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prŏpĭor, ĭus, gen. ōris, adj. comp., and proxĭmus, a, um, adj. sup. (v. below, II.) [from the obsol. propis; whence prope].

Comp., nearer, nigher.

Lit., of place:

portus propior,

Verg. A. 3, 530:

tumulus,

Liv. 22, 24:

ut propior patriae sit fuga nostra,

Ov. P. 1, 2, 130:

domus,

Sall. H. 2, 40 Dietsch:

cum propior caliginis aër Ater init oculos,

Lucr. 4, 338 (314).—With acc.:

propior montem suos collocat,

Sall. J. 49, 1:

propior hostem,

Hirt. B. G. 8, 9.—With ab:

quisquis ab igne propior stetit,

Sen. Ep. 74, 4.—With inf.:

propior timeri,

Stat. Th. 12, 223.— Neutr. plur, subst.: prŏpĭōra, um, places lying near:

propiora fluminis,

Tac. H. 5, 16:

tenere,

Verg. A. 5, 168.—

Trop.

Of time, nearer, later, more recent:

veniunt inde ad propiora,

Cic. Tusc. 1, 48, 116:

venio ad propiorem (epistulam),

id. Att. 15, 3, 2:

propior puero quam juveni,

Vell. 2, 53, 1:

septimus octavo jam propior annus,

Hor. S. 2, 6, 40; id. C. 3, 15, 4:

mors,

Tib. 2, 3, 42:

propiore aut longiore tempore aliquid facere,

Dig. 23, 4, 17.—

Of relationship, nearer, more nearly related; with dat.:

quibus propior P. Quintio nemo est,

Cic. Quint. 31, 97:

ille gradu propior sanguinis,

Ov. H. 3, 28; 16, 326; 20, 158:

amicus,

Hor. Ep. 1, 9, 5.—

Of resemblance, more nearly resembling, more like (class.); with dat.:

quae sceleri propiora sunt, quam religioni,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 50, § 112:

tauro,

Verg. G. 3, 57:

vero est propius,

more probable, Liv. 4, 37; Ov. F. 4, 801; Tac. A. 13, 34; id. G. 45:

scribere Sermoni propiora,

Hor. S. 1, 4, 42.—With acc. (not in Cic.):

propius est fidem,

is more credible, Liv. 4, 17:

quod tamen vitium propius virtutem erat,

Sall. C. 11, 1.—

Of relation or connection, nearer, more nearly related, affecting or concerning more nearly, of greater import, closer, more intimate:

hunc priorem aequom'st me habere: tunica propior pallio est, proverbially,

my shirt is nearer than my coat, Plaut. Trin. 5, 2, 30:

propior societas eorum, qui ejusdem civitatis,

Cic. Off. 3, 17, 69:

sua sibi propiora pericula esse, quam mea,

id. Sest. 18, 40:

alium portum propiorem huic aetati videbamus,

id. Att. 14, 19, 1:

damnum propius medullis,

Hor. Ep. 1, 10, 28:

cura propior luctusque domesticus,

Ov. M. 13, 578; id. P. 4, 9, 71:

supplemento vel Latium propius esse,

Liv. 8, 11:

irae quam timori propiorem cernens,

more inclined to anger than to fear, Tac. A. 16, 9: oderat Aenean propior Saturnia Turno, more inclined or attached to, Ov. Tr. 1, 2, 7.—Hence, adv.: prŏpĭus, more nearly, nearer, closer (class.).

Lit.

Absol.:

propius accedamus,

Ter. Ad. 3, 2, 11; Ov. M. 2, 41:

res adspicere,

Verg. A. 1, 526:

propius spectare aliquid,

Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 67;

stare,

id. A. P. 361.—

With dat., nearer to: propius grammatico accessi, Cic. ap. Diom. p. 405 P. (not elsewhere in Cic.):

propius Tiberi quam Thermopylis,

Nep. Hann. 8, 3:

propius stabulis armenta tenerent,

Verg. G. 1, 355.—

With acc.:

ne propius se castra moveret,

Caes. B. G. 4, 9:

pars insulae, quae est propius solis occasum,

id. ib. 4, 28: propius aliquem accedere, id. ib. 5, 36:

propius urbem,

Cic. Phil. 7, 9, 26:

mare,

Sall. J. 18, 9.—

With ab:

propius a terris,

Cic. N. D. 1, 31, 87:

antiquitas quo propius aberat ab ortu et divinā progenie, hoc melius ea cernebat,

id. Tusc. 1, 12, 26:

ab Urbe,

Plin. 17, 25, 38, § 243.—

Trop.:

ut propius ad ea accedam, quae a te dicta sunt,

Cic. Fin. 4, 10, 24; Sen. Ira, 3, 42, 4; Cic. Part. 36, 124:

propius accedo: nego esse illa testimonia,

id. Fl. 10, 23:

a contumeliā quam a laude propius fuerit post Vitellium eligi,

Tac. H. 2, 76:

nec quicquam propius est factum, quam ut illum persequeretur,

he was within an ace of following him, Cic. Clu. 21, 59; so,

propius nihil est factum, quam ut occideretur,

id. Q. Fr. 1, 2, 5, § 15.

Sup.: proxĭmus (PROXVMVS and PROXSVMEIS, Tab. Bant.; late comp. proximior, Sen. Ep. 108, 16; Ulp. ap. Prisc. p. 607 P.; v. below, B. 2. and 3.; cf. in adv. 2. c.), a, um, adj., the nearest, next (class.).

Lit., of place:

proxima oppida,

Caes. B. G. 3, 12:

via,

Lucr. 5, 103; cf.:

via ad gloriam proxima et quasi compendiaria,

Cic. Off. 2, 12, 43:

ad proximum mare, dein Romam pergerent,

Sall. J. 23, 2:

in proximos collis discedunt,

id. ib. 54, 10:

proximum iter in Galliam,

Caes. B. G. 1, 10:

paries cum proximus ardet,

Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 84:

agri termini,

id. C. 2, 18, 23:

proximus vicinus,

one's nearest neighbor, Plaut. Most. 3, 1, 138; Ter. Hec. 1, 2, 49; Cic. Att. 2, 14, 2; Dig. 50, 15, 4.—With dat.:

Belgae proximi sunt Germanis,

Caes. B. G. 1, 1: huic proximum inferiorem orbem tenet puroeis, Cic. N. D. 2, 20, 53:

proxima Campano ponti villula,

Hor. S. 1, 5, 45.—With acc. (not in Cic.):

qui te proximus est,

Plaut. Poen. 5, 3, 1:

ager proximus finem Megalopolitarum,

Liv. 35, 27:

Crassus proximus mare Oceanum hiemarat,

Caes. B. G. 3, 7, 2:

qui proximi forte tribunal steterant,

Liv. 8, 32, 12.—With ab, nearest to, next to:

dactylus proximus a postremo,

next before, Cic. Or. 64, 217:

ut quisque proximus ab oppresso sit,

Liv. 37, 25:

proximus a dominā,

Ov. A. A. 1, 139:

proxima regio ab eā (urbe),

Curt. 10, 5, 18. —Hence, as subst.,

proxĭmus, i, m., a neighbor, a fellow-man, Val. Max. 6, 9 init.; Quint. Decl. 259.—As subst.,

proxĭmum, i, n., the neighborhood, vicinity:

vicinus e proximo,

hard by, Plaut. Aul. 2, 4, 11:

aquam hinc de proximo rogabo,

from the house next door, id. Rud. 2, 3, 73:

cum in proximo hic sit aegra,

close by, next door, Ter. Hec. 3, 2, 6:

huic locum in proximum conduxi,

Cic. Fil. Fam. 16, 21, 4:

per impluvium huc despexi in proximum,

into our neighbor's, Plaut. Mil. 2, 3, 16.— Plur.:

traicit in proxima continentis,

Liv. 31, 46, 12.—

Trop.

Of time, the next preceding or following, the previous, last, the next, the following, ensuing:

quid proximā, quid superiore nocte egeris,

Cic. Cat. 1, 1, 1:

his proximis Nonis, cum in hortos Bruti venissemus,

id. Lael. 2, 7:

Gabinius quem proximis superioribus diebus acerrime oppugnasset,

id. Fam. 1, 9, 20: se proximā nocte castra moturum, on the next, i.e. the following night, Caes. B. G. 1, 40 fin.; 2, 12; 3, 18; Liv. 2, 7, 1:

proximo anno,

Sall. J. 35, 2; Plin. 17, 23, 35, § 208:

in proxumum annum (se) transtulit,

Cic. Mil. 9, 24:

proximo, altero, tertio, denique reliquis consecutis diebus,

id. Phil. 1, 13, 32:

bello tanto majore quam proximo conatu apparatum est,

Liv. 4, 23, 6 Weissenb. ad loc.: IN DIEBVS V. PROXSVMEIS QVIBVS QVISQVE EORVM MAG (istratum) INIERIT, Tab. Bantin. lin. 14; so ib. lin. 12; Cic. Fam. 10, 26, 2; id. Att. 11, 11, 1:

censor qui proximus ante me fuerat,

id. Sen. 12, 42: die proximi, old abl. form for proximo, Cato ap. Gell. 10, 24, 10, and ap. Non. 153, 11; cf.:

crastinus, pristinus, etc., but proximo a. d. VI. Kal. Octobr.,

recently, last of all, Cic. Att. 18, 5.—

In order of succession, rank, estimation, worth, etc., the next:

summa necessitudo videtur esse honestatis: huic proxima incolumitatis: tertia ac levissima commoditatis,

Cic. Inv. 2, 58, 173:

observat L. Domitium maxime, me habet proximum,

id. Att. 1, 1, 3:

proximos dentes eiciunt,

Varr. R. R. 2, 7, 2:

prima vulnera... Proxima,

Ov. M. 3, 233:

proximos illi tamen occupavit Pallas honores,

Hor. C. 1, 12, 19: proximum est, ut, it follows that, remains that, the next point is: proximum est ergo, ut, opus fuerit classe necne quaeramus, we must next inquire, Cic. Fl. 12, 27:

proximum est, ut doceam, deorum providentiā mundum administrari,

id. N. D. 2, 29, 73.—Of value or quality, the next, most nearly approaching, most like or similar:

id habendum est antiquissimum et deo proximum, quod est optimum,

Cic. Leg. 2, 16, 40:

ficta voluptatis causā sint proxima veris,

Hor. A. P. 338:

proxima Phoebi Versibus ille facit,

Verg. E. 7, 22.— Comp.:

ut quorum abstinentiam interrupi, modum servem et quidem abstinentiae proximiorem,

Sen. Ep. 108, 16.—

In relationship, connection, or resemblance, the nearest, next, most nearly or closely related, next of kin, most like:

AGNATVS PROXIMVS, Fragm. XII. Tabularum: hic illi genere est proximus,

Ter. Ad. 4, 5, 17:

proximus cognatione,

Cic. Inv. 2, 49, 144:

id des proximum,

id. Leg. 2, 16, 40:

proxima virtutibus vitia,

Quint. 10, 2, 16:

propinquitate,

Nep. Ages. 1, 3:

proximae necessitudines,

Petr. 116.— Comp.: si quis proximior cognatus nasceretur, Ulp. ap. Prisc. p. 607 P.— Subst.: proxĭmi, ōrum, m., one's nearest relatives, next of kin:

injuriosi sunt in proximos,

Cic. Off. 1, 14, 44; Caes. Fragm. ap. Gell. 5, 13, 6; Phaedr. 5, 1, 16:

cum haec omnia cumulate tuis proximis plana fecero,

i.e. to your friends, intimates, Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 64, § 165; id. Pis. 32, 79; Gell. 3, 8, 3.—

In gen., one's neighbor, fellow-man:

sive nostros status, sive proximorum ingenia contemplamur,

Val. Max. 6, 9, 1; Quint. Decl. 2, 59:

quis est mihi proximus?

