for battle

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prōcinctus, a, um, Part., from procingo.

prōcinctus, ūs, m. [procingo, prop. a girding up; hence, transf.], milit. t. t., a being prepared or equipped for battle, readiness for action: procinctum, otan eis polemon sunkalesôntai, Gloss. Philox.:

oratorem armatum semper ac velut in procinctu stantem,

Quint. 12, 9, 21; cf. id. 10, 1, 2:

neque in procinctu et castris habitos,

Tac. H. 3, 2:

in procinctu bellorum excubare,

Plin. 6, 19, 22, § 66: testamentum facere in procinctu, to make one's will on the battle-field (one of the three ways of making a will), Cic. de Or. 1, 53, 228; id. N. D. 2, 3, 9; Gell. 15, 27, 2 sq.; Gai. Inst. 2, 101; Just. Inst. 2, 10.—Prov.: in procinctu habere aliquid, to have a thing ready or at hand:

severitatem abditam, clementiam in procinctu habeo,

Sen. Clem. 1, 1, 4; cf.:

nisi in procinctu paratamque ad omnes casus habuerit eloquentiam,

Quint. 10, 1, 2. —

Transf., a military enterprise (late Lat.): et Lentiensibus indictum est bellum;

ad quem procinctum imperator egressus,

Amm. 15, 4, 1; 15, 9, 1.—

Esp., a battle, an engagement:

procinctu omisso,

Amm. 17, 9, 1; 27, 4, 1:

post procinctus ancipites,

id. 27, 4, 11:

in procinctu versari,

Dig. 37, 13, 1.

pugna, ae, f. [root pug, in pugno and pungo; cf. pugil], prop. a fight fist to fist, man to man; hence, in gen., a fight between individuals or armies, a battle, combat, action, engagement (cf.: dimicatio, proelium).

Lit.:

dictator eam pugnam laudibus tulit (of the single combat of Torquatus),

Liv. 7, 10 fin.:

nonnumquam res ad manus atque ad pugnam veniebat,

came to blows, Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 11, § 28; Liv. 2, 46:

diuturnitate pugnae defessi proelio excedebant,

Caes. B. G. 3, 4, 3:

alii nuntiant dictatori omnes legiones Etruscorum capessisse pugnam,

Liv. 10, 5, 41:

ex omnibus pugnis (Pompeii), quae sunt innumerabiles,

Cic. Mur. 16, 34:

exitus pugnarum,

id. Mil. 21, 56:

equestris,

a cavalry action, id. Verr. 2, 4, 55, § 122:

magna,

Liv. 22, 7:

pedestris,

Verg. A. 11, 707:

Actia,

Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 61:

navalis,

Nep. Arist. 2, 1:

gladiatorum,

Suet. Aug. 45:

prospera,

Suet. Calig. 35:

mala,

Sall. J. 56, 3; Cic. Div. 2, 25, 54:

singularis,

a duel, Macr. S. 5, 2.—

Transf.

Troops drawn up for battle, a line of battle (rare):

ordinata per principes hastatosque ac triarios pugna,

Liv. 22, 5:

mediam pugnam tueri,

the middle line, central division, id. 22, 45; cf.:

segregat pugnam eorum,

id. 1, 25:

pugnam mutare,

Curt. 3, 2, 14.—

A battle, contest, dispute, quarrel, in gen. (rare but class.):

dabo aliam pugnam magnam,

Plaut. Ps. 1, 5, 110:

pugnam conserui seni,

id. Bacch. 4, 9, 43; Ter. Eun. 5, 2, 60:

quanta pugna est doctissimorum hominum,

Cic. Div. 2, 51, 105:

initurus forensium certaminum pugnam,

Quint. 5, 12, 22; 8, 6, 1; 5, 7, 35:

pugna inter testem et patronum,

id. 6, 4, 21:

rerum naturae pugna secum,

Plin. 2, 33, 38, § 102:

audiet pugnas juventus,

stories of battle, Hor. C. 1, 2, 23:

pugnas bibit aure vulgus,

id. ib. 2, 13, 31.—In mal. part., Mart. 10, 38, 6.

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arma, ōrum, n. ( gen. plur. armūm, Pac. ap. Cic. Or. 46, 155; Att. ap. Non. p. 495, 23, considered by Cic. in the connection armūm judicium as less correct than armorum) [cf. ARÔ, arariskô = to fit; arthron = joint; harmos = armus = joint, shoulder; artaô = artio, arto = to fit, to fit in closely; artios = fit, exact; artus = close, narrow; ars (artis) = the craft of fitting things; artifex, artificium; Goth. arms = O. H. Germ. aram = Engl. arm; Sanscr. ar = to hit upon, attain; aram = fit, fast; īrmas = arm. Curt.].

Lit.

1.. What is fitted to the body for its protection, defensive armor, as the shield, coat of mail, helmet, etc.:

tot milia armorum, detracta corporibus hostium,

Liv. 45, 39:

induere arma,

id. 30, 31:

arma his imperata, galea, clipeum, ocreae, lorica, omnia ex aere,

id. 1, 43:

pictis et auro caelatis refulgens armis,

id. 7, 10. —

Specifically, a shield:

at Lausum socii exanimem super arma ferebant,

on a shield, Verg. A. 10, 841:

caelestia arma, quae ancilia appellantur,

Liv. 1, 20 (v. ancile); id. 8, 30; 1, 37; cf. Verg. A. 1, 119 Heyne; Tac. G. 11 Rup.; Plin. Ep. 5, 6, 43:

Aeneas se collegit in arma,

gathered himself under his shield, Verg. A. 12, 491.—Hence, in a more extended sense,

Implements of war, arms, both of defence and offence (but of the latter only those which are used in close contest, such as the sword, axe, club; in distinction from tela, which are used in contest at a distance; hence, arma and tela are often contrasted; v. the foll., and cf. Bremi and Dähne ad Nep. Dat. 11, 3): arma rigent, horrescunt tela, Enn. ap. Macr. S. 6, 4; id. ap. Non. p. 469, 26:

arma alia ad tegendum, alia ad nocendum,

Cic. Caec. 21:

armis condicione positis aut defetigatione abjectis aut victoriā detractis,

id. Fam. 6, 2:

illum dicis cum armis aureis, Quoius etc.,

Plaut. Mil. 1, 1, 16:

ibi Simul rem et gloriam armis belli repperi,

Ter. Heaut. 1, 1, 60:

arma antiqua manus, ungues dentesque fuerunt Et lapides, et item, silvarum fragmina, ramei,

Lucr. 5, 1283; so,

Mutum et turpe pecus (i. e. primeval man), glandem et cubilia propter Unguibus et pugnis, dein fustibus, atque ita porro Pugnabant armis, quae post fabricaverat usus,

Hor. S. 1, 3, 100 sqq.:

capere,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 53, 153; id. Phil. 4, 3, 7; id. Rab. Perd. 6 and 7:

sumere,

id. Planc. 36, 88 Wund.; id. Tusc. 2, 24, 58; Vulg. Gen. 27, 3; ib. 3 Reg. 22, 30:

accipere, ib. Judith, 14, 2: adprehendere,

ib. Psa. 34, 2:

resumere,

Suet. Calig. 48:

aptare,

Liv. 5, 49:

induere,

id. 30, 31; Ov. M. 14, 798; id. F. 1, 521; Verg. A. 11, 83; Luc. 1, 126:

accingi armis,

Verg. A. 6, 184, and Vulg. Jud. 18, 11:

armis instructus,

ib. Deut. 1, 41; ib. 1 Par. 12, 13:

concitare ad arma,

Caes. B. G. 7, 42:

descendere ad arma,

id. ib. 7, 33:

vocare ad arma,

Cic. Rab. Perd. 7, 21:

vocare in arma,

Verg. A. 9, 22:

ferre contra aliquem,

Vell. 2, 56:

decernere armis,

Cic. Att. 7, 3:

armis cum hoste certare,

id. Off. 3, 22, 87; so,

saevis armis,

Verg. A. 12, 890:

dimicare armis cum aliquo,

Nep. Milt. 1, 2:

esse in armis,

Caes. B. G. 1, 49; Suet. Caes. 69:

ponere, abicere,

Cic. Fam. 6, 2:

relinquere,

Liv. 2, 10:

tradere,

Nep. Ham. 1, 5; Suet. Vit. 10:

amittere,

Verg. A. 1, 474:

proicere,

Vulg. 1 Macc. 5, 43;

