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  • 61 praedurus

    prae-dūrus, a, um, adj., very hard (not in Cic. or Cæs.).
    I.
    Lit.:

    faba praedura,

    Plin. 18, 12, 30, § 121:

    radices,

    id. 26, 8, 29, § 46:

    caput,

    id. 9, 29, 46, § 85; cf. Quint. 11, 3, 69:

    corium,

    Tac. H. 1, 79:

    dens,

    Mart. 13, 66 (al. perjurus).—
    B.
    Transf., very strong:

    homo praedurus viribus,

    Verg. A. 10, 748:

    corpora,

    id. G. 2, 531:

    tempora,

    Ov. M. 12, 349.—
    II.
    Trop., very hard or difficult, very harsh, etc.: aetas, i. e. hardy (opp. tenera), Col. 6, 2, 1:

    labor,

    Val. Fl. 1, 235:

    sunt quidam praeduri oris,

    i. e. very impudent, Quint. 6, 4, 11:

    verba,

    very harsh, id. 1, 6, 26.—Hence, praedurē, adv., very hardy, Avien. Pr. Mar. 488.

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  • 62 premo

    prĕmo, essi, essum, 3, v. a. [etym. dub.; cf. prelum], to press (class.).
    I.
    Lit.:

    pede pedem alicui premere,

    Plaut. As. 4, 1, 30:

    et trepidae matres pressere ad pectora natos,

    Verg. A. 7, 518:

    veluti qui sentibus anguem Pressit humi nitens,

    id. ib. 2, 379:

    novercae Monstra manu premens,

    id. ib. 8, 288:

    pressit et inductis membra paterna rotis,

    i. e. drove her chariot over her father's body, Ov. Ib. 366:

    trabes Hymettiae Premunt columnas,

    press, rest heavily upon them, Hor. C. 2, 18, 3:

    premere terga genu alicujus,

    Ov. Am. 3, 2, 24:

    ubera plena,

    i. e. to milk, id. F. 4, 769:

    vestigia alicujus,

    to tread in, to follow one's footsteps, Tac. A. 2, 14:

    nudis pressit qui calcibus anguem,

    Juv. 1, 43:

    dente frena,

    to bite, to champ, Ov. M. 10, 704:

    ore aliquid,

    to chew, eat, id. ib. 5, 538; cf.:

    aliquid morsu,

    Lucr. 3, 663:

    presso molari,

    with compressed teeth, Juv. 5, 160:

    pressum lac,

    i. e. cheese, Verg. E. 1, 82.—In mal. part.:

    Hister Peucen premerat Antro,

    forced, Val. Fl. 8, 256:

    uxorem,

    Suet. Calig. 25.—Of animals:

    feminas premunt galli,

    Mart. 3, 57, 17.—
    B.
    Transf.
    1.
    Poet., to bear down upon, to touch:

    premere litora,

    Ov. M. 14, 416:

    litus,

    to keep close to the shore, Hor. C. 2, 10, 3:

    aëra,

    i. e. to fly, Luc. 7, 835.—
    2.
    Poet., to hold fast, hold, firmly grasp:

    premere frena manu,

    Ov. M. 8, 37:

    ferrum,

    to grasp, Sil. 5, 670:

    capulum,

    id. 2, 615.—
    3.
    Poet., to press a place with one's body, i. e. to sit, stand, lie, fall, or seat one's self on any thing:

    toros,

    Ov. H. 12, 30:

    sedilia,

    id. M. 5, 317:

    hoc quod premis habeto,

    id. ib. 5, 135:

    et pictam positā pharetram cervice premebat,

    id. ib. 2, 421:

    humum,

    to lie on the ground, id. Am. 3, 5, 16; cf. id. F. 4, 844:

    frondes tuo premis ore caducas,

    id. M. 9, 650; Sen. Hippol. 510.—
    4.
    To cover, to conceal by covering (mostly poet.):

    aliquid terrā,

    to conceal, bury in the earth, Hor. Epod. 1, 33:

    nonumque prematur in annum,

    kept back, suppressed, id. A. P. 388:

    omne lucrum tenebris alta premebat humus,

    Ov. Am. 3, 8, 36:

    ossa male pressa,

    i. e. buried, id. Tr. 5, 3, 39; Plin. 2, 79, 81, § 191; hence, to crown, to cover or adorn with any thing:

    ut premerer sacrā lauro,

    Hor. C. 3, 4, 18:

    molli Fronde crinem,

    Verg. A. 4, 147:

    canitiem galeā,

    id. ib. 9, 612:

    mitrā capillos,

    Ov. F. 4, 517; cf. Verg. A. 5, 556.—
    5.
    To make, form, or shape any thing by pressing ( poet.):

    quod surgente die mulsere horisque diurnis, Nocte premunt,

    they make into cheese, Verg. G. 3, 400:

    os fingit premendo,

    id. A. 6, 80:

    caseos,

    id. E. 1, 35:

    mollem terram,

    Vulg. Sap. 15, 7; Calp. Ecl. 5, 34.—
    6.
    To press hard upon, bear down upon, to crowd, pursue closely:

    hostes de loco superiore,

    Caes. B. G. 7, 19:

    Pompeiani nostros premere et instare coeperunt,

    id. B. C. 3, 46:

    hac fugerent Graii, premeret Trojana juventus,

    Verg. A. 1, 467:

    Pergamenae naves cum adversarios premerent acrius,

    Nep. Hann. 11, 5:

    hinc Rutulus premit, et murum circumsonat armis,

    Verg. A. 8, 473:

    obsidione urbem,

    Caes. B. G. 7, 32.—Of the pursuit or chase of animals:

    ad retia cervum,

    Verg. G. 3, 413:

    spumantis apri cursum clamore,

    id. A. 1, 324:

    bestias venatione,

    Isid. 10, 282.—
    7.
    To press down, burden, load, freight:

    nescia quem premeret,

    on whose back she sat, Ov. M. 2, 869:

    tergum equi,

    id. ib. 8, 34;

    14, 343: et natat exuviis Graecia pressa suis,

    Prop. 4, 1, 114 (5, 1, 116):

    pressae carinae,

    Verg. G. 1, 303:

    pressus membra mero,

    Prop. 2, 12 (3, 7), 42:

    magno et gravi onere armorum pressi,

    Caes. B. G. 4, 24:

    auro phaleras,

    to adorn, Stat. Th. 8, 567.—
    8.
    To press into, force in, press upon:

    (caprum) dentes in vite prementem,

    Ov. F. 1, 355:

    presso sub vomere,

    Verg. G. 2, 356; cf.:

    presso aratro,

    Tib. 4, 1, 161:

    alte ensem in corpore,

    Stat. Th. 11, 542:

    et nitidas presso pollice finge comas,

    Prop. 3, 8 (4, 9), 14:

    et cubito remanete presso,

    leaning upon, Hor. C. 1, 27, 8. —
    b.
    To make with any thing ( poet.):

    aeternā notā,

    Ov. F. 6, 610:

    littera articulo pressa tremente,

    id. H. 10, 140:

    multā via pressa rotā,

    id. ib. 18, 134.—
    9.
    To press down, let down, cause to sink down, to lower:

    nec preme, nec summum molire per aethera currum,

    Ov. M. 2, 135:

    humanaeque memor sortis, quae tollit eosdem, Et premit,

    id. Tr. 3, 11, 67:

    mundus ut ad Scythiam Rhiphaeasque arduus arces Consurgit, premitur Libyae devexus in Austros,

    sinks down, Verg. G. 1, 240; Sen. Herc. Fur. 155. —
    b.
    In partic.
    (α).
    To set, plant:

    virgulta per agros,

    Verg. G. 2, 346; 26.—
    (β).
    To make or form by pressing down, to make any thing deep, to dig:

    vestigio leviter presso,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 24, § 53; cf.

    (trop.): vestigia non pressa leviter, sed fixa,

    id. Sest. 5, 13:

    sulcum premere,

    to draw a furrow, Verg. A. 10, 296:

    fossam transversam, inter montes pressit (al. percussit),

    Front. Strat. 1, 5:

    fossa pressa,

    Plin. Ep. 10, 69, 4:

    cavernae in altitudinem pressae,

    Curt. 5, 1, 28.—
    (γ).
    To strike to the ground, to strike down:

    tres famulos,

    Verg. A. 9, 329:

    paucos,

    Tac. H. 4, 2.—
    10.
    To press closely, compress, press together, close:

    oculos,

    Verg. A. 9, 487:

    alicui fauces,

    Ov. M. 12, 509:

    laqueo collum,

    to strangle, Hor. Ep. 1, 16, 37:

    angebar ceu guttura forcipe pressus,

    Ov. M. 9, 78:

    presso gutture,

    compressed, Verg. G. 1, 410; cf.:

    siquidem unius praecordia pressit ille (boletus) senis,

    i. e. stopped his breath, Juv. 6, 621:

    quibus illa premetur Per somnum digitis,

    choked, id. 14, 221:

    amplexu presso,

    united, in close embrace, Sen. Oedip. 192:

    oscula jungere pressa,

    to exchange kisses, Ov. H. 2, 94; so,

    pressa basia,

    Mart. 6, 34, 1:

    presso gradu incedere,

    in close ranks, foot to foot, Liv. 28, 14:

    pede presso,

    id. 8, 8.—
    b.
    In partic.
    (α).
    To shorten, tighten, draw in:

    pressis habenis,

    Verg. A. 11, 600 (cf.:

    laxas dure habenas,

    id. ib. 1, 63).—
    (β).
    To keep short, prune:

    Calenā falce vitem,

    Hor. C. 1, 31, 9:

    luxuriem falce,

    Ov. M. 14, 628:

    falce premes umbras (i. e. arbores umbrantes),

    Verg. G. 1, 157; 4, 131:

    molle salictum,

    Calp. Ecl. 5, 110.—
    (γ).
    To check, arrest, stop:

    premere sanguinem,

    Tac. A. 15, 64:

    vestigia pressit,

    Verg. A. 6, 197:

    attoniti pressere gradum,

    Val. Fl. 2, 424 ' dixit, pressoque obmutuit ore, was silent, Verg. A. 6, 155.—
    11.
    To press out, bring out by pressure:

    tenerā sucos pressere medullā,

    Luc. 4, 318; cf.: (equus) collectumque fremens volvit sub naribus ignem, Verg. ap. Sen. Ep. 95, 68, and id. G. 3, 85 Rib.—
    12.
    To frequent: feci ut cotidie praesentem me viderent, habitavi in [p. 1441] oculis, pressi forum, Cic. Planc. 27, 66.—
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    To press, press upon, oppress, overwhelm, weigh down; to urge, drive, importune, pursue, to press close or hard, etc. (class.):

    ego istum pro suis factis pessumis pessum premam,

    Plaut. Most. 5, 2, 49 Lorenz ad loc.:

    quae necessitas eum tanta premebat, ut, etc.,

    Cic. Rosc. Am. 34, 97:

    ea, quae premant, et ea, quae impendeant,

    id. Fam. 9, 1, 2:

    aerumnae, quae me premunt,

    Sall. J. 14, 22:

    pressus gravitate soporis,

    bound by heavy, deep sleep, Ov. M. 15, 21:

    cum aut aere alieno, aut magnitudine tributorum, aut injuriā potentium premuntur,

    Caes. B. G. 6, 13:

    invidia et odio populi premi,

    Cic. de Or. 1, 53, 228:

    premi periculis,

    id. Rep. 1, 6, 10:

    cum a me premeretur,

    id. Verr. 2, 1, 53, § 139; cf.:

    aliquem verbo,

    id. Tusc. 1, 7, 13:

    criminibus veris premere aliquem,

    Ov. M. 14, 401:

    cum a plerisque ad exeundum premeretur, exire noluit,

    was pressed, urged, importuned, Nep. Ages. 6, 1:

    a Pompeii procuratoribus sescentis premi coeptus est,

    Cic. Att. 6, 1, 3: numina nulla premunt;

    mortali urgemur ab hoste,

    Verg. A. 10, 375:

    premere reum voce, vultu,

    Tac. A. 3, 67:

    crimen,

    to pursue obstinately, Quint. 7, 2, 12:

    confessionem,

    to force a confession from one, id. 7, 1, 29:

    argumentum etiam atque etiam,

    to pursue steadily, Cic. Tusc. 1, 36, 88:

    ancipiti mentem formidine pressus,

    Verg. A. 3, 47:

    maerore pressa,

    Sen. Oct. 103:

    veritate pressus negare non potuit,

    overcome, overpowered, Lact. 4, 13.—
    B.
    Transf.
    1.
    To repress, hide, conceal (mostly poet.):

    dum nocte premuntur,

    Verg. A. 6, 827:

    curam sub corde,

    id. ib. 4, 332:

    odium,

    Plin. Pan. 62:

    iram,

    Tac. A. 6, 50:

    pavorem et consternationem mentis vultu,

    id. ib. 13, 16:

    interius omne secretum,

    Sen. Ep. 3, 4:

    dolorem silentio,

    Val. Max. 3, 3, 1 ext.; cf. silentia, Sil. 12, 646:

    aliquid ore,

    Verg. A. 7, 103:

    jam te premet nox,

    Hor. C. 1, 4, 16.—
    2.
    To lower, diminish, undervalue, disparage, depreciate:

    premendorum superiorum arte sese extollebat,

    Liv. 22, 12:

    arma Latini,

    Verg. A. 11, 402:

    opuscula ( = deprimere atque elevare),

    Hor. Ep. 1, 19, 36:

    famam alicujus,

    Tac. A. 15, 49:

    premere ac despicere,

    Quint. 11, 1, 16:

    premere tumentia, humilia extollere,

    id. ib. 10, 4, 1.—
    b.
    To surpass, exceed:

    facta premant annos,

    Ov. M. 7, 449:

    ne prisca vetustas Laude pudicitiae saecula nostra premat,

    id. P. 3, 1, 116:

    quantum Latonia Nymphas Virgo premit,

    Stat. S. 1, 2, 115.—
    c.
    To rule ( poet.):

    dicione premere populos,

    Verg. A. 7, 737:

    imperio,

    id. ib. 1, 54:

    Mycenas Servitio premet,

    id. ib. 1, 285.—
    3.
    To suppress, pull down, humble, degrade:

    quae (vocabula) nunc situs premit,

    Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 118:

    nec premendo alium me extulisse velim,

    Liv. 22, 59, 10; cf. id. 39, 41, 1:

    premebat reum crimen,

    id. 3, 13, 1.—
    4.
    To compress, abridge, condense:

    haec enim, quae dilatantur a nobis, Zeno sic premebat,

    Cic. N. D. 2, 7, 20.—
    5.
    To check, arrest, repress, restrain:

    cursum ingenii tui, Brute, premit haec importuna clades civitatis,

    Cic. Brut. 97, 332:

    sub imo Corde gemitum,

    Verg. A. 10, 464:

    vocem,

    to be silent, id. ib. 9, 324:

    sermones vulgi,

    to restrain, Tac. A. 3, 6.—
    6.
    To store up, lay up in the mind, muse upon:

    (vocem) ab ore Eripuit pater ac stupefactus numine pressit,

    Verg. A. 7, 119.—Hence, pressus, a, um, P. a.
    I.
    Moderate, slow, suppressed, kept down.
    A.
    Lit.:

    presso pede eos retro cedentes principes recipiebant,

    Liv. 8, 8, 9:

    presso gradu,

    id. 28, 14, 14; cf.:

    pressoque legit vestigia gressu,

    Ov. M. 3, 17.—
    B.
    Trop.
    1.
    Of the voice or manner, subdued:

    haec cum pressis et flebilibus modis, qui totis theatris maestitiam inferant,

    Cic. Tusc. 1, 44, 106.—
    2.
    Of color, lowered, depressed; hence, dark, gloomy:

    color pressus,

    Pall. 4, 13, 4:

    color viridi pressior,

    Plin. 35, 6, 13, § 32:

    spadices pressi,

    Serv. Verg. G. 3, 82.—
    II.
    Esp., of an orator or of speech.
    A.
    Compressed, concise, plain, without ornament (class.):

    fiunt pro grandibus tumidi, pressis exiles, fortibus temerarii, etc.,

    Quint. 10, 2, 16:

    cum Attici pressi et integri, contra Asiani inflati et inanes haberentur,

    id. 12, 10, 18.—Of style:

    pressa et tenuia, et quae minimum ab usu cotidiano recedant,

    Quint. 10, 1, 102:

    pressus et demissus stilus,

    Plin. Ep. 1, 8, 5; Quint. 4, 2, 117.— Comp.: in concionibus pressior, et circumscriptior, et adductior, more moderate, keeping more within bounds, Plin. Ep. 1, 16, 4.—
    B.
    Close, exact, accurate:

    Thucydides ita verbis aptus et pressus, ut,

    Cic. de Or. 2, 13, 56: quis te fuit umquam in partiundis rebus pressior? more exact, more accurate, id. Fragm. ap. Non. 364, 24:

    sicuti taxare pressius crebriusque est, quam tangere,

    Gell. 2, 6, 5:

    quod (periculum) observandum pressiore cautelā censeo,

    stricter, greater, App. M. 5, p. 160, 36:

    cogitationes pressiores,

    id. ib. 5, p. 163, 32.—So of sounds, precise, intelligible:

    (lingua) vocem profusam fingit atque sonos vocis distinctos et pressos facit,

    Cic. N. D. 2, 59, 149.—Hence, adv.: pressē, with pressure, violently (class.): artius pressiusque conflictata, Atei. Capito ap. Gell. 10, 6, 2.—
    B.
    Closely, tightly.
    1.
    Lit.:

    vites pressius putare,

    Pall. 12, 9:

    pressius colla radere,

    Veg. Vet. 1, 56.—
    2.
    Trop.
    a.
    Of pronunciation, shortly, neatly, trimly:

    loqui non aspere, non vaste, non rustice, sed presse, et aequabiliter, et leniter,

    Cic. de Or. 3, 12, 45; id. Off. 1, 37, 133.—
    b.
    Of the mode of expression, etc., concisely, not diffusely:

    definire presse et anguste,

    Cic. Or. 33, 117:

    abundanter dicere, an presse,

    Quint. 8, 3, 40:

    pressius et astrictius scripsi,

    Plin. Ep. 3, 18, 10.—
    (β).
    Without ornament, simply:

    unum (genus oratorum) attenuate presseque, alterum sublate ampleque dicentium,

    Cic. Brut. 55, 202:

    aliquid describere modo pressius, modo elatius,

    Plin. Ep. 4, 14, 3.—
    (γ).
    Closely, exactly, correctly, accurately:

    mihi placet agi subtilius, et pressius,

    Cic. Fin. 4, 10, 24:

    definiunt pressius,

    id. Tusc. 4, 7, 14:

    anquisitius, et exactius pressiusque disserere,

    Gell. 1, 3, 21.

