continuing

cŏm-ĭtĭum, ii, n. [locus a coëundo, id est insimul veniendo, est dictus, Paul. ex Fest. p. 38, 12 Müll.; cf. Varr. L. L. 5, § 155 id.: comitium ab eo quod coibant eo comitiis curiatis, et litium causā].

In sing., the place for the assembling of the Romans voting by the curiœ situated near the Forum, and separated from it by the ancient Rostra, but sometimes considered as a part of the Forum in a more extended sense (hence, in Dion. Halic. ho kratistos and o epiphanestatos tês agoras topos: IN COMITIO AVT IN FORO, XII. Tab. ap. Auct. Her. 2, 13, 20; Cic. Sest. 35, 75; id. Verr. 2, 1, 22, § 58; id. Brut. 84, 289; Liv. 1, 36, 5; 27, 36, 8; 10, 24, 18; Plaut. Curc. 4, 1, 9 et saep.; cf. Dict. of Antiq.—

Transf., any place of assembly out of Rome;

so of the Ephoreum at Sparta,

Nep. Ages. 4, 2.—

Trop.:

quod (es) esset animi vestibulum et orationis janua et cogitationum comitium,

App. Mag. 7, p. 278, 1; so, sacri pectoris, Mam. Grat. Act. ad Jul. 15.—

Plur.: cŏmĭtĭa (access. form cŏmĭtĭae, Fratr. Arval. ap. Marin. p. 43; Gloss. Labb. p. 33), the assembly of the Romans for electing magistrates, etc., the comitia. —The comitia were of three kinds.

Comitia curiata, the most ancient, voting by curiæ, held in the comitium (v. I.), gradually restricted by,

The Comitia centuriata, the proper assembly of the populus Romanus, voting by centuries, instituted by Servius Tullius, continuing through the whole time of the republic, commonly held in the Campus Martius (not in the comitium, as is asserted by many from the similarity of the name; cf.

campus, II.),

Gell. 15, 27, 2 sqq.; Cic. Agr. 2, 11, 27; id. Dom. 14, 38; Liv. 5, 52, 15; cf. Cic. Leg. 3, 19, 44.—

Comitia tributa, voting by tribes, and commonly held in the Forum, but in choosing magistrates, freq. in the Campus Martius, convened for the first time in the trial of Coriolanus, two years after the introduction of the office of tribune of the people. In them the inferior magistrates (ædiles, tribunes of the people, quæstors), and, later, the Pontifex Maximus also, were chosen, Cic. Leg. 3, 19, 45; id. Agr. 2, 11, 27; Liv. 2, 58, 1; 2, 60, 4; Gell. 15, 27, 3; cf.

Dict. of Antiq.—Upon the comitia calata, v. 1, calo.—The usual t. t. for holding such comitia is: comitia habere,

Cic. Div. 2, 18, 43; freq. in all periods;

they were designated according to the magistrates who were to be chosen in them, as consularia,

Cic. Verr. 1, 6, 17; id. Mur. 18, 38:

praetoria,

Liv. 10, 22, 8:

tribunicia,

Cic. Att. 1, 1, 1; Liv. 6, 39, 11:

militaria,

Liv. 3, 51, 8:

quaestoria,

Cic. Fam. 7, 30, 1; cf.

also: comitia consulum,

Liv. 3, 20, 8; and:

comitia fiunt regi creando,

id. 1, 35, 1:

edicere comitia consulibus creandis,

id. 3, 37, 5:

comitia conficere,

Cic. Fam. 10, 36, 12:

differre,

Liv. 6, 37, 12:

dimittere,

Cic. Att. 1, 14, 5:

ducere,

id. ib. 4, 15, 7:

inire,

Suet. Vesp. 5.—

Transf., of other elections, out of Rome, Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 52, § 129; Liv. 42, 43, 7; Tab. Heracl. v. 24 sq.—

Trop.:

ibo intro, ubi de capite meo sunt comitia, i. e.,

where my fate is deciding, Plaut. Aul. 4, 7, 20:

Pseudulus mihi centuriata capitis habuit comitia,

id. Ps. 4, 7, 134:

meo illic nunc sunt capiti comitia,

id. Truc. 4, 3, 45.

lentus, a, um, adj. [cf. lenis], pliant, flexible, tough, tenacious, sticky, viscous (syn.: flexilis, tardus, serus).

Lit.:

viburna,

Verg. E. 1, 26:

vitis,

id. ib. 3, 38:

genistae,

id. G. 2, 12:

rami,

id. ib. 4, 558:

flagellum,

Phaedr. 3, 6, 6:

verbera,

i. e. produced with the limber whip, Verg. G. 3, 208:

argentum,

id. A. 7, 634; Cat. 61, 106; Tib. 4, 1, 171:

lentior salicis virgis,

Ov. M. 13, 800:

gluten visco et pice lentius,

tougher, more tenacious, Verg. G. 4, 41:

ita istaec nimis lenta vincla sunt escaria,

adhesive, tenacious, Plaut. Men. 1, 1, 18; cf.:

lentis adhaerens brachiis,

Her. Epod. 15, 6:

quoniam mas (aron) esset in coquendo lentior,

Plin. 24, 16, 92, § 143.—

Transf., slow, sluggish, immovable:

tellus lenta gelu,

Prop. 4 (5), 3, 39:

amnis,

Plin. 36, 26, 65, § 190:

in lento luctantur marmore tonsae,

sluggish, motionless, Verg. A. 7, 28:

lento pilo,

Tib. 4, 1, 90:

asinus,

Phaedr. 1, 15, 7:

uteri pondera lenta,

immovable, heavy, Prop. 4 (5), 1, 96 (100):

herba durior et in coquendo lentior,

slower, longer, Plin. 24, 16, 92, § 143:

venenum,

Tac. A. 6, 32:

remedia,

Curt. 3, 5, 13; Suet. Tib. 73:

miserum populum Romanum, qui sub tam lentis maxillis erit,

id. ib. 21:

lentaque fori pugnamus harena,

Juv. 7, 47:

funus matris,

slow in coming, id. 6, 565.—

Trop.

