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  • 1 imi

    infĕrus, a, um (ante-class. collat. form of the nom. sing. infer:

    ubi super inferque vicinus permittet,

    Cato, R. R. 149), adj. [cf. Sanscr. adh-aras, adh-amas, the lower, lowest; and Lat. infra], that is below, underneath, lower; opp. superus.
    I.
    Posit.
    A.
    In gen.: inferus an superus tibi fert Deus funera, Liv. Andr. ap. Prisc. p. 606 P.; cf.:

    Di Deaeque superi atque inferi,

    Plaut. Cist. 2, 1, 36; Ter. Phorm. 4, 4, 6; cf.

    also: ut ex tam alto dignitatis gradu ad superos videantur deos potius quam ad inferos pervenisse,

    Cic. Lael. 3, 12:

    limen superum inferumque salve,

    Plaut. Merc. 5, 1, 1:

    ut omnia supera, infera, prima, ultima, media videremus,

    Cic. Tusc. 1, 26, 64:

    loca,

    the lower parts, id. Arat. 474:

    fulmina,

    that come out of the ground, Plin. 2, 52, 53, § 138: aqua, that falls down, rain-water, Varr. ap. Non. 1, 221: mare inferum, the Lower, i. e. the Tuscan Sea (opp. mare superum, the Upper or Adriatic Sea), Mel. 2, 4; Plin. 3, 5, 10, § 75; Cic. Att. 9, 3, 1; id. de Or. 3, 19 et saep. also without mare:

    navigatio infero,

    upon the Tuscan Sea, id. Att. 9, 5, 1.—
    B.
    In partic., underground, belonging to the Lower World: infĕri, ōrum, m. ( gen. inferūm for inferorum, Varr. ap. Macr. S. 1, 16; Sen. de Ira, 2, 35), the inhabitants of the infernal regions, the dead:

    triceps apud inferos Cerberus,

    Cic. Tusc. 1, 5, 10:

    si ab inferis exsistat rex Hiero,

    were to rise from the dead, Liv. 26, 32:

    si salvi esse velint, Sulla sit iis ab inferis excitandus,

    to be raised from the dead, Cic. Cat. 2, 9, 20:

    inferorum animas elicere,

    id. Vatin. 6, 14:

    ad inferos poenas parricidii luere,

    in the infernal regions, id. Phil. 14, 12, 32:

    ab inferis excitare aliquem,

    i. e. to quote the words of one deceased, id. Or. 25, 85; id. Brut. 93, 322.
    II.
    Comp.: infĕrĭor, ius, lower in situation or place.
    A.
    Lit.:

    spatium,

    Caes. B. G. 7, 46, 3:

    locus,

    id. ib. 2, 25:

    pars,

    id. ib. 7, 35: ex inferiore loco dicere, from below (opp. ex superiore loco, from the tribunal), Cic. Att. 2, 24, 3; cf.

    superus, II. A.: onerosa suo pondere in inferius feruntur,

    downwards, Ov. M. 15, 241:

    scriptura,

    Cic. Inv. 2, 40, 117.— Plur. subst.: infĕrĭōres, um, m., the people of the lower part of the city, Auct. B. Alex. 6, 3. —
    B.
    Trop.
    1.
    Subsequent, later, latter, in time or succession:

    erant inferiores quam illorum aetas, qui, etc.,

    lived later, were younger, Cic. Q. Fr. 3, 5, 2; cf.:

    aetate inferiores paulo quam Iulius, etc.,

    id. Brut. 49, 182; and:

    inferioris aetatis esse,

    id. ib. 64, 228:

    inferiores quinque dies,

    the latter, Varr. L. L. 6, § 13 Müll. —
    2.
    Inferior in quality, rank, or number.
    (α).
    With abl. specif.:

    voluptatibus erant inferiores, nec pecuniis ferme superiores,

    Cic. Rep. 2, 34:

    inferior fortunā,

    id. Fam. 13, 5, 2:

    dignitate, auctoritate, existimatione, gratia non inferior, quam qui umquam fuerunt amplissimi,

    id. Q. Fr. 1, 3, 6:

    inferiores animo,

    Caes. B. G. 3, 24:

    quemadmodum causa inferior, dicendo fieri superior posset,

    Cic. Brut. 8:

    erat multo inferior navium numero Brutus,

    Caes. B. C. 1, 57. — With abl.:

    ut humanos casus virtute inferiores putes,

    Cic. Lael. 2.—
    (β).
    With in and abl.:

    in jure civili non inferior, quam magister fuit,

    Cic. Brut. 48, 179.—
    (γ).
    Absol.:

    inferiores extollere,

    Cic. Lael. 20, 72; cf. id. ib. §

    71: invident homines maxime paribus aut inferioribus,

    id. de Or. 2, 52, 209; cf.:

    indignum est, a pari vinci aut superiore, indignius ab inferiore atque humiliore,

    id. Quint. 31:

    supplices inferioresque,

    id. Font. 11:

    ordines,

    Caes. B. C. 1, 46:

    crudelis in inferiores,

    Auct. Her. 4, 40:

    non inferiora secutus,

    naught inferior, Verg. A. 6, 170.
    III.
    Sup. in two forms: infĭmus (or infŭmus) and īmus.
    A.
    Form infimus (infumus), a, um, lowest, last (= imus;

    but where the lowest of several objects is referred to, infimus is used,

    Cic. N. D. 1, 37, 103; 2, 6, 17; v. Krebs, Antibarb. p. 588).
    1.
    Lit.:

    stabiliendi causa singuli ab infimo solo pedes terra exculcabantur,

    Caes. B. G. 7, 73, 7:

    ab infimis radicibus montis,

    id. B. C. 1, 41, 3; 1, 42, 2:

    cum scripsissem haec infima,

    Cic. Q. Fr. 3, 1, 6:

    ab infima ara,

    from the lowest part of the altar, id. Div. 1, 33; cf.:

    sub infimo colle,

    the foot, Caes. B. G. 7, 79. — Subst.: infĭmum, i, n., the lowest part, bottom, in the phrase:

    ab infimo,

    from below, at the bottom, Plaut. Most. 3, 2, 140:

    collis erat leniter ab infimo acclivis,

    Caes. B. G. 7, 19, 1 (for which, ab imo;

    v. below, B. 1.): stipites demissi et ab infimo revincti,

    id. ib. 7, 73, 3; cf. Sen. Q. N. 3, 30, 4; 6, 4, 1; so,

    ad infimum,

    at the bottom, Caes. B. G. 7, 73, 3:

    collis passus circiter CC. infimus apertus,

    at the bottom, id. ib. 2, 18, 2.—
    2.
    Trop., lowest, meanest, basest in quality or rank:

    infima faex populi,

    Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 6; cf.:

    condicio servorum,

    id. Off. 1, 13:

    infimo loco natus,

    id. Fl. 11:

    summos cum infimis pari jure retinebat,

    id. Off. 2, 12:

    humilitas natalium,

    Plin. 18, 6, 7, § 37:

    preces,

    the most humble, Liv. 8, 2; 29, 30. — Hence, infĭmē, adv., only trop., at the bottom (late Lat.):

    quid summe est, quid infime,

    Aug. Ep. 18, 2. —
    B.
    Form imus, a, um, the lowest, deepest, last ( = infimus; but when opp. to summus, to express a whole from end to end, imus is used; v. Suet. Aug. 79; Quint. 2, 13, 9; Liv. 24, 34, 9; Cic. Rosc. Com. 7, 20; Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 54; cf. Krebs, Antibarb. p. 588).
    1.
    Lit.:

    ab imis unguibus usque ad verticem summum,

    Cic. Rosc. Com. 7, 20:

    terra ima sede semper haeret,

    id. Rep. 6, 18:

    fundo in imo,

    at the very bottom, Verg. A. 6, 581: vox, the deepest bass (opp. vox summa, the treble), Hor. S. 1, 3, 7; Quint. 11, 3, 15:

    conviva,

    that reclines at the bottom, Hor. S. 2, 8, 40; Mart. 6, 74:

    ad imam quercum,

    at the foot of the oak, Phaedr. 2, 4, 3:

    in aure ima,

    at the bottom of the ear, Plin. 11, 45, 103, § 205. — As substt.
    A.
    Plur.: īmi, ōrum, m., the lowest, most humble:

    aequalis ad maximos imosque pervenit clementiae tuae admiratio,

    Sen. Clem. 1, 1, 9:

    pacis et armorum superis imisque deorum Arbiter,

    Ov. F. 5, 665. —
    B.
    īmum, i, n., the bottom, depth, low [p. 945] est part. Lit.:

    ab imo ad summum,

    Hor. S. 2, 3, 308:

    locus erat paulatim ab imo acclivis,

    Caes. B. G. 3, 19, 1 (for which, ab infimo; v. above, A. 1.); so,

    tigna paulum ab imo praeacuta,

    id. ib. 4, 17:

    suspirare ab imo,

    to fetch a deep sigh, Ov. A. A. 3, 675:

    (aures) instabiles imo facit,

    at the bottom. at their roots, id. M. 11, 177:

    aquae perspicuae imo,

    down to the bottom, id. ib. 5, 588. — Plur.:

    ima summis mutare,

    to turn the lowest into the highest, Hor. C. 1, 34, 12; Vell. 2, 2:

    ima,

    the under world, Ov. M. 10, 47.—With gen.:

    ima maris,

    the bottom of the sea, Plin. 32, 6, 21, § 64:

    ima montis,

    the foot of a mountain, id. 4, 11, 18, § 40.—
    2.
    Trop., with respect to time or order, the last (mostly poet.):

    mensis,

    Ov. F. 2, 52.—Hence, subst.: īmum, i, n., the last, the end:

    nihil nostrā intersit an ab summo an ab imo nomina dicere incipiamus,

    Auct. Her. 3, 18, 30:

    si quid inexpertum scaenae committis... servetur ad imum,

    till the last, to the end, Hor. A. P. 126:

    dormiet in lucem... ad imum Threx erit,

    at last, id. Ep. 1, 18, 35.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > imi

  • 2 imum

    infĕrus, a, um (ante-class. collat. form of the nom. sing. infer:

    ubi super inferque vicinus permittet,

    Cato, R. R. 149), adj. [cf. Sanscr. adh-aras, adh-amas, the lower, lowest; and Lat. infra], that is below, underneath, lower; opp. superus.
    I.
    Posit.
    A.
    In gen.: inferus an superus tibi fert Deus funera, Liv. Andr. ap. Prisc. p. 606 P.; cf.:

    Di Deaeque superi atque inferi,

    Plaut. Cist. 2, 1, 36; Ter. Phorm. 4, 4, 6; cf.

    also: ut ex tam alto dignitatis gradu ad superos videantur deos potius quam ad inferos pervenisse,

    Cic. Lael. 3, 12:

    limen superum inferumque salve,

    Plaut. Merc. 5, 1, 1:

    ut omnia supera, infera, prima, ultima, media videremus,

    Cic. Tusc. 1, 26, 64:

    loca,

    the lower parts, id. Arat. 474:

    fulmina,

    that come out of the ground, Plin. 2, 52, 53, § 138: aqua, that falls down, rain-water, Varr. ap. Non. 1, 221: mare inferum, the Lower, i. e. the Tuscan Sea (opp. mare superum, the Upper or Adriatic Sea), Mel. 2, 4; Plin. 3, 5, 10, § 75; Cic. Att. 9, 3, 1; id. de Or. 3, 19 et saep. also without mare:

    navigatio infero,

    upon the Tuscan Sea, id. Att. 9, 5, 1.—
    B.
    In partic., underground, belonging to the Lower World: infĕri, ōrum, m. ( gen. inferūm for inferorum, Varr. ap. Macr. S. 1, 16; Sen. de Ira, 2, 35), the inhabitants of the infernal regions, the dead:

    triceps apud inferos Cerberus,

    Cic. Tusc. 1, 5, 10:

    si ab inferis exsistat rex Hiero,

    were to rise from the dead, Liv. 26, 32:

    si salvi esse velint, Sulla sit iis ab inferis excitandus,

    to be raised from the dead, Cic. Cat. 2, 9, 20:

    inferorum animas elicere,

    id. Vatin. 6, 14:

    ad inferos poenas parricidii luere,

    in the infernal regions, id. Phil. 14, 12, 32:

    ab inferis excitare aliquem,

    i. e. to quote the words of one deceased, id. Or. 25, 85; id. Brut. 93, 322.
    II.
    Comp.: infĕrĭor, ius, lower in situation or place.
    A.
    Lit.:

    spatium,

    Caes. B. G. 7, 46, 3:

    locus,

    id. ib. 2, 25:

    pars,

    id. ib. 7, 35: ex inferiore loco dicere, from below (opp. ex superiore loco, from the tribunal), Cic. Att. 2, 24, 3; cf.

    superus, II. A.: onerosa suo pondere in inferius feruntur,

    downwards, Ov. M. 15, 241:

    scriptura,

    Cic. Inv. 2, 40, 117.— Plur. subst.: infĕrĭōres, um, m., the people of the lower part of the city, Auct. B. Alex. 6, 3. —
    B.
    Trop.
    1.
    Subsequent, later, latter, in time or succession:

    erant inferiores quam illorum aetas, qui, etc.,

    lived later, were younger, Cic. Q. Fr. 3, 5, 2; cf.:

    aetate inferiores paulo quam Iulius, etc.,

    id. Brut. 49, 182; and:

    inferioris aetatis esse,

    id. ib. 64, 228:

    inferiores quinque dies,

    the latter, Varr. L. L. 6, § 13 Müll. —
    2.
    Inferior in quality, rank, or number.
    (α).
    With abl. specif.:

    voluptatibus erant inferiores, nec pecuniis ferme superiores,

    Cic. Rep. 2, 34:

    inferior fortunā,

    id. Fam. 13, 5, 2:

    dignitate, auctoritate, existimatione, gratia non inferior, quam qui umquam fuerunt amplissimi,

    id. Q. Fr. 1, 3, 6:

    inferiores animo,

    Caes. B. G. 3, 24:

    quemadmodum causa inferior, dicendo fieri superior posset,

    Cic. Brut. 8:

    erat multo inferior navium numero Brutus,

    Caes. B. C. 1, 57. — With abl.:

    ut humanos casus virtute inferiores putes,

    Cic. Lael. 2.—
    (β).
    With in and abl.:

    in jure civili non inferior, quam magister fuit,

    Cic. Brut. 48, 179.—
    (γ).
    Absol.:

    inferiores extollere,

    Cic. Lael. 20, 72; cf. id. ib. §

    71: invident homines maxime paribus aut inferioribus,

    id. de Or. 2, 52, 209; cf.:

    indignum est, a pari vinci aut superiore, indignius ab inferiore atque humiliore,

    id. Quint. 31:

    supplices inferioresque,

    id. Font. 11:

    ordines,

    Caes. B. C. 1, 46:

    crudelis in inferiores,

    Auct. Her. 4, 40:

    non inferiora secutus,

    naught inferior, Verg. A. 6, 170.
    III.
    Sup. in two forms: infĭmus (or infŭmus) and īmus.
    A.
    Form infimus (infumus), a, um, lowest, last (= imus;

    but where the lowest of several objects is referred to, infimus is used,

    Cic. N. D. 1, 37, 103; 2, 6, 17; v. Krebs, Antibarb. p. 588).
    1.
    Lit.:

    stabiliendi causa singuli ab infimo solo pedes terra exculcabantur,

    Caes. B. G. 7, 73, 7:

    ab infimis radicibus montis,

    id. B. C. 1, 41, 3; 1, 42, 2:

    cum scripsissem haec infima,

    Cic. Q. Fr. 3, 1, 6:

    ab infima ara,

    from the lowest part of the altar, id. Div. 1, 33; cf.:

    sub infimo colle,

    the foot, Caes. B. G. 7, 79. — Subst.: infĭmum, i, n., the lowest part, bottom, in the phrase:

    ab infimo,

    from below, at the bottom, Plaut. Most. 3, 2, 140:

    collis erat leniter ab infimo acclivis,

    Caes. B. G. 7, 19, 1 (for which, ab imo;

    v. below, B. 1.): stipites demissi et ab infimo revincti,

    id. ib. 7, 73, 3; cf. Sen. Q. N. 3, 30, 4; 6, 4, 1; so,

    ad infimum,

    at the bottom, Caes. B. G. 7, 73, 3:

    collis passus circiter CC. infimus apertus,

    at the bottom, id. ib. 2, 18, 2.—
    2.
    Trop., lowest, meanest, basest in quality or rank:

    infima faex populi,

    Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 6; cf.:

    condicio servorum,

    id. Off. 1, 13:

    infimo loco natus,

    id. Fl. 11:

    summos cum infimis pari jure retinebat,

    id. Off. 2, 12:

    humilitas natalium,

    Plin. 18, 6, 7, § 37:

    preces,

    the most humble, Liv. 8, 2; 29, 30. — Hence, infĭmē, adv., only trop., at the bottom (late Lat.):

    quid summe est, quid infime,

    Aug. Ep. 18, 2. —
    B.
    Form imus, a, um, the lowest, deepest, last ( = infimus; but when opp. to summus, to express a whole from end to end, imus is used; v. Suet. Aug. 79; Quint. 2, 13, 9; Liv. 24, 34, 9; Cic. Rosc. Com. 7, 20; Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 54; cf. Krebs, Antibarb. p. 588).
    1.
    Lit.:

    ab imis unguibus usque ad verticem summum,

    Cic. Rosc. Com. 7, 20:

    terra ima sede semper haeret,

    id. Rep. 6, 18:

    fundo in imo,

    at the very bottom, Verg. A. 6, 581: vox, the deepest bass (opp. vox summa, the treble), Hor. S. 1, 3, 7; Quint. 11, 3, 15:

    conviva,

    that reclines at the bottom, Hor. S. 2, 8, 40; Mart. 6, 74:

    ad imam quercum,

    at the foot of the oak, Phaedr. 2, 4, 3:

    in aure ima,

    at the bottom of the ear, Plin. 11, 45, 103, § 205. — As substt.
    A.
    Plur.: īmi, ōrum, m., the lowest, most humble:

    aequalis ad maximos imosque pervenit clementiae tuae admiratio,

    Sen. Clem. 1, 1, 9:

    pacis et armorum superis imisque deorum Arbiter,

    Ov. F. 5, 665. —
    B.
    īmum, i, n., the bottom, depth, low [p. 945] est part. Lit.:

    ab imo ad summum,

    Hor. S. 2, 3, 308:

    locus erat paulatim ab imo acclivis,

    Caes. B. G. 3, 19, 1 (for which, ab infimo; v. above, A. 1.); so,

    tigna paulum ab imo praeacuta,

    id. ib. 4, 17:

    suspirare ab imo,

    to fetch a deep sigh, Ov. A. A. 3, 675:

    (aures) instabiles imo facit,

    at the bottom. at their roots, id. M. 11, 177:

    aquae perspicuae imo,

    down to the bottom, id. ib. 5, 588. — Plur.:

    ima summis mutare,

    to turn the lowest into the highest, Hor. C. 1, 34, 12; Vell. 2, 2:

    ima,

    the under world, Ov. M. 10, 47.—With gen.:

    ima maris,

    the bottom of the sea, Plin. 32, 6, 21, § 64:

    ima montis,

    the foot of a mountain, id. 4, 11, 18, § 40.—
    2.
    Trop., with respect to time or order, the last (mostly poet.):

    mensis,

    Ov. F. 2, 52.—Hence, subst.: īmum, i, n., the last, the end:

    nihil nostrā intersit an ab summo an ab imo nomina dicere incipiamus,

    Auct. Her. 3, 18, 30:

    si quid inexpertum scaenae committis... servetur ad imum,

    till the last, to the end, Hor. A. P. 126:

    dormiet in lucem... ad imum Threx erit,

    at last, id. Ep. 1, 18, 35.

