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  • 1 verbum

    verbum, i ( gen. plur. verbūm, Plaut. As. 1, 3, 1; id. Bacch. 4, 8, 37; id. Truc. 2, 8, 14), n. [from the root er; Gr. ERô, whence eirô and rhêma, what is spoken or said; cf. Goth. vaurd; Germ. Wort; Engl. word], a word; plur., words, expressions, language, discourse, conversation, etc. (cf.: vox, vocabulum).
    I.
    In gen.:

    verbum nullum fecit,

    Plaut. Bacch. 4, 9, 58:

    si ullum verbum faxo,

    id. Men. 1, 2, 47:

    qui verbum numquam in publico fecerunt,

    Cic. Brut. 78, 270; so,

    facere,

    to talk, chat, discourse, converse, id. Verr. 2, 4, 65, § 147; id. Imp. Pomp. 10, 27; id. Planc. 8, 20 al.:

    spissum istud amanti est verbum veniet, nisi venit,

    Plaut. Cist. 1, 1, 77; cf. id. Most. 5, 1, 2:

    videtis hoc uno verbo unde significari res duas et ex quo et a quo loco,

    Cic. Caecin. 30, 88:

    verbum voluptatis,

    id. Fin. 2, 23, 75 (for which:

    vox voluptatis,

    id. ib. 2, 2, 6); cf.:

    libenter verbo utor Catonis (i. e. origines),

    id. Rep. 2, 1, 3:

    verbum usitatius et tritius,

    id. Ac. 1, 7, 27:

    verbum scribere... verbi litterae,

    id. de Or. 2, 30, 130:

    nec vero ullum (verbum) aut durum aut insolens, aut humile aut longius ductum, etc.,

    id. Brut. 79, 274: si pudor, si modestia, si pudicitia, si uno verbo temperantia (literally, in one word; cf. B. 2. infra), id. Fin. 2, 22, 73.— Plur.:

    verba rebus impressit,

    Cic. Rep. 3, 2, 3:

    in quo etiam verbis ac nominibus ipsis fuit diligens (Servius Tullius),

    id. ib. 2, 22, 40:

    quid verbis opu'st?

    Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 289:

    haec plurimis a me verbis dicta sunt,

    Cic. Rep. 1, 7, 12:

    verba facere,

    to speak, Caes. B. G. 2, 14: contumelia verborum, insulting or abusive language, id. ib. 5, 58:

    ut verbis, quid sit, definiam,

    Cic. Rep. 1, 24, 38:

    verba ponenda sunt, quae vim habeant illustrandi, nec ab usu sint abhorrentia, grandia, plena, sonantia, etc.,

    id. Part. Or. 15, 53:

    dialecticorum verba nulla sunt publica: suis utuntur,

    id. Ac. 1, 7, 25:

    verborum delectum originem esse eloquentiae,

    id. Brut. 72, 253 et saep.:

    multis verbis ultro citroque habitis ille nobis est consumptus dies,

    much talk on both sides, id. Rep. 6, 9, 9; cf. id. ib. 3, 4, 7: accusabat Canutius Scamandrum verbis tribus, venenum esse deprehensum (literally, in three words; cf. B. 2. b. infra), Cic. Clu. 18, 50.—Prov.: verba facit emortuo, he talks to the dead, i. e. in vain, Plaut. Poen. 4, 2, 18;

    for which: verba fiunt mortuo,

    Ter. Phorm. 5, 8 (9), 26.—
    B.
    Adverbial phrases.
    1.
    Ad verbum, verbum e (de, pro), verbo, or simply verbum verbo, to a word, word for word, exactly, literally (Cic. uses verbum e or ex verbo where the exact equivalent of a single word is given; verbum pro verbo of the literal translation of a passage; v. infra):

    fabellae Latinae ad verbum de Graecis expressae,

    Cic. Fin. 1, 2, 4; cf. Suet. Caes. 30 fin.:

    ediscere ad verbum,

    Cic. de Or. 1, 34, 157:

    ea quae modo expressa ad verbum dixi,

    id. Tusc. 3, 19, 44:

    somnium mirifice ad verbum cum re convenit,

    id. Div. 1, 44, 99: quae Graeci pathê appellant:

    ego poteram morbos, et id verbum esset e verbo,

    id. Tusc. 3, 4, 7: istam katalêpsin, quam, ut dixi, verbum e verbo exprimentes, comprehensionem dicemus, id. Ac. 2, 10, 31; id. Fin. 3, 4, 15; id. Top. 8, 35; id. Ac. 2, 6, 17:

    verbum de verbo expressum extulit,

    Ter. Ad. prol. 11:

    verbum pro verbo reddere,

    Cic. Opt. Gen. 5, 14:

    nec verbum verbo curabis reddere fidus Interpres,

    Hor. A. P. 133; cf.: ea sine scripto eisdem verbis reddebat, quibus cogitaverat, Cic. Brut. 88, 301.—
    2.
    Verbi causā or gratiā, for the sake of example, for example, for instance:

    si quis, verbi causā, oriente Caniculā natus est,

    Cic. Fat. 6, 12: M. Quid dicis igitur! A. Miserum esse verbi causā M. Crassum, id. Tusc. 1, 4, 12; id. Mil. 22, 60:

    qui verbi causā post mortem amici liberos ejus custodiant,

    Auct. Her. 4, 47, 60:

    ut propter aliam quampiam rem, verbi gratiā propter voluptatem, nos amemus,

    Cic. Fin. 5, 11, 30.—
    3.
    Uno verbo, or tribus verbis, or paucis verbis, in one word, in a word, briefly.
    a.
    Quin tu uno verbo dic, quid est quod me velis, Ter. And. 1, 1, 18; Cato, R. R. 157, 7:

    praetores, praetorios, tribunos plebis, magnam partem senatūs, omnem subolem juventutis unoque verbo rem publicam expulsam atque extirminatam suis sedibus,

    Cic. Phil. 2, 22, 54.—
    b.
    Pa. Brevin' an longinquo sermoni? Mi. Tribus verbis, Plaut. Mil. 4, 2, 30:

    pax, te tribus verbis volo,

    Plaut. Trin. 4, 2, 121.—
    c.
    Sed paucis verbis te volo, Plaut. Mil. 2, 4, 22; cf.:

    verbis paucis quam cito Alium fecisti me,

    id. Trin. 1, 2, 123; cf. also paucus, II. B.—
    4.
    Verbo.
    a.
    Orally, by word of mouth (opp. scripturā): C. Furnio plura verbo quam scripturā mandata dedimus, Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 8, 5:

    cui verbo mandabo, quid, etc.,

    Vulc. Gall. Avid. Cass. 10, § 10.—
    b.
    Briefly, in a word:

    postquam Caesar dicendi finem fecit, ceteri verbo alius alii varie adsentiebantur,

    Sall. C. 52, 1:

    aut verbo adsentiebatur, aut pedibus in sententiam ibat,

    Liv. 27, 34, 7 Weissenb. ad loc.; 3, 40, 6; cf. also: rogatus a me etiamne majus quam dedecus, verbo de sententiā destitisti, at a word from me, Cic. Tusc. 2, 12, 28 Ernest. ad loc.—
    5.
    Meis, tuis, suis verbis, in my, thy, or his name; for me, thee, or him:

    gratum mihi feceris, si uxori tuae meis verbis eris gratulatus,

    Cic. Fam. 15, 8; 5, 11, 2; id. Att. 16, 11, 8:

    anulum quem ego militi darem tuis verbis,

    Plaut. Mil. 3, 3, 38; id. Bacch. 4, 4, 79:

    denuntiatum Fabio senatus verbis, ne, etc.,

    Liv. 9, 36, 14.
    II.
    In partic.
    A.
    Verbum, in the sing.
    1.
    Of an entire clause, a saying, expression, phrase, sentence (mostly anteclass.; cf.: sententia, dictum): Me. Plus plusque istuc sospitent quod nunc habes. Eu. Illud mihi verbum non placet:

    quod nunc habes!

    Plaut. Aul. 3, 6, 11; id. Cas. 2, 5, 39; id. Most. 1, 3, 18; 1, 3, 95; 1, 3, 139; Ter. And. 1, 5, 5; id. Eun. 1, 2, 95; id. Ad. 5, 8, 29.—
    2.
    Of a proverb:

    verum est verbum, quod memoratur: ubi amici, ibidem opus,

    Plaut. Truc. 4, 4, 32; so id. ib. 4, 5, 39; Ter. Ad. 5, 3, 17:

    quod verbum in pectus Jugurthae altius quam quisquam ratus erat descendit,

    Sall. J. 11, 7.—
    B.
    Pregn., mere talk, mere words (opp. to deed, fact, reality, etc.; cf.

    nomen): qui omnia verborum momentis, non rerum ponderibus examinet,

    Cic. Rep. 3, 8, 12; cf.:

    verbo et simulatione (opp. re verā),

    id. Verr. 2, 3, 58, § 133; v. res: dolor est malum, ut disputas;

    existimatio, dedecus, infamia verba sunt atque ineptiae,

    empty words, id. Pis. 27, 65:

    verborum sonitus inanis,

    id. de Or. 1, 12, 51:

    in quibus (civitatibus) verbo sunt liberi omnes?

    in word, in name, id. Rep. 1, 31, 47. —Hence, verba dare (alicui), to give empty words, i. e. to deceive, cheat:

    cui verba dare difficile est,

    Ter. And. 1, 3, 6:

    vel verba mihi dari facile patior in hoc, meque libenter praebeo credulum,

    Cic. Att. 15, 16, A: descendit atque Gallis verba dedit, i. e. eluded, escaped from them, Quadrig. ap. Gell. 17, 2, 24:

    curis dare verba,

    i. e. to beguile, drive away, Ov. Tr. 5, 7, 40.—
    C.
    In gram., a verb:

    Aristoteles orationis duas partes esse dicit, vocabula et verba, ut homo et equus, et legit et currit, etc.,

    Varr. L. L. 8, § 11 sq. Müll.; 9, § 95; 10, § 77 al.; Cic. de Or. 3, 49, 191.—
    D.
    In eccl. Lat. as a translation of logos, the second person of the Trinity, Vulg. Joan. 1, 1; id. 1 Joan. 5, 7; id. Apoc. 19, 13.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > verbum

  • 2 verbum

        verbum ī, n    [cf. ρ)ῆμα; Eng. word], a word: pro his facit verba, speaks, Cs.: quod ego in senatu Graeco verba fecissem, had spoken: libenter verbo utor Catonis (i. e. origines): usitatius hoc verbum et tritius: si pudor, si modestia, si uno verbo temperantia, in a word: verba rebus impressit, i. e. names: contumelia verborum, abusive language, Cs.: verborum delectus, choice of language: multis verbis ultro citroque habitis, much talk on both sides: accusare verbis tribus, in three words: (dies) per quem tria verba silentur, i. e. the praetor's voice (in the official words do, dico, addico), O.—Prov.: verba flunt mortuo, i. e. that is idle talk, T.— Abl sing. adverb., briefly, in one word, by a word: postquam Caesar dicendi finem fecit, ceteri verbo alius alii varie adsentiebantur, S.: verbo de sententiā destitisti, at one word from me.—Orally, by speech: aut verbo adsentiebatur, aut pedibus in sententiam ibat, L.— Abl plur. with poss. pron., or gen, in the name of, in behalf of, for: si uxori tuae meis verbis eris gratulatus, for me: denuntiatum Fabio senatūs verbis, ne, etc., L.—In the phrase, uno verbo, in one word, in a word, briefly: Quin tu uno verbo dic, quid, etc., T.: praetores, praetorios, tribunos plebis... unoque verbo rem p., etc.—In phrases to express exact correspondence, verbum e verbo, precisely, exactly, literally: quae Graeci pa/thh appellant, ego poteram morbos, et id verbum esset e verbo.—Of a passage or work, translated or copied, ad verbum, verbum de verbo, verbum pro verbo, or verbum verbo, literally, word for word: fabellae Latinae ad verbum de Graecis expressae: verbum de verbo expressum extulit, T.: verbum pro verbo reddere: verbum verbo reddere, H.—In the phrase, verbi causā or verbi gratiā, for the sake of example, for example, for instance: si quis, verbi causā, oriente Caniculā natus est: quo die verbi causā esse oporteret Idūs.—A saying, expression, phrase, sentence: vetus verbum hoc quidemst, etc., an old saying, T.: quod verbum in pectus Iugurthae altius descendit, S.—Mere talk, mere words: dolor est malum, existimatio, dedecus, infamia verba atque ineptiae, empty words: verborum sonitus inanis.— Abl adv., verbally, in words, nominally: Ut beneficium verbis initum nunc re comprobes, T.: in quibus (civitatibus) verbo sunt liberi omnes, in name.—Hence, the phrase, verba dare, to give mere words, deceive, cheat: Quoi verba dare difficile est, T.: vel verba mihi dari facile patior in hoc: curis dare verba, i. e. to beguile, O.—In grammar, a verb.
    * * *
    word; proverb

