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1 discrīmen
discrīmen inis, n [dis- + 2 CER-], that which parts, an intervening space, interval, distance, division, separation: cum (maria) pertenui discrimine separarentur: discrimina costis spina dabat, parted, V.: finem atque initium lucis exiguo discrimine internoscas, Ta. — Poet.: Fossarumque morae, leti discrimina parva, i. e. the brink of death, V.: tenue leti, V.—Fig., a distinction, difference, discrimination: hoc inter gratiosos civīs atque fortīs: sine discrimine armatos inermīs caedunt, L.: Discrimen obscurum solutis Crinibus, i. e. of sex, H.: sui alienique, L.: divinarum humanarumque rerum, L.—Poet.: septem discrimina vocum, the seven intervals (of the scale), V.: parvi discriminis umbrae, slightly varying (of color), O.— A decisive point, turning - point, critical moment, determination, decision: res in id discrimen adducta est: in discrimine est humanum genus, utrum, etc., L.: belli, Cu.: haec haud in magno ponam discrimine, regard as of great moment, L.—Poet.: discrimine aperto, the test, O.— A decisive moment, crisis, peril, risk, danger, hazard: in ipso discrimine periculi, L.: in summo rem esse discrimine, Cs.: salus sociorum summum in discrimen vocatur: in veteris fortunae discrimen adducitur: patriae: res p. in discrimen committenda, L.: quae multa vides discrimine tali, V.: discrimine vitae Coniugium pe tere, O.: ire obviam discrimini, Ta.— A decisive battle: vehemens, Cu.* * *crisis, separating line, division; distinction, difference -
2 discrimen
discrīmen, ĭnis, n. [contr. from discerimen à discerno; cf. crimen from cerno], lit., that which separates or divides two things from each other (for syn. cf.: differentia, discrepantia, diversitas, distantia); hence,I.Lit., an intervening space, interval, distance, division, separation:II.cum (duo maria) pertenui discrimine separarentur,
Cic. Agr. 2, 32, 87:minimum quos inter et hostem Discrimen murus clausaque porta facit,
Ov. Pont. 1, 8, 62:aequo discrimine,
Lucr. 5, 690; Verg. A. 5, 154:parvum leti,
Ov. M. 7, 426; Verg. A. 9, 143:dare discrimina costis,
i. e. to separate them, id. ib. 10, 382:quae (sc. littera F) inter discrimina dentium efflanda est,
Quint. 12, 10, 29:agminum,
Curt. 4, 12 fin.:ungulae,
Col. 6, 15 fin.:comae,
Ov. A. A. 2, 302; and in like manner poet.: telluris pectitae, i. e. furrow, Col. Poët. 10, 94; Claud. Nupt. Honor. 103:medium luci,
Grat. Cyneg. 486.—Hence, med. t. t., the dividing membrane, the midriff, diaphragm, Cael. Aur. Tard. 2, 11, 127; 5, 10, 124 al.—Trop. (so most frequent).A.In gen., a distinction, difference: amabat omnes, nam discrimen non facit, Lucil. ap. Non. 282, 27:B.iste, qui omnia jura pretio exaequasset omniumque rerum delectum atque discrimen pecunia sustulisset,
Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 50; cf.:officia tollebantur delectu omni et discrimine remoto,
id. Fin. 4, 25, 69:sit hoc discrimen inter gratiosos cives atque fortes, ut illi, etc.,
id. Balb. 21 fin.:sine ullo sexus discrimine,
Suet. Calig. 8; cf.:rapti per agros viatores sine discrimine liberi servique,
id. Aug. 32:omisso sui alicuique discrimine,
Liv. 5, 55:divinarum humanarumque rerum,
id. 5, 40:recti pravique,
Quint. 12, 3, 7:vocum,
id. 1, 5, 25; cf.so of the different tones of the strings: septem discrimina vocum,
Verg. A. 6, 646 et saep.— Poet.:tenues parvi discriminis umbrae,
i. e. of easy gradation, Ov. M. 6, 62. —In partic.1.With respect to disputed matters, which are to be distinguished between, and thus decided upon, the decisive point, turning-point, critical moment, determination, decision:2.quoniam res in id discrimen adducta est, utrum ille poenas rei publicae luat, an nos serviamus,
to this point, Cic. Phil. 3, 11, 29; cf.:ea res nunc in discrimine versatur, utrum... an, etc.,
id. Quint. 30, 92; Liv. 29, 17:vicit disciplina militaris, vicit imperii majestas, quae in discrimine fuerunt, an ulla post hanc diem essent,
