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  • 1 facies

    făcĭes, ēi (old form facies, rarely facii, Gell. 8, 14, 1:

    facie,

    Plaut. Mil. 4, 4, 36; dat. facie, facii, Gell. l. l.; plur. very rare; nom. and acc. facies, Vulg. Thren. 5, 12; id. Jer. 42, 12; dat. faciebus, Hier. Eph. 3, 5), f. [root fa- of fari, strengthened fac-; cf. fax, facetus].
    I.
    Orig., make, form, configuration, figure, shape.
    A.
    In gen. (= universa corporis forma; cf.: figura, species): Quidam faciem esse hominis putant os tantum et oculos et genas, quod Graeci prosôpon dicunt: quando facies sit forma omnis et modus et factura quaedam corporis totius, etc., Gell. 13, 29: Sardinia in Africo mari facie vestigii humani, Sall. H. ap. Gell. l. l.; Plaut. Poen. 5, 2, 151 sq.; cf. Non. 52, 27 sq.:

    non est formosa, cujus crus laudatur aut brachium, sed illa, cujus universa facies admirationem singulis partibus abstulit,

    Sen. Ep. 33; cf. Lucr. 5, 1169 sq.; Hor. S. 1, 2, 87.—
    2.
    Of things: Dae. Dicito, quid insit, et qua facie, memorato onmia... Pa. Sunt crepundia. Dae. Qua facie sunt? Plaut. Rud. 4, 4, 105 and 111:

    curvata in montis faciem circumstetit unda,

    Verg. G. 4, 361:

    haec facies Trojae, cum caperetur, erat,

    Ov. Tr. 1, 3, 26; cf.

    urbium,

    Plin. Ep. 2, 17 fin.:

    antequam Vesuvius faciem loci verteret,

    Tac. A. 4, 67:

    arboris,

    Plin. 12, 14, 31, § 55:

    vehiculi,

    Gell. 15, 30, 3:

    alia illi caeli,

    Plin. 6, 17, 21, § 58:

    ossa contusa in faciem pulveris,

    Gell. 10, 18, 3:

    longa quibus facies ovis erit,

    Hor. S. 2, 4, 12 et saep. —
    3.
    Prov.: verte omnes tete in facies, i. e. resort to every expedient (an expression borrowed from, and alluding to, the changes of Proteus), Verg. A. 12, 891.—
    B.
    In partic., face, visage, countenance (most freq. in class. Lat.;

    syn.: os, vultus, frons, lineamenta): facies homini tantum: ceteris os aut rostra,

    Plin. 11, 37, 51, § 138:

    in facie vultuque nostro cum sint decem aut paulo plura membra, etc.,

    id. 7, 1, 1, § 8:

    non quaeruntur ea, quae nobis non possumus fingere, facies, vultus, sonus,

    Cic. de Or. 1, 28, 127:

    prorsus in facie vultuque vecordia inerat,

    Sall. C. 15, 5:

    qua facie, qua statura,

    Cic. Phil. 2, 16, 41: uretur facies;

    urentur sole capilli,

    Tib. 1, 9, 15: cf. id. 1, 5, 43:

    sumit utrumque Inde habitum facies,

    Juv. 9, 20:

    peregrina,

    Plaut. Ps. 4, 2, 9; cf.:

    affers faciem novam,

    Cic. Fl. 29, 70:

    liberali (homo),

    Ter. Eun. 3, 2, 20:

    egregiā (virgo),

    of rare beauty, id. Phorm. 1, 2, 50:

    hispida,

    Hor. C. 4, 10, 5:

    cicatricosa,

    Quint. 4, 1, 61:

    adversa,

    id. 2, 13, 9:

    curvo nec faciem litore demovet,

    Hor. C. 4, 5, 14:

    de facie quidem nosti,

    Cic. Pis. 32, 81:

    recta facie loqui,

    i. e. boldly, Juv. 6, 401 et saep.— Poet.:

    cura dabit faciem, facies neglecta peribit,

    a beautiful face, beauty, Ov. A. A. 3, 105.— Prov.: perfricare faciem, to lay aside shame, Plin. H. N. praef. § 4; cf. Quint. 11, 3, 160.
    II.
    Trop., external form, look, condition, appearance (class.):

    set qua faciest tuus sodalis,

    Plaut. Capt. 3, 4, 113; id. Rud. 2, 7, 7:

    fateantur, in Maeandrii persona esse expressam faciem civitatis,

    Cic. Fl. 22, 13; cf.:

    (C. Popilius) senatus faciem secum attulerat auctoritatemque Populi Romani,

    id. Phil. 8, 8, 23:

    una senum facies, cum voce trementia membra, etc.,

    Juv. 10, 198:

    quibus rebus immutata facies urbis erat,

    Sall. C. 31, 1:

    loci,

    Tac. A. 4, 67:

    formam quidem ipsam et tamquam faciem honesti vides,

    Cic. Off. 1, 5, 14; Quint. 3, 6, 88; 4, 1, 42 Spald.:

    quarum (causarum) varia ac nova semper est facies,

    id. 2, 4, 28:

    plures eloquentiae facies,

    id. 12, 10, 69:

    (inventiunculae) facie ingenii blandiuntur,

    id. 8, 5, 22:

    nec ulla facies mali erat,

    Curt. 3, 11, 22:

    ad istam faciem est morbus qui me macerat,

    has that form, is of such a nature, Plaut. Cist. 1, 1, 73.—
    2.
    In partic., in Tac. for the class. species, external appearance, as opposed to reality, a pretence, pretext; publici consilii facie (= specie), Tac. H. 2, 54; id. A. 13, 28; Amm. 20, 5.—
    B.
    Transf., poet. and in post-Aug. prose, for the class. aspectus, look, sight, aspect: quae scelerum [p. 715] facies? Verg. A. 6, 560:

    subita,

    Sil. 7, 367:

    decora,

    Plin. Pan. 56, 5:

    memoranda,

    id. ib. 35, 1:

    foeda,

    id. ib. 82, 8:

    vineae unam faciem contexunt,

    id. Ep. 5, 6, 9:

    exceptio, quae prima facie justa videatur,

    at first sight, Gai. Inst. 4, 1:

    prima facie,

    Dig. 16, 1, 13; Sen. Ep. 87, 1; id. Contr. 5, 10, 15.

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  • 2 adparentia

    becoming visible, appearing, appearance; external appearance

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  • 3 apparentia

    becoming visible, appearing, appearance; external appearance

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  • 4 adparentia

    appārentĭa ( adp-), ae, f. [appareo], a becoming visible, appearing, appearance (only late Lat.):

    Christi,

    Tert. adv. Marc. 1, 19.— Trop., the external appearance: bona, Firm. Math. 5, 8.

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  • 5 apparentia

    appārentĭa ( adp-), ae, f. [appareo], a becoming visible, appearing, appearance (only late Lat.):

    Christi,

    Tert. adv. Marc. 1, 19.— Trop., the external appearance: bona, Firm. Math. 5, 8.

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  • 6 amplus

        amplus adj. with comp. and sup.    [am- (for ambi-) + PLE-], of large extent, great, ample, spacious, roomy: domus, V.: civitas, Cs., C.: porticūs, V.: ter amplum Geryonem... compescit, H.: amplum et excelsum signum, broad and tall: collis castris parum amplus, not broad enough, S.: amplissima curia.—Meton., abundant, numerous, great, full, copious, large: res familiaris: divitiae, H.: dimissis amplioribus copiis, the greater part of the troops, Cs.: ampliores copias expectare, larger reinforcements, Cs.: ut is amplior numerus esset: commeatus spe amplior, S.: amplissima pecunia.—Fig., ample, great, strong, violent: morbus amplior factus, T.: metus: spes, S.: pro amplissimis meritis (honos).—Of external appearance, etc., magnificent, splendid, glorious: praemia: funus, N.: res gestae, S.: honores, H.: occasio calumniae: orator, eminent: munus aedilitatis amplius: ut ampliore quam gerebat dignus haberetur (sc, potestate), S.: funere ampliore efferri, L.: monumentum quam amplissimum facere: mihi gratiae verbis amplissimis aguntur, in the handsomest terms.—In opinion or judgment, illustrious, noble, renowned, distinguished, glorious: familia: Etruscae gentis regem amplum Tuscis ratus, a proud thing for, L.: sibi amplum esse urbem ab se captam frequentari, L.: parvi et ampli, small and great, H.: amplissimo genere natus, Cs.: honos et nomen: ut quisque est genere copiisque amplissimus, Cs.—Esp.: amplissimus, most honorable (of a high office or an illustrious man): amplissimum collegium decemvirale: res gestae: vir.—Of an orator, copious; see also amplius.
    * * *
    ampla -um, amplior -or -us, amplissimus -a -um ADJ
    great, large, spacious, wide, ample; distinguished, important, honorable

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  • 7 cutis

        cutis is, f    [SCV-], the skin, H., O.: pro cute pellis, Iu. — Prov.: curare cutem, i. e. to make much of oneself, H.
    * * *
    skin; external appearance, surface; person, body; leather/hide; rind; membrane

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  • 8 ardor

    ardor, ōris, m. [ardeo], a flame, fire, heat, burning heat, lit. and trop.
    I.
    Lit.:

    solis ardor,

    Lucr. 2, 212:

    exortus est sol cum ardore,

    Vulg. Jac. 1, 11:

    ignium,

    Lucr. 5, 587:

    ignis,

    Vulg. 2 Pet. 3, 12:

    flammarum,

    Lucr. 5, 1093:

    flammaï,

    id. 5, 1099 al.:

    visas ab occidente faces ardoremque caeli,

    Cic. Cat. 3, 8:

    ardor caelestis, qui aether vel caelum nominatur,

    id. N. D. 2, 15, 41:

    ardore deflagrare,

    id. Ac. 2, 37, 119:

    ardores corporum in morbis,

    Plin. 14, 16, 18, § 99:

    Visitabo vos in egestate et ardore,

    with burning fever, Vulg. Lev. 26, 16 al. —
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    Of the flashing fire of the eyes, brightness, brilliancy:

    fervescit et ex oculis micat acribus ardor,

    and fire gleams forth from the keen eyes, Lucr. 3, 289:

    ille imperatorius ardor oculorum,

    Cic. Balb. 21, and id. N. D. 2, 42, 107.—Of the external appearance in gen.:

    in te ardor voltuum atque motuum,

    Cic. Div. 1, 37, 80:

    oris,

    animation, Vell. 2, 35.—
    B.
    Of the passions or feelings, heat, ardor, glow, impatience, eagerness, ardent desire:

    Sive voluptas est sive est contrarius ardor, i. e. dolor,

    some tormenting pain, Lucr. 3, 251:

    cupiditatum ardore restincto,

    Cic. Fin. 1, 13, 43:

    ardor mentis ad gloriam,

    id. Cael. 31:

    quem ardorem studii censetis fuisse in Archimede, qui etc.,

    id. Fin. 5, 19, 50:

    ardor animi non semper adest, isque cum consedit,

    id. Brut. 24, 93:

    vultus ardore animi micans,

    Liv. 6, 13:

    ardorem compescere,

    Tac. Agr. 8; Liv. 8, 16. — Transf. from the combatants to the weapons:

    tantus fuit ardor armorum,

    Liv. 22, 5:

    Ardorem cupiens dissimulare meum,

    glowing love, Tib. 4, 12, 6; so Ov. M. 7, 76.— With obj. gen.:

    at te ejusdem virginis ardor Perdiderat,

    Ov. M. 9, 101; 9, 140; Hor. Epod. 11, 27 al.—And meton., the object of ardent affection, love, flame:

    tu primus et ultimus illi Ardor eris,

    Ov. M. 14, 683.

