forms

ăpex, ĭcis, m. [etym. acc. to Serv. ad Verg. A. 10, 270, and Paul. ex Fest. p. 18 Müll., from apo, to join to, whence aptus; cf. Van. Etym. p. 33], the extreme end of a thing, the point, summit, top (syn.: cacumen, summa, fastigium, culmen, vertex); hence,

Lit., the small rod at the top of the flamen's cap, wound round with wool, Serv. ad Verg. A. 2, 683; 10, 270.—Hence,

Transf.

(As pars pro toto.) The conical cap of the flamen, ornamented with this rod:

QVEI. APICEM. INSIGNE. DIALIS. FLAMINIS. GESISTEI, Epitaph. Scip. Grotef. 2, 299: apicem dialem,

Liv. 6, 41:

apex e capite prolapsus,

Val. Max. 1, 1, n. 4.—Hence, of the priesthood itself: homo honestus non apice insignis, Sen. ap. Lact. 17, 6.—

Any hat or helmet, a crown:

ab aquilā Tarquinio apicem impositum putent,

Cic. Leg. 1, 1:

regum apices,

Hor. C. 3, 21, 20:

ardet apex capiti,

Verg. A. 10, 270; 2, 683.—Of birds, the crest, Plin. 11, 37, 44, § 121.—

A projecting point or summit.

Lit., of trees:

lauri,

Verg. A. 7, 66.—Of a headland:

sublimis,

Juv. 12, 72:

montis apex,

Sil. 12, 709; so Vulg. Judith, 7, 3.—Of the point of a sickle, Col. 4, 25, 1.—Of the summit of a flame, Ov. M. 10, 279 et saep.—

Trop., the highest ornament or honor, the crown of a thing:

apex est senectutis auctoritas,

Cic. Sen. 17, 60:

hinc apicem Fortuna sustulit, hic posuisse gaudet,

Hor. C. 1, 34, 14.—

1.. In gram., the long mark over a vowel, Quint. 1, 7, 2; 1, 4, 10; 1, 5, 23;

Victor. p. 2469 P.—Hence, trop.: nullum apicem quaestionis praetermittere,

Arn. 3 init. —

The forms or outlines of the letters:

litterarum apices,

Gell. 13, 30, 10; 17, 9, 12.—Hence (per synecdochen),

A letter or any other writing:

apicum oblator,

Sid. Ep. 6, 8:

Augusti apices,

i. e. rescripts, Cod. Just. 2, 8, 6 fin. —

Of the point or apex of a Hebrew letter, put fig. for the least particle, tittle (eccl. Lat.; Gr. hê keraia):

iota unum aut unus apex non praeteribit a lege,

Vulg. Matt. 5, 18; ib. Luc. 16, 17.

ărĭēs, ĭētis, m. (for the kindr. forms arvix and harvix, in Varr. and Fest.; v. arvix; poet. aries sometimes dissyl., like abies; hence, a long, Carey, Lat. Pros. § 47: āriĕtis, Enn. ap. Cic. Tusc. 1, 20, 45: āriĕtes, trisyl., Att. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 22, 44; so,

āriĕtĕ,

Verg. A. 2, 492) [some derive this from arên, arrên, qs. the male sheep; others compare ho eriphos, a he-goat, buck, and ho elaphos, a stag; and arna, q. v.], a ram.

Lit., Varr. R. R. 2, 1, 24; 2, 2, 13; Col. 7, 2, 4; 7, 2, 5; 7, 3, 6; Vulg. Gen. 15, 9; ib. Lev. 4, 35 et persaepe.—Of the golden fleece: petebant (Argonautae) illam pellem inauratam arietis Colchis, Enn. ap. Auct. ad Her. 2, 22; Plaut. Bacch. 2, 3, 7; Varr. R. R. 2, 1, 6 al.—

Transf.

