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merces, ēdis ( irreg. acc. mercem, Claud. 6; Cons. Hon. 578), f. [mereo, what is deserved or earned; hence], hire, pay, wages, salary, fee, reward, etc. (syn.: pretium, stipendium; class.).

Lit.:

manuum mercede inopiam tolerare,

the wages of manual labor, Sall. C. 37, 7:

ne ars tanta abduceretur ad mercedem atque quaestum,

Cic. Div. 1, 41, 92:

operae,

id. Verr. 2, 1, 56, § 147:

veterum officiorum,

Juv. 5, 13:

uti ab Arvernis Sequanisque Germani mercede arcesserentur,

Caes. B. G. 1, 31:

haec merces erat dialecticorum,

fee, Cic. Ac. 2, 30, 98:

Apollonius cum mercede doceret,

id. de Or. 1, 28, 126:

mercedibus scenicorum recisis,

the players' salaries, Suet. Tib. 34:

poscere mercedes,

to work for hire, Juv. 8, 246:

sarcienda vestimenta mercede certa accipere,

Gai. Inst. 3, 205.—Prov.:

dignus est operarius mercede suo,

Vulg. Luc. 10, 7.—

In partic., in a bad sense, an unrighteous reward, a bribe:

pretio atque mercede minuere majestatem rei publicae,

Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 20, § 50:

magnā mercede pacisci cum aliquo, ut,

Liv. 25, 33: mercedem accipere ab aliquo, Cic. Rosc. Am. 29, 80:

lingua adstricta mercede,

tied with a bribe, id. Pis. 13, 30:

iniquitatis,

Vulg. 2 Pet. 2, 13.—

Transf.

A price for any thing, reward, wages; recompense, punishment; cost, injury, detriment; a stipulation, condition, etc.:

mercedem alicujus rei constituere,

Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 51, § 134:

alicui proponere,

id. Q. Fr. 3, 3, 4:

alicui rei imponere,

Juv. 7, 149:

exigere ab aliquo,

Cic. Lael. 21, 80:

merces sanguinis atque laboris,

Juv. 14, 164; 1, 42:

mercedem solvere,

to make payment, id. 7, 157:

appellare,

to demand payment, id. 7, 157, v. 158.—Prov.:

unā mercede duas res adsequi,

to kill two birds with one stone, Cic. Rosc. Am. 29, 80:

non aliā bibam Mercede,

condition, Hor. C. 1, 27, 13:

temeritatis merces,

punishment, Liv. 39, 55:

qui metit mercedem accipit,

reward, Vulg. Johan. 4, 36:

in molestiā gaudeo, te eam fidem cognoscere hominum non ita magnā mercede, quam ego maximo dolore cognōram,

price, cost, Cic. Fam. 1, 9, 3:

non sine magnā mercede,

not except at great cost, id. Tusc. 3, 6, 12:

victum illa mercede parare,

Juv. 14, 273:

magnā quidem res tuas mercede colui,

to my great disadvantage, Sen. Tranq. 11, 2.—

Rent, revenue, income, interest:

mercedes Argileti et Aventini,

Cic. Att. 12, 32, 2:

dotalium praediorum,

id. ib. 15, 20, 4:

ex fundo,

id. Verr. 2, 3, 50, § 119:

mercedes habitationum annuae,

house-rents, Caes. B. C. 3, 21:

publicanos tertiā mercedum parte relevavit,

farm-rent, Suet. Caes. 20: quinas hic capiti mercedes exsecat, interest or discount on capital, Hor. S. 1, 2, 14.

merces, for merx, v. h. v.

prō-pello (prŏpellat, Lucr. 4, 195; 6, 1026), pŭli, pulsum, 3, v. a.

Lit., to drive before one's self, to drive, push, or urge forward, to drive forth; to hurl, propel, hurl or cast down, to overthrow (class.;

syn.: proturbo, protrudo): sacerdotem anum praecipem propulit,

Plaut. Rud. 3, 3, 8:

oves potum,

Varr. R. R. 2, 2:

in pabulum,

id. ib. 2, 2:

aëra prae se,

Lucr. 4, 286:

propellere ac submovere hostes,

Caes. B. G. 4, 25:

hostem a castris,

Liv. 7, 24:

nubes,

Gell. 2, 22, 24:

in profundum e scopulo corpora,

Ov. M. 8, 593:

hastam,

Sil. 16, 571:

urbem,

to overthrow, Val. Fl. 6, 383:

muros Oechaliae,

to throw down, Sen. Herc. Oet. 162; cf.:

orationem propellere dialecticorum remis,

Cic. Tusc. 4, 5, 9:

si paulo largius L. Caecilium pietas et fraternus amor propulisset,

id. Sull. 23, 64.—

Trop.