7, 44: deripere militibus,

Hor. C. 3, 5, 19:

dirimere,

Luc. 1, 104 et saep.—Hence, arma virosque, per arma, per viros, etc., Liv. 8, 25; 8, 30 al.; v. Burm. ad Verg. A. 1, 1, and cf. Liv. 9, 24:

tela et arma: armorum atque telorum portationes,

Sall. C. 42, 2; Liv. 1, 25; Col. 12, 3; Tac. G. 29 and 33:

armis et castris, prov. (like remis velisque, viris equisque),

with vigor, with might and main, Cic. Off. 2, 24, 84.—

Trop., means of protection, defence, weapons:

tenere semper arma (sc. eloquentiae), quibus vel tectus ipse esse possis, vel, etc.,

Cic. de Or. 1, 8, 32:

prudentiae,

id. ib. 1, 38, 172:

senectutis,

id. Lael. 4. 9:

tectus Vulcaniis armis, id est fortitudine,

id. Tusc. 2, 14, 33:

eloquentiae,

Quint. 5, 12, 21:

facundiae,

id. 2, 16, 10:

justitiae,

Vulg. Rom. 6, 13; ib. 2 Cor. 6, 7:

arma lucis,

ib. Rom. 13, 12:

horriferum contra Borean ovis arma ministret, i. e. lanas,

Ov. M. 15, 471:

haec mihi Stertinius arma (i. e. praecepta) dedit,

Hor. S. 2, 3, 297; cf. id. Ep. 1, 16, 67:

arma militiae nostrae non carnalia sunt,

Vulg. 2 Cor. 10, 4.

War (once in opp. to pax, v. infra):

silent leges inter arma,

Cic. Mil. 4, 10; id. Att. 7, 3, 5:

arma civilia,

civil war, id. Fam. 2, 16, and Tac. A. 1, 9:

civilia arma,

id. Agr. 16; id. G. 37 (otherwise, bella civilia, Cic. Off. 1, 25, 86, and Tac. Agr. 13):

ab externis armis otium erat,

Liv. 3, 14; 9, 1; 3, 69 Drak.; 9, 32; 42, 2; Tac. H. 2, 1 al.:

a Rubro Mari arma conatus sit inferre Italiae,

Nep. Hann. 2, 1 (for which more freq. bellum inferre alicui, v. infero):

ad horrida promptior arma,

Ov. M. 1, 126:

qui fera nuntiet arma,

id. ib. 5, 4;

14, 479: compositis venerantur armis,

Hor. C. 4, 14, 52. So the beginning of the Æneid: Arma virumque cano; cf. Hor. Ep. 1, 19, 7:

melius visum Gallos novam gentem pace potius cognosci quam armis,

Liv. 5, 35 fin.; cf.:

cedant arma togae,

Cic. Off. 1, 22, 76.—Also for battle, contest:

in arma feror,

Verg. A. 2, 337; so id. ib. 2, 655.—

(Abstr. for concr.) The warriors themselves, soldiers, troops:

nulla usquam apparuerunt arma,

Liv. 41, 12:

nostro supplicio liberemus Romana arma, i. e. Romanum exercitum,

id. 9, 9; 21, 26:

Hispanias armis non ita redundare,

Tac. H. 2, 32:

expertem frustra belli et neutra arma secutum,

neither party, Ov. M. 5, 91: auxiliaria arma, auxiliaries, auxiliary troops = auxiliares (v. auxiliaris, I.), id. ib. 6, 424; cf. id. ib. 14, 528.—

Transf., poet. (like hoplon and entea in Gr.), implements, instruments, tools, utensils, in gen. Of implements for grinding and baking:

Cerealia arma,

the arms of Ceres, Verg. A. 1, 177 (cf. Hom. Od. 7, 232: entea daitos). —Of implements of agriculture, Ov. M. 11, 35:

dicendum est, quae sint duris agrestibus arma, Quīs sine nec potuere seri nec surgere messes,

Verg. G. 1, 160.—Of the equipments, tackle of a ship ( mast, sails, rudder, etc.):

colligere arma jubet validisque incumbere remis,

Verg. A. 5, 15; 6, 353.—Hence used by Ovid for wings:

haec umeris arma parata suis, A. A. 2, 50 (cf. in the foll. verse: his patria est adeunda carinis).—And so of other instruments,

Mart. 14, 36.

săgum, i, n. (ante-class. collat. form săgus, i, m., corresp. to the Greek, Enn. and Varr. ap. Non. 223, 30 sq.; Afran. ap. Charis. p. 81 P.; fem.: sagas caerulas, Enn. ap. Charis. p. 81 P.; but it would perh. be more correct to read sagos caerulos; cf. Enn. p. 182, 54 Vahl.), = sagos [acc. to Polybius, a Celtic word, whence the Engl. shag], a coarse woollen blanket or mantle (cf. laena), e. g. of servants, Cato, R. R. 59; Col. 1, 8, 9; Dig. 34, 2, 23 fin.;

of the Germans,

Tac. G. 17;

for horses,

Veg. Vet. 1, 42, 4; 3, 15, 16; but most freq. of soldiers, a military cloak:

valde metuo ne frigeas in hibernis... praesertim qui sagis non abundares,

Cic. Fam. 7, 10, 2; Caes. B. C. 1, 75; Liv. 10, 30 fin.:

saga fibulatoria,

Treb. Pol. Trig. Tyr. 10.—Hence, saga is a sign of war (as toga is a sign of peace) in the phrases:

Saga sumere, to put on the saga, i.q. to take up arms, prepare for battle (it was the custom for all Romans to do this, in token of preparation for war, even those who were not going to the field, excepting persons of consular rank; cf. Cic. Phil. 8, 11, 32; id. Fragm. ap. Non. 538, 27):

tumultum decerni, justitium edici, saga sumi dico oportere, delectum habere, etc.,

id. Phil. 5, 12, 31; 14, 1, 2; Liv. Epit. 72:

terrā marique victus hostis punico Lugubre mutavit sagum,

Hor. Epod. 9, 28; in sing., of an individual:

tum iste (Verres) excitatus sagum sumit,

Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 36, § 94.—

In the same signif.:

ad saga ire,

Cic. Phil. 14, 1, 1; cf. Vell. 2, 16, 3.—

In sagis esse, to be under arms:

cum est in sagis civitas,

Cic. Phil. 8, 11, 32.—

Saga ponere, to lay down one ' s arms, Liv. Epit. 73.—

In gen. (eccl. Lat.), a covering.

A curtain, tent-cover, Vulg. Exod. 26, 7; 36, 14, etc.—

A garment, Vulg. Judic. 3, 16.

