in+tectum+ter

spargo, si, sum, 3 (old inf. spargier, Hor. C. 4, 11, 8), v. a. [Sanscr. root sparç, to touch, sprinkle; M. H. Germ. Sprengen; cf. Gr. speirô], to strew, throw here and there, cast, hurl, or throw about, scatter; to bestrew; to sprinkle, spatter, wet; to bespatter, bedew, moisten, etc. (freq. and class.; syn. sero).

Lit., in gen.:

semen,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 18, 50:

semina,

id. Div. 1, 3, 6; Quint. 1, 3, 5; 2, 9, 3; Ov. M. 5, 647:

humi, mortalia semina, dentes,

id. ib. 3, 105:

per humum, nova semina, dentes,

id. ib. 4, 573:

vipereos dentes in agros,

id. ib. 7, 122:

nummos populo de Rostris,

Cic. Phil. 3, 6, 16:

venena,

id. Cat. 2, 10, 23:

nuces,

Verg. E. 8, 30:

flores,

id. A. 6, 884; Hor. Ep. 1, 5, 14:

rosas,

id. C. 3, 19, 22:

frondes,

id. ib. 3, 18, 14: hastati spargunt hastas, cast or hurl about, Enn. ap. Macr. S. 6, 1 (Ann. v. 287 Vahl.): hastas, id. ap. Macr. 6, 4:

tela,

Verg. A. 12, 51; Ov. M. 12, 600:

harenam pedibus,

Verg. E. 3, 87; id. A. 9, 629 et saep.— Absol.: sagittarius cum funditore utrimque spargunt, hurl, Quadrig. ap. Gell. 9, 1, 1.—

Esp., of liquids, to sprinkle, scatter:

umorem passim toto terrarum in orbi,

Lucr. 6, 629:

cruorem,

id. 2, 195:

per totam domum aquas,

Hor. Epod. 5, 26 et saep.—

Transf., to bestrew, strew, scatter upon:

spargite humum foliis,

bestrew, strew, Verg. E. 5, 40; so,

virgulta fimo pingui,

id. G. 2, 347:

molā caput salsā,

Hor. S. 2, 3, 200:

gruem sale multo,

id. ib. 2, 8, 87:

(jus) croco,

id. ib. 2, 4, 68:

umerum capillis,

id. C. 3, 20, 14:

tempora canis,

Ov. M. 8, 567 al. —

To besprinkle, sprinkle, moisten, wet, etc.: saxa spargens tabo, sanie et sanguine atro, sprinkling, wetting, Enn. ap. Cic. Tusc. 1, 44, 107; id. Pis. 19, 43 (Trag. v. 414 Vahl.):

aras sanguine multo quadrupedum,

Lucr. 5, 1202:

aram immolato agno,

Hor. C. 4, 11, 8:

ora genasque lacrimis,

Lucr. 2, 977:

debitā lacrimā favillam amici,

Hor. C. 2, 6, 23:

corpus fluviali lymphā,

Verg. A. 4, 635:

proximos umore oris,

Quint. 11, 3, 56 et saep.:

anguis aureis maculis sparsus,

sprinkled over, spotted, flecked, Liv. 41, 21, 13:

sparsā, non convolutā canitie,

Plin. 36, 7, 11, § 55:

capreoli sparsis etiam nunc pellibus albo,

Verg. E. 2, 41:

tectum nitidius, aure aut coloribus sparsum,

covered over, Sen. Ben. 4, 6, 2; cf.:

priscis sparsa tabellis Livia Porticus,

Ov. A. A. 1, 71: sparso ore, adunco naso, with a spotty or freckled face, * Ter. Heaut. 5, 5, 18.— Absol.: exi, Dave, Age, sparge: mundum esse hoc vestibulum volo, sprinkle, * Plaut. Fragm. ap. Gell. 18, 12, 4: verrite aedes, spargite, Titin. ap. Charis. p. 183 P. (Com. Rel. p. 130 Rib.):

qui verrunt, qui spargunt,

Cic. Par. 5, 2, 37.—

To scatter, separate, disperse, divide, spread out (mostly poet. and in post-Aug. prose for the class. dispergere, dissipare):

omnibus a rebus... Perpetuo fluere ac mitti spargique necesse est Corpora,

Lucr. 6, 922:

res sparsas et vage disjectas diligenter eligere,

Auct. Her. 4, 2, 3:

(aper) spargit canes,

Ov. M. 8, 343:

corpora,

id. ib. 7, 442:

sparsus silebo,

Sen. Herc. Oet. 1394:

sparsam tempestate classem vidit,

Liv. 37, 13:

sparsi per vias speculatores,

id. 9, 23:

exercitum spargi per provincias,

Tac. H. 3, 46 fin.:

(natura) sparsit haec (cornua) in ramos,

Plin. 11, 37, 45, § 123:

fulgentes radios in orbem (gemma),

id. 37, 10, 67, § 181:

(Sicoris) Spargitur in sulcos,

Luc. 4, 142:

spargas tua prodigus,

you dissipate, squander, waste, Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 195: stare et spargere sese hastis, scatter, disperse, Enn. ap. Macr. S. 6, 1 (Ann. v. 154 Vahl.):

se in fugam passim spargere, Liv 33, 15, 15: saepe solet scintilla suos se spargere in ignes (shortly before, dissilire and dividi),

Lucr. 4, 606:

Rhenus ab septentrione in lacus, ab occidente in amnem Mosam se spargit,

Plin. 4, 15, 29, § 101:

magnum ab Argis Alciden,

to separate, part, Val. Fl. 5, 488:

sparsis consumptisque fratribus bello intestinae discordiae,

Just. 27, 3, 1.—

Trop.

