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1 cardō
cardō inis, m [CARD-], a hinge, pivot and socket (of door or gate): postīs a cardine vellit, V.: (ianua) movebat Cardines, H.: facili patuerunt cardine valvae, Iu.: versato cardine Egreditur, opening the door, O. — In astron., a pole: Extremusque adeo duplici de cardine vertex Dicitur esse polus, C., O.—A boundary, limit: intra eum cardinem (imperii), i. e. Mount Taurus, L.—Fig., a turning-point, crisis (poet.): tantus rerum, V.* * *hinge; pole, axis; chief point/circumstance; crisis; tenon/mortise; area; limit -
2 continēns
continēns entis, adj. with comp. and sup. [P. of contineo], bounding, limiting, enclosing: litas, i. e. of the continent, L.: parum locuples continente ripā, H.—Bordering, neighboring, contiguous, near, adjacent: silvae, Cs.: fundus fundo eius: aër mari: ripae collis, Cs.: cum Ciliciā.— Holding together, cohering, connected, continuous, uninterrupted: silvae, Cs.: grex, L.: agmen, L.: ruinae, L.: terra, N.—Fig., in time, following, next, consequent upon: continentibus diebus, Cs.: motus sensui iunctus et continens: timori perpetuo ipsum malum continens fuit, L.—Continual, consecutive, uninterrupted: continenti labore omnia superare, Cs.: imber per noctem totam, L.: e continenti genere, in unbroken descent: continenti impetu, without a pause, Cs.—In character, continent, moderate, temperate: hoc nemo fuit magis continens, T.: continentior in vitā quam in pecuniā, Cs.: Epaminondas, N.: continentissimi homines.* * *Imainland; continent; forming part of a continuous massIIessential point, central argument, hinge, basis; suburbs (pl.), (outside walls)IIIcontinentis (gen.), continentior -or -us, continentissimus -a -um ADJbordering, adjacent, contiguous, next; immediately, without delay (w/in/ex); temperate, moderate, n0t indulging in excess; restrained, exhibiting restraint; close (in time); linked; continuous, unbroken, uninterrupted; homogeneous -
3 continēns
continēns ntis, f [1 continens; sc. terra], a mainland, continent: in continentem legatis missis, Cs.: ex continenti, Cs.: in continente, Cs.: continentis regio, L. — Fig., in rhet., the chief point: continentia causarum.* * *Imainland; continent; forming part of a continuous massIIessential point, central argument, hinge, basis; suburbs (pl.), (outside walls)IIIcontinentis (gen.), continentior -or -us, continentissimus -a -um ADJbordering, adjacent, contiguous, next; immediately, without delay (w/in/ex); temperate, moderate, n0t indulging in excess; restrained, exhibiting restraint; close (in time); linked; continuous, unbroken, uninterrupted; homogeneous -
4 cardineus
cardinea, cardineum ADJof/by hinges; of/pertaining to door-hinge -
5 kardo
hinge; pole, axis; chief point/circumstance; crisis; tenon/mortise; area; limit -
6 Res in cardine est
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7 axis
axis, is, m. [kindred with Gr. axôn; Sanscr. akshas = axle, wheel; old Germ. Ahsa; mod. Germ. Achse; Engl. axle, Bopp, Gloss. p. 2, a; cf. Aufrecht, Zeitschr. für vergl. Sprachf. 8, p. 71].I.Lit., an axletree, about which a round body, e.g. a wheel, turns:II.faginus axis,
Verg. G. 3, 172:axes aerii,
Vulg. 3 Reg. 7, 30;7, 33: axis versatilis,
