designs

externus, a, um, adj. [exter], outward, external (class.).

In gen.:

nec enim ille externus et adventicius habendus est tepor, sed ex intimis maris partibus agitatione excitatus,

Cic. N. D. 2, 10, 26:

externa et adventicia visio,

id. Div. 2, 58, 120:

corpus,

id. N. D. 1, 11, 26:

pulsus,

id. Rep. 6, 26:

domina rerum externarum,

id. Tusc. 5, 9, 25:

commoda vel incommoda,

id. Top. 23, 89:

bona,

Ov. P. 2, 3, 35:

vir rebus externis magis laudandus quam institutis domesticis,

Cic. Phil. 2, 28, 69.— Subst.:

externi ne quid,

Hor. S. 2, 7, 87:

nos autem illa externa cum multis: haec interiora cum paucis ex ipso saepe cognovimus,

outward goods, Cic. Ac. 2, 2, 4.—

In partic., with respect to one's family or country, of or belonging to another country, foreign, strange (syn.: alienus, peregrinus;

opp. noster, domesticus, oppidanus, etc.): auxilia (opp. domesticae opes),

Caes. B. G. 2, 5 fin.:

qui (dii) jam non procul ab externo hoste atque propinquo, sed hic praesentes sua templa defendunt,

Cic. Cat. 2, 13, 29:

hostis (opp. oppidani),

Hirt. B. G. 8, 37, 2; cf.

bella (opp. civilia),

Quint. 8, 3, 78:

neque haec externa vobis est religio neque aliena,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 51, § 114:

superstitiones,

Tac. A. 11, 15:

quam minime peregrina et externa verba,

Quint. 8, 1, 2:

verba (opp. nostra),

id. 1, 5, 58:

apud externos populos,

Cic. Off. 2, 18, 64:

gens,

Verg. A. 7, 367:

in externis locis,

Cic. Fam. 4, 9 fin.:

gratiae,

Tac. A. 12, 15:

mores,

id. ib. 11, 16; cf.:

mutatio morum,

Curt. 8, 5:

amor,

i. e. for a foreigner, Ov. H. 5, 102:

orbis,

i. e. Asia and Africa, Plin. 22, 24, 56, § 118 et saep.—As subst. in masc. and neutr.:

canum tam amans dominorum adulatio tantumque odium in externos,

towards strangers, Cic. N. D. 2, 63, 158: externa libentius quam domestica recordor, id. Off. 2, 8, 26: externa armis falsis velare, hostile feelings or designs, Tac. H. 4, 32:

moliri,

id. ib. 3, 5.

grassor, ātus, 1 ( inf. pres. grassarier, Prud. Ham. 651; act. collat. form grassabamus, App. M. 7, 7), v. dep. n. and a. [gradior], to go, go about (not in Cic. and Cæs.; cf.: gradior, incedo, vado, pergo).

Lit.

In gen. (mostly ante-class.):

hoc grassari gradu,

Plaut. Poen. 3, 1, 11:

siccine hic cum uvida veste grassabimur?

id. Rud. 1, 4, 31; id. Bacch. 5, 2, 19: sine eam pedibus grassari, Titin. ap. Non. 316, 3:

recte grassatur via,

Nov. ib. 5; Ov. Tr. 2, 477:

certum'st moriri, quam hunc pati grassari lenonem in me,

come about me, approach me, Plaut. Rud. 3, 3, 22.—

Of things:

(aranĕus) quanta arte celat pedicas scutulato rete grassantes,

going about, moving around, Plin. 11, 24, 28, § 81:

per omnes nervos articulosque humore pestifero grassante,

Just. 23, 2:

neque avaritia solum, sed etiam crudelitas in capta urbe grassata est,

Curt. 5, 6, 6.—

In partic.

To go loitering or rioting about (cf. grassator, I.): se in juventutem grassantem in Subura incidisse, Liv. 3, 13, 2:

per omnia clandestina grassari scelera latrociniorum, id 42, 18, 1: ubi Caesarem esse qui grassaretur pernotuit,

Tac. A. 13, 25.—Hence, of parasites, i. q. adulari, to pay one's court to, to flatter, fawn upon: grassari antiqui ponebant pro adulari, Paul. ex Fest. p. 97 Müll.—

To go about with thievish designs, to lie in wait: grassari dicuntur latrones vias obsidentes, Paul. ex Fest. p. 97 Müll. (cf. grassator, II.):

in umbris,

Anthol. Lat. 2, 186, 42 sq.:

silurus grassatur, ubicumque est, omne animal appetens,

Plin. 9, 15, 17, § 45.—Hence,

With acc., to fall upon, assault, attack:

turmas,

Stat. Th. 8, 571.

Trop.

