crassus

exĭgŭĭtas, ātis, f. [exiguus], scantiness in measure or number, smallness, littleness, shortness, scarcity (class.).

With gen.:

cum paucitatem militum ex castrorum exiguitate cognoscerent,

Caes. B. G. 4, 30, 1:

pellium,

id. ib. 4, 1 fin.:

itaque in quibus (voluptatibus) propter earum exiguitatem obscuratio consequitur,

Cic. Fin. 4, 12, 29: copiarum, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 6, 1; cf.

in the follg.: congiariorum,

Quint. 6, 3, 52:

cibi,

Col. 7, 5, 5:

fisci,

Suet. Claud. 28:

fructuum,

Dig. 19, 2, 15, § 5:

temporis tanta fuit exiguitas, ut, etc.,

Caes. B. G. 2, 21, 5; 2, 33, 2; Liv. 24, 17, 4 al.—

Absol.:

ubi Crassus animadvertit, suas copias propter exiguitatem non facile diduci,

Caes. B. G. 3, 23, 7.

ex-istĭmo or existŭmo, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [aestimo].

= aestimo, to value, estimate, reckon, esteem, with gen. of value (rare):

satin abiit neque quod dixi flocci existumat?

Plaut. Most. 1, 1, 73:

dum ne ob malefacta peream, parvi existumo,

id. Capt. 3, 5, 24: omnia minoris, Sulp. ap. Cic. Fam. 4, 5, 2:

magni operam,

Nep. Cat. 1, 2:

minoris aliquid,

id. ib. 1, 4; Suet. Aug. 40.—With interrog. clause:

nunc si dico ut res est, quem ad modum existumet me?

Plaut. Merc. 3, 1, 18 Ritschl. —

In gen., to judge, consider, suppose, think, esteem. —Constr. with the acc., an object-clause, a rel.-clause, with de, or absol.

With acc.: si improbum Cresphontem existimaveras, Enn. ap. Auct. Her. 2, 24, 38 (Trag. v. 156, ed. Vahl., where the reading is existimas); cf.:

quod eum, qui hoc facit, avarum possumus existimare,

Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 82, § 190; Quint. 5, 12, 21:

quod ego nullo modo existimo,

Cic. Tusc. 3, 11, 25:

cottidianae vitae consuetudinem,

pass judgment upon, Ter. Heaut. 2, 3, 41.— In pass.:

M. Fulcinius domi suae honestus existimatus est,

Cic. Caecin. 4, 10; cf.:

P. Cornelius, homo, ut existimabatur, avarus et furax,

id. de Or. 2, 66, 268:

qua (fama) diu princeps oratorum... existimandus est,

Quint. 11, 3, 8:

popularitas signum affectati regni est existimatum,

id. 5, 9, 13:

assimulata sunt schemata existimanda,

id. 9, 1, 27: utcunque (haec) animadversa aut existimata erunt, Liv. praef. § 8.—

With acc. and inf. as object (so most freq.): tu me amas, ego te amo;

merito id fieri uterque existimat,

Plaut. Most. 1, 3, 147:

ne id quidem me dignum esse existimat, Quem adeat, etc.,

id. As. 1, 2, 23; id. Bacch. 3, 6, 19:

si majores nostri existimavissent, quemquam Rulli similem futurum,

Cic. Agr. 2, 33, 89:

non possum existimare, plus quemquam a se ipso quam me a te amari,

id. Fam. 15, 21, 4:

ego sic existimo, hos oratores fuisse maximos,

id. Brut. 36, 138 et saep.—In pass. with an inf. clause as subject:

fuit hoc in utroque eorum, ut Crassus non tam existimari vellet non didicisse, quam illa despicere, etc.,

Cic. de Or. 2, 1, 4:

disciplina in Britannia reperta, atque inde in Galliam translata esse existimatur,

Caes. B. G. 6, 13 fin.:

Themistocles suasisse existimatur Atheniensibus, ut, etc.,

Quint. 9, 2, 92 et saep.— Pass. impers.:

huic (insulae) milia DCCC. in longitudinem esse existimatur,

Caes. B. G. 5, 13 fin.; Plin. 6, 22, 24, § 81.—

With a rel. or interrog.-clause:

haud existimans, quanto labore partum,

Ter. Ph. 1, 1, 11:

nunc vos existimate, facta an dicta pluris sint,

judge, Sall. J. 85, 14 Cort.; cf.:

utrum avertendae suspicionis causa, etc., an, etc., existimari non poterat,

be judged, decided, Caes. B. C. 3, 102, 3:

qui (Pyrrhus) utrum avarior an crudelior sit, vix existimari potest,

Liv. 22, 59, 14:

existimari a medicis jubet, an talis caecitas ac debilitas superabiles forent,

Tac. H. 4, 81.—

With de:

de scriptoribus, qui nondum ediderunt, existimare non possumus,

Cic. Leg. 1, 2, 7:

ex eventu homines de tuo consilio existimaturos videmus,

id. Fam. 1, 7, 5:

male de aliquo,

to have a bad opinion of any one, id. Off. 2, 10, 36; cf.:

tu ipse quem ad modum existimes vide,

id. Div. in Caecil. 12, 37; id. Att. 6, 2, 3.— Pass. impers.:

exstant orationes, ex quibus existimari de ingeniis eorum potest,

Cic. Brut. 21, 82.—

With in and abl.:

in hostium numero existimari,

to be regarded as an enemy, Cic. Verr. 1, 5, 13.—

Absol.:

ut Cicero existimat,

Quint. 9, 1, 29:

sicut multi existimarunt,

id. 8, 6, 67.— Pass. impers.:

ita intellegimus vulgo existimari,

Cic. Rep. 2, 15, 28.—As subst.: existĭmantes, ium, m., critics, critical judges:

si in existimantium arbitrium sua scripta non venerint,

Cic. Brut. 24, 92.

ex-istĭmo or existŭmo, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [aestimo].

= aestimo, to value, estimate, reckon, esteem, with gen. of value (rare):

satin abiit neque quod dixi flocci existumat?

Plaut. Most. 1, 1, 73:

dum ne ob malefacta peream, parvi existumo,

id. Capt. 3, 5, 24: omnia minoris, Sulp. ap. Cic. Fam. 4, 5, 2:

magni operam,

Nep. Cat. 1, 2:

minoris aliquid,

id. ib. 1, 4; Suet. Aug. 40.—With interrog. clause:

nunc si dico ut res est, quem ad modum existumet me?

