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  • 1 expresse

    expressē, adv. [st2]1 [-] en pressant. [st2]2 [-] clairement, distinctement. [st2]3 [-] d'une manière expressive, d'une manière frappante.    - expressius, Scrib.: en pressant plus fortement.    - expresse litteram efferre, V.-Max.: prononcer clairement une lettre.    - expresse conscripta exempla, Her.: exemples frappants.
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    expressē, adv. [st2]1 [-] en pressant. [st2]2 [-] clairement, distinctement. [st2]3 [-] d'une manière expressive, d'une manière frappante.    - expressius, Scrib.: en pressant plus fortement.    - expresse litteram efferre, V.-Max.: prononcer clairement une lettre.    - expresse conscripta exempla, Her.: exemples frappants.
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        Expresse, Aduerbium: vt Expresse dicere. Plin. iunior. Faire une comparaison bien approchante.

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  • 2 significanter

    signĭfĭcantĕr, adv. [st2]1 [-] d'une manière expressive, clairement, distinctement. [st2]2 [-] avec énergie.    - compar. significantius -- superl. significantissime.    - significantius consignatiusque, Gell. 1: d'une manière plus significative et plus juste.
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    signĭfĭcantĕr, adv. [st2]1 [-] d'une manière expressive, clairement, distinctement. [st2]2 [-] avec énergie.    - compar. significantius -- superl. significantissime.    - significantius consignatiusque, Gell. 1: d'une manière plus significative et plus juste.
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        Significanter, Aduerbium. Quintil. Bien ouvertement et clairement, Intelligiblement, Entendiblement, Proprement.

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  • 3 significatio

    signĭfĭcātĭo, ōnis, f. [st1]1 [-] action de faire signe, action d'indiquer, indication, signe, signal, annonce.    - aliquem nutu significationeque appellare, Cic. Fam. 1: faire signe à qqn de venir.    - significationem rerum consequentium quaerere, Cic. Div. 2: trouver des indications sur les événements futurs.    - multas nec dubias significationes saepe jecit: ne reliquis quidem se parsurum senatoribus, Suet. Ner. 37: il donna souvent à entendre fort clairement qu'il n'épargnerait pas même le reste des sénateurs. [st1]2 [-] signe précurseur, indice, symptôme, présage.    - magna significatio fit, non adesse constantiam, Cic. Off. 1: c'est signe évident qu'est absente la constance de caractère.    - ne qua adventus significatio fiat, Caes.: pour qu'aucun indice ne trahisse son arrivée.    - cum ex significatione Gallorum novi aliquid ab eis iniri consili intellexissent, Caes. BG. 7: comprenant à l’attitude des Gaulois qu’il y avait quelque chose de changé dans leurs dispositions.    - valetudinis significationes, Cic. Div. 2: les symptômes de la maladie. [st1]3 [-] marque d'approbation, manifestation favorable, témoignage.    - significatione omni populi florere, Cic. Sest. 49, 105: avoir mille témoignages de la faveur du peuple.    - id militibus fuit pergratum et jucundum ut ex ipsa significatione cognosci potuit, Caes. BC. 1, 86: ce discours fut pour les soldats une très agréable joie, comme on put le reconnaître à leurs propres manifestations. [st1]4 [-] désignation.    - significationem subtrahere, Tac.: supprimer une désignation. [st1]5 [-] signification (d'un mot), sens, acception.    - duas significationes habet propositio vestra, Sen.: votre proposition a deux sens. [st1]6 [-] force expressive d'un mot, [gr. ἔμϕασις] emphase.    - significatio est, quae plus in suspicione relinquit, quam... Auct. Her. 4, 53: l'emphase est ce qui laisse plus à entendre que...
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    signĭfĭcātĭo, ōnis, f. [st1]1 [-] action de faire signe, action d'indiquer, indication, signe, signal, annonce.    - aliquem nutu significationeque appellare, Cic. Fam. 1: faire signe à qqn de venir.    - significationem rerum consequentium quaerere, Cic. Div. 2: trouver des indications sur les événements futurs.    - multas nec dubias significationes saepe jecit: ne reliquis quidem se parsurum senatoribus, Suet. Ner. 37: il donna souvent à entendre fort clairement qu'il n'épargnerait pas même le reste des sénateurs. [st1]2 [-] signe précurseur, indice, symptôme, présage.    - magna significatio fit, non adesse constantiam, Cic. Off. 1: c'est signe évident qu'est absente la constance de caractère.    - ne qua adventus significatio fiat, Caes.: pour qu'aucun indice ne trahisse son arrivée.    - cum ex significatione Gallorum novi aliquid ab eis iniri consili intellexissent, Caes. BG. 7: comprenant à l’attitude des Gaulois qu’il y avait quelque chose de changé dans leurs dispositions.    - valetudinis significationes, Cic. Div. 2: les symptômes de la maladie. [st1]3 [-] marque d'approbation, manifestation favorable, témoignage.    - significatione omni populi florere, Cic. Sest. 49, 105: avoir mille témoignages de la faveur du peuple.    - id militibus fuit pergratum et jucundum ut ex ipsa significatione cognosci potuit, Caes. BC. 1, 86: ce discours fut pour les soldats une très agréable joie, comme on put le reconnaître à leurs propres manifestations. [st1]4 [-] désignation.    - significationem subtrahere, Tac.: supprimer une désignation. [st1]5 [-] signification (d'un mot), sens, acception.    - duas significationes habet propositio vestra, Sen.: votre proposition a deux sens. [st1]6 [-] force expressive d'un mot, [gr. ἔμϕασις] emphase.    - significatio est, quae plus in suspicione relinquit, quam... Auct. Her. 4, 53: l'emphase est ce qui laisse plus à entendre que...
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        Significatio, significationis, Verbale. Author ad Heren. Demonstrance, Apparence, Signification, Signifiance.
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        Significatio aduentus. Caesar, Nequa eius aduentus procul significatio fiat. Aucun advertissement.
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        Vt ex ipsa significatione potuit cognosci. Caes. Comme ils donnerent à entendre par leur maniere de faire.
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        Significatione vna literarum. Cic. Par un seul advertissement qu'il feit par lettres.
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        Ex quibus magna significatio fit non adesse constantiam. Cic. Il est grandement monstré et donné à congnoistre qu'il, etc.

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  • 4 āctus

        āctus ūs, m    [1 AG-], a driving, impulse, setting in motion: actu inflectit feram: Fertur magno mons actu, with a mighty impulse, V. — Meton., a right of way, right to drive through, C.—Esp., a recital, delivery: fabellarum, L.: carminum, expressive gestures, L.—A part of a play, act: modo, in quocumque fuerit actu, probetur<*> primo actu placeo, T.: hic restat actus, i. e. this crowning achievement: cognoscere in actu (opp. legere), i. e. to see done, O.
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    act, performance (of play), delivery; action, deed; series/sequence; progress; right of way/road for cattle; path, cart-track; land measure (120 ft.)

