fastīgĭum

fastīgĭum, ii, n. [cf. Sanscr. bhrshtīs, corner, rim; Gr. a-phlaston, aplustria, the ornamented stern of a ship; O. H. Germ. brort, the prow], the top of a gable, a gable end, pediment (syn.: cacumen, culmen, vertex, apex).

Prop.:

Capitolii fastigium illud et ceterarum aedium non venustas, sed necessitas ipsa fabricata est... utilitatem templi fastigii dignitas consecuta est,

Cic. de Or. 3, 46, 180; cf.:

fastigia aliquot templorum a culminibus abrupta,

Liv. 40, 2, 3:

evado ad summi fastigia culminis,

Verg. A. 2, 458; Cic. Q. Fr. 3, 1, 4, § 14.—Hence, meton., the roof of a house, Verg. A. 8, 491; 9, 568; Val. Fl. 2, 235:

habere pulvinar, simulacrum, fastigium, flaminem,

id. Phil. 2, 43, 110; cf.

of the same: omnes unum in principem congesti honores: circa templa imagines... suggestus in curia, fastigium in domo, mensis in caelo,

Flor. 4, 2 fin.:

Romae signa eorum sunt in Palatina aede Apollinis in fastigio,

Plin. 36, 5, 4, § 13; cf. id. 35, 12, 43, § 152; Vitr. 3, 2.— Transf.:

operi tamquam fastigium imponere,

Cic. Off. 3, 7, 33.—

Transf.

The extreme part, extremity of a thing, whether above or below.

Top, height, summit:

colles... pari altitudinis fastigio oppidum cingebant,

Caes. B. G. 7, 69, 4:

opus nondum aquae fastigium aequabat,

Curt. 4, 2, 19:

summi operis,

id. 4, 2, 8:

jamque agger aequaverat summae fastigia terrae,

id. 8, 10, 31:

aquatilium ova rotunda, reliqua fere fastigio acuminata,

Plin. 10, 52, 74, § 145:

gracilitas (arundinis) nodis distincta leni fastigio tenuatur in cacumina,

id. 16, 36, 64, § 158; cf.:

cornua in leve fastigium exacuta,

id. 11, 37, 45, § 124; 16, 33, 60, § 141; Vulg. 2 Reg. 18, 24.—In plur., Lucr. 4, 827:

muri,

Val. Fl. 2, 553:

fontis fastigium,

i. e. the height on which the fountain sprang up, Hirt. B. G. 8, 41, 5.—

The lower part, depth: forsitan et scrobibus quae sint fastigia, quaeres, [p. 728] what should be the depth of the trenches, Verg. G. 2, 288.—

(From the sloping form of the gable.) A slope, declivity, descent:

ab oppido declivis locus tenui fastigio vergebat,

Caes. B. C. 1, 45, 5:

jugum paulo leniore fastigio,

id. ib. 2, 24, 3:

iniquum loci ad declivitatem fastigium,

id. B. G. 7, 85, 4:

rupes leniore submissa fastigio,

Curt. 6, 6, 11:

capreoli molli fastigio,

Caes. B. C. 2, 10, 3; 2, 24, 3:

musculi,

id. ib. 2, 11, 1:

scrobes paulatim angustiore ad infimum fastigio,

i. e. gradually narrowing from top to bottom, id. B. G. 7, 73, 5; cf.:

si (fossa) fastigium habet, ut (aqua) exeat e fundo,

Varr. R. R. 1, 14, 2.—

In the later grammarians, an accent placed over a word, Mart. Cap. 3, § 264; § 268 al.; Diom. p. 428 P.

Trop.

The highest part, summit, the highest degree, most exalted rank or dignity (perh. only since the Aug. per.):

quicquid numinum hanc Romani imperii molem in amplissimum terrarum orbis fastigium extulit,

Vell. 2, 131, 1; cf.:

sic fit, ut dei summum inter homines fastigium servent,

Plin. Pan. 52, 2:

et quoad usque ad memoriam nostram tribuniciis consularibusque certatum viribus est, dictaturae semper altius fastigium fuit,

Liv. 6, 38 fin.; cf.:

in consulare fastigium vehi,

Vell. 2, 69, 1:

ad regium fastigium evehere aliquem,

Val. Max. 1, 6, 1:

alii cives ejusdem fastigii,

Liv. 3, 35, 9:

stare in fastigio eloquentiae,

Quint. 12, 1, 20:

rhetoricen in tam sublime fastigium sine arte venisse,

id. 2, 17, 3:

et poësis ab Homero et Vergilio tantum fastigium accepit, et eloquentia a Demosthene,

id. 12, 11, 26; cf.:

magice in tantum fastigii adolevit, ut, etc.,

grew into such esteem, Plin. 30, 1, 1, § 2.—

In gen., dignity, rank, condition:

(M. Laetorio) curatio altior fastigio suo data est,

Liv. 2, 27, 6; cf.:

ampliora etiam humano fastigio decerni sibi passus est,

Suet. Caes. 76:

tamquam mortale fastigium egressus,

Tac. A. 15, 74:

animus super humanum fastigium elatus,

Curt. 9, 10 med.:

quales ex humili magna ad fastigia rerum extollit Fortuna,

Juv. 3, 39.—

A leading or chief point, head in a discourse; a principal sort or kind (rare):

summa sequar fastigia rerum,

Verg. A. 1, 342:

e quibus tribus fastigiis (agrorum) simplicibus,

sorts, kinds, Varr. R. R. 1, 6, 2:

propter haec tria fastigia formae discrimina quaedam fiunt sationum,

id. ib. 1, 5:

haec atque hujuscemodi tria fastigia agri, etc.,

id. ib. 1, 6, 6; cf.

also: quo fastigio sit fundus,

id. ib. 1, 20 fin. (and v. Lachm. ad Lucr. p. 223):

laudem relego fastigia summa,

Prisc. Laud. Anast. 148.