Lasting or continuing long:

militiae,

Tib. 1, 3, 82:

amor,

id. 1, 4, 81:

spes,

Ov. H. 2, 9:

tranquillitatis lentissimae taedium,

Sen. Ep. 70:

lentus abesto,

remain long away, Ov. R. Am. 243:

vivacitas adeo lenta,

persistent, Plin. 8, 27, 41, § 100.—

Slow, lingering, lazy:

lentus in dicendo,

drawling, Cic. Brut. 48:

mortis genus,

Suet. Caes. 87:

si lentus pigrā muniret castra dolabra,

Juv. 8, 248:

ira deorum,

id. 13, 100.—

With gen.:

lentus coepti,

Sil. 3, 176.—

With inf.:

nec Idalia lenta incaluisse sagitta,

Sil. 5, 19.—

Of bad payers, slow, backward:

infitiatores,

Cic. Cat. 2, 10:

negotium,

tedious, id. Att. 1, 12; 1, 13 fin. —

Of character, easy, calm, indifferent, unconcerned, phlegmatic, sluggish, obstinate:

ut multa verba feci, ut lenta materies fuit,

Plaut. Mil. 4, 5, 4:

genus ridiculi patientis ac lenti,

Cic. de Or. 2, 69:

nimium patiens et lentus existimor,

id. ib. 2, 75:

Hannibalem lenti spectamus,

Liv. 22, 14:

lentus in suo dolore,

Tac. A. 3, 70:

tu, Tityre, lentus in umbra,

at ease, Verg. E. 1, 4: lentissima pectora, insensible, cold (to love), Ov. H. 15, 169.—

(Pliant, hence) Ready, willing, Lucil. ap. Non. 22, 32, and 338, 13.—Hence, adv.: lentē, slowly, without haste, leisurely.

Lit.:

lente ac paulatim proceditur,

Caes. B. C. 1, 80:

currere,

Ov. Am. 1, 13, 40:

corpora lente augescunt, cito exstinguuntur,

Tac. Agr. 3:

Nilus evagari incipit, lente primo, deinde vehementius,

Plin. 18, 18, 47, § 167. — Comp.:

ipse cum reliquis copiis lentius subsequitur,

Caes. B. C. 2, 40.— Sup.:

asinus lentissime mandit,

Col. 2, 15.—

Transf., pliantly, readily:

arida ligna lentius serrae cedunt,

Plin. 16, 43, 83, § 227. —

Trop.

Calmly, dispassionately, indifferently:

aliquid lente ferre,

Cic. de Or. 2, 45, 190; cf. id. Fragm. ap. Non. 338, 9:

agere,

Liv. 1, 10: respondere, to answer [p. 1051] cooly, phlegmatically, Cic. de Or. 2, 71, 287. — Comp.:

sed haec videri possunt odiosiora, cum lentius disputantur,

Cic. Par. 1, 2, 10:

quid lentius, celerius dicendum,

Quint. 1, 8, 1.—

In a good sense, calmly, considerately, attentively:

nisi eum (librum) lente ac fastidiose probavissem,

Cic. Att. 2, 1, 1.

lī̆quĭdus, a, um (the first syll. usually short; long in Lucr. 1, 349; 3, 427; while in the line id. 4, 1259 it is used both as long and short; v. infra), adj. [liqueo], flowing, fluid, liquid.

Lit.:

aqua bona et liquida,

Cato, R. R. 73:

crassaque conveniant liquidis et liquida crassis,

Lucr. 4, 1259:

liquida moles,

the sea, id. 6, 405:

iter,

a voyage, Prop. 3, 20 (4, 21), 14:

palaestra (because there liquid unguents were used),

Luc. 9, 661:

odores,

liquid unguents, Hor. C. 1, 5, 2: sorores, fountain-nymphs, Ov. M. 1, 704:

venter,

loose, Cels. 2, 8:

alvus,

watery, loose, id. 2, 6.— Subst.: lī̆quĭdum, i, n., a liquid, water:

tibi si sit opus liquidi non amplius urna,

Hor. S. 1, 1, 54:

cum liquido mixtā polentā,

Ov. M. 5, 454.—

Transf., clear, bright, transparent, limpid, pure:

lumen,

Lucr. 5, 281:

fontes,

Verg. E. 2, 59:

ignis,

id. ib. 6, 33:

aër,

id. G. 1, 404:

aether,

id. A. 7, 65; Hor. C. 2, 20, 2:

Baiae,

id. ib. 3, 4, 24:

color,

id. ib. 4, 8, 7:

liquidior lux,

Curt. 7, 11, 22:

liquidissima caeli tempestas,

Lucr. 4, 168:

nox,

Verg. A. 10, 272:

aestas,

id. G. 4, 59: iter, serene way (through the air), id. A. 5, 217.—

Esp. of sounds.

Of the voice: vox, a clear voice or song:

variae volucres liquidis loca vocibus opplent,

Lucr. 2, 146; Verg. G. 1, 410:

cui liquidam pater Vocem cum cithara dedit,

Hor. C. 1, 24, 3:

carmen citharae,

Lucr. 4, 981.—

Liquidae consonantes, the liquids, i. e. the letters l, m, n, r, Prisc. 1, 2, 11; 2, 2, 13: liquidae dictae sunt (litterae) quia liquescunt in metro aliquoties et pereunt, Cledon. p. 1882 P. al.; cf. liquesco, I. B. 2.—

Trop.

