empty things

cassus, a, um, adj., empty, void, hollow.

Prop. (syn.: inanis, vacuus; mostly poet.).

Absol.:

nux,

Plaut. Ps. 1, 3, 137; Hor. S. 2, 5, 36:

glans,

Plaut. Rud. 5, 2, 37:

canna,

unfruitful, Ov. F. 6, 406:

granum inane cassumque,

Plin. 18, 17, 45, § 161: anulus, Fab. Pict. ap. Gell. 10, 15. 6.— Subst.: palearum cassa, Sol. c. 52 fin. —

Expressing that of which the subject is empty, etc., wanting, devoid of, deprived of, without.

With abl.: sanguine cassa (cochlea), bloodless, Poët. ap. Cic. Div. 2, 64, 133; so,

virgo dote cassa,

Plaut. Aul. 2, 2, 14:

lumine aër,

Lucr. 4, 368:

lumine corpus,

id. 5, 719; 5, 757:

animā corpus,

id. 3, 562.— Poet.:

cassus lumine (= vitā),

deprived of life, dead, Verg. A. 2, 85; imitated by Stat. Th. 2, 15;

and in like sense aethere cassus,

Verg. A. 11, 104:

simulacra cassa sensu,

Lucr. 4, 127.—

With gen.:

cassus luminis ensis,

Cic. Arat. 369.—

With ab:

elementum ab omnibus,

App. de Deo Socr. p. 46.—

Trop., vain, empty, useless, futile, fruitless (syn.: inanis, irritus): cassum quiddam et inani vocis sono decoratum, * Cic. Tusc. 5, 41, 119; so,

copia verborum,

Lucr. 4, 511:

vota,

Verg. A. 12, 780:

fertilitas terrae,

Ov. M. 5, 482:

fraus,

Luc. 5, 130:

consilia,

Sen. Troad. 570:

viae,

vain, profitless, Stat. Th. 11, 449:

labores,

Plin. Ep. 8, 23, 6:

manus,

without effect, Stat. Th. 9, 770:

augur futuri,

false, erring, id. ib. 9, 629:

omen,

id. ib. 5, 318.— Subst.: cassa, ōrum, n., empty things:

palearum,

Sol. 52;

esp. of speech: cassa memorare,

to talk idly, Plaut. Cist. 4, 1, 16; so,

cassa habebantur quae, etc.,

were thought vain, futile, Tac. H. 3, 55; Sen. Herc. Oet. 352.— Esp. freq. in poetry (in prose, but not in Cic.), in cassum, or, in one word, incas-sum, adverb., in vain, uselessly, to no purpose:

ex multis omnia in cassum cadunt,

Plaut. Poen. 1, 2, 147; cf. Lucr. 2, 1165: temere, in cassum frustraque, without aim or purpose, fortuitously, id. 2, 1060; so id. 5, 1002; 5, 1430:

furere,

Verg. G. 3, 100:

longos ciebat Incassum fletus,

id. A. 3, 345:

tot incassum fusos patiere labores?

id. ib. 7, 421.—In prose:

quae profecto incassum agebantur,

Sall. H. 3, 61, 11 Dietsch:

vana incassum jactare tela,

Liv. 10, 29, 2:

incassum missae preces,

id. 2, 49, 8:

aliquid incassum disserere,

Tac. A. 1, 4; Just. 11, 15, 6; Lact. 6, 9, 17; Sen. Brev. Vit. 11, 1: frustra in cassumque. Mart. Cap. 1, § 10.— Also cassum: quid cassum times? Sen. Herc. Oet. 353; cf.: matên, frustra, nequicquam, cassum, Gloss. Cyrill.

cassus, a, um, adj., empty, void, hollow.

Prop. (syn.: inanis, vacuus; mostly poet.).

Absol.:

nux,

Plaut. Ps. 1, 3, 137; Hor. S. 2, 5, 36:

glans,

Plaut. Rud. 5, 2, 37:

canna,

unfruitful, Ov. F. 6, 406:

granum inane cassumque,

Plin. 18, 17, 45, § 161: anulus, Fab. Pict. ap. Gell. 10, 15. 6.— Subst.: palearum cassa, Sol. c. 52 fin. —

Expressing that of which the subject is empty, etc., wanting, devoid of, deprived of, without.

With abl.: sanguine cassa (cochlea), bloodless, Poët. ap. Cic. Div. 2, 64, 133; so,

virgo dote cassa,

Plaut. Aul. 2, 2, 14:

lumine aër,

Lucr. 4, 368:

lumine corpus,

id. 5, 719; 5, 757:

animā corpus,

id. 3, 562.— Poet.:

cassus lumine (= vitā),

deprived of life, dead, Verg. A. 2, 85; imitated by Stat. Th. 2, 15;

and in like sense aethere cassus,

Verg. A. 11, 104:

simulacra cassa sensu,

Lucr. 4, 127.—

With gen.:

cassus luminis ensis,

Cic. Arat. 369.—

With ab:

elementum ab omnibus,

App. de Deo Socr. p. 46.—

Trop., vain, empty, useless, futile, fruitless (syn.: inanis, irritus): cassum quiddam et inani vocis sono decoratum, * Cic. Tusc. 5, 41, 119; so,

copia verborum,

Lucr. 4, 511:

vota,

Verg. A. 12, 780:

fertilitas terrae,

Ov. M. 5, 482:

fraus,

Luc. 5, 130:

consilia,

Sen. Troad. 570:

viae,

vain, profitless, Stat. Th. 11, 449:

labores,

Plin. Ep. 8, 23, 6:

manus,

without effect, Stat. Th. 9, 770:

augur futuri,

false, erring, id. ib. 9, 629:

omen,

id. ib. 5, 318.— Subst.: cassa, ōrum, n., empty things:

palearum,

Sol. 52;

esp. of speech: cassa memorare,

to talk idly, Plaut. Cist. 4, 1, 16; so,

cassa habebantur quae, etc.,

were thought vain, futile, Tac. H. 3, 55; Sen. Herc. Oet. 352.— Esp. freq. in poetry (in prose, but not in Cic.), in cassum, or, in one word, incas-sum, adverb., in vain, uselessly, to no purpose:

ex multis omnia in cassum cadunt,

Plaut. Poen. 1, 2, 147; cf. Lucr. 2, 1165: temere, in cassum frustraque, without aim or purpose, fortuitously, id. 2, 1060; so id. 5, 1002; 5, 1430:

furere,

Verg. G. 3, 100:

longos ciebat Incassum fletus,

id. A. 3, 345:

tot incassum fusos patiere labores?

id. ib. 7, 421.—In prose:

quae profecto incassum agebantur,

Sall. H. 3, 61, 11 Dietsch:

vana incassum jactare tela,

Liv. 10, 29, 2:

incassum missae preces,

id. 2, 49, 8:

aliquid incassum disserere,

Tac. A. 1, 4; Just. 11, 15, 6; Lact. 6, 9, 17; Sen. Brev. Vit. 11, 1: frustra in cassumque. Mart. Cap. 1, § 10.— Also cassum: quid cassum times? Sen. Herc. Oet. 353; cf.: matên, frustra, nequicquam, cassum, Gloss. Cyrill.

cassus, a, um, adj., empty, void, hollow.