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ē-vĕho, xi, ctum, 3, v. a., to carry out or forth, to convey out, lead forth (rare but class.).

Lit.:

omnia (signa) ex fanis, ex locis publicis palam plaustris evecta exportataque esse,

Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 20:

aquas ex planis locis,

Liv. 1, 38 fin.; cf. Plin. 2, 103, 106, § 224:

stercus (with exportare),

Cato R. R. 5, 8:

merces (opp. inveho),

Varr. R. R. 1, 16, 6; Dig. 10, 4, 5 et saep.:

incaute se evehentes Masinissa excipiebat,

throwing themselves out, rushing out, Liv. 29, 34:

naves in altum,

id. 25, 27.—In an upward direction; palmaque nobilis Terrarum dominos evehit ad deos, raises aloft, elevates, * Hor. C. 1, 1, 6; cf.:

aliquem ad aethera,

Verg. A. 6, 130:

ad auras,

Ov. M. 14, 127:

in caelum,

Juv. 1, 38.—

Reflex., to ride out or forth, to move out, move forth, proceed, advance, go, spread:

evectus effreno equo,

springing forwards, Liv. 4, 33: cf.

longius,

Tac. A. 12, 14:

de nocte,

Suet. Aug. 97 fin.:

evecti Aegeo mari Delum trajecerunt,

Liv. 44, 28 fin.; cf. id. 28, 30:

ad portum,

id. 37, 15 fin.:

in altum,

id. 21, 50:

ratibus ad regem,

Just. 2, 6 et saep.:

in ancoras evehi,

to run foul of the anchors, Liv. 22, 19.— With the acc. of the place:

evectus os amnis,

Curt. 9, 9 fin. —

To carry up, to convey upwards:

ut in collem Esquiliarium eveheretur,

Liv. 1, 48.—

Trop.

To carry forth, take out, spread abroad:

ut semel e Piraeeo eloquentia evecta est, omnes peragravit insulas,

went forth, Cic. Brut. 13, 51; cf.:

fama ejus evecta insulas,

Tac. A. 12, 36:

spe vana evectus,

carried forwards, Liv. 42, 62; cf.

inconsultius,

id. 35, 31;

and, longius,

Quint. 9, 3, 87:

magicae vanitates in tantum evectae, ut, etc.,

Plin. 26, 4, 9, § 18:

evectus sum longius,

I have made too long a digression, Amm. 15, 12, 6.—

In an upward direction, to raise or lift up, to elevate:

quem usque in tertium consulatum amicitia Principis evexerat,

Vell. 2, 90; cf.:

aliquos ad consulatus,

Tac. Or. 13; and:

imperium ad summum fastigium,

Curt. 4, 14, 20; cf.:

ad magnum culmen,

Amm. 16, 6.—In the part. perf., advanced, promoted:

consiliarii in summum evecti fastigium,

Vell. 2, 56, 3; cf. id. 2, 53, 3:

privatum supra modum evectae opes,

increased, Tac. A. 14, 52.— With dat.:

aliquem evehere summis honoribus,

Spart. Hadr. 15.

ex-cēdo, cessi, cessum, 3 ( subj. perf. sync. excessis, Ter. And. 4, 4, 21), v. n. and a.

Neut., to go out, go forth or away, to depart, retire, withdraw (freq. and class.; cf.: discedo, deficio, destituo, desero, linquo, relinquo).

Lit.

In gen., with ex and abl., with abl. alone, or absol.:

ex istoc loco,

Plaut. Aul. 1, 1, 18:

e medio,

Ter. Hec. 4, 3, 14:

ex civitate,

Caes. B. G. 6, 8, 8:

ex Italia,

Cic. Phil. 12, 6, 14:

e templo,

Liv. 29, 19;

for which, templo,

id. 39, 5:

ex finibus,

Caes. B. G. 7, 33, 2;

for which, finibus,

id. ib. 4, 18 fin.; 7, 77, 14; Liv. 30, 42; 41, 19 al.: ex illa circumscriptione, [p. 675] Cic. Phil. 8, 8:

ex itinere,

Caes. B. C. 1, 79 fin.; cf.:

ex via,

id. B. G. 5, 19, 1;

for which, viā,

Liv. 24, 20:

ex pugna, ex proelio,

Caes. B. G. 3, 4, 3; 4, 33, 2;

for which, more freq., pugnā,

id. B. G. 5, 36, 3; id. B. C. 2, 7, 1; Liv. 44, 42; Verg. A. 9, 789 al.;

and, proelio,

Caes. B. G. 2, 25, 1; 3, 4, 3; 4, 12 fin.; 7, 80, 3; cf.