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  • 5 argūtus

        argūtus adj. with comp. and sup.    [P. of arguo], active, quick, expressive, lively: manus: oculi: caput (of a horse), graceful, V. — To the hearing, piercing, sharp, shrill (poet.): hirundo, chirping, V.: ilex, rustling, V.: nemus, echoing with song, V.: Neaera, melodious, H.: serra, grating, V.: pecten, rattling, V. — Of style, explicit, detailed: litterae. — Of omens, distinct, clear, striking: argutissima exta: omen, Pr.—Sagacious, acute, witty, bright: in sententiis argutior: poema argutius: acumen, H.—Cunning, sly, artful: calo, H.
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    arguta -um, argutior -or -us, argutissimus -a -um ADJ
    melodious, clear (sounds), ringing; eloquent; wise, witty, cunning; talkative

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  • 6 loquāx

        loquāx ācis, adj. with comp. and sup.    [4 LAC-], talkative, prating, chattering, loquacious, full of words: orator: senectus est naturā loquacior: homo loquacissimus obmutuit: ranae, croaking, V.: nidus, i. e. of chirping young, V.: stagna, resounding with croakings, V.: voltus, i. e. expressive, O.: lymphae, babbling, H.
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    (gen.), loquacis ADJ
    talkative, loquacious

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  • 7 lūgubris

        lūgubris e, adj.    [LVG-], of mourning, mourning-: lamentatio, over the dead: vestis, mourning apparel, T.: cantus, a dirge, H.: domus, a house of mourning, L.: genitor, sorrowing, O.— Plur n. as subst: lugubria indue, put on mourning, O.: mea lugubria ponam, my weeds, O.— That causes mourning, disastrous: bellum, H.: scelus, O.— Mournful, doleful, plaintive: verbum, expressive of desolation: verba, O.— Mean, pitiable: sagum, H.
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    lugubris, lugubre ADJ
    mourning; mournful; grievous

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  • 8 mōrātus

        mōrātus adj.    [mos], mannered, of morals, constituted, conditioned, circumstanced: (mulier) quibus morata moribus! T.: genus hominum optime: in tam bene moratā civitate, L.: male venter, insatiable, O.—Of style, expressive of character: poëma: recte morata Fabula, with accurate characterization, H.
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    morata, moratum ADJ
    endowed with character or manners of a specified kind; gentle, civilized

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  • 9 nāris

        nāris is, f    [1 NA-], a nostril: mediā nare, O.: nares recte sursum sunt.— Plur, the nose: reticulum ad narīs sibi admovere: mediis in naribus Gibbus, Iu.: tauri spirantes naribus ignem, V.— The nose (as expressive of sagacity or of scorn): naribus Duces tura, smell, H.: ne sordida mappa Corruget narīs, cause you to turn up, H.: omnis copia narium, sweet-smelling flowers, H.: naris emunctae senex, i. e. keen perception, Ph.: acutae nares, H.: homo naris obesae, dull, H.: naribus uti, turn up the nose, H.
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    nostril; nose (pl.)

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  • 10 pēs

        pēs pedis, m    [PED-], a foot: nudus, T.: pedibus aeger, S.: si pes condoluit: pede tellurem pulsare, i. e. dance, H.: cycnum pedibus uncis Sustulit, talons, V.: pedum digiti, toes, O.: numquam huc tetulissem pedem, would have come hither, T.: Nusquam pedem (sc. feram), I won't stir a step, T.: pedem ferre, go, V.: si in fundo pedem posuisses, set foot: profugum referre pedem, return, O.: magis pedem conferre, come to closer quarters: ut prope conlato pede gereretur res, almost hand to hand, L.: votis malignum Opponit nostris pedem, sets her foot against (of Fortune), O.: retrahitque pedem simul unda relabens, V.: ego me in pedes (dedi), took to my heels, T.— Abl plur. (rarely sing.), of motion, afoot, on foot, marching, walking: pedibus vincere, in running, O.: cum ingressus iter pedibus sit: pedibus compensari pecuniam, i. e. the long walk to the property makes up for its cheapness: ut omnes pedibus mererent, serve as infantry, L.: cum illud iter pedibus confici soleat, by land: quod flumen pedibus transiri potest, be forded, Cs.: in quam sententiam cum pedibus iretur, i. e. when a division was taken on this question, L.: cum omnes in sententiam eius pedibus irent, voted for his resolution, L.: Quo bene coepisti, sic pede semper eas, O.: tua dexter adi pede sacra secundo, expressive of favor, V.: Ripa felici tacta sit pede, propitious, O.: quid tam dextro pede concipis, etc., auspiciously (the right foot being associated with good omens), Iu.— Acc plur. with ad: ad pedes descensum ab Romanis est, the Romans dismounted, L.: magnā ex parte ad pedes pugna venerat, mainly an infantry fight, L.: ad pedes omnium singillatim accidente Clodio, supplicating each: vos ad pedes lenonis proiecistis: cui cum se maesta turba ad pedes provolvisset, L.— In expression of subjection or inferiority: servus a pedibus, footman: Omnia sub pedibus vertique regique, under their sway, V.: duas urbīs sub pedibus tuis relinquemus, L.: Sub pedibus timor est, is spurned, O.—In the phrase, pedibus trahi, to be dragged by the heels, go to the dogs: trahantur per me pedibus omnes rei.—In the phrase, ante pedes, before the feet, in plain view, evident: quod ante pedes est, Videre, T.: eos ante pedes suos iugulari coëgit.—In phrases with caput: tuas res ita contractas, ut nec caput nec pedes (habeant), i. e. neither beginning nor end: ut nec pes nec caput uni Reddatur formae, i. e. the several parts, H.—In the phrase, manibus pedibus, with might and main: Conari manibus pedibus noctīsque et dies, T.—Meton., of a couch or table, a foot, leg, prop: Lectuli pedes, T.: mensae, O.: grabati, a handle, Ct.—In navigation, a sheet, sail-rope: pede labitur aequo, i. e. before the wind, O.: pedibus aequis: unā omnes fecere pedem, i. e. let out the sheet, V.—In verse, a foot: herous: pedibus claudere verba, to make verses, H.: Musa per undenos emodulanda pedes, in hexameters and pentameters, O.: extremum seu trahat pedem, i. e. limps (of the choliambus), O.— A kind of verse, measure: Et pede, quo debent acria bella geri, O.: Lesbius, H. —As a measure, a foot: intervallum pedum duorum, Cs.: pedem discessisse: pede suo se metiri, by his own foot-rule, i. e. by his own abilities, H.
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  • 11 superbus

        superbus adj.    with comp. and sup, haughty, proud, vain, arrogant, insolent, discourteous, supercilious, domineering: iuvenis, V.: superbum se praebuit in fortunā: utrum superbiorem te pecunia facit?: Laudato pavone superbior, O.: homines superbissimi, S.: non respondere vereor, ne superbum sit, L.: superbum est dicere, etc.: atque meo nunc Superbus incedis malo, H.: opibus superbi, V.: iura, L.: lex superbissima, L.—Expressive of pride, proud, lofty, arrogant: mutatio vestis, L.: aures quarum est iudicium superbissimum, i. e. very severe: responsa, arrogant: oculi, O.: Karthaginis arces, H.—Fastidious, squeamish, delicate: dens, H.: corpus, H.—Proud, august, splendid, magnificent, superb: populus bello, V.: triumphus, H.: Postes, H.: sedes Dolopum, V.
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    superba, superbum ADJ
    arrogant, overbearing, haughty, proud

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  • 12 supplex (subpl-)

        supplex (subpl-) icis (abl. icī or ice; gen plur. -icum, rarely -icium), adj.    [sub+PARC-], kneeling in entreaty, begging, entreating, humble, submissive, beseeching, suppliant, supplicant: supplex te ad pedes abiciebas: vobis supplex manūs tendit patria communis: gener a consulis pedibus supplex reicebatur: Ne quoiquam suorum aequalium supplex siet, T.: iudicibus: cum Alcibiades Socrati supplex esset, ut, etc.—As subst m., a suppliant, humble petitioner: in miseros ac supplices misericordiā uti, Cs.: nos supplicum voce prohibebis?: vester est supplex, iudices: tuus, H.: dei, N.—Of things, of a supplicant, expressive of entreaty, suppliant, humble, beseeching: manūs: manu supplice, O.: vitta, H.: vota, V.: vox, S.

