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  • 1 desero

    1.
    dē-sĕro, no perf., sĭtum, 3, v. a., to sow, plant:

    desitis seminibus,

    Varr. R. R. 1, 23, 6.
    2.
    dē-sĕro, rŭi, rtum, 3, v. a. Lit., to undo or sever one's connection with another; hence, with esp. reference to the latter, to leave, forsake, abandon, desert, give up (cf. derelinquere; more restricted in signif. than relinquere, which denotes, in general, to depart from, to leave any one. Deserere, orig. in milit. lang., implies a cowardly running away; frequently used with prodere; also in the flg. phrase: deserere vitam; and later, absol. in the sense of to desert, etc.; cf. also: linquere, destituere, deficere, discedere—freq. and class.).
    I.
    Lit.
    A.
    In gen.:

    ut jurent omnes, se exercitum ducesque non deserturos neque prodituros,

    Caes. B. C. 1, 76, 2; cf. id. ib. 2, 32, 7:

    deseritur a suis Varus,

    id. ib. 1, 13, 3; cf. id. ib. 1, 15, 3; id. B. G. 5, 3, 6 al.:

    pignus,

    Plaut. Capt. 2, 3, 75 et saep.:

    te amantem non deseram,

    id. Ps. 1, 1, 101; cf. id. Mil. 4, 8, 53 et saep.:

    cum amici partim deseruerint me, partim etiam prodiderint,

    Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 3, 5:

    me deseruisti ac dereliquisti,

    id. Planc. 5, 13; cf. id. Verr. 2, 3, 51, and v. the foll.:

    Avaricum,

    Caes. B. G. 7, 30, 2; cf.:

    cunctis oppidis castellisque desertis,

    id. ib. 2, 29:

    fratrem ne desere frater,

    Verg. A. 10, 600:

    thalamos ne desere pactos,

    id. ib. 10, 649:

    bellum,

    Just. 5, 2, 10:

    victoriam,

    id. 14, 3, 6:

    milites insepultos,

    Curt. 5, 13, 3:

    metu locum,

    Tac. A. 1, 65 et saep.—
    B.
    Absol., in milit. lang., to desert, Nep. Eum. 5, 1; Sen. de Ira, 2, 10, 1; Tac. A. 13, 35; Quint. 9, 2, 85; Amm. Marc. 31, 7, 4; Dig. 49, 16, 3, § 7 sq. al.—
    II.
    Trop., to leave, desert, abandon:

    Petreius non deserit sese, armat familiam, etc.,

    Caes. B. C. 1, 75, 2:

    suum jus,

    Cic. Caecin. 35 fin.; cf.:

    desertarum derelictarumque rerum patrocinium suscipere,

    id. N. D. 1, 5, 11:

    preces, promissa, spem, obsecrationem et fideles litteras alicujus,

    id. Att. 3, 19, 2:

    causam,

    id. Sull. 20, 58; cf.:

    desertam ac proditam causam queri,

    Liv. 2, 54:

    ullam officii partem,

    Cic. Fin. 1, 7, 24; cf.

    officium (with praetermittere defensionem),

    id. Off. 1, 9: susceptum officium, Caes. B. C. 3, 18:

    vitam,

    Cic. Sest. 22 fin.; cf. id. de Sen. 20, 72:

    deditionem,

    Sall. J. 70, 1:

    studia sapientiae,

    Quint. 12, 2, 8:

    viam virtutis,

    Hor. Od. 3, 24, 44:

    vestigia Graeca,

    id. A. P. 287:

    fastidiosam copiam,

    id. Od. 3, 29, 9.—
    2.
    Esp., leg. t. t.:

    vadimonia deserere,

    to forfeit recognizance, fail to appear, Cic. Cat. 2, 3, 5; id. Quint. 23, 75 et saep.—So absol.:

    deserui, tempestatibus impeditus,

    Quint. 3, 6, 78.—
    B.
    Of subjects not personal, to fail, forsake, etc.:

    genua hunc cursorem deserunt,

    Plaut. Merc. 1, 2, 13; cf.:

    aliquem corpus, vires,

    Tac. A. 6, 50:

    donec te deseret aetas,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 20, 10:

    me lucerna,

    Cic. Att. 7, 7 fin.:

    fama Curium Fabricium,

    id. Tusc. 1, 46, § 110; cf.:

    nec facundia deseret hunc nec lucidus ordo,

    Hor. A. P. 41 et saep.— Poet.:

    mensa deserit toros,

    is removed from, Ov. H. 12, 52.— Pass.:

    deseremur potius a re familiari, quam a republica,

    Cic. Att. 16, 3; cf. Caes. B. G. 5, 34, 2; Cic. Att. 3, 15:

    a tribunitia voce,

    id. Clu. 40, 110; Vell. 2, 80; Just. 2, 4, 29 al.; and poet. with simple abl.:

    deseror conjuge,

    Ov. H. 12, 161; Prop. 2, 7, 17:

    desertus viribus leo,

    Phaedr. 1, 21, 3; Stat. Th. 4, 707; cf.

    suis,

    Tac. A. 3, 20 fin.; Suet. Cal. 12.— With gen.:

    deserta natorum,

    Stat. Th. 5, 608.—Hence, dēsertus, a, um, P. a., deserted; esp. of places, desert, solitary, waste.
    A.
    Adj. (cf.:

    vastus, inanis, solitarius): in locis desertis,

    Caes. B. G. 5, 53, 4:

    urbes dirutae ac pene desertae,

    Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 8:

    deserta via et inculta,

    id. Cael. 18:

    frequens an desertus locus,

    Quint. 5, 10, 37:

    terra,

    Vulg. Lev. 26, 33 et saep.—Of objects in solitary places:

    stipes,

    Tib. 1, 1, 12 (21 M.):

    arbores,

    Prop. 1, 20, 36.— Subst.: dē-serta, ae, f., the abandoned wife:

    multi filii desertae,

    Vulg. Gal. 4, 27.— Comp.:

    reditus desertior,

    Cic. Pis. 23, 55:

    nihil turpius ac desertius,

    id. Q. Fr. 3, 1, 5.— Sup.:

    orae desertissimae,

    id. Sest. 22, 50:

    solitudo,

    id. Verr. 2, 5, 67 al. —
    B.
    Since the Aug. per. subst.: dēserta, ōrum, n., desert places, deserts, wastes, Verg. E. 6, 81; id. G. 3, 342; Plin. 5, 4, 4, § 26 al.—With gen.:

    Libyae deserta,

    Verg. A. 1, 384; so id. G. 3, 291; Front. Strat. 1, 7, 7; Vulg. Isa. 52, 9 al.—In sing.: dēsertum, i, n. (eccl. Lat.):

    in deserto,

    Prud. Apoth. 774; Hier. Ep. 125, 2; Vulg. Num. 1, 1; Luc. 3, 2 et saep.

