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dŏmĭnus (in inscrr. sometimes written by syncop. DOMNVS), i, m. [Sanscr. damanas, he who subdues, root dam-; Gr. damaô, damnêmi, v. domo] Prop., one who has subdued or conquered; hence, a master, possessor, ruler, lord, proprietor, owner (cf. herus).

Prop.: quam dispari Dominare domino! Poëta ap. Cic. Off. 1, 39, 139:

nec domo dominus, sed domino domus honestanda est, etc.,

Cic. ib. 39, 139; cf. id. Fin. 1, 18, 58:

(vilicus) consideret, quae dominus imperaverit, fiant, etc.,

Cato R. R. 5, 3 sq.;

so opp. servus,

Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 227; id. Mil. 3, 1, 149; Ter. Ad. 5, 6, 6; id. Eun. 3, 2, 33; Varr. R. R. 1, 2, 17; id. ap. Non. 355, 19; Cic. Deiot. 11, 30; Sall. J. 31, 11 et saep.;

opp. familia,

Ter. Ad. 1, 2, 9;

opp. ancilla,

Cic. de Or. 2, 68, 276; and (with herus) Plaut. Capt. 2, 3, 3; cf. id. Ps. 4, 7, 90 sq.; Cic. N. D. 2, 63 et saep.—Also of the master's son, the young master, Plaut. Capt. prol. 18:

siet in iis agris, qui non saepe dominos mutant... de domino bono colono melius emetur,

Cato R. R. 1, 4; cf. Cic. Att. 12, 19; id. de Sen. 16, 56; Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 174; so,

rerum suarum,

Cic. Tusc. 3, 5, 11: auctionum, id. [p. 609] Quint. 5, 19:

insularum,

Suet. Caes. 41:

equi,

id. ib. 61 et saep.—

In gen., a master, lord, ruler, commander, chief, proprietor, owner (in republican Rome of public men, usually with the accessory notion, unlawful, despotic):

hujus principis populi et omnium gentium domini atque victoris,

Cic. Planc. 4 fin.; id. Off. 3, 21, 83; cf.:

quippe qui (sc. populi) domini sint legum, judiciorum, belli, pacis, foederum, capitis, uniuscujusque, pecuniae,

id. Rep. 1, 32:

di domini omnium rerum ac moderatores,

id. Leg. 2, 7; cf. id. Fin. 4, 5; id. Univ. 7:

videsne, ut de rege (sc. Tarquinio) dominus exstiterit? hic est enim dominus populi, quem Graeci tyrannum vocant, etc.,

id. Rep. 2, 26; cf. id. 1, 45; Verg. A. 4, 214.— Trop.:

liberatos se per eum dicunt gravissimis dominis, terrore sempiterno ac nocturno metu,

Cic. Tusc. 1, 21;

of the judge: qui rei dominus futurus est,

id. de Or. 2, 17, 72; poët. of the possessor of an art, Ov. M. 1, 524; 13, 138.—

Poet., sometimes as an adj.:

dominae manus,

Ov. Am. 2, 5, 30:

arae,

Stat. Th. 5, 578:

praebere caput domina venale sub hasta,

the auction spear, Juv. 3, 33.—

In partic.

With or without convivii or epuli, the master of a feast, the entertainer, host, Cic. Vatin. 13; Lucil., Varr., and Sall. ap. Non. 281, 21 sq.; Varr. ap. Gell. 13, 11, 5; Liv. 23, 8 al.—

The master of a play or of public games; the employer of players or gladiators:

quae mihi atque vobis res vortat bene Gregique huic et dominis atque conductoribus,

Plaut. As. prol. 3; Cic. Att. 2, 19, 3.—

In the period of the empire (Augustus and Tiberius declined it, Suet. Aug. 53; Tib. 27), a title of the emperors, Suet. Dom. 13; Mart. 5, 8; 10, 72; Phaedr. 2, 5, 14; Inscr. Orell. 1109; 1146 al.—

A term of endearment in addressing a lover, Ov. Am. 3, 7, 11.—

In respectful greeting, like our Sir, Sen. Ep. 3; Mart. 6, 88; Suet. Claud. 21.—

A master or assignee of a forfeited estate, Cic. Quint. 15, 50.—

Of Christ, the Lord (eccl. Lat.):

Augusti Caesaris temporibus natus est Dominus Christus,

Oros. 6, 17 fin.; Vulg. Johan. 13, 13 et saep.

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āio, verb. defect. The forms in use are: pres. indic. āio, ăis, ait—aiunt; subj. aias, aiat—aiant; imperf. indic. throughout, aiebam, aiebas, etc.; imper. ai, rare; part. pres. aiens, rare; once in App. M. 6, p. 178 Elm.; and once as P. a. in Cic. Top. 11, 49, v. below. Cic. wrote the pres. aiio, acc. to Quint. 1, 4, 11.—From ais with the interrog. part. ne, ain is used in colloquial language. For imperf. also aibas, Plaut. Trin. 2, 4, 28; Ter. Ad. 4, 2, 22:

aibat,

Plaut. Trin. 4, 2, 33; 5, 2, 16:

aibant,

id. ib. 1, 2, 175; 4, 2, 102; Ter. And. 3, 3, 3; ai is dissyl., but in the imper. also monosyl., Plaut. Truc. 5, 49; cf. Bentl. ad Ter. Ad. 4, 6, 5. Acc. to Prisc. 818 P., the pres. ait seems to take the place of a perf., but acc. to Val. Prob. 1482 P., there was a real perf. ai, aisti, ait;

as aisti,

Aug. Ep. 54 and 174:

aierunt,

Tert. Fuga in Persec. 6; the pres. inf. aiere is found in Aug. Trin. 9, 10 [cf. êmi = I say; Sanscr. perf. 3d sing. āha = he spake; ad ag ium, ad ag io; negare for ne ig are; Umbr. ai tu = dicito; Engl. aye = yea, yes, and Germ. ja], to say yes, to assent (opp. nego, to say no; with the ending - tumo, aiutumo; contract. autumo; opp. negumo; v. autumo).

In gen.: vel ai vel nega, Naev. ap. Prisc. 473 P.:

veltu mihi aias vel neges,

Plaut. Rud. 2, 4, 14:

negat quis? nego. Ait? aio,

Ter. Eun. 2, 2, 21:

Diogenes ait, Antipater negat,

Cic. Off. 3, 23:

quasi ego id curem, quid ille aiat aut neget,

id. Fin. 2, 22; so id. Rab. Post. 12, 34.—

Esp.

