crepitus

* * *

crĕpĭtus, ūs, m. [crepo], a rattling, creaking, clattering, clashing, rustling, a noise, etc. (in good prose).

In gen.:

cardinum,

Plaut. Curc. 1, 3, 1; cf.

claustrorum (with sonitus),

id. ib. 1, 3, 47:

carbasi,

Lucr. 6, 110:

e motu frenorum,

Varr. R. R. 2, 7, 12:

dentium,

a chattering, Cic. Tusc. 4, 8, 19:

pedum,

id. Top. 12, 52:

armorum,

Liv. 25, 6, 21; 38, 17, 5: alarum (anserum). id. 5, 47, 4:

plagarum,

Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 62, § 162:

inlisae manus umeris,

Sen. Ep. 56, 1:

tibiarum et scabellorum,

Suet. Calig. 54:

arboris,

Plin. 10, 18, 20, § 40:

imbrium,

a pattering, id. 12, 1, 5, § 10:

sonitus, tonitrus,

a crash, Plaut. Am. 5, 1, 10: digitorum, a snapping of the fingers, as the signal of a command (cf. crepo and concrepo), Mart. 14, 119.—

In partic.: crepitus (sc. ventris), a breaking wind with noise, = pordê (diff. from flatus, without noise), Plaut. Curc. 2, 3, 16; Cic. Fam. 9, 22, 5: Sen. Ep. 91, 19; Plin. 27, 12, 87, § 110 al.;

with flatus,

Suet. Claud. 32.

strĕpĭtus, ūs ( gen. strepiti, Enn. ap. Non. 490, 8; or Trag. v. 205 Vahl.), m. [strepo].

Lit., a (wild, confused) noise, din of any kind; a clashing, crashing, rustling, rattling, clattering, clanking, rumbling, etc. (class. and very freq.; cf.: crepitus, stridor, fragor): strepitus, fremitus, clamor tonitruum, Poët. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 2, 1; cf.:

strepitus, crepitus, sonitus, tonitrus,

Plaut. Am. 5, 1, 10: molarum strepitus, Enn. ap. Non. 506, 3 (Com. v. 7 Vahl.):

fluminum,

Cic. Leg. 1, 7, 21:

strepitu nullo clam reserare fores,

Tib. 1, 8, 60; so,

ingens valvarum,

Hor. S. 2, 6, 112:

audis quo strepitu janua remugiat,

id. C. 3, 10, 5:

rotarum,

Caes. B. G. 4, 33; Hor. Ep. 1, 17, 7:

obscenus, i. e. ventris,

Petr. 117 et saep.:

comitum conventus, strepitus, clamor mulierum Fecere, ut, etc., Ter. Hec. prol. alt. 27: non strepitu, sed maximo clamore,

Cic. Verr. 1, 15, 45 (cf. id. Agr. 3, 1, 2):

inde fragore gravi strepitus loca terret,

Ov. M. 11, 365:

prae strepitu et clamore,

Liv. 2, 27, 8:

magno cum strepitu ac tumultu castris egressi,

Caes. B. G. 2, 11; so (with tumultus) id. ib. 6, 7, 8; Cic. Att. 13, 48, 1:

concursus hominum forique strepitus,

id. Brut. 92, 317:

Romae,

Hor. C. 3, 29, 12:

inter strepitum tot bellorum,

Liv. 4, 1, 5; cf.:

sententiarum vanissimus strepitus,

Petr. 1, 2.—In plur.:

canis, sollicitum animal ad nocturnos strepitus,

Liv. 5, 47, 3:

vino, strepitibus clamoribusque nocturnis attoniti,

id. 39, 15, 9.—

Poet., transf., a (measured, regular) sound:

citharae,

Hor. Ep. 1, 2, 31:

testudinis aureae,

id. C. 4, 3, 18:

tibicinae,

id. Ep. 1, 14, 26.

* * *

* * *

* * *

contĭnentĭa, ae, f. [contineo].

A holding back, repressing.

