concrĕpo

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    Concrepo, concrepas, pen. cor. concrepui, concrepitum, pen. cor. concrepare. Terent. Faire bruit, Crier comme un huis duquel les gons sont enrouillez.

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    Concrepare. Cic. Faire un petit cri.

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    Concrepare digitis. Plaut. Heurter et frapper des doigts, Criqueter.

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    Concrepare digitis. Cic. Faire crosser, ou criquer ses doigts.

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    Concrepare gladiis ad scuta. Liu. Faire sonner et bruire les espees contre les escussons.

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    Concrepare, actiue positum. Ouid. Rursus aquam tangit, Temesaeaque concrepat aera. Fait sonner.

1) издавать громкий звук: скрипеть, щёлкать, трещать, греметь, лязгать, бряцать (concrepant arma L; c. armis Cs)

2) бить, стучать, ударять (во что-л.) (aera O, Pt, M; hastis scuta Pt и gladiis ad scuta L)

3) громким сигналом возвещать ( aliquid bucinā Hier)

con-crepo, puī, āre, I) v. intr. erknarren, erdröhnen, aufschnarren, aufrauschen, deutsch oft bloß knarren, schnarren, rasseln, dröhnen, rauschen, a) von knarrenden usw. Ggstdn.: foris, ostium concrepuit, Komik. (s. Klotz u. Spengel Ter. Andr. 682): concrepuēre arma (bes. die zusammengeschlagenen Schwerter u. Schilde), Liv.: scabilla concrepant, Cic.: aeriferae comitum concrepuere manus, Ov.: superducto supercilio et concrepantibus (schnalzenden) digitis, Hier. ep. 57, 3: m. Ang. für wen? (wem zu Ehren?) durch Dat., cymbala concrepuere deo, Prop. 3, 18, 6. – b) v. Pers., armis concrepat multitudo, Caes.: exercitus gladiis ad scuta concrepuit, Liv. – u. c. digitis, mit den Fingern schnalzen, ein Schnippchen schlagen, Plaut. mil. 206: bes. als Zeichen, Ruf für die des Befehls ihres Herrn gewärtigen Diener, dah. sprichw., si digitis concrepuerit = auf den ersten Wink, Cic. de off. 3, 71: ebenso simulac decemviri concrepuerint, Cic. agr. 2, 82 (Kaiser increpuerint). – II) v. tr.: a) aufrauschen-, erschallen lassen, digitos, mit den F. schnalzen, Petr. 27, 5 (vgl. no. I, b a. E.): Temesaea aera, die tem. Becken schlagen, Ov. fast. 5, 441. Petr. 22, 6: u. so aera manu, Mart. 11, 16, 4: hastis scuta, mit den Sp. an die Sch. schlagen, daß diese erdröhnen, Petr. 59, 3. – b) laut schallend ankündigen, sollemne ieiunium bucinā, Hier. ep. 52,

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con-crĕpo, pŭi, pĭtum, 1, v. n. and a.

Neutr., to rattle, creak, grate, sound, resound, clash, make a noise, etc. (class.):

foris concrepuit hinc a vicino sene,

Plaut. Mil. 2, 1, 76:

foris,

id. Bacch. 2, 2, 56; 4, 2, 28:

ostium,

id. Men. 2, 2, 73; 3, 2, 57; * Ter. And. 4, 1, 58: scabilla concrepant, aulaeum [p. 404] tollitur, Cic. Cael. 27, 65:

conclamat omnis multitudo et suo more armis concrepat,

Caes. B. G. 7, 21.—Of the din or clashing of weapons (i. e. of the swords against the shields) when struck together:

simul primo concursu concrepuere arma,

Liv. 6, 24, 1; 28, 8, 2, and 28, 29, 10; Petr. 59, 3;

and of the striking together of the brazen cymbals of the attendants of Bacchus,

Prop. 3 (4), 18, 6; Ov. F. 3, 740.—Of the snapping of the fingers:

concrepuit digitis,

Plaut. Mil. 2, 2, 51: si vir bonus habeat hanc vim, ut, si digitis concrepuerit, possit, etc., by snapping his fingers, i. e. by the smallest effort, Cic. Off. 3, 19, 75; Hier. Ep. 125, 18; so also absol.:

simulac decemviri concrepuerint,

Cic. Agr. 2, 30, 82.—

Act., to cause to sound or rattle, to strike upon (rare):

aera,

Ov. F. 5, 441:

hastis scuta,

Petr. 59, 3:

digitos,

id. 27, 5:

Tartessiaca aera manu,

Mart. 11, 16, 4.

crĕpo, ŭi, ĭtum, 1, v. n. and a. [Sanscr. krap, to lament; cf. crabro] (mostly poet. or in post-Aug. prose; in class. prose, concrepo).

