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gĕmĭnus, a, um, adj. [cf.: gener, genui (gigno)], born at the same time, twin-born, twin - (class.).

Lit.

Adj.:

tibi sunt gemini et trigemini filii,

Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 123:

filios parere,

id. Am. 5, 1, 36:

C. et L. Fabricii fratres gemini fuerunt ex municipio Aletrinati,

twin-brothers, Cic. Clu. 16, 46;

v. frater: sorores,

Ov. M. 4, 774; Hor. C. 4, 7, 5; cf.:

soror gemina germana,

Plaut. Mil. 2, 4, 30:

pueri,

Verg. A. 8, 631:

proles,

id. ib. 1, 274: dei (i. e. Apollo and Diana), Enn. ap. Varr. L. L. 7, § 16 Müll. (Trag. v. 425 Vahl.):

partus,

Liv. 1, 4, 2:

Castor,

i. e. Castor and Pollux, Ov. A. A. 1, 746; cf.

Pollux,

Hor. C. 3, 29, 64:

nec gemino bellum Trojanum orditur ab ovo,

i. e. from Helen, the twin-daughter of Leda, id. A. P. 147:

fratres, Amphion atque Zethus,

id. Ep. 1, 18, 41:

Quirini,

i. e. Romulus and Remus, Juv. 11, 105.—Comically in the sup.: To. Hic ejus geminust frater. Do. Hicine'st? To. Ac geminissimus, Plaut. Pers. 5, 2, 49.—

Subst.: gĕmĭni, ōrum, m., twins:

Servilii, qui gemini fuerunt... ut mater geminos internoscit consuetudine oculorum, sic, etc.,

Cic. Ac. 2, 18, 56 sq.; cf.:

geminorum formas esse similes,

id. Div. 2, 43, 90; Liv. 1, 6, 4.—Of beasts:

(asina) raro geminos parit,

Plin. 8, 43, 68, § 168.—

In partic.

Gemini, as a constellation, The Twins (Castor and Pollux;

acc. to others, Apollo and Hercules),

Plin. 18, 29, 69, § 281; Varr. R. R. 2, 1, 7; called also geminum astrum, Col. poët. 10, 312.—

Acc. to the Gr. didumoi, the testicles, i. q. testiculi (late Lat.), Sol. 13; Amm. 16, 7.—

Transf.

In gen., paired, double, two-fold, both, two, = duplex, duo:

gemino lucernae lumine declarari, dissensionem et seditionem moveri,

Cic. Div. 2, 58, 120; cf.:

ex unis geminas mihi conficies nuptias,

Ter. And. 4, 1, 51:

et tripodes gemini,

Verg. A. 9, 265:

cum quaererent alii Numerium, alii Quintium, gemini nominis errore servatus est (Numerius Quintius),

Cic. Sest. 38, 82:

sunt geminae Somni portae, quarum altera, etc.,

Verg. A. 6, 894:

scopuli,

id. ib. 1, 162; cf.:

vos, geminae voragines rei publicae,

Cic. Pis. 18, 41:

huc geminas nunc flecte acies,

your pair of eyes, both eyes, Verg. A. 6, 788:

tempora,

id. ib. 5, 416:

nares,

id. G. 4, 300:

cornua (Eridani),

id. ib. 4, 371:

manus,

Mart. 10, 10, 10:

pedes,

Ov. F. 2, 154;

for which: pes,

id. A. A. 2, 644:

geminae (vites),

Col. 3, 2, 10 (for which:

gemellae vites,

Plin. 14, 2, 4, § 21):

aliae (percussiones numerorum) sunt geminae,

double, Cic. de Or. 3, 47, 182; cf.:

geminis vocalibus,

Quint. 1, 7, 14:

M gemina,

id. ib. 8: geminique tulit Chironis in antrum, double-formed (half man, half horse), Ov. M. 2, 630; 6, 126; cf.:

corpus Tritonis (half man and half fish),

Stat. S. 3, 2, 35: Cecrops (acc. to a myth, half man and half serpent, or half man and half woman;

or else as Egyptian and Greek),

Ov. M. 2, 555: GEMINA LEGIO, a double legion (formed out of two legions), epithet of the tenth legion in Hispania, Inscr. Orell. 72 sq.; 1214; 2090;

