flōs

sērōtĭnus, a, um, adj. [4. sero], econom. t. t. of the Aug. period, for the class. serus.

Lit., that comes or happens late, late-ripe, late, backward:

sementis (opp. festinata),

Plin. 18, 24, 56, § 204:

pira,

id. 15, 15, 17, § 58:

ficus,

id. 15, 18, 19, § 71; Pall. Mart. 10, 31:

flos,

Plin. 21, 10, 32, § 58:

pulli,

Col. 8, 5, 24:

hiemes (opp. tempestiva frigora),

Plin. 17, 2, 2, § 16:

aquae (opp. tempestivae),

id. 17, 2, 2, § 17:

situs,

id. 17, 11, 16, § 79:

loca (opp. praecocia),

id. 18, 24, 54, § 196:

imber serotinus,

the later rainy season, Vulg. Deut. 11, 14; id. Osee, 6, 3.—

Esp., in the evening (cf. serus, I. B.):

matutinus et serotinus imber,

Vulg. Joel, 2, 23.—

Transf., in gen.:

raptor (puellae),

stealing late, Sen. Decl. 3, 21 fin.

sĭlĕo, ŭi ( perf. pass. silitum est, Aug. Civ. Dei, 16, 2), 2, v. n. and a. [cf. Goth. silan, ana-silan, to be silent; Germ. seltsam, selten], to be noiseless, still, or silent, to keep silence; act., not to speak of, to keep silent respecting a thing (class.; stronger than tacere).

Lit.

Absol.:

silete et tacete atque animum advortite,

Plaut. Poen. prol. 3; id. Capt. 3, 1, 20:

optimum quemque silere,

Liv. 39, 27 fin.:

muta silet virgo,

Ov. M. 10, 389:

lingua, sile,

id. P. 2, 2, 61:

sedentibus ac silentibus cunctis,

Suet. Claud. 21:

obstrepentes forte ranas silere jussit,

id. Aug. 94.—

With de:

cum ceteri de nobis silent,

Cic. Sull. 29, 80:

de dracone silet,

id. Div. 2, 30, 65:

de re publicā ut sileremus,

id. Brut. 42, 157; cf. id. ib. 76, 266; cf. Fabri ad Sall. J. 19, 2.— Impers. pass.:

de jurgio siletur,

Ter. Phorm. 5, 2, 13; Cic. Div. in Caecil. 10, 32; Sall. C. 2, 8: usque ab Abraham de justorum aliquorum commemoratione silitum est, Aug. Civ. Dei, 16, 2.—

With acc.:

quae hoc tempore sileret omnia,

Cic. Clu. 6, 18:

tu hoc silebis,

id. Att. 2, 18, 3:

neque te silebo, Liber,

Hor. C. 1, 12, 21; cf. id. ib. 4, 9, 31:

fortia facta,

Ov. M. 12, 575:

alium silere quod voles,

Sen. Hippol. 876:

nulla me tellus silet,

id. Herc. Oet. 39; cf.:

facti culpa silenda mihi,

Ov. Tr. 2, 208.— Pass.:

ea res siletur,

Cic. Fl. 3, 6:

quod ego praetermitto et facile patior sileri,

id. Cat. 1, 6, 14:

ne nunc quidem post tot saecula sileantur,

Liv. 27, 10, 7:

per quem tria verba silentur,

Ov. F. 1, 47:

mala causa silenda est,

id. P. 3, 1, 147:

quisquis ille, sileatur,

Plin. Ep. 8, 22, 4; cf. Tac. Agr. 41.— Part. pass. as subst.: sĭlenda, ōrum, mysteries, secrets, Liv. 39, 10, 5; cf. Curt. 6, 25, 3.—

With rel.clause:

quā tulerit mercede, silet,

Ov. M. 7, 688.—

With obj.-clause: ut sileat verbum facere, Auct. B. Hisp. 3, 7.—

Of things (mostly poet.):

intempesta silet nox,

Verg. G. 1, 247:

silet aequor,

id. E. 9, 57:

mare,

Val. Fl. 7, 542:

immotae frondes,

Ov. M. 7, 187:

umidus aër,

id. ib.:

aura,

Col. 2, 21, 5:

venti,

id. 12, 25, 4:

tranquillo silet immotāque attollitur undā Campus,

Verg. A. 5, 127; cf.:

silent late loca,

id. ib. 9, 190:

tempus erat quo cuncta silent,

Ov. M. 10, 446; cf. also infra P. a.—Act.:

si chartae sileant quod bene feceris,

Hor. C. 4, 8, 21.—

Transf., to be still or quiet (opp. to being in action), to remain inactive, to rest, cease (in class. prose, for the most part only of things; cf.

