in+secret

ab-do, ĭdi, ĭtum, 3, v. a. [2. do].

Lit., to put away, remove: and abdere se, to go away, betake one's self to some place:

ex conspectu eri sui se abdiderunt,

Plaut. Ps. 4, 7, 5:

pedestres copias paulum ab eo loco abditas in locis superioribus constituunt,

removed, withdrawn, Caes. B. G. 7, 79, 2; so with ab:

ascensu abdito a conspectu,

Liv. 10, 14, 14:

procul ardentes hinc precor abde faces,

remove, Tib. 2, 1, 82.—The terminus ad quem is usually expressed by in with acc.:

abdidit se in intimam Macedoniam quo potuit longissime a castris,

Cic. Fam. 13, 29, 4; so,

se in contrariam partem terrarum,

id. Mur. 41, 89: se in classem, Dolab. ap. Cic. Fam. 9, 9, 2:

se in Menapios,

to depart, Caes. B. G. 6, 5, 5:

In silvam Arduennam,

id. ib. 5, 3, 4:

exercitum in interiora,

to uithdraw, Vell. 2, 110, 3:

ea in insulam Seriphon abdita est (=ex humanā societate quasi expulsa),

banished, exiled, Tac. A. 2, 85:

se in bibliothecam,

i. e. to retire to, Cic. Fam. 7, 28; cf.:

se totum in litteras,

id. ib. 7, 33, 2.—Rarely with other prepositions or with local adv.: Audisne haec, Amphiaraë, sub terram abdite? Poët. (Att.?) ap. Cic. Tusc. 2, 25, 60; so with sub, Lucr. 4, 419:

se rus,

Ter. Hec. 1, 2, 99:

se domum,

Cic. Pis. 38, 92:

se Arpinum,

id. Att. 9, 6, 1.

Transf., to hide, conceal, keep secret, etc. (syn.: occulto, recondo); constr. aliquid, without or with in and abl., with other prepositions, with abl. only, or dat., with a localadv.

Aliquid:

quae partes corporis... aspectum essent deformem habiturae, eas contexit atque abdidit (natura),

Cic. Off. 1, 35, 126:

amici tabellas,

id. Pis. 17, 39:

lacrimas, operire luctum,

Plin. Ep. 3, 16, 6:

abduntur (delphini) occultanturque incognito more,

Plin. H. N. 9, 8, 7, § 22; cf.:

occultare et abdere pavorem,

Tac. H. 1, 88:

pugnare cupiebant, sed retro revocanda et abdenda cupiditas erat,

Liv. 2, 45, 7; so,

sensus suos penitus,

Tac. A. 1, 11:

aliquid dissimulata offensione,

id. ib. 3, 64. —

With in and abl.:

cum se ille fugiens in scalarum tenebris abdidisset,

Cic. Mil. 15, 40; cf.:

qui dispersos homines in agris et in tectis silvestribus abditos... compulit unum in locum,

id. Inr. 1, 2, 2:

abditi in tabernaculis,

Caes. B. G. 1, 39, 4; cf.:

in silvis,

id. ib. 9, 19, 6:

penitus qui in ferrost abditus aër,

Lucr. 6, 1037 al. —

With other prepp.:

cultrum, quem sub veste abditum habebat,

Liv. 1, 58 fin.; cf. Ov. M. 10, 715:

ferrum carvo tenus hamo,

id. ib. 4, 719.—

With abl.:

caput cristatā casside,

Ov. M. 8, 25:

corpus corneā domo,

Phaedr. 2, 6, 5:

gladium sinu,

Tac. A. 5, 7:

latet abditus agro,

Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 5:

hunc (equum) abde domo,

Verg. G. 3, 96:

ita se litteris abdiderunt, at, etc.,

Cic. Arch. 6, 12; v. Halm ad h. l.—

With dat. ( poet.):

lateri capulo tenus abdidit ensem,

he baried, Verg. A. 2, 553.—

With local adv.:

corpus humi,

Flor. 4, 12, 38.—Hence, abditus, a, um, P. a., hidden, concealed, secreted, secret (syn.: reconditus, abscontlitus, occultus, retrusus): sub terram abditi, Att. ap. Cic. Tusc. 2, 25, 60:

vis abdita quaedum,

Lucr. 5, 1233:

res occultae et penitus abditae,

Cic. N. D. 1, 19:

sunt innumerabiles de his rebus libri neque abditi neque obscuri,

id. de Or. 2, 20, 84: haec esse penitus in mediā philosophiā;

retrusa atque abdita,

id. ib. 1, 19, 87 al.: oppida, remote, Cod. Th. 15, 1, 14. — Comp. abditior, Aug. Conf. 5, 5; 10, 10. —Sup. abditissimus, Aug. Enchir. c. 16. —

In the neutr.: abdĭtum, i, subst.:

terrai abdita,

Lucr. 6, 809; so,

abdita rerum (=abditae res),

Hor. A.P. 49:

in abdito coire,

in concealment, secretly, Plin. 8, 5, 5, § 13. — Adv.: abdĭtē secretly:

latuisse,

Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 73, § 181; Ambros. Job et Dav. 1, 9, 29.

ab-do, ĭdi, ĭtum, 3, v. a. [2. do].

Lit., to put away, remove: and abdere se, to go away, betake one's self to some place:

ex conspectu eri sui se abdiderunt,

Plaut. Ps. 4, 7, 5:

pedestres copias paulum ab eo loco abditas in locis superioribus constituunt,

removed, withdrawn, Caes. B. G. 7, 79, 2; so with ab:

ascensu abdito a conspectu,

Liv. 10, 14, 14:

procul ardentes hinc precor abde faces,

remove, Tib. 2, 1, 82.—The terminus ad quem is usually expressed by in with acc.:

abdidit se in intimam Macedoniam quo potuit longissime a castris,

Cic. Fam. 13, 29, 4; so,

se in contrariam partem terrarum,

id. Mur. 41, 89: se in classem, Dolab. ap. Cic. Fam. 9, 9, 2:

se in Menapios,

to depart, Caes. B. G. 6, 5, 5:

In silvam Arduennam,

id. ib. 5, 3, 4:

exercitum in interiora,

to uithdraw, Vell. 2, 110, 3:

ea in insulam Seriphon abdita est (=ex humanā societate quasi expulsa),

banished, exiled, Tac. A. 2, 85:

se in bibliothecam,

i. e. to retire to, Cic. Fam. 7, 28; cf.:

se totum in litteras,

id. ib. 7, 33, 2.—Rarely with other prepositions or with local adv.: Audisne haec, Amphiaraë, sub terram abdite? Poët. (Att.?) ap. Cic. Tusc. 2, 25, 60; so with sub, Lucr. 4, 419:

se rus,

Ter. Hec. 1, 2, 99:

se domum,

Cic. Pis. 38, 92:

se Arpinum,

id. Att. 9, 6, 1.

Transf., to hide, conceal, keep secret, etc. (syn.: occulto, recondo); constr. aliquid, without or with in and abl., with other prepositions, with abl. only, or dat., with a localadv.

Aliquid:

quae partes corporis... aspectum essent deformem habiturae, eas contexit atque abdidit (natura),

Cic. Off. 1, 35, 126:

amici tabellas,

id. Pis. 17, 39:

lacrimas, operire luctum,

Plin. Ep. 3, 16, 6:

abduntur (delphini) occultanturque incognito more,

Plin. H. N. 9, 8, 7, § 22; cf.:

occultare et abdere pavorem,

Tac. H. 1, 88:

pugnare cupiebant, sed retro revocanda et abdenda cupiditas erat,

Liv. 2, 45, 7; so,

sensus suos penitus,

Tac. A. 1, 11:

aliquid dissimulata offensione,

id. ib. 3, 64. —

With in and abl.:

cum se ille fugiens in scalarum tenebris abdidisset,

Cic. Mil. 15, 40; cf.:

qui dispersos homines in agris et in tectis silvestribus abditos... compulit unum in locum,

id. Inr. 1, 2, 2:

abditi in tabernaculis,

Caes. B. G. 1, 39, 4; cf.:

in silvis,

id. ib. 9, 19, 6:

penitus qui in ferrost abditus aër,

Lucr. 6, 1037 al. —

With other prepp.:

cultrum, quem sub veste abditum habebat,

Liv. 1, 58 fin.; cf. Ov. M. 10, 715:

ferrum carvo tenus hamo,

id. ib. 4, 719.—

With abl.:

caput cristatā casside,

Ov. M. 8, 25:

corpus corneā domo,

Phaedr. 2, 6, 5:

gladium sinu,

Tac. A. 5, 7:

latet abditus agro,

Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 5:

hunc (equum) abde domo,

Verg. G. 3, 96:

ita se litteris abdiderunt, at, etc.,

Cic. Arch. 6, 12; v. Halm ad h. l.—

With dat. ( poet.):

lateri capulo tenus abdidit ensem,

he baried, Verg. A. 2, 553.—

With local adv.:

corpus humi,

Flor. 4, 12, 38.—Hence, abditus, a, um, P. a., hidden, concealed, secreted, secret (syn.: reconditus, abscontlitus, occultus, retrusus): sub terram abditi, Att. ap. Cic. Tusc. 2, 25, 60:

vis abdita quaedum,

Lucr. 5, 1233:

res occultae et penitus abditae,

Cic. N. D. 1, 19:

sunt innumerabiles de his rebus libri neque abditi neque obscuri,

id. de Or. 2, 20, 84: haec esse penitus in mediā philosophiā;

retrusa atque abdita,

id. ib. 1, 19, 87 al.: oppida, remote, Cod. Th. 15, 1, 14. — Comp. abditior, Aug. Conf. 5, 5; 10, 10. —Sup. abditissimus, Aug. Enchir. c. 16. —

In the neutr.: abdĭtum, i, subst.:

terrai abdita,

Lucr. 6, 809; so,

abdita rerum (=abditae res),

Hor. A.P. 49:

in abdito coire,

in concealment, secretly, Plin. 8, 5, 5, § 13. — Adv.: abdĭtē secretly:

latuisse,

Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 73, § 181; Ambros. Job et Dav. 1, 9, 29.

ădytum, i, n., = aduton (not to be entered), the innermost part of a temple, the sanctuary, which none but priests could enter, and from which oracles were delivered.

Lit.: in occultis ac remotis templi, quae Graeci aduta appellant, Caes. B. C. 3, 105:

aeternumque adytis effert penetralibus ignem,

Verg. A. 2, 297:

isque adytis haec tristia dicta reportat,

id. ib. 2, 115; 6, 98; Hor. C. 1, 16, 5.—In gen., a secret place, chamber; of the dead, a grave, tomb, in Verg. A. 5, 84, and Juv. 13, 205: descriptionem cubiculorum in adytis, chambers in secret places, i. e. inner chambers, Vulg. 1 Par. 28, 11.—

Fig.: ex adyto tamquam cordis responsa dedere, the inmost recesses, * Lucr. 1, 737.

adytus, ūs: adytus augura, in Non. 488, 4 (Trag. Rel. p. 217 Rib.).

clam (old access. form callim, or, acc. to Cod. Gu. 1, calam, Paul. ex Fest. p. 47, 3 Müll.) [root cal-; cf.: calix, celo, cella, occulo, caligo], adv. and prep., secretly, privately; and in the predicate after sum and fore, hidden, secret, unknown (opp. palam; except once in Caes., v. II. infra; in class. prose only used as adv.).