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  • 9 asperitas

    aspĕrĭtas, ātis, f. [asper], the quality of asper, unevenness, roughness (opp. 2. levitas).
    I.
    Lit.:

    saxorum asperitates,

    Cic. N. D. 2, 39, 98:

    asperitas viarum,

    id. Phil. 9, 1, 2:

    locorum,

    Sall. J. 75, 2:

    angustiae locorumque asperitas,

    Liv. 32, 12 fin.; 43, 21; 44, 5 al.:

    linguae,

    Plin. 11, 37, 65, § 172:

    ventris,

    id. 11, 37, 79, § 201:

    squamarum,

    Gell. 2, 6:

    faucium,

    Plin. 30, 4, 11, § 32:

    animi asperitas seu potius animae,

    hoarseness, id. 22, 24, 51, § 111:

    ob asperitatem hiemis,

    roughness, severity, Tac. A. 4, 56:

    asperitas frigorum abest,

    id. Agr. 12:

    densaque cedit Frigoris asperitas,

    Ov. F. 4, 88 al.:

    asperitas luti,

    dryness, barrenness of the clay, Vitr. 2, 3.—Of raised work (cf. 1. asper, I., and exaspero):

    vasa anaglypta in asperitatemque excisa,

    with figures in basrelief, Plin. 33, 11, 49, § 139.—
    B.
    Transf.
    1.
    Of taste, harshness, sharpness, acidity, tartness:

    vini,

    Plin. 14, 19, 24, § 120:

    pomi,

    id. 12, 10, 21, § 38:

    aceti,

    id. 9, 35, 58, § 120:

    aquarum,

    the brackish taste of water, id. 12, 9, 20, § 37 al. —
    2.
    Of hearing, roughness, harshness of tone:

    vocis,

    Lucr. 4, 542:

    soni,

    Tac. G. 3.—
    3.
    Of sight, inequality, contrast:

    cum aspectus ejus scaenae propter asperitatem eblandiretur omnium visus,

    on account of the contrast of light and shade, Vitr. 7, 5:

    intercolumniorum,

    id. 3, 3.—
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    Of moral qualities, roughness, harshness, severity, fierceness, asperity:

    si quis eā asperitate est et immanitate naturae, congressus ut hominum fugiat atque oderit, etc.,

    Cic. Lael. 23, 87:

    avunculi,

    Nep. Att. 5, 1:

    patris,

    Ov. M. 9, 752:

    artibus ingenuis Pectora mollescunt, asperitasque fugit,

    id. P. 1, 6, 8:

    asperitatis et invidiae corrector,

    Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 129.—Of a rigid, austere manner of life: quam illorum (Stoicorum) tristitiam atque asperitatem fugiens Panaetius nec acerbitatem sententiarum nec disserendi spinas probavit, Cic. Fin. 4, 28, 79; cf. 1. asper, II. A.—And of rudeness in external appearance, opp. to a polished, cultivated bearing:

    asperitas agrestis,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 6.—
    B.
    Of things, adversity, reverse of fortune, trouble, severity, difficulty (cf. 1. asper, II. B., and acerbitas):

    in his vel asperitatibus rerum vel angustiis temporis obsequar studiis nostris,

    Cic. de Or. 1, 1, 3:

    asperitas belli,

    Sall. J. 29, 1:

    remedii,

    Tac. A. 1, 44.—Of style, roughness, harshness, trachutês (cf. 1. asper, II. B.):

    oratio in quā asperitas contentionis oratoris ipsius humanitate conditur,

    Cic. de Or. 2, 53, 212. judicialis asperitas, id. ib. 2, 15, 64; so Quint. 1, 8, 11; 10, 5, 14 (cf. id. 11, 3, 23):

    verborum,

    Ov. M. 14, 526.

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  • 10 cultus

    1.
    cultus, a, um, Part. and P. a., from 1. colo.
    2.
    cultus, ūs, m. [1. colo].
    I.
    Prop., a laboring at, labor, care, cultivation, culture (rare):

    quod est tam asperum saxetum, in quo agricolarum cultus non elaboret?

    Cic. Agr. 2, 25, 66:

    agricolae,

    id. Leg. 1, 1, 1:

    agrorum,

    Liv. 4, 12, 7; Quint. prooem. § 26; cf. id. 8, 3, 75:

    (oves) neque sustentari neque ullum fructum edere ex se sine cultu hominum et curatione possent,

    Cic. N. D. 2, 63, 158; cf.:

    cultus et curatio corporis,

    id. ib. 1, 34, 94:

    omnis cultus fructusque Cereris in iis locis interisse,

    id. Verr. 2, 4, 51, § 114.—
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    In gen. (also rare), training, education, culture:

    malo cultu corruptus,

    Cic. Part. Or. 26, 91:

    animi,

    mental discipline, id. Fin. 5, 19, 54; cf.:

    recti cultus pectora roborant,

    Hor. C. 4, 4, 34; id. Ep. 2, 2, 123:

    litterarum,

    Just. 9, 8, 18; Gell. 14, 6, 1:

    quos (barbaros reges) nulla eruditio, nullus litterarum cultus imbuerat,

    Sen. Ira, 3, 17, 1:

    quid tam dignum cultu atque labore ducamus (sc. quam vocem)?

    Quint. 2, 16, 17.—
    B.
    In partic.
    1.
    An honoring, reverence, adoration, veneration:

    philosophia nos primum ad deorum cultum erudivit,

    Cic. Tusc. 1, 26, 64; id. Inv. 2, 53, 161; Ov. M. 2, 425:

    exquisitus religionis cultus,

    Val. Max. 5, 2, 1; 4, 4, 4.— In plur.:

    justis ac piis,

    Lact. 4, 3:

    de adventu regis et cultu sui,

    Tac. A. 2, 58.— Far more freq. and class. in prose and poetry,
    2.
    Care directed to the refinement of life (opp. to a state of nature), i. e. arrangements for living, style, manner of life, culture, cultivation, elegance, polish, civilization, refinement, etc.:

    homines a ferā agrestique vitā ad humanum cultum civilemque deducere,

    Cic. de Or. 1, 8, 33; cf.: eadem mediocritas ad omnem usum cultumque vitae transferenda est. id. Off. 1, 39, 140: [p. 489] (Belgae) a cultu atque humanitate provinciae longissime absunt, Caes. B. G. 1, 1; cf. id. ib. 1, 31; Verg. A. 5, 730; and in plur.:

    cultusque artesque virorum,

    Ov. M. 7, 58:

    liberalis,

    Liv. 45, 28, 11:

    humilis,

    id. 1, 39, 3:

    agrestis et rusticus,

    id. 7, 4, 6; cf.

    feri,

    Hor. C. 1, 10, 2:

    multas (artes) ad animorum corporumque cultum... invexit,

    Liv. 39, 8, 3:

    regio victu atque cultu aetatem agere,

    Sall. C. 37, 6;

    so with victus,

    Cic. Fam. 9, 3, 1; Caes. B. G. 6, 24; Nep. Alcib. 11, 4 al.; cf. of improvement, cultivation of mind:

    animi cultus ille erat ei quasi quidam humanitatis cibus,

    Cic. Fin. 5, 19, 54:

    non mores patrios solum, sed etiam cultum vestitumque mutavit,

    Nep. Paus. 3, 1. —In a bad sense, luxury, voluptuousness, wantonness:

    libido stupri, ganeae ceterique cultūs non minor incesserat,

    sensual indulgences, Sall. C. 13, 3; cf.:

    cultus ac desidia imperatoris,

    Liv. 29, 21, 13.—
    b.
    Transf., of ornaments of style:

    in verbis effusiorem, ut ipsi vocant, cultum adfectaverunt,

    Quint. 3, 8, 58; so id. 2, 5, 23; 10, 1, 124 al.—
    3.
    Style of dress, external appearance, clothing, dress, garb, apparel, attire; esp. ornament, decoration, splendid dress, splendor (so most freq.):

    aequato omnium cultu,

    Liv. 34, 4, 12:

    pastoralis,

    Vell. 1, 2:

    quam maxime miserabilis,

    Sall. J. 33, 1; Tert. Hab. Mul. 3:

    regius,

    Nep. Dat. 3, 1:

    militaris,

    Liv. 29, 19, 11:

    incinctus Gabino cultu,

    id. 10, 7, 3:

    justo mundior,

    id. 8, 15, 7:

    amoenior,

    id. 4, 44, 11 et saep.; Vell. 2, 40; Quint. 8, prooem. § 20; Suet. Caes. 44 et saep.; Hor. C. 1, 8, 16; 4, 9, 15; Ov. M. 3, 609 et saep.

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  • 11 cutis

    cŭtis, is (acc. cutem, App. Mag. p. 306, 14), f. [kindr. with kutos; Sanscr. gudh; Germ. Haut], the skin.
    I.
    Prop., Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 18, 3; Cels. 2, 8; Plin. 28, 12, 50, § 183 sq.; Quint. 11, 3, 78; Hor. C. 1, 28, 13; id. A. P. 476; Sen. Ep. 95, 16; 123, 7 al.—In plur., Plin. 6, 31, 36, § 200; 11, 37, 45, § 128.—
    b.
    Prov.: curare cutem, to take care of one's skin, i. e. to make much of one's self, Hor. Ep. 1, 2, 29; 1, 4, 15 (for which pelliculam curare, id. S. 2, 5, 38):

    cogere aliquem intra suam cutem,

    Sen. Ep. 9, 13:

    cute perditus,

    sick in one's body, Pers. 1, 23:

    ego te intus et in cute novi,

    I know you thoroughly, id. 3, 30.—
    B.
    Transf.
    1.
    Hide, leather:

    calceus est sartā terque quaterque cute,

    Mart. 1, 103, 6.—
    2.
    A soft coating, covering of any thing; the skin, rind, surface (several times in the Nat. Hist. of Pliny):

    casiae,

    Plin. 12, 19, 43, § 95:

    nucleorum,

    id. 15, 10, 9, § 36:

    uvarum,

    id. 15, [p. 506] 28, 34, §

    112: lauri,

    id. 27, 10, 60, § 84:

    summa terrae,

    id. 20, 19, 79, § 207.—
    II.
    Trop., the external appearance, surface, outside:

    tenerā quādam elocutionis cute,

    Quint. 5, 12, 18:

    imaginem virtutis effingere et solam ut sic dixerim cutem,

    id. 10, 2, 15; Gell. 18, 4, 2.