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  • 13 significans

    significantis (gen.), significantior -or -us, significantissimus -a -u ADJ
    significant, meaningful; conveying meaning; expressive

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  • 14 an

    1.
    ăn, conj. [etym. very obscure; v. the various views adduced in Hand, I. p. 296, with which he seems dissatisfied; if it is connected with the Sanscr. anjas, = Germ. ander, = Engl. other, we may comp. the Engl. other and or with the Germ. oder, = or]. It introduces the second part of a disjunctive interrogation, or a phrase implying doubt, and thus unites in itself the signif. of aut and num or -ne, or, or whether (hence the clause with an is entirely parallel with that introduced by num, utrum, -ne, etc., while aut forms only a subdivision in the single disjunctive clause; utrum... aut—an... aut, whether... or, etc.; cf. Ochsn. Eclog. p. 150; v. also aut).
    I.
    In disjunctive interrogations.
    A.
    Direct.
    a.
    Introd. by utrum (in Engl. the introd. particle whether is now obsolete, and the interrogation is denoted simply by the order of the words):

    Utrum hac me feriam an ab laevā latus?

    Plaut. Cist. 3, 10:

    sed utrum tu amicis hodie an inimicis tuis Daturu's cenam?

    id. Ps. 3, 2, 88; id. Pers. 3, 1, 13; id. Trin. 1, 2, 138; id. Cas. 2, 4, 11:

    Utrum sit annon voltis?

    id. Am. prol. 56:

    quid facies? Utrum hoc tantum crimen praetermittes an obicies?

    Cic. Div. in Caecil. 30 sq.:

    in plebem vero Romanam utrum superbiam prius commemorem an crudelitatem?

    id. Verr. 1, 122; id. Deiot. 23; id. Fam. 7, 13:

    Utrum enim defenditis an impugnatis plebem?

    Liv. 5, 3. —And with an twice:

    Utrum hoc signum cupiditatis tuae an tropaeum necessitudinis atque hospitii an amoris indicium esse voluisti?

    Cic. Verr. 2, 115; id. Imp. Pomp. 57 sq.; id. Rab. 21.—With an three times:

    Utrum res ab initio ita ducta est, an ad extremum ita perducta, an ita parva est pecunia, an is (homo) Verres, ut haec quae dixi, gratis facta esse videantur?

    Cic. Verr. 2, 61; 3, 83; id. Clu. 183; Liv. 21, 10; and seven times in Cic. Dom. 56-58.—With -ne pleon. (not to be confounded with cases where utrum precedes as pron.; as Cic. Tusc. 4, 4, 9):

    sed utrum tu masne an femina es, qui illum patrem voces?

    Plaut. Rud. 1, 2, 16; id. Bacch. 1, 1, 42; id. Stich. 5, 4, 26:

    Utrum studione id sibi habet an laudi putat Fore, si etc.,

    Ter. Ad. 3, 3, 28:

    Utrum igitur tandem perspicuisne dubia aperiuntur an dubiis perspicua tolluntur?

    Cic. Fin. 4, 24, 67.—And affixed to utrum, but rarely:

    Utrumne jussi persequemur otium... an hunc laborem etc.,

    Hor. Epod. 1, 7; Plin. 17, 1, 1, § 4; Quint. 12, 1, 40.—
    b.
    Introduced by -ne:

    quid fit? seditio tabetne an numeros augificat suos?

    Enn. Trag. Rel. p. 23 Rib.:

    servos esne an liber?

    Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 186:

    idne agebas, ut tibi cum sceleratis an ut cum bonis civibus conveniret?

    Cic. Lig. 18; 23:

    custosne urbis an direptor et vexator esset Antonius?

    id. Phil. 3, 27; id. Mur. 88; id. Sull. 22.—

    So with an twice,

    Cic. Cat. 1, 28; id. Att. 16, 8;

    and five times,

    id. Balb. 9.—
    c.
    Introduced by nonne:

    Nonne ad servos videtis rem publicam venturam fuisse? An mihi ipsi fuit mors aequo animo oppetenda?

    Cic. Sest. 47; id. Sex. Rosc. 43 sq.; id. Dom. 26; 127.—So with an twice, Cic. Phil. 11, 36.—
    d.
    Introduced by num:

    si quis invidiae metus, num est vehementius severitatis invidia quam inertiae pertimescenda?

    Cic. Cat. 1, 29; id. Mur. 76; id. Sest. 80:

    Num quid duas habetis patrias an est illa patria communis?

    id. Leg. 2, 2.—
    e.
    Without introductory particle:

    quid igitur? haec vera an falsa sunt?

    Cic. Ac. 2, 29, 95:

    quid enim exspectas? bellum an tabulas novas?

    id. Cat. 2, 18:

    ipse percussit an aliis occidendum dedit?

    id. Sex. Rosc. 74; id. Verr. 2, 106; id. Imp. Pomp. 53; id. Phil. 2, 27:

    eloquar an sileam?

    Verg. A. 3, 37:

    auditis an me ludit amabilis Insania?

    Hor. C. 3, 4, 5.—So an twice, Cic. Mil. 54;

    three times,

    Plin. Ep. 2, 8;

    and six times,

    Cic. Rab. 14; id. Pis. 40.—
    B.
    Indirect.
    a.
    Introduced by utrum:

    quid tu, malum, curas, Utrum crudum an coctum edim?

    Plaut. Aul. 3, 2, 16; id. Cist. 4, 2, 11; id. Bacch. 3, 4, 1; id. Mil. 2, 3, 74:

    quaero, si quis... utrum is clemens an inhumanissimus esse videatur,

    Cic. Cat. 4, 12:

    agitur, utrum M. Antonio facultas detur an horum ei facere nihil liceat,

    id. Phil. 5, 6; id. Sex. Rosc. 72; id. Imp. Pomp. 42; id. Verr. 1, 105.
    So once only in Vulg.
    aut for an: Loquimini de me utrum bovem cujusquam tulerim aut asinum, 1 Reg. 12, 3.—And with -ne pleon.:

    res in discrimine versatur, utrum possitne se contra luxuriem parsimonia defendere an deformata cupiditati addicatur,

    Cic. Quinct. 92:

    numquamne intelleges statuendum tibi esse, utrum illi, qui istam rem gesserunt, homicidaene sint an vindices libertatis?

    id. Phil. 2, 30.—
    b.
    Introduced by -ne:

    Fortunāne an forte repertus,

    Att. Trag. Rel. p. 159 Rib. agitur autem liberine vivamus an mortem obeamus, Cic. Phil. 11, 24; id. Verr. 4, 73; id. Mil. 16:

    nunc vero non id agitur, bonisne an malis moribus vivamus etc.,

    Sall. C. 52, 10.—So with an three times, Cic. Or. 61.—
    c.
    Introduced by an:

    haud scio an malim te videri... an amicos tuos plus habuisse,

    Cic. Pis. 39.—
    d.
    Without introd. particle:

    ... vivam an moriar, nulla in me est metus,

    Enn. Trag. Rel. p. 72 Rib.:

    vivat an mortuus sit, quis aut scit aut curat?

    Cic. Phil. 13, 33; 3, 18; id. Sex. Rosc. 88; id. Red. in Sen. 14.—
    C.
    Sometimes the opinion of the speaker or the probability inclines to the second interrogative clause (cf. infra, II. E.). and this is made emphatic, as a corrective of the former, or rather, or on the contrary:

    ea quae dixi ad corpusne refers? an est aliquid, quod te suā sponte delectet?

    Cic. Fin. 2, 33, 107:

    Cur sic agere voluistis? An ignoratis quod etc.,

    Vulg. Gen. 44, 15.—Hence, in the comic poets, an potius:

    cum animo depugnat suo, Utrum itane esse mavelit ut... An ita potius ut etc.,

    Plaut. Trin. 2, 2, 31: id. Stich. 1, 2, 18; id. Trin. 2, 2, 25:

    an id flagitium est, An potius hoc patri aequomst fieri, ut a me ludatur dolis?

