impătĭens

impătĭens ( inp-), entis, adj. [2. inpatiens].

That cannot bear, will not endure or suffer, impatient of any thing (not ante-Aug.; cf. intolerans).

Of living beings; usu. constr. with gen.; rarely with inf. or absol.

With gen.:

viae,

Ov. M. 6, 322; cf.:

miles impatiens solis, pulveris, tempestatum,

Tac. H. 2, 99:

vulneris,

Verg. A. 11, 639:

morbi,

Suet. Gramm. 3:

morae,

Sil. 8, 4; Suet. Calig. 51; cf.:

aeger morā et spei impatiens,

Tac. H. 2, 40:

maeroris,

Suet. Calig. 24:

longioris sollicitudinis,

id. Oth. 9:

discidii,

id. Dom. 9:

veritatis,

Curt. 3, 2, 17 et saep.:

impatiens expersque viri,

not enduring, avoiding, fleeing, Ov. M. 1, 479:

viri,

id. F. 6, 288:

Nympharum,

id. M. 4, 260:

quasi ab impatientibus remediorum,

Suet. Tib. 59:

somni,

Val. Fl. 1, 296:

morarum,

Amm. 28, 1, 9:

superioris,

Quint. 11, 1, 16.— Poet.: irae, impatient in his wrath, i. e. ungovernably furious, Ov. M. 13, 3; cf.:

Galli flagrantes ira, cujus impatiens gens est,

Liv. 5, 38.— Sup.:

sues ex omnibus pecudibus impatientissimae famis sunt,

Col. 7, 11, 3:

Marius quietis impatientissimus,

Vell. 2, 23, 1.—

With inf.:

cohibere furorem,

Sil. 11, 98:

nescire torum,

Claud. Rapt. Pros. 1, 35.—

Absol.:

nihil est impatientius imperitia,

Macr. S. 7, 5 fin.:

impatientissima sollicitudo,

Gell. 12, 1, 22.—

Of things:

corpus laborum impatiens,

Ov. Tr. 5, 2, 4:

cera impatiens caloris,

id. A. A. 2, 60:

aesculus umoris,

Plin. 16, 40, 79, § 219:

caulis vetustatis,

id. 21, 16, 57, § 97:

navis gubernaculi,

Curt. 9, 4; 11:

terra hominum,

Luc. 7, 866; cf.:

solum Cereris,

id. 9, 857:

mammae lactis,

i. e. that cannot restrain their milk, Plin. 23, 2, 32, § 67.— Sup.:

pisum impatientissimum frigorum,

Plin. 18, 12, 31, § 123.—

That does not feel or suffer, insensible, apathetic (post-Aug. and very rare), Lact. 5, 22, 5.—Esp., philos. t. t., of the Stoics, free from sensibility, without feeling:

Epicurus et hi, quibus summum bonum visum est animus impatiens,

Sen. Ep. 9, 1.— Hence, adv.: impătĭenter, impatiently, unwillingly (post-Aug.):

amavi juvenem tam ardenter quam nunc impatienter requiro,

Plin. Ep. 2, 7, 6:

indoluit,

Tac. A. 4, 17.— Comp., Plin. Ep. 6, 1, 1; Just. 12, 15, 3. — Sup., Plin. Ep. 9, 22, 2.

impătĭens ( inp-), entis, adj. [2. inpatiens].

That cannot bear, will not endure or suffer, impatient of any thing (not ante-Aug.; cf. intolerans).

Of living beings; usu. constr. with gen.; rarely with inf. or absol.

With gen.:

viae,

Ov. M. 6, 322; cf.:

miles impatiens solis, pulveris, tempestatum,

Tac. H. 2, 99:

vulneris,

Verg. A. 11, 639:

morbi,

Suet. Gramm. 3:

morae,

Sil. 8, 4; Suet. Calig. 51; cf.:

aeger morā et spei impatiens,

Tac. H. 2, 40:

maeroris,

Suet. Calig. 24:

longioris sollicitudinis,

id. Oth. 9:

discidii,

id. Dom. 9:

veritatis,

Curt. 3, 2, 17 et saep.:

impatiens expersque viri,

not enduring, avoiding, fleeing, Ov. M. 1, 479:

viri,

id. F. 6, 288:

Nympharum,

id. M. 4, 260:

quasi ab impatientibus remediorum,

Suet. Tib. 59:

somni,

Val. Fl. 1, 296:

morarum,

Amm. 28, 1, 9:

superioris,

Quint. 11, 1, 16.— Poet.: irae, impatient in his wrath, i. e. ungovernably furious, Ov. M. 13, 3; cf.:

Galli flagrantes ira, cujus impatiens gens est,

Liv. 5, 38.— Sup.:

sues ex omnibus pecudibus impatientissimae famis sunt,

Col. 7, 11, 3:

Marius quietis impatientissimus,

Vell. 2, 23, 1.—

With inf.:

cohibere furorem,

Sil. 11, 98:

nescire torum,

Claud. Rapt. Pros. 1, 35.—

Absol.:

nihil est impatientius imperitia,

Macr. S. 7, 5 fin.:

impatientissima sollicitudo,

Gell. 12, 1, 22.—

Of things:

corpus laborum impatiens,

Ov. Tr. 5, 2, 4:

cera impatiens caloris,

id. A. A. 2, 60:

aesculus umoris,

Plin. 16, 40, 79, § 219:

caulis vetustatis,

id. 21, 16, 57, § 97:

navis gubernaculi,

Curt. 9, 4; 11:

terra hominum,

Luc. 7, 866; cf.:

solum Cereris,

id. 9, 857:

mammae lactis,

i. e. that cannot restrain their milk, Plin. 23, 2, 32, § 67.— Sup.:

pisum impatientissimum frigorum,

Plin. 18, 12, 31, § 123.—

That does not feel or suffer, insensible, apathetic (post-Aug. and very rare), Lact. 5, 22, 5.—Esp., philos. t. t., of the Stoics, free from sensibility, without feeling:

Epicurus et hi, quibus summum bonum visum est animus impatiens,

Sen. Ep. 9, 1.— Hence, adv.: impătĭenter, impatiently, unwillingly (post-Aug.):

amavi juvenem tam ardenter quam nunc impatienter requiro,

Plin. Ep. 2, 7, 6:

indoluit,

Tac. A. 4, 17.— Comp., Plin. Ep. 6, 1, 1; Just. 12, 15, 3. — Sup., Plin. Ep. 9, 22, 2.

