distinguished

Cassĭus, a [old form Casseius; hence, Cassīus, and from this Cassĭus is formed; cf. Ritschl de Sepulcro Fur.], the name of a Roman gens; esp. distinguished,

L. Cassius Longinus Ravilla, a very severe judge; from him the Lex tabellaria Cassia proceeded, A. U. C. 617, by which the judges were obliged to vote with little tablets, Cic. Leg. 3, 16, 35; id. Sest. 48, 103; id. Brut. 25, 97; 27, 106; and Ascon. Cic. Verr. 1, 1, 10, § 30.—

Hence, Cassĭānus, a, um, adj., of Cassius, Cic. Mil. 12, 32; id. Phil. 2, 14, 35.—

The consul L. Cassius, who, A.U.C. 647, was conquered and slain by the Helvetii, Caes. B. G. 1, 7 and 12.—Hence, bellum Cassianum, Caes. B. G. 1, 13.—

C. Cassius Longinus, one of the murderers of Cœsar, Vell. 2, 46; 2, 56 sq.; Suet. Caes. 80 sq.; id. Aug. 10; Tac. A. 1, 2; 1, 10; 4, 34; id. H. 2, 6 al. To him were addressed Cic. Fam. 12, 1-10;

from him to Cic.,

ib. 12, 11 -13.—Hence, Cassianae partes, his adherents, Vell. 2, 74.—

C. Cassius Longinus, a distinguished jurist under Claudius; his adherents were Cassiani and Cassiana schola, Dig. 1, 1, 2; Plin. Ep. 7, 24, 8; Tac. A. 12, 12.—

After a Cassius not now known was named the Cassia Via, a branch of the Via Flaminia, Cic. Phil. 12, 9, 22; cf. Paul. ex Fest. p. 48 Müll.

clārus, a, um, adj. [kindr. with Germ. klar; Engl. clear; cf. clamo], clear, bright (opp. obscurus, caecus; very freq. in all periods, and in all kinds of composition).

Lit.

Relating to the sight, clear, bright, shining, brilliant, etc.

Absol.:

luce clarā et candidā,

Plaut. Am. 1, 3, 49:

ut mulierum famam multorum oculis lux clara custodiat,

open day, Cic. Leg. 2, 15, 37; cf.:

frequentissimā celebritate et clarissimā luce laetari,

id. Cael. 20, 47:

lumen,

Lucr. 3, 1:

oculorum lumina,

id. 4, 825; cf.:

mundi lumina (i.e. sol et luna),

Verg. G. 1, 5:

oculi,

Cato, R. R. 157, 10:

incendia,

Verg. A. 2, 569:

lucerna,

Hor. S. 2, 7, 48:

scintillae ignis,

Lucr. 6, 163:

fulmina,

id. 6, 84:

vestis splendor,

id. 2, 52:

color,

id. 5, 1258; cf.:

color clarissimus,

id. 2, 830:

candor,

id. 4, 232:

loca,

id. 5, 779 al.:

caelum,

Tac. A. 1, 28:

nox,

id. Agr. 12:

pater omnipotens clarus intonat,

in the clear sky, Verg. A. 7, 141 Serv.; cf. Cic. Arat. 4:

sidus,

Hor. C. 4, 8, 31:

clarissimae gemmae,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 27, § 62; cf.

lapides,

Hor. C. 4, 13, 14:

vitrum,

Ov. M. 4, 355:

purpurarum sidere clarior usus,

Hor. C. 3, 1, 42.—

With abl.:

speculo,

Plaut. Most. 3, 1, 112 dub.:

argento clari delphines,

Verg. A. 8, 673:

rutilis squamis,

id. G. 4, 93:

ferrugine,

id. A. 9, 582; cf. id. ib. 11, 772 Wagn.:

auro gemmisque corona,

Ov. M. 13, 704; 2, 2; 11, 359:

albo Lucifer exit Clarus equo,

id. ib. 15, 190:

claraeque coruscis Fulguribus taedae,

Lucr. 5, 295 al. —

Poet., of the wind (cf.: albus, candidus, and in Gr. lampros anemos; v. Lidd. and Scott under lampros), making clear, i. e. bringing fair weather:

aquilo,

Verg. G. 1, 460 Forbig. ad loc.—

Relating to the hearing, clear, loud, distinct:

clarā voce vocare,

Lucr. 4, 711; Cic. Clu. 48, 134; id. Caecin. 8, 22; Liv. 7, 31, 12; 42, 25, 12; Ov. M. 3, 703:

lectio,

Cels. 1, 2:

clariore voce,

Caes. B. G. 5, 30; cf. Cic. Tusc. 5, 7, 19:

sonor,

Lucr. 4, 567:

clamor,

Plaut. Poen. 5, 3, 27:

plausus,

id. As. Grex. 6:

plangor,

Ov. M. 4, 138:

latratus,

id. ib. 13, 806:

ictus,

id. ib. 2, 625:

strepitus, Suet. Vit. Luc.: vox (opp. obtusa),

Quint. 11, 3, 15; 9, 4, 136 Spald.:

spiritus,

id. 11, 3, 55; cf. id. 11, 3, 41 and 82:

syllabae clariores,

id. 8, 3, 16.—

Trop.

Clear, manifest, plain, evident, intelligible (syn.:

planus, apertus, perspicuus, dilucidus, etc.): vide ut mi haec certa et clara attuleris,

Ter. Hec. 5, 4, 1 Ruhnk.; cf.:

omnia non properanti clara certaque erunt,

Liv. 22, 39, 22:

clara res est, quam dicturus sum, totā Siciliā celeberrima atque notissima,

Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 25, § 61; 2, 5, 38, § 101; id. Tusc. 1, 32, 78:

luce sunt clariora nobis tua consilia,

id. Cat. 1, 3, 6:

id quod est luce clarius,

id. Tusc. 1, 37, 90:

si ea, quae dixi, sole ipso inlustriora et clariora sunt,

id. Fin. 1, 21, 71; id. Div. 1, 3, 6:

caecis hoc satis clarum est,

Quint. 12, 7, 9:

lumen eloquentiae,

id. 3, 8, 65; cf. id. 12, 10, 15; 11, 1, 75:

in narrando (T. Livius) clarissimi candoris,

id. 10, 1, 101 Spald. and Frotsch.:

Massinissam regem post LXXXVI. annum generasse filium clarum est,

Plin. 7, 14, 12, § 61:

somno clarius,

Ov. F. 3, 28:

exempla,

Tac. Or. 8; id. A. 4, 11:

documenta,

id. ib. 6, 22.—

Brilliant, celebrated, renowned, illustrious, honorable, famous, glorious, etc. (cf.: illustris, insignis, eximius, egregius, praestans, nobilis; a favorite epithet, esp. in the sup., like fortissimus, designating the highest praise of the honor-loving Roman; hence, a standing title, at all times, of distinguished public characters, as consuls, proconsuls, pontifices, senators, etc.):

nobilitas,

Plaut. Rud. 4, 2, 28;

opp. to obscurus,

Lucr. 1, 639; so Quint. 5, 10, 26: clari viri atque magni, Cato ap. Cic. Planc. 27, 66; Cic. Sest. 69, 144:

certe non tulit ullos haec civitas aut gloriā clariores, aut auctoritate graviores,

Cic. de Or. 2, 37, 154:

vir fortissimus et clarissimus,

id. Verr. 1, 15, 44; cf. id. ib. 2, 5, 58, § 153; id. de Or. 1, 45, 198; id. Clu. 48, 134:

exempla clara et inlustria,

id. Div. 2, 3, 8:

pugna clara et commemorabilis,

Plaut. Ps. 1, 5, 111:

pax clarior majorque quam bellum fuerat,

Liv. 10, 37, 4:

animus abunde pollens potensque et clarus,

Sall. J. 1, 3; so,

facundia clara pollensque,

id. ib. 30, 4:

clara et magnifica,

id. ib. 4, 8:

clari potentesque fieri,

id. C. 38, 1:

familia,

Tac. A. 2, 37; 3, 76:

majores,

id. ib. 4, 61: pater si in Equestri gradu clarus, clarior vitricus, Plin. [p. 350] Ep. 2, 13, 4:

clarissimi consules,

id. ib. 7, 33, 8:

generis clarissimus auctor,

Ov. P. 2, 9, 19:

clarissima civitas,

Nep. Thras. 2, 1:

apud Germanicos quoque (Titus),

Tac. H. 2, 77:

scriptores,

id. A. 1, 1.—

With abl.:

clariores gloriā,

Cic. de Or. 2, 37, 154; v. supra:

arte medicinae,

Quint. 3, 6, 64:

eloquendi suavitate,

id. 10, 1, 83:

sententiis,

id. 10, 1, 90:

Juppiter giganteo triumpho,

Hor. C. 3, 1, 7:

agendis causis,

id. Ep. 1, 7, 47:

Ajax toties servatis Achivis,

id. S. 2, 3, 194:

bello,

Tac. Agr. 29; id. H. 3, 44:

gens memoriā nominis,

id. ib. 1, 67:

Cluvius Rufus eloquentiā,

id. ib. 4, 43.—

With in:

in arte tibiarum,

Quint. 2, 3, 3; cf.:

clarissimi in eā scientiā,

Plin. 36, 5, 4, § 11:

in litteris,

Quint. 1, 6, 35:

in agendo,

id. 12, 10, 49:

in foro,

id. 10, 5, 14:

in contionibus,

id. 12, 2, 7; 12, 10, 49.—

With ex:

ex doctrinā nobilis et clarus,

Cic. Rab. Post. 9, 23.—

With ob:

ob obscuram linguam,

Lucr. 1, 639:

ob id factum,

Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 32; cf.:

urbs clara ob insignem munimento naturali locum,

Liv. 24, 39, 8.—

With ab:

Trojanoque a sanguine clarus Acestes,

Verg. A. 1, 550.—

With gen.:

artis ejus,

Plin. 37, 1, 4, § 8.—

As a title:

clarissimus vir,

Cic. Att. 15, 20, 2; cf. id. ib. 14, 11, 1:

clarissimi consules,

Plin. Ep. 7, 33, 8; cf. Dig. 49, 14, 18; Lampr. Elag. 4;

Alex. Sev. 21 al.: permitto tibi vir clarissime Veiento (a senator), dicere,

Plin. Ep. 9, 13, 19; so,

ordo = senatorius,

Vop. Aur. 18 fin.; cf. also Isid. Orig. 9, 4, 12.—

Meton., of the wives of such distinguished public characters:

clarissimae feminae,

Dig. 1, 9, 8.—

In a bad sense, notorious:

minus clarum putavit fore quod de armario quam quod de sacrario esset ablatum,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 12, § 27; 2, 1, 19, § 50; 2, 4, 12, § 29:

ecquid hoc totā Siciliā clarius, ecquid indignius? etc.,

id. ib. 2, 5, 7, §

16: populus (sc. Campanus), luxuriā superbiāque clarus,

Liv. 7, 31, 6.—Hence, adv.: clārē (freq. and class.).

Lit.

Of sight (acc. to I. A.), brightly, clearly:

clare oculis video,

Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 35:

clare fulgens caesaries,

Cat. 66, 9:

occidere,

of a star, Col. 11, 2, 52.— Comp.:

clarius micare,

Plin. 10, 20, 22, § 43:

nitere,

Stat. S. 4, 1, 4. — Sup.:

clarissime lucere,

Vitr. 9, 4.—

Of hearing (acc. to I. B.), clearly, distinctly, plainly, aloud:

clare recitare,

Plaut. Pers. 4, 3, 30: plaudite, id. Am. fin.; cf. id. Bacch. fin.:

dic,

Ter. And. 4, 4, 15 Ruhnk.:

gemere,

Cic. Att. 2, 20, 3:

res clare enuntiare,

Quint. 8, 3, 62:

sonare,

id. 11, 3, 55:

exscreare,

id. 11, 3, 160:

maledicere,

Suet. Vit. 14 et saep.:

palam et clare,

id. Claud. 3; cf. Mart. 7, 92, 5.— Comp.:

clarius fabulari,

Suet. Calig. 22.— Sup.:

pisces clarissime audiunt,

Plin. 10, 70, 89, § 193; Vitr. 5, 3.—

Trop.

Mentally (acc. to II. A.), distinctly, intelligibly, clearly:

clare atque evidenter ostendere,

Quint. 8, 3, 86; cf. id. 4, 1, 1:

aliquid intellegere,

Plin. 37, 2, 6, § 16. — Comp.: eo clarius id periculum apparet, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 14, 2; so,

clarius intellegi,

Quint. 2, 5, 7:

clarius elucebit,

id. 12, 1, 26:

clarius ostendemus,

id. 2, 17, 25 al. — Sup., Quint. 9, 1, 19.—

Morally (acc. to II. B.), illustriously, honorably (very rare):

clarius exsplendescebat,

Nep. Att. 1, 3.

ē-mĭnĕo, ŭi, 2, v. n., to stand out, project (freq. and class.).

Lit.

In gen. (syn.:

exstare, excedere): cum ex terra nihil emineret, quod contemplationi caeli officere posset,

Cic. Div. 1, 42:

globus terrae e mari,

id. Tusc. 1, 28:

stipites ex terra,

Caes. B. G. 7, 73, 6; cf.:

stipites ab ramis,

id. ib. §

3: belua ponto,

Ov. M. 4, 690:

rupes aequore,

Luc. 2, 667:

moles aquā,

Curt. 4, 2, 21:

oculi extra terram,

Plin. 17, 21, 35, § 154:

balaena dorso multum super aquas,

id. 9, 6, 5, § 14:

super corpus quasi verrucula,

Cels. 5, 28, 14:

ferrum per costas,

Liv. 8, 7 et saep.— Absol., Caes. B. C. 1, 41, 4; 2, 9, 1; Sall. J. 94, 2; Lucr. 1, 780 et saep.; cf.

alte,

Ov. M. 15, 697:

hasta in partes ambas,

id. ib. 5, 139:

jugum in mare,

Caes. B. C. 2, 24, 3; cf.:

lingua in altum (i. e. mare),

Liv. 44, 11.—

In partic., in painting, to stand out in relief, be prominent, as the lights in a picture, Cic. de Or. 3, 26, 101; Quint. 2, 17, 21; 8, 5, 26; Plin. 35, 11, 40, § 131 al.; cf. eminentia, I.—

Trop., to be prominent, stand out, become conspicuous (syn.: eluceo, praecello, excello, appareo, praesto, antecedo).

