ha+da+accendere+

ignis, is (abl. usu. igni; poet. and postAug. igne; so Plin. ap. Charis. p. 98 P.; Charis. p. 33 P.; Prisc. p. 766 P.; and always in Mart., e. g. 1, 21, 5; 4, 57, 6; cf. Neue, Formenl. 1, 223 sq.;

scanned ignis,

Verg. E. 3, 66; id. G. 3, 566; Ov. H. 16, 230; Lucr. 1, 663; 853;

but ignīs,

Hor. C. 1, 15, 36), m. [Sanscr. agnis, fire; Lith. ugn-is; Slav. ogný; Gr. aiglê, aglaos], fire (com mon in sing. and plur.; cf. flamma, incendium).

Lit.:

lapidum conflictu atque tritu elici ignem videmus,

Cic. N. D. 2, 9, 25:

admoto igni ignem concipere,

id. de Or. 2, 45, 190:

pati ab igne ignem capere, si qui velit,

id. Off. 1, 16, 52; cf.:

datur ignis, tametsi ab inimico petas,

Plaut. Trin. 3, 2, 53:

ignis periculum,

id. Leg. 2, 23, 58; plur. = sing.:

subditis ignibus aquae fervescunt,

id. N. D. 2, 10, 27:

cum omnes naturae numini divino, caelum, ignes, terrae, maria parerent,

id. ib. 1, 9, 22:

hisce animus datus est ex illis sempiternis ignibus, quae sidera et stellas vocatis,

id. Rep. 6, 15:

ut fumo atque ignibus significabatur,

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

quod pluribus simul locis ignes coörti essent,

Liv. 26, 27, 5:

ignibus armata multitudo, facibusque ardentibus collucens,

id. 4, 33, 2:

ignes fieri prohibuit,

Caes. B. C. 3, 30, 5:

ignem accendere,

Verg. A. 5, 4:

ignem circum subicere,

Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 27, § 69:

ignem operibus inferre,

Caes. B. C. 2, 14, 1:

ignem comprehendere,

id. B. G. 5, 43, 2:

igni cremari,

id. ib. 1, 4, 1:

urbi ferro ignique minitari,

Cic. Phil. 11, 14 fin.:

ignis in aquam conjectus,

id. Rosc. Com. 6, 17 et saep.:

quodsi incuria insulariorum ignis evaserit (opp. incendium inferre),

Paul. Sent. 5, 3, 6.— Poet.:

fulsere ignes et conscius aether,

lightnings, Verg. A. 4, 167; cf.: Diespiter Igni corusco nubila [p. 881] dividens, Hor. C. 1, 34, 6:

caelum abscondere tenebrae nube una subitusque antennas impulit ignis,

Juv. 12, 19; 13, 226:

micat inter omnes Julium sidus, velut inter ignes luna minores,

i. e. stars, id. ib. 1, 12, 47:

et jam per moenia clarior ignis Auditur,

the crackling of fire, Verg. A. 2, 705:

Eumenidum ignis,

torches, Juv. 14, 285.—

In partic.

Sacer ignis, a disease, St. Anthony's fire, erysipelas, Cels. 5, 28, 4; Verg. G. 3, 566; Col. 7, 5, 16.—

Aqua et ignis, to signify the most important necessaries of life; v. aqua.—

Transf., brightness, splendor, brilliancy, lustre, glow, redness (mostly poet.):

fronte curvatos imitatus ignes lunae,

Hor. C. 4, 2, 57; cf.:

jam clarus occultum Andromedae pater Ostendit ignem,

id. ib. 3, 29, 17; so of the brightness of the stars, Ov. M. 4, 81; 11, 452; 15, 665;

of the sun,

id. ib. 1, 778; 4, 194; 7, 193;

of Aurora,

id. ib. 4, 629:

arcano florentes igne smaragdi,

Stat. Th. 2, 276; cf. Mart. 14, 109; and:

acies stupet igne metalli,

Claud. VI. Cons. Hon. 51:

cum ignis oculorum cum eo igne qui est ob os offusus,

redness, blush, Cic. Univ. 14; Stat. Ach. 1, 516.—

Firewood, fuel:

caulis miseris atque ignis emendus,

Juv. 1, 134.—

Trop.