A, a, indecl. n. (sometimes joined with littera), the first letter of the Latin alphabet, corresponding to the a, a of the other Indo-. European languages:

A primum est: hinc incipiam, et quae nomina ab hoc sunt, Lucil. ap. Terent. Scaur. p. 2255 P.: sus rostro si humi A litteram impresserit,

Cic. Div. 1, 13, 23:

ne in A quidem atque S litteras exire temere masculina Graeca nomina recto casu patiebantur,

Quint. 1, 5, 61.

The sound of the A is short or long in every part of the word; as, ăb, păter, ită; ā, māter, frustrā. During a short period (between about 620 and 670 A. U. C. = from 134 to 84 B.C.) long a was written aa, probably first by the poet L. Attius, in the manner of the Oscan language; so we find in Latin inscriptions: AA. CETEREIS (i.e.a ceteris), CALAASI, FAATO, HAACE, MAARCIVM, PAAPVS, PAASTORES, VAARVS; and in Greek writing, MAAPKOPs PsIOS MAAPKEAAOS, KOINTON MAAPKION (like Osc. aasas = Lat. āra, Osc. Paapi = Lat. Pāpius, Osc. Paakul = Lat. Pāculus, Pācullus, Pācuvius, etc.), v. Ritschl, Monum. Epigr. p. 28 sq., and cf. Mommsen, Unterital. Dialekte, p. 210 sq. (The Umbrian language has gone a step farther, and written long a by aha, as Aharna, Naharcom, trahaf, etc.; cf. Aufrecht and Kirchhoff, Umbrische Sprachdenkm. p. 76 sq.) Vid. also the letters E and U.

In etymological and grammatical formation of words, short a very often (sometimes also long a) is changed into other vowels.

Short a is changed,

, into long a —

In consequence of the suppression of the following consonants at the end or in the middle of the word: ŭb, ā; vădis, vūs; ăg-, ăg-men, exāmen; tăg-, contūmino; căd-, cāsus. Hence also in the abl. sing. of the first decl., and in the particles derived from it. in consequence of the suppression of the original ablat. end. - d: PRAEDAD (Col. Rostr.), praedā; SENTENTIAD (S. C. de Bacch.), sententiā; EXTBAD (ib.), extrā; SVPRAD (ib.), suprā. —Hence,

In perfect forms: scăb-o, scābi; căveo, cūvi; făv-eo, fāvi; păv-eo, pāvi (for scăbui, căvui, făvui, păvui).

In other forms: ăgo, ambūges; păc-, păc-iscor, pâcis (pâx); săg-ax, sūgus, sāga; măc-er, mâcero; făg- (phagein), fūgus. (Contrary to analogy, ă remains short in dănunt, from dă-in-unt, V. Ritschl, l.l.p. 17.)

Short a is changed into é or ē—

Into é.

Most frequently in the second part of compounds, particularly before two consonants: facio, confectus; jacio, conjectus; rapio, dereptus; dăm-, damno, condemno; fāl-, fallo, fefelli; măn-, mando, commendo; scando, ascendo; ăp-, aptus, ineptus; ăr-, ars, iners, sollers; ăn-, annus, perennis; căpio, auceps; căput, triceps; ăgo, remex; jăcio, objex. And thus in Plautus, according to the best MSS., dispenno, dispessus from pando, compectus from compăciscor, anteceptus from capio (on the other hand, in Vergil, according to the best MS., aspurgo, attractare, deiractare, kept their a unchanged).

Sometimes ă is changed into ĕ also before one consonant (but in this case it is usually changed into ĭ; v. infra, 3. a. a.): grădior, ingrĕdior; pătior, perpĕtior; părio, repĕrio; păro, vitupĕro; ăp-, coepi (i. e. co-ŭpi); căno, tubicĕn, tibicĕn; in the reduplicated carcĕr (from carcar) farfŏrus (written also farfārus); and so, according to the better MSS., aequipĕro from păro, and defĕtigo from fătigo.

In words taken from the Greek: talanton, talŏntum; phalara, phalŏrae; sisaron, sisŏr (but, according to the best MSS., cumŭra from kamara, not camŏra).

Short a is changed to ē in some perfect forms: ăgo, ēgi; fūcio, féci; jăci, jĕci; frag-, frango, frēgi; căpio, cēpi, and păg-, pango, pēgi (together with pepĭgi and panxi, v. pango).

Short a is changed to ĭ, a (most frequently in the second part of compounds)

before one consonant: ăgo, abĭgo; făcio, confĭcio; cădo, concĭdo; sălio, assĭlio; răpio, abrĭpio; păter, Juppĭter (in Umbrian lang. unchanged, Jupater), Marspĭter; Diespĭter, Opĭter; rătus, irrĭtus; ămicus, inìmicus (but ŭ remains unchanged in adŭmo, impătiens, and in some compounds of a later period of Roman literature, as praejacio, calefacio, etc.). —

Sometimes also before two consonants (where it is usually changed into ĕ; v. supra, 2. a. b.): tăg-, tango, contingo; păg-, pango, compingo (unchanged in some compounds, as peragro, desacro, depango, obcanto, etc.).

ă is changed into ĭ in the reduplicated perfect forms: cădo, cecĭdi; căno, cecĭni; tăg-, tango, tetĭgi; păg-, pango, pepĭgi.

Likewise in some roots which have ă: păg-, pignus; străg- (strangulo, strangô), stringo.

In words taken from the Greek: mêchanê, machĭna; patanê, patĭna; bukanê, bucĭna; trutanê, trutĭna; balaneion, balĭneum; Katana, Catĭna (written also Catana); Akragas, Agrĭgentum.

Short a is changed into short or long o.

Into ŏ: scăbo, scobs; păr, pars, portio; dăm-, dŏmo; Fabii, Fŏvii (v. Paul. ex Fest. p. 87); marmaron, marmŏr; Mars, redupl. Marmar, Marmor (Carm. Fratr. Arv.).

Into ō: dă-, dōnum, dōs; ăc-, ăcuo, ōcior (v. this art.).

Short a is changed into ŭ —

In the second part of compounds, particularly before l, p, and b: calco, inculco; salsus, insulsus; salto, exsulto; capio, occŭpo; răpio, surrupio and surruptus (also written surripio and surreptus); tăberna, contŭbernium; —before other consonants: quătio, conoŭtio; as, decussis; Mars, Mamŭrius, Mamŭralia; and once also condumnari (Tab. Bant. lin. 8, immediately followed by condemnatus, v. Klenze, Philol. Abhandl. tab. I., and Mommsen, Unterital. Dial. p. 149).

