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rĕlĭquus (sometimes written rĕlĭcuus, rell-, -qus, v. Lachm. ad Lucr. p. 305; Freund ad Cic. Mil. p. 31-34. Rēlĭcŭus as a quadrisyl., Lucr. 1, 560 Munro ad loc.; 4, 976), a, um, adj. [relinquo, I.], that is left or remains, that is left behind, remaining, = relictus (freq. and a good prose word; not found in Cat., Tib., Verg., or Hor.).

With dat.:

hoc mihi unum ex plurimis miseriis reliquom fuerat malum,

Ter. Hec. 4, 1, 55:

ut spes nulla reliqua in te siet tibi,

id. Eun. 2, 2, 9:

potes mulo isto, quem tibi reliquum dicis esse, Romam pervehi,

Cic. Fam. 9, 18, 4:

quod erant oppida mihi etiam complura reliqua,

id. Verr. 2, 2, 27, § 65:

quae deprecatio est igitur ei reliqua, qui, etc.,

id. ib. 2, 4, 50, §

120: quibus lubido atque luxuria ex magnis rapinis nihil reliqui fecerat,

Sall. C. 28, 4:

reliqua alia optio,

Quint. 7, 7, 8.—

Without a dat., Cato ap. Prisc. p. 696 P.: ne a stirpe genus nostrum interiret et uti aliqua propago generis nostri reliqua esset (just before, restare), C. Gracch. ap. Schol. Cic. Sull. 9, p. 365 Orell.; cf.:

neu causa ulla restet reliqua, Quin, etc.,

Ter. Hec. 4, 2, 11:

ex quā (familiā) reliquus est M. Titurnius Rufus,

Cic. Fam. 13, 39; cf. id. Clu. 7, 22:

reliquos hos esse non ex bello... sed ex tuo scelere,

id. Verr. 2, 3, 54, § 124; and:

moriar, si praeter te quemquam reliquum habeo, in quo, etc.,

id. Fam. 9, 15, 2; and with this cf. Sall. H. Fragm. 1, 15 (p. 216 Gerl.):

qui lucus in Graeciā totā tam sanctus fuit, in quo ullum simulacrum, ullum ornamentum reliquum sit?

Cic. Prov. Cons. 4, 7:

si qua reliqua spes est, quae sociorum animos consolari possit,

id. Div. in Caecil. 5, 18. — Esp., subst.: rĕlĭquum ( - quom), i, n., that is left, a remainder, residue, rest:

numquam ab amatore suo postulat id, quod datum est, Sed reliquom dat operam, ne sit reliquum,

Plaut. Truc. prol. 15:

quod ad vos, spectatores, reliquum relinquitur, More majorum date plausum, id. Cist. grex 5: ut pernoscatis, ecquid spei sit relicuom,

Ter. And. prol. 25; cf. id. Eun. 5, 5 (6), 26:

addendo deducendoque videre, quae reliqui summa fuit,

Cic. Off. 1, 18, 59:

quid reliqui'st, quin habeat quae quidem in homine dicuntur bona,

Ter. Heaut. 1, 2, 19:

quid enim est huic reliqui, quod, etc.,

Cic. Sull. 31, 89:

cum reliqui nihil sit omnino, quod pertinet ad nos,

id. Fin. 2, 31, 101:

quid reliqui habemus praeter,

Sall. C. 20, 13:

nec, quod ab hoste crudelius pati possent, reliqui quicquam fuit,

Liv. 32, 13.— With gen. (syn. reliquiae): illud breve vitae reliquum nec avide adpetendum senibus sit, Cic. Sen. 20, 72:

Agrigentum, quod belli reliquum erat,

i. e. where alone the war was afterwards carried on, Liv. 26, 40; cf., in plur.:

reliqua belli perfecta,

id. 9, 16; and Tac. H. 4, 2:

ubi reliquum vitae degere tuto posset,

Liv. 39, 13:

reliquum dici,

id. 2, 25, 2; 3, 15, 8; 3, 52, 5:

corporis reliqua,

Aur. Vict. Caes. 21 fin. (but in Plaut. Merc. 3, 2, 4, the correct read. is:

reliquom vitae spatium, v. Ritschl ad h. l.).— So in late Lat. persaep.: reliqua verborum,

Vulg. 3 Reg. 11, 41:

urbis,

id. 1 Par. 11, 8.—

Partic. constructions.