Prop. (syn.: inanis, vacuus; mostly poet.).

Absol.:

nux,

Plaut. Ps. 1, 3, 137; Hor. S. 2, 5, 36:

glans,

Plaut. Rud. 5, 2, 37:

canna,

unfruitful, Ov. F. 6, 406:

granum inane cassumque,

Plin. 18, 17, 45, § 161: anulus, Fab. Pict. ap. Gell. 10, 15. 6.— Subst.: palearum cassa, Sol. c. 52 fin. —

Expressing that of which the subject is empty, etc., wanting, devoid of, deprived of, without.

With abl.: sanguine cassa (cochlea), bloodless, Poët. ap. Cic. Div. 2, 64, 133; so,

virgo dote cassa,

Plaut. Aul. 2, 2, 14:

lumine aër,

Lucr. 4, 368:

lumine corpus,

id. 5, 719; 5, 757:

animā corpus,

id. 3, 562.— Poet.:

cassus lumine (= vitā),

deprived of life, dead, Verg. A. 2, 85; imitated by Stat. Th. 2, 15;

and in like sense aethere cassus,

Verg. A. 11, 104:

simulacra cassa sensu,

Lucr. 4, 127.—

With gen.:

cassus luminis ensis,

Cic. Arat. 369.—

With ab:

elementum ab omnibus,

App. de Deo Socr. p. 46.—

Trop., vain, empty, useless, futile, fruitless (syn.: inanis, irritus): cassum quiddam et inani vocis sono decoratum, * Cic. Tusc. 5, 41, 119; so,

copia verborum,

Lucr. 4, 511:

vota,

Verg. A. 12, 780:

fertilitas terrae,

Ov. M. 5, 482:

fraus,

Luc. 5, 130:

consilia,

Sen. Troad. 570:

viae,

vain, profitless, Stat. Th. 11, 449:

labores,

Plin. Ep. 8, 23, 6:

manus,

without effect, Stat. Th. 9, 770:

augur futuri,

false, erring, id. ib. 9, 629:

omen,

id. ib. 5, 318.— Subst.: cassa, ōrum, n., empty things:

palearum,

Sol. 52;

esp. of speech: cassa memorare,

to talk idly, Plaut. Cist. 4, 1, 16; so,

cassa habebantur quae, etc.,

were thought vain, futile, Tac. H. 3, 55; Sen. Herc. Oet. 352.— Esp. freq. in poetry (in prose, but not in Cic.), in cassum, or, in one word, incas-sum, adverb., in vain, uselessly, to no purpose:

ex multis omnia in cassum cadunt,

Plaut. Poen. 1, 2, 147; cf. Lucr. 2, 1165: temere, in cassum frustraque, without aim or purpose, fortuitously, id. 2, 1060; so id. 5, 1002; 5, 1430:

furere,

Verg. G. 3, 100:

longos ciebat Incassum fletus,

id. A. 3, 345:

tot incassum fusos patiere labores?

id. ib. 7, 421.—In prose:

quae profecto incassum agebantur,

Sall. H. 3, 61, 11 Dietsch:

vana incassum jactare tela,

Liv. 10, 29, 2:

incassum missae preces,

id. 2, 49, 8:

aliquid incassum disserere,

Tac. A. 1, 4; Just. 11, 15, 6; Lact. 6, 9, 17; Sen. Brev. Vit. 11, 1: frustra in cassumque. Mart. Cap. 1, § 10.— Also cassum: quid cassum times? Sen. Herc. Oet. 353; cf.: matên, frustra, nequicquam, cassum, Gloss. Cyrill.

ex-haurĭo, hausi, haustum, 4, v. a. ( fut. part. act. exhausurus, Sen. Ep. 51, 6), to draw out, to empty by drawing, to exhaust (class., esp. in the transf. and trop. senses).

Lit., of liquids:

cum alii malos scandant, alii per foros cursent, alii sentinam exhauriant,

pump out, Cic. de Sen. 6, 17; cf. id. Cat. 1, 5, 12:

vinum,

i. e. to drink up, id. Phil. 2, 25, 63:

exhausto jam flumine,

Prop. 4 (5), 9, 63; cf.:

exhaustum poculum,

emptied, Cic. Clu. 11, 31:

exhaustus repente perennis exaruit fons,

Hirt. B. G. 8, 43, 5; cf.:

tacent exhausti solibus amnes,

Stat. Th. 3, 259.—

Transf., of things not liquid, to take out, empty out, to make empty, to exhaust:

terram manibus sagulisque,

Caes. B. G. 5, 42, 3:

humum ligonibus,

Hor. Epod. 5, 31:

pecuniam ex aerario,

Cic. Agr. 2, 36, 98; cf.

aerarium,

i. e. to empty, exhaust, id. Vat. 2, 5; id. Verr. 2, 3, 70, § 164:

praedam ex agris urbibusque sociorum,

id. Pis. 21, 48; cf.:

oppidum diripiendum militi dedit: exhaustis deinde tectis ignem injecit,

completely pillaged, Liv. 10, 44, 2 Drak.:

reliquum spiritum,

Cic. Sest. 37, 80; cf. id. ib. 21, 48 infra, and Halm ad loc.:

exhauriri,

drained of money impoverished, id. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 2 fin.:

provinciam sumptibus et jacturis,

id. Att. 6, 1, 2:

plebem impensis (aedificandi),

Liv. 6, 5, 5:

socios commeatibus,

id. 37, 19, 4:

heredem legatis,

Plin. Ep. 5, 1, 9:

facultates patriae,

Nep. Hann. 6; cf.

vires,

Plin. Ep. 3, 19, 6:

genas,

i. e. to make bloodless, pale, Stat. Th. 10, 168:

velut exhausta pullulet arca nummus,

Juv. 6, 363.

Trop. (according as the notion of taking away or of leaving empty predominates).

To take away, remove:

libentius omnes meas laudes ad te transfuderim, quam aliquam partem exhauserim ex tuis,

Cic. Fam. 9, 14, 4:

alicui dolorem,

id. ib. 5, 16, 4:

sibi manu vitam,

id. Sest. 21, 48; cf. id. ib. 37, 80:

exhausta vis ingens aeris alieni est,

cleared off, Liv. 7, 21, 8:

Scurra exhausto rubore (i. e. pudore),

Auct. Her. 4, 10, 14:

ad multorum exhaurienda peccata,

Vulg. Hebr. 9, 28.—

To exhaust, bring to an end:

tantus fuit amor, ut exhauriri nulla posset injuria,

be exhausted, Cic. Att. 2, 21, 4; cf.:

amicorum benignitas exhausta est in ea re,

id. ib. 4, 2, 7: unius ambulationis sermone exhaurire (quae sollicitant anguntque), to exhaust in speaking, i. e. to discuss thoroughly, id. ib. 1, 18, 1; cf. id. de Or. 3, 26, 102:

exhaustus est sermo hominum,

id. Q. Fr. 1, 2, 1:

deinde exhauriri mea mandata,

to be accomplished, fulfilled, id. Att. 5, 13, 3; cf.:

mandavi omnia, quae quidem tu, ut polliceris, exhauries,

id. ib. 5, 6, 2:

labores,

to endure, undergo, Liv. 21, 21, 8:

laborem, periculum,

id. 21, 30, 9 Drak.; 25, 31, 7; 26, 31, 7; Plin. Ep. 3, 9, 1; Stat. Th. 6. 236 al.:

bella,

Verg. A. 4, 14:

vastae pericula terrae,

id. ib. 10, 57; cf.:

dura et aspera belli,

Liv. 33, 11, 6:

poenarum exhaustum satis est,

executed, inflicted, Verg. A. 9, 356:

exhausta nocte,

spent, Tac. H. 4, 29:

exhaustus cliens,

worn out, Juv. 9, 59.

