errant

ambō̆, bae, bo, num. ( nom. plur. ambo for ambae, Plaut. Merc. 2, 1, 7; acc. plur. orig. ambo, analog. to the Gr. amphô, but from the adj. use of the word ambos arose; acc. ambo is found in Plaut. Am. 1, 2, 8; 5, 1, 67; id. As. 3, 3, 121; id. Curc. 5, 3, 14; id. Cist. 2, 1, 49; id. Ep. 2, 2, 19; id. Bacch. 4, 8, 19; 5, 2, 69; id. Most. 3, 2, 140; id. Rud. 3, 5, 7; Afran. ap. Charis. p. 96 P.; Cic. (who never uses ambos) Fam. 5, 8; 9, 13; Caes. (who never uses ambos) B. C. 1, 48; Verg. (who never uses ambos) E. 6, 18; id. G. 4, 88; id. A. 12, 342; Hor. (who never uses ambos) S. 2, 3, 180; 2, 7, 62; Liv. 3, 62; 7, 19; 26, 7; 26, 26; 27, 27; 30, 14; 35, 22; 38, 53; 40, 46; 41, 18; 45, 19; Mart. 7, 40; Sil. 4, 175; 17, 427 al.; ambos is found in Afran. Com. Rel. p. 194 Rib. bis; Plaut. Bacch. 5, 1, 29; id. Ps. 1, 3, 21; Ter. (who never uses ambo) Eun. 5, 8, 39; id. Heaut. 4, 3, 33; 5, 2, 42; id. Ad. 1, 2, 51; 5, 9, 5; Prop. 3, 13, 18; Liv. 2, 10, 6; 22, 34, 10; Sall. (who never uses ambo) J. 21, 4; id. Fragm. 4, 19, 5 Kritz; Ov. (who never uses ambo) H. 10, 51; Tac. (who never uses ambo) A. 13, 54; Vulg. Tob. 3, 25; ib. Eph. 2, 16; cf. Charis. p. 95; Prisc. p. 744 P.; Rudd. I. p. 57; Kühn. ad Cic. Tusc. 1, 46, 110; Neue, Formenl. II. p. 145 sqq.) [amphô, amphoteroi, Paul. ex Fest. p. 4 Müll.; kindr. with Sanscr. ubhāu, dual nom. = ambo; Zend. uba; Slav. oba; Lith. abù; Goth. bai, bajōths; Germ. beide; Engl. both], both (of two objects whose duality is assumed as already known; when not already known, they are designated by duo. The difference between ambo and uterque is thus given by Charis. p. 49 P.: Ambo non est dicendum, nisi de his, qui uno tempore quid faciunt, utpote reges Eteocles et Polynices ambo perierunt quasi unā; Romulus autem et Africanus non ambo triumphārunt, sed uterque; quia diverso tempore).

Of objects naturally in pairs, as the parts of the body, both:

manusque ambas,

Verg. A. 6, 496; 10, 868:

ambas palmas,

id. ib. 5, 425;

10, 844: tinnient ambae aures ejus,

Vulg. 1 Reg. 3, 11; ib. 4 Reg. 21, 12:

circum unum ambove genua,

Plin. 28, 6, 17, § 59 (but even here we find duo:

sumes duos renes (vituli) et adipem,

Vulg. Exod. 29, 13; 29, 22:

duas manus,

ib. Matt. 18, 8 bis; 18, 9:

duae palmae manuum ejus,

ib. 1 Reg. 5, 4:

duorum luminum,

of both eyes, ib. Jud. 16, 28; so Shaksp., her two eyes, Love's Lab. Lost, iv. 3;

Haml. i. 4).—So of other things: Tristior illā Terra sub ambobus non jacet ulla polis,

Ov. P. 2, 7, 64:

Atridas Priamumque, et saevum ambobus Achillen,

angry with both parties, id. ib. 1, 458.—

In gen., of two objects and no more, the two, both: QVOM. PERORANT. AMBO. PRAESENTES. (i.e. actor et reus), Fragm. XII. Tab. ap. Gell. 17, 2, 10:

consules, alter ambove, si eis videretur,

Cic. Phil. 5, 19, 53:

ambo accusandi estis,

Ter. Heaut. 1, 1, 67:

jam hisce ambo, et servos et era, frustra sunt duo,

Plaut. Am. 3, 3, 19:

erroris ambo complebo,

id. ib. 1, 2, 8:

emit hosce ambos,

id. Capt. prol. 34:

ut eos ambos fallam,

Ter. Heaut. 4, 3, 33; so Vulg. Tob. 3, 25:

hic, qui utrumque probat, ambobus debuit uti,

Cic. Fin. 2, 7, 20:

una salus ambobus erit,

Verg. A. 2, 710:

plebiscitis cautum, ne quis duos magistratus uno anno gereret, utique liceret consules ambos plebeios creari,

Liv. 7, 42:

Caesar atque Pompeius diversa sibi ambo consilia capiunt... eodemque die uterque eorum ex castris exercitum educunt,

Caes. B. C. 3, 30:

amborum verba,

Tac. A. 3, 35:

civitate Romanā ambos donavit,

id. ib. 13, 54:

ambo occisi,

Suet. Aug. 11:

errant autem ambo senes,

Vulg. Gen. 18, 11; ib. Matt. 15, 14:

applicuit ambos ad eum,

ib. Gen. 48, 13; ib. Eph. 2, 16.—

Poet. = duo:

partīs ubi se via findit in ambas,

into two, Verg. A. 6, 540.

erro, āvi, ātum, 1, v. n. and a. [root er-, to go; desiderative forms, erchomai (ersk-); and Lat. (ers-o) erro, to seek to reach; hence, to wander; cf. Germ. irren; Engl. err, etc., v. Curt. Gr. Etym. p. 546 sq.].

In gen.

Prop., to wander, to wander or stray about, to wander up and down, to rove (freq. and class.; cf.

vagor, palor): propter te errans patria careo,

Ter. Heaut. 2, 3, 16; cf.:

cum vagus et exsul erraret,

Cic. Clu. 62, 175:

ignari hominumque locorumque Erramus vento huc et vastis fluctibus acti,

Verg. A. 1, 333; cf. id. ib. 1, 32; 3, 200; Ov. M. 3, 175; id. F. 2, 335 et saep.:

circum villulas nostras,

Cic. Att. 8, 9, 3:

pios per lucos,

Hor. C. 3, 4, 7:

inter audaces lupus errat agnos,

id. ib. 3, 18, 13; cf.

of beasts,

id. S. 1, 8, 35; id. Epod. 2, 12; Verg. E. 1, 9; 2, 21; 6, 40; id. G. 4, 11 et saep.— Pass. impers.:

male tum Libyae solis erratur in agris,

Verg. G. 3, 249.—Prov.:

in media luce errare,

Sen. Ben. 5, 6, 3.—

Transf., of inanimate things:

(stellae) quae errantes et quasi vagae nominantur,

Cic. Rep. 1, 14;

so of the planets,

id. N. D. 2, 20; 3, 20; id. Tusc. 1, 25, 62; Plin. 2, 6, 4, § 12; Vulg. Jud. 13; cf.

of the motion of the stars in gen.,

Hor. Ep. 1, 12, 17:

Cocytus errans flumine languido,

id. C. 2, 14, 18; cf. Verg. G. 3, 14:

errantesque per altum Cyaneae,

Val. Fl. 4, 561:

hic lintres errare videres,

Ov. F. 2, 391:

vidi ad frontem sparsos errare capillos,

i. e. flying about, Prop. 2, 1, 7; cf. id. 2, 22, 9:

errantia lumina,

i. e. moving fitfully about, Prop. 3, 14, 27 (4, 13, 27 M.); cf. Stat. Th. 10, 150:

pulmonibus errat Ignis edax,

i. e. spreads, runs about, Ov. M. 9, 201 et saep.—

Trop., to wander, stray at random: ne vagari et errare cogatur oratio, Cic. de Or., 48, 209; cf.: erraus et vaga sententia (opp. stabilis certaque), id. N. D. 2, 1, 2:

eo fit, ut errem et vager latius,

id. Ac. 2, 20, 66:

ut ingredi libere, non ut licenter videatur errare,

id. Or. 23, 77:

errans opinio (opp. stabilis conscientia),

id. Fin. 2, 22, 71:

dubiis affectibus errat,

Ov. M. 8, 473:

ne tuus erret honos,

be in doubt, uncertain, id. F. 1, 468; cf. id. ib. 3, 543.— Poet., with a rel.-clause:

erro, quam insistas viam,

I am uncertain, in doubt, Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 197; cf.:

inter recens et vetus sacramentum,

i. e. to hesitate, vacillate, Tac. H. 4, 58.—

In partic., to miss the right way, to lose one's self, go astray (in the literal sense rarely, but in the trop. freq. and class.).

Lit.: homo qui erranti comiter monstrat viam, Enn. ap. Cic. Off. 1, 16, 51:

errare viā,

Verg. A. 2, 739:

maledictus qui errare facit caecum in itinere,

Vulg. Deut. 27, 18.—

Trop., to wander from the truth, to err, mistake:

avius errat Saepe animus,

Lucr. 3, 463; cf. id. 2, 740:

totā erras viā,

Ter. Eun. 2, 2, 14; cf.:

in eo non tu quidem totà re, sed temporibus errasti,

Cic. Phil. 2, 9 fin.:

longe,

Ter. Ad. 1, 1, 40; cf.

procul,

Sall. J. 85, 38 Kritz. N. cr.:

errant probe,

Plaut. Am. 3, 3, 20:

vehementer,

Cic. Ac. 2, 32, 103:

valde,

id. de Or. 2, 19, 83 et saep.:

errare malo cum Platone quam cum istis vera sentire,

Cic. Tusc. 1, 17, 39; cf. id. Balb. 28, 64:

erras, si id credis,

Ter. Heaut. 1, 1, 53; so with si, id. Hec. 4, 4, 60; Caes. B. G. 5, 41, 5; 7, 29, 2 et saep.:

de nostris verbis errat,

Ter. Heaut. 2, 3, 22:

in aliqua re,

Quint. 6, 3, 112; 10, 2, 21; 11, 1, 81 al.:

in alteram partem,

id. 10, 1, 26; cf.:

in alienos fetus,

Liv. 31, 12, 8.—Less freq. with acc. of a neutr. pronoun:

mone, quaeso, si quid erro,

Plaut. Most. 1, 3, 30; so with quid, Ter. And. 3, 2, 18; Quint. 2, 5, 16; 2, 3, 11; 2, 6, 6:

hoc,

Ter. Phorm. 5, 3, 21.— Poet. also with the acc. of a noun:

errabant tempora,

i. e. in chronology, Ov. F. 3, 155.— Pass. impers.:

si fuit errandum,

Ov. H. 7, 109:

si nihil esset erratum,

Quint. 6, 5, 7:

si erratur in nomine,

Cic. Fin. 4, 20 fin.; cf.:

tutius circa priores erratur,

Quint. 2, 5, 26:

uno verbo esse erratum,

id. 7, 3, 17. —Sometimes, in a palliative manner, of moral error, to err through mistake:

pariter te errantem et illum sceleratissimum persequi,

Sall. J. 102, 5; cf. id. ib. 104, 4. —Hence,

errātum, i, n., an error, mistake, fault:

illud de Flavio et fastis, si secus est, commune erratum est,

Cic. Att. 6, 1, 18; cf. id. ib. 13, 44 fin.:

cujus errato nulla venia, recte facto exigua laus proponitur,

id. Agr. 2, 2, 5; id. Fam. 5, 20, 8:

nullum ob totius vitae non dicam vitium, sed erratum,

id. Clu. 48; cf. id. Lig. 1; id. Sull. 23; and in plur., id. Fam. 16, 21, 2; Sall. J. 102, 10; Ov. Pont. 2, 3, 66.—

Act. in Aug. poets (only in part. perf.), to wander over or through:

immensum est erratas dicere terras,

Ov. F. 4, 573:

ager,

id. ib. 3, 655:

orbis,

Val. Fl. 4, 447:

litora,

Verg. A. 3, 690.