In gen.: clamque palamque, Enn. ap. Gell. 12, 4 (247 Vahl.): ignis mortalibus clam Divisus, Att. ap. Cic. Tusc. 2, 10, 23:

mea nunc facinora aperiuntur, clam quae speravi fore,

Plaut. Truc. 4, 3, 21; cf. Ter. Ad. 1, 1, 46; Lucr. 5, 1157:

nec id clam esse potuit,

Liv. 5, 36, 6: clam mordax canis (Gr. lathrodêktês kuôn), Plaut. Bacch. 5, 2, 27; cf. Amm. 15, 3, 5; Ter. And. 2, 6, 13; Cat. 21, 5; cf. Ov. Am. 3, 14, 8:

clam peperit uxor,

Ter. Hec. 5, 2, 15:

hanc tu mihi vel vi, vel clam, vel precario Fac tradas (a jurid. formula),

id. Eun. 2, 3, 28; cf. Cic. Caecin. 32, 92:

qui propter avaritiam clam depositum non reddidit,

id. Tusc. 3, 8, 17:

clam mussitantes,

Liv. 33, 31, 1; Suet. Tib. 6:

praemissis confestim clam cohortibus,

id. Caes. 31; id. Ner. 34:

ille Sychaeum Clam ferro incautum superat,

stealthily, Verg. A. 1, 350:

nec dic quid doleas, clam tamen usque dole,

Ov. R. Am. 694:

cui te commisit alendum Clam,

id. M. 13, 432; cf. id. ib. 14, 310 al.—

Esp.

With advv.; with furtim, Plaut. Poen. 3, 3, 49;

with furtive,

id. ib. 5, 2, 61;

with occulte,

Plin. 36, 2, 2, § 6; poet. with tacitus:

tacito clam venit illa pede, and similar words,

Tib. 1, 10, 34; 4, 6, 16; cf.:

strepito nullo clam reserare fores,

id. 1, 8, 60; opp. palam, Enn. l. l.; Plaut. Merc. 5, 4, 63; Cic. Cael. 9, 20; id. Rosc. Am. 8, 23; id. Fam. 1, 1, 4; Tib. 2, 1, 84; Suet. Caes. 80; id. Dom. 2;

and opp. propalam,

Suet. Ner. 22.—

With gen.:

res exulatum at illam clam abibat patris,

Plaut. Merc. 1, 1, 43 Ritschl (cf. lathrê Laomedontos, Hom. Il. 5, 269).—

Clam est, with subj.-clause (cf. II. B. infra):

meretricem commoneri Quam sane magni referat, nil clam'st,

Plaut. Mil. 3, 3, 9.—

Prep., without the knowledge of, unknown to, constr. with abl. or acc.

With abl. (only in the two foll. passages; for Plaut. Merc. 3, 2, 2; 4, 6, 5; id. Curc. 1, 3, 17; id. Am. prol. 107 al., where the abl. formerly stood with clam, have been corrected by Ritschl and recent edd.; v. Speng. ad Ter. And. 1, 5, 52;

but cf. Ussing ad Plaut. Curc. l.l.): nec clam durateus Trojanis Pergama partu Inflammasset equos,

Lucr. 1, 476 Munro ad loc.:

non sibi clam vobis salutem fuga petivit?

Caes. B. C. 2, 32.—

With acc.:

clam uxorem,

Plaut. As. Grex. 1; id. Cas. prol. 54: clam uxorem et clam filium, [p. 348] id. Merc. 3, 2, 2:

matrem,

id. Mil. 2, 1, 34:

patrem,

id. Merc. 2, 3, 8; 3, 4, 75; id. Truc. 2, 1, 37 Speng.; Gell. 2, 23, 16:

senem,

Plaut. Most. 5, 1, 13:

uxorem,

id. Cas. 2, 8, 32; id. As. Grex. 5; id. Men. 1, 2, 43; 5, 9, 78; id. Merc. 4, 6, 3 Ritschl:

virum,

id. Cas. 2, 2, 28; id. Am. prol. 107:

clam alter alterum,

id. Cas. prol. 51:

illum,

id. Merc. 2, 3, 26:

omnīs,

id. Aul. prol. 7:

clam praesidia Pompeii, Auct. B. Hisp. 3: clam quemdam Philonem,

id. ib. 35:

nostros,

id. ib. 16:

dominum,

Dig. 9, 2, 27, § 14:

haec clam me omnia,

Ter. Heaut. 1, 1, 46.—

Clam me est, it is unknown to me, I know not (only in Plaut. and Ter.):

neque adeo clam me est,

Ter. Hec. 2, 2, 19:

haud clam me est,

id. ib. 3, 4, 10; so id. ib. 4, 1, 53;

4, 2, 1: nec clam te est, quam, etc.,

id. And. 1, 5, 52.—

Clam habere aliquem = celare aliquem, to keep secret from one, conceal from, Ter. Hec. 4, 4, 35; cf. Prisc. p. 988 P.; Pomp. Comm. Art. Don. p. 399.

clam (old access. form callim, or, acc. to Cod. Gu. 1, calam, Paul. ex Fest. p. 47, 3 Müll.) [root cal-; cf.: calix, celo, cella, occulo, caligo], adv. and prep., secretly, privately; and in the predicate after sum and fore, hidden, secret, unknown (opp. palam; except once in Caes., v. II. infra; in class. prose only used as adv.).

In gen.: clamque palamque, Enn. ap. Gell. 12, 4 (247 Vahl.): ignis mortalibus clam Divisus, Att. ap. Cic. Tusc. 2, 10, 23:

mea nunc facinora aperiuntur, clam quae speravi fore,

Plaut. Truc. 4, 3, 21; cf. Ter. Ad. 1, 1, 46; Lucr. 5, 1157:

nec id clam esse potuit,

Liv. 5, 36, 6: clam mordax canis (Gr. lathrodêktês kuôn), Plaut. Bacch. 5, 2, 27; cf. Amm. 15, 3, 5; Ter. And. 2, 6, 13; Cat. 21, 5; cf. Ov. Am. 3, 14, 8:

clam peperit uxor,

Ter. Hec. 5, 2, 15:

hanc tu mihi vel vi, vel clam, vel precario Fac tradas (a jurid. formula),

id. Eun. 2, 3, 28; cf. Cic. Caecin. 32, 92:

qui propter avaritiam clam depositum non reddidit,

id. Tusc. 3, 8, 17:

clam mussitantes,

Liv. 33, 31, 1; Suet. Tib. 6:

praemissis confestim clam cohortibus,

id. Caes. 31; id. Ner. 34:

ille Sychaeum Clam ferro incautum superat,

stealthily, Verg. A. 1, 350:

nec dic quid doleas, clam tamen usque dole,

Ov. R. Am. 694:

cui te commisit alendum Clam,

id. M. 13, 432; cf. id. ib. 14, 310 al.—

Esp.

With advv.; with furtim, Plaut. Poen. 3, 3, 49;

with furtive,

id. ib. 5, 2, 61;

with occulte,

Plin. 36, 2, 2, § 6; poet. with tacitus:

tacito clam venit illa pede, and similar words,

Tib. 1, 10, 34; 4, 6, 16; cf.:

strepito nullo clam reserare fores,

id. 1, 8, 60; opp. palam, Enn. l. l.; Plaut. Merc. 5, 4, 63; Cic. Cael. 9, 20; id. Rosc. Am. 8, 23; id. Fam. 1, 1, 4; Tib. 2, 1, 84; Suet. Caes. 80; id. Dom. 2;

and opp. propalam,

Suet. Ner. 22.—

With gen.:

res exulatum at illam clam abibat patris,

Plaut. Merc. 1, 1, 43 Ritschl (cf. lathrê Laomedontos, Hom. Il. 5, 269).—

Clam est, with subj.-clause (cf. II. B. infra):

meretricem commoneri Quam sane magni referat, nil clam'st,

Plaut. Mil. 3, 3, 9.—

Prep., without the knowledge of, unknown to, constr. with abl. or acc.