In gen., to distribute, spread abroad, spread, extend:

animos in corpora humana,

Cic. Sen. 21, 77:

omnia spargere ac disseminare,

id. Arch. 12, 30:

sparserat Argolicas nomen vaga Fama per urbes Theseos,

Ov. M. 8, 267:

genera enim tractamus in species multas sese spargentia,

Plin. 21, 8, 22, § 45:

spargit legiones, nova cottidie bello semina ministrat,

Tac. H. 2, 76:

vestigia fugae,

Curt. 5, 13, 18.—

In partic.

Of speech, to intersperse, interpose, insert a word or words; of a report or rumor, to spread or noise abroad, to circulate, report (so perh. not ante-Aug.;

syn. dissemino): cum vigilans Quartae esto partis Ulixes Audieris heres: Ergo nunc Dama sodalis Nusquam est? etc.... Sparge subinde,

break in with, Hor. S. 2, 5, 103; cf.

' libris actorum spargere gaudes Argumenta viri,

Juv. 9, 84; Quint. 8, 3, 53:

spargere voces In vulgum ambiguas,

Verg. A. 2, 98:

suspitiones,

Quint. 7, 2, 12:

in parentes crimina,

id. 9, 2, 80:

fama spargitur,

Stat. Th. 9, 33.— Pass. impers., with obj.-clause:

spargebatur insuper, Albinum insigne regis et Jubae nomen usurpare,

Tac. H. 2, 58 fin. —

Pregn., of time:

satis multum temporis sparsimus,

wasted, consumed aimlessly, Sen. Ep. 19, 1.—Hence, sparsus, a, um, P. a., spread open or out:

sparsior racemus,

Plin. 16, 34, 62, § 146: uberior Nilo, generoso sparsior istro, Ven. Vit. S. Mart. 1, 129.

spargo, ĭnis, f. [1. spargo], a sprinkling, spray: salis, Ven. Ep. ad Felic. 3.

sŭb-ĕo, ĭi, ĭtum, īre ( perf. subīvit, Ov. F. 1, 314; Stat. S. 2, 1, 155: subivimus, Claud. ap. Tac. A. 11, 24 dub.), v. n. and a., to come or go under any thing; to come or go up to, to approach, draw near, advance or proceed to a place; to come or go on; to follow, succeed; to go down, sink; to come up, spring up (cf. succedo).

Lit.

In gen.:

subire sub falas,

Plaut. Most. 2, 1, 10:

in nemoris latebras,

Ov. M. 4, 601; cf.: in aliquem locum, to enter, Auct. B. Alex. 74, 4:

in adversum Romani subiere,

Liv. 1, 12, 1:

in adversos montes,

id. 41, 18, 11:

testudine factā subeunt,

advance, Caes. B. G. 7, 85, 7:

Albani subiere ad montes,

Liv. 1, 28, 5:

subire ad portam castrorum,

id. 34, 16, 2; cf.:

ad urbem subeunt,

id. 31, 45, 4; 39, 27, 10; 36, 19, 1; and:

subeundum erat ad hostes,

id. 2, 31, 4:

ad tecta subibant,

Verg. A. 8, 359.—With dat.:

muro subibant,

Verg. A. 7, 161; so,

muro,

id. ib. 9, 371:

portu Chaonio (with accedere urbem),

id. ib. 3, 292:

luco,

id. ib. 8, 125:

dumis,

Sil. 5, 283:

ingenti feretro,

Verg. A. 6, 222:

age cervici inponere nostrae: Ipse subibo umeris,

id. ib. 2, 708:

per vices subeunt elephanti,

Plin. 8, 7, 7, § 23:

pone subit conjux,

follows, Verg. A. 2, 725; so Val. Fl. 4, 197; cf.:

dexterae alae sinistra subiit,

Liv. 27, 2, 7:

subeuntis alii aliis in custodiam,

id. 25, 37, 6; and:

subiit argentea proles,

Ov. M. 1, 114:

subit ipse meumque Explet opus,

succeeds me, takes my place, id. ib. 3, 648:

Volscus saxa objacentia pedibus ingerit in subeuntes,

climbing, Liv. 2, 65, 4:

vel eodem amne vel Euphrate subire eos posse,

i. e. sail up stream, Curt. 9, 10, 3; cf.:

adverso amne Babylona subituros,

id. 10, 1, 16.—

Of things:

stamen a stando: subtemen, quod subit stamini,

Varr. L. L. 5, § 113 Müll.:

cum luna sub orbem solis subisset,

Liv. 37, 4, 4:

tertio die mixtum flumini subibat mare,

Curt. 9, 9, 7:

venae nonnumquam incipiente febre subeunt,

the pulse sinks, Cels. 3, 6 med.:

subeunt herbae,

come up, spring up, Verg. G. 1, 180; so,

barba,

i. e. sprouts, grows, Mart. 7, 83, 2:

subisse aquam in caelum,

Plin. 31, 3, 21, § 32.—

In partic., to come on secretly, to advance or approach stealthily, to steal upon, steal into ( poet.), Prop. 1, 9, 26; Ov. Am. 1, 2, 6; id. A. A. 1, 742.—

Trop.

