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  • 1 vacuus

        vacuus adj. with sup.    [cf. vaco], empty, void, unoccupied, vacant, free, clear, devoid of, without: castra, Cs.: Perque domos Ditis vacuas, V.: Aëra per vacuum ferri, V.: Acerrae, unpeopled, V.: agri, deserted, V.: partem aedium vacuam fecere, L.: aula, H.: equi, riderless, L.: lectus, O.: ossa vacuis exsucta medullis, Iu.: gladium vaginā vacuum in urbe non vidimus: defensoribus moenia, L.: cultoribus agri, O.: Messana ab his rebus: oppidum ab defensoribus, without, Cs.: ager frugum vacuus, S.—As subst n., an empty space, vaeant place, void, vacuity: in vacuum poterunt se extendere rami, V.: per vacuum incurrere, H.— Fig., free, freed, clear, devoid of, without: animus per somnum sensibus et curis vacuus: Crimine nox vacua est, O.: hora nulla vacua a furto reperietur: ab odio, S.: censores vacui ab operum locandorum curā, L.: vacuas caedis habete manūs, O.: operum vacuus, H.: cum domos vacuas novo matrimonio fecissent, L.—Free from labor, without business, at leisure, idle, clear, disengaged, unoccupied, not engrossed: quoniam vacui sumus, dicam: si es animo vacuo, expone: pedibus vacuis terere Porticum, O.: Cetera, quae vacuas tenuissent carmine mentes, V.: Rutilius animo vacuus, i. e. undisturbed, S.: Qui (te) semper vacuam sperat, i. e. heart-free, H.: Nec rursus iubeo, dum sit (domus Augusti) vacuissima, quaeras, i. e. till it is absolutely at leisure, O.—Of places, quiet, peaceful, undisturbed (poet.): Tibur, H.: tonsoris in umbrā, H.: mare, unguarded, Ta.—Of time, free, vacant, disengaged, leisure: vacuos dies habere: vacuam noctem operi dedere, L.—Of women, free, unmarried, single: Hersilia, i. e. widowed, O.: Elige de vacuis, among the single, O.—Of possessions, free, vacant, without occupant, unappropriated: possessio regni, Cs.: prudentiae doctrinaeque possessio: sese praedia vacua filio traditurum: Syriam provinciam vacuam tum morte Atilii Rufi, Ta.—As subst n.: si quis casus puerum egerit Orco, In vacuum venias, into the vacant property, H.—Empty, vain, worthless: tollens vacuum plus nimio Gloria verticem, H.
    * * *
    vacua, vacuum ADJ
    empty, vacant, unoccupied; devoid of, free of

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  • 2 careo

    căreo, ui, ĭtum (carĭtūrus, Ov. H. 4, 1; id. M. 2, 222; 14, 132; Sen. Ben. 1, 11, 1; Curt. 10, 2, 27; Just. 4, 5, 1; Plin. 20, 21, 84, § 224.— Part. pr. gen. plur. carentum, Lucr. 4, 35; Verg. G. 4, 255; 4, 472), 2 ( pres. subj. carint = careant, Plaut. Most. 4, 1, 1.— Dep. form careor, acc. to Caper ap. Prisc. p. 797 P.), v. n. [cf. keirô, karênai; Germ. scheeren; Engl. shear], to be cut off from, be without, to want, be in want of, not to have, whether in a good or bad sense; but kat exochên, to be devoid of, to want, to be without some good; and with reference to the subjective state of mind, to miss it (accordingly, of a good that is merely desirable, while egere is used of the want of that which is necessary); constr. regularly with abl.; in ante-class. poets also with gen. or acc. (the latter also in late Lat.).
    I.
    To be without, devoid of, not to have, to be free from (corresp. with abesse, Cic. Rosc. Am. 20, 55;

    and opp. frui,

    id. Tusc. 3, 18, 40).
    A.
    Of living subjects:

    carere culpā,

    Plaut. Most. 4, 1, 1; Ter. Hec. 4, 4, 41:

    calumniā,

    Quint. 9, 4, 57:

    malis,

    Lucr. 2, 4:

    dolore,

    Cic. Lael. 6, 22; id. Fin. 1, 11, 38:

    febri,

    id. Fam. 16, 15, 1, and by poet. license with an inverted construction:

    caruitne febris te heri?

    Plaut. Curc. 1, 1, 17:

    morbis,

    Cic. Ac. 1, 10, 38:

    malo,

    id. Tusc. 3, 18, 40:

    suspicione,

    id. Rosc. Am. 20, 55; Quint. 2, 2, 14:

    vitiis,

    Hor. C. 3, 27, 39; Quint. 8, 3, 1; 8, 3, 41:

    stultitiā,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 42:

    ambitione,

    id. ib. 2, 2, 206:

    appellatione,

    Quint. 8, 2, 5:

    omnibus his quasi morbis voluit carere sapientem,

    Cic. Ac. 1, 10, 38:

    calumniā,

    Quint. 9, 4, 57:

    conspiratione et periculo,

    Suet. Aug. 19:

    stultitiae atque ignorantiae crimine, Auct. B. G. 8 praef.: communi sensu,

    Hor. S. 1, 3, 66:

    morte,

    to be immortal, id. C. 2, 8, 12; Ov. M. 15, 158:

    suis figurā,

    id. ib. 14, 286; cf.

    of virtue, personified: culpāque omni carens praeter se ipsam nihil censet ad se pertinere,

    Cic. Tusc. 5, 1, 4.—
    2.
    To be without a thing from free-will, i.e. to deprive one ' s self of a thing [p. 292] not to make use of it, to deny one ' s self a thing, to abstain from (syn.: abstineo, absum; hence opp. utor; v. the foll.):

    temeto,

    Plaut. Truc. 4, 3, 59; Cic. Rep. Fragm. ap. Non. p. 5, 18; cf.

    vino,

    Plaut. As. 4, 1, 57:

    nec Veneris fructu,

    renounces not. Lucr. 4, 1073:

    lubidinibus,

    Sall. C. 13, 5:

    amicorum facultatibus,

    Nep. Epam. 3, 4:

    mulieribus facile,

    id. Phoc. 1, 3; cf. absol.:

    satiatis vero et expletis jucundius est carere quam frui,

    Cic. Sen. 14, 47.—With acc.:

    Tandem non ego illam caream, ei sit opus, vel totum triduom?

    Ter. Eun. 2, 1, 18.— Hence,
    3.
    Of localities, to hold one ' s self aloof from, not to go to; or merely, to be absent from (cf. abstineo, II.):

    foro, senatu, publico,

    Cic. Mil. 7, 18; cf.:

    provinciā domoque,

    id. Verr. 2, 4, 19, § 41:

    aspectu civium,

    id. Cat. 1, 7, 17:

    declamationibus nostris,

    id. Fam. 7, 33, 1:

    forensi luce,

    id. Brut. 8, 32:

    patria,

    Nep. Pelop. 1, 4; Tac. A. 4, 58:

    Roma,

    Cic. Att. 9, 19, 1.—
    B.
    Of inanimate subjects:

    terra caret vero sensu,

    Lucr. 2, 652; cf. id. 2, 990, and 1, 573:

    haec duo tempora carent crimine,

    Cic. Lig. 2, 4:

    carere omni malo mortem,

    id. Tusc. 1, 12, 26:

    an ulla putatis Dona carere dolis Danaum?

    Verg. A. 2, 44:

    nec lacrimis caruere genae,

    id. ib. 5, 173:

    pars quae peste caret,

    id. ib. 9, 540:

    oratio, quae astu caret,

    Quint. 9, 1, 20:

    oeconomia nomine Latino caret,

    id. 3, 3, 9:

    quae caret ora cruore nostro?

    Hor. C. 2, 1, 36:

    caret Ripa ventis,

    id. ib. 3, 29, 23:

    aditu carentia saxa,

    Ov. M. 3, 226:

    nivibus caritura Rhodope,

    id. ib. 2, 222:

    naturae vero rerum vis atque vis atque majestas in omnibus momentis fide caret,

    Plin. 7, 1, 1, § 7.—
    II.
    To be deprived of, to be without, to feel the want of, to want something that is desirable:

    voluptate virtus saepe caret, nunquam indiget,

    Sen. Vit. Beat. 7, 2:

    patriā,

    Ter. Heaut. 1, 1, 85:

    quam huic erat miserum carere consuetudine amicorum, societate victus, sermone omnino familiari!

    Cic. Tusc. 5, 22, 63:

    hac luce,

    id. ib. 1, 6, 12:

    voluptatibus,

    id. Sen. 3, 7:

    commodis omnibus,

    id. Rosc. Am. 15, 44:

    provinciis atque oris Italiae maritimis ac portibus nostris,

    id. Imp. Pomp. 18, 55:

    tali munere,

    Verg. A. 5, 651:

    citharā,

    Hor. C. 1, 31, 20:

    vate sacro,

    id. ib. 4, 9, 28:

    patrio sepulcro,

    id. S. 2, 3, 196:

    libertate,

    id. Ep. 1, 10, 40:

    honore,

    Ov. M. 15, 614:

    laude,

    Quint. 2, 20, 10 al.:

    caret omni Majorum censu,

    has lost, dissipated, Juv. 1, 59.—
    b.
    With gen.:

    tui carendum quod erat,

    Ter. Heaut. 2, 4, 20; so Laev. ap. Gell. 19, 7, 7.—
    c.
    With acc.:

    quia Id quod amo careo,

    Plaut. Curc. 1, 2, 49; cf. id. Poen. 4, 1, 4: eos parentes careo, Turp. ap. Non. p. 466, 8:

    DVLCEM. CARVI. LVCEM. CVM. TE. AMISI.,

    Inscr. Grut. 572, 7; so ib. 770, 9;

    hence careri,

    pass., Marc. Emp. 36 med.; cf.:

    virque mihi dempto fine carendus abest,

    Ov. H. 1, 50.—
    B.
    With the access. idea of the subjective state of mind or feeling, to feel the want of a thing, to miss: triste enim est nomen ipsum carendi, quia subicitur haec vis; habuit, non habet;

    desiderat, requirit, indiget,

    Cic. Tusc. 1, 36, 87; cf.

    the context: carere igitur hoc significat, egere eo quod habere velis,

    id. ib. §

    88: non caret is qui non desiderat,

    id. Sen. 14, 47.

