fēlīcĭtas

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fēlīcĭtas, ātis, f. [1. felix].

(Acc. to felix, I.) Fruitfulness, fertility (post-Aug. and rare):

felicitas major Babyloniae Seleuciae,

Plin. 18, 18, 47, § 170:

terrae,

Plin. Ep. 3, 19, 6.—

(Acc. to felix, II.) Happiness, felicity (the predom. signif. of the word; syn.: fortuna, fors, sors, fatum): neque enim quicquam aliud est felicitas, nisi honestarum rerum prosperitas, Cic. Fragm. ap. Amm. 21, 16:

fuit felix, si potest ulla in scelere esse felicitas,

id. Phil. 2, 24, 59; id. Brut. 96, 329:

alii fortuna felicitatem dedit, huic industria virtutem comparavit,

Auct. Her. 4, 20, 27:

reliquum est, ut de felicitate pauca dicamus,

good-fortune, luckiness, Cic. de Imp. Pomp. 16, 47; cf.:

ego sic existimo in summo imperatore quatuor has res inesse oportere, scientiam rei militaris, virtutem, auctoritatem, felicitatem,

id. ib. 10, 28:

felicitas in re,

id. Font. 15, 32; cf.:

felicitatem Helvetiorum bello esse perspectam,

Caes. B. G. 1, 40, 13:

ut paulum ad summam felicitatem defuisse videretur,

id. ib. 6, 43 fin.:

quo simul atque intus est itum, incredibili felicitate Auster in Africum se vertit,

id. B. C. 3, 26 fin.:

haec (mala) omnia subterfugere, non modo sapientiae, sed etiam felicitatis esse,

Cic. Lael. 10, 35:

quasi non et felicitas rerum gestarum exercitus benevolentiam imperatoribus, et res adversae odia concilient,

Caes. B. C. 2, 31, 3.—In plur.:

bonae felicitates,

Ter. Eun. 2, 3, 32:

ea vis ipsa, quae saepe incredibiles huic urbi felicitates atque opes attulit,

Cic. Mil. 31, 84.—

Fēlīcĭtas, personified as a deity, Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 2, § 4; Aug. Civ. D. 4, 18, 23; Suet. Tib. 5.

Fēlīcĭtas Julia, i. q. Olisipo, now Lisbon, Plin. 4, 22, 35, § 117.

fēlīcĭtas, ātis, f. [1. felix].

(Acc. to felix, I.) Fruitfulness, fertility (post-Aug. and rare):

felicitas major Babyloniae Seleuciae,

Plin. 18, 18, 47, § 170:

terrae,

Plin. Ep. 3, 19, 6.—

(Acc. to felix, II.) Happiness, felicity (the predom. signif. of the word; syn.: fortuna, fors, sors, fatum): neque enim quicquam aliud est felicitas, nisi honestarum rerum prosperitas, Cic. Fragm. ap. Amm. 21, 16:

fuit felix, si potest ulla in scelere esse felicitas,

id. Phil. 2, 24, 59; id. Brut. 96, 329:

alii fortuna felicitatem dedit, huic industria virtutem comparavit,

Auct. Her. 4, 20, 27:

reliquum est, ut de felicitate pauca dicamus,

good-fortune, luckiness, Cic. de Imp. Pomp. 16, 47; cf.:

ego sic existimo in summo imperatore quatuor has res inesse oportere, scientiam rei militaris, virtutem, auctoritatem, felicitatem,

id. ib. 10, 28:

felicitas in re,

id. Font. 15, 32; cf.:

felicitatem Helvetiorum bello esse perspectam,

Caes. B. G. 1, 40, 13:

ut paulum ad summam felicitatem defuisse videretur,

id. ib. 6, 43 fin.:

quo simul atque intus est itum, incredibili felicitate Auster in Africum se vertit,

id. B. C. 3, 26 fin.:

haec (mala) omnia subterfugere, non modo sapientiae, sed etiam felicitatis esse,

Cic. Lael. 10, 35:

quasi non et felicitas rerum gestarum exercitus benevolentiam imperatoribus, et res adversae odia concilient,

Caes. B. C. 2, 31, 3.—In plur.:

bonae felicitates,

Ter. Eun. 2, 3, 32:

ea vis ipsa, quae saepe incredibiles huic urbi felicitates atque opes attulit,

Cic. Mil. 31, 84.—

Fēlīcĭtas, personified as a deity, Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 2, § 4; Aug. Civ. D. 4, 18, 23; Suet. Tib. 5.