Flowing, continuing without interruption:

genus sermonis,

Cic. de Or. 2, 38, 159.—

Clear, calm, serene, peaceful:

tam liquidus est, quam liquida esse tempestas solet,

Plaut. Most. 3, 2, 64:

animo liquido et tranquillo es,

id. Ep. 5, 1, 36:

liquido's animo,

id. Ps. 1, 3, 3:

mens,

Cat. 63, 46:

somnus,

Val. Fl. 4, 16.—

Unmixed, unadulterated:

ut quicquid inde haurias, purum liquidumque te haurire sentias,

Cic. Caecin. 27, 78:

voluptas liquida puraque,

Lucr. 3, 40; cf.:

voluptas et libera,

Cic. Fin. 1, 18, 58.—

Clear, evident, certain:

auspicium,

Plaut. Ps. 2, 4, 72.—Hence, lī̆quĭdum, i, n., clearness, certainty:

redigere aliquid ad liquidum,

Sen. Ep. 71, 32:

ad liquidum confessumque perducere aliquid,

Quint. 5, 14, 28:

res ad liquidum ratione perducta,

Vell. 1, 16, 1.—Hence, adv., in two forms: lĭquĭdō and lĭquĭdē, clearly.

Lit.:

caelum liquide serenum,

Gell. 2, 21, 2.— Comp.:

liquidius audiunt talpae,

Plin. 10, 69, 88, § 191.—

Clearly, plainly, evidently, certainly:

aliquid liquido audire,

Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 59, § 136; so,

confirmare,

id. ib. 2, 4, 56, §

124: negare,

id. Fam. 11, 27, 7:

si liquido appareat,

Dig. 44, 5, 1:

si liquido constiterit,

ib. 29, 4, 4.—In the form liquide:

consistere,

Gell. 14, 1, 7.— Comp.:

liquidius judicare,

Cic. Fam. 10, 10, 1:

liquidius facere,

id. Fin. 2, 12, 38:

aliquid liquidius absolvere,

Macr. Somn. Scip. 1, 20.— Sup.:

liquidissime atque invictissime defendere,

Aug. Ep. 28 fin.

lī̆quĭdus, a, um (the first syll. usually short; long in Lucr. 1, 349; 3, 427; while in the line id. 4, 1259 it is used both as long and short; v. infra), adj. [liqueo], flowing, fluid, liquid.

Lit.:

aqua bona et liquida,

Cato, R. R. 73:

crassaque conveniant liquidis et liquida crassis,

Lucr. 4, 1259:

liquida moles,

the sea, id. 6, 405:

iter,

a voyage, Prop. 3, 20 (4, 21), 14:

palaestra (because there liquid unguents were used),

Luc. 9, 661:

odores,

liquid unguents, Hor. C. 1, 5, 2: sorores, fountain-nymphs, Ov. M. 1, 704:

venter,

loose, Cels. 2, 8:

alvus,

watery, loose, id. 2, 6.— Subst.: lī̆quĭdum, i, n., a liquid, water:

tibi si sit opus liquidi non amplius urna,

Hor. S. 1, 1, 54:

cum liquido mixtā polentā,

Ov. M. 5, 454.—

Transf., clear, bright, transparent, limpid, pure:

lumen,

Lucr. 5, 281:

fontes,

Verg. E. 2, 59:

ignis,

id. ib. 6, 33:

aër,

id. G. 1, 404:

aether,

id. A. 7, 65; Hor. C. 2, 20, 2:

Baiae,

id. ib. 3, 4, 24:

color,

id. ib. 4, 8, 7:

liquidior lux,

Curt. 7, 11, 22:

liquidissima caeli tempestas,

Lucr. 4, 168:

nox,

Verg. A. 10, 272:

aestas,

id. G. 4, 59: iter, serene way (through the air), id. A. 5, 217.—

Esp. of sounds.

Of the voice: vox, a clear voice or song:

variae volucres liquidis loca vocibus opplent,

Lucr. 2, 146; Verg. G. 1, 410:

cui liquidam pater Vocem cum cithara dedit,

Hor. C. 1, 24, 3:

carmen citharae,

Lucr. 4, 981.—

Liquidae consonantes, the liquids, i. e. the letters l, m, n, r, Prisc. 1, 2, 11; 2, 2, 13: liquidae dictae sunt (litterae) quia liquescunt in metro aliquoties et pereunt, Cledon. p. 1882 P. al.; cf. liquesco, I. B. 2.—

Trop.

Flowing, continuing without interruption:

genus sermonis,

Cic. de Or. 2, 38, 159.—

Clear, calm, serene, peaceful:

tam liquidus est, quam liquida esse tempestas solet,

Plaut. Most. 3, 2, 64:

animo liquido et tranquillo es,

id. Ep. 5, 1, 36:

liquido's animo,

id. Ps. 1, 3, 3:

mens,

Cat. 63, 46:

somnus,

Val. Fl. 4, 16.—

Unmixed, unadulterated:

ut quicquid inde haurias, purum liquidumque te haurire sentias,

Cic. Caecin. 27, 78:

voluptas liquida puraque,

Lucr. 3, 40; cf.:

voluptas et libera,

Cic. Fin. 1, 18, 58.—

Clear, evident, certain:

auspicium,

Plaut. Ps. 2, 4, 72.—Hence, lī̆quĭdum, i, n., clearness, certainty:

redigere aliquid ad liquidum,

Sen. Ep. 71, 32:

ad liquidum confessumque perducere aliquid,

Quint. 5, 14, 28:

res ad liquidum ratione perducta,

Vell. 1, 16, 1.—Hence, adv., in two forms: lĭquĭdō and lĭquĭdē, clearly.

