dulness

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lentĭtūdo, ĭnis, f. [id.], slowness, sluggishness, inactivity.

Lit.:

conjuratorum,

Tac. A. 15, 51; Vell. 2, 11, 2.—

Trop.: dulness, apathy, insensibility, Cic. Tusc. 4, 19, 43:

omnino non irasci est non solum gravitatis, sed nonnumquam etiam lentitudinis,

id. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 13, § 38.—Of speech:

libros ejusdem lentitudinis ac teporis,

dulness, heaviness, Tac. Or. 21, 6.

stŭpor, ōris, m. [stupeo], numbness; dulness, insensibility, stupidity, stupor, stupefaction; astonishment, wonder, amazement (class.;

syn. torpor): stupor in corpore,

Cic. Tusc. 3, 6, 12:

sensūs stupor,

id. Phil. 2, 45, 115:

stupor obstitit lacrimis,

Ov. P. 1, 2, 29; cf.: stupor omnium animos tenet. Liv. 9, 2:

oculos stupor urget inertes,

Verg. G. 3, 523:

stupor cordis,

Cic. Phil. 3, 6, 16:

stupor debilitasque linguae,

id. Pis. 1, 1:

tantus te stupor oppressit, ut, etc.,

id. Phil. 2, 26, 65; cf.:

cum stupor silentiumque ceteros patrum defixisset,

Liv. 6, 40:

stupor omnes et admiratio incessit, unde tam subitum bellum,

Just. 22, 6 fin.; 12, 7; Arn. 1, 28; Claud. II. Cons. Stil. 344. —

Esp., dulness, stupidity, stolidity:

quae mandata! quā adrogantiā! Quo stupore!

Cic. Phil. 8, 8, 24:

stuporem hominis, vel dicam pecudis, attendite... Sit in verbis tuis hic stupor: quanto in rebus sententiisque major,

id. ib. 2, 12, 30:

Quis stupor hic, Menelae, fuit?

Ov. A. A. 2, 361. — Poet., for stupidus, a fool, simpleton:

talis iste meus stupor nil videt, nihil audit,

Cat. 17, 21; cf.:

tum demum ingemuit corvi deceptus stupor,

Phaedr. 1, 13, 12.

tardĭtas, ātis, f. [id.], slowness, tardiness (class.).

Lit., of motion or action:

celeritati tarditas, non debilitas (contraria est),

Cic. Top. 11, 47:

pedum,

id. Rab. Perd. 7, 21:

cursu corrigam tarditatem tum equis tum quadrigis,

id. Q. Fr. 2, 13, 2:

vehiculis tarditati,

id. Rep. 3, 2, 3:

navium,

Caes. B. C. 1, 58:

onerariae navis,

Tac. A. 2, 39:

mula effrenis et tarditatis indomitae,

Plin. 8, 44, 69, § 171:

occasionis,

Cic. Phil. 2, 46, 118; cf.:

moram et tarditatem afferre bello,

id. ib. 5, 9, 25:

tarditas et procrastinatio in rebus gerendis,

id. ib. 6, 3, 7:

cunctatio ac tarditas,

id. Sest. 47, 100:

nosti hominis tarditatem,

id. Fam. 1, 5, b, 2:

quid si etiam affert tarditatem ista sententia ad Dolabellam persequendum,

id. Phil. 11, 10, 25; id. Brut. 42, 154:

propter tarditatem sententiarum moramque rerum,

id. Fam. 10, 22, 2:

tanta fuit operis tarditas,

id. Cat. 3, 8, 20:

audientium,

dulness, Plin. 20, 9, 33, § 83; so,

aurium,

id. 20, 13, 51, § 137; 23, 2, 28, § 59:

veneni,

slow effect, Tac. A. 16, 14 fin. —In plur.:

celeritates tarditatesque,

Cic. Univ. 9:

cavendum est, ne tarditatibus utamur in ingressu mollioribus,

id. Off. 1, 36, 131.—

Trop., of the mind, slowness, dulness, heaviness, stupidity:

ingenii,

Cic. Or. 68, 229; so,

ingenii (connected with stupor),

id. Pis. 1, 1; cf.:

tarditas animi et stupor,

Gell. 16, 12, 3:

ingenii,

Quint. 1, 1, 1:

quid adjectius tarditate et stultitiā dici potest?

