diffisus

* * *

* * *

dif-fīdo, fīsus (post-class. perf. diffidi), 3, v. n., to distrust; to be diffident or distrustful, to despair (freq. and class.).

With dat. (so most freq.):

eum potius (corrupisse), qui sibi aliqua ratione diffideret, quam eum, qui omni ratione confideret,

Cic. Clu. 23, 63:

sibi,

Plaut. Rud. prol. 82; Cic. Prov. Cons. 16, 38:

memoriae alicujus,

id. Part. Or. 17, 59:

sibi patriaeque,

Sall. C. 31, 3:

suis rebus,

Caes. B. G. 5, 41, 5:

veteri exercitui,

Sall. J. 52, 6; 32, 5; 46, 1;

75, 1: suae atque omnium saluti,

Caes. B. G. 6, 38, 2:

summae rei,

id. B. C. 3, 94 fin.:

perpetuitati bonorum,

Cic. Fin. 2, 27, 86:

ingenio meo,

id. Mur. 30, 63:

huic sententiae,

id. Tusc. 5, 1, 3: prudentiae tuae, Sulp. ap. Cic. Fam. 4, 5, 6:

rei publicae,

Cic. Fam. 5, 13, 3:

illis (viris),

Ov. H. 10, 97:

caelestibus monitis,

id. M. 1, 397 et saep.— Pass. impers.:

cur M. Valerio non diffideretur,

Liv. 24, 8; so Tac. A. 15, 4.—

With a dependent clause:

antiquissimi invenire se posse, quod cuperent, diffisi sint,

Cic. Ac. 2, 3; id. Quint. 24, 77; id. Or. 1, 3; 28, 97; Caes. B. G. 6, 36; Quint. 10, 1, 126 al.; cf.:

quos diffidas sanos facere, facies,

Cato R. R. 157, 13:

quem manu superare posse diffiderent,

Nep. Alcib. 10, 4.—

With ne:

ne terras aeterna teneret,

Lucr. 5, 980.—

Rarely with abl. (after the analogy of fido and confido):

diffisus occasione,

Suet. Caes. 3 Burm. and Oud.; so,

paucitate suorum,

Front. Strat. 1, 8, 5 Oud.:

paucitate cohortium (al. paucitati),

Tac. H. 2, 23:

potestate,

Lact. 5, 20 (also Caes. B. C. 1, 12, 2, several good MSS. have voluntate; and id. ib. 3, 97, 2: eo loco, v. Oud. on the former pass.).—

Absol.:

(facis) ex confidente actutum diffidentem denuo,

Plaut. Merc. 5, 2, 15:

jacet, diffidit, abjecit hastas,

Cic. Mur. 21, 45:

ita graviter aeger, ut omnes medici diffiderent. id, Div. 1, 25, 53: de Othone, diffido,

id. Att. 12, 43, 2 al. —Hence, diffīdens, entis, P. a., without self-confidence, diffident, anxious, Suet. Claud. 35; id. Tib. 65. — Adv.: diffīdenter, without self-confidence, diffidently (very rare): timide et diffidenter attingere aliquid, * Cic. Clu. 1, 1:

agere,

Liv. 32, 21, 8:

incedere,

Amm. 26, 7, 13.— Comp.:

timidius ac diffidentius bella ingredi,

Just. 38, 7, 4.

hăbēna, ae, f. [habeo; lit., that by which a thing is held; hence, in partic.], a thong, strap.