With abl. (only in the two foll. passages; for Plaut. Merc. 3, 2, 2; 4, 6, 5; id. Curc. 1, 3, 17; id. Am. prol. 107 al., where the abl. formerly stood with clam, have been corrected by Ritschl and recent edd.; v. Speng. ad Ter. And. 1, 5, 52;

but cf. Ussing ad Plaut. Curc. l.l.): nec clam durateus Trojanis Pergama partu Inflammasset equos,

Lucr. 1, 476 Munro ad loc.:

non sibi clam vobis salutem fuga petivit?

Caes. B. C. 2, 32.—

With acc.:

clam uxorem,

Plaut. As. Grex. 1; id. Cas. prol. 54: clam uxorem et clam filium, [p. 348] id. Merc. 3, 2, 2:

matrem,

id. Mil. 2, 1, 34:

patrem,

id. Merc. 2, 3, 8; 3, 4, 75; id. Truc. 2, 1, 37 Speng.; Gell. 2, 23, 16:

senem,

Plaut. Most. 5, 1, 13:

uxorem,

id. Cas. 2, 8, 32; id. As. Grex. 5; id. Men. 1, 2, 43; 5, 9, 78; id. Merc. 4, 6, 3 Ritschl:

virum,

id. Cas. 2, 2, 28; id. Am. prol. 107:

clam alter alterum,

id. Cas. prol. 51:

illum,

id. Merc. 2, 3, 26:

omnīs,

id. Aul. prol. 7:

clam praesidia Pompeii, Auct. B. Hisp. 3: clam quemdam Philonem,

id. ib. 35:

nostros,

id. ib. 16:

dominum,

Dig. 9, 2, 27, § 14:

haec clam me omnia,

Ter. Heaut. 1, 1, 46.—

Clam me est, it is unknown to me, I know not (only in Plaut. and Ter.):

neque adeo clam me est,

Ter. Hec. 2, 2, 19:

haud clam me est,

id. ib. 3, 4, 10; so id. ib. 4, 1, 53;

4, 2, 1: nec clam te est, quam, etc.,

id. And. 1, 5, 52.—

Clam habere aliquem = celare aliquem, to keep secret from one, conceal from, Ter. Hec. 4, 4, 35; cf. Prisc. p. 988 P.; Pomp. Comm. Art. Don. p. 399.

clam (old access. form callim, or, acc. to Cod. Gu. 1, calam, Paul. ex Fest. p. 47, 3 Müll.) [root cal-; cf.: calix, celo, cella, occulo, caligo], adv. and prep., secretly, privately; and in the predicate after sum and fore, hidden, secret, unknown (opp. palam; except once in Caes., v. II. infra; in class. prose only used as adv.).

In gen.: clamque palamque, Enn. ap. Gell. 12, 4 (247 Vahl.): ignis mortalibus clam Divisus, Att. ap. Cic. Tusc. 2, 10, 23:

mea nunc facinora aperiuntur, clam quae speravi fore,

Plaut. Truc. 4, 3, 21; cf. Ter. Ad. 1, 1, 46; Lucr. 5, 1157:

nec id clam esse potuit,

Liv. 5, 36, 6: clam mordax canis (Gr. lathrodêktês kuôn), Plaut. Bacch. 5, 2, 27; cf. Amm. 15, 3, 5; Ter. And. 2, 6, 13; Cat. 21, 5; cf. Ov. Am. 3, 14, 8:

clam peperit uxor,

Ter. Hec. 5, 2, 15:

hanc tu mihi vel vi, vel clam, vel precario Fac tradas (a jurid. formula),

id. Eun. 2, 3, 28; cf. Cic. Caecin. 32, 92:

qui propter avaritiam clam depositum non reddidit,

id. Tusc. 3, 8, 17:

clam mussitantes,

Liv. 33, 31, 1; Suet. Tib. 6:

praemissis confestim clam cohortibus,

id. Caes. 31; id. Ner. 34:

ille Sychaeum Clam ferro incautum superat,

stealthily, Verg. A. 1, 350:

nec dic quid doleas, clam tamen usque dole,

Ov. R. Am. 694:

cui te commisit alendum Clam,

id. M. 13, 432; cf. id. ib. 14, 310 al.—

Esp.

