figurative

mūto, āvi, ātum (arch. subj. mutassis, Plaut. Aul. 3, 6, 49; inf. pass. mutarier, id. Men. prol. 74), 1, v. a. and n. freq. [moveo].

Prop., to move, to move away or from its place, to move to a place (rare):

neque se luna quoquam mutat,

does not move, does not budge, Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 117: illa tamen se Non habitu mutatve loco, does not quit her dress or her dwelling, Hor. S. 2, 7, 64:

ne quis invitus civitate mutetur,

be forced to leave, be driven from, Cic. Balb. 13, 30:

hinc dum muter,

if I can only get away from here, Ov. Tr. 5, 2, 73.—

Transf.

Of change in the thing spoken of itself.

In gen.

Act., to alter, change a thing (freq. and class.; cf.

vario): sententiam mutare numquam,

Cic. Mur 29, 61: ego rogatus mutavi consilium meum. id. Fam. 4, 4, 4:

consuetudinem dicendi,

id. Brut. 91, 314:

mentes vestras voluntatesque,

id. Prov. Cons. 10, 25:

cum testamentum mutare cuperet,

id. Clu. 11, 31: propositum. Petr. 116:

ne haec mutet fidem,

Plaut. Mil. 4, 1, 36: nequeo exorare [p. 1181] ut me maneat et cum illo ut mutet fidem, Ter. Phorm. 3, 2, 28:

tabulas,

to alter one's will, Juv. 14, 55.— Absol.:

natura nescia mutari,

incapable of change, Juv. 13, 240. —With ob:

mutatum jus ob unius feneratoris libidinem,

Liv. 8, 28, 1:

facilem mutatu gentem,

Tac. A. 14, 23.—With ad:

gubernatori ad incursus tempestatum... ratio mutanda est,

Quint. 10, 7, 3:

ad singulas paene distinctiones vultus mutandus est,

id. 11, 3, 47.—With Gr. acc.:

mutata suos flumina cursus,

Verg. E. 8, 4:

negat quicquam ex Latinā ratione mutandum,

Quint. 1, 5, 89.—With cum:

cum illo fidem,

Ter. Phorm. 3, 2, 28 supra; more freq. cum aliquā re, to change with or under the influence of a thing:

facies locorum cum ventis simul mutatur,

Sall. J. 78, 3:

qui cum fortunā non animum mutāsset,

Vell. 2, 82, 2:

quarum uvarum vini jucunditas cum regione mutatur,

Col. 3, 2, 16; Ambros. in Abrah. 2, 10, 68.—With in and acc.:

bona facile mutantur in pejus,

Quint. 1, 1, 5.—With ex:

nisi forte non ex Graeco mutantes, etc.,

Quint. 3, 4, 14:

ex feminis mutari in mares,

Plin. 7, 4, 3, § 36. —With de:

de uxore nihil mutat,

Ter. And. 5, 4, 46.—With ab:

quantum mutatus ab illo Hectore,

Verg. A. 2, 274:

longe mutatus ab illo Sampsone, qui, etc.,

Ambros. Spir. Sanc. 2, prol. § 13.—Non mutat, with rel.-clause, it makes no difference: nec mutat confestim, an interjecto tempore, fidem suam adstrinxerunt, Pap. Dig. 46, 1, 52, § 2. —With abl. instrum. ( poet.):

ut silvae foliis pronos mutantur in annos,

Hor. A. P. 60.—

Neutr., = mutari, to alter, change:

quantum mores mutaverint argumentum,

Liv. 39, 51, 10:

postquam mutabat aestus,

Tac. A. 2, 23; 12, 20:

annona ex ante convectā copiā nihil mutavit,

Liv. 5, 13, 1:

mox in superbiam mutans,

Tac. A. 12, 29:

adeo animi mutaverant, ut clariorem inter Romanos deditio Postumium... faceret,

Liv. 9, 12, 3:

tantum mutāsse fortunam, ut, etc.,

id. 29, 3, 10; 39, 51, 10.—

To differ, be different:

pastiones hiberno ac verno tempore hoc mutant,

Varr. R. R. 2, 2, 12:

quantum mutare a Menandro Caecilius visus est,

Gell. 2, 23, 7.—

Of style, to vary:

an ego... poetis, et maxime tragicis concederem, ut ne omnibus locis eādem contentione uterentur, crebroque mutarent? etc.,

Cic. Or. 31, 109.—

In partic.