Reliquum est, ut, or with inf., it remains, that (syn.:

relinquitur, restat, superest): reliquum est, ut officiis certemus inter nos,

Cic. Fam. 7, 31, 1; id. Att. 7, 13, 4; id. Fl. 14, 32; Nep. Att. 21, 5; Quint. 5, 7, 19; cf.:

reliquum est, ubi nunc est res publica, ibi simus,

Cic. Fam. 9, 9, 3 (where B. and K. supply ut, ex conj.); so,

reliquum est, tuam profectionem amore prosequar,

id. ib. 15, 21, 5.—With inf.:

nunc hortari modo reliquum est et ire,

Sall. H. Fragm. 3,22 (p. 232 Gerl.).—

Reliquum (aliquem, aliquid) or aliquid reliqui facere, a periphrase for relinquere, and in the twofold signification of that word.

To leave behind, leave remaining:

ut arent, quibus aratrum saltem aliquod satelles istius Apronius relicum fecit,

Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 55, § 128:

quos belli calamitas reliquos fecerat,

id. ib. 2, 3, 53, §

126: haec addita cura vix mihi vitam reliquam fecit,

id. Att. 3, 8, 2:

si quos fortuna fecisset reliquos,

Hirt. B. G. 8, 24 fin.; cf.:

quos reliquos fortuna ex nocturnā caede ac fugā fecerat,

Liv. 9, 24; Curt. 6, 9, 27:

duarum mihi civitatum reliquos feci agros,

i. e. have left to be considered, Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 44, § 104.— Subst.: rĕlĭquum, i, n., a remnant, remainder (cf. 1, b fin. supra):

quod reliquum vitae viriumque fames fecerat, id, etc.,

Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 34, § 89:

quod fortuna in malis reliqui fecit, id, etc.,

id. Sull. 32, 89.—

Esp. negatively: te nullum munus officii cuiquam reliquum fecisse,

have left behind you, Cic. Fam. 3, 13, 1:

quibus nihil non modo de fructu, sed ne de bonis quidem suis reliqui fecit,

id. Verr. 2, 3, 48, § 115:

hi milites nihil reliqui victis fecere,

Sall. C. 11, 7 Kritz; cf.: captā urbe nihil fit reliqui victis, id ib. 52, 4:

quibus libido atque luxuria ex magnis rapinis nihil reliqui fecerant,

id. ib. 28, 4; cf. Liv. 7, 35:

ne hoc quidem sibi reliqui facit, ut, etc.,

Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 1, § 2.—

To leave undone, to omit, neglect (rare and perh. only in the historians;

also only negatively): nihil ad celeritatem sibi reliqui fecerunt,

omitted nothing, made every exertion, Caes. B. G. 2, 26 fin.:

prorsus ab utrisque nihil reliquum fieri,

Sall. J. 76, 4:

me nihil reliqui fecisse, quod, etc.,

Nep. Att. 21, 5:

nihil reliqui faciunt, quominus, etc.,

Tac. A. 1, 21 fin. —

In partic.

Of time, that is left or remains, future, subsequent:

spe reliquae tranquillitatis,

Cic. Sest. 34, 73:

reliquae vitae dignitas,

id. Fam. 10, 3, 2:

reliqua et sperata gloria,

id. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 15, § 43: in reliquum tempus vectigalibus prospexi, Metell. ap. Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 55, § 128:

reliquum in tempus,

id. Agr. 1, 4, 13; Caes. B. G. 1, 20 fin.; 3, 16 fin.; cf.

so, reliquum tempus (opp. praesenti bello),

Nep. Them, 2, 1.—In the neutr. absol.:

numquam ecastor ullo die risi adaeque, neque hoc, quod reliquom est (sc. vitae), plus risuram opinor,

in all my life, to the end of my days, Plaut. Cas. 5, 1, 4.—Hence, in reliquum, adverb., for the future, in future, henceforward, Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 7, 2; Sall. J. 42, 4; Liv. 23, 20; 25, 32; 36, 10 fin. al.—

In mercantile lang., of debts, remaining, outstanding, in arrear:

reliquom, quod ex eo quod debitum reliquom,

Varr. L. L. 5, § 175 Müll.:

nunc quod reliquom restat, volo persolvere,

Plaut. Cist. 1, 3, 40:

quod dedi datum non vellem, quod reliquom est non dabo,

id. ib. 2, 1, 30:

rationes putare argentariam... quid venierit, quid exactum siet, quid reliquum siet,

