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Alpes, ĭum (rare in sing., Alpis, is, = hê Alpis; cf. Rudd. I. p. 157, n. 78), f., = hai Alpeis [v. albus], High mountains; and kat exochên, the high mountains of Switzerland, the Alps, unknown to the Romans, in their whole extent, until the time of Augustus. The three principal ranges, running S.W. and N.E., are,

The western division between Italy and France.

Alpes Maritimae, the Maritime Alps, extending from the sources of the Var, in a S.E. direction, to the sea, between the present Nice and Piedmont. North of these are,

Alpes Cottiae (so called from Cottius, a prefect in that region under Augustus), the Cottian Alps, west of Augusta Taurinorum, whose highest peak was Alpis Cottia, now Mont Genevre. Next to these, on the north.

Alpes Graiae (Graiae, a Celtic word of uncertain signif., sometimes falsely referred to Hercules Graius, Nep. Hann. 3, 4), the Graian Alps, extending to Mont Blanc (Alpis Graia is the Little St. Bernard).—

East of these, the middle division, as the northern boundary of Italy.

Alpes Penninae (so called from the deity Penninus, worshipped there; acc. to some, with the orthog. Poeninae, erroneously, with reference to Hannibal), the Pennine or Vallisian Alps, between Vallais and Upper Italy, whose highest peak, Mons Penninus, the Great St. Bernard, seems to have been out little known even in the time of Cæsar; v. Caes. B. G. 3, 1.—Connected with these on the N.E. are,

Alpes Lepontinae, the Lepontine Alps, the eastern continuation of which are,

Alpes Rhaeticae, the Rhœtian or Tyrolese Alps, extending to the Great Glockner.—

The eastern division.

Alpes Noricae, the Noric or Salzburg Alps. —

Alpes Carnicae, the Carnic Alps. —

Alpes Juliae (prob. so callea from the Forum Julii, situated near), the Julian Alps, extending to the Adriatic Sea and Illyria.—Cf. Mann Ital. I. p. 31 sq.; I p. 263; I. p. 271; I. p. 192; I. p. 189; id. Germ. p. 546:

Alpes aëriae,

Verg. G. 3, 474:

hibernae,

Hor. S. 2, 5, 41: gelidae. Luc. 1, 183: saevae Juv. 10, 166 al.—In sing.: quot in Alpe ferae. Ov. A. A. 3, 150: Alpis nubiferae colles. Luc. 1, 688:

opposuit natura Alpemque nivemque. Juv 10, 152: emissus ab Alpe,

Claud. B. Gild. 82; id. Cons. Stil. 3, 285.—

Appel. for any high mountain (only poet.):

gemmae Alpes,

the Alps and Pyrenees, Sil. 2, 833; Sid. Apol. 5, 593; Prud. steph. 3, 538.—Of Athos, Sid. Apol. 2, 510; 9, 43.

contĭnŭātĭo, ōnis, f. [id.], a following of one thing after another, an unbroken series, a connection, continuation, succession (in good prose).

In gen., with gen.:

continuatio seriesque rerum,

Cic. N. D. 1, 4, 9:

continuatio immutabilis ordinis sempiterni,

id. Ac. 1, 7, 29:

imbrium,

an uninterrupted succession, Caes. B. G. 3, 29: laborum, * Suet. Tib. 21; Flor. 4, 2, 79 al.:

causarum,

Cic. N. D. 1, 20, 55:

sermonis,

Quint. 8, 2, 14; cf. id. 9, 3, 23 al.— Absol.:

in quibus (rebus) peragendis continuatio ipsa efficacissima esset,

Liv. 41, 15, 7.—

Esp., in rhet., a period; absol., Cic. Or. 61, 204 and 208; Quint. 9, 4, 22; 9, 4, 124:

verborum,

Cic. de Or. 1, 61, 261; 3, 13, 49.

inter-pōno, pŏsŭi, pŏsĭtum, 3, v. a., to put, place, lay, or set between or among, to interpose, insert between.

Lit.

Of place, constr. with acc. and dat., or inter with acc.:

equitatus praesidia levis armaturae,

Hirt. B. G. 8, 17; 13; 19:

vestibus interponi eam (herbam) gratissimum,

Plin. 21, 6, 20, § 43:

ubi spatium inter muros... pilae interponuntur,

Caes. B. C. 2, 15:

inter eos levis armaturae Numidas,

Hirt. B. Afr. 13:

uti levis armatura interjecta inter equites suos interponeretur,

id. ib. 20:

sulcos,

Cato, R. R. 33, 3:

ne interpositi quidem elephanti militem deterrebant,

Liv. 37, 42:

lateri vinculum lapides sunt, quos interposuere, ut, etc.,

Curt. 8, 10, 25.—

Esp.