Lit.:

(crepitūs ventris),

Suet. Claud. 32 fin. —

Trop. (acc. to contineo, I. B. 2. b., and continens, B.), a briding, restraining of one's passions and desires, abstemiousness, continence, temperance, moderation, enkrateia (the common signif.; most freq. in Cic.; it is diff. from abstinentia, v. in h. v.;

opp. libido): continentia est, per quam cupiditas consilii gubernatione regitur,

Cic. Inv. 2, 54, 164; id. Off. 2, 24, 86; cf. Quint. 5, 10, 121:

conferte hujus libidines cum illius continentiā,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 52, § 115; cf.:

ubi pro continentiā et aequitate libido atque superbia invasere,

Sall. C. 2, 5;

connected with modestia,

Caes. B. G. 7, 52; cf. Quint. 2, 21, 3; 3, 7, 15 al.—

(Acc. to contineo, I. B. 3., and continens, C.) The contents of a work (only late Lat.):

operis,

Macr. Somn. Scip. 2, 12, § 2; Hier. in Isa. 5, 20 init.; 5, 23, 11; so the title of the work of Fulgentius: De Expositione Vergilianae Continentiae, etc.—

(Acc. to contineo, II., and continens, A. 1.) Contiguity, proximity:

regionum (just before: cohaerentia regionum),

Macr. S. 5, 15, 5.

contĭnentĭa, ium, n., v. contineo, P. a.

crĕpo, ŭi, ĭtum, 1, v. n. and a. [Sanscr. krap, to lament; cf. crabro] (mostly poet. or in post-Aug. prose; in class. prose, concrepo).

Neutr., to rattle, crack, creak, rustle, clatter, tinkle, jingle, chink, etc.

In gen.:

foris,

Plaut. Am. 1, 2, 34; Ter. Ad. 2, 3, 11:

fores,

id. Eun. 5, 7, 5; id. Heaut. 1, 1, 121; 3, 3, 52:

intestina (with crepitant),

Plaut. Men. 5, 5, 26:

herba Sabina ad focos,

Prop. 4 (5), 3, 58; cf. Ov. F. 4, 742:

sonabile sistrum,

id. M. 9, 784 (cf. crepitanti sistro, Prop. 3 (4), 11 (9 Bip.), 43): crepante pede. Hor. Epod. 16, 48:

nubes subito motu,

Ov. F. 2, 501:

catena,

Sen. Ep. 9, 8:

lapis, in statuā Memnonis,

Plin. 36, 7, 11, § 58 et saep.: digiti crepantis signa novit eunuchus, a snapping the fingers (as a sign of a command), Mart. 3, 82, 15; cf.

concrepo, I.—Of the voice: vox generosa, quae non composita nec alienis auribus sed subito data crepuit,

because loud, Sen. Clem. 2, 1, 1.—

In partic., to break wind, Cato ap. Fest. s. v. prohibere, p. 206; Mart. 12, 77 and 78; cf. crepitus, B.—In a play upon words: Co. Fores hae fecerunt magnum flagitium modo. Ad. Quid id est flagitii? Co. Crepuerunt clare, Plaut. Poen. 3, 2, 33.—

Transf., to break with a [p. 481] crash:

remi,

Verg. A. 5, 206.—

Act., to make something sound, make a noise with, cause to resound or rattle.

Lit.:

(Camenae) manibus faustos ter crepuere sonos,

i. e. clapped, Prop. 3 (4), 10, 4; so,

ter laetum sonum populus,

Hor. C. 2, 17, 26:

procul auxiliantia aera,

Stat. Th. 6, 687: aureolos, to make to chink, i. e. to count, Mart. 5, 19, 14.—Esp. freq.,

Trop., to say something or talk noisily, to make much ado about, to boast of, prattle, prate, etc.:

neque ego ad mensam publicas res clamo neque leges crepo,

Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 56:

sulcos et vineta,

Hor. Ep. 1, 7, 84:

quid veri,

id. S. 2, 3, 33:

immunda dicta,

id. A. P. 247:

post vina gravem militiam aut pauperiem,

id. C. 1, 18, 5; cf. with a rel.-clause: crepat, antiquum genus ut... tolerarit aevum, * Lucr. 2, 1170.

dĭgĭtus, i, m. [Gr. daktulos; cf. Germ. Zehe, Eng. toe; from root dek(dechomai), to grasp, receive; cf.