Neutr., to rattle, crack, creak, rustle, clatter, tinkle, jingle, chink, etc.

In gen.:

foris,

Plaut. Am. 1, 2, 34; Ter. Ad. 2, 3, 11:

fores,

id. Eun. 5, 7, 5; id. Heaut. 1, 1, 121; 3, 3, 52:

intestina (with crepitant),

Plaut. Men. 5, 5, 26:

herba Sabina ad focos,

Prop. 4 (5), 3, 58; cf. Ov. F. 4, 742:

sonabile sistrum,

id. M. 9, 784 (cf. crepitanti sistro, Prop. 3 (4), 11 (9 Bip.), 43): crepante pede. Hor. Epod. 16, 48:

nubes subito motu,

Ov. F. 2, 501:

catena,

Sen. Ep. 9, 8:

lapis, in statuā Memnonis,

Plin. 36, 7, 11, § 58 et saep.: digiti crepantis signa novit eunuchus, a snapping the fingers (as a sign of a command), Mart. 3, 82, 15; cf.

concrepo, I.—Of the voice: vox generosa, quae non composita nec alienis auribus sed subito data crepuit,

because loud, Sen. Clem. 2, 1, 1.—

In partic., to break wind, Cato ap. Fest. s. v. prohibere, p. 206; Mart. 12, 77 and 78; cf. crepitus, B.—In a play upon words: Co. Fores hae fecerunt magnum flagitium modo. Ad. Quid id est flagitii? Co. Crepuerunt clare, Plaut. Poen. 3, 2, 33.—

Transf., to break with a [p. 481] crash:

remi,

Verg. A. 5, 206.—

Act., to make something sound, make a noise with, cause to resound or rattle.

Lit.:

(Camenae) manibus faustos ter crepuere sonos,

i. e. clapped, Prop. 3 (4), 10, 4; so,

ter laetum sonum populus,

Hor. C. 2, 17, 26:

procul auxiliantia aera,

Stat. Th. 6, 687: aureolos, to make to chink, i. e. to count, Mart. 5, 19, 14.—Esp. freq.,

Trop., to say something or talk noisily, to make much ado about, to boast of, prattle, prate, etc.:

neque ego ad mensam publicas res clamo neque leges crepo,

Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 56:

sulcos et vineta,

Hor. Ep. 1, 7, 84:

quid veri,

id. S. 2, 3, 33:

immunda dicta,

id. A. P. 247:

post vina gravem militiam aut pauperiem,

id. C. 1, 18, 5; cf. with a rel.-clause: crepat, antiquum genus ut... tolerarit aevum, * Lucr. 2, 1170.

concrepantia, ae, f. (concrepo), das Tönen, Plappern, labiorum, Cassiod. in psalm. 44, 15.

concrepātio, ōnis, f. (concrepo), das Rauschen, Schnarren, Arnob. 2, 42.

concrepito, āre (Intens. von concrepo), laut rauschen, -ertönen, Prud. perist. 11, 56.

