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  • 1 ventosus

    full of wind, windy, breezy.

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  • 2 ventosus

    ventōsus, a, um, adj. [ventus], full of wind, windy.
    I.
    Lit.:

    folles,

    Verg. A. 8, 449:

    loca,

    Lucr. 6, 468:

    speluncae,

    id. 6, 537:

    mare,

    Hor. C. 3, 4, 46:

    aequora,

    Verg. A. 6, 335; Ov. H. 16 (17), 5:

    Alpes,

    id. Am. 2, 16, 19:

    dies,

    Quint. 11, 3, 27; Col. 11, 2, 78:

    murmur,

    Verg. E. 9, 58:

    auctumnus, hiems,

    Plin. 18, 35, 80, § 352:

    alae,

    Prop. 2, 12 (3, 3), 5; Verg. A. 12, 848:

    concha,

    i. e. the tuba, Luc. 9, 349:

    cucurbita,

    i. e. cupping - glass, Juv. 14, 58; cf. Isid. Orig. 4, 11:

    ictus,

    Val. Fl. 2, 269.— Comp.:

    Germania,

    Tac. G. 5.— Sup.:

    regio,

    Liv. 36, 43, 1:

    uter,

    App. Mag. p. 309, 36.—
    B.
    Transf., like the wind, i. e. light, quick, speedy, swift, nimble ( poet.):

    equi,

    Ov. F. 4, 392; cf.:

    mens cervorum,

    Lucr. 3, 299.—
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    Light, changeable, inconstant, fickle: Lepidus homo ventosissimus, Brut. ap. Cic. Fam. 11, 9, 1:

    Romae Tibur amem ventosus, Tibure Romam,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 8, 12:

    tu levis es multoque tuis ventosior alis (of Cupid),

    Ov. Am. 2, 9, 49:

    plebs,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 19, 37:

    ingenium,

    Liv. 42, 30, 4:

    extraordinarium imperium populare atque ventosum est,

    Cic. Phil. 11, 7, 17.—
    B.
    Windy, puffed up, vain, conceited, empty:

    superbiebat ventosa et insolens natio, quod, etc.,

    Plin. Pan. 31, 2:

    ventosus et mendax vanitate,

    Sen. Ira, 3, 8, 4:

    gloria,

    Verg. A. 11, 708; cf.:

    ventoso gloria curru,

    Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 177:

    lingua,

    Verg. A. 11, 390:

    decus (opp. verus honor),

    Stat. Th. 10, 711:

    ventosa et enormis loquacitas,

    inflated, bombastic, Petr. 2.—
    * Adv.: ventōsē, as if full of wind, inflatedly:

    tumentes pulvilli,

    App. M. 10, p. 248, 22.

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  • 3 ventōsus

        ventōsus adj. with comp. and sup.    [ventus], full of wind, windy: folles, V.: mare, H.: Alpes, O.: cucurbita, i. e. cupping-glass, Iu.: terra ventosior, Ta.: ventosissima regio, L.—Like wind, light, swift, nimble: alae, V.: equi, O.—Fig., light, changeable, inconstant, fickle: homo ventosissimus: Tu levis es multoque tuis ventosior alis (of Cupid), O.: plebs, H.: ingenium, L.: extraordinarium imperium populare atque ventosum est.—Windy, puffed up, vain, conceited: ventoso gloria curru, H.: lingua, V.: ingenium, L.
    * * *
    ventosa, ventosum ADJ
    windy; swift (as the wind); fickle, changeable; vain, puffed up

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  • 4 urinus

    ūrĭnus, a, um, adj., = ourinos, full of wind, windy:

    ovum,

    a wind-egg, Plin. 10, 58, 79, § 158.

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  • 5 animosus

    1.
    ănĭmōsus, a, um, adj. [anima].
    I.
    Full of air, airy (cf. anima, I. and II. A.):

    guttura,

    through which the breath passes, Ov. M. 6, 134.—Of the wind. blowing violently:

    Eurus,

    Verg. G. 2, 441:

    ventus,

    Ov. Am. 1, 6, 51.—
    II.
    Full of life, living, animate, of pictures, etc. (cf. anima, II. C.):

    Gloria Lysippost animosa effingere signa,

    Prop. 4, 8, 9.— Comp., sup., and adv. of 1. animosus not used.
    2.
    ănĭmōsus, a, um, adj. [animus].
    I.
    Full of courage, bold, spirited, undaunted (cf. animus, II. B. 2. a.):

    mancipia neque formidolosa neque animosa,

    Varr. R. R. 1, 17, 3:

    in gladiatoriis pugnis timidos odisse solemus, fortes et animosos servari cupimus,

    Cic. Mil. 34:

    ex quo fit, ut animosior etiam senectus sit quam adulescentia et fortior,

    shows more courage and valor, id. Sen. 20 equus, Ov. M. 2, 84; id. Tr. 4, 6, 3:

    animosum (equorum) pectus,

    Verg. G. 3, 81:

    bella,

    Ov. F. 5, 59:

    Parthus,

    Hor. C. 1, 19, 11:

    Hector,

    id. S. 1, 7, 12:

    rebus angustis animosus atque Fortis appare,

    id. C. 2, 10, 21:

    frigus animosum,

    fear coupled with courage, Stat. Th. 6, 395.—
    II.
    Proud on account of something:

    En ego (Latona) vestra parens, vobis animosa creatis,

    proud to have borne you, Ov. M. 6, 206:

    spoliis,

    id. ib. 11, 552.—
    III.
    Adeo animosus corruptor, that fears or avoids no expense or danger in bribery, * Tac. H. 1, 24.—So, also, emptor animosus, sparing or fearing no expense, Dig. 17, 1, 36 (cf. Suet. Caes. 47: gemmas semper animosissime comparāsse prodiderunt).— Adv. ănĭmōsē, in a spirited manner, courageously, eagerly:

    animose et fortiter aliquid facere,

    Cic. Phil. 4, 2:

    magnifice, graviter animoseque vivere,

    independently, id. Off. 1, 26, 92; id. Tusc. 4, 23, 51:

    animose liceri,

    to bid eagerly, Dig. 10, 2, 29.— Comp.:

    animosius dicere,

    Sen. Ben. 6, 37:

    animosius se gerere,

    Val. Max. 8, 2 fin.—Sup.:

    gemmas animosissime comparare,

    Suet. Caes. 47.

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  • 6 animōsus

        animōsus adj.    [anima], full of air, airy: guttura, through which the breath passes, O.— Full of life: signa, Pr.— Violent: Eurus, V.
    * * *
    animosa, animosum ADJ
    courageous, bold, strong, ardent, energetic, noble; stormy (wind/sea), furious

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  • 7 animōsus

        animōsus adj. with comp.    [animus], full of courage, bold, spirited, undaunted: pugnis: animosior senectus quam adulescentia, shows more courage: (equorum) pectus, V.: Rebus angustis animosus appare, H.— Proud: parens, vobis animosa creatis, of having borne you, O.—Bold, audacious: corruptor, Ta.
    * * *
    animosa, animosum ADJ
    courageous, bold, strong, ardent, energetic, noble; stormy (wind/sea), furious

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  • 8 cursus

        cursus ūs, m    [1 CEL-], a running, course, way, march, passage, voyage, journey: cursum quom institeris, T.: navium, Cs.: ingressus, cursus, accubitio: cursu cum aequalibus certare, S.: cursu contingere metam, H.: se cursu miratur in ipso, O.: quique pedum cursu valet, V.: huc magno cursu intenderunt, at full speed, Cs.: cursu Troas agebat, V.: cursu in hostem feruntur, advance at a run, L.: cursum in medios dedit, rushed, V.: effuso cursu, L.: eodem cursu contendere, right onward, Cs.: tam brevi tempore tantos cursūs conficere: cursum direxit, quo tendebat, N.: iterare cursūs relictos, H.: Hunc morem cursūs docuit, sort of race, V.: Cursibus decernere, in racing, V.: Quo cursu deserta petiverit, flight, V.: in hoc medio cursu, i. e. half-way across, Cs.: secundissimo vento cursum tenere.—Of things, a course, way, flow: stellarum: mutata suos flumina cursūs, movement, V.: Cursibus obliquis fluens, O. — A passage: cursum exspectare, i. e. a fair wind.—Poet.: et vi cursus in altum Vela vocet, V.—Fig., a course, progress, direction, way, passage, access, succession: rerum: vitae: quem dederat cursum fortuna, V.: temporum: continuus proeliorum, Ta.: vocis per omnīs sonos: invectus contexere cursu, i. e. in a breath, Iu.: In cursu meus dolor est, i. e. is permanent, O.: recto depellere cursu, from virtue, H.
    * * *
    running; speed/zeal; charge, onrush; forward movement/march; revolution (wheel); course/direction, line of advance, orbit; voyage/passage; race; career; series; lesson

