implement

discus, i, m., = diskos.

A quoit, an implement for exercise in ancient gymnastics, Stat. Th. 6, 646 sq.; Prop. 3, 14, 10 (4, 13, 10 M.); Hor. C. 1, 8, 11; id. S. 2, 2, 13; id. A. P. 380; Ov. M. 10, 177 al.—

Prov.:

qui discum audire quam philosophum malunt,

i. e. who prefer trifles to serious things, Cic. de Or. 2, 5, 21.—

A dish, so called because shaped like a quoit, App. M. 2, p. 125; Vulg. Matt. 14, 8.—

The disc of a dial, a sundial, Vitr. 9, 9, 1.

Discus, i, m., the name of a freedman, Ter. Eun. 3, 5, 60.

discus, i, m., = diskos.

A quoit, an implement for exercise in ancient gymnastics, Stat. Th. 6, 646 sq.; Prop. 3, 14, 10 (4, 13, 10 M.); Hor. C. 1, 8, 11; id. S. 2, 2, 13; id. A. P. 380; Ov. M. 10, 177 al.—

Prov.:

qui discum audire quam philosophum malunt,

i. e. who prefer trifles to serious things, Cic. de Or. 2, 5, 21.—

A dish, so called because shaped like a quoit, App. M. 2, p. 125; Vulg. Matt. 14, 8.—

The disc of a dial, a sundial, Vitr. 9, 9, 1.

Discus, i, m., the name of a freedman, Ter. Eun. 3, 5, 60.

falx, falcis, f. [perh. akin to flecto], a sickle, reaping-hook, a pruning-hook, scythe.

Prop., Cato, R. R. 10, 3; 11, 4; Varr. R. R. 1, 22, 5; Cic. Tusc. 5, 23, 65; id. Mil. 33, 91; Verg. G. 1, 348: Ov. F. 4, 914; Hor. C. 1, 31, 9 et saep.—

Transf., a military implement shaped like a sickle, used in sieges to pull down walls or the enemies stationed on the walls; a hook:

falces praeacutae insertae affixaeque longuriis: non absimili formā muralium falcium,

Caes. B. G. 3, 14, 5; 5, 42 fin.; 7, 22; Sisenn. ap. Non. 556, 22; Curt. 4, 3, 8; Tac. H. 3, 27; Stat. Ach. 2, 419.—Of the scythes with which chariots were armed, Curt. 4, 15, 2.

ferrum, i, n. [cf. Sanscr. dharti, firmness; Lat. firmus], iron.

Lit., Plin. 34, 14, 39, § 138; Lucr. 1, 571; 5, 1241; 1286; Cic. N. D. 2, 60, 151; id. Leg. 2, 18, 45; Caes. B. G. 5, 12, 5; Hor. S. 1, 4, 20 et saep.:

mustum quod resipit ferrum,

has a taste of iron, Varr. R. R. 1, 54, 3.—

Poet.

As a fig. of hard-heartedness, unfeelingness, cruelty, etc.:

gerere ferrum in pectore,

Ov. M. 9, 614; cf.:

ferrum et scopulos gestare in corde,

id. ib. 7, 33:

durior ferro,

id. ib. 14, 712; hence for the iron age, id. ib. 1, 127; 15, 260; Hor. Epod. 16, 65.—

As an image of firmness, endurance, Ov. Pont. 4, 10, 3.—

Transf., any thing made of iron, an iron implement, as a plough: glebas proscindere ferro, Lucil. ap. Non. 401, 19:

solum terrae,

Lucr. 5, 1295; cf.

also, campum,

Ov. M. 7, 119:

ferro scindimus aequor,

Verg. G. 1, 50; a hatchet:

ferro mitiget agrum,

Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 186; an axe:

mordaci velut icta ferro Pinus,

id. C. 4, 6, 9; 4, 4, 60 (for which, shortly before, bipennis); cf. Lucr. 6, 168; a dart:

petita ferro belua,

Hor. Epod. 5, 10; the tip of an arrow:

exstabat ferrum de pectore aduncum,

Ov. M. 9, 128; the head (of a spear), Tac. G. 6; an iron stylus:

dextra tenet ferrum,

id. ib. 9, 522; hair-scissors:

solitus longos ferro resecare capillos,

id. ib. 11, 182; curling-irons:

crines vibratos calido ferro,

Verg. A. 12, 100 et saep.—Esp. freq. a sword:

Drusum ferro. Metellum veneno sustulerat,

Cic. N. D. 3, 33, 81:

in aliquem cum ferro invadere,

id. Caecin. 9, 25:

aut ferro aut fame interire,

Caes. B. G. 5, 30 fin.:

uri virgis ferroque necari,

Hor. S. 2, 7, 58; cf.:

gladiator, ferrum recipere jussus,

the stroke of the sword, Cic. Tusc. 2, 17, 41. So, ferrum et ignis, like our fire and sword, to denote devastation, utter destruction:

huic urbi ferro ignique minitantur,

Cic. Phil. 11, 14, 37; cf.:

hostium urbes agrique ferro atque igni vastentur,

Liv. 31, 7, 13:

pontem ferro, igni, quacumque vi possent, interrumpant,

id. 2, 10, 4; 30, 6, 9; 1, 59, 1:

ecce ferunt Troës ferrumque ignemque Jovemque In Danaas classes,

Ov. M. 13, 91:

inque meos ferrum flammasque penates Impulit,

id. ib. 12, 551; so, conversely, igni ferroque, Cic. Phil. 13, 21, 47; Liv. 35, 21, 10; cf. Tac. A. 14, 38; Suet. Claud. 21:

flamma ferroque,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 35, § 78; Flor. 2, 17, 15; 3, 18, 14; Sen. Const. Sap. 2, 2: ferrum, i. q. arms, for battle, war, force of arms: ferro, non auro, vitam cernamus, utrique, Enn. ap. Cic. Off. 1, 12, 38 (Ann. v. 202 ed. Vahl.); cf.: quem nemo ferro potuit superare nec auro, id. ap. Cic. Rep. 3, 3 (Ann. v. 220 ed. Vahl.): adnuit, sese mecum decernere ferro, id. ap. Prisc. p. 822 P. (Ann. v. 136 ed. Vahl.):

decernere ferro,

Cic. de Or. 2, 78, 317; Liv. 40, 8 fin.; Verg. A. 7, 525; 11, 218:

cernere ferro,

id. ib. 12, 709:

ferro regna lacessere,

with war, id. ib. 12, 186; cf.:

atque omnis, Latio quae servit purpura ferro,

i. e. made subject by the force of arms, Luc. 7, 228.— Prov.: ferrum meum in igni est, i. q. mea nunc res agitur, Sen. Mort. Claud.

ignĭārĭus, a, um, adj. [ignis], of or belonging to fire.

Adj.:

lapis,

flint, Marc. Emp. 33 med. —

Subst.: ignĭārĭum, ĭi, n., an implement for producing fire, Plin. 16, 40, 76, § 207.

ignĭārĭus, a, um, adj. [ignis], of or belonging to fire.

Adj.:

lapis,

flint, Marc. Emp. 33 med. —

Subst.: ignĭārĭum, ĭi, n., an implement for producing fire, Plin. 16, 40, 76, § 207.

ignītābŭlum, i, n. [ignio], an implement for producing fire.

Lit., Sol. 11, § 19; cf.: ignitabulum ignis receptaculum, Paul. ex Fest. p. 105 Müll.—

Trop.:

ingenii virtutisque,

Macr. S. 2, 8, 4.

instrūmentum, i, n. [id.], an implement of any kind, a utensil, tool, instrument (class.).

Lit.:

militare,

Caes. B. G. 6, 30:

culinarum argentea,

Just. 38, 10, 4:

crudelia jussae instrumenta necis,

Ov. M. 3, 698.—

Esp., sing. collect., instruments, apparatus, material, stock, furniture (freq. and class.):

instrumentum ac ornamenta villae,

Cic. Dom. 24, 62:

orationes magna impensā magnoque instrumento tueri,

id. Verr. 2, 3, 21, § 53:

belli instrumentum et apparatus,

id. Ac. 2, 1, 3: rusticum, Phaedr. 4, 4, 24; Val. Max. 4, 4, 6:

hostium spolia, monumenta imperatorum, decora atque ornamenta fanorum, in instrumento atque in supellectile Verris nominabuntur,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 44, § 97; cf. Pall. 1, 43, 1:

hibernorum,

Caes. B. C. 5, 31:

bellicum,

Liv. 42, 53, 4:

nauticum,

id. 30, 10, 3:

venatorium,

Plin. Ep. 3, 19, 3:

piscationis,

Paul. Sent. 3, 6, 41.—Esp., in law, the personalty, chattels, or stock of a farm, business, trade, etc.:

fundo legato, neque instrumentum fundi... ad legatarium pertinet,

Paul. Sent. 3, 6, 34:

instrumento cauponio legato, ea debentur, quae in cauponis usum parata sunt, velut vasa,

id. ib. 3, 6, 61:

pistoris,

id. ib. §

64: medici,

Dig. 33, 7, 18, § 10; cf.:

in fanis alia vasorum sunt et sacrae supellectilis, alia ornamentorum, quae vasorum sunt instrumenti instar habent, quibus sacrificia conficiuntur,

apparatus, Macr. S. 3, 11, 5. —

Trop.

