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1 cornu
cornū, ūs (so Caes. B. C. 3, 68 Dint.; Luc. 7, 217; Plin. 28, 11, 46, § 163 et saep.; Curt. 4, 12, 11 al.; ū in the connection cornu bubuli and cornu cervini; also Cael. Aur. Tard. 3, 5, 76; Veg. Art. Vet. 1, 20, 1 al.; cf. esp. Neue, Formenl. 1, p. 355), n. (access. form cornum, i, n., Varr. R. R. 3, 9, 14; Ter. Eun. 4, 7, 5 Fleck.; Lucr. 2, 388; Ov. M. 2, 874; Scrib. Comp. 141; Gell. 14, 6, 2 al.; gen. plur. cornorum, Scrib. Comp. 60. —An access. form cornus, ūs, has been assumed on account of the rel. masc. in the passage:I.nares similes cornibus iis, qui, etc.,
Cic. N. D. 2, 59, 149, if the reading is correct.—The dat. sing. apparently never used;for in the connection: laevo cornu Cotys rex praeerat... dextro cornu praepositus C. Licinius Crassus,
Liv. 42, 58, 6 and 7, the supposition of the abl. is more in acc. with the usage of Livy; cf.:Antipatrum in laevo praeposuit,
id. 37, 41, 1 et saep.) [kindred with keras, and Germ. and Engl. horn; cf. also carina, cervus], a horn.Lit., a hard and generally crooked growth upon the head of many mammiferous animals (very freq. in all periods and species of composition), Plin. 11, 37, 45, § 123 sq.; Cic. N. D. 2, 47, 121;B. 1.of a bullock,
Lucr. 5, 1033; 5, 1324; Cat. 64, 111; Ov. M. 9, 186; Hor. C. 3, 27, 72; id. S. 1, 5, 58 et saep.;also of the constellation Taurus,
Ov. M. 2, 80;of the ram,
id. ib. 5, 328; and the constellation Aries, Cic. poët. N. D. 2, 43, 111;of the he-goat,
Verg. E. 9, 25;of kids,
id. G. 2, 526 al. —Of the antlers of a stag, Ov. M. 3, 194; 10, 111; Verg. A. 10, 725 al.: Cornu Copiae (less correctly, but freq. in late Lat., as one word, Cornūcōpĭae, and twice Cornūcōpĭa, ae, f., Amm. 22, 9, 1; 25, 2, 3), acc. to the fable, the horn of the goat Amalthea placed in heaven, Greek Keras Amaltheias (v. Amalthea), the emblem of fruitfulness and abundance, Plaut. Ps. 2, 3, 5; Gell. 14, 6, 2; cf. Hor. C. 1, 17, 16; id. C. S. 60; id. Ep. 1, 12, 29; Ov. M. 9, 88.—That which is similar to horn in substance.a.A hoof, Cato, R. R. 72; Verg. G. 3, 88; Sil. 13, 327.—b.Of the bills of birds, Ov. M. 14, 502.—c.The horny skin covering the eye, Plin. 11, 37, 55, § 148.—d.A horny excrescence on the head, a wart, Hor. S. 1, 5, 58.— Far more freq.,2.That which is similar to a horn in form, a projecting extremity, the point or end of any object.a.The tooth or tusk of an elephant, ivory, Varr. L. L. 7, § 39 Müll.; Plin. 8, 3, 4, § 7; 18, 1, 1, § 2:b.cornu Indicum,
Mart. 1, 73, 4.—The horns of the moon, Cic. Fragm. ap. Non. p. 122, 2; Verg. G. 1, 433; Ov. M. 1, 11; 2, 117 et saep.—c.The branches of a river, Ov. M. 9, 774.—Hence, the river-gods were represented with horns, Verg. G. 4, 371; Mart. 10, 7 et saep.; cf.: corniger, tauriformis, etc., and v. Lidd. and Scott under keras, V.—d.The arm of the shore forming a harbor, a tongue of land, Caes. ap. Cic. Att. 9, 14, 1; Ov. M. 5, 410; Plin. 4, 21, 35, § 113.—e.The extremity or end of the sailyards, Verg. A. 3, 549; 5, 832; Ov. M. 11, 476; Hor. Epod. 16, 59; Sil. 14. 389.—f.The cone of a helmet in which the crest was placed:g.cornua cristae,
Verg. A. 12, 89:alterum cornu galeae,
Liv. 27, 33, 2.—The end of the stick around which books were rolled, usually ornamented with ivory, Tib. 3, 1, 13; Ov. Tr. 1, 1, 8; Mart. 11, 107. —h.The side of a bow in the form of a horn, Ov. M. 1, 455; 5, 56; 2, 603.—i.The horn-shaped side of the cithara (perh. the sounding-board), Cic. N. D. 2, 59, 149 fin. —k. 1.The point, end, extremity, wing of a place, Liv. 25, 3, 17; Tac. A. 1, 75; Plin. 34, 6, 12, § 26 al.—m.The wing of an army (very freq.), Caes. B. G. 1, 52 (three times); 2, 23; 2, 25; 7, 62 (twice); Liv. 9, 40, 3 sq(seven times).—* (β).Transf.:n.cornua disputationis tuae commovere,
i. e. to drive back, Cic. Div. 2, 10, 26 (v. the passage in connection).—The feeler or claw of an insect, Plin. 9, 30, 50, § 95; 9, 31, 51, § 99 al. —o.The stiff hair of the Germans:3.quis stupuit Germani lumina, flavam Caesariem et madido torquentem cornua cirro?
Juv. 13, 165.—Of objects made of horn.a.A bow, Verg. E. 10, 59; Ov. M. 5, 383; Sil. 2, 109 al.—b.A bugle-horn, a horn, trumpet (cornua, quod ea, quae nunc sunt ex aere, tunc fiebant bubulo e cornu, Varr. L. L. 5, § 117 Müll.), Lucil. ap. Non. p. 265, 5; Lucr. 2, 620; Verg. A. 7, 615; Ov. M. 1, 98; 3, 533; Hor. C. 1, 18, 14; 2, 1, 17; Juv. 2, 90; 6, 315.—Connected with tubae, Cic. Sull. 5, 17; Tac. A. 1, 68; 2, 81, cf. Dict. of Antiq., s. v. cornu.—In a sarcastic double sense with a.: dum tendit citharam noster, dum cornua Parthus, Poët. ap. Suet. Ner. 39 (v. the passage in connection).—c.The sides of the lyre, originally consisting of two horns, giving resonance to the strings, Cic. N. D. 2, 57, 144; 2, 59, 149.—d.A lantern, Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 185; cf. Lucr 2, 388; and Plin. 11, 16, 16, § 49.—e.An oil cruet, Hor S. 2, 2, 61.—f.A funnel, Verg. G. 3, 509; Col. 6, 2, 7 al.—II.Trop., as an emblem of power, courage, strength, might (the figure taken from bullocks. Also in Heb. a very freq. metaph.; cf. Gesen. Lex. s. v., p. 906, 6; poet.):ne in re secundā nunc mi obvortat cornua,
Plaut. Ps. 4, 3, 5:venerunt capiti cornua sera meo,
Ov. Am. 3, 11,:tunc pauper cornua sumit,
gains strength, courage, id. A. A. 1, 239; cf.. tu (sc. amphora) addis cornua pauperi, etc.,
Hor. C. 3, 21, 18.—Hence Bacchus, as a giver of courage, is represented with horns, Tib. 2, 1, 3; Hor. C. 2, 19, 30; v. Bacchus, I.; cf. of a river-god, I. B. 2. c. supra. -
2 cornū
cornū ūs （acc. cornum, T., O.), n (once m, C.) [1 CAR-], a horn, antler: (animantes) cornibus armatae: tauri, O.: cornu ferit (caper), V.: luctantur cornibus haedi, V.—As a vessel: bilibre, H.—As a funnel: inserto latices infundere cornu, V.—With copia, the horn of plenty (an emblem of abundance): beata pleno Copia cornu, H.: dives meo Bona Copia cornu, O.—A horny substance, horn (poet.): solido sonat ungula cornu, V.: ora cornu indurata rigent, i. e. by the growth of horny bills, O.—A projection, protuberance, horn, point, end: flexum a cornibus arcum Tendit, i. e. from tip to tip, O.: Cornua antemnarum, tips, V.: cornua cristae, the cone (supporting the crest), V.: galeae, L.: per novem cornua lunae, months, O.: septem digestus in cornua Nilus, branches, O.: inclusam cornibus aequor, capes, O.: in cornu sedere, at the end (of the tribunal), L.—Of an army, the wing, extremity, side: dextrum, sinistrum, Cs.: equitatum in cornibus locat, S. — A bow: Parthum, V.—A bugle-horn, horn, trumpet: misit cornua, tubas: Aerea cornua, V.: Berecyntium, H.— The sides of the lyre (orig. two horns holding the strings), C.—In a constellation, The Horn: Tauri, O.: Aries cum cornibus. — Fig., a salient point, chief argument: cornua commovere disputationis. —The wing, flank: qui quasi cornua duo tenuerunt Caesaris, i. e. were his main dependence.—Power, courage, strength, might: addis cornua pauperi, H.* * *horn; hoof; beak/tusk/claw; bow; horn/trumpet; end, wing of army; mountain top -
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4 Dente lupus, cornu taurus petit
• The wolf attacks with his fang, the bull with his horn. (Horace)Latin Quotes (Latin to English) > Dente lupus, cornu taurus petit
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5 Cornucopia
cornū, ūs (so Caes. B. C. 3, 68 Dint.; Luc. 7, 217; Plin. 28, 11, 46, § 163 et saep.; Curt. 4, 12, 11 al.; ū in the connection cornu bubuli and cornu cervini; also Cael. Aur. Tard. 3, 5, 76; Veg. Art. Vet. 1, 20, 1 al.; cf. esp. Neue, Formenl. 1, p. 355), n. (access. form cornum, i, n., Varr. R. R. 3, 9, 14; Ter. Eun. 4, 7, 5 Fleck.; Lucr. 2, 388; Ov. M. 2, 874; Scrib. Comp. 141; Gell. 14, 6, 2 al.; gen. plur. cornorum, Scrib. Comp. 60. —An access. form cornus, ūs, has been assumed on account of the rel. masc. in the passage:I.nares similes cornibus iis, qui, etc.,
Cic. N. D. 2, 59, 149, if the reading is correct.—The dat. sing. apparently never used;for in the connection: laevo cornu Cotys rex praeerat... dextro cornu praepositus C. Licinius Crassus,