To insert, interpose, introduce. —Of time:

intercalariis mensibus interpositis,

Liv. 1, 19, 6; cf.:

inediam unius diei per singulos menses,

Suet. Vesp. 20.—Of musical notes:

iis sonis quos interposuerant, inserunt alios,

Quint. 12, 10, 68.—Of words or language:

ne inquam et inquit saepius interponeretur,

Cic. Lael. 1:

hoc loco libet interponere... quantae, etc.,

Nep. Pelop. 3, 1: subinde interponenti precibus, quid respondebo, [p. 984] etc., Quint. 6, 3, 64:

paucis interpositis versibus,

Cic. Div. 1, 57, 131:

aliquid,

Quint. 2, 4, 12:

verbum ullum,

Cic. Quint. 4, 15; so,

querelas,

id. Q. Fr. 2, 3, 1:

meam sententiam,

Quint. 5 prooem. 3. —

Of a letter in a word: quibusdam (verbis litteram),

Quint. 1, 5, 17.—Of a foot in verse:

quibusdam (iambus) interpositus,

id. 10, 1, 96.—

Of time, to let pass, permit to elapse, leave an interval:

spatium ad recreandos animos,

Caes. B. C. 3, 74:

ejus rei causa moram interponi arbitrabatur,

id. B. G. 4, 9, fin.:

tridui mora interposita,

after a delay of, id. ib. 4, 11; id. B. C. 1, 64; 3, 12; 75:

nullam moram,

Cic. Phil. 6, 1, 2:

nullam moram, quin, etc.,

id. Ac. 1, 1:

spatio interposito,

some time after, id. Clu. 2, 5; Liv. 5, 5, 10:

diebus aliquot interpositis,

Varr. R. R. 3, 9:

tempore interposito,

Suet. Tib. 9; cf. id. Claud. 26; Plin. 25, 8, 49, § 88:

hac interposita nocte,

Liv. 44, 39.—

To mingle:

frigidam (cibis),

to drink cold water while eating, Plin. 28, 4, 14, § 55; cf.:

condimentis cuminum,

to mix with, id. 20, 15, 58, § 153.—

With personal objects, to introduce among, admit among, bring into, to bring into a feast, a society, among associates, etc.:

quam sancta sit societas civium, dis immortalibus interpositis, etc.,

Cic. Leg. 2, 7, 16:

aliquem convivio,

Suet. Claud. 39:

legatos familiaribus,

id. Ner. 22. —

Trop., to interpose, introduce, put in the way, put forward.

In gen., as a hinderance, interference, reason, or pretext:

Lentulus provinciam, quam sorte habebat, interposita religione, deposuit,

Cic. Pis. 21, 50:

neque ulla belli suspicione interposita,

Caes. B. G. 4, 32:

nulla interposita dubitatione,

id. ib. 7, 40; Hirt. B. G. 8, 48; 52:

interposita pactione,

Just. 7, 6, 5:

offensione aliqua interposita,

Cic. Phil. 2, 4:

nec colloquium interposita causa tolli volebat,

Caes. B. G. 1, 42; Hirt. B. Alex. 70:

causam interponens collegas exspectare,

Nep. Them. 7, 2:

postulata haec ab eo interposita esse, quominus, etc.,

Cic. Att. 7, 15, 3:

operam, studium, laborem pro sociis,

id. Div. in Caecin. 19.—

Esp.

Of a judgment, decree, edict, oath, etc.:

jurejurando interposito,

Liv. 34, 25, 7; Suet. Caes. 85:

jus eo die se non dicturum, neque decretum interpositurum,

Liv. 3, 46, 3:

ad decreta interponenda pecuniam occipere,

Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 48, § 119; Suet. Tib. 33:

judicium suum,

Cic. Div. 2, 72, 150:

poenas compromissaque,

id. Verr. 2, 2, 27, § 66:

exceptionem actioni,

Dig. 44, 1, 2:

intercessionem suam (of a tribune of the people),

Val. Max. 6, 1, 10:

tutor interponit auctoritatem suam,

gives his authorization, Gai. Inst. 1, 190. —

Fidem interponere, to pledge one's word or credit:

fidem suam in eam rem,

Caes. B. G. 5, 36, 2:

fidem reliquis interponere, jusjurandum poscere, ut, etc.,

id. ib. 5, 6, 6:

fidem suam in re omni,

Hirt. B. Alex. 63:

omni interposita fide,

Caes. B. C. 3, 86:

ut in eam rem fidem suam, si quid opus esse putaret, interponeret,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 39, 114; cf.:

sponsio interponeretur,

Liv. 9, 9.—

Se interponere (in aliquid, or alicui rei; also with quominus or absol.), to interfere, intermeddle, engage in, set one ' s self in the way:

si te in istam pacificationem non interponis,

Cic. Fam. 10, 27, 2:

bello se,

Liv. 35, 48:

num ego me non interpono Romanis,

Just. 3, 10, 11:

num quem putas posse reperiri, qui se interponat, quominus, etc.?