With advv.; with furtim, Plaut. Poen. 3, 3, 49;

with furtive,

id. ib. 5, 2, 61;

with occulte,

Plin. 36, 2, 2, § 6; poet. with tacitus:

tacito clam venit illa pede, and similar words,

Tib. 1, 10, 34; 4, 6, 16; cf.:

strepito nullo clam reserare fores,

id. 1, 8, 60; opp. palam, Enn. l. l.; Plaut. Merc. 5, 4, 63; Cic. Cael. 9, 20; id. Rosc. Am. 8, 23; id. Fam. 1, 1, 4; Tib. 2, 1, 84; Suet. Caes. 80; id. Dom. 2;

and opp. propalam,

Suet. Ner. 22.—

With gen.:

res exulatum at illam clam abibat patris,

Plaut. Merc. 1, 1, 43 Ritschl (cf. lathrê Laomedontos, Hom. Il. 5, 269).—

Clam est, with subj.-clause (cf. II. B. infra):

meretricem commoneri Quam sane magni referat, nil clam'st,

Plaut. Mil. 3, 3, 9.—

Prep., without the knowledge of, unknown to, constr. with abl. or acc.

With abl. (only in the two foll. passages; for Plaut. Merc. 3, 2, 2; 4, 6, 5; id. Curc. 1, 3, 17; id. Am. prol. 107 al., where the abl. formerly stood with clam, have been corrected by Ritschl and recent edd.; v. Speng. ad Ter. And. 1, 5, 52;

but cf. Ussing ad Plaut. Curc. l.l.): nec clam durateus Trojanis Pergama partu Inflammasset equos,

Lucr. 1, 476 Munro ad loc.:

non sibi clam vobis salutem fuga petivit?

Caes. B. C. 2, 32.—

With acc.:

clam uxorem,

Plaut. As. Grex. 1; id. Cas. prol. 54: clam uxorem et clam filium, [p. 348] id. Merc. 3, 2, 2:

matrem,

id. Mil. 2, 1, 34:

patrem,

id. Merc. 2, 3, 8; 3, 4, 75; id. Truc. 2, 1, 37 Speng.; Gell. 2, 23, 16:

senem,

Plaut. Most. 5, 1, 13:

uxorem,

id. Cas. 2, 8, 32; id. As. Grex. 5; id. Men. 1, 2, 43; 5, 9, 78; id. Merc. 4, 6, 3 Ritschl:

virum,

id. Cas. 2, 2, 28; id. Am. prol. 107:

clam alter alterum,

id. Cas. prol. 51:

illum,

id. Merc. 2, 3, 26:

omnīs,

id. Aul. prol. 7:

clam praesidia Pompeii, Auct. B. Hisp. 3: clam quemdam Philonem,

id. ib. 35:

nostros,

id. ib. 16:

dominum,

Dig. 9, 2, 27, § 14:

haec clam me omnia,

Ter. Heaut. 1, 1, 46.—

Clam me est, it is unknown to me, I know not (only in Plaut. and Ter.):

neque adeo clam me est,

Ter. Hec. 2, 2, 19:

haud clam me est,

id. ib. 3, 4, 10; so id. ib. 4, 1, 53;

4, 2, 1: nec clam te est, quam, etc.,

id. And. 1, 5, 52.—

Clam habere aliquem = celare aliquem, to keep secret from one, conceal from, Ter. Hec. 4, 4, 35; cf. Prisc. p. 988 P.; Pomp. Comm. Art. Don. p. 399.

cūrĭōsus, a, um, adj. [cura].