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căno, cĕcĭni, cantum (ancient imp. cante = canite, Carm. Sal. ap. Varr. L. L. 7, § 37 Müll.; fut. perf. canerit = cecinerit, Lib. Augur. ap. Fest. s. v. rumentum, p. 270 ib.; perf. canui = cecini, acc. to Serv. ad Verg. G. 2, 384, predominant in concino, occino, etc.—Examples of sup. cantum and part. cantus, canturus, a, um, appear not to be in use; the trace of an earlier use is found in Paul. ex Fest. p. 46 Müll.: canta pro cantata ponebant;

once canituri,

Vulg. Apoc. 8, 13), 3, v. n. and a. [cf. kanassô, kanachê, konabos; Germ. Hahn; Engl. chanticleer; kuknos, ciconice; Sanscr. kōkas = duck; Engl. cock], orig. v. n., to produce melodious sounds, whether of men or animals; later, with a designation of the subject-matter of the melody, as v. a., to make something the subject of one ' s singing or playing, to sing of, to celebrate, or make known in song, etc.

Neutr., to utter melodious notes, to sing, sound, play.

Of men:

si absurde canat,

Cic. Tusc. 2, 4, 12; Plin. Ep. 3, 18, 9:

celebrare dapes canendo,

Ov. M. 5, 113:

si velim canere vel voce vel fidibus,

Cic. Div. 2, 59, 122; Quint. 5, 11, 124; 1, 8, 2; Gell. 19, 9, 3:

quemadmodum tibicen sine tibiis canere non possit,

Cic. de Or. 2, 83, 338; cf.:

tibia canentum,

Lucr. 4, 587; 5, 1384; Cic. Tusc. 1, 2, 4; Quint. 1, 10, 14:

curvo calamo,

Cat. 63, 22:

harundine,

Ov. M. 1, 683; Suet. Caes. 32:

cithara,

Tac. A. 14, 14:

lituus quo canitur,

Cic. Div. 1, 17, 30; Verg. E. 2, 31:

movit Amphion lapides canendo,

Hor. C. 3, 11, 2; Serv. ad Verg. G. 2, 417 al.; Cic. Brut. 50, 187.—

Of the faulty delivery of an orator, to speak in a sing-song tone:

inclinată ululantique voce more Asiatico canere,

Cic. Or. 8, 27; cf. canto and canticum.—

Of animals (usu. of birds, but also of frogs), Varr. L. L. 5, § 76 Müll.:

volucres nullă dulcius arte canant,

Prop. 1, 2, 14; Cic. Div. 1, 7, 12:

merula canit aestate, hieme balbutit,

Plin. 10, 29, 42, § 80; 10, 32, 47, § 89:

ranae alio translatae canunt,

id. 8, 58, 83, § 227.—Of the raven, Cic. Div. 1, 7, 12.—Esp., of the crowing of a cock:

galli victi silere solent, canere victores,

to crow, Cic. Div. 2, 26, 56; v. the whole section; id. ib. 2, 26, 56, § 57; Col. 8, 2, 11; Plin. 10, 21, 24, § 49 (cf. also cantus):

gallina cecinit, interdixit hariolus (the crowing of a hen being considered as an auspicium malum),

Ter. Phorm. 4, 4, 27.—

In the lang. of the Pythagoreans, of the heavenly bodies (considered as living beings),

the music of the spheres, Cic. N. D. 3, 11, 27.—

Transf., of the instruments by which, or ( poet.) of the places in which, the sounds are produced, to sound, resound:

canentes tibiae,

Cic. N. D. 2, 8, 22:

maestae cecinere tubae,

Prop. 4 (5), 11, 9:

frondiferasque novis avibus canere undique silvas,

and the leafy forest everywhere resounds with young birds, Lucr. 1, 256; Auct. Aetn. 295.

Act., to make something or some person the subject of one ' s singing or playing.

With carmen, cantilenam, versus, verba, etc., to sing, play, rehearse, recite:

cum Simonides cecinisset, id carmen, quod in Scopam scripsisset,

Cic. de Or. 2, 86, 352:

carmina quae in epulis canuntur,

id. Brut. 18, 71:

in eum (Cossum) milites carmina incondita aequantes eum Romulo canere,

Liv. 4, 20, 2:

Ascraeum cano carmen,

Verg. G. 2, 176; Suet. Caes. 49; Curt. 5, 1, 22: canere versus, Enn. ap. Varr. L. L. 7, § 36 Müll. (Ann. v. 222 Vahl.); Cic. Or. 51, 171; id. Brut. 18, 71:

neniam,

Suet. Aug. 100: idyllia erôtika, Gell. 19, 9, 4, § 10:

verba ad certos modos,

Ov. F. 3, 388:

Phrygium,

Quint. 1, 10, 33 Spald.—The homog. noun is rarely made the subject of the act. voice:

cum in ejus conviviis symphonia caneret,

Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 44, § 105.—

Prov.

Carmen intus canere, to sing for one ' s self, i. e. to consult only one ' s own advantage, Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 20, § 53; id. Agr. 2, 26, 68; v. Aspendius.—

Cantilenam eandem canis, like the Gr. to auto adeis asma, ever the old tune, Ter. Phorm. 3, 2, 10; v. cantilena.—

With definite objects.

In gen., to sing, to cause to resound, to celebrate in song, to sing of, Lucr. 5, 328:

laudes mortui,

Varr. L. L. 7, § 70 Müll.:

canere ad tibiam clarorum virorum laudes atque virtutes,

Cic. Tusc. 4, 2, 3; Quint. 1, 10, 10; 1, 10, 31; Liv. 45, 38, 12:

puellis carmine modulato laudes virtutum ejus canentibus,

Suet. Calig. 16 fin.:

dei laudes,

Lact. 6, 21, 9:

deorum laudes,

Val. Max. 1, 8, ext. 8.—So with de:

canere ad tibicinem de clarorum hominum virtutibus,

Cic. Tusc. 1, 2, 3 (cf. cantito):

praecepta,

Hor. S. 2, 4, 11:

jam canit effectos extremus vinitor antes,

Verg. G. 2, 417 Wagn. N. cr.:

nil dignum sermone,

Hor. S. 2, 3, 4:

quin etiam canet indoctum,

id. Ep. 2, 2, 9:

grandia elate, jucunda dulciter, moderata leniter canit,

Quint. 1, 10, 24; Cat. 63, 11:

Io! magna voce, Triumphe, canet,

Tib. 2, 5, 118; Ov. Tr. 4, 2, 52; cf. Hor. C. 4, 2, 47:

haec super arvorum cultu pecorumque canebam,

Verg. G. 4, 559 Wagn.: et veterem in limo ranae cecinere querelam, croaked (according to the ancient pronunciation, kekinere kuerelam, an imitation of the Aristophanic Brekekekex; v. the letter C), id. ib. 1, 378; Lucr. 2, 601:

anser Gallos adesse canebat,

Verg. A. 8, 656:

motibus astrorum nunc quae sit causa, canamus,

Lucr. 5, 510:

sunt tempestates et fulmina clara canenda,

id. 6, 84.—

With pers. objects ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose):

canitur adhuc barbaras apud gentes (Arminius),

Tac. A. 2, 88:

Herculem... ituri in proelia canunt,

id. G. 2:

Dianam,

Cat. 34, 3:

deos regesve,

Hor. C. 4, 2, 13:

Liberum et Musas Veneremque,

id. ib. 1, 32, 10:

rite Latonae puerum,

id. ib. 4, 6, 37;

1, 10, 5: plectro graviore Gigantas, Ov M. 10, 150: reges et proelia,

Verg. E. 6, 3; Hor. C. 4, 15, 32:

arma virumque,

Verg. A. 1, 1:

pugnasque virosque,

Stat. Th. 8, 553:

maxima bella et clarissimos duces,

Quint. 10, 1, 62.—Very rarely, to celebrate, without reference to song or poetry:

Epicurus in quădam epistulă amicitiam tuam et Metrodori grata commemoratione cecinerat,

Sen. Ep. 79, 13.—Esp. of fame, to trumpet abroad:

fama facta atque infecta canit,

Verg. A. 4, 190:

fama digna atque indigna canit,

Val. Fl. 217 al. —And prov., to sing or preach to the deaf:

non canimus surdis,

Verg. E. 10, 8: praeceptorum, quae vereor ne vana surdis auribus cecinerim. Liv. 40, 8, 10.—

Since the responses of oracles were given in verse, to prophesy, foretell, predict.

