devil

• The devil made me do it!

• Always do something, so that the devil always finds you occupied. (St. Jerome)

crux, ŭcis, f. (m., Enn. ap. Non. p. 195, 13; Gracch. ap. Fest. s. v. masculino, p. 150, 24, and 151, 12 Müll.) [perh. kindred with circus].

Lit.

In gen., a tree, frame, or other wooden instruments of execution, on which criminals were impaled or hanged, Sen. Prov. 3, 10; Cic. Rab. Perd. 3, 10 sqq.—

In partic., a cross, Ter. And. 3, 5, 15; Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 3, § 7; 2, 1, 4, § 9; id. Pis. 18, 42; id. Fin. 5, 30, 92; Quint. 4, 2, 17; Tac. A. 15, 44; Hor. S. 1, 3, 82; 2, 7, [p. 486] 47; id. Ep. 1, 16, 48 et saep.:

dignus fuit qui malo cruce periret, Gracch. ap. Fest. l. l.: pendula,

the pole of a carriage, Stat. S. 4, 3, 28. —

Transf.

As a term of reproach, a gallows bird, a hempen rascal, Plaut. Pers. 5, 2, 17.—

Transf., torture, trouble, misery, destruction, etc. (so most freq. in Plaut. and Ter., and in the former esp. freq. in connection with mala): aliqua mala crux, tormentor (of a prostitute), Plaut. Aul. 3, 5, 48; cf.:

illae cruces,

Ter. Eun. 2, 3, 92:

quae te mala crux agitat?

what tormentor troubles you? Plaut. Bacch. 4, 2, 2:

abstraxit hominem in maximam malam crucem,

id. Men. prol. 66:

quaerere in malo crucem,

Ter. Phorm. 3, 3, 11.—Prov.:

summum jus antiqui summam putabant crucem,

Col. 1, 7, 2.—Hence, in colloq. lang.:

I (abi, etc.) in malam crucem!

go to the devil! go and be hanged! Plaut. Cas. 3, 5, 17; id. Ps. 3, 2, 57; 4, 7, 86 al.; Ter. Phorm. 2, 3, 21; cf.: Cy. Num quid vis? Me. Ut eas maximam in malam crucem, Plaut. Men. 2, 2, 53; id. Capt. 3, 1, 9.—Without mala:

I in crucem,

Plaut. As. 5, 2, 91.—And ellipt.:

in malam crucem!

Plaut. Cas. 5, 4, 8; id. Ps. 5, 2, 5. —Hence, Ital. croce; Fr. croix.

drachma (old form, drachŭma, like Alcumena, Aesculapius, Plaut. Trin. 2, 4, 23; Ter. Heaut. 3, 3, 40), ae ( gen plur. drachmūm, Varr. L. L. 9, § 85 Müll.;

usually drachmarum,

Ter. Heaut. 3, 3, 40; Cic. Fl. 19, 43), f., = drachmê.

A small Greek coin, a drachma or drachm, of about the same value as the Roman denarius, Enn. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 52; Plaut. Ps. 1, 1, 84 sq.; Ter. And. 2, 6, 20; Cic. Fam. 2, 17; id. Fl. 15, 34; Hor. S. 2, 7, 43 et saep.—

As a weight, the eighth part of an uncia, the half of a sicilicus, about the same as our drachm, Plin. 21, 34, 109, § 185; Rhem. Fann. de Pond. 17 sq.

† drăco, ōnis ( gen. dracontis, Att. ap. Non. 426, 2; acc. dracontem, id. ap. Charis. p. 101 P.), m., = drakôn, a sort of serpent, a dragon (cf.: serpens, anguis, coluber, hydrus, vipera, aspis).

Prop. (those of the tame sort, esp. the Epidaurian, being kept as pets by luxurious Romans), Cic. Div. 2, 30; 66; Plin. 8, 17, 22, § 61; 29, 4, 20, § 67; Suet. Aug. 94;

Sen. de Ira, 2, 31 al. —As the guardian of treasures,

Cic. Phil. 13, 5, 12; Phaedr. 4, 20; Fest. s. h. v. p. 67, 12 sq. Müll.—

Meton.

