Tarsum,

Sol. 38; cf. Metropolis.—

Trop.

The mother, i. e. maternal love:

simul matrem labare sensit,

Ov. M. 6, 629: mater redit, Sen. ap. Med. 928.—

Motherhood, maternity, Sen. Herc. Oet. 389.—

A producing cause, origin, source, etc. (freq. and class.):

apes mellis matres,

Varr. R. R. 2, 5:

mater omnium bonarum artium sapientia est,

Cic. Leg. 1, 22, 58:

philosophia mater omnium bene factorum,

id. Brut. 93, 322:

avaritiae mater, luxuries,

id. de Or. 2, 40, 171:

voluptas, malorum mater omnium,

id. Leg. 1, 17, 47; 1, 22, 58; id. Tusc. 1, 26, 64; id. Planc. 33, 80; Auct. Her. 2, 22, 34; Plin. 37, 6, 21, § 80; Quint. 9, 3, 89:

juris et religionis,

Cic. Rep. 5, 2, 3:

justitiae imbecillitas mater est,

id. ib. 3, 14, 23:

intemperantia omnium perturbationum mater,

id. Ac. 1, 10, 39:

similitudo est satietatis mater,

id. Inv. 1, 41, 76:

utilitas justi prope mater et aequi,

Hor. S. 1, 3, 98; Lact. 3, 8, 32; Aug. in Psa. 83, 1.—Comically:

eam (sc. hirneam) ego vini ut matre fuerat natum, eduxi meri,

i. e. as it came from the cask, without the addition of water, Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 274.—

The protector, shelter, home:

urbs Roma, virtutum omnium mater, Mos. et Rom. Leg. Coll. 5, 3, 1: illa Jerusalem quae est mater nostra,

Vulg. Gal. 4, 26.

mītĭgo, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [mitis-ago], to make mild, soft, or tender, make ripe or mellow; to make tame, to tame (class.).

Lit.:

cum aestivā maturitate alia mitigaverit, alia torruerit,

Cic. Rep. 4, 1, 6 (cited ap. Non. 343, 21):

mitiget auctumnus, quod maturaverit aestas,

Aus. Idyll. 8: cibum, to make soft or tender, to soften by boiling or roasting, Cic. N. D. 2, 60, 151.—Comically: misero mihi mitigabat sandalio caput, mellowed, broke, Turp. ap. Non. l. l.:

hic, qui dura sedens porrecto saxa leone Mitigat,

i. e. makes soft for sitting on by spreading over them a lion's skin, Mart. 9, 44, 2:

Indus agros, laetificat et mitigat,

to make fruitful, Cic. N. D. 2, 52, 130:

vina diluendo,

Plin. 14, 22, 29, § 149:

silvestres arbores,

id. 17, 10, 12, § 66:

amaritudinem frugum,

to soften, mitigate, id. 18, 16, 40, § 141:

cervicum duritias,

id. 20, 22, 92, § 250:

rabiem suum,

id. 10, 63, 83, § 182:

pilos,

to thin, id. 35, 6, 19, § 37:

animal,

to tame, Sen. Ben. 1, 3:

valetudinem temperantia,

to mitigate, Plin. Ep. 1, 12, 9.—

Trop., to make mild or gentle, to pacify, soothe, calm, assuage, appease, mitigate:

animum alicujus,

Cic. Balb. 26, 57:

te aetas mitigabit,

id. Mur. 31, 65:

iras,

Ov. Tr. 4, 6, 15:

querimonias, Col. praef.: tristitiam ac severitatem,

Cic. de Or. 2, 58, 236; cf.:

acerbam severitatem condimentis humanitatis,

id. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 7:

dolores,

id. Att. 3, 15, 2:

labores,

id. de Or. 3, 4, 14:

aliquem pecuniā,

Tac. H. 1, 66:

temporum atrocitatem,

Suet. Tib. 48:

acrimonia mitigabitur laude,

Auct. Her. 4, 37, 50: aures, to soothe with explanatory representations, Quint. 12, 1, 14:

metus,

id. 12, 2, 28:

feritatem animalium,

Plin. 24, 17, 102, § 167: alicui aliquem, to reconcile:

Hannibalem Romanis,

Just. 31, 4, 4; cf.:

vix revocanti patri mitigatus est,

id. 9, 7, 6.—Hence, mītĭganter, adv., in a soothing manner; in order to soothe, Cael. Aur. Tard. 5, 1, 13; 4, 3, 62; id. Acut. 1, 11, 76.

mītis, e, adj. [etym. dub.; cf. Sanscr. mith-, to associate; Lat. mutuus], mild, mellow, mature, ripe; of the soil, mellow, light, kindly, fruitful; of a river, calm, gentle, placid (class.; syn.: lenis, placidus, comis).