Aug. in Psa. 118; Serm. 8, 2; 90, 7 init. —

That is nearest at hand, i. e. apt, fit, suitable, convenient, easy (anteand post-class.):

argumentum,

App. Mag. p. 278:

cum obvium proximumque esset dicere, etc.,

Gell. 3, 14, 12: eamus ad me;

ibi proximum est, ubi mutes,

there is the fittest, most convenient place, Ter. Eun. 3, 5, 64.— Adv.: proxĭmē (proxume; comp. proximius, v. below, 2. c.), nearest, very near, next.

Lit., of place, with dat. (not in Cic., rare in Livy):

quam proxime potest hostium castris castra communit,

Caes. B. C. 1, 72 fin.; Liv. 25, 14, 4.—With acc.:

exercitum habere quam proxime hostem,

Cic. Att. 6, 5, 3:

proxime Pompeium sedebam,

id. ib. 1, 14, 3:

proxime Hispaniam Mauri sunt,

Sall. J. 19, 4.—With ab:

a Surā proxime est Philiscum oppidum Parthorum,

Plin. 5, 26, 21, § 89:

omnes tamen quam proxime alter ab altero debent habitare,

Col. 1, 6, 8.—

Trop.

Of time, shortly before or after, last, next:

civitates quae proxime bellum fecerant,

Caes. B. G. 3, 29:

Tito fratre suo censore, qui proximus ante me fuerat,

Cic. Sen. 12, 42; id. Part. 39, 137; Plin. Ep. 4, 13, 3:

cum proxime judices contrahentur,

id. ib. 5, 7, 3.—With acc.:

proxime abstinentiam sumendus est cibus exiguus,

Cels. 3, 2:

proxime solis occasum,

Pall. 9, 8, 5.—

Of order, rank, estimation, condition, etc., next to, next after, next:

proxime et secundum deos homines hominibus maxime utiles esse possunt,

Cic. Off. 2, 3, 1:

me huic tuae virtuti proxime accedere,

id. Fam. 11, 21, 4:

proxime a nobilissimis viris,

Vell. 2, 124, 4; id. 2, 127, 1:

proxime valent cetera lauri genera,

Plin. 23, 8, 80, § 158: utilissimum esse omphacium;

proxime viride,

id. 23, 4, 39, § 79.—With acc.: esse etiam debent proxime hos cari, qui, etc., Cass. ap. Cic. Fam. 12, 13, 2:

proxime morem Romanum,

closely following the Roman method, Liv. 24, 48, 11:

erat res minime certamini navali similis, proxime speciem muros oppugnantium navium,

closely resembling, id. 30, 10.—In this sense also with atque:

proxime atque ille aut aeque,

nearly the same as he, Cic. Fam. 9, 13, 2.—

Very closely, nicely, accurately:

ut proxime utriusque differentiam signem,

Quint. 6, 2, 20 Spald.; cf.:

analogia, quam proxime ex Graeco transferentes in Latinum proportionem vocaverunt,

id. 1, 6, 3. — Comp.:

nonne apertius, proximius, verius?

Min. Fel. Oct. 19.

prŏpĭor, ĭus, gen. ōris, adj. comp., and proxĭmus, a, um, adj. sup. (v. below, II.) [from the obsol. propis; whence prope].

Comp., nearer, nigher.

Lit., of place:

portus propior,

Verg. A. 3, 530:

tumulus,

Liv. 22, 24:

ut propior patriae sit fuga nostra,

Ov. P. 1, 2, 130:

domus,

Sall. H. 2, 40 Dietsch:

cum propior caliginis aër Ater init oculos,

Lucr. 4, 338 (314).—With acc.:

propior montem suos collocat,

Sall. J. 49, 1:

propior hostem,

Hirt. B. G. 8, 9.—With ab:

quisquis ab igne propior stetit,

Sen. Ep. 74, 4.—With inf.:

propior timeri,

Stat. Th. 12, 223.— Neutr. plur, subst.: prŏpĭōra, um, places lying near:

propiora fluminis,

Tac. H. 5, 16:

tenere,

Verg. A. 5, 168.—

Trop.

Of time, nearer, later, more recent:

veniunt inde ad propiora,

Cic. Tusc. 1, 48, 116:

venio ad propiorem (epistulam),

id. Att. 15, 3, 2:

propior puero quam juveni,

Vell. 2, 53, 1:

septimus octavo jam propior annus,

Hor. S. 2, 6, 40; id. C. 3, 15, 4:

mors,

Tib. 2, 3, 42:

propiore aut longiore tempore aliquid facere,

Dig. 23, 4, 17.—

Of relationship, nearer, more nearly related; with dat.:

quibus propior P. Quintio nemo est,

Cic. Quint. 31, 97:

ille gradu propior sanguinis,

Ov. H. 3, 28; 16, 326; 20, 158:

amicus,

Hor. Ep. 1, 9, 5.—

Of resemblance, more nearly resembling, more like (class.); with dat.:

quae sceleri propiora sunt, quam religioni,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 50, § 112:

tauro,

Verg. G. 3, 57:

vero est propius,

more probable, Liv. 4, 37; Ov. F. 4, 801; Tac. A. 13, 34; id. G. 45:

scribere Sermoni propiora,

Hor. S. 1, 4, 42.—With acc. (not in Cic.):

propius est fidem,

is more credible, Liv. 4, 17:

quod tamen vitium propius virtutem erat,

Sall. C. 11, 1.—

Of relation or connection, nearer, more nearly related, affecting or concerning more nearly, of greater import, closer, more intimate:

hunc priorem aequom'st me habere: tunica propior pallio est, proverbially,

my shirt is nearer than my coat, Plaut. Trin. 5, 2, 30:

propior societas eorum, qui ejusdem civitatis,

Cic. Off. 3, 17, 69:

sua sibi propiora pericula esse, quam mea,

id. Sest. 18, 40:

alium portum propiorem huic aetati videbamus,

id. Att. 14, 19, 1:

damnum propius medullis,

Hor. Ep. 1, 10, 28:

cura propior luctusque domesticus,

Ov. M. 13, 578; id. P. 4, 9, 71:

supplemento vel Latium propius esse,

Liv. 8, 11:

irae quam timori propiorem cernens,

more inclined to anger than to fear, Tac. A. 16, 9: oderat Aenean propior Saturnia Turno, more inclined or attached to, Ov. Tr. 1, 2, 7.—Hence, adv.: prŏpĭus, more nearly, nearer, closer (class.).

Lit.

Absol.:

propius accedamus,

Ter. Ad. 3, 2, 11; Ov. M. 2, 41:

res adspicere,

Verg. A. 1, 526:

propius spectare aliquid,

Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 67;

stare,

id. A. P. 361.—

With dat., nearer to: propius grammatico accessi, Cic. ap. Diom. p. 405 P. (not elsewhere in Cic.):

propius Tiberi quam Thermopylis,

Nep. Hann. 8, 3:

propius stabulis armenta tenerent,

Verg. G. 1, 355.—

With acc.:

ne propius se castra moveret,

Caes. B. G. 4, 9:

pars insulae, quae est propius solis occasum,

id. ib. 4, 28: propius aliquem accedere, id. ib. 5, 36:

propius urbem,

Cic. Phil. 7, 9, 26:

mare,

Sall. J. 18, 9.—

With ab:

propius a terris,

Cic. N. D. 1, 31, 87:

antiquitas quo propius aberat ab ortu et divinā progenie, hoc melius ea cernebat,

id. Tusc. 1, 12, 26:

ab Urbe,

Plin. 17, 25, 38, § 243.—

Trop.:

ut propius ad ea accedam, quae a te dicta sunt,

Cic. Fin. 4, 10, 24; Sen. Ira, 3, 42, 4; Cic. Part. 36, 124:

propius accedo: nego esse illa testimonia,

id. Fl. 10, 23:

a contumeliā quam a laude propius fuerit post Vitellium eligi,

Tac. H. 2, 76:

nec quicquam propius est factum, quam ut illum persequeretur,

he was within an ace of following him, Cic. Clu. 21, 59; so,

propius nihil est factum, quam ut occideretur,

id. Q. Fr. 1, 2, 5, § 15.

Sup.: proxĭmus (PROXVMVS and PROXSVMEIS, Tab. Bant.; late comp. proximior, Sen. Ep. 108, 16; Ulp. ap. Prisc. p. 607 P.; v. below, B. 2. and 3.; cf. in adv. 2. c.), a, um, adj., the nearest, next (class.).