Name of a constellation, Cic. poëta N. D. 2, 42, 106 sq.—

A cohort's standard, Veg. Mil. 2, 13; Amm. 16, 10, 7:

in templa referre dracones,

Val. Fl. 2, 276; Treb. Poll. Gallien. 8; cf. Isid. Orig. 18, 3, 3.—

Marinus, a sea-fish, Plin. 9, 27, 43, § 82; 32, 11, 53, § 148; Isid. Orig. 12, 6, 42.—

A water-vessel shaped like a serpent, Sen. Q. N. 3, 24.—

An old vine-branch, Plin. 17, 23, 35, § 206; 17, 22, 35, § 182; 14, 1, 3, § 12.—

A seafish, Trachinus Draco of Linn., Plin. 9, 27, 43, § 82.—

In eccl. Lat., the Serpent, the Devil, Vulg. Apoc. 12, 7 al.

drachma (old form, drachŭma, like Alcumena, Aesculapius, Plaut. Trin. 2, 4, 23; Ter. Heaut. 3, 3, 40), ae ( gen plur. drachmūm, Varr. L. L. 9, § 85 Müll.;

usually drachmarum,

Ter. Heaut. 3, 3, 40; Cic. Fl. 19, 43), f., = drachmê.

A small Greek coin, a drachma or drachm, of about the same value as the Roman denarius, Enn. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 52; Plaut. Ps. 1, 1, 84 sq.; Ter. And. 2, 6, 20; Cic. Fam. 2, 17; id. Fl. 15, 34; Hor. S. 2, 7, 43 et saep.—

As a weight, the eighth part of an uncia, the half of a sicilicus, about the same as our drachm, Plin. 21, 34, 109, § 185; Rhem. Fann. de Pond. 17 sq.

† drăco, ōnis ( gen. dracontis, Att. ap. Non. 426, 2; acc. dracontem, id. ap. Charis. p. 101 P.), m., = drakôn, a sort of serpent, a dragon (cf.: serpens, anguis, coluber, hydrus, vipera, aspis).

Prop. (those of the tame sort, esp. the Epidaurian, being kept as pets by luxurious Romans), Cic. Div. 2, 30; 66; Plin. 8, 17, 22, § 61; 29, 4, 20, § 67; Suet. Aug. 94;

Sen. de Ira, 2, 31 al. —As the guardian of treasures,

Cic. Phil. 13, 5, 12; Phaedr. 4, 20; Fest. s. h. v. p. 67, 12 sq. Müll.—

Meton.

Name of a constellation, Cic. poëta N. D. 2, 42, 106 sq.—

A cohort's standard, Veg. Mil. 2, 13; Amm. 16, 10, 7:

in templa referre dracones,

Val. Fl. 2, 276; Treb. Poll. Gallien. 8; cf. Isid. Orig. 18, 3, 3.—

Marinus, a sea-fish, Plin. 9, 27, 43, § 82; 32, 11, 53, § 148; Isid. Orig. 12, 6, 42.—

A water-vessel shaped like a serpent, Sen. Q. N. 3, 24.—

An old vine-branch, Plin. 17, 23, 35, § 206; 17, 22, 35, § 182; 14, 1, 3, § 12.—

A seafish, Trachinus Draco of Linn., Plin. 9, 27, 43, § 82.—

In eccl. Lat., the Serpent, the Devil, Vulg. Apoc. 12, 7 al.

drachma (old form, drachŭma, like Alcumena, Aesculapius, Plaut. Trin. 2, 4, 23; Ter. Heaut. 3, 3, 40), ae ( gen plur. drachmūm, Varr. L. L. 9, § 85 Müll.;

usually drachmarum,

Ter. Heaut. 3, 3, 40; Cic. Fl. 19, 43), f., = drachmê.

A small Greek coin, a drachma or drachm, of about the same value as the Roman denarius, Enn. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 52; Plaut. Ps. 1, 1, 84 sq.; Ter. And. 2, 6, 20; Cic. Fam. 2, 17; id. Fl. 15, 34; Hor. S. 2, 7, 43 et saep.—

As a weight, the eighth part of an uncia, the half of a sicilicus, about the same as our drachm, Plin. 21, 34, 109, § 185; Rhem. Fann. de Pond. 17 sq.

