in solio sedens C

sedeo, sēdī, sessum, ēre (altind. sad-, sich setzen, sādas, Sitz, gotisch sitan, ahd. sizzen, griech. εδος), sitzen, I) sitzen übh.: A) eig.: 1) im allg., m. in u. Abl., a) v. Menschen: in subselliis, Plaut.: in sella, in solio, in equo, Cic.: in conclavi, Ter.: in cubiculo (suo), Liv. u. Plin. ep.: in vestibulo aedium, Liv.: in hemicyclio domi, Cic. – m. bl. Abl., carpento, sede regiā, Liv.: sellā curuli, Liv.: equo, Liv. epit. u. Curt.: vehiculo, Cels.: theatro curvo, Ov. – mit anderen Praepp., ante fores, Tibull.: apud alqm, Cic.: inter ancillas, Plaut.: per iuga, Verg.: post me gradu uno, Hor.: sub arbore, Ov.: supra torum, Fronto: m. Acc., equum, asinos, Gregor. Tur.: mit Ortsadvv., hic, Plaut.: istic, Plaut.: illic, Ter. – absol., cum tot summi oratores sedeant, Cic.: supplex ille sedet, Prop.: lumbi sedendo mi (= mihi), oculi spectando dolent, Plaut. – impers., sedetur, ambulatur, Varro LL.: cum sedeatur, ambuletur, Gell. – b) v. Tieren: polypus in ovis sedet, Plin.: cornix sedet in humo, Ov. – u. Passiv sederi = geritten werden, sederi equos, Spart.: cum (Bucephalus) ab equario suo mollius sederetur, Solin.: animalia sedentur, Veget. – 2) insbes., a) von Behörden, bes. v. Richtern = Sitzung halten, zu Rate-, zu Gericht sitzen (s. Matthiä Cic. Sest. 33 [welche Stelle Halm richtiger zu no. II, A, 1 zieht]. Manut. Cic. Rab. Post. 9. Korte Sall. Cat. 37, 7. Drak. 3, 46, 9. Passe-

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rat. Prop. 2, 17, 27. die Auslgg. zu Phaedr. 1, 10, 6. Bünem. Lact. de mort. pers. 14, 4), Scaevolā (tribuno) in rostris sedente, Cic. – eius igitur mortis sedetis ultores, Cic.: pro tribunali, Cic.: iudices in C. Fabricium, Liv.: Minos sedet arbiter Orci, Prop.: sedebant centum et octoginta iudices, Plin. ep.: iudex sedens adhuc atque audiens, Quint.: sedebat ipse atque innocentes igne torrebat, Lact. – v. den Gehilfen des Prätors, in tribunali, Cic. – v. Zeugen, Quint.: v. Anwalt, Quint. – b) v. Buhldirnen, prostat et in quaestu pro meretrice sedet, treibt das Hurengewerbe, Ov. ex Pont. 2, 3, 20. – c) (= desideo) zu Stuhle sitzen, Marc. Emp. 29; vgl. sordido in loco sedere, auf dem Abtritt sitzen, Val. Max. 9, 13, 2.

B) übtr., v. lebl. Subjj., sich senken, sich setzen, 1) eig.: a) übh.: (libra) nec hāc plus parte sedet nec surgit ab illa, Tibull.: tam gravia, ut depressa sederent, nec levia, ut possent per summas labier oras, Lucr.: sederunt medio terra fretumque solo, Ov.: rupti aliqui montes tumulique sedere, Sall. fr.: sedisse montes, Tac.: sedet nebula densior campo quam montibus, liegt auf der Ebene dichter als auf den B., Liv. – v. Speisen, die den Magen nicht beschweren, wie unser »sich gesetzt haben« (Ggstz. innatare), esca, quae tibi sederit, gut bekommen ist, Hor. sat. 2, 2, 73. – b) von der niedrigen, flachen Lage von Örtlichkeiten = sich herabsenken, in flacher Ebene liegen,