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  • 3 vacuum

    văcŭus, a, um, adj. [vaco], empty, void, free, clear, devoid of, without something (freq. and class.; cf. inanis.)
    I.
    In gen.
    A.
    Lit., in material sense.
    (α).
    Absol.:

    spatium vacuum,

    Lucr. 1, 523; cf. id. 1, 394; 1, 509:

    vacua castra,

    Caes. B. G. 7, 45:

    perque domos Ditis vacuas et inania regna,

    Verg. A. 6, 269:

    atria,

    id. ib. 7, 379;

    2, 528: porticus,

    id. ib. 2, 761:

    videntur Aëra per vacuum ferri,

    id. G. 3, 109:

    Acerrae,

    unpeopled, id. ib. 2, 225:

    Cumae,

    Juv. 3, 2:

    Ulubrae,

    id. 10, 102:

    agri,

    Verg. G. 2, 54:

    aurae,

    id. A. 12, 592:

    caelum,

    id. ib. 5, 515:

    oppida, Auct. B. Afr. 9: aliquam partem aedium vacuam facere,

    Liv. 39, 14, 2:

    aër,

    Hor. C. 1, 3, 34:

    theatrum,

    id. Ep. 2, 2, 130:

    aula,

    id. C. 4, 14, 36:

    tabellae,

    Quint. 10, 3, 32:

    numerus peditum in vicem prolapsorum equitum vacuos capientium ad pugnam equos,

    Liv. 44, 26, 3:

    lectus,

    Prop. 2, 2, 1: Ov. M. 11, 471:

    per vacuum locum inruperunt,

    Liv. 25, 3, 18:

    manus,

    Quint. 11, 2, 42:

    ossa vacuis exsucta medullis,

    Juv. 8, 90: si vacuo ventre mulier fuit, not pregnant (opp. plenus), Dig. 29, 2, 84:

    vultus,

    without eyes, Sen. Oedip. 1012.—
    (β).
    With abl.:

    nihil igni vacuum videri potest,

    Cic. Univ. 4:

    gladium vaginā vacuum in urbe non vidimus,

    id. Marcell. 6, 17:

    moenia defensoribus,

    Liv. 42, 63, 6:

    viae occursu hominum,

    id. 5, 41, 5:

    cultoribus agri,

    Ov. M. 7, 653:

    ense ebur,

    id. ib. 4, 148:

    arvum arboribus,

    Col. 3, 11, 3:

    loca fetu in vite,

    id. 3, 10, 5:

    pectus velamine,

    Stat. Th. 1, 593.—
    (γ).
    With ab and abl.:

    Messana ab his rebus...vacua ac nuda est,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 2, § 3:

    oppidum vacuum ab defensoribus,

    without, Caes. B. G. 2, 12:

    pars Galliae ab exercitu,

    Hirt. B. G. 8, 46:

    vacuum ab hostibus mare,

    Liv. 37, 13, 6.—
    (δ).
    With gen. (rare; mostly poet.):

    ager aridus et frugum vacuus,

    Sall. J. 90, 1:

    Romana urbs annonae,

    Mamert. Grat. Act. ad Julian. 14.—
    b.
    Subst.: vă-cŭum, i, n., an empty space, an open or vacant place, a void, vacuity:

    vacuum minus intus habere,

    Lucr. 1, 367:

    in vacuum poterunt se extendere rami,

    Verg. G. 2, 287:

    ne per vacuum incurreret hostis,

    Hor. S. 2, 1, 37:

    libera per vacuum posui vestigia princeps,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 19, 21.—
    B.
    Transf., free from, clear, devoid of, without.
    (α).
    With abl.:

    animus per somnum sensibus et curis vacuus,

    Cic. Div. 2, 11, 27:

    molestiis,

    id. Fam. 4, 4, 2:

    cupiditate et timore,

    id. Fin. 2, 10, 30:

    consilium periculo,

    id. Att. 10, 16, 2:

    cum vacui curis etiam quid in caelo fiat scire avemus,

    id. Fin. 2, 14, 46:

    vacui negotiis vivere possimus,

    id. ib. 4, 5, 12:

    his rebus mens vacua,

    id. Tusc. 3, 4, 9:

    vacuus duellis Janus,

    Hor. C. 4, 15, 8:

    crimine nox vacua est,

    Ov. F. 4, 581:

    ille metu vacuus,

    id. M. 3, 582:

    nullum tempus sterile et vacuum beneficio,

    Plin. Pan. 56, 2:

    aemulatione,

    Tac. A. 12, 2:

    curā domesticā vacuus,

    id. H. 1, 88:

    tali culpā,

    id. A. 6, 16:

    tributo,

    id. ib. 12, 61:

    vacuam laboribus egi vitam,

    Ov. Tr. 5, 3, 9.—
    (β).
    With ab and abl.:

    Mamertini soli vacui, expertes, soluti ac liberi fuerunt ab omni sumptu, molestiā, munere,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 10, § 23:

    a securibus et tributis,

    Tac. A. 12, 34; 12, 61:

    hora nulla vacua a furto, a scelere, crudelitate, flagitio reperietur,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 12, § 34:

    nullus dies ab exercitationibus oratoriis,

    id. Brut. 90, 309:

    animus a talibus factis vacuus et integer,

    id. Inv. 2, 7, 24:

    cum ab omni molestiā vacuus esses,

    id. Fam. 11, 16, 1:

    domus a suspitione religionis vacua atque pura,

    id. Har. Resp. 6, 11:

    ab odio, amicitiā, irā atque misericordiā,

    Sall. C. 51, 1:

    a culpa,

    id. ib. 14, 4: censores vacui ab operum locandorun;

    curā,

    Liv. 24, 18, 1.—
    (γ).
    With gen.:

    vacuas caedis habete manus,

    Ov. A. A. 1, 642:

    operum vacuus,

    Hor. S. 2, 2, 119:

    vacuas habuissem criminis umbras,

    Ov. M. 6, 541:

    composuit ad Caesarem litteras, quasi confecto bello verbis magnificas, rerum vacuas,

    Tac. A. 15, 8.—
    (δ).
    With dat. of that for which room or a vacancy exists or is made:

    Aruns Tarquinius et Tullia minor, prope continuatis funeribus cum domos vacuas novo matrimonio fecissent, junguntur,

    Liv. 1, 46, 9:

    necato filio vacuam domum scelestis nuptiis fecisse,

    Sall. C. 15, 2:

    quanto molimine circumspectemus vacuam Romanis vatibus aedem (Apollinis),

    Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 94.— Subst.: văcŭum, i, n., leisure:

    aliquid invenire vacui,

    Quint. 10, 6, 1.—
    II.
    In partic. (cf. vaco, II.).
    A.
    Free from labor or occupation, without business, at leisure, clear, disengaged, unoccupied, idle:

    quoniam vacui sumus, dicam,

    Cic. Leg. 1, 4, 13:

    si es animo vacuo, expone nobis quod quaerimus... hunc elegimus diem, cum te sciremus esse vacuum,

    id. Brut. 5, 20:

    animus vacuus ac solutus,

    id. Verr. 1, 9, 26:

    aures vacuae atque eruditae,

    Quint. 10, 1, 32:

    aures,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 16, 26; Ov. M. 4, 41; 12, 56:

    pedibus vacuis terere Porticum,

    id. A. A. 1, 491:

    si quid vacui sub umbrā Lusimus,

    Hor. C. 1, 32, 1:

    cetera, quae vacuas tenuissent carmine mentes,

    Verg. G. 3, 3:

    ne vacuum esse me nunc ad narrandum credas,

    Ter. And. 4, 2, 23:

    ut animum vacuum ad res difficiles scribendas afferam,

    Cic. Att. 12, 38, 3:

    cum per tot menses vacuā civitate nemo controversiam fecerit,

    Liv. 3, 40, 10.— Sup.:

    nec rursus jubeo, dum sit vacuissima quaeras,

    Ov. P. 3, 1, 141.— Poet., transf., of places in which to lounge or enjoy leisure, quiet, peaceful, undisturbed, etc.:

    Tibur,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 7, 45:

    Athenae,

    id. ib. 2, 2, 81:

    tonsoris in umbrā,

    id. ib. 1, 7, 50 (cf.:

    otiosa Neapolis,

    id. Epod. 5, 43).—Rarely of persons, free from care, calm, composed:

    Rutilius animo vacuus,

    i. e. careless, without apprehension, Sall. J. 52, 6:

    haud animi vacuus,

    quiet, Stat. Th. 5, 644:

    cantamus vacui, sive quid urimur,

    Hor. C. 1, 6, 19; so of one free from love, id. ib. 1, 5, 10.—Of female animals, not bearing young:

    equa,

    Col. 6, 37, 10.— Impers.: vacuum est, with inf., there is leisure, time, Sall. H. 1, 10; Tac. H. 2, 28.—
    B.
    Of time, free, vacant, disengaged, leisure:

    etiam si spatium ad dicendum nostro commodo vacuosque dies habuissemus,

    Cic. Verr. 1, 17, 56:

    cum vacui temporis nihil haberem,

    id. Att. 2, 23, 1:

    vacuam noctem operi dedere,

    Liv. 3, 28, 7:

    tempora,

    Col. 12, 4, 1; cf. Luc. 3, 26.—
    C.
    Of women, free, unmarried, single:

    ubi mulier vacua fuit,

    Tac. A. 13, 44: vacuis indicere nuptias, Pseudo - Quint. Decl. 376:

    Hersilia,

    i. e. widowed, Ov. M. 14, 831.—
    D.
    Of possessions, free, vacant, without an occupant or master:

    vacuam possessionem regni sperans,

    Caes. B. C. 3, 112:

    prudentiae doctrinaeque possessio... quasi caduca atque vacua,

    Cic. de Or. 3, 31, 122:

    centuria, id. Tull. § 17: sese praedia vacua filio traditurum,

    id. Rosc. Am. 9, 26:

    vacuam rempublicam tradere Hannibali,

    Liv. 23, 2, 7:

    ut impetus fiat in vacuam rempublicam,

    Sall. C. 52, 23:

    sacerdotia ut vacua contulit in alios,

    Tac. A. 6, 40; cf.:

    Syriam provinciam vacuam tum morte Atilii Rufi,

    id. Agr. 40:

    vacua Armenia,

    without a ruler, id. A. 12, 50:

    bona,

    Dig. 38, 9, 1, § 12:

    possessio,

    ib. 41, 3, 4, § 22; Gai Inst. 4, 131.— Subst.: văcŭum, i, n.:

    si quis casus puerum egerit Orco, In vacuum venias,

    into the vacant property, Hor. S. 2, 5, 50:

    ut in vacuum lege praeditoriā venalis pependerit,

    Suet. Claud. 9; cf. Quint. 12, 9, 8.—
    E.
    Without value, worthless, useless, empty, vain, unprofitable, = vanus (rare;

    not anteAug.): si respublica et senatus et populus vacua nomina sunt,

    Tac. H. 1, 30:

    rem,

    Petr. 102:

    vacua et inanis productio verbi,

    Gell. 11, 15, 6:

    tollens vacuum plus nimio Gloria verticem,

    her empty head, Hor. C. 1, 18, 15:

    pecunia,

    unused, unproductive, Dig. 19, 5, 24; cf. ib. 16, 3, 28.