In words of Greek origin: Hekabê, Hecŭba; skutalê, scutŭla; kraipalê, crapŭla; passalos, pessŭlus; aphlaston, aplustre; thriambos, triumphus.

ă is perhaps changed into ŭ in ulciscor, compared with alc-, ulexô (arc-, arceo).

Long a is sometimes changed into ē or ō.

Into é: hālo, anhélo; fās-, féstus, profēstus; nām, némpe.

Into ō: gnā-, gnārus, ignārus, ignōro. (But in general long a remains unchanged in composition: lābor, delūbor; gnàvus, ignūnus; fàma, infūmis.)

Contrary to the mode of changing Greek a into Latin e, i, o, u (v. supra), Latin a has sometimes taken the place of other Greek vowels in words borrowed from the Greek, as: lonchê, lancea; kulix, călix; Ganumêoês, Caiāmitus.

The repugnance of the Latin Language to the Greek combined vowels ao has caused the translocation of them in Alumento for Daomeoôn (Paul. ex Fest. p. 18 Müll.).— Greek a is suppressed in Hercules from Hêraklês (probably in consequence of the inserted u; in late Latin we find Heracla and Heracula, cf. Ritschl, in Rhein. Mus. Neue Folge, vol. 12, p. 108).

Latin ă was early combined with the vowels i and u, forming the diphthongs ai and au; by changing the i into e, the diphthong ai soon became ae. So we find in the oldest inscriptions: AIDE, AIDLLIS, AIQVOM, GNAIVOD, HAICE, DVELONAI, TABELAI, DATAI, etc., which soon gave place to aedem, aedilis, aequom, Gnaeo, haec, Bellonae, tabellae, datae, etc. (the Col. Rostr. has PRAESENTE, PRAEDAD, and the S. C. de Bacch. AEDEM. The triphthong aei, found in CONQVAEISIVEI (?), is very rare; Miliar. Popil. lin. 11, v. Ritschl, l. l. p. 21). In some poets the old gen. sing. of the first decl. (- ai) is preserved, but is dissyllabic, āī. So in Ennius: Albūī Longūī, terrūī frugiferāī, frondosāī, lunāī, viāī; in Vergil: aulāī, aurāī, aquāī, pictāī; in Ausonius: herāī.

ue as well as au are changed into other vowels.

The sound of ae, e, and oe being very similar, these vowels are often interchanged in the best MSS., So we find caerimonia and cerimonia, caepa and cēpa, saeoulum and séculum; scaena and scēna; caelum and coelum, haedus and hoedus, macstus and moestus; cena, coena, and caena, etc.

In composition and reduplications ae becomes í: aequus, iníquus; quaero, inquíro; laedo, illído; taedet, pertisum (noticed by Cic.); aestumo, exístumo; cuedo, cecídi, concído, homicida.

ae is also changed into í in a Latinized word of Greek origin: Achaios (AchaiWos), Achíous.

The diphthong au is often changed to ó and ú (the latter particularly in compounds): caudex, códex; Claudius, Clodius; lautus, lotus; plaustrum, plōstrum; plaudo, plōdo, explōdo; paululum, pōlulum; faux, suffōco; si audes (acc. to Cic. or acc. to others, si audies), sódes, etc.; claudo, inclūdo; causa, accūso. Hence in some words a regular gradation of au, o, u is found: claudo, clōdicare, clúdo; raudus, ródus, rúdus; caupo, cópa, cūpa; naugae, nōgae (both forms in the MSS. of Plautus), nūgae; fraustra, frode, frude (in MSS. of Vergil); cf. Ritschl, in Wintercatalog 1854-55, and O. Ribbeck, in Jahn's Neue Jahrb. vol. 77, p. 181 sq.—The change of au into oē and ō appears only in audio, (oboedio) obēdio.

Au sometimes takes the place of av-: faveo, fautum, favitor, fautor; navis, navita, nauta; avis, auceps, auspex. So Latin aut corresponds to Sanscr. avo. (whence - vā, Lat. - ve), Osc. avti, Umbr. ute, ote; and so the Lat. preposition ab, through av, becomes au in the words aufero and aufugio (prop. av-fero, av-fugio, for ab-fero, ab-fugio). Vid. the art. ab init.

In primitive roots, which have their kindred forms in the sister-languages of the Latin, the original a, still found in the Sanscrit, is in Latin either preserved or more frequently changed into other vowels.

Original a preserved: Sanscr. mātri, Lat. màter; S. bhrātri, L. fràter; S. nāsā, L. nàsus and nàris; S. ap, L. aqua; S. apa, L. ab; S. nāma, L. năm; S. ćatur, [p. 2] L. quattuor (in Greek changed: thettares); S. capūla, L. căput (in Greek changed: kephalê, etc.).

Original a is changed into other Latin vowels—

Into e: S. ad, L. ed (ĕdo); S. as, L. es (esse); S. pat, L. pet (peto); S. pād, L. pĕd (pès); S. dant, L. dent (dens); S. ǵan, L. gen (gigno); S. mā, L. mè-tior; S. saptan, L. septem; S. daśan, L. decem; S. śata, L. centum; S. aham, L. ŏgo; S. pāra, L. per; S. paśu, L. pŏcus; S. asva, L. ŏquus, etc.

Into i: S. an-, a- (neg. part.), L. in-: S. ana (prep.), L. in; S. antar, L. inter; S. sama, L. similis; S. agni, L. ignis; S. abhra, L. imber; S. panéa, L. quinque, etc.

Into o: S. avi, L. ŏvi (ovis); S. vać, L. vōc (voco); S. pra, L. pro; S. pā, L. po (pŏtum); S. nāma, L. nōmen; S. api, L. ŏb; S. navan, L. nŏvem; S. nava, L. nŏvus, etc.

Into u: S. marmara, L. murmur.

Into ai, ae: S. prati, L. (prai) prae; S. śaśpa, L. caespes.

Into different vowels in the different derivatives: S. mā, L. mê-tior, mŏdus; S. praó, L. prŏcor, prŏcus; S. vah, L. vĕho, via.

Sometimes the Latin has preserved the original a, while even the Sanscrit has changed it: Lat. pa-, pater, Sanscr. pd, pitri.