In gen., to go, proceed, or act in any manner: saepe hac eadem sum grassatus via, Nov. ap. Non. 316, 7; cf.:

consimili grassantur via,

Afran. ib. 9:

ubi animus ad gloriam virtutis via grassatur,

Sall. J. 1, 3:

grassandum ad clara periclis,

Sil. 1, 570:

(assertor) ait, se jure grassari, non vi,

that he was proceeding, Liv. 3, 44, 8:

longe alia via grassabantur,

id. 2, 27, 7:

consilio grassandum, si nihil vires juvarent, ratus,

id. 10, 14, 13:

mutua dissimulatione et iisdem, quibus petebatur, artibus grassatur,

Tac. H. 4, 56:

cupidine atque irā, pessimis consultoribus,

Sall. J. 64, 5:

obsequio,

to act obsequiously, Hor. S. 2, 5, 93:

dolo,

to act cunningly, Tac. H. 4, 16:

assentando multitudini grassari,

Liv. 45, 23, 9:

superbe avareque in provincia grassatos,

Suet. Aug. 67.—

In partic., to attack, proceed against; to proceed with violence, act harshly, rage, rage against. —Constr.: in aliquid and in or adversus aliquem:

trecenti conjuravimus principes juventutis Romanae, ut in te hac via grassaremur,

Liv. 2, 12, 15; cf.:

in possessionem agri publici grassari,

id. 6, 5, 4:

in externos grassari,

Suet. Ner. 36:

adversus omnis aevi hominum genus grassari,

id. Calig. 34; cf.:

qui cum contemptu religionis grassatus etiam adversus deos fuerat,

Just. 1, 9:

ita bacchantem atque grassantem adoriri,

Suet. Calig. 56:

omni rapinarum genere grassati,

id. Vesp. 6:

diverso vitiorum genere,

id. Galb. 14; cf.:

placuit veneno grassari,

Tac. H. 3, 39; id. A. 15, 60.— Absol.:

Ii (sagitarii) dum eminus grassabantur,

Tac. A. 4, 47.—

Of abstract subjects: accusatorum major in dies et infestior vis sine levamento grassabatur,

Tac. A. 4, 66:

ut clausis unam intra domum accusatoribus et reis, paucorum potentia grassaretur,

id. ib. 13, 4:

dicemus de his (malis), quae totis corporibus grassantur,

Plin. 26, 11, 67, § 107; cf.:

haec (vitia) in pueris grassari, illa in adultis,

id. 26, 1, 3, § 4:

mala vestra,... alia grassantia extrinsecus, alia in visceribus ipsis ardentia,

Sen. Vit. B. 27, 6:

rabidorum more luporum Crimina persultant toto grassantia campo,

Prud. Psych. 468:

grassandi in re familiari facultas,

of wasting, plundering, Dig. 26, 10, 6.—Fig.:

nec ferro grassatur saepius ullum mentis vitium quam cupido, etc.,

Juv. 14, 174.—

With acc. (cf. above, I. B. 2. b.):

simulque Romam pestilentia grassabatur,

Aur. Vict. Caes. 33, 5.— P. a.: grassans, ntis, m., as subst., a robber, thief:

quicquid Lycurgi villa grassantibus praebuisset,

Petr. 117, 3; App. M. 8, p. 209, 3:

sublatis susceptoribus grassantium cupido conquiescit,

Paul. Sent. 5, 3, 4.

grassor, ātus, 1 ( inf. pres. grassarier, Prud. Ham. 651; act. collat. form grassabamus, App. M. 7, 7), v. dep. n. and a. [gradior], to go, go about (not in Cic. and Cæs.; cf.: gradior, incedo, vado, pergo).

Lit.

In gen. (mostly ante-class.):

hoc grassari gradu,

Plaut. Poen. 3, 1, 11:

siccine hic cum uvida veste grassabimur?

id. Rud. 1, 4, 31; id. Bacch. 5, 2, 19: sine eam pedibus grassari, Titin. ap. Non. 316, 3:

recte grassatur via,

Nov. ib. 5; Ov. Tr. 2, 477:

certum'st moriri, quam hunc pati grassari lenonem in me,

come about me, approach me, Plaut. Rud. 3, 3, 22.—

Of things:

(aranĕus) quanta arte celat pedicas scutulato rete grassantes,

going about, moving around, Plin. 11, 24, 28, § 81:

per omnes nervos articulosque humore pestifero grassante,

Just. 23, 2:

neque avaritia solum, sed etiam crudelitas in capta urbe grassata est,

Curt. 5, 6, 6.—

In partic.

