comically

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.

ŏpĕrĭo, ŭi, ertum, 4 (archaic fut. operibo: ego operibo caput, Pompon. ap. Non. 507, 33; imperf. operibat, Prop. 4, 12, 35), v. a. [pario, whence the opp. aperio, to uncover; cf. paro], to cover, cover over any thing (class.; syn.: tego, velo, induo).

Lit.

Operire capita, Plaut. Poen. 3, 4, 34; cf.:

capite operto esse,

Cic. Sen. 10, 34:

operiri umerum cum toto jugulo,

Quint. 11, 3, 141; id. praef. § 24.—Esp., of clothing:

aeger multā veste operiendus est,

Cels. 3, 7 fin.; so in Vulg. Isa. 58, 7; id. Ezech. 18, 7 et saep.:

fons fluctu totus operiretur, nisi,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 53, § 118:

summas amphoras auro et argento,

Nep. Hann. 9, 3:

mons nubibus,

Ov. P. 4, 5, 5:

(rhombos) quos operit glacies Maeotica,

Juv. 4, 42.—Comically: aliquem loris, to cover over, i. e. to lash soundly, Ter. Ad. 2, 1, 28:

reliquias malae pugnae,

i. e. to bury, Tac. A. 15, 28:

operiet eos formido,

Vulg. Ezech. 7, 18; id. Jer. 3, 25.—

Transf., to shut, close (syn.:

claudo, praecludo, obsero): fores,

Plaut. Men. 2, 3, 1:

ostium,

Ter. Heaut. 5, 1, 33:

iste opertā lecticā latus est,

Cic. Phil. 2, 41, 106: oculos, to shut, close (opp. patefacere), Plin. 11, 37, 55, § 150; cf.:

opertos compressosve (oculos),

Quint. 11, 2, 76.—

Trop.

To hide, conceal, keep from observation, dissemble:

quo pacto hoc operiam?

Ter. Hec. 4, 4, 6 Bentl. (al. aperiam):

non in oratione operiendā sunt quaedam,

Quint. 2, 13, 12:

quotiens dictu deformia operit,

id. 8, 6, 59; cf. id. 5, 12, 18:

luctum,

Plin. Ep. 3, 16, 6:

domestica mala tristitia,

Tac. A. 3, 18.—

To overwhelm, burden, [p. 1268] as with shame, etc. (only in part. perf. pass.):

contumeliis opertus,

loaded, overwhelmed, Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 50, § 111; cf.:

judicia operta dedecore et infamiā,

id. Clu. 22, 61:

infamiā,

Tac. H. 3, 69.—

Of sin, to atone for, cover, cause to be forgotten (eccl. Lat.):

qui converti fecerit peccatorem, operiet multitudinem peccatorum,

Vulg. Jac. 5, 20; id. 1 Pet. 4, 8.— ŏpertus, a, um, P. a., hidden, concealed (class.):

operta quae fuere, aperta sunt,

Plaut. Capt. 3, 3, 9:

res,

Cic. Fin. 2, 2, 5:

operta bella,

Verg. G. 1, 465:

cineres,

Hor. C. 2, 8, 9:

hamum,

id. S. 1, 16, 50.—As subst.: ŏpertum, i, n., a secret place or thing, a secret; an ambiguous answer, dark oracle, etc.:

Apollinis operta,

the dark, ambiguous oracles, Cic. Div. 1, 50, 115:

telluris operta subire,

the depths, Verg. A. 6, 140: opertum Bonae Deae, the secret place or secret service, Cic. Par. 4, 2, 32:

litterarum,

a secret, Gell. 17, 9, 22.— Adv.: ŏpertē, covertly, figuratively (post-class.):

operte et symbolice,

Gell. 4, 11, 10.

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.

paelex ( pēlex, and, only in inscriptions, pellex), icis, f. [akin to Sanscr. pallavaka, girl; Gr. pallakis, concubine], a kept mistress, concubine of a married man.