(Mostly poet.) The fire or glow of passion, in a good or bad sense; of anger, rage, fury:

exarsere ignes animo,

Verg. A. 2, 575:

saevos irarum concipit ignes,

Val. Fl. 1, 748; most freq. of the flame of love, love:

cum odium non restingueritis, huic ordini ignem novum subici non sivistis,

Cic. Rab. Post. 6, 13:

laurigerosque ignes, si quando avidissimus hauri,

raving, inspiration, Stat. Ach. 1, 509:

quae simul aethereos animo conceperat ignes, ore dabat pleno carmina vera dei,

Ov. F. 1, 473:

(Dido) caeco carpitur igni,

the secret fire of love, Verg. A. 4, 2; so in sing., Ov. M. 3, 490; 4, 64; 195; 675 et saep.; in plur., Hor. C. 1, 13, 8; 1, 27, 16; 3, 7, 11; Ov. M. 2, 410; 6, 492 et saep.; cf.:

socii ignes,

i. e. nuptials, Ov. M. 9, 796.—

Transf., like amores, a beloved object, a flame (only poet.):

at mihi sese offert ultro meus ignis, Amyntas,

Verg. E. 3, 66; Hor. Epod. 14, 13.—

Figuratively of that which brings destruction, fire, flame:

quem ille obrutum ignem (i. e. bellum) reliquerit,

Liv. 10, 24, 13:

ne parvus hic ignis (i. e. Hannibal) incendium ingens exsuscitet,

id. 21, 3, 6; cf.:

et Syphacem et Carthaginienses, nisi orientem illum ignem oppressissent, ingenti mox incendio arsuros,

i. e. Masinissa, id. 29, 31, 3.

lŭcerna, ae, f. [luc-erna, from luceo, q. v.; with double suffix like caverna, laverna, lanterna, etc.; cf. Gr. ke-arnon, skeparnon], a lamp, oil-lamp.

Lit.: lucerna dicta a luce, aut quod id vocant Graeci luchnon, Varr. L. L. 5, § 119 Müll.:

lucernam forte oblitus fueram extinguere,

Plaut. Most. 2, 2, 56:

in sole lucernam adhibere nihil interest,

Cic. Fin. 4, 12, 29:

lucerna me deserit,

my light goes out, id. Att. 7, 7, 7:

vino et lucernis Medus acinaces Immane quantum discrepat,

i. e. evening entertainments, Hor. C. 1, 27, 5:

accedit numerus lucernis,

the lights begin to seem double, id. S. 2, 1, 25; cf.:

cum geminis exsurgit mensa lucernis,

Juv. 6, 305:

pereundum est ante lucernas,

before candle-light, id. 10, 339:

lucernam accendere,

Phaedr. 3, 19, 4:

turpis fumo lucernae,

Juv. 6, 131:

lucerna ardens exstinguitur,

Plin. 31, 3, 28, § 49:

fungi lucernarum,

id. 28, 11, 46, § 163:

pinguem nebulam vomuere lucernae,

Pers. 5, 181:

lucerna splendens super candelabrum,

Vulg. Sir. 26, 22.—

Transf.

Nocturnal labor, lucubration ( poet.):

haec ego non credam Venusina digna Lucerna?

Juv. 1, 51.—

A guide, instructor:

quia mandatum lucerna est,

Vulg. Prov. 6, 23; id. 2 Sam. 2, 29:

lucerna pedibus meis verbum tuum,

id. Psa. 118, 105.—

A phosphorescent fish, Plin. 9, 27, 43, § 82.

Mars (archaic and poet. Māvors, q. v.), Martis (collat. reduplic. form Marmar, in the Song of the Arval Brothers; v. the following, and Mamers), m. [root mar-, gleam; Sanscr. marīkis, beam of light; hence Mars, the bright god; cf.: marmor, mare], Mars, who, as father of Romulus, was the primogenitor of the Roman people, the god of war, of husbandry, of shepherds and seers. For him was named the month of Martius, March, the beginning of the Roman year, Ov. F. 3, 73 sqq.:

legio Martia... ab eo deo, a quo populum Romanum generatum accepimus,

Cic. Phil. 4, 2, 5:

Mars pater te precor quaesoque, uti sies volens propitius mihi, etc.,... ut tu morbos visos invisosque viduertatem vastitudinemque, calamitates intemperiasque prohibessis, etc.,

Cato, R. R. 141, 2; cf., in the Song of the Arval Brothers, NEVE LVERVE MARMAR SINS INCVRRERE IN PLEORIS;

for Mars pater, the forms Marspiter, gen. Marspitris, or -tĕris, and Maspiter were also employed,

Gell. 5, 12, 5; Macr. S. 1, 12; 19; Varr. L. L. 8, § 33 Müll.; 9, § 75; 10, § 65; Prisc. p. 695:

