disapprobation

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acclāmātĭo ( adc.), ōnis, f. [acclamo], a calling to, an exclamation, shout.

In gen.:

acuta atque attenuata nimis,

Auct. Her. 3, 12, 21;

the calling of the shepherd,

Col. 7, 3, 26; so in plur., id. 6, 2, 14.—

In partic.

A cry of disapprobation (so esp. in the time of the republic):

ei contigit non modo ut adclamatione, sed ut convicio et maledictis impediretur,

Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 3, 2; 2, 1, 2; quanto jam levior est adclamatio, C. Rabir. 18; id. de Or. 2, 83, 339 etc.; Suet. Dom. 23 al.—

On the contrary, esp. later, a shout of approbation (e. g. on the appearance of a person honored by the people), a huzza:

adclamationes multitudinis assentatione immodica pudorem operantis,

Liv. 31, 15, 2; so Suet. Caes. 79; id. Aug. 58; id. Oth. 6 (made by the voice; while plausus is made with the hands, Quint. 8, 3, 3).—

Rhetor. a figure of speech = exclamatio, epiphônêma, exclamation, Quint. 8, 5, 11.

acclāmātĭo ( adc.), ōnis, f. [acclamo], a calling to, an exclamation, shout.

In gen.:

acuta atque attenuata nimis,

Auct. Her. 3, 12, 21;

the calling of the shepherd,

Col. 7, 3, 26; so in plur., id. 6, 2, 14.—

In partic.

A cry of disapprobation (so esp. in the time of the republic):

ei contigit non modo ut adclamatione, sed ut convicio et maledictis impediretur,

Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 3, 2; 2, 1, 2; quanto jam levior est adclamatio, C. Rabir. 18; id. de Or. 2, 83, 339 etc.; Suet. Dom. 23 al.—

On the contrary, esp. later, a shout of approbation (e. g. on the appearance of a person honored by the people), a huzza:

adclamationes multitudinis assentatione immodica pudorem operantis,

Liv. 31, 15, 2; so Suet. Caes. 79; id. Aug. 58; id. Oth. 6 (made by the voice; while plausus is made with the hands, Quint. 8, 3, 3).—

Rhetor. a figure of speech = exclamatio, epiphônêma, exclamation, Quint. 8, 5, 11.

admurmŭrātĭo, ōnis, f. [admurmuro], a murmurong, murmur.

In disapprobation:

vestra admurmuratio facit, Quirites, ut agnoscere videamini, qui haec fecerint,

Cic. Imp. Pomp. 13, 37:

Qui non admurmuratione, sed voce et clamore abjecti hominis furorem fregistis,

id. Pis. 14, 32; id. Verr. 6, 12, 27; 7, 16, 41.—

In approbation:

grata contionis admurmuratio,

Cic. Verr. 2, 15, 45:

secundae admurmurationes cuncti senatūs,

id. Q. Fr. 2, 1, 3.

con-vīcĭum (less correctly, acc. to Brambach, convītĭum, but preferred by B. and K., and by recent editors of Plaut. and Ter.), ii, n. [most prob. kindr. with vox; cf. Dig. 47, 10, 15, § 4; Paul. ex Fest. p. 41, 20], a loud noise, a cry, clamor, outcry (class.).

In gen.:

ne clamorem hic facias neu convitium,

Plaut. Bacch. 4, 8, 33; cf.:

erant autem convivia non illo silentio... sed cum maximo clamore atque convitio,

Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 11, § 28:

facere,

Ter. Ad. 2, 1, 26 Ruhnk.:

cantorum,

Cic. Sest. 55, 118:

mulierum, id. Fragm. ap. Aquil. Rom. p. 144 (187 Frotsch.): humanae linguae,

Ov. M. 11, 601.—Of frogs (with clamor), Phaedr. 1, 6, 5; Col. 10, 12. —Of the cicadæ, Phaedr. 3, 16, 3.—

In partic.