quiesco): et cycnea mele Phoebeaque Carmina consimili ratione oppressa silerent,

Lucr. 2, 506:

silent diutius Musae Varronis quam solebant,

Cic. Ac. 1, 1, 2:

silent leges inter arma,

id. Mil. 4, 10:

si quando ambitus sileat,

id. Leg. 3, 17, 39:

ne sileret sine fabulis hilaritas,

Petr. 110, 6.—Of persons:

fixaque silet Gradivus in hastā,

Val. Fl. 4, 281:

nec ceterae nationes silebant (with arma movere),

Tac. H. 3, 47.—Hence, sĭlens, entis (abl. silente;

but -ti,

Liv. 23, 35, 18 al.; Ov. M. 4, 84; neutr. plur. silenta loca, Laev. ap. Gell. 19, 7, 7; gen. plur. ( poet.) silentum, Verg. A. 6, 432; Ov. M. 5, 356 al.), P. a., still, calm, quiet, silent:

nocte silenti,

Ov. M. 4, 84; Verg. A. 4, 527:

silenti nocte,

Liv. 26, 5, 9;

Petr. poët. 89, 2, 32: silente nocte,

Tib. 1, 5, 16:

silente caelo,

Plin. 18, 28, 69, § 279:

silenti agmine ducam vos,

Liv. 25, 38; so,

silenti agmine,

id. 31, 38 fin.; 35, 4:

per lucos silentes,

Verg. G. 1, 476:

vultu defixus uterque silenti,

Val. Fl. 7, 407:

umbrae silentes,

i. e. the dead, Verg. A. 6, 264;

called populus silens,

Claud. Rapt. Pros. 2, 237; more freq. as subst.: sĭlentes, um, comm., the dead:

umbrae silentum,

Ov. M. 15, 797; so,

rex silentum,

id. ib. 5, 356:

sedes,

id. ib. 15, 772; Val. Fl. 1, 750; cf.:

Aeacus jura silentibus illic Reddit,

Ov. M. 13, 25.—The Pythagoreans were also called Silentes for the five years during which they were to listen to the instructions of Pythagoras:

coetus silentum,

Ov. M. 15, 66;

hence, silentes anni, these five years of the Pythagoreans,

Claud. Cons. Mall. Theod. 157: luna silenti, not shining, i. e. at the end of the month, Cato, R. R. 29; 40; 50; Col. 2, 10, 11; cf. Plin. 16, 39, 74, § 190:

sarmentum,

not yet shooting forth, Col. 4, 29, 1:

vineae,

id. 4, 27, 1:

surculi,

id. 11, 2, 26:

flos,

id. 12, 7, 1:

ova,

in which the chicks do not yet move, id. 8, 5, 15.—With ab:

dies silens a ventis,

Col. 4, 29, 5.—Hence, adv.: sĭlenter, silently, Juvenc. 3, 462; Vulg. 1, Reg. 24, 5.

sĭlĕo, ŭi ( perf. pass. silitum est, Aug. Civ. Dei, 16, 2), 2, v. n. and a. [cf. Goth. silan, ana-silan, to be silent; Germ. seltsam, selten], to be noiseless, still, or silent, to keep silence; act., not to speak of, to keep silent respecting a thing (class.; stronger than tacere).

Lit.

Absol.:

silete et tacete atque animum advortite,

Plaut. Poen. prol. 3; id. Capt. 3, 1, 20:

optimum quemque silere,

Liv. 39, 27 fin.:

muta silet virgo,

Ov. M. 10, 389:

lingua, sile,

id. P. 2, 2, 61:

sedentibus ac silentibus cunctis,

Suet. Claud. 21:

obstrepentes forte ranas silere jussit,

id. Aug. 94.—

With de:

cum ceteri de nobis silent,

Cic. Sull. 29, 80:

de dracone silet,

id. Div. 2, 30, 65:

de re publicā ut sileremus,

id. Brut. 42, 157; cf. id. ib. 76, 266; cf. Fabri ad Sall. J. 19, 2.— Impers. pass.:

de jurgio siletur,

Ter. Phorm. 5, 2, 13; Cic. Div. in Caecil. 10, 32; Sall. C. 2, 8: usque ab Abraham de justorum aliquorum commemoratione silitum est, Aug. Civ. Dei, 16, 2.—