3376 al. (for which: gemella legio,

Caes. B. C. 3, 4, 1; cf. Tac. H. 2, 58): cum geminis exsurgit mensa lucernis, seen double by one in drink, Juv. 6, 305.—

Resembling, similar, like, as twins:

VOLO, MI FRATER, FRATERCULO TUO CREDAS: consorti quidem in lucris atque in furtis, gemino et simillimo nequitia, improbitate, audaciā,

Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 66, § 155; cf.:

Dolabella et Antonius... ecce tibi geminum in scelere par,

a twin-pair, id. Phil. 11, 1, 2; Varr. L. L. 9, § 92:

par est avaritia, similis improbitas, eadem impudentia, gemina audacia,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 40, 118 fin.; cf. id. Rosc. Com. 18, 55:

quae (memoria) est gemina litteraturae quodammodo et in dissimili genere persimilis,

twin-sister, id. Part. 7, 26 (al. germana): illud vero geminum consiliis Catilinae et Lentuli, quod me domo mea expulistis, like, similar, id. Pis. 7, 16; cf.:

ambobus geminus cupido laudis,

Sil. 4, 99.

gĕmĭnus, a, um, adj. [cf.: gener, genui (gigno)], born at the same time, twin-born, twin - (class.).

Lit.

Adj.:

tibi sunt gemini et trigemini filii,

Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 123:

filios parere,

id. Am. 5, 1, 36:

C. et L. Fabricii fratres gemini fuerunt ex municipio Aletrinati,

twin-brothers, Cic. Clu. 16, 46;

v. frater: sorores,

Ov. M. 4, 774; Hor. C. 4, 7, 5; cf.:

soror gemina germana,

Plaut. Mil. 2, 4, 30:

pueri,

Verg. A. 8, 631:

proles,

id. ib. 1, 274: dei (i. e. Apollo and Diana), Enn. ap. Varr. L. L. 7, § 16 Müll. (Trag. v. 425 Vahl.):

partus,

Liv. 1, 4, 2:

Castor,

i. e. Castor and Pollux, Ov. A. A. 1, 746; cf.

Pollux,

Hor. C. 3, 29, 64:

nec gemino bellum Trojanum orditur ab ovo,

i. e. from Helen, the twin-daughter of Leda, id. A. P. 147:

fratres, Amphion atque Zethus,

id. Ep. 1, 18, 41:

Quirini,

i. e. Romulus and Remus, Juv. 11, 105.—Comically in the sup.: To. Hic ejus geminust frater. Do. Hicine'st? To. Ac geminissimus, Plaut. Pers. 5, 2, 49.—

Subst.: gĕmĭni, ōrum, m., twins:

Servilii, qui gemini fuerunt... ut mater geminos internoscit consuetudine oculorum, sic, etc.,

Cic. Ac. 2, 18, 56 sq.; cf.:

geminorum formas esse similes,

id. Div. 2, 43, 90; Liv. 1, 6, 4.—Of beasts:

(asina) raro geminos parit,

Plin. 8, 43, 68, § 168.—

In partic.

Gemini, as a constellation, The Twins (Castor and Pollux;

acc. to others, Apollo and Hercules),

Plin. 18, 29, 69, § 281; Varr. R. R. 2, 1, 7; called also geminum astrum, Col. poët. 10, 312.—

Acc. to the Gr. didumoi, the testicles, i. q. testiculi (late Lat.), Sol. 13; Amm. 16, 7.—

Transf.

In gen., paired, double, two-fold, both, two, = duplex, duo:

gemino lucernae lumine declarari, dissensionem et seditionem moveri,

Cic. Div. 2, 58, 120; cf.:

ex unis geminas mihi conficies nuptias,

Ter. And. 4, 1, 51:

et tripodes gemini,

Verg. A. 9, 265:

cum quaererent alii Numerium, alii Quintium, gemini nominis errore servatus est (Numerius Quintius),