    Ter. Eun. 2, 3, 94.—
    D.
    The first part of the interrogation is freq. not expressed, but is to be supplied from the context; in this case, an begins the interrog., or, or rather, or indeed, or perhaps (but it does not begin an absolute, i. e. not disjunctive, interrog.): De. Credam ego istuc, si esse te hilarem videro. Ar. An tu esse me tristem putas? (where nonne me hilarem esse vides? is implied), Plaut. As. 5, 1, 10: Ch. Sed Thaïs multon ante venit? Py. An abiit jam a milite? Ter. Eun. 4, 5, 7:

    An ego Ulixem obliscar umquam?

    Att. Trag. Rel. p. 199 Rib.:

    An parum vobis est quod peccatis?

    Vulg. Josh. 22, 17:

    est igitur aliquid, quod perturbata mens melius possit facere quam constans? an quisquam potest sine perturbatione mentis irasci?

    Cic. Tusc. 4, 24, 54; cf. id. Clu. 22; id. Off. 3, 29: Debes hoc etiam rescribere, sit tibi curae Quantae conveniat Munatius; an male sarta Gratia nequiquam coit...? or is perhaps, etc., Hor. Ep. 1, 3, 31 K. and H. —So esp. in Cic., in order to make the truth of an assertion more certain, by an argumentum a minore ad majus:

    cur (philosophus) pecuniam magno opere desideret vel potius curet omnino? an Scythes Anacharsis potuit pro nihilo pecuniam ducere, nostrates philosophi non potuerunt?

    Cic. Tusc. 5, 32, 89 sq.:

    An vero P. Scipio T. Gracchum privatus interfecit, Catilinam vero nos consules perferemus?

    id. Cat. 1, 1; so id. Rab. Perd. 5; id. Phil. 14, 5, 12 Muret.; id. Fin. 1, 2, 5, ubi v. Madv.—It sometimes introduces a question suggested by the words of another: He. Mane. Non dum audisti, Demea, Quod est gravissimum? De. An quid est etiam anplius? Is there then etc., Ter. Ad. 3, 4, 21:

    sed ad haec, nisi molestum est, habeo quae velim. An me, inquam, nisi te audire vellem censes haec dicturum fuisse?

    Cic. Fin. 1, 8, 28; 2, 22, 74; id. Tusc. 5, 26, 73; 5, 12, 35; id. Brut. 184; id. Fat. 2, 4; v. Madv. ad Cic. Fin. 1, 8, 28.—It sometimes anticipates an answer to something going before: At vero si ad vitem sensus accesserit, ut appetitum quendam habeat et per se ipsa moveatur, quid facturam putas? An ea, quae per vinitorem antea consequebatur, per se ipsa curabit? shall we not say that, must we not think that etc., Cic. Fin. 5, 14, 38, ubi v. Madv.—
    E.
    An non. and in one word, annon (in direct questions more freq. than necne):

    isne est quem quaero an non?

    Ter. Phorm. 5, 6, 12:

    Hocine agis an non?

    id. And. 1, 2, 15:

    Tibi ego dico an non?

    id. ib. 4, 4, 23:

    utrum sit an non voltis?

    Plaut. Am. prol. 56:

    utrum cetera nomina in codicem accepti et expensi digesta habes annon?

    Cic. Rosc. Com. 3 al. —Also in indirect questions = necne, q. v.:

    abi, vise redieritne jam an non dum domum,

    Ter. Phorm. 3, 4, 5:

    videbo utrum clamorem opere conpleverint, an non est ita,

    Vulg. Gen. 18, 21; 24, 21.—
    F.
    An ne, usually written anne, pleon. for an.
    a.
    In direct questions:

    anne tu dicis quā ex causā vindicaveris?

    Cic. Mur. 26. —
    b.
    In indirect questions:

    nec. aequom anne iniquom imperet, cogitabit,

    Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 19; id. Ps. 1, 1, 122:

    percontarier, Utrum aurum reddat anne eat secum simul,

    id. Bacch. 4, 1, 4:

    Nam quid ego de consulato loquar, parto vis, anue gesto?

    Cic. Pis. 1, 3:

    cum interrogetur, tria pauca sint anne multa,

    id. Ac. 2, 29:

    Gabinio dicam anne Pompeio, an utrique,

    id. Imp. Pomp. 19, 57; so id. Or. 61, 206:

    Quid enim interest, divitias, opes, valetudinem bona dicas anne praeposita, cum etc.,

    id. Fin. 4, 9, 23 Madv.; August. ap. Suet. Aug. 69 al. (for the omission of the second disjunctive clause or the particle necne representing it, v. utrum;

    instances of this usage in eccl. Lat. are,

    Vulg. Lev. 13, 36; 14, 36; ib. Num. 11, 23 al.).—
    II.
    In disjunctive clauses that express doubt, or.
    A.
    Utrum stultitiā facere ego hunc an malitiā Dicam, scientem an imprudentem, incertus sum. Ter. Phorm. 4, 3, 54:

    ut nescias, utrum res oratione an verba sententiis illustrentur,

    Cic. de Or. 2, 13, 56:

    honestumne factu sit an turpe, dubitant,

    id. Off. 1, 3, 9:

    nescio, gratulerne tibi an timeam,

    id. Fam. 2, 5; Caes. B. G. 7, 5:

    pecuniae an famae minus parceret, haud facile discerneres,

    Sall. C. 25, 3; so id. ib. 52, 10; Suet. Aug. 19; id. Tib. 10; id. Claud. 15:

    cognoscet de doctrinā, utrum ex Deo sit an ego a me ipso loquar,

    Vulg. Joan. 7, 17; ib. Eccl. 2, 19 al.—
    B.
    An sometimes denotes uncertainty by itself, without a verb of doubting (dubito, dubium or incertum est, etc., vet in such cases the editors are divided between an and aut; cf. Mos. and Orell. ad Cic. Rep. 1, 12): verene hoc memoriae proditum est [p. 115] regem istum Numam Pythagorae ipsius discipulum, an certe Pythagoreum fuisse? Cic. Rep. 2, 15, where B. and K. read aut certe: Cn. Octavius est an Cn. Cornelius quidam tuus familiaris, summo genere natus, terrae filius;

    is etc.,

    id. Fam. 7, 9 B. and K.:

    Themistocles quidem, cum ei Simonides an quis alius artem memoriae polliceretur, Oblivionis, inquit, mallem,

    Simonides or some other person, id. Fin. 2, 32, 104; id. Fam. 7, 9, 3; id. Att. 1, 3, 2; 2, 7, 3; v. Madv. ad Cic. Fin. 2, 32, 104.—
    C.
    It often stands for sive (so esp. in and after the Aug. per.):

    quod sit an non, nihil commovet analogiam,

    whether this be so or not, Varr. L. L. 9, § 105 Müll.; Att. ap. Prisc. p. 677 P.; Ov. R. Am. 797:

    saucius an sanus, numquid tua signa reliqui,

    id. F. 4, 7:

    Illa mihi referet, si nostri mutua curast, An minor, an toto pectore deciderim,

    Tib. 3, 1, 20; Tac. A. 11, 26:

    sive nullam opem praevidebat inermis atque exul, seu taedio ambiguae spei an amore conjugis et liberorum,

    id. ib. 14, 59.—
    D.
    The first disjunctive clause is freq. to be supplied from the gen. idea or an may stand for utrum—necne (cf. supra, I. D.):

    qui scis, an, quae jubeam, sine vi faciat? (vine coactus is to be supplied),

    how knowest thou whether or not he will do it without compulsion? Ter. Eun. 4, 7, 20:

    An dolo malo factum sit, ambigitur,

    Cic. Tull. 23:

    quaesivi an misisset (periplasmata),

    id. Verr. 4, 27:

    Vide an facile fieri tu potueris, cum etc.,

    id. Fragm. B. 13, 2, 1:

    praebete aurem et videte an mentiar,

    Vulg. Job, 6, 28: de L. Bruto fortasse dubitaverim an propter infinitum odium tyranni effrenatius in Aruntem invaserit, I might doubt whether or not, etc., Cic. Tusc. 4, 22, 50; id. Verr. 3, 76:

    Quis scit an adiciant hodiernae crastina summae Tempora di superi?