Germ. Finger, from fangen,

Curt. Gr. Etym. 133. Corssen, however, still refers digitus to root dik-, dico, deiknumi, as the pointer, indicator, Ausspr. 1, 380; cf. dico], a finger.

Prop.:

tot (cyathos bibimus), quot digiti sunt tibi in manu,

Plaut. Stich. 5, 4, 24; id. Most. 5, 1, 69; id. Mil. 2, 2, 47; 4, 2, 57 et saep.—The special designations: pollex, the thumb; index or salutaris, the forefinger; medius, also infamis and impudicus, the middle finger; minimo proximus or medicinalis, the ring-finger; minimus, the little finger, v. under those words.—

Special connections:

attingere aliquem digito (uno),

to touch one lightly, gently, Plaut. Pers. 5, 2, 15; Ter. Eun. 4, 6, 2 Ruhnk.; Licinius ap. Gell. 19, 9, 13; Cic. Tusc. 5, 19, 55; cf.

with tangere,

Plaut. Rud. 3, 5, 30; id. Poen. 5, 5, 29:

attingere aliquid extremis digitis (with primoribus labris gustare),

to touch lightly, to enjoy slightly, Cic. Cael. 12:

attingere caelum digito,

to be exceedingly happy, id. Att. 2, 1, 7: colere summis digitis, to adore (to touch the offering or consecrated gift) with the tips of the fingers, Lact. 1, 20; 5, 19 fin.; cf. Ov. F. 2, 573:

computare digitis,

to count on the fingers, to reckon up, Plaut. Mil. 2, 2, 51; Plin. 34, 8, 19, no. 29, § 88; cf.:

numerare per digitos,

Ov. F. 3, 123:

in digitis suis singulas partis causae constituere,

Cic. Div. in Caec. 14, 45.—Hence, venire ad digitos, to be reckoned, Plin. 2, 23, 21, § 87; and:

si tuos digitos novi,

thy skill in reckoning, Cic. Att. 5, 21, 13; cf.

also: digerere argumenta in digitos,

to count on the fingers, Quint. 11, 3, 114: concrepare digitos or digitis, to snap the fingers, as a signal of command, Petr. 27, 5; Plaut. Mil. 2, 2, 53; Cic. Off. 3, 19; v. concrepo; cf.

also: digitus crepans,

Mart. 3, 82, 15:

digitorum crepitus,

id. 14, 119:

digitorum percussio,

Cic. Off. 3, 19, 78:

intendere digitum ad aliquid,

to point the finger at any thing, Cic. de Or. 1, 46 fin.:

liceri digito,

to hold up the finger in bidding at an auction, Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 11;

for which also: tollere digitum,

id. ib. 2, 1, 54. The latter phrase also signifies, to raise the finger in token of submission, said of a combatant, Sid. Ep. 5, 7; cf. Mart. Spect. 29, 5;

and Schol,

Pers. 5, 119:

loqui digitis nutuque,

to talk by signs, Ov. Tr. 2, 453;

different is: postquam fuerant digiti cum voce locuti,

i. e. playing as an accompaniment to singing, Tib. 3, 4, 41; cf.:

ad digiti sonum,

id. 1, 2, 31; cf. also Lucr. 4, 587; 5, 1384:

digito compesce labellum,

hold your tongue, Juv. 1, 160.—For the various modes of employing the fingers in oratorical delivery, cf. Quint. 1, 10, 35; 11, 3, 92 sq.; 103; 120 al.: monstrari digito, i. e. to be pointed out, to become distinguished, famous, Hor. C. 4, 3, 22; Pers. 1, 28;

for which: demonstrari digito,

Tac. Or. 7 fin.; Cic. de Or. 2, 66, 266; id. Rep. 6, 24; Nep. Datam. 11, 5; Suet. Aug. 45.—Prov. phrases:

nescit, quot digitos habeat in manu, of one who knows nothing at all,

Plaut. Pers. 2, 2, 5:

in digitis hodie percoquam quod ceperit,

i. e. he has caught nothing, id. Rud. 4, 1, 11: ne digitum quidem porrigere, not to stretch out a finger, like the Gr. daktulon mê proteinai, ekteinai, for not to give one's self the least trouble, Cic. Fin. 3, 17, 57; cf.:

exserere digitum,

Pers. 5, 119 Scal.;

and in like manner: proferre digitum,

to move a finger, to make any exertion, Cic. Caecin. 25, 71:

scalpere caput digito, of effeminate men fearful of disarranging their hair,

Juv. 9, 133; cf. Sen. Ep. 52 fin.; a habit of Pompey's, acc. to Calvus ap. Schol. Luc. 7, 726, and Sen. Contr. 3, 19; Amm. 17, 11. (Cf. Echtermeyer's Ueber Namen und symbolische Bedeutung der Finger bei den Griechen und Römern, Progr. d. Hall. Pädagogiums, v. 1835.)

Transf.

A toe (cf. Heb., Gr. daktulos, Fr. doigt), Lucr. 3, 527; Verg. A. 5, 426; Petr. 132, 14; Sen. Ep. 111; Quint. 2, 3, 8 et saep.; also of the toes of animals, Varr. R. R. 3, 9, 4; Col. 8, 2, 8; Plin. 10, 42, 59, § 119 al.—

A small bough, a twig, Plin. 14, 1, 3, § 12; 17, 24, 37, § 224.—

As a measure of length, an inch, the sixteenth part of a Roman foot (pes), Front. Aquaed. 24 sq.; Caes. B. G. 7, 73, 6; id. B. C. 2, 10, 4; Juv. 12, 59 al.: digiti primores, finger-ends, as a measure, Cato R. R. 21, 2;

digitus transversus,

a fingerbreadth, id. ib. 45 fin.;

48, 2.—Prov.: digitum transversum non discedere ab aliqua re,

not to swerve a finger's breadth, Cic. Ac. 2, 18, 58; cf.

without transversum: nusquam ab argento digitum discedere,

id. Verr. 2, 4, 15;

and ellipt.: ab honestissima sententia digitum nusquam,

id. Att. 7, 3, 11.

Dĭgĭtus, i, m., a proper name; in plur.: Digiti Idaei = Daktuloi Idaioi, the priests of Cybele, Cic. N. D. 3, 16, 42; cf. Arn. 3, 41 and 43, and v. Dactylus.

dĭgĭtus, i, m. [Gr. daktulos; cf. Germ. Zehe, Eng. toe; from root dek(dechomai), to grasp, receive; cf.

Germ. Finger, from fangen,

Curt. Gr. Etym. 133. Corssen, however, still refers digitus to root dik-, dico, deiknumi, as the pointer, indicator, Ausspr. 1, 380; cf. dico], a finger.

Prop.:

tot (cyathos bibimus), quot digiti sunt tibi in manu,

Plaut. Stich. 5, 4, 24; id. Most. 5, 1, 69; id. Mil. 2, 2, 47; 4, 2, 57 et saep.—The special designations: pollex, the thumb; index or salutaris, the forefinger; medius, also infamis and impudicus, the middle finger; minimo proximus or medicinalis, the ring-finger; minimus, the little finger, v. under those words.—

Special connections:

attingere aliquem digito (uno),

to touch one lightly, gently, Plaut. Pers. 5, 2, 15; Ter. Eun. 4, 6, 2 Ruhnk.; Licinius ap. Gell. 19, 9, 13; Cic. Tusc. 5, 19, 55; cf.