digitus, ī, m. (wohl aus dicitus zu dīco), »der Zeiger« = der Finger an der Hand, die Zehe am Fuße, I) eig.: A) der Finger, digitus pollex, der Daumen, Caes.: d. index, Hor., od. d. gustator, Hieron., od. salutaris, Suet., der Zeigefinger: medius, Quint., od. medianus, Veget. mul., od. infamis, Pers., od. famosus, Schol. Cruq. Hor., od. impudicus, Mart. u. Isid., der Mittelfinger: medicus, Schol. Cruq. Hor., Marc. Emp. u. Isid., od. anularis, Isid., der Goldfinger (an dem man den Ring trägt); u. ders., digitus minimo proximus, Macr.: digitus minimo vicinus, quem et medicinalem vocant, Macr.: dig. minimus, der kleine Finger, Gell.; ders. auch auricularis, weil man mit ihm das Ohr reinigte, Isid.: u. ders. brevissimus dextrae manus digitus, Macr.: digitus minimus, sequens (Goldfinger), summus (Mittelfinger), Inscr. – digitus crepans, Mart.: crepitus digitorum, Mart.: digitorum nervos incīdere, Lampr. – comprimere duos digitos utrimque, Cels.: digitos comprimere pugnumque facere (Ggstz. digitos extendere, digitos diducere et manum dilatare), Cic. – digitum exserere (ausstrecken), Quint. (vgl. unten »sprichw.«): u. so digitos extendere, Cic.: alqd digitis od. tribus digitis comprehendere (fassen), Min. Fel. u. Lact. – concrepare digitis, Plaut. u. Cic., od. digitos, Petron. (s. concrepo). – caput scalpere digito uno, sich nur mit einem F. in

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den Haaren krauen (um sich die Frisur nicht zu verderben), Asin. Poll. fr. u.a. – alqd digito attingere, nur leicht berühren, Porc. Licin. fr. (vgl. unten »sprichw.«): digito se caelum attigisse putare, fast im Himmel zu sein glauben (= heidenfroh, heilfroh sein), Cic.: digitum intendere ad etc., mit dem Finger zeigen, Cic.: ardenti lucernae digitum admovere, Val. Max.: digitum tollere, den Finger aufheben (beim Bieten in der Auktion, beim Stimmen), Cic. II. Verr. 1, 141 (aber = sich für besiegt erklären, Sidon. epist. 5, 7, 3): digito (mit Fingeraufheben) liceri, Cic.: pugnare ad digitum, d.i. bis einer von den Fechtern den Finger erhebt u. sich für überwunden hält, Quint. – computare digitis, an den Fingern abzählen, berechnen, Plaut. u. Plin.: numerare per digitos, Ov.: dah. venire ad digitos, ausgerechnet werden, Plin.: novi tuos digitos, deine Geschicklichkeit im Rechnen, Cic.: argumenta digerere in digitos, an den Fingern herzählen, Quint. – digitis loqui, die Fingersprache reden, Ps. Cypr. de spect. 7: digitis nutuque loqui, Ov. trist. 2, 453: nil opus est digitis, per quos arcana loquaris, Ov. art. am. 1, 137. – digito orbem temperare, mit dem Finger der Handpauke harmonische Töne entlocken, oder (wie es dort das Volk nimmt) mit dem Finger, d.i. leicht, ohne Mühe den Erdkreis beherrschen, Suet. Aug. 68. – digito monstrare, demonstrare, s. monstro, demonstro: vos cunc-

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torum digiti notabant, Hieron. epist. 117, 6. – Sprichw., si scis tute, quot hodie habeas digitos in manu (= auch das Geringste weißt), egon dem pignus tecum? Plaut. Pers. 187. – in digitis hodie percoquam quod ceperit = ich halte es für unmöglich, Plaut. rud. 902. – quā digitum proferat non habet, wie sie auch nur einen F. rühren (= das Geringste unternehmen soll), Cic. Caecin. 71. – ne digitum quidem alcis rei causā porrigere, um etwas nicht einmal den Finger ausstrecken (griech. ουδὲ δάκτυλον προτειναι χάριν τινός), Cic. de fin. 3, 57; vgl. Casaub. Pers. 5, 119 (wo digitum exsere [tue das Unbedeutendste], peccas). – alqm digito uno attingere, nur mit einem Finger berühren (= sich im geringsten vergreifen), Plaut. Pers. 793. Ter. eun. 740: u. so bl. digito alqm attingere, Cic. Tusc. 5, 55: u. digito alqm contingere, Cato oratt. 68. fr. 1 ( bei Gell. 10, 23, 5): alqm vel digito contingere, Apul. met. 4, 21: alqm digito tenus contingere, ibid. 9, 17: u. alqm digito tangere, Plaut. rud. 810. – primoribus labris gustasse hoc genus vitae et extremis, ut dicitur, digitis attigisse = sich nur im geringsten befaßt haben, Cic. Cael. 28. – B) die Fußzehe, die Zehe, 1) eig.: a) am Menschen, maior digitus, die große F., Cass. Fel. de medic. 52. p. 136, 1 Rose: insistere digitis, auf die Z. treten, Ov.: insistere summis digitis, auf die Fußspitzen treten, Cels. u. Sen.: erigi in digitos, auf die Zehen tre-