In gen., to come in, succeed, take place; to enter stealthily, come secretly or by degrees: in quarum locum subierunt inquilinae impietas, perfidia, impudentia, Varr. ap. Non. 403, 27:

fugere pudor verumque fidesque: In quorum subiere locum fraudesque dolique,

Ov. M. 1, 130:

pulchra subit facies,

id. ib. 14, 827:

subit ecce priori Causa recens,

id. ib. 3, 259:

an subit (amor) et tacitā callidus arte nocet?

id. Am. 1, 2, 6: subeunt morbi [p. 1775] tristisque senectus, Verg. G. 3, 67:

namque graves morbi subeunt segnisque senectus,

Nemes. Cyn. 117; cf.:

duo pariter subierunt incommoda,

arise, come up, Quint. 5, 10, 100:

ne subeant animo taedia justa tuo,

Ov. P. 4, 15, 30:

regio, quā vero ipsa subit ad Medos,

approaches, Plin. 6, 26, 29, § 115. —

In partic., to come into the mind, to occur, suggest itself:

omnes sententiae verbaque omnia sub acumen stili subeant et succedant necesse est,

Cic. de Or. 1, 34, 151:

cum in loca aliqua post tempus reversi sumus, quae in his fecerimus, reminiscimur personaeque subeunt,

Quint. 11, 2, 17:

cum subeant audita aut cognita nobis,

Ov. M. 15, 307:

subit umbra,

id. ib. 12, 591:

subeunt illi fratresque parensque,

id. ib. 11. 542:

subiit cari genitoris imago... subiit deserta Creusa Et direpta domus et parvi casus Iuli,

Verg. A. 2, 560 sq.; Tac. A. 1, 13:

subeant animo Latmia saxa tuo,

Ov. H. 18, 62:

ne subeant animo taedia,

id. P. 4, 15, 30:

quantum subire animo sustinueris, tantum tecum auferas,

to grasp with the mind, Val. Max. 3, 3, ext. 7.—

Subit, with subj. - or rel.-clause ( poet. and in postAug. prose), Ov. M. 2, 755:

quo magis ac magis admirari subit,

Plin. 12, prooem. § 2;

35, 7, 31, § 49: misereri sortis humanae subit,

id. 25, 3, 7, § 23:

quid sim, quid fuerimque subit,

Ov. Tr. 3, 8, 38.

Lit.

In gen., to come or go under, to enter; to submit to; to approach, etc.:

exercitatissimi in armis, qui inter annos XIV. tectum non subissent,

had not come under a roof, Caes. B. G. 1, 36:

tecta,

Quint. 2, 16, 6; Ov. M. 6, 669:

jam subeunt Triviae lucos atque aurea tecta,

Verg. A. 6, 13:

limina victor Alcides subiit,

id. ib. 8, 363:

domos,

Ov. M. 1, 121:

penates,

id. ib. 5, 650:

macra cavum repetes artum, quem macra subisti,

Hor. Ep. 1, 7, 33:

cum novies subiere paludem,

had plunged under, Ov. M. 15, 358; id. F. 1, 314:

et juncti currum dominae subiere leones,

Verg. A. 3, 313:

leones jugum subeant,

Plin. 10, 45, 62, § 128:

asellus gravius dorso subiit onus,

i. e. submits to, receives, Hor. S. 1, 9, 21:

subire iniquissimum locum,

Caes. B. G. 2, 27: iniquum locum, Auct. B. Alex. 76, 2; id. B. Hisp. 24, 3:

collem,

to go up, mount, climb, scale, Hirt. B. G. 8, 15:

consules utrimque aciem subeuntium jam muros adgrediuntur,

Liv. 7, 12, 3:

muros,

id. 27, 18:

impositum saxis Anxur,

Hor. S. 1, 5, 25:

si subeuntur prospera castra,

Juv. 16, 2 et saep.:

perfurit, Fadumque Herbesumque subit,

comes up to, attacks, assails, Verg. A. 9, 344; cf.:

interim fallendus est judex et variis artibus subeundus,

Quint. 4, 5, 5:

precibus commota Tonantem Juno subit,

approaches, Stat. Th. 9, 510:

subit ille minantem,

id. ib. 8, 84:

Aeneae mucronem,

Verg. A. 10, 798:

qui procul hostium conspectu subibant aquam,

Curt. 4, 13, 10:

Hispo subit juvenes, i. e. paedicat,

Juv. 2, 50.—

Of things:

umbra subit terras,

Ov. M. 11, 61:

quos (lucos) aquae subeunt et aurae,

enter, Hor. C. 3, 4, 8:

montes Trasimenus,

Liv. 22, 4, 2:

litora pelagus, Mel. praef. 2: mare quod Ciliciam subit,

Curt. 7, 3, 19:

radices (petrae) Indus amnis subit,

id. 8, 11, 7:

clarus subit Alba Latinum,

succeeds, Ov. M. 14, 612 (al. clarus subit ecce Latinum Epytus); cf. id. ib. 1, 114:

furcas subiere columnae,

come into the place of, succeed, id. ib. 8, 700:

aqua subit altitudinem exortus sui,

rises to, reaches, Plin. 31, 6, 31, § 57:

lunamque deficere cum aut terram subiret aut sole premeretur,

Curt. 4, 10, 5.—

In partic., to approach secretly, to steal upon or into (cf. supra, I. A. 2.):

multi Nomine divorum thalamos subiere pudicos,

Ov. M. 3, 282:

subit furtim lumina fessa sopor,

id. H. 19, 56.—

Trop.

In gen. (very rare):

sera deinde poenitentia subiit regem,

came upon, overtook, Curt. 3, 2, 19.—

In partic.