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  • 4 vacuus

    văcŭus, a, um, adj. [vaco], empty, void, free, clear, devoid of, without something (freq. and class.; cf. inanis.)
    I.
    In gen.
    A.
    Lit., in material sense.
    (α).
    Absol.:

    spatium vacuum,

    Lucr. 1, 523; cf. id. 1, 394; 1, 509:

    vacua castra,

    Caes. B. G. 7, 45:

    perque domos Ditis vacuas et inania regna,

    Verg. A. 6, 269:

    atria,

    id. ib. 7, 379;

    2, 528: porticus,

    id. ib. 2, 761:

    videntur Aëra per vacuum ferri,

    id. G. 3, 109:

    Acerrae,

    unpeopled, id. ib. 2, 225:

    Cumae,

    Juv. 3, 2:

    Ulubrae,

    id. 10, 102:

    agri,

    Verg. G. 2, 54:

    aurae,

    id. A. 12, 592:

    caelum,

    id. ib. 5, 515:

    oppida, Auct. B. Afr. 9: aliquam partem aedium vacuam facere,

    Liv. 39, 14, 2:

    aër,

    Hor. C. 1, 3, 34:

    theatrum,

    id. Ep. 2, 2, 130:

    aula,

    id. C. 4, 14, 36:

    tabellae,

    Quint. 10, 3, 32:

    numerus peditum in vicem prolapsorum equitum vacuos capientium ad pugnam equos,

    Liv. 44, 26, 3:

    lectus,

    Prop. 2, 2, 1: Ov. M. 11, 471:

    per vacuum locum inruperunt,

    Liv. 25, 3, 18:

    manus,

    Quint. 11, 2, 42:

    ossa vacuis exsucta medullis,

    Juv. 8, 90: si vacuo ventre mulier fuit, not pregnant (opp. plenus), Dig. 29, 2, 84:

    vultus,

    without eyes, Sen. Oedip. 1012.—
    (β).
    With abl.:

    nihil igni vacuum videri potest,

    Cic. Univ. 4:

    gladium vaginā vacuum in urbe non vidimus,

    id. Marcell. 6, 17:

    moenia defensoribus,

    Liv. 42, 63, 6:

    viae occursu hominum,

    id. 5, 41, 5:

    cultoribus agri,

    Ov. M. 7, 653:

    ense ebur,

    id. ib. 4, 148:

    arvum arboribus,

    Col. 3, 11, 3:

    loca fetu in vite,

    id. 3, 10, 5:

    pectus velamine,

    Stat. Th. 1, 593.—
    (γ).
    With ab and abl.:

    Messana ab his rebus...vacua ac nuda est,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 2, § 3:

    oppidum vacuum ab defensoribus,

    without, Caes. B. G. 2, 12:

    pars Galliae ab exercitu,

    Hirt. B. G. 8, 46:

    vacuum ab hostibus mare,

    Liv. 37, 13, 6.—
    (δ).
    With gen. (rare; mostly poet.):

    ager aridus et frugum vacuus,

    Sall. J. 90, 1:

    Romana urbs annonae,

    Mamert. Grat. Act. ad Julian. 14.—
    b.
    Subst.: vă-cŭum, i, n., an empty space, an open or vacant place, a void, vacuity:

    vacuum minus intus habere,

    Lucr. 1, 367:

    in vacuum poterunt se extendere rami,

    Verg. G. 2, 287:

    ne per vacuum incurreret hostis,

    Hor. S. 2, 1, 37:

    libera per vacuum posui vestigia princeps,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 19, 21.—
    B.
    Transf., free from, clear, devoid of, without.
    (α).
    With abl.:

    animus per somnum sensibus et curis vacuus,

    Cic. Div. 2, 11, 27:

    molestiis,

    id. Fam. 4, 4, 2:

    cupiditate et timore,

    id. Fin. 2, 10, 30:

    consilium periculo,

    id. Att. 10, 16, 2:

    cum vacui curis etiam quid in caelo fiat scire avemus,

    id. Fin. 2, 14, 46:

    vacui negotiis vivere possimus,

    id. ib. 4, 5, 12:

    his rebus mens vacua,

    id. Tusc. 3, 4, 9:

    vacuus duellis Janus,

    Hor. C. 4, 15, 8:

    crimine nox vacua est,

    Ov. F. 4, 581:

    ille metu vacuus,

    id. M. 3, 582:

    nullum tempus sterile et vacuum beneficio,

    Plin. Pan. 56, 2:

    aemulatione,

    Tac. A. 12, 2:

    curā domesticā vacuus,

    id. H. 1, 88:

    tali culpā,

    id. A. 6, 16:

    tributo,

    id. ib. 12, 61:

    vacuam laboribus egi vitam,

    Ov. Tr. 5, 3, 9.—
    (β).
    With ab and abl.:

    Mamertini soli vacui, expertes, soluti ac liberi fuerunt ab omni sumptu, molestiā, munere,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 10, § 23:

    a securibus et tributis,

    Tac. A. 12, 34; 12, 61:

    hora nulla vacua a furto, a scelere, crudelitate, flagitio reperietur,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 12, § 34:

    nullus dies ab exercitationibus oratoriis,

    id. Brut. 90, 309:

    animus a talibus factis vacuus et integer,

    id. Inv. 2, 7, 24:

    cum ab omni molestiā vacuus esses,

    id. Fam. 11, 16, 1:

    domus a suspitione religionis vacua atque pura,

    id. Har. Resp. 6, 11:

    ab odio, amicitiā, irā atque misericordiā,

    Sall. C. 51, 1:

    a culpa,

    id. ib. 14, 4: censores vacui ab operum locandorun;

    curā,

    Liv. 24, 18, 1.—
    (γ).
    With gen.:

    vacuas caedis habete manus,

    Ov. A. A. 1, 642:

    operum vacuus,

    Hor. S. 2, 2, 119:

    vacuas habuissem criminis umbras,

    Ov. M. 6, 541:

    composuit ad Caesarem litteras, quasi confecto bello verbis magnificas, rerum vacuas,

    Tac. A. 15, 8.—
    (δ).
    With dat. of that for which room or a vacancy exists or is made:

    Aruns Tarquinius et Tullia minor, prope continuatis funeribus cum domos vacuas novo matrimonio fecissent, junguntur,

    Liv. 1, 46, 9:

    necato filio vacuam domum scelestis nuptiis fecisse,

    Sall. C. 15, 2:

    quanto molimine circumspectemus vacuam Romanis vatibus aedem (Apollinis),

    Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 94.— Subst.: văcŭum, i, n., leisure:

    aliquid invenire vacui,

    Quint. 10, 6, 1.—
    II.
    In partic. (cf. vaco, II.).
    A.
    Free from labor or occupation, without business, at leisure, clear, disengaged, unoccupied, idle:

    quoniam vacui sumus, dicam,

    Cic. Leg. 1, 4, 13:

    si es animo vacuo, expone nobis quod quaerimus... hunc elegimus diem, cum te sciremus esse vacuum,

    id. Brut. 5, 20:

    animus vacuus ac solutus,

    id. Verr. 1, 9, 26:

    aures vacuae atque eruditae,

    Quint. 10, 1, 32:

    aures,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 16, 26; Ov. M. 4, 41; 12, 56:

    pedibus vacuis terere Porticum,

    id. A. A. 1, 491:

    si quid vacui sub umbrā Lusimus,

    Hor. C. 1, 32, 1:

    cetera, quae vacuas tenuissent carmine mentes,

    Verg. G. 3, 3:

    ne vacuum esse me nunc ad narrandum credas,

    Ter. And. 4, 2, 23:

    ut animum vacuum ad res difficiles scribendas afferam,

    Cic. Att. 12, 38, 3:

    cum per tot menses vacuā civitate nemo controversiam fecerit,

    Liv. 3, 40, 10.— Sup.:

    nec rursus jubeo, dum sit vacuissima quaeras,

    Ov. P. 3, 1, 141.— Poet., transf., of places in which to lounge or enjoy leisure, quiet, peaceful, undisturbed, etc.:

    Tibur,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 7, 45:

    Athenae,

    id. ib. 2, 2, 81:

    tonsoris in umbrā,

    id. ib. 1, 7, 50 (cf.:

    otiosa Neapolis,

    id. Epod. 5, 43).—Rarely of persons, free from care, calm, composed:

    Rutilius animo vacuus,

    i. e. careless, without apprehension, Sall. J. 52, 6:

    haud animi vacuus,

    quiet, Stat. Th. 5, 644:

    cantamus vacui, sive quid urimur,

    Hor. C. 1, 6, 19; so of one free from love, id. ib. 1, 5, 10.—Of female animals, not bearing young:

    equa,

    Col. 6, 37, 10.— Impers.: vacuum est, with inf., there is leisure, time, Sall. H. 1, 10; Tac. H. 2, 28.—
    B.
    Of time, free, vacant, disengaged, leisure:

    etiam si spatium ad dicendum nostro commodo vacuosque dies habuissemus,

    Cic. Verr. 1, 17, 56:

    cum vacui temporis nihil haberem,

    id. Att. 2, 23, 1:

    vacuam noctem operi dedere,

    Liv. 3, 28, 7:

    tempora,

    Col. 12, 4, 1; cf. Luc. 3, 26.—
    C.
    Of women, free, unmarried, single:

    ubi mulier vacua fuit,

    Tac. A. 13, 44: vacuis indicere nuptias, Pseudo - Quint. Decl. 376:

    Hersilia,

    i. e. widowed, Ov. M. 14, 831.—
    D.
    Of possessions, free, vacant, without an occupant or master:

    vacuam possessionem regni sperans,

    Caes. B. C. 3, 112:

    prudentiae doctrinaeque possessio... quasi caduca atque vacua,

    Cic. de Or. 3, 31, 122:

    centuria, id. Tull. § 17: sese praedia vacua filio traditurum,

    id. Rosc. Am. 9, 26:

    vacuam rempublicam tradere Hannibali,

    Liv. 23, 2, 7:

    ut impetus fiat in vacuam rempublicam,

    Sall. C. 52, 23:

    sacerdotia ut vacua contulit in alios,

    Tac. A. 6, 40; cf.:

    Syriam provinciam vacuam tum morte Atilii Rufi,

    id. Agr. 40:

    vacua Armenia,

    without a ruler, id. A. 12, 50:

    bona,

    Dig. 38, 9, 1, § 12:

    possessio,

    ib. 41, 3, 4, § 22; Gai Inst. 4, 131.— Subst.: văcŭum, i, n.:

    si quis casus puerum egerit Orco, In vacuum venias,

    into the vacant property, Hor. S. 2, 5, 50:

    ut in vacuum lege praeditoriā venalis pependerit,

    Suet. Claud. 9; cf. Quint. 12, 9, 8.—
    E.
    Without value, worthless, useless, empty, vain, unprofitable, = vanus (rare;

    not anteAug.): si respublica et senatus et populus vacua nomina sunt,

    Tac. H. 1, 30:

    rem,

    Petr. 102:

    vacua et inanis productio verbi,

    Gell. 11, 15, 6:

    tollens vacuum plus nimio Gloria verticem,

    her empty head, Hor. C. 1, 18, 15:

    pecunia,

    unused, unproductive, Dig. 19, 5, 24; cf. ib. 16, 3, 28.