Lit., of place:

proxima oppida,

Caes. B. G. 3, 12:

via,

Lucr. 5, 103; cf.:

via ad gloriam proxima et quasi compendiaria,

Cic. Off. 2, 12, 43:

ad proximum mare, dein Romam pergerent,

Sall. J. 23, 2:

in proximos collis discedunt,

id. ib. 54, 10:

proximum iter in Galliam,

Caes. B. G. 1, 10:

paries cum proximus ardet,

Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 84:

agri termini,

id. C. 2, 18, 23:

proximus vicinus,

one's nearest neighbor, Plaut. Most. 3, 1, 138; Ter. Hec. 1, 2, 49; Cic. Att. 2, 14, 2; Dig. 50, 15, 4.—With dat.:

Belgae proximi sunt Germanis,

Caes. B. G. 1, 1: huic proximum inferiorem orbem tenet puroeis, Cic. N. D. 2, 20, 53:

proxima Campano ponti villula,

Hor. S. 1, 5, 45.—With acc. (not in Cic.):

qui te proximus est,

Plaut. Poen. 5, 3, 1:

ager proximus finem Megalopolitarum,

Liv. 35, 27:

Crassus proximus mare Oceanum hiemarat,

Caes. B. G. 3, 7, 2:

qui proximi forte tribunal steterant,

Liv. 8, 32, 12.—With ab, nearest to, next to:

dactylus proximus a postremo,

next before, Cic. Or. 64, 217:

ut quisque proximus ab oppresso sit,

Liv. 37, 25:

proximus a dominā,

Ov. A. A. 1, 139:

proxima regio ab eā (urbe),

Curt. 10, 5, 18. —Hence, as subst.,

proxĭmus, i, m., a neighbor, a fellow-man, Val. Max. 6, 9 init.; Quint. Decl. 259.—As subst.,

proxĭmum, i, n., the neighborhood, vicinity:

vicinus e proximo,

hard by, Plaut. Aul. 2, 4, 11:

aquam hinc de proximo rogabo,

from the house next door, id. Rud. 2, 3, 73:

cum in proximo hic sit aegra,

close by, next door, Ter. Hec. 3, 2, 6:

huic locum in proximum conduxi,

Cic. Fil. Fam. 16, 21, 4:

per impluvium huc despexi in proximum,

into our neighbor's, Plaut. Mil. 2, 3, 16.— Plur.:

traicit in proxima continentis,

Liv. 31, 46, 12.—

Trop.

Of time, the next preceding or following, the previous, last, the next, the following, ensuing:

quid proximā, quid superiore nocte egeris,

Cic. Cat. 1, 1, 1:

his proximis Nonis, cum in hortos Bruti venissemus,

id. Lael. 2, 7:

Gabinius quem proximis superioribus diebus acerrime oppugnasset,

id. Fam. 1, 9, 20: se proximā nocte castra moturum, on the next, i.e. the following night, Caes. B. G. 1, 40 fin.; 2, 12; 3, 18; Liv. 2, 7, 1:

proximo anno,

Sall. J. 35, 2; Plin. 17, 23, 35, § 208:

in proxumum annum (se) transtulit,

Cic. Mil. 9, 24:

proximo, altero, tertio, denique reliquis consecutis diebus,

id. Phil. 1, 13, 32:

bello tanto majore quam proximo conatu apparatum est,

Liv. 4, 23, 6 Weissenb. ad loc.: IN DIEBVS V. PROXSVMEIS QVIBVS QVISQVE EORVM MAG (istratum) INIERIT, Tab. Bantin. lin. 14; so ib. lin. 12; Cic. Fam. 10, 26, 2; id. Att. 11, 11, 1:

censor qui proximus ante me fuerat,

id. Sen. 12, 42: die proximi, old abl. form for proximo, Cato ap. Gell. 10, 24, 10, and ap. Non. 153, 11; cf.:

crastinus, pristinus, etc., but proximo a. d. VI. Kal. Octobr.,

recently, last of all, Cic. Att. 18, 5.—

In order of succession, rank, estimation, worth, etc., the next:

summa necessitudo videtur esse honestatis: huic proxima incolumitatis: tertia ac levissima commoditatis,

Cic. Inv. 2, 58, 173:

observat L. Domitium maxime, me habet proximum,

id. Att. 1, 1, 3:

proximos dentes eiciunt,

Varr. R. R. 2, 7, 2:

prima vulnera... Proxima,

Ov. M. 3, 233:

proximos illi tamen occupavit Pallas honores,

Hor. C. 1, 12, 19: proximum est, ut, it follows that, remains that, the next point is: proximum est ergo, ut, opus fuerit classe necne quaeramus, we must next inquire, Cic. Fl. 12, 27:

proximum est, ut doceam, deorum providentiā mundum administrari,

id. N. D. 2, 29, 73.—Of value or quality, the next, most nearly approaching, most like or similar:

id habendum est antiquissimum et deo proximum, quod est optimum,

Cic. Leg. 2, 16, 40:

ficta voluptatis causā sint proxima veris,

Hor. A. P. 338:

proxima Phoebi Versibus ille facit,

Verg. E. 7, 22.— Comp.:

ut quorum abstinentiam interrupi, modum servem et quidem abstinentiae proximiorem,

Sen. Ep. 108, 16.—

In relationship, connection, or resemblance, the nearest, next, most nearly or closely related, next of kin, most like:

AGNATVS PROXIMVS, Fragm. XII. Tabularum: hic illi genere est proximus,

Ter. Ad. 4, 5, 17:

proximus cognatione,

Cic. Inv. 2, 49, 144:

id des proximum,

id. Leg. 2, 16, 40:

proxima virtutibus vitia,

Quint. 10, 2, 16:

propinquitate,

Nep. Ages. 1, 3:

proximae necessitudines,

Petr. 116.— Comp.: si quis proximior cognatus nasceretur, Ulp. ap. Prisc. p. 607 P.— Subst.: proxĭmi, ōrum, m., one's nearest relatives, next of kin:

injuriosi sunt in proximos,

Cic. Off. 1, 14, 44; Caes. Fragm. ap. Gell. 5, 13, 6; Phaedr. 5, 1, 16:

cum haec omnia cumulate tuis proximis plana fecero,

i.e. to your friends, intimates, Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 64, § 165; id. Pis. 32, 79; Gell. 3, 8, 3.—

In gen., one's neighbor, fellow-man:

sive nostros status, sive proximorum ingenia contemplamur,

Val. Max. 6, 9, 1; Quint. Decl. 2, 59:

quis est mihi proximus?

Aug. in Psa. 118; Serm. 8, 2; 90, 7 init. —

That is nearest at hand, i. e. apt, fit, suitable, convenient, easy (anteand post-class.):

argumentum,

App. Mag. p. 278:

cum obvium proximumque esset dicere, etc.,

Gell. 3, 14, 12: eamus ad me;

ibi proximum est, ubi mutes,

there is the fittest, most convenient place, Ter. Eun. 3, 5, 64.— Adv.: proxĭmē (proxume; comp. proximius, v. below, 2. c.), nearest, very near, next.

Lit., of place, with dat. (not in Cic., rare in Livy):

quam proxime potest hostium castris castra communit,

Caes. B. C. 1, 72 fin.; Liv. 25, 14, 4.—With acc.:

exercitum habere quam proxime hostem,

Cic. Att. 6, 5, 3:

proxime Pompeium sedebam,

id. ib. 1, 14, 3:

proxime Hispaniam Mauri sunt,

Sall. J. 19, 4.—With ab:

a Surā proxime est Philiscum oppidum Parthorum,

Plin. 5, 26, 21, § 89:

omnes tamen quam proxime alter ab altero debent habitare,

Col. 1, 6, 8.—

Trop.

Of time, shortly before or after, last, next:

civitates quae proxime bellum fecerant,

Caes. B. G. 3, 29:

Tito fratre suo censore, qui proximus ante me fuerat,

Cic. Sen. 12, 42; id. Part. 39, 137; Plin. Ep. 4, 13, 3:

cum proxime judices contrahentur,

id. ib. 5, 7, 3.—With acc.:

proxime abstinentiam sumendus est cibus exiguus,

Cels. 3, 2:

proxime solis occasum,

Pall. 9, 8, 5.—

Of order, rank, estimation, condition, etc., next to, next after, next:

proxime et secundum deos homines hominibus maxime utiles esse possunt,

Cic. Off. 2, 3, 1:

me huic tuae virtuti proxime accedere,

id. Fam. 11, 21, 4:

proxime a nobilissimis viris,

Vell. 2, 124, 4; id. 2, 127, 1:

proxime valent cetera lauri genera,

Plin. 23, 8, 80, § 158: utilissimum esse omphacium;

proxime viride,

id. 23, 4, 39, § 79.—With acc.: esse etiam debent proxime hos cari, qui, etc., Cass. ap. Cic. Fam. 12, 13, 2:

proxime morem Romanum,

closely following the Roman method, Liv. 24, 48, 11:

erat res minime certamini navali similis, proxime speciem muros oppugnantium navium,

closely resembling, id. 30, 10.—In this sense also with atque:

proxime atque ille aut aeque,

nearly the same as he, Cic. Fam. 9, 13, 2.—

Very closely, nicely, accurately:

ut proxime utriusque differentiam signem,

Quint. 6, 2, 20 Spald.; cf.:

analogia, quam proxime ex Graeco transferentes in Latinum proportionem vocaverunt,

id. 1, 6, 3. — Comp.:

nonne apertius, proximius, verius?

Min. Fel. Oct. 19.

salvus (ante-class. - vos), a, um, adj. [root sar, sal; v. salus], saved, preserved, unharmed, safe, unhurt, uninjured, well, sound, etc.