In gen.:

animus, cum erit inclusus in corpore, eminebit foras,

will extend beyond, Cic. Rep. 6, 26 Mos.:

ii quorum eminet audacia atque projecta est,

id. Clu. 65, 183:

quod quo studiosius ab ipsis opprimitur et absconditur, eo magis eminet et apparet,

comes out, becomes visible, id. Rosc. Am. 41 fin.; cf. id. Verr. 2, 5, 62 Zumpt N. cr.; id. Tusc. 2, 26 fin.; Quint. 2, 12, 7; 11, 1, 56; 11, 3, 73 Spald.; Liv. 2, 5 fin.; 2, 10 al.; Curt. 4, 1, 24; 8, 1, 50; Ov. F. 3, 250:

vix ex gratulando miser jam eminebam,

was but now emerging from the flood of congratulations, Plaut. Capt. 3, 2, 5:

vox eminet una,

makes itself distinctly audible, Ov. M. 15, 607.—

In partic., to be prominent, conspicuous through one's (good) qualities, to distinguish one's self, be eminent:

Demosthenes unus eminet inter omnes in omni genere dicendi,

Cic. Or. 29 fin.; so with inter, Quint. 8, 5, 9; 12, 5, 5; cf. with super, Flor. 4, 2, 10:

in aliqua re,

Quint. 1, 12, 15; 2, 3, 6; 8, 3, 64 al.:

aliqua re,

Vell. 2, 127, 2; 2, 130, 1; Quint. 2, 8, 4; 3, 8, 65.— Absol.:

excellit atque eminet vis, potestas, etc.,

Cic. Rep. 2, 28;

so with excellit,

Tac. Or. 32:

quae (sententiarum ornamenta) emineant pauciora,

Cic. Or. 24, 81; so Liv. 5, 36; Vell. 2, 49 al.:

altius,

Nep. Chabr. 3, 3.—Hence, ēmĭnens, entis, P. a., standing out, projecting, prominent, high, lofty.

Lit. (syn. editus):

promontoria,

Caes. B. C. 2, 23, 2:

trabes,

id. ib. 2, 9, 5:

saxa,

Sall. J. 93, 4:

oculi,

Cic. Vatin. 2:

genae leviter,

id. N. D. 2, 57, 143:

statura,

Suet. Calig. 50:

capita papaverum,

Front. Strat. 1, 1, 4; Flor. 1, 7, 7: aedes, standing on high ground (opp. plana), id. 1, 9, 4:

nihil (in globo),

Cic. N. D. 2, 18; cf. ib. 1, 27; cf. also the art. eminentia: patibulo eminens affigebatur, Sall. H. Fragm. ap. Non. 366, 14 (4, 40 Dietsch).— Comp.:

trabes,

Caes. B. C. 2, 9, 3:

nasus a summo,

Suet. Aug. 79;

of perspective in painting: alia eminentiora, alia reductiora fecerunt,

Quint. 11, 3, 46.— Sup.:

aliquod in montibus (i. e. vertex),

Quint. 8, 2, 7; cf.

mons,

Flor. 4, 12, 49.—

Trop., lofty, distinguished, eminent (esp. freq. in the postAug. per., and mostly in the sup.; syn.:

praeclarus, praestans, excellens, etc.): species deorum quae nihil solidi habeat, nihil eminentis,

Cic. N. D. 1, 27, 75:

ingenium,

Quint. 6 prooem. §

1: res dictu,

Vell. 2, 114, 1.—Prov.:

eminentis fortunae comes invidia,

Vell. Pat. 1, 9, 6.— Plur. as subst.: ēmĭnentes, ĭum, m., distinguished men, Tac. Agr. 5.— ēmĭnentĭa, ĭum, n.

Admirable passages in an oration, Quint. 10, 1, 86.—

Greatness, distinction:

nun. quam eminentia invidia carent,

Vell. 2, 40, 6.— Comp.:

eloquentia,

Tac. Or. 25.— Sup.:

auctores,

Quint. 1, 2, 2; 1, 10, 10; 2, 3, 1; 9, 4, 79 et saep.; cf. Ruhnk. Vell. 2, 83 fin. — In the later empire, Eminentissimus was a title of the Praefectus praetorio, and of the Magister militum, Cod. Just. 12, 47, 1; 9, 41, 11 et saep.— Adv.: ēmĭnenter, highly, eminently, August. in Psa. 95, 1.— Comp.:

projectae cautes eminentius,

Amm. 24, 2, 12:

non eminentius quam municipaliter natus,

i. e. of higher, nobler birth, Sid. Ep. 1, 11.

ē-mĭnĕo, ŭi, 2, v. n., to stand out, project (freq. and class.).

Lit.

In gen. (syn.:

exstare, excedere): cum ex terra nihil emineret, quod contemplationi caeli officere posset,

Cic. Div. 1, 42:

globus terrae e mari,

id. Tusc. 1, 28:

stipites ex terra,

Caes. B. G. 7, 73, 6; cf.:

stipites ab ramis,

id. ib. §

3: belua ponto,

Ov. M. 4, 690:

rupes aequore,

Luc. 2, 667:

moles aquā,

Curt. 4, 2, 21:

oculi extra terram,

Plin. 17, 21, 35, § 154:

balaena dorso multum super aquas,

id. 9, 6, 5, § 14:

super corpus quasi verrucula,

Cels. 5, 28, 14:

ferrum per costas,

Liv. 8, 7 et saep.— Absol., Caes. B. C. 1, 41, 4; 2, 9, 1; Sall. J. 94, 2; Lucr. 1, 780 et saep.; cf.

alte,

Ov. M. 15, 697:

hasta in partes ambas,

id. ib. 5, 139:

jugum in mare,

Caes. B. C. 2, 24, 3; cf.:

lingua in altum (i. e. mare),

Liv. 44, 11.—

In partic., in painting, to stand out in relief, be prominent, as the lights in a picture, Cic. de Or. 3, 26, 101; Quint. 2, 17, 21; 8, 5, 26; Plin. 35, 11, 40, § 131 al.; cf. eminentia, I.—

Trop., to be prominent, stand out, become conspicuous (syn.: eluceo, praecello, excello, appareo, praesto, antecedo).

In gen.:

animus, cum erit inclusus in corpore, eminebit foras,

will extend beyond, Cic. Rep. 6, 26 Mos.:

ii quorum eminet audacia atque projecta est,

id. Clu. 65, 183:

quod quo studiosius ab ipsis opprimitur et absconditur, eo magis eminet et apparet,

comes out, becomes visible, id. Rosc. Am. 41 fin.; cf. id. Verr. 2, 5, 62 Zumpt N. cr.; id. Tusc. 2, 26 fin.; Quint. 2, 12, 7; 11, 1, 56; 11, 3, 73 Spald.; Liv. 2, 5 fin.; 2, 10 al.; Curt. 4, 1, 24; 8, 1, 50; Ov. F. 3, 250:

vix ex gratulando miser jam eminebam,

was but now emerging from the flood of congratulations, Plaut. Capt. 3, 2, 5:

vox eminet una,

makes itself distinctly audible, Ov. M. 15, 607.—

In partic., to be prominent, conspicuous through one's (good) qualities, to distinguish one's self, be eminent:

Demosthenes unus eminet inter omnes in omni genere dicendi,

Cic. Or. 29 fin.; so with inter, Quint. 8, 5, 9; 12, 5, 5; cf. with super, Flor. 4, 2, 10:

in aliqua re,

Quint. 1, 12, 15; 2, 3, 6; 8, 3, 64 al.:

aliqua re,

Vell. 2, 127, 2; 2, 130, 1; Quint. 2, 8, 4; 3, 8, 65.— Absol.:

excellit atque eminet vis, potestas, etc.,

Cic. Rep. 2, 28;

so with excellit,

Tac. Or. 32:

quae (sententiarum ornamenta) emineant pauciora,

Cic. Or. 24, 81; so Liv. 5, 36; Vell. 2, 49 al.:

altius,

Nep. Chabr. 3, 3.—Hence, ēmĭnens, entis, P. a., standing out, projecting, prominent, high, lofty.

Lit. (syn. editus):

promontoria,

Caes. B. C. 2, 23, 2:

trabes,

id. ib. 2, 9, 5:

saxa,

Sall. J. 93, 4:

oculi,

Cic. Vatin. 2:

genae leviter,

id. N. D. 2, 57, 143:

statura,

Suet. Calig. 50:

capita papaverum,

Front. Strat. 1, 1, 4; Flor. 1, 7, 7: aedes, standing on high ground (opp. plana), id. 1, 9, 4:

nihil (in globo),

Cic. N. D. 2, 18; cf. ib. 1, 27; cf. also the art. eminentia: patibulo eminens affigebatur, Sall. H. Fragm. ap. Non. 366, 14 (4, 40 Dietsch).— Comp.:

trabes,

Caes. B. C. 2, 9, 3:

nasus a summo,

Suet. Aug. 79;

of perspective in painting: alia eminentiora, alia reductiora fecerunt,

Quint. 11, 3, 46.— Sup.:

aliquod in montibus (i. e. vertex),

Quint. 8, 2, 7; cf.

mons,

Flor. 4, 12, 49.—

Trop., lofty, distinguished, eminent (esp. freq. in the postAug. per., and mostly in the sup.; syn.:

praeclarus, praestans, excellens, etc.): species deorum quae nihil solidi habeat, nihil eminentis,

Cic. N. D. 1, 27, 75:

ingenium,

Quint. 6 prooem. §

1: res dictu,

Vell. 2, 114, 1.—Prov.:

eminentis fortunae comes invidia,

Vell. Pat. 1, 9, 6.— Plur. as subst.: ēmĭnentes, ĭum, m., distinguished men, Tac. Agr. 5.— ēmĭnentĭa, ĭum, n.

Admirable passages in an oration, Quint. 10, 1, 86.—

Greatness, distinction:

nun. quam eminentia invidia carent,

Vell. 2, 40, 6.— Comp.:

eloquentia,

Tac. Or. 25.— Sup.:

auctores,

Quint. 1, 2, 2; 1, 10, 10; 2, 3, 1; 9, 4, 79 et saep.; cf. Ruhnk. Vell. 2, 83 fin. — In the later empire, Eminentissimus was a title of the Praefectus praetorio, and of the Magister militum, Cod. Just. 12, 47, 1; 9, 41, 11 et saep.— Adv.: ēmĭnenter, highly, eminently, August. in Psa. 95, 1.— Comp.:

projectae cautes eminentius,

Amm. 24, 2, 12:

non eminentius quam municipaliter natus,

i. e. of higher, nobler birth, Sid. Ep. 1, 11.

ex-cello, cellŭi, celsum, 3 (also acc. to the 2d conj., praes. indic. excellet, Aem. Mac. ap. Diom. p. 371 P., and subj. excelleat, Cic. Fragm. ap. Prisc. p. 838 and 896 P.), v. a. and n. [cello].

Act., to raise up, elevate; only:

recellere reclinare, et excellere in altum extollere,

Fest. p. 274, 31; and Paul. ib. 275, 11 Müll.; cf. the P. a. excelsus, below.—

Neut., to rise, elevate itself (cf.: antecello, praesto, antecedo, emineo, floreo, vigeo).

Lit., only in the P. a. excellens, q. v. A.—

Trop.

In gen., to exult, be elated: animus excellit rebus secundis, Cato ap. Gell. 7, 3, 14; 13, 24, 14.—Far more freq. (but not in Plaut. and Ter.; and in the verb. finit. not in Aug. poets),

In partic., to be eminent, to distinguish one's self for any quality above others; to surpass, excel, in a good or (less freq.) in a bad sense:

ut is, qui dignitate principibus excellit facilitate infimis par esse videatur,

Cic. de Imp. Pomp. 14, 41:

ut inter quos posset excellere, cum iis, etc.,

Cic. Inv. 1, 2 fin.:

inter omnes,

id. Or. 2, 6:

super ceteros,

Liv. 28, 43:

ante ceteros,

App. Flor. 16.—With dat.:

qui longe ceteris excellere pictoribus existimabatur,

Cic. Inv. 2, 1, 1:

quae una ceteris excellebat,

id. Tusc. 2, 18, 43; id. Fin. 3, 2, 8; id. de Or. 2, 54, 216; id. de Imp. Pomp. 13, 39 al.:

ceteris,

Quint. 2, 20, 9.—With abl.:

bonā famā,

Lucr. 6, 13:

ingenio scientiāque,

Cic. Ac. 2, 2, 4:

animi magnitudine,

id. Off. 1, 18 fin.:

actione,

id. Brut. 59, 215:

hoc genere virtutis,

id. Fam. 11, 21, 4:

dignitate,

Caes. B. G. 6, 13, 9:

altitudine,

Plin. 16, 6, 18, § 24:

candore,

id. 37, 6, 23, § 88 et saep.—With in and abl.:

in arte,

Cic. Rep. 1, 13:

in aliqua arte et facultate,

id. de Or. 1, 50, 217:

in alia parte orationis,

id. Brut. 59, 215:

maxime in amicitiis expetendis colendisque,

id. Lael. 9, 30; id. de Or. 2, 54, 217 et saep.— Absol.:

excellit atque eminet vis, potestas nomenque regium,

Cic. Rep. 2, 28; 2, 23; 1, 22; id. Div. 1, 19, 38; 1, 41, 91; id. Fam. 4, 3 fin.; Tac. Or. 32 (with eminere) et saep. —In a bad sense:

vitiis,

Cic. Leg. 1, 19, 51:

cum haec (flagitia), quae excellunt, me nosse videas,

id. Pis. 38 fin. —Hence,

excellens, entis, P. a., rising, overtopping.

Lit., high, lofty (very rare;

not in Cic.): oppida excellentibus locis constituta, Auct. B. Hisp. 8, 4: corpore excellens,

Vell. 2, 107.—Far more freq. and class.,

Trop., distinguishing himself, distinguished, superior, surpassing, excellent:

deos rerum omnium praestantia excellentes,

Cic. Div. 2, 63:

Brutus noster excellens omni genere laudis,

id. Ac. 1, 3 fin.;

for which also: in omni genere,

id. Tusc. 1, 1, 2; id. de Or. 2, 54, 220:

cujus excellens in re militari gloria,

id. Rep. 2, 17:

Galba fuit inter tot aequales unus excellens,

id. Brut. 97, 333:

natura excellens atque praestans,

id. N. D. 1, 20 fin.:

scientia excellens atque singularis,

id. Fam. 4, 3 fin.:

vir excellenti providentia,

id. Rep. 2, 3;

for which: excellente ingenii magnitudine,

id. Off. 1, 33 (al. excellenti and excellentis, v. Orell. ad h. l.):

studium,

Caes. B. C. 3, 34 fin.:

pulchritudo muliebris formae,

Cic. Inv. 2, 1, 1: cygnus, * Verg. A. 12, 250 et saep.— Subst.: excellentia, ōrum, n., exceptional instances: nec excellentia, sed quotidiana tractabo, Aus. Grat. Act. § 62.— Comp.:

ova excellentiora,

Plin. 29, 3, 11, § 50:

nihil illo (sc. Alcibiade) fuisse excellentius, vel in vitiis, vel in virtutibus,

Nep. Alcib. 1.— Sup.:

excellentissima virtus,

Caes. B. C. 3, 99, 2; Sen. Vit. Beat. 14:

cultus,

Suet. Ner. 20:

triumphus,

id. Caes. 37:

aurum,

Plin. 37, 4, 15, § 56 et saep.— Adv.: excellon-ter, excellently, Cic. Off. 1, 18, 61; Nep. Att. 1, 3.— Comp., Cic. Sest. 45.— Sup.:

excellentissime,

Aug. Civ. D. 17, 8.—

ex-celsus, a, um, P. a., elevated, lofty, high (freq. and class.; cf.: celsus, editus, altus, sublimis, procerus, arduus).