ŏdĭum, ii, n. [odi] (syn.: simultas, inimicitia)

Lit., hatred, grudge, illwill, animosity, enmity, aversion:

odium (est) ira inveterata,

Cic. Tusc. 4, 9, 21:

in odium alicujus irruere,

to become hated by him, to incur his hatred, Cic. Verr. 1, 12, 35:

non publico modo sed privato etiam odio invisus atque infestus Romanis,

Liv. 36, 39, 15.—Odio alicui esse, as pass. of odi (cf. odi fin.):

quod viro esse odio videas, tute tibiodio habeas,

to be hateful, displeasing to, Plaut. Men. 1, 2, 2:

odi odioque sum Romanis,

Liv. 35, 19, 5:

quid faceres, si quis docuisset te ut sic odio esses mihi?

Plaut. Trin. 2, 1, 6:

pervenire in odium Graeciae,

to incur, Nep. Lys. 1, 3:

omnibus odio venire,

to become hated, Plin. 28, 8, 27, § 106:

odium est mihi cum aliquo,

I am at enmity with him, Cic. Prov. Cons. 10, 24:

esse odio civitati,

to be hateful to, id. Fam. 12, 10, 3:

huic odio nemus est,

Ov. M. 2, 438:

tibi est odio mea fistula,

Verg. E. 8, 33:

quo sit in odio status rerum,

Cic. Att. 2, 22, 1:

esse alicui in odio,

to be hated by, id. ib. 2, 21, 1:

magno odio in aliquem ferri,

to be greatly imbittered against, Nep. Att. 10, 4; Liv. 41, 23, 11:

alicujus subire,

to incur one's hatred, Cic. Att. 11, 17, 2:

gerere adversus aliquem,

to bear, Plin. 8, 18, 26, § 68:

quaerere,

Ov. M. 13, 756; Sall. J. 3, 3:

movere,

to excite, Ov. Am. 3, 11, 43:

saturare,

to sate, satisfy, Cic. Vatin. 3, 6:

magnum odium Pompeii suscepistis,

have brought upon yourselves, have incurred, id. Att. 6, 1, 25:

struere,

to cause, raise, excite, id. de Or. 2, 51, 208:

concitare,

id. Inv. 1, 53, 100:

exercere,

Ov. M. 9, 275; 5, 245:

placare,

to appease, Cic. Dom. 17, 44:

restinguere,

id. Rab. Post. 6, 13.—With obj. gen.:

magnum me cujuspiam rei odium cepit,

I have conceived a great aversion for, Cic. Phil. 2, 36, 91:

suscipere odium erga aliquem,

Nep. Dat. 10, 3:

odio habere (postclass.),

to hate, Vulg. Johan. 15, 25 et saep.:

odium jejunum,

on an empty stomach, Juv. 15, 51.—

Ofinanim. things:

odium raphanis cum vite maximum refugitque juxta satos,

aversion, antipathy, Plin. 19, 5, 26, § 187; 2, 103, 106, § 225:

quercus et olea tam pertinaci odio dissident,

id. 24, 1, 1, § 1.—

Transf.

In gen., the object of hatred; hence, an offence, annoyance, disgust, said of persons or things:

optume odio's,

you are an offence to me, I cannot bear you, Plaut. Truc. 1, 2, 23:

deorum odium atque hominum,

id. Rud. 2, 2, 13:

populi odium,

id. Mil. 3, 3, 48:

Antonius, insigne odium omnium hominum vel deorum,

Cic. Phil. 14, 3, 8:

omnium populorum,

Just. 11, 3, 10:

neque agri, neque urbis odium me umquam percipit,

disgust, Ter. Eun. 5, 5, 2.—

As a quality, offensive conduct or language, importunity, insolence, vexatiousness:

cum horas tres fere dixisset, odio et strepitu senatus coactus est aliquando perorare,

by the disgust they expressed, Cic. Att. 4, 2, 4:

tundendo atque odio denique effecit senex,

by his tiresome, incessant preaching, Ter. Hec. 1, 2, 48:

cum tuo istoc odio,

with your hateful, perverse conduct, id. ib. 1, 2, 59; cf. Plaut. As. 2, 4, 40; 5, 2, 71:

odio qui posset vincere regem,

in insolence, Hor. S. 1, 7, 6.

ōdīum, ii, n., i. q. odeum, q. v.

frīvŏlus, a, um, adj. [etym. dub.; perh. from frico], silly, empty, trifling, frivolous; pitiful, sorry, worthless (mostly post-Aug.; perh. not in Cic.; cf. futtilis).

Adj.:

frivolus hic quidem jam et illiberalis est sermo,

Auct. Her. 4, 11, 16:

levibus aut frivolis aut manifesto falsis reum incessere (shortly after: quia, qui vana congerit),

Quint. 7, 2, 34; Vop. Aur. 3, 1:

colligitis lexidia, res taetras et inanes et frivolas,

Gell. 18, 7, 3:

frivola et inanis argutiola,

id. 2, 7, 9:

quaedam dicit futtilia et frivola,

id. 16, 12, 1:

jocus,

Plin. 28, 19, 79, § 260:

auspicium,

Suet. Ner. 41:

aura,

Phaedr. 5, 8, 1:

insolentia,

id. 3, 6, 8:

jactantia in parvis,

Quint. 1, 6, 20:

opus,

Plin. 22, 6, 7, § 15:

labor,

Sen. Ep. 31:

cura,

Plin. 25, 3, 7, § 22:

origo superbissimi animalium (i. e. hominis),

id. 7, 7, 5, § 43:

ratione morientes,

id. 11, 29, 35, § 102:

flunt in litterarum ostentatione inepti et frivoli,

Gell. 15, 30, 2; so,

in cognoscendo ac decernendo nonnumquam frivolus amentique similis,

Suet. Claud. 15:

quin etiam, quod est imprimis frivolum ac scaenicum, verbum petant (declamatores), quo incipiant,

Quint. 10, 7, 21:

frivolum dictu,

Plin. 7, 53, 54, § 186:

frivolum videatur, non tamen omittendum,

id. 28, 12, 50, § 184:

huic misit qui nescio quid frivoli ducentis milibus traderet,

some worthless thing, trifle, Suet. Calig. 39 fin. —

Subst.: frīvŏla, ōrum, n. plur., wretched furniture, paltry things, trifles:

inter frivola mea,

Sen. Tranq. 1; Dig. 13, 7, 11, § 5:

jam poscit aquam: jam frivola transfert Ucalegon,

Juv. 3, 198; 5, 59; Suet. Calig. 39; Dig. 13, 7, 11, § 5; cf.: frivola skeuaria eutelê panu, Gloss. Philox.—Hence, adv.: frī-vŏlē, in a silly manner, triflingly:

aliqui mentiuntur,

Hier. in Mich. II. 7, 8.

frīvŏlus, a, um, adj. [etym. dub.; perh. from frico], silly, empty, trifling, frivolous; pitiful, sorry, worthless (mostly post-Aug.; perh. not in Cic.; cf. futtilis).

