continually

morsĭco, 1, v. a. [mordeo].

To bite continually, Paul. ex Fest. p. 68 Müll.—

To bite, to press the lips together as in kissing (post-class.):

ore improbo compulsat, et morsicat,

App. M. 7, p. 197, 16:

limis et morsicantibus oculis,

winking, ogling, id. ib. 2, p. 119, 8 (al. morsito).

ob-sĭdĕo, ēdi, essum, 2, v. n. and a. [sedeo].

Neutr., to sit, stay, remain, abide anywhere (only poet.):

servi ne obsideant, liberis ut sit locus,

Plaut. Poen. prol. 23:

domi obsidere,

Ter. Ad. 4, 6, 6:

in limine,

Val. Fl. 2, 237.—

Act., to sit at, on, or in, to remain on or in, to haunt, inhabit, frequent a place.

In gen.:

aram,

Plaut. Rud. 3, 3, 36:

ranae stagna et rivos obsident,

frequent marshes, Plin. 11, 18, 19, § 62:

obsedit limina bubo,

Sil. 8, 636:

Apollo umbilicum terrarum obsidet,

Cic. Div. 2, 56.—

In partic.

Milit. t. t., to sit down before, to hem in, beset, besiege, invest, blockade a place (cf. oppugno):

cum omnes aditus armati obsiderent,

Cic. Phil. 2, 35, 89:

Curio Uticam obsidere instituit,

Caes. B. C. 2, 36:

consiliis ab oppugnandā urbe ad obsidendam versis,

Liv. 2, 11:

propius inopiam erant obsidentes quam obsessi,

id. 25, 11:

ut Carthaginem crederent extemplo Scipionem obsessurum,

id. 30, 7:

totam Italiam,

Cic. Agr. 2, 28, 75:

vias,

Caes. B. G. 3, 23:

vallis obsessa,

Verg. A. 10, 120:

egregias Lateranorum aedīs,

Juv. 10, 17.—

To occupy, fill, possess:

corporibus omnis obsidetur locus,

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

senatum armis,

id. Phil. 7, 5, 15:

palus obsessa salictis,

full of osier-thickets, Ov. M. 11, 363:

Trachasque obsessa palude,

i. e. surrounded, id. ib. 15, 717.—

Trop., to occupy, possess, take possession of:

alicujus animum,

Just. 42, 4, 21:

qui meum tempus obsideret,

who took up my time, Cic. Verr. 1, 2, 6; id. Or. 62, 210:

cum obsideri aures a fratre cerneret,

that they were continually besieged by his brother, Liv. 40, 20 fin. —

To have one's eye upon, to watch closely, be on the look-out for:

jacere humi... ad obsidendum stuprum,

Cic. Cat. 1, 10, 26:

rostra,

id. Fl. 24, 57.

pĕrennis (‡ pĕremnis, Inscr. Ann. p. Chr. 341 ap. Guattani Monum. Inedit. 1, 5, p. 39), e ( abl. sing. perenne, Ov. H. 8, 64; id. F. 3, 654), adj. [per-annus], that lasts or continues the year through (post-Aug.):

aves perennes,

that remain with us all the year round, Plin. 10, 25, 36, § 73.—

Transf., everlasting, never failing, unceasing, perpetual, perennial (class.; cf.:

jugis, perpetuus): aquae,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 48, § 107; cf. Liv. 1, 21, 3:

fons,

Caes. B. G. 8, 43:

amnis,

Liv. 4, 30:

rivi,

Plin. Ep. 5, 6, 11:

cursus stellarum,

Cic. N. D. 2, 21, 56:

vinum,

i. e. that bears keeping, Col. 3, 2, 10:

adamas,

Ov. M. 15, 813:

monumenta,

id. F. 2, 265; of a person:

super Astra ferar,

id. M. 15, 875.— Comp.:

exegi monumentum aere perennius,

more lasting, more enduring, Hor. C. 3, 30, 1.—

Trop., unfailing, uninterrupted, continual, perpetual, etc.:

lucrum,

Plaut. Am. p. 16:

perennis et contestata majorum virtus,

Cic. Fl. 11, 25:

continuata motio et perennis,

id. Tusc. 1, 10, 22:

loquacitas,

id. de Or. 3, 48, 185:

animus in rem publicam,

id. Prov. Cons. 9, 23.—Hence, adv., in two forms, pĕrenne (post-Aug.) and pĕrennĭter (post-class.).

pĕrenne.