Cic. Sest. 38, 82:

sunt geminae Somni portae, quarum altera, etc.,

Verg. A. 6, 894:

scopuli,

id. ib. 1, 162; cf.:

vos, geminae voragines rei publicae,

Cic. Pis. 18, 41:

huc geminas nunc flecte acies,

your pair of eyes, both eyes, Verg. A. 6, 788:

tempora,

id. ib. 5, 416:

nares,

id. G. 4, 300:

cornua (Eridani),

id. ib. 4, 371:

manus,

Mart. 10, 10, 10:

pedes,

Ov. F. 2, 154;

for which: pes,

id. A. A. 2, 644:

geminae (vites),

Col. 3, 2, 10 (for which:

gemellae vites,

Plin. 14, 2, 4, § 21):

aliae (percussiones numerorum) sunt geminae,

double, Cic. de Or. 3, 47, 182; cf.:

geminis vocalibus,

Quint. 1, 7, 14:

M gemina,

id. ib. 8: geminique tulit Chironis in antrum, double-formed (half man, half horse), Ov. M. 2, 630; 6, 126; cf.:

corpus Tritonis (half man and half fish),

Stat. S. 3, 2, 35: Cecrops (acc. to a myth, half man and half serpent, or half man and half woman;

or else as Egyptian and Greek),

Ov. M. 2, 555: GEMINA LEGIO, a double legion (formed out of two legions), epithet of the tenth legion in Hispania, Inscr. Orell. 72 sq.; 1214; 2090;

3376 al. (for which: gemella legio,

Caes. B. C. 3, 4, 1; cf. Tac. H. 2, 58): cum geminis exsurgit mensa lucernis, seen double by one in drink, Juv. 6, 305.—

Resembling, similar, like, as twins:

VOLO, MI FRATER, FRATERCULO TUO CREDAS: consorti quidem in lucris atque in furtis, gemino et simillimo nequitia, improbitate, audaciā,

Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 66, § 155; cf.:

Dolabella et Antonius... ecce tibi geminum in scelere par,

a twin-pair, id. Phil. 11, 1, 2; Varr. L. L. 9, § 92:

par est avaritia, similis improbitas, eadem impudentia, gemina audacia,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 40, 118 fin.; cf. id. Rosc. Com. 18, 55:

quae (memoria) est gemina litteraturae quodammodo et in dissimili genere persimilis,

twin-sister, id. Part. 7, 26 (al. germana): illud vero geminum consiliis Catilinae et Lentuli, quod me domo mea expulistis, like, similar, id. Pis. 7, 16; cf.:

ambobus geminus cupido laudis,

Sil. 4, 99.

gĕmĭnus, a, um, adj. [cf.: gener, genui (gigno)], born at the same time, twin-born, twin - (class.).

Lit.

Adj.:

tibi sunt gemini et trigemini filii,

Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 123:

filios parere,

id. Am. 5, 1, 36:

C. et L. Fabricii fratres gemini fuerunt ex municipio Aletrinati,

twin-brothers, Cic. Clu. 16, 46;

v. frater: sorores,

Ov. M. 4, 774; Hor. C. 4, 7, 5; cf.:

soror gemina germana,

Plaut. Mil. 2, 4, 30:

pueri,

Verg. A. 8, 631:

proles,

id. ib. 1, 274: dei (i. e. Apollo and Diana), Enn. ap. Varr. L. L. 7, § 16 Müll. (Trag. v. 425 Vahl.):

partus,

Liv. 1, 4, 2:

Castor,

i. e. Castor and Pollux, Ov. A. A. 1, 746; cf.

Pollux,

Hor. C. 3, 29, 64:

nec gemino bellum Trojanum orditur ab ovo,

i. e. from Helen, the twin-daughter of Leda, id. A. P. 147:

fratres, Amphion atque Zethus,

id. Ep. 1, 18, 41:

Quirini,

i. e. Romulus and Remus, Juv. 11, 105.—Comically in the sup.: To. Hic ejus geminust frater. Do. Hicine'st? To. Ac geminissimus, Plaut. Pers. 5, 2, 49.—

Subst.: gĕmĭni, ōrum, m., twins:

Servilii, qui gemini fuerunt... ut mater geminos internoscit consuetudine oculorum, sic, etc.,

Cic. Ac. 2, 18, 56 sq.; cf.:

geminorum formas esse similes,

id. Div. 2, 43, 90; Liv. 1, 6, 4.—Of beasts:

(asina) raro geminos parit,

Plin. 8, 43, 68, § 168.—

In partic.

