diffusus

aethēr, eris, Akk. era, m. (αἰθήρ), I) appell.: A) die feurige Luftregion, die obere, feinere Luft, der Äther (Ggstz. aër), oft bei Lucr. u.a.: ab aethere lucidissimo aër in terram usque diffusus est, Sen. nat. qu. 2, 10, 1. – dah. bei den alten Philosophen (Stoikern) als Sitz u. Prinzip der alles befruchtenden Lebenswärme, des Elementarfeuers, Lucr. u. Cic.; vgl. Voß Verg. georg. 4, 221. p. 805. – bei den Dichtern als der alles umschließende Himmelsraum, aus u. in dem die Gestirne entstehen, der Himmel, Äther, bes. als Wohnsitz der Götter, dessen Herr Zeus ist (Verg. Aen. 12, 140), der sogar mit ihm als höchstes, göttliches Wesen identifiziert wird (s. unten no. II), famā super aethera notus, Verg.: Iuppiter aethere summo despiciens, Verg.: ne forte sacer (heilige, als Göttersitz) tot ab ignibus aether conciperet flammas, Ov.: stellae sub aethere fixae, Ov. – dah. meton.: a) (wie caelum) der Himmel = die Himmelsbewohner, Götter, oneravit aethera votis, Verg.: alqm in aethere ponere, in den Himmel (unter die Götter) versetzen, Ov. – b) der Himmel = die himmlischen Dinge, Delphosque meos ipsumque recludam aethera, Ov. met. 15, 144 sq. – c) der eine Gottheit umstrahlende Lichtglanz, aethere plena corusco Pallas, Val. Flacc. 5, 182. – B) poet. übtr.: 1) (= aër) die Luft übh., clamor ad caelum volvendus per aethera vagit, Enn.: ver-

————

berare aethera pennis, Verg.: ferar per liquidum aethera, Hor.: patuit mihi pervius aether, Ov. – 2) die heitere Höhe = die Oberwelt (im Ggstz. zur Unterwelt), aethere in alto, Verg.: tanges aethera, Ov. – II) nom. pr., Aether, Äther, Sohn des Erebus und der Nacht, Vater des Cälus, mit Jupiter identifiziert als befruchtender Gott, Gatte der Mutter Erde, Lucr. 1, 250. Cic. Acad. 2, 126; de nat. deor. 1, 40; 3, 44. Verg. georg. 2, 325. Ov. Ib. 72: nach andern Vater des Jupiter, Großvater des Sol, Arnob. 4, 14. – ⇒ Genet. aetheros, Stat. silv. 4, 2, 25; Theb. 3, 525: Akk. aetherem (neben aërem) erst Tert. adv. Marc. 1, 13. Serv. Verg. Aen. 1, 47 u. 58; 2, 296. Mam. Claud. de statu anim. 2, 12, 7. – Plur. aethera bei Spät., s. Neue-Wagener Formenl.³ 1, 977.

diffūsē, Adv. (diffusus), I) zerstreut, nicht im Zusammenhange, Cic. de inv. 1, 98. – II) ausführlich, latius (weitläufiger) et diffusius dicere alqd, Cic. Tusc. 3, 22.

1. ī-gnōtus, a, um, Partic. v. ignosco, w. s.

————————

2. ī-gnōtus, a, um (in u. gnotus = notus), Adi. m. Compar. u. Superl., I) passiv = nicht gekannt, unbekannt, fremd (Ggstz. notus), 1) im allg.: a) v. leb. Wesen, absol. Plaut., Cic. u.a.: ignoto consule diffusus Bacchus, unter einem der Zeit nach unbekannten, längst vergessenen, Lucan. 4, 379: quod longinqua eoque ignotior gens erat, Liv.: si adhibebit fidem, etsi ignotus, notust; si non, notus ignotissimust, Plaut.: inter Avernales haud ignotissima nymphas, Ov.: favos ignotus (unbemerkt) adedit (stelio), Verg. – mit Dat., omnibus ignotus nautis, Nep.: exercitus ignotus adhuc duci suo, Liv.: ignotus plerisque et obscurus (Ggstz. urbibus notus et populis), Sen.: plurimis ignotissimi gentibus, Cic. – subst., īgnōtus, ī, m., ein Unbekannter, ignotus alienusque, Plaut.: oft Plur. ignoti (Ggstz. noti), Cic. u.a.: ignoti inter se et ignorantes, Liv. – b) v. Lebl.: forma, Nep.: arbor, Ov.: regio, Curt.: terra, Verg.: ignotae eā tempestate terrae, Liv.: origo, Vell.: ius obscurum et ign., Cic.: alter (dies) in vulgus ignotus, Cic.: haud ignotae belli artes inter se, Liv.: cucurbitae ignotiores, Th. Prisc.: ignotiora maria, Liv.: obscuriora et ignotiora verba, Quint. – m. Dat., iter ignotum hostibus, Curt.: ignotae Parthis virtutes, Tac.: ille tibi non ignotus cursus animi, Cic. – 2) prägn., von unbekannter) niederer) Herkunft, niedrig (Ggstz. generosus), mater, Hor.:

————

Achivi, Ov.: hic ignotissimus Phryx, Cic.: ignotissimus quaesturae candidatus, Suet.: Plur. subst., ignoti, Leute von unbekannter (niederer) Herkunft, Menschen ohne Ahnen, Hor. sat. 1, 6, 6 u. 24. – II) aktiv (das Partiz. Perf. akt. vertretend), α) absol. = nicht kennend, der jmd. (ihn) od. etw. nicht kennt, unbekannt mit etw. (damit), ne quis tamen erret ignotus, Ps. Quint. decl. 6, 2. – gew. Plur. subst.: ignoti (Ggstz. noti), Cornif. rhet. 3, 12 u. 4, 63. Cic. Verr. 5, 75; ep. 5, 12, 7. Nep. Ages. 8, 1. Curt. 5, 12 (34), 20. Phaedr. 1, 11, 2. Avian. fab. 5, 17. – β) (wie ἄγνωστος) m. Genet., unbekannt mit etw., einer Sache unkundig, iteris, Naev. tr. 36: iuris sui, Callistr. dig. 49, 14, 2. § 7.