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  • 12 nitor

    1.
    nītor, nīsus and nixus ( inf. nitier, Lucr. 1, 1059; old form of the part. perf.: gnitus et gnixus a genibus prisci dixerunt, Paul. ex Fest. p. 96 Müll.), 3, v. dep. n. [from gnitor; root gnic- or gnig-; cf.: nico, conivere], to bear or rest upon something.
    I.
    Lit.
    (α).
    With abl.: ambae te obsecramus genibus nixae, we implore thee upon our knees, i. e. kneeling, Plaut. Rud. 3, 3, 33:

    stirpibus suis niti,

    Cic. Tusc. 5, 13, 37:

    herbescens viriditas, quae nixa fibris stirpium sensim adulescit,

    id. Sen. 15, 51:

    hastili nixus,

    id. Rab. Perd. 7, 21:

    mulierculā nixus,

    id. Verr. 2, 5, 33, § 86:

    juvenis, qui nititur hastā,

    Verg. A. 6, 760:

    paribus nitens Cyllenius alis Constitit,

    id. ib. 4, 252:

    nixus baculo,

    Ov. P. 1, 8, 52.—
    (β).
    With in and acc.:

    nixus in hastam,

    Verg. A. 12, 398.—
    (γ).
    With de:

    de quā pariens arbore nixa dea est,

    Ov. H. 21, 100.—
    (δ).
    With gen. of place:

    humi nitens,

    Verg. A. 2, 380.—
    (ε).
    Absol.: Sisiphu' versat Saxum sudans nitendo, Poët. ap. Cic. Tusc. 1, 5, 10:

    niti modo ac statim concidere,

    to strive to rise, Sall. J. 101, 11.—
    B.
    Transf.
    1.
    To make one's way with an effort, to press forward, advance; and, with respect to the goal, to mount, climb, fly, etc. (mostly poet.):

    quaedam serpentes ortae extra aquam simul ac primum niti possunt, aquam persequuntur,

    Cic. N. D. 2, 48, 124:

    nituntur gradibus,

    Verg. A. 2, 442:

    in altas rupes,

    Luc. 4, 37:

    ad sidera,

    Verg. G. 2, 427:

    in aëra,

    Ov. P. 2, 7, 27:

    in adversum,

    id. M. 2, 72:

    sursum nitier,

    Lucr. 1, 1059.—Of violent bodily motion:

    niti corporibus et ea huc illuc, quasi vitabundi aut jacientes tela agitare,

    to struggle, Sall. J. 60, 4.—
    2.
    To strain in giving birth, to bring forth, Plin. 9, 35, 54, § 107 (al. eniti):

    nitor,

    I am in labor, Ov. M. 9, 302; Pseud.-Ov. Her. 21, 100.—
    3.
    To strain for a stool, Suet. Vesp. 20.—
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    To strive, to exert one's self, make an effort, labor, endeavor:

    moderatio modo virium adsit et tantum, quantum potest, quisque nitatur,

    Cic. Sen. 10, 33; Nep. Att. 15, 2:

    nisurus contra regem,

    Caes. B. C. 2, 37; Sall. C. 38, 2:

    pro aliquo,

    Liv. 35, 10; cf.:

    pro libertate summā ope niti,

    Sall. J. 31, 17:

    nitebantur, ne gravius in eum consuleretur,

    Sall. J. 13, 8; cf.:

    unus Miltiades maxime nitebatur, ut, etc.,

    Nep. Milt. 4, 2. — Inf.:

    summā vi Cirtam irrumpere nititur,

    Sall. J. 25, 9:

    patriam recuperare niti,

    Nep. Pelop. 2:

    ingenio nitor non periisse meo,

    Ov. P. 3, 5, 34; id. M. 8, 694.— Absol., of soldiers hard pressed in battle:

    tamen virtute et patientia nitebantur atque omnia vulnera sustinebant,

    Caes. B. C. 1, 45.—
    2.
    To strive after a thing:

    ad immortalitatem gloriae niti,

    Cic. Sen. 23, 82:

    ad summa, Quint. prooem. § 20: in vetitum,

    Ov. Am. 3, 4, 17.—
    3.
    To try to prove, contend in argument, argue, with acc. and inf.:

    nitamur igitur nihil posse percipi,

    Cic. Ac. 2, 21, 68.—
    B.
    To rest, rely, depend upon a thing.
    (α).
    With in and abl.:

    nixus in nomine inani,

    Lucr. 5, 909:

    conjectura in quā nititur divinatio,

    Cic. Div. 2, 26, 55:

    ea, in quibus causa nititur,

    id. Cael. 10, 25:

    cujus in vitā nitebatur salus civitatis,

    id. Mil. 7, 19.—
    (β).
    With abl.:

    spe niti,

    Cic. Att. 3, 9, 2:

    consilio atque auctoritate alicujus,

    id. Off. 1, 34, 122; id. Fam. 1, 5, a, 2:

    si quis hoc uno nititur quod sit ignobilis,

    id. Clu. 40, 112.—
    (γ).
    With ubi:

    quo confugies? ubi nitere?

    Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 64, § 155.—Hence, P. a., as subst., Nixus, i, m., only plur., Nixi, ōrum, m., three guardian deities of women in labor, the statues of whom, representing them in a kneeling posture, stood on the Capitol before the chapel of Minerva, Paul. ex Fest. p. 174 Müll.:

    magno Lucinam Nixosque patres clamore vocabam,

    Ov. M. 9, 294.
    2.
    nĭtor, ōris, m. [niteo], brightness, splendor, lustre, sheen.
    I.
    Lit.:

    nitor exoriens aurorae,

    Lucr. 4, 538:

    diurnus,

    the daylight, Ov. H. 18, 78:

    herbarum viridis,

    Lucr. 5, 783:

    argenti et auri,

    Ov. P. 3, 4, 23:

    eboris,

    Plin. 7, 15, 13, § 64:

    materiae,

    of the wood, id. 16, 40, 79, § 215:

    speculi,

    id. 11, 37, 64, § 170:

    gladii,

    id. 2, 25, 22, § 89:

    nigerrimus gemmae,

    id. 37, 10, 69, § 184:

    nitorem cutis facit sal,

    id. 31, 7, 41, § 84.— Plur.:

    nitores splendoresque auri,

    Gell. 2, 6, 4.—
    B.
    Transf.
    1.
    Sleekness, plumpness, good looks, beauty:

    nitor corporis,

    Ter. Eun. 2, 2, 10:

    urit me Glycerae nitor,

    Hor. C. 1, 19, 5:

    Liparei nitor Hebri,

    id. ib. 3, 12, 6:

    nullus totā nitor in cute,

    Juv. 9, 13.—
    2.
    Neatness, elegance, brilliancy of external appearance:

    si quem... aliquid offendit, si purpurae genus, si amicorum catervae, si splendor, si nitor,

    Cic. Cael. 31, 77:

    habitus,

    Juv. 3, 180:

    oppidum praecipui nitoris,

    Plin. 4, 12, 26, § 85.—
    3.
    In gen., color, Lucr. 2, 819:

    ludis et externo tincta nitore caput,

    Prop. 2, 14, 26 (3, 11, 2).—
    II.
    Trop., of speech, splendor, elegance, grace of style. —With gen.:

    adhibendus erit in eis explicandis quidam orationis nitor,

    Cic. Or. 32, 115:

    domesticus eloquii,

    Ov. P. 2, 2, 51:

    nitor et cultus descriptionum,

    Tac. Or. 20:

    translationum,

    Quint. 12, 10, 36.— Absol.:

    sublimitas et magnificentia et nitor,

    Quint. 8, 3, 3:

    eruditione ac nitore praestare,

    id. 10, 1, 98:

    scripsit non sine cultu ac nitore,

    id. 10, 1, 124.—
    B.
    Of character, dignity, excellence:

    generis,

    Ov. P. 2, 9, 17; splendid liberality, Stat. S. 3, 3, 149.

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  • 13 Nixi

    1.
    nītor, nīsus and nixus ( inf. nitier, Lucr. 1, 1059; old form of the part. perf.: gnitus et gnixus a genibus prisci dixerunt, Paul. ex Fest. p. 96 Müll.), 3, v. dep. n. [from gnitor; root gnic- or gnig-; cf.: nico, conivere], to bear or rest upon something.
    I.
    Lit.
    (α).
    With abl.: ambae te obsecramus genibus nixae, we implore thee upon our knees, i. e. kneeling, Plaut. Rud. 3, 3, 33:

    stirpibus suis niti,

    Cic. Tusc. 5, 13, 37:

    herbescens viriditas, quae nixa fibris stirpium sensim adulescit,

    id. Sen. 15, 51:

    hastili nixus,

    id. Rab. Perd. 7, 21:

    mulierculā nixus,

    id. Verr. 2, 5, 33, § 86:

    juvenis, qui nititur hastā,

    Verg. A. 6, 760:

    paribus nitens Cyllenius alis Constitit,

    id. ib. 4, 252:

    nixus baculo,

    Ov. P. 1, 8, 52.—
    (β).
    With in and acc.:

    nixus in hastam,

    Verg. A. 12, 398.—
    (γ).
    With de:

    de quā pariens arbore nixa dea est,

    Ov. H. 21, 100.—
    (δ).
    With gen. of place:

    humi nitens,

    Verg. A. 2, 380.—
    (ε).
    Absol.: Sisiphu' versat Saxum sudans nitendo, Poët. ap. Cic. Tusc. 1, 5, 10:

    niti modo ac statim concidere,

    to strive to rise, Sall. J. 101, 11.—
    B.
    Transf.
    1.
    To make one's way with an effort, to press forward, advance; and, with respect to the goal, to mount, climb, fly, etc. (mostly poet.):

    quaedam serpentes ortae extra aquam simul ac primum niti possunt, aquam persequuntur,

    Cic. N. D. 2, 48, 124:

    nituntur gradibus,

    Verg. A. 2, 442:

    in altas rupes,

    Luc. 4, 37:

    ad sidera,

    Verg. G. 2, 427:

    in aëra,

    Ov. P. 2, 7, 27:

    in adversum,

    id. M. 2, 72:

    sursum nitier,

    Lucr. 1, 1059.—Of violent bodily motion:

    niti corporibus et ea huc illuc, quasi vitabundi aut jacientes tela agitare,

    to struggle, Sall. J. 60, 4.—
    2.
    To strain in giving birth, to bring forth, Plin. 9, 35, 54, § 107 (al. eniti):

    nitor,

    I am in labor, Ov. M. 9, 302; Pseud.-Ov. Her. 21, 100.—
    3.
    To strain for a stool, Suet. Vesp. 20.—
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    To strive, to exert one's self, make an effort, labor, endeavor:

    moderatio modo virium adsit et tantum, quantum potest, quisque nitatur,

    Cic. Sen. 10, 33; Nep. Att. 15, 2:

    nisurus contra regem,

    Caes. B. C. 2, 37; Sall. C. 38, 2:

    pro aliquo,

    Liv. 35, 10; cf.:

    pro libertate summā ope niti,

    Sall. J. 31, 17:

    nitebantur, ne gravius in eum consuleretur,

    Sall. J. 13, 8; cf.:

    unus Miltiades maxime nitebatur, ut, etc.,

    Nep. Milt. 4, 2. — Inf.:

    summā vi Cirtam irrumpere nititur,

    Sall. J. 25, 9:

    patriam recuperare niti,

    Nep. Pelop. 2:

    ingenio nitor non periisse meo,

    Ov. P. 3, 5, 34; id. M. 8, 694.— Absol., of soldiers hard pressed in battle:

    tamen virtute et patientia nitebantur atque omnia vulnera sustinebant,

    Caes. B. C. 1, 45.—
    2.
    To strive after a thing:

    ad immortalitatem gloriae niti,

    Cic. Sen. 23, 82:

    ad summa, Quint. prooem. § 20: in vetitum,

    Ov. Am. 3, 4, 17.—
    3.
    To try to prove, contend in argument, argue, with acc. and inf.:

    nitamur igitur nihil posse percipi,

    Cic. Ac. 2, 21, 68.—
    B.
    To rest, rely, depend upon a thing.
    (α).
    With in and abl.:

    nixus in nomine inani,

    Lucr. 5, 909:

    conjectura in quā nititur divinatio,

    Cic. Div. 2, 26, 55:

    ea, in quibus causa nititur,

    id. Cael. 10, 25:

    cujus in vitā nitebatur salus civitatis,

    id. Mil. 7, 19.—
    (β).
    With abl.:

    spe niti,

    Cic. Att. 3, 9, 2:

    consilio atque auctoritate alicujus,

    id. Off. 1, 34, 122; id. Fam. 1, 5, a, 2:

    si quis hoc uno nititur quod sit ignobilis,

    id. Clu. 40, 112.—
    (γ).
    With ubi:

    quo confugies? ubi nitere?

    Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 64, § 155.—Hence, P. a., as subst., Nixus, i, m., only plur., Nixi, ōrum, m., three guardian deities of women in labor, the statues of whom, representing them in a kneeling posture, stood on the Capitol before the chapel of Minerva, Paul. ex Fest. p. 174 Müll.:

    magno Lucinam Nixosque patres clamore vocabam,

    Ov. M. 9, 294.
    2.
    nĭtor, ōris, m. [niteo], brightness, splendor, lustre, sheen.
    I.
    Lit.:

    nitor exoriens aurorae,

    Lucr. 4, 538:

    diurnus,

    the daylight, Ov. H. 18, 78:

    herbarum viridis,

    Lucr. 5, 783:

    argenti et auri,

    Ov. P. 3, 4, 23:

    eboris,

    Plin. 7, 15, 13, § 64:

    materiae,

    of the wood, id. 16, 40, 79, § 215:

    speculi,

    id. 11, 37, 64, § 170:

    gladii,

    id. 2, 25, 22, § 89:

    nigerrimus gemmae,

    id. 37, 10, 69, § 184:

    nitorem cutis facit sal,

    id. 31, 7, 41, § 84.— Plur.:

    nitores splendoresque auri,

    Gell. 2, 6, 4.—
    B.
    Transf.
    1.
    Sleekness, plumpness, good looks, beauty:

    nitor corporis,

    Ter. Eun. 2, 2, 10:

    urit me Glycerae nitor,

    Hor. C. 1, 19, 5:

    Liparei nitor Hebri,

    id. ib. 3, 12, 6:

    nullus totā nitor in cute,

    Juv. 9, 13.—
    2.
    Neatness, elegance, brilliancy of external appearance:

    si quem... aliquid offendit, si purpurae genus, si amicorum catervae, si splendor, si nitor,

    Cic. Cael. 31, 77:

    habitus,

    Juv. 3, 180:

    oppidum praecipui nitoris,

    Plin. 4, 12, 26, § 85.—
    3.
    In gen., color, Lucr. 2, 819:

    ludis et externo tincta nitore caput,

    Prop. 2, 14, 26 (3, 11, 2).—
    II.
    Trop., of speech, splendor, elegance, grace of style. —With gen.:

    adhibendus erit in eis explicandis quidam orationis nitor,

    Cic. Or. 32, 115:

    domesticus eloquii,

    Ov. P. 2, 2, 51:

    nitor et cultus descriptionum,

    Tac. Or. 20:

    translationum,

    Quint. 12, 10, 36.— Absol.:

    sublimitas et magnificentia et nitor,

    Quint. 8, 3, 3:

    eruditione ac nitore praestare,

    id. 10, 1, 98:

    scripsit non sine cultu ac nitore,

    id. 10, 1, 124.—
    B.
    Of character, dignity, excellence:

    generis,

    Ov. P. 2, 9, 17; splendid liberality, Stat. S. 3, 3, 149.

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  • 14 Nixus

    1.
    nītor, nīsus and nixus ( inf. nitier, Lucr. 1, 1059; old form of the part. perf.: gnitus et gnixus a genibus prisci dixerunt, Paul. ex Fest. p. 96 Müll.), 3, v. dep. n. [from gnitor; root gnic- or gnig-; cf.: nico, conivere], to bear or rest upon something.
    I.
    Lit.
    (α).
    With abl.: ambae te obsecramus genibus nixae, we implore thee upon our knees, i. e. kneeling, Plaut. Rud. 3, 3, 33:

    stirpibus suis niti,

    Cic. Tusc. 5, 13, 37:

    herbescens viriditas, quae nixa fibris stirpium sensim adulescit,

    id. Sen. 15, 51:

    hastili nixus,

    id. Rab. Perd. 7, 21:

    mulierculā nixus,

    id. Verr. 2, 5, 33, § 86:

    juvenis, qui nititur hastā,

    Verg. A. 6, 760:

    paribus nitens Cyllenius alis Constitit,

    id. ib. 4, 252:

    nixus baculo,

    Ov. P. 1, 8, 52.—
    (β).
    With in and acc.:

    nixus in hastam,

    Verg. A. 12, 398.—
    (γ).
    With de:

    de quā pariens arbore nixa dea est,

    Ov. H. 21, 100.—
    (δ).
    With gen. of place:

    humi nitens,

    Verg. A. 2, 380.—
    (ε).
    Absol.: Sisiphu' versat Saxum sudans nitendo, Poët. ap. Cic. Tusc. 1, 5, 10:

    niti modo ac statim concidere,

    to strive to rise, Sall. J. 101, 11.—
    B.
    Transf.
    1.
    To make one's way with an effort, to press forward, advance; and, with respect to the goal, to mount, climb, fly, etc. (mostly poet.):

    quaedam serpentes ortae extra aquam simul ac primum niti possunt, aquam persequuntur,

    Cic. N. D. 2, 48, 124:

    nituntur gradibus,

    Verg. A. 2, 442:

    in altas rupes,

    Luc. 4, 37:

    ad sidera,

    Verg. G. 2, 427:

    in aëra,

    Ov. P. 2, 7, 27:

    in adversum,

    id. M. 2, 72:

    sursum nitier,

    Lucr. 1, 1059.—Of violent bodily motion:

    niti corporibus et ea huc illuc, quasi vitabundi aut jacientes tela agitare,

    to struggle, Sall. J. 60, 4.—
    2.
    To strain in giving birth, to bring forth, Plin. 9, 35, 54, § 107 (al. eniti):

    nitor,

    I am in labor, Ov. M. 9, 302; Pseud.-Ov. Her. 21, 100.—
    3.
    To strain for a stool, Suet. Vesp. 20.—
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    To strive, to exert one's self, make an effort, labor, endeavor:

    moderatio modo virium adsit et tantum, quantum potest, quisque nitatur,

    Cic. Sen. 10, 33; Nep. Att. 15, 2:

    nisurus contra regem,

    Caes. B. C. 2, 37; Sall. C. 38, 2:

    pro aliquo,

    Liv. 35, 10; cf.:

    pro libertate summā ope niti,

    Sall. J. 31, 17:

    nitebantur, ne gravius in eum consuleretur,

    Sall. J. 13, 8; cf.:

    unus Miltiades maxime nitebatur, ut, etc.,

    Nep. Milt. 4, 2. — Inf.:

    summā vi Cirtam irrumpere nititur,

    Sall. J. 25, 9:

    patriam recuperare niti,

    Nep. Pelop. 2:

    ingenio nitor non periisse meo,

    Ov. P. 3, 5, 34; id. M. 8, 694.— Absol., of soldiers hard pressed in battle:

    tamen virtute et patientia nitebantur atque omnia vulnera sustinebant,

    Caes. B. C. 1, 45.—
    2.
    To strive after a thing:

    ad immortalitatem gloriae niti,

    Cic. Sen. 23, 82:

    ad summa, Quint. prooem. § 20: in vetitum,

    Ov. Am. 3, 4, 17.—
    3.
    To try to prove, contend in argument, argue, with acc. and inf.:

    nitamur igitur nihil posse percipi,

    Cic. Ac. 2, 21, 68.—
    B.
    To rest, rely, depend upon a thing.
    (α).
    With in and abl.:

    nixus in nomine inani,

    Lucr. 5, 909:

    conjectura in quā nititur divinatio,

    Cic. Div. 2, 26, 55:

    ea, in quibus causa nititur,

    id. Cael. 10, 25:

    cujus in vitā nitebatur salus civitatis,

    id. Mil. 7, 19.—
    (β).
    With abl.:

    spe niti,

    Cic. Att. 3, 9, 2:

    consilio atque auctoritate alicujus,

    id. Off. 1, 34, 122; id. Fam. 1, 5, a, 2:

    si quis hoc uno nititur quod sit ignobilis,

    id. Clu. 40, 112.—
    (γ).
    With ubi:

    quo confugies? ubi nitere?

    Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 64, § 155.—Hence, P. a., as subst., Nixus, i, m., only plur., Nixi, ōrum, m., three guardian deities of women in labor, the statues of whom, representing them in a kneeling posture, stood on the Capitol before the chapel of Minerva, Paul. ex Fest. p. 174 Müll.:

    magno Lucinam Nixosque patres clamore vocabam,

    Ov. M. 9, 294.
    2.
    nĭtor, ōris, m. [niteo], brightness, splendor, lustre, sheen.
    I.
    Lit.:

    nitor exoriens aurorae,

    Lucr. 4, 538:

    diurnus,

    the daylight, Ov. H. 18, 78:

    herbarum viridis,

    Lucr. 5, 783:

    argenti et auri,

    Ov. P. 3, 4, 23:

    eboris,

    Plin. 7, 15, 13, § 64:

    materiae,

    of the wood, id. 16, 40, 79, § 215:

    speculi,

    id. 11, 37, 64, § 170:

    gladii,

    id. 2, 25, 22, § 89:

    nigerrimus gemmae,

    id. 37, 10, 69, § 184:

    nitorem cutis facit sal,

    id. 31, 7, 41, § 84.— Plur.:

    nitores splendoresque auri,

    Gell. 2, 6, 4.—
    B.
    Transf.
    1.
    Sleekness, plumpness, good looks, beauty:

    nitor corporis,

    Ter. Eun. 2, 2, 10:

    urit me Glycerae nitor,

    Hor. C. 1, 19, 5:

    Liparei nitor Hebri,

    id. ib. 3, 12, 6:

    nullus totā nitor in cute,

    Juv. 9, 13.—
    2.
    Neatness, elegance, brilliancy of external appearance:

    si quem... aliquid offendit, si purpurae genus, si amicorum catervae, si splendor, si nitor,

    Cic. Cael. 31, 77:

    habitus,

    Juv. 3, 180:

    oppidum praecipui nitoris,

    Plin. 4, 12, 26, § 85.—
    3.
    In gen., color, Lucr. 2, 819:

    ludis et externo tincta nitore caput,

    Prop. 2, 14, 26 (3, 11, 2).—
    II.
    Trop., of speech, splendor, elegance, grace of style. —With gen.:

    adhibendus erit in eis explicandis quidam orationis nitor,

    Cic. Or. 32, 115:

    domesticus eloquii,

    Ov. P. 2, 2, 51:

    nitor et cultus descriptionum,

    Tac. Or. 20:

    translationum,

    Quint. 12, 10, 36.— Absol.:

    sublimitas et magnificentia et nitor,

    Quint. 8, 3, 3:

    eruditione ac nitore praestare,

    id. 10, 1, 98:

    scripsit non sine cultu ac nitore,

    id. 10, 1, 124.—
    B.
    Of character, dignity, excellence:

    generis,

    Ov. P. 2, 9, 17; splendid liberality, Stat. S. 3, 3, 149.