Liv. 42, 58, 6 and 7, the supposition of the abl. is more in acc. with the usage of Livy; cf.:Antipatrum in laevo praeposuit,
id. 37, 41, 1 et saep.) [kindred with keras, and Germ. and Engl. horn; cf. also carina, cervus], a horn.Lit., a hard and generally crooked growth upon the head of many mammiferous animals (very freq. in all periods and species of composition), Plin. 11, 37, 45, § 123 sq.; Cic. N. D. 2, 47, 121;B. 1.of a bullock,
Lucr. 5, 1033; 5, 1324; Cat. 64, 111; Ov. M. 9, 186; Hor. C. 3, 27, 72; id. S. 1, 5, 58 et saep.;also of the constellation Taurus,
Ov. M. 2, 80;of the ram,
id. ib. 5, 328; and the constellation Aries, Cic. poët. N. D. 2, 43, 111;of the he-goat,
Verg. E. 9, 25;of kids,
id. G. 2, 526 al. —Of the antlers of a stag, Ov. M. 3, 194; 10, 111; Verg. A. 10, 725 al.: Cornu Copiae (less correctly, but freq. in late Lat., as one word, Cornūcōpĭae, and twice Cornūcōpĭa, ae, f., Amm. 22, 9, 1; 25, 2, 3), acc. to the fable, the horn of the goat Amalthea placed in heaven, Greek Keras Amaltheias (v. Amalthea), the emblem of fruitfulness and abundance, Plaut. Ps. 2, 3, 5; Gell. 14, 6, 2; cf. Hor. C. 1, 17, 16; id. C. S. 60; id. Ep. 1, 12, 29; Ov. M. 9, 88.—That which is similar to horn in substance.a.A hoof, Cato, R. R. 72; Verg. G. 3, 88; Sil. 13, 327.—b.Of the bills of birds, Ov. M. 14, 502.—c.The horny skin covering the eye, Plin. 11, 37, 55, § 148.—d.A horny excrescence on the head, a wart, Hor. S. 1, 5, 58.— Far more freq.,2.That which is similar to a horn in form, a projecting extremity, the point or end of any object.a.The tooth or tusk of an elephant, ivory, Varr. L. L. 7, § 39 Müll.; Plin. 8, 3, 4, § 7; 18, 1, 1, § 2:b.cornu Indicum,
Mart. 1, 73, 4.—The horns of the moon, Cic. Fragm. ap. Non. p. 122, 2; Verg. G. 1, 433; Ov. M. 1, 11; 2, 117 et saep.—c.The branches of a river, Ov. M. 9, 774.—Hence, the river-gods were represented with horns, Verg. G. 4, 371; Mart. 10, 7 et saep.; cf.: corniger, tauriformis, etc., and v. Lidd. and Scott under keras, V.—d.The arm of the shore forming a harbor, a tongue of land, Caes. ap. Cic. Att. 9, 14, 1; Ov. M. 5, 410; Plin. 4, 21, 35, § 113.—e.The extremity or end of the sailyards, Verg. A. 3, 549; 5, 832; Ov. M. 11, 476; Hor. Epod. 16, 59; Sil. 14. 389.—f.The cone of a helmet in which the crest was placed:g.cornua cristae,
Verg. A. 12, 89:alterum cornu galeae,
Liv. 27, 33, 2.—The end of the stick around which books were rolled, usually ornamented with ivory, Tib. 3, 1, 13; Ov. Tr. 1, 1, 8; Mart. 11, 107. —h.The side of a bow in the form of a horn, Ov. M. 1, 455; 5, 56; 2, 603.—i.The horn-shaped side of the cithara (perh. the sounding-board), Cic. N. D. 2, 59, 149 fin. —k. 1.The point, end, extremity, wing of a place, Liv. 25, 3, 17; Tac. A. 1, 75; Plin. 34, 6, 12, § 26 al.—m.The wing of an army (very freq.), Caes. B. G. 1, 52 (three times); 2, 23; 2, 25; 7, 62 (twice); Liv. 9, 40, 3 sq(seven times).—* (β).Transf.:n.cornua disputationis tuae commovere,
i. e. to drive back, Cic. Div. 2, 10, 26 (v. the passage in connection).—The feeler or claw of an insect, Plin. 9, 30, 50, § 95; 9, 31, 51, § 99 al. —o.The stiff hair of the Germans:3.quis stupuit Germani lumina, flavam Caesariem et madido torquentem cornua cirro?
Juv. 13, 165.—Of objects made of horn.a.A bow, Verg. E. 10, 59; Ov. M. 5, 383; Sil. 2, 109 al.—b.A bugle-horn, a horn, trumpet (cornua, quod ea, quae nunc sunt ex aere, tunc fiebant bubulo e cornu, Varr. L. L. 5, § 117 Müll.), Lucil. ap. Non. p. 265, 5; Lucr. 2, 620; Verg. A. 7, 615; Ov. M. 1, 98; 3, 533; Hor. C. 1, 18, 14; 2, 1, 17; Juv. 2, 90; 6, 315.—Connected with tubae, Cic. Sull. 5, 17; Tac. A. 1, 68; 2, 81, cf. Dict. of Antiq., s. v. cornu.—In a sarcastic double sense with a.: dum tendit citharam noster, dum cornua Parthus, Poët. ap. Suet. Ner. 39 (v. the passage in connection).—c.The sides of the lyre, originally consisting of two horns, giving resonance to the strings, Cic. N. D. 2, 57, 144; 2, 59, 149.—d.A lantern, Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 185; cf. Lucr 2, 388; and Plin. 11, 16, 16, § 49.—e.An oil cruet, Hor S. 2, 2, 61.—f.A funnel, Verg. G. 3, 509; Col. 6, 2, 7 al.—II.Trop., as an emblem of power, courage, strength, might (the figure taken from bullocks. Also in Heb. a very freq. metaph.; cf. Gesen. Lex. s. v., p. 906, 6; poet.):ne in re secundā nunc mi obvortat cornua,
Plaut. Ps. 4, 3, 5:venerunt capiti cornua sera meo,
Ov. Am. 3, 11,:tunc pauper cornua sumit,
gains strength, courage, id. A. A. 1, 239; cf.. tu (sc. amphora) addis cornua pauperi, etc.,
Hor. C. 3, 21, 18.—Hence Bacchus, as a giver of courage, is represented with horns, Tib. 2, 1, 3; Hor. C. 2, 19, 30; v. Bacchus, I.; cf. of a river-god, I. B. 2. c. supra. -
6 ā
ā (before consonants), ab (before vowels, h, and some consonants, esp. l, n, r, s), abs (usu. only before t and q, esp. freq. before the pron. te), old af, praep. with abl., denoting separation or departure (opp. ad). I. Lit., in space, from, away from, out of. A. With motion: ab urbe proficisci, Cs.: a supero mari Flaminia (est via), leads: Nunc quidem paululum, inquit, a sole, a little out of the sun: usque a mari supero Romam proficisci, all the way from; with names of cities and small islands, or with domo, home (for the simple abl; of motion, away from, not out of, a place); hence, of raising a siege, of the march of soldiers, the setting out of a fleet, etc.: oppidum ab Aeneā fugiente a Troiā conditum: ab Alesiā, Cs.: profectus ab Orico cum classe, Cs.; with names of persons or with pronouns: cum a vobis discessero: videat forte hic te a patre aliquis exiens, i. e. from his house, T.; (praegn.): a rege munera repudiare, from, sent by, N.— B. Without motion. 1. Of separation or distance: abesse a domo paulisper maluit: tum Brutus ab Romā aberat, S.: hic locus aequo fere spatio ab castris Ariovisti et Caesaris aberat, Cs.: a foro longe abesse: procul a castris hostes in collibus constiterunt, Cs.: cum esset bellum tam prope a Siciliā; so with numerals to express distance: ex eo loco ab milibus passuum octo, eight miles distant, Cs.: ab milibus passuum minus duobus castra posuerunt, less than two miles off, Cs.; so rarely with substantives: quod tanta machinatio ab tanto spatio instrueretur, so far away, Cs.— 2. To denote a side or direction, etc., at, on, in: ab sinistrā parte nudatis castris, on the left, Cs.: ab eā parte, quā, etc., on that side, S.: Gallia Celtica attingit ab Sequanis flumen Rhenum, on the side of the Sequani, i. e. their country, Cs.: ab decumanā portā castra munita, at the main entrance, Cs.: crepuit hinc a Glycerio ostium, of the house of G., T.: (cornua) ab labris argento circumcludunt, on the edges, Cs.; hence, a fronte, in the van; a latere, on the flank; a tergo, in the rear, behind; a dextro cornu, on the right wing; a medio spatio, half way.— II. Fig. A. Of time. 1. Of a point of time, after: Caesar ab decimae legionis cohortatione ad dextrum cornu profectus, immediately after, Cs.: ab eo magistratu, after this office, S.: recens a volnere Dido, fresh from her wound, V.: in Italiam perventum est quinto mense a Carthagine, i. e. after leaving, L.: ab his, i. e. after these words, hereupon, O.: ab simili <*>ade domo profugus, i. e. after and in consequence of, L.— 2. Of a period of time, from, since, after: ab hora tertiā bibebatur, from the third hour: ab Sullā et Pompeio consulibus, since the consulship of: ab incenso Capitolio illum esse vigesumum annum, since, S.: augures omnes usque ab Romulo, since the time of: iam inde ab infelici pugnā ceciderant animi, from (and in consequence of), L.; hence, ab initio, a principio, a primo, at, in, or from the beginning, at first: ab integro, anew, afresh: ab... ad, from (a time)... to: cum ab horā septimā ad vesperum pugnatum sit, Cs.; with nouns or adjectives denoting a time of life: iam inde a pueritiā, T.: a pueritiā: a pueris: iam inde ab incunabulis, L.: a parvo, from a little child, or childhood, L.: ab parvulis, Cs.— B. In other relations. 