    verba dare alicui -- cheat/deceive someone

    Latin-English dictionary > verbum

  • 3 data

    1.
    do, dĕdi, dătum, dăre (also in a longer form, dănunt = dant, Pac., Naev., and Caecil. ap. Non. 97, 14 sq.; Plaut. Most. 1, 2, 48; id. Ps. 3, 1, 1 et saep.; cf. Paul. ex Fest. p. 68, 12 Müll.— Subj.:

    duim = dem,

    Plaut. Aul. 4, 6, 6; Ter. Heaut. 1, 1, 38:

    duis,

    Plaut. Capt. 2, 2, 81; id. Men. 2, 1, 42:

    duas = des,

    id. Merc. 2, 3, 67; id. Rud. 5, 3, 12; an old formula in Liv. 10, 19:

    duit,

    Plaut. As. 2, 4, 54; id. Aul. 1, 1, 23; an old formula in Liv. 22, 10 init.:

    duint,

    Plaut. Most. 3, 1, 126; id. Ps. 4, 1, 25; id. Trin. 2, 4, 35; Ter. And. 4, 1, 43; id. Phorm. 3, 2, 34 al.— Imper.: DVITOR, XII. Tab. ap. Plin. 21, 3, 5 ex conject.—Inf.: DASI = dari, acc. to Paul. ex Fest. p. 68, 13 Müll.:

    dane = dasne,

    Plaut. Truc. 2, 4, 22.—The pres. pass., first pers., dor, does not occur), v. a. [Sanscr. dā, da-dā-mi, give; Gr. di-dô-mi, dôtêr, dosis; cf.: dos, donum, damnum], to give; and hence, with the greatest variety of application, passing over into the senses of its compounds, derivatives, and synonyms (edere, tradere, dedere; reddere, donare, largiri, concedere, exhibere, porrigere, praestare, impertire, suppeditare, ministrare, subministrare, praebere, tribuere, offerre, etc.), as, to give away, grant, concede, allow, permit; give up, yield, resign; bestow, present, confer, furnish, afford; offer, etc. (very freq.).
    I.
    In gen.:

    eam carnem victoribus danunt, Naev. ap. Non. l. l.: ea dona, quae illic Amphitruoni sunt data,

    Plaut. Am. prol. 138; cf.:

    patera, quae dono mi illic data'st,

    id. ib. 1, 3, 36:

    dandis recipiendisque meritis,

    Cic. Lael. 8; cf.:

    ut par sit ratio acceptorum et datorum,

    id. ib. 16, 58: ut obsides accipere non dare consuerint, Caes. B. G. 1, 4 fin.:

    obsides,

    id. ib. 1, 19, 1;

    1, 31, 7 et saep.: patriam (sc. mundum) dii nobis communem secum dederunt,

    Cic. Rep. 1, 13:

    hominibus animus datus est ex illis sempiternis ignibus,

    id. ib. 6, 15; cf. ib. 6, 17:

    ea dant magistratus magis, quae etiamsi nolint, danda sint,

    id. ib. 1, 31; cf.

    imperia,

    id. ib. 1, 44:

    centuria, ad summum usum urbis fabris tignariis data,

    id. ib. 2, 22:

    Lycurgus agros locupletium plebi, ut servitio, colendos dedit,

    id. ib. 3, 9 fin.:

    ei filiam suam in matrimonium dat,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 3, 5:

    litteras ad te numquam habui cui darem, quin dederim,

    Cic. Fam. 12, 19: litteras (ad aliquem), to write to one, saep.; cf. id. Att. 5, 11;

    and in the same signif.: aliquid ad aliquem,

    id. ib. 10, 8 fin.:

    litteras alicui, said of the writer,

    to give one a letter to deliver, id. ib. 5, 15 fin.;

    of the bearer, rarely,

    to deliver a letter to one, id. ib. 5, 4 init.: colloquium dare, to join in a conference, converse ( poet.), Lucr. 4, 598 (Lachm.;

    al. videmus): colloquiumque sua fretus ab urbe dedit,

    parley, challenge, Prop. 5, 10, 32:

    dare poenas,

    to give satisfaction, to suffer punishment, Sall. C. 18:

    alicui poenas dare,

    to make atonement to any one; to suffer for any thing, Ov. M. 6, 544; Sall. C. 51, 31;

    v. poena: decus sibi datum esse justitia regis existimabant,

    Cic. Rep. 1, 41:

    quoniam me quodammodo invitas et tui spem das,

    id. ib. 1, 10:

    dabant hae feriae tibi opportunam sane facultatem ad explicandas tuas litteras,

    id. ib. 1, 9; cf.:

    ansas alicui ad reprehendendum,

    id. Lael. 16, 59:

    multas causas suspicionum offensionumque,

    id. ib. 24:

    facultatem per provinciam itineris faciundi,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 7, 5;

    for which: iter alicui per provinciam,

    id. ib. 1, 8, 3; Liv. 8, 5; 21, 20 al.:

    modicam libertatem populo,

    Cic. Rep. 2, 31:

    consilium,

    id. Lael. 13:

    praecepta,

    id. ib. 4 fin.:

    tempus alicui, ut, etc.,

    id. Rep. 1, 3:

    inter se fidem et jusjurandum,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 3 fin.:

    operam,

    to bestow labor and pains on any thing, Cic. de Or. 1, 55:

    operam virtuti,

    id. Lael. 22, 84;

    also: operam, ne,

    id. ib. 21, 78:

    veniam amicitiae,

    id. ib. 17:

    vela (ventis),

    to set sail, id. de Or. 2, 44, 187:

    dextra vela dare,

    to steer towards the right, Ov. 3, 640:

    me librum L. Cossinio ad te perferendum dedisse,

    Cic. Att. 2, 1:

    sin homo amens diripiendam urbem daturus est,

    id. Fam. 14, 14 et saep.: ita dat se res, so it is circumstanced, so it is, Poëta ap. Cic. N. D. 2, 26; cf.:

    prout tempus ac res se daret,

    Liv. 28, 5 et saep.— Impers.: sic datur, so it goes, such is fate, i. e. you have your reward, Plaut. Truc. 4, 8, 4; id. Ps. 1, 2, 22; id. Men. 4, 2, 40; 64; id. Stich. 5, 6, 5.— Part. perf. sometimes (mostly in poets) subst.: dăta, ōrum, n., gifts, presents, Plaut. Ps. 1, 3, 72; Prop. 3, 15, 6 (4, 14, 6 M.); Ov. M. 6, 363 (but not in Cic. Clu. 24, 66, where dona data belong together, as in the archaic formula in Liv. 22, 10 init.:

    DATVM DONVM DVIT, P. R. Q.).— Prov.: dantur opes nulli nunc nisi divitibus,

    Mart. 5, 81, 2; cf.:

    dat census honores,

    Ov. F. 1, 217.—
    (β).
    Poet. with inf.:

    da mihi frui perpetuā virginitate,

    allow me, Ov. M. 1, 486; id. ib. 8, 350:

    di tibi dent captā classem reducere Trojā,

    Hor. S. 2, 3, 191; so id. ib. 1, 4, 39; id. Ep. 1, 16, 61; id. A. P. 323 et saep.—
    (γ).
    With ne:

    da, femina ne sim,

    Ov. M. 12, 202.
    II.
    In partic.
    A.
    In milit. lang.
    1.
    Nomina, to enroll one's self for military service, to enlist, Cic. Phil. 7, 4, 13; Liv. 2, 24; 5, 10; cf.

    transf. beyond the military sphere,

    Plaut. Ps. 4, 6, 38.—
    2.
    Manus (lit., as a prisoner of war, to stretch forth the hands to be fettered; cf. Cic. Lael. 26, 99;

    hence),

    to yield, surrender, Nep. Ham. 1, 4;

    and more freq. transf. beyond the milit. sphere,

    to yield, acquiesce, Plaut. Pers. 5, 2, 72; Cic. Lael. 26, 99; id. Att. 2, 22, 2; Caes. B. G. 5, 31, 3; Ov. H. 4, 14; id. F. 3, 688; Verg. A. 11, 568; Hor. Epod. 17, 1 al.—
    3.
    Terga, for the usual vertere terga; v. tergum.—
    B.
    To grant, consent, permit.
    1.
    Esp. in jurid. lang.: DO, DICO, ADDICO, the words employed by the praetor in the execution of his office; viz. DO in the granting of judges, actions, exceptions, etc.; DICO in pronouncing sentence of judgment; ADDICO in adjudging the property in dispute to one or the other party; cf. Varr. L. L. 6, § 30 Müll.;

    hence called tria verba,

    Ov. F. 1, 47.—
    2.
    Datur, it is permitted, allowed, granted; with subj. clause: quaesitis diu terris, ubi sistere detur, Ov. M. 1, 307:

    interim tamen recedere sensim datur,

    Quint. 11, 3, 127:

    ex quo intellegi datur, etc.,

    Lact. 5, 20, 11.—
    C.
    In philos. lang., to grant a proposition:

    in geometria prima si dederis, danda sunt omnia: dato hoc, dandum erit illud (followed by concede, etc.),

    Cic. Fin. 5, 28, 83; id. Tusc. 1, 11, 25; id. Inv. 1, 31 fin. —
    D.
    Designating the limit, to put, place, carry somewhere; and with se, to betake one's self somewhere:

    tum genu ad terram dabo,

    to throw, Plaut. Capt. 4, 2, 17; cf.:

    aliquem ad terram,

    Liv. 31, 37; Flor. 4, 2 fin.:

    me haec deambulatio ad languorem dedit!

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

    hanc mihi in manum dat,

    id. And. 1, 5, 62:

    praecipitem me in pistrinum dabit,

    id. ib. 1, 3, 9:

    hostes in fugam,

    Caes. B. G. 5, 51 fin.:

    hostem in conspectum,

    to bring to view, Liv. 3, 69 fin.:

    aliquem in vincula,

    to cast into prison, Flor. 3, 10, 18; cf.:

    arma in profluentes,

    id. 4, 12, 9:

    aliquem usque Sicanium fretum,

    Val. Fl. 2, 28:

    aliquem leto,

    to put to death, to kill, Phaedr. 1, 22, 9:

    se in viam,

    to set out on a journey, Cic. Fam. 14, 12:

    sese in fugam,

    id. Verr. 2, 4, 43 fin.; cf.:

    se fugae,

    id. Att. 7, 23, 2:

    Socrates, quam se cumque in partem dedisset, omnium fuit facile princeps,

    id. de Or. 3, 16, 60 et saep.—
    E.
    Designating the effect, to cause, make, bring about, inflict, impose:

    qui dederit damnum aut malum,

    Ter. And. 1, 1, 116:

    nec consulto alteri damnum dari sine dolo malo potest,

    Cic. Tull. 14, 34; 16, 39; cf.:

    malum dare,

    id. N. D. 1, 44, 122:

    hoc quī occultari facilius credas dabo,

    Ter. Hec. 5, 4, 29:

    inania duro vulnera dat ferro,

    Ov. M. 3, 84:

    morsus,

    Prop. 5, 5, 39; cf.:

    motus dare,

    to impart motion, Lucr. 1, 819 al. (but motus dare, to make motion, to move, be moved, id. 2, 311):

    stragem,

    id. 1, 288:

    equitum ruinas,

    to overthrow, id. 5, 1329.—With part. fut. pass.:

    pectora tristitiae dissolvenda dedit,

    caused to be delivered from sadness, Tib. 1, 7, 40.—

    Prov.: dant animos vina,

    Ov. M. 12, 242. —
    F.
    Aliquid alicui, to do any thing for the sake of another; to please or humor another; to give up, sacrifice any thing to another (for the more usual condonare): da hoc illi mortuae, da ceteris amicis ac familiaribus, da patriae, Sulp. ap. Cic. Fam. 4, 5 fin.: aliquid auribus alicujus, Trebon. ib. 12, 16:

    Caere hospitio Vestalium cultisque diis,

    Liv. 7, 20:

    plus stomacho quam consilio,

    Quint. 10, 1, 117 et saep.:

    ut concessisti illum senatui, sic da hunc populo,

    i. e. forgive him, for the sake of the people, Cic. Lig. 12, 37:

    dabat et famae, ut, etc.,

    Tac. A. 1, 7.—Hence,
    b.
    Se alicui, to give one's self up wholly, to devote, dedicate one's self to a person or thing, to serve:

    dedit se etiam regibus,

    Cic. Rab. Post. 2, 4; so Ter. Eun. 3, 3, 10; id. Heaut. 4, 3, 10; Poëta ap. Cic. Fam. 2, 8, 2; Cic. Att. 7, 12, 3; Nep. Att. 9; Tac. A. 1, 31:

    mihi si large volantis ungula se det equi,

    Stat. Silv, 2, 2, 38; 1, 1, 42; 5, 3, 71 al.; Aus. Mosel. 5, 448; cf. Ov. H. 16, 161:

    se et hominibus Pythagoreis et studiis illis,

    Cic. Rep. 1, 111:

    se sermonibus vulgi,

    id. ib. 6, 23:

    se jucunditati,

    id. Off. 1, 34 al.:

    se populo ac coronae,

    to present one's self, appear, id. Verr. 2, 3, 19; cf.:

    se convivio,

    Suet. Caes. 31 et saep.:

    si se dant (judices) et sua sponte quo impellimus inclinant,

    Cic. de Or. 2, 44, 187.—
    G.
    Of discourse, to announce, tell, relate, communicate (like accipere, for to learn, to hear, v. accipio, II.; mostly ante-class. and poet.):

    erili filio hanc fabricam dabo,

    Plaut. Bacch. 2, 3, 132:

    quam ob rem has partes didicerim, paucis dabo,

    Ter. Heaut. prol. 10; cf. Verg. E. 1, 19:

    imo etiam dabo, quo magis credas,

    Ter. Phorm. 5, 6, 37:

    da mihi nunc, satisne probas?