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  • 63 prope

    prŏpe, adv. and prep. [pro and demonstr suff. -pe (cf.: nempe, quippe), = Sanscr. -pa].
    I.
    Adv. ( comp. propius, and sup. proxime, v. under propior), near, nigh (class.).
    A.
    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.—
    2.
    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.—
    B.
    Transf.
    1.
    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.—
    2.
    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.—
    C.
    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.—
    II.
    Prep. with acc.
    A.
    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.—
    B.
    Transf.
    1.
    In time, nigh, towards, about:

    prope lucem,

    towards daybreak, Suet. Claud. 44.—
    2.
    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.

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  • 64 propter

    propter, adv. and prep. [contr. for propiter, from prope; cf.: inter, subter].
    I.
    Adv., near, hard by, at hand (syn.: prope, juxta;

    rare but class.). serito in loco, ubi aqua propter siet,

    Cato, R. R. 151, 2:

    ibi angiportum propter est,

    Ter. Ad. 4, 2, 37:

    propter dormire,

    id. Eun. 2, 3, 77:

    araque Panchaeos exhalat propter odores,

    Lucr. 2, 417:

    propter est spelunca,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 48, § 107 (al. prope):

    vident unum virum esse... et eum propter esse,

    id. Imp. Pomp. 5, 13:

    cum duo reges propter assint,

    id. ib. 6, 16:

    (caules) si propter sati sunt,

    id. N. D. 2, 47, 120:

    duo filii propter cubantes,

    id. Rosc. Am. 23, 64; id. Inv. 2, 4, 14:

    adulescentia voluptates propter intuens,

    id. Sen. 14, 48; id. ap. Non. 367, 25:

    cornix propter volans,

    Phaedr. 2, 6, 7: praeter propter, v praeter. —
    II.
    Prep. with acc., near, hard by, close to (syn.: prope, juxta, ad).
    A.
    Lit., of place (rare but class.);

    stat propter virum fortem,

    Plaut. Mil. 1, 1, 9; id. Curc. 4, 1, 14; id. Rud. prol. 33: partem cohortium propter mare collocat, Sisenn ap. Non. 367, 32:

    hic propter hunc assiste,

    Ter. Ad. 2, 1, 15: propter eam porticum situm erat dolium, Varr ap. Non. 367, 31:

    propter Platonis statuam consedimus,

    Cic. Brut. 6, 25:

    propter aliquem assidere,

    id. Rep. 1, 11, 17 (cited ap. Non. 367, 28):

    insulae propter Siciliam,

    id. N. D. 3, 22, 55:

    propter aquae rivum,

    Lucr. 2, 30; Verg. E. 8, 87.—Following its case:

    viam propter,

    Tac. A. 15, 47:

    hostem propter,

    id. ib. 4, 48.—
    B.
    Trop., in stating a cause.
    1.
    On account of, by reason of, from, for, because of (syn. ob;

    the predom. signif. of the word): parere legibus propter metum,

    Cic. Par. 5, 1, 34; cf.:

    propter metum poenae,

    id. Sest. 46, 99:

    propter eam ipsam causam,

    id. de Or. 1, 16, 72:

    propter frigora frumenta in agris matura non erant,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 16:

    propter humanitatem,

    Cic. Att. 7, 5, 2:

    is propter morbum exire non potuit,

    Auct. Her. 1, 11, 19:

    excusato languore faucium propter quem non adesset,

    Suet. Ner. 41; id. Aug. 8; Sall. J. 23, 1: bidentes propter viam facere, to sacrifice on account of a journey, Laber, ap. Non. 53, 26; cf.:

    propter viam fit sacrificium quod est proficiscendi gratiā, Herculi aut Sanco,

    Fest. p. 229 Müll.; Plaut. Rud. 1, 2, 62:

    propter injuriam,

    to avoid injury, Pall. 12, 13:

    propter hoc, propter quod,

    on that account, for which reason, Varr. R. R. 3, 16, 14; Col. 1, 6, 18: propter me, te, etc., on my, thy account, etc., as far as I ( you, etc.) are concerned, = mea causā, or per me:

    egon propter me illam decipi miseram sinam?

    Ter. And. 1, 5, 36; id. Eun. 4, 6, 6:

    non est aequom me propter vos decipi,

    id. Phorm. 5, 7, 34:

    di numquam propter me de caelo descendent,

    Liv. 6, 18, 9.—
    2. a.
    Referring to persons in whom lies the cause of a thing:

    te propter tuam Matrem non posse habere hanc uxorem domi,

    Ter. Hec. 4, 4, 55:

    propter quos vivit,

    through whom he lives, to whom he owes life, Cic. Mil. 22, 58:

    lugere eum, propter quem ceteri laetarentur,

    id. ib. 30, 81; 34, 93.—
    b.
    To things by means of which any thing takes place:

    quid enim refert, utrum propter oves, an propter aves fructus capias?