id. 8, 35, 4: haec et his similia haud in magno equidem ponam discrimine, shall not regard as of great moment, id. praef. §8: postquam adesse discrimen ultimum belli animadvertit,
id. 44, 23:instant enim (adversarii) et saepe discrimen omne committunt,
abandon the most decisive points, Quint. 6, 4, 17 et saep.— Poet.:experiar, deus hic, discrimine aperto, An sit mortalis,
the test, Ov. M. 1, 222.—Transf., a dangerous, decisive moment, crisis, dangerous condition; risk, danger, hazard:in ipso discrimine periculi aliquem destituere,
Liv. 6, 17; so,periculi,
id. 8, 24: in summo rem esse discrimine, * Caes. B. G. 6, 38, 2; cf.:adducta est res in maximum periculum et extremum pene discrimen,
Cic. Phil. 7, 1:salus sociorum summum in periculum ac discrimen vocatur,
id. de Imp. Pomp. 5, 12:in extremo discrimine ac dimicatione fortunae,
id. Sull. 28:in veteris fortunae discrimen adducitur,
id. Mur. 27, 55; cf.:aliquem in discrimen capitis adducere,
id. Deiot. 1, 2; so,capitis,
Quint. 11, 1, 49:si ei subito sit allatum periculum discrimenque patriae,
Cic. Off. 1, 43, 154:rem publicam in discrimen committere,
Liv. 8, 32; 33, 7; cf.:fuitque dies illa tenebrarum et discriminis,
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3 dēcertātiō
dēcertātiō ōnis, f [decerto], a decisive struggle: rerum omnium consulibus commissa.* * *action of fighting out an issue; decision of a dispute (L+S); decisive conflict -
4 mōmentum
mōmentum ī, n [1 MV-], a movement, motion: astra figurā suā momenta sustentant: momenta parva sequi, O.: animus momenta sumit utroque, i. e. fluctuates, O.— An alteration, change, disturbance, movement, revolution: perleve fortunae: annonae, alteration in the price of corn, L. — A make-weight, over-weight, that which turns the scales: eo (bello) quantumcumque virium momentum addiderint, rem omnem inclinaturos, L.— An expenditure of strength, decisive effort, exertion: haud maiore momento fusi Galli sunt, quam, etc., L.— A short time, brief space, moment, instant: parvis momentis multa natura adfingit: momento temporis, in a moment, L.: horae momento, on the instant, H.: momento unius horae, L.: momentum ut horae pereat, that a short hour be lost, Ph.— A little way: parvo momento antecedere, Cs.—Fig., a cause, circumstance, weight, influence, importance, moment: saepe in bello parvis momentis magni casūs intercederent, by trifling circumstances, Cs.: momenta omnia observare, all the circumstances: unam quamque rem momento suo ponderare, according to its importance: magnum in utramque partem momentum habere, influence, Cs.: nullum momentum in dando regno facere, decisive influence, L.: magnum attulit nostris ad salutem momentum, contributed largely, Cs.: cave quicquam habeat momenti gratia, influence: perpendens momenta officiorum, motives: parva momenta in spem metumque inpellere animos, trifling occasions, L.: momenta potentia, motives, O.: praebe nostrae momenta saluti, promote, O.: levi momento aestimare, prize lightly, Cs.: nullius momenti apud exercitum futurum, N.: levioris momenti consultatio, unimportant, L.: res maximi ad omnia momenti, L.: iuvenis, maximum momentum rerum civitatis, a power in the state, L.* * *moment, importance, influence; motion, movement; impulse, effort -
5 certāmen
certāmen inis, n [certo], a decisive contest, measuring of forces, struggle, strife, dispute, dissension, rivalry, competition: inter clarissimos duces: de urbis possessione: cum alqo: regni, L.: nostrum: certamina domi finita, civil dissensions, L.: inter mortalīs vine an virtute, etc., S.: certamina divitiarum, H. — A battle, fight, struggle, combat, engagement: ubi res ad certamen venit, S.: in certamine ipso, L.: medio in certamine, V.: ita vario certamine pugnatum est, such were the changing aspects of the battle, Cs.: humanum, between men, L.: pari certamine geri, with equal numbers, Cs.: pugnae, O.: navale, V.: non temptato certamine, L.: me in certamina poscere, challenge, V. — A trial, race, match, contest, struggle: gladiatorium: Instituit celebri certamine ludos, O.: celebrata sancto certamina patri, V.: cursūs, O.: equus certamine primus, H.: ponam certamina classis, make a match, V.: Velocis iaculi certamina ponit, V.—Meton., rivalry, competition, emulation, ambition, zeal: honoris et gloriae: pugna mediocri certamine commissa: olli certamine summo Procumbunt, V.: magni certaminis dimicatio, L.— A prize: tanti certaminis heres, O.* * *contest, competition; battle, combat, struggle; rivalry; (matter in) dispute -