Adj.:

frivolus hic quidem jam et illiberalis est sermo,

Auct. Her. 4, 11, 16:

levibus aut frivolis aut manifesto falsis reum incessere (shortly after: quia, qui vana congerit),

Quint. 7, 2, 34; Vop. Aur. 3, 1:

colligitis lexidia, res taetras et inanes et frivolas,

Gell. 18, 7, 3:

frivola et inanis argutiola,

id. 2, 7, 9:

quaedam dicit futtilia et frivola,

id. 16, 12, 1:

jocus,

Plin. 28, 19, 79, § 260:

auspicium,

Suet. Ner. 41:

aura,

Phaedr. 5, 8, 1:

insolentia,

id. 3, 6, 8:

jactantia in parvis,

Quint. 1, 6, 20:

opus,

Plin. 22, 6, 7, § 15:

labor,

Sen. Ep. 31:

cura,

Plin. 25, 3, 7, § 22:

origo superbissimi animalium (i. e. hominis),

id. 7, 7, 5, § 43:

ratione morientes,

id. 11, 29, 35, § 102:

flunt in litterarum ostentatione inepti et frivoli,

Gell. 15, 30, 2; so,

in cognoscendo ac decernendo nonnumquam frivolus amentique similis,

Suet. Claud. 15:

quin etiam, quod est imprimis frivolum ac scaenicum, verbum petant (declamatores), quo incipiant,

Quint. 10, 7, 21:

frivolum dictu,

Plin. 7, 53, 54, § 186:

frivolum videatur, non tamen omittendum,

id. 28, 12, 50, § 184:

huic misit qui nescio quid frivoli ducentis milibus traderet,

some worthless thing, trifle, Suet. Calig. 39 fin. —

Subst.: frīvŏla, ōrum, n. plur., wretched furniture, paltry things, trifles:

inter frivola mea,

Sen. Tranq. 1; Dig. 13, 7, 11, § 5:

jam poscit aquam: jam frivola transfert Ucalegon,

Juv. 3, 198; 5, 59; Suet. Calig. 39; Dig. 13, 7, 11, § 5; cf.: frivola skeuaria eutelê panu, Gloss. Philox.—Hence, adv.: frī-vŏlē, in a silly manner, triflingly:

aliqui mentiuntur,

Hier. in Mich. II. 7, 8.

frīvŏlus, a, um, adj. [etym. dub.; perh. from frico], silly, empty, trifling, frivolous; pitiful, sorry, worthless (mostly post-Aug.; perh. not in Cic.; cf. futtilis).

Adj.:

frivolus hic quidem jam et illiberalis est sermo,

Auct. Her. 4, 11, 16:

levibus aut frivolis aut manifesto falsis reum incessere (shortly after: quia, qui vana congerit),

Quint. 7, 2, 34; Vop. Aur. 3, 1:

colligitis lexidia, res taetras et inanes et frivolas,

Gell. 18, 7, 3:

frivola et inanis argutiola,

id. 2, 7, 9:

quaedam dicit futtilia et frivola,

id. 16, 12, 1:

jocus,

Plin. 28, 19, 79, § 260:

auspicium,

Suet. Ner. 41:

aura,

Phaedr. 5, 8, 1:

insolentia,

id. 3, 6, 8:

jactantia in parvis,

Quint. 1, 6, 20:

opus,

Plin. 22, 6, 7, § 15:

labor,

Sen. Ep. 31:

cura,

Plin. 25, 3, 7, § 22:

origo superbissimi animalium (i. e. hominis),

id. 7, 7, 5, § 43:

ratione morientes,

id. 11, 29, 35, § 102:

flunt in litterarum ostentatione inepti et frivoli,

Gell. 15, 30, 2; so,

in cognoscendo ac decernendo nonnumquam frivolus amentique similis,

Suet. Claud. 15:

quin etiam, quod est imprimis frivolum ac scaenicum, verbum petant (declamatores), quo incipiant,

Quint. 10, 7, 21:

frivolum dictu,

Plin. 7, 53, 54, § 186:

frivolum videatur, non tamen omittendum,

id. 28, 12, 50, § 184:

huic misit qui nescio quid frivoli ducentis milibus traderet,

some worthless thing, trifle, Suet. Calig. 39 fin. —

Subst.: frīvŏla, ōrum, n. plur., wretched furniture, paltry things, trifles:

inter frivola mea,

Sen. Tranq. 1; Dig. 13, 7, 11, § 5:

jam poscit aquam: jam frivola transfert Ucalegon,

Juv. 3, 198; 5, 59; Suet. Calig. 39; Dig. 13, 7, 11, § 5; cf.: frivola skeuaria eutelê panu, Gloss. Philox.—Hence, adv.: frī-vŏlē, in a silly manner, triflingly:

aliqui mentiuntur,

Hier. in Mich. II. 7, 8.

haurĭo, hausi, haustum, 4 (archaic imperf. hauribant, Lucr. 5, 1324; perf. subj. haurierint, Varr. ap. Prisc. p. 905 P.; part. perf. haurītus, App. M. 3, p. 139; 6, p. 178; supin. hauritu, id. ib. 2, p. 121; part. fut. hauritura, Juv. in Joh. 2, 253:

hausurus,

Verg. A. 4, 383; Sil. 7, 584; 16, 11:

hausturus,

Sen. Q. N. 4, 2, 1; dep. perf. foramen fama est lucem hausum, Sol. 5, 15), v. a. [perh. for haus-io; cf. hio, hisco; prop. to empty], to draw up or out, to draw (class., esp. freq. in the transf. and trop. signif.; cf. sorbeo).

Lit., to draw water, etc.:

cum vidisset haustam aquam de jugi puteo, terrae motum dixit instare,

Cic. Div. 1, 50, 112:

palmis hausta duabus aqua,

Ov. F. 2, 294:

is neque limo Turbatam haurit aquam,

Hor. S. 1, 1, 60:

ipse manus hausta victrices abluit unda,

Ov. M. 4, 740.— Absol.:

num igitur, si potare velit, de dolio sibi hauriendum putet?

Cic. Brut. 83, 288. —Prov.: de faece haurire, to draw from the dregs, i. e. to choose the worst:

tu quidem de faece hauris,

i. e. speak of the worst orators, id. ib. 69, 244.—

Transf.