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  • 5 careō

        careō    (P. praes. gen. plur. carentum, V.), uī, itūrus, ēre, to be without, be free from, be destitute of: illam, T.: culpā, T.: dolore: vitiis, H.: communi sensu, H.: morte, to be immortal, H.: suis figurā, i. e. exempt from transformation into, O.— To do without, deprive oneself of, deny oneself, refrain, abstain from: cibo, Cs.: lubidinibus haud facile, S.: amicorum facultatibus, N.: satiatis iucundius est carere quam frui, abstinence. — Of places, to hold aloof from, not to go to, be absent from: foro: provinciā do moque: patriā, N.—Of inanimate subjects, to be without, be void of, be free from, want: tempora carent crimine: nec lacrimis caruere genae, V.: Quae caret ora cruore nostro? H.: aditu carentia saxa, inaccessible, O.: numero, to be countless, H.: Lux caritura fine, O. — To be deprived of, want, have lost (not of the necessaries of life): patriā, T.: ut Latio careat, fail to reach, V.: consuetudine amicorum: commodis omnibus: vate sacro, not to be celebrated by, H.: caret omni Maiorum censu, has dissipated, Iu.: tui carendum quod erat, T.: Virque mihi dempto fine carendus abest, O.—To feel the want of, miss: carere significat, egere eo quod habere velis: non caret is qui non desiderat: in carendo patientia.
    * * *
    carere, carui, caritus V
    be without/absent from/devoid of/free from; miss; abstain from, lack, lose

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  • 6 cassus

        cassus adj.    [1 CAR-], empty, void, hollow. nux, a nut-shell, H.: canna, hollow, O.: sanguine, bloodless: lumine, i. e. dead, V.: luminis ensis.— Fig., vain, empty, useless, futile, fruitless: quiddam: vota, V.: fertilitas terrae, O.: in cassum preces mittere, vainly, L.
    * * *
    I
    cassa, cassum ADJ
    hollow/empty/devoid of, lacking; useless/fruitless/vain
    II
    fall, overthrow; chance/fortune; accident, emergency, calamity, plight; fate

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  • 7 dēstitūtus

        dēstitūtus    P. of destituo.
    * * *
    destituta, destitutum ADJ
    destitute, devoid of; childless

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  • 8 expers

        expers tis, adj.    [ex + pars], having no part in, not sharing in, not privy to: partis de nostris bonis, T.: communis iuris: Britanni pugnae, Ta.— Destitute of, devoid of, free from, without: eruditionis: nuptiarum, H.: doloris, O.: (vinum) maris, without sea-water, H.: domus cladis, Cu.: virtutis, V.: vitae pars turpitudinis expers: vis consili, H.: famā atque fortunis, S.
    * * *
    (gen.), expertis ADJ
    free from (w/GEN); without; lacking experience; immune from

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  • 9 immūnis (inm-)

        immūnis (inm-) e, adj.    [2 MV-], not bound, free from obligation, disengaged, unemployed: non est inhumana virtus neque inmunis, unsocial: sedens ad pabula, idle, V.: tellus, untilled, O.: operum famulae, O.—Making no return, without payment: te meis Immunem tingere poculis, gratis, H.—Making no contribution, unburdened, untaxed, not tributary: piratas inmunīs habere: sine foedere civitates: militiā, L.: eorum (portoriorum) Romani, L.: neque eras inmunis, neglected, O.— Fig., not sharing, free from, devoid of, without, apart from: urbs belli, V.: bos aratri, O.: necis, exempt from, O.: aequoris Arctos, not setting in, O.—Guiltless, pure: manus, H.

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  • 10 ināne

        ināne is, n    [inanis], an empty space, void, open space: ad inane pervenire, L.: nullum: vacuum, V.: audito sonitu per inane, O.: rapti per inania vento, O.—Fig., vanity, worthlessness: inane abscindere soldo, H.: inania captare, H.: inter inania belli, as an idle show, Ta.
    * * *
    empty space/expanse/part of structure, hollow, void; space devoid of matter

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  • 11 orbus

        orbus adj.,    deprived, bereft, destitute, devoid: arce et urbe: ab optimatibus contio: forum litibus, H.: regio animantibus orba, without inhabitants, O.: luminis, O.—Bereaved, parentless, fatherless, childless: senex: fili mei, te incolumi, orbi non erunt: cubile, widowed, Ct.: virgo patre, T.: Memnonis orba mei venio, O.: A totidem natis orba, O.—Plur. as subst: ut orbae Eis nubant, orphans, T.: centum milia praeter orbos orbasque, orphans and widows, L.
    * * *
    orba, orbum ADJ
    bereft, deprived,childless

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  • 12 careor

    careri, caritus sum V DEP
    be without/absent from/devoid of/free from; miss; abstain from, lack, lose

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  • 13 viduatus

    viduata, viduatum ADJ

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  • 14 vacuus

    empty, devoid of, free from.

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  • 15 Caeci

    1.
    caecus (not coecus; sometimes in MSS. cēcus), a, um, adj. [akin to skia, skotos; Sanscr. khāyā, shadow], having no light, devoid of light.
    I.
    Act., not seeing, blind.
    A.
    Lit.:

    Appius, qui caecus annos multos fuit,

    Cic. Tusc. 5, 38, 112:

    traditum est enim Homerum caecum fuisse,

    id. ib. 5, 39, 114; Lucr. 5, 839:

    catuli, qui jam dispecturi sunt, caeci aeque et hi qui modo nati,

    Cic. Fin. 4, 23, 64:

    si facie miserabili senis, caeci, infantis,

    Quint. 4, 1, 42:

    caecum corpus,

    the blind part of the body, the back, Sall. J. 107, 1:

    perdices caecae impetu,

    Plin. 10, 33, 51, § 102:

    gigni,

    Vell. 1, 5, 2.—
    2.
    Prov.:

    ut si Caecus iter monstrare velit,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 17, 4:

    apparet id quidem etiam caeco,

    even a blind man can see that, Liv. 32, 34, 3:

    caecis hoc, ut aiunt, satis clarum est,

    Quint. 12, 7, 9.—
    B.
    Trop., mentally or morally blind, blinded (freq. in prose and poetry):

    o pectora caeca!

    Lucr. 2, 14:

    non solum ipsa Fortuna caeca est, sed eos etiam plerumque efficit caecos, quos complexa est,

    Cic. Lael. 15, 54; cf.

    casus,

    id. Div. 2, 6, 15:

    caecus atque amens tribunus,

    id. Sest. 7, 17:

    caecum me et praecipitem ferri,

    id. Planc. 3, 6:

    mater caeca crudelitate et scelere,

    id. Clu. 70, 199:

    cupidine,

    Sall. J. 25, 7:

    amentiā,

    Cic. Har. Resp. 23, 48:

    quem mala stultitia Caecum agit,

    Hor. S. 2, 3, 44:

    amatorem amicae Turpia decipiunt caecum vitia,

    id. ib. 1, 3, 39:

    mens,

    Tac. Agr. 43.—With ad:

    caecus ad has belli artes,

    Liv. 21, 54, 3.—With gen.:

    caecus animi,

    Quint. 1, 10, 29; Gell. 12, 13, 4:

    fati futuri,

    ignorant of, Luc. 2, 14; cf. Claud. Rapt. Pros. 1, 138.— Subst.: Caeci, ōrum, m., the blind people, i.e. the people of Chalcedon, according to the oracle at Delphi. Tac. A. 12, 63; cf. Plin. 5, 32, 43, § 149. —
    2.
    Meton. of the passions themselves:

    caeca honorum cupido,

    Lucr. 3, 59; Ov. M. 3, 620:

    ac temeraria dominatrix animi cupiditas,

    Cic. Inv. 1, 2, 2; id. Pis. 24, 57:

    exspectatio,

    id. Agr. 2, 25, 66:

    amor,

    Ov. F. 2, 762:

    amor sui,

    Hor. C. 1, 18, 14:

    festinatio,

    Liv. 22, 39, 22:

    furor,

    Hor. Epod. 7, 13:

    caeca et sopita socordia,

    Quint. 1, 2, 5:

    ambitio,

    Sen. Ben. 7, 26, 4.—
    3.
    Pregn., blind, i.e. at random, vague, indiscriminate, aimless:

    in hac calumniā timoris et caecae suspitionis tormento,

    Cic. Fam. 6, 7, 4:

    caeco quodam timore... quaerebant aliquem ducem,

    id. Lig. 1, 3:

    caecique in nubibus ignes Terrificant animos,

    Verg. A. 4, 209:

    caeca regens filo vestigia,

    id. ib. 6, 30:

    ne sint caecae, pater, exsecrationes tuae,

    Liv. 40, 10, 1:

    et caeco flentque paventque metu,

    Ov. F. 2, 822:

    lymphatis caeco pavore animis,

    Tac. H. 1, 82:

    cervus... Caeco timore proximam villam petit,

    Phaedr. 2, 8, 3:

    timor,

    Ov. Am. 1, 4, 42.—
    C.
    Transf.
    1.
    Of plants, without buds or eyes:

    rami,

    Plin. 16, 30, 54, § 125; cf. caeco and oculus. —
    2.
    Of the large intestine:

    intestinum,

    the cœcum, Cels. 4, 1, 28; 4, 14, 1.—
    II. A.
    Lit.: sunt igitur venti nimirum corpora caeca, winds are accordingly bodies, although invisible, Lucr. 1, 278; 1, 296; 1, 329;

    2, 713: vallum caecum,

    Caes. B. C. 1, 28; cf.: caecum vallum dicitur, in quo praeacuti pali terrae affixi herbis vel frondibus occuluntur, Paul. ex Fest. p. 44 Müll.; so,

    fossae,

    covered, Col. 2, 2, 9; Pall. Mai, 3. 1:

    in vada caeca ferre,

    Verg. A. 1, 536:

    fores,

    private, id. ib. 2, 453:

    spiramenta,

    id. G. 1, 89:

    colubri,

    Col. 10, 231:

    ignis,

    Lucr. 4, 929:

    venenum,

    id. 6, 822:

    tabes,

    Ov. M. 9, 174:

    viae,

    blind ways, Tib. 2, 1, 78:

    insidiae armaque,

    Ov. F 2, 214; cf. Sil. 5, 3:

    saxa,

    Verg. A. 3, 706; 5, 164:

    vulnus,

    a secret wound, Lucr. 4, 1116;

    but also,

    a wound upon the back, Verg. A. 10, 733; cf.