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sich in der Ebene hinziehen u. dgl. (wie ἧσθαι, s. Heinsius Sil. 6, 674), proxima pars urbis celsam consurgit in arcem, mediisque sedent convallibus arva, Lucan.: campo Nola sedet, Sil. – u. c) v. Pflanzen, lactuca sedens, niedriger-, ins Breite wachsender Salat, Mart. 10, 48, 9 (sonst lactuca sessilis gen., wie Mart. 3, 47, 8. Plin. 19, 125). – 2) bildl. von Leidenschaften usw. = sich legen, sedit rabies feritasque famesque, Stat.: sedere minae, Sil.

II) mit dem Nbbgr. der Dauer: A) eig.: 1) = an einem Orte harren, verharren, verweilen, u. mit dem Nbbgr. der Untätigkeit = ruhig-, müßig-, untätig dasitzen (s. Schmid Hor. ep. 1, 17, 37. Bremi Nep. Dat. 7, 1. Halm Cic. Sest. 33), in oppido, Varro: in villa totos dies, Cic.: Corcyrae, Cic.: desidem domi, Liv.: ad aquas, Cic.: sedit qui timuit, blieb ruhig zu Hause sitzen, Hor.: consulibus sedentibus, Cic.: sedetis et oscitamini, Cornif. rhet.: tu sedes et quiescis? Cic. – Sprichw., compressis, quod aiunt, manibus sedere, ruhig die Hände in den Schoß legen, Liv. 7, 13, 7. – 2) insbes.: a) v. denen, die beim Altare einer Gottheit als Betende od. Flehende auf den Ausspruch od. die Hilfe einer Gottheit harren (wie ιζειν, ἱζάνειν; vgl. Broukh. Tibull. 1, 3, 30), meliora deos sedet omina poscens, Verg.: ad tumulum fugiam supplexque sedebo, Tibull. – b) v. Frauen, die im Hause still-, zurückgezogen leben (s. Bremi

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Nep. praef. 7. Broukh. Prop. 2, 14, 15), domi, Ter.: in interiore parte aedium, Nep. – c) v. Jünglingen, die vor den Türen der Geliebten harren, Tibull. 4, 4, 20 (s. dazu Bach). – d) als milit. t. t. = zu Felde liegen, gelagert sein, ruhig od. untätig harren (vgl. Taubm. Plaut. Amph. 2, 1, 52. Drak. Sil. 12, 64), ad Trebiam, Liv.: Arretii ante moenia, Liv.: apud moenia Contrebiae, Val. Max.: apud hostes, Plaut.: montana circum castella in armis, Verg.: contra alqm, Cato fr.: absol., sedendo oppugnare urbem, Liv.: sedendo et cunctando bellum gerere, Liv. – Sprichw., vetus proverbium... est: Romanus sedendo vincit, Varro r. r. 1, 2, 2.

B) übtr., v. lebl., Subjj.: 1) eig.: a) = festsitzen, feststecken, hangen bleiben, in liquido sederunt ossa cerebro, Ov. – b) von tief eindringenden Waffen, wie unser sitzen, clava sedet in ore viri, Ov.: librataque cum sederet (glans), Liv.: u. v. Hiebe, Schlage usw., plagam sedere cedendo arcebat, Ov. – übtr., vox auribus sedens, eindringend, Quint. – c) v. Kleidern, die sich dem Leibe fest-, knapp anschließen, wie unser sitzen (Ggstz. dissidere, s. Obbar. Hor. ep. 1, 1, 96), toga sedet umero, Quint.: toga umeris non sedet, Sen. rhet.: pars togae melius sedet, Quint. – d) von Schiffen, die auf Untiefen od. Felsen auflaufen (s. Drak. Liv. 2, 5, 3), super aggerationem, Vitr.: sicco litore, Lucan.: pars sedet una ratis, pars altera pendet in

