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fēcundus (sometimes erroneously foecund-and faecund-, but v. Varr. ap. Gell. 16, 12 fin., and ap. Non. 54, 8), a, um, adj. [from ‡ feo, whence also fetus, femina, fenus, etc., cf. felix], fruitful, fertile (of plants and animals).—Constr. with abl., gen., or absol. (with gen. only poet. and in post-Aug. prose).

Lit. (class.):

fossiones agri repastinationesque, quibus fit multo terra fecundior,

Cic. de Sen. 15, 53; cf. Verg. G. 1, 67; Quint. 10, 3, 2:

glebae,

Lucr. 1, 211:

solum,

Quint. 2, 19, 2: cf. Just. 2, 1:

salices viminibus, frondibus ulmi,

Verg. G. 2, 446.—With gen.:

regio fecunda fruticis exigui,

Col. 9, 4, 2:

tellus metallorum,

Plin. 33, 4, 21, § 78;

for which: Amathus metallis,

Ov. M. 10, 220 Bach. N. cr.:

mons silvae frequens fecundusque,

Tac. A. 4, 65:

segetes fecundae et uberes,

id. Or. 15, 48:

nihil ocimo fecundius,

Plin. 19, 7, 36, § 120:

uxores,

Lucr. 4, 1254:

conjux,

Hor. S. 2, 5, 31:

lepus,

id. ib. 2, 4, 44; cf.:

sue... nihil genuit natura fecundius,

Cic. N. D. 2, 64, 160.—

Transf.

Rich, abundant, abounding in any thing (mostly poet. and in post-Aug. prose):

fecundi calices quem non fecere disertum?

Hor. Ep. 1, 5, 19; cf.

fons,

i. e. copious, Ov. M. 14, 791:

legere fecundis collibus herbas,

plentifuliy furnished, thickly studded, id. ib. 14, 347:

fecundissima gens,

rich in agricultural products, Plin. Pan. 31, 6:

(specus) Uberibus fecundus aquis,

Ov. M. 3, 31; cf.:

fecunda melle Calymne,

id. ib. 8, 222:

viscera (Tityi) poenis,

i. e. constantly renewed, Verg. A. 6, 598:

Echidna, fecunda poenis viscera trahens,

Ambros. in Tob. 12, 41:

nigris Meroe fecunda colonis,

Luc. 10, 303:

cingula monstris,

Val. Fl. 6, 470.— With gen.:

Aemilium genus fecundum bonorum civium,

Tac. A. 6, 27 fin. —

Making fruitful, fertilizing (only poet. and in post-Aug. prose):

imber,

Verg. G. 2, 325; cf.

Nilus,

Plin. 5, 9, 10, § 54:

excipe fecundae patienter verbera dextrae, i. e. the blows with a thong of skin given to women by the luperci, and which were supposed to promote fruitfulness,

Ov. F. 2, 427; cf. Serv. Verg. A. 8, 343; and:

quam (Danaën) implevit fecundo Juppiter auro,

Ov. M. 4, 698.—

Trop., fruitful, fertile, prolific, abundant (class.): pectus, Cic. poët. Div. 1, 13, 22; Verg. A. 7, 338:

artifex,

Plin. 35, 10, 36, § 71:

a quo (Anaxagora) eum (Periclem), cum alia praeclara quaedam et magnifica didicisse, uberem et fecundum fuisse,

Cic. Or. 4, 15:

duo genera verborum: unum fecundum, quod declinando multas ex se parit dispariles formas, ut est lego, legis, legam, sic alia: alterum genus sterile, quod ex se parit nihil, ut est etiam, vix, cras, etc.,

Varr. L. L. 8, § 9 Müll.:

amor et melle et felle est fecundissimus,

Plaut. Cist. 1, 1, 70:

fecunda culpae saecula,

Hor. C. 3, 6, 17:

veri sacerdos,

Sil. 13, 490:

fecundum in fraudes hominum genus,

id. 2, 498:

vester porro labor fecundior, historiarum scriptores?