Plaut. Merc. 3, 1, 18 Ritschl. —

In gen., to judge, consider, suppose, think, esteem. —Constr. with the acc., an object-clause, a rel.-clause, with de, or absol.

With acc.: si improbum Cresphontem existimaveras, Enn. ap. Auct. Her. 2, 24, 38 (Trag. v. 156, ed. Vahl., where the reading is existimas); cf.:

quod eum, qui hoc facit, avarum possumus existimare,

Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 82, § 190; Quint. 5, 12, 21:

quod ego nullo modo existimo,

Cic. Tusc. 3, 11, 25:

cottidianae vitae consuetudinem,

pass judgment upon, Ter. Heaut. 2, 3, 41.— In pass.:

M. Fulcinius domi suae honestus existimatus est,

Cic. Caecin. 4, 10; cf.:

P. Cornelius, homo, ut existimabatur, avarus et furax,

id. de Or. 2, 66, 268:

qua (fama) diu princeps oratorum... existimandus est,

Quint. 11, 3, 8:

popularitas signum affectati regni est existimatum,

id. 5, 9, 13:

assimulata sunt schemata existimanda,

id. 9, 1, 27: utcunque (haec) animadversa aut existimata erunt, Liv. praef. § 8.—

With acc. and inf. as object (so most freq.): tu me amas, ego te amo;

merito id fieri uterque existimat,

Plaut. Most. 1, 3, 147:

ne id quidem me dignum esse existimat, Quem adeat, etc.,

id. As. 1, 2, 23; id. Bacch. 3, 6, 19:

si majores nostri existimavissent, quemquam Rulli similem futurum,

Cic. Agr. 2, 33, 89:

non possum existimare, plus quemquam a se ipso quam me a te amari,

id. Fam. 15, 21, 4:

ego sic existimo, hos oratores fuisse maximos,

id. Brut. 36, 138 et saep.—In pass. with an inf. clause as subject:

fuit hoc in utroque eorum, ut Crassus non tam existimari vellet non didicisse, quam illa despicere, etc.,

Cic. de Or. 2, 1, 4:

disciplina in Britannia reperta, atque inde in Galliam translata esse existimatur,

Caes. B. G. 6, 13 fin.:

Themistocles suasisse existimatur Atheniensibus, ut, etc.,

Quint. 9, 2, 92 et saep.— Pass. impers.:

huic (insulae) milia DCCC. in longitudinem esse existimatur,

Caes. B. G. 5, 13 fin.; Plin. 6, 22, 24, § 81.—

With a rel. or interrog.-clause:

haud existimans, quanto labore partum,

Ter. Ph. 1, 1, 11:

nunc vos existimate, facta an dicta pluris sint,

judge, Sall. J. 85, 14 Cort.; cf.:

utrum avertendae suspicionis causa, etc., an, etc., existimari non poterat,

be judged, decided, Caes. B. C. 3, 102, 3:

qui (Pyrrhus) utrum avarior an crudelior sit, vix existimari potest,

Liv. 22, 59, 14:

existimari a medicis jubet, an talis caecitas ac debilitas superabiles forent,

Tac. H. 4, 81.—

With de:

de scriptoribus, qui nondum ediderunt, existimare non possumus,

Cic. Leg. 1, 2, 7:

ex eventu homines de tuo consilio existimaturos videmus,

id. Fam. 1, 7, 5:

male de aliquo,

to have a bad opinion of any one, id. Off. 2, 10, 36; cf.:

tu ipse quem ad modum existimes vide,

id. Div. in Caecil. 12, 37; id. Att. 6, 2, 3.— Pass. impers.:

exstant orationes, ex quibus existimari de ingeniis eorum potest,

Cic. Brut. 21, 82.—

With in and abl.:

in hostium numero existimari,

to be regarded as an enemy, Cic. Verr. 1, 5, 13.—

Absol.:

ut Cicero existimat,

Quint. 9, 1, 29:

sicut multi existimarunt,

id. 8, 6, 67.— Pass. impers.:

ita intellegimus vulgo existimari,

Cic. Rep. 2, 15, 28.—As subst.: existĭmantes, ium, m., critics, critical judges:

si in existimantium arbitrium sua scripta non venerint,

Cic. Brut. 24, 92.

ex-istĭmo or existŭmo, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [aestimo].

= aestimo, to value, estimate, reckon, esteem, with gen. of value (rare):

satin abiit neque quod dixi flocci existumat?

Plaut. Most. 1, 1, 73:

dum ne ob malefacta peream, parvi existumo,

id. Capt. 3, 5, 24: omnia minoris, Sulp. ap. Cic. Fam. 4, 5, 2:

magni operam,

Nep. Cat. 1, 2:

minoris aliquid,

id. ib. 1, 4; Suet. Aug. 40.—With interrog. clause:

nunc si dico ut res est, quem ad modum existumet me?

Plaut. Merc. 3, 1, 18 Ritschl. —

In gen., to judge, consider, suppose, think, esteem. —Constr. with the acc., an object-clause, a rel.-clause, with de, or absol.

With acc.: si improbum Cresphontem existimaveras, Enn. ap. Auct. Her. 2, 24, 38 (Trag. v. 156, ed. Vahl., where the reading is existimas); cf.:

quod eum, qui hoc facit, avarum possumus existimare,

Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 82, § 190; Quint. 5, 12, 21:

quod ego nullo modo existimo,

Cic. Tusc. 3, 11, 25:

cottidianae vitae consuetudinem,

pass judgment upon, Ter. Heaut. 2, 3, 41.— In pass.:

M. Fulcinius domi suae honestus existimatus est,

Cic. Caecin. 4, 10; cf.:

P. Cornelius, homo, ut existimabatur, avarus et furax,

id. de Or. 2, 66, 268:

qua (fama) diu princeps oratorum... existimandus est,

Quint. 11, 3, 8:

popularitas signum affectati regni est existimatum,

id. 5, 9, 13:

assimulata sunt schemata existimanda,

id. 9, 1, 27: utcunque (haec) animadversa aut existimata erunt, Liv. praef. § 8.—

