icis

Phoenix, īcis, a Phœnician; v. 1. Phoenice, A.

Phoenix, īcis, m., = Phoinix.

The son of Amyntor, who was given by Peleus to Achilles as a companion in the Trojan war, Ov. M. 8, 307; id. A. A. 1, 337; Cic. de Or. 3, 15; Prop. 2, 1, 60. He brought to Peleus the news of the death of Achilles, Plaut. Bacch. 1, 2, 49.—

A son of Agenor, brother of Cadmus and Europa, Hyg. Fab. 178.

phoenix, īcis (acc. Phoenica, Ov. M. 15, 393), m., the phœnix, a fabulous bird in Arabia. It was said to live 500 years, and from its ashes a young phœnix arose, Sen. Ep. 42, 1; Plin. 10, 2, 2, § 3; Tac. A. 6, 28; Aur. Vict. Caes. 4; Ov. Am. 2, 6, 54; id. M. 15, 393; Stat. S. 2, 4, 36; Claud. Laud. Stil. 2, 417.

Phoenix, īcis, a Phœnician; v. 1. Phoenice, A.

Phoenix, īcis, m., = Phoinix.

The son of Amyntor, who was given by Peleus to Achilles as a companion in the Trojan war, Ov. M. 8, 307; id. A. A. 1, 337; Cic. de Or. 3, 15; Prop. 2, 1, 60. He brought to Peleus the news of the death of Achilles, Plaut. Bacch. 1, 2, 49.—

A son of Agenor, brother of Cadmus and Europa, Hyg. Fab. 178.

phoenix, īcis (acc. Phoenica, Ov. M. 15, 393), m., the phœnix, a fabulous bird in Arabia. It was said to live 500 years, and from its ashes a young phœnix arose, Sen. Ep. 42, 1; Plin. 10, 2, 2, § 3; Tac. A. 6, 28; Aur. Vict. Caes. 4; Ov. Am. 2, 6, 54; id. M. 15, 393; Stat. S. 2, 4, 36; Claud. Laud. Stil. 2, 417.

cantātrix, īcis, f. adj. [cantator] (postclass.).

Musical, singing:

choreae,

Claud. B. Gild. 448.— Subst.: cantātrix, īcis, f., a female singer, Vulg. 2 Reg. 19, 35; cf. Prisc. p. 1225 P.—

Using enchantments:

anus,

App. M. 2, p. 128, 1:

aniculae,

id. ib. 2, p. 123, 25.

cŭlex, ĭcis, m. (f., Plaut. Cas. 2, 3, 22), a gnat, midge (comprising very many species), Plin. 11, 2, 1, § 2 sq.; 11, 35, 41, § 118; 17, 27, 44, § 255; Plaut. Curc. 4, 2, 14; Lucr. 3, 391; Hor. S. 1, 5, 14; Col. 11, 3, 60; Mart. 3, 93, 9 al.—Also the title of a writing of Verg.; cf.

Heyn. Verg. tom. iv. prooem.—As a term of reproach for a wanton lover,

Plaut. Cas. 2, 3, 22.

culex, ĭcis, v. culix.

fēlix, īcis (abl. felici, except Cic. Or. 48, 159; and as nom. prop., v. II. B. 2. infra), adj. [from root feo, fevo, to bear, produce, Gr. phuô; cf.: fio, femina; whence fetus, fecundus, femina, fenus], fruit-bearing, fruitful, fertile, productive.

Lit. (rare; not in Cic.): felices arbores Cato dixit, quae fructum ferunt, infelices quae non ferunt, Paul. ex Fest. p. 92, 10 Müll.; cf. Fronto Ep. ad Amic. 2, 6 ed. Mai.; so,

arbor,

Liv. 5, 24, 2:

arbusta,

Lucr. 5, 1378:

rami,

Verg. G. 2, 81; so,

rami feliciores,

Hor. Epod. 2, 14:

silvae,

i. e. of fruitful trees, Verg. G. 4, 329:

Massica Baccho,

fruitful in vines, id. A. 7, 725; cf.

Campania,

Plin. 3, 5, 9, § 60:

felicior regio,

Ov. P. 2, 10, 51; cf.:

felix oleae tractus,

Claud. Cons. Mall. Theod. 179:

venti,

Val. Fl. 6, 711.—

In partic.

In the old relig. lang.: felices arbores, all the nobler sorts of trees, whose fruits were offered to the superior deities, in contradistinction to the infelices, which were dedicated to the inferior deities, Macr. S. 2, 16, 2.—

Felix, as an adj. propr. in Arabia Felix, the fertile portion of Arabia, opp. Arabia Deserta and Petraea; v. Arabia.—

Transf.

