fans

for, fātus, 1, v. defect. (the forms in use are fatur, fantur, fabor, fabitur; part. perf. fatus; perf. fatus sum or eram; imper. fare, poet.; inf. fari; and parag. farier, Verg. A. 11, 242; gerund. fandi, fando; sup. fatu; part. praes. fans, fantis, fantem; for praes. faris, v. Diom. p. 375;

fantur,

Varr. L. L. 6, 7, § 52; Paul. Diac. p. 88, 11; imperf. subj. farer, August. Conf. 1, 8), n. and a. [Sanscr. bhā-mi, appear; bhās, shine; bhāsh, speak; Gr. pha-, phainô, and phêmi; Lat. fama, fas, fax, facies, favilla, etc.; cf.: facetus, focus, v. Curt. Gr. Etym. p. 297 sq.; Corss. Ausspr. 1, 420 sqq.], to speak, say (mostly poet.; cf.:

quaedam vetera etiam necessario interim sumuntur, ut fari,

Quint. 8, 3, 27; syn.: loquor, dico, perhibeo; inquam. aio).

In gen.

Neutr.: fatur is, qui primum homo significabilem ore mittit vocem. Ab eo ante quam id faciant, pueri dicuntur infantes;

cum id faciant, jam fari,

Varr. L. L. 6, § 52 Müll.; cf.:

filius Croesi, cum jam per aetatem fari posset, infans erat,

Gell. 5, 9, 1:

non enim eram infans, qui non farer,

Aug. Conf. 1, 8:

nescios fari pueros,

Hor. C. 4, 6, 18:

cum primum fari coepisset,

Suet. Aug. 94:

tum ad eos is deus, qui omnia genuit, fatur: haec vos, etc.,

Cic. Univ. 11; Val. Fl. 3, 616:

Venulus dicto parens ita farier infit,

Verg. A. 11, 242:

praetor qui tum fatus est, si, etc.,

Varr. L. L. 6, § 30 Müll.:

sic fatus validis ingentem viribus hastam contorsit,

Verg. A. 2, 50:

meum ingenium fans atque infans tu nondum edidicisti,

Plaut. Pers. 2, 1, 7:

coram data copia fandi,

Verg. A. 1, 520: fandi doctissima Cymodocea, id. ib. 10, 225:

quae mollissima fandi Tempora,

id. ib. 4, 293:

quid fando tua tela manusque Demoror?

Stat. Th. 1, 655:

his fando si nuntius exstitit oris,

Val. Fl. 4, 170.—Fando, for famā, rumore, report, hearsay:

neque fando umquam accepit quisquam, etc.,

by report, by hearsay, Plaut. Am. 2, 1, 41; cf.:

ne fando quidem auditum est, crocodilum aut ibim violatum ab Aegyptio,

Cic. N. D. 1, 29, 82; Verg. A. 2, 81; Ov. M. 15, 497, Sil. 10, 484:

haud mollia fatu,

Verg. A. 12, 25:

lapis fatu dignissimus,

Sol. 3: famino, dicito, Paul. ex Fest. p. 87, 10 (cf. praefor and fruor init.).—

With acc.:

(animus) dementit deliraque fatur,

Lucr. 3, 464:

qui sapere et fari possit, quae sentiat,

Hor. Ep. 1, 4, 9: fabitur hoc aliquis, Cic. Poët. ap. Gell. 15, 6, 3:

vix ea fatus eram,

Verg. A. 2, 323:

dehinc talia fatur,

id. ib. 1, 256:

cui talia fanti,

id. ib. 6, 46; cf.:

haec fantem,

Prop. 3, 7 (4, 6), 65:

quis talia fando temperet a lacrimis?

Verg. A. 2, 6.—

With interrog. clauses:

fare age, quid venias,

Verg. A. 6, 389; cf.:

sed te qui vivum casus, age fare vicissim Attulerint,

id. ib. 6, 531:

fare, an patriam spes ulla videndi,

Val. Fl. 5, 552.—

In partic.

To utter in prophecy, to foretell, predict: Venus quem fata docet fari, divinum pectus habere, Enn. ap. Prob. Verg. E. 6, 31 (Ann. v. 19 ed. Vahl.); cf.: fatis fandis, id. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 31, 66 (Trag. v. 80 ib.):

fabor enim, quando haec te cura remordet, Longius et volvens fatorum arcana movebo,

Verg. A. 1, 261. Cf. also in the foll.—

To sing in verse, to celebrate:

Tarpeium nemus et Tarpeiae turpe sepulcrum Fabor,

Prop. 4 (5), 4, 2.

signif.: Fasti dies sunt, in quibus jus fatur, Suet. ap. Prisc. p. 793 P.— Hence, fandus, a, um, P. a., that may be spoken or uttered, right (opp. to nefandus, wrong):

omnia fanda, nefanda malo permixta furore,

Cat. 64, 406:

respersae fando nefandoque sanguine arae, i. e. with blood both of sacrifice and of murder,

Liv. 10, 41, 3; cf.:

at sperate deos memores fandi atque nefandi,

Verg. A. 1, 543:

non fanda timemus,

Luc. 1, 634:

inexpleto non fanda piacula busto,

id. 2, 176.

ventĭlo, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [ventulus], to toss, swing, brandish in the air; to fan. [p. 1970]

Lit.