Mars Gradivus, Quirinus, Silvanus, Ultor, v. under h. vv.: Mars durus,

Verg. E 10, 44:

torvus,

Hor. C. 1, 28, 17:

cruentus,

id. ib. 2, 14, 13:

ferus,

Ov. H. 7, 160; id. F. 4, 25:

ferox,

id. M. 13, 11:

bellicus,

id. F. 3, 1:

fortibus sane oculis Cassius (Martem spirare dicens) se in Siciliam non iturum,

Cic. Att. 15, 11. The Salii were destined for his service, Liv. 1, 20, 4; horses and bulls were offered to him, Paul. ex Fest. p. 61 Müll.; Ov. H. 6, 10; Macr. S. 3, 10, 4:

per Martem, a soldier's oath,

Plaut. Mil. 5, 21. He was often appealed to in oaths, etc., esp. by soldiers:

Nam neque Duellona mi umquam neque Mars creduat, ni, etc.,

Plaut. Bacch. 4, 8, 8; id. Mil. 1, 1, 11; id. Truc. 3, 1, 11.—

Transf.

War, battle, a conflict, engagement, contest, etc.; also the art of war: cum veter occubuit Priamus sub Marte Pelasgo, Enn. ap. Prisc. p. 607 P. (Ann. v. 17 Vahl.):

Martem accendere cantu,

to incite to battle, Verg. A. 6, 165:

apertus,

fighting in the open field, Ov. M. 13, 27: equitem suo alienoque Marte pugnare, i. e. to fight both in their own fashion (on horseback) and in one which was strange to them (on foot), Liv. 3, 62, 9:

pugna jam in manus, jam in gladios, ubi Mars est atrocissimus, venerat,

id. 2, 46, 3:

terribili Marte ululare,

Plin. 26, 4, 9, § 19:

captam sine Marte,

Stat. Ach. 1, 401:

quos amisimus cives, eos Martis vis perculit, non ira victoriae,

Cic. Marcell. 6, 17.— Poet.:

Mars forensis,

a contest in the forum, legal contest, Ov. P. 4, 6, 29; cf.:

et fora Marte suo litigiosa vacent,

id. F. 4, 188.—Hence, prov.: suo (nostro, vestro) Marte, by one's own exertions, without the assistance of others:

rex ipse suo Marte res suas recuperavit,

Cic. Phil. 2, 37, 95; id. Off. 3, 7, 34:

cum vos vestro Marte his rebus omnibus abundetis,

id. Verr. 2, 3, 4, § 9.—

The issue of a war or a battle, the fortune of war:

cum omnis belli Mars communis, et cum semper incerti exitus proeliorum sint,

Cic. Fam. 6, 4, 1: communis adhuc Mars belli erat, Liv. 10, 28:

aequo Marte,

with equal advantage, on equal terms, Caes. B. G. 7, 19, 3; 8, 19, 2; Curt. 4, 1, 8:

pari Marte,

Hirt. B. G. 8, 19:

aequato Marte,

Liv. 1, 25:

verso Marte ( = versā fortunā),

id. 29, 3, 11:

vario Marte pugnatum est,

Quint. 8, 6, 24:

incerto Marte,

Tac. H. 4, 35:

anceps,

Liv. 7, 29, 2; 21, 1, 2:

dubius,

Vell. 2, 55, 3.—

The planet Mars: Jovis stellae proximum inferiorem orbem tenet puroeis, quae stella Martis appellatur, Cic. N. D. 2, 20, 53; 2, 46, 119; Plin. 2, 8, 6, § 34; 2, 15, 12, § 60; Hyg. Astr. 2, 42:

Martis sidus,

Cassiod. Var. 11, 36.—Hence,

Mar-tĭus ( Māvortĭus, v. infra), a, um, adj.

Of or belonging to Mars:

lupus,

sacred to Mars, Verg. A. 9, 566; cf.: Martius lupus, integer et intactus, gentis nos Martiae et conditoris nostri admonuit, descended from Mars (since Mars is the father of Romulus and Remus), Liv. 10, 27:

legio,

Cic. Phil. 3, 3, 6; 4, 2, 5:

miles,

Ov. M. 14, 798:

proles,

i. e. Romulus and Remus, id. F. 3, 59:

anguis,

sacred to Mars, id. M. 3, 32:

judicium,

i. e. of the Areopagus at Athens, App. M. 10, p. 718 Oud.: Campus;

v. campus: harena,

a place in the Circus where the gladiators fought, Ov. Tr. 2, 282; Mart. 2, 75, 8:

gramen,

i. e. the Field of Mars, Hor. C. 3, 7, 26: Martius mensis, the month of March, formerly the first month of the year, Plin. 15, 3, 4, § 13:

Martii Calendis,

Hor. C. 3, 8, 1: Idus Martiae, the Ides of March, famous as the day on which Julius Cæsar was killed, Cic. Att. 14, 4, 2; cf. 14, 20, 1 sq.; id. Phil. 2, 35, 88; id. Fam. 10, 28, 1.— In the form Mavortius ( poet.):

moenia,

i. e. Rome, Verg. A. 1, 276:

tellus,

i. e. Thrace, id. G. 4, 462:

conjux,

i. e. Venus, Val. Fl. 2, 208:

proles,

i. e. the Thebans, Ov. M. 3, 531; cf.:

seges belli (because sprung from the dragon's teeth),

Claud. III. Cons. Hon. 135.—

Transf.

Warlike, martial:

Martia Penthesilea,

Verg. A. 11, 661:

Martia saeculi voluptas,

Mart. 5, 24, 1:

Martius aeris rauci canor,

Verg. G. 4, 71:

vulnera,

id. A. 7, 182:

Thebe,

i. e. where many wars were carried on, Ov. Am. 3, 6, 33.—

Of or belonging to the planet Mars:

ille fulgor rutilus, horribilisque terris, quem Martium dicitis,

Cic. Rep. 6, 17, 17.—As subst.: Mar-tĭus, ii, m. (sc. mensis), March, the month of March:

Mensium nomina fere aperta sunt, si a Martio, ut antiqui constituerunt, numeres, Nam primus a Marte,

Varr. L. L. 6, 4, § 33.—

Martĭālis, e, adj.

Of or belonging to Mars: Flamen, Varr L. L. 5, § 84 Müll.;

7, § 45 ib.: lupus,

sacred to Mars, Hor. C. 1, 17, 9:

ludi,

in honor of Mars, Suet. Claud. 1: Martialis collis, near the temple of Deus Fidius, Varr. L. L. 5, § 52 Müll.— Subst.: Martĭālis, is, m., a priest of Mars:

Martiales quidam Larini appellabantur, ministri publici Martis,

Cic. Clu. 15, 43.—

Belonging to the legio Martia; hence, Martĭāles, the soldiers of the legio Martia, Cic. Phil. 4, 2, 5.

Mars (archaic and poet. Māvors, q. v.), Martis (collat. reduplic. form Marmar, in the Song of the Arval Brothers; v. the following, and Mamers), m. [root mar-, gleam; Sanscr. marīkis, beam of light; hence Mars, the bright god; cf.: marmor, mare], Mars, who, as father of Romulus, was the primogenitor of the Roman people, the god of war, of husbandry, of shepherds and seers. For him was named the month of Martius, March, the beginning of the Roman year, Ov. F. 3, 73 sqq.:

legio Martia... ab eo deo, a quo populum Romanum generatum accepimus,

Cic. Phil. 4, 2, 5:

Mars pater te precor quaesoque, uti sies volens propitius mihi, etc.,... ut tu morbos visos invisosque viduertatem vastitudinemque, calamitates intemperiasque prohibessis, etc.,

Cato, R. R. 141, 2; cf., in the Song of the Arval Brothers, NEVE LVERVE MARMAR SINS INCVRRERE IN PLEORIS;

for Mars pater, the forms Marspiter, gen. Marspitris, or -tĕris, and Maspiter were also employed,

Gell. 5, 12, 5; Macr. S. 1, 12; 19; Varr. L. L. 8, § 33 Müll.; 9, § 75; 10, § 65; Prisc. p. 695:

Mars Gradivus, Quirinus, Silvanus, Ultor, v. under h. vv.: Mars durus,

Verg. E 10, 44:

torvus,

Hor. C. 1, 28, 17:

cruentus,

id. ib. 2, 14, 13:

ferus,

Ov. H. 7, 160; id. F. 4, 25:

ferox,

id. M. 13, 11:

bellicus,

id. F. 3, 1:

fortibus sane oculis Cassius (Martem spirare dicens) se in Siciliam non iturum,

Cic. Att. 15, 11. The Salii were destined for his service, Liv. 1, 20, 4; horses and bulls were offered to him, Paul. ex Fest. p. 61 Müll.; Ov. H. 6, 10; Macr. S. 3, 10, 4:

per Martem, a soldier's oath,

Plaut. Mil. 5, 21. He was often appealed to in oaths, etc., esp. by soldiers:

Nam neque Duellona mi umquam neque Mars creduat, ni, etc.,

Plaut. Bacch. 4, 8, 8; id. Mil. 1, 1, 11; id. Truc. 3, 1, 11.—

Transf.

