exitus+vitae

exĭtĭum, ii ( gen. plur. exitium, Enn. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 31, 67, and Or. 46, 155), n. [exeo].

Lit., a going out, egress (ante-class.): exitium antiqui ponebant pro exitu; nunc exitium pessimum exitum dicimus, Paul. ex Fest. p. 81, 6 Müll.:

quid illi ex utero exitiost, priusquam poterat ire in proelium?

Plaut. Truc. 2, 6, 30 (but for exitium exitio est, id. Capt. 3, 3, 4, the true reading is auxilium mist, etc., Fleck. Lorenz). —

In partic., destruction, ruin, hurt, mischief (freq. and class., sing. and plur.; syn.: pernicies, interitus, ruina, infortunium, casus, clades, calamitas, malum).

Sing.:

satius est mihi Quovis exitio interire,

Plaut. Cist. 4, 1, 11:

pultando foribus exitium adferre,

id. Capt. 4, 2, 52; cf.:

qui de meo nostrumque omnium interitu, qui de hujus urbis atque adeo orbis terrarum exitio cogitent,

Cic. Cat. 1, 4, 9; Suet. Aug. 94; cf.

also: (Lentulus) dignum moribus factisque suis exitium vitae invenit,

end, Sall. C. 55 fin.:

nullius patitur natura,

Lucr. 1, 224; cf.:

caeli terraeque,

id. 5, 98; 344:

cum de pernicie populi Romani, exitio hujus urbis tam acerbe tamque crudeliter cogitarit,

Cic. Cat. 4, 5, 10:

me miserum! ego omnibus meis exitio fuero,

id. Q. Fr. 1, 4, 4:

exitio esse (alicui),

Suet. Caes. 1; Hor. C. 1, 28, 18; cf. Suet. Calig. 11:

usque adeo flagitatus est, donec ad exitium dederetur,

Tac. A. 1, 32:

concidit auguris Argivi domus ob lucrum Demersa exitio,

Hor. C. 3, 16, 13 et saep.—

Plur.: omnibus exitiis interii, ways or methods of destruction, Plaut. Bacch. 5, 1, 7; cf. Cic. Fin. 5, 10:

civitatum afflictarum perditis jam rebus extremi exitiorum exitus,

Cic. Agr. 2, 4, 10; cf. Val. Fl. 1, 809:

exitiūm examen rapit, Enn. l. l. (Trag. v. 88, ed. Vahl.): quos P. Clodii furor rapinis et incendiis et omnibus exitiis pavit,

Cic. Mil. 2, 8:

metu crudelissimorum exitiorum carere non possumus,

id. ib. 2, 5:

id querebatur caput esse exitiorum omnium,

id. Leg. 1, 12, 34:

haec res suprema manebat Exitiis positura modum,

Verg. A. 7, 129.

foedus, a, um, adj. [Sanscr. dhūmas, smoke; cf.: fumus, fīmus, feteo], foul, filthy, loathsome, ugly, unseemly, detestable, abominable, horrible (class.; cf.: deformis, turpis).

Physically:

cimices foedissimum animal,

Plin. 29, 4, 17, § 61:

herba odoris foedi,

id. 20, 16, 63, § 171:

odor,

Cels. 2, 8; 5, 28, 3:

facies,

id. 6, 6, 9:

sapor,

Lucr. 2, 401:

species,

id. 2, 421:

nunc eo tibi videtur foedus, quia illam (vestem) non habet,

Ter. Eun. 4, 4, 17; cf. Quint. 6, 3, 32:

immanissimum et foedissimum monstrum,

Cic. Pis. 14, 31:

foeda fit volucris (sc. bubo),

Ov. M. 5, 549:

caput impexa foedum porrigine,

Hor. S. 2, 3, 126:

foeda nigro simulacra fumo,

id. C. 3, 6, 4:

foeda cicatrix,

id. S. 1, 5, 60:

vulnus,

Ov. M. 12, 366:

tergum recentibus vestigiis vulnerum,

Liv. 2, 23, 7; cf. id. 9, 31, 2:

victus,

Hor. A. P. 392:

loca tetra, inculta, foeda, formidolosa,

Sall. C. 52, 13:

tempestates,

Liv. 25, 7, 7; Verg. G. 1, 323:

foedissima tempestas,

Liv. 29, 18, 5:

incendium,

id. 24, 47, 15.—With dat.:

pestilentia foeda homini, foeda pecori,

destructive, Liv. 3, 32, 2.—In the neutr. absol.:

foedum relatu,

Ov. M. 9, 167; cf.

foediora,

Liv. 3, 69, 2.—

Mentally, disgraceful, base, dishonorable, vile, shameful, infamous, foul, etc.:

quo (tyranno) neque tetrius, neque foedius, nec diis hominibusque invisius animal ullum cogitari potest,