To change the color of, to color, dye (cf.:

inficio, imbuo): aries jam suave rubenti Murice, jam croceo mutabit vellera luto,

Verg. E. 4, 44:

nec lanarum colores, quibus simplex ille candor mutatus est, elui possunt,

Quint. 1, 1, 5.—

To change for the better, make better, to improve: placet tibi factum, Micio? Mi.:

non, si queam mutare,

Ter. Ad. 4, 7, 19.—

To change for the worse; pass., of wine, to spoil, turn, etc.:

ac, nisi mutatum, parcit defundere vinum,

Hor. S. 2, 2, 58:

melle mutatum (sc. balsamum),

adulterated, Plin. 12, 25, 54, § 122.—

Of change in its relation to other things, etc.

In gen., to change one thing, etc., for another:

mutatis ad celeritatem jumentis,

Caes. B. C. 3, 11:

vestimenta mutanti tunica ardere visa est,

Suet. Tib. 14:

calceos et vestimenta,

Cic. Mil. 10, 28.—Esp. freq.: mutare vestem, to change one's dress: An. Muta vestem. Ch. Ubi mutem?... An. Eamus ad me. Ibi proximum'st ubi mutes, Ter. Eun. 3, 5, 61 sqq.:

mutando nunc vestem, nunc tegumenta capitis,

Liv. 22, 1, 3; Sen. Ep. 18, 2.—Esp., to put on the garb of mourning, of humility, etc.:

pro me praesente senatus hominumque praeterea viginti millia vestem mutaverunt,

Cic. post Red. ad Quir. 3, 8:

non modo ut vestem mutaret, aut supplex prensaret homines, sed, etc.,

Liv. 2, 61; 8, 37, 9; Cic. Sest. 11, 26; Hor. C. 1, 35, 23.—

Esp.

Mutata verba, i. e. figurative:

mutata (verba), in quibus pro verbo proprio subicitur aliud, quod idem significet, sumptum ex re aliquā consequenti,

Cic. Or. 27, 92.—

Of style, to vary, alter:

reliquum est ut dicas de conversā oratione atque mutatā,

Cic. Part. Or. 7, 23:

genus eloquendi... mutatum,

id. ib. 5, 16.—

Of one's assertion or promise:

quod dixi semel, hau mutabo,

will not break my word, Plaut. Bacch. 5, 2, 90.—

Of place, to change, shift, alter:

locum ex loco mutans (sc. typhon) rapidā vertigine,

Plin. 2, 48, 49, § 132; cf.: quod nec injussu populi mutari finibus posset, to be removed, Liv. 5, 46, 11:

exsules sunt, etiam si solum non mutārunt,

i. e. gone into exile, Cic. Par. 4, 31:

jussa pars mutare Lares et urbem Sospite cursu,

Hor. C. Sec. 39.—

Of common or reciprocal relations, to interchange, exchange.—With cum:

cum amplificatione vectigalium nomen Hieronicae legis mutare,

Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 8, § 19:

ut vestem cum illo mutem,

Ter. Eun. 3, 5, 24:

ne cujus suorum popularium mutatam secum fortunam esse vellent,

Liv. 21, 45, 6.—With pro:

C. Hostilio pro Etruriā Tarentum mutaverant (sonatus) provinciam, pro Tarento Capuam mutaverunt,

Liv. 27, 35, 14:

non debere eum incerta pro certis mutare,

Sall. J. 83, 1:

mutatos pro Macedonibus Romanos dominos,

Liv. 34, 49, 6.—With abl. of that for which the exchange, etc., is made:

quid terras alio calentes Sole mutamus (patriā),

Hor. C. 2, 16, 19:

victoriae possessionem incertā pace mutāsse,

Liv. 9, 12, 2; also with abl. of that given in exchange, etc.:

victrice patriā victam mutari,

id. 5, 30, 3.—So esp. of trading, etc., to exchange, barter, sell, etc.:

coepit captivos conmercari Aleos, si quem reperire possit, qui mutet suum,

Plaut. Capt. prol. 28; cf.:

homines captivos conmercatur, si queat Aliquem invenire, suum qui mutet filium,

id. ib. 1, 1, 33;