Juv. 7, 98.—Hence, fēcundē, adv., fruitfully, abundantly:

fecundius poëmata ferrent fructum,

Varr. L. L. 7, § 2 Müll.:

arundo recisa fecundius resurgit,

Plin. 16, 36, 65, § 163:

cantharides nascuntur fecundissime in fraxino,

id. 29, 4, 30, § 94.

ĭn-ĕo, īvi and ĭi, ĭtum, īre (iniri only ap. Vop. Procul. 12, 7; fut. iniet, Sen. Ben. 21, 2), v. a. and n.

To go into, to enter a place (class.).

Lit.

In gen., constr. with acc., or with in and acc.

With acc.:

illius domum,

Cic. Deiot. 3, 8:

urbem,

Liv. 3, 24, 8:

Argolicas acies non ignarus ini (i. e. inii),

Stat. Th. 8, 107:

convivia,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 18, 52:

viam, iter,

to enter on a journey, id. Mur. 12, 26.— Pass.:

nemus nullis illud initur equis,

Ov. F. 3, 266:

(Hispania) prima Romanis inita provinciarum,

Liv. 28, 12, 12.—

With in and acc.:

in urbem,

Liv. 24, 9, 2.—

In partic., to know, in mal. part., Liv. 41, 13, 2: reginam, Drusillam, Anton. ap. Suet. Aug. 69:

feminae viros ineunt,

Sen. Ep. 95, 21;

so of animals,

to pair, Varr. R. R. 2, 7, 9; Plin. 10, 63, 83, § 178.— Pass.:

vacca ab agresti tauro inita,

Liv. 41, 13, 2; cf.:

sic velut inita arbor fecundo semine fertilior exstat,

Col. 5, 9, 16.—

Trop., to enter upon, begin a business, an enterprise, occupation, office, etc.:

magistratum,

Cic. Phil. 3, 1, 2:

consulatum,

Liv. 24, 9, 7:

imperium,

Suet. Tib. 67.— Pass.:

inito magistratu,

Liv. 36, 1, 1:

magnum et difficile certamen iniens,

Cic. Fin. 4, 12, 31; Curt. 4, 3, 12:

proelium,

id. Off. 1, 11, 37; Vell. 2, 55, 3; Suet. Tib. 2; id. Vesp. 4:

pugnas,

Verg. A. 11, 912:

bellum,

Curt. 5, 9, 4.— Pass.:

bellum cum rege Philippo initum est,

Liv. 31, 5, 1; 36, 1, 5: numerum, to go into an enumeration, i. e. to enumerate, give the number:

numerus interfectorum haud facile iniri potuit,

Liv. 38, 23, 6:

numerus inibatur,

Caes. B. G. 7, 76: rationem, to make an estimate:

rationem inire oportet operarum, dierum,

Cato, R. R. 2, 2; cf.:

initā subductāque ratione,

Cic. N. D. 3, 29, 71: inire rationem also freq. signifies, to calculate, consider, find out, devise, contrive:

rogo, ut adjuves ineasque rationem, quemadmodum ea mulier Romam perducatur,

id. Fam. 13, 28, 2:

mihi ineunda ratio, et via reperiunda est, qua ad Apronii quaestum possim pervenire,

id. Verr. 2, 3, 46. § 110: ut multa tam gravis depelleretur, a me inita ratio est. id. Fam. 5, 20, 4:

rationem de re,

id. Phil. 5, 19, 53:

ad hunc interficiendum talem iniit rationem,

Nep. Hann. 10, 3:

aestimationem,

to make an estimate, to estimate, value, Sen. Ben. 3, 8 fin.:

mensuram agrorum,

to take the measure of, to measure, survey, Col. 5, 3, 1: societatem cum aliquo, to enter into or form an association with a person, Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 8, 3; so of an alliance, Suet. Tib. 2:

bellum,

to take part in, Cic. Off. 1, 11, 37; Curt. 5, 9, 4:

pugnas,

to begin, Verg. A. 11, 912:

pugnam,

Vell. 1, 9, 3; 2, 55, 3:

indutias,

to conclude, make, Plin. Pan. 11, 5: consilium, to form a plan, Ov. F. 3, 380:

consilia inibat, quemadmodum a Gergovia discederet,

formed plans, considered, deliberated, Caes. B. G. 7, 43:

consilium facinoris contra vitam alicujus,

Cic. Deiot. 2, 4: gratiam, to get into the good graces, obtaĭn the favor of:

plures ineuntur gratiae, si, etc.,

the favor of many is gained, id. Brut. 57, 209:

gratiam ab aliquo,

Nep. Alcib. 9 fin.:

apud regem initam gratiam volebant,

Liv. 36, 5, 3:

summam gratiam a bonis omnibus,

Cic. Att. 7, 9, 3: viam, to find out a way to do any thing:

ineamus viam aliquam, qua utri utris imperent, decerni possit,

Liv. 1, 23, 9:

suffragia, i. q. dare,

id. 3, 17, 4; 3, 25, 4:

inită aestate,

in the beginning of, Caes. B. G. 2, 2; 2, 35, 2; cf.:

inită hieme,

id. ib. 3, 7, 1.— Poet.:

somnum,

to fall asleep, Verg. E. 1, 56:

ipse ego paulisper pro te tua munera inibo,

to undertake, id. A. 5, 846:

formam vitae,

to enter upon a course of life, Tac. A. 1, 74:

teque adeo decus hoc aevi, te consule (puer), inibit, Pollio,

he will enter on this golden age during your consulship, Verg. E. 4, 11 Ladew.; cf. Forbig. ad loc.—

v. n. (= incipere), to make a beginning, to begin:

ex ineunte aevo,

Lucr. 5, 859; so,

ineunte vere,

Cic. de Imp. Pomp. 12, 35 fin.:

ineunte aestate,

id. Att. 4, 2, 6:

ab ineunte aetate,

id. de Or. 1, 21, 97:

ab ineunte adulescentia,

id. Div. in Caecil. 2, 4; Nep. Alcib. 2, 2; cf. id. Them. 1, 1 al.

mărīto, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [1. maritus], to give a husband to one; hence to wed, marry, give in marriage to a man.

Lit. (post-Aug. and rare):

Vitellii filiam,

Suet. Vesp. 14:

lex (Augusti) de maritandis ordinibus,

i. e. imposing fines for celibacy in all classes, id. Aug. 34:

lex Julia de maritandis ordinibus,

Gai. Inst. 1, 178; Ulp. Fragm. 11, 20;

pleonastically: matrimonia,

i. e. to conclude, make, App. Dogm. Plat. p. 26.—Hence, absol., to marry, take a wife:

maritandum principem suaderent,

Tac. A. 12, 6.—

Transf.

Of animals and plants.

Pass.: maritari, to be coupled, i. e. to have a mate:

tunc dicuntur catulire, id est ostendere, se velle maritari,

Varr. R. R. 2, 10, 11.—

To impregnate:

(Zephyrus) glebas fecundo rore maritat,

Claud. Rapt. Pros. 2, 89; so in pass., to be impregnated:

quae (feminae) ternae singulis (maribus) maritantur,

Col. 8, 2, 12; Plin. 16, 25, 39, § 93; Sol. 23.—

Of plants, to wed, i. e. to tie or fasten to another tree:

adultā vitium propagine Altas maritat populos,

Hor. Epod. 2, 10:

ulmi vitibus maritantur,

Col. 11, 2, 79; 4, 2, 1:

maritandae arbores,

id. 4, 1, 6; cf. id. 5, 6, 18.—Hence, mărītātus, a, um, P. a., of or pertaining to a wife.—Comic.: A. Pulchra dos pecunia est. P. Quae quidem non maritata est, yes, if not accompanied with a wife, Plaut. Ep. 2, 1, 12.— Subst.: mărītāta, ae, f., a wife, a married woman, Lact. 1, 11, 9.— Plur., opp. virgines, viduae, Hier. Ep. 77, n. 12.

mărīto, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [1. maritus], to give a husband to one; hence to wed, marry, give in marriage to a man.