Cic. Leg. 1, 19, 51:

hominum,

id. N. D. 1, 5, 11:

opinio tarditatis,

id. de Or. 1, 27, 125.

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cālīgo ( call-), ĭnis, f. [root cal-, cover; cf.: oc-culo, clam, cella], a thick atmosphere, a mist, vapor, fog (mostly poet. or in post-Aug. prose):

suffundere caelum caligine,

Lucr. 6, 479; 6, 461; 6, 92:

(ignis) piceă crassus caligine,

Verg. G. 2, 309; cf. id. A. 9, 36; Liv. 29, 27, 7:

densa caligo occaecaverat diem,

id. 33, 7, 2; cf. Suet. Ner. 19:

fumidam a terră exhalari caliginem,

Plin. 2, 42, 42, § 111:

caligo aestuosa,

Col. 11, 2, 53 (for which, id. 11, 2, 57:

nebulosus aestus): pruinae et caligo,

id. 3, 2, 4; cf. Pall. Febr. 9, 2.—Also in plur.:

inter caligines,

Col. 3, 1, 7.—Hence,

Transf.

(Causa pro effectu.) Darkness, obscurity, gloom (produced by mist, fog, etc.; freq. with tenebrae;

class. in prose and poetry): mi ob oculos caligo obstitit, Plaut Mil. 2, 4, 51: cum altitudo caliginem oculis obfudisset,

i. e. had caused dizziness, Liv. 26, 45, 3:

erat in tantā calligine major usus aurium quam oculorum,

id. 22, 5, 3 Weissenb.: noctem insequentem eadem calligc obtinuit;

sole orto est discussa,

id. 29, 27, 7:

nox terram caligine texit,

Lucr. 6, 853; 5, 649:

caeca noctis,

id. 4, 457:

caecae umbra,

id. 3, 305; cf. Verg. A. 3, 203:

quam simul agnorunt inter caliginis umbras,

Ov. M. 4, 455:

ara obscurā caligine tecta,

Cic. Arat. 194.—With tenebrae, Cic. Agr. 2, 17, 44; Curt. 9, 4, 18; Lampr. Comm. 16.—In later writers also with a gen.:

caligo tenebrarum,

Quint. Decl. 18, 7; cf. Sen. Agam. 472 Heins.;

and inversely: tenebris illunae caliginis impeditus,

App. M. 9, p. 214.—

Trop.

In gen., mental blindness, dulness of perception:

quod videbam equidem, sed quasi per caliginem: praestrinxerat aciem animi D. Bruti salus,

Cic. Phil. 12, 2, 3; so id. Fin. 5, 15, 43: adhuc tamen [p. 270] per caliginem video, Plin. Ep. 5, 8, 8: caecā mentem caligine consitus, * Cat. 64, 207:

Augustus... omnibus omnium gentium viris magnitudine suā inducturus caliginem,

to throw into the shade, Vell. 2, 37, 1. —

Of dark, difficult circumstances, calamity, affliction, gloom:

vide nunc caliginem temporum illorum,

Cic. Planc. 40, 96:

superioris anni,

id. post Red. in Sen. 3, 5:

an qui etesiis, qui per cursum rectum regnum tenere non potuerunt, nunc caecis tenebris et caligine se Alexandriam perventuros arbitrati sunt?

id. Agr. 2, 17, 44:

illa omnis pecunia latuit in illā caligine ac tenebris, quae totam rem publicam tum occuparant,

id. Verr. 2, 3, 76, § 177:

ecce illa tempestas, caligo bonorum, tenebrae rei publicae,

id. Prov. Cons. 18, 43:

tantum caliginis, tantum perturbationis offusum,

Plin. Ep. 3, 9, 16:

quaedam scelerum offusa caligo,

Quint. 9, 3, 47.—

In medic. lang., as a disease of the eyes, dim-sightedness, weakness of the eyes, Cels. 6, 6, n. 32; Plin. 20, 7, 26, § 61; 20, 23, 95, § 254; 25, 13, 92, § 144; 32, 9, 31, § 97; 34, 11, 27, § 114; Scrib. Comp. 179.

cālīgo, āre, v. n. [1. caligo].