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  • 15 ostentus

    1.
    ostentus, a, um, Part. and P. a., from ostendo.
    2.
    ostentus, ūs, m. [ostendo].
    I.
    In gen., a showing, exhibiting, display (not in Cic. or Cæs.):

    corpora extra vallum abjecta ostentui,

    as a public spectacle, Tac. A. 1, 29:

    atrocitatis,

    Gell. 20, 1, 48.—
    II.
    In partic.
    A.
    Show, parade, external appearance: [p. 1284] nova jura Cappadociae dedit bstentui magis, quam mansura, Tac. H. 1, 78.—
    B.
    A sign, proof:

    ut Jugurthae scelerum ostentui essem,

    Sall. J. 24, 9; also a pretence, a sign given to deceive, id. ib. 46, 6:

    ut ostentui esset, multum vitalis spiritūs egestum,

    as a proof that, Tac. A. 15, 64; cf.:

    ostentui clementiae suae,

    id. ib. 12, 14 fin.:

    ostentui habere,

    Vulg. Heb. 6, 11.

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  • 16 status

    1.
    stătus, a, um, v. sisto.
    2.
    stătus, ūs, m. [sto and sisto].
    I.
    In a corporeal sense.
    A.
    Mode or way of standing, of holding one's body (at rest), posture, position, attitude, station, carriage; sing. and plur.: Ps. Statur hic ad hunc modum. Si. Statum vide hominis, Callipho, quasi basilicum, look at the way he stands, Plaut. Ps. 1, 5, 41:

    stat in statu senex ut adoriatur moechum,

    in an attitude of attack, ready, id. Mil. 4, 9, 12: concrepuit digitis, laborat;

    crebro conmutat status,

    his posture, id. ib. 2, 2, 51:

    qui esset status (videre vellem) flabellulum tenere te asinum tantum,

    what your attitude was, what figure you cut, in holding the fan, Ter. Eun. 3, 5, 50:

    in gestu status (oratoris erit) erectus et celsus, rarus incessus,

    attitude, Cic. Or. 18, 59:

    status quidem rectus sit, sed diducti paulum pedes,

    Quint. 11, 3, 159:

    abesse plurimum a saltatore debet orator... non effingere status quosdam, et quidquid dicet ostendere,

    id. 11, 3, 89:

    ut recta sint bracchia, ne indoctae rusticaeve manus, ne status indecorus,

    id. 1, 11, 16:

    stare solitus Socrates dicitur... immobilis, iisdem in vestigiis,

    Gell. 2, 1, 2:

    dumque silens astat, status est vultusque diserti,

    Ov. P. 2, 5, 51:

    statum proeliantis componit,

    Petr. 95 fin. —

    So of the pose of statues: non solum numerum signorum, sed etiam uniuscujusque magnitudinem, figuram, statum litteris definiri vides,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 21, § 57:

    expedit saepe, ut in statuis atque picturis videmus, variari habitus, vultus, status,

    Quint. 2, 13, 8:

    ut illo statu Chabrias sibi statuam fieri voluerit. Ex quo factum est ut postea athletae his statibus in statuis ponendis uterentur,

    Nep. Chabr. 1, 3.—And of images in a dream:

    ubi prima (imago somni) perit, alioque est altera nata inde statu, prior hic gestum mutasse videtur,

    Lucr. 4, 772:

    (opp. motus, incessus) quorum (iratorum) vultus, voces, motus statusque mutantur,

    motions and postures, Cic. Off. 1, 29, 102:

    decorum istud in corporis motu et statu cernitur,

    id. ib. 1, 35, 126:

    habitus oris et vultūs, status, motus,

    id. Fin. 3, 17, 56; 5, 17, 47:

    in quibus si peccetur... motu statuve deformi,

    id. ib. 5, 12, 35:

    eo erant vultu, oratione, omni reliquo motu et statu, ut, etc.,

    id. Tusc. 3, 22, 53:

    status, incessus, sessio, accubatio... teneat illud decorum,

    id. Off. 1, 35, 129:

    in pedibus observentur status et incessus,

    the posture and gait, Quint. 11, 3, 124.—
    B.
    Of external appearance, manners, dress, and apparel:

    quoniam formam hujus cepi in me et statum, decet et facta moresque hujus habere me similis item,

    Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 111:

    redegitque se ad pallium et crepidas, atque in tali statu biennio fere permansit,

    Suet. Tib. 13.—
    C.
    Size, height, stature of living and inanimate beings (cf. statura;

    post-Aug.): pumilionem, quos natura brevi statu peractos, etc.,

    Stat. S. 1, 6, 58: longissimum... aratorem faciemus;

    mediastenus qualiscunque status potest esse,

    Col. 1, 9, 3:

    in gallinaceis maribus status altior quaeritur,

    id. 8, 2, 9; so id. 7, 9, 2; 7, 12 med.:

    plantae majoris statūs,

    Pall. Febr. 25, 20.—
    D.
    A position, place, in the phrase de statu movere, deicere, or statum conturbare, to displace, drive out, eject, expel, throw from a position (esp. of battle and combat):

    equestrem procellam excitemus oportet, si turbare ac statu movere (hostes) volumus,

    Liv. 30, 18, 14:

    nihil statu motus, cum projecto prae se clipeo staret, in praesidio urbis moriturum se... respondit,

    id. 38, 25: Manlius scutum scuto percussit atque statum Galli conturbavit (cf. the next sentence: atque de loco hominem iterum dejecit), Claud. Quadrig. ap. Gell. 9, 13, 16.—So, out of the military sphere, in order to avoid an attack:

    ea vis est... quae, periculo mortis injecto, formidine animum perterritum loco saepe et certo de statu demovet,

    Cic. Caecin. 15, 42.— Transf., of mental position, conviction, argument, etc.:

    saepe adversarios de statu omni dejecimus,

    Cic. Or. 37, 129:

    voluptas quo est major, eo magis mentem e suā sede et statu demovet,

    throws the mind off its balance, id. Par. 1, 3, 15.—Similarly: de statu deducere, recedere, from one's position or principles:

    fecerunt etiam ut me prope de vitae meae statu deducerent, ut ego istum accusarem,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 4, § 10:

    neque de statu nobis nostrae dignitatis est recedendum, neque sine nostris copiis in alterius praesidia veniendum,

    id. Att. 1, 20, 2.—So, de statu suo declinare = moveri:

    neque dubito quin, suspitione aliquā perculsi repentinā, de statu suo declinarint,

    i. e. became unsettled, Cic. Clu. 38, 106:

    qui cum me firmissimis opibus... munire possim, quamvis excipere fortunam malui quam... de meo statu declinare,

    than abandon my position, id. Prov. Cons. 17, 41; cf.

    of the position of heavenly bodies: qui eodem statu caeli et stellarum nati sunt,

    aspect, id. Div. 2, 44, 92.
    II.
    Trop., condition, state, position, situation, circumstances.
    A.
    Of persons, condition in regard to public rights, political or civil status, any loss of which was a capitis deminutio (v. caput):

    capitis minutio est statūs permutatio,

    Gai. Dig. 4, 5, 1; id. Inst. 1, 159; cf. Dig. 4, 5, 11:

    quo quisque loco nostrum est natus... hunc vitae statum usque ad senectutem obtinere debet,

    Cic. Balb. 7, 18:

    ad quem proscripti confluebant. Quippe nullum habentibus statum quilibet dux erat idoneus,

    with regard to the civil death of the proscribed, Vell. 2, 72, 5:

    illorum salus omnibus accepta fuit... quia tam grati exoptatum libertatis statum recuperaverint,

    Val. Max. 5, 26:

    si statu periclitari litigator videtur,

    if his civil status seems in peril, Quint. 6, 1, 36:

    nec ulla tam familiaris est infelicibus patria quam solitudo et prioris statūs oblivio,

    i. e. the status of full citizenship, lost by banishment, Curt. 5, 5, 11:

    permanent tamen in statu servitutis,

    Suet. Gram. 21:

    vetuit quaeri de cujusquam defunctorum statu,

    id. Tit. 8 fin.:

    multorum excisi status,

    Tac. A. 3, 28: qui illegitime concipiuntur, statum sumunt ex eo tempore quo nascuntur, i. e. whether freemen or slaves, etc., Gai. Inst. 1, 89:

    cum servus manumittitur: eo die enim incipit statum habere,

    a civil status, Dig. 4, 5, 4:

    homo liber qui se vendidit, manumissus non ad suum statum revertitur, sed efficitur libertinae condicionis, i. e. that of an ingenuus,

    ib. 1, 5, 21:

    primo de personarum statu dicemus,

    civil status, ib. 1, 5, 2; so Titin. 5:

    de statu hominum (sometimes status used in the jurists absolutely with reference to freedom and slavery): si status controversiam cui faciat procurator, sive ex servitute in libertatem, etc.,

    Dig. 3, 3, 39, § 5; so ib. 3, 3, 33, § 1.—Similarly in the later jurists: status suus = aetas XXV. annorum, years of discretion:

    cum ad statum suum frater pervenisset,

    Dig. 31, 1, 77, § 19.—
    2.
    Condition and position with reference to rank, profession, trade, occupation, social standing, reputation, and character:

    an tibi vis inter istas vorsarier prosedas... quae tibi olant stabulum statumque?

    their trade, Plaut. Poen. 1, 2, 59:

    quod in civitatibus agnationibus familiarum distinguuntur status,

    the ranks of the families, Cic. Leg. 1, 7, 23:

    regum status decemviris donabantur,

    the rank of kings was assigned to the decemvirs, id. Agr. 1, 1, 2:

    cum alii rem ipsam publicam atque hunc bonorum statum odissent,

    the social position of the higher classes, id. Sest. 20, 46:

    non ut aliquid ex pristino statu nostro retineamus,

    id. Fam. 4, 4, 1:

    ecquis umquam tam ex amplo statu concidit?

    id. Att. 3, 10, 2:

    non enim jam quam dignitatem, quos honores, quem vitae statum amiserim cogito,

    id. ib. 10, 4, 1:

    quam (statuam) esse ejusdem status amictus, anulus, imago ipsa declarat,

    id. ib. 1, 1, 17:

    praesidium petebamus ex potentissimi viri benevolentiā ad omnem statum nostrae dignitatis,

    id. Q. Fr. 3, 8, 1: noster autem status est hic:

    apud bonos iidem sumus quos reliquisti, apud sordem, etc.,

    id. Att. 1, 16, 11:

    ego me non putem tueri meum statum ut neque offendam animum cujusquam, nec frangam dignitatem meam?

    maintain my character, id. Fam. 9, 16, 6:

    quos fortuna in amplissimo statu (i. e. regum) collocarat,

    Auct. Her. 4, 16, 23:

    tantam in eodem homine varietatem status,

    high and low position in life, ups and downs, Val. Max. 6, 9, 4:

    cum classiarios quos Nero ex remigibus justos milites fecerat, redire ad pristinum statum cogeret,

    Suet. Galb. 12:

    quaedam circa omnium ordinum statum correxit,

    id. Claud. 22:

    cum redieritis in Graeciam, praestabo ne quis statum suum vestro credat esse meliorem,

    social position, Curt. 5, 5, 22:

    omnis Aristippum decuit color et status et res,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 17, 23.—
    3.
    Condition in reference to prosperity, happiness or unhappiness, and health (mostly poet. and post-Aug.):

    at iste non dolendi status non vocatur voluptas,

    Cic. Fin. 2, 9, 28:

    neque hic est Nunc status Aurorae meritos ut poscat honores,

    Ov. M. 13, 594:

    flebilis ut noster status est, ita flebile carmen,

    id. Tr. 5, 1, 5:

    quid enim status hic a funere differt?

