foolish talk

fūmus, i, m. [Sanscr. dhū, dhumas, smoke; Zend. dun-man, vapor; Gr. thuô, to rage, sacrifice, thumos, thuma, thuos, etc.; Goth. dauns, odor; Engl. dust; cf.: fūnus, fuligo], smoke, steam, fume:

in lignis si flamma latet fumusque cinisque,

Lucr. 1, 871; cf. 1, 891;

4, 56: ibi hominem ingenuum fumo excruciatum, semivivum reliquit,

Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 17, § 45:

castra, ut fumo atque ignibus significabatur, amplius milibus pass. VIII. in latitudinem patebant,

Caes. B. G. 2. 7 fin.:

tum fumi incendiorum procul videbantur,

id. ib. 5, 48 fin.:

significatione per castella fumo facta,

id. B. C. 3, 65, 3:

ater ad sidera fumus erigitur,

Verg. A. 9, 239:

pernas in fumo suspendito,

Cato, R. R. 162, 3:

fumo inveteratum vinum,

Plin. 23, 1. 22, § 40; cf. Hor. C. 3, 8, 11; Col. 1, 6, 19 sq.; v. fumarium; hence, poet. transf.:

fumi Massiliae,

Marseilles wine mellowed in the smoke, Mart. 14, 118: in illo ganearum tuarum [p. 792] nidore atque fumo, Cic. Pis. 6, 13; cf.:

intervenerant quidam amici, propter quos major fumus fieret, etc.,

Sen. Ep. 64, and Ter. Ad. 5, 3, 60:

non fumum ex fulgore, sed ex fumo dare lucem Cogitat,

Hor. A. P. 143.—In double sense: Ph. Oculi dolent. Ad. Quor? Ph. Quia fumus molestus est, smoke, i. e. foolish talk, Plaut. Most. 4, 2, 10. —

Prov.

Semper flamma fumo est proxima:

Fumo comburi nihil potest, flamma potest,

i. e. the slightest approach to wrong-doing leads to vice, Plaut. Curc. 1, 1, 53.—

Tendere de fumo, ut proverbium loquitur vetus, ad flammam, to jump out of the frying-pan into the fire, Amm. 14, 11, 12; cf.:

de fumo, ut aiunt, in flammam,

id. 28, 1, 26.—

Fumum or fumos vendere, i. e. to make empty promises, Lampr. Alex. Sev. 36; Mart. 4, 5, 7; App. Mag. p. 313, 31.—For which also:

per fumum or fumis vendere aliquid,

Capitol. Anton. 11; Lampr. Heliog. 10.—

Trop., like our word smoke, as a figure of destruction: ubi omne Verterat in fumum et cinerem, had reduced to smoke and ashes, i. e. had consumed, squandered, Hor. Ep. 1, 15, 39.

occlūdo, si, sum, 3 ( sync. form occlusti for occlusisti, Plaut. Trin. 1, 2, 151.—Collat. form occlaudo, Cod. Th. 11, 24, 1), v. a. [obclaudo], to shut or close up.

Lit. (class.):

FORES OCLVDITO, Lex Puteol. ap. Haubold, p. 72: occlude ostium: et ego hinc occludam,

Plaut. Most. 2, 1, 78:

januam,

id. ib. 2, 2, 14:

aedes,

id. Am. 4, 1, 10; Ter. Eun. 4, 7, 14:

tabernas,

Cic. Ac. 2, 47, 144; id. Cat. 4, 8, 17:

furax servus, cui domi nihil sit nec obsignatum nec occlusum,

id. de Or. 2, 61, 248: ego occlusero fontem, Att. ap. Non. 139, 8:

me non excludet ab se, sed apud se occludet domi,

Plaut. Men. 4, 2, 108.—

Transf., to restrain, stop: linguam, i. e. to prevent from speaking (ante-class.):

occlusti linguam,

Plaut. Trin. 1, 2, 151; id. Mil. 3, 1, 10:

aures,

to close, shut, App. M. 9, p. 628 Oud.:

os,

Vulg. 1 Macc. 9, 55:

libidinem,

to restrain, Ter. And. 3, 3, 25.—Hence, occlūsus ( obcl-), a, um, P. a., shut or closed up.—Comp.:

qui occlusiorem habeant stultiloquentiam,

they would keep their foolish talk more to themselves, Plaut. Trin. 1, 2, 185.— Sup.:

ostium occlusissimum,

Plaut. Curc. 1, 1, 15 (dub.; Fleck. oculissumum).

occlūdo, si, sum, 3 ( sync. form occlusti for occlusisti, Plaut. Trin. 1, 2, 151.—Collat. form occlaudo, Cod. Th. 11, 24, 1), v. a. [obclaudo], to shut or close up.