Cato, R. R. 2, 5:

erat ei de ratiunculā Jampridem apud me reliquom pauxillulum Nummorum,

Ter. Phorm. 1, 1, 3:

ut pecuniam reliquam Buthrotii ad diem solverent,

Cic. Att. 16, 16, A, § 4 (Cod. Faerni: pecuniae reliquum).—As subst.: rĕlĭqua, ōrum, n. (less freq. rĕlĭquum, i, n.), the remainder of a debt, balance, arrears: reliqua mea Camillus scribit se accepisse, Cic. Att. 6, 1, 19; cf.:

maxime me angit ratio reliquorum meorum,

id. ib. 16, 3, 5:

cum tanta reliqua sint,

id. ib. 16, 15, 4;

15, 15, 3: dum reliqua colonorum minuit ad tempus, vires in posterum exhausit, quarum defectione rursus reliqua creverunt,

Plin. Ep. 3, 19, 6; 9, 37, 2: Sticho reliqua habente, holding a balance, i. e. being in arrears, Dig. 35, 1, 81; so,

reliqua trahere,

ib. 26, 7, 46:

computare,

ib. 40, 7, 34:

in adaerandis reliquorum debitis (= reliquiis debitorum),

Amm. 31, 14, 2; 16, 5, 15.— In sing.:

nisi forte fidejussores minus idonei sunt et in reliquum non exsolutae quantitatis accesserint,

Dig. 49, 14, 45 fin.; Symm. Ep. 10, 47.—Hence, by a lusus verbb., of a narration in arrears, the rest, remainder:

accipite reliquom, alieno uti nil moror,

Plaut. Capt. prol. 16; cf.

also the passage cited above,

id. Cist. 1, 3, 40.

Transf., of that which remains after a part just mentioned, the remaining, the other; and, in the sing., the remainder, the rest of a thing (diff. from ceteri, q. v.).

Plur.:

murus cum Romuli tum etiam reliquorum regum sapientiā definitus,

Cic. Rep. 2, 6, 11; cf. id. ib. 2, 11, 22:

decemviros... reliquos magistratus,

id. ib. 2, 31, 54; cf.:

Servilius consul reliquique magistratus,

Caes. B. C. 3, 21:

sol dux et princeps et moderator luminum reliquorum,

Cic. Rep. 6, 17, 17; cf. id. ib. 6, 9, 9; 6, 20, 22; id. Planc. 1, 3:

ipsum regale genus civitatis haud scio an reliquis simplicibus longe anteponendum,

id. Rep. 2, 23, 43:

res capitales et reliquas omnes judicabant iidem,

id. ib. 3, 35, 48; cf. id. ib. 6, 17, 17; id. Leg. 3, 7, 16:

ad eam sententiam, cum reliquis causis, haec quoque ratio eos deduxit,

Caes. B. G. 2, 10:

oppida, vicos, reliqua privata aedificia incendunt,

id. ib. 1, 5:

octo cohortes in fronte constituit, reliquarum signa in subsidio collocat,

Sall. C. 59, 2.—As subst.:

princeps ille (Plato) aream sibi sumpsit, in quā, etc.... Reliqui disseruerunt, etc.,

the others, the rest, Cic. Rep. 2, 11, 21; 1, 4, 7:

in quā (causā) et ipse sentiat et reliqui omnes me, etc.,

id. Att. 16, 15, 1:

aurum perinde aspernantur (Scythae) ac reliqui mortales appetunt,

Just. 2, 2, 7:

deinceps Jovem atque Junonem, reliquos, quos, etc.,

Cic. Univ. 11; cf.

thus, without a copula, Brutorum, C. Cassii, Cn. Domitii, C. Trebonii, reliquorum,

and so forth, id. Phil. 2, 12, 30; cf.:

Africanus, cum patria illo modo loquens. reliquaque praeclare,

id. Fin. 2, 32, 106, Quint. 9, 4, 124:

si placet, in hunc diem hactenus. Reliqua (satis enim multa restant) differamus in crastinum,

Cic. Rep. 2, 44, 71:

audi reliqua,

Plaut. As. 4, 1, 46:

age, ambula, ibique reliqua alia fabulabimur,

id. Poen. 3, 4, 8:

reliqua vaticinationis brevi esse confecta,

Cic. Div. 1, 32, 68:

aderat janitor carceris et carnifex praetoris, reliqua,

and the like, and so forth, and so on, Quint. 9, 4, 124;

but post-class.: et reliqua,

Vop. Firm. 5 fin. —

Sing.:

corpore relicuo pugnam caedesque petessit,

Lucr. 3, 648 Lachm.:

equitum magno numero ex omni populi summa separato, reliquum populum distribuit in quinque classes, etc.,