acio,

id. B. C. 2, 41, 7; 3, 94, 5; Liv. 31, 17:

loco,

Caes. B. C. 1, 44, 2; 3, 45, 4; Liv. 36, 10, 15; so,

locis,

id. 38, 27, 9; 27, 1, 5;

and bello,

Sall. C. 9, 4:

domo,

Caes. B. G. 4, 14 fin.:

oppido,

id. ib. 7, 78, 1; cf.

urbe,

Liv. 26, 24; 30, 7; 31, 17 et saep.:

Arimino,

Caes. B. C. 1, 10, 3; 1, 11, 1:

Galliā,

id. B. G. 7, 66, 4:

provinciis,

id. B. C. 1, 85 fin.:

patriā,

Verg. A. 1, 357:

sceleratā terrā,

id. ib. 3, 60 et saep.—With de (very rare):

de utero matris,

i. e. to be born, Dig. 1, 5, 15.— Absol.:

abiit, excessit, evasit, erupit,

Cic. Cat. 2, 1:

excedere deos, simul ingens motus excedentium,

Tac. H. 5, 13:

primi omnium Macedones metu excesserant,

Liv. 42, 67 fin. —Designating the terminus:

cave quoquam ex istoc excessis loco,

Ter. And. 4, 4, 21:

agro hostium in Boeotiam,

Liv. 31, 26 fin.:

ex his tenebris in lucem illam,

Cic. Tusc. 1, 30 fin.; cf.:

ad deos,

Vell. 1. 2:

invictum fore donec excederet ad deos,

Curt. 4, 7, § 27:

in exsilium,

Dig. 48, 19, 4;

in which sense also simply excedere,

ib. 48, 22, 7, § 17.—

In partic.

To go beyond, overstep, rise above, overtop a certain boundary.—Of personal subjects very rarely:

alter in Pontum, alter usque Aegyptum excessit,

Just. 1, 1, 6.—More freq. of inanimate subjects:

ut nulla (pars) excederet extra,

Cic. Univ. 5; Cels. 8, 9 fin.; cf.

with eminere,

id. 8, 25 fin.:

montes et excedentia in nubes juga,

Plin. 27, 1, 1, § 3.—

To depart from life, to decease, to die (cf. decedo):

sic ille cum undequadraginta annos regnavisset, excessit e vita,

Cic. Rep. 2, 14 fin.; so,

e vita,

id. Fin. 3, 18, 60; id. Brut. 20 fin.; id. Lael. 3 fin.; id. Off. 1, 43, 153:

vitā,

id. Tusc. 1, 13, 29; id. Brut. 75, 262; id. N. D. 3, 16, 41; Val. Max. 2, 6, 8; 5, 5, 3; Curt. 3, 1, 21; 9, 6, 6; Tac. H. 4, 75:

e medio,

Ter. Phorm. 5, 7, 74 Ruhnk.; and simply excedere (postAug.;

but v. decedo excessus, I.),

Plin. 7, 13, 11, § 58; Tac. A. 1, 5 fin.; 1, 33; Suet. Aug. 5; id. Claud. 45; id. Vesp. 2; id. Tit. 11; Val. Fl. 1, 826; Curt. 10, 5, 2; Sen. Ep. 77, 10.—

Trop.

In gen. (very rarely):

cum animus Eudemi e corpore excesserit,

Cic. Div. 1, 25, 53; id. Tusc. 1, 11, 24; 1, 32, 78; id. Lael. 4, 13 al.:

corpore excedere,

id. Div. 1, 30, 63: ex pristina bellandi consuetudine, Auct. B. Afr. 73: palmā, to recede from victory, to yield the victory (= decedere alicui de victoria), Verg. A. 5, 380.—Far more freq.,

In partic.

(Acc. to A. 2. a.) To go beyond a certain boundary or a certain measure, to advance, proceed, to transgress, digress (= procedere, progredi): mihi aetas ex magisterio tuo: Plaut. Bacch. 1, 2, 40:

is postquam excessit ex ephebis,

Ter. And. 1, 1, 24 (quoted in Cic. de Or. 2, 80, 327); cf.:

ut primum ex pueris excessit Archias,

Cic. Arch. 3:

ad patres etiam et ad publicam querimoniam excessit res,

Liv. 25, 1; cf. Val. Max. 5, 6, 4:

haec eo anno in Africa gesta. Insequentia excedunt in eum annum, quo, etc.,

Liv. 30, 26; cf. id. 21, 15:

paululum ad enarrandum, etc.,

to digress, Liv. 29, 29, 5; cf.:

in fabellam,

Sen. Ep. 77:

in aliquid,

Plin. Ep. 5, 6, 44 fin.:

res parva dictu, sed quae studiis in magnum certamen excesserit,

Liv. 34, 1; cf. id. 33, 35 fin.; 8, 33; cf. id. 3, 41:

eo laudis excedere, quo, etc.,

to attain that height of fame, Tac. Agr. 42 fin.: tantum illa clades novitate et magnitudine excessit, i. e. exceeded, went beyond = eminuit, Tac. A. 2, 24.—

(Acc. to A. 2. b.) To depart, disappear:

cura ex corde excessit,

Ter. Hec. 3, 2, 12:

cum cupiditatum dominatus excessit,

Cic. Par. 5, 3, 40:

jam e memoria excessit, quo tempore? etc.,

Liv. 26, 13;

for which, memoriā,

id. 7, 32 fin.:

ubi reverentia excessit animis,

Curt. 8, 8.— Poet.:

Cannaene tibi graviorque palude Maeonius Stygia lacus excessere Padusque?

i. e. have they slipped from your memory? Sil. 15, 35.