Act., that brings good luck, of good omen, auspicious, favorable, propitious, fortunate, prosperous, felicitous (orig. belonging to the relig. lang.; in the class. per. almost confined to poets;

syn.: faustus, fortunatus, beatus, secundus): quae (omina) majores nostri quia valere censebant, idcirco omnibus rebus agendis: QVOD BONVM FAVSTVM FELIX FORTVNATVMQVE ESSET praefabantur,

Cic. Div. 1, 45, 102; so, QVOD BONVM FORTVNATVM FELIXQVE SALVTAREQVE SIET POPVLO ROMANO QVIRITIVM, etc., an old formula in Varr. L. L. 6, § 86; cf.

also: ut nobis haec habitatio Bona, fausta, felix fortunataque eveniat,

Plaut. Trin. 1, 2, 3:

quod tibi mihique sit felix, sub imperium tuum redeo,

Liv. 22, 30, 4:

auspicia,

Verg. A. 11, 32; cf.

omen,

Ov. P. 2, 1, 35:

o dea... Sis felix, nostrum leves, quaecumque, laborem,

Verg. A. 1, 330; cf.:

sis bonus o felixque tuis!

id. E. 5, 65:

terque novas circum felix eat hostia fruges,

id. G. 1, 345:

Zephyri,

id. A. 3, 120:

sententia,

Ov. M. 13, 319:

industria (corresp. to fertilis cura),

Plin. H. N. 14 praef. § 3.—

Lucky, happy, fortunate (the predom. signif. in prose and poetry):

exitus ut classi felix faustusque daretur,

Lucr. 1, 100:

Polycratem Samium felicem appellabant,

Cic. Fin. 5, 30, 92:

Caesar Alexandriam se recepit, felix, ut sibi quidem videbatur,

id. Phil. 2, 26, 64; cf. id. ib. 2, 24, 59:

vir ad casum fortunamque felix,

id. Font. 15, 33:

ille Graecus ab omni laude felicior,

id. Brut. 16, 63:

Sulla felicissimus omnium ante civilem victoriam,

Sall. J. 95, 4:

in te retinendo fuit Asia felicior quam nos in deducendo,

Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 10, § 30; cf.:

quin etiam si minus felices in diligendo fuissemus,

id. Lael. 16, 60:

vade, o felix nati pietate,

Verg. A. 3, 480; cf. id. ib. 6, 785:

Praxiteles quoque marmore fericior,

i. e. succeeded better as a sculptor, Plin. 34, 8, 19, § 69:

felices ter et amplius, Quos irrupta tenet copula,

Hor. C. 1, 13, 17:

omnes composui. Felices! nunc ego resto,

id. S. 1, 9, 28:

Latium felix,

id. C. S. 66:

tempora,

Juv. 2, 38:

saecula,

Ov. Tr. 1, 2, 103; Juv. 3, 312; Quint. 8, 6, 24: cf.:

nulla sorte nascendi aetas felicior,

id. 12, 11, 22:

felicissima facilitas,

id. 10, 1, 111:

felicissimus sermo,

id. 9, 4, 27:

ita sim felix, a form of asseveration,

Prop. 1, 7, 3:

malum, i. q. salubre,

salubrious, wholesome, Verg. G. 2, 127 Serv.—Prov.: felicem scivi, non qui quod [p. 734] vellet haberet, sed qui per fatum non data non cuperet, Aus. Idyll. 319, 23 sq.—

With gen. ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose):

Vergilius beatus felixque gratiae,

Plin. H. N. 14 praef. §

7: o te, Bolane, cerebri Felicem!

Hor. S. 1, 9, 12:

felices studiique locique,

Ov. M. 5, 267:

felix uteri,

Sil. 4, 359:

leti,

id. 4, 398:

famae,

id. 4, 731:

felices operum dies,

Verg. G. 1, 277.—

With inf. ( poet.):

quo non felicior alter Ungueretela manu ferrumque armare veneno,

happier, more successful in, Verg. A. 9, 772; id. G. 1, 284; Sil. 13, 126. —

With gerund. dat. (rare):

tam felix vobis corrumpendis fuit,

successful in, Liv. 3, 17, 2.— Adv.: fēlīcĭter.

(Acc. to I.) Fruitfully, abundantly:

hic segetes, illic veniunt felicius uvae,

Verg. G. 1, 54.—

(Acc. to II.)

Auspiciously, fortunately, favorably: quod mihi vobisque Quirites, Se fortunatim, feliciter ac bene vortat, Enn. ap. Non. 112, 3 (Ann. v. 112 ed. Vahl.); cf. Plaut. Aul. 4, 10, 58:

ut ea res mihi magistratuique meo, populo plebique Romanae bene atque feliciter eveniret,

Cic. Mur. 1, 1; Caes. B. G. 4, 25, 3.—In expressing a wish or in calling to a person, Good luck! faciam quod volunt. Feliciter velim, inquam, teque laudo, Cic. Att. 13, 42, 1:

feliciter, succlamant,

Phaedr. 5, 1, 4; Suet. Claud. 7; id. Dom. 13; Flor. 3, 3 fin.; Juv. 2, 119; Vulg. Gen. 30, 11 al.—