variē, Adv. (varius), mannigfaltig, I) eig., bunt, schillernd, Plin. 37, 67 u. 173. – II) übtr.: 1) mannigfach, verschiedentlich, abwechselnd, Epid. Quid ais? perpetuen valuisti? Thesp. Varie. Epid. Qui varie valent, caprigenum hominum non placet mihi neque pantherinum genus, in einem Wortspiel, mannigfach, von Farbe gefleckt, und verschiedentlich, bald gut, bald schlecht, Plaut. Epid. 17 sq.: de morte eius varie scriptum est, sein Tod ist verschieden überliefert, Nep.: varie bellatum, mit wechselndem Glücke, Liv.: numerus varie diffusus, auf mannigfache Weise, Cic. – 2) veränderlich, widersprechend, se gerere, Vell. 2, 101, 1.

* * *

fūcōsus, a, um, adj. [id.], painted, colored, beautified, counterfeit, spurious (Ciceron.):

visae merces, fallaces quidem et fucosae, chartis et linteis et vitro delatae,

Cic. Rab. Post. 14, 40:

vicinitas non assueta mendaciis, non fucosa, non fallax, non erudita artificio simulationis,

id. Planc. 7, 22:

ambitiosae fucosaeque amicitiae,

id. Att. 1, 18, 2.

† fūcus, i, m., = phukos, rock-lichen, orchil, used as a red dye for woollen goods, Lichen roccella, Linn., Plin. 26, 10, 66, § 103 sq.:

ut lana tincta fuco citra purpuras placet,

Quint. 12, 10, 75.—

Transf., red or purple color.

In gen.:

infici vestes scimus admirabili fuco,

Plin. 22, 2, 3, § 3; Hor. C. 3, 5, 28; id. Ep. 1, 10, 27 Orell. ad loc.; Ov. M. 6, 222 al.—

In partic.

Rouge, paint for the complexion:

vetulae, quae vitia corporis fuco occulunt,

Plaut. Most. 1, 3, 118:

si caeruleo quaedam sua tempora fuco tinxerit,

Prop. 2, 18, 31 (3, 11, 10 M.):

mangones colorem fuco, et rerum robur inani sagina mentiantur,

Quint. 2, 15, 25.—

Dross, alloy, adulteration:

adulteratur (sal) rubrica aut testa trita, qui fucus aqua deprehenditur diluente,

Plin. 31, 7, 42, § 91.—

For propolis (q. v.), the reddish juice with which bees stop up the entrances to their hive, bee-glue, Verg. G. 4, 39. —

Trop., pretence, disguise, deceit, dissimulation:

his tribus figuris insidere quidam venustatis non fuco illitus, sed sanguine diffusus debet color,

Cic. de Or. 3, 52, 199; cf.:

sententiae tam verae, tam novae, tam sine pigmentis fucoque puerili,

id. ib. 2, 45, 188:

fuco ementitus color,

Quint. 8, 3, 6:

in oratoris aut in poëtae cincinnis ac fuco,

Cic. de Or. 3, 25, 100:

mercem sine fucis gestat,

Hor. S. 1, 2, 83:

nec sycophantiis nec fucis ullum mantellum obviam est,

Plaut. Capt. 3, 3, 6:

sine fuco ac fallaciis,

Cic. Att. 1, 1, 1: deum sese in hominem convertisse... fucum factum mulieri, i. e. to deceive, impose upon (vulg.), Ter. Eun. 3, 5, 41:

si eum, qui tibi promiserit, audieris fucum, ut dicitur, facere velle aut senseris,

Q. Cic. Petit. Cons. 9, 35.

ignōtus, a, um, Part., from ignosco.

ignōtus, a, um, adj. [in-gnotus, notus].

Pass., unknown.

In gen.:

quamquam ad ignotum arbitrum me appellis: si adhibebit fidem, Etsi est ignotus, notus: si non, notus ignotissimus est,

Plaut. Rud. 4, 3, 104 sq.:

dubitabitis, judices, quin ab hoc ignotissimo Phryge nobilissimum civem vindicetis?

Cic. Fl. 17, 40:

ignoti homines et repentini quaestores celeriter facti sunt,

id. Brut. 64, 242:

homo ignotus et novus,

id. Rep. 1, 1:

nos pluribus ignotissimi gentibus,

id. ib. 1, 17:

longinqua eoque ignotior gens,

Liv. 5, 32, 5:

procedam in aciem adversus ignotos inter se ignorantesque,

Liv. 21, 43, 18; cf.

§ 13: omnes illacrimabiles Urgentur ignotique longa Nocte,

Hor. C. 4, 9, 27:

jus applicationis obscurum sane et ignotum patefactum atque illustratum est,

Cic. de Or. 1, 39, 177:

obscurioribus et ignotioribus verbis,

Quint. 7, 3, 13; cf. id. 8, 3, 73; 8, 6, 74:

haec nova et ignota ratio,

Cic. Rep. 1, 16:

alter (dies) in vulgus ignotus,

id. Att. 9, 5, 2:

ille tibi non ignotus cursus animi mei,

id. ib. 5, 15, 1:

terrae,

unknown, distant, Tib. 1, 3, 3; ib. 39; cf.: nobilis ignoto diffusus consule Bacchus, unknown, remote with respect to time, i. e. old, Luc. 4, 379.— Subst.: ignō-tum, i, n., that which is unknown. —

Prov.: ignoti nulla cupido,

Ov. A. A. 3, 397.—

In partic., pregn. (for ignobilis, II.), of low birth or condition, lowborn, base, vulgar ( poet.):

quo patre sit natus, num ignota matre inhonestus,

Hor. S. 1, 6, 36; cf.:

naso suspendis adunco Ignotos, ut me libertino patre natum,

id. ib. 6 and 24:

Achivi,

the ignoble Greeks, Ov. M. 12, 600:

progenuit tellus ignoto nomine Ligdum,

id. ib. 9, 670:

ignotis perierunt mortibus illi,

Hor. S. 1, 3, 108.—

Act. (cf. the Gr. agnôstos), unacquainted with a thing, ignorant of (very rare for ignarus, insciens, inscitus): ignotae iteris sumus, Naev. ap. Non. 124, 28:

simulacra ignotis nota faciebant,

Cic. Fam. 5, 12, 7:

producere ad ignotos (aliquem),

Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 29, § 75; Auct. Her. 3, 6, 12; cf.:

ignotos fallit, notis est derisui,

Phaedr. 1, 11, 2; so,

ignoti, faciem ejus cum intuerentur, contemnebant,

Nep. Ages. 8, 1.

ignōtus, a, um, Part., from ignosco.

ignōtus, a, um, adj. [in-gnotus, notus].

Pass., unknown.

In gen.:

quamquam ad ignotum arbitrum me appellis: si adhibebit fidem, Etsi est ignotus, notus: si non, notus ignotissimus est,

Plaut. Rud. 4, 3, 104 sq.:

dubitabitis, judices, quin ab hoc ignotissimo Phryge nobilissimum civem vindicetis?

Cic. Fl. 17, 40:

ignoti homines et repentini quaestores celeriter facti sunt,

id. Brut. 64, 242:

homo ignotus et novus,

id. Rep. 1, 1:

nos pluribus ignotissimi gentibus,

id. ib. 1, 17:

longinqua eoque ignotior gens,

Liv. 5, 32, 5:

procedam in aciem adversus ignotos inter se ignorantesque,

Liv. 21, 43, 18; cf.

§ 13: omnes illacrimabiles Urgentur ignotique longa Nocte,

Hor. C. 4, 9, 27:

jus applicationis obscurum sane et ignotum patefactum atque illustratum est,

Cic. de Or. 1, 39, 177:

obscurioribus et ignotioribus verbis,

Quint. 7, 3, 13; cf. id. 8, 3, 73; 8, 6, 74:

haec nova et ignota ratio,

Cic. Rep. 1, 16:

alter (dies) in vulgus ignotus,

id. Att. 9, 5, 2:

ille tibi non ignotus cursus animi mei,

id. ib. 5, 15, 1:

terrae,

unknown, distant, Tib. 1, 3, 3; ib. 39; cf.: nobilis ignoto diffusus consule Bacchus, unknown, remote with respect to time, i. e. old, Luc. 4, 379.— Subst.: ignō-tum, i, n., that which is unknown. —

Prov.: ignoti nulla cupido,

Ov. A. A. 3, 397.—

In partic., pregn. (for ignobilis, II.), of low birth or condition, lowborn, base, vulgar ( poet.):

quo patre sit natus, num ignota matre inhonestus,

Hor. S. 1, 6, 36; cf.:

naso suspendis adunco Ignotos, ut me libertino patre natum,

id. ib. 6 and 24:

Achivi,

the ignoble Greeks, Ov. M. 12, 600:

progenuit tellus ignoto nomine Ligdum,

id. ib. 9, 670:

ignotis perierunt mortibus illi,

Hor. S. 1, 3, 108.—

Act. (cf. the Gr. agnôstos), unacquainted with a thing, ignorant of (very rare for ignarus, insciens, inscitus): ignotae iteris sumus, Naev. ap. Non. 124, 28:

simulacra ignotis nota faciebant,

Cic. Fam. 5, 12, 7:

producere ad ignotos (aliquem),

Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 29, § 75; Auct. Her. 3, 6, 12; cf.:

ignotos fallit, notis est derisui,

Phaedr. 1, 11, 2; so,

ignoti, faciem ejus cum intuerentur, contemnebant,

Nep. Ages. 8, 1.

illĭno ( inl-), lēvi, lĭtum, 3 (also acc. to the 4th conj.:

illinire,

Col. 12, 46, 5; Plin. 30, 8, 21, § 65; but not in Plin. 20, 17, 73, § 191, and 32, 10, 51, § 140, where the correct read. is illinunt and illini, v. Sillig. ad h. ll.), v. a. [in-lino], to put on by smearing or spreading, to smear, spread, or lay on (mostly poet. and in post-Aug. prose).

Lit.:

oculis collyria,

Hor. S. 1, 5, 31:

papavera madefacta teneris genis,

Ov. Med. Fac. 100:

psyllion fronti,

Plin. 25, 12, 91, § 143:

anisum recens phreneticis,

id. 20, 17, 73, § 191:

solani folia contrita et illita,

Cels. 5, 26, 33:

aurum vestibus illitum,

Hor. C. 4, 9, 14:

aurum tecto,

Sen. Ep. 119 fin.:

aurum marmori,

Plin. 33, 3, 20, § 64:

faces taedamque et malleolos stuppae inlitos pice parari jubet,

Liv. 42, 64, 3.— Poet.:

quod si bruma nives Albanis illinet agris,

spreads, Hor. Ep. 1, 7, 10:

quodcumque semel chartis illeverit,

has written, id. S. 1, 4, 36.—

Transf.

Aliquid aliqua re, to besmear, bedaub, anoint with any thing:

ventrem alicui fimo,

Plin. 28, 14, 58, § 208; 30, 8, 21, § 65:

adustas gingivas melle,

Cels. 7, 12, 1:

texta Nesseo veneno,

Ov. H. 9, 163:

pocula ceris,

id. M. 8, 670:

faces taedamque et malleolos pice,

Liv. 42, 64, 3:

faces galbano,

Suet. Galb. 3:

navem bitumine ac sulphure,

Curt. 4, 3:

porticum Medis,

to paint, Pers. 3, 53:

tela dolis,

Luc. 8, 382 et saep.—

Trop.:

venustatis, non fuco illitus, sed sanguine diffusus color,

daubed over with paint, Cic. de Or. 3, 52, 199:

donum inimicorum veneno illitum,

Liv. 5, 2, 3:

vita illita maculā,

Sil. 11, 43.

illĭno ( inl-), lēvi, lĭtum, 3 (also acc. to the 4th conj.:

illinire,

Col. 12, 46, 5; Plin. 30, 8, 21, § 65; but not in Plin. 20, 17, 73, § 191, and 32, 10, 51, § 140, where the correct read. is illinunt and illini, v. Sillig. ad h. ll.), v. a. [in-lino], to put on by smearing or spreading, to smear, spread, or lay on (mostly poet. and in post-Aug. prose).