† drăco, ōnis ( gen. dracontis, Att. ap. Non. 426, 2; acc. dracontem, id. ap. Charis. p. 101 P.), m., = drakôn, a sort of serpent, a dragon (cf.: serpens, anguis, coluber, hydrus, vipera, aspis).

Prop. (those of the tame sort, esp. the Epidaurian, being kept as pets by luxurious Romans), Cic. Div. 2, 30; 66; Plin. 8, 17, 22, § 61; 29, 4, 20, § 67; Suet. Aug. 94;

Sen. de Ira, 2, 31 al. —As the guardian of treasures,

Cic. Phil. 13, 5, 12; Phaedr. 4, 20; Fest. s. h. v. p. 67, 12 sq. Müll.—

Meton.

Name of a constellation, Cic. poëta N. D. 2, 42, 106 sq.—

A cohort's standard, Veg. Mil. 2, 13; Amm. 16, 10, 7:

in templa referre dracones,

Val. Fl. 2, 276; Treb. Poll. Gallien. 8; cf. Isid. Orig. 18, 3, 3.—

Marinus, a sea-fish, Plin. 9, 27, 43, § 82; 32, 11, 53, § 148; Isid. Orig. 12, 6, 42.—

A water-vessel shaped like a serpent, Sen. Q. N. 3, 24.—

An old vine-branch, Plin. 17, 23, 35, § 206; 17, 22, 35, § 182; 14, 1, 3, § 12.—

A seafish, Trachinus Draco of Linn., Plin. 9, 27, 43, § 82.—

In eccl. Lat., the Serpent, the Devil, Vulg. Apoc. 12, 7 al.

ex-curro, cŭcurri (Plaut. Most. 2, 1, 12; Liv. 1, 15 et saep.;

less freq. curri,

Liv. 25, 30), cursum, 3, v. n. and a.

Neut., to run out or forth, to hasten forwards.

Lit.:

cum se excucurrisse illuc frustra sciverit,

Plaut. Bacch. 2, 3, 125:

excurrat aliquis, qui hoc tantum mali filio suo nuntiet,

Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 26, § 67:

mandavi utrique eorum, ut ante ad me excurrerent, ut tibi obviam prodire possem,

id. Fam. 3, 7, 4: excurristi a Neapoli, Caes. ap. Prisc. p. 901 P.:

dum panes et cetera in navem parantur, excurro in Pompeianum,

make an excursion, Cic. Att. 10, 15, 4;

so of a long journey: in Graeciam,

id. ib. 14, 16, 3;

of eagerness in applauding a speaker: proni atque succincti ad omnem clausulam non exsurgunt modo, verum etiam excurrunt,

Quint. 2, 2, 12:

in crucem,

to go to destruction, go to the devil, Plaut. Most. 2, 1, 12:

ad hominem Dei,

Vulg. 4 Reg. 4, 22.—

In partic., milit. t. t., to sally forth, to make an excursion or irruption:

sine signis omnibus portis,

Liv. 29, 34, 11:

in fines Romanos excucurrerunt populandi magis quam justi more belli,

id. 1, 15, 1 Drak. N. cr.:

Carthago excurrere ex Africa videbatur,

Cic. Agr. 2, 32, 87:

excursurus cum valida manu fuerat,

Just. 13, 5.—

Transf., of inanim. or abstr. things.

In gen., to go forth, issue forth:

fons ex summo montis cacumine excurrens,

Curt. 3, 1, 3; Pall. Nov. 15, 1:

nec recisis qui a lateribus excurrant pampinis,

shoot forth, Plin. 17, 23, 35, § 212:

quorum animi spretis corporibus evolant atque excurrunt foras,

Cic. Div. 1, 50, 114.—

In partic.

Of localities, to run out, project, extend:

ab intimo sinu paeninsula excurrit,

Liv. 26, 42, 8:

Sicania tribus excurrit in aequora linguis,

Ov. M. 13, 724:

promontorium in altum,

Liv. 32, 23, 10 Drak.:

dorsum montis in Persidem,

Curt. 5, 3:

promontorium per Creticum mare,

Plin. 5, 5, 5, § 32.—

In specifications of measure, to be over and above, to exceed (late Lat.; cf.