Lit. (post-Aug. and rare):

Vitellii filiam,

Suet. Vesp. 14:

lex (Augusti) de maritandis ordinibus,

i. e. imposing fines for celibacy in all classes, id. Aug. 34:

lex Julia de maritandis ordinibus,

Gai. Inst. 1, 178; Ulp. Fragm. 11, 20;

pleonastically: matrimonia,

i. e. to conclude, make, App. Dogm. Plat. p. 26.—Hence, absol., to marry, take a wife:

maritandum principem suaderent,

Tac. A. 12, 6.—

Transf.

Of animals and plants.

Pass.: maritari, to be coupled, i. e. to have a mate:

tunc dicuntur catulire, id est ostendere, se velle maritari,

Varr. R. R. 2, 10, 11.—

To impregnate:

(Zephyrus) glebas fecundo rore maritat,

Claud. Rapt. Pros. 2, 89; so in pass., to be impregnated:

quae (feminae) ternae singulis (maribus) maritantur,

Col. 8, 2, 12; Plin. 16, 25, 39, § 93; Sol. 23.—

Of plants, to wed, i. e. to tie or fasten to another tree:

adultā vitium propagine Altas maritat populos,

Hor. Epod. 2, 10:

ulmi vitibus maritantur,

Col. 11, 2, 79; 4, 2, 1:

maritandae arbores,

id. 4, 1, 6; cf. id. 5, 6, 18.—Hence, mărītātus, a, um, P. a., of or pertaining to a wife.—Comic.: A. Pulchra dos pecunia est. P. Quae quidem non maritata est, yes, if not accompanied with a wife, Plaut. Ep. 2, 1, 12.— Subst.: mărītāta, ae, f., a wife, a married woman, Lact. 1, 11, 9.— Plur., opp. virgines, viduae, Hier. Ep. 77, n. 12.

Pănormus ( Panh-), i, f., and Păn-ormum ( Panh-), i, n., = Panormos, the name of several cities.

A city in Sicily, the modern Palermo:

oppida Panormum, Solus, etc.,

Plin. 3, 8, 14, § 90:

tergemino venit numero fecundo Panormus,

Sil. 14, 262:

judicia Panhormi,

Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 26, § 63.— Hence,

Pănormĭtānus ( Panh-), a, um, adj., Panormitan:

legati Panhormitani,

Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 49, § 120:

civitas,

id. ib. 2, 3, 6, § 13.—

A city of Samos, now Port Viskaraho, Liv. 37, 10 and 11.—

A city of Crete, Plin. 4, 12, 20, § 59.

Pănormus ( Panh-), i, f., and Păn-ormum ( Panh-), i, n., = Panormos, the name of several cities.

A city in Sicily, the modern Palermo:

oppida Panormum, Solus, etc.,

Plin. 3, 8, 14, § 90:

tergemino venit numero fecundo Panormus,

Sil. 14, 262:

judicia Panhormi,

Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 26, § 63.— Hence,

Pănormĭtānus ( Panh-), a, um, adj., Panormitan:

legati Panhormitani,

Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 49, § 120:

civitas,

id. ib. 2, 3, 6, § 13.—

A city of Samos, now Port Viskaraho, Liv. 37, 10 and 11.—

A city of Crete, Plin. 4, 12, 20, § 59.

Pănormus ( Panh-), i, f., and Păn-ormum ( Panh-), i, n., = Panormos, the name of several cities.

A city in Sicily, the modern Palermo:

oppida Panormum, Solus, etc.,

Plin. 3, 8, 14, § 90:

tergemino venit numero fecundo Panormus,

Sil. 14, 262:

judicia Panhormi,

Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 26, § 63.— Hence,

Pănormĭtānus ( Panh-), a, um, adj., Panormitan:

legati Panhormitani,

Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 49, § 120:

civitas,

id. ib. 2, 3, 6, § 13.—

A city of Samos, now Port Viskaraho, Liv. 37, 10 and 11.—

A city of Crete, Plin. 4, 12, 20, § 59.