To push or thrust forward (post-Aug.):

cruda studia in forum,

Petr. 4.—

To drive on, impel, incite, urge ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose):

corpus,

Lucr. 3, 160:

terrore carceris ad voluntariam mortem,

Tac. A. 11, 2:

agmina voce,

Sil. 7, 530.—

To drive away, to keep or ward off:

periculum vitae ab aliquo,

Liv. 40, 11 fin.:

famem,

Hor. S. 1, 2, 6:

injurias hominum ac ferarum,

Col. 7, 12, 2.

rēmus, i, m. [eretmos], an oar.

Lit., Plaut. As. 3, 1, 16:

ut retinet navis cursum, intermisso impetu pulsuque remorum,

Cic. de Or. 1, 33, 153; Caes. B. G. 3, 13:

remis navem incitare,

id. ib. 3, 14;

4, 25: remis contendere,

id. ib. 5, 8; Verg. A. 1, 104; 552; Hor. Epod. 10, 6; id. A. P. 65:

incumbere remis,

Verg. A. 10, 294:

remis insurgere,

id. ib. 3, 207;

560: inpellere aequora remis,

Ov. M. 3, 657.—Prov.: remis velisque, velis remisque, remis ventisque; also, ventis remis, with sails and oars, i. e. with all one ' s might, with all possible speed:

ita citi remis velisque impellite puppim,

Sil. 1, 568:

res omni contentione, velis, ut ita dicam, remisque fugienda,

Cic. Tusc. 3, 11, 25:

laevam cuncta cohors remis ventisque petivit,

Verg. A. 3, 563:

inde ventis remis in patriam omni festinatione properavi,

Cic. Fam. 12, 25, 3 (cf.:

remigio veloque festinare,

Plaut. As. 1, 3, 5).—

Poet., transf., of the wings of birds:

alarum,

Ov. M. 5, 558:

pennarum (Icari),

Sil. 12, 98.—

Of the hands and feet of a swimmer,

Ov. H. 18, 215.—

Trop.:

quaerebam, utrum panderem vela orationis statim, an eam ante paululum dialecticorum remis propellerem,

Cic. Tusc. 4, 5, 9 (shortly before, remigare; opp. vela facere).

Rĕmus, i, m., the brother of Romulus, Liv. 1, 5; 1, 7; Cic. Rep. 2, 2, 4; id. Div. 2, 38, 80; Verg. G. 2, 533; Ov. F. 3, 41; 4, 56; 5, 464.—In the poets, as the ancestor of the Romans, instead of the more usual Romulus:

glubit magnanimos Remi nepotes,

Cat. 58, 6:

turba,

Juv. 10, 73 Rupert.:

plebs,

Mart. 10, 76, 4:

regna prima Remi,

Prop. 2, 1, 23:

domus,

id. 4 (5), 1, 9:

culmina,

Stat. S. 2, 7, 60:

signa,

Prop. 4 (5), 6, 80.

Rēmus, v. Remi, I.

rēmus, i, m. [eretmos], an oar.

Lit., Plaut. As. 3, 1, 16:

ut retinet navis cursum, intermisso impetu pulsuque remorum,

Cic. de Or. 1, 33, 153; Caes. B. G. 3, 13:

remis navem incitare,

id. ib. 3, 14;

4, 25: remis contendere,

id. ib. 5, 8; Verg. A. 1, 104; 552; Hor. Epod. 10, 6; id. A. P. 65:

incumbere remis,

Verg. A. 10, 294:

remis insurgere,

id. ib. 3, 207;

560: inpellere aequora remis,

Ov. M. 3, 657.—Prov.: remis velisque, velis remisque, remis ventisque; also, ventis remis, with sails and oars, i. e. with all one ' s might, with all possible speed:

ita citi remis velisque impellite puppim,

Sil. 1, 568:

res omni contentione, velis, ut ita dicam, remisque fugienda,

Cic. Tusc. 3, 11, 25:

laevam cuncta cohors remis ventisque petivit,

Verg. A. 3, 563:

inde ventis remis in patriam omni festinatione properavi,

Cic. Fam. 12, 25, 3 (cf.:

remigio veloque festinare,

Plaut. As. 1, 3, 5).—

Poet., transf., of the wings of birds:

alarum,

Ov. M. 5, 558:

pennarum (Icari),

Sil. 12, 98.—

Of the hands and feet of a swimmer,

Ov. H. 18, 215.—

Trop.:

quaerebam, utrum panderem vela orationis statim, an eam ante paululum dialecticorum remis propellerem,

Cic. Tusc. 4, 5, 9 (shortly before, remigare; opp. vela facere).