    Hor. C. 4, 7, 17; Plin. Ep. 6, 21, 3; Quint. 2, 17, 38:

    Sine videamus an veniat Elias,

    Vulg. Matt. 27, 49:

    tria sine dubio rursus spectanda sunt, an sit, quid sit, quale sit,

    Quint. 5, 10, 53:

    dubium an quaesitā morte,

    Tac. A. 1, 5; 6, 50; 4, 74:

    Multitudo an vindicatura Bessum fuerit, incertum est,

    Curt. 7, 5:

    diu Lacedaemonii, an eum summae rei praeponerent, deliberaverunt,

    Just. 6, 2, 4 et saep.—
    E.
    Since in such distrib. sentences expressive of doubt, the opinion of the speaker or the probability usually inclines to the second, i. e. to the clause beginning with an, the expressions haud scio an, nescio an, dubito an (the latter through all pers. and tenses), incline to an affirmative signification, I almost know, I am inclined to think, I almost think, I might say, I might assert that, etc., for perhaps, probably (hence the opinion is incorrect that an, in this situation, stands for an non; for by an non a negation of the objective clause is expressed, e. g. nescio an non beatus sit, I am almost of the opinion that he is not happy, v. infra, and cf. Beier ad Cic. Off. 1, Exc. XI. p. 335 sq.; Cic. uses haud scio an eleven times in his Orations;

    nescio an, four times): atque haud scio an, quae dixit sint vera omnia,

    Ter. And. 3, 2, 45:

    crudele gladiatorum spectaculum et inhumanum non nullis videri solet: et haud scio an ita sit, ut nunc fit,

    Cic. Tusc. 2, 17, 41; id. Fl. 26:

    testem non mediocrem, sed haud scio an gravissimum,

    perhaps, id. Off. 3, 29:

    constantiam dico? nescio an melius patientiam possim dicere,

    id. Lig. 9; id. Fam. 9, 19:

    ingens eo die res, ac nescio an maxima illo bello gesta sit,

    Liv. 23, 16; Quint. 12, 11, 7 al.:

    si per se virtus sine fortunā ponderanda sit, dubito an Thrasybulum primum omuium ponam,

    I am not certain whether I should not prefer Thrasybulus to all others, Nep. Thras. 1 Dähne:

    dicitur acinace stricto Darius dubitāsse an fugae dedecus honestā morte vitaret,

    i. e. was almost resolved upon, Curt. 4, 5, 30:

    ego dubito an id improprium potius appellem,

    Quint. 1, 5, 46; Gell. 1, 3 al.—Hence, a neg. objective clause must contain in this connection the words non, nemo, nullus, nihil, numquam, nusquam, etc.:

    dubitet an turpe non sit,

    he is inclined to believe that it is not bad, Cic. Off. 3, 12, 50:

    haud scio an ne opus quidem sit, nihil umquam deesse amicis,

    id. Am. 14, 51:

    eloquentiā quidem nescio an habuisset parem neminem,

    id. Brut. 33: quod cum omnibus est faciendum tum haud scio an nemini potius quam tibi, to no one perhaps more, id. Off. 3, 2, 6:

    meā sententiā haud scio an nulla beatior esse possit,

    id. Sen. 16; id. Leg. 1, 21:

    non saepe atque haud scio an numquam,

    id. Or. 2, 7 al. —
    F.
    Sometimes the distributive clause beginning with an designates directly the opposite, the more improbable, the negative; in which case nescio an, haud scio an, etc., like the Engl. I know not whether, signify I think that not, I believe that not, etc.; hence, in the object. clause, aliquis, quisquam, ullus, etc., must stand instead of nemo, nullus, etc. (so for the most part only after Cic.): an profecturus sim, nescio, I know not (i. e. I doubt, I am not confident) whether I shall effect any thing, Sen. Ep. 25:

    opus nescio an superabile, magnum certe tractemus,

    id. Q. N. 3, praef. 4; Caecil. ap. Cic. Fam. 6, 7, 6: haud scio an vivere nobis liceret, I know not whether we, etc., Cic. Har. Resp. 11, 22: doleo enim maximam feminam eripi oculis civitatis, nescio an aliquid simile visuris, for I know not whether they will ever see any thing of this kind, Plin. Ep. 7, 19; Val. Max. 5, 2, 9:

    nescio an ullum tempus jucundius exegerim,

    I do not know whether I have ever passed time more pleasantly, id. 3, 1:

    namque huic uni contigit, quod nescio an ulli,

    Nep. Timol. 1, 1; Sen. Contr. 3 praef.; Quint. 9, 4, 1:

    nostri quoque soloecum, soloecismum nescio an umquam dixerint,

    Gell. 5, 20 al. Cf. upon this word Hand, Turs. I. pp. 296-361, and Beier, Exc. ad Cic. Am. pp. 202-238.
    2.
    an-, v. ambi.
    3.
    - ăn. This word appears in forsan, forsitan, and fortasse an (Att. Trag. Rel. p. 151 Rib.) or fortassan, seeming to enhance the idea of uncertainty and doubt belonging to fors, etc., and is regarded by some as the Greek conditional particle an, and indeed one of these compounds, forsitan, sometimes in the Vulgate, translates an; as, Joan. 4, 10; 5, 46; 8, 19; and in 3, Joan. 9, it still represents the various reading, an.

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  • 15 anima

    ănĭma, ae, f. ( gen. animāï, Lucr. 1, 112; 3, 150 et saep.; cf. Neue, Formenl. I. p. 12; Lachm. ad Lucr. 1, 29; dat. and abl. plur. regul. animis, Cic. Fam. 14, 14; Lact. Inst. 6, 20, 19; 7, 2, 1; Arn. 2, 18; 2, 30; 2, 33; Aug. Civ. Dei, 13, 18; 13, 19; id. Ver. Relig. 22, 43:

    animabus, only in eccl. and later Lat.,

    Vulg. Exod. 30, 12; ib. Psa. 77, 18; ib. Matt. 11, 29; ib. Heb. 13, 17 et saep.; Tert. adv. Marc. 4, 34; id. Anim. 33 al.; Aug. Civ. Dei, 19, 23; Prud. c. Symm. 1, 531; Aus. Rer. Odyss. 11; Serv. ad Verg. A. 6, 136 al.; Neue, Formenl. I. p. 29) [v. animus], pr. that which blows or breathes; hence,
    I.
    Lit., air, a current of air, a breeze, wind (mostly poet.):

    ne quid animae forte amittat dormiens,

    Plaut. Aul. 2, 4, 23 sq.: vela ventorum animae immittere, Att. ap. Non. p. 234, 9 (Trag. Rel. p. 137 Rib.):

    aurarum leves animae,

    Lucr. 5, 236:

    prece quaesit Ventorum pavidus paces animasque secundas,

    he anxiously implores a lull in the winds and a favoring breeze, id. 5, 1229:

    impellunt animae lintea,

    Hor. C. 4, 12, 2:

    Ne dubites quin haec animaï turbida sit vis,

    Lucr. 6, 693: Quantum ignes animaeque [p. 121] valent (of the wind in the workshop of Vulcan), Verg. A. 8, 403.—Also of a flame of fire (blowing like the air): noctilucam tollo, ad focum fero, inflo; anima reviviscit, Varr. ap. Non. p. 234, 5.—
    II.
    Transf.
    A.
    In gen., the air, as an element, like fire, water, and earth (mostly poet.): aqua, terra, anima et sol, Enn. ap. Varr. R. R. 1, 4, 1:

    qui quattuor ex rebus posse omnia rentur, Ex igni, terrā atque animā, procrescere et imbri,

    Lucr. 1, 715:

    ut, quem ad modum ignis animae, sic anima aquae, quodque anima aquae, id aqua terrae proportione redderet. Earum quattuor rerum etc.,

    Cic. Tim. 5:

    utrum (animus) sit ignis, an anima, an sanguis,

    id. Ac. 2, 39, 124:

    si anima est (animus), fortasse dissipabitur,

    id. Tusc. 1, 1, 24; 1, 25, 6:

    si deus aut anima aut ignis est, idem est animus hominis,

    id. ib. 1, 26, 65:

    animus ex inflammatā animā constat, ut potissimum videri video Panaetio,

    id. ib. 1, 18, 42:

    Semina terrarumque animaeque,

    Verg. E. 6, 32.—
    B.
    The air inhaled and exhaled, breath (concr.); while spiritus denotes orig. breathing (abstr.; very freq. in prose and poetry); cf. Cic. N. D. 2, 54, 136:

    excipiat animam eam, quae ducta sit spiritu,

    Plaut. As. 5, 2, 44:

    animam compressi, aurem admovi,

    Ter. Phorm. 5, 6, 28 Ruhnk.:

    animam recipe,

    take breath, id. Ad. 3, 2, 26:

    cum spiritus ejus (sc. Demosthenis) esset angustior, tantum continendā animā in dicendo est assecutus, ut, etc.,

    Cic. de Or. 1, 61, 261:

    ne circuitus ipse verborum sit longior quam vires atque anima patiatur,

    id. ib. 3, 49, 191; 3, 46, 181; id. N. D. 2, 54, 136: fetida anima nasum oppugnat, Titin. ap. Non. p. 233, 5 (Com. Rel. p. 136 Rib.); Caecil. ib. 9:

    qui non modo animum integrum, sed ne animam quidem puram conservare potuisset,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 58: animas et olentia Medi Ora fovent illo, with this the Medes correct their breath, etc., Verg. G. 2, 134:

    respiramen iterque Eripiunt animae,

    Ov. M. 12, 143; cf. id. F. 1, 425:

    animae gravitas,

    bad smell of the breath, Plin. 20, 9, 35, § 91; cf. id. 11, 37, 72, § 188; 22, 25, 64, § 132 al.:

    artavit clusitque animam,

    Luc. 4, 370; so Tac. A. 6, 50:

    spes illorum abominatio animae,

    Vulg. Job, 11, 20.—Of breath exhaled:

    inspirant graves animas,

    Ov. M. 4, 498.— Of the air breathed into a musical instrument, a breath of air, Varr. ap. Non. p. 233. 13.—Since air is a necessary condition of life,
    C.
    1.. The vital principle, the breath of life:

    animus est, quo sapimus, anima, quā vivimus,

    Non. p. 426, 27 (hence anima denotes the animal principle of life, in distinction from animus, the spiritual, reasoning, willing principle; very freq. in Lucr. and class.): Mater est terra, ea parit corpus, animam aether adjugat, Pac. ap. Non. p. 75, 11 (Trag. Rel. p. 88 Rib.):

    tunc cum primis ratione sagaci, Unde anima atque animi constet natura, videndum,

    whence spring life and the nature of the mind, Lucr. 1, 131; 3, 158 sq.; so id. 3, 417 sq.; 3, 565; 3, 705; 2, 950; 4, 922; 4, 944; 4, 959; 6, 798; 6, 1223;

    6, 1233 et saep.: deus totus est sensuus, totus visuus, totus audituus, totus animae, totus animi, totus sui,

    Plin. 2, 7, 5, § 14 Jan:

    quaedam (animantia) animum habent, quaedam tantum animam,

    Sen. Ep. 58:

    anima omnis carnis in sanguine est,

    Vulg. Lev. 17, 14 al. —Hence,
    2.
    In gen., life:

    cum anima corpus liquerit,

    Att. Trag. Rel. p. 214 Rib.:

    Animae pauxillulum in me habet,

    Naev. Com. Rel. p. 14 Rib.: Date ferrum, quī me animā privem, Enn. ap. Non. p. 474, 31 (Trag. Rel. p. 37 Rib.): me dicabo atque animam devōvo (i. e. devovero) hostibus, Att. ap. Non. p. 98, 12 (Trag. Rel. p. 283 Rib.):

    conficit animam vis volneris,

    Att. Trag. Rel. p. 209 Rib.:

    adimere animam,

    Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 137; so id. Men. 5, 5, 7:

    exstinguere,

    Ter. Ad. 3, 2, 16:

    relinquere,

    id. ib. 3, 4, 52:

    edere,

    Cic. Sest. 38:

    de vestrā vitā, de conjugum vestrarum ac liberorum animā judicandum est,

    id. Cat. 4, 9, 18:

    si tibi omnia sua praeter animam tradidit,

    id. Rosc. Am. 50:

    libertas et anima nostra in dubio est,

    Sall. C. 52, 6:

    pauci, quibus relicta est anima, clausi in tenebris, etc.,

    id. J. 14, 15; cf.

    retinere,

    id. ib. 31, 20:

    de manu viri et fratris ejus requiram animam hominis,

    Vulg. Gen. 9, 5; ib. Matt. 2, 20; ib. 1 Cor. 14, 7:

    animam agere,

    to give up the ghost, to die, Cic. Tusc. 1, 9, 19;

    so also efflare,

    to expire, id. ib.; id. Mil. 18 fin.; Suet. Aug. 99; so,

    exhalare,

    Ov. M. 15, 528; and, exspirare, id. ib. 5, 106 (cf. in Gr. thumon apopneein, psuchên ekpneein, bion apopsuchein, etc.):

    deponere,

    Nep. Hann. 1, 3:

    ponere,

    Vulg. Joan. 10, 17; 13, 27:

    amittere,

    Lucr. 6, 1233:

    emittere,

    Nep. Epam. 9, 3 Br. (so in Gr. aphienai tên psuchên):

    proicere,

    Verg. A. 6, 436:

    purpuream vomit ille animam, said of a wounded man,

    id. ib. 9, 349.—In Vulg. Matt. 16, 25 and 26, anima in v. 25 seems to pass to the higher meaning, soul, (cf. infra, II. D.) in v. 26, as hê psuchê in the original also can do.— Poet.:

    anima amphorae,

    the fumes of wine, Phaedr. 3, 1: Ni ego illi puteo, si occepso, animam omnem intertraxero, draw up all the life of that well, i. e. draw it dry, Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 41.— Trop.:

    corpus imperii unius praesidis nutu, quasi animā et mente, regeretur,

    Flor. 4, 3:

    accentus quasi anima vocis est,

    Pompon. p. 67 Lind.—Prov.: animam debere, to owe life itself, of one deeply in debt:

    quid si animam debet?