1, 2, 68: hic mutat merces surgente a sole, etc.,

Hor. S. 1, 4, 29:

mutandi copia,

Sall. J. 18, 5.—With abl.:

uvam Furtivā mutat strigili,

Hor. S. 2, 7, 109:

suburbanis lactens porcus aere mutandus est,

Col. 7, 9, 4:

caetera reponantur, vel aere mutentur,

id. 8, 5, 4:

aere mutandi sunt (sc. apri),

id. 9, 1, 7:

quamvis Milesia magno Vellera mutentur,

Verg. G. 3, 307; so with cum and pers. with whom the exchange is made:

eaque mutare cum mercatoribus vino advecticio,

Sall. J. 44, 5.—With inter:

mutare res inter se instituerant,

Sall. J. 18, 9.—

To forsake, abandon, leave:

mutare, derelinquere,

Non. p. 351, 1:

expertum jam principem anxii mutabant,

Tac. H. 3, 44: mihi non persuadetur... mutem meos, Lucil. ap. Non. 351, 3: mutataque sidera pondus Quaesivere suum, i. e. forsaken or abandoned by the gods, Petr. poët. 124, 264.—Hence, mūtā-tus, a, um, P. a., changed, i. e. different, successive:

quae (facies) mutatis inducitur atque fovetur Tot medicaminibus,

Juv. 6, 472.

mūto, ōnis, m., = membrum virile (rare and only poet.), Lucil. ap. Porphyr. ad Hor. S. 1, 2, 68; also id. ib. Orell. (K. and H. muttonis).

Mūto, a Roman surname, Cic. Fragm. Or. pro Fundan. p. 445 Orell.

translātĭo or trālātĭo, ōnis, f. [transfero], a carrying or removing from one place to another, a transporting, transferring.

Lit.

In gen.:

pecuniarum translatio a justis dominis ad alienos,

Cic. Off. 1, 14, 43:

domicilii,

removal, Suet. Ner. 9. —

In partic., of plants, a transplanting, ingrafting, Plin. 17, 11, 14, § 75; Col. 3, 10, 20; Varr. R. R. 1, 41, 3.—

A pouring out into another vessel, Col. 12, 52, 11. —

Trop.

In gen.:

criminis,

a transferring, shifling off, Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 42, § 91; cf. id. Inv. 1, 8, 10; 2, 19, 57; Quint. 3, 6, 23; 3, 6, 38 sq. —

In partic.

Of speech or writing, a version, translation into another language, Quint. 1, 4, 18; Hier. Ep. 99, 1; Aug. Retract. 1, 7, 2; Greg. Mag. in Job, 12, 6.—

A transfer to a figurative signification, a trope, metaphor:

translationes audaciores,

Cic. de Or. 3, 38, 156 sq.:

durior... verecunda,

id. ib. 3, 41, 165; id. Or. 25, 85; Auct. Her. 4, 34, 45; Quint. 8, 6, 4 sq. al.—

In gram., a transposition.

Of letters, metathesis, Don. p. 1773 P.; Diom. p. 437 ib.—

Of words:

id verborum translatione emendatur,

Quint. 7, 9, 9.

trans-fĕro, tŭli, lātum (also written trālātum), ferre, v. a., to bear across; to carry or bring over; to convey over, transport, transfer (syn.: traduco, traicio).

Lit.

In gen.:

cadum modo hinc a me huc cum vino transferam,

Plaut. Stich. 5, 1, 7:

hoc (simulacrum Dianae) translatum Carthaginem,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 33, § 72:

mustela catulos suos cottidie transfert mutatque sedem,

Plin. 29, 4, 16, § 59:

Caesar paulo ultra eum locum castra transtulit,

Caes. B. C. 3, 66:

castra trans Peneum,

Liv. 42, 60, 3:

castra Baetim, Auct. B. Alex. 60, 5: signa ex statione,

Caes. B. C. 1, 60:

signa,

id. ib. 1, 74:

ad se ornamenta ex his (hortis),

Cic. Phil. 3, 12, 30:

copias in Boeotiam,

Just. 2, 14, 3.—

Of personal objects: illinc huc transferetur virgo,

Ter. Ad. 4, 7, 13:

Naevius trans Alpes usque transfertur,

Cic. Quint. 3, 12; cf.:

ex hoc hominum numero in impiorum partem atque in parricidarum coetum ac numerum transferetis?

id. Sull. 28, 77:

o Venus... vocantis Ture te multo Glycerae decoram Transfer in aedem,

transport thyself, Hor. C. 1, 30, 4.—

In partic.