Cic. Rep. 2, 26:

nihil fieri potest miserius, nihil perditius, nihil foedius,

id. Att. 8, 11, 4:

luxuria senectuti foedissima,

id. Off. 1, 34, 123:

homo,

Sall. C. 19, 2:

scriptores carmine foedo Splendida facta linunt,

Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 236; cf.:

foedissima ludibria,

Quint. 1, 6, 32:

bellum foedissimum,

Cic. Att. 7, 26, 3:

genus interitus,

id. ib. 15, 20, 2:

foedus et perniciosus exitus judicii,

id. Q. Fr. 3, 9, 1:

consilium,

Liv. 26, 38, 4:

facinus,

Ter. Eun. 5, 5, 1:

amor,

Lucr. 4, 1158:

ministeria,

Verg. A. 7, 619:

condiciones,

Hor. C. 3, 5, 15:

fuga ducum,

Val. Fl. 6, 723:

exprobratio,

Plin. 18, 26, 66, § 249:

inconsequentia rerum foedissima,

Quint. 8, 6, 50.—In the neutr. with a subject-clause: ludos vero non facere, quid foedius? (shortly before: quid turpius?) Cic. Att. 15, 10:

versum in oratione fieri multo foedissimum est,

Quint. 9, 4, 72.— Hence, adv.: foede, foully, cruelly, basely, horribly: foede divexarier, Pac. ap. Cic. Tusc. 1, 44, 106 (Trag. Rel. p. 84 Rib.):

aram turparunt sanguine foede,

Lucr. 1, 85:

foede aliquem distrahere,

Plaut. Trin. 4, 1, 14:

laniare crura brachiaque,

Tac. H. 1, 41:

caesa manus juvenum,

Verg. A. 10, 498:

ob admissum foede dictumve superbe,

Lucr. 5, 1224:

servire,

Plaut. Pers. 2, 2, 48: perire Sall. J. 31, 2:

pugnatum est,

Liv. 6, 1, 11:

foedius inde pulsus quam, etc.,

id. 2, 51, 8:

causa agetur foedissime,

Cic. Att. 9, 7, 4.

foedus, ĕris (for foedus, Ennius wrote fidus, acc. to Varr. L. L. 5, § 86 Müll. Archaic form of the gen. plur. foedesum, acc. to Varr. L. L. 7, § 27; v. the letter R), n. [from the root FID; Sanscr. bandh, ligare; v. fido], a league, treaty, compact (cf.: sponsio, pactio).

Polit.:

FOEDERVM, PACIS, BELLI, INDVCIARVM ORATORES FETIALES IVDICESVE SVNTO,

Cic. Leg. 2, 9, 21; cf. id. Rep. 1, 32:

esse autem tria genera foederum, quibus inter se paciscerentur amicitias civitates regesque,

Liv. 34, 57, 7:

pacem foedusque facere,

Cic. de Sen. 6, 16; cf.:

oratrices pacis et foederis,

id. Rep. 2, 8:

Ambiorigem sibi societate et foedere adjungunt,

Caes. B. G. 6, 2, 2:

ne societates, ne foedera nova acciperemus,

Sall. J. 14, 18:

societatem foedere confirmare,

Cic. Phil. 2, 35, 89:

quibus (foederibus) etiam cum hoste devincitur fides,

id. Off. 3, 31, 111:

amicitiam et foedus petere, Sall J. 104, 4: foedus facere cum aliquibus,

Cic. Inv. 2, 30, 91; so,

foedus facere,

id. Rep. 3, 18; Caes. B. C. 3, 108, 3; Sall. J. 38, 9 al.: ferire, icere, pangere, percutere, v. h. vv.: de foedere decedere, Cato ap. Gell. 10, 1, 10:

foedera negligere, violare, rumpere,

Cic. Balb. 5, 13; cf.:

sociorum nominisque Latini jura negligere ac foedera,

id. Rep. 3, 29:

rumpere,

Auct. Her. 4, 14, 20; Liv. 9, 1; 21, 10:

violare,

Cic. Rep. 1, 19; Liv. 28, 44, 7:

rescindere,

Vell. 2, 90, 3:

solvere,

Verg. A. 10, 91:

turbare,

id. ib. 12, 633:

contra foedus facere,

Cic. Balb. 4, 10; Gell. 10, 1, 10:

foedus aequum dare,

Liv. 23, 5, 9 (for which:

ex aequo venire in amicitiam,

id. 7, 30, 2); cf.:

foedere iniquo alligari,

id. 35, 46, 10:

ex foedere,

according to agreement, id. 1, 23, 7; 8, 39, 13. —

Transf., beyond the polit. sphere, in gen., a compact, covenant, agreement, stipulation, bargain:

foedus fecerunt cum tribuno plebis palam, ut ab eo provincias acciperent, quas ipsi vellent, etc.,

Cic. Sest. 10, 24; cf.:

foedus frangere,

id. Pis. 12, 28:

inter se facere,

id. Fin. 2, 26, 83:

amorum turpissimorum foedera ferire,

id. Cael. 14, 34:

amicitiae,

Ov. Tr. 3, 6, 1:

hospitii,

Just. 7, 3:

thalami,

i. e. marriage contract, marriage, Ov. M. 7, 403; so,

vitae,

Stat. Th. 2, 112:

communia studii,

Ov. P. 4, 13, 43.—

Poet., of inanim. and abstr. things, a law:

continuo has leges aeternaque foedera certis Inposuit natura locis,

Verg. G. 1, 60:

omnes Foedere naturae certo discrimina servant,

Lucr. 5, 924; 5, 57; 6, 906:

foedere certo et premere et laxas dare habenas,

Verg. A. 1, 62:

neve potentis naturae pollue foedus,

Ov. M. 10, 353: caeli foedera, Col. Poët. 10, 219.