ib. Eccli. 33, 5 al. — Meton. (pars pro toto), a chariot, car, wagon, Ov. M. 2, 59; id. H. 4, 160; Sen. Herc. Oet. 1442; Sil. 16, 360 al.— Plur., Ov. M. 2, 148; 4, 634.—Transf.A.The axle of a water-clock, Vitr. 9, 6.—B.The axis of the earth: mundum versari circum axem caeli, Cic. N. D. 1, 20, 52; so id. Ac. 2, 39, 123; id. Tim. 10; Lucr. 6, 1107.—Hence, meton.a. b.Esp., the north pole, Lucr. 6, 720; Cic. Tusc. 1, 28, 68; Verg. G. 2, 271; 3, 351; Ov. P. 4, 7, 2; Manil. 4, 589.—c.The whole heavens:d.maximus Atlas Axem umero torquet stellis ardentibus aptum,
Verg. A. 4, 482; 6, 536; Ov. M. 1, 255; 2, 75; 2, 297; 6, 175; id. Tr. 1, 2, 46; Stat. Th. 5, 86; id. S. 3, 3, 76 al.—Hence, sub axe, under the open heaven, Verg. A. 2, 512; 8, 28.—A region of the heavens, a clime:C.boreus,
the north, Ov. Tr. 4, 8, 41:hesperius,
the west, id. M. 4, 214; Luc. 3, 359.—A pin or hook on which a hinge turns, Stat. Th. 1, 346.—D.The valve of a pipe, Vitr. 10, 12.—E.Axes volutarum, in archit., the axes of a volute, Vitr. 3, 3.—F.A board, plank, Caes. B. C. 2, 9; Vitr. 4, 2; 7, 1; Col. 6, 30, 2; Plin. 36, 25, 62, § 187; Luc. 3, 455; Gell. 2, 12 al.—G.An unknown wild animal in India, Plin. 8, 21, 31, § 76. -
8 cardinalis
cardĭnālis, e, adj. [cardo].I. II.Trop., that on which something turns, depends, i. e. principal, chief: venti, the principal or cardinal winds, Serv. ad Verg. A. 1, 131; Isid. Orig. 13, 11, 14; cf. virtutes, Hier ap. Macr. S. 1, 16-19; Ambros. ap. Luc. 5, § 49 al.—Hence, in late Lat.: cardinalia Christi opera, Cypr.—B.Esp.1.As eccl. term; subst., a chief presbyter, as opp. to one who ministered in an Oratorium; and esp. of such forming the council of the Pope at Rome, which afterwards consisted only of bishops, cardinals, Anast. p. 95.—2.In gram.: numeri, the Cardinal Numbers (unus, duo, tres, etc., from which the Ordinals and Distributives are formed), Prisc. Pond. p. 1351 P.—Hence, * cardĭ-nālĭter, adv., chiefly, principally: praesidere, especially, Firm. Math. 410. -
9 cardinaliter
cardĭnālis, e, adj. [cardo].I. II.Trop., that on which something turns, depends, i. e. principal, chief: venti, the principal or cardinal winds, Serv. ad Verg. A. 1, 131; Isid. Orig. 13, 11, 14; cf. virtutes, Hier ap. Macr. S. 1, 16-19; Ambros. ap. Luc. 5, § 49 al.—Hence, in late Lat.: cardinalia Christi opera, Cypr.—B.Esp.1.As eccl. term; subst., a chief presbyter, as opp. to one who ministered in an Oratorium; and esp. of such forming the council of the Pope at Rome, which afterwards consisted only of bishops, cardinals, Anast. p. 95.—2.In gram.: numeri, the Cardinal Numbers (unus, duo, tres, etc., from which the Ordinals and Distributives are formed), Prisc. Pond. p. 1351 P.—Hence, * cardĭ-nālĭter, adv., chiefly, principally: praesidere, especially, Firm. Math. 410. -
10 cardineus
cardĭnĕus, a, um, adj. [id.], of or pertaining to a door - hinge: tumultus, Sept. Afer. ap. Ter. Maur. p. 2424 fin. P. -
11 cardo
cardo, ĭnis, m. [cf. kradê, a swing; kradainô, to swing, wave; Sanscr. kurd, a spring, a leap; old Germ. hrad, lively, and Germ. reit in bereit, ready] (f., Gracch. ap. Prisc. p. 683 P.; Graius ap. Non. p. 202, 20; cf. infra in Vitr.), the pivot and socket, upon which a door was made to swing at the lintel and the threshold, the hinge of a door or gate, Enn. Trag. 119 Vahl.:B.paene ecfregisti foribus cardines,
Plaut. Am. 4, 2, 6; id. As. 2, 3, 8:postis a cardine vellit Aeratos,
Verg. A. 2, 480:cardo stridebat,
id. ib. 1, 449; cf. id. Cir. 222:num muttit cardo?