Act. (post-Aug.).

Lit., to depart from, to leave a place:

urbem,

Liv. 2, 37, 8; 1, 29, 6; 3, 57, 10;

23, 1: curiam,

id. 45, 20; cf. pass. impers.:

Crotonem excessum est,

id. 24; 3 fin. —

Transf., to go beyond, surpass, exceed a certain limit, to overtop, tower above (cf. above, I. A. 2. a., and B. 2. a.):

nubes excedit Olympus,

Luc. 2, 271:

statura, quae justam excederet,

Suet. Tib. 68:

summam octoginta milium,

Liv. 39, 5;

so of numbers, very freq.,

Plin. 7, 2, 2, § 22; 13, 3, 4, § 20; Quint. 9, 4, 79; Tac. A. 1, 14; Suet. Aug. 77 al.; cf.

also of age,

Col. 6, 21:

triennium vitae,

Plin. 8, 42, 67, § 166:

annum aetatis centesimum,

id. 25, 2, 5, § 9; Plin. Ep. 2, 1, 4; 3, 7, 9; Suet. Gramm. 7;

of measure: laborum periculorumque modum,

Vell. 2, 122 fin.; so,

modum,

Liv. 26, 19; 28, 25; Quint. 3, 6, 62; 8, 3, 48 al.:

eloquentia aut aequavit praestantissimorum gloriam aut excessit,

Suet. Caes. 55; cf.:

praeturae gradum,

id. Oth. 1:

principum fastigium,

id. Calig. 22:

fastigium equestre,

Tac. A. 4, 40:

excedente humanam fidem temeritate,

Vell. 2, 51, 3; so,

fidem,

Plin. 7, 21, 21, § 85; Ov. M. 7, 166:

excessisse Priscum inmanitate et saevitia crimina, quibus, etc.,

Plin. Ep. 2, 11, 2:

nemine tantum ceteros excedente, ut ei aliquis se summitteret,

Just. 13, 2.—With simple acc.:

decretum, ne vasa auro solida ministrandis cibis fierent, etc.... Excessit Fronto ac postulavit modum argento,

went beyond the proposal, Tac. A. 2, 33 (cf.:

egredi relationem,

id. ib. 2, 38).— Pass.:

duo enim multitudo, unione jam excessā,

Tert. adv. Marc. 1, 5.

fastīgo, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [v. fastigium], to make pointed, to sharpen to a point, to raise or bring to a point (in the verb. finit. only post-Aug., not in Cic.).

Lit.:

frumenta verno tempore fastigantur in stipulam,

grow up into a straw with a sharpened point, Plin. 18, 7, 10, § 52:

folia in exilitatem fastigantur,

id. 24, 19, 118, § 178:

(terra) spatiosa modice paulatim se ipsa fastigat,

Mel. 2, 1, 5:

se molliter (Africa),

id. 1, 4, 1; 3, 10, 5.—In the part. perf.:

scutis super capita densatis, stantibus primis, secundis summissioribus... fastigatam, sicut tecta aedificiorum sunt, testudinem faciebant,

Liv. 44, 9, 6:

collis in modum metae in acutum cacumen a fundo satis lato fastigatus,

id. 37, 27, 7:

fastigatus in mucronem,

Plin. 2, 25, 22, § 89:

fastigatā longitudine (margaritarum),

id. 9, 35, 56, § 113.—

Transf.

(Cf. fastigium, I. B. 2.) Fastigatus, sloping up to a point, sloped; sloping down, steep, descending:

collis leniter fastigatus paulatim ad planitiem redibat,

Caes. B. G. 2, 8, 3:

tigna... prona ac fastigata, ut secundum naturam fluminis procumberent,

id. ib. 4, 17, 4.—

(Cf. I. B. 3.) In the later grammarians, to mark with an accent, to accent:

ut fastigetur, longa brevisve fuat,

Mart. Cap. 3, § 262.—

Trop., to elevate, exalt (late Lat.):

qui statum celsitudinis tuae titulorum parilitate fastigat,

Sid. Ep. 3, 6:

quamquam diademate crinem Fastigatus eas,

id. Carm. 2, 5.—Hence, fastīgātus, a, um, P. a., high, exalted (late Lat.):

ad arcem fastigatissimae felicitatis evectus,

Sid. Ep. 2. 4:

duo fastigatissimi consulares,

id. ib. 1, 9.— Adv.: fastīgāte, Caes. B. G. 4, 17, 4; id. B. C. 2, 10, 5.

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ac-cingo, nxi, nctum, 3, v. a.