    Ter. Phorm. 4, 3, 56 (Graecum proverbium: kai autên tên psuchên opheilei, Don.).—Metaph., applied to plants and other things possessing organic life, Sen. Ep. 58; so Plin. 17, 21, 35, § 152; 31, 1, 1, § 3; 14, 1, 3, § 16 al.—
    3.
    Meton., a creature endowed with anima, a living being: ova parere solet genu' pennis condecoratum, non animam, Enn. ap. Varr. L. L. 5, 10, 18:

    hi (deos) fibris animāque litant,

    Stat. Th. 2, 246; Vulg. Gen. 2, 7; ib. Josh. 11, 11; ib. Luc. 9, 56; ib. Act. 2, 43 et saep.:

    animae rationis expertes,

    Lact. 3, 8.—So esp. of men (as we also say souls for persons; poet. or in post-Aug. prose):

    egregias animas, quae sanguine nobis Hanc patriam peperere suo, etc.,

    Verg. A. 11, 24:

    animae quales nec candidiores, etc.,

    Hor. S. 1, 5, 41; Luc. 5, 322:

    vos Treveri et ceterae servientium animae,

    ministering spirits, Tac. H. 4, 32.—So in enumerations in eccl. Lat.:

    hos genuit Jacob sedecim animas,

    Vulg. Gen. 46, 18; 46, 22; ib. Act. 2, 41; 7, 14.—Of slaves (eccl. Lat.):

    merces animarum hominum,

    Vulg. Apoc. 18, 13 (after the use of hê psuchê and). —Hence, also, souls separated from the body, the shades of the Lower World, manes: Unde (ex Averno) animae excitantur, Enn. ap. Cic. Tusc. 1, 16, 37:

    tu pias laetis animas reponis Sedibus,

    Hor. C. 1, 10, 17; cf. id. S. 1, 8, 29:

    animamque sepulcro Condimus,

    Verg. A. 3, 67; Ov. M. 7, 612; so id. ib. 8, 488; 10, 41; 14, 411; 15, 158; Suet. Caes. 88; so,

    vita: tenuīs sine corpore vitas volitare,

    Verg. A. 6, 292.—So in eccl. Lat. of departed spirits:

    timete eum, qui potest animam et corpus perdere in Gehennam,

    Vulg. Matt. 10, 28 bis:

    non derelinques animam meam in Inferno,

    ib. Act. 2, 27; ib. Apoc. 6, 9; 20, 4.—
    4.
    As expressive of love:

    vos, meae carissimae animae,

    my dearest souls, Cic. Fam. 14, 14; 14, 18:

    Pro quā non metuam mori, Si parcent animae fata superstiti,

    the dear surviving life, Hor. C. 3, 9, 12; cf.:

    animae dimidium meae,

    id. ib. 1, 3, 8:

    meae pars animae,

    id. ib. 2, 17, 5.—
    D.
    Sometimes for animus, as the rational soul of man.
    a.
    The mind as the seat of thought (cf. animus, II. A.):

    anima rationis consiliique particeps,

    Cic. N.D.1, 31, 87:

    causa in animā sensuque meo penitus affixa atque insita,

    id. Verr. 2, 5, 53:

    ingenii facinora, sicut anima, immortalia sunt,

    Sall. J. 2, 2.—So often in eccl. Lat.:

    ad te Domine, levavi animam meam,

    Vulg. Psa. 24, 1; 102, 1; 118, 129:

    magnificat anima mea Dominum,

    ib. Luc. 1, 46; ib. Act. 15, 24 al.—
    b.
    As the seat of feeling (cf. animus, II. B.): sapimus animo, fruimur animā: sine animo anima est debilis, Att. ap. Non. p. 426, 29 (Trag. Rel. p. 175 Rib.):

    desiderat anima mea ad te, Deus,

    Vulg. Psa. 41, 2:

    tristis est anima mea,

    ib. Matt. 26, 38; ib. Joan. 10, 27 et saep.—
    E.
    For consciousness (cf. animus, II. A. 3. and conscientia, II. A.):

    cum perhibetur animam liquisse,

    Lucr. 3, 598; in this phrase animus is more common.

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  • 16 euax

    euax, interj. [only Plautine], expressive of delight at some tidings or event, hail! joy! good! Plaut. Bacch. 2, 3, 13; 4, 4, 72; Cassiod. 4, 4, 13.

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  • 17 linguosus

    linguōsus, a, um, adj. [id.], talkative, loquacious.
    I.
    Lit.:

    durae buccae fuit, linguosus,

    Petr. 43, 3; 63, 2:

    adulescentula,

    Hier. Ep. 108, n. 20.—
    II.
    Transf., expressive:

    orchestarum linguosi digiti,

    Cassiod. Var. 4, 51.

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  • 18 loquax

    lŏquax, ācis, adj. [loquor], talkative, prating, chattering, loquacious, full of words.
    I.
    Lit.:

    quae (ars) in excogitandis argumentis muta nimium est, in judicandis nimium loquax,

    Cic. de Or. 2, 38, 160:

    senectus est naturā loquacior,

    id. de Sen. 16, 55:

    homo loquacissimus obmutuit,

    id. Fl. 20, 48:

    loquacem esse de aliquo,

    Prop. 3, 23, 22 (4, 25, 2).—With gen.:

    mendaciorum loquacissimus,

    Tert. Apol. 16.—
    II.
    Transf.:

    ranae,

    croaking, Verg. G. 3, 431:

    nidus,

    i. e. in which the young birds chatter, id. A. 12, 475; cf.

    , of young children: ipse (pater) loquaci gaudebit nido,

    Juv. 5, 142:

    stagna (on account of the frogs in them),

    Verg. A. 11, 458:

    nutus,

    Tib. 1, 2, 21:

    oculi,

    expressive, speaking, id. 2, 7, 25 (2, 6, 43):

    vultus,

    Ov. Am. 1, 4, 17:

    manu,

    Petr. Fragm. 24:

    lymphae,

    murmuring, babbling, Hor. C. 3, 13, 15:

    fama,

    Ov. P. 2, 9, 3.— Comp.:

    avium loquaciores quae minores,

    Plin. 11, 51, 112, § 268.—Hence, adv.: lŏquācĭter, talkatively, loquaciously:

    loquaciter litigiosus,

    Cic. Mur. 12, 26:

    scribetur tibi forma loquaciter et situs agri,

    i. e. at large, with all the particulars, Hor. Ep. 1, 16, 4.— Comp.:

    loquacius,

    Paul. Nol. Ep. 39, 8.

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  • 19 naris

    nāris, is, f. [for nasis, from root na-; Sanscr. nārā, water; nāsā, nose; kindred to nasus; cf.: no, nāre], a nostril, usually in plur., nāres, ĭum, f., the nostrils, the nose.
    I.
    Lit.
    (α).
    In sing. ( poet. and in postclass. prose):

    et lati rictūs et panda loquenti Naris erat,

    Ov. M. 3, 675; 6, 141; 12, 253; id. A. A. 1, 520; Pers. 1, 33; Grat. Cyn. 172; Macer. ap. Charis. p. 82 P.; App. M. 8, p. 213; Tert. adv. Marc. 1, 13.—
    (β).
    In plur.:

    nares, eo, quod omnis odor ad supera fertur, recte sursum sunt,

    Cic. N. D. 2, 56, 141:

    nares contractiores habent introitus,

    id. ib. 2, 57, 145:

    fasciculum ad nares admovere,

    id. Tusc. 3, 18, 43:

    mediis in naribus ingens gibbus,

    Juv. 6, 108:

    patulis captavit naribus auras,

    Verg. G. 1, 376.—
    B.
    The nose, as an organ expressive of sagacity, and also of scorn and anger:

    naribus ducere tura,

    to smell, Hor. C. 4, 1, 21: naribus labrisque non fere quicquam decenter ostendimus, tametsi derisus iis, contemptus, fastidium significari solet, nam et corrugare nares, ut Horatius ait... indecorum est, etc., to turn up the nose, to sneer, Quint. 11, 3, 80:

    ne sordida mappa Corruget nares,

    cause you to turn up your nose, Hor. Ep. 1, 5, 22:

    omnis copia narium,

    sweet-smelling flowers, id. C. 2, 15, 6:

    de nare loqui,

    to speak through the nose, Pers. 1, 33: Aesopus naris emunctae senex, of a clean nose, i. e. of sharp perception, of fine powers of observation, Phaedr. 3, 3, 14; so,