With acc.:

quae hoc tempore sileret omnia,

Cic. Clu. 6, 18:

tu hoc silebis,

id. Att. 2, 18, 3:

neque te silebo, Liber,

Hor. C. 1, 12, 21; cf. id. ib. 4, 9, 31:

fortia facta,

Ov. M. 12, 575:

alium silere quod voles,

Sen. Hippol. 876:

nulla me tellus silet,

id. Herc. Oet. 39; cf.:

facti culpa silenda mihi,

Ov. Tr. 2, 208.— Pass.:

ea res siletur,

Cic. Fl. 3, 6:

quod ego praetermitto et facile patior sileri,

id. Cat. 1, 6, 14:

ne nunc quidem post tot saecula sileantur,

Liv. 27, 10, 7:

per quem tria verba silentur,

Ov. F. 1, 47:

mala causa silenda est,

id. P. 3, 1, 147:

quisquis ille, sileatur,

Plin. Ep. 8, 22, 4; cf. Tac. Agr. 41.— Part. pass. as subst.: sĭlenda, ōrum, mysteries, secrets, Liv. 39, 10, 5; cf. Curt. 6, 25, 3.—

With rel.clause:

quā tulerit mercede, silet,

Ov. M. 7, 688.—

With obj.-clause: ut sileat verbum facere, Auct. B. Hisp. 3, 7.—

Of things (mostly poet.):

intempesta silet nox,

Verg. G. 1, 247:

silet aequor,

id. E. 9, 57:

mare,

Val. Fl. 7, 542:

immotae frondes,

Ov. M. 7, 187:

umidus aër,

id. ib.:

aura,

Col. 2, 21, 5:

venti,

id. 12, 25, 4:

tranquillo silet immotāque attollitur undā Campus,

Verg. A. 5, 127; cf.:

silent late loca,

id. ib. 9, 190:

tempus erat quo cuncta silent,

Ov. M. 10, 446; cf. also infra P. a.—Act.:

si chartae sileant quod bene feceris,

Hor. C. 4, 8, 21.—

Transf., to be still or quiet (opp. to being in action), to remain inactive, to rest, cease (in class. prose, for the most part only of things; cf.

quiesco): et cycnea mele Phoebeaque Carmina consimili ratione oppressa silerent,

Lucr. 2, 506:

silent diutius Musae Varronis quam solebant,

Cic. Ac. 1, 1, 2:

silent leges inter arma,

id. Mil. 4, 10:

si quando ambitus sileat,

id. Leg. 3, 17, 39:

ne sileret sine fabulis hilaritas,

Petr. 110, 6.—Of persons:

fixaque silet Gradivus in hastā,

Val. Fl. 4, 281:

nec ceterae nationes silebant (with arma movere),

Tac. H. 3, 47.—Hence, sĭlens, entis (abl. silente;

but -ti,

Liv. 23, 35, 18 al.; Ov. M. 4, 84; neutr. plur. silenta loca, Laev. ap. Gell. 19, 7, 7; gen. plur. ( poet.) silentum, Verg. A. 6, 432; Ov. M. 5, 356 al.), P. a., still, calm, quiet, silent:

nocte silenti,

Ov. M. 4, 84; Verg. A. 4, 527:

silenti nocte,

Liv. 26, 5, 9;

Petr. poët. 89, 2, 32: silente nocte,

Tib. 1, 5, 16:

silente caelo,

Plin. 18, 28, 69, § 279:

silenti agmine ducam vos,

Liv. 25, 38; so,

silenti agmine,

id. 31, 38 fin.; 35, 4:

per lucos silentes,

Verg. G. 1, 476:

vultu defixus uterque silenti,

Val. Fl. 7, 407:

umbrae silentes,

i. e. the dead, Verg. A. 6, 264;

called populus silens,

Claud. Rapt. Pros. 2, 237; more freq. as subst.: sĭlentes, um, comm., the dead:

umbrae silentum,

Ov. M. 15, 797; so,

rex silentum,

id. ib. 5, 356:

sedes,

id. ib. 15, 772; Val. Fl. 1, 750; cf.:

Aeacus jura silentibus illic Reddit,

Ov. M. 13, 25.—The Pythagoreans were also called Silentes for the five years during which they were to listen to the instructions of Pythagoras:

coetus silentum,

Ov. M. 15, 66;

hence, silentes anni, these five years of the Pythagoreans,

Claud. Cons. Mall. Theod. 157: luna silenti, not shining, i. e. at the end of the month, Cato, R. R. 29; 40; 50; Col. 2, 10, 11; cf. Plin. 16, 39, 74, § 190:

sarmentum,

not yet shooting forth, Col. 4, 29, 1:

vineae,

id. 4, 27, 1:

surculi,

id. 11, 2, 26:

flos,

id. 12, 7, 1:

ova,

in which the chicks do not yet move, id. 8, 5, 15.—With ab:

dies silens a ventis,

Col. 4, 29, 5.—Hence, adv.: sĭlenter, silently, Juvenc. 3, 462; Vulg. 1, Reg. 24, 5.

sĭlĕo, ŭi ( perf. pass. silitum est, Aug. Civ. Dei, 16, 2), 2, v. n. and a. [cf. Goth. silan, ana-silan, to be silent; Germ. seltsam, selten], to be noiseless, still, or silent, to keep silence; act., not to speak of, to keep silent respecting a thing (class.; stronger than tacere).

