glŏbus

cŏ-ĕo, īvi or ii (e. g. coierunt, Caes. B. G. 6, 22:

coiere,

Lucr. 6, 452; Prop. 3 (4), 24, 18; Ov. M. 4, 83 al.:

cŏĭisse,

Verg. A. 12, 709:

coisse,

Prop. 3 (4), 15, 8; Ov. F. 6, 94; Quint. 5, 9, 5; 5, 11, 35;

pedants preferred conire to coire,

Quint. 1, 6, 17; cf. id. 1, 5, 69, and Lachm. ad Lucr. p. 137), ĭtum, īre, v. a. and n.

To go or come together, to meet, assemble, collect together (so mostly poet. or in post-Aug. prose); constr. absol., with ad aliquem, ad or in locum, more rar. in loco:

matronae ad Veturiam Volumniamque frequentes coëunt,

Liv. 2, 40, 1:

in porticum,

Plin. Ep. 1, 5, 9:

ad solitum locum,

Ov. M. 4, 83:

ad aliquem,

Curt. 7, 2, 21: Pharsaliam, * Cat. 64, 37:

quo (sc. in sedilia theatri) populus coibat,

Hor. A. P. 207:

in regiam,

Curt. 6, 8, 17:

in quem (locum) coibatur,

Tac. A. 4, 69:

apud aram ejus dei in cujus templo coiretur,

Suet. Aug. 35:

cum rege in insulā,

Vell. 2, 101, 1:

in foro,

Just. 5, 7, 6:

milia crabronum coeunt,

Ov. F. 3, 753; id. H. 7, 123 Loers.:

coivere amicis animis,

Curt. 8, 12, 9; 10, 3, 6:

agmina coibant,

id. 10, 9, 15; Tac. A. 16, 5; id. H. 1, 27; 2, 52.—

Poet.:

vix memini nobis verba coisse decem,

i. e. have passed between us, Prop. 3 (4), 15, 8.—

Specif., to go or come together in a hostile manner, to encounter:

inter se coiisse viros et cernere ferro,

Verg. A. 12, 709; cf. id. G. 4, 73; Ov. M. 3, 236; Luc. 2, 225; Manil. 4, 83; Val. Fl. 5, 635; Stat. Th. 16, 408.—

Pregn., to form a whole by coming together, to be united into a whole, to unite, combine (the usu. class. signif.); constr. absol., with cum, or dat.

Lit.

Of living beings:

neque se conglobandi coëundique in unum datur spatium,

Liv. 6, 3, 6; so Verg. A. 9, 801; 10, 410:

ut vaga illa multitudo coiret in populos,

Quint. 2, 16, 9:

qui una coierunt,

Caes. B. G. 6, 22:

reliqui (milites) coëunt inter se,

assemble, id. B. C. 1, 75; so Liv. 7, 37, 15:

in formam justi exercitūs,

Vell. 2, 61, 2:

ut coëat par Jungaturque pari,

Hor. Ep. 1, 5, 25.—

Of the coition of the sexes (both of men and animals), to copulate, Lucr. 4, 1055; cf. Ov. M. 11, 744:

cum alienā uxore,

Quint. 7, 3, 10:

coisse eam cum viro,

id. 5, 9, 5:

dominum cum ancillā,

id. 5, 11, 35:

cum hospitibus stupro,

Curt. 5, 1, 37 al.:

privigno,

Ov. H. 4, 129:

simul binis,

Sen. Cons. ad Marc. 17, 5:

sic et aves coëunt,

Ov. M. 9, 733; 10, 324; id. A. A. 2, 615; Col. 6, 27, 3 sq.; Ov. F. 3, 193 al.; cf., of marriage, [p. 359]

b.. infra.—

Transf., of things: membra. Ov. M. 4, 377; cf. Quint. 11, 3, 96: ignes coire globum quasi in unum, roll together, as into a ball, etc., Lucr. 5, 665; cf. id. 2, 563:

sanguenque creari Sanguinis inter se multis coëuntibu' guttis,

out of many little drops running together, id. 1, 838; cf.:

ut coëat lac,

to curdle, Varr. R. R. 2, 11, 4; Col. 12, 20, 4:

bitumen spissatur et in densitatem coit,

thickens, Plin. 35, 15, 51, § 178; cf.:

gelidus coit formidine sanguis,

Verg. A. 3, 30:

semina,

Lucr. 3, 395; cf. id. 1, 770; 5, 190; 5, 425:

tum digiti coëunt,

Ov. M. 2, 670; Quint. 11, 3, 21:

ut cornua tota coirent Efficerentque orbem,

Ov. M. 7, 179; cf. Verg. A. 11, 860:

palpebrae dormientis non coëunt,

do not close, Cels. 2, 8:

labris coëuntibus,

Quint. 8, 3, 45 et saep.:

perfectum quiddam fieri, cum omnia coierunt, necesse est,

id. 11, 3, 9; 9, 1, 9; 2, 19, 2; cf. id. 1, 5, 67:

quae littera cum quāque optime coëat,

id. 9, 4, 91:

ut placidis coëant immitia,

Hor. A. P. 12.—Of wounds, to close:

arteria incisa neque coit neque sanescit,

Cels. 2, 10; cf.:

potest os coire et vulnus sanescere,

id. 8, 10; so Plin. 11, 39, 93, § 227; Prop. 3 (4), 24, 18; Ov. Tr. 4, 4, 41; 5, 2, 9; and poet.:

an male sarta Gratia nequicquam coit et rescinditur?

Hor. Ep. 1, 3, 32; Petr. 113, 8.—

Trop., to unite for some object, in feeling, will, conclusions, etc., to join together, assimilate, combine, agree, ally one ' s self:

Caesar cum eo coire per Arrium cogitat,

Cic. Att. 1, 17, 11:

cum hoc tu coire ausus es, ut... addiceres, etc.,

id. Red. in Sen. 7, 16; id. Dom. 18, 47:

principes, quitum unā coierunt, quantum visum est agri adtribuunt,

Caes. B. G. 6, 22: heri aliquot adulescentuli coimus in Piraeo (Piraeum ap. Cic. Att. 7, 3, 10), Ter. Eun. 3, 4, 1 (consensimus ac pepigimus, Don.):

duodecim adulescentuli coierunt ex his, qui exsilio erant multati, etc.,

conspired together, Nep. Pelop. 2, 3; cf.:

sed neque cum quoquam de eā re collocuturum neque coiturum: sic, ille consensionis globus hujus unius dissensione disjectus est,

id. Att. 8, 4:

patricii coiere et interregem creavere,

Liv. 4, 7, 7:

mos est regibus, quotiens in societatem coëant, implicare dextras, etc.,

Tac. A. 12, 47; hence poet.:

coëant in foedera dextrae,

Verg. A. 11, 292; Tac. H. 3, 12:

ad nullius non facinoris societatem coibant,

Suet. Aug. 32; and, like this, with changed construction.—

Esp. of the marriage contract ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose); cf.:

taedae quoque jure coissent,

Ov. M. 4, 60:

conubio,

Curt. 8, 1, 9:

nuptiis,

id. 9, 1, 26; Quint. 5, 11, 32:

matrimonio,

Dig. 24, 1, 27:

in matrimonium,

ib. 45, 1, 134; cf.:

hac gener atque socer coëant mercede suorum,

i. e. in the marriage of Æneas with Lavinia, Verg. A. 7, 317.—

Act.: coire societatem ( cum aliquo or absol.), to enter into an alliance, to make a compact, form a league (with some one;

several times in Cic.): utinam, Pompei, cum Caesare societatem aut numquam coisses aut numquam diremisses!

Cic. Phil. 2, 10, 24; Nep. Con. 2, 2:

societatem sceleris,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 34, 96:

de municipis fortunis,

id. ib. 31, 87; Dig. 17, 2, 65, § 10:

qui societatem in tempus coiit,

ib. 17, 2, 65, § 6.—

Pass.:

ad eam rem societas coitur,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 7, 20:

ad coëundam societatem,

id. Fam. 5, 19, 2; so Gell. 1, 9 fin.:

si unius rei societas coita sit,

Dig. 17, 2, 65 init.; cf. ib. 17, 2, 65, §§ 2, 9, 10, 15.

consensĭo, ōnis, f. [consentio], an agreeing together, agreement, unanimity, common accord (in good prose; most freq. in Cic.).

In gen.:

omnium gentium omni in re,

Cic. Tusc. 1, 13, 30:

firma omnium,

id. N. D. 1, 17, 44:

tanta Italiae,

id. Red. Quir. 8, 18:

nulla de illis magistratuum,

id. Red. in Sen. 15, 38:

singularis omnium bonorum in me tuendo,

id. Fam. 1, 9, 13:

universae Galliae consensio libertatis vindicandae,

Caes. B. G. 7, 76:

summa voluntatum, studiorum, sententiarum,

Cic. Lael. 4, 15.—

As a figure of speech, Quint. 9, 2, 51.—

Transf.:

naturae,

harmony, Cic. de Or. 3, 5, 20.—

In a bad sense, a plot, combination, conspiracy, Cic. Planc. 15, 37; id. Font. 7, 16 (3, 6):

scelerata,

id. Att. 10, 4, 1:

magna multorum,

Nep. Alcib. 3, 3.— In plur.:

nullaene consensiones factae esse dicuntur?

Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 4, § 9.—

In concreto, those who have banded together, conspirators:

globus consensionis,

Nep. Att. 8, 4.

cor (ŏ, e. g. Ov. Tr. 5, 8, 28; id. P. 1, 3, 32), cordis ( gen. plur. cordium, Vulg. Jer. 4, 4, and 1 Cor. 4, 5; acc. to Fragm. Bob. Nom. et Pron. p. 132, also cordum, but without example), n. [kindr. with Sanscr. hrid; Gr. kardia; Germ. Herz; Engl. heart], the heart (very freq. in all periods and species of composition).

Lit., the heart, as the chief source of the circulation of the blood, and so of life, Cels. 4, 1; cf. Plin. 11, 37, 69. §§

181 and 182: cor tineosum, opinor, habeo,

Plaut. Cas. 2, 6, 62:

num igitur censes, ullum animal, quod sanguinem habeat, sine corde esse posse?

Cic. Div. 1, 52, 119:

cordis globus aut oculi,

Lucr. 4, 119 et saep.— Also for the Greek kardia, the cardiac extremity of the stomach, Lucr. 6, 1150; Hor. S. 2, 3, 28; cf. id. ib. 2, 3, 161.—

Meton. (pars pro toto; cf. caput, II.), a person:

lecti juvenes, fortissima corda,

Verg. A. 5, 729:

aspera,

id. ib. 10, 87.—Of animals:

canum,

Lucr. 5, 864.—A term of endearment, Plaut. Poen. 1, 2, 154 (cf. corculum).—

Trop.

The heart, as the seat of feeling, emotion, etc., heart, soul, feeling ( poet.):

videas corde amare inter se,

from the heart, cordially, Plaut. Capt. 2, 3, 60:

aliquem amare corde atque animo suo,

id. Truc. 1, 2, 75:

facinus magnum timido cordi credere,

id. Ps. 2, 1, 3:

neque meo Cordi quomquam esse cariorem hoc Phaedriā,

Ter. Eun. 1, 2, 121:

corde tremit,

Hor. C. 1, 23, 8:

cura ex corde excessit,

Ter. Hec. 3, 2, 12:

cor meum spes laudis percussit,

Lucr. 1, 922:

spectantis tangere querelā,

Hor. A. P. 98:

nequeunt expleri corda tuendo Terribilis oculos,

Verg. A. 8, 265; cf. id. ib. 9, 55:

curis acuere mortalia corda,

id. G. 1, 123; 1, 330; id. A. 1, 302.—

Cordi est alicui, it lies at one's heart, it pleases, is pleasing, agreeable, or dear: quod tibi magnopere cordi est, mihi vehementer displicet, Lucil. ap. Non. p. 88, 32; 89, 1:

utut erga me est meritus, mihi cordi est tamen,

Plaut. Cist. 1, 1, 110; Ter. And. 2, 1, 28:

uterque utriquest cordi,

id. Phorm. 5, 3, 17:

idque eo mihi magis est cordi, quod, etc.,

Cic. Lael. 4, 15; id. Quint. 30, 93; id. Or. 16, 53; Liv. 1, 39, 4; 8, 7, 6; Hor. C. 1, 17, 14 al.; Cato ap. Macr. S. 3, 5 fin. —With inf.:

facere aliquid,

Plaut. Most. 1, 4, 10:

exstinguere vestigia urbis, etc.,

Liv. 28, 20, 7:

subigi nos,

id. 9, 1, 4 al. —

Cordi habere aliquid, to have at heart, to lay great stress upon, to value (post-class.), Gell. 2, 29, 20; 17, 19, 6; 18, 7, 3.—

Acc. to the ancients (cf. Cic. Tusc. 1, 9, 18) as the seat of wisdom, understanding, heart, mind, judgment, etc. (most freq. in ante-class. poets): quem (Hannibalem) esse meum cor Suasorem summum et studiosum robore belli, Enn. ap. Gell. 7, 2, 9 (Ann. 374 Vahl.):

Ego atque in meo corde, si est quod mihi cor, Eam rem volutavi,

Plaut. Most. 1, 2, 3 dub. (bracketed by Ritschl):

quantum ego nunc corde conspicio meo,

id. Ps. 3, 1, 3:

quicquam sapere corde,

id. Mil. 2, 3, 65; Ter. Phorm. 2, 2, 7; Lucr. 1, 737; 5, 1107:

nec enim sequitur, ut cui cor sapiat, ei non sapiat palatus,

Cic. Fin. 2, 8, 24 Madv.; cf. id. ib. 2, 28, 91:

stupor cordis,

id. Phil. 3, 6, 16: cor Zenodoti, Fur. Bib. ap. Suet. Gram. 11; cf.:

cor Enni,

Pers. 6, 10; cf., in a play on the meaning, I. A.: si pecudi cor defuisset, Caes. ap. Suet. Caes. 77 fin.

dēvexus, a, um, adj. [deveho], of places, inclining downwards, sloping, shelving, steep (class.—for syn. v. declivis).

Lit.:

lucus Vestae, qui a Palatii radice in novam viam devexus est,

Cic. Div. 1, 45; cf. Liv. 44, 35:

mundus in Austros,

Verg. G. 1, 241; and:

devexus in planum,

Plin. Pan. 7, 1, 1: ut de locis superioribus haec declivia et devexa cernebantur, * Caes. B. G. 7, 88:

arva,

Ov. M. 8, 330:

margo (lacus),

id. ib. 9, 334 (with acclivus):

Orion,

i. e. towards his setting, Hor. Od. 1, 28, 21; cf.: sol paulum a meridie, Cic. Fragm. ap. Macr. S. 6, 4;

and dies devexior,

Claud. Cons. Mall. Theod. 57:

globus devexior,

Mart. Cap. 6, § 593.—Hence, subst.: dēvexum, i, n., an inclined surface, a slope:

aqua in devexo fluit, in plano continetur et stagnat,

Sen. Q. N. 3, 3.—

Transf., inclining, declining:

aetas jam a diuturnis laboribus devexa ad otium,

Cic. Att. 9, 10, 3:

aetas,

Sen. Ep. 12:

devexa et molliter desinens compositio,

id. ib. 114, 15.— Absol.:

per devexum ire,

i. e. easily, Sen. Vit. Beat. 25 fin.

dēvexus, a, um, adj. [deveho], of places, inclining downwards, sloping, shelving, steep (class.—for syn. v. declivis).

Lit.:

lucus Vestae, qui a Palatii radice in novam viam devexus est,

Cic. Div. 1, 45; cf. Liv. 44, 35:

mundus in Austros,

Verg. G. 1, 241; and:

devexus in planum,

Plin. Pan. 7, 1, 1: ut de locis superioribus haec declivia et devexa cernebantur, * Caes. B. G. 7, 88:

arva,

Ov. M. 8, 330:

margo (lacus),

id. ib. 9, 334 (with acclivus):

Orion,

i. e. towards his setting, Hor. Od. 1, 28, 21; cf.: sol paulum a meridie, Cic. Fragm. ap. Macr. S. 6, 4;

and dies devexior,

Claud. Cons. Mall. Theod. 57:

globus devexior,

Mart. Cap. 6, § 593.—Hence, subst.: dēvexum, i, n., an inclined surface, a slope:

aqua in devexo fluit, in plano continetur et stagnat,

Sen. Q. N. 3, 3.—

Transf., inclining, declining:

aetas jam a diuturnis laboribus devexa ad otium,

Cic. Att. 9, 10, 3:

aetas,

Sen. Ep. 12:

devexa et molliter desinens compositio,

id. ib. 114, 15.— Absol.:

per devexum ire,

i. e. easily, Sen. Vit. Beat. 25 fin.

ē-mĭnĕo, ŭi, 2, v. n., to stand out, project (freq. and class.).

Lit.

In gen. (syn.:

exstare, excedere): cum ex terra nihil emineret, quod contemplationi caeli officere posset,

Cic. Div. 1, 42:

globus terrae e mari,

id. Tusc. 1, 28:

stipites ex terra,

Caes. B. G. 7, 73, 6; cf.:

stipites ab ramis,

id. ib. §

3: belua ponto,

Ov. M. 4, 690:

rupes aequore,

Luc. 2, 667:

moles aquā,

Curt. 4, 2, 21:

oculi extra terram,

Plin. 17, 21, 35, § 154:

balaena dorso multum super aquas,

id. 9, 6, 5, § 14:

super corpus quasi verrucula,

Cels. 5, 28, 14:

ferrum per costas,

Liv. 8, 7 et saep.— Absol., Caes. B. C. 1, 41, 4; 2, 9, 1; Sall. J. 94, 2; Lucr. 1, 780 et saep.; cf.

alte,

Ov. M. 15, 697:

hasta in partes ambas,

id. ib. 5, 139:

jugum in mare,

Caes. B. C. 2, 24, 3; cf.:

lingua in altum (i. e. mare),

Liv. 44, 11.—

In partic., in painting, to stand out in relief, be prominent, as the lights in a picture, Cic. de Or. 3, 26, 101; Quint. 2, 17, 21; 8, 5, 26; Plin. 35, 11, 40, § 131 al.; cf. eminentia, I.—

Trop., to be prominent, stand out, become conspicuous (syn.: eluceo, praecello, excello, appareo, praesto, antecedo).