To say, affirm, or assert something (while dicere signifies to speak in order to inform, and affirmare, to speak in affirmation, Doed. Syn. 4, 6 sq.—Therefore different from inquam, I say, I reply, since aio is commonly used in indirect, and inquam in direct discourse; cf. Doed. as cited above; Herz. ad Sall. C. 48, 3; and Ramsh. Gr. 800).

In indirect discourse: insanam autem illam (sc. esse) aiunt, quia, etc., Pac. ap. Cic. Her. 2, 23, 36; Plaut. Capt. 1, 1, 3: Ch. Hodie uxorem ducis? Pa. Aiunt, they say so, id. ib. 2, 1, 21:

ait hac laetitiā Deiotarum elatum vino se obruisse,

Cic. Deiot. 9:

debere eum aiebat, etc.,

id. Verr. 2, 1, 18:

Tarquinium a Cicerone immissum aiebant,

Sall. C. 48, 8:

Vos sapere et solos aio bene vivere,

Hor. Ep. 1, 15, 45; id. S. 1, 2, 121; id. Ep. 1, 1, 88; 1, 7, 22.—

In direct discourse: Ennio delector, ait quispiam, quod non discedit a communi more verborum;

Pacuvio, inquit alius,

Cic. Or. 11, 36:

Vos o, quibus integer aevi Sanguis, ait, solidaeque, etc.,

Verg. A. 2, 639; 6, 630; 7, 121;

12, 156: O fortunati mercatores! gravis annis Miles ait,

Hor. S. 1, 1, 4; id. Ep. 1, 15, 40; 1, 16, 47; id. S. 2, 7, 72; 1, 3, 22.—

With acc.:

Causa optumast, Nisi quid pater ait aliud,

Ter. And. 5, 4, 47:

Admirans ait haec,

Cat. 5, 3, 4; 63, 84:

Haec ait,

Verg. A. 1, 297; v. B.—

Simply to speak, and esp. in the form of transition, sic ait, thus he speaks or says (cf. the Hom. hôs phato):

Sic ait, et dicto citius tumida aequora placat,

Verg. A. 1, 142; 5, 365; 9, 749.—

Also of what follows: Sic ait in molli fixa toro cubitum: “Tandem,” etc.,

Prop. 1, 3, 34.—

Ut ait quispiam (regularly in this order in Cic.), in quoting an unusual expression, as one says:

ut ait Statius noster in Synephebis,

Cic. Sen. 7:

ut ait Homerus,

id. ib. 10:

ut ait Theophrastus,

id. Tusc. 1, 19, 45:

ut ait Thucydides,

Nep. Them. 2:

ut ait Cicero,

Quint. 7, 1, 51; 8, 6, 73; 9, 4, 40;

9, 56, 60: ut Cicero ait,

id. 10, 7, 14; 12, 3, 11:

ut Demosthenes ait,

id. 11, 1, 22:

ut rumor ait,

Prop. 5, 4, 47: uti mos vester ait, Hor S. 2, 7, 79.—So without def. subject:

ut ait in Synephebis,

Cic. Tusc. 1, 14, 31.—

Aiunt, ut aiunt, quemadmodum or quod aiunt, in quoting a proverbial or technical phrase, as they say, as is said, as the saying is (Gr. to legomenon, hôs phasi; Fr. on dit;

Germ. man sagt), either placed after it or interposed: eum rem fidemque perdere aiunt,

Plaut. Curc. 4, 2, 18: ut quimus, aiunt;

quando, ut volumus, non licet,

Ter. And. 4, 5, 10:

docebo sus, ut aiunt, oratorem eum,

Cic. de Or. 2, 57:

Iste claudus, quemadmodum aiunt, pilam,

id. Pis. 28 B. and K. —Also in telling an anecdote:

conspexit, ut aiunt, Adrasum quendam vacuā tonsoris in umbrā,

Hor. Ep. 1, 7, 49; 1, 17, 18.—

In judic. lang.: ait lex, ait praetor, etc., the law, the prœtor says, i. e. prescribes, commands:

ut ait lex Julia,

Dig. 24, 3, 64:

Praetor ait, in eadem causā eum exhibere, etc.,

ib. 2, 9, 1:

Aiunt aediles, qui mancipia vendunt, etc.,

ib. 21, 1, 1:

Ait oratio, fas esse eum, etc.,

ib. 24, 1, 32 al. —

Ain? = aisne? also often strengthened: ain tu? ain tute? ain tandem? ain vero? in conversational lang., a form of interrogation which includes the idea of surprise or wonder, sometimes also of reproof or sorrow, do you really mean so? indeed? really? is it possible? often only an emphatic what? Plaut. Ep. 3, 4, 73: Merc. Servus esne an liber? Sos. Utcumque animo conlibitumst meo. Merc. Ain vero? Sos. Aio enim vero, id. ib. 3, 4, 188; id. Am. 1, 1, 128: Phil. Pater, inquam, aderit jam hic meus. Call. Ain tu, pater? id. Most. 2, 1, 36; id. Ep. 5, 2, 33; id. Aul. 2, 2, 9; id. Curc. 2, 3, 44; Ter. Hec. 3, 4, 1; id. Eun. 3, 5, 19 al:

Ain tu? Scipio hic Metellus proavum suum nescit censorem non fuisse?

Cic. Att. 6, 1; 4, 5 al.:

ain tute,

Plaut. Truc. 1, 2, 90:

ain tandem ita esse, ut dicis?

id. Aul. 2, 4, 19; so id. As. 5, 2, 47; id. Trin. 4, 2, 145; Ter. And. 5, 3, 4:

ain tandem? insanire tibi videris, quod, etc.,

Cic. Fam. 9, 21 Manut.; id. Att. 6, 2.—Also with a plur. verb (cf. age with plur. verb, s. v. ago, IV. a.):

ain tandem? inquit, num castra vallata non habetis?

Liv. 10, 25.—

Quid ais? (as in conversation).—

With the idea of surprise, astonishment, Ti legeis (cf. Quid dixisti? Ter. And. 3, 4, 14; id. Eun. 5, 6, 16, Ti eipas); what do you say? what? Merc. Quis herus est igitur tibi? Sos. Amphitruo, quicum nuptast Alcumena. Merc. Quid ais? Quid nomen tibist? Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 208; so Ter. And. 4, 1, 42; id. Heaut. 5, 1, 27.—

When one asks [p. 79] another for his meaning, opinion, or judgment, what do you mean? what do you say or think? Th. Ita me di ament, honestust. Pa. Quid tu ais, Gnatho? Num quid habes, quod contemnas? Quid tu autem, Thraso? Ter. Eun. 3, 2, 21: Hunc ais? Do you mean this man? (= dicis, q. v., II.) Pers. 4, 27.—

When one wishes to try or prove another, what is your opinion? what do you say? Sed quid ais? quid Amphitruoni [dono] a Telebois datumst? Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 262.—Hence, * āiens, entis, P. a., affirming, affirmative (usu. affirmativus):

negantia contraria aientibus,

Cic. Top. 11, 49.