The Ram, a sign of the zodiac, Cic. Arat. 230; 244; Hyg. Fab. 133; id. Astr. 2, 20; Manil. 2, 246; Ov. M. 10, 165; Vitr. 9, 5; Plin. 18, 25, 59, § 221 al. —

An engine for battering down walls, a battering-ram: v. Vitr. 10, 19; Veg. 4, 14, and Smith, Dict. Antiq.:

quamvis murum aries percusserit,

Cic. Off. 1, 11, 35:

ab ariete materia defendit,

Caes. B. G. 7, 23:

arietibus aliquantum muri discussit,

Liv. 21, 12; so id. 31, 32; 31, 46; 32, 23; 38, 5; Vulg. Ezech. 26, 9; ib. 2 Macc. 12, 15 al.—

A beam for support, a prop or buttress: quae (sublicae) pro ariete subjectae vim fluminis exciperent, as a shore or prop, * Caes. B. G. 4, 17 (dikên kriou, Paraphr.);

corresp. to capreolus,

Caes. B. C. 2, 10 q. v.— Trop.:

ex quo aries ille subicitur in vestris actionibus,

Cic. Top. 17, 64.—

An unknown sea-monster, very dangerous to ships, Plin. 9, 44, 67, § 145; 32, 11, 53 (where two kinds of them are mentioned); cf. id. 9, 5, 4: trux aries, Claud. Nupt. Hon. et Mar. 163; cf. Aelian. H. A. 15, 2, and Oppian. Hal. 1, 372.

ar-rŏgo ( adr-, Fleck., B. and K., Dietsch, Halm, Weissenb.; arr-, Holder, Dinter; Keller uses both forms), āvi, ātum, 1, v. a.

Jurid. and polit. t. t.

To ask or inquire of one, to question: Venus haec volo adroget te, * Plaut. Rud. 5, 2, 45; cf. Dig. 1, 7, 2.—

Alicui, t. t., to add one officer to another, to associate with, place by the side of:

cui consuli dictatorem adrogari haud satis decorum visum est patribus,

Liv. 7, 25, 11.—

To take a homo sui juris in the place of a child, to adopt (v. arrogatio), Gell. 5, 19, 4; cf. Dig. 1, 7, 1; 1, 7, 2; 1, 7, 22 al.—Hence,

Transf.

To appropriate that which does not belong to one, to claim as one's own, to arrogate to one's self, to assume:

quamquam mihi non sumo tantum, judices, neque adrogo, ut, etc.,

Cic. Planc. 1:

non enim mihi tantum derogo, tametsi nihil adrogo, ut, etc.,

id. Rosc. Am. 32:

sapientiam sibi adrogare,

id. Brut. 85, 292: ego tantum tibi tribuo, [p. 166] quantum mihi fortasse arrogo, id. Fam. 4, 1 fin.:

Quod ex alienā virtute sibi adrogant, id mihi ex meā non concedunt,

Sall. J. 85, 25:

Nihil adrogabo mihi nobilitatis aut modestiae,

Tac. H. 1, 30:

Nec sibi cenarum quivis temere arroget artem,

Hor. S. 2, 4, 35.—

Poet.: alicui aliquid, to adjudge something to another as his own, to confer upon or procure for (opp. abrogare):

Scire velim, chartis pretium quotus adroget annus,

Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 35:

decus arrogavit,

id. C. 4, 14, 40:

nihil non arroget armis,

adjudge every thing to arms, think every thing must yield to, id. A. P. 121.— Hence, arrŏgans ( adr-), antis, P. a., acc. to II. A., appropriating something not one's own; hence, assuming, arrogant (syn.: superbus, insolens, ferox).

Lit.:

si essent adrogantes, non possem ferre fastidium,

Cic. Phil. 10, 9:

Induciomarus iste minax atque adrogans,

id. Font. 12; id. Verr. 2, 1, 60:

ne arrogans in praeripiendo populi beneficio videretur,

Caes. B. C. 3, 1:

pigritia adrogantior,

Quint. 12, 3, 12:

adrogantissima persuasio,

id. Decl. 8, 9.—

As a consequence of assumption, haughty, proud, overbearing, insolent (cf. arrogantia, I. B.):

proponit inania mihi nobilitatis, hoc est hominum adrogantium nomina,

Cic. Verr. 1, 6:

de se persuasio,

Quint. 2, 4, 16:

crudelitas adrogans,

Cic. Fam. 5, 4, 2:

dictum,

id. Sull. 8, 25:

consilium,

id. de Or. 2, 39, 165:

moderatio,

Tac. A. 1, 3:

adversus superiores tristi adulatione, adrogans minoribus, inter pares difficilis,

id. ib. 11, 21:

omnem adrogantem humilia,

Vulg. Job, 40, 6:

abominatio Domino est omnis adrogans,

ib. Prov. 16, 5:

beatos dicimus adrogantes,

ib. Mal. 3, 15.— Adv.: arrŏgan-ter ( adr-), with assumption, arrogantly, haughtily, proudly, insolently:

aliquid dicere,

Cic. de Or. 2, 83, 339; id. Off. 1, 1, 2; Quint. 4, 2, 86:

scribere,

Cic. Att. 6, 1:

aliquid praejudicare,

id. ad Brut. 1, 4:

petere,

id. Lig. 10, 30:

adsentire,

id. Inv. 2, 3, 10:

facere,

Caes. B. G. 1, 40: adversarios sustinere, D. Brutus ap. Cic. Fam. 11, 13, 4: ingredi, * Vulg. Soph. 1, 9:

consulere in deditos,

Tac. Agr. 16.— Comp.:

multo adrogantius factum,

Suet. Caes. 79:

insolentius et adrogantius uti gloriā artis,

Plin. 36, 10, 36, § 71:

adrogantius et elatius praefari,

Gell. 9, 15.— Sup., Oros. 7, 25; 7, 35.

ăsĭnus, i, m. [acc. to Benfey, I. p. 123, and Hehn foll. by Curtius, an oriental word, perh. the Heb., asina; cf. Goth. asilus; Lith. asilas; Erse, assul; Celt. asen or assen; Engl. ass; and Gr. onos, which latter two forms the Lat. seems to have in combination], an ass.

Lit., Cato, R. R. 10, 1; 11, 1; Varr. R. R. 2, 1, 14; 2, 6, 1 al.; Col. 6, 37, 8; 6, 7, 1 al.; Plin. 8, 43, 68, § 167 sqq. et saep.; Vulg. Gen. 12, 6; ib. Isa. 1, 3; ib. Luc. 13, 15; 14, 5 et persaepe.—Prov.:

qui asinum non potest, stratum caedit,

i. e. he, that cannot find the offender, avenges himself on the unoffending, Petr. 45, 8:

in tegulis, of an odd appearance,

id. 45, 63: ad lyram, of an awkward man, acc. to Varr. ap. Gell. 3, 16:

sepulturā asini sepelietur, of a contemptible and unworthy man,

Vulg. Jer. 22, 19.—

Trop., an ass, a dolt, simpleton, blockhead:

neque ego homines magis asinos umquam vidi,

Plaut. Ps. 1, 2, 4; Ter. Heaut. 5, 1, 4. —Hence, as a term of insult:

Quid tu autem huic, asine, auscultas?

Ter. Ad. 5, 8, 12; id. Eun. 3, 5, 50:

Quid nunc te, asine, litteras doceam? Non opus est verbis, sed fustibus,

Cic. Pis. 30.

ămussis, is, f. [etym. unc.; perh. from am- and assis = axis, a plank, i. e. something flat, straight, moved about a surface in adjusting it] (acc. amussim, v. Neue, Formenl. I. p. 198; abl. and plur. not used; only ante- and post-class.), a rule or level, used by carpenters, masons, etc.: amussis: tabula, quā utuntur ad saxa leviganda, Varr. ap. Non. p. 9, 17; Aus. Idyll. 16, 11; cf. Sisenn. ap. Charis. p. 178 P.; Paul. ex Fest. p. 6 Müll. —In class. Lat. in the adv. phrases,

ad ămussim (also written as one word, ad-ămussim or ătamussim), according to a rule or level, i. e. accurately, exactly:

adamussim non est numerus,

Varr. R. R. 2, 1, 26:

talionem ad amussim aequiparare,

Gell. 20, 1, 34 Hertz:

ut judicium esse factum atamussim diceres,

id. 1, 4, 1 id.—

exămussim, according to a rule, exactly, quite:

Ne ista edepol, si vera haec loquitur, examussimst optuma,

Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 213 (with the forms adamussim and examussim, cf. the Gr. ekpodôn and empodôn).