Rĕmus, i, m., the brother of Romulus, Liv. 1, 5; 1, 7; Cic. Rep. 2, 2, 4; id. Div. 2, 38, 80; Verg. G. 2, 533; Ov. F. 3, 41; 4, 56; 5, 464.—In the poets, as the ancestor of the Romans, instead of the more usual Romulus:

glubit magnanimos Remi nepotes,

Cat. 58, 6:

turba,

Juv. 10, 73 Rupert.:

plebs,

Mart. 10, 76, 4:

regna prima Remi,

Prop. 2, 1, 23:

domus,

id. 4 (5), 1, 9:

culmina,

Stat. S. 2, 7, 60:

signa,

Prop. 4 (5), 6, 80.

Rēmus, v. Remi, I.

scĭentĭa, ae, f. (plur. only Vitr. 1, 1, 18; 3, praef. 1) [sciens], a knowing or being skilled in any thing, knowledge, science, skill, expertness, = cognitio, eruditio (freq. and class.).

Absol.:

aut scire istarum rerum nihil, aut, etiamsi maxime sciemus, nec meliores ob eam scientiam nec beatiores esse possumus,

Cic. Rep. 1, 19, 32:

se a scientiae delectatione ad efficiendi utilitatem referre,

id. ib. 5, 3, 5:

Antiochus ingenio scientiāque putatur excellere,

id. Ac. 2, 2, 4:

omnes trahimur ad cognitionis et scientiae cupiditatem... omnis autem cogitatio aut in consiliis capiendis aut in studiis scientiae cognitionisque versabitur,

id. Off. 1, 6, 18 sq.; so (with cognitio) id. ib. 1, 44, 158; id. Fin. 5, 12, 34; 5, 18, 48 al.:

exercere altissimam eruditionem ac scientiam,

Quint. 1, 4, 6:

his difficultatibus duae res erant subsidio, scientia atque usus militum,

Caes. B. G. 2, 20; cf. so (with usus) infra, b:

nullam rem esse declarant in usu positam militari, quae hujus viri scientiam fugere possit,

Cic. Imp. Pomp. 10, 28:

notabo singulas res: etsi nullo modo poterit oratio mea satisfacere vestrae scientiae,

id. Phil. 2, 23, 57; id. de Or. 1, 20, 92: tuae scientiae excellenti ac singulari non multo plus quam nostri relictum est loci, i. e. for jurisprudence than for oratory, id. Fam. 4, 3, 4:

ars earum rerum est, quae sciuntur: oratoris autem omnis actio opinionibus, non scientiā continetur,

id. de Or. 2, 7, 30:

etsi ars, cum eā non utare, scientiā tamen ipsā teneri potest,

in theory, theoretically, id. Rep. 1, 2, 2; so (opp. ars) id. Fin. 5, 9, 26; id. Ac. 2, 47, 146:

alter (Cratippus) te scientiā augere potest, altera (urbs Athenarum) exemplis,

id. Off. 1, 1, 1; id. de Or. 1, 14, 59:

jam efficaci do manus scientiae,

Hor. Epod. 17, 1:

trivialis scientia,

Quint. 1, 4, 27: cum tanta sit celeritas animorum... tot artes tantae scientiae, tot inventa, requiring so great knowledge (scientiae is gen. sing.), Cic. Sen. 21, 78 (dub.; B. and K. bracket the words tantae scientiae); cf.:

physica ipsa et mathematica scientiae sunt eorum, qui, etc.,

id. de Or. 1, 14, 61.— Plur.: disciplinarum scientiae, Vitr. 3, praef. § 1. —

With gen. obj.:

rerum magnarum atque artium scientiam consequi,

Cic. de Or. 1, 6, 20; (with cognitio rei) id. ib. 3, 29, 112:

Veneti scientiā atque usu nauticarum rerum reliquos antecedunt,

Caes. B. G. 3, 8:

sine regionum terrestrium aut maritimarum scientiā,

Cic. de Or. 1, 14, 60:

ignoratio futurorum malorum utilior est quam scientia,

id. Div. 2, 9, 23; so (opp. ignoratio) id. Leg. 1, 6, 18; id. Sull. 13, 39; id. Rep. 1, 6, 11:

astrologiae scientia,

id. ib. 1, 14, 22:

dialecticorum,

id. Or. 32, 113:

juris,

id. Leg. 1, 6, 18:

rei militaris,

id. Imp. Pomp. 10, 28; Caes. B. G. 3, 23; 7, 57:

oppugnationis (with artificium),

id. ib. 7, 29:

linguae Gallicae,

id. ib. 1, 47:

colendorum deorum (sanctitas),

Cic. N. D. 1, 41, 116:

verborum aut faciendorum aut deligendorum,

id. de Or. 2, 9, 36: qui in alienis morbis profitentur tenere se medicinae scientiam, Serv. ap. Cic. Fam. 4, 5, 5:

fundendi aeris,

Plin. 34, 7, 18, § 46; 35, 12, 44, § 153 et saep.—

With in or de and abl. (rare):

scientia in legibus interpretandis,

Cic. Phil. 9, 5, 10:

in affectibus omnis generis movendis,

Quint. 10, 2, 27:

cujus scientiam de omnibus constat fuisse, ejus ignoratio de aliquo purgatio debet videri,

Cic. Sull. 13, 39.

verbum, i ( gen. plur. verbūm, Plaut. As. 1, 3, 1; id. Bacch. 4, 8, 37; id. Truc. 2, 8, 14), n. [from the root er; Gr. ERô, whence eirô and rhêma, what is spoken or said; cf. Goth. vaurd; Germ. Wort; Engl. word], a word; plur., words, expressions, language, discourse, conversation, etc. (cf.: vox, vocabulum).

In gen.:

verbum nullum fecit,

Plaut. Bacch. 4, 9, 58:

si ullum verbum faxo,

id. Men. 1, 2, 47:

qui verbum numquam in publico fecerunt,

Cic. Brut. 78, 270; so,

facere,

to talk, chat, discourse, converse, id. Verr. 2, 4, 65, § 147; id. Imp. Pomp. 10, 27; id. Planc. 8, 20 al.:

spissum istud amanti est verbum veniet, nisi venit,

Plaut. Cist. 1, 1, 77; cf. id. Most. 5, 1, 2:

videtis hoc uno verbo unde significari res duas et ex quo et a quo loco,

Cic. Caecin. 30, 88:

verbum voluptatis,

id. Fin. 2, 23, 75 (for which:

vox voluptatis,

id. ib. 2, 2, 6); cf.:

libenter verbo utor Catonis (i. e. origines),

id. Rep. 2, 1, 3:

verbum usitatius et tritius,

id. Ac. 1, 7, 27:

verbum scribere... verbi litterae,

id. de Or. 2, 30, 130:

nec vero ullum (verbum) aut durum aut insolens, aut humile aut longius ductum, etc.,

id. Brut. 79, 274: si pudor, si modestia, si pudicitia, si uno verbo temperantia (literally, in one word; cf. B. 2. infra), id. Fin. 2, 22, 73.— Plur.:

verba rebus impressit,

Cic. Rep. 3, 2, 3:

in quo etiam verbis ac nominibus ipsis fuit diligens (Servius Tullius),

id. ib. 2, 22, 40:

quid verbis opu'st?

Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 289:

haec plurimis a me verbis dicta sunt,

Cic. Rep. 1, 7, 12:

verba facere,

to speak, Caes. B. G. 2, 14: contumelia verborum, insulting or abusive language, id. ib. 5, 58:

ut verbis, quid sit, definiam,

Cic. Rep. 1, 24, 38:

verba ponenda sunt, quae vim habeant illustrandi, nec ab usu sint abhorrentia, grandia, plena, sonantia, etc.,

id. Part. Or. 15, 53:

dialecticorum verba nulla sunt publica: suis utuntur,

id. Ac. 1, 7, 25:

verborum delectum originem esse eloquentiae,

id. Brut. 72, 253 et saep.:

multis verbis ultro citroque habitis ille nobis est consumptus dies,

much talk on both sides, id. Rep. 6, 9, 9; cf. id. ib. 3, 4, 7: accusabat Canutius Scamandrum verbis tribus, venenum esse deprehensum (literally, in three words; cf. B. 2. b. infra), Cic. Clu. 18, 50.—Prov.: verba facit emortuo, he talks to the dead, i. e. in vain, Plaut. Poen. 4, 2, 18;

for which: verba fiunt mortuo,

Ter. Phorm. 5, 8 (9), 26.—

Adverbial phrases.