ĕrus (less correctly, hĕrus, v. infra), i, m. [Sanscr. root, har-; har-āmi, I seize; har-anam, hand; Gr. cheir, cherês; Lat. heres, hirudo; but the form erus is that of the best MSS.; cf. Ritschl, Opusc. 2, 409; Brix ad Plaut. Trin. 1, 2, 24].

Lit., the master of a house or family, in respect to servants:

erum atque servom saluere,

Plaut. Trin. 2, 4, 34: iis, qui vi oppressos imperio coercent, sit sane adhibenda saevitia, ut eris in famulos, si aliter teneri non possunt, Cic. Off. 2, 7, 24; cf.:

non eros nec dominos appellabant eos, quibus juste paruerunt,

id. Rep. 1, 41; Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 87:

me meus erus Fecit ut vigilarem,

id. ib. 141:

nonne erae meae nunciare, quod erus meus jussit, licet?

id. ib. 296:

quis erus est igitur tibi?

id. ib. 206;

225: nec victoris eri tetigit captiva cubile,

Verg. A. 3, 324; Plaut. Am. 2, 1, 20; cf.:

O ere, quae res Nec modum habet, etc.,

Hor. S. 2, 3, 265: Le. Ubinam est erus? Li. Major apud forum'st minor hic est intus, our old... our young master, Plaut. As. 2, 2, 63; cf. id. Capt. 3, 5, 49 sq.—

Transf.

Of men, a master, lord, owner, proprietor ( poet.):

agellulum hunc erique villulam hortulumque pauperis Tuor,

Cat. 20, 4; cf.:

propriae telluris erus,

Hor. S. 2, 2, 129; and:

ne perconteris, fundus meus Arvo pascat erum, an, etc.,

id. Ep. 1, 16, 2:

destinata Aula divitem manet erum,

id. C. 2, 18, 32:

O cubile... quae tuo veniunt ero Quanta gaudia,

Cat. 61, 116.—

Of the gods:

nondum cum sanguine sacro Hostia caelestes pacificasset eros,

Cat. 68, 76.—Of the gods, absol.:

quod temere invitis suscipiatur eris,

Cat. 68, 78.

ex-crŭcĭo, āvi, ātum, 1 (archaic inf. praes. excruciarier, Ter. Heaut. 3, 1, 4), v. a., to torment greatly, to torture, rack, plague (class.).

Physically:

perii! excruciabit me herus,

Plaut. Mil. 3, 2, 45:

servos fame vinculisque,

Caes. B. G. 7, 19, 9; cf.:

(uxores) igni atque omnibus tormentis excruciatae,

id. ib. 6, 19, 3:

aliquem vinculis ac verberibus atque omni supplicio excruciatum necare,

Cic. de Imp. Pomp 5, 11; cf.

also: hominem ingenuum fumo excruciatum semivivum reliquit,

Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 17, § 45:

excruciatus inopiā, Plaut Bacch. 3, 4, 24: ipsos crudeliter excruciatos interficit,

Caes. B. G. 7, 38, 9:

frigus nudos excruciabat,

Lucr. 5, 1426 et saep.—Comic. Ep. Hunc tibi dedo diem. St. Meam culpam habeto, nisi probe excruciavero, qs. thoroughly torture it, i. e. use it up, make the most of it, Plaut. Stich. 3, 1, 32.—

Transf., to force out by torturing, to extort:

re excruciatā,

Tert. ad Uxor. 2, 5 fin. —

Mentally, to afflict, distress, harass, vex, torment: conficior maerore, mea Terentia;

nec meae me miseriae magis excruciant quam tuae,

Cic. Fam. 14, 3, 1; cf.:

non loquor plura, ne te quoque excruciem,

id. Att. 10, 18, 3:

haec sunt, quae me excruciant,

Plaut. Trin. 2, 2, 9.—In imprecations:

di deaeque te excrucient,

Plaut. Pers. 5, 2, 50:

temeritas et libido et ignavia semper animum excruciant et semper sollicitant,

Cic. Fin. 1, 16, 50:

se,

Plaut. Curc. 1, 3, 14:

quid illam miseram animi excrucias?

id. Mil. 4, 2, 76; cf.:

se animi,

id. Rud. 2, 3, 68:

tum Antipho me excruciat animi,

Ter. Phorm. 1, 4, 10; v. also in the foll.—In the pass.:

excrucior,

Plaut. Cist. 1, 1, 61; id. Trin. 1, 2, 66:

id ego excrucior,

id. Ep. 2, 2, 8; cf.:

hoc sese excruciat animi, Quia, etc.,

id. Rud. 2, 3, 57.

frux, frūgis, and more freq. in plur. frūges, um (also in nom. sing. frugis:

frugi rectus est natura frux, at secundum consuetudinem dicimus, ut haec avis, haec ovis, sic haec frugis,

Varr. L. L. 9, § 76 dub.), f. [from the root FRUG; v. fruor], fruits of the earth (that may be enjoyed), produce of the fields, pulse, legumes (whereas fructus denotes chiefly tree-fruit, and frumentum halm-fruit, grain), sometimes also, in gen., for fruits (grain, tree-fruit, etc.).

Lit.

Plur.:

terra feta frugibus et vario leguminum genere,

Cic. N. D. 2, 62, 156:

fruges terrae,

id. Div. 1, 51, 116; id. de Sen. 2, 5; cf.:

nos fruges serimus, nos arbores,

id. N. D. 2, 60, 152:

ubertas frugum et fructuum,

id. ib. 3, 36, 86:

frugum fructuumque reliquorum perceptio,

id. Off. 2, 3, 12:

oleam frugesve ferre,

id. Rep. 3, 9:

neque foliis, neque oleo neque frumento neque frugibus usurum,

Dig. 7, 8, 12; cf. ib. 50, 16, 77: arbores frondescere... segetes largiri fruges, Enn. ap. Cic. Tusc. 1, 28, 69 (Trag. v. 195 Vahl.): ut cum fruges [p. 787] Cererem appellamus, vinum autem Liberum, Cic. N. D. 2, 23, 60; cf. Lucr. 2, 656:

inventis frugibus,

Cic. Or. 9, 31:

fruges in ea terra (Sicilia) primum repertas esse arbitrantur,

id. Verr. 2, 4, 48, § 106:

cultus agrorum perceptioque frugum,

id. Rep. 2, 14: lentiscus triplici solita grandescere fetu, Ter fruges fundens, Cic. poët. Div. 1, 9, 15: arboreae, Cornif. ap. Serv. Verg. G. 1, 55:

roburneae,

Col. 9, 1, 5:

(Gallorum gens) dulcedine frugum maximeque vini capta,

Liv. 5, 33, 2 al. — Poet.:

salsae fruges = mola salsa,

the sacrificial roasted barley-meal mixed with salt, Verg. A. 2, 133; 12, 173:

medicatae,

magic herbs, id. ib. 6, 420.—

Sing.: si jam data sit frux, Enn. ap. Prisc. p. 724 P. (Ann. v. 412 Vahl.; cf. ib. v. 318):

spicea frux, Aus. Monos. de Cibis, 4: (mensae) exstructae dapibus nec tostae frugis egentes,

Ov. M. 11, 121:

ut non omnem frugem neque arborem in omni agro reperire possis,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 27, 75:

fundit frugem spici ordine structam,

id. de Sen. 15, 51:

quercus et ilex multa fruge pecus juvet,

Hor. Ep. 1, 16, 10:

sit bona librorum et provisae frugis in annum Copia,

id. ib. 1, 18, 109.

Trop.

In gen., like fructus, result, success, value (rare but class.):

quae virtutis maturitas et quantae fruges industriae sint futurae,

Cic. Cael. 31, 76:

illae sunt animi fruges,

Auct. Aetn. 273:

generare atque ad frugem aliquam perducere,

to some maturity, Quint. 6, 2, 3; cf.:

illud ingeniorum velut praecox genus non temere umquam pervenit ad frugem,

id. 1, 3, 3:

jam ego et ipsa frugem tuam periclitabor,

maturity of mind, ability, App. M. 6, p. 177, 13:

hominem nihili, neque rei neque frugis bonae,

Gell. 6, 11, 2; cf. B. 1. b infra. — Poet.: centuriae seniorum agitant expertia frugis, rail at what is crude, worthless (= poëmata nimis jocosa), Hor. A. P. 341: cultor enim juvenum purgatas inseris aures Fruge Cleanthea, with Cleanthian fruit, i. e. doctrine, Pers. 5, 64:

herus si tuus volet facere frugem, meum herum perdet,

i. e. to act with advantage, Plaut. Poen. 4, 2, 70.—

In partic., of moral character.

frugi (a dat. form, fit for food; frugi aptus, serviceable, chrêsimos, chrêstos; hence, transf.), as adj. indecl., useful, fit, proper, worthy, honest, discreet, virtuous, temperate, frugal (class.; for comp. and sup. the words frugalior and frugalissimus were used;

v. frugalis): frugi hominem dici non multum habet laudis in rege,

Cic. Deiot. 9, 26; cf. id. Tusc. 3, 8, 16 sq.:

qui (L. Piso) tanta virtute atque integritate fuit, ut... solus Frugi nominaretur. Quem cum in contionem Gracchus vocari juberet et viator quaereret, quem Pisonem, quod erant plures: Cogis me, inquit, dicere inimicum meum frugi,

id. Font. 13, 29; cf.:

loquitur ut Frugi ille Piso,

id. Fin. 2, 28, 90:

homines plane frugi ac sobrii,

id. Verr. 2, 3, 27, § 67:

ego praeter alios meum virum fui rata Siccum, frugi, continentem (opp. madidum, nihili, incontinentem),

Plaut. As. 5, 2, 7:

hominis frugi et temperantis functus officium,

Ter. Heaut. 3, 3, 19:

parcius hic vivit: frugi dicatur,

Hor. S. 1, 3, 49:

Antonius frugi factus est,

Cic. Phil. 2, 28, 69:

(Penelope) tam frugi tamque pudica,

Hor. S. 2, 5, 77:

sum bonus et frugi,

id. Ep. 1, 16, 49:

quo sane populus numerabilis, utpote parvus, Et frugi castusque verecundusque coibat,

id. A. P. 207:

servus frugi atque integer,

Cic. Clu. 16, 47:

Davus, amicum mancipium domino et frugi,

Hor. S. 2, 7, 3:

liberti probi et frugi,

Plin. Pan. 88, 2:

quae (lena) frugi esse vult,

useful, serviceable, Plaut. As. 1, 3, 23; Ter. Eun. 3, 5, 59.—

Strengthened by the attributive bonae:

is probus est, quem paenitet, quam probus sit et frugi bonae: Qui ipsus sibi satis placet, nec probus est nec frugi bonae,

Plaut. Trin. 2, 2, 39 and 40; id. As. 3, 3, 12; id. Poen. 4, 2, 23:

(Fabius Luscus) satis acutus et permodestus ac bonae frugi,

Cic. Att. 4, 8, 3.—

Of inanim. and abstr. things: frugi severaque vita, honest, virtuous, Cic. Fil. ap. Cic. Fam. 16, 21, 4:

victus luxuriosus, an frugi, an sordidus, quaeritur,

frugal, temperate, Quint. 5, 10, 27; cf.:

atrium frugi nec tamen sordidum,

Plin. Ep. 2, 17, 4:

cena,

id. ib. 3, 1, 4; Juv. 3, 167:

jentacula,

Mart. 13, 31, 1.—

Frux = homo frugi, worthy, honest: dictum factumque facit frux, Enn. ap. Prisc. p. 724 P. (Ann. v. 318 Vahl.). —

Ad frugem or ad bonam frugem, in vulg. lang. (to turn or bring one's self) to moral worth, excellence, virtue:

equidem multos vidi et in hac civitate, qui totam adolescentiam voluptatibus dedissent, emersisse aliquando et se ad frugem bonam, ut dicitur, recepisse gravesque homines atque illustres fuisse,

have reformed, Cic. Cael. 12, 28:

multa ad bonam frugem ducentia in eo libro scripta sunt,

Gell. 13, 27, 2:

quin tu adolescentem, quem esse corruptum vides, restituis? quin ad frugem corrigis?

Plaut. Trin. 1, 2, 81; cf. id. Bacch. 4, 10, 10:

certum'st ad frugem applicare animum,

id. Trin. 2, 1, 34.

frux, frūgis, and more freq. in plur. frūges, um (also in nom. sing. frugis:

frugi rectus est natura frux, at secundum consuetudinem dicimus, ut haec avis, haec ovis, sic haec frugis,

Varr. L. L. 9, § 76 dub.), f. [from the root FRUG; v. fruor], fruits of the earth (that may be enjoyed), produce of the fields, pulse, legumes (whereas fructus denotes chiefly tree-fruit, and frumentum halm-fruit, grain), sometimes also, in gen., for fruits (grain, tree-fruit, etc.).

Lit.