Fēlīcĭtas Julia, i. q. Olisipo, now Lisbon, Plin. 4, 22, 35, § 117.

• Here dwells happiness

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admissĭo, ōnis, f. [id.].

An admitting of the male to the female, Varr. R. R. 2, 1, 18.—

Admission to a prince, an audience (post-Aug.):

quibus admissionis liberae jus dedissent,

Plin. 33, 3, 12, § 41:

admissionum tuarum felicitas,

Plin. Pan. 47:

primae et secundae admissiones,

Sen. Ben. 6, 33; cf. Lipsius ad Tac. A. 6, 9. (Special officers of reception were appointed, whose charge was called officium admissionis, the office of chamberlain, Suet. Vesp. 14;

and the superintendent of them was called maagister admissionum,

chief marshal, lord chamberlain, Amm. 15, 5.)—

The entrance upon an inheritance, Cod. 6, 15, 5.

bractĕātus, a, um, adj. [id.], covered with gold-plate, gilt (post-Aug. for the class. aureus):

sellae,

Sid. Ep. 8, 8:

lacunar,

id. ib. 2, 10.—

In gen., glistening like gold:

leo,

i.e. with a yellow mane, Sen. Ep. 41, 6:

comae,

Mart. Cap. 1, § 75.—

Trop. (cf. aureus, II.).

Splendid, golden:

O mentis aureae dictum bracteatum!

Aus. Grat. Act. ad Gratian. 8.—

Shining only externally, gilded, delusive:

felicitas,

Sen. Ep. 115, 9.

castro, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [Sanscr. çastra, knife, sword].

To deprive of generative power (both of male and female), to emasculate, castrate, geld:

hircum,

Plaut. Merc. 2, 2, 1 and 4:

agnum,

Varr. R. R. 2, 2, 18:

gallos,

id. ib. 3, 9, 3; Curt. 6, 3, 12; Val. Max. 6, 1, 13; Suet. Dom. 7:

sues,

Plin. 8, 51, 77, § 208; 10, 21, 25, § 50; 11, 51, 112, § 261 al.—

Transf. to plants, to prune, lop, trim, Cato, R. R. 33, 2; Plin. 17, 20, 33, § 144; 24, 8, 33, § 49.—

Trop.: vina saccis, to pass through a sack or bag, to filter, Plin. 19, 4, 19, § 53; cf. id. 14, 22, 28, § 138 sq.:

siligo castrata,

i. e. cleaned, id. 18, 9, 20, § 86:

semen,

id. 15, 14, 15, § 51.—

In gen., to shorten, cut off, curtail:

caudas catulorum,

Col. 7, 12, 14; cf. Plin. 8, 41, 63, § 153:

alvos apum,

to take up, to take out the honey, Col. 9, 15, 4; 9, 15, 11; cf.:

castrare alvearia,

Pall. 7, 7.—

Trop., to enervate, debilitate: castrata res publica morte Africani, weakened (a vulgar figure, acc. to Cic. de Or. 3, 41, 164; Quint. 8, 6, 15):

nisi illum (Maecenatem) enervasset felicitas, immo castrasset,

Sen. Ep. 19, 9:

libellos,

to remove obscenity, to expurgate, Mart. 1, 35, 14:

vires,

to diminish, Plin. 11, 18, 19, § 60:

avaritiam,

to check, restrain, Claud. Eutr. 1, 192.

crusta, ae, f. [cf. crudus], the hard surface of a body, the rind, shell, crust, bark, etc.