Lit.:

sunt nobis mitia poma,

Verg. E. 1, 81:

uva,

id. G. 1, 448:

Bacchus (i. e. vinum),

mellow, id. ib. 1, 344:

suci,

Ov. M. 14, 690:

mite solum Tiburis,

Hor. C. 1, 18, 2:

mitis (fluvius) in morem stagni,

Verg. A. 8, 88:

flamma,

harmless, innoxious, Sil. 16, 120.—

Trop., mild, soft, gentle.

In gen.:

nihil tam vidi mite, nihil tam placatum, quam tum meus frater erat in sororem tuam,

Cic. Att. 5, 1, 3:

mitis tranquillusque homo,

Plaut. Truc. 4, 3, 2:

homo mitissimus atque lenissimus,

Cic. Cat. 4, 5, 10:

ex feris et immanibus, mites reddidit et mansuetos,

id. Inv. 1, 2, 2.— Poet., with acc., in respect of:

nec Mauris animum mitior anguibus,

Hor. C. 3, 10, 18. —With dat.:

mites hostibus,

Ov. P. 2, 1, 48:

poenitentiae mitior,

towards the penitent, Tac. Agr. 16.—

Of things:

mitis et misericors animus,

Cic. Inv. 1, 55, 106:

consilium,

Ov. Tr. 1, 5, 5:

doctrina,

Cic. Mur. 29, 160: malum, blandum atque dolosum, Lucil. ap. Non. 343, 9:

mitius exsilium,

Ov. Tr. 2, 185:

servitium,

Prop. 3, 13, 20:

opes,

acquired through a long peace, Sil. 14, 653:

affectus mitiores,

Quint. 5, 13, 2:

ingenium,

Juv. 4, 82; 13, 184:

animus,

id. 14, 15.—

Of speech:

Thucydides si posterius fuisset, multo maturior fuisset et mitior,

riper and mellower, more palalable, Cic. Brut. 83, 288:

mitis et compta oratio,

id. Sen. 9, 28:

non hac tam atroci, sed illa lege mitissima, causam dicere,

id. Verr. 2, 1, 9, § 26.—

Comically, made soft, mellow with beating:

mitis sum equidem fustibus,

Plaut. Mil. 5, 31; cf. Ter. Ad. 2, 4, 12.—Hence, adv.: mīte, mildly, soflly, gently (rare;

not in Cic.): mite connivere,

App. M. 10, p. 285, 4.— Comp.:

mitius ille perit,

Ov. P. 3, 7, 27. — Sup.:

mitissime legatos appellare,

Caes. B. G. 7, 43.

mŏnogrammus or - os, - on, adj., = monogrammos, lit. of pictures, that consist of lines merely, outlined, sketched; hence transf.,

Of incorporeal gods, shadowy:

Epicurus monogrammos Deos et nihil agentes commentus est,

Cic. N. D. 2, 23, 59.—Hence, as subst.: mŏnogrammus, i, m., comically, a skeleton, a shadow:

monogrammi dicti sunt homines macie pertenues ac decolores: tractum a picturā, quae priusquam coloribus corporatur, umbra fingitur,

Non. 37, 11 sq.; Lucil. ap. Non. l. l.—

A species of jasper:

quae zmaragdo similis traversā lineā albā praecingitur et monogrammos vocatur,

Plin. 37, 9, 37, § 118.

mŏnogrammus or - os, - on, adj., = monogrammos, lit. of pictures, that consist of lines merely, outlined, sketched; hence transf.,

Of incorporeal gods, shadowy:

Epicurus monogrammos Deos et nihil agentes commentus est,

Cic. N. D. 2, 23, 59.—Hence, as subst.: mŏnogrammus, i, m., comically, a skeleton, a shadow:

monogrammi dicti sunt homines macie pertenues ac decolores: tractum a picturā, quae priusquam coloribus corporatur, umbra fingitur,

Non. 37, 11 sq.; Lucil. ap. Non. l. l.—

A species of jasper:

quae zmaragdo similis traversā lineā albā praecingitur et monogrammos vocatur,

Plin. 37, 9, 37, § 118.

mŏnogrammus or - os, - on, adj., = monogrammos, lit. of pictures, that consist of lines merely, outlined, sketched; hence transf.,

Of incorporeal gods, shadowy:

Epicurus monogrammos Deos et nihil agentes commentus est,

Cic. N. D. 2, 23, 59.—Hence, as subst.: mŏnogrammus, i, m., comically, a skeleton, a shadow:

monogrammi dicti sunt homines macie pertenues ac decolores: tractum a picturā, quae priusquam coloribus corporatur, umbra fingitur,

Non. 37, 11 sq.; Lucil. ap. Non. l. l.—

A species of jasper:

quae zmaragdo similis traversā lineā albā praecingitur et monogrammos vocatur,

Plin. 37, 9, 37, § 118.