6 criticus
criticus ī, m, κριτικόσ, a judge, critic, C., H.* * *Icritica, criticum ADJcritical; decisiveII -
7 dē-certō
dē-certō āvī, ātus, āre. — In battle, to go through a contest, fight out: pari condicione belli secum, Cs.: proelio, fight a decisive battle, Cs.: proeliis cum acerrimis nationibus: vi contra vim: armis pro meā salute: ferro in ultima, O.: manu: de imperio in Italiā.—In gen., to contend, strive, dispute, vie: non disceptando decertandum, armis fuit dimicandum: cum consulibus: Africus Decertans Aquilonibus, H. -
8 potestās
potestās ātis, f [potis].—Of persons, ability, power, capacity, force: in se potestatem habere tantae astutiae, such a power of craftiness, T.: aut potestas defuit aut facultas.—Of things, efficacy, force, virtue: potestates herbarum, V.— A power of choice, control, determination: vitae necisque, S.: beneficiorum tribuendorum: quasi non ea potestas sit tua, ut facias, T.: non esse in nostrā potestate, quin illa eveniant: esse in senatūs populique R. potestate: familiam in potestate habere, keep in slavery, L.: esse in suā potestate, one's own master, N.: eā de re ius ac potestas, jurisdiction and authority, L.— Self-control, self-command: qui exisse ex potestate dicuntur... quia non sunt in potestate mentis.— Sovereignty, public authority, sway, power, dominion, rule, empire: ut imperandi ius potestatemque habeat, legal and military supremacy: Thessaliam in potestatem Thebanorum redigere, N.— Magisterial power, authority, office, magistracy: praetoria: ut bonā ratione emerit, nihil pro potestate, i. e. by official pressure: ita potestatem gerere, ut, etc., so to administer the office.—Power, ability, possibility, opportunity: liberius vivendi, T.: quotiens mihi certorum hominum potestas erit, whenever I find men on whom I can rely: si quid dicere vellet, feci potestatem, i. e. accorded permission: quae potestas si mihi saepius fiet, utar, shall present itself: ut respondendi tibi potestatem faciam: omnium mihi litterarum fieri potestatem oportere, must be allowed access to: potestatem sui facere, allow themselves to be spoken to: facere omnibus conveniendi sui potestatem, admit to an audience: decernendi potestatem Pompeio fecit, an opportunity for a decisive engagement, Cs.: sui potestatem facere, opportunity to fight, Cs.: potestas, virtutem vestram ostendere, L.: Non fugis, dum praecipitare potestas, V.— A person in office, public officer, magistrate, ruler: ab aliquā potestate legitimā evocatus, by some lawful authority: imperia et potestates, military and civil officers: mavis Fidenarum esse potestas, Iu.: hominum rerumque aeterna, i. e. Jupiter, V.* * *power, rule, force; strength, ability; chance, opportunity -
9 crisimus
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10 decertator
champion; he who goes through a decisive contest -
11 decisivus
decisiva, decisivum ADJdecisive; deciding -
12 decisorius
decisoria, decisorium ADJdecisive; deciding -
13 decretorius
decretoria, decretorium ADJdecisive, critical; leading/belonging to a decision/definitive sentence (L+S) -
14 cardo
cardo, ĭnis, m. [cf. kradê, a swing; kradainô, to swing, wave; Sanscr. kurd, a spring, a leap; old Germ. hrad, lively, and Germ. reit in bereit, ready] (f., Gracch. ap. Prisc. p. 683 P.; Graius ap. Non. p. 202, 20; cf. infra in Vitr.), the pivot and socket, upon which a door was made to swing at the lintel and the threshold, the hinge of a door or gate, Enn. Trag. 119 Vahl.:B.paene ecfregisti foribus cardines,
Plaut. Am. 4, 2, 6; id. As. 2, 3, 8:postis a cardine vellit Aeratos,
Verg. A. 2, 480:cardo stridebat,
id. ib. 1, 449; cf. id. Cir. 222:num muttit cardo?