Krebs, Antibarb. p. 435): decem (auri pondo) et quod excurrit,

and something over, Dig. 16, 3, 26:

viginti et quod excurrit annorum pax,

of twenty years and upwards, Veg. Mil. 1, 28. —

Trop., to run or spread out, to extend, display itself:

campus, in quo excurrere virtus posset,

Cic. Mur. 8, 18: quid est, cur insistere orationem malint quam cum sententia pariter excurrere? qs. to keep pace with, id. Or. 51, 170:

ne oratio excurrat longius,

to run out to too great length, be prolix, id. de Or. 3, 49, 190:

extra ordinem excurrens tractatio,

Quint. 4, 3, 14:

paeone dochmioque, quorum prior in quatuor, secundus in quinque (syllabas) excurrit,

id. 9, 4, 79:

praecoces germinationes,

Plin. 17, 2, 2, § 16: in hos quoque studiorum secessus excurrit, qs. makes excursions, Quint. 10, 5, 16:

in pericula,

Sen. Ben. 2, 34 fin.:

quia in hoc tempus excurrit donationis eventus, quo,

extends, Dig. 24, 1, 10: quaedam (in periodo) quasi decurtata... productiora alia et quasi immoderatius excurrentia, running out, stretched out (the figure being taken from places which run out or project, v. above), Cic. Or. 53, 178.—

To run out, end, terminate, of verses:

in quatuor syllabas,

Quint. 9, 4, 79.—

Act. (very rare).

To run through a place;

trop.: prope jam excurso spatio,

Ter. Ad. 5, 4, 6; cf. Lachm. ad Lucr. p. 210.—

To pass over, omit something in speaking:

a quo multa improbe sed venuste dicta, ne modum excedam, excurro,

Sen. Contr. 5, 34 med., p. 374 Bip.

ex-sufflo ( exuf-), āre, v. a.

To blow away, Cael. Aur. Tard. 4, 3, 57; Vulg. Agg. 1, 9.—

To blow at or upon a person or thing (eccl. Lat.), Tert. Idol. 11 fin.:

radios igneos,

Vulg. Sir. 43, 4:

infantes (as a charm against the devil),

Aug. Ep. 105 fin.; so,

quem (daemonem) eminus exsufflans, se exsufflari existimans, etc.,

Sulp. Sev. Dial. 3, 8.

ex-sufflo ( exuf-), āre, v. a.

To blow away, Cael. Aur. Tard. 4, 3, 57; Vulg. Agg. 1, 9.—

To blow at or upon a person or thing (eccl. Lat.), Tert. Idol. 11 fin.:

radios igneos,

Vulg. Sir. 43, 4:

infantes (as a charm against the devil),

Aug. Ep. 105 fin.; so,

quem (daemonem) eminus exsufflans, se exsufflari existimans, etc.,

Sulp. Sev. Dial. 3, 8.

fābŭla, ae, f. [fari], a narration, narrative, account, story; the subject of common talk.

In gen. (mostly poet. and in post-Aug. prose;

syn.: narratio, fasti, annales, res gestae, historia): additur fabulae, quo vulgo Sabini aureas armillas brachio laevo habuerint, pepigisse eam, etc.,

Liv. 1, 11, 8:

poëticae (opp. incorrupta rerum gestarum monumenta), id. praef. § 6: Ummidius, qui tam (non longa est fabula) dives, ut, etc.,

Hor. S. 1, 1, 95; id. Ep. 1, 2, 6:

mutato nomine de te fabula narratur,

id. S. 1, 1, 70:

asinaeque paternum Cognomen vertas in risum et fabula flas,

the common talk, town's talk, id. Ep. 1, 13, 9; cf.:

heu me, per urbem Fabula quanta fui!