Lit.:

ille (turbo) actus habenā,

Verg. A. 7, 380:

cum jaculum parvā Libys amentavit habenā,

Luc. 6, 221:

Balearis tortor habenae,

id. 3, 710:

in scalis latuit metuens pendentis habenae,

i. e. of the whip-lash, whip, Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 15:

molles galeae habenae,

Val. Fl. 6, 365:

plantarum calces tantum infimae teguntur: cetera prope nuda et teretibus habenis vincta sunt,

shoestrings, Gell. 13, 21, 5.—

Esp., a rein (usually in plur.; cf.:

lorum, corrigia): exhortatur equos, quorum per colla jubasque Excutit habenas,

Ov. M. 5, 404; cf.:

omnes effundit habenas,

Verg. A. 5, 818;

so of the reins,

id. ib. 10, 576; 11, 600; 670;

765 et saep.: quam potuit effusissimis habenis, stationem hostium invadit,

Liv. 37, 20, 10.— Poet.:

pedes aequat habenas,

the riders, Val. Fl. 6, 95.—

Transf.

A small strip of diseased flesh cut out from the body:

tenuis excidenda habena est,

Cels. 7, 17 fin.; cf.: habenula.—Far more freq.,

In gen., a rein; also abstr., direction, management, government:

quis regere immensi summam, quis habere profundi indu manu validas potis est moderanter habenas?

Lucr. 2, 1096:

fluminibus vestris totas immittite habenas,

give the reins to, Ov. M. 1, 280; Val. Fl. 6, 391:

(ventis) regem dedit, qui foedere certo Et premere et laxas sciret dare jussus habenas,

Verg. A. 1, 63:

furit immissis Vulcanus habenis,

id. ib. 5, 662:

classique immittit habenas,

id. ib. 6, 1; cf. Lucr. 5, 787; Verg. G. 2, 364:

vates rege vatis habenas,

Ov. F. 1, 25: legum, Poët. ap. Cic. de Or. 3, 41, 166:

commodissimum est quam laxissimas habenas habere amicitiae, quas vel adducas cum velis vel remittas,

Cic. Lael. 13, 45:

alicui moderandi et regendi sui potestatem quasi quasdam habenas tradere,

id. de Or. 1, 52, 226; id. Rep. 1, 5:

accepisse Numam populi Latialis habenas,

Ov. M. 15, 481; cf.

also: rerumque reliquit habenas,

Verg. A. 7, 600:

linquam datas habenas,

Val. Fl. 1, 560: irarumque omnes effundit habenas, Verg. A. 12, 499.—In sing.:

Latiae diffisus habenae,

i. e. of the Roman dominion, Sil. 13, 34; Gell. 14, 1, 4.

sălūs, ūtis (archaic gen. SALVTES, on a clay vessel, v. Ritschl de Fictilibus Litteratis, Berol, 1853, p. 18, n. 5; cf. APOLONES, from Apollo; dat. SALVTEI, Corp. Inscr. Lat. 587), f. [root sar, to guard, whence servus, servare, salvus, sollus; cf. Gr. holos, entire], a being safe and sound; a sound or whole condition, health, welfare, prosperity, preservation, safety, deliverance, etc. (very freq. and class.: cf.: valetudo, sanitas).

Lit.

In gen.: Mars pater te precor, pastores pecuaque salva servassis duisque bonam salutem valetudinemque mihi domo familiaeque nostrae, an old form of prayer in Cato, R. R. 141, 3; cf. Varr. R. R. 1, 2, 27; so,

too, the religious formula for asking protection: quod cum salute ejus fiat,

and may it do him good, Ter. Ad. 4, 1, 3;

and in the same sense: bonā salute,

Cato, R. R. 4 fin.:

adhuc quae assolent quaeque oportet Signa esse ad salutem, omnia huic (puero recens nato) esse video,

Ter. And. 3, 2, 2:

aegrorum salutem ab Aesculapio datam,

Cic. N. D. 3, 38, 91:

qui etiam medicis suis non ad salutem, sed ad necem utatur,

id. Har. Resp. 16, 35:

me confectum consularibus volneribus consulari medicinā ad salutem reduceret,

id. Red. Quir. 6, 15:

firmā potiri salute,

Ov. H. 20, [p. 1622] 179:

salute nostrā atque urbe captā Domum reduco integrum omnem exercitum,

in good health, well, Plaut. Bacch. 4, 9, 147:

mater redit suā salute ac familiae maximā,

in excellent health, id. Merc. 4, 5, 9:

salute nostrum socium,

id. Men. 1, 2, 25:

salute horiae,

uninjured, id. Rud. 4, 2, 5:

in optimorum consiliis posita est civitatium salus,

Cic. Rep. 1, 34, 51; cf.:

tu eris unus, in quo nitatur civitatis salus,

id. ib. 6, 12, 12;