In gen.:

luti,

Lucr. 6, 626; cf.

soli,

Dig. 39, 2, 9:

panis,

Plin. 19, 8, 53, § 168:

glandis,

id. 15, 28, 34, § 112:

piscium,

id. 9, 28, 44, § 83:

locustarum,

id. 9, 30, 50, § 95:

ulcerum,

the scab, Cels. 5, 9; cf. id. 5, 10: fluminis, a covering or crust of ice, Verg. G. 3, 360 et saep.—

In partic., t. t. of plastic art, inlaid, chased, or embossed work on walls or vessels, plasterwork, stucco-work, mosaic work:

parietis,

Plin. 35, 12, 45, § 154; cf. id. 36, 6, 7, § 48:

quae (vasa) probarant, eis crustae aut emblemata detrahebantur,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 23, § 52; Plin. 36, 6, 6, § 47; 36, 6, 7, § 48:

capaces Heliadum crustae,

Juv. 5, 38; Dig. 34, 2, 32, § 1.—

Trop.: non est ista solida et sincera felicitas; crusta est et quidem tenuis, plaster- or outside-work, Sen. Prov. 6, 3; cf. tectorium.

cūrĭōsus, a, um, adj. [cura].

(Acc. to cura, I.) Bestowing care or pains upon a thing, applying one's self assiduously, careful, diligent, thoughtful, devoted (class.; esp. freq. in Cic.).

In gen.

With in or ad:

in omni historiā curiosus,

Cic. Tusc. 1, 45, 108:

si me nihilo minus nosti curiosum in re publicā quam te,

id. Att. 5, 14, 3:

ad investigandum curiosior,

id. Fam. 4, 13, 5.—

With gen. (post-Aug.):

medicinae,

Plin. 25, 2, 3, § 7:

memoriae,

Aur. Vict. Caes. 20 fin.:

curiosissimus famae suae,

Capitol. Anton. Philos. 20.—

With circa:

circa uxoris pudicitiam minus curiosus fuit,

Capitol. Pert. 13, 8.—

Absol.:

non quidem doctus, sed curiosus,

Petr. 46, 6; so,

pictor,

id. 29, 4:

felicitas Horatii,

id. 118, 5:

manus,

id. 13, 1:

consilia,

Quint. 7, 5, 2:

interpolatione,

Plin. 13, 12, 23, § 75 al. —

With the access. idea of excess, too eager:

est etiam supervacua (ut sic dixerim) operositas, ut a diligenti curiosus et a religione superstitio distat,

Quint. 8, 3, 55.—

In partic., inquiring eagerly or anxiously about a thing, inquiring into, in a good or bad sense; curious, inquisitive.

In gen.:

ne curiosissimi quidem homines exquirendo audire tam multa possunt, quam, etc.,

Cic. N. D. 1, 35, 97; id. Fam. 3, 1, 1; Varr. R. R. 2, 3, 5; Quint. 1, 8, 21; 11, 3, 143; * Hor. Epod. 17, 77 al.:

curiosis oculis perspici non possit,

Cic. Sest. 9, 22.—

Implying censure ( = polupragmôn), meddlesome, officious, curious, prying, inquisitive:

primum patere me esse curiosum,

Cic. Fl. 29, 70; id. Fin. 2, 9, 28 Madv.; 1, 1, 3; id. Att. 15, 26, 5; cf.:

quare ut homini curioso ita perscribe ad me,

id. ib. 4, 11, 2:

curiosum aliquem extimescere,

Petr. 127:

Quae (basia) nec pernumerare curiosi Possint,

Cat. 7, 11 Ellis ad loc.—

Post-Aug., subst.: cūrĭōsus, i, m., of one who is prying, a spy, scout:

curiosum ac speculatorem ratus,

Suet. Aug. 27.—Later, a class of secret spies, secret police, an informer, etc.; cf. Cod. Just. 12, tit. 23: De Curiosis et Stationariis al.—

(Acc. to cura, II.) Lit., that injures himself by care; hence, transf., emaciated, wasted, lean:

belua,

Plaut. Aul. 3, 6, 26 (v. the passage in connection); cf.: nempe ille vivit carie curiosior, Afran. ap. Non. p. 21, 28 (Com. Rel. v. 250 Rib.).— Adv.: cūrĭŏsē.