In gen.:

animus, cum erit inclusus in corpore, eminebit foras,

will extend beyond, Cic. Rep. 6, 26 Mos.:

ii quorum eminet audacia atque projecta est,

id. Clu. 65, 183:

quod quo studiosius ab ipsis opprimitur et absconditur, eo magis eminet et apparet,

comes out, becomes visible, id. Rosc. Am. 41 fin.; cf. id. Verr. 2, 5, 62 Zumpt N. cr.; id. Tusc. 2, 26 fin.; Quint. 2, 12, 7; 11, 1, 56; 11, 3, 73 Spald.; Liv. 2, 5 fin.; 2, 10 al.; Curt. 4, 1, 24; 8, 1, 50; Ov. F. 3, 250:

vix ex gratulando miser jam eminebam,

was but now emerging from the flood of congratulations, Plaut. Capt. 3, 2, 5:

vox eminet una,

makes itself distinctly audible, Ov. M. 15, 607.—

In partic., to be prominent, conspicuous through one's (good) qualities, to distinguish one's self, be eminent:

Demosthenes unus eminet inter omnes in omni genere dicendi,

Cic. Or. 29 fin.; so with inter, Quint. 8, 5, 9; 12, 5, 5; cf. with super, Flor. 4, 2, 10:

in aliqua re,

Quint. 1, 12, 15; 2, 3, 6; 8, 3, 64 al.:

aliqua re,

Vell. 2, 127, 2; 2, 130, 1; Quint. 2, 8, 4; 3, 8, 65.— Absol.:

excellit atque eminet vis, potestas, etc.,

Cic. Rep. 2, 28;

so with excellit,

Tac. Or. 32:

quae (sententiarum ornamenta) emineant pauciora,

Cic. Or. 24, 81; so Liv. 5, 36; Vell. 2, 49 al.:

altius,

Nep. Chabr. 3, 3.—Hence, ēmĭnens, entis, P. a., standing out, projecting, prominent, high, lofty.

Lit. (syn. editus):

promontoria,

Caes. B. C. 2, 23, 2:

trabes,

id. ib. 2, 9, 5:

saxa,

Sall. J. 93, 4:

oculi,

Cic. Vatin. 2:

genae leviter,

id. N. D. 2, 57, 143:

statura,

Suet. Calig. 50:

capita papaverum,

Front. Strat. 1, 1, 4; Flor. 1, 7, 7: aedes, standing on high ground (opp. plana), id. 1, 9, 4:

nihil (in globo),

Cic. N. D. 2, 18; cf. ib. 1, 27; cf. also the art. eminentia: patibulo eminens affigebatur, Sall. H. Fragm. ap. Non. 366, 14 (4, 40 Dietsch).— Comp.:

trabes,

Caes. B. C. 2, 9, 3:

nasus a summo,

Suet. Aug. 79;

of perspective in painting: alia eminentiora, alia reductiora fecerunt,

Quint. 11, 3, 46.— Sup.:

aliquod in montibus (i. e. vertex),

Quint. 8, 2, 7; cf.

mons,

Flor. 4, 12, 49.—

Trop., lofty, distinguished, eminent (esp. freq. in the postAug. per., and mostly in the sup.; syn.:

praeclarus, praestans, excellens, etc.): species deorum quae nihil solidi habeat, nihil eminentis,

Cic. N. D. 1, 27, 75:

ingenium,

Quint. 6 prooem. §

1: res dictu,

Vell. 2, 114, 1.—Prov.:

eminentis fortunae comes invidia,

Vell. Pat. 1, 9, 6.— Plur. as subst.: ēmĭnentes, ĭum, m., distinguished men, Tac. Agr. 5.— ēmĭnentĭa, ĭum, n.

Admirable passages in an oration, Quint. 10, 1, 86.—

Greatness, distinction:

nun. quam eminentia invidia carent,

Vell. 2, 40, 6.— Comp.:

eloquentia,

Tac. Or. 25.— Sup.:

auctores,

Quint. 1, 2, 2; 1, 10, 10; 2, 3, 1; 9, 4, 79 et saep.; cf. Ruhnk. Vell. 2, 83 fin. — In the later empire, Eminentissimus was a title of the Praefectus praetorio, and of the Magister militum, Cod. Just. 12, 47, 1; 9, 41, 11 et saep.— Adv.: ēmĭnenter, highly, eminently, August. in Psa. 95, 1.— Comp.:

projectae cautes eminentius,

Amm. 24, 2, 12:

non eminentius quam municipaliter natus,

i. e. of higher, nobler birth, Sid. Ep. 1, 11.

ē-mĭnĕo, ŭi, 2, v. n., to stand out, project (freq. and class.).

Lit.

In gen. (syn.:

exstare, excedere): cum ex terra nihil emineret, quod contemplationi caeli officere posset,

Cic. Div. 1, 42:

globus terrae e mari,

id. Tusc. 1, 28:

stipites ex terra,

Caes. B. G. 7, 73, 6; cf.:

stipites ab ramis,

id. ib. §

3: belua ponto,

Ov. M. 4, 690:

rupes aequore,

Luc. 2, 667:

moles aquā,

Curt. 4, 2, 21:

oculi extra terram,

Plin. 17, 21, 35, § 154:

balaena dorso multum super aquas,

id. 9, 6, 5, § 14:

super corpus quasi verrucula,

Cels. 5, 28, 14:

ferrum per costas,

Liv. 8, 7 et saep.— Absol., Caes. B. C. 1, 41, 4; 2, 9, 1; Sall. J. 94, 2; Lucr. 1, 780 et saep.; cf.

alte,

Ov. M. 15, 697:

hasta in partes ambas,

id. ib. 5, 139:

jugum in mare,

Caes. B. C. 2, 24, 3; cf.:

lingua in altum (i. e. mare),

Liv. 44, 11.—

In partic., in painting, to stand out in relief, be prominent, as the lights in a picture, Cic. de Or. 3, 26, 101; Quint. 2, 17, 21; 8, 5, 26; Plin. 35, 11, 40, § 131 al.; cf. eminentia, I.—

Trop., to be prominent, stand out, become conspicuous (syn.: eluceo, praecello, excello, appareo, praesto, antecedo).

In gen.:

animus, cum erit inclusus in corpore, eminebit foras,

will extend beyond, Cic. Rep. 6, 26 Mos.:

ii quorum eminet audacia atque projecta est,

id. Clu. 65, 183:

quod quo studiosius ab ipsis opprimitur et absconditur, eo magis eminet et apparet,

comes out, becomes visible, id. Rosc. Am. 41 fin.; cf. id. Verr. 2, 5, 62 Zumpt N. cr.; id. Tusc. 2, 26 fin.; Quint. 2, 12, 7; 11, 1, 56; 11, 3, 73 Spald.; Liv. 2, 5 fin.; 2, 10 al.; Curt. 4, 1, 24; 8, 1, 50; Ov. F. 3, 250:

vix ex gratulando miser jam eminebam,

was but now emerging from the flood of congratulations, Plaut. Capt. 3, 2, 5:

vox eminet una,

makes itself distinctly audible, Ov. M. 15, 607.—

In partic., to be prominent, conspicuous through one's (good) qualities, to distinguish one's self, be eminent:

Demosthenes unus eminet inter omnes in omni genere dicendi,

Cic. Or. 29 fin.; so with inter, Quint. 8, 5, 9; 12, 5, 5; cf. with super, Flor. 4, 2, 10:

in aliqua re,

Quint. 1, 12, 15; 2, 3, 6; 8, 3, 64 al.:

aliqua re,

Vell. 2, 127, 2; 2, 130, 1; Quint. 2, 8, 4; 3, 8, 65.— Absol.:

excellit atque eminet vis, potestas, etc.,

Cic. Rep. 2, 28;

so with excellit,

Tac. Or. 32:

quae (sententiarum ornamenta) emineant pauciora,

Cic. Or. 24, 81; so Liv. 5, 36; Vell. 2, 49 al.:

altius,

Nep. Chabr. 3, 3.—Hence, ēmĭnens, entis, P. a., standing out, projecting, prominent, high, lofty.

Lit. (syn. editus):

promontoria,

Caes. B. C. 2, 23, 2:

trabes,

id. ib. 2, 9, 5:

saxa,

Sall. J. 93, 4:

oculi,

Cic. Vatin. 2:

genae leviter,

id. N. D. 2, 57, 143:

statura,

Suet. Calig. 50:

capita papaverum,

Front. Strat. 1, 1, 4; Flor. 1, 7, 7: aedes, standing on high ground (opp. plana), id. 1, 9, 4:

nihil (in globo),

Cic. N. D. 2, 18; cf. ib. 1, 27; cf. also the art. eminentia: patibulo eminens affigebatur, Sall. H. Fragm. ap. Non. 366, 14 (4, 40 Dietsch).— Comp.:

trabes,

Caes. B. C. 2, 9, 3:

nasus a summo,

Suet. Aug. 79;

of perspective in painting: alia eminentiora, alia reductiora fecerunt,

Quint. 11, 3, 46.— Sup.:

aliquod in montibus (i. e. vertex),

Quint. 8, 2, 7; cf.

mons,

Flor. 4, 12, 49.—

Trop., lofty, distinguished, eminent (esp. freq. in the postAug. per., and mostly in the sup.; syn.:

praeclarus, praestans, excellens, etc.): species deorum quae nihil solidi habeat, nihil eminentis,

Cic. N. D. 1, 27, 75:

ingenium,

Quint. 6 prooem. §

1: res dictu,

Vell. 2, 114, 1.—Prov.:

eminentis fortunae comes invidia,

Vell. Pat. 1, 9, 6.— Plur. as subst.: ēmĭnentes, ĭum, m., distinguished men, Tac. Agr. 5.— ēmĭnentĭa, ĭum, n.