Of writings, an instrument, document, record:

opus est intueri omne litis instrumentum,

Quint. 12, 8, 12:

aerearum tabularum tria milia... instrumentum imperii pulcherrimum ac vetustissimum,

Suet. Vesp. 8:

publici instrumenti auctoritas,

id. Calig. 8:

emtionis,

Dig. 24, 1, 58:

si scriptum fuerit instrumento, promisisse aliquem,

Paul. Sent. 5, 7, 2:

instrumentorum obligatio desideratur,

id. ib. 2, 17, 13. —

Store, provision, supply, means, assistance, furtherance, etc.:

oratoris,

provision, supply, Cic. de Or. 1, 36, 165:

causarum,

id. ib. 2, 34, 146.— Absol.:

quid viatici, quid instrumenti satis sit,

i. e. for a journey, Cic. Att. 12, 32, 2:

instrumenta ad obtinendam sapientiam,

means, id. Leg. 1, 22, 59:

virtutis,

id. Cat. 2, 5, 9:

naturae,

id. Brut. 77, 268:

graviorum artium,

id. ib. 97:

dicendi,

Quint. 12, 11, 24:

ciborum,

i. e. organs of digestion, Plin. 7, 50, 51, § 168.—

Ornament, embellishment:

felices ornent haec instrumenta libellos,

Ov. Tr. 1, 1, 9:

anilia,

apparel, dress, id. M. 14, 766; Suet. Aug. 73.

mundus, a, um, adj. [Sanscr. mund, purificari], clean, cleanly, nice, neat, elegant.

Lit. (class.;

syn.: lautus, nitidus, purus): supellex,

Hor. Ep. 1, 5, 7:

caena,

id. C. 3, 29, 14:

ager,

Gell. 19, 12, 8:

mundissimum cubile desiderat (animal),

Col. 7, 9, 14:

jam intus mundissimumst,

Plaut. Truc. 2, 7, 7.— Poet., with abl., = ornatus: Ostia munita est: idem loca navibus pulchris Munda facit, adorned, Enn. ap. Tert. p. 258 Müll. (Ann. v. 146 Vahl.).—

Transf.

Of mode of living, neat, fine, elegant, smart, genteel:

cultus justo mundior,

too elegant dress, Liv. 8, 15.— As subst.: mundus, i, m. (sc. homo), an elegant or nice person, Cic. Fin. 2, 8, 23.—

Of quality, not coarse, fine (post-class.):

annonae, of wheat,

Lampr. Alex. Sev. 42, 3:

panis,

id. ib. 37, 3.—

Trop.

Of speech, neat, fine, elegant ( poet. and in postclass. prose):

verba, Ov A. A. 3, 479: versus, quibus mundius nihil reperiri puto,

Gell. 19, 9, 10:

in Gallos mundius subtiliusque est, quam cum Gallis aut contra Gallos,

id. 17, 2 med. —

Subst.: mun-dum, i. n., only in the phrase: in mundo (esse or habere), in readiness (ante-class.): tibi vita seu mors in mundo est, Enn. ap. Charis. p. 181 P. (Ann. v. 457 Vahl.:

in mundo pro palam et in expedito ac cito, Charis.): nempe habeo in mundo,

Plaut. Pers. 1, 1, 46:

mihi in mundo sunt virgae,

id. As. 2, 1, 16; 2, 2, 50:

nescio quid vero habeo in mundo,

id. Stich. 3, 2, 23; id. Ps. 1, 5, 85 Ritschl.—

In eccl. Lat., morally pure, upright, free from sin:

cor mundum crea in me, Deus,

Vulg. Psa. 50, 12:

beati mundo corde,

id. Matt. 5, 8.—Hence, adv., in two forms (both, for the most part, anteand post-class.).—

mundē, cleanly, neatly, prettily:

(copia) in suo quaeque loco sita munde,

Plaut. Poen. 5, 4, 5: verrite aedes, spargite munde, Titin. ap. Charis. p. 183 P.:

parum munde et parum decenter,

Sen. Ep. 70, 20:

munde facti versus,

Gell. 10, 17, 2:

quam mundissime purissimeque fiat,

Cato, R. R. 66, 1.—

mun-dĭter, cleanly, neatly.