nĕgōtĭōsus ( nĕgōc-), a, um, adj. [negotium], full of business, busy (class.):

negotiosi eramus nos nostris negotiis,

Plaut. Merc. 1, 2, 79:

provincia negotiosa et molesta,

Cic. Mur. 8, 18:

prudentissimus quisque maxime negotiosus erat,

the busiest, most occupied, Sall. C. 8, 5:

quid crudelitate negotiosius,

Sen. Ira, 2, 13, 4:

vir negotiosissimus,

Aug. Ep. 54:

circumcisā omni negotiosā actione,

attention to business, Cels. 2, 25:

negotiosi dies,

business days, working days, Tac. A. 13, 41 fin. —Comically, transf.: tergum, a back on which business is performed, i. e. which receives a drubbing, Plaut. Mil. 2, 5, 37.—

Transf., troublesome: [p. 1199] edepol, rem negotiosam, Plaut. Stich. 2, 2, 32.

nĕgōtĭōsus ( nĕgōc-), a, um, adj. [negotium], full of business, busy (class.):

negotiosi eramus nos nostris negotiis,

Plaut. Merc. 1, 2, 79:

provincia negotiosa et molesta,

Cic. Mur. 8, 18:

prudentissimus quisque maxime negotiosus erat,

the busiest, most occupied, Sall. C. 8, 5:

quid crudelitate negotiosius,

Sen. Ira, 2, 13, 4:

vir negotiosissimus,

Aug. Ep. 54:

circumcisā omni negotiosā actione,

attention to business, Cels. 2, 25:

negotiosi dies,

business days, working days, Tac. A. 13, 41 fin. —Comically, transf.: tergum, a back on which business is performed, i. e. which receives a drubbing, Plaut. Mil. 2, 5, 37.—

Transf., troublesome: [p. 1199] edepol, rem negotiosam, Plaut. Stich. 2, 2, 32.

offĕrŭmenta ( obf-), ae, f. [id.], a present; comically, of a stripe, cut:

offerumentas in tergo habere,

Plaut. Rud. 3, 4, 48.

offĕrŭmenta, ōrum, n. [id.], offerings: offerumenta dicebant quae offerebant (sc. dis), Paul. ex Fest. p. 188 Müll.

obsĕro, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [ob-sera], to bolt, bar, fasten, or shut up (not in Cic. or Cæs.; syn.: claudo, oppilo, obstruo).

Lit.:

ostium,

Ter. Eun. 4, 6, 25:

aedificia,

Liv. 5, 41:

fores (opp. aperire),

Suet. Tit. 11:

tabellam liminis,

Cat. 32, 5:

exitus,

Col. 9, 1, 3:

rogos,

i. e. the dead, Prop. 4, 11, 8.—

Transf.:

aures,

Hor. Epod. 17, 53: palatum (for os), i. e. to be silent, Cat. 55, 21:

fores amicitiae,

Amm. 27, 12.

ob-sĕro ( ops-), sēvi, sĭtum, 3 ( inf. perf. sync. obsesse for obsevisse, Att. ap. Non. 395, 27), v. a.

Lit.

To sow or plant (class.):

frumentum,

Plaut. Trin. 2, 4, 129. —Comically:

pugnos,

to give a good drubbing, Plaut. Men. 5, 7, 23.—

Transf.

To sow or plant with any thing:

saepimentum virgultis aut spinis,

Varr. R. R. 1, 14, 1: terram frugibus. Cic. Leg. 2, 25, 63; Col. 2, 9, 1; Varr. R. R. 1, 44, 2.—

In gen., to cover over, fill with; only in perf. pass. part., covered over, filled:

omnia arbustis obsita,

Lucr. 5, 1377:

loca obsita virgultis,

Liv. 28, 2:

obsita pomis Rura,

Ov. M. 13, 719:

video aegrum pannis annisque obsitum,

Ter. Eun. 2, 2, 5:

obsitus illuvie ac squalore,

Tac. A. 4, 28:

vestis obsita squalore,

Liv. 2, 23:

legati... obsiti squalore et sordibus,

id. 29, 16:

variis obsita frondibus,

Hor. C. 1, 18, 12:

montes nivibus,

Curt. 5, 6, 15:

aër pallore,

darkened, Luc. 5, 627; cf.:

dies nube obsitus,

Sen. Troad. 20:

obsitus aevo,

Verg. A. 8, 307:

Io jam setis obsita,

id. ib. 7, 790:

terga (marinae beluae) obsita conchis,

Ov. M. 4, 724.—

Trop.:

Tun' is es, qui in me aerumnam obsevisti,

hast brought upon me, occasioned me, Plaut. Ep. 4, 1, 30:

em istic oportet opseri mores malos, si in opserendo possint interfieri,

id. Trin. 2, 4, 130.