Lit., all the year through, Col. 12, 18, 2.—

Transf., constantly, perpetually (postclass.):

abies perenne durabilis,

Pall. 12, 15, 1:

perenne vivax,

Paul. Nol. Carm. 11, 68.—

pĕrennĭter, constantly, continually, always, perpetually:

arbor frondens perenniter,

Aug. Doctr. Christ. 2, 16:

perenniter servare amicitias,

Sid. Ep. 7, 9; Cod. Th. 7, 20, 2; Sol. 65.

pĕrennis (‡ pĕremnis, Inscr. Ann. p. Chr. 341 ap. Guattani Monum. Inedit. 1, 5, p. 39), e ( abl. sing. perenne, Ov. H. 8, 64; id. F. 3, 654), adj. [per-annus], that lasts or continues the year through (post-Aug.):

aves perennes,

that remain with us all the year round, Plin. 10, 25, 36, § 73.—

Transf., everlasting, never failing, unceasing, perpetual, perennial (class.; cf.:

jugis, perpetuus): aquae,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 48, § 107; cf. Liv. 1, 21, 3:

fons,

Caes. B. G. 8, 43:

amnis,

Liv. 4, 30:

rivi,

Plin. Ep. 5, 6, 11:

cursus stellarum,

Cic. N. D. 2, 21, 56:

vinum,

i. e. that bears keeping, Col. 3, 2, 10:

adamas,

Ov. M. 15, 813:

monumenta,

id. F. 2, 265; of a person:

super Astra ferar,

id. M. 15, 875.— Comp.:

exegi monumentum aere perennius,

more lasting, more enduring, Hor. C. 3, 30, 1.—

Trop., unfailing, uninterrupted, continual, perpetual, etc.:

lucrum,

Plaut. Am. p. 16:

perennis et contestata majorum virtus,

Cic. Fl. 11, 25:

continuata motio et perennis,

id. Tusc. 1, 10, 22:

loquacitas,

id. de Or. 3, 48, 185:

animus in rem publicam,

id. Prov. Cons. 9, 23.—Hence, adv., in two forms, pĕrenne (post-Aug.) and pĕrennĭter (post-class.).

pĕrenne.

Lit., all the year through, Col. 12, 18, 2.—

Transf., constantly, perpetually (postclass.):

abies perenne durabilis,

Pall. 12, 15, 1:

perenne vivax,

Paul. Nol. Carm. 11, 68.—

pĕrennĭter, constantly, continually, always, perpetually:

arbor frondens perenniter,

Aug. Doctr. Christ. 2, 16:

perenniter servare amicitias,

Sid. Ep. 7, 9; Cod. Th. 7, 20, 2; Sol. 65.

perpĕtŭō, adv., v. perpetuus fin.

perpĕtŭo, āvi, ātum (old perf. subj. perpetuassint, Enn. Ann. 322), 1, v. a. [perpetuus], to cause a thing to continue uninterruptedly, to proceed with continually, to make perpetual, perpetuate (rare but class.): libertatem ut perpetuassint, Enn. ap. Non. 150, 30 (Ann. v. 322 Vahl.):

amator qui perpetuat data,

Plaut. Ps. 1, 3, 72:

ut si cui sit infinitus spiritus datus, tamen eum perpetuare verba nolimus,

Cic. de Or. 3, 46, 181:

judicum potestatem perpetuandam... putavit,

id. Sull. 22, 64: di te perpetuent, may the gods preserve you! a form of salutation addressed to the emperors, Lampr. Alex. Sev. 6.

rĕ-mētĭor, mensus, 4, v. dep. a., to measure or mete again, measure or mete back ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose).

Lit.:

iter retro remensumst,

Lucr. 2, 516:

si modo rite memor servata remetior astra,

Verg. A. 5, 25: frumentum pecuniā remetiri, to measure back with money, i. e. to pay for with an equal measure of money, Quint. Decl. 12, 19 fin. —In pass. sense:

in quā mensurā mensi fueritis, remetietur,

Vulg. Matt. 7, 2; id. Marc. 4, 24.—

Transf.