Lit., to gird to or on, to gird round or about (in prose, first after the Aug. per.;

in poetry, a favorite word with Verg.): lateri ensem,

Verg. A. 11, 489; and med., to gird one's self:

accingitur ense,

id. ib. 7, 640; cf.:

quo (ense) fuit accinctus,

Ov. M. 6, 551; so,

ferro,

Tac. A. 6, 2.—

Transf., to arm, equip, furnish, provide:

facibus pubes accingitur,

Verg. A. 9, 74:

gladiis accincti,

Liv. 40, 13;

hence: accinctus miles,

an armed soldier, Tac. A. 11, 18:

ornat Phraaten accingitque (sc. diademate imposito) paternum ad fastigium,

id. ib. 6, 32:

accinctus gemmis fuigentibus ensis,

Val. Fl. 3, 514.

Fig.

In gen., to endow, provide; in medicine:

magicas accingier artes,

to have recourse to, Verg. A. 4, 493.—

In part.: accingere se or accingi, to enter upon or undertake a thing, girded, i. e. well prepared, to prepare one's self, make one's self ready (taken from the girding of the flowing robes when in active occupation); constr. absol., with ad, in, dat., or inf.:

tibi omne est exedendum, accingere,

make yourself ready, Ter. Ph. 2, 2, 4; so id. Eun. 5, 9, 30; Lucr. 2, 1043:

illi se praedae accingunt,

Verg. A. 1, 210:

accingi ad consulatum,

Liv. 4, 2; in Tac. very often actively, to make any one ready for something:

turmas peditum ad munia accingere, A. 12, 31: accingi ad ultionem,

id. H. 4, 79:

in audaciam,

id. ib. 3, 66 al.; with inf.:

accingar dicere pugnas Caesaris,

Verg. G. 3, 46;

so: navare operam,

Tac. A. 15, 51.—

Also in the active form, as v. neutr. = se accingere: age, anus, accinge ad molas, Pompon. ap. Non. 469, 28 (Rib. Com. Rel. p. 235):

accingunt omnes operi,

all go vigorously to the work, Verg. A. 2, 235.—Hence, ac-cinctus, a, um, P. a., well girded.

Lit.: cujus aut familiaris habitus condecentior aut militaris accinctior, Auson. Grat. Act. 27.—

Fig., ready, strict (opp. negligens):

tam in omnia pariter intenta bonitas et accincta,

Plin. Pan. 30 fin.:

comitatus,

id. ib. 20, 3.

aedēs and aedis (the form aedes is found in Liv. 2, 21, 7; 2, 8, 14; 2, 9, 43 al., and now and then in other writers, but aedis is more common, as in Cic. Verr. 4, 55, § 121; id. Par. 4, 2, 31; Vitr. 4, 7, 1; Varr. 5, 32, 156 al.; Liv. 1, 33, 9 al.; Plin. 36, 6, 8, § 50), is, f., a building for habitation. [Aedis domicilium in edito positum simplex atque unius aditus. Sive ideo aedis dicitur, quod in ea aevum degatur, quod Graece aiôn vocatur, Fest. p. 13 Müll. Curtius refers this word to aithô, aestus, as meaning originally, fire-place, hearth; others, with probability, compare hedos, hedra, and sēdes.]

Sing., a dwelling of the gods, a sanctuary, a temple (prop., a simple edifice, without division into smaller apartments, while templum is a large and splendid structure, consecrated by the augurs, and belonging to one or more deities; cf. Manut. ad Cic. Fam. 4, 7; but after the Aug. period aedes was used for templum; cf. Suet. Caes. 78 with id. ib. 84): haec aedis, Varr. ap. Non. 494, 7:

senatum in aedem Jovis Statoris vocavi,

Cic. Cat. 2, 6: aedis Martis, Nep. Fragm. ap. Prisc. p. 792 P.:

aedes Mercurii dedicata est,

Liv. 2, 21:

hic aedem ex marmore molitus est,

Vell. 1, 11, 5:

inter altare et aedem,

Vulg. Luc. 11, 51:

aedem Concordiae,

Plin. 33, 1, 6, § 19:

aedes Veneris genitricis,

Suet. Caes. 78; v. above; id. ib. 10:

aedem Baal,

Vulg. 4 Reg. 10, 27; ib. Act. 19, 24 al.: haec ego ludo, quae nec in aede sonent, i. e. in the temple of the Muses, or of the Palatine Apollo, where poems were publicly recited, Hor. S. 1, 10, 38; cf.:

quanto molimine circumspectemus vacuam Romanis vatibus aedem,

id. Ep. 2, 2, 94.— Plur. in this sense generally in connection with sacrae, divinae, deorum, and only when several temples are spoken of:

aedes sacrae,

Cic. Dom. 49; cf. Suet. Aug. 30, 100:

Capitolii fastigium et ceterarum aedium,

Cic. de Or. 3, 46; cf. Liv. 38, 41:

Deorum aedes,

Suet. Cat. 21; cf. id. Ner. 38; id. Claud. 21 al.—

A dwelling for men, a house, habitation, [p. 52] obode (syn. domus; usu. only in the plur., as a collection of several apartments; but in the earliest period the sing. also may have had this signif., though but few certain examples of it have been preserved in the written language; cf. Plaut. As. 1, 3, 67:

hic noster quaestus aucupii simillimust... aedis nobis areast, auceps sum ego): aedes probae et pulchre aedificatae,