Gemini, as a constellation, The Twins (Castor and Pollux;

acc. to others, Apollo and Hercules),

Plin. 18, 29, 69, § 281; Varr. R. R. 2, 1, 7; called also geminum astrum, Col. poët. 10, 312.—

Acc. to the Gr. didumoi, the testicles, i. q. testiculi (late Lat.), Sol. 13; Amm. 16, 7.—

Transf.

In gen., paired, double, two-fold, both, two, = duplex, duo:

gemino lucernae lumine declarari, dissensionem et seditionem moveri,

Cic. Div. 2, 58, 120; cf.:

ex unis geminas mihi conficies nuptias,

Ter. And. 4, 1, 51:

et tripodes gemini,

Verg. A. 9, 265:

cum quaererent alii Numerium, alii Quintium, gemini nominis errore servatus est (Numerius Quintius),

Cic. Sest. 38, 82:

sunt geminae Somni portae, quarum altera, etc.,

Verg. A. 6, 894:

scopuli,

id. ib. 1, 162; cf.:

vos, geminae voragines rei publicae,

Cic. Pis. 18, 41:

huc geminas nunc flecte acies,

your pair of eyes, both eyes, Verg. A. 6, 788:

tempora,

id. ib. 5, 416:

nares,

id. G. 4, 300:

cornua (Eridani),

id. ib. 4, 371:

manus,

Mart. 10, 10, 10:

pedes,

Ov. F. 2, 154;

for which: pes,

id. A. A. 2, 644:

geminae (vites),

Col. 3, 2, 10 (for which:

gemellae vites,

Plin. 14, 2, 4, § 21):

aliae (percussiones numerorum) sunt geminae,

double, Cic. de Or. 3, 47, 182; cf.:

geminis vocalibus,

Quint. 1, 7, 14:

M gemina,

id. ib. 8: geminique tulit Chironis in antrum, double-formed (half man, half horse), Ov. M. 2, 630; 6, 126; cf.:

corpus Tritonis (half man and half fish),

Stat. S. 3, 2, 35: Cecrops (acc. to a myth, half man and half serpent, or half man and half woman;

or else as Egyptian and Greek),

Ov. M. 2, 555: GEMINA LEGIO, a double legion (formed out of two legions), epithet of the tenth legion in Hispania, Inscr. Orell. 72 sq.; 1214; 2090;

3376 al. (for which: gemella legio,

Caes. B. C. 3, 4, 1; cf. Tac. H. 2, 58): cum geminis exsurgit mensa lucernis, seen double by one in drink, Juv. 6, 305.—

Resembling, similar, like, as twins:

VOLO, MI FRATER, FRATERCULO TUO CREDAS: consorti quidem in lucris atque in furtis, gemino et simillimo nequitia, improbitate, audaciā,

Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 66, § 155; cf.:

Dolabella et Antonius... ecce tibi geminum in scelere par,

a twin-pair, id. Phil. 11, 1, 2; Varr. L. L. 9, § 92:

par est avaritia, similis improbitas, eadem impudentia, gemina audacia,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 40, 118 fin.; cf. id. Rosc. Com. 18, 55:

quae (memoria) est gemina litteraturae quodammodo et in dissimili genere persimilis,

twin-sister, id. Part. 7, 26 (al. germana): illud vero geminum consiliis Catilinae et Lentuli, quod me domo mea expulistis, like, similar, id. Pis. 7, 16; cf.:

ambobus geminus cupido laudis,

Sil. 4, 99.

Īlĭum or Īlĭon, ĭi, n., = Ilion, a poetical name for Troja, the city of Ilium, Troy, Verg. A. 1, 68; 5, 261; Hor. C. 1, 15, 33; Ov. M. 6, 95; 13, 408; Cic. Div. 1, 14, 24 et saep.—Called also Īlĭos, i, f., acc. to the Gr. Ilios, Hor. C. 4, 9, 18; id. Epod. 14, 14; Ov. A. A. 1, 363; id. M. 14, 467.—Also a later Ilium, built upon the coast, Liv. 35, 43, 3; 37, 9, 7.—

Derivv.

