deserta

rĕgĭo, ōnis, f. [rego], a direction, line (rare but class.).

Lit.:

nullā regione viaï Declinare,

Lucr. 2, 249; cf.:

notā excedo regione viarum,

Verg. A. 2, 737:

de rectā regione deflecto,

Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 68, § 176:

haec eadem est nostrae rationis regio et via,

id. ib. 2, 5, 70, § 181; cf.:

oppidi murus ab planitie rectā regione, si nullus anfractus intercederet, MCC. passus aberat,

Caes. B. G. 7, 46; and:

non rectā regione iter instituit, sed ad laevam flexit,

Liv. 21, 31:

declinamus item motus nec tempore certo, nec regione loci certā,

nor in a specified direction, Lucr. 2, 260; cf. id. 2, 293; Curt. 8, 9, 2:

(Hercynia silva) rectā fluminis Danubii regione pertinet,

Caes. B. G. 6, 25; 7, 46;

Curt 7, 7, 4: ubi primos superare regionem castrorum animum adverterunt,

the line, Caes. B. C. 1, 69:

eam esse naturam et religionem provinciae tuae, ut, etc.,

i. e. the situation, Cic. Fam. 1, 7, 6:

traicere amnem in regionem insulae,

Curt. 8, 13, 23.—

E regione, adverbially.

In a straight line, directly:

e regione moveri (opp. declinare),

Cic. Fat. 9, 18;

so of the rectilinear motion of atoms,

id. ib. 20, 46:

ferri, petere,

id. Fin. 1, 6, 19:

ut cadat e regione loci, quā dirigit aestus,

straight down, perpendicularly, Lucr. 6, 823; cf. id. 6, 833.—

In the opposite direction, over against, exactly opposite; constr. with gen., dat., or absol.

With gen.:

(luna) cum est e regione solis,

Cic. N. D. 2, 40, 103:

erat e regione oppidi collis,

Caes. B. G. 7, 36:

castris positis e regione unius eorum pontium, quos, etc.,

id. ib. 7, 35:

praesidio e regione castrorum relicto,

id. ib. 7, 61 fin.:

rates duplices e regione molis collocabat,

id. B. C. 1, 25:

e regione turris,

id. B. G. 7, 25.—

With dat.: dicitis, esse e regione nobis e contrariā parte terrae, qui adversis vestigiis stent contra nostra vestigia, quos antipodas vocatis, Cic. Ac. 2, 39, 123:

e regione castris castra ponere,

Caes. B. G. 7, 35.—

Absol.:

acie e regione instructā,

Nep. Milt. 5, 3.—

Trop., on the other hand, on the contrary (late Lat.;

syn.: e contra): Arabes camelorum lacte vivunt, e regione septentrionales, etc.,

Hier. adv. Jovin. 2, 7.—

Transf.

The line which bounds the sight, the visual line, boundary-line, boundary (cf: limes, finis).

Primarily in the lang. of augury:

intra eas regiones, quā oculi conspiciant,

Varr. L. L. 7, § 9 Müll.:

nempe eo (sc. lituo) Romulus regiones direxit tum, cum urbem condidit... ab Attio Navio per lituum regionum facta descriptio,

Cic. Div. 1, 17, 31:

lituus, quo regiones vincere terminavit,

id. N. D. 2, 3, 9:

regionibus ratis,

id. Leg. 2, 8, 21.—

In gen., a boundary-line, limit, boundary; usually in plur.

Lit.:

anteponatur omnibus Pompeius, cujus res gestae atque virtutes iisdem quibus solis cursus regionibus ac terminis continentur,

Cic. Cat. 4, 10, 21; cf.:

caeli regionibus terminare,

id. ib. 3, 11, 26:

orbis terrae regiones,

id. Arch. 10, 23. — Rare in sing.:

quae regione orbem terrarum definiunt,

Cic. Balb. 28, 64.—

Trop.:

ejus (argumenti) nunc regiones, limites, confinia Determinabo,

Plaut. Poen. prol. 45:

animus si, quibus regionibus vitae spatium circumscriptum est, eisdem omnes cogitationes terminaret suas,

Cic. Arch. 11, 29:

pars (quaestionum) circumscripta modicis regionibus,

id. de Or. 2, 16, 68:

vix facile sese regionibus officii continere,

id. Agr. 2, 35, 97. —

A quarter, region of the heavens or the earth (mostly poet.):

(Nilus) exoriens penitus mediā ab regione diei,

Lucr. 6, 723; so id. 6, 732:

etiam regio (lunae mutatur), quae tum est aquilonaris, tum australis,

Cic. N. D. 2, 19, 50:

deinde subter mediam regionem sol obtinet,

id. Rep. 6, 17, 17:

atque eadem regio Vesper et Ortus erunt,

Ov. Ib. 38; cf.

vespertina,

Hor. S. 1, 4, 30;

Vitr 4, 5, 1: caeli in regione serenā,

Verg. A. 8, 528: regione occidentis, Liv 33, 17; Just. 18, 3, 10.—

A portion (of the earth or heavens) of indefinite extent; a tract, territory, region (cf.: tractus, plaga).

Lit.

In gen.:

in hac regione,

Plaut. Cist. 4, 2, 42:

locum delegit in regione pestilenti salubrem,

Cic. Rep. 2, 6, 11:

agri fertilissima regio,

Caes. B. G. 7, 13 fin.:

quā te regione reliqui?

Verg. A. 9, 390:

regione portae Esquilinae,

in the region, neighborhood, Liv. 3, 66 fin. Drak.; 25, 25; 30; 33, 17; cf. Oud. de Auct. B. Alex. 30, 7;

for which: e regione castrorum,

in the vicinity of the camp, Liv. 10, 43 Drak.:

eā regione quā Sergius erat,

id. 5, 8:

tam vasta,

Just. 13, 7, 3:

acclivis,

Col. 3, 13, 8:

deserta siti regio,

Verg. A. 4, 42. — Plur.:

hi loci sunt atque hae regiones, quae mihi ab ero sunt demonstratae,

Plaut. Ps. 2, 2, 1:

cur in his ego te conspicor regionibus?

Ter. Eun. 5, 8, 32:

qui innumerabiles mundos infinitasque regiones mente peragravisset,

Cic. Fin. 2, 31, 102:

terrae maximae regiones inhabitabiles,

id. N. D. 1, 10, 24 et saep. —

In partic.

A portion of country of indefinite extent; a territory, province, district, region; esp. freq. in plur., lands, territories:

at regione locoque alio terrisque remotis,

Lucr. 2, 534:

Trebonium ad eam regionem, quae Aduaticis adjacet, depopulandam mittit,

Caes. B. G. 6, 33:

in ejusmodi regione atque provinciā, quae mari cincta esset,

Cic. Fl. 12, 27:

quae regio orave terrarum erat latior?

id. Sest. 30, 66:

regio Pedana,

Hor. Ep. 1, 4, 2:

quorum hominum regio,

id. ib. 1, 15, 2:

Sogdiana,

Curt. 7, 10, 1:

Cantium, quae regio est maritima omnis,

Caes. B. G. 5, 14:

quae regio totius Galliae media habetur,

id. ib. 6, 13: Sida, quae extrema regio est provinciae meae, Lentul. ap. Cic. Fam. 12, 15, 5:

ubi major atque illustrior incidit res, clamore per agros regionesque significant,

Caes. B. G. 7, 3:

principes regionum atque pagorum inter suos jus dicunt,

id. ib. 6, 23:

alias regiones partesque peteret,

id. ib. 6, 43 fin.; cf.

so with partes,

id. B. C. 1, 25:

deinde in quattuor regiones dividi Macedoniam. Unam fore et primam partem, quod, etc.... Secundam fore regionem, quam, etc.,

Liv. 45, 29:

quod erant propinquae regiones,

Caes. B. C. 3, 34:

ut quam latissimas regiones praesidiis teneret,

id. ib. 3, 44. — Sometimes a district with its people: tractus ille celeberrimus, tota denique nostra illa aspera et montuosa et felix et fautrix suorum regio, Cic. Planc. 9, 22.—

A principal division of the city of Rome, and of the territory around Rome, a quarter, ward, district, circle (of these, under Servius Tullius, there were in the city four, and in the Roman territory twenty-six; under Augustus, there were fourteen in the city), Laelius Felix ap. Gell. 15, 27, 4; Plin. 3, 5, 9, § 66; Varr. ap. Non. 43, 10; Suet. Aug. 30; Tac. A. 14, 12; 15, 40; Inscr. Orell. 4 sq. et saep.; cf.

Niebuhr, Gesch. 1, p. 458 sq.: regio quaedam urbis aeternae,

Amm. 22, 9, 3; 16, 10, 15.—

Of other cities,

Inscr. Orell. 6, 768.—Hence, A REGIONIBVS, a captain of a quarter, Inscr. Murat. 894, 8; 895, 4 and 5.—

Of the provinces into which Italy was divided by Augustus, a province, division:

descriptionem ab eo (Augusto) factum Italiae totius in regiones undecim,

Plin. 3, 5, 6, § 46; 3, 11, 16, § 99; 3, 12, 17, § 106 al.—

Trop., a province, department, sphere:

dum in regionem astutiarum mearum te induco, ut scias Juxta mecum mea consilia,

Plaut. Mil. 2, 2, 78; 3, 3, 13:

idque (consilium) situm mediā regione in pectoris haeret,

Lucr. 3, 140: ceterae fere artes se ipsae per se tuentur singulae;

benedicere autem non habet definitam aliquam regionem, cujus terminis saepta teneatur,

has no determinate province, Cic. de Or. 2, 2, 5:

eadem est nostrae rationis regio et via,

compass and course, id. Verr. 2, 5, 70, § 181. —

The country, the field (late Lat.):

herba regionis,

Vulg. Gen. 2, 5:

ligna,

id. Ezech. 17, 24;

id. Joel, 1, 19: bestiae,

id. Ezech. 31, 13.

rŭīna, ae, f. [ruo], a rushing or tumbling down; a falling down, fall (syn.: casus, lapsus).

In abstracto.

Lit.