To drain, drink up; to spill, shed:

ita vina ex libidine hauriuntur, atque etiam praemio invitatur ebrietas (shortly before and after, bibere),

Plin. 14, 22, 28, § 140; cf. id. ib. § 146; and: cui non audita est obscoenae Salmacis undae Aethiopesque lacus, quos si quis faucibus hausit, Aut furit [p. 843] aut, etc., Ov. M. 15, 320 (for which:

qui ex Clitorio lacu biberint,

Plin. 31, 2, 13, § 16):

quae (pocula) simul arenti sitientes hausimus ore,

i. e. drained, emptied, drunk off, Ov. M. 14, 277; so,

cratera,

id. ib. 8, 680:

spumantem pateram,

Verg. A. 1, 738: statim me perculso ad meum sanguinem hauriendum, et spirante re publica ad ejus spolia detrahenda advolaverunt, to drain, i. e. to spill, shed, Cic. Sest. 24, 54:

cruorem,

Ov. M. 7, 333; 13, 331:

nudantis cervicem jugulumque, et reliquum sanguinem jubentes haurire,

Liv. 22, 51, 7; Lact. 5, 1, 8:

quem (sanguinem) civiles hauserunt,

Luc. 1, 13.—

Of things:

imoque a gurgite pontus Vertitur et canas alveus haurit aquas,

draws in, lets in, Ov. F. 3, 591: jam flammae tulerint, inimicus et hauserit ensis, drunk up, i. e. their blood, Verg. A. 2, 600.—

In gen., to tear up, pluck out, draw out, to take to one's self, take; to swallow, devour, consume, exhaust:

(ventus) Arbusta evolvens radicibus haurit ab imis,

Lucr. 6, 141:

haurit arenas ungula,

Stat. Th. 2, 46; cf.:

humumque Effodit... terraeque immurmurat haustae,

i. e. torn up, dug up, Ov. M. 11, 187:

Actoridae magni rostro femur hausit adunco (= transfodit),

tore open, id. ib. 8, 370:

pectora ferro,

id. ib. 8, 438:

latus alicui,

Lucr. 5, 1324; Ov. M. 5, 126; 9, 412; Verg. A. 10, 314; Luc. 10, 387:

ventrem atque inguina uno alteroque ictu,

Liv. 7, 10, 10; Sil. 5, 524:

tum latus ejus gladio haurit,

Curt. 7, 2, 27:

impresso gladio jugulum ejus hausisse,

Tac. H. 1, 41 fin.:

lumen,

to pluck out the eye, Ov. M. 13, 564:

cineres haustos,

i. e. scraped up, collected, id. ib. 8, 538; so,

cineres,

id. ib. 13, 425 sq.; cf. id. ib. 14, 136:

ille cavis hausto spargit me pulvere palmis,

id. ib. 9, 35:

sumptum haurit ex aerario,

draws, takes, Cic. Agr. 2, 13, 32; cf.:

at suave est ex magno tollere acervo. Dum ex parvo nobis tantundem haurire relinquas, Cur? etc.,

Hor. S. 1, 1, 52:

quia dentibus carent, aut lambunt cibos aut integros hauriunt,

to swallow, Col. 8, 17, 11; cf.:

solidos haurire cervos taurosque,

Plin. 8, 14, 14, § 36: hausisti patrias luxuriosus opes, qs. hast swallowed up, devoured, consumed, Mart. 9, 83, 4:

nos tellus haurit,

Sil. 3, 654; cf.:

sua haurire,

Tac. A. 16, 18; 2, 8; 3, 72:

animam recipere auramque communem haurire,

i. e. inhale, breathe, Quint. 6 praef. §

12: suspiratus,

fetching a deep sigh, Ov. M. 14, 129: hauriat hunc oculis ignem crudelis ab alto Dardanus, may he swallow with his eyes, i. e. greedily look at, Verg. A. 4, 661; so,

aliquid oculis,

ib. 12, 946; Sil. 11, 284;

and without oculis: caelum,

Verg. A. 10, 899; cf.:

lucem (primae pecudes),

i. e. to see the light, be born, Verg. G. 2, 340:

vocemque his auribus hausi,

I received his voice with these ears, id. A. 4, 359; so,

dicta auribus,

Ov. M. 13, 787; cf.:

oculis auribusque tantum gaudium,

Liv. 27, 51:

hauriri urbes terrae hiatibus,

to be swallowed up, Plin. 36, 15, 24, § 119; cf.:

cum praealtis paludibus arma, equi haurirentur,

Tac. H. 5, 15:

altitudine et mollitia nivis hauriebantur,

id. ib. 1, 79:

hauriuntur gurgitibus,

id. A. 1, 70:

aggerem ac vineas incendium hausit,

Liv. 5, 7, 3:

cunctos incendium hausit,

Tac. H. 4, 60:

miratur et haurit Pectore ignes,

imbibes, Ov. M. 10, 253; cf.:

flammasque latentes Hausit,

id. ib. 8, 325:

caelo medium Sol igneus orbem Hauserat,

i. e. had rapidly passed through, finished, Verg. G. 4, 427:

vastum iter,

Stat. Th. 1, 369: bracchia Cancri (Titan), Col. poët. 10, 313: cum spes arrectae juvenum exsultantiaque haurit Corda pavor pulsans, exhausts = exhaurit, Verg. G. 3, 105:

pariter pallorque ruborque Purpureas hausere genas,

Stat. Th. 1, 538.—

Trop., to draw, borrow, take, drink in, derive:

sequimur potissimum Stoicos, non ut interpretes, sed, ut solemus, e fontibus eorum judicio arbitrioque nostro, quantum quoque modo videbitur, hauriemus,

Cic. Off. 1, 2, 6; cf.:

fontes, unde hauriretis,

id. de Or. 1, 46, 203:

a fontibus potius haurire quam rivulos consectari,

id. Ac. 1, 2, 8:

reconditis atque abditis e fontibus haurire,

id. de Or. 1, 3, 12:

omnia dixi hausta e fonte naturae,

id. Fin. 1, 21, 71:

eodem fonte haurire laudes suas,

id. Fam. 6, 6, 9; id. Caecin. 27, 78:

quam (legem) non didicimus, accepimus, legimus, verum ex natura ipsa arripuimus, hausimus, expressimus,

id. Mil. 4, 10 (quoted in Cic. Or. 49, 165):

quas (artes) cum domo haurire non posses, arcessivisti ex urbe ea (i. e. Athenis), quae, etc.,

id. Brut. 97, 332:

ex divinitate, unde omnes animos haustos aut acceptos aut libatos haberemus,

id. Div. 2, 11, 26; cf.:

animos hominum quadam ex parte extrinsecus esse tractos et haustos,

id. ib. 1, 32, 70:

quid enim non sorbere animo, quid non haurire cogitatione, cujus sanguinem non bibere censetis?

id. Phil. 11, 5, 10; cf.:

libertatem sitiens hausit,

id. Rep. 1, 43:

voluptates undique,

id. Tusc. 5, 6, 16:

dolorem,

id. Cael. 24, 59:

calamitates,

id. Tusc. 1, 35, 86:

luctum,

id. Sest. 29, 63:

unde laboris Plus haurire mali est quam ex re decerpere fructus,

Hor. S. 1, 2, 79:

animo spem turbidus hausit inanem,

drank in illusive hope, Verg. A. 10, 648:

expugnationes urbium, populationes agrorum, raptus Penatium hauserant animo,

had thought of, intended, Tac. H. 1, 51:

supplicia,

to suffer, Verg. A. 4, 383:

(Thessali) velut ex diutina siti nimis avide meram haurientes libertatem,

indulging, revelling in, Liv. 39, 26, 7; cf.:

studium philosophiae acriter hausisse,

Tac. Agr. 4.