Plur.:

terra feta frugibus et vario leguminum genere,

Cic. N. D. 2, 62, 156:

fruges terrae,

id. Div. 1, 51, 116; id. de Sen. 2, 5; cf.:

nos fruges serimus, nos arbores,

id. N. D. 2, 60, 152:

ubertas frugum et fructuum,

id. ib. 3, 36, 86:

frugum fructuumque reliquorum perceptio,

id. Off. 2, 3, 12:

oleam frugesve ferre,

id. Rep. 3, 9:

neque foliis, neque oleo neque frumento neque frugibus usurum,

Dig. 7, 8, 12; cf. ib. 50, 16, 77: arbores frondescere... segetes largiri fruges, Enn. ap. Cic. Tusc. 1, 28, 69 (Trag. v. 195 Vahl.): ut cum fruges [p. 787] Cererem appellamus, vinum autem Liberum, Cic. N. D. 2, 23, 60; cf. Lucr. 2, 656:

inventis frugibus,

Cic. Or. 9, 31:

fruges in ea terra (Sicilia) primum repertas esse arbitrantur,

id. Verr. 2, 4, 48, § 106:

cultus agrorum perceptioque frugum,

id. Rep. 2, 14: lentiscus triplici solita grandescere fetu, Ter fruges fundens, Cic. poët. Div. 1, 9, 15: arboreae, Cornif. ap. Serv. Verg. G. 1, 55:

roburneae,

Col. 9, 1, 5:

(Gallorum gens) dulcedine frugum maximeque vini capta,

Liv. 5, 33, 2 al. — Poet.:

salsae fruges = mola salsa,

the sacrificial roasted barley-meal mixed with salt, Verg. A. 2, 133; 12, 173:

medicatae,

magic herbs, id. ib. 6, 420.—

Sing.: si jam data sit frux, Enn. ap. Prisc. p. 724 P. (Ann. v. 412 Vahl.; cf. ib. v. 318):

spicea frux, Aus. Monos. de Cibis, 4: (mensae) exstructae dapibus nec tostae frugis egentes,

Ov. M. 11, 121:

ut non omnem frugem neque arborem in omni agro reperire possis,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 27, 75:

fundit frugem spici ordine structam,

id. de Sen. 15, 51:

quercus et ilex multa fruge pecus juvet,

Hor. Ep. 1, 16, 10:

sit bona librorum et provisae frugis in annum Copia,

id. ib. 1, 18, 109.

Trop.

In gen., like fructus, result, success, value (rare but class.):

quae virtutis maturitas et quantae fruges industriae sint futurae,

Cic. Cael. 31, 76:

illae sunt animi fruges,

Auct. Aetn. 273:

generare atque ad frugem aliquam perducere,

to some maturity, Quint. 6, 2, 3; cf.:

illud ingeniorum velut praecox genus non temere umquam pervenit ad frugem,

id. 1, 3, 3:

jam ego et ipsa frugem tuam periclitabor,

maturity of mind, ability, App. M. 6, p. 177, 13:

hominem nihili, neque rei neque frugis bonae,

Gell. 6, 11, 2; cf. B. 1. b infra. — Poet.: centuriae seniorum agitant expertia frugis, rail at what is crude, worthless (= poëmata nimis jocosa), Hor. A. P. 341: cultor enim juvenum purgatas inseris aures Fruge Cleanthea, with Cleanthian fruit, i. e. doctrine, Pers. 5, 64:

herus si tuus volet facere frugem, meum herum perdet,

i. e. to act with advantage, Plaut. Poen. 4, 2, 70.—

In partic., of moral character.

frugi (a dat. form, fit for food; frugi aptus, serviceable, chrêsimos, chrêstos; hence, transf.), as adj. indecl., useful, fit, proper, worthy, honest, discreet, virtuous, temperate, frugal (class.; for comp. and sup. the words frugalior and frugalissimus were used;

v. frugalis): frugi hominem dici non multum habet laudis in rege,

Cic. Deiot. 9, 26; cf. id. Tusc. 3, 8, 16 sq.:

qui (L. Piso) tanta virtute atque integritate fuit, ut... solus Frugi nominaretur. Quem cum in contionem Gracchus vocari juberet et viator quaereret, quem Pisonem, quod erant plures: Cogis me, inquit, dicere inimicum meum frugi,

id. Font. 13, 29; cf.:

loquitur ut Frugi ille Piso,

id. Fin. 2, 28, 90:

homines plane frugi ac sobrii,

id. Verr. 2, 3, 27, § 67:

ego praeter alios meum virum fui rata Siccum, frugi, continentem (opp. madidum, nihili, incontinentem),

Plaut. As. 5, 2, 7:

hominis frugi et temperantis functus officium,

Ter. Heaut. 3, 3, 19:

parcius hic vivit: frugi dicatur,

Hor. S. 1, 3, 49:

Antonius frugi factus est,

Cic. Phil. 2, 28, 69:

(Penelope) tam frugi tamque pudica,

Hor. S. 2, 5, 77:

sum bonus et frugi,

id. Ep. 1, 16, 49:

quo sane populus numerabilis, utpote parvus, Et frugi castusque verecundusque coibat,

id. A. P. 207:

servus frugi atque integer,

Cic. Clu. 16, 47:

Davus, amicum mancipium domino et frugi,

Hor. S. 2, 7, 3:

liberti probi et frugi,

Plin. Pan. 88, 2:

quae (lena) frugi esse vult,

useful, serviceable, Plaut. As. 1, 3, 23; Ter. Eun. 3, 5, 59.—

Strengthened by the attributive bonae:

is probus est, quem paenitet, quam probus sit et frugi bonae: Qui ipsus sibi satis placet, nec probus est nec frugi bonae,

Plaut. Trin. 2, 2, 39 and 40; id. As. 3, 3, 12; id. Poen. 4, 2, 23:

(Fabius Luscus) satis acutus et permodestus ac bonae frugi,

Cic. Att. 4, 8, 3.—

Of inanim. and abstr. things: frugi severaque vita, honest, virtuous, Cic. Fil. ap. Cic. Fam. 16, 21, 4:

victus luxuriosus, an frugi, an sordidus, quaeritur,

frugal, temperate, Quint. 5, 10, 27; cf.:

atrium frugi nec tamen sordidum,

Plin. Ep. 2, 17, 4:

cena,

id. ib. 3, 1, 4; Juv. 3, 167:

jentacula,

Mart. 13, 31, 1.—

Frux = homo frugi, worthy, honest: dictum factumque facit frux, Enn. ap. Prisc. p. 724 P. (Ann. v. 318 Vahl.). —

Ad frugem or ad bonam frugem, in vulg. lang. (to turn or bring one's self) to moral worth, excellence, virtue:

equidem multos vidi et in hac civitate, qui totam adolescentiam voluptatibus dedissent, emersisse aliquando et se ad frugem bonam, ut dicitur, recepisse gravesque homines atque illustres fuisse,

have reformed, Cic. Cael. 12, 28:

multa ad bonam frugem ducentia in eo libro scripta sunt,

Gell. 13, 27, 2:

quin tu adolescentem, quem esse corruptum vides, restituis? quin ad frugem corrigis?