Plaut. Curc. 1, 1, 94:immoti,
Plin. 16, 43, 84, § 230:singuli,
id. 36, 15, 24, § 117:facili patuerunt cardine valvae,
Juv. 4, 63:versato cardine Thisbe Egreditur,
opening the door, Ov. M. 4, 93; cf. Verg. A. 3, 448:nec strepitum verso Saturnia cardine fecit,
Ov. M. 14, 782 al. —Meton.1.Cardines, in mechanics, beams that were fitted together; and specifically, cardo masculus, a tenon, Vitr. 9, 6, and cardo femina, a socket, a mortise, id. 9, 6:b.cardo securiclatus,
axeshaped tenon, a dovetail, id. 10, 15, 3.— Hence,In garlands, the place where the two ends meet, Plin. 21, 4, 10, § 18.—2.In astron., the point about which something turns, a pole. So of the North pole:II.caeli,
Varr. R. R. 1, 2, 4:mundi,
Plin. 4, 12, 26, § 89; cf.: extremusque adeo duplici de cardine vertex Dicitur esse polus, Cic. poët. N. D. 2, 41, 105; Ov. P. 2, 10, 45; Stat. Th. 1, 349:cardo glacialis ursae,
Sen. Herc. Fur. 1139:Arctoae cardo portae,
Stat. Th. 7, 35;hence anal. to this, with the agrimensores,
the line limiting the field, drawn through from north to south, Plin. 18, 33, 76, § 326; 17, 22, 35, § 169; cf. Fest. s. v. decimanus, p. 71 Müll., and accordingly the mountain Taurus is called cardo, i. e. line or limit, Liv. 37, 54, 23; cf. id. 40, 18, 8; 41, 1, 3.—Of the four cardinal points of the world, Quint. 12, 10, 67; so, Hesperius Eous, Luc. 5, 71; Stat. Th. 1, 157:occiduus,
Luc. 4, 672:medius,
id. 4, 673.— Of the earth as the centre of the universe, acc. to the belief of the ancients, Plin. 2, 64, 64, § 160; 2, 9, 6, § 44.—Of the intersection of inclined surfaces:reperiuntur (aquae)... quodam convexitatis cardine aut montium radicibus,
Plin. 31, 3, 26, § 43.—Of the summer solstice:anni,
Plin. 18, 28, 68, § 264; and so of the epochs of the different seasons:temporum,
id. 18, 25, 58, § 218; 18, 25, 59, § 220.—Hence, of the time of life:extremus,
old age, Luc. 7, 381.—Trop., that on which every thing else turns or depends, the chief point or circumstance (so not before the Aug. per.):haud tanto cessabit cardine rerum,
at such a turn of affairs, so great a crisis, in so critical a moment, decisive, Verg. A. 1, 672 (hoc est in articulo, Serv.; cf. Isid. Orig. 15, 7, 6; Gr. akmê):fatorum in cardine summo,
Stat. Th. 10, 853: litium. Quint. 12, 8, 2:causae,
id. 5, 12, 3:satellitem in quo totius dominationis summa quasi quodam cardine continetur,
Val. Max. 3, 3, ext. 5:unum eligamus in quo est summum ac principale, in quo totius sapientiae cardo versatur,
Lact. 3, 7, 6. -
12 contineo
con-tĭnĕo, tĭnŭi, tentum, 2, v. a. and n. [teneo].I.Act., to hold or keep together.A.In gen. (rare).1.Lit. (syn.:b.coërceo, conjungo): contine quaeso caput,
Plaut. Rud. 2, 6, 26:quod omnem continet amplexu terram,
Lucr. 5, 319; cf.:mundus omnia conplexu suo coërcet et continet,
Cic. N. D. 2, 22, 58:vitem levi nodo,
Plin. 17, 22, 35, § 187:magni refert primordia saepe cum quibus... contineantur,