War, battle, a conflict, engagement, contest, etc.; also the art of war: cum veter occubuit Priamus sub Marte Pelasgo, Enn. ap. Prisc. p. 607 P. (Ann. v. 17 Vahl.):

Martem accendere cantu,

to incite to battle, Verg. A. 6, 165:

apertus,

fighting in the open field, Ov. M. 13, 27: equitem suo alienoque Marte pugnare, i. e. to fight both in their own fashion (on horseback) and in one which was strange to them (on foot), Liv. 3, 62, 9:

pugna jam in manus, jam in gladios, ubi Mars est atrocissimus, venerat,

id. 2, 46, 3:

terribili Marte ululare,

Plin. 26, 4, 9, § 19:

captam sine Marte,

Stat. Ach. 1, 401:

quos amisimus cives, eos Martis vis perculit, non ira victoriae,

Cic. Marcell. 6, 17.— Poet.:

Mars forensis,

a contest in the forum, legal contest, Ov. P. 4, 6, 29; cf.:

et fora Marte suo litigiosa vacent,

id. F. 4, 188.—Hence, prov.: suo (nostro, vestro) Marte, by one's own exertions, without the assistance of others:

rex ipse suo Marte res suas recuperavit,

Cic. Phil. 2, 37, 95; id. Off. 3, 7, 34:

cum vos vestro Marte his rebus omnibus abundetis,

id. Verr. 2, 3, 4, § 9.—

The issue of a war or a battle, the fortune of war:

cum omnis belli Mars communis, et cum semper incerti exitus proeliorum sint,

Cic. Fam. 6, 4, 1: communis adhuc Mars belli erat, Liv. 10, 28:

aequo Marte,

with equal advantage, on equal terms, Caes. B. G. 7, 19, 3; 8, 19, 2; Curt. 4, 1, 8:

pari Marte,

Hirt. B. G. 8, 19:

aequato Marte,

Liv. 1, 25:

verso Marte ( = versā fortunā),

id. 29, 3, 11:

vario Marte pugnatum est,

Quint. 8, 6, 24:

incerto Marte,

Tac. H. 4, 35:

anceps,

Liv. 7, 29, 2; 21, 1, 2:

dubius,

Vell. 2, 55, 3.—

The planet Mars: Jovis stellae proximum inferiorem orbem tenet puroeis, quae stella Martis appellatur, Cic. N. D. 2, 20, 53; 2, 46, 119; Plin. 2, 8, 6, § 34; 2, 15, 12, § 60; Hyg. Astr. 2, 42:

Martis sidus,

Cassiod. Var. 11, 36.—Hence,

Mar-tĭus ( Māvortĭus, v. infra), a, um, adj.

Of or belonging to Mars:

lupus,

sacred to Mars, Verg. A. 9, 566; cf.: Martius lupus, integer et intactus, gentis nos Martiae et conditoris nostri admonuit, descended from Mars (since Mars is the father of Romulus and Remus), Liv. 10, 27:

legio,

Cic. Phil. 3, 3, 6; 4, 2, 5:

miles,

Ov. M. 14, 798:

proles,

i. e. Romulus and Remus, id. F. 3, 59:

anguis,

sacred to Mars, id. M. 3, 32:

judicium,

i. e. of the Areopagus at Athens, App. M. 10, p. 718 Oud.: Campus;

v. campus: harena,

a place in the Circus where the gladiators fought, Ov. Tr. 2, 282; Mart. 2, 75, 8:

gramen,

i. e. the Field of Mars, Hor. C. 3, 7, 26: Martius mensis, the month of March, formerly the first month of the year, Plin. 15, 3, 4, § 13:

Martii Calendis,

Hor. C. 3, 8, 1: Idus Martiae, the Ides of March, famous as the day on which Julius Cæsar was killed, Cic. Att. 14, 4, 2; cf. 14, 20, 1 sq.; id. Phil. 2, 35, 88; id. Fam. 10, 28, 1.— In the form Mavortius ( poet.):

moenia,

i. e. Rome, Verg. A. 1, 276:

tellus,

i. e. Thrace, id. G. 4, 462:

conjux,

i. e. Venus, Val. Fl. 2, 208:

proles,

i. e. the Thebans, Ov. M. 3, 531; cf.:

seges belli (because sprung from the dragon's teeth),

Claud. III. Cons. Hon. 135.—

Transf.