Admirable passages in an oration, Quint. 10, 1, 86.—

Greatness, distinction:

nun. quam eminentia invidia carent,

Vell. 2, 40, 6.— Comp.:

eloquentia,

Tac. Or. 25.— Sup.:

auctores,

Quint. 1, 2, 2; 1, 10, 10; 2, 3, 1; 9, 4, 79 et saep.; cf. Ruhnk. Vell. 2, 83 fin. — In the later empire, Eminentissimus was a title of the Praefectus praetorio, and of the Magister militum, Cod. Just. 12, 47, 1; 9, 41, 11 et saep.— Adv.: ēmĭnenter, highly, eminently, August. in Psa. 95, 1.— Comp.:

projectae cautes eminentius,

Amm. 24, 2, 12:

non eminentius quam municipaliter natus,

i. e. of higher, nobler birth, Sid. Ep. 1, 11.

fĕrox, ōcis ( gen. plur. ferocum, Albin. 1, 275; abl. sing. feroci, Neue, Formenl. 2, 67 sq.), adj. [root in Gr. thêr, Aeol. phêr, thêrion; cf.: ferus, fera; cf. also Zend. dvar, to run, Gr. thrôskô, thorein, Lat. furere], wild, bold, courageous, warlike, spirited, brave, gallant, savage, headstrong, untamable, fierce, insolent (class.; syn.: dirus, ferus, durus, saevus, crudelis; immanis, immitis, barbarus, etc.).

In a good sense:

moechus qui formest ferox,

Plaut. Mil. 4, 9, 13:

naturā ferox, vehemens, manu promptus erat,

Sall. C. 43 fin.; cf.:

nimium es vehemens feroxque naturā,

Cic. Vat. 2, 4:

ferox naturā,

Sall. J. 11, 3:

vicimus vi feroces,

Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 82: Aequorum magna gens et ferox, warlike, Cic. Rep. 2, 20:

Latium,

Hor. C. 1, 35, 10:

Roma,

id. ib. 3, 3, 44:

Parthi,

id. ib. 3, 2, 3:

Sygambri,

id. ib. 4, 2, 34:

miles,

id. ib. 1, 6, 3:

Hector,

id. ib. 4, 9, 21: virgo (i. e. Minerva), Mart. 14, 179; cf. Sil. 9, 457:

loca amoena, voluptaria facile in otio feroces militum animos molliverat,

Sall. C. 11, 5; cf. id. J. 106, 3:

ferox bello,

Hor. C. 1, 32, 6; cf.:

feroces ad bellandum,

Liv. 38, 13, 11:

adversus pericula ferox,

Tac. H. 3, 69 fin.:

Triaria ultra feminam ferox,

id. ib. 2, 63:

vir nobilis ac ferox,

id. A. 4, 21.—With gen.:

animi,

Tac. A. 1, 32. — Sup.:

globus ferocissimorum juvenum,

Liv. 1, 12, 9:

auxiliarii,

Tac. H. 2, 24:

nullo adversante, cum ferocissimi cecidissent,

id. A. 1, 2.

In a bad sense:

equi indomiti, feroces,

Plaut. Men. 5, 2, 110:

leones,

Lucr. 4, 717:

aper,

Verg. A. 10, 711:

indulgentia ferocem fortasse atque arrogantem et infestum facit,

Cic. Att. 10, 11, 3:

dote fretae, feroces,

i. e. arrogant, Plaut. Men. 5, 2, 17; cf.:

ferox formā,

id. Mil. 4, 9, 13; Titin. ap. Non. 305, 6:

Numidae secundis rebus feroces,

Sall. J. 94, 4; cf.:

ferox viribus,

Liv. 1, 7, 5; 7, 5, 6:

robore corporis stolide ferox,

Tac. A. 1, 3:

nequicquam Veneris praesidio ferox,

Hor. C. 1, 15, 13:

sit Medea ferox invictaque,

id. A. P. 123:

animus ferox inopiā rei familiaris,

Sall. C. 5, 7; cf.:

quibus aetas animusque ferox erat,

id. ib. 38, 1:

oculi,

Luc. 5, 211:

patribus ferox,

haughty toward the senators, Liv. 7, 40, 8.— Comp.:

in bellis civilibus, victoria, etiamsi ad meliores venit, tamen eos ipsos ferociores impotentioresque reddit,

Cic. Fam. 4, 9, 3; id. Fragm. ap. Non. 305, 10:

et quia tecum eram, propterea animo eram ferocior,

Plaut. Mil. 4, 8, 13; id. Rud. 3, 1, 14; Quint. 2, 2, 3. — Sup.:

duas ferocissimas affectiones amoris atque odii coërcere,

Gell. 1, 3 fin.:

bestiae,

Vulg. 2 Macc. 11, 9.—

With gen.:

linguae feroces,

Tac. H. 1, 35:

ferox scelerum,

eager for, prone to crimes, id. A. 4, 12:

deorum Spretor erat mentisque ferox Ixione natus,

Ov. M. 8, 614:

scelerum,

Tac. A. 4, 12.—

With in and acc.:

ferox in suos erat miles, ignavus in hostes,

Amm. 22, 4, 7.—

With inf.:

ferox est, viginti minas meas tractare sese,

Plaut. As. 2, 4, 62:

odium renovare ferox,

Sil. 11, 8.—Hence, adv.: fĕrōcĭter.

(Acc. to I.) Courageously, valorously, bravely:

strenue et ferociter facta in bello plura memorari possunt,

Liv. 3, 47, 2:

adequitare,

id. 9, 22, 4:

mandata edere,

Tac. A. 15, 5.— Comp.:

pauci ferocius decernunt,

Sall. J. 104, 2.— Sup.:

cum quo ferocissime pro Romana societate adversus Punicum foedus steterat,

Liv. 23, 8, 3.—

(Acc. to II.) Fiercely, savagely, insolently:

aspere et ferociter et libere dicta,

Cic. Planc. 13, 33:

increpare,

Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 58:

dictae sententiae,

Liv. 2, 55, 11.— Comp.:

paulo ferocius (exagitatus),

Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 13, 2.— Sup.:

obloqui,

Curt. 10, 2 fin.

follĭcŭlus, i, m. dim. [follis], a small bag or sack.

Lit.

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.—

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.—

Transf.

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.—

Esp., as med. t. t. (late Lat.).

A sac:

ventris,

Cael. Aur. Acut. 3, 17, 154.—

The bladder, Cael. Aur. Tard. 4, 3, 24.—

The scrotum, Cael. Aur. Acut. 3, 17, 165; id. Tard. 3, 8, 106;

called in full, folliculum genitale,

id. ib. 3, 8, 104.

glaeba (less correctly glēba), ae, f. [cf. globus].

Prop., a small piece or lump of earth, a clod (cf. gramen, herba, faenum, caespes):

ingens,

Lucr. 6, 553:

glaebis terrarum saepe friatis,

id. 1, 887:

fecundae,

id. 1, 212; so Verg. G. 1, 94; Hor. C. 3, 6, 39:

si glaebis aut saxis aut fustibus aliquem de fundo praecipitem egeris... non esse arma cespites neque glaebas, etc.,

Cic. Caecin. 21, 60:

omnes, qui ullam agri glaebam possiderent,

id. Verr. 2, 3, 11, § 28; so,

nec ulli glaeba ulla agri assignaretur,

Liv. 4, 11; cf.

also: non adimi cuiquam glaebam,

Cic. Agr. 3, 1, 3:

nam priusquam in os injecta glaeba est, locus ille, ubi crematum est corpus, nihil habet religionis,

id. Leg. 2, 22, 57; cf. Varr. L. L. 5, 4, 9, § 23;

and Fest. s. v. praecidanea, p. 223: ex fundo glaeba sumebatur,

Gai. Inst. 4, 17:

ornare glaebam virentem,

i. e. an altar built of turf, Juv. 12, 85; v. also glaebula.—

Transf.

Land, soil:

terra antiqua potens armis atque ubere glaebae,

Verg. A. 1, 531:

glebae felices,

App. M. p. 102, 7.—

Of other things, a piece, lump, mass:

sevi ac picis glaebae,

Caes. B. G. 7, 25; so,

turis,

Lucr. 3, 328; Stat. Th. 6, 60:

marmoris,

Plin. 36, 6, 8, § 50:

salis,

id. 31, 7, 39, z 73:

sulphuris,

id. 35, 15, 50, § 175:

lactis,

Nemes. Ecl. 3 fin. —

(Late Lat.), = pensio or canon praedio incumbens, a tax imposed upon the land of senators, Cod. Th. 6, 2, 10; ib. 12, 1, 138; Symm. Ep. 4, 61.

ignāvus, a, um, adj. [in-gnavus, navus], inactive, lazy, slothful, idle, sluggish, listless, without spirit, cowardly, dastardly (syn.: iners, socors; opp.: strenuus, alacer, fortis).