Lucr. 1, 818; 1, 908; 2, 761;2, 1008: pars oppidi, mari dijuncta angusto, ponte adjungitur et continetur,
Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 52, § 117.—Of places, to bound, limit, enclose (very rare in act.):2.reliquum spatium mons continet,
Caes. B. G. 1, 38:Oceanus ponto qua continet orbem,
Tib. 4, 1, 147; but more freq. in pass., to be comprised, enclosed, surrounded, encompassed, environed by:qui vicus altissimis montibus undique continetur,
Caes. B. G. 3, 1; so,undique loci naturā Helvetii,
id. ib. 1, 2:mare montibus angustis,
id. ib. 4, 23:una pars Galliae Garumnā flumine, Oceano, finibus Belgarum,
id. ib. 1, 1.—Trop.:B.omnes artes quasi cognatione quādam inter se continentur,
hang together, Cic. Arch. 1, 2.—Far more freq. in all periods and species of composition.,With partic. access. ideas.1.With the access. idea of firmness, quiet, permanence, etc., to hold or keep together, to keep, hold fast, preserve, retain (syn. servo).a.Lit.:b.(alvus) arcet et continet... quod recepit,
Cic. N. D. 2, 54, 136:merces (opp. partiri),
id. Vatin. 5, 12; cf.exercitum (opp. dividere),
Liv. 28, 2, 16:arida continent odorem diutius,
Plin. 21, 7, 18, § 39.—Trop.:2.nec ulla res vehementius rem publicam continet quam fides,
Cic. Off. 2, 24, 84:Remos reliquosque Belgas in officio,
Caes. B. G. 3, 11:in officio Dumnorigem,
id. ib. 5, 7:te in exercitatione,
Cic. Fam. 7, 19 fin.:te in tuis perenuibus studiis,
id. Brut. 97, 332:ceteros in armis (plaga),
Liv. 9, 41, 15:alicujus hospitio,
Nep. Lys. 1, 5.—With the access. idea of hindering, preventing motion, to keep, keep still, detain, restrain, repress, enclose.a.Lit.: milites [p. 449] sub pellibus, Caes. B. G. 3, 29; cf.:b.pecudem sub tecto,
Col. 7, 10, 3:exercitum castris,
Caes. B. G. 1, 48; 2, 11; Liv. 31, 26, 6; 28, 9, 14 al.; cf.:nostros in castris (tempestates),
Caes. B. G. 4, 34; 6, 36; and:copias in castris,
id. B. C. 1, 66; 3, 30; Auct. B. Afr. 1; 7; Liv. 36, 17, 9:Pompeium quam angustissime,
Caes. B. C. 3, 45:aliquem limine,
Liv. 34, 1, 5:ora frenis,
Phaedr. 3, 6, 7:ventos carcere,
Ov. M. 11, 432:animam in dicendo,
Cic. de Or. 1, 61, 261 et saep.:se ruri,
to stay, remain, Ter. Phorm. 2, 3, 17; cf.:se domi,
Suet. Caes. 81:suo se loco,
Caes. B. G. 4, 34:oppido sese,
id. ib. 2, 30:castris se continere,
id. B. C. 3, 37:se vallo,
id. B. G. 5, 44:se finibus Romanis,
Liv. 39, 17, 4; 34, 58, 3:moenibus sese,
id. 42, 7, 4:agrorum suorum terminis se,
id. 38, 40, 2:se moenibus,
Ov. M. 13, 208:sese intra silvas,
Caes. B. G. 2, 18:suos intra munitionem,
id. ib. 5, 57;5, 58: milites intra castrorum vallum,
id. B. C. 3, 76; Liv. 31, 34, 9;Auct. B. Afr. 24: intra castra militem,
Tac. H. 4, 19:praesidibus provinciarum propagavit imperium, ut a peritis et assuetis socii continerentur,
Suet. Aug. 23 et saep.:an te auspicium commoratum est? an tempestas continet?
Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 67.—Trop., to hold back, detain, repress, hold in check, curb, check, stay, stop, tame, subdue, etc. (syn. cohibeo):3.adpetitiones animi,
Cic. Tusc. 4, 9, 22:omnis cupiditates,
id. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 11, § 32:modeste insolentiam suam,
id. Agr. 1, 6, 18:risum,
id. Fin. 4, 25, 71 et saep.:formido mortales omnes,
Lucr. 1, 151:Etruriam non tam armis quam judiciorum terrore,
Liv. 29, 36, 10:oppida magis metu quam fide,
id. 30, 20, 5; cf.:quosdam continet metus,
Quint. 1, 3, 6:solo metu,
id. 12, 7, 2 et saep.:animum a consuetā libidine,
Sall. J. 15, 3:temeritatem ab omni lapsu (with cohibere),
Cic. Ac. 1, 12, 45:suos a proelio,
Caes. B. G. 1, 15:manum juventus Metu deorum,
Hor. C. 1, 35, 37 al.:se ab adsentiendo,
Cic. Ac. 2, 32, 104; so,se ab exemplis,
id. Fin. 2, 19, 62:temperans, qui se in aliquā libidine continuerit,
id. Par. 3, 1, 21:se male continet amens,
Ov. M. 4, 351:male me, quin vera faterer, Continui,
id. ib. 7, 729:nequeo continere quin loquar,
Plaut. Men. 2, 1, 28.—Mid.: contineri, quin complectar, non queo,
restrain myself, refrain, Plaut. Rud. 4, 4, 128; cf.:vix me contineo, quin, etc.,
Ter. Eun. 5, 2, 20:jam nequeo contineri,
Plaut. Capt. 3, 4, 60; cf.:vix contineor,
Ter. Hec. 4, 3, 9:quae vera audivi, taceo et contineo optime,
keep it to myself, conceal it, id. Eun. 1, 2, 23:ea quae continet, neque adhuc protulit, explicet nobis,
Cic. de Or. 1, 47, 206:dicta,
id. ib. 2, 55, 222.—With the access. idea of containing, to comprise, contain, involve, comprehend something in itself (syn. complector):b.(aqua gelum) quod continet in se, mittit,
Lucr. 6, 877; cf.:ut omnia, quae aluntur et crescunt, contineant in se vim caloris,
Cic. N. D. 2, 9, 23; so,in se,
Quint. 1, 6, 31; 2, 10, 2:Quattuor aeternus genitalia corpora mundus Continet,
Ov. M. 15, 240:rem militarem,
Liv. 5, 52, 16:panis innumeras paene continet medicinas,
Plin. 22, 25, 68, § 138:(linea) centum continet (pedes),
Quint. 1, 10, 44:Idus Martiae magnum mendum continent,
Cic. Att. 14, 22, 2:paucas species (vox),
Quint. 11, 3, 18:tales res, quales hic liber continet,
Cic. Or. 43, 148; Plin. Ep. 5, 9, 1:narrationes, quae summam criminis contineant,
Quint. 4, 2, 10:fabula stultorum regum et populorum continet aestus,
Hor. Ep. 1, 2, 8; cf.:liber primus ea continebit, quae, etc., Quint. prooem. § 21: tertia epistula continebat, etc.,
Plin. Ep. 9, 28, 5.—With subj.-clause:quando ipsos loqui deceat, quartus liber continet,
Quint. 11, 1, 59.—Esp. freq.,In pass.: contineri aliquā re, to be contained in something, be composed of, consist of or in, to rest upon, to be supported by, etc.:II.terreno corpore,
Lucr. 1, 1085:non venis et nervis et ossibus continentur (dii),
Cic. N. D. 2, 23, 59:artem negabat esse ullam, nisi quae cognitis penitusque perspectis... rebus contineretur,
id. de Or. 1, 20, 92:forma honestatis, quae tota quattuor his virtutibus... continetur,