ĭners, ertis (abl. inerti, Plin. 16, 43, 83, § 227:

inerte,

Ov. P. 1, 5, 8; 1, 10, 14), adj. [2. in-ars], unskilled in any art or trade, without skill, unskilful (class.): ut perhibetur iners, ars in quo non erit ulla, Lucil. ap. Serv. ad Verg. A. 4, 158:

artes, quibus qui carebant, inertes a majoribus nominabantur,

Cic. Fin. 2, 34, 115: versus, artless ( = sine arte et gravitate facti), Hor. A. P. 445.—In partic., = iners dicendi, arte dicendi carens:

homo non inertissimus,

Cic. Div. in Caecil. 21, 67. —

In gen., inactive, idle, indolent, sluggish, inert.

Of living beings:

linguā factiosi, inertes operā,

Plaut. Bacch. 3, 6, 13: silvicolae homines bellique inertes, Naev. ap. Macr. S. 6, 5, § 9:

gerro, iners, etc.,

Ter. Heaut. 5, 4, 10:

vicissent inprobos boni fortes inertes,

Cic. Sest. 19, 43:

senectus,

id. de Sen. 11, 36:

homo inertior, ignavior proferri non potest,

id. Verr. 2, 2, 78, § 192:

pecus,

Verg. A. 4, 158; cf.:

fera membris,

Plin. 8, 21, 32, § 77.—

Of inanim. and abstr. things:

inertissimum et desidiosissimum otium,

Cic. Agr. 2, 33:

inertissima segnitia,

id. Fin. 1, 2, 5:

ignavum et iners genus interrogationis,

empty, idle, id. Fat. 13, 29:

aquae,

stagnant waters, Ov. H. 18, 121:

stomachus,

i. e. without digestion, id. P. 1, 10, 14:

glaebae,

that bear nothing, without cultivation, Verg. G. 1, 94:

terra,

motionless, immovable, Hor. C. 3, 4, 45:

horae,

leisure hours, id. S. 2, 6, 61:

tempus,

Ov. P. 1, 15, 44:

Brutus castigator lacrimarum atque inertium querellarum,

Liv. 1, 59, 4.— Of food, without flavor, insipid:

caro,

Hor. S. 2, 4, 41:

blitum iners videtur, ac sine sapore, aut acrimonia ulla,

Plin. 20, 22, 93, § 252:

sal,

id. 31, 7, 39, § 82: [p. 941] vita, inactive, quiet, Tib. 1, 1, 5. — Poet., causative, rendering idle or inactive:

frigus,

Ov. M. 8, 790:

somni,

id. Am. 2, 10, 19. — Hence, adv.: ĭnerter, and sup. inertissime, Charis. 165 P.

ĭners, ertis (abl. inerti, Plin. 16, 43, 83, § 227:

inerte,

Ov. P. 1, 5, 8; 1, 10, 14), adj. [2. in-ars], unskilled in any art or trade, without skill, unskilful (class.): ut perhibetur iners, ars in quo non erit ulla, Lucil. ap. Serv. ad Verg. A. 4, 158:

artes, quibus qui carebant, inertes a majoribus nominabantur,

Cic. Fin. 2, 34, 115: versus, artless ( = sine arte et gravitate facti), Hor. A. P. 445.—In partic., = iners dicendi, arte dicendi carens:

homo non inertissimus,

Cic. Div. in Caecil. 21, 67. —

In gen., inactive, idle, indolent, sluggish, inert.

Of living beings:

linguā factiosi, inertes operā,

Plaut. Bacch. 3, 6, 13: silvicolae homines bellique inertes, Naev. ap. Macr. S. 6, 5, § 9:

gerro, iners, etc.,

Ter. Heaut. 5, 4, 10:

vicissent inprobos boni fortes inertes,

Cic. Sest. 19, 43:

senectus,

id. de Sen. 11, 36:

homo inertior, ignavior proferri non potest,

id. Verr. 2, 2, 78, § 192:

pecus,

Verg. A. 4, 158; cf.:

fera membris,

Plin. 8, 21, 32, § 77.—

Of inanim. and abstr. things:

inertissimum et desidiosissimum otium,

Cic. Agr. 2, 33:

inertissima segnitia,

id. Fin. 1, 2, 5:

ignavum et iners genus interrogationis,

empty, idle, id. Fat. 13, 29:

aquae,

stagnant waters, Ov. H. 18, 121:

stomachus,

i. e. without digestion, id. P. 1, 10, 14:

glaebae,

that bear nothing, without cultivation, Verg. G. 1, 94:

terra,

motionless, immovable, Hor. C. 3, 4, 45:

horae,

leisure hours, id. S. 2, 6, 61:

tempus,

Ov. P. 1, 15, 44:

Brutus castigator lacrimarum atque inertium querellarum,

Liv. 1, 59, 4.— Of food, without flavor, insipid:

caro,

Hor. S. 2, 4, 41:

blitum iners videtur, ac sine sapore, aut acrimonia ulla,

Plin. 20, 22, 93, § 252:

sal,

id. 31, 7, 39, § 82: [p. 941] vita, inactive, quiet, Tib. 1, 1, 5. — Poet., causative, rendering idle or inactive:

frigus,

Ov. M. 8, 790:

somni,

id. Am. 2, 10, 19. — Hence, adv.: ĭnerter, and sup. inertissime, Charis. 165 P.

ĭnops, ŏpis, adj. [2. in-opis], without resources, helpless, weak (class.).

In gen.:

ab ope inops, qui ejus indiget,

Varr. L. L. 5, § 92 Müll.:

inopes relicti a duce,

Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 34:

nihil cum potentiore juris humani relinquitur inopi,

Liv. 9, 1, 8:

solare inopem et succurre relictae,

Verg. A. 9, 290.—

With ab:

sic inopes et ab amicis, et ab existimatione sunt,

Cic. Att. 1, 1, 2. —

With inf.:

inopes laudis conscendere carmen,

unable, Prop. 2, 10, 23 (3, 1, 23 Müll.).—

In partic., helpless through poverty, destitute, needy, indigent.

Lit.:

res pauperes inopesque,

Plaut. Rud. 1, 5, 24:

aerarium inops et exhaustum,

empty, Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 70, § 164:

te semper inops vexet cupido,

unsated, Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 98:

domus cujusvis inopis,

Nep. Ages. 7, 4. —Esp., of the dead who could not pay Charon's fee:

haec omnis inops inhumataque turba est,

Verg. A. 6, 325; cf.:

infletaeque jacent inopes super arva catervae,

Aus. Mos. 4: mortuis in ore nummum immittere, ut apud inferos non tamquam inopes errent, Schol. Juv. 3, 267. —

With gen., destitute of, without:

humanitatis,

Cic. de Or. 2, 10, 40:

amicorum,

id. Lael. 15:

animi,

Verg. A. 4, 300:

mentis,

Ov. F. 4, 457:

consilii,

Liv. 26, 18, 6:

rationis,

Stat. Th. 1, 373:

senatus auxilii humani,

Liv. 3, 7, 7:

terra pacis,

Ov. P. 2, 2, 96:

somni cibique,

id. M. 14, 424:

provinciae virorum,

Tac. H. 2, 67:

miles Martis,

that never fights, Sil. 9, 334.—

Plur. as subst.: ĭnŏpes, um, opp. potentes, Sall. H. Fragm. 4, 61, 17 Dietsch.— Sing.:

si nihil cum potentiore juris humani relinquitur inopi,

Liv. 9, 1, 8. —

Trop.