Lit.:

mons,

Caes. B. C. 1, 80, 2; cf.: vertex montis, * Verg. A. 5, 35:

locus,

Cic. Rep. 6, 11:

porticus,

id. Att. 4, 16, 14:

basis (statuae),

id. Verr. 2, 4, 34; cf.

signum,

id. ib.:

statura,

Suet. Caes. 45:

aves (Ibes),

Cic. N. D. 1, 36, 101:

altitudo vineae,

Plin. 17, 22, 35, § 184 et saep.— Comp.:

in excelsiore loco,

Cic. Rep. 2, 31:

cornu (bovis),

Caes. B. G. 6, 26, 1; cf.:

crura chamaeleonis,

Plin. 8, 33, 51, § 120.— Sup.:

mons,

Caes. B. C. 1, 70, 4; cf.

locus,

Hirt. B. G. 8, 33 fin.:

rupes,

Plin. 10, 6, 7, § 19:

aegilops,

id. 16, 6, 8, § 22; 11, 37, 49, § 135.—

Subst.

excelsum, i, n., a height:

simulacrum Jovis in excelso collocare,

Cic. Cat. 3, 8, 20; id. Att. 6, 1, 17:

Phoebus ab excelso, quantum patet, aspicit aequor,

Ov. H. 15, 165; so,

ab excelso,

id. F. 2, 369:

prohibebit in excelsum emicare (vitem),

Plin. 17, 22, 35, § 184.—

Ex-celsus, i, m., the Highest, the Most High, i. e. God (eccl. Lat.), Vulg. Psa. 72, 11 al.—

Trop.

In gen., high, lofty, distinguished, excellent, noble:

te natura excelsum quendam videlicet et altum et humana despicientem genuit,

Cic. Tusc. 2, 4, 11; cf.:

magnus homo et excelsus,

id. Mur. 29:

animus excelsus magnificusque,

id. Off. 1, 23; cf. id. Opt. Gen. 4, 12:

excelso et illustri loco sita est laus tua,

id. Fam. 2, 5; cf.:

te in excelsissimo humani generis fastigio positum, Plin. H. N. praef. § 11: species magnae excelsaeque gloriac,

Tac. Agr. 4 fin. et saep.— Comp.:

(orator) grandior et quodammodo excelsior,

Cic. Or. 34; cf. Quint. 12, 10, 23; Plin. Pan. 94, 3:

quo tua in me humanitas fuerit excelsior quam in te mea,

Cic. Att. 3, 20 fin.—Sup.:

excelsissimae victoriae,

Vell. 2, 96 fin.:

duces,

id. 2, 114 fin.—Subst.

, m. plur.: excelsi, ōrum, the lofty; prov.:

excelsis multo facilius casus nocet,

Pub. Syr. 162 (Rib.).—

Neut.: excelsum, i, an elevated station or position:

in excelso aetatem agere,

i. e. in a high station, Sall. C. 51, 12.—Esp. (eccl. Lat.): in excelsis, in the highest, in ascriptions of praise, Vulg. Psa. 148, 1 al.—

Esp., in the later period of the empire, a title of high official dignitaries, e. g. of the praefectus praetorio, etc.— Adv.: excelsē, highly, on high, loftily.

Lit.:

si vitis scandit excelsius,

Col. 4, 1, 5.—

Trop., in an elevated manner, highly:

ornat excelse,

Plin. Ep. 2, 3, 3:

excelsius magnificentiusque et dicet et sentiet,

Cic. Or. 34, 119:

excelsissime floruit (Sparta),

exceedingly, Vell. 1, 6, 3.

ex-cello, cellŭi, celsum, 3 (also acc. to the 2d conj., praes. indic. excellet, Aem. Mac. ap. Diom. p. 371 P., and subj. excelleat, Cic. Fragm. ap. Prisc. p. 838 and 896 P.), v. a. and n. [cello].

Act., to raise up, elevate; only:

recellere reclinare, et excellere in altum extollere,

Fest. p. 274, 31; and Paul. ib. 275, 11 Müll.; cf. the P. a. excelsus, below.—

Neut., to rise, elevate itself (cf.: antecello, praesto, antecedo, emineo, floreo, vigeo).

Lit., only in the P. a. excellens, q. v. A.—

Trop.

In gen., to exult, be elated: animus excellit rebus secundis, Cato ap. Gell. 7, 3, 14; 13, 24, 14.—Far more freq. (but not in Plaut. and Ter.; and in the verb. finit. not in Aug. poets),

In partic., to be eminent, to distinguish one's self for any quality above others; to surpass, excel, in a good or (less freq.) in a bad sense:

ut is, qui dignitate principibus excellit facilitate infimis par esse videatur,

Cic. de Imp. Pomp. 14, 41:

ut inter quos posset excellere, cum iis, etc.,

Cic. Inv. 1, 2 fin.:

inter omnes,

id. Or. 2, 6:

super ceteros,

Liv. 28, 43:

ante ceteros,

App. Flor. 16.—With dat.:

qui longe ceteris excellere pictoribus existimabatur,

Cic. Inv. 2, 1, 1:

quae una ceteris excellebat,

id. Tusc. 2, 18, 43; id. Fin. 3, 2, 8; id. de Or. 2, 54, 216; id. de Imp. Pomp. 13, 39 al.:

ceteris,

Quint. 2, 20, 9.—With abl.:

bonā famā,

Lucr. 6, 13:

ingenio scientiāque,

Cic. Ac. 2, 2, 4:

animi magnitudine,

id. Off. 1, 18 fin.:

actione,

id. Brut. 59, 215:

hoc genere virtutis,

id. Fam. 11, 21, 4:

dignitate,

Caes. B. G. 6, 13, 9:

altitudine,

Plin. 16, 6, 18, § 24:

candore,

id. 37, 6, 23, § 88 et saep.—With in and abl.:

in arte,

Cic. Rep. 1, 13:

in aliqua arte et facultate,

id. de Or. 1, 50, 217:

in alia parte orationis,

id. Brut. 59, 215:

maxime in amicitiis expetendis colendisque,

id. Lael. 9, 30; id. de Or. 2, 54, 217 et saep.— Absol.:

excellit atque eminet vis, potestas nomenque regium,

Cic. Rep. 2, 28; 2, 23; 1, 22; id. Div. 1, 19, 38; 1, 41, 91; id. Fam. 4, 3 fin.; Tac. Or. 32 (with eminere) et saep. —In a bad sense:

vitiis,

Cic. Leg. 1, 19, 51:

cum haec (flagitia), quae excellunt, me nosse videas,

id. Pis. 38 fin. —Hence,

excellens, entis, P. a., rising, overtopping.

Lit., high, lofty (very rare;

not in Cic.): oppida excellentibus locis constituta, Auct. B. Hisp. 8, 4: corpore excellens,

Vell. 2, 107.—Far more freq. and class.,

Trop., distinguishing himself, distinguished, superior, surpassing, excellent:

deos rerum omnium praestantia excellentes,

Cic. Div. 2, 63:

Brutus noster excellens omni genere laudis,

id. Ac. 1, 3 fin.;

for which also: in omni genere,

id. Tusc. 1, 1, 2; id. de Or. 2, 54, 220:

cujus excellens in re militari gloria,

id. Rep. 2, 17:

Galba fuit inter tot aequales unus excellens,

id. Brut. 97, 333:

natura excellens atque praestans,

id. N. D. 1, 20 fin.:

scientia excellens atque singularis,

id. Fam. 4, 3 fin.:

vir excellenti providentia,

id. Rep. 2, 3;

for which: excellente ingenii magnitudine,

id. Off. 1, 33 (al. excellenti and excellentis, v. Orell. ad h. l.):

studium,

Caes. B. C. 3, 34 fin.:

pulchritudo muliebris formae,

Cic. Inv. 2, 1, 1: cygnus, * Verg. A. 12, 250 et saep.— Subst.: excellentia, ōrum, n., exceptional instances: nec excellentia, sed quotidiana tractabo, Aus. Grat. Act. § 62.— Comp.:

ova excellentiora,

Plin. 29, 3, 11, § 50:

nihil illo (sc. Alcibiade) fuisse excellentius, vel in vitiis, vel in virtutibus,

Nep. Alcib. 1.— Sup.:

excellentissima virtus,

Caes. B. C. 3, 99, 2; Sen. Vit. Beat. 14:

cultus,

Suet. Ner. 20:

triumphus,

id. Caes. 37:

aurum,

Plin. 37, 4, 15, § 56 et saep.— Adv.: excellon-ter, excellently, Cic. Off. 1, 18, 61; Nep. Att. 1, 3.— Comp., Cic. Sest. 45.— Sup.:

excellentissime,

Aug. Civ. D. 17, 8.—

ex-celsus, a, um, P. a., elevated, lofty, high (freq. and class.; cf.: celsus, editus, altus, sublimis, procerus, arduus).

Lit.:

mons,

Caes. B. C. 1, 80, 2; cf.: vertex montis, * Verg. A. 5, 35:

locus,

Cic. Rep. 6, 11:

porticus,

id. Att. 4, 16, 14:

basis (statuae),

id. Verr. 2, 4, 34; cf.

signum,

id. ib.:

statura,

Suet. Caes. 45:

aves (Ibes),

Cic. N. D. 1, 36, 101:

altitudo vineae,

Plin. 17, 22, 35, § 184 et saep.— Comp.:

in excelsiore loco,

Cic. Rep. 2, 31:

cornu (bovis),

Caes. B. G. 6, 26, 1; cf.:

crura chamaeleonis,

Plin. 8, 33, 51, § 120.— Sup.:

mons,

Caes. B. C. 1, 70, 4; cf.

locus,

Hirt. B. G. 8, 33 fin.:

rupes,

Plin. 10, 6, 7, § 19:

aegilops,

id. 16, 6, 8, § 22; 11, 37, 49, § 135.—

Subst.

excelsum, i, n., a height:

simulacrum Jovis in excelso collocare,

Cic. Cat. 3, 8, 20; id. Att. 6, 1, 17:

Phoebus ab excelso, quantum patet, aspicit aequor,

Ov. H. 15, 165; so,

ab excelso,

id. F. 2, 369:

prohibebit in excelsum emicare (vitem),

Plin. 17, 22, 35, § 184.—

Ex-celsus, i, m., the Highest, the Most High, i. e. God (eccl. Lat.), Vulg. Psa. 72, 11 al.—

Trop.

In gen., high, lofty, distinguished, excellent, noble:

te natura excelsum quendam videlicet et altum et humana despicientem genuit,

Cic. Tusc. 2, 4, 11; cf.:

magnus homo et excelsus,

id. Mur. 29:

animus excelsus magnificusque,

id. Off. 1, 23; cf. id. Opt. Gen. 4, 12:

excelso et illustri loco sita est laus tua,

id. Fam. 2, 5; cf.:

te in excelsissimo humani generis fastigio positum, Plin. H. N. praef. § 11: species magnae excelsaeque gloriac,

Tac. Agr. 4 fin. et saep.— Comp.:

(orator) grandior et quodammodo excelsior,

Cic. Or. 34; cf. Quint. 12, 10, 23; Plin. Pan. 94, 3:

quo tua in me humanitas fuerit excelsior quam in te mea,

Cic. Att. 3, 20 fin.—Sup.:

excelsissimae victoriae,

Vell. 2, 96 fin.:

duces,

id. 2, 114 fin.—Subst.

, m. plur.: excelsi, ōrum, the lofty; prov.:

excelsis multo facilius casus nocet,

Pub. Syr. 162 (Rib.).—

Neut.: excelsum, i, an elevated station or position:

in excelso aetatem agere,

i. e. in a high station, Sall. C. 51, 12.—Esp. (eccl. Lat.): in excelsis, in the highest, in ascriptions of praise, Vulg. Psa. 148, 1 al.—

Esp., in the later period of the empire, a title of high official dignitaries, e. g. of the praefectus praetorio, etc.— Adv.: excelsē, highly, on high, loftily.

Lit.:

si vitis scandit excelsius,

Col. 4, 1, 5.—

Trop., in an elevated manner, highly:

ornat excelse,

Plin. Ep. 2, 3, 3:

excelsius magnificentiusque et dicet et sentiet,

Cic. Or. 34, 119:

excelsissime floruit (Sparta),

exceedingly, Vell. 1, 6, 3.

ex-cello, cellŭi, celsum, 3 (also acc. to the 2d conj., praes. indic. excellet, Aem. Mac. ap. Diom. p. 371 P., and subj. excelleat, Cic. Fragm. ap. Prisc. p. 838 and 896 P.), v. a. and n. [cello].

Act., to raise up, elevate; only:

recellere reclinare, et excellere in altum extollere,

Fest. p. 274, 31; and Paul. ib. 275, 11 Müll.; cf. the P. a. excelsus, below.—

Neut., to rise, elevate itself (cf.: antecello, praesto, antecedo, emineo, floreo, vigeo).

Lit., only in the P. a. excellens, q. v. A.—

Trop.

In gen., to exult, be elated: animus excellit rebus secundis, Cato ap. Gell. 7, 3, 14; 13, 24, 14.—Far more freq. (but not in Plaut. and Ter.; and in the verb. finit. not in Aug. poets),

In partic., to be eminent, to distinguish one's self for any quality above others; to surpass, excel, in a good or (less freq.) in a bad sense:

ut is, qui dignitate principibus excellit facilitate infimis par esse videatur,

Cic. de Imp. Pomp. 14, 41:

ut inter quos posset excellere, cum iis, etc.,

Cic. Inv. 1, 2 fin.:

inter omnes,

id. Or. 2, 6:

super ceteros,

Liv. 28, 43:

ante ceteros,

App. Flor. 16.—With dat.:

qui longe ceteris excellere pictoribus existimabatur,

Cic. Inv. 2, 1, 1:

quae una ceteris excellebat,

id. Tusc. 2, 18, 43; id. Fin. 3, 2, 8; id. de Or. 2, 54, 216; id. de Imp. Pomp. 13, 39 al.:

ceteris,

Quint. 2, 20, 9.—With abl.:

bonā famā,

Lucr. 6, 13:

ingenio scientiāque,

Cic. Ac. 2, 2, 4:

animi magnitudine,

id. Off. 1, 18 fin.:

actione,

id. Brut. 59, 215:

hoc genere virtutis,

id. Fam. 11, 21, 4:

dignitate,

Caes. B. G. 6, 13, 9:

altitudine,

Plin. 16, 6, 18, § 24:

candore,

id. 37, 6, 23, § 88 et saep.—With in and abl.:

in arte,

Cic. Rep. 1, 13:

in aliqua arte et facultate,

id. de Or. 1, 50, 217:

in alia parte orationis,

id. Brut. 59, 215:

maxime in amicitiis expetendis colendisque,

id. Lael. 9, 30; id. de Or. 2, 54, 217 et saep.— Absol.:

excellit atque eminet vis, potestas nomenque regium,

Cic. Rep. 2, 28; 2, 23; 1, 22; id. Div. 1, 19, 38; 1, 41, 91; id. Fam. 4, 3 fin.; Tac. Or. 32 (with eminere) et saep. —In a bad sense:

vitiis,

Cic. Leg. 1, 19, 51:

cum haec (flagitia), quae excellunt, me nosse videas,

id. Pis. 38 fin. —Hence,

excellens, entis, P. a., rising, overtopping.