In gen.:

facem,

Prop. 4 (5), 3, 50:

arma,

Mart. 5, 31, 4:

aureos nummos manu,

App. M. 2, p. 126, 14.— Absol.:

quam stultum est, cum signum pugnae acceperis, ventilare!

Sen. Ep. 117, 25:

aliud est pugnare, aliud ventilare,

id. Excerpt. Contr. 3 praef. med.:

cubitum utrumque in diversum latus,

Quint. 11, 3, 118:

populeas ventilat aura comas,

fans, sways, agitates, Ov. Am. 1, 7, 54:

incendia (flatus),

i. e. to fan, inflame, kindle, Sil. 17, 507: frigus, fans coolness upon him, i. e. cools him with fanning, Mart. 3, 82, 10.— Absol.:

aestate apertis foribus atque etiam aliquo ventilante cubabat,

Suet. Aug. 82: ventilat aestivum digitis sudantibus aurum, i. e. tosses to and fro (as it were) in order to cool it, Juv. 1, 28:

alis,

Claud. in Eutr. 1, 109.—Mid.:

alio atque alio positu ventilari,

to move one's self, Sen. Tranq. 2, 10.—

In partic., econom. t. t., to toss grain into the air, in order to cleanse it from chaff, to winnow, Varr. R. R. 1, 55, 6; Col. 12, 30, 1; 1, 6, 16; Plin. 18, 30, 73, § 302; 18, 32, 75, § 322.—

Trop., to set in motion, to move, disturo, agitate, disquiet: cujus lingua quasi flabello seditionis illa tum est egentium contio ventilata, * Cic. Fl. 23, 54:

nomen alicujus pro tribunalibus,

i. e. to bring forward, App. Mag. p. 337, 30: vitam insontium Manibus accitis, Cod. Th. 9, 16, 5; Cod. Just. 9, 18, 6.

in-fans ( infas, Momms. Inscr. R. N. 66; 5376; Inscr. Grut. 688, 2), fantis ( gen. plur. infantium, but infantum, Plin. Ep. 9, 20, 14), adj. [in-for], that cannot speak, without speech, mute, speechless (class.):

seu rubra Canicula findet Infantes statuas,

Hor. S. 2, 5, 40:

filius Croesi,

Gell. 5, 9, 1:

scribit Herodotus, Croesi filium, cum infans esset, locutum,

Cic. Div. 1, 53, 121.—

Transf., not capable of speech, not eloquent:

infantes et insipientes homines,

Cic. Inv. 1, 3, 4.— Comp.: infantior, quam meus est mulio, Varr. ap. Non. 56, 11:

omnino nihil accusatore Lentulo subscriptoribusque ejus infantius,

Cic. Q. Fr. 3, 4 init. — Sup.:

ut timerem, si nihil dixissem, ne infantissimus existimarer,

incapable of speaking, Cic. Clu. 18, 51; cf.:

historia neque nimis infans, neque perfecte diserta,

id. Brut. 26, 101.—

Not yet able to speak, young, little, infant:

infantes pueri,

Cic. de Or. 2, 39, 162; cf. Varr. L. L. 6, § 64 Müll.:

infantium puerorum incunabula,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 53, 153:

pupilla,

id. Verr. 2, 1, 58, § 153:

filius,

id. Clu. 9, 27:

filia,

Suet. Ner. 35.—

Of the young of the brute creation: pulli,

Plin. 10, 33, 49, § 92:

catuli,

id. 29, 5, 32, § 100.— Of a plant, little:

boletus,

Plin. 22, 22, 46, § 93:

ova,

fresh, Ov. M. 4, 518.—

Esp. as subst.: infans, fantis, com. gen.