With acc. and inf. as object (so most freq.): tu me amas, ego te amo;

merito id fieri uterque existimat,

Plaut. Most. 1, 3, 147:

ne id quidem me dignum esse existimat, Quem adeat, etc.,

id. As. 1, 2, 23; id. Bacch. 3, 6, 19:

si majores nostri existimavissent, quemquam Rulli similem futurum,

Cic. Agr. 2, 33, 89:

non possum existimare, plus quemquam a se ipso quam me a te amari,

id. Fam. 15, 21, 4:

ego sic existimo, hos oratores fuisse maximos,

id. Brut. 36, 138 et saep.—In pass. with an inf. clause as subject:

fuit hoc in utroque eorum, ut Crassus non tam existimari vellet non didicisse, quam illa despicere, etc.,

Cic. de Or. 2, 1, 4:

disciplina in Britannia reperta, atque inde in Galliam translata esse existimatur,

Caes. B. G. 6, 13 fin.:

Themistocles suasisse existimatur Atheniensibus, ut, etc.,

Quint. 9, 2, 92 et saep.— Pass. impers.:

huic (insulae) milia DCCC. in longitudinem esse existimatur,

Caes. B. G. 5, 13 fin.; Plin. 6, 22, 24, § 81.—

With a rel. or interrog.-clause:

haud existimans, quanto labore partum,

Ter. Ph. 1, 1, 11:

nunc vos existimate, facta an dicta pluris sint,

judge, Sall. J. 85, 14 Cort.; cf.:

utrum avertendae suspicionis causa, etc., an, etc., existimari non poterat,

be judged, decided, Caes. B. C. 3, 102, 3:

qui (Pyrrhus) utrum avarior an crudelior sit, vix existimari potest,

Liv. 22, 59, 14:

existimari a medicis jubet, an talis caecitas ac debilitas superabiles forent,

Tac. H. 4, 81.—

With de:

de scriptoribus, qui nondum ediderunt, existimare non possumus,

Cic. Leg. 1, 2, 7:

ex eventu homines de tuo consilio existimaturos videmus,

id. Fam. 1, 7, 5:

male de aliquo,

to have a bad opinion of any one, id. Off. 2, 10, 36; cf.:

tu ipse quem ad modum existimes vide,

id. Div. in Caecil. 12, 37; id. Att. 6, 2, 3.— Pass. impers.:

exstant orationes, ex quibus existimari de ingeniis eorum potest,

Cic. Brut. 21, 82.—

With in and abl.:

in hostium numero existimari,

to be regarded as an enemy, Cic. Verr. 1, 5, 13.—

Absol.:

ut Cicero existimat,

Quint. 9, 1, 29:

sicut multi existimarunt,

id. 8, 6, 67.— Pass. impers.:

ita intellegimus vulgo existimari,

Cic. Rep. 2, 15, 28.—As subst.: existĭmantes, ium, m., critics, critical judges:

si in existimantium arbitrium sua scripta non venerint,

Cic. Brut. 24, 92.

ex-plĕo, ēvi, ētum, 2 (archaic form explenunt, for explent, acc. to Fest. p. 80; cf.: solinunt, nequinunt, danunt, for solent, nequeunt, dant; v. do, redeo and soleo init.; inf. praes. explerier, Lucr. 6, 21.—

Contracted form expleris,

Cic. de Or. 1, 47, 205; Verg. A. 7, 766. explessent, Liv. 23, 22, 1; 37, 47, 7; inf. explesse, Verg. A. 2, 586 al.), v. a. [PLEO, whence plenus, compleo, suppleo].

To fill up, fill full, fill (class.).

Lit.:

fossam aggere,

Caes. B. G. 7, 79 fin.:

fossas,

id. ib. 82, 3; Dig. 39, 3, 24; cf.:

paludem cratibus atque aggere,

Caes. B. G. 7, 58, 1:

neque inferciens verba, quasi rimas expleat,

Cic. Or. 69, 231:

vulnera,

Plin. 35, 6, 21, § 38:

cicatrices,

id. 36, 21, 42, § 156:

alopecias,

id. 34, 18, 55, § 177:

bovem strictis frondibus,

i. e. to give him his fill, Hor. Ep. 1, 14, 28:

se,

to fill, cram one's self, Plaut. Curc. 3, 16; Cels. 1, 2 fin.; cf.:

edim atque ambabus malis expletis vorem,

Plaut. Trin. 2, 4, 74:

ut milites contingant inter se atque omnem munitionem expleant,

Caes. B. C. 1, 21, 3:

locum (cohortes),

i. e. to occupy completely, id. ib. 1, 45, 4:

explevi totas ceras quattuor,

have filled, written full, Plaut. Curc. 3, 40:

deum bonis omnibus explere mundum,

Cic. Univ. 3:

expleti (voce) oris janua raditur,

filled up, Lucr. 4, 532, v. Lachm. ad h. l.:

aliquem numerum,

Caes. B. C. 3, 4 fin.:

numerum,

Liv. 5, 10, 10; 24, 11, 4; Verg. A. 6, 545:

centurias,

to have the full number of votes, Liv. 37, 47, 7:

tribus,

id. 3, 64, 8:

justam muri altitudinem,

Caes. B. G. 7, 23, 4:

His rebus celeriter id, quod Avarici deperierat, expletur,

is filled up, made good, id. ib. 7, 31, 4; Liv. 23, 22, 1:

sic explevit, quod utrique defuit,

Cic. Brut. 42, 154.—

Trop.

In gen., to fill up, complete, finish:

id autem ejusmodi est, ut additum ad virtutem auctoritatem videatur habiturum et expleturum cumulate vitam beatam,

make quite complete, Cic. Fin. 2, 13, 42; cf.

damnationem,

id. Caecin. 10, 29:

partem relictam,

id. Off. 3, 7, 34: damna, Liv. 3, 68, 3; cf. id. 30, 5, 5:

explet concluditque sententias,

Cic. Or. 69, 230; cf.:

sententias mollioribus numeris,

id. ib. 13, 40:

animum gaudio,

Ter. And. 2, 2, 2.—

In partic.