erro, ōnis, m. [1. erro], a wanderer, vagabond, vagrant, Tib. 2, 6, 6; Ov. H. 15, 53.—Used esp. of slaves:

ut errones aliquem cujus dicantur invenient,

Plin. Ep. 2, 10, 5; Edict. Aedil. ap. Gell. 4, 2, 1; Dig. 21, 1, 17, § 14; 49, 16, 4 fin.; Hor. S. 2, 7, 113.—Of the queen-bee:

dux,

Col. 9, 10 fin. —Of the planets, Nigid. ap. Gell. 3, 10, 2; 14, 1, 11.— Of vagabond soldiers:

nec nostros servire sinant errorribus agros,

Verg. Dir. 70 Rib.

frustrā ( - tră, Prud. steph. 1, 13), adv. [orig. acc. plur. neutr., afterwards abl. sing. fem. of frusterus, for frud-; v. fraus; hence].

In deception, in error (so mostly anteclass. and in historians;

not in Cic. and Caes.): ambo, et servus et era, frustra sunt duo, Qui me Amphitruonem rentur esse: errant probe,

are deceived, in error, Plaut. Am. 3, 3, 19; cf. id. Bacch. 4, 7, 42:

nunc, mulier, nei frustra sies, mea non es: ne arbitrere,

id. Merc. 3, 1, 30:

quo mihi acrius annitendum est, ut neque vos capiamini, et illi frustra sint,

Sall. J. 85, 6:

frustra esse,

Plaut. Capt. 4, 2, 74: hilarus est;

frustrast homo,

id. Most. 3, 1, 40 Lorenz:

ne frustra sis,

id. Men. 4, 3, 18 sq.; id. Mil. 5, 29 al.; cf. in the foll. II. A.—With animi:

erras, Aemiliane, et longe hujus animi frustra es,

App. Mag. p. 286.—Frustra habere aliquem, to deceive, cheat one (= eludere):

Corbulo quaesito diu proelio frustra habitus,

Tac. A. 13, 37; 51:

si Persae frustra habitae redissent ad sua,

Amm. 18, 6, 6: servom ac dominum, Plaut. Am. argument. 5.— [p. 786]

Transf., according as particular respect is had to the effect, the aim, or the reason of an action, without effect, to no purpose, without cause, uselessly, in vain, for nothing (freq. and class.; the predom. signif. in prose and poetry; cf.: in cassum, nequiquam).

Without effect, in vain:

alii parasiti frustra obambulabant in foro, i. e. they got no dinner,

Plaut. Capt. 3, 1, 31:

praesagibat mihi animus, frustra me ire, quom exibam domo,

id. Aul. 2, 2, 1: nemo dabit;

frustra egomet mecum has rationes puto,

Ter. Ad. 2, 2, 53:

frustra operam opinor sumo,

id. Heaut. 4, 3, 15:

neque ipse auxilium suum saepe a viris bonis frustra implorari patietur,

Cic. de Or. 2, 33, 144:

haec si verbis explicare conemur, frustra suscipiatur labor,

id. Univ. 10:

fortissima frustra pectora,

Verg. A. 1, 348; 5, 389:

multum frustraque rogatus,

Luc. 4, 735:

peritura frustra agmina,

id. 7, 736; Ov. M. 8, 140:

frustra telum mittere,

Caes. B. G. 3, 4, 2; cf. id. ib. 3, 25, 1:

frustra tantum laborem sumere,

id. ib. 3, 14, 1:

cujus neque consilium neque inceptum ullum frustra erat,

Sall. J. 7, 6 Kritz.; ib. 14, 11 Dietsch; 61, 1; 71, 5; 73 fin. al.; cf.:

ita frustra id inceptum Volscis fuit,

Liv. 2, 25, 2:

neque frustrabor ultra cives meos, neque ipse frustra dictator ero,

id. 2, 31, 10; Quint. 10, 1, 2:

frustra cruento Marte carebimus, frustra metuemus Austrum: Visendus ater Cocytus, etc.,