Luckily, happily, successfully (most freq.):

omnes sapientes semper feliciter, absolute, fortunate vivere,

Cic. Fin. 3, 7, 26:

res publica et bene et feliciter gesta sit,

id. Phil. 5, 15, 40; id. Fam. 7, 28 fin.:

navigare,

id. Verr. 2, 2, 38, § 95; cf.:

qui te feliciter attulit Eurus,

Ov. M. 7, 659:

feliciter audet,

Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 166:

ob ea feliciter acta,

Sall. J. 55, 2.—Prov.:

feliciter sapit qui alieno periculo sapit,

Plaut. Merc. 4, 4, 40.— Comp., Ov. Ib. 305.— Sup.:

bella cum finitimis felicissime multa gessit,

Cic. Rep. 2, 9:

re gesta,

Hirt. B. G. 8, 37, 1:

gerere rem publicam,

Caes. B. C. 1, 7, 6:

cessit imitatio,

Quint. 10, 2, 16: Horatius... verbis felicissime audax, 10, 1, 96.

Fēlix (with abl. Felice, v. Neue, Formenl. 2, p. 67), a Roman surname of frequent occurrence, first applied to L. Sulla, Plin. 7, 44, 44, § 186.—

Claudius Felix, Suet. Claud. 28.—

Antonius Felix, procurator of Judea and Galilee under Claudius, Vulg. Act. 23, 26; 25, 14.—

Julia Felix, i. q. Berytus, Plin. 5, 20, 17, § 78.

fĕlix, ĭcis, v. filix init.

fēlix, īcis (abl. felici, except Cic. Or. 48, 159; and as nom. prop., v. II. B. 2. infra), adj. [from root feo, fevo, to bear, produce, Gr. phuô; cf.: fio, femina; whence fetus, fecundus, femina, fenus], fruit-bearing, fruitful, fertile, productive.

Lit. (rare; not in Cic.): felices arbores Cato dixit, quae fructum ferunt, infelices quae non ferunt, Paul. ex Fest. p. 92, 10 Müll.; cf. Fronto Ep. ad Amic. 2, 6 ed. Mai.; so,

arbor,

Liv. 5, 24, 2:

arbusta,

Lucr. 5, 1378:

rami,

Verg. G. 2, 81; so,

rami feliciores,

Hor. Epod. 2, 14:

silvae,

i. e. of fruitful trees, Verg. G. 4, 329:

Massica Baccho,

fruitful in vines, id. A. 7, 725; cf.

Campania,

Plin. 3, 5, 9, § 60:

felicior regio,

Ov. P. 2, 10, 51; cf.:

felix oleae tractus,

Claud. Cons. Mall. Theod. 179:

venti,

Val. Fl. 6, 711.—

In partic.

In the old relig. lang.: felices arbores, all the nobler sorts of trees, whose fruits were offered to the superior deities, in contradistinction to the infelices, which were dedicated to the inferior deities, Macr. S. 2, 16, 2.—

Felix, as an adj. propr. in Arabia Felix, the fertile portion of Arabia, opp. Arabia Deserta and Petraea; v. Arabia.—

Transf.

Act., that brings good luck, of good omen, auspicious, favorable, propitious, fortunate, prosperous, felicitous (orig. belonging to the relig. lang.; in the class. per. almost confined to poets;

syn.: faustus, fortunatus, beatus, secundus): quae (omina) majores nostri quia valere censebant, idcirco omnibus rebus agendis: QVOD BONVM FAVSTVM FELIX FORTVNATVMQVE ESSET praefabantur,

Cic. Div. 1, 45, 102; so, QVOD BONVM FORTVNATVM FELIXQVE SALVTAREQVE SIET POPVLO ROMANO QVIRITIVM, etc., an old formula in Varr. L. L. 6, § 86; cf.

also: ut nobis haec habitatio Bona, fausta, felix fortunataque eveniat,

Plaut. Trin. 1, 2, 3:

quod tibi mihique sit felix, sub imperium tuum redeo,

Liv. 22, 30, 4:

auspicia,

Verg. A. 11, 32; cf.

omen,

Ov. P. 2, 1, 35:

o dea... Sis felix, nostrum leves, quaecumque, laborem,

Verg. A. 1, 330; cf.:

sis bonus o felixque tuis!

id. E. 5, 65:

terque novas circum felix eat hostia fruges,

id. G. 1, 345:

Zephyri,

id. A. 3, 120:

sententia,

Ov. M. 13, 319:

industria (corresp. to fertilis cura),

Plin. H. N. 14 praef. § 3.—

Lucky, happy, fortunate (the predom. signif. in prose and poetry):

exitus ut classi felix faustusque daretur,

Lucr. 1, 100:

Polycratem Samium felicem appellabant,

Cic. Fin. 5, 30, 92:

Caesar Alexandriam se recepit, felix, ut sibi quidem videbatur,

id. Phil. 2, 26, 64; cf. id. ib. 2, 24, 59:

vir ad casum fortunamque felix,

id. Font. 15, 33:

ille Graecus ab omni laude felicior,

id. Brut. 16, 63:

Sulla felicissimus omnium ante civilem victoriam,

Sall. J. 95, 4:

in te retinendo fuit Asia felicior quam nos in deducendo,

Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 10, § 30; cf.:

quin etiam si minus felices in diligendo fuissemus,

id. Lael. 16, 60:

vade, o felix nati pietate,

Verg. A. 3, 480; cf. id. ib. 6, 785:

Praxiteles quoque marmore fericior,

i. e. succeeded better as a sculptor, Plin. 34, 8, 19, § 69:

felices ter et amplius, Quos irrupta tenet copula,

Hor. C. 1, 13, 17:

omnes composui. Felices! nunc ego resto,

id. S. 1, 9, 28:

Latium felix,

id. C. S. 66:

tempora,

Juv. 2, 38:

saecula,

Ov. Tr. 1, 2, 103; Juv. 3, 312; Quint. 8, 6, 24: cf.:

nulla sorte nascendi aetas felicior,

id. 12, 11, 22:

felicissima facilitas,

id. 10, 1, 111:

felicissimus sermo,

id. 9, 4, 27:

ita sim felix, a form of asseveration,

Prop. 1, 7, 3:

malum, i. q. salubre,

salubrious, wholesome, Verg. G. 2, 127 Serv.—Prov.: felicem scivi, non qui quod [p. 734] vellet haberet, sed qui per fatum non data non cuperet, Aus. Idyll. 319, 23 sq.—

With gen. ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose):

Vergilius beatus felixque gratiae,

Plin. H. N. 14 praef. §

7: o te, Bolane, cerebri Felicem!

Hor. S. 1, 9, 12:

felices studiique locique,

Ov. M. 5, 267:

felix uteri,

Sil. 4, 359:

leti,

id. 4, 398:

famae,

id. 4, 731:

felices operum dies,

Verg. G. 1, 277.—

With inf. ( poet.):

quo non felicior alter Ungueretela manu ferrumque armare veneno,

happier, more successful in, Verg. A. 9, 772; id. G. 1, 284; Sil. 13, 126. —

With gerund. dat. (rare):

tam felix vobis corrumpendis fuit,

successful in, Liv. 3, 17, 2.— Adv.: fēlīcĭter.

(Acc. to I.) Fruitfully, abundantly:

hic segetes, illic veniunt felicius uvae,

Verg. G. 1, 54.—

(Acc. to II.)

Auspiciously, fortunately, favorably: quod mihi vobisque Quirites, Se fortunatim, feliciter ac bene vortat, Enn. ap. Non. 112, 3 (Ann. v. 112 ed. Vahl.); cf. Plaut. Aul. 4, 10, 58:

ut ea res mihi magistratuique meo, populo plebique Romanae bene atque feliciter eveniret,

Cic. Mur. 1, 1; Caes. B. G. 4, 25, 3.—In expressing a wish or in calling to a person, Good luck! faciam quod volunt. Feliciter velim, inquam, teque laudo, Cic. Att. 13, 42, 1:

feliciter, succlamant,

Phaedr. 5, 1, 4; Suet. Claud. 7; id. Dom. 13; Flor. 3, 3 fin.; Juv. 2, 119; Vulg. Gen. 30, 11 al.—

Luckily, happily, successfully (most freq.):

omnes sapientes semper feliciter, absolute, fortunate vivere,

Cic. Fin. 3, 7, 26:

res publica et bene et feliciter gesta sit,

id. Phil. 5, 15, 40; id. Fam. 7, 28 fin.:

navigare,

id. Verr. 2, 2, 38, § 95; cf.:

qui te feliciter attulit Eurus,

Ov. M. 7, 659:

feliciter audet,

Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 166:

ob ea feliciter acta,

Sall. J. 55, 2.—Prov.:

feliciter sapit qui alieno periculo sapit,

Plaut. Merc. 4, 4, 40.— Comp., Ov. Ib. 305.— Sup.:

bella cum finitimis felicissime multa gessit,

Cic. Rep. 2, 9:

re gesta,

Hirt. B. G. 8, 37, 1:

gerere rem publicam,

Caes. B. C. 1, 7, 6:

cessit imitatio,

Quint. 10, 2, 16: Horatius... verbis felicissime audax, 10, 1, 96.

Fēlix (with abl. Felice, v. Neue, Formenl. 2, p. 67), a Roman surname of frequent occurrence, first applied to L. Sulla, Plin. 7, 44, 44, § 186.—

Claudius Felix, Suet. Claud. 28.—

Antonius Felix, procurator of Judea and Galilee under Claudius, Vulg. Act. 23, 26; 25, 14.—

Julia Felix, i. q. Berytus, Plin. 5, 20, 17, § 78.

fĕlix, ĭcis, v. filix init.

perdix, īcis, comm., = perdix, a partridge, Plin. 10, 33, 51, § 100; Mart. 3, 37, 15: perdicas Boeotios, Varr. ap. Non. 218, 18:

picta,

Mart. 3, 58, 15; Vulg. Jer. 17, 11.

Perdix, īcis, m. In mythology, the nephew of Dœdalus, Ov. M. 8, 241 sq.; Hyg. Fab. 274.

perdix, īcis, comm., = perdix, a partridge, Plin. 10, 33, 51, § 100; Mart. 3, 37, 15: perdicas Boeotios, Varr. ap. Non. 218, 18:

picta,

Mart. 3, 58, 15; Vulg. Jer. 17, 11.