Lit., high, lofty (very rare;

not in Cic.): oppida excellentibus locis constituta, Auct. B. Hisp. 8, 4: corpore excellens,

Vell. 2, 107.—Far more freq. and class.,

Trop., distinguishing himself, distinguished, superior, surpassing, excellent:

deos rerum omnium praestantia excellentes,

Cic. Div. 2, 63:

Brutus noster excellens omni genere laudis,

id. Ac. 1, 3 fin.;

for which also: in omni genere,

id. Tusc. 1, 1, 2; id. de Or. 2, 54, 220:

cujus excellens in re militari gloria,

id. Rep. 2, 17:

Galba fuit inter tot aequales unus excellens,

id. Brut. 97, 333:

natura excellens atque praestans,

id. N. D. 1, 20 fin.:

scientia excellens atque singularis,

id. Fam. 4, 3 fin.:

vir excellenti providentia,

id. Rep. 2, 3;

for which: excellente ingenii magnitudine,

id. Off. 1, 33 (al. excellenti and excellentis, v. Orell. ad h. l.):

studium,

Caes. B. C. 3, 34 fin.:

pulchritudo muliebris formae,

Cic. Inv. 2, 1, 1: cygnus, * Verg. A. 12, 250 et saep.— Subst.: excellentia, ōrum, n., exceptional instances: nec excellentia, sed quotidiana tractabo, Aus. Grat. Act. § 62.— Comp.:

ova excellentiora,

Plin. 29, 3, 11, § 50:

nihil illo (sc. Alcibiade) fuisse excellentius, vel in vitiis, vel in virtutibus,

Nep. Alcib. 1.— Sup.:

excellentissima virtus,

Caes. B. C. 3, 99, 2; Sen. Vit. Beat. 14:

cultus,

Suet. Ner. 20:

triumphus,

id. Caes. 37:

aurum,

Plin. 37, 4, 15, § 56 et saep.— Adv.: excellon-ter, excellently, Cic. Off. 1, 18, 61; Nep. Att. 1, 3.— Comp., Cic. Sest. 45.— Sup.:

excellentissime,

Aug. Civ. D. 17, 8.—

ex-celsus, a, um, P. a., elevated, lofty, high (freq. and class.; cf.: celsus, editus, altus, sublimis, procerus, arduus).

Lit.:

mons,

Caes. B. C. 1, 80, 2; cf.: vertex montis, * Verg. A. 5, 35:

locus,

Cic. Rep. 6, 11:

porticus,

id. Att. 4, 16, 14:

basis (statuae),

id. Verr. 2, 4, 34; cf.

signum,

id. ib.:

statura,

Suet. Caes. 45:

aves (Ibes),

Cic. N. D. 1, 36, 101:

altitudo vineae,

Plin. 17, 22, 35, § 184 et saep.— Comp.:

in excelsiore loco,

Cic. Rep. 2, 31:

cornu (bovis),

Caes. B. G. 6, 26, 1; cf.:

crura chamaeleonis,

Plin. 8, 33, 51, § 120.— Sup.:

mons,

Caes. B. C. 1, 70, 4; cf.

locus,

Hirt. B. G. 8, 33 fin.:

rupes,

Plin. 10, 6, 7, § 19:

aegilops,

id. 16, 6, 8, § 22; 11, 37, 49, § 135.—

Subst.

excelsum, i, n., a height:

simulacrum Jovis in excelso collocare,

Cic. Cat. 3, 8, 20; id. Att. 6, 1, 17:

Phoebus ab excelso, quantum patet, aspicit aequor,

Ov. H. 15, 165; so,

ab excelso,

id. F. 2, 369:

prohibebit in excelsum emicare (vitem),

Plin. 17, 22, 35, § 184.—

Ex-celsus, i, m., the Highest, the Most High, i. e. God (eccl. Lat.), Vulg. Psa. 72, 11 al.—

Trop.

In gen., high, lofty, distinguished, excellent, noble:

te natura excelsum quendam videlicet et altum et humana despicientem genuit,

Cic. Tusc. 2, 4, 11; cf.:

magnus homo et excelsus,

id. Mur. 29:

animus excelsus magnificusque,

id. Off. 1, 23; cf. id. Opt. Gen. 4, 12:

excelso et illustri loco sita est laus tua,

id. Fam. 2, 5; cf.:

te in excelsissimo humani generis fastigio positum, Plin. H. N. praef. § 11: species magnae excelsaeque gloriac,

Tac. Agr. 4 fin. et saep.— Comp.:

(orator) grandior et quodammodo excelsior,

Cic. Or. 34; cf. Quint. 12, 10, 23; Plin. Pan. 94, 3:

quo tua in me humanitas fuerit excelsior quam in te mea,

Cic. Att. 3, 20 fin.—Sup.:

excelsissimae victoriae,

Vell. 2, 96 fin.:

duces,

id. 2, 114 fin.—Subst.

, m. plur.: excelsi, ōrum, the lofty; prov.:

excelsis multo facilius casus nocet,

Pub. Syr. 162 (Rib.).—

Neut.: excelsum, i, an elevated station or position:

in excelso aetatem agere,

i. e. in a high station, Sall. C. 51, 12.—Esp. (eccl. Lat.): in excelsis, in the highest, in ascriptions of praise, Vulg. Psa. 148, 1 al.—

Esp., in the later period of the empire, a title of high official dignitaries, e. g. of the praefectus praetorio, etc.— Adv.: excelsē, highly, on high, loftily.

Lit.:

si vitis scandit excelsius,

Col. 4, 1, 5.—

Trop., in an elevated manner, highly:

ornat excelse,

Plin. Ep. 2, 3, 3:

excelsius magnificentiusque et dicet et sentiet,

Cic. Or. 34, 119:

excelsissime floruit (Sparta),

exceedingly, Vell. 1, 6, 3.

ex-cello, cellŭi, celsum, 3 (also acc. to the 2d conj., praes. indic. excellet, Aem. Mac. ap. Diom. p. 371 P., and subj. excelleat, Cic. Fragm. ap. Prisc. p. 838 and 896 P.), v. a. and n. [cello].

Act., to raise up, elevate; only:

recellere reclinare, et excellere in altum extollere,

Fest. p. 274, 31; and Paul. ib. 275, 11 Müll.; cf. the P. a. excelsus, below.—

Neut., to rise, elevate itself (cf.: antecello, praesto, antecedo, emineo, floreo, vigeo).

Lit., only in the P. a. excellens, q. v. A.—

Trop.

In gen., to exult, be elated: animus excellit rebus secundis, Cato ap. Gell. 7, 3, 14; 13, 24, 14.—Far more freq. (but not in Plaut. and Ter.; and in the verb. finit. not in Aug. poets),

In partic., to be eminent, to distinguish one's self for any quality above others; to surpass, excel, in a good or (less freq.) in a bad sense:

ut is, qui dignitate principibus excellit facilitate infimis par esse videatur,

Cic. de Imp. Pomp. 14, 41:

ut inter quos posset excellere, cum iis, etc.,

Cic. Inv. 1, 2 fin.:

inter omnes,

id. Or. 2, 6:

super ceteros,

Liv. 28, 43:

ante ceteros,

App. Flor. 16.—With dat.:

qui longe ceteris excellere pictoribus existimabatur,

Cic. Inv. 2, 1, 1:

quae una ceteris excellebat,

id. Tusc. 2, 18, 43; id. Fin. 3, 2, 8; id. de Or. 2, 54, 216; id. de Imp. Pomp. 13, 39 al.:

ceteris,

Quint. 2, 20, 9.—With abl.:

bonā famā,

Lucr. 6, 13:

ingenio scientiāque,

Cic. Ac. 2, 2, 4:

animi magnitudine,

id. Off. 1, 18 fin.:

actione,

id. Brut. 59, 215:

hoc genere virtutis,

id. Fam. 11, 21, 4:

dignitate,

Caes. B. G. 6, 13, 9:

altitudine,

Plin. 16, 6, 18, § 24:

candore,

id. 37, 6, 23, § 88 et saep.—With in and abl.:

in arte,

Cic. Rep. 1, 13:

in aliqua arte et facultate,

id. de Or. 1, 50, 217:

in alia parte orationis,

id. Brut. 59, 215:

maxime in amicitiis expetendis colendisque,

id. Lael. 9, 30; id. de Or. 2, 54, 217 et saep.— Absol.:

excellit atque eminet vis, potestas nomenque regium,

Cic. Rep. 2, 28; 2, 23; 1, 22; id. Div. 1, 19, 38; 1, 41, 91; id. Fam. 4, 3 fin.; Tac. Or. 32 (with eminere) et saep. —In a bad sense:

vitiis,

Cic. Leg. 1, 19, 51:

cum haec (flagitia), quae excellunt, me nosse videas,

id. Pis. 38 fin. —Hence,

excellens, entis, P. a., rising, overtopping.

Lit., high, lofty (very rare;

not in Cic.): oppida excellentibus locis constituta, Auct. B. Hisp. 8, 4: corpore excellens,

Vell. 2, 107.—Far more freq. and class.,

Trop., distinguishing himself, distinguished, superior, surpassing, excellent:

deos rerum omnium praestantia excellentes,

Cic. Div. 2, 63:

Brutus noster excellens omni genere laudis,

id. Ac. 1, 3 fin.;

for which also: in omni genere,

id. Tusc. 1, 1, 2; id. de Or. 2, 54, 220:

cujus excellens in re militari gloria,

id. Rep. 2, 17:

Galba fuit inter tot aequales unus excellens,

id. Brut. 97, 333:

natura excellens atque praestans,

id. N. D. 1, 20 fin.:

scientia excellens atque singularis,

id. Fam. 4, 3 fin.:

vir excellenti providentia,

id. Rep. 2, 3;

for which: excellente ingenii magnitudine,

id. Off. 1, 33 (al. excellenti and excellentis, v. Orell. ad h. l.):

studium,

Caes. B. C. 3, 34 fin.:

pulchritudo muliebris formae,

Cic. Inv. 2, 1, 1: cygnus, * Verg. A. 12, 250 et saep.— Subst.: excellentia, ōrum, n., exceptional instances: nec excellentia, sed quotidiana tractabo, Aus. Grat. Act. § 62.— Comp.:

ova excellentiora,

Plin. 29, 3, 11, § 50:

nihil illo (sc. Alcibiade) fuisse excellentius, vel in vitiis, vel in virtutibus,

Nep. Alcib. 1.— Sup.:

excellentissima virtus,

Caes. B. C. 3, 99, 2; Sen. Vit. Beat. 14:

cultus,

Suet. Ner. 20:

triumphus,

id. Caes. 37:

aurum,

Plin. 37, 4, 15, § 56 et saep.— Adv.: excellon-ter, excellently, Cic. Off. 1, 18, 61; Nep. Att. 1, 3.— Comp., Cic. Sest. 45.— Sup.:

excellentissime,

Aug. Civ. D. 17, 8.—

ex-celsus, a, um, P. a., elevated, lofty, high (freq. and class.; cf.: celsus, editus, altus, sublimis, procerus, arduus).

Lit.:

mons,

Caes. B. C. 1, 80, 2; cf.: vertex montis, * Verg. A. 5, 35:

locus,

Cic. Rep. 6, 11:

porticus,

id. Att. 4, 16, 14:

basis (statuae),

id. Verr. 2, 4, 34; cf.

signum,

id. ib.:

statura,

Suet. Caes. 45:

aves (Ibes),

Cic. N. D. 1, 36, 101:

altitudo vineae,

Plin. 17, 22, 35, § 184 et saep.— Comp.:

in excelsiore loco,

Cic. Rep. 2, 31:

cornu (bovis),

Caes. B. G. 6, 26, 1; cf.:

crura chamaeleonis,

Plin. 8, 33, 51, § 120.— Sup.:

mons,

Caes. B. C. 1, 70, 4; cf.

locus,

Hirt. B. G. 8, 33 fin.:

rupes,

Plin. 10, 6, 7, § 19:

aegilops,

id. 16, 6, 8, § 22; 11, 37, 49, § 135.—

Subst.

excelsum, i, n., a height:

simulacrum Jovis in excelso collocare,

Cic. Cat. 3, 8, 20; id. Att. 6, 1, 17:

Phoebus ab excelso, quantum patet, aspicit aequor,

Ov. H. 15, 165; so,

ab excelso,

id. F. 2, 369:

prohibebit in excelsum emicare (vitem),

Plin. 17, 22, 35, § 184.—

Ex-celsus, i, m., the Highest, the Most High, i. e. God (eccl. Lat.), Vulg. Psa. 72, 11 al.—

Trop.

In gen., high, lofty, distinguished, excellent, noble:

te natura excelsum quendam videlicet et altum et humana despicientem genuit,

Cic. Tusc. 2, 4, 11; cf.:

magnus homo et excelsus,

id. Mur. 29:

animus excelsus magnificusque,

id. Off. 1, 23; cf. id. Opt. Gen. 4, 12:

excelso et illustri loco sita est laus tua,

id. Fam. 2, 5; cf.:

te in excelsissimo humani generis fastigio positum, Plin. H. N. praef. § 11: species magnae excelsaeque gloriac,

Tac. Agr. 4 fin. et saep.— Comp.:

(orator) grandior et quodammodo excelsior,

Cic. Or. 34; cf. Quint. 12, 10, 23; Plin. Pan. 94, 3:

quo tua in me humanitas fuerit excelsior quam in te mea,

Cic. Att. 3, 20 fin.—Sup.:

excelsissimae victoriae,

Vell. 2, 96 fin.:

duces,

id. 2, 114 fin.—Subst.

, m. plur.: excelsi, ōrum, the lofty; prov.:

excelsis multo facilius casus nocet,

Pub. Syr. 162 (Rib.).—

Neut.: excelsum, i, an elevated station or position:

in excelso aetatem agere,

i. e. in a high station, Sall. C. 51, 12.—Esp. (eccl. Lat.): in excelsis, in the highest, in ascriptions of praise, Vulg. Psa. 148, 1 al.—

Esp., in the later period of the empire, a title of high official dignitaries, e. g. of the praefectus praetorio, etc.— Adv.: excelsē, highly, on high, loftily.