Cic. Rep. 2, 22, 39:

scribit Labieno... cum legione ad fines Nerviorum veniat, reliquam partem exercitūs non putat exspectandam,

Caes. B. G. 5, 46 fin.; 1, 18:

neque de frumento reliquoque commeatu satis esse provisum,

id. ib. 3, 3:

militibus quoque equis exceptis reliquam praedam concessimus,

Cic. Att. 5, 20, 5:

jampridem cupio Alexandream reliquamque Aegyptum visere,

id. ib. 2, 5, 1; cf. id. Lael. 2, 6; id. Rep. 2, 38, 64.— As subst.:

paene oblitus sum, reliquom dicere,

Plaut. Poen. prol. 118; Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 43, § 103:

reliquum temporis cum magnā trepidatione vigilavit,

Suet. Ner. 34:

haec quidem hactenus: quod reliquum est, cottidie tabellarios habebis,

as for the rest, as for what remains, Cic. Att. 16, 15, 3; so,

quod reliquum est,

id. Fam. 13, 72, 2; id. Planc. 10, 11; Ter. Ad. 3, 2, 48; cf.:

de reliquo quid tibi ego dicam?

Cic. Att. 16, 13, c, 2; id. Fam. 6, 20, 3; id. de Or. 1, 22, 100.

rĕ-solvo, solvi, sŏlūtum, 3, v. a., to untie, unfasten, unbind; to loose, loosen, release, open (not freq. till after the Aug. per.; cf.: relaxo, resero, recludo, libero).

Lit.

In gen.:

equos,

to unyoke, Ov. F. 4, 180; cf.:

juncta juga leonibus,

Cat. 63, 76:

quem suā sponte vinxerit, non resolvat, etc.,

Col. 1, 8, 16; 11, 1, 22:

cinctas vestes,

Ov. M. 1, 382; cf.

nodum,

Cels. 7, 4, 4:

fila,

to loose, separate, Ov. M. 2, 654:

vulnera,

to unbind, Quint. 6, 1, 30; 49:

oras,

to cast loose from the shore, Liv. 22, 19, 10 Drak. N. cr.:

virginem catenis,

i. e. to release, Ov. M. 4, 737; cf.:

crura vinclis,

id. A. A. 3, 272:

(puella) resoluta capillos,

id. Am. 2, 14, 39:

claustra,

to open, Lucr. 1, 415:

litteras,

Liv. 26, 15:

venas,

Tac. A. 6, 48:

jugulum mucrone,

Ov. M. 1, 227:

ferro,

id. ib. 6, 643:

manum in diversum,

Quint. 11, 3, 97:

fauces haec in verba,

Ov. M. 2, 282; cf.:

exspectato Ora sono,

id. ib. 13, 126:

fatis ora,

Verg. G. 4, 452;

and simply ora,

id. A. 3, 457:

ignis aurum resolvit,

melts, dissolves, Lucr. 6, 967:

nivem,

to melt, thaw, Ov. Tr. 3, 10, 13; cf.:

resolutus repente Rhenus,

Suet. Dom. 6:

margaritas in tabem,

Plin. 9, 35, 58, § 120:

glaebam in pulverem,

Col. 11, 2, 60:

nummos,

to melt down, Lampr. Alex. Sev. 30 fin. — Poet.:

nebulas ventis ac sole,

to disperse, dissipate, scatter, Ov. M. 14, 400; cf.

tenebras (sidere),

Verg. A. 8, 591:

resoluta caligo,

Sil. 5, 58: Zephyro se glaeba, becomes loose or soft, Verg. G. 1, 44; Curt. 4, 6, 11:

terra resoluta,

Col. 4, 1, 4; 11, 3, 5:

muros ariete,

to break down, Sil. 5, 553:

cinctos muros,

id. 12, 495:

saxa,

id. 1, 369. —

In partic.