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  • 3 inferiores

    infĕrus, a, um (ante-class. collat. form of the nom. sing. infer:

    ubi super inferque vicinus permittet,

    Cato, R. R. 149), adj. [cf. Sanscr. adh-aras, adh-amas, the lower, lowest; and Lat. infra], that is below, underneath, lower; opp. superus.
    I.
    Posit.
    A.
    In gen.: inferus an superus tibi fert Deus funera, Liv. Andr. ap. Prisc. p. 606 P.; cf.:

    Di Deaeque superi atque inferi,

    Plaut. Cist. 2, 1, 36; Ter. Phorm. 4, 4, 6; cf.

    also: ut ex tam alto dignitatis gradu ad superos videantur deos potius quam ad inferos pervenisse,

    Cic. Lael. 3, 12:

    limen superum inferumque salve,

    Plaut. Merc. 5, 1, 1:

    ut omnia supera, infera, prima, ultima, media videremus,

    Cic. Tusc. 1, 26, 64:

    loca,

    the lower parts, id. Arat. 474:

    fulmina,

    that come out of the ground, Plin. 2, 52, 53, § 138: aqua, that falls down, rain-water, Varr. ap. Non. 1, 221: mare inferum, the Lower, i. e. the Tuscan Sea (opp. mare superum, the Upper or Adriatic Sea), Mel. 2, 4; Plin. 3, 5, 10, § 75; Cic. Att. 9, 3, 1; id. de Or. 3, 19 et saep. also without mare:

    navigatio infero,

    upon the Tuscan Sea, id. Att. 9, 5, 1.—
    B.
    In partic., underground, belonging to the Lower World: infĕri, ōrum, m. ( gen. inferūm for inferorum, Varr. ap. Macr. S. 1, 16; Sen. de Ira, 2, 35), the inhabitants of the infernal regions, the dead:

    triceps apud inferos Cerberus,

    Cic. Tusc. 1, 5, 10:

    si ab inferis exsistat rex Hiero,

    were to rise from the dead, Liv. 26, 32:

    si salvi esse velint, Sulla sit iis ab inferis excitandus,

    to be raised from the dead, Cic. Cat. 2, 9, 20:

    inferorum animas elicere,

    id. Vatin. 6, 14:

    ad inferos poenas parricidii luere,

    in the infernal regions, id. Phil. 14, 12, 32:

    ab inferis excitare aliquem,

    i. e. to quote the words of one deceased, id. Or. 25, 85; id. Brut. 93, 322.
    II.
    Comp.: infĕrĭor, ius, lower in situation or place.
    A.
    Lit.:

    spatium,

    Caes. B. G. 7, 46, 3:

    locus,

    id. ib. 2, 25:

    pars,

    id. ib. 7, 35: ex inferiore loco dicere, from below (opp. ex superiore loco, from the tribunal), Cic. Att. 2, 24, 3; cf.

    superus, II. A.: onerosa suo pondere in inferius feruntur,

    downwards, Ov. M. 15, 241:

    scriptura,

    Cic. Inv. 2, 40, 117.— Plur. subst.: infĕrĭōres, um, m., the people of the lower part of the city, Auct. B. Alex. 6, 3. —
    B.
    Trop.
    1.
    Subsequent, later, latter, in time or succession:

    erant inferiores quam illorum aetas, qui, etc.,

    lived later, were younger, Cic. Q. Fr. 3, 5, 2; cf.:

    aetate inferiores paulo quam Iulius, etc.,

    id. Brut. 49, 182; and:

    inferioris aetatis esse,

    id. ib. 64, 228:

    inferiores quinque dies,

    the latter, Varr. L. L. 6, § 13 Müll. —
    2.
    Inferior in quality, rank, or number.
    (α).
    With abl. specif.:

    voluptatibus erant inferiores, nec pecuniis ferme superiores,

    Cic. Rep. 2, 34:

    inferior fortunā,

    id. Fam. 13, 5, 2:

    dignitate, auctoritate, existimatione, gratia non inferior, quam qui umquam fuerunt amplissimi,

    id. Q. Fr. 1, 3, 6:

    inferiores animo,

    Caes. B. G. 3, 24:

    quemadmodum causa inferior, dicendo fieri superior posset,

    Cic. Brut. 8:

    erat multo inferior navium numero Brutus,

    Caes. B. C. 1, 57. — With abl.:

    ut humanos casus virtute inferiores putes,

    Cic. Lael. 2.—
    (β).
    With in and abl.:

    in jure civili non inferior, quam magister fuit,

    Cic. Brut. 48, 179.—
    (γ).
    Absol.:

    inferiores extollere,

    Cic. Lael. 20, 72; cf. id. ib. §

    71: invident homines maxime paribus aut inferioribus,

    id. de Or. 2, 52, 209; cf.:

    indignum est, a pari vinci aut superiore, indignius ab inferiore atque humiliore,

    id. Quint. 31:

    supplices inferioresque,

    id. Font. 11:

    ordines,

    Caes. B. C. 1, 46:

    crudelis in inferiores,

    Auct. Her. 4, 40:

    non inferiora secutus,

    naught inferior, Verg. A. 6, 170.
    III.
    Sup. in two forms: infĭmus (or infŭmus) and īmus.
    A.
    Form infimus (infumus), a, um, lowest, last (= imus;

    but where the lowest of several objects is referred to, infimus is used,

    Cic. N. D. 1, 37, 103; 2, 6, 17; v. Krebs, Antibarb. p. 588).
    1.
    Lit.:

    stabiliendi causa singuli ab infimo solo pedes terra exculcabantur,

    Caes. B. G. 7, 73, 7:

    ab infimis radicibus montis,

    id. B. C. 1, 41, 3; 1, 42, 2:

    cum scripsissem haec infima,

    Cic. Q. Fr. 3, 1, 6:

    ab infima ara,

    from the lowest part of the altar, id. Div. 1, 33; cf.:

    sub infimo colle,

    the foot, Caes. B. G. 7, 79. — Subst.: infĭmum, i, n., the lowest part, bottom, in the phrase:

    ab infimo,

    from below, at the bottom, Plaut. Most. 3, 2, 140:

    collis erat leniter ab infimo acclivis,

    Caes. B. G. 7, 19, 1 (for which, ab imo;

    v. below, B. 1.): stipites demissi et ab infimo revincti,

    id. ib. 7, 73, 3; cf. Sen. Q. N. 3, 30, 4; 6, 4, 1; so,

    ad infimum,

    at the bottom, Caes. B. G. 7, 73, 3:

    collis passus circiter CC. infimus apertus,

    at the bottom, id. ib. 2, 18, 2.—
    2.
    Trop., lowest, meanest, basest in quality or rank:

    infima faex populi,

    Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 6; cf.:

    condicio servorum,

    id. Off. 1, 13:

    infimo loco natus,

    id. Fl. 11:

    summos cum infimis pari jure retinebat,

    id. Off. 2, 12:

    humilitas natalium,

    Plin. 18, 6, 7, § 37:

    preces,

    the most humble, Liv. 8, 2; 29, 30. — Hence, infĭmē, adv., only trop., at the bottom (late Lat.):

    quid summe est, quid infime,

    Aug. Ep. 18, 2. —
    B.
    Form imus, a, um, the lowest, deepest, last ( = infimus; but when opp. to summus, to express a whole from end to end, imus is used; v. Suet. Aug. 79; Quint. 2, 13, 9; Liv. 24, 34, 9; Cic. Rosc. Com. 7, 20; Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 54; cf. Krebs, Antibarb. p. 588).
    1.
    Lit.:

    ab imis unguibus usque ad verticem summum,

    Cic. Rosc. Com. 7, 20:

    terra ima sede semper haeret,

    id. Rep. 6, 18:

    fundo in imo,

    at the very bottom, Verg. A. 6, 581: vox, the deepest bass (opp. vox summa, the treble), Hor. S. 1, 3, 7; Quint. 11, 3, 15:

    conviva,

    that reclines at the bottom, Hor. S. 2, 8, 40; Mart. 6, 74:

    ad imam quercum,

    at the foot of the oak, Phaedr. 2, 4, 3:

    in aure ima,

    at the bottom of the ear, Plin. 11, 45, 103, § 205. — As substt.
    A.
    Plur.: īmi, ōrum, m., the lowest, most humble:

    aequalis ad maximos imosque pervenit clementiae tuae admiratio,

    Sen. Clem. 1, 1, 9:

    pacis et armorum superis imisque deorum Arbiter,

    Ov. F. 5, 665. —
    B.
    īmum, i, n., the bottom, depth, low [p. 945] est part. Lit.:

    ab imo ad summum,

    Hor. S. 2, 3, 308:

    locus erat paulatim ab imo acclivis,

    Caes. B. G. 3, 19, 1 (for which, ab infimo; v. above, A. 1.); so,

    tigna paulum ab imo praeacuta,

    id. ib. 4, 17:

    suspirare ab imo,

    to fetch a deep sigh, Ov. A. A. 3, 675:

    (aures) instabiles imo facit,

    at the bottom. at their roots, id. M. 11, 177:

    aquae perspicuae imo,

    down to the bottom, id. ib. 5, 588. — Plur.:

    ima summis mutare,

    to turn the lowest into the highest, Hor. C. 1, 34, 12; Vell. 2, 2:

    ima,

    the under world, Ov. M. 10, 47.—With gen.:

    ima maris,

    the bottom of the sea, Plin. 32, 6, 21, § 64:

    ima montis,

    the foot of a mountain, id. 4, 11, 18, § 40.—
    2.
    Trop., with respect to time or order, the last (mostly poet.):

    mensis,

    Ov. F. 2, 52.—Hence, subst.: īmum, i, n., the last, the end:

    nihil nostrā intersit an ab summo an ab imo nomina dicere incipiamus,

    Auct. Her. 3, 18, 30:

    si quid inexpertum scaenae committis... servetur ad imum,

    till the last, to the end, Hor. A. P. 126:

    dormiet in lucem... ad imum Threx erit,

    at last, id. Ep. 1, 18, 35.

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  • 4 inferus

    infĕrus, a, um (ante-class. collat. form of the nom. sing. infer:

    ubi super inferque vicinus permittet,

    Cato, R. R. 149), adj. [cf. Sanscr. adh-aras, adh-amas, the lower, lowest; and Lat. infra], that is below, underneath, lower; opp. superus.
    I.
    Posit.
    A.
    In gen.: inferus an superus tibi fert Deus funera, Liv. Andr. ap. Prisc. p. 606 P.; cf.:

    Di Deaeque superi atque inferi,

    Plaut. Cist. 2, 1, 36; Ter. Phorm. 4, 4, 6; cf.

    also: ut ex tam alto dignitatis gradu ad superos videantur deos potius quam ad inferos pervenisse,

    Cic. Lael. 3, 12:

    limen superum inferumque salve,

    Plaut. Merc. 5, 1, 1:

    ut omnia supera, infera, prima, ultima, media videremus,

    Cic. Tusc. 1, 26, 64:

    loca,

    the lower parts, id. Arat. 474:

    fulmina,

    that come out of the ground, Plin. 2, 52, 53, § 138: aqua, that falls down, rain-water, Varr. ap. Non. 1, 221: mare inferum, the Lower, i. e. the Tuscan Sea (opp. mare superum, the Upper or Adriatic Sea), Mel. 2, 4; Plin. 3, 5, 10, § 75; Cic. Att. 9, 3, 1; id. de Or. 3, 19 et saep. also without mare:

    navigatio infero,

    upon the Tuscan Sea, id. Att. 9, 5, 1.—
    B.
    In partic., underground, belonging to the Lower World: infĕri, ōrum, m. ( gen. inferūm for inferorum, Varr. ap. Macr. S. 1, 16; Sen. de Ira, 2, 35), the inhabitants of the infernal regions, the dead:

    triceps apud inferos Cerberus,

    Cic. Tusc. 1, 5, 10:

    si ab inferis exsistat rex Hiero,

    were to rise from the dead, Liv. 26, 32:

    si salvi esse velint, Sulla sit iis ab inferis excitandus,

    to be raised from the dead, Cic. Cat. 2, 9, 20:

    inferorum animas elicere,

    id. Vatin. 6, 14:

    ad inferos poenas parricidii luere,

    in the infernal regions, id. Phil. 14, 12, 32:

    ab inferis excitare aliquem,

    i. e. to quote the words of one deceased, id. Or. 25, 85; id. Brut. 93, 322.
    II.
    Comp.: infĕrĭor, ius, lower in situation or place.
    A.
    Lit.:

    spatium,

    Caes. B. G. 7, 46, 3:

    locus,

    id. ib. 2, 25:

    pars,

    id. ib. 7, 35: ex inferiore loco dicere, from below (opp. ex superiore loco, from the tribunal), Cic. Att. 2, 24, 3; cf.

    superus, II. A.: onerosa suo pondere in inferius feruntur,

    downwards, Ov. M. 15, 241:

    scriptura,

    Cic. Inv. 2, 40, 117.— Plur. subst.: infĕrĭōres, um, m., the people of the lower part of the city, Auct. B. Alex. 6, 3. —
    B.
    Trop.
    1.
    Subsequent, later, latter, in time or succession:

    erant inferiores quam illorum aetas, qui, etc.,

    lived later, were younger, Cic. Q. Fr. 3, 5, 2; cf.:

    aetate inferiores paulo quam Iulius, etc.,

    id. Brut. 49, 182; and:

    inferioris aetatis esse,

    id. ib. 64, 228:

    inferiores quinque dies,

    the latter, Varr. L. L. 6, § 13 Müll. —
    2.
    Inferior in quality, rank, or number.
    (α).
    With abl. specif.:

    voluptatibus erant inferiores, nec pecuniis ferme superiores,

    Cic. Rep. 2, 34:

    inferior fortunā,

    id. Fam. 13, 5, 2:

    dignitate, auctoritate, existimatione, gratia non inferior, quam qui umquam fuerunt amplissimi,

    id. Q. Fr. 1, 3, 6:

    inferiores animo,

    Caes. B. G. 3, 24:

    quemadmodum causa inferior, dicendo fieri superior posset,

    Cic. Brut. 8:

    erat multo inferior navium numero Brutus,

    Caes. B. C. 1, 57. — With abl.:

    ut humanos casus virtute inferiores putes,

    Cic. Lael. 2.—
    (β).
    With in and abl.:

    in jure civili non inferior, quam magister fuit,

    Cic. Brut. 48, 179.—
    (γ).
    Absol.:

    inferiores extollere,

    Cic. Lael. 20, 72; cf. id. ib. §

    71: invident homines maxime paribus aut inferioribus,

    id. de Or. 2, 52, 209; cf.:

    indignum est, a pari vinci aut superiore, indignius ab inferiore atque humiliore,

    id. Quint. 31:

    supplices inferioresque,

    id. Font. 11:

    ordines,

    Caes. B. C. 1, 46:

    crudelis in inferiores,

    Auct. Her. 4, 40:

    non inferiora secutus,

    naught inferior, Verg. A. 6, 170.
    III.
    Sup. in two forms: infĭmus (or infŭmus) and īmus.
    A.
    Form infimus (infumus), a, um, lowest, last (= imus;

    but where the lowest of several objects is referred to, infimus is used,

    Cic. N. D. 1, 37, 103; 2, 6, 17; v. Krebs, Antibarb. p. 588).
    1.
    Lit.:

    stabiliendi causa singuli ab infimo solo pedes terra exculcabantur,

    Caes. B. G. 7, 73, 7:

    ab infimis radicibus montis,

    id. B. C. 1, 41, 3; 1, 42, 2:

    cum scripsissem haec infima,

    Cic. Q. Fr. 3, 1, 6:

    ab infima ara,

    from the lowest part of the altar, id. Div. 1, 33; cf.:

    sub infimo colle,

    the foot, Caes. B. G. 7, 79. — Subst.: infĭmum, i, n., the lowest part, bottom, in the phrase:

    ab infimo,

    from below, at the bottom, Plaut. Most. 3, 2, 140:

    collis erat leniter ab infimo acclivis,

    Caes. B. G. 7, 19, 1 (for which, ab imo;

    v. below, B. 1.): stipites demissi et ab infimo revincti,

    id. ib. 7, 73, 3; cf. Sen. Q. N. 3, 30, 4; 6, 4, 1; so,

    ad infimum,

    at the bottom, Caes. B. G. 7, 73, 3:

    collis passus circiter CC. infimus apertus,

    at the bottom, id. ib. 2, 18, 2.—
    2.
    Trop., lowest, meanest, basest in quality or rank:

    infima faex populi,

    Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 6; cf.:

    condicio servorum,

    id. Off. 1, 13:

    infimo loco natus,

    id. Fl. 11:

    summos cum infimis pari jure retinebat,

    id. Off. 2, 12:

    humilitas natalium,

    Plin. 18, 6, 7, § 37:

    preces,

    the most humble, Liv. 8, 2; 29, 30. — Hence, infĭmē, adv., only trop., at the bottom (late Lat.):

    quid summe est, quid infime,

    Aug. Ep. 18, 2. —
    B.
    Form imus, a, um, the lowest, deepest, last ( = infimus; but when opp. to summus, to express a whole from end to end, imus is used; v. Suet. Aug. 79; Quint. 2, 13, 9; Liv. 24, 34, 9; Cic. Rosc. Com. 7, 20; Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 54; cf. Krebs, Antibarb. p. 588).
    1.
    Lit.:

    ab imis unguibus usque ad verticem summum,

    Cic. Rosc. Com. 7, 20:

    terra ima sede semper haeret,

    id. Rep. 6, 18:

    fundo in imo,

    at the very bottom, Verg. A. 6, 581: vox, the deepest bass (opp. vox summa, the treble), Hor. S. 1, 3, 7; Quint. 11, 3, 15:

    conviva,

    that reclines at the bottom, Hor. S. 2, 8, 40; Mart. 6, 74:

    ad imam quercum,

    at the foot of the oak, Phaedr. 2, 4, 3:

    in aure ima,

    at the bottom of the ear, Plin. 11, 45, 103, § 205. — As substt.
    A.
    Plur.: īmi, ōrum, m., the lowest, most humble:

    aequalis ad maximos imosque pervenit clementiae tuae admiratio,

    Sen. Clem. 1, 1, 9:

    pacis et armorum superis imisque deorum Arbiter,

    Ov. F. 5, 665. —
    B.
    īmum, i, n., the bottom, depth, low [p. 945] est part. Lit.:

    ab imo ad summum,

    Hor. S. 2, 3, 308:

    locus erat paulatim ab imo acclivis,

    Caes. B. G. 3, 19, 1 (for which, ab infimo; v. above, A. 1.); so,

    tigna paulum ab imo praeacuta,

    id. ib. 4, 17:

    suspirare ab imo,

    to fetch a deep sigh, Ov. A. A. 3, 675:

    (aures) instabiles imo facit,

    at the bottom. at their roots, id. M. 11, 177:

    aquae perspicuae imo,

    down to the bottom, id. ib. 5, 588. — Plur.:

    ima summis mutare,

    to turn the lowest into the highest, Hor. C. 1, 34, 12; Vell. 2, 2:

    ima,

    the under world, Ov. M. 10, 47.—With gen.:

    ima maris,

    the bottom of the sea, Plin. 32, 6, 21, § 64:

    ima montis,

    the foot of a mountain, id. 4, 11, 18, § 40.—
    2.
    Trop., with respect to time or order, the last (mostly poet.):

    mensis,

    Ov. F. 2, 52.—Hence, subst.: īmum, i, n., the last, the end:

    nihil nostrā intersit an ab summo an ab imo nomina dicere incipiamus,

    Auct. Her. 3, 18, 30:

    si quid inexpertum scaenae committis... servetur ad imum,

    till the last, to the end, Hor. A. P. 126:

    dormiet in lucem... ad imum Threx erit,

    at last, id. Ep. 1, 18, 35.