id. Epod. 11, 8:

fabula (nec sentis) tota jactaris in urbe,

you are talked of all over the city, Ov. Am. 8, 1, 21; cf. Suet. Aug. 70; id. Dom. 15; Mart. 3, 14:

habes omnes fabulas urbis,

Plin. Ep. 8, 18, 11:

nova fabula,

the news, Juv. 1, 145:

semper formosis fabula poena fuit,

Prop. 2, 32, 26 (3, 30, 26 M.):

a diverticulo repetatur fabula,

let us return to our story, Juv. 15, 72.—

Transf., conversation (post-Aug.):

ut fabulas quoque eorum et disputationes et arcana semotae dictionis penitus exciperem,

conversations, Tac. Or. 2:

praeceptores cum auditoribus suis fabulas habent,

id. ib. 29; cf.:

cum inter fabulas privatas sermo esset ortus, quanti, etc.,

in private conversation, Lampr. Heliog. 25.—With a dependent clause:

ne id accidat, quod cuipiam Thraco venisse usu, fabula est,

is related, Gell. 19, 12, 6.—

In vulg. lang. (like the Germ. Geschichte), affair, concern, matter:

sed quid ego aspicio? quae haec fabula'st?

what sort of an affair is this? Plaut. Pers. 5, 2, 11; Ter. And. 4, 4, 8.

In partic. (freq. and class.), a fictitious narrative, a tale, story (syn.: apologus, narratio): narrationum tris accepimus species, fabulam, quae versatur in tragoediis atque carminibus non a veritate modo, sed etiam a forma veritatis remota, argumentum... historiam, etc., Quint. 2, 4, 2:

haec res agetur nobis, vobis fabula,

Plaut. Capt. prol. 52:

peregrino narrare fabulas,

id. Men. 5, 1, 24:

num igitur me cogis etiam fabulis credere? quae delectationis habeant quantum voles... auctoritatem quidem nullam debemus nec fidem commenticiis rebus adjungere, etc.,

Cic. Div. 2, 55, 113; cf.:

fictis fabulis,

id. Mil. 3, 8:

antiquitas recepit fabulas, fictas etiam nonnumquam incondite,

id. Rep. 2, 10; cf.:

a fabulis ad facta venire,

id. ib. 2, 2 fin.:

minor fabulis habetur fides,

id. ib. 2, 10:

saepe fabulis fidem firmare (consuerant),

Suet. Rhet. 1 med.;

Liv. praef. § 6: non fabula rumor Ille fuit,

Ov. M. 10, 561:

fabulam inceptat,

Ter. And. 5, 4, 22:

quid tamen ista velit sibi fabula, ede,

Hor. S. 2, 5, 61:

fabulae!

mere stories! stuff! nonsense! Ter. Heaut. 2, 3, 95; id. And. 1, 3, 19:

ne convivialium fabularum simplicitas in crimen duceretur,

Tac. A. 6, 11 fin.:

sufficiunt duae fabulae, an tertiam poscis?

Plin. Ep. 2, 20, 9.—In apposition:

jam te premet nox fabulaeque Manes (= fabulosi, inanes),

Hor. C. 1, 4, 16:

civis et manes et fabula fies,

Pers. 5, 152:

nos jam fabula sumus,

Ter. Hec. 4, 3, 14.—So of idle tales:

ineptas et aniles fabulas devita,

Vulg. 1 Tim. 4, 7 al.—

Of particular kinds of poetry.

Most freq., a dramatic poem, drama, play (syn.:

ludus, cantus, actio, etc.): in full, fabula scaenica,

Amm. 28, 1, 4;

or, theatralis,

id. 14, 6, 20:

fabula ad actum scenarum composita,

Quint. 5, 10, 9; cf. id. 11, 3, 73 sq.:

Livianae fabulae non satis dignae, quae iterum legantur. Atque hic Livius primus fabulam, C. Clodio Caeci filio et M. Tuditano Cos. docuit,

produced, Cic. Brut. 18, 72; v. doceo, II. init.; cf.: fabulam dare, under do, II. H.; so,

facere,

Varr. L. L. 5, 8:

neque histrioni ut placeat, peragenda fabula est,

Cic. de Sen. 19, 70:

securus, cadat an recto stet fabula talo,

Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 176:

neve minor neu sit quinto productior actu Fabula,

id. A. P. 190:

M. Pacuvii nova fabula,

Cic. Lael. 7, 24:

Terentii,

Hor. S. 1, 2, 21:

Attae,

id. Ep. 2, 1, 80 et saep.:

in fabulis stultissima persona,

Cic. Lael. 26, 100 et saep.— Transf.:

non solum unum actum, sed totam fabulam confecissem,

Cic. Phil. 2, 14, 34.—

A fable (cf. apologus):

fabularum cur sit inventum genus Brevi docebo, etc.,

Phaedr. 3, prol. 33:

quae (res) vel apologum, vel fabulam vel aliquam contineat irrisionem,

Cic. Inv. 1, 17, 25:

nota illa de membris humanis adversus ventrem discordantibus fabula,

Quint. 5, 11, 19 (shortly before, fabella) et saep.—Prov.: Lupus in fabula (like the Engl., talk of the devil, and he will appear), of a person who comes just as we are talking about him, Ter. Ad. 4, 1, 21; Cic. Att. 13, 33, 4; so,

lupus in sermone,

Plaut. Stich. 4, 1, 71.

făbŭla, v. fabulus.

interprĕtor, ātus (in tmesi:

inter quaecumque pretantur,

Lucr. 4, 832), 1, v. dep. [interpres], to explain, expound, interpret, give expression to, translate; to understand, conclude, infer, appreciate, recognize, comprehend.

In gen. (class.):

tuae memoriae interpretari me aequom censes,

Plaut. Ep. 4, 1, 29:

nec quidquam aliud est philosophia, si interpretari velis, quam studium sapientiae,

Cic. Off. 2, 2, 5:

jus,

id. Leg. 1, 4, 14:

monstra aut fulgura,

id. Div. 1, 6, 12:

somnia,

id. ib. 1, 23, 46:

sapienter,

id. Dom. 1, 1:

cetera de genere hoc,

Lucr. 4, 832:

aliquid mitiorem in partem,

id. Mur. 31, 64: felicitatem alicujus grato animo, id. Brut. 1:

male bene dicta,

id. N. D. 3, 31, 77:

grate beneficia,

Plin. Ep. 2, 13:

male beneficium fortunae,

Sen. Ep. 63:

voluntatem alicujus,

Cic. Inv. 2, 47, 139:

sententiam alicujus,

id. Tusc. 3, 17, 37:

epistolam alicujus,

id. Att. 15, 28:

qui scriptum recitet et scriptoris voluntatem non interpretetur,

Auct. Her. 2, 10, 14:

medio responso spem ad voluntatem interpretantibus fecerat,

Liv. 39, 39:

obscure dicta,

Quint. 3, 4, 3:

aenigmata,

id. 8, 6, 53:

leges,

id. 3, 6, 87:

versus,

id. 1, 9, 2: allêgoria, quam inversionem interpretamur, translate, id. 8, 6, 44; 2, 15, 25; Suet. Gramm. 1:

ut plerique... viso aspectoque Agricola quaererent famam, pauci interpretarentur,

few understood him, Tac. Agr. 40:

jussa ducum interpretari quam exsequi malle,

id. H. 2, 39.—With inf.:

reditu enim in castra, liberatum se esse jurejurando, interpretabatur,

Cic. Off. 3, 32, 113:

pomoerium verbi vim solam intuentes postmoerium interpretantur esse,

Liv. 1, 44, 4:

victoriam ut suam,

claimed as his own, Vell. 2, 80, 2:

nolite consilium ex necessitate, nec voluntatem ex vi interpretari,

Cic. Rab. Post. 11, 29:

virtutem ex consuetudine vitae,

id. Lael. 6, 21: Chaldaeos interpretatos imperium Persarum ad eos transiturum, interpret signs, etc., i. e. predict, foretell, Curt. 3, 3, 6; Suet. Aug. 44; id. Galb. 8.—

Esp.