Plaut. Trin. 1, 2, 81; cf. id. Bacch. 4, 10, 10:

certum'st ad frugem applicare animum,

id. Trin. 2, 1, 34.

H, h, the eighth letter of the Latin alphabet and the weakest guttural. The sign is borrowed from the Greek, in which H was the old form of the spiritus asper, corresp. to the Latin H-sound (HEKATON, hekaton, ÊOS, hos, etc.). Even some of the ancients doubted whether the Latin H was properly a letter:

si H littera est, non nota,

Quint. 1, 5, 19; cf.:

H litteram, sive illam spiritum magis quam litteram dici oportet, etc.,

Gell. 2, 3, 1. Before the fall of the republic, the sound of H before vowels became so weak that it was frequently omitted in writing; and this weakness became more marked in many words in the time of the empire; cf.: aheneus and aeneus; cohors and coörs; prehendo and prendo; vehemens and vemens, etc. (v. Corss. Ausspr. 1, 96 sqq.).As an initial and medial, H may be combined with any vowel, but the orthography, in this respect, was inconstant: thus we have herus and erus; honus, honera, and onus, onera; harundo and arundo; and even hac for ac (Inscr. Orell. 23); aruspex and haruspex; ercisco, erctum, and hercisco, herctum; aheneus and aëneus; Annibal and Hannibal; Adria and Hadria, etc.; v. Gell. l. l.—As a sign for the aspiration of the consonants c, p, r, and t (as in Greek the aspirates ch, ph, th were originally designated by KH, HH, TH), H first came into use in the seventh century of Rome; cf. Cic. Or. 48, 160; and v. the letter C.— Medial h is often dropped.—As a final, h occurs only in the interjections ah and vah.In the formation of words, h was changed into c before t, as tractum from traho; vectum from veho; and coalesced with s into x, as traxi, vexi; cf. also onyx from onych-s; v. the letter X.As an abbreviation, H. denotes hic, haec, hoc, hujus, etc.; habet, heres, honor, etc. HH. heredes. H. AQ. hic acquiescit. H. B. M. heredes bene merenti. H. C. Hispania citerior or hic condiderunt. H. E. T. heres ex testamento. H. F. C. heres faciundum curavit. H. L. hunc locum. H. L. ET. M. H. N. S. hic locus et monumentum heredem non sequitur. H. M. S. D. M. hoc monumentum sine dolo malo. H. S. E. hic situs est. H. S. F. hoc sibi fecit, etc.; v. Inscr. Orell. II. p. 461 sq.

for sestertium does not strictly belong here, because H is not the letter of that shape, but the numeral II. crossed; v. sestertius init.

H, h, the eighth letter of the Latin alphabet and the weakest guttural. The sign is borrowed from the Greek, in which H was the old form of the spiritus asper, corresp. to the Latin H-sound (HEKATON, hekaton, ÊOS, hos, etc.). Even some of the ancients doubted whether the Latin H was properly a letter:

si H littera est, non nota,

Quint. 1, 5, 19; cf.:

H litteram, sive illam spiritum magis quam litteram dici oportet, etc.,

Gell. 2, 3, 1. Before the fall of the republic, the sound of H before vowels became so weak that it was frequently omitted in writing; and this weakness became more marked in many words in the time of the empire; cf.: aheneus and aeneus; cohors and coörs; prehendo and prendo; vehemens and vemens, etc. (v. Corss. Ausspr. 1, 96 sqq.).As an initial and medial, H may be combined with any vowel, but the orthography, in this respect, was inconstant: thus we have herus and erus; honus, honera, and onus, onera; harundo and arundo; and even hac for ac (Inscr. Orell. 23); aruspex and haruspex; ercisco, erctum, and hercisco, herctum; aheneus and aëneus; Annibal and Hannibal; Adria and Hadria, etc.; v. Gell. l. l.—As a sign for the aspiration of the consonants c, p, r, and t (as in Greek the aspirates ch, ph, th were originally designated by KH, HH, TH), H first came into use in the seventh century of Rome; cf. Cic. Or. 48, 160; and v. the letter C.— Medial h is often dropped.—As a final, h occurs only in the interjections ah and vah.In the formation of words, h was changed into c before t, as tractum from traho; vectum from veho; and coalesced with s into x, as traxi, vexi; cf. also onyx from onych-s; v. the letter X.As an abbreviation, H. denotes hic, haec, hoc, hujus, etc.; habet, heres, honor, etc. HH. heredes. H. AQ. hic acquiescit. H. B. M. heredes bene merenti. H. C. Hispania citerior or hic condiderunt. H. E. T. heres ex testamento. H. F. C. heres faciundum curavit. H. L. hunc locum. H. L. ET. M. H. N. S. hic locus et monumentum heredem non sequitur. H. M. S. D. M. hoc monumentum sine dolo malo. H. S. E. hic situs est. H. S. F. hoc sibi fecit, etc.; v. Inscr. Orell. II. p. 461 sq.

for sestertium does not strictly belong here, because H is not the letter of that shape, but the numeral II. crossed; v. sestertius init.

prŏpe, adv. and prep. [pro and demonstr suff. -pe (cf.: nempe, quippe), = Sanscr. -pa].

Adv. ( comp. propius, and sup. proxime, v. under propior), near, nigh (class.).

Lit., in space:

quaenam vox mihi prope hic sonat? Quis hic loquitur prope?

Plaut. Rud. 1, 4, 10:

prope ad aliquem adire,

id. Cas. 3, 5, 32:

aedes accedere,

id. Most. 2, 2, 16:

prope alicubi esse,

Cic. Fam. 9, 7, 1:

intueri aliquid (opp. procul),

id. Sen. 14, 48.—

With ab, near to, near by, hard by:

bellum tam prope a Siciliā,

Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 2, § 6:

prope a meis aedibus,

id. Pis. 11, 26:

prope ab domo detineri,

id. Verr. 2, 2, 3, § 6.—So, comp.:

stellae, aliae propius a terris, etc.,

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

propius visere mala reipublicae,

Tac. A. 6, 26.—

Transf.