    Cic. Ac. 1, 3, 10:

    Thessalici da bella ducis,

    Val. Fl. 5, 219:

    is datus erat locus colloquio,

    appointed, Liv. 33, 13:

    fixa canens... Saepe dedit sedem notas mutantibus urbes,

    i. e. foretold, promised, Luc. 5, 107.—In pass., poet. i. q.: narratur, dicitur, fertur, etc., is said:

    seu pius Aeneas eripuisse datur,

    Ov. F. 6, 434; Stat. Th. 7, 315; Claud. Rapt. Pros. 3, 337.—
    H.
    Fabulam, to exhibit, produce a play (said of the author; cf.:

    docere fabulam, agere fabulam),

    Cic. Brut. 18 fin.; id. Tusc. 1, 1 fin.; Ter. Eun. prol. 9; 23; id. Heaut. prol. 33; id. Hec. prol. 1 Don.;

    and transf.,

    Cic. Clu. 31, 84; cf.

    also: dare foras librum = edere,

    Cic. Att. 13, 22, 3.—
    I.
    Verba (alicui), to give [p. 605] empty words, i. e. to deceive, cheat, Plaut. Capt. 5, 1, 25; id. Ps. 4, 5, 7; id. Rud. 2, 2, 19; Ter. And. 1, 3, 6 Ruhnk.; Quadrig. ap. Gell. 17, 2, 24; Cic. Phil. 13, 16 fin.; id. Att. 15, 16 A.; Hor. S. 1, 3, 22; Pers. 4, 45; Mart. 2, 76 et saep.—
    K.
    Alicui aliquid (laudi, crimini, vitio, etc.), to impute, assign, ascribe, attribute a thing to any one, as a merit, a crime, a fault, etc.:

    nunc quam rem vitio dent, quaeso animum attendite,

    Ter. And. prol. 8:

    hoc vitio datur,

    id. Ad. 3, 3, 64:

    inopiā criminum summam laudem Sex. Roscio vitio et culpae dedisse,

    Cic. Rosc. Am. 16, 48; id. Off. 1, 21, 71; 2, 17, 58; id. Div. in Caecil. 10; id. Brut. 80, 277 et saep.—
    L.
    Alicui cenam, epulas, etc., to give one a dinner, entertain at table (freq.):

    qui cenam parasitis dabit,

    Plaut. Capt. 4, 4, 2; 3, 1, 35; id. Stich. 4, 1, 8; Ter. Heaut. 3, 1, 45; Cic. Fam. 9, 20, 2; id. Mur. 36, 75:

    prandium dare,

    id. ib. 32, 67; cf. Sen. Ben. 1, 14, 1; Tac. A. 2, 57 al.—
    M.
    To grant, allow, in gen. (rare, but freq. as impers.; v. B. 2. supra):

    dari sibi diem postulabat,

    a respite, Plin. Ep. 3, 9, 32.
    2.
    - do, -dāre ( obsol., found only in the compounds, abdo, condo, abscondo, indo, etc.), 1, v. a. [Sanscr. root dhā-, da-dhāmi, set, put, place; Gr. the-, tithêmi; Ger. thun, thue, that; Eng. do, deed, etc.]. This root is distinct from 1. do, Sanscr. dā, in most of the Arian langg.; cf. Pott. Etym. Forsch. 2, 484; Corss. Ausspr. 2, 410;

    but in Italy the two seem to have been confounded, at least in compounds,

    Curt. Gr. Etym. p. 254 sq.; cf. Max Müller, Science of Lang. Ser. 2, p. 220, N. Y. ed.; Fick, Vergl. Wört. p. 100.
    3.
    do, acc. of domus, v. domus init.

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  • 4 do

    1.
    do, dĕdi, dătum, dăre (also in a longer form, dănunt = dant, Pac., Naev., and Caecil. ap. Non. 97, 14 sq.; Plaut. Most. 1, 2, 48; id. Ps. 3, 1, 1 et saep.; cf. Paul. ex Fest. p. 68, 12 Müll.— Subj.:

    duim = dem,

    Plaut. Aul. 4, 6, 6; Ter. Heaut. 1, 1, 38:

    duis,

    Plaut. Capt. 2, 2, 81; id. Men. 2, 1, 42:

    duas = des,

    id. Merc. 2, 3, 67; id. Rud. 5, 3, 12; an old formula in Liv. 10, 19:

    duit,

    Plaut. As. 2, 4, 54; id. Aul. 1, 1, 23; an old formula in Liv. 22, 10 init.:

    duint,

    Plaut. Most. 3, 1, 126; id. Ps. 4, 1, 25; id. Trin. 2, 4, 35; Ter. And. 4, 1, 43; id. Phorm. 3, 2, 34 al.— Imper.: DVITOR, XII. Tab. ap. Plin. 21, 3, 5 ex conject.—Inf.: DASI = dari, acc. to Paul. ex Fest. p. 68, 13 Müll.:

    dane = dasne,

    Plaut. Truc. 2, 4, 22.—The pres. pass., first pers., dor, does not occur), v. a. [Sanscr. dā, da-dā-mi, give; Gr. di-dô-mi, dôtêr, dosis; cf.: dos, donum, damnum], to give; and hence, with the greatest variety of application, passing over into the senses of its compounds, derivatives, and synonyms (edere, tradere, dedere; reddere, donare, largiri, concedere, exhibere, porrigere, praestare, impertire, suppeditare, ministrare, subministrare, praebere, tribuere, offerre, etc.), as, to give away, grant, concede, allow, permit; give up, yield, resign; bestow, present, confer, furnish, afford; offer, etc. (very freq.).
    I.
    In gen.:

    eam carnem victoribus danunt, Naev. ap. Non. l. l.: ea dona, quae illic Amphitruoni sunt data,

    Plaut. Am. prol. 138; cf.:

    patera, quae dono mi illic data'st,

    id. ib. 1, 3, 36:

    dandis recipiendisque meritis,

    Cic. Lael. 8; cf.:

    ut par sit ratio acceptorum et datorum,

    id. ib. 16, 58: ut obsides accipere non dare consuerint, Caes. B. G. 1, 4 fin.:

    obsides,

    id. ib. 1, 19, 1;

    1, 31, 7 et saep.: patriam (sc. mundum) dii nobis communem secum dederunt,

    Cic. Rep. 1, 13:

    hominibus animus datus est ex illis sempiternis ignibus,

    id. ib. 6, 15; cf. ib. 6, 17:

    ea dant magistratus magis, quae etiamsi nolint, danda sint,

    id. ib. 1, 31; cf.

    imperia,

    id. ib. 1, 44:

    centuria, ad summum usum urbis fabris tignariis data,

    id. ib. 2, 22:

    Lycurgus agros locupletium plebi, ut servitio, colendos dedit,

    id. ib. 3, 9 fin.:

    ei filiam suam in matrimonium dat,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 3, 5:

    litteras ad te numquam habui cui darem, quin dederim,

    Cic. Fam. 12, 19: litteras (ad aliquem), to write to one, saep.; cf. id. Att. 5, 11;

    and in the same signif.: aliquid ad aliquem,

    id. ib. 10, 8 fin.:

    litteras alicui, said of the writer,

    to give one a letter to deliver, id. ib. 5, 15 fin.;

    of the bearer, rarely,

    to deliver a letter to one, id. ib. 5, 4 init.: colloquium dare, to join in a conference, converse ( poet.), Lucr. 4, 598 (Lachm.;

    al. videmus): colloquiumque sua fretus ab urbe dedit,

    parley, challenge, Prop. 5, 10, 32:

    dare poenas,

    to give satisfaction, to suffer punishment, Sall. C. 18:

    alicui poenas dare,

    to make atonement to any one; to suffer for any thing, Ov. M. 6, 544; Sall. C. 51, 31;

    v. poena: decus sibi datum esse justitia regis existimabant,

    Cic. Rep. 1, 41:

    quoniam me quodammodo invitas et tui spem das,

    id. ib. 1, 10:

    dabant hae feriae tibi opportunam sane facultatem ad explicandas tuas litteras,

    id. ib. 1, 9; cf.:

    ansas alicui ad reprehendendum,

    id. Lael. 16, 59:

    multas causas suspicionum offensionumque,

    id. ib. 24:

    facultatem per provinciam itineris faciundi,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 7, 5;

    for which: iter alicui per provinciam,

    id. ib. 1, 8, 3; Liv. 8, 5; 21, 20 al.:

    modicam libertatem populo,

    Cic. Rep. 2, 31:

    consilium,

    id. Lael. 13:

    praecepta,

    id. ib. 4 fin.:

    tempus alicui, ut, etc.,

    id. Rep. 1, 3:

    inter se fidem et jusjurandum,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 3 fin.:

    operam,

    to bestow labor and pains on any thing, Cic. de Or. 1, 55:

    operam virtuti,

    id. Lael. 22, 84;

    also: operam, ne,

    id. ib. 21, 78:

    veniam amicitiae,

    id. ib. 17:

    vela (ventis),

    to set sail, id. de Or. 2, 44, 187:

    dextra vela dare,

    to steer towards the right, Ov. 3, 640:

    me librum L. Cossinio ad te perferendum dedisse,

    Cic. Att. 2, 1:

    sin homo amens diripiendam urbem daturus est,

    id. Fam. 14, 14 et saep.: ita dat se res, so it is circumstanced, so it is, Poëta ap. Cic. N. D. 2, 26; cf.:

    prout tempus ac res se daret,

    Liv. 28, 5 et saep.— Impers.: sic datur, so it goes, such is fate, i. e. you have your reward, Plaut. Truc. 4, 8, 4; id. Ps. 1, 2, 22; id. Men. 4, 2, 40; 64; id. Stich. 5, 6, 5.— Part. perf. sometimes (mostly in poets) subst.: dăta, ōrum, n., gifts, presents, Plaut. Ps. 1, 3, 72; Prop. 3, 15, 6 (4, 14, 6 M.); Ov. M. 6, 363 (but not in Cic. Clu. 24, 66, where dona data belong together, as in the archaic formula in Liv. 22, 10 init.:

    DATVM DONVM DVIT, P. R. Q.).— Prov.: dantur opes nulli nunc nisi divitibus,

    Mart. 5, 81, 2; cf.:

    dat census honores,

    Ov. F. 1, 217.—
    (β).
    Poet. with inf.:

    da mihi frui perpetuā virginitate,

    allow me, Ov. M. 1, 486; id. ib. 8, 350:

    di tibi dent captā classem reducere Trojā,

    Hor. S. 2, 3, 191; so id. ib. 1, 4, 39; id. Ep. 1, 16, 61; id. A. P. 323 et saep.—
    (γ).
    With ne:

    da, femina ne sim,

    Ov. M. 12, 202.
    II.
    In partic.
    A.
    In milit. lang.
    1.
    Nomina, to enroll one's self for military service, to enlist, Cic. Phil. 7, 4, 13; Liv. 2, 24; 5, 10; cf.

    transf. beyond the military sphere,

    Plaut. Ps. 4, 6, 38.—
    2.
    Manus (lit., as a prisoner of war, to stretch forth the hands to be fettered; cf. Cic. Lael. 26, 99;

    hence),

    to yield, surrender, Nep. Ham. 1, 4;

    and more freq. transf. beyond the milit. sphere,

    to yield, acquiesce, Plaut. Pers. 5, 2, 72; Cic. Lael. 26, 99; id. Att. 2, 22, 2; Caes. B. G. 5, 31, 3; Ov. H. 4, 14; id. F. 3, 688; Verg. A. 11, 568; Hor. Epod. 17, 1 al.—
    3.
    Terga, for the usual vertere terga; v. tergum.—
    B.
    To grant, consent, permit.
    1.
    Esp. in jurid. lang.: DO, DICO, ADDICO, the words employed by the praetor in the execution of his office; viz. DO in the granting of judges, actions, exceptions, etc.; DICO in pronouncing sentence of judgment; ADDICO in adjudging the property in dispute to one or the other party; cf. Varr. L. L. 6, § 30 Müll.;

    hence called tria verba,

    Ov. F. 1, 47.—
    2.
    Datur, it is permitted, allowed, granted; with subj. clause: quaesitis diu terris, ubi sistere detur, Ov. M. 1, 307:

    interim tamen recedere sensim datur,

    Quint. 11, 3, 127:

    ex quo intellegi datur, etc.,

    Lact. 5, 20, 11.—
    C.
    In philos. lang., to grant a proposition:

    in geometria prima si dederis, danda sunt omnia: dato hoc, dandum erit illud (followed by concede, etc.),

    Cic. Fin. 5, 28, 83; id. Tusc. 1, 11, 25; id. Inv. 1, 31 fin. —
    D.
    Designating the limit, to put, place, carry somewhere; and with se, to betake one's self somewhere:

    tum genu ad terram dabo,

    to throw, Plaut. Capt. 4, 2, 17; cf.:

    aliquem ad terram,

    Liv. 31, 37; Flor. 4, 2 fin.:

    me haec deambulatio ad languorem dedit!

