doubtful

dē-pōno, pŏsŭi, pŏsĭtum, 3 ( perf. deposivi, Plaut. Curc. 4, 3, 4:

deposivit,

id. Most. 2, 1, 35; Catull. 34, 8; inf. perf. deposisse, Verg. Cat. 8, 16; part. sync. depostus, Lucil. ap. Non. 279, 19, v. pono), v. a., to lay away, to put or place aside; to lay, put, or set down; to lay, place, set, deposit (freq. in all periods and sorts of writing).—Constr. with acc. alone; or acc. and locative or abl. with or without a prep.; or acc. and adv. of place where, or apud and personal name; rare and doubtful with in and acc. (cf. Krebs, Antibarb. p. 340 sq.). —

Lit.

In gen.:

caput deponit, condormiscit,

Plaut. Curc. 2, 3, 81; cf.:

caput terrae,

Ov. Am. 3, 5, 20:

corpora (pecudes),

Lucr. 1, 259; cf.:

corpora sub ramis arboris,

Verg. A. 7, 108:

fessum latus sub lauru,

Hor. Od. 2, 7, 19:

mentum in gremiis mimarum,

Cic. Phil. 13, 11, 24 et saep.:

onus,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 4, 10; id. Sull. 23, 65; Front. Strat. 1, 5, 3 al.; cf.:

onera jumentis,

Caes. B. C. 1, 80, 2:

arma,

id. B. G. 4, 32 fin.; id. B. C. 3, 10, 9; Liv. 5, 2 al.; cf.:

depositis in contubernio armis,

Caes. B. C. 3, 76, 2:

arma umeris,

Verg. A. 12, 707:

anulos aureos et phaleras,

Liv. 9, 46:

coronam, and, shortly after, coronam Romae in aram Apollinis,

id. 23, 11:

ungues et capillos,

i. e. to cut off, Petr. 104, 6; cf.

comas (for which, shortly before, secuit capillos),

Mart. 5, 48, 6:

crinem,

Tac. H. 4, 61 et saep.:

argenti pondus defossā terrā,

Hor. S. 1, 1, 42:

semina vel scrobe vel sulco,

to deposit in the earth, to plant, Col. 5, 4, 2; and:

stirpem vitis aut oleae,

id. 1, 1, 5:

malleolum in terram,

id. 3, 10, 19:

plantas sulcis,

Verg. G. 2, 24 et saep.: exercitum in terram (for exponere), to land, Just. 4, 5, 8:

hydriam de umero,

Vulg. Gen. 21, 46.— Poet. of bearing, bringing forth (as the putting off of a burden): (Latonia) quam mater prope Deliam Deposivit olivam, Catull. 34, 8; cf.:

onus naturae,

Phaedr. 1, 18, 5; 1, 19, 4; to lay as a stake, wager: Dam. Ego hanc vitulam... Depono. Men. De grege non ausim quicquam deponere tecum... verum pocula ponam Fagina, Verg. E. 3, 31 sq.—

In partic.

Pregn., to lay up, lay aside, put by, deposit anywhere; to give in charge to, commit to the care of intrust to any one:

non semper deposita reddenda: si gladium quis apud te sana mente deposuerit, repetat insaniens: reddere peccatum sit, etc.,

Cic. Off. 3, 25, 95; so,

aliquid apud aliquem,

Plaut. Bac. 2, 3, 72; Cic. Fam. 5, 20, 2; id. Verr. 2, 4, 12, § 29; Caes. B. C. 3, 108 fin.; Quint. 5, 13, 49; 9, 2, 92; Tac. H. 1, 13; Liv. 38, 19, 2 et saep.; cf.:

obsides apud eos,

Caes. B. G. 7, 63 al.:

praedam in silvis,

id. ib. 6, 41; cf.:

pecuniam in templo,

Liv. 44, 25:

pecunias in publica fide,

id. 24, 18 fin.;

also: liberos, uxores suaque omnia in silvas,

Caes. B. G. 4, 19 (dub.—al. in sylvis; id. B. C. 1, 23, 4 the true reading is in publico):

impedimenta citra flumen Rhenum,

id. B. G. 2, 29, 4:

saucios,

id. B. C. 3, 78, 1 and 5 et saep.:

pretium in deposito habendum,

in charge, Dig. 36, 3, 5 fin.:

si pro deposito apud eum fuerit,

ib. 33, 8, 8, § 5.—

To put or bring down, lay upon the ground:

scio quam rem agat: ut me deponat vino, etc.,

to make drunk, Plaut. Aul. 3, 6, 39.—

Hence (because it was the custom to take a person who had just died out of bed and lay him on the ground), meton.: depositus, dead, just dead:

jam prope depositus, certe jam frigidus,

Ov. Pont. 2, 2, 47:

depositum nec me qui fleat ullus erit,

id. Tr. 3, 3, 40:

DEPOSITVS IN PACE,

Inscr. Orell. 5014; cf. ib. 4874.—As subst.:

depositus meus,

Petr. 133, 4.—

Also, because the hopelessly sick were often laid on the earth, dying, given up, despaired of: jam tum depostu' bubulcus Expirans animam pulmonibus aeger agebat, Lucil. ap. Non. 279, 19:

deponere est desperare, unde et depositi desperati dicuntur,

Non. 279, 30: depositus modo sum anima, vita sepultus, Caecil. ap. Non. 279 (Com. v. 121 Rib.):

ut depositi proferret fata parentis,

Verg. A. 12, 395 Serv.: texere paludes Depositum, Fortuna, tuum, Lucan. 2, 72;

and transf.: mihi videor magnam et maxime aegram et prope depositam reip. partem suscepisse,

Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 2, § 5.—

In post-Aug. lang. esp. freq. in the jurists, of buildings, etc., to pull down, take down, demolish, overthrow:

aedificium vel arboris ramos,

Dig. 8, 2, 17 (shortly after, qui tollit aedificium vel deprimit); so id. 8, 2, 31; 41, 3, 23 fin. et saep.:

deposita arx,

Stat. S. 1, 4, 91:

statuas,

pull down, Spart. Sev. 14: tabulas, destroy, Capit. Max. duob. 12:

adversarios tuos,

Vulg. Exod. 15, 7. —

Trop.

