fossor

fossor, ōris, m. [id.], a digger, delver, ditcher.

Lit.

In gen. ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose):

et labefacta movens robustus jugera fossor,

Verg. G. 2, 264:

squalidus in magna compede fossor,

Juv. 11, 80; Hor. C. 3, 18, 15; Mart. 7, 71, 4; Col. 11, 2, 38:

ceu septa novus jam moenia laxet Fossor,

i. e. a miner, sapper, Stat. Th. 2, 419.—

In partic.

A miner, workman in a mine, Vitr. 7, 8, 1; Calp. Ecl. 4, 118 (cf. aurifossor).—

[p. 775] In late Lat., a grave-digger, Inscr. Orell. 4925 al.; cf. fossa, I. B. 3.—

In mal. part., a fornicator, Aus. Ep. 49; cf. fossa, I. B. 4.—

Transf., in gen., in a contemptuous signif., a common laborer, a clown, Cat. 22, 10:

cum sis cetera fossor,

Pers. 5, 122.

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a digger, ditcher, sapper / fool, boor, clown

dis-turbo, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a., to drive asunder, to separate by violence, to throw into disorder, disturb.

Lit.

In gen. (rarely):

vidistis contionem gladiis disturbari,

Cic. Mil. 33 fin.:

sortes,

id. Div. 1, 34 fin.:

freta (Auster),

Sen. Hippol. 1012. —Far more freq. and class. (but not in the Aug. poets),

Pregn., to demolish, destroy (esp. freq. of buildings):

aedes,

Lucr. 2, 1102; so,

domos,

id. 6, 241:

domum meam,

Cic. Phil. 5, 7, 19:

urbes,

Lucr. 6, 587:

porticum Catuli,

Cic. Att. 4, 3 et saep.:

ignis cuncta disturbat ac dissipat,

id. N. D. 2, 15, 41: opera, * Caes. B. C. 1, 26, 1:

si qua in vineis fossor disturbavit,

Col. 11, 2, 38.—

Trop., to frustrate, thwart, ruin:

at nunc disturba quas statuisti machinas,

Plaut. Ps. 1, 5, 137: vitae societatem, Cic. Rosc. Am. 38, 111; cf.

concordiam,

Sall. H. Fragm. 1, 19 ed. Gerl. (Orat. L. Philippi); so,

disturbare atque pervertere legem,

Cic. Agr. 2, 37, 101:

judicium tollere ac disturbare,

id. Sull. 5, 15; cf. ib. 25, 71:

rem,

to hinder, prevent, id. Fam. 11, 21 fin.; cf.

nuptias,

Ter. And. 1, 2, 11.

fossa, ae, f. [fodio, i. e. fossa terra], a ditch, trench, fosse (syn.: fovea, scrobs, fossio).

Lit.

In gen.:

salso suffudit gurgite fossas,

Lucr. 5, 482:

fodere fossam,

Liv. 3, 26, 9:

ut unus aditus maximo aggere objecto fossa cingeretur vastissima,

Cic. Rep. 2, 6:

(oppidum) vallo et fossa circumdedi,

id. Fam. 15, 4, 10:

pomarium circummunire fossă praecipiti,

Col. 5, 10, 1:

circumdare moenia vallo atque fossā,

Sall. J. 23, 1;

and, in a different construction: circumdare fossam latam cubiculari lecto,

Cic. Tusc. 5, 20, 59:

vallo fossaque munire,

Caes. B. G. 2, 5 fin.; cf.:

Rheni fossam immanissimis gentibus objicere et opponere,

Cic. Pis. 33, 81:

fossa et vallo aliquem septum tenere,

id. Att. 9, 12, 3:

fossam pedum XX. directis lateribus duxit,

Caes. B. G. 7, 72, 1; so,

fossam ducere,

id. ib. 7, 73, 2:

transversam fossam obducere,

id. ib. 2, 8, 3:

praeducere,

id. B. C. 1, 27, 3:

institutae fossae,

id. ib. 3, 46, 5:

ut flumen nullam in partem depressis fossis derivari posset,

sunk deeper, Hirt. B. G. 8, 40, 3:

deprimere fossam,

id. ib. 8, 9, 3; cf. Tac. A. 15, 42; 1, 65; Ov. F. 4, 821:

cruor in fossam confusus,

Hor. S. 1, 8, 28.—

In partic.

A gutter, waterway, = colliciae, Verg. G. 1, 326; 1, 372.—

A furrow drawn to mark foundations, etc.:

ipse humili designat moenia fossa,

Verg. A. 7, 157; Ov. F. 4, 839; cf. Varr. L. L. 5, 32, § 143.—

A grave (late Lat.):

FILETIVS VSQVE AT FOTSA (ad fossam),

Inscr. Orell. 4794, v. fossor.—

In mal. part.:

pudenda muliebria,

Auct. Priap. 84; cf.:

inter Socraticos notissima fossa cinaedos,

Juv. 2, 10.—

Fos-sa Drūsiāna, v. Drusus.—

Trop., a boundary:

alicui fossam determinare,

Tert. adv. Haer. 10.

fossa, ae, f. [fodio, i. e. fossa terra], a ditch, trench, fosse (syn.: fovea, scrobs, fossio).