To emit vapor or steam, to steam, reek:

amnes aestate vaporatis, hieme frigidis nebulis caligent,

Col. 1, 5, 4:

aram tenui caligans vestiet umbrā,

Cic. Arat. 205 (449); cf.:

omnem quae nunc Mortalis hebetat visus tibi et umida circum Caligat, nubem eripiam,

Verg. A. 2, 606.—

Transf.

To be involved in darkness, to be dark, gloomy:

caligare oculos,

darkness covers the eyes, Lucr. 3, 157; Verg. G. 4, 468; Stat. Th. 1, 95. —

Poet.:

altae caligantesque fenestrae,

dizzy, Juv. 6, 31.—

Trop., of the understanding, to be blind, to be surrounded by darkness, to grope about:

orbatae caligant vela carinae,

Stat. S. 5, 3, 238:

caligare ad pervidendum,

Sen. Vit. Beat. 1, 1:

virtus inhorrescit ad subita, et caligabit, si, etc.,

id. Ep. 57, 4; Plin. 30, 1, 1, § 2; Quint. Decl. 18 fin.:

rex caligare alto in solio, nec pondera regni posse pati,

Sil. 14, 88.—Prov.:

caligare in sole,

to grope in broad daylight, Quint. 1, 2, 19.—

In medic. lang., of the eyes, to suffer from weakness, be weak, Cels. 6, 6, 32; Plin. 20, 22, 87, § 239; cf. id. 11, 37, 54, § 147.— Transf., of the person, to be dim-sighted:

caligans Thyestes,

Mart. 10, 4, 1; Scrib. Comp. 184.

grăvĭtas, ātis, f. [gravis], weight, heaviness.

Lit., in gen.:

omnibus ejus (terrae) partibus in medium vergentibus nihil interrumpat, quo labefactari possit tanta contentio gravitatis et ponderum,

Cic. N. D. 2, 45, 116; cf.:

per inane moveri gravitate et pondere,

id. Fat. 11, 24; Lucr. 3, 1054; cf.

also: cuncta necesse est Aut gravitate sua ferri primordia rerum, Aut, etc.,

id. 2, 84:

nostros propter gravitatem armorum, quod, etc.,

Caes. B. G. 5, 16, 1:

tum etiam gravitate et tarditate navium impediebantur,

id. B. C. 1, 58, 3:

ignava nequeunt gravitate moveri,

Ov. M. 2, 821:

me mea defendit gravitas (corresp. to moles and pondus),

id. ib. 9, 39.—

Transf.

Of smell, rankness, offensiveness, fetidness:

quorundam odorum suavitati gravitas inest,

Plin. 21, 7, 18, § 37:

a quibusdam vocatur cynozolon propter gravitatem odoris (shortly before: odore gravissimo),

id. 22, 18, 21, § 47:

animae,

id. 20, 9, 35, § 91:

halitus,

id. 30, 6, 15, § 44:

oris,

id. 28, 12, 51, § 190.—

Of bodily condition, health, severity, vehemence, violence, unwholesomeness; heaviness, dulness, faintness, sickness:

corpore vix sustineo gravitatem hujus caeli,

Cic. Att. 11, 22, 2:

caeli aquarumque,

Liv. 23, 34, 11:

loci,

id. 25, 26, 13:

morbi,

Cic. N. D. 3, 31, 76:

pressus gravitate soporis,

Ov. M. 15, 21; cf. id. ib. 11, 618:

an quod corporis gravitatem et dolorem animo judicamus, animi morbum corpore non sentimus?

painful, diseased condition, Cic. Tusc. 3, 1, 2 Kühn.; cf.

membrorum,

id. Fin. 4, 12, 31; and Lucr. 3, 478:

capitis,

Plin. 27, 12, 105, § 130:

aurium,

id. 20, 11, 44, § 115; cf.

auditus,

id. 23, 4, 42, § 85:

audiendi,

id. 28, 11, 48, § 176:

oris et dentium,

id. 37, 10, 54, § 143.—

Pressure of price, dearness:

annonae,

Tac. A. 6, 13; 11, 4.—

The burden of pregnancy:

tendebat gravitas uterum mihi,

Ov. M. 9, 287 (cf. onus, id. ib. 10, 504). —

Trop.