Plaut. Merc. 5, 2, 60; id. Most. 1, 2, 18:

ultimae,

Ter. Heaut. 5, 1, 29:

apud istum in aedibus,

Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 19, § 50, and soon after: in mediis aedibus; cf. Verg. A. 2, 512:

liberae,

a house that is rent-free, Liv. 30, 17:

privatae,

Suet. Ner. 44 al. —Hence sometimes used for a part of the domus, a room, an apartment, chamber:

insectatur omnes domi per aedīs,

Plaut. Cas. 3, 5, 31; Verg. G. 2, 462; cf. id. A. 2, 487 (v. also Gell. 4, 14; Curt. 8, 6; Hor. C. 1, 30, 4).—In Plaut., by comic license, aedes for familia: credo hercle has sustollat aedīs totas atque hunc in crucem, Mil. 2, 3, 39: ut ego suffringam his talos totis aedibus, to break the legs of this whole house (i. e. family), Truc. 2, 8, 7: ab aedibus, denoting office (cf. ab), a castellan:

CVM AB AEDIBVS ESSEM,

Inscr. Grut. 697, 1.—

Met., the cells (or hive) of bees:

clausis cunctantur in aedibus,

Verg. G. 4, 258.—

Trop.:

fac, sis, vacivas aedīs aurium, mea ut migrare dicta possint,

the chambers of your ears, Plaut. Ps. 1, 5, 54.—

Aedes aurata, a gilded funeral structure, on which the dead body of Cœsar was laid, a catafalque, Suet. Caes. 84.

ăpex, ĭcis, m. [etym. acc. to Serv. ad Verg. A. 10, 270, and Paul. ex Fest. p. 18 Müll., from apo, to join to, whence aptus; cf. Van. Etym. p. 33], the extreme end of a thing, the point, summit, top (syn.: cacumen, summa, fastigium, culmen, vertex); hence,

Lit., the small rod at the top of the flamen's cap, wound round with wool, Serv. ad Verg. A. 2, 683; 10, 270.—Hence,

Transf.

(As pars pro toto.) The conical cap of the flamen, ornamented with this rod:

QVEI. APICEM. INSIGNE. DIALIS. FLAMINIS. GESISTEI, Epitaph. Scip. Grotef. 2, 299: apicem dialem,

Liv. 6, 41:

apex e capite prolapsus,

Val. Max. 1, 1, n. 4.—Hence, of the priesthood itself: homo honestus non apice insignis, Sen. ap. Lact. 17, 6.—

Any hat or helmet, a crown:

ab aquilā Tarquinio apicem impositum putent,

Cic. Leg. 1, 1:

regum apices,

Hor. C. 3, 21, 20:

ardet apex capiti,

Verg. A. 10, 270; 2, 683.—Of birds, the crest, Plin. 11, 37, 44, § 121.—

A projecting point or summit.

Lit., of trees:

lauri,

Verg. A. 7, 66.—Of a headland:

sublimis,

Juv. 12, 72:

montis apex,

Sil. 12, 709; so Vulg. Judith, 7, 3.—Of the point of a sickle, Col. 4, 25, 1.—Of the summit of a flame, Ov. M. 10, 279 et saep.—

Trop., the highest ornament or honor, the crown of a thing:

apex est senectutis auctoritas,

Cic. Sen. 17, 60:

hinc apicem Fortuna sustulit, hic posuisse gaudet,

Hor. C. 1, 34, 14.—

1.. In gram., the long mark over a vowel, Quint. 1, 7, 2; 1, 4, 10; 1, 5, 23;

Victor. p. 2469 P.—Hence, trop.: nullum apicem quaestionis praetermittere,

Arn. 3 init. —

The forms or outlines of the letters:

litterarum apices,

Gell. 13, 30, 10; 17, 9, 12.—Hence (per synecdochen),

A letter or any other writing:

apicum oblator,

Sid. Ep. 6, 8:

Augusti apices,

i. e. rescripts, Cod. Just. 2, 8, 6 fin. —

Of the point or apex of a Hebrew letter, put fig. for the least particle, tittle (eccl. Lat.; Gr. hê keraia):

iota unum aut unus apex non praeteribit a lege,

Vulg. Matt. 5, 18; ib. Luc. 16, 17.

ăquĭla, ae, f. [ gen. aquilāï, Cic. Arat 372) [perh. from aquilus, from its common color, Gr melanaetos; cf. Engl. eagle; Fr. aigle; Germ. Adler], an eagle.

Lit.: Falco melanaëtus, Linn.; Plin. 10, 3, 3, § 6 sqq.; Cic. Div 1, 15, 26; 2, 70, 144; Varr. R. R. 3, 16, 4, Liv 1, 34, 8; Verg. A. 11, 751; Ov. M. 1, 506; Hor. C. 4, 4, 32:

aquilis velociores,

Vulg. 2 Reg. 1, 23 si exaltatus fueris ut aquila, ib. Abd. 4:

dilata calvitium tuum ut aquila,

ib. Mich. 1, 16.— Poet., the lightningbearer of Jupiter. Jovis satelles, Cic. Tusc. 2, 10, 24: armigera Jovis, Plin. l. l.; cf. Serv ad Verg. A. 1, 398.—

Transf.