Lit.

Absol.:

silete et tacete atque animum advortite,

Plaut. Poen. prol. 3; id. Capt. 3, 1, 20:

optimum quemque silere,

Liv. 39, 27 fin.:

muta silet virgo,

Ov. M. 10, 389:

lingua, sile,

id. P. 2, 2, 61:

sedentibus ac silentibus cunctis,

Suet. Claud. 21:

obstrepentes forte ranas silere jussit,

id. Aug. 94.—

With de:

cum ceteri de nobis silent,

Cic. Sull. 29, 80:

de dracone silet,

id. Div. 2, 30, 65:

de re publicā ut sileremus,

id. Brut. 42, 157; cf. id. ib. 76, 266; cf. Fabri ad Sall. J. 19, 2.— Impers. pass.:

de jurgio siletur,

Ter. Phorm. 5, 2, 13; Cic. Div. in Caecil. 10, 32; Sall. C. 2, 8: usque ab Abraham de justorum aliquorum commemoratione silitum est, Aug. Civ. Dei, 16, 2.—

With acc.:

quae hoc tempore sileret omnia,

Cic. Clu. 6, 18:

tu hoc silebis,

id. Att. 2, 18, 3:

neque te silebo, Liber,

Hor. C. 1, 12, 21; cf. id. ib. 4, 9, 31:

fortia facta,

Ov. M. 12, 575:

alium silere quod voles,

Sen. Hippol. 876:

nulla me tellus silet,

id. Herc. Oet. 39; cf.:

facti culpa silenda mihi,

Ov. Tr. 2, 208.— Pass.:

ea res siletur,

Cic. Fl. 3, 6:

quod ego praetermitto et facile patior sileri,

id. Cat. 1, 6, 14:

ne nunc quidem post tot saecula sileantur,

Liv. 27, 10, 7:

per quem tria verba silentur,

Ov. F. 1, 47:

mala causa silenda est,

id. P. 3, 1, 147:

quisquis ille, sileatur,

Plin. Ep. 8, 22, 4; cf. Tac. Agr. 41.— Part. pass. as subst.: sĭlenda, ōrum, mysteries, secrets, Liv. 39, 10, 5; cf. Curt. 6, 25, 3.—

With rel.clause:

quā tulerit mercede, silet,

Ov. M. 7, 688.—

With obj.-clause: ut sileat verbum facere, Auct. B. Hisp. 3, 7.—

Of things (mostly poet.):

intempesta silet nox,

Verg. G. 1, 247:

silet aequor,

id. E. 9, 57:

mare,

Val. Fl. 7, 542:

immotae frondes,

Ov. M. 7, 187:

umidus aër,

id. ib.:

aura,

Col. 2, 21, 5:

venti,

id. 12, 25, 4:

tranquillo silet immotāque attollitur undā Campus,

Verg. A. 5, 127; cf.:

silent late loca,

id. ib. 9, 190:

tempus erat quo cuncta silent,

Ov. M. 10, 446; cf. also infra P. a.—Act.:

si chartae sileant quod bene feceris,

Hor. C. 4, 8, 21.—

Transf., to be still or quiet (opp. to being in action), to remain inactive, to rest, cease (in class. prose, for the most part only of things; cf.

quiesco): et cycnea mele Phoebeaque Carmina consimili ratione oppressa silerent,

Lucr. 2, 506:

silent diutius Musae Varronis quam solebant,

Cic. Ac. 1, 1, 2:

silent leges inter arma,

id. Mil. 4, 10:

si quando ambitus sileat,

id. Leg. 3, 17, 39:

ne sileret sine fabulis hilaritas,

Petr. 110, 6.—Of persons:

fixaque silet Gradivus in hastā,

Val. Fl. 4, 281:

nec ceterae nationes silebant (with arma movere),

Tac. H. 3, 47.—Hence, sĭlens, entis (abl. silente;

but -ti,

Liv. 23, 35, 18 al.; Ov. M. 4, 84; neutr. plur. silenta loca, Laev. ap. Gell. 19, 7, 7; gen. plur. ( poet.) silentum, Verg. A. 6, 432; Ov. M. 5, 356 al.), P. a., still, calm, quiet, silent:

nocte silenti,

Ov. M. 4, 84; Verg. A. 4, 527:

silenti nocte,

Liv. 26, 5, 9;