Ad verbum, verbum e (de, pro), verbo, or simply verbum verbo, to a word, word for word, exactly, literally (Cic. uses verbum e or ex verbo where the exact equivalent of a single word is given; verbum pro verbo of the literal translation of a passage; v. infra):

fabellae Latinae ad verbum de Graecis expressae,

Cic. Fin. 1, 2, 4; cf. Suet. Caes. 30 fin.:

ediscere ad verbum,

Cic. de Or. 1, 34, 157:

ea quae modo expressa ad verbum dixi,

id. Tusc. 3, 19, 44:

somnium mirifice ad verbum cum re convenit,

id. Div. 1, 44, 99: quae Graeci pathê appellant:

ego poteram morbos, et id verbum esset e verbo,

id. Tusc. 3, 4, 7: istam katalêpsin, quam, ut dixi, verbum e verbo exprimentes, comprehensionem dicemus, id. Ac. 2, 10, 31; id. Fin. 3, 4, 15; id. Top. 8, 35; id. Ac. 2, 6, 17:

verbum de verbo expressum extulit,

Ter. Ad. prol. 11:

verbum pro verbo reddere,

Cic. Opt. Gen. 5, 14:

nec verbum verbo curabis reddere fidus Interpres,

Hor. A. P. 133; cf.: ea sine scripto eisdem verbis reddebat, quibus cogitaverat, Cic. Brut. 88, 301.—

Verbi causā or gratiā, for the sake of example, for example, for instance:

si quis, verbi causā, oriente Caniculā natus est,

Cic. Fat. 6, 12: M. Quid dicis igitur! A. Miserum esse verbi causā M. Crassum, id. Tusc. 1, 4, 12; id. Mil. 22, 60:

qui verbi causā post mortem amici liberos ejus custodiant,

Auct. Her. 4, 47, 60:

ut propter aliam quampiam rem, verbi gratiā propter voluptatem, nos amemus,

Cic. Fin. 5, 11, 30.—

Uno verbo, or tribus verbis, or paucis verbis, in one word, in a word, briefly.

Quin tu uno verbo dic, quid est quod me velis, Ter. And. 1, 1, 18; Cato, R. R. 157, 7:

praetores, praetorios, tribunos plebis, magnam partem senatūs, omnem subolem juventutis unoque verbo rem publicam expulsam atque extirminatam suis sedibus,

Cic. Phil. 2, 22, 54.—

Pa. Brevin' an longinquo sermoni? Mi. Tribus verbis, Plaut. Mil. 4, 2, 30:

pax, te tribus verbis volo,

Plaut. Trin. 4, 2, 121.—

Sed paucis verbis te volo, Plaut. Mil. 2, 4, 22; cf.:

verbis paucis quam cito Alium fecisti me,

id. Trin. 1, 2, 123; cf. also paucus, II. B.—

Verbo.

Orally, by word of mouth (opp. scripturā): C. Furnio plura verbo quam scripturā mandata dedimus, Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 8, 5:

cui verbo mandabo, quid, etc.,

Vulc. Gall. Avid. Cass. 10, § 10.—

Briefly, in a word:

postquam Caesar dicendi finem fecit, ceteri verbo alius alii varie adsentiebantur,

Sall. C. 52, 1:

aut verbo adsentiebatur, aut pedibus in sententiam ibat,

Liv. 27, 34, 7 Weissenb. ad loc.; 3, 40, 6; cf. also: rogatus a me etiamne majus quam dedecus, verbo de sententiā destitisti, at a word from me, Cic. Tusc. 2, 12, 28 Ernest. ad loc.—

Meis, tuis, suis verbis, in my, thy, or his name; for me, thee, or him:

gratum mihi feceris, si uxori tuae meis verbis eris gratulatus,

Cic. Fam. 15, 8; 5, 11, 2; id. Att. 16, 11, 8:

anulum quem ego militi darem tuis verbis,

Plaut. Mil. 3, 3, 38; id. Bacch. 4, 4, 79:

denuntiatum Fabio senatus verbis, ne, etc.,

Liv. 9, 36, 14.

In partic.

Verbum, in the sing.

Of an entire clause, a saying, expression, phrase, sentence (mostly anteclass.; cf.: sententia, dictum): Me. Plus plusque istuc sospitent quod nunc habes. Eu. Illud mihi verbum non placet:

quod nunc habes!

Plaut. Aul. 3, 6, 11; id. Cas. 2, 5, 39; id. Most. 1, 3, 18; 1, 3, 95; 1, 3, 139; Ter. And. 1, 5, 5; id. Eun. 1, 2, 95; id. Ad. 5, 8, 29.—

Of a proverb:

verum est verbum, quod memoratur: ubi amici, ibidem opus,

Plaut. Truc. 4, 4, 32; so id. ib. 4, 5, 39; Ter. Ad. 5, 3, 17:

quod verbum in pectus Jugurthae altius quam quisquam ratus erat descendit,

Sall. J. 11, 7.—

Pregn., mere talk, mere words (opp. to deed, fact, reality, etc.; cf.