    (Lucilius) emunctae naris,

    Hor. S. 1, 4, 8:

    acutae nares,

    id. ib. 1, 3, 30;

    and on the contrary: homo naris obesae,

    of a dull nose, id. Epod. 12, 3: naribus uti, to turn up the nose, i. e. to banter, ridicule, id. Ep. 1, 19, 45; cf.:

    rides et nimis uncis naribus indulges,

    Pers. 1, 41.—Of anger: Calpurni saevam legem Pisoni' reprendi, Eduxique animam in prioribu' naribus, Lucil. ap. Non. 427, 32 (Sat. 20, 4):

    in naribus primoribus vix pertuli,

    Afran. ib. 33 (Com. Rel. v. 384 Rib.).—
    II.
    Transf., an opening, orifice, vent, air-hole, of a canal, etc.:

    inter duos parietes canalis ducatur, habens nares ad locum patentem,

    Vitr. 7, 4; 7, 10; Vop. Prob. 21; Pall. 9, 9.

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  • 20 significo

    signĭfĭco, āvi, ātum, 1 ( dep. collat. form signĭfĭcor, acc. to Gell. 18, 12, 10, without an example), v. a. [signum-facio].
    I.
    In gen., to show by signs; to show, point out, express, publish, make known, indicate; to intimate, notify, signify, etc. (freq. and class.; syn.: monstro, declaro, indico).
    (α).
    With acc.:

    aliquid alicui,

    Plaut. Rud. 4, 1, 5:

    hoc mihi significasse et annuisse visus est,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 91, § 213:

    quae significari ac declarari volemus,

    id. de Or. 3, 13, 49:

    gratulationem,

    id. Att. 4, 1, 5:

    stultitiam,

    id. Agr. 2, 12, 30:

    deditionem,

    Caes. B. G. 7, 40:

    timorem fremitu et concursu,

    id. ib. 4, 14:

    vir, quem ne inimicus quidem satis in appellando significare poterat,

    Cic. Font. 17, 39 (13, 29):

    aliquid per gestum,

    Ov. Tr. 5, 10, 36 et saep.— With two acc. (rare):

    ut eorum ornatus in his regem neminem significaret,

    Nep. Ages. 8, 2; id. Them. 2, 7.—
    (β).
    With object clause: hoc tibi non significandum solum, sed etiam [p. 1697] declarandum arbitror, nihil mihi esse potuisse tuis litteris gratius, Cic. Fam. 5, 13, 2; cf. id. Mil. 2, 4:

    provocationem a regibus fuisse significant nostri augurales,

    id. Rep. 2, 31, 54:

    se esse admodum delectatos,

    id. ib. 3, 30, 42:

    omnes voce significare coeperunt, sese, etc.,

    Caes. B. G. 2, 13; 4, 3; cf.:

    hoc significant, sese ad statuas tuas pecuniam contulisse,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 60, § 148.—
    (γ).
    With rel. or interrog.-clause:

    neque unde, nec quo die datae essent (litterae), aut quo tempore te exspectarem, significabant,

    Cic. Fam. 2, 19, 1:

    nutu significat, quid velit,

    Ov. M. 3, 643:

    (anseres et canes) aluntur in Capitolio, ut significent, si fures venerint, etc.,

    Cic. Rosc. Am. 20, 56:

    significare coeperunt, ut dimitterentur,

    Caes. B. C. 1, 86.—
    (δ).
    With de:

    significare de fugā Romanis coeperunt,

    Caes. B. G. 7, 26:

    est aliquid de virtute significatum tuā,

    Cic. Planc. 21, 52.—
    (ε).
    Absol.:

    diversae state... Neve inter vos significetis,

    Plaut. Truc. 4, 3, 14:

    significare inter sese coeperunt,

    Cic. de Or. 1, 26, 122:

    ut quam maxime significem,

    id. Tusc. 2, 20, 46:

    ut fumo atque ignibus significabatur,

    Caes. B. G. 2, 7 fin.:

    ubi major atque illustrior incidit res, clamore per agros regionesque significant,

    id. ib. 7, 3.—
    II.
    In partic.
    A.
    To betoken, prognosticate, foreshow, portend, mean (syn. praedico):

    futura posse a quibusdam significari,

    Cic. Div. 1, 1, 2:

    quid haec tanta celeritas festinatioque significat?

    id. Rosc. Am. 34, 97:

    quid sibi significent, trepidantia consulit exta,

    Ov. M. 15, 576; cf.:

    quid mihi significant ergo mea visa?

    id. ib. 9, 495:

    significet placidos nuntia fibra deos,

    Tib. 2, 1, 25:

    quae fato manent, quamvis significata, non vitantur,

    Tac. H. 1, 18.—
    2.
    To betoken a change of weather (post-Aug.):

    ventus Africus tempestatem significat, etc.,

    Col. 11, 2, 4 sq.:

    serenos dies (luna),

    Plin. 18, 35, 79, § 348:

    imbrem (occasus Librae),

    id. ib. 26, 66, § 246.— Absol.:

    terreni ignes proxime significant,

    Plin. 18, 35, 84, § 357.—
    B.
    To call, name:

    quod Antoninum filium suum ipse significari voluit,

    Capitol. Gord. 16.—
    C.
    To mean, import, signify; of words:

    carere hoc significat, egere eo, quod habere velis, etc.,

    Cic. Tusc. 1, 36, 88:

    multa verba aliud nunc ostendunt, aliud ante significabant, ut hostis,

    Varr. L. L. 5, § 3 Müll.;

    9, § 85 ib.: videtis hoc uno verbo unde significare res duas, et ex quo et a quo loco,

    Cic. Caecin. 30, 88.—Of a fable:

    haec significat fabula dominum videre plurimum,

    Phaedr. 2, 8, 27; 4, 10, 16.— Hence, signĭfĭcans, antis, P. a., in rhet. lang., of speech, full of meaning, expressive, significant; graphic, distinct, clear:

    locorum dilucida et significans descriptio,

    Quint. 9, 2, 44:

    verba,

    id. 11, 1, 2; cf. id. 4, 2, 36; 4, 2, 8, prooem. §

    31: demonstratio,

    Plin. 8, 40, 61, § 147.— Transf., of orators:

    Atticos esse lucidos et significantes,

    Quint. 12, 10, 21.— Comp.:

    quo nihil inveniri possit significantius,

    Quint. 8, 2, 9; 8, 6, 6.— Sup.:

    significantissimum vocabulum,

    Gell. 1, 15, 17.— Adv.: signĭfĭcanter, clearly, distinctly, expressly, significantly, graphically:

    breviter ac significanter ordinem rei protulisse,

    Quint. 11, 1, 53:

    rem indicare (with proprie),

    id. 12, 10, 52:

    dicere (with ornate),

    id. 1, 7, 32.— Comp.:

    apertius, significantius dignitatem alicujus defendere,

    Cic. Fam. 3, 12, 3:

    narrare,

    Quint. 10, 1, 49:

    disponere,

    id. 3, 6, 65:

    appellare aliquid (with consignatius),

    Gell. 1, 25, 8:

    dicere (with probabilius),

    id. 17, 2, 11.— Sup., Pseudo Quint. Decl. 247.

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