As an abbreviation A. usually denotes the praenomen Aulus; A. A. = Auli duo, Inscr. Orell. 1530 (but A. A. = Aquae Aponi, the modern Abano, ib. 1643 sq.; 2620; 3011). The three directors of the mint were designated by III. VIRI A. A. A. F. F. (i. e. auro, argento, aeri flando, feriundo), ib. 569; 2242; 2379; 3134 al.;

so also A. A. A.,

ib. 3441 (cf. Cic. Fam. 7, 13 fin., and v. the art. Triumviri); A. D. A. agris dandis adsignandis, and A. I. A. agris judicandis adsignandis; A. O. amico optimo; A. P. a populo or aediliciae potestatis; A. P. R. aerario populi Romani. —Upon the voting tablets in judicial trials A. denoted absoluo; hence A. is called littera salutaris, Cic. Mil. 6, 15; v. littera. In the Roman Comitia A. (= antiquo) denoted the rejection of the point in question; v. antiquo. In Cicero's Tusculan Disputations the A. designated one of the disputants = adulescens or auditor, opp. to M. for magister or Marcus (Cicero); but it is to be remarked that the letters A and M do not occur in the best MSS. of this treatise; cf. edd. ad Cic. Tusc. 1, 5, 9.—In dates A. D. = ante diem; v. ante; A. U. C. = anno urbis conditae; A. P. R. C. anno post Romam conditam.

a, prep.=ab, v. ab.

ā, interj.=ah, v. ah.

A, a, indecl. n. (sometimes joined with littera), the first letter of the Latin alphabet, corresponding to the a, a of the other Indo-. European languages:

A primum est: hinc incipiam, et quae nomina ab hoc sunt, Lucil. ap. Terent. Scaur. p. 2255 P.: sus rostro si humi A litteram impresserit,

Cic. Div. 1, 13, 23:

ne in A quidem atque S litteras exire temere masculina Graeca nomina recto casu patiebantur,

Quint. 1, 5, 61.

The sound of the A is short or long in every part of the word; as, ăb, păter, ită; ā, māter, frustrā. During a short period (between about 620 and 670 A. U. C. = from 134 to 84 B.C.) long a was written aa, probably first by the poet L. Attius, in the manner of the Oscan language; so we find in Latin inscriptions: AA. CETEREIS (i.e.a ceteris), CALAASI, FAATO, HAACE, MAARCIVM, PAAPVS, PAASTORES, VAARVS; and in Greek writing, MAAPKOPs PsIOS MAAPKEAAOS, KOINTON MAAPKION (like Osc. aasas = Lat. āra, Osc. Paapi = Lat. Pāpius, Osc. Paakul = Lat. Pāculus, Pācullus, Pācuvius, etc.), v. Ritschl, Monum. Epigr. p. 28 sq., and cf. Mommsen, Unterital. Dialekte, p. 210 sq. (The Umbrian language has gone a step farther, and written long a by aha, as Aharna, Naharcom, trahaf, etc.; cf. Aufrecht and Kirchhoff, Umbrische Sprachdenkm. p. 76 sq.) Vid. also the letters E and U.

In etymological and grammatical formation of words, short a very often (sometimes also long a) is changed into other vowels.

Short a is changed,

, into long a —

In consequence of the suppression of the following consonants at the end or in the middle of the word: ŭb, ā; vădis, vūs; ăg-, ăg-men, exāmen; tăg-, contūmino; căd-, cāsus. Hence also in the abl. sing. of the first decl., and in the particles derived from it. in consequence of the suppression of the original ablat. end. - d: PRAEDAD (Col. Rostr.), praedā; SENTENTIAD (S. C. de Bacch.), sententiā; EXTBAD (ib.), extrā; SVPRAD (ib.), suprā. —Hence,

In perfect forms: scăb-o, scābi; căveo, cūvi; făv-eo, fāvi; păv-eo, pāvi (for scăbui, căvui, făvui, păvui).

In other forms: ăgo, ambūges; păc-, păc-iscor, pâcis (pâx); săg-ax, sūgus, sāga; măc-er, mâcero; făg- (phagein), fūgus. (Contrary to analogy, ă remains short in dănunt, from dă-in-unt, V. Ritschl, l.l.p. 17.)

Short a is changed into é or ē—

Into é.

Most frequently in the second part of compounds, particularly before two consonants: facio, confectus; jacio, conjectus; rapio, dereptus; dăm-, damno, condemno; fāl-, fallo, fefelli; măn-, mando, commendo; scando, ascendo; ăp-, aptus, ineptus; ăr-, ars, iners, sollers; ăn-, annus, perennis; căpio, auceps; căput, triceps; ăgo, remex; jăcio, objex. And thus in Plautus, according to the best MSS., dispenno, dispessus from pando, compectus from compăciscor, anteceptus from capio (on the other hand, in Vergil, according to the best MS., aspurgo, attractare, deiractare, kept their a unchanged).

Sometimes ă is changed into ĕ also before one consonant (but in this case it is usually changed into ĭ; v. infra, 3. a. a.): grădior, ingrĕdior; pătior, perpĕtior; părio, repĕrio; păro, vitupĕro; ăp-, coepi (i. e. co-ŭpi); căno, tubicĕn, tibicĕn; in the reduplicated carcĕr (from carcar) farfŏrus (written also farfārus); and so, according to the better MSS., aequipĕro from păro, and defĕtigo from fătigo.

In words taken from the Greek: talanton, talŏntum; phalara, phalŏrae; sisaron, sisŏr (but, according to the best MSS., cumŭra from kamara, not camŏra).

Short a is changed to ē in some perfect forms: ăgo, ēgi; fūcio, féci; jăci, jĕci; frag-, frango, frēgi; căpio, cēpi, and păg-, pango, pēgi (together with pepĭgi and panxi, v. pango).

Short a is changed to ĭ, a (most frequently in the second part of compounds)

before one consonant: ăgo, abĭgo; făcio, confĭcio; cădo, concĭdo; sălio, assĭlio; răpio, abrĭpio; păter, Juppĭter (in Umbrian lang. unchanged, Jupater), Marspĭter; Diespĭter, Opĭter; rătus, irrĭtus; ămicus, inìmicus (but ŭ remains unchanged in adŭmo, impătiens, and in some compounds of a later period of Roman literature, as praejacio, calefacio, etc.). —

Sometimes also before two consonants (where it is usually changed into ĕ; v. supra, 2. a. b.): tăg-, tango, contingo; păg-, pango, compingo (unchanged in some compounds, as peragro, desacro, depango, obcanto, etc.).

ă is changed into ĭ in the reduplicated perfect forms: cădo, cecĭdi; căno, cecĭni; tăg-, tango, tetĭgi; păg-, pango, pepĭgi.