2, 23, 43: juris, libertatis, fortunarum suarum salus in istius damnatione consistit,

id. Verr. 2, 2, 6, § 16:

neque enim salus ulla rei publicae major reperiri potest, quam, etc.,

id. ib. 2, 1, 2, § 4; Plaut. As. 3, 3, 127:

spem teneo, salutem amisi,

id. Merc. 3, 4, 6 sq.; id. Capt. 3, 3, 3; cf.:

cujus aures clausae veritati sunt, hujus salus desperanda est,

Cic. Lael. 24, 90:

nisi quae mihi in te'st, haud tibi est in me salus,

a means of safety, help, assistance, Plaut. Ps. 1, 1, 69:

fer amanti ero salutem,

id. As. 3, 3, 82; cf.:

cum opem indigentibus salutemque ferres,

Cic. Fin. 2, 35, 118; id. Mur. 13, 28: dicet fortasse Dignitatis halis:

saluti, si me amas, consule,

id. Att. 2, 19, 1:

is est nimirum Soter, qui salutem dedit,

has furnished safety, id. Verr. 2, 2, 63, § 154:

dare salutem, liberare periculis, etc.,

id. de Or. 1, 8, 32:

saluti quod tibi esse censeo, id consuadeo,

Plaut. Merc. 1, 2, 35; so,

saluti esse alicui,

Cic. Rep. 1, 1, 1; id. de Or. 2, 49, 200 al.;

for which: nosse omnia haec, salus est adulescentulis,

Ter. Eun. 5, 4, 18:

diffisus suae omniumque saluti,

Caes. B. G. 6, 38:

nec in fugā salus ulla ostendebatur,

Liv. 30, 8:

una est salus,

id. 7, 35:

una salus victis nullam sperare salutem,

Verg. A. 2, 354; cf. id. ib. 5, 174; 6, 96; Ov. Tr. 3, 3, 4; 5, 7, 3; id. P. 3, 7, 23; 4, 14, 5; id. M. 3, 648; Luc. 2, 221. —Freq. in Plaut. as a term of endearment, my life, my love:

quid agis, mea salus?

Plaut. Cas. 4, 3, 3:

o salute meā salus salubrior,

id. Cist. 3, 13; id. Bacch. 4, 8, 38; id. Poen. 1, 2, 153; 1, 2, 176; id. Rud. 3, 3, 17. —

In partic., a wish for one ' s welfare (expressed by word of mouth or in writing), a greeting, salute, salutation: Ly. Charmidem Lysiteles salutat. Ca. Non ego sum salutis dignus? Ly. Immo salve Callicles, Plaut. Trin. 5, 2, 29:

venienti des salutem atque osculum,

id. Ep. 4, 2, 2:

quin tu primum salutem reddis quam dedi?

id. Bacch. 2, 3, 11: Sy. Responde, quod rogo. Ba. Eho, an non prius salutas? Sy. Nulla est mihi salus dataria, id. Ps. 4, 2, 13: Pe. Salva sis. Ph. Salutem accipio mihi et meis, id. Ep. 4, 1, 21:

advenientem peregre herum suum Salva impertit salute servus Epidicus,

id. Ep. 1, 2, 24; cf. Ter. Eun. 2, 2, 39; for which: impertit salutem plurimam et plenissimam, Lucil. ap. Non. 472, 16:

Terentia impertit tibi multam salutem,

Cic. Att. 2, 12, 3:

salutem dicere alicui,

Plaut. Capt. 2, 3, 29:

multam, plurimam salutem dicere alicui,

id. Curc. 3, 51; 3, 61:

Cicero tibi salutem plurimam dicit,

Cic. Fam. 14, 7, 3:

tu Atticae salutem dices,

id. Att. 14, 19, 6;

and so at the beginning of a letter: salutem dicit Toxilo Timarchides Et familiae omni. Si valetis gaudeo, etc.,

Plaut. Pers. 4, 3, 32;

usually abbreviated S. D. (salutem dicit), S. D. M. (salutem dicit multam), S. D. P. (salutem dicit plurimam), v. the superscriptions of Cicero's letters. Freq., also, elliptically, without dicit: Anacharsis Hannoni salutem,

Cic. Tusc. 5, 32, 90 (abbreviated, e. g. Cicero Attico S., v. the letters of Cicero and Pliny):

Dionysio plurimam salutem,

id. Att. 4, 18, 3:

Atticae plurimam salutem,

id. ib. 14, 20, 5:

salutem reddere,

to return a greeting, Plaut. Bacch. 2, 3, 11; Liv. 9, 6, 12; Tac. A. 4, 60: salutem mittere per aliquem, to send a greeting:

mihi dulcis salus visa est per te missa ab illā,

Cic. Att. 16, 3, 6; Ov. H. 4, 1; 16, 1.—An unusual expression is, salutem dicere alicui, in the sense of to bid one farewell:

ego vero multam salutem et foro dicam et curiae, vivamque tecum multum, etc.,

Cic. Fam. 7, 32, 2:

salute acceptā redditāque,

Liv. 7, 5:

salute datā redditāque,

id. 3, 26:

salutem tibi ab sodali nuntio,

I bring, deliver, Plaut. Bacch. 2, 2, 10; so,

nuntiare salutem alicui,

id. Curc. 4, 2, 38; id. Men. prol. 1; cf.:

salutem verbis tuis mihi nuntiarat,

Cic. Fam. 7, 14, 1:

salutem tibi plurimam ascribit et Tulliola, deliciae nostrae,

adds, joins in, id. Att. 1, 5, 9; 5, 20, 9.—In a humorous equivoque: As. Salve. St. Satis mihi est tuae salutis, nihil moror, sat salveo;

Aegrotare malim, quam esse tuā salute sanior,

Plaut. Truc. 2, 2, 4 sq.; id. Ps. 1, 1, 41 sq.—

Salvation, deliverance from sin and its penalties (eccl. Lat.):

verbum salutis,

Vulg. Act. 13, 26; id. Rom. 10, 1; 13, 11.—

Salus, personified, a Roman divinity, whose temple stood on one of the summits of the Quirinalis (v. Salutaris):

ego tibi nunc sum summus Juppiter, Idem ego sum Salus, Fortuna, etc.,

Plaut. Capt. 4, 2, 84; id. As. 3, 3, 123; 3, 3, 137; id. Cist. 4, 2, 76; id. Merc. 5, 2, 26; Varr. L. L. 5, §§ 51 and 74 Müll.; Liv. 9, 43 fin.; 10, 1 fin.; 40, 37; Val. Max. 8, 14, 6:

augurium Salutis (instituted for the welfare of the State),

Cic. Div. 1, 47, 105; id. Leg. 2, 11, 28; Suet. Aug. 31; Tac. A. 12, 23.—In a lusus verbb., alluding to the literal meaning of the name:

nec Salus nobis saluti jam esse, si cupiat, potest,

Plaut. Most. 2, 1, 4:

at vos Salus servassit,

id. Cist. 4, 2, 76:

neque jam Salus servare, si volt, me potest,

id. Capt. 3, 3, 14; Ter. Ad. 4, 7, 43; cf.:

Salus ipsa virorum fortium innocentiam tueri non potest,

Cic. Font. 6, 11, § 21.