In gen. (rare). grandinis, Lucr. 6, 156:

aquarum,

Cael. Aur. Tard. 2, 1 med.:

nostra (sc. nucum),

Mart. 13, 25, 2:

jumentorum sarcinarumque,

Liv. 44, 5: Capanei, a fall by lightning (v. Capaneus), Prop. 2, 34 (3, 32), 40:

(apri saevi) Permixtas dabant equitum peditumque ruinas,

Lucr. 5, 1329: Tyrrhenus et Aconteus Conixi incurrunt hastis, primique ruinam Dant sonitu ingenti, rush or fall upon each other, Verg. A. 11, 613:

interea suspensa graves aulaea ruinas In patinam fecere,

fell down, Hor. S. 2, 8, 54.—

In partic., of buildings, a tumbling or falling down, downfall, ruin (class.; in good prose only in sing.):

repentinā ruinā pars ejus turris concidit... tum hostes, turris repentinā ruinā commoti, etc.,

Caes. B. C. 2, 11 fin. and 12 init.; cf.: ferunt conclave illud, ubi epularetur Scopas, concidisse: eā ruinā ipsum oppressum cum suis interiisse, Cic. de Or. 2, 86, 353; id. Div. 2, 8, 20; Tac. A. 2, 47:

aedificiorum,

Suet. Oth. 8:

amphitheatri,

id. Tib. 40:

camerae,

id. Ner. 34:

spectaculorum,

id. Calig. 31:

pontis,

id. Aug. 20:

tecta Penthei Disjecta non leni ruinā,

Hor. C. 2, 19, 15:

jam Deiphobi dedit ampla ruinam, Vulcano superante, domus,

i. e. fell in, Verg. A. 2, 310; so,

trahere ruinam,

id. ib. 2, 465; 9, 712; cf. B. a, infra:

effulsisse inter ruinam ignes,

Tac. A. 2, 47:

ruinam urbis et incendia recordantes,

Just. 5, 7, 10:

morbus, captivitas, ruina, ignis,

Sen. Tranq. 11, 6:

multos occidere incendii ac ruinae potentia est,

id. Clem. 1, 26, 5.—In plur.:

tantae in te impendent ruinae, nisi suffulcis firmiter,

Plaut. Ep. 1, 1, 77; so Vell. 2, 35, 4 (with incendia); Suet. Vesp. 8; Lucr. 2, 1145:

si fractus illabatur orbis, Impavidum ferient ruinae,

Hor. C. 3, 3, 8:

dum Capitolio dementes ruinas parabat,

id. ib. 1, 37, 7.—

Trop., a downfall, fall, ruin; accident, catastrophe, disaster, overthrow, destruction, etc. (freq. and class.; used equally in sing. and plur.; cf.: exitium, pernicies).

Sing.:

vis illa fuit et, ut saepe jam dixi, ruina quaedam atque tempestas,

a catastrophe, Cic. Clu. 35, 96: incendium meum ruinā restinguam, with the overthrow, fall (of the State), Catilina ap. Sall. C. 31, 9, and ap. Cic. Mur. 25, 51:

ut communi ruinā patriae opprimerentur,

Liv. 45, 26; Vell. 2, 91, 4; 2, 85, 1; 2, 124, 1:

in hac ruinā rerum stetit una integra atque immobilis virtus populi Romani,

Liv. 26, 41:

rerum nostrarum,

id. 5, 51:

urbis,

id. 25, 4:

ex loco superiore impetu facto, strage ac ruinā fudere Gallos,

utter defeat, id. 5, 43; cf.:

ruinae similem stragem eques dedit,

id. 4, 33:

Cannensis,

id. 23, 25; 42, 66 fin.; 4, 46;

5, 47: ruina soceri in exsilium pulsus,

Tac. H. 4, 6; cf. id. G. 36:

pereat sceleratus, regnique trahat patriaeque ruinam,

Ov. M. 8, 497:

aliae gentes belli sequuntur ruinam,

Flor. 2, 12, 1:

ille dies utramque Ducet ruinam,

i. e. death, Hor. C. 2, 17, 9:

Neronis principis,

Plin. 17, 25, 38, § 245.—

Plur.:

praetermitto ruinas fortunarum tuarum, quas omnes impendere tibi proximis Idibus senties,

Cic. Cat. 1, 6, 14:

in ruinis aversae, atque afflictae rei publicae,

id. Sest. 2, 5:

devota morti pectora liberae Quantis fatigaret ruinis,

Hor. C. 4, 14, 19; cf.:

nox auget ruinas,

Val. Fl. 3, 207:

principiis in rerum fecere ruinas et graviter magni magno cecidere ibi casu,

i. e. false steps, errors, mistakes, Lucr. 1, 740:

(Academia) si invaserit in haec, miseras edet ruinas,

Cic. Leg. 1, 13, 39:

ruinas videres,

id. Fin. 5, 28, 83.—

In concreto.

That which tumbles or falls down, a fall (not anteAug.).

In gen. ( poet.):

disjectam Aenaeae toto videt aequore classem Fluctibus oppressos Troas caelique ruinā,

i. e. a storm, rain, Verg. A. 1, 129; so,

caeli (with insani imbres),

Sil. 1, 251:

poli,

i. e. thunder, Val. Fl. 8, 334.—

In partic. (acc. to I. A. 2.), a building that has tumbled down, a ruin, ruins (mostly in plur., and not in Cic. prose):

nunc humilis veteres tantummodo Troja ruinas ostendit,

Ov. M. 15, 424:

Sagunti ruinae nostris capitibus incident,

Liv. 21, 10, 10:

(urbs) deserta ac strata prope omnis ruinis,

id. 33, 38, 10:

fumantes Thebarum ruinae,

id. 9, 18, 7:

ruinis templorum templa aedificare,

id. 42, 3:

in tugurio ruinarum Carthaginiensium,

Vell. 2, 19 fin. —In sing.:

alius par labor... flumina ad lavandam hanc ruinam jugis montium ducere,

Plin. 33, 4, 21, § 74:

EX RVINA TEMPLI MARTIS,

Inscr. Orell. 2448 (A.D. 256).—

Transf., of persons who cause ruin, a destroyer:

rei publicae,

Cic. Sest. 51, 109:

ruinae publicanorum,

id. Prov. Cons. 6, 13.

sĭon, ii, n., = sion, water - parsley: Sium latifolium, Linn.; Plin. 26, 8, 56, § 88; 22, 22, 41, § 84.

Sīon, ōnis (or indecl.), m., f., or n., a hill of Jerusalem, and, by meton., Jerusalem, Prud. Ham. 459; Vulg. Matt. 21, 5:

facta est deserta Sion,

id. Isa. 64, 10.

sĭon, ii, n., = sion, water - parsley: Sium latifolium, Linn.; Plin. 26, 8, 56, § 88; 22, 22, 41, § 84.

Sīon, ōnis (or indecl.), m., f., or n., a hill of Jerusalem, and, by meton., Jerusalem, Prud. Ham. 459; Vulg. Matt. 21, 5:

facta est deserta Sion,

id. Isa. 64, 10.

sĭtis, is (abl. site, Ven. Carm. 2, 13, 3; acc. sitem, Prud. steph. 2, 250), f. [etym. dub.; perh. akin with siccus], thirst (class.; used only in sing.).

Lit.:

demum fodere puteum, ubi sitis fauces tenet,

Plaut. Most. 2, 1, 33; cf.:

tibi cum fauces urit sitis,

Hor. S. 1, 2, 114:

siti sicca sum,

Plaut. Curc. 1, 2, 26:

anum interfecero siti fameque atque algu,

id. Most. 1, 3, 36; id. Rud. 2, 2, 7; cf.:

cum cibo et potione fames sitisque depulsa est,

Cic. Fin. 1, 11, 37:

explere diuturnam sitim,

id. Sen. 8, 26; cf.:

ut sitim nostro possis explere cruore,

Ov. Tr. 3, 11, 57:

ubi quarta sitim caeli collegerit hora,

excited, Verg. G. 3, 327:

fessa labore sitim collegerat,

had become thirsty, Ov. M. 5, 446:

sitim tolerare,

Tac. G. 4:

exstinguere sitim,

Ov. M. 7, 569:

restinguere,

Verg. E. 5, 47:

pellere,

Hor. C. 2, 2, 14; Stat. Th. 5, 1:

finire,

Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 146:

sedare,

Lucr. 2, 663; 4, 850; 5, 945; Ov. M. 3, 415:

famem ac sitim sedare,

Plin. 11, 53, 119, § 284; Tac. H. 2, 49:

levare,

Ov. M. 12, 156; 15, 322:

relevare,

id. ib. 6, 354 al.:

compescere,

id. ib. 4, 102:

deponere,

id. ib. 4, 98:

defendere fonte,

Sil. 7, 170:

avertere,

id. 8, 572:

reprimere,

Curt. 7, 5, 7:

pomi sitim faciunt,

provoke, Plin. 23, 7, 70, § 135:

sucus, qui sitim stimulet,

id. 23, 7, 67, § 132:

sitim adferunt (fici),

id. 23, 7, 63, § 121:

accendit,

id. 11, 2, 1, § 3; Curt. 7, 5, 2:

in lassitudine et in siti,

Plin. 22, 24, 51, § 111:

excessit sitim potio,

was more than enough for, Cels. 1, 2:

ardere siti,

Claud. in Ruf. 1, 104:

sitis arida guttur Urit,

Ov. M. 11, 129.—

Transf., of things (places, plants, etc.), dryness, drought, aridity ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose):

et Canis arenti torreat arva siti,

Tib. 1, 4, 42; Verg. G. 2, 353:

deserta siti regio,

id. A. 4, 42:

haurit sitis ignea campos,

Stat. Th. 4, 699:

sitis aestatis restinguitur fontibus, i. e. of plants,

Col. 11, 3, 9; Plin. 19, 2, 8, § 29 al.—

Trop., strong or ardent desire, greediness, thirst:

cupiditatis sitis,

Cic. Par. 1, 1, 6.—With gen. obj.:

libertatis,

Cic. Rep. 1, 43, 66:

cruoris,

Ov. M. 13, 768:

argenti sitis importuna famesque,

Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 23:

sitis major famae quam virtutis,

Juv. 10, 140:

audiendi,

Quint. 6, 3, 19.

sĭtus, a, um, Part. and P. a. of sino.

sĭtus, ūs, m. [sino].

(Sino, 1. situs, A.; prop. a being laid or placed, a lying; hence, by meton.)

The manner of lying, the situation, local position, site of a thing (class. in sing. and plur.; mostly of localities; syn. positus).