Lit.:

oculis collyria,

Hor. S. 1, 5, 31:

papavera madefacta teneris genis,

Ov. Med. Fac. 100:

psyllion fronti,

Plin. 25, 12, 91, § 143:

anisum recens phreneticis,

id. 20, 17, 73, § 191:

solani folia contrita et illita,

Cels. 5, 26, 33:

aurum vestibus illitum,

Hor. C. 4, 9, 14:

aurum tecto,

Sen. Ep. 119 fin.:

aurum marmori,

Plin. 33, 3, 20, § 64:

faces taedamque et malleolos stuppae inlitos pice parari jubet,

Liv. 42, 64, 3.— Poet.:

quod si bruma nives Albanis illinet agris,

spreads, Hor. Ep. 1, 7, 10:

quodcumque semel chartis illeverit,

has written, id. S. 1, 4, 36.—

Transf.

Aliquid aliqua re, to besmear, bedaub, anoint with any thing:

ventrem alicui fimo,

Plin. 28, 14, 58, § 208; 30, 8, 21, § 65:

adustas gingivas melle,

Cels. 7, 12, 1:

texta Nesseo veneno,

Ov. H. 9, 163:

pocula ceris,

id. M. 8, 670:

faces taedamque et malleolos pice,

Liv. 42, 64, 3:

faces galbano,

Suet. Galb. 3:

navem bitumine ac sulphure,

Curt. 4, 3:

porticum Medis,

to paint, Pers. 3, 53:

tela dolis,

Luc. 8, 382 et saep.—

Trop.:

venustatis, non fuco illitus, sed sanguine diffusus color,

daubed over with paint, Cic. de Or. 3, 52, 199:

donum inimicorum veneno illitum,

Liv. 5, 2, 3:

vita illita maculā,

Sil. 11, 43.

lātus, a, um, adj. [old Lat. stlātus, Paul. ex Fest. p. 313; Sanscr. root star-, strnāmi = sterno; Gr. stor- in stornumi, stratos; Lat. sterno, stratus, torus; cf. strāges, struo; not connected with platus, nor with 3. lātus = tlêtos], broad, wide.

Lit.:

fossa,

Cic. Tusc. 5, 20, 59:

mare,

id. Verr. 2, 4, 46, § 103:

via,

id. ib. 2, 4, 53, §

119: agri,

id. Rep. 5, 2, 3:

clavus,

Quint. 11, 3, 138 (v. clavus):

umeri,

Verg. A. 9, 725; cf.:

artus barbarorum,

Tac. A. 2, 21:

lati et lacertosi viri,

broad-shouldered, Col. 1, 9, 4; Cic. Rep. 6, 20, 21:

rana bove latior,

Phaedr. 1, 24, 5:

palus non latior pedibus quinquaginta,

Caes. B. G. 7, 19:

latissimum flumen,

id. ib. 2, 27:

latissimae solitudines,

id. ib. 6, 22:

comesse panem tris pedes latum,

Plaut. Bacch. 4, 1, 8:

fossae quindecim pedes latae,

Caes. B. G. 7, 72:

areas latas pedum denum facito,

Col. 2, 10, 26:

populi,

Verg. A. 1, 225:

moenia lata videt,

id. ib. 6, 549:

latis otia fundis,

id. G. 2, 468: ne latos fines parare studeant. Caes. B. G. 6, 21:

ager,

Liv. 23, 46:

orbis,

Hor. C. 1, 12, 57:

terrae,

Ov. M. 2, 307:

lata Polyphemi acies,

wide eye, Juv. 9, 64.— Neutr. absol.:

crescere in latum,

to increase in width, widen, Ov. M. 1, 336.— Absol.:

per latum,

Vulg. Ezech. 46, 22:

in lato pedum centum,

Lampr. Alex. Sev. 26, 7.—

Transf., poet., for proud, swelling (cf. Eng. vulg. spreading):

latus ut in circo spatiere,

that you may stalk along largely, proudly, Hor. S. 2, 3, 183:

lati incesserunt et cothurnati (histriones),

Sen. Ep. 76, 31. —

Trop.

In gen., broad, wide, wide-spread, extended (mostly post-Aug.):

vox,

Quint. 11, 3, 82; cf.:

verba,

pronounced broadly, Cic. de Or. 3, 12, 46:

gloria,

widespread, Plin. Ep. 4, 12, 7:

lato Murrus caligat in hoste,

Sil. 1, 499:

interpretatio,

broad, not strict, lenient, Dig. 22, 1, 1:

culpa,

great, ib. 50, 16, 213; 11, 6, 1 fin.:

fuga,

a kind of banishment, whereby all places are forbidden to the exile but one, ib. 48, 22, 5.—

In partic., of style, diffuse, detailed, copious, prolix:

oratio Academicorum liberior et latior (opp. Stoicorum oratio astrictior et contractior),

Cic. Brut. 31, 120:

latum atque fusum,

Quint. 11, 3, 50:

latiore varioque tractatu,

id. 7, 3, 16:

latiore quadam comprehensione,

id. 2, 5, 14:

genus orandi latum et sonans,

Tac. H. 1, 90:

Aeschines his latior et audentior,

Quint. 12, 10, 23.— Hence, adv.: lātē, broadly, widely, extensively; with longe, on all sides, far and wide, everywhere.