With a predominant notion of putting away, removing, etc., to lay down, lay aside, give up, resign, get rid of:

studia de manibus,

Cic. Ac. 1, 1, 3:

ex memoria insidias,

id. Sull. 6, 18:

in sermone et suavitate alicujus omnes curas doloresque deponere,

id. Fam. 4, 6, 2:

petitoris personam capere, accusatoris deponere,

id. Quint. 13 fin.; so,

contentionem,

Liv. 4, 6; cf.

certamina,

id. ib.;

and, bellum,

Ov. M. 8, 47; Tac. H. 2, 37;

opp. incipere,

Sall. J. 83, 1;

opp. coepisse,

Liv. 31, 1;

and with omittere,

id. 31, 31 fin.:

deponere amicitias, suscipere inimicitias,

Cic. Lael. 21, 77:

invidiam,

id. Agr. 2, 26, 69:

simultates,

id. Planc. 31, 76:

maerorem et luctum,

id. Phil. 14, 13:

omnem spem contentionis,

Caes. B. G. 5, 19:

consilium adeundae Syriae,

id. B. C. 3, 103:

imperium,

id. B. G. 7, 33 fin.; id. B. C. 2, 32, 9; Cic. N. D. 2, 4, 11; Liv. 2, 28 al.; cf.

provinciam,

Cic. Pis. 2, 5; id. Fam. 5, 2, 3;

dictaturam,

Quint. 3, 8, 53; 5, 10, 71:

nomen,

Suet. Ner. 41; Ov. M. 15, 543:

famem,

id. F. 6, 530; cf.:

sitim in unda vicini fontis,

i. e. to quench, id. M. 4, 98:

morbos,

Plin. 7, 50, 51:

animam,

i. e. to die, Nep. Hann. 1.—

To depose from an office (late Lat.):

te de ministerio tuo,

Vulg. Is. 22, 19.—

(Acc. to no. I. B.) To deposit, intrust, commit to, for safe-keeping: populi Romani jus in vestra fide ac religione depono, Cic. Caecin. 35 fin.:

aliquid rimosa in aure,

Hor. S. 2, 6, 46:

aliquid tutis auribus,

id. Od. 1, 27, 18:

eo scortum,

Tac. H. 1, 13.—Hence, dēpō-nens, entis, P. a., subst. (sc. verbum, lit., a verb that lays aside its proper pass. signif.), in the later grammar. a verb which, in a pass. form, has an act. meaning; deponent, Charis. p. 143 P.; Diom. p. 327 ib.; Prisc. p. 787 ib. sq. et saep.— dēpŏsĭtus, a, um, P. a., and esp. as subst. dēpŏsĭtum, i, n., any thing deposited or intrusted for safe-keeping, etc., a deposit, trust:

reddere depositum,

Cic. Off. 1, 10, 31:

si depositum non infitietur amicus,

Juv. 13, 60; cf. Dig. 36, 3, 5 al.:

contempto Domino negaverit proximo suo depositum,

Vulg. Lev. 6, 2; 1 Tim. 6, 20 al.

dis-pŭto, āvi, ātum, 1, v. n. and a.

Orig. in mercant. lang., to cast or reckon up, to calculate a sum by going over its items; to estimate, compute:

ubi disputata est ratio cum argentario,

Plaut. Aul. 3, 5, 55.—

Transf. beyond the mercant. sphere, to weigh, examine, investigate, treat of, discuss a doubtful subject, either by meditating or (more commonly) by speaking upon it (good prose; very freq. in Cicero's philos. and rhet. writings; cf. for syn.: dissero, discepto); constr. usual. with accus. of neutr. pron. or with de and abl. (cf. Krebs, Antibarb. p. 372):

in meo corde eam rem volutavi et diu disputavi,

Plaut. Most. 1, 2, 4:

ea, quae disputavi, disserere malui quam judicare,

Cic. N. D. 3, 40 fin.:

neque haec in eam sententiam disputo, ut, etc.,

id. de Or. 1, 25, 117:

aliquid pro tribunali multis verbis,

id. Fam. 3, 8, 3:

hoc,

id. Tusc. 1, 34, 83 et saep.:

(Druides) multa de sideribus atque eorum motu, etc.... disputant,

Caes. B. G. 6, 14 fin.:

de moribus, de virtutibus, de re publica,

Cic. Rep. 1, 10:

de omni re in contrarias partes,

id. de Or. 1, 34, 158: cf. id. Verr. 2, 5, 3 fin.; id. Fam. 11, 27 fin.; Caes. B. C. 1, 86, 3:

ab his, qui contra disputant,

Cic. Rep. 1, 3; cf. id. ib. 1, 18:

non inscite ad ea disputat, quae, etc.,

id. Tusc. 3, 9; cf. id. ib. 1, 4, 7; id. Rep. 1, 16:

quale sit de quo disputabitur,

id. ib. 1, 24:

disputatur in consilio a Petreio et Afranio,

Caes. B. C. 1, 67 et saep.:

nunc utriusque disceptator eccum adest, age disputa,

i. e. relate, tell, Plaut. Most. 5, 2, 16; cf. id. Rud. 3, 4, 13:

rem alicui,

i. e. to state, represent, id. Men. prol. 50.—With acc. and inf.:

isti in eo disputant, Contaminari non decere fabulas,

i. e. maintain, Ter. And. prol. 15 Ruhnk.—

In late Lat.

To discuss, preach:

in synagoga,

Vulg. Act. 17, 17; 18, 4; 20, 9.—

To dispute, contend in words:

quis eorum major esset,

Vulg. Marc. 9, 33:

cum diabolo,

id. Jud. 9. [p. 594]

dŭbĭtābĭlis, e, adj. [dubito], doubtful (very rare).

Pass., to be doubted:

verum,

Ov. M. 1, 223:

virtus,

id. ib. 13, 21. —

Act., feeling doubt:

pectus,

Prud. Apoth. 649.

dŭbĭto, āvi, ātum, 1, v. freq. n. and a. [for duhibitare, freq. from duhibeo, i. e. duohabeo (cf. habitare from habeo), to have or hold, as two, v. dubius; cf. also Gr. doiazô from doioi; Germ. zweifeln from zwei], to vibrate from one side to the other, to and fro, in one's opinions or in coming to a conclusion (freq. in all periods and sorts of composition; in class. prose usually with negations or in a negative interrogation, as: non dubito, haud dubito, quis dubitat? etc.

To waver in opinion or judgment, to be uncertain, to be in doubt, to doubt, question.