    Varr. R. R. 3, 2, 11.—

    Placed after its case: quod propter studi, um cum rem neglegere familiarem videretur,

    Cic. Sen. 7, 22; id. Pis. 7, 15; id. Att. 10, 4, 1 al.:

    suctum propter lactis,

    Plin. 10, 40, 56, § 115:

    quam propter tantos potui perferre labores,

    Verg. A. 12, 177.

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  • 65 pulveratica

    pulvĕrātĭcum, i, n., and pulvĕrā-tĭca, ae, f. [pulvis; orig. payment for hard agricultural labor; hence, transf.], drink-money, given for hard labor, Cod. Th. 7, 13, 16; Cassiod. Var. 12, 15; Impp. Theodos. et Valent. ap. Auct. de Re Agr. p. 343 Goes.

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  • 66 pulveraticum

    pulvĕrātĭcum, i, n., and pulvĕrā-tĭca, ae, f. [pulvis; orig. payment for hard agricultural labor; hence, transf.], drink-money, given for hard labor, Cod. Th. 7, 13, 16; Cassiod. Var. 12, 15; Impp. Theodos. et Valent. ap. Auct. de Re Agr. p. 343 Goes.

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  • 67 saxeus

    saxĕus, a, um, adj. [id.].
    I.
    Lit., of rock, of stone, rocky, stony: saxea est verruca in summo montis vertice, Auct. ap. Quint. 8, 3, 48: moles, Att. ap. Cic. N. D. 2, 35, 89; Ov. M. 12, 283:

    scopulus,

    id. ib. 14, 73:

    saepta,

    Lucr. 4, 699:

    strata viarum,

    id. 1, 315:

    tecta,

    id. 5, 984; Ov. H. 10, 128:

    crepido,

    Plin. 12, 1, 5, § 9:

    effigies bacchantis,

    Cat. 64, 61:

    umbra,

    of the rocks, Verg. G. 3, 145 et saep.:

    mater ad auditas stupuit ceu saxea voces,

    Ov. M. 5, 509:

    Niobe saxea facta,

    id. P. 1, 2, 32:

    pons,

    Luc. 4, 15:

    juga,

    id. 4, 157:

    imber,

    Sil. 13, 181:

    ipse Anien, infraque superque Saxeus,

    rocky in its shores and bed, Stat. S. 1, 3, 20:

    vasa,

    Vulg. Exod. 7, 19.—
    B.
    Transf., as hard as stone:

    dentes (asini),

    App. M. 10, p. 249, 10:

    durities jecoris,

    Cael. Aur. Tard. 3, 6, 81.—
    * II.
    Trop., stony, i.e. hard, unfeeling, obdurate:

    saxeus ferreusque es,

    Plin. Ep. 2, 3, 7.

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  • 68 silex

    sĭlex, ĭcis, m. ( poet. and late Lat.; also fem., Verg. E. 1, 15; id. A. 6, 471; 6, 602; 8, 233; Ov. M. 9, 225; 9, 304; 9, 613; Amm. 14, 6, 16; cf. Quint. 1, 6, 2; gen. plur. silicum, Lucr. 6, 683; Luc. 4, 304) [root sar-, to be firm; cf.: solum, solidus].
    I.
    Any hard stone found in fields, a pebble-stone, a flint, flint-stone:

    silicem caedere,

    Cic. Div. 2, 41, 85:

    silice vias sternere,

    Liv. 41, 27; cf. id. 41, 27, § 7:

    silici scintillam excudere,

    Verg. A. 1, 174:

    gravem medios silicem jaculatus in hostes,

    Ov. M. 7, 139 et saep.:

    per ampla spatia urbis, subversasque silices,

    pavements, Amm. 14, 6, 16; cf.:

    silicem pedibus quae conteret atrum,

    Juv. 6, 350.— Freq. joined with lapis: Ag. Illa mulier lapidem silicem subigere, ut se amet, potest. Mi. Pol id quidem haud mentire:

    nam tu es lapide silice stultior,

    Plaut. Poen. 1, 2, 77 sq.; Cato, R. R. 18, 3; Liv. 30, 43; Fest. s. v. lapidem, p. 115 Müll.; and in inscrr.: II VIRI VIAM LAPID(e) SILIC(e) STERN(endam) CVR(averunt), Inscr. Bull. dell' Inst. 1839, p. 60; so Inscr. Orell. 6617.—With saxum:

    porcum saxo silice percussit,

    Liv. 1, 24 fin. —To denote hard-heartedness:

    non silice nati sumus,

    Cic. Tusc. 3, 6, 12:

    nec in tenero stat tibi corde silex,

    Tib. 1, 1, 64:

    nec rigidas silices in pectore gerit,

    Ov. M. 9, 614:

    et dicam silices pectus habere tuum,

    id. Tr. 3, 11, 4:

    moturaque duras Verba queror silices,

    id. M. 9, 304.—
    II.
    In gen., a rock, crag ( poet.), Lucr. 6, 683:

    validi silices,

    id. 1, 571; 2, 449:

    stabat acuta silex praecisis undique saxis,

    Verg. A. 8, 233:

    nudus silex,

    bare rick, Sen. Phoen. 69:

    excisae rupes durissimi silicis,

    Suet. Calig. 37:

    juventus duris silicum lassata metallis,

    Luc. 4, 304:

    Lycius Phrygiusque silex,

    Stat. S. 1, 2, 148.—Of limestone, Ov. M. 7, 107; cf. Plin. 36, 23, 53, § 174.