    in the same sense, ictus,

    Liv. 34, 14, 11; Sil. 9, 105 (cf.: caecum corpus, the back, I. A. supra):

    caeca manus, i.e. abscondita,

    Ov. M. 12, 492:

    caecum domūs scelus,

    Verg. A. 1, 356.—
    B.
    Trop.:

    caecas exponere causas,

    Lucr. 3, 317:

    improba navigii ratio, tum caeca jacebat,

    lay still concealed, id. 5, 1004; so,

    venti potestas,

    id. 3, 248; 3, 270: fluctus, Sisenn. ap. Non. p. 449, 10:

    caeca et clandestina natura,

    Lucr. 1, 779:

    res caecae et ab aspectūs judicio remotae,

    Cic. de Or. 2, 87, 357:

    obscurum atque caecum,

    id. Agr. 2, 14, 36:

    fata,

    Hor. C. 2, 13, 16:

    sors,

    id. S. 2, 3, 269:

    tumultus,

    secret conspiracies, Verg. G. 1, 464:

    amor,

    id. ib. 3, 210; cf.:

    stimulos in pectore caecos Condidit,

    Ov. M. 1, 726. In Plaut. once, prob. taken from the vulgar lang.: caecā die emere, upon a concealed ( pay-) day, i.e. to purchase on credit (opp. oculata dies, i.e. for ready money): Ca. Pereo inopiā argentariā. Ba. Emito die caecā hercle olivom, id vendito oculatā die, Plaut. Ps. 1, 3, 67.—
    2.
    By poet. license, transf. to the hearing:

    murmur,

    Verg. A. 12, 591 (as we, by a similar meton., say a hollow sound; cf. on the other hand, in Gr. tuphlos ta ôta); so,

    clamor,

    Val. Fl. 2, 461:

    mugitusterrae,

    Sen. Troad. 171.—
    III.
    Neutr., that obstructs the sight, or trop., the perception; dark, gloomy, thick, dense, obscure.
    A.
    Lit.:

    nox,

    Cic. Mil. 19, 50; Lucr. 1, 1108; Cat. 68, 44; Ov. M. 10, 476; 11, 521:

    caligo,

    Lucr. 3, 305; 4, 457; Cat. 64, 908; Verg. A. 3, 203; 8, 253:

    tenebrae,

    Lucr. 2, 54; 2, 746; 2, 798; 3, 87; 6, 35;

    3, 87: silentia, i.e. nox,

    Sil. 7, 350:

    latebrae,

    Lucr. 1, 409:

    iter,

    Ov. M. 10, 456:

    loca,

    Prop. 1, 19, 8:

    cavernae,

    Ov. M. 15, 299; Sil. 7, 372:

    latus,

    Verg. A. 2, 19:

    cubiculum si fenestram non habet, dicitur caecum,

    Varr. L. L. 9, § 58 Müll.; so,

    domus,

    without windows, Cic. Or. 67, 224:

    parietes,

    Verg. A. 5, 589:

    pulvis,

    id. ib. 12, 444:

    carcer,

    id. ib. 6, 734:

    sardonyches,

    not transparent, opaque, Plin. 37, 6, 23, § 86:

    smaragdi,

    id. 37, 5, 18, § 68: acervus (of chaos), chaotic, confused, Ov M. 1, 24; Col. 4, 32, 4' chaos, Sen. Med. 741, Sil. 11, 456.—
    B.
    Trop., uncertain, doubtful: obscurā spe et caecā exspectatione pendere, i.e. of an uncertain consequence or result, Cic. Agr. 2, 25, 66:

    quod temere fit caeco casu,

    id. Div. 2, 6, 15. cursus (Fortunae), Luc. 2, 567:

    eventus,

    Verg. A. 6, 157:

    caeci morbi, quorum causas ne medici quidem perspicere queunt,

    Col. 1, 5, 6; so,

    dolores,

    Plin. 29, 2, 10, § 38; 29, 3, 13, § 55:

    crimen,

    that cannot be proved, Liv. 45, 31, 11.— Subst.: caecum, i, n., uncertainty, obscurity ( poet.):

    verum in caeco esse,

    Manil. 4, 304.—
    * Comp., Hor. S. 1, 2, 91.— Sup. and adv. not in. use.
    2.
    Caecus, i, m.; agnomen of Appius Claudius Crassus, as being blind, Cic. Brut. 14, 55; cf. Liv. 9, 29, 11; Cic. Sen. 6, 16.

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  • 16 caecum

    1.
    caecus (not coecus; sometimes in MSS. cēcus), a, um, adj. [akin to skia, skotos; Sanscr. khāyā, shadow], having no light, devoid of light.
    I.
    Act., not seeing, blind.
    A.
    Lit.:

    Appius, qui caecus annos multos fuit,

    Cic. Tusc. 5, 38, 112:

    traditum est enim Homerum caecum fuisse,

    id. ib. 5, 39, 114; Lucr. 5, 839:

    catuli, qui jam dispecturi sunt, caeci aeque et hi qui modo nati,

    Cic. Fin. 4, 23, 64:

    si facie miserabili senis, caeci, infantis,

    Quint. 4, 1, 42:

    caecum corpus,

    the blind part of the body, the back, Sall. J. 107, 1:

    perdices caecae impetu,

    Plin. 10, 33, 51, § 102:

    gigni,

    Vell. 1, 5, 2.—
    2.
    Prov.:

    ut si Caecus iter monstrare velit,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 17, 4:

    apparet id quidem etiam caeco,

    even a blind man can see that, Liv. 32, 34, 3:

    caecis hoc, ut aiunt, satis clarum est,

    Quint. 12, 7, 9.—
    B.
    Trop., mentally or morally blind, blinded (freq. in prose and poetry):

    o pectora caeca!

    Lucr. 2, 14:

    non solum ipsa Fortuna caeca est, sed eos etiam plerumque efficit caecos, quos complexa est,

    Cic. Lael. 15, 54; cf.

    casus,

    id. Div. 2, 6, 15:

    caecus atque amens tribunus,

    id. Sest. 7, 17:

    caecum me et praecipitem ferri,

    id. Planc. 3, 6:

    mater caeca crudelitate et scelere,

    id. Clu. 70, 199:

    cupidine,

    Sall. J. 25, 7:

    amentiā,

    Cic. Har. Resp. 23, 48:

    quem mala stultitia Caecum agit,

    Hor. S. 2, 3, 44:

    amatorem amicae Turpia decipiunt caecum vitia,

    id. ib. 1, 3, 39:

    mens,

    Tac. Agr. 43.—With ad:

    caecus ad has belli artes,

    Liv. 21, 54, 3.—With gen.:

    caecus animi,

    Quint. 1, 10, 29; Gell. 12, 13, 4:

    fati futuri,

    ignorant of, Luc. 2, 14; cf. Claud. Rapt. Pros. 1, 138.— Subst.: Caeci, ōrum, m., the blind people, i.e. the people of Chalcedon, according to the oracle at Delphi. Tac. A. 12, 63; cf. Plin. 5, 32, 43, § 149. —
    2.
    Meton. of the passions themselves:

    caeca honorum cupido,

    Lucr. 3, 59; Ov. M. 3, 620:

    ac temeraria dominatrix animi cupiditas,

    Cic. Inv. 1, 2, 2; id. Pis. 24, 57:

    exspectatio,

    id. Agr. 2, 25, 66:

    amor,

    Ov. F. 2, 762:

    amor sui,

    Hor. C. 1, 18, 14:

    festinatio,

    Liv. 22, 39, 22:

    furor,

    Hor. Epod. 7, 13:

    caeca et sopita socordia,

    Quint. 1, 2, 5:

    ambitio,

    Sen. Ben. 7, 26, 4.—
    3.
    Pregn., blind, i.e. at random, vague, indiscriminate, aimless:

    in hac calumniā timoris et caecae suspitionis tormento,

    Cic. Fam. 6, 7, 4:

    caeco quodam timore... quaerebant aliquem ducem,

    id. Lig. 1, 3:

    caecique in nubibus ignes Terrificant animos,

    Verg. A. 4, 209:

    caeca regens filo vestigia,

    id. ib. 6, 30:

    ne sint caecae, pater, exsecrationes tuae,

    Liv. 40, 10, 1:

    et caeco flentque paventque metu,

    Ov. F. 2, 822:

    lymphatis caeco pavore animis,

    Tac. H. 1, 82:

    cervus... Caeco timore proximam villam petit,

    Phaedr. 2, 8, 3:

    timor,

    Ov. Am. 1, 4, 42.—
    C.
    Transf.
    1.
    Of plants, without buds or eyes:

    rami,

    Plin. 16, 30, 54, § 125; cf. caeco and oculus. —
    2.
    Of the large intestine:

    intestinum,

    the cœcum, Cels. 4, 1, 28; 4, 14, 1.—
    II. A.
    Lit.: sunt igitur venti nimirum corpora caeca, winds are accordingly bodies, although invisible, Lucr. 1, 278; 1, 296; 1, 329;

    2, 713: vallum caecum,

    Caes. B. C. 1, 28; cf.: caecum vallum dicitur, in quo praeacuti pali terrae affixi herbis vel frondibus occuluntur, Paul. ex Fest. p. 44 Müll.; so,

    fossae,

    covered, Col. 2, 2, 9; Pall. Mai, 3. 1:

    in vada caeca ferre,

    Verg. A. 1, 536:

    fores,

    private, id. ib. 2, 453:

    spiramenta,

    id. G. 1, 89:

    colubri,

    Col. 10, 231:

    ignis,

    Lucr. 4, 929:

    venenum,

    id. 6, 822:

    tabes,

    Ov. M. 9, 174:

    viae,

    blind ways, Tib. 2, 1, 78:

    insidiae armaque,

    Ov. F 2, 214; cf. Sil. 5, 3:

    saxa,

    Verg. A. 3, 706; 5, 164:

    vulnus,

    a secret wound, Lucr. 4, 1116;

    but also,

    a wound upon the back, Verg. A. 10, 733; cf.

    in the same sense, ictus,

    Liv. 34, 14, 11; Sil. 9, 105 (cf.: caecum corpus, the back, I. A. supra):

    caeca manus, i.e. abscondita,

    Ov. M. 12, 492:

    caecum domūs scelus,

    Verg. A. 1, 356.—
    B.
    Trop.:

    caecas exponere causas,

    Lucr. 3, 317:

    improba navigii ratio, tum caeca jacebat,

    lay still concealed, id. 5, 1004; so,

    venti potestas,

    id. 3, 248; 3, 270: fluctus, Sisenn. ap. Non. p. 449, 10:

    caeca et clandestina natura,

    Lucr. 1, 779:

    res caecae et ab aspectūs judicio remotae,

    Cic. de Or. 2, 87, 357:

    obscurum atque caecum,

    id. Agr. 2, 14, 36:

    fata,

    Hor. C. 2, 13, 16:

    sors,

    id. S. 2, 3, 269:

    tumultus,

    secret conspiracies, Verg. G. 1, 464:

    amor,

    id. ib. 3, 210; cf.:

    stimulos in pectore caecos Condidit,

    Ov. M. 1, 726. In Plaut. once, prob. taken from the vulgar lang.: caecā die emere, upon a concealed ( pay-) day, i.e. to purchase on credit (opp. oculata dies, i.e. for ready money): Ca. Pereo inopiā argentariā. Ba. Emito die caecā hercle olivom, id vendito oculatā die, Plaut. Ps. 1, 3, 67.—
    2.
    By poet. license, transf. to the hearing:

    murmur,

    Verg. A. 12, 591 (as we, by a similar meton., say a hollow sound; cf. on the other hand, in Gr. tuphlos ta ôta); so,

    clamor,

    Val. Fl. 2, 461:

    mugitusterrae,

    Sen. Troad. 171.—
    III.
    Neutr., that obstructs the sight, or trop., the perception; dark, gloomy, thick, dense, obscure.
    A.
    Lit.:

    nox,

    Cic. Mil. 19, 50; Lucr. 1, 1108; Cat. 68, 44; Ov. M. 10, 476; 11, 521:

    caligo,

    Lucr. 3, 305; 4, 457; Cat. 64, 908; Verg. A. 3, 203; 8, 253:

    tenebrae,

    Lucr. 2, 54; 2, 746; 2, 798; 3, 87; 6, 35;