To come into, enter, occur to one's mind (cf. supra, I. B. 2.):

deinde cogitatio animum subiit, indignum esse, etc.,

Liv. 36, 20:

ut beneficiorum memoria subiret animos patrum,

id. 37, 49, 3:

spes animum subibat deflagrare iras vestras posse,

id. 40, 8, 9:

otiosum animum aliae cogitationes,

Quint. 11, 2, 33:

majora intellectu animos non subibunt,

id. 1, 2, 28:

mentem subit, quo praemia facto, etc.,

Ov. M. 12, 472; 7, 170:

subit ergo regem verecundia,

Curt. 5, 2, 15:

me recordantem miseratio,

Plin. Ep. 3, 7, 10: feminas voluptas, id. Pan. 22, 3:

horum cogitatio subibat exercitum,

Curt. 7, 1, 4.—

To follow in speech, interrupt, answer (post - class. and rare):

dicturum plura parentem Voce subis,

Claud. IV. Cons. Hon. 352:

subit ille loquentem talibus,

id. Cons. Mall. Theod. 173; id. Rapt. Pros. 3, 133.—

(The figure taken from stooping under a load, under blows, etc.) To subject one's self to, take upon one's self an evil; to undergo, submit to, sustain, endure, suffer it (class.;

a favorite expression of Cic.): omnes terrores periculaque omnia succurram atque subibo,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 11, 31:

omnia tela intenta in patriam subire atque excipere,

id. Prov. Cons. 9, 23; cf.:

quis est non ultro appetendus, subeundus, excipiendus dolor?

id. Tusc. 2, 5, 14:

subire vim atque injuriam,

id. Prov. Cons. 17, 41:

inimicitiae sunt: subeantur,

id. Verr. 2, 5, 71, § 182:

maximas rei publicae tempestates,

id. Mur. 2, 4:

invidiam, pericula, tempestates,

id. Fam. 15, 4, 12:

nefarias libidinum contumelias turpitudinesque,

id. Pis. 35, 86:

potentiam, victoriam,

id. Fam. 6, 1, 6:

contumeliarum verbera,

id. Rep. 1, 5, 9:

majora Verbera,

Hor. S. 1, 3, 120:

non praecipuam, sed parem cum ceteris fortunae condicionem,

Cic. Rep. 1, 4, 7:

fortunam,

id. Fam. 14, 5, 1:

judicium multitudinis imperitae,

id. Fl. 1, 2:

odium eorum,

id. Att. 11, 17, 2:

usum omnium,

id. de Or. 1, 34, 157:

aliquid invidiae aut criminis,

id. N. D. 3, 1, 3:

quemque casum,

id. Att. 8, 1, 3:

quamvis carnificinam,

id. Tusc. 5, 27, 78:

dupli poenam,

id. Off. 3, 16, 65:

legis vim,

id. Caecin. 34, 100:

summae crudelitatis famam,

id. Cat. 4, 6, 12; cf.:

minus sermonis,

id. Att. 11, 6, 2:

poenam exsilii,

Val. Max. 6, 5, 3:

simultates,

Plin. Ep. 2, 18, 5:

offensas,

id. ib. 13, 9, 26:

periculum,

Vulg. 2 Macc. 11, 7:

jam tum peregrinos ritus novā subeunte fortunā,

Curt. 4, 6, 29. —With inf., to attempt, try, undertake:

adversa tela pellere,

Stat. S. 5, 2, 105:

clavum torquere,

Claud. Cons. Mall. Theod. 46.— Hence, sŭbĭtus, a, um, P. a., that has come on suddenly or unexpectedly, i. e. sudden, unexpected (freq. and class.; cf.:

repens, improvisus): res subita,

Plaut. Curc. 2, 3, 23:

in rebus tam subitis,

Cic. Fam. 10, 16, 2:

maris subita tempestas,

id. Tusc. 3, 22, 52:

subita et improvisa formido,

id. Prov. Cons. 18, 43:

laetitia, etc.,

Auct. Her. 1, 8, 13:

subita pugna, non praeparata,

Quint. 7, 1, 35:

ut sunt Gallorum subita et repentina consilia,

Caes. B. G. 3, 8:

novae rei ac subitae admiratio,

Liv. 2, 2:

bellum,

Caes. B. G. 3, 7:

incursiones hostium,

Hirt. B. G. 8, 11:

ministeria belli,

Liv. 4, 27:

imbres,

Lucr. 5, 216:

vis,

id. 1, 286; 4, 1210:

res,

id. 6, 1282:

mors,

Quint. 7, 2, 14:

casus,

id. 10, 3, 3; Suet. Aug. 73:

tristia,

Val. Max. 1, 6, 12:

silentium,

Quint. 12, 5, 3: miles, hastily collected (opp. vetus expertusque;

syn. subitarius),

Tac. H. 4, 76; cf.:

aqua mulsa subita ac recens (opp. inveterata),

Plin. 22, 24, 51, § 110: imagines non subitae, not newly sprung up, i. e. old, ancient, Plin. Ep. 8, 10, 3:

homo,

rash, Cic. Pis. Fragm. 5: clivi, sudden, i. e. steep, Stat. Th. 6, 258.—Esp., = subito (post-Aug.):

non percussor ille subitus erumpet?