In gen., a young or little child, an infant, babe:

natura movet infantem,

Cic. Fin. 2, 11, 33:

non mulieribus, non infantibus pepercerunt,

Caes. B. G. 7, 28:

parvi,

Lucr. 1, 184:

in Sabinis incertus infans natus, masculus an femina esset,

Liv. 31, 12 med.:

rusticus,

Juv. 3, 176; 9, 60:

crassus,

id. 13, 163; 14, 168:

infantem suam reportavit,

Quint. 6, 1, 39:

infantumque animae flentes,

Verg. A. 6, 427:

semestris,

Liv. 21, 62:

ab infante,

from infancy, Col. 1, 8, 2; so,

ab infantibus (of more than one),

Cels. 7, 7, 15.—

Esp., of the unborn child:

infantem in utero matris Io triumphe clamasse,

Liv. 24, 10 fin. —

Of or belonging to an infant, infantine:

pectoraque absorbent avidis infantia linguis,

Ov. F. 6, 145:

infantia ossa,

id. M. 4, 517:

guttura,

id. ib. 4, 229:

tutus ut infanti vagiat ore puer,

id. F. 4, 208:

manus,

id. H. 9, 86:

umbrae,

of departed infants, id. ib. 11, 119.—

Childish, like a child. —Hence,

Silly:

illa Hortensiana omnia fuere infantia,

Cic. Att. 10, 18, 1.—

Speechless, not expressing itself in words:

pudor,

Hor. S. 1, 6, 57. —

For infandus, unutterable, unheard of (anteclass.): facinus, Att. ap. Non. 56, 12 (Trag. Fragm. v. 189 Rib.).

in-fans ( infas, Momms. Inscr. R. N. 66; 5376; Inscr. Grut. 688, 2), fantis ( gen. plur. infantium, but infantum, Plin. Ep. 9, 20, 14), adj. [in-for], that cannot speak, without speech, mute, speechless (class.):

seu rubra Canicula findet Infantes statuas,

Hor. S. 2, 5, 40:

filius Croesi,

Gell. 5, 9, 1:

scribit Herodotus, Croesi filium, cum infans esset, locutum,

Cic. Div. 1, 53, 121.—

Transf., not capable of speech, not eloquent:

infantes et insipientes homines,

Cic. Inv. 1, 3, 4.— Comp.: infantior, quam meus est mulio, Varr. ap. Non. 56, 11:

omnino nihil accusatore Lentulo subscriptoribusque ejus infantius,

Cic. Q. Fr. 3, 4 init. — Sup.:

ut timerem, si nihil dixissem, ne infantissimus existimarer,

incapable of speaking, Cic. Clu. 18, 51; cf.:

historia neque nimis infans, neque perfecte diserta,

id. Brut. 26, 101.—

Not yet able to speak, young, little, infant:

infantes pueri,

Cic. de Or. 2, 39, 162; cf. Varr. L. L. 6, § 64 Müll.:

infantium puerorum incunabula,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 53, 153:

pupilla,

id. Verr. 2, 1, 58, § 153:

filius,

id. Clu. 9, 27:

filia,

Suet. Ner. 35.—

Of the young of the brute creation: pulli,

Plin. 10, 33, 49, § 92:

catuli,

id. 29, 5, 32, § 100.— Of a plant, little:

boletus,

Plin. 22, 22, 46, § 93:

ova,

fresh, Ov. M. 4, 518.—

Esp. as subst.: infans, fantis, com. gen.

In gen., a young or little child, an infant, babe:

natura movet infantem,

Cic. Fin. 2, 11, 33:

non mulieribus, non infantibus pepercerunt,

Caes. B. G. 7, 28:

parvi,

Lucr. 1, 184:

in Sabinis incertus infans natus, masculus an femina esset,

Liv. 31, 12 med.:

rusticus,

Juv. 3, 176; 9, 60:

crassus,

id. 13, 163; 14, 168:

infantem suam reportavit,

Quint. 6, 1, 39:

infantumque animae flentes,

Verg. A. 6, 427:

semestris,

Liv. 21, 62:

ab infante,

from infancy, Col. 1, 8, 2; so,

ab infantibus (of more than one),

Cels. 7, 7, 15.—

Esp., of the unborn child:

infantem in utero matris Io triumphe clamasse,

Liv. 24, 10 fin. —

Of or belonging to an infant, infantine:

pectoraque absorbent avidis infantia linguis,

Ov. F. 6, 145:

infantia ossa,

id. M. 4, 517:

guttura,

id. ib. 4, 229:

tutus ut infanti vagiat ore puer,

id. F. 4, 208:

manus,

id. H. 9, 86:

umbrae,

of departed infants, id. ib. 11, 119.—

Childish, like a child. —Hence,

Silly:

illa Hortensiana omnia fuere infantia,

Cic. Att. 10, 18, 1.—

Speechless, not expressing itself in words:

pudor,

Hor. S. 1, 6, 57. —

For infandus, unutterable, unheard of (anteclass.): facinus, Att. ap. Non. 56, 12 (Trag. Fragm. v. 189 Rib.).