In gen. (very freq. and class.; syn.: sospes, sanus, incolumis): Mars pater, te precor, pastores pecuaque salva servassis duisque bonam salutem valetudinemque mihi, etc., an ancient form of praver in Cato, R. R. 141, 3; cf.: si respublica populi Romani Quiritium ad quinquennium proximum salva servata erit hisce duellis, datum donum duit, etc., an ancient formula in making votive offerings. Liv. 22, 10; Plaut. Aul. 4, 6, 11; cf. also: di me servant, salva res est;

salvum est, si quid non perit,

id. ib. 2, 2, 30; id. Trin. 4, 3, 82: ita me gessi, Quirites, ut omnes salvi conservaremini, Cic. Cat. 3, 10, 25:

eos suā stultitiā occidisse, cum tuā prudentiā salvi esse potuissent,

id. Fam. 4, 3, 2:

salvum atque incolumem exercitum transducere,

Caes. B. C. 2, 32:

civibus salvis atque incolumibus,

id. ib. 1, 72; Cic. Div. in Caecil. 22, 72:

non solum ut salvae et incolumes, verum etiam ut amplae atque potentes sint civitates,

id. Inv. 2, 56, 169:

filium tuom modo in portu vivum, salvom et sospitem vidi,

Plaut. Capt. 4, 2, 93: salvam et sospitem rempublicam, Aug. ap. Suet. Aug. 28:

in re salvā (opp. in re perditā),

Plaut. Trin. 3, 1, 9; so,

salva res (opp. perdita),

Ter. Eun. 2, 2, 27; cf. Plaut. Rud. 3, 5, 23: Ch. Obsecro, num navis periit? Ac. Salva est navis, id. Merc. 1, 2, 64; id. Rud. 4, 4, 5:

etsi aliquo accepto detrimento, tamen summa exercitus salva, etc.,

Caes. B. C. 1, 67 fin.:

sana et salva sum,

Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 98; cf. id. ib. 2, 2, 88;

so with sanus,

id. Ep. 4, 1, 36; id. Merc. 1, 2, 65 (al. sarta); id. Ps. 4, 6, 6:

res publica sana ac salva,

Cic. Fam. 12, 23, 3 al.;

hence, in inscrr., without a connecting particle: SANVS SALVVS, or SALVVS SANVS,

Inscr. Orell. 4360 and 2143:

bene factum te advenisse, Pamphile, Atque adeo salvom atque validum... Nam illum vivum et salvom vellem,

Ter. Hec. 3, 5, 6; 3, 5, 14:

cum bene re gestā salvos convortor domum,

Plaut. Stich. 3, 1, 1; so,

salvom redire,

id. Am. 3, 2, 67; id. Trin. 1, 2, 119; 5, 2, 58 al.:

advenire,

id. Curc. 4, 4, 5; cf.:

tum illum debilem factum... in curiam esse delatum, cumque senatui somnium enarravisset, pedibus suis salvom revertisse,

Cic. Div. 1, 26, 55:

numquam salvis suis exuitur servitus muliebris,

while their friends are living, Liv. 34, 7; cf.:

nec est mendacio locus salvis, qui interfuerunt,

Quint. 11, 2, 39:

non uxor salvum te vult, non filius,

Hor. S. 1, 1, 84:

quis te salvo est opus?

id. ib. 1, 9, 27: Am. Salvom signum est? So. Inspice. Am. Recte, ita est ut obsignavi, sound, uninjured, Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 142:

vasa,

id. Poen. 4, 2, 41:

epistula (opp. conscissa),

Cic. Fam. 7, 25, 1.— Poet.:

Penelope,

i. e. chaste, inviolate, Prop. 2, 9, 3; cf.:

quid salvi est mulieri amissā pudicitiā?

Liv. 1, 58, 7:

utinam salvis rebus colloqui potuissemus,

while matters were still undisturbed, before all was lost, Cic. Fam. 4, 1, 1 et saep.—Rarely with dat.:

siquidem ager nobis salvus est,

Plaut. Trin. 2, 4, 192; Ter. Hec. 4, 4, 21; cf. id. Ad. 3, 1, 11; id. Heaut. 1, 1, 108:

minae viginti sanae ac salvae sunt tibi,

Plaut. Ps. 4, 6, 6.—

Freq. with a noun in the abl. absol., without violation of, saving:

salvā lege,

Cic. Rep. 3, 10, 17; cf.:

hoc videmur esse consecuti, ut ne quid agi cum populo aut salvis auspiciis aut salvis legibus aut denique sine vi possit,

id. Fam. 1, 2, 4:

salvis auspiciis,

id. Prov. Cons. 19, 45:

salvo officio,

id. Rosc. Am. 1, 4:

salvo jure nostrae veteris amicitiae,

id. Fam. 13, 77, 1:

cupio tibi aliquā ex parte, quod salvā fide possim, parcere,

id. Rosc. Am. 34, 95:

quae salvā fide facere possit,

id. Off. 3, 10, 44:

pietate salvā,

Ov. M. 15, 109:

salvo pudore,

id. P. 1, 2, 68:

salvā virginitate,

id. H. 16, 160:

tuā re salvā,

Plaut. Trin. 2, 2, 95; so,

salvā causae ratione,

Quint. 4, 2, 75:

salvā conscientiā,

Sen. Ep. 117, 1:

salvā tractatione causae,

Quint. 12, 10, 46:

salvo poëtae sensu,

id. 1, 9, 2:

salva innocentia,

id. 7, 2, 37:

salva gratia,

id. 11, 1, 71:

salvo ordine,

Stat. S. 5, 1, 181:

ut salvo jam et composito die possis ibi manere,

an unbroken day, Plin. Ep. 2, 17, 2: salvo eo, ut, etc., with this reservation or proviso, that, etc., Dig. 16, 3, 1, § 40.

In partic.

Salvus sum, I am safe, all is well with me, I am freed from my difficulties, etc.; and, salva res est, the affair is all right, all is well (belonging only to colloquial lang.).

Salvos sum, salva spes est, ut verba audio, Plaut. Cas. 2, 5, 4:

salvos sum, siquidem, etc.,

id. Merc. 2, 3, 44; cf.:

salvos sum, si haec vera sunt,

Ter. And. 5, 6, 9:

salvos sum, jam philosophatur,

Plaut. Ps. 4, 2, 18; id. Rud. 2, 4, 24: Pa. Salva sum. Di. At ego perii, id. Stich. 2, 2, 15: si istam firmitudinem animi obtines;

salvi sumus,

id. As. 2, 2, 54: tace, obsecro;

salvae sumus,

Ter. Eun. 5, 1, 18: Pl. Me perisse praedicas. Dae. Meā quidem hercle causā salvos sis licet, Plaut. Rud. 1, 2, 51; cf. id. Ep. 4, 1, 21: ne sim salvus, si aliter scribo ac sentio, may I die, if, etc., Cic. Att. 16, 13, a.—

Di me servant, salva [p. 1624] res est, Plaut. Aul. 2, 2, 30:

salva res est! bene promittit! spero servabit fidem,

id. Ep. 1, 2, 21:

salva res est, philosophatur quoque jam,

id. Capt. 2, 2, 34:

erubuit: salva res est,

Ter. Ad. 4, 5, 9: salva res est;

nimirum hic homines frigent,

id. Eun. 2, 2, 37:

euge, salva res est!

Plaut. Rud. 4, 3, 98: surrexit; horsum se capessit;

salva res,

id. ib. 1, 2, 83.—

In eccl. Lat., saved from sin, saved by Christ, Vulg. Act. 2, 21.—

Esp.: salvum facere,

to save, deliver, bring to salvation, Vulg. 1 Cor. 7, 16; id. Act. 16, 30 et saep.—

Salvus sis, a term of greeting or welcome, for salve, how do you do? good-day to you! heaven bless you! also, at parting, farewell: Ge. Ibo atque hunc compellabo. Salvos sis. Di. Et tu salve, Plaut. Stich. 2, 1, 44; cf. id. Bacch. 3, 6, 7; Ter. And. 4, 5, 7: Pl. Pater, salveto. Dae. Salvos sies, Plaut. Rud. 1, 2, 15: Di. Salva sis. Phronesium. Ph. Salve, id. Truc. 2, 4, 8; id. Ep. 4, 1, 22; id. Mil. 3, 3, 28; id. Poen. 3, 5, 6.—In a double sense, Plaut. Pers. 4, 4, 30. —Hence, adv.: salvē, well, in good health, in good condition or circumstances (only in colloquial lang.): Mu. Salve multum, mi pater. Se. Salva sis:

salven' advenio? salven' arcessi jubes?

Plaut. Men. 5, 2, 26:

Thallus ubi sit et quam salve agat,

App. Mag. p. 302, 34; id. M. 1, p. 114, 13.—So the ellipt. expression, satin' salve? (sc. agis? agitur? res se habent? etc.) is all well? all right? Le. Satin' salve? dic mihi. Ca. Recte, Plaut. Trin. 5, 2, 53; Ter. Eun. 5, 5, 8 Don.:

percontantibus utrimque, Satin' salve, Sall. Fragm. Don. ad Ter. l. l.: cum pater Satin' salve? et quaenam ea moestitia esset? interrogaret eum,

Liv. 40, 8, 2 (v. l. satin' salvae?); 3, 26, 9; 6, 34, 8; 10, 18, 11. —Once absol.: salvene? is all well? salvene, amabo? Plaut. Stich. 1, 1, 10.—In a double sense:

(Lucretia) quaerenti viro, Satin' salve? Minime, inquit, quid enim salvi est mulieri amissā pudicitiā?

Liv. 1, 58, 7.— Comp. and sup. do not occur in the adj. or adv.

salvus (ante-class. - vos), a, um, adj. [root sar, sal; v. salus], saved, preserved, unharmed, safe, unhurt, uninjured, well, sound, etc.

In gen. (very freq. and class.; syn.: sospes, sanus, incolumis): Mars pater, te precor, pastores pecuaque salva servassis duisque bonam salutem valetudinemque mihi, etc., an ancient form of praver in Cato, R. R. 141, 3; cf.: si respublica populi Romani Quiritium ad quinquennium proximum salva servata erit hisce duellis, datum donum duit, etc., an ancient formula in making votive offerings. Liv. 22, 10; Plaut. Aul. 4, 6, 11; cf. also: di me servant, salva res est;

salvum est, si quid non perit,

id. ib. 2, 2, 30; id. Trin. 4, 3, 82: ita me gessi, Quirites, ut omnes salvi conservaremini, Cic. Cat. 3, 10, 25:

eos suā stultitiā occidisse, cum tuā prudentiā salvi esse potuissent,

id. Fam. 4, 3, 2:

salvum atque incolumem exercitum transducere,

Caes. B. C. 2, 32:

civibus salvis atque incolumibus,

id. ib. 1, 72; Cic. Div. in Caecil. 22, 72:

non solum ut salvae et incolumes, verum etiam ut amplae atque potentes sint civitates,

id. Inv. 2, 56, 169:

filium tuom modo in portu vivum, salvom et sospitem vidi,

Plaut. Capt. 4, 2, 93: salvam et sospitem rempublicam, Aug. ap. Suet. Aug. 28:

in re salvā (opp. in re perditā),

Plaut. Trin. 3, 1, 9; so,

salva res (opp. perdita),

Ter. Eun. 2, 2, 27; cf. Plaut. Rud. 3, 5, 23: Ch. Obsecro, num navis periit? Ac. Salva est navis, id. Merc. 1, 2, 64; id. Rud. 4, 4, 5:

etsi aliquo accepto detrimento, tamen summa exercitus salva, etc.,

Caes. B. C. 1, 67 fin.:

sana et salva sum,

Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 98; cf. id. ib. 2, 2, 88;

so with sanus,

id. Ep. 4, 1, 36; id. Merc. 1, 2, 65 (al. sarta); id. Ps. 4, 6, 6:

res publica sana ac salva,

Cic. Fam. 12, 23, 3 al.;

hence, in inscrr., without a connecting particle: SANVS SALVVS, or SALVVS SANVS,

Inscr. Orell. 4360 and 2143:

bene factum te advenisse, Pamphile, Atque adeo salvom atque validum... Nam illum vivum et salvom vellem,