Petr. poët. 89, 2, 32: silente nocte,

Tib. 1, 5, 16:

silente caelo,

Plin. 18, 28, 69, § 279:

silenti agmine ducam vos,

Liv. 25, 38; so,

silenti agmine,

id. 31, 38 fin.; 35, 4:

per lucos silentes,

Verg. G. 1, 476:

vultu defixus uterque silenti,

Val. Fl. 7, 407:

umbrae silentes,

i. e. the dead, Verg. A. 6, 264;

called populus silens,

Claud. Rapt. Pros. 2, 237; more freq. as subst.: sĭlentes, um, comm., the dead:

umbrae silentum,

Ov. M. 15, 797; so,

rex silentum,

id. ib. 5, 356:

sedes,

id. ib. 15, 772; Val. Fl. 1, 750; cf.:

Aeacus jura silentibus illic Reddit,

Ov. M. 13, 25.—The Pythagoreans were also called Silentes for the five years during which they were to listen to the instructions of Pythagoras:

coetus silentum,

Ov. M. 15, 66;

hence, silentes anni, these five years of the Pythagoreans,

Claud. Cons. Mall. Theod. 157: luna silenti, not shining, i. e. at the end of the month, Cato, R. R. 29; 40; 50; Col. 2, 10, 11; cf. Plin. 16, 39, 74, § 190:

sarmentum,

not yet shooting forth, Col. 4, 29, 1:

vineae,

id. 4, 27, 1:

surculi,

id. 11, 2, 26:

flos,

id. 12, 7, 1:

ova,

in which the chicks do not yet move, id. 8, 5, 15.—With ab:

dies silens a ventis,

Col. 4, 29, 5.—Hence, adv.: sĭlenter, silently, Juvenc. 3, 462; Vulg. 1, Reg. 24, 5.

tempestas, ātis (collat. form tempe-stūs, ūtis; v. in the foll.; gen. plur. tempestatium, Vitr. 9, 6, 3), f. [tempus].

A [p. 1850] portion, point, or space of time, a time, season, period, hôra (so mostly ante-class. and poet.; syn. tempus): SOL OCCASVS SVPREMA TEMPESTAS ESTO, Fragm. XII. Tab. ap. Gell. 17, 2, 10; cf.:

in duodecim tabulis: SOLIS OCCASV DIEI SVPREMA TEMPESTAS ESTO: libri augurum pro tempestate tempestutem dicunt, supremum augurii tempus,

Varr. L. L. 7, § 51 Müll. N. cr.: jam quā tempestate vivo certe sine ad me recipio, Lucil. ap. Non. 407, 31:

eā tempestate flos poëtarum fuit,

Plaut. Cas. prol. 18:

verum tempestas quondam cum vixi fuit, Quom, etc.,

id. Truc. 2, 4, 29:

eādemque tempestate multis signis Lacedaemoniis calamitas denuntiabatur,

Cic. Div. 1, 34, 75:

quā tempestate juvencos egerat a stabulis,

Prop. 4, 9, 1:

non ego pro mundi regno magis anxius illā Tempestate fui, qua, etc.,

Ov. M. 1, 183: tertia te Phthiae tempestas laeta locabit, the third day (a translation of the Homeric êmati ken tritatôi, Il. 9, 363), Cic. poët. Div. 1, 25, 52:

quā tempestate Poenus in Italiam venit,

Cic. de Or. 3, 38, 153; cf. id. Or. 49, 164:

fuere item eā tempestate, qui crederent, etc.,

Sall. C. 17, 7; Curt. 4, 2, 11; 6, 2, 15:

illā tempestate,

Liv. 27, 37, 13; Curt. 3, 1, 2:

hac tempestate,

Sall. J. 3, 1; 13, 7; Vell. 2, 78; Just. 19, 2, 3; 25, 2, 8: sic omnia nimia, cum vel in tempestate vel in agris vel in corporibus laetiora fuerunt, in contraria fere convertuntur (a transl. of the Platonic en hôrais te kai en phutois kai en sômasi), Cic. Rep. 1, 44, 68.— In plur.: quam te post multis tueor tempestatibus, Pac. ap. Non. 407, 33:

cis paucas tempestates, augebis, etc.,

Plaut. Most. 1, 1, 18:

multis tempestatibus haud sane quisquam Romae virtute magnus fuit,

Sall. C. 53, 5:

Sulla sollertissimus omnium in paucis tempestatibus factus est,

id. J. 96, 1:

Evander, qui multis ante tempestatibus ea tenuerat loca,

Liv. 1, 5, 2.—

Time, with respect to its physical qualities, weather (the predom. and class. signif. of the word).