In time, near, not far off: partus instabat prope, was near at hand, Ter Ad. 3, 2, 9.—Esp. with quando, cum, ut, the time is near or not far off, when, etc.:

prope est, quando herus pretium exsolvet,

Plaut. Men. 5, 6, 25:

prope adest, quom alieno more vivendum est mihi,

Ter. And. 1, 1, 125:

partitudo prope adest, ut fiat palam,

Plaut. Aul. 2, 3, 9; Flor. 3, 17, 2:

nox prope diremit colloquium,

i. e. the approach of night, Liv. 34, 33, 3; cf. id. 32, 28, 7; 5, 16, 5.—

In degree, nearly, almost, about (cf.:

pene, ferme, fere): ejus filiam ille amare coepit perdite, Prope jam ut pro uxore haberet,

Ter. Heaut. 1, 1, 45; Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 4, § 10:

prope funeratus Arboris ictu,

Hor. C. 3, 8, 7:

prope firmissima earum regionum civitas,

Caes. B. G. 5, 20:

annos prope nonaginta natus,

Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 25, § 62:

prope desperatis rebus,

id. Fam. 7, 28, 1:

sic prope oneratum est sinistrum cornu, ni, etc.,

Liv. 2, 65, 4; cf. id. 40, 32:

prope est factum ut exirent,

id. 25, 21:

prope est ut aliquid fiat,

something must be done, Dig. 35, 1, 67:

prope perditae res,

Liv. 5, 46, 7:

Fidenae prope saepius captae, quam, etc.,

id. 4, 32, 2:

prope desertum oppidum,

id. 4, 51, 8.—After the word it qualifies:

biennium prope,

Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 25, § 62:

princeps prope Stoicorum,

id. Ac. 2, 33, 107:

eisdem prope verbis,

id. Leg. 2, 25, 64: his prope verbis id. Fin. 4, 6, 15: cursu prope Chalcidem contendit, Liv. 31, 24, 2:

admirabilior prope,

id. 22, 37, 3:

omnes prope,

id. 1, 14, 4; 23, 49, 14; 30, 30, 8.— Comp.:

propius nihil est factum, quam ut, etc.,

Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 2, 5, § 15:

neque quidquam propius est factum, quam ut, etc.,

id. Clu. 21, 59.—

Trop., comp. propius, with inspicio, considero, nosco, etc., more closely, better (post - Aug.):

qualis esset ejus (mortis) velut propius inspectae natura,

Sen. Ep. 30, 8:

propius inspicere aliquem,

id. ib. 5, 6:

dixit futurum ut diviti displiceret propius inspectus,

id. Contr. 2, 9, 21, B.; 4, 15, 3;

10, 95, 1: quam (lancem) cum Agamemnon propius consideraret,

Petr. 1, 50:

propius noscendum,

Plin. Ep. 6, 16, 7; cf. penitus.—

Prep. with acc.

Lit., in space, near, near by, hard by:

prope oppidum,

Caes. B. G. 7, 36:

prope hostium castra,

id. ib. 1, 22:

prope amnem,

Verg. A. 8, 597:

non modo prope me, sed plane mecum habitare,

Cic. Fam. 7, 23, 4:

sedens prope limina tecti,

Ov. F. 1, 137.—

Transf.

In time, nigh, towards, about:

prope lucem,

towards daybreak, Suet. Claud. 44.—

Of abstract proximity, near to, almost to, not far from:

prope metum res fuerat,

Liv. 1, 25 fin.:

prope seditionem ventum est,

Tac. H. 3, 21; Dig. 17, 1, 29.

servus, a, um, adj. [referred by the ancients to servo:

servi ex eo appellati sunt, quod imperatores servos vendere, ac per hoc servare, nec occidere solent,

Just. Inst. 1, 3, 3; but prob. from root svar-; Lith. svaras, a weight; cf. Gr. herma; O. H. Germ. swari, burdensome; Germ. schwer, heavy; cf. also serius], slavish, servile, subject.

In gen.

With homo (= 2. servus;

mostly ante-class.): non decet superbum esse hominem servom,

Plaut. As. 2, 4, 64; id. Mil. 2, 6, 80; id. Stich. 1, 2, 1; 5, 4, 10; id. Ep. 1, 1, 58; 3, 1, 7; Ter. Phorm. 2, 1, 62.—

With other subjects (not freq. till after the Aug. per.):

octo milia liberorum servorumque capitum sunt capta,

Liv. 29, 29:

corpori, quod servum fortuna erat, vim fecit,

id. 38, 24:

Graeciae urbes servae et vectigales (opp. liberae),

id. 34, 58:

civitas,

id. 25, 31:

Lacedaemon,

id. 34, 41:

serva manus,

Ov. F. 6, 558:

o imitatores, servum pecus!

Hor. Ep. 1, 19, 19:

serva aqua, i. e. servorum,

Ov. Am. 1, 6, 26; cf. Petr. 71:

servam operam, linguam liberam herus me jussit habere,

Plaut. Pers. 2, 4, 9:

omnia non serva et maxime regna hostilia ducunt (Romani),

Sall. H. 4, 61, 17 Dietsch:

reges serva omnia et subjecta imperio suo esse velint,

Liv. 37, 54; 42, 46: statu libera quicquid peperit, hoc servum heredis est, Dig. 40, 7, 16.—

Jurid. t. t., of buildings, lands, etc., liable to certain burdens, subject to a servitude:

libera (praedia) meliore jure sunt quam serva,

Cic. Agr. 3, 2, 9:

fundus,

Dig. 8, 6, 6:

aedes,

ib. 8, 2, 35:

area,

ib. 8, 2, 34 al.; cf. servio, II. B., and servitus, II B.—Hence,

servus ( - ŏs), i, m., and serva, ae, f., a slave, servant, serf, serving-man; a female slave, maid-servant.

Masc. (syn.: famulus, mancipium), Enn. ap. Non. 471, 19 (Com. v. 5 Vahl.); Cato ap. Gell. 10, 3, 17: servi, ancillae, id. ap. Fest. s. v. prohibere, p. 234 Müll.; cf.:

Ulixes domi etiam contumelias servorum ancillarumque pertulit,

Cic. Off. 1, 31, 113:

servus armiger,

Plaut. Cas. 2, 3, 39:

dotalis,

id. As. 1, 1, 72:

frugi,

id. Aul. 4, 1, 1:

graphicus et quantivis pretii,

id. Ep. 3, 3, 29:

nequam et malus,

id. Poen. 5, 2, 70:

scelestus, infidelis,

id. Trin. 2, 4, 126:

peculiosus,

id. Rud. 1, 2, 24:

peculiaris,

id. Capt. prol. 20:

fallax,

Ov. Am. 1, 15, 17:

servus a pedibus,

Cic. Att. 8, 5, 1:

a manu,

Suet. Caes. 74:

aliquem servum sibi habere ad manum,

Cic. de Or. 3, 60, 225: publici, public slaves, S. C. ap. Front. Aquaed. 100; Varr. ap. Gell. 13, 13, 4; Cic. Phil. 8, 8, 24; Liv. 9, 29 fin. et saep.; cf. Dig. 1, 5, 5.—Prov.: quot servi, tot hostes, Sinn. Capito ap. Fest. s. v. quot, p. 261 Müll.; cf. Sen. Ep. 47, 3; Macr. S. 1, 11 med. —Esp.: poenae servus, a slave of punishment, i. e. condemned to servile labor, Just. Inst. 1, 12, 3; Dig. 48, 19, 17.—