Likewise in some roots which have ă: păg-, pignus; străg- (strangulo, strangô), stringo.

In words taken from the Greek: mêchanê, machĭna; patanê, patĭna; bukanê, bucĭna; trutanê, trutĭna; balaneion, balĭneum; Katana, Catĭna (written also Catana); Akragas, Agrĭgentum.

Short a is changed into short or long o.

Into ŏ: scăbo, scobs; păr, pars, portio; dăm-, dŏmo; Fabii, Fŏvii (v. Paul. ex Fest. p. 87); marmaron, marmŏr; Mars, redupl. Marmar, Marmor (Carm. Fratr. Arv.).

Into ō: dă-, dōnum, dōs; ăc-, ăcuo, ōcior (v. this art.).

Short a is changed into ŭ —

In the second part of compounds, particularly before l, p, and b: calco, inculco; salsus, insulsus; salto, exsulto; capio, occŭpo; răpio, surrupio and surruptus (also written surripio and surreptus); tăberna, contŭbernium; —before other consonants: quătio, conoŭtio; as, decussis; Mars, Mamŭrius, Mamŭralia; and once also condumnari (Tab. Bant. lin. 8, immediately followed by condemnatus, v. Klenze, Philol. Abhandl. tab. I., and Mommsen, Unterital. Dial. p. 149).

In words of Greek origin: Hekabê, Hecŭba; skutalê, scutŭla; kraipalê, crapŭla; passalos, pessŭlus; aphlaston, aplustre; thriambos, triumphus.

ă is perhaps changed into ŭ in ulciscor, compared with alc-, ulexô (arc-, arceo).

Long a is sometimes changed into ē or ō.

Into é: hālo, anhélo; fās-, féstus, profēstus; nām, némpe.

Into ō: gnā-, gnārus, ignārus, ignōro. (But in general long a remains unchanged in composition: lābor, delūbor; gnàvus, ignūnus; fàma, infūmis.)

Contrary to the mode of changing Greek a into Latin e, i, o, u (v. supra), Latin a has sometimes taken the place of other Greek vowels in words borrowed from the Greek, as: lonchê, lancea; kulix, călix; Ganumêoês, Caiāmitus.

The repugnance of the Latin Language to the Greek combined vowels ao has caused the translocation of them in Alumento for Daomeoôn (Paul. ex Fest. p. 18 Müll.).— Greek a is suppressed in Hercules from Hêraklês (probably in consequence of the inserted u; in late Latin we find Heracla and Heracula, cf. Ritschl, in Rhein. Mus. Neue Folge, vol. 12, p. 108).

Latin ă was early combined with the vowels i and u, forming the diphthongs ai and au; by changing the i into e, the diphthong ai soon became ae. So we find in the oldest inscriptions: AIDE, AIDLLIS, AIQVOM, GNAIVOD, HAICE, DVELONAI, TABELAI, DATAI, etc., which soon gave place to aedem, aedilis, aequom, Gnaeo, haec, Bellonae, tabellae, datae, etc. (the Col. Rostr. has PRAESENTE, PRAEDAD, and the S. C. de Bacch. AEDEM. The triphthong aei, found in CONQVAEISIVEI (?), is very rare; Miliar. Popil. lin. 11, v. Ritschl, l. l. p. 21). In some poets the old gen. sing. of the first decl. (- ai) is preserved, but is dissyllabic, āī. So in Ennius: Albūī Longūī, terrūī frugiferāī, frondosāī, lunāī, viāī; in Vergil: aulāī, aurāī, aquāī, pictāī; in Ausonius: herāī.

ue as well as au are changed into other vowels.

The sound of ae, e, and oe being very similar, these vowels are often interchanged in the best MSS., So we find caerimonia and cerimonia, caepa and cēpa, saeoulum and séculum; scaena and scēna; caelum and coelum, haedus and hoedus, macstus and moestus; cena, coena, and caena, etc.

In composition and reduplications ae becomes í: aequus, iníquus; quaero, inquíro; laedo, illído; taedet, pertisum (noticed by Cic.); aestumo, exístumo; cuedo, cecídi, concído, homicida.

ae is also changed into í in a Latinized word of Greek origin: Achaios (AchaiWos), Achíous.

The diphthong au is often changed to ó and ú (the latter particularly in compounds): caudex, códex; Claudius, Clodius; lautus, lotus; plaustrum, plōstrum; plaudo, plōdo, explōdo; paululum, pōlulum; faux, suffōco; si audes (acc. to Cic. or acc. to others, si audies), sódes, etc.; claudo, inclūdo; causa, accūso. Hence in some words a regular gradation of au, o, u is found: claudo, clōdicare, clúdo; raudus, ródus, rúdus; caupo, cópa, cūpa; naugae, nōgae (both forms in the MSS. of Plautus), nūgae; fraustra, frode, frude (in MSS. of Vergil); cf. Ritschl, in Wintercatalog 1854-55, and O. Ribbeck, in Jahn's Neue Jahrb. vol. 77, p. 181 sq.—The change of au into oē and ō appears only in audio, (oboedio) obēdio.

Au sometimes takes the place of av-: faveo, fautum, favitor, fautor; navis, navita, nauta; avis, auceps, auspex. So Latin aut corresponds to Sanscr. avo. (whence - vā, Lat. - ve), Osc. avti, Umbr. ute, ote; and so the Lat. preposition ab, through av, becomes au in the words aufero and aufugio (prop. av-fero, av-fugio, for ab-fero, ab-fugio). Vid. the art. ab init.

In primitive roots, which have their kindred forms in the sister-languages of the Latin, the original a, still found in the Sanscrit, is in Latin either preserved or more frequently changed into other vowels.

Original a preserved: Sanscr. mātri, Lat. màter; S. bhrātri, L. fràter; S. nāsā, L. nàsus and nàris; S. ap, L. aqua; S. apa, L. ab; S. nāma, L. năm; S. ćatur, [p. 2] L. quattuor (in Greek changed: thettares); S. capūla, L. căput (in Greek changed: kephalê, etc.).

Original a is changed into other Latin vowels—

Into e: S. ad, L. ed (ĕdo); S. as, L. es (esse); S. pat, L. pet (peto); S. pād, L. pĕd (pès); S. dant, L. dent (dens); S. ǵan, L. gen (gigno); S. mā, L. mè-tior; S. saptan, L. septem; S. daśan, L. decem; S. śata, L. centum; S. aham, L. ŏgo; S. pāra, L. per; S. paśu, L. pŏcus; S. asva, L. ŏquus, etc.