Lit.:

cum sedulo munditer nos habeamus,

Plaut. Poen. 1, 2, 26.—

Trop., decently, with propriety:

dicere,

App. Mag. p. 296, 14.

mundus, i, m. ( neutr. collat. form, mundum: legavit quidam uxori mundum omne penumque, all her toilet, Lucil. ap. Gell. 4, 1, 3, and ap. Non. 214, 17) [1. mundus], toilet ornaments, decorations, dress (of a woman).

Lit.:

mundus muliebris est, quo mulier mundior fit: continentur eo specula, matulae, unguenta, vasa unguentaria, et si qua similia dici possunt, veluti lavatio, riscus... Unguenta, quibus valetudinis causā unguimur, mundo non continentur,

Dig. 34, 2, 25:

munditiae et ornatus et cultus, haec feminarum insignia sunt: hunc mundum muliebrem appellārunt majores nostri,

Liv. 34, 7, 9: virginalis, Att. ap. Paul. ex Fest. p. 142 Müll.:

quamvis auro, veste, gemmis, omnique cetero mundo exornata mulier incedat,

App. M. 2, p. 118. —

Transf.

In gen., an implement (ante- and post-class.):

operae messoriae mundus,

implements for the harvest work, App. M. 6 init.:

Cereris,

the mystical casket of Ceres, id. Mag. p. 282 (the expression in mundo esse and habere belongs to the adj. mundus, v. mundus, II. B.).—

Like the Gr. kosmos, the universe, the world, esp. the heavens and the heavenly bodies: ut hunc hac varietate distinctum bene Graeci kosmon, nos lucentem mundum nominaremus, the heavens, Cic. Univ. 10: nam quem kosmos Graeci, nomine ornamenti appellaverunt. eum nos a perfectā absolutāque elegantiā, mundum, Plin. 2, 4, 3, § 8: concussit micantia sidera mundus, heaven shook, Cat. 64, 206:

aetherius,

Tib. 3, 4, 17:

arduus,

Verg. G. 1, 240:

aestuat infelix angusto limite mundi,

Juv. 10, 169. Also: mundus caeli, Enn. ap. Macr. S. 6, 2 (Sat. v. 10, p. 156 Vahl.):

o clarissima mundi Lumina,

Verg. G. 1, 5 sq.:

immensi copia mundi,

Ov. M. 2, 157:

ipse mundus deorum hominumque causā factus est...Est enim mundus quasi communis deorum atque hominum domus, aut urbs utrorumque,

the world, Cic. N. D. 2, 62, 154:

innumerabiles,

id. Ac. 2, 17, 55:

e tabulā pictos ediscere mundos,

parts of the world, Prop. 5, 3, 37.—

Transf.

The world, i. e. the earth, the inhabitants of the earth, mankind ( poet.):

quicumque mundo terminus obstitit,

Hor. C. 3, 3, 53:

spes miseri mundi,

Luc. 5, 469; Stat. S. 3, 3, 87:

fastos evolvere mundi,

Hor. S. 1, 3, 112:

mundum laedere,

mankind, Claud. Ruf. 1, 87:

nullā in parte mundi cessat ebrietas,

Plin. 14, 22, 29, § 149; 30, 1, 2, § 8; Flor. 2, 12, 1; Just. 30, 4, 9:

(Alexander) scrutatur maria ignota, et, ut ita dicam, mundi claustra perrumpit,

Sen. Ep. 119, 7:

mundi principio,

Juv. 15, 147.—

The heavens, i. e. the sky, the weather (post-class.):

tepida indulget terris clementia mundi,

Grat. Fal. 288:

ad Eoos tractūs mundique teporem,

Luc. 8, 365.—

The sun (perh. only in Manilius):

quā mundus redit,

Manil. Astron. 1, 36; id. ib. 3, 591.—

Euphemistically for the Lower World, the infernal regions. The opening into this mundus was at Rome, in the Comitium, and was kept covered with a stone (lapis manalis); three times in the year, on the 24th of August, the 5th of October, and the 8th of November, days sacred to the gods of the infernal regions, this round pit was opened, and all sorts of fruits were thrown into it as offerings, Varr. ap. Macr. S. 1, 16, 18; Paul. ex Fest. s. v mundus, p. 154 Müll., and s. v. manalem lapidem, p. 128 ib.—

Esp. (eccl. Lat.), the world as opposed to the church; this world, the realm of sin and death, as opposed to Christ's kingdom of holiness and life:

non pro mundo rogo,

Vulg. Johan. 17, 9:

de mundo non sunt,

id. ib. 17, 16:

princeps hujus mundi (i. e. Satan),

id. ib. 12, 31;

14, 30: regnum meum non est de hoc mundo,

id. ib. 18, 36; cf. id. Eph. 2, 2; 6, 12.

praenum, i, n.