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  • 2 deserta

    1.
    dē-sĕro, no perf., sĭtum, 3, v. a., to sow, plant:

    desitis seminibus,

    Varr. R. R. 1, 23, 6.
    2.
    dē-sĕro, rŭi, rtum, 3, v. a. Lit., to undo or sever one's connection with another; hence, with esp. reference to the latter, to leave, forsake, abandon, desert, give up (cf. derelinquere; more restricted in signif. than relinquere, which denotes, in general, to depart from, to leave any one. Deserere, orig. in milit. lang., implies a cowardly running away; frequently used with prodere; also in the flg. phrase: deserere vitam; and later, absol. in the sense of to desert, etc.; cf. also: linquere, destituere, deficere, discedere—freq. and class.).
    I.
    Lit.
    A.
    In gen.:

    ut jurent omnes, se exercitum ducesque non deserturos neque prodituros,

    Caes. B. C. 1, 76, 2; cf. id. ib. 2, 32, 7:

    deseritur a suis Varus,

    id. ib. 1, 13, 3; cf. id. ib. 1, 15, 3; id. B. G. 5, 3, 6 al.:

    pignus,

    Plaut. Capt. 2, 3, 75 et saep.:

    te amantem non deseram,

    id. Ps. 1, 1, 101; cf. id. Mil. 4, 8, 53 et saep.:

    cum amici partim deseruerint me, partim etiam prodiderint,

    Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 3, 5:

    me deseruisti ac dereliquisti,

    id. Planc. 5, 13; cf. id. Verr. 2, 3, 51, and v. the foll.:

    Avaricum,

    Caes. B. G. 7, 30, 2; cf.:

    cunctis oppidis castellisque desertis,

    id. ib. 2, 29:

    fratrem ne desere frater,

    Verg. A. 10, 600:

    thalamos ne desere pactos,

    id. ib. 10, 649:

    bellum,

    Just. 5, 2, 10:

    victoriam,

    id. 14, 3, 6:

    milites insepultos,

    Curt. 5, 13, 3:

    metu locum,

    Tac. A. 1, 65 et saep.—
    B.
    Absol., in milit. lang., to desert, Nep. Eum. 5, 1; Sen. de Ira, 2, 10, 1; Tac. A. 13, 35; Quint. 9, 2, 85; Amm. Marc. 31, 7, 4; Dig. 49, 16, 3, § 7 sq. al.—
    II.
    Trop., to leave, desert, abandon:

    Petreius non deserit sese, armat familiam, etc.,

    Caes. B. C. 1, 75, 2:

    suum jus,

    Cic. Caecin. 35 fin.; cf.:

    desertarum derelictarumque rerum patrocinium suscipere,

    id. N. D. 1, 5, 11:

    preces, promissa, spem, obsecrationem et fideles litteras alicujus,

    id. Att. 3, 19, 2:

    causam,

    id. Sull. 20, 58; cf.:

    desertam ac proditam causam queri,

    Liv. 2, 54:

    ullam officii partem,

    Cic. Fin. 1, 7, 24; cf.

    officium (with praetermittere defensionem),

    id. Off. 1, 9: susceptum officium, Caes. B. C. 3, 18:

    vitam,

    Cic. Sest. 22 fin.; cf. id. de Sen. 20, 72:

    deditionem,

    Sall. J. 70, 1:

    studia sapientiae,

    Quint. 12, 2, 8:

    viam virtutis,

    Hor. Od. 3, 24, 44:

    vestigia Graeca,

    id. A. P. 287:

    fastidiosam copiam,

    id. Od. 3, 29, 9.—
    2.
    Esp., leg. t. t.:

    vadimonia deserere,

    to forfeit recognizance, fail to appear, Cic. Cat. 2, 3, 5; id. Quint. 23, 75 et saep.—So absol.:

    deserui, tempestatibus impeditus,

    Quint. 3, 6, 78.—
    B.
    Of subjects not personal, to fail, forsake, etc.:

    genua hunc cursorem deserunt,

    Plaut. Merc. 1, 2, 13; cf.:

    aliquem corpus, vires,

    Tac. A. 6, 50:

    donec te deseret aetas,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 20, 10:

    me lucerna,

    Cic. Att. 7, 7 fin.:

    fama Curium Fabricium,

    id. Tusc. 1, 46, § 110; cf.:

    nec facundia deseret hunc nec lucidus ordo,

    Hor. A. P. 41 et saep.— Poet.:

    mensa deserit toros,

    is removed from, Ov. H. 12, 52.— Pass.:

    deseremur potius a re familiari, quam a republica,

    Cic. Att. 16, 3; cf. Caes. B. G. 5, 34, 2; Cic. Att. 3, 15:

    a tribunitia voce,

    id. Clu. 40, 110; Vell. 2, 80; Just. 2, 4, 29 al.; and poet. with simple abl.:

    deseror conjuge,

    Ov. H. 12, 161; Prop. 2, 7, 17:

    desertus viribus leo,

    Phaedr. 1, 21, 3; Stat. Th. 4, 707; cf.

    suis,

    Tac. A. 3, 20 fin.; Suet. Cal. 12.— With gen.:

    deserta natorum,

    Stat. Th. 5, 608.—Hence, dēsertus, a, um, P. a., deserted; esp. of places, desert, solitary, waste.
    A.
    Adj. (cf.:

    vastus, inanis, solitarius): in locis desertis,

    Caes. B. G. 5, 53, 4:

    urbes dirutae ac pene desertae,

    Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 8:

    deserta via et inculta,

    id. Cael. 18:

    frequens an desertus locus,

    Quint. 5, 10, 37:

    terra,

    Vulg. Lev. 26, 33 et saep.—Of objects in solitary places:

    stipes,

    Tib. 1, 1, 12 (21 M.):

    arbores,

    Prop. 1, 20, 36.— Subst.: dē-serta, ae, f., the abandoned wife:

    multi filii desertae,

    Vulg. Gal. 4, 27.— Comp.:

    reditus desertior,

    Cic. Pis. 23, 55:

    nihil turpius ac desertius,

    id. Q. Fr. 3, 1, 5.— Sup.:

    orae desertissimae,

    id. Sest. 22, 50:

    solitudo,

    id. Verr. 2, 5, 67 al. —
    B.
    Since the Aug. per. subst.: dēserta, ōrum, n., desert places, deserts, wastes, Verg. E. 6, 81; id. G. 3, 342; Plin. 5, 4, 4, § 26 al.—With gen.:

    Libyae deserta,

    Verg. A. 1, 384; so id. G. 3, 291; Front. Strat. 1, 7, 7; Vulg. Isa. 52, 9 al.—In sing.: dēsertum, i, n. (eccl. Lat.):

    in deserto,

    Prud. Apoth. 774; Hier. Ep. 125, 2; Vulg. Num. 1, 1; Luc. 3, 2 et saep.

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  • 3 dēficiō

        dēficiō fēcī, fectus, ere （ fut perf. defexit, old form. in L.—Pass., usu. deficior; dēfit, T., Enn. ap. C., V.; dēfierī, T.; dēfīet, L.)    [de + facio].— Intrans, to withdraw, revolt, desert, fall off: civitates quae defecerant, Cs.: milites ne deficerent, S.: ab Aeduis, Cs.: a re p.: a patribus ad plebem, to go over, L.: ad Poenos, desert, L. — Of things, to be wanting, be absent, fail, cease, disappear, be lost, run out: non frumentum deficere poterat, Cs.: ex arboribus frons, Cs.: ne (mihi) vox viresque deficerent: non deficiente crumenā, H.: ne Deficeret navis, be overwhelmed, V.: quod plena luna defecisset, was eclipsed: ignem Deficere videbat, dying out, V.: quā deficit ignis, ceases to destroy, V.: Deficit ars, is exhausted, O.: nil apud me tibi defieri patiar, T.: Lac mihi non aestate novum defit, V.: nunquamne causa defiet, cur, etc.? L. — Of persons, to fail, sink, faint, be insufficient, be missing: quod multi Gallicis tot bellis defecerant, had been lost, Cs.: siquid deficias, i. e. need aid, T.: deficientibus animis, L.: O dubiis ne defice rebus, fail (me) in perplexity, V.— To fail, be bankrupt: Matho deficit, Iu.: te memorare, cease, Tb.—Fig., to withdraw, depart, forsake, be parted, abandon, desert: a virtute: si utilitas ab amicitiā defecerit.— To fail, be wanting, fall short: animo, be disheartened, Cs.: ne unā plagā acceptā patres deficerent: in limine primo, V.: illis legibus populus R. prior non deficiet, si prior defexit, etc., prove false, violate, L. (old form.): neque comminus pugnando deficiebant, Cs.— Trans, to leave, desert, fail, abandon (of things): cum vires nostros deficerent, Cs.: me Leontina civitas: me vox, latera deficiant, si, etc.: cum deficit orbom (Sol), is eclipsed, O.: sol defectus lumine, Tb.: si quem proles defecerit omnis, i. e. perish, V.: cum aquilifer a viribus deficeretur, Cs.: mulier ratione deficitur: animo defici, Cu.: defecta vigore cervix, O.: nec me deficiet rogitare, etc., nor will I fail, Pr.
    * * *
    I
    deficere, defeci, defectus V INTRANS
    fail/falter; run short/out; grow weak/faint; come to end; revolt/rebel, defect; pass away; become extinct, die/fade out; subside/sink; suffer eclipse, wane
    II
    deficere, defeci, defectus V TRANS
    fail, disappoint, let down; leave without a sufficiency; cease to be available; (PASS) be left without/wanting, lack; have shortcomings; L:come to nothing

