de+complexu+matris+avellere+natam

complexus, a, um, Part., from complector.

complexus ( con-), ūs, m. [complector], a surrounding, encompassing, encircling, embracing, embrace, etc. (class. in prose and poetry).

Lit.

Prop.

Of things (rare):

aether Omnia avido complexu cetera saepsit,

Lucr. 5, 471; so id. 2, 1066:

qui (mundus) omnia complexu suo coërcet et continet,

Cic. N. D. 2, 22, 58; 2, 40, 101:

lapides alligati complexu silicis,

by a binding, Plin. 36, 22, 45, § 161.—

Of persons:

secutae conlocutiones cum Trebonio complexusque,

Cic. Phil. 11, 2, 5:

corporum,

id. Tusc. 3, 20, 46:

e complexu parentum abreptos filios ad necem ducere,

id. Verr. 2, 1, 3, § 7:

ubi complexu coierunt membra tenaci,

in a mutual close embrace, Ov. M. 4, 377:

complexu matris avellere natam,

Cat. 62, 21; cf. id. 64, 88; 64, 118; Cic. Font. 17, 36; id. Fl. 38, 95; Liv. 2, 40, 5; Quint. 6, 1, 42; 8, 3, 68:

Venerio,

in copulation, Cic. Div. 2, 69, 143.—In plur., * Hor. S, 1, 5, 43; Verg. A. 5, 742; Ov. M. 3, 286; 10, 388; 6, 249.—Rarely (like complector itself), of hostile embrace, close combat:

in Martis complexu cadere,

Quint. Decl. 4, 22:

armorum,

Tac. Agr. 36; cf.

of a serpent: longis amplexibus illos necat,

Ov. M. 3, 48:

luctari complexu,

Plin. 9, 30, 48, § 91.—

Transf., as a measure, the reach:

(cedrus) crassitudinis ad trium hominum conplexum,

Plin. 16, 40, 76, § 203.—

Trop.

A connection in discourse (very freq. in Quint.):

vitium non est in sensu, sed in complexu,

Quint. 1, 5, 46; cf. id. 9, 4, 32:

brevis verborum,

id. 7, 3, 18:

sermonis,

id. 9, 3, 18:

in complexu loquendi serieque,

id. 1, 5, 3:

legum aliorumque scriptorum,

id. 5, 10, 107:

causarum,

id. 5, 10, 103; 7, 2, 57:

rerum, personarum, temporum,

id. 3, 5, 7 et saep.—

A friendly embracing, love, affectionate relation, etc.:

venisti in sinum et complexum tuae mimulae,

Cic. Phil. 2, 25, 61; cf.:

res publica Pompeii filium suo sinu complexuque recipiet,

id. ib. 13, 4, 9; id. Pis. 9, 19:

totius gentis humanae,

id. Fin. 5, 23, 65; id. Cat. 2, 10, 22:

at tu easdem artes in complexu, oculis, auribus habes,

Plin. Pan. 47, 2.

complexus, a, um, Part., from complector.

complexus ( con-), ūs, m. [complector], a surrounding, encompassing, encircling, embracing, embrace, etc. (class. in prose and poetry).

Lit.

Prop.

Of things (rare):

aether Omnia avido complexu cetera saepsit,

Lucr. 5, 471; so id. 2, 1066:

qui (mundus) omnia complexu suo coërcet et continet,

Cic. N. D. 2, 22, 58; 2, 40, 101:

lapides alligati complexu silicis,

by a binding, Plin. 36, 22, 45, § 161.—

Of persons:

secutae conlocutiones cum Trebonio complexusque,

Cic. Phil. 11, 2, 5:

corporum,

id. Tusc. 3, 20, 46:

e complexu parentum abreptos filios ad necem ducere,

id. Verr. 2, 1, 3, § 7:

ubi complexu coierunt membra tenaci,

in a mutual close embrace, Ov. M. 4, 377:

complexu matris avellere natam,

Cat. 62, 21; cf. id. 64, 88; 64, 118; Cic. Font. 17, 36; id. Fl. 38, 95; Liv. 2, 40, 5; Quint. 6, 1, 42; 8, 3, 68:

Venerio,

in copulation, Cic. Div. 2, 69, 143.—In plur., * Hor. S, 1, 5, 43; Verg. A. 5, 742; Ov. M. 3, 286; 10, 388; 6, 249.—Rarely (like complector itself), of hostile embrace, close combat:

in Martis complexu cadere,

Quint. Decl. 4, 22:

armorum,

Tac. Agr. 36; cf.

of a serpent: longis amplexibus illos necat,

Ov. M. 3, 48:

luctari complexu,

Plin. 9, 30, 48, § 91.—

Transf., as a measure, the reach:

(cedrus) crassitudinis ad trium hominum conplexum,

Plin. 16, 40, 76, § 203.—

Trop.

A connection in discourse (very freq. in Quint.):

vitium non est in sensu, sed in complexu,

Quint. 1, 5, 46; cf. id. 9, 4, 32:

brevis verborum,

id. 7, 3, 18:

sermonis,

id. 9, 3, 18:

in complexu loquendi serieque,

id. 1, 5, 3:

legum aliorumque scriptorum,

id. 5, 10, 107:

causarum,

id. 5, 10, 103; 7, 2, 57:

rerum, personarum, temporum,

id. 3, 5, 7 et saep.—

A friendly embracing, love, affectionate relation, etc.:

venisti in sinum et complexum tuae mimulae,

Cic. Phil. 2, 25, 61; cf.:

res publica Pompeii filium suo sinu complexuque recipiet,

id. ib. 13, 4, 9; id. Pis. 9, 19:

totius gentis humanae,

id. Fin. 5, 23, 65; id. Cat. 2, 10, 22:

at tu easdem artes in complexu, oculis, auribus habes,

Plin. Pan. 47, 2.