To go loitering or rioting about (cf. grassator, I.): se in juventutem grassantem in Subura incidisse, Liv. 3, 13, 2:

per omnia clandestina grassari scelera latrociniorum, id 42, 18, 1: ubi Caesarem esse qui grassaretur pernotuit,

Tac. A. 13, 25.—Hence, of parasites, i. q. adulari, to pay one's court to, to flatter, fawn upon: grassari antiqui ponebant pro adulari, Paul. ex Fest. p. 97 Müll.—

To go about with thievish designs, to lie in wait: grassari dicuntur latrones vias obsidentes, Paul. ex Fest. p. 97 Müll. (cf. grassator, II.):

in umbris,

Anthol. Lat. 2, 186, 42 sq.:

silurus grassatur, ubicumque est, omne animal appetens,

Plin. 9, 15, 17, § 45.—Hence,

With acc., to fall upon, assault, attack:

turmas,

Stat. Th. 8, 571.

Trop.

In gen., to go, proceed, or act in any manner: saepe hac eadem sum grassatus via, Nov. ap. Non. 316, 7; cf.:

consimili grassantur via,

Afran. ib. 9:

ubi animus ad gloriam virtutis via grassatur,

Sall. J. 1, 3:

grassandum ad clara periclis,

Sil. 1, 570:

(assertor) ait, se jure grassari, non vi,

that he was proceeding, Liv. 3, 44, 8:

longe alia via grassabantur,

id. 2, 27, 7:

consilio grassandum, si nihil vires juvarent, ratus,

id. 10, 14, 13:

mutua dissimulatione et iisdem, quibus petebatur, artibus grassatur,

Tac. H. 4, 56:

cupidine atque irā, pessimis consultoribus,

Sall. J. 64, 5:

obsequio,

to act obsequiously, Hor. S. 2, 5, 93:

dolo,

to act cunningly, Tac. H. 4, 16:

assentando multitudini grassari,

Liv. 45, 23, 9:

superbe avareque in provincia grassatos,

Suet. Aug. 67.—

In partic., to attack, proceed against; to proceed with violence, act harshly, rage, rage against. —Constr.: in aliquid and in or adversus aliquem:

trecenti conjuravimus principes juventutis Romanae, ut in te hac via grassaremur,

Liv. 2, 12, 15; cf.:

in possessionem agri publici grassari,

id. 6, 5, 4:

in externos grassari,

Suet. Ner. 36:

adversus omnis aevi hominum genus grassari,

id. Calig. 34; cf.:

qui cum contemptu religionis grassatus etiam adversus deos fuerat,

Just. 1, 9:

ita bacchantem atque grassantem adoriri,

Suet. Calig. 56:

omni rapinarum genere grassati,

id. Vesp. 6:

diverso vitiorum genere,

id. Galb. 14; cf.:

placuit veneno grassari,

Tac. H. 3, 39; id. A. 15, 60.— Absol.:

Ii (sagitarii) dum eminus grassabantur,

Tac. A. 4, 47.—

Of abstract subjects: accusatorum major in dies et infestior vis sine levamento grassabatur,

Tac. A. 4, 66:

ut clausis unam intra domum accusatoribus et reis, paucorum potentia grassaretur,

id. ib. 13, 4:

dicemus de his (malis), quae totis corporibus grassantur,

Plin. 26, 11, 67, § 107; cf.:

haec (vitia) in pueris grassari, illa in adultis,

id. 26, 1, 3, § 4:

mala vestra,... alia grassantia extrinsecus, alia in visceribus ipsis ardentia,

Sen. Vit. B. 27, 6:

rabidorum more luporum Crimina persultant toto grassantia campo,

Prud. Psych. 468:

grassandi in re familiari facultas,

of wasting, plundering, Dig. 26, 10, 6.—Fig.:

nec ferro grassatur saepius ullum mentis vitium quam cupido, etc.,

Juv. 14, 174.—

With acc. (cf. above, I. B. 2. b.):

simulque Romam pestilentia grassabatur,

Aur. Vict. Caes. 33, 5.— P. a.: grassans, ntis, m., as subst., a robber, thief:

quicquid Lycurgi villa grassantibus praebuisset,

Petr. 117, 3; App. M. 8, p. 209, 3:

sublatis susceptoribus grassantium cupido conquiescit,

Paul. Sent. 5, 3, 4.

līnĕāmentum ( līnĭā-), i, n. [linea], a line or stroke made with a pen, with chalk, etc., a mark, line.

Lit.:

in geometria lineamenta formae, etc.,

lines, Cic. de Or. 1, 41, 187:

lineamentum, longitudinem latitudine carentem,

id. Ac. 2, 36, 116. —

Transf.