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  • 5 infime

    infĕrus, a, um (ante-class. collat. form of the nom. sing. infer:

    ubi super inferque vicinus permittet,

    Cato, R. R. 149), adj. [cf. Sanscr. adh-aras, adh-amas, the lower, lowest; and Lat. infra], that is below, underneath, lower; opp. superus.
    I.
    Posit.
    A.
    In gen.: inferus an superus tibi fert Deus funera, Liv. Andr. ap. Prisc. p. 606 P.; cf.:

    Di Deaeque superi atque inferi,

    Plaut. Cist. 2, 1, 36; Ter. Phorm. 4, 4, 6; cf.

    also: ut ex tam alto dignitatis gradu ad superos videantur deos potius quam ad inferos pervenisse,

    Cic. Lael. 3, 12:

    limen superum inferumque salve,

    Plaut. Merc. 5, 1, 1:

    ut omnia supera, infera, prima, ultima, media videremus,

    Cic. Tusc. 1, 26, 64:

    loca,

    the lower parts, id. Arat. 474:

    fulmina,

    that come out of the ground, Plin. 2, 52, 53, § 138: aqua, that falls down, rain-water, Varr. ap. Non. 1, 221: mare inferum, the Lower, i. e. the Tuscan Sea (opp. mare superum, the Upper or Adriatic Sea), Mel. 2, 4; Plin. 3, 5, 10, § 75; Cic. Att. 9, 3, 1; id. de Or. 3, 19 et saep. also without mare:

    navigatio infero,

    upon the Tuscan Sea, id. Att. 9, 5, 1.—
    B.
    In partic., underground, belonging to the Lower World: infĕri, ōrum, m. ( gen. inferūm for inferorum, Varr. ap. Macr. S. 1, 16; Sen. de Ira, 2, 35), the inhabitants of the infernal regions, the dead:

    triceps apud inferos Cerberus,

    Cic. Tusc. 1, 5, 10:

    si ab inferis exsistat rex Hiero,

    were to rise from the dead, Liv. 26, 32:

    si salvi esse velint, Sulla sit iis ab inferis excitandus,

    to be raised from the dead, Cic. Cat. 2, 9, 20:

    inferorum animas elicere,

    id. Vatin. 6, 14:

    ad inferos poenas parricidii luere,

    in the infernal regions, id. Phil. 14, 12, 32:

    ab inferis excitare aliquem,

    i. e. to quote the words of one deceased, id. Or. 25, 85; id. Brut. 93, 322.
    II.
    Comp.: infĕrĭor, ius, lower in situation or place.
    A.
    Lit.:

    spatium,

    Caes. B. G. 7, 46, 3:

    locus,

    id. ib. 2, 25:

    pars,

    id. ib. 7, 35: ex inferiore loco dicere, from below (opp. ex superiore loco, from the tribunal), Cic. Att. 2, 24, 3; cf.

    superus, II. A.: onerosa suo pondere in inferius feruntur,

    downwards, Ov. M. 15, 241:

    scriptura,

    Cic. Inv. 2, 40, 117.— Plur. subst.: infĕrĭōres, um, m., the people of the lower part of the city, Auct. B. Alex. 6, 3. —
    B.
    Trop.
    1.
    Subsequent, later, latter, in time or succession:

    erant inferiores quam illorum aetas, qui, etc.,

    lived later, were younger, Cic. Q. Fr. 3, 5, 2; cf.:

    aetate inferiores paulo quam Iulius, etc.,

    id. Brut. 49, 182; and:

    inferioris aetatis esse,

    id. ib. 64, 228:

    inferiores quinque dies,

    the latter, Varr. L. L. 6, § 13 Müll. —
    2.
    Inferior in quality, rank, or number.
    (α).
    With abl. specif.:

    voluptatibus erant inferiores, nec pecuniis ferme superiores,

    Cic. Rep. 2, 34:

    inferior fortunā,

    id. Fam. 13, 5, 2:

    dignitate, auctoritate, existimatione, gratia non inferior, quam qui umquam fuerunt amplissimi,

    id. Q. Fr. 1, 3, 6:

    inferiores animo,

    Caes. B. G. 3, 24:

    quemadmodum causa inferior, dicendo fieri superior posset,

    Cic. Brut. 8:

    erat multo inferior navium numero Brutus,

    Caes. B. C. 1, 57. — With abl.:

    ut humanos casus virtute inferiores putes,

    Cic. Lael. 2.—
    (β).
    With in and abl.:

    in jure civili non inferior, quam magister fuit,

    Cic. Brut. 48, 179.—
    (γ).
    Absol.:

    inferiores extollere,

    Cic. Lael. 20, 72; cf. id. ib. §

    71: invident homines maxime paribus aut inferioribus,

    id. de Or. 2, 52, 209; cf.:

    indignum est, a pari vinci aut superiore, indignius ab inferiore atque humiliore,

    id. Quint. 31:

    supplices inferioresque,

    id. Font. 11:

    ordines,

    Caes. B. C. 1, 46:

    crudelis in inferiores,

    Auct. Her. 4, 40:

    non inferiora secutus,

    naught inferior, Verg. A. 6, 170.
    III.
    Sup. in two forms: infĭmus (or infŭmus) and īmus.
    A.
    Form infimus (infumus), a, um, lowest, last (= imus;

    but where the lowest of several objects is referred to, infimus is used,

    Cic. N. D. 1, 37, 103; 2, 6, 17; v. Krebs, Antibarb. p. 588).
    1.
    Lit.:

    stabiliendi causa singuli ab infimo solo pedes terra exculcabantur,

    Caes. B. G. 7, 73, 7:

    ab infimis radicibus montis,

    id. B. C. 1, 41, 3; 1, 42, 2:

    cum scripsissem haec infima,

    Cic. Q. Fr. 3, 1, 6:

    ab infima ara,

    from the lowest part of the altar, id. Div. 1, 33; cf.:

    sub infimo colle,

    the foot, Caes. B. G. 7, 79. — Subst.: infĭmum, i, n., the lowest part, bottom, in the phrase:

    ab infimo,

    from below, at the bottom, Plaut. Most. 3, 2, 140:

    collis erat leniter ab infimo acclivis,

    Caes. B. G. 7, 19, 1 (for which, ab imo;

    v. below, B. 1.): stipites demissi et ab infimo revincti,

    id. ib. 7, 73, 3; cf. Sen. Q. N. 3, 30, 4; 6, 4, 1; so,

    ad infimum,

    at the bottom, Caes. B. G. 7, 73, 3:

    collis passus circiter CC. infimus apertus,

    at the bottom, id. ib. 2, 18, 2.—
    2.
    Trop., lowest, meanest, basest in quality or rank:

    infima faex populi,

    Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 6; cf.:

    condicio servorum,

    id. Off. 1, 13:

    infimo loco natus,

    id. Fl. 11:

    summos cum infimis pari jure retinebat,

    id. Off. 2, 12:

    humilitas natalium,

    Plin. 18, 6, 7, § 37:

    preces,

    the most humble, Liv. 8, 2; 29, 30. — Hence, infĭmē, adv., only trop., at the bottom (late Lat.):

    quid summe est, quid infime,

    Aug. Ep. 18, 2. —
    B.
    Form imus, a, um, the lowest, deepest, last ( = infimus; but when opp. to summus, to express a whole from end to end, imus is used; v. Suet. Aug. 79; Quint. 2, 13, 9; Liv. 24, 34, 9; Cic. Rosc. Com. 7, 20; Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 54; cf. Krebs, Antibarb. p. 588).
    1.
    Lit.:

    ab imis unguibus usque ad verticem summum,

    Cic. Rosc. Com. 7, 20:

    terra ima sede semper haeret,

    id. Rep. 6, 18:

    fundo in imo,

    at the very bottom, Verg. A. 6, 581: vox, the deepest bass (opp. vox summa, the treble), Hor. S. 1, 3, 7; Quint. 11, 3, 15:

    conviva,

    that reclines at the bottom, Hor. S. 2, 8, 40; Mart. 6, 74:

    ad imam quercum,

    at the foot of the oak, Phaedr. 2, 4, 3:

    in aure ima,

    at the bottom of the ear, Plin. 11, 45, 103, § 205. — As substt.
    A.
    Plur.: īmi, ōrum, m., the lowest, most humble:

    aequalis ad maximos imosque pervenit clementiae tuae admiratio,

    Sen. Clem. 1, 1, 9:

    pacis et armorum superis imisque deorum Arbiter,

    Ov. F. 5, 665. —
    B.
    īmum, i, n., the bottom, depth, low [p. 945] est part. Lit.:

    ab imo ad summum,

    Hor. S. 2, 3, 308:

    locus erat paulatim ab imo acclivis,

    Caes. B. G. 3, 19, 1 (for which, ab infimo; v. above, A. 1.); so,

    tigna paulum ab imo praeacuta,

    id. ib. 4, 17:

    suspirare ab imo,

    to fetch a deep sigh, Ov. A. A. 3, 675:

    (aures) instabiles imo facit,

    at the bottom. at their roots, id. M. 11, 177:

    aquae perspicuae imo,

    down to the bottom, id. ib. 5, 588. — Plur.:

    ima summis mutare,

    to turn the lowest into the highest, Hor. C. 1, 34, 12; Vell. 2, 2:

    ima,

    the under world, Ov. M. 10, 47.—With gen.:

    ima maris,

    the bottom of the sea, Plin. 32, 6, 21, § 64:

    ima montis,

    the foot of a mountain, id. 4, 11, 18, § 40.—
    2.
    Trop., with respect to time or order, the last (mostly poet.):

    mensis,

    Ov. F. 2, 52.—Hence, subst.: īmum, i, n., the last, the end:

    nihil nostrā intersit an ab summo an ab imo nomina dicere incipiamus,

    Auct. Her. 3, 18, 30:

    si quid inexpertum scaenae committis... servetur ad imum,

    till the last, to the end, Hor. A. P. 126:

    dormiet in lucem... ad imum Threx erit,

    at last, id. Ep. 1, 18, 35.

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  • 6 infimum

    infĕrus, a, um (ante-class. collat. form of the nom. sing. infer:

    ubi super inferque vicinus permittet,

    Cato, R. R. 149), adj. [cf. Sanscr. adh-aras, adh-amas, the lower, lowest; and Lat. infra], that is below, underneath, lower; opp. superus.
    I.
    Posit.
    A.
    In gen.: inferus an superus tibi fert Deus funera, Liv. Andr. ap. Prisc. p. 606 P.; cf.:

    Di Deaeque superi atque inferi,

    Plaut. Cist. 2, 1, 36; Ter. Phorm. 4, 4, 6; cf.

    also: ut ex tam alto dignitatis gradu ad superos videantur deos potius quam ad inferos pervenisse,

    Cic. Lael. 3, 12:

    limen superum inferumque salve,

    Plaut. Merc. 5, 1, 1:

    ut omnia supera, infera, prima, ultima, media videremus,

    Cic. Tusc. 1, 26, 64:

    loca,

    the lower parts, id. Arat. 474:

    fulmina,

    that come out of the ground, Plin. 2, 52, 53, § 138: aqua, that falls down, rain-water, Varr. ap. Non. 1, 221: mare inferum, the Lower, i. e. the Tuscan Sea (opp. mare superum, the Upper or Adriatic Sea), Mel. 2, 4; Plin. 3, 5, 10, § 75; Cic. Att. 9, 3, 1; id. de Or. 3, 19 et saep. also without mare:

    navigatio infero,

    upon the Tuscan Sea, id. Att. 9, 5, 1.—
    B.
    In partic., underground, belonging to the Lower World: infĕri, ōrum, m. ( gen. inferūm for inferorum, Varr. ap. Macr. S. 1, 16; Sen. de Ira, 2, 35), the inhabitants of the infernal regions, the dead:

    triceps apud inferos Cerberus,

    Cic. Tusc. 1, 5, 10:

    si ab inferis exsistat rex Hiero,

    were to rise from the dead, Liv. 26, 32:

    si salvi esse velint, Sulla sit iis ab inferis excitandus,

    to be raised from the dead, Cic. Cat. 2, 9, 20:

    inferorum animas elicere,

    id. Vatin. 6, 14:

    ad inferos poenas parricidii luere,

    in the infernal regions, id. Phil. 14, 12, 32:

    ab inferis excitare aliquem,

    i. e. to quote the words of one deceased, id. Or. 25, 85; id. Brut. 93, 322.
    II.
    Comp.: infĕrĭor, ius, lower in situation or place.
    A.
    Lit.:

    spatium,

    Caes. B. G. 7, 46, 3:

    locus,

    id. ib. 2, 25:

    pars,

    id. ib. 7, 35: ex inferiore loco dicere, from below (opp. ex superiore loco, from the tribunal), Cic. Att. 2, 24, 3; cf.

    superus, II. A.: onerosa suo pondere in inferius feruntur,

    downwards, Ov. M. 15, 241:

    scriptura,

    Cic. Inv. 2, 40, 117.— Plur. subst.: infĕrĭōres, um, m., the people of the lower part of the city, Auct. B. Alex. 6, 3. —
    B.
    Trop.
    1.
    Subsequent, later, latter, in time or succession:

    erant inferiores quam illorum aetas, qui, etc.,

    lived later, were younger, Cic. Q. Fr. 3, 5, 2; cf.:

    aetate inferiores paulo quam Iulius, etc.,

    id. Brut. 49, 182; and:

    inferioris aetatis esse,

    id. ib. 64, 228:

    inferiores quinque dies,

    the latter, Varr. L. L. 6, § 13 Müll. —
    2.
    Inferior in quality, rank, or number.
    (α).
    With abl. specif.:

    voluptatibus erant inferiores, nec pecuniis ferme superiores,

    Cic. Rep. 2, 34:

    inferior fortunā,

    id. Fam. 13, 5, 2:

    dignitate, auctoritate, existimatione, gratia non inferior, quam qui umquam fuerunt amplissimi,

    id. Q. Fr. 1, 3, 6:

    inferiores animo,

    Caes. B. G. 3, 24:

    quemadmodum causa inferior, dicendo fieri superior posset,

    Cic. Brut. 8:

    erat multo inferior navium numero Brutus,

    Caes. B. C. 1, 57. — With abl.:

    ut humanos casus virtute inferiores putes,

    Cic. Lael. 2.—
    (β).
    With in and abl.:

    in jure civili non inferior, quam magister fuit,

    Cic. Brut. 48, 179.—
    (γ).
    Absol.:

    inferiores extollere,

    Cic. Lael. 20, 72; cf. id. ib. §

    71: invident homines maxime paribus aut inferioribus,

    id. de Or. 2, 52, 209; cf.:

    indignum est, a pari vinci aut superiore, indignius ab inferiore atque humiliore,

    id. Quint. 31:

    supplices inferioresque,

    id. Font. 11:

    ordines,

    Caes. B. C. 1, 46:

    crudelis in inferiores,

    Auct. Her. 4, 40:

    non inferiora secutus,

    naught inferior, Verg. A. 6, 170.
    III.
    Sup. in two forms: infĭmus (or infŭmus) and īmus.
    A.
    Form infimus (infumus), a, um, lowest, last (= imus;

    but where the lowest of several objects is referred to, infimus is used,

    Cic. N. D. 1, 37, 103; 2, 6, 17; v. Krebs, Antibarb. p. 588).
    1.
    Lit.:

    stabiliendi causa singuli ab infimo solo pedes terra exculcabantur,

    Caes. B. G. 7, 73, 7:

    ab infimis radicibus montis,

    id. B. C. 1, 41, 3; 1, 42, 2:

    cum scripsissem haec infima,

    Cic. Q. Fr. 3, 1, 6:

    ab infima ara,

    from the lowest part of the altar, id. Div. 1, 33; cf.:

    sub infimo colle,

    the foot, Caes. B. G. 7, 79. — Subst.: infĭmum, i, n., the lowest part, bottom, in the phrase:

    ab infimo,

    from below, at the bottom, Plaut. Most. 3, 2, 140:

    collis erat leniter ab infimo acclivis,

    Caes. B. G. 7, 19, 1 (for which, ab imo;

    v. below, B. 1.): stipites demissi et ab infimo revincti,

    id. ib. 7, 73, 3; cf. Sen. Q. N. 3, 30, 4; 6, 4, 1; so,

    ad infimum,

    at the bottom, Caes. B. G. 7, 73, 3:

    collis passus circiter CC. infimus apertus,

    at the bottom, id. ib. 2, 18, 2.—
    2.
    Trop., lowest, meanest, basest in quality or rank:

    infima faex populi,

    Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 6; cf.:

    condicio servorum,

    id. Off. 1, 13:

    infimo loco natus,

    id. Fl. 11:

    summos cum infimis pari jure retinebat,

    id. Off. 2, 12:

    humilitas natalium,

    Plin. 18, 6, 7, § 37:

    preces,

    the most humble, Liv. 8, 2; 29, 30. — Hence, infĭmē, adv., only trop., at the bottom (late Lat.):

    quid summe est, quid infime,

    Aug. Ep. 18, 2. —
    B.
    Form imus, a, um, the lowest, deepest, last ( = infimus; but when opp. to summus, to express a whole from end to end, imus is used; v. Suet. Aug. 79; Quint. 2, 13, 9; Liv. 24, 34, 9; Cic. Rosc. Com. 7, 20; Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 54; cf. Krebs, Antibarb. p. 588).
    1.
    Lit.:

    ab imis unguibus usque ad verticem summum,

    Cic. Rosc. Com. 7, 20:

    terra ima sede semper haeret,

    id. Rep. 6, 18:

    fundo in imo,

    at the very bottom, Verg. A. 6, 581: vox, the deepest bass (opp. vox summa, the treble), Hor. S. 1, 3, 7; Quint. 11, 3, 15:

    conviva,

    that reclines at the bottom, Hor. S. 2, 8, 40; Mart. 6, 74:

    ad imam quercum,

    at the foot of the oak, Phaedr. 2, 4, 3:

    in aure ima,

    at the bottom of the ear, Plin. 11, 45, 103, § 205. — As substt.
    A.
    Plur.: īmi, ōrum, m., the lowest, most humble:

    aequalis ad maximos imosque pervenit clementiae tuae admiratio,

    Sen. Clem. 1, 1, 9:

    pacis et armorum superis imisque deorum Arbiter,

    Ov. F. 5, 665. —
    B.
    īmum, i, n., the bottom, depth, low [p. 945] est part. Lit.:

    ab imo ad summum,

    Hor. S. 2, 3, 308:

    locus erat paulatim ab imo acclivis,

    Caes. B. G. 3, 19, 1 (for which, ab infimo; v. above, A. 1.); so,

    tigna paulum ab imo praeacuta,

    id. ib. 4, 17:

    suspirare ab imo,

    to fetch a deep sigh, Ov. A. A. 3, 675:

    (aures) instabiles imo facit,

    at the bottom. at their roots, id. M. 11, 177:

    aquae perspicuae imo,

    down to the bottom, id. ib. 5, 588. — Plur.:

    ima summis mutare,

    to turn the lowest into the highest, Hor. C. 1, 34, 12; Vell. 2, 2:

    ima,

    the under world, Ov. M. 10, 47.—With gen.:

    ima maris,

    the bottom of the sea, Plin. 32, 6, 21, § 64:

    ima montis,

    the foot of a mountain, id. 4, 11, 18, § 40.—
    2.
    Trop., with respect to time or order, the last (mostly poet.):

    mensis,

    Ov. F. 2, 52.—Hence, subst.: īmum, i, n., the last, the end:

    nihil nostrā intersit an ab summo an ab imo nomina dicere incipiamus,

    Auct. Her. 3, 18, 30:

    si quid inexpertum scaenae committis... servetur ad imum,

    till the last, to the end, Hor. A. P. 126:

    dormiet in lucem... ad imum Threx erit,

    at last, id. Ep. 1, 18, 35.

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  • 7 inter

    inter, adv., and prep. with acc. [kindred to in, intra; Sanscr. antar; Goth. undar; Germ. unter; Engl. under].
    I.
    Adv., in the midst, in between ( poet. and rare):

    dumque pii petit ora patris stetit arduus inter pontus,

    Val. Fl. 5, 337:

    tot montibus inter diviso,

    id. 6, 220; 8, 382. —
    II.
    Prep., with acc., between, belwixt, among, amid, surrounded by.
    A.
    Lit., in space.
    1.
    Of position only.
    a.
    Referring to two places or objects, between:

    qui (mons Jura) est inter Sequanos et Helvetios,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 2:

    cum inter me et Brundisium Caesar esset,

    Cic. Att. 9, 2:

    inter Padum atque Alpes,

    Liv. 5, 35:

    ager Tarquiniorum, qui inter urbem ac Tiberim fuit,

    id. 2, 5:

    locus inter duos lucos,

    id. 1, 8, 5:

    apud Artemisium inter Euboeam continentemque terram,

    id. 2, 5, 2; so,

    inter haec maria Asia,

    Curt. 3, 1, 13.—
    b.
    Referring to more than two places or objects, among, in the midst of:

    inter hostium tela versari,

    Cic. de Or. 1, 46:

    inter multos saucios spe incertae vitae relictus,

    Liv. 2, 17, 4:

    rex inter primos constiterat,

    Curt. 5, 3, 9:

    inter multitudinem,

    Liv. 22, 13, 2:

    inter lignarios,

    id. 35, 41, 10:

    repertae inter spolia catenae,

    Tac. A. 2, 18:

    vicos aut inter vias manere,

    Suet. Caes. 39:

    inter ingentes solitudines,

    Sall. J 89, 4:

    inter deserta ferarum Lustra domosque,

    Verg. A. 3, 646.— So, even with a noun in the sing., in the midst of, surrounded by:

    erat inter ceteram planitiem mons,

    Sall. J. 92, 5:

    tibicines inter exercitum positi,

    Gell. 1, 11, 3:

    inter caedem aquila,

    Tac. A. 1, 60; cf.:

    inter ceteram praedam,

    Liv. 22, 16, 7; 8, 10, 10:

    inter purpuram atque aurum,

    id. 9, 17, 16. —
    2.
    With verbs of motion.
    a.
    Between, through, among:

    inter medias stationes hostium erupere,

    Liv. 35, 11:

    acies inter bina castra procedunt,

    id. 4, 18, 3; Tac. A. 14, 33:

    inter oppositas classes transmisit,

    Suet. Caes. 58:

    spatiabatur in nemore Parmenion medius inter duces,

    Curt. 7, 2, 23:

    medios inter hostes Londinium perrexit,

    Tac. A. 14, 33.—
    b.
    Pregn., including motion to and position between or among things mentioned, among, into the midst of:

    inter densas, umbrosa cacumina, fagos Adsidue veniebat,

    Verg. E. 2, 3:

    te mea dextera magna inter praemia ducet,

    id. A. 12, 437:

    dico te priore nocte venisse inter falcarios in Laecae domum,

    among the scythe-makers, into the street of the scythe-makers, Cic. Cat. 1, 4, 8.—
    B.
    Transf., of relations conceived as local.
    1.
    In discrimination (doubt, choice, etc.), between two or more objects:

    judicium inter deas tres,

    Cic. Div. 1, 50, 114; cf.:

    inter Marcellos et Claudios patricios judicare,

    id. de Or. 1, 39, 176:

    inter has sententias dijudicare,

    id. Tusc. 1, 11, 23:

    inter diversas opiniones electio, Quint. prooem. 2: discrimen inter gratiosos cives atque fortes,

    id. Balb. 21, 49:

    inter optime valere et gravissime aegrotare nihil prorsus interesse,

    id. Fin. 2, 13, 43:

    qui bellum et pacem inter dubitabant,

    Tac. A. 12, 32:

    trepidare inter scelus metumque,

    id. H. 3, 39:

    inter pugnae fugaeque consilium,

    Liv. 1, 27.—So, with inter repeated:

    ut nihil inter te atque inter quadrupedem aliquam putes interesse,

    Cic. Par. 1; id. Fin. 1, 9, 30:

    quid intersit inter popularem civem et inter constantem, severum et gravem,

    id. Lael. 25, 95.—
    2.
    In expressing any relation which connects two or more persons, conceived as between or among them (strife, rivalry, friendship, intercourse, etc.).
    (α).
    In gen.:

    quos inter magna fuit contentio,

    Nep. Mil. 4, 4:

    Nestor componere lites Inter Peliden festinat et inter Atriden,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 2, 12:

    certamen inter primores civitates,

    Liv. 10, 6.—Esp., with pronouns, to express all reciprocal relations, among, with, or between one another; mutually, together:

    quasi nunc non norimus nos inter nos,

    Ter. Ad. 2, 4, 7; Cic. Div. 1, 28, 58; id. Att. 10, 4, 10; id. N. D. 1, 26, 51:

    quod colloquimur inter nos,

    with one another, id. de Or. 1, 8, 32; cf.:

    inter nos naturā ad civilem communitatem conjuncti sumus,

    id. Fin. 3, 20, 66:

    vobis inter vos voluntatem fuisse conjunctam,

    id. Div. in Caecil. 11, 34: Ciceronis pueri amant inter se, love one another (like the Fr. s ' entr ' aimer), id. Att. 6, 1, 12:

    inter se consultare,

    id. de Or. 2, 3, 13:

    inter se amare,

    id. Q. Fr. 3, 3, 1:

    neque solum se colent inter se ac diligent,

    id. Lael. 22, 82:

    Di inter se diligunt,

    id. N. D. 1, 44, 122:

    furtim inter se aspiciebant,

    id. Cat. 3, 5, 13:

    complecti inter se lacrimantes milites coepisse,

    Liv. 7, 42:

    haec inter se cum repugnent, plerique non vident,

    Cic. Tusc. 3, 29, 72:

    inter se nondum satis noti,

    Liv. 21, 39:

    ratio et oratio conciliat homines inter se,

    Cic. Off. 1, 16, 50:

    ne nostra nobiscum aut inter nos cessatio vituperetur,

    id. Fam. 9, 3, 4:

    quae res eos in magno diuturnoque bello inter se habuit,

    Sall. J. 79, 3.—Sometimes pleon., the reciprocal relation being sufficiently expressed by the context:

    manus conserentis inter se Romanos exercitus,

    Sall. H. 1, 41, 19 Dietsch:

    Ulixes cum Ajace summa vi contendere inter se,

    Dict. Cret. 5, 14:

    conferti inter se,

    id. 2, 46.—
    (β).
    So of things:

    ita effici complexiones atomorum inter se,

    mutual, reciprocal, Cic. Fin. 1, 6, 19:

    colles duos inter se propinquos occupat,

    near one another, Sall. J. 98, 3:

    haud procul inter se erant,

    id. ib. 41, 2:

    multum inter se distant istae facultates,

    Cic. de Or. 1, 49, 215:

    res inter se similes,

    Quint. 9, 2, 51:

    inter se dissimilis,

    id. 9, 4, 17.—
    (γ).
    Of a common privacy, secrecy, etc.: inter nos, between or among ourselves, confidentially, like the Fr. entre nous:

    nec consulto dicis occulte, sed quod inter nos liceat, ne tu quidem intellegis,

    Cic. N. D. 1, 26, 74:

    quod inter nos liceat dicere,

    id. Att. 2, 4:

    quod inter nos sit,

    but let that be between ourselves, Sen. Ep. 12, 2. —
    (δ).
    With nouns denoting a multitude of persons, like apud (not ante-Aug.):

    haudquaquam inter id genus contemptor habebatur,

    Liv. 6, 34, 5:

    inter hostes variae fuere sententiae,

    id. 4, 18, 1:

    credula fama inter gaudentes,

    Tac. H. 1, 34:

    more inter veteres recepto,

    id. ib. 2, 85.—
    3.
    Of a class of persons or things to which the subject is referred.
    a.
    In gen., among:

    homines inter suos nobiles,

    Cic. Fl. 22, 52:

    inter suos et honestus et nobilis,

    id. Clu. 5, 11:

    in oratoribus vero admirabile est, quantum inter omnes unus excellat,

    id. Or. 2, 6:

    inter philosophos (Xenophon) reddendus est,

    Quint. 10, 1, 37:

    ille Croesus, inter reges opulentissimus,

    Sen. Contr. 2, 9:

    Borysthenes inter Scythiae amnes amoenissimus,

    Mel. 2, 1, 6.— So freq. with sup., inter and acc. take the place of a gen.:

    honestissimus inter suos numerabatur,

    Cic. Rosc. Am. 6, 16:

    plurimum inter eos valere,

    Caes. B. G. 2, 4, 4:

    maximum imperium inter finitimos,

    Liv. 5, 3, 10:

    inter Atheniensīs longe clarissimi,

    Curt. 4, 13, 15; Plin. 34, 8, 21, § 81; Petr. 78; Sen. Suas. 2, 7; 2, 12; Just. 12, 7, 2; 36, 2, 6.
    b.
    Esp.: inter paucos, etc., [p. 977] among few, i. e. among the few select ones, eminently, especially:

    pingunt et vestes in Aegypto inter pauca mirabili genere,

    Plin. 35, 11, 42, § 150; cf.:

    sternutamento utilis inter pauca,

    id. 24, 11, 58, § 97:

    pugna inter paucas memorata populi Romani clades,

    Liv. 22, 7; cf.:

    inter paucos disertus,

    Quint. 10, 3, 13:

    inter paucos familiarium Neroni assumptus est,

    Tac. A. 16, 18:

    claritudine paucos inter senum regum,

    id. ib. 11, 10; so, inter alios: judicatur inter alios omnes beatus, qui in proelio profuderit animam, among all others to be noticed, i. e. especially, in the highest degree, Amm. 2, 3, 6; so,

    inter cuncta,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 96:

    inter omnia,

    Curt. 3, 3, 18:

    inter cetera,

    Liv. 37, 12.—
    c.
    In judic. lang., t. t.: inter sicarios, on the charge of assassination:

    cum praetor quaestionem inter sicarios exercuisset,

    Cic. Fin. 2, 16, 54; id. Clu. 53, 147; cf.:

    in recuperatorio judicio ejus maleficii, de quo inter sicarios quaeritur,

    id. Inv. 2, 20, 60:

    longo intervallo judicium inter sicarios hoc primum committitur,

    id. Rosc. Am. 5, 11:

    sexcenti sunt, qui inter sicarios et de veneficiis accusabant,

    id. ib. 32, 90:

    si ostenderis, quomodo sis eos inter sicarios defensurus,

    id. Phil. 2, 4, 8.—
    4.
    In some idiomatic phrases.
    a.
    Inter manus, within reach, i. e. close at hand:

    ante oculos interque manus sunt omnia vestras,

    Verg. A. 11, 311; also, upon or in the hands:

    inter manus domum ablatus,

    Liv. 3, 13:

    inter quas (manus) collapsus extinguitur,

    Curt. 8, 2, 39:

    inter manus auferri,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 11, § 28:

    inter manus meas crevit,

    under my hands, Sen. Ep. 12:

    manus inter maestorumque ora parentum,

    before their faces and within their reach, Verg. A. 2, 681.—
    b.
    Inter viam, vias, on the way:

    dum rus eo, coepi egomet mecum inter vias,

    Ter. Eun. 4, 2, 1; Plaut. Poen. 5, 3, 43:

    si se inter viam obtulerit,

    Cic. Att. 4, 3, 5. —
    C.
    Of time.
    a.
    Between two dates or periods specified:

    dies XLV. inter binos ludos,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 52 fin.; Liv. 1, 3.—
    b.
    During, in the course of, within; for which, in English, we sometimes use by or at:

    quot prandia inter continuum perdidi triennium,

    Plaut. Stich. 1, 3, 61:

    omnia agentur, quae inter decem annos nefarie flagitioseque facta sunt,

    Cic. Verr. 1, 13; cf.:

    qui inter annos tot unus inventus sit, quem, etc.,

    id. de Imp. Pomp. 23, 68:

    inter ipsum pugnae tempus,

    Liv. 36, 20:

    inter noctem lux orta,

    id. 32, 29:

    qui plus cernant oculis per noctem quam inter diem,

    Gell. 9, 4.—
    c.
    Freq., with substt., to denote an act performed at a certain time, in the course of, while:

    haec inter cenam Tironi dictavi,

    at table, Cic. Quint. Fragm. 3, 1, 6; cf.:

    illuseras heri inter scyphos,

    id. Fam. 7, 22:

    inter fulmina et tonitrua,

    id. Phil. 5, 6, 15:

    promptior inter tenebras affirmatio,

    Tac. A. 2, 82:

    inter initia,

    at the beginning, Cels. 3, 25.—
    d.
    During, and hence under the circumstances described, i. e. in spite of, notwithstanding:

    nobis inter has turbas senatus tamen frequens flagitavit triumphum,

    amid, in spite of these commotions, Cic. Fam. 16, 11:

    utrumque consilium aspernatus, quod inter ancipitia deterrimum est, dum media sequitur,

    Tac. H. 3, 40:

    senum coloniae inter male parentes et injuste imperantes aegra municipia et discordantia,

    id. Agr. 32; cf.:

    ita neutris cura posteritatis inter infensos vel obnoxios,

    id. H. 1, 1.—
    e.
    Inter haec, inter quae, meanwhile, during this time:

    = interea, inter haec major alius terror,

    in the mean time, Liv. 2, 24; cf.:

    inter haec jam praemissi Albam erant equites,

    id. 1, 29; 3, 57, 7; 44, 10, 5; Curt. 3, 1, 1; Suet. Tib. 8; 63:

    inter quae tribuni plebei petivere, etc.,

    Tac. A. 1, 15; 2, 34; 58; 3, 33; id. H. 1, 78; Curt. 4, 2, 10:

    inter quae unctione uti licet,

    Cels. 4, 2, 3.—

    So with gerunds and gerundives: inter agendum,

    at, while, Verg. E. 9, 24; Quint. 12, 3, 10:

    inter disceptandum,

    id. 12, 7, 6:

    inter res agendas,

    Suet. Caes. 45.—
    D.
    In composition its final r is assimilated in intellego and its derivatives.
    a.
    Between; as, intercedere, interponere. —
    b.
    At intervals, from time to time; as, interaestuare, intermittere, intervisere.—
    c.
    Under, down, to the bottom; as, interire, interficere.

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  • 8 inter

        inter praep. with acc.    [ANA-], between, betwixt: (mons) inter Sequanos et Helvetios, Cs.: inter me et Brundisium esse.—With more than two objects, among, amid, in the midst of, surrounded by: inter hostium tela versari: inter multos saucios relictus, L.: inter ingentīs solitudines, S.: inter varias columnas, H.—With an extended object, in the midst of, surrounded by: erat inter ceteram planitiem mons, S.: inter purpuram atque aurum, L.—Among, into the midst of: inter densas fagos veniebat, V.: te venisse inter falcarios, into the street of the scythe-makers.—Of time, in relation to two dates, between: dies XLV inter binos ludos: inter Laviniam et Albam deductam coloniam XXX interfuere anni, L.—With a period, during, in the course of, within, for, by, at: inter haec negotia, S.: inter annos XIIII tectum non subissent, Cs.: omnia inter decem annos facta: inter noctem lux orta, L.—In phrases, inter haec, meanwhile, during this time, L.: Inter cuncta, at all times, H.: inter quae, Cu.—In the course of, while, during: inter vias cogitare, on the way, T.: inter fulmina et tonitrua: inter agendum, V.: media inter carmina, during the play, H.—During, in spite of, notwithstanding: inter eas moras, S.: nobis inter has turbas senatus tamen frequens flagitavit triumphum.—Fig., in discrimination, between, among: inter bonos et malos discrimen, S.: iudicium inter deas tres: inter Marcellos et Claudios patricios iudicare: inter has sententias diiudicare: inter fugae pugnaeque consilium, L.: quid intersit inter popularem civem et inter constantem.—Of reciprocal relations, between, among: regnum inter Iugurtham et Adherbalem dividere, S.: quos inter magna fuit contentio, N.: componere lites Inter Peliden et inter Atriden, H.: certamen iniectum inter primores civitates, L.—In phrases with pronouns: novisse nos inter nos, one another, T.: res inter eos agi coeptae, mutually, Cs.: conloqui inter nos, with one another: inter se fidi, S.: pueri amant inter se, one another: furtim inter se aspicere: complecti inter se, L.: haec inter se cum repugnent, are inconsistent: disconvenit inter Meque et te, H.: complexiones atomorum inter se, mutual: collīs duos inter se propinquos occupat, near one another, S.—Of a class or number, among, in, with: summā gratiā inter suos, Cs.: inter hostīs variae fuere sententiae, L.: homines inter suos nobiles: inter amabilīs ponere me choros, H.—After a sup: honestissimus inter suos numerabatur: plurimum inter eos valere, Cs.: maximum imperium inter finitimos, L.—Praegn. with pronouns: consulatum nobilitas inter se per manūs tradebat, within their own order, S.: quod inter nos liceat dicere, i. e. confidentially.—In phrases, inter manūs, see manus: quaestio Flamini inter sicarios, on a charge of assassination: cum praetor questionem inter sicarios exercuisset, sat to try assassins: eos inter sicarios defendere: inter exempla esse, to serve as an example, Ta.: inter paucas memorata clades, i. e. eminently, extremely, L: secuti inter cetera auctoritatem Pausistrati, eminently, especially, L.: inter cetera etiam vigiliis confecti, i. e. more than by all else, L. In composition inter is unchanged, except that r is assimilated in intellego, and its derivatives.— Between: intercedo, interpono.—At intervals, from time to time: interaestuo, intermitto, interviso.— Under, down, to the bottom: intereo, interficio.
    * * *
    between, among; during

    inter se -- to each other, mutually

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  • 9 pessum

    1.
    pessum, adv. [prob. contr. from pedis-versum, pexa, pedon, towards the feet; like susum, sursum, from sub-versum; hence, in gen.], to the ground, to the bottom, down (mostly ante-class. and postAug.; esp. freq. in the connection pessum ire and pessum dare).
    I.
    Lit.:

    nunc eam (cistellulam) cum navi scilicet abisse pessum in altum,

    Plaut. Rud. 2, 3, 64:

    quando abiit rete pessum,

    id. Truc. 1, 1, 15; and:

    ne pessum abeat (ratis),

    id. Aul. 4, 1, 12:

    multae per mare pessum Subsedere urbes,

    have gone to the bottom, been swallowed up, Lucr. 6, 589:

    ubi dulcem caseum demiseris in eam (muriam), si pessum ibit, etc. (opp. si innatabit),

    goes to the bottom, sinks, Col. 12, 6, 2 (cf. also the fig. taken from a ship, in II.):

    ut (lacus) folia non innatantia ferat, sed pessum et penitus accipiat,

    Mel. 3, 9, 2:

    sidentia pessum Corpora caesa tenent,

    Luc. 3, 674:

    quam celsa cacumina pessum Tellus victa dedit,

    sent to the bottom, id. 5, 616: pessum mergere pedes, Prud. praef. ap. Symm. 2, 36.—
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    Pessum ire, and rarely pessum sidere, to fall to the ground, go to ruin; to sink, perish:

    quia miser non eo pessum, etc.,

    Plaut. Cist. 2, 1, 12:

    pessum ituros fecundissimos Italiae campos, si, etc.,

    Tac. A. 1, 79:

    pessum iere vitae pretia,

    Plin. H. N. 14 prooem. §

    5: vitia civitatis degenerantis et pessum suā mole sidentis,

    Sen. Const. Sap. 2, 3.—
    B.
    Pessum dare (less correctly, in one word, pessumdare or pessundare), rarely pessum premere, agere, deicere, to send to the bottom, to sink, ruin, destroy, undo; to put out of the world, put an end to: pessum dare aliquem verbis, Cic. Fragm. ap. Quint. 8, 6, 47:

    pessum dedisti me blandimentis tuis,

    Plaut. Rud. 2, 6, 23; id. Merc. 5, 2, 6:

    exemplum pessumum pessum date,

    do away with, remove, id. Rud. 3, 2, 3:

    quae res plerumque magnas civitates pessum dedit,

    Sall. J. 42, 4:

    quae, si non astu providentur, me aut erum pessum dabunt,

    Ter. And. 1, 3, 3:

    multos etiam bonos pessum dedit,

    Tac. A. 3, 66 fin.:

    ingentes hostium copias,

    Val. Max. 4, 4, 5:

    sin (animus) ad inertiam et voluptates corporis pessumdatus est,

    has sunk into indolence, Sall. J. 1, 4:

    aliquem pro suis factis pessumis pessum premere,

    Plaut. Most. 5, 2, 49: aetate pessum actā, i. e. brought to an end, Auct. ap. Lact. 1, 11:

    nec sum mulier, nisi eam pessum de tantis opibus dejecero,

    App. M. 5, p. 161, 22; cf. id. ib. 5, p. 163, 22.
    2.
    pessum, i, n. (collat. form pes-sus, i, m., Plin. Val. 1, 5 fin.; Theod. Prisc. 2, 5), = pesson, pessos, in medic. lang., a pessary, App. Herb. 121; Theod. Prisc. 3, 5 (in Cels. 5, 21, written as Greek).

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  • 10 ruo

    rŭo, ŭi, ŭtum (ruiturus, a, um, Ov. M. 4, 459; Luc. 7, 404; Mart. 1, 88, 4; Plin. Ep. 7, 19, 8; gen. plur. part. ruentum, Verg. A. 11, 886), 3, v. n. and a., to fall with violence, rush down; to fall down, tumble down, go to ruin (cf.: labor, procumbo, cado).
    I.
    Neutr. (very freq. and class.).
    A.
    Lit. Rarely of persons:

    caedebant pariter pariterque ruebant Victores victique,

    Verg. A. 10, 756; so Val. Fl. 7, 642.—Of things:

    ruere illa non possunt, ut haec non eodem labefacta motu concidant,

    Cic. Imp. Pomp. 7, 19:

    spectacula runnt,

    fell down, tumbled down, Plaut. Curc. 5, 2, 47; cf.:

    parietes ruunt,

    id. Most. 1, 2, 36:

    lateres veteres,

    id. Truc. 2, 2, 50; so,

    aedes,

    id. Am. 5, 1, 43; id. Most. 1, 2, 69:

    omnia tecta (supra aliquem),

    Lucr. 4, 403; Liv. 4, 21, 5; Quint. 8, 3, 68 al.:

    altae turres,

    Lucr. 5, 307:

    moles et machina mundi,

    id. 5, 96:

    murus,

    Liv. 21, 11:

    templa deum,

    Hor. S. 2, 2, 104;

    aulaea,

    id. ib. 2, 8, 71:

    acervus,

    id. Ep. 2, 1, 47:

    murus latius quam caederetur,

    Liv. 21, 11:

    tecta in agris,

    id. 4, 21:

    silices a montibus altis,

    Lucr. 5, 314:

    alto a culmine Troja,

    Verg. A. 2, 290.— Poet.:

    caeli templa,

    Lucr. 1, 1105: ruit arduus aether, it rains, or the rain descends in torrents, Verg. G. 1, 324; cf. id. A. 8, 525:

    caelum imbribus immodicis,

    Mart. 3, 100, 3; cf.:

    caelum in se,

    Liv. 40, 58:

    ruit imbriferum ver,

    i.e. is ending, hastening to its close, Verg. G. 1, 313; cf.:

    turbidus imber aquā,

    id. A. 5, 695:

    tempestas,

    Tac. A. 1, 30.
    1.
    Prov.: caelum ruit, the sky is falling; of any thing very improbable: Cl. Quid tum, quaeso, si hoc pater resciverit? Sy. Quid si nunc caelum ruat? Ter. Heaut. 4, 3, 41. —
    2.
    Transf., of rapid, hasty movements, to hasten, hurry, run, rush (cf.:

    volo, curro): id ne ferae quidem faciunt, ut ita ruant atque turbentur,

    Cic. Fin. 1, 10, 34; cf. id. Att. 7, 7, 7:

    (Pompeium) ruere nuntiant et jam jamque adesse,

    id. ib. 7, 20, 1:

    huc omnis turba ruebat,

    Verg. A. 6, 305:

    Aeneadae in ferrum ruebant,

    id. ib. 8, 648:

    per proelia,

    id. ib. 12, 526:

    quidam inermes ultro ruere ac se morti offerre,

    Tac. Agr. 37:

    contis gladiisque ruerent,

    id. A. 6, 35:

    in aquam caeci ruebant,

    Liv. 1, 27 fin.:

    in castra fugientes,

    id. 24, 16, 2: in vulnera ac tela, id. 26, 44:

    promiscue in concubitus,

    id. 3, 47:

    eques pedesque certatim portis ruere,

    id. 27, 41:

    ad urbem infesto agmine,

    id. 3, 3:

    ad portas,

    Tac. A. 1, 66:

    ad convivium,

    id. H. 2, 68 fin.:

    per vias,

    id. ib. 5, 22:

    destinatā morte in proelium,

    Flor. 2, 18, 12:

    ruebant laxatis habenis aurigae,

    Curt. 4, 15, 3:

    de montibus amnes,

    Verg. A. 4, 164:

    flumina per campos,

    Ov. M. 1, 285:

    in Galliam Rhenus,

    Tac. H. 5, 19.— Poet., of time:

    vertitur interea caelum et ruit Oceano Nox,

    i.e. hastens up, sets in, Verg. A. 2, 250:

    revoluta ruebat dies,

    was advancing, hastening on, id. ib. 10, 256; cf. of the setting of the sun, Val. Fl. 1, 274; App. M. 3, p. 136, 19.— Of sound, to break forth:

    antrum, unde ruunt totidem voces, responsa Sibyllae,

    Verg. A. 6, 44.—
    B.
    Trop.
    1.
    (Acc. to A. 1.) To fall, fail, sink (very rare):

    ratio ruat omnis,

    Lucr. 4, 507:

    quae cum accidunt nemo est quin intellegat, ruere illam rem publicam,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 6, § 12:

    Vitellium ne prosperis quidem parem, adeo ruentibus debilitatum,

    by his falling fortunes, Tac. H. 3, 64:

    tam florentes Atheniensium opes ruisse,

    Just. 5, 1, 9.—
    2.
    (Acc. to A. 2.) To rush, dash, hurry, hasten, run, etc. (freq. and class.):

    tamquam ad interitum ruerem voluntarium,

    Cic. Marcell. 5, 14:

    emptorem pati ruere et per errorem in maximam fraudem incurrere,

    to act hastily, commit an oversight, id. Off. 3, 13, 55; cf. Liv. 3, 11:

    cum cotidie rueret,

    Cic. Sest. 64, 133; id. Att. 2, 14, 1; Quint. 2, 20, 2:

    compescere ruentes,

    Tac. H. 1, 56; 2, 63 fin.; cf. id. ib. 2, 34:

    ad seditiones et discordias et bella civilia,

    id. ib. 1, 46:

    crudelitatis odio in crudelitatem ruitis,

    Liv. 3, 53:

    in servitium,

    Tac. A. 1, 7:

    in exitium,

    id. H. 1, 84:

    in sua fata,

    Ov. M. 6, 51:

    omnia fatis In pejus,

    Verg. G. 1, 200:

    quo scelesti ruitis?

