elementary

ăbĕcĕdārĭus, a, um [a, b, c, d], belonging to the alphabet, alphabetical (late Lat.).

Adj.:

psalmi,

Aug. Retract. 1, 20. —

Subst.

ăbĕcĕdāĭus, ĭi, m., one who learns the a, b, c (eccl. Lat.). —

ăbĕcĕdārĭa, ae, f., elementary instruction, Fulg. Myth. 3, 10. —

ăbĕcĕdārĭum, ĭi, n., a, b, c, the alphabet (eccl. Lat.).

ăbĕcĕdārĭus, a, um [a, b, c, d], belonging to the alphabet, alphabetical (late Lat.).

Adj.:

psalmi,

Aug. Retract. 1, 20. —

Subst.

ăbĕcĕdāĭus, ĭi, m., one who learns the a, b, c (eccl. Lat.). —

ăbĕcĕdārĭa, ae, f., elementary instruction, Fulg. Myth. 3, 10. —

ăbĕcĕdārĭum, ĭi, n., a, b, c, the alphabet (eccl. Lat.).

ĕlĕmentum, i, n. [root al-, to nourish; Gr. an-al-tos, alsos; Lat. alo, alimentum, etc.; cf. Sanscr. al-akā, a girl ], a first principle, element (cf.: initium, principium, exordium, primordium); Gr. stoicheion.

Lit., in plur.:

nec de elementis video dubitari quatuor esse ea,

Plin. 2, 5, 4, § 10; Lucr. 1, 827; 913; 2, 393 et saep.; Cic. Ac. 1, 7, 26; Sen. Q. N. 3, 12 sq.; Quint. 2, 17, 38; 3, 8, 31; Ov. M. 15, 237; 1, 29; Vulg. 2 Pet. 3, 10.—In sing., Plin. 10, 69, 88, § 191; 11, 36, 42, § 119; 31, 1, 1, § 1; Juv. 15, 86; Amm. 17, 13:

quia ignis inviolabile sit elementum,

Lact. 1, 12 med.; 7, 9 al.—

Transf.

The alphabet, Suet. Caes. 56 (cf. Prisc. 538 P.).—More freq.,

Transf., the first principles, rudiments, in the arts and sciences (cf. doctrina, praecepta).

In gen.:

puerorum,

Cic. de Or. 1, 35, 163; cf. Quint. prooem. § 21; 1, 1, 35; Hor. S. 1, 1, 26; id. Ep. 1, 20, 17 et saep.:

loquendi,

Cic. Ac. 2, 28 fin.; cf. id. de Or. 2, 11, 45; Quint. 2, 3, 13; Ov. M. 9, 719 et saep.—

In partic.

The ten categories of Aristotle, Quint. 3, 6, 23 sq. Spald.—

Meton., elementary scholars, beginners: vix se prima elementa ad spem effingendae eloquentiae audebunt, Quint. 1, 2, 26.—

The beginnings of other things:

prima Romae,

Ov. F. 3, 179:

prima Caesaris,

id. ib. 709:

cupidinis pravi,

Hor. C. 3, 24, 52; cf.

irarum,

Sil. 3, 77:

vitiorum,

Juv. 14, 123 al.

lībrārĭus, a, um, adj. [libra].

Of or containing a pound, of a pound weight (post-Aug.):

frusta,

Col. 12, 53, 4:

as,

Gell. 20, 1, 31.—

Subst.

lībrārĭus, ii, m., a weight, the sixteenth part of a modius, = sextarius: sextarius aequus aequo cum librario siet, sexdecimque librarii in modio sient, Plebisc. ap. Paul. ex Fest. p. 246 Müll.—

lībrārĭa, ae, f., she that weighed out the wool to the female slaves, a forewoman, head-spinner, called also lanipendia, Juv. 6, 475 (by others referred to 2. librarius); Inscr. Orell. 4212.

lĭbrārĭus, a, um, adj. [3. liber], of or belonging to books:

scriba librarius,

a copyist, transcriber of books, Varr. R. R. 3, 2, 14; Cic. Agr. 2, 13, 32:

libraria taberna,

a bookseller's shop, Cic. Phil. 2, 9, 21:

scriptor,

a transcriber of books, Hor. A. P. 354:

atramentum,

ink for writing books, Plin. 27, 7, 28, § 52.—Hence,

Subst.

lĭ-brārĭus, i, m.