A feature, lineament:

quae conformatio lineamentorum,

Cic. N. D. 1, 18, 47:

lineamenta hospitae,

id. Verr. 2, 2, 36, § 89:

lineamenta oris effingere,

id. Div. 1, 13, 23:

habitum oris lineamentaque intueri,

Liv. 21, 4:

corporis,

id. 26, 41.—

In plur., of the works of artists, designs, drawings, delineations:

adumbratorum deorum lineamenta,

Cic. N. D. 1, 27, 75:

operum lineamenta,

id. Verr. 2, 4, 44, § 98.—

Trop., a feature, lineament:

animi lineamenta sunt pulchriora quam corporis,

Cic. Fin. 3, 22, 75:

numerus quasi quandam palaestram et extrema lineamenta orationi attulit,

id. Or. 56, 186:

Catonis lineamentis nihil nisi eorum pigmentorum, quae inventa nondum erant, florem et colorem defuisse,

sketches, outlines, id. Brut. 87, 298.

ventus, i, m. [Sanscr. vā, blow; vatas, wind; Gr. root aW-, aô, aêmi, to blow; whence aêr, aura, etc.; Goth. vaia, to breathe; vinds, wind], wind (syn.: aura, flamen).

Lit.:

ventus est aëris fluens unda cum incerta motus redundantia, etc.,

Vitr. 1, 6; cf. Quint. 12, 10, 67; Plin. 2, 47, 46, § 120; Sen. Q. N. 5, 16 sq.; Isid. Orig. 13, 11: istic est is Juppiter quem dico, quem Graeci vocant Aera, qui ventus est et nubes, imber postea, Atque ex imbre frigus, ventus post fit, aër denuo, Varr. L. L. 5, § 65 Müll.; cf.:

(aër) effluens huc et illuc ventos efficit,

Cic. N. D. 2, 39, 101:

deturbavit ventus tectum et tegulas,

Plaut. Rud. prol. 78:

mare ventorum vi agitari atque turbari,

Cic. Clu. 49, 138:

qui (divi) simul Stravere ventos,

Hor. C. 1, 9, 10:

remissior,

Caes. B. C. 3, 26:

prosper,

Liv. 25, 27, 4:

ventum exspectare,

Cic. Phil. 1, 3, 8; id. Att. 10, 15, 2; 16, 7, 1:

secundus, adversus, v. h. vv.—In apposition: Africus,

Cic. N. D. 1, 36, 101:

Atabalus,

Quint. 8, 2, 13:

Corus,

Caes. B. G. 5, 7:

Septentriones,

Cic. Att. 9, 6, 3:

turbo,

Plaut. Curc. 5, 2, 47; id. Trin. 4, 1, 16.—Prov.

Of labor lost:

in vento et aquā scribere,

Cat. 70, 4; so,

profundere verba ventis,

to talk to the wind, Lucr. 4, 931 (928); cf.:

verba dare in ventos,

Ov. Am. 1, 6, 42:

ventis loqui,

Amm. 15, 5, 8.—

Rem tradere ventis, to oblivion, Hor. C. 1, 26, 3. —

Ventis verba dare, i. q. not to keep one's word or promise, Ov. H. 2, 25 Ruhnk. —

Vento vivere, to live upon wind or air, Cod. Just. 5, 50, 2 fin. —

Ventis remis facere aliquid, with all one's might; v. remus. —

Plur., personified as deities, the winds: te, Apollo sancte, fer opem; teque, omnipotens Neptune, invoco; Vosque adeo, Venti! Turpil. ap. Cic. Tusc. 4, 34, 73 (Com. Rel. v. 119 Rib.); Lucr. 5, 1230 (1228); cf. Ov. H. 17 (18), 37.—

Transf.

Windiness, flatulence, Col. 6, 30, 8.—

A light stuff: textilis, Poët. ap. Petr. 55 fin. —

Trop., the wind, as a symbol of fortune (favorable or unfavorable), fame, applause, etc.: quicumque venti erunt, ars certe nostra non aberit, however the winds may blow, i. e. whatever circumstances may arise, Cic. Fam. 12, 25, 5: alios ego vidi ventos;

alias prospexi animo procellas,

id. Pis. 9, 21; cf.:

cujus (Caesaris) nunc venti valde sunt secundi,

id. Att. 2, 1, 6; so,

secundi,

Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 102:

vento aliquo in optimum quemque excitato,

by raising a storm, Cic. Sull. 14, 41:

eorum ventorum, quos proposui, moderator quidam et quasi gubernator (opus est),

i. e. of the plans, designs, id. Fam. 2, 6, 4: loqui est coeptus, quo vento proicitur Appius minor, ut indicet, etc., Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 8, 2; cf.:

rumorum et contionum ventos colligere,

Cic. Clu. 28, 77: omnes intellegimus in istis subscriptionibus ventum quendam popularem esse quaesitum, id. ib. 47, 130.