Lit.:

caelum liquide serenum,

Gell. 2, 21, 2.— Comp.:

liquidius audiunt talpae,

Plin. 10, 69, 88, § 191.—

Clearly, plainly, evidently, certainly:

aliquid liquido audire,

Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 59, § 136; so,

confirmare,

id. ib. 2, 4, 56, §

124: negare,

id. Fam. 11, 27, 7:

si liquido appareat,

Dig. 44, 5, 1:

si liquido constiterit,

ib. 29, 4, 4.—In the form liquide:

consistere,

Gell. 14, 1, 7.— Comp.:

liquidius judicare,

Cic. Fam. 10, 10, 1:

liquidius facere,

id. Fin. 2, 12, 38:

aliquid liquidius absolvere,

Macr. Somn. Scip. 1, 20.— Sup.:

liquidissime atque invictissime defendere,

Aug. Ep. 28 fin.

per-pĕtŭus, a, um, adj. ( comp. perpetuior, Cato ap. Prisc. p. 601 P.; sup. perpetuissimus, id. ib.) [peto], continuing throughout, continuous, unbroken, uninterrupted; constant, universal, general, entire, whole, perpetual (syn.:

continuus, assiduus): sulcos perpetuos ducere,

Cato, R. R. 33:

quin aedes totae perpetuae ruant,

Plaut. Most. 1, 2, 67:

agmen,

Cic. Pis. 22, 51:

munitiones,

Caes. B. C. 3, 44:

palus,

id. B. G. 7, 26:

milites disposuit perpetuis vigiliisque stationibusque,

id. B. C. 1, 21:

perpetuis soliti patres considere mensis,

Verg. A. 7, 176:

vescitur Aeneas... perpetui tergo bovis,

id. ib. 8, 182:

Apenninus perpetuis jugis ab Alpibus tendens ad Siculum fretum,

Plin. 3, 5, 7, § 48:

tractus,

id. 6, 20, 23, § 73:

oratio perpetua (opp. altercatio),

Cic. Att. 1, 16, 8; cf. Liv. 4, 6:

disputatio,

Cic. de Or. 2, 4, 16; id. Top. 26, 97:

quaestiones perpetuae hoc adulescente constitutae sunt,

a standing commission, a permanent tribunal for criminal investigation, id. Brut. 27, 105: perpetua historia, a continuous or general history, id. Fam. 5, 12, 2:

colere te usque perpetuom diem,

Plaut. Most. 3, 2, 78:

diem perpetuum in laetitiā degere,

this whole day, Ter. Ad. 4, 1, 5:

triduum,

id. ib. 4, 1, 4:

biennium,

id. Hec. 1, 2, 12:

ignis Vestae perpetuus ac sempiternus,

Cic. Cat. 4, 9, 18:

lex perpetua et aeterna,

id. N. D. 1, 15, 40:

stellarum perennes cursus atque perpetui,

id. ib. 2, 21, 55. stabilis et perpetua permansio, id. Inv. 2, 54, 164:

voluntas mea perpetua et constans in rem publicam,

id. Phil. 13, 6, 13:

formido,

Verg. E. 4, 14:

assidua et perpetua cura,

Cic. Fam. 6, 13, 2:

perpetui scrinia Sili,

of the immortal Silius, Mart. 6, 64, 10.—As subst.: perpĕtŭum, i, n., the abiding, permanent (opp. temporale), Lact. 2, 8, 68.—Hence: in perpetuum (sc. tempus), for all time, forever, in perpetuity, constantly: mulier repperit odium ocius Suā inmunditiā, quam in perpetuom ut placeat munditia sua. Plaut. Stich. 5, 5, 6:

serva tibi in perpetuom amicum me,

id. Capt. 2, 3, 81:

in perpetuum comprimi,

Cic. Cat. 1, 12, 30; id. Agr. 2, 21, 55:

obtinere aliquid in perpetuum,

id. Rosc. Am. 48, 139:

non in perpetuum irascetur,

Vulg. Psa. 102, 9 et saep.—So, in perpetuum modum = perpetuo, Plaut. Most. 3, 1, 5.—

In partic.

That holds constantly and universally, universal, general:

perpetui juris et universi generis quaestio,

Cic. de Or. 2, 33, 141:

nec arbitror perpetuum quicquam in hoc praecipi posse,

Plin. 17, 2, 2, § 19:

ne id quidem perpetuum est,

does not always hold good, Cels. 2, 10: illud in quo quasi certamen est controversiae... id ita dici placet, ut traducatur ad perpetuam quaestionem, to a general principle, [p. 1352] Cic. Or. 36, 126.—

In augury: perpetua fulmina, perpetual lighlnings, i. e. whose prognostics refer to one's whole life, Sen. Q. N. 2, 47, 1.—

In gram.:

perpetuus modus,

the infinitive mood, Diom. p. 331 P. —Hence, adv., in three forms, perpetuo (class.), perpetuum ( poet.), and perpetue (late Lat.).

perpĕtŭō, constantly, uninterruptedly, perpetually, always, forever, utterly, hopelessly:

perpetuon' valuisti?