Botanical t. t., of plants, to transplant; to transfer by grafting (syn. transero):

semina, quae transferuntur e terrā in terram,

Varr. R. R. 1, 39, 3; cf. id. ib. 1, 40, 4; Col. Arb. 1, 5; 20, 2:

videndum quā ex arbore in quam transferatur,

Varr. R. R. 1, 40, 5; 1, 41, 1:

omnia translata meliora grandioraque fiunt,

Plin. 19, 12, 60, § 183.—

To transfer by writing from one book into another; to copy, transcribe (syn. transcribo):

litterae... de tabulis in libros transferuntur,

Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 77, § 189; so,

rationes in tabulas,

id. Rosc. Com. 3, 8:

de tuo edicto in meum totidem verbis,

id. Fam. 3, 8, 4:

versus translati,

Suet. Ner. 52.—

To carry along, carry in public, bear in triumph (rare):

triduum triumphavit. Die primo arma tela signaque aerea et marmorea transtulit,

Liv. 34, 52, 4:

in eo triumpho XLIX. coronae aureae translatae sunt,

id. 37, 58, 4:

tantundem auri atque argenti in eo triumpho translatum,

id. 39, 42, 4:

transtulit in triumpho multa militaria signa spoliaque alia,

id. 45, 43, 4:

cum in triumpho Caesaris eborea oppida essent translata,

Quint. 6, 3, 61.—

Trop.

In gen., to convey, direct, transport, transfer:

in Celtiberiam bellum transferre,

Caes. B. C. 1, 61:

cum videat omne ad se bellum translatum,

id. B. G. 7, 8; Liv. 3, 68, 13:

concilium Lutetiam,

Caes. B. G. 6, 3:

disciplina in Britannia reperta atque inde in Galliam translata esse existimatur,

id. ib. 6, 13:

sed, si placet, sermonem alio transferamus,

turn, direct, Cic. de Or. 1, 29, 133:

translatos alio maerebis amores,

Hor. Epod. 15, 23:

amorem huc,

Ter. Hec. 1, 2, 94:

amorem In mares,

Ov. M. 10, 84:

similitudinem ab oculis ad animum,

Cic. Off. 1, 4, 14:

animum ad accusandum,

id. Mur. 22, 46:

quod ab Ennio positum in unā re transferri in multas potest,

id. Off. 1, 16, 51:

definitionem in aliam rem,

id. Ac. 2, 14, 43:

hoc idem transfero in magistratus,

id. Verr. 2, 2, 51, § 126:

nihil est enim, quod de suo genere in aliud genus transferri possit,

id. Ac. 2, 16, 50:

culpam in alios,

id. Font. 4, 8; id. Att. 15, 28:

transferendi in nos criminis causa,

id. Sest. 38, 82:

suscepere duo manipulares imperium populi Romani transferendum et transtulerunt,

Tac. H. 1, 25: invidiam criminis, i. e. to avert from one ' s self, id. A. 2, 66:

ut quisque obvius, quamvis leviter audita in alios transferunt,

id. ib. 2, 82:

in jus Latii nationes Alpium,

id. ib. 15, 32:

ad se Lacedaemonii arma,

Just. 5, 1, 8; 38, 1, 8.—With se, to turn one ' s attention, devote one ' s self:

se ad artes componendas,

Cic. Brut. 12, 48:

se ad album et rubricas,

Quint. 12, 3, 11:

se ad genus dicendi,

Tac. Or. 19.—In eccl. Lat., to remove from the world without death:

translatus in paradisum,

Vulg. Ecclus. 44, 16; id. Heb. 11, 5.—

In partic.