To measure back, i. e. to go, pass, or travel over again:

iter,

Stat. Th. 3, 324:

stadia,

Plin. 2, 71, 73, § 181.— In pass. sense:

pelagoque remenso, Improvisi aderunt,

Verg. A. 2, 181:

remenso mari,

id. ib. 3, 143.—

In gen., to void or discharge back again:

ille fide summā testae sua vina remensus, Reddidit oenophori pondera plena sui,

Mart. 6, 89, 5:

vinum omne vomitu,

Sen. Ep. 95, 21; cf. id. Prov. 3, 13.—

Trop., to go over in one's mind; to think over, reflect upon; to tell again, repeat:

totum diem mecum scrutor, facta ac dicta mea remetior,

Sen. Ira, 3, 36:

fabulam,

App. M. 1, p. 104, 7; 2, p. 123, 35.—

(Acc. to I. B. 1.) To measure or pass over again: transmissum discrimen convalescendo remetiri, to remeasure, in recovering, the danger surmounted (i. e. to be continually advancing in recovery), Plin. Ep. 8, 11, 2.

rĕ-sŏno, āvi, 1 (ante-class. collat. form, acc. to the 3d conj., resonit, Pac. and Att. ap. Non. 504, 30 sq.: resonunt, Enn. and Att. ap. Prisc. p. 838 P.; of the perf. only resonavit, Manil. 5, 567), v. n. and a., to sound or ring again, to resound, re-echo (freq. and class.).

Lit.:

tum clupei resonunt, Enn. l. l. (Ann. v. 364 Vahl.): valvae resonunt regiae, Att. l. l.: theatrum naturā ita resonans, ut, etc.,

Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 14, § 42:

venenum sic e poculo ejecit, ut id resonaret,

id. Tusc. 1, 40, 96:

ubi non resonent imagines,

i. e. where no echoes are heard, without echoes, Varr. R. R. 3, 16, 12:

cum frustra resonant aera,

Ov. M. 4, 333: resonabat eburnea Telorum custos [p. 1580] (i. e. pharetra), id. ib. 8, 320:

ut solent pleni resonare camini,

to send forth a roaring noise, id. ib. 7, 106:

eque sacrā resonant examina quercu,

Verg. E. 7, 13:

hominum clamor et tubarum sonus amplior quam editur resonare solet,

Just. 24, 6, 8:

resonantia litora,

Sil. 11, 491. — With abl.:

clamore et gemitu templum resonit caelitum, Att. ap. Non. l. l.: aura crepitu musico, Pac. l. l.: late plangoribus aedes,

Verg. A. 12, 607:

domus undique magno strepitu,

Hor. S. 1, 2, 129:

latratibus aether,

Ov. M. 3, 231:

spectacula plausu,

id. ib. 10, 668:

avibus virgulta canoris,

Verg. G. 2, 328:

arbusta cicadis,

id. E. 2, 13. — Poet., with acc.:

litoraque alcyonen resonant, acalanthida dumi,

resound with, Verg. G. 3, 338:

testudo septem nervis,

Hor. C. 3, 11, 3; cf.:

vox ima quattuor chordis,

id. S. 1, 3, 8. — With ad:

qui (cornus) ad nervos resonant in cantibus,

Cic. N. D. 2, 59, 149. — With dat.:

suave locus voci resonat conclusus,

echoes to the voice, Hor. S. 1, 4, 76; cf.: carmina resonantia chordis Romanis, to the strings, Auct. Pan. ad Pis. 229. —

Trop., to resound, re-echo:

in vocibus nostrorum oratorum recinit quiddam et resonat urbanius,

Cic. Brut. 46, 171; cf. Quint. 11, 3, 30.—With dat.:

gloria virtuti resonat tamquam imago,

Cic. Tusc. 3, 2, 3. —

Act., to give back the sound of, to resound, re-echo with any thing:

formosam resonare doces Amaryllida silvas,

Verg. E. 1, 5; so,

triste et acutum,

Hor. S. 1, 8, 41:

resonent mihi Cynthia silvae,

call out to me, Cynthia, Prop. 1, 18, 31:

ora Hylan semper resonantia,

Val. Fl. 4, 18; cf. Sil. 14, 30. — Pass.:

(sonus) in fidibus testudine resonatur aut cornu,

Cic. N. D. 2, 57, 144. — Poet., with acc. of a place, to make resound or re-echo:

ubi Solis filia lucos Assiduo resonat cantu,

Verg. A. 7, 11. —

To say urgently or continually (late Lat.):

vernacula principi,

Amm. 17, 11, 1.

sector, ōris, m. [id.], one who cuts or cuts off, a cutter (rare but class.).