To satisfy, sate, glut, appease a longing, or one who longs (the fig. being that of filling or stuffing with food):

quas (litteras Graecas) sic avide arripui quasi diuturnam sitim explere cupiens,

Cic. de Sen. 8, 26:

famem,

Phaedr. 4, 18, 5; cf.:

jejunam cupidinem,

Lucr. 4, 876: libidines (with satiare), Cic. Fragm. ap. Non. 424, 30 (Rep. 6, 1); cf.:

explere cupiditates, satiare odium,

id. Part. Or. 27, 96:

libidinem,

id. Cael. 20, 49:

odium factis dictisque,

Liv. 4, 32, 12; Tac. A. 15, 52:

desiderium,

Liv. 1, 9, 15:

iram,

id. 7, 30, 15; cf.:

omnem exspectationem diuturni desiderii nostri,

Cic. de Or. 1, 47, 205:

avaritiam pecuniā,

id. Rosc. Am. 52, 150; Tac. H. 2, 13:

spem omnium,

Just. 22, 8; Liv. 35, 44, 4; Suet. Aug. 75 fin. et saep.:

me,

Ter. Heaut. 1, 1, 67; cf.:

non enim vereor, ne non scribendo te expleam,

Cic. Fam. 2, 1, 1:

se caede diu optata,

Liv. 31, 24, 11:

tantum regem (divitiis),

Just. 9, 2:

aliquem muneribus,

Sall. J. 13, 6; 20, 1; Cic. Phil. 2, 20, 50:

omnis suos divitiis,

Sall. C. 51, 34:

animum suum (amore),

Ter. And. 1, 2, 17:

animum gaudio,

id. ib. 2, 2, 2; cf. id. Hec. 5, 1, 28; 5, 2, 19:

corda tuendo,

Verg. A. 8, 265; cf.:

expleri mentem nequit ardescitque tuendo Phoenissa,

id. ib. 1, 713:

expletur lacrimis dolor,

Ov. Tr. 4, 3, 38: alicujus crudelitatem sanguine, Crassus ap. Cic. de Or. 1, 52, 225.— And reflex.:

ut eorum agris expleti atque saturati cum hoc cumulo quaestus decederent,

Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 42 fin. — Poet.:

aliquem alicujus rei (cf. Zumpt, Gram. § 463, and v. impleo): animumque explesse juvabit ultricis flammae,

to have sated the mind with the fire of revenge, Verg. A. 2, 586.—

To fulfil, discharge, execute, perform a duty:

amicitiae munus,

Cic. Lael. 19, 67:

susceptum rei publicae munus,

Cic. Prov. Cons. 14, 35:

excusatione officium scribendi,

id. Fam. 16, 25:

mandatum,

Dig. 17, 1, 27.—

Of time, to complete, finish, bring to a close:

tum signis omnibus ad idem principium stellisque revocatis, expletum annum habeto,

Cic. Rep. 6, 22 fin.:

fatales annos,

Tib. 1, 3, 53:

quosdam in Aetolia ducentos annos explere,

Plin. 7, 48, 49, § 154:

explebat annum trigesimum,

Tac. H. 1, 48.

( Ex in privative signif.; v. ex, III. A.). To unload: navibus explebant sese terrasque replebant, i. e. disembarked, exonerabant se, Enn. ap. Serv. ad Verg. A. 6, 545 (Ann. v. 310 ed. Vahl.).—Hence, ex-plētus, a, um, P. a., full, complete, perfect:

quod undique perfectum expletumque sit omnibus suis numeris ac partibus,

Cic. N. D. 2, 13, 37:

undique expleta et perfecta forma honestatis,

id. Fin. 2, 15, 48:

ea, quae natura desiderat, expleta cumulataque habere,

id. Off. 2, 5, 18:

expletum omnibus suis partibus,

id. Fin. 3, 9, 32:

vita animi corporisque expleta virtutibus,

id. ib. 5, 13, 37:

expleta rerum comprehensio,

id. Ac. 2, 7, 21.— Absol.:

parum expleta desiderant,

Quint. 9, 4, 116.

ex-plĭco, āvi and ŭi (the latter first in Verg. G. 2, 280; afterwards freq.; Hor. C. 3, 29, 16; 4, 9, 44; id. S. 2, 2, 125; Liv. 7, 23, 6 et saep.; cf. Gell. 1, 7, 20), ātum or ĭtum (Cic. uses mostly atum, Caes. atum and itum; cf.

explicaturos,

Caes. B. C. 1, 78, 4;

with explicitis,

id. ib. 3, 75, 2;

and, explicitius,

id. ib. 1, 78, 2; upon these forms v. Neue, Formenl. 2, pp. 479 sq., 550 sq.), 1, v. a., to unfold, uncoil, unroll, unfurl, spread out, loosen, undo (class.; esp. freq. in the trop. sense; syn.: expedio, extrico, enodo, enucleo; explano, expono, interpretor).

Lit.:

velum,

Plaut. Mil. 4, 8, 7:

non explicata veste neque proposito argento, etc.,

spread out, Cic. de Or. 1, 35, 161:

volumen,

to open, id. Rosc. Am. 35, 101:

suas pennas (ales),

Ov. Am. 2, 6, 55:

plenas plagas,

Mart. 1, 56, 8:

perturbatum et confusum agmen,

to put in order, Hirt. B. G. 8, 14, 2:

capillum pectine,

Varr. L. L. 5, § 129 Müll.:

fusos,

to unwind, Mart. 4, 54, 10:

frontem sollicitam,

to free from wrinkles, to smooth, Hor. C. 3, 29, 16;

for which: explicare seria contractae frontis,

id. S. 2, 2, 125; cf.

mare,

i. e. to calm, Sen. Herc. Oet. 455:

si ex his te laqueis exueris ac te aliqua via ac ratione explicaris,

hast extricated, freed thyself, Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 58, § 151:

se (ex funibus ancorarum),

Dig. 9, 2, 29:

inimicae et oves, difficile se (apibus) e lanis earum explicantibus,

Plin. 11, 18, 19, § 62:

se explicat angustum,

Juv. 12, 55.—

Transf., to spread out, stretch out, extend, deploy, display:

aciem,

Liv. 7, 23, 6; 40, 4, 4; 40, 5, 26 al.; cf.

ordinem,

id. 2, 46, 3:

agmen,

id. 10, 20, 3:

cohortes (longa legio),

Verg. G. 2, 280:

se turmatim (equites),

Caes. B. C. 3, 93, 3; cf.

mid.: priusquam plane legiones explicari et consistere possent,

id. ib. 2, 26, 4; and:

ut ordo omnium navium explicari posset,

Liv. 37, 23, 10:

per obstantis catervas Explicuit sua victor arma,

Hor. C. 4, 9, 44:

atria, congestos satis explicatura clientes,

Stat. Th. 1, 146:

ut forum laxaremus et usque ad atrium Libertatis explicaremus,

extend, Cic. Att. 4, 16, 14; cf.:

unde pons in oppidum pertinens explicatur,

Sall. H. 3, 20:

orbes (serpens),

Ov. M. 15, 720:

frondes omnes (pampinus),

Verg. G. 2, 335:

se (montes),

Plin. 5, 29, 31, § 118:

arida ligna in flammas (ignis),

Lucr. 2, 882:

convivium,

i. e. to set out richly, to furnish, Mart. 1, 100, 13:

explicavi meam rem post illa lucro,

i. e. amplified, enlarged, Plaut. Poen. 3, 5, 5.