Plaut. Ep. 1, 1, 15:

metuo ne technae meae perpetuo perierint,

id. Most. 3, 1, 23:

dico ut perpetuo pereas,

id. Pers. 2, 4, 10; so,

perpetuo perire,

Ter. Eun. 5, 8, 13:

opinionem retinere,

Cic. Agr. 3, 1, 2:

loquens,

id. Ac. 2, 19, 63:

sub imperio esse,

Caes. B. G. 1, 31; Ov. M. 10, 97.—

perpĕtŭum, constantly, uninterruptedly, perpetually:

uti,

Stat. S. 1, 1, 99.—

perpĕtŭē, constantly, Cassiod. in Psa. 62, 4.

per-pĕtŭus, a, um, adj. ( comp. perpetuior, Cato ap. Prisc. p. 601 P.; sup. perpetuissimus, id. ib.) [peto], continuing throughout, continuous, unbroken, uninterrupted; constant, universal, general, entire, whole, perpetual (syn.:

continuus, assiduus): sulcos perpetuos ducere,

Cato, R. R. 33:

quin aedes totae perpetuae ruant,

Plaut. Most. 1, 2, 67:

agmen,

Cic. Pis. 22, 51:

munitiones,

Caes. B. C. 3, 44:

palus,

id. B. G. 7, 26:

milites disposuit perpetuis vigiliisque stationibusque,

id. B. C. 1, 21:

perpetuis soliti patres considere mensis,

Verg. A. 7, 176:

vescitur Aeneas... perpetui tergo bovis,

id. ib. 8, 182:

Apenninus perpetuis jugis ab Alpibus tendens ad Siculum fretum,

Plin. 3, 5, 7, § 48:

tractus,

id. 6, 20, 23, § 73:

oratio perpetua (opp. altercatio),

Cic. Att. 1, 16, 8; cf. Liv. 4, 6:

disputatio,

Cic. de Or. 2, 4, 16; id. Top. 26, 97:

quaestiones perpetuae hoc adulescente constitutae sunt,

a standing commission, a permanent tribunal for criminal investigation, id. Brut. 27, 105: perpetua historia, a continuous or general history, id. Fam. 5, 12, 2:

colere te usque perpetuom diem,

Plaut. Most. 3, 2, 78:

diem perpetuum in laetitiā degere,

this whole day, Ter. Ad. 4, 1, 5:

triduum,

id. ib. 4, 1, 4:

biennium,

id. Hec. 1, 2, 12:

ignis Vestae perpetuus ac sempiternus,

Cic. Cat. 4, 9, 18:

lex perpetua et aeterna,

id. N. D. 1, 15, 40:

stellarum perennes cursus atque perpetui,

id. ib. 2, 21, 55. stabilis et perpetua permansio, id. Inv. 2, 54, 164:

voluntas mea perpetua et constans in rem publicam,

id. Phil. 13, 6, 13:

formido,

Verg. E. 4, 14:

assidua et perpetua cura,

Cic. Fam. 6, 13, 2:

perpetui scrinia Sili,

of the immortal Silius, Mart. 6, 64, 10.—As subst.: perpĕtŭum, i, n., the abiding, permanent (opp. temporale), Lact. 2, 8, 68.—Hence: in perpetuum (sc. tempus), for all time, forever, in perpetuity, constantly: mulier repperit odium ocius Suā inmunditiā, quam in perpetuom ut placeat munditia sua. Plaut. Stich. 5, 5, 6:

serva tibi in perpetuom amicum me,

id. Capt. 2, 3, 81:

in perpetuum comprimi,

Cic. Cat. 1, 12, 30; id. Agr. 2, 21, 55:

obtinere aliquid in perpetuum,

id. Rosc. Am. 48, 139:

non in perpetuum irascetur,

Vulg. Psa. 102, 9 et saep.—So, in perpetuum modum = perpetuo, Plaut. Most. 3, 1, 5.—

In partic.

That holds constantly and universally, universal, general:

perpetui juris et universi generis quaestio,

Cic. de Or. 2, 33, 141:

nec arbitror perpetuum quicquam in hoc praecipi posse,

Plin. 17, 2, 2, § 19:

ne id quidem perpetuum est,

does not always hold good, Cels. 2, 10: illud in quo quasi certamen est controversiae... id ita dici placet, ut traducatur ad perpetuam quaestionem, to a general principle, [p. 1352] Cic. Or. 36, 126.—

In augury: perpetua fulmina, perpetual lighlnings, i. e. whose prognostics refer to one's whole life, Sen. Q. N. 2, 47, 1.—

In gram.:

perpetuus modus,

the infinitive mood, Diom. p. 331 P. —Hence, adv., in three forms, perpetuo (class.), perpetuum ( poet.), and perpetue (late Lat.).

perpĕtŭō, constantly, uninterruptedly, perpetually, always, forever, utterly, hopelessly:

perpetuon' valuisti?

Plaut. Ep. 1, 1, 15:

metuo ne technae meae perpetuo perierint,

id. Most. 3, 1, 23:

dico ut perpetuo pereas,

id. Pers. 2, 4, 10; so,

perpetuo perire,

Ter. Eun. 5, 8, 13:

opinionem retinere,

Cic. Agr. 3, 1, 2:

loquens,

id. Ac. 2, 19, 63:

sub imperio esse,

Caes. B. G. 1, 31; Ov. M. 10, 97.—

perpĕtŭum, constantly, uninterruptedly, perpetually:

uti,

Stat. S. 1, 1, 99.—

perpĕtŭē, constantly, Cassiod. in Psa. 62, 4.

per-pĕtŭus, a, um, adj. ( comp. perpetuior, Cato ap. Prisc. p. 601 P.; sup. perpetuissimus, id. ib.) [peto], continuing throughout, continuous, unbroken, uninterrupted; constant, universal, general, entire, whole, perpetual (syn.:

continuus, assiduus): sulcos perpetuos ducere,

Cato, R. R. 33:

quin aedes totae perpetuae ruant,

Plaut. Most. 1, 2, 67:

agmen,

Cic. Pis. 22, 51:

munitiones,

Caes. B. C. 3, 44:

palus,

id. B. G. 7, 26:

milites disposuit perpetuis vigiliisque stationibusque,

id. B. C. 1, 21:

perpetuis soliti patres considere mensis,

Verg. A. 7, 176:

vescitur Aeneas... perpetui tergo bovis,

id. ib. 8, 182:

Apenninus perpetuis jugis ab Alpibus tendens ad Siculum fretum,

Plin. 3, 5, 7, § 48:

tractus,

id. 6, 20, 23, § 73:

oratio perpetua (opp. altercatio),

Cic. Att. 1, 16, 8; cf. Liv. 4, 6:

disputatio,

Cic. de Or. 2, 4, 16; id. Top. 26, 97:

quaestiones perpetuae hoc adulescente constitutae sunt,

a standing commission, a permanent tribunal for criminal investigation, id. Brut. 27, 105: perpetua historia, a continuous or general history, id. Fam. 5, 12, 2:

colere te usque perpetuom diem,

Plaut. Most. 3, 2, 78:

diem perpetuum in laetitiā degere,

this whole day, Ter. Ad. 4, 1, 5:

triduum,

id. ib. 4, 1, 4:

biennium,

id. Hec. 1, 2, 12:

ignis Vestae perpetuus ac sempiternus,

Cic. Cat. 4, 9, 18:

lex perpetua et aeterna,

id. N. D. 1, 15, 40:

stellarum perennes cursus atque perpetui,

id. ib. 2, 21, 55. stabilis et perpetua permansio, id. Inv. 2, 54, 164:

voluntas mea perpetua et constans in rem publicam,

id. Phil. 13, 6, 13:

formido,

Verg. E. 4, 14:

assidua et perpetua cura,

Cic. Fam. 6, 13, 2:

perpetui scrinia Sili,

of the immortal Silius, Mart. 6, 64, 10.—As subst.: perpĕtŭum, i, n., the abiding, permanent (opp. temporale), Lact. 2, 8, 68.—Hence: in perpetuum (sc. tempus), for all time, forever, in perpetuity, constantly: mulier repperit odium ocius Suā inmunditiā, quam in perpetuom ut placeat munditia sua. Plaut. Stich. 5, 5, 6:

serva tibi in perpetuom amicum me,

id. Capt. 2, 3, 81:

in perpetuum comprimi,

Cic. Cat. 1, 12, 30; id. Agr. 2, 21, 55:

obtinere aliquid in perpetuum,

id. Rosc. Am. 48, 139:

non in perpetuum irascetur,

Vulg. Psa. 102, 9 et saep.—So, in perpetuum modum = perpetuo, Plaut. Most. 3, 1, 5.—

In partic.

That holds constantly and universally, universal, general:

perpetui juris et universi generis quaestio,

Cic. de Or. 2, 33, 141:

nec arbitror perpetuum quicquam in hoc praecipi posse,

Plin. 17, 2, 2, § 19:

ne id quidem perpetuum est,

does not always hold good, Cels. 2, 10: illud in quo quasi certamen est controversiae... id ita dici placet, ut traducatur ad perpetuam quaestionem, to a general principle, [p. 1352] Cic. Or. 36, 126.—

In augury: perpetua fulmina, perpetual lighlnings, i. e. whose prognostics refer to one's whole life, Sen. Q. N. 2, 47, 1.—

In gram.:

perpetuus modus,

the infinitive mood, Diom. p. 331 P. —Hence, adv., in three forms, perpetuo (class.), perpetuum ( poet.), and perpetue (late Lat.).

perpĕtŭō, constantly, uninterruptedly, perpetually, always, forever, utterly, hopelessly:

perpetuon' valuisti?

Plaut. Ep. 1, 1, 15:

metuo ne technae meae perpetuo perierint,

id. Most. 3, 1, 23:

dico ut perpetuo pereas,

id. Pers. 2, 4, 10; so,

perpetuo perire,

Ter. Eun. 5, 8, 13:

opinionem retinere,

Cic. Agr. 3, 1, 2:

loquens,

id. Ac. 2, 19, 63:

sub imperio esse,

Caes. B. G. 1, 31; Ov. M. 10, 97.—

perpĕtŭum, constantly, uninterruptedly, perpetually:

uti,

Stat. S. 1, 1, 99.—

perpĕtŭē, constantly, Cassiod. in Psa. 62, 4.

persĕvēro, āvi, ātum, 1, v. n. and a. [perseverus].

Neutr., to abide by or adhere to strictly; to continue steadfastly, to persist, persevere in any thing (class.; syn.: persisto, permaneo).

With in and abl.:

perseveras tu quidem et in tuā vetere sententiā permanes,

Cic. Leg. 3, 11, 26; so,

in suā sententiā,

id. Phil. 4, 4, 11:

in vitiis,

id. Inv. 2, 2, 5:

in errore,

id. Phil. 12, 2, 5:

in eo perseveravit, jus publicano non dicere,

id. Prov. Cons. 5, 10; Vulg. Matt. 10, 22; id. Heb. 12, 7:

nobiscum,

continuing with us, id. Act. 27, 2.—

Impers. pass.:

perseveratum in irā est,

Liv. 2, 35; Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 39, § 85:

in eo perseverandum putabat,

Caes. B. C. 1, 26, 2.—

Act., to go on or proceed with steadily, to persist, persevere in any thing (class.); usually constr with an object-clause; rarely with acc. or abl.

