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dextra

  • 1 dextra

    dextrā, praep. [orig. dextrā, abl. of preceding], on the right of (post-Aug.); with acc.:

    dextra sinistraque januam,

    Gell. 16, 5, 3:

    dextra viam stratam,

    Liv. 8, 15, 8:

    dextra ac sinistra aquilonem,

    Vitr. 1, 6, 10; id. 6, 11, 3; Paul. ex Fest. p. 206, 18 al.

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  • 2 dextrā

        dextrā praep.    [abl. of dextera], on the right of: dextrā viam stratam, L.
    * * *
    right hand, right side; pledge

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  • 3 dextera or dextra

        dextera or dextra ae, f    [dexter, sc. manus], the right hand: Cedo dextram, T.: eius dextram, prendit, Cs.: per dexteram te istam oro: dexterae, quae fidei testes esse solebant: fidem dextrā dare, N.: si Pergama dextrā Defendi possent, i. e. by valor, V.: ut suā urbs periret dexterā, i. e. by civil war, H.: rubens, H.— The right side: hinc ab dexterā Venire, T.: erat ab dextrā rupes aspera, S.: dextrā sinistrā omnibus occisis, on every side, S.: dextrā laevāque, O.: concede ad dexteram, T.— The hand: omne sacrum rapiente dextrā, H.—Fig., a pledge of friendship: quae (Graecia) tendit dexteram Italiae.

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  • 4 sinister

    sĭnister, tra, trum ( comp. sinisterior; sup. sinistimus, Prisc. pp. 605 and 607 P.; Fest. s. v. dextimum, p. 74; and s. v. sinistrae, p. 339 Müll.), adj. [etym. dub.; perh. from sinus (i. e. togae); cf. Pott, Etym. Forsch. 2, 555; the ending is a double comp. -is and -ter; cf.: magister, minister].
    I.
    Left, on the left, on the left hand or side (syn.:

    laevus, scaevus): manus sinistra (opp. dextra),

    Quint. 11, 3, 114:

    manus,

    Nep. Dat. 3; Quint. 11, 3, 159:

    bracchium,

    id. 11, 3, 141:

    latus,

    id. 11, 3, 99:

    numerus,

    id. 11, 3, 93; 11, 3, 113; 11, 3, 140:

    pes,

    id. 11, 3, 125; 11, 3, 159:

    cornu (opp. dextrum),

    Ter. Eun. 4, 7, 5; Caes. B. G. 7, 62; id. B. C. 2, 34; 3, 67 al.:

    pars,

    id. B. G. 2, 23; id. B. C. 2, 4 fin.:

    angulus castrorum,

    id. ib. 3, 66:

    ripa,

    Hor. C. 1, 2, 18:

    calceus,

    Suet. Aug. 92:

    tibia,

    Phaedr. 5, 7, 7 et saep.—As substt.
    1.
    sĭnistrum, i, n. (sc. latus), the left side:

    reicere a sinistro togam,

    Quint. 11, 3, 144; so,

    in sinistrum,

    id. 11, 3, 109; 11, 3, 113; 11, 3, 114; 11, 3, 135.—
    2.
    sĭnistra, ae, f. (sc. manus), the left hand, the left:

    sinistrā impeditā satis commode pugnare non poterant,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 25; id. B. C. 1, 75 fin.; Quint. 11, 3, 131; 11, 3, 160; Suet. Claud. 21; Ov. M. 12, 89 et saep.—Used in stealing:

    natae ad furta sinistrae,

    Ov. M. 13, 111; cf. Cat. 12, 1;

    hence, of a thief's accomplices: Porci et Socration, duae sinistrae Pisonis,

    id. 47, 1.—As bearing the shield and defending:

    idem (Afer) per allegoriam M. Caelium melius obicientem crimina quam defendentem, Bonam dextram, malam sinistram habere dicebat,

    Quint. 6, 3, 69 —
    B.
    Transf., the left side:

    cur a dextrā corvus, a sinistrā cornix faciat ratum?

    Cic. Div. 1, 39, 85:

    aspicite a sinistrā,

    id. Phil. 6, 5, 12:

    aspice nunc ad sinistram,

    Plaut. Merc. 5, 2, 38:

    sub sinistrā Britanniam relictam conspexit,

    Caes. B. G. 5, 8:

    miles dexterā ac sinistrā muro tectus,

    id. B. C. 2, 15; cf.:

    innumerabiles supra infra, dextrā sinistrā, ante post ejusmodi mundos esse,

    Cic. Ac. 2, 40, 125.— Rarely in plur.: sinistris repentino consilio Poetelii consulis additae vires (opp. dextra [p. 1708] pars), Liv. 9, 27, 9.— Comp.:

    in sinisteriore parte (= sinistrā),

    Varr. L. L. 9, § 34 Müll.; so, cornu (opp. dexterius), Galb. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 30, 4:

    bracchium,

    Suet. Dom. 17:

    mamma,

    Cels. 4, 1 med.:

    equus funalis,

    Suet. Tib. 6 fin.:

    rota,

    Ov. M. 2, 139.— Sup., v. supra init. —
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    Awkward, wrong, perverse, improper ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose):

    mores,

    Verg. A. 11, 347:

    liberalitas,

    Cat. 29, 16:

    instituta (Judaeorum),

    Tac. H. 5, 5:

    natura (with prava),

    Curt. 7, 4, 10.—
    B.
    Unlucky, injurious, adverse, unfavorable, ill, bad, etc. ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose):

    arboribus satisque Notus pecorique sinister,

    Verg. G. 1, 444:

    interpretatio,

    Tac. Agr. 5 fin.; cf.:

    sermones de Tiberio,

    id. A. 1, 74; so,

    sermones,

    Plin. Ep. 1, 9, 5:

    fama eo de homine,

    Tac. A. 6, 32; 11, 19; id. H. 1, 51 fin.:

    rumor lenti itineris,

    id. ib. 2, 93 fin.:

    diligentia,

    Plin. Ep. 7, 28, 3 et saep.:

    pugna Cannensis,

    Prop. 3, 3 (4, 2), 9:

    studii signa sinistra mei,

    Ov. Tr. 5, 7, 64; v. also infra, C. fin. —With gen.:

    (Hannibal) fidei sinister,

    faithless, Sil. 1, 56 (cf.:

    pravos fidei,

    id. 3, 253).— Subst.: sĭnistrum, i, n., evil:

    (matrona) studiosa sinistri,

    Ov. Tr. 2, 257.—
    C.
    With respect to auspices and divination, acc. to the Roman notions, lucky, favorable, auspicious (because the Romans on these occasions turned the face towards the south, and so had the eastern or fortunate side on the left; while the Greeks, turning to the north, had it on their right; cf.

    dexter, II. 2.): ita nobis sinistra videntur, Graiis et barbaris dextra, meliora. Quamquam haud ignoro, quae bona sint, sinistra nos dicere, etiam si dextra sint, etc.,

    Cic. Div. 2, 39, 82; cf.:

    fulmen sinistrum auspicium optimum habemus ad omnes res praeterquam ad comitia,

    id. ib. 2, 35, 74 (with this cf. id. Phil. 2, 38, 99):

    liquido exeo foras Auspicio, avi sinistra,

    Plaut. Ep. 2, 2, 2; so,

    avi sinistra,

    id. Ps. 2, 4, 72; cf.

    cornix,

    Verg. E. 9, 15:

    volatus avium,

    Plin. Pan. 5, 3:

    tonitrus,

    Ov. Tr. 1, 9, 49.—Sometimes in the Greek sense (or in direct reference to the signif. B.), unlucky, unfavorable, inauspicious:

    di, precor, a nobis omen removete sinistrum,

    Ov. H. 13, 49:

    avibus sinistris,

    id. ib. 2, 115:

    sinistris auspiciis,

    Val. Max. 4, 7, 2 fin.:

    fulmen,

    Cic. Phil. 2, 38, 99:

    sinistram approbationem (opp. dextram),

    Cat. 45, 8 and 17;

    cf: sinistro pede proficisci,

    App. M. 1, p. 104, 23.—Hence, adv.: sĭnistrē, badly, wrongly, perversely:

    derisum semel exceptumque sinistre,

    Hor. A. P. 452:

    accipere,

    Tac. H. 1, 7; 3, 52 fin.:

    non tam sinistre constitutum est,

    Plin. Pan. 45, 5.

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  • 5 sinistrum

    sĭnister, tra, trum ( comp. sinisterior; sup. sinistimus, Prisc. pp. 605 and 607 P.; Fest. s. v. dextimum, p. 74; and s. v. sinistrae, p. 339 Müll.), adj. [etym. dub.; perh. from sinus (i. e. togae); cf. Pott, Etym. Forsch. 2, 555; the ending is a double comp. -is and -ter; cf.: magister, minister].
    I.
    Left, on the left, on the left hand or side (syn.:

    laevus, scaevus): manus sinistra (opp. dextra),

    Quint. 11, 3, 114:

    manus,

    Nep. Dat. 3; Quint. 11, 3, 159:

    bracchium,

    id. 11, 3, 141:

    latus,

    id. 11, 3, 99:

    numerus,

    id. 11, 3, 93; 11, 3, 113; 11, 3, 140:

    pes,

    id. 11, 3, 125; 11, 3, 159:

    cornu (opp. dextrum),

    Ter. Eun. 4, 7, 5; Caes. B. G. 7, 62; id. B. C. 2, 34; 3, 67 al.:

    pars,

    id. B. G. 2, 23; id. B. C. 2, 4 fin.:

    angulus castrorum,

    id. ib. 3, 66:

    ripa,

    Hor. C. 1, 2, 18:

    calceus,

    Suet. Aug. 92:

    tibia,

    Phaedr. 5, 7, 7 et saep.—As substt.
    1.
    sĭnistrum, i, n. (sc. latus), the left side:

    reicere a sinistro togam,

    Quint. 11, 3, 144; so,

    in sinistrum,

    id. 11, 3, 109; 11, 3, 113; 11, 3, 114; 11, 3, 135.—
    2.
    sĭnistra, ae, f. (sc. manus), the left hand, the left:

    sinistrā impeditā satis commode pugnare non poterant,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 25; id. B. C. 1, 75 fin.; Quint. 11, 3, 131; 11, 3, 160; Suet. Claud. 21; Ov. M. 12, 89 et saep.—Used in stealing:

    natae ad furta sinistrae,

    Ov. M. 13, 111; cf. Cat. 12, 1;

    hence, of a thief's accomplices: Porci et Socration, duae sinistrae Pisonis,

    id. 47, 1.—As bearing the shield and defending:

    idem (Afer) per allegoriam M. Caelium melius obicientem crimina quam defendentem, Bonam dextram, malam sinistram habere dicebat,

    Quint. 6, 3, 69 —
    B.
    Transf., the left side:

    cur a dextrā corvus, a sinistrā cornix faciat ratum?