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ten, Quint.: summis ambulare digitis, auf den Fußspitzen gehen, Sen.: constitit in digitos arrectus, trat auf die Zehen, Verg.: digitos pedum detundere ad lapides, Apul. – D) am Vogel, die Kralle, Varro u.a. – c) am Krebs, die Schere, ut in litore cancri digitis primoribus stare, Varro sat. Men. 42. – 2) übtr., im Plur. digiti, die kleinen Zweige der Äste usw., Plin. – II) meton.: A) als Maß, die Fingerbreite, der Finger, der Zoll ( nach Frontin. aqu. § 24 der 16. Teil eines röm. Fußes), d. transversus, Querfingerbreite, Querfinger, Cato (s. unten »sprichw.«): digitum pollicem latus, Cato: digitum pollicem (daumenbreit) laxamenti facito, Cato: digiti pollicis crassitudine, Caes.: quattuor patens digitos, Caes.: late digitos primores quattuor, alte digitos primores tres, Vorderfinger, Cato. – als Wassergemäß bei der Verteilung des Wassers aus den Wasserleitungen, s. Frontin. aqu. 24 sqq.: u. so ut aquae digitus in domo eius flueret, Corp. inscr. Lat. 10, 4760. – Sprichw., si hercle ex isto loco digitum transvorsum aut unguem latum excesseris, Plaut. aul. 56 sq.: ab hac (regula) mihi non licet transversum, ut aiunt, digitum discedere, Cic. Acad. 2, 58. – B) als nom. propr., Digiti Idaei (Übersetzung von Δάκτυλοι Ἰδαιοι), Priester der Cybele (s. dactylus no. VII), Cic. de nat. deor. 3, 42; vgl. Arnob. 3, 41, u. 43. – ⇒ Genet. Plur. synk. digitûm, Varro de vit. pop. Rom. 1. fr. 1 ( bei Charis.

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126, 26). Vitr. 7, 1, 6: arch. Abl. Plur. digiteis, Corp. inscr. Lat. 1, 198, 52. – Varro sat. Men. 42 ( bei Non. 427, 30) lesen Quicherat, Bücheler und Riese digitis statt digitibus.

crĕpĭtus, ūs, m. [crepo], a rattling, creaking, clattering, clashing, rustling, a noise, etc. (in good prose).

In gen.:

cardinum,

Plaut. Curc. 1, 3, 1; cf.

claustrorum (with sonitus),

id. ib. 1, 3, 47:

carbasi,

Lucr. 6, 110:

e motu frenorum,

Varr. R. R. 2, 7, 12:

dentium,

a chattering, Cic. Tusc. 4, 8, 19:

pedum,

id. Top. 12, 52:

armorum,

Liv. 25, 6, 21; 38, 17, 5: alarum (anserum). id. 5, 47, 4:

plagarum,

Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 62, § 162:

inlisae manus umeris,

Sen. Ep. 56, 1:

tibiarum et scabellorum,

Suet. Calig. 54:

arboris,

Plin. 10, 18, 20, § 40:

imbrium,

a pattering, id. 12, 1, 5, § 10:

sonitus, tonitrus,

a crash, Plaut. Am. 5, 1, 10: digitorum, a snapping of the fingers, as the signal of a command (cf. crepo and concrepo), Mart. 14, 119.—

In partic.: crepitus (sc. ventris), a breaking wind with noise, = pordê (diff. from flatus, without noise), Plaut. Curc. 2, 3, 16; Cic. Fam. 9, 22, 5: Sen. Ep. 91, 19; Plin. 27, 12, 87, § 110 al.;

with flatus,

Suet. Claud. 32.

dĭgĭtus, i, m. [Gr. daktulos; cf. Germ. Zehe, Eng. toe; from root dek(dechomai), to grasp, receive; cf.

Germ. Finger, from fangen,

Curt. Gr. Etym. 133. Corssen, however, still refers digitus to root dik-, dico, deiknumi, as the pointer, indicator, Ausspr. 1, 380; cf. dico], a finger.