Perdix, īcis, m. In mythology, the nephew of Dœdalus, Ov. M. 8, 241 sq.; Hyg. Fab. 274.

pollex, ĭcis, m. [polleo; cf.: pollex nomen ab eo, quod pollet, accepit, Atei. Cap'to ap. Macr. S. 7, 13, 11].

Lit.

The thumb:

hominis digiti articulos habent ternos, pollex binos et digitis adversus universis flectitur, per se vero in obliquum porrigitur, crassior ceteris, huic minimus mensura par est,

Plin. 11, 43, 99, § 244; Cic. Off. 3, 11, 46; Hor. Epod. 5, 48; id. C. 4, 6, 36; Ov. M. 4, 36; 8, 198; Verg. A. 11, 68.—Connected with digitus (as a measure), Cato, R. R. 20:

clavi digiti pollicis crassitudine,

Caes. B. G. 3, 13.—To close down the thumb (premere) was a sign of approbation; to extend it (vertere, convertere;

pollex infestus), a sign of disapprobation,

Plin. 28, 2, 5, § 25; Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 66; Juv. 3, 36; Prud. adv. Symm. 2, 1097; Stat. Th. 8, 26; Quint. 11, 3, 119; App. M. 2, p. 124, 3.—

The great toe, Plin. 7, 2, 2, § 20; 7, 53, 54, § 181; 28, 4, 9, § 42; Suet. Calig. 57:

pollices manūs et pedis dextri,

Vulg. Lev. 8, 24.—

Transf.

The stump of a vine-branch left in pruning, = resex, Col. 4, 21, 3; 4, 24, 13; Plin. 14, 1, 3, § 14; 17, 22, 35, § 184.—

A knob or protuberance on the trunk of a tree, Plin. 13, 4, 7, § 29.

Pollex, ĭcis, m., the name of a slave of Cicero, Cic. Fam. 14, 6, 1; id. Att. 8, 5, 1; 13, 47, 1.—A lusus verbb. with 1. pollex, Cic. Att. 13, 46, 1.

pollex, ĭcis, m. [polleo; cf.: pollex nomen ab eo, quod pollet, accepit, Atei. Cap'to ap. Macr. S. 7, 13, 11].

Lit.

The thumb:

hominis digiti articulos habent ternos, pollex binos et digitis adversus universis flectitur, per se vero in obliquum porrigitur, crassior ceteris, huic minimus mensura par est,

Plin. 11, 43, 99, § 244; Cic. Off. 3, 11, 46; Hor. Epod. 5, 48; id. C. 4, 6, 36; Ov. M. 4, 36; 8, 198; Verg. A. 11, 68.—Connected with digitus (as a measure), Cato, R. R. 20:

clavi digiti pollicis crassitudine,

Caes. B. G. 3, 13.—To close down the thumb (premere) was a sign of approbation; to extend it (vertere, convertere;

pollex infestus), a sign of disapprobation,

Plin. 28, 2, 5, § 25; Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 66; Juv. 3, 36; Prud. adv. Symm. 2, 1097; Stat. Th. 8, 26; Quint. 11, 3, 119; App. M. 2, p. 124, 3.—

The great toe, Plin. 7, 2, 2, § 20; 7, 53, 54, § 181; 28, 4, 9, § 42; Suet. Calig. 57:

pollices manūs et pedis dextri,

Vulg. Lev. 8, 24.—

Transf.

The stump of a vine-branch left in pruning, = resex, Col. 4, 21, 3; 4, 24, 13; Plin. 14, 1, 3, § 14; 17, 22, 35, § 184.—

A knob or protuberance on the trunk of a tree, Plin. 13, 4, 7, § 29.

Pollex, ĭcis, m., the name of a slave of Cicero, Cic. Fam. 14, 6, 1; id. Att. 8, 5, 1; 13, 47, 1.—A lusus verbb. with 1. pollex, Cic. Att. 13, 46, 1.

quā̆drŭplex, ĭcis, adj. [quattuor-plico].

Fourfold, quadruple:

pecunia,

Plaut. Curc. 5, 2, 21:

ordo,

Liv. 30, 10:

quadruplici radice,

Plin. 27, 8, 38, § 60.—

Poet., in gen., four:

stellae,

Cic. Arat. 92.—

As subst.: quā̆drŭplex, ĭcis, n., a fourfold amount:

gubernatoribus duplex, magistris quadruplex dedit,

Liv. 45, 42, 1.

rŭmex, ĭcis, m., a missile weapon, similar to the sparum of the Gauls, Lucil. ap. Fest. pp. 270 and 271 Müll.; cf. Gell. 10, 25, 2.

rŭmex, ĭcis, f., sorrel, Plin. 11, 8, 8, § 18; 19, 12, 60, § 184; 20, 21, 85, § 231; Plaut. Ps. 3, 2, 26; Titin. ap. Non. 210, 4 (Com. Rel. p. 134 Rib.); Verg. M. 73.