    3, 87: silentia, i.e. nox,

    Sil. 7, 350:

    latebrae,

    Lucr. 1, 409:

    iter,

    Ov. M. 10, 456:

    loca,

    Prop. 1, 19, 8:

    cavernae,

    Ov. M. 15, 299; Sil. 7, 372:

    latus,

    Verg. A. 2, 19:

    cubiculum si fenestram non habet, dicitur caecum,

    Varr. L. L. 9, § 58 Müll.; so,

    domus,

    without windows, Cic. Or. 67, 224:

    parietes,

    Verg. A. 5, 589:

    pulvis,

    id. ib. 12, 444:

    carcer,

    id. ib. 6, 734:

    sardonyches,

    not transparent, opaque, Plin. 37, 6, 23, § 86:

    smaragdi,

    id. 37, 5, 18, § 68: acervus (of chaos), chaotic, confused, Ov M. 1, 24; Col. 4, 32, 4' chaos, Sen. Med. 741, Sil. 11, 456.—
    B.
    Trop., uncertain, doubtful: obscurā spe et caecā exspectatione pendere, i.e. of an uncertain consequence or result, Cic. Agr. 2, 25, 66:

    quod temere fit caeco casu,

    id. Div. 2, 6, 15. cursus (Fortunae), Luc. 2, 567:

    eventus,

    Verg. A. 6, 157:

    caeci morbi, quorum causas ne medici quidem perspicere queunt,

    Col. 1, 5, 6; so,

    dolores,

    Plin. 29, 2, 10, § 38; 29, 3, 13, § 55:

    crimen,

    that cannot be proved, Liv. 45, 31, 11.— Subst.: caecum, i, n., uncertainty, obscurity ( poet.):

    verum in caeco esse,

    Manil. 4, 304.—
    * Comp., Hor. S. 1, 2, 91.— Sup. and adv. not in. use.
    2.
    Caecus, i, m.; agnomen of Appius Claudius Crassus, as being blind, Cic. Brut. 14, 55; cf. Liv. 9, 29, 11; Cic. Sen. 6, 16.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > caecum

  • 17 Caecus

    1.
    caecus (not coecus; sometimes in MSS. cēcus), a, um, adj. [akin to skia, skotos; Sanscr. khāyā, shadow], having no light, devoid of light.
    I.
    Act., not seeing, blind.
    A.
    Lit.:

    Appius, qui caecus annos multos fuit,

    Cic. Tusc. 5, 38, 112:

    traditum est enim Homerum caecum fuisse,

    id. ib. 5, 39, 114; Lucr. 5, 839:

    catuli, qui jam dispecturi sunt, caeci aeque et hi qui modo nati,

    Cic. Fin. 4, 23, 64:

    si facie miserabili senis, caeci, infantis,

    Quint. 4, 1, 42:

    caecum corpus,

    the blind part of the body, the back, Sall. J. 107, 1:

    perdices caecae impetu,

    Plin. 10, 33, 51, § 102:

    gigni,

    Vell. 1, 5, 2.—
    2.
    Prov.:

    ut si Caecus iter monstrare velit,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 17, 4:

    apparet id quidem etiam caeco,

    even a blind man can see that, Liv. 32, 34, 3:

    caecis hoc, ut aiunt, satis clarum est,

    Quint. 12, 7, 9.—
    B.
    Trop., mentally or morally blind, blinded (freq. in prose and poetry):

    o pectora caeca!

    Lucr. 2, 14:

    non solum ipsa Fortuna caeca est, sed eos etiam plerumque efficit caecos, quos complexa est,

    Cic. Lael. 15, 54; cf.

    casus,

    id. Div. 2, 6, 15:

    caecus atque amens tribunus,

    id. Sest. 7, 17:

    caecum me et praecipitem ferri,

    id. Planc. 3, 6:

    mater caeca crudelitate et scelere,

    id. Clu. 70, 199:

    cupidine,

    Sall. J. 25, 7:

    amentiā,

    Cic. Har. Resp. 23, 48:

    quem mala stultitia Caecum agit,

    Hor. S. 2, 3, 44:

    amatorem amicae Turpia decipiunt caecum vitia,

    id. ib. 1, 3, 39:

    mens,

    Tac. Agr. 43.—With ad:

    caecus ad has belli artes,

    Liv. 21, 54, 3.—With gen.:

    caecus animi,

    Quint. 1, 10, 29; Gell. 12, 13, 4:

    fati futuri,

    ignorant of, Luc. 2, 14; cf. Claud. Rapt. Pros. 1, 138.— Subst.: Caeci, ōrum, m., the blind people, i.e. the people of Chalcedon, according to the oracle at Delphi. Tac. A. 12, 63; cf. Plin. 5, 32, 43, § 149. —
    2.
    Meton. of the passions themselves:

    caeca honorum cupido,

    Lucr. 3, 59; Ov. M. 3, 620:

    ac temeraria dominatrix animi cupiditas,

    Cic. Inv. 1, 2, 2; id. Pis. 24, 57:

    exspectatio,

    id. Agr. 2, 25, 66:

    amor,

    Ov. F. 2, 762:

    amor sui,

    Hor. C. 1, 18, 14:

    festinatio,

    Liv. 22, 39, 22:

    furor,

    Hor. Epod. 7, 13:

    caeca et sopita socordia,

    Quint. 1, 2, 5:

    ambitio,

    Sen. Ben. 7, 26, 4.—
    3.
    Pregn., blind, i.e. at random, vague, indiscriminate, aimless:

    in hac calumniā timoris et caecae suspitionis tormento,

    Cic. Fam. 6, 7, 4:

    caeco quodam timore... quaerebant aliquem ducem,

    id. Lig. 1, 3:

    caecique in nubibus ignes Terrificant animos,

    Verg. A. 4, 209:

    caeca regens filo vestigia,

    id. ib. 6, 30:

    ne sint caecae, pater, exsecrationes tuae,

    Liv. 40, 10, 1:

    et caeco flentque paventque metu,

    Ov. F. 2, 822:

    lymphatis caeco pavore animis,

    Tac. H. 1, 82:

    cervus... Caeco timore proximam villam petit,

    Phaedr. 2, 8, 3:

    timor,

    Ov. Am. 1, 4, 42.—
    C.
    Transf.
    1.
    Of plants, without buds or eyes:

    rami,

    Plin. 16, 30, 54, § 125; cf. caeco and oculus. —
    2.
    Of the large intestine:

    intestinum,

    the cœcum, Cels. 4, 1, 28; 4, 14, 1.—
    II. A.
    Lit.: sunt igitur venti nimirum corpora caeca, winds are accordingly bodies, although invisible, Lucr. 1, 278; 1, 296; 1, 329;

    2, 713: vallum caecum,

    Caes. B. C. 1, 28; cf.: caecum vallum dicitur, in quo praeacuti pali terrae affixi herbis vel frondibus occuluntur, Paul. ex Fest. p. 44 Müll.; so,

    fossae,

    covered, Col. 2, 2, 9; Pall. Mai, 3. 1:

    in vada caeca ferre,

    Verg. A. 1, 536:

    fores,

    private, id. ib. 2, 453:

    spiramenta,

    id. G. 1, 89:

    colubri,

    Col. 10, 231:

    ignis,

    Lucr. 4, 929:

    venenum,

    id. 6, 822:

    tabes,

    Ov. M. 9, 174:

    viae,

    blind ways, Tib. 2, 1, 78:

    insidiae armaque,

    Ov. F 2, 214; cf. Sil. 5, 3:

    saxa,

    Verg. A. 3, 706; 5, 164:

    vulnus,

    a secret wound, Lucr. 4, 1116;

    but also,

    a wound upon the back, Verg. A. 10, 733; cf.

    in the same sense, ictus,

    Liv. 34, 14, 11; Sil. 9, 105 (cf.: caecum corpus, the back, I. A. supra):

    caeca manus, i.e. abscondita,

    Ov. M. 12, 492:

    caecum domūs scelus,

    Verg. A. 1, 356.—
    B.
    Trop.:

    caecas exponere causas,

    Lucr. 3, 317:

    improba navigii ratio, tum caeca jacebat,

    lay still concealed, id. 5, 1004; so,

    venti potestas,

    id. 3, 248; 3, 270: fluctus, Sisenn. ap. Non. p. 449, 10:

    caeca et clandestina natura,

    Lucr. 1, 779:

    res caecae et ab aspectūs judicio remotae,

    Cic. de Or. 2, 87, 357:

    obscurum atque caecum,

    id. Agr. 2, 14, 36:

    fata,

    Hor. C. 2, 13, 16:

    sors,

    id. S. 2, 3, 269:

    tumultus,

    secret conspiracies, Verg. G. 1, 464:

    amor,

    id. ib. 3, 210; cf.:

    stimulos in pectore caecos Condidit,

    Ov. M. 1, 726. In Plaut. once, prob. taken from the vulgar lang.: caecā die emere, upon a concealed ( pay-) day, i.e. to purchase on credit (opp. oculata dies, i.e. for ready money): Ca. Pereo inopiā argentariā. Ba. Emito die caecā hercle olivom, id vendito oculatā die, Plaut. Ps. 1, 3, 67.—
    2.
    By poet. license, transf. to the hearing:

    murmur,

    Verg. A. 12, 591 (as we, by a similar meton., say a hollow sound; cf. on the other hand, in Gr. tuphlos ta ôta); so,

    clamor,

    Val. Fl. 2, 461:

    mugitusterrae,

    Sen. Troad. 171.—
    III.
    Neutr., that obstructs the sight, or trop., the perception; dark, gloomy, thick, dense, obscure.
    A.
    Lit.:

    nox,

    Cic. Mil. 19, 50; Lucr. 1, 1108; Cat. 68, 44; Ov. M. 10, 476; 11, 521:

    caligo,

    Lucr. 3, 305; 4, 457; Cat. 64, 908; Verg. A. 3, 203; 8, 253:

    tenebrae,

    Lucr. 2, 54; 2, 746; 2, 798; 3, 87; 6, 35;