Quint. 6, 2, 31; so,

manūs dux Trapezuntem subitus irrupit,

Tac. H. 3, 47:

subitum inopinatumque venisse,

Plin. Ep. 1, 13, 3:

evadere,

Flor. 4, 2, 59.—

As subst.: sŭbĭtum, i. n., a sudden or unexpected thing, a sudden occurrence, etc.:

Lesbonicum foras evocate: ita subitum'st, propere eum conventum volo,

Plaut. Trin. 5, 2, 51; cf.:

subitum est ei remigrare,

Cic. Fam. 13, 2:

si tibi subiti nihil est,

Plaut. Pers. 4, 4, 36:

in subito,

Plin. 7, 44, 45, § 143.—In plur.:

ut subitis ex tempore occurrant,

Quint. 10, 7, 30; cf.:

etiam fortes viros subitis terreri,

Tac. A. 15, 59:

quamvis non deficeretur ad subita extemporali facultate,

Suet. Aug. 84:

si repentina ac subita dominantur,

Sen. Ep. 16, 6: sive meditata sive subita proferret, whether he spoke after deliberation or off-hand, Plin. Ep. 1, 16, 2.—With gen.:

ad subita rerum,

Liv. 9, 43:

ad subita belli,

id. 6, 32; 25, 15, 20; Flor. 1, 1, 11.—

Adverb., suddenly, unexpectedly:

per subitum erumpit clamor,

Sil. 10, 505; so,

per subitum,

id. 7, 594; 8, 628; 12, 654; 14, 330; 15, 145;

15, 404: in subitum,

id. 7, 527: ad subitum, Cassiod. Var. praef. med. —Hence, adv.: sŭbĭtō, suddenly, unexpectedly (freq. and class.; cf.: repente, extemplo, ilico): ut subito, ut propere, ut valide tonuit! Plaut. Am. 5, 1, 10; cf. id. Curc. 2, 3, 4:

nova res subito mihi haec objecta est,

id. Ps. 2, 2, 7:

ita abripuit repente sese subito,

id. Mil. 2, 2, 21:

subito tanta te impendent mala,

Ter. Phorm. 1, 4, 2:

cum tot bella subito atque improviso nascantur,

Cic. Font. 19, 42:

ex oculis subito fugit,

Verg. G. 4, 499:

cum subito ecce,

Cic. Caecin. 10, 30:

ut subito nostras Hymen cantatus ad aures Venit,

Ov. H. 12, 137; Curt. 9, 9, 19:

subito deficere,

Quint. 7, 2, 14:

quod serenā nocte subito candens et plena luna defecisset,

Cic. Rep. 1, 15, 23:

tantus subito timor omnem exercitum occupavit,

Caes. B. G. 1, 39:

subito opprimi,

Liv. 41, 3:

si vespertinus subito te oppresserit hospes,

Hor. S. 2, 4, 17 et. saep.:

subito dicere,

without preparation, extempore, Cic. de Or. 1, 33, 150:

quod vox et gestus subito sumi non potest,

id. ib. 1, 59, 252:

neque potest quisquam nostrum subito fingi,

id. Sull. 25, 69:

aliquid subito ex tempore conjectura explicare,

id. Div. 1, 33, 72; so,

dicere,

Quint. 10, 3, 30; 11, 3, 12:

inventa (opp. domo allata),

id. 4, 5, 4:

cum subito evaserunt,

Col. 9, 9, 3:

tam subito copias contrahere non potuit,

so quickly, Nep. Dat. 7, 3.

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.

tĕgo, xi, ctum, 3, v. a. [Gr. stegô, to cover; tegos, stegos, roof; Sanscr. sthag-, to hide; Germ. decken; Engl thatch], to cover (syn. operio).

Lit.

In gen.:

amica corpus ejus (Alcibiadis) texit suo pallio,

Cic. Div 2, 69, 143:

capite se totum tegit,

Plaut. Trin. 4, 2, 9:

(tegillo) tectus esse soleo, si pluvit,

id. Rud. 2, 7, 19: fere res omnes aut corio sunt Aut etiam conchis [p. 1846] aut callo aut cortice tectae, covered, clothed, Lucr. 4, 936; cf.:

bestiae aliae coriis tectae sunt, aliae villis vestitae,

Cic. N. D. 2, 47, 121:

ut tecti, ut vestiti, ut salvi esse possemus,

id. ib. 2, 69, 150:

corpora veste villosā,

Tib. 2, 3, 76:

caput galea,

Prop. 4 (5), 3, 44:

Mars tunicā adamantinā tectus,

Hor. C. 1, 6, 13:

ensis Vaginā tectus,

id. S. 2, 1, 4. —In Greek constr.:

primā tectus lanugine malas,

Ov. M. 12, 291:

cucullo caput tectus,

Mart. 5, 14, 6:

quae (casae) more Gallorum stramentis erant tectae,

Caes. B. G. 5, 43:

tectas casas testudinum superficie,

Plin. 6, 24, 28, § 109:

musculum,

Caes. B. C. 2, 10:

domum,

Dig. 19, 1, 18: naves tectae, covered with decks, decked ( = constratae), Caes. B. C. 1, 56; Liv. 36, 43, 13 (opp. apertae);

31, 46, 6: tectae instrataeque scaphae,

Caes. B. C. 3, 100:

incepto tegeret cum lumina somno,

Verg. G. 4, 414:

utne tegam spurco Damae latus?

i. e. to go by the side of, walk cheek by jowl with, Hor. S. 2, 5, 18; so,

latus alicui,

Suet. Claud. 24; cf. aliquem, to surround, attend, accompany:

omnis eum stipata tegebat Turba ducum,

Verg. A. 11, 12; Stat. S. 5, 1, 26: sarta tecta; v. sartus. —

In partic.