Trop.:

vidit enim eos, qui se judiciorum dominos dici volebant, harum cupiditatum esse servos,

Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 22, § 58:

neque tam servi illi dominorum, quam tu libidinum,

id. ib. 2, 4, 50, §

112: omnium libidinum servi,

Plin. Ep. 8, 22, 1:

adulescens libertorum suorum libertus servorumque servus,

Vell. 2, 73, 1:

servus potestatis,

Cic. Cael. 32, 79; cf.

also the doubtful reading: legum omnes servi sumus ut liberi esse possimus,

id. Clu. 53, 146 (where B. and K. have omnes servimus).—

Fem. (mostly anteclass. for ancilla):

servae sint istae an liberae,

Plaut. Rud. 4, 4, 62:

ego serva sum,

id. Cist. 4, 2, 99; id. Pers. 4, 4, 63; id. Poen. 5, 4, 31:

serva nata,

id. Rud. 1, 3, 37:

servum servaque natum regnum occupasse,

Liv. 1, 47 fin.:

serva Briseis,

Hor. C. 2, 4, 3 et saep.

servus, a, um, adj. [referred by the ancients to servo:

servi ex eo appellati sunt, quod imperatores servos vendere, ac per hoc servare, nec occidere solent,

Just. Inst. 1, 3, 3; but prob. from root svar-; Lith. svaras, a weight; cf. Gr. herma; O. H. Germ. swari, burdensome; Germ. schwer, heavy; cf. also serius], slavish, servile, subject.

In gen.

With homo (= 2. servus;

mostly ante-class.): non decet superbum esse hominem servom,

Plaut. As. 2, 4, 64; id. Mil. 2, 6, 80; id. Stich. 1, 2, 1; 5, 4, 10; id. Ep. 1, 1, 58; 3, 1, 7; Ter. Phorm. 2, 1, 62.—

With other subjects (not freq. till after the Aug. per.):

octo milia liberorum servorumque capitum sunt capta,

Liv. 29, 29:

corpori, quod servum fortuna erat, vim fecit,

id. 38, 24:

Graeciae urbes servae et vectigales (opp. liberae),

id. 34, 58:

civitas,

id. 25, 31:

Lacedaemon,

id. 34, 41:

serva manus,

Ov. F. 6, 558:

o imitatores, servum pecus!

Hor. Ep. 1, 19, 19:

serva aqua, i. e. servorum,

Ov. Am. 1, 6, 26; cf. Petr. 71:

servam operam, linguam liberam herus me jussit habere,

Plaut. Pers. 2, 4, 9:

omnia non serva et maxime regna hostilia ducunt (Romani),

Sall. H. 4, 61, 17 Dietsch:

reges serva omnia et subjecta imperio suo esse velint,

Liv. 37, 54; 42, 46: statu libera quicquid peperit, hoc servum heredis est, Dig. 40, 7, 16.—

Jurid. t. t., of buildings, lands, etc., liable to certain burdens, subject to a servitude:

libera (praedia) meliore jure sunt quam serva,

Cic. Agr. 3, 2, 9:

fundus,

Dig. 8, 6, 6:

aedes,

ib. 8, 2, 35:

area,

ib. 8, 2, 34 al.; cf. servio, II. B., and servitus, II B.—Hence,

servus ( - ŏs), i, m., and serva, ae, f., a slave, servant, serf, serving-man; a female slave, maid-servant.

Masc. (syn.: famulus, mancipium), Enn. ap. Non. 471, 19 (Com. v. 5 Vahl.); Cato ap. Gell. 10, 3, 17: servi, ancillae, id. ap. Fest. s. v. prohibere, p. 234 Müll.; cf.:

Ulixes domi etiam contumelias servorum ancillarumque pertulit,

Cic. Off. 1, 31, 113:

servus armiger,

Plaut. Cas. 2, 3, 39:

dotalis,

id. As. 1, 1, 72:

frugi,

id. Aul. 4, 1, 1:

graphicus et quantivis pretii,

id. Ep. 3, 3, 29:

nequam et malus,

id. Poen. 5, 2, 70:

scelestus, infidelis,

id. Trin. 2, 4, 126:

peculiosus,

id. Rud. 1, 2, 24:

peculiaris,

id. Capt. prol. 20:

fallax,

Ov. Am. 1, 15, 17:

servus a pedibus,

Cic. Att. 8, 5, 1:

a manu,

Suet. Caes. 74:

aliquem servum sibi habere ad manum,

Cic. de Or. 3, 60, 225: publici, public slaves, S. C. ap. Front. Aquaed. 100; Varr. ap. Gell. 13, 13, 4; Cic. Phil. 8, 8, 24; Liv. 9, 29 fin. et saep.; cf. Dig. 1, 5, 5.—Prov.: quot servi, tot hostes, Sinn. Capito ap. Fest. s. v. quot, p. 261 Müll.; cf. Sen. Ep. 47, 3; Macr. S. 1, 11 med. —Esp.: poenae servus, a slave of punishment, i. e. condemned to servile labor, Just. Inst. 1, 12, 3; Dig. 48, 19, 17.—

Trop.:

vidit enim eos, qui se judiciorum dominos dici volebant, harum cupiditatum esse servos,

Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 22, § 58:

neque tam servi illi dominorum, quam tu libidinum,

id. ib. 2, 4, 50, §

112: omnium libidinum servi,

Plin. Ep. 8, 22, 1:

adulescens libertorum suorum libertus servorumque servus,

Vell. 2, 73, 1:

servus potestatis,

Cic. Cael. 32, 79; cf.

also the doubtful reading: legum omnes servi sumus ut liberi esse possimus,

id. Clu. 53, 146 (where B. and K. have omnes servimus).—

Fem. (mostly anteclass. for ancilla):

servae sint istae an liberae,

Plaut. Rud. 4, 4, 62:

ego serva sum,

id. Cist. 4, 2, 99; id. Pers. 4, 4, 63; id. Poen. 5, 4, 31:

serva nata,

id. Rud. 1, 3, 37:

servum servaque natum regnum occupasse,

Liv. 1, 47 fin.:

serva Briseis,

Hor. C. 2, 4, 3 et saep.