Hor. C. 2, 14, 13 and 15:

nam frustra vitium vitaveris illud, si te alio pravum detorseris,

id. S. 2, 2, 54:

tam frustra (expressere) quam recusaverat (= aeque frustra fuit et sine eventu),

likewise without effect, Tac. H. 2, 90 fin. (see the passage in conn.).—With nequiquam, Cat. 77, 1; App. M. 8, p. 208, 40.—With sic: ego astabo hic tantisper cum hac forma et factis sic frustra; cf. Gr. houtôs allôs, Plaut. Mil. 4, 2, 30.—In a pun with frustra esse (v. supra, I.) and frustrari: qui lepide postulat alterum frustrari, quom frustra'st, frustra illum dicit frustra esse. Nam qui se frustrari quem frustra sentit, Qui frustratur, frustra'st, si ille non est frustra, Enn. ap. Gell. 18, 2, 7 (Sat. 33, p. 158 sq. Vahl.).—

Ellipt.:

equites et auxiliarios pedites in omnes partes mittit... Nec frustra. Nam, etc.,

Hirt. B. G. 8, 5, 3; so,

frustra: nam, etc.,

Hor. C. 3, 7, 21; Flor. 4, 11, 9.—

Without reason or cause, groundlessly:

frustra ac sine causa quid facere indignum deo est,

Cic. Div. 2, 60, 125:

frustra tempus contero,

id. Rosc. Com. 14, 41:

quae disputatio ne frustra haberetur,

id. Rep. 1, 7:

quae (res) prima impulit etiam, ut suspiceremus in caelum nec frustra siderum motus intueremur,

id. ib. 3, 2; 4, 3; id. Tusc. 1, 10, 21; id. Fin. 2, 12, 36; v. Madv. ad h. l. p. 210: non igitur frustra Plato civili viro, quem politikon vocant, necessariam musicen credidit, Quint. 1, 10, 15; 10, 1, 56:

ut multi, nec frustra, opinantur,

Suet. Oth. 9:

ne quid inexpertum frustra moritura relinquat,

Verg. A. 4, 415 Forbig. ad loc.—

Ellipt.:

hanc quidam aposiopesin putant. Frustra. Nam, etc.,

Quint. 9, 3, 60.

frustrā ( - tră, Prud. steph. 1, 13), adv. [orig. acc. plur. neutr., afterwards abl. sing. fem. of frusterus, for frud-; v. fraus; hence].

In deception, in error (so mostly anteclass. and in historians;

not in Cic. and Caes.): ambo, et servus et era, frustra sunt duo, Qui me Amphitruonem rentur esse: errant probe,

are deceived, in error, Plaut. Am. 3, 3, 19; cf. id. Bacch. 4, 7, 42:

nunc, mulier, nei frustra sies, mea non es: ne arbitrere,

id. Merc. 3, 1, 30:

quo mihi acrius annitendum est, ut neque vos capiamini, et illi frustra sint,

Sall. J. 85, 6:

frustra esse,

Plaut. Capt. 4, 2, 74: hilarus est;

frustrast homo,

id. Most. 3, 1, 40 Lorenz:

ne frustra sis,

id. Men. 4, 3, 18 sq.; id. Mil. 5, 29 al.; cf. in the foll. II. A.—With animi:

erras, Aemiliane, et longe hujus animi frustra es,

App. Mag. p. 286.—Frustra habere aliquem, to deceive, cheat one (= eludere):

Corbulo quaesito diu proelio frustra habitus,

Tac. A. 13, 37; 51:

si Persae frustra habitae redissent ad sua,

Amm. 18, 6, 6: servom ac dominum, Plaut. Am. argument. 5.— [p. 786]

Transf., according as particular respect is had to the effect, the aim, or the reason of an action, without effect, to no purpose, without cause, uselessly, in vain, for nothing (freq. and class.; the predom. signif. in prose and poetry; cf.: in cassum, nequiquam).