To cover, hide, conceal (rare in lit. sense;

syn.: abscondo, occulto): Caesar tectis insignibus suorum occultatisque signis militaribus, etc.,

Caes. B. G. 7, 45:

fugientem silvae texerunt,

id. ib. 6, 30:

oves (silva),

Ov. M. 13, 822:

quas (tabellas) tegat in tepido sinu,

id. A. A. 3, 622:

ferae latibulis se tegunt,

Cic. Rab. Post. 15, 42; cf.:

nebula matutina texerat inceptum,

Liv. 41, 2, 4:

Scipionem nebulae possiderent ac tegerent,

Vop. prol. 2. —

To shelter, protect, defend (rare in lit. sense); constr., in analogy with defendere and tueri, aliquid ab aliquo or ab aliquā re:

qui portus ab Africo tegebatur, ab Austro non erat tutus,

Caes. B. C. 3, 26:

ut alter (ordo propugnatorum) ponte ab incidentibus telis tegeretur,

Hirt. B. G. 8, 9:

aliquem conservare et tegere,

id. ib. 1, 85:

tempestas et nostros texit et naves Rhodias afflixit,

Caes. B. C. 3, 27; Hirt. B. G. 8, 5; Sall. J. 101, 4:

triumpho, si licet me latere tecto abscedere,

i. e. with a whole skin, safe, unhurt, Ter. Heaut. 4, 2, 5.— Pass. in mid. force:

tegi magis Romani quam pugnare,

Liv. 4, 37, 11.—

To cover over, bury, enclose ( poet.):

te modo terra tegat,

Prop. 2, 26, 44 (3, 22, 24):

sit tibi terra levis mollique tegaris harenā,

Mart. 9, 29, 11:

ossa tegebat humus,

Ov. M. 15, 56:

ossa tegit tumulus,

id. Am. 2, 6, 59:

Sicanio tegitur sepulcro,

Luc. 2, 548. —

Trop.

In gen., to cover (very rare):

tempestas, mihi quae modestiam omnem, Detexit tectus quā fui,

Plaut. Most. 1, 3, 7. —

In partic.

(Acc. to I. B. 1.) To cloak, hide, veil, conceal, keep secret (freq. and class.):

triumphi nomine tegere atque velare cupiditatem suam,

Cic. Pis. 24, 56:

multis simulationum involucris tegitur et quasi velis quibusdam obtenditur unius cujusque natura,

id. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 5, § 15:

ignaviam suam tenebrarum ac parietum custodiis tegere,

id. Rab. Perd. 7, 21:

animus ejus vultu, flagitia parietibus tegebantur,

id. Sest. 9, 22:

summam prudentiam simulatione stultitiae,

id. Brut. 14, 53:

honestā praescriptione rem turpissimam,

Caes. B. C. 3, 32; cf.:

turpia facta oratione,

Sall. J. 85, 31:

aliquid mendacio,

Cic. Quint. 26, 81:

nomen tyranni humanitate,

Nep. Dion, 1:

commissum,

Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 38; id. A. P. 200:

non uti corporis vulnera, ita exercitus incommoda sunt tegenda,

Caes. B. C. 2, 31:

nostram sententiam,

Cic. Tusc. 5, 4, 11:

dira supplicia,

Verg. A. 6, 498:

causam doloris,

Ov. M. 13, 748:

pectoribus dabas multa tegenda meis,

id. Tr. 3, 6, 10: ignobilitatis tegendae causā, Cap. Max. 8. —

(Acc. to I. B. 2.) To defend, protect, guard:

aliquid excusatione amicitiae,

Cic. Lael. 12, 43; id. Clu. 11:

quod is meam salutem atque vitam suā benevolentiā, praesidio custodiāque texisset,

id. Planc. 1, 1:

nostri clarissimorum hominum auctoritate leges et jura tecta esse voluerunt,

id. de Or. 1, 59, 253:

pericula facile innocentiā tecti repellemus,

id. Imp. Pomp. 24, 70:

qui a patrum crudelibus suppliciis tegere liberos sciant,

Liv. 1, 53, 8:

aliquem tegere ac tueri, Cic Fam. 13, 66, 2: libertatem, patriam, parentisque armis tegere,

Sall. C. 6, 5: ut legatos cura magistratuum magis quam jus gentium ab irā impetuque hominum tegeret, Liv. 8, 6, 7:

legationisque jure satis tectum se arbitraretur,

Nep. Pelop. 5, 1.—Hence, tec-tus, a, um, P. a., covered, i. e. hidden, concealed.

Lit.:

cuniculi,

Hirt. B. G. 8, 41. —

Trop., hidden, not frank, open, or plain; secret, concealed, disguised; close, reserved, cautious:

sermo verbis tectus,

covered, enveloped, Cic. Fam. 9, 22, 1; cf.

verba (opp. apertissima),

id. ib. 9, 22, 5:

occultior atque tectior cupiditas,

id. Rosc. Am. 36, 104:

amor,

Ov. R. Am. 619. —

Of persons: occultus et tectus,

Cic. Fin. 2, 17, 54:

tecti esse ad alienos possumus,

id. Rosc. Am. 40, 116; cf. in comp.:

tectior,

id. Phil. 13, 3, 6:

te in dicendo mihi videri tectissimum,

id. de Or. 2, 73, 296:

silet ille, tectusque recusat Prodere quemquam,

Verg. A. 2, 126; cf.:

quis consideratior illo? Quis tectior?

Cic. Deiot. 6, 16. — Hence, adv.: tectō, covertly, privily, cautiously:

et tamen ab illo aperte, tecte quicquid est datum, libenter accepi,

Cic. Att. 1, 14, 4. — Comp.:

tectius,

Cic. Fam. 9, 22, 2; id. Planc. 10, 8, 5; Ov. A. A. 1, 276.

tĕgo, xi, ctum, 3, v. a. [Gr. stegô, to cover; tegos, stegos, roof; Sanscr. sthag-, to hide; Germ. decken; Engl thatch], to cover (syn. operio).

Lit.