Lit.:

zonarius,

a cutpurse, Plaut. Trin. 4, 2, 20:

collorum,

a cutthroat, Cic. Rosc. Am. 29, 80 (v. II.); so id. ib. 31 fin.:

feni,

a haycutter, mower, Col. 11, 1, 12.—

Publicists' t. t., a bidder, purchaser at a public sale of goods captured or confiscated by the State (cf. quadruplator):

sectores vocantur qui publica bona mercantur,

Dig. 4, 146:

cum de bonis et de caede agatur, testimonium dicturus est is, qui et sector est et sicarius: hoc est, qui et illorum ipsorum bonorum, de quibus agitur, emptor atque possessor est et eum hominem occidendum curavit, de cujus morte quaeritur,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 36, 103:

sector sis,

id. Phil. 2, 26, 65:

Pompeii (sc. bonorum),

id. ib. 13, 14, 30; Crassus ap. Cic. Fam. 15, 19, 3:

ubique hasta et sector,

Tac. H. 1, 20:

hastae subjecit tabernas, nec sector inventus est,

Flor. 2, 6, 48; Pacat. Pan. Theod. 25, 28; Claud. IV. Cons. Hon. 496; cf. Ps.-Ascon. ap. Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 20, § 52, p. 172, and 2, 1, 23, §

61, p. 177 Orell.—In a double sense, with the signif. I.: nescimus per ista tempora eosdem fere sectores fuisse collorum et bonorum?

cutthroats and cutpurses, Cic. Rosc. Am. 29, 80. —

Trop.:

hinc rapti pretio fasces sectorque favoris Ipse sui populus,

seller of his favor, Luc. 1, 178.—

Geometrical t. t., the sector of a circle, that part of a circle included between any two radii and an arc, Boëth. Art. Geom. p. 379, 13.

sector, ātus, 1 ( inf. sectarier, Plaut. Mil. 2, 1, 13; id. Rud. 1, 2, 57; Hor. S. 1, 2, 78), v. dep. freq. a. [sequor], to follow continually or eagerly, in a good or bad sense; to run after, attend, accompany; to follow after, chase, pursue (freq. and class.).

Lit.

In gen.:

equidem te jam sector quintum hunc annum,

Plaut. Pers. 2, 1, 5:

servum misi, qui sectari solet meum gnatum,

id. Ep. 3, 4, 50: Chrysogonum (servi), Cic. Rosc. Am. 28, 77:

praetorem circum omnia fora,

id. Verr. 2, 2, 70, § 169:

si mercede conducti obviam candidatis issent, si conducti sectarentur,

id. Mur. 32, 67:

at sectabuntur multi,

id. ib. 33, 70:

neque te quisquam stipator Praeter Crispinum sectabitur,

Hor. S. 1, 3, 139:

equitum manus quae regem ex more sectatur,

Tac. A. 15, 2; 15, 33 fin.; Gell. 20, 6, 1 et saep.:

mulieres sectarier,

to run after, Plaut. Mil. 2, 1, 13; 3, 1, 183; cf.:

desine matronas sectarier,

Hor. S. 1, 2, 78:

ipse suas sectatur oves, at filius agnos,

accompanies, guards, Tib. 1, 10, 41:

aratrum,

to follow the plough, id. 2, 3, 7: canes, to follow the hounds (that hunt on before), Prop. 3, 14 (4, 13), 14:

aliquem,

to run after, pursue, Plaut. Cist. 2, 2, 1: servum, Cato ap. Gell. 17, 6, 3:

homo ridicule insanus, qui ejusmodi est, ut eum pueri sectentur,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 66, § 148:

ne scuticā dignum horribili sectere flagello,

Hor. S. 1, 3, 119:

exagitet nostros Manes sectetur et umbras, etc.,

Prop. 2, 8, 19 (2, 8 b, 19).— To visit a place gladly, to frequent:

gymnasia,

Plin. Ep. 1, 22, 6.— Absol.:

homo coepit me obsecrare, Ut sibi liceret discere id de me: sectari jussi (alluding to the train of followers who accompanied the ancient philosophers),