Lit. (class.):

FORES OCLVDITO, Lex Puteol. ap. Haubold, p. 72: occlude ostium: et ego hinc occludam,

Plaut. Most. 2, 1, 78:

januam,

id. ib. 2, 2, 14:

aedes,

id. Am. 4, 1, 10; Ter. Eun. 4, 7, 14:

tabernas,

Cic. Ac. 2, 47, 144; id. Cat. 4, 8, 17:

furax servus, cui domi nihil sit nec obsignatum nec occlusum,

id. de Or. 2, 61, 248: ego occlusero fontem, Att. ap. Non. 139, 8:

me non excludet ab se, sed apud se occludet domi,

Plaut. Men. 4, 2, 108.—

Transf., to restrain, stop: linguam, i. e. to prevent from speaking (ante-class.):

occlusti linguam,

Plaut. Trin. 1, 2, 151; id. Mil. 3, 1, 10:

aures,

to close, shut, App. M. 9, p. 628 Oud.:

os,

Vulg. 1 Macc. 9, 55:

libidinem,

to restrain, Ter. And. 3, 3, 25.—Hence, occlūsus ( obcl-), a, um, P. a., shut or closed up.—Comp.:

qui occlusiorem habeant stultiloquentiam,

they would keep their foolish talk more to themselves, Plaut. Trin. 1, 2, 185.— Sup.:

ostium occlusissimum,

Plaut. Curc. 1, 1, 15 (dub.; Fleck. oculissumum).

caedo, cĕcīdi (in MSS. freq. caecīdi, v. Neue, Formenl. 2, 460), caesum, 3, v. a. [root cīd- for scid-; cf. scindo; Gr. schizô].

Lit.

In gen.

To cut, hew, lop, cut down, fell, cut off, cut to pieces: caesa abiegna trabes, Enn. ap. Cic. N. D. 3, 30, 75 (Trag. v. 281 Vahl.):

frondem querneam caedito,

Cato, R. R. 5, 8:

arbores,

Cic. Div. 2, 14, 33; Ov. M. 9, 230:

robur,

Cic. Div. 2, 41, 86; Ov. M. 8, 769:

lignum,

Plaut. Merc. 2, 3. 63: silvam, Varr ap. Non. p. 272, 5; Lucr. 5, 1265; Caes. B. G. 3, 29; Ov. M. 8, 329; Suet. Aug. 94 fin.; Pall. Mai, 4, 1:

nemus,

Ov. M. 2, 418; cf. id. ib. 1, 94; 9, 230; 9, 374;

14, 535: harundinem,

Dig. 7, 1, 59, § 2:

arboris auctum,

Lucr. 6, 167:

comam vitis,

Tib. 1, 7, 34:

faenum,

Col. 2, 18, 1:

murus latius quam caederetur ruebat,

Liv. 21, 11, 9:

caesis montis fodisse medullis,

Cat. 68, 111; so,

caedi montis in marmora,

Plin. 12, prooem. §

2: lapis caedendus,

Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 56, § 147:

silicem,

id. Div. 2, 41, 85:

marmor,

Dig. 24, 3, 7, § 13:

toga rotunda et apte caesa,

cut out, Quint. 11, 3, 139: caedunt securibus umida vina, with axes they cut out the wine (formerly liquid, now frozen), Verg. G. 3, 364: volutas, to carve or hollow out volutes, Vitr. 3, 3: tineae omnia caedunt, Lucil. ap. Non. p. 272, 14.—