In gen.:

amica corpus ejus (Alcibiadis) texit suo pallio,

Cic. Div 2, 69, 143:

capite se totum tegit,

Plaut. Trin. 4, 2, 9:

(tegillo) tectus esse soleo, si pluvit,

id. Rud. 2, 7, 19: fere res omnes aut corio sunt Aut etiam conchis [p. 1846] aut callo aut cortice tectae, covered, clothed, Lucr. 4, 936; cf.:

bestiae aliae coriis tectae sunt, aliae villis vestitae,

Cic. N. D. 2, 47, 121:

ut tecti, ut vestiti, ut salvi esse possemus,

id. ib. 2, 69, 150:

corpora veste villosā,

Tib. 2, 3, 76:

caput galea,

Prop. 4 (5), 3, 44:

Mars tunicā adamantinā tectus,

Hor. C. 1, 6, 13:

ensis Vaginā tectus,

id. S. 2, 1, 4. —In Greek constr.:

primā tectus lanugine malas,

Ov. M. 12, 291:

cucullo caput tectus,

Mart. 5, 14, 6:

quae (casae) more Gallorum stramentis erant tectae,

Caes. B. G. 5, 43:

tectas casas testudinum superficie,

Plin. 6, 24, 28, § 109:

musculum,

Caes. B. C. 2, 10:

domum,

Dig. 19, 1, 18: naves tectae, covered with decks, decked ( = constratae), Caes. B. C. 1, 56; Liv. 36, 43, 13 (opp. apertae);

31, 46, 6: tectae instrataeque scaphae,

Caes. B. C. 3, 100:

incepto tegeret cum lumina somno,

Verg. G. 4, 414:

utne tegam spurco Damae latus?

i. e. to go by the side of, walk cheek by jowl with, Hor. S. 2, 5, 18; so,

latus alicui,

Suet. Claud. 24; cf. aliquem, to surround, attend, accompany:

omnis eum stipata tegebat Turba ducum,

Verg. A. 11, 12; Stat. S. 5, 1, 26: sarta tecta; v. sartus. —

In partic.

To cover, hide, conceal (rare in lit. sense;

syn.: abscondo, occulto): Caesar tectis insignibus suorum occultatisque signis militaribus, etc.,

Caes. B. G. 7, 45:

fugientem silvae texerunt,

id. ib. 6, 30:

oves (silva),

Ov. M. 13, 822:

quas (tabellas) tegat in tepido sinu,

id. A. A. 3, 622:

ferae latibulis se tegunt,

Cic. Rab. Post. 15, 42; cf.:

nebula matutina texerat inceptum,

Liv. 41, 2, 4:

Scipionem nebulae possiderent ac tegerent,

Vop. prol. 2. —

To shelter, protect, defend (rare in lit. sense); constr., in analogy with defendere and tueri, aliquid ab aliquo or ab aliquā re:

qui portus ab Africo tegebatur, ab Austro non erat tutus,

Caes. B. C. 3, 26:

ut alter (ordo propugnatorum) ponte ab incidentibus telis tegeretur,

Hirt. B. G. 8, 9:

aliquem conservare et tegere,

id. ib. 1, 85:

tempestas et nostros texit et naves Rhodias afflixit,

Caes. B. C. 3, 27; Hirt. B. G. 8, 5; Sall. J. 101, 4:

triumpho, si licet me latere tecto abscedere,

i. e. with a whole skin, safe, unhurt, Ter. Heaut. 4, 2, 5.— Pass. in mid. force:

tegi magis Romani quam pugnare,

Liv. 4, 37, 11.—

To cover over, bury, enclose ( poet.):

te modo terra tegat,

Prop. 2, 26, 44 (3, 22, 24):

sit tibi terra levis mollique tegaris harenā,

Mart. 9, 29, 11:

ossa tegebat humus,

Ov. M. 15, 56:

ossa tegit tumulus,

id. Am. 2, 6, 59:

Sicanio tegitur sepulcro,

Luc. 2, 548. —

Trop.

In gen., to cover (very rare):

tempestas, mihi quae modestiam omnem, Detexit tectus quā fui,

Plaut. Most. 1, 3, 7. —

In partic.

(Acc. to I. B. 1.) To cloak, hide, veil, conceal, keep secret (freq. and class.):

triumphi nomine tegere atque velare cupiditatem suam,

Cic. Pis. 24, 56:

multis simulationum involucris tegitur et quasi velis quibusdam obtenditur unius cujusque natura,

id. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 5, § 15:

ignaviam suam tenebrarum ac parietum custodiis tegere,

id. Rab. Perd. 7, 21:

animus ejus vultu, flagitia parietibus tegebantur,

id. Sest. 9, 22:

summam prudentiam simulatione stultitiae,

id. Brut. 14, 53:

honestā praescriptione rem turpissimam,

Caes. B. C. 3, 32; cf.:

turpia facta oratione,

Sall. J. 85, 31:

aliquid mendacio,

Cic. Quint. 26, 81:

nomen tyranni humanitate,

Nep. Dion, 1:

commissum,

Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 38; id. A. P. 200:

non uti corporis vulnera, ita exercitus incommoda sunt tegenda,

Caes. B. C. 2, 31:

nostram sententiam,

Cic. Tusc. 5, 4, 11:

dira supplicia,

Verg. A. 6, 498:

causam doloris,

Ov. M. 13, 748:

pectoribus dabas multa tegenda meis,

id. Tr. 3, 6, 10: ignobilitatis tegendae causā, Cap. Max. 8. —

(Acc. to I. B. 2.) To defend, protect, guard:

aliquid excusatione amicitiae,

Cic. Lael. 12, 43; id. Clu. 11:

quod is meam salutem atque vitam suā benevolentiā, praesidio custodiāque texisset,

id. Planc. 1, 1:

nostri clarissimorum hominum auctoritate leges et jura tecta esse voluerunt,

id. de Or. 1, 59, 253:

pericula facile innocentiā tecti repellemus,

id. Imp. Pomp. 24, 70:

qui a patrum crudelibus suppliciis tegere liberos sciant,

Liv. 1, 53, 8:

aliquem tegere ac tueri, Cic Fam. 13, 66, 2: libertatem, patriam, parentisque armis tegere,

Sall. C. 6, 5: ut legatos cura magistratuum magis quam jus gentium ab irā impetuque hominum tegeret, Liv. 8, 6, 7:

legationisque jure satis tectum se arbitraretur,

Nep. Pelop. 5, 1.—Hence, tec-tus, a, um, P. a., covered, i. e. hidden, concealed.