Lit.:

late longeque diffusus,

Cic. Leg. 1, 12, 34:

omnibus longe lateque aedificiis incensis,

Caes. B. G. 4, 35:

minus late vagari,

id. ib. 1, 2:

regnare,

Just. 13, 7:

populus late rex,

Verg. A. 1, 21; cf.:

diu Lateque victrix,

Hor. C. 4, 4, 23:

cladem inferre,

Tac. H. 3, 23.— Comp.:

latius demum operaest pretium ivisse,

Plaut. Most. 3, 2, 156:

itaque latius quam caedebatur ruebat (murus),

Liv. 21, 11:

possidere (agros),

Ov. M. 5, 131:

metui,

Tac. A. 12, 43. — Sup.:

ager latissime continuatus,

Cic. Agr. 2, 26, 70:

quam latissime possint, ignes faciant,

Nep. Eum. 9, 3.—

Trop.: ars late patet, widely. Cic. de Or. 1, 55, 235:

Phrygiae late refer primordia gentis,

Ov. H. 17, 57.— Comp.:

latius loquuntur rhetores, dialectici compressius,

Cic. Fin. 2, 6, 17: quod [p. 1042] pateat latius, of rather extensive application, Cic. Off. 3, 4, 19:

latius perscribere,

Caes. B. C. 2, 17:

uti opibus,

more lavishly, Hor. S. 2, 2, 113.— Sup.:

fidei bonae nomen latissime manat,

Cic. Off. 3, 17, 70:

latissime patere,

id. ib. 3, 17, 69.

lătus, ĕris, n. [cf. Gr. platus; Lat. lăter, Latium, plautus or plotus], the side, flank of men or animals.

Lit.:

ego vostra faciam latera lorea,

Plaut. Mil. 2, 1, 2: quid conminatu's mihi? Con. Istud male factum arbitror, quia non latus fodi, id. Aul. 3, 2, 4:

occidisse ex equo dicitur, et latus offendisse vehementer,

Cic. Clu. 62, 175:

cujus latus ille mucro petebat,

id. Lig. 3, 9:

laterique accommodat ensem,

Verg. A. 2, 393; Quint. 2, 13, 12; 11, 3, 69; 118:

laterum inclinatione forti ac virili,

id. 1, 11, 18: vellere latus digitis, to twitch one by the side (in order to attract attention), Ov. A. A. 1, 606; cf.:

si tetigit latus acrior,

Juv. 7, 109:

tum latus ei dicenti condoluisse... dieque septimo est lateris dolore consumptus,

pleurisy, Cic. de Or. 3, 2, 6; so,

lateris dolor,

Cato, R. R. 125; Cels. 2, 7; 8; Plin. 21, 21, 89, § 155:

lateris vigili cum febre dolor,

Juv. 13, 229; cf.:

laterum dolor aut tussis,

Hor. S. 1, 9, 32: artifices lateris, i. e. those who make skilful side movements or evolutions, ballet-dancers, Ov. A. A. 3, 351:

latus tegere alicui,

to walk by the side of one, Hor. S. 2, 5, 18:

claudere alicui,

Juv. 3, 131; and:

mares inter se uxoresque contendunt, uter det latus illis (sc. pantomimis),

Sen. Q. N. 7, 32, 3.—Of animals:

equorum,

Lucr. 5, 1324:

cujus (equi aënei) in lateribus fores essent,

Cic. Off. 3, 9, 38.—

Of orators, the lungs:

lateribus aut clamore contendere,

Cic. de Or. 1, 60, 255:

quae vox, quae latera, quae vires, etc.,

id. Verr. 2, 4, 30, § 67:

ut lateris conatus sit ille, non capitis,

Quint. 1, 11, 8; cf.:

lateris pectorisve firmitas an capitis etiam plus adjuvet,

id. 11, 3, 16; so id. 11, 3, 40:

dum vox ac latus praeparetur,

id. 10, 7, 2; 11, 3, 13:

voce, latere, firmitate (constat orator),

id. 12, 11, 2:

neque enim ex te umquam es nobilitatus, sed ex lateribus et lacertis tuis,

Cic. de Sen. 9, 27:

cum legem Voconiam voce magna et bonis lateribus suasissem,

id. ib. 5, 14:

illa adhuc audaciora et majorum, ut Cicero existimat, laterum,

Quint. 9, 1, 29.—

Poet., in mal. part., Lucil. ap. Non. 260, 30; Ov. H. 2, 58; 19, 138; Prop. 2, 2, 12:

lateri parcere,

Juv. 6, 37.—

Transf., in gen.

The side, flank, lateral surface of a thing (opp. frons and tergum;

v. h. vv.): collis ex utraque parte lateris dejectus habebat et in frontem leniter fastigatus paulatim ad planiciem redibat,

on each side, Caes. B. G. 2, 8; cf. Plin. 17, 23, 35, § 202:

terra angusta verticibus, lateribus latior,

Cic. Rep. 6, 20, 21:

latus unum castrorum,

Caes. B. G. 2, 5:

insula, cujus unum latus est contra Galliam,

id. ib. 5, 13:

et (Fibrenus) divisus aequaliter in duas partis latera haec (insulae) adluit,

Cic. Leg. 2, 3, 6.—Of a maritime country, the coast, seaboard:

Illyricum,

Juv. 8, 117:

castelli,

Sall. J. 93:

tum prora avertit et undis Dat latus,

the ship's side, Verg. A. 1, 105:

ubi pulsarunt acres latera ardua fluctus,

Ov. M. 11, 529:

nudum remigio,

Hor. C. 1, 14, 4; id. Epod. 10, 3:

dextrum (domus),

id. Ep. 1, 16, 6:

mundi,

id. C. 1, 22, 19:

crystallus sexangulis nascitur lateribus,

surfaces, Plin. 37, 2, 9, § 26.—Of an army, the flank, Tac. Agr. 35:

reliquos equites ad latera disponit,

Caes. B. G. 6, 7:

ex itinere nostros latere aperto aggressi,

id. ib. 1, 25; cf. id. ib. 2, 23 fin.:

ad latus apertum hostium constitui,

id. ib. 4, 25:

ne simul in frontem, simul in latera, pugnaretur,

Tac. Agr. 35.—So in fighting: latus dare, to expose one's side or flank to the adversary, Val. Fl. 4, 304 (v. II. A. infra).—