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

    hanc mihi in manum dat,

    id. And. 1, 5, 62:

    praecipitem me in pistrinum dabit,

    id. ib. 1, 3, 9:

    hostes in fugam,

    Caes. B. G. 5, 51 fin.:

    hostem in conspectum,

    to bring to view, Liv. 3, 69 fin.:

    aliquem in vincula,

    to cast into prison, Flor. 3, 10, 18; cf.:

    arma in profluentes,

    id. 4, 12, 9:

    aliquem usque Sicanium fretum,

    Val. Fl. 2, 28:

    aliquem leto,

    to put to death, to kill, Phaedr. 1, 22, 9:

    se in viam,

    to set out on a journey, Cic. Fam. 14, 12:

    sese in fugam,

    id. Verr. 2, 4, 43 fin.; cf.:

    se fugae,

    id. Att. 7, 23, 2:

    Socrates, quam se cumque in partem dedisset, omnium fuit facile princeps,

    id. de Or. 3, 16, 60 et saep.—
    E.
    Designating the effect, to cause, make, bring about, inflict, impose:

    qui dederit damnum aut malum,

    Ter. And. 1, 1, 116:

    nec consulto alteri damnum dari sine dolo malo potest,

    Cic. Tull. 14, 34; 16, 39; cf.:

    malum dare,

    id. N. D. 1, 44, 122:

    hoc quī occultari facilius credas dabo,

    Ter. Hec. 5, 4, 29:

    inania duro vulnera dat ferro,

    Ov. M. 3, 84:

    morsus,

    Prop. 5, 5, 39; cf.:

    motus dare,

    to impart motion, Lucr. 1, 819 al. (but motus dare, to make motion, to move, be moved, id. 2, 311):

    stragem,

    id. 1, 288:

    equitum ruinas,

    to overthrow, id. 5, 1329.—With part. fut. pass.:

    pectora tristitiae dissolvenda dedit,

    caused to be delivered from sadness, Tib. 1, 7, 40.—

    Prov.: dant animos vina,

    Ov. M. 12, 242. —
    F.
    Aliquid alicui, to do any thing for the sake of another; to please or humor another; to give up, sacrifice any thing to another (for the more usual condonare): da hoc illi mortuae, da ceteris amicis ac familiaribus, da patriae, Sulp. ap. Cic. Fam. 4, 5 fin.: aliquid auribus alicujus, Trebon. ib. 12, 16:

    Caere hospitio Vestalium cultisque diis,

    Liv. 7, 20:

    plus stomacho quam consilio,

    Quint. 10, 1, 117 et saep.:

    ut concessisti illum senatui, sic da hunc populo,

    i. e. forgive him, for the sake of the people, Cic. Lig. 12, 37:

    dabat et famae, ut, etc.,

    Tac. A. 1, 7.—Hence,
    b.
    Se alicui, to give one's self up wholly, to devote, dedicate one's self to a person or thing, to serve:

    dedit se etiam regibus,

    Cic. Rab. Post. 2, 4; so Ter. Eun. 3, 3, 10; id. Heaut. 4, 3, 10; Poëta ap. Cic. Fam. 2, 8, 2; Cic. Att. 7, 12, 3; Nep. Att. 9; Tac. A. 1, 31:

    mihi si large volantis ungula se det equi,

    Stat. Silv, 2, 2, 38; 1, 1, 42; 5, 3, 71 al.; Aus. Mosel. 5, 448; cf. Ov. H. 16, 161:

    se et hominibus Pythagoreis et studiis illis,

    Cic. Rep. 1, 111:

    se sermonibus vulgi,

    id. ib. 6, 23:

    se jucunditati,

    id. Off. 1, 34 al.:

    se populo ac coronae,

    to present one's self, appear, id. Verr. 2, 3, 19; cf.:

    se convivio,

    Suet. Caes. 31 et saep.:

    si se dant (judices) et sua sponte quo impellimus inclinant,

    Cic. de Or. 2, 44, 187.—
    G.
    Of discourse, to announce, tell, relate, communicate (like accipere, for to learn, to hear, v. accipio, II.; mostly ante-class. and poet.):

    erili filio hanc fabricam dabo,

    Plaut. Bacch. 2, 3, 132:

    quam ob rem has partes didicerim, paucis dabo,

    Ter. Heaut. prol. 10; cf. Verg. E. 1, 19:

    imo etiam dabo, quo magis credas,

    Ter. Phorm. 5, 6, 37:

    da mihi nunc, satisne probas?

    Cic. Ac. 1, 3, 10:

    Thessalici da bella ducis,

    Val. Fl. 5, 219:

    is datus erat locus colloquio,

    appointed, Liv. 33, 13:

    fixa canens... Saepe dedit sedem notas mutantibus urbes,

    i. e. foretold, promised, Luc. 5, 107.—In pass., poet. i. q.: narratur, dicitur, fertur, etc., is said:

    seu pius Aeneas eripuisse datur,

    Ov. F. 6, 434; Stat. Th. 7, 315; Claud. Rapt. Pros. 3, 337.—
    H.
    Fabulam, to exhibit, produce a play (said of the author; cf.:

    docere fabulam, agere fabulam),

    Cic. Brut. 18 fin.; id. Tusc. 1, 1 fin.; Ter. Eun. prol. 9; 23; id. Heaut. prol. 33; id. Hec. prol. 1 Don.;

    and transf.,

    Cic. Clu. 31, 84; cf.

    also: dare foras librum = edere,

    Cic. Att. 13, 22, 3.—
    I.
    Verba (alicui), to give [p. 605] empty words, i. e. to deceive, cheat, Plaut. Capt. 5, 1, 25; id. Ps. 4, 5, 7; id. Rud. 2, 2, 19; Ter. And. 1, 3, 6 Ruhnk.; Quadrig. ap. Gell. 17, 2, 24; Cic. Phil. 13, 16 fin.; id. Att. 15, 16 A.; Hor. S. 1, 3, 22; Pers. 4, 45; Mart. 2, 76 et saep.—
    K.
    Alicui aliquid (laudi, crimini, vitio, etc.), to impute, assign, ascribe, attribute a thing to any one, as a merit, a crime, a fault, etc.:

    nunc quam rem vitio dent, quaeso animum attendite,

    Ter. And. prol. 8:

    hoc vitio datur,

    id. Ad. 3, 3, 64:

    inopiā criminum summam laudem Sex. Roscio vitio et culpae dedisse,

    Cic. Rosc. Am. 16, 48; id. Off. 1, 21, 71; 2, 17, 58; id. Div. in Caecil. 10; id. Brut. 80, 277 et saep.—
    L.
    Alicui cenam, epulas, etc., to give one a dinner, entertain at table (freq.):

    qui cenam parasitis dabit,

    Plaut. Capt. 4, 4, 2; 3, 1, 35; id. Stich. 4, 1, 8; Ter. Heaut. 3, 1, 45; Cic. Fam. 9, 20, 2; id. Mur. 36, 75:

    prandium dare,

    id. ib. 32, 67; cf. Sen. Ben. 1, 14, 1; Tac. A. 2, 57 al.—
    M.
    To grant, allow, in gen. (rare, but freq. as impers.; v. B. 2. supra):

    dari sibi diem postulabat,

    a respite, Plin. Ep. 3, 9, 32.
    2.
    - do, -dāre ( obsol., found only in the compounds, abdo, condo, abscondo, indo, etc.), 1, v. a. [Sanscr. root dhā-, da-dhāmi, set, put, place; Gr. the-, tithêmi; Ger. thun, thue, that; Eng. do, deed, etc.]. This root is distinct from 1. do, Sanscr. dā, in most of the Arian langg.; cf. Pott. Etym. Forsch. 2, 484; Corss. Ausspr. 2, 410;

    but in Italy the two seem to have been confounded, at least in compounds,

    Curt. Gr. Etym. p. 254 sq.; cf. Max Müller, Science of Lang. Ser. 2, p. 220, N. Y. ed.; Fick, Vergl. Wört. p. 100.
    3.
    do, acc. of domus, v. domus init.

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  • 5 vano

    vāno, āre, v. n. [vanus], to utter empty words, Att. ap. Non. 16, 22; 184, 2.

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  • 6 inānis

        inānis e, adj.    with comp. and sup, empty, void: vas: domum reddere inanem: naves (opp. onustae), Cs.: naves, dismantled: tumulus, cenotaph, V.: sepulchrum, O.—Void, stripped, deserted, abandoned, unoccupied: civitas: egentes inanesque discedere, empty-handed: equus, without a rider: Absint inani funere neniae, without a corpse, H.: venter, hungry, H.: quod inani sufficit alvo, Iu.: laeva, without rings, H.: litterae, empty: paleae, light, V.: corpus, lifeless: galea, i. e. harmless, V.: umbra, O.: verba, a semblance of speech, V.: Gaurus (an extinct volcano), Iu.: epistula inanis aliquā re utili: ager centum aratoribus inanior est, less populous by: Sanguinis pectus inane, O.: lymphae dolium, H.—Fig., empty, useless, worthless, vain, unprofitable: Laborem inanem capit, T.: honesti inane nomen esse: elocutio: damnatus inani iudicio, Iu.: minae: multae res, ut gloria, unsubstantial: causas nectis inanīs, pretexts, V.: simulatio, Cs.: fama, unfounded, V.: Tempus, leisure, V.: omnia plena consiliorum, inania verborum, poor in words: quae inanissima prudentiae reperta sunt.—Of persons, vain, puffed up, worthless, petty: homo, S.: inanīs Hoc iuvat, empty heads, H.: animus: inaniora ingenia, L.
    * * *
    inanis, inane ADJ
    void, empty, hollow; vain; inane, foolish

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  • 7 inane

    ĭnānis, e, adj. [etym. dub.; cf. 2. in-], empty, void (opp. plenus; freq. and class.).
    I.
    Physically:

    cum vas inane dicimus, non ita loquimur ut physici, quibus inane esse nihil placet, sed ita, ut verbi causa sine aqua, sine vino, sine oleo vas esse dicamus,

    Cic. Fat. 11, 24:

    aqualis inanis (opp. plena),

    Plaut. Mil. 3, 2, 41:

    tune inane quicquam putes esse, cum ita completa et conferta sint omnia, ut, etc.,

    Cic. Ac. 2, 40, 125:

    quae spatium pleno possint distinguere inane,

    Lucr. 1, 527:

    domum ejus exornatam et instructam, fere jam iste reddiderat nudam atque inanem,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 34, § 84:

    granum inane cassumque,

    Plin. 18, 17, 45, § 161:

    quae (naves) inanes ad eum remitterentur,

    Caes. B. G. 5, 23, 4; so,

    naves (opp. onustae),

    id. B. C. 3, 8, 3; 3, 40, 4; Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 50, § 131; cf.:

    inde navigia inania et vacua hinc plena et onusta mittantur,

    Plin. Pan. 31, 4:

    lagenae,

    Cic. Fam. 16, 26, 2:

    mensa,

    Plaut. Pers. 3, 1, 26:

    vix incedo inanis, ne ire posse cum onere existimes,

    without a burden, id. Am. 1, 1, 174; cf.:

    ego bajulabo: tu, ut decet dominum, ante me ito inanis,

    id. As. 3, 3, 70:

    janitor ad dantes vigilet: si pulset inanis Surdus, etc.,

    emptyhanded, without presents, Prop. 4 (5), 5, 47:

    hic homo est inanis,

    without money, without fortune, Plaut. Most. 3, 1, 44; id. Bacch. 3, 6, 2; id. Trin. 3, 2, 75:

    misera in civitate et inani,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 66, § 160:

    egentes inanesque discedere,

    id. ib. 2, 2, 9, § 25 fin.:

    structores ad frumentum profecti inanes redierunt,

    id. Att. 14, 3, 1; cf. id. Off. 3, 2, 6:

    equus,

    without a rider, id. Verr. 2, 2, 66, § 160; cf.:

    quid, quod omnes consulares... simul atque assedisti partem istam subselliorum nudam atque inanem reliquerunt?