    id. P. 2, 3, 3:

    pejor ab admonitu fit status iste boni,

    id. ib. 1, 2, 54:

    his enim quorum felicior in domo status fuerat,

    Val. Max. 6, 8, 7:

    sin nostros status sive proximorum ingenia contemplemur,

    id. 6, 9 pr.:

    caelum contemplare: vix tamen ibi talem statum (i. e. felicitatis deorum) reperias,

    id. 7, 1, 1:

    haec quidem (vox) animi magnifici et prosperi status (fuit),

    id. 6, 5, ext. 4:

    obliti statūs ejus quem beneficio exuistis meo,

    Curt. 10, 2, 22:

    sumus in hoc tuo statu iidem qui florente te fuimus,

    i. e. distress, id. 5, 11, 5:

    res magna et ex beatissimo animi statu profecta,

    Sen. Ep. 81, 21: voverat, si sibi incolumis status (of health) permisisset, proditurum se... hydraulam, Suet. Ner. 54. —
    4.
    Condition, circumstances, in gen., of life or of the mind:

    homines hoc uno plurimum a bestiis differunt quod rationem habent, mentemque quae... omnem complectatur vitae consequentis statum,

    Cic. Fin. 2, 14, 45:

    facias me certiorem et simul de toto statu tuo consiliisque omnibus,

    id. Fam. 7, 10, 3:

    tibi declaravi adventus noster qualis fuisset, et quis esset status,

    id. Att. 4, 2, 1:

    quid enim ego laboravi, si... nihil consecutus sum ut in eo statu essem quem neque fortunae temeritas, neque, etc., labefactaret,

    id. Par. 2, 17:

    sed hoc videant ii qui nulla sibi subsidia ad omnes vitae status paraverunt,

    id. Fam. 9, 6, 4: atque is quidem qui cuncta composuit constanter in suo manebat statu (transl. of emeinen en tôi heautou kata tropon êthei, Plat. Tim. p. 42, c. Steph.), in his own state, being, Cic. Tim. 13:

    vitae statum commutatum ferre non potuit,

    Nep. Dion, 4, 4:

    id suis rebus tali in statu saluti fore,

    Curt. 5, 1, 5: haec sunt fulmina quae prima accepto patrimonio et in novi hominis aut urbis statu fiunt, in any new condition (when a stroke of lightning was considered an omen), Sen. Q. N. 2, 47.—Rarely of a state:

    libere hercle hoc quidem. Sed vide statum (i. e. ebrietatis),

    Plaut. Ps. 5, 2, 4.—Esp., in augury: fulmen status, a thunderbolt sent to one who is not expecting a sign, as a warning or suggestion, = fulmen monitorium:

    status est, ubi quietis nec agitantibus quidquam nec cogitantibus fulmen intervenit,

    Sen. Q. N. 2, 39, 2.—
    B.
    Of countries, communities, etc., the condition of society, or the state, the public order, public affairs.
    1.
    In gen.:

    Siciliam ita vexavit ac perdidit ut ea restitui in antiquum statum nullo modo possit,

    Cic. Verr. 1, 4, 12:

    nunc in eo statu civitas est ut omnes idem de re publicā sensuri esse videantur,

    id. Sest. 50, 106:

    omnem condicionem imperii tui statumque provinciae mihi demonstravit Tratorius,

    id. Fam. 12, 23, 1; so id. ib. 13, 68, 1:

    mihi rei publicae statum per te notum esse voluisti,

    id. ib. 3, 11, 4; so,

    status ipse nostrae civitatis,

    id. ib. 5, 16, 2:

    non erat desperandum fore aliquem tolerabilem statum civitatis,

    id. Phil. 13, 1, 2:

    sane bonum rei publicae genus, sed tamen inclinatum et quasi pronum ad perniciosissimum statum,

    id. Rep. 2, 26, 48:

    aliquo, si non bono, at saltem certo statu civitatis,

    id. Fam. 9, 8, 2:

    ex hoc qui sit status totius rei publicae videre potes,

    id. Q. Fr. 1, 2, 5, § 15: ex eodem de toto statu rerum communium [p. 1756] cognosces, id. Fam. 1, 8, 1:

    tamen illa, quae requiris, suum statum tenent, nec melius, si tu adesses, tenerent,

    id. ib. 6, 1, 1:

    non illi nos de unius municipis fortunis arbitrantur, sed de totius municipii statu, dignitate, etc., sententias esse laturos,

    id. Clu. 69, 196:

    ego vitam omnium civium, statum orbis terrae... redemi,

    id. Sull. 11, 33:

    Ti. Gracchum mediocriter labefactantem statum rei publicae,

    id. Cat. 1, 1, 3:

    eo tum statu res erat ut longe principes haberentur Aedui,

    Caes. B. G. 6, 12, 9:

    cum hoc in statu res esset,

    Liv. 26, 5, 1; so id. 32, 11, 1:

    eam regiam servitutem (civitatis) collatam cum praesenti statu praeclaram libertatem visam,

    id. 41, 6, 9:

    statum quoque civitatis ea victoria firmavit ut jam inde res inter se contrahere auderent,

    i. e. commercial prosperity, id. 27, 51:

    ut deliberare de statu rerum suarum posset,

    id. 44, 31:

    ut taedio praesentium consules duo et status pristinus rerum in desiderium veniant,

    id. 3, 37, 3:

    jam Latio is status erat rerum ut neque bellum neque pacem pati possent,

    id. 8, 13, 2:

    qui se moverit ad sollicitandum statum civitatis,

    internal peace, id. 3, 20, 8:

    omni praesenti statu spem cuique novandi res suas blandiorem esse,

    more attractive than any condition of public affairs, id. 35, 17:

    tranquillitatis status,

    Val. Max. 7, 2, 1:

    in sollicito civitatis statu,

    Quint. 6, 1, 16:

    principes regesque et quocumque alio nomine sunt tutores status publici,

    guardians of public order, Sen. Clem. 1, 4, 3: curis omnium ad formandum publicum statum a tam sollemni munere aversis, Curt, 10, 10, 9; so,

    ad formandum rerum praesentium statum,

    Just. 9, 5, 1:

    populo jam praesenti statu laeto,

    Suet. Caes. 50:

    ad componendum Orientis statum,

    id. Calig. 1:

    deploravit temporum statum,

    id. Galb. 10:

    ad explorandum statum Galliarum,

    id. Caes. 24:

    delegatus pacandae Germaniae status,

    id. Tib. 16: et omnia habet rerum status iste mearum ( poet., = reipublicae meae), Ov. M. 7, 509.—
    2.
    Esp., of the political sentiments of the citizens:

    a Maronitis certiora de statu civitatium scituros,

    Liv. 39, 27:

    ad visendum statum regionis ejus,

    id. 42, 17, 1:

    suas quoque in eodem statu mansuras res esse,

    id. 42, 29, 9:

    cum hic status in Boeotiā esset,

    id. 42, 56, 8.—
    3.
    Of the constitution, institutions, form of government, etc.:

    Scipionem rogemus ut explicet quem existimet esse optimum statum civitatis,

    Cic. Rep. 1, 20, 33; 1, 21, 34; 1, 46, 70;

    1, 47, 71: ob hanc causam praestare nostrae civitatis statum ceteris civitatibus,

    id. ib. 2, 1, 2:

    itaque cum patres rerum potirentur, numquam constitisse statum civitatis,

    the form of the government had never been permanent, id. ib. 1, 32, 49:

    in hoc statu rei publicae (decemvirali), quem dixi non posse esse diuturnum,

    id. ib. 2, 37, 62:

    providete ne rei publicae status commutetur,

    id. Har. Resp. 27, 60:

    eademque oritur etiam ex illo saepe optimatium praeclaro statu,

    aristocratic form of government, id. Rep. 1, 44, 68:

    ut totum statum civitatis in hoc uno judicio positam esse putetis,

    id. Fl. 1, 3:

    ut rei publicae statum convulsuri viderentur,

    id. Pis. 2, 4:

    pro meā salute, pro vestrā auctoritate, pro statu civitatis nullum vitae discrimen vitandum umquam putavit,

    id. Red. in Sen. 8, 20:

    cum hoc coire ausus es, ut consularem dignitatem, ut rei publicae statum... addiceres?

    id. ib. 7, 16:

    omnia quae sunt in imperio et in statu civitatis ab iis defendi putantur,

    id. Mur. 11, 24:

    intelleges (te habere) nihil quod aut hoc aut aliquo rei publicae statu timeas,

    id. Fam. 6, 2, 3:

    quod ad statum Macedoniae pertinebat,

    Liv. 45, 32, 2:

    ex commutatione statūs publici,

    Vell. 2, 35, 4:

    haec oblivio concussum et labentem civitatis statum in pristinum habitum revocavit,

    Val. Max. 4, 1, ext. 4:

    Gracchi civitatis statum conati erant convellere,

    id. 6, 3, 1 fin.:

    Cicero ita legibus Sullae cohaerere statum civitatis affirmat ut his solutis stare ipsa non possit,

    Quint. 11, 1, 85:

    qui eloquentiā turbaverant civitatium status vel everterant,

    id. 2, 16, 4:

    id biduum quod de mutando reipublicae statu haesitatum erat,

    Suet. Claud. 11:

    nec dissimulasse unquam pristinum se reipublicae statum restituturum,

    id. ib. 1:

    conversus hieme ad ordinandum reipublicae statum, fastos correxit, etc.,

    id. Caes. 40:

    tu civitatem quis deceat status Curas,

    what institutions, Hor. C. 3, 29, 25.—Hence,
    4.
    Existence of the republic:

    quae lex ad imperium, ad majestatem, ad statum patriae, ad salutem omnium pertinet,

    Cic. Cael. 29, 70 (= eo, ut stet patria, the country's existence):

    si enim status erit aliquis civitatis, quicunque erit,

    id. Fam. 4, 14, 4: status enim rei publicae maxime judicatis rebus continetur, the existence of the republic depends on the decisions of the courts, i. e. their sacredness, id. Sull. 22, 63. —
    C.
    In nature, state, condition, etc.:

    incolumitatis ac salutis omnium causā videmus hunc statum esse hujus totius mundi atque naturae,

    Cic. Or. 3, 45, 178:

    ex alio alius status (i. e. mundi) excipere omnia debet,

    Lucr. 5, 829:

    ex alio terram status excipit alter,

    id. 5, 835:

    est etiam quoque pacatus status aëris ille,

    id. 3, 292:

    non expectato solis ortu, ex quo statum caeli notare gubernatores possent,

    Liv. 37, 12, 11:

    idem (mare) alio caeli statu recipit in se fretum,

    Curt. 6, 4, 19:

    incertus status caeli,

    Col. 11, 2:

    pluvius caeli status,

    id. 2, 10:

    mitior caeli status,

    Sen. Oedip. 1054.—
    D. 1.
    In gen.:

    atque hoc loquor de tribus his generibus rerum publicarum non perturbatis atque permixtis, sed suum statum tenentibus,

    preserving their essential features, Cic. Rep. 1, 28, 44.—Hence,
    2.
    Esp. in rhet. jurisp.
    (α).
    The answer to the action (acc. to Cic., because the defence: primum insistit in eo = the Gr. stasis):

    refutatio accusationis appellatur Latine status, in quo primum insistit quasi ad repugnandum congressa defensio,

    Cic. Top. 25, 93; so,

    statu (sic enim appellamus controversiarum genera),

    id. Tusc. 3, 33, 79:

    statum quidam dixerunt primam causarum conflictionem,

    Quint. 3, 6, 4; cf. Cic. Part. Or. 29, 102.—
    (β).
    The main question, the essential point:

    quod nos statum id quidam constitutionem vocant, alii quaestionem, alii quod ex quaestione appareat, Theodorus caput, ad quod referantur omnia,

    Quint. 3, 6, 2:

    non est status prima conflictio, sed quod ex primā conflictione nascitur, id est genus quaestionis,

    the kind, nature of the question, id. 3, 6, 5; cf. the whole chapter.—
    E.
    In gram., the mood of the verb, instead of modus, because it distinguishes the conceptions of the speaker:

    et tempora et status,

    tenses and moods, Quint. 9, 3, 11:

    fiunt soloecismi per modos, sive cui status eos dici placet,

    id. 1, 5, 41.
    ► For statu liber, v.
    statuliber.