ĭnĭtĭum, ĭi, n. [ineo], a going in, en trance.

A beginning, commencement (syn.: principium, exordium).

Lit.:

bonis initiis orsus tribunatus, tristes exitus habuit consulatus,

id. Brut. 34, 128:

initio accusationis,

id. de Or. 1, 26, 121:

initium capere,

Caes. B. G. 1, 1:

dicendi initium sumere,

Cic. Leg. 2, 1, 1:

facere initium confligendi,

id. Phil. 14, 14, 36:

caedis initium ab aliquo facere,

id. ib. 5, 7, 20:

male ponere initia,

id. Att. 10, 18, 2:

ducere ab aliqua re,

id. ib. 9, 9, 2:

ab initio res quem ad modum facta sint, exponemus,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 5, 14: ab ultimo initio [p. 956] repetere, Auct. Her. 1, 9, 14:

seditionem ab altiore initio repetam,

Tac. H. 2, 27:

quia initio caedis orto difficilis modus,

id. ib. 1, 39.— Pleon.: querellae ab initio tantae ordiendae rei absint, Liv. praef. § 12; cf.:

prima initia incohare,

id. 3, 54, 9:

primum initium certaminis,

id. 6, 12, 10. — The abl. sing. is used adverbially, in the beginning, at first:

quemadmodum senatus initio censuit,

Cic. Fam. 1, 7, 4:

redeo ad illud quod initio scripsi,

id. ib. 1, 7, 5; Nep. Thras. 1, 5; id. Tim. 3, 1; id. Alc. 5, 3; Curt. 3, 8, 17 al.; cf. Zumpt, Gram. § 475. —

Transf.

Constituent parts, elements:

inde est indagatio nata initiorum, et tamquam seminum, unde essent omnia orta, generata, concreta,

Cic. Tusc. 5, 24, 69: illa initia, et, ut e Graeco vertam, elementa dicuntur ( = stoicheia), id. Ac. 1, 7, 26;

so of death: Augustus in sua resolutus initia,

Vell. 2, 123, 3. —

First principles, elements cf a science:

illa initia mathematicorum, quibus non concessis digitum progredi non possunt,

Cic. Ac. 2, 36, 116.—

Beginning, origin:

quomodo initium nobis rerum omnium ortus noster adferat, sic exitum mors, etc.,

Cic. Tusc. 1, 38, 91:

natus obscurissimis initiis,

Vell. 2, 761; cf.: pauca ab initio causisque talium facinorum non absurda, which relate to the origin, etc., Tac. H. 4, 48.—

Auspices, because with them everything was begun; hence, the beginning of a reign:

novis initiis et ominibus opus est,

i. e. of a new king, Curt. 5, 9, 4.—

Secret sacred rites, sacred mysteries, to which only the initiated were admitted:

initia vocantur potissimum ea, quae Cereri fiunt sacra,

Varr. R. R. 3, 1, 5:

initia Cereris,

Liv. 31, 47, 2; cf.

39, 8, 5: nihil melius illis mysteriis, quibus ex agresti immanique vita exculti ad humanitatem et mitigati sumus, initiaque ut appellantur, ita re vera principia vitae cognovimus,

Cic. Leg. 2, 14, 36; Just. 2, 6:

initia Samothracum,

Curt. 8, 1, 12:

initiis pacis, foedus cum feritur,

Varr. R. R. 2, 4, 9.—

Things ( musical instruments) used in celebrating these mysteries:

Typanum, tubam, Cybele, tua, mater, initia,

Cat. 63, 9.

mīmus, i, m., = mimos.

A mimic actor, mime, Cic. de Or. 2, 59, 242:

oratori minime convenit distortus vultus gestusque: quae in mimis rideri solent,

Quint. 6, 3, 29; Ov. A. A. 1, 501:

nobilis,

Juv. 8, 198. —

A mimic play, mime, farce.

Lit.:

mimi exitus,

Cic. Cael. 27, 65:

tutor, mimus vetus,

id. de Or. 2, 64, 259:

mimos scribere,

Ov. Tr. 2, 497:

mimorum scriptor,

Quint. 1, 10, 17:

mimos commentari,

Cic. Phil. 11, 6, 13:

mimum agere,

Suet. Caes. 39; Juv. 13, 110:

mimus quis melior plorante gula?

id. 5, 157.—

Trop., any thing farcical, pretended, unreal.—Of the sham triumph of Caligula, Suet. Calig. 45:

commendationis,

Plin. 7, 12, 10, § 53:

humanae vitae,

Sen. Ep. 80, 7:

mimus et simulatio,

id. ib. 26, 5.