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  • 4 dēsertus

        dēsertus adj. with comp. and sup.    [P. of desero], deserted, desert, solitary, lonely, waste: angiportus, T.: anus, T.: planities penuriā aquae, S.: loca, Cs.: urbes: via: portūs, V.: vetustas, long disuse, H.: reditus desertior: nihil desertius: orae desertissimae: solitudo.— Plur n. as subst, desert places, deserts, wastes: Libyae deserta, V.: ferarum, the lonely haunts, V.
    * * *
    deserta -um, desertior -or -us, desertissimus -a -um ADJ
    deserted, uninhabited, without people; solitary/lonely; forsaken; desert/waste

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  • 5 defecti

    dē-fĭcĭo, fēci, fectum, 3 ( perf. subj.: defexit, an old formula in Liv. 1, 24 fin., see below, no. III. fin. In the pass., besides the regular form deficior, ante- and postclass., once in Verg., Propert., and Livy, like fīo, eri: defit, Enn. ap. Cic. Tusc. 3, 19; Plaut. Mil. 4, 6, 46; Ter. Eun. 2, 2, 12; Lucr. 2, 1142; Verg. E. 2, 22; Prop. 1, 1, 34:

    deflunt,

    Gell. 20, 8, 5:

    defiat,

    Plaut. Men. 1, 4, 3; id. Rud. 4, 4, 63:

    defiet,

    Liv. 9, 11:

    defieri,

    Ter. Hec. 5, 2, 2; cf. conficio init.), v. a. and n. [facio], orig., to loosen, set free, remove from; but it passed over at a very early period into the middle sense, to loosen from one's self, to remove one's self, to break loose from; and then gradually assumed the character of a new verb. act., with the meaning to leave, desert, [p. 530] depart from something, or absol., to depart, cease, fail. (For syn. cf.: desum, absum, descisco, negligo.)
    I.
    Act. in the middle sense, to remove one's self, separate one's self, to withdraw (cf. the Greek aphistanai).—Hence, to forsake, desert, abandon, revolt.
    A.
    Lit.:

    ab amicitia P. R.,

    Caes. B. G. 5, 3, 3; 7, 39, 3:

    ab Aeduis,

    id. ib. 2, 14, 3:

    ab rege,

    Sall. J. 56, 3; cf. ib. 66:

    (consules) a senatu, a republica, a bonis omnibus defecerant,

    Cic. Planc. 35; cf.:

    a republica,

    id. Cat. 11, 28; id. Fam. 12, 10; id. Sull. 12, 35:

    ab imperio ac nomine nostro,

    id. Verr. 2, 1, 31 et saep.:

    a patribus ad plebem,

    to go over, Liv. 6, 20:

    ad se,

    Sall. J. 61; cf.:

    ad Poenos,

    Liv. 22, 61.— Absol.:

    civitates quae defecerant,

    Caes. B. G. 3, 17, 2; 5, 25, 4; 7, 10 al.—
    B.
    Trop.:

    si a virtute defeceris,

    forsake, Cic. Lael. 11, 37:

    si utilitas ab amicitia defecerit,

    id. Fin. 2, 24, 79:

    ut a me ipse deficerem,

    id. Fam. 2, 16.—Hence,
    II.
    As a verb. act., to leave a person or thing, to desert, to fail, forsake, be wanting to (of things;

    very rarely of personal subjects): quem jam sanguis viresque deficiunt,

    Caes. B. G. 7, 50 fin.; so,

    vires,

    id. B. C. 3, 99 fin.; Cic. de Or. 1, 45, 199:

    me Leontina civitas,

    id. Verr. 2, 3, 46, § 110; id. ib. 2, 5, 28 fin.; Hor. S. 2, 1, 13 et saep.:

    res eos jam pridem, fides deficere nuper coepit,

    Cic. Cat. 2, 5, 10:

    me dies, vox, latera deficiant, si, etc.,

    id. Verr. 2, 2, 21 (imitated word for word, Plin. Ep. 3, 9, 9); cf.:

    ne te de republica disserentem deficiat oratio,

    Cic. Rep. 1, 23; and:

    tempus te citius quam oratio deficeret,

    id. Rosc. Am. 32:

    animus si te non deficit aequus,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 11, 30:

    somnus sollicitas domus,

    Tib. 3, 4, 20: genitor Phaethontis orbem, i. e. is eclipsed (cf. III. B. infra), Ov. M. 2, 382.— Poet. with a subject-clause: nec me deficiet nautas rogitare citatos, i. e. I will not cease, etc. Prop. 1, 8, 23 Kuin.—
    b.
    Pass.:

    cum aquilifer jam viribus deficeretur,

    Caes. B. C. 3, 64, 3; cf.:

    mulier a menstruis defecta,

    Cels. 2, 8 fin.:

    mulier abundat audacia, consilio et ratione deficitur,

    Cic. Clu. 65, 184:

    aqua ciboque defecti,

    Quint. 3, 8, 23; Plin. Ep. 2, 17, 25:

    sanguine defecti artus,

    Ov. M. 5, 96 et saep.:

    si qui dotem promisit defectus sit facultatibus,

    i. e. unable to pay, Dig. 23, 3, 33; cf.:

    te defecta nomina,

    ib. 22, 1, 11 fin. —
    III.
    Middle or neuter, to run out, be wanting, fail, cease, disappear.
    A.
    Middle (mostly ante-class. and poet.).
    (α).
    With dat.: mihi fortuna magis nunc defit, quam genus, Enn. ap. Cic. Tusc. 3, 19; Ter. Hec. 5, 2, 2:

    lac mihi non aestate novum, non frigore defit,

    Verg. E. 2, 22.—
    (β).
    Absol.:

    neque opsonium defiat neque supersit,

    Plaut. Men. 1, 4, 3;

    so opp. superesse,

    Ter. Ph. 1, 3, 10:

    ut defiat dies,

    Plaut. Rud. 4, 4, 63: id. Mil. 4, 6, 46:

    numquamne causa defiet, cur? etc.,

    Liv. 9, 11.— Trop.:

    defectis (sc. animo) defensoribus,

    disheartened, Caes. B. C. 3, 40, 3:

    sed non usque eo defectum Germanicum,

    weakened, Tac. A. 2, 70; cf. in the foll. no. B. b.—
    B.
    Neuter.
    (α).
    With dat. (so rarely; mostly poet.):

    cum non solum vires, sed etiam tela nostris deficerent,

    Caes. B. G. 3, 5, 1;

    so perh.: vires nostris,

    id. B. C. 2, 41, 7 (al. nostros); Sil. 8, 661 Oud. N. cr.; cf. id. 10, 10, 193; and Stat. Ach. 1, 445.—
    (β).
    Absol. (freq. in all periods and kinds of composition):

    non frumentum deficere poterat,

    Caes. B. C. 2, 37 fin.; cf.:

    fructus ex arboribus,

    id. ib. 3, 58 fin.:

    ejus generis copia,

    id. B. G. 6, 16 fin.:

    tempus anni ad bellum gerendum,

    id. ib. 4, 20, 2:

    vereor, ne mihi crimina non suppeterent, ne oratio deesset, ne vox viresque deficerent,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 11:

    nisi memoria forte defecerit,

    id. Fin. 2, 14, 44; id. Rep. 1, 3:

    non deficiente crumena,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 4, 11 et saep.; Juv. 11, 38:

    quod plena luna defecisset,

    was eclipsed, Cic. Rep. 1, 15; cf.:

    solem lunae oppositum solere deficere,

    id. ib. 1, 16 al.; also simply to set:

    qua venit exoriens, qua deficit,

    Prop. 4, 4, 27: lunā deficiente, waning (opp. crescente), Gell. 20, 8, 5; of fire and light, to go out, expire, become extinct:

    ignis,

    Verg. G. 352:

    lumen,

    Petr. 111, 4:

    progenies Caesarum in Nerone deficit,

    becomes extinct, dies out, Suet. Galb. 1; cf. Plin. Pan. 39, 6; Just. 7, 2, 4; Sen. Suas. 2, 22;

    but deficit ignis,

    does not extend, Verg. A. 2, 505:

    in hac voce defecit,

    he departed, expired, Suet. Aug. 99; Quint. 6 prooem. § 11: deficit omne quod nascitur, comes to an end, Quint. 5, 10, 79; cf.:

    mundum deficere,

    id. ib.:

    deficit vita,

    Plaut. Asin. 3, 3, 19;

    quod multi Gallicis tot bellis defecerant,

    had been lost, Caes. B. C. 3, 2 fin.:

    ultima jam passi comites bello Deficiunt,

    grow faint, Ov. M. 14, 483:

    deficit Matho,

    fails, becomes bankrupt, Juv. 7, 129:

    debitores,

    Dig. 49, 14, 3, § 8:

    munimenta defecerant,

    yielded, surrendered, Curt. 4, 4, 19.— Trop.:

    ne negotio desisteret neu animo deficeret,

    nor be disheartened, Caes. B. C. 3, 112 fin.; so,

    animo,

    id. B. G. 7, 30; id. B. C. 1, 19; 2, 43; Cic. Rosc. Am. 4, 10;

    for which, ne deficiant (apes) animum,

    Varr. R. R. 3, 16, 34; and in a like sense absol.:

    ne una plaga accepta patres conscripti conciderent, ne deficerent,

    Cic. Att. 1, 16, 9; so Caes. B. C. 2, 31 fin.; Sall. J. 51, 4:

    deficit ars,

    Ov. M. 11, 537: illis legibus populus Romanus prior non deficiet: si prior defexit publico consilio dolo malo, tu illo die, Juppiter, etc., to depart from, violate the conditions of a treaty, an old formula used in taking an oath, Liv. 1, 24 fin.:

    pugnando deficere,

    i. e. to be deficient, wanting, Caes. B. C. 2, 6, 3; cf. poet. with foll. inf.:

    suppeditare Materies,

    Lucr. 1, 1039; Sil. 3, 112; Tib. 4, 1, 191.— Hence, dēfectus, a, um, P. a. (acc. to no. III.), weak, weakened, worn out, enfeebled (not ante-Aug.):

    quod sibi defectis illa tulisset opem,

    Ov. F. 3, 674:

    defectus annis et desertus viribus,

    Phaedr. 1, 21, 3; cf.:

    defectissimus annis et viribus,

    Col. 1 prooem. §

    12: senio (arbor),

    id. 5, 6, 37:

    laboribus,

    Val. Fl. 2, 285:

    vadit incerto pede, jam viribus defecta,

    Sen. Hippol. 374:

    defectae senectutis homine,

    Dig. 7, 1, 12, § 3:

    in tumidis et globosis (speculis) omnia defectiora (corresp. with paria and auctiora),

    smaller, App. Mag. p. 283.— Plur. subst.: dēfecti, ōrum, m.:

    sidera obscura attributa defectis,

    the weak, Plin. 2, 8, 6, § 28.

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  • 6 deficio

    dē-fĭcĭo, fēci, fectum, 3 ( perf. subj.: defexit, an old formula in Liv. 1, 24 fin., see below, no. III. fin. In the pass., besides the regular form deficior, ante- and postclass., once in Verg., Propert., and Livy, like fīo, eri: defit, Enn. ap. Cic. Tusc. 3, 19; Plaut. Mil. 4, 6, 46; Ter. Eun. 2, 2, 12; Lucr. 2, 1142; Verg. E. 2, 22; Prop. 1, 1, 34:

    deflunt,

    Gell. 20, 8, 5:

    defiat,

    Plaut. Men. 1, 4, 3; id. Rud. 4, 4, 63:

    defiet,

    Liv. 9, 11:

    defieri,

    Ter. Hec. 5, 2, 2; cf. conficio init.), v. a. and n. [facio], orig., to loosen, set free, remove from; but it passed over at a very early period into the middle sense, to loosen from one's self, to remove one's self, to break loose from; and then gradually assumed the character of a new verb. act., with the meaning to leave, desert, [p. 530] depart from something, or absol., to depart, cease, fail. (For syn. cf.: desum, absum, descisco, negligo.)
    I.
    Act. in the middle sense, to remove one's self, separate one's self, to withdraw (cf. the Greek aphistanai).—Hence, to forsake, desert, abandon, revolt.
    A.
    Lit.:

    ab amicitia P. R.,

    Caes. B. G. 5, 3, 3; 7, 39, 3:

    ab Aeduis,

    id. ib. 2, 14, 3:

    ab rege,

    Sall. J. 56, 3; cf. ib. 66:

    (consules) a senatu, a republica, a bonis omnibus defecerant,

    Cic. Planc. 35; cf.:

    a republica,

    id. Cat. 11, 28; id. Fam. 12, 10; id. Sull. 12, 35:

    ab imperio ac nomine nostro,

    id. Verr. 2, 1, 31 et saep.:

    a patribus ad plebem,

    to go over, Liv. 6, 20:

    ad se,

    Sall. J. 61; cf.:

    ad Poenos,

    Liv. 22, 61.— Absol.:

    civitates quae defecerant,

    Caes. B. G. 3, 17, 2; 5, 25, 4; 7, 10 al.—
    B.
    Trop.:

    si a virtute defeceris,

    forsake, Cic. Lael. 11, 37:

    si utilitas ab amicitia defecerit,

    id. Fin. 2, 24, 79:

    ut a me ipse deficerem,

    id. Fam. 2, 16.—Hence,
    II.
    As a verb. act., to leave a person or thing, to desert, to fail, forsake, be wanting to (of things;

    very rarely of personal subjects): quem jam sanguis viresque deficiunt,

    Caes. B. G. 7, 50 fin.; so,

    vires,

    id. B. C. 3, 99 fin.; Cic. de Or. 1, 45, 199:

    me Leontina civitas,

    id. Verr. 2, 3, 46, § 110; id. ib. 2, 5, 28 fin.; Hor. S. 2, 1, 13 et saep.:

    res eos jam pridem, fides deficere nuper coepit,

    Cic. Cat. 2, 5, 10:

    me dies, vox, latera deficiant, si, etc.,

    id. Verr. 2, 2, 21 (imitated word for word, Plin. Ep. 3, 9, 9); cf.:

    ne te de republica disserentem deficiat oratio,

    Cic. Rep. 1, 23; and:

    tempus te citius quam oratio deficeret,

    id. Rosc. Am. 32:

    animus si te non deficit aequus,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 11, 30:

    somnus sollicitas domus,

    Tib. 3, 4, 20: genitor Phaethontis orbem, i. e. is eclipsed (cf. III. B. infra), Ov. M. 2, 382.— Poet. with a subject-clause: nec me deficiet nautas rogitare citatos, i. e. I will not cease, etc. Prop. 1, 8, 23 Kuin.—
    b.
    Pass.:

    cum aquilifer jam viribus deficeretur,

    Caes. B. C. 3, 64, 3; cf.:

    mulier a menstruis defecta,

    Cels. 2, 8 fin.:

    mulier abundat audacia, consilio et ratione deficitur,

    Cic. Clu. 65, 184:

    aqua ciboque defecti,

    Quint. 3, 8, 23; Plin. Ep. 2, 17, 25:

    sanguine defecti artus,

    Ov. M. 5, 96 et saep.:

    si qui dotem promisit defectus sit facultatibus,

    i. e. unable to pay, Dig. 23, 3, 33; cf.:

    te defecta nomina,

    ib. 22, 1, 11 fin. —
    III.
    Middle or neuter, to run out, be wanting, fail, cease, disappear.
    A.
    Middle (mostly ante-class. and poet.).
    (α).
    With dat.: mihi fortuna magis nunc defit, quam genus, Enn. ap. Cic. Tusc. 3, 19; Ter. Hec. 5, 2, 2:

    lac mihi non aestate novum, non frigore defit,

    Verg. E. 2, 22.—
    (β).
    Absol.:

    neque opsonium defiat neque supersit,

    Plaut. Men. 1, 4, 3;

    so opp. superesse,

    Ter. Ph. 1, 3, 10:

    ut defiat dies,

    Plaut. Rud. 4, 4, 63: id. Mil. 4, 6, 46:

    numquamne causa defiet, cur? etc.,

    Liv. 9, 11.— Trop.:

    defectis (sc. animo) defensoribus,

    disheartened, Caes. B. C. 3, 40, 3:

    sed non usque eo defectum Germanicum,

    weakened, Tac. A. 2, 70; cf. in the foll. no. B. b.—
    B.
    Neuter.
    (α).
    With dat. (so rarely; mostly poet.):

    cum non solum vires, sed etiam tela nostris deficerent,

    Caes. B. G. 3, 5, 1;

    so perh.: vires nostris,

    id. B. C. 2, 41, 7 (al. nostros); Sil. 8, 661 Oud. N. cr.; cf. id. 10, 10, 193; and Stat. Ach. 1, 445.—
    (β).
    Absol. (freq. in all periods and kinds of composition):

    non frumentum deficere poterat,

    Caes. B. C. 2, 37 fin.; cf.:

    fructus ex arboribus,

    id. ib. 3, 58 fin.:

    ejus generis copia,

    id. B. G. 6, 16 fin.:

    tempus anni ad bellum gerendum,

    id. ib. 4, 20, 2:

    vereor, ne mihi crimina non suppeterent, ne oratio deesset, ne vox viresque deficerent,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 11:

    nisi memoria forte defecerit,

    id. Fin. 2, 14, 44; id. Rep. 1, 3:

    non deficiente crumena,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 4, 11 et saep.; Juv. 11, 38:

    quod plena luna defecisset,

    was eclipsed, Cic. Rep. 1, 15; cf.:

    solem lunae oppositum solere deficere,

    id. ib. 1, 16 al.; also simply to set:

    qua venit exoriens, qua deficit,

    Prop. 4, 4, 27: lunā deficiente, waning (opp. crescente), Gell. 20, 8, 5; of fire and light, to go out, expire, become extinct:

    ignis,

    Verg. G. 352:

    lumen,

    Petr. 111, 4:

    progenies Caesarum in Nerone deficit,

    becomes extinct, dies out, Suet. Galb. 1; cf. Plin. Pan. 39, 6; Just. 7, 2, 4; Sen. Suas. 2, 22;

    but deficit ignis,

    does not extend, Verg. A. 2, 505:

    in hac voce defecit,

    he departed, expired, Suet. Aug. 99; Quint. 6 prooem. § 11: deficit omne quod nascitur, comes to an end, Quint. 5, 10, 79; cf.:

    mundum deficere,

    id. ib.:

    deficit vita,

    Plaut. Asin. 3, 3, 19;

    quod multi Gallicis tot bellis defecerant,

    had been lost, Caes. B. C. 3, 2 fin.:

    ultima jam passi comites bello Deficiunt,

    grow faint, Ov. M. 14, 483:

    deficit Matho,

    fails, becomes bankrupt, Juv. 7, 129:

    debitores,

    Dig. 49, 14, 3, § 8:

    munimenta defecerant,

    yielded, surrendered, Curt. 4, 4, 19.— Trop.:

    ne negotio desisteret neu animo deficeret,

    nor be disheartened, Caes. B. C. 3, 112 fin.; so,

    animo,

    id. B. G. 7, 30; id. B. C. 1, 19; 2, 43; Cic. Rosc. Am. 4, 10;

    for which, ne deficiant (apes) animum,

    Varr. R. R. 3, 16, 34; and in a like sense absol.:

    ne una plaga accepta patres conscripti conciderent, ne deficerent,

    Cic. Att. 1, 16, 9; so Caes. B. C. 2, 31 fin.; Sall. J. 51, 4:

    deficit ars,

    Ov. M. 11, 537: illis legibus populus Romanus prior non deficiet: si prior defexit publico consilio dolo malo, tu illo die, Juppiter, etc., to depart from, violate the conditions of a treaty, an old formula used in taking an oath, Liv. 1, 24 fin.:

    pugnando deficere,

    i. e. to be deficient, wanting, Caes. B. C. 2, 6, 3; cf. poet. with foll. inf.:

    suppeditare Materies,

    Lucr. 1, 1039; Sil. 3, 112; Tib. 4, 1, 191.— Hence, dēfectus, a, um, P. a. (acc. to no. III.), weak, weakened, worn out, enfeebled (not ante-Aug.):

    quod sibi defectis illa tulisset opem,

    Ov. F. 3, 674:

    defectus annis et desertus viribus,

    Phaedr. 1, 21, 3; cf.:

    defectissimus annis et viribus,

    Col. 1 prooem. §

    12: senio (arbor),

    id. 5, 6, 37:

    laboribus,

    Val. Fl. 2, 285:

    vadit incerto pede, jam viribus defecta,

    Sen. Hippol. 374:

    defectae senectutis homine,

    Dig. 7, 1, 12, § 3:

    in tumidis et globosis (speculis) omnia defectiora (corresp. with paria and auctiora),

    smaller, App. Mag. p. 283.— Plur. subst.: dēfecti, ōrum, m.:

    sidera obscura attributa defectis,

    the weak, Plin. 2, 8, 6, § 28.

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  • 7 signum

    signum, i, n. [perh. Sanscr. sag-, to cling to, adhere; cf. sigilla].
    I.
    In gen., a mark, token, sign, indication (very frequent in all styles and periods; cf.

    insigne): meo patri torulus inerit aureus Sub petaso: id signum Amphitruoni non erit,

    Plaut. Am. prol. 145 sq.:

    ut eam (nutricem) adducam et signa ostendam haec, i. e. crepundia,

    Ter. Eun. 4, 7, 38; 5, 3, 5:

    ut fures earum rerum, quas ceperunt, signa commutant, etc.,

    Cic. Fin. 5, 25, 74; so (with notae) id. de Or. 2, 41, 174; id. Lael. 17, 62; cf.:

    omne probabile aut signum est aut credibile... Signum est, quod sub sensum aliquem cadit et quiddam significat, quod ex ipso profectum videtur, etc.,

    id. Inv. 1, 30, 47 sq.:

    aut pecori signum aut numeros inpressit acervis,

    Verg. G. 1, 263; cf.:

    servitii signum cervice gerens,

    Ov. M. 3, 16:

    jaculo mihi vulnera fecit.—Signa vides: apparet adhuc vetus ecce cicatrix,

    Ov. M. 12, 444:

    metam Constituit signum nautis pater, unde reverti Scirent, etc.,

    Verg. A. 5, 130:

    scutum signi gratia positum,

    Quint. 6, 3, 38:

    signa pedum,

    tracks, prints, Ov. M. 4, 543;

    and simply signa,

    Verg. A. 8, 212 al.:

    oculis mihi signum dedit, Ne se appellarem,

    Plaut. Mil. 2, 1, 45:

    dare,

    Ter. Eun. 4, 7, 11:

    dicere deos gallis signum dedisse cantandi,

    Cic. Div. 2, 26, 57 al.:

    signa esse ad salutem,

    Ter. And. 3, 2, 2:

    animi pudentis signum,

    id. Heaut. 1, 1, 68:

    color pudoris signum,

    id. And. 5, 3, 7:

    signa doloris ostendere,

    Cic. de Or. 2, 45, 190:

    mortis dare,

    Lucr. 6, 1182:

    timoris mittere,

    to exhibit, display, Caes. B. C. 1, 71 et saep.—With obj.-clause:

    magnum hoc quoque signum est, dominam esse extra noxiam,

    Ter. Heaut. 2, 3, 57; Nep. Att. 17, 2.—In predic. gen. with neutr. pron.: hoc est signi;

    ubi primum poterit, se illinc subducet,

    Ter. Eun. 4, 1, 14:

    id erit signi me invitum facere, quod, etc.,

    Cic. Rosc. Am. 30, 83; Auct. Her. 4, 5, 8; Cato, R. R. 38, 4; 88, 2:

    nil tamen est signi,

    Lucr. 5, 918; cf.:

    quid signi?