To relax, unnerve, enervate, enfeeble the body (cf. remitto):

felicitas hos inflat, illos mollit et totos resolvit,

Sen. Ep. 36, 1:

(Cerberus) immania terga resolvit Fusus humi,

stretched out, Verg. A. 6, 422:

nexos artus,

id. ib. 4, 695:

utrumque (concubitus),

Ov. A. A. 2, 683:

corpus (somno),

id. M. 7, 328:

placitā resoluta quiete,

id. ib. 9, 468:

membra ad molles choros,

Prop. 2, 34 (3, 32), 42; Curt. 4, 16, 13:

fatigatione resolutus,

id. 6, 8, 21; 9, 5, 10.—

Mostly ante-class., to pay a debt:

minas,

Plaut. Ep. 1, 2, 39:

argentum,

id. ib. 3, 2, 16; id. Men. 5, 5, 30:

pro vecturā,

id. As. 2, 4, 27; cf. Cato, R. R. 144, 3; 145, 1; 148, 2:

damnum boni viri arbitratu resolvere,

id. ib. 149, 2. —

Trop.

In gen. (acc. to I. A.), to separate, unbind, set free, release; to disclose, show, reveal, lay open; to annul, cancel, make void, abolish, destroy (syn. rescindo):

ipsas periodos majoribus intervallis et velut laxioribus nodis resolvemus,

Quint. 9, 4, 127:

quoniam, quā fieri quicquid posset ratione, resolvi,

have disclosed, shown, Lucr. 5, 773:

teque piacula nulla resolvent,

release, Hor. C. 1, 28, 34:

amore resolutus,

Tib. 1, 10, 83:

(Hannibal) Quod sponte abscedat tandemque resolvat Ausoniam,

liberate, Sil. 17, 206:

resoluta legibus urbs,

id. 11, 36:

ira resoluta frenis legum,

Luc. 2, 145:

litem quod lite resolvit,

does away with, ends, Hor. S. 2, 3, 103:

invitat genialis hiems curasque resolvit,

banishes, dispels, Verg. G. 1, 302:

tristitiam animi,

Plin. 24, 6, 15, § 24:

dolos tecti ambagesque,

i. e. find the way through, Verg. A. 6, 29:

jura (pudoris),

id. ib. 4, 27:

dolos fraudesque,

Sil. 7, 153:

gaudia ferro,

id. 13, 508:

amphiboliam,

to destroy, remove, Quint. 7, 9, 4:

ambiguitatem,

id. 12, 2, 13:

dicta ex parte diversā,

i. e. refute, id. 5, 13, 12:

vectigal et onera commerciorum,

to abolish, Tac. H. 4, 65:

stipulationem,

Dig. 21, 2, 57 fin.:

conventionem,

ib. 41, 5, 2:

emptionem,

ib. 18, 2, 2 et saep. —

In partic. (acc. to I. B.).

To relax, soften:

disciplinam militarem,

Tac. H. 1, 51:

judices,

Quint. 4, 2, 19; id. 8, prooem § 12. —

To pay:

unā plagā (cf. I. B. 2. supra),

Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 73 (but in Cic. Phil. 14, 14, 38, the correct reading is persoluturum). — Hence, rĕsŏlūtus, a, um, P. a. (acc. to I. B. 1.), relaxed, enervated, effeminate:

corpora juvenum (with fluxa), Col. praef. § 17: minister Idaeo resolutior cinaedo,

Mart. 10, 98.—

Free, unhampered: os, Val.Max. 8, 7, ext. 1.—

Unbridled:

gaudia,

Sil. 11, 305.— Adv.: rĕsŏlūtē, without restraint:

quo resolutius decachinnetis,

more unrestrainedly, Tert. ad Nat. 1, 19.

rauduscŭlum ( rōd- and rūd-), i, n. dim. [raudus].

A little piece of brass used as a coin (an old word): in mancipando cum dicitur: Rudusculo libram ferito, asse tangitur libra, Fest. s. v. rodus, p. 265 Müll.; v. raudus.— Hence,

Transf., a small sum of money:

de raudusculo Numeriano multum te amo,

in regard to that little debt of Numerius, Cic. Att. 7, 2, 7:

de raudusculo quod scribis,

id. ib. 4, 8, a, § 1.

sēcūrĭtas, ātis, f. [securus], freedom from care, unconcern, composure.

Lit.