    Hor. Epod. 7, 1:

    quo ruis,

    Verg. A. 10, 811; Ov. M. 9, 428:

    multos video, quā vel impudentiā vel fames duxit, ruentes,

    Quint. 2, 20, 2.— Poet., with inf.:

    quo ruis imprudens, vage, dicere fata?

    Prop. 4 (5), 1, 71:

    scire ruunt,

    Luc. 7, 751; Stat. Th. 7, 177; Claud. Rapt. Pros. 3, 387.— Impers. pass.:

    ut ferme fugiendo in media fata ruitur,

    Liv. 8, 24.—
    II.
    Act., to cast down with violence, to dash down, tumble down, hurl to the ground, prostrate (except the jurid. phrase ruta caesa, perh. only poet. and in post-Aug. prose, for in the passage, Cic. Att. 2, 15, 2, seu ruet seu eriget rem publicam, ruet might be neutr.)
    A.
    Lit.:

    imbres fluctusque... frangere malum, Ruere antennas, etc.,

    Plaut. Trin. 4, 1, 18:

    naves (vis venti),

    Lucr. 1, 272:

    res impetibus crebris (venti),

    id. 1, 293:

    ceteros ruerem, agerem, raperem, funderem et prosternerem,

    Ter. Ad. 3, 2, 21:

    immanem molem volvuntque ruuntque,

    Verg. A. 9, 516:

    cumulos ruit pinguis harenae,

    breaks down, levels, id. G. 1, 105: sese superne in praedam, to cast one ' s self upon, App. Flor. 1, p. 341, 6.—
    B.
    Poet., transf., to cast up from the bottom, to turn up, throw up, rake up: cum mare permotum ventis, ruit intus harenam, casts up (syn. eruit), Lucr. 6, 726; cf.:

    totum (mare) a sedibus imis (venti),

    Verg. A. 1, 85:

    spumas salis aere,

    id. ib. 1, 35:

    cinerem et confusa Ossa focis,

    id. ib. 11, 211:

    atram nubem ad caelum (ignis),

    id. G. 2, 308:

    unde Divitias aerisque ruam, dic, augur, acervos,

    Hor. S. 2, 5, 22.—Hence, rŭtus, a, um, P. a., found only in the phrase rūta et caesa or rūta caesa (acc. to Varro, the u was pronounced long, although it is short in the compounds erutus, obrutus, etc.:

    in venditionis lege fundi ruta caesa ita dicimus, ut U producamus,

    Varr. L. L. 9, § 104).—In jurid. lang., every thing dug up (ruta) and cut down (caesa) on an estate without being wrought, and which is reserved by the owner at a sale; the timber and minerals: si ruta et caesa excipiantur in venditione, ea placuit esse ruta, quae eruta sunt, ut harena, creta et similia;

    caesa ea esse, ut arbores caesas, et carbones et his similia, etc.,

    Dig. 19, 1, 17:

    in rutis caesis ea sunt, quae terrā non tenentur, quaeque opere structili tectoriove non continentur,

    ib. 50, 16, 241:

    ruta caesa dicuntur, quae venditor possessionis sui usus gratiā concidit ruendoque contraxit,

    Fest. p. 262 Müll.:

    ut venditores, cum aedes fundumve vendiderint rutis caesis receptis, concedant tamen aliquid emptori, quod ornandi causā apte et loco positum esse videatur,

    Cic. Top. 26, 100: dicet te ne in rutis quidem et caesis solium tibl fraternum recepisse, Crass. ap. Cic. de Or. 2, 55, 226.

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  • 11 subsido

    sub-sīdo, sēdi, sessum, 3 (collat. form acc. to 2d conj., subsīdent, Luc. 1, 646; Amm. 28, 4, 22), v. n. and a.
    I.
    Neutr., to sit down, crouch down, squat; to set one's self down, settle down, sink down (class.).
    A.
    Lit.
    1.
    In gen.: agite nunc, subsidite omnes, quasi solent triarii, Plaut. ap. Varr. L. L. 5, § 89 Müll.; and ap. Fest. p. 306 ib.; cf.:

    subsidunt Hispani adversus emissa tela ab hoste, inde ad mittenda ipsi consurgunt,

    Liv. 28, 2:

    partem militum subsidere in subsidiis jussit,

    id. 1, 14; cf.:

    poplite subsidens,

    Verg. A. 12, 492:

    alii elephanti clunibus subsidentes,

    Liv. 44, 5:

    subsedit in illā Ante fores ara,

    Ov. M. 9, 297.—
    b.
    Of things, to sink, settle, subside:

    sidebant campi, crescebant montibus altis Ascensus: neque enim poterant subsidere saxa,

    Lucr. 5, 493:

    valles,

    Ov. M. 1, 43; Curt. 9, 9, 19:

    limus mundi ut faex,

    Lucr. 5, 497; cf.:

    faeces in fundis vasorum,

    Col. 12, 50, 14; Sen. Ep. 108, 26:

    in urinā quod subsidit, si album est, etc.,

    Plin. 28, 6, 19, § 68: aqua subsidit, settles, becomes clear, Auct. B. Alex. 5: flumina, fall, subside (opp. surgit humus), Ov. M. 1, 344:

    undae,

    subside, abate, Verg. A. 5, 820;

    hence, transf., venti,

    Prop. 1, 8, 13 (15); Ov. Tr. 2, 151.— Poet.:

    extremus galeāque imā subsidit Acestes,

    remains at the bottom, Verg. A. 5, 498:

    ebur posito rigore Subsidit digitis ceditque,

    gives way, yields, Ov. M. 10, 284:

    multae per mare pessum Subsedere suis pariter cum civibus urbes,

    are sunk, Lucr. 6, 590:

    terraene dehiscent Subsidentque urbes,

    Luc. 1, 646: subsidere fata videbat, sink, like the heavier weight on the scales, Sil. 6, 28.—
    2.
    In partic.
    a.
    Pregn., to settle down, establish one's self in a place; to remain sitting, remain, abide, stay:

    si (apes) ex alvo minus frequentes evadunt ac subsidit pars aliqua,

    Varr. R. R. 3, 16, 36:

    subsedi in ipsā viā,

    Cic. Att. 5, 16, 1:

    in Siciliā,

    id. Fam. 6, 8, 2: multitudo... quae in castris subsederat, * Caes. B. G. 6, 36:

    quosdam ex Vitelliis subsedisse Nuceriae,

    Suet. Vit. 1 fin.:

    in oppido Reatino,

    id. Vesp. 1:

    commixti corpore tantum Subsident Teucri,

    Verg. A. 12, 836; Quint. 2, 1, 3.—
    (β).
    Of things:

    in Nilo navicula subsedit,

    ran aground, Liv. Epit. 112.—
    b.
    To crouch down on the watch, to lie in wait, lie in ambush:

    cur neque ante occurrit, ne ille in villā resideret: nec eo in loco subsedit, quo ille noctu venturus esset?

    Cic. Mil. 19, 51:

    si illum ad urbem noctu accessurum sciebat, subsidendum atque exspectandum fuit,

    id. ib. 19, 49:

    partem militum subsidere in insidiis jussit,

    Liv. 1, 14, 7; v. II. infra.—
    c.
    Of female animals, to yield, submit to the male ( poet. and very rare):

    maribus subsidere (pecudes et equae),

    Lucr. 4, 1198:

    juvet ut tigres subsidere cervis,

    Hor. Epod. 16, 31.—
    B.
    Trop., to subside, decrease, abate (rare):

    in controversiis subsidit impetus dicendi,

    Quint. 3, 8, 60:

    nec silentio subsidat, sed firmetur consuetudine (vox),

    id. 11, 3, 24:

    vitia subsidunt,

    Sen. Ep. 94, 69:

    formidata subsidunt et sperata decipiunt,

    id. ib. 13, 12.—
    2.
    To settle down:

    hinc accidit ut aetas jam altioribus disciplinis debita in scholā minore subsidat,

    i. e. is held back, Quint. 2, 1, 3.—
    II.
    Act. (acc. to I. A. 2. b.), to lie in wait for, to waylay any one ( poet. and in post-class. prose):

    devictam Asiam (i. e. Agamemnonem) subsedit adulter,

    Verg. A. 11, 268:

    leonem,

    Sil. 13, 221:

    copiosos homines,

    Amm. 28, 4, 22:

    insontem,

    id. 16, 8, 3:

    serpens foramen,

    to watch, id. 16, 2, 4: regnum, Luc. 5, 226 Heyne and Mart. (dub. Lag. regno).

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  • 12 deprimo

    dē-prĭmo, pressi, pressum, 3, v. a. [premo], to press down, weigh down, sink down, to depress (freq. and class.).
    I.
    Lit.
    A.
    In gen.:

    vis venti nubem deprimit,

    Lucr. 6, 432:

    qui (Critolaus) tantum propendere illam lancem putet, ut terram et maria deprimat,

    Cic. Tusc. 5, 17 fin.; cf. id. Fin. 5, 30, 92: deprimi in tenebras, id. Fragm. ap. Lact. 3, 19:

    ad mentum depresso supercilio,

    id. Pis. 6 fin.:

    animus caelestis ex altissimo domicilio depressus et quasi demersus in terram,

    id. de Sen. 21:

    depresso aratro (sc. in terram),

    Verg. G. 1, 45 et saep.— Absol.:

    haec quae porto deprimunt,

    Plaut. Merc. 4, 1, 9.—
    B.
    In partic.
    1.
    To sink deep, as a plant, a well, etc.; to plant deep, to dig deep:

    vites in terram,

    Cato R. R. 32 fin.; cf. Plin. 14, 1, 3, § 10:

    plantas,

    Col. 11, 3, 28 et saep.:

    qui tollit aedificium, vel deprimit,

    Dig. 8, 2, 17, § 2:

    saxum in mirandam altitudinem depressum,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 27; cf.:

    valle in altitudinem depressa,

    Hirt. B. G. 8, 9, 2:

    locus circiter duodecim pedes humi depressus,

    Sall. C. 55, 3:

    fossam,

    Hirt. B. G. 8, 40, 3; Tac. A. 15, 42:

    deprimere vel allevare rivum,

    Dig. 8, 4, 11 et saep.—
    2.
    Naut. t. t., to sink to the bottom, to sink, sc. a ship:

    partem navium,

    Caes. B. C. 1, 58 fin.:

    naves,

    id. ib. 2, 6 fin.; 2, 7; Nep. Con. 4, 4:

    lenunculos,

    Caes. B. C. 2, 43 fin.:

    carinam,

    Ov. M. 14, 185; Tac. H. 4, 79: classis superata atque depressa, Cic. de imp. Pomp. 8, 21 et saep. —
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    To press down, depress:

    animus depressus,

    Lucr. 6, 53: vos, gemi nae voragines scopulique reipublicae, vos meam fortunam deprimitis? vestram extollitis? (a figure borrowed from the sinking of a ship, v. supra, no. I. B. 2), Cic. Pis. 18; cf.:

    improbitate depressa veritas emergit,

    id. Clu. 65, 183:

    ita se quisque extollit, ut deprimat alium,

    Liv. 3, 65 fin.; cf. id. 30, 36; Plin. Pan. 44, 6 et saep.:

    preces,

    to suppress, silence, Nep. Att. 22, 2:

    nunc quid elocutio attollat aut deprimat dicendum,

    Quint. 8, 3 fin.: depressus in ludum, i. e. pressed, forced, Asin. Pollio ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 32, 3.—
    B.
    Esp., to depreciate in words, disparage (cf. depretio):

    adversariorum causam per contemptionem deprimere,

    Auct. Her. 1, 5, 8; Cic. Inv. 1, 16, 22.—
    C.
    To oppress (late Lat.):

    populum,

    Vulg. 2 Esdr. 5, 15.—Hence, dēpressus, a, um, P. a.
    A.
    Lit., pressed down, i. e. deep, lying low, depressed (perh. only post-Aug.):

    humilius et depressius iter,

    Plin. Ep. 9, 26, 2:

    aquaeductus depressior,

    Front. Aquaed. 65:

    depresso loco castra ponere,

    id. Strat. 1, 5, 24.—
    B.
    Transf., of the voice, low, suppressed:

    quam sedatissima et depressissima vox,

    Auct. Her. 3, 14.— Adv.: dē-pressē, deeply; pos. not found.— Comp.:

    fodere, quo depressius aestivos specus foderint,

    Sen. Cons. ad Helv. 9, 2:

    pastinare,

    Col. 11, 3, 10.

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  • 13 sub-sīdō

        sub-sīdō sēdī, sessus, ere,    to sit down, crouch down, squat, settle down, sink down: adversus emissa tela, L.: Poplite subsidens, V.: subsedit in illā Ante fores arā, O.—With dat: iuvet ut tigrīs subsidere cervis, to yield, H.—To fall, subside, sink, settle: undae, V.: venti, O.: Extremus galeāque imā subsedit Acestes, remained at the bottom, V.: ebur posito rigore Subsidit digitis, ceditque, gives way, O.—To settle down, establish oneself, remain, abide, stay: in Siciliā: in castris, Cs.: commixti corpore tantum Subsident Teucri, V.—To crouch down on the watch, lie in wait, lie in ambush: eo in loco: in insidiis, L.—With acc: devictam Asiam subsedit adulter (i. e. Agamemnonem), lay in wait for, V.

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  • 14 novissima

    nŏvus, a, um, adj. [Sanscr. navas; Gr. neos, i. e. neWos; cf.: noverca, nuntius, denuo, nuper; Germ. neu; Engl. new], new, not old, young, fresh, recent, etc. (v. antiquus init.; cf.: recens, novellus).
    I.
    Lit.
    A.
    In gen.:

    civitates condere novas,

    Cic. Rep. 1, 7, 12:

    nova et a nobis inventa ratio,

    id. ib. 1, 8, 13; cf.:

    nihil novi vobis afferam neque quod a me sit cogitatum aut inventum,

    id. ib. 1, 14, 21:

    novus veteri exercitus jungitur,

    Liv. 7, 7; cf.

    miles,

    Sall. J. 87, 2:

    imperator,

    id. ib. 44, 2:

    novum de integro proelium,

    Liv. 24, 16:

    Camillus,

    id. 22, 14:

    consules,

    Suet. Caes. 15:

    serpens,

    which has cast its old skin, Ov. M. 9, 266:

    caro,

    fresh meat, Juv. 11, 85.—Special phrases.
    1.
    Novae tabernae, or simply Novae (sub Novis), the new shops; many of the shops of the money-changers in the Forum were burned down A. U. C. 543, and those built on their sites were called Novae, those which remained standing Veteres (v. vetus), Liv. 26, 27; 3, 48:

    sub Novis,

    Cic. de Or. 2, 66, 266; cf.: sub Novis dicta pars in foro aedificiorum, quod vocabulum ei pervetustum, Varr. L. L. 6, § 59 Müll.—
    2.
    Novae tabulae, new account-books, by making which old debts were cancelled, Cic. Off. 2, 23, 84; id. Phil. 6, 4, 11; id. Att. 5, 21, 13; 14, 21, 4; Caes. B. C. 3, 1; 3, 21:

    tum Catilina polliceri tabulas novas, proscriptionem locupletium,

    Sall. C. 21, 2.—Hence, trop.:

    beneficiorum novae tabulae,

    i. e. forgetfulness of benefits, Sen. Ben. 1, 4, 6.—
    3.
    Novus homo, or homo novus, the first of his family who obtained a curule office, a man newly ennobled, an upstart, Cic. Off. 1, 39, 138:

    adeptus es, quod non multi homines novi,

    Cic. Fam. 5, 18, 1; cf.:

    in Q. Pompeio, novo homine et fortissimo viro,

    id. Mur. 7, 16 sq.:

    M. Catoni, homini ignoto et novo,

    id. Rep. 1, 1, 1; cf.:

    hic novus Arpinas, ignobilis, et modo Romae Municipalis eques,

    Juv. 8, 237:

    nova nupta,

    a bride, Juv. 2, 120.— Plur. subst.: nŏvi, ōrum, m., recent writers: est et quod appellatur a novis noêma, Quint. 8, 5, 12:

    novorum lectio,

    id. 2, 5, 26; 5, 4, 1.—
    4.
    Novae res, new things, novelties:

    nihil te ad me postea scripsisse demiror, praesertim tam novis rebus,

    Cic. Fam. 7, 18, 4.—Also subst.: nŏvum, i, n., a new thing, a novelty; news:

    novum attulerint, quod fit nusquam gentium,

    Plaut. Cas. prol. 70:

    num quidnam inquit novi?

    Cic. de Or. 2, 3, 13:

    si quid novi vel sero invenissem,

    Quint. 2, 5, 3.— Plur.:

    novorum interpositione priora confundere,

    Quint. 10, 3, 32; 8, 3, 60.—But, in gen., novae res signifies political innovations, a revolution:

    Q. Servilius Ahala Sp. Maelium novis rebus studentem manu suā occidit,

    Cic. Cat. 1, 1, 3:

    rerum novarum causam quaerere,

    id. Agr. 2, 33, 91:

    plebes novarum rerum cupida,

    Sall. C. 28, 4:

    cuncta plebes novarum rerum studio Catilinae incepta probabat,

    id. ib. 37, 1:

    novarum rerum avidi,

    id. J. 19, 1.—In a double sense: Segulium neglegamus, qui res novas quaerit: non quo veterem comederit—nullam enim habuit—sed hanc ipsam recentem novam devorārit, innovations and new wealth, Cic. Fam. 11, 21, 2.—
    B.
    In partic.
    1.
    New, novel, strange, singular, unusual, unheard of:

    flagitia ingentia, nova, capitalia,

    Ter. Ad. 4, 7, 3:

    nihil dicam aut inauditum vobis aut cuiquam novum,

    Cic. de Or. 1, 31, 137; cf.:

    novum crimen et ante hunc diem inauditum,

    id. Lig. 1, 1:

    nova tibi haec sunt et inopinata?

    id. Verr. 2, 2, 8, § 24; id. Att. 6, 1, 5:

    novam in feminā virtutem novo genere honoris donavere,

    Liv. 2, 13; Verg. A. 3, 591:

    nova monstra,

    Hor. C. 1, 2, 6:

    si res agi videtur nova, magna, atrox,

    Quint. 4, 1, 33.—
    2.
    New in any thing, unused, unaccustomed, inexperienced ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose):

    et rudis ad partus et nova miles oram,

    Ov. H. 11, 48.—
    (β).
    With dat.:

    novus dolori,

    Sil. 6, 254; Tac. Agr. 16.—
    * (γ).
    With inf.:

    nova ferre jugum cervix,

    Sil. 16, 332.—
    3.
    Nova Via structa esse dicitur regnante Ser. Tullio, Paul. ex Fest. p. 174 Mull.; v. Müll. ib. p. 389, a; cf.:

    vocabulum pervetustum ut Novae viae, quae via jam diu vetus,

    Varr. L. L. 6, § 59 Müll.—
    4.
    Recent:

    tu cognovisti omnia, novissima et antiqua,

    Vulg. Psa. 138, 5.—
    C.
    In eccl. Lat., renewed by grace:

    nova creatura,

    Vulg. 2 Cor. 5, 17:

    induite novum hominem,

    ib. Eph. 4, 24.—
    II.
    Transf., in the sup.: nŏvissĭmus, a, um, the latest, last, hindermost, extreme (syn.:

    extremus, proximus, recentissimus): a quo (sc. novo) etiam extremum novissimum quoque dici coeptum vulgo, quod meā memoriā ut Aelius sic senes aliquot, nimium novum verbum quod esset, vitabant,

    Varr. L. L. 6, § 59 Müll.:

    histriones,

    Cic. Rosc. Com. 11, 30; Brut. ap. Cic. Fam. 11, 1, 3; Cass. ib. 12, 13, 1:

    qui ex iis novissimus venit, necatur,

    Caes. B. G. 5, 56:

    novissimum agmen,

    the rear, id. ib. 1, 15; 7, 68. —So as subst.: nŏvissĭmi, ōrum, the rear of an army, the soldiers in the last line:

    novissimis praesidio esse,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 20:

    novissimos adorti magnam multitudinem conciderunt,

    id. ib. 2, 11:

    dixitque novissima verba,

    Verg. A. 4, 650:

    novissima cauda,

    i. e. the end of, Ov. M. 3, 681; 13, 963:

    luna,

    Plin. 2, 13, 10, § 56.—
    2.
    Like Engl. last, extreme, highest:

    exempla,

    the extreme penalty, the penalty of death, Tac. A. 12, 20; 15, 44; and absol.:

    a summā spe, novissima exspectabat,

    id. ib. 6, 50:

    novissimum casum experitur,

    id. ib. 12, 33.—
    B.
    Esp. in eccl. Lat.
    1.
    Youngest:

    liberorum,

    Vulg. Jos. 6, 26.—
    2.
    Lowest in rank or fortune:

    de novissimis populi,

    Vulg. 3 Reg. 13, 33.—
    3.
    As subst.
    a.
    Sing.: nŏvissĭmum, i, n., the end.
    (α).
    Of place:

    terrae,

    Vulg. 1 Macc. 3, 9:

    a summo ad novissimum,

    the bottom, id. Isa. 56, 11.—
    (β).
    Of time:

    habent spem in novissimo,

    Vulg. Prov. 23, 18.—
    b.
    Plur.: nŏvissĭma, ōrum, n.
    (α).
    Of place, the bottom, depths:

    abyssi,

    Vulg. Job. 38, 16.—
    (β).
    Of time:

    habebis in novissimis spem,

    Vulg. Prov. 24, 14; cf.:

    novissima hominis illius,

    the end, id. Luc. 11, 26.—Hence, adv. (not in Cic.) in two forms.
    (α).
    Form nŏvē, newly, in a new or unusual manner:

    ornata ut lepide! ut concinne! ut nove!