In a bad sense, heaviness, slowness, severity:

gaudere gravitate linguae sonoque vocis agresti,

Cic. de Or. 3, 11, 42: injuria gravitate tutior est, severity, cruelty, Sall. Orat. Licin. (Hist. Fragm. 3, 22 Gerl.):

fessi diuturnitate et gravitate belli,

Liv. 31, 7, 3: crudelitatem quoque gravitati addidit, id. 24, 45, 13 Weissenb. —

In a good sense, weight, dignity, importance, seriousness, gravity (syn.: magnitudo, dignitas, auctoritas, pondus): hos cum Suevi propter amplitudinem gravitatemque civitatis finibus expellere non potuissent, importance, i. e. power, Caes. B. G. 4, 3, 4; cf. Cic. Agr. 2, 32:

omnium sententiarum gravitate, omnium verborum ponderibus est utendum,

importance, weight, id. de Or. 2, 17, 72; cf. id. Tusc. 5, 12, 34:

genus hoc sermonum positum in hominum veterum auctoritate plus videtur habere gravitatis,

id. Lael. 1, 4:

quanta illa, di immortales, fuit gravitas! quanta in oratione majestas!

id. ib. 25, 96:

tristitia et in omni re severitas habet illa quidem gravitatem,

id. ib. 18, 66; cf.:

erat in illo viro comitate condita gravitas,

id. de Sen. 4, 10:

gravitate mixtus lepos,

id. Rep. 2, 1; cf. also id. Q. Fr. 3, 9, 1:

illud me praeclare admones, cum illum videro, ne nimis indulgenter et ut cum gravitate potius loquar,

id. Att. 9, 9, 2; 9, 19, 3; id. Fam. 5, 16, 5:

de virtute et gravitate Caesaris, quam in summo dolore adhibuisset,

id. Q. Fr. 3, 8, 3:

personae gravitatem intuentes,

id. Tusc. 2, 21, 49; cf.:

ego has partes lenitatis et misericordiae semper egi libenter: illam vero gravitatis severitatisque personam non appetivi,

id. Mur. 3, 6:

haec genera dicendi in senibus gravitatem non habent,

id. Brut. 95, 326; id. Rep. 1, 10 fin.:

majestas quam vultus gravitasque oris prae se ferebat,

Liv. 5, 41, 8:

(senarius) quantum accipit celeritatis, tantum gravitatis amittit,

Quint. 9, 4, 140.

languor, ōris, m. [langueo], faintness, feebleness, weariness, sluggishness, languor, lassitude.

Lit.

In gen. (class.; cf.: torpor, torpedo, veturnus): ubi saepe ad languorem tua duritia dederis octo validos lictores. Plaut. As. 3, 2, 28:

haec deambulatio me ad languorem dedit,

has fatigued me, Ter. Heaut. 4, 6, 3:

(animus) cum languore corporis nec membris uti nec sensibus potest,

on account of lassitude of the body, Cic. Div. 2, 62, 128:

languore militum et vigiliis periculum augetur,

Caes. B. G. 5, 31.— In plur., Cat. 55, 31.— Transf., of things, of the faintness, paleness of colors, Plin. 37, 9, 46, § 130.— Poet., of the sea, stillness, calmness:

et maria pigro fixa languore impulit,

Sen. Agm. 161.—

In partic., faintness, weakness, languor proceeding from disease ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose):

aquosus,

dropsy, Hor. C. 2, 2, 15:

languor faucium,

Suet. Ner. 41:

in languorem incidit,

id. Tib. 72:

ipsum languorem peperit cibus imperfectus,

Juv. 3, 233:

vere languores nostros ipse tulit,

Vulg. Isa. 53, 4:

a languoribus sanari,

id. Luc. 6, 18.—

Trop., faintness, dulness, sluggishness, apathy, inactivity, listlessness (class.):

languori se desidiaeque dedere,

Cic. Off. 1, 34, 123:

languorem afferre alicui, opp. acuere,

id. ib. 3, 1, 1; id. Phil. 7, 1, 1:

bonorum,

id. Att. 14, 6, 2:

in languorem vertere,

Tac. H. 2, 42:

amantem languor Arguit,

Hor. Epod. 11, 9; cf. Val. Fl. 7, 194.