To put off, postpone, defer, in respect of time (syn.: differo, prolato): causa haec integra in proximum annum transferetur, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 9, 2:

subito reliquit annum suum seseque in proximum annum transtulit,

i. e. postponed his suit, Cic. Mil. 9, 24.—

Of speaking or writing.

To [p. 1890] translate into another language (cf.:

verto, reddo, interpretor, exprimo): istum ego locum totidem verbis a Dicaearcho transtuli,

Cic. Att. 6, 2, 3; cf.:

si ad eorum cognitionem divina illa ingenia transferrem... locos quidem quosdam transferam, et maxime ab iis quos modo nominavi,

id. Fin. 1, 3, 7:

analogia, quam proxime ex Graeco transferentes in Latinum proportionem vocaverunt,

Quint. 1, 6, 3:

qui haec ex Graeco transtulerunt,

id. 2, 15, 21:

volumina in linguam Latinam,

Plin. 18, 3, 5, § 22:

quod Cicero his verbis transfert, etc.,

Quint. 5, 11, 27: kat antilêpsin Latine ad verbum translatum non invenio, id. 7, 4, 4; 7, 4, 7:

simul quae legentem fefellissent, transferentem fugere non possunt,

Plin. Ep. 7, 9, 2.—

To transfer to a secondary or figurative signification, to use figuratively or tropically:

utemur verbis aut iis, quae propria sunt... aut iis, quae transferuntur et quasi alieno in loco collocantur,

Cic. de Or. 3, 37, 149; cf. Quint. 8, 6, 5 sq.; 9, 1, 4:

cum verbum aliquod altius transfertur,

Cic. Or. 25, 82:

translata verba atque immutata. Translata dico, ut saepe jam, quae per similitudinem ab aliā re aut suavitatis aut inopiae causā transferuntur,

id. ib. 27, 92:

intexunt fabulas, verba apertius transferunt,

id. ib. 19, 65.—

Rhet. t. t.:

translatum exordium est, quod aliud conficit, quam causae genus postulat,

Cic. Inv. 1, 18, 26; cf. Quint. 4, 2, 71.—

To apply, make use of (for a new purpose, etc.):

hoc animi vitium ad utilitatem non transferemus,

Quint. 6, 2, 30; cf.:

inde stellionum nomine in male translato,

Plin. 30, 10, 27, § 89 Jan. (al. in maledictum; cf. 2. b. supra).—

To change, transform:

omnia In species translata novas,

Ov. M. 15, 420:

civitas verterat se transtuleratque,

Tac. H. 4, 11; cf.:

cum ebur et robur in o litteram secundae syllabae transferunt,

Quint. 1, 6, 22.

translātĭo or trālātĭo, ōnis, f. [transfero], a carrying or removing from one place to another, a transporting, transferring.

Lit.

In gen.:

pecuniarum translatio a justis dominis ad alienos,

Cic. Off. 1, 14, 43:

domicilii,

removal, Suet. Ner. 9. —

In partic., of plants, a transplanting, ingrafting, Plin. 17, 11, 14, § 75; Col. 3, 10, 20; Varr. R. R. 1, 41, 3.—

A pouring out into another vessel, Col. 12, 52, 11. —

Trop.

In gen.:

criminis,

a transferring, shifling off, Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 42, § 91; cf. id. Inv. 1, 8, 10; 2, 19, 57; Quint. 3, 6, 23; 3, 6, 38 sq. —

In partic.

Of speech or writing, a version, translation into another language, Quint. 1, 4, 18; Hier. Ep. 99, 1; Aug. Retract. 1, 7, 2; Greg. Mag. in Job, 12, 6.—

A transfer to a figurative signification, a trope, metaphor:

translationes audaciores,

Cic. de Or. 3, 38, 156 sq.:

durior... verecunda,

id. ib. 3, 41, 165; id. Or. 25, 85; Auct. Her. 4, 34, 45; Quint. 8, 6, 4 sq. al.—

In gram., a transposition.

Of letters, metathesis, Don. p. 1773 P.; Diom. p. 437 ib.—

Of words:

id verborum translatione emendatur,

Quint. 7, 9, 9.

trŏpĭcus, a, um, adj., = tropikos.

