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fībŭla (post-class. contr. fibla, Apic. 8, 7; Inscr. Orell. 2952; plur. heterocl.: fibula, ōrum, n., Spart. Hadr. 10, 5), ae, f. [contr. from figibula, from figo], that which serves to fasten two things together, a clasp, buckle, pin, latchet, brace.

In gen.

Lit.:

ubi fibula vestem, Vitta coercuerat neglectos alba capillos,

Ov. M. 2, 412;

so on clothes (frequently set with gold and precious stones, and given as a mark of honor to deserving soldiers),

Verg. A. 4, 139; 5, 313; 12, 274; Liv. 27, 19, 12; 39, 31, 18:

fibula crinem Auro internectat,

Verg. A. 7, 815: trabes binis utrimque fibulis ab extrema parte distinebantur, braces, * Caes. B. G. 4, 17, 6; Vitr. 1, 5:

iligneae, ulmeae, etc.,

bands, fillets for making baskets, Cato, R. R. 31, 1.—

Transf.:

P. Blessus Junium hominem nigrum, et macrum, et pandum, fibulam ferream dixit,

Quint. 6, 3, 58.— Trop.:

sententia clavi aliquā vel fibulā terminanda est,

connection, Fronto Laud. Fun. 1:

laxare fibulam delictis voluntariis,

bonds, fetters, Tert. Cor. Mil. 11.—

In partic.

A surgical instrument for drawing together the lips of a wound, Gr. anktêr, Cels. 5, 26, 23; 7, 4.—

A stitching-needle drawn through the prepuce, Cels. 7, 25, 3; Mart. 7, 82, 1; 11, 75, 8; Juv. 6, 73; 379; Sen. ap. Lact. 1, 16; Tert. Cor. Mil. 11; id. Pudic. 16.

fĭgūra, ae, f. [v. fingo], a form, shape, figure (syn.: forma, species; tropus).

Lit.

In gen.:

corporis nostri partes totaque figura et forma et statura quam apta ad naturam sit, apparet,

Cic. Fin. 5, 12, 35; cf.:

hominum, vel etiam ceterarum animantium forma et figura,

id. de Or. 3, 45, 179; and:

quae figura, quae species humanā potest esse pulchrior?... Quod si omnium animantium formam vincit hominis figura, deus autem animans est: ea figura profecto est, quae pulcherrima sit omnium, etc.,

id. N. D. 1, 18, 47 sq.;

with this cf.: esse aliquem humana specie et figura, qui, etc.,

id. Rosc. Am. 22, 63; Liv. 29, 17, 11:

uri sunt specie et colore et figura tauri,

Caes. B. G. 6, 28, 1:

gemina tauri juvenisque,

the Minotaur, Ov. M. 8, 169:

Himera in muliebrem figuram habitumque formata,

Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 35, § 87; cf.:

figura et lineamenta hospitae,

id. ib. 36, §

89: conformatio quaedam et figura totius oris et corporis,

id. de Or. 1, 25, 114:

pulmonum vis et figura,

id. Tusc. 1, 16, 37:

formae figura,

id. N. D. 1, 32, 90:

formaï servare figuram,

Lucr. 4, 69:

navium figura (shortly before: navium species),

Caes. B. G. 4, 25, 2:

lapidis,

Ov. M. 3, 399:

dohorum,

Plin. 2, 25, 22, § 90: lenticulae dimidiae, id. 27, 12, 98, § 124:

quadriangula grani,

id. 13, 22, 38, § 118:

triquetra,

id. 3, 16, 20, § 121:

rotunditatis aut proceritatis,

id. 13, 4, 9, § 49 et saep.—

Concr., a sketch, figure, drawing (lat. Lat.): figurae quae schêmata vocant, Gell. 1, 20, 1; 2, 21, 10: kubos est figura ex omni latere quadrata, id. 1, 20, 4.—

In partic.

In the lang. of the Epicurean philosophy applied to the atoms or molecular parts of bodies:

caelestem fulminis ignem Subtilem magis e parvis constare figuris,

Lucr. 2, 385; 2, 682 sq.; 778; 3, 190 al.; cf.:

illas figuras Epicuri, quas e summis corporibus dicit effluere,

Quint. 10, 2, 15 Spald.—

Poet., a form, shade, phantom of the dead:

in somnis, cum saepe figuras Contuimur miras simulacraque luce carentum,

Lucr. 4, 34:

morte obita quales fama est volitare figuras,

Verg. A. 10, 641:

CVM VITA FVNCTVS IVNGAR TIS (i. e. tuis) VMBRA FIGVRIS,

Inscr. Orell. 4847.—

Trop., quality, kind, form, species, nature, manner.