supplex ( subpl-), ĭcis (abl. supplĭci, but also -ĭce freq. in dactyl. and anap. verse, Hor. C. 3, 14, 8; Tib. 1, 2, 14; Ov. M. 2, 396 al.;

and always when used subst.,

Verg. A. 3, 667; Ov. M. 8, 261; Curt. 5, 3, 14;

or to denote a temporary attitude or relation, not a permanent characteristic,

Cic. Scaur. 2, 35; Luc. 8, 287; 8, 346; cf. Neue, Formenl. 2, 46; gen. plur. supplicium, Liv. 24, 30; 29, 16; 35, 34), adj. [sup-plico, bending the knees, kneeling down; hence], humbly begging or entreating; humble, submissive, beseeching, suppliant, supplicant (class.; syn.: humilis, submissus).

Absol.:

supplex te ad pedes abiciebas,

Cic. Phil. 2, 34, 86; cf. id. Lig. 5, 13:

ad alios se reges supplicem contulisse,

id. Imp. Pomp. 8, 21:

et genua amplectens effatur talia supplex,

Verg. A. 10, 523:

vobis supplex manus tendit patria communis,

Cic. Cat. 4, 9, 18; cf.

infra II.: se supplicem pro aliquo profiteri,

id. Pis. 32, 80:

supplex ad aliquem venire,

id. Att. 16, 16, C, §

10: ad opem judicum supplices confugere,

id. Font. 15, 33 (11, 23):

do manus Supplex,

Hor. Epod. 17, 2:

supplex populi suffragia capto,

id. Ep. 2, 2, 103:

tibi quo die Portus Alexandrea supplex patefecit,

id. C. 4, 14, 35:

supplex rogabo,

Stat. Achill. 1, 50.—

With dat.:

ut tibi fierem supplex,

Plaut. Ps. 5, 2, 20:

judicibus supplex,

Cic. Tusc. 1, 29, 71; id. de Or. 1, 53, 229:

ego me plurimis pro te supplicem abjeci,

id. Mil. 36, 100; Plaut. Bacch. 4, 9, 101; id. Cist. 1, 1, 34; id. Pers. 2, 3, 18; id. Stich. 2, 1, 18; Ter. Phorm. 5, 6, 47; Cic. Planc. 8, 21; Ov. H. 12, 185 al.:

cum Alcibiades Socrati supplex esset, ut, etc.,

Cic. Tusc. 3, 32, 77.—

As subst.: supplex, ĭcis, m., a suppliant, humble petitioner:

in miseros ac supplices misericordiā uti,

Caes. B. G. 2, 28:

et nos jacentis ad pedes supplicum voce prohibebis?

Cic. Lig. 5, 13:

tu supplice digno dignior,

Val. Fl. 7, 290:

paternus,

Sen. Troad. 315; so with a pron. possess. or gen.:

vester est supplex, judices,

Cic. Mur. 40, 86; so,

vester,

id. Clu. 70, 200:

tuus,

Hor. C. 3, 10, 16:

supplex vestrae misericordiae,

Cic. Cael. 32, 79:

dei,

Nep. Paus. 4, 5; id. Ages. 4, 8:

tui numinis,

Sen. Agam. 343:

domus inimicae,

Quint. Decl. 9, 1.—

Transf., of things:

manus supplices,

Cic. Font. 21, 48 (17, 38):

manu supplice,

Ov. M. 11, 279:

dextra,

Val. Fl. 4, 11:

vitta,

Hor. C. 3, 14, 8:

dona,

Verg. A. 3, 439:

libelli,

Mart. 8, 31, 3:

vota,

Verg. A. 8, 61:

verba,

Cic. Att. 12, 32, 1:

vox,

Sall. C. 31, 7; Ov. M. 2, 396; Liv. 30, 12; Curt. 4, 6, 28:

voce supplex,

Tac. A. 1, 57:

oliva,

Val. Fl. 3, 424:

querelae,

Tib. 1, 4, 72:

lacrimae,

Prop. 1, 16, 4:

causa,

Quint. 11, 1, 3.—Hence, adv.: sup-plĭcĭter, humbly, submissively, suppliantly:

suppliciter demisseque respondere,

Cic. Fl. 10, 21; id. de Or. 1, 20, 90; Caes. B. G. 1, 27; Suet. Aug. 13; id. Tib. 10; Verg. A. 1, 481; 12, 220; Hor. S. 1, 8, 32; Ov. F. 2, 438; id. P. 1, 10, 44.

supplex ( subpl-), ĭcis (abl. supplĭci, but also -ĭce freq. in dactyl. and anap. verse, Hor. C. 3, 14, 8; Tib. 1, 2, 14; Ov. M. 2, 396 al.;

and always when used subst.,

Verg. A. 3, 667; Ov. M. 8, 261; Curt. 5, 3, 14;

or to denote a temporary attitude or relation, not a permanent characteristic,

Cic. Scaur. 2, 35; Luc. 8, 287; 8, 346; cf. Neue, Formenl. 2, 46; gen. plur. supplicium, Liv. 24, 30; 29, 16; 35, 34), adj. [sup-plico, bending the knees, kneeling down; hence], humbly begging or entreating; humble, submissive, beseeching, suppliant, supplicant (class.; syn.: humilis, submissus).