    Cic. Div. 1, 39, 85:

    aspicite a sinistrā,

    id. Phil. 6, 5, 12:

    aspice nunc ad sinistram,

    Plaut. Merc. 5, 2, 38:

    sub sinistrā Britanniam relictam conspexit,

    Caes. B. G. 5, 8:

    miles dexterā ac sinistrā muro tectus,

    id. B. C. 2, 15; cf.:

    innumerabiles supra infra, dextrā sinistrā, ante post ejusmodi mundos esse,

    Cic. Ac. 2, 40, 125.— Rarely in plur.: sinistris repentino consilio Poetelii consulis additae vires (opp. dextra [p. 1708] pars), Liv. 9, 27, 9.— Comp.:

    in sinisteriore parte (= sinistrā),

    Varr. L. L. 9, § 34 Müll.; so, cornu (opp. dexterius), Galb. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 30, 4:

    bracchium,

    Suet. Dom. 17:

    mamma,

    Cels. 4, 1 med.:

    equus funalis,

    Suet. Tib. 6 fin.:

    rota,

    Ov. M. 2, 139.— Sup., v. supra init. —
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    Awkward, wrong, perverse, improper ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose):

    mores,

    Verg. A. 11, 347:

    liberalitas,

    Cat. 29, 16:

    instituta (Judaeorum),

    Tac. H. 5, 5:

    natura (with prava),

    Curt. 7, 4, 10.—
    B.
    Unlucky, injurious, adverse, unfavorable, ill, bad, etc. ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose):

    arboribus satisque Notus pecorique sinister,

    Verg. G. 1, 444:

    interpretatio,

    Tac. Agr. 5 fin.; cf.:

    sermones de Tiberio,

    id. A. 1, 74; so,

    sermones,

    Plin. Ep. 1, 9, 5:

    fama eo de homine,

    Tac. A. 6, 32; 11, 19; id. H. 1, 51 fin.:

    rumor lenti itineris,

    id. ib. 2, 93 fin.:

    diligentia,

    Plin. Ep. 7, 28, 3 et saep.:

    pugna Cannensis,

    Prop. 3, 3 (4, 2), 9:

    studii signa sinistra mei,

    Ov. Tr. 5, 7, 64; v. also infra, C. fin. —With gen.:

    (Hannibal) fidei sinister,

    faithless, Sil. 1, 56 (cf.:

    pravos fidei,

    id. 3, 253).— Subst.: sĭnistrum, i, n., evil:

    (matrona) studiosa sinistri,

    Ov. Tr. 2, 257.—
    C.
    With respect to auspices and divination, acc. to the Roman notions, lucky, favorable, auspicious (because the Romans on these occasions turned the face towards the south, and so had the eastern or fortunate side on the left; while the Greeks, turning to the north, had it on their right; cf.

    dexter, II. 2.): ita nobis sinistra videntur, Graiis et barbaris dextra, meliora. Quamquam haud ignoro, quae bona sint, sinistra nos dicere, etiam si dextra sint, etc.,

    Cic. Div. 2, 39, 82; cf.:

    fulmen sinistrum auspicium optimum habemus ad omnes res praeterquam ad comitia,

    id. ib. 2, 35, 74 (with this cf. id. Phil. 2, 38, 99):

    liquido exeo foras Auspicio, avi sinistra,

    Plaut. Ep. 2, 2, 2; so,

    avi sinistra,

    id. Ps. 2, 4, 72; cf.

    cornix,

    Verg. E. 9, 15:

    volatus avium,

    Plin. Pan. 5, 3:

    tonitrus,

    Ov. Tr. 1, 9, 49.—Sometimes in the Greek sense (or in direct reference to the signif. B.), unlucky, unfavorable, inauspicious:

    di, precor, a nobis omen removete sinistrum,

    Ov. H. 13, 49:

    avibus sinistris,

    id. ib. 2, 115:

    sinistris auspiciis,

    Val. Max. 4, 7, 2 fin.:

    fulmen,

    Cic. Phil. 2, 38, 99:

    sinistram approbationem (opp. dextram),

    Cat. 45, 8 and 17;

    cf: sinistro pede proficisci,

    App. M. 1, p. 104, 23.—Hence, adv.: sĭnistrē, badly, wrongly, perversely:

    derisum semel exceptumque sinistre,

    Hor. A. P. 452:

    accipere,

    Tac. H. 1, 7; 3, 52 fin.:

    non tam sinistre constitutum est,

    Plin. Pan. 45, 5.

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  • 6 dextera

    dextĕra or dextra, ae, f. (as in most langg.; cf. Gr. dexia, Germ. die Rechte, etc.; sc. manus), the right hand (freq. a sign of greeting, of fidelity; a symbol of strength, courage, etc.).
    A.
    Prop.:

    cedo sis dexteram,

    Plaut. Poen. 1, 2, 102; Ter. Heaut. 3, 1, 84:

    quod ego te per hanc dextram oro,

    id. And. 1, 5, 54; cf.:

    per dexteram te istam oro, quam, etc.,

    Cic. Deiot. 3; cf. also Sall. J. 10, 3; Hor. Ep. 1, 7, 94 al.; and:

    dexterae, quae fidei testes esse solebant,

    Cic. Phil. 11, 2, 5:

    fidem more Persarum dextra dare,

    Nep. Dat. 10, 1:

    vos libertatem atque patriam in dextris vostris portare,

    Sall. C. 58, 8; cf. Verg. A. 2, 291; Hor. Epod. 7, 10; Ov. M. 13, 176; Sil. 1, 77 et saep.: miserat civitas Lingonum vetere instituto dona legionibus dextras, hospitii insigne, a pair of hands clasped in each other, made of gold, silver, etc., Tac. H. 1, 54; cf. id. ib. 2, 8 (so in Gr. dexian pempein and pherein).— Prov.: dextra tenet calamum;

    strictum tenet altera ferrum,

    Ov. H. 11, 3.—
    2.
    Transf.
    a.
    The right side:

    picus et cornix est ab laeva, corvus porro ab dextera,

    Plaut. As. 2, 1, 12; cf. Cic. Div. 1, 39, 85:

    ab dextera,

    Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 89; id. Mil. 3, 1, 13; Ter. And. 4, 3, 19; Sall. C. 59, 2; Ov. M. 2, 5 al.:

    ilico equites jubet dextera inducere,

    Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 88; so,

    dexterā,

    id. ib. 177; Caes. B. C. 2, 15, 3; Sall. J. 101, 9; Liv. 21, 43 et saep.:

    specta ad dexteram,

    Plaut. Poen. 3, 4, 1; so,

    ad dexteram,

    id. Rud. 1, 2, 67; Ter. And. 4, 4, 12; Att. ap. Cic. [p. 568] Div. 1, 22 fin.; Cic. Univ. 13; Caes. B. C. 1, 69, 3 et saep.—
    b.
    Poet., the hand, in gen.:

    omne sacrum rapiente dextra,

    Hor. Od. 3, 3, 52; id. S. 2, 1, 54.—
    B.
    Trop., pledge of friendship:

    renovare dextras,

    Tac. A. 2, 58; cf.:

    Graecia tendit dexteram Italiae suumque ei praesidium pollicetur,

    Cic. Phil. 10, 4, 9:

    nec veriti dominorum fallere dextras,

    Verg. A. 6, 613; cf. id. ib. 3, 610; Nep. Dat. 10, 1; Just. 11, 15, 13:

    ne fas, fidem, dextras, deos testes fallat,

    Liv. 29, 24.

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  • 7 laevus

    laevus, a, um, adj. [cf. Gr. laios], left, on the left side (mostly poet.; syn.: sinister, scaevus).
    I.
    Lit.: ut idem nunc sit laevus;

    et e laevo sit mutua dexter,

    Lucr. 4, 301 (325):

    manus,

    Cic. Ac. 2, 47, 145:

    ab laeva manu,

    Plaut. Aul. 4, 3, 1: habeo equidem hercle oculum. Py. At laevom dico, Plaut. Mil. 4, 7, 24:

    latus,

    Ov. M. 12, 415: auris id. ib. 12, 336:

    pes,

    id. ib. 12, 101:

    umerus,

    id. H. 9, 62:

    Pontus,

    lying to the left, id. P. 4, 9, 119:

    iter,

    Verg. A. 5, 170:

    habena,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 15, 12:

    amnis,

    the left bank, Tac. A. 2, 8:

    laevā in parte mamillae,

    Juv. 7, 159. —
    B. 1.
    laeva, ae, f.
    (α).
    (Sc. manus.) The left hand:

    opsecro te hanc per dexteram, perque hanc sororem laevam,

    Plaut. Poen. 3, 1, 9:

    Ilionea petit dextrā, laevāque Serestum,

    Verg. A. 1, 611; id. ib. 2, 552;

    7, 188: cognovi clipeum laevae gestamina nostrae,

    Ov. M. 15, 163; id. ib. 4, 782;

    8, 321: hinc factum est ut usus anulorum exemtus dexterae, in laevam relegaretur,

    Macr. S. 7, 13, 11; so,

    dextera laevaque,

    Juv. 6, 561; 658.—
    (β).
    (Sc. pars.) The left side:

    laevam cuncta cohors remis ventisque petivit,

    Verg. A. 3, 563:

    laevam pete,

    go to the left, Ov. M. 3, 642.—Esp. freq. adv.: laevā, on the left side, on the left:

    dextrā montibus, laevā Tiberi amne saeptus,

    on the left, Liv. 4, 32:

    dextrā laevāque duo maria claudunt,

    id. 21, 43: so, a laevā: Diana facem jacit a laeva, Enn. ap. Cic. Ac. 2, 28, 89 (Trag. Rel. v. 55 Vahl.); Vulg. Exod. 14, 22.—So, ad laevam, in laevam, to the left, on the left: ante, et pone;

    ad laevam, et ad dexteram,

    Cic. Univ. 13:

    si in laevam detorserit,

    Plin. 28, 8, 27, § 93.—
    2.
    In neutr.: laevum, on the left ( poet.):

    intonuit laevum,

    Verg. A. 2, 693; 9, 631:

    laevum extendere comas,

    Juv. 6, 495: in laevum, adverbially, to the left:

    fleximus in laevum cursus,

    Ov. Tr. 1, 10, 17:

    dixit in laevum conversus,

    Juv. 4, 120 (Jahn, in laevam).— Plur.: laeva, ōrum, n., places lying on the left:

    laeva tenent Thetis et Melite,

    Verg. A. 5, 825:

    Thracen et laeva Propontidos intrat,

    Ov. F. 5, 257.—
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    Awkward, stupid, foolish, silly:

    si mens non laeva fuisset,

    Verg. E. 1, 16; id. A. 2, 54:

    o ego laevus, Qui purgor bilem sub verni temporis horam,

    Hor. A. P. 301.—
    B.
    Of ill omen, unfavorable, inconvenient; unfortunate, unlucky, bad, pernicious:

    Sirius laevo contristat lumine caelum,

    Verg. A. 10, 275:

    peccatum fateor, cum te sic tempore laevo Interpellarim,

    Hor. S. 2, 4, 4:

    teque nec laevus vetat ire picus,

    id. C. 3, 27, 15:

    laevo monitu pueros producit avaros,

    Juv. 14, 228:

    omen,

    Val. Fl. 6, 70:

    ignis,

    i. e. a pestilence, Stat. Th. 1, 634; Claud. Idyll. 2, 92; Sil. 1, 464 Rupert; so,

    numina laeva (opp. dextra or propitia),

    unfavorable gods, hostile deities, Verg. G. 4, 7 Jahn and Forbig. ad loc.:

    impia Cappadocum tellus et numine laevo Visa tibi,

    Mart. 6, 85, 3; Sil. 14, 494; 15, 512; Arn. adv. Gent. 3, 26.—
    C.
    In the language of augurs, fortunate, lucky, propitious (because the Romans, by turning their faces to the south, had the eastern signs on their left hand;

    v. sinister): laeva prospera existimantur, quoniam laevā parte mundi ortus est,

    Plin. 2, 54, 55, § 142; cf. Liv. 1, 18:

    omina,

    Phaedr. 3, 18, 12:

    tonitru dedit omina laevo Juppiter,

    Ov. F. 4, 833; cf. Verg. A. 2, 693; 9, 631 (I. B. 2 supra).—Hence, adv.: laevē, awkwardly, wrongly ( poet.), Hor. Ep. 1, 7, 52.

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  • 8 sinister

        sinister tra, trum, adj., with comp.    [a double comp. of uncertain origin], left, on the left, on the left hand, at the left side: in sinistro cornu, on the left wing, Cs.: angulus castrorum, Cs.: ripa, H.: tibia, Ph.: manus, N.—As subst f. (sc. manus): sinistrā inpeditā, Cs.: natae ad furta sinistrae, O.: a sinistrā, on the left: miles dextrā ac sinistrā muro tectus, Cs.— Plur m. as subst. (sc. ordines): sinistris additae vires (opp. dextra pars), L.: sinisterior rota, O.—In augury (because the Roman augurs faced south, with the propitious East on the left), favorable, auspicious, fortunate, lucky: ita nobis sinistra videntur, Graiis et barbaris dextra, meliora: cornix, V.: tonitrūs, O.—(As in Greek augury, where the face was northward), unlucky, unfavorable, inauspicious: Di, precor, a nobis omen removete sinistrum, O.: avibus sinistris, O.: sinistrum fulmen nuntiare.—Fig., wrong, perverse, improper: mores, V.: natura, Cu.— Unlucky, injurious, adverse, unfavorable, bad: Notus pecori sinister, V.: interpretatio, Ta.—As subst n.: (matrona) studiosa sinistri, of evil, O.
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    I
    sinistera -um, sinisterior -or -us, sinistimus -a -um ADJ
    left, improper,adverse; inauspicious
    II
    sinistra -um, sinistrior -or -us, sinistimus -a -um ADJ
    left, improper,adverse; inauspicious

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  • 9 dexter

    dexter, tĕra, tĕrum, and more freq. tra, trum ( dat. plur. fem.: dextrabus manibus, Liv. Andron. ap. Non. 493, 20.— Comp. dextĕrĭor; sup. dextĭmus), adj. [dex-ter, root dek-, Gr. dekomai, whence daktulos, digitus; cf. Germ. Finger, from fangen; cf. also Sanscr. dakshinas, on the right hand, and Gr. dex-ios], to the right, on the right side, right (opp. laevus, sinister).
    I.
    Prop.:

    ut ante oculos fuerit qui dexter hic idem nunc sit laevus,

    Lucr. 4, 302:

    manus,

    Plaut. Mil. 2, 2, 49; 50; id. Capt. 2, 3, 82; Cic. Div. 1, 23, 46:

    pars membrorum (opp. laeva),

    Lucr. 4, 293:

    umeri,

    Caes. B. G. 7, 50, 2:

    latus,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 16, 6; Ov. M. 13, 730 et saep.:

    cornu,

    Ter. Eun. 4, 7, 5; Caes. B. G. 1, 52, 2; 2, 23, 4 et saep.:

    ala,

    Liv. 31, 21:

    acies,

    id. 27, 48 et saep.: dextrarum tibiarum genus est, quae dextra tenentur, Paul. ex Fest. p. 74, 5 Müll. et saep.:

    dextra ejus (fluminis) accolunt Deximontani,

    Plin. 6, 23, 26, § 99.— Comp. in signification = dexter, but spoken of two only:

    in dexteriore parte, opp. sinisteriore,

    Varr. L. L. 9, § 34 Müll.; so,

    pars, opp. laeva,

    Ov. M. 7, 241:

    rota, opp. sinisterior,

    id. ib. 2, 138:

    armus,

    id. ib. 12, 303:

    umerus,

    Suet. Claud. 7:

    latus,

    id. Galb. 21: cornu, Galba ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 30, 3 et saep.— Sup.: dextimus, a, um, an ancient and rare form, in signif. i. q. dexter: dextima via, Varr. ap. Non. 94, 30:

    apud dextimos,

    Sall. J. 100, 2.—
    II.
    Trop. (perh. not in ante-Aug. prose).
    1.
    Handy, dexterous, skilful; opportune, proper, suitable, fitting:

    rem ita dexter egit, ut, etc.,

    Liv. 8, 36:

    et Marius scriptis dexter in omne genus,

    Ov. Pont. 4, 16, 24:

    quis rebus dexter modus,

    Verg. A. 4, 294:

    tempus,

    Hor. S. 2, 1, 18.—
    2.
    (Since the Greeks regarded an omen on the right as favorable) favorable, propitious, fortunate: dextra auspicia prospera, Paul. ex Fest. p. 74, 4 Müll.; cf.

    omen,

    Val. Fl. 1, 245:

    dexter adi,

    Verg. A. 8, 302; cf.:

    dexter ac volens assit (numen),

    Quint. 4 prooem. 5:

    Jove,

    Pers. 5, 114:

    sidere,

    Stat. S. 3, 4, 63 et saep.—Hence,

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  • 10 laeva

        laeva ae, f    [laevus], the left hand (sc. manus): petit dextrā laevāque Serestum, V.: Cognovi clipeum laevae gestamina nostrae, O.— The left side, left (sc. pars): Laevam cohors petivit, V.: laevam pete, go to the left, O.—Abl. As adv., on the left side, on the left: dextrā montibus, laevā amne saeptus, on the left, L.
    * * *

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  • 11 rapiō

        rapiō puī (old fut perf. rapsit, C.), raptus, ere    [RAP-], to seize and carry off, snatch, tear, pluck, drag, hurry away: sublimen intro hunc rape, T.: quo fessum rapitis? V.: Quo me cunque rapit tempestas, H.: sumasne pudenter An rapias, snatch, H.: ab aede rapuit funale, O.: de volnere telum, V.: commeatum in navīs rapiunt, L.: pars densa ferarum Tecta rapit, i. e. break off boughs of trees (in collecting wood), V.: in ius, drag before a court, H.: ob facinus ad supplicium, hale: alii ad necem rapiebantur: ad stuprum matres, L.: (infantes) ab ubere rapti, V.: nec variis obsita frondibus Sub divom rapiam, drag into open day, H.: Nasonis carmina rapti, i. e. torn from his home, O.— To hurry, impel, drive, cause to hasten: Quattuor hinc rapimur raedis, H.: per aequora navem, V.: ventis per aequora, O.: missos currūs, H.: arma rapiat iuventus, snatch, V.: arma, O.: bipennem dextrā, V.: rapiuntque ruuntque, hurry and bustle, V.—With pron reflex., to make haste, hasten, hurry, fly: ocius hinc te Ni rapis, H.: se ad caedem optimi cuiusque.— To carry off by force, seize, rob, ravish, plunder, ravage, lay waste, take by assault, carry by storm: spes rapiendi occaecat animos: semper rapiens, semper ebrius: raptas ad litora vertere praedas, V.: rapere omnes trahere, S.: vivere latronum ritu, ut tantum haberet, quantum rapere potuisset: virgines, to abduct, S.: Arsit Atrides Virgine raptā, H.: Omne sacrum rapiente dextrā, H.: alii rapiunt incensa feruntque Pergama, pillage and plunder, V.: castra urbesque primo impetu rapere, L.— To carry off suddenly, snatch away, destroy: improvisa leti Vis rapuit rapietque gentes, H.: rapto de fratre dolens, H.: Et labor et durae rapit inclementia mortis, i. e. hurries on, V.— To take, catch, assume: flammam, catch quickly, V.: nigrum colorem, O.: Virga... Vim rapuit monstri, imbibed, O.— To lead on hurriedly: Halesus Turno feroces Mille rapit populus, leads hastily on, V.: Nec rapit inmensos orbīs per humum, sweeps along, V.—Fig., to snatch away, carry along, hurry away: ipsae res verba rapiunt, carry along with them: (comoediam) in peiorem partem, i. e. misrepresent, T.: Si quis in adversum rapiat casusve deusve, V.: almum Quae rapit hora diem, snatches away, H.: simul tecum solacia rapta, V. — To drive, impel, carry away, precipitate, transport, ravish, captivate, overwhelm, draw irresistibly: ad divinarum rerum cognitionem curā studioque rapi: semper eo tractus est, quo libido rapuit: amentiā rapi: Furorne caecus, an rapit vis acrior, An culpa? H.: animum In partīs rapit varias, turns hurriedly, V.: ad quas (res) plerique inflammati aviditate rapiuntur.— To seize by violence, snatch, steal: Hippodameam raptis nanctu'st nuptiis, Enn. ap. C.: Venerem incertam, H.: sed rapiat sitiens Venerem, but may eagerly seize upon, V.— To snatch, seize quickly, hasten, precipitate: rapienda occasio, Iu.: viam, hasten, O.: ut limis rapias, quid velit, etc., may hastily note, H.: raptae prope inter arma nuptiae, L.
    * * *
    rapere, rapui, raptus V
    drag off; snatch; destroy; seize, carry off; pillage; hurry

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  • 12 jungo

    jungo, nxi, nctum, 3, v. a. [Sanscr. jug, junagmi, to unite; juk, joined; Goth. juk; O. H. Germ. joh, joch; Gr. zug, zeugnumi, zugos, zugon], to join or unite together, connect, attach, fasten, yoke, harness.
    I.
    Lit.
    A.
    In gen.
    1.
    With acc.:

    Narcissum et florem anethi,

    Verg. E. 2, 48:

    pontes et propugnacula,

    id. A. 9, 170:

    nemoris carentia sensu robora,

    Claud. B. G. 17:

    gradus,

    to close the ranks, Sil. 4, 372:

    montes,

    to heap up, Val. Fl. 1, 198:

    ostia,

    to shut, Juv. 9, 105; cf.:

    junctas quatere fenestras,

    Hor. C. 1, 25, 1:

    oscula,

    to exchange, Ov. M. 2, 357; cf. id. Am. 2, 5, 59; Petr. 67:

    da jungere dextram,

    to clasp, Verg. A. 6, 697:

    cur dextrae jungere dextram non datur,

    id. ib. 1, 408; cf.:

    quas junximus hospitio dextras,

    id. ib. 3, 83;

    11, 165: duos sinus,

    Plin. 5, 29, 31, § 116:

    juncto ponte milites transmittit,

    Tac. A. 1, 49.—So with abl. of means or manner:

    Ticinum ponte,

    to span, Liv. 21, 45, 1:

    amnem ponte,

    Plin. 5, 24, 21, § 86:

    ratibus flumen,

    to bridge, Liv. 21, 47, 2; cf.:

    qui biduo vix locum rate jungendo flumini inventum tradunt,

    id. 21, 47, 6:

    eo omnia vallo et fossa,

    id. 38, 4, 6:

    plumbum nigrum albo,

    Plin. 33, 5, 30, § 94; cf.:

    nam calamus cera jungitur,

    Tib. 2, 5, 32:

    illos defendit numerus junctaeque umbone phalanges,

    Juv. 2, 46:

    erga juncta est mihi foedere dextra,

    Verg. A. 8, 169:

    Pompei acies junxerat in seriem nexis umbonibus arma,

    Luc. 7, 453. —
    2.
    With dat. of indir. object:

    hoc opus ad turrim hostium admovent, ut aedificio jungatur,

    Caes. B. C. 2, 10 fin.:

    humano capiti cervicem equinam,

    Hor. A. P. 2:

    mortua corpora vivis,

    Verg. A. 8, 485; cf.:

    his tignis contraria duo juncta,

    Caes. B. G. 3, 17, 5:

    se Romanis,

    Liv. 24, 49, 1:

    exercitum sibi,

    Vell. 2, 80, 1:

    socia arma Rutulis,

    Liv. 1, 2, 3:

    victores Germani juncturi se Pannoniis,

    Suet. Tib. 17:

    cervicem meam amplexui,

    Petr. 86 dub. (Büch., vinxit amplexu):

    dextra dextrae jungitur,

    Ov. M. 6, 447; cf. Verg. A. 1, 408 supra:

    aeri aes plumbo fit uti jungatur ab albo,

    Lucr. 6, 1079:

    juncta est vena arteriis,

    Cels. 2, 10:

    Comius incensum calcaribus equum jungit equo Quadrati,

    drives against, Hirt. B. C. 8, 48.—
    3.
    With inter se:

    tigna bina inter se,

    Caes. B. G. 3, 17, 3:

    maxime autem corpora inter se juncta permanent, cum, etc.,

    Cic. N. D. 2, 45, 115:

    disparibus calamis inter se junctis,

    Ov. M. 1, 712:

    saltus duo alti inter se juncti,

    Liv. 9, 2, 7.—
    4.
    With cum:

    cum Bruto Cassioque vires suas,

    Vell. 2, 65, 1:

    legiones se cum Caesare juncturae,

    id. 2, 110, 1:

    erat cum pede pes junctus,

    Ov. M. 9, 44:

    lecto mecum junctus in uno,

    id. H. 13, 117:

    digitis medio cum pollice junctis,

    id. F. 5, 433:

    lingua cum subjecta parte juncta est,

    Cels. 7, 12, 4.—
    B.
    Esp.
    1.
    To harness, yoke, attach.
    (α).
    Of animals: angues ingentes alites juncti jugo, Pac. ap. Cic. Inv. 1, 19, 27 (Trag. v. 397 Rib.):

    junge pares,

    i. e. in pairs, Verg. G. 3, 169; Grat. Cyneg. 263:

    nec jungere tauros norant,

    Verg. A. 8, 316:

    currus et quatuor equos,

    id. G. 3, 114:

    grypes equis,

    id. E. 8, 27 Forbig.:

    curru jungit Halaesus Equos,

    id. A. 7, 724:

    leones ad currum,

    Plin. 8, 16, 21, § 54:

    mulis e proximo pistrino ad vehiculum junctis,

    Suet. Caes. 31.—
    (β).
    Of a vehicle (rare):

    reda equis juncta,

    Cic. Att. 6, 1, 25:

    neve (mulier) juncto vehiculo veheretur,

    Liv. 34, 1, 3:

    juncta vehicula, pleraque onusta, mille admodum capiuntur,

    id. 42, 65, 3. —
    2.
    Of wounds, etc., to join, bring together, unite, heal:

    ego vulnera doctum jungere Etiona petam,

    Stat. Th. 10, 733:

    parotidas suppuratas,

    Scrib. Comp. 206:

    oras (tumoris),

    Cels. 7, 17, 1:

    oras vulneris,

    id. 5, 4, 23 al. —
    3.
    Of lands, territories, etc.:

    juncta pharetratis Sarmatis ora Getis,

    adjoining, Ov. Tr. 4, 10, 110; cf.:

    juncta Aquilonibus Arctos,

    id. M. 2, 132:

    quibus (campis) junctae paludes erant,

    Front. Strat. 2, 5, 6; Vell. 2, 110, 4:

    fundos Apuliae,

    to add, join to, Petr. 77:

    longos jungere fines agrorum,

    Luc. 1, 167.—
    4.
    To connect in time, cause to follow immediately:

    cum diei noctem pervigilem junxisset,

    Just. 12, 13, 7:

    somnum morti,

    Petr. 79:

    vidit hic annus Ventidium consularem praetextam jungentem praetoriae,

    Vell. 2, 65, 3:

    nulla natio tam mature consino belli bellum junxit,

    id. 2, 110, 5:

    junge, puer, cyathos, atque enumerare labora,

    Stat. S. 1, 5, 10:

    laborem difficilius est repetere quam jungere,

    to resume than to continue, Plin. Ep. 4, 9, 10.—So of pronunciation:

    si jungas (opp. interpunctis quibusdam),

    Quint. 9, 4, 108.—
    5.
    Milit. t. t., of troops, an army, etc., to join, unite:

    cum juncti essent,

    Liv. 25, 35; 25, 37:

    exercitum Pompei sibi,

    Vell. 2, 80, 1:

    junctis exercitious,

    Vell. 2, 113, 1:

    cum collegae se junxisset,

    Front. Strat. 1, 1, 9; so,

    exercitum,

    id. ib. 1, 2, 9:

    Ajacem naves suas Atheniensibus junxisse,

    Quint. 5, 11, 40.—
    6.
    To add, give in addition:

    commoda praeterea jungentur multa caducis,

    Juv. 9, 89.—
    7.
    In mal. part.:

    corpora,

    Ov. M. 10, 464:

    turpia corpora,

    id. H. 9, 134: tu mihi juncta toro, id. F. 3, 511; id. R. Am. 408:

    si jungitur ulla Ursidio,

    Juv. 6, 41; 6, 448; cf.

    Venerem,

    Tib. 1, 9, 76; Ov. H. 353; id. R. Am. 407.
    II.
    Transf.
    A.
    In gen., of abstract things, to bring together, join, unite:

    cum hominibus nostris consuetudines, amicitias, res rationesque jungebat,

    Cic. Deiot. 9, 27:

    omnem naturam, quae non solitaria sit... sed cum alio juncta atque conexa, etc.,

    id. N. D. 2, 11, 29:

    an virtus et voluptas inter se jungi copularique possint,

    id. de Or. 1, 51, 122:

    sapientiam junctam habere eloquentiae,

    id. ib. 3, 35, 142:

    indignationem conquestioni,

    id. Inv. 2, 11, 36:

    insignis improbitas et scelere juncta,

    id. de Or. 2, 58, 237:

    plura crimina junguntur,

    are combined, Quint. 4, 4, 5.—
    B.
    Esp.
    1.
    Of persons, to join, unite, bring together, associate, in love, marriage, relationship, etc.:

    cum impari,

    Liv. 1, 46:

    cum pare,

    Ov. F. 4, 98:

    alicujus filiam secum matrimonio,

    Curt. 5, 3, 12:

    si tibi legitimis pactam junctamque tabellis non es amaturus,

    Juv. 6, 200:

    juncta puella viro,

    Ov. A. A. 1, 682; id. Tr. 2, 284. —Of animals, etc.:

    Appulis jungentur capreae lupis,

    Hor. C. 1, 33, 8:

    variis albae junguntur columbac,

    Ov. H. 15, 37:

    unaque nos sibi operā amicos junget,

    Ter. Hec. 5, 2, 32:

    ut quos certus amor junxit,

    Ov. M. 4, 156:

    amicos,

    Hor. S. 1, 3, 54:

    Geminum mecum tua in me beneficia junxerunt,

    Plin. Ep. 10, 26, 1:

    puer puero junctus amicitia,

    Ov. P. 4, 3, 12.—Esp., of a treaty, alliance, etc.:

    si populus Romanus foedere jungeretur regi,

    Liv. 26, 24; Just. 15, 4, 24. —
    2.
    Of things, to make by joining, enter into:

    pacem cum Aenea, deinde adfinitatem,

    Liv. 1, 1:

    nova foedera,

    id. 7, 30:

    cum Hispanis amicitiam,

    Just. 43, 5, 3:

    societatem cum eo metu potentiae ejus,

    id. 22, 2, 6:

    foedus cum eo amicitiamque,

    Liv. 24, 48; 23, 33:

    juncta societas Hannibali,

    id. 24, 6:

    foedera,

    id. 7, 30:

    jungendae societatis gratia,

    Just. 20, 4, 2.—
    3.
    Of words, etc., to join, unite.
    (α).
    Esp., gram. t. t.: verba jungere, to make by joining, to compound:

    jungitur verbum ex corrupto et integro, ut malevolus,

    Quint. 1, 5, 68:

    in jungendo aut in derivando,

    id. 8, 3, 31; so,

    juncta verba,

    Cic. Or. 56, 186; id. Part. Or. 15, 53.—
    (β).
    To connect so as to sound agreeably:

    quantum interest... verba eadem qua compositione vel in textu jungantur vel in fine claudantur,

    Quint. 9, 4, 15.—Hence, P. a.: junc-tus, a, um, joined, united, connected, associated:

    in opere male juncto,

    Quint. 12, 9, 17.— Comp.:

    causa fuit propior et cum exitu junctior,

    Cic. Fat. 16, 36.— Sup.:

    junctissimus illi comes,

    most attached, Ov. M. 5, 69:

    principum prosperis et alii fruantur: adversae ad junctissimos pertineant,

    their nearest of kin, Tac. H. 4, 52.