Prop.:

tot (cyathos bibimus), quot digiti sunt tibi in manu,

Plaut. Stich. 5, 4, 24; id. Most. 5, 1, 69; id. Mil. 2, 2, 47; 4, 2, 57 et saep.—The special designations: pollex, the thumb; index or salutaris, the forefinger; medius, also infamis and impudicus, the middle finger; minimo proximus or medicinalis, the ring-finger; minimus, the little finger, v. under those words.—

Special connections:

attingere aliquem digito (uno),

to touch one lightly, gently, Plaut. Pers. 5, 2, 15; Ter. Eun. 4, 6, 2 Ruhnk.; Licinius ap. Gell. 19, 9, 13; Cic. Tusc. 5, 19, 55; cf.

with tangere,

Plaut. Rud. 3, 5, 30; id. Poen. 5, 5, 29:

attingere aliquid extremis digitis (with primoribus labris gustare),

to touch lightly, to enjoy slightly, Cic. Cael. 12:

attingere caelum digito,

to be exceedingly happy, id. Att. 2, 1, 7: colere summis digitis, to adore (to touch the offering or consecrated gift) with the tips of the fingers, Lact. 1, 20; 5, 19 fin.; cf. Ov. F. 2, 573:

computare digitis,

to count on the fingers, to reckon up, Plaut. Mil. 2, 2, 51; Plin. 34, 8, 19, no. 29, § 88; cf.:

numerare per digitos,

Ov. F. 3, 123:

in digitis suis singulas partis causae constituere,

Cic. Div. in Caec. 14, 45.—Hence, venire ad digitos, to be reckoned, Plin. 2, 23, 21, § 87; and:

si tuos digitos novi,

thy skill in reckoning, Cic. Att. 5, 21, 13; cf.

also: digerere argumenta in digitos,

to count on the fingers, Quint. 11, 3, 114: concrepare digitos or digitis, to snap the fingers, as a signal of command, Petr. 27, 5; Plaut. Mil. 2, 2, 53; Cic. Off. 3, 19; v. concrepo; cf.

also: digitus crepans,

Mart. 3, 82, 15:

digitorum crepitus,

id. 14, 119:

digitorum percussio,

Cic. Off. 3, 19, 78:

intendere digitum ad aliquid,

to point the finger at any thing, Cic. de Or. 1, 46 fin.:

liceri digito,

to hold up the finger in bidding at an auction, Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 11;

for which also: tollere digitum,

id. ib. 2, 1, 54. The latter phrase also signifies, to raise the finger in token of submission, said of a combatant, Sid. Ep. 5, 7; cf. Mart. Spect. 29, 5;

and Schol,

Pers. 5, 119:

loqui digitis nutuque,

to talk by signs, Ov. Tr. 2, 453;

different is: postquam fuerant digiti cum voce locuti,

i. e. playing as an accompaniment to singing, Tib. 3, 4, 41; cf.:

ad digiti sonum,

id. 1, 2, 31; cf. also Lucr. 4, 587; 5, 1384:

digito compesce labellum,

hold your tongue, Juv. 1, 160.—For the various modes of employing the fingers in oratorical delivery, cf. Quint. 1, 10, 35; 11, 3, 92 sq.; 103; 120 al.: monstrari digito, i. e. to be pointed out, to become distinguished, famous, Hor. C. 4, 3, 22; Pers. 1, 28;

for which: demonstrari digito,

Tac. Or. 7 fin.; Cic. de Or. 2, 66, 266; id. Rep. 6, 24; Nep. Datam. 11, 5; Suet. Aug. 45.—Prov. phrases:

nescit, quot digitos habeat in manu, of one who knows nothing at all,

Plaut. Pers. 2, 2, 5:

in digitis hodie percoquam quod ceperit,

i. e. he has caught nothing, id. Rud. 4, 1, 11: ne digitum quidem porrigere, not to stretch out a finger, like the Gr. daktulon mê proteinai, ekteinai, for not to give one's self the least trouble, Cic. Fin. 3, 17, 57; cf.:

exserere digitum,

Pers. 5, 119 Scal.;

and in like manner: proferre digitum,

to move a finger, to make any exertion, Cic. Caecin. 25, 71:

scalpere caput digito, of effeminate men fearful of disarranging their hair,

Juv. 9, 133; cf. Sen. Ep. 52 fin.; a habit of Pompey's, acc. to Calvus ap. Schol. Luc. 7, 726, and Sen. Contr. 3, 19; Amm. 17, 11. (Cf. Echtermeyer's Ueber Namen und symbolische Bedeutung der Finger bei den Griechen und Römern, Progr. d. Hall. Pädagogiums, v. 1835.)