    id. Cat. 1, 7, 16:

    absint inani funere neniae,

    without a corpse, Hor. C. 2, 20, 21:

    parasitus,

    unfed, hungry, Plaut. Stich. 1, 3, 78:

    venter,

    hungry, Hor. S. 1, 6, 127; cf.:

    siccus, inanis Sperne cibum vilem,

    id. ib. 2, 2, 14:

    quod inani sufficit alvo,

    Juv. 5, 7:

    laeva,

    without rings, Hor. S. 2, 7, 9:

    litterae,

    empty, Cic. Fam. 6, 22, 1:

    paleae,

    empty, light, Verg. G. 3, 134:

    nubila,

    id. ib. 4, 196:

    venti,

    id. A. 6, 740: tum ebur ex inani corpore extractum (a transl. of the Platon. apoleloipotos psuchên sômatos), lifeless, dead, Cic. Leg. 2, 18, 45 Mos.:

    corpus,

    Ov. H. 15, 116; id. Am. 3, 9, 6; cf.

    in the foll.: vulgus,

    i. e. the shades, Stat. Th. 1, 93; cf.

    umbra,

    Ov. Tr. 3, 11, 25:

    imago,

    id. F. 5, 463:

    regna Ditis,

    Verg. A. 6, 269:

    Tartara,

    Ov. M. 11, 670: leo, a lion ' s hide, Stat. Th. 1, 483; so,

    tigris,

    id. ib. 6, 722:

    vultus,

    i. e. blind, Sen. Phoen. 43: Gaurus, i. e. hollow (an extinct volcano), Juv. 9, 57. —
    (β).
    With abl., gen., or ab (the last rare):

    nulla epistula inanis aliqua re utili,

    Cic. Att. 2, 8, 1:

    Agyrinensis ager centum septuaginta aratoribus inanior est,

    id. Verr. 2, 3, 52, § 121:

    sanguinis atque animi pectus inane,

    Ov. H. 3, 60:

    corpus animae,

    id. M. 13, 488; 2, 611; Prop. 3, 18 (4, 17), 32:

    lymphae dolium,

    Hor. C. 3, 11, 26:

    pectus deorum,

    Sil. 2, 309: inanis a marsupio, Prud. steph. 2, 104. —
    B.
    Subst.: ĭnāne, is, n., an empty space, a void (most freq. in Lucr.):

    scilicet hoc id erit vacuum quod inane vocamus,

    Lucr. 1, 439:

    namque est in rebus inane,

    id. 1, 330 sq.; cf. id. 1, 569; 2, 236:

    ita nullum inane, nihil esse individuum potest,

    Cic. N. D. 1, 23, 65:

    plus esse inanis,

    Lucr. 1, 365:

    inani,

    ib. 524:

    inane,

    id. 1, 369; 426; 507;

    514 et saep.: ad inane naturae,

    Plin. 30, 1, 4, § 13:

    per inane,

    through the air, Lucr. 1, 1018; 2, 65 et saep.; Verg. E. 6, 31; id. A. 12, 906; Plin. 8, 43, 68, § 169 et saep.— Abl.:

    inani,

    Lucr. 1, 742; 1009:

    ab inani,

    id. 1, 431:

    in inani,

    id. 1, 1078; 2, 122:

    sine inani,

    id. 1, 510; 532; 538:

    per inania,

    id. 1, 223; Ov. M. 2, 506.
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    In gen., empty, useless, worthless, vain, unprofitable:

    aures ipsae, quid plenum, quid inane sit judicant,

    Cic. Brut. 8, 34:

    quod honestum nos et laudabile esse dicamus, id illi cassum quiddam et inani vocis sono decoratum esse dicant,

    id. Tusc. 5, 41, 119; cf.:

    honesti inane nomen esse,

    id. Ac. 2, 22, 71:

    sin vera visa divina sunt, falsa autem et inania humana,

    id. Div. 2, 62, 127:

    voces inanes fundere,

    id. Tusc. 3, 18, 42; cf.

    elocutio,

    id. de Or. 1, 6, 20:

    damnatus inani judicio,

    Juv. 1, 47:

    vox,

    Quint. 11, 3, 32:

    verba,

    id. 8, 2, 17; 9, 3, 100; cf.

    verborum torrenti,

    id. 10, 7, 23:

    crimen,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 72, § 177:

    o inanes nostras contentiones!

    id. de Or. 3, 2, 7:

    o spes fallaces et cogitationes inanes meae!

    id. Mil. 34, 94; cf.:

    inani et tenui spe te consolaris,

    id. Rosc. Com. 14, 42:

    spes,

    Verg. A. 10, 627:

    religio,

    Cic. Rep. 1, 15 fin.:

    delectari multis inanibus rebus, ut gloriā, etc.,

    id. Lael. 14, 49; 23, 86:

    cupiditates,

    id. Fin. 1, 13, 46:

    causas nequidquam nectis inanes,

    Verg. A. 9, 219:

    minae,

    Hor. Epod. 6, 3:

    tempus inane peto, requiem spatiumque furori,

    vacant, leisure, Verg. A. 4, 433; so,

    ternpora (with morae),

    Val. Fl. 3, 657: tempora, in prosody, i. q. the Gr. kenos chronos, the use of a short syllable for a long one, Quint. 9, 4, 51 Spald.—
    (β).
    With gen.:

    omnia plena consiliorum, inania verborum,

    poor in words, Cic. de Or. 1, 9, 37:

    quae inanissima prudentiae reperta sunt,

    id. Mur. 12, 26.—
    B.
    Of persons, vain, worthless, petty:

    Graii,

    Lucr. 1, 639:

    homo inanis et regiae superbiae,

    Sall. J. 64, 5:

    imagines, quibus inanissimi homines serviunt,

    Lact. 2, 17, 8:

    inanes Hoc juvat,

    Hor. S. 1, 4, 76; Liv. 45, 23, 16; Lucr. 1, 639:

    hi pressi et integri, contra inflati illi et inanes,

    Quint. 12, 10, 16; cf.:

    illud vero pusilli animi et inanis,

    Cic. Fam. 2, 17, 7:

    non negaverim totam Asiae regionem inaniora parere ingenia,

    Liv. 45, 23, 16.—
    C.
    As subst.: ĭnāne, is, n., that which is empty or vain; emptiness, vanity, inanity:

    o curas hominum! o quantum est in rebus inane!

    Pers. 1, 1:

    inane abscindere soldo,

    Hor. S. 1, 2, 113.— Plur.:

    dum vitat humum, nubes et inania captet,

    id. A. P. 230:

    inaina famae,

    idle reports, Tac. A. 2, 76:

    inania belli,

    id. ib. 2, 69.—Hence, adv.: ĭnānĭter, vainly, idly, uselessly:

    exsultare,

    Cic. Tusc. 4, 6, 13:

    moveri,

    id. Ac. 2, 15, 47; cf. id. ib. 2, 11, 34:

    pectus angere,

    Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 211:

    medicas exercet inaniter artes,

    Ov. M. 2, 618.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > inane

  • 8 inanis

    ĭnānis, e, adj. [etym. dub.; cf. 2. in-], empty, void (opp. plenus; freq. and class.).
    I.
    Physically:

    cum vas inane dicimus, non ita loquimur ut physici, quibus inane esse nihil placet, sed ita, ut verbi causa sine aqua, sine vino, sine oleo vas esse dicamus,

    Cic. Fat. 11, 24:

    aqualis inanis (opp. plena),

    Plaut. Mil. 3, 2, 41:

    tune inane quicquam putes esse, cum ita completa et conferta sint omnia, ut, etc.,

    Cic. Ac. 2, 40, 125:

    quae spatium pleno possint distinguere inane,

    Lucr. 1, 527:

    domum ejus exornatam et instructam, fere jam iste reddiderat nudam atque inanem,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 34, § 84:

    granum inane cassumque,

    Plin. 18, 17, 45, § 161:

    quae (naves) inanes ad eum remitterentur,

    Caes. B. G. 5, 23, 4; so,

    naves (opp. onustae),

    id. B. C. 3, 8, 3; 3, 40, 4; Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 50, § 131; cf.:

    inde navigia inania et vacua hinc plena et onusta mittantur,

    Plin. Pan. 31, 4:

    lagenae,

    Cic. Fam. 16, 26, 2:

    mensa,

    Plaut. Pers. 3, 1, 26:

    vix incedo inanis, ne ire posse cum onere existimes,

    without a burden, id. Am. 1, 1, 174; cf.:

    ego bajulabo: tu, ut decet dominum, ante me ito inanis,

    id. As. 3, 3, 70:

    janitor ad dantes vigilet: si pulset inanis Surdus, etc.,

    emptyhanded, without presents, Prop. 4 (5), 5, 47:

    hic homo est inanis,

    without money, without fortune, Plaut. Most. 3, 1, 44; id. Bacch. 3, 6, 2; id. Trin. 3, 2, 75:

    misera in civitate et inani,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 66, § 160:

    egentes inanesque discedere,

    id. ib. 2, 2, 9, § 25 fin.:

    structores ad frumentum profecti inanes redierunt,

    id. Att. 14, 3, 1; cf. id. Off. 3, 2, 6:

    equus,

    without a rider, id. Verr. 2, 2, 66, § 160; cf.:

    quid, quod omnes consulares... simul atque assedisti partem istam subselliorum nudam atque inanem reliquerunt?

    id. Cat. 1, 7, 16:

    absint inani funere neniae,

    without a corpse, Hor. C. 2, 20, 21:

    parasitus,

    unfed, hungry, Plaut. Stich. 1, 3, 78:

    venter,

    hungry, Hor. S. 1, 6, 127; cf.:

    siccus, inanis Sperne cibum vilem,

    id. ib. 2, 2, 14:

    quod inani sufficit alvo,

    Juv. 5, 7:

    laeva,

    without rings, Hor. S. 2, 7, 9:

    litterae,

    empty, Cic. Fam. 6, 22, 1:

    paleae,

    empty, light, Verg. G. 3, 134:

    nubila,

    id. ib. 4, 196:

    venti,

    id. A. 6, 740: tum ebur ex inani corpore extractum (a transl. of the Platon. apoleloipotos psuchên sômatos), lifeless, dead, Cic. Leg. 2, 18, 45 Mos.:

    corpus,

    Ov. H. 15, 116; id. Am. 3, 9, 6; cf.

    in the foll.: vulgus,

    i. e. the shades, Stat. Th. 1, 93; cf.

    umbra,

    Ov. Tr. 3, 11, 25:

    imago,

    id. F. 5, 463:

    regna Ditis,

    Verg. A. 6, 269:

    Tartara,

    Ov. M. 11, 670: leo, a lion ' s hide, Stat. Th. 1, 483; so,

    tigris,

    id. ib. 6, 722:

    vultus,

    i. e. blind, Sen. Phoen. 43: Gaurus, i. e. hollow (an extinct volcano), Juv. 9, 57. —
    (β).
    With abl., gen., or ab (the last rare):

    nulla epistula inanis aliqua re utili,

    Cic. Att. 2, 8, 1:

    Agyrinensis ager centum septuaginta aratoribus inanior est,

    id. Verr. 2, 3, 52, § 121:

    sanguinis atque animi pectus inane,

    Ov. H. 3, 60:

    corpus animae,

    id. M. 13, 488; 2, 611; Prop. 3, 18 (4, 17), 32:

    lymphae dolium,

    Hor. C. 3, 11, 26:

    pectus deorum,

    Sil. 2, 309: inanis a marsupio, Prud. steph. 2, 104. —
    B.
    Subst.: ĭnāne, is, n., an empty space, a void (most freq. in Lucr.):

    scilicet hoc id erit vacuum quod inane vocamus,

    Lucr. 1, 439:

    namque est in rebus inane,

    id. 1, 330 sq.; cf. id. 1, 569; 2, 236:

    ita nullum inane, nihil esse individuum potest,

    Cic. N. D. 1, 23, 65:

    plus esse inanis,

    Lucr. 1, 365:

    inani,

    ib. 524:

    inane,

    id. 1, 369; 426; 507;

    514 et saep.: ad inane naturae,

    Plin. 30, 1, 4, § 13:

    per inane,

    through the air, Lucr. 1, 1018; 2, 65 et saep.; Verg. E. 6, 31; id. A. 12, 906; Plin. 8, 43, 68, § 169 et saep.— Abl.:

    inani,

    Lucr. 1, 742; 1009:

    ab inani,

    id. 1, 431:

    in inani,

    id. 1, 1078; 2, 122:

    sine inani,

    id. 1, 510; 532; 538:

    per inania,

    id. 1, 223; Ov. M. 2, 506.
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    In gen., empty, useless, worthless, vain, unprofitable:

    aures ipsae, quid plenum, quid inane sit judicant,

    Cic. Brut. 8, 34:

    quod honestum nos et laudabile esse dicamus, id illi cassum quiddam et inani vocis sono decoratum esse dicant,

    id. Tusc. 5, 41, 119; cf.:

    honesti inane nomen esse,

    id. Ac. 2, 22, 71:

    sin vera visa divina sunt, falsa autem et inania humana,

    id. Div. 2, 62, 127:

    voces inanes fundere,

    id. Tusc. 3, 18, 42; cf.