lăpis, ĭdis (abl. lapi, Enn. ap. Prisc. 708 P.; gen. plur. lapiderum, C. Gell. ap. Charis. p. 40 P.), m. (f.: tanto sublatae sunt augmine tunc lapides, Enn. ap. Non. 211, 9) [etym. dub.; perh. from same root with rupes; cf. Corss. Ausspr. 1, 545; not connected with laas, Curt. Gr. Etym. p. 542], a stone (cf.: saxum, silex, cautes, cos, calculus).

In gen.:

stillicidi casus lapidem cavat,

Lucr. 1, 313:

undique lapides in murum jaci coepti sunt,

Caes. B. G. 2, 6; cf. Cic. Mil. 15, 41:

pars eminus glande aut lapidibus pugnare,

Sall. J. 57, 4:

lapide percussus,

Plaut. Stich. 4, 2, 33:

lapidem habere, ut illi cerebrum excutiam,

id. Capt. 3, 4, 69; cf. Cic. de Or. 2, 47, 197:

consul ingentem vim modicorum, qui funda mitti possent, lapidum paraverat,

Liv. 38, 20, 1; Gell. 4, 14, 3 sqq.:

e lapide duro parietes construere,

Plin. 36, 22, 51, § 171:

lapis duritia marmoris,

id. 36, 22, 46, § 163:

bibulus,

sandstone, pumice-stone, Verg. G. 2, 348:

molaris,

a millstone, Quint. 2, 19, 3; cf.:

num me illue ducis, ubi lapis lapidem terit?

i. e. into the mill, Plaut. As. 1, 1, 16: Parius, Parian stone, i. e. Parian marble, Verg. A. 1, 593:

lapide candidiore diem notare,

i. e. to mark with a white stone the luckiest day, Cat. 68, 148; cf. lapillus.—

Trop. for dulness, stupidity, want of feeling:

ego me credidi homini docto rem mandare: is lapidi mando maximo,

Plaut. Merc. 3, 4, 47:

i, quid stas, lapis? quin accipis?

Ter. Heaut. 4, 7, 3; cf. id. ib. 5, 1, 43:

tu, inquam, mulier, quae me omnino lapidem, non hominem putas,

id. Hec. 2, 1, 17;

and with silex (q. v.): tu es lapide silice stultior,

Plaut. Poen. 1, 2, 78; cf.:

lapides mehercule omnes flere ac lamentari coëgisses,

Cic. de Or. 1, 57, 245:

lapis est ferrumque suam quicumque puellam verberat,

Tib. 1, 10, 59:

aut mare prospiciens in saxo frigida sedi, quamque lapis sedes, tam lapis ipsa fui,

Ov. H. 19, 30.—Prov.:

lapidem ferre altera manu, altera panem ostentare,

i. e. to flatter openly and injure secretly, Plaut. Aul. 2, 2, 18:

verberare lapidem,

i. e. to hurt one's self more than one's enemy, id. Curc. 1, 3, 41:

lapides loqui,

to speak hard words, id. Aul. 2, 1, 29:

ad eundem lapidem bis offendere,

to commit the same error twice, Aus. Ep. 11; so,

bis ad eundem (sc. lapidem),

Cic. Fam. 10, 20, 2.—

In partic.