Absol. (rare but class.): ne vinolenti quidem quae faciunt eadem approbatione faciunt qua sobrii;

dubitant, haesitant, revocant se interdum,

Cic. Ac. 2, 17, 52; cf. id. ib. 2, 23, 72:

et interrogamus et dubitamus et affirmamus,

Quint. 6, 3, 70; cf. id. 10, 1, 19; 10, 3, 19:

Livius frequentissime dubitat,

id. 2, 4, 19; 9, 2, 20: vivo equidem, ne dubita;

nam vera vides,

Verg. A. 3, 316:

ut jam liceat una comprehensione omnia complecti non dubitantemque (= sine ulla dubitatione) dicere,

Cic. Fin. 5, 9, 26; id. Fam. 5, 16, 4 Madv.; so id. Div. 1, 55, 125.—

With de (class.):

de indicando dubitat,

Cic. Sull. 18, 52; id. Fam. 12, 17; Quint. 1, 10, 29; 4, 5, 13.—With a negation:

nec vero de hoc quisquam dubitare posset, nisi, etc.,

Cic. Tusc. 1, 30, 73:

de aliqua re,

id. N. D. 1, 8:

de divina ratione,

id. ib. 2, 39, 99:

de tua erga me voluntate,

id. Fam. 13, 45 fin.; cf. id. Att. 12, 26:

de ejus fide,

Caes. B. G. 7, 21, 1: cf. id. ib. 7, 77, 10; 1, 40 fin.:

de carminibus,

Quint. 10, 5, 4:

de ultima illa (parte),

id. 12, 2, 10: de se, Pompei ap. Cic. Att. 8, 12 A et saep.— Pass. impers.:

de armis dubitatum est,

Cic. Caecin. 13, 38:

de judicio Panaetii dubitari non potest,

id. Off. 3, 3; so, de auctore, Quint. 7, 2, 8:

de hac (virtute) nihil dubitabitur,

id. 2, 20, 7.—

With acc. (in class. prose only with a neutr. pron.):

haec non turpe est dubitare philosophos, quae ne rustici quidem dubitant?

Cic. Off. 3, 19, 77; Quint. 2, 17, 2; Plaut. Ps. 2, 1, 2; Ov. H. 17, 37; id. M. 6, 194; id. Tr. 2, 331.—In the pass.:

causa prorsus, quod dubitari posset, nihil habebat,

Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 22; cf. id. ib. 28; Liv. 5, 3:

dubitati tecta parentis,

Ov. M. 2, 20:

sidera,

Stat. S. 1, 4, 2:

ne auctor dubitaretur,

Tac. A. 14, 7; cf. infra, e:

dicta haud dubitanda,

Verg. A. 3, 170.—

With an interrog. pron. (good prose, but rare):

ubi tu dubites, quid sumas potissimum,

Ter. Ph. 2, 2, 29:

non dubito, quid nobis agendum putes,

Cic. Att. 10, 1, 2; id. Fam. 11, 17, 2; 15, 9; Caes. B. C. 2, 32, 10:

cur dubitas, quid de re publica sentias?

Cic. Rep. 1, 38 fin.; cf. id. ib. 3, 17 fin.; id. de Imp. Pomp. 16 fin. —

With interrog. particles (very freq. and class.):

si me non improbissime tractasset, dubitassem fortasse utrum, etc.,

Cic. Att. 16, 15, 1:

desinite dubitare, utrum sit utilius, etc.... an, etc.,

Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 89; cf. impers., id. Att. 4, 15, 7; Liv. 5, 3:

honestumne factu sit an turpe dubitant,

Cic. Off. 1, 3, 9:

dubitavi, hos homines emerem, an non emerem,

Plaut. Capt. 2, 3, 95; cf. Sall. J. 74, 2; Hor. C. 1, 12, 35:

recte necne, etc.,

id. Ep. 2, 1, 80:

licet et dubitare num quid nos fugerit,

Quint. 6, 1, 3:

dubito, num, etc.,

Plin. Ep. 6, 27, 1; Tac. H. 2, 37;

de L. Bruto fortasse dubitarim, an, etc.,

Cic. Tusc. 4, 22, 50 et saep.—Cf. respecting the expression dubito an, the art. an, II., and Zumpt, Gramm. § 354.— Poet. in pass. (cf. supra, g):

an dea sim, dubitor,

Ov. M. 6, 208.—

Non dubito, quin (very freq. and class.):

non hercle dubito, quin tibi ingenio nemo praestiterit,

Cic. Rep. 1, 23; id. Div. 1, 57, 129; id. de Sen. 10, 31; id. Att. 6, 2, 3; id. Fam. 13, 73 fin.; id. Verr. 2, 1, 40: numquid tu dubitas quin ego nunc perpetuo perierim? Have you a doubt? etc., Ter. Eun. 5, 8, 13; Caes. B. G. 1, 17, 4; 1, 31, 15; Quint. 12, 1, 42; Suet. Tib. 17; Ov. H. 17, 11; 245; id. Tr. 5, 7, 59 et saep.; cf. pass. impers.:

dubitari (non) potest, quin, etc.,

Cic. Ac. 2, 23 fin.; id. Off. 3, 2, 9; Quint. 10, 2, 1:

dubitari potest quin usque eo eicienda sit,

Sen. Contr. 1, 3, 1:

illud cave dubites, quin, etc.,

Cic. Fam. 5, 20, 6;

quid dubitas, quin sit, etc.,

Plaut. Aul. 2, 1, 42;

so in an interrog.,

id. Poen. 1, 1, 55; 4, 2, 59; Quint. 7, 6, 10; cf. Cic. N. D. 2, 38, 97; Caes. B. G. 7, 38, 8.—

With acc. and inf. (freq. only since the Aug. period, and in gen. only negatively; not found in Plaut., Ter., or Cic.;

but usual in Nepos): neque humorem dubitavi aurasque perire,

Lucr. 5, 249:

gratos tibi esse qui de me rumores afferuntur, non dubito,

Cic. Fil. Fam. 16, 21, 2 (cf., on the contrary, §

7: noli dubitare, quin te sublevaturus sim): ignorabant aut dubitabant animas hominum immortales esse,

Lact. 6, 3, 5: non dubito, fore plerosque qui, etc., Nep. praef. § 1; id. Milt. 3, 6; id. Lys. 3, 5; id. Alcib. 9, 5; id. Ages. 3, 1; id. Eum. 2, 3; id. Hann. 11, 2; Liv. 2, 64; 22, 55 Drak. et saep.; Quint. 3, 7, 5; 5, 10, 76; 9, 4, 114; Suet. Claud. 35 et saep.; cf.

in an interrog.: an est quisquam qui dubitet, tribunos offensos esse?

Liv. 5, 3; so,

quis dubitat,

Quint. 9, 4, 68; 130; 10, 1, 81. — Pass. impers.: an dubitabitur, ibi partes oratoris esse praecipuas? id. prooem. § 12. —Affirm.: piraticam ut musicam, fabricam dici adhuc dubitabant mei praeceptores, Quint. 8, 3, 34.—

Transf., of inan. and abstr. subjects, to be uncertain, doubtful:

si tardior manus dubitet,

Quint. 5, 10, 124:

suspensa ac velut dubitans oratio,

id. 10, 7, 22:

aut vincere aut, si fortuna dubitabit (= adversabit), etc.,

Liv. 21, 44 fin.:

nec mox fama dubitavit, cum, etc.,

Flor. 1, 1, 2.—

Meton., to reflect upon, to ponder, consider, deliberate:

in utramque partem cogitare, deliberare, etc. (very rare): haec dum dubitas, menses abierunt decem,

Ter. Ad. 4, 5, 57:

restat, judices, ut hoc dubitemus, uter, etc.,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 31, 88:

percipe porro, quid dubitem,

Verg. A. 9, 191:

dubitaverat Augustus Germanicum rei Romanae imponere,

had considered whether he should, Tac. A. 4, 57.