Lit., of or belonging to a turn or turning, tropical:

Capricornus,

i. e. where the sun turns back, Aus. Idyll. 16, 7; cf. id. Ecl. de Ratione Diei Anni, 2; Manil. 3, 614.—

Trop.

trŏpĭca, ōrum, n., changes, alterations:

pecuniae cupiditas haec tropica instituit,

Petr. 88.—

In the later rhet. lang., figurative, metaphorical, tropical (late Lat.):

figura,

Gell. 13, 24, 31: locutiones, Aug. contra Mendac. 10.— Adv.: trŏpĭcē, figuratively:

loqui maluit,

Aug. Genes. ad Lit. 4, 9.

trŏpĭcus, a, um, adj., = tropikos.

Lit., of or belonging to a turn or turning, tropical:

Capricornus,

i. e. where the sun turns back, Aus. Idyll. 16, 7; cf. id. Ecl. de Ratione Diei Anni, 2; Manil. 3, 614.—

Trop.

trŏpĭca, ōrum, n., changes, alterations:

pecuniae cupiditas haec tropica instituit,

Petr. 88.—

In the later rhet. lang., figurative, metaphorical, tropical (late Lat.):

figura,

Gell. 13, 24, 31: locutiones, Aug. contra Mendac. 10.— Adv.: trŏpĭcē, figuratively:

loqui maluit,

Aug. Genes. ad Lit. 4, 9.

trŏpus, i, m., = tropos.

In rhet., a figurative use of a word, a trope (postAug. for translatio, verborum immutatio), Quint. 9, 1, 4 sq.; 9, 2, 44 sq.; 9, 3, 20 al.—

A manner of singing, a song, Ven. Carm. 10, 10, 54; 10, 10, 60; 10, 12, 4.

typĭcus, a, um, adj., = tupikos, figurative, typical:

typicus Moses (Christus),

Sedul. 3, 208:

cruor,

id. 1, 192.—

Periodical, recurring at intervals:

tremor,

Cael. Aur. Acut. 2, 15, 95:

accessiones,

id. Tard. 3, S, 118. [p. 1922]

vĕl-ut or vĕl-ŭti, adv. (cf. vel, II.), even as, just as, like as.

Correl., with a foll. sic or ita (very rare).

In gen.:

velut in cantu et fidibus, sic ex corporis totius naturā et figurā varios motus ciere,

Cic. Tusc. 1, 10, 20 (al. vel ut):

cum velut Sagunti excidium Hannibali, sic, etc.,

Liv. 31, 18, 9:

velut per fistulam, ita per apertam vitis medullam umor trahitur,

Col. 3, 18, 5.—

In partic., to introduce comparisons: veluti Consul, cum, etc.... sic exspectabat populus, etc., Enn. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 48, 107 (Ann. v. 87 Vahl.):

ac veluti magno in populo cum saepe coorta est Seditio... Sic, etc.,

Verg. A. 1 148; v. infra, II. B. 2., and atque, II. 4.—

In gen.:

studeo hunc lenonem perdere, velut meum erum macerat,

Plaut. Poen. 4, 1, 2:

cum repente instructas velut in acie certo gradulegiones accedere Galli viderent,

Hirt. B. G. 8, 9:

ne vitam silentio transeant veluti pecora, quae, etc.,

Sall. C. 1, 1:

veluti qui sentibus anguem Pressit,

Verg. A. 2, 379. —With abl. absol.:

cum velut inter pugnae fugaeque consilium trepidante equitatu,

Liv. 1, 14, 8 Weissenb. ad loc.; cf. id. 1, 31, 3; 1, 29, 4; 1, 53, 5; 2, 12, 13.—

In partic.