nomen): qui omnia verborum momentis, non rerum ponderibus examinet,

Cic. Rep. 3, 8, 12; cf.:

verbo et simulatione (opp. re verā),

id. Verr. 2, 3, 58, § 133; v. res: dolor est malum, ut disputas;

existimatio, dedecus, infamia verba sunt atque ineptiae,

empty words, id. Pis. 27, 65:

verborum sonitus inanis,

id. de Or. 1, 12, 51:

in quibus (civitatibus) verbo sunt liberi omnes?

in word, in name, id. Rep. 1, 31, 47. —Hence, verba dare (alicui), to give empty words, i. e. to deceive, cheat:

cui verba dare difficile est,

Ter. And. 1, 3, 6:

vel verba mihi dari facile patior in hoc, meque libenter praebeo credulum,

Cic. Att. 15, 16, A: descendit atque Gallis verba dedit, i. e. eluded, escaped from them, Quadrig. ap. Gell. 17, 2, 24:

curis dare verba,

i. e. to beguile, drive away, Ov. Tr. 5, 7, 40.—

In gram., a verb:

Aristoteles orationis duas partes esse dicit, vocabula et verba, ut homo et equus, et legit et currit, etc.,

Varr. L. L. 8, § 11 sq. Müll.; 9, § 95; 10, § 77 al.; Cic. de Or. 3, 49, 191.—

In eccl. Lat. as a translation of logos, the second person of the Trinity, Vulg. Joan. 1, 1; id. 1 Joan. 5, 7; id. Apoc. 19, 13.

vīcīnus, a, um, adj. [vicus], near, neighboring, in the neighborhood or vicinity.

Lit.

Adj. (mostly poet.; cf.:

contiguus, finitimus): taberna,

Hor. Ep. 1, 14, 24:

silva,

id. C. 3, 29, 39:

oppidum,

id. Epod. 5, 44:

urbes,

id. A. P. 66; Verg. G. 1, 510:

sedes astris,

id. A. 5, 759:

caelo Olympum,

Tib. 4, 1, 131:

heu quam vicina est ultima terra mihi!

Ov. Tr. 3, 4, 52:

bellum,

Liv. 1, 14, 6.— Poet.:

jurgia,

i.e. of neighbors, Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 171.—With gen.:

ora vicina perusti aetheris,

Luc. 9, 432.— Comp.:

ni convexa foret (terra), parti vicinior esset,

Ov. F. 6, 275.—

vīcīnus, i, m., a neighbor (the predom. signif. of the word):

Eutychus Tuus... vicinus proximus,

Plaut. Merc. 2, 4, 7; so,

proximus,

Cic. Cat. 2, 10, 21; Dig. 50, 15, 4:

ceteri finitimi ac vicini,

Cic. Sull. 20, 58:

vel tribules vel vicinos meos,

id. Rosc. Am. 16, 47:

si te interioribus vicinis tuis anteponis,

id. Q. Fr. 1, 2, 2, § 7:

bonus sane vicinus,

Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 132:

vicine Palaemon,

Verg. E. 3, 53.—

Transf., of time, a contemporary: Tertullianus vicinus eorum temporum, Hier. Script. Eccl. Luc.—

vīcīna, ae, f., a neighbor:

ego huc transeo in proximum ad meam vicinam,

Plaut. Cas. 2, 1, 2; 3, 3, 16; Ter. And. 1, 1, 78; id. Hec. 4, 4, 98; Quint. 5, 11, 28; Hor. C. 3, 19, 24.—With gen.:

Fides in Capitolio vicina Jovis,

Cic. Off. 3, 29, 104:

anus vicina loci,

Ov. F. 6, 399.—

vīcīnum, i, n., a neighboring place, the neighborhood, vicinity (mostly post-Aug.):

stellae in vicino terrae,

Plin. 2, 16, 13, § 68; so,

in vicino,

id. 6, 26, 30, § 122; Cels. 2, 6 fin.; Sen. Brev. Vit. 15, 3:

ex (e) vicino,

Col. 7, 2, 4; Plin. 23, 8, 75, § 145.— Plur.:

amnis rigans vicina,

Plin. 6, 18, 22, § 65; Ov. M. 1, 573.—With gen.:

in Syriae vicina pervenire,

Plin. 16, 32, 59, § 135.—

Trop., nearly resembling in quality or nature, like, similar, kindred, allied (class.):

dialecticorum scientia vicina et finitima eloquentiae,

Cic. Or. 32, 113:

vicina praedictae, sed amplior virtus,

Quint. 8, 3, 83:

in his rebus, quibus nomina sua sunt, vicinis potius uti,

id. 8, 6, 35:

vicina virtutibus vitia,

id. 8, 3, 7: quod est hupoptôsei vicinum, id. 9, 2, 58:

odor croco vicinus est,

Plin. 21, 9, 29, § 53; cf. id. 21, 18, 69, § 115:

cui vicinum est, non negare quod obicitur,

Quint. 6, 3, 81.— Comp.:

ferrum molle plumboque vicinius,

Plin. 34, 14, 41, § 143.—

Absol.:

non ex eodem sed ex diverso vicinum accipitur,

Quint. 9, 3, 68:

multum ab amethysto distat hyacinthos, tamen e vicino descendens,

Plin. 37, 9, 41, § 125 (al. ab vicino tamen colore descendens).—Hence, adv.: vīcīnē, in the neighborhood, near by (late Lat.): (fluvius) quantum crescit aquis, pisces vicinius offert, nearer by, Ven. Carm. 3, 12, 11:

vicinissime frui,

Aug. Doctr. Chr. 1, 33 fin.

vīcīnus, a, um, adj. [vicus], near, neighboring, in the neighborhood or vicinity.

Lit.

Adj. (mostly poet.; cf.:

contiguus, finitimus): taberna,

Hor. Ep. 1, 14, 24:

silva,

id. C. 3, 29, 39:

oppidum,

id. Epod. 5, 44:

urbes,

id. A. P. 66; Verg. G. 1, 510:

sedes astris,

id. A. 5, 759:

caelo Olympum,

Tib. 4, 1, 131:

heu quam vicina est ultima terra mihi!

Ov. Tr. 3, 4, 52:

bellum,

Liv. 1, 14, 6.— Poet.:

jurgia,

i.e. of neighbors, Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 171.—With gen.:

ora vicina perusti aetheris,

Luc. 9, 432.— Comp.:

ni convexa foret (terra), parti vicinior esset,

Ov. F. 6, 275.—

vīcīnus, i, m., a neighbor (the predom. signif. of the word):

Eutychus Tuus... vicinus proximus,

Plaut. Merc. 2, 4, 7; so,

proximus,

Cic. Cat. 2, 10, 21; Dig. 50, 15, 4:

ceteri finitimi ac vicini,

Cic. Sull. 20, 58:

vel tribules vel vicinos meos,

id. Rosc. Am. 16, 47:

si te interioribus vicinis tuis anteponis,

id. Q. Fr. 1, 2, 2, § 7:

bonus sane vicinus,

Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 132:

vicine Palaemon,

Verg. E. 3, 53.—

Transf., of time, a contemporary: Tertullianus vicinus eorum temporum, Hier. Script. Eccl. Luc.—

vīcīna, ae, f., a neighbor:

ego huc transeo in proximum ad meam vicinam,

Plaut. Cas. 2, 1, 2; 3, 3, 16; Ter. And. 1, 1, 78; id. Hec. 4, 4, 98; Quint. 5, 11, 28; Hor. C. 3, 19, 24.—With gen.:

Fides in Capitolio vicina Jovis,

Cic. Off. 3, 29, 104:

anus vicina loci,

Ov. F. 6, 399.—

vīcīnum, i, n., a neighboring place, the neighborhood, vicinity (mostly post-Aug.):

stellae in vicino terrae,

Plin. 2, 16, 13, § 68; so,

in vicino,

id. 6, 26, 30, § 122; Cels. 2, 6 fin.; Sen. Brev. Vit. 15, 3:

ex (e) vicino,

Col. 7, 2, 4; Plin. 23, 8, 75, § 145.— Plur.:

amnis rigans vicina,

Plin. 6, 18, 22, § 65; Ov. M. 1, 573.—With gen.:

in Syriae vicina pervenire,

Plin. 16, 32, 59, § 135.—

Trop., nearly resembling in quality or nature, like, similar, kindred, allied (class.):

dialecticorum scientia vicina et finitima eloquentiae,

Cic. Or. 32, 113:

vicina praedictae, sed amplior virtus,

Quint. 8, 3, 83:

in his rebus, quibus nomina sua sunt, vicinis potius uti,

id. 8, 6, 35:

vicina virtutibus vitia,

id. 8, 3, 7: quod est hupoptôsei vicinum, id. 9, 2, 58:

odor croco vicinus est,

Plin. 21, 9, 29, § 53; cf. id. 21, 18, 69, § 115:

cui vicinum est, non negare quod obicitur,

Quint. 6, 3, 81.— Comp.:

ferrum molle plumboque vicinius,

Plin. 34, 14, 41, § 143.—

Absol.:

non ex eodem sed ex diverso vicinum accipitur,

Quint. 9, 3, 68:

multum ab amethysto distat hyacinthos, tamen e vicino descendens,

Plin. 37, 9, 41, § 125 (al. ab vicino tamen colore descendens).—Hence, adv.: vīcīnē, in the neighborhood, near by (late Lat.): (fluvius) quantum crescit aquis, pisces vicinius offert, nearer by, Ven. Carm. 3, 12, 11:

vicinissime frui,

Aug. Doctr. Chr. 1, 33 fin.

vīcīnus, a, um, adj. [vicus], near, neighboring, in the neighborhood or vicinity.