Lit.:

si vitis scandit excelsius,

Col. 4, 1, 5.—

Trop., in an elevated manner, highly:

ornat excelse,

Plin. Ep. 2, 3, 3:

excelsius magnificentiusque et dicet et sentiet,

Cic. Or. 34, 119:

excelsissime floruit (Sparta),

exceedingly, Vell. 1, 6, 3.

ex-cello, cellŭi, celsum, 3 (also acc. to the 2d conj., praes. indic. excellet, Aem. Mac. ap. Diom. p. 371 P., and subj. excelleat, Cic. Fragm. ap. Prisc. p. 838 and 896 P.), v. a. and n. [cello].

Act., to raise up, elevate; only:

recellere reclinare, et excellere in altum extollere,

Fest. p. 274, 31; and Paul. ib. 275, 11 Müll.; cf. the P. a. excelsus, below.—

Neut., to rise, elevate itself (cf.: antecello, praesto, antecedo, emineo, floreo, vigeo).

Lit., only in the P. a. excellens, q. v. A.—

Trop.

In gen., to exult, be elated: animus excellit rebus secundis, Cato ap. Gell. 7, 3, 14; 13, 24, 14.—Far more freq. (but not in Plaut. and Ter.; and in the verb. finit. not in Aug. poets),

In partic., to be eminent, to distinguish one's self for any quality above others; to surpass, excel, in a good or (less freq.) in a bad sense:

ut is, qui dignitate principibus excellit facilitate infimis par esse videatur,

Cic. de Imp. Pomp. 14, 41:

ut inter quos posset excellere, cum iis, etc.,

Cic. Inv. 1, 2 fin.:

inter omnes,

id. Or. 2, 6:

super ceteros,

Liv. 28, 43:

ante ceteros,

App. Flor. 16.—With dat.:

qui longe ceteris excellere pictoribus existimabatur,

Cic. Inv. 2, 1, 1:

quae una ceteris excellebat,

id. Tusc. 2, 18, 43; id. Fin. 3, 2, 8; id. de Or. 2, 54, 216; id. de Imp. Pomp. 13, 39 al.:

ceteris,

Quint. 2, 20, 9.—With abl.:

bonā famā,

Lucr. 6, 13:

ingenio scientiāque,

Cic. Ac. 2, 2, 4:

animi magnitudine,

id. Off. 1, 18 fin.:

actione,

id. Brut. 59, 215:

hoc genere virtutis,

id. Fam. 11, 21, 4:

dignitate,

Caes. B. G. 6, 13, 9:

altitudine,

Plin. 16, 6, 18, § 24:

candore,

id. 37, 6, 23, § 88 et saep.—With in and abl.:

in arte,

Cic. Rep. 1, 13:

in aliqua arte et facultate,

id. de Or. 1, 50, 217:

in alia parte orationis,

id. Brut. 59, 215:

maxime in amicitiis expetendis colendisque,

id. Lael. 9, 30; id. de Or. 2, 54, 217 et saep.— Absol.:

excellit atque eminet vis, potestas nomenque regium,

Cic. Rep. 2, 28; 2, 23; 1, 22; id. Div. 1, 19, 38; 1, 41, 91; id. Fam. 4, 3 fin.; Tac. Or. 32 (with eminere) et saep. —In a bad sense:

vitiis,

Cic. Leg. 1, 19, 51:

cum haec (flagitia), quae excellunt, me nosse videas,

id. Pis. 38 fin. —Hence,

excellens, entis, P. a., rising, overtopping.

Lit., high, lofty (very rare;

not in Cic.): oppida excellentibus locis constituta, Auct. B. Hisp. 8, 4: corpore excellens,

Vell. 2, 107.—Far more freq. and class.,

Trop., distinguishing himself, distinguished, superior, surpassing, excellent:

deos rerum omnium praestantia excellentes,

Cic. Div. 2, 63:

Brutus noster excellens omni genere laudis,

id. Ac. 1, 3 fin.;

for which also: in omni genere,

id. Tusc. 1, 1, 2; id. de Or. 2, 54, 220:

cujus excellens in re militari gloria,

id. Rep. 2, 17:

Galba fuit inter tot aequales unus excellens,

id. Brut. 97, 333:

natura excellens atque praestans,

id. N. D. 1, 20 fin.:

scientia excellens atque singularis,

id. Fam. 4, 3 fin.:

vir excellenti providentia,

id. Rep. 2, 3;

for which: excellente ingenii magnitudine,

id. Off. 1, 33 (al. excellenti and excellentis, v. Orell. ad h. l.):

studium,

Caes. B. C. 3, 34 fin.:

pulchritudo muliebris formae,

Cic. Inv. 2, 1, 1: cygnus, * Verg. A. 12, 250 et saep.— Subst.: excellentia, ōrum, n., exceptional instances: nec excellentia, sed quotidiana tractabo, Aus. Grat. Act. § 62.— Comp.:

ova excellentiora,

Plin. 29, 3, 11, § 50:

nihil illo (sc. Alcibiade) fuisse excellentius, vel in vitiis, vel in virtutibus,

Nep. Alcib. 1.— Sup.:

excellentissima virtus,

Caes. B. C. 3, 99, 2; Sen. Vit. Beat. 14:

cultus,

Suet. Ner. 20:

triumphus,

id. Caes. 37:

aurum,

Plin. 37, 4, 15, § 56 et saep.— Adv.: excellon-ter, excellently, Cic. Off. 1, 18, 61; Nep. Att. 1, 3.— Comp., Cic. Sest. 45.— Sup.:

excellentissime,

Aug. Civ. D. 17, 8.—

ex-celsus, a, um, P. a., elevated, lofty, high (freq. and class.; cf.: celsus, editus, altus, sublimis, procerus, arduus).

Lit.:

mons,

Caes. B. C. 1, 80, 2; cf.: vertex montis, * Verg. A. 5, 35:

locus,

Cic. Rep. 6, 11:

porticus,

id. Att. 4, 16, 14:

basis (statuae),

id. Verr. 2, 4, 34; cf.

signum,

id. ib.:

statura,

Suet. Caes. 45:

aves (Ibes),

Cic. N. D. 1, 36, 101:

altitudo vineae,

Plin. 17, 22, 35, § 184 et saep.— Comp.:

in excelsiore loco,

Cic. Rep. 2, 31:

cornu (bovis),

Caes. B. G. 6, 26, 1; cf.:

crura chamaeleonis,

Plin. 8, 33, 51, § 120.— Sup.:

mons,

Caes. B. C. 1, 70, 4; cf.

locus,

Hirt. B. G. 8, 33 fin.:

rupes,

Plin. 10, 6, 7, § 19:

aegilops,

id. 16, 6, 8, § 22; 11, 37, 49, § 135.—

Subst.

excelsum, i, n., a height:

simulacrum Jovis in excelso collocare,

Cic. Cat. 3, 8, 20; id. Att. 6, 1, 17:

Phoebus ab excelso, quantum patet, aspicit aequor,

Ov. H. 15, 165; so,

ab excelso,

id. F. 2, 369:

prohibebit in excelsum emicare (vitem),

Plin. 17, 22, 35, § 184.—

Ex-celsus, i, m., the Highest, the Most High, i. e. God (eccl. Lat.), Vulg. Psa. 72, 11 al.—

Trop.

In gen., high, lofty, distinguished, excellent, noble:

te natura excelsum quendam videlicet et altum et humana despicientem genuit,

Cic. Tusc. 2, 4, 11; cf.:

magnus homo et excelsus,

id. Mur. 29:

animus excelsus magnificusque,

id. Off. 1, 23; cf. id. Opt. Gen. 4, 12:

excelso et illustri loco sita est laus tua,

id. Fam. 2, 5; cf.:

te in excelsissimo humani generis fastigio positum, Plin. H. N. praef. § 11: species magnae excelsaeque gloriac,

Tac. Agr. 4 fin. et saep.— Comp.:

(orator) grandior et quodammodo excelsior,

Cic. Or. 34; cf. Quint. 12, 10, 23; Plin. Pan. 94, 3:

quo tua in me humanitas fuerit excelsior quam in te mea,

Cic. Att. 3, 20 fin.—Sup.:

excelsissimae victoriae,

Vell. 2, 96 fin.:

duces,

id. 2, 114 fin.—Subst.

, m. plur.: excelsi, ōrum, the lofty; prov.:

excelsis multo facilius casus nocet,

Pub. Syr. 162 (Rib.).—

Neut.: excelsum, i, an elevated station or position:

in excelso aetatem agere,

i. e. in a high station, Sall. C. 51, 12.—Esp. (eccl. Lat.): in excelsis, in the highest, in ascriptions of praise, Vulg. Psa. 148, 1 al.—

Esp., in the later period of the empire, a title of high official dignitaries, e. g. of the praefectus praetorio, etc.— Adv.: excelsē, highly, on high, loftily.

Lit.:

si vitis scandit excelsius,

Col. 4, 1, 5.—

Trop., in an elevated manner, highly:

ornat excelse,

Plin. Ep. 2, 3, 3:

excelsius magnificentiusque et dicet et sentiet,

Cic. Or. 34, 119:

excelsissime floruit (Sparta),

exceedingly, Vell. 1, 6, 3.

hŏnestus, a um, adj. [honos, honor, qs. furnished or clothed with honor], full of honor, honorable.

Regarded with honor, enjoying respect or consideration, honored, distinguished, honorable, respectable, noble, = honoratus:

qui me honore honestiorem fecit,

Plaut. Capt. 2, 3, 32: cum honos sit praemium virtutis judicio studioque civium delatum ad aliquem;

qui eum sententiis, qui suffragiis adeptus est, is mihi et honestus et honoratus videtur, etc.,

Cic. Brut. 81, 281:

satis honestam honoratamque imaginem fore,

Liv. 36, 40, 9: magnus atque honestus, Brut. et Cass. ap. Cic. Fam. 11, 3, 4; cf.:

salvi et honesti,

id. ib. 11, 2, 2:

honestus homo et nobilis,

Cic. Mur. 36, 75:

cum honesto aliquo homine,

id. Fam. 16, 9, 4:

amplae et honestae familiae,

illustrious and honorable families, id. Mur. 7, 15; cf.: homines honestis parentibus ac majoribus nati, id. Fragm. ap. Quint. 11, 1, 85:

bonis parentibus atque honesto loco natus,

id. Tusc. 5, 20, 58:

cum Sabinas honesto ortas loco virgines rapi jussit,

id. Rep. 2, 7:

loco natus honesto,

Caes. B. G. 5, 45, 2:

Polla, Nursiae honesto genere orta,

Suet. Vesp. 1:

equite Romano in primis honesto et ornato,

distinguished, eminent, Cic. Fam. 13, 14, 1; 13, 31, 1:

eques Romanus,

id. ib. 13, 62; cf.:

erant complures honesti adulescentes, senatorum filii et ordinis equestris,

Caes. B. C. 1, 51, 3:

publicani, homines honestissimi atque ornatissimi,

Cic. de Imp. Pomp. 7, 17:

homo honestissimus,

Caes. B. G. 1, 53, 6:

milites honestissimi sui generis,

id. B. C. 1, 20, 1:

virginis honestae vaticinatione,

Suet. Galb. 9 et saep.:

quia deus auctor culpae honestior erat,

Liv. 1, 4, 2:

tam grave, tam firmum, tam honestum municipium,

Cic. Fam. 13, 4, 2:

honestissimus conventus,

Quint. 1, 2, 9:

ut honestiore judicio conflictere?

more honorable, Cic. Quint. 13, 44:

dies honestissimus nobis,

id. Fam. 1, 2, 2:

atque erit illa mihi mortis honesta dies,

Prop. 3 (4), 21, 34:

honesta paupertas,

Vell. 129, 3:

omnium honestarum rerum egens,

not able to live suitably to his rank, Sall. J. 14, 17: honestis manibus omnia laetius proveniunt, i. e. of generals (cf. shortly before:

ipsorum tunc manibus imperatorum colebantur agri),

Plin. 18, 3, 4, § 19.—As substt.

hŏnestĭōres, um, m., men of noble birth:

qui hominem castraverit... sive is servus sive liber sit, capite punitur: honestiores publicatis bonis in insulam deportantur,

Paul. Sent. 5, 23, 13; 1, 21, 4 sq.;

opp. humiliores,

id. ib. 5, 25, 1 sq.; Mos. et Rom. Leg. Coll. 1, 2, 2; 8, 4, 2.—

hŏnestum, i, n., honorable conduct, morality, virtue:

nec honesto quicquam honestius,

Cic. Fin. 4, 7, 25:

rigidi servator honesti (Cato),

Luc. 2, 389.

Bringing or deserving of honor, honorable, respectable, creditable, worthy, virtuous, decent, proper, becoming.

In gen.:

ut (civium vita) opibus firma, copiis locuples, gloria ampla, virtute honesta sit,

Cic. Att. 8, 11, 1:

in convivio moderato atque honesto,

id. Mur. 6, 13:

aequa et honesta postulatio,

id. Rosc. Am. 2, 7:

honestum ac probabile nomen,

id. Caecin. 25, 71; cf.:

ut honesta praescriptione rem turpissimam tegerent,

Caes. B. C. 3, 32, 4:

causas abeundi quaerat honestas,

Lucr. 4, 1181:

certatio,

Cic. Lael. 9, 32:

honestam rem actionemve aut non suscipere aut, etc.,

id. ib. 13, 47:

res, causa (opp. turpis),

Auct. Her. 1, 3, 5; cf.:

honesta res dividitur in rectum et laudabile,

id. 3, 2, 3:

hominum honestissimorum testimoniis non credere,

Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 49, § 128; id. Rosc. Am. 6, 16:

homines honestissimi,

id. ib. 17, 49:

quod omnium sit votum parentum, ut honestiores quam sint ipsi, liberos habeant,

Quint. 1, 1, 82:

soror,

virtuous, chaste, Hor. S. 2, 3, 58:

vita honestissima,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 17, 48; so in sup.:

labor,

Quint. 12, 7, 10:

praecepta,

id. 12, 2, 27:

testimonia,

id. 5, 11, 37:

vitae instituta sic distant, ut Cretes et Aetoli latrocinari honestum putent,

Cic. Rep. 3, 9:

honestum quibusdam rapto vivere,

Quint. 3, 7, 24:

honestius est de amicorum pecunia laborare quam de sua,

Cic. Fam. 13, 14, 2:

ut neque rectum neque honestum sit, nec fieri possit, ut, etc.,

id. Lael. 21, 76:

honestum et rectum,

id. ib. 22, 82:

honestum id intellegimus, quod tale est, ut, detracta omni utilitate, sine ullis praemiis fructibusve per se ipsum possit jure laudari,

id. Fin. 2, 14, 45; cf. id. Inv. 2, 53, 159; id. Leg. 1, 18, 48:

si maritus uxorem suam in adulterio deprehensam occidit... non inique aliquid ejus honestissimo calori permittitur, Mos. et Rom. Leg. Coll. 4, 10, 1: mores honestos tradere,

Juv. 6, 239.—As subst.: hŏnestum, i, n., honesty, integrity, virtue (cf.:

honor, virtus, etc.): quandoquidem honestum aut ipsa virtus est aut res gesta virtute,

id. Fin. 5, 23, 66; cf.:

sive honestum solum bonum est, ut Stoicis placet, sive quod honestum est, id ita summum bonum est, ut, etc.,

id. Off. 3, 3, 13; 1, 4, 14:

formam quidem ipsam et tamquam faciem honesti vides,

id. ib. 1, 5, 14:

omnis honesti justique disciplina,

Quint. 12, 2, 1:

honesti praesens imago,

id. 12, 1, 28:

quo (honesto) detracto quid poterit beatum intellegi?