Lit., of living beings (freq. and class.):

homines,

Plaut. Rud. 3, 5, 49:

si non fecero Ei male aliquo pacto, me esse dicito ignavissimum,

id. Bacch. 3, 6, 27:

quid ergo ille ignavissumus mi latitabat?

id. Trin. 4, 2, 82; 1, 2, 128; id. Poen. 4, 2, 24:

homo inertior, ignavior, magis vir inter mulieres proferri non potest,

Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 78, § 192:

ignavus miles ac timidus,

id. Tusc. 2, 23, 54; cf.:

compertum habeo, milites neque ex ignavo strenuum neque fortem ex timido exercitum oratione imperatoris fieri,

Sall. C. 58, 1:

feroces et inquieti inter socios, ignavi et imbelles inter hostes,

Liv. 26, 2, 11:

ignavissimus ac fugacissimus hostis,

id. 5, 28, 8:

ignavissimi homines (opp.: fortissimi viri),

Sall. C. 12 fin.:

canis Ignavus adversum lupos,

Hor. Epod. 6, 2:

(apes) Ignavaeque fame et contracto frigore pigrae,

Verg. G. 4, 259:

ignavum, fucos, pecus a praesepibus arcent,

id. A. 1, 435:

genus ignavum quod lecto gaudet,

Juv. 7, 105.— Subst.:

cedentibus ignavis et imbecillis,

Cic. Rep. 1, 32:

in bello poena ignavis ab imperatoribus constituitur,

id. Caecin. 16, 46:

in victoria vel ignavis gloriari licet, adversae res etiam bonos detractant,

Sall. J. 53 fin.; cf.:

gloriam, honorem, imperium bonus ignavus aeque sibi exoptant,

id. C. 11, 2:

favimus ignavo,

Ov. Am. 3, 2, 73.—

With gen.:

legiones operum et laboris ignavae,

Tac. A. 11, 18; cf.:

possis ignavus haberi et subiti casus improvidus, si, etc.,

Juv. 3, 272.

Transf.

Of inanim. and abstr. things (mostly poet. and in post-Aug. prose):

quae vitia non sunt senectutis, sed inertis, ignavae, somniculosae senectutis,

Cic. de Sen. 11, 36:

nemora,

i. e. unfruitful, Verg. G. 2, 208:

globus,

i. e. immovable, Plin. 2, 8, 6, § 33; cf.

gravitas,

Ov. M. 2, 821:

stagna jacentis aquae,

Luc. 5, 442:

ignavo stupuerunt verba palato,

i. e. speechless, Ov. Am. 2, 6, 47:

mora,

id. A. A. 1, 186:

anni,

spent in idleness, id. Am. 1, 15, 1; cf.

otia,

id. Tr. 1, 7, 25:

septima lux,

i. e. the Jewish Sabbath, Juv. 14, 106: ignavum conferunt stipendium, only money, not soldiers, arms, etc., Vell. 2, 39, 1:

sucus meconium vocatur, multum opio ignavior,

weaker, less efficacious, Plin. 20, 18, 76, § 202: quorundam flos tantum jucundus, reliquae partes ignavae, ut violae ac rosae, without smell, id. 21, 7, 18, § 37:

cornicula ante oculos ignava,

i. e. of no use, id. 11, 28, 34, § 100:

ignavum est rediturae parcere vitae,

Luc. 1, 492.—

Of things that produce inactivity or indolence, that renders slothful or inactive: nec nos impediet illa ignava ratio, quae dicitur: appellatur enim quidam a philosophis argos logos, cui si pareamus, nihil omnino agamus in vita. Sic enim interrogant:

Si fatum tibi est, etc.... Recte genus hoc interrogationis ignavum et iners nominatum est, quod eadem ratione omnis e vita tolletur actio,

relaxing, Cic. Fat. 12, 28 sq.:

frigus,

Ov. M. 2, 763:

aestus,

id. ib. 7, 529:

dolor,

Plin. 11, 18, 20, § 64.—Hence, adv. in two forms, ignāvē and ignā-vĭter.

Ignave, sluggishly, slothfully, without spirit:

ne quid abjecte, ne quid timide, ne quid ignave, ne quid serviliter muliebriterve faciamus,

Cic. Tusc. 2, 23, 55:

dicere multa,

flatly, tamely, Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 67.—

Ignaviter, lazily, sluggishly, tardily: ignaviter quaerere, Lucil. ap. Non. 513, 14; Quadrig. ap. Prisc. p. 1010 P.; Hirt. ap. Cic. Att. 15, 6, 2.—

Comp.:

carpere ignavius herbas,

Verg. G. 3, 465.

in-vādo, vāsi, vāsum (invasse, Lucil. Sat. 2, 4), 3, v. n. and a., to go, come, or get into, to enter upon.

Lit.:

ignis quocumque invasit, cuncta disturbat ac dissipat,

Cic. N. D. 2, 15, 41:

consul exercitusque Romanus sine certamine urbem invasere,

Liv. 10, 10, 4; 24, 33 al.:

forum,

Tac. H. 1, 33:

oppidum,

Front. Strat. 3, 10, 2.—

Transf.

To get into, fall into: ut profugiens hostem, inimici invadam manus, Att. ap. Non. 234, 1.—

In gen., to go, make, accomplish a distance:

biduo tria milia stadiorum invasit,

Tac. A. 11, 8.—

To enter upon, set foot upon:

tuque invade viam,

Verg. A. 6, 260:

lutum minis frigidum,

App. M. 9, p. 232, 11. —

To enter violently, move against, rush upon, fall upon, assail, assault, attack, invade (syn. oppugno); constr with in and acc., or simple acc.

With in and acc. (so nearly always in Cic.; cf. II. B. g infra):

in oppidum antiquum et vetus,

Plaut. Bacch. 4, 4, 60:

in transversa latera invaserant cohortes,

Liv. 27, 42:

globus juvenum in ipsum consulem invadit,

id. 2, 47:

in collum (mulieris) invasit,

fell upon her neck, Cic. Phil. 2, 31, 77:

alicujus pectus amplexibus,

to embrace, Petr. 91:

aliquem basiolis,

id. 85;

with osculari,

id. 74:

in Galliam,

Cic. Phil. 11, 2:

si in eas (urbes) vi cum exercitu invasisses,

id. Verr. 2, 1, 20:

cum ferro in aliquem,

id. Caecin. 9, 25.— Impers.:

in oculos invadi nunc est optimum,

Plaut. As. 5, 2, 58.—

With simple acc.:

aciem hastati invadunt,

Liv. 9, 35:

stationem hostium,

id. 37, 20:

validissimas Pompeii copias,

Nep. Dat. 6, 7:

vicinos portus,

Verg. A. 3, 382:

urbem,

id. ib. 2, 265:

jam tandem invasit medios,

id. ib. 12, 497:

eam (Europam),

Nep. Them. 2:

regem,

Val. Max. 3, 2, 3:

in lecto cubantem,

Nep. Dion, 9, 4:

greges,

Ov. F. 2, 210:

madida cum veste gravatum,

Verg. A. 6, 361:

ventus invasit nubem,

Lucr. 6, 174:

canes appropinquantem invadunt,

Col. 7, 12, 7:

castra,

Liv. 10, 35; cf.:

quem semel invasit senectus,

Col. 2, 1, 4.— Pass.:

sperans, mox effusos hostes invadi posse,

Sall. J. 87 fin. — Pass. impers.:

signo dato, undique simul ex insidiis invaditur,

Sall. J. 113.—

To rush into, enter hurriedly into a struggle, fight, etc. ( poet.):

Martem,

Verg. A. 12, 712:

proelia,

Mart. 9, 57, 6:

certamina,

Sil. 17, 473:

bella,

id. 9, 12:

pugnam,

id. 12, 199 al.; cf.: in pugnas, Lucil. ap. Non. p. 323, 32; and:

aut pugnam aut aliquid jam dudum invadere magnum mens agitat mihi,

to attempt, enter hurriedly upon, Verg. A. 9, 186. —

To make an attack on, seize, grasp:

Jubae barbam,

Suet. Caes. 71:

cibum avidius,

Aur. Vict. Epit. 20, 9:

pallium,

Petr. 5, 15:

capillos,

Prop. 3, 8 (4, 7), 5:

virgineos artus,

Ov. M. 11, 200; cf. Suet. Ner. 29. —

Trop.

To fall upon, seize, take possession of, usurp; constr. with in and acc., or simple acc.

With in and acc.:

in multas pecunias,

Cic. Phil. 2, 16:

in quod ipsa invaderet,

id. N. D. 2, 49, 124:

in fortunas alicujus,

id. Phil. 2, 26, 65; id. Rosc. Am. 5:

in praedia alicujus,

id. ib. 8:

in nomen Marii,

id. Phil. 1, 1:

in arcem illius causae,

id. Fam. 1, 9, 8. —

With simple acc.:

dictaturam,

Suet. Caes. 9:

consulatum,

id. Aug. 26:

rempublicam,

Just. 5, 8, 12:

imperium,

Sall. J. 38.—

To make an attack on, seize, lay hold of, attack, befall a person or thing; with simple acc., or in and acc., or dat.