A transcriber of books, a copyist, scribe, secretary, Cic. Agr. 2, 5, 13:

librum ut tuis librariis daret,

id. Att. 12, 40, 1:

librarii mendum,

Liv. 38, 55, 8: legionis, the secretary of the legion, Inscr. ap. Grut. 365, 1; cf. Sen. Contr. 1, 7, 18; Juv. 9, 109.—

A bookseller, Sen. Ben. 7, 6, 1; Gell. 5, 4, 2; 18, 4, 1; Sulp. Sev. Dial. 1, 23, 4. —

(Sc. doctor.) An elementary teacher, Hier. Ep. 107, 4.—

lĭbrārĭa, ae, f.

A female scribe:

(Parcae) utpote librariae Superum archivumque custodes,

Mart. Cap. 1, § 65 (perh. also Juv. 6, 476; cf. sub 1. librarius).—

A bookseller's shop; in libraria, ego et Julius Paulus poëta consederamus, Gell. 5, 4, 1:

quispiam in libraria sedens,

id. 13, 30, 1.—

lĭbrārĭum, ii, n., a place to keep books in, a bookcase, bookchest:

exhibe librarium illud legum vestrarum,

Cic. Mil. 12, 33:

libraria omnia exurerent,

Amm. 29, 2, 4.

littĕrātor ( lītĕr-), ōris, m. [id.].

A teacher of reading and writing, an elementary instructor:

litterator ruditatem eximit, grammaticus doctrinā instruit,

App. Flor. p. 363, 5.—

Transf., a grammarian, critic, philologist, Cat. 14, 9; Mart. Cap. 3, § 229; cf. Kopp ad loc.—

In opp. to litteratus (a man of real learning), a smatterer, sciolist:

alter litterator fuit, alter litteras sciens,

Gell. 18, 9, 2; cf. id. 16, 6: Suet. Gram. 4.

littĕrātor ( lītĕr-), ōris, m. [id.].

A teacher of reading and writing, an elementary instructor:

litterator ruditatem eximit, grammaticus doctrinā instruit,

App. Flor. p. 363, 5.—

Transf., a grammarian, critic, philologist, Cat. 14, 9; Mart. Cap. 3, § 229; cf. Kopp ad loc.—

In opp. to litteratus (a man of real learning), a smatterer, sciolist:

alter litterator fuit, alter litteras sciens,

Gell. 18, 9, 2; cf. id. 16, 6: Suet. Gram. 4.

lūdus, i, m. [id.], a play.

Lit.

In gen., a play, game, diversion, pastime:

ad pilam se aut ad talos, aut ad tessaras conferunt, aut etiam novum sibi aliquem excogitant in otio ludum,

Cic. de Or. 3, 15, 58:

datur concessu omnium huic aliqui ludus aetati,

id. Cael. 12, 28:

campestris,

id. ib. 5, 11:

nec lusisse pudet, sed non incidere ludum,

Hor. Ep. 1, 14, 36.—

In partic.

Ludi, public games, plays, spectacles, shows, exhibitions, which were given in honor of the gods, etc.

In gen.:

hoc praetore ludos Apollini faciente,

Cic. Brut. 20, 78:

ludos committere,

id. Q. Fr. 3, 4, 6:

ludos magnificentissimos apparare,

id. ib. 3, 8, 6:

ludos apparatissimos magnificentissimosque facere,

id. Sest. 54, 116:

ludos aspicere,

Ov. F. 6, 238:

ludos persolvere alicui deo,

id. ib. 5, 330: ludis, during the games, Cic. Fragm. ap. Non. 63, 18; Plaut. Cas. prol. 27:

circus maximus ne diebus quidem ludorum Circensium... irrigabatur,

Front. Aq. 97.— Sing.:

haec ultra quid erit, nisi ludus?

Juv. 8, 199.—

In this sense, ludi is freq. in appos. with the neutr. plur. of the adj. which names the games:

ludi Consualia,

Liv. 1, 9, 6:

ludi Cerealia,

id. 30, 39, 8:

ludi Taurilia,

id. 39, 22, 1 (Weissenb. Taurii); 34, 54, 3; cf.:

quaedam faciem soloecismi habent... ut tragoedia Thyestes, ut ludi Floralia ac Megalensia... numquam aliter a veteribus dicta,