Lit.

Adj. (mostly poet.; cf.:

contiguus, finitimus): taberna,

Hor. Ep. 1, 14, 24:

silva,

id. C. 3, 29, 39:

oppidum,

id. Epod. 5, 44:

urbes,

id. A. P. 66; Verg. G. 1, 510:

sedes astris,

id. A. 5, 759:

caelo Olympum,

Tib. 4, 1, 131:

heu quam vicina est ultima terra mihi!

Ov. Tr. 3, 4, 52:

bellum,

Liv. 1, 14, 6.— Poet.:

jurgia,

i.e. of neighbors, Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 171.—With gen.:

ora vicina perusti aetheris,

Luc. 9, 432.— Comp.:

ni convexa foret (terra), parti vicinior esset,

Ov. F. 6, 275.—

vīcīnus, i, m., a neighbor (the predom. signif. of the word):

Eutychus Tuus... vicinus proximus,

Plaut. Merc. 2, 4, 7; so,

proximus,

Cic. Cat. 2, 10, 21; Dig. 50, 15, 4:

ceteri finitimi ac vicini,

Cic. Sull. 20, 58:

vel tribules vel vicinos meos,

id. Rosc. Am. 16, 47:

si te interioribus vicinis tuis anteponis,

id. Q. Fr. 1, 2, 2, § 7:

bonus sane vicinus,

Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 132:

vicine Palaemon,

Verg. E. 3, 53.—

Transf., of time, a contemporary: Tertullianus vicinus eorum temporum, Hier. Script. Eccl. Luc.—

vīcīna, ae, f., a neighbor:

ego huc transeo in proximum ad meam vicinam,

Plaut. Cas. 2, 1, 2; 3, 3, 16; Ter. And. 1, 1, 78; id. Hec. 4, 4, 98; Quint. 5, 11, 28; Hor. C. 3, 19, 24.—With gen.:

Fides in Capitolio vicina Jovis,

Cic. Off. 3, 29, 104:

anus vicina loci,

Ov. F. 6, 399.—

vīcīnum, i, n., a neighboring place, the neighborhood, vicinity (mostly post-Aug.):

stellae in vicino terrae,

Plin. 2, 16, 13, § 68; so,

in vicino,

id. 6, 26, 30, § 122; Cels. 2, 6 fin.; Sen. Brev. Vit. 15, 3:

ex (e) vicino,

Col. 7, 2, 4; Plin. 23, 8, 75, § 145.— Plur.:

amnis rigans vicina,

Plin. 6, 18, 22, § 65; Ov. M. 1, 573.—With gen.:

in Syriae vicina pervenire,

Plin. 16, 32, 59, § 135.—

Trop., nearly resembling in quality or nature, like, similar, kindred, allied (class.):

dialecticorum scientia vicina et finitima eloquentiae,

Cic. Or. 32, 113:

vicina praedictae, sed amplior virtus,

Quint. 8, 3, 83:

in his rebus, quibus nomina sua sunt, vicinis potius uti,

id. 8, 6, 35:

vicina virtutibus vitia,

id. 8, 3, 7: quod est hupoptôsei vicinum, id. 9, 2, 58:

odor croco vicinus est,

Plin. 21, 9, 29, § 53; cf. id. 21, 18, 69, § 115:

cui vicinum est, non negare quod obicitur,

Quint. 6, 3, 81.— Comp.:

ferrum molle plumboque vicinius,

Plin. 34, 14, 41, § 143.—

Absol.:

non ex eodem sed ex diverso vicinum accipitur,

Quint. 9, 3, 68:

multum ab amethysto distat hyacinthos, tamen e vicino descendens,

Plin. 37, 9, 41, § 125 (al. ab vicino tamen colore descendens).—Hence, adv.: vīcīnē, in the neighborhood, near by (late Lat.): (fluvius) quantum crescit aquis, pisces vicinius offert, nearer by, Ven. Carm. 3, 12, 11:

vicinissime frui,

Aug. Doctr. Chr. 1, 33 fin.