A mile-stone, set up on the roads at every thousand paces, which made a Roman mile;

hence, with an ordinal numeral added to denote distance in miles: ad quartum et vicesimum lapidem a Roma,

Varr. R. R. 3, 2, 14; cf.:

effoditur ad vigesimum ab Urbe lapidem,

Plin. 33, 12, 56, § 159:

sacra videt fieri sextus ab Urbe lapis,

Ov. F. 6, 682:

intra vicesimum lapidem,

Liv. 5, 4 fin.:

duodecimum apud lapidem,

Tac. A. 3, 45:

a tertio lapide,

Flor. 2, 6 fin.: ad lapidem undecimum, Paul. ex Fest. p. 250 Müll.—Sometimes ellipt. without lapis:

ad duodecimum a Cremona,

Tac. H. 2, 24:

ad quartum,

id. ib. 2, 39:

ad octavum,

id. ib. 3, 15.—

The stone or stone elevation on which the prætor stood at slavesales:

in eo ipso astas lapide, ubi praeco praedicat,

Plaut. Bacch. 4, 7, 17; Col. 3, 3, 8:

praeter duos de lapide emptos tribunos,

Cic. Pis. 15, 35.—

Terminalis, a landmark, boundary-stone, Amm. 18, 2, 15;

called lapis alone,

Lact. 1, 20 fin.; so,

lapis sacer,

Liv. 41, 13; cf.:

non fixus in agris, qui regeret certis finibus arva, lapis,

Tib. 1, 3, 44; cf. id. 1, 1, 12.—

A gravestone, tombstone, Prop. 3 (4), 1, 37; Tib. 1, 3, 54;

called also ultimus,

Prop. 1, 17, 20.—

A precious stone, gem, jewel, pearl (mostly poet.), Cat. 69, 3:

gemmas et lapides,

Hor. C. 3, 24, 48:

clari lapides,

id. ib. 4, 13, 14; Ov. A. A. 1, 432; Sil. 12, 231; Mart. 11, 50, 4; Tac. A. 3, 53; Macr. S. 7, 13, 11.—

A statue: Jovem lapidem jurare, the statue of Jupiter at the Capitol, Cic. Fam. 7, 12, 2; Gell. 1, 21, 4; v. Juppiter.—

Meton.:

albus,

a table of white marble, a marble table, Hor. S. 1, 6, 116.

obtūsĭo, ōnis, f. [obtundo], a crushing, bruising:

membri,

Tert. Res. Carn. 57.—

Bluntness, dulness (eccl. Lat.):

obtusio sensuum,

Tert. adv. Marc. 3, 6; Cael. Aur. Tard. 1, 1, 6:

visus,

id. ib. 1, 1, 5.— Absol., Cael. Aur. Tard. 2, 6, 91; 1, 4, 62.

pulmo, ōnis, m. [kindr. with pleumôn, for pneumôn].

Lit., a lung; and in plur.:

pulmones,

the two lobes of the lungs, the lungs, Cic. N. D. 2, 55, 136; Cels. 4, 1; Plin. 11, 37, 72, § 188; Plaut. Curc. 2, 1, 21; Ov. M. 9, 201; id. P. 1, 3, 19; Pers. 3, 27.—

Very important in haruspicy,

Cic. Div. 1, 39, 85; 2, 12, 29; Luc. 1, 622; Juv. 6, 548.—

Transf., a marine animal, a sea-lung, Plin. 9, 47, 71, § 154; 18, 35, 85, § 359; 32, 9, 32, § 102;

hence, in allusion to its dulness: pulmon'es, qui perhibetur,

Plaut. Ep. 5, 1, 21.

sĭtus, a, um, Part. and P. a. of sino.

sĭtus, ūs, m. [sino].

(Sino, 1. situs, A.; prop. a being laid or placed, a lying; hence, by meton.)

The manner of lying, the situation, local position, site of a thing (class. in sing. and plur.; mostly of localities; syn. positus).