The eagle, as the principal standard of a Roman legion (while signa are the standards of the single cohorts; cf. Schwarz ad Plin. Pan. 82; Web. ad Luc. 7, 164;

Smith, Dict. Antiq.): aquila argentea,

Cic. Cat. 1, 9, 24; aquilae duae, signa sexaginta sunt relata Antonii, Galba ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 30; Plin. 13, 3, 4, § 23 et saep.— Poet.:

ut locupletem aquilam tibi sexagesimus annus Adferat,

the office of a standard-bearer, Juv. 14, 197.—Hence, meton., a legion: erat acies tredecim aquilis constituta, Auct. B. Hisp. 30; Luc. 5, 238.—

In arch.: aquilae, as in Gr. aetoi and aetômata, the highest parts of a building, which supported the front of a gable. sustinentes fastigium aquilae, Tac. H. 3, 71.—

The Eagle, a constellation, Cic. Arat. 372.—

A species of fish of the ray genus, the sea-eagle: Raja aquila, Linn.; Plin. 9, 24, 40, § 78.—

Aquilae senectus, prov., acc. to Donatus, of an old man fond of drinking (since it was believed that the eagle, in old age, drank more than it ate; but more prob., a vigorous old age), Ter. Heaut. 3, 2, 10, ubi v. Don.

Ăquĭla, ae, m., a Roman proper name.

L. Pontius Aquna, Cic. Phil. 11, 6.—

Julius Aquila, Tac. A. 12, 15.—

Vedius Aquila. Tac. A. 12, 15.—

Aquila [p. 149] Romanus, author of a work De Figuris Sententiarum et Elocutionis; v. Teuffel, Rom. Lit. § 384.—

Julius Aquila, a Roman jurist, author of Liber Responsorum, of which there are extracts in Dig.; v. Bach, Hist. Jurisp. Rom. III. 3.—

Aquila, the name of a Christian Jew, Vulg. Act. 18, 2; ib. Rom. 16, 3.

ăquĭla, ae, f. [ gen. aquilāï, Cic. Arat 372) [perh. from aquilus, from its common color, Gr melanaetos; cf. Engl. eagle; Fr. aigle; Germ. Adler], an eagle.

Lit.: Falco melanaëtus, Linn.; Plin. 10, 3, 3, § 6 sqq.; Cic. Div 1, 15, 26; 2, 70, 144; Varr. R. R. 3, 16, 4, Liv 1, 34, 8; Verg. A. 11, 751; Ov. M. 1, 506; Hor. C. 4, 4, 32:

aquilis velociores,

Vulg. 2 Reg. 1, 23 si exaltatus fueris ut aquila, ib. Abd. 4:

dilata calvitium tuum ut aquila,

ib. Mich. 1, 16.— Poet., the lightningbearer of Jupiter. Jovis satelles, Cic. Tusc. 2, 10, 24: armigera Jovis, Plin. l. l.; cf. Serv ad Verg. A. 1, 398.—

Transf.

The eagle, as the principal standard of a Roman legion (while signa are the standards of the single cohorts; cf. Schwarz ad Plin. Pan. 82; Web. ad Luc. 7, 164;

Smith, Dict. Antiq.): aquila argentea,

Cic. Cat. 1, 9, 24; aquilae duae, signa sexaginta sunt relata Antonii, Galba ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 30; Plin. 13, 3, 4, § 23 et saep.— Poet.:

ut locupletem aquilam tibi sexagesimus annus Adferat,

the office of a standard-bearer, Juv. 14, 197.—Hence, meton., a legion: erat acies tredecim aquilis constituta, Auct. B. Hisp. 30; Luc. 5, 238.—

In arch.: aquilae, as in Gr. aetoi and aetômata, the highest parts of a building, which supported the front of a gable. sustinentes fastigium aquilae, Tac. H. 3, 71.—

The Eagle, a constellation, Cic. Arat. 372.—

A species of fish of the ray genus, the sea-eagle: Raja aquila, Linn.; Plin. 9, 24, 40, § 78.—

Aquilae senectus, prov., acc. to Donatus, of an old man fond of drinking (since it was believed that the eagle, in old age, drank more than it ate; but more prob., a vigorous old age), Ter. Heaut. 3, 2, 10, ubi v. Don.

Ăquĭla, ae, m., a Roman proper name.

L. Pontius Aquna, Cic. Phil. 11, 6.—

Julius Aquila, Tac. A. 12, 15.—

Vedius Aquila. Tac. A. 12, 15.—

Aquila [p. 149] Romanus, author of a work De Figuris Sententiarum et Elocutionis; v. Teuffel, Rom. Lit. § 384.—

Julius Aquila, a Roman jurist, author of Liber Responsorum, of which there are extracts in Dig.; v. Bach, Hist. Jurisp. Rom. III. 3.—

Aquila, the name of a Christian Jew, Vulg. Act. 18, 2; ib. Rom. 16, 3.

auctus, a, um, v. augeo, P. a.

auctus, ūs, m. [augeo], an increasing, augmenting; increase, growth, abundance (esp. freq. after the Aug. per.; not in Cic.; syn. incrementum; post-class. augmentum).