Ter. Hec. 3, 5, 6; 3, 5, 14:

cum bene re gestā salvos convortor domum,

Plaut. Stich. 3, 1, 1; so,

salvom redire,

id. Am. 3, 2, 67; id. Trin. 1, 2, 119; 5, 2, 58 al.:

advenire,

id. Curc. 4, 4, 5; cf.:

tum illum debilem factum... in curiam esse delatum, cumque senatui somnium enarravisset, pedibus suis salvom revertisse,

Cic. Div. 1, 26, 55:

numquam salvis suis exuitur servitus muliebris,

while their friends are living, Liv. 34, 7; cf.:

nec est mendacio locus salvis, qui interfuerunt,

Quint. 11, 2, 39:

non uxor salvum te vult, non filius,

Hor. S. 1, 1, 84:

quis te salvo est opus?

id. ib. 1, 9, 27: Am. Salvom signum est? So. Inspice. Am. Recte, ita est ut obsignavi, sound, uninjured, Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 142:

vasa,

id. Poen. 4, 2, 41:

epistula (opp. conscissa),

Cic. Fam. 7, 25, 1.— Poet.:

Penelope,

i. e. chaste, inviolate, Prop. 2, 9, 3; cf.:

quid salvi est mulieri amissā pudicitiā?

Liv. 1, 58, 7:

utinam salvis rebus colloqui potuissemus,

while matters were still undisturbed, before all was lost, Cic. Fam. 4, 1, 1 et saep.—Rarely with dat.:

siquidem ager nobis salvus est,

Plaut. Trin. 2, 4, 192; Ter. Hec. 4, 4, 21; cf. id. Ad. 3, 1, 11; id. Heaut. 1, 1, 108:

minae viginti sanae ac salvae sunt tibi,

Plaut. Ps. 4, 6, 6.—

Freq. with a noun in the abl. absol., without violation of, saving:

salvā lege,

Cic. Rep. 3, 10, 17; cf.:

hoc videmur esse consecuti, ut ne quid agi cum populo aut salvis auspiciis aut salvis legibus aut denique sine vi possit,

id. Fam. 1, 2, 4:

salvis auspiciis,

id. Prov. Cons. 19, 45:

salvo officio,

id. Rosc. Am. 1, 4:

salvo jure nostrae veteris amicitiae,

id. Fam. 13, 77, 1:

cupio tibi aliquā ex parte, quod salvā fide possim, parcere,

id. Rosc. Am. 34, 95:

quae salvā fide facere possit,

id. Off. 3, 10, 44:

pietate salvā,

Ov. M. 15, 109:

salvo pudore,

id. P. 1, 2, 68:

salvā virginitate,

id. H. 16, 160:

tuā re salvā,

Plaut. Trin. 2, 2, 95; so,

salvā causae ratione,

Quint. 4, 2, 75:

salvā conscientiā,

Sen. Ep. 117, 1:

salvā tractatione causae,

Quint. 12, 10, 46:

salvo poëtae sensu,

id. 1, 9, 2:

salva innocentia,

id. 7, 2, 37:

salva gratia,

id. 11, 1, 71:

salvo ordine,

Stat. S. 5, 1, 181:

ut salvo jam et composito die possis ibi manere,

an unbroken day, Plin. Ep. 2, 17, 2: salvo eo, ut, etc., with this reservation or proviso, that, etc., Dig. 16, 3, 1, § 40.

In partic.

Salvus sum, I am safe, all is well with me, I am freed from my difficulties, etc.; and, salva res est, the affair is all right, all is well (belonging only to colloquial lang.).

Salvos sum, salva spes est, ut verba audio, Plaut. Cas. 2, 5, 4:

salvos sum, siquidem, etc.,

id. Merc. 2, 3, 44; cf.:

salvos sum, si haec vera sunt,

Ter. And. 5, 6, 9:

salvos sum, jam philosophatur,

Plaut. Ps. 4, 2, 18; id. Rud. 2, 4, 24: Pa. Salva sum. Di. At ego perii, id. Stich. 2, 2, 15: si istam firmitudinem animi obtines;

salvi sumus,

id. As. 2, 2, 54: tace, obsecro;

salvae sumus,

Ter. Eun. 5, 1, 18: Pl. Me perisse praedicas. Dae. Meā quidem hercle causā salvos sis licet, Plaut. Rud. 1, 2, 51; cf. id. Ep. 4, 1, 21: ne sim salvus, si aliter scribo ac sentio, may I die, if, etc., Cic. Att. 16, 13, a.—

Di me servant, salva [p. 1624] res est, Plaut. Aul. 2, 2, 30:

salva res est! bene promittit! spero servabit fidem,

id. Ep. 1, 2, 21:

salva res est, philosophatur quoque jam,

id. Capt. 2, 2, 34:

erubuit: salva res est,

Ter. Ad. 4, 5, 9: salva res est;

nimirum hic homines frigent,

id. Eun. 2, 2, 37:

euge, salva res est!

Plaut. Rud. 4, 3, 98: surrexit; horsum se capessit;

salva res,

id. ib. 1, 2, 83.—

In eccl. Lat., saved from sin, saved by Christ, Vulg. Act. 2, 21.—

Esp.: salvum facere,

to save, deliver, bring to salvation, Vulg. 1 Cor. 7, 16; id. Act. 16, 30 et saep.—

Salvus sis, a term of greeting or welcome, for salve, how do you do? good-day to you! heaven bless you! also, at parting, farewell: Ge. Ibo atque hunc compellabo. Salvos sis. Di. Et tu salve, Plaut. Stich. 2, 1, 44; cf. id. Bacch. 3, 6, 7; Ter. And. 4, 5, 7: Pl. Pater, salveto. Dae. Salvos sies, Plaut. Rud. 1, 2, 15: Di. Salva sis. Phronesium. Ph. Salve, id. Truc. 2, 4, 8; id. Ep. 4, 1, 22; id. Mil. 3, 3, 28; id. Poen. 3, 5, 6.—In a double sense, Plaut. Pers. 4, 4, 30. —Hence, adv.: salvē, well, in good health, in good condition or circumstances (only in colloquial lang.): Mu. Salve multum, mi pater. Se. Salva sis:

salven' advenio? salven' arcessi jubes?

Plaut. Men. 5, 2, 26:

Thallus ubi sit et quam salve agat,

App. Mag. p. 302, 34; id. M. 1, p. 114, 13.—So the ellipt. expression, satin' salve? (sc. agis? agitur? res se habent? etc.) is all well? all right? Le. Satin' salve? dic mihi. Ca. Recte, Plaut. Trin. 5, 2, 53; Ter. Eun. 5, 5, 8 Don.:

percontantibus utrimque, Satin' salve, Sall. Fragm. Don. ad Ter. l. l.: cum pater Satin' salve? et quaenam ea moestitia esset? interrogaret eum,

Liv. 40, 8, 2 (v. l. satin' salvae?); 3, 26, 9; 6, 34, 8; 10, 18, 11. —Once absol.: salvene? is all well? salvene, amabo? Plaut. Stich. 1, 1, 10.—In a double sense:

(Lucretia) quaerenti viro, Satin' salve? Minime, inquit, quid enim salvi est mulieri amissā pudicitiā?

Liv. 1, 58, 7.— Comp. and sup. do not occur in the adj. or adv.

sŏdālis, is (abl., regularly, sodali;

sodale,

Mart. 1, 86, 5; Plin. Ep. 2, 13, 6), comm. [cf. Sanscr. svadhā, will, power; Gr. ethos, custom; v. Curt. Gr. Etym. p. 251].

In gen., a mate, fellow, intimate, comrade, crony, boon-companion, etc. (freq.and class.; a favorite word with Plautus; cf.:

socius, familiaris): tuos amicus et sodalis,

Plaut. Merc. 2, 4, 7:

hic sodalis tuos amicus optimus,

id. Cas. 3, 3, 18; so (with amicus) id. Bacch. 3, 3, 71:

sodalem me esse scis gnato tuo,

id. Most. 5, 2, 32:

sex sodales repperi, Vitam, amicitiam, etc.,

id. Merc. 5, 2, 4:

quid enim aut illo fidelius amico aut sodale jucundius?

Plin. Ep. 2, 13, 6:

si frater aut sodalis esset,

Ter. Ad. 4, 5, 74: sodalis et familiarissimus Dolabellae, Lentul. ap. Cic. Fam. 12, 14, 7:

primum habui semper sodales. Sodalitates autem me quaestore constitutae sunt sacris Idaeis... epulabar igitur cum sodalibus omnino modice, etc. (shortly after: coetu amicorum),

Cic. Sen. 13, 45:

popularis et sodalis,

id. Ac. 2, 37, 118:

meus sodalis,

id. de Or. 2, 49, 200:

adulescentes aliquot, aequales sodalesque: adulescentium Tarquiniorum,

Liv. 2, 3:

in urbem reversus sodalibus legi,

Plin. Ep. 7, 4, 7:

Pompei meorum prime sodalium,

Hor. C. 2, 7, 5:

gaudentem parvisque sodalibus et lare certo Et ludis,

id. Ep. 1, 7, 58:

sodalis istius (Verris) in hoc morbo et cupiditate,

Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 36, § 91:

veterem tutare sodalem,

Ov. P. 2, 4, 33:

O jucunde sodalis,

id. ib. 1, 8, 25:

dilectos inter sors prima sodalis,

id. Tr. 4, 5, 1.—

In the poets, adject.:

turba sodalis,

the band of friends, Ov. R. Am. 586.—Of things:

Hebrus,

Hor. C. 1, 25, 19:

cratera,

id. ib. 3, 18, 6.—

In partic.