Plaut. Curc. 1, 1, 94:immoti,
Plin. 16, 43, 84, § 230:singuli,
id. 36, 15, 24, § 117:facili patuerunt cardine valvae,
Juv. 4, 63:versato cardine Thisbe Egreditur,
opening the door, Ov. M. 4, 93; cf. Verg. A. 3, 448:nec strepitum verso Saturnia cardine fecit,
Ov. M. 14, 782 al. —Meton.1.Cardines, in mechanics, beams that were fitted together; and specifically, cardo masculus, a tenon, Vitr. 9, 6, and cardo femina, a socket, a mortise, id. 9, 6:b.cardo securiclatus,
axeshaped tenon, a dovetail, id. 10, 15, 3.— Hence,In garlands, the place where the two ends meet, Plin. 21, 4, 10, § 18.—2.In astron., the point about which something turns, a pole. So of the North pole:II.caeli,
Varr. R. R. 1, 2, 4:mundi,
Plin. 4, 12, 26, § 89; cf.: extremusque adeo duplici de cardine vertex Dicitur esse polus, Cic. poët. N. D. 2, 41, 105; Ov. P. 2, 10, 45; Stat. Th. 1, 349:cardo glacialis ursae,
Sen. Herc. Fur. 1139:Arctoae cardo portae,
Stat. Th. 7, 35;hence anal. to this, with the agrimensores,
the line limiting the field, drawn through from north to south, Plin. 18, 33, 76, § 326; 17, 22, 35, § 169; cf. Fest. s. v. decimanus, p. 71 Müll., and accordingly the mountain Taurus is called cardo, i. e. line or limit, Liv. 37, 54, 23; cf. id. 40, 18, 8; 41, 1, 3.—Of the four cardinal points of the world, Quint. 12, 10, 67; so, Hesperius Eous, Luc. 5, 71; Stat. Th. 1, 157:occiduus,
Luc. 4, 672:medius,
id. 4, 673.— Of the earth as the centre of the universe, acc. to the belief of the ancients, Plin. 2, 64, 64, § 160; 2, 9, 6, § 44.—Of the intersection of inclined surfaces:reperiuntur (aquae)... quodam convexitatis cardine aut montium radicibus,
Plin. 31, 3, 26, § 43.—Of the summer solstice:anni,
Plin. 18, 28, 68, § 264; and so of the epochs of the different seasons:temporum,
id. 18, 25, 58, § 218; 18, 25, 59, § 220.—Hence, of the time of life:extremus,
old age, Luc. 7, 381.—Trop., that on which every thing else turns or depends, the chief point or circumstance (so not before the Aug. per.):haud tanto cessabit cardine rerum,
at such a turn of affairs, so great a crisis, in so critical a moment, decisive, Verg. A. 1, 672 (hoc est in articulo, Serv.; cf. Isid. Orig. 15, 7, 6; Gr. akmê):fatorum in cardine summo,
Stat. Th. 10, 853: litium. Quint. 12, 8, 2:causae,
id. 5, 12, 3:satellitem in quo totius dominationis summa quasi quodam cardine continetur,
Val. Max. 3, 3, ext. 5:unum eligamus in quo est summum ac principale, in quo totius sapientiae cardo versatur,
Lact. 3, 7, 6. -
15 crisimus
crĭsĭmus, a, um, adj., = krisimos, decisive, critical: dies, the day of a crisis, in disease, Cael. Aur. Acut. 1, 14, 108; Censor. 14, 9. -
16 criticus
I.Adj., only as a medic. t. t. (cf. crisimus), decisive, critical:II.accessio morbi,
Aug. Conf. 6, 1 fin. —More frequent, -
17 decertatio