Sing.:

terrae,

Cic. Tusc. 1, 20, 45:

urbem Syracusas elegerat, cujus hic situs esse dicitur,

id. Verr. 2, 5, 10, § 26:

loci,

id. Ac. 2, 19, 61:

urbis,

id. Rep. 2, 11, 22; Caes. B. G. 7, 68; 7, 36; Liv. 9, 24, 2:

locorum,

Curt. 3, 4, 11; 7, 6, 12:

Messana, quae situ moenibus portuque ornata est,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 2, § 3; cf.:

urbes naturali situ inexpugnabiles,

Liv. 5, 6; Curt. 3, 4, 2:

agri (with forma),

Hor. Ep. 1, 16, 4:

Africae,

Sall. J. 17, 1:

castrorum,

Caes. B. G. 5, 57; id. B. C. 3, 66:

montis,

Curt. 8, 10, 3:

loca naturae situ invia,

id. 7, 4, 4;

opp. opus: turrem et situ et opere multum editum,

id. 3, 1, 7; 8, 10, 23; cf. Front. Strat. 3, 2, 1:

figura situsque membrorum,

Cic. N. D. 2, 61, 153; cf.:

passeres a rhombis situ tantum corporum differunt,

Plin. 9, 20, 36, § 72:

Aquilonis,

towards the north, id. 16, 12, 23, § 59.— Poet.: exegi monumentum aere perennius Regalique situ pyramidum altius, i. e. the structure (prop. the manner of construction), Hor. C. 3, 30, 2 (cf. the Part. situs, in Tac., = conditus, built; v. sino, P. a. A. 2. c.).—

Plur.:

opportunissimi situs urbibus,

Cic. Rep. 2, 3, 5; so,

oppidorum,

Caes. B. G. 3, 12:

terrarum,

Cic. Div. 2, 46, 97; cf. Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 252:

locorum,

Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 16, 4:

castrorum,

Caes. B. G. 7, 83: situs partium corporis, Cic. Ac. 2, 39, 122:

revocare situs (foliorum),

position, arrangement, Verg. A. 3, 451. —

Transf. (= regio), a quarter of the world, region (Plinian):

a meridiano situ ad septentriones,

Plin. 2, 108, 112, § 245; 2, 47, 48, § 127; 3, 12, 17, § 108; cf. Sill. ad Plin. 16, § 2.— Plur.:

(pantherae) repleturae illos situs,

Plin. 27, 2, 2, § 7.—

Soil (late Lat.):

quae loca pingui situ et cultu,

Amm. 24, 5, 3.—

Description (late Lat.):

cujus originem in Africae situ digessimus plene,

Amm. 29, 5, 18.—

Lit.

Rust, mould, mustiness, dust, dirt, etc., that a thing acquires from lying too long in one place (mostly poet. and in post-Aug. prose; not in Cic. or Cæs.;

syn.: squalor, sordes): corrumpor situ,

Plaut. Truc. 5, 23; cf.:

quae in usu sunt et manum cottidie tactumque patiuntur, numquam periculum situs adeunt,

Sen. Ben. 3, 2, 2:

tristia duri Militis in tenebris occupat arma situs,

Tib. 1, 10, 50:

arma squalere situ ac rubigine,

Quint. 10, 1, 30:

immundo pallida mitra situ,

Prop. 4 (5), 5, 70:

ne aut supellex vestisve condita situ dilabatur,

Col. 12, 3, 5:

per loca senta situ,

Verg. A. 6, 462:

araneosus situs,

Cat. 23, 3:

immundus,

Ov. Am. 1, 12, 30; cf. id. ib. 1, 8, 52; id. Tr. 3, 10, 70:

detergere situm ferro,

Sil. 7, 534:

deterso situ,

Plin. Pan. 50:

prata situ vetustatis obducta,

Col. 2, 18, 2. —

Filthiness of the body: genas situ liventes, Poët. ap. Cic. Tusc. 3, 12, 26 (Com. Rel. p. 225 Rib.:

situm inter oris et barba, etc.): en ego victa situ,

Verg. A. 7, 452; Ov. M. 7, 290; 7, 303; 8, 802; Luc. 6, 516; Plin. 21, 6, 17, § 33.—

Trop.

Neglect, idleness, absence of use:

indigna est pigro forma perire situ,

Ov. Am. 2, 3, 14:

et segnem patiere situ durescere campum,

Verg. G. 1, 72; Col. 2, 2, 6:

gladius usu splendescit, situ rubiginat,

App. Flor. 3, p. 351, 32. —

Of the mind, a rusting, moulding, a wasting away, dulness, inactivity:

senectus victa situ,

Verg. A. 7, 440:

marcescere otio situque civitatem,

Liv. 33, 45 fin.:

situ obsitae justitia, aequitas,

Vell. 2, 126, 2:

quae (mens) in hujusmodi secretis languescit et quendam velut in opaco situm ducit,

Quint. 1, 2, 18; cf. id. 12, 5, 2:

ne pereant turpi pectora nostra situ,

Ov. Tr. 5, 12, 2:

depellere situm curis,

Stat. S. 5, 3, 34:

flebis in aeterno surda jacere situ (carmina),

i. e. oblivion, Prop. 1, 7, 18:

(verba) priscis memorata Catonibus Nunc situs informis premit et deserta vetustas,

Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 118; cf.:

verborum situs,

Sen. Ep. 58, 3:

nec umquam passure situm,

Stat. Th. 3, 100:

passus est leges istas situ atque senio emori,

Gell. 20, 1, 10.

sōlĭtūdo, ĭnis, f. [solus], a being alone or solitary, loneliness, solitariness, solitude (of a person or place); a lonely place, desert, wilderness (class. in sing. and plur.; cf.: secretum, secessus).

In gen.:

ampla domus dedecori saepe domino fit, si est in eā solitudo,

Cic. Off. 1, 39, 139:

si aliquis nos deus ex hac hominum frequentiā tolleret et in solitudine uspiam collocaret,

id. Lael. 23, 87; so (opp. frequentia) id. Pis. 22, 53;

opp. celebritas,

id. Inv. 1, 26, 38; Plin. Pan. 49, 2:

audistis, quae solitudo in agris esset, quae vastitas, quae fuga aratorum, quam deserta, quam relicta omnia,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 51, § 114; cf.:

quācumque venis, fuga est et ingens Circa te solitudo,

Mart. 3, 44, 3:

solitudo ante ostium,

Ter. And. 2, 2, 25:

ubi postquam solitudinem intellexit,

Sall. J. 93, 3:

erat ab oratoribus quaedam in foro solitudo,

Cic. Brut. 63, 227:

neque vero hic non contemptus est a tyrannis atque ejus solitudo,

Nep. Thras. 2, 2:

mihi solitudo et recessus provincia est,

Cic. Att. 12, 26, 2:

in aliquā desertissimā solitudine,

id. Verr. 2, 5, 67, § 171:

Sigambri se in solitudinem ac silvas abdiderant,

Caes. B. G. 4, 18 fin.: an malitis hanc solitudinem vestram quam urbem hostium esse? solitary, desert place (Rome), Liv. 5, 53, 7:

delere omne Latium, vastas inde solitudines facere,

id. 8, 13, 15; cf. id. 39, 18:

nec umquam ex solitudine suā prodeuntem, nisi ut solitudinem faceret,

Plin. Pan. 48 fin.:

ubi solitudinem faciunt, pacem appellant,

Tac. Agr. 30 fin.; Curt. 8, 8, 10; 9, 2, 24; Liv. 39, 18, 2:

nivosae solitudini cohaerentes,

bordering on, Amm. 23, 6, 64.— With gen.:

in hac omnis humani cultūs solitudine,

Curt. 7, 3, 12.— Plur., Cic. Rep. 6, 19, 20; id. Fam. 2, 16, 6; Caes. B. G. 6, 23:

solitudines renuntiavere missi milites ad explorandum,

Plin. 6, 29, 35, § 181; Vell. 2, 55, 4; Plin. 6, 13, 14, § 33; 6, 17, 20, § 53.—

In partic., analog. to the Gr. erêmia, in respect of something wanting, a being left alone or deserted, a state of want, destitution, deprivation:

per hujus (orbae) solitudinem Te obtestor,

Ter. And. 1, 5, 55; cf.:

liberorum solitudo,

Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 58, § 153:

liberorum ac parentum solitudo,

Quint. 6, 1, 18:

Caesenniae viduitas ac solitudo,

Cic. Caecin. 5, 13; id. Q. Fr. 1, 4, 5:

solitudo atque inopia,

id. Quint. 1, 5; cf. id. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 8, § 25:

Messalina tribus omnino comitantibus (id repente solitudinis erat) spatium urbis pedibus emensa,

Tac. A. 11, 32:

magistratuum,

Liv. 6, 35 fin.

sōlus, a, um ( gen. regular. solius; dat. soli; gen. m. soli, Cato ap. Prisc. p. 694 P.; dat. m. SOLO, Inscr. Orell. 2627; f. solae, Plaut. Mil. 4, 2, 28; Ter. Eun. 5, 6, 3), adj. [orig. the same with sollus, q. v.; cf. salus. By Pott referred to sui, Kühn. Zeitschr. 5, 242].

Lit.

In gen., alone, only, single, sole (syn.:

unus, unicus, singularis): quod egomet solus feci, nec quisquam alius affuit,

Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 269:

cum omnibus potius quam soli perire voluerunt,

Cic. Cat. 4, 7, 14:

cum visum esset utilius solum quam cum altero regnare,

id. Off. 3, 10, 41:

licebit eum solus ames,

id. Att. 6, 3, 7:

tot mea Solius solliciti sint causa, ut, etc.,

Ter. Heaut. 1, 1, 77:

nec mihi soli versantur ante oculos... sed, etc.,

Cic. Lael. 27, 102:

non sibi se soli natum meminerit,

id. Fin. 2, 14, 45 fin.:

extra Peloponnesum Aenianes, etc.... soli absunt a mari,

id. Rep. 2, 4, 8:

quae sola divina sunt,

id. Tusc. 1, 27, 66:

ita sola errare videbar,

Enn. Ann. 1, 45; cf. Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 2:

Africanum solitum esse dicere, se numquam minus solum esse, quam cum solus esset,

Cic. Rep. 1, 17, 27:

rem narrabit sola soli,

Ter. Hec. 3, 2, 15; 4, 1, 42; id. Eun. 3, 5, 31; Cato ap. Prisc. p. 694 P.:

de viginti Restabam solus,

Ov. M. 3, 688:

solus ex plurimis servis,

Plaut. Most. 4, 1, 23:

solus ex toto illo collegio,

Cic. Prov. Cons. 8, 18:

Stoici soli ex omnibus,

id. de Or. 3, 18, 65:

tu ex omnibus,

id. Fam. 2, 17, 6:

ego meorum solus sum meus,

Ter. Phorm. 4, 1, 21:

coturnices solae animalium,

Plin. 10, 23, 33, § 69:

solus inter omnes,

Mart. 4, 2, 1:

quae (actio) sola per se ipsa quanta sit, histrionum ars declarat,

Cic. de Or. 1, 5, 18; so,

per se,

id. Top. 15, 59; Liv. 1, 49; 10, 1 al.—With subj. inf.:

nam solum habere velle summa dementia est,

Cic. Tusc. 4, 26, 56.—Strengthened by unus: Ch. Quid, duasne is uxores habet? So. Obsecro:

unam ille quidem hanc solam,

Ter. Phorm. 5, 1, 27:

solum unum hoc vitium affert senectus hominibus,

id. Ad. 5, 3, 47:

furta praetoris quae essent HS. duodecies, ex uno oppido solo exportata sunt,

Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 75, § 185:

unam solam scitote esse civitatem, quae, etc.,

id. ib. 2, 2, 5, §

13: te unum solum suum depeculatorem venisse,

id. Pis. 40, 96.—With other numerals (freq. and class.), Plaut. Bacch. 4, 9, 51; Cic. Ac. 2, 45, 138; id. Att. 2, 1, 5; id. Phil. 11, 8, 18; id. Verr. 2, 2, 74, § 182: Ge. Quantum tibi opus est argenti? Ph. Solae triginta minae, Ter. Phorm. 3, 3, 24; Caes. B. G. 1, 40:

qui solos novem menses Asiae praefuit,

Cic. Att. 5, 17, 5; Liv. 1, 55, 8; 6, 36, 8; 37, 23, 10; and Suet. Aug. 97. —In voc.: felix lectule talibus sole amoribus, Attic. ap. Prisc. p. 673 P.—

In partic., alone, lonely, solitary, forsaken, deserted; without relatives, friends, etc. (rare;

syn. solitarius): sola sum: habeo hic neminem, Neque amicum neque cognatum,

Ter. Eun. 1, 2, 67; cf. id. Ad. 3, 1, 4; id. And. 2, 3, 7:

solus atque omnium honestarum rerum egens,

Sall. J. 14, 17; id. H. 3, 61, 3 Dietsch:

gaudet me vacuo solam tabescere lecto,

Prop. 3, 5 (4, 6), 23.—

Transf., of places, lonely, solitary, unfrequented, desert, = desertus (class.):

hic solis locis composita sum, Hic saxa sunt, hic mare sonat, nec quisquam Homo mihi obviam venit,

Plaut. Rud. 1, 3, 22; cf.:

cum in locis solis moestus errares,

Cic. Div. 1, 28, 59:

loca,

Lucr. 6, 396; Cic. Fragm. ap. Quint. 5, 13, 28; Nep. Eum. 8, 6 (for which shortly before: loca deserta); Sall. J. 103, 1:

locus,

Plaut. Aul. 4, 6, 7; Ter. And. 2, 4, 3:

terrae,

Plaut. Rud. 1, 4, 8; id. Most. 4, 3, 3; Ter. Phorm. 5, 7 (8), 86:

Libyae agri,

Verg. G. 3, 249:

insula,

Cat. 64, 184:

in harena,

id. 64, 57:

solā sub rupe,

Verg. E. 10, 14; Cat. 64, 154:

in monte,

Tib. 1, 2, 72 (Müll. solito) et saep.—Hence, adv.: sōlum, alone, only, merely, barely.

Affirmatively (rare but class.; syn. tantum, but never with numerals, except unus; cf.

solus, A. supra): de re unā solum dissident, de ceteris mirifice congruunt. Ain' tandem? unā de re solum est dissensio?

Cic. Leg. 1, 20, 53: nos nuntiationem solum habemus:

consules etiam spectionem,

id. Phil. 2, 32, 81; id. Or. 48, 160:

quasi vero atrā bili solum mens ac non saepe vel iracundia graviore vel timore moveatur,

id. Tusc. 3, 5, 11:

quae hominum solum auribus judicantur,

id. N. D. 2, 58, 146:

quasi vero perpetua oratio rhetorum solum, non etiam philosophorum sit,

id. Fin. 2, 6, 17.—

Strengthened by modo, and joined with it in one word, sōlummŏdo (only late Lat., for the true reading, Plin. 34, 8, 19, § 92, is unam tantum, Jan. Detlef.;

whereas tantummodo is class.): de exercitore solummodo Praetor sentit,

Dig. 4, 9, 1, § 2:

pretii solummodo fieri aestimationem,

ib. 9, 2, 23, § 1; 11, 5, 1, § 3; 28, 5, 1, § 1; Quint. Decl. 247; Tert. Res. Carn. 26; Hier. Ep. 12.—

Negatively: non solum, nec (neque) solum... sed (verum) etiam (et), etc., not only ( not merely, not barely)... but also, etc. (class. and freq.):

non solum publicas, sed etiam privatas injurias ultus est,

Caes. B. G. 1, 12 fin.:

urbes non solum multis periculis oppositae, sed etiam caecis,

Cic. Rep. 2, 3, 6:

importantur non merces solum adventiciae, sed etiam mores,

id. ib. 2, 4, 7:

neque solum fictum, sed etiam imperite absurdeque fictum,

id. ib. 2, 15, 28:

te non solum naturā et moribus, verum etiam studio et doctrinā esse sapientem,

id. Lael. 2, 6:

non nobis solum nati sumus,

id. Off. 1, 7, 22:

ut sapiens solum contentus possit vivere,

id. Fin. 1, 13, 44 Madv. ad loc.:

bestiae sibi solum natae sunt,

id. ib. 3, 19, 63:

nec vero solum hanc libidinem laudant,

id. Tusc. 4, 19, 44:

servavit ab omni Non solum facto verum opprobrio quoque turpi,

Hor. S. 1, 6, 84:

non enim jus illud solum superbius populo, sed violentius videri necesse erat,

Cic. Leg. 3, 7, 17; id. Cat. 3, 10, 24:

non solum ortum novum populum, sed adultum jam, etc.,

id. Rep. 2, 11, 21:

quibus opibus ac nervis non solum ad minuendam gratiam, sed paene ad perniciem suam uteretur,

Caes. B. G. 1, 20:

quae non solum facta esse, sed ne fieri quidem potuisse cernimus,

Cic. Rep. 2, 15, 28:

bene meriti de rebus communibus, ut genere etiam putarentur non solum ingenio esse divino,

id. ib. 2, 2, 4:

neque solum civis, set cujusmodi genus hominum,

Sall. C. 39, 6; v. non and sed.

Sŏlūs, untis, f., = Solous, a town on the northern coast of Sicily, now Castello di Solanto, Plin. 3, 8, 14, § 90.—Hence, Sŏ-luntīni, ōrum, m., the inhabitants of Solus, Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 43, § 103; sing., id. ib. 2, 2, 42, § 102.

sŏlus, ūs, m., v. solum init.

sōlus, a, um ( gen. regular. solius; dat. soli; gen. m. soli, Cato ap. Prisc. p. 694 P.; dat. m. SOLO, Inscr. Orell. 2627; f. solae, Plaut. Mil. 4, 2, 28; Ter. Eun. 5, 6, 3), adj. [orig. the same with sollus, q. v.; cf. salus. By Pott referred to sui, Kühn. Zeitschr. 5, 242].

Lit.

In gen., alone, only, single, sole (syn.:

unus, unicus, singularis): quod egomet solus feci, nec quisquam alius affuit,

Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 269:

cum omnibus potius quam soli perire voluerunt,

Cic. Cat. 4, 7, 14:

cum visum esset utilius solum quam cum altero regnare,

id. Off. 3, 10, 41:

licebit eum solus ames,

id. Att. 6, 3, 7:

tot mea Solius solliciti sint causa, ut, etc.,

Ter. Heaut. 1, 1, 77:

nec mihi soli versantur ante oculos... sed, etc.,

Cic. Lael. 27, 102:

non sibi se soli natum meminerit,

id. Fin. 2, 14, 45 fin.:

extra Peloponnesum Aenianes, etc.... soli absunt a mari,

id. Rep. 2, 4, 8:

quae sola divina sunt,

id. Tusc. 1, 27, 66:

ita sola errare videbar,

Enn. Ann. 1, 45; cf. Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 2:

Africanum solitum esse dicere, se numquam minus solum esse, quam cum solus esset,

Cic. Rep. 1, 17, 27:

rem narrabit sola soli,

Ter. Hec. 3, 2, 15; 4, 1, 42; id. Eun. 3, 5, 31; Cato ap. Prisc. p. 694 P.:

de viginti Restabam solus,

Ov. M. 3, 688:

solus ex plurimis servis,

Plaut. Most. 4, 1, 23:

solus ex toto illo collegio,

Cic. Prov. Cons. 8, 18:

Stoici soli ex omnibus,

id. de Or. 3, 18, 65:

tu ex omnibus,

id. Fam. 2, 17, 6:

ego meorum solus sum meus,

Ter. Phorm. 4, 1, 21:

coturnices solae animalium,

Plin. 10, 23, 33, § 69:

solus inter omnes,

Mart. 4, 2, 1:

quae (actio) sola per se ipsa quanta sit, histrionum ars declarat,

Cic. de Or. 1, 5, 18; so,

per se,

id. Top. 15, 59; Liv. 1, 49; 10, 1 al.—With subj. inf.:

nam solum habere velle summa dementia est,

Cic. Tusc. 4, 26, 56.—Strengthened by unus: Ch. Quid, duasne is uxores habet? So. Obsecro:

unam ille quidem hanc solam,

Ter. Phorm. 5, 1, 27:

solum unum hoc vitium affert senectus hominibus,

id. Ad. 5, 3, 47:

furta praetoris quae essent HS. duodecies, ex uno oppido solo exportata sunt,

Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 75, § 185:

unam solam scitote esse civitatem, quae, etc.,

id. ib. 2, 2, 5, §

13: te unum solum suum depeculatorem venisse,

id. Pis. 40, 96.—With other numerals (freq. and class.), Plaut. Bacch. 4, 9, 51; Cic. Ac. 2, 45, 138; id. Att. 2, 1, 5; id. Phil. 11, 8, 18; id. Verr. 2, 2, 74, § 182: Ge. Quantum tibi opus est argenti? Ph. Solae triginta minae, Ter. Phorm. 3, 3, 24; Caes. B. G. 1, 40:

qui solos novem menses Asiae praefuit,

Cic. Att. 5, 17, 5; Liv. 1, 55, 8; 6, 36, 8; 37, 23, 10; and Suet. Aug. 97. —In voc.: felix lectule talibus sole amoribus, Attic. ap. Prisc. p. 673 P.—