Of inanimate things, mean, wretched, contemptible:

inopis et pusilli animi esse,

Hor. S. 1, 4, 17:

nostras inopes noluit esse vias,

Ov. Ib. 24:

advorsus atque inops amor,

Lucr. 4, 1142:

odia aegra sine armis errabant, iraeque inopes,

impotent, Val. Fl. 5, 147:

vita,

Vell. 2, 19, 4. —

Of speech, poor in words or ideas, meagre:

non erat abundans, non inops tamen,

Cic. Brut. 67, 238:

non inops verbis,

id. ib. 70, 247:

ad ornandum,

id. ib. 76, 263:

Latinam linguam non modo non inopem, sed locupletiorem etiam esse quam Graecam,

id. Fin. 1, 3, 10:

vir inopi lingua et infacundus,

Gell. 18, 8, 6.

ĭnops, ŏpis, adj. [2. in-opis], without resources, helpless, weak (class.).

In gen.:

ab ope inops, qui ejus indiget,

Varr. L. L. 5, § 92 Müll.:

inopes relicti a duce,

Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 34:

nihil cum potentiore juris humani relinquitur inopi,

Liv. 9, 1, 8:

solare inopem et succurre relictae,

Verg. A. 9, 290.—

With ab:

sic inopes et ab amicis, et ab existimatione sunt,

Cic. Att. 1, 1, 2. —

With inf.:

inopes laudis conscendere carmen,

unable, Prop. 2, 10, 23 (3, 1, 23 Müll.).—

In partic., helpless through poverty, destitute, needy, indigent.

Lit.:

res pauperes inopesque,

Plaut. Rud. 1, 5, 24:

aerarium inops et exhaustum,

empty, Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 70, § 164:

te semper inops vexet cupido,

unsated, Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 98:

domus cujusvis inopis,

Nep. Ages. 7, 4. —Esp., of the dead who could not pay Charon's fee:

haec omnis inops inhumataque turba est,

Verg. A. 6, 325; cf.:

infletaeque jacent inopes super arva catervae,

Aus. Mos. 4: mortuis in ore nummum immittere, ut apud inferos non tamquam inopes errent, Schol. Juv. 3, 267. —

With gen., destitute of, without:

humanitatis,

Cic. de Or. 2, 10, 40:

amicorum,

id. Lael. 15:

animi,

Verg. A. 4, 300:

mentis,

Ov. F. 4, 457:

consilii,

Liv. 26, 18, 6:

rationis,

Stat. Th. 1, 373:

senatus auxilii humani,

Liv. 3, 7, 7:

terra pacis,

Ov. P. 2, 2, 96:

somni cibique,

id. M. 14, 424:

provinciae virorum,

Tac. H. 2, 67:

miles Martis,

that never fights, Sil. 9, 334.—

Plur. as subst.: ĭnŏpes, um, opp. potentes, Sall. H. Fragm. 4, 61, 17 Dietsch.— Sing.:

si nihil cum potentiore juris humani relinquitur inopi,

Liv. 9, 1, 8. —

Trop.

Of inanimate things, mean, wretched, contemptible:

inopis et pusilli animi esse,

Hor. S. 1, 4, 17:

nostras inopes noluit esse vias,

Ov. Ib. 24:

advorsus atque inops amor,

Lucr. 4, 1142:

odia aegra sine armis errabant, iraeque inopes,

impotent, Val. Fl. 5, 147:

vita,

Vell. 2, 19, 4. —

Of speech, poor in words or ideas, meagre:

non erat abundans, non inops tamen,

Cic. Brut. 67, 238:

non inops verbis,

id. ib. 70, 247:

ad ornandum,

id. ib. 76, 263:

Latinam linguam non modo non inopem, sed locupletiorem etiam esse quam Graecam,

id. Fin. 1, 3, 10:

vir inopi lingua et infacundus,

Gell. 18, 8, 6.

jējūnus, a, um, adj. [kindr. to Sanscr. yam, refrenare, cohibere; intens. yanyam, Bopp. Gloss. p. 276, a], fasting, hungry, abstinent, not partaking of food.

Lit.:

in scenam qui jejunus venerit,

Plaut. Ps. prol. 12:

sic expletur jejuna cupido,

hunger, Lucr. 4, 876; so,

jejuna aviditas,

Plin. 10, 3, 3, § 8:

misera ac jejuna plebecula,

Cic. Att. 1, 16, 11:

cum quidem biduum ita jejunus fuissem, ut, etc.,

id. Fam. 7, 26, 1:

canis,

Hor. Epod. 5, 23:

jejuna fessaque corpora,

Liv. 21, 55.—Of inanimate things:

lupus jejunis dentibus acer,

Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 29:

Cerberus jejuno sono,

with hungry howlings, Prop. 4 (5), 5, 4:

tam jejuna fames?

so extreme, Juv. 5, 10:

pullus ad quem volat mater jejuna,

id. 10, 232:

odium,

i. e. on an empty stomach, id. 15, 51:

saliva,

fasting spittle, Plin. 28, 4, 7, § 35.—

Thirsty:

vilem jejunae saepe negavit aquam,

Prop. 3, 13 (4, 14), 18.—

Transf.

Dry, barren, unproductive:

corpora suco jejuna,

Lucr. 2, 845:

ager,

Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 37, § 84:

glarea,

Verg. G. 2, 212:

pars jejunior humi,

Col. 2, 4, 7.—

Scanty, insignificant in quantity:

summaque jejunā sanie infuscatur arena,

Verg. G. 3, 493.—

Trop.

Poor, barren, powerless:

ut quosdam nimis jejuno animo et angusto monerem uti, etc.,

Cic. Phil. 14, 6, 17:

pusillus animus atque ipsā malevolentiā jejunus atque inanis,

id. Fam. 2, 17, 7.—

Insignificant, trifling, contemptible, mean, low:

solivaga cognitio et jejuna,

Cic. Off. 1, 44, 157:

frigida et jejuna calumnia,

id. Caecin. 21, 61:

jejunum hoc nescio quid et contemnendum,

id. Fam. 15, 17:

aliquid humile et jejunum,

id. ib. 3, 10, 7.—

Of speech, meagre, dry, feeble, spiritless:

si quis aut Antonium jejuniorem, aut Crassum fuisse pleniorem putet,

Cic. de Or. 3, 4, 16:

Theodorus, in arte subtilior, in orationibus jejunior,

id. Brut. 12, 48.—With gen., Cic. Or. 40:

concertatio verborum,

id. de Or. 2, 16, 68; Quint. 1, 4, 5; 10, 2, 17 al.—

Destitute of, without, deprived of:

divitiarum avidi ac jejuni,

Just. 38, 6, 8:

pecunia,

Val. Max. 4, 4, 9.— Adv.: jējūnē, meagrely, dryly, jejunely, without ornament or spirit:

jejune et exiliter disputare,

Cic. de Or. 1, 11, 50; Plin. Ep. 1, 20, 20; Gell. 19, 3:

agere,

Cic. Ac. 2, 35, 112.— Comp.:

dicere jejunius,

Cic. Fin. 3, 5, 17; id. Att. 12, 21, 1.

pingo, pinxi, pictum, 3, v. a., to represent pictorially with the pencil or needle, to paint, embroider (cf.: depingo, delineo, adumbro).