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  • 9 arguo

    argŭo, ŭi, ūtum (ŭĭtum, hence arguiturus, Sall. Fragm. ap. Prisc. p. 882 P.), 3, v. a. [cf. argês, white; argos, bright; Sanscr. árgunas, bright; ragatas, white; and rag, to shine (v. argentum and argilla); after the same analogy we have clarus, bright; and claro, to make bright, to make evident; and the Engl. clear, adj., and to clear = to make clear; v. Curt. p. 171].
    I.
    A.. In gen., to make clear, to show, prove, make known, declare, assert, mênuein:

    arguo Eam me vidisse intus,

    Plaut. Mil. 2, 3, 66:

    non ex auditu arguo,

    id. Bacch. 3, 3, 65:

    M. Valerius Laevinus... speculatores, non legatos, venisse arguebat,

    Liv. 30, 23:

    degeneres animos timor arguit,

    Verg. A. 4, 13:

    amantem et languor et silentium Arguit,

    Hor. Epod. 11, 9; id. C. 1, 13, 7.— Pass., in a mid. signif.:

    apparet virtus arguiturque malis,

    makes itself known, Ov. Tr. 4, 3, 80:

    laudibus arguitur vini vinosus Homerus,

    betrays himself, Hor. Ep. 1, 19, 6.—
    B.
    Esp.
    a.
    With aliquem, to attempt to show something, in one's case, against him, to accuse, reprove, censure, charge with: Indicāsse est detulisse;

    arguisse accusāsse et convicisse,

    Dig. 50, 16, 197 (cf. Fest. p. 22: Argutum iri in discrimen vocari): tu delinquis, ego arguar pro malefactis? Enn. (as transl. of Eurip. Iphig. Aul. 384: Eit egô dikên dô sôn kakôn ho mê sphaleis) ap. Rufin. §

    37: servos ipsos neque accuso neque arguo neque purgo,

    Cic. Rosc. Am. 41, 120:

    Pergin, sceleste, intendere hanc arguere?

    Plaut. Mil. 2, 4, 27; 2, 2, 32:

    hae tabellae te arguunt,

    id. Bacch. 4, 6, 10:

    an hunc porro tactum sapor arguet oris?

    Lucr. 4, 487:

    quod adjeci, non ut arguerem, sed ne arguerer,

    Vell. 2, 53, 4:

    coram aliquem arguere,

    Liv. 43, 5:

    apud praefectum,

    Tac. A. 14, 41:

    (Deus) arguit te heri,

    Vulg. Gen. 31, 42; ib. Lev. 19, 17; ib. 2 Tim. 4, 2; ib. Apoc. 3, 19 al.—
    b.
    With the cause of complaint in the gen.; abl. with or without de; with in with abl.; with acc.; with a clause as object; or with ut (cf. Ramsh. p. 326; Zumpt, § 446).
    (α).
    With gen.:

    malorum facinorum,

    Plaut. Ps. 2, 4, 56 (cf. infra, argutus, B. 2.):

    aliquem probri, Stupri, dedecoris,

    id. Am. 3, 2, 2:

    viros mortuos summi sceleris,

    Cic. Rab. Perd. 9, 26:

    aliquem tanti facinoris,

    id. Cael. 1:

    criminis,

    Tac. H. 1, 48:

    furti me arguent,

    Vulg. Gen. 30, 33; ib. Eccl. 11, 8:

    repetundarum,

    Tac. A. 3, 33:

    occupandae rei publicae,

    id. ib. 6, 10:

    neglegentiae,

    Suet. Caes. 53:

    noxae,

    id. Aug. 67:

    veneni in se comparati,

    id. Tib. 49:

    socordiae,

    id. Claud. 3:

    mendacii,

    id. Oth. 10:

    timoris,

    Verg. A. 11, 384:

    sceleris arguemur,

    Vulg. 4 Reg. 7, 9; ib. Act. 19, 40 al.—
    (β).
    With abl.:

    te hoc crimine non arguo,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 18; Nep. Paus. 3 fin. —
    (γ).
    With de:

    de eo crimine, quo de arguatur,

    Cic. Inv 2, 11, 37:

    de quibus quoniam verbo arguit, etc.,

    id. Rosc. Am. 29 fin.:

    Quis arguet me de peccato?

    Vulg. Joan. 8, 46; 16, 8.—
    (δ).
    With in with abl. (eccl. Lat.):

    non in sacrificiis tuis arguam te,

    Vulg. Psa. 49, 8.—
    (ε).
    With acc.: quid undas Arguit et liquidam molem camposque natantīs? of what does he impeach the waves? etc., quid being here equivalent to cujus or de quo, Lucr. 6, 405 Munro.—
    (ζ).
    With an inf.-clause as object:

    quae (mulier) me arguit Hanc domo ab se subripuisse,

    Plaut. Men. 5, 2, 62; id. Mil. 2, 4, 36:

    occidisse patrem Sex. Roscius arguitur,

    Cic. Rosc. Am. 13, 37:

    auctor illius injuriae fuisse arguebatur?

    id. Verr. 2, 1, 33:

    qui sibimet vim ferro intulisse arguebatur,

    Suet. Claud. 16; id. Ner. 33; id. Galb. 7:

    me Arguit incepto rerum accessisse labori,

    Ov. M. 13, 297; 15, 504.—
    (η).
    With ut, as in Gr. hôs (post-Aug. and rare), Suet. Ner. 7:

    hunc ut dominum et tyrannum, illum ut proditorem arguentes,

    as being master and tyrant, Just. 22, 3.—
    II.
    Transf. to the thing.
    1.
    To accuse, censure, blame:

    ea culpa, quam arguo,

    Liv. 1, 28:

    peccata coram omnibus argue,

    Vulg. 1 Tim. 5, 20:

    tribuni plebis dum arguunt in C. Caesare regni voluntatem,

    Vell. 2, 68; Suet. Tit. 5 fin.:

    taciturnitatem pudoremque quorumdam pro tristitiā et malignitate arguens,

    id. Ner. 23; id. Caes. 75:

    arguebat et perperam editos census,

    he accused of giving a false statement of property, census, id. Calig. 38:

    primusque animalia mensis Arguit imponi,

    censured, taught that it was wrong, Ov. M. 15, 73:

    ut non arguantur opera ejus,

    Vulg. Joan. 3, 20.—
    2.
    Trop., to denounce as false:

    quod et ipsum Fenestella arguit,

    Suet. Vit. Ter. p. 292 Roth.—With reference to the person, to refute, confute:

    aliquem,

    Suet. Calig. 8.—Hence, argūtus, a, um, P. a.
    A.
    Of physical objects, clear.
    1.
    To the sight, bright, glancing, lively:

    manus autem minus arguta, digitis subsequens verba, non exprimens,

    not too much in motion, Cic. de Or. 3, 59, 220 (cf. id. Or. 18, 59: nullae argutiae digitorum, and Quint. 11, 3, [p. 160] 119-123):

    manus inter agendum argutae admodum et gestuosae,

    Gell. 1, 5, 2:

    et oculi nimis arguti, quem ad modum animo affecti sumus, loquuntur,

    Cic. Leg. 1, 9, 27:

    ocelli,

    Ov. Am. 3, 3, 9; 3, 2, 83:

    argutum caput,

    a head graceful in motion, Verg. G. 3, 80 (breve, Servius, but this idea is too prosaic): aures breves et argutae, ears that move quickly (not stiff, rigid), Pall. 4, 13, 2:

    argutā in soleā,

    in the neat sandal, Cat. 68, 72.—
    2.
    a.. To the hearing, clear, penetrating, piercing, both of pleasant and disagreeable sounds, clear-sounding, sharp, noisy, rustling, whizzing, rattling, clashing, etc. (mostly poet.): linguae, Naev. ap. Non. p. 9, 24:

    aves,

    Prop. 1, 18, 30:

    hirundo,

    chirping, Verg. G. 1, 377:

    olores,

    tuneful, id. E. 9, 36: ilex, murmuring, rustling (as moved by the wind), id. ib. 7, 1:

    nemus,

    id. ib. 8, 22 al.—Hence, a poet. epithet of the musician and poet, clear-sounding, melodious:

    Neaera,

    Hor. C. 3, 14, 21:

    poëtae,

    id. Ep. 2, 2, 90:

    fama est arguti Nemesis formosa Tibullus,

    Mart. 8, 73, 7: forum, full of bustle or din, noisy, Ov. A.A. 1, 80:

    serra,

    grating, Verg. G. 1, 143:

    pecten,

    rattling, id. ib. 1, 294; id. A. 7, 14 (cf. in Gr. kerkis aoidos, Aristoph. Ranae, v. 1316) al.—Hence, of rattling, prating, verbose discourse:

    sine virtute argutum civem mihi habeam pro preaeficā, etc.,

    Plaut. Truc. 2, 6, 14:

    [Neque mendaciloquom neque adeo argutum magis],

    id. Trin. 1, 2, 163 Ritschl.—
    b.
    Trop., of written communications, rattling, wordy, verbose:

    obviam mihi litteras quam argutissimas de omnibus rebus crebro mittas,

    Cic. Att. 6, 5: vereor, ne tibi nimium arguta haec sedulitas videatur, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 1. — Transf. to omens, clear, distinct, conclusive, clearly indicative, etc.:

    sunt qui vel argutissima haec exta esse dicant,

    Cic. Div. 2, 12 fin.:

    non tibi candidus argutum sternuit omen Amor?