Lit., of good as well as of bad weather: tum tonuit laevum bene tempestate serenā, Enn. ap. Cic. Div. 2, 39, 82 (Ann. v. 517 Vahl.; cf. infra, in plur.); Varr. ap. Non. 408, 5:

liquida,

Plaut. Most. 3, 2, 64; cf.:

liquidissima caeli,

Lucr. 4, 169:

nactus idoneam ad navigandum tempestatem,

Caes. B. G. 4, 23; cf. Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 2, 4:

secunda,

Tac. Agr. 38:

fuit pridie Quinquatrus egregia tempestas,

Cic. Att. 9, 13, 2:

tempestatem praetermittere,

id. Fam. 14, 4, 5:

cum tempestas arridet,

Lucr. 2, 32; cf. id. 5, 1395:

unde haec tam clara repente Tempestas?

Verg. A. 9, 20.—In plur.: tempestates serenae riserunt risu Jovis, Enn. ap. Serv. ad Verg. A. 1, 254 (Ann. v. 445 Vahl.):

dum tempestates assunt,

Lucr. 1, 178:

et comites et tempestates et navem idoneam ut habeas, diligenter videbis,

Cic. Fam. 16, 1, 2; Cels. 2, 1.—

Esp., of bad or stormy weather, a storm, tempest (cf.:

procella, hiemps): turbida tempestas heri fuit,

Plaut. Rud. 4, 3, 3; so,

turbida,

Lucr. 6, 376; Caes. B. C. 2, 22:

saeva,

Plaut. Rud. 4, 2, 12; Lucr. 6, 458:

perfrigida,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 40, § 86:

turbulenta,

id. ib. 2, 5, 10, §

26: foeda,

Liv. 2, 62; Verg. G. 1, 323:

horrida,

Hor. Epod. 13, 1:

demissa ab Euro,

id. C. 3, 17, 11:

tempestas venit, Confringit tegulas imbricesque,

Plaut. Most. 1, 2, 27:

tanta tempestas cooritur, ut, etc.,

Caes. B. C. 1, 48:

tempestas naves adflixit,

id. ib. 3, 27:

vis tempestatis,

Cic. Rep. 4, 8, 8:

maximo imbri, tempestate, ventis, procellis, etc.,

id. Phil. 5, 6, 15:

nautae cum adversā tempestate in alto jactarentur,

id. Inv. 2, 31, 95:

si segetibus tempestas nocuerit,

id. N. D. 2, 66, 167:

si tempestas a vertice silvis Incubuit,

Verg. G. 2, 310:

tempestas sine more furit,

id. A. 5, 694.—In plur.:

duo genera esse caelestis injuriae meminisse debemus: unum quod tempestates vocamus, in quibus grandines, procellae, ceteraque similia intelleguntur, etc.,

Plin. 18, 28, 69, § 278:

magnis commotis tempestatibus, fluvius ita magnus factus est, ut, etc.,

Cic. Inv. 2, 31, 96; Plaut. Merc. 1, 2, 86:

etiam summi gubernatores in magnis tempestatibus a vectoribus admoneri solent,

Cic. Phil. 7, 9, 27:

ut tempestates saepe certo aliquo caeli signo commoventur,

id. Mur. 17, 36:

procellae, tempestates,

id. Off. 2, 6, 19; Varr. R. R. 3, 10, 3:

autumni,

Verg. G. 1, 311; Caes. B. G. 4, 34. —

Personified: Tempestātes, the weather-goddesses, the weather: (Lucius Scipio) CEPIT. CORSICA. ALERIAQVE. VRBE. DEDET TEMPESTATIBVS AIDE MERITO, Inscrr. Scip. in Inscr. Orell. 552; Cic. N. D. 3, 20, 51; Hor. Epod. 10, 24; cf. in sing. Tempestas, Ov. F 6, 193. —

Trop. (like our storm, tempest, =), commotion, disturbance; calamity, misfortune:

qui in hac tempestate populi jactemur et fluctibus,

Cic. Planc. 4, 11:

comitiorum,

id. Mur. 17, 36:

video quanta tempestas invidiae nobis impendeat,

id. Cat. 1, 9, 22:

periculi tempestas,

id. Sest. 47, 101:

tempestas horribilis Gallici adventus,

id. Rep. 2, 6, 11:

quanta per Idaeos tempestas ierit campos,

Verg. A. 7, 223:

eā ipsā tempestate eversam esse rem publicam,

Cic. Att. 10, 4, 5:

tempestas popularis,

id. Sest. 67, 140:

vis illa fuit et ruina quaedam atque tempestas et quidvis potius quam judicium,

id. Clu. 35, 96:

communis Siculorum tempestas (i. e. Verres),

id. Verr. 2, 2, 37, § 91:

haud ignari quanta invidiae immineret tempestas,

Liv. 3, 38, 6:

(scurra) Pernicies et tempestates barathrumque macelli,

Hor. Ep. 1, 15, 31:

belli,

Stat. Th. 3, 229; Sen. Agam. 63.—In plur.:

in his undis et tempestatibus ad summam senectutem maluit jactari quam, etc.,

Cic. Rep. 1, 1, 1:

immoderatae tempestates,

id. N. D. 1, 2, 4:

navis rei publicae fluitans in alto tempestatibus,

id. Sest. 20, 46; id. de Or. 1, 1, 2; id. Fam. 9, 6, 4; Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 85 al.—

A storm, shower, i. e. a throng, multitude, etc.:

querelarum,

Cic. Pis. 36, 89:

turbida telorum,

Verg. A. 12, 284; Claud. in Ruf. 1, 102.

tempestas, ātis (collat. form tempe-stūs, ūtis; v. in the foll.; gen. plur. tempestatium, Vitr. 9, 6, 3), f. [tempus].

A [p. 1850] portion, point, or space of time, a time, season, period, hôra (so mostly ante-class. and poet.; syn. tempus): SOL OCCASVS SVPREMA TEMPESTAS ESTO, Fragm. XII. Tab. ap. Gell. 17, 2, 10; cf.:

in duodecim tabulis: SOLIS OCCASV DIEI SVPREMA TEMPESTAS ESTO: libri augurum pro tempestate tempestutem dicunt, supremum augurii tempus,

Varr. L. L. 7, § 51 Müll. N. cr.: jam quā tempestate vivo certe sine ad me recipio, Lucil. ap. Non. 407, 31:

eā tempestate flos poëtarum fuit,

Plaut. Cas. prol. 18:

verum tempestas quondam cum vixi fuit, Quom, etc.,

id. Truc. 2, 4, 29:

eādemque tempestate multis signis Lacedaemoniis calamitas denuntiabatur,

Cic. Div. 1, 34, 75:

quā tempestate juvencos egerat a stabulis,

Prop. 4, 9, 1:

non ego pro mundi regno magis anxius illā Tempestate fui, qua, etc.,

Ov. M. 1, 183: tertia te Phthiae tempestas laeta locabit, the third day (a translation of the Homeric êmati ken tritatôi, Il. 9, 363), Cic. poët. Div. 1, 25, 52:

quā tempestate Poenus in Italiam venit,

Cic. de Or. 3, 38, 153; cf. id. Or. 49, 164:

fuere item eā tempestate, qui crederent, etc.,

Sall. C. 17, 7; Curt. 4, 2, 11; 6, 2, 15:

illā tempestate,

Liv. 27, 37, 13; Curt. 3, 1, 2:

hac tempestate,

Sall. J. 3, 1; 13, 7; Vell. 2, 78; Just. 19, 2, 3; 25, 2, 8: sic omnia nimia, cum vel in tempestate vel in agris vel in corporibus laetiora fuerunt, in contraria fere convertuntur (a transl. of the Platonic en hôrais te kai en phutois kai en sômasi), Cic. Rep. 1, 44, 68.— In plur.: quam te post multis tueor tempestatibus, Pac. ap. Non. 407, 33:

cis paucas tempestates, augebis, etc.,

Plaut. Most. 1, 1, 18:

multis tempestatibus haud sane quisquam Romae virtute magnus fuit,

Sall. C. 53, 5:

Sulla sollertissimus omnium in paucis tempestatibus factus est,

id. J. 96, 1:

Evander, qui multis ante tempestatibus ea tenuerat loca,

Liv. 1, 5, 2.—

Time, with respect to its physical qualities, weather (the predom. and class. signif. of the word).

Lit., of good as well as of bad weather: tum tonuit laevum bene tempestate serenā, Enn. ap. Cic. Div. 2, 39, 82 (Ann. v. 517 Vahl.; cf. infra, in plur.); Varr. ap. Non. 408, 5:

liquida,

Plaut. Most. 3, 2, 64; cf.:

liquidissima caeli,

Lucr. 4, 169:

nactus idoneam ad navigandum tempestatem,

Caes. B. G. 4, 23; cf. Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 2, 4:

secunda,

Tac. Agr. 38:

fuit pridie Quinquatrus egregia tempestas,

Cic. Att. 9, 13, 2:

tempestatem praetermittere,

id. Fam. 14, 4, 5:

cum tempestas arridet,

Lucr. 2, 32; cf. id. 5, 1395:

unde haec tam clara repente Tempestas?