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  • 13 libro

    lībro, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [libra].
    I.
    To balance, make even, level, to determine a level: aquam, to level water, i. e. to ascertain the fall of water by means of a level, Vitr. 8, 6, 3: collocationem libratam indicare, id 8, 6, 1.— Pass. impers.:

    libratur autem dioptris,

    Vitr. 8, 6, 1.—
    B.
    Transf., to make even or level:

    pavimenta,

    Cato, R. R. 18, 7.—
    II.
    To hold in equilibrium, to poise, balance:

    terra librata ponderibus,

    Cic. Tusc. 5, 24, 69:

    columnarum turbines ita librati perpenderunt, ut puero circumagente tornarentur,

    Plin. 36, 13, 19, § 91:

    librati pondera caeli orbe tene medio,

    Luc. 1, 58.—
    B.
    To cause to hang or swing, to keep suspended, keep in its place:

    vela cadunt primo et dubia librantur ab aura,

    are waved to and fro, Ov. F. 3, 585:

    et fluctus supra, vento librante, pependit,

    Sil. 17, 274:

    aëris vi suspensam librari medio spatio tellurem,

    Plin. 2, 5, 4, § 10.—
    C.
    To cause to swing, to swing, sway, brandish, set in motion, hurl, dash, cast, launch, fling, throw:

    summā telum librabat ab aure,

    Verg. A. 9, 417:

    ferro praefixum robur,

    id. ib. 10, 479:

    caestus,

    id. ib. 5, 478:

    tum librat ab aure intorquens jaculum,

    Sil. 5, 576:

    dextra libratum fulmen ab aure misit,

    Ov. M. 2, 311; 5, 624; 7, 787; Luc. 3, 433:

    librata cum sederit glans,

    Liv. 38, 29: librare se, to balance or poise one's self, to fly:

    cursum in aëre,

    Ov. Am. 2, 6, 11: saepe lapillos Tollunt;

    his sese per inania nubila librant,

    Verg. G. 4, 196:

    haliaeetos librans ex alto sese,

    Plin. 10, 3, 3, § 8:

    corpus in herba,

    to stretch one's self out on the grass, Ov. F. 1, 429: incidentis manus libratur artifici temperamento, Plin. 12, 25, 54, § 115:

    librare iter,

    to take one's way, Sen. Oed. 899.—
    III.
    Trop.
    A.
    To make of even weight, to balance, make equal ( poet.):

    orbem horis,

    Col. 10, 42:

    crimina in antithetis,

    Pers. 1, 85.—
    B.
    To weigh, ponder, consider ( poet. and in post-class. prose):

    librabat metus,

    Stat. Th. 9, 165: quae omnia meritorum momenta perpendit, librat, examinat, Naz. Pan. ad Const. 7: praescriptiones, Cod. Th. 8, 4, 26.— Hence, lībrātus, a, um, P. a.
    A.
    Level, horizontal:

    aquam non esse libratam, sed sphaeroides habere schema,

    Vitr. 8, 6.—
    B.
    Poised, balanced, swung, hurled, launched; forcible, powerful:

    librata cum sederit (glans),

    Liv. 38, 29:

    librato magis et certo ictu,

    violent, powerful, Tac. H. 2, 22:

    malleus dextra libratus ab aure,

    Ov. M. 2, 624:

    per nubes aquila librata volatu,

    Sil. 15, 429. — Comp.:

    libratior ictus,

    Liv. 30, 10; cf. id. 42, 65.—Hence, * adv.: lībrātē, deliberately:

    aliquid eligere,

    Serv. Verg. A. 2, 713.

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  • 14 rapio

    răpĭo, pŭi, ptum, 3 (old perf. subj. rapsit, Cic. Leg. 2, 9, 22; part. perf. fem. ex raptabus, Gell. ap. Charis. p. 39 P.), v. a. [root harp; Gr. harpê, a bird of prey, harpagê, harpazô; Lat. rapidus, rapax, rapina, etc.; cf. Sanscr. lup-, lumpāmi, rumpo; Gr. lupê], to seize and carry off, to snatch, tear, drag, draw, or hurry away, = violenter sive celeriter capio (freq. and class.; in Cæs. not at all, and in Cic. mostly in the trop. signif.; cf.: ago, fero, traho, capio, sumo).
    I.
    Lit.
    A.
    In gen., Plaut. Rud. 3, 6, 15; 30; 31:

    quo rapitis me? quo fertis me?

    id. Men. 5, 7, 10; cf. Verg. A. 6, 845; Ov. M. 9, 121:

    quo me cunque rapit tempestas?

    Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 15; cf. id. C. 3, 25, 1:

    sumasne pudenter an rapias,

    snatch, id. Ep. 1, 17, 45; cf. id. S. 1, 5, 76:

    hostes vivos rapere soleo ex acie: ex hoc nomen mihi est (sc. Harpax),

    Plaut. Ps. 2, 2, 60:

    te ex lustris uxor,

    id. As. 5, 2, 84:

    volucri spe et cogitatione rapi a domo,

    Cic. Rep. 2, 4, 7:

    ab aede rapuit funale,

    Ov. M. 12, 247:

    torrem ab aris,

    id. ib. 12, 271:

    deque sinu matris ridentem... Learchum... rapit,

    id. ib. 4, 516 (for which, simply sinu, id. ib. 13, 450):

    hastam, de vulnere,

    id. ib. 5, 137:

    telum,

    Verg. A. 10, 486:

    repagula de posti,

    Ov. M. 5, 120:

    (frondes) altā rapit arbore ventus,

    id. ib. 3, 730:

    vi atque ingratis... rapiam te domum,

    Plaut. Mil. 2, 5, 40:

    aliquem sublimem domum,

    id. As. 5, 2, 18; cf.:

    sublimem,

    id. Mil. 5, 1; id. Men. 5, 7, 6; Ter. And. 5, 2, 20:

    commeatum in naves rapiunt,

    Liv. 41, 3:

    aliquem in jus,

    Plaut. Rud. 3, 6, 21; so,

    in jus,

    id. Poen. 5, 5, 56; Hor. S. 1, 9, 77; 2, 3, 72; cf.:

    in jus ad regem,

    Liv. 1, 26:

    in carcerem,

    Suet. Tib. 11; 61:

    aliquem ad cornuficem,

    Plaut. Poen. 1, 2, 156; id. Bacch. 4, 4, 37:

    ad praetorem,

    id. Aul. 4, 10, 30:

    ad supplicium ob facinus,

    Cic. de Or. 2, 59, 238:

    ad mortem,

    id. Verr. 2, 5, 52, § 138; id. Cat. 1, 10, 27:

    ad tortorem,

    id. Tusc. 5, 5, 13:

    ad poenam,

    Suet. Claud. 10; 37; id. Vit. 14:

    ad consulem,

    Liv. 10, 20:

    matres, virgines, pueros ad stuprum,

    id. 26, 13:

    teneram virginem ad virum,

    Cat. 61, 3 (cf.:

    rapi simulatur virgo ex gremio matris, aut, si ea non est, ex proximā necessitudine, cum ad virum traditur, quod videlicet ea res feliciter Romulo cessit,

    Fest. p. 289 Müll.):

    illum (sc. lembum) in praeceps prono rapit alveus amni,

    Verg. G. 1, 203:

    nec variis obsita frondibus Sub divum rapiam,

    drag into open day, Hor. C. 1, 18, 13. — Poet.:

    Nasonis carmina rapti,

    i. e. torn from his home, borne far away, Ov. P. 4, 16, 1; cf. id. H. 13, 9; Stat. S. 3, 5, 6. —
    B.
    With the idea of swiftness predominating:

    Turnus rapit Totam aciem in Teucros,

    Verg. A. 10, 308:

    rapit agmina ductor,

    Luc. 1, 228:

    agmina cursu,

    Sil. 7, 116:

    legiones,

    Plin. Pan. 14:

    curru rapi,

    Sil. 1, 134:

    quattuor hinc rapimur raedis,

    Hor. S. 1, 5, 86:

    Notus rapit biremes,

    Sil. 17, 276:

    carinas venti rapuere,

    Luc. 3, 46:

    rapit per aequora navem,

    hurries it away, Verg. A. 10, 660; cf.:

    ventis per aequora,

    Ov. M. 14, 470:

    missos currus,

    Hor. S. 1, 1, 114:

    pedes quo te rapiunt,

    id. C. 3, 11, 49:

    arma rapiat juventus,

    snatch up, Verg. A. 7, 340; so,

    arma,

    Ov. M. 2, 603:

    arma manu,

    Verg. A. 8, 220:

    bipennem dextrā,

    id. ib. 11, 651:

    cingula,

    id. ib. 9, 364.—
    2.
    With reflex. pron., to hasten, hurry, tear one ' s self, etc.:

    ocius hinc te Ni rapis,

    Hor. S. 2, 7, 118; cf. Ov. Am. 3, 5, 29:

    se ad caedem optimi cujusque,

    Cic. Phil. 13, 8, 18.—
    C.
    In partic.
    1.
    To carry off by force; to seize, rob, ravish; to plunder, ravage, lay waste, take by assault, carry by force, etc. (very freq.; cf.

    praedor),

    Plaut. Men. 1, 3, 11:

    erat ei vivendum latronum ritu, ut tantum haberet, quantum rapere potuisset,

    Cic. Phil. 2, 25, 62:

    tamquam pilam rapiunt inter se rei publicae statum tyranm ab regibus,

    id. Rep. 1, 44, 68:

    virgines rapi jussit... quae raptae erant, etc.,

    id. ib. 2, 7, 12; 2, 8, 14; so,

    virgines,

    to carry off, abduct, Sall. C. 51, 9; Liv. 1, 9; Quint. 7, 7, 3; 9, 2, 70; Hor. C. 2, 4, 8; Ov. M. 12, 225; id. A. A. 1, 680:

    raptus a dis Ganymedes,

    Cic. Tusc. 1, 26, 65:

    ab Idā,

    Hor. C. 3, 20, 16:

    omne sacrum rapiente dextrā,

    id. ib. 3, 3, 52:

    alii rapiunt incensa feruntque Pergama,

    pillage and plunder, Verg. A. 2, 374 (the Homeric agousi kai pherousi; for which, in prose, ferre et agere; v. ago); cf.:

    rapturus moenia Romae,

    Luc. 3, 99:

    Theumeson,

    to seize by force, Stat. Th. 4, 370:

    Armeniam,

    to plunder, lay waste, Tac. A. 13, 6:

    Karthaginem,

    Sil. 15, 401:

    urbem,

    Stat. Th. 7, 599:

    raptas ad litora vertere praedas,

    Verg. A. 1, 528.— Absol.:

    rapio propalam,

    Plaut. Ep. 1, 1, 10:

    ut Spartae, rapere ubi pueri et clepere discunt,

    Cic. Rep. 4, 5, 11 (Non. 20, 14):

    agunt, rapiunt, tenent,

    id. Rep. 3, 33, 45 Mos.; cf.

    along with trahere,

    Sall. C. 11, 4; id. J. 41, 5;

    with congerere, auferre,

    Mart. 8, 44, 9.— With the idea of rapidity predominating: castra urbesque primo impetu rapere, to conquer rapidly (= raptim capere), Liv. 6, 23, 5 Drak.; so,

    castra,

    Flor. 3, 20, 4; 4, 12, 34:

    Bithyniam,

    id. 3, 5, 6:

    Hispaniam,

    id. 2, 17, 6:

    arces,

    Luc. 6, 14.— Part. perf. subst.
    (α).
    rapta, ae, f., the ravished one, the seduced:

    gratus raptae raptor fuit,

    Ov. A. A. 1, 680; id. H. 5, 97; 13, 55; 16, 339; id. F. 4, 607.—
    (β).
    raptum, i, n., the plunder, that which is stolen:

    rapto vivere,

    to live by robbery, Liv. 7, 25 fin.; 22, 39; 28, 24: Quint. 3, 7, 24; Sen. Ep. 70 fin.; Curt. 3, 10 fin.; Just. 41, 4, 7; Verg. A. 7, 749; Ov. M. 11, 291; id. Tr. 5, 10, 16;

    for which: ex rapto vivere,

    id. M. 1, 144; so,

    rapto gaudere,

    Liv. 29, 6, 3 Drak.:

    rapto potiri,

    Verg. A. 4, 217:

    rapto uti,

    Vell. 2, 73, 3:

    sine rapto vivere,

    id. 2, 32 fin. —
    2.
    To cut off, mutilate ( poet.):

    caput,

    Sil. 15, 807:

    ora gladio,

    id. 7, 704:

    rapuit non dente ferarum,

    Luc. 10, 517.—
    3.
    To carry off suddenly or prematurely by death, to snatch away ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose):

    improvisa leti Vis rapuit rapietque gentes,

    Hor. C. 2, 13, 20; so id. ib. 2, 17, 5; 4, 2, 21; id. Ep. 1, 14, 7; Verg. A. 6, 428; Ov. P. 4, 11, 5; Stat. S. 2, 1, 208; 5, 3, 16; Plin. 7, 8, 6, § 46; Suet. Calig. 7; Just. 2, 2, 13 (but Liv. 3, 50, 8: fato erepta, v. Drak.)— Absol.:

    et labor et durae rapit inclementia mortis,

    i. e. hurries on, Verg. G. 3, 68:

    RAPTA EST = obiit,

    Inscr. Orell. 4475.
    II.
    Transf. ( poet.), of any action or motion which resembles seizing, snatching, etc.:

    flammanm,

    to catch quickly, Verg. A. 1, 176; Ov. M. 3, 374; cf.:

    incendia,

    id. ib. 15, 350: nigrum colorem, to take or assume quickly, id. ib. 7, 289; cf.:

    vim monstri,

    id. ib. 4, 744;

    and v. III.: Halesus Turno feroces Mille rapit populos,

    leads hastily on, Verg. A. 7, 725; cf. id. ib. 10, 178: rapiuntque ruuntque; Litora deseruere, take hold, seize in haste (the cables, etc.), id. ib. 4, 581; cf.:

    scalas, Auct. B. Alex. 20, 4.—Of the gliding movement of a serpent nec rapit immensos orbes per humum,

    sweeps along, Verg. G. 2, 153:

    pars densa ferarum Tecta rapit,

    i. e. range quickly through, Verg. A. 6, 8 Heyne; cf.:

    acrior et campum sonipes rapit,

    Stat. Th. 5, 3.
    III.
    Trop.
    A.
    In gen., to snatch, force, or hurry away:

    fertur quasi torrens oratio, quamvis multa cujusquemodi rapiat,

    Cic. Fin. 2, 1, 3:

    ipsae res verba rapiunt,

    carry along with them, id. ib. 3, 5, 19: aspice me quanto rapiat Fortuna periclo, carries away (the figure taken from a storm at sea), Prop. 1, 15, 3:

    aliquem in deteriorem viam,

    Plaut. Trin. 3, 2, 54; cf.:

    (comoediam) in pejorem partem,

    i. e. to put a bad construction upon, to misconstrue, misrepresent, Ter. Ad. prol. 3: consilium meum in contrariam partem, Pollio ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 33, 2:

    aliquem in invidiam,

    Cic. Agr. 3, 2, 7:

    opinionibus vulgi rapimur in errorem,

    id. Leg. 2, 17, 43:

    si quis in adversum rapiat casusve deusve,

    Verg. A. 9, 211; Cic. Tusc. 5, 5, 13:

    cum aliqua his ampla et honesta res objecta est, totos ad se convertit et rapit,

    seizes upon, appropriates, id. Off. 2, 10, 37; cf.:

    commoda ad se,

    id. ib. 3, 5, 22:

    victoriae gloriam in se,

    Liv. 33, 11 fin.:

    almum Quae rapit hora diem,

    snatches away, Hor. C. 4, 7, 8; cf.:

    simul tecum solatia rapta,

    Verg. E. 9, 18:

    impetus rapit huc, rapit illuc,

    Stat. Th. 12, 794.—
    B.
    In partic.
    1.
    To carry along or away with passion, to transport, ravish, captivate; and with a designation of the limit, to carry or hurry away, to attract strongly to any thing (usually in a bad sense):

    impetu raptus,

    Quint. 7, 2, 44:

    judicem rapere,

    id. 6, 2, 3; cf. id. 10, 1, 110; 12, 10, 61:

    praedae ac rapinarum cupiditas caeca te rapiebat,

    Cic. Pis. 24, 57:

    amentiā rapi,

    id. Fam. 16, 12, 2:

    furorne caecus, an rapit vis acrior, An culpa?

    Hor. Epod. 7, 13; cf.:

    in medias res auditorem,

    id. A. P. 149:

    utraque forma rapit,

    Prop. 2, 25 (3, 20), 44:

    quem (sc. leonem) cruenta Per medias rapit ira caedes,

    Hor. C. 3, 2, 12:

    rapit omnes ira,

    Sil. 14, 299: hormê, quae hominem huc et illuc rapit, Cic. Off. 1, 28 fin.; cf. Verg. A. 4, 286; 8, 21:

    ad quas (res) plerique inflammati aviditate rapiuntur,

    Cic. Off. 2, 11, 38:

    animus cupidine caecus ad inceptum scelus rapiebat,

    Sall. J. 25, 7:

    ea (cupiditas) ad oppugnandam Capuam rapit,

    Liv. 7, 30 et saep.—In a good sense:

    qui ad divinarum rerum cognitionem curā omni studioque rapiantur,

    Cic. Div. 1, 49, 111:

    rapi ad opes augendas generis humani,

    id. Rep. 1, 2, 3. — Poet., with inf. (for ad aliquid):

    (mundus) rapit aetherios per carmina pandere census,

    Manil. 1, 12.—
    2.
    To seize by violence, to snatch, steal ( poet.): Hippodameam raptis nactu'st nuptiis, Enn. ap. Cic. Tusc. 3, 12, 26 (Trag. v. 398 Vahl.):

    oscula,

    Hor. C. 2, 12, 28; Tib. 1, 4, 53; 55; [p. 1524] 1, 8, 58; cf.:

    Venerem incertam,

    Hor. S. 1, 3, 109; cf.:

    sed rapiat sitiens Venerem,

    but may eagerly seize upon, Verg. G. 3, 137:

    illicitas voluptates,

    Tac. H. 3, 41:

    spem adoptionis acrius in dies,

    id. ib. 1, 13 fin.:

    quo facinore dominationem raptum ierit expediam,

    id. A. 4, 1; cf. id. H. 2, 6.—
    3.
    With the idea of rapidity or haste predominating, to snatch, seize, or lay hold of quickly, to hasten, precipitate ( poet.; in prose only since the Aug. per.): vive, Ulixes, dum licet: Oculis postremum lumen radiatum rape: non dixit cape, non pete; haberet enim moram sperantis diutius sese victurum;

    sed rape,

    Cic. de Or. 3, 40, 162 (from an old poet.):

    rapiamus, amici, Occasionem de die,

    Hor. Epod. 13, 3; so,

    occasionem,

    Juv. 15, 39:

    viam,

    to hasten, Ov. H. 19, 74 Loers; cf.

    iter,

    Sil. 12, 471:

    gressus,

    Luc. 3, 116:

    cursus,

    id. 5, 403:

    letum,

    id. 4, 345:

    bellum,

    to wage suddenly, id. 5, 403:

    nefas,

    to hasten, precipitate, id. 10, 428:

    ut limis rapias, quid prima secundo Cera velit versu,

    may hastily note, Hor. S. 2, 5, 53 al. —In prose:

    raptae prope inter arma nuptiae,

    Liv. 30, 14, 2 Drak.:

    repente impetu facto transitum rapuit,

    Front. Strat. 1, 4, 8:

    inter rapienda momenta periculorum communium,

    Amm. 18, 7, 7 et saep.—
    4.
    In late Lat., to strive for in purchasing:

    exemplaria litterarum certatim,

    Hier. Ep. 57, 2:

    librum totā certatim urbe,

    Sulp. Sev. Dial. 1, 23.

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  • 15 rapta

    răpĭo, pŭi, ptum, 3 (old perf. subj. rapsit, Cic. Leg. 2, 9, 22; part. perf. fem. ex raptabus, Gell. ap. Charis. p. 39 P.), v. a. [root harp; Gr. harpê, a bird of prey, harpagê, harpazô; Lat. rapidus, rapax, rapina, etc.; cf. Sanscr. lup-, lumpāmi, rumpo; Gr. lupê], to seize and carry off, to snatch, tear, drag, draw, or hurry away, = violenter sive celeriter capio (freq. and class.; in Cæs. not at all, and in Cic. mostly in the trop. signif.; cf.: ago, fero, traho, capio, sumo).
    I.
    Lit.
    A.
    In gen., Plaut. Rud. 3, 6, 15; 30; 31:

    quo rapitis me? quo fertis me?

    id. Men. 5, 7, 10; cf. Verg. A. 6, 845; Ov. M. 9, 121:

    quo me cunque rapit tempestas?

    Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 15; cf. id. C. 3, 25, 1:

    sumasne pudenter an rapias,

    snatch, id. Ep. 1, 17, 45; cf. id. S. 1, 5, 76:

    hostes vivos rapere soleo ex acie: ex hoc nomen mihi est (sc. Harpax),

    Plaut. Ps. 2, 2, 60:

    te ex lustris uxor,

    id. As. 5, 2, 84:

    volucri spe et cogitatione rapi a domo,

    Cic. Rep. 2, 4, 7:

    ab aede rapuit funale,

    Ov. M. 12, 247:

    torrem ab aris,

    id. ib. 12, 271:

    deque sinu matris ridentem... Learchum... rapit,

    id. ib. 4, 516 (for which, simply sinu, id. ib. 13, 450):

    hastam, de vulnere,

    id. ib. 5, 137:

    telum,

    Verg. A. 10, 486:

    repagula de posti,

    Ov. M. 5, 120:

    (frondes) altā rapit arbore ventus,

    id. ib. 3, 730:

    vi atque ingratis... rapiam te domum,

    Plaut. Mil. 2, 5, 40:

    aliquem sublimem domum,

    id. As. 5, 2, 18; cf.:

    sublimem,

    id. Mil. 5, 1; id. Men. 5, 7, 6; Ter. And. 5, 2, 20:

    commeatum in naves rapiunt,

    Liv. 41, 3:

    aliquem in jus,

    Plaut. Rud. 3, 6, 21; so,

    in jus,

    id. Poen. 5, 5, 56; Hor. S. 1, 9, 77; 2, 3, 72; cf.:

    in jus ad regem,

    Liv. 1, 26:

    in carcerem,

    Suet. Tib. 11; 61:

    aliquem ad cornuficem,

    Plaut. Poen. 1, 2, 156; id. Bacch. 4, 4, 37:

    ad praetorem,

    id. Aul. 4, 10, 30:

    ad supplicium ob facinus,

    Cic. de Or. 2, 59, 238:

    ad mortem,

    id. Verr. 2, 5, 52, § 138; id. Cat. 1, 10, 27:

    ad tortorem,

    id. Tusc. 5, 5, 13:

    ad poenam,

    Suet. Claud. 10; 37; id. Vit. 14:

    ad consulem,

    Liv. 10, 20:

    matres, virgines, pueros ad stuprum,

    id. 26, 13:

    teneram virginem ad virum,

    Cat. 61, 3 (cf.:

    rapi simulatur virgo ex gremio matris, aut, si ea non est, ex proximā necessitudine, cum ad virum traditur, quod videlicet ea res feliciter Romulo cessit,

    Fest. p. 289 Müll.):

    illum (sc. lembum) in praeceps prono rapit alveus amni,

    Verg. G. 1, 203:

    nec variis obsita frondibus Sub divum rapiam,

    drag into open day, Hor. C. 1, 18, 13. — Poet.:

    Nasonis carmina rapti,

    i. e. torn from his home, borne far away, Ov. P. 4, 16, 1; cf. id. H. 13, 9; Stat. S. 3, 5, 6. —
    B.
    With the idea of swiftness predominating:

    Turnus rapit Totam aciem in Teucros,

    Verg. A. 10, 308:

    rapit agmina ductor,

    Luc. 1, 228:

    agmina cursu,

    Sil. 7, 116:

    legiones,

    Plin. Pan. 14:

    curru rapi,

    Sil. 1, 134:

    quattuor hinc rapimur raedis,

    Hor. S. 1, 5, 86:

    Notus rapit biremes,

    Sil. 17, 276:

    carinas venti rapuere,

    Luc. 3, 46:

    rapit per aequora navem,

    hurries it away, Verg. A. 10, 660; cf.:

    ventis per aequora,

    Ov. M. 14, 470:

    missos currus,

    Hor. S. 1, 1, 114:

    pedes quo te rapiunt,

    id. C. 3, 11, 49:

    arma rapiat juventus,

    snatch up, Verg. A. 7, 340; so,

    arma,

    Ov. M. 2, 603:

    arma manu,

    Verg. A. 8, 220:

    bipennem dextrā,

    id. ib. 11, 651:

    cingula,

    id. ib. 9, 364.—
    2.
    With reflex. pron., to hasten, hurry, tear one ' s self, etc.:

    ocius hinc te Ni rapis,

    Hor. S. 2, 7, 118; cf. Ov. Am. 3, 5, 29:

    se ad caedem optimi cujusque,

    Cic. Phil. 13, 8, 18.—
    C.
    In partic.
    1.
    To carry off by force; to seize, rob, ravish; to plunder, ravage, lay waste, take by assault, carry by force, etc. (very freq.; cf.

    praedor),

    Plaut. Men. 1, 3, 11:

    erat ei vivendum latronum ritu, ut tantum haberet, quantum rapere potuisset,

    Cic. Phil. 2, 25, 62:

    tamquam pilam rapiunt inter se rei publicae statum tyranm ab regibus,

    id. Rep. 1, 44, 68:

    virgines rapi jussit... quae raptae erant, etc.,

    id. ib. 2, 7, 12; 2, 8, 14; so,

    virgines,

    to carry off, abduct, Sall. C. 51, 9; Liv. 1, 9; Quint. 7, 7, 3; 9, 2, 70; Hor. C. 2, 4, 8; Ov. M. 12, 225; id. A. A. 1, 680:

    raptus a dis Ganymedes,

    Cic. Tusc. 1, 26, 65:

    ab Idā,

    Hor. C. 3, 20, 16:

    omne sacrum rapiente dextrā,

    id. ib. 3, 3, 52:

    alii rapiunt incensa feruntque Pergama,

    pillage and plunder, Verg. A. 2, 374 (the Homeric agousi kai pherousi; for which, in prose, ferre et agere; v. ago); cf.:

    rapturus moenia Romae,

    Luc. 3, 99:

    Theumeson,

    to seize by force, Stat. Th. 4, 370:

    Armeniam,

    to plunder, lay waste, Tac. A. 13, 6:

    Karthaginem,

    Sil. 15, 401:

    urbem,

    Stat. Th. 7, 599:

    raptas ad litora vertere praedas,

    Verg. A. 1, 528.— Absol.:

    rapio propalam,

    Plaut. Ep. 1, 1, 10:

    ut Spartae, rapere ubi pueri et clepere discunt,

    Cic. Rep. 4, 5, 11 (Non. 20, 14):

    agunt, rapiunt, tenent,

    id. Rep. 3, 33, 45 Mos.; cf.

    along with trahere,

    Sall. C. 11, 4; id. J. 41, 5;

    with congerere, auferre,

    Mart. 8, 44, 9.— With the idea of rapidity predominating: castra urbesque primo impetu rapere, to conquer rapidly (= raptim capere), Liv. 6, 23, 5 Drak.; so,

    castra,

    Flor. 3, 20, 4; 4, 12, 34:

    Bithyniam,

    id. 3, 5, 6:

    Hispaniam,

    id. 2, 17, 6:

    arces,

    Luc. 6, 14.— Part. perf. subst.
    (α).
    rapta, ae, f., the ravished one, the seduced:

    gratus raptae raptor fuit,

    Ov. A. A. 1, 680; id. H. 5, 97; 13, 55; 16, 339; id. F. 4, 607.—
    (β).
    raptum, i, n., the plunder, that which is stolen:

    rapto vivere,

    to live by robbery, Liv. 7, 25 fin.; 22, 39; 28, 24: Quint. 3, 7, 24; Sen. Ep. 70 fin.; Curt. 3, 10 fin.; Just. 41, 4, 7; Verg. A. 7, 749; Ov. M. 11, 291; id. Tr. 5, 10, 16;

    for which: ex rapto vivere,

    id. M. 1, 144; so,

    rapto gaudere,

    Liv. 29, 6, 3 Drak.:

    rapto potiri,

    Verg. A. 4, 217:

    rapto uti,

    Vell. 2, 73, 3:

    sine rapto vivere,

    id. 2, 32 fin. —
    2.
    To cut off, mutilate ( poet.):

    caput,

    Sil. 15, 807:

    ora gladio,

    id. 7, 704:

    rapuit non dente ferarum,

    Luc. 10, 517.—
    3.
    To carry off suddenly or prematurely by death, to snatch away ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose):

    improvisa leti Vis rapuit rapietque gentes,

    Hor. C. 2, 13, 20; so id. ib. 2, 17, 5; 4, 2, 21; id. Ep. 1, 14, 7; Verg. A. 6, 428; Ov. P. 4, 11, 5; Stat. S. 2, 1, 208; 5, 3, 16; Plin. 7, 8, 6, § 46; Suet. Calig. 7; Just. 2, 2, 13 (but Liv. 3, 50, 8: fato erepta, v. Drak.)— Absol.:

    et labor et durae rapit inclementia mortis,

    i. e. hurries on, Verg. G. 3, 68:

    RAPTA EST = obiit,

    Inscr. Orell. 4475.
    II.
    Transf. ( poet.), of any action or motion which resembles seizing, snatching, etc.:

    flammanm,

    to catch quickly, Verg. A. 1, 176; Ov. M. 3, 374; cf.:

    incendia,

    id. ib. 15, 350: nigrum colorem, to take or assume quickly, id. ib. 7, 289; cf.:

    vim monstri,

    id. ib. 4, 744;

    and v. III.: Halesus Turno feroces Mille rapit populos,

    leads hastily on, Verg. A. 7, 725; cf. id. ib. 10, 178: rapiuntque ruuntque; Litora deseruere, take hold, seize in haste (the cables, etc.), id. ib. 4, 581; cf.:

    scalas, Auct. B. Alex. 20, 4.—Of the gliding movement of a serpent nec rapit immensos orbes per humum,

    sweeps along, Verg. G. 2, 153:

    pars densa ferarum Tecta rapit,

    i. e. range quickly through, Verg. A. 6, 8 Heyne; cf.:

    acrior et campum sonipes rapit,

    Stat. Th. 5, 3.
    III.
    Trop.
    A.
    In gen., to snatch, force, or hurry away:

    fertur quasi torrens oratio, quamvis multa cujusquemodi rapiat,

    Cic. Fin. 2, 1, 3:

    ipsae res verba rapiunt,

    carry along with them, id. ib. 3, 5, 19: aspice me quanto rapiat Fortuna periclo, carries away (the figure taken from a storm at sea), Prop. 1, 15, 3:

    aliquem in deteriorem viam,

    Plaut. Trin. 3, 2, 54; cf.:

    (comoediam) in pejorem partem,

    i. e. to put a bad construction upon, to misconstrue, misrepresent, Ter. Ad. prol. 3: consilium meum in contrariam partem, Pollio ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 33, 2:

    aliquem in invidiam,

    Cic. Agr. 3, 2, 7:

    opinionibus vulgi rapimur in errorem,

    id. Leg. 2, 17, 43:

    si quis in adversum rapiat casusve deusve,

    Verg. A. 9, 211; Cic. Tusc. 5, 5, 13:

    cum aliqua his ampla et honesta res objecta est, totos ad se convertit et rapit,

    seizes upon, appropriates, id. Off. 2, 10, 37; cf.:

    commoda ad se,

    id. ib. 3, 5, 22:

    victoriae gloriam in se,

    Liv. 33, 11 fin.:

    almum Quae rapit hora diem,

    snatches away, Hor. C. 4, 7, 8; cf.:

    simul tecum solatia rapta,

    Verg. E. 9, 18:

    impetus rapit huc, rapit illuc,

    Stat. Th. 12, 794.—
    B.
    In partic.
    1.
    To carry along or away with passion, to transport, ravish, captivate; and with a designation of the limit, to carry or hurry away, to attract strongly to any thing (usually in a bad sense):

    impetu raptus,

    Quint. 7, 2, 44:

    judicem rapere,

    id. 6, 2, 3; cf. id. 10, 1, 110; 12, 10, 61:

    praedae ac rapinarum cupiditas caeca te rapiebat,

    Cic. Pis. 24, 57:

    amentiā rapi,

    id. Fam. 16, 12, 2:

    furorne caecus, an rapit vis acrior, An culpa?

