elegía

ĕlĕgīa ( ĕlĕgēa, in Ov. ĕlĕgēĭă), ae, f., = elegeia.

An elegy:

form elegia,

Quint. 10, 1, 58; 93; Stat. S. 1, 2, 7; Mart. 5, 30, 4; Aus. Parent. 7, 1;

form elegea,

Quint. 1, 8, 6;

form elegeia,

Ov. Am. 3, 1, 7; 3, 9, 3; id. R. Am. 379.—

A kind of reed:

est et obliqua harundo, non in excelsitatem nascens, sed juxta terram fruticis modo se spargens, suavissima in teneritate animalibus: vocatur a quibusdam elegia,

Plin. 16, 36, 66, § 167.

ĕlĕgīa ( ĕlĕgēa, in Ov. ĕlĕgēĭă), ae, f., = elegeia.

An elegy:

form elegia,

Quint. 10, 1, 58; 93; Stat. S. 1, 2, 7; Mart. 5, 30, 4; Aus. Parent. 7, 1;

form elegea,

Quint. 1, 8, 6;

form elegeia,

Ov. Am. 3, 1, 7; 3, 9, 3; id. R. Am. 379.—

A kind of reed:

est et obliqua harundo, non in excelsitatem nascens, sed juxta terram fruticis modo se spargens, suavissima in teneritate animalibus: vocatur a quibusdam elegia,

Plin. 16, 36, 66, § 167.

ĕlĕgīa ( ĕlĕgēa, in Ov. ĕlĕgēĭă), ae, f., = elegeia.

An elegy:

form elegia,

Quint. 10, 1, 58; 93; Stat. S. 1, 2, 7; Mart. 5, 30, 4; Aus. Parent. 7, 1;

form elegea,

Quint. 1, 8, 6;

form elegeia,

Ov. Am. 3, 1, 7; 3, 9, 3; id. R. Am. 379.—

A kind of reed:

est et obliqua harundo, non in excelsitatem nascens, sed juxta terram fruticis modo se spargens, suavissima in teneritate animalibus: vocatur a quibusdam elegia,

Plin. 16, 36, 66, § 167.

flēbĭlis, e, adj. [fleo].

Pass., to be wept over, to be lamented, lamentable (class.):

ponite ante oculos miseram illam et flebilem speciem,

Cic. Phil. 11, 3, 7:

o flebiles vigilias!

id. Planc. 42, 101:

Hector,

Ov. Am. 2, 1, 32:

Ino,

Hor. A. P. 123:

flebile principium melior fortuna secuta est,

Ov. M. 7, 518.—With dat. pers.:

multis ille bonis flebilis occidit, Nulli flebilior, quam tibi, Vergili,

Hor. C. 1, 24, 9.—

That makes or causes to weep, that brings tears ( poet. and rare): cepe, Lucil. ap. Non. 201, 2:

ultor,

Ov. H. 13, 48:

flebile dictu,

Sil. 9, 502.—

Weeping, tearful, doleful (class.): gemitus elamentabilis;

imbecillus, abjectus, flebilis,

Cic. Tusc. 2, 24, 57:

maeror (est) aegritudo flebilis,

id. ib. 4, 8, 18; cf.:

affectus vel concitati vel flebiles,

Quint. 11, 3, 162:

vox,

id. ib. 64:

elegia,

Ov. Am. 3, 9, 3:

modi,

Hor. C. 2, 9, 9:

suavitas,

Quint. 11, 3, 170:

spargebat tepidos flebilis imbre sinus,

Ov. Am. 3, 6, 68:

sponsa,

Hor. C. 4, 2, 21:

matrona,

App. M. 6, p. 125, 2 Elm.—In neut.:

flebile, adverbially: exclusus flebile cantet amans,

dolefully, plaintively, sadly, Ov. R. Am. 36:

gavisae,

Stat. Th. 12, 426; Sil. 7, 648.—Hence, adv.: flēbĭlĭter (acc. to II. B.), mournfully, dolefully:

vide, quam non flebiliter respondeat,

Cic. Tusc. 2, 17, 39:

lamentari,

id. ib. 2, 21, 49:

canere,

id. ib. 1, 35, 85:

gemere,

Hor. C. 4, 12, 5.— Comp.:

daemones flebilius ululant,

Paul. Nol. Carm. 20, 57.

flēbĭlis, e, adj. [fleo].

Pass., to be wept over, to be lamented, lamentable (class.):

ponite ante oculos miseram illam et flebilem speciem,

Cic. Phil. 11, 3, 7:

o flebiles vigilias!

id. Planc. 42, 101:

Hector,

Ov. Am. 2, 1, 32:

Ino,

Hor. A. P. 123:

flebile principium melior fortuna secuta est,

Ov. M. 7, 518.—With dat. pers.:

multis ille bonis flebilis occidit, Nulli flebilior, quam tibi, Vergili,

Hor. C. 1, 24, 9.—

That makes or causes to weep, that brings tears ( poet. and rare): cepe, Lucil. ap. Non. 201, 2:

ultor,

Ov. H. 13, 48:

flebile dictu,

Sil. 9, 502.—

Weeping, tearful, doleful (class.): gemitus elamentabilis;

imbecillus, abjectus, flebilis,

Cic. Tusc. 2, 24, 57:

maeror (est) aegritudo flebilis,

id. ib. 4, 8, 18; cf.:

affectus vel concitati vel flebiles,

Quint. 11, 3, 162:

vox,

id. ib. 64:

elegia,

Ov. Am. 3, 9, 3:

modi,

Hor. C. 2, 9, 9:

suavitas,

Quint. 11, 3, 170:

spargebat tepidos flebilis imbre sinus,

Ov. Am. 3, 6, 68:

sponsa,

Hor. C. 4, 2, 21:

matrona,

App. M. 6, p. 125, 2 Elm.—In neut.:

flebile, adverbially: exclusus flebile cantet amans,

dolefully, plaintively, sadly, Ov. R. Am. 36:

gavisae,

Stat. Th. 12, 426; Sil. 7, 648.—Hence, adv.: flēbĭlĭter (acc. to II. B.), mournfully, dolefully:

vide, quam non flebiliter respondeat,

Cic. Tusc. 2, 17, 39:

lamentari,

id. ib. 2, 21, 49:

canere,

id. ib. 1, 35, 85:

gemere,

Hor. C. 4, 12, 5.— Comp.:

daemones flebilius ululant,

Paul. Nol. Carm. 20, 57.

prō-vŏco, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. and n., to call forth, call out.

Lit.

In gen. (very rare):

aliquem,

Plaut. Ps. 2, 2, 43:

ut ubi illaec prodeat, me provoces,

id. Mil. 4, 3, 28; id. Bacch. 3, 3, 40:

mandant, ut ad se provocet Simonidem,

Phaedr. 4, 23, 25:

dum rota Luciferi provocet orta diem,

lead up, call forth, Tib. 1, 9, 62:

Memnonis mater roseo provocet ore diem,

Ov. P. 1, 4, 58; cf. id. F. 1, 456:

provocare et elicere novas radiculas,

Col. 3, 15, 5.—

In partic.

To call out, challenge, invite one to any thing (as to play, sing, drink, fight, etc.):

provocat me in aleam,

challenged me to a game, Plaut. Curc. 2, 3, 75:

pedibus,

to a race, id. Ep. 5, 1, 58:

aliquem tesseris,

Macr. S. 1, 10:

aliquem cantatum,

Ter. Eun. 3, 1, 53:

aliquem ad pugnam,

Cic. Tusc. 4, 22, 49; cf. Liv. 8, 7, and Flor. 2, 17, 11 Duker: duces nec prohibere paucos temere provocantis volebant, nec, etc., Liv. 23, 16, 4:

et oleo et mero viros provocant,

Sen. Ep. 95, 21:

aliquem ad bibendum,

Vop. Firm. 4.—

In jurid. lang., to take a cause before a higher court, to appeal, make an appeal; in this signif. usually neutr., ad aliquem; act. only post-class., with the judge to whom the appeal is made as object (cf. appello).

Neutr.:

ut de majestate damnati ad populum provocent,

Cic. Phil. 1, 9, 21; cf.: quam id rectum sit, tu judicabis;

ne ad Catonem quidem provocabo,

id. Att. 6, 1, 7:

provoco ad populum,

Liv. 8, 33:

arreptus a viatore, Provoco, inquit,

I appeal, id. 3, 56:

si a duumviris provocarit, provocatione certato,

id. 1, 26, 6; 3, 56:

ab omni judicio poenāque provocari licere,

Cic. Rep. 2, 31, 54.—

Act., to appeal to a judge (post-class.):

si judicem provocent,

Dig. 8, 28, 6:

si praefectus urbi judicem dederit, ipse erit provocandus, qui eum judicem dederit,

ib. 49, 3, 1.—Also:

provocare judicium ad populum,

to bring the decision before the people by appeal, Val. Max. 8, 1, 1;

rarely, aliquem ad judicem,

to cite, summon before, App. Flor. p. 360, 24.—

Trop.

To challenge to a contest, to contend with, emulate, rival, vie with (post-Aug.):

aliquem virtute,

to vie with him in virtue, Plin. Ep. 2, 7, 4:

elegia Graecos provocamus,

Quint. 10, 1, 93; cf.:

ea pictura naturam ipsam provocavit,

Plin. 35, 10, 36, § 94.—Of things, Plin. 16, 8, 12, § 32:

immensum latus Circi templorum pulchritudinem provocat,

id. Pan. 51, 3.—

To challenge, incite, provoke to any thing:

felicitas temporum, quae bonam conscientiam civium tuorum ad usum indulgentiae tuae provocat,

Plin. Ep. 10, 12 (7) fin.:

omni comitate ad hilaritatem et jocum provocare,

Suet. Calig. 27; id. Claud. 21:

tacentes ad communionem sermonis,

id. Aug. 74.—

To excite, stimulate, exasperate, stir up, rouse with any thing (class.;

syn.: irrito, lacesso): qui non solum a me provocatus sed etiam suā sponte solet, etc.,

Cic. Fam. 1, 7, 3:

aliquem beneficio,

id. Off. 1, 15, 48:

sermonibus,

Caes. B. C. 1, 74:

minis et verbis,

Tac. H. 3, 24:

bello,

id. ib. 4, 17:

injuriā,

id. A. 14, 49 et saep.:

ad iracundiam,

Vulg. Isa. 63, 10; id. Deut. 4, 25. —

To call forth, occasion, produce, cause:

officia comitate,

Tac. H. 5, 1:

mortem tot modis,

Plin. 19, praef. 1, §

5: bellum,

Tac. G. 35; Plin. Pan. 16.—

(Acc. to I. B. 2.) To appeal to any thing, to cite as authority or proof (late Lat.):

ad litteras Pudentillae,

App. Mag. 84, p. 326, 40:

ad Judaeorum Codices provocare,

Aug. Serm. 202, 3.