Īlĭus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Ilium, Ilian, Trojan:

tellus,

Verg. A. 9, 285:

res,

id. ib. 1, 268:

matres,

Hor. Epod. 17, 11:

turmae,

id. Carm. Sec. 37.— Subst.: Īlĭi, ōrum, m., the Trojans, Plaut. Bacch. 4, 9, 27.—

Īlĭăcus, a, um, adj., the same:

orae,

Verg. A. 2, 117:

classis,

id. ib. 5, 607:

fata,

id. ib. 3, 182:

Penates,

id. ib. 3, 603:

cineres,

id. ib. 2, 431:

amores,

i. e. Paris, Mart. 12, 52, 9:

hospes Didus,

i. e. Æneas, Sil. 8, 50:

Vesta,

worshipped at Troy, Ov. F. 6, 227;

hence, Alba, where also Vesta was worshipped,

Luc. 5, 400: carmen, i. e. Homer's Iliad, Hor. A. P. 129; cf.:

Macer,

a poet who wrote on the Trojan war, Ov. P. 4, 16, 6:

dextra,

i. e. Ganymede's, Stat. S. 4, 2, 11:

mons,

i. e. Phrygian marble, id. ib. 27:

Iliacoque jugum memorabile remo,

i. e. the promontory of Misenum, where Misenus, a follower of Æneas, was drowned, id. ib. 3, 5, 98: muri, i. e. of Rome, as founded by descendants of the Trojan Æneas, Sil. 10, 387;

hence, also, cuspis,

of the consul Flaminius, id. 5, 595.—Prov.:

Iliacos intra muros peccatur et extra,

Hor. Ep. 1, 2, 16.—

Īlĭenses, ium, m., inhabitants of Ilium, Ilians, Suet. Tib. 52; id. Claud. 25; id. Ner. 7.—

Īlĭădes, ae, m., the Trojan, i. e. Ganymede, Ov. M. 10, 160.—

Īlĭas, ădis, f.

The Trojan woman, i. e. Helen, Ov. Tr. 2, 371.—In plur.: Īlĭădes, um, Trojan women or girls, Verg. A. 3, 65; 2, 580.—

The celebrated epic poem that describes the Trojan war, the Iliad, Prop. 2, 34 (3, 32), 66; Ov. A. A. 3, 414. —On account of its great extent, used fig. to represent a great quantity or number, an Iliad, a whole Iliad, Ov. P. 2, 7, 33; cf. written as Greek: tanta malorum impendet Ilias, Cic. Att. 8, 11, 3; and in plur.:

tunc vero longas condimus Iliadas,

Prop. 2, 1, 14.

ilium, v. ile.

Īlĭum or Īlĭon, ĭi, n., = Ilion, a poetical name for Troja, the city of Ilium, Troy, Verg. A. 1, 68; 5, 261; Hor. C. 1, 15, 33; Ov. M. 6, 95; 13, 408; Cic. Div. 1, 14, 24 et saep.—Called also Īlĭos, i, f., acc. to the Gr. Ilios, Hor. C. 4, 9, 18; id. Epod. 14, 14; Ov. A. A. 1, 363; id. M. 14, 467.—Also a later Ilium, built upon the coast, Liv. 35, 43, 3; 37, 9, 7.—

Derivv.

Īlĭus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Ilium, Ilian, Trojan:

tellus,

Verg. A. 9, 285:

res,

id. ib. 1, 268:

matres,

Hor. Epod. 17, 11:

turmae,

id. Carm. Sec. 37.— Subst.: Īlĭi, ōrum, m., the Trojans, Plaut. Bacch. 4, 9, 27.—

Īlĭăcus, a, um, adj., the same:

orae,

Verg. A. 2, 117:

classis,

id. ib. 5, 607:

fata,

id. ib. 3, 182:

Penates,

id. ib. 3, 603:

cineres,

id. ib. 2, 431:

amores,

i. e. Paris, Mart. 12, 52, 9:

hospes Didus,

i. e. Æneas, Sil. 8, 50:

Vesta,

worshipped at Troy, Ov. F. 6, 227;

hence, Alba, where also Vesta was worshipped,

Luc. 5, 400: carmen, i. e. Homer's Iliad, Hor. A. P. 129; cf.:

Macer,

a poet who wrote on the Trojan war, Ov. P. 4, 16, 6:

dextra,

i. e. Ganymede's, Stat. S. 4, 2, 11:

mons,

i. e. Phrygian marble, id. ib. 27:

Iliacoque jugum memorabile remo,

i. e. the promontory of Misenum, where Misenus, a follower of Æneas, was drowned, id. ib. 3, 5, 98: muri, i. e. of Rome, as founded by descendants of the Trojan Æneas, Sil. 10, 387;

hence, also, cuspis,

of the consul Flaminius, id. 5, 595.—Prov.:

Iliacos intra muros peccatur et extra,

Hor. Ep. 1, 2, 16.—

Īlĭenses, ium, m., inhabitants of Ilium, Ilians, Suet. Tib. 52; id. Claud. 25; id. Ner. 7.—

Īlĭădes, ae, m., the Trojan, i. e. Ganymede, Ov. M. 10, 160.—

Īlĭas, ădis, f.

The Trojan woman, i. e. Helen, Ov. Tr. 2, 371.—In plur.: Īlĭădes, um, Trojan women or girls, Verg. A. 3, 65; 2, 580.—

The celebrated epic poem that describes the Trojan war, the Iliad, Prop. 2, 34 (3, 32), 66; Ov. A. A. 3, 414. —On account of its great extent, used fig. to represent a great quantity or number, an Iliad, a whole Iliad, Ov. P. 2, 7, 33; cf. written as Greek: tanta malorum impendet Ilias, Cic. Att. 8, 11, 3; and in plur.:

tunc vero longas condimus Iliadas,

Prop. 2, 1, 14.

ilium, v. ile.

mŏdĭus, ii ( gen. plur. modiūm:

qui CCCC. modium quinque milia,

Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 36, § 83:

modiorum,

Plaut. Mil. 4, 2, 72), m. ( neutr. collat. form: mŏdĭum, ii, n., Cato, R. R. 58; so in plur.:

modia vicena,

Plin. 18, 16, 43, § 145) [modus], the Roman corn-measure, a measure, peck, containing sixteen sextarii, or the sixth part of a Greek medimnus (class.):

salis modium,

Cato, R. R. 58: tritici modius, Cic. Div. in Caecil. 10, 30:

siligneae farinae modius,

Plin. 18, 9, 20, § 88:

modium populo dare asse,

Cic. Off. 2, 17, 58:

agri Leontini decumae tertio anno venierunt tritici medimnum XXXVI., hoc est tritici modium CC. et XVI. milibus,

id. Verr. 2, 3, 46, § 110:

non minorem quam decem milium modiorum navem fabricare,

Ulp. Fragm. 3, 6.—

Prov.: verum illud est, quod dicitur, multos modios salis simul edendos esse, ut amicitiae munus expletum sit,

Cic. Lael. 19, 67: modio nummos metiri, to measure one's money by the peck, said of a rich woman, Petr. 37; cf.:

dives, ut metiretur nummos,

Hor. S. 1, 1, 95:

ego nunc mihi modium mille esse argenti velim,

Plaut. Stich. 4, 2, 9; Juv. 3, 220:

pleno modio,

in full measure, abundantly, Cic. Att. 6, 1, 16; cf.:

argumentum vobis demensum dabo, non modo neque trimodio, verum ipso horreo,

Plaut. Men. prol. 15:

servorum ventres modio castigat iniquo,

with short measure, Juv. 14, 126.—Also as a measure for other things, a peck:

metiri modio oleario,

Cato, R. R. 144:

ut metientibus dimidium (anulorum aureorum) super tres modios explesse,

Liv. 23, 12; Pall. 6, 4, 1.—

Transf.

Among surveyors, the third part of a jugerum, Auct. de Limit. p. 264 and 312 Goes.; Pall. Mai. 4 al. —

The socket, step, shoe in which the mast of a ship stands, Isid. Orig. 19, 2, 8.

partŭrĭo, īvi or ĭi, 4 ( imperf. parturibat, Phaedr. 4, 21, 1), v. desid. a. [2. pario], to desire to bring forth, to be in travail or labor; said of women and of animals.