    Hor. Epod. 7, 13; cf.:

    in medias res auditorem,

    id. A. P. 149:

    utraque forma rapit,

    Prop. 2, 25 (3, 20), 44:

    quem (sc. leonem) cruenta Per medias rapit ira caedes,

    Hor. C. 3, 2, 12:

    rapit omnes ira,

    Sil. 14, 299: hormê, quae hominem huc et illuc rapit, Cic. Off. 1, 28 fin.; cf. Verg. A. 4, 286; 8, 21:

    ad quas (res) plerique inflammati aviditate rapiuntur,

    Cic. Off. 2, 11, 38:

    animus cupidine caecus ad inceptum scelus rapiebat,

    Sall. J. 25, 7:

    ea (cupiditas) ad oppugnandam Capuam rapit,

    Liv. 7, 30 et saep.—In a good sense:

    qui ad divinarum rerum cognitionem curā omni studioque rapiantur,

    Cic. Div. 1, 49, 111:

    rapi ad opes augendas generis humani,

    id. Rep. 1, 2, 3. — Poet., with inf. (for ad aliquid):

    (mundus) rapit aetherios per carmina pandere census,

    Manil. 1, 12.—
    2.
    To seize by violence, to snatch, steal ( poet.): Hippodameam raptis nactu'st nuptiis, Enn. ap. Cic. Tusc. 3, 12, 26 (Trag. v. 398 Vahl.):

    oscula,

    Hor. C. 2, 12, 28; Tib. 1, 4, 53; 55; [p. 1524] 1, 8, 58; cf.:

    Venerem incertam,

    Hor. S. 1, 3, 109; cf.:

    sed rapiat sitiens Venerem,

    but may eagerly seize upon, Verg. G. 3, 137:

    illicitas voluptates,

    Tac. H. 3, 41:

    spem adoptionis acrius in dies,

    id. ib. 1, 13 fin.:

    quo facinore dominationem raptum ierit expediam,

    id. A. 4, 1; cf. id. H. 2, 6.—
    3.
    With the idea of rapidity or haste predominating, to snatch, seize, or lay hold of quickly, to hasten, precipitate ( poet.; in prose only since the Aug. per.): vive, Ulixes, dum licet: Oculis postremum lumen radiatum rape: non dixit cape, non pete; haberet enim moram sperantis diutius sese victurum;

    sed rape,

    Cic. de Or. 3, 40, 162 (from an old poet.):

    rapiamus, amici, Occasionem de die,

    Hor. Epod. 13, 3; so,

    occasionem,

    Juv. 15, 39:

    viam,

    to hasten, Ov. H. 19, 74 Loers; cf.

    iter,

    Sil. 12, 471:

    gressus,

    Luc. 3, 116:

    cursus,

    id. 5, 403:

    letum,

    id. 4, 345:

    bellum,

    to wage suddenly, id. 5, 403:

    nefas,

    to hasten, precipitate, id. 10, 428:

    ut limis rapias, quid prima secundo Cera velit versu,

    may hastily note, Hor. S. 2, 5, 53 al. —In prose:

    raptae prope inter arma nuptiae,

    Liv. 30, 14, 2 Drak.:

    repente impetu facto transitum rapuit,

    Front. Strat. 1, 4, 8:

    inter rapienda momenta periculorum communium,

    Amm. 18, 7, 7 et saep.—
    4.
    In late Lat., to strive for in purchasing:

    exemplaria litterarum certatim,

    Hier. Ep. 57, 2:

    librum totā certatim urbe,

    Sulp. Sev. Dial. 1, 23.

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  • 16 adfectō (aff-)

        adfectō (aff-) āvī, ātus, āre, freq.    [adficio], to strive after, strive to obtain, aspire to, pursue, aim at: imperium in Latinos, L.: honorem, S.: Gallias, Ta.: immortalitatem, lay claim to, Cu.—Esp., to cling to, cherish: spes easdem, O.: ad dominas viam, win a way into favor with, T.: hi gladiatoris animo ad me adfectant viam, set upon me, T.—To enter upon, pursue: dominatio quod iter adfectet videre, what career it is entering on: viam Olympo, V.—To lay hold of, grasp: (navem) dextrā, V. —Fig.: morbus adfectat exercitum, attacks, L.— To influence, win over: civitatīs formidine, S.

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  • 17 ad - surgō (ass-)

        ad - surgō (ass-) surrēxī, surrēctus, ere,    to rise up, rise, stand up: adsurgite: querellis Haud iustis, V.: arbore fluctum Verberat adsurgens, rising to the oars, V.: adsurgentis dextrā Aeneae, towering, V.: quantus in clipeum adsurgat, against the (enemy's) shield, V.: ex morbo, i. e. recover, L.: alcui in curiam venienti, to rise (out of respect to): viro chorus omnis, V.: Tmolius adsurgit quibus, i. e. yields the palm, V.: decedi, appeti, adsurgi, i. e. to meet with signs of respect: cum adsurrectum ei non esset, L.—Poet.: turres, V.: septem in ulnas, seven ells high, V.: adsurgens fluctu Orion, V.: adsurgunt irae, V.

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  • 18 aes

        aes aeris, n    crude metal, base metal, copper: uti aere pro nummo, Cs.: aeris metalla, V.— Hence, bronze, an alloy of copper and tin: ex aere statua.—As symbol of indomitable courage: aes triplex Circa pectus, H.; of durability: monumentum aere perennius, H.: quae (acta) ille in aes incidit, i. e. engraved on a copper tablet for deposit in the aerarium: in aere incidere: aera legum, i. e. tablets inscribed with the laws.—Plur., works of art in bronze, bronzes: grata aera, H.: aera voltum simulantia, a bust, H.: aere ciere viros, a trumpet, V.: aeris cornua flexi, O.— Plur, cymbals, H.: aera micantia cerno, i. e. arms of bronze, V.: spumas salis aere ruebant, with the prow, V.: inquinavit aere tempus aureum, i. e. degeneracy, H.: aes exigitur, i. e. money, H.: meret aera, earns money, H.: gravis aere dextra, V.: danda aera militibus, L.: octonis referentes Idibus aera, i. e. carrying the teacher's fees, H.—Esp. in the phrases, aes alienum, another's money, i. e. debt: aes alienum suscipere amicorum, assume: in aere alieno esse: conflare, S.: aere alieno premi, Cs.: dissolvere, discharge: solvere, S.: te aere alieno liberare: ex aere alieno laborare, to be oppressed by debt, Cs.: nexus ob aes alienum, bound for debt, L. —Hence, librāque et aere liberatus, released from the debtor's bond, L.—Aes mutuum reddere, borrowed money, S.—Aes suum, one's own money: meosum pauper in aere, i. e. I am poor, but not in debt, H.—Fig. (colloq.): te in meo aere esse, i. e. at my service. — The unit of the coin standard (cf. as): aes grave, the old heavy money, a pound of copper: denis millibus aeris gravis reos condemnat, L.— And aes alone and in the gen sing. (cf assium): aeris miliens, triciens, C., L.—Fig., wages earned: annua aera habes, L.; hence, military service: istius aera illa vetera, campaigns.
    * * *
    money, pay, fee, fare; copper/bronze/brass, base metal; (w/alienum) debt; gong

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  • 19 audeō

        audeō ausus sum （ subj perf. ausim), ēre    [1 AV-], to venture, dare, be bold, dare to do, risk: tantum facinus, T.: nihil: fraudem, L.: ultima, desperate measures, L.: proelium, Ta.: pro vitā maiora, V.: res est audenda, L.: ausum Talia deposcunt, him who dared so much, O.: ausurum se in tribunis, quod, etc., in dealing with tribunes, L.: multo dolo audebantur, L.: audendum dextrā, now for a daring deed, V.: nil muttire, T.: alqd optare: loco cedere, S.: sapere aude, have the resolution, H.: vix ausim credere, O.: ad audendum impudentissimus: si audes, fac, etc.: nec quia audent, sed quia necesse est, pugnare, L.: Auctor ego audendi, V.: audendo potentior, Ta.: longius ausuri, Ta. — Of style: feliciter, H. — Poet.: in proelia, to be eager for battle, V.
    * * *
    audere, ausus sum V SEMIDEP
    intend, be prepared; dare/have courage (to go/do), act boldly, venture, risk

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  • 20 complector or conplector

        complector or conplector plexus, ī, dep.    [PARC-, PLEC-], to clasp, embrace, grasp: mulierem, T.: patrem: nepotes, V.: dextram euntis, V.: pedes, V.: membra lacertis, O.: inter nos: inter se, L.: Te comitem, V. — To grasp, clasp, seize, encircle, surround, compass, enclose: (vitis) claviculis quicquid est nacta complectitur: amaracus illum Floribus conplectitur, V.: spatium, to include (in fortifications), Cs.: Ruris quantum aratro Conplecti posses, i. e. plough around, O.: quoad stans complecti posset, grapple, N.: dextrā hostem, V.—Fig., of sleep, to seize upon, enfold: sopor complectitur artūs, V.: me somnus.—To grasp mentally, comprehend, understand: animum cogitatione: alqd: animo: cum conplector animo, reperio, etc.: genus iudiciorum: formam animi, to consider, Ta. — To comprise, express, describe, represent, explain, include, sum up, comprehend: facta oratione: hoc uno complector omnia: causas ipsā sententiā, sum up in the motion itself.— Poet.: est talīs complexa preces, summed up her wishes in, O. — In philos., to draw a conclusion, make an inference, C.—To embrace, value, honor, care for: eum beneficio: te benevolentiā: caritate civīs, L.: cunctam rem p. res tuae gestae complexae sunt, have extended to.—To embrace, include: omnīs omnium caritates patria una complexa est: quo uno maleficio scelera omnia complexa esse videantur.—To seize, lay hold of, take possession of: (philosophiae) vis cum est idoneam complexa naturam.

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