To waver in coming to a conclusion, to be irresolute; to hesitate, delay.

With inf. (so most commonly): non dubitaverim [p. 614] me gravissimis tempestatibus obvium ferre, Cic. Rep. 1, 4;

so with a negation,

id. ib. 1, 15; id. Lael. 1; id. de Or. 1, 40 et saep.; Caes. B. G. 2, 23, 2: flumen transire, 6, 8, 1; id. B. C. 1, 71, 2; 2, 33, 2 and fin.; Verg. A. 7, 311; 8, 614 et saep.:

quid dubitamus pultare atque huc evocare ambos foras?

Plaut. Bacch. 5, 1, 29;

so in an interrog.,

id. Mil. 4, 2, 17; id. Ps. 2, 2, 30; id. Poen. 3, 5, 44; Caes. B. C. 2, 34, 4; Quint. 12, 5, 3; 12, 10, 63; Verg. A. 6, 807 al.—Very seldom affirmatively:

quod ea illi nubere dubitabat,

Sall. C. 15, 2:

accusat fratrem, quod dubitet omnia quae ad beatam vitam pertineant ventre metiri,

Cic. N. D. 1, 40, 113:

dubitat agnoscere matrem,

Stat. Achill. 1, 250:

si forte dubitaret quod afferretur accipere,

Curt. 4, 5:

isdem mandatum ut occiderent, si venire dubitaret,

id. 10, 8.—Ellipt.:

quod dubitas, ne feceris,

Plin. Ep. 1, 18, 5.—

Non dubito quin (rare in Cic. and Caes.):

nemo dubitabat, quin, etc.,

Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 13; id. Mil. 23, 63; id. Agr. 2, 26, 69:

tum dubitandum non existimavit, quin proficisceretur,

Caes. B. G. 2, 2, 5; id. B. C. 3, 71, 1; cf.:

nolite dubitare, quin huic uni credatis omnia,

Cic. de Imp. Pomp. 23, 68;

and in an interrog.: dubitabitis, judices, quin? etc.,

id. Fl. 17, 40; id. de Imp. Pomp. 16, 49.—

Absol. (rare):

te neque umquam dubitasse, neque timuisse,

Caes. B. G. 1, 41, 3:

sed mora damnosa est, nec res dubitare remittit,

Ov. M. 11, 377:

quid igitur ego dubito?

Plaut. Am. 1, 2, 283;

so in an interrog.,

id. Men. 5, 7, 6; Caes. B. G. 5, 44, 3; Verg. A. 9, 12:

magnitudine supplicii dubitantes cogit,

Caes. B. G. 7, 4, 9; id. ib. 7, 63, 3; Sall. C. 28, 1 al.:

dubitantia lumina,

failing, Sil. 10, 154. —Hence,

dŭbĭtanter, adv.

Doubtingly:

sine ulla affirmatione, dubitanter unum quodque dicemus,

Cic. Inv. 2, 3, 10.—

Hesitatingly, with hesitancy (very rare):

illum verecunde et dubitanter recepisse,

Cic. Brut. 22, 87; cf. Asin. Pollio ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 31, 2.—

dŭbĭ-tātim, adv. (i. q. dubitanter, 2.), hesitatingly, with hesitation (only in the foll. passages), Sisenn. ap. Non. 98, 33; so Cael. Ann. ib.

fartor, ōris, m. [id.].

A stuffer, fattener of fowls, poulterer:

pinguem quoque facere gallinam quamquam fartoris non rustici sit officium,

Col. 8, 7, 1; Inscr. Grut. 580, 15; Inscr. Rein. cl. 9, no. 12:

cuppedinarii omnes, cetarii, lanii, coqui, fartores, piscatores,

Ter. Eun. 2, 2, 26; cf.:

minimeque artes eae probandae quae ministrae sunt voluptatum, cetarii, lanii, coqui, fartores, piscatores, ut ait Terentius,

Cic. Off. 1, 42, 150:

cum scurris fartor,

Hor. S. 2, 3, 229 (v. Dillenb. ad loc.).—

A sausagemaker (only once in the doubtful passage):

de nostro saepe edunt, quod fartores faciunt,

Plaut. Truc. 1, 2, 12 (dub.; Spengel, qui custodem oblectant).—

Transf.: fartores nomenclatores, qui clam velut infercirent nomina salutatorum in aurem candidati, Paul. ex Fest. p. 88, 15 Müll.; cf.:

fartori nomenclatori,

Placid. p. 464.

fīdo, fīsus sum (ante-class. form of the fut. fidebo, Nov. ap. Non. 509, 4), 3, v. n. [root in Sanscr. bandh, unite; Gr. peithô, persuade, peisma, cable; Lat. fidus, Deus Fidius, foedus; cf.: fascis, fascia; Curt. Gr. Etym. p. 262; but Fick refers fido to root bhidh; Goth. beidan; Engl. bide, to expect; Vergl. Wört. p. 380], to trust, confide, put confidence in, rely upon a person or thing (rare; in the verb. finit. mostly poet.; but class. in the part. praes. and P. a.).

With dat.:

fidere nocti,

Verg. A. 9, 378:

fugae fidens,

id. ib. 11, 351:

pestilentiae fidens (with societate fretus),

Liv. 8, 22, 7:

taedae non bene fisa,

Ov. M. 15, 827:

qui sibi fidit,

Hor. Ep. 1, 19, 22; id. S. 2, 2, 108:

puer bene sibi fidens,

Cic. Att. 6, 6, 4.—

With abl.: hac (Cynosurā) fidunt duce nocturnā Phoenices in alto, Cic. poët. N. D. 2, 41, 106; id. Ac. 2, 20, 66:

arcu fisi Getae,

Ov. P. 4, 9, 78:

cursu,

id. M. 7, 545:

ope equinā,

id. ib. 9, 125:

pecuniā,

Nep. Lys. 3 fin.:

prudentiā consilioque fidens,

Cic. Off. 1, 23, 81.—Doubtful, whether dat. or abl. (v. Zumpt, Gr. § 413; cf.