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  • 17 faciēs

        faciēs acc. em, abl. ē, nom. and acc plur. ēs    [1 FAC-], appearance, form, figure, shape, build: decora (equorum), H.: faciem mutatus et ora, V.: parentis Anchisae, shade, V.: longa quibus facies ovis erit, H.: Adparent dirae facies, apparitious, V.: verte omnīs tete in facies, i. e. try every expedient, V.— A face, visage, countenance, look: non novi hominis faciem, know by sight, T.: egregia, of rare beauty, T.: insignis facie, V.: faciem eius ignorare, S.: in facie voltuque vecordia inerat, S.: mea laudata, beauty, O.: adfers faciem novam: (nymphe) Rara facie, O.: nec faciem litore demovet, H.: rectā facie loqui, boldly, Iu.: (volucris) armata, beaked, O. — Fig., external form, look, condition, appearance, aspect: senatus faciem secum attulerat P. R.: contra belli faciem, as if there were no war, S.: publici consilii facie, pretext, Ta.: urbis, S.: maris, V.: noctis, O.: arbos faciem simillima lauro, V. — A kind, sort, class: Quae scelerum facies? V.: laborum, V.: scelerum, V.: pugnae, Ta.
    * * *
    shape, face, look; presence, appearance; beauty; achievement

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  • 18 color

        color (old colōs, S., L.), ōris, m    [2 CAL-], color, hue, tint: nivis, O.: caeruleus, Cs.: Tyrios mirare, H.: flores mille colorum, O.: color in pomo est ater, O.: varios mentiri colores, V.: scuta lectissimis coloribus distinguunt, Ta.: colorem ducere, to acquire color, V.: Ducere purpureum colorem, O. — The natural color, complexion, tint, hue: qui color, vestitus? T.: formae dignitas coloris bonitate tuenda est: verus, T.: fucatus, H.: egregius: Num eius color pudoris signum indicat, T.: mutem colores? change color, H.: eius crebra coloris mutatio: In voltu color est sine sanguine, O.—Complexion, fine tint, beauty: nimium ne crede colori, V.: quo fugit Venus, heu, quove color? H. —Fig., external form, state, condition, position, outward show, appearance: civitatis: Omnis Aristippum decuit color, i. e. accommodated himself to every condition, H.: cornicula Furtivis nudata coloribus, stolen pomp, H.: caeli, aspect, Iu.—Of diction, character, fashion, cast, coloring, style: ornatur oratio quasi colore quodam: tragicus, H.: operum colores, H.: claris coloribus picta poësis. —Splendor, lustre, brilliancy: nullus argento color est Abdito, H.: amissos colores referre, H.— A pretext, plausibility: causae, Iu.
    * * *
    color; pigment; shade/tinge; complexion; outward appearance/show; excuse/pretext

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  • 19 color

    cŏlor (old form cŏlos, like arbos, clamos, honos, etc., Plaut. Mil. 4, 4, 43; Lucr. 6, 208; 6, 1073; Sall. C. 15, 5, acc. to Prob. II. pp. 1456 and 1467 P.; Plin. 13, 15, 30, § 98; 35, 11, 42, § 150), ōris, m. [root cal-, to cover; cf.: caligo, occulere, calyx], color, hue, tint.
    I.
    Lit.
    A.
    In gen.:

    varii rerum,

    Lucr. 2, 786:

    nequeunt sine luce Esse,

    id. 2, 795:

    aureus ignis,

    id. 6, 205:

    albus,

    id. 2, 823; cf.:

    color albus praecipue decorus deo est,

    Cic. Leg. 2, 18, 45:

    purpureus conchyli,

    Lucr. 6, 1073:

    Tyrios mirare,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 6, 18; Ov. M. 4, 165; 10, 261; cf. id. ib. 6, 65; Verg. G. 1, 452:

    colorem accipere,

    Plin. 11, 38, 91, § 225:

    bibere,

    id. 8, 48, 73, § 193:

    inducere picturae,

    id. 35, 10, 36, § 102:

    color caerulo albidior, viridior et pressior,

    Plin. Ep. 8, 20, 4:

    amethystinus,

    Suet. Ner. 32:

    color in pomo est, ubi permaturuit, ater,

    Ov. M. 4, 165; Plin. 30, 2, 6, § 16:

    bonus,

    Varr. R. R. 3, 7, 10:

    melior,

    Plin. 7, 6, 5, § 41: colores, oculos qui pascere possunt, [p. 371] Lucr. 2, 419:

    rebus nox abstulit atra colorem,

    Verg. A. 6, 272:

    quam cito purpureos deperdit terra colores,

    Tib. 1, 4, 30:

    nec varios discet mentiri lana colores,

    Verg. E. 4, 42:

    Iris, Mille trahens varios adverso sole colores,

    id. A. 4, 701.— Poet.:

    ducere, of grapes, etc.,

    to acquire color, become colored, Verg. E. 9, 49; Ov. M. 3, 485; cf. Sen. Ep. 71, 30.—
    2.
    Meton.
    a.
    Coloring stuff, dyestuff:

    regionis naturā minii et chrysocollae et aliorum colorum ferax,

    Flor. 4, 12, 60; Plin. 35, 6, 12, § 30 sq.—
    b.
    Flowers of varied colors:

    aspice quo submittat humus formosa colores,

    Prop. 1, 2, 9; Val. Fl. 6, 492.—
    B.
    Specif., the natural color of men, the complexion, tint, hue:

    qui color, nitor, vestitus,

    Ter. Eun. 2, 2, 11:

    formae autem dignitas coloris bonitate tuenda est, color exercitationibus corporis,

    Cic. Off. 1, 36, 130:

    venusti oculi, color suavis,

    id. Tusc. 5, 16, 46:

    verus (opp. to paint),

    Ter. Eun. 2, 3, 27 Don.; cf. Ov. A. A. 3, 164;

    and fucatus,

    Hor. Epod. 12, 10:

    senex colore mustellino,

    Ter. Eun. 4, 4, 22:

    niveus,

    Hor. C. 2, 4, 3:

    albus,

    fair, Ov. M. 2, 541:

    egregius,

    Cic. Fin. 2, 20, 64:

    verecundus,

    Hor. Epod. 17, 21; cf.:

    vide Num ejus color pudoris signum indicat,

    Ter. And. 5, 3, 7: colorem mutare, to change or lose color (on account of any excitement of the passions, from shame, fear, pain, etc.), to blush, etc., Hor. Ep. 1, 16, 38; cf. Cic. Clu. 19, 54:

    color excidit,

    Ov. M. 2, 602:

    perdere,

    id. ib. 3, 99:

    adeo perturbavit ea vox regem, ut non color, non voltus ei constaret,

    Liv. 39, 34, 7.—
    * b.
    Prov.:

    homo nullius coloris,

    an unknown man, Plaut. Ps. 4, 7, 99 (like the phrase: albus an ater sit; v. albus).—
    2.
    Sometimes for beautiful complexion, fine tint, beauty:

    o formose puer, nimium ne crede colori,

    Verg. E. 2, 17:

    quo fugit Venus, heu, quove color?

    Hor. C. 4, 13, 17; Ov. H. 3, 141.—
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    In gen., color, i.e. external form, state, condition, position, outward show, appearance (predominant in rhet.; v. 2.; elsewh. rare, and mostly poet.):

    amisimus omnem non modo sucum ac sanguinem, sed etiam colorem et speciem pristinam civitatis,

    Cic. Att. 4, 16, 10:

    vitae,

    Hor. S. 2, 1, 60; cf.: omnis Aristippum decuit color et status et res, every color became him, i. e. he accommodated himself to every condition, id. Ep. 1, 17, 23: novimus quosdam, qui multis apud philosophum annis persederint, et ne colorem quidem duxerint, have not acquired even the outward appearance, i.e. have imbibed or learned nothing, Sen. Ep. 108, 5; cf. Quint. 10, 1, 59: omnia eundem ducunt colorem;

    nec Persis Macedonum mores adumbrare nec Macedonibus Persas imitari indecorum,

    Curt. 10, 3, 14 Vogel ad loc. —
    2.
    A class, fashion, kind.
    a.
    In gen. (rare):

    hos maxime laudat.. egregium hoc quoque, sed secundae sortis ingenium... hic tertius color est,

    Sen. Ep. 52, 4:

    tertium illud genus... sed ne hic quidem contemnendus est color tertius,

    id. ib. 75, 15; cf.:

    in omni vitae colore,

    Stat. S. 2 prooem. init. —
    b.
    Esp., of diction, character, fashion, cast, coloring, style:

    ornatur igitur oratio genere primum et quasi colore quodam et suco suo,

    Cic. de Or 3, 25, 95; cf. id. ib. 3, 52, 199:

    non unus color prooemii, narrationis, argumentorum, etc.,

    Quint. 12, 10, 71:

    qui est, inquit, iste tandem urbanitatis color?

    Cic. Brut. 46, 171:

    color dicendi maculis conspergitur,

    Quint. 8, 5, 28; cf.:

    color totus orationis,

    id. 6, 3, 110:

    simplicis atque inaffectati gratia,

    id. 9, 4, 17:

    tragicus,

    Hor. A. P. 236:

    operum colores,

    id. ib. 86.—
    B.
    Pregn. (cf. supra, 1. B. 2.), a beautiful, brilliant quality or nature, splendor, lustre, brilliancy (freq. only in rhet. lang.):

    nullus argento color est avaris Abdito terris,

    Hor. C. 2, 2, 1.—
    2.
    Of diction.
    a.
    A high, lively coloring, embellishment:

    intelleges nihil illius (Catonis) lineamentis nisi eorum pigmentorum quae inventa nondum erant, florem et colorem defuisse,

    Cic. Brut. 87, 298; id. de Or. 3, 25, 100; id. Q. Fr. 2, 13 (15 a), 2.—
    b.
    In a bad sense, t. t., an artful concealment of a fault, a pretext, palliation, excuse, Quint. 4, 2, 88 Spald.; 6, 5, 5; 10, 1, 116; 11, 1, 81; 12, 1, 33; cf. Sen. Contr. 3, 21; 3, 25:

    res illo colore defenditur apud judicem, ut videatur ille non sanae mentis fuisse, etc.,

    Dig. 5, 2, 5: sub colore adipiscendae possessionis, Cod. Th. 3, 6, 3; Juv. 6, 280.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > color