Cic. Vatin. 15:

quid enim me interponerem audaciae tuae?

expose myself, id. Phil. 2, 4, 19:

ni tribuni plebis interposuissent se,

Liv. 27, 6: tu vero, quod voles, facies;

me nihil interpono,

Cic. Q. Fr. 3, 4, 5.— Rarely, to interfere, interpose in behalf of any one:

semper se interposuit,

Nep. Att. 2, 4; 9, 5:

Qui me mediis interposuerim Caesaris scriptis, i.e. by writing a continuation,

Hirt. B. G. 8 praef.

Pēlĭon, ii ( masc. collat. form Pēlĭos, Plin. 4, 8, 15, § 30:

Pelio, scanned as a dissyl. per syniz.,

Sil. 3, 495), n., = Pêlion, a high mountain in Thessaly, a continuation of Ossa, now Zagora, Plin. 2, 65, 65, § 162; Verg. G. 1, 281; 3, 94; Ov. M. 12, 513; 1, 155; Mel. 2, 3, 2.—Hence,

Pēlĭăcus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Pelion:

vertex,

Cat. 64, 1:

apex,

Ov. F. 1, 308:

juga,

Stat. Achill. 1, 321: trabs, i.e. the Argo (because built of timber from Pelion), Prop. 3 (4), 22, 12:

Peliaca carina,

Val. Fl. 8, 417; cf. also: Peliaca cuspis, of Achilles, cut on Pelion, Ov. M. 12, 74:

axis,

the chariot of Achilles, Sen. Troad. 414.—

Pēlĭus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Pelion, Pelian:

mons,

Cic. Fat. 15, 35: in nemore Pelio, Enn. ap. Auct. ad Her. 2, 22, 34 (Trag. v. 280 Vahl.); so,

in imitation, nemus,

Phaedr. 4, 7, 6.—

Pēlĭas, ădis, f. adj., that comes from Pelion: Pelias hasta, the spear of Achilles (because its shaft came from Pelion), Ov. H. 3, 126:

pinus,

the Argo, Stat. Th. 5, 335.—As subst.: Pēlĭas, ădis, f., a spear, Auct. Pan. ad Pis. 165.

Pēlĭon, ii ( masc. collat. form Pēlĭos, Plin. 4, 8, 15, § 30:

Pelio, scanned as a dissyl. per syniz.,

Sil. 3, 495), n., = Pêlion, a high mountain in Thessaly, a continuation of Ossa, now Zagora, Plin. 2, 65, 65, § 162; Verg. G. 1, 281; 3, 94; Ov. M. 12, 513; 1, 155; Mel. 2, 3, 2.—Hence,

Pēlĭăcus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Pelion:

vertex,

Cat. 64, 1:

apex,

Ov. F. 1, 308:

juga,

Stat. Achill. 1, 321: trabs, i.e. the Argo (because built of timber from Pelion), Prop. 3 (4), 22, 12:

Peliaca carina,

Val. Fl. 8, 417; cf. also: Peliaca cuspis, of Achilles, cut on Pelion, Ov. M. 12, 74:

axis,

the chariot of Achilles, Sen. Troad. 414.—

Pēlĭus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Pelion, Pelian:

mons,

Cic. Fat. 15, 35: in nemore Pelio, Enn. ap. Auct. ad Her. 2, 22, 34 (Trag. v. 280 Vahl.); so,

in imitation, nemus,

Phaedr. 4, 7, 6.—

Pēlĭas, ădis, f. adj., that comes from Pelion: Pelias hasta, the spear of Achilles (because its shaft came from Pelion), Ov. H. 3, 126:

pinus,

the Argo, Stat. Th. 5, 335.—As subst.: Pēlĭas, ădis, f., a spear, Auct. Pan. ad Pis. 165.

Pēlĭon, ii ( masc. collat. form Pēlĭos, Plin. 4, 8, 15, § 30:

Pelio, scanned as a dissyl. per syniz.,

Sil. 3, 495), n., = Pêlion, a high mountain in Thessaly, a continuation of Ossa, now Zagora, Plin. 2, 65, 65, § 162; Verg. G. 1, 281; 3, 94; Ov. M. 12, 513; 1, 155; Mel. 2, 3, 2.—Hence,

Pēlĭăcus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Pelion:

vertex,

Cat. 64, 1:

apex,

Ov. F. 1, 308:

juga,

Stat. Achill. 1, 321: trabs, i.e. the Argo (because built of timber from Pelion), Prop. 3 (4), 22, 12:

Peliaca carina,

Val. Fl. 8, 417; cf. also: Peliaca cuspis, of Achilles, cut on Pelion, Ov. M. 12, 74:

axis,

the chariot of Achilles, Sen. Troad. 414.—

Pēlĭus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Pelion, Pelian:

mons,

Cic. Fat. 15, 35: in nemore Pelio, Enn. ap. Auct. ad Her. 2, 22, 34 (Trag. v. 280 Vahl.); so,

in imitation, nemus,

Phaedr. 4, 7, 6.—

Pēlĭas, ădis, f. adj., that comes from Pelion: Pelias hasta, the spear of Achilles (because its shaft came from Pelion), Ov. H. 3, 126:

pinus,

the Argo, Stat. Th. 5, 335.—As subst.: Pēlĭas, ădis, f., a spear, Auct. Pan. ad Pis. 165.

Pēlĭon, ii ( masc. collat. form Pēlĭos, Plin. 4, 8, 15, § 30:

Pelio, scanned as a dissyl. per syniz.,

Sil. 3, 495), n., = Pêlion, a high mountain in Thessaly, a continuation of Ossa, now Zagora, Plin. 2, 65, 65, § 162; Verg. G. 1, 281; 3, 94; Ov. M. 12, 513; 1, 155; Mel. 2, 3, 2.—Hence,

Pēlĭăcus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Pelion:

vertex,

Cat. 64, 1:

apex,

Ov. F. 1, 308:

juga,

Stat. Achill. 1, 321: trabs, i.e. the Argo (because built of timber from Pelion), Prop. 3 (4), 22, 12:

Peliaca carina,

Val. Fl. 8, 417; cf. also: Peliaca cuspis, of Achilles, cut on Pelion, Ov. M. 12, 74:

axis,

the chariot of Achilles, Sen. Troad. 414.—

Pēlĭus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Pelion, Pelian:

mons,

Cic. Fat. 15, 35: in nemore Pelio, Enn. ap. Auct. ad Her. 2, 22, 34 (Trag. v. 280 Vahl.); so,

in imitation, nemus,

Phaedr. 4, 7, 6.—

Pēlĭas, ădis, f. adj., that comes from Pelion: Pelias hasta, the spear of Achilles (because its shaft came from Pelion), Ov. H. 3, 126:

pinus,

the Argo, Stat. Th. 5, 335.—As subst.: Pēlĭas, ădis, f., a spear, Auct. Pan. ad Pis. 165.

praetĕr-ĕā, adv. [is].

Beyond this or that, besides:

si eum reddis mihi, praeterea unum nummum ne duis,

Plaut. Capt. 2, 2, 81:

nihilne vobis in mentem venit, quod praeterea Crasso requiratis?

Cic. de Or. 1, 35, 60:

haec duo praeterea oppida,

Verg. A. 8, 355:

auxiliis, equitatuque comparato, multisque praeterea viris fortibus Tolosā et Narbone evocatis,

Caes. B. G. 3, 20:

quicquid praeterea navium habebat,

id. ib. 4, 22; Cic. Balb. 12, 29:

si duo praeterea talis Idaea tulisset Terra viros,

two more, Verg. A. 11, 285:

praeterea quam (rare for praeterquam): nihil praeterea cum consule pacti, quam quod, etc.,

Liv. 24, 47, 8.—

Distributively in succession, besides, moreover:

multae sunt causae... primum... praeterea,

Ter. Eun. 1, 2, 65:

primum... tum praeterea...,

id. Ad. 3, 2, 47: quicumque bona patria laceraverat; quique alienum aes grande conflaverat; praeterea omnes undique parricidae; ad hoc quos, etc.;

postremo omnes, quos, etc.,

Sall. C. 14, 2 sq.:

nam et... prudentiam mihi tuam exposuit: et praeterea suavitatem tuam adjunxit: praeterea summam erga se liberalitatem,

Cic. Fam. 10, 3, 1:

nunc... praeterea... tum porro,

Lucr. 6, 617.—

In continuation, henceforth, hereafter; thenceforth, thereafter:

et quisquam numen Junonis adorat Praeterea?

Verg. A. 1, 49:

neque illum... praeterea vidit,

id. G. 4, 502.

prōsĕcūtĭo, ōnis, f. [prosequor].

Lit., a following or accompanying on the way, attendance (post-class.):

necessitas prosecutionis, Cod. Th. 8, 5, 47: prosecutio opportuna,

Symm. Ep. 7, 59.—

Trop.

A following with words, an honorable notice or mention:

quā prosecutione simplicitatem ejus edisseram,

Ambros. Exc. Frat. Sat. 1, 51.—

A continuation, Ambros. Fid. 2, 13, 108; Claud. Mam. Stat. Anim. 3, 7.