Lit., an implement for combing flax, a hatchel, Gloss. Philox. —Hence,

Transf., an instrument of torture, a rack:

tentare praenum,

Tert. Apol. 5.

rūtrum, i, n. [ruo, cf. Varr. L. L. 5, § 134 Müll.].

An implement for digging, a spade, shovel, Cato, R. R. 10, 3; 11, 4; Varr. and Pompon. ap. Non. 18, 22 sq.; Liv. 28, 45; Ov. F. 4, 843.—

For mixing mortar, a trowel, Cato, R. R. 128; Vitr. 7, 3; Plin. 36, 23, 55, § 177; Pall. 1, 15.

văs, vădis, m., a bail, security, surety (in gen., while praes is confined to pecuniary matters; cf.

also sponsio): vas appellatus, qui pro altero vadimonium promittebat,

Varr. L. L. 6, 74 Müll.:

vas factus est alter (Damon) ejus sistendi, ut si ille non revertisset, moriendum esset ipsi,

Cic. Off. 3, 10, 45:

vades poscere,

id. Rep. 2, 36, 61:

se dare vadem pro amico,

id. Fin. 2, 24, 79:

deserere vades,

Liv. 39, 41, 7; Hor. S. 1, 1, 11 Heind.—

Trop.:

vestram virtutem rerum quas gesturus sum, vadem praedemque habeo,

Curt. 9, 2, 25.

vās, vāsis; plur. vāsa, ōrum (anteclass. collat. form of the nom. sing. vāsum, Cato ap. Gell. 13, 23, 1; Fab. Pict. ap. Non. 544, 26; Plaut. Truc. 1, 1, 33 sq.:

vasus fictilis,

Petr. 57, 8; dat. plur. vasibus, Gargil. Martial. Pomif. Arb. 4, 4; apocopated, vas' argenteis, for vasis, acc. to Cic. Or. 45, 153), n. [Sanscr. root, vas-, to put on; vastram, clothing; Gr. hennumi, heima; Lat. vestis].

In gen., a vessel, dish; also, a utensil, implement of any kind:

vasa ahena ex aedibus (rapere),

Plaut. Ps. 2, 2, 61:

aliquod vasum argenteum Aut aliquod vasum ahenum,

id. Truc. 1, 1, 33:

nihil relinquo in aedibus Nec vas nec vestimentum,

Ter. Heaut. 1, 1, 89:

corpus quasi vas est, aut aliquod animi receptaculum,

Cic. Tusc. 1, 22, 52; cf. Vulg. 1 Thess. 4, 4:

quassatis undique vasis, Diffluere umorem,

Lucr. 3, 435:

sincerum est nisi vas, quodcumque infundis acescit,

Hor. Ep. 1, 2, 54:

vinarium,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 27, § 62:

argentea,

id. ib.; Hor. S. 2, 7, 72:

Corinthia et Deliaca,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 46, 133:

Samia,

Plaut. Capt. 2, 2, 41; Cic. Mur. 36, 75:

escaria,

Plin. 37, 2, 7, § 18.—Of implements for supporting any thing:

si vasa sint legata, non solum ea continentur, quae aliquid in se recipiunt edendi bibendique causā paratum, sed etiam quae aliquid sustineant: et ideo scutellas vel promulsidaria contineri,

Dig. 34, 2, 20.—

Military equipments, baggage:

ille ex Siciliā jam castra commoverat et vasa collegerat,

had packed up, Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 19, § 40:

vasa colligere,

Liv. 21, 47, 2; 27, 47, 8; cf.

trop.: vasa in senectute colligere,

Sen. Ep. 19, 1:

vasa conclamare,

to give the signal for packing up, Caes. B. C. 1, 66: 3, 37.—

Agricultural implements:

vasa quae utilia culturae sunt, aratrum, ligones, sarcula, falces, bidentes,

Dig. 33, 7, 8.—

Of beehives, Col. 9, 6, 1.—

Of hunting implements, Grat. Cyn. 219.—

In mal. part., Auct. Priap. 70; cf.