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undis, Lucan. – 2) bildl.: a) sitzen, fest bleiben, unauslöschlich verbleiben (vgl. Schwarz Plin. pan. 55 extr.), quam bene umeris tuis sederet imperium, Plin. pan.: pallor in ore sedet, Ov.: cuius amabilis vultus in omnium civium ore, oculis, animo sedet, Plin. pan.: sedet alqd in animo, Sen., od. altius in animo, Plin. ep.: vetus in capto pectore sedit amor, Ov.: sedet Cressa relicta in ingenio tuo, Ov.: sedere coepit sententia, Plin. – b) v. Entschlüssen usw. = sitzen, fest sein, fest beschlossen sein, mihi animo fixum immotumque sedet, Verg.: idque pio sedet Aeneae, Verg.: sedet consilium fugae, Flor.: sedet m. folg. Infin., Stat. Theb. 1, 324 u. 3, 459. Val. Flacc. 2, 383. – ⇒ Imperat. sedito, Lex Iul. municip. c. 10; vgl. Rhein. Mus. 8, 480.

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mĕdĭus, a, um, adj. [Sanscr. madhya, the same; Gr. mesos; Angl. - Sax. midd; Germ. Mitte; cf. dimidius, meridies (medi-), etc.], that is in the middle or midst, mid, middle (class.).

Adj.

Lit.:

terra complexa medium mundi locum,

Cic. Rep. 6, 18, 18; cf. id. ib. 6, 17, 17:

medium mundi locum petere,

id. Tusc. 5, 24, 69:

versus aeque prima, et media, et extrema pars attenditur,

id. de Or. 3, 50, 192:

ultimum, proximum, medium tempus,

id. Prov. Cons. 18, 43:

in foro medio,

in the midst of the forum, Plaut. Curc. 4, 1, 14; Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 3, 6; cf.:

medio foro,

in the open forum, Suet. Claud. 18 al.:

in solio medius consedit,

sat in the middle, Ov. F. 3, 359; Verg. A. 7, 169:

considit scopulo medius,

id. G. 4, 436:

concilio medius sedebat,

Ov. M. 10, 144:

ignes,

Verg. A. 12, 201:

medio tempore,

in the meantime, meanwhile, Suet. Caes. 76: vinum novum, vetus, medium, i. e. neither old nor new, Varr. ap. Gell. 13, 31, 14:

cum plenus fluctu medius foret alveus,

full to the middle, Juv. 12, 30.—With dat.:

Peloponnesii Megaram, mediam Corintho Athenisque urbem, condidere,

midway between Corinth and Athens, Vell. 1, 2, 4.—With abl.:

si medius Polluce et Castore ponar,

between, Ov. Am. 2, 16, 13.—With inter:

cum inter bellum et pacem medium nihil sit,

there is no medium, no middle course between, Cic. Phil. 8, 1, 4:

inter quos numeros duo medii inveniuntur (sc. numeri),

Mart. Cap. 7, § 737.—With gen.:

locus medius regionum earum,

half-way between, Caes. B. G. 4, 19:

locus medius juguli summique lacerti,

between, Ov. M. 6, 409; 5, 564:

et medius juvenum ibat,

id. F. 5, 67:

medius silentūm,

Stat. Th. 4, 683.—With ex:

medius ex tribus,

Sall. J. 11, 3:

medium arripere aliquem,

to seize one by the middle, around the body, Ter. Ad. 3, 2, 18:

juvenem medium complectitur,

Liv. 23, 9, 9:

Alcides medium tenuit,

held him fast by the middle, Luc. 4, 652:

medium ostendere unguem,

to point with the middle finger, Juv. 10, 53.—

Transf., half (ante- and postclass.):

hieme demunt cibum medium,

half their food, Varr. R. R. 3, 7, 9:

scrupulum croci,

Pall. Jan. 18: aurum... Italicis totum, medium provincialibus reddidit, Capitol. Anton. Pius, 4 fin. —

Trop., of the middle, not very great or small, middling, medial, moderate.