1. To denote separation, deterring, intermitting, distinction, difference, etc., from: quo discessum animi a corpore putent esse mortem: propius abesse ab ortu: alter ab illo, next after him, V.: Aiax, heros ab Achille secundus, next in rank to, H.: impotentia animi a temperantiā dissidens: alieno a te animo fuit, estranged; so with adjj. denoting free, strange, pure, etc.: res familiaris casta a cruore civili: purum ab humano cultu solum, L.: (opoidum) vacuum ab defensoribus, Cs.: alqm pudicum servare ab omni facto, etc., II.; with substt.: impunitas ab iudicio: ab armis quies dabatur, L.; or verbs: haec a custodiis loca vacabant, Cs.— 2. To denote the agent, by: qui (Mars) saepe spoliantem iam evertit et perculit ab abiecto, by the agency of: Laudari me abs te, a laudato viro: si quid ei a Caesare gravius accidisset, at Caesar's hands, Cs.: vetus umor ab igne percaluit solis, under, O.: a populo P. imperia perferre, Cs.: equo lassus ab indomito, H.: volgo occidebantur: per quos et a quibus? by whose hands and upon whose orders? factus ab arte decor, artificial, O.: destitutus ab spe, L.; (for the sake of the metre): correptus ab ignibus, O.; (poet. with abl. of means or instr.): intumuit venter ab undā, O.—Ab with abl. of agent for the dat., to avoid ambiguity, or for emphasis: quibus (civibus) est a vobis consulendum: te a me nostrae consuetudinis monendum esse puto.— 3. To denote source, origin, extraction, from, of: Turnus ab Ariciā, L.: si ego me a M. Tullio esse dicerem: oriundi ab Sabinis, L.: dulces a fontibus undae, V.—With verbs of expecting, fearing, hoping (cf. a parte), from, on the part of: a quo quidem genere, iudices, ego numquam timui: nec ab Romanis vobis ulla est spes, you can expect nothing from the Romans, L.; (ellipt.): haec a servorum bello pericula, threatened by: quem metus a praetore Romano stimulabat, fear of what the praetor might do, L.—With verbs of paying, etc., solvere, persolvere, dare (pecuniam) ab aliquo, to pay through, by a draft on, etc.: se praetor dedit, a quaestore numeravit, quaestor a mensā publicā, by an order on the quaestor: ei legat pecuniam a filio, to be paid by his son: scribe decem (milia) a Nerio, pay by a draft on Nerius, H.; cognoscere ab aliquā re, to know or learn by means of something (but ab aliquo, from some one): id se a Gallicis armis atque insignibus cognovisse, Cs.; in giving an etymology: id ab re... interregnum appellatum, L.—Rarely with verbs of beginning and repeating: coepere a fame mala, L.: a se suisque orsus, Ta.— 4. With verbs of freeing from, defending, protecting, from, against: ut a proeliis quietem habuerant, L.: provincia a calamitate est defendenda: sustinere se a lapsu, L.— 5. With verbs and adjectives, to define the respect in which, in relation to, with regard to, in respect to, on the part of: orba ab optimatibus contio: mons vastus ab naturā et humano cultu, S.: ne ab re sint omissiores, too neglectful of money or property, T.: posse a facundiā, in the matter of eloquence, T.; cf. with laborare, for the simple abl, in, for want of: laborare ab re frumentariā, Cs.— 6. In stating a motive, from, out of, on account of, in consequence of: patres ab honore appellati, L.: inops tum urbs ab longinquā obsidione, L.— 7. Indicating a part of the whole, of, out of: scuto ab novissimis uni militi detracto, Cs.: a quibus (captivis) ad Senatum missus (Regulus).— 8. Marking that to which anything belongs: qui sunt ab eā disciplinā: nostri illi a Platone et Aristotele aiunt.— 9. Of a side or party: vide ne hoc totum sit a me, makes for my view: vir ab innocentiā clementissimus, in favor of.—10. In late prose, of an office: ab epistulis, a secretary, Ta. Note. Ab is not repeated with a following pron interrog. or relat.: Arsinoën, Stratum, Naupactum... fateris ab hostibus esse captas. Quibus autem hostibus? Nempe iis, quos, etc. It is often separated from the word which it governs: a nullius umquam me tempore aut commodo: a minus bono, S.: a satis miti principio, L.—The poets join a and que, making āque; but in good prose que is annexed to the following abl. (a meque, abs teque, etc.): aque Chao, V.: aque mero, O.—In composition, ab- stands before vowels, and h, b, d, i consonant, l, n, r, s; abs- before c, q, t; b is dropped, leaving as- before p; ā- is found in āfuī, āfore ( inf fut. of absum); and au- in auferō, aufugiō.* * *IAh!; (distress/regret/pity, appeal/entreaty, surprise/joy, objection/contempt)IIby (agent), from (departure, cause, remote origin/time); after (reference)IIIante, abb. a.in calendar expression a. d. = ante diem -- before the day
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7 cōpia
cōpia ae, f [com-+ops], an abundance, ample supply, plenty: frumenti, Cs.: navium magna, Cs.: bona librorum, H.: nullā ferramentorum copiā, in the scarcity of, Cs.—Resources, wealth, supplies, riches, prosperity: domesticis copiis ornare convivium: (civitas) copiis locupletior: circumfluere omnibus copiis: se eorum copiis alere, Cs.: Fastidiosam desere copiam, H.: inopem me copia fecit, O.: bonam copiam eiurare, i. e. to claim exemption as poor: (milites) mixti copiis et laetitiā, sharing supplies, Ta.: copia narium (i. e. luxus odorum), H.: copia ruris honorum opulenta, H.—Person., the goddess of plenty: beata pleno cornu, H.: dives meo bona Copia cornu est, O.—A multitude, number, plenty, abundance, throng: (principum) in castris, Cs.: virorum fortium: latronum in eā regione, S.: quae sit me circum copia, lustro, V.—A force, army, body of men: eā copiā civitatem oppressurus: ex omni copiā singulos deligere, Cs.— Usu. plur, forces, troops, an army, men: armare quam maximas copias, S.: cum omnibus copiis exire, in a body, Cs.: pedestres, N.: omnibus copiis contendere, with the whole army, Cs.—Fig., fulness, copiousness, multitude, abundance: rerum copia verborum copiam gignit: dicendi copiā valere: ubertas et copia, fulness in expression.—Ability, power, might, opportunity, facilities, means: facere civibus consili sui copiam: qui spectandi faciunt copiam, T.: fandi, V.: societatis coniungendae, S.: Ut sibi eius faciat copiam, give access to, T.: sit tibi copia nostri, power over, O.: facta est copia mundi, the world was open, O.: quibus in otio vivere copia erat, S.: nec te Adfari data copia matri, V.: tecum sine metu ut sit copiast, T.: si copia detur, veniam, O.: dona pro copiā portantes, as each is able, L.: pro rei copiā, S.: ludi additi pro copiā provinciali, L.* * *plenty, abundance, supply; troops (pl.), supplies; forces; resources; wealth; number/amount/quantity; sum/whole amount; means, opportunity; access, admission copy -
8 Amalthea
Ămalthēa, ae, f., = Amaltheia.I.A nymph, daughter of Melissus, king of Crete, who fed Jupiter with goat's milk, Hyg. Fab. 139.—Acc. to others, Amalthea is the name of the goat itself, one of whose horns, accidentally broken off, was placed among the stars as the Cornu Amaltheae, or Cornu copiae, Hyg. Astr. 2, 13; 3, 12. From this horn nectar and ambrosia are said to have flowed;II.hence, it was the emblem of plenty,
Ov. F. 5, 121; Hor. C. 1, 17, 14; id. C. S. 59; id. Ep. 1, 12, 28.—Hence, meton.: Ămal-thēa, ae, f., or Ămalthēum, i, n.; in Cic., the name of a library (acc. to others, an old sanctuary of Amalthea near the villa of Atticus, in Epirus, adorned with inscriptions, etc., by Atticus, in imitation of which Cicero made a similar one at Arpinum):Amalthea mea te exspectat,
Cic. Att. 2, 1 fin.; 1, 16 fin. —The name of the Cumœan sibyl:Quidquid Amalthea dixit,
Tib. 2, 5, 67; cf. Lact. 1, 6; Serv. ad Verg. A. 6, 72. -
9 Amaltheum
Ămalthēa, ae, f., = Amaltheia.I.A nymph, daughter of Melissus, king of Crete, who fed Jupiter with goat's milk, Hyg. Fab. 139.—Acc. to others, Amalthea is the name of the goat itself, one of whose horns, accidentally broken off, was placed among the stars as the Cornu Amaltheae, or Cornu copiae, Hyg. Astr. 2, 13; 3, 12. From this horn nectar and ambrosia are said to have flowed;II.hence, it was the emblem of plenty,
Ov. F. 5, 121; Hor. C. 1, 17, 14; id. C. S. 59; id. Ep. 1, 12, 28.—Hence, meton.: Ămal-thēa, ae, f., or Ămalthēum, i, n.; in Cic., the name of a library (acc. to others, an old sanctuary of Amalthea near the villa of Atticus, in Epirus, adorned with inscriptions, etc., by Atticus, in imitation of which Cicero made a similar one at Arpinum):Amalthea mea te exspectat,