In partic., alone, lonely, solitary, forsaken, deserted; without relatives, friends, etc. (rare;

syn. solitarius): sola sum: habeo hic neminem, Neque amicum neque cognatum,

Ter. Eun. 1, 2, 67; cf. id. Ad. 3, 1, 4; id. And. 2, 3, 7:

solus atque omnium honestarum rerum egens,

Sall. J. 14, 17; id. H. 3, 61, 3 Dietsch:

gaudet me vacuo solam tabescere lecto,

Prop. 3, 5 (4, 6), 23.—

Transf., of places, lonely, solitary, unfrequented, desert, = desertus (class.):

hic solis locis composita sum, Hic saxa sunt, hic mare sonat, nec quisquam Homo mihi obviam venit,

Plaut. Rud. 1, 3, 22; cf.:

cum in locis solis moestus errares,

Cic. Div. 1, 28, 59:

loca,

Lucr. 6, 396; Cic. Fragm. ap. Quint. 5, 13, 28; Nep. Eum. 8, 6 (for which shortly before: loca deserta); Sall. J. 103, 1:

locus,

Plaut. Aul. 4, 6, 7; Ter. And. 2, 4, 3:

terrae,

Plaut. Rud. 1, 4, 8; id. Most. 4, 3, 3; Ter. Phorm. 5, 7 (8), 86:

Libyae agri,

Verg. G. 3, 249:

insula,

Cat. 64, 184:

in harena,

id. 64, 57:

solā sub rupe,

Verg. E. 10, 14; Cat. 64, 154:

in monte,

Tib. 1, 2, 72 (Müll. solito) et saep.—Hence, adv.: sōlum, alone, only, merely, barely.

Affirmatively (rare but class.; syn. tantum, but never with numerals, except unus; cf.

solus, A. supra): de re unā solum dissident, de ceteris mirifice congruunt. Ain' tandem? unā de re solum est dissensio?

Cic. Leg. 1, 20, 53: nos nuntiationem solum habemus:

consules etiam spectionem,

id. Phil. 2, 32, 81; id. Or. 48, 160:

quasi vero atrā bili solum mens ac non saepe vel iracundia graviore vel timore moveatur,

id. Tusc. 3, 5, 11:

quae hominum solum auribus judicantur,

id. N. D. 2, 58, 146:

quasi vero perpetua oratio rhetorum solum, non etiam philosophorum sit,

id. Fin. 2, 6, 17.—

Strengthened by modo, and joined with it in one word, sōlummŏdo (only late Lat., for the true reading, Plin. 34, 8, 19, § 92, is unam tantum, Jan. Detlef.;

whereas tantummodo is class.): de exercitore solummodo Praetor sentit,

Dig. 4, 9, 1, § 2:

pretii solummodo fieri aestimationem,

ib. 9, 2, 23, § 1; 11, 5, 1, § 3; 28, 5, 1, § 1; Quint. Decl. 247; Tert. Res. Carn. 26; Hier. Ep. 12.—

Negatively: non solum, nec (neque) solum... sed (verum) etiam (et), etc., not only ( not merely, not barely)... but also, etc. (class. and freq.):

non solum publicas, sed etiam privatas injurias ultus est,

Caes. B. G. 1, 12 fin.:

urbes non solum multis periculis oppositae, sed etiam caecis,

Cic. Rep. 2, 3, 6:

importantur non merces solum adventiciae, sed etiam mores,

id. ib. 2, 4, 7:

neque solum fictum, sed etiam imperite absurdeque fictum,

id. ib. 2, 15, 28:

te non solum naturā et moribus, verum etiam studio et doctrinā esse sapientem,

id. Lael. 2, 6:

non nobis solum nati sumus,

id. Off. 1, 7, 22:

ut sapiens solum contentus possit vivere,

id. Fin. 1, 13, 44 Madv. ad loc.:

bestiae sibi solum natae sunt,

id. ib. 3, 19, 63:

nec vero solum hanc libidinem laudant,

id. Tusc. 4, 19, 44:

servavit ab omni Non solum facto verum opprobrio quoque turpi,

Hor. S. 1, 6, 84:

non enim jus illud solum superbius populo, sed violentius videri necesse erat,

Cic. Leg. 3, 7, 17; id. Cat. 3, 10, 24:

non solum ortum novum populum, sed adultum jam, etc.,

id. Rep. 2, 11, 21:

quibus opibus ac nervis non solum ad minuendam gratiam, sed paene ad perniciem suam uteretur,

Caes. B. G. 1, 20:

quae non solum facta esse, sed ne fieri quidem potuisse cernimus,

Cic. Rep. 2, 15, 28:

bene meriti de rebus communibus, ut genere etiam putarentur non solum ingenio esse divino,

id. ib. 2, 2, 4:

neque solum civis, set cujusmodi genus hominum,

Sall. C. 39, 6; v. non and sed.

Sŏlūs, untis, f., = Solous, a town on the northern coast of Sicily, now Castello di Solanto, Plin. 3, 8, 14, § 90.—Hence, Sŏ-luntīni, ōrum, m., the inhabitants of Solus, Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 43, § 103; sing., id. ib. 2, 2, 42, § 102.

sŏlus, ūs, m., v. solum init.

sōlus, a, um ( gen. regular. solius; dat. soli; gen. m. soli, Cato ap. Prisc. p. 694 P.; dat. m. SOLO, Inscr. Orell. 2627; f. solae, Plaut. Mil. 4, 2, 28; Ter. Eun. 5, 6, 3), adj. [orig. the same with sollus, q. v.; cf. salus. By Pott referred to sui, Kühn. Zeitschr. 5, 242].

Lit.

In gen., alone, only, single, sole (syn.:

unus, unicus, singularis): quod egomet solus feci, nec quisquam alius affuit,

Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 269:

cum omnibus potius quam soli perire voluerunt,

Cic. Cat. 4, 7, 14:

cum visum esset utilius solum quam cum altero regnare,

id. Off. 3, 10, 41:

licebit eum solus ames,

id. Att. 6, 3, 7:

tot mea Solius solliciti sint causa, ut, etc.,

Ter. Heaut. 1, 1, 77:

nec mihi soli versantur ante oculos... sed, etc.,

Cic. Lael. 27, 102:

non sibi se soli natum meminerit,

id. Fin. 2, 14, 45 fin.:

extra Peloponnesum Aenianes, etc.... soli absunt a mari,

id. Rep. 2, 4, 8:

quae sola divina sunt,

id. Tusc. 1, 27, 66:

ita sola errare videbar,

Enn. Ann. 1, 45; cf. Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 2:

Africanum solitum esse dicere, se numquam minus solum esse, quam cum solus esset,

Cic. Rep. 1, 17, 27:

rem narrabit sola soli,

Ter. Hec. 3, 2, 15; 4, 1, 42; id. Eun. 3, 5, 31; Cato ap. Prisc. p. 694 P.:

de viginti Restabam solus,

Ov. M. 3, 688:

solus ex plurimis servis,

Plaut. Most. 4, 1, 23:

solus ex toto illo collegio,

Cic. Prov. Cons. 8, 18:

Stoici soli ex omnibus,

id. de Or. 3, 18, 65:

tu ex omnibus,

id. Fam. 2, 17, 6:

ego meorum solus sum meus,

Ter. Phorm. 4, 1, 21:

coturnices solae animalium,

Plin. 10, 23, 33, § 69:

solus inter omnes,

Mart. 4, 2, 1:

quae (actio) sola per se ipsa quanta sit, histrionum ars declarat,

Cic. de Or. 1, 5, 18; so,

per se,

id. Top. 15, 59; Liv. 1, 49; 10, 1 al.—With subj. inf.:

nam solum habere velle summa dementia est,

Cic. Tusc. 4, 26, 56.—Strengthened by unus: Ch. Quid, duasne is uxores habet? So. Obsecro:

unam ille quidem hanc solam,

Ter. Phorm. 5, 1, 27:

solum unum hoc vitium affert senectus hominibus,

id. Ad. 5, 3, 47:

furta praetoris quae essent HS. duodecies, ex uno oppido solo exportata sunt,

Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 75, § 185:

unam solam scitote esse civitatem, quae, etc.,

id. ib. 2, 2, 5, §

13: te unum solum suum depeculatorem venisse,

id. Pis. 40, 96.—With other numerals (freq. and class.), Plaut. Bacch. 4, 9, 51; Cic. Ac. 2, 45, 138; id. Att. 2, 1, 5; id. Phil. 11, 8, 18; id. Verr. 2, 2, 74, § 182: Ge. Quantum tibi opus est argenti? Ph. Solae triginta minae, Ter. Phorm. 3, 3, 24; Caes. B. G. 1, 40:

qui solos novem menses Asiae praefuit,

Cic. Att. 5, 17, 5; Liv. 1, 55, 8; 6, 36, 8; 37, 23, 10; and Suet. Aug. 97. —In voc.: felix lectule talibus sole amoribus, Attic. ap. Prisc. p. 673 P.—

In partic., alone, lonely, solitary, forsaken, deserted; without relatives, friends, etc. (rare;

syn. solitarius): sola sum: habeo hic neminem, Neque amicum neque cognatum,

Ter. Eun. 1, 2, 67; cf. id. Ad. 3, 1, 4; id. And. 2, 3, 7:

solus atque omnium honestarum rerum egens,

Sall. J. 14, 17; id. H. 3, 61, 3 Dietsch:

gaudet me vacuo solam tabescere lecto,

Prop. 3, 5 (4, 6), 23.—

Transf., of places, lonely, solitary, unfrequented, desert, = desertus (class.):

hic solis locis composita sum, Hic saxa sunt, hic mare sonat, nec quisquam Homo mihi obviam venit,

Plaut. Rud. 1, 3, 22; cf.:

cum in locis solis moestus errares,

Cic. Div. 1, 28, 59:

loca,

Lucr. 6, 396; Cic. Fragm. ap. Quint. 5, 13, 28; Nep. Eum. 8, 6 (for which shortly before: loca deserta); Sall. J. 103, 1:

locus,

Plaut. Aul. 4, 6, 7; Ter. And. 2, 4, 3:

terrae,

Plaut. Rud. 1, 4, 8; id. Most. 4, 3, 3; Ter. Phorm. 5, 7 (8), 86:

Libyae agri,

Verg. G. 3, 249:

insula,

Cat. 64, 184:

in harena,

id. 64, 57:

solā sub rupe,

Verg. E. 10, 14; Cat. 64, 154:

in monte,

Tib. 1, 2, 72 (Müll. solito) et saep.—Hence, adv.: sōlum, alone, only, merely, barely.