Verg. A. 9, 20.—In plur.: tempestates serenae riserunt risu Jovis, Enn. ap. Serv. ad Verg. A. 1, 254 (Ann. v. 445 Vahl.):

dum tempestates assunt,

Lucr. 1, 178:

et comites et tempestates et navem idoneam ut habeas, diligenter videbis,

Cic. Fam. 16, 1, 2; Cels. 2, 1.—

Esp., of bad or stormy weather, a storm, tempest (cf.:

procella, hiemps): turbida tempestas heri fuit,

Plaut. Rud. 4, 3, 3; so,

turbida,

Lucr. 6, 376; Caes. B. C. 2, 22:

saeva,

Plaut. Rud. 4, 2, 12; Lucr. 6, 458:

perfrigida,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 40, § 86:

turbulenta,

id. ib. 2, 5, 10, §

26: foeda,

Liv. 2, 62; Verg. G. 1, 323:

horrida,

Hor. Epod. 13, 1:

demissa ab Euro,

id. C. 3, 17, 11:

tempestas venit, Confringit tegulas imbricesque,

Plaut. Most. 1, 2, 27:

tanta tempestas cooritur, ut, etc.,

Caes. B. C. 1, 48:

tempestas naves adflixit,

id. ib. 3, 27:

vis tempestatis,

Cic. Rep. 4, 8, 8:

maximo imbri, tempestate, ventis, procellis, etc.,

id. Phil. 5, 6, 15:

nautae cum adversā tempestate in alto jactarentur,

id. Inv. 2, 31, 95:

si segetibus tempestas nocuerit,

id. N. D. 2, 66, 167:

si tempestas a vertice silvis Incubuit,

Verg. G. 2, 310:

tempestas sine more furit,

id. A. 5, 694.—In plur.:

duo genera esse caelestis injuriae meminisse debemus: unum quod tempestates vocamus, in quibus grandines, procellae, ceteraque similia intelleguntur, etc.,

Plin. 18, 28, 69, § 278:

magnis commotis tempestatibus, fluvius ita magnus factus est, ut, etc.,

Cic. Inv. 2, 31, 96; Plaut. Merc. 1, 2, 86:

etiam summi gubernatores in magnis tempestatibus a vectoribus admoneri solent,

Cic. Phil. 7, 9, 27:

ut tempestates saepe certo aliquo caeli signo commoventur,

id. Mur. 17, 36:

procellae, tempestates,

id. Off. 2, 6, 19; Varr. R. R. 3, 10, 3:

autumni,

Verg. G. 1, 311; Caes. B. G. 4, 34. —

Personified: Tempestātes, the weather-goddesses, the weather: (Lucius Scipio) CEPIT. CORSICA. ALERIAQVE. VRBE. DEDET TEMPESTATIBVS AIDE MERITO, Inscrr. Scip. in Inscr. Orell. 552; Cic. N. D. 3, 20, 51; Hor. Epod. 10, 24; cf. in sing. Tempestas, Ov. F 6, 193. —

Trop. (like our storm, tempest, =), commotion, disturbance; calamity, misfortune:

qui in hac tempestate populi jactemur et fluctibus,

Cic. Planc. 4, 11:

comitiorum,

id. Mur. 17, 36:

video quanta tempestas invidiae nobis impendeat,

id. Cat. 1, 9, 22:

periculi tempestas,

id. Sest. 47, 101:

tempestas horribilis Gallici adventus,

id. Rep. 2, 6, 11:

quanta per Idaeos tempestas ierit campos,

Verg. A. 7, 223:

eā ipsā tempestate eversam esse rem publicam,

Cic. Att. 10, 4, 5:

tempestas popularis,

id. Sest. 67, 140:

vis illa fuit et ruina quaedam atque tempestas et quidvis potius quam judicium,

id. Clu. 35, 96:

communis Siculorum tempestas (i. e. Verres),

id. Verr. 2, 2, 37, § 91:

haud ignari quanta invidiae immineret tempestas,

Liv. 3, 38, 6:

(scurra) Pernicies et tempestates barathrumque macelli,

Hor. Ep. 1, 15, 31:

belli,

Stat. Th. 3, 229; Sen. Agam. 63.—In plur.:

in his undis et tempestatibus ad summam senectutem maluit jactari quam, etc.,

Cic. Rep. 1, 1, 1:

immoderatae tempestates,

id. N. D. 1, 2, 4:

navis rei publicae fluitans in alto tempestatibus,

id. Sest. 20, 46; id. de Or. 1, 1, 2; id. Fam. 9, 6, 4; Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 85 al.—

A storm, shower, i. e. a throng, multitude, etc.:

querelarum,

Cic. Pis. 36, 89:

turbida telorum,

Verg. A. 12, 284; Claud. in Ruf. 1, 102.