    Plaut. Ep. 2, 2, 38: ne quid ambigue, ne quid nove dicamus, * Auct. Her. 1, 9, 15:

    verba nove aut insigniter dicta,

    Gell. 19, 7, 2; cf. id. 17, 2, 13; Sen. Contr. 1, 4 fin. —
    (β).
    Form nŏvĭter, newly:

    BASILICA IVLIA A SE NOVITER REPARATA,

    Inscr. Orell. 24 (A. D. 377):

    amor noviter venit,

    Fulg. Myth. 3, 1 med. — Sup.: nŏvissĭmē.
    a.
    Of time, recently, lately, a short time ago: mater cum novissime aegrotāsset, Val. Antias. ap. Charis. p. 186 P.:

    quod novissime nobiscum foedus fecissent,

    id. ib.:

    novissime, memoriā nostrā, argentum aere solutum est,

    Sall. C. 33, 2:

    liber quem novissime tibi misi,

    Plin. Ep. 8, 3, 1:

    eloquendi rationem novissime repertam,

    Quint. 12 praef. § 3.—
    b.
    Of succession, lastly, last of all, finally:

    dicam primum... deinde... novissime,

    Sen. Ira, 3, 5, 2:

    primum... post haec... novissime,

    Quint. 3, 6, 24; cf.:

    primum... post haec... novissime,

    id. 11, 2, 41:

    vel... vel... vel novissime,

    id. 7, 1, 37:

    et... et... et novissime,

    id. 2, 4, 10:

    cum plura interrogāsset... novissime id inferebat,

    id. 5, 11, 3:

    novissime cum, etc. (= postremo),

    in the last fight, Hirt. B. G. 8, 48, 3.

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  • 15 novissimi

    nŏvus, a, um, adj. [Sanscr. navas; Gr. neos, i. e. neWos; cf.: noverca, nuntius, denuo, nuper; Germ. neu; Engl. new], new, not old, young, fresh, recent, etc. (v. antiquus init.; cf.: recens, novellus).
    I.
    Lit.
    A.
    In gen.:

    civitates condere novas,

    Cic. Rep. 1, 7, 12:

    nova et a nobis inventa ratio,

    id. ib. 1, 8, 13; cf.:

    nihil novi vobis afferam neque quod a me sit cogitatum aut inventum,

    id. ib. 1, 14, 21:

    novus veteri exercitus jungitur,

    Liv. 7, 7; cf.

    miles,

    Sall. J. 87, 2:

    imperator,

    id. ib. 44, 2:

    novum de integro proelium,

    Liv. 24, 16:

    Camillus,

    id. 22, 14:

    consules,

    Suet. Caes. 15:

    serpens,

    which has cast its old skin, Ov. M. 9, 266:

    caro,

    fresh meat, Juv. 11, 85.—Special phrases.
    1.
    Novae tabernae, or simply Novae (sub Novis), the new shops; many of the shops of the money-changers in the Forum were burned down A. U. C. 543, and those built on their sites were called Novae, those which remained standing Veteres (v. vetus), Liv. 26, 27; 3, 48:

    sub Novis,

    Cic. de Or. 2, 66, 266; cf.: sub Novis dicta pars in foro aedificiorum, quod vocabulum ei pervetustum, Varr. L. L. 6, § 59 Müll.—
    2.
    Novae tabulae, new account-books, by making which old debts were cancelled, Cic. Off. 2, 23, 84; id. Phil. 6, 4, 11; id. Att. 5, 21, 13; 14, 21, 4; Caes. B. C. 3, 1; 3, 21:

    tum Catilina polliceri tabulas novas, proscriptionem locupletium,

    Sall. C. 21, 2.—Hence, trop.:

    beneficiorum novae tabulae,

    i. e. forgetfulness of benefits, Sen. Ben. 1, 4, 6.—
    3.
    Novus homo, or homo novus, the first of his family who obtained a curule office, a man newly ennobled, an upstart, Cic. Off. 1, 39, 138:

    adeptus es, quod non multi homines novi,

    Cic. Fam. 5, 18, 1; cf.:

    in Q. Pompeio, novo homine et fortissimo viro,

    id. Mur. 7, 16 sq.:

    M. Catoni, homini ignoto et novo,

    id. Rep. 1, 1, 1; cf.:

    hic novus Arpinas, ignobilis, et modo Romae Municipalis eques,

    Juv. 8, 237:

    nova nupta,

    a bride, Juv. 2, 120.— Plur. subst.: nŏvi, ōrum, m., recent writers: est et quod appellatur a novis noêma, Quint. 8, 5, 12:

    novorum lectio,

    id. 2, 5, 26; 5, 4, 1.—
    4.
    Novae res, new things, novelties:

    nihil te ad me postea scripsisse demiror, praesertim tam novis rebus,

    Cic. Fam. 7, 18, 4.—Also subst.: nŏvum, i, n., a new thing, a novelty; news:

    novum attulerint, quod fit nusquam gentium,

    Plaut. Cas. prol. 70:

    num quidnam inquit novi?

    Cic. de Or. 2, 3, 13:

    si quid novi vel sero invenissem,

    Quint. 2, 5, 3.— Plur.:

    novorum interpositione priora confundere,

    Quint. 10, 3, 32; 8, 3, 60.—But, in gen., novae res signifies political innovations, a revolution:

    Q. Servilius Ahala Sp. Maelium novis rebus studentem manu suā occidit,

    Cic. Cat. 1, 1, 3:

    rerum novarum causam quaerere,

    id. Agr. 2, 33, 91:

    plebes novarum rerum cupida,

    Sall. C. 28, 4:

    cuncta plebes novarum rerum studio Catilinae incepta probabat,

    id. ib. 37, 1:

    novarum rerum avidi,

    id. J. 19, 1.—In a double sense: Segulium neglegamus, qui res novas quaerit: non quo veterem comederit—nullam enim habuit—sed hanc ipsam recentem novam devorārit, innovations and new wealth, Cic. Fam. 11, 21, 2.—
    B.
    In partic.
    1.
    New, novel, strange, singular, unusual, unheard of:

    flagitia ingentia, nova, capitalia,

    Ter. Ad. 4, 7, 3:

    nihil dicam aut inauditum vobis aut cuiquam novum,

    Cic. de Or. 1, 31, 137; cf.:

    novum crimen et ante hunc diem inauditum,

    id. Lig. 1, 1:

    nova tibi haec sunt et inopinata?

    id. Verr. 2, 2, 8, § 24; id. Att. 6, 1, 5:

    novam in feminā virtutem novo genere honoris donavere,

    Liv. 2, 13; Verg. A. 3, 591:

    nova monstra,

    Hor. C. 1, 2, 6:

    si res agi videtur nova, magna, atrox,

    Quint. 4, 1, 33.—
    2.
    New in any thing, unused, unaccustomed, inexperienced ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose):

    et rudis ad partus et nova miles oram,

    Ov. H. 11, 48.—
    (β).
    With dat.:

    novus dolori,

    Sil. 6, 254; Tac. Agr. 16.—
    * (γ).
    With inf.:

    nova ferre jugum cervix,

    Sil. 16, 332.—
    3.
    Nova Via structa esse dicitur regnante Ser. Tullio, Paul. ex Fest. p. 174 Mull.; v. Müll. ib. p. 389, a; cf.:

    vocabulum pervetustum ut Novae viae, quae via jam diu vetus,

    Varr. L. L. 6, § 59 Müll.—
    4.
    Recent:

    tu cognovisti omnia, novissima et antiqua,

    Vulg. Psa. 138, 5.—
    C.
    In eccl. Lat., renewed by grace:

    nova creatura,

    Vulg. 2 Cor. 5, 17:

    induite novum hominem,

    ib. Eph. 4, 24.—
    II.
    Transf., in the sup.: nŏvissĭmus, a, um, the latest, last, hindermost, extreme (syn.:

    extremus, proximus, recentissimus): a quo (sc. novo) etiam extremum novissimum quoque dici coeptum vulgo, quod meā memoriā ut Aelius sic senes aliquot, nimium novum verbum quod esset, vitabant,

    Varr. L. L. 6, § 59 Müll.:

    histriones,

    Cic. Rosc. Com. 11, 30; Brut. ap. Cic. Fam. 11, 1, 3; Cass. ib. 12, 13, 1:

    qui ex iis novissimus venit, necatur,

    Caes. B. G. 5, 56:

    novissimum agmen,

    the rear, id. ib. 1, 15; 7, 68. —So as subst.: nŏvissĭmi, ōrum, the rear of an army, the soldiers in the last line:

    novissimis praesidio esse,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 20:

    novissimos adorti magnam multitudinem conciderunt,

    id. ib. 2, 11:

    dixitque novissima verba,

    Verg. A. 4, 650:

    novissima cauda,

    i. e. the end of, Ov. M. 3, 681; 13, 963:

    luna,

    Plin. 2, 13, 10, § 56.—
    2.
    Like Engl. last, extreme, highest:

    exempla,

    the extreme penalty, the penalty of death, Tac. A. 12, 20; 15, 44; and absol.:

    a summā spe, novissima exspectabat,

    id. ib. 6, 50:

    novissimum casum experitur,

    id. ib. 12, 33.—
    B.
    Esp. in eccl. Lat.
    1.
    Youngest:

    liberorum,

    Vulg. Jos. 6, 26.—
    2.
    Lowest in rank or fortune:

    de novissimis populi,

    Vulg. 3 Reg. 13, 33.—
    3.
    As subst.
    a.
    Sing.: nŏvissĭmum, i, n., the end.
    (α).
    Of place:

    terrae,

    Vulg. 1 Macc. 3, 9:

    a summo ad novissimum,

    the bottom, id. Isa. 56, 11.—
    (β).
    Of time:

    habent spem in novissimo,

    Vulg. Prov. 23, 18.—
    b.
    Plur.: nŏvissĭma, ōrum, n.
    (α).
    Of place, the bottom, depths:

    abyssi,

    Vulg. Job. 38, 16.—
    (β).
    Of time:

    habebis in novissimis spem,

    Vulg. Prov. 24, 14; cf.:

    novissima hominis illius,

    the end, id. Luc. 11, 26.—Hence, adv. (not in Cic.) in two forms.
    (α).
    Form nŏvē, newly, in a new or unusual manner:

    ornata ut lepide! ut concinne! ut nove!

    Plaut. Ep. 2, 2, 38: ne quid ambigue, ne quid nove dicamus, * Auct. Her. 1, 9, 15:

    verba nove aut insigniter dicta,

    Gell. 19, 7, 2; cf. id. 17, 2, 13; Sen. Contr. 1, 4 fin. —
    (β).
    Form nŏvĭter, newly:

    BASILICA IVLIA A SE NOVITER REPARATA,

    Inscr. Orell. 24 (A. D. 377):

    amor noviter venit,

    Fulg. Myth. 3, 1 med. — Sup.: nŏvissĭmē.
    a.
    Of time, recently, lately, a short time ago: mater cum novissime aegrotāsset, Val. Antias. ap. Charis. p. 186 P.:

    quod novissime nobiscum foedus fecissent,

    id. ib.:

    novissime, memoriā nostrā, argentum aere solutum est,

    Sall. C. 33, 2:

    liber quem novissime tibi misi,

    Plin. Ep. 8, 3, 1:

    eloquendi rationem novissime repertam,

    Quint. 12 praef. § 3.—
    b.
    Of succession, lastly, last of all, finally:

    dicam primum... deinde... novissime,

    Sen. Ira, 3, 5, 2:

    primum... post haec... novissime,

    Quint. 3, 6, 24; cf.:

    primum... post haec... novissime,

    id. 11, 2, 41:

    vel... vel... vel novissime,

    id. 7, 1, 37:

    et... et... et novissime,

    id. 2, 4, 10:

    cum plura interrogāsset... novissime id inferebat,

    id. 5, 11, 3:

    novissime cum, etc. (= postremo),

    in the last fight, Hirt. B. G. 8, 48, 3.

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  • 16 novissimum

    nŏvus, a, um, adj. [Sanscr. navas; Gr. neos, i. e. neWos; cf.: noverca, nuntius, denuo, nuper; Germ. neu; Engl. new], new, not old, young, fresh, recent, etc. (v. antiquus init.; cf.: recens, novellus).
    I.
    Lit.
    A.
    In gen.:

    civitates condere novas,

    Cic. Rep. 1, 7, 12:

    nova et a nobis inventa ratio,

    id. ib. 1, 8, 13; cf.:

    nihil novi vobis afferam neque quod a me sit cogitatum aut inventum,

    id. ib. 1, 14, 21:

    novus veteri exercitus jungitur,

    Liv. 7, 7; cf.

    miles,

    Sall. J. 87, 2:

    imperator,

    id. ib. 44, 2:

    novum de integro proelium,

    Liv. 24, 16:

    Camillus,

    id. 22, 14:

    consules,

    Suet. Caes. 15:

    serpens,

    which has cast its old skin, Ov. M. 9, 266:

    caro,

    fresh meat, Juv. 11, 85.—Special phrases.
    1.
    Novae tabernae, or simply Novae (sub Novis), the new shops; many of the shops of the money-changers in the Forum were burned down A. U. C. 543, and those built on their sites were called Novae, those which remained standing Veteres (v. vetus), Liv. 26, 27; 3, 48:

    sub Novis,

    Cic. de Or. 2, 66, 266; cf.: sub Novis dicta pars in foro aedificiorum, quod vocabulum ei pervetustum, Varr. L. L. 6, § 59 Müll.—
    2.
    Novae tabulae, new account-books, by making which old debts were cancelled, Cic. Off. 2, 23, 84; id. Phil. 6, 4, 11; id. Att. 5, 21, 13; 14, 21, 4; Caes. B. C. 3, 1; 3, 21:

    tum Catilina polliceri tabulas novas, proscriptionem locupletium,

    Sall. C. 21, 2.—Hence, trop.:

    beneficiorum novae tabulae,

    i. e. forgetfulness of benefits, Sen. Ben. 1, 4, 6.—
    3.
    Novus homo, or homo novus, the first of his family who obtained a curule office, a man newly ennobled, an upstart, Cic. Off. 1, 39, 138:

    adeptus es, quod non multi homines novi,

    Cic. Fam. 5, 18, 1; cf.:

    in Q. Pompeio, novo homine et fortissimo viro,

    id. Mur. 7, 16 sq.:

    M. Catoni, homini ignoto et novo,

    id. Rep. 1, 1, 1; cf.:

    hic novus Arpinas, ignobilis, et modo Romae Municipalis eques,

    Juv. 8, 237:

    nova nupta,

    a bride, Juv. 2, 120.— Plur. subst.: nŏvi, ōrum, m., recent writers: est et quod appellatur a novis noêma, Quint. 8, 5, 12:

    novorum lectio,

    id. 2, 5, 26; 5, 4, 1.—
    4.
    Novae res, new things, novelties:

    nihil te ad me postea scripsisse demiror, praesertim tam novis rebus,

    Cic. Fam. 7, 18, 4.—Also subst.: nŏvum, i, n., a new thing, a novelty; news:

    novum attulerint, quod fit nusquam gentium,

    Plaut. Cas. prol. 70:

    num quidnam inquit novi?

    Cic. de Or. 2, 3, 13:

    si quid novi vel sero invenissem,

    Quint. 2, 5, 3.— Plur.:

    novorum interpositione priora confundere,

    Quint. 10, 3, 32; 8, 3, 60.—But, in gen., novae res signifies political innovations, a revolution:

    Q. Servilius Ahala Sp. Maelium novis rebus studentem manu suā occidit,

    Cic. Cat. 1, 1, 3:

    rerum novarum causam quaerere,

    id. Agr. 2, 33, 91:

    plebes novarum rerum cupida,

    Sall. C. 28, 4:

    cuncta plebes novarum rerum studio Catilinae incepta probabat,

    id. ib. 37, 1:

    novarum rerum avidi,

    id. J. 19, 1.—In a double sense: Segulium neglegamus, qui res novas quaerit: non quo veterem comederit—nullam enim habuit—sed hanc ipsam recentem novam devorārit, innovations and new wealth, Cic. Fam. 11, 21, 2.—
    B.
    In partic.
    1.
    New, novel, strange, singular, unusual, unheard of:

    flagitia ingentia, nova, capitalia,

    Ter. Ad. 4, 7, 3:

    nihil dicam aut inauditum vobis aut cuiquam novum,

    Cic. de Or. 1, 31, 137; cf.:

    novum crimen et ante hunc diem inauditum,

    id. Lig. 1, 1:

    nova tibi haec sunt et inopinata?

    id. Verr. 2, 2, 8, § 24; id. Att. 6, 1, 5:

    novam in feminā virtutem novo genere honoris donavere,

    Liv. 2, 13; Verg. A. 3, 591:

    nova monstra,

    Hor. C. 1, 2, 6:

    si res agi videtur nova, magna, atrox,

    Quint. 4, 1, 33.—
    2.
    New in any thing, unused, unaccustomed, inexperienced ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose):

    et rudis ad partus et nova miles oram,

    Ov. H. 11, 48.—
    (β).
    With dat.:

    novus dolori,

    Sil. 6, 254; Tac. Agr. 16.—
    * (γ).
    With inf.:

    nova ferre jugum cervix,

    Sil. 16, 332.—
    3.
    Nova Via structa esse dicitur regnante Ser. Tullio, Paul. ex Fest. p. 174 Mull.; v. Müll. ib. p. 389, a; cf.:

    vocabulum pervetustum ut Novae viae, quae via jam diu vetus,

    Varr. L. L. 6, § 59 Müll.—
    4.
    Recent:

    tu cognovisti omnia, novissima et antiqua,

    Vulg. Psa. 138, 5.—
    C.
    In eccl. Lat., renewed by grace:

    nova creatura,

    Vulg. 2 Cor. 5, 17:

    induite novum hominem,

    ib. Eph. 4, 24.—
    II.
    Transf., in the sup.: nŏvissĭmus, a, um, the latest, last, hindermost, extreme (syn.:

    extremus, proximus, recentissimus): a quo (sc. novo) etiam extremum novissimum quoque dici coeptum vulgo, quod meā memoriā ut Aelius sic senes aliquot, nimium novum verbum quod esset, vitabant,

    Varr. L. L. 6, § 59 Müll.:

    histriones,

    Cic. Rosc. Com. 11, 30; Brut. ap. Cic. Fam. 11, 1, 3; Cass. ib. 12, 13, 1:

    qui ex iis novissimus venit, necatur,

    Caes. B. G. 5, 56:

    novissimum agmen,

    the rear, id. ib. 1, 15; 7, 68. —So as subst.: nŏvissĭmi, ōrum, the rear of an army, the soldiers in the last line:

    novissimis praesidio esse,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 20:

    novissimos adorti magnam multitudinem conciderunt,

    id. ib. 2, 11:

    dixitque novissima verba,

    Verg. A. 4, 650:

    novissima cauda,

    i. e. the end of, Ov. M. 3, 681; 13, 963:

    luna,

    Plin. 2, 13, 10, § 56.—
    2.
    Like Engl. last, extreme, highest:

    exempla,

    the extreme penalty, the penalty of death, Tac. A. 12, 20; 15, 44; and absol.:

    a summā spe, novissima exspectabat,

    id. ib. 6, 50:

    novissimum casum experitur,

    id. ib. 12, 33.—
    B.
    Esp. in eccl. Lat.
    1.
    Youngest:

    liberorum,

    Vulg. Jos. 6, 26.—
    2.
    Lowest in rank or fortune:

    de novissimis populi,

    Vulg. 3 Reg. 13, 33.—
    3.
    As subst.
    a.
    Sing.: nŏvissĭmum, i, n., the end.
    (α).
    Of place:

    terrae,

    Vulg. 1 Macc. 3, 9:

    a summo ad novissimum,

    the bottom, id. Isa. 56, 11.—
    (β).
    Of time:

    habent spem in novissimo,

    Vulg. Prov. 23, 18.—
    b.
    Plur.: nŏvissĭma, ōrum, n.
    (α).
    Of place, the bottom, depths:

    abyssi,

    Vulg. Job. 38, 16.—
    (β).
    Of time:

    habebis in novissimis spem,

    Vulg. Prov. 24, 14; cf.:

    novissima hominis illius,

    the end, id. Luc. 11, 26.—Hence, adv. (not in Cic.) in two forms.
    (α).
    Form nŏvē, newly, in a new or unusual manner:

    ornata ut lepide! ut concinne! ut nove!