Transf.

A toe (cf. Heb., Gr. daktulos, Fr. doigt), Lucr. 3, 527; Verg. A. 5, 426; Petr. 132, 14; Sen. Ep. 111; Quint. 2, 3, 8 et saep.; also of the toes of animals, Varr. R. R. 3, 9, 4; Col. 8, 2, 8; Plin. 10, 42, 59, § 119 al.—

A small bough, a twig, Plin. 14, 1, 3, § 12; 17, 24, 37, § 224.—

As a measure of length, an inch, the sixteenth part of a Roman foot (pes), Front. Aquaed. 24 sq.; Caes. B. G. 7, 73, 6; id. B. C. 2, 10, 4; Juv. 12, 59 al.: digiti primores, finger-ends, as a measure, Cato R. R. 21, 2;

digitus transversus,

a fingerbreadth, id. ib. 45 fin.;

48, 2.—Prov.: digitum transversum non discedere ab aliqua re,

not to swerve a finger's breadth, Cic. Ac. 2, 18, 58; cf.

without transversum: nusquam ab argento digitum discedere,

id. Verr. 2, 4, 15;

and ellipt.: ab honestissima sententia digitum nusquam,

id. Att. 7, 3, 11.

Dĭgĭtus, i, m., a proper name; in plur.: Digiti Idaei = Daktuloi Idaioi, the priests of Cybele, Cic. N. D. 3, 16, 42; cf. Arn. 3, 41 and 43, and v. Dactylus.

dĭgĭtus, i, m. [Gr. daktulos; cf. Germ. Zehe, Eng. toe; from root dek(dechomai), to grasp, receive; cf.

Germ. Finger, from fangen,

Curt. Gr. Etym. 133. Corssen, however, still refers digitus to root dik-, dico, deiknumi, as the pointer, indicator, Ausspr. 1, 380; cf. dico], a finger.

Prop.:

tot (cyathos bibimus), quot digiti sunt tibi in manu,

Plaut. Stich. 5, 4, 24; id. Most. 5, 1, 69; id. Mil. 2, 2, 47; 4, 2, 57 et saep.—The special designations: pollex, the thumb; index or salutaris, the forefinger; medius, also infamis and impudicus, the middle finger; minimo proximus or medicinalis, the ring-finger; minimus, the little finger, v. under those words.—

Special connections:

attingere aliquem digito (uno),

to touch one lightly, gently, Plaut. Pers. 5, 2, 15; Ter. Eun. 4, 6, 2 Ruhnk.; Licinius ap. Gell. 19, 9, 13; Cic. Tusc. 5, 19, 55; cf.

with tangere,

Plaut. Rud. 3, 5, 30; id. Poen. 5, 5, 29:

attingere aliquid extremis digitis (with primoribus labris gustare),

to touch lightly, to enjoy slightly, Cic. Cael. 12:

attingere caelum digito,

to be exceedingly happy, id. Att. 2, 1, 7: colere summis digitis, to adore (to touch the offering or consecrated gift) with the tips of the fingers, Lact. 1, 20; 5, 19 fin.; cf. Ov. F. 2, 573:

computare digitis,

to count on the fingers, to reckon up, Plaut. Mil. 2, 2, 51; Plin. 34, 8, 19, no. 29, § 88; cf.:

numerare per digitos,

Ov. F. 3, 123:

in digitis suis singulas partis causae constituere,

Cic. Div. in Caec. 14, 45.—Hence, venire ad digitos, to be reckoned, Plin. 2, 23, 21, § 87; and:

si tuos digitos novi,

thy skill in reckoning, Cic. Att. 5, 21, 13; cf.