Cic. Att. 2, 1 fin.; 1, 16 fin. —The name of the Cumœan sibyl:Quidquid Amalthea dixit,
Tib. 2, 5, 67; cf. Lact. 1, 6; Serv. ad Verg. A. 6, 72. -
10 cornutae
1. B.Meton. (cf. cornu, I. B.):C.quadrupedes (i. e. elephanti),
Varr. L. L. 7, § 39 Müll.:luna,
Amm. 14, 2, 2.—Subst.:1. 2.cornūtae, ārum, f., a kind of sea-fish. Plin. 32, 11, 53, § 145; Apic. 10, 3, § 454.—II.Trop.: syllogismus, a horned syllogism, a sophistical conclusion, sophism, = ceratina, Hier. Ep. 69, n. 2; cf.:2. I.cornuta interrogatio,
id. adv. Helvid. 16.Annaeus Cornutus, a grammarian, Gell. 2, 6.—II.M. Cornutus, a prætor during the consulate of Hirtius and Pansa, Cic. Phil. 14, 14, 37. -
11 cornuti
1. B.Meton. (cf. cornu, I. B.):C.quadrupedes (i. e. elephanti),
Varr. L. L. 7, § 39 Müll.:luna,
Amm. 14, 2, 2.—Subst.:1. 2.cornūtae, ārum, f., a kind of sea-fish. Plin. 32, 11, 53, § 145; Apic. 10, 3, § 454.—II.Trop.: syllogismus, a horned syllogism, a sophistical conclusion, sophism, = ceratina, Hier. Ep. 69, n. 2; cf.:2. I.cornuta interrogatio,
id. adv. Helvid. 16.Annaeus Cornutus, a grammarian, Gell. 2, 6.—II.M. Cornutus, a prætor during the consulate of Hirtius and Pansa, Cic. Phil. 14, 14, 37. -
12 Cornutus
1. B.Meton. (cf. cornu, I. B.):C.quadrupedes (i. e. elephanti),
Varr. L. L. 7, § 39 Müll.:luna,
Amm. 14, 2, 2.—Subst.:1. 2.cornūtae, ārum, f., a kind of sea-fish. Plin. 32, 11, 53, § 145; Apic. 10, 3, § 454.—II.Trop.: syllogismus, a horned syllogism, a sophistical conclusion, sophism, = ceratina, Hier. Ep. 69, n. 2; cf.:2. I.cornuta interrogatio,
id. adv. Helvid. 16.Annaeus Cornutus, a grammarian, Gell. 2, 6.—II.M. Cornutus, a prætor during the consulate of Hirtius and Pansa, Cic. Phil. 14, 14, 37. -
13 cornutus
1. B.Meton. (cf. cornu, I. B.):C.quadrupedes (i. e. elephanti),
Varr. L. L. 7, § 39 Müll.:luna,
Amm. 14, 2, 2.—Subst.:1. 2.cornūtae, ārum, f., a kind of sea-fish. Plin. 32, 11, 53, § 145; Apic. 10, 3, § 454.—II.Trop.: syllogismus, a horned syllogism, a sophistical conclusion, sophism, = ceratina, Hier. Ep. 69, n. 2; cf.:2. I.cornuta interrogatio,
id. adv. Helvid. 16.Annaeus Cornutus, a grammarian, Gell. 2, 6.—II.M. Cornutus, a prætor during the consulate of Hirtius and Pansa, Cic. Phil. 14, 14, 37. -
14 dexter
dexter, tĕra, tĕrum, and more freq. tra, trum ( dat. plur. fem.: dextrabus manibus, Liv. Andron. ap. Non. 493, 20.— Comp. dextĕrĭor; sup. dextĭmus), adj. [dex-ter, root dek-, Gr. dekomai, whence daktulos, digitus; cf. Germ. Finger, from fangen; cf. also Sanscr. dakshinas, on the right hand, and Gr. dex-ios], to the right, on the right side, right (opp. laevus, sinister).I.Prop.:II.ut ante oculos fuerit qui dexter hic idem nunc sit laevus,
Lucr. 4, 302:manus,
Plaut. Mil. 2, 2, 49; 50; id. Capt. 2, 3, 82; Cic. Div. 1, 23, 46:pars membrorum (opp. laeva),
Lucr. 4, 293:umeri,
Caes. B. G. 7, 50, 2:latus,
Hor. Ep. 1, 16, 6; Ov. M. 13, 730 et saep.:cornu,
Ter. Eun. 4, 7, 5; Caes. B. G. 1, 52, 2; 2, 23, 4 et saep.:ala,
Liv. 31, 21:acies,
id. 27, 48 et saep.: dextrarum tibiarum genus est, quae dextra tenentur, Paul. ex Fest. p. 74, 5 Müll. et saep.:dextra ejus (fluminis) accolunt Deximontani,
Plin. 6, 23, 26, § 99.— Comp. in signification = dexter, but spoken of two only:in dexteriore parte, opp. sinisteriore,
Varr. L. L. 9, § 34 Müll.; so,pars, opp. laeva,
Ov. M. 7, 241:rota, opp. sinisterior,
id. ib. 2, 138:armus,
id. ib. 12, 303:umerus,
Suet. Claud. 7:latus,
id. Galb. 21: cornu, Galba ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 30, 3 et saep.— Sup.: dextimus, a, um, an ancient and rare form, in signif. i. q. dexter: dextima via, Varr. ap. Non. 94, 30:apud dextimos,
Sall. J. 100, 2.—Trop. (perh. not in ante-Aug. prose).1.Handy, dexterous, skilful; opportune, proper, suitable, fitting:2.rem ita dexter egit, ut, etc.,
Liv. 8, 36:et Marius scriptis dexter in omne genus,
Ov. Pont. 4, 16, 24:quis rebus dexter modus,
Verg. A. 4, 294:tempus,
Hor. S. 2, 1, 18.—(Since the Greeks regarded an omen on the right as favorable) favorable, propitious, fortunate: dextra auspicia prospera, Paul. ex Fest. p. 74, 4 Müll.; cf.omen,
Val. Fl. 1, 245:dexter adi,
Verg. A. 8, 302; cf.:dexter ac volens assit (numen),
Quint. 4 prooem. 5:Jove,
Pers. 5, 114:sidere,
Stat. S. 3, 4, 63 et saep.—Hence, -
15 frons
1.frons (also anciently fruns; plur. frundes, Enn. Ann. 266 Vahl.; cf. Charis. p. 105 P.—Also in nom. fros or frus, Varr. ib.; Enn. v in the foll.; cf. Prisc. p. 554 P.; and FRONDIS, acc. to Serv. Verg. G. 2, 372), dis, f. [etym. dub.], a leafy branch, green bough, foliage.I.Lit. (class.; in sing. and plur.; syn. folium).(α).Sing.: populea frus, Enn. ap. Aus. Technop. (Edyll. 5) 158 sq. (id. Ann. v. 562 Vahl.):(β).ilignea, quernea,
Cato, R. R. 37, 2:in nemoribus, ubi virgulta et frons multa,
Varr. R. R. 2, 5, 11:bobus praestabit vilicus frondem,
Col. 11, 3, 101: alta frons decidit, Varr. ap. Non. 486, 13:ne caules allii in frondem luxurient,
Plin. 19, 6, 34, § 113:perenni frunde corona,
Lucr. 1, 119:nigrae feraci frondis in Algido,
Hor. C. 4, 4, 58:sine fronde,
Ov. Tr. 3, 10, 75:immaturam destringere,
Quint. 12, 6, 2.—Plur.: russescunt frundes, Enn. ap. Charis. p. 105 P. (Ann. v. 266 Vahl.):II.deserta via et inculta atque interclusa jam frondibus et virgultis relinquatur,
Cic. Cael. 18, 42:viminibus salices fecundi, frondibus ulmi,
Verg. G. 2, 446:frondibus teneris non adhibendam esse falcem,
Quint. 2, 4, 11:bovemque Disjunctum curas et strictis frondibus exples,
Hor. Ep. 1, 14, 28; id. C. 3, 18, 14.—Poet. transf., a garland made of leafy boughs, a garland of leaves, leafy chaplet: donec Alterutrum velox victoria fronde coronet, Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 64; so in sing., id. C. 4, 2, 36; id. Ep. 2, 1, 110:2.nos delubra deum festa velamus fronde,
Verg. A. 2, 249; 5, 661; Ov. M. 1, 449; 565; id. A. A. 1, 108.—In plur., Ov. F. 1, 711; 3, 482.frons, frontis, f. ( masc., Cato ap. Gell. 15, 9, 5; and ap. Fest. s. v. recto, p. 286, b, Müll.; Plaut. Mil. 2, 2, 46 Ritschl, N. cr.; id. ap. Non. 205, 4; Caecil. ap. Gell. 15, 9, 3; Vitr. 10, 17) [cf. Sanscr. brhū; Gr. ophrus; Germ. Braue; Engl. brow; v. Curt. Gr. Etym. p. 296], the forehead, brow, front (syn.: vultus, os, facies).I.Lit.:2.frons et aliis (animalibus), sed homini tantum tristitiae, hilaritatis, clementiae, severitatis index: in adsensu ejus supercilia homini et pariter et alterna mobilia,
Plin. 11, 37, 51, § 138:tanta erat gravitas in oculo, tanta contractio frontis, ut illo supercilio res publica, tamquam Atlante caelum, niti videretur,
Cic. Sest. 8, 19: frontem contrahere, to contract or knit the brows, id. Clu. 26, 72; Hor. S. 2, 2, 125;for which, adducere,
Sen. Ben. 1, 1:attrahere,
id. ib. 6, 7: remittere frontem, to smooth the brow, i. e. to cheer up, Plin. Ep. 2, 5, 5;for which: exporge frontem,
Ter. Ad. 5, 3, 53; cf.:primum ego te porrectiore fronte volo mecum loqui,
Plaut. Cas. 2, 4, 3:explicare,
Hor. C. 3, 29, 16;solvere,
Mart. 14, 183: ut frontem ferias, smitest thy forehead (as a sign of vexation), Cic. Att. 1, 1, 1; cf.:nulla perturbatio animi, nulla corporis, frons non percussa, non femur,
id. Brut. 80, 278:femur, pectus, frontem caedere,
Quint. 2, 12, 10:frontem sudario tergere,
id. 6, 3, 60;for which: siccare frontem sudario,
id. 11, 3, 148:capillos a fronte retroagere,
id. ib. 160:mediam ferro gemina inter tempora frontem Dividit,
Verg. A. 9, 750:quorundam capita per medium frontis et verticis mucrone distincta, in utrumque humerum pendebant,
Amm. 31, 7, 14:insignem tenui fronte Lycorida (a small forehead was regarded as a beauty by the ancients),
Hor. C. 1, 33, 5; cf. id. Ep. 1, 7, 26; Petr. 126; Mart. 4, 42, 9; Arn. 2, 72.—Of the forehead of animals:est bos cervi figura: cujus a media fronte, etc.,
Caes. B. G. 6, 26, 1:tauri torva fronte,
Plin. 8, 45, 70, § 181:equi,
Ov. Tr. 5, 9, 30:ovis,
id. F. 4, 102:cui (haedo) frons turgida cornibus Primis,
Hor. C. 3, 13, 4:(vitulus) Fronte curvatos imitatus ignes lunae,
id. ib. 4, 2, 57.—In plur., Lucr. 5, 1034. —The brow as a mirror of the feelings:3.non solum ex oratione, sed etiam ex vultu et oculis et fronte, ut aiunt, meum erga te amorem perspicere potuisses,