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  • 69 absconditus

        absconditus adj.    [P. of abscondo], concealed, secret, hidden: gladii; insidiae.—As subst: non obscurum neque absconditum, i. e. not hard to see or to grasp.
    * * *
    abscondita, absconditum ADJ
    hidden, secret, concealed; covert, disguised; abstruse, recondite

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  • 70 acerbus

        acerbus adj. with comp. and sup.    [2 AC-].—In taste, harsh, bitter, unripe: uva, Ph. — Meton., to the senses, harsh, sharp, bitter: frigus, H.: recitator, of harsh voice, H. — Neut. plur. As adv.: acerba sonans, V. — Fig., of character and conduct, rough, harsh, violent, rigorous, crabbed, severe, repulsive, hard, morose: acerbus odistis et fugis, H.: occupat speciem taciturnus acerbi, morose, H.: convicium, Ph. — Neut. plur. As adv.: acerba fremens, chafing with rage, V. — Of things, events, etc., premature, crude, unripe: virginis aures, O.: funus, V.: mors, O. — Grievous, bitter, severe, oppressive, burdensome, distressing: dilectus, a rigid conscription, L.: acerba fata Romanos agunt, H.: volnus, V.: imperium acerbius, N.: luctus: mors acerbissima.— Subst: quidquid acerbi est, all the bitterness (of death), V.: tot acerba, V.
    * * *
    acerba -um, acerbior -or -us, acerbissimus -a -um ADJ
    harsh, strident, bitter, sour; unripe, green, unfinished; grievous; gloomy

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  • 71 adamantēus

        adamantēus adj.    [adamas], hard as steel, adamantine, not to be broken (poet.): nares, O.
    * * *
    adamantea, adamanteum ADJ
    steel; of adamant, adamantine

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  • 72 adamās

        adamās antis, m, ἀδάμασ, adamant, hardest iron, steel: solido adamante columnae, V.—Fig., of character: in pectore adamanta gerere, O.
    * * *
    steel, hardest iron (early); anything hard, adamant; white sapphire; diamond

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  • 73 aequus

        aequus adj. with comp. and sup.    [2 IC-, AIC-], even, plain, level, flat: locus: aequiore loco constiterat, Cs.: campus, V. — Equal: ex provinciā aequam partem sumere: sequitur non passibus aequis, V.: Abietibus iuvenes aequi, as tall as, V. —Even with, on a level with: sive loquitur ex inferiore loco, sive ex aequo, i. e. on the floor of the Senate: pede congredi aequo, i. e. face to face, V. —Favorable, advantageous: locus ad dimicandum, Cs.: locus suis, N.: tempus.—Favorable, friendly, kind, humane: nobis: parvis alumnis, propitious, H.: templum non aequae Palladis, unpropitious, V.: aër non aequus, unwholesome, V.: non aequa fata, hard, O.: aequi iniquique, friends and foes, L.—Equal, proportionate, like: utinam esset mihi pars aequa amoris tecum, i. e. that I had a fair return, T.: aequā manu discedere, after a drawn battle, S.: aequo Marte pugnare, indecisive, L.: aequum volnus utrique dedit, O. — Of persons, fair, equitable, impartial: praetor: aequissimus iudex.—Of things, equitable, reasonable, fair, honorable: postulatio: id, quod aequissimum est, ut, etc.: quae liberum scire aequum est adulescentem, T.: sicut aequum est, dicamus, etc.: ex aequo et bono iure rem iudicari oportere, equitably and kindly: fit reus magis ex aequo et bono, quam ex iure gentium, S.: durus est praeter aequomque et bonum, excessively, T.: id non fieri ex aequo et bono, in a spirit of moderation, T.: qui neque ius neque bonum atque aequom sciunt, have no sense of right or reason, T.: istuc aequi bonique facio, T.: si tu aliquam partem aequi bonique dixeris, if you propose anything reasonable, T.: animus meus totum istuc aequi boni facit, i. e. is content wich: ‘melius aequius,’ i. e. quid melius et aequius sit iudicatur.—Equable, calm, composed, tranquil: sorti pater aequus utrique est, V.: oculis aspicere aequis, V.: animus: Aequam Servare mentem, H.: aequo animo, with equanimity, patiently, calmly, with indifference: alqd ferre aequo animo: emori: servitutem tolerare, S.: alqd animo aequiore ferre: animo aequissimo nummos adfert: aequissimis animis: audite mentibus aequis, impartially, V.
    * * *
    aequa -um, aequior -or -us, aequissimus -a -um ADJ
    level, even, equal, like; just, kind, impartial, fair; patient, contented