    elocutio,

    id. de Or. 1, 6, 20:

    damnatus inani judicio,

    Juv. 1, 47:

    vox,

    Quint. 11, 3, 32:

    verba,

    id. 8, 2, 17; 9, 3, 100; cf.

    verborum torrenti,

    id. 10, 7, 23:

    crimen,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 72, § 177:

    o inanes nostras contentiones!

    id. de Or. 3, 2, 7:

    o spes fallaces et cogitationes inanes meae!

    id. Mil. 34, 94; cf.:

    inani et tenui spe te consolaris,

    id. Rosc. Com. 14, 42:

    spes,

    Verg. A. 10, 627:

    religio,

    Cic. Rep. 1, 15 fin.:

    delectari multis inanibus rebus, ut gloriā, etc.,

    id. Lael. 14, 49; 23, 86:

    cupiditates,

    id. Fin. 1, 13, 46:

    causas nequidquam nectis inanes,

    Verg. A. 9, 219:

    minae,

    Hor. Epod. 6, 3:

    tempus inane peto, requiem spatiumque furori,

    vacant, leisure, Verg. A. 4, 433; so,

    ternpora (with morae),

    Val. Fl. 3, 657: tempora, in prosody, i. q. the Gr. kenos chronos, the use of a short syllable for a long one, Quint. 9, 4, 51 Spald.—
    (β).
    With gen.:

    omnia plena consiliorum, inania verborum,

    poor in words, Cic. de Or. 1, 9, 37:

    quae inanissima prudentiae reperta sunt,

    id. Mur. 12, 26.—
    B.
    Of persons, vain, worthless, petty:

    Graii,

    Lucr. 1, 639:

    homo inanis et regiae superbiae,

    Sall. J. 64, 5:

    imagines, quibus inanissimi homines serviunt,

    Lact. 2, 17, 8:

    inanes Hoc juvat,

    Hor. S. 1, 4, 76; Liv. 45, 23, 16; Lucr. 1, 639:

    hi pressi et integri, contra inflati illi et inanes,

    Quint. 12, 10, 16; cf.:

    illud vero pusilli animi et inanis,

    Cic. Fam. 2, 17, 7:

    non negaverim totam Asiae regionem inaniora parere ingenia,

    Liv. 45, 23, 16.—
    C.
    As subst.: ĭnāne, is, n., that which is empty or vain; emptiness, vanity, inanity:

    o curas hominum! o quantum est in rebus inane!

    Pers. 1, 1:

    inane abscindere soldo,

    Hor. S. 1, 2, 113.— Plur.:

    dum vitat humum, nubes et inania captet,

    id. A. P. 230:

    inaina famae,

    idle reports, Tac. A. 2, 76:

    inania belli,

    id. ib. 2, 69.—Hence, adv.: ĭnānĭter, vainly, idly, uselessly:

    exsultare,

    Cic. Tusc. 4, 6, 13:

    moveri,

    id. Ac. 2, 15, 47; cf. id. ib. 2, 11, 34:

    pectus angere,

    Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 211:

    medicas exercet inaniter artes,

    Ov. M. 2, 618.

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  • 9 cadō

        cadō cecidī, casūrus, ere    [CAD-], to fall, fall down, descend: lucrumae cadunt gaudio, T.: (apes) praecipites cadunt, V.: caelo ceciderunt sereno Fulgura, V.: a mento cadit manus, O.: de manibus arma cecidissent: vela cadunt, are furled, V.: Altius atque cadant imbres, from a greater height, V.—To fall, fall down, fall prostrate, fall over: ne ille ceciderit, has had a fall, T.: velut si prolapsus cecidisset, L.: prolapsa in volnus moribunda cecidit, L.: in pectus pronus, O.: casura moenia Troum, O.: casurae arces, V.—Of heavenly bodies, to set, go down, fall, sink: iuxta solem cadentem, V.: quā (nocte) Orion cadit, H.: oriens mediusve cadensve Phoebus, O.: primis cadentibus astris, fading, i. e. at dawn, V.—To fall off, fall away, fall out, drop off, be shed: barba, V.: Prima (folia) cadunt, H.: gregibus lanae cadunt, O.: poma ramis, O.: elapsae manibus cecidere tabellae, O.—Of a stream, to fall, empty itself: in sinum maris, L.—Of dice, to be thrown, fall, turn up: illud, quod cecidit forte, T.—Of shadows, to be thrown, fall (poet.): cadunt de montibus umbrae, V.—To fall dead, fall, die, be slain: in acie: Civili acie, O.: pauci de nostris cadunt, Cs.: plures Saguntini cadebant quam Poeni, L.: ante diem, prematurely, V.: suo Marte (i. e. suā manu), O.: iustā Morte, H.: femineo Marte, O.: a tanto viro, O.: a centurione, Ta.: In pio officio, O.: in patriā cadendum est, we must perish.—Of victims, to be slain, be offered, be sacrificed, fall (poet.): Multa tibi cadet hostia, V.: Si tener cadit haedus, H.: Victima vota cadit, O.—Of a woman, to yield, Tb. —Fig., to come, fall under, fall, be subject, be exposed: sub sensum: in conspectum, to become visible: si regnum ad servitia caderet, into servile hands, L.: sub imperium Romanorum: in deliberationem: in suspicionem alicuius, N.—To belong, be in accordance, agree, refer, be suitable, apply, fit, suit, become: non cadit in hos mores ista suspitio: cadit ergo in bonum virum mentiri?: Heu, cadit in quemquam tantum scelus? V.: sub eandem rationem.—Of time, to fall upon: in alienissimum tempus: in hanc aetatem.— To fall due: in eam diem cadere nummos.—To befall, fall to the lot of, happen, come to pass, occur, result, turn out, fall out: mihi peropportune: insperanti mihi cecidit, ut, etc.: Sunt quibus ad portas cecidit custodia sorti, V.: Ut illis... voluptas cadat, H.: verba cadentia, uttered at random, H.: verba si Graeco fonte cadent, be derived from, H.: verebar quorsum id casurum esset, how it would turn out: praeter opinionem, N.: si quid adversi caderet, L.: fortuito in melius casura, Ta.: curare Quo promissa cadent, how fulfilled, H.: Vota cadunt, are fulfilled, Tb.: tibi pro vano benigna cadant, Pr.: Quo res cumque cadent, V.: si non omnia caderent secunda, Cs.: ut inrita promissa eius caderent, L.: libertas in servitutem cadit: in hunc hominem ista suspitio: ad inritum cadens spes, turning out to be vain, L.—To lose strength, fall, perish, be overthrown, drop, decline, vanish, decay, cease: cadentem rem p. fulcire: tua laus pariter cum re p. cecidit: virtute Neronis Armenius cecidit, H.: non tibi ira cecidit, L.: animus, to fail. L.: cadere animis, to lose courage: cecidere illis animi, O.— To fail (in speaking), falter: orator cadet.—Causā cadere, to lose the cause: cadere in iudicio: Ut cecidit fortuna Phrygum, O.— Of the countenance or features: tibi tamen oculi, voltus, verba cecidissent, i. e. expressed terror.— Of words: Multa renascentur, quae iam cecidere, fallen into disuse, H.—Of theatrical representations, to fail, be condemned: cadat an recto stet fabula talo, H.—Of the wind, to abate, subside, die away: cadit Eurus, O.: venti vis omnis cecidit, L.—Of words and clauses, to be terminated, end, close: verba melius in syllabas longiores cadunt: similiter cadentia, having the same endings.
    * * *
    cadere, cecidi, casus V INTRANS
    fall, sink, drop, plummet, topple; be slain, die; end, cease, abate; decay

    Latin-English dictionary > cadō

  • 10 cado

    cădo, cĕcĭdi, cāsum, 3 ( part. pres. gen. plur. cadentūm, Verg. A. 10, 674; 12, 410), v. n. [cf. Sanscr. çad-, to fall away].
    I.
    Lit.
    A.
    In an extended sense, to be driven or carried by one ' s weight from a higher to a lower point, to fall down, be precipitated, sink down, go down, sink, fall (so mostly poet.; in prose, in place of it, the compounds decĭdo, occĭdo, excĭdo, etc.; cf. also ruo, labor;

    opp. surgo, sto): tum arbores in te cadent,

    Plaut. Men. 2, 3, 25: (aves) praecipites cadunt in terram aut in aquam, fall headlong to the earth or into the water, Lucr. 6, 745; cf. id. 6, 828;

    imitated by Verg.: (apes) praecipites cadunt,

    Verg. G. 4, 80:

    nimbus, Ut picis e caelo demissum flumen, in undas Sic cadit, etc.,

    Lucr. 6, 258:

    cadit in terras vis flammea,

    id. 2, 215; so with in, id. 2, 209; 4, 1282; 6, 1006; 6, 1125; Prop. 4 (5), 4, 64:

    in patrios pedes,

    Ov. F. 2, 832.—With a different meaning:

    omnes plerumque cadunt in vulnus,

    in the direction of, towards their wound, Lucr. 4, 1049; cf.:

    prolapsa in vulnus moribunda cecidit,

    Liv. 1, 58, 11:

    cadit in vultus,

    Ov. M. 5, 292:

    in pectus,

    id. ib. 4, 579.—Less freq. with ad:

    ad terras,

    Plin. 2, 97, 99, § 216:

    ad terram,

    Quint. 5, 10, 84.—The place from which is designated by ab, ex, de:

    a summo cadere,

    Plaut. Mil. 4, 4, 15:

    a mento cadit manus,

    Ov. F. 3, 20:

    aves ab alto,

    Plin. 10, 38, 54, § 112:

    ut cadat (avis) e regione loci,

    Lucr. 6, 824:

    ex arbore,

    Plin. 17, 20, 34, § 148; Dig. 50, 16, 30, § 4; 18, 1, 80, § 2:

    cecidisse de equo dicitur,

    Cic. Clu. 62, 175:

    cadere de equo,

    Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 125 (for which Cæsar, Nepos, and Pliny employ decidere):

    de manibus arma cecidissent,

    Cic. Phil. 14, 7, 21; cf.:

    de manibus civium delapsa arma ipsa ceciderunt,

    id. Off. 1, 22, 77:

    cadunt altis de montibus umbrae,

    Verg. E. 1, 84:

    de caelo,

    Lucr. 5, 791; Ov. M. 2, 322:

    de matre (i. e. nasci),

    Claud. in Rufin. 1, 92.—With per:

    per inane profundum,

    Lucr. 2, 222:

    per aquas,

    id. 2, 230:

    per salebras altaque saxa,

    Mart. 11, 91; cf.:

    imbre per indignas usque cadente genas,

    Ov. Tr. 1, 3, 18.—With the adverb altius: altius atque cadant summotis nubibus imbres, and poured forth from a greater height, etc., Verg. E. 6, 38.—And absol.:

    folia nunc cadunt,

    Plaut. Men. 2, 3, 24; Ter. Ad. 1, 1, 12; Lucr. 6, 297:

    ut pluere in multis regionibus et cadere imbres,

    id. 6, 415:

    cadens nix,

    id. 3, 21; 3, 402:

    velut si prolapsus cecidisset,

    Liv. 1, 56, 12: quaeque ita concus [p. 259] sa est, ut jam casura putetur, Ov. P. 2, 3, 59:

    cadentem Sustinuisse,

    id. M. 8, 148:

    saepius, of epileptics,

    Plin. Val. 12, 58:

    casuri, si leviter excutiantur, flosculi,

    Quint. 12, 10, 73.—
    2.
    Esp.
    a.
    Of heavenly bodies, to decline, set (opp. orior), Ov. F. 1, 295:

    oceani finem juxta solemque cadentem,

    Verg. A. 4, 480; 8, 59; Tac. G. 45:

    soli subjecta cadenti arva,

    Avien. Descr. Orb. 273; cf. Tac. Agr. 12:

    quā (nocte) tristis Orion cadit,

    Hor. Epod. 10, 10:

    Arcturus cadens,

    id. C. 3, 1, 27.—
    b.
    To separate from something by falling, to fall off or away, fall out, to drop off, be shed, etc.:

    nam tum dentes mihi cadebant primulum,

    Plaut. Men. 5, 9, 57:

    dentes cadere imperat aetas,

    Lucr. 5, 671; Sen. Ep. 12, 3; 83, 3:

    pueri qui primus ceciderit dens,

    Plin. 28, 4, 9, § 41:

    barba,

    Verg. E. 1, 29:

    quam multa in silvis autumni frigore primo Lapsa cadunt folia,

    id. A. 6, 310; cf. Cat. 11, 22; Hor. A. P. 61:

    lanigeris gregibus Sponte suā lanae cadunt,

    Ov. M. 7, 541:

    saetae,

    id. ib. 14, 303:

    quadrupedibus pilum cadere,

    Plin. 11, 39, 94, § 231:

    poma,

    Ov. M. 7, 586:

    cecidere manu quas legerat, herbae,

    id. ib. 14, 350:

    elapsae manibus cecidere tabellae,

    id. ib. 9, 571:

    et colus et fusus digitis cecidere remissis,

    id. ib. 4, 229.—
    c.
    Of a stream, to fall, empty itself:

    amnis Aretho cadit in sinum maris,

    Liv. 38, 4, 3; 38, 13, 6; 44, 31, 4:

    flumina in pontum cadent,

    Sen. Med. 406:

    flumina in Hebrum cadentia,

    Plin. 4, 11, 18, § 50:

    tandem in alterum amnem cadit,

    Curt. 6, 4, 6.—
    d.
    Of dice, to be thrown or cast; to turn up:

    illud, quod cecidit forte,

    Ter. Ad. 4, 7, 23 sq.; Liv. 2, 12, 16.—
    e.
    Alicui (alicujus) ad pedes, to fall at one ' s feet in supplication, etc. (post-class. for abicio, proicio), Sen. Contr. 1, 1, 19; Eutr. 4, 7; Aug. Serm. 143, 4; Vulg. Joan. 11, 32 al.—
    f.
    Super collum allcujus, to embrace (late Lat.), Vulg. Luc. 15, 20.—
    B.
    In a more restricted sense.
    1.
    To fall, to fall down, drop, fall to, be precipitated, etc.; to sink down, to sink, settle (the usual class. signif. in prose and poetry):

    cadere in plano,

    Ov. Tr. 3, 4, 17 sq.:

    deorsum,

    Plaut. Rud. 1, 2, 89:

    uspiam,

    Ter. Ad. 1, 1, 12:

    Brutus, velut si prolapsus cecidisset,

    Liv. 1, 56, 12; cf. id. 5, 21, 16; 1, 58, 12:

    dum timent, ne aliquando cadant, semper jacent,

    Quint. 8, 5, 32:

    sinistrā manu sinum ad ima crura deduxit (Caesar), quo honestius caderet,

    Suet. Caes. 82:

    cadere supinus,

    id. Aug. 43 fin.:

    in pectus pronus,

    Ov. M. 4, 579:

    cadunt toti montes,

    Lucr. 6, 546:

    radicitus exturbata (pinus) prona cadit,

    Cat. 64, 109:

    concussae cadunt urbes,

    Lucr. 5, 1236:

    casura moenia Troum,

    Ov. M. 13, 375; id. H. 13, 71:

    multaque praeterea ceciderunt moenia magnis motibus in terris,

    Lucr. 6, 588: languescunt omnia membra;

    bracchia palpebraeque cadunt,

    their arms and eyelids fall, id. 4, 953; 3, 596; so,

    ceciderunt artus,

    id. 3, 453:

    sed tibi tamen oculi, voltus, verba cecidissent,

    Cic. Dom. 52, 133; cf.:

    oculos vigiliā fatigatos cadentesque in opere detineo,

    Sen. Ep. 8, 1:

    patriae cecidere manus,

    Verg. A. 6, 33:

    cur facunda parum decoro Inter verba cadit lingua silentio?

    Hor. C. 4, 1, 36:

    cecidere illis animique manusque,

    Ov. M. 7, 347; Val. Fl. 1, 300; cf. II. F. infra.—
    2.
    In a pregn. signif. (as in most langg., to fall in battle, to die), to fall so as to be unable to rise, to fall dead, to fall, die (opp. vivere), Prop. 2 (3), 28, 42 (usu. of those who die in battle;

    hence most freq. in the histt.): hostes crebri cadunt,

    Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 79 sq.:

    aut in acie cadendum fuit aut in aliquas insidias incidendum,

    Cic. Fam. 7, 3, 3; Curt. 4, 1, 28; Ov. M. 7, 142:

    ut cum dignitate potius cadamus quam cum ignominiā serviamus,

    Cic. Phil. 3, 14, 35:

    pauci de nostris cadunt,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 15; id. B. C. 3, 53:

    optimus quisque cadere aut sauciari,

    Sall. J. 92, 8; so id. C. 60, 6; id. J. 54, 10; Nep. Paus. 1, 2; id. Thras. 2, 7; id. Dat. 1, 2; 6, 1; 8, 3; Liv. 10, 35, 15 and 19; 21, 7, 10; 23, 21, 7; 29, 14, 8; Tac. G. 33; Hor. Ep. 1, 12, 27; Ov. M. 7, 142:

    per acies,

    Tac. A. 1, 2:

    pro patriā,

    Quint. 2, 15, 29:

    ante diem,

    Verg. A. 4, 620:

    bipenni,

    Ov. M. 12, 611:

    ense,

    Val. Fl. 1, 812.—Not in battle:

    inque pio cadit officio,

    Ov. M. 6, 250.—With abl. of means or instrument:

    suoque Marte (i. e. suā manu) cadunt,

    Ov. M. 3, 123; cf. Tac. A. 3, 42 fin.:

    suā manu cecidit,

    fell by his own hand, id. ib. 15, 71:

    exitu voluntario,

    id. H. 1, 40:

    muliebri fraude cadere,

    id. A. 2, 71: cecidere justā Morte Centauri, cecidit tremendae Flamma Chimaerae, Hor. C. 4, 2, 14 sq.:

    manu femineā,

    Sen. Herc. Oet. 1179:

    femineo Marte,

    Ov. M. 12, 610.—With abl. of agent with ab:

    torqueor, infesto ne vir ab hoste cadat,

    should be slain by, Ov. H. 9, 36; so id. M. 5, 192; Suet. Oth. 5:

    a centurione volneribus adversis tamquam in pugnā,

    Tac. A. 16, 9.—And without ab:

    barbarae postquam cecidere turmae Thessalo victore,

    Hor. C. 2, 4, 9; imitated by Claudian, IV. Cons. Hon. 89; Grat. Cyn. 315.—
    b.
    Of victims, to be slain or offered, to be sacrificed, to fall ( poet.):

    multa tibi ante aras nostrā cadet hostia dextrā,

    Verg. A. 1, 334:

    si tener pleno cadit haedus anno,

    Hor. C. 3, 18, 5; Tib. 1, 1, 23; 4, 1, 15; Ov. M. 7, 162; 13, 615; id. F. 4, 653.—
    3.
    In mal. part., = succumbo, to yield to, Plaut. Pers. 4, 4, 104; Tib. 4, 10, 2; Sen. Contr. 1, 3, 7.—
    4.
    Matre cadens, just born ( poet.), Val. Fl. 1, 355; cf. of the custom of laying the new-born child at the father's feet: tellure cadens. Stat. S. 1, 2, 209; 5, 5, 69.
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    To come or fall under, to fall, to be subject or exposed to something (more rare than its compound incidere, but class.); constr. usually with sub or in, sometimes with ad:

    sub sensus cadere nostros,

    i. e. to be perceived by the senses, Lucr. 1, 448:

    sub sensum,

    Cic. Inv. 1, 30, 48: in cernendi sensum. id. Tim. 3:

    sub oculos,

    id. Or. 3, 9:

    in conspectum,

    to become visible, id. Tusc. 1, 22, 50:

    sub aurium mensuram,

    id. Or. 20, 67:

    sponte suā (genus humanum) cecidit sub leges artaque jura,

    subjected itself to law and the force of right, Lucr. 5, 1146; so id. 3, 848:

    ad servitia,

    Liv. 1, 40, 3:

    utrorum ad regna,

    Lucr. 3, 836; so,

    sub imperium dicionemque Romanorum,

    Cic. Font. 5, 12 (1, 2):

    in potestatem unius,

    id. Att. 8, 3, 2:

    in cogitationem,

    to suggest itself to the thoughts, id. N. D. 1, 9, 21:

    in hominum disceptationem,

    id. de Or. 2, 2, 5:

    in deliberationem,

    id. Off. 1, 3, 9:

    in offensionem alicujus,

    id. N. D. 1, 30, 85:

    in morbum,

    id. Tusc. 1, 32, 79:

    in suspitionem alicujus,

    Nep. Paus. 2, 6:

    in calumniam,

    Quint. 9, 4, 57:

    abrupte cadere in narrationem,

    id. 4, 1, 79:

    in peccatum,

    Aug. in Psa. 65, 13.—
    B.
    In gen.: in or sub aliquem or aliquid, to belong to any object, to be in accordance with, agree with, refer to, be suitable to, to fit, suit, become (so esp. freq. in philos. and rhet. lang.):

    non cadit in hos mores, non in hunc pudorem, non in hanc vitam, non in hunc hominem ista suspitio,

    Cic. Sull. 27, 75:

    cadit ergo in bonum virum mentiri, emolumenti sui causā?

    id. Off. 3, 20, 81; so id. Cael. 29, 69; id. Har. Resp. 26, 56:

    haec Academica... in personas non cadebant,

    id. Att. 13, 19, 5:

    qui pedes in orationem non cadere quī possunt?

    id. Or. 56, 188:

    neque in unam formam cadunt omnia,

    id. ib. 11, 37; 57, 191; 27, 95; id. de Or. 3, 47, 182; Quint. 3, 7, 6; 4, 2, 37; 4, 2, 93; 6, prooem. § 5; 7, 2, 30 and 31; Plin. 35, 10, 36, § 82:

    heu, cadit in quemquam tantum scelus?

    Verg. E. 9, 17; Cic. Or. 27, 95; 11, 37; Quint. 3, 5, 16; 3, 6, 91; 5, 10, 30; 6, 3, 52; 7, 2, 31; 9, 1, 7;

    9, 3, 92: hoc quoque in rerum naturam cadit, ut, etc.,

    id. 2, 17, 32:

    in iis rebus, quae sub eandem rationem cadunt,

    Cic. Inv. 1, 30, 47; Quint. 8, 3, 56.—
    C.
    To fall upon a definite time (rare):

    considera, ne in alienissimum tempus cadat adventus tuus,

    Cic. Fam. 15, 14, 4:

    in id saeculum Romuli cecidit aetas, cum, etc.,

    id. Rep. 2, 10, 18.—Hence, in mercantile lang., of payments, to fall due: in eam diem cadere ( were due) nummos, qui a Quinto debentur, Cic. Att. 15, 20, 4.—
    D.
    (Acc. to I. 1. e.) Alicui, to fall to one (as by lot), fall to one ' s lot, happen to one, befall; and absol. (for accidere), to happen, come to pass, occur, result, turn out, fall out (esp. in an unexpected manner; cf. accido; very freq. in prose and poetry).
    1.
    Alicui:

    nihil ipsis jure incommodi cadere possit,

    Cic. Quint. 16, 51:

    hoc cecidit mihi peropportune, quod, etc.,

    id. de Or. 2, 4, 15; id. Att. 3, 1:

    insperanti mihi, cecidit, ut, etc.,

    id. de Or. 1, 21, 96; id. Att. 8, 3, 6; id. Mil. 30, 81:

    mihi omnia semper honesta et jucunda ceciderunt,

    id. Q. Fr. 1, 3, 1:

    sunt, quibus ad portas cecidit custodia sorti,

    Verg. G. 4, 165:

    haec aliis maledicta cadant,

    Tib. 1, 6, 85:

    neu tibi pro vano verba benigna cadunt,

    Prop. 1, 10, 24:

    ut illis... voluptas cadat dura inter saepe pericla,

    Hor. S. 1, 2, 40: verba cadentia, uttered at random, id. Ep. 1, 18, 12.—
    2.
    Ab sol., Afran. ap. Charis. p. 195 P.;

    Cic. Leg.2, 13, 33: verebar quorsum id casurum esset,

    how it would turn out, id. Att. 3, 24:

    aliorsum vota ceciderunt,

    Flor. 2, 4, 5:

    cum aliter res cecidisset ac putasses,

    had turned out differently from what was expected, Cic. Fam. 5, 19, 1:

    sane ita cadebat ut vellem,

    id. Att. 3, 7, 1; id. Div. 2, 52, 107; Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 12, 3; Cic. Verr. 1, 2, 5; Caes. B. C. 3, 73, Nep. Milt. 2, 5 Dähne:

    cum, quae tum maxime acciderant, casura praemonens, a furioso incepto eos deterreret,

    Liv. 36, 34, 3; 22, 40, 3; 35, 13, 9; 38, 46, 6; Plin. Pan. 31, 1; Tac. A. 2, 80; 6, 8; Suet. Tib. 14 al.; Verg. A. 2, 709:

    ut omnia fortiter fiant, feliciter cadant,

    Sen. Suas. 2, p. 14:

    multa. fortuito in melius casura,

    Tac. A. 2, 77.—With adj.:

    si non omnia caderent secunda,

    Caes. B. C. 3, 73:

    vota cadunt, i.e. rata sunt,

    are fulfilled, realized, Tib. 2, 2, 17 (diff. from Prop. 1, 17, 4; v. under F.).—
    3.
    With in and acc.: nimia illa libertas et populis et privatis in nimiam servitutem cadit (cf. metaballei), Cic. Rep. 1, 44, 68.—Esp.: in (ad) irritum or cassum, to be frustrated, fail, be or remain fruitless:

    omnia in cassum cadunt,

    Plaut. Poen. 1, 2, 147; Lucr. 2, 1166:

    ad irritum cadens spes,

    Liv. 2, 6, 1; so Tac. H. 3, 26:

    in irritum,

    id. A. 15, 39; cf. with irritus, adj.:

    ut irrita promissa ejus caderent,

    Liv. 2, 31, 5:

    haud irritae cecidere minae,

    id. 6, 35, 10.—
    E.
    To fall, to become less (in strength, power, worth, etc.), to decrease, diminish, lessen:

    cadunt vires,

    Lucr. 5, 410:

    mercenarii milites pretia militiae casura in pace aegre ferebant,

    Liv. 34, 36, 7.—More freq. in an extended signif. (acc. to I. B. 2.),
    F. 1.
    In gen.: pellis item cecidit, vestis contempta ferina. declined in value, Lucr. 5, 1417:

    turpius est enim privatim cadere (i. e. fortunis everti) quam publice,

    Cic. Att. 16, 15, 6; so id. Fam. 6, 10, 2:

    atque ea quidem tua laus pariter cum re publicā cecidit,

    id. Off. 2, 13, 45:

    tanta civitas, si cadet,

    id. Har. Resp. 20, 42:

    huc cecidisse Germanici exercitus gloriam, ut, etc.,

    Tac. H. 3, 13:

    non tibi ingredienti fines ira cecidit?