    3, 87: silentia, i.e. nox,

    Sil. 7, 350:

    latebrae,

    Lucr. 1, 409:

    iter,

    Ov. M. 10, 456:

    loca,

    Prop. 1, 19, 8:

    cavernae,

    Ov. M. 15, 299; Sil. 7, 372:

    latus,

    Verg. A. 2, 19:

    cubiculum si fenestram non habet, dicitur caecum,

    Varr. L. L. 9, § 58 Müll.; so,

    domus,

    without windows, Cic. Or. 67, 224:

    parietes,

    Verg. A. 5, 589:

    pulvis,

    id. ib. 12, 444:

    carcer,

    id. ib. 6, 734:

    sardonyches,

    not transparent, opaque, Plin. 37, 6, 23, § 86:

    smaragdi,

    id. 37, 5, 18, § 68: acervus (of chaos), chaotic, confused, Ov M. 1, 24; Col. 4, 32, 4' chaos, Sen. Med. 741, Sil. 11, 456.—
    B.
    Trop., uncertain, doubtful: obscurā spe et caecā exspectatione pendere, i.e. of an uncertain consequence or result, Cic. Agr. 2, 25, 66:

    quod temere fit caeco casu,

    id. Div. 2, 6, 15. cursus (Fortunae), Luc. 2, 567:

    eventus,

    Verg. A. 6, 157:

    caeci morbi, quorum causas ne medici quidem perspicere queunt,

    Col. 1, 5, 6; so,

    dolores,

    Plin. 29, 2, 10, § 38; 29, 3, 13, § 55:

    crimen,

    that cannot be proved, Liv. 45, 31, 11.— Subst.: caecum, i, n., uncertainty, obscurity ( poet.):

    verum in caeco esse,

    Manil. 4, 304.—
    * Comp., Hor. S. 1, 2, 91.— Sup. and adv. not in. use.
    2.
    Caecus, i, m.; agnomen of Appius Claudius Crassus, as being blind, Cic. Brut. 14, 55; cf. Liv. 9, 29, 11; Cic. Sen. 6, 16.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > Caecus

  • 18 caecus

    1.
    caecus (not coecus; sometimes in MSS. cēcus), a, um, adj. [akin to skia, skotos; Sanscr. khāyā, shadow], having no light, devoid of light.
    I.
    Act., not seeing, blind.
    A.
    Lit.:

    Appius, qui caecus annos multos fuit,

    Cic. Tusc. 5, 38, 112:

    traditum est enim Homerum caecum fuisse,

    id. ib. 5, 39, 114; Lucr. 5, 839:

    catuli, qui jam dispecturi sunt, caeci aeque et hi qui modo nati,

    Cic. Fin. 4, 23, 64:

    si facie miserabili senis, caeci, infantis,

    Quint. 4, 1, 42:

    caecum corpus,

    the blind part of the body, the back, Sall. J. 107, 1:

    perdices caecae impetu,

    Plin. 10, 33, 51, § 102:

    gigni,

    Vell. 1, 5, 2.—
    2.
    Prov.:

    ut si Caecus iter monstrare velit,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 17, 4:

    apparet id quidem etiam caeco,

    even a blind man can see that, Liv. 32, 34, 3:

    caecis hoc, ut aiunt, satis clarum est,

    Quint. 12, 7, 9.—
    B.
    Trop., mentally or morally blind, blinded (freq. in prose and poetry):

    o pectora caeca!

    Lucr. 2, 14:

    non solum ipsa Fortuna caeca est, sed eos etiam plerumque efficit caecos, quos complexa est,

    Cic. Lael. 15, 54; cf.

    casus,

    id. Div. 2, 6, 15:

    caecus atque amens tribunus,

    id. Sest. 7, 17:

    caecum me et praecipitem ferri,

    id. Planc. 3, 6:

    mater caeca crudelitate et scelere,

    id. Clu. 70, 199:

    cupidine,

    Sall. J. 25, 7:

    amentiā,

    Cic. Har. Resp. 23, 48:

    quem mala stultitia Caecum agit,

    Hor. S. 2, 3, 44:

    amatorem amicae Turpia decipiunt caecum vitia,

    id. ib. 1, 3, 39:

    mens,

    Tac. Agr. 43.—With ad:

    caecus ad has belli artes,

    Liv. 21, 54, 3.—With gen.:

    caecus animi,

    Quint. 1, 10, 29; Gell. 12, 13, 4:

    fati futuri,

    ignorant of, Luc. 2, 14; cf. Claud. Rapt. Pros. 1, 138.— Subst.: Caeci, ōrum, m., the blind people, i.e. the people of Chalcedon, according to the oracle at Delphi. Tac. A. 12, 63; cf. Plin. 5, 32, 43, § 149. —
    2.
    Meton. of the passions themselves:

    caeca honorum cupido,

    Lucr. 3, 59; Ov. M. 3, 620:

    ac temeraria dominatrix animi cupiditas,

    Cic. Inv. 1, 2, 2; id. Pis. 24, 57:

    exspectatio,

    id. Agr. 2, 25, 66:

    amor,

    Ov. F. 2, 762:

    amor sui,

    Hor. C. 1, 18, 14:

    festinatio,

    Liv. 22, 39, 22:

    furor,

    Hor. Epod. 7, 13:

    caeca et sopita socordia,

    Quint. 1, 2, 5:

    ambitio,

    Sen. Ben. 7, 26, 4.—
    3.
    Pregn., blind, i.e. at random, vague, indiscriminate, aimless:

    in hac calumniā timoris et caecae suspitionis tormento,

    Cic. Fam. 6, 7, 4:

    caeco quodam timore... quaerebant aliquem ducem,

    id. Lig. 1, 3:

    caecique in nubibus ignes Terrificant animos,

    Verg. A. 4, 209:

    caeca regens filo vestigia,

    id. ib. 6, 30:

    ne sint caecae, pater, exsecrationes tuae,

    Liv. 40, 10, 1:

    et caeco flentque paventque metu,

    Ov. F. 2, 822:

    lymphatis caeco pavore animis,

    Tac. H. 1, 82:

    cervus... Caeco timore proximam villam petit,

    Phaedr. 2, 8, 3:

    timor,

    Ov. Am. 1, 4, 42.—
    C.
    Transf.
    1.
    Of plants, without buds or eyes:

    rami,

    Plin. 16, 30, 54, § 125; cf. caeco and oculus. —
    2.
    Of the large intestine:

    intestinum,

    the cœcum, Cels. 4, 1, 28; 4, 14, 1.—
    II. A.
    Lit.: sunt igitur venti nimirum corpora caeca, winds are accordingly bodies, although invisible, Lucr. 1, 278; 1, 296; 1, 329;

    2, 713: vallum caecum,

    Caes. B. C. 1, 28; cf.: caecum vallum dicitur, in quo praeacuti pali terrae affixi herbis vel frondibus occuluntur, Paul. ex Fest. p. 44 Müll.; so,

    fossae,

    covered, Col. 2, 2, 9; Pall. Mai, 3. 1:

    in vada caeca ferre,

    Verg. A. 1, 536:

    fores,

    private, id. ib. 2, 453:

    spiramenta,

    id. G. 1, 89:

    colubri,

    Col. 10, 231:

    ignis,

    Lucr. 4, 929:

    venenum,

    id. 6, 822:

    tabes,

    Ov. M. 9, 174:

    viae,

    blind ways, Tib. 2, 1, 78:

    insidiae armaque,

    Ov. F 2, 214; cf. Sil. 5, 3:

    saxa,

    Verg. A. 3, 706; 5, 164:

    vulnus,

    a secret wound, Lucr. 4, 1116;

    but also,

    a wound upon the back, Verg. A. 10, 733; cf.

    in the same sense, ictus,

    Liv. 34, 14, 11; Sil. 9, 105 (cf.: caecum corpus, the back, I. A. supra):

    caeca manus, i.e. abscondita,

    Ov. M. 12, 492:

    caecum domūs scelus,

    Verg. A. 1, 356.—
    B.
    Trop.:

    caecas exponere causas,

    Lucr. 3, 317:

    improba navigii ratio, tum caeca jacebat,

    lay still concealed, id. 5, 1004; so,

    venti potestas,

    id. 3, 248; 3, 270: fluctus, Sisenn. ap. Non. p. 449, 10:

    caeca et clandestina natura,

    Lucr. 1, 779:

    res caecae et ab aspectūs judicio remotae,

    Cic. de Or. 2, 87, 357:

    obscurum atque caecum,

    id. Agr. 2, 14, 36:

    fata,

    Hor. C. 2, 13, 16:

    sors,

    id. S. 2, 3, 269:

    tumultus,

    secret conspiracies, Verg. G. 1, 464:

    amor,

    id. ib. 3, 210; cf.:

    stimulos in pectore caecos Condidit,

    Ov. M. 1, 726. In Plaut. once, prob. taken from the vulgar lang.: caecā die emere, upon a concealed ( pay-) day, i.e. to purchase on credit (opp. oculata dies, i.e. for ready money): Ca. Pereo inopiā argentariā. Ba. Emito die caecā hercle olivom, id vendito oculatā die, Plaut. Ps. 1, 3, 67.—
    2.
    By poet. license, transf. to the hearing:

    murmur,

    Verg. A. 12, 591 (as we, by a similar meton., say a hollow sound; cf. on the other hand, in Gr. tuphlos ta ôta); so,

    clamor,

    Val. Fl. 2, 461:

    mugitusterrae,

    Sen. Troad. 171.—
    III.
    Neutr., that obstructs the sight, or trop., the perception; dark, gloomy, thick, dense, obscure.
    A.
    Lit.:

    nox,

    Cic. Mil. 19, 50; Lucr. 1, 1108; Cat. 68, 44; Ov. M. 10, 476; 11, 521:

    caligo,

    Lucr. 3, 305; 4, 457; Cat. 64, 908; Verg. A. 3, 203; 8, 253:

    tenebrae,

    Lucr. 2, 54; 2, 746; 2, 798; 3, 87; 6, 35;

    3, 87: silentia, i.e. nox,

    Sil. 7, 350:

    latebrae,

    Lucr. 1, 409:

    iter,

    Ov. M. 10, 456:

    loca,

    Prop. 1, 19, 8:

    cavernae,

    Ov. M. 15, 299; Sil. 7, 372:

    latus,

    Verg. A. 2, 19:

    cubiculum si fenestram non habet, dicitur caecum,

    Varr. L. L. 9, § 58 Müll.; so,

    domus,

    without windows, Cic. Or. 67, 224:

    parietes,

    Verg. A. 5, 589:

    pulvis,

    id. ib. 12, 444:

    carcer,

    id. ib. 6, 734:

    sardonyches,

    not transparent, opaque, Plin. 37, 6, 23, § 86:

    smaragdi,

    id. 37, 5, 18, § 68: acervus (of chaos), chaotic, confused, Ov M. 1, 24; Col. 4, 32, 4' chaos, Sen. Med. 741, Sil. 11, 456.—
    B.
    Trop., uncertain, doubtful: obscurā spe et caecā exspectatione pendere, i.e. of an uncertain consequence or result, Cic. Agr. 2, 25, 66:

    quod temere fit caeco casu,

    id. Div. 2, 6, 15. cursus (Fortunae), Luc. 2, 567:

    eventus,

    Verg. A. 6, 157:

    caeci morbi, quorum causas ne medici quidem perspicere queunt,

    Col. 1, 5, 6; so,

    dolores,

    Plin. 29, 2, 10, § 38; 29, 3, 13, § 55:

    crimen,

    that cannot be proved, Liv. 45, 31, 11.— Subst.: caecum, i, n., uncertainty, obscurity ( poet.):

    verum in caeco esse,

    Manil. 4, 304.—
    * Comp., Hor. S. 1, 2, 91.— Sup. and adv. not in. use.
    2.
    Caecus, i, m.; agnomen of Appius Claudius Crassus, as being blind, Cic. Brut. 14, 55; cf. Liv. 9, 29, 11; Cic. Sen. 6, 16.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > caecus