To connect, by way of example, a single instance with an established general proposition, as, for instance, for example:

hoc est incepta efficere pulchre, veluti mihi Evenit, ut ovans praedā onustus incederem,

Plaut. Bacch. 4, 9, 145; id. Rud. 3, 1, 4; id. Merc. 2, 1, 3; cf. id. Aul. 3, 4, 3; id. Curc. 5, 3, 4; id. Truc. 2, 1, 35; 2, 7, 19:

numquam tam male est Siculis, quin aliquid facete et commode dicant: veluti in hac re aiebant, In labores Herculis, etc.,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 44, § 95:

ut illi dubia quaedam res... probetur: velut apud Socraticum Aeschinem demonstrat Socrates, etc.,

id. Inv. 1, 31, 51:

est etiam admiratio nonnulla in bestiis aquatilibus iis, quae gignuntur in terrā. Veluti crocodili, etc.,

id. N. D. 2, 48, 124; id. Fin. 2, 35, 116; cf.:

multa conjecta sunt aliud alio tempore, velut hoc, etc.,

id. Q. Fr. 3, 1, 7, § 23:

velut in hac quaestione plerique dixerunt,

id. N. D. 1, 1, 2:

velut iste chorus virtutum in eculeum inpositus imagines constituit,

id. Tusc. 5, 5, 13:

aliae quoque artes minores habent multiplicem materiam, velut architectonice,

Quint. 2, 21, 8:

sermonibus ejus fruebar, veluti fuit illa sermocinatio,

Gell. 19, 8, 1.—

To introduce a comparison or figurative expression, as, like, as it were: concurrunt veluti venti, cum spiritus Austri, etc., Enn. ap. Macr. S. 6, 2 (Ann. v. 423 Vahl.); 6, 3 (ib. v. 431 ib.):

frena dabat Sipylus, veluti cum, etc.,

Ov. M. 6, 231:

migrantes cernas totāque ex urbe ruentes, Ac, veluti ingentem formicae farris acervum Cum populant, etc.,

Verg. A. 4, 402; cf.

supra, I. B.: hic velut hereditate relictum odium paternum conservavit, etc.,

Nep. Hann. 1, 3:

quoddam simplex orationis condimentum, quod sentitur latente judicio velut palato,

Quint. 6, 3, 19:

ducetur rerum ipsā serie velut duce,

id. 10, 7, 6: haec velut sagina dicendi, id. 10, 5, 17:

inaequalia tantum et velut confragosa,

id. 8, 5, 29:

haec est velut imperatoria virtus,

id. 7, 10, 13.—

To introduce a hypothetical comparative clause, just as if, just as though, as if, as though.

Usually velut si:

absentis Ariovisti crudelitatem, velut si coram adesset, horrerent,

Caes. B. G. 1, 32:

tantus patres metus de summā rerum cepit, velut si jam ad portas hostis esset,

Liv. 21, 16, 2; Quint. 2, 13, 1:

velut si urbem adgressurus Scipio foret, ita, etc.,

Liv. 29, 28, 9:

facies inducitur illis (corporibus mixtis) Una, velut si quis, etc.,

Ov. M. 4, 375.—

Sometimes, in this sense, velut alone:

saepe, velut gemmas ejus signumque probarem, Per causam memini me tetigisse manum,

Tib. 1, 6, 25 (21); Ov. M. 4, 596:

velut ea res nihil ad religionem pertinuisset,

Liv. 2, 36, 1:

velut abundarent omnia,

id. 2, 41, 9:

me quoque juvat, velut ipse in parte laboris ac periculi fuerim, ad finem pervenisse, etc.,

id. 31, 1, 1 Weissenb. ad loc.

vĕl-ut or vĕl-ŭti, adv. (cf. vel, II.), even as, just as, like as.

Correl., with a foll. sic or ita (very rare).

In gen.:

velut in cantu et fidibus, sic ex corporis totius naturā et figurā varios motus ciere,

Cic. Tusc. 1, 10, 20 (al. vel ut):

cum velut Sagunti excidium Hannibali, sic, etc.,

Liv. 31, 18, 9:

velut per fistulam, ita per apertam vitis medullam umor trahitur,

Col. 3, 18, 5.—

In partic., to introduce comparisons: veluti Consul, cum, etc.... sic exspectabat populus, etc., Enn. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 48, 107 (Ann. v. 87 Vahl.):

ac veluti magno in populo cum saepe coorta est Seditio... Sic, etc.,

Verg. A. 1 148; v. infra, II. B. 2., and atque, II. 4.—

In gen.:

studeo hunc lenonem perdere, velut meum erum macerat,

Plaut. Poen. 4, 1, 2:

cum repente instructas velut in acie certo gradulegiones accedere Galli viderent,

Hirt. B. G. 8, 9:

ne vitam silentio transeant veluti pecora, quae, etc.,

Sall. C. 1, 1:

veluti qui sentibus anguem Pressit,

Verg. A. 2, 379. —With abl. absol.:

cum velut inter pugnae fugaeque consilium trepidante equitatu,

Liv. 1, 14, 8 Weissenb. ad loc.; cf. id. 1, 31, 3; 1, 29, 4; 1, 53, 5; 2, 12, 13.—

In partic.