Cic. Tusc. 5, 15, 45:

de honesto ac bono,

Quint. 2, 2, 5:

honesta ac turpia,

Cic. Leg. 1, 16, 44; 1, 17, 46:

honestis similia sunt quaedam non honesta,

id. Ac. 2, 16, 50:

in eodem pectore nullum est honestorum turpiumque consortium,

Quint. 12, 1, 4:

de honestis, justis, utilibus quaestiones,

id. 3, 6, 41.—Prov.:

honesta mors turpi vita potior,

Tac. Agr. 33:

imponit finem sapiens et rebus honestis,

Juv. 6, 444:

honestus rumor alterum est patrimonium,

Pub. Syr. 217 Rib.—

In partic., of personal appearance, noble, fine, handsome, beautiful (mostly poet.):

ille erat honesta facie et liberali,

Ter. Eun. 4, 4, 15; 2, 1, 24; cf.: ita me di ament, honestus est. id. ib. 3, 2, 21:

erat forma praeter ceteras honesta,

id. And. 1, 1, 96:

facies,

Suet. Tib. 68:

caput,

Verg. A. 10, 133; id. G. 2, 392:

asini,

Varr. R. R. 2, 6, 2:

(equi),

Verg. G. 3, 81:

ager honestior,

Varr. R. R. 1, 4, 2:

tunc ora rigantur honestis Imbribus (i. e. lacrimis),

Stat. Th. 2, 234.—As subst.: hŏnestum, i, n., beauty:

nec, si quid honesti est, jactat habetque palam, quaerit, quo turpia celet, = si quid pulchri habent,

Hor. S. 1, 2, 84.—Hence, adv.: hŏ-nestē.

(Acc. to I.) Honorably, nobly (very rare):

honeste natus,

of noble birth, Suet. Aug. 43.—Far more freq. and class.,

(Acc. to II.) Decently, becomingly, properly, creditably, virtuously:

neque illa matrem satis honeste tuam sequi poterit comes,

Plaut. Merc. 2, 3, 69; id. Rud. 2, 3, 77:

sic volo Te ferre (aquam) honeste, ut ego fero,

id. ib. 2, 5, 7:

unde Mundior exiret vix libertinus honeste,

Hor. S. 2, 7, 12:

ut videamur vestiti esse honeste,

Varr. L. L. 8, § 31 Müll.:

(Lucretia) tum quoque jam moriens, ne non procumbat honeste, Respicit,

Ov. F. 2, 833:

(Caesar) sinum ad ima crura deduxit, quo honestius caderet,

Suet. Caes. 82; Lucil. ap. Non. 427, 26:

valde se honeste gerunt,

Cic. Att. 6, 1, 13:

honestius hic, quam Q. Pompeius,

id. Off. 3, 30, 109:

quae in nostris rebus non satis honeste, in amicorum fiunt honestissime,

id. Lael. 16, 57:

aliquid recte honesteque dicere,

id. Rep. 1, 2:

beate et honeste vivere,

id. ib. 4, 3:

honeste vivere (opp. turpiter),

Quint. 5, 10, 24:

facere ac dicere (opp. turpiter),

id. 11, 1, 14; 10, 5, 13:

tam jejuna fames, cum possit honestius tremere, etc.,

Juv. 5, 10. iste quidem veteres inter ponetur honeste, fairly, properly, Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 43:

fastigium nunc honeste vergit in tectum inferioris porticus,

Cic. Q. Fr. 3, 1, 4, 14.

hŏnestus, a um, adj. [honos, honor, qs. furnished or clothed with honor], full of honor, honorable.

Regarded with honor, enjoying respect or consideration, honored, distinguished, honorable, respectable, noble, = honoratus:

qui me honore honestiorem fecit,

Plaut. Capt. 2, 3, 32: cum honos sit praemium virtutis judicio studioque civium delatum ad aliquem;

qui eum sententiis, qui suffragiis adeptus est, is mihi et honestus et honoratus videtur, etc.,

Cic. Brut. 81, 281:

satis honestam honoratamque imaginem fore,

Liv. 36, 40, 9: magnus atque honestus, Brut. et Cass. ap. Cic. Fam. 11, 3, 4; cf.:

salvi et honesti,

id. ib. 11, 2, 2:

honestus homo et nobilis,

Cic. Mur. 36, 75:

cum honesto aliquo homine,

id. Fam. 16, 9, 4:

amplae et honestae familiae,

illustrious and honorable families, id. Mur. 7, 15; cf.: homines honestis parentibus ac majoribus nati, id. Fragm. ap. Quint. 11, 1, 85:

bonis parentibus atque honesto loco natus,

id. Tusc. 5, 20, 58:

cum Sabinas honesto ortas loco virgines rapi jussit,

id. Rep. 2, 7:

loco natus honesto,

Caes. B. G. 5, 45, 2:

Polla, Nursiae honesto genere orta,

Suet. Vesp. 1:

equite Romano in primis honesto et ornato,

distinguished, eminent, Cic. Fam. 13, 14, 1; 13, 31, 1:

eques Romanus,

id. ib. 13, 62; cf.:

erant complures honesti adulescentes, senatorum filii et ordinis equestris,

Caes. B. C. 1, 51, 3:

publicani, homines honestissimi atque ornatissimi,

Cic. de Imp. Pomp. 7, 17:

homo honestissimus,

Caes. B. G. 1, 53, 6:

milites honestissimi sui generis,

id. B. C. 1, 20, 1:

virginis honestae vaticinatione,

Suet. Galb. 9 et saep.:

quia deus auctor culpae honestior erat,

Liv. 1, 4, 2:

tam grave, tam firmum, tam honestum municipium,

Cic. Fam. 13, 4, 2:

honestissimus conventus,

Quint. 1, 2, 9:

ut honestiore judicio conflictere?

more honorable, Cic. Quint. 13, 44:

dies honestissimus nobis,

id. Fam. 1, 2, 2:

atque erit illa mihi mortis honesta dies,

Prop. 3 (4), 21, 34:

honesta paupertas,

Vell. 129, 3:

omnium honestarum rerum egens,

not able to live suitably to his rank, Sall. J. 14, 17: honestis manibus omnia laetius proveniunt, i. e. of generals (cf. shortly before:

ipsorum tunc manibus imperatorum colebantur agri),

Plin. 18, 3, 4, § 19.—As substt.

hŏnestĭōres, um, m., men of noble birth:

qui hominem castraverit... sive is servus sive liber sit, capite punitur: honestiores publicatis bonis in insulam deportantur,

Paul. Sent. 5, 23, 13; 1, 21, 4 sq.;

opp. humiliores,

id. ib. 5, 25, 1 sq.; Mos. et Rom. Leg. Coll. 1, 2, 2; 8, 4, 2.—

hŏnestum, i, n., honorable conduct, morality, virtue:

nec honesto quicquam honestius,

Cic. Fin. 4, 7, 25:

rigidi servator honesti (Cato),

Luc. 2, 389.

Bringing or deserving of honor, honorable, respectable, creditable, worthy, virtuous, decent, proper, becoming.

In gen.:

ut (civium vita) opibus firma, copiis locuples, gloria ampla, virtute honesta sit,

Cic. Att. 8, 11, 1:

in convivio moderato atque honesto,

id. Mur. 6, 13:

aequa et honesta postulatio,

id. Rosc. Am. 2, 7:

honestum ac probabile nomen,

id. Caecin. 25, 71; cf.:

ut honesta praescriptione rem turpissimam tegerent,

Caes. B. C. 3, 32, 4:

causas abeundi quaerat honestas,

Lucr. 4, 1181:

certatio,

Cic. Lael. 9, 32:

honestam rem actionemve aut non suscipere aut, etc.,

id. ib. 13, 47:

res, causa (opp. turpis),

Auct. Her. 1, 3, 5; cf.:

honesta res dividitur in rectum et laudabile,

id. 3, 2, 3:

hominum honestissimorum testimoniis non credere,

Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 49, § 128; id. Rosc. Am. 6, 16:

homines honestissimi,

id. ib. 17, 49:

quod omnium sit votum parentum, ut honestiores quam sint ipsi, liberos habeant,

Quint. 1, 1, 82:

soror,

virtuous, chaste, Hor. S. 2, 3, 58:

vita honestissima,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 17, 48; so in sup.:

labor,

Quint. 12, 7, 10:

praecepta,

id. 12, 2, 27:

testimonia,

id. 5, 11, 37:

vitae instituta sic distant, ut Cretes et Aetoli latrocinari honestum putent,

Cic. Rep. 3, 9:

honestum quibusdam rapto vivere,

Quint. 3, 7, 24:

honestius est de amicorum pecunia laborare quam de sua,

Cic. Fam. 13, 14, 2:

ut neque rectum neque honestum sit, nec fieri possit, ut, etc.,

id. Lael. 21, 76:

honestum et rectum,

id. ib. 22, 82:

honestum id intellegimus, quod tale est, ut, detracta omni utilitate, sine ullis praemiis fructibusve per se ipsum possit jure laudari,

id. Fin. 2, 14, 45; cf. id. Inv. 2, 53, 159; id. Leg. 1, 18, 48:

si maritus uxorem suam in adulterio deprehensam occidit... non inique aliquid ejus honestissimo calori permittitur, Mos. et Rom. Leg. Coll. 4, 10, 1: mores honestos tradere,

Juv. 6, 239.—As subst.: hŏnestum, i, n., honesty, integrity, virtue (cf.:

honor, virtus, etc.): quandoquidem honestum aut ipsa virtus est aut res gesta virtute,

id. Fin. 5, 23, 66; cf.:

sive honestum solum bonum est, ut Stoicis placet, sive quod honestum est, id ita summum bonum est, ut, etc.,

id. Off. 3, 3, 13; 1, 4, 14:

formam quidem ipsam et tamquam faciem honesti vides,

id. ib. 1, 5, 14:

omnis honesti justique disciplina,

Quint. 12, 2, 1:

honesti praesens imago,

id. 12, 1, 28:

quo (honesto) detracto quid poterit beatum intellegi?

Cic. Tusc. 5, 15, 45:

de honesto ac bono,

Quint. 2, 2, 5:

honesta ac turpia,

Cic. Leg. 1, 16, 44; 1, 17, 46:

honestis similia sunt quaedam non honesta,

id. Ac. 2, 16, 50:

in eodem pectore nullum est honestorum turpiumque consortium,

Quint. 12, 1, 4:

de honestis, justis, utilibus quaestiones,

id. 3, 6, 41.—Prov.:

honesta mors turpi vita potior,

Tac. Agr. 33:

imponit finem sapiens et rebus honestis,

Juv. 6, 444:

honestus rumor alterum est patrimonium,

Pub. Syr. 217 Rib.—

In partic., of personal appearance, noble, fine, handsome, beautiful (mostly poet.):

ille erat honesta facie et liberali,

Ter. Eun. 4, 4, 15; 2, 1, 24; cf.: ita me di ament, honestus est. id. ib. 3, 2, 21:

erat forma praeter ceteras honesta,

id. And. 1, 1, 96:

facies,

Suet. Tib. 68:

caput,

Verg. A. 10, 133; id. G. 2, 392:

asini,

Varr. R. R. 2, 6, 2:

(equi),

Verg. G. 3, 81:

ager honestior,

Varr. R. R. 1, 4, 2:

tunc ora rigantur honestis Imbribus (i. e. lacrimis),

Stat. Th. 2, 234.—As subst.: hŏnestum, i, n., beauty:

nec, si quid honesti est, jactat habetque palam, quaerit, quo turpia celet, = si quid pulchri habent,

Hor. S. 1, 2, 84.—Hence, adv.: hŏ-nestē.

(Acc. to I.) Honorably, nobly (very rare):

honeste natus,

of noble birth, Suet. Aug. 43.—Far more freq. and class.,

(Acc. to II.) Decently, becomingly, properly, creditably, virtuously:

neque illa matrem satis honeste tuam sequi poterit comes,

Plaut. Merc. 2, 3, 69; id. Rud. 2, 3, 77:

sic volo Te ferre (aquam) honeste, ut ego fero,

id. ib. 2, 5, 7:

unde Mundior exiret vix libertinus honeste,

Hor. S. 2, 7, 12:

ut videamur vestiti esse honeste,

Varr. L. L. 8, § 31 Müll.:

(Lucretia) tum quoque jam moriens, ne non procumbat honeste, Respicit,

Ov. F. 2, 833:

(Caesar) sinum ad ima crura deduxit, quo honestius caderet,

Suet. Caes. 82; Lucil. ap. Non. 427, 26:

valde se honeste gerunt,

Cic. Att. 6, 1, 13:

honestius hic, quam Q. Pompeius,

id. Off. 3, 30, 109:

quae in nostris rebus non satis honeste, in amicorum fiunt honestissime,

id. Lael. 16, 57:

aliquid recte honesteque dicere,

id. Rep. 1, 2:

beate et honeste vivere,

id. ib. 4, 3:

honeste vivere (opp. turpiter),

Quint. 5, 10, 24:

facere ac dicere (opp. turpiter),

id. 11, 1, 14; 10, 5, 13:

tam jejuna fames, cum possit honestius tremere, etc.,

Juv. 5, 10. iste quidem veteres inter ponetur honeste, fairly, properly, Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 43:

fastigium nunc honeste vergit in tectum inferioris porticus,

Cic. Q. Fr. 3, 1, 4, 14.

hŏnestus, a um, adj. [honos, honor, qs. furnished or clothed with honor], full of honor, honorable.