To decide, determine:

neque, recte, an perperam, interpretor,

Liv. 1, 23, 8.—

Memoriae alicujus, to assist one ' s memory, Plaut. Ep. 4, 1, 25.—

To translate:

recte sententiam (v. the context),

Cic. Fin. 2, 7, 20.—

Diabolo, to ascribe to the devil, Tert. Verg. Vel. 15.

sense:

scripturae, quae male de Hebraicis interpretata sunt,

Lact. 4, 7, 7:

ex quo ita illud somnium esse interpretatum, ut, etc.,

Cic. Div. 1, 25, 53:

flumen Naarmalcha, quod amnis regum interpretatur,

Amm. 24, 6.— interprĕtātus, a, um, P. a., explained, translated (class.):

nomen,

Cic. Leg. 2, 12, 29:

haec ex Graeco carmine interpretata recitavit,

Liv. 23, 11, 4; 45, 29, 3.

lŭpus, i, m. [kindred with lukos; Sanscr. vrika, and our wolf], a wolf.

Lit.:

torva leaena lupum sequitur, lupus ipse capellam,

Verg. E. 2, 63; Plin. 10, 63, 88, § 173; 8, 22, 34, § 80:

Martialis lupus,

sacred to Mars, Hor. C. 1, 17, 9; so,

Martius,

Verg. A. 9, 566: lupus femina for lupa, a she-wolf, Enn. ap. Serv. Verg. A. 2, 355 (Ann. v. 70 Vahl.); id. ap. Non. 378, 18 (ib. v. 73):

lupus masculinum (est), quamquam Varro... lupum feminam dicit, Ennium Pictoremque Fabium secutus,

Quint. 1, 6, 12.—According to the belief of the Romans, if a wolf saw a man before the latter saw him, the man became dumb: vox quoque Moerim Jam fugit ipsa;

lupi Moerim videre priores,

Verg. E. 9, 53; cf. Plin. 8, 22, 34, § 80.—Prov.: lupus in fabulā or sermone, said of the appearance of a person when he is spoken of; as we say in English, talk of the devil, and he appears:

atque eccum tibi lupum in sermone,

Plaut. Stich. 4, 1, 71; Ter. Ad. 4, 1, 21; Serv. Verg. E. 9, 54:

de Varrone loquebamur: lupus in fabulā: venit enim ad me,

Cic. Att. 13, 33, 4.—

Lupum auribus tenere, to have a wolf by the ears, to be unable to hold and afraid to let go, i. e. to be in a situation of doubt and difficulty, Ter. Phorm. 3, 2, 21; Suet. Tib. 25.—

Hac urget lupus, hac canis angit, on this side the wolf, on that the dog, i. e. to be placed between two fires, Hor. S. 2, 2, 64.—

Lupos apud oves custodes relinquere, Plaut. Ps. 1, 28:

ovem lupo committere,

to intrust sheep to a wolf, Ter. Eun. 5, 1, 16; cf.

o praeclarum custodem ovium, ut aiunt, lupum!

Cic. Phil. 3, 11, 27; cf.:

plenum montano credis ovile lupo?

Ov. A. A. 2, 363.—

Lupo agnum eripere, of a difficult undertaking;

as in English,

to snatch the meat from a dog's mouth, Plaut. Poen. 3, 5, 31.—

Lupus observavit, dum dormitaret canes, of one who watches his opportunity to be unobserved, Plaut. Trin. 1, 2, 133.—

Ovīs ultro fugiat lupus, of a very improbable act, Verg. E. 8, 52.—

Tantum curamus frigora, quantum numerum (ovium) lupus, i. e. do not care at all, as the wolf does not care whether the number of the sheep is right or not, Verg. E. 7, 51.—

Transf.

A voracious fish, the wolf-fish or pike, Hor. S. 2, 2, 31; Plin. 9, 54, 79, § 169; 9, 17, 28, § 61; Col. 8, 16; Mart. 13, 89; Macr. S. 2, 12 bis.—

A kind of spider, Plin. 29, 4, 27, § 85; 11, 24, 28, § 80.—

A bit armed with points like wolves' teeth (frena lupata):

et placido duros (equus) accipit ore lupos,

Ov. Tr. 4, 6, 3; Stat. Ach. 1, 281.—

A hook with which things were hoisted:

in alios lupi superne ferrei injecti,

Liv. 28, 3, 7; Isid. Orig. 23, 15.—

A small handsaw, Pall. 1, 43, 2.—

The hop, a plant (Humulus lupulus), Plin. 21, 15, 50, § 86.