In gen.:

de figura vocis satis dictum est,

Auct. Her. 3, 15, 25:

majus et minus et aeque magnum ex vi et ex numero et ex figura negotii consideratur,

Cic. Inv. 1, 28, 41:

figura orationis plenioris et tenuioris,

id. de Or. 3, 55, 212; cf.:

suam quandam expressit quasi formam figuramque dicendi,

id. ib. 2, 23, 98:

occurrunt animo pereundi mille figurae,

kinds, Ov. H. 10, 81:

edidit innumeras species, partimque figuras rettulit antiquas, etc.,

id. M. 1, 436; cf.:

capiendi figurae (for which, shortly after: species capiendi),

Dig. 39, 6, 31:

condicionis,

ib. 35, 2, 30. —

In partic.

Gram. t. t., form of a word, inflection:

alia nomina, quod quinque habent figuras, habere quinque casus,

Varr. L. L. 9, § 52; cf.:

non debuisse ex singulis vocibus ternas vocabulorum figuras fieri, ut albus, alba, album,

id. ib. 9, §

55: quaedam (verba) tertiae demum personae figura dicuntur, ut licet, piget,

Quint. 1, 4, 29; 8, 2, 15 Spald.—

Rhet. t. t., a figure of speech, schêma, Cic. de Or. 3, 53 sq.; id. Or. 39 sq.; Quint. 9, 1 sq. et saep.—

Esp., one which contains hints or allusions, Suet. Vesp. 13; id. Dom. 10; cf. Quint. 9, 2, 82.

forceps, cĭpis ( gen. plur. forcipium, Lucil. ap. Charis. p. 74), m. and f. (m., Cels. 7, 12; 8, 4; f., Ov. M. 12, 277) [root in Sanscr. ghar-mas, glow, warmth; Gr. ther-, thermê, theros; Lat. for-mus, for-nus, fornax and cap-io], a pair of tongs, pincers, forceps (cf.:

forfex, volsella): forcipem invenit Cinyra Agriopae filius,

Plin. 7, 56, 57, § 195.

Lit.:

Cyclopes versant tenaci forcipe ferrum,

Verg. G. 4, 175; firetongs, id. A. 12, 404; Ov. M. 12, 277: uncis forcipibus dentes evelleret, Lucil. ap. Charis. p. 74 P.; pincers for drawing teeth, Cels. 7, 12; 8, 4;

and for other surgical purposes,

id. 7, 5; Col. 6, 26, 2:

compressa forcipe lingua,

Ov. M. 6, 556:

ceu guttura forcipe pressus,

id. ib. 9, 78: ferrei, iron tongs or hooks attached to a tackle, and which, by firmly grasping a mass of stone or marble, raise it aloft, Vitr. 10, 2 (al. forfices).—

Transf., a kind of battlearray, with diverging wings, Cato ap. Fest. s. v. serra, p. 344 Müll.; Gell. 10, 9, 1; Veg. Mil. 3, 18 (al. forfex).

harpăgo, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [harpazô], to rob, plunder (Plautin.):

aurum mihi intus harpagatum est,

Plaut. Aul. 2, 2, 24; id. Bacch. 4, 4, 11; id. Ps. 1, 2, 6; 4, 2, 2.

harpăgo ōnis, m. [harpagê], a hook for drawing things to one's self, for tearing down any thing, etc., a grappling-hook, grapple, drag (pure Lat. manica, manus ferrea).

Lit., Caes. B. G. 7, 81, 1; id. B. C. 1, 57, 2; Liv. 30, 10; Curt. 4, 2; Plin. 7, 56, 57, § 209; Dig. 33, 7, 12, § 21.—

Transf., a rapacious person:

blandiloquentulus harpago, mendax, cuppes, etc.,

Plaut. Trin. 2, 1, 13.

harpax, ăgis, adj., = harpax, drawing to itself, rapacious. — Lit., of amber and brimstone:

in Syria feminas verticillos inde (i. e. ex electro) facere et vocari harpaga, quia folia paleasque et vestium fimbrias rapiat,

Plin. 37, 2, 11, § 37;

so of sulphur,

id. 35, 15, 50, § 176 (the correct reading, see Sillig ad h. l.).

Harpax, ăgis, m. [harpax], the name of a slave, Plaut. Ps. 2, 2, 58 sq.; 4, 2, 53 sq. —Also in voc.:

Harpage,

Plaut. Ps. 2, 2, 70.

harpax, ăgis, adj., = harpax, drawing to itself, rapacious. — Lit., of amber and brimstone:

in Syria feminas verticillos inde (i. e. ex electro) facere et vocari harpaga, quia folia paleasque et vestium fimbrias rapiat,

Plin. 37, 2, 11, § 37;

so of sulphur,

id. 35, 15, 50, § 176 (the correct reading, see Sillig ad h. l.).

Harpax, ăgis, m. [harpax], the name of a slave, Plaut. Ps. 2, 2, 58 sq.; 4, 2, 53 sq. —Also in voc.:

Harpage,

Plaut. Ps. 2, 2, 70.