    Cic. Cael. 16, 38, 2.— Hence, a surname, epithet (rare):

    huic signum exercitus apposuit,

    Vop. Am. 6; cf. Capitol. Gord. 4.—
    II.
    In partic.
    A.
    In milit. lang.
    1.
    The distinctive sign of a division of an army.
    a.
    A military standard, ensign, banner (including the aquila):

    signifero interfecto, signo amisso,

    Caes. B. G. 2, 25:

    ut neque signiferi viam, nec signa milites cernerent,

    Liv. 33, 7:

    Hasdrubal ut procul signa legionum fulgentia vidit,

    id. 28, 14; 22, 21; Col. 9, 9, 4:

    inter signa militaria,

    Hor. Epod. 9, 15:

    cum unius signi militibus pergit ire,

    Liv. 33, 1:

    signa militaria ex proelio relata,

    Caes. B. C. 3, 99; so,

    militaria,

    id. B. G. 7, 2; Plin. 33, 33, 19, § 58.—

    Hence the expressions: signa sequi,

    to follow the standards, to march in military order, Sall. J. 80, 2; Liv. 24, 48, 11:

    signa subsequi,

    to keep in order of battle, Caes. B. G. 4, 26:

    signa observare,

    Sall. J. 51, 1:

    signa servare,

    Liv. 8, 34, 10; Veg. Mil. 1, 9:

    ab signis discedere,

    to desert the standards, leave the ranks, Caes. B. G. 5, 16; 5, 33 fin.; id. B. C. 1, 44; Liv. 25, 20 al.; cf.:

    ab ordinibus signisque discedere,

    Front. Strat. 1, 5, 3:

    signa relinquere,

    to desert, Sall. C. 9, 4; Liv. 5, 6 al.:

    signa deserere,

    Liv. 8, 34, 9: signa ferre, i. e. to break up the camp, Caes. B. G. 1, 39 fin.; 1, 40; Liv. 2, 49, 3; 10, 5 al.;

    for which: movere signa,

    id. 1, 14, 9; 27, 2, 12; Verg. G. 3, 236; and:

    tollere,

    Vell. 2, 61, 2; Auct. B. Alex. 57, 1;

    but: ferte signa in hostem,

    attack, Liv. 9, 23, 13:

    signa constituere,

    to halt, Caes. B. G. 7, 47; cf.:

    infestis contra hostes signis constiterunt,

    id. ib. 7, 51:

    signa proferre,

    to advance, Liv. 4, 32, 10: signa convertere, to wheel, turn, or face about, Caes. B. G. 1, 25 fin.; 2, 26: Liv. 8, 11; 2, 14; 4, 29; for which, [p. 1698] vertere signa, id. 9, 35:

    signa inferre (in aliquem),

    to advance to the attack, make an assault, Caes. B. G. 1, 25 fin.; 2, 26; 7, 67; id. B. C. 2, 42; Cic. Phil. 5, 8, 23; Sall. J. 56, 5; Liv. 2, 53; 9, 27; 44, 12 al; cf.:

    signa conferre cum aliquo,

    to engage with, engage in close fight, Cic. Att. 7, 5, 5; id. Pis. 21, 49;

    and cf.: collatis signis pugnare, superare aliquem, etc.,

    Plaut. Cas. 2, 5, 44; Liv. 1, 33; 2, 50; Cic. Imp. Pomp. 23, 66; but conferre signa also means simply to bring the standards together (to one place), Caes. B. G. 7, 2; 2, 25; Liv. 37, 21:

    signa in laevum cornu confert,

    concentrates his troops, id. 7, 15, 4:

    signa transferre,

    to desert, Caes. B. C. 1, 24: signa convellere, to take up the standards, which had been fixed in the ground, Liv. 3, 7, 3; 3, 54, 10; 5, 37, 4; so,

    vellere signa,

    id. 3, 50, 11; Verg. G. 4, 108:

    revellere signa,

    Luc. 7, 77; cf.:

    signa figere,

    to encamp, Amm. 27, 10, 9:

    defigere signa,

    Sil. 8, 625:

    sub signis ducere legiones, ire, esse, etc.,

    together, in order, in rank and file, Plaut. Ps. 2, 4, 71 (with ordine); Cic. Att. 16, 8, 2; Liv. 3, 51; Tac. H. 2, 14:

    signa hostium turbare,

    to throw into disorder, Liv. 9, 73:

    ante signa,

    before the army, id. 5, 18; 6, 7; 7, 16:

    post signa,

    id. 2, 49.—
    (β).
    Transf., in gen.:

    infestis prope signis inferuntur Galli in Fonteium,

    Cic. Font. 20, 44 (16, 34).—
    b.
    Esp., the standard or ensign of single cohorts and maniples (opp. aquila, the standard of the entire legion):

    cum fasces, cum tubas, cum signa militaria, cum aquilam illam argenteam... scirem esse praemissam,

    Cic. Cat. 2, 6, 13; Galb. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 30, 5; Suet. Calig. 14 fin. Oud.; Tac. A. 1, 18; id. H. 2, 29 fin.; Plin. 13, 3, 4, § 23; Luc. 1, 6; 1, 224 al. (cf. aquila, 2.):

    manipulos exercitus minimas manus quae unum sequuntur signum,

    Varr. L. L. 5, § 88 Müll.—
    (β).
    Meton., a cohort, a maniple:

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

    Sall. C. 59, 2; Liv. 8, 9; 25, 23 fin.; 33, 1; 27, 14; 28, 14; Auct. B. Hisp. 18, 3.—
    2.
    A sign, signal; a watchword, password, given by a wind-instrument, by the tessera, or otherwise:

    signum tubā dare,

    Caes. B. G. 2, 20; 7, 81:

    proelii committendi dare,

    id. ib. 2, 21:

    recipiendi dare,

    id. ib. 7, 52:

    receptui dare,

    Liv. 4, 31; 26, 45; 3, 22; cf. Cic. Rep. 1, 2, 3:

    signum dare ut, etc.,

    Liv. 2, 20; 4, 39:

    proelii exposcere,

    Caes. B. G. 7, 19:

    concinere,

    id. B. C. 3, 92 fin.; Liv. 30, 5; cf. Tac. A. 1, 68:

    canere,

    Sall. C. 59, 1; id. J. 99, 1; Liv. 1, 1; 4, 31; 27, 47; Cic. Rep. 1, 3, 3 al. (v. cano).—For the chariot race:

    signum mittendis quadrigis dare,

    Liv. 8, 40, 3: signum mittere, Enn. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 48, 107: signo Felicitatis dato, the word, watchword, Felicitas, Auct. B. Afr. 83:

    signum petere,

    Suet. Calig. 56; id. Claud. 42; id. Ner. 9; cf.:

    it bello tessera signum,

    Verg. A. 7, 637.— Transf.:

    tu illam (virtutem) jubes signum petere,

    i. e. to be in subjection, Sen. Ben. 4, 2, 2.—
    B.
    A sign or token of any thing to come; a prognostic, symptom (cf.:

    portentum, indicium): ipse et equus ejus repente concidit: nec eam rem habuit religioni, objecto signo, ut peritis videbatur, ne committeret proelium,