To connect, by way of example, a single instance with an established general proposition, as, for instance, for example:

hoc est incepta efficere pulchre, veluti mihi Evenit, ut ovans praedā onustus incederem,

Plaut. Bacch. 4, 9, 145; id. Rud. 3, 1, 4; id. Merc. 2, 1, 3; cf. id. Aul. 3, 4, 3; id. Curc. 5, 3, 4; id. Truc. 2, 1, 35; 2, 7, 19:

numquam tam male est Siculis, quin aliquid facete et commode dicant: veluti in hac re aiebant, In labores Herculis, etc.,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 44, § 95:

ut illi dubia quaedam res... probetur: velut apud Socraticum Aeschinem demonstrat Socrates, etc.,

id. Inv. 1, 31, 51:

est etiam admiratio nonnulla in bestiis aquatilibus iis, quae gignuntur in terrā. Veluti crocodili, etc.,

id. N. D. 2, 48, 124; id. Fin. 2, 35, 116; cf.:

multa conjecta sunt aliud alio tempore, velut hoc, etc.,

id. Q. Fr. 3, 1, 7, § 23:

velut in hac quaestione plerique dixerunt,

id. N. D. 1, 1, 2:

velut iste chorus virtutum in eculeum inpositus imagines constituit,

id. Tusc. 5, 5, 13:

aliae quoque artes minores habent multiplicem materiam, velut architectonice,

Quint. 2, 21, 8:

sermonibus ejus fruebar, veluti fuit illa sermocinatio,

Gell. 19, 8, 1.—

To introduce a comparison or figurative expression, as, like, as it were: concurrunt veluti venti, cum spiritus Austri, etc., Enn. ap. Macr. S. 6, 2 (Ann. v. 423 Vahl.); 6, 3 (ib. v. 431 ib.):

frena dabat Sipylus, veluti cum, etc.,

Ov. M. 6, 231:

migrantes cernas totāque ex urbe ruentes, Ac, veluti ingentem formicae farris acervum Cum populant, etc.,

Verg. A. 4, 402; cf.

supra, I. B.: hic velut hereditate relictum odium paternum conservavit, etc.,

Nep. Hann. 1, 3:

quoddam simplex orationis condimentum, quod sentitur latente judicio velut palato,

Quint. 6, 3, 19:

ducetur rerum ipsā serie velut duce,

id. 10, 7, 6: haec velut sagina dicendi, id. 10, 5, 17:

inaequalia tantum et velut confragosa,

id. 8, 5, 29:

haec est velut imperatoria virtus,

id. 7, 10, 13.—

To introduce a hypothetical comparative clause, just as if, just as though, as if, as though.

Usually velut si:

absentis Ariovisti crudelitatem, velut si coram adesset, horrerent,

Caes. B. G. 1, 32:

tantus patres metus de summā rerum cepit, velut si jam ad portas hostis esset,

Liv. 21, 16, 2; Quint. 2, 13, 1:

velut si urbem adgressurus Scipio foret, ita, etc.,

Liv. 29, 28, 9:

facies inducitur illis (corporibus mixtis) Una, velut si quis, etc.,

Ov. M. 4, 375.—

Sometimes, in this sense, velut alone:

saepe, velut gemmas ejus signumque probarem, Per causam memini me tetigisse manum,

Tib. 1, 6, 25 (21); Ov. M. 4, 596:

velut ea res nihil ad religionem pertinuisset,

Liv. 2, 36, 1:

velut abundarent omnia,

id. 2, 41, 9:

me quoque juvat, velut ipse in parte laboris ac periculi fuerim, ad finem pervenisse, etc.,

id. 31, 1, 1 Weissenb. ad loc.