Regarded with honor, enjoying respect or consideration, honored, distinguished, honorable, respectable, noble, = honoratus:

qui me honore honestiorem fecit,

Plaut. Capt. 2, 3, 32: cum honos sit praemium virtutis judicio studioque civium delatum ad aliquem;

qui eum sententiis, qui suffragiis adeptus est, is mihi et honestus et honoratus videtur, etc.,

Cic. Brut. 81, 281:

satis honestam honoratamque imaginem fore,

Liv. 36, 40, 9: magnus atque honestus, Brut. et Cass. ap. Cic. Fam. 11, 3, 4; cf.:

salvi et honesti,

id. ib. 11, 2, 2:

honestus homo et nobilis,

Cic. Mur. 36, 75:

cum honesto aliquo homine,

id. Fam. 16, 9, 4:

amplae et honestae familiae,

illustrious and honorable families, id. Mur. 7, 15; cf.: homines honestis parentibus ac majoribus nati, id. Fragm. ap. Quint. 11, 1, 85:

bonis parentibus atque honesto loco natus,

id. Tusc. 5, 20, 58:

cum Sabinas honesto ortas loco virgines rapi jussit,

id. Rep. 2, 7:

loco natus honesto,

Caes. B. G. 5, 45, 2:

Polla, Nursiae honesto genere orta,

Suet. Vesp. 1:

equite Romano in primis honesto et ornato,

distinguished, eminent, Cic. Fam. 13, 14, 1; 13, 31, 1:

eques Romanus,

id. ib. 13, 62; cf.:

erant complures honesti adulescentes, senatorum filii et ordinis equestris,

Caes. B. C. 1, 51, 3:

publicani, homines honestissimi atque ornatissimi,

Cic. de Imp. Pomp. 7, 17:

homo honestissimus,

Caes. B. G. 1, 53, 6:

milites honestissimi sui generis,

id. B. C. 1, 20, 1:

virginis honestae vaticinatione,

Suet. Galb. 9 et saep.:

quia deus auctor culpae honestior erat,

Liv. 1, 4, 2:

tam grave, tam firmum, tam honestum municipium,

Cic. Fam. 13, 4, 2:

honestissimus conventus,

Quint. 1, 2, 9:

ut honestiore judicio conflictere?

more honorable, Cic. Quint. 13, 44:

dies honestissimus nobis,

id. Fam. 1, 2, 2:

atque erit illa mihi mortis honesta dies,

Prop. 3 (4), 21, 34:

honesta paupertas,

Vell. 129, 3:

omnium honestarum rerum egens,

not able to live suitably to his rank, Sall. J. 14, 17: honestis manibus omnia laetius proveniunt, i. e. of generals (cf. shortly before:

ipsorum tunc manibus imperatorum colebantur agri),

Plin. 18, 3, 4, § 19.—As substt.

hŏnestĭōres, um, m., men of noble birth:

qui hominem castraverit... sive is servus sive liber sit, capite punitur: honestiores publicatis bonis in insulam deportantur,

Paul. Sent. 5, 23, 13; 1, 21, 4 sq.;

opp. humiliores,

id. ib. 5, 25, 1 sq.; Mos. et Rom. Leg. Coll. 1, 2, 2; 8, 4, 2.—

hŏnestum, i, n., honorable conduct, morality, virtue:

nec honesto quicquam honestius,

Cic. Fin. 4, 7, 25:

rigidi servator honesti (Cato),

Luc. 2, 389.

Bringing or deserving of honor, honorable, respectable, creditable, worthy, virtuous, decent, proper, becoming.

In gen.:

ut (civium vita) opibus firma, copiis locuples, gloria ampla, virtute honesta sit,

Cic. Att. 8, 11, 1:

in convivio moderato atque honesto,

id. Mur. 6, 13:

aequa et honesta postulatio,

id. Rosc. Am. 2, 7:

honestum ac probabile nomen,

id. Caecin. 25, 71; cf.:

ut honesta praescriptione rem turpissimam tegerent,

Caes. B. C. 3, 32, 4:

causas abeundi quaerat honestas,

Lucr. 4, 1181:

certatio,

Cic. Lael. 9, 32:

honestam rem actionemve aut non suscipere aut, etc.,

id. ib. 13, 47:

res, causa (opp. turpis),

Auct. Her. 1, 3, 5; cf.:

honesta res dividitur in rectum et laudabile,

id. 3, 2, 3:

hominum honestissimorum testimoniis non credere,

Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 49, § 128; id. Rosc. Am. 6, 16:

homines honestissimi,

id. ib. 17, 49:

quod omnium sit votum parentum, ut honestiores quam sint ipsi, liberos habeant,

Quint. 1, 1, 82:

soror,

virtuous, chaste, Hor. S. 2, 3, 58:

vita honestissima,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 17, 48; so in sup.:

labor,

Quint. 12, 7, 10:

praecepta,

id. 12, 2, 27:

testimonia,

id. 5, 11, 37:

vitae instituta sic distant, ut Cretes et Aetoli latrocinari honestum putent,

Cic. Rep. 3, 9:

honestum quibusdam rapto vivere,

Quint. 3, 7, 24:

honestius est de amicorum pecunia laborare quam de sua,

Cic. Fam. 13, 14, 2:

ut neque rectum neque honestum sit, nec fieri possit, ut, etc.,

id. Lael. 21, 76:

honestum et rectum,

id. ib. 22, 82:

honestum id intellegimus, quod tale est, ut, detracta omni utilitate, sine ullis praemiis fructibusve per se ipsum possit jure laudari,

id. Fin. 2, 14, 45; cf. id. Inv. 2, 53, 159; id. Leg. 1, 18, 48:

si maritus uxorem suam in adulterio deprehensam occidit... non inique aliquid ejus honestissimo calori permittitur, Mos. et Rom. Leg. Coll. 4, 10, 1: mores honestos tradere,

Juv. 6, 239.—As subst.: hŏnestum, i, n., honesty, integrity, virtue (cf.:

honor, virtus, etc.): quandoquidem honestum aut ipsa virtus est aut res gesta virtute,

id. Fin. 5, 23, 66; cf.:

sive honestum solum bonum est, ut Stoicis placet, sive quod honestum est, id ita summum bonum est, ut, etc.,

id. Off. 3, 3, 13; 1, 4, 14:

formam quidem ipsam et tamquam faciem honesti vides,

id. ib. 1, 5, 14:

omnis honesti justique disciplina,

Quint. 12, 2, 1:

honesti praesens imago,

id. 12, 1, 28:

quo (honesto) detracto quid poterit beatum intellegi?

Cic. Tusc. 5, 15, 45:

de honesto ac bono,

Quint. 2, 2, 5:

honesta ac turpia,

Cic. Leg. 1, 16, 44; 1, 17, 46:

honestis similia sunt quaedam non honesta,

id. Ac. 2, 16, 50:

in eodem pectore nullum est honestorum turpiumque consortium,

Quint. 12, 1, 4:

de honestis, justis, utilibus quaestiones,

id. 3, 6, 41.—Prov.:

honesta mors turpi vita potior,

Tac. Agr. 33:

imponit finem sapiens et rebus honestis,

Juv. 6, 444:

honestus rumor alterum est patrimonium,

Pub. Syr. 217 Rib.—

In partic., of personal appearance, noble, fine, handsome, beautiful (mostly poet.):

ille erat honesta facie et liberali,

Ter. Eun. 4, 4, 15; 2, 1, 24; cf.: ita me di ament, honestus est. id. ib. 3, 2, 21:

erat forma praeter ceteras honesta,

id. And. 1, 1, 96:

facies,

Suet. Tib. 68:

caput,

Verg. A. 10, 133; id. G. 2, 392:

asini,

Varr. R. R. 2, 6, 2:

(equi),

Verg. G. 3, 81:

ager honestior,

Varr. R. R. 1, 4, 2:

tunc ora rigantur honestis Imbribus (i. e. lacrimis),

Stat. Th. 2, 234.—As subst.: hŏnestum, i, n., beauty:

nec, si quid honesti est, jactat habetque palam, quaerit, quo turpia celet, = si quid pulchri habent,

Hor. S. 1, 2, 84.—Hence, adv.: hŏ-nestē.

(Acc. to I.) Honorably, nobly (very rare):

honeste natus,

of noble birth, Suet. Aug. 43.—Far more freq. and class.,

(Acc. to II.) Decently, becomingly, properly, creditably, virtuously:

neque illa matrem satis honeste tuam sequi poterit comes,

Plaut. Merc. 2, 3, 69; id. Rud. 2, 3, 77:

sic volo Te ferre (aquam) honeste, ut ego fero,

id. ib. 2, 5, 7:

unde Mundior exiret vix libertinus honeste,

Hor. S. 2, 7, 12:

ut videamur vestiti esse honeste,

Varr. L. L. 8, § 31 Müll.:

(Lucretia) tum quoque jam moriens, ne non procumbat honeste, Respicit,

Ov. F. 2, 833:

(Caesar) sinum ad ima crura deduxit, quo honestius caderet,

Suet. Caes. 82; Lucil. ap. Non. 427, 26:

valde se honeste gerunt,

Cic. Att. 6, 1, 13:

honestius hic, quam Q. Pompeius,

id. Off. 3, 30, 109:

quae in nostris rebus non satis honeste, in amicorum fiunt honestissime,

id. Lael. 16, 57:

aliquid recte honesteque dicere,

id. Rep. 1, 2:

beate et honeste vivere,

id. ib. 4, 3:

honeste vivere (opp. turpiter),

Quint. 5, 10, 24:

facere ac dicere (opp. turpiter),

id. 11, 1, 14; 10, 5, 13:

tam jejuna fames, cum possit honestius tremere, etc.,

Juv. 5, 10. iste quidem veteres inter ponetur honeste, fairly, properly, Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 43:

fastigium nunc honeste vergit in tectum inferioris porticus,

Cic. Q. Fr. 3, 1, 4, 14.

insignĭo, īvi or ĭi, ītum, 4 ( imperf. insignibat, Verg. A. 7, 790; Stat. Th. 7, 56), v. a. [insignis], to put a mark upon, to mark; to distinguish (mostly post-Aug.): pueri insigniti, marked with some bodily defect, Plaut. Fragm. ap. Fest. p. 375, 19 (id. Mil. 3, 1, 127 Weise):

clipeum auro,

Verg. A. 7, 790:

mulli insigniuntur barba gemina inferiori labro,

Plin. 9, 17, 30, § 64:

oratorem fucatis et meretriciis vestibus,

Tac. Or. 26: nec insigniri, nec misceri omnibus, to distinguish one ' s self, Sen. Ep. 18:

cum omnis annus funeribus et cladibus insigniretur,

was distinguished by, remarkable for, Tac. Agr. 41:

aliquem,

to make known, to name, Plin. Ep. 8, 22, 4.—Hence, insig-nītus, a, um, P. a.

Marked, clear, plain:

englyphus, id est bene insignitus,

Ambros. in Psa. 118, Serm. 16, §

42: utendum imaginibus agentibus, acribus, insignitis,

Cic. de Or. 2, 87, 358:

conformatio,

id. Top. 5, 27:

notae veritatis,

id. Div. 1, 30, 64. —

Distinguished, striking, remarkable, notable: injuriae, Cato ap. Gell. 10, 3, 17:

ignominia (al. insignior),

Liv. 7, 15, 10:

lacus nomen ab hac recentiore insignitius fabula est,

id. 7, 6, 6:

flagitium,

Tac. A. 4, 51:

infamia,

id. ib. 3, 70. —

Arrayed with banners, with standards: insigneita fere tum milia militum octo duxit, Enn. ap. Prisc. 1, p. 556 P. (Ann. v. 336 Vahl.).—

Subst.: insignīta, ōrum, n., bruises, black and blue marks, Plin. 27, 4, 5, § 18; 27, 12, 105, § 128.— Adv.: insignītē, remarkably, extraordinarily, notably:

mihi insignite facta est magna injuria,

Plaut. Cas. 5, 4, 31; id. Mil. 2, 6, 77:

insignite improbus,

Cic. Quint. 23, 73:

laudare ac vituperari,

id. de Or. 2, 85, 349.— Comp., Liv. 8, 13, 1.

insignĭo, īvi or ĭi, ītum, 4 ( imperf. insignibat, Verg. A. 7, 790; Stat. Th. 7, 56), v. a. [insignis], to put a mark upon, to mark; to distinguish (mostly post-Aug.): pueri insigniti, marked with some bodily defect, Plaut. Fragm. ap. Fest. p. 375, 19 (id. Mil. 3, 1, 127 Weise):

clipeum auro,

Verg. A. 7, 790:

mulli insigniuntur barba gemina inferiori labro,

Plin. 9, 17, 30, § 64:

oratorem fucatis et meretriciis vestibus,

Tac. Or. 26: nec insigniri, nec misceri omnibus, to distinguish one ' s self, Sen. Ep. 18:

cum omnis annus funeribus et cladibus insigniretur,

was distinguished by, remarkable for, Tac. Agr. 41:

aliquem,

to make known, to name, Plin. Ep. 8, 22, 4.—Hence, insig-nītus, a, um, P. a.

Marked, clear, plain:

englyphus, id est bene insignitus,

Ambros. in Psa. 118, Serm. 16, §

42: utendum imaginibus agentibus, acribus, insignitis,

Cic. de Or. 2, 87, 358:

conformatio,

id. Top. 5, 27:

notae veritatis,

id. Div. 1, 30, 64. —

Distinguished, striking, remarkable, notable: injuriae, Cato ap. Gell. 10, 3, 17:

ignominia (al. insignior),

Liv. 7, 15, 10:

lacus nomen ab hac recentiore insignitius fabula est,

id. 7, 6, 6:

flagitium,

Tac. A. 4, 51:

infamia,

id. ib. 3, 70. —

Arrayed with banners, with standards: insigneita fere tum milia militum octo duxit, Enn. ap. Prisc. 1, p. 556 P. (Ann. v. 336 Vahl.).—

Subst.: insignīta, ōrum, n., bruises, black and blue marks, Plin. 27, 4, 5, § 18; 27, 12, 105, § 128.— Adv.: insignītē, remarkably, extraordinarily, notably:

mihi insignite facta est magna injuria,

Plaut. Cas. 5, 4, 31; id. Mil. 2, 6, 77:

insignite improbus,

Cic. Quint. 23, 73:

laudare ac vituperari,

id. de Or. 2, 85, 349.— Comp., Liv. 8, 13, 1.

nōmen, ĭnis (archaic form of gen. sing. NOMINVS, S. C. de Bacch. Corp. Inscr. Lat. 196, 8), n. [for gnōmen, from root gno, whence gnosco, nosco, co-gnosco], a name, appellation (syn. vocabulum).