Quint. 1, 5, 52; cf.:

ludis Megalensibus,

Gell. 2, 24, 2.—

Also with gen. of place:

eo ipso die auditam esse eam pugnam ludis Olympiae memoriae proditum est,

Cic. N. D. 2, 2, 6.—

Stage-plays (opp. to the games of the circus):

venationes autem ludosque et cum collegā et separatim edidit,

Suet. Caes. 10.—

A place of exercise or practice, a school for elementary instruction and discipline (cf. schola):

in ludum ire,

Plaut. Pers. 2, 1, 6:

fidicinus,

music-school, id. Rud. prol. 43:

litterarius,

id. Merc. 2, 2, 32:

litterarum ludi,

Liv. 3, 44; 6, 25:

ludus discendi,

Cic. Q. Fr. 3, 4, 6:

Dionysius Corinthi dicitur ludum aperuisse,

id. Fam. 9, 18, 1:

Isocrates, cujus e ludo, tamquam ex equo Trojano, meri principes exierunt,

id. de Or. 2, 22, 94; id. Or. 42, 144:

gladiatores, quos ibi Caesar in ludo habebat,

Caes. B. C. 1, 14, 4:

militaris,

Liv. 7, 33, 1:

litterarii paene ista sunt ludi et trivialis scientiae,

Quint. 1, 4, 27:

litterarium ludum exercere,

Tac. A. 3, 66:

obsides quosdam abductos e litterario ludo,

Suet. Calig. 45:

ibi namque (in foro) in tabernis litterarum ludi erant,

Liv. 3, 44, 6:

quem puerum in ludo cognōrat,

Nep. Att. 10, 3:

in Flavī ludum me mittere,

Hor. S. 1, 6, 72; cf. Gell. 15, 11, 2; Suet. Gram. 4; id. Rhet. 1:

sic veniunt ad miscellanea ludi,

Juv. 11, 26.

Transf.

Play, sport, i. e. any thing done, as it were, in play, without trouble, mere sport, child's play:

oratio ludus est homini non hebeti,

Cic. de Or. 2, 17, 72:

cum illa perdiscere ludus esset,

id. Fin. 1, 8, 27:

quibus (Graecis) jusjurandum jocus est, testimonium ludus,

id. Fl. 5, 12.—

Sport, jest, joke, fun: si vis videre ludos [p. 1084] jucundissimos, Plaut. Poen. 1, 1, 78:

ad honores per ludum et per neglegentiam pervenire,

Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 70, § 181:

aliquem per ludum et jocum evertere,

id. ib. 2, 1, 60, §

155: amoto quaeramus seria ludo,

Hor. S. 1, 1, 27:

vertere seria ludo,

id. A. P. 226:

nil per ludum simulabitur,

Juv. 6, 324:

ut ludos facit,

Ter. Phorm. 5, 7, 52: ludos facere aliquem, to make sport of, make game of, to banter, jeer at, mock:

ut nunc is te ludos facit,

Plaut. Capt. 3, 4, 47:

quem, senecta aetate, ludos facias,

id. Aul. 2, 2, 74.— With dat.:

miris modis dī ludos faciunt hominibus,

Plaut. Rud. 3, 1, 1; id. Truc. 4, 2, 46.—In pass.:

ludos fieri,

Plaut. Ps. 4, 7, 72:

hocine me aetatis ludos vis factum esse indigne?

id. Bacch. 5, 1, 4: ludos aliquem dimittere, to send one away with scorn and derision, or, as in Engl., to send one off with a flea in his ear:

numquam hercle quisquam me lenonem dixerit, si te non ludos pessimos dimisero,

id. Rud. 3, 5, 11:

ludos facis me,

id. Am. 2, 1, 21: facere ludos aliquid, to make a jest or a trifle of any thing, to throw away, to lose:

nunc et operam ludos facit, et retia, etc.,

id. Rud. 4, 1, 9:

ludos dare, praebere,

to make one's self ridiculous, Ter. Eun. 5, 7, 9:

ludos alicui reddere,

to play tricks on, id. And. 3, 1, 21: dare ludum alicui, to give play to one, i. e. to humor, indulge, Plaut. Bacch. 4, 10, 7; id. Cas. prol. 25; id. Bacch. 4, 10, 9:

amori dare ludum,

Hor. C. 3, 12, 1: ludus aetatis, the pleasures of love:

si frui liceret ludo aetatis, praesertim recto et legitimo amore,

Liv. 26, 50.—

Ludus, the title of a work of Nævius:

ut est in Naevii Ludo,

Cic. de Sen. 6, 20; Fest. s. v. redhostire, p. 270, 22 Müll.—Also, Ludus de Morte Claudii, a work of Seneca.