also: digerere argumenta in digitos,

to count on the fingers, Quint. 11, 3, 114: concrepare digitos or digitis, to snap the fingers, as a signal of command, Petr. 27, 5; Plaut. Mil. 2, 2, 53; Cic. Off. 3, 19; v. concrepo; cf.

also: digitus crepans,

Mart. 3, 82, 15:

digitorum crepitus,

id. 14, 119:

digitorum percussio,

Cic. Off. 3, 19, 78:

intendere digitum ad aliquid,

to point the finger at any thing, Cic. de Or. 1, 46 fin.:

liceri digito,

to hold up the finger in bidding at an auction, Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 11;

for which also: tollere digitum,

id. ib. 2, 1, 54. The latter phrase also signifies, to raise the finger in token of submission, said of a combatant, Sid. Ep. 5, 7; cf. Mart. Spect. 29, 5;

and Schol,

Pers. 5, 119:

loqui digitis nutuque,

to talk by signs, Ov. Tr. 2, 453;

different is: postquam fuerant digiti cum voce locuti,

i. e. playing as an accompaniment to singing, Tib. 3, 4, 41; cf.:

ad digiti sonum,

id. 1, 2, 31; cf. also Lucr. 4, 587; 5, 1384:

digito compesce labellum,

hold your tongue, Juv. 1, 160.—For the various modes of employing the fingers in oratorical delivery, cf. Quint. 1, 10, 35; 11, 3, 92 sq.; 103; 120 al.: monstrari digito, i. e. to be pointed out, to become distinguished, famous, Hor. C. 4, 3, 22; Pers. 1, 28;

for which: demonstrari digito,

Tac. Or. 7 fin.; Cic. de Or. 2, 66, 266; id. Rep. 6, 24; Nep. Datam. 11, 5; Suet. Aug. 45.—Prov. phrases:

nescit, quot digitos habeat in manu, of one who knows nothing at all,

Plaut. Pers. 2, 2, 5:

in digitis hodie percoquam quod ceperit,

i. e. he has caught nothing, id. Rud. 4, 1, 11: ne digitum quidem porrigere, not to stretch out a finger, like the Gr. daktulon mê proteinai, ekteinai, for not to give one's self the least trouble, Cic. Fin. 3, 17, 57; cf.:

exserere digitum,

Pers. 5, 119 Scal.;

and in like manner: proferre digitum,

to move a finger, to make any exertion, Cic. Caecin. 25, 71:

scalpere caput digito, of effeminate men fearful of disarranging their hair,

Juv. 9, 133; cf. Sen. Ep. 52 fin.; a habit of Pompey's, acc. to Calvus ap. Schol. Luc. 7, 726, and Sen. Contr. 3, 19; Amm. 17, 11. (Cf. Echtermeyer's Ueber Namen und symbolische Bedeutung der Finger bei den Griechen und Römern, Progr. d. Hall. Pädagogiums, v. 1835.)

Transf.

A toe (cf. Heb., Gr. daktulos, Fr. doigt), Lucr. 3, 527; Verg. A. 5, 426; Petr. 132, 14; Sen. Ep. 111; Quint. 2, 3, 8 et saep.; also of the toes of animals, Varr. R. R. 3, 9, 4; Col. 8, 2, 8; Plin. 10, 42, 59, § 119 al.—

A small bough, a twig, Plin. 14, 1, 3, § 12; 17, 24, 37, § 224.—

As a measure of length, an inch, the sixteenth part of a Roman foot (pes), Front. Aquaed. 24 sq.; Caes. B. G. 7, 73, 6; id. B. C. 2, 10, 4; Juv. 12, 59 al.: digiti primores, finger-ends, as a measure, Cato R. R. 21, 2;

digitus transversus,

a fingerbreadth, id. ib. 45 fin.;

48, 2.—Prov.: digitum transversum non discedere ab aliqua re,

not to swerve a finger's breadth, Cic. Ac. 2, 18, 58; cf.

without transversum: nusquam ab argento digitum discedere,

id. Verr. 2, 4, 15;

and ellipt.: ab honestissima sententia digitum nusquam,

id. Att. 7, 3, 11.

Dĭgĭtus, i, m., a proper name; in plur.: Digiti Idaei = Daktuloi Idaioi, the priests of Cybele, Cic. N. D. 3, 16, 42; cf. Arn. 3, 41 and 43, and v. Dactylus.