With simple acc.:

cum gravis morbus invasit,

Plaut. As. 1, 1, 40:

ne reliquos populares metus invaderet,

Sall. J. 35 fin.:

cupido Marium,

id. ib. 89, 6; id. C. 31, 1 al.:

tantus repente terror invasit, ut,

Caes. B. C. 1, 14.—

With in and acc.:

dolor in oculos,

Lucr. 6, 659:

pestis in vitam invasit,

Cic. Off. 3, 7:

in philosophiam,

id. Tusc. 2, 1, 4:

in nomen Marii,

id. Phil. 1, 2, 5:

vis avaritiae in animos eorum invasit,

Sall. J. 32, 4:

vis morbi in corpus meum,

Liv. 28, 29; cf.:

lassitudine invaserunt misero (mihi) in genua flemina,

Plaut. Ep. 5, 2, 5. [p. 993] —

Rarely with dat.:

furor invaserat improbis,

Cic. Fam. 16, 12, 2; Gell. 19, 4. —

Absol.:

ubi pro continentiā et aequitate lubido atque superbia invasere,

Sall. C. 2, 5:

ubi contagio quasi pestilentia invasit,

id. ib. 10, 6:

cum potentiā avaritia sine modo... invasere,

id. J. 41, 9.—

To assail with words, accost ( poet.):

continuo invadit,

Verg. A. 4, 265:

Agrippa consules anni prioris invasit, cur silerent,

Tac. A. 6, 4:

Vinnium Laco minaciter invasit,

id. H. 1, 33.—Hence, invāsus, a, um, P. a., ingrafted:

comae, i. e. rami,

Pall. Insit. 120.

lūcĕo, xi, 2, v. n. [Sanscr. ruk, to be bright; Gr. luchnos, leukos, amphilukê; Lat. lux, lumen, lucidus, luna; O. H.-Germ. liŏht; Germ. Licht; cf. also illustris], to be light or clear, to shine, beam, glitter (syn.: splendeo, fulgeo).

Lit.: (lumen) Nihilo minus ipsi lucet, Enn. ap. Cic. Off. 1, 16, 51 (Trag. v. 389 Vahl.): tum candida lumina lucent, id. ap. Fest. p. 228 and 229 Müll. (Ann. v. 157 Vahl.):

(stella) luce lucebat aliena,

Cic. Rep. 4, 16, 16:

dum meus assiduo luceat igne focus,

Tib. 1, 1, 6:

lucet igne rogus,

Ov. H. 11, 104:

rara per occultos lucebat semita calles,

Verg. A. 9, 383:

lucet via longo Ordine flammarum,

id. ib. 11, 143; cf. Prop. 2, 14 (3, 6), 17:

interior caeli qua semita lucet,

Stat. Th. 9, 641:

(luminaria) lucent in firmamento caeli,

Vulg. Gen. 1, 15:

niveo lucet in ore rubor,

Ov. Am. 3, 3, 6:

lucent oculi,

id. M. 1, 239; Val. Fl. 6, 492:

cinis in multam noctem pertinaciter luxit,

Suet. Tib. 74:

virgatis lucent sagulis (sc. Galli),

glitter, Verg. A. 8, 660:

taedā lucebis in illa,

i. e. shall burn, Juv. 1, 155:

non amplius erit sol ad lucendum,

Vulg. Isa. 60, 19.—In the part. pres.:

e rosea sol alte lampade lucens,

Lucr. 5, 610; so,

globus lunae,

Verg. A. 6, 725:

faces,

Ov. F. 3, 270:

sedebat In solio Phoebus claris lucente smaragdis,

id. M. 2, 24:

lucerna lucens in caliginoso loco,

Vulg. 2 Pet. 1, 19.— Poet., with acc.:

huic lucebis novae nuptae facem,

will light her home with a torch, Plaut. Cas. 1, 30: tute tibi puer es;

lautus luces cereum,

id. Curc. 1, 1, 9.—

Of the day, daylight, etc., to appear, dawn, become light:

an umquam lucebit in orbe ille dies,

Sil. 16, 91:

lucente jam die,

Amm. 21, 15, 2.—

Esp., impers.: lucet, lucebat, etc., it is (was) light, it is (was) day, it is dawning:

priusquam lucet, adsunt,

Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 115:

si lucet lucet: lucet autem, lucet igitur,

Cic. Ac. 2, 30, 96:

si judicatum erit meridie non lucere,

id. Att. 1, 1, 1:

nondum lucebat,

id. Rosc. Am. 34, 97:

nec satis lucebat: cum autem luceret, etc.,

id. Att. 16, 13, a, 1:

ubi lucere coepisset,

id. Div. 1, 23, 47: expergiscere: lucet hoc, it is light, it is day there (in the sky), Plaut. Mil. 2, 2, 63:

hoc... luce lucebit,

id. Curc. 1, 3, 26. —

Transf., to shine or show through, to be discernible, visible ( poet.):

si qua Arabio lucet bombyce puella,

Prop. 2, 2, 25 (2, 3, 15):

femineum lucet sic per bombycina corpus,

Mart. 8, 68, 7:

vitalia lucent,

are uncovered, Stat. Th. 8, 525.—

Trop., to shine forth, to be conspicuous, apparent, clear, evident:

nunc imperii nostri splendor illis gentibus lucet,

Cic. Imp. Pomp. 14, 41:

mea officia et studia, quae parum antea luxerunt,

id. Att. 3, 15, 4:

cum res ipsa tot, tam claris argumentis luceat,

id. Mil. 23, 61:

virtus lucet in tenebris,

id. Sest. 28, 60:

tota oratio lucet,

Quint. 8, 5, 29; 9, 1, 19.—Hence, lūcens, entis, P. a., shining, bright, conspicuous: lucentior usus, Mall. Theod. de Metr. 9, 7.

plānus, a, um, adj. [for placnus; root plac-; Gr. plakous; cf. 2. plaga, planca], even, level, flat, plane (class.; cf. aequor).

Lit.:

facilis et plana via,

Plaut. Trin. 3, 2, 19: cum duae formae praestantes sint, ex solidis globus, ex planis circulus aut orbis, Cic. N. D. 2, 18, 47:

planum et aequabile corpus universitatis,

id. Univ. 5:

planus et aequus locus,

id. Caecin. 17, 50:

litus,

Caes. B. G. 4, 23:

carina,

id. ib. 3, 13:

pisces,

flat-fish, Plin. 9, 20, 37, § 73:

aedificia, quae plano pede instituuntur,

on level ground, Vitr. 6, 11:

postquam jacuit planum mare,

Juv. 12, 62:

planā faciem contundere palmā,

flat, id. 13, 128.— Comp.:

aditus planior,

Liv. 34, 29.— Sup.:

planissimus locus,

Cic. Agr. 2, 35, 96. —

Subst.: plānum, i, n., level ground, a plain:

aciem in planum deducit,

Sall. J. 49, 6:

per planum ire,

Ov. A. A. 2, 243:

cadere in plano,

id. Tr. 3, 4, 17:

in planum deferre aliquid,

Sen. Tranq. 10, 6:

castra in plano erant,

Flor. 4, 12, 59:

de plano,

on level ground, Dig. 13, 6, 5; Aus. Grat. Act. 21:

ad planiora,

Vulg. Judic. 1, 34.—In partic., jurid. t. t.: e plano or de plano, on level ground, below, not on the bench, i. e. out of court, extrajudicially:

aut e plano aut e quaesitoris tribunali,

Suet. Tib. 33:

custodiae non solum pro tribunali, sed et de plano audiri possunt,

Dig. 48, 18, 18; ib. 37, 1, 3.—

Trop.

Lowly, inconsiderable, humble (post-Aug.):

haec magnanimitas melius in tribunali, quam in plano conspicitur,

shows better in one of high than of low station, Sen. Clem. 1, 5, 3:

fortunam suam in planum deferre,

id. Tranq. 10, 6: de plano, without difficulty, easily ( poet.):

hoc tibi de plano possum promittere,

Lucr. 1, 411.—

Plain, clear, distinct, intelligible (class.):

satin' haec sunt tibi plana et certa!

Plaut. Pers. 2, 2, 1:

narrationes,

Cic. Top. 26, 97:

conjectatio,

Plin. 2, 7, 5, § 22:

pol planum id quidem est,

it is plain, clear, evident, Plaut. Capt. 3, 4, 32: planum facere, to make plain, clear, or intelligible, to set forth, Cic. Verr. 1, 18, 56; 2, 1, 10, § 27; 2, 1, 20, § 52;

2, 5, 64, § 165: planum facere multis testibus,

id. ib. 1, 14, 40:

planum facere atque probare,

Lucr. 2, 932.—

Easy, free from danger:

illam viam vitae, quam ante praecipitem et lubricam esse ducebat, huic planae et stabili praeponendam esse,

Cic. Flac. 42, 105.—Hence, adv.: plānē, plainly, evenly; trop., simply, clearly, distinctly, intelligibly.