Without effect, in vain:

alii parasiti frustra obambulabant in foro, i. e. they got no dinner,

Plaut. Capt. 3, 1, 31:

praesagibat mihi animus, frustra me ire, quom exibam domo,

id. Aul. 2, 2, 1: nemo dabit;

frustra egomet mecum has rationes puto,

Ter. Ad. 2, 2, 53:

frustra operam opinor sumo,

id. Heaut. 4, 3, 15:

neque ipse auxilium suum saepe a viris bonis frustra implorari patietur,

Cic. de Or. 2, 33, 144:

haec si verbis explicare conemur, frustra suscipiatur labor,

id. Univ. 10:

fortissima frustra pectora,

Verg. A. 1, 348; 5, 389:

multum frustraque rogatus,

Luc. 4, 735:

peritura frustra agmina,

id. 7, 736; Ov. M. 8, 140:

frustra telum mittere,

Caes. B. G. 3, 4, 2; cf. id. ib. 3, 25, 1:

frustra tantum laborem sumere,

id. ib. 3, 14, 1:

cujus neque consilium neque inceptum ullum frustra erat,

Sall. J. 7, 6 Kritz.; ib. 14, 11 Dietsch; 61, 1; 71, 5; 73 fin. al.; cf.:

ita frustra id inceptum Volscis fuit,

Liv. 2, 25, 2:

neque frustrabor ultra cives meos, neque ipse frustra dictator ero,

id. 2, 31, 10; Quint. 10, 1, 2:

frustra cruento Marte carebimus, frustra metuemus Austrum: Visendus ater Cocytus, etc.,

Hor. C. 2, 14, 13 and 15:

nam frustra vitium vitaveris illud, si te alio pravum detorseris,

id. S. 2, 2, 54:

tam frustra (expressere) quam recusaverat (= aeque frustra fuit et sine eventu),

likewise without effect, Tac. H. 2, 90 fin. (see the passage in conn.).—With nequiquam, Cat. 77, 1; App. M. 8, p. 208, 40.—With sic: ego astabo hic tantisper cum hac forma et factis sic frustra; cf. Gr. houtôs allôs, Plaut. Mil. 4, 2, 30.—In a pun with frustra esse (v. supra, I.) and frustrari: qui lepide postulat alterum frustrari, quom frustra'st, frustra illum dicit frustra esse. Nam qui se frustrari quem frustra sentit, Qui frustratur, frustra'st, si ille non est frustra, Enn. ap. Gell. 18, 2, 7 (Sat. 33, p. 158 sq. Vahl.).—

Ellipt.:

equites et auxiliarios pedites in omnes partes mittit... Nec frustra. Nam, etc.,

Hirt. B. G. 8, 5, 3; so,

frustra: nam, etc.,

Hor. C. 3, 7, 21; Flor. 4, 11, 9.—

Without reason or cause, groundlessly:

frustra ac sine causa quid facere indignum deo est,

Cic. Div. 2, 60, 125:

frustra tempus contero,

id. Rosc. Com. 14, 41:

quae disputatio ne frustra haberetur,

id. Rep. 1, 7:

quae (res) prima impulit etiam, ut suspiceremus in caelum nec frustra siderum motus intueremur,

id. ib. 3, 2; 4, 3; id. Tusc. 1, 10, 21; id. Fin. 2, 12, 36; v. Madv. ad h. l. p. 210: non igitur frustra Plato civili viro, quem politikon vocant, necessariam musicen credidit, Quint. 1, 10, 15; 10, 1, 56:

ut multi, nec frustra, opinantur,

Suet. Oth. 9:

ne quid inexpertum frustra moritura relinquat,

Verg. A. 4, 415 Forbig. ad loc.—

Ellipt.:

hanc quidam aposiopesin putant. Frustra. Nam, etc.,

Quint. 9, 3, 60.

nĕmŏrōsus, a, um, adj. [nemus], full of woods, woody ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose):

Zacynthos,

Verg. A. 3, 270 (cf. hulêessa Zakunthos, Hom. Il. 9, 24):

canes nemorosis montibus errant,

Ov. A. A. 3, 427; Plin. Ep. 8, 8, 2:

juga,

Juv. 3, 191:

convallis,

Plin. 4, 8, 15, § 30:

hospitium,

id. 35, 11, 38, § 121.—

Transf., full of foliage, bushy, shady:

cupressus nemorosā vertice,

Plin. 12, 1, 5, § 9:

silvae,

Ov. M. 10, 687:

nemorosi saxa Palati,

id. F. 4, 815:

bracchia,

Sil. 13, 595:

frondibus nemorosus,

Vulg. Ezek. 31, 3.