In a good sense (class.): Democriti securitas, quae est animi tamquam tranquillitas, quam appellavit euthumian, eo separanda fuit ab hac disputatione, quia ista animi tranquillitas ea ipsa est beata vita, Cic. Fin. 5, 8, 23:

securitatem nunc appello vacuitatem aegritudinis, in quā vita beata posita est,

id. Tusc. 5, 15, 42:

vacandum omni est animi perturbatione, ut tranquillitas animi et securitas assit, quae affert cum constantiam tum etiam dignitatem,

id. Off. 1, 21, 69:

beatam vitam in animi securitate et in omnium vacatione munerum ponimus,

id. N. D. 1, 20, 53; id. Lael. 15, 45 and 47; id. Att. 4, 16, 10; Liv. 36, 41; Cels. 4, 4 fin.; Quint. 5, 13, 52 (opp. cura); Plin. Ep. 6, 16, 12 (opp. timor); 7, 6, 14; 7, 10, 60; Tac. A. 3, 44; 11, 3 fin.; Sen. Ep. 105, 7:

securitas inaffectatae orationis,

quietness, Quint. 11, 1, 93; cf.:

vocis ac vultus,

Tac. A. 15, 55.— Plur. (opp. curae):

somno ac securitatibus jam dudum hoc fuit,

Plin. 23, 1, 23, § 41.—With gen. obj.:

operosissima securitas mortis in M. Ofilio Hilaro ab antiquis traditur,

Plin. 7, 53, 54, § 184.—

In a bad sense, carelessness, heedlessness, negligence (not till after the Aug. period;

syn. incuria): neminem celerius opprimi quam qui nihil timeret et frequentissimum initium esse calamitatis securitatem,

Vell. 2, 118, 2:

res altera taedium laboris, altera securitatem parit,

Quint. 2, 2, 6; 2, 5, 13; 2, 3, 4; 4, 1, 55; 6, 1, 34; 6, 3, 62; Tac. H. 3, 83; Gell. 1, 15, 2; 4, 20, 8.—With gen. obj.:

memoriae plerumque inhaeret fidelius, quod nullā scribendi securitate laxatur,

Quint. 10, 6, 2.—

Transf., object., freedom from danger, safety, security (not till after the Aug. period):

cum innumerabilia sint mortis signa, salutis securitatisque nulla sunt,

Plin. 7, 51, 52, § 171:

securitatis urbanae custos,

Vell. 2, 98, 1:

securitas securitate mutuā persciscenda est,

Sen. Clem. 1, 19, 5; cf.:

securitati ante quam vindictae consulere,

Tac. A. 11, 31:

perpetua Romani imperii,

Vell. 2, 103, 3:

tutela securitatis,

id. 2, 128, 3:

nec spem modo ac votum securitas publica, sed ipsius voti fiduciam assumserit,

Tac. Agr. 3:

itinerum,

Plin. 28, 2, 4, § 21:

annonae,

Tac. A. 15, 18:

somnum a repentinā securitate datum,

Just. 11, 13, 3:

dextras securitatis,

a safe conduct, Vulg. 2 Macc. 11, 30.—Hence, SECVRITAS, personified as the tutelary goddess of the Roman State, Inscr. Orell. 1830 and 1831.—

Mercant. t. t., a guarantee, security for a debt or obligation (by hypothecation, mortgage; by receipt or acknowledgment, etc.): id quod sibi debetur, consequi debet vel ejus securitatem, Dig. 27, 4, 1 fin.—Plur., Amm. 17, 10, 4; Symm. Ep. 10, 43 fin.

uncĭa, ae, f., = ounkia (Siculian and Etruscan; v. Müller, Etrusk. 1, p. 309 sq.) [akin to unus, unicus, unio; Gr. oinos], the twelfth part of any thing, a twelfth.

Lit.

Of inheritances:

mortuus Babullius. Caesar, opinor, ex unciā, etsi nihil adhuc: sed Lepta ex triente,

Cic. Att. 13, 48, 1:

heres,

Sen. Contr. 4, 28 med.; Cod. Just. 5, 27, 2.—Of a debt:

non erit uncia tota,

Mart. 9, 3, 5.—

To denote a rate of interest, one twelfth per cent. a month, i. e. reckoning by the year, one per cent., Dig. 26, 7, 47, § 4.—

As a weight, the twelfth part of a pound (as or libra), an ounce, Rhemn. Fan. Pond. 28; Plaut. Men. 3, 3, 3:

uncia aloës,

Plin. 20, 13, 51, § 140:

Falerni,

Mart. 1, 107, 3.—

As a measure of land, one twelfth of a jugerum, Col. 5, 1, 10.—

As a measure of length, the twelfth part of a foot, an inch, Front. Aquaed. 24; Plin. 6, 34, 39, § 214.—

Transf., a trifle, bit, atom:

neque piscium ullam unciam hodie Pondo cepi,

Plaut. Rud. 4, 2, 8; Juv. 11, 131:

nulla de nostro nobis uncia venit apro,

Mart. 9, 49, 12.

versūra ( vors-), ae, f. [verto], a turning round, twirling about, rotating.