With inf.:

injuriam facere,

Cic. Quint. 8, 31: aliquem conservare, Curius ap. Cic. Fam. 7, 29, 1:

bello persequi,

Caes. B. G. 1, 13, 4.—With acc. and inf:

cum Orestes perseveraret, se esse Orestem,

stuck to it, Cic. Lael. 7, 24; so,

cum id facturos se perseverarent,

Vell. 2, 92, 3.—

With acc.:

neque te ipsum id perseverare et transigere potuisse,

Cic. Quint. 24, 76:

religiosam observantiam,

Symm. Ep. 1, 90 (96).—In the pass.:

ob haec illi quatriduo perseverata inedia est,

Just. 12, 6, 15 —

With abl.:

bellis continuis perseverare,

Just. 38, 4, 11.—Hence, persĕvērans, antis, P. a., persevering; with abl.:

perseverantior caedendis (hostibus),

Liv. 5, 31, 4 (Madv. caedendi).— Absol.:

perseverantissimus sui cultus,

Val. Max. 6, 6, 1 ext.: perseverantissimum studium, Col. praef. 1, § 19: pertinaciter perseverans, Jul. Obseq. 64:

valetudo,

Plin. Ep. 1, 12, 9:

perseverantissima pietas,

Aug. Ep. 555.— Adv.: persĕvēranter, perseveringly:

tueri,

Liv. 4, 60, 5:

tacere,

Val. Max. 6, 1, 7.— Comp.:

perseverantius saevire,

Liv. 21, 10, 7.— Sup.:

aliquem perseverantissime diligere,

Plin. Ep. 4, 21, 3 (dub.; Keil, persevera).

quinquennālis, e, adj. [quinquennis].

That takes place every fifth year, quinquennial:

quinquennalis celebritas ludorum,

Cic. de Or. 3, 32, 127:

certamen,

Suet. Ner. 12:

ludicrum,

Tac. A. 14, 20:

vota,

Liv. 31, 9:

agon,

Vulg. 2 Macc. 4, 18.—

Subst.: quinquennālĭa, ĭum, n., games celebrated every fifth year:

NERONIS,

Inscr. Grut. 116, 3.—

Continuing five years, quinquennial:

censura,

Liv. 4, 24:

magistratus quinquennalis,

the office of a quinquennal, App. M. 10, p. 247, 25; cf. quinquennalitas.—

Subst.: quinquennā-lis, is, m., a magistrate in the municipal towns who held his office five years, a quinquennal, Spart. Hadr. 19:

decurionum quinquennales,

App. M. 11, p. 273; cf. Spart. Hadr. 19; Cod. Th. 13, 3, 1.

quinquennālis, e, adj. [quinquennis].

That takes place every fifth year, quinquennial:

quinquennalis celebritas ludorum,

Cic. de Or. 3, 32, 127:

certamen,

Suet. Ner. 12:

ludicrum,

Tac. A. 14, 20:

vota,

Liv. 31, 9:

agon,

Vulg. 2 Macc. 4, 18.—

Subst.: quinquennālĭa, ĭum, n., games celebrated every fifth year:

NERONIS,

Inscr. Grut. 116, 3.—

Continuing five years, quinquennial:

censura,

Liv. 4, 24:

magistratus quinquennalis,

the office of a quinquennal, App. M. 10, p. 247, 25; cf. quinquennalitas.—

Subst.: quinquennā-lis, is, m., a magistrate in the municipal towns who held his office five years, a quinquennal, Spart. Hadr. 19:

decurionum quinquennales,

App. M. 11, p. 273; cf. Spart. Hadr. 19; Cod. Th. 13, 3, 1.

saecŭlāris ( sēcŭ-), e, adj. [saeculum], of or belonging to a saeculum: ludi, secular games, celebrated at very long intervals (the interval was fixed, in the time of Augustus, at one hundred and twenty years), and continuing three days and nights, Varr. and Liv. ap. Censor. de Die Nat. 17; Suet. Aug. 31; id. Dom. 4; id. Vit. 2; Plin. 7, 48, 49, § 159; Tac. A. 11, 11: carmen, a hymn sung at the secular games, a secular hymn; the best known hymn of this character is that composed by Horace, at the command of Augustus, to be sung at the secular games, A. U. C. 737; cf. Suet. Vit. Hor.—Hence, substt.

saecŭlāres, ium, m. (sc. ludi), the secular games, Suet. Claud. 21.—

saecŭlārĭa, ium, n. (sc. sacra), the secular games, Val. Max. 2, 4, 4 al.—

Worldly, temporal, profane, lay, secular; pagan, heathen (eccl. Lat.):

homines (opp. monachi),

Hier. Ep. 60, 11:

historia,

Sedul. in Conc. post Ep. 7, 9:

exempla,

Tert. Exhort. ad Cast. 13 (al. saeculi):

feminae quaedam (Dido, Lucretia),

id. ib. 13 fin. —As subst.: saecŭlārĭa, ium, n., worldly matters:

redditur in culpā pastor saecularia servans,

Commod. 94, 69.— Hence, adv.: saecŭlārĭter, in a worldly manner (eccl. Lat.):

mulierem saeculariter ornari,

Cypr. Testim. 3, 36.

saecŭlāris ( sēcŭ-), e, adj. [saeculum], of or belonging to a saeculum: ludi, secular games, celebrated at very long intervals (the interval was fixed, in the time of Augustus, at one hundred and twenty years), and continuing three days and nights, Varr. and Liv. ap. Censor. de Die Nat. 17; Suet. Aug. 31; id. Dom. 4; id. Vit. 2; Plin. 7, 48, 49, § 159; Tac. A. 11, 11: carmen, a hymn sung at the secular games, a secular hymn; the best known hymn of this character is that composed by Horace, at the command of Augustus, to be sung at the secular games, A. U. C. 737; cf. Suet. Vit. Hor.—Hence, substt.

saecŭlāres, ium, m. (sc. ludi), the secular games, Suet. Claud. 21.—

saecŭlārĭa, ium, n. (sc. sacra), the secular games, Val. Max. 2, 4, 4 al.—

Worldly, temporal, profane, lay, secular; pagan, heathen (eccl. Lat.):

homines (opp. monachi),

Hier. Ep. 60, 11:

historia,

Sedul. in Conc. post Ep. 7, 9:

exempla,

Tert. Exhort. ad Cast. 13 (al. saeculi):

feminae quaedam (Dido, Lucretia),

id. ib. 13 fin. —As subst.: saecŭlārĭa, ium, n., worldly matters:

redditur in culpā pastor saecularia servans,

Commod. 94, 69.— Hence, adv.: saecŭlārĭter, in a worldly manner (eccl. Lat.):

mulierem saeculariter ornari,

Cypr. Testim. 3, 36.