nĕquĕo, īvi and ĭi, ĭtum, 4 (lengthened collat. form: nequinont pro nequeunt, ut solinunt, ferinunt, pro solent, et feriunt dicebant antiqui. Livius in Odysseā: partim errant, nequinont Graeciam redire, Paul. ex Fest. p. 162 Müll.— Imperf. nequibat, Sall. C. 59, 5; id. J. 56, 2.— Fut. nequibunt, Lucr. 1, 380.— Part. pres. nequiens, euntis:

Spartacus nequiens prohibere,

Sall. Fragm. p. 254 Gerl.; so,

nequiens,

App. M. 8, p. 207; Aus. Prof. 2:

sustinere corpora plerique nequeuntes,

Sall. H. 3, 72; so,

nequeuntes,

Arn. 1, 13; 7, 239), v. n. [nequeo:

libenter etiam copulando verba jungebant, ut sodes pro si audes, nequire pro non quire, malle pro magis velle,

Cic. Or. 45, 154; but Cic. himself always writes non queo in first pers. pres. ], not to be able, to be unable, I cannot (class.).

Act.:

ubi habitaret, invenires saltem, si nomen nequis,

Plaut. Merc. 3, 4, 51.—With inf.:

nequeo contineri quin loquar,

Plaut. Men. 2, 1, 28:

actam aetatem meminisse nequimus,

Lucr. 3, 672:

fecundae saepe nequissent uxores parere,

id. 4, 1254:

cum pisces ire nequibunt,

id. 1, 380:

ut ea, cum velimus, laxare nequeamus,

Cic. Or. 65, 220:

cum Demosthenes rho dicere nequiret,

id. Div. 2, 46, 96:

quod proelio adesse nequibat,

Sall. C. 59, 5; id. J. 14, 11; Hor. S. 1, 4, 85; id. A. P. 87; Verg. A. 6, 507.— Impers., it is impossible; with quin:

Satin qui amat, nequit quin nihili sit,

Plaut. Truc. 2, 7, 3.—

Pass., with inf. pass.: nequitum et nequitur pro non posse dicebant ut Plautus in Satyrione: retrahi nequitum, quoquo progressa est semel, Paul. ex Fest. p. 162 Müll.: ut nequitur comprimi, Plaut. Rud. 4, 4, 20:

quid. quid sine sanguine civium ulcisci nequitur, jure factum sit,

Sall. J. 31, 8.

prŏcul, adv. [procello, to drive away], in the distance, at a distance, a great way off, far, afar off, from afar.

Lit., of place (class.; cf.: longe, eminus); constr. absol.; with adv. of place; with ab and abl. (not in Cic., Cæs., or Sall.); with abl. alone:

cuja vox sonat procul?

Plaut. Curc. 1, 2, 18:

sequi procul,

id. Poen. 3, 3, 6:

non jam procul, sed hic praesentes sua templa dii defendunt,

Cic. Cat. 2, 13. 29:

ubi turrim constitui procul viderunt,

Caes. B. G. 2, 30:

jubet, ut procul tela coniciant, neu propius accedant,

id. ib. 5, 34:

procul attendere,

Cic. de Or. 2, 36, 153:

procul e fluctu Trinacria,

Verg. A. 3, 554:

est procul in pelago saxum,

id. ib. 5, 124:

procul et e longinquo,

Plin. 27, 3, 2, § 9:

omnibus arbitris procul amotis,

Sall. C. 20, 1:

procul o, procul este, profani,

keep aloof! Verg. A. 6, 258:

cui procul astanti, Pettalus irridens dixit,

Ov. M. 5, 114; cf.:

adstans non procul,

App. M. 7, p. 183, 14.—With other particles of place, as hinc, inde, alicunde, longe, etc.:

procul hinc stans,

at a distance from this place, Ter. Hec. 4, 3, 1; Plaut. Truc. 4, 1, 11:

istic procul,

id. Mil. 4, 4, 33:

istinc procul,

id. Rud. 4, 4, 104:

procul inde,

Ov. Am. 3, 14, 18:

procul alicunde,

Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 20, § 48:

procul longe,

Plaut. Curc. 2, 2, 10.— With a or ab, far from, far away from (class.):