Lit.:

foliorum,

Varr. R. R. 1, 46:

ejus loci (coxendicum),

id. L. L. 7, § 67 Müll.—

Transf.

The turning-place, turn at the end of a furrow, Col. 2, 2, 28; Pall. 2, 3, 1.—

In archit., a turn, corner, angle of a wall, Vitr 3, 1; 5, 6 fin.; 5, 12;

or in a water conduit,

id. 8, 7.—

(Qs. a changing of one's creditor.) The borrowing of money to pay a debt (the class. signif. of the word); and hence, in gen., a borrowing, loan:

versuram facere mutuam pecuniam sumere ex eo dictum est, quod initio qui mutuabantur ab aliis, non ut domum ferrent, sed ut aliis solverent, velut verterent creditorem,

Fest. p. 379 Müll.:

eos homines versuram a Carpinatio fecisse, qui pecunias Verri dedissent,

Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 76, § 186:

sine mutuatione et sine versurā dissolvere,

id. Tusc. 1, 42, 100:

Salaminii cum Romae versuram facere vellent, non poterant,

id. Att. 5, 21, 12; 15, 20, 4; id. Font. 5, 11; id. Fl. 20, 48:

cum versuram facere publice necesse esset,

Nep. Att. 2, 4; 9, 5.— Trop., Sen. Ep. 19, 9; id. Ben. 5, 8, 3:

vereor, ne illud, quod tecum permutavi, versurā mihi solvendum sit,

is to be paid by a new loan, Cic. Att. 5, 15, 2:

versurā factā solvere,

id. ib. 5, 1, 2: non modo versurā, verum etiam [p. 1977] venditione, si ita res coget, nos vindicabis, id. ib. 16, 2, 2:

versura vetita,

Tac. A. 6, 16.—Prov.: in eodem luto haesitas, vorsurā solves, you pay by borrowing, i. e. you get out of one difficulty by getting into another, Ter. Phorm. 5, 2, 15; Lact. 2, 8, 24.

versūra ( vors-), ae, f. [verto], a turning round, twirling about, rotating.

Lit.:

foliorum,

Varr. R. R. 1, 46:

ejus loci (coxendicum),

id. L. L. 7, § 67 Müll.—

Transf.

The turning-place, turn at the end of a furrow, Col. 2, 2, 28; Pall. 2, 3, 1.—

In archit., a turn, corner, angle of a wall, Vitr 3, 1; 5, 6 fin.; 5, 12;

or in a water conduit,

id. 8, 7.—

(Qs. a changing of one's creditor.) The borrowing of money to pay a debt (the class. signif. of the word); and hence, in gen., a borrowing, loan:

versuram facere mutuam pecuniam sumere ex eo dictum est, quod initio qui mutuabantur ab aliis, non ut domum ferrent, sed ut aliis solverent, velut verterent creditorem,

Fest. p. 379 Müll.:

eos homines versuram a Carpinatio fecisse, qui pecunias Verri dedissent,

Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 76, § 186:

sine mutuatione et sine versurā dissolvere,

id. Tusc. 1, 42, 100:

Salaminii cum Romae versuram facere vellent, non poterant,

id. Att. 5, 21, 12; 15, 20, 4; id. Font. 5, 11; id. Fl. 20, 48:

cum versuram facere publice necesse esset,

Nep. Att. 2, 4; 9, 5.— Trop., Sen. Ep. 19, 9; id. Ben. 5, 8, 3:

vereor, ne illud, quod tecum permutavi, versurā mihi solvendum sit,

is to be paid by a new loan, Cic. Att. 5, 15, 2:

versurā factā solvere,

id. ib. 5, 1, 2: non modo versurā, verum etiam [p. 1977] venditione, si ita res coget, nos vindicabis, id. ib. 16, 2, 2:

versura vetita,

Tac. A. 6, 16.—Prov.: in eodem luto haesitas, vorsurā solves, you pay by borrowing, i. e. you get out of one difficulty by getting into another, Ter. Phorm. 5, 2, 15; Lact. 2, 8, 24.