    Latin-English dictionary > aequus

  • 74 anguilla

        anguilla ae, f dim.    [anguis], an eel, Iu.
    * * *
    eel; hard skin of an eel used as a whip in school; slippery fellow

    Latin-English dictionary > anguilla

  • 75 arduum

        arduum ī, n    [arduus], a steep place, steep: ardua evadere, L.: in ardua montis ite, O.: per arduum scandere, H.—Fig., difficulty: nil mortalibus ardui est, H.
    * * *
    steep/high place, heights, elevation; arduous/difficult/hard task; challenge

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  • 76 arduus

        arduus adj.    [AL-, ARDH-], steep: ascensus, Cs.: via.—Poet., high, elevated, lofty: aether, O.: cervix equi: sese arduus infert, i. e. on his steed, V.: Arduus arma tenens, high in the air, V.— Fig., difficult, arduous, hard: nihil arduum sibi esse, Cs.: factu, L.: victoria, O.: virtutis via arduae, H.: arduum videtur, res gestas scribere, S.: res, hardships: rebus in arduis, H.
    * * *
    ardua -um, arduior -or -us, arduissimus -a -um ADJ
    steep, high, lofty, towering, tall; erect, rearing; uphill; arduous, difficult

    Latin-English dictionary > arduus

  • 77 benīgnus

        benīgnus adj. with comp.    [bene+GEN-], kind, good, friendly, pleasing, favorable, benignant: animus in alqm, T.: numen, H.: oratio: benigniora verba, L. — Beneficent, obliging, liberal, bounteous: fortuna mihi, H.: benigniores quam res patitur: vini somnique benignus, a hard drinker and a lover of sleep, H.—Fruitful, fertile, copious, rich: vepres, H.: cornu, H.: ingeni Benigna vena est, H.: praeda, O.: messes terra benigna daret, Tb.
    * * *
    benigna -um, benignior -or -us, benignissimus -a -um ADJ
    kind, favorable, obliging; kindly, mild, affable; liberal, bounteous

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  • 78 bibō

        bibō bibī, —, ere    [BI-], to drink: vinum, T.: mella diluta, H.: lac, to suck, O.: gemmā, from a jewelled cup, V.: caelato (sc. poculo), Iu.: Quod iussi ei dari bibere, to be given her to drink, T.: ut bibere sibi iuberet dari, L.: Iovi bibere ministrare: sitis exstincta bibendo, O.: ab tertiā horā bibebatur: Graeco more (i. e. propinando): Xanthum, i. e. water from, V.: Caecubam uvam (i. e. vinum), H.—Prov.: aut bibat aut abeat (at a feast). —With the name of a river, to visit, reach, frequent, dwell in the region of: si Hebrum bibamus, V.: Ararim Parthus bibet, i. e. the Parthians will come to Germany, V.: Extremum Tanain si biberes, Lyce, H. — Bibere aquas, i. e. to be drowned, O. — Meton., to take in, absorb, imbibe: sat prata biberunt, have been watered, V.: (terra) bibit umorem, absorbs moisture, V.: Amphora fumum bibere instituta, H.—Of the rainbow: bibit ingens arcus, V. — Fig., to receive, take in, drink in: longum amorem, V.: Pugnas bibit aure, H.: animo sanguinem, thirst for: Hasta bibit cruorem, drew, V.
    * * *
    I
    bibere, bibi, bibitus V
    drink; toast; visit, frequent (w/river name); drain, draw off; thirst for; suck
    II
    hard drinker, tippler, drunkard; kind of worm bread in wine

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  • 79 bolus

        bolus ī, m, βόλοσ, a throw (of dice, etc.); hence, a haul, piece of luck: mihi ereptus e faucibus, a choice bit, T.
    * * *
    I II
    throw of dice; hard piece of luck; choice bit; catch (fish net), haul, profit

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  • 80 calleō

        calleō —, —, ēre    [callum], to be callous; hence, fig., to be experienced, be skilful, be versed: in ea, quorum usu calleret, L. — To know by experience, be skilled in, have the knowledge of, understand: illius sensum, T.: iura: urbanas rusticasque res pariter, L.: sonum digitis et aure, H.: Duram pauperiem pati, to know how, H.: deprendere, Iu.: quo pacto id fieri soleat calleo, T.
    * * *
    callere, callui, - V
    be calloused/hardened; grow hard; be experienced/skilled, understand; know how

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