(Acc. to I. A.) With care, carefully:

involvendus vestimentis,

Cels. 2, 17; cf. Petr. 63, 6; Col. 12, 55, 2:

cavere,

Suet. Aug. 40 al. — Comp., Vitr. 7, 4.— Sup., Col. 11, 2, 18.—

Too nicely, carefully, or particularly:

curiose potius quam Latine loqui,

Quint. 8, 1, 2.—

(Acc. to I. B. 2.) Inquisitively, curiously:

inquirerem,

Suet. Vesp. 1.— Comp.:

curiosius conquiram,

Cic. Brut. 35, 133:

facere aliquid,

id. N. D. 1, 5, 10:

animadvertunt ea, quae domi fiunt (pueri),

id. Fin. 5, 15, 42.

ē-nervo, āvi, ātum, 1 (scanned ĕnervans and ĕnervātum in Prud. Cath. 8, 64; contra Symm. 2, 143), v. a. [enervis], to take out the nerves or sinews.

Prop. (rare and post-class.):

poplites securi,

App. M. 8, p. 215:

cerebella,

Apic. 4, 2; 7, 7:

enervatus Melampus,

i. e. unmanned, Claud. in Eutr. 1, 315.—

Transf., in gen., to enervate, weaken, render effeminate (class.; esp. freq. in the part. perf.):

non plane me enervavit senectus,

Cic. de Sen. 10, 32:

corpora animosque,

Liv. 23, 18:

artus undis,

Ov. M. 4, 286:

vires,

Hor. Epod. 8, 2:

animos (citharae),

Ov. R. Am. 753:

orationem compositione verborum,

Cic. Or. 68 fin.; cf.:

corpus orationis,

Petr. S. 2, 2:

incendium belli (with contundere),

Cic. Rep. 1, 1.—Hence, ēnervātus, a, um, P. a., unnerved, weakened, effeminate, weakly, unmanly:

enervati atque exsangues,

Cic. Sest. 10, 24; cf. id. Att. 2, 14; id. Pis. 33 fin.; 35, 12:

philosophus (with mollis and languidus),

id. de Or. 1, 52 fin. — Transf. of inanimate subjects:

ratio et oratio (with mollis),

id. Tusc. 4, 17, 38; cf.:

muliebrisque sententia,

id. ib. 2, 6:

vita (with ignava),

Gell. 19, 12 fin.:

felicitas,

Sen. Prov. 4 med.

ē-nervo, āvi, ātum, 1 (scanned ĕnervans and ĕnervātum in Prud. Cath. 8, 64; contra Symm. 2, 143), v. a. [enervis], to take out the nerves or sinews.

Prop. (rare and post-class.):

poplites securi,

App. M. 8, p. 215:

cerebella,

Apic. 4, 2; 7, 7:

enervatus Melampus,

i. e. unmanned, Claud. in Eutr. 1, 315.—

Transf., in gen., to enervate, weaken, render effeminate (class.; esp. freq. in the part. perf.):

non plane me enervavit senectus,

Cic. de Sen. 10, 32:

corpora animosque,

Liv. 23, 18:

artus undis,

Ov. M. 4, 286:

vires,

Hor. Epod. 8, 2:

animos (citharae),

Ov. R. Am. 753:

orationem compositione verborum,

Cic. Or. 68 fin.; cf.:

corpus orationis,

Petr. S. 2, 2:

incendium belli (with contundere),

Cic. Rep. 1, 1.—Hence, ēnervātus, a, um, P. a., unnerved, weakened, effeminate, weakly, unmanly:

enervati atque exsangues,

Cic. Sest. 10, 24; cf. id. Att. 2, 14; id. Pis. 33 fin.; 35, 12:

philosophus (with mollis and languidus),

id. de Or. 1, 52 fin. — Transf. of inanimate subjects:

ratio et oratio (with mollis),

id. Tusc. 4, 17, 38; cf.:

muliebrisque sententia,

id. ib. 2, 6:

vita (with ignava),

Gell. 19, 12 fin.:

felicitas,

Sen. Prov. 4 med.