Into i: S. an-, a- (neg. part.), L. in-: S. ana (prep.), L. in; S. antar, L. inter; S. sama, L. similis; S. agni, L. ignis; S. abhra, L. imber; S. panéa, L. quinque, etc.

Into o: S. avi, L. ŏvi (ovis); S. vać, L. vōc (voco); S. pra, L. pro; S. pā, L. po (pŏtum); S. nāma, L. nōmen; S. api, L. ŏb; S. navan, L. nŏvem; S. nava, L. nŏvus, etc.

Into u: S. marmara, L. murmur.

Into ai, ae: S. prati, L. (prai) prae; S. śaśpa, L. caespes.

Into different vowels in the different derivatives: S. mā, L. mê-tior, mŏdus; S. praó, L. prŏcor, prŏcus; S. vah, L. vĕho, via.

Sometimes the Latin has preserved the original a, while even the Sanscrit has changed it: Lat. pa-, pater, Sanscr. pd, pitri.

As an abbreviation A. usually denotes the praenomen Aulus; A. A. = Auli duo, Inscr. Orell. 1530 (but A. A. = Aquae Aponi, the modern Abano, ib. 1643 sq.; 2620; 3011). The three directors of the mint were designated by III. VIRI A. A. A. F. F. (i. e. auro, argento, aeri flando, feriundo), ib. 569; 2242; 2379; 3134 al.;

so also A. A. A.,

ib. 3441 (cf. Cic. Fam. 7, 13 fin., and v. the art. Triumviri); A. D. A. agris dandis adsignandis, and A. I. A. agris judicandis adsignandis; A. O. amico optimo; A. P. a populo or aediliciae potestatis; A. P. R. aerario populi Romani. —Upon the voting tablets in judicial trials A. denoted absoluo; hence A. is called littera salutaris, Cic. Mil. 6, 15; v. littera. In the Roman Comitia A. (= antiquo) denoted the rejection of the point in question; v. antiquo. In Cicero's Tusculan Disputations the A. designated one of the disputants = adulescens or auditor, opp. to M. for magister or Marcus (Cicero); but it is to be remarked that the letters A and M do not occur in the best MSS. of this treatise; cf. edd. ad Cic. Tusc. 1, 5, 9.—In dates A. D. = ante diem; v. ante; A. U. C. = anno urbis conditae; A. P. R. C. anno post Romam conditam.

a, prep.=ab, v. ab.

ā, interj.=ah, v. ah.

con-sors, sortis, adj. m. and f.

Sharing property with one (as brother, sister, relative), living in community of goods, partaking of in common:

consortes, ad quos eadem sors,

Varr. L. L. 6, § 65 Müll.; cf. Paul. ex Fest. p. 296, 7 ib.:

consortes tres fratres,

Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 23, § 57:

frater,

Plin. Ep. 8, 18, 4:

consortem socium fallere,

Hor. C. 3, 24, 60.—Hence, subst.: consors, sortis, m. and f., a sharer, partner:

consors censoris,

Liv. 41, 27, 2; Vell. 1, 10, 6:

de consortibus ejusdem litis,

Cod. Just. 3, 40:

quae (arx) data est heredibus,

Verg. Cir. 14. —Hence,

Poet., of or belonging to a brother or sister, regarded as common heirs, etc.:

pectora = sorores,

Ov. M. 13, 663:

sanguis,

id. ib. 8, 444.—Hence, subst.: con-sors, sortis, m. and f., a brother, a sister:

Romulus nondum fundaverat Moenia, consorti non habitanda Remo,

Tib. 2, 5, 24; Ov. M. 11, 347; 6, 94:

consortem Phoebi colere deam (Dianam),

id. P. 3, 2, 48; id. H. 13, 61 al.—

Transf., dividing something with one, having an equal share, partaking of, sharing; subst., a colleague, partner, comrade (class.; esp. freq. after the Aug. per.).

Of personal subjects.

With gen.:

consors mecum temporum illorum,

Cic. Mil. 37, 102:

gloriosi laboris (with socius),

id. Brut. 1, 2:

mendacitatis,

id. Fl. 15, 35:

culpae,

Ov. F. 3, 492; cf.

vitiorum,

Vell. 2, 94:

tori,

Ov. M. 1, 319:

thalami,

a wife, id. ib. 10, 246 (cf.:

socia tori,

id. ib. 8, 521):

sacrorum caerimoniarumque,

Curt. 10, 7, 2:

studiorum,

Sen. Ep. 7, 9:

generis et necis,

Ov. H. 3, 47:

urbis,

id. P. 3, 2, 82:

tribuniciae potestatis (together with collega imperii),

Tac. A. 1, 3; cf.

imperii,

Suet. Oth. 8.—

With in:

in lucris atque in furtis,

Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 66, § 155; cf.:

vis animi (cum corpore)... nisi erit consors in origine primā,

Lucr. 3, 771.—

Absol., of colleagues in power, Suet. Tit. 9:

omnisque potestas impatiens consortis erit,

Luc. 1, 93:

Romuli,

Suet. Tib. 1.— Poet. of that which is shared:

(corpus et animus) consorti praedita vitā,

Lucr. 3, 332.—

Of things as subjects, of the same condition, common ( poet. and rare):

tecta,

Verg. G. 4, 153:

casus,

Prop. 1, 21, 1.

ē-rĭgo, rexi, rectum, 3, v. a. [rego], to raise or set up, to erect (very freq. and class.).

Lit.

In gen.:

rubrum jubar,

Lucr. 4, 404:

caput,

id. 5, 1208:

ar borem (with extollere),

Cic. Fin. 5, 14, 39:

hominem,

to form erect, id. Leg. 1, 9, 26:

os,

id. ib. 3, 85;

jacentem,

Curt. 7, 3, 17:

hastas,

Liv. 1, 27, 8; 33, 10:

digitum,

Quint. 11, 3, 120:

manus ad tectum,

id. 11, 3, 118; cf.:

scalas ad moenia,

Liv. 32, 14:

agmen in adversum clivum,

to lead up, id. 9, 31 fin.: cf. id. 3, 18; 9, 43; 10, 26; Tac. Agr. 36:

aciem in collem,

id. H. 4, 71:

oculos,

i. e. to raise. Cic. Sest. 31, 68.—

With se, [p. 656] or (more freq., esp. since the Aug. per.) mid., to set one's self up, to rise:

connituntur (pueri), ut sese erigant,

Cic. Fin. 5, 15, 42; so,

sese aut sublevare (Alces),

Caes. B. G. 6, 27, 2:

statura breves in digitos eriguntur,

i. e. raise themselves on tiptoe, Quint. 2, 3, 8; cf.:

in ungues,

id. 11, 3, 120:

in armos (equus),

Stat. Th. 6, 502:

in auras,

Ov. M. 3, 43; 15, 512:

sub auras,

Verg. A. 8, 25:

ad sidera (fumus),

id. ib. 9, 214 et saep.— Said of rising ground, Verg. A. 8, 417; Tac. G. 46; cf. under P. a.—

In partic.