Warlike, martial:

Martia Penthesilea,

Verg. A. 11, 661:

Martia saeculi voluptas,

Mart. 5, 24, 1:

Martius aeris rauci canor,

Verg. G. 4, 71:

vulnera,

id. A. 7, 182:

Thebe,

i. e. where many wars were carried on, Ov. Am. 3, 6, 33.—

Of or belonging to the planet Mars:

ille fulgor rutilus, horribilisque terris, quem Martium dicitis,

Cic. Rep. 6, 17, 17.—As subst.: Mar-tĭus, ii, m. (sc. mensis), March, the month of March:

Mensium nomina fere aperta sunt, si a Martio, ut antiqui constituerunt, numeres, Nam primus a Marte,

Varr. L. L. 6, 4, § 33.—

Martĭālis, e, adj.

Of or belonging to Mars: Flamen, Varr L. L. 5, § 84 Müll.;

7, § 45 ib.: lupus,

sacred to Mars, Hor. C. 1, 17, 9:

ludi,

in honor of Mars, Suet. Claud. 1: Martialis collis, near the temple of Deus Fidius, Varr. L. L. 5, § 52 Müll.— Subst.: Martĭālis, is, m., a priest of Mars:

Martiales quidam Larini appellabantur, ministri publici Martis,

Cic. Clu. 15, 43.—

Belonging to the legio Martia; hence, Martĭāles, the soldiers of the legio Martia, Cic. Phil. 4, 2, 5.

offensĭo, ōnis, f. [1. offendo], a striking against any thing; a tripping, stumbling (class.).

Lit.:

pedis offensio,

Cic. Div. 2, 40, 84; in plur.:

offensiones pedum,

Plin. 2, 7, 5, § 24: dentium, Lact. Opif. Dei, 10, 13. — Absol.:

offensione sonitūs,

Vitr. 9, 8, 3.—

Transf., that against which one stumbles, a stumbling-block:

ut nihil offensionis haberet,

Cic. Univ. 6, 15.—

Trop.

An offence given to any one;

hence,

disfavor, aversion, disgust, dislike, hatred, discredit, bad reputation, Cic. Div. in Caecil. 3, 9; id. Verr. 2, 5, 69, § 178 (for which:

existimatio offensa nostri ordinis,

id. ib. 2, 2, 47, §

117): sapiens praetor offensionem vitat aequalitate decernendi,

id. Mur. 20, 41:

suscipere invidiam atque offensionem apud aliquem,

id. Verr. 2, 2, 55, § 137:

in odium offensionemque populi Romani inruere,

id. ib. 1, 12, 35:

cadere,

id. N. D. 1, 30, 85:

offensionem excipere,

id. Inv. 1, 21, 30:

subire,

Plin. 35, 4, 7, § 23:

adferre,

Cic. Att. 1, 17, 1:

offensiones accendere,

Tac. A. 2, 57:

hoc apud alios offensionem habet,

displeases them, Plin. 19, 1, 2, § 9. —

An offence which one receives; displeasure, vexation:

habere ad res certas vitiosam offensionem atque fastidium,

Cic. Tusc. 4, 10, 23: mihi majori offensioni sunt quam delectationi possessiunculae meae, give me more vexation than pleasure, id. Att. 13, 23, 3.—

A complaint, indisposition; an accident, misfortune, mishap, failure:

corporum offensiones,

Cic. Tusc. 4, 14, 31:

graves solent offensiones esse ex gravibus morbis, si qua culpa commissa est,

id. Fam. 16, 10, 1:

habet enim nihil quod in offensione deperdat,

i.e. if he loses his cause, id. Div. in Caecil. 22, 71:

offensiones belli,

misfortunes, defeats, id. Imp. Pomp. 10, 28:

offensionum et repulsarum ignominia,

i.e. refusals, id. Off. 1, 21, 71.—

That which causes one to offend or sin, a stumbling-block (eccl. Lat.):

unusquisque offensiones oculorum suorum abiciat,

Vulg. Ezech. 20, 7:

nemini dantes ullam offensionem,

id. 2 Cor. 6, 3:

lapis offensionis,

id. 1 Pet. 2, 8 al.

tento or tempto, āvi, ātum, 1 ( part. gen. plur. tentantum, Verg. G. 2, 247), v. freq. a. [tendo], to handle, touch, feel a thing (class.; cf.: tango, tracto).

Lit.