In poetry:

Sibylla, Abdita quae senis fata canit pedibus,

Tib. 2, 5, 16; cf.:

horrendas ambages,

Verg. A. 6. 99; 3, [p. 280] 444:

fera fata,

Hor. C. 1, 15, 4; cf. id. Epod. 13, 11; id. S. 2, 5, 58; Tib. 1, 7, 1; cf. id. 3, 3, 36; 1, 6, 50; Hor. C. S. 25:

et mihi jam multi crudele canebant Artificis scelus,

Verg. A. 2, 124; Hor. S. 1, 9, 30.—

In prose:

ut haec quae nunc fiunt, canere di inmortales viderentur,

Cic. Cat. 3, 8, 18:

non haec a me tum tamquam fata... canebantur?

id. Sest. 21, 47:

eum, qui ex Thetide natus esset, majorem patre suo futurum cecinisse dicuntur oracula,

Quint. 3, 7, 11; Just. 11, 7, 4; 7, 6, 1; Tac. A. 2, 54; id. H. 4, 54:

cecinere vates, idque carmen pervenerat ad antistitem fani Dianae,

Liv. 1, 45, 5; 5, 15, 4 sq.; 1, 7, 10; Tac. A. 14, 32; Liv. 30, 28, 2; cf. Nep. Att. 16, 4; cf.

of philosophers, etc.: ipsa memor praecepta Canam,

Hor. S. 2, 4, 11 Orell. ad loc.; cf.:

quaeque diu latuere, canam,

Ov. M. 15, 147.

In milit. lang., t. t., both act. and neutr., of signals, to blow, to sound, to give; or to be sounded, resound.

Act.:

bellicum (lit. and trop.) canere, v. bellicus: classicum, v. classicus: signa canere jubet,

to give the signal for battle, Sall. C. 59, 1; id. J. 99, 1:

Pompeius classicum apud eum (sc. Scipionem) cani jubet,

Caes. B. C. 3, 82.— Absol. without signum, etc.: tubicen canere coepit, Auct. B. Afr. 82; cf. Flor. 4, 2, 66.—

Neutr.:

priusquam signa canerent,

Liv. 1, 1, 7:

ut attendant, semel bisne signum canat in castris,

id. 27, 47, 3 and 5; 23, 16, 12;

24, 46 (twice): repente a tergo signa canere,

Sall. J. 94, 5; Liv. 7, 40, 10; Verg. A. 10, 310; Flor. 3, 18, 10:

classicum apud eos cecinit,

Liv. 28, 27, 15.—

Receptui canere, to sound a retreat:

Hasdrubal receptui propere cecinit (i. e. cani jussit),

Liv. 27, 47, 2; Tac. H. 2, 26.— Poet.:

cecinit jussos receptus,

Ov. M. 1, 340.—And in Livy impers.:

nisi receptui cecinisset,

if it had not sounded a counter-march, Liv. 26, 44, 4:

ut referrent pedem, si receptui cecinisset,

id. 3, 22, 6.—

Trop.:

revocante et receptui canente senatu,

Cic. Phil. 12, 3, 8:

ratio abstrahit ab acerbis cogitationibus a quibus cum cecinit receptui,

id. Tusc. 3, 15, 33:

antequam (orator) in has aetatis (sc. senectutis) veniat insidias, receptui canet,

Quint. 12, 11, 4.

to practice magic, to charm, etc., found in the derivv. cantus, canto, etc., are entirely wanting in this verb.

collātĭo ( conl-), ōnis, f. [confero], a bringing together, collecting.

Prop., of the standards in war for battle, a hostile meeting:

signorum,

Cic. de Or. 1, 48, 210: centuriarum, for voting, id. ap. Ascon. in Toga Cand. p. 85, 18 Baiter:

hyacinthorum et auri,

Plin. 37, 9, 42, § 126.—Of money, a contribution, collection, a gratuity collected together for the emperor:

stipis aut decimae,

Liv. 5, 25, 5; 4, 60, 6; 6, 14, 12; Tac. G. 29; Suet. Calig. 42; id. Ner. 38; 44; id. Tit. 7; cf. Plin. Pan. 41, 1 Schwarz.—In jurid. Lat.:

collatio bonorum,

the putting together of the possessions of several, in order to divide them equally, Dig. 37, 6, 1, § 8; cf. Cod. 6, 20: de collationibus, et saep.—

Trop.

Malitiarum, a union, combination, Plaut. Mil. 3, 3, 67:

vocum,

Dig. 47, 10, 15, § 4.—

A comparison, similitude, parabolê:

collatio est oratio rem cum re ex similitudine conferens,

Cic. Inv. 1, 30, 49; id. Fin. 2, 27, 75; id. N. D. 3, 28, 70; id. Div. 2, 17, 38; id. Tusc. 4, 38, 84 (cf. Quint. 5, 11, 23; Hirt. B. G. 8, 8; Quint. 8, 3, 77; 7, 7, 2; Plin. 37, 9, 42, § 126).—

In philos.:

collatio rationis,

the analogy, Cic. Fin. 3, 10, 33 Madv.; id. Tusc. 4, 12, 27; cf.:

rerum saepe factarum inter se collatio,

Sen. Ep. 120, 3.—

In gram.: collatio secunda, the comparative:

collatio tertia,

the superlative, Fest. p. 181, 28, and 286, 26 Müll.—

The comparison, collation of texts, manuscripts, etc. (late Lat.): aliquem multorum codicum vetustiorum collatione confutare. Aug. c. Faust. 32, 16.

collātĭo ( conl-), ōnis, f. [confero], a bringing together, collecting.

Prop., of the standards in war for battle, a hostile meeting:

signorum,

Cic. de Or. 1, 48, 210: centuriarum, for voting, id. ap. Ascon. in Toga Cand. p. 85, 18 Baiter:

hyacinthorum et auri,

Plin. 37, 9, 42, § 126.—Of money, a contribution, collection, a gratuity collected together for the emperor:

stipis aut decimae,

Liv. 5, 25, 5; 4, 60, 6; 6, 14, 12; Tac. G. 29; Suet. Calig. 42; id. Ner. 38; 44; id. Tit. 7; cf. Plin. Pan. 41, 1 Schwarz.—In jurid. Lat.:

collatio bonorum,

the putting together of the possessions of several, in order to divide them equally, Dig. 37, 6, 1, § 8; cf. Cod. 6, 20: de collationibus, et saep.—

Trop.

Malitiarum, a union, combination, Plaut. Mil. 3, 3, 67:

vocum,

Dig. 47, 10, 15, § 4.—

A comparison, similitude, parabolê:

collatio est oratio rem cum re ex similitudine conferens,

Cic. Inv. 1, 30, 49; id. Fin. 2, 27, 75; id. N. D. 3, 28, 70; id. Div. 2, 17, 38; id. Tusc. 4, 38, 84 (cf. Quint. 5, 11, 23; Hirt. B. G. 8, 8; Quint. 8, 3, 77; 7, 7, 2; Plin. 37, 9, 42, § 126).—

In philos.:

collatio rationis,

the analogy, Cic. Fin. 3, 10, 33 Madv.; id. Tusc. 4, 12, 27; cf.:

rerum saepe factarum inter se collatio,

Sen. Ep. 120, 3.—

In gram.: collatio secunda, the comparative:

collatio tertia,

the superlative, Fest. p. 181, 28, and 286, 26 Müll.—

The comparison, collation of texts, manuscripts, etc. (late Lat.): aliquem multorum codicum vetustiorum collatione confutare. Aug. c. Faust. 32, 16.

ex-pĕdĭo, īvi or ĭi, ītum, 4 (archaic fut. expedibo, Enn., Pac., Att., and Pompon. ap. Non. 505, 15 sq.; 477, 2; Plaut. Truc. 1, 2, 36), v. a. [pes], orig., to free the feet, i. e. from a snare; hence, in gen., to extricate, disengage, let loose, set free, liberate any thing entangled, involved (class.; esp. freq. in the trop. signif.; syn.: extrico, enodo, enucleo, explico, expono, interpretor, etc.).