The sound of wrangling, the cry of altercation or contention:

ubi et animus ex hoc forensi strepitu reficiatur et aures convitio defessae conquiescant,

Cic. Arch. 6, 12.—

An urgent, clamorous importunity:

epistulam hanc convitio efflagitarunt codicilli tui,

Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 11, 1; imitated by Quint. Ep. ad Tryph. 1; cf. also id. ib. 4, 5, 10.—

A loud, violent disapprobation or contradiction:

omnium vestrum,

Cic. Ac. 2, 40, 125:

senatūs,

id. Pis. 26, 63.— Most freq.,

Loud, violent reproaching, abuse, reviling, insult: maledictio nihil habet propositi praeter contumeliam: quae si petulantius jactatur, convitium; si facetius urbanitas nominatur, Cic. Cael. 3, 6: Pompeius apud populum... cum pro Milone diceret, clamore convitioque jactatus est. id. Fam. 1, 5, b, 1:

cum ei magnum convitium fieret cuncto a senatu,

id. ib. 10, 16, 1:

alicui convitium facere,

id. Att. 1, 14, 5 bis; Plaut. Merc. 2, 1, 11; Cic. Off. 3, 21, 83; Liv. 3, 48, 1; Sen. Ep. 15, 8; id. Ben. 7, 25, 2; Quint. 4, 2, 27; 6, 2, 16 al.; Hor. S. 1, 5, 11; Ov. M. 6, 210 et saep.—

Of inanim. subjects:

aurium,

censure, reproof, correction, Cic. Or. 48, 160: tacitum cogitationis, in thought, Q. Cic. ap. Cic. Fam. 16, 26, 1:

cave ne eosdem illos libellos... convicio scazontes extorqueant,

Plin. Ep. 5, 11, 2.—

Meton.

The object of reproach:

convitium tot me annos jam se pascere,

Plaut. Merc. prol. 55.—

Of mockingbirds:

nemorum convicia, picae,

Ov. M. 5, 676.

plaudo ( plōdo, Varr. ap. Non. 478, 5, and Quint. 6, 1, 52), si, sum, 3, v. a. and n.

Act., to clap, strike, beat any thing ( poet.; cf.

plango),

Verg. Cir. 179:

pectora manu,

Ov. M. 2, 866:

clipeum pectore,

Stat. Th. 7, 134:

aquas,

id. S. 1, 3, 74:

choreas pedibus,

to execute a choral dance, stamping with the feet, Verg. A. 6, 644:

plausis alis,

Ov. M. 14, 507; 14, 577.—

Neutr., to clap, strike, beat (of two bodies striking together).

In gen. ( poet. and in postAug. prose):

alis Plaudentem figit sub nube columbam,

Verg. A. 5, 515:

pennis,

with her wings, Ov. M. 8, 238:

rostro,

id. ib. 6, 97. — Absol.:

aversas inter se manus collide, non plaudent,

Sen. Q. N. 2, 28.—

In partic.

To clap the hands in token of approbation, to applaud, clap (class.):

manus suas in plaudendo consumere,

Cic. Att. 16, 2, 3:

huic ita plausum est, ut salvā re publicā Pompeio plaudi solebat,

id. ib. 2, 19, 3.—In the theatre, at the close of the piece: nunc, spectatores, Jovis summi causā clare plaudite, Plaut. Am. fin.; id. Ep. fin.; cf.:

usque Sessuri, donec cantor, vos plaudite, dicat,

Hor. A. P. 155; and:

cum ventum est ad ipsum illud. quo veteres tragoediae comoediaeque clauduntur, Plodite,

Quint. 6, 1, 52 Spald. N. cr.; cf. also: manibus clare, Plaut. Cas. fin.:

spectavi ego pridem comicos ad istum modum Sapienter dicta dicere atque is plaudier,

id. Rud. 4, 7, 24: in aliquem, to express disapprobation of any one by clapping, pounding, stamping, i. e. to hiss him off, Min. Fel. Octav. 14.—

Transf., in gen., to express approbation, to approve, applaud:

plaudit sepultis,

Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 88:

dis hominibusque plaudentibus,

Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 4, 1; Juv. 3, 157:

funus,

id. 1, 146: sibi, to applaud one's self, to be satisfied or well contented with one's self:

populus me sibilat: at mihi plaudo Ipse domi,

Hor. S. 1, 1, 66:

nec ipse tibi plaudis,

Plin. Ep. 9, 14.—

To strike hands in completing a bargain:

stultus homo plaudet manibus,

Vulg. Prov. 17, 18.

pollex, ĭcis, m. [polleo; cf.: pollex nomen ab eo, quod pollet, accepit, Atei. Cap'to ap. Macr. S. 7, 13, 11].