Lit.:

cuniculi,

Hirt. B. G. 8, 41. —

Trop., hidden, not frank, open, or plain; secret, concealed, disguised; close, reserved, cautious:

sermo verbis tectus,

covered, enveloped, Cic. Fam. 9, 22, 1; cf.

verba (opp. apertissima),

id. ib. 9, 22, 5:

occultior atque tectior cupiditas,

id. Rosc. Am. 36, 104:

amor,

Ov. R. Am. 619. —

Of persons: occultus et tectus,

Cic. Fin. 2, 17, 54:

tecti esse ad alienos possumus,

id. Rosc. Am. 40, 116; cf. in comp.:

tectior,

id. Phil. 13, 3, 6:

te in dicendo mihi videri tectissimum,

id. de Or. 2, 73, 296:

silet ille, tectusque recusat Prodere quemquam,

Verg. A. 2, 126; cf.:

quis consideratior illo? Quis tectior?

Cic. Deiot. 6, 16. — Hence, adv.: tectō, covertly, privily, cautiously:

et tamen ab illo aperte, tecte quicquid est datum, libenter accepi,

Cic. Att. 1, 14, 4. — Comp.:

tectius,

Cic. Fam. 9, 22, 2; id. Planc. 10, 8, 5; Ov. A. A. 1, 276.

tēgŭlae, ārum (less freq. and mostly poet., also in sing.: tēgŭla, ae; v. the foll.), f. [tego], tiles, roof-tiles, a tiled roof (class.; cf. imbrex).

Plur.:

tempestas venit, confringit tegulas imbricesque,

Plaut. Most. 1, 2, 28; so,

with imbrices,

id. Mil. 2, 6, 24;

with tectum,

id. Rud. prol. 78:

heus, quid agis tu inquam in tegulis?

id. Mil. 2, 2, 22; so,

in tegulis,

id. ib. 2, 2, 1; 2, 2, 5; 2, 3, 13;

2, 3, 37: anguis per impluvium decidit de tegulis,

Ter. Phorm. 4, 4, 26:

per alienas tegulas Venisse,

id. Eun. 3, 5, 40:

per tegulas demitti,

Cic. Phil. 2, 18, 45:

demptis tegulis,

id. Verr. 2, 3, 50, § 119:

per scalas pervenisse in tegulas,

Liv. 36, 37, 2:

habitare sub tegulis,

Suet. Gram. 9:

columbaria qui in tegulis habent,

Varr. R. R. 3, 7 fin.; Dig. 19, 1, 58; 39, 2, 24:

TEGVLAS AENEAS AVRATAS D. S. D.,

Inscr. Orell. 3272 et saep.—

Sing.:

promitto tibi, si valebit, tegulam illum in Italiā nullam relicturum,

not a tile, Cic. Att. 9, 7, 5:

cum solem nondum prohibebat et imbrem Tegula,

Ov. A. A. 2, 622; id. F. 6, 316; id. Ib. 304; Bibacul. ap. Suet. Gram. 11; Mart. 7, 36, 4; Juv. 3, 201 (but the true read., Sen. Ep. 12, 5, is regula, Haase).

tēgŭlae, ārum (less freq. and mostly poet., also in sing.: tēgŭla, ae; v. the foll.), f. [tego], tiles, roof-tiles, a tiled roof (class.; cf. imbrex).

Plur.:

tempestas venit, confringit tegulas imbricesque,

Plaut. Most. 1, 2, 28; so,

with imbrices,

id. Mil. 2, 6, 24;

with tectum,

id. Rud. prol. 78:

heus, quid agis tu inquam in tegulis?

id. Mil. 2, 2, 22; so,

in tegulis,

id. ib. 2, 2, 1; 2, 2, 5; 2, 3, 13;

2, 3, 37: anguis per impluvium decidit de tegulis,

Ter. Phorm. 4, 4, 26:

per alienas tegulas Venisse,

id. Eun. 3, 5, 40:

per tegulas demitti,

Cic. Phil. 2, 18, 45:

demptis tegulis,

id. Verr. 2, 3, 50, § 119:

per scalas pervenisse in tegulas,

Liv. 36, 37, 2:

habitare sub tegulis,

Suet. Gram. 9:

columbaria qui in tegulis habent,

Varr. R. R. 3, 7 fin.; Dig. 19, 1, 58; 39, 2, 24:

TEGVLAS AENEAS AVRATAS D. S. D.,

Inscr. Orell. 3272 et saep.—

Sing.:

promitto tibi, si valebit, tegulam illum in Italiā nullam relicturum,

not a tile, Cic. Att. 9, 7, 5:

cum solem nondum prohibebat et imbrem Tegula,

Ov. A. A. 2, 622; id. F. 6, 316; id. Ib. 304; Bibacul. ap. Suet. Gram. 11; Mart. 7, 36, 4; Juv. 3, 201 (but the true read., Sen. Ep. 12, 5, is regula, Haase).