in a double sense,

Plaut. Poen. 4, 2, 41.

văs, vădis, m., a bail, security, surety (in gen., while praes is confined to pecuniary matters; cf.

also sponsio): vas appellatus, qui pro altero vadimonium promittebat,

Varr. L. L. 6, 74 Müll.:

vas factus est alter (Damon) ejus sistendi, ut si ille non revertisset, moriendum esset ipsi,

Cic. Off. 3, 10, 45:

vades poscere,

id. Rep. 2, 36, 61:

se dare vadem pro amico,

id. Fin. 2, 24, 79:

deserere vades,

Liv. 39, 41, 7; Hor. S. 1, 1, 11 Heind.—

Trop.:

vestram virtutem rerum quas gesturus sum, vadem praedemque habeo,

Curt. 9, 2, 25.

vās, vāsis; plur. vāsa, ōrum (anteclass. collat. form of the nom. sing. vāsum, Cato ap. Gell. 13, 23, 1; Fab. Pict. ap. Non. 544, 26; Plaut. Truc. 1, 1, 33 sq.:

vasus fictilis,

Petr. 57, 8; dat. plur. vasibus, Gargil. Martial. Pomif. Arb. 4, 4; apocopated, vas' argenteis, for vasis, acc. to Cic. Or. 45, 153), n. [Sanscr. root, vas-, to put on; vastram, clothing; Gr. hennumi, heima; Lat. vestis].

In gen., a vessel, dish; also, a utensil, implement of any kind:

vasa ahena ex aedibus (rapere),

Plaut. Ps. 2, 2, 61:

aliquod vasum argenteum Aut aliquod vasum ahenum,

id. Truc. 1, 1, 33:

nihil relinquo in aedibus Nec vas nec vestimentum,

Ter. Heaut. 1, 1, 89:

corpus quasi vas est, aut aliquod animi receptaculum,

Cic. Tusc. 1, 22, 52; cf. Vulg. 1 Thess. 4, 4:

quassatis undique vasis, Diffluere umorem,

Lucr. 3, 435:

sincerum est nisi vas, quodcumque infundis acescit,

Hor. Ep. 1, 2, 54:

vinarium,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 27, § 62:

argentea,

id. ib.; Hor. S. 2, 7, 72:

Corinthia et Deliaca,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 46, 133:

Samia,

Plaut. Capt. 2, 2, 41; Cic. Mur. 36, 75:

escaria,

Plin. 37, 2, 7, § 18.—Of implements for supporting any thing:

si vasa sint legata, non solum ea continentur, quae aliquid in se recipiunt edendi bibendique causā paratum, sed etiam quae aliquid sustineant: et ideo scutellas vel promulsidaria contineri,

Dig. 34, 2, 20.—

Military equipments, baggage:

ille ex Siciliā jam castra commoverat et vasa collegerat,

had packed up, Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 19, § 40:

vasa colligere,

Liv. 21, 47, 2; 27, 47, 8; cf.

trop.: vasa in senectute colligere,

Sen. Ep. 19, 1:

vasa conclamare,

to give the signal for packing up, Caes. B. C. 1, 66: 3, 37.—

Agricultural implements:

vasa quae utilia culturae sunt, aratrum, ligones, sarcula, falces, bidentes,

Dig. 33, 7, 8.—

Of beehives, Col. 9, 6, 1.—

Of hunting implements, Grat. Cyn. 219.—

In mal. part., Auct. Priap. 70; cf.

in a double sense,

Plaut. Poen. 4, 2, 41.

vĕhĭcŭlum, i, n. [veho], a means of transport, a carriage, conveyance, vehicle.

Lit.

In gen.:

ceterae animantes quae vel sedendi vehiculum praebent, vel, etc.,

Lact. 20, 12, 3:

mihi aequum est dari vehicula, qui vehar,

Plaut. Aul. 3, 5, 28: junctum vehiculum, i e. drawn by a span, Liv. 34, 1, 3; 42, 65, 3; Vell. 2, 114, 2; Suet. Calig. 39; Tac. A. 12, 47; id. H. 2, 41; Plin. Pan. 20, 3.—

A wagon, cart, Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 72, § 186.—

A ship:

furtorum vehiculum,

Cic. Verr 2, 5, 23, § 59.—

Transf., an agricultural implement for cutting down grain, a reaping-machine, Pall. Jun. 2, 2.