Absol.:

supplex te ad pedes abiciebas,

Cic. Phil. 2, 34, 86; cf. id. Lig. 5, 13:

ad alios se reges supplicem contulisse,

id. Imp. Pomp. 8, 21:

et genua amplectens effatur talia supplex,

Verg. A. 10, 523:

vobis supplex manus tendit patria communis,

Cic. Cat. 4, 9, 18; cf.

infra II.: se supplicem pro aliquo profiteri,

id. Pis. 32, 80:

supplex ad aliquem venire,

id. Att. 16, 16, C, §

10: ad opem judicum supplices confugere,

id. Font. 15, 33 (11, 23):

do manus Supplex,

Hor. Epod. 17, 2:

supplex populi suffragia capto,

id. Ep. 2, 2, 103:

tibi quo die Portus Alexandrea supplex patefecit,

id. C. 4, 14, 35:

supplex rogabo,

Stat. Achill. 1, 50.—

With dat.:

ut tibi fierem supplex,

Plaut. Ps. 5, 2, 20:

judicibus supplex,

Cic. Tusc. 1, 29, 71; id. de Or. 1, 53, 229:

ego me plurimis pro te supplicem abjeci,

id. Mil. 36, 100; Plaut. Bacch. 4, 9, 101; id. Cist. 1, 1, 34; id. Pers. 2, 3, 18; id. Stich. 2, 1, 18; Ter. Phorm. 5, 6, 47; Cic. Planc. 8, 21; Ov. H. 12, 185 al.:

cum Alcibiades Socrati supplex esset, ut, etc.,

Cic. Tusc. 3, 32, 77.—

As subst.: supplex, ĭcis, m., a suppliant, humble petitioner:

in miseros ac supplices misericordiā uti,

Caes. B. G. 2, 28:

et nos jacentis ad pedes supplicum voce prohibebis?

Cic. Lig. 5, 13:

tu supplice digno dignior,

Val. Fl. 7, 290:

paternus,

Sen. Troad. 315; so with a pron. possess. or gen.:

vester est supplex, judices,

Cic. Mur. 40, 86; so,

vester,

id. Clu. 70, 200:

tuus,

Hor. C. 3, 10, 16:

supplex vestrae misericordiae,

Cic. Cael. 32, 79:

dei,

Nep. Paus. 4, 5; id. Ages. 4, 8:

tui numinis,

Sen. Agam. 343:

domus inimicae,

Quint. Decl. 9, 1.—

Transf., of things:

manus supplices,

Cic. Font. 21, 48 (17, 38):

manu supplice,

Ov. M. 11, 279:

dextra,

Val. Fl. 4, 11:

vitta,

Hor. C. 3, 14, 8:

dona,

Verg. A. 3, 439:

libelli,

Mart. 8, 31, 3:

vota,

Verg. A. 8, 61:

verba,

Cic. Att. 12, 32, 1:

vox,

Sall. C. 31, 7; Ov. M. 2, 396; Liv. 30, 12; Curt. 4, 6, 28:

voce supplex,

Tac. A. 1, 57:

oliva,

Val. Fl. 3, 424:

querelae,

Tib. 1, 4, 72:

lacrimae,

Prop. 1, 16, 4:

causa,

Quint. 11, 1, 3.—Hence, adv.: sup-plĭcĭter, humbly, submissively, suppliantly:

suppliciter demisseque respondere,

Cic. Fl. 10, 21; id. de Or. 1, 20, 90; Caes. B. G. 1, 27; Suet. Aug. 13; id. Tib. 10; Verg. A. 1, 481; 12, 220; Hor. S. 1, 8, 32; Ov. F. 2, 438; id. P. 1, 10, 44.

trī̆plex, ĭcis (abl. regularly triplici;

triplice,

Prud. Apoth. 383; Ven. Carm. 7, 4, 12), adj. [ter-plico], threefold, triple.

Lit.

Adj.:

Plato triplicem finxit animum,

Cic. Tusc. 1, 10, 20:

philosophandi ratio triplex,

id. Ac. 1, 5, 19: nec me pastoris Iberi Forma triplex, nec forma triplex tua, Cerbere, movit, Ov M. 9, 185: cuspis, i. e. Neptune ' s trident, id. ib. 12, 594:

mundus (because made up of sky, land, and sea),

id. ib. 12, 40:

regnum (because shared among Jupiter, Neptune, and Pluto),

id. ib. 5, 368: vultus Dianae (because also Luna and Hecate;

v. triceps and triformis),

id. H. 12, 79: triplicem aciem instruere, to draw up an army in three lines or columns, to form a triple line, Caes. B. G. 1, 24; so,

acies,

id. ib. 1, 51; id. B. C. 1, 41; 1, 83 al.; cf.