  • 19 Calidae Aquae

    călĭdus and caldus, a, um, adj. (contr. access. form caldus in the anteAug. per. is freq. only in Cato and Varr.; Lucr. and Cic. use only calidus; acc. to Quint. 1, 6, 19, caldus appears to have been predom. in the Aug. per., though used by Aug. poets only when demanded by the rules of prosody, as comp. caldior, Hor. S. 1, 3, 53) [caleo, like fervidus, frigidus, from ferveo, etc., aridus from areo, etc.], warm, hot.
    I.
    Lit.:

    fons luce diurnă Frigidus, et calidus nocturno tempore,

    Lucr. 6, 850; 6, 749; 6, 888:

    corpora secreta omnino calidi vaporis,

    devoid of warmth, id. 2, 844; 2, 858; 3, 127; 3, 216; 5, 568; 5, 595; 5, 796; 6, 859;

    6, 949 al.: fervor,

    id. 6, 657; 5, 604:

    fornaces,

    id. 6, 148:

    lavacra,

    id. 6, 800:

    corpus,

    id. 6, 856:

    febres,

    id. 2, 34.—As epitheton ornans with ignis, Lucr. 1, 648; 1, 1087; 2, 431; 6, 516; 6, 689;

    with flamma,

    id. 3, 903:

    omne quod est calidum et igneum, etc.,

    Cic. N. D. 2, 9, 23:

    calidior est enim, vel potius ardentior, animus, quam hic aër,

    id. Tusc. 1, 18, 42:

    calidissimae hiemes,

    Vitr. 2, 1:

    aestas,

    Sen. Hippol. 765:

    dies,

    Plin. 10, 54, 75, § 152; Quint. 11, 3, 27.—Contr. form in agro caldo, Cato, R. R. 6, 1; 6, 2:

    sole caldo,

    Varr. R. R. 3, 2, 1:

    calda puls,

    id. L. L. 5, § 127 Müll.— Comp.:

    caldior est,

    Hor. S. 1, 3, 53.— Prop. nom.: Călĭdae Ăquae, = /(gdata Therma, Hot Springs, a bathing place in Zeugitana, now Hammam Gurbos, Liv. 30, 24, 9.—
    B.
    Subst.
    1.
    călĭda ( calda), ae, f. (sc. aqua), warm water, Cato, R. R. 156, 3; Plin. 25, 7, 38, § 77; Tac. G. 22; cf. Just. 44, 2, 6;

    contr. calda,

    Col. 6, 13 fin.; 6, 30, 5; Plin. 23, 4, 41, § 83; Sen. Ep. 77, 9; 83, 5; Mart. 1, 12.—
    2.
    călĭ-dum ( caldum), i, n., = to thermon (sc. hudôr), a hot drink (a mixture of wine and boiling hot water), Plaut. Curc. 2, 3, 14:

    calix a caldo, quod in eo calda puls apponebatur et caldum eo bibebant,

    Varr. L. L. 5, § 127 Müll.—
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    In gen., fiery, rash, eager, spirited, fierce, impassioned, vehement (of living beings, only in the poets):

    equus calidus animis,

    of a fiery spirit, Verg. G. 3, 119:

    redemptor,

    eager, active, Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 72:

    calidus juventă,

    id. C. 3, 14, 27:

    caldior est,

    id. S. 1, 3, 53:

    rixa,

    id. C. 3, 27, 70.—
    2.
    Esp. freq. (also in prose): consilium, of a conclusion made under excitement, inconsiderate, hasty, rash = temerarium, praeceps (v. Ruhnk. ad Ter. Eun. 2, 3, 89; Doed. Syn. II. p. 124; cf. also Lidd. and Scott under thermos):

    reperias multos, quibus periculosa et calida consilia quietis et cogitatis et splendidiora et majora videantur,

    Cic. Off. 1, 24, 82; Hirt. ap. Cic. Att. 15, 6, 2:

    agitabanturque pro ingenio ducis consilia calidiora,

    Liv. 22, 24, 2:

    consilia calida et audacia primă specie laeta, tractatu dura, eventu tristia esse,

    id. 35, 32, 13; Ter. Eun. 2, 3, 89; cf.:

    calidoque habitata Gradivo Pectora,

    Sil. 15, 337 Drak. ad loc.—Hence,
    3.
    As a Roman proper name, Caldus ( hot-head):

    idcirco aliquem Caldum (al. Calidium) vocari, quod temerario et repentino consilio sit,

    Cic. Inv. 2, 9, 28.—So C. Caelius Caldus, Cic. Fam. 2, 19.—
    B.
    With the prevailing idea of haste, quick, ready, prompt (rare;

    perh. only anteclass.): huic homini opus est quadraginta minis celeriter calidis,

    quickly procured, Plaut. Ep. 1, 2, 39: pedes, Varr. ap. Non. p. 263, 20.—Esp.: consilium, quick, ready device or plan:

    reperiamus aliquid calidi conducibilis consili,

    Plaut. Ep. 2, 2, 73:

    reperi, comminiscere, cedo calidum consilium cito,

    id. Mil. 2, 2, 73 Brix. ad loc.; cf.:

    calidum hercle audivi esse optumum mendacium,

    id. Most. 3, 1, 136.—Hence, * adv.: călĭdē, quickly, promptly, etc.:

    calide quicquid acturus,

    Plaut. Ep. 2, 2, 99.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > Calidae Aquae

  • 20 calidum

    călĭdus and caldus, a, um, adj. (contr. access. form caldus in the anteAug. per. is freq. only in Cato and Varr.; Lucr. and Cic. use only calidus; acc. to Quint. 1, 6, 19, caldus appears to have been predom. in the Aug. per., though used by Aug. poets only when demanded by the rules of prosody, as comp. caldior, Hor. S. 1, 3, 53) [caleo, like fervidus, frigidus, from ferveo, etc., aridus from areo, etc.], warm, hot.
    I.
    Lit.:

    fons luce diurnă Frigidus, et calidus nocturno tempore,

    Lucr. 6, 850; 6, 749; 6, 888:

    corpora secreta omnino calidi vaporis,

    devoid of warmth, id. 2, 844; 2, 858; 3, 127; 3, 216; 5, 568; 5, 595; 5, 796; 6, 859;

    6, 949 al.: fervor,

    id. 6, 657; 5, 604:

    fornaces,

    id. 6, 148:

    lavacra,

    id. 6, 800:

    corpus,

    id. 6, 856:

    febres,

    id. 2, 34.—As epitheton ornans with ignis, Lucr. 1, 648; 1, 1087; 2, 431; 6, 516; 6, 689;

    with flamma,

    id. 3, 903:

    omne quod est calidum et igneum, etc.,

    Cic. N. D. 2, 9, 23:

    calidior est enim, vel potius ardentior, animus, quam hic aër,

    id. Tusc. 1, 18, 42:

    calidissimae hiemes,

    Vitr. 2, 1:

    aestas,

    Sen. Hippol. 765:

    dies,

    Plin. 10, 54, 75, § 152; Quint. 11, 3, 27.—Contr. form in agro caldo, Cato, R. R. 6, 1; 6, 2:

    sole caldo,

    Varr. R. R. 3, 2, 1:

    calda puls,

    id. L. L. 5, § 127 Müll.— Comp.:

    caldior est,

    Hor. S. 1, 3, 53.— Prop. nom.: Călĭdae Ăquae, = /(gdata Therma, Hot Springs, a bathing place in Zeugitana, now Hammam Gurbos, Liv. 30, 24, 9.—
    B.
    Subst.
    1.
    călĭda ( calda), ae, f. (sc. aqua), warm water, Cato, R. R. 156, 3; Plin. 25, 7, 38, § 77; Tac. G. 22; cf. Just. 44, 2, 6;

    contr. calda,

    Col. 6, 13 fin.; 6, 30, 5; Plin. 23, 4, 41, § 83; Sen. Ep. 77, 9; 83, 5; Mart. 1, 12.—
    2.
    călĭ-dum ( caldum), i, n., = to thermon (sc. hudôr), a hot drink (a mixture of wine and boiling hot water), Plaut. Curc. 2, 3, 14:

    calix a caldo, quod in eo calda puls apponebatur et caldum eo bibebant,

    Varr. L. L. 5, § 127 Müll.—
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    In gen., fiery, rash, eager, spirited, fierce, impassioned, vehement (of living beings, only in the poets):

    equus calidus animis,

    of a fiery spirit, Verg. G. 3, 119:

    redemptor,

    eager, active, Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 72:

    calidus juventă,

    id. C. 3, 14, 27:

    caldior est,

    id. S. 1, 3, 53:

    rixa,

    id. C. 3, 27, 70.—
    2.
    Esp. freq. (also in prose): consilium, of a conclusion made under excitement, inconsiderate, hasty, rash = temerarium, praeceps (v. Ruhnk. ad Ter. Eun. 2, 3, 89; Doed. Syn. II. p. 124; cf. also Lidd. and Scott under thermos):

    reperias multos, quibus periculosa et calida consilia quietis et cogitatis et splendidiora et majora videantur,

    Cic. Off. 1, 24, 82; Hirt. ap. Cic. Att. 15, 6, 2:

    agitabanturque pro ingenio ducis consilia calidiora,

    Liv. 22, 24, 2:

    consilia calida et audacia primă specie laeta, tractatu dura, eventu tristia esse,

    id. 35, 32, 13; Ter. Eun. 2, 3, 89; cf.:

    calidoque habitata Gradivo Pectora,

    Sil. 15, 337 Drak. ad loc.—Hence,
    3.
    As a Roman proper name, Caldus ( hot-head):

    idcirco aliquem Caldum (al. Calidium) vocari, quod temerario et repentino consilio sit,

    Cic. Inv. 2, 9, 28.—So C. Caelius Caldus, Cic. Fam. 2, 19.—
    B.
    With the prevailing idea of haste, quick, ready, prompt (rare;

    perh. only anteclass.): huic homini opus est quadraginta minis celeriter calidis,

    quickly procured, Plaut. Ep. 1, 2, 39: pedes, Varr. ap. Non. p. 263, 20.—Esp.: consilium, quick, ready device or plan:

    reperiamus aliquid calidi conducibilis consili,

    Plaut. Ep. 2, 2, 73:

    reperi, comminiscere, cedo calidum consilium cito,

    id. Mil. 2, 2, 73 Brix. ad loc.; cf.:

    calidum hercle audivi esse optumum mendacium,

    id. Most. 3, 1, 136.—Hence, * adv.: călĭdē, quickly, promptly, etc.:

    calide quicquid acturus,

    Plaut. Ep. 2, 2, 99.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > calidum

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