To build, construct, erect (rarely):

turres,

Caes. B. C. 1, 26, 1:

saxeas turres,

Flor. 3, 2 fin.:

quis totidem erexit villas,

Juv. 1, 94. —

Milit. t. t., to cause to halt, stop, because of the erect posture assumed:

Albanus erigit totam aciem,

Liv. 1, 27, 6.—

Trop.

In gen., to arouse, excite:

erigite mentes auresque vestras et me attendite,

Cic. Sull. 11, 33; cf.

aures (with animum attendere),

id. Verr. 2, 1, 10:

animos ad audiendum,

id. Ac. 2, 4, 10:

cum res relata exspectatione certaminis senatum erexisset,

had aroused, excited, Liv. 37, 1; cf. under P.a. B. 2.:

aculeos severitatis in rem, etc.,

Cic. Cael. 12, 29:

libertas malis oppressa civilibus extollere jam caput et aliquando se erigere debebat,

id. Planc. 13 fin.:

paululum se erexit et addidit historiae majorem sonum vocis,

id. de Or. 2, 12 fin. —

In partic., to raise up, cheer up, encourage:

erigebat animum jam demissum et oppressum Oppianicus,

Cic. Clu. 21, 58; cf. id. ib. 70, 200; id. Att. 1, 16, 9:

spem,

Tac. H. 4, 71:

illam tu provinciam afflictam et perditam erexisti atque recreasti,

id. Verr. 2, 3, 91; cf.: rempublicam, Pompeius ap. Cic. Att. 8, 12, C fin.:

rempublicam ex tam gravi casu,

Liv. 6, 2, 1:

multos populos ad cupidinem novae fortunae,

id. 21, 19:

Germanos ad spem belli, Caesarem ad coercendum,

Tac. A. 2, 25; cf. id. ib. 2, 71; Flor. 3, 18, 3:

Lusitanos,

id. 2, 17, 15:

fiduciam Pori,

Curt. 8, 13, 16:

animos ad spem,

id. 4, 7, 1 et saep.:

non dubito quin tuis litteris se magis etiam erexerit ab omnique sollicitudine abstraxerit,

Cic. Deiot. 14; so,

se,

id. Brut. 3, 12; id. Agr. 2, 32, 87; id. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 1; 1, 3, 5; cf.:

se in spem,

Liv. 3, 1, 2:

se ad spem libertatis,

Just. 11, 1, 2:

se ad imitationem,

Quint. 2, 3, 10.—Mid., Just. 6, 4, 4; 23, 1, 14; Tac. H. 2, 74 fin.; id. A. 2, 71.—Hence, ērectus, a, um, P. a., set up; upright; elevated, lofty.

Prop.:

primum eos (homines) humo excitatos celsos et erectos constituit,

Cic. N. D. 2, 56; cf.:

erectus et celsus status,

ib. Or. 18, 59:

incessus,

Tac. H. 1, 53:

vultus,

Ov. M. 1, 86; and in the comp.:

coxae,

Cels. 7, 16:

viriditas culmo geniculato,

Cic. de Sen. 15:

prorae,

Caes. B. G. 3, 13, 2; cf.:

petra in metae modum,

Curt. 8, 11; and in the comp., Claud. Idyll. 6, 11.— Sup., Jul. Valer. Res Gest. Alex. M. 1, 31.—

Trop.

Elevated, lofty, noble:

celsus et erectus et ea quae homini accidere possunt omnia parva ducens,

Cic. Tusc. 5, 14, 42; cf.

animus (with magnus),

id. Deiot. 13, 36; in the comp.:

erectior homo,

id. Off. 1, 30:

habet mens nostra natura sublime quiddam et erectum et impatiens superioris,

Quint. 11, 1, 16; cf. Tac. Agr. 4.—

In a bad sense, haughty, lofty, Cic. de Or. 1, 40 fin.; cf. id. Font. 11.—

Intent, attentive, on the stretch:

judices,

Cic. Brut. 54, 200; cf.:

suspensique (Horatii),

Liv. 1, 25:

plebs, civitas exspectatione,

id. 2, 54; 3, 47:

vos ad libertatem recuperandam (with ardentes),

Cic. Phil. 4, 5:

mens circa studia,

Quint. 1, 3, 10:

studium in legendo,

Cic. Fam. 5, 12, 5:

multitudo,

Tac. H. 4, 81; cf.:

erecta in Othonem studia,

lively sympathies, id. ib. 2, 11.— Comp.:

ad agendum erectiores,

Quint. 9, 4, 12.—

Animated, encouraged, resolute:

legiones nostrae in eum saepe locum profectae alacri animo et erecto, unde, etc.,

Cic. de Sen. 20, 75:

nunc vero multo sum erectior,

id. Phil. 4, 1, 2:

erectis animis,

Tac. A. 3, 7.— Adv.: ērectē (acc. to B. 3.), boldly, courageously (late Lat.); in the comp.:

judicare,

Gell. 7, 3 fin.:

loqui,

Amm. 15, 5.

impătĭentĭa ( inp-), ae, f. [impatiens].

Unwillingness or inability to bear any thing, want of endurance, impatience (post-Aug.).

With gen.:

nauseae,

Suet. Calig. 23 fin.:

frigorum,

Plin. 11, 23, 27, § 77:

aetas extrema, fessa mente, retinet silentii impatientiam,

Tac. A. 4, 52:

caritatis,

id. ib. 13, 21:

Veneris,

i. e. impatience, App. M. 2, p. 121.—

Absol.:

ne ipse visendo ejus tormenta ad impatientiam dilaberetur,

Tac. A. 15, 63:

culpa impatientiae,

Gell. 1, 13, 3. —

Insensibility, impassibility, apathy, as a transl. of the Gr. apatheia, Sen. Ep. 9, 1.

impătĭentĭa ( inp-), ae, f. [impatiens].