Sing.:

terrae,

Cic. Tusc. 1, 20, 45:

urbem Syracusas elegerat, cujus hic situs esse dicitur,

id. Verr. 2, 5, 10, § 26:

loci,

id. Ac. 2, 19, 61:

urbis,

id. Rep. 2, 11, 22; Caes. B. G. 7, 68; 7, 36; Liv. 9, 24, 2:

locorum,

Curt. 3, 4, 11; 7, 6, 12:

Messana, quae situ moenibus portuque ornata est,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 2, § 3; cf.:

urbes naturali situ inexpugnabiles,

Liv. 5, 6; Curt. 3, 4, 2:

agri (with forma),

Hor. Ep. 1, 16, 4:

Africae,

Sall. J. 17, 1:

castrorum,

Caes. B. G. 5, 57; id. B. C. 3, 66:

montis,

Curt. 8, 10, 3:

loca naturae situ invia,

id. 7, 4, 4;

opp. opus: turrem et situ et opere multum editum,

id. 3, 1, 7; 8, 10, 23; cf. Front. Strat. 3, 2, 1:

figura situsque membrorum,

Cic. N. D. 2, 61, 153; cf.:

passeres a rhombis situ tantum corporum differunt,

Plin. 9, 20, 36, § 72:

Aquilonis,

towards the north, id. 16, 12, 23, § 59.— Poet.: exegi monumentum aere perennius Regalique situ pyramidum altius, i. e. the structure (prop. the manner of construction), Hor. C. 3, 30, 2 (cf. the Part. situs, in Tac., = conditus, built; v. sino, P. a. A. 2. c.).—

Plur.:

opportunissimi situs urbibus,

Cic. Rep. 2, 3, 5; so,

oppidorum,

Caes. B. G. 3, 12:

terrarum,

Cic. Div. 2, 46, 97; cf. Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 252:

locorum,

Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 16, 4:

castrorum,

Caes. B. G. 7, 83: situs partium corporis, Cic. Ac. 2, 39, 122:

revocare situs (foliorum),

position, arrangement, Verg. A. 3, 451. —

Transf. (= regio), a quarter of the world, region (Plinian):

a meridiano situ ad septentriones,

Plin. 2, 108, 112, § 245; 2, 47, 48, § 127; 3, 12, 17, § 108; cf. Sill. ad Plin. 16, § 2.— Plur.:

(pantherae) repleturae illos situs,

Plin. 27, 2, 2, § 7.—

Soil (late Lat.):

quae loca pingui situ et cultu,

Amm. 24, 5, 3.—

Description (late Lat.):

cujus originem in Africae situ digessimus plene,

Amm. 29, 5, 18.—

Lit.

Rust, mould, mustiness, dust, dirt, etc., that a thing acquires from lying too long in one place (mostly poet. and in post-Aug. prose; not in Cic. or Cæs.;

syn.: squalor, sordes): corrumpor situ,

Plaut. Truc. 5, 23; cf.:

quae in usu sunt et manum cottidie tactumque patiuntur, numquam periculum situs adeunt,

Sen. Ben. 3, 2, 2:

tristia duri Militis in tenebris occupat arma situs,

Tib. 1, 10, 50:

arma squalere situ ac rubigine,

Quint. 10, 1, 30:

immundo pallida mitra situ,

Prop. 4 (5), 5, 70:

ne aut supellex vestisve condita situ dilabatur,

Col. 12, 3, 5:

per loca senta situ,

Verg. A. 6, 462:

araneosus situs,

Cat. 23, 3:

immundus,

Ov. Am. 1, 12, 30; cf. id. ib. 1, 8, 52; id. Tr. 3, 10, 70:

detergere situm ferro,

Sil. 7, 534:

deterso situ,

Plin. Pan. 50:

prata situ vetustatis obducta,

Col. 2, 18, 2. —

Filthiness of the body: genas situ liventes, Poët. ap. Cic. Tusc. 3, 12, 26 (Com. Rel. p. 225 Rib.:

situm inter oris et barba, etc.): en ego victa situ,

Verg. A. 7, 452; Ov. M. 7, 290; 7, 303; 8, 802; Luc. 6, 516; Plin. 21, 6, 17, § 33.—

Trop.

