excultus

ex-cŏlo, cŏlŭi, cultum, 3, v. a., to work carefully, to tend, cultivate.

Lit. (very rare, and mostly post-Aug.):

vineas,

Plin. 14, 4, 5, § 48; cf. rura, Claud. ap. Eutr. 2, 196:

victum hominum (boves),

Plin. 8, 47, 72, § 187:

lanas rudes,

i. e. to spin fine, Ov. A. A. 2, 220.—

Transf., in gen., to improve, polish, adorn, perfect:

marmora, quibus solum, quibus parietes excolantur,

Plin. Ep. 9, 39, 3; Plin. 35, 10, 37, § 118; cf.:

praetoria xystis et nemoribus,

Suet. Aug. 72:

urbem adeo, ut jure sit gloriatus marmoream se relinquere,

id. ib. 28:

aedificium,

Dig. 7, 1, 44:

fructuarius excolere quod invenit potest, qualitate aedium non immutata,

ib. 7, 1, 13, § 7:

vagos resecare capillos Doctus et hirsutas excoluisse genas,

Mart. 6, 52, 4:

triumphum,

Plin. 35, 11, 40, § 135:

tumulum in tropaei modum,

Flor. 4, 12:

legionarii injecere flammae arma sua, quibus exculti funus celebrabant,

Suet. Caes. 84.—

Trop.

To improve, ennoble, refine, perfect (the class. signif. of the word):

nihil tam horridum, tam incultum, quod non splendescat oratione et tamquam excolatur, Cic. Parad. prooem. § 3: C. Tuditanus omni vita atque victu excultus atque expolitus,

id. Brut. 25, 95; cf.:

mansuefactus et excultus,

id. Tusc. 1, 25, 62:

ex agresti immanique vita exculti ad humanitatem et mitigati sumus,

id. Leg. 2, 14, 36:

excultus doctrinā,

id. Tusc. 1, 2, 4; cf. id. ib. 4, 38, 84; Ov. Tr. 4, 10, 15:

animos doctrina,

Cic. Arch. 6, 12:

ingenia disciplinā exculta,

id. Or. 15, 48:

aetas exculta,

id. Rep. 2, 10:

quibus rebus exculta hominum vita tantum distat a victu et cultu bestiarum,

id. Off. 2, 4, 15:

inventas aut qui vitam excoluere per artes,

Verg. A. 6, 663:

an victus hominum Atheniensium beneficio excoli potuit, oratio non potuit?

Cic. Or. 9, 31; so,

mores aut studia,

Quint. 4 praef. §

3: mores studiis,

id. 12, 2, 1; 12, 3, 1; Gell. 13, 5, 2:

orationem,

Quint. 8, 3, 86; Tac. Or. 22:

excultae cujusdam elegantiae,

Quint. 6, 3, 20.—

Of persons, to honor ( poet., and very rare, for the class. colere):

deos,

Phaedr. 4, 11, 10:

aliquem,

Ov. Pont. 1, 7, 59.

ex-cōlo, āre, v. a., to strain out (post-class.):

acetum,

Pall. Jun. 8, 1:

culicem,

Vulg. Matt. 23, 24.

expŏlĭo, īvi or ĭi, ītum, 4, v. a., to smooth off, make smooth, polish.

Lit.:

hac (i. e. herinacei) cute expoliuntur vestes,

Plin. 8, 37, 56, § 135:

libellus arida pumice expolitus,

Cat. 1, 2:

aedes expolitae,

Plaut. Most. 1, 2, 18:

expolitus paries,

Vitr. 7, 9; cf. under P. a.:

signum,

Quint. 2, 19, 3:

scabritias unguium,

Plin. 24, 4, 6, § 12.— Pass. in mid. force:

numquam concessavimus poliri, expoliri, pingi,

Plaut. Poen. 1, 2, 11. —

Trop., to polish, finish, accomplish, embellish, improve, refine, elaborate:

parentes (liberos) expoliunt, docent litteras,

Plaut. Most. 1, 2, 45; cf.:

Dionem Plato doctrinis omnibus expolivit,

Cic. de Or. 3, 34, 139:

vir omni vita atque victu excultus atque expolitus,

id. Brut. 25, 95:

illi te expoliendum limandumque permittas,

Plin. Ep. 1, 10:

Graeca doctrina expolitus,

Gell. 15, 11, 3:

nox te expolivit hominemque reddidit,

Cic. de Or. 2, 10, 40:

nihil omnibus ex partibus perfectum natura expolivit,

id. Inv. 2, 1, 3:

inventum,

Auct. Her. 2, 18, 27:

eandem rem eodem modo dicere... id obtundere auditorem est, non rem expolire,

id. 4, 42, 54:

partiones,

Cic. Inv. 1, 41, 76:

orationem,

Quint. 8, 3, 42:

consilium,

Plaut. Poen. 1, 1, 60:

opus,

id. Mil. 4, 4, 38.—

Com., to polish off, i. e. to ruin:

qui amat, nequit quin nihili sit atque improbis artibus se expoliat,

Plaut. Truc. 2, 7, 3.—Hence, expŏlī-tus, a, um, P. a., polished, smooth, neat, clean:

dens expolitior,

Cat. 39, 20:

frumenta expolitiora,

Col. 2, 20, 6: villae expolitissimae, Scipio Afric. ap. Gell. 2, 20, 6.

victus, a, um, Part. of vinco.

victus, ūs (ante-class. collat. form of the gen. sing. victuis, Varr. ap. Non. p. 494, 11:

victi,

Plaut. Capt. 4, 2, 75; also cited ap. Non. p. 484, 10), m. [vivo].

That upon which one lives; sustenance, nourishment, provisions, victuals:

tenuis victus cultusque,

Cic. Lael. 23, 86:

tenuissimus,

id. Fin. 2, 28, 90; id. Quint. 15, 49; id. Tusc. 5, 34, 99; id. Off. 1, 4, 12; Caes. B. G. 6, 22; 6, 23 fin.; Hor. S. 1, 1, 98; 2, 2, 53; dat. victu, Lucil. ap. Gell. 4, 16, 6; Verg. G. 4, 158.— Plur., Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 142; Cic. Fin. 5, 4, 10; Ov. M. 15, 104 al.—

In jurid. lang., necessaries of life, inclusive of clothing, Dig. 50, 16, 43; 50, 16, 44.—

A way of life, mode of living, with reference to the necessities of life (class.; cf.

vita): in victu considerare oportet, apud quos et quo more et cujus arbitratu sit educatus, etc.,

Cic. Inv. 1, 25, 35: consuetudo victūs, manner of living or subsisting, Caes. B. G. 1, 31:

quali igitur victu sapiens utetur?

Hor. S. 2, 2, 63.—Esp., with vita:

Gaius Tuditanus, omni vitā atque victu excultus atque expolitus,

Cic. Brut. 25, 95:

ego autem nobilium vitā victuque mutato mores mutari civitatem puto,

id. Leg. 3, 14, 32:

splendidus non minus in vitā quam victu,

Nep. Alcib. 1, 3.

vīta, ae ( gen. sing. vitaï, Lucr. 1, 415; 2, 79; 3, 396), f. [vivo; Sanscr. gīv, to live; Gr. bios, life], life.

Lit.

In gen.:

tribus rebus animantium vita tenetur, cibo, potione, spiritu,

Cic. N. D. 2, 54, 134:

dare, adimere vitam alicui,

id. Phil. 2, 3, 5:

necessaria praesidia vitae,

id. Off. 1, 17, 58:

in liberos vitae necisque potestatem habere,

Caes. B. G. 6, 19:

exiguum vitae curriculum,

Cic. Rab. Perd. 10, 30:

ego in vitā meā nullā umquam voluptate tantā sum adfectus, etc.,

id. Att. 5, 20, 6:

vitam agere honestissime,

id. Phil. 9, 7, 15; cf.:

degere miserrimam,

id. Sull. 27, 75:

vitam in egestate degere,

id. Rosc. Am. 49, 144:

tutiorem vivere,

id. Verr. 2, 2, 47, § 118:

profundere pro aliquo,

id. Phil. 14, 11, 30 fin.:

amittere per summum dedecus,

id. Rosc. Am. 11, 30:

auferre alicui,

id. Sen. 19, 71:

in vitā manere,

id. Fam. 5, 15, 3:

in vitā diutius esse,

id. Q. Fr. 1, 3, 5:

e vitā discedere,

id. Fam. 2, 2; cf.

cedere,

id. Brut. 1, 4:

vitā cedere,

id. Tusc. 1, 15, 35:

de vitā decedere,

id. Rab. Perd. 11:

vitā se privare,

id. de Or. 3, 3, 9:

vitā aliquem expellere,

id. Mur. 16, 34:

si vita suppetet,

id. Fin. 1, 4, 11: si mihi vita contigerit, Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 24, 1:

ne ego hodie tibi bonam vitam feci,

a pleasant life, Plaut. Pers. 4, 8, 3:

bonam vitam dare,

id. Cas. 4, 4, 21; cf.