with tangere,

Plaut. Rud. 3, 5, 30; id. Poen. 5, 5, 29:

attingere aliquid extremis digitis (with primoribus labris gustare),

to touch lightly, to enjoy slightly, Cic. Cael. 12:

attingere caelum digito,

to be exceedingly happy, id. Att. 2, 1, 7: colere summis digitis, to adore (to touch the offering or consecrated gift) with the tips of the fingers, Lact. 1, 20; 5, 19 fin.; cf. Ov. F. 2, 573:

computare digitis,

to count on the fingers, to reckon up, Plaut. Mil. 2, 2, 51; Plin. 34, 8, 19, no. 29, § 88; cf.:

numerare per digitos,

Ov. F. 3, 123:

in digitis suis singulas partis causae constituere,

Cic. Div. in Caec. 14, 45.—Hence, venire ad digitos, to be reckoned, Plin. 2, 23, 21, § 87; and:

si tuos digitos novi,

thy skill in reckoning, Cic. Att. 5, 21, 13; cf.

also: digerere argumenta in digitos,

to count on the fingers, Quint. 11, 3, 114: concrepare digitos or digitis, to snap the fingers, as a signal of command, Petr. 27, 5; Plaut. Mil. 2, 2, 53; Cic. Off. 3, 19; v. concrepo; cf.

also: digitus crepans,

Mart. 3, 82, 15:

digitorum crepitus,

id. 14, 119:

digitorum percussio,

Cic. Off. 3, 19, 78:

intendere digitum ad aliquid,

to point the finger at any thing, Cic. de Or. 1, 46 fin.:

liceri digito,

to hold up the finger in bidding at an auction, Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 11;

for which also: tollere digitum,

id. ib. 2, 1, 54. The latter phrase also signifies, to raise the finger in token of submission, said of a combatant, Sid. Ep. 5, 7; cf. Mart. Spect. 29, 5;

and Schol,

Pers. 5, 119:

loqui digitis nutuque,

to talk by signs, Ov. Tr. 2, 453;

different is: postquam fuerant digiti cum voce locuti,

i. e. playing as an accompaniment to singing, Tib. 3, 4, 41; cf.:

ad digiti sonum,

id. 1, 2, 31; cf. also Lucr. 4, 587; 5, 1384:

digito compesce labellum,

hold your tongue, Juv. 1, 160.—For the various modes of employing the fingers in oratorical delivery, cf. Quint. 1, 10, 35; 11, 3, 92 sq.; 103; 120 al.: monstrari digito, i. e. to be pointed out, to become distinguished, famous, Hor. C. 4, 3, 22; Pers. 1, 28;

for which: demonstrari digito,

Tac. Or. 7 fin.; Cic. de Or. 2, 66, 266; id. Rep. 6, 24; Nep. Datam. 11, 5; Suet. Aug. 45.—Prov. phrases:

nescit, quot digitos habeat in manu, of one who knows nothing at all,

Plaut. Pers. 2, 2, 5:

in digitis hodie percoquam quod ceperit,

i. e. he has caught nothing, id. Rud. 4, 1, 11: ne digitum quidem porrigere, not to stretch out a finger, like the Gr. daktulon mê proteinai, ekteinai, for not to give one's self the least trouble, Cic. Fin. 3, 17, 57; cf.:

exserere digitum,

Pers. 5, 119 Scal.;

and in like manner: proferre digitum,

to move a finger, to make any exertion, Cic. Caecin. 25, 71:

scalpere caput digito, of effeminate men fearful of disarranging their hair,

Juv. 9, 133; cf. Sen. Ep. 52 fin.; a habit of Pompey's, acc. to Calvus ap. Schol. Luc. 7, 726, and Sen. Contr. 3, 19; Amm. 17, 11. (Cf. Echtermeyer's Ueber Namen und symbolische Bedeutung der Finger bei den Griechen und Römern, Progr. d. Hall. Pädagogiums, v. 1835.)

Transf.