    Cic. Div. 1, 35, 77:

    medici signa quaedam habent ex venis et ex spiritu aegroti,

    id. ib. 2, 70, 145; cf. Verg. G. 3, 440; 3, 503; 4, 253; Cels. 2, 3:

    prospera signa dare,

    Ov. H. 18 (19), 152.—
    C.
    An image, as a work of art; a figure, statue, picture, etc. (syn.: effigies, imago, simulacrum);

    inerant (classi) signa expressa, Titani quomodo, etc.,

    Naev. 2, 13: statuas deorum, exempla earum facierum, s gna domi pro supellectile statuere, Cato ap. Prisc. p. 782 P.:

    signum pictum in pariete,

    Plaut. Merc. 2, 2, 44:

    signum in fano,

    id. Rud. 2, 7, 2:

    aëna signa,

    Lucr. 1, 318:

    ante signum Jovis Statoris concidit,

    Cic. Div. 1, 35, 77:

    signum aeneum, marmoreum, eburneum,

    id. Verr. 2, 4, 1, § 1; cf. id. Off. 1, 41, 147; Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 248:

    cratera impressum signis,

    Verg. A. 5, 536; 5, 267; 9, 263:

    (vestis) auro signisque ingentibus apta,

    Lucr. 5, 1428:

    ex ornatis aedibus per aulaea et signa,

    Sall. H. 2, 23, 2 Dietsch:

    pallam signis auroque rigentem,

    Verg. A. 1, 648:

    e Pario formatum marmore signum,

    Ov. M. 3, 419; cf. id. ib. 5, 183;

    12, 398: statuas, signa, picturas commendet,

    Plin. Ep. 1, 20, 5.—
    D.
    An image or device on a seal-ring; a seal, signet: ostendi tabellas Lentulo, et quaesivi, cognosceretne signum. Annuit. Est vero, inquam, notum signum, imago avi tui, etc., Cic. Cat. 3, 5, 10:

    (patera) in cistulā obsignata signo est,

    Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 265; cf. Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 45, § 117:

    tabulae maximae signis hominum nobilium consignantur,

    id. Quint. 6, 25:

    imprimat his signa tabellis,

    Hor. S. 2, 6, 38:

    litterae integris signis praetoribus traduntur,

    Cic. Cat. 3, 3, 6; Sall. C. 47, 3:

    signo laeso non insanire lagenae,

    Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 134:

    volumen sub signo habere,

    to have under seal, Cic. Att. 9, 10, 4; cf.:

    sub signo claustrisque rei publicae positum vectigal,

    id. Agr. 1, 7, 21:

    nec pacta conventaque inpressis signis custodirentur,

    Sen. Ben. 3, 15, 1:

    cum sol duodena peregit signa,

    Ov. M. 13, 618.—
    E.
    A sign in the heavens, a constellation (cf. sidus):

    caeli subter labentia signa,

    Lucr. 1, 2:

    loca caelio Omnia, dispositis signis ornata,

    id. 5, 695:

    signorum ortus et obitus,

    Cic. Inv. 1, 34, 59:

    signis omnibus ad idem principium stellisque revocatis,

    id. Rep. 6, 22, 24:

    in signo leonis,

    id. Div. 1, 53, 121:

    signorum obitus speculari et ortus,

    Verg. G. 1, 257; id. A. 7, 138:

    signum pluviale Capellae,

    Ov. F. 5, 113:

    ponemusque suos ad vaga signa dies,

    id. ib. 1, 310:

    nox caelo diffundere signa parabat,

    Hor. S. 1, 5, 10; cf. id. C. 2, 8, 11.—
    F.
    Miraculous works (eccl. Lat.), Vulg. Dan. 3, 99; id. Matt. 24, 24; id. Joan. 2, 11 et saep.

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  • 8 dē-serō

        dē-serō ruī, rtus, ere,    to leave, forsake, abandon, desert, give up: exercitum, Cs.: castra, L.: castellis desertis, Cs.: fratrem, V.: thalamos pactos, V.: Mensa deserit toros, is removed from, O.: Raro scelestum Deseruit poena, fails to follow up, H.: qui non deseruerant, revolted, N.—Fig., to leave, desert, abandon, forsake, leave in the lurch: hoc timet, Ne deseras se, T.: me in his malis, T.: non deserit sese, armat familiam, etc., Cs.: suum ius: desertarum rerum patrocinium suscipere: quae faciebam, ea ut deseram, the course of conduct, S.: inceptum, V.: vitae reliquum: viam virtutis, H.: deseror coniuge, O.: desertus suis, Ta.—Esp., in law: vadimonium mihi, to forfeit his recognizance: vadimonia deserere quam illum exercitum maluerunt.—Of things, to fail, forsake: tempus quam res maturius me deseret, S.: donec te deseret aetas, H.: nisi me lucerna deseret: facundia deseret hunc, H.: deserta (natura) deseret ignīs, let die, O.: leo desertus viribus, Ph.: a fortunā deseri, Cs.: a tribuniciā voce.

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  • 9 dēstituō

        dēstituō uī, ūtus, ere    [de + statuo], to set down, set forth, put away, bring forward, leave alone: alios in convivio (in mockery): ante tribunal regis destitutus, L.: ante pedes destitutum causam dicere, L.— To leave, abandon, forsake, fail: cum alveum aqua destituisset, L.: ut quemque destitueret vadum, lost his footing, L.—Fig., to forsake, abandon, desert, betray: ab Oppianico destitutus: funditores inermīs, Cs.: eundem in septemviratu: defensores, L.: alicuius consiliis destitutus: morando spem, L.: destituti ab omni spe, L.: si destituat spes, alia praesidia molitur, L.: deos Mercede pactā, i. e. defraud of their stipulated reward, H.
    * * *
    destituere, destitui, destitutus V TRANS
    fix/set (in position), set up, make fast; leave destitute/without; render void; desert/leave/abandon/forsake/leave in lurch; disappoint/let down; fail/give up

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  • 10 parapsis

        parapsis    see paropsis.
    * * *
    I
    dish for serving vegetables/fruit; desert dish (Cas)
    II
    parapsidos/is N F
    dish for serving vegetables/fruit; desert dish (Cas)