Esp. freq.: a (ab) latere, on or at the side or flank; a or ab lateribus, on or at the sides or flanks (opp. a fronte, in front, before, and a tergo, at the back, behind):

a tergo, a fronte, a lateribus tenebitur,

Cic. Phil. 3, 13, 32:

a fronte atque ab utroque latere cratibus ac pluteis protegebat,

Caes. B. C. 1, 25 fin.; id. B. G. 2, 25:

ab omni latere securus,

Amm. 16, 9, 3:

ab latere aggredi,

Liv. 27, 48:

disjectos ab tergo aut lateribus circumveniebant,

Sall. J. 50 fin.:

ne quis inermibus militibus ab latere impetus fieri posset,

Caes. B. G. 3, 29:

Sulla profligatis iis, quos advorsum ierat, rediens ab latere Mauris incurrit,

Sall. J. 101, 8: si ex hac causa unda prorumperet, a lateribus undae circumfunderentur, Sen. Q. N. 6, 6, 4:

a lateribus, a fronte, quasi tria maria prospectat,

Plin. Ep. 2, 17, 5.—

Less freq. with ex:

latere ex utroque,

Lucr. 2, 1049:

ex lateribus aggredi aliquem,

Sall. C. 60:

tribus ex lateribus (locus) tegebatur,

Hirt. B. Alex. 28, 4:

ex alio latere cubiculum est politissimum,

Plin. Ep. 2, 17, 10:

omni ex latere armorum molibus urgeri,

Amm. 19, 7, 7.—

With de:

de latere ire,

Lucr. 6, 117.—Without prep.:

alio latere,

Tac. A. 3, 74.—

Poet. (pars pro toto), the body:

penna latus vestit, tenet,

Ov. M. 2, 376:

nunc latus in fulvis niveum deponit harenis,

id. ib. 2, 865; cf. id. ib. 3, 23;

14, 710: forte,

Hor. Ep. 1, 7, 26:

fessum longā militiā,

id. C. 2, 7, 18:

credidit tauro latus,

id. ib. 3, 27, 26:

liminis aut aquae Caelestis patiens latus,

id. ib. 3, 10, 20.—

Trop.

In gen.: in latera atque in terga incurrere, to attack the sides, i. e. the unguarded points, Quint. 9, 1, 20:

aliena negotia centum Per caput et circa saliunt latus,

encompass on every side, Hor. S. 2, 6, 34:

ut a sems latere numquam discederem,

never left his side, Cic. Lael. 1, 1; cf.: aliquem lateri alicujus adjungere, to attach to his side, i. e. to give him for a companion, Quint. 1, 2, 5; so,

alicui latus dare, of a client,

Sen. Q. N. 7, 32, 3 (cf. B. 1. infra):

lateri adhaerere gravem dominum,

hung about them, threatened them, Liv. 39, 25:

Illyriorum rex, lateri ejus haerens, assiduis precibus promissa exigebat,

Just. 29, 4, 8; cf.:

Agathocles regis lateri junctus, civitatem regebat,

id. 30, 2, 5:

circumfusa turba lateri meo,

Liv. 6, 15.—Esp.:

sacpe dabis nudum latus,

expose, Tib. 1, 4, 52:

la. tus imperii nudum,

Flor. 3, 5, 4:

nec adulatoribus latus praebeas,

expose yourself, lay yourself open to, Sen. Q. N. 4 praef.: latere tecto abscedere, i. e safe, unharmed, Ter. Heaut. 4, 2, 5:

hic fugit omnes Insidias nullique malo latus obdit apertum,

Hor. S. 1, 3, 59:

ex uno latere constat contractus,

on one side, Dig. 19, 1, 13 fin.; so ib. 3, 5, 5:

nulla ex utroque latere nascitur actio,

ib. 3, 5, 6, § 4.—

In partic.

To express intimacy, attachment:

latus alicui cingere,

to cling to, Liv. 32, 39, 8; esp. in the phrase: ab latere, at the side of, i. e. in intimate association with (rare, and perh. not ante-Aug.):

ab latere tyranni: addit eos ab latere tyranni,

Liv. 24, 5, 13; Curt. 3, 5, 15; cf.:

ille tuum, Castrice, dulce latus,

your constant associate, Mart. 6, 68, 4.—

Relationship, kindred, esp. collateral relationship (post-Aug.):

quibus (liberis) videor a meo tuoque latere pronum ad honores iter relicturus,

Plin. Ep. 8, 10, 3:

sunt et ex lateribus cognati ut fratres sororesque,

Dig. 38, 10, 10, § 8:

ex latere uxorem ducere,

ib. 23, 2, 68:

latus omne divinae domus,

Stat. S. 5 praef.: omnes personae cognatorum aut supra numerantur, aut infra, aut ex transverso, sive a latere... a latere, fratres et sorores, liberique eorum; item parentium fratres et sorores liberique eorum, (Ulp.) de Grad. Cogn. 2 ap. Huschke, Jurisp. Antejust. p. 530.

lātus, a, um, Part., v. fero.

vărĭus, a, um, adj., diverse, different, manifold, changing, varying, various (cf.: diversus, distinctus).

Lit.