A toe (cf. Heb., Gr. daktulos, Fr. doigt), Lucr. 3, 527; Verg. A. 5, 426; Petr. 132, 14; Sen. Ep. 111; Quint. 2, 3, 8 et saep.; also of the toes of animals, Varr. R. R. 3, 9, 4; Col. 8, 2, 8; Plin. 10, 42, 59, § 119 al.—

A small bough, a twig, Plin. 14, 1, 3, § 12; 17, 24, 37, § 224.—

As a measure of length, an inch, the sixteenth part of a Roman foot (pes), Front. Aquaed. 24 sq.; Caes. B. G. 7, 73, 6; id. B. C. 2, 10, 4; Juv. 12, 59 al.: digiti primores, finger-ends, as a measure, Cato R. R. 21, 2;

digitus transversus,

a fingerbreadth, id. ib. 45 fin.;

48, 2.—Prov.: digitum transversum non discedere ab aliqua re,

not to swerve a finger's breadth, Cic. Ac. 2, 18, 58; cf.

without transversum: nusquam ab argento digitum discedere,

id. Verr. 2, 4, 15;

and ellipt.: ab honestissima sententia digitum nusquam,

id. Att. 7, 3, 11.

Dĭgĭtus, i, m., a proper name; in plur.: Digiti Idaei = Daktuloi Idaioi, the priests of Cybele, Cic. N. D. 3, 16, 42; cf. Arn. 3, 41 and 43, and v. Dactylus.

flātus, ūs, m. [flo], a blowing, breathing, snorting (mostly poet.; syn.: flamen, flabra, ventus, aura).

Lit.:

nondum spissa nimis complere sedilia flatu (sc. tibiae),

Hor. A. P. 205; Phaedr. 5, 7, 14:

flatuque secundo, Carbasa mota sonant,

Ov. M. 13, 418;

so of the wind,

id. ib. 14, 226; Hor. C. 4, 5, 10; also in plur., Ov. M. 15, 302; Verg. G. 2, 339:

ipsa sui flatus ne sonet aura, cavet,

of his breath, Ov. F. 1, 428:

(equi) humescunt spumis flatuque sequentum,

with the snorting, Verg. G. 3, 111; in plur.:

aestiferi,

Cic. Arat. 111:

ventris (with crepitus),

a breaking wind, Suet. Claud. 32:

flatu figuratur vitrum,

Plin. 36, 26, 66, § 193.—

Transf., concr., the breath of life, the soul, Prud. steph. 3, 168.—

Trop.

A breath, breeze (the fig. being taken from wind):

cum prospero flatu fortunae utimur, ad exitus pervehimur optatos,

Cic. Off. 2, 6, 19:

ad id, unde aliquis flatus ostenditur, vela do,

id. de Or. 2, 44, 187. —

Pride, haughtiness (mostly in plur.):

det libertatem fandi flatusque remittat,

Verg. A. 11, 346; Ov. A. A. 1, 715; Val. Fl. 3, 699; Stat. Th. 1, 321; 3, 192.

pĕdo, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [pes], to foot, i. e. to furnish with feet; hence, *

Male pedatus, ill set on his feet, Suet. Oth. 12.—

To prop up trees or vines:

vineae pedandae cura,

Col. 4, 12.

pēdo, pĕpēdi (pēdĭtum), 3, v. n. [for perdo, Sanscr. root pard-; Gr. perdô, pordê; cf. Germ. Furz; Engl. fart], to break wind, Hor. S. 1, 8, 46; Mart. 10, 14, 10.—Part. as subst.: pēdĭtum, = crepitus ventris, Cat. 54, 3.

pĕdo, ōnis, m. [pes], one who has broad feet, a splay-foot: pedo, plancus, platupous, Gloss. Philox.

Pĕdo, ōnis, m., a Roman surname. —Esp.,

M. Juventius Pedo, Cic. Clu. 38, 107.—

C. Pedo Albinovanus, a poet; v. Albinovanus.—Others are mentioned, Juv. 7, 129; Mart. 5, 5, 6; 10, 19, 10.

pĕdo, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [pes], to foot, i. e. to furnish with feet; hence, *

Male pedatus, ill set on his feet, Suet. Oth. 12.—

To prop up trees or vines:

vineae pedandae cura,

Col. 4, 12.

pēdo, pĕpēdi (pēdĭtum), 3, v. n. [for perdo, Sanscr. root pard-; Gr. perdô, pordê; cf. Germ. Furz; Engl. fart], to break wind, Hor. S. 1, 8, 46; Mart. 10, 14, 10.—Part. as subst.: pēdĭtum, = crepitus ventris, Cat. 54, 3.

pĕdo, ōnis, m. [pes], one who has broad feet, a splay-foot: pedo, plancus, platupous, Gloss. Philox.