Unwillingness or inability to bear any thing, want of endurance, impatience (post-Aug.).

With gen.:

nauseae,

Suet. Calig. 23 fin.:

frigorum,

Plin. 11, 23, 27, § 77:

aetas extrema, fessa mente, retinet silentii impatientiam,

Tac. A. 4, 52:

caritatis,

id. ib. 13, 21:

Veneris,

i. e. impatience, App. M. 2, p. 121.—

Absol.:

ne ipse visendo ejus tormenta ad impatientiam dilaberetur,

Tac. A. 15, 63:

culpa impatientiae,

Gell. 1, 13, 3. —

Insensibility, impassibility, apathy, as a transl. of the Gr. apatheia, Sen. Ep. 9, 1.

in-tŏlĕrans, antis, adj.

Act., that cannot bear or endure a thing (syn. impatiens), impatient, intolerant (not anteAug.); constr. with gen.:

secundarum rerum nemo intolerantior fuit,

Liv. 9, 18:

corpora intolerantissima laboris atque aestus,

id. 10, 28:

omnium,

Tac. A. 2, 75:

aequalium,

id. H. 4, 80.—

Pass., = intolerandus, that cannot be borne, insufferable, intolerable (ante-class. and post-Aug.): curae, Laev. ap. Gell. 19, 7, 10.— Comp.:

servitus,

Tac. A. 3, 45; cf.:

vir ingens gloriā, atque eo ferocior, et subjectis intolerantior,

id. ib. 11, 10:

nihil insultatione barbarorum intolerantius fuit,

Flor. 4, 12, 36.— Adv.: intŏlĕranter, intolerably, immoderately, excessively (class.):

dolere,

Cic. Tusc. 2, 9.— Comp.:

intolerantius insequi,

Caes. B. G. 7, 51:

se jactare,

Cic. de Or. 2, 52.— Sup.:

intolerantissime gloriari,

id. Vatin. 12, 29.

in-tŏlĕrans, antis, adj.

Act., that cannot bear or endure a thing (syn. impatiens), impatient, intolerant (not anteAug.); constr. with gen.:

secundarum rerum nemo intolerantior fuit,

Liv. 9, 18:

corpora intolerantissima laboris atque aestus,

id. 10, 28:

omnium,

Tac. A. 2, 75:

aequalium,

id. H. 4, 80.—

Pass., = intolerandus, that cannot be borne, insufferable, intolerable (ante-class. and post-Aug.): curae, Laev. ap. Gell. 19, 7, 10.— Comp.:

servitus,

Tac. A. 3, 45; cf.:

vir ingens gloriā, atque eo ferocior, et subjectis intolerantior,

id. ib. 11, 10:

nihil insultatione barbarorum intolerantius fuit,

Flor. 4, 12, 36.— Adv.: intŏlĕranter, intolerably, immoderately, excessively (class.):

dolere,

Cic. Tusc. 2, 9.— Comp.:

intolerantius insequi,

Caes. B. G. 7, 51:

se jactare,

Cic. de Or. 2, 52.— Sup.:

intolerantissime gloriari,

id. Vatin. 12, 29.

in-vălĭdus, a, um, adj., not strong, infirm, impotent, weak, feeble (not in Cic. or Cæs.).

Lit.:

Camillus, jam ad munera corporis senectā invalidus,

Liv. 6, 8:

milites,

id. 23, 16:

paucos graves aetate aut invalidos inveniunt,

id. 10, 34 fin.:

ad ingrediendum,

Gell. 20, 1, 11:

corpus laborum impatiens invalidumque,

Ov. Tr. 5, 2, 4:

manus,

Luc. 5, 275:

quidquid tecum invalidum metuensque pericli est,

Verg. A. 5, 716:

pueri,

Val. Fl. 5, 24;

(with inermis),

Tac. A. 1, 46:

corpus,

Ov. H. 21, 297:

artus,

id. ib. 21, 245.— Comp.:

invalidiores Parthi,

Just. 41, 6, 3.— Sup.:

invalidissimum urso caput,

Plin. 8, 36, 54, § 130.—

Transf., weak, inefficient, inadequate, unsuitable:

stationes pro castris,

Liv. 41, 2:

invalida moenia adversum irrumpentes,

Tac. A. 12, 16:

invalidae ad hoc monstrum sugillandum litterae,

Val. Max. 5, 3, 4:

defensionis praesidia,

id. 8, 1, 3:

venenum,

Claud. Cons. Mall. Theod. 170:

causa,

Luc. 7, 67:

argumentum,

Dig. 48, 18, 1:

ignes,

low, Tac. A. 1, 65:

fama,

inadequate, depreciating, Amm. 16, 10, 17.— Adv.: invălĭdē, weakly, feebly, Arn. 7, 250.

tractābĭlis, e, adj. [tracto], that may be touched, handled, or taken hold of; that may be wrought, manageable, tractable (class).

Lit.:

tractabile omne necesse est esse, quod natum est,

Cic. Univ. 4 med.:

materies,

Vitr. 2, 9 fin.:

tofi in opere,

Plin. 36, 22, 48, § 167:

Italicum genus falcium vel inter vepres,

id. 18, 28, 67, § 261:

folium,

id. 21, 17, 68, § 108:

pondus,

i. e. portable, Stat. S. 5, 1, 84:

est mare, confiteor, nondum tractabile nanti,

Ov. H. 19, 71; cf.:

non tractabile caelum,

i. e. inclement, stormy, Verg. A. 4, 53:

vox,

tractable, flexible, Quint. 11, 3, 40. — Comp.:

ulcera tractabiliora fieri,

Plin. 30, 13, 39, § 117.—

Trop., pliant, yielding, manageable, tractable:

virtus est cum multis in rebus, tum in amicitiā tenera et tractabilis,

Cic. Lael. 13, 48:

nullis ille movetur Fletibus aut voces ullas tractabilis audit,

Verg. A. 4, 439:

impatiens animus nec adhuc tractabilis arte,

Ov. R. Am. 123:

mite ac tractabile ingenium,

Curt. 3, 2, 17:

quod te tam tractabilem video, ut, etc.,

Plin. Ep. 9, 24, 1.— Comp.:

nihil est enim eo (filio) tractabilius,

Cic. Att. 10, 11, 3:

Agrippa nihilo tractabilior,

Suet. Aug. 65 fin.; Plin. Ep. 5, 1, 10.— Adv.: tractābĭ-lĭter, without opposition, tractably (very rare):

tractabilius,

Gell. 6, 2, 8.