Affirmatively (rare but class.; syn. tantum, but never with numerals, except unus; cf.

solus, A. supra): de re unā solum dissident, de ceteris mirifice congruunt. Ain' tandem? unā de re solum est dissensio?

Cic. Leg. 1, 20, 53: nos nuntiationem solum habemus:

consules etiam spectionem,

id. Phil. 2, 32, 81; id. Or. 48, 160:

quasi vero atrā bili solum mens ac non saepe vel iracundia graviore vel timore moveatur,

id. Tusc. 3, 5, 11:

quae hominum solum auribus judicantur,

id. N. D. 2, 58, 146:

quasi vero perpetua oratio rhetorum solum, non etiam philosophorum sit,

id. Fin. 2, 6, 17.—

Strengthened by modo, and joined with it in one word, sōlummŏdo (only late Lat., for the true reading, Plin. 34, 8, 19, § 92, is unam tantum, Jan. Detlef.;

whereas tantummodo is class.): de exercitore solummodo Praetor sentit,

Dig. 4, 9, 1, § 2:

pretii solummodo fieri aestimationem,

ib. 9, 2, 23, § 1; 11, 5, 1, § 3; 28, 5, 1, § 1; Quint. Decl. 247; Tert. Res. Carn. 26; Hier. Ep. 12.—

Negatively: non solum, nec (neque) solum... sed (verum) etiam (et), etc., not only ( not merely, not barely)... but also, etc. (class. and freq.):

non solum publicas, sed etiam privatas injurias ultus est,

Caes. B. G. 1, 12 fin.:

urbes non solum multis periculis oppositae, sed etiam caecis,

Cic. Rep. 2, 3, 6:

importantur non merces solum adventiciae, sed etiam mores,

id. ib. 2, 4, 7:

neque solum fictum, sed etiam imperite absurdeque fictum,

id. ib. 2, 15, 28:

te non solum naturā et moribus, verum etiam studio et doctrinā esse sapientem,

id. Lael. 2, 6:

non nobis solum nati sumus,

id. Off. 1, 7, 22:

ut sapiens solum contentus possit vivere,

id. Fin. 1, 13, 44 Madv. ad loc.:

bestiae sibi solum natae sunt,

id. ib. 3, 19, 63:

nec vero solum hanc libidinem laudant,

id. Tusc. 4, 19, 44:

servavit ab omni Non solum facto verum opprobrio quoque turpi,

Hor. S. 1, 6, 84:

non enim jus illud solum superbius populo, sed violentius videri necesse erat,

Cic. Leg. 3, 7, 17; id. Cat. 3, 10, 24:

non solum ortum novum populum, sed adultum jam, etc.,

id. Rep. 2, 11, 21:

quibus opibus ac nervis non solum ad minuendam gratiam, sed paene ad perniciem suam uteretur,

Caes. B. G. 1, 20:

quae non solum facta esse, sed ne fieri quidem potuisse cernimus,

Cic. Rep. 2, 15, 28:

bene meriti de rebus communibus, ut genere etiam putarentur non solum ingenio esse divino,

id. ib. 2, 2, 4:

neque solum civis, set cujusmodi genus hominum,

Sall. C. 39, 6; v. non and sed.

Sŏlūs, untis, f., = Solous, a town on the northern coast of Sicily, now Castello di Solanto, Plin. 3, 8, 14, § 90.—Hence, Sŏ-luntīni, ōrum, m., the inhabitants of Solus, Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 43, § 103; sing., id. ib. 2, 2, 42, § 102.

sŏlus, ūs, m., v. solum init.

sŭb-ĕo, ĭi, ĭtum, īre ( perf. subīvit, Ov. F. 1, 314; Stat. S. 2, 1, 155: subivimus, Claud. ap. Tac. A. 11, 24 dub.), v. n. and a., to come or go under any thing; to come or go up to, to approach, draw near, advance or proceed to a place; to come or go on; to follow, succeed; to go down, sink; to come up, spring up (cf. succedo).

Lit.

In gen.:

subire sub falas,

Plaut. Most. 2, 1, 10:

in nemoris latebras,

Ov. M. 4, 601; cf.: in aliquem locum, to enter, Auct. B. Alex. 74, 4:

in adversum Romani subiere,

Liv. 1, 12, 1:

in adversos montes,

id. 41, 18, 11:

testudine factā subeunt,

advance, Caes. B. G. 7, 85, 7:

Albani subiere ad montes,

Liv. 1, 28, 5:

subire ad portam castrorum,

id. 34, 16, 2; cf.:

ad urbem subeunt,

id. 31, 45, 4; 39, 27, 10; 36, 19, 1; and:

subeundum erat ad hostes,

id. 2, 31, 4:

ad tecta subibant,

Verg. A. 8, 359.—With dat.:

muro subibant,

Verg. A. 7, 161; so,

muro,

id. ib. 9, 371:

portu Chaonio (with accedere urbem),

id. ib. 3, 292:

luco,

id. ib. 8, 125:

dumis,

Sil. 5, 283:

ingenti feretro,

Verg. A. 6, 222:

age cervici inponere nostrae: Ipse subibo umeris,

id. ib. 2, 708:

per vices subeunt elephanti,

Plin. 8, 7, 7, § 23:

pone subit conjux,

follows, Verg. A. 2, 725; so Val. Fl. 4, 197; cf.:

dexterae alae sinistra subiit,

Liv. 27, 2, 7:

subeuntis alii aliis in custodiam,

id. 25, 37, 6; and:

subiit argentea proles,

Ov. M. 1, 114:

subit ipse meumque Explet opus,

succeeds me, takes my place, id. ib. 3, 648:

Volscus saxa objacentia pedibus ingerit in subeuntes,

climbing, Liv. 2, 65, 4:

vel eodem amne vel Euphrate subire eos posse,

i. e. sail up stream, Curt. 9, 10, 3; cf.:

adverso amne Babylona subituros,

id. 10, 1, 16.—

Of things:

stamen a stando: subtemen, quod subit stamini,

Varr. L. L. 5, § 113 Müll.:

cum luna sub orbem solis subisset,

Liv. 37, 4, 4:

tertio die mixtum flumini subibat mare,

Curt. 9, 9, 7:

venae nonnumquam incipiente febre subeunt,

the pulse sinks, Cels. 3, 6 med.:

subeunt herbae,

come up, spring up, Verg. G. 1, 180; so,

barba,

i. e. sprouts, grows, Mart. 7, 83, 2:

subisse aquam in caelum,

Plin. 31, 3, 21, § 32.—

In partic., to come on secretly, to advance or approach stealthily, to steal upon, steal into ( poet.), Prop. 1, 9, 26; Ov. Am. 1, 2, 6; id. A. A. 1, 742.—

Trop.

In gen., to come in, succeed, take place; to enter stealthily, come secretly or by degrees: in quarum locum subierunt inquilinae impietas, perfidia, impudentia, Varr. ap. Non. 403, 27:

fugere pudor verumque fidesque: In quorum subiere locum fraudesque dolique,

Ov. M. 1, 130:

pulchra subit facies,

id. ib. 14, 827:

subit ecce priori Causa recens,

id. ib. 3, 259:

an subit (amor) et tacitā callidus arte nocet?

id. Am. 1, 2, 6: subeunt morbi [p. 1775] tristisque senectus, Verg. G. 3, 67:

namque graves morbi subeunt segnisque senectus,

Nemes. Cyn. 117; cf.:

duo pariter subierunt incommoda,

arise, come up, Quint. 5, 10, 100:

ne subeant animo taedia justa tuo,

Ov. P. 4, 15, 30:

regio, quā vero ipsa subit ad Medos,

approaches, Plin. 6, 26, 29, § 115. —

In partic., to come into the mind, to occur, suggest itself:

omnes sententiae verbaque omnia sub acumen stili subeant et succedant necesse est,

Cic. de Or. 1, 34, 151:

cum in loca aliqua post tempus reversi sumus, quae in his fecerimus, reminiscimur personaeque subeunt,

Quint. 11, 2, 17:

cum subeant audita aut cognita nobis,

Ov. M. 15, 307:

subit umbra,

id. ib. 12, 591:

subeunt illi fratresque parensque,

id. ib. 11. 542:

subiit cari genitoris imago... subiit deserta Creusa Et direpta domus et parvi casus Iuli,

Verg. A. 2, 560 sq.; Tac. A. 1, 13:

subeant animo Latmia saxa tuo,

Ov. H. 18, 62:

ne subeant animo taedia,

id. P. 4, 15, 30:

quantum subire animo sustinueris, tantum tecum auferas,

to grasp with the mind, Val. Max. 3, 3, ext. 7.—

Subit, with subj. - or rel.-clause ( poet. and in postAug. prose), Ov. M. 2, 755:

quo magis ac magis admirari subit,

Plin. 12, prooem. § 2;

35, 7, 31, § 49: misereri sortis humanae subit,

id. 25, 3, 7, § 23:

quid sim, quid fuerimque subit,

Ov. Tr. 3, 8, 38.

Lit.