  • 20 frons

    1.
    frons (also anciently fruns; plur. frundes, Enn. Ann. 266 Vahl.; cf. Charis. p. 105 P.—Also in nom. fros or frus, Varr. ib.; Enn. v in the foll.; cf. Prisc. p. 554 P.; and FRONDIS, acc. to Serv. Verg. G. 2, 372), dis, f. [etym. dub.], a leafy branch, green bough, foliage.
    I.
    Lit. (class.; in sing. and plur.; syn. folium).
    (α).
    Sing.: populea frus, Enn. ap. Aus. Technop. (Edyll. 5) 158 sq. (id. Ann. v. 562 Vahl.):

    ilignea, quernea,

    Cato, R. R. 37, 2:

    in nemoribus, ubi virgulta et frons multa,

    Varr. R. R. 2, 5, 11:

    bobus praestabit vilicus frondem,

    Col. 11, 3, 101: alta frons decidit, Varr. ap. Non. 486, 13:

    ne caules allii in frondem luxurient,

    Plin. 19, 6, 34, § 113:

    perenni frunde corona,

    Lucr. 1, 119:

    nigrae feraci frondis in Algido,

    Hor. C. 4, 4, 58:

    sine fronde,

    Ov. Tr. 3, 10, 75:

    immaturam destringere,

    Quint. 12, 6, 2.—
    (β).
    Plur.: russescunt frundes, Enn. ap. Charis. p. 105 P. (Ann. v. 266 Vahl.):

    deserta via et inculta atque interclusa jam frondibus et virgultis relinquatur,

    Cic. Cael. 18, 42:

    viminibus salices fecundi, frondibus ulmi,

    Verg. G. 2, 446:

    frondibus teneris non adhibendam esse falcem,

    Quint. 2, 4, 11:

    bovemque Disjunctum curas et strictis frondibus exples,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 14, 28; id. C. 3, 18, 14.—
    II.
    Poet. transf., a garland made of leafy boughs, a garland of leaves, leafy chaplet: donec Alterutrum velox victoria fronde coronet, Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 64; so in sing., id. C. 4, 2, 36; id. Ep. 2, 1, 110:

    nos delubra deum festa velamus fronde,

    Verg. A. 2, 249; 5, 661; Ov. M. 1, 449; 565; id. A. A. 1, 108.—In plur., Ov. F. 1, 711; 3, 482.
    2.
    frons, frontis, f. ( masc., Cato ap. Gell. 15, 9, 5; and ap. Fest. s. v. recto, p. 286, b, Müll.; Plaut. Mil. 2, 2, 46 Ritschl, N. cr.; id. ap. Non. 205, 4; Caecil. ap. Gell. 15, 9, 3; Vitr. 10, 17) [cf. Sanscr. brhū; Gr. ophrus; Germ. Braue; Engl. brow; v. Curt. Gr. Etym. p. 296], the forehead, brow, front (syn.: vultus, os, facies).
    I.
    Lit.:

    frons et aliis (animalibus), sed homini tantum tristitiae, hilaritatis, clementiae, severitatis index: in adsensu ejus supercilia homini et pariter et alterna mobilia,

    Plin. 11, 37, 51, § 138:

    tanta erat gravitas in oculo, tanta contractio frontis, ut illo supercilio res publica, tamquam Atlante caelum, niti videretur,

    Cic. Sest. 8, 19: frontem contrahere, to contract or knit the brows, id. Clu. 26, 72; Hor. S. 2, 2, 125;

    for which, adducere,

    Sen. Ben. 1, 1:

    attrahere,

    id. ib. 6, 7: remittere frontem, to smooth the brow, i. e. to cheer up, Plin. Ep. 2, 5, 5;

    for which: exporge frontem,

    Ter. Ad. 5, 3, 53; cf.:

    primum ego te porrectiore fronte volo mecum loqui,

    Plaut. Cas. 2, 4, 3:

    explicare,

    Hor. C. 3, 29, 16;

    solvere,

    Mart. 14, 183: ut frontem ferias, smitest thy forehead (as a sign of vexation), Cic. Att. 1, 1, 1; cf.:

    nulla perturbatio animi, nulla corporis, frons non percussa, non femur,

    id. Brut. 80, 278:

    femur, pectus, frontem caedere,

    Quint. 2, 12, 10:

    frontem sudario tergere,

    id. 6, 3, 60;

    for which: siccare frontem sudario,

    id. 11, 3, 148:

    capillos a fronte retroagere,

    id. ib. 160:

    mediam ferro gemina inter tempora frontem Dividit,

    Verg. A. 9, 750:

    quorundam capita per medium frontis et verticis mucrone distincta, in utrumque humerum pendebant,

    Amm. 31, 7, 14:

    insignem tenui fronte Lycorida (a small forehead was regarded as a beauty by the ancients),

    Hor. C. 1, 33, 5; cf. id. Ep. 1, 7, 26; Petr. 126; Mart. 4, 42, 9; Arn. 2, 72.—Of the forehead of animals:

    est bos cervi figura: cujus a media fronte, etc.,

    Caes. B. G. 6, 26, 1:

    tauri torva fronte,

    Plin. 8, 45, 70, § 181:

    equi,

    Ov. Tr. 5, 9, 30:

    ovis,

    id. F. 4, 102:

    cui (haedo) frons turgida cornibus Primis,

    Hor. C. 3, 13, 4:

    (vitulus) Fronte curvatos imitatus ignes lunae,

    id. ib. 4, 2, 57.—In plur., Lucr. 5, 1034. —
    2.
    The brow as a mirror of the feelings:

    non solum ex oratione, sed etiam ex vultu et oculis et fronte, ut aiunt, meum erga te amorem perspicere potuisses,

    Cic. Att. 14, 13, B, 1; cf. Q. Cic. Petit. Cons. 11, 44; and:

    homines fronte et oratione magis, quam ipso beneficio reque capiuntur,

    expression of countenance, id. ib. 12, 46:

    si verum tum, cum verissima fronte, dixerunt, nunc mentiuntur,

    Cic. Rab. Post. 12, 35:

    haec ipsa fero equidem fronte et vultu bellissime, sed angor intimis sensibus,

    id. Att. 5, 10, 3: frons, oculi, vultus persaepe mentiuntur;

    oratio vero saepissime,

    id. Q. F. 1, 1, 5, § 15; cf.:

    oculi, supercilia, frons, vultus denique totus, qui sermo quidam tacitus mentis est, hic in fraudem homines impulit,

    id. Pis. 1, 1; id. Fam. 1, 9, 17:

    fronte occultare sententiam,

    id. Lael. 18, 65:

    tranquilla et serena,

    id. Tusc. 3, 15, 31; cf.:

    reliquiae pristinae frontis,

    id. Fam. 9, 10, 2:

    laeta,

    Verg. A. 6, 862:

    sollicita,

    Hor. C. 3, 29, 16:

    tristis,

    Tib. 2, 3, 33:

    gravis,

    Plin. Pan. 41, 3:

    humana, lenis, placida,

    Sen. Ben. 2, 13:

    inverecunda,

    Quint. 2, 4, 16:

    proterva,

    Hor. C. 2, 5, 16:

    urbana (i. e. impudens),

    id. Ep. 1, 9, 11:

    impudens, proterva, Aug. Op. imperf. c. Jul. 6, 21: impudentissima,

    id. ib. 26; cf.:

    impudentia frontis,

    Hier. adv. Rufin. 1, 7:

    fronte inverecunda nummos captare,

    Val. Max. 8, 2, 2.—In plur.:

    si populo grata est tabella, quae frontes aperit hominum, mentes tegat,

    Cic. Planc. 6, 16.—
    3.
    Prov.:

    frons occipitio prior est,

    i. e. better work before the master's face than behind his back, Cato, R. R. 4; Plin. 18, 5, 6, § 31.—
    B.
    Transf
    1.
    The forepart of any thing, the front, façade, van (opp. tergum and latus):

    copias ante frontem castrorum struit,

    Caes. B. C. 3, 37, 1:

    aedium,

    Vitr. 3, 2:

    parietum,

    id. 2, 8:

    januae,

    Ov. F. 1, 135:

    scena,

    Verg. G. 3, 24:

    (navium),

    id. A. 5, 158:

    pontis,

    Hirt. B. G. 8, 9, 4:

    collis ex utraque parte lateris dejectus habebat, et in frontem leniter fastigatus, etc.,

    Caes. B. G. 2, 8; 7, 23: intervallum justum arborum quadrageni pedes in terga frontemque, in latera viceni, Plin. 17, 23, 35, § 202; cf. Quint. 1, 10, 43:

    octo cohortes in fronte constituit,

    Sall. C. 59, 2:

    quatuor legionum aquilae per frontem,

    Tac. H. 2, 89:

    una fronte contra hostem castra muniunt,

    only in front, Caes. B. C. 1, 80, 2 Herz.:

    aequa fronte ad pugnam procedebat,

    Liv. 36, 44, 1:

    nec tamen aequari frontes poterant, cum extenuando infirmam mediam aciem haberent,

    id. 5, 38, 2:

    recta fronte concurrere hosti (opp. in dextrum cornu),

    Curt. 4, 13 med.; cf.:

    directa fronte pugnandum est,

    Quint. 5, 13, 11:

    veritus ne simul in frontem simul et latera suorum pugnaretur,

    Tac. Agr. 35:

    transisse aestuaria pulchrum ac decorum in frontem (i. e. fronti),

    for the front, the van, id. ib. 33: dextra fronte prima legio incessit, on the right front, i. e. on the right wing, id. H. 2, 24 fin.:

    laeva,

    Claud. in Ruf. 2, 174; cf.:

    frons laevi cornu haec erat,

    Curt. 4, 13 fin. — Poet. transf., of clouds:

    ut non tam concurrere nubes Frontibus adversis possint quam de latere ire,

    Lucr. 6, 117;

    of a precipice: Fronte sub adversa scopulis pendentibus antrum,

    Verg. A. 1, 166.—Esp. freq.: a fronte, in front, before (opp. a tergo and a latere):

    a tergo, a fronte, a lateribus tenebitur, si in Galliam venerit,

    Cic. Phil. 3, 13, 32:

    a fronte atque ab utroque latere cratibus ac pluteis protegebat,

    Caes. B. C. 1, 25 fin.:

    totis fere a fronte et ab sinistra parte nudatis castris,

    id. B. G. 2, 23, 4. —
    2.
    The outer end of a book-roll or volume, Tib. 3, 1, 13; Ov. Tr. 1, 1, 11.—
    3. 4.
    In measuring land = latitudo, the breadth:

    mille pedes in fronte, trecentos cippus in agrum Hic dabat,

    Hor. S. 1, 8, 12; Inscr. Orell. 4558; 4560.—
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    The outside, exterior, external quality, appearance (cf. species and facies;

    mostly post-Aug.): Pompeius Scauro studet: sed utrum fronte an mente, dubitatur,

    Cic. Att. 4, 15, 7:

    plus habet in recessu, quam fronte promittat,

    Quint. 1, 4, 2; 11, 1, 61; cf.:

    frons causae non satis honesta,

    id. 4, 1, 42 Spald.:

    decipit Frons prima multos,

    the first appearance, Phaedr. 4, 2, 6; cf.:

    dura primā fronte quaestio,

    Quint. 7, 1, 56:

    ex prima statim fronte dijudicare imprudentium est,

    id. 12, 7, 8.—
    B.
    The character or feelings expressed by the brow.
    1.
    Poet. in partic., shame:

    exclamet perisse Frontem de rebus,

    Pers. 5, 104 (for which:

    clament periisse pudorem,

    Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 80).—
    2.
    Impudence, boldness (late Lat.; cf.

    os),

    Aug. Civ. D. 3, 30.

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