saecŭlāris ( sēcŭ-), e, adj. [saeculum], of or belonging to a saeculum: ludi, secular games, celebrated at very long intervals (the interval was fixed, in the time of Augustus, at one hundred and twenty years), and continuing three days and nights, Varr. and Liv. ap. Censor. de Die Nat. 17; Suet. Aug. 31; id. Dom. 4; id. Vit. 2; Plin. 7, 48, 49, § 159; Tac. A. 11, 11: carmen, a hymn sung at the secular games, a secular hymn; the best known hymn of this character is that composed by Horace, at the command of Augustus, to be sung at the secular games, A. U. C. 737; cf. Suet. Vit. Hor.—Hence, substt.

saecŭlāres, ium, m. (sc. ludi), the secular games, Suet. Claud. 21.—

saecŭlārĭa, ium, n. (sc. sacra), the secular games, Val. Max. 2, 4, 4 al.—

Worldly, temporal, profane, lay, secular; pagan, heathen (eccl. Lat.):

homines (opp. monachi),

Hier. Ep. 60, 11:

historia,

Sedul. in Conc. post Ep. 7, 9:

exempla,

Tert. Exhort. ad Cast. 13 (al. saeculi):

feminae quaedam (Dido, Lucretia),

id. ib. 13 fin. —As subst.: saecŭlārĭa, ium, n., worldly matters:

redditur in culpā pastor saecularia servans,

Commod. 94, 69.— Hence, adv.: saecŭlārĭter, in a worldly manner (eccl. Lat.):

mulierem saeculariter ornari,

Cypr. Testim. 3, 36.

saecŭlāris ( sēcŭ-), e, adj. [saeculum], of or belonging to a saeculum: ludi, secular games, celebrated at very long intervals (the interval was fixed, in the time of Augustus, at one hundred and twenty years), and continuing three days and nights, Varr. and Liv. ap. Censor. de Die Nat. 17; Suet. Aug. 31; id. Dom. 4; id. Vit. 2; Plin. 7, 48, 49, § 159; Tac. A. 11, 11: carmen, a hymn sung at the secular games, a secular hymn; the best known hymn of this character is that composed by Horace, at the command of Augustus, to be sung at the secular games, A. U. C. 737; cf. Suet. Vit. Hor.—Hence, substt.

saecŭlāres, ium, m. (sc. ludi), the secular games, Suet. Claud. 21.—

saecŭlārĭa, ium, n. (sc. sacra), the secular games, Val. Max. 2, 4, 4 al.—

Worldly, temporal, profane, lay, secular; pagan, heathen (eccl. Lat.):

homines (opp. monachi),

Hier. Ep. 60, 11:

historia,

Sedul. in Conc. post Ep. 7, 9:

exempla,

Tert. Exhort. ad Cast. 13 (al. saeculi):

feminae quaedam (Dido, Lucretia),

id. ib. 13 fin. —As subst.: saecŭlārĭa, ium, n., worldly matters:

redditur in culpā pastor saecularia servans,

Commod. 94, 69.— Hence, adv.: saecŭlārĭter, in a worldly manner (eccl. Lat.):

mulierem saeculariter ornari,

Cypr. Testim. 3, 36.

spătĭōsus, a, um, adj. [spatium], roomy, of great extent, ample, spacious; poet., large, long, broad, etc. (mostly poet. and in postAug. prose; not in Cic.; syn.: latus, amplus, laxus).

Lit.:

stabulum,

Col. 6, 2, 2:

insula,

Plin. 4, 12, 26, § 82:

loca,

Quint. 11, 2, 18:

aequor,

Plin. 4, 1, 1, § 4:

amnis,

id. 4, 20, 34, § 112:

colles,

Luc. 6, 106:

volumina fumi,

id. 3, 505:

taurus (opp. parva vipera),

Ov. R. Am. 421:

corpus,

id. M. 3, 56:

ossa pectoris (with ingentes umeri),

Val. Fl. 4, 244:

mergus in guttura, Ov M. 11, 754: limes,

id. ib. 15, 849:

ulmus,

id. ib. 14, 661:

frons cornibus,

id. ib. 3, 20 (Merkel, speciosa): voces, i. e. of many syllables (corresp. to amplitudo dactyli), Quint. 9, 4, 136 et saep.— Comp.:

spatiosiora quam decem pedum,

Col. 5, 5, 3 (opp. contractiora):

Andromache spatiosior aequo,

Ov. A. A. 2, 645; id. Am. 1, 14, 3:

quo non spatiosior alter innumeras cepisse rates,

Sil. 8, 481 al. — Sup.:

spatiosissima sedes hominum deorumque,

Plin. Pan. 63 fin. —

Trop.

Of time, long, long-continuing, prolonged:

nox,

Ov. H. 1, 9:

tempus,

id. Am. 1, 8, 81:

aevum,

id. M. 8, 529:

senectus,

id. ib. 12, 186:

vetustas,

id. ib. 15, 623:

bellum,

id. ib. 13, 206.—

Of other things, great, comprehensive:

magna et spatiosa res est sapientia: vacuo illi loco opus est,

Sen. Ep. 88, 33.— Adv.: spătĭōsē.

Widely, greatly, extensively, Plin. 19, 5, 29, § 92; 31, 11, 47, § 129.— Comp., Plin. Ep. 3, 18, 1; Ov. Am. 3, 6, 85.—

Long; comp., at a later time, Prop. 3, 20, 11 (4, 20, 3).