comically: paravi copias duplices, triplices dolos. perfidias,

Plaut. Ps. 2, 1, 5:

vallus, Auct. B. Alex. 2, 3: murus,

Verg. A. 6, 549; Ov. F. 3, 801:

aes,

Verg. A. 10, 784; Hor. C. 1, 3, 9:

triplici stant ordine dentes,

Ov. M. 3, 34 et saep. — Poet., of three like persons or things belonging together: triplices Sorores, [p. 1901] the three sisters, i. e. the Fates, Ov. M. 8, 452;

called triplices deae,

id. ib. 2, 654; cf.:

quae ratum triplici pollice netis opus,

i. e. the finger of the three Fates, id. Ib. 76: poenarum deae triplices, i. e. the Furies, id. M, 8, 481:

Minyeïdes,

i. e. the three daughters of Minyas, id. ib. 4, 425:

greges,

three bands of Bacchantes, Prop. 3, 17 (4, 16), 24; cf.

gens,

three clans, Verg. A. 10, 202. —

trī̆plex, ĭcis, n., three times as much, a threefold portion, triple: sume tibi decies; tibi tantundem;

tibi triplex,

Hor. S. 2 3, 237; cf.:

pediti in singulos dati centeni (denarii), duplex centurioni, triplex equiti,

Liv. 45, 40, 5; 45, 43, 7:

olei veteris triplex adicitur,

Scrib. Comp. 218. —

trī̆plĭces, ĭum, m. (sc. codicilli), a writing-tablet with three leaves, Cic. Att. 13, 8, 1; Mart. 7, 72, 2; 10, 87, 6; 14, 6, 1.—

Transf., very great or strong: triplici fluctu, Sall. Fragm. ap. Serv. Verg. A. 1, 116 (id. H. 4, 23 Dietsch). — Adv.: trĭplĭcĭter, in a threefold manner, in three ways:

commutare,

Auct. Her. 4, 42, 54: l littera tripliciter sonat, Mart. Cap. 3, 54.

trī̆plex, ĭcis (abl. regularly triplici;

triplice,

Prud. Apoth. 383; Ven. Carm. 7, 4, 12), adj. [ter-plico], threefold, triple.

Lit.

Adj.:

Plato triplicem finxit animum,

Cic. Tusc. 1, 10, 20:

philosophandi ratio triplex,

id. Ac. 1, 5, 19: nec me pastoris Iberi Forma triplex, nec forma triplex tua, Cerbere, movit, Ov M. 9, 185: cuspis, i. e. Neptune ' s trident, id. ib. 12, 594:

mundus (because made up of sky, land, and sea),

id. ib. 12, 40:

regnum (because shared among Jupiter, Neptune, and Pluto),

id. ib. 5, 368: vultus Dianae (because also Luna and Hecate;

v. triceps and triformis),

id. H. 12, 79: triplicem aciem instruere, to draw up an army in three lines or columns, to form a triple line, Caes. B. G. 1, 24; so,

acies,

id. ib. 1, 51; id. B. C. 1, 41; 1, 83 al.; cf.

comically: paravi copias duplices, triplices dolos. perfidias,

Plaut. Ps. 2, 1, 5:

vallus, Auct. B. Alex. 2, 3: murus,

Verg. A. 6, 549; Ov. F. 3, 801:

aes,

Verg. A. 10, 784; Hor. C. 1, 3, 9:

triplici stant ordine dentes,

Ov. M. 3, 34 et saep. — Poet., of three like persons or things belonging together: triplices Sorores, [p. 1901] the three sisters, i. e. the Fates, Ov. M. 8, 452;

called triplices deae,

id. ib. 2, 654; cf.:

quae ratum triplici pollice netis opus,

i. e. the finger of the three Fates, id. Ib. 76: poenarum deae triplices, i. e. the Furies, id. M, 8, 481:

Minyeïdes,

i. e. the three daughters of Minyas, id. ib. 4, 425:

greges,

three bands of Bacchantes, Prop. 3, 17 (4, 16), 24; cf.

gens,

three clans, Verg. A. 10, 202. —

trī̆plex, ĭcis, n., three times as much, a threefold portion, triple: sume tibi decies; tibi tantundem;

tibi triplex,

Hor. S. 2 3, 237; cf.:

pediti in singulos dati centeni (denarii), duplex centurioni, triplex equiti,

Liv. 45, 40, 5; 45, 43, 7:

olei veteris triplex adicitur,

Scrib. Comp. 218. —

trī̆plĭces, ĭum, m. (sc. codicilli), a writing-tablet with three leaves, Cic. Att. 13, 8, 1; Mart. 7, 72, 2; 10, 87, 6; 14, 6, 1.—

Transf., very great or strong: triplici fluctu, Sall. Fragm. ap. Serv. Verg. A. 1, 116 (id. H. 4, 23 Dietsch). — Adv.: trĭplĭcĭter, in a threefold manner, in three ways:

commutare,

Auct. Her. 4, 42, 54: l littera tripliciter sonat, Mart. Cap. 3, 54.