Lit.:

nomen est, quod unicuique personae datur, quo suo quaeque proprio et certo vocabulo appellatur,

Cic. Inv. 1, 24, 134:

imponere nova rebus nomina,

id. Fin. 3, 1, 3:

qui haec rebus nomina posuerunt,

id. Tusc. 3, 5, 10:

appellare aliquem nomine,

id. de Or. 1, 56, 239:

huic urbi nomen Epidamno inditum est,

Plaut. Men. 2, 1, 37; cf. Liv. 7, 2, 6:

Theophrastus divinitate loquendi nomen invenit,

Cic. Or. 19, 62:

lituus ab ejus litui, quo canitur, similitudine nomen invenit,

id. Div. 1, 17, 30:

ut is locus ex calamitate populi Romani nomen caperet,

Caes. B. G. 1, 13 et saep.:

ludi, Pythia de domitae serpentis nomine dicti,

Ov. M. 1, 447:

clari nominis vir,

Vell. 2, 34, 4:

nominis minoris vir,

id. 2, 100, 5; cf. id. 2, 112, 2; 2, 103, 1: est mihi nomen, inditur mihi nomen, with nom.:

cui saltationi Titius nomen est,

Cic. Brut. 62, 225:

eique morbo nomen est avaritia,

id. Tusc. 4, 11, 24:

canibus pigris... Nomen erit pardus, tigris, leo,

Juv. 8, 36.—With dat.:

haec sunt aedes, hic habet: Lesbonico'st nomen,

Plaut. Trin. 2, 2, 110:

juventus nomen fecit Peniculo mihi,

id. Men. 1, 1, 1:

nam mihi est Auxilio nomen,

id. Cist. 1, 3, 6:

huic ego die nomen Trinummo facio,

id. Trin. 4, 2, 1:

nomen Arcturo est mihi,

id. Rud. prol. 5:

cantus cui nomen neniae,

Cic. Leg. 2, 24, 62:

puero ab inopiā nomen Egerio est inditum,

Liv. 1, 34:

est illis strigibus nomen,

Ov. F. 6, 139.—With gen.:

cujus nomen est Viventis,

Vulg. Gen. 25, 11.—Rarely with ad:

ut det nomen ad molas coloniam,

Plaut. Ps. 4, 6, 38.—Nomen dare, edere, profiteri, ad nomina respondere, to give in one's name, be enrolled, enlist; to answer to one's name when summoned to military duty:

ne nomina darent,

Liv. 2, 24:

nomina profiteri,

id. 2, 24:

nominis edendi apud consules potestas,

id. 2, 24:

virgis caesi, qui ad nomina non respondissent,

id. 7, 4; also,

dare nomen in conjurationem,

to join the conspiracy, Tac. A. 15, 48:

ab re nomen habet (terra),

is named for, Liv. 38, 18, 4:

quae (sapientia) divinarum humanarumque rerum cognitione hoc nomen apud antiquos adsequebatur,

Cic. Tusc. 5, 3, 7:

dea (Viriplaca) nomen hoc a placandis viris fertur adsecuta,

Val. Max. 2, 1, 6.—Esp.:

nomen accipere = nominari: turris quae nomen ab insulā accepit,

Caes. B. C. 3, 112, 1; Quint. 3, 3, 13; Just. 1, 5, 1; Tac. A. 6, 37; 15, 74; Plin. Ep. 2, 10, 8.—

In partic., the middle name of the three which every freeborn Roman had, as distinguished from the praenomen and cognomen. The nomen distinguished one gens from another, the cognomen one familia from another, and the praenomen one member of the familia from another, Quint. 7, 3, 27.—But sometimes nomen is used in the signif. of praenomen:

id nomen (sc. Gaja),

Cic. Mur. 12, 27.—So, too, in the signif. of cognomen:

Sex. Clodius, cui nomen est Phormio,

Cic. Caecin. 10, 27; cf.:

tamquam habeas tria nomina,

i. e. as if you were a Roman, Juv. 5, 127.—

Esp. in phrase: sub nomine, under the assumed name:

qui litteras exitiales Demetrio sub nomine Flaminini adtulerant,

Liv. 40, 54, 9:

sub nomine meo,

Quint. 7, 2, 24:

carmina sub alieno nomine edere,

Suet. Aug. 55:

multa vana sub nomine celebri vulgabantur,

Tac. A. 6, 12; 13, 25; id. H. 1, 5; cf.:

rogatio repente sub unius tribuni nomine promulgatur,

Liv. 43, 16, 6; Suet. Aug. 29; Plin. Pan. 50, 5; cf. also II. B. infra.—

A title of power or honor:

imperatoris,

Caes. B. C. 2, 32, 14.—

In gram., a noun, Quint. 1, 4, 18; 1, 5, 42 et saep.—

Transf.

Nomen alicu jus deferre, to bring an accusation against, to accuse a person:

nomen alicujus de parricidio deferre,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 10, 28: nomen recipere, to receive the accusation:

palam de sellā ac tribunali pronuntiat: si quis absentem Sthenium rei capitalis reum facere vellet, sese ejus nomen recepturum: et simul, ut nomen deferret, etc.,

Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 38, § 94; cf. context.—

A bond, note, a demand, claim, a debt: tituli debitorum nomina dicuntur praesertim in iis debitis, in quibus hominum nomina scripta sunt, quibus pecuniae commodatae sunt, Ascon. ap. Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 10, § 28:

repromittam istoc nomine solutam rem futuram,

Plaut. As. 2, 4, 48:

si neque in tuas tabulas ullum nomen referres, cum tot tibi nominibus acceptum Curtii referrent,

Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 39, § 102:

qui tibi, ut ais, certis nominibus grandem pecuniam debuit,

on good bonds, good security, id. Quint. 11, 38; cf.:

egone hos digitos meos impellere potui, ut falsum perscriberent nomen?

id. Rosc. Com. 1, 1:

volo persolvere, ut expungatur nomen, ne quid debeam,

Plaut. Cist. 1, 3, 40; so,

solvere,

Cic. Att. 6, 2, 7:

expedire, exsolvere,

id. ib. 16, 6, 3:

nomina sua exigere,

to collect one's debts, id. Verr. 2, 1, 10, § 28:

hoc nomen, quod urget, nunc, cum petitur, dissolvere,

id. Planc. 28, 68:

transcribere in alium,

Liv. 35, 7:

qui venit ad dubium grandi cum codice nomen,

comes with a huge ledger to sue for a doubtful debt, Juv. 7, 110.—

Nomina facere, in the case of written obligations, to set down or book the items of debt in the account-book:

nomina se facturum, qua ego vellem die,

Cic. Fam. 7, 23, 1:

emit homo cupidus (Canius) tanti, quanti Pythius voluit et emit instructos: nomina facit (Pythius), negotium conficit,

id. Off. 3, 14, 59:

nomina facturi diligenter in patrimonium et vasa debitoris inquirimus,

Sen. Ben. 1, 1, 2.—

Nomen locare, to offer as surety, Phaedr. 1, 16, 1 (dub.).—

Transf., an item of debt; and hence, a debtor:

hoc sum assecutus, ut bonum nomen existimer,

i. e. a good payer, Cic. Fam. 5, 6, 2:

lenta nomina non mala,

Sen. Ben. 5, 22, 1; cf. id. ib. 7, 29, 2; Col. 1, 7, 2.—

A family, race, stock, people, nation:

C. Octavium in familiam nomenque adoptavit,

Suet. Caes. 83:

Crispum C. Sallustius in nomen ascivit,

Tac. A. 3, 30; Luc. 7, 584.—

With national names: nomen Romanum, whatever is called Roman, i. e. the Roman dominion, nation, power; esp. of the army:

gens infestissuma nomini Romano,

Sall. C. 52, 24: CEIVIS ROMANVS NEVE NOMINVS LATINI NEVE SOCIVM QVISQVAM, etc., S. C. de Bacch.; so,

concitatis sociis et nomine Latino,

Cic. Rep. 1, 19, 31; 3, 29, 41:

ubi deletum omnibus videretur nomen Romanum,

Liv. 23, 6, 3:

relicum Romani nominis,

id. 22, 55, 5; 27, 33, 11; 1, 10, 3; cf. id. 9, 7, 1:

Aeolio regnatas nomine terras,

Sil. 14, 70:

Volscūm nomen prope deletum est,

Liv. 3, 8, 10:

nomen Atheniensium tueri,

Just. 5, 6, 9.—

Poet.

A thing:

infaustum interluit Allia nomen,

Verg. A. 7, 717.—

A person:

popularia nomina Drusos,

Luc. 6, 759; 1, 311:

nec fidum femina nomen,

Tib. 3, 4, 61:

in diversa trahunt unum duo nomina pectus,

i. e. the love of a mother and sister, Ov. M. 8, 464; id. H. 8, 30.—

Trop.

Name, fame, repute, reputation, renown (syn.:

existimatio, fama): hujus magnum nomen fuit,

Cic. Brut. 67, 238:

nomen habere,

id. ib. 69, 244:

magnum in oratoribus nomen habere,

id. Or. 6, 22:

officere nomini alicujus, Liv. praef. § 3: et nos aliquod nomenque decusque Gessimus,

Verg. A. 2, 89:

nomen gerere,

Lact. 1, 20, 3; 4, 29, 15 al.:

multi Lydia nominis Romanā vigui clarior Iliā,

Hor. C. 3, 9, 7:

nomen alicujus stringere,

Ov. Tr. 2, 350:

homines nonnullius in litteris nominis, Plin Ep. 7, 20, 3: parentes, quorum maximum nomen in civitatibus est suis,

Liv. 22, 22, 13.—Of ill repute, bad reputation: malum nomen (only rare and late Lat.): magis eligendum in paupertate nomen bonum quam in divitiis nomen pessimum, Hier. Com. Ep. Tit., Paris, 1546, p. 104 H.—

Of inanimate things:

ne vinum nomen perdat,

Cato, R. R. 25:

nec Baccho genus aut pomis sua nomina servat,

Verg. G. 2, 240.—

A title, pretext, pretence, color, excuse, account, sake, reason, authority, behalf, etc.: alio nomine et aliā de causā abstulisse. Cic. Rosc. Com. [p. 1214] 14, 40:

legis agrariae simulatione atque nomine,

id. Agr. 2, 6, 15:

classis nomine pecuniam imperatam queruntur,

id. Fl. 12, 27:

haec a te peto amicitiae nostrae nomine,

id. Fam. 12, 12, 3; 2, 1, 1:

nomine sceleris conjurationisque damnati,

id. Verr. 2, 5, 5, § 11:

nomine neglegentiae suspectum esse,

id. Fam. 2, 1, 1:

quid exornamus philosophiam, aut quid ejus nomine gloriosi sumus?

id. Tusc. 2, 14, 33:

qui cum luxuriose viverent, non reprehenderentur eo nomine,

id. Fin. 2, 7, 21:

gratias boni viri agebant et tuo nomine gratulabantur,

on your account, id. Phil. 1, 12, 30:

Antonio tuo nomine gratias egi,

on your behalf, id. Att. 1, 16, 16:

legationes tuo nomine proficiscentes,

id. Fam. 3, 8, 2:

quem quidem tibi etiam suo nomine commendo,

for his own sake, id. ib. 13, 21, 2:

meo nomine,

Tac. H. 1, 29:

feminarum suarum nomine,

id. G. 8:

bellum populo Romano suo nomine indixit,

Cic. Cat. 2, 6, 14:

decretae eo nomine supplicationes,

Tac. A. 14, 59;

but: acceptā ex aerario pecuniā tuo nomine,

on your responsibility, Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 3, 7.—

A name, as opposed to the reality:

me nomen habere duarum legionum exilium (opp. exercitum habere tantum),

Cic. Att. 5, 15, 1:

Campani magis nomen ad praesidium sociorum, quam vires cum attulissent,

Liv. 7, 29:

nomen amicitia est, nomen inane fides,

Ov. A. A. 1, 740.—

In eccl. Lat.,

Periphrastically:

invocavit nomen Domini,

Vulg. Gen. 13, 4:

omnipotens nomen ejus,

ib. Exod. 15, 3:

psallam nomini Domini,

ib. Psa. 7, 18:

blasphemare nomen ejus,

ib. Apoc. 13, 6.—

Delegated power:

in nomine tuo daemones eicimus,

Vulg. Matt. 7, 22:

in quo nomine fecistis,

ib. Act. 4, 7:

locuti sunt in nomine Domini,

ib. Jacob. 5, 10.

prae-clārus, a, um, adj., very clear, very bright.

Lit. (only poet. and very rare):

lux,

Lucr. 2, 1032:

sol,

id. 5, 120:

iaspis,

Juv. 5, 42.—

Transf., very beautiful (physically or morally), magnificent, honorable, splendid, noble, remarkable, distinguished, excellent, famous, celebrated (class.):

vultus,

Lucr. 4, 1033: urbs situ praeclaro ad aspectum, Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 52, § 117: aries praeclarior, Att. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 22, 44:

homo praeclarā virtute et formā,

Plaut. Mil. 4, 2, 51:

praeclaris operibus laetari,

Cic. Fam. 1, 7, 7:

praeclara indoles ad dicendum,

id. de Or. 1, 29, 131:

genus dicendi magnificum atque praeclarum,

id. ib. 2, 21, 82:

eximia et praeclara,

id. Off. 1, 20, 67:

praeclara et magnifica,

id. Or. 4, 15:

multi praeclari in philosophiā et nobiles,

id. de Or. 1, 11, 46:

gens bello praeclara,

Verg. A. 8, 480; 12, 347:

nec quicquam est praeclarius aut praestantius,

Cic. Fam. 10, 5, 2:

praeclarissimum facinus,

Nep. Tim. 1, 5:

praeclarum est popularem me esse in populi salute,

Cic. ad Brut. 1, 3, 2 fin.:

res,

distinguished wealth, opulence, Hor. S. 2, 5, 46.— Of medicines that operate well, excellent, efficacious, etc.:

rubrica in medicinā res praeclara habetur,

Plin. 35, 6, 14, § 33; 20, 7, 26, § 61; 27, 4, 14, § 31; cf.

usus,

id. 23, 3, 36, § 73:

utilitas,

id. 22, 24, 51, § 110.—Ironically:

illa praeclara tua patientia famis,

Cic. Cat. 1, 10, 26; cf.:

praeclaram populo Romano refers gratiam,

id. ib. 1, 11, 28.—In a bad sense, noted, notorious:

sceleribus suis ferox atque praeclarus,

Sall. J. 14, 21.—

With gen.:

T. Livius, eloquentiae ac fidei praeclarus in primis,

Tac. A. 4, 34.—Hence, adv., in two forms, praeclare and praeclariter.

Form praeclārē.

Very clearly, very plainly:

praeclare aliquid explicare,

Cic. Ac. 1, 9, 33:

praeclare intellego,

id. Fam. 13, 7, 1:

praeclare memini,

id. ib. 4, 7, 2:

invenire,

Plin. Ep. 3, 13, 3:

praeclare et apposite et facete scribere,

Gell. 2, 23, 11.—

Excellently, admirably, very well:

praeclare nobiscum actum iri, si, etc.,

Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 4, § 9; cf.:

omnino praeclare te habes, cum, etc.,

id. ib. 2, 2, 61, §

149: simulacrum praeclare factum e marmore,

id. ib. 2, 4, 44, §

96: praeclare facitis, qui, etc.,

id. Phil. 3, 10, 25:

praeclare dicere aliquid,

id. Rosc. Am. 13, 37:

gerere negotium,

id. Rosc. Com. 10, 34:

praeclarissime aliquid facere,

id. Mil. 35, 96.—Of medicines that operate well, excellently, efficaciously, etc.:

radix caeliacis praeclare facit,

Plin. 22, 19, 22, § 48; 26, 15, 90, § 161; 29, 4, 25, § 78;

32, 4, 14, § 35.—As an expression of assent: pacem vult M. Lepidus: praeclare, si, etc.,

very good, very well, Cic. Phil. 13, 4, 8 sq. —

Form prae-clārĭter, excellently: rebus praeclariter gestis, Quadrig. ap. Non. 516, 12; Enn. ap. Prisc. p. 1010 P. (Enn. p. 180 Vahl.).