Neglect, idleness, absence of use:

indigna est pigro forma perire situ,

Ov. Am. 2, 3, 14:

et segnem patiere situ durescere campum,

Verg. G. 1, 72; Col. 2, 2, 6:

gladius usu splendescit, situ rubiginat,

App. Flor. 3, p. 351, 32. —

Of the mind, a rusting, moulding, a wasting away, dulness, inactivity:

senectus victa situ,

Verg. A. 7, 440:

marcescere otio situque civitatem,

Liv. 33, 45 fin.:

situ obsitae justitia, aequitas,

Vell. 2, 126, 2:

quae (mens) in hujusmodi secretis languescit et quendam velut in opaco situm ducit,

Quint. 1, 2, 18; cf. id. 12, 5, 2:

ne pereant turpi pectora nostra situ,

Ov. Tr. 5, 12, 2:

depellere situm curis,

Stat. S. 5, 3, 34:

flebis in aeterno surda jacere situ (carmina),

i. e. oblivion, Prop. 1, 7, 18:

(verba) priscis memorata Catonibus Nunc situs informis premit et deserta vetustas,

Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 118; cf.:

verborum situs,

Sen. Ep. 58, 3:

nec umquam passure situm,

Stat. Th. 3, 100:

passus est leges istas situ atque senio emori,

Gell. 20, 1, 10.

sōcordĭa (o short, Prud. Apoth. 194; cf. socors; sometimes, on account of the etymology, written also sēcordĭa), ae, f. [socors], dulness of mind, i. e.,

Weakmindedness, silliness, folly, stupidity (very rare; syn.: insipientia, stoliditas): socordiam quidam pro ignaviā posuerunt (v. II.);

Cato pro stultitiā posuit, Fest. pp. 292 and 293 Müll.: si quem socordiae argueret, stultiorem aiebat filio suo Claudio,

Suet. Claud. 3; Tac. A. 4, 35.—

Carelessness, negligence, sloth, laziness, indolence, inactivity (the predominant signif. of the word; used only in the sing.; cf. Diom. p. 314 P.; perh. only once in Cic.;

syn.: ignavia, desidia, segnities): tu ad hoc diei tempus dormitasti in otio. Quin tu abs te socordiam omnem reicis segnitiem amoves,

Plaut. As. 2, 1, 6:

nisi somnum socordiamque ex pectore oculisque amovetis,

id. Ps. 1, 2, 11:

nihil loci'st segnitiae neque socordiae,

Ter. And. 1, 3, 1:

socordia atque desidia,

Auct. Her. 2, 23, 35; so (with desidia) Sall. C. 4, 1; (with ignavia) id. ib. 58, 4; (with incultus) id. J. 2, 4; (opp. industria) Tac. A. 2, 38:

nostrā cunctatione et socordiā jam huc progressus,

Liv. 22, 14, 5:

Cyrenenses tardius iere. Id socordiāne an casu accideret, parum cognovi,

Sall. J. 79, 5:

socordiāne an vinolentiā,

Tac. A. 12, 67:

fortunā per socordiam non uti,

Liv. 7, 35:

nisi felicitas in socordiam vertisset, exuere jugum potuere,

Tac. Agr. 31 fin.:

caeca ac sopita socordia,

Quint. 1, 2, 5:

Darei,

Curt. 7, 4, 3.

vĕternus, a, um, adj. [vetus], of great age, old, ancient (only post-class.).

Adj.:

rupes,

Fulg. Myth. 1 praef.:

silentia,

Prud. Cath. 9, 68.—

Subst.: vĕter-nus, i, m.

Old age, age, Stat. Th. 6, 94.—

Old dirt (post-Aug. and very rare), Col. 4, 24, 6; App. M. 9, p. 223.—

Lethargy, somnolence (as a disease of aged people).

Lit.:

num eum veternus aut aqua intercus tenet?

Plaut. Men. 5, 4, 3.— Of the deep, long sleep or torpidity of bears, Plin. 8, 36, 54, § 127.—

Trop., drowsiness, dulness, sluggishness, sloth (freq., but not in Cic.), Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 6, 4 (cited ap. Cic. Fam. 2, 13, 3); Hor. Ep. 1, 8, 10; Verg. G. 1, 124; Cat. 17, 24; Col. 7, 5, 3; 7, 10, 4; App. Flor. 3, p. 357.

vĕternus, i, v. 1. veternus, II.