Of age:

aetatis mediae vir,

of middle age, Phaedr. 2, 2, 3.—

Of plans, purposes, etc.:

nihil medium, nec spem nec curam, sed immensa omnia volventes animo,

Liv. 2, 49, 5:

medium quiddam tenere,

Plin. Ep. 4, 9, 9.—

Of intellect:

eloquentiā medius,

middling, tolerable, Vell. 2, 29, 2:

ingenium,

moderate, Tac. H. 1, 49.—

Undetermined, undecided:

medios esse,

i. e. neutral, Cic. Att. 10, 8, 4:

medium se gerere,

Liv. 2, 27:

se dubium mediumque partibus praestitit,

Vell. 2, 21, 1; cf.:

responsum,

indefinite, ambiguous, Liv. 39, 39: vocabula, that can be taken in a good or bad sense, ambiguous, Gell. 12, 9, 1. —

Indifferent, not imperative: officium, a duty which is not distinctly enjoined by the moral law, but is sustained by preponderant reasoning:

medium officium id esse dicunt (Graeci) quod cur factum sit, ratio probabilis reddi possit,

Cic. Off. 1, 3, 8; cf.:

ex quo intellegitur, officium medium quiddam esse, quod neque in bonis ponatur neque in contrariis,

id. Fin. 3, 17, 58; cf.

sqq. and Madv. ad loc.: artes,

which in themselves are neither good nor bad, indifferent, Quint. 2, 20, 1.—

Intermediate:

medium erat in Anco ingenium, et Numae et Romuli memor,

of a middle kind, resembling each in some degree, Liv. 1, 32, 4:

nihil habet ista res (actoris) medium, sed aut lacrimas meretur aut risum,

Quint. 6, 1, 45:

ille jam paene medius adfectus est ex amoribus et desideriis amicorum,

Quint. 6, 2, 17.—Hence, as subst.: mĕdĭus, i, m., one who stands or comes between, a mediator:

medium sese offert,

as a mediator, Verg. A. 7, 536:

pacator mediusque Syphax,

Sil. 16, 222:

pacis eras mediusque belli,

arbiter, Hor. C. 2, 19, 28; cf.:

nunc mediis subeant irrita verba deis,

oaths in which the gods were called upon to be mediators, Ov. R. Am. 678.—

Central, with ex or in:

ex factione media consul,

fully committed to it, Sall. H. 3, 61, 8;

so (nearly = intimus), viros fortīs et magnanimos eosdem bonos et simplicīs... esse volumus: quae sunt ex media laude justititiae,

these qualities are clearly among those which make uprightness praiseworthy, Cic. Off. 1, 19, 63:

partitiones oratoriae, quae e media illa nostra Academia effloruerunt,

id. Part. Or. 40, 139:

ingressio e media philosophia repetita est,

id. Or. 3, 11; id. Leg. 2, 21, 53:

in medio maerore et dolore,

id. Tusc. 4, 29, 63; id. Q. Fr. 2, 15, 1:

in media dimicatione,

the hottest of the fight, Suet. Aug. 10; cf.:

in medio ardore certaminis,

Curt. 8, 4, 27:

in media solitudine,

the most profound, Sen. Brev. Vit. 12, 2:

in mediis divitiis,

in abundant wealth, id. Vit. Beat. 26, 1:

in medio robore virium,

Liv. 28, 35, 6:

in medio ardore belli,

id. 24, 45, 4:

in media reipublicae luce,

the full blaze of public life, Quint. 1, 2, 18:

media inter pocula,

Juv. 8, 217.—Hence,

Subst.: mĕdĭum, ii, n., the middle, midst.

Lit.