Cic. Att. 14, 13, B, 1; cf. Q. Cic. Petit. Cons. 11, 44; and:homines fronte et oratione magis, quam ipso beneficio reque capiuntur,
expression of countenance, id. ib. 12, 46:si verum tum, cum verissima fronte, dixerunt, nunc mentiuntur,
Cic. Rab. Post. 12, 35:haec ipsa fero equidem fronte et vultu bellissime, sed angor intimis sensibus,
id. Att. 5, 10, 3: frons, oculi, vultus persaepe mentiuntur;oratio vero saepissime,
id. Q. F. 1, 1, 5, § 15; cf.:oculi, supercilia, frons, vultus denique totus, qui sermo quidam tacitus mentis est, hic in fraudem homines impulit,
id. Pis. 1, 1; id. Fam. 1, 9, 17:fronte occultare sententiam,
id. Lael. 18, 65:tranquilla et serena,
id. Tusc. 3, 15, 31; cf.:reliquiae pristinae frontis,
id. Fam. 9, 10, 2:laeta,
Verg. A. 6, 862:sollicita,
Hor. C. 3, 29, 16:tristis,
Tib. 2, 3, 33:gravis,
Plin. Pan. 41, 3:humana, lenis, placida,
Sen. Ben. 2, 13:inverecunda,
Quint. 2, 4, 16:proterva,
Hor. C. 2, 5, 16:urbana (i. e. impudens),
id. Ep. 1, 9, 11:impudens, proterva, Aug. Op. imperf. c. Jul. 6, 21: impudentissima,
id. ib. 26; cf.:impudentia frontis,
Hier. adv. Rufin. 1, 7:fronte inverecunda nummos captare,
Val. Max. 8, 2, 2.—In plur.:si populo grata est tabella, quae frontes aperit hominum, mentes tegat,
Cic. Planc. 6, 16.—Prov.:B.frons occipitio prior est,
i. e. better work before the master's face than behind his back, Cato, R. R. 4; Plin. 18, 5, 6, § 31.—Transf1.The forepart of any thing, the front, façade, van (opp. tergum and latus):2.copias ante frontem castrorum struit,
Caes. B. C. 3, 37, 1:aedium,
Vitr. 3, 2:parietum,
id. 2, 8:januae,
Ov. F. 1, 135:scena,
Verg. G. 3, 24:(navium),
id. A. 5, 158:pontis,
Hirt. B. G. 8, 9, 4:collis ex utraque parte lateris dejectus habebat, et in frontem leniter fastigatus, etc.,
Caes. B. G. 2, 8; 7, 23: intervallum justum arborum quadrageni pedes in terga frontemque, in latera viceni, Plin. 17, 23, 35, § 202; cf. Quint. 1, 10, 43:octo cohortes in fronte constituit,
Sall. C. 59, 2:quatuor legionum aquilae per frontem,
Tac. H. 2, 89:una fronte contra hostem castra muniunt,
only in front, Caes. B. C. 1, 80, 2 Herz.:aequa fronte ad pugnam procedebat,
Liv. 36, 44, 1:nec tamen aequari frontes poterant, cum extenuando infirmam mediam aciem haberent,
id. 5, 38, 2:recta fronte concurrere hosti (opp. in dextrum cornu),
Curt. 4, 13 med.; cf.:directa fronte pugnandum est,
Quint. 5, 13, 11:veritus ne simul in frontem simul et latera suorum pugnaretur,
Tac. Agr. 35:transisse aestuaria pulchrum ac decorum in frontem (i. e. fronti),
for the front, the van, id. ib. 33: dextra fronte prima legio incessit, on the right front, i. e. on the right wing, id. H. 2, 24 fin.:laeva,
Claud. in Ruf. 2, 174; cf.:frons laevi cornu haec erat,
Curt. 4, 13 fin. — Poet. transf., of clouds:ut non tam concurrere nubes Frontibus adversis possint quam de latere ire,
Lucr. 6, 117;of a precipice: Fronte sub adversa scopulis pendentibus antrum,
Verg. A. 1, 166.—Esp. freq.: a fronte, in front, before (opp. a tergo and a latere):a tergo, a fronte, a lateribus tenebitur, si in Galliam venerit,
Cic. Phil. 3, 13, 32:a fronte atque ab utroque latere cratibus ac pluteis protegebat,
Caes. B. C. 1, 25 fin.:totis fere a fronte et ab sinistra parte nudatis castris,
id. B. G. 2, 23, 4. —The outer end of a book-roll or volume, Tib. 3, 1, 13; Ov. Tr. 1, 1, 11.—3.The circumference of a wheel, Vitr. 10, 4.—4.In measuring land = latitudo, the breadth:II.mille pedes in fronte, trecentos cippus in agrum Hic dabat,
Hor. S. 1, 8, 12; Inscr. Orell. 4558; 4560.—Trop.A.The outside, exterior, external quality, appearance (cf. species and facies;B.mostly post-Aug.): Pompeius Scauro studet: sed utrum fronte an mente, dubitatur,
Cic. Att. 4, 15, 7:plus habet in recessu, quam fronte promittat,
Quint. 1, 4, 2; 11, 1, 61; cf.:frons causae non satis honesta,
id. 4, 1, 42 Spald.:decipit Frons prima multos,
the first appearance, Phaedr. 4, 2, 6; cf.:dura primā fronte quaestio,
Quint. 7, 1, 56:ex prima statim fronte dijudicare imprudentium est,
id. 12, 7, 8.—The character or feelings expressed by the brow.1.Poet. in partic., shame:2.exclamet perisse Frontem de rebus,
Pers. 5, 104 (for which:clament periisse pudorem,
Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 80).— -
16 sinister
sĭnister, tra, trum ( comp. sinisterior; sup. sinistimus, Prisc. pp. 605 and 607 P.; Fest. s. v. dextimum, p. 74; and s. v. sinistrae, p. 339 Müll.), adj. [etym. dub.; perh. from sinus (i. e. togae); cf. Pott, Etym. Forsch. 2, 555; the ending is a double comp. -is and -ter; cf.: magister, minister].I.Left, on the left, on the left hand or side (syn.:1.laevus, scaevus): manus sinistra (opp. dextra),
Quint. 11, 3, 114:manus,
Nep. Dat. 3; Quint. 11, 3, 159:bracchium,
id. 11, 3, 141:latus,
id. 11, 3, 99:numerus,
id. 11, 3, 93; 11, 3, 113; 11, 3, 140:pes,
id. 11, 3, 125; 11, 3, 159:cornu (opp. dextrum),
Ter. Eun. 4, 7, 5; Caes. B. G. 7, 62; id. B. C. 2, 34; 3, 67 al.:pars,
id. B. G. 2, 23; id. B. C. 2, 4 fin.:angulus castrorum,
id. ib. 3, 66:ripa,
Hor. C. 1, 2, 18:calceus,
Suet. Aug. 92:tibia,
Phaedr. 5, 7, 7 et saep.—As substt.sĭnistrum, i, n. (sc. latus), the left side:2.reicere a sinistro togam,
Quint. 11, 3, 144; so,in sinistrum,
id. 11, 3, 109; 11, 3, 113; 11, 3, 114; 11, 3, 135.—sĭnistra, ae, f. (sc. manus), the left hand, the left:B.sinistrā impeditā satis commode pugnare non poterant,
Caes. B. G. 1, 25; id. B. C. 1, 75 fin.; Quint. 11, 3, 131; 11, 3, 160; Suet. Claud. 21; Ov. M. 12, 89 et saep.—Used in stealing:natae ad furta sinistrae,
Ov. M. 13, 111; cf. Cat. 12, 1;hence, of a thief's accomplices: Porci et Socration, duae sinistrae Pisonis,
id. 47, 1.—As bearing the shield and defending:idem (Afer) per allegoriam M. Caelium melius obicientem crimina quam defendentem, Bonam dextram, malam sinistram habere dicebat,
Quint. 6, 3, 69 —Transf., the left side:II.cur a dextrā corvus, a sinistrā cornix faciat ratum?
Cic. Div. 1, 39, 85:aspicite a sinistrā,
id. Phil. 6, 5, 12:aspice nunc ad sinistram,
Plaut. Merc. 5, 2, 38:sub sinistrā Britanniam relictam conspexit,
Caes. B. G. 5, 8:miles dexterā ac sinistrā muro tectus,
id. B. C. 2, 15; cf.:innumerabiles supra infra, dextrā sinistrā, ante post ejusmodi mundos esse,
Cic. Ac. 2, 40, 125.— Rarely in plur.: sinistris repentino consilio Poetelii consulis additae vires (opp. dextra [p. 1708] pars), Liv. 9, 27, 9.— Comp.:in sinisteriore parte (= sinistrā),
Varr. L. L. 9, § 34 Müll.; so, cornu (opp. dexterius), Galb. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 30, 4:bracchium,
Suet. Dom. 17:mamma,
Cels. 4, 1 med.:equus funalis,
Suet. Tib. 6 fin.:rota,
Ov. M. 2, 139.— Sup., v. supra init. —Trop.A.Awkward, wrong, perverse, improper ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose):B.mores,
Verg. A. 11, 347:liberalitas,
Cat. 29, 16:instituta (Judaeorum),
Tac. H. 5, 5:natura (with prava),
Curt. 7, 4, 10.—Unlucky, injurious, adverse, unfavorable, ill, bad, etc. ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose):C.arboribus satisque Notus pecorique sinister,
Verg. G. 1, 444:interpretatio,
Tac. Agr. 5 fin.; cf.:sermones de Tiberio,
id. A. 1, 74; so,sermones,
Plin. Ep. 1, 9, 5:fama eo de homine,
Tac. A. 6, 32; 11, 19; id. H. 1, 51 fin.:rumor lenti itineris,
id. ib. 2, 93 fin.:diligentia,
Plin. Ep. 7, 28, 3 et saep.:pugna Cannensis,
Prop. 3, 3 (4, 2), 9:studii signa sinistra mei,
Ov. Tr. 5, 7, 64; v. also infra, C. fin. —With gen.:(Hannibal) fidei sinister,
faithless, Sil. 1, 56 (cf.:pravos fidei,
id. 3, 253).— Subst.: sĭnistrum, i, n., evil:(matrona) studiosa sinistri,
Ov. Tr. 2, 257.—With respect to auspices and divination, acc. to the Roman notions, lucky, favorable, auspicious (because the Romans on these occasions turned the face towards the south, and so had the eastern or fortunate side on the left; while the Greeks, turning to the north, had it on their right; cf.dexter, II. 2.): ita nobis sinistra videntur, Graiis et barbaris dextra, meliora. Quamquam haud ignoro, quae bona sint, sinistra nos dicere, etiam si dextra sint, etc.,
Cic. Div. 2, 39, 82; cf.:fulmen sinistrum auspicium optimum habemus ad omnes res praeterquam ad comitia,