Lit. (class.):

videre,

Plaut. Trin. 4, 3, 64:

scribere,

id. As. 4, 1, 10:

scire,

id. Truc. 2, 6, 9:

plane loqui,

Plaut. Am. 2, 1, 30:

plane et dilucide loqui,

Cic. de Or. 1, 32:

plane et perspicue expedire aliquid,

id. Fin. 3, 5, 19:

plane et Latine loqui,

to speak plainly, right out, without circumlocution, id. Phil. 7, 6, 17.— Comp.:

quo pacto excludi potis est planius, quam, etc.,

Plaut. Truc. 2, 8, 5:

planius dicere (opp. dicere obscurius),

Cic. de Or. 2, 80, 329:

planius atque apertius dicere,

id. Rosc. Com. 14, 43:

quid, hoc planius egissem, si, etc.,

id. Verr. 2, 1, 10, § 27:

ostendere,

Plin. 18, 28, 68, § 273.— Sup.:

apertissime planissimeque explicare,

Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 64, § 156.—

Transf., wholly, entirely, completely, quite (class.), Plaut. Ep. 3, 4, 55:

perdidisti mulierem,

id. Ps. 4, 7, 115:

illam plane amo,

id. Capt. 3, 4, 6:

carere sensu communi,

Hor. S. 1, 3, 66:

quod reliquos coheredes convenisti, plane bene,

you have acted quite right, Cic. Att. 13, 6, 2:

illud plane moleste tuli, quod, etc.,

id. Fam. 3, 10, 11:

non plane par,

Auct. Her. 4, 20, 28:

ex rebus penitus perspectis, planeque cognitis,

Cic. de Or. 1, 23, 108:

propemodum, vel plane potius,

id. Brut. 97, 332:

explicari mihi tuum consilium plane volo, ut penitus intellegam,

thoroughly, id. Att. 8, 12, 1:

planissime perii,

Plaut. Truc. 2, 6, 67:

plane perfecteque eruditus,

Cic. Brut. 81, 282:

plane atque omnino rem defuisse,

id. ib. 59, 214:

plane cum,

particularly as, Inscr. Grut. 208; cf.:

et plane quid rectum esset diutius cogitare malui,

Cic. Att. 8, 12, 3.—

By all means, assuredly:

eo acrius te rogo ut plane ad nos advoles,

Cic. Att. 2, 24, 5 fin. —

In partic., in affirmative answers, certainly, to be sure, exactly so (anteclass.): ego et domi privatus sum et perii. Ge. Plane istuc est, Plaut. Truc. 2, 7, 57; id. Ps. 4, 7, 73: De. Etiam argentum est ultro objectum, ut sit, qui vivat, dum aliud aliquid flagitii conficiat Ge. Planissume, Ter. Phorm. 5, 2, 4.—

Besides, but (late Lat.), Dig. 9, 2, 7; 32, 1, 52.

plănus, i, m., = planos, a juggler, impostor, cheat (class.; cf.

erro): ille planus improbissimus,

Cic. Clu. 26, 72: fracto [p. 1385] crure planum attollere, Hor. Ep. 1, 17, 59; Petr. 82.

sŏlĭdus, a, um (contr. collat. form sol-dus, a, um, Hor. S. 1, 2, 113; 2, 5, 65), adj. [Sanscr. sarvas, all; Gr. holos, whole; old Lat. sollus; cf. sollistimus], firm, dense, compact, not hollow, solid (class.).

Lit.: individua et solida corpora (sc. atomoi), Cic. Fin. 1, 6, 18; cf. id. Div. 2, 67, 98:

terra solida et globosa,

id. N. D. 2, 39, 137:

columna aurea (opp. extrinsecus inaurata),

id. Div. 1, 24, 48; cf.

cornua (opp. cava),

Plin. 11, 37, 45, § 127:

lapides,

Sen. Q. N. 3, 25, 6:

corpus,

Ter. Eun. 2, 3, 27:

paries vel solidus vel fornicatus,

Cic. Top. 4, 22:

sphaera solida atque plena,

id. Rep. 1, 14, 22; cf.:

crateres auro solidi,

Verg. A. 2, 765:

ex solido elephanto,

id. G. 3, 26; id. A. 6, 69; 6, 552:

aera,

id. ib. 9, 809:

telum solidum nodis,

id. ib. 11, 553:

vasa auro solida,

Tac. A. 2, 33; 13, 10:

solidum ex auro signum,

Just. 39, 2, 5:

nunc solida est tellus, quae lacus ante fuit,

Ov. F. 6, 404; so,

ripa,

id. ib. 14, 49:

sedes (opp. aër),

id. ib. 2, 147:

navis ad ferendum incursum maris solida,

Sen. Ep. 76, 13:

sit solidum quodcumque subest,

Aus. Ed. 16, 12: solidus cibus, solid food, as opposed to fluid, Vulg. Heb. 5, 12. — Comp.:

solidior caseus factus,

Col. 7, 8, 4. — Sup.:

solidissima materiaï corpora (opp. mollia),

Lucr. 1, 565; 1, 951:

tellus,

Ov. M. 15, 262.— Subst.: sŏlĭdum, i, n., a solid substance, solidity:

cum duae formae praestantes sint, ex solidis globus, ex planis autem circulus aut orbis,

Cic. N. D. 2, 18, 47:

nihil tangi potest, quod careat solido,

id. Univ 4, 11; cf.:

quae (species deorum) nihil concreti habeat, nihil solidi, nihil expressi,

id. N. D. 1, 27, 75:

inane abscindere soldo,

Hor. S. 1, 2, 113; cf. id. ib. 2, 1, 78:

fossa fit ad solidum,

to the solid ground, to the bottom, Ov. F. 4, 821:

finditur in solidum cuneis via,

into the hard wood, Verg. G. 2, 79; 2, 231:

neque fundamenta (amphitheatri) per solidum subdidit,

Tac. A. 4, 62:

solido procedebat elephas in pontem,

on solid ground, Liv. 44, 5.—

Transf. (opp. to that which is divided, scattered, or in parts), whole, complete, entire (= integer, totus):

usurā, nec eā solidā, contentus est,

Cic. Att. 6, 1, 3:

militia semestri solidum stipendium accipere,

Liv. 5, 4:

solida taurorum viscera,

Verg. A. 6, 253:

ut solidos hauriant (serpentes) cervos taurosque,

Plin. 8, 14, 14, § 36:

quibus solida ungula,

id. 10, 63, 83, § 173:

motus terrae quasdam (civitates) solidas absorbuit,

Just. 30, 4, 3:

ut decies solidum exsorberet,

i. e. at once, in one draught, Hor. S. 2, 3, 240: decem annos solidos errasse, Varr. ap. Non. 405, 21; cf.:

partem solido demere de die,

Hor. C. 1, 1, 20:

annus,

Liv. 1, 19:

hora,

Juv. 11, 205:

parum solidum consulatum explere,

incomplete, Liv. 4, 8 fin.:

vos, quibus...solidae suo stant robore vires,

Verg. A. 2, 639.—As substt.

In gen.: sŏlĭdum, i, n., the whole sum:

ita bona veneant, ut solidum suum cuique solvatur,

Cic. Rab. Post. 17, 46; Hor. S. 2, 5, 65; Quint. 5, 10, 105; Tac. A. 6, 17; Dig. 45, 2, 2 sq.—

In partic.: sŏlĭdus, i, m. (sc. nummus), in the time of the emperors a gold coin, at first called aureus, and worth about twenty-five denarii, afterwards reduced nearly one half in value, Dig. 9, 3, 5; 11, 4, 1; 21, 1, 42; Cod. Just. 10, 70, 5; App. M. 10, p. 242, 34; Lampr. Alex. Sev. 39; Vulg. 1 Par. 29, 7; id. 1 Esd. 2, 69; id. Ecclus. 29, 7.—

Trop., sound, solid, substantial, genuine, true, real (in this sense a favorite word with Cic.; syn.: firmus, constans, stabilis;

opp. inanis, levis, vanus, mobilis, etc.): solida et perpetua fides,

Plaut. Merc. 2, 3, 44; so,

fides,

Tac. H. 2, 7:

solida et robusta et assidua frequentia,

Cic. Planc. 8, 21:

solida atque robusta eloquentia,

Quint. 10, 1, 2:

solida ac virilis ingenii vis,

id. 2, 5, 23:

est enim gloria solida quaedam res et expressa, non adumbrata,

Cic. Tusc. 3, 2, 3:

judicia solida et expressa,

id. Planc. 12, 29:

justitiae effigies,

id. Off. 3, 17, 69:

quod appellant honestum, non tam solido quam splendido nomine,

id. Fin. 1, 18, 61:

suavitas austera et solida,

id. de Or. 3, 26, 103:

solida veraque laus,

id. Sest. 43, 93; cf.:

solida laus ac vera dignitas,

id. Vatin. 3, 8:

gloria (with vera),

id. Phil. 5, 18, 50: nostra gloria, cum sit ex solido, Curt. 9, 2, 14:

nulla utilitas (with puerilis delectatio),

Cic. Fin. 1, 21, 72:

salus,

Plaut. Bacch. 2, 2, 10:

gratia,

id. Curc. 3, 35; Ov. M. 12, 576:

beneficium,

Ter. Eun. 5, 2, 32:

gaudium,

id. And. 4, 1, 24:

libertas,

Liv. 2, 2, 6; Tac. Or. 9:

fides,

id. H. 2, 79:

mens,

firm, determined, Hor. C. 3, 3, 4:

solidum opus doctrinae,

Val. Max. 4, 1, ext. 1:

in solidiore aliquo scripti genere,

Sen. Contr. 1, 8, 16:

gravior solidiorque sententia,

Gell. 11, 13, 8:

virtus,

Val. Max. 2, 8, 5; 5, 4, ext. 5:

vinum,

Pall. 11, 14 fin.— Neutr. absol.:

quibus ex rebus nihil est, quod solidum tenere possis,

Cic. Pis. 25, 60:

multos in solido rursus Fortuna locavit,

in safety, Verg. A. 11, 427; cf.:

praesentia bona nondum tota in solido sunt,

Sen. Ben. 3, 4, 2:

nostra gloria, cum sit ex solido,

Curt. 9, 2, 14:

ut salus ejus locetur in solido,

Amm. 17, 5, 11.—Hence, adv., in two forms.

sŏlĭdum (very rare), soundly, thoroughly:

dinoscere cautus Quid solidum crepet,

Pers. 5, 25:

Venus irata solidum,

App. M. 5, p. 171, 24.—

sŏlĭdē (not in Cic.).