(Acc. to cura, I.) Bestowing care or pains upon a thing, applying one's self assiduously, careful, diligent, thoughtful, devoted (class.; esp. freq. in Cic.).

In gen.

With in or ad:

in omni historiā curiosus,

Cic. Tusc. 1, 45, 108:

si me nihilo minus nosti curiosum in re publicā quam te,

id. Att. 5, 14, 3:

ad investigandum curiosior,

id. Fam. 4, 13, 5.—

With gen. (post-Aug.):

medicinae,

Plin. 25, 2, 3, § 7:

memoriae,

Aur. Vict. Caes. 20 fin.:

curiosissimus famae suae,

Capitol. Anton. Philos. 20.—

With circa:

circa uxoris pudicitiam minus curiosus fuit,

Capitol. Pert. 13, 8.—

Absol.:

non quidem doctus, sed curiosus,

Petr. 46, 6; so,

pictor,

id. 29, 4:

felicitas Horatii,

id. 118, 5:

manus,

id. 13, 1:

consilia,

Quint. 7, 5, 2:

interpolatione,

Plin. 13, 12, 23, § 75 al. —

With the access. idea of excess, too eager:

est etiam supervacua (ut sic dixerim) operositas, ut a diligenti curiosus et a religione superstitio distat,

Quint. 8, 3, 55.—

In partic., inquiring eagerly or anxiously about a thing, inquiring into, in a good or bad sense; curious, inquisitive.

In gen.:

ne curiosissimi quidem homines exquirendo audire tam multa possunt, quam, etc.,

Cic. N. D. 1, 35, 97; id. Fam. 3, 1, 1; Varr. R. R. 2, 3, 5; Quint. 1, 8, 21; 11, 3, 143; * Hor. Epod. 17, 77 al.:

curiosis oculis perspici non possit,

Cic. Sest. 9, 22.—

Implying censure ( = polupragmôn), meddlesome, officious, curious, prying, inquisitive:

primum patere me esse curiosum,

Cic. Fl. 29, 70; id. Fin. 2, 9, 28 Madv.; 1, 1, 3; id. Att. 15, 26, 5; cf.:

quare ut homini curioso ita perscribe ad me,

id. ib. 4, 11, 2:

curiosum aliquem extimescere,

Petr. 127:

Quae (basia) nec pernumerare curiosi Possint,

Cat. 7, 11 Ellis ad loc.—

Post-Aug., subst.: cūrĭōsus, i, m., of one who is prying, a spy, scout:

curiosum ac speculatorem ratus,

Suet. Aug. 27.—Later, a class of secret spies, secret police, an informer, etc.; cf. Cod. Just. 12, tit. 23: De Curiosis et Stationariis al.—

(Acc. to cura, II.) Lit., that injures himself by care; hence, transf., emaciated, wasted, lean:

belua,

Plaut. Aul. 3, 6, 26 (v. the passage in connection); cf.: nempe ille vivit carie curiosior, Afran. ap. Non. p. 21, 28 (Com. Rel. v. 250 Rib.).— Adv.: cūrĭŏsē.

(Acc. to I. A.) With care, carefully:

involvendus vestimentis,

Cels. 2, 17; cf. Petr. 63, 6; Col. 12, 55, 2:

cavere,

Suet. Aug. 40 al. — Comp., Vitr. 7, 4.— Sup., Col. 11, 2, 18.—

Too nicely, carefully, or particularly:

curiose potius quam Latine loqui,

Quint. 8, 1, 2.—

(Acc. to I. B. 2.) Inquisitively, curiously:

inquirerem,

Suet. Vesp. 1.— Comp.:

curiosius conquiram,

Cic. Brut. 35, 133:

facere aliquid,

id. N. D. 1, 5, 10:

animadvertunt ea, quae domi fiunt (pueri),

id. Fin. 5, 15, 42.