A fellow or member of a corporation, society, fraternity, college, etc.: sodales sunt, qui ejusdem collegii sunt, quam Graeci hetairian vocant, Dig. 47, 12, 4.—Of the members of a college of priests:

sodales in Lupercis,

Cic. Cael. 11, 26:

Sodales Titii,

Tac. A. 1, 54:

Augustales,

id. ib. 3, 64; Suet. Claud. 6; id. Galb. 8; Inscr. Orell. 2364 sq.; 1588; 1593; 1611 et saep.—

In a bad sense, a participator, accomplice in unlawful secret associations (esp. for buying votes, plotting against the State, etc.):

quos tu si sodales vocas, officiosam amicitiam nomine inquinas criminoso,

Cic. Planc. 19, 46:

tu in illis es decem sodalibus: Te in exsilium ire hinc oportet,

Plaut. Pers. 4, 4, 12.—

A gallant, Mart. 9, 3, 8; Hier. adv. Juv. 1, 48.

sōlus, a, um ( gen. regular. solius; dat. soli; gen. m. soli, Cato ap. Prisc. p. 694 P.; dat. m. SOLO, Inscr. Orell. 2627; f. solae, Plaut. Mil. 4, 2, 28; Ter. Eun. 5, 6, 3), adj. [orig. the same with sollus, q. v.; cf. salus. By Pott referred to sui, Kühn. Zeitschr. 5, 242].

Lit.

In gen., alone, only, single, sole (syn.:

unus, unicus, singularis): quod egomet solus feci, nec quisquam alius affuit,

Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 269:

cum omnibus potius quam soli perire voluerunt,

Cic. Cat. 4, 7, 14:

cum visum esset utilius solum quam cum altero regnare,

id. Off. 3, 10, 41:

licebit eum solus ames,

id. Att. 6, 3, 7:

tot mea Solius solliciti sint causa, ut, etc.,

Ter. Heaut. 1, 1, 77:

nec mihi soli versantur ante oculos... sed, etc.,

Cic. Lael. 27, 102:

non sibi se soli natum meminerit,

id. Fin. 2, 14, 45 fin.:

extra Peloponnesum Aenianes, etc.... soli absunt a mari,

id. Rep. 2, 4, 8:

quae sola divina sunt,

id. Tusc. 1, 27, 66:

ita sola errare videbar,

Enn. Ann. 1, 45; cf. Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 2:

Africanum solitum esse dicere, se numquam minus solum esse, quam cum solus esset,

Cic. Rep. 1, 17, 27:

rem narrabit sola soli,

Ter. Hec. 3, 2, 15; 4, 1, 42; id. Eun. 3, 5, 31; Cato ap. Prisc. p. 694 P.:

de viginti Restabam solus,

Ov. M. 3, 688:

solus ex plurimis servis,

Plaut. Most. 4, 1, 23:

solus ex toto illo collegio,

Cic. Prov. Cons. 8, 18:

Stoici soli ex omnibus,

id. de Or. 3, 18, 65:

tu ex omnibus,

id. Fam. 2, 17, 6:

ego meorum solus sum meus,

Ter. Phorm. 4, 1, 21:

coturnices solae animalium,

Plin. 10, 23, 33, § 69:

solus inter omnes,

Mart. 4, 2, 1:

quae (actio) sola per se ipsa quanta sit, histrionum ars declarat,

Cic. de Or. 1, 5, 18; so,

per se,

id. Top. 15, 59; Liv. 1, 49; 10, 1 al.—With subj. inf.:

nam solum habere velle summa dementia est,

Cic. Tusc. 4, 26, 56.—Strengthened by unus: Ch. Quid, duasne is uxores habet? So. Obsecro:

unam ille quidem hanc solam,

Ter. Phorm. 5, 1, 27:

solum unum hoc vitium affert senectus hominibus,

id. Ad. 5, 3, 47:

furta praetoris quae essent HS. duodecies, ex uno oppido solo exportata sunt,

Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 75, § 185:

unam solam scitote esse civitatem, quae, etc.,

id. ib. 2, 2, 5, §

13: te unum solum suum depeculatorem venisse,

id. Pis. 40, 96.—With other numerals (freq. and class.), Plaut. Bacch. 4, 9, 51; Cic. Ac. 2, 45, 138; id. Att. 2, 1, 5; id. Phil. 11, 8, 18; id. Verr. 2, 2, 74, § 182: Ge. Quantum tibi opus est argenti? Ph. Solae triginta minae, Ter. Phorm. 3, 3, 24; Caes. B. G. 1, 40:

qui solos novem menses Asiae praefuit,

Cic. Att. 5, 17, 5; Liv. 1, 55, 8; 6, 36, 8; 37, 23, 10; and Suet. Aug. 97. —In voc.: felix lectule talibus sole amoribus, Attic. ap. Prisc. p. 673 P.—

In partic., alone, lonely, solitary, forsaken, deserted; without relatives, friends, etc. (rare;

syn. solitarius): sola sum: habeo hic neminem, Neque amicum neque cognatum,

Ter. Eun. 1, 2, 67; cf. id. Ad. 3, 1, 4; id. And. 2, 3, 7:

solus atque omnium honestarum rerum egens,

Sall. J. 14, 17; id. H. 3, 61, 3 Dietsch:

gaudet me vacuo solam tabescere lecto,

Prop. 3, 5 (4, 6), 23.—

Transf., of places, lonely, solitary, unfrequented, desert, = desertus (class.):

hic solis locis composita sum, Hic saxa sunt, hic mare sonat, nec quisquam Homo mihi obviam venit,

Plaut. Rud. 1, 3, 22; cf.:

cum in locis solis moestus errares,

Cic. Div. 1, 28, 59:

loca,

Lucr. 6, 396; Cic. Fragm. ap. Quint. 5, 13, 28; Nep. Eum. 8, 6 (for which shortly before: loca deserta); Sall. J. 103, 1:

locus,

Plaut. Aul. 4, 6, 7; Ter. And. 2, 4, 3:

terrae,

Plaut. Rud. 1, 4, 8; id. Most. 4, 3, 3; Ter. Phorm. 5, 7 (8), 86:

Libyae agri,

Verg. G. 3, 249:

insula,

Cat. 64, 184:

in harena,

id. 64, 57:

solā sub rupe,

Verg. E. 10, 14; Cat. 64, 154:

in monte,

Tib. 1, 2, 72 (Müll. solito) et saep.—Hence, adv.: sōlum, alone, only, merely, barely.

Affirmatively (rare but class.; syn. tantum, but never with numerals, except unus; cf.

solus, A. supra): de re unā solum dissident, de ceteris mirifice congruunt. Ain' tandem? unā de re solum est dissensio?

Cic. Leg. 1, 20, 53: nos nuntiationem solum habemus:

consules etiam spectionem,

id. Phil. 2, 32, 81; id. Or. 48, 160:

quasi vero atrā bili solum mens ac non saepe vel iracundia graviore vel timore moveatur,

id. Tusc. 3, 5, 11:

quae hominum solum auribus judicantur,

id. N. D. 2, 58, 146:

quasi vero perpetua oratio rhetorum solum, non etiam philosophorum sit,

id. Fin. 2, 6, 17.—

Strengthened by modo, and joined with it in one word, sōlummŏdo (only late Lat., for the true reading, Plin. 34, 8, 19, § 92, is unam tantum, Jan. Detlef.;

whereas tantummodo is class.): de exercitore solummodo Praetor sentit,

Dig. 4, 9, 1, § 2:

pretii solummodo fieri aestimationem,

ib. 9, 2, 23, § 1; 11, 5, 1, § 3; 28, 5, 1, § 1; Quint. Decl. 247; Tert. Res. Carn. 26; Hier. Ep. 12.—

Negatively: non solum, nec (neque) solum... sed (verum) etiam (et), etc., not only ( not merely, not barely)... but also, etc. (class. and freq.):

non solum publicas, sed etiam privatas injurias ultus est,

Caes. B. G. 1, 12 fin.:

urbes non solum multis periculis oppositae, sed etiam caecis,

Cic. Rep. 2, 3, 6:

importantur non merces solum adventiciae, sed etiam mores,

id. ib. 2, 4, 7:

neque solum fictum, sed etiam imperite absurdeque fictum,

id. ib. 2, 15, 28:

te non solum naturā et moribus, verum etiam studio et doctrinā esse sapientem,

id. Lael. 2, 6:

non nobis solum nati sumus,

id. Off. 1, 7, 22:

ut sapiens solum contentus possit vivere,

id. Fin. 1, 13, 44 Madv. ad loc.:

bestiae sibi solum natae sunt,

id. ib. 3, 19, 63:

nec vero solum hanc libidinem laudant,

id. Tusc. 4, 19, 44:

servavit ab omni Non solum facto verum opprobrio quoque turpi,

Hor. S. 1, 6, 84:

non enim jus illud solum superbius populo, sed violentius videri necesse erat,

Cic. Leg. 3, 7, 17; id. Cat. 3, 10, 24:

non solum ortum novum populum, sed adultum jam, etc.,

id. Rep. 2, 11, 21:

quibus opibus ac nervis non solum ad minuendam gratiam, sed paene ad perniciem suam uteretur,

Caes. B. G. 1, 20:

quae non solum facta esse, sed ne fieri quidem potuisse cernimus,

Cic. Rep. 2, 15, 28:

bene meriti de rebus communibus, ut genere etiam putarentur non solum ingenio esse divino,

id. ib. 2, 2, 4:

neque solum civis, set cujusmodi genus hominum,

Sall. C. 39, 6; v. non and sed.

Sŏlūs, untis, f., = Solous, a town on the northern coast of Sicily, now Castello di Solanto, Plin. 3, 8, 14, § 90.—Hence, Sŏ-luntīni, ōrum, m., the inhabitants of Solus, Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 43, § 103; sing., id. ib. 2, 2, 42, § 102.

sŏlus, ūs, m., v. solum init.

sōlus, a, um ( gen. regular. solius; dat. soli; gen. m. soli, Cato ap. Prisc. p. 694 P.; dat. m. SOLO, Inscr. Orell. 2627; f. solae, Plaut. Mil. 4, 2, 28; Ter. Eun. 5, 6, 3), adj. [orig. the same with sollus, q. v.; cf. salus. By Pott referred to sui, Kühn. Zeitschr. 5, 242].

Lit.