Attĭus or Accĭus (both forms are equally attested; Attius predominated under the empire, and the Greeks always wrote Attios. Teuffel), ii, m., = Attios, a Roman proper name.

L. Attius, a distinguished Roman poet of the ante-class. per., younger than Pacuvius, and his rival in tragedy and comedy. Of his poems a considerable number of fragments yet remain; cf. Bähr, Lit. Gesch. pp. 44 and 45; Teuffel, Rom. Lit. § 49, and Schmid ad Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 56.—Hence,

Attĭānus ( Acc-), a, um, adj., of or pertaining to Attius:

versus,

Cic. Fam. 9, 16, 4:

Attianum illud: nihil credo auguribus,

Gell. 14, 1, 34.—

Attius Navius, a soothsayer, who, in the presence and at the bidding of Tarquinius Priscus, cut in pieces a stone with a razor, Liv. 1, 36; Val. Max. 1, 4, n. 1; Cic. Div. 1, 17, 31 sqq.; 2, 38, 80.—

P. Attius Varus, a prœtor in Africa at the time of the civil war between Cœsar and Pompey, Caes. B. C. 1, 13; Cic. Att. 7, 13.—Hence,

Attĭānus, a, um, adj., of or pertaining to Attius:

milites,

Caes. B. C. 1, 13:

legiones,

Cic. Att. 7, 15 and 20.—

T. Attius, an orator of Pisaurum, in the time of Cicero, Cic. Clu. 23.

aut, conj. [aut, Osc. auti, Umbr. ote, ute, may be a modification of autem, as at of et, the suffix -t being a relic of the demonstrative -tem, which appears in item, and is the same as -dem in quidem, and -dam in quondam, and of which the demonstrative adverbs, tam and tum, are absolute forms; the first part of these words may be compared with the Gr. au (cf. aute and autar), and with the Sanscr. vā = or, with which again may be compared ve and vel; v. Corss. Ausspr. II. p. 595, and also pp. 130, 223, 411], or; and repeated: aut... aut, either... or; so in Sanscr. vā... vā.

In gen. it puts in the place of a previous assertion another, objectively and absolutely antithetical to it, while vel indicates that the contrast rests upon subjective opinion or choice; i. e. aut is objective, vel subjective, or aut excludes one term, vel makes the two indifferent.

Used singly, or:

omnia bene sunt ei dicenda, qui hoc se posse profitetur aut eloquentiae nomen relinquendum est,

Cic. de Or. 2, 2, 5:

quibusnam manibus aut quibus viribus,

Caes. B. G. 2, 30:

Vinceris aut vincis,

Prop. 2, 8, 10:

cita mors venit aut victoria laeta,

Hor. S. 1, 1, 8:

ruminat herbas aut aliquam in magno sequitur grege,

Verg. E. 6, 55 et persaep. (cf. on the contrary, Tac. G. 8: quae neque confirmare argumentis, neque refellere in animo est: ex ingenio suo quisque demat vel addat fidem).—

Repeated, aut... aut, either... or:

Ubi enim potest illa aetas aut calescere vel apricatione melius vel igni, aut vicissim umbris aquisve refrigerari salubrius?

Cic. Sen. 16, 57:

Nam ejus per unam, ut audio, aut vivam aut moriar sententiam,

Ter. Phorm. 3, 1, 19; id. Heaut. 3,1,11 sq.:

aut, quicquid igitur eodem modo concluditur, probabitis, aut ars ista nulla est,

Cic. Ac. 2, 30, 96:

partem planitiae aut Jovis templum aut oppidum tenet,

Liv. 44, 6, 15:

terra in universum aut silvis horrida aut paludibus foeda,

Tac. G. 5:

hoc bellum quis umquam arbitraretur aut ab omnibus imperatoribus uno anno aut omnibus annis ab uno imperatore confici posse?