    Prop. 2, 3, 24.—
    3.
    To the smell; sharp, pungent:

    odor argutior,

    Plin. 15, 3, 4, § 18.—
    4.
    To the taste; sharp, keen, pungent:

    sapor,

    Pall. 3, 25, 4; 4, 10, 26.—
    B.
    Of mental qualities.
    1.
    In a good sense, bright, acute, sagacious, witty:

    quis illo (sc. Catone) acerbior in vituperando? in sententiis argutior?

    Cic. Brut. 17, 65:

    orator,

    id. ib. 70, 247:

    poëma facit ita festivum, ita concinnum, ita elegans, nihil ut fieri possit argutius,

    id. Pis. 29; so,

    dicta argutissima,

    id. de Or. 2, 61, 250:

    sententiae,

    id. Opt. Gen. 2:

    acumen,

    Hor. A. P. 364:

    arguto ficta dolore queri,

    dexterously-feigned pain, Prop. 1, 18, 26 al. —
    2.
    In a bad sense, sly, artful, cunning:

    meretrix,

    Hor. S. 1, 10, 40: calo. id. Ep. 1, 14, 42:

    milites,

    Veg. Mil. 3, 6.—As a pun: ecquid argutus est? is he cunning? Ch. Malorum facinorum saepissime (i.e. has been accused of), Plaut. Ps. 2, 4, 56 (v. supra, I. B. a.).—Hence, adv.: argūtē (only in the signif. of B.).
    a.
    Subtly, acutely:

    respondere,

    Cic. Cael. 8:

    conicere,

    id. Brut. 14, 53:

    dicere,

    id. Or. 28, 98.— Comp.:

    dicere,

    Cic. Brut. 11, 42.— Sup.:

    de re argutissime disputare,

    Cic. de Or. 2, 4, 18.—
    b.
    Craftily:

    obrepere,

    Plaut. Trin. 4, 2, 132; Arn. 5, p. 181.

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  • 10 cursus

    cursus, ūs, m. [id.], a running ( on foot, on a horse, chariot, ship, etc.), a course, way, march, passage, voyage, journey, etc. (very freq.).
    I.
    Lit.
    1.
    Of living beings:

    ingressus, cursus, accubitio, etc.,

    Cic. N. D. 1, 34, 94:

    ibi cursu, luctando... sese exercebant,

    Plaut. Bacch. 3, 3, 24; cf. id. Most. 1, 2, 73, and Hor. A. P. 412:

    quique pedum cursu valet, etc.,

    Verg. A. 5, 67:

    cursu superare canem,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 51:

    milites cursu exanimati,

    Caes. B. G. 2, 23:

    huc magno cursu intenderunt,

    at full speed, id. ib. 3, 19:

    magno cursu concitatus,

    id. B. C. 1, 70:

    cursu incitatus,

    id. ib. 1, 79; 3, 46; Auct. B. Alex. 20; cf.:

    in cursu esse,

    Cic. Att. 5, 16, 1; cf. II. fin. infra:

    strictis gladiis cursu in hostem feruntur,

    advance at a run, Liv. 9, 13, 2:

    effuso cursu,

    id. 2, 50, 6:

    eo cursu proripere, ut, etc.,

    id. 24, 26, 12; 31, 21, 6:

    eo cursu, Auct. B. Alex 30: eodem cursu contendere,

    right onward, Caes. B. C. 2, 35; cf. id. B. G. 6, 67: citato cursu. Just. 11, 15, 2:

    cursus in Graeciam per tuam provinciam,

    Cic. Att. 10, 4, 10:

    quis umquam tam brevi tempore tot loca adire, tantos cursus conficere potuit?

    id. Imp. Pomp. 12, 34:

    (terrae) tuis non dicam cursibus, sed victoriis lustratae sunt,

    id. ib. 2, 5:

    agmen cursūs magis quam itineris modo ducit,

    Curt. 5, 13, 5; 6, 1, 12; Just. 15, 3, 11; 11, 8, 2:

    Miltiades cursum direxit, quo tendebat,

    Nep. Milt. 1, 6; Vell. 2, 19, 4; 1, 4, 1:

    Ulixi per mare,

    Hor. C. 1, 6, 7:

    iterare cursus relictos,

    id. ib. 1, 34, 4:

    Naxon, ait Liber, cursus advertite vestros,

    Ov. M. 3, 636 et saep.; cf. B.: cursum per [p. 504] auras Derigere, Verg. A. 6, 194; so of flying, Ov. M. 2, 838; 4, 787 al.—
    b.
    Cursum tenere (in a march or on shipboard), to hold one's course, to maintain a direct course:

    equites cursum tenere atque insulam capere non potuerant,

    Caes. B. G. 4, 26 fin.:

    Dionysius cum secundissimo vento cursum teneret,

    Cic. N. D. 3, 34, 83; Caes. B. G. 5, 8; cf. 2. b. —
    2.
    Of inanimate objects:

    solis cursus lunaeque meatus Expediam,

    Lucr. 5, 77; cf. id. 5, 772 al.:

    lunae,

    id. 5, 629; cf. id. 5, 630:

    stellarum,

    Cic. Rep. 6, 17, 17:

    neque clara suo percurrere fulmina cursu Perpetuo possint,

    Lucr. 1, 1003:

    si lacus emissus lapsu et cursu suo ad mare profluxisset,

    Cic. Div. 1, 44, 100; so of the course or flow of a stream, Ov. M. 1, 282; 9, 18; Plin. 5, 24, 20, § 85:

    longarum navium,

    Caes. B. G. 5, 8; cf. Cic. Mur. 15, 33; id. Off. 3, 12, 50 al.:

    Aquilonis et Austri,

    Lucr. 5, 688; cf. id. 6, 302:

    menstrui,

    Plin. 11, 39, 94, § 230:

    quadripertiti venarum,

    id. 16, 39, 76, § 195 et saep.—
    b.
    Cursum tenere, as supra, 1. b.:

    tanta tempestas subito coorta est, ut nulla earum (navium) cursum tenere posset,

    Caes. B. G. 4, 28.—
    B.
    Meton.
    1.
    Cursum exspectare, to wait for a fair wind (lit. for a passage), Cic. Att. 5, 8, 1.—
    2.
    (Abstr. pro concr.) Cursus publici, in the time of the emperors, posts or relays divided into stations, for the speedy transmission of information upon state affairs, Cod. Just. 12, 51; Cod. Th. 8, 5; Inscr. Orell. 3181; 3329; cf.

    . equi publici,

    Amm. 14, 6, 16:

    vehicula publica,

    id. 21, 13, 7:

    cursus vehicularius,

    Capitol. Ant. P. 12, 3:

    vehicularis,

    Dig. 50, 4, 18, § 4:

    cursus fiscalis,

    Spart. Had. 7; v. Suet. Aug. 49.—
    II.
    Trop. (freq. in Cic. and Quint.), a course, progress, direction, way:

    qui cursus rerum, qui exitus futurus sit,

    Cic. Fam. 4, 2, 3; cf. Tac. H. 4, 34; id. Agr. 39:

    implicari aliquo certo genere cursuque vivendi,

    Cic. Off. 1, 32, 117:

    vitae brevis cursus, gloriae sempiternus,

    id. Sest. 21, 47:

    reliquus vitae cursus,

    id. Phil. 2, 19, 47:

    totius vitae cursum videre,

    id. Off. 1, 4, 11:

    omnem vitae suae cursum conficere,

    id. Cael. 17, 39:

    in omni vitae cursu optimum visum est, ut, etc.,

    Macr. S. 1, 2, 3:

    temporum,

    Cic. Fam. 6, 5, 2:

    tuorum honorum,

    id. ib. 3, 11, 2; cf. Tac. H. 1, 48:

    continuus proeliorum,

    id. Agr. 27 al.:

    cursus vocis per omnis sonos,

    Cic. de Or. 3, 61, 227:

    cursus verborum,

    id. ib. 1, 35, 161; so of the motion or flow of discourse, etc., id. Part. Or. 15, 52; Quint. 8, prooem. § 27;