id. Fin. 2, 15, 48:versus paucis (pedibus) continetur,
Quint. 9, 4, 60: quae philosophorum libris continentur, id. prooem. § 11; cf. id. 5, 10, 111 et saep.: artes, quae conjecturā continentur et sunt opinabiles, Cic. Div. 1, 14, 24:foedere,
Liv. 41, 23, 9:actu,
Quint. 2, 18, 5; 12, 9, 1; 3, 7, 28.—Rarely with in and abl.:forum, in quo omnis aequitas continetur,
Cic. Cat. 4, 1, 2; cf.:quibus (legibus) in singulis civitatibus res publica continetur,
id. Off. 3, 5, 23.—Neutr., to hold together in itself, to hang together (in the verb. finit. very rare; but freq. as P. a.; cf. also the deriv. continuus):1.per hortum utroque commeatus continet,
Plaut. Stich. 3, 1, 43.—Hence,contĭnens, entis, P. a.A.(Acc. to II.) Holding or hanging together (freq. and class.).1.Bordering upon, neighboring, contiguous, lying near, adjacent (syn.: junctus, adjunctus, contiguus); constr. with dat., cum, or absol.a.Prop.:b.aër mari,
Cic. N. D. 2, 45, 117:continentia atque adjuncta praedia huic fundo,
id. Caecin. 4, 11:(mare) dissimile est proximo ei continenti,
id. Ac. 2, 33, 105 al.:Cappadociae pars ea, quae cum Cilicià continens est,
id. Fam. 15, 2, 2:(Morini) continentes silvas ac paludes habebant,
Caes. B. G. 3, 28; cf. so absol.:parum locuples continente ripā,
Hor. C. 2, 18, 22; cf.:pars eorum, qui propiores erant continenti litori,
Liv. 44, 28, 12.— Subst.: contĭnentĭa, ĭum, n. (sc. loca), adjoining places, the neighborhood:Cherronesum et continentia usque Atho montem,
Plin. 18, 25, 57, § 215 al.:urbis,
the suburbs, Dig. 50, 16, 147.—Trop., in time, following, next:2.continentibus diebus,
Caes. B. C. 3, 84;and of other abstract things: motus sensui junctus et continens,
Cic. N. D. 1, 11, 26:timori perpetuo ipsum malum continens fuit,
followed at its heels, Liv. 5, 39, 8.—Holding together, cohering in itself, connected, continuous, uninterrupted.a.Prop.:b.continens agmen migrantium,
Liv. 1, 29, 4:agmen,
id. 2, 50, 7; 8, 8, 13 al.:ruinae,
id. 21, 8, 5; terra, the mainland, continent, Varr. ap. Charis. p. 100 P.; Cic. Fragm. ap. Non. p. 274, 6; Nep. Them. 3, 2; and in the same sense far more freq. subst.: contĭnens, entis, f. (rarely masc., Curt. 4, 2, 1 Zumpt, dub.; abl. in e and i equally used;v. the 4th and 5th books of Caes. B. G.),
Caes. B. G. 4, 27; 4, 28; 4, 31; 4, 36 bis et saep.; Nep. Milt. 7, 3; Liv. 35, 43, 4; Plin. 5, 31, 34, § 128; Suet Aug. 65; id. Tib. 40 et saep.—Trop., in time, continual, consecutive, uninterrupted:B.labor omnium dierum,
Caes. B. C. 3, 63; Liv. 42, 54, 3:bella,
Caes. B. G. 5, 11 fin.:imperium usque ad nos,
Liv. 7, 30, 8:imber per noctem totam,
id. 23, 44, 6:biduo,
Suet. Calig. 19:febres sine intermissione,
Cels. 3, 5 fin.:e continenti genere,
in continuous descent, Cic. Fin. 2, 19, 61:spiritus,
id. de Or. 3, 57, 216 et saep.: ex continenti (sc. tempore), instantly, immediately, = continuo, statim, Just. 1, 9; so,in continenti,
Dig. 44, 5, 1.—(Acc. to I. B. 2. b.) That restrains his passions, continent, moderate, temperate, enkratês (rare, but in good prose):C.continentior in vitā hominum quam in pecuniā,