Cic. Imp. Pomp. 11,31.—

More than twice repeated:

aut equos Alere aut canes ad venandum, aut ad philosophos, Ter And. 1, 1, 29: Uxor, si cesses, aut te amare cogitat Aut tete amare aut potare atque animo obsequi,

id. Ad. 1, 1, 7 sq.; so four times in Lucr. 4, 935 sq.; five times in Cic. Off. 1, 9, 28; id. N. D. 3, 12, 30; and Prop. 4, 21, 26 sqq.; and six times in Plin. 17, 10, 9, § 58.—

Sometimes double disjunctive phrases with aut... aut are placed together:

Adsentior Crasso, ne aut de C. Laelii soceri mei aut de hujus generi aut arte aut gloriā detraham,

Cic. de Or. 1, 9, 35:

res ipsa et rei publicae tempus aut me ipsum, quod nolim, aut alium quempiam aut invitabit aut dehortabitur,

id. Pis. 39, 94.—

Repeated after negatives:

ne aut ille alserit Aut ceciderit atque aliquid praefregerit,

Ter. Ad. 1, 1, 11:

ne tanti facinoris immanitas aut exstitisse aut non vindicata esse videatur,

Cic. Cat. 1, 6, 14; id. Sull. 43; id. Sest. 37; 39:

neque enim sunt aut obscura aut non multa post commissa,

id. Cat. 1, 6, 15; id. Off. 1, 20, 66; 1, 11, 36; 1, 20, 68; id. de Or. 2, 45, 189:

nec milites ad scelus missos aut numero validos aut animo promptos,

Tac. A. 14, 58; id. H. 1, 18; id. Or. 12:

nec erit mirabilis illic Aut Stratocles aut cum molli Demetrius Haemo,

Juv. 3, 98 sq.:

neque aut quis esset ante detexit aut gubernatorem cedere adversae tempestati passus est,

Suet. Caes. 58; id. Ner. 34:

Nec aut Persae aut Macedones dubitavere,

Curt. 4, 15, 28: Non sum aut tam inhumanus aut tam alienus a Sardis. Cic. Scaur. 39; id. Cat. 1, 13:

Nihil est tam aut fragile aut flexibile quam etc.,

id. Mil. 36 al. —

In interrogations:

quo modo aut geometres cernere ea potest, quae aut nulla sunt aut internosci a falsis non possunt aut is, qui fidibus utitur, explere numeros et conficere versus?

Cic. Ac. 2, 7, 22; so id. de Or. 1, 9, 37; id. Rosc. Am. 40, 118; id. N. D. 1, 43, 121.—

In comparative clauses:

talis autem simulatio vanitati est conjunctior quam aut liberalitati aut honestati,

Cic. Off. 1, 15, 44.—

Esp.

Placed singly, to connect to something more important that which is less so, or at least.

Absol.:

Incute vim ventis submersasque obrue puppes, Aut age diversos et dissice corpora ponto,

Verg. A. 1, 69 sq. Rib. (furens Juno et irata, quod gravissimum credebat, optavit, deinde quod secundum intulit, Diom. p. 411 P.):

quaero, num injuste aut improbe fecerit,

or at least unfairly, Cic. Off. 3, 13, 54:

a se postulari aut exspectari aliquid suspicantur,

id. ib. 2, 20, 69:

quā re vi aut clam agendum est,

or at least by stealth, id. Att. 10, 12:

profecto cuncti aut magna pars Siccensium fidem mutavissent,

Sall. J. 56, 6:

Audendum est aliquid universis aut omnia singulis patienda,

Liv. 6, 18, 7:

pars a centurionibus aut praetoriarum cohortium militibus caesi,

Tac. A. 1, 30:

potentiā suā numquam aut raro ad impotentiam usus,

Vell. 2, 29.—

With certe, etc., v. infra, F. 2.—

To connect something which must take place, if that which is previously stated does not, or, otherwise, or else, in the contrary case, = alioqui:

Redduc uxorem, aut quam obrem non opus sit cedo,

Ter. Hec. 4, 4, 76:

id (principium) nec nasci potest nec mori, aut concidat omne caelum etc.,

Cic. Tusc. 1, 23, 54 (Seyffert ad h. l., but preferring ut non; B. and K. and Kühner, vel):

nunc manet insontem gravis exitus: aut ego veri Vana feror,

Verg. A. 10, 630:

effodiuntur bulbi ante ver: aut deteriores fiunt,

Plin. 19, 5, 30, § 96:

Mutatione recreabitur sicut in cibis... Aut dicant iste mihi, quae sit alia ratio discendi,

Quint. 1, 12, 6; 2, 17, 9.—

To restrict or correct an expression which is too general or inaccurate, or, or rather, or more accurately.