Of color, etc., variegated, party-colored, mottled, etc.:

arietis lingua nigra aut varia, vestis,

Varr. R. R. 2, 2, 4:

variā veste exornatus fuit,

Ter. Eun. 4, 4, 16;

so of color: uvae,

Cato, R. R. 33, 4; 33, 73:

lynces,

Verg. G. 3, 264:

serpens,

Ov. M. 6, 114:

anguis,

id. ib. 4, 619:

pica,

Petr. 28 fin.:

flores,

Tib. 1, 7, 45; Ov. M. 10, 123:

plumae,

Hor. A. P. 2:

lapides,

id. S. 2, 4, 83:

columnae,

of variegated marble, id. Ep. 1, 10, 22:

auctumnus purpureo colore,

id. C. 2, 5, 12:

colores,

Ov. M. 1, 270; cf.:

vestra latera loris faciam ut valide varia sint,

i. e. black and blue, Plaut. Ps. 1, 2, 12; id. Mil. 2, 2, 61: tergum varium, Pomp. ap. Non. 19, 31 (Com. Rel. v. 139 Rib.): sparsa quoque in vario passim miracula caelo videt, diversified, i. e. with constellations of various forms, Ov. M. 2, 193.—

Subst.: vărĭa, ae, f. (i. e. bestia, a mottled animal).

A panther, Plin. 8, 17, 23, § 63 sq.—

A kind of magpie, Plin. [p. 1959] 10, 29, 41, § 78.—

In rural lang.:

terra,

wet above and dry beneath, Col. 2, 4, 5:

sulcus,

Cato, R. R. 61, 2; Plin. 18, 19, 49, § 174.—

Trop., diverse, different, manifold, changing, varying, changeable, various, etc.: varium poëma, varia oratio, varii mores, varia fortuna;

voluptas etiam varia dici solet,

Cic. Fin. 2, 3, 10:

(qualitates) variae et quasi multiformes,

id. Ac. 1, 7, 26:

et ea, quae videntur acerba, quae multa et varia in hominum vitā fortunāque versantur,

id. Off. 1, 20, 67:

curricula multiplicium variorumque sermonum,

id. Or. 3, 12:

res varia et multiplex,

id. Fl. 3, 6:

multae, copiosae variaeque rationes,

id. de Or. 1, 51, 222; cf.:

varia et diversa genera et bellorum et hostium,

id. Imp. Pomp. 10, 28; cf. id. de Or. 3, 16, 61; 1, 61, 262:

varium jus et dispar condicio,

id. Verr. 2, 5, 19, § 49:

eventus varii fortunae,

Caes. B. G. 2, 22: victoria, wavering, = anceps, Sall. J. 5, 1; Liv. 2, 6, 10; so,

bellum,

Flor. 4, 12, 26. —Of opinions: varias esse opiniones intellego: sunt qui putant, etc., i. e. divergent opinions, differences where there is yet substantial agreement (while diversae opiniones are opposite views), Cic. Fam. 1, 9, 25. —

Varium est, with a rel.-clause:

quales sint (dii), varium est,

various opinions prevail, Cic. N. D. 2, 5, 13.—

Esp., of persons, etc.

Of abilities, versatile:

Plato et varius et multiplex et copiosus fuit,

Cic. Ac. 1, 4, 17; cf.:

antequam scirem quam varium, quam flexibile quam multiplex (ejus ingenium) esset,

Plin. Ep. 1, 16, 1:

Antonius ingenio varius,

Flor. 4, 3, 4.—

Of character, fickle, inconstant, changeable, untrustworthy: miror quid sit, quod pater tuus, homo constantissimus, te nobis varium reliquit ( beaten black and blue, and fickle-minded,) Cic. Fragm. ap. Quint. 6, 3, 48:

animus audax, subdolus, varius,

Sall. C. 5, 4:

varius incertusque agitabat,

id. J. 74, 1:

voltu et oculis pariter atque animo varius,

agitated, irresolute, id. ib. 113, 3:

Pausanias magnus homo, sed varius in omni genere vitae fuit,

Nep. Paus. 1, 1; cf.:

varium et mutabile semper Femina,

a fickle thing, Verg. A. 4, 569.—Hence, adv.: vărĭē.

Lit., with diverse colors, in a variegated manner:

mithrax gemma multicolor, contra solem varie refulgens,

Plin. 37, 10, 63, § 173:

smaragdi Cyprii varie glauci,

id. 37, 5, 18, § 67. —

Trop., variously, changeably, diversely, differently, in various ways:

varie moveri,

Cic. Div. 2, 42, 89:

qui (sermones) ab his, qui illum audierunt, perscripti varie et copiose sunt,

id. Ac. 1, 4, 16:

numerus hujus generis late et varie diffusus est,

id. Sest. 45, 97:

varie sum affectus tuis litteris,

id. Fam. 16, 4, 1:

postea decernitur, ac non varie, sed prope cunctis sententiis,

id. Verr. 2, 4, 65, § 145:

ita varie per omnem exercitum laetitia, maeror, luctus atque gaudia agitabantur,

Sall. C. 61, 9:

in Aequis varie bellatum,

Liv. 5, 28, 5:

agere varie, rogando alternis suadendoque coepit,

id. 2, 2, 9:

hiemem aut negotia varie causari,

Tac. A. 1, 47:

sagittarios varie passimque collocare, Auct. B. Afr. 60: disserere,

Tac. A. 1, 11.—With a punning allusion to 1. Varia: Ep. Perpetuon' valuisti? Th. Varie. Ep. Qui varie valent, caprigenum hominum non placet mihi neque pantherinum genus, Plaut. Ep. 1, 1, 15.

Vărĭus, a, the name of a Roman gens; esp.,

Q. Varius of Sucro, in Spain, called Hybrida, a tribune of the people A.U.C. 663, Cic. de Or. 1, 25, 117; id. Brut. 49, 182; 62, 221; Val. Max. 4, 3, 7.—

L. Varius, a tragic poet, contemporary with Virgil and Horace, Verg. E. 9, 35; Hor. S. 1, 10, 44; Quint. 10, 1, 98; Mart. 8, 18, 7.

vărĭus, a, um, adj., diverse, different, manifold, changing, varying, various (cf.: diversus, distinctus).

Lit.