procul a terrā abripi,

Cic. de Or. 3, 36, 145:

esse procul a conspectu,

far out of sight, id. Agr. 2, 32, 87:

a castris,

Caes. B. G. 5, 17:

a portā,

Liv. 1, 12, 8:

ab Ariciā,

id. 2, 26, 5:

ab hoste,

id. 7, 37, 6:

a domo,

id. 4, 18, 1; 5, 4, 11:

a patriā,

id. 23, 29, 7; Verg. E. 10, 46:

a mari,

Plin. 2, 103, 106, § 227:

a Pado,

id. 3, 17, 21, § 124:

a litore,

Quint. 12, prooem. §

2: ab ore,

id. 11, 3, 96:

a fratre,

Plin. Ep. 5, 9, 3:

a mari,

Sen. Q. N. 6, 7 fin. —With simple abl., far from, far away from: patriā procul, Enn. ap. Cic. Fam. 7, 6, 1 (Trag. v. 295 Vahl.):

urbe,

Ov. P. 1, 5, 73:

ripā Tiberis,

Liv. 2, 13, 6:

oppido,

id. 3, 22, 4:

moenibus,

id. 4, 10, 5:

Nomento,

id. 4, 22, 2:

mari,

Liv. 38, 16, 15:

haud procul castris,

Tac. H. 4, 22:

Teutoburgiensi Saltu,

id. A. 1, 60:

regno,

id. ib. 2, 67:

non procul Euripidis poëtae sepulcro,

Plin. 31, 2, 19, § 28:

urbe Romā,

id. 2, 94, 96, § 209:

oppido,

id. 3, 3, 4, § 21.—

Trop., far, distant, remote; constr, with ab, the abl., or absol.:

conscia mihi sum a me culpam hanc esse procul,

Ter. Ad. 3, 2, 50:

procul ab omni metu,

Cic. Tusc. 5, 14, 41:

viri, qui sunt procul ab aetatis hujus memoriā,

id. Rep. 1, 1, 1:

caelestia procul sunt a nostrā cognitione,

id. Ac. 1, 4, 15:

res procul ab ostentatione positae,

Quint. 1, prooem. §

4: quis tam procul a litteris, quin sic incipiat,

so unacquainted with letters, so unlettered, id. 7, 1, 46; 8, 3, 23:

ab odio, ab irā,

id. 6, 2, 14:

a sapiente,

Sen. Ira, 1, 6, 4:

ab omni negotio,

id. Brev. Vit. 11, 2:

a praesenti modestiā,

Tac. A. 12, 6.— With simple abl.:

liber invidiā, procul contentionibus,

Quint. 12, 11, 7:

eam (plebem) procul urbe haberi,

out of public affairs, Liv. 4, 58, 12:

procul negotiis,

Hor. Epod. 2, 1:

ambitione,

id. S. 1, 6, 52:

voluptatibus habere aliquem,

to keep one aloof from enjoyments, deprive him of them, Tac. A. 4, 62:

tali more,

id. ib. 4, 28:

procul dubio,

without doubt, Quint. 1, 5, 14; 9, 1, 27; Plin. 9, 61, 87, § 184; Liv. 39, 40, 10; Suet. Ner. 3;

for which: dubio procul,

Flor. 2, 6; Lucr. 1, 812:

procul vero est,

far from the truth, untrue, Col. 1 praef. fin.—Absol.:

assentatio vitiorum adjutrix procul amoveatur,

Cic. Lael. 24, 89:

homines superbissimi procul errant,

err widely, greatly, Sall. J. 85, 38:

pauperies immunda domus procul absit, i.e. pauperies domestica procul absit,

Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 199:

durabisne procul dominoque legere superstes, Thebai?

Stat. Th. 12, 810: non procul est quin, it does not want much of, etc., almost, nearly, Sil. 2, 335:

haud procul est quin Romam agnosceret,

Liv. 1, 5, 6.—

In partic. (post-Aug. and very rare), in estimation of value, far removed from, much inferior to: aes suo colore pretiosum, procul a Corinthio (est), is far beneath or inferior to, much poorer than, Plin. 34, 2, 3, § 8.