Lit.:

videte, in quot se laqueos induerit, quorum ex nullo se umquam expediet,

Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 42, § 102; cf. id. ib. 43, §

106: mortis laqueis caput,

Hor. C. 3, 24, 8; cf.

also: vix illigatum te triformi Pegasus expediet Chimaera,

id. ib. 1, 27, 24:

flammam inter et hostes Expedior,

make my way through, Verg. A. 2, 633:

errantem nemori,

Ov. F. 4, 669 et saep.—With inanim. and abstr. objects:

aditus expediunt,

open a passage, Caes. B. G. 7, 86 fin.:

sibi locum,

id. B. C. 2, 9, 6:

iter fugae per invias rupes,

Liv. 38, 2, 14:

agrum saxosum lectione lapidum,

Col. 2, 2, 12: capillus pectine quotidie expediendus est, disentangled, Fronto de Eloqu. init. —

Transf.

In gen., to fetch out, bring forward, procure, make ready, prepare any thing folded up, put away, etc.: funes expediunt, Sisenn. ap. Non. 297, 1:

vela,

Ov. H. 17, 200:

hominem nudari et virgas expediri jubet,

Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 62, § 161:

cererem canistris,

Verg. A. 1, 702:

convivia mediis tectis (famulae),

Val. Fl. 2, 341; cf.:

cibaria pastoribus,

to provide, Varr. R. R. 2, 10, 6:

merces suas (institor),

Ov. A. A. 1, 422: pecuniam, to procure, Cic. Fragm. ap. Non. 298, 22; Suet. Caes. 4:

arma,

to hold in readiness, Caes. B. G. 7, 18 fin.; Tac. A. 2, 79; Verg. A. 4, 592:

tela equosque,

Liv. 38, 25, 14:

ferrum,

id. 24, 26, 10:

naves,

Caes. B. C. 2, 4 fin.:

vineas in occulto,

id. B. G 7, 27, 2:

copias,

Tac. A. 13, 7:

se celeriter (Galli equites),

Caes. B. C. 1, 51, 4:

se,

Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 52; Liv. 38, 21, 2; cf.

mid.: exercitum expediri ad bellum jubet,

Tac. H. 2, 99. —

to send away, despatch ( poet.):

me ex suis locis pulcre ornatum expedivit,

Plaut. Rud. 4, 2, 3: saepe disco, Saepe trans finem jaculo nobilis expedito, despatched, i. e. hurled, Hor. C. 1, 8, 12.—

Absol., for expedire se, to arm one's self for battle (only in Tac.), Tac. H. 1, 10:

multos secum expedire jubet,

id. ib. 1, 88; 2, 99.

Trop., to bring out, extricate, release, free from any evil, obstacle, etc.:

impeditum animum,

Ter. Hec. 3, 1, 17; cf.:

sapientis est, cum stultitiā suā impeditus sit, quoquo modo possit, se expedire,

Cic. Rab. Post. 9, 24:

haererem, nisi tu me expedisses,

id. Pis. 30, 74:

ex servitute filium,

Plaut. Capt. 2, 3, 94; cf.:

se ex turba,

Ter. Ad. 4, 4, 5:

se ab omni occupatione,

Cic. Att. 3, 20, 2:

aliquem omni molestiā,

id. ib. 2, 25, 2; so,

se aerumnis,

Ter. Hec. 3, 1, 8:

se crimine,

id. ib. 5, 1, 28:

se cura,

id. Phorm. 5, 4, 4:

civitatem malis obsidionalibus,

Amm. 16, 4, 3: amor Lycisci me tenet, Unde expedire non queant amicorum consilia, Hor. Epod. 11, 25: curae sagaces Expediunt (Claudiae manus) per acuta belli, bring or help through, id. C. 4, 4, 76; cf.:

per quot discrimina rerum Expedior?

escape, Val. Fl. 1, 217:

me multa impediverunt quae ne nunc quidem expedita sunt,

Cic. Fam. 14, 19:

si vita nostra in aliquas insidias incidisset, omnis honesta ratio esset expediendae salutis,

of obtaining safety, id. Mil. 4, 10.—

Transf.

To put in order, arrange, set right:

cum Antonio loquare velim, et rem, ut poteris, expedias,

Cic. Att. 11, 18, 2:

expedire et conficere res,

id. Brut. 42, 154:

rem frumentariam,

Caes. B. G. 7, 36, 1; id. B. C. 1, 54 fin.:

negotia (with explicare),

Cic. Fam. 13, 26, 2; cf. id. ib. 1, 3, 1:

nomina mea, per deos, expedi, exsolve,

settle, pay, id. Att. 16, 6, 3:

nomen,

id. ib. 13, 29, 3:

Faberianum,

id. ib. 12, 29, 2; cf. in a pun respecting a scholar unable to pay his debts: omnes solvere posse quaestiones, Unum difficile expedire nomen, Bibacul. ap. Suet. Gram. 11:

quemadmodum expediam exitum hujus institutae orationis, non reperio,

settle, arrange, Cic. Fam. 3, 12, 2; cf.:

expediri quae restant vix poterunt. si hoc relinqueris,

id. Rep. 1, 35, 55:

consilia sua,

Tac. H. 3, 73:

docte hanc fallaciam,

put into operation, Plaut. Capt. prol. 40.—

Of speech, to disclose, unfold, explain, relate, narrate (mostly poet. and in post-Aug. prose;

not in Cic., Cæs., or Quint.): qui tu misera's? mi expedi,

Plaut. Men. 4, 2, 50 (639 Ritschl): id ego aequum ac jus fecisse expedibo atque eloquar, will show, Enn. ap. Non. 505, 19;

Pac., Att.,

Pompon. ib. 15 sq.:

agedum, hoc mihi expedi,

Ter. Eun. 4, 4, 27:

altius omnem Expediam prima repetens ab origine famam,

Verg. G. 4, 286:

pauca tibi e multis... expediam dictis,

id. A. 3, 379:

priusquam hujuscemodi rei initium expedio,

Sall. J. 5, 2:

nunc originem, mores, et quo facinore dominationem raptum ierit, expediam,

Tac. A. 4, 1:

me non tantum praevisa, sed subita expedire docuisti,

id. ib. 14, 55:

ea de caede quam verissime expediam,

id. H. 4, 48:

promptius expediam quot, etc.,

i. e. it will take me a shorter time to recount, Juv. 10, 220.—

Reflex. of events, to develop, run their course, proceed:

amoris arteis eloquar quem ad modum se expediant,

Plaut. Trin. 2, 1, 10; cf.:

ut res vostrorum omnium bene expedire voltis,

to make favorable progress, id. Am. prol. 5 (Lorenz ad Plaut. Trin. 2, 36; but Ussing reads me expedire, benefit me).—

Absol., res expedit, or impers., expedit (alicui—lit., it helps out, furthers, promotes; hence), it is serviceable, profitable, advantageous, useful, expedient (class.):

nequiter paene expedivit prima parasitatio,

Plaut. Am. 1, 3, 23:

non igitur faciat, dixerit quis, quod utile sit, quod expediat? Immo intelligat, nihil nec expedire nec utile esse, quod sit injustum,