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  • 11 re-linquo

        re-linquo līquī, lictus, ere,    to leave behind, not take along, not stay with, leave, move away from, quit, abandon: deos penatīs: vim auri in Ponto reliquit: post se hostem, Cs.: petere, ut in Galliā relinqueretur, might be left behind, Cs.: (cacumina silvae) limum tenent in fronde relictum, remaining, O.: sub sinistrā Britanniam relictam conspexit, in the rear, Cs.: me filiis quasi magistrum, T.: deum nullum Siculis.—Fig., to leave behind, leave: hanc excusationem ad Caesarem: Aeeta relictus, abandoned, O.—P. plur. n. as subst: repetat relicta, i. e. his former life, H.—At death, to leave behind, leave, bequeath: ea mortuast; reliquit filiam adulescentulam, T.: fundos decem et tres reliquit: ei testamento sestertiūm miliens: mihi haec omnia, T.: mihi arva, O.: heredem testamento hunc.—Fig., to leave, leave behind: virtutum nostrarum effigiem: Sibi hanc laudem relinquont: vixit, dum vixit, bene, T.: Sappho sublata desiderium sui reliquit: in scriptis relictum: orationes et annalīs: pater, o relictum Filiae nomen, H.: rem p. nobis: de valvarum pulchritudine scriptum: posterioribus exemplum.—To leave behind, leave remaining, permit to remain, let remain, leave: nil in aedibus, T.: ne paleae quidem ex annuo labore relinquerentur: angustioribus portis relictis, i. e. since the gates they had left were rather narrow, Cs.: unam (filiam) relinque, leave to me, O.: pauca aratro iugera Moles relinquent, H.: dapis meliora relinquens, H.: haec porcis comedenda, H.: relinquebatur una per Sequanos via, remained, Cs.: se cum paucis relictum videt, S.: equites paucos, leave alive, Cs.—Fig.: quam igitur relinquis populari rei p. laudem?: ceterorum sententiis semotis, relinquitur mihi, etc., there remains: non provocatione ad populum contra necem relictā: nec precibus nostris nec admonitionibus relinquit locum, i. e. he renders superfluous: deliberandi spatium, N.: tantummodo vita relicta est, O.: urbem direptioni, abandon: poenae Medea relinquar? O.: hominem innocentem ad alicuius quaestum: Posse queri tantum rauco stridore reliquit, O.: Dum ex parvo nobis tantundem haurire relinquas, H.: relinquitur, ut, si vincimur in Hispaniā, quiescamus, it remains, that: relinquebatur, ut pateretur, etc., Cs.: relinquitur ergo, ut omnia tria genera sint causarum, hence the conclusion is, etc.—With two acc, to leave behind, leave, let remain, suffer to be: eum locum integrum, leave untouched, T.: integram rem et causam, have left untouched: Morini, quos Caesar pacatos reliquerat, Cs.: amici, quos incorruptos Iugurtha reliquerat, S.: reliquit (eam) Incertam, V.: In mediis lacerā nave relinquor aquis, O.: inceptam oppugnationem, abandon, Cs.: infecta sacra, O.: sine ture aras, O.: mulierem nullam nominabo; tantum in medio relinquam.—To leave behind, leave, go away from, forsake, abandon, desert: domum propinquosque, Cs.: Ilio relicto, H.: litus relictum Respicit, O.: Roma relinquenda est, O.: me somnu' reliquit, Enn. ap. C.: ubi vita tuos reliquerit artūs, O.: Animam, T.: lucem, V.: animus relinquit euntem, O.: ab omni honestate relictus, destitute of: si puerum quartana reliquerat, H.—To leave in the lurch, forsake, abandon, desert: Reliquit me homo atque abiit, has given me the slip, T.: succurrere relictae, V.—To leave, give up, abandon: auctores signa relinquendi et deserendi castra audiuntur, L.: relictā non bene parmulā, H.—To leave, let alone, give up, resign, neglect, forsake, abandon, relinquish: rem et causam: (puella) Quod cupide petiit, mature plena reliquit, H.: me relictis rebus iussit observare, etc., to stop work and watch, T.: omnibus rebus relictis persequendum sibi Pompeium existimavit, Cs.: agrorum et armorum cultum, neglect: bellum illud, abandon: obsidionem, raise the siege, L.: caedes, leave unmentioned: hoc certe neque praetermittendum neque relinquendum est: quae Desperat tractata nitescere posse relinquit, H.: iniurias tuas, leave unnoticed: vim hominibus armatis factam relinqui putare oportere.

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  • 12 desertum

    desert; wilderness (pl.); unfrequented places; desert places, wastes (L+S)

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  • 13 desum

    I
    deesse, defui, defuturus V
    be wanting/lacking; fail/miss; abandon/desert, neglect; be away/absent/missing
    II
    desse, defui, defuturus V
    be wanting/lacking; fail/miss; abandon/desert, neglect; be away/absent/missing

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  • 14 eremus

    I
    erema, eremum ADJ
    waste, desert
    II
    wilderness, wasteland, desert

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  • 15 heremus

    I
    herema, heremum ADJ
    waste, desert
    II
    wilderness, wasteland, desert

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  • 16 parasis

    I
    dish for serving vegetables/fruit; desert dish (Cas)
    II
    parasidos/is N F
    dish for serving vegetables/fruit; desert dish (Cas)

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  • 17 paropsis

    I
    dish for serving vegetables/fruit; desert dish (Cas)
    II
    paropsidos/is N F
    dish for serving vegetables/fruit; desert dish (Cas)

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  • 18 parosis

    I
    dish for serving vegetables/fruit; desert dish (Cas)
    II
    parosidos/is N F
    dish for serving vegetables/fruit; desert dish (Cas)

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  • 19 eremus

    ĕrēmus ( ĕrĕmus, Prud. Cathem. 5, 89; id. Psych. 371), a, um, adj., = erêmos, waste, desert (late Lat.).
    I.
    Adj.:

    loca,

    Cod. Just. 11, 57, 4.—
    II.
    Subst.: ĕrēmus, i, m. (sc. locus), or f. (sc. regio), a wilderness, desert, Tert. Idol. 5; Sulpic. Sever. Dial. 1, 15; Vulg. Deut. 1, 19 al.

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  • 20 Laus

    1.
    laus, laudis ( gen. plur. laudium, Sid. Carm. 23, 32), f. [for claus, from clavid, kindred to cluo and the Greek kleWos], praise, commendation, glory, fame, renown, esteem (cf.: gloria, praeconium, elogium).
    I.
    Lit.:

    in laude vivere,

    Cic. Fam. 15, 6, 1:

    ut is cum populo Romano et in laude et in gratia esse possit,

    id. Verr. 1, 17, 51:

    cum te (omnes) summis laudibus ad caelum extulerunt,

    id. Fam. 9, 14, 1:

    divinis laudibus ornare aliquem,

    id. ib. 2, 15, 1:

    Bruti nostri cotidianis assiduisque laudibus, quas ab eo de nobis haberi permulti mihi renuntiaverunt, commotum istum aliquando scripsisse ad me credo,

    id. Att. 13, 38, 1:

    laude afficere aliquem,

    id. Off. 2, 13, 47:

    omni laude cumulare,

    id. de Or. 1, 26, 118:

    summam alicui laudem tribuere,

    id. Fam. 5, 2, 10:

    illustri laude celebrari,

    id. Mur. 7, 16:

    maximam laudem ex re aliqua sibi parere,

    id. Off. 2, 13, 47:

    ornare aliquem suis laudibus et onerare alienis,

    id. Phil. 2, 11, 25:

    aliquem laudibus efferre,

    Juv. 6, 182:

    neque ego hoc in tua laude pono,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 3, [p. 1044] 91, §

    212. Fabio laudi datum est, quod pingeret,

    id. Tusc. 1, 2, 3:

    eloquentiae, humanitatis,

    id. de Or. 1, 23, 106:

    brevitas laus est interdum in aliqua parte dicendi, in universa eloquentia laudem non habet,

    id. Brut. 13, 50:

    laudis titulique cupido,

    Juv. 10, 143:

    supremae laudes,

    i. e. a funeral oration, Plin. 7, 43, 45, § 159:

    vitiatam memoriam funebribus laudibus reor,

    Liv. 8, 40. —
    II.
    Transf.
    A.
    A praiseworthy thing, a ground for praise, a laudable or glorious action, a laudable enterprise; a merit, desert, Cic. Fam. 2, 4, 2:

    abundans bellicis laudibus,

    id. Off. 1, 22, 78:

    nostras laudes in astra sustulit,

    id. Att. 2, 25, 1:

    summa laus tua et Bruti est, quod exercitum praeter spem existimamini comparasse,

    id. Fam. 12, 4, 2:

    cum ceteris tuis laudibus, hanc esse vel maximam, quod, etc.,

    id. de Or. 2, 73, 296:

    magna laus, et grata hominibus, unum hominem elaborare, etc.,

    id. Mur. 9, 19:

    Suevi maximam putant esse laudem, vacare agros, etc.,

    Caes. B. G. 4, 3, 1:

    Pericles hac laude (dicendi) clarissimus fuit,

    Cic. Brut. 7, 28; Verg. A. 5, 355; 1, 461:

    conferre nostris tu potes te laudibus?

    Phaedr. 4, 23, 3:

    conscientia laudis,

    worth, desert, id. 2, epil. 11:

    te censeri laude tuorum noluerim,

    Juv. 8, 74.—
    B.
    Of things, estimation, worth, value, repute (post-Aug.):

    Cois amphoris laus est maxima,

    Plin. 35, 12, 46, § 161:

    coccum Galatiae in maxima laude est,

    id. 9, 41, 65, § 141:

    peculiaris laus ejus, quod fatigato corpori succurrit,

    id. 22, 22, 38, § 81:

    Creticae cotes diu maximam laudem habuere,

    id. 36, 22, 47, § 164.
    2.
    Laus, Laudis, f., the name of several cities.—Esp., a city in Cisalpine Gaul, northwest of Placentia, now Lodi Vecchia, Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 15, 1;

    also called Laus Pompeia,

    Plin. 3, 17, 21, § 124.

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