    Liv. 2, 40, 7; Pers. 5, 91:

    amicitia nec debilitari animos aut cadere patitur,

    Cic. Lael. 7, 23:

    animus,

    to fail, Liv. 1, 11, 3; Ov. M. 11, 537; cf. id. ib. 7, 347:

    non debemus ita cadere animis, etc.,

    to lose courage, be disheartened, Cic. Fam. 6, 1, 4:

    tam graviter,

    id. Off. 1, 21, 73; cf. Sen. Ep. 8, 3.—Esp., to fail in speaking:

    magnus orator est... minimeque in lubrico versabitur, et si semel constiterit numquam cadet,

    Cic. Or. 28, 98:

    alte enim cadere non potest,

    id. ib. —So in the lang. of the jurists, causā or formulā, to lose one ' s cause or suit:

    causā cadere,

    Cic. Inv. 2, 19, 57; so id. de Or. 1, 36, 166 sq.; id. Fam. 7, 14, 1; Quint. 7, 3, 17; Luc. 2, 554; Suet. Calig. 39:

    formulā cadere,

    Sen. Ep. 48, 10; Quint. 3, 6, 69.—With in:

    ita quemquam cadere in judicio, ut, etc.,

    Cic. Mur. 28, 58.—Also absol.:

    cadere,

    Tac. H. 4, 6; and:

    criminibus repetundarum,

    id. ib. 1, 77:

    conjurationis crimine,

    id. A. 6, 14:

    ut cecidit Fortuna Phrygum,

    Ov. M. 13, 435:

    omniaque ingrato litore vota cadunt, i. e. irrita sunt,

    remain unfulfilled, unaccomplished, Prop. 1, 17, 4 (diff. from Tib. 2, 2, 17; v. above, D. 2.); cf.:

    at mea nocturno verba cadunt zephyro,

    Prop. 1, 16, 34:

    multa renascentur, quae jam cecidere, cadentque Quae nunc sunt in honore vocabula,

    to fall into disuse, grow out of date, Hor. A. P. 70 —Hence of theatrical representations, to fall through, to fail, be condemned (opp. stare, to win applause;

    the fig. derived from combatants): securus cadat an recto stet fabula talo,

    Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 176.— Impers.. periculum est, ne cadatur, Aug. Don. Persev. 1.—
    2.
    Esp. of the wind (opp. surgo), to abate, subside, die away, etc.:

    cadit Eurus et umida surgunt Nubila,

    Ov. M. 8, 2:

    ventus premente nebulā cecidit,

    Liv. 29, 27, 10:

    cadente jam Euro,

    id. 25, 27, 11:

    venti vis omnis cecidit,

    id. 26, 39, 8:

    ubi primum aquilones ceciderunt,

    id. 36, 43, 11; cf.:

    sic cunctus pelagi cecidit fragor,

    Verg. A. 1, 154:

    ventosi ceciderunt murmuris aurae,

    id. E. 9, 58; id. G. 1, 354 Serv. and Wagn.—
    G.
    Rhet. and gram. t. t. of words, syllables, clauses, etc., to be terminated, end, close:

    verba melius in syllabas longiores cadunt,

    Cic. Or. 57, 194; 67, 223: qua (littera [p. 260] sc. m) nullum Graece verbum cadit, Quint. 12, 10, 31:

    plerique censent cadere tantum numerose oportere terminarique sententiam,

    Cic. Or. 59, 199; so id. Brut. 8, 34:

    apto cadens oratio,

    Quint. 9, 4, 32:

    numerus opportune cadens,

    id. 9, 4, 27:

    ultima syllaba in gravem vel duas graves cadit semper,

    id. 12, 10, 33 Spald.: similiter cadentia = omoioptôta, the ending of words with the same cases or verbal forms, diff. from similiter desinentia = omoioteleuta, similar endings of any kind, Cic. de Or. 3, 54, 206; id. Or. 34, 135; Auct. Her. 4, 20, 28; Quint. 9, 4, 42; cf. id. 9, 4, 18; 9, 3, 78; 9, 3, 79; 1, 7, 23; Aquil. Rom. Figur. §§ 25 and 26.

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  • 11 in-vertō (-vortō）

       in-vertō (-vortō） vertī, versus, ere,    to turn upside down, turn about, upset, invert, reverse: solum, plough up, V.: Allifanis vinaria, empty, H.: alveos navium invorsos pro tuguriis habere, S.: submovere Euros Pellibus inversis, turned inside out, Iu.: inversum contristat Aquarius annum, recurring cycle (of the sun), H.: cum in locum anulum inverterat: loca satis dentibus (i. e. ad dentes serendos), V.—Fig., to invert, transpose, change, reverse: ut invertatur ordo.—To pervert, abuse: inversi mores, corrupt, H.: virtutes, misrepresent, H.: quae invertere supersedeo, i. e. to paraphrase, Ta.—Of words, to misapply, use ironically: invertuntur verba, ut, etc.: Inversa verba, ambiguous, T.

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  • 12 logos (-us)

        logos (-us) ī, m, λόγοσ, a word.—Plur., mere words, empty talk, T.—A witty saying, bonmot, jest.

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  • 13 lacuna

    I.
    a hole, empty space / pond, pool / deficiency, loss.
    II.
    missing letters, words, or phrases in a manuscript.

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  • 14 inopes

    ĭnops, ŏpis, adj. [2. in-opis], without resources, helpless, weak (class.).
    I.
    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.—
    (β).
    With ab:

    sic inopes et ab amicis, et ab existimatione sunt,

    Cic. Att. 1, 1, 2. —
    (γ).
    With inf.:

    inopes laudis conscendere carmen,

    unable, Prop. 2, 10, 23 (3, 1, 23 Müll.).—
    II.
    In partic., helpless through poverty, destitute, needy, indigent.
    A.
    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. —
    (β).
    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.—
    (γ).
    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. —
    B.
    Trop.
    1.
    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. —
    2.
    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.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > inopes

  • 15 inops

    ĭnops, ŏpis, adj. [2. in-opis], without resources, helpless, weak (class.).
    I.
    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.—
    (β).
    With ab:

    sic inopes et ab amicis, et ab existimatione sunt,

    Cic. Att. 1, 1, 2. —
    (γ).
    With inf.:

    inopes laudis conscendere carmen,

    unable, Prop. 2, 10, 23 (3, 1, 23 Müll.).—
    II.
    In partic., helpless through poverty, destitute, needy, indigent.
    A.
    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. —
    (β).
    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.—
    (γ).
    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. —
    B.
    Trop.
    1.
    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. —
    2.
    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.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > inops

  • 16 inverto

    in-verto, verti, versum, 3, v. a., to turn upside down, turn about, to upset, invert (class.).
    I.
    Lit.:

    pingue solum Fortes invertant tauri,

    to turn up, plough up, Verg. G. 1, 64:

    campum,

    id. ib. 3, 161:

    Boreas invertit ornos,

    upturns, overthrows, Luc. 6, 390:

    vinaria,

    to upset, empty, Hor. S. 2, 8, 39:

    mare,

    i. e. disturbed, rough, id. Epod. 10, 5:

    alveos navium inversos pro tuguriis habere,

    Sall. J. 18, 5:

    adeo vehementer talum inverti, ut minimum affuerim quin articulum defregerim,

    dislocated, App. Flor. 3, p. 134, 3:

    si polypus invertatur,

    Plin. 9, 30, 48, § 91:

    invertere se,

    to turn over, id. 32, 2, 5, § 13:

    cum in locum anulum inverterat,

    Cic. Off. 3, 9, 38. —
    2.
    Esp., to dip, dye:

    albentes lanas,

    Sil. 16, 568.—
    II.
    Trop., to invert, transpose; to change. alter; to pervert; to exchange:

    ut cum semel dictum sit directe, invertatur ordo, et idem quasi sursum versus retroque dicatur,

    Cic. Part. 7, 24: quae in vulgus edita ejus verbis, invertere supersedeo, to alter, give in another form, Tac. A. 15, 63:

    virtutes,

    to alter, misrepresent, Hor. S. 1, 3, 55:

    lanas,

    to dye, color, Sil. 16, 569:

    Vertumnus Deus invertendarum rerum est,

    i. e. of barter, trade, Ascon. ad Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 59, § 154. —
    B.
    Esp. of words, to pervert, misapply, use ironically (cf. inversio, I.):

    invertuntur verba, ut, etc.,

    Cic. de Or. 2, 65, 262.—Hence, inversus, a, um, P. a., turned upside down, inverted.
    A.
    Lit.:

    vomer inversus,

    Hor. Epod. 2, 63:

    carinae,

    Plin. 9, 6, 5, § 15:

    manus (opp. supina),

    id. 12, 25, 54, § 121:

    charta,

    Mart. 4, 87, 11:

    submovere Euros Pellibus inversis,

    turned inside out, Juv. 14, 187.—
    B.
    Trop., inverted, perverted: annus, inverted, brought back to its beginning, i. e. completed, ended, Hor. S. 1, 1, 36:

    pro curia, inversique mores!

    perverted, corrupt, id. C. 3, 5, 7:

    consuetudo,

    Quint. 3, 9, 9:

    verba,

    perverted from their proper meanings, ambiguous, Ter. Heaut. 2, 3, 131; so,

    too, verba,

    dark, obscure, Lucr. 1, 642. — Neutr. sing. as adv.: inversum, upside down:

    surculis inversum superpositis,

    Sol. 8.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > inverto

  • 17 logos

    lŏgos ( - us), i, m., = logos, a word.
    I.
    In gen.:

    non longos logos,

    Plaut. Men. 5, 2, 29; Petr. 126.—
    II.
    In partic.
    A.
    Mere words, empty talk:

    dabuntur dotis tibi sescenti logei atque Attici omnes,

    Plaut. Pers. 3, 1, 66; Ter. Phorm. 3, 2, 7.—
    B.
    A witty saying, bon-mot, jest:

    logos ridiculos vendo,

    Plaut. Stich. 1, 3, 68: omnes logos, qui ludis dicti sunt, animadvertisse, Cic. Fragm. ap. Non. 63, 18.—
    C.
    A fable:

    fabellae et Aesopei logi,

    Sen. Cons. ad Polyb. 27.—
    D.
    Reason:

    logos aut methodos,

    Aus. Idyll. 11, 67: logos aut methodus, Marc. Carm. de Medic. 6.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > logos

  • 18 logus

    lŏgos ( - us), i, m., = logos, a word.
    I.
    In gen.:

    non longos logos,

    Plaut. Men. 5, 2, 29; Petr. 126.—
    II.
    In partic.
    A.
    Mere words, empty talk:

    dabuntur dotis tibi sescenti logei atque Attici omnes,

    Plaut. Pers. 3, 1, 66; Ter. Phorm. 3, 2, 7.—
    B.
    A witty saying, bon-mot, jest:

    logos ridiculos vendo,

    Plaut. Stich. 1, 3, 68: omnes logos, qui ludis dicti sunt, animadvertisse, Cic. Fragm. ap. Non. 63, 18.—
    C.
    A fable:

    fabellae et Aesopei logi,

    Sen. Cons. ad Polyb. 27.—
    D.
    Reason:

    logos aut methodos,

    Aus. Idyll. 11, 67: logos aut methodus, Marc. Carm. de Medic. 6.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > logus

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