Cic. Off. 3, 19, 76; cf.:

quid intersit sua, quid expediat,

id. Agr. 2, 25, 66:

ex utilitatis varietatibus, cum aliis aliud expediat, nasci discordias,

id. Rep. 1, 32; cf.:

ut non idem expediret, incidere saepe,

id. Lael. 10, 33:

quidquam Caesari ad diuturnitatem victoriae et dominationis,

id. Att. 7, 22, 1:

non idem ipsis expedire et multitudini,

Nep. Milt. 3, 5 al. —With an inf. clause as subject:

expedit bonas esse vobis,

Ter. Heaut. 2, 4, 8; cf.:

omnibus bonis expedit salvam esse rem publicam,

Cic. Phil. 13, 8, 16:

cui (reo) damnari expediret,

id. Verr. 2, 1, 3 fin.:

cum eam (pecuniam) in praediis collocari maxime expediret,

id. Caecin. 6, 16:

ubi vinci necesse est, expedit cedere,

Quint. 6, 4, 16; Hor. C. 2, 8, 9 et saep.—With subj. clause as subject after ut or ne (post-class.):

expedire omnibus dicunt, ut singulae civitates suas leges habeant,

Just. 34, 1, 7 Benecke ad loc.:

expedit rei publicae, ne sua re quis male utatur,

Just. Inst. 1, 8, 2:

neque expedire ut ambitione aliena trahatur,

Tac. A. 3, 69.— Absol.:

tu si ita expedit, velim quamprimum conscendas,

Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 2, 4:

sic magis expedit,

Quint. 4, 2, 67:

ut expediat causae,

id. 7, 3, 18.—Hence, ex-pĕdītus, a, um, P. a., unimpeded, unincumbered, disengaged, free, easy, ready, at hand.

Of persons:

cum ceteris quae habebat vadimonia differt, ut expeditus in Galliam proficisci posset,

Cic. Quint. 6, 23: incrmos armati, impeditos expediti interficiunt, i. e. without baggage, Sisenn. ap. Non. 58, 8; cf.:

eo circiter hominum numero XVI. milia expedita cum omni equitatu Ariovistus misit,

Caes. B. G. 1, 49, 3:

legiones expeditae,

id. B. C. 1, 42, 1;

so of soldiers without baggage,

id. ib. 2, 19, 2; 6, 25, 1; 1, 27 fin. et saep.—As subst.: expĕdī-tus, i, m., a soldier lightly burdened, a swiftly marching soldier:

latitudo (silvae) novem dierum iter expedito patet,

Caes. B. G. 6, 25, 1:

obviam fit ei Clodius expeditus in equo,

Cic. Mil. 10, 28; cf.

Sagana,

tucked up, Hor. Epod. 5, 25:

expedito nobis homine et parato opus est,

ready, at hand, prompt, Cic. Phil. 11, 10, 26; cf.:

expeditus ad caedem,

id. Agr. 2, 30, 82:

ad pronuntiandum,

id. de Or. 2, 30, 131; cf.:

facilis et expeditus ad dicendum,

id. Brut. 48 fin. —

Of inanim. or abstr. things, convenient, at hand:

iis expedito loco actuaria navigia relinquit,

commodious, Caes. B. C. 1, 27; cf.:

via expeditior ad honores,

Cic. Fl. 41, 104:

reditum in caelum patere optimo et justissimo cuique expeditissimum,

id. Lael. 4, 13:

pecunia expeditissima quae erat, tibi decreta est,

the readiest, the nearest at hand, id. Fam. 11, 24, 2; cf.

rationes,

id. ib. 10, 25, 2:

cena (with parca),

Plin. Ep. 3, 12, 1:

expeditissimum unguentorum,

Plin. 13, 1, 2, § 8:

probabili expedito, soluto, libero, nullā re implicato,

Cic. Ac. 2, 33, 105:

expedita erat et perfacile currens oratio,

id. Brut. 63, 227; cf.:

expedita ac profluens dicendi celeritas,

id. ib. 61, 220:

inops ad ornandum, sed ad inveniendum expedita Hermagorae disciplina,

id. ib. 76, 263:

prope jam expeditam Caesaris victoriam interpellaverunt,

achieved, Caes. B. C. 3, 70 fin. —

In the neutr. absol.: in expedito esse, habere, etc., to be or have in readiness or at hand:

quaedam sunt quidem in animo, sed parum prompta: quae incipiunt in expedito esse, quum dicta sunt,

Sen. Ep. 94 med.; cf.:

promptum hoc et in expedito positum,

Quint. 10, 7, 24:

in expedito haberent integras copias ad opem ferendam,

ready for action, Liv. 36, 16, 10.—Hence, adv.: ex-pĕdīte, without impediment, without difficulty, readily, promptly, quickly:

in iis rebus celeriter expediteque percipiendis, quae, etc.,

Cic. Fin. 5, 12 fin.:

expedite explicans quod proposuerat,

id. Brut. 67, 237:

fabulatu's,

Plaut. Men. 1, 2, 63:

loqui,

Suet. Aug. 89.— Comp.:

non implicite et abscondite, sed patentius et expeditius,

Cic. Inv 2, 23, 69:

navigare,

id. Att. 6, 8, 4:

fit putatio,

Col. Arb. 11, 1.— Sup.:

ex quo te, quocumque opus erit, facillime et expeditissime conferas,

Cic. Fam. 6, 20, 2.

ferrum, i, n. [cf. Sanscr. dharti, firmness; Lat. firmus], iron.

Lit., Plin. 34, 14, 39, § 138; Lucr. 1, 571; 5, 1241; 1286; Cic. N. D. 2, 60, 151; id. Leg. 2, 18, 45; Caes. B. G. 5, 12, 5; Hor. S. 1, 4, 20 et saep.:

mustum quod resipit ferrum,

has a taste of iron, Varr. R. R. 1, 54, 3.—

Poet.

As a fig. of hard-heartedness, unfeelingness, cruelty, etc.:

gerere ferrum in pectore,

Ov. M. 9, 614; cf.:

ferrum et scopulos gestare in corde,

id. ib. 7, 33:

durior ferro,

id. ib. 14, 712; hence for the iron age, id. ib. 1, 127; 15, 260; Hor. Epod. 16, 65.—

As an image of firmness, endurance, Ov. Pont. 4, 10, 3.—

Transf., any thing made of iron, an iron implement, as a plough: glebas proscindere ferro, Lucil. ap. Non. 401, 19:

solum terrae,

Lucr. 5, 1295; cf.

also, campum,

Ov. M. 7, 119:

ferro scindimus aequor,

Verg. G. 1, 50; a hatchet:

ferro mitiget agrum,

Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 186; an axe:

mordaci velut icta ferro Pinus,

id. C. 4, 6, 9; 4, 4, 60 (for which, shortly before, bipennis); cf. Lucr. 6, 168; a dart:

petita ferro belua,

Hor. Epod. 5, 10; the tip of an arrow:

exstabat ferrum de pectore aduncum,

Ov. M. 9, 128; the head (of a spear), Tac. G. 6; an iron stylus:

dextra tenet ferrum,

id. ib. 9, 522; hair-scissors:

solitus longos ferro resecare capillos,

id. ib. 11, 182; curling-irons:

crines vibratos calido ferro,

Verg. A. 12, 100 et saep.—Esp. freq. a sword:

Drusum ferro. Metellum veneno sustulerat,

Cic. N. D. 3, 33, 81:

in aliquem cum ferro invadere,

id. Caecin. 9, 25:

aut ferro aut fame interire,

Caes. B. G. 5, 30 fin.:

uri virgis ferroque necari,

Hor. S. 2, 7, 58; cf.:

gladiator, ferrum recipere jussus,

the stroke of the sword, Cic. Tusc. 2, 17, 41. So, ferrum et ignis, like our fire and sword, to denote devastation, utter destruction:

huic urbi ferro ignique minitantur,

Cic. Phil. 11, 14, 37; cf.:

hostium urbes agrique ferro atque igni vastentur,

Liv. 31, 7, 13:

pontem ferro, igni, quacumque vi possent, interrumpant,

id. 2, 10, 4; 30, 6, 9; 1, 59, 1:

ecce ferunt Troës ferrumque ignemque Jovemque In Danaas classes,

Ov. M. 13, 91:

inque meos ferrum flammasque penates Impulit,

id. ib. 12, 551; so, conversely, igni ferroque, Cic. Phil. 13, 21, 47; Liv. 35, 21, 10; cf. Tac. A. 14, 38; Suet. Claud. 21:

flamma ferroque,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 35, § 78; Flor. 2, 17, 15; 3, 18, 14; Sen. Const. Sap. 2, 2: ferrum, i. q. arms, for battle, war, force of arms: ferro, non auro, vitam cernamus, utrique, Enn. ap. Cic. Off. 1, 12, 38 (Ann. v. 202 ed. Vahl.); cf.: quem nemo ferro potuit superare nec auro, id. ap. Cic. Rep. 3, 3 (Ann. v. 220 ed. Vahl.): adnuit, sese mecum decernere ferro, id. ap. Prisc. p. 822 P. (Ann. v. 136 ed. Vahl.):

decernere ferro,

Cic. de Or. 2, 78, 317; Liv. 40, 8 fin.; Verg. A. 7, 525; 11, 218:

cernere ferro,

id. ib. 12, 709:

ferro regna lacessere,

with war, id. ib. 12, 186; cf.:

atque omnis, Latio quae servit purpura ferro,

i. e. made subject by the force of arms, Luc. 7, 228.— Prov.: ferrum meum in igni est, i. q. mea nunc res agitur, Sen. Mort. Claud.

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ăpo (or ăpio, Isid. Orig. 19, 30), ĕre, v. a. [cf.: haptô, apiscor, apex].

A.. To fasten, attach, join, bind, tie to (syn.: ligo, adligo, jungo, conjungo, recto): comprehendere antiqui vinculo apere dicebant, Paul. ex Fest. s. v. apex, p. 18 Müll.; cf. apex; used only in part. perf. pass. aptus (the P. a. v. infra):

uteri terrae radicibus apti,

fastened to the earth, Lucr. 5, 808 (Lachm., terram and apti = adepti):

bracchia validis ex apta lacertis,

united with the strong shoulders, id. 4, 829:

gladium e lacunari setā equinā aptum demitti jussit,

Cic. Tusc. 5, 21, 62:

linguam vinclis de pectore imo aptis moveri,

Gell. 1, 15.—

Trop.: ex aliquā re (like pendere ex aliquā re), depending upon, arising from (so only in Cic.):

rerum causae aliae ex aliis aptae et necessitate nexae,

Cic. Tusc. 5, 25, 70:

honestum, ex quo aptum est officium,

id. Off. 1, 18, 60; id. Fin. 2, 14, 47:

ex quā re (sc. virtute) una vita omnis apta sit,

id. Ac. 2, 10, 31:

causa ex aeternis causis apta,

id. Fat. 15, 34:

cui viro ex se apta sunt omnia, etc.,

id. Tusc. 5, 12, 36 (as transl. of Plat. Menex. p. 302: Hotôi gar andri eis heauton anêrtêtai panta, etc.); cf. id. Fam. 5, 13.—Once also with pendere:

non ex verbis aptum pendere jus,

Cic. Caecin. 18.—Also without ex:

vitā modicā et aptā virtute perfrui,

Cic. Leg. 1, 21, 56:

rudentibus apta fortuna,

id. Tusc. 5, 14, [p. 138] 40.—

A.. Joined, bound, or tied together, connected:

aptum conexum et colligatum significat,

Non. p. 234, 32 (so most freq. in Lucr.):

conjugio corporis atque animae consistimus uniter apti,

Lucr. 3, 846; 5, 555; 5, 558:

genus... validis aptum per viscera nervis,

bound together by the strong band of the sinews, id. 5, 928:

quae memorare queam inter se singlariter apta,

id. 6, 1067 al.:

facilius est apta dissolvere quam dissipata conectere,

Cic. Or. 71, 235:

quā ex conjunctione caelum ita aptum est, ut, etc.,

id. Tim. 5:

qui tam certos caeli motus, tamque omnia inter se conexa et apta viderit,

id. N. D. 2, 38, 97; Gell. 6, 2. —

Trop.:

omnia inter se apta et conexa,

Cic. Fin. 4, 19, 53:

apta inter se et cohaerentia,

id. N. D 3, 1, 4:

efficiatur aptum illud, quod fuerit antea diffiuens ac solutum,

id. Or. 70, 233.— Poet., with abl., endowed, furnished, or ornamented with something: fides alma, apta pinnis, furnished with wings, winged, Enn. ap. Cic. Off. 3, 29, 105:

stellis fulgentibus apta caeli domus,

the abode of heaven studded with glittering stars, Lucr. 6, 357 (cf. id. 5, 1205: stellis micantibus aethera fixum);

imitated by Verg.: caelum stellis fulgentibus aptum,

Verg. A. 11, 202, and:

axis stellis ardentibus aptus,

id. ib. 4, 482:

veste signis ingentibus aptā,

Lucr. 5, 1428:

magis apta figura,

id. 2, 814: lucus opacus teneris fruticibus aptus, Varr. ap. Non. p. 235, 9:

Tyrio prodeat apta sinu,

Tib. 1, 9, 70.—Hence,

aptus, a, um, P. a., pr., fitted to something; hence, suited, suitable, proper, apposite, fit, appropriate, adapted, conformable to (cf. accommodatus and appositus, 2.).

In gen.: aptus is, qui convenienter alicui junctus est, Paul. ex Fest. s. v. apex, p. 18 Müll. (so most freq. after the Cic. per.); constr. with ad or dat.; of persons always with dat.

With ad:

ossa habent commissuras ad stabilitatem aptas,

Cic. N. D. 2, 55, 139:

in pulmonibus inest raritas quaedam ad hauriendum spiritum aptissima,

id. ib. 2, 55, 136:

locus ad insidias aptior,

id. Mil. 20:

calcei habiles et apti ad pedem,

id. de Or. 1, 54, 231:

castra ad bellum ducendum aptissima,

Caes. B. C. 2, 37; so Vulg. 1 Par. 7, 40; ib. 2 Par. 26, 13:

aptum ad proelium,

ib. 1 Reg. 14, 52:

fornices in muro erant apti ad excurrendum,

Liv. 36, 23, 3 al. —

With dat.:

non omnia rebus sunt omnibus apta,

Lucr. 6, 961:

aliis alias animantibus aptas Res,

id. 6, 773:

initia apta et accommodata naturae,

Cic. Fin. 4, 17, 46:

quod verum, simplex sincerumque sit, id esse naturae hominis aptissimum,

id. Off. 1, 4, 13:

haec genera dicendi aptiora sunt adulescentibus,

id. Brut. 95, 223; so id. ib. 62, 326; id. Tusc. 1, 36, 87; id. Or. 22, 1 al.:

quod aetati tuae esset aptissimum,

id. Off. 1, 2, 4; so Nep. Att. 16, 1:

apta dies sacrificio,

Liv. 1, 45:

venti aptiores Romanae quam suae classi,

id. 25, 37 al.:

notavi portus puppibus aptos,

Ov. M. 3, 596; 4, 160:

armis apta magis tellus,

Prop. 4, 22, 19:

aptum equis Argos,

Hor. C. 1, 7, 9:

apta vinculo conjugali,

Vulg. Ruth, 1, 12; ib. Luc. 9, 62:

aptus amicis,

Hor. S. 2, 5, 43 et saep.— Other constrr.:

With in (cf. Rudd. II. p. 96, n. 60):

in quod (genus pugnae) minime apti sunt,

Liv. 38, 21:

formas deus aptus in omnes,

apt for, easily changed into, Ov. M. 14, 765:

in ceteros apta usus,

Vulg. Deut. 20, 20:

vasa apta in interitum,

ib. Rom. 9, 22.—

With qui (cf. Zumpt, §

568): nulla videbatur aptior persona, quae de illā aetate loqueretur,

Cic. Am. 1, 4:

est mihi, quae lanas molliat, apta manus,

Ov. H. 3, 70.—

Poet., with inf:

(Circe) apta cantu veteres mutare figuras,

Tib. 4, 1, 63:

aetas mollis et apta regi,

Ov. A. A. 1, 10.— Esp. freq.,

Absol., Sall. H. Fragm. ap. Non. p. 235, 16:

amor,

Prop. 4, 22, 42:

saltus,

Ov. M. 2, 498:

ars,

Tib. 1, 7, 60:

apta oscula,

Tib. 1, 4, 54; Ov. H. 15, 132:

lar aptus,

an extensive, satisfying possession, Hor. C. 1, 12, 43.—So in prose:

aptus exercitus,

an army good in fight, ready for battle, Liv. 10, 25:

tempus aptum,

the right time, id. 35, 19; so Vulg. Eccli. 20, 6 al.—

Esp., in rhet., of the fitness, appropriateness of discourse:

quid aptum sit, hoc est quid maxime decens in oratione,

Cic. de Or. 3, 55, 210; so apta oratio, which has the appropriate rhet. fulness and periodic rounding: numerosa et apta oratio, id. Or. 50, 168; cf. id. ib. 50, 70; so id. Brut. 17, 68:

Thucydides verbis aptus et pressus,

exact and brief in expression, id. de Or. 2, 13, 56.—Hence, aptē, adv., closely, fitly, suitably, nicely, rightly.

Lit.

Absol.:

atque ita apte cohaeret (mundi corpus), ut etc.,

Cic. Tim. 5: altera est nexa cum superiore et inde apteque pendens, id. ap. Non. p. 235, 18:

capiti apte reponere,

Liv. 1, 34, 8.—

With ad:

apte convenire ad pedem,

Cic. Fin. 3, 14, 46.— Sup.,

With inter:

ut inter se quam aptissime cohaereant extrema (verba) cum primis etc.,

Cic. Or. 44, 149.—

Trop., fitly, suitably, properly, duly, rightly.

Absol.:

facile judicabimus, quid eorum apte fiat,

Cic. Off. 1, 41, 146:

quod est oratoris proprium, apte, distincte, ornate dicere,

id. ib. 1, 1, 2:

apte et quiete ferre,

id. ib. 4, 17, 38:

non equite apte locato,

Liv. 4, 37, 8:

Qui doceant, apte quid tibi possit emi,

Ov. Am. 1, 8, 88:

nec aliter imperium apte regi potest,

Curt. 8, 8, 13:

floribus compositis apte et utiliter,

Plin. 11, 16, 16, § 46. — Comp.:

qualia aptius suis referentur locis,

Plin. 2, 62, 62, § 153:

Aptius haec puero, quam tibi, dona dabis,

Mart. 13, 26.—

With dat.:

si quid exierit numeris aptius,

Quint. 10, 12, 26.— Sup.:

seruntur Parilibus tamen aptissime,

Plin. 19, 3, 24, § 69.—

With ad:

(ut) ad rerum dignitatem apte et quasi decore (loquamur),

Cic. de Or. 1, 32, 144:

spolia ducis hostium caesi suspensa fabricato ad id apte ferculo gerens,

Liv. 1, 10, 5.

apto, āvi, ātum, 1, v. freq. [apo], to fit, adapt, accommodate, apply, put on, adjust, etc. (cf. accommodo); absol., with dat. or less freq. with ad (in Cic. only once, as P. a.).

Lit.

Absol.:

aptat cristas telaque,

Verg. A. 11, 8:

arma aptare,

Liv. 5, 49, 3:

remos,

Curt. 9, 9, 12:

tabulam,

Col. 12, 56, 2:

jubas,

Sil. 5, 166:

armamenta, vela,

Quint. 10, 7, 23.—

With dat.:

aliquid umeris,

Verg. A. 9, 364:

arma corpori,

Liv. 44, 34, 8:

vincula collo,

Ov. M. 10, 381:

claves foribus,

Mart. 9, 47:

sagittas nervo,

Verg. A. 10, 131:

dexteris enses,

Hor. Epod. 7, 2:

tela flagello,

Verg. A. 7, 731:

os cucurbitulae corpori,

Cels. 2, 11:

anulum sibi,

Sen. Ben. 3, 25, 1:

digito (anulum),

Suet. Tib. 73.—

Trop.

With the access. idea of fitting:

bella citharae modis,

Hor. C. 2, 12, 4; cf. id. Ep. 1, 3, 13.—And with ad:

sed usum nec ad commoditatem ferendi nec ad ipsius munitionis firmamentum aptaverunt,

Liv. 33, 5, 5:

ad transeundum omnia aptaverant,

Curt. 7, 8, 8:

ad militares remus aptatur manus,

i. e. is taken in hand by the soldiers, Sen. Agam. 425.—

Without the access. idea of fitting, to prepare, get ready, furnish, put in order; constr. absol., with dat. or ad.

Absol.: aptate convivium, Pomp. ap. Non. p. 234, 30:

idonea bello,

Hor. S. 2, 2, 111.—

With dat.:

arma pugnae,

Liv. 22, 5; cf.:

aptat se pugnae,

Verg. A. 10, 588;

and, animos aptent armis,

id. ib. 10, 259.—

With ad:

Aptat et armiferas miles ad arma manus,

Ov. Am. 1, 13, 14:

ad pugnam classem,

Liv. 22, 5: ad primum se velut aspectum orationis aptare, Quint. 10, 2, 16.—Hence,

With abl. of that with which something is fitted, furnished, provided:

oppidi partes testudinibus et musculis, Auct. B. Alex. 1: biremes remigio,

Verg. A. 8, 80:

classem velis,

id. ib. 3, 472; so,

pinum armamentis,

Ov. M. 11, 456: ut quisque se aptaverat armis, had fitted himself with arms, i. e. for battle, Liv. 9, 31.—Hence, aptātus, a, um, P. a., pr., fitted for something; thus, suitable, fit, appropriate, accommodated to (syn.: aptus, accommodatus): hoc verbum est ad id aptatum, quod ante dixerat, * Cic. de Or. 3, 40, 162:

ad popularem delectationem,

Quint. 2, 10, 11; so Sen. Contr. 6 al.:

omnia rei aptata,

id. Ep. 59.

vexillum, i, n. [dim. of vēlum], a military ensign, standard, banner, flag.

In gen., Caes. B. G. 6, 36; Cic. Phil. 2, 40, 102; 5, 11, 29; id. Att. 10, 15, 2; id. Agr. 2, 32, 86; Tac. A. 1, 20 al.—

In partic., a red flag placed on the general's tent, as a signal for marching or for battle: vexillum proponere, to raise or display, Caes. B. G. 2, 20:

vexillo signum dare,

id. B. C. 3, 89 fin. —

Transf., the troops belonging to a vexillum, a company, troop, Liv. 8, 8; Tac. H. 1, 70; Stat. Th. 12, 782.—

Trop.:

Fortunae,

Stat. S. 4, 2, 43.

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