In gen.:

rem manu,

Auct. Her. 4, 49, 62:

manibus pectora,

Ov. M. 10, 282; 10, 289:

loca feminarum digitis,

Col. 8, 11, 8:

ficum rostro,

Ov. F. 2, 254:

flumen vix pede (with attingere),

Cic. Leg. 2, 3, 6:

quadratum,

Lucr. 4, 234:

caput in tenebris,

Phaedr. 3, 10, 26:

pullos singulos,

Col. 8, 5, 17:

invisos amictus,

Verg. G. 3, 563:

aciem pugionum,

Suet. Ner. 49; cf.:

acumen stili,

id. Rhet. 5:

bracchia emittit temptanti maria similis Sarpedon,

Plin. 5, 27, 27, § 98:

pullos,

Col. 8, 5, 17; 8, 11, 8.—

In partic.

In medic. lang.:

venas,

to feel the pulse, Quint. 11, 3, 88; Suet. Tib. 72; Ov. H. 20, 139.—

To try the strength of, make an attempt upon, i. e. to attack, assail (cf.: aggredior, adorior).

Of warfare:

scalis et classe moenia oppidi tentans,

Caes. B. C. 3, 40:

opera nostra,

id. B. G. 7, 73:

urbem,

Liv. 33, 5, 3; 26, 38, 5:

munitiones,

id. 9, 35, 1:

moenia Aiexandriae,

id. 45, 11:

Achaiam,

Caes. B. C. 3, 55 Britanniam, Suet. Claud. 17:

aggredi et tentare,

Vell. 2, 113, 3:

aliquem auxiliis Thraciae,

Flor. 2, 14, 4.—

Of disease, poison, etc.:

animi valentes morbo tentari non possunt, corpora possunt,

Cic. Tusc. 4, 14, 31; cf.:

gravis auctumnus omnem exercitum valetudine tentaverat,

Caes. B. C. 3, 2:

temptari a morbo,

Plin. 24, 19, 113, § 174:

praecordiorum inflatione tentari,

Suet. Aug. 81:

tentatus est motiunculis levibus,

id. Vesp. 24; Hor. S. 2, 3, 163; id. Ep. 1, 6, 28; Verg. G. 3, 441 al.:

vina temptant caput,

attack, affect, Plin. 23, 1, 20, § 35.— Absol.:

temptantis aquas non nocere,

unwholesome, Plin. 20, 7, 26, § 68; cf. Verg. G. 2, 94.—

Transf., to try; to prove, put to the test; to attempt, essay a course of action, etc. (so most freq.; syn.: experior, periclitor).

In gen., constr. with acc., with inf., with rel.-clause, with ut, or absol.

With acc.:

cum se ipse perspexerit totumque tentarit, intelleget, etc.,

Cic. Leg. 1, 22, 59; cf.:

se in arte memoriae,

Quint. 11, 2, 34 (preceded by memoriam suam experiri):

tentarem te, quo animo accipias,

Cic. Fam. 15, 16, 3:

quo utamur quasi equis temptatis, sic amicitiā aliquā parte periclitatis moribus amicorum,

id. Lael. 17, 63;

alicujus scientiam auguratus,

id. Div. 1, 17, 32:

tentarem summi regis prudentiam,

id. Tusc. 1, 41, 98:

ut satis impulsas tentavit pollice chordas,

Ov. M. 10, 145:

culturam agelli, Lucr 5, 1368: iter per provinciam per vim, Caes B. G. 1, 14: negatā iter viā,

Hor. C. 3, 2, 22 Bosporum, id. ib. 3, 4, 31:

Thetim ratibus,

Verg. E. 4, 32:

Oceanum,

Tac. G. 34 fin.:

Istrum, Claud. Cons. Prob. et Olybr. 135: aditus,

Verg. A. 4, 293:

temptanda via est,

id. G. 3, 8:

ad tentandum vadum fluminis,

Curt. 4, 9, 15:

nullo modo animus audientis aut incitari aut leniri potest, qui modus a me non tentatus sit,

Cic. Or. 38, 132:

rem frustra,

Caes. B. C. 1, 26:

belli fortunam,

id. B. G. 1, 36; so,

fortunam,

id. ib. 3, 6; 7, 64; Sall. J. 7, 1:

periculum,

Cic. Cornel. Fragm. 1:

quaestionem,

id. Clu. 57, 157:

patientiam vestram,

id. Agr. 2, 7, 19:

spem pacis,

Liv. 21, 12, 3; cf.:

spem triumphi,

id. 28, 38, 4: libertatem, [p. 1856] id. 6, 18, 11:

relationem,

id. 33, 23, 3:

intercessionem,

id. 9, 8, 13:

silentium nequicquam per praeconem,

id. 8, 33, 2:

crimina,

Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 80:

majora,

id. ib. 1, 17, 24:

caelestia,

id. ib. 1, 17, 34 et saep.—

With rel.-clause:

tentavi, quid in eo genere possem,

Cic. Tusc. 1, 4, 7:

tentabam, spiraret an non,

Plaut. Mil. 4, 8, 26:

quae sit fortuna facillima, temptat,

Verg. A. 11, 761:

cum tentaret si qua res esset cibi,

something to eat, Phaedr. 4, 7, 4:

tenta, Chrysogonus quanti doceat,

Juv. 7, 175.—

With inf.:

aquā prohibere hostem tentare coepit,

Hirt. B. G. 8, 40:

tentabo etiam de hoc dicere,

Quint. 6, 2, 29; 2, 14, 1:

(sol) caelum radiis accendere tentans,

Lucr. 5, 659:

tentarunt aequore tingi,

Ov. M. 2, 172:

(vestis) frustra tentata revelli,

id. ib. 9, 168:

taurus irasci in cornua temptat,

Verg. A. 12, 104:

nemo in sese tentat descendere,

Pers. 4, 23:

litteras deferre,

Curt. 3, 7, 13; Juv. 7, 5.—

With ut:

cum ille Romuli senatus tentaret post Romuli excessum, ut ipse gereret sine rege rem publicam,

Cic. Rep. 2, 12, 23:

quid aliud hoc judicio tentatur, nisi ut id fieri liceat?

id. Rosc. Am. 5, 13; Suet. Caes. 11.— Impers. pass.:

tentatum a L. Sextio tribuno plebis, ut rogationem ferret, etc.,

Liv. 4, 49, 6.—

Absol.:

tenta quā lubet,

Plaut. Aul. 4, 4, 20:

ne tentando cautiorem faceret,

Hirt. B. G. 8, 23.—

In partic., to try any one, in a friendly or hostile manner; to urge, incite; to tempt, sound, tamper with; also, to excite, disquiet, disturb, agitate:

quem ego toties omni ratione tentans ad disputandum elicere non potuissem,

Cic. de Or. 2, 3, 13:

cum per Drusum saepe tentassem,

id. ib. 1, 21, 97:

utrum admonitus an tentatus an, etc.... pervenerit ad hanc improbitatem nescio,

id. Verr. 2, 1, 41, § 105:

cum a proximis impetrare non possent, ulteriores tentant,

Caes. B. G. 6, 2:

animos servorum spe et metu, ut, etc.,

Cic. Clu. 63, 176:

animos popularium,

Sall. J. 48, 1:

animos singulorum ad res novas,

Suet. Tib. 12 fin.:

animum precando,

Verg. A. 4, 113:

judicium pecunia,

Cic. Clu. 4, 9; 30, 80:

aliquem promissis et minis,

Tac. H. 1, 75; cf.:

tentatā Othonianorum fide per colloquium et promissa,

id. ib. 2, 20:

tribunos de fugae societate,

Suet. Ner. 47:

deos multā caede bidentium,

Hor. C. 3, 23, 14:

Junonem tentare Ixion ausus,

Tib. 1, 3, 73; cf. Ov. A. A. 1, 389; Val. Max. 6, 1, 7:

nationes lacessere bello et tentare,

to agitate, Cic. Imp. Pomp. 9, 23; cf.:

ut exsul potius tentare quam consul vexare rem publicam posses,

id. Cat. 1, 10, 27:

in his rebus evertendis unius hominis senectus, infirmitas solitudoque tentata est,

id. Rab. Perd. 1, 2:

militis iras,

Luc. 2, 529; Vulg. Gen. 22, 1 et saep.

tūs ( thūs), tūris, n. [from thuos, to] incense, frankincense.

In gen., Plin. 12, 14, 30, § 51; Plaut. Poen. 2, 3; id. Trin. 4, 2, 89; id. Truc. 2, 5, 27:

accendere,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 35, § 77; id. Off. 3, 20, 80; Lucr. 3, 327; Verg. A. 11, 481; id. E. 8, 65; Tib. 1, 3, 34; 1, 7, 53; Prop. 3, 10 (4, 9), 19; Hor. C. 1, 30, 3; 1, 36, 1; 4, 1, 22:

irrita tura tulit,

Ov. M. 7, 589:

centumque Sabaeo Ture calent arae,

Verg. A. 1, 417; cf. id. G. 1, 57.—

Tug terrae, a plant, called also chamaepitys, Plin. 24, 6, 20, § 29.