Of space (very rare in Cic.):

in medio aedium sedens,

Liv. 1, 57, 9:

maris,

id. 31, 45, 11; for which, without in, medio aedium eburneis sellis sedere, id. 5, 41, 2:

medio viae ponere,

id. 37, 13, 10:

in agmine in primis modo, modo in postremis, saepe in medio adesse,

Sall. J. 45, 2; for which, without in, medio sextam legionem constituit, Tac. A. 13, 38:

medio montium porrigitur planities,

id. ib. 1, 64:

medio stans hostia ad aras,

Verg. G. 3, 486:

medio tutissimus ibis,

Ov. M. 2, 137:

in medium geminos immani pondere caestus Projecit,

Verg. A. 5, 401:

in medium sarcinas coniciunt,

Liv. 10, 36, 1; 13:

equitatus consulem in medium acceptum, armis protegens, in castra reduxit,

id. 21, 46, 9.— Trop.:

tamquam arbiter honorarius medium ferire voluisse,

to cut through the middle, Cic. Fat. 17, 39:

intacta invidiā media sunt, ad summa ferme tendit,

Liv. 45, 35.—

Of time:

diei,

Liv. 27, 48:

medio temporis,

in the meantime, meanwhile, Tac. A. 13, 28; cf.:

nec longum in medio tempus, cum,

the interval, Verg. A. 9, 395; Ov. M. 4, 167; Plin. Ep. 7, 27, 13.—

Transf.

The midst of all, the presence of all, the public, the community (class.):

in medio omnibus palma est posita, qui artem tractant musicam,

lies open to all, Ter. Phorm. prol. 16:

tabulae sunt in medio,

Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 42, § 104:

rem totam in medio ponere,

publicly, id. ib. 2, 1, 11, §

29: ponam in medio sententias philosophorum,

id. N. D. 1, 6, 13:

dicendi ratio in medio posita,

lies open to all, id. de Or. 1, 3, 12:

rem in medium proferre,

to publish, make known, id. Fam. 15, 27, 6: vocare in medium, before the public, before a public tribunal:

rem in medium vocare coeperunt,

id. Clu. 28, 77:

in medio relinquere,

to leave it to the public, leave it undecided, id. Cael. 20, 48; Sall. C. 19, 16: pellere e medio, to expel, reject, Enn. ap. Cic. Mur. 14, 30 (Ann. v. 272 Vahl.); Cic. Off. 3, 8, 37:

cum jacentia verba sustulimus e medio,

adopt words from the people, common words, id. de Or. 3, 45, 177; cf.: munda sed e medio consuetaque verba puellae Scribite, Ov. A. A. 3, 479: tollere de medio, to do away with, abolish:

litteras,

Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 71, § 176: tollere de medio, to put out of the way, cut off, destroy:

hominem,

id. Rosc. Am. 7, 20:

de medio removere,

to put out of sight, id. ib. 8, 23: e medio excedere or abire, to leave the world, to die:

e medio excessit,

she is dead, Ter. Phorm. 5, 7, 74:

ea mortem obiit, e medio abiit,

id. ib. 5, 8, 30:

tollite lumen e medio,

Juv. 9, 106: recedere de medio, to go away, retire, withdraw:

cur te mihi offers? recede de medio,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 38, 112:

in medio esse,

to be present, Ter. Ad. 3, 5, 32:

in medium venire or procedere,

to appear, come forward, show one's self in public, Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 71, § 175: in medium, before the public, for the public, for the community:

communes utilitates in medium afferre,

id. Off. 1, 7, 22:

consulere in medium,

to care for the public good, for the good of all, Verg. A. 11, 335;

so opp. separantem suas res a publicis,

Liv. 24, 22, 14 sq.; 26, 12, 7:

quaerere,

to make acquisitions for the use of all, Verg. G. 1, 127: cedere, to fall or devolve to the community, Tac. H. 4, 64:

conferre laudem,

i. e. so that all may have a share of it, Liv. 6, 6:

dare,

to communicate for the use of all, Ov. M. 15, 66:

in medium conferre, in gaming,

to put down, put in the pool, Suet. Aug. 71: in medio, for sub dio, in the open air:

scorpios fugari posse, si aliqui ex eis urantur in medio,

Pall. 1, 35, 12.—

A half (ante-class. and post-Aug.):

scillae medium conterunt cum aqua,

Varr. R. R. 2, 7:

scrobem ad medium completo,

Col. Arb. 4, 5.—Hence,

Adv.: mĕdĭē, in the middle, in a middling degree, moderately, tolerably (except once in Tac. only post-class.):

qui noluerant medie,

kept quiet, remained neutral, Tac. H. 1, 19:

nec plane optimi, nec oppido deterrimi sunt, sed quasi medie morati,

App. Dogm. Plat. 2, p. 22, 23; Eutr. 7, 13; Lact. 6, 15 fin.:

ortus medie humilis,

Aur. Vict. Caes. 20.—

Indefinitely, Ambros. in Luc. 8, 17, 34.

scēptrum, i (less correctly scaep-trum), n., = skêptron, a royal staff, a sceptre.

Lit.:

(rex Ptolemaeus) sedens cum purpurā et sceptro et illis insignibus regiis,

Cic. Sest. 26, 57; Quint. 9, 3, 57; 11, 3, 158; Suet. Aug. 94:

Augusti,

id. Galb. 1; Verg. A. 7, 247:

dextrā sceptrum gerebat,

id. ib. 12, 206; Ov. M. 7, 103; 1, 178; 2, 847;

5, 422. Also borne by a king's daughter,

Verg. A. 1, 653 Heyne:

exitiale,

Stat. Th. 1, 34;

of a triumphant general,

Liv. 5, 41; Juv. 10, 43.— Poet., in the plur., by way of amplification, of a single sceptre, Cic. poët. Div. 1, 12, 21; cf.:

celsā sedet Aeolus arce Sceptra tenens,

Verg. A. 1, 57;

and of Juno,

Ov. M. 3, 265; 1, 596; 11, 560; Verg. A. 7, 173; 7, 252 al.—

Transf.

A teacher ' s rod (humorously):

ferulae tristes, sceptra paedagogorum,

Mart. 10, 62, 10.—

A name of the plant aspalathus, Plin. 12, 24, 52, § 110.—

= membrum virile, Auct. Priap. 25.—

Trop., as a symbol of authority, also used by the poets, in the plur., for kingdom, rule, dominion, authority: en impero Argis, sceptra mihi liquit Pelops, Poët. ap. Quint. 9, 4, 140:

tu mihi quodcumque hoc regni, tu sceptra Jovemque Concilias,

Verg. A. 1, 78:

sic nos in sceptra reponis?

id. ib. 1, 253; 7, 422;

9, 9: pulsus solio sceptrisque paternis,

id. ib. 10, 852:

sceptra Asiae tenere,

Ov. H. 16, 175:

potiri perenni sceptro,

id. M. 15, 585; id. F. 4, 198; id. M. 6, 677:

Heliconiadum comites, quorum unus Homerus Sceptra potitus, etc.,

Lucr. 3, 1038.

scēptrum, i (less correctly scaep-trum), n., = skêptron, a royal staff, a sceptre.

Lit.:

(rex Ptolemaeus) sedens cum purpurā et sceptro et illis insignibus regiis,

Cic. Sest. 26, 57; Quint. 9, 3, 57; 11, 3, 158; Suet. Aug. 94:

Augusti,

id. Galb. 1; Verg. A. 7, 247:

dextrā sceptrum gerebat,

id. ib. 12, 206; Ov. M. 7, 103; 1, 178; 2, 847;

5, 422. Also borne by a king's daughter,

Verg. A. 1, 653 Heyne:

exitiale,

Stat. Th. 1, 34;

of a triumphant general,

Liv. 5, 41; Juv. 10, 43.— Poet., in the plur., by way of amplification, of a single sceptre, Cic. poët. Div. 1, 12, 21; cf.:

celsā sedet Aeolus arce Sceptra tenens,

Verg. A. 1, 57;

and of Juno,

Ov. M. 3, 265; 1, 596; 11, 560; Verg. A. 7, 173; 7, 252 al.—

Transf.