    9, 4, 70: cursus hic et sonus rotundae volubilisque sententiae,

    Gell. 11, 13, 4:

    quem enim cursum industria mea tenere potuisset sine forensibus causis, etc.,

    Cic. Phil. 8, 4, 11; cf. id. Or. 1, 4:

    nos in eodem cursu fuimus a Sullā dictatore ad eosdem fere consules,

    id. Brut. 96, 328; so,

    esse in cursu,

    to go on, continue, Ov. M. 13, 508; id. F. 6, 362.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > cursus

  • 11 folliculus

    follĭcŭlus, i, m. dim. [follis], a small bag or sack.
    I.
    Lit.
    A.
    In gen.:

    folliculis frumentum vehere,

    Liv. 9, 13, 9:

    quidam judicatus est parentem occidisse: ei statim... os obvolutum est folliculo et praeligatum,

    Cic. Inv. 2, 50, 149.—Of a matricide:

    statim folliculo lupino os obvolutum est,

    Auct. Her. 1, 13, 23.—
    B.
    Esp. (cf. follis, I. B.), a ball to play with, inflated with air; a wind-ball (cf.:

    pila, globus, sphaera): post bella civilia ad pilam, folliculumque transiit,

    Suet. Aug. 83.—
    II.
    Transf.
    A.
    In gen., a husk, pod, shell, skin, follicle:

    latentem frugem ruptis velamentis suis, quae folliculos agricolae vocant, adaperire,

    Sen. Q. N. 5, 18, 3:

    gluma est grani folliculus,

    Varr. R. R. 1, 48, 1:

    cum spica se exserit folliculo,

    Sen. Ep. 124, 11. —So of fruits, Varr. R. R. 1, 48, 1; Col. 2, 8, 5; Plin. 24, 8, 33, § 49; 24, 9, 40, § 65:

    folliculus animalium,

    id. 30, 12, 37, § 111: muliebris, i. q. vulva, acc. to Serv. Verg. G. 3, 136.— Poet., the shell of an egg:

    teretes (cicadarum),

    Lucr. 5, 803; and of the human body, as the husk or shell of the soul: ego, si qui sum et quo folliculo sum indutus, queo, Lucil. ap. Non. 110, 27.—
    B.
    Esp., as med. t. t. (late Lat.).
    1.
    A sac:

    ventris,

    Cael. Aur. Acut. 3, 17, 154.—
    2.
    The bladder, Cael. Aur. Tard. 4, 3, 24.—
    3.
    The scrotum, Cael. Aur. Acut. 3, 17, 165; id. Tard. 3, 8, 106;

    called in full, folliculum genitale,

    id. ib. 3, 8, 104.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > folliculus

  • 12 legens

    1.
    lēgo, āvi, ātum (archaic perf. legassit for legaverit, Fragm. XII. Tab. ap. Cic. Inv. 2, 50, 148), 1, v. a. [lex; and therefore qs. lege creare], a publicist's and jurid. t. t.
    I.
    A publicist's t. t.
    A.
    To send with a commission or charge, to send on an embassy, send as ambassador; to depute, despatch:

    ne hoc quidem senatui relinquebas, ut legati ex ejus ordinis auctoritate legarentur,

    Cic. Vatin. 15, 35:

    hominem honestum ac nobilem legarunt ad Apronium,

    id. Verr. 2, 3, 48, § 114: eos privatae rei causa legari, id. Fam. 3, 8, 4:

    juste pieque legatus venio,

    Liv. 1, 32:

    tres adulescentes in Africam legantur, qui reges adeant, etc.,

    Sall. J. 21, 4:

    quos Athenienses Romam ad senatum legaverant impetratum, etc.,

    Gell. 7, 14, 8.—
    2.
    Transf. to the commission itself (ante- and post-class.):

    quae verba legaverint Rhodii ad hostium ducem,

    what they told him through their deputies, Gell. 15, 31 in lemm. —
    b.
    Beyond the official sphere:

    quin potius, quod legatum est tibi negotium, Id curas?

    committed, intrusted, Plaut. Cas. 1, 12.—
    B.
    To appoint or choose as deputy (as the official assistant, lieutenant, of a general or governor):

    eum (Messium) Caesari legarat Appius,

    Cic. Att. 4, 15, 9:

    ego me a Pompeio legari ita sum passus, ut, etc.,

    id. ib. 4, 2, 6:

    istum legatum iri non arbitror,

    id. ib. 10, 1, 4:

    ne legaretur Gabinius Pompeio expetenti,

    id. de Imp. Pomp. 19, 57:

    Dolabella me sibi legavit,

    chose me for his lieutenant, id. Att. 15, 11, 4:

    Calpurnius parato exercitu legat sibi homines nobiles, etc.,

    Sall. J. 28.—
    II.
    A jurid. t. t.: aliquid, to appoint by a last will or testament, to leave or bequeath as a legacy (class.):

    Numitori, qui stirpis maximus erat, regnum vetustum Silviae gentis legat,

    Liv. 1, 3: legavit quidam uxori mundum omne penumque, Lucil. ap. Gell. 4, 1, 3:

    usumfructum omnium bonorum Caesenniae legat,

    Cic. Caecin. 4, 11:

    Fabiae pecunia legata est a viro,

    id. Top. 3, 14:

    cui argentum omne legatum est,

    Quint. 5, 10, 62:

    in argento legato,

    id. 7, 2, 11.—
    B.
    Aliquid alicui ab aliquo, to leave one a legacy to be paid by the principal heir:

    uxori testamento legat grandem pecuniam a filio, si qui natus esset: ab secundo herede nihil legat,

    Cic. Clu. 12, 33:

    si paterfamilias uxori ancillarum usum fructum legavit a filio, neque a secundo herede legavit,

    id. Top. 4, 21; Quint. 7, 9, 5.—Hence,
    1.
    lēgātus, i, m.
    A.
    (Acc. to lego, I. A.) An ambassador, legate, Cic. Vatin. 15, 35:

    legatos mittere,

    id. de Imp. Pomp. 12, 35:

    ad senatum legatos de aliqua re mittere,

    id. de Or. 2, 37, 155; cf.:

    missi magnis de rebus uterque Legati,

    Hor. S. 1, 5, 29:

    legatos mittere ad indicendum bellum,

    Liv. 31, 8; Ov. M. 14, 527.—
    B.
    (Acc. to lego, I. B.).
    a.
    An official assistant given to a general or the governor of a province, a deputy, lieutenant, lieutenant-general:

    quos legatos tute tibi legasti?

    Cic. Pis. 14, 33:

    qui M. Aemilio legati fuerunt,

    id. Clu. 36, 99:

    Quintus frater meus legatus est Caesaris,

    id. Fam. 1, 9, 21; id. Off. 3, 20, 79; cf.:

    Murena summo imperatori legatus L. Lucullo fuit, qua in legatione duxit exercitum, etc.,

    id. Mur. 9, 20; 14, 32:

    neque se ei legatum defuturum,

    id. Phil. 11, 7, 17; Val. Max. 5, 5, 1:

    hiberna cum legato praefectoque tradidisses,

    Cic. Pis. 35, 86:

    (Calvisius) duos legatos Uticae reliquerat,

    id. Phil. 3, 10 fin.:

    quaestorius,

    id. Verr. 2, 1, 21, § 56; Caes. B. G. 2, 5 fin.:

    L. Caesar, cujus pater Caesaris erat legatus,

    id. B. C. 1, 8, 2:

    magnitudo et splendor legati,

    Liv. 38, 58, 9:

    in magna legatum quaere popina,

    Juv. 8, 172.—
    b.
    Under the emperors, a governor sent to a province by the emperor, Tac. A. 12, 40; id. Agr. 33; Suet. Vesp. 4; Spart. Hadr. 3 et saep.; cf. legatio, I. B. 2., and Orell. ad Tac. Agr. 9.—
    (β).
    Legati legionum, commanders, Suet. Tib. 19; id. Vesp. 4; cf.:

    Caesar singulis legionibus singulos legatos et quaestorem praefecit,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 52; Tac. A. 2, 36; id. H. 1, 7.—Also called;

    legatus praetorius,

    Tac. Agr. 7.—
    2.
    lēgātum, i, n. (acc. to lego, II.), a bequest, legacy:

    legatum est delibatio hereditatis, qua testator ex eo, quod universum heredis foret, alicui quid collatum velit,

    Dig. 30, 116:

    Hortensii legata cognovi,

    Cic. Att. 7, 3, 9:

    reliqua legata varie dedit,

    Suet. Aug. 101; id. Tib. 48:

    legatum peto ex testamento,

    Quint. 4, 2, 6:

    jus capiendi legata alicui adimere,

    Suet. Dom. 8:

    cymbala pulsantis legatum amici,

    Juv. 9, 62:

    legatorum genera sunt quattuor,

    Gai. Inst. 2, 192; cf. sqq.
    2.
    lĕgo, lēgi, lectum ( gen. plur. part. legentum, Ov. Tr. 1. 7, 25), 3, v. a. [Gr. legô, logos, logas, etc.; Lat. legumen, di-leg-ens, neg-leg-o, etc.; cf. Germ. lesen], to bring together, to gather, collect.
    I.
    Lit.
    A.
    In gen.:

    oleam,

    Cato, R. R. 144:

    nuces,

    Cic. de Or. 2, 66, 265:

    herbas collibus,

    Ov. M. 14, 347: flores et humi nascentia fraga, [p. 1048] Verg. E. 3, 92; cf.:

    roscida mala,

    id. ib. 8, 38:

    flores in calathos,

    Ov. F. 5, 218:

    spolia caesorum,

    Liv. 5, 39:

    quos (montanos asparagos),

    Juv. 11, 69.—Of the dead who have been burned:

    ossa,

    Ov. H. 10, 150:

    homini mortuo ossa,

    Cic. Leg. 2, 24, 60: ossa filii, Sen. de Ira, 2, 33, 6; cf. Quint. 8, 5, 21; Lact. de Mort. Persec. 21, 11:

    reliquias legerunt primores equestris ordinis,

    Suet. Aug. 100. —
    B.
    Esp.
    1.
    To take out, pick out, extract, remove:

    quibusdam et radi ossa et legi... quae sine totius pernicie corporis haerere non poterant,

    Sen. Prov. 1, 3, 2:

    ossa vivis,

    id. ad Marc. 22, 3:

    ossa in capite lecta,

    id. Ben. 5, 24, 3:

    ossa e vulneribus,

    Quint. 6, 1, 30.—
    2.
    To pluck, strip, gather fruit from (a tree, etc.):

    oleam qui legerit,

    Cato, R. R. 144, 1:

    ficus non erat apta legi,

    Ov. F. 2, 254.—
    3.
    Poet.: legere fila, to wind up:

    extrema Lauso Parcae fila legunt,

    i. e. spin the last thread of life, Verg. A. 10, 815; cf.:

    quae dedit ingrato fila legenda viro,

    Ov. F. 3, 462:

    stamen,

    Prop. 4 (5), 4, 40 (42).—
    4.
    Naut. t. t.: vela legere, to draw together, furl:

    omnis navita ponto umida vela legit,

    Verg. G. 1, 373:

    vela legunt socii,

    id. A. 3, 532:

    ipse dabit tenera vela, legetque manu,

    Ov. H. 15, 215; Val. Fl. 2, 13:

    prora funem legit Argus ab alta,

    draws in, takes in, id. 1, 312:

    ancoras classis legit,

    is weighing anchor, Sen. Troad. 759.—
    5.
    To take to one's self unjustly, to carry off, steal, purloin, plunder, abstract (not in Cic.): omnia viscatis manibus leget, omnia sumet: crede mihi, auferet omnia, Lucil. ap. Non. 332 and 396, 4:

    majus esse maleficium stuprare ingenuam quam sacrum legere,

    Auct. Her. 2, 30 fin.:

    sacra divum,

    Hor. S. 1, 3, 117:

    soceros legere et gremiis abducere pactas,

    Verg. A. 10, 79 Serv. ad loc. (but Forbig. renders legere here as = eligere, sumere; cf. 8. infra).—
    6.
    Of places, to go, pass, or wander through ( poet.):

    nec me studiosius altera saltus Legit,

    Ov. M. 5, 579:

    pars cetera pontum Pone legit,

    sails through, Verg. A. 2, 207:

    vada dura lego,

    id. ib. 3, 706:

    freta,

    id. ib. 3, 127:

    aequora Afra,

    Ov. F. 4, 289:

    Ioniumque rapax Icariumque legit,

    id. ib. 4, 566: vestigia alicujus, to follow one's footsteps, to track or pursue him:

    subsequitur pressoque legit vestigia gressu,

    id. M. 3, 17; cf.:

    et vestigia retro Observata legit,

    Verg. A. 9, 392:

    tortos orbes,

    to wander through, id. ib. 12, 481.—
    7.
    To pass or sail by, to skirt, to coast along a shore, land, or place (mostly poet.):

    Inarimen Prochytenque legit,

    Ov. M. 14, 89; 15, 705; 709: primi litoris oram, coast along, i. e. not enter into details, Verg. G. 2, 44; id. E. 8, 7:

    navibus oram Italiae,

    Liv. 21, 51 fin.:

    oram Campaniae,

    Suet. Tib. 11; cf.

    terram,

    id. Aug. 16. —
    8.
    Pregn., to choose from a number, to pick out, single out, select, elect (class.):

    alia esse oportet forma quem tu pugno legeris,

    pick out to fight with, Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 160:

    judices,

    Cic. Phil. 5, 6, 16:

    omnia, quae leget quaeque reiciet,

    id. Fin. 4, 15, 40:

    scribam,

    to elect, appoint, id. Clu. 45, 126:

    condiciones nubendi,

    id. Cael. 15:

    cives in patres,

    Liv. 23, 22:

    viros ad bella,

    Ov. M. 7, 669:

    geminasque legit de classe biremes,

    Verg. A. 8, 79: legit virum vir, each one singles out his man (of the combatants in a battle), id. ib. 11, 632:

    senatum ad modum pristinum redegit duabus lectionibus: prima ipsorum arbitratu, quo vir virum legit,

    Suet. Aug. 35; Tac. H. 1, 18: neque ejus legendam filiam (sc. virginem Vestalem) qui domicilium in Italia non haberet, At. Cap. ap. Gell. 1, 12, 8.—
    * (β).
    With inf.:

    fidissima custos Lecta sacrum justae veneri occultare pudorem,

    Stat. Th. 1, 530.
    II.
    Trop.
    * A.
    To catch up, i. e. overhear a conversation:

    nunc huc concedam, ut horum sermonem legam,

    Plaut. Ps. 1, 4, 21 (cf. sublegere, id. Mil. 4, 2. 98).—
    B.
    To catch with the eye, to view, observe, behold, survey, see.
    * 1.
    In gen.:

    tumulum capit, unde omnes longo ordine posset Adversos legere,

    Verg. A. 6, 755 Heyne ad loc.; and cf. Verg. A. 6, 34.—
    2.
    In partic., to read or peruse a writing:

    ut eos libros per te ipse legeres,

    Cic. Top. 1:

    defensionem causae,

    id. Verr. 2, 5, 43, § 112:

    legi apud Clitomachum, A. Albium jocantem dixisse, etc.,

    id. Ac. 2, 45, 137:

    aliquid studiose intenteque,

    Plin. Ep. 9, 13, 1:

    significas legisse te in quadam epistula mea, jussisse Verginium, etc.,

    id. ib. 9, 19, 1: philosophorum consultorumque opiniones, Quint. 12, 11, 17:

    liber tuus et lectus est et legitur a me diligenter,

    Cic. Fam. 6, 5, 1:

    orationem,

    Quint. 1, 1, 6:

    aiunt multum legendum esse non multa,

    Plin. Ep. 7, 9, 15.—With a pers. obj.:

    antiquos et novos,

    Quint. 2, 5, 23:

    antiquos studiosius,

    id. 3, 6, 62:

    poëtas,

    id. 1, 4, 4. —In pass.:

    Horatius fere solus legi dignus,

    Quint. 10, 1, 96:

    si cum judicio legatur Cassius Severus,

    id. 10, 1, 116:

    dumque legar, mecum pariter tua fama legetur,

    Ov. Tr. 5, 14, 5:

    sepulcra legens,

    when reading epitaphs, Cic. de Sen. 7, 21:

    legentium plerisque,

    Liv. 1 praef. §

    4: opus nescio an minimae legentibus futurum voluptati,

    to my readers, Quint. 3, 1, 2; cf. id. 9, 4, 2; 2, 5, 3:

    nec Cynicos nec Stoica dogmata,

    Juv. 13, 121.— Absol.:

    legendi usus,

    Lact. 3, 25, 9:

    memoriam continuus legendi usus instruit,

    Macr. S. 1, 5, 1.—
    b.
    In partic.
    (α).
    To read out, read aloud, recite (esp. freq. in post-Aug. authors):

    convocatis auditoribus volumen legere, etc.,

    Cic. Brut. 51, 191: codicem pro contione, id. Fragm. ap. Quint. 4, 4, 8:

    audio me male legere, dumtaxat versus, orationes enim commodius,

    Plin. Ep. 9, 34:

    obturem impune legentibus aures,

    Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 105:

    quem vero arripuit tenet occiditque legendo,

    with recitation, id. A. P. 475:

    quis dabit historico quantum daret acta legenti,

    to read him the news, Juv. 7, 104.—
    (β).
    To find in an author or a writing:

    ut scriptum legimus,

    Cic. Deiot. 7, 19:

    legi etiam scriptum, esse avem quandam, etc.,

    id. N. D. 2. 49 init.:

    ego vero haec scripta legi,

    id. Planc. 39, 94:

    praeterea scriptum legimus, Gallos in venatibus tinguere sagittas,

    Gell. 17, 15, 7. relatum legere, Nep. praef. 1.— Pass.:

    in aliis codicibus non peccato sed peccatis legitur,

    Aug. Cont. Jul. Rel. 1, 22; id. Don. Persev. 6 init. al.—
    C.
    A publicist's t. t.: legere senatum, to read over or call off the names of senators (which was done by the censors;

    v. lectio, II. A. 2.): censores fideli concordia senatum legerunt,

    Liv. 40, 51; 9, 29; 9, 30; 9, 46; 43, 15 al.—Hence, lĕgens, entis, Part. as subst. m., a reader ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose for lector), Ov. Tr. 1, 7, 25.— Plur., Liv. praef. 4; Quint. 3, 1, 2; Plin. 8, 16, 17, § 44; Tac. A. 4, 33.—Also, lectus, a, um, P. a., chosen, picked out, selected; choice, excellent (class.): argenti lectae numeratae minae, good, i. e. of full weight, Plaut. Ps. 4, 7, 50; so,

    argentum,

    Ter. Phorm. 1, 2, 3:

    ut neque vir melior neque lectior femina in terris sit,

    Cic. Inv. 1, 31, 52:

    lectissimi viri atque ornatissimi,

    id. Verr. 2, 1, 6, § 15; cf. id. Div. in Caecil. 9, 29:

    uxor lectissima,

    id. Inv. 1, 31, 52:

    (verbis) lectis atque illustribus uti,

    id. de Or. 3, 37, 150:

    nihil est aliud... pulcre et oratorie dicere nisi optimis sententiis verbisque lectissimis dicere,

    id. Or. 68, 227:

    juvenum lectissime,

    Stat. S. 5, 1, 247; cf.:

    viginti lectis equitum comitatus,

    Verg. A. 9, 48.—Hence, adv.: lectē, choicely, selectly (very rare):

    ab lego lecte ac lectissime,

    Varr. L. L. 6, § 36 Müll.— Comp.:

    lectius,

    Varr. R. R. 1, 54, 2 (al. lecta).

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > legens

  • 13 lego

    1.
    lēgo, āvi, ātum (archaic perf. legassit for legaverit, Fragm. XII. Tab. ap. Cic. Inv. 2, 50, 148), 1, v. a. [lex; and therefore qs. lege creare], a publicist's and jurid. t. t.
    I.
    A publicist's t. t.
    A.
    To send with a commission or charge, to send on an embassy, send as ambassador; to depute, despatch:

    ne hoc quidem senatui relinquebas, ut legati ex ejus ordinis auctoritate legarentur,

    Cic. Vatin. 15, 35:

    hominem honestum ac nobilem legarunt ad Apronium,

    id. Verr. 2, 3, 48, § 114: eos privatae rei causa legari, id. Fam. 3, 8, 4:

    juste pieque legatus venio,

    Liv. 1, 32:

    tres adulescentes in Africam legantur, qui reges adeant, etc.,

    Sall. J. 21, 4:

    quos Athenienses Romam ad senatum legaverant impetratum, etc.,

    Gell. 7, 14, 8.—
    2.
    Transf. to the commission itself (ante- and post-class.):

    quae verba legaverint Rhodii ad hostium ducem,

    what they told him through their deputies, Gell. 15, 31 in lemm. —
    b.
    Beyond the official sphere:

    quin potius, quod legatum est tibi negotium, Id curas?

    committed, intrusted, Plaut. Cas. 1, 12.—
    B.
    To appoint or choose as deputy (as the official assistant, lieutenant, of a general or governor):

    eum (Messium) Caesari legarat Appius,

    Cic. Att. 4, 15, 9:

    ego me a Pompeio legari ita sum passus, ut, etc.,

    id. ib. 4, 2, 6:

    istum legatum iri non arbitror,

    id. ib. 10, 1, 4:

    ne legaretur Gabinius Pompeio expetenti,

    id. de Imp. Pomp. 19, 57:

    Dolabella me sibi legavit,

    chose me for his lieutenant, id. Att. 15, 11, 4:

    Calpurnius parato exercitu legat sibi homines nobiles, etc.,

    Sall. J. 28.—
    II.
    A jurid. t. t.: aliquid, to appoint by a last will or testament, to leave or bequeath as a legacy (class.):

    Numitori, qui stirpis maximus erat, regnum vetustum Silviae gentis legat,

    Liv. 1, 3: legavit quidam uxori mundum omne penumque, Lucil. ap. Gell. 4, 1, 3:

    usumfructum omnium bonorum Caesenniae legat,

    Cic. Caecin. 4, 11:

    Fabiae pecunia legata est a viro,

    id. Top. 3, 14:

    cui argentum omne legatum est,

    Quint. 5, 10, 62:

    in argento legato,

    id. 7, 2, 11.—
    B.
    Aliquid alicui ab aliquo, to leave one a legacy to be paid by the principal heir:

    uxori testamento legat grandem pecuniam a filio, si qui natus esset: ab secundo herede nihil legat,

    Cic. Clu. 12, 33:

    si paterfamilias uxori ancillarum usum fructum legavit a filio, neque a secundo herede legavit,

    id. Top. 4, 21; Quint. 7, 9, 5.—Hence,
    1.
    lēgātus, i, m.
    A.
    (Acc. to lego, I. A.) An ambassador, legate, Cic. Vatin. 15, 35:

    legatos mittere,

    id. de Imp. Pomp. 12, 35:

    ad senatum legatos de aliqua re mittere,

    id. de Or. 2, 37, 155; cf.:

    missi magnis de rebus uterque Legati,

    Hor. S. 1, 5, 29:

    legatos mittere ad indicendum bellum,

    Liv. 31, 8; Ov. M. 14, 527.—
    B.
    (Acc. to lego, I. B.).
    a.
    An official assistant given to a general or the governor of a province, a deputy, lieutenant, lieutenant-general:

    quos legatos tute tibi legasti?

    Cic. Pis. 14, 33:

    qui M. Aemilio legati fuerunt,

    id. Clu. 36, 99:

    Quintus frater meus legatus est Caesaris,

    id. Fam. 1, 9, 21; id. Off. 3, 20, 79; cf.:

    Murena summo imperatori legatus L. Lucullo fuit, qua in legatione duxit exercitum, etc.,

    id. Mur. 9, 20; 14, 32:

    neque se ei legatum defuturum,

    id. Phil. 11, 7, 17; Val. Max. 5, 5, 1:

    hiberna cum legato praefectoque tradidisses,

    Cic. Pis. 35, 86:

    (Calvisius) duos legatos Uticae reliquerat,

    id. Phil. 3, 10 fin.:

    quaestorius,

    id. Verr. 2, 1, 21, § 56; Caes. B. G. 2, 5 fin.:

    L. Caesar, cujus pater Caesaris erat legatus,

    id. B. C. 1, 8, 2:

    magnitudo et splendor legati,

    Liv. 38, 58, 9:

    in magna legatum quaere popina,

    Juv. 8, 172.—
    b.
    Under the emperors, a governor sent to a province by the emperor, Tac. A. 12, 40; id. Agr. 33; Suet. Vesp. 4; Spart. Hadr. 3 et saep.; cf. legatio, I. B. 2., and Orell. ad Tac. Agr. 9.—
    (β).
    Legati legionum, commanders, Suet. Tib. 19; id. Vesp. 4; cf.:

    Caesar singulis legionibus singulos legatos et quaestorem praefecit,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 52; Tac. A. 2, 36; id. H. 1, 7.—Also called;

    legatus praetorius,

    Tac. Agr. 7.—
    2.
    lēgātum, i, n. (acc. to lego, II.), a bequest, legacy:

    legatum est delibatio hereditatis, qua testator ex eo, quod universum heredis foret, alicui quid collatum velit,

    Dig. 30, 116:

    Hortensii legata cognovi,

    Cic. Att. 7, 3, 9:

    reliqua legata varie dedit,

    Suet. Aug. 101; id. Tib. 48:

    legatum peto ex testamento,

    Quint. 4, 2, 6:

    jus capiendi legata alicui adimere,

    Suet. Dom. 8:

    cymbala pulsantis legatum amici,

    Juv. 9, 62:

    legatorum genera sunt quattuor,

    Gai. Inst. 2, 192; cf. sqq.
    2.
    lĕgo, lēgi, lectum ( gen. plur. part. legentum, Ov. Tr. 1. 7, 25), 3, v. a. [Gr. legô, logos, logas, etc.; Lat. legumen, di-leg-ens, neg-leg-o, etc.; cf. Germ. lesen], to bring together, to gather, collect.
    I.
    Lit.
    A.
    In gen.:

    oleam,

    Cato, R. R. 144:

    nuces,

    Cic. de Or. 2, 66, 265:

    herbas collibus,

    Ov. M. 14, 347: flores et humi nascentia fraga, [p. 1048] Verg. E. 3, 92; cf.:

    roscida mala,

    id. ib. 8, 38:

    flores in calathos,

    Ov. F. 5, 218:

    spolia caesorum,

    Liv. 5, 39:

    quos (montanos asparagos),

    Juv. 11, 69.—Of the dead who have been burned:

    ossa,

    Ov. H. 10, 150:

    homini mortuo ossa,

    Cic. Leg. 2, 24, 60: ossa filii, Sen. de Ira, 2, 33, 6; cf. Quint. 8, 5, 21; Lact. de Mort. Persec. 21, 11:

    reliquias legerunt primores equestris ordinis,

    Suet. Aug. 100. —
    B.
    Esp.
    1.
    To take out, pick out, extract, remove:

    quibusdam et radi ossa et legi... quae sine totius pernicie corporis haerere non poterant,

    Sen. Prov. 1, 3, 2:

    ossa vivis,

    id. ad Marc. 22, 3:

    ossa in capite lecta,

    id. Ben. 5, 24, 3:

    ossa e vulneribus,

    Quint. 6, 1, 30.—
    2.
    To pluck, strip, gather fruit from (a tree, etc.):

    oleam qui legerit,

    Cato, R. R. 144, 1:

    ficus non erat apta legi,

    Ov. F. 2, 254.—
    3.
    Poet.: legere fila, to wind up:

    extrema Lauso Parcae fila legunt,

    i. e. spin the last thread of life, Verg. A. 10, 815; cf.:

    quae dedit ingrato fila legenda viro,

    Ov. F. 3, 462:

    stamen,

    Prop. 4 (5), 4, 40 (42).—
    4.
    Naut. t. t.: vela legere, to draw together, furl:

    omnis navita ponto umida vela legit,

    Verg. G. 1, 373:

    vela legunt socii,

    id. A. 3, 532:

    ipse dabit tenera vela, legetque manu,

    Ov. H. 15, 215; Val. Fl. 2, 13:

    prora funem legit Argus ab alta,

    draws in, takes in, id. 1, 312:

    ancoras classis legit,

    is weighing anchor, Sen. Troad. 759.—
    5.
    To take to one's self unjustly, to carry off, steal, purloin, plunder, abstract (not in Cic.): omnia viscatis manibus leget, omnia sumet: crede mihi, auferet omnia, Lucil. ap. Non. 332 and 396, 4:

    majus esse maleficium stuprare ingenuam quam sacrum legere,

    Auct. Her. 2, 30 fin.:

    sacra divum,

    Hor. S. 1, 3, 117:

    soceros legere et gremiis abducere pactas,

    Verg. A. 10, 79 Serv. ad loc. (but Forbig. renders legere here as = eligere, sumere; cf. 8. infra).—
    6.
    Of places, to go, pass, or wander through ( poet.):

    nec me studiosius altera saltus Legit,

    Ov. M. 5, 579:

    pars cetera pontum Pone legit,

    sails through, Verg. A. 2, 207:

    vada dura lego,

    id. ib. 3, 706:

    freta,

    id. ib. 3, 127:

    aequora Afra,

    Ov. F. 4, 289:

    Ioniumque rapax Icariumque legit,

    id. ib. 4, 566: vestigia alicujus, to follow one's footsteps, to track or pursue him:

    subsequitur pressoque legit vestigia gressu,

    id. M. 3, 17; cf.:

    et vestigia retro Observata legit,

    Verg. A. 9, 392:

    tortos orbes,

    to wander through, id. ib. 12, 481.—
    7.
    To pass or sail by, to skirt, to coast along a shore, land, or place (mostly poet.):

    Inarimen Prochytenque legit,

    Ov. M. 14, 89; 15, 705; 709: primi litoris oram, coast along, i. e. not enter into details, Verg. G. 2, 44; id. E. 8, 7:

    navibus oram Italiae,

    Liv. 21, 51 fin.:

    oram Campaniae,

    Suet. Tib. 11; cf.

    terram,

    id. Aug. 16. —
    8.
    Pregn., to choose from a number, to pick out, single out, select, elect (class.):

    alia esse oportet forma quem tu pugno legeris,

    pick out to fight with, Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 160:

    judices,

    Cic. Phil. 5, 6, 16:

    omnia, quae leget quaeque reiciet,

    id. Fin. 4, 15, 40:

    scribam,

    to elect, appoint, id. Clu. 45, 126:

    condiciones nubendi,

    id. Cael. 15:

    cives in patres,

    Liv. 23, 22:

    viros ad bella,

    Ov. M. 7, 669:

    geminasque legit de classe biremes,

    Verg. A. 8, 79: legit virum vir, each one singles out his man (of the combatants in a battle), id. ib. 11, 632:

    senatum ad modum pristinum redegit duabus lectionibus: prima ipsorum arbitratu, quo vir virum legit,

    Suet. Aug. 35; Tac. H. 1, 18: neque ejus legendam filiam (sc. virginem Vestalem) qui domicilium in Italia non haberet, At. Cap. ap. Gell. 1, 12, 8.—
    * (β).
    With inf.:

    fidissima custos Lecta sacrum justae veneri occultare pudorem,

    Stat. Th. 1, 530.
    II.
    Trop.
    * A.
    To catch up, i. e. overhear a conversation:

    nunc huc concedam, ut horum sermonem legam,

    Plaut. Ps. 1, 4, 21 (cf. sublegere, id. Mil. 4, 2. 98).—
    B.
    To catch with the eye, to view, observe, behold, survey, see.
    * 1.
    In gen.:

    tumulum capit, unde omnes longo ordine posset Adversos legere,

    Verg. A. 6, 755 Heyne ad loc.; and cf. Verg. A. 6, 34.—
    2.
    In partic., to read or peruse a writing:

    ut eos libros per te ipse legeres,

    Cic. Top. 1:

    defensionem causae,

    id. Verr. 2, 5, 43, § 112:

    legi apud Clitomachum, A. Albium jocantem dixisse, etc.,

    id. Ac. 2, 45, 137:

    aliquid studiose intenteque,

    Plin. Ep. 9, 13, 1:

    significas legisse te in quadam epistula mea, jussisse Verginium, etc.,

    id. ib. 9, 19, 1: philosophorum consultorumque opiniones, Quint. 12, 11, 17:

    liber tuus et lectus est et legitur a me diligenter,

    Cic. Fam. 6, 5, 1:

    orationem,

    Quint. 1, 1, 6:

    aiunt multum legendum esse non multa,

    Plin. Ep. 7, 9, 15.—With a pers. obj.:

    antiquos et novos,

    Quint. 2, 5, 23:

    antiquos studiosius,

    id. 3, 6, 62:

    poëtas,

    id. 1, 4, 4. —In pass.:

    Horatius fere solus legi dignus,

    Quint. 10, 1, 96:

    si cum judicio legatur Cassius Severus,

    id. 10, 1, 116:

    dumque legar, mecum pariter tua fama legetur,

    Ov. Tr. 5, 14, 5:

    sepulcra legens,

    when reading epitaphs, Cic. de Sen. 7, 21:

    legentium plerisque,

    Liv. 1 praef. §

    4: opus nescio an minimae legentibus futurum voluptati,

    to my readers, Quint. 3, 1, 2; cf. id. 9, 4, 2; 2, 5, 3:

    nec Cynicos nec Stoica dogmata,

    Juv. 13, 121.— Absol.:

    legendi usus,

    Lact. 3, 25, 9:

    memoriam continuus legendi usus instruit,

    Macr. S. 1, 5, 1.—
    b.
    In partic.
    (α).
    To read out, read aloud, recite (esp. freq. in post-Aug. authors):

    convocatis auditoribus volumen legere, etc.,

    Cic. Brut. 51, 191: codicem pro contione, id. Fragm. ap. Quint. 4, 4, 8:

    audio me male legere, dumtaxat versus, orationes enim commodius,

    Plin. Ep. 9, 34:

    obturem impune legentibus aures,

    Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 105:

    quem vero arripuit tenet occiditque legendo,

    with recitation, id. A. P. 475:

    quis dabit historico quantum daret acta legenti,

    to read him the news, Juv. 7, 104.—
    (β).
    To find in an author or a writing:

    ut scriptum legimus,

    Cic. Deiot. 7, 19:

    legi etiam scriptum, esse avem quandam, etc.,

    id. N. D. 2. 49 init.:

    ego vero haec scripta legi,

    id. Planc. 39, 94:

    praeterea scriptum legimus, Gallos in venatibus tinguere sagittas,

    Gell. 17, 15, 7. relatum legere, Nep. praef. 1.— Pass.:

    in aliis codicibus non peccato sed peccatis legitur,

    Aug. Cont. Jul. Rel. 1, 22; id. Don. Persev. 6 init. al.—
    C.
    A publicist's t. t.: legere senatum, to read over or call off the names of senators (which was done by the censors;

    v. lectio, II. A. 2.): censores fideli concordia senatum legerunt,

    Liv. 40, 51; 9, 29; 9, 30; 9, 46; 43, 15 al.—Hence, lĕgens, entis, Part. as subst. m., a reader ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose for lector), Ov. Tr. 1, 7, 25.— Plur., Liv. praef. 4; Quint. 3, 1, 2; Plin. 8, 16, 17, § 44; Tac. A. 4, 33.—Also, lectus, a, um, P. a., chosen, picked out, selected; choice, excellent (class.): argenti lectae numeratae minae, good, i. e. of full weight, Plaut. Ps. 4, 7, 50; so,

    argentum,

    Ter. Phorm. 1, 2, 3:

    ut neque vir melior neque lectior femina in terris sit,

    Cic. Inv. 1, 31, 52:

    lectissimi viri atque ornatissimi,

    id. Verr. 2, 1, 6, § 15; cf. id. Div. in Caecil. 9, 29:

    uxor lectissima,

    id. Inv. 1, 31, 52:

    (verbis) lectis atque illustribus uti,

    id. de Or. 3, 37, 150:

    nihil est aliud... pulcre et oratorie dicere nisi optimis sententiis verbisque lectissimis dicere,

    id. Or. 68, 227:

    juvenum lectissime,

    Stat. S. 5, 1, 247; cf.:

    viginti lectis equitum comitatus,

    Verg. A. 9, 48.—Hence, adv.: lectē, choicely, selectly (very rare):

    ab lego lecte ac lectissime,

    Varr. L. L. 6, § 36 Müll.— Comp.:

    lectius,

    Varr. R. R. 1, 54, 2 (al. lecta).

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > lego

  • 14 spiro

    spīro, āvi, ātum, 1, v. n. and a. [etym. dub.].
    I.
    Neutr., to breathe, blow, etc. (cf. flo).
    A.
    Lit.
    1.
    In gen. (only poet. and in postAug. prose):

    freta circum Fervescunt graviter spirantibus incita flabris,

    Lucr. 6, 428; Ov. M. 7, 532:

    obturatis, quā spiraturus est ventus, cavernis,

    Plin. 8, 38, 58, § 138:

    emicat ex oculis, spiratque e pectore flamma,

    breathes forth, bursts forth, Ov. M. 8, 356:

    aequatae spirant aurae,

    Verg. A. 5, 844:

    graviter spirantis copia thymbrae,

    strongscented, Verg. G. 4, 31; cf.:

    semper odoratis spirabunt floribus arae,

    Stat. S. 3, 3, 211:

    seu spirent cinnama surdum,

    emit a slight fragrance, Pers. 6, 35:

    quā vada non spirant, nec fracta remurmurat unda,

    roar, rage, Verg. A. 10, 291; cf.:

    fervet fretis spirantibus aequor,

    boiling up, foaming, id. G. 1, 327.—
    2.
    In partic., to breathe, draw breath, respire (the class. signif. of the word; cf.

    anhelo): cum spirantes mixtas hinc ducimus auras,

    Lucr. 6, 1129:

    quae deseri a me, dum quidem spirare potero, nefas judico,

    Cic. N. D. 3, 40, 94:

    ne spirare quidem sine metu possunt,

    id. Rosc. Am. 23, 65; id. Q. Fr. 1, 3, 1:

    vehementer et crebro spirare,

    Cels. 2, 4:

    querulum spirat,

    breathes plaintively, Mart. 2, 26, 1.—
    b.
    Transf.
    (α).
    Like the Engl. to breathe, = to live, be alive (usu. in the part. pres.):

    sunt qui ab eo (Clodio) spirante forum putent potuisse defendi, cujus non restiterit cadaveri curia (corresp. to vivus),

    Cic. Mil. 33, 91:

    ut in vivi etiam et spirantis capite bustum imponeret,

    id. Dom. 52, 134; cf.:

    margarita viva ac spirantia saxis avelli,

    Tac. Agr. 12 fin.:

    Catilina inter hostium cadavera repertus est, paululum etiam spirans,

    Sall. C. 61, 4:

    spirantia consulit exta,

    still panting, Verg. A. 4, 64:

    artus,

    Luc. 3, 732:

    corpora,

    id. 1, 363:

    non sunt ausi admovere (corpori), velut spiranti, manus,

    Curt. 10, 10, 13; Sil. 2, 430; cf. in verb. finit.:

    spirant venae corque adhuc paviduin salit,

    Sen. Thyest. 756.—
    * (β).
    Of aspirated letters:

    quibus (litteris) nullae apud eos dulcius spirant,

    sound, Quint. 12, 10, 27.—
    B.
    Trop.
    1.
    (Acc. to I. A. 1.) To be favorable, to favor (the fig. taken from a favorable wind):

    quod si tam facilis spiraret Cynthia nobis,

    Prop. 2, 24 (3, 18), 5:

    di maris et terrae... spirate secundi,

    Verg. A. 3, 529.—
    2.
    (Acc. to I. A. 2.) To breathe, live, be alive:

    videtur Laelii mens spirare etiam in scriptis, Galbae autem vis occidisse,

    Cic. Brut. 24, 94; cf.:

    spirat adhuc amor Vivuntque calores Aeoliae puellae,

    Hor. C. 4, 9, 10.—Of life-like representations by painting, sculpture, etc.:

    excudent alii spirantia mollius aera,

    Verg. A. 6, 847:

    Parii lapidis spirantia signa,

    id. G. 3, 34:

    spirat et arguta picta tabella manu,

    Mart. 7, 84, 2; 11, 10, 7.—
    3.
    To be poetically inspired, to have the lyric spirit:

    quod spiro, et placeo, si placeo, tuum est,

    Hor. C. 4, 3, 24 (Orell. ad loc.).—
    4.
    Spirare alte, altius, to be puffed up, proud, or arrogant, Flor. 2, 2, 27:

    Eusebium alte spirantem addixere poenae,

    Amm. 22, 3, 12.—
    II.
    Act., to breathe out, exhale, emit (mostly poet. and post-Aug.; not in Cic.; syn. exhalo).
    A.
    Lit.:

    Diomedis equi spirantes naribus ignem,

    Lucr. 5, 29:

    flammam spirantes ore Chimaerae,

    id. 2, 705; so,

    flammas spirantes boves,

    Liv. 22, 17:

    flamina,

    Ov. F. 4, 18:

    Zephyros spirare secundos,

    Verg. A. 4, 562:

    tenuem animam,

    to breathe feebly, Val. Fl. 4, 436:

    ambrosiaeque comae divinum vertice odorem Spiravere,

    exhaled, Verg. A. 1, 404; Claud. Rapt. Pros. 2, 81.—
    B.
    Trop., to breathe forth, exhale:

    pinguia Poppaeana,

    Juv. 6, 466:

    mendacia,

    id. 7, 111:

    ut vidit vastos telluris hiatus Divinam spirare fidem (i. e. oracula),

    Luc. 5, 83.—
    2.
    To breathe into:

    ficto Corpori animam,

    Lact. 2, 11, 3.—
    3.
    Transf., like the Engl. to breathe, i. e. to be full of; to show, express, manifest; to design, intend a thing ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose): tantum spirantes aequo certamine bellum. [p. 1744] Lucr. 5, 392:

    mollem spirare quietem,

    Prop. 1, 3, 7:

    quae spirabat amores,

    Hor. C. 4, 13, 19:

    inquietum hominem et tribunatum etiam nunc spirantem,

    Liv. 3, 46:

    fratris facta spirans,

    imitating, Sil. 15, 411; cf.:

    fratrem spirat in armis,

    id. 3, 740:

    spirantes proelia dira effigies,

    id. 17, 398.— Often with neutr. adj. used adverb.:

    magnum,

    Prop. 2, 15 (3, 7), 53:

    majora,

    Curt. 6, 9, 11:

    immane,

    Verg. A. 7, 510:

    tragicum satis,

    Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 166; cf. id. C. 4, 3, 24:

    quiddam indomitum,

    Flor. 1, 22, 1:

    cruenta,

    Amm. 16, 1, 5.

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