Absol.:

de hominum genere, aut omnino de animalium loquor,

Cic. Fin. 5, 11, 33; 5, 20, 57; id. Ac. 2, 8, 23:

Aut scilicet tua libertas disserendi amissa est, aut tu is es, qui in disputando non tuum judicium sequare,

id. Leg. 1, 13, 36: cenaene causā, aut tuae mercedis gratiā Nos nostras aedīs postulas comburere? or rather, etc., Plaut. Aul. 2, 6, 11.—In this signification aut sometimes begins a new clause: Potestne igitur quisquam dicere, inter eum, qui doleat, et inter eum, qui in voluptate sit, nihil interesse? Aut, ita qui sentiet, non apertissime insaniat? or is not rather, etc., Cic. Ac. 2, 7, 20:

Quid est enim temeritate turpius? Aut quid tam temerarium tamque indignum sapientis gravitate atque constantiā, quam, etc.,

id. N. D. 1, 1, 1; id. Fin. 4, 26, 72; Plin. Ep. 1, 10, 3.—

With potius (v. infra, F. 4.).—

Neque... aut sometimes, but chiefly in the poets, takes the place of neque... neque: Neque ego hanc abscondere furto Speravi, ne finge, fugam;

nec conjugis umquam Praetendi taedas aut haec in foedera veni,

Verg. A. 4, 339:

Si neque avaritiam neque sordes aut mala lustra Obiciet vere quisquam mihi,

Hor. S. 1, 6, 68 Bentl., but ac, K. and H.:

Nunc neque te longi remeantem pompa triumphi Excipit aut sacras poscunt Capitolia lauros,

Luc. 1, 287:

Nam neque plebeiam aut dextro sine numine cretam Servo animam,

Stat. S. 1, 4, 66:

Neque enim Tyriis Cynosura carinis Certior aut Grais Helice servanda magistris,

Val. Fl. 1, 17; so also Tacitus: nec litore tenus adcrescere aut resorberi, Agr. 10; G. 7 ter; H. 1, 32; so after non:

Non eo dico, quo mihi veniat in dubium tua fides, aut quo etc.,

Cic. Quinct. 5:

non jure aut legibus cognoscunt,

Tac. Or. 19; id. Agr. 41; id. G. 24; after haud:

Haud alias populus plus occultae vocis aut suspicacis silentii permisit,

id. A. 3, 11; after nihil:

nihil caedis aut praedae,

id. A. 15, 6; 13, 4; id. H. 1, 30.—

The poets connect by aut... vel, vel... aut, instead of aut... aut, or vel... vel: Quotiens te votui Argu [p. 211] rippum Conpellare aut contrectare conloquive aut contui? Plaut. As. 3, 1, 19:

aut appone dapes, Vare, vel aufer opes,

Mart. 4, 78, 6 (this epigram is rejected by Schneid.):

Non ars aut astus belli vel dextera deerat,

Sil. 16, 32.—

In connection with other particles.

Aut etiam, to complete or strengthen an assertion, or also, or even:

quid ergo aut hunc prohibet, aut etiam Xenocratem, etc.,

Cic. Tusc. 5, 18, 51:

conjectura in multas aut diversas, aut etiam in contrarias partes,

id. Div. 2, 26, 55; id. Off. 1, 9, 28:

si aut ambigue aut inconstanter aut incredibiliter dicta sunt, aut etiam aliter ab alio dicta,

id. Part. Or. 14, 51:

etsi omnia aut scripta esse a tuis arbitror, aut etiam nuntiis ac rumore perlata,

id. Att. 4, 1.—So with one aut:

quod de illo acceperant, aut etiam suspicabantur,

Cic. Fam. 1, 19, 36; Cels. 4, 18:

si modo sim (orator), aut etiam quicumque sim,

Cic. Or. 3, 12; id. de Or. 1, 17, 76.—

Aut certe, aut modo, aut quidem, or aut sane, to restrict a declaration, or at least (cf. II. A.).