id. ib. 2, 35, 74 (with this cf. id. Phil. 2, 38, 99):liquido exeo foras Auspicio, avi sinistra,
Plaut. Ep. 2, 2, 2; so,avi sinistra,
id. Ps. 2, 4, 72; cf.cornix,
Verg. E. 9, 15:volatus avium,
Plin. Pan. 5, 3:tonitrus,
Ov. Tr. 1, 9, 49.—Sometimes in the Greek sense (or in direct reference to the signif. B.), unlucky, unfavorable, inauspicious:di, precor, a nobis omen removete sinistrum,
Ov. H. 13, 49:avibus sinistris,
id. ib. 2, 115:sinistris auspiciis,
Val. Max. 4, 7, 2 fin.:fulmen,
Cic. Phil. 2, 38, 99:sinistram approbationem (opp. dextram),
Cat. 45, 8 and 17;cf: sinistro pede proficisci,
App. M. 1, p. 104, 23.—Hence, adv.: sĭnistrē, badly, wrongly, perversely:derisum semel exceptumque sinistre,
Hor. A. P. 452:accipere,
Tac. H. 1, 7; 3, 52 fin.:non tam sinistre constitutum est,
Plin. Pan. 45, 5. -
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sĭnister, tra, trum ( comp. sinisterior; sup. sinistimus, Prisc. pp. 605 and 607 P.; Fest. s. v. dextimum, p. 74; and s. v. sinistrae, p. 339 Müll.), adj. [etym. dub.; perh. from sinus (i. e. togae); cf. Pott, Etym. Forsch. 2, 555; the ending is a double comp. -is and -ter; cf.: magister, minister].I.Left, on the left, on the left hand or side (syn.:1.laevus, scaevus): manus sinistra (opp. dextra),
Quint. 11, 3, 114:manus,
Nep. Dat. 3; Quint. 11, 3, 159:bracchium,
id. 11, 3, 141:latus,
id. 11, 3, 99:numerus,
id. 11, 3, 93; 11, 3, 113; 11, 3, 140:pes,
id. 11, 3, 125; 11, 3, 159:cornu (opp. dextrum),
Ter. Eun. 4, 7, 5; Caes. B. G. 7, 62; id. B. C. 2, 34; 3, 67 al.:pars,
id. B. G. 2, 23; id. B. C. 2, 4 fin.:angulus castrorum,
id. ib. 3, 66:ripa,
Hor. C. 1, 2, 18:calceus,
Suet. Aug. 92:tibia,
Phaedr. 5, 7, 7 et saep.—As substt.sĭnistrum, i, n. (sc. latus), the left side:2.reicere a sinistro togam,
Quint. 11, 3, 144; so,in sinistrum,
id. 11, 3, 109; 11, 3, 113; 11, 3, 114; 11, 3, 135.—sĭnistra, ae, f. (sc. manus), the left hand, the left:B.sinistrā impeditā satis commode pugnare non poterant,
Caes. B. G. 1, 25; id. B. C. 1, 75 fin.; Quint. 11, 3, 131; 11, 3, 160; Suet. Claud. 21; Ov. M. 12, 89 et saep.—Used in stealing:natae ad furta sinistrae,
Ov. M. 13, 111; cf. Cat. 12, 1;hence, of a thief's accomplices: Porci et Socration, duae sinistrae Pisonis,
id. 47, 1.—As bearing the shield and defending:idem (Afer) per allegoriam M. Caelium melius obicientem crimina quam defendentem, Bonam dextram, malam sinistram habere dicebat,
Quint. 6, 3, 69 —Transf., the left side:II.cur a dextrā corvus, a sinistrā cornix faciat ratum?
Cic. Div. 1, 39, 85:aspicite a sinistrā,
id. Phil. 6, 5, 12:aspice nunc ad sinistram,
Plaut. Merc. 5, 2, 38:sub sinistrā Britanniam relictam conspexit,
Caes. B. G. 5, 8:miles dexterā ac sinistrā muro tectus,
id. B. C. 2, 15; cf.:innumerabiles supra infra, dextrā sinistrā, ante post ejusmodi mundos esse,
Cic. Ac. 2, 40, 125.— Rarely in plur.: sinistris repentino consilio Poetelii consulis additae vires (opp. dextra [p. 1708] pars), Liv. 9, 27, 9.— Comp.:in sinisteriore parte (= sinistrā),
Varr. L. L. 9, § 34 Müll.; so, cornu (opp. dexterius), Galb. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 30, 4:bracchium,
Suet. Dom. 17:mamma,
Cels. 4, 1 med.:equus funalis,
Suet. Tib. 6 fin.:rota,
Ov. M. 2, 139.— Sup., v. supra init. —Trop.A.Awkward, wrong, perverse, improper ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose):B.mores,
Verg. A. 11, 347:liberalitas,
Cat. 29, 16:instituta (Judaeorum),
Tac. H. 5, 5:natura (with prava),
Curt. 7, 4, 10.—Unlucky, injurious, adverse, unfavorable, ill, bad, etc. ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose):C.arboribus satisque Notus pecorique sinister,
Verg. G. 1, 444:interpretatio,
Tac. Agr. 5 fin.; cf.:sermones de Tiberio,
id. A. 1, 74; so,sermones,
Plin. Ep. 1, 9, 5:fama eo de homine,
Tac. A. 6, 32; 11, 19; id. H. 1, 51 fin.:rumor lenti itineris,
id. ib. 2, 93 fin.:diligentia,
Plin. Ep. 7, 28, 3 et saep.:pugna Cannensis,
Prop. 3, 3 (4, 2), 9:studii signa sinistra mei,
Ov. Tr. 5, 7, 64; v. also infra, C. fin. —With gen.:(Hannibal) fidei sinister,
faithless, Sil. 1, 56 (cf.:pravos fidei,
id. 3, 253).— Subst.: sĭnistrum, i, n., evil:(matrona) studiosa sinistri,
Ov. Tr. 2, 257.—With respect to auspices and divination, acc. to the Roman notions, lucky, favorable, auspicious (because the Romans on these occasions turned the face towards the south, and so had the eastern or fortunate side on the left; while the Greeks, turning to the north, had it on their right; cf.dexter, II. 2.): ita nobis sinistra videntur, Graiis et barbaris dextra, meliora. Quamquam haud ignoro, quae bona sint, sinistra nos dicere, etiam si dextra sint, etc.,
Cic. Div. 2, 39, 82; cf.:fulmen sinistrum auspicium optimum habemus ad omnes res praeterquam ad comitia,
id. ib. 2, 35, 74 (with this cf. id. Phil. 2, 38, 99):liquido exeo foras Auspicio, avi sinistra,
Plaut. Ep. 2, 2, 2; so,avi sinistra,
id. Ps. 2, 4, 72; cf.cornix,
Verg. E. 9, 15:volatus avium,
Plin. Pan. 5, 3:tonitrus,
Ov. Tr. 1, 9, 49.—Sometimes in the Greek sense (or in direct reference to the signif. B.), unlucky, unfavorable, inauspicious:di, precor, a nobis omen removete sinistrum,
Ov. H. 13, 49:avibus sinistris,
id. ib. 2, 115:sinistris auspiciis,
Val. Max. 4, 7, 2 fin.:fulmen,
Cic. Phil. 2, 38, 99:sinistram approbationem (opp. dextram),
Cat. 45, 8 and 17;cf: sinistro pede proficisci,
App. M. 1, p. 104, 23.—Hence, adv.: sĭnistrē, badly, wrongly, perversely:derisum semel exceptumque sinistre,
Hor. A. P. 452:accipere,
Tac. H. 1, 7; 3, 52 fin.:non tam sinistre constitutum est,
Plin. Pan. 45, 5. -
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tĕnĕo, tĕnŭi, tentum, 2 ( perf. subj. tetinerim, Pac. ap. Non. 178, 15:I. A.tetinerit,
Att. ib. 178, 12:tetinisse,
Pac. ib. 178, 11; fut. perf. tetinero, acc. to Fest. p. 252 Müll. Another collat. form of the perf. tenivi, acc. to Charis. p. 220 P.; Diom. pp. 363 and 369 ib.), v. a. and n. [root ten-, tan-; Gr. tanumai, teinô; Sanscr. tanomi, to stretch, spread; this root appears in many derived meanings; cf. Lat.: tendo, tenuis, tener, tenor, tenus].Lit.1.In gen.: Eu. Porrige bracchium, prehende: jam tenes? Cha. Teneo. Eu. Tene, Plaut. Merc. 5, 2, 42; cf.2.argentum,
id. Pers. 3, 3, 9:cum pyxidem teneret in manu,
Cic. Cael. 26, 63;for which: aliquid manu,
Quint. 10, 7, 31; Ov. M. 11, 560; id. A. A. 1, 320; Hor. Ep. 1, 19, 34:aliquid dextrā,
Ov. F. 1, 99:digitis,
id. ib. 2, 102; id. M. 9, 86; 9, 522:lacertis,
id. ib. 2, 100 al.:radicem ore,
Cic. Div. 2, 68, 141:cibum ore,
Phaedr. 1, 4, 6;for which: decoctum diu in ore,
Plin. 25, 13, 105, § 166:aliquem in sinu,
Ov. H. 3, 114;for which: aliquem sinu,
id. ib. 13, 157:flabellulum,
Ter. Eun. 3, 5, 50:facem,
Verg. A. 6, 224:telum,
Liv. 2, 19. — Prov.: manu tenere aliquid, to seize, grasp, or comprehend a thing which is palpable or evident: aliter leges, aliter philosophi tollunt astutias: leges, quātenus manu tenere possunt;philosophi, quātenus ratione et intellegentiā,
Cic. Off. 3, 17, 68; cf.:cum res non conjecturā, sed oculis ac manibus teneretur,
id. Clu. 7, 20. —In partic.a.With the accessory idea of possession, to hold, i. e. to be master of, have in one ' s power, possess, etc. (syn.:b.possideo, habeo): multa hereditatibus, multa emptionibus, multa dotibus tenebantur sine injuriā,
Cic. Off. 2, 23, 81:quae tenuit dives Achaemenes,
Hor. C. 2, 12, 21:Evander qui multis ante tempestatibus tenuerat loca,
Liv. 1, 5:provinciam a praedonibus liberam,
Cic. Imp. Pomp. 11, 32:colles praesidiis,
Caes. B. C. 3, 43:Formiarum moenia et Lirim,
Hor. C. 3, 17, 8:tenente Caesare terras,
id. ib. 3, 14, 15:rem publicam,
Cic. Mur. 39, 83; id. Sest. 19, 44:summam imperii,
Caes. B. G. 3, 22:equitum centurias,
Cic. Fam. 11, 16, 3:alterum cornu,
to command, Nep. Pelop. 4, 3:provincias aliaque omnia,
Sall. C. 39, 2: scenam, to have sole possession of. [p. 1854] rule over, Suet. Tit. 7. —Of the possession of the object of affection: te tenet,
Tib. 1, 6, 35; 2, 6, 52; Verg. E. 1, 32; Ov. H. 2, 103 Ruhnk.; 15, 88; id. Am. 3, 7, 3; Phaedr. 2, 2, 4.—In colloq. lang., teneo te, I have you once more, of again seeing the beloved person:teneone te, Antiphila, maxime animo exoptata meo?