A teacher ' s rod (humorously):

ferulae tristes, sceptra paedagogorum,

Mart. 10, 62, 10.—

A name of the plant aspalathus, Plin. 12, 24, 52, § 110.—

= membrum virile, Auct. Priap. 25.—

Trop., as a symbol of authority, also used by the poets, in the plur., for kingdom, rule, dominion, authority: en impero Argis, sceptra mihi liquit Pelops, Poët. ap. Quint. 9, 4, 140:

tu mihi quodcumque hoc regni, tu sceptra Jovemque Concilias,

Verg. A. 1, 78:

sic nos in sceptra reponis?

id. ib. 1, 253; 7, 422;

9, 9: pulsus solio sceptrisque paternis,

id. ib. 10, 852:

sceptra Asiae tenere,

Ov. H. 16, 175:

potiri perenni sceptro,

id. M. 15, 585; id. F. 4, 198; id. M. 6, 677:

Heliconiadum comites, quorum unus Homerus Sceptra potitus, etc.,

Lucr. 3, 1038.

sublīmis, e (collat. form sublīmus, a, um: ex sublimo vertice, Cic. poët. Tusc. 2, 7, 19; Enn. ap. Non. 169; Att. and Sall. ib. 489, 8 sq.; Lucr. 1, 340), adj. [etym. dub.; perh. sub-limen, up to the lintel; cf. sublimen] (sublimem est in altitudinem elatum, Fest. p. 306 Müll.), uplifted, high, lofty, exalted, elevated (mostly poet. and in postAug. prose; not in Cic. or Cæs.; syn.: editus, arduus, celsus, altus).

Lit.

In gen., high, lofty:

hic vertex nobis semper sublimis,

Verg. G. 1, 242; cf. Hor. C. 1, 1, 36:

montis cacumen,

Ov. M. 1, 666:

tectum,

id. ib. 14, 752:

columna,

id. ib. 2, 1:

atrium,

Hor. C. 3, 1, 46:

arcus (Iridis),

Plin. 2, 59, 60, § 151:

portae,

Verg. A. 12, 133:

nemus,

Luc. 3, 86 et saep.: os, directed upwards (opp. to pronus), Ov. M. 1, 85; cf. id. ib. 15, 673; Hor. A. P. 457:

flagellum,

uplifted, id. C. 3, 26, 11:

armenta,

Col. 3, 8:

currus,

Liv. 28, 9.— Comp.:

quanto sublimior Atlas Omnibus in Libyā sit montibus,

Juv. 11, 24.— Sup.:

triumphans in illo sublimissimo curru,

Tert. Apol. 33.—

Esp., borne aloft, uplifted, elevated, raised:

rapite sublimem foras,

Plaut. Mil. 5, 1:

sublimem aliquem rapere (arripere, auferre, ferre),

id. As. 5, 2, 18; id. Men. 5, 7, 3; 5, 7, 6; 5, 7, 13; 5, 8, 3; Ter. And. 5, 2, 20; id. Ad. 3, 2, 18; Verg. A. 5, 255; 11, 722 (in all these passages others read sublimen, q. v.); Ov. M 4, 363 al.:

campi armis sublimibus ardent,

borne aloft, lofty, Verg. A. 11, 602: sublimes in [p. 1779] equis redeunt, id. ib. 7, 285:

apparet liquido sublimis in aëre Nisus,

id. G. 1, 404; cf.:

ipsa (Venus) Paphum sublimis abit,

on high through the air, id. A. 1, 415:

sublimis abit,

Liv. 1, 16; 1, 34:

vehitur,

Ov. M. 5, 648 al. —

On high, lofty, in a high position:

tenuem texens sublimis aranea telum,

Cat. 68, 49:

juvenem sublimem stramine ponunt,

Verg. A. 11, 67:

sedens solio sublimis avito,

Ov. M. 6, 650:

Tyrio jaceat sublimis in ostro,

id. H. 12, 179.—

Subst.: sublīme, is, n., height; sometimes to be rendered the air:

piro per lusum in sublime jactato,

Suet. Claud. 27; so, in sublime, Auct. B. Afr. 84, 1; Plin. 10, 38, 54, § 112; 31, 6, 31, § 57:

per sublime volantes grues,

id. 18, 35, 87, § 362:

in sublimi posita facies Dianae,

id. 36, 5, 4, § 13:

ex sublimi devoluti,

id. 27, 12, 105, § 129.— Plur.:

antiquique memor metuit sublimia casus,

Ov. M. 8, 259:

per maria ac terras sublimaque caeli,

Lucr. 1, 340.—

Trop., lofty, exalted, eminent, distinguished.

In gen.:

antiqui reges ac sublimes viri,

Varr. R. R. 2, 4, 9; cf. Luc. 10, 378:

mens,

Ov. P. 3, 3, 103:

pectora,

id. F. 1, 301:

nomen,

id. Tr. 4, 10, 121:

sublimis, cupidusque et amata relinquere pernix,

aspiring, Hor. A. P. 165; cf.:

nil parvum sapias et adhuc sublimia cures,

id. Ep. 1, 12, 15.— Comp.:

quā claritate nihil in rebus humanis sublimius duco,

Plin. 22, 5, 5, § 10; Juv. 8, 232.— Sup.:

sancimus supponi duos sublimissimos judices,

Cod. Just. 7, 62, 39.—

In partic., of language, lofty, elevated, sublime (freq. in Quint.):

sublimia carmina,

Juv. 7, 28:

verbum,

Quint. 8, 3, 18:

clara et sublimia verba,

id. ib.:

oratio,

id. 8, 3, 74:

genus dicendi,

id. 11, 1, 3:

actio (opp. causae summissae),

id. 11, 3, 153:

si quis sublimia humilibus misceat,

id. 8, 3, 60 et saep.— Transf., of orators, poets, etc.:

natura sublimis et acer,

Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 165:

sublimis et gravis et grandiloquus (Aeschylus),

Quint. 10, 1, 66:

Trachalus plerumque sublimis,

id. 10, 1, 119.— Comp.:

sublimior gravitas Sophoclis,

Quint. 10, 1, 68:

sublimius aliquid,

id. 8, 3, 14:

jam sublimius illud pro Archiā, Saxa atque solitudines voci respondent,

id. 8, 3, 75.—Hence, advv.

Lit., aloft, loftily, on high.

Form sub-līmĭter (rare):

stare,

upright, Cato, R. R. 70, 2; so id. ib. 71:

volitare,

Col. 8, 11, 1:

munitur locus,

id. 8, 15, 1.—

Form sub-līme (class.):

Theodori nihil interest, humine an sublime putescat,

Cic. Tusc. 1, 43, 102; cf.:

scuta, quae fuerant sublime fixa, sunt humi inventa,

id. Div. 2, 31, 67:

volare,

Lucr. 2, 206; 6, 97:

ferri,

Cic. Tusc. 1, 17, 40; id. N. D. 2, 39, 101; 2, 56, 141 Orell. N. cr.:

elati,

Liv. 21, 30:

expulsa,

Verg. G. 1, 320 et saep.—

Comp.:

sublimius altum Attollit caput,

Ov. Hal. 69.—

Trop., of speech, in a lofty manner, loftily (very rare):

alia sublimius, alia gravius esse dicenda,

Quint. 9, 4, 130.