Trop.

In gen. (very seldom):

explica atque excute intelligentiam tuam, ut videas quae sit, etc.,

display, Cic. Off. 3, 20, 81: Siciliam multis undique cinctam periculis explicavit, has set at large, set free (qs. released from toils, snares), id. de Imp. Pomp. 11, 30; cf.:

quemadmodum se explicent dicendo,

id. Fl. 4, 10: da operam, ut te explices, huc quam primum venias, Pompei. ap. Cic. Att. 8, 12, D. 2.—

In partic.

To disentangle, set in order, arrange, regulate, settle, adjust any thing complicated or difficult:

pulcre ego hanc explicatam tibi rem dabo,

Plaut. Ps. 4, 1, 20:

peto a te, ut ejus negotia explices et expedias,

Cic. Fam. 13, 26, 2:

negotia,

id. Att. 5, 12, 3; cf. id. ib. 16, 3, 5:

belli rationem,

id. Prov. Cons. 14, 35; cf.:

rationem salutis,

id. Fam. 6, 1, 2:

rem frumentariam,

Hirt. B. G. 8, 4 fin.: si Faberius nobis nomen illud explicat, noli quaerere, quanti, settles, i. e. pays that item, Cic. Att. 13, 29, 2:

Faberianum,

id. ib. § 3; cf.:

si qui debitores, quia non possint explicare pecuniam, differant solutionem,

Dig. 42, 1, 31:

consilium,

Caes. B. C. 1, 78, 4; cf.:

his explicitis rebus,

id. ib. 3, 75, 2: subvenire tempestati quavis ratione sapientis est;

eoque magis, si plus adipiscare re explicatā boni, quam addubitatā mali,

Cic. Off. 1, 24, 83:

ea, quae per defunctum inchoata sunt, per heredem explicari debent,

Dig. 27, 7, 1:

transii ad elegos: hos quoque feliciter explicui,

Plin. Ep. 7, 4, 7 (cf. under

,

Plin. Ep. 8, 1, 1:

fugam,

Phaedr. 4, 7, 15:

nihilo plus explicet ac si Insanire paret, etc.,

will make no more out of it, Hor. S. 2, 3, 270.—

Of speech, to develop, unfold, set forth, exhibit, treat, state: vitam alterius totam explicare, Civ. Div. in Caecil. 8, 27:

perfice, ut Crassus haec, quae coartavit et peranguste refersit in oratione sua, dilatet nobis atque explicet,

id. de Or. 1, 35, 163:

explicando excutiendoque verbo,

id. Part. Or. 36, 124:

aliquid expedite,

id. Brut. 67, 237:

aliquid apertissime planissimeque,

id. Verr. 2, 2, 64, § 156:

aliquid definitione,

id. Fin. 3, 10, 33:

funera fando,

Verg. A. 2, 362:

philosophiam,

Cic. Div. 2, 2, 6; cf.:

philosophiam diligentissime Graecis litteris,

id. Ac. 1, 2, 4:

summorum oratorum Graecas orationes,

id. de Or. 1, 34, 155:

geometricum quiddam aut physicum aut dialecticum (corresp. to expedire),

id. Div. 2, 59, 122:

non de aegritudine solum, sed de omni animi perturbatione explicabo,

id. Tusc. 3, 6, 13:

de scorpionibus et catapultis,

Vitr. 10, 22:

ut explicemus, quae sint materiae, etc.,

Quint. 10, 5, 1.— Pass. impers.:

quae vero auxilia sunt capitis, eo loco explicitum est,

Cels. 4, 2.—Hence,

explĭcātus, a, um, P. a.

Lit., spread out:

Capua planissimo in loco explicata,

Cic. Agr. 2, 35, 96:

vallis,

Pall. Aug. 11, 2.—

Trop.

Well ordered, regular:

in causa facili atque explicata,

Cic. Planc. 2, 5.—

Plain, clear:

nisi explicata solutione non sum discessurus,

Cic. Att. 15, 20, 4.— Comp.:

litterae tuae, quibus nihil potest esse explicatius, nihil perfectius,

Cic. Att. 9, 7, 2.— Sup.:

explicatissima responsa,

Aug. Ep. 34 fin. —

Assured, certain:

nec habet explicatam aut exploratam rationem salutis suae,

Cic. Fam. 6, 1, 2.—

* Adv.: explĭ-cāte, plainly, clearly:

qui distincte, qui explicate, qui abundanter et rebus et verbis dicunt,

Cic. de Or. 3, 14, 53.— Comp.:

explicatius,

August. Civ. D. 19, 4.—

explĭ-cĭtus, a, um, P. a. (acc. to II. B. 1.), lit., disentangled, i. e. free from obstacles, easy:

in his erat angustiis res: sed ex propositis consiliis duobus explicitius videbatur, Ilerdam reverti,

Caes. B. C. 1, 78, 2.

► explĭcit, in late Lat., at the end of a book, is prob. an abbreviation of explicitus (est liber), the book is ended (acc. to signif. II. B. 1.); cf.:

explicitum nobis usque ad sua cornua librum refers,

Mart. 11, 107, 1: solemus completis opusculis ad distinctionem rei alterius sequentis medium interponere Explicit aut Feliciter aut aliquid istius modi, Hier. Ep. 28, 4.

ex-tendo, di, tum (also extensum, Cic. Ac. 2, 47, 145; Ov. A. A. 3, 302; Stat. Th. 6, 902 al.; cf. the forms extensio, extensor, etc.), 3, v. a., to stretch out, spread outextend (class.).