Ter. Heaut. 2, 4, 27 Ruhnk.; Sen. Ben. 7, 4; Ov. H. 18, 183; cf.:et comitem Aenean juxta natumque tenebat Ingrediens,
Verg. A. 8, 308.—Also like our I have you (fast, bound, etc.):teneo te, inquam, nam ista Academiae est propria sententia,
Cic. Ac. 2, 48, 148; id. Quint. 20, 63.— Absol.: qui tenent (sc. rem publicam), who are in possession of the State, of public affairs:qui tenent, qui potiuntur,
Cic. Att. 7, 12, 3; 2, 18, 1. —With the accessory idea of firmness, persistence, to hold fast, occupy; to watch, guard, defend; to maintain, retain a thing:c.legio locum non tenuit atque in proximum collem se recepit,
Caes. B. C. 1, 44:montes teneri,
id. B. G. 3, 2:haec noctu firmis praesidiis tenebantur,
id. ib. 7, 69:Capitolia celsa tenebat,
Verg. A. 8, 653:quo teneam Protea nodo?
Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 90:te neque intra Claustra tenebo,
id. C. 3, 11, 44; cf.:in manicis et Compedibus saevo te sub custode tenebo,
id. Ep. 1, 16, 77: laqueis (se) sensit teneri... fugam frustra tentabat;at illam Lenta tenet radix exsultantemque coërcet,
Ov. M. 11, 74 sq.; 1, 535:Athenae tuae sempiternam in arce oleam tenere potuerunt,
Cic. Leg. 1, 1, 2:agri qui diu aquam tenent,
Pall. Apr. 2, 4:classem ibi tenebat,
Liv. 31, 46, 8: secundissimo vento cursum tenere, to hold or keep one ' s course, Cic. N. D. 3, 34, 83; cf.:vento intermisso cursum non tenuit,
Caes. B. G. 5, 8; 4, 28; so,cursum,
Cic. Planc. 21, 52; id. Rep. 1, 2, 3 fin.; Quint. 4, 3, 13:quo iter,
Verg. A. 1, 370; Plin. Ep. 6, 16, 10:(lunam) fingunt cursus viam sub sole tenere,
Lucr. 5, 714:tenuit tamen vestigia Bucar,
Liv. 29, 32, 6.—With the accessory idea of reaching the object aimed at, to reach, attain a place:d.montes effuso cursu Sabini petebant et pauci tenuere,
Liv. 1, 37, 4:regionem,
id. 30, 25, 11:Tenum,
id. 36, 21, 1:terram,
id. 37, 16, 4; 37, 11, 5; 37, 13, 4;26, 29, 4: Hesperiam,
Ov. F. 1, 498:portus,
id. H. 18, 198; Tac. Agr. 38 fin.:cum quibus (navibus) Cythnum insulam tenuit,
id. H. 2, 9.—With the accessory idea of movement impeded, to hold fast, hold back, hinder, restrain, detain, check, control, stay, etc.:(β).naves, quae vento tenebantur,
Caes. B. G. 4, 22:quid hic agatur, scire poteris ex eo, qui litteras attulit, quem diutius tenui, quia, etc.,
Cic. Att. 11, 3, 1:si id te non tenet, advola,
id. Fam. 16, 19:septimum jam diem Corcyrae tenebamur,
id. ib. 16, 7 init.:Marcellum ab gerundis rebus valetudo adversa Nolae tenuit,
Liv. 24, 20, 7:non tenebo te pluribus,
Cic. Fam. 11, 16, 3; cf. absol.:ne diutius teneam,
id. Verr. 2, 1, 13, § 34: solutum (corpus) tenere, Cels. praef. med.; cf.ventrem,
id. 4, 19 med.:tene linguam,
Ov. F. 2, 602:pecus omne tenendum,
Verg. G. 2, 371:vix a te videor posse tenere manus,
Ov. Am. 1, 4, 10; so,manus,
id. M. 13, 203; cf.:manum stomachumque teneto,
Hor. S. 2, 7, 44:saeva tene cum Berecyntio Cornu tympana,
id. C. 1, 18, 13:et Phoebi tenuere viam,
i. e. impeded, closed up, Luc. 5, 136:quo me decet usque teneri?
Verg. A. 5, 384:lacrimas,
Caes. B. G. 1, 39; so,lacrimas in morte miserā non tenebamus,
Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 67, § 172:dictator exercitum in stativis tenebat,
Liv. 6, 14, 1. —Esp.: se tenere, to keep back, remain, stay:B.Sabinus castris sese tenebat,
Caes. B. G. 3, 17; 1, 40; Liv. 2, 45, 2:nullā clade acceptā castris se pavidus tenebat,
id. 3, 26, 3:Hasdrubal procul ab hoste intervallo tenebat se,
id. 23, 26, 2:se domi a conventu remotum tenere,
Nep. Dion, 9, 1:ego tamen teneo ab accusando vix me hercule: sed tamen teneo,
restrain myself, refrain, Cic. Q. Fr. 3, 2, 2:nec se tenuit, quin, etc.,
id. Ac. 2, 4, 12; cf.mid.: teneri non potui, quin tibi apertius illud idem his litteris declararem,
id. Att. 15, 14, 2; Just. 6, 7, 10; cf.:se intra silentium tenuit,
Plin. Ep. 4, 17, 8:multum me intra silentium tenui,
id. ib. 7, 6, 6.—Trop.1.In gen., to hold, contain in the mind, to conceive, comprehend, know (syn.:2.percipio, intellego): nunc ego teneo, nunc scio, Quid sit hoc negotii,
Plaut. Capt. 3, 5, 39: tenes Quorsum haec tendant quae loquor, id. Ps. 1, 2, 81:tenes, quid dicam?
Ter. Heaut. 4, 3, 22:teneo,
I understand, id. And. 1, 1, 59:teneo quid erret,
id. 3, 2, 18; Cic. Rep. 1, 23, 37; cf.: quibus capiatur Caesar, tenes, Caecin. ap. Cic. Fam. 6, 7, 5:quae a Romanis auguribus ignorantur, a Cilicibus... Lyciis tenentur,
Cic. Div. 1, 15, 25:quoniam ea, quae tenebatis ipsi, etiam ex me audire voluistis,
id. Rep. 1, 46, 70:alicujus reconditos sensus,
id. Sest. 10, 22:quo pacto cuncta tenerem,
Hor. S. 2, 4, 8:et teneo melius ista,
Mart. 4, 37, 7.—With inf.:nullus frugi esse homo potest, nisi qui et bene facere et male tenet,
Plaut. Bacch. 4, 4, 10; Lucr. 3, 647.—In partic.a.To have possession of, have the mastery of, to control any thing:b.cum rem publicam opes paucorum non virtutes tenere coeperunt,
Cic. Rep. 1, 34, 51.—To hold fast, guard, preserve, uphold, keep, insist (syn. servo):c.sin consuetudinem meam, quam in re publicā semper habui, tenuero,
Cic. Phil. 1, 11, 27:ordinem,
id. ib. 5, 13, 35:portum,
id. Fam. 1, 9, 21:statum,
id. Rep. 1, 28, 44:non tenebat ornatum suum civitas,
id. ib. 1, 27, 43:si jus suum populi teneant,
id. ib. 1, 32, 48:nec diutius umquam tenetur idem rei publicae modus,
id. ib. 1, 44, 68:est boni viri, haec duo tenere in amicitiā, etc.,
id. Lael. 18, 65:morem,
id. Off. 3, 10, 44; so id. Fl. 7, 15; Verg. A. 3, 408:foedus,
Cic. Balb. 15, 34:tenebat non modo auctoritatem, sed etiam imperium in suos,
id. Sen. 11, 37:silentium,
Liv. 1, 28, 8.—To hold fast, maintain, support, defend, uphold, insist:d.illud arcte tenent accurateque defendunt, voluptatem esse summum bonum,
hold fast, maintain, Cic. Par. 1, 3, 14; cf.:illud, quod multos annos tenuisset,
id. Ac. 2, 22, 71; and:quod idem Peripatetici non tenent,
id. Fin. 3, 13, 44:propositum tenere,
to maintain, Caes. B. C. 3, 42, 1:suas leges,
Cic. Verr. 1, 4, 13:causam apud centumviros,
id. Caecin. 24, 67:quo causae teste tenentur,
Hor. Ep. 1, 16, 43:locum quendam cum aliquo,
Cic. Brut. 21, 81.— With ne:plebs tenuit, ne consules in proximum annum crearentur,
Liv. 4, 30, 16:ne quid ferretur ad populum, patres tenuere,
id. 3, 29, 8; 24, 19, 7. — With ut:tenuere patres, ut Fabius consul crearetur,
Liv. 2, 42, 2 Weissenb. ad loc.:scripseram tenuisse Varenum ut sibi evocare testes liceret,
Plin. Ep. 6, 5, 1.—Of memory:e.alicujus memoriam cum summā benevolentiā tenere,
to recollect, preserve a recollection of, Cic. Fam. 6, 2, 1.—Esp.:memoriā tenere: memoriā tenetis, compluris in Capitolio res de caelo esse percussas,
you remember, Cic. Cat. 3, 8, 19; id. Fam. 1, 9, 12; Caes. B. G. 1, 14; cf.:memoriā teneo, C. Sulpicium Gallum, etc.,
id. Rep. 1, 14, 21; v. memoria; so without memoria, to bear in mind, remember, recollect:satin' haec meministi et tenes?