Lŭpus, a surname in the gens Rutilia, e. g. P. Lutilius Lupus, a rhetorician in the time of Augustus; v. Rutilius; cf. Cic. N. D. 1, 23, 63.

lŭpus, i, m. [kindred with lukos; Sanscr. vrika, and our wolf], a wolf.

Lit.:

torva leaena lupum sequitur, lupus ipse capellam,

Verg. E. 2, 63; Plin. 10, 63, 88, § 173; 8, 22, 34, § 80:

Martialis lupus,

sacred to Mars, Hor. C. 1, 17, 9; so,

Martius,

Verg. A. 9, 566: lupus femina for lupa, a she-wolf, Enn. ap. Serv. Verg. A. 2, 355 (Ann. v. 70 Vahl.); id. ap. Non. 378, 18 (ib. v. 73):

lupus masculinum (est), quamquam Varro... lupum feminam dicit, Ennium Pictoremque Fabium secutus,

Quint. 1, 6, 12.—According to the belief of the Romans, if a wolf saw a man before the latter saw him, the man became dumb: vox quoque Moerim Jam fugit ipsa;

lupi Moerim videre priores,

Verg. E. 9, 53; cf. Plin. 8, 22, 34, § 80.—Prov.: lupus in fabulā or sermone, said of the appearance of a person when he is spoken of; as we say in English, talk of the devil, and he appears:

atque eccum tibi lupum in sermone,

Plaut. Stich. 4, 1, 71; Ter. Ad. 4, 1, 21; Serv. Verg. E. 9, 54:

de Varrone loquebamur: lupus in fabulā: venit enim ad me,

Cic. Att. 13, 33, 4.—

Lupum auribus tenere, to have a wolf by the ears, to be unable to hold and afraid to let go, i. e. to be in a situation of doubt and difficulty, Ter. Phorm. 3, 2, 21; Suet. Tib. 25.—

Hac urget lupus, hac canis angit, on this side the wolf, on that the dog, i. e. to be placed between two fires, Hor. S. 2, 2, 64.—

Lupos apud oves custodes relinquere, Plaut. Ps. 1, 28:

ovem lupo committere,

to intrust sheep to a wolf, Ter. Eun. 5, 1, 16; cf.

o praeclarum custodem ovium, ut aiunt, lupum!

Cic. Phil. 3, 11, 27; cf.:

plenum montano credis ovile lupo?

Ov. A. A. 2, 363.—

Lupo agnum eripere, of a difficult undertaking;

as in English,

to snatch the meat from a dog's mouth, Plaut. Poen. 3, 5, 31.—

Lupus observavit, dum dormitaret canes, of one who watches his opportunity to be unobserved, Plaut. Trin. 1, 2, 133.—

Ovīs ultro fugiat lupus, of a very improbable act, Verg. E. 8, 52.—

Tantum curamus frigora, quantum numerum (ovium) lupus, i. e. do not care at all, as the wolf does not care whether the number of the sheep is right or not, Verg. E. 7, 51.—

Transf.

A voracious fish, the wolf-fish or pike, Hor. S. 2, 2, 31; Plin. 9, 54, 79, § 169; 9, 17, 28, § 61; Col. 8, 16; Mart. 13, 89; Macr. S. 2, 12 bis.—

A kind of spider, Plin. 29, 4, 27, § 85; 11, 24, 28, § 80.—

A bit armed with points like wolves' teeth (frena lupata):

et placido duros (equus) accipit ore lupos,

Ov. Tr. 4, 6, 3; Stat. Ach. 1, 281.—

A hook with which things were hoisted:

in alios lupi superne ferrei injecti,

Liv. 28, 3, 7; Isid. Orig. 23, 15.—

A small handsaw, Pall. 1, 43, 2.—

The hop, a plant (Humulus lupulus), Plin. 21, 15, 50, § 86.

Lŭpus, a surname in the gens Rutilia, e. g. P. Lutilius Lupus, a rhetorician in the time of Augustus; v. Rutilius; cf. Cic. N. D. 1, 23, 63.