Lit.:

(vincla escaria) quam magis extendas, tanto astringunt artius,

Plaut. Men. 1, 1, 19: idem Crassus, Per tuas statuas cum dixit et extento bracchio paululum etiam de gestu addidit, vehementius risimus, Cic. de Or. 2, 59, 242;

for which: (Zeno) cum extensis digitis adversam manum ostenderet,

id. Ac. 2, 47, 145:

manum,

Quint. 11, 3, 119; cf. Cels. 7, 23 fin.:

cervicem,

Vell. 2, 70, 2: crura ad [p. 707] longitudinem, Plin. 10, 64, 84, § 183:

cutem,

to stretch out, smooth out, id. 32, 6, 21, § 65:

chartam malleo,

id. 13, 12, 26, § 82:

lineam,

id. 9, 59, 85, § 182:

capita tignorum,

Caes. B. C. 2, 9, 1:

cornua aciei,

Curt. 4, 13 fin.; cf.:

agmen ad mare,

id. 3, 9 fin.:

majores pennas nido,

Hor. Ep. 1, 20, 21:

extendit pectitque comas,

Juv. 6, 496: labellum, to stretch as in pouting, id. 14, 325:

gladios,

to forge, id. 15, 168.—Mid.:

jussit et extendi campos, subsidere valles,

to extend themselves, spread out, Ov. M. 1, 43:

ignis extenditur per campos,

spreads, Verg. A. 10, 407; and:

cum ad summum palum vitis extenta est,

Col. 4, 20, 3:

fusus humi totoque ingens extenditur antro,

stretches himself out, Verg. A. 6, 423.—Prov.: ire per extentum funem, to walk on a tight rope, i. e. to perform a very difficult feat, Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 210 (Gr. epi schoiniou peripatein).

Trop., to extend, increase, enlarge, lengthen, spread.

In gen.:

epistolam,

Plin. Ep. 3, 5, 20:

agros (populus Rom. victor),

to extend, Hor. A. P. 208:

verba (opp. corripere),

Quint. 10, 1, 29:

perculit et multa moribundum extendit arenā,

stretched out, extended, Verg. A. 5, 374; 9, 589:

tam immodice epistulam extendi, ut, etc.,

Plin. Ep. 7, 9, 16; 3, 5, 20; 5, 15, 7:

famam factis,

Verg. A. 10, 468; cf.:

nomen in ultimas oras,

Hor. C. 3, 3, 45:

cupiditatem gloriae,

Liv. 28, 43, 5:

spem in Africam quoque,

id. 24, 48, 1:

artem suam per hanc successionem,

Petr. 140:

pretia usque eo extendens, ut, etc.,

Suet. Calig. 38:

extentis itineribus,

by forced marches, Liv. 30, 19, 1:

cursus,

to proceed, Verg. A. 12, 909:

partitionem ultra tres propositiones,

Quint. 4, 5, 3:

voluntatem suam ad ulteriores,

Dig. 32, 1, 33:

officium suum ad lapidum venditionem,

ib. 20, 4, 21:

cum se magnis itineribus extenderet,

i. e. was exerting himself, Caes. B. C. 3, 77 fin.:

se supra vires,

Liv. 34, 4, 15:

magis ille extenditur,

is excited, Juv. 11, 169.—

In partic., of time, to extend, prolong, continue; to spend, pass:

ab hora tertia cum ad noctem pugnam extendissent,

Liv. 27, 2, 6:

comissationes ad mediam noctem,

Suet. Tit. 7:

labores in horam quintam,

Mart. 4, 8, 3:

luctus suos,

Val. Max. 1, 1, 15:

curas venientem in annum,

extends his thoughts to the coming year, Verg. G. 2, 405:

tempus epularum,

Plin. Pan. 49, 5;

consulatum,

id. ib. 61, 6;

extento aevo vivere,

Hor. C. 2, 2, 5; Sil. 3, 95:

suam aetatem,

Plaut. Bacch. 3, 3, 26:

se ad centesimum annum, i. e. vitam,

Val. Max. 5, 2 ext. 4.— Hence,

extentus, a, um, P. a., extended, extensive, wide:

mare, fontes extentaque longe flumina,

Lucr. 1, 230 Lachm. N. cr. (al. externa):

stagna latius Lucrino lacu,

Hor. C. 2, 15, 3:

oculi,

wide open, Quint. 11, 3, 76:

sonus (lusciniae),

drawn out, prolonged, Plin. 10, 29, 43, § 82.— Sup.:

castra inter confragosa omnia praeruptaque quam extentissima potest valle locat,

Liv. 21, 32, 9 Drak. N. cr.:

spatia,

Sol. 52.— Adv.: ex-tente, widely; only comp.:

quadratus eminet stilus extentius,

Amm. 23, 4, 2 (dub.):

porrecto extentius brachio,

id. 18, 6, 13.—

extense, adv., at length, extensively (post-class.):

dominus extensius ista disponit,

Tert. Idol. 2.

făcĭlis, e, adj. (archaic forms nom. sing. facil, Plaut. Trin. 3, 2, 53; adv. facul, like difficul, simul; v. under adv. 2, and cf. Paul. ex Fest. p. 87 Müll.), [facio, properly, that may be done or made; hence, pregn.], easy to do, easy, without difficulty.

In gen.

Prop., constr. absol., with ad (and the gerund), the supine, inf., ut, and the dat.

Absol.:

nulla est tam facilis res, quin difficilis siet, quam invitus facias,

Ter. Heaut. 4, 6, 1; cf.:

facilis et plana via (opp. difficilis),

Plaut. Trin. 3, 2, 20:

quae facilia ex difficillimis animi magnitudo redegerat,

Caes. B. G. 2, 27 fin.; cf.

also: mihi in causa facili atque explicata perdifficilis et lubrica defensionis ratio proponitur,

Cic. Planc. 2, 5:

justa res et facilis,

Plaut. Am. prol. 33:

facilis et prompta defensio,

Cic. de Or. 1, 56, 237; cf.:

facilis et expedita distinctio,

id. Fin. 1, 10, 33:

facilia, proclivia, jucunda,

id. Part. Or. 27, 95; cf.:

proclivi cursu et facili delabi,

id. Rep. 1, 28:

ascensus,

Caes. B. G. 1, 21:

aditus,

id. ib. 3, 25 fin.;

descensus Averno,

Verg. A. 6, 126; Cic. de Imp. Pomp. 14, 41; cf.:

celerem et facilem exitum habere,

Caes. B. C. 3, 22 fin.:

lutum,

easy to work, Tib. 1, 1, 40:

fagus,

Plin. 16, 43, 84, § 229:

humus,

easy to cultivate, mellow, Curt. 4, 6, 5:

arcus,

Val. Fl. 1, 109:

jugum,

easy to climb, Prop. 4 (5), 10, 4:

somnus,

easy to obtain, Hor. C. 2, 11, 8; 3, 21, 4:

irae,

easily excited, Luc. 1, 173:

saevitia,

easily overcome, Hor. C. 2, 12, 26 et saep.:

aurae,

gentle, Ov. H. 16, 123:

jactura,

easily borne, Verg. A. 2, 646:

cera,

easily shaped, Ov. M. 15, 169:

victus,

copious, Verg. G. 2, 460.— Comp.:

iter multo facilius atque expeditius,

Caes. B. G. 1, 6, 2:

cui censemus cursum ad deos faciliorem fuisse quam Scipioni?