Pĕdo, ōnis, m., a Roman surname. —Esp.,

M. Juventius Pedo, Cic. Clu. 38, 107.—

C. Pedo Albinovanus, a poet; v. Albinovanus.—Others are mentioned, Juv. 7, 129; Mart. 5, 5, 6; 10, 19, 10.

terror, ōris, m. [terreo], great fear, affright, dread, alarm, terror (syn.: pavor, trepidatio, metus).

Lit.:

definiunt terrorem metum concutientem: ex quo fit, ut pudorem rubor, terrorem pallor et tremor et dentium crepitus consequatur,

Cic. Tusc. 4, 8, 19:

eadem nos formido timidas terrore impulit,

Plaut. Am. 5, 1, 27; cf.:

terrorem alicui inicere,

Cic. Prov. Cons. 18, 43:

ferae, injecto terrore mortis horrescunt,

id. Fin. 5, 11, 31:

aliquem terrore periculoque mortis repellere,

id. Caecin. 12, 33:

si Antonio patuisset Gallia... quantus rei publicae terror impenderet,

id. Phil. 5, 13, 37:

alicui terrorem inferre,

id. Fam. 15, 15, 2; id. Mil. 26, 71; Caes. B. G. 7, 8:

reddit inlatum antea terrorem,

Liv. 3, 60, 5:

teneri terrore,

Cic. Rep. 3, 29, 41:

esse terrori alicui,

Caes. B. G. 7, 66:

qui modo terrori fuerant,

Liv. 34, 28, 5:

tantus terror incidit exercitui, ut, etc.,

Caes. B. C. 3, 13:

tantus repente terror invasit, ut, etc.,

id. ib. 1, 14:

Romanos auxiliares tyranni in terrorem ac tumultum conjecerunt,

Liv. 34, 28, 3:

sic terrore oblato a ducibus,

Caes. B. C. 1, 76:

tantum Romae terrorem fecere, ut, etc.,

Liv. 10, 2, 8:

tantumque terrorem incussere patribus, ut, etc.,

id. 3, 4, 9:

si tantus habet mentes et pectora terror,

Verg. A. 11, 357:

volgi pectora terror habet,

Ov. F. 3, 288:

terrore pavens,

id. ib. 4, 271:

in oppido festinatio et ingens terror erat, ne, etc.,

Sall. H. 3, 27 Dietsch:

ingentem Galli terrorem memoriā pristinae cladis attulerant,

Liv. 6, 42, 7:

terror nominis Alexandri invaserat orbem,

Just. 12, 13, 2:

arcanus terror,

secret dread, secret awe, Tac. G. 40 fin.:

exsurgite, inquit, qui terrore meo occidistis prae metu,

from dread of me, Plaut. Am. 5, 1, 14; cf.: de terrore suo, Auct. B. Afr. 32, 1: saepe totius anni fructus uno rumore periculi atque uno belli terrore amittitur, dread or apprehension of war, Cic. Imp. Pomp. 6, 15:

nullum terrorem externum esse,

i. e. dread of foreign enemies, Liv. 3, 10, 14; cf.:

peregrinus terror,

id. 3, 16, 4:

terror servilis, ne suus cuique domi hostis esset,

dread of the slaves, id. 3, 16, 3:

in omnem terrorem vultum componens,

into frightful expressions, Suet. Calig. 50: (Periclis) vis dicendi terrorque, terrible power, deinhotês, Cic. Brut. 11, 44. — Plur.:

feri lugubresque terrores,

Amm. 16, 12, 61. —

Transf., concr., an object of fear or dread, a terror (usu. in plur.):

duobus hujus urbis terroribus depulsis,

Cic. Rep. 1, 47, 71; cf.:

terrores reipublicae (sc. Carthago ac Numantia),

Vell. 2, 4, 5: terrores Romani nominis, Treb. Poll. Claud. 11, 4; Plin. Ep. 6, 20, 15:

non mediocres terrores jacit atque denuntiat,

Cic. Att. 2, 23, 3; cf.:

Battonius miros terrores ad me attulit Caesarianos,

id. ib. 6, 8, 2.— Sing.:

Xerxes, terror ante gentium,

Just. 3, 1, 1:

Dionysius gentium quondam terror,

Amm. 14, 11, 30.

testa, ae, f. [ = tosta, from torreo], a piece of burned clay, a brick, tile, ostrakon.

Lit., Cic. Dom. 23, 61; Cato, R. R. 18, 7; 18, 110; Varr. R. R. 2, 3, 6; Vitr. 2, 8 fin.; 7, 1; 7, 4; Aus. Parent. 11, 9.—

Transf.

A piece of baked earthen-ware, an earthen pot, pitcher, jug, urn, etc. (cf. testu):

si Prometheus... a vicinis cum testā ambulans carbunculos corrogaret,

Auct. Her. 4, 6, 9:

testā cum ardente viderent Scintillare oleum,

a lamp, Verg. G. 1, 391:

quo semel est imbuta recens, servabit odorem Testa diu,

Hor. Ep. 1, 2, 70; cf. Tib. 2, 3, 47:

accipiat Manes parvula testa meos,

Prop. 2, 13, 32 (3, 5, 16):

vinum Graeca quod testā conditum levi,

Hor. C. 1, 20, 2; 3, 21, 4:

mihi fundat avitum Condita testa merum,

Ov. A. A. 2, 696; Mart. 12, 48, 8; 12, 63, 2; 13, 7, 1; Plin. 31, 10, 46, § 114.—Used in applause:

audiat ille Testarum crepitus cum verbis,

Juv. 11, 170 (cf. F. infra).—

A broken piece of earthen-ware, pottery, brick, etc.; a sherd, potsherd: dissipatis imbricum fragminibus ac testis tegularum, Sisenn. ap. Non. 125, 18:

testa parem fecit,

Ov. M. 8, 662:

fulcitur testā mensa,

Mart. 2, 43, 10; Plin. 32, 8, 28, § 89; 35, 3, 5, § 16; Tac. H. 5, 6; Prop. 4 (5), 7, 28; Juv. 3, 260.—Hence,

Transf., a piece of bone, Cels. 8, 16; so of fragments of a broken tooth, id. 6, 9 med.; 7, 22.—

Like ostrakon, a sherd, potsherd, in the ostracism or judicial voting of the Greeks: testarum suffragiis, quod illi ostrakismon vocant, Nep. Cim. 3, 1; cf. also testula.—

The shell of shell-fish or of testaceous animals:

genera beluarum ad saxa nativis testis inhaerentium,

Cic. N. D. 2, 39, 100:

ostreae,

Plin. 32, 6, 21, § 60:

muricum,

id. 32, 7, 27, § 84:

cochlearum,

id. 30, 8, 21, § 66:

testudinis,

Varr. L. L. 5, § 79 Müll. —Hence,

Transf.

A shell-fish:

non omne mare generosae fertile testae,

Hor. S. 2, 4, 31:

marina,

id. ib. 2, 8, 53.—

A shell or covering, in gen.:

lubricaque immotas testa premebat aquas,

i. e. an icy shell, covering of ice, Ov. Tr. 3, 10, 38: lubrica, Poët. ap. Anthol. Lat. 2, p. 62 Burm.—

The skull:

testa hominis, nudum jam cute calvitium,

Aus. Epigr. 72; Prud. steph. 10, 761; Cael. Aur. Tard. 1, 1; 2, 1 fin. (hence, Ital. testa and Fr. tēte).—

A brick-colored spot on the face, Plin. 26, 15, 92, § 163; 48. 12, 50, § 185.—

A sort of clapping with the flat of the hands (as if with two tiles), in token of applause, invented by Nero, Suet. Ner 20. [p. 1863]