Lit.:

vereor ne parturire intellegat,

Ter. Hec. 3, 3, 53:

tu (Lucina) voto parturientis ades,

Ov. F. 3, 256:

parturiens canis,

Phaedr. 1, 18, 3.—Prov.: parturiunt montes, nascetur ridiculus mus, said of those who promise great things, but accomplish little or nothing;

like the Engl. expression,

great cry and little wool, Hor. A. P. 139 (after the Greek proverb, ôdinen oros, eita mun apeteken); cf.

, also,

Phaedr. 4, 21, 1 sq. —

Transf.

To be big or pregnant with any thing; to brood over, meditate, purpose, Cic. Mur. 39, 84:

ut aliquando dolor populi Romani pariat, quod jamdiu parturit!

id. Phil. 2, 46, 118; so,

quod diu parturit animus vester, aliquando pariat,

Liv. 21, 18, 12:

ingentes parturit ira minas,

Ov. H. 12, 208; cf.:

filioli mei quos iterum parturio,

Vulg. Gal. 4, 19.—

To be anxious or concerned:

quā (securitate) frui non possit animus, si tamquam parturiat unus pro pluribus,

Cic. Lael. 13, 45; App. M. 7, 4.—

In gen., to bring forth, produce, yield, generate, etc. ( poet.):

quis Parthum paveat... Quis Germania quos horrida parturit Fetus, incolumi Caesare?

Hor. C. 4, 5, 26:

et nunc omnis ager, nunc omnis parturit arbos,

is budding forth, Verg. E. 3, 56; id. G. 2, 330; cf.

Col. poët. 10, 10: neque parturit imbres Perpetuos (Notus),

Hor. C. 1, 7, 16: felicemque uterum, qui nomina parturit annis, i. e. the yearly consuls, Claud. Cons. Prob. et Olybr. 204:

parturit innumeros angusto pectore mundos,

to conceive, imagine, id. Cons. Mall. Theod. 81, 3.—Hence, P. a. as subst.: partŭrĭens, entis, f., a woman in labor:

dolores parturientis,

Vulg. Osee, 13, 13; id. Psa. 47, 6.

partŭrĭo, īvi or ĭi, 4 ( imperf. parturibat, Phaedr. 4, 21, 1), v. desid. a. [2. pario], to desire to bring forth, to be in travail or labor; said of women and of animals.

Lit.:

vereor ne parturire intellegat,

Ter. Hec. 3, 3, 53:

tu (Lucina) voto parturientis ades,

Ov. F. 3, 256:

parturiens canis,

Phaedr. 1, 18, 3.—Prov.: parturiunt montes, nascetur ridiculus mus, said of those who promise great things, but accomplish little or nothing;

like the Engl. expression,

great cry and little wool, Hor. A. P. 139 (after the Greek proverb, ôdinen oros, eita mun apeteken); cf.

, also,

Phaedr. 4, 21, 1 sq. —

Transf.

To be big or pregnant with any thing; to brood over, meditate, purpose, Cic. Mur. 39, 84:

ut aliquando dolor populi Romani pariat, quod jamdiu parturit!

id. Phil. 2, 46, 118; so,

quod diu parturit animus vester, aliquando pariat,

Liv. 21, 18, 12:

ingentes parturit ira minas,

Ov. H. 12, 208; cf.:

filioli mei quos iterum parturio,

Vulg. Gal. 4, 19.—

To be anxious or concerned:

quā (securitate) frui non possit animus, si tamquam parturiat unus pro pluribus,

Cic. Lael. 13, 45; App. M. 7, 4.—

In gen., to bring forth, produce, yield, generate, etc. ( poet.):

quis Parthum paveat... Quis Germania quos horrida parturit Fetus, incolumi Caesare?

Hor. C. 4, 5, 26:

et nunc omnis ager, nunc omnis parturit arbos,

is budding forth, Verg. E. 3, 56; id. G. 2, 330; cf.

Col. poët. 10, 10: neque parturit imbres Perpetuos (Notus),

Hor. C. 1, 7, 16: felicemque uterum, qui nomina parturit annis, i. e. the yearly consuls, Claud. Cons. Prob. et Olybr. 204:

parturit innumeros angusto pectore mundos,

to conceive, imagine, id. Cons. Mall. Theod. 81, 3.—Hence, P. a. as subst.: partŭrĭens, entis, f., a woman in labor:

dolores parturientis,

Vulg. Osee, 13, 13; id. Psa. 47, 6.