Ter. Eun. 2, 2, 31; id. Phorm. 1, 2, 36: at sectabantur multi... Quid opus est sectatoribus? (of the train of a candidate) Cic. Mur. 34, 71.—

In partic., to pursue, chase, hunt animals: sues silvaticos in montibus, Varr. ap. Non. 555, 31:

sectaris apros,

Verg. E. 3, 75:

gallinam,

Plaut. Mil. 2, 2, 7:

simiam,

id. ib. 2, 2, 24; 2, 2, 106; 2, 3, 13 sq.;

2, 6, 25: leporem,

Hor. S. 1, 2, 106; 2, 2, 9 et saep.:

cervam videre fugere, sectari canes,

Ter. Phorm. prol. 7.—

Trop., to follow or strive after; to pursue eagerly (not freq. till after the Aug. per.; not in Cic.): quid vos hanc miseram ac tenuem sectamini praedam? * Caes. B. G. 6, 35; so,

praedam,

Tac. A. 1, 65:

facinora,

Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 28:

lites,

Ter. Phorm. 2, 3, 61:

nomina tironum,

Hor. S. 1, 2, 16:

sectantem levia nervi Deficiunt,

id. A. P. 26:

gymnasia aut porticus,

Plin. Ep. 1, 22, 6:

omnes dicendi Veneres,

Quint. 10, 1, 79; cf.:

quas figuras,

id. 9, 3, 100:

voluptatem,

id. 10, 1, 28:

eminentes virtutes,

to seek out, Tac. A. 1, 80:

contumaciam sententiarum, habitum vultumque ejus,

to seek to imitate, id. ib. 16, 22:

praecepta salubria,

Suet. Aug. 89:

commoda,

id. ib. 25:

luxuriosa convivia,

Just. 11, 10, 2:

in alienis eripiendis vitam sectari,

id. 27, 2, 8. —

With a rel. or subj.-clause, to hunt or track out, busy one's self:

mitte sectari, rosa quo locorum Sera moretur,

Hor. C. 1, 38, 3:

non ut omnia dicerem sectatus, sed ut maxime necessaria,

Quint. 1, 10, 1.

signif.:

qui vellet se a cane sectari,

Varr. R. R. 2, 9, 6.

sŭb-inde, adv., a particle of time.

In gen., immediately after, just after, presently, forthwith, thereupon (not ante-Aug.):

primum gaudere, subinde Praeceptum auriculis hoc instillare memento,

Hor. Ep. 1, 8, 15:

ager primum aretur ultimā parte mensis Augusti, subinde Septembri sit iteratus,

Col. 2, 4, 11:

primo auctumno arandi et subinde conserendi,

id. 11, 2, 8; Tac. Agr. 14:

sparge subinde,

Hor. S. 2, 5, 103:

aliud subinde bellum cum alterius orae Graecis ortum,

Liv. 8, 27; cf. id. 28, 25, 1 Weissenb. ad loc.:

semperne eosdem an subinde alios?

Tac. A. 6, 2; Liv. 7, 10:

duae subinde urbes captae direptaeque,

id. 30, 7:

legem suis liberis subinde dare,

Quint. 11, 1, 83; Suet. Aug. 95.—

In partic., of repeated actions, one after the other, from time to time, now and then, repeatedly, frequently, continually (cf. interdum):

praedae minus inventum est, quod subinde spolia agrorum capta domos mittebant,

Liv. 35, 21; 10, 17:

subinde exsecuntur legati,

id. 9, 16, 4 Weissenb. ad loc.:

quae subinde nuntiata sunt regi, continuae felicitati rerum ejus imposuerant labem,

Curt. 7, 7, 30:

si diligenter subinde emundata fuerit humus,

Col. 6, 30, 2:

tragicum illud subinde jactabat: Oderint dum metuant,

Suet. Calig. 30:

erit pergratum mihi hanc effigiem ejus subinde intueri, subinde respicere,

Plin. Ep. 2, 7, 6:

mentitur tua subinde tussis,

Mart. 5, 39, 6.

vĭgĭlo, āvi, ātum, 1, v. n. and a. [vigil].