Cic. Lael. 4, 14:

faciliore et commodiore judicio,

id. Caecin. 3, 8.— Sup.:

quod est facillimum, facis,

Plaut. Trin. 3, 2, 4; cf. Cic. Rep. 2, 3:

concordia,

id. ib. 1, 32:

hujus summae virtutis facillima est via,

Quint. 8, 3, 71:

in quibus (ceris) facillima est ratio delendi,

id. 10, 3, 31 et saep.—

With ad and the gerund:

nulla materies tam facilis ad exardescendum est,

Cic. de Or. 2, 45, 190:

ad subigendum,

id. Rep. 2, 41:

ad credendum,

id. Tusc. 1, 32, 78:

palmae ad scandendum,

Plin. 13, 4, 7, § 29.— Comp.:

faciliora ad intelligendum,

Quint. 2, 3, 8.— Sup.:

haec ad judicandum sunt facillima,

Cic. Off. 3, 6, 30; id. Fin. 2, 20.—

With ad and subst.:

faciles ad receptum angustiae,

Liv. 32, 12, 3:

mens ad pejora,

Quint. 1, 2, 4:

credulitas feminarum ad gaudia,

Tac. A. 14, 4.— Comp.:

mediocritas praeceptoris ad intellectum atque imitationem facilior,

Quint. 2, 3, 1.—

With supine:

facile inventust,

Plaut. Trin. 3, 2, 53:

res factu facilis,

Ter. Heaut. 4, 3, 26:

cuivis facile scitu est,

id. Hec. 3, 1, 15:

facilis victu gens,

abounding in resources, Verg. A. 1, 445 Wagn.:

(Cyclops) nec visu facilis nec dictu affabilis ulli,

id. ib. 3, 621; cf.:

sapiens facilis victu fuit,

Sen. Ep. 90, 11.— Comp.:

nihil est dictu facilius,

Ter. Ph. 2, 1, 70.— Sup.:

factu facillimum,

Sall. C. 14, 1.—

With inf.:

materia facilis est, in te et in tuos dicta dicere,

Cic. Phil. 2, 17, 42:

facilis vincere ac vinci vultu eodem,

Liv. 7, 33, 2:

facilis corrumpi,

Tac. H. 4, 39:

Roma capi facilis,

Luc. 2, 656.—So esp. freq. in the neuter, facile est, with a subject-clause:

id esse verum, cuivis facile est noscere,

Ter. Ad. 5, 4, 8:

quod illis prohibere erat facile,

Caes. B. C. 1, 50, 2:

neque erat facile nostris, uno tempore propugnare et munire,

id. ib. 3, 45, 4; Quint. 6, 4, 20:

nec origines persequi facile est,

Plin. 3, 5, 6, § 46:

quīs facile est aedem conducere,

Juv. 3, 31; 4, 103.— Comp.:

plerumque facilius est plus facere quam idem,

Quint. 10, 2, 10; 12, 6, 7.— Sup.:

stulta reprehendere facillimum est,

Quint. 6, 3, 71; 11, 1, 81.—

With ut:

facilius est, ut esse aliquis successor tuus possit, quam ut velit,

Plin. Pan. 44, 3; 87, 5; cf. with quod: facile est quod habeant conservam in villa, Varr. R. R. 2, 10, 6.—

With dat.:

terra facilis pecori,

i.e. suitable, proper, Verg. G. 2, 223; cf.:

campus operi,

Liv. 33, 17, 8:

facilis divisui (Macedonia),

id. 45, 30, 2:

neque Thraces commercio faciles erant,

Liv. 40, 58, 1:

homines bello faciles,

Tac. Agr. 21:

juvenis inanibus,

easily susceptible, open to, id. A. 2, 27; cf.:

facilis capessendis inimicitiis,

id. ib. 5, 11. —

With gen. ( poet.):

Hispania frugum facilis,

fertile in, Claud. Laud. Seren. 54.—

Adverbially, in facili, ex (e) facili, and rarely, de facili, easily:

cum exitus haud in facili essent,

not easy, Liv. 3, 8, 9 Drak.:

in facili,

Sen. Clem. 1, 7: Plin. 18, 28, 68, § 274; Dig. 26, 3, 8:

ita adducendum, ut ex facili subsequatur,

easily, Cels. 7, 9 med.:

ex facili tolerantibus,

Tac. Agr. 15 init.: ex facili, Cel. 6, 1, 1; Plin. 37, 4, 15, § 60;

for which: e facili,

Ov. A. A. 1, 356: de facili ab iis superabuntur, Firm. Math. 5, 6.—

Transf.

Of persons that do any thing with facility, ready, quick. — Constr. with ad, in, and simple abl.:

facilis et expeditus ad dicendum,

Cic. Brut. 48, 180:

sermone Graeco promptus et facilis,

Suet. Tib. 71; cf.:

promptus et facillis ad extemporalitatem usque,

id. Tit. 3:

faciles in excogitando et ad discendum prompti,

Quint. 1, 1, 1:

exiguo faciles,

content, Sil. 1, 615.—

Of things, easily moving:

oculi,

Verg. A. 8, 310:

manus,

Ov. F. 3, 536:

cervix,

Mart. Spect. 23:

canes, i. e. agiles,

Nemes. Cyneg. 50.

In partic.