Caes. B. C. 1, 23:cum reges tam sint continentes, multo magis consularis esse oportere,
Cic. Fam. 9, 19, 1:puer,
id. Att. 6, 6, 3:Epaminondas,
Nep. Epam. 3, 2 al. — Sup., Cic. Par. 1, 1, 7; Suet. Aug. 71.—(Acc. to I. B. 3.) In rhet., subst.: contĭnens, entis, n., that on which something rests or depends, the chief point, hinge:1.causae,
Cic. Part. Or. 29, 103; id. Top. 25, 95:intuendum videtur, quid sit quaestio, ratio, judicatio, continens, vel ut alii vocant, firmamentum,
Quint. 3, 11, 1; cf. id. ib. § 18 sqq.— Adv.: contĭnen-ter.(Acc. to A. 2.)a.In space, in unbroken succession, in a row. continenter sedetis, Cat. 37, 6.—More freq. and class.,b.In time, continuously, without interruption:2.totā nocte ierunt,
Caes. B. G. 1, 26:jam amplius horis sex pugnaretur,
id. ib. 3, 5:biduum lapidibus pluit,
Liv. 25, 7, 7:usque ad ipsum negotium,
Cic. Inv. 1, 26, 37:ferri imagines,
id. N. D. 1, 39, 109.—(Acc. to B.) Temperately, moderately (rare):2.vivere,
Cic. Off. 1, 30, 106; in sup.:vivere,
Aug. Ep. 199; id. Conf. 6, 12.—Hence also,contentus, a, um, P. a. (acc. to I. B. 2. b.); medial., satisfying one's self with, contented, satisfied, content (freq. in all periods and species of composition); constr. in gen. with the abl.; more rarely absol.; after the Aug. per. very freq. with the inf.(α).With abl.: his versibus, Lucil. ap. Non. p. 264, 3:(β).suis rebus,
Cic. Par. 6, 3, 51:paucis,
Hor. S. 1, 3, 16:illā (sorte),
id. ib. 1, 1, 3:viverem uti contentus eo quod mī ipse parasset,
id. ib. 1, 4, 108; cf. Suet. Aug. 82:solā Dianā,
Verg. A. 11, 582.—Absol.:(γ).cum ipsum audires sine comparatione, non modo contentus esses, sed melius non quaereres,
Cic. Brut. 35, 134; so comp., Plaut. Poen. 2, 15.—With inf.:indagare,
Ov. M. 1, 461:edidicisse,
id. ib. 2, 638:retinere titulum provinciae,
Vell. 2, 49:hostes sustinuisse,
id. 2, 112:indicare,
Quint. 4, 2, 128:ostendere,
id. 5, 10, 31:id consequi, quod imiteris,
id. 10, 2, 7 et saep.— Adv.: contentē (ante-and post-class., and rare), in a restrained manner, closely:arte contenteque habere aliquem,
Plaut. As. 1, 1, 63:parce contenteque vivere,
Pacat. Pan. Theod. 13. -
13 mutio
mūtĭo or muttĭo, īvi, 4, v. n. [from the sound mu], to mutter, mumble, speak in a low tone ( poet.; syn.: murmuro, musso).I.Lit.: etiam muttis? So. Jam tacebo, Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 225; id. Mil. 2, 6, 83:II.inpinge pugnum, si muttiverit,
id. Bacch. 4, 7, 2; id. Most. 2, 1, 54:nihil jam mutire audeo,
Ter. And. 3, 2, 25:neque opus est Adeo mutito,
nor should it even be muttered, be hinted at, id. Hec. 5, 4, 26:si muttivero, etiam quod certo scio,
Plaut. Mil. 2, 6, 84.—Transf.A. B.To creak, of a hinge:C.num muttit cardo?
Plaut. Curc. 1, 1, 94.—Mutire, loqui. Ennius in Telepho: palam mutire plebeio piaculum est, Paul. ex Fest. p. 145 Müll. (Trag. v. 376 Vahl.).
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