Lit.: antiqui proprie eam pelicem nominabant, quae uxorem habenti nubebat. Cui generi mulierum etiam poena constituta est a Numā Pompilio hāc lege: paelex aram Junonis ne tangito, etc., Paul. ex Fest. p. 222 Müll.; cf. Gell. 4, 3, 3:

libro Memorialium Masurius scribit: pelicem apud antiquos eam habitam, quae, cum uxor non esset, cum aliquo tamen vivebat eamque nunc vero nomine amicam, paulo honestiore concubinam appellari,

Dig. 50, 16, 144; Plaut. Cist. 1, 1, 39; id. Merc. 4, 1, 24 et saep.—With gen. of the wronged wife:

filiae paelex,

Cic. Clu. 70, 199; id. Or. 30, 108:

tune eris et matris paelex et adultera patris?

Ov. M. 10, 347:

illa Jovis magni paelex, metuenda sorori,

id. H. 14, 95:

fugit (Medea) ulta paelicem, Magni Creontis filiam,

Hor. Epod. 5, 63:

horrida,

Juv. 2, 57.— Poet., of the cows, as rivals of Pasiphaë, who had become enamoured of a bull, Ov. A. A. 1, 321.—

Transf.

A kept mistress, concubine, in gen. (post-class.):

virginem constupratam servo suo paelicem dederat,

Curt. 10, 1, 5:

Artaxerxi regi Persarum ex paelicibus centum et quindecim filii fuere,

Just. 10, 1, 1; cf.: Granius Flaccus scribit, pelicem quosdam vocare eam, quae uxoris loco sine nuptiis in domo sit. Dig. 50, 16, 144.—

A male prostitute (postclass.), Paul. ex Fest. p. 222 Müll.:

Dolabella eum (Caesarem) pelicem reginae (appellavit), as the favorite of King Nicomedes,

Suet. Caes. 49;

in apposition, pelices ministri,

Mart. 12, 97, 3.—

Comically, [p. 1289] a substitute:

quoties pelex culcita facta mea est (sc. matellae),

Mart. 14, 119, 2.

părăsītus, i, m., = parasitos, lit. one who eats with another; hence,

In gen., a guest (pure Lat. conviva): parasiti Jovis, the gods, Varr. ap. Aug. Civ. Dei, 6, 7; App. M. 10, p. 246, 35.—Hence, parasitus Phoebi, a player, actor, Mart. 9, 29, 9.—

In partic., in a bad sense, one who, by flattery and buffoonery, manages to live at another's expense, a sponger, toad-eater, parasite (syn. scurra):

nos parasiti planius... Quasi mures semper edimus alienum cibum, etc.,

Plaut. Capt. 1, 1, 7; cf. id. Pers. 1, 3, 3; id. Stich. 2, 1, 42:

parasitorum in comoediis assentatio,

Cic. Lael. 26, 98:

edaces parasiti,

Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 173; Juv. 1, 139. —Comically, of a whip: ne ulmos parasitos faciat, that he will make his elm-twigs stick to me like parasites, i. e. give me a sound flogging, Plaut. Ep. 2, 3, 5.—The tutelar deity of parasites was Hercules, Plaut. Curc. 2, 3, 79.

pā̆trōnus, i, m. [pater].

Lit., a protector, defender, patron (of individuals, or of cities and entire provinces; also, the former master of a freedman); PATRONVS SI CLIENTI FRAVDEM FECERIT SACER ESTO, Fragm. XII. Tab. ap. Serv. Verg. A. 6, 609;

quot enim clientes circa singulos fuistis patronos, tot nunc, etc., Liv 6, 18, 6: ego me patronum profiteor plebis,

id. 6, 18, 14;

civitatum et nationum,

Cic. Off. 1, 11, 35; id. Pis. 11, 25; cf.:

tum conventus ille Capuae, qui me unum patronum adoptavit, etc.,

id. Sest. 4, 9; Inscr. A. U. C. 742, Marin. Fratr Arv. p. 782; see also Inscr. Orell. 956; 1079; 3056 sq.:

patronus, defensor, custos coloniae,

Cic. Sull. 21, 60; id. Div. in Caecil. 1, 2.—Of the former master of a freedman or freedwoman:

volo me placere Philolachi, meo patrono,

Plaut. Most. 1, 3, 11: civis Romani liberti hereditatem Lex XII. Tabularum patrono defert, si intestato sine suo herede libertus decesserit, Ulp. Fragm. tit. 29, § 1; cf. Gai. Inst. 3, 40; Cic. Fam. 13, 21, 2:

corrupti in dominos servi, in patronos liberti,

Tac. H. 2, 2.—

Transf., a defender before a court of justice, an advocate, pleader (syn.:

advocatus, causidicus, procurator, cognitor): judicis est semper in causis verum sequi, patroni nonnumquam verisimile, etiamsi minus sit verum, defendere,

Cic. Off. 2, 14, 51; id. de Or. 2, 69, 280:

patronus alicui causae constitui,

id. Mur. 2, 4; cf.:

his de causis ego huic causae patronus exstiti,

id. Rosc. Am. 2, 5;

Lex. Servil. lin. 9: patronus partis adversae,

Quint. 4, 1, 11; cf.:

patronus adversarii,

id. 4, 1, 11; Tac. Or. 1.—

In gen., a defender, advocate:

eam legem a vestrorum commodorum patrono esse conscriptam,

Cic. Agr. 3, 1, 3:

foederum ac foederatorum,

id. Balb. 10, 25:

justitiae,

id. Lael. 7 fin.:

qui modo patronus nunc cupit esse cliens,

Ov. A. A. 1, 88.—Comically: [p. 1317] video ego te, propter malefacta qui es patronus parieti, i. e. standing like a patron in front of the wall (of one who, for fear of blows, places himself with his back to the wall, Plaut. Truc. 4, 3, 48; cf. id. Ps. 2, 2, 12. —As an affectionate and respectful form of address:

mi patrone, immo potius mi pater,

Plaut. Rud. 4, 8, 2; 16.

pā̆trŭus, i, m. [pater, like the Sanscr. pitrivya, patruus, from pitri], a father's brother, paternal uncle (opp. avunculus, a mother's brother, maternal uncle); cf. Dig. 38, 10, 10.

Lit.:

L. Cicero patruus,

Cic. de Or. 2, 1, 2:

tutor et patruus,

id. Verr. 2, 1, 53, § 139; Hor. S. 1, 6, 131:

patruus magnus = frater avi,

Dig. 38, 10, 10:

patruus major = frater proavi,

Tac. A. 12, 22; Dig. 38, 10, 10: major patruus = avi et aviae patruus, Paul. ex Fest. p. 136 Müll.:

patruus maximus = frater abavi,

id. ib. Fragm. 17; plur., Juv. 1, 158; 6, 567.—

Transf., a severe reprover (as uncles are apt to co towards their nephews):

pertristis quidam patruus, censor, magister,

Cic. Cael. 11, 25:

ne sis patruus mihi,

Hor. S. 2, 3, 88:

cum sapimus patruos,

Pers. 1, 11; Manil. 5, 449.

pătrŭus, a, um, adj. [1. patruus], of or belonging to a father's brother, of an uncle ( poet.): patruae verbera linguae, an uncle's, Hor C. 3, 12, 2:

ense cadit patruo,

Ov. F. 4, 55 (al. patrui).—Comically in sup.:

patrue mi patruissime,

my uncle, my best of uncles! Plaut. Poen. 5, 4, 24; 26.

pĕdĭsĕquus, and lesscorrectly pĕdis-sĕquus, old form pĕdĭsĕcus, a, adj. [pes-sequor], that follows on foot:

SERVVS PEDISSEQVVS,

Inscr. Murat. 928, 6.—Hence, subst.: pĕdĭsĕquus, i, m., a male attendant; a footman, man-servant, page, lackey; and, pĕdĭsĕqua, ae, f., a female attendant, a waiting-woman, Dig. 31, 1, 67; 34, 1, 17; 40, 4, 59; Plaut. Aul. 3, 5, 27:

gnatae pedissequa nutrix anus,

id. ib. 4, 10, 77; id. As. 1, 3, 31:

vestem, uniones, pedisequos et cetera,

Phaedr. 4, 5, 36:

clamore pedisequorum nostrorum,

Cic. Att. 2, 16, 1; Nep. Att. 13, 3:

turba pedisequorum,

Col. 1 prooem. 12.—Comically: Pa. Sequere hac me. Py. Pedisecus tibi sum, I'll follow at your heels, immediately, Plaut. Mil. 4, 2, 18.—

