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1 dimidius
dī-midius, a, um [ medius ]половинный (luna Vtr, O, PM; mensis Col)d. patrum, d. plebis L — (по происхождению) полупатриций, полуплебейd. Priapus M — бюст Приапа -
2 dimidia
I.As an adj., until the Aug. per. only in connection with pars, e. g.:II.dimidiam partem nationum subegit,
Plaut. Curc. 3, 77; id. Aul. 4, 10, 37; id. Rud. 4, 4, 79; Lucr. 1, 618 sq.; 5, 720; Cic. N. D. 2, 40, 103; id. Rosc. Com. 11, 32; id. Fam. 13, 29, 4; Caes. B. G. 6, 31, 5; id. B. C. 1, 27; 3, 101 (twice); Sall. J. 64, 5; Suet. Caes. 42; Front. Strat. 2, 3, 21; Ov. F. 5, 122; id. Tr. 1, 2, 44 et saep.—Since the Aug. per., esp. in poets, also with other substantives, instead of dimidiatus (v. dimidio), divided into two equal parts, halved:III.mullus (opp. lupus totus),
Mart. 2, 37, 4:crus,
Juv. 13, 95:vultus,
id. 15, 57:Memnone,
id. 15, 5:forma circuli,
Plin. 2, 59, 60, § 150:clepsydrae,
id. Ep. 6, 2, 5:labro basia dare,
i. e. slightly, Mart. 2, 10 and 22;so of busts: Priapus,
Mart. 11, 18; cf. Cicero's pun on the half-length likeness of his brother Quintus: frater meus dimidius major est quam totus, in Macr. S. 2, 3 (the word dimidius, for dimidiatus, belongs prob. to Macr. himself).—Trop., so of persons of mixed descent:A.dimidius patrum, dimidius plebis,
half patrician and half plebeian, Liv. 4, 2, 6. —Hence, subst.dīmidium, ii, n., the half (very freq. in all periods and kinds of writing): horae, Lucil. ap. Gell. 3, 14, 11; so with gen., Plaut. Am. 5, 1, 73; id. Bacch. 5, 2, 67; 71 et saep.; absol., Plaut. Bacch. 2, 3, 87; id. Ps. 4, 7, 68; 5, 2, 29; id. Pers. 1, 2, 17 et saep.; abl. dimidio, with comparatives:2.dimidio minus opinor,
less by half, Plaut. As. 2, 4, 35; Cic. Att. 9, 9, 2; id. Fl. 20, 46; id. Verr. 2, 3, 33; Caes. B. G. 5, 13, 2; Hor. S. 2, 3, 318 et saep.—Like a comp. with quam:B.vix dimidium militum quam quod acceperat successori tradidit,
Liv. 35, 1, 2; 45, 18, 7.—Prov.:dimidium facti, qui coepit, habet,
well begun is half done, Hor. Ep. 1, 2, 40; cf. Aus. Ep. 81.— -
3 dimidius
I.As an adj., until the Aug. per. only in connection with pars, e. g.:II.dimidiam partem nationum subegit,
Plaut. Curc. 3, 77; id. Aul. 4, 10, 37; id. Rud. 4, 4, 79; Lucr. 1, 618 sq.; 5, 720; Cic. N. D. 2, 40, 103; id. Rosc. Com. 11, 32; id. Fam. 13, 29, 4; Caes. B. G. 6, 31, 5; id. B. C. 1, 27; 3, 101 (twice); Sall. J. 64, 5; Suet. Caes. 42; Front. Strat. 2, 3, 21; Ov. F. 5, 122; id. Tr. 1, 2, 44 et saep.—Since the Aug. per., esp. in poets, also with other substantives, instead of dimidiatus (v. dimidio), divided into two equal parts, halved:III.mullus (opp. lupus totus),
Mart. 2, 37, 4:crus,
Juv. 13, 95:vultus,
id. 15, 57:Memnone,
id. 15, 5:forma circuli,
Plin. 2, 59, 60, § 150:clepsydrae,
id. Ep. 6, 2, 5:labro basia dare,
i. e. slightly, Mart. 2, 10 and 22;so of busts: Priapus,
Mart. 11, 18; cf. Cicero's pun on the half-length likeness of his brother Quintus: frater meus dimidius major est quam totus, in Macr. S. 2, 3 (the word dimidius, for dimidiatus, belongs prob. to Macr. himself).—Trop., so of persons of mixed descent:A.dimidius patrum, dimidius plebis,
half patrician and half plebeian, Liv. 4, 2, 6. —Hence, subst.dīmidium, ii, n., the half (very freq. in all periods and kinds of writing): horae, Lucil. ap. Gell. 3, 14, 11; so with gen., Plaut. Am. 5, 1, 73; id. Bacch. 5, 2, 67; 71 et saep.; absol., Plaut. Bacch. 2, 3, 87; id. Ps. 4, 7, 68; 5, 2, 29; id. Pers. 1, 2, 17 et saep.; abl. dimidio, with comparatives:2.dimidio minus opinor,
less by half, Plaut. As. 2, 4, 35; Cic. Att. 9, 9, 2; id. Fl. 20, 46; id. Verr. 2, 3, 33; Caes. B. G. 5, 13, 2; Hor. S. 2, 3, 318 et saep.—Like a comp. with quam:B.vix dimidium militum quam quod acceperat successori tradidit,
Liv. 35, 1, 2; 45, 18, 7.—Prov.:dimidium facti, qui coepit, habet,
well begun is half done, Hor. Ep. 1, 2, 40; cf. Aus. Ep. 81.—
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QUADRIGA — Minervae quartae, quae Iove nata et Coriphe, Oceani secundum Ciceronem, inventum, non quod quatuor rotis primitus constaret, sed quod quaternis equis traheretur, dicta est: ut ex Lucretio contendit Licetus de Lucernis Antiqq. l. 6. c. 22. Hyginus … Hofmann J. Lexicon universale