, on the other hand: malae taedia vitae,

Ov. P. 1, 9, 31.—

In partic., life, as a period of time = aetas (post-Aug.):

ii quadragensimum annum vitae non excedunt,

Plin. 6, 30, 35, § 195; 7, 2, 2, § 30; 7, 49, 50, § 160:

periit anno vitae septimo et quinquagesimo,

Suet. Vit. 18:

septem et triginta annos vitae explevit,

Tac. A. 2, 88 fin.; Val. Max. 4, 1, 6; 8, 13, ext. 7; Gell. 15, 7, 1; Hier. in Dan. 6, 1.— Plur.:

nec vero, si geometrae et grammatici... omnem suam vitam in singulis artibus consumpserint, sequitur, ut plures quasdam vitas ad plura discenda desideremus,

Quint. 12, 11, 20; cf. also in the foll.—

Transf.

A living, support, subsistence (Plautinian;

syn. victus): vitam sibi repperire,

Plaut. Stich. 3, 2, 9; cf.:

neque illi concedam quicquam de vitā meā,

id. Trin. 2, 4, 76.—

A life, i. e. a way or mode of life (class.): vita hominis [p. 1999] ex ante factis spectabitur, Auct. Her. 2, 3, 4:

vita rustica honestissima atque suavissima,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 17, 48:

hanc usus, vita, mores respuit,

id. Mur. 35, 74; cf.:

inquirendo in utriusque vitam et mores,

Liv. 40, 16, 2; so (with mores) Ov. H. 17, 172 Ruhnk.:

neque ante philosophiam patefactam hac de re communis vita dubitavit,

nor was it doubted in common life, Cic. Div. 1, 39, 86:

vita, victusque communis,

social life, id. Off. 1, 17, 58; cf.:

omni vitā atque victu excultus,

id. Brut. 25, 95.— Plur.:

inspicere, tamquam in speculum, in vitas omnium,

Ter. Ad. 3, 3, 61; cf.:

per omnium vitas amicitia serpit,

Cic. Leal. 23, 87:

(Minos) vitas et crimina discit,

Verg. A. 6, 433. —

Life, real life (opp. fancy or fiction):

ex quo est illud e vitā ductum ab Afranio,

Cic. Tusc. 4, 20, 45:

de vitā hominum mediā sumptum,

Gell. 2, 23, 12:

nil sine magno Vita labore dedit mortalibus,

Hor. S. 1, 9, 60.—

Like our life, to denote a very dear object:

certe tu vita es mihi,

Plaut. As. 3, 3, 24; cf. Ter. Ad. 3, 2, 33.—Hence, mea vita, or simply vita, my life, as a term of endearment, Plaut. Stich. 4, 2, 6; Cic. Fam. 14, 2, 3; 14, 4, 1; Prop. 1, 2, 1; 2, 20 (3, 13), 17.—

The living, i. e. mankind, the world; like Gr. bios ( poet. and in postAug. prose):

rura cano, rurisque deos, his vita magistris Desuevit quernā pellere glande famem,

Tib. 2, 1, 37:

agnoscat mores vita legatque suos,

Mart. 8, 3, 20:

verum falsumne sit, vita non decrevit,

Plin. 8, 16, 19, § 48:

alias in tumultu vita erat,

id. 13, 13, 27, § 89.—

A life, i. e. a course of life, career, as the subject of biography: in hoc exponemus libro de vitā (al. vitam) excellentium imperatorum, Nep. praef. § 8; id. Epam. 4 fin.:

vitae memoriam prosā oratione composuit,

Suet. Claud. 1 fin.:

propositā vitae ejus velut summā,

id. Aug. 9:

referam nunc interiorem ac familiarem ejus vitam,

id. ib. 61; cf. Serv. Verg. A. 1, 368:

qui vitas resque gestas clarorum hominum memoriae mandaverunt,

Gell. 1, 3, 1.—

The duration of life (in plants, etc.), duration:

arborum immensa,

Plin. 16, 44, 85, § 234; 16, 44, 90, § 241; Pall. 12, 7, 17.—

An existence, a being, of spirits in the infernal regions:

tenues sine corpore vitae,

Verg. A. 6, 292; cf. id. ib. 12, 952.