Of character, easy, good-natured, compliant, willing, yielding, courteous, affable:

facilis benevolusque,

Ter. Hec. 5, 1, 35:

comes, benigni, faciles, suaves homines esse dicuntur,

Cic. Balb. 16, 36:

facilis et liberalis pater,

id. N. D. 3, 29, 73:

lenis et facilis,

id. Fam. 5, 2, 9:

facilis et clemens,

Suet. Aug. 67:

facilem populum habere,

Cic. Fam. 7, 1, 4:

facilem stillare in aurem,

Juv. 3, 122:

di,

id. 10, 8. —With in and abl.:

facilem se in rebus cognoscendis praebere,

Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 11, § 32; cf.:

facilis in causis recipiendis,

id. Brut. 57, 207:

faciles in suum cuique tribuendo,

id. ib. 21, 85:

faciles ad concedendum,

id. Div. 2, 52, 107.—With in and acc.:

sic habeas faciles in tua vota deos,

Ov. H. 16, 282.—With inf.:

faciles aurem praebere,

Prop. 2, 21, 15 (3, 14, 5 M.):

O faciles dare summa deos,

Luc. 1, 505.—With gen.:

facilis impetrandae veniae,

Liv. 26, 15, 1:

alloquii facilis (al. alloquiis),

Val. Fl. 5, 407.— Absol.:

comi facilique naturā,

Suet. Gramm. 7:

facili ac prodigo animo,

id. Vit. 7.— Comp.:

facilior aut indulgentior,

Suet. Vesp. 21; Quint. 7, 1, 27; Flor. 4, 11, 2.— Sup.:

quid dicam de moribus facillimis,

Cic. Lael. 3, 11.—

Of fortune, favorable, prosperous:

res et fortunae tuae... quotidie faciliores mihi et meliores videntur,

Cic. Fam. 6, 5, 1; Liv. 23, 11, 2.— Adv. in four forms: facile, facul, faculter, and faciliter.

făcĭlĕ (the class. form).

easily, without trouble or difficulty:

facile cum valemus recta consilia aegrotis damus,

Ter. And. 2, 1, 9:

quis haec non vel facile vel certe aliquo modo posset ediscere?

Cic. de Or. 2, 57, 232:

vitia in contraria convertuntur,

id. Rep. 1, 45.— Comp.:

cave putes, aut mare ullum aut flammam esse tantam, quam non facilius sit sedare quam, etc.,

Cic. Rep. 1, 42 fin.:

quo facilius otio perfruantur,

id. ib. 1, 5: id hoc facilius eis persuasit, quod, etc., Caes, B. G. 1, 2, 3.— Sup.:

ut optimi cujusque animus in morte facillime evolet tamquam e custodia,

Cic. Lael. 4, 14:

facillime fingi,

id. Cael. 9, 22:

facillime decidit,

id. Rep. 2, 23:

mederi inopiae frumentariae,

Caes. B. G. 5, 24, 6 et saep.—

To add intensity to an expression which already signifies a high degree, certainly, unquestionably, without contradiction, beyond dispute, by far, far (often in Cic.;

elsewh. rare): virum unum totius Graeciae facile doctissimum,

Cic. Rab. Post. 9, 23:

facile deterrimus,

id. Tusc. 1, 33, 81:

genere et nobilitate et pecunia facile primus,

id. Rosc. Am. 6, 15; cf.:

virtute, existimatione, nobilitate facile princeps,

id. Clu. 5, 11:

facile princeps,

id. Div. 2, 42, 87; id. Fam. 6, 10, 2; id. Univ. 1; Flor. 3, 14, 1:

facile praecipuus,

Quint. 10, 1, 68:

facile hic plus mali est, quam illic boni,

Ter. And. 4, 3, 5: Pe. Sed tu novistin' fidicinam? Fi. Tam facile quam me, as well as I do myself, Plaut. Ep. 3, 4, 68.—With verbs that denote superiority (vincere, superare, etc.):

post illum (Herodotum) Thucydides omnes dicendi artificio, mea sententia, facile vicit,

Cic. de Or. 2, 13, 56; cf. id. Off. 2, 19, 59; id. Rep. 1, 23; cf.

also: stellarum globi terrae magnitudinem facile vincebant,

id. ib. 6, 16 fin.; id. de Or. 1, 33, 150:

Sisenna omnes adhuc nostros scriptores facile superavit,

id. Leg. 1, 2, 7; cf. id. de Or. 3, 11, 43:

facile palmam habes!

Plaut. Trin. 3, 2, 80.— In naming a large amount, quite, fully:

huic hereditas facile ad HS. tricies venit testamento propinqui sui,

Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 14, § 35.—

With a negative, non facile or haud facile, to add intensity, not easily, i.e. hardly:

mira accuratio, ut non facile in ullo diligentiorem majoremque cognoverim,

Cic. Brut. 67, 238:

sed haud facile dixerim, cur, etc.,

id. Rep. 1, 3 fin.; cf.:

de iis haud facile compertum narraverim,

Sall. J. 17, 2:

animus imbutus malis artibus haud facile libidinibus carebat,

id. C. 13, 5. —

Readily, willingly, without hesitation:

facile omnes perferre ac pati,

Ter. And. 1, 1, 35; cf.:

te de aeternitate dicentem aberrare a proposito facile patiebar,

Cic. Tusc. 1, 33, 81:

disertus homo et facile laborans,

id. Off. 2, 19, 66:

ego unguibus facile illi in oculos involem,

Ter. Eun. 4, 3, 6.— Comp.:

locum habeo nullum, ubi facilius esse possim quam Asturae,

Cic. Att. 13, 26, 2.—

(Acc. to facilis, II. B.) Pleasantly, agreeably, well:

propter eas (nugas) vivo facilius,

Plaut. Curc. 5, 2, 6:

cum animo cogites, Quam vos facillime agitis, quam estis maxume Potentes, dites, fortunati, nobiles,

Ter. Ad. 3, 4, 56:

facillime agitare,

Suet. Vit. Ter. 1:

ubi Crassus animadvertit, suas copias propter exiguitatem non facile diduci,

not safely, Caes. B. G. 3, 23, 7.—

făcul (anteclass.), easily: nobilitate facul propellere iniquos, Lucil. ap. Non. 111, 19; Pac. ib. 21:

haud facul, ut ait Pacuvius, femina una invenietur bona,

Afran. ib. 22:

advorsam ferre fortunam facul,

Att. ib. 24.—

‡ făculter, acc. to the statement of Paul. ex Fest. p. 87, 1 Müll.; cf. Mart. Cap. 3, § 325. —

făcĭlĭter (post-Aug.; predominating in Vitruvius; censured by Quint. 1, 6, 17), easily:

ferrum percalefactum faciliter fabricatur,

Vitr. 1, 4, 3 et saep.; Mart. Cap. 3, § 325.