foot-path

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callis, is, m. ( fem., Varr. R. R. 2, 2, 10; Liv. 22, 14, 8; 31, 42, 8; 36, 15, 9; Curt. 3, 10, 10; 4, 16, 11; Amm. 30, 1, 15; 31, 10, 9; cf. Neue, Formenl. 1, p. 673) [etym. dub.; acc. to Serv. ad Verg. A. 4, 405, and Isid. Orig. 15, 16, 10, from callum; cf. Doed. Syn. IV. p. 68], a stony, uneven, narrow footway, a foot-path, a mountain-path, etc.; most freq., a path made by the treading of cattle: callis est iter pecudum inter montes angustum et tritum, a callo pecudum perduratum, Isid. Orig. l. l.: callis = via pecorum vestigiis trita, Vet. Gloss.

Lit.:

per calles silvestres,

Varr. R. R. 2, 9 fin.; 2, 10, 1 and 3; Cic. Sest. 5, 12 Orell.:

inde prope inviis callibus ad dictatorem perfugerunt,

Liv. 22, 15, 10; cf. id. 32, 11, 2; Verg. A. 4, 405; cf. Ov. M. 7, 626 al.:

per calles ignotos,

Liv. 31, 42, 8; 35, 27, 6; 36, 15, 9; 38, 2, 10; Curt. 7, 11, 7:

secreti,

Verg. A. 6, 443:

surgens,

Pers. 4 (3), 57.—

Transf.

A mountain-pasturage, alp, declivity, mountain-pass, defile (cf. Vogel ad Curt. 3, 10, 10 N. cr.):

rara per occultos lucebat semita calles,

Verg. A. 9, 383 Heyne:

nos hic pecorum modo per aestivos saltus deviasque callis exercitum ducimus,

Liv. 22, 14, 8:

per calles saltusque Macedonicorum montium,

id. 44, 36, 10:

in Ciliciae angustiis et inviis callibus dimicare,

Curt. 4, 13, 6:

angustis in Ciliciae callibus,

id. 4, 9, 22; 5, 4, 4; 5, 4, 17; Liv. 35, 30, 10:

quaestor, cui provincia vetere ex more calles evenerant,

Tac. A. 4, 27 Orell. and Draeg. ad loc.; cf.:

(provincia) semitae callesque,

Suet. Aug. 19:

calles consitae arboribus,

Amm. 31, 10, 9.—

A way, path, road, in gen., Val. Fl. 3, 568; 5, 394 (but in Lucr. 6, 92, the correct read. is calcis, not callis; v. Lachm. ad h. l.).

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sēmĭta, ae,f. [se-(=sed-), i.e. aside; and root mi-, to go; cf.: meo, trames], a narrow way, a path, foot - path, lane, by - way, etc. (opp. via, a highway; cf.: callis, trames): quā ibant, ab itu iter appellarunt;

quā id anguste, semita ut semiter, dictum,

Varr. L. L. 5, § 35 Müll.

Lit. (freq. and class.):

angustissimae semitae,

Cic. Agr. 2, 35, 96; cf. Mart. 7, 61, 4:

aut viam aut semitam monstrare,

Plaut. Rud. 1, 3, 30:

decedam ego illi de viā, de semitā,

id. Trin. 2, 4, 80; cf. id. Curc. 2, 3, 8; Sen. Ep. 64, 10:

scabras lutosasque semitas spectant, id. Ira, 3, 35, 5: omnibus viis notis semitisque essedarios ex silvis emittebat,

Caes. B. G. 5, 19; so (opp. via) id. ib. 7, 8; Liv. 44, 43:

semita angusta et ardua,

id. 9, 24:

ut Oresti nuper prandia in semitis decumae nomine magno honori fuerunt,

Cic. Off. 2, 17, 58; Suet. Ner. 48; Enn. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 20, 40 (Ann. v. 44 Vahl.):

rara per occultos lucebat semita calles,

Verg. A. 9, 383:

quā jacet Herculeis semita litoribus,

the narrow way, Prop. 1, 11, 2 et saep.—In mal. part., Plaut. Curc. 1, 1, 36; cf.

vulgi,

Prop. 2, 23 (3, 17), 1.—Prov.: qui sibi semitam non sapiunt, alteri monstrant viam, Enn. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 58, 132 (Trag. v. 358 Vahl.):

de viā in semitam degredi,

Plaut. Cas. 3, 5, 40.—

Transf., of other ways or paths ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose):

formicae praedam Convectant calle angusto... opere omnis semita fervet,

Verg. A. 4, 407;

so of the same,

Plin. 11, 30, 36, § 110:

Phryxi quā semita jungi Europamque Asiamque vetat,

Stat. Achill. 1, 409:

spumea semita fugientis clavi,

Val. Fl. 4, 420:

velox Lunae pigraque Saturni,

Claud. Laud. Stil. 2, 438:

umida Iridis,

id. Rapt. Pros. 2, 99:

aratri, id. de Apono, 25: arteriae, id est spiritus semitae,

Plin. 11, 37, 89, § 219.—

Trop. (rare but class.), a way, path, road:

locuples et speciosa vult esse eloquentia... feratur ergo non semitis, sed campis: non uti fontes angustis fistulis colliguntur, sed ut latissimi amnes totis vallibus fluat ac sibi viam, si quando non acceperit, faciat,

Quint. 5, 14, 31:

illius ego semita feci viam,

Phaedr. 3, prol. 38:

jam intellegetis, hanc pecuniam, quae via modo visa est exire ab isto, eandem semita revertisse,

Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 23, § 57:

secretum iter et fallentis semita vitae,

Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 103:

semita certe Tranquillae per virtutem patet unica vitae,

Juv. 10, 364:

novum ad victoriam iter sanguinis sui semita aperire,

Flor. 1, 14, 4; so in eccl. Lat., freq., of a way of life, course of conduct, etc.:

justitiae,

Vulg. Prov. 2, 8:

justorum,

id. ib. 16, 17.

trāmĕs, ĭtis, m. [akin to trans, and Gr. terma, goal].

Lit., a cross - way, sideway, by-path, foot-path (cf. semita): domum ire coepi tramite, Plaut. Fragm. ap. Varr. L. L. 7, § 62 Müll.:

egressus est non viis, sed tramitibus, paludatus,

Cic. Phil. 13, 9, 19:

in Apennini tramitibus,

id. ib. 12, 11, 26:

per tramites occulte perfugeret,

Sall. C. 57, 1:

per tramites occultos,

id. J. 48, 2:

transvorsis tramitibus transgressus,

Liv. 2, 39, 3; Suet. Caes. 31:

per devios tramites refugiens,

id. Aug. 16; Prop. 3, 13 (4, 12), 44; 3 (4), 22, 24; Verg. A. 11, 515 al. —

Transf.

Poet., in gen., a way, path, road, course, flight:

cito decurrit tramite virgo,

Verg. A. 5, 610:

facili jam tramite sistam,

id. ib. 6, 676: palantes error certo de tramite pellit. Hor. S. 2, 3, 49; Ov. F. 3, 13; id. M. 10, 53; Sen. Ep. 84, 13; Stat. Th. 2, 48:

trames aquae immensae,

a channel, Vulg. Ecclus. 24, 41.—

Branches of a family, Gell. 13, 19, 15.—

Trop., a way of life, way, course, method, manner: (Epicurus) viam monstravit, tramite parvo Qua possemus ad id recto contendere cursu, Lucr. 6, 27:

ab aequitatis recto tramite deviare,

Amm. 22, 10, 2:

augustissimus ad immortalitatis praemium,

Lact. 5, 18, 11 al.

in-sisto, stĭti, 3, v. n., to set foot upon, to stand, tread, or press upon; constr. mostly with dat., also with in and abl. or acc., or the simple acc. (class.).

Lit.

In gen.

With dat.:

nec desunt villae quae secutae fluminis amoenitatem margini insistunt,

Plin. Ep. 8, 8, 6:

ut proximi jacentibus insisterent,

stepped upon them, Caes. B. G. 2, 27:

alternis pedibus,

Quint. 11, 3, 128:

volucres metuunt insistere ramis,

Luc. 3, 407:

vestigiis,

Liv. 25, 33 fin.:

huic (saxo) institerat frustra,

Ov. F. 5, 150:

plantis,

Juv. 6, 96:

clamoso circo,

occupy a place in, id. 9, 144.—

With in and abl.:

insistebat in manu Cereris dextra simulacrum Victoriae,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 49, § 110:

cingulus australis, in quo qui insistunt,

id. Rep. 6, 20:

in jugo,

Caes. B. G. 4, 33:

ipse non insistere in terra poterat,

Curt. 7, 7, 6.—

With in and acc.:

in sinistrum pedem,

Quint. 11, 3, 125; cf.:

corvus repente super galeam insistit,

lights, Gell. 9, 11, 7.—

With the simple acc.:

plantam,

Plaut. Cas. 4, 4, 21:

limen,

to step upon, to tread the threshold, Verg. A. 6, 563:

vestigia nuda sinistri pedis,

id. ib. 7, 690:

primis infans vestigia plantis,

id. ib. 11, 574:

cineres,

Hor. Epod. 16, 11.—

Esp.