Plaut. Pers. 2, 2, 1:numeros memini, si verba tenerem,
Verg. E. 9, 45:dicta tenere,
Hor. A. P. 336; id. S. 2, 4, 8:quem (Cyrum) omnia militum tenuisse creditum est nomina,
Quint. 11, 2, 50; 11, 2, 45.—To reach an object striven after, to gain, acquire, obtain, attain (syn. assequor):f.per cursum rectum regnum tenere,
Cic. Agr. 2, 17, 44:Servium Tullium post hunc captivā natum, ingenio virtute regnum tenuisse,
Liv. 4, 3, 12:teneri res aliter non potest,
Cic. Fam. 1, 1, 3:multa tenuisse,
Liv. 42, 11, 8:causam,
Ov. M. 13, 190.—To hold, hold back, repress, restrain, bind, fetter, etc. (syn.:g.refreno, retineo): iracundiam teneat, avaritiam coërceat,
Cic. Par. 5, 1, 33:dolorem,
id. Att. 12, 38, 2:cupiditates,
id. Verr. 2, 3, 1, § 3:somnum,
id. Brut. 80, 278:risum,
id. Vatin. 8, 20; Hor. A. P. 5:iram,
Curt. 4, 2, 5:ea, quae occurrant, tenere,
to hold back, keep to themselves, Cic. de Or. 2, 54, 221.—Of laws, etc., to bind, hold, obligate, be binding on, control, etc.:h.quamquam leges eum non tenent,
Cic. Phil. 11, 5, 11; cf.:interdicto non teneri,
id. Caecin. 14, 41:voto quodam et promisso teneri,
id. Att. 12, 18, 1:ut plebi scita omnes Quirites tenerent,
Liv. 8, 12, 14; cf.:olim patricii dicebant se plebi scitis non teneri,
Gai. Inst. 1, 3:cum velut in controverso jure esset, tenerenturne patres plebi scitis, legem tulere, ut quod tributim plebis jussisset, populum teneret,
Liv. 3, 55, 3:teneri alienis foederibus,
id. 24, 29, 11: poenā teneri, to be subject or liable to, Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 3, 5:testibus in re perspicuā teneri,
to be convicted, id. Caecin. 2, 4; cf.: nemo ita in manifesto peccatu tenebatur, ut, etc., id. Verr. 2, 2, 78, § 191:caedis teneri,
Quint. 5, 14, 11:teneri repetundarum,
Tac. A. 11, 7 fin.:furti,
Dig. 6, 1, 4:injuriarum,
ib. 47, 10, 11:mandati,
ib. 17, 1, 10.— Transf.:nisi illi ipsi, qui eas (libidines) frangere deberent, cupiditatis ejusdem tenerentur,
Cic. Leg. 3, 13, 31 Mos. and Orell. N. cr. —Of dispositions, desires, etc., to possess, occupy, control:k.quae te tanta pravitas mentis tenuerit, ut, etc.,
has had possession of you, Cic. Vatin. 6, 14:summum me eorum (librorum) studium tenet,
id. Att. 1, 11, 3:magna me spes tenet,
id. Tusc. 1, 41, 97:de triumpho nulla me cupiditas umquam tenuit,
id. Att. 7, 2, 6:si consilio pulso libidines iracundiaeve tenerent omnia,
id. Rep. 1, 38, 60:nisi forte quem inhonesta et perniciosa libido tenet,
Sall. J. 3, 4: neque irā neque gratiā teneri, to be controlled or influenced, Cic. N. D. 1, 17, 45; so,teneri desiderio,
id. Sen. 10, 33:studio philosophiae,
id. Ac. 1, 2, 4:magno amore,
Verg. A. 1, 675:pompā, ludis atque ejusmodi spectaculis teneri,
to be enchained, fascinated, Cic. Fin. 5, 18, 48; cf.:ut oculi picturā teneantur, aures cantibus,
id. Ac. 2, 7, 20:is qui audit, ab oratore jam obsessus est ac tenetur,
id. Or. 62, 210.—With ne, Ov. M. 7, 146. —To take in, comprise, comprehend, include:II.haec magnos formula reges, Excepto sapiente, tenet,
Hor. S. 2, 3, 46.—More freq. pass.: teneri aliquā re, to be contained, comprised, grounded, to consist in a thing:ut homines deorum agnatione et gente teneantur,
Cic. Leg. 1, 7, 23:id quod (genus officiorum) teneatur hominum societate,
id. Off. 1, 45, 160:quae (causae) familiaritate et consuetudine tenentur,
id. Fam. 13, 29, 1:dixi jam antea, ipsam rationem arandi spe magis et jucunditate quadam quam fructu atque emolumento teneri,
id. Verr. 2, 3, 98, § 227.Neutr. (freq. after the Aug. per.; perh. not in Cic.).A.Lit.1.To hold a position anywhere, maintain one ' s self:2.quā abscisae rupes erant, statio paucorum armatorum tenebat,
Liv. 32, 5, 12:duo extra ordinem milia tenuere,
id. 3, 62, 7:tenent Danai, quā deficit ignis,
Verg. A. 2, 505.—For cursum tenere, to hold or take one ' s way, to sail, steer in any direction:B.Aeneam... ab Siciliā classe ad Laurentem agrum tenuisse,
Liv. 1, 1, 4:Cassandream petentes, primo ad Mendin tenuere,
Liv. 31, 45, 14:ad Mendaeum,
id. 21, 49, 2:Diam,
Ov. M. 3, 690:Creten,
id. ib. 13, 706:Hesperiam,
id. F. 1, 498:Ausoniam,
id. ib. 4, 290 al.:medio tutissimus ibis... Inter utrumque tene,
Ov. M. 2, 140.—Trop., with the accessory idea of continuance (cf. I. A. 2. b. and B. 2. b. supra), to hold out, hold on, last, endure, continue, maintain itself, prevail, etc. (cf. obtineo):imber per noctem totam tenuit,
Liv. 23, 44, 6; cf.:incendium per duas noctes ac diem unum tenuit,
id. 24, 47, 15:per aliquot dies ea consultatio tenuit,
id. 2, 3, 5; 3, 47, 6:tenet fama, lupam, etc.,
id. 1, 4, 6:quod nunc quoque tenet nomen,
id. 1, 17, 6:fama tenuit, haud plus fuisse modio,
id. 23, 12, 2; 21, 46, 10:tenuit consuetudo, quae cottidie magis invalescit, ut, etc.,
Quint. 2, 1, 1 Spald.; so,consuetudo, ut, etc.,
id. 8, 5, 2:nomen illud tenet,
id. 9, 4, 47 Spald.; cf. Ov. M. 1, 712. -
19 tibia
I.Lit.:B.alterum (os) a priore parte positum, cui tibiae nomen est,
Cels. 8, 1 fin.:et in crure (recedit) tibia a surā,
id. 8, 11.—In gen., the shin-bone, shin, leg:II.posse fieri ut genu esset aut tibia aut talus,
Plin. Ep. 1, 20, 15:sinistram fregit tibiam,
Phaedr. 5, 7, 8. —Transf., a pipe, flute (orig. made of bone;syn. fistula): age tibicen, refer ad labias tibias,
Plaut. Stich. 5, 4, 41:si tibiae inflatae non referant sonum,
Cic. Brut. 51. 192:quemadmodum tibicen sine tibiis canere non possit,
id. de Or. 2, 83, 338:et fidibus et tibiis canere,
Quint. 1, 10, 14:cantus tibiarum,
id. 1, 11, 7:tibia digitis pulsata canentum,
Lucr. 4, 585:modulate canentes tibiae,
Cic. N. D. 2, 8, 22:septenarios ad tibiam fundere,
id. Tusc. 1, 44, 107:ubi curva choros indixit tibia Bacchi,
Verg. A. 11, 737:biforem dat tibia cantum,
id. ib. 9, 618:tibia non ut nunc orichalco vincta tubaeque Aemula, sed tenuis simplexque,
Hor. A. P. 202:Phrygio curva sono,
Tib. 2, 1, 86:sub cantu querulae tibiae,
Hor. C. 3, 7, 30:acris,
id. ib. 1, 12, 1:Berecyntia,
id. ib. 3, 19, 19;4, 1, 23: sonante mixtum tibiis carmen lyra,
id. Epod. 9, 5:adunco tibia cornu,
Ov. M. 3, 533:infracto Berecynthia tibia cornu,
id. ib. 11, 16:longa,
id. F. 6, 698: scienter tibiis cantasse, Nep. praef. 1; id. Epam. 2, 1: dextera tibia alia quam sinistra, perh. treble and bass pipes, Varr. R. R. 1, 2, 15; cf.: modos fecit Flaccus Claudii [p. 1871] filius; tibiis paribus dextris et sinistris, i. e. at first with a pair of treble and then with a pair of bass pipes, Didasc. Ter. And.; cf.: acta primum tibiis imparibus, deinde duabus dextris, id. Heaut.; v. Serv. ad Verg. A. 9, 618;and v. Dict. of Antiq. s. v.—Prov.: paene apertis, ut aiunt, tibiis,
from all the holes, with a loud voice, Quint. 11, 3, 50 Spald. -
20 asper
asper era, erum (poet., abl plur. aspris, V.), adj. with comp. and sup. [ab + spes], without hope, adverse, calamitous, troublesome, cruel, perilous: tempora: oppugnatio, Cs.: mala res, spes multo asperior, S.: venatus, V.: fata, V. — As subst: aspera multa pertulit, hardships, H. — Of nature and character, rough, harsh, hard, violent, unkind, cruel: homo naturā: Iuno, V.: iuvenis monitoribus, H.: asperrimi ad condicionem pacis, L.: rebus non asper egenis, V.: cladibus asper, exasperated, O.: doctrina asperior: fores, i. e. of a cruel mistress, H.: Asperior tribulis (Galatea). more unfeeling, O. — Wild, savage, fierce: (anguis) siti, V.: tactu leo, H.: facetiae.—Of climate, harsh, severe: caelo Germania, Ta.: hiemps, S.: asperrimo hiemis, in the depth, Ta. — Of style, harsh: oratio. — Rough, uneven: regio: loca, Cs.: rura dumis, V.: rubus, prickly, V.: aequora ventis, H.: pocula signis, i. e. wrought in relief, V.: frons cornu, O.: capilli (i. e. hirsuti), H.: maria, stormy, V.: vinum, harsh, T.: pronuntiationis genus, rough: littera, i. e. the letter r, O.* * *Iaspera -um, asperior -or -us, asperrimus -a -um ADJrude/unrefined; cruel/violent/savage/raging/drastic; stern/severe/bitter; hard; rough/uneven/shaggy, coarse, harsh; embossed/encrusted; (mint condition coins); sharp/pointed, jagged/irregular, rugged/severe; sour, pungent, grating, keenIIaspra -um, asprior -or -us, asprissimus -a -um ADJrough/uneven, coarse/harsh; sharp/pointed; rude; savage; pungent; keen; bitter
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