dēcertātĭo, ōnis, f. [decerto], the decision of a dispute, a decisive conflict or contest:rerum omnium,
Cic. Phil. 11, 9, 21; cf. Cod. Theod. 7, 20, 2, § 2. -
18 decertator
dēcertātor, ōris, m. [id.], he who goes through a decisive contest, a champion:veritatis,
Cassiod. Hist. Eccl. 3, 16 and 34. -
19 decerto
dē-certo, āvi, ātum, 1, v. n. and a., to go through a decisive contest, to fight it out (but certare, to fight, without reference to the result. But the difference was not strictly observed. Thus Caesar uses often —15 times— decertare, but never certare; Sallust only the latter; and Cicero the two indifferently; cf.: decerno, I. B. and no. II. inf.).I.In the milit. sphere.(α).With abl.:(β).proelio decertare,
Caes. B. C. 1, 50, 4; so id. ib. 7, 77, 8; id. B. C. 1, 81, 5; 3, 37; 44; cf.:proeliis cum acerrimis nationibus,
Cic. Prov. Cons. 13, 33:pugnā,
Caes. B. G. 3, 23, 7:cum civibus armis,
id. B. C. 3, 19;so ferro in ultima,
Ov. M. 14, 804:cornu cum mare (aries),
id. F. 4, 101:manu,
Cic. Off. 1, 23 fin. —Without abl.:B.ut (Pompeium) pari condicione belli secum decertare cogeret,
Caes. B. C. 3, 78, 3;so cum toto exercitu,
Hirt. B. G. 8, 7, 6:iterum paratum esse decertare,
Caes. B. G. 1, 44, 9; so absol., id. ib. 2, 10; id. B. C. 2, 6; Tac. H. 2, 33 al.; Vulg. Johan. 18, 36: de salute omnium, Auct. B. Alex. 16, 3.— Pass. impers.:cum duobus ducibus de imperio in Italia decertatum est,
Cic. Lael. 8 fin.; Auct. B. Alex. 16, 6; Auct. B. Afr. 19 fin. —Poet. like certo (v. h. v, no. I. fin.) as v. a., to fill with strife or contention, to fight for, to achieve by fighting, contending:II.regna profanis decertata odiis,
Stat. Th. 1, 2:ventis decertata aequora,
id. ib. 479:decertati labores,
Claud. Laud. Stil. 1, 21; cf.:Artemisia certamen laudibus ejus dicundis facit... ad eas laudes decertandas venisse dicuntur viri,
Gell. 10, 18, 5.Beyond the milit. sphere, to contend: erat non jure, non legibus, non disceptando decertandum;* B.armis fuit dimicandum,
Cic. Planc. 36: decertare contentione dicendi, to contend, to strive, to vie with one, id. Phil. 2, 1, 2; cf.:tanta contentione cum consulibus,
id. Fam. 5, 8:and, inter se,
id. Fin. 5, 2, 5:cum sint duo genera decertandi, unum per disceptationem, alterum per vim,
Cic. Off. 1, 11, 34; in the gymnasium, ludicra virginum inter se [p. 519] decertantium, Mela, 1, 7, 4.—Poet. of inanimate subjects: Africus Decertans Aquilonibus, * Hor. Od. 1, 3, 13. -
20 decretorius
dēcrētōrĭus, a, um, adj. [id.], belonging to a decision, decisive (post-Aug.):non accedit ad decretorium stilum,
i. e. to a definitive sentence, Sen. Clem. 1, 14:intrepidus horam illam decretoriam (viz., the hour of death) prospice,
id. Ep. 102 med.; so,dies,
Plin. 18, 29, 69, § 288; cf. id. 18, 28, 68, § 272:arma,
Sen. Ep. 117 med.; so Quint. 10, 5, 20:pugna,
id. 6, 4, 6.
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