Aut certe:

ac video hanc primam ingressionem meam aut reprehensionis aliquid, aut certe admirationis habituram,

Cic. Or. 3, 11; id. Top. 17, 64:

quo enim uno vincebamur a victā Graeciā, id aut ereptum illis est, aut certe nobis cum illis communicatum,

id. Brut. 73, 254; so Dolabella ap. Cic. Fam. 9, 9, 1; Liv. 2, 1, 4; 40, 46, 2; Cels. 1, 2; 5, 26; Prop. 4, 21, 29.—

Aut modo:

Si umquam posthac aut amasso Casinam, aut obcepso modo,

Plaut. Cas. 5, 4, 22.—

Aut quidem:

Proinde desinant quidam quaerere ultra aut opinari... aut quidem vetustissimā nave impositos jubebo avehi,

Suet. Caes. 66.—

Aut sane:

Afer aut Sardus sane,

Cic. Scaur. 15.—

Aut vero, to connect a more important thought, or indeed, or truly:

Quem tibi aut hominem, aut vero deum, auxilio futurum putas?

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 78:

Quis enim tibi hoc concesserit, aut initio genus hominum se oppidis moenibusque saepsisse? Aut vero etc.,

id. de Or. 1, 9, 36.—

Aut potius, for correction or greater definiteness, or rather (cf. II. C.):

Erravit, aut potius insanivit Apronius?

Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 119:

proditores aut potius apertos hostes,

id. Sest. 35:

nemo est injustus, aut incauti potius habendi sunt improbi,

id. Leg. 1, 14, 40:

Quae est ergo ista ratio, aut quae potius ista amentia?

id. Verr. 3, 173.—

Aut ne... quidem:

ego jam aut rem aut ne spem quidem exspecto,

Cic. Att. 3, 22 fin.

1, 3, 18 Lachm.:

justos aut reperire pedes,

id. 2, 5, 112:

Persequar aut studium linguae etc.,

Prop. 4, 21, 27:

Fer pater, inquit, opem! Tellus aut hisce, vel istam, etc.,

Ov. M. 1, 545 (Merk., ait):

Balteus aut fluxos gemmis adstrinxit amictus,

Luc. 2, 362, where some read haud. See more upon this word in Hand, Turs. I. pp. 525-558.

bĭfārĭus, a, um, adj. [bis, after the analogy of the Gr. diphasios; cf.: ambifarius, trifarius, multifarius, etc.], twofold, double (as adj. only post-class.):

ratio,

Amm. 18, 4, 3:

illatio,

App. Dogm. Plat. 3, p. 39, 16 dub. (al. bifariam).—Hence, adv. in two forms.

bĭfārĭam ( acc. fem. sc. partem), on two sides, i. e. twofold, double, in two ways, in two parts, in two places, twice, etc. (class.):

ut dispertirem obsonium hic bifariam,

Plaut. Aul. 2, 4, 3:

annus bifariam divisus,

Varr. R. R. 2, 4, 14; Liv. 25, 32, 7; 41, 19, 8:

bifariam quattuor perturbationes aequaliter distributae sunt,

Cic. Tusc. 3, 11, 24:

quam (inflexionem) bifariam contrarie simul procedentia efficiebat,

id. Univ. 9:

ita bifariam consules ingressi hostium fines,

Liv. 3, 23, 7:

gemina victoria duobus bifariam proeliis parta,

id. 3, 63, 5:

castra bifariam facta,

id. 10, 21, 12; Dig. 38, 10, 4:

bifariam laudatus est,

Suet. Aug. 100: bifariam cum populo agi non potest, Messala ap. Gell. 13, 15, 8.—

Trop. (rare): bifariam intellegere aliquid, in both ways or senses, Dig. 38, 10, 4, § 2; cf. App. Dogm. Plat. 3, p. 39, 16.—

bĭfārĭes, doubly, Cassiod. de Or. 1 fin. p. 601 Garet.