Lit.:

quas (comas) Dione Pingitur sustinuisse manu,

is represented in painting, Ov. Am. 1, 14, 34; Cic. Fam. 5, 12, 7:

tabulas,

id. Inv. 2, 1, 1:

tabula picta,

a painting, picture, id. Brut. 75:

pingere hominis speciem,

id. de Or. 2, 16, 69:

Helenae simulacrum,

id. Inv. 2, 1, 1:

Nero princeps jusserat colosseum se pingi,

Plin. 35, 7, 33, § 51.—Prov.:

quae dicunt ii, qui numquam philosophum pictum, ut dicitur, viderunt, of those who speak of things they know nothing about,

Cic. Fin. 5, 27, 80.— Of embroidering (with or without acu):

textile stragulum, magnificis operibus pictum,

Cic. Tusc. 5, 21, 61:

pingere acu,

Ov. M. 6, 23:

picti reges,

in embroidered garments, Mart. 10, 72, 7:

picti tori,

with embroidered coverlets, Ov. H. 12, 30:

toga,

the embroidered toga worn by a triumphing commander, Lampr. Alex. Sev. 40:

tapetes,

Vulg. Prov. 7, 16.— Pass. in mid. force:

pingi,

to paint the face, Plaut. Poen. 1, 2, 11.—

Transf.

To paint, stain, color with any thing (mostly poet.):

palloribus omnia pingunt,

Lucr. 4, 311; 2, 375:

sanguineis frontem moris et tempora pingit,

Verg. E. 6, 22; 2, 50; Mart. 14, 5, 2:

multas facies,

Juv. 9, 146:

oculos,

id. 2, 94; so,

oculos stibio,

Vulg. Jer. 4, 30. —Esp., to tattoo:

Agathyrsi ora artusque pingunt iisdem omnes notis, et sic ut ablui nequeunt,

Mel. 2, 1, 10:

membraque qui ferro gaudet pinxisse Gelonus,

Claud. in Ruf. 1, 313.—

To adorn, decorate, embellish:

herbas floribus,

Lucr. 5, 1396:

bibliothecam aliquā re,

Cic. Att. 4, 5, 3:

stellis pingitur aether,

Sen. Med. 310.—

Trop., of style, to paint, color, embellish:

verba,

Cic. Brut. 37, 141:

tabula, quam Cleanthes sane commode verbis depingere solebat,

id. Fin. 2, 21, 69:

locus, quem ego varie meis orationibus soleo pingere,

id. Att. 1, 14, 3:

modo mihi date Britanniam, quam pingam coloribus tuis penicillo meo,

id. Q. Fr. 2, 15, a, 2:

hunc (virum) omnibus a me pictum et politum artis coloribus subito deformatum vidi,

id. Att. 2, 21, 4.—Hence, pictus, a, um, P. a., painted, colored, of various colors.

Lit.:

volucres,

Verg. A. 4, 525:

pelles,

id. G. 4, 342:

absint et picti squalentia terga lacerti,

id. ib. 4, 13:

puppes,

id. A. 5, 663:

carinae,

id. ib. 8, 93.—

Transf., tattooed:

Geloni,

Verg. G. 2, 115:

Agathyrsi,

id. A. 4, 146 Forbig. ad loc.; Prisc. Perieg. 302.—

Of style, ornamented, ornate: orationis pictum et expolitum genus, Cic. Or. 27, 96:

Lysiā nihil potest esse pictius,

id. Brut. 95, 293.—

Merely painted, i. e. unreal, false, deceptive, empty, vain:

pictos experiere metus,

Prop. 4 (5), 6, 50.

stĕrĭlis, e (collat. form, acc. sing. fem sterilam sterilem, Fest. p. 316 Müll.; neutr. plur. sterila, Lucr. 2, 845; abl. sterile, Apic. 7, 1, § 258), adj. [Gr. stereos, hard; steriphê, steira, barren; Sanscr. starī, vacca sterilis], unfruitful, barren, sterile, of plants and animals (class. and very freq.;

syn infecundus): steriles nascuntur avenae,

Verg. E. 5, 37; so,

ulvae,

Ov. M. 4, 299:

herba,

id. Am. 3, 7, 31; Curt. 4, 1, 21:

platani,

Verg. G. 2, 70:

agri,

id. ib. 1, 84; id. A. 3, 141:

tellus,

Ov. M. 8, 789:

palus,

Hor. A. P. 65:

harena,

Verg. G. 1, 70:

humus,

Prop. 3, 2 (2, 11), 2; Curt. 7, 5, 34:

solum,

id. 3, 4, 3:

steriles nimium crasso sunt semine,

Lucr. 4, 1240; Cat. 67, 26:

galli Tanagric' ad partus sunt steriliores,

Varr. R. R. 3, 9, 6:

vacca,

Verg. A. 6, 251:

multae (mulie res),

Lucr. 4, 1251:

viri,

i. e. eunuchs, Cat. 63, 69; Plin. 24, 10, 47, § 78; Mart. 9, 9, 8:

ova,

Plin. 10, 60, 80, § 166.—

Transf. (mostly poet. and in post-Aug. prose; not in Cic.).

Of things, causing unfruitfulness or sterility:

rubigo,

Hor. C. 3, 23, 6:

frigus,

Luc. 4, 108:

hiems,

Mart. 8, 68, 10:

serere pampinariis sterile est,

produces sterility, Plin. 17, 21, 35, § 157.—

In gen., barren, bare, empty:

manus,

Plaut. Truc. 1, 2, 3:

sterilis amator a datis,

bare of gifts, id. ib. 2, 1, 30:

amicus,

Juv. 12, 97; Mart. 10, 18, 3:

epistulae,

Plin. Ep. 5, 2, 2:

saeculum,

id. ib. 5, 17, 6:

civitas ad aquas,

App. M. 1, p. 106 fin.:

vadum,

Sen. Thyest. 173:

corpora sonitu (with jejuna succo),

that yield no sound, Lucr. 2, 845:

prospectus,

without human beings, Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 15:

domus,

without children, Prop. 4 (5), 11, 62:

nummi,

that do not bear interest, Dig. 22, 1, 7.—With gen.:

sterilis laurus baccarum,

Plin. 15, 30, 39, § 130:

lapides plumbi,

id. 33, 7, 40, § 119.—

Trop., unproductive, unprofitable, fruitless, useless, vain:

Februarius,

Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 12, 2:

quod monumentum, quod immo temporis punctum, aut beneficio sterile, aut vacuum laude?

Plin. Pan. 56, 2:

ne sit sterile et effetum (saeculum),

id. Ep. 5, 17, 6:

fama (with cassa),

Stat. Th. 6, 70:

labor,

Mart. 10, 58, 8:

pax,

Tac. A. 1, 17:

amor,

i. e. unreturned, unrequited, Ov. M. 1, 496; Stat. S. 3, 4, 42:

cathedrae,

unprofitable, Mart. 1, 76, 14; Juv. 7, 203:

litus sterili versamus aratro,

id. 7, 49.—With gen., destitute, deprived of, unacquainted with:

urbes talium studiorum fuere steriles,

Vell. 1, 18 fin.:

non adeo virtutum sterile saeculum,

Tac. H. 1, 3:

heu steriles veri!

Pers. 5, 75.