Trop., a follower, attendant:

istam juris scientiam eloquentiae tamquam ancillulam pedisequamque adjunxisti,

Cic. de Or. 1, 55, 236:

vix satis idoneae (divitiae) tibi videbuntur, quae virtutis pedisequae sint,

the handmaids of virtue, Auct. Her. 4, 14, 20:

sapientem quippe pedisequum et imitatorem dei dicimus et sequi arbitramur deum,

App. Dogm. Plat. 2, p. 25, 14.

pĕdĭsĕquus, and lesscorrectly pĕdis-sĕquus, old form pĕdĭsĕcus, a, adj. [pes-sequor], that follows on foot:

SERVVS PEDISSEQVVS,

Inscr. Murat. 928, 6.—Hence, subst.: pĕdĭsĕquus, i, m., a male attendant; a footman, man-servant, page, lackey; and, pĕdĭsĕqua, ae, f., a female attendant, a waiting-woman, Dig. 31, 1, 67; 34, 1, 17; 40, 4, 59; Plaut. Aul. 3, 5, 27:

gnatae pedissequa nutrix anus,

id. ib. 4, 10, 77; id. As. 1, 3, 31:

vestem, uniones, pedisequos et cetera,

Phaedr. 4, 5, 36:

clamore pedisequorum nostrorum,

Cic. Att. 2, 16, 1; Nep. Att. 13, 3:

turba pedisequorum,

Col. 1 prooem. 12.—Comically: Pa. Sequere hac me. Py. Pedisecus tibi sum, I'll follow at your heels, immediately, Plaut. Mil. 4, 2, 18.—

Trop., a follower, attendant:

istam juris scientiam eloquentiae tamquam ancillulam pedisequamque adjunxisti,

Cic. de Or. 1, 55, 236:

vix satis idoneae (divitiae) tibi videbuntur, quae virtutis pedisequae sint,

the handmaids of virtue, Auct. Her. 4, 14, 20:

sapientem quippe pedisequum et imitatorem dei dicimus et sequi arbitramur deum,

App. Dogm. Plat. 2, p. 25, 14.

pĕdĭsĕquus, and lesscorrectly pĕdis-sĕquus, old form pĕdĭsĕcus, a, adj. [pes-sequor], that follows on foot:

SERVVS PEDISSEQVVS,

Inscr. Murat. 928, 6.—Hence, subst.: pĕdĭsĕquus, i, m., a male attendant; a footman, man-servant, page, lackey; and, pĕdĭsĕqua, ae, f., a female attendant, a waiting-woman, Dig. 31, 1, 67; 34, 1, 17; 40, 4, 59; Plaut. Aul. 3, 5, 27:

gnatae pedissequa nutrix anus,

id. ib. 4, 10, 77; id. As. 1, 3, 31:

vestem, uniones, pedisequos et cetera,

Phaedr. 4, 5, 36:

clamore pedisequorum nostrorum,

Cic. Att. 2, 16, 1; Nep. Att. 13, 3:

turba pedisequorum,

Col. 1 prooem. 12.—Comically: Pa. Sequere hac me. Py. Pedisecus tibi sum, I'll follow at your heels, immediately, Plaut. Mil. 4, 2, 18.—

Trop., a follower, attendant:

istam juris scientiam eloquentiae tamquam ancillulam pedisequamque adjunxisti,

Cic. de Or. 1, 55, 236:

vix satis idoneae (divitiae) tibi videbuntur, quae virtutis pedisequae sint,

the handmaids of virtue, Auct. Her. 4, 14, 20:

sapientem quippe pedisequum et imitatorem dei dicimus et sequi arbitramur deum,

App. Dogm. Plat. 2, p. 25, 14.