confido): nec nitido fidit adultero,

Hor. C. 3, 24, 20:

pictis puppibus,

id. ib. 1, 14, 15:

(Jugurtham) Mario parum fidere,

Sall. J. 112, 2:

ingenio,

Quint. 10, 7, 18; cf.:

ingenio suo,

Plin. Ep. 4, 13 fin.:

suis rebus,

Cic. Att. 10, 8, 2.—

With inf.:

fidis enim manare poëtica mella Te solum,

Hor. Ep. 1, 19, 44; Sil. 1, 432:

parum fidens pedibus contingere matrem,

Luc. 4, 615:

fisus cuncta sibi cessura pericula, Caesar,

id. 5, 577.—

Absol.: ubi fidentem fraudaveris, i. e. who trusts (you), Plaut. As. 3, 2, 15.—Hence, fīdens, entis, P.a. (lit., trusting to one's self, self-confident; hence), confident, courageous, bold:

qui fortis est, idem est fidens, qui autem est fidens, is profecto non extimescit: discrepat enim a timendo confidere,

Cic. Tusc. 3, 7, 14:

fidenti animo gradietur ad mortem,

id. ib. 1, 46, 110; cf.:

tum Calchas haec est fidenti voce locutus, id. poët. Div. 2, 30, 64: fidens animi,

Verg. A. 2, 61; Tac. A. 4, 59 fin.; so,

fidens armorum,

Luc. 9, 373.— Comp.:

Romanus, fidentior,

Amm. 16, 12 al. — Sup.: fidentissimo [p. 748] impetu acies motae, Amm. 27, 10, 12.— Adv.: fīdenter, confidently, fearlessly, boldly:

timide fortasse signifer evellebat, quod fidenter infixerat,

Cic. Div. 2, 31, 67:

agere,

id. Ac. 2, 8, 24:

confirmare,

id. de Or. 1, 56, 240; cf. id. N. D. 1, 8, 18.— Comp.:

paulo vellem fidentius te illi respondisse,

Cic. Att. 6, 1, 21.— Sup.:

accedere fidentissime,

Amm. 17, 1, 9; August. Ver. Rel. 3.

fluctŭo, āvi, ātum, or (perh. not anteAug.) fluctŭor, ātus, 1 (pleraque utroque modo efferuntur:

fluctuatur, fluctuat,

Quint. 9, 3, 7), v. n. [fluctus], to move in the manner of waves, i. e. to wave, rise in waves, undulate, to move to and fro, be driven hither and thither (class.; esp. freq. in the trop. signif.; cf.: fluo, fluito).

Lit.

Form fluctuo:

nunc valide fluctuat mare,

Plaut. Rud. 2, 1, 14:

ita fluctuare video vehementer mare,

id. ib. 4, 1, 12;

4, 2, 11: quadriremem in salo fluctuantem reliquerat,

Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 35, § 91:

quid tam commune quam mare fluctuantibus, litus ejectis?

id. Rosc. Am. 26, 72:

agebatur huc illuc Galba vario turbae fluctuantis impulsu,

Tac. H. 1, 40; cf. Gell. 10, 6, 2:

fluctuet aër,

Lucr. 6, 367: directaeque acies ac late fluctuat omnis Aere renidenti tellus, waves (in the light) with gleaming brass, Verg. G. 2, 281:

fluctuant insulae,

Plin. 2, 95, 96, § 209:

seges,

Sen. Herc. Fur. 699.—In mal. part., Arn. 2, 73; Auct. Priap. 19, 4; cf. fluctus, I. —

Form fluctuor:

deprehensi in mari Syrtico modo in sicco relinquuntur, modo fluctuantur,

are driven about by the waves, Sen. Vit. Beat. 14:

Delos diu fluctuata,

Plin. 4, 12, 22, § 66:

quaedam insulae semper fluctuantur,

id. 2, 94, 95, § 209 Jan.:

lignum in longitudinem fluctuatur,

i. e. floats about, id. 16, 38, 73, § 186:

lapidem e Scyro insula integrum fluctuari tradunt, eundem comminutum mergi,

id. 36, 16, 26, § 130.—

Trop., to be restless, unquiet, uncertain, doubtful; to rage, swell; to waver, hesitate, vacillate, fluctuate.

Form fluctuo: Eu. Potin, ut animo sis tranquillo? Ch. Quid si animus fluctuat? Plaut. Merc. 5, 2, 49; cf.:

animo nunc huc, nunc fluctuat illuc,

Verg. A. 10, 680:

mens animi tantis fluctuat ipsa malis,

Cat. 65, 4:

magnis curarum fluctuat undis,

id. 64, 62; cf.:

magnoque irarum fluctuat aestu,

Verg. A. 4, 532; Anthol. Lat. 1, 178, 150:

fluctuat ira intus,

Verg. A. 12, 527:

irarum fluctuat aestu,

id. ib. 4, 564; so, curarum, 8, 19; Lucr. 4, 1077; Cat. 64, 62:

ingenti Telamon fluctuat ira,

Val. Fl. 3, 637:

fluctuante rege inter spem metumque,

Liv. 42, 59, 8:

totam aciem suo pavore fluctuantem, etc.,

Curt. 3, 10, 6:

in suo decreto,

Cic. Ac. 2, 9, 29:

fluctuantem sententiam confirmare,

id. Att. 1, 20, 2:

genus orationis, quod appellamus fluctuans et dissolutum, eo quod sine nervis et articulis fluctuat huc et illuc,

Auct. Her. 4, 11, 16:

omnia et citata et fluctuantia,

Sen. Contr. 3, 19.—

Form fluctuor:

utrius populi mallet victoriam esse, fluctuatus animo fuerat,

Liv. 23, 33, 3:

fluctuatus animo est, utrum, etc.,

id. 32, 13, 4; 36, 10, 4; Curt. 4, 12, 21; Val. Max. 8, 1, 2: vita fluctuatur per adversa et difficilia, Sen. Ep. [p. 762] 111: semper inter spem et metum fluctuari, Aug. ap. Suet. Claud. 4:

ambrosia (herba) vagi nominis est et circa alias herbas fluctuati,

Plin. 27, 4, 11, § 28.

fluctŭo, āvi, ātum, or (perh. not anteAug.) fluctŭor, ātus, 1 (pleraque utroque modo efferuntur:

fluctuatur, fluctuat,

Quint. 9, 3, 7), v. n. [fluctus], to move in the manner of waves, i. e. to wave, rise in waves, undulate, to move to and fro, be driven hither and thither (class.; esp. freq. in the trop. signif.; cf.: fluo, fluito).

Lit.