In gen., to come or go under, to enter; to submit to; to approach, etc.:

exercitatissimi in armis, qui inter annos XIV. tectum non subissent,

had not come under a roof, Caes. B. G. 1, 36:

tecta,

Quint. 2, 16, 6; Ov. M. 6, 669:

jam subeunt Triviae lucos atque aurea tecta,

Verg. A. 6, 13:

limina victor Alcides subiit,

id. ib. 8, 363:

domos,

Ov. M. 1, 121:

penates,

id. ib. 5, 650:

macra cavum repetes artum, quem macra subisti,

Hor. Ep. 1, 7, 33:

cum novies subiere paludem,

had plunged under, Ov. M. 15, 358; id. F. 1, 314:

et juncti currum dominae subiere leones,

Verg. A. 3, 313:

leones jugum subeant,

Plin. 10, 45, 62, § 128:

asellus gravius dorso subiit onus,

i. e. submits to, receives, Hor. S. 1, 9, 21:

subire iniquissimum locum,

Caes. B. G. 2, 27: iniquum locum, Auct. B. Alex. 76, 2; id. B. Hisp. 24, 3:

collem,

to go up, mount, climb, scale, Hirt. B. G. 8, 15:

consules utrimque aciem subeuntium jam muros adgrediuntur,

Liv. 7, 12, 3:

muros,

id. 27, 18:

impositum saxis Anxur,

Hor. S. 1, 5, 25:

si subeuntur prospera castra,

Juv. 16, 2 et saep.:

perfurit, Fadumque Herbesumque subit,

comes up to, attacks, assails, Verg. A. 9, 344; cf.:

interim fallendus est judex et variis artibus subeundus,

Quint. 4, 5, 5:

precibus commota Tonantem Juno subit,

approaches, Stat. Th. 9, 510:

subit ille minantem,

id. ib. 8, 84:

Aeneae mucronem,

Verg. A. 10, 798:

qui procul hostium conspectu subibant aquam,

Curt. 4, 13, 10:

Hispo subit juvenes, i. e. paedicat,

Juv. 2, 50.—

Of things:

umbra subit terras,

Ov. M. 11, 61:

quos (lucos) aquae subeunt et aurae,

enter, Hor. C. 3, 4, 8:

montes Trasimenus,

Liv. 22, 4, 2:

litora pelagus, Mel. praef. 2: mare quod Ciliciam subit,

Curt. 7, 3, 19:

radices (petrae) Indus amnis subit,

id. 8, 11, 7:

clarus subit Alba Latinum,

succeeds, Ov. M. 14, 612 (al. clarus subit ecce Latinum Epytus); cf. id. ib. 1, 114:

furcas subiere columnae,

come into the place of, succeed, id. ib. 8, 700:

aqua subit altitudinem exortus sui,

rises to, reaches, Plin. 31, 6, 31, § 57:

lunamque deficere cum aut terram subiret aut sole premeretur,

Curt. 4, 10, 5.—

In partic., to approach secretly, to steal upon or into (cf. supra, I. A. 2.):

multi Nomine divorum thalamos subiere pudicos,

Ov. M. 3, 282:

subit furtim lumina fessa sopor,

id. H. 19, 56.—

Trop.

In gen. (very rare):

sera deinde poenitentia subiit regem,

came upon, overtook, Curt. 3, 2, 19.—

In partic.

To come into, enter, occur to one's mind (cf. supra, I. B. 2.):

deinde cogitatio animum subiit, indignum esse, etc.,

Liv. 36, 20:

ut beneficiorum memoria subiret animos patrum,

id. 37, 49, 3:

spes animum subibat deflagrare iras vestras posse,

id. 40, 8, 9:

otiosum animum aliae cogitationes,

Quint. 11, 2, 33:

majora intellectu animos non subibunt,

id. 1, 2, 28:

mentem subit, quo praemia facto, etc.,

Ov. M. 12, 472; 7, 170:

subit ergo regem verecundia,

Curt. 5, 2, 15:

me recordantem miseratio,

Plin. Ep. 3, 7, 10: feminas voluptas, id. Pan. 22, 3:

horum cogitatio subibat exercitum,

Curt. 7, 1, 4.—

To follow in speech, interrupt, answer (post - class. and rare):

dicturum plura parentem Voce subis,

Claud. IV. Cons. Hon. 352:

subit ille loquentem talibus,

id. Cons. Mall. Theod. 173; id. Rapt. Pros. 3, 133.—

(The figure taken from stooping under a load, under blows, etc.) To subject one's self to, take upon one's self an evil; to undergo, submit to, sustain, endure, suffer it (class.;

a favorite expression of Cic.): omnes terrores periculaque omnia succurram atque subibo,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 11, 31:

omnia tela intenta in patriam subire atque excipere,

id. Prov. Cons. 9, 23; cf.:

quis est non ultro appetendus, subeundus, excipiendus dolor?

id. Tusc. 2, 5, 14:

subire vim atque injuriam,

id. Prov. Cons. 17, 41:

inimicitiae sunt: subeantur,

id. Verr. 2, 5, 71, § 182:

maximas rei publicae tempestates,

id. Mur. 2, 4:

invidiam, pericula, tempestates,

id. Fam. 15, 4, 12:

nefarias libidinum contumelias turpitudinesque,

id. Pis. 35, 86:

potentiam, victoriam,

id. Fam. 6, 1, 6:

contumeliarum verbera,

id. Rep. 1, 5, 9:

majora Verbera,

Hor. S. 1, 3, 120:

non praecipuam, sed parem cum ceteris fortunae condicionem,

Cic. Rep. 1, 4, 7:

fortunam,

id. Fam. 14, 5, 1:

judicium multitudinis imperitae,

id. Fl. 1, 2:

odium eorum,

id. Att. 11, 17, 2:

usum omnium,

id. de Or. 1, 34, 157:

aliquid invidiae aut criminis,

id. N. D. 3, 1, 3:

quemque casum,

id. Att. 8, 1, 3:

quamvis carnificinam,

id. Tusc. 5, 27, 78:

dupli poenam,

id. Off. 3, 16, 65:

legis vim,

id. Caecin. 34, 100:

summae crudelitatis famam,

id. Cat. 4, 6, 12; cf.:

minus sermonis,

id. Att. 11, 6, 2:

poenam exsilii,

Val. Max. 6, 5, 3:

simultates,

Plin. Ep. 2, 18, 5:

offensas,

id. ib. 13, 9, 26:

periculum,

Vulg. 2 Macc. 11, 7:

jam tum peregrinos ritus novā subeunte fortunā,

Curt. 4, 6, 29. —With inf., to attempt, try, undertake:

adversa tela pellere,

Stat. S. 5, 2, 105:

clavum torquere,

Claud. Cons. Mall. Theod. 46.— Hence, sŭbĭtus, a, um, P. a., that has come on suddenly or unexpectedly, i. e. sudden, unexpected (freq. and class.; cf.:

repens, improvisus): res subita,

Plaut. Curc. 2, 3, 23:

in rebus tam subitis,

Cic. Fam. 10, 16, 2:

maris subita tempestas,

id. Tusc. 3, 22, 52:

subita et improvisa formido,

id. Prov. Cons. 18, 43:

laetitia, etc.,

Auct. Her. 1, 8, 13:

subita pugna, non praeparata,

Quint. 7, 1, 35:

ut sunt Gallorum subita et repentina consilia,

Caes. B. G. 3, 8:

novae rei ac subitae admiratio,

Liv. 2, 2:

bellum,

Caes. B. G. 3, 7:

incursiones hostium,

Hirt. B. G. 8, 11:

ministeria belli,

Liv. 4, 27:

imbres,

Lucr. 5, 216:

vis,

id. 1, 286; 4, 1210:

res,

id. 6, 1282:

mors,

Quint. 7, 2, 14:

casus,

id. 10, 3, 3; Suet. Aug. 73:

tristia,

Val. Max. 1, 6, 12:

silentium,

Quint. 12, 5, 3: miles, hastily collected (opp. vetus expertusque;

syn. subitarius),

Tac. H. 4, 76; cf.:

aqua mulsa subita ac recens (opp. inveterata),

Plin. 22, 24, 51, § 110: imagines non subitae, not newly sprung up, i. e. old, ancient, Plin. Ep. 8, 10, 3:

homo,

rash, Cic. Pis. Fragm. 5: clivi, sudden, i. e. steep, Stat. Th. 6, 258.—Esp., = subito (post-Aug.):

non percussor ille subitus erumpet?

Quint. 6, 2, 31; so,

manūs dux Trapezuntem subitus irrupit,

Tac. H. 3, 47:

subitum inopinatumque venisse,

Plin. Ep. 1, 13, 3:

evadere,

Flor. 4, 2, 59.—

As subst.: sŭbĭtum, i. n., a sudden or unexpected thing, a sudden occurrence, etc.:

Lesbonicum foras evocate: ita subitum'st, propere eum conventum volo,

Plaut. Trin. 5, 2, 51; cf.:

subitum est ei remigrare,

Cic. Fam. 13, 2:

si tibi subiti nihil est,

Plaut. Pers. 4, 4, 36:

in subito,

Plin. 7, 44, 45, § 143.—In plur.:

ut subitis ex tempore occurrant,

Quint. 10, 7, 30; cf.:

etiam fortes viros subitis terreri,

Tac. A. 15, 59:

quamvis non deficeretur ad subita extemporali facultate,

Suet. Aug. 84:

si repentina ac subita dominantur,

Sen. Ep. 16, 6: sive meditata sive subita proferret, whether he spoke after deliberation or off-hand, Plin. Ep. 1, 16, 2.—With gen.:

ad subita rerum,

Liv. 9, 43:

ad subita belli,

id. 6, 32; 25, 15, 20; Flor. 1, 1, 11.—

Adverb., suddenly, unexpectedly:

per subitum erumpit clamor,

Sil. 10, 505; so,

per subitum,

id. 7, 594; 8, 628; 12, 654; 14, 330; 15, 145;

15, 404: in subitum,

id. 7, 527: ad subitum, Cassiod. Var. praef. med. —Hence, adv.: sŭbĭtō, suddenly, unexpectedly (freq. and class.; cf.: repente, extemplo, ilico): ut subito, ut propere, ut valide tonuit! Plaut. Am. 5, 1, 10; cf. id. Curc. 2, 3, 4:

nova res subito mihi haec objecta est,

id. Ps. 2, 2, 7:

ita abripuit repente sese subito,

id. Mil. 2, 2, 21:

subito tanta te impendent mala,

Ter. Phorm. 1, 4, 2:

cum tot bella subito atque improviso nascantur,

Cic. Font. 19, 42:

ex oculis subito fugit,

Verg. G. 4, 499:

cum subito ecce,

Cic. Caecin. 10, 30:

ut subito nostras Hymen cantatus ad aures Venit,

Ov. H. 12, 137; Curt. 9, 9, 19:

subito deficere,

Quint. 7, 2, 14:

quod serenā nocte subito candens et plena luna defecisset,

Cic. Rep. 1, 15, 23:

tantus subito timor omnem exercitum occupavit,

Caes. B. G. 1, 39:

subito opprimi,

Liv. 41, 3:

si vespertinus subito te oppresserit hospes,

Hor. S. 2, 4, 17 et. saep.:

subito dicere,

without preparation, extempore, Cic. de Or. 1, 33, 150:

quod vox et gestus subito sumi non potest,

id. ib. 1, 59, 252:

neque potest quisquam nostrum subito fingi,

id. Sull. 25, 69:

aliquid subito ex tempore conjectura explicare,

id. Div. 1, 33, 72; so,

dicere,

Quint. 10, 3, 30; 11, 3, 12:

inventa (opp. domo allata),

id. 4, 5, 4:

cum subito evaserunt,

Col. 9, 9, 3:

tam subito copias contrahere non potuit,

so quickly, Nep. Dat. 7, 3.

