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pĕrītus, a, um, adj. [prop. Part. of perior (in ex-perior); root par-, per-; Gr. peraô; v. periculum], experienced, practised, practically acquainted, skilled, skilful, expert (cf.: gnarus, consultus).

Lit.

Absol.:

nil iam mihi novi Offerri pote, quin sim peritus,

Plaut. Pers. 2, 3, 19:

doctos homines vel usu peritos,

Cic. Off. 1, 41, 147:

docti a peritis,

id. ib. 3, 3, 15:

ab hominibus callidis ac peritis animadversa,

id. de Or. 1, 23, 109:

decede peritis,

Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 213:

me peritus discet Iber,

id. C. 2, 20, 19:

homo peritissimus,

Cic. de Or. 1, 15, 66:

hominem peritissimum in eis ipsis rebus, superare, quas, etc.,

id. ib. 1, 15, 66:

peritissimi duces,

Caes. B. C. 3, 73; Prop. 1, 10, 7. —

With gen.:

multarum rerum peritus,

Cic. Font. 7, 15:

antiquitatis nostrae et scriptorum veterum litterate peritus,

id. Brut. 56, 205:

earum regionum,

Caes. B. C. 1, 48:

caelestium prodigiorum,

Liv. 1, 34:

peritiores rei militaris,

id. 3, 61:

bellorum omnium peritissimus,

Cic. Imp. Pomp. 23, 68:

peritissimi caeli ac siderum vates,

Curt. 4, 10, 4:

juris,

Juv. 1, 128:

vir movendarum lacrimarum peritissimus,

Plin. Ep. 2, 11, 3:

definiendi,

Cic. Off. 3, 14, 60.—

With abl.: jure peritus, Lucil. ap. Charis. p. 62 P.:

jure peritissimus,

Aur. Vict. Epit. 19:

quis jure peritior?

Cic. Clu. 38, 107:

peritus bello,

Vell. 2, 29, 3:

peritus disciplinā militari,

Gell. 4, 8, 2:

arte fabricā peritus,

Dig. 33, 7, 19.—

With ad:

ad usum et disciplinam peritus,

Cic. Font. 15, 43:

et ad respondendum et ad cavendum peritus,

id. de Or. 1, 48, 212:

ad prospicienda cavendaque pericula,

Just. 31, 2, 2.—

With in and abl.:

sive in amore rudis, sive peritus erit,

Prop. 2, 34 (3, 32), 82.—

With de:

de agriculturā peritissimus,

Varr. R. R. 1, 2, 10.—

With acc. ( poet.):

arma virumque peritus,

Aus. Epigr. 137.—

With inf. or object-clause ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose):

soli cantare periti Arcades,

Verg. E. 10, 32:

peritus obsequi,

Tac. Agr. 8:

urentes oculos inhibere perita,

Pers. 2, 34:

rex peritus, fortius adversus Romanos aurum esse quam ferrum,

Flor. 3, 1, 7.—Hence, subst.: pĕrītissĭ-mus, i, m., a man of extraordinary skill:

cum discendi causā duobus peritissimis operam dedisset, etc.,

Cic. Brut. 42, 154.—

Transf., of abstract things, skilfully constructed, clever:

peritae fabulae,

Aus. Ep. 16, 92.—Hence, adv.: pĕrītē, in an experienced manner, skilfully, expertly, cleverly:

quod institutum perite a Numa,

Cic. Leg. 2, 12, 29:

perite et ornate dicere,

id. de Or. 2, 2, 5; Gell. 17, 5 fin.:

callide et perite versari in aliquā re,

Cic. de Or. 1, 11, 48:

distributa perite,

id. ib. 2, 19, 81.— Comp.:

peritius fit aliquid ab aliquo,

Sen. Ep. 90, 33.— Sup.:

aliquid peritissime et callidissime venditare,

Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 54, § 135:

disputare,

Val. Max. 8, 11, 1:

suavissime et peritissime legere,

Plin. Ep. 3, 15, 3.

pĕrītus, a, um, adj. [prop. Part. of perior (in ex-perior); root par-, per-; Gr. peraô; v. periculum], experienced, practised, practically acquainted, skilled, skilful, expert (cf.: gnarus, consultus).

Lit.

Absol.:

nil iam mihi novi Offerri pote, quin sim peritus,

Plaut. Pers. 2, 3, 19:

doctos homines vel usu peritos,

Cic. Off. 1, 41, 147:

docti a peritis,

id. ib. 3, 3, 15:

ab hominibus callidis ac peritis animadversa,

id. de Or. 1, 23, 109:

decede peritis,

Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 213:

me peritus discet Iber,

id. C. 2, 20, 19:

homo peritissimus,

Cic. de Or. 1, 15, 66:

hominem peritissimum in eis ipsis rebus, superare, quas, etc.,

id. ib. 1, 15, 66:

peritissimi duces,

Caes. B. C. 3, 73; Prop. 1, 10, 7. —

With gen.:

multarum rerum peritus,

Cic. Font. 7, 15:

antiquitatis nostrae et scriptorum veterum litterate peritus,

id. Brut. 56, 205:

earum regionum,

Caes. B. C. 1, 48:

caelestium prodigiorum,

Liv. 1, 34:

peritiores rei militaris,

id. 3, 61:

bellorum omnium peritissimus,

Cic. Imp. Pomp. 23, 68:

peritissimi caeli ac siderum vates,

Curt. 4, 10, 4:

juris,

Juv. 1, 128:

vir movendarum lacrimarum peritissimus,

Plin. Ep. 2, 11, 3:

definiendi,

Cic. Off. 3, 14, 60.—

With abl.: jure peritus, Lucil. ap. Charis. p. 62 P.:

jure peritissimus,

Aur. Vict. Epit. 19:

quis jure peritior?

Cic. Clu. 38, 107:

peritus bello,

Vell. 2, 29, 3:

peritus disciplinā militari,

Gell. 4, 8, 2:

arte fabricā peritus,

Dig. 33, 7, 19.—

With ad:

ad usum et disciplinam peritus,

Cic. Font. 15, 43:

et ad respondendum et ad cavendum peritus,

id. de Or. 1, 48, 212:

ad prospicienda cavendaque pericula,

Just. 31, 2, 2.—

With in and abl.:

sive in amore rudis, sive peritus erit,

Prop. 2, 34 (3, 32), 82.—

With de:

de agriculturā peritissimus,

Varr. R. R. 1, 2, 10.—

With acc. ( poet.):

arma virumque peritus,

Aus. Epigr. 137.—

With inf. or object-clause ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose):

soli cantare periti Arcades,

Verg. E. 10, 32:

peritus obsequi,

Tac. Agr. 8:

urentes oculos inhibere perita,

Pers. 2, 34:

rex peritus, fortius adversus Romanos aurum esse quam ferrum,

Flor. 3, 1, 7.—Hence, subst.: pĕrītissĭ-mus, i, m., a man of extraordinary skill:

cum discendi causā duobus peritissimis operam dedisset, etc.,

Cic. Brut. 42, 154.—

Transf., of abstract things, skilfully constructed, clever:

peritae fabulae,

Aus. Ep. 16, 92.—Hence, adv.: pĕrītē, in an experienced manner, skilfully, expertly, cleverly:

quod institutum perite a Numa,

Cic. Leg. 2, 12, 29:

perite et ornate dicere,

id. de Or. 2, 2, 5; Gell. 17, 5 fin.:

callide et perite versari in aliquā re,

Cic. de Or. 1, 11, 48:

distributa perite,

id. ib. 2, 19, 81