Lit.

The thumb:

hominis digiti articulos habent ternos, pollex binos et digitis adversus universis flectitur, per se vero in obliquum porrigitur, crassior ceteris, huic minimus mensura par est,

Plin. 11, 43, 99, § 244; Cic. Off. 3, 11, 46; Hor. Epod. 5, 48; id. C. 4, 6, 36; Ov. M. 4, 36; 8, 198; Verg. A. 11, 68.—Connected with digitus (as a measure), Cato, R. R. 20:

clavi digiti pollicis crassitudine,

Caes. B. G. 3, 13.—To close down the thumb (premere) was a sign of approbation; to extend it (vertere, convertere;

pollex infestus), a sign of disapprobation,

Plin. 28, 2, 5, § 25; Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 66; Juv. 3, 36; Prud. adv. Symm. 2, 1097; Stat. Th. 8, 26; Quint. 11, 3, 119; App. M. 2, p. 124, 3.—

The great toe, Plin. 7, 2, 2, § 20; 7, 53, 54, § 181; 28, 4, 9, § 42; Suet. Calig. 57:

pollices manūs et pedis dextri,

Vulg. Lev. 8, 24.—

Transf.

The stump of a vine-branch left in pruning, = resex, Col. 4, 21, 3; 4, 24, 13; Plin. 14, 1, 3, § 14; 17, 22, 35, § 184.—

A knob or protuberance on the trunk of a tree, Plin. 13, 4, 7, § 29.

Pollex, ĭcis, m., the name of a slave of Cicero, Cic. Fam. 14, 6, 1; id. Att. 8, 5, 1; 13, 47, 1.—A lusus verbb. with 1. pollex, Cic. Att. 13, 46, 1.

pollex, ĭcis, m. [polleo; cf.: pollex nomen ab eo, quod pollet, accepit, Atei. Cap'to ap. Macr. S. 7, 13, 11].

Lit.

The thumb:

hominis digiti articulos habent ternos, pollex binos et digitis adversus universis flectitur, per se vero in obliquum porrigitur, crassior ceteris, huic minimus mensura par est,

Plin. 11, 43, 99, § 244; Cic. Off. 3, 11, 46; Hor. Epod. 5, 48; id. C. 4, 6, 36; Ov. M. 4, 36; 8, 198; Verg. A. 11, 68.—Connected with digitus (as a measure), Cato, R. R. 20:

clavi digiti pollicis crassitudine,

Caes. B. G. 3, 13.—To close down the thumb (premere) was a sign of approbation; to extend it (vertere, convertere;

pollex infestus), a sign of disapprobation,

Plin. 28, 2, 5, § 25; Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 66; Juv. 3, 36; Prud. adv. Symm. 2, 1097; Stat. Th. 8, 26; Quint. 11, 3, 119; App. M. 2, p. 124, 3.—

The great toe, Plin. 7, 2, 2, § 20; 7, 53, 54, § 181; 28, 4, 9, § 42; Suet. Calig. 57:

pollices manūs et pedis dextri,

Vulg. Lev. 8, 24.—

Transf.

The stump of a vine-branch left in pruning, = resex, Col. 4, 21, 3; 4, 24, 13; Plin. 14, 1, 3, § 14; 17, 22, 35, § 184.—

A knob or protuberance on the trunk of a tree, Plin. 13, 4, 7, § 29.

Pollex, ĭcis, m., the name of a slave of Cicero, Cic. Fam. 14, 6, 1; id. Att. 8, 5, 1; 13, 47, 1.—A lusus verbb. with 1. pollex, Cic. Att. 13, 46, 1.