To enter on or pursue a way, path, or journey:

cum semel institerunt vestigia certa viaï,

Lucr. 1, 407:

huc an illuc iter,

Plaut. Cist. 4, 2, 11:

omnes itinera insistant sua,

id. Capt. 4, 2, 14:

quam insistam viam,

Ter. Eun. 2, 3, 3; id. Phorm. 1, 4, 14; Liv. 37, 7, 8.—

In hostile sense, to follow, pursue, press on; with dat.:

effusis hostibus,

Liv. 26, 44, 4:

fugientibus,

id. 27, 13, 4:

contenti non institere cedentibus,

Curt. 8, 11, 18; Nep. Eum. 4.— Pass. impers.:

ut fracto jam Maroboduo, usque in exitium insisteretur,

Tac. A. 2, 62.—

Trop.

In gen., to follow, pursue.

With acc.:

viam domandi,

Verg. G. 3, 164:

rationem pugnae,

plan, Caes. B. G. 3, 14, 3.—

With dat.:

vestigiis laudum suarum,

Liv. 5, 30, 2:

honoribus,

Plin. Ep. 4, 8, 4.—

Esp.

To follow up, pursue an object or enterprise; to press vigorously, apply one ' s self to:

in dolos,

Plaut. Mil. 2, 4, 4:

totus et mente et animo in bellum,

Caes. B. G. 6, 5. — With acc.:

hoc negotium,

Plaut. Mil. 3, 3, 54:

manus,

Cic. de Or. 3, 45, 176.—With dat.:

rebus magnis,

Tib. 4, 1, 135:

perdomandae Campaniae,

Tac. H. 3, 77.—

To set about, devote one's self to, to begin with zeal; with inf.: tribuni orare dictatorem insistunt, ut, etc., Liv. 8, 35, 2:

Appium institit sequi,

id. 25, 19, 8; 24, 26, 11; 24, 46, 1; cf.:

postero die ad spolia legenda foedamque spectandam stragem insistunt,

id. 22, 51, 5:

flagitare senatus institit Coruntum, ut,

Cic. Fam. 10, 16, 1. — Absol.:

sic institit ore,

i. e. began to speak, Verg. A. 12, 47; cf.:

sic insistit secumque corde volutat,

i. e. to reflect, think, id. ib. 4, 533.—

To persevere, continue, persist in; with inf.:

credere,

Plaut. Capt. 3, 4, 53:

tueri,

Nep. Att. 11.—With dat.:

sin crudelitati insisteret,

Tac. A. 16, 25:

spei,

id. H. 2, 46:

caedibus,

id. A. 2, 21:

studiis,

to pursue diligently, Quint. 1, 12, 10:

obsidioni,

Curt. 7, 6, 23:

curae rerum,

Plin. 28, 1, 1, § 2:

funeri,

to set forward, id. 7, 52, 53, § 177. — Absol.:

importune,

to persist, Cic. Ac. 2, 25, 80; Tac. A. 4, 60.—

To press upon, urge; with dat.:

atriensibus ut supellectilem exponant,

Col. 12, 3, 9:

id bellum ipsis institit moenibus,

was at, Liv. 2, 51, 2.— Absol.:

dilataque tempora taedae Institerant,

were at hand, Ov. M. 9, 769:

institit quantum potuit ut illum ex eorum manibus liberaret,

urged, insisted, Aug. in Psa. 63, 4. —

To press upon, repress; and hence, to halt, pause, stop, stand still:

stellarum motus insistunt,

Cic. N. D. 2, 40, 103:

ut non referat pedem, insistet certe,

id. Phil. 12, 3, 8; Tac. A. 4, 60:

quae cum dixisset paulumque institisset,

Cic. Fin. 5, 25, 75; id. Or. 56, 187:

saepe accidit, ut aut citius insistendum sit, aut longius procedendum,

id. ib. 66, 221; so, to pause in thought, hesitate, doubt:

ille in reliquis rebus non poterit eodem modo insistere?

Cic. Ac. 2, 33, 107; 2, 29, 94.—

To dwell upon, delay at, treat or consider at length:

ut si singulis insistere velim, progredi iste non possit,

Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 74, § 172:

insistendum ei (arbori) paulum,

Plin. 13, 16, 30, § 100:

profuit adsidue vitiis insistere amicae,

Ov. R. Am. 315.