trĕpĭdus, a, um, adj. [root in Gr. trepô, to turn, put to flight; cf. Lat. torqueo (cf. Fest. p. 367 Müll.); prop. scared; hence], restless, agitated, anxious, solicitous, disturbed, alarmed, in a state of trepidation, etc. (not. freq. in prose till the Aug. per.;

perh. not at all in Cic. and Cæs.): tum trepidae inter se coëunt pennisque coruscant (apes),

in a hurry, Verg. G. 4, 73; so,

Dido,

id. A. 4, 642 Serv.:

hic galeam tectis trepidus rapit,

id. ib. 7, 638;

9, 233: trepidi improviso metu,

Sall. J. 97, 5; cf.:

curia maesta ac trepida ancipiti metu,

Liv. 2, 24, 3:

Romae nocturnus terror ita ex somno trepidam repente civitatem excivit,

id. 8, 37, 6:

trepidi formidine portas Explorant,

Verg. A. 9, 169; Just. 2, 13, 9. — ( b) With gen.:

illae (apes) intus trepidae rerum per cerea castra Discurrunt,

Verg. A. 12, 589:

Messenii trepidi rerum suarum,

Liv. 36, 31, 5; so,

rerum suarum,

id. 5, 11, 4:

salutis,

Sil. 12, 13:

admirationis ac metus,

Tac. A. 6, 21 fin.:

tubarum,

Stat. Th. 11, 325. —

Of things:

illud (ferrum) in trepidā submersum sibilat unda,

Ov. M. 12, 279 (Merkel, tepidā); cf.:

et foliis undam trepidi despumat aheni,

i. e. bubbling, foaming, Verg. G. 1, 296:

venae,

Ov. M. 6, 389:

pes,

id. ib. 4, 100:

ōs,

id. ib. 5, 231:

vultus,

id. ib. 4, 485:

cursus,

Verg. A. 4, 672:

terror,

Lucr. 5, 41:

metus,

Ov. Tr. 3, 1, 54; Plin. 2, 7, 5, § 15:

tumultus belli,

Lucr. 3, 846:

certamen,

Hor. Ep. 1, 19, 48:

motus,

Ov. M. 8, 606:

fletus,

id. ib. 4, 673:

in re trepidā,

in a critical situation, perilous juncture, Liv. 1, 27, 7; 4, 46, 8; 26, 5, 7; cf. in plur.:

in trepidis rebus,

id. 4, 17, 8; 4, 56, 8; Tib. 2, 3, 21; Hor. C. 3, 2, 5; Sil. 7, 1; cf. Sall. J. 91, 5:

incerta et trepida vita,

Tac. A. 14, 59; so,

vita,

id. ib. 4, 70 fin.:

litterae,

i. e. announcing danger, bringing alarming news, Curt. 7, 1, 36; so,

nuntius,

Just. 31, 2, 8.— Adv.: trĕpĭdē, hastily, in a state of confusion or alarm, with trepidation:

trepide concursans,

Phaedr. 2, 5, 2:

classis trepide soluta,

Liv. 22, 31, 5; so,

relictis castris,

id. 7, 11, 1:

deserta stativa,

id. 10, 12, 6:

trepide anxieque certare,

Suet. Ner. 23.

vastĭtas, ātis, f. [vastus], an empty place, a waste, desert.

Lit.: te propter tot tantasque habemus vastitatis funerum, Att. ap. Non. 417, 12 (Trag. Rel. v. 175 Rib.):

audistis, quae solitudo in agris esset, quae vastitas, quae fuga aratorum, quam deserta, quam inculta, quam relicta omnia,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 5, § 114; so (with solitudo) Tac. A. 13, 55:

judiciorum et fori,

Cic. Brut. 6, [p. 1960] 21.—

Transf. (acc. to vastus, II.).

Desolation, devastation, ruin, destruction:

cum caedem a vobis, vastitatem a templis, urbe, Italiā depellebam,

Cic. Fl. 1, 1:

Italiam totam ad exitium et vastitatem vocas,

id. Cat. 1, 5, 12:

vastitatem efficere,

id. Pis. 35, 85:

inferre vastitatem tectis atque agris,

id. Har. Resp. 2, 3:

ut studiis civilibus bellum atque vastitas Italiae finem faceret,

Sall. J. 5, 2:

vastitatem reddere,

Liv. 3, 26, 2:

et plus vastitatis hinc urbi secunda nostra fortuna faciet, quam adversa fecit?

id. 5, 51, 3:

fugam ac vastitatem late fecerunt,

id. 8, 9, 12:

protritis arboribus ac frugibus dira vastitas,

Tac. H. 2, 70.—

Trop., of persons:

et has duplices pestis sociorum, publicanorum ruinas, provinciarum vastitates,

destroyers, Cic. Prov. Cons. 6, 13.—

Terrible size, hugeness, immensity, vastness (post-Aug.;

but cf. vastus, II. B.): beluae pari vastitate,

of like vast size, Col. 3, 8, 3:

roborum Hercyniae silvae,

Plin. 16, 2, 2, § 6; cf.:

immensa aequorum,

id. 3, praef. 1, §

1: hostis formidandae vastitatis,

Gell. 9, 13, 4:

caeli,

Plin. 2, 41, 41, § 110:

solis,

id. 2, 11, 8, § 49:

odoris,

id. 31, 6, 32, § 60:

vocis,

Col. 1, 9, 2. —

Trop.:

vastitas instantis laboris,

the fearful magnitude, immensity, vastness, Col. 4, 18, 2:

scientiae rei rusticae,

id. 5, 1, 1.

vastus, a, um, adj. [cf.: vanus, vacuus], empty, unoccupied, i.e. waste, desert.

Lit. (so rare but class.;

syn.: vacuus, desertus): genus agrorum propter pestilentiam vastum atque desertum,

Cic. Agr. 2, 26, 69:

lex erat lata vasto ac relicto foro,

id. Sest. 24, 53:

agrum vastum ac desertum habere,

Liv. 28, 11, 10:

vasta ac deserta urbs,

id. 24, 3, 11; 28, 7, 12: vasta incendiis ruinisque urbs, id. 5, 53, 1:

mons vastus ab naturā et humano cultu,

uncultivated, Sall. J. 48, 3:

urbs a defensoribus vasta,

without, Liv. 23, 30, 7 (al. ex conj. vacua).—

Trop. (the fig. taken from tracts of country lying waste or untilled), uncultivated, unpolished, rude, rough, harsh:

vultu motuque corporis vasti atque agrestes,

Cic. de Or. 1, 25, 115:

vastus homo atque foedus,

id. ib. 1, 25, 117:

vasti quidam et insubidi,

Gell. 19, 9, 9:

fugiemus crebras vocalium concursiones, quae vastam atque hiantem orationem reddunt, ut hoc est: baccae aeneae amoenissimae impendebant,

Auct. Her. 4, 12, 18:

omnia vasta ac temeraria esse,

Liv. 24, 48, 7:

littera vastior,

too harsh-sounding, Cic. Or. 45, 153.—

Transf.

Desolate, deserted: abs te viduae et vastae virgines sunt, made lonely, Enn. ap. Serv. Verg. A. 1, 52 (Trag. v. 279 Vahl.):

dies per silentium vastus,

Tac. A. 3, 4.—

Wasted by destruction, laid waste, ravaged, devastated, destroyed (rare; cf.

vastatus): fit vasta Troja,

Plaut. Bacch. 4, 9, 130:

jam hanc urbem ferro vastam faciet Peleus, Att. ap. Fest. pp. 372 and 373: haec ego vasta dabo,

Verg. A. 9, 323:

nec solum modo vastum hosti relictum, sed castellis etiam vicisque illatus ignis,

Liv. 10, 12, 8.—

With the predom. idea of extent, vast, immense, enormous, huge, monstrous (syn.: ingens, immanis).

Of size: jamque fere pulvis ad caelum vasta videtur, Enn. ap. Non. 217, 11 (Ann. v. 286 Vahl.):

immani et vastae insidens beluae,

Cic. Rep. 2, 40, 67:

vasta et immanis belua,

id. Div. 1, 24, 49; cf.:

vastissimae beluae,

id. Rep. 2, 26, 49: elephanto beluarum nulla prudentior;

ad figuram quae vastior?

id. N. D. 1, 35, 97:

summa erat vasto atque aperto mari, difficultas navigandi,

Caes. B. G. 3, 12; cf.:

in vastissimo atque apertissimo Oceano,

id. ib. 3, 9, 7:

fossa vastissima,

Cic. Rep. 2, 6, 11:

solitudines,

id. ib. 2, 6, 19:

campi,

Verg. A. 3, 13:

Charybdis,

Lucr. 1, 722:

antiquus crater, quem vastum vastior ipse Sustulit Aegides,

Ov. M. 12, 236:

antrum,

Verg. A. 1, 52:

hiatus speluncae,

id. ib. 6, 237:

suspectus turris,

id. ib. 9, 530:

manus,

Ov. F. 2, 322:

arma,

Verg. A. 10, 768:

corpus,

Col. 7, 12, 3.—

Transf., of degree, etc., immense, enormous, prodigious, vast, etc.:

iter,

i.e. on the vast ocean, Ov. M. 14, 438:

certamen,

Verg. A. 12, 553:

impetus,

Hor. C. 4, 14, 30:

pugnae Cannensis clades vastissima,

Gell. 5, 17, 5:

tempestas,

Col. 2, 20, 5; cf.:

vapores vastissimi,

id. 2, 20, 1:

clamor,

Verg. A. 10, 716; Ov. M. 12, 494:

murmur,

Verg. A. 1, 245:

latratus,

Col. 7, 12, 3:

tonitru,

Val. Fl. 1, 617:

pondus,

Verg. A. 5, 447; Ov. H. 9, 88.—

Trop.:

vastus animus,

i.e. insatiable, Sall. C. 5, 4.—Rarely with abstr. nouns:

quam vasta potentia nostra est,

Ov. M. 2, 520:

varia vastaque scientia,

Col. 1, pr. 28:

nefas,

Sen. Herc. Oet. 767.— Adv.: vastē.

(Acc. to vastus, I. B.) Rudely, harshly:

loqui non aspere, non vaste, non rustice, etc.,

Cic. de Or. 3, 12, 45:

ne vastius diducantur verba,

id. ib. 3, 43, 172.—

(Acc. to II. B.) Widely, vastly, immensely, violently, enormously:

vaste cedentia litora,

Mel. 1, 1, 4:

vastius insurgens decimae ruit impetus undae,

Ov. M. 11, 530:

vastius podagra correpti,

Scrib. Comp. 107.

1. LAT Microdera deserta Taschenberg

2. RUS чернотелка f пустынная

3. ENG —

4. DEU —

5. FRA —