Lit.:

corporis auctus,

Lucr. 2, 482; 5, 1171:

Hic natura suis refrenat viribus auctum,

id. 2, 1121; 5, 846; 6, 327:

auxilium appellatum ab auctu,

Varr. L. L. 5, § 90 Müll.:

vos (Divi Divaeque) bonis auctibus auxitis,

Liv. 29, 27; 4, 2:

aquarum,

Plin. 4, 12, 24, § 79; Tac. A. 1, 56:

diei,

Plin. 2, 19, 17, § 81.— Poet.: caedere arboris auctum, the abundance of a tree, for a large tree, Lucr. 6, 168; so,

nec lorica tenet distenti corporis auctum,

Luc. 9, 797.—

Trop.:

auctus imperii,

Tac. A. 2, 33; so id. H. 4, 63:

hujus viri fastigium tantis auctibus fortuna extulit ut, etc.,

Vell. 2, 40, 4:

bellum cotidiano auctu majus,

id. 2, 129 fin.: immensis auctibus aliquem extollere, Tac. H. 4, 28:

augusta dicantur ab auctu, etc.,

from the increase, enhancement of a prosperous condition, Suet. Aug. 7 fin.

col-lābor ( conl-), lapsus (or labsus), 3, v. dep., to fall together, to fall in ruins; esp. of buildings, to fall in, fall from age (in the ante-Aug. period very rare; not in Cic., Hor., or Quint.).

Prop., Liv. 35, 9, 3:

moenia subito collapsa ruinā sunt,

id. 29, 18, 17; Suet. Aug. 30; id. Claud. 25; id. Calig. 21:

fastigium domūs collabitur,

id. Caes. 81:

qui collapsā jacuere ruinā,

Sil. 7, 727:

succisis asseribus collapsus pons,

Liv. 44, 5, 6. postquam conlapsi cineres, Verg. A. 6, 226:

eodem anno duodecim celebres Asiae urbes collapsae nocturno motu terrae,

Tac. A. 2, 47:

AEDES VETVSTATE COLLAPSA,

Inscr. Orell. 26.—Of persons, to fall or sink down in a swoon or in death:

suscipiunt famulae collapsaque membra Marmoreo referunt thalamo,

Verg. A. 4, 391; 8, 584; Ov. M. 7, 826; 5, 96; 6, 295; Tac. A. 2, 31; Suet. Ner. 42; Curt. 4, 10, 19; 7, 6, 22; 8, 2, 39; Petr. 94; Val. Fl. 7, 152; Stat. Achill. 1, 195; cf.:

ferro collapsa,

Verg. A. 4, 664.—

Transf.:

ossa morbo collapsa,

Verg. G. 3, 485: collapsa tempora, oculi concavi, temples fallen in or sunken, Cels. 2, 6:

iter urinae senectute collapsum,

id. 7, 26.—

Trop. (very rare):

in corruptelam suam,

Plaut. Truc. 3, 2, 3:

ira in se ipsa collapsa,

Val. Max. 6, 2, 10:

in fata,

Cod. Just. 5, 14, 9.

col-lābor ( conl-), lapsus (or labsus), 3, v. dep., to fall together, to fall in ruins; esp. of buildings, to fall in, fall from age (in the ante-Aug. period very rare; not in Cic., Hor., or Quint.).

Prop., Liv. 35, 9, 3:

moenia subito collapsa ruinā sunt,

id. 29, 18, 17; Suet. Aug. 30; id. Claud. 25; id. Calig. 21:

fastigium domūs collabitur,

id. Caes. 81:

qui collapsā jacuere ruinā,

Sil. 7, 727:

succisis asseribus collapsus pons,

Liv. 44, 5, 6. postquam conlapsi cineres, Verg. A. 6, 226:

eodem anno duodecim celebres Asiae urbes collapsae nocturno motu terrae,

Tac. A. 2, 47:

AEDES VETVSTATE COLLAPSA,

Inscr. Orell. 26.—Of persons, to fall or sink down in a swoon or in death:

suscipiunt famulae collapsaque membra Marmoreo referunt thalamo,

Verg. A. 4, 391; 8, 584; Ov. M. 7, 826; 5, 96; 6, 295; Tac. A. 2, 31; Suet. Ner. 42; Curt. 4, 10, 19; 7, 6, 22; 8, 2, 39; Petr. 94; Val. Fl. 7, 152; Stat. Achill. 1, 195; cf.:

ferro collapsa,

Verg. A. 4, 664.—

Transf.:

ossa morbo collapsa,

Verg. G. 3, 485: collapsa tempora, oculi concavi, temples fallen in or sunken, Cels. 2, 6:

iter urinae senectute collapsum,

id. 7, 26.—

Trop. (very rare):

in corruptelam suam,

Plaut. Truc. 3, 2, 3:

ira in se ipsa collapsa,

Val. Max. 6, 2, 10:

in fata,

Cod. Just. 5, 14, 9.