In gen., alone, only, single, sole (syn.:

unus, unicus, singularis): quod egomet solus feci, nec quisquam alius affuit,

Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 269:

cum omnibus potius quam soli perire voluerunt,

Cic. Cat. 4, 7, 14:

cum visum esset utilius solum quam cum altero regnare,

id. Off. 3, 10, 41:

licebit eum solus ames,

id. Att. 6, 3, 7:

tot mea Solius solliciti sint causa, ut, etc.,

Ter. Heaut. 1, 1, 77:

nec mihi soli versantur ante oculos... sed, etc.,

Cic. Lael. 27, 102:

non sibi se soli natum meminerit,

id. Fin. 2, 14, 45 fin.:

extra Peloponnesum Aenianes, etc.... soli absunt a mari,

id. Rep. 2, 4, 8:

quae sola divina sunt,

id. Tusc. 1, 27, 66:

ita sola errare videbar,

Enn. Ann. 1, 45; cf. Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 2:

Africanum solitum esse dicere, se numquam minus solum esse, quam cum solus esset,

Cic. Rep. 1, 17, 27:

rem narrabit sola soli,

Ter. Hec. 3, 2, 15; 4, 1, 42; id. Eun. 3, 5, 31; Cato ap. Prisc. p. 694 P.:

de viginti Restabam solus,

Ov. M. 3, 688:

solus ex plurimis servis,

Plaut. Most. 4, 1, 23:

solus ex toto illo collegio,

Cic. Prov. Cons. 8, 18:

Stoici soli ex omnibus,

id. de Or. 3, 18, 65:

tu ex omnibus,

id. Fam. 2, 17, 6:

ego meorum solus sum meus,

Ter. Phorm. 4, 1, 21:

coturnices solae animalium,

Plin. 10, 23, 33, § 69:

solus inter omnes,

Mart. 4, 2, 1:

quae (actio) sola per se ipsa quanta sit, histrionum ars declarat,

Cic. de Or. 1, 5, 18; so,

per se,

id. Top. 15, 59; Liv. 1, 49; 10, 1 al.—With subj. inf.:

nam solum habere velle summa dementia est,

Cic. Tusc. 4, 26, 56.—Strengthened by unus: Ch. Quid, duasne is uxores habet? So. Obsecro:

unam ille quidem hanc solam,

Ter. Phorm. 5, 1, 27:

solum unum hoc vitium affert senectus hominibus,

id. Ad. 5, 3, 47:

furta praetoris quae essent HS. duodecies, ex uno oppido solo exportata sunt,

Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 75, § 185:

unam solam scitote esse civitatem, quae, etc.,

id. ib. 2, 2, 5, §

13: te unum solum suum depeculatorem venisse,

id. Pis. 40, 96.—With other numerals (freq. and class.), Plaut. Bacch. 4, 9, 51; Cic. Ac. 2, 45, 138; id. Att. 2, 1, 5; id. Phil. 11, 8, 18; id. Verr. 2, 2, 74, § 182: Ge. Quantum tibi opus est argenti? Ph. Solae triginta minae, Ter. Phorm. 3, 3, 24; Caes. B. G. 1, 40:

qui solos novem menses Asiae praefuit,

Cic. Att. 5, 17, 5; Liv. 1, 55, 8; 6, 36, 8; 37, 23, 10; and Suet. Aug. 97. —In voc.: felix lectule talibus sole amoribus, Attic. ap. Prisc. p. 673 P.—

In partic., alone, lonely, solitary, forsaken, deserted; without relatives, friends, etc. (rare;

syn. solitarius): sola sum: habeo hic neminem, Neque amicum neque cognatum,

Ter. Eun. 1, 2, 67; cf. id. Ad. 3, 1, 4; id. And. 2, 3, 7:

solus atque omnium honestarum rerum egens,

Sall. J. 14, 17; id. H. 3, 61, 3 Dietsch:

gaudet me vacuo solam tabescere lecto,

Prop. 3, 5 (4, 6), 23.—

Transf., of places, lonely, solitary, unfrequented, desert, = desertus (class.):

hic solis locis composita sum, Hic saxa sunt, hic mare sonat, nec quisquam Homo mihi obviam venit,

Plaut. Rud. 1, 3, 22; cf.:

cum in locis solis moestus errares,

Cic. Div. 1, 28, 59:

loca,

Lucr. 6, 396; Cic. Fragm. ap. Quint. 5, 13, 28; Nep. Eum. 8, 6 (for which shortly before: loca deserta); Sall. J. 103, 1:

locus,

Plaut. Aul. 4, 6, 7; Ter. And. 2, 4, 3:

terrae,

Plaut. Rud. 1, 4, 8; id. Most. 4, 3, 3; Ter. Phorm. 5, 7 (8), 86:

Libyae agri,

Verg. G. 3, 249:

insula,

Cat. 64, 184:

in harena,

id. 64, 57:

solā sub rupe,

Verg. E. 10, 14; Cat. 64, 154:

in monte,

Tib. 1, 2, 72 (Müll. solito) et saep.—Hence, adv.: sōlum, alone, only, merely, barely.

Affirmatively (rare but class.; syn. tantum, but never with numerals, except unus; cf.

solus, A. supra): de re unā solum dissident, de ceteris mirifice congruunt. Ain' tandem? unā de re solum est dissensio?

Cic. Leg. 1, 20, 53: nos nuntiationem solum habemus:

consules etiam spectionem,

id. Phil. 2, 32, 81; id. Or. 48, 160:

quasi vero atrā bili solum mens ac non saepe vel iracundia graviore vel timore moveatur,

id. Tusc. 3, 5, 11:

quae hominum solum auribus judicantur,

id. N. D. 2, 58, 146:

quasi vero perpetua oratio rhetorum solum, non etiam philosophorum sit,

id. Fin. 2, 6, 17.—

Strengthened by modo, and joined with it in one word, sōlummŏdo (only late Lat., for the true reading, Plin. 34, 8, 19, § 92, is unam tantum, Jan. Detlef.;

whereas tantummodo is class.): de exercitore solummodo Praetor sentit,

Dig. 4, 9, 1, § 2:

pretii solummodo fieri aestimationem,

ib. 9, 2, 23, § 1; 11, 5, 1, § 3; 28, 5, 1, § 1; Quint. Decl. 247; Tert. Res. Carn. 26; Hier. Ep. 12.—

Negatively: non solum, nec (neque) solum... sed (verum) etiam (et), etc., not only ( not merely, not barely)... but also, etc. (class. and freq.):

non solum publicas, sed etiam privatas injurias ultus est,

Caes. B. G. 1, 12 fin.:

urbes non solum multis periculis oppositae, sed etiam caecis,

Cic. Rep. 2, 3, 6:

importantur non merces solum adventiciae, sed etiam mores,

id. ib. 2, 4, 7:

neque solum fictum, sed etiam imperite absurdeque fictum,

id. ib. 2, 15, 28:

te non solum naturā et moribus, verum etiam studio et doctrinā esse sapientem,

id. Lael. 2, 6:

non nobis solum nati sumus,

id. Off. 1, 7, 22:

ut sapiens solum contentus possit vivere,

id. Fin. 1, 13, 44 Madv. ad loc.:

bestiae sibi solum natae sunt,

id. ib. 3, 19, 63:

nec vero solum hanc libidinem laudant,

id. Tusc. 4, 19, 44:

servavit ab omni Non solum facto verum opprobrio quoque turpi,

Hor. S. 1, 6, 84:

non enim jus illud solum superbius populo, sed violentius videri necesse erat,

Cic. Leg. 3, 7, 17; id. Cat. 3, 10, 24:

non solum ortum novum populum, sed adultum jam, etc.,

id. Rep. 2, 11, 21:

quibus opibus ac nervis non solum ad minuendam gratiam, sed paene ad perniciem suam uteretur,

Caes. B. G. 1, 20:

quae non solum facta esse, sed ne fieri quidem potuisse cernimus,

Cic. Rep. 2, 15, 28:

bene meriti de rebus communibus, ut genere etiam putarentur non solum ingenio esse divino,

id. ib. 2, 2, 4:

neque solum civis, set cujusmodi genus hominum,

Sall. C. 39, 6; v. non and sed.

Sŏlūs, untis, f., = Solous, a town on the northern coast of Sicily, now Castello di Solanto, Plin. 3, 8, 14, § 90.—Hence, Sŏ-luntīni, ōrum, m., the inhabitants of Solus, Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 43, § 103; sing., id. ib. 2, 2, 42, § 102.

sŏlus, ūs, m., v. solum init.

sōlus, a, um ( gen. regular. solius; dat. soli; gen. m. soli, Cato ap. Prisc. p. 694 P.; dat. m. SOLO, Inscr. Orell. 2627; f. solae, Plaut. Mil. 4, 2, 28; Ter. Eun. 5, 6, 3), adj. [orig. the same with sollus, q. v.; cf. salus. By Pott referred to sui, Kühn. Zeitschr. 5, 242].

Lit.

In gen., alone, only, single, sole (syn.:

unus, unicus, singularis): quod egomet solus feci, nec quisquam alius affuit,

Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 269:

cum omnibus potius quam soli perire voluerunt,

Cic. Cat. 4, 7, 14:

cum visum esset utilius solum quam cum altero regnare,

id. Off. 3, 10, 41:

licebit eum solus ames,

id. Att. 6, 3, 7:

tot mea Solius solliciti sint causa, ut, etc.,

Ter. Heaut. 1, 1, 77:

nec mihi soli versantur ante oculos... sed, etc.,

Cic. Lael. 27, 102:

non sibi se soli natum meminerit,

id. Fin. 2, 14, 45 fin.:

extra Peloponnesum Aenianes, etc.... soli absunt a mari,

id. Rep. 2, 4, 8:

quae sola divina sunt,

id. Tusc. 1, 27, 66:

ita sola errare videbar,

Enn. Ann. 1, 45; cf. Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 2:

Africanum solitum esse dicere, se numquam minus solum esse, quam cum solus esset,

Cic. Rep. 1, 17, 27:

rem narrabit sola soli,

Ter. Hec. 3, 2, 15; 4, 1, 42; id. Eun. 3, 5, 31; Cato ap. Prisc. p. 694 P.:

de viginti Restabam solus,

Ov. M. 3, 688:

solus ex plurimis servis,

Plaut. Most. 4, 1, 23:

solus ex toto illo collegio,

Cic. Prov. Cons. 8, 18:

Stoici soli ex omnibus,

id. de Or. 3, 18, 65:

tu ex omnibus,

id. Fam. 2, 17, 6:

ego meorum solus sum meus,

Ter. Phorm. 4, 1, 21:

coturnices solae animalium,

Plin. 10, 23, 33, § 69:

solus inter omnes,

Mart. 4, 2, 1:

quae (actio) sola per se ipsa quanta sit, histrionum ars declarat,

Cic. de Or. 1, 5, 18; so,

per se,

id. Top. 15, 59; Liv. 1, 49; 10, 1 al.—With subj. inf.:

nam solum habere velle summa dementia est,

Cic. Tusc. 4, 26, 56.—Strengthened by unus: Ch. Quid, duasne is uxores habet? So. Obsecro:

unam ille quidem hanc solam,

Ter. Phorm. 5, 1, 27:

solum unum hoc vitium affert senectus hominibus,

id. Ad. 5, 3, 47:

furta praetoris quae essent HS. duodecies, ex uno oppido solo exportata sunt,

Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 75, § 185:

unam solam scitote esse civitatem, quae, etc.,

id. ib. 2, 2, 5, §

13: te unum solum suum depeculatorem venisse,

id. Pis. 40, 96.—With other numerals (freq. and class.), Plaut. Bacch. 4, 9, 51; Cic. Ac. 2, 45, 138; id. Att. 2, 1, 5; id. Phil. 11, 8, 18; id. Verr. 2, 2, 74, § 182: Ge. Quantum tibi opus est argenti? Ph. Solae triginta minae, Ter. Phorm. 3, 3, 24; Caes. B. G. 1, 40:

qui solos novem menses Asiae praefuit,

Cic. Att. 5, 17, 5; Liv. 1, 55, 8; 6, 36, 8; 37, 23, 10; and Suet. Aug. 97. —In voc.: felix lectule talibus sole amoribus, Attic. ap. Prisc. p. 673 P.—

In partic., alone, lonely, solitary, forsaken, deserted; without relatives, friends, etc. (rare;

syn. solitarius): sola sum: habeo hic neminem, Neque amicum neque cognatum,

Ter. Eun. 1, 2, 67; cf. id. Ad. 3, 1, 4; id. And. 2, 3, 7:

solus atque omnium honestarum rerum egens,

Sall. J. 14, 17; id. H. 3, 61, 3 Dietsch:

gaudet me vacuo solam tabescere lecto,

Prop. 3, 5 (4, 6), 23.—

Transf., of places, lonely, solitary, unfrequented, desert, = desertus (class.):

hic solis locis composita sum, Hic saxa sunt, hic mare sonat, nec quisquam Homo mihi obviam venit,

Plaut. Rud. 1, 3, 22; cf.:

cum in locis solis moestus errares,

Cic. Div. 1, 28, 59:

loca,

Lucr. 6, 396; Cic. Fragm. ap. Quint. 5, 13, 28; Nep. Eum. 8, 6 (for which shortly before: loca deserta); Sall. J. 103, 1:

locus,

Plaut. Aul. 4, 6, 7; Ter. And. 2, 4, 3:

terrae,

Plaut. Rud. 1, 4, 8; id. Most. 4, 3, 3; Ter. Phorm. 5, 7 (8), 86:

Libyae agri,

Verg. G. 3, 249:

insula,

Cat. 64, 184:

in harena,

id. 64, 57:

solā sub rupe,

Verg. E. 10, 14; Cat. 64, 154:

in monte,

Tib. 1, 2, 72 (Müll. solito) et saep.—Hence, adv.: sōlum, alone, only, merely, barely.

Affirmatively (rare but class.; syn. tantum, but never with numerals, except unus; cf.

solus, A. supra): de re unā solum dissident, de ceteris mirifice congruunt. Ain' tandem? unā de re solum est dissensio?

Cic. Leg. 1, 20, 53: nos nuntiationem solum habemus:

consules etiam spectionem,

id. Phil. 2, 32, 81; id. Or. 48, 160:

quasi vero atrā bili solum mens ac non saepe vel iracundia graviore vel timore moveatur,

id. Tusc. 3, 5, 11:

quae hominum solum auribus judicantur,

id. N. D. 2, 58, 146:

quasi vero perpetua oratio rhetorum solum, non etiam philosophorum sit,

id. Fin. 2, 6, 17.—

Strengthened by modo, and joined with it in one word, sōlummŏdo (only late Lat., for the true reading, Plin. 34, 8, 19, § 92, is unam tantum, Jan. Detlef.;

whereas tantummodo is class.): de exercitore solummodo Praetor sentit,

Dig. 4, 9, 1, § 2:

pretii solummodo fieri aestimationem,

ib. 9, 2, 23, § 1; 11, 5, 1, § 3; 28, 5, 1, § 1; Quint. Decl. 247; Tert. Res. Carn. 26; Hier. Ep. 12.—

Negatively: non solum, nec (neque) solum... sed (verum) etiam (et), etc., not only ( not merely, not barely)... but also, etc. (class. and freq.):

non solum publicas, sed etiam privatas injurias ultus est,

Caes. B. G. 1, 12 fin.:

urbes non solum multis periculis oppositae, sed etiam caecis,

Cic. Rep. 2, 3, 6:

importantur non merces solum adventiciae, sed etiam mores,

id. ib. 2, 4, 7:

neque solum fictum, sed etiam imperite absurdeque fictum,

id. ib. 2, 15, 28:

te non solum naturā et moribus, verum etiam studio et doctrinā esse sapientem,

id. Lael. 2, 6:

non nobis solum nati sumus,

id. Off. 1, 7, 22:

ut sapiens solum contentus possit vivere,

id. Fin. 1, 13, 44 Madv. ad loc.:

bestiae sibi solum natae sunt,

id. ib. 3, 19, 63:

nec vero solum hanc libidinem laudant,

id. Tusc. 4, 19, 44:

servavit ab omni Non solum facto verum opprobrio quoque turpi,

Hor. S. 1, 6, 84:

non enim jus illud solum superbius populo, sed violentius videri necesse erat,

Cic. Leg. 3, 7, 17; id. Cat. 3, 10, 24:

non solum ortum novum populum, sed adultum jam, etc.,

id. Rep. 2, 11, 21:

quibus opibus ac nervis non solum ad minuendam gratiam, sed paene ad perniciem suam uteretur,

Caes. B. G. 1, 20:

quae non solum facta esse, sed ne fieri quidem potuisse cernimus,

Cic. Rep. 2, 15, 28:

bene meriti de rebus communibus, ut genere etiam putarentur non solum ingenio esse divino,

id. ib. 2, 2, 4:

neque solum civis, set cujusmodi genus hominum,

Sall. C. 39, 6; v. non and sed.

Sŏlūs, untis, f., = Solous, a town on the northern coast of Sicily, now Castello di Solanto, Plin. 3, 8, 14, § 90.—Hence, Sŏ-luntīni, ōrum, m., the inhabitants of Solus, Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 43, § 103; sing., id. ib. 2, 2, 42, § 102.

sŏlus, ūs, m., v. solum init.

sordĭdātus, a, um, adj. [sordidus; cf.: albatus, atratus, from albus, ater, etc.], in dirty clothes, meanly or shabbily dressed.

Lit.

In gen.: quamquam ego sum sordidatus, frugi tamen sum, * Plaut. As. 2, 4, 90:

sordidata et sordida,

Ter. Heaut. 2, 3, 56 (shortly before:

pannis obsita): servi,

Cic. Pis. 27, 67:

mancipia,

id. Phil. 2, 29, 73.—

Esp., as a sign of mourning (when a person had lost friends by death, was under accusation, or in distress from any cause):

sensi magno opere moveri judices, cum excitavi maestum ac sordidatum senem,

Cic. de Or. 2, 47, 195; cf. id. Pis. 41, 99:

reus,

Liv. 6, 20; 27, 34:

Virginius sordidatus filiam suam obsoletā veste in forum deducit,

id. 3, 47:

expulsi bonis omnibus Romam venerunt, sordidati,

Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 25, § 62:

turba Aetolorum,

Liv. 45, 28:

primo diluculo sordidatus descendit ad rostra,

Suet. Vit. 15.—

Trop., foul, polluted:

sordidatissima conscientia,

Sid. Ep. 3, 13 fin.

tessĕra, ae, f., = tesseres, a (lon. for tessares, a, four), a square, square piece of stone, wood, etc., for various purposes.

Most freq., a die for playing, numbered on all the six sides (while the tali, prop. pastern-bones, were marked only on four sides; v. talus;

syn. alea): ludere tesseris,

Ter. Ad. 4, 7, 21:

ut homines ad pilam se aut ad talos aut ad tesseras conferunt,

Cic. de Or. 3, 15, 58:

tesseras jacere,

id. Div. 2, 41, 85; id. Sen. 16, 58:

in tesserarum prospero jactu,

Liv. 4, 17, 3; Mart. 14, 15, 1; 4, 66, 15; 14, 17, 1:

mittere,

Ov. A. A. 3, 354; id. Tr. 2, 475; Plin. 37, 2, 6, § 13 al.; cf. Becker, Gallus, 3, p. 257 sq. (2d ed.).—

In milit. lang., a square tablet on which the watchword was written, a watchword, parole, countersign:

tessera per castra a Livio consule data erat, ut, etc.,

Liv. 26, 46, 1; 7, 35, 1; 7, 36, 7; 9, 32, 4; Auct. B. Hisp. 36, 5; Suet. Galb. 6: it bello tessera signum, Verg. A. 7, 637; Sil. 15, 475: Stat. Th. 10, 17:

missam ad se tesseram finxit redeundi,

a private token, Amm. 30, 10, 3. — Hence,

Transf., the watchword, signal:

militem levi tesserā colligi posse,

Amm. 25, 7, 2 al. —

Tessera hospitalis, a tally, token, which was divided between two friends, in order that, by means of it, they or their descendants might always recognize each other (the Greek sumbola): Ag. Ego sum ipsus, quem tu quaeris... Ha. Si ita est, tesseram conferre si vis hospitalem, Plaut. Poen. 5, 2, 87; 5, 1, 25; 5, 2, 92:

TESSERAM HOSPITALEM CVM EQ FECERVNT,

have entered into a bond of friendship, Inscr. Orell. 1079; cf. Becker, Gallus, 2, p. 133 (2d ed.);

hence: hic apud nos jam confregisti tesseram,

i.e. have broken our friendship, Plaut. Cist. 2, 1, 27.—

A square tablet or block, a checker for the construction of pavements, ornamenting garments, etc., Plin. 36, 25, 62, § 187 (al. tessella); Pall. 1, 9, 5; Mart. 10, 33; Plin. 35, 9, 36, § 62.—

A token, ticket, billet for the distribution of corn or money:

frumentariae,

Suet. Ner. 11; cf.

frumenti,

Juv. 7, 174; Mart. 8, 78, 10; and absol., Suet. Aug. 40:

nummariae,

id. ib. 41.