Lit.

In gen.:

salso suffudit gurgite fossas,

Lucr. 5, 482:

fodere fossam,

Liv. 3, 26, 9:

ut unus aditus maximo aggere objecto fossa cingeretur vastissima,

Cic. Rep. 2, 6:

(oppidum) vallo et fossa circumdedi,

id. Fam. 15, 4, 10:

pomarium circummunire fossă praecipiti,

Col. 5, 10, 1:

circumdare moenia vallo atque fossā,

Sall. J. 23, 1;

and, in a different construction: circumdare fossam latam cubiculari lecto,

Cic. Tusc. 5, 20, 59:

vallo fossaque munire,

Caes. B. G. 2, 5 fin.; cf.:

Rheni fossam immanissimis gentibus objicere et opponere,

Cic. Pis. 33, 81:

fossa et vallo aliquem septum tenere,

id. Att. 9, 12, 3:

fossam pedum XX. directis lateribus duxit,

Caes. B. G. 7, 72, 1; so,

fossam ducere,

id. ib. 7, 73, 2:

transversam fossam obducere,

id. ib. 2, 8, 3:

praeducere,

id. B. C. 1, 27, 3:

institutae fossae,

id. ib. 3, 46, 5:

ut flumen nullam in partem depressis fossis derivari posset,

sunk deeper, Hirt. B. G. 8, 40, 3:

deprimere fossam,

id. ib. 8, 9, 3; cf. Tac. A. 15, 42; 1, 65; Ov. F. 4, 821:

cruor in fossam confusus,

Hor. S. 1, 8, 28.—

In partic.

A gutter, waterway, = colliciae, Verg. G. 1, 326; 1, 372.—

A furrow drawn to mark foundations, etc.:

ipse humili designat moenia fossa,

Verg. A. 7, 157; Ov. F. 4, 839; cf. Varr. L. L. 5, 32, § 143.—

A grave (late Lat.):

FILETIVS VSQVE AT FOTSA (ad fossam),

Inscr. Orell. 4794, v. fossor.—

In mal. part.:

pudenda muliebria,

Auct. Priap. 84; cf.:

inter Socraticos notissima fossa cinaedos,

Juv. 2, 10.—

Fos-sa Drūsiāna, v. Drusus.—

Trop., a boundary:

alicui fossam determinare,

Tert. adv. Haer. 10.

rĭgĭdus, a, um, adj. [rigeo], stiff, hard, inflexible, rigid (mostly poet. and in postAug. prose; cf. durus).

Lit.:

pruinae,

Lucr. 2, 521; cf.:

rigidum permanat frigus ad ossa,

id. 1, 355:

tellus,

Verg. G. 2, 316:

aqua,

Ov. Tr. 3, 10, 48:

umbrae,

Lucr. 5, 764:

frigus,

id. 1, 356:

cervicem rectam oportet esse non rigidam aut supinam,

Quint. 11, 3, 82; cf. id. 11, 3, 160; so,

cervix,

Liv. 35, 11; Suet. Tib. 68; Ov. Tr. 1, 4, 14:

artus morte,

Lucr. 6, 1196:

crura,

Cic. N. D. 1, 36, 101:

rostrum,

Ov. M. 5, 673:

cornu,

id. ib. 9, 85:

setae,

id. ib. 8, 428:

capilli,

id. ib. 10, 425:

oculi (with extenti),

Quint. 11, 3, 76 et saep.:

quercus,

Verg. E. 6, 28; cf.

columnae,

Ov. F. 3, 529:

malus,

id. H. 5, 53.—

In mal. part.: illud,

Petr. 134, 11; cf. Mart. 6, 49, 2.—

Hence: custos ruris,

i. e. Priapus, Ov. F. 1, 391; Auct. Priap. 46; and absol.: rĭgĭda, f., Cat. 56, 7:

silices,

hard, Ov. M. 9, 613; 225:

saxum,

id. ib. 4, 517:

mons,

hard, rocky, id. ib. 8, 797:

Niphates,

Hor. C. 2, 9, 20:

ferrum,

Ov. R. Am. 19:

serae,

id. F. 1, 124:

ensis,

Verg. A. 12, 304; Ov. M. 3, 118:

hasta,

Verg. A. 10, 346:

unguis,

Ov. Am. 2, 6, 4 et saep.—

Trop., stiff, hard, inflexible, rigid; hardy, stern, rough (syn.:

tristis, severus): vox,

hard, harsh, Quint. 11, 3, 32:

Sabini,

rough, rude, unpolished, Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 25; Ov. M. 14, 797:

Getae,

Hor. C. 3, 24, 11; Ov. Tr. 5, 1, 46:

fossor,

hardy, Mart. 7, 71, 4; cf.

manus,

Ov. M. 14, 647:

virtutis verae custos rigidusque satelles,

stern, inflexible, Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 17; so,

censor,

Ov. A. A. 2, 664:

parens,

id. M. 2, 813:

senes,

id. F. 4, 310:

mens,

id. H. 3, 96:

vultus,

id. ib. 4, 73:

rigidi et tristes satellites,

Tac. A. 16, 22:

(Cato) rigidae innocentiae,

Liv. 39, 40, 10; cf.

of the younger Cato: rigidi servator honesti,

Luc. 2, 389; so,

mores,

Ov. R. Am. 762:

rigida duraque sententia Macri,

Plin. Ep. 4, 9, 19; Sen. Ep. 11, 10; 21, 3; 81, 4:

Mars,

rough, fierce, Ov. M. 8, 20:

leo,

Mart. 10, 65, 13.— Comp.:

quis non intellegit Canachi signa rigidiora esse quam ut imitentur veritatem?

too stiff, hard, harsh, Cic. Brut. 18, 70:

similis in statuariis differentia... jam minus rigida Calamis fecit,

Quint. 12, 10, 7.— Sup.:

Abdera fatua et stoliditatis rigidissimae,

Arn. 5, 164.—Hence, adv.: rĭgĭdē.

Inflexibly; in a straight line, Vitr. 2, 3, 2; Sen. Ben. 2, 17, 4.—

Rigorously, severely, Ov. Tr. 2, 251.— Comp.:

disciplinam militarem rigidius adstringere,

Val. Max. 9, 7 fin.

rĭgĭdus, a, um, adj. [rigeo], stiff, hard, inflexible, rigid (mostly poet. and in postAug. prose; cf. durus).

Lit.:

pruinae,

Lucr. 2, 521; cf.:

rigidum permanat frigus ad ossa,

id. 1, 355:

tellus,

Verg. G. 2, 316:

aqua,

Ov. Tr. 3, 10, 48:

umbrae,

Lucr. 5, 764:

frigus,

id. 1, 356:

cervicem rectam oportet esse non rigidam aut supinam,

Quint. 11, 3, 82; cf. id. 11, 3, 160; so,

cervix,

Liv. 35, 11; Suet. Tib. 68; Ov. Tr. 1, 4, 14:

artus morte,

Lucr. 6, 1196:

crura,

Cic. N. D. 1, 36, 101:

rostrum,

Ov. M. 5, 673:

cornu,

id. ib. 9, 85:

setae,

id. ib. 8, 428:

capilli,

id. ib. 10, 425:

oculi (with extenti),

Quint. 11, 3, 76 et saep.:

quercus,

Verg. E. 6, 28; cf.

columnae,

Ov. F. 3, 529:

malus,

id. H. 5, 53.—

In mal. part.: illud,

Petr. 134, 11; cf. Mart. 6, 49, 2.—

Hence: custos ruris,

i. e. Priapus, Ov. F. 1, 391; Auct. Priap. 46; and absol.: rĭgĭda, f., Cat. 56, 7:

silices,

hard, Ov. M. 9, 613; 225:

saxum,

id. ib. 4, 517:

mons,

hard, rocky, id. ib. 8, 797:

Niphates,

Hor. C. 2, 9, 20:

ferrum,

Ov. R. Am. 19:

serae,

id. F. 1, 124:

ensis,

Verg. A. 12, 304; Ov. M. 3, 118:

hasta,

Verg. A. 10, 346:

unguis,

Ov. Am. 2, 6, 4 et saep.—

Trop., stiff, hard, inflexible, rigid; hardy, stern, rough (syn.:

tristis, severus): vox,

hard, harsh, Quint. 11, 3, 32:

Sabini,

rough, rude, unpolished, Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 25; Ov. M. 14, 797:

Getae,

Hor. C. 3, 24, 11; Ov. Tr. 5, 1, 46:

fossor,

hardy, Mart. 7, 71, 4; cf.

manus,

Ov. M. 14, 647:

virtutis verae custos rigidusque satelles,

stern, inflexible, Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 17; so,

censor,

Ov. A. A. 2, 664:

parens,

id. M. 2, 813:

senes,

id. F. 4, 310:

mens,

id. H. 3, 96:

vultus,

id. ib. 4, 73:

rigidi et tristes satellites,

Tac. A. 16, 22:

(Cato) rigidae innocentiae,

Liv. 39, 40, 10; cf.

of the younger Cato: rigidi servator honesti,

Luc. 2, 389; so,

mores,

Ov. R. Am. 762:

rigida duraque sententia Macri,

Plin. Ep. 4, 9, 19; Sen. Ep. 11, 10; 21, 3; 81, 4:

Mars,

rough, fierce, Ov. M. 8, 20:

leo,

Mart. 10, 65, 13.— Comp.:

quis non intellegit Canachi signa rigidiora esse quam ut imitentur veritatem?

too stiff, hard, harsh, Cic. Brut. 18, 70:

similis in statuariis differentia... jam minus rigida Calamis fecit,

Quint. 12, 10, 7.— Sup.:

Abdera fatua et stoliditatis rigidissimae,

Arn. 5, 164.—Hence, adv.: rĭgĭdē.

Inflexibly; in a straight line, Vitr. 2, 3, 2; Sen. Ben. 2, 17, 4.—

Rigorously, severely, Ov. Tr. 2, 251.— Comp.:

disciplinam militarem rigidius adstringere,

Val. Max. 9, 7 fin.