Of color, etc., variegated, party-colored, mottled, etc.:

arietis lingua nigra aut varia, vestis,

Varr. R. R. 2, 2, 4:

variā veste exornatus fuit,

Ter. Eun. 4, 4, 16;

so of color: uvae,

Cato, R. R. 33, 4; 33, 73:

lynces,

Verg. G. 3, 264:

serpens,

Ov. M. 6, 114:

anguis,

id. ib. 4, 619:

pica,

Petr. 28 fin.:

flores,

Tib. 1, 7, 45; Ov. M. 10, 123:

plumae,

Hor. A. P. 2:

lapides,

id. S. 2, 4, 83:

columnae,

of variegated marble, id. Ep. 1, 10, 22:

auctumnus purpureo colore,

id. C. 2, 5, 12:

colores,

Ov. M. 1, 270; cf.:

vestra latera loris faciam ut valide varia sint,

i. e. black and blue, Plaut. Ps. 1, 2, 12; id. Mil. 2, 2, 61: tergum varium, Pomp. ap. Non. 19, 31 (Com. Rel. v. 139 Rib.): sparsa quoque in vario passim miracula caelo videt, diversified, i. e. with constellations of various forms, Ov. M. 2, 193.—

Subst.: vărĭa, ae, f. (i. e. bestia, a mottled animal).

A panther, Plin. 8, 17, 23, § 63 sq.—

A kind of magpie, Plin. [p. 1959] 10, 29, 41, § 78.—

In rural lang.:

terra,

wet above and dry beneath, Col. 2, 4, 5:

sulcus,

Cato, R. R. 61, 2; Plin. 18, 19, 49, § 174.—

Trop., diverse, different, manifold, changing, varying, changeable, various, etc.: varium poëma, varia oratio, varii mores, varia fortuna;

voluptas etiam varia dici solet,

Cic. Fin. 2, 3, 10:

(qualitates) variae et quasi multiformes,

id. Ac. 1, 7, 26:

et ea, quae videntur acerba, quae multa et varia in hominum vitā fortunāque versantur,

id. Off. 1, 20, 67:

curricula multiplicium variorumque sermonum,

id. Or. 3, 12:

res varia et multiplex,

id. Fl. 3, 6:

multae, copiosae variaeque rationes,

id. de Or. 1, 51, 222; cf.:

varia et diversa genera et bellorum et hostium,

id. Imp. Pomp. 10, 28; cf. id. de Or. 3, 16, 61; 1, 61, 262:

varium jus et dispar condicio,

id. Verr. 2, 5, 19, § 49:

eventus varii fortunae,

Caes. B. G. 2, 22: victoria, wavering, = anceps, Sall. J. 5, 1; Liv. 2, 6, 10; so,

bellum,

Flor. 4, 12, 26. —Of opinions: varias esse opiniones intellego: sunt qui putant, etc., i. e. divergent opinions, differences where there is yet substantial agreement (while diversae opiniones are opposite views), Cic. Fam. 1, 9, 25. —

Varium est, with a rel.-clause:

quales sint (dii), varium est,

various opinions prevail, Cic. N. D. 2, 5, 13.—

Esp., of persons, etc.

Of abilities, versatile:

Plato et varius et multiplex et copiosus fuit,

Cic. Ac. 1, 4, 17; cf.:

antequam scirem quam varium, quam flexibile quam multiplex (ejus ingenium) esset,

Plin. Ep. 1, 16, 1:

Antonius ingenio varius,

Flor. 4, 3, 4.—

Of character, fickle, inconstant, changeable, untrustworthy: miror quid sit, quod pater tuus, homo constantissimus, te nobis varium reliquit ( beaten black and blue, and fickle-minded,) Cic. Fragm. ap. Quint. 6, 3, 48:

animus audax, subdolus, varius,

Sall. C. 5, 4:

varius incertusque agitabat,

id. J. 74, 1:

voltu et oculis pariter atque animo varius,

agitated, irresolute, id. ib. 113, 3:

Pausanias magnus homo, sed varius in omni genere vitae fuit,

Nep. Paus. 1, 1; cf.:

varium et mutabile semper Femina,

a fickle thing, Verg. A. 4, 569.—Hence, adv.: vărĭē.

Lit., with diverse colors, in a variegated manner:

mithrax gemma multicolor, contra solem varie refulgens,

Plin. 37, 10, 63, § 173:

smaragdi Cyprii varie glauci,

id. 37, 5, 18, § 67. —

Trop., variously, changeably, diversely, differently, in various ways:

varie moveri,

Cic. Div. 2, 42, 89:

qui (sermones) ab his, qui illum audierunt, perscripti varie et copiose sunt,

id. Ac. 1, 4, 16:

numerus hujus generis late et varie diffusus est,

id. Sest. 45, 97:

varie sum affectus tuis litteris,

id. Fam. 16, 4, 1:

postea decernitur, ac non varie, sed prope cunctis sententiis,

id. Verr. 2, 4, 65, § 145:

ita varie per omnem exercitum laetitia, maeror, luctus atque gaudia agitabantur,

Sall. C. 61, 9:

in Aequis varie bellatum,

Liv. 5, 28, 5:

agere varie, rogando alternis suadendoque coepit,

id. 2, 2, 9:

hiemem aut negotia varie causari,

Tac. A. 1, 47:

sagittarios varie passimque collocare, Auct. B. Afr. 60: disserere,

Tac. A. 1, 11.—With a punning allusion to 1. Varia: Ep. Perpetuon' valuisti? Th. Varie. Ep. Qui varie valent, caprigenum hominum non placet mihi neque pantherinum genus, Plaut. Ep. 1, 1, 15.

Vărĭus, a, the name of a Roman gens; esp.,

Q. Varius of Sucro, in Spain, called Hybrida, a tribune of the people A.U.C. 663, Cic. de Or. 1, 25, 117; id. Brut. 49, 182; 62, 221; Val. Max. 4, 3, 7.—

L. Varius, a tragic poet, contemporary with Virgil and Horace, Verg. E. 9, 35; Hor. S. 1, 10, 44; Quint. 10, 1, 98; Mart. 8, 18, 7.