(Acc. to I.) Densely, closely, solidly:

solide et crassis viminibus contexta cista,

Col. 12, 56, 2:

solide natus est,

i. e. without a hollow place, without wind in one's inside, Petr. 47, 4.— Comp.:

concreta aqua,

Gell. 19, 5, 5.—

(Acc. to II.) Surely, wholly, fully, truly:

neque, natus necne is fuerit, id solide scio,

Plaut. Trin. 4, 2, 8; 4, 2, 47; Ter And. 5, 5, 8; App. M. 3, p. 135, 41; Spart. Ael. Ver. 8.

sŏlĭdus, a, um (contr. collat. form sol-dus, a, um, Hor. S. 1, 2, 113; 2, 5, 65), adj. [Sanscr. sarvas, all; Gr. holos, whole; old Lat. sollus; cf. sollistimus], firm, dense, compact, not hollow, solid (class.).

Lit.: individua et solida corpora (sc. atomoi), Cic. Fin. 1, 6, 18; cf. id. Div. 2, 67, 98:

terra solida et globosa,

id. N. D. 2, 39, 137:

columna aurea (opp. extrinsecus inaurata),

id. Div. 1, 24, 48; cf.

cornua (opp. cava),

Plin. 11, 37, 45, § 127:

lapides,

Sen. Q. N. 3, 25, 6:

corpus,

Ter. Eun. 2, 3, 27:

paries vel solidus vel fornicatus,

Cic. Top. 4, 22:

sphaera solida atque plena,

id. Rep. 1, 14, 22; cf.:

crateres auro solidi,

Verg. A. 2, 765:

ex solido elephanto,

id. G. 3, 26; id. A. 6, 69; 6, 552:

aera,

id. ib. 9, 809:

telum solidum nodis,

id. ib. 11, 553:

vasa auro solida,

Tac. A. 2, 33; 13, 10:

solidum ex auro signum,

Just. 39, 2, 5:

nunc solida est tellus, quae lacus ante fuit,

Ov. F. 6, 404; so,

ripa,

id. ib. 14, 49:

sedes (opp. aër),

id. ib. 2, 147:

navis ad ferendum incursum maris solida,

Sen. Ep. 76, 13:

sit solidum quodcumque subest,

Aus. Ed. 16, 12: solidus cibus, solid food, as opposed to fluid, Vulg. Heb. 5, 12. — Comp.:

solidior caseus factus,

Col. 7, 8, 4. — Sup.:

solidissima materiaï corpora (opp. mollia),

Lucr. 1, 565; 1, 951:

tellus,

Ov. M. 15, 262.— Subst.: sŏlĭdum, i, n., a solid substance, solidity:

cum duae formae praestantes sint, ex solidis globus, ex planis autem circulus aut orbis,

Cic. N. D. 2, 18, 47:

nihil tangi potest, quod careat solido,

id. Univ 4, 11; cf.:

quae (species deorum) nihil concreti habeat, nihil solidi, nihil expressi,

id. N. D. 1, 27, 75:

inane abscindere soldo,

Hor. S. 1, 2, 113; cf. id. ib. 2, 1, 78:

fossa fit ad solidum,

to the solid ground, to the bottom, Ov. F. 4, 821:

finditur in solidum cuneis via,

into the hard wood, Verg. G. 2, 79; 2, 231:

neque fundamenta (amphitheatri) per solidum subdidit,

Tac. A. 4, 62:

solido procedebat elephas in pontem,

on solid ground, Liv. 44, 5.—

Transf. (opp. to that which is divided, scattered, or in parts), whole, complete, entire (= integer, totus):

usurā, nec eā solidā, contentus est,

Cic. Att. 6, 1, 3:

militia semestri solidum stipendium accipere,

Liv. 5, 4:

solida taurorum viscera,

Verg. A. 6, 253:

ut solidos hauriant (serpentes) cervos taurosque,

Plin. 8, 14, 14, § 36:

quibus solida ungula,

id. 10, 63, 83, § 173:

motus terrae quasdam (civitates) solidas absorbuit,

Just. 30, 4, 3:

ut decies solidum exsorberet,

i. e. at once, in one draught, Hor. S. 2, 3, 240: decem annos solidos errasse, Varr. ap. Non. 405, 21; cf.:

partem solido demere de die,

Hor. C. 1, 1, 20:

annus,

Liv. 1, 19:

hora,

Juv. 11, 205:

parum solidum consulatum explere,

incomplete, Liv. 4, 8 fin.:

vos, quibus...solidae suo stant robore vires,

Verg. A. 2, 639.—As substt.

In gen.: sŏlĭdum, i, n., the whole sum:

ita bona veneant, ut solidum suum cuique solvatur,

Cic. Rab. Post. 17, 46; Hor. S. 2, 5, 65; Quint. 5, 10, 105; Tac. A. 6, 17; Dig. 45, 2, 2 sq.—

In partic.: sŏlĭdus, i, m. (sc. nummus), in the time of the emperors a gold coin, at first called aureus, and worth about twenty-five denarii, afterwards reduced nearly one half in value, Dig. 9, 3, 5; 11, 4, 1; 21, 1, 42; Cod. Just. 10, 70, 5; App. M. 10, p. 242, 34; Lampr. Alex. Sev. 39; Vulg. 1 Par. 29, 7; id. 1 Esd. 2, 69; id. Ecclus. 29, 7.—

Trop., sound, solid, substantial, genuine, true, real (in this sense a favorite word with Cic.; syn.: firmus, constans, stabilis;

opp. inanis, levis, vanus, mobilis, etc.): solida et perpetua fides,

Plaut. Merc. 2, 3, 44; so,

fides,

Tac. H. 2, 7:

solida et robusta et assidua frequentia,

Cic. Planc. 8, 21:

solida atque robusta eloquentia,

Quint. 10, 1, 2:

solida ac virilis ingenii vis,

id. 2, 5, 23:

est enim gloria solida quaedam res et expressa, non adumbrata,

Cic. Tusc. 3, 2, 3:

judicia solida et expressa,

id. Planc. 12, 29:

justitiae effigies,

id. Off. 3, 17, 69:

quod appellant honestum, non tam solido quam splendido nomine,

id. Fin. 1, 18, 61:

suavitas austera et solida,

id. de Or. 3, 26, 103:

solida veraque laus,

id. Sest. 43, 93; cf.:

solida laus ac vera dignitas,

id. Vatin. 3, 8:

gloria (with vera),

id. Phil. 5, 18, 50: nostra gloria, cum sit ex solido, Curt. 9, 2, 14:

nulla utilitas (with puerilis delectatio),

Cic. Fin. 1, 21, 72:

salus,

Plaut. Bacch. 2, 2, 10:

gratia,

id. Curc. 3, 35; Ov. M. 12, 576:

beneficium,

Ter. Eun. 5, 2, 32:

gaudium,

id. And. 4, 1, 24:

libertas,

Liv. 2, 2, 6; Tac. Or. 9:

fides,

id. H. 2, 79:

mens,

firm, determined, Hor. C. 3, 3, 4:

solidum opus doctrinae,

Val. Max. 4, 1, ext. 1:

in solidiore aliquo scripti genere,

Sen. Contr. 1, 8, 16:

gravior solidiorque sententia,

Gell. 11, 13, 8:

virtus,

Val. Max. 2, 8, 5; 5, 4, ext. 5:

vinum,

Pall. 11, 14 fin.— Neutr. absol.:

quibus ex rebus nihil est, quod solidum tenere possis,

Cic. Pis. 25, 60:

multos in solido rursus Fortuna locavit,

in safety, Verg. A. 11, 427; cf.:

praesentia bona nondum tota in solido sunt,

Sen. Ben. 3, 4, 2:

nostra gloria, cum sit ex solido,

Curt. 9, 2, 14:

ut salus ejus locetur in solido,

Amm. 17, 5, 11.—Hence, adv., in two forms.

sŏlĭdum (very rare), soundly, thoroughly:

dinoscere cautus Quid solidum crepet,

Pers. 5, 25:

Venus irata solidum,

App. M. 5, p. 171, 24.—

sŏlĭdē (not in Cic.).

(Acc. to I.) Densely, closely, solidly:

solide et crassis viminibus contexta cista,

Col. 12, 56, 2:

solide natus est,

i. e. without a hollow place, without wind in one's inside, Petr. 47, 4.— Comp.:

concreta aqua,

Gell. 19, 5, 5.—

(Acc. to II.) Surely, wholly, fully, truly:

neque, natus necne is fuerit, id solide scio,

Plaut. Trin. 4, 2, 8; 4, 2, 47; Ter And. 5, 5, 8; App. M. 3, p. 135, 41; Spart. Ael. Ver. 8.

sphaera (post-class. sphēra; once sphĕra, Prud. Apoth. 278), ae, f., = sphaira, a ball, globe, sphere (pure Lat. globus, Cic. N. D. 2, 18, 47).

In gen.:

sphaeras pugnum altas facito,

Cato, R. R. 82; Cic. Fat. 8, 15:

habent suam sphaeram stellae inerrantes,

id. N. D. 2, 21, 55.—

In partic.

A globe or sphere made to represent the heavenly bodies, Cic. Rep. 1, 14, 21 sq.; 1, 17, 28; id. Tusc. 1, 25, 63; 5, 23, 64; id. N. D. 2, 35, 88; id. de Or. 3, 40, 162.—

A globe, one of the great bodies of the universe, Macr. Somn. Scip. 2, 4, 8; Mart. Cap. 7, § 741.—

A ball for playing with (syn. follis), Cael. Aur. Tard. 3, 6, 88; 5, 11, 134; Amm. 21, 14, 1;

in the hand of a statue,

id. 25, 10, 2.