Neutr., to watch, i. e. to be or keep awake at night, not to sleep, be wakeful (class.; syn. excubo).

Lit.:

ad multam noctem vigilare,

Cic. Rep. 6, 10, 10:

de nocte,

id. Q. Fr. 2, 15, 2:

proximā nocte,

id. Cat. 3, 3, 6:

usque ad lucem,

Ter. Eun. 2, 2, 46: ad ipsum Mane, Hor. S. 1, 3, 17.—With a homogeneous object: in lectitando... vigilias vigilare, Gell. N. A. praef. § 19.— Impers.:

redeo si vigilatur et hic,

Mart. 12, 68, 6.— Transf.:

vigilat Troicus ignis,

burns continually, Stat. S. 1, 1, 35; so,

flamma,

Flor. 1, 2, 3:

lumina (of a light-house),

Ov. H. 18, 31.—Prov.

Hic vigilans somniat, i. e. builds castles in the air, Plaut. Capt. 4, 2, 68; cf.:

num ille somniat Ea, quae vigilans voluit?

Ter. And. 5, 6, 8.—

Qui imperata effecta reddat, non qui vigilans dormiat, who dreams with his eyes open, goes to sleep over a thing, Plaut. Ps. 1, 3, 152; cf.:

et vigilans stertis,

Lucr. 3, 1048:

vigilanti stertere naso,

Juv. 1, 57.— Impers. pass.:

redeo, si vigilatur et hic,

Mart. 12, 68, 6.—

Trop.

In gen., to be watchful, vigilant:

vigilantes curae,

Cic. Div. 1, 43, 96:

oculi vigilantes,

Verg. A. 5, 438.—

In partic., to keep watch over any thing, to be watchful or vigilant: vigilandum est semper: multae insidiae sunt bonis, Att. ap. Cic. Planc. 24, 59 (Trag. Rel. p. 138 Rib.):

excubabo vigilaboque pro vobis,

Cic. Phil. 6, 7, 18:

vigila, Chrysippe, ne tuam causam deseras,

id. Fat. 6, 12:

ut vivas, vigila,

Hor. S. 2, 3, 152:

studiis vigilare severis,

to engage in, Prop. 2, 3, 7:

janitor ad dantes vigilet,

id. 4 (5), 5, 47: Mars, vigila, an invocation to Mars at the breaking out of a war, acc. to Serv. ad Verg. A. 8, 3.—

Act., to watch through, spend in watching, to do or make while watching ( poet.):

noctes vigilantur amarae,

Ov. H. 12, 169; so,

vigilata nox,

id. F. 4, 167:

ubi jam breviorque dies et mollior aetas, Quae vigilanda viris,

Verg. G. 1, 313:

carmen vigilatum,

Ov. F. 4, 109:

vigilati labores,

id. Tr. 2, 11:

magia occulta noctibus vigilata,

pursued by night, App. Mag. p. 304, 28.—Hence,

vĭgĭlans, antis, P. a. (acc. to I. B. 2.), watchful, anxious, careful, vigilant:

vigilantes et boni et fortes et misericordes,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 48, 139:

vigilans et acutus tribunus plebis,

id. Agr. 1, 1, 3:

vigilans et industrius homo,

id. Att. 8, 11, B, 1:

sentiet in hac urbe esse consules vigilantis,

id. Cat. 2, 12, 27.— Comp.:

nemo paratior, vigilantior, compositior,

Cic. Verr. 1, 11, 32.— Sup.:

dux (Hannibal),

Val. Max. 9, 1, ext. 1.— Adv.: vĭgĭlanter, watchfully, carefully, vigilantly, Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 64, § 144.— Comp.:

vigilantius,

Cic. Rep. 6, 24, 26.— Sup.:

vigilantissime,

Cic. Mur. 15, 32.—

vĭ-gĭlātē, adv., for vigilanter, watchfully, vigilantly, Gell. 3, 14, 12.