Prov.:

ut vineta egomet caedam mea,

i. e. carry my own hide to market, Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 220 (proverbium in eos dicitur, qui sibi volentes nocent, Schol. Crucq.; cf. Tib. 1, 2, 98; Verg. A. 5, 672).—

Ruta caesa; v ruo, P. a.—

In gen., to strike upon something, to knock at, to beat, strike, cudgel, etc.:

ut lapidem ferro quom caedimus evolat ignis,

strike upon with iron, Lucr. 6, 314:

caedere januam saxis,

Cic. Verr 2, 1, 27, § 69:

silicem rostro,

Liv. 41, 13, 1:

vasa dolabris,

Curt. 5, 6, 5:

femur, pectus, frontem,

Quint. 2, 12, 10; cf. id. 11, 3, 123 al.:

verberibus,

Plaut. Most. 5, 2, 45; so Ter. And. 1, 2, 28:

pugnis,

Plaut. Curc. 1, 3, [p. 262] 43:

aliquem ex occulto,

Ter. Eun. 4, 7, 17:

at validis socios caedebant dentibus apri,

they fell with their strong tusks upon their own party, Lucr. 5, 1325; cf. Plaut. Poen. 3, 3, 71:

virgis ad necem caedi,

Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 28, § 69; Hor. S. 1, 2, 42:

populum saxis,

id. ib. 2, 3, 128:

ferulā aliquem,

id. ib. 1, 3, 120:

flagris,

Quint. 6, 3, 25:

aliquem loris,

Cic. Phil. 8, 8, 24; Suet. Ner. 26; 49; id. Dom. 8:

caeduntur (agrestes) inter potentium inimicitias,

Sall. H. Fragm. 3, 61, 27 Dietsch:

nudatos virgis,

Liv. 2, 5, 8:

hastilibus caedentes terga trepidantium,

id. 35, 5, 10:

servum sub furcā caesum medio egerat circo, i.e. ita ut simul caederet,

id. 2, 36, 1.—

Prov.:

stimulos pugnis caedere,

to kick against the pricks, to aggravate a danger by foolish resistance, Plaut. Truc. 4, 2, 55.—

Trop.:

in judicio testibus caeditur,

is pressed, hard pushed, Cic. Q. Fr. 3, 3, 3.—

Pregn.

(Cf. cado, I. B. 2.) To strike mortally, to kill, murder:

ille dies, quo Ti. Gracchus est caesus,

Cic. Mil. 5, 14:

P. Africanus de Tiberio Graccho responderat jure caesum videri,

id. de Or. 2, 25, 106; id. Off. 2, 12, 43:

caeso Argo,

Ov. M. 2, 533; 5, 148; 12, 113; 12, 590; 12, 603; Suet. Caes. 76 al. — Poet., transf. to the blood shed in slaying:

caeso sparsuros sanguine flammam,

Verg. A. 11, 82.—Esp. freq.,

In milit. lang., to slay a single enemy; or, when a hostile army as a whole is spoken of, to conquer with great slaughter, to cut to pieces, vanquish, destroy (cf. Oud., Wolf, and Baumg.Crus. upon Suet. Vesp. 4):

exercitus caesus fususque,

Cic. Phil. 14, 1, 1:

Romani insecuti (hostem), caedentes spoliantesque caesos, castra regia diripiunt,

Liv. 32, 12, 10; 2, 47, 9:

infra arcem caesi captique multi mortales,

id. 4, 61, 6; 22, 7, 2 and 9; Quint. 12, 10, 24; Suet. Aug. 21; 23; id. Vesp. 4:

Indos,

Curt. 9, 5, 19:

passim obvios,

id. 5, 6, 6:

praesidium,

id. 4, 5, 17:

propugnatores reipublicae,

Quint. 12, 10, 24:

caesus (hostis) per calles saltusque vagando circumagatur,

Liv. 44, 36, 10 Kreyss.:

consulem exercitumque caesum,

id. 22, 56, 2:

legio-nes nostras cecidere,

id. 7, 30, 14; so Nep. Dat. 6, 4; Tac. Agr. 18; Suet. Claud. 1.— And poet., the leader is put for the army:

Pyrrhum et ingentem cecidit Antiochum Hannibalemque dirum,

Hor. C. 3, 6, 36.—In poet. hypallage:

caesi corporum acervi (for caesorum),

Cat. 64, 359.—

To slaughter animals, esp. for offerings, to kill, slay, sacrifice:

caedit greges armentorum,

Cic. Phil. 3, 12, 31:

boves,

Ov. M. 15, 141:

deorum mentes caesis hostiis placare,

Cic. Clu. 68, 194:

caesis victimis,

id. Att. 1, 13, 1; Liv. 8, 6, 11; 10, 7, 10; 45, 7, 1; Tac. A. 2, 75; Suet. Caes. 81; id. Calig. 14; id. Ner. 25; id. Oth. 8; id. Galb. 18; id. Claud. 25; Just. 11, 5, 6 al.; Verg. A. 5, 96; Hor. Epod. 2, 59; Ov.M.13, 637; Juv. 6, 48; 6, 447; 8, 156; 12, 3 al.: inter caesa et porrecta; v. porricio.—

Hence, since security for a person was anciently given by the deposit of sheep belonging to him, which were slaughtered in case of forfeiture, leg. t. t.: pignus caedere (or concidere), to declare the for feiture of a security, to confiscate a pledge: non tibi illa sunt caedenda, si L. Crassum vis coërcere, Crass. ap. Cic. de Or. 3, 1, 4.—

In mal. part. ( = concido; cf.:

jam hoc, caede, concide: nonne vobis verba depromere videtur ad omne genus nequitiae accommodata?

Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 66, § 155); Cat. 56, 7; Auct. Priap. 25, 10; Tert. Pall. 4.—

Trop.: caedere sermones, a Grecism, acc. to Prisc. 18, p. 1118 P., = koptein ta rhêmata, to chop words, chat, talk, converse, Ter. Heaut. 2, 3, 1; cf. Non. p. 272, 13, and Prisc. p. 1188 P.:

oratio caesa,

i. e. asyndeton, Auct. Her. 4, 19, 26; Aquil. Rom. §§ 18 and 19; Mart. Cap. 5; § 528.—Hence, caesum, i, n.; subst. in gram. synon. with comma, a stop, pause, comma, Mart. Cap. 5, § 527; Aquil. Rom. § 19; Fortun. Art. Rhet. 3, 10.

caedo, cĕcīdi (in MSS. freq. caecīdi, v. Neue, Formenl. 2, 460), caesum, 3, v. a. [root cīd- for scid-; cf. scindo; Gr. schizô].

Lit.

In gen.

To cut, hew, lop, cut down, fell, cut off, cut to pieces: caesa abiegna trabes, Enn. ap. Cic. N. D. 3, 30, 75 (Trag. v. 281 Vahl.):

frondem querneam caedito,

Cato, R. R. 5, 8:

arbores,

Cic. Div. 2, 14, 33; Ov. M. 9, 230:

robur,

Cic. Div. 2, 41, 86; Ov. M. 8, 769:

lignum,

Plaut. Merc. 2, 3. 63: silvam, Varr ap. Non. p. 272, 5; Lucr. 5, 1265; Caes. B. G. 3, 29; Ov. M. 8, 329; Suet. Aug. 94 fin.; Pall. Mai, 4, 1:

nemus,

Ov. M. 2, 418; cf. id. ib. 1, 94; 9, 230; 9, 374;

14, 535: harundinem,

Dig. 7, 1, 59, § 2:

arboris auctum,

Lucr. 6, 167:

comam vitis,

Tib. 1, 7, 34:

faenum,

Col. 2, 18, 1:

murus latius quam caederetur ruebat,

Liv. 21, 11, 9:

caesis montis fodisse medullis,

Cat. 68, 111; so,

caedi montis in marmora,

Plin. 12, prooem. §

2: lapis caedendus,

Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 56, § 147:

silicem,

id. Div. 2, 41, 85:

marmor,

Dig. 24, 3, 7, § 13:

toga rotunda et apte caesa,

cut out, Quint. 11, 3, 139: caedunt securibus umida vina, with axes they cut out the wine (formerly liquid, now frozen), Verg. G. 3, 364: volutas, to carve or hollow out volutes, Vitr. 3, 3: tineae omnia caedunt, Lucil. ap. Non. p. 272, 14.—