Form fluctuo:

nunc valide fluctuat mare,

Plaut. Rud. 2, 1, 14:

ita fluctuare video vehementer mare,

id. ib. 4, 1, 12;

4, 2, 11: quadriremem in salo fluctuantem reliquerat,

Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 35, § 91:

quid tam commune quam mare fluctuantibus, litus ejectis?

id. Rosc. Am. 26, 72:

agebatur huc illuc Galba vario turbae fluctuantis impulsu,

Tac. H. 1, 40; cf. Gell. 10, 6, 2:

fluctuet aër,

Lucr. 6, 367: directaeque acies ac late fluctuat omnis Aere renidenti tellus, waves (in the light) with gleaming brass, Verg. G. 2, 281:

fluctuant insulae,

Plin. 2, 95, 96, § 209:

seges,

Sen. Herc. Fur. 699.—In mal. part., Arn. 2, 73; Auct. Priap. 19, 4; cf. fluctus, I. —

Form fluctuor:

deprehensi in mari Syrtico modo in sicco relinquuntur, modo fluctuantur,

are driven about by the waves, Sen. Vit. Beat. 14:

Delos diu fluctuata,

Plin. 4, 12, 22, § 66:

quaedam insulae semper fluctuantur,

id. 2, 94, 95, § 209 Jan.:

lignum in longitudinem fluctuatur,

i. e. floats about, id. 16, 38, 73, § 186:

lapidem e Scyro insula integrum fluctuari tradunt, eundem comminutum mergi,

id. 36, 16, 26, § 130.—

Trop., to be restless, unquiet, uncertain, doubtful; to rage, swell; to waver, hesitate, vacillate, fluctuate.

Form fluctuo: Eu. Potin, ut animo sis tranquillo? Ch. Quid si animus fluctuat? Plaut. Merc. 5, 2, 49; cf.:

animo nunc huc, nunc fluctuat illuc,

Verg. A. 10, 680:

mens animi tantis fluctuat ipsa malis,

Cat. 65, 4:

magnis curarum fluctuat undis,

id. 64, 62; cf.:

magnoque irarum fluctuat aestu,

Verg. A. 4, 532; Anthol. Lat. 1, 178, 150:

fluctuat ira intus,

Verg. A. 12, 527:

irarum fluctuat aestu,

id. ib. 4, 564; so, curarum, 8, 19; Lucr. 4, 1077; Cat. 64, 62:

ingenti Telamon fluctuat ira,

Val. Fl. 3, 637:

fluctuante rege inter spem metumque,

Liv. 42, 59, 8:

totam aciem suo pavore fluctuantem, etc.,

Curt. 3, 10, 6:

in suo decreto,

Cic. Ac. 2, 9, 29:

fluctuantem sententiam confirmare,

id. Att. 1, 20, 2:

genus orationis, quod appellamus fluctuans et dissolutum, eo quod sine nervis et articulis fluctuat huc et illuc,

Auct. Her. 4, 11, 16:

omnia et citata et fluctuantia,

Sen. Contr. 3, 19.—

Form fluctuor:

utrius populi mallet victoriam esse, fluctuatus animo fuerat,

Liv. 23, 33, 3:

fluctuatus animo est, utrum, etc.,

id. 32, 13, 4; 36, 10, 4; Curt. 4, 12, 21; Val. Max. 8, 1, 2: vita fluctuatur per adversa et difficilia, Sen. Ep. [p. 762] 111: semper inter spem et metum fluctuari, Aug. ap. Suet. Claud. 4:

ambrosia (herba) vagi nominis est et circa alias herbas fluctuati,

Plin. 27, 4, 11, § 28.

flŭĭto (contract. flūto, Lucr. 3, 189; 4, 77; Varr. ap. Macr. S. 2, 12), āvi, ātum, 1, v. freq. n. [fluo], to float, swim, or sail about on the water, to flow (mostly poet. and in post-Aug. prose).

Lit.:

in lacu Apuscidamo omnia fluitant, nihil mergitur (shortly before: in quo stagno nihil innatet),

Plin. 31, 2, 18, § 22:

materies primo sidit, postea fluitare incipit,

id. 13, 7, 14, § 57: rei publicae navem fluitantem in alto tempestatibus, *Cic. Sest. 20, 46:

fluitans alvĕus,

Liv. 1, 4, 6:

fluitantes insulae,

Plin. 16, 36, 66, § 168:

ebenus in aquis non fluitat,

id. 16, 40, 76, § 204:

in summo,

id. 28, 9, 35, § 134:

contra aquas,

id. 29, 3, 12, § 52:

fusile aurum per rictus,

to flow, Ov. M. 11, 127:

jucundum utrumque per jocum ludumque fluitantibus,

those who sail about, Plin. Ep. 8, 8, 4.—

Transf., to move in a waving, unsteady manner; to wave, undulate:

fluitantia aplustra,

Lucr. 2, 555:

pleno fluitantia vela theatro,

Prop. 3, 18 (4, 17), 13:

vela summo fluitantia malo,

Ov. M. 11, 470:

fluitantia lora,

i. e. flowing, slack, id. A. A. 2, 433:

vestis non fluitans sed stricta et singulos artus exprimens,

flowing, loose, Tac. G. 17:

amictus,

Cat. 64, 68:

fluitans labansque miles,

staggering, Tac. H. 5, 18; 3, 27:

vela (in theatris) per malos trabesque trementia flutant namque... cogunt suo fluitare colore,

to wave, Lucr. 4, 77 sq. —

Trop., to be doubtful or uncertain, to waver:

animi incerto errore fluitans,

Lucr. 3, 1052:

spe dubiae horae,

Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 110:

unde primum creditur Caecinae fides fluitasse,

Tac. H. 2, 93 fin.:

fluitans fides,

Claud. B. G. 247:

citra lectionis exemplum labor ille (scribendi) carens rectore fluitabit, i. e. will be performed at random,

Quint. 10, 1, 2.

frīgus, ŏris, n. [Gr. rhigos, cold, pigeô;

the connection with Lat. rĭgeo, rĭgor, is doubtful,

Curt. Gr. Etym. 353; Corss. Ausspr. 1, 451], cold, coldness, coolness (for syn. cf.: algor, gelu, rigor, glacies, pruina).

Lit.

In gen. (class.):

nec calor (mihi obsistet) nec frigus metuo,

Plaut. Merc. 5, 2, 19;

so opp. calor,

Lucr. 2, 517; 6, 371; Cic. Univ. 14 med.; id. Rosc. Am. 45, 131; Verg. G. 2, 344; 4, 35:

calidis torrescere flammis aut... rigere Frigore,

Lucr. 3, 892:

cum esset vinctus nudus in aëre, in imbri, in frigore,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 40, § 87:

vix in ipsis tectis frigus vitatur,

id. Fam. 16, 8, 2:

fere matutinis temporibus frigus est,

coolness, Cels. 2, 1; cf.:

frigus captabis opacum,

Verg. E. 1, 53; Hor. C. 3, 13, 10; Ov. M. 10, 129:

quae frigore sola Dormiat,

in the cold night, Tib. 1, 8, 39:

cum Appius senatum coegisset, tantum fuit frigus ut coactus sit nos dimittere,

Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 12, 1.—In plur.:

nec frigora quimus usurpare oculis,

Lucr. 1, 300:

ut tectis saepti frigora caloresque pellamus,

the cold, Cic. N. D. 2, 60, 151; cf.:

ex verna intemperie variante calores frigoraque,

Liv. 22, 2, 10:

tecta quibus frigorum vis pellitur,

Cic. Off. 2, 4, 13:

propter frigora... frumenta in agris matura non erant,

Caes. B. G. 1, 16, 2:

Alpinae nives et frigora Rheni,

Verg. E. 10, 47:

Scythiae,

Ov. M. 2, 224:

Peligna,

Hor. C. 3, 19, 8:

matutina,

id. S. 2, 6, 45:

nocturna,

Liv. 40, 22, 7:

intolerabilia,

id. 21, 58, 1:

ficum frigoribus ne serito,

in cold weather, Col. 5, 10, 9:

quisquam picta colit Spartani frigora saxi,

i. e. the variegated cold marble floor, Mart. 1, 56, 5; Tac. Agr. 12; id. G. 16; Suet. Aug. 81.—

In partic. ( poet.).

The cold of winter, winter (like calor for summer;

v. calor): lac mihi non aestate novum, non frigore defit,

Verg. E. 2, 22:

ante focum, si frigus erit,

id. ib. 5, 70:

quae frigore sola dormiat,

Tib. 1, 8, 39:

per medium frigus,

Hor. Ep. 1, 15, 5.— Plur.:

frigoribus parto agricolae plerumque fruuntur,

Verg. G. 1, 300:

frigoribus mediis,

id. E. 10, 65.—

A chill, fever:

tentatum frigore corpus,

Hor. S. 1, 2, 80.—

The coldness of death, death:

et gelidos artus in leti frigore linquit,

Lucr. 3, 401:

aeternum leti,

id. 4, 924:

letale,

Ov. M. 2, 611:

supremum animae,

Stat. S. 3, 3, 20:

ast illi solvuntur frigore membra Vitaque cum gemitu fugit,

Verg. A. 12, 951 (diff. from the foll.).—

A cold shudder produced by fear:

extemplo Aeneae solvuntur frigore membra, Ingemit, etc.,

Verg. A. 1, 92.—

Transf., a cold region or place:

frigus non habitabile,

Ov. Tr. 3, 4, 51:

et quodcumque jacet sub urbe frigus,

Mart. 4, 64, 14.—

Trop. (cf. frigeo and frigidus, II.; not in Cic.).

Coldness in action, inactivity: si Parthi vos nihil calfaciunt, nos hic frigore frigescimus, etc., Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 6, 5; Ov. F. 2, 856.—

A cold or frigid reception of a person or thing, esp. a discourse; coolness, coldness, indifference, disfavor (perh. not ante-Aug.):

majorum ne quis amicus Frigore te feriat,

coolness, loss of favor, Hor. S. 2, 1, 62; cf.:

Montanus Julius et amicitia Tiberii notus et frigore,

Sen. Ep. 122:

et imperitia et rusticitas et rigor et deformitas afferunt interim frigus,

Quint. 6, 1, 37; Plin. Ep. 6, 15, 4; Quint. 5, 7, 31:

illud quaestionum et argumentorum apud corrupta judicia frigus evitant,

id. 2, 12, 6.

heu! interj. (constr. absol. or with acc., rarely with nom. or voc.; cf. Huschke ad Tib. 2, 6, 28; Forbig. and Wagn. ad Verg. A. 2, 274. The passages cited for heu mihi, etc., Hand, Turs. III. 68 sq., are mostly corrected in recent edd.)

An exclamation of grief or pain, oh! ah! alas! heu heu, quam ego malis perdidi modis, quod tibi detuli et quod dedi! Plaut. Ps. 1, 3, 26:

quatenus, heu nefas! Virtutem incolumem odimus,

Hor. C. 3, 24, 30; cf.:

palam captis gravis, heu nefas heu,

id. ib. 4, 6, 17: o domus antiqua, heu quam dispari Dominare domino! Poët. ap. Cic. Off. 1, 39, 139 (Trag. Rel. Rib. p. 224): heu, mea fortuna, Enn. ap. Non. 90, 14 (Trag. v. 408 Vahl.):

heu, hercle, mulier, multum et audax et mala's,

Plaut. Men. 5, 1, 31:

heu, nimis longo satiate ludo (Mars)!

Hor. C. 1, 2, 37: heu me miseram! interii, Enn. ap. Non. 504, 6 (Trag. v. 228 Vahl.); Ter. Hec. 2, 2, 29; so,

heu me miserum!

Plaut. Aul. 4, 9, 10; id. Merc. 3, 4, 39; Ter. And. 4, 1, 22; Afran. ap. Cic. Tusc. 4, 20, 45; Cic. Phil. 7, 4, 14:

heu me infelicem!

Ter. Hec. 3, 1, 2; Turp. ap. Cic. Tusc. 4, 35, 73:

heu edepol hominem nihili!

Plaut. Truc. 3, 2, 27:

heu edepol res turbulentas!

id. Epid. 1, 1, 68:

heu hercle hominem multum et odiosum mihi!

id. Men. 2, 2, 41:

heu hercle odiosas res!

id. Mil. 4, 2, 65; id. Men. 5, 2, 119:

heu me, per urbem Fabula quanta fui!

Hor. Epod. 11, 7:

heu, cor meum finditur!

Plaut. Bacch. 2, 3, 17:

heu edepol, patrem eum miserum praedicas!

id. Most. 4, 2, 65:

illuc heu miseri traducimur,

Juv. 3, 159:

heu, edepol ne ego homo vivo miser,

id. Men. 5, 5, 10:

heu, nunc misero mihi demum exsilium infelix,

Verg. A. 10, 849.—

In a few doubtful passages in Plautus as an exclamation of admiration or surprise, oh! heu hercle mortalem catum! Plaut. Poen. 5, 2, 147; cf.:

heu edepol mortalis malos!

id. ib. 3, 2, 26.‡ † Heurēsis, ĕos, f., = Heurêsis (a finding out), a Roman festival in November, Calend. Farnes. ap. Orell. Inscr. II. p. 381.

heu! interj. (constr. absol. or with acc., rarely with nom. or voc.; cf. Huschke ad Tib. 2, 6, 28; Forbig. and Wagn. ad Verg. A. 2, 274. The passages cited for heu mihi, etc., Hand, Turs. III. 68 sq., are mostly corrected in recent edd.)

An exclamation of grief or pain, oh! ah! alas! heu heu, quam ego malis perdidi modis, quod tibi detuli et quod dedi! Plaut. Ps. 1, 3, 26:

quatenus, heu nefas! Virtutem incolumem odimus,

Hor. C. 3, 24, 30; cf.:

palam captis gravis, heu nefas heu,

id. ib. 4, 6, 17: o domus antiqua, heu quam dispari Dominare domino! Poët. ap. Cic. Off. 1, 39, 139 (Trag. Rel. Rib. p. 224): heu, mea fortuna, Enn. ap. Non. 90, 14 (Trag. v. 408 Vahl.):

heu, hercle, mulier, multum et audax et mala's,

Plaut. Men. 5, 1, 31:

heu, nimis longo satiate ludo (Mars)!

Hor. C. 1, 2, 37: heu me miseram! interii, Enn. ap. Non. 504, 6 (Trag. v. 228 Vahl.); Ter. Hec. 2, 2, 29; so,

heu me miserum!

Plaut. Aul. 4, 9, 10; id. Merc. 3, 4, 39; Ter. And. 4, 1, 22; Afran. ap. Cic. Tusc. 4, 20, 45; Cic. Phil. 7, 4, 14:

heu me infelicem!

Ter. Hec. 3, 1, 2; Turp. ap. Cic. Tusc. 4, 35, 73:

heu edepol hominem nihili!

Plaut. Truc. 3, 2, 27:

heu edepol res turbulentas!

id. Epid. 1, 1, 68:

heu hercle hominem multum et odiosum mihi!

id. Men. 2, 2, 41:

heu hercle odiosas res!

id. Mil. 4, 2, 65; id. Men. 5, 2, 119:

heu me, per urbem Fabula quanta fui!

Hor. Epod. 11, 7:

heu, cor meum finditur!

Plaut. Bacch. 2, 3, 17:

heu edepol, patrem eum miserum praedicas!

id. Most. 4, 2, 65:

illuc heu miseri traducimur,

Juv. 3, 159:

heu, edepol ne ego homo vivo miser,

id. Men. 5, 5, 10:

heu, nunc misero mihi demum exsilium infelix,

Verg. A. 10, 849.—

In a few doubtful passages in Plautus as an exclamation of admiration or surprise, oh! heu hercle mortalem catum! Plaut. Poen. 5, 2, 147; cf.:

heu edepol mortalis malos!

id. ib. 3, 2, 26.‡ † Heurēsis, ĕos, f., = Heurêsis (a finding out), a Roman festival in November, Calend. Farnes. ap. Orell. Inscr. II. p. 381.

incerto, adv., v. incertus fin.

incerto, āre, v. a. [incertus], to render doubtful or uncertain (ante- and postclass.):

longa dies meum incertat animum,

Plaut. Ep. 4, 1, 18:

prospectum (cursus),

App. M. 11, p. 265:

singultu lacrimoso sermonem incertans,

making indistinct, inaudible, id. ib. 5, p. 164: me incertat dictio, Pac. ap. Non. 123, 30 (Trag. Rel. p. 79 Rib.).

in-diffĕrens, entis, adj., in which there is no difference, indifferent.

Act., of persons, making no difference, indifferent, careless (post-class.):

circa victum,

Suet. Caes. 53.—

Philos. t. t., neither good nor evil, not to be sought or avoided (class.): necesse est, nec bonum esse nec malum hoc quod praepositum vel praecipuum nominamus; idque ita definimus, quod sit indifferens cum aestimatione mediocri; quod enim illi adiaphoron dicunt, id mihi ita occurrit ut indifferens dicerem, Cic. Fin. 3, 16, 53: nihil indifferens gloriosum est; mors autem gloriosum est;

ergo mors non est indifferens,

Sen. Ep. 82, 10.—Hence, subst.: indiffĕrens, ntis, n., a thing indifferent, neither good nor evil:

si valetudo indifferens est, bene valere indifferens est,

Sen. Ep. 117, 8:

cur dolor apud Stoicos indifferens esse dicitur, non malum,

Gell. 12, 5, 4:

Zeno censuit voluptatem esse indifferens, id est neutrum, neque bonum neque malum,

id. 9, 5, 5.— Plur.:

haec quae indifferentia vocamus,

Sen. Vit. Beat. 22, 4 al. —

In gram., of the syllaba anceps, doubtful, Quint. 9, 9, 48; 93.—Hence, adv.: in-diffĕrenter, without distinction, indiscriminately, indifferently (post-Aug.):

uti utraque appellatione,

Quint. 11, 3, 1; 9, 2, 6:

uti his litteris,

Gell. 10, 24, 8: ferre, to bear with indifference, unconcern; opp. graviter, Suet. Dom. 23:

vivere,

to eat of everything without distinction, Scrib. Comp. 122.

in-diffĕrens, entis, adj., in which there is no difference, indifferent.

Act., of persons, making no difference, indifferent, careless (post-class.):

circa victum,

Suet. Caes. 53.—

Philos. t. t., neither good nor evil, not to be sought or avoided (class.): necesse est, nec bonum esse nec malum hoc quod praepositum vel praecipuum nominamus; idque ita definimus, quod sit indifferens cum aestimatione mediocri; quod enim illi adiaphoron dicunt, id mihi ita occurrit ut indifferens dicerem, Cic. Fin. 3, 16, 53: nihil indifferens gloriosum est; mors autem gloriosum est;

ergo mors non est indifferens,

Sen. Ep. 82, 10.—Hence, subst.: indiffĕrens, ntis, n., a thing indifferent, neither good nor evil:

si valetudo indifferens est, bene valere indifferens est,

Sen. Ep. 117, 8:

cur dolor apud Stoicos indifferens esse dicitur, non malum,

Gell. 12, 5, 4:

Zeno censuit voluptatem esse indifferens, id est neutrum, neque bonum neque malum,

id. 9, 5, 5.— Plur.:

haec quae indifferentia vocamus,

Sen. Vit. Beat. 22, 4 al. —

In gram., of the syllaba anceps, doubtful, Quint. 9, 9, 48; 93.—Hence, adv.: in-diffĕrenter, without distinction, indiscriminately, indifferently (post-Aug.):

uti utraque appellatione,

Quint. 11, 3, 1; 9, 2, 6:

uti his litteris,

Gell. 10, 24, 8: ferre, to bear with indifference, unconcern; opp. graviter, Suet. Dom. 23:

vivere,

to eat of everything without distinction, Scrib. Comp. 122.