    Plaut. Ep. 2, 2, 38: ne quid ambigue, ne quid nove dicamus, * Auct. Her. 1, 9, 15:

    verba nove aut insigniter dicta,

    Gell. 19, 7, 2; cf. id. 17, 2, 13; Sen. Contr. 1, 4 fin. —
    (β).
    Form nŏvĭter, newly:

    BASILICA IVLIA A SE NOVITER REPARATA,

    Inscr. Orell. 24 (A. D. 377):

    amor noviter venit,

    Fulg. Myth. 3, 1 med. — Sup.: nŏvissĭmē.
    a.
    Of time, recently, lately, a short time ago: mater cum novissime aegrotāsset, Val. Antias. ap. Charis. p. 186 P.:

    quod novissime nobiscum foedus fecissent,

    id. ib.:

    novissime, memoriā nostrā, argentum aere solutum est,

    Sall. C. 33, 2:

    liber quem novissime tibi misi,

    Plin. Ep. 8, 3, 1:

    eloquendi rationem novissime repertam,

    Quint. 12 praef. § 3.—
    b.
    Of succession, lastly, last of all, finally:

    dicam primum... deinde... novissime,

    Sen. Ira, 3, 5, 2:

    primum... post haec... novissime,

    Quint. 3, 6, 24; cf.:

    primum... post haec... novissime,

    id. 11, 2, 41:

    vel... vel... vel novissime,

    id. 7, 1, 37:

    et... et... et novissime,

    id. 2, 4, 10:

    cum plura interrogāsset... novissime id inferebat,

    id. 5, 11, 3:

    novissime cum, etc. (= postremo),

    in the last fight, Hirt. B. G. 8, 48, 3.

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  • 17 novum

    nŏvus, a, um, adj. [Sanscr. navas; Gr. neos, i. e. neWos; cf.: noverca, nuntius, denuo, nuper; Germ. neu; Engl. new], new, not old, young, fresh, recent, etc. (v. antiquus init.; cf.: recens, novellus).
    I.
    Lit.
    A.
    In gen.:

    civitates condere novas,

    Cic. Rep. 1, 7, 12:

    nova et a nobis inventa ratio,

    id. ib. 1, 8, 13; cf.:

    nihil novi vobis afferam neque quod a me sit cogitatum aut inventum,

    id. ib. 1, 14, 21:

    novus veteri exercitus jungitur,

    Liv. 7, 7; cf.

    miles,

    Sall. J. 87, 2:

    imperator,

    id. ib. 44, 2:

    novum de integro proelium,

    Liv. 24, 16:

    Camillus,

    id. 22, 14:

    consules,

    Suet. Caes. 15:

    serpens,

    which has cast its old skin, Ov. M. 9, 266:

    caro,

    fresh meat, Juv. 11, 85.—Special phrases.
    1.
    Novae tabernae, or simply Novae (sub Novis), the new shops; many of the shops of the money-changers in the Forum were burned down A. U. C. 543, and those built on their sites were called Novae, those which remained standing Veteres (v. vetus), Liv. 26, 27; 3, 48:

    sub Novis,

    Cic. de Or. 2, 66, 266; cf.: sub Novis dicta pars in foro aedificiorum, quod vocabulum ei pervetustum, Varr. L. L. 6, § 59 Müll.—
    2.
    Novae tabulae, new account-books, by making which old debts were cancelled, Cic. Off. 2, 23, 84; id. Phil. 6, 4, 11; id. Att. 5, 21, 13; 14, 21, 4; Caes. B. C. 3, 1; 3, 21:

    tum Catilina polliceri tabulas novas, proscriptionem locupletium,

    Sall. C. 21, 2.—Hence, trop.:

    beneficiorum novae tabulae,

    i. e. forgetfulness of benefits, Sen. Ben. 1, 4, 6.—
    3.
    Novus homo, or homo novus, the first of his family who obtained a curule office, a man newly ennobled, an upstart, Cic. Off. 1, 39, 138:

    adeptus es, quod non multi homines novi,

    Cic. Fam. 5, 18, 1; cf.:

    in Q. Pompeio, novo homine et fortissimo viro,

    id. Mur. 7, 16 sq.:

    M. Catoni, homini ignoto et novo,

    id. Rep. 1, 1, 1; cf.:

    hic novus Arpinas, ignobilis, et modo Romae Municipalis eques,

    Juv. 8, 237:

    nova nupta,

    a bride, Juv. 2, 120.— Plur. subst.: nŏvi, ōrum, m., recent writers: est et quod appellatur a novis noêma, Quint. 8, 5, 12:

    novorum lectio,

    id. 2, 5, 26; 5, 4, 1.—
    4.
    Novae res, new things, novelties:

    nihil te ad me postea scripsisse demiror, praesertim tam novis rebus,

    Cic. Fam. 7, 18, 4.—Also subst.: nŏvum, i, n., a new thing, a novelty; news:

    novum attulerint, quod fit nusquam gentium,

    Plaut. Cas. prol. 70:

    num quidnam inquit novi?

    Cic. de Or. 2, 3, 13:

    si quid novi vel sero invenissem,

    Quint. 2, 5, 3.— Plur.:

    novorum interpositione priora confundere,

    Quint. 10, 3, 32; 8, 3, 60.—But, in gen., novae res signifies political innovations, a revolution:

    Q. Servilius Ahala Sp. Maelium novis rebus studentem manu suā occidit,

    Cic. Cat. 1, 1, 3:

    rerum novarum causam quaerere,

    id. Agr. 2, 33, 91:

    plebes novarum rerum cupida,

    Sall. C. 28, 4:

    cuncta plebes novarum rerum studio Catilinae incepta probabat,

    id. ib. 37, 1:

    novarum rerum avidi,

    id. J. 19, 1.—In a double sense: Segulium neglegamus, qui res novas quaerit: non quo veterem comederit—nullam enim habuit—sed hanc ipsam recentem novam devorārit, innovations and new wealth, Cic. Fam. 11, 21, 2.—
    B.
    In partic.
    1.
    New, novel, strange, singular, unusual, unheard of:

    flagitia ingentia, nova, capitalia,

    Ter. Ad. 4, 7, 3:

    nihil dicam aut inauditum vobis aut cuiquam novum,

    Cic. de Or. 1, 31, 137; cf.:

    novum crimen et ante hunc diem inauditum,

    id. Lig. 1, 1:

    nova tibi haec sunt et inopinata?

    id. Verr. 2, 2, 8, § 24; id. Att. 6, 1, 5:

    novam in feminā virtutem novo genere honoris donavere,

    Liv. 2, 13; Verg. A. 3, 591:

    nova monstra,

    Hor. C. 1, 2, 6:

    si res agi videtur nova, magna, atrox,

    Quint. 4, 1, 33.—
    2.
    New in any thing, unused, unaccustomed, inexperienced ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose):

    et rudis ad partus et nova miles oram,

    Ov. H. 11, 48.—
    (β).
    With dat.:

    novus dolori,

    Sil. 6, 254; Tac. Agr. 16.—
    * (γ).
    With inf.:

    nova ferre jugum cervix,

    Sil. 16, 332.—
    3.
    Nova Via structa esse dicitur regnante Ser. Tullio, Paul. ex Fest. p. 174 Mull.; v. Müll. ib. p. 389, a; cf.:

    vocabulum pervetustum ut Novae viae, quae via jam diu vetus,

    Varr. L. L. 6, § 59 Müll.—
    4.
    Recent:

    tu cognovisti omnia, novissima et antiqua,

    Vulg. Psa. 138, 5.—
    C.
    In eccl. Lat., renewed by grace:

    nova creatura,

    Vulg. 2 Cor. 5, 17:

    induite novum hominem,

    ib. Eph. 4, 24.—
    II.
    Transf., in the sup.: nŏvissĭmus, a, um, the latest, last, hindermost, extreme (syn.:

    extremus, proximus, recentissimus): a quo (sc. novo) etiam extremum novissimum quoque dici coeptum vulgo, quod meā memoriā ut Aelius sic senes aliquot, nimium novum verbum quod esset, vitabant,

    Varr. L. L. 6, § 59 Müll.:

    histriones,

    Cic. Rosc. Com. 11, 30; Brut. ap. Cic. Fam. 11, 1, 3; Cass. ib. 12, 13, 1:

    qui ex iis novissimus venit, necatur,

    Caes. B. G. 5, 56:

    novissimum agmen,

    the rear, id. ib. 1, 15; 7, 68. —So as subst.: nŏvissĭmi, ōrum, the rear of an army, the soldiers in the last line:

    novissimis praesidio esse,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 20:

    novissimos adorti magnam multitudinem conciderunt,

    id. ib. 2, 11:

    dixitque novissima verba,

    Verg. A. 4, 650:

    novissima cauda,

    i. e. the end of, Ov. M. 3, 681; 13, 963:

    luna,

    Plin. 2, 13, 10, § 56.—
    2.
    Like Engl. last, extreme, highest:

    exempla,

    the extreme penalty, the penalty of death, Tac. A. 12, 20; 15, 44; and absol.:

    a summā spe, novissima exspectabat,

    id. ib. 6, 50:

    novissimum casum experitur,

    id. ib. 12, 33.—
    B.
    Esp. in eccl. Lat.
    1.
    Youngest:

    liberorum,

    Vulg. Jos. 6, 26.—
    2.
    Lowest in rank or fortune:

    de novissimis populi,

    Vulg. 3 Reg. 13, 33.—
    3.
    As subst.
    a.
    Sing.: nŏvissĭmum, i, n., the end.
    (α).
    Of place:

    terrae,

    Vulg. 1 Macc. 3, 9:

    a summo ad novissimum,

    the bottom, id. Isa. 56, 11.—
    (β).
    Of time:

    habent spem in novissimo,

    Vulg. Prov. 23, 18.—
    b.
    Plur.: nŏvissĭma, ōrum, n.
    (α).
    Of place, the bottom, depths:

    abyssi,

    Vulg. Job. 38, 16.—
    (β).
    Of time:

    habebis in novissimis spem,

    Vulg. Prov. 24, 14; cf.:

    novissima hominis illius,

    the end, id. Luc. 11, 26.—Hence, adv. (not in Cic.) in two forms.
    (α).
    Form nŏvē, newly, in a new or unusual manner:

    ornata ut lepide! ut concinne! ut nove!

    Plaut. Ep. 2, 2, 38: ne quid ambigue, ne quid nove dicamus, * Auct. Her. 1, 9, 15:

    verba nove aut insigniter dicta,

    Gell. 19, 7, 2; cf. id. 17, 2, 13; Sen. Contr. 1, 4 fin. —
    (β).
    Form nŏvĭter, newly:

    BASILICA IVLIA A SE NOVITER REPARATA,

    Inscr. Orell. 24 (A. D. 377):

    amor noviter venit,

    Fulg. Myth. 3, 1 med. — Sup.: nŏvissĭmē.
    a.
    Of time, recently, lately, a short time ago: mater cum novissime aegrotāsset, Val. Antias. ap. Charis. p. 186 P.:

    quod novissime nobiscum foedus fecissent,

    id. ib.:

    novissime, memoriā nostrā, argentum aere solutum est,

    Sall. C. 33, 2:

    liber quem novissime tibi misi,

    Plin. Ep. 8, 3, 1:

    eloquendi rationem novissime repertam,

    Quint. 12 praef. § 3.—
    b.
    Of succession, lastly, last of all, finally:

    dicam primum... deinde... novissime,

    Sen. Ira, 3, 5, 2:

    primum... post haec... novissime,

    Quint. 3, 6, 24; cf.:

    primum... post haec... novissime,

    id. 11, 2, 41:

    vel... vel... vel novissime,

    id. 7, 1, 37:

    et... et... et novissime,

    id. 2, 4, 10:

    cum plura interrogāsset... novissime id inferebat,

    id. 5, 11, 3:

    novissime cum, etc. (= postremo),

    in the last fight, Hirt. B. G. 8, 48, 3.

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  • 18 novus

    nŏvus, a, um, adj. [Sanscr. navas; Gr. neos, i. e. neWos; cf.: noverca, nuntius, denuo, nuper; Germ. neu; Engl. new], new, not old, young, fresh, recent, etc. (v. antiquus init.; cf.: recens, novellus).
    I.
    Lit.
    A.
    In gen.:

    civitates condere novas,

    Cic. Rep. 1, 7, 12:

    nova et a nobis inventa ratio,

    id. ib. 1, 8, 13; cf.:

    nihil novi vobis afferam neque quod a me sit cogitatum aut inventum,

    id. ib. 1, 14, 21:

    novus veteri exercitus jungitur,

    Liv. 7, 7; cf.

    miles,

    Sall. J. 87, 2:

    imperator,

    id. ib. 44, 2:

    novum de integro proelium,

    Liv. 24, 16:

    Camillus,

    id. 22, 14:

    consules,

    Suet. Caes. 15:

    serpens,

    which has cast its old skin, Ov. M. 9, 266:

    caro,

    fresh meat, Juv. 11, 85.—Special phrases.
    1.
    Novae tabernae, or simply Novae (sub Novis), the new shops; many of the shops of the money-changers in the Forum were burned down A. U. C. 543, and those built on their sites were called Novae, those which remained standing Veteres (v. vetus), Liv. 26, 27; 3, 48:

    sub Novis,

    Cic. de Or. 2, 66, 266; cf.: sub Novis dicta pars in foro aedificiorum, quod vocabulum ei pervetustum, Varr. L. L. 6, § 59 Müll.—
    2.
    Novae tabulae, new account-books, by making which old debts were cancelled, Cic. Off. 2, 23, 84; id. Phil. 6, 4, 11; id. Att. 5, 21, 13; 14, 21, 4; Caes. B. C. 3, 1; 3, 21:

    tum Catilina polliceri tabulas novas, proscriptionem locupletium,

    Sall. C. 21, 2.—Hence, trop.:

    beneficiorum novae tabulae,

    i. e. forgetfulness of benefits, Sen. Ben. 1, 4, 6.—
    3.
    Novus homo, or homo novus, the first of his family who obtained a curule office, a man newly ennobled, an upstart, Cic. Off. 1, 39, 138:

    adeptus es, quod non multi homines novi,

    Cic. Fam. 5, 18, 1; cf.:

    in Q. Pompeio, novo homine et fortissimo viro,

    id. Mur. 7, 16 sq.:

    M. Catoni, homini ignoto et novo,

    id. Rep. 1, 1, 1; cf.:

    hic novus Arpinas, ignobilis, et modo Romae Municipalis eques,

    Juv. 8, 237:

    nova nupta,

    a bride, Juv. 2, 120.— Plur. subst.: nŏvi, ōrum, m., recent writers: est et quod appellatur a novis noêma, Quint. 8, 5, 12:

    novorum lectio,

    id. 2, 5, 26; 5, 4, 1.—
    4.
    Novae res, new things, novelties:

    nihil te ad me postea scripsisse demiror, praesertim tam novis rebus,

    Cic. Fam. 7, 18, 4.—Also subst.: nŏvum, i, n., a new thing, a novelty; news:

    novum attulerint, quod fit nusquam gentium,

    Plaut. Cas. prol. 70:

    num quidnam inquit novi?

    Cic. de Or. 2, 3, 13:

    si quid novi vel sero invenissem,

    Quint. 2, 5, 3.— Plur.:

    novorum interpositione priora confundere,

    Quint. 10, 3, 32; 8, 3, 60.—But, in gen., novae res signifies political innovations, a revolution:

    Q. Servilius Ahala Sp. Maelium novis rebus studentem manu suā occidit,

    Cic. Cat. 1, 1, 3:

    rerum novarum causam quaerere,

    id. Agr. 2, 33, 91:

    plebes novarum rerum cupida,

    Sall. C. 28, 4:

    cuncta plebes novarum rerum studio Catilinae incepta probabat,

    id. ib. 37, 1:

    novarum rerum avidi,

    id. J. 19, 1.—In a double sense: Segulium neglegamus, qui res novas quaerit: non quo veterem comederit—nullam enim habuit—sed hanc ipsam recentem novam devorārit, innovations and new wealth, Cic. Fam. 11, 21, 2.—
    B.
    In partic.
    1.
    New, novel, strange, singular, unusual, unheard of:

    flagitia ingentia, nova, capitalia,

    Ter. Ad. 4, 7, 3:

    nihil dicam aut inauditum vobis aut cuiquam novum,

    Cic. de Or. 1, 31, 137; cf.:

    novum crimen et ante hunc diem inauditum,

    id. Lig. 1, 1:

    nova tibi haec sunt et inopinata?

    id. Verr. 2, 2, 8, § 24; id. Att. 6, 1, 5:

    novam in feminā virtutem novo genere honoris donavere,

    Liv. 2, 13; Verg. A. 3, 591:

    nova monstra,

    Hor. C. 1, 2, 6:

    si res agi videtur nova, magna, atrox,

    Quint. 4, 1, 33.—
    2.
    New in any thing, unused, unaccustomed, inexperienced ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose):

    et rudis ad partus et nova miles oram,

    Ov. H. 11, 48.—
    (β).
    With dat.:

    novus dolori,

    Sil. 6, 254; Tac. Agr. 16.—
    * (γ).
    With inf.:

    nova ferre jugum cervix,

    Sil. 16, 332.—
    3.
    Nova Via structa esse dicitur regnante Ser. Tullio, Paul. ex Fest. p. 174 Mull.; v. Müll. ib. p. 389, a; cf.:

    vocabulum pervetustum ut Novae viae, quae via jam diu vetus,

    Varr. L. L. 6, § 59 Müll.—
    4.
    Recent:

    tu cognovisti omnia, novissima et antiqua,

    Vulg. Psa. 138, 5.—
    C.
    In eccl. Lat., renewed by grace:

    nova creatura,

    Vulg. 2 Cor. 5, 17:

    induite novum hominem,

    ib. Eph. 4, 24.—
    II.
    Transf., in the sup.: nŏvissĭmus, a, um, the latest, last, hindermost, extreme (syn.:

    extremus, proximus, recentissimus): a quo (sc. novo) etiam extremum novissimum quoque dici coeptum vulgo, quod meā memoriā ut Aelius sic senes aliquot, nimium novum verbum quod esset, vitabant,

    Varr. L. L. 6, § 59 Müll.:

    histriones,

    Cic. Rosc. Com. 11, 30; Brut. ap. Cic. Fam. 11, 1, 3; Cass. ib. 12, 13, 1:

    qui ex iis novissimus venit, necatur,

    Caes. B. G. 5, 56:

    novissimum agmen,

    the rear, id. ib. 1, 15; 7, 68. —So as subst.: nŏvissĭmi, ōrum, the rear of an army, the soldiers in the last line:

    novissimis praesidio esse,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 20:

    novissimos adorti magnam multitudinem conciderunt,

    id. ib. 2, 11:

    dixitque novissima verba,

    Verg. A. 4, 650:

    novissima cauda,

    i. e. the end of, Ov. M. 3, 681; 13, 963:

    luna,

    Plin. 2, 13, 10, § 56.—
    2.
    Like Engl. last, extreme, highest:

    exempla,

    the extreme penalty, the penalty of death, Tac. A. 12, 20; 15, 44; and absol.:

    a summā spe, novissima exspectabat,

    id. ib. 6, 50:

    novissimum casum experitur,

    id. ib. 12, 33.—
    B.
    Esp. in eccl. Lat.
    1.
    Youngest:

    liberorum,

    Vulg. Jos. 6, 26.—
    2.
    Lowest in rank or fortune:

    de novissimis populi,

    Vulg. 3 Reg. 13, 33.—
    3.
    As subst.
    a.
    Sing.: nŏvissĭmum, i, n., the end.
    (α).
    Of place:

    terrae,

    Vulg. 1 Macc. 3, 9:

    a summo ad novissimum,

    the bottom, id. Isa. 56, 11.—
    (β).
    Of time:

    habent spem in novissimo,

    Vulg. Prov. 23, 18.—
    b.
    Plur.: nŏvissĭma, ōrum, n.
    (α).
    Of place, the bottom, depths:

    abyssi,

    Vulg. Job. 38, 16.—
    (β).
    Of time:

    habebis in novissimis spem,

    Vulg. Prov. 24, 14; cf.:

    novissima hominis illius,

    the end, id. Luc. 11, 26.—Hence, adv. (not in Cic.) in two forms.
    (α).
    Form nŏvē, newly, in a new or unusual manner:

    ornata ut lepide! ut concinne! ut nove!

    Plaut. Ep. 2, 2, 38: ne quid ambigue, ne quid nove dicamus, * Auct. Her. 1, 9, 15:

    verba nove aut insigniter dicta,

    Gell. 19, 7, 2; cf. id. 17, 2, 13; Sen. Contr. 1, 4 fin. —
    (β).
    Form nŏvĭter, newly:

    BASILICA IVLIA A SE NOVITER REPARATA,

    Inscr. Orell. 24 (A. D. 377):

    amor noviter venit,

    Fulg. Myth. 3, 1 med. — Sup.: nŏvissĭmē.
    a.
    Of time, recently, lately, a short time ago: mater cum novissime aegrotāsset, Val. Antias. ap. Charis. p. 186 P.:

    quod novissime nobiscum foedus fecissent,

    id. ib.:

    novissime, memoriā nostrā, argentum aere solutum est,

    Sall. C. 33, 2:

    liber quem novissime tibi misi,

    Plin. Ep. 8, 3, 1:

    eloquendi rationem novissime repertam,

    Quint. 12 praef. § 3.—
    b.
    Of succession, lastly, last of all, finally:

    dicam primum... deinde... novissime,

    Sen. Ira, 3, 5, 2:

    primum... post haec... novissime,

    Quint. 3, 6, 24; cf.:

    primum... post haec... novissime,

    id. 11, 2, 41:

    vel... vel... vel novissime,

    id. 7, 1, 37:

    et... et... et novissime,

    id. 2, 4, 10:

    cum plura interrogāsset... novissime id inferebat,

    id. 5, 11, 3:

    novissime cum, etc. (= postremo),

    in the last fight, Hirt. B. G. 8, 48, 3.

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  • 19 fundo

    1.
    fundo, fūdi, fūsum, 3, v. a. [root FUD; Gr. CHU, cheW-, in cheô, cheusô;

    Lat. futis, futtilis, ec-futio, re-futo, etc.,

    Curt. Gr. Etym. p. 204 sq. ], to pour, pour out, shed.
    I.
    Lit., of fluids.
    1.
    In gen.:

    (natura terram) sucum venis cogebat fundere apertis Consimilem lactis, etc.,

    Lucr. 5, 812:

    sanguinem e patera,

    Cic. Div. 1, 23, 46:

    novum liquorem (i. e. vinum) de patera,

    Hor. C. 1, 31, 3:

    vina paterā in aras,

    Ov. M. 9, 160; cf.:

    vinum inter cornua,

    id. ib. 7, 594:

    vinum super aequora,

    id. ib. 11, 247:

    duo rite mero libans carchesia Baccho Fundit humi,

    Verg. A. 5, 78:

    laticem urnis,

    Ov. M. 3, 172:

    lacrimas,

    Verg. A. 3, 348: cf. Ov. M. [p. 793] 5, 540:

    fundit Anigros aquas,

    pours out, id. ib. 15, 282:

    parumne fusum est Latini sanguinis?

    shed, spilt, Hor. Epod. 7, 4:

    sanguine ob rem publicam fuso,

    Sall. H. Fr. 2, 96, 2 Dietsch:

    sanguinem de regno (i. e. propter regnum),

    Curt. 10, 5.—Mid.:

    memorandum, in septem lacus eum (Strymonem) fundi,

    discharges itself, Plin. 4, 10, 17, § 38:

    ingentibus procellis fusus imber,

    pouring, Liv. 6, 8, 7; 6, 32, 6; cf.:

    sanguis in corporibus fusus,

    Cic. de Or. 2, 77, 310.—
    2.
    In partic.
    a.
    Of metals, to make by melting, to melt, cast, found:

    exolevit fundendi aeris pretiosi ratio,

    Plin. 34, 2, 3, § 5; cf. id. 34, 7, 18, § 46:

    caldarium (aes) funditur tantum, malleis fragile,

    id. 34, 8, 20, § 94:

    aere fuso,

    id. 34, 11, 24, § 107:

    vitrum,

    id. 34, 14, 42, § 148:

    glandes, Auct. B. Afr. 20, 3: Theodorus ipse se ex aere fudit,

    Plin. 34, 8, 19, § 83:

    ne statuam quidem inchoari, cum ejus membra fundentur,

    Quint. 2, 1, 12:

    fusis omnibus membris (statuae),

    id. 7 praef. §

    2: olim quaerere amabam, Quid sculptum infabre, quid fusum durius esset,

    Hor. S. 2, 3, 22.—
    * b.
    In medic. lang.: aliquem, to cause one to have fluid stools, to relax the bowels (opp. comprimere): si compresserit aliquem morbus aut fuderit, Cels. praef. med.; cf. under P. a.—
    B.
    Transf.
    1.
    To wet, moisten, bathe with a liquid ( poet. and very rare):

    (ossa) niveo fundere lacte,

    Tib. 3, 2, 20:

    multo tempora funde mero,

    id. 1, 7, 50.—
    2.
    Of things non-fluid.
    a.
    In gen., to pour forth in abundance, to scatter, cast, hurl; to spread, extend, diffuse:

    desectam cum stramento segetem corbibus fudere in Tiberim,

    Liv. 2, 5, 3:

    picem reliquasque res, quibus ignis excitari potest, fundebant,

    Caes. B. G. 7, 24, 4:

    tela,

    Val. Fl. 3, 243:

    sagittam,

    Sil. 7, 647:

    (solis) radios per opaca domorum,

    Lucr. 2, 115:

    quas (maculas) incuria fudit,

    has scattered, Hor. A. P. 352:

    fundunt se carcere laeti Thraces equi,

    pour themselves forth, rush out, Val. Fl. 1, 611:

    se cuncta manus ratibus,

    id. 2, 662:

    littera fundens se in charta,

    Plin. 13, 12, 25, § 81:

    luna se fundebat per fenestras,

    Verg. A. 3, 152.—Mid.:

    ne (vitis) in omnes partes nimia fundatur,

    spread out, Cic. de Sen. 15, 52:

    homines fusi per agros ac dispersi,

    Cic. Sest. 42, 91.—
    b.
    In partic.
    (α).
    With the accessory notion of production, to bring forth, bear or produce (in abundance):

    crescunt arbusta et fetus in tempore fundunt,

    Lucr. 1, 351; cf.:

    terra feta frugibus et vario leguminum genere, quae cum maxima largitate fundit,

    Cic. N. D. 2, 62, 156:

    flores aut fruges aut bacas,

    id. Tusc. 5, 13, 37:

    frugem,

    id. de Sen. 15, 51:

    plus materiae (vites),

    Plin. 17, 22, 35, § 192:

    cum centesimo Leontini campi fundunt,

    id. 18, 10, 21, § 95:

    facile illa (piscium ova) aqua et sustinentur et fetum fundunt,

    Cic. N. D. 2, 51, 129:

    (terra) animal prope certo tempore fudit Omne,

    Lucr. 5, 823; cf. ib. 917:

    fudit equum magno tellus percussa tridenti,

    Verg. G. 1, 13:

    Africa asinorum silvestrium multitudinem fundit,

    Plin. 8, 30, 46, § 108: quae te beluam ex utero, non hominem fudit, Cic. Pis. init.; Verg. A. 8, 139, v. Forbig. ad h. l.—
    (β).
    With the secondary notion of depth or downward direction, to throw or cast to the ground, to prostrate:

    (victi hostes) et de jugis, quae ceperant, funduntur,

    Liv. 9, 43, 20:

    nec prius absistit, quam septem ingentia victor Corpora (cervorum) fundat humi,

    Verg. A. 1, 193; cf. Ov. M. 13, 85; Sil. 4, 533:

    aliquem arcu,

    Val. Fl. 1, 446.—In middle force:

    fundi in alga,

    to lie down, Val. Fl. 1, 252.—Esp. freq. milit. t. t., overthrow, overcome, rout, vanquish an enemy:

    hostes nefarios prostravit, fudit, occidit,

    Cic. Phil. 14, 10, 27; cf.:

    exercitus caesus fususque,

    id. ib. 14, 1, 1:

    aliquos caedere, fundere atque fugare,

    Sall. J. 58, 3:

    Gaetulos,

    id. ib. 88, 3:

    classes fusae fugataeque,

    id. ib. 79, 4; cf.:

    si vi fudisset cecidissetque hostes,

    Liv. 35, 1, 8:

    hostes de jugis,

    id. 9, 43, 20:

    Gallos de delubris vestris,

    id. 6, 16, 2:

    eas omnes copias a se uno proelio fusas ac superatas esse,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 44, 8; cf.:

    Massilienses crebris eruptionibus fusi,

    id. B. C. 2, 22, 1:

    Latini ad Veserim fusi et fugati,

    Cic. Off. 3, 31, 112; Liv. 2, 6 fin.:

    quatuor exercitus Carthaginiensium fudi, fugavi, Hispania expuli,

    id. 28, 28, 9; cf. Drak. on 38, 53, 2;

    less freq. in a reversed order: alios arma sumentes fugant funduntque,

    Sall. J. 21, 2; Vell. 2, 46 fin.: omnibus hostium copiis fusis armisque exutis, Caes. B. G. 3, 6, 3:

    magnas copias hostium fudit,

    Cic. Mur. 9, 20:

    Sabinos equitatu fudit,

    id. Rep. 2, 20:

    Armeniorum copias,

    id. Arch. 9, 21:

    maximas copias parva manu,

    Sall. C. 7, 7.
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    Ingen., to pour out or forth, to spread out, extend, display:

    imago de corpore fusa,

    Lucr. 4, 53:

    animam moribundo corpore fudit,

    id. 3, 1033; cf. id. 3, 700:

    concidit ac multo vitam cum sanguine fudit,

    Verg. A. 2, 532:

    circuli (appellantur), quod mixta farina et caseo et aqua circuitum aequabiliter fundebant,

    poured out, spread out, Varr. L. L. 5, § 106:

    quem secutus Cicero hanc famam latius fudit,

    Quint. 11, 2, 14; cf. id. 10, 5, 11:

    cum vero causa ea inciderit, in qua vis eloquentiae possit expromi: tum se latius fundet orator,

    will display himself, Cic. Or. 36, 125:

    superstitio, fusa per gentes,

    id. Div. 2, 72 init.; cf. Quint. 11, 3, 84:

    neque se tanta in eo (Cicerone) fudisset ubertas,

    id. 12, 2, 23:

    fundet opes, Latiumque beabit divite lingua,

    riches of expression, Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 121. —Mid.:

    quamquam negant, nec virtutes nec vitia crescere: tamen utrumque eorum fundi quodammodo et quasi dilatari putant,

    to be diffused, Cic. Fin. 3, 15, 48; cf.:

    modo virtus latius funditur,

    Sen. Ep. 74, 27; and:

    semper ex eo, quod maximas partes continet latissimeque funditur, tota res appellatur,

    id. 5, 30, 92:

    saepe in amplificanda re funditur numerose et volubiliter oratio,

    id. Or. 62, 210.—
    B.
    In partic., of speech, to pour forth, utter:

    per quam (arteriam) vox principium a mente ducens percipitur et funditur,

    Cic. N. D. 2, 59, 149; cf.:

    e quibus elici vocem et fundi videmus,

    id. Tusc. 2, 24, 56:

    inanes sonos,

    id. ib. 5, 26, 73 (for which:

    inani voce sonare,

    id. Fin. 2, 15, 48):

    sonum,

    id. Ac. 2, 23, 74:

    verba poëtarum more (opp. ratione et arte distinguere),

    id. Fin. 4, 4, 10:

    versus hexametros aliosque variis modis atque numeris ex tempore,

    id. de Or. 3, 50, 194; cf.:

    grave plenumque carmen,

    id. Tusc. 1, 26, 64:

    tam bonos septenarios ad tibiam,

    id. ib. 1, 44, 107:

    physicorum oracula,

    id. N. D. 1, 26, 66:

    has ore loquelas,

    Verg. A. 5, 842:

    preces pectore ab imo,

    id. ib. 6, 55; so,

    preces,

    id. ib. 5, 234; Hor. Epod. 17, 53:

    mera mendacia,

    Plaut. Ps. 4, 1, 33:

    jam tu verba fundis hic, sapientia?

    you waste, Ter. Ad. 5, 2, 7:

    opprobria rustica,

    Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 146:

    iras inanes,

    Val. Fl. 3, 697:

    vehemens et liquidus puroque simillimus amni Fundet opes,

    Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 121:

    preces,

    App. M. 11, p. 258, 4; Tac. A. 14, 30; Aug. in Psa. 25, 10 al.—Hence, fūsus, a, um, P. a., spread out, extended, broad, large, copious, diffuse.
    A.
    Lit.:

    (aër) tum fusus et extenuatus sublime fertur, tum autem concretus in nubes cogitur,

    Cic. N. D. 2, 39, 101: fusior alvus, i. e. more relaxed (opp. astrictior), Cels. 1, 3 med.:

    toga (opp. restricta),

    wide, full, Suet. Aug. 73:

    Gallorum fusa et candida corpora,

    full, plump, Liv. 38, 21, 9:

    campi in omnem partem,

    extended, Verg. A. 6, 440; cf.:

    non fusior ulli Terra fuit domino,

    a broader, larger kingdom, Luc. 4, 670.—
    B.
    Trop., copious, diffuse; flowing, free:

    genus sermonis non liquidum, non fusum ac profluens,

    Cic. de Or. 2, 38, 159; cf.:

    constricta an latius fusa narratio,

    Quint. 2, 13, 5:

    materia abundantior atque ultra quam oporteat fusa,

    id. 2, 4, 7:

    ut illud, quod ad omnem honestatem pertinet, decorum, quam late fusum sit, appareat,

    Cic. Off. 1, 28, 98; cf. Quint. 11, 1, 5:

    (vox) in egressionibus fusa et securae claritatis (opp. contracta),

    unrestrained, free, id. 11, 3, 64:

    periodus,

    id. 9, 4, 128:

    fusiores liberioresque numeri,

    id. 130:

    lingua Graeca prolixior fusiorque quam nostra,

    Gell. 2, 26, 7:

    in locis ac descriptionibus fusi ac fluentes,

    Quint. 9, 4, 138:

    plenior Aeschines et magis fusus,

    id. 10, 1, 77:

    dulcis et candidus et fusus Herodotus (opp. densus et brevis et semper instans sibi Thucydides),

    id. 10, 1, 73.— Sup. seems not to occur.— Adv.: fūse.
    * 1.
    (Acc. to A.) Spread out, extended:

    (manus) fusius paulo in diversum resolvitur,

    Quint. 11, 3, 97.—
    2.
    (Acc. to B.) Copiously, at length, diffusely:

    quae fuse olim disputabantur ac libere, ea nunc articulatim distincteque dicuntur,

    Cic. Leg. 1, 13, 36:

    multa dicere fuse lateque,

    id. Tusc. 4, 26, 57:

    fuse lateque dicendi facultas,

    id. Or. 32, 113:

    fuse et copiose augere et ornate aliquid (opp. brevia et acuta),

    id. Fin. 3, 7, 26.— Comp.:

    haec cum uberius disputantur et fusius (opp. brevius angustiusque concluduntur),

    Cic. N. D. 2, 7, 20:

    fusius et ornatius rem exponere,

    Quint. 4, 2, 128.— Sup. seems not to occur.
    2.
    fundo, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [fundus], to lay the bottom, keel, foundation of a thing, to found (syn.: condo, exstruo, etc.).
    I.
    Lit. (perh. only poet.):

    haec carina satis probe fundata et bene statuta est,

    i. e. is laid, Plaut. Mil. 3, 3, 44 (v. Ritschl ad h. l.);

    dum mea puppis erat validā fundata carinā,

    Ov. P. 4, 3, 5; id. H. 16, 111:

    Erycino in vertice sedes fundatur Veneri Idaliae,

    is founded, Verg. A. 5, 759: sedes saxo vetusto. id. ib. 8, 478:

    arces,

    id. ib. 4, 260.—
    B.
    Transf., in gen., to fasten, secure, make firm:

    dente tenaci Ancora fundabat naves,

    Verg. A. 6, 4:

    (genus humanum) Et majoribus et solidis magis ossibus intus Fundatum,

    Lucr. 5, 928; 4, 828.—
    II.
    Trop., to found, establish, fix, confirm (class., esp. in part. perf.; cf.:

    firmo, stabilio): illud vero maxime nostrum fundavit imperium et populi Romani nomen auxit, quod, etc.,

    Cic. Balb. 13, 31; cf.:

    quantis laboribus fundatum imperium,

    id. Cat. 4, 9, 19:

    qui (rei publicae status) bonorum omnium conjunctione et auctoritate consulatus mei fixus et fundatus videbatur,

    id. Att. 1, 16, 6:

    accurate non modo fundata verum etiam exstructa disciplina,

    id. Fin. 4, 1, 1; cf.:

    fundati a doctore,

    thoroughly instructed, Lact. 6, 21, 4:

    res publica praeclare fundata,

    Cic. Par. 1, 2, 10; cf.:

    qui legibus urbem Fundavit,

    Verg. A. 6, 810:

    in eorum agro sedes fundare Bastarnis,

    Liv. 40, 57, 5:

    libertatem, salutem, securitatem,

    Plin. Pan. 8, 1:

    jus civile,

    Dig. 1, 2, 2, § 39:

    vacuos Penates prole,

    Stat. S. 4, 7, 30; cf.:

    thalamos Tritonide nympha,

    i. e. to marry, Sil. 2, 65:

    partis et fundatis amicitiis,

    Q. Cic. Petit. Cons. 7, 25:

    fundatae atque optime constitutae opes,

    Cic. Rab. Post. 1, 1; cf.:

    nitidis fundata pecunia villis,

    well laid out, Hor. Ep. 1, 15, 46:

    nihil veritate fundatum,

    Cic. Fl. 11, 26; cf. Lucr. 5, 161.— Hence, fundātus, a, um, P. a., firm, fixed, grounded, durable (very rare).
    A.
    Lit.:

    quo fundatior erit ex arenato directura, etc.,

    Vitr. 7, 3 med.:

    si permanetis in fide fundati,

    Vulg. Col. 1, 23.—
    B.
    Trop.: deflevi subitas fundatissimae familiae ruinas, Auct. Or. pro Domo, 36, 96.

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  • 20 fundō

        fundō fūdī, fūsus, ere    [FV-], to pour, pour out, shed: sanguinem e paterā: liquorem de paterā, H.: vinum inter cornua, O.: vinum super aequora, O.: lacrimas, V.: parumne Fusum est Latini sanguinis? split, H.: sanguinem de regno (i. e. propter regnum), Cu.: ingentibus procellis fusus imber, pouring, L.: fusus labris amnis Inficit (i. e. fusa in labra aqua), V.— To make by melting, cast, found. quaerere, quid fusum durius esset, H.— To pour from, empty, pour: duo carchesia Baccho humi, V.: pateram vaccae inter cornua, V.— To pour forth in abundance, scatter, cast, hurl, spread, extend, diffuse: segetem corbibus in Tiberim, L.: res, quibus ignis excitari potest, Cs.: quas (maculas) incuria fudit, has scattered, H.: in pectora odores, O.: luna se per fenestras, V.: ne (vitis) in omnīs partīs fundatur, spread out: latius incendium, Cu.: fusus propexam in pectore barbam, V.: fusis circum armis, in full armor, V.— To bring forth, bear, produce abundantly, yield richly: flores: quem Maia fudit, bore, V.: te beluam ex utero.— To throw down, cast to the ground, prostrate: (hostes) de iugis funduntur, L.: septem Corpora (cervorum) humi, V.: puero fuso, O.— To overthrow, overcome, rout, vanquish, put to flight: hostīs: Gallos a delubris vestris, L.: Latini ad Veserim fusi: quattuor exercitūs, L.: omnibus hostium copiis fusis, Cs.— Fig., to pour out, pour forth, give up, waste, lose: verba, T.: vitam cum sanguine, V.: opes, H.— To spread, extend, display: se latius fundet orator, will display himself: superstitio fusa per gentīs. —Of speech, to pour forth, utter: inanīs sonos: verba poëtarum more: carmen: ore loquelas, V.: vocem extremam cum sanguine, V.: preces, Ta.
    * * *
    I
    fundare, fundavi, fundatus V
    establish, found, begin; lay the bottom, lay a foundation; confirm
    II
    fundere, fudi, fusus V
    pour, cast (metals); scatter, shed, rout

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