Prov.:

ut vineta egomet caedam mea,

i. e. carry my own hide to market, Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 220 (proverbium in eos dicitur, qui sibi volentes nocent, Schol. Crucq.; cf. Tib. 1, 2, 98; Verg. A. 5, 672).—

Ruta caesa; v ruo, P. a.—

In gen., to strike upon something, to knock at, to beat, strike, cudgel, etc.:

ut lapidem ferro quom caedimus evolat ignis,

strike upon with iron, Lucr. 6, 314:

caedere januam saxis,

Cic. Verr 2, 1, 27, § 69:

silicem rostro,

Liv. 41, 13, 1:

vasa dolabris,

Curt. 5, 6, 5:

femur, pectus, frontem,

Quint. 2, 12, 10; cf. id. 11, 3, 123 al.:

verberibus,

Plaut. Most. 5, 2, 45; so Ter. And. 1, 2, 28:

pugnis,

Plaut. Curc. 1, 3, [p. 262] 43:

aliquem ex occulto,

Ter. Eun. 4, 7, 17:

at validis socios caedebant dentibus apri,

they fell with their strong tusks upon their own party, Lucr. 5, 1325; cf. Plaut. Poen. 3, 3, 71:

virgis ad necem caedi,

Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 28, § 69; Hor. S. 1, 2, 42:

populum saxis,

id. ib. 2, 3, 128:

ferulā aliquem,

id. ib. 1, 3, 120:

flagris,

Quint. 6, 3, 25:

aliquem loris,

Cic. Phil. 8, 8, 24; Suet. Ner. 26; 49; id. Dom. 8:

caeduntur (agrestes) inter potentium inimicitias,

Sall. H. Fragm. 3, 61, 27 Dietsch:

nudatos virgis,

Liv. 2, 5, 8:

hastilibus caedentes terga trepidantium,

id. 35, 5, 10:

servum sub furcā caesum medio egerat circo, i.e. ita ut simul caederet,

id. 2, 36, 1.—

Prov.:

stimulos pugnis caedere,

to kick against the pricks, to aggravate a danger by foolish resistance, Plaut. Truc. 4, 2, 55.—

Trop.:

in judicio testibus caeditur,

is pressed, hard pushed, Cic. Q. Fr. 3, 3, 3.—

Pregn.

(Cf. cado, I. B. 2.) To strike mortally, to kill, murder:

ille dies, quo Ti. Gracchus est caesus,

Cic. Mil. 5, 14:

P. Africanus de Tiberio Graccho responderat jure caesum videri,

id. de Or. 2, 25, 106; id. Off. 2, 12, 43:

caeso Argo,

Ov. M. 2, 533; 5, 148; 12, 113; 12, 590; 12, 603; Suet. Caes. 76 al. — Poet., transf. to the blood shed in slaying:

caeso sparsuros sanguine flammam,

Verg. A. 11, 82.—Esp. freq.,

In milit. lang., to slay a single enemy; or, when a hostile army as a whole is spoken of, to conquer with great slaughter, to cut to pieces, vanquish, destroy (cf. Oud., Wolf, and Baumg.Crus. upon Suet. Vesp. 4):

exercitus caesus fususque,

Cic. Phil. 14, 1, 1:

Romani insecuti (hostem), caedentes spoliantesque caesos, castra regia diripiunt,

Liv. 32, 12, 10; 2, 47, 9:

infra arcem caesi captique multi mortales,

id. 4, 61, 6; 22, 7, 2 and 9; Quint. 12, 10, 24; Suet. Aug. 21; 23; id. Vesp. 4:

Indos,

Curt. 9, 5, 19:

passim obvios,

id. 5, 6, 6:

praesidium,

id. 4, 5, 17:

propugnatores reipublicae,

Quint. 12, 10, 24:

caesus (hostis) per calles saltusque vagando circumagatur,

Liv. 44, 36, 10 Kreyss.:

consulem exercitumque caesum,

id. 22, 56, 2:

legio-nes nostras cecidere,

id. 7, 30, 14; so Nep. Dat. 6, 4; Tac. Agr. 18; Suet. Claud. 1.— And poet., the leader is put for the army:

Pyrrhum et ingentem cecidit Antiochum Hannibalemque dirum,

Hor. C. 3, 6, 36.—In poet. hypallage:

caesi corporum acervi (for caesorum),

Cat. 64, 359.—

To slaughter animals, esp. for offerings, to kill, slay, sacrifice:

caedit greges armentorum,

Cic. Phil. 3, 12, 31:

boves,

Ov. M. 15, 141:

deorum mentes caesis hostiis placare,

Cic. Clu. 68, 194:

caesis victimis,

id. Att. 1, 13, 1; Liv. 8, 6, 11; 10, 7, 10; 45, 7, 1; Tac. A. 2, 75; Suet. Caes. 81; id. Calig. 14; id. Ner. 25; id. Oth. 8; id. Galb. 18; id. Claud. 25; Just. 11, 5, 6 al.; Verg. A. 5, 96; Hor. Epod. 2, 59; Ov.M.13, 637; Juv. 6, 48; 6, 447; 8, 156; 12, 3 al.: inter caesa et porrecta; v. porricio.—

Hence, since security for a person was anciently given by the deposit of sheep belonging to him, which were slaughtered in case of forfeiture, leg. t. t.: pignus caedere (or concidere), to declare the for feiture of a security, to confiscate a pledge: non tibi illa sunt caedenda, si L. Crassum vis coërcere, Crass. ap. Cic. de Or. 3, 1, 4.—

In mal. part. ( = concido; cf.:

jam hoc, caede, concide: nonne vobis verba depromere videtur ad omne genus nequitiae accommodata?

Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 66, § 155); Cat. 56, 7; Auct. Priap. 25, 10; Tert. Pall. 4.—

Trop.: caedere sermones, a Grecism, acc. to Prisc. 18, p. 1118 P., = koptein ta rhêmata, to chop words, chat, talk, converse, Ter. Heaut. 2, 3, 1; cf. Non. p. 272, 13, and Prisc. p. 1188 P.:

oratio caesa,

i. e. asyndeton, Auct. Her. 4, 19, 26; Aquil. Rom. §§ 18 and 19; Mart. Cap. 5; § 528.—Hence, caesum, i, n.; subst. in gram. synon. with comma, a stop, pause, comma, Mart. Cap. 5, § 527; Aquil. Rom. § 19; Fortun. Art. Rhet. 3, 10.

vātĭcĭnor, ātus, 1, v. dep. n. and a. [vates], to foretell, predict, prophesy, forebode, vaticinate (syn.: ominor, divino).

Lit.:

furor vera vaticinatur,

Cic. Div. 1, 31, 67:

quod et somniantibus saepe contingit et vaticinantibus per furorem,

id. ib. 1, 18, 34:

haec duce praedico vaticinorque deo,

Ov. P. 3, 4, 94; cf. Liv. 2, 41, 5; 5, 15, 4; Quint. 4, 2, 3; Ov. H. 16, 278; id. Ib. 268 al.—With object-clause:

saevam laesi fore numinis iram Vaticinatus erat,

Ov. M. 4, 9; 8, 773.— Poet.:

parcite, vaticinor, cognatas caede nefandā Exturbare animas,

i.e. I warn you as a prophet, Ov. M. 15, 174; cf.:

venturi praescia Manto Per medias fuerat... Vaticinata vias,

id. ib. 6, 159:

vaticinor moneoque,

id. P. 1, 1, 47.—

Transf.

To sing or celebrate as a poet:

Agrigentinum quidem doctum quendam virum carminibus Graecis vaticinatum ferunt, quae in rerum naturā totoque mundo constarent quaeque moverentur, ea contrahere amicitiam, dissipare discordiam,

Cic. Lael. 7, 24: Ps. Parricida... Sacrilege... Perjure. Ba. Vetera vaticinamini, you're singing the old song, Plaut. Ps. 1, 3, 129.—

To rave, rant, talk foolish stuff:

vaticinari atque insanire,

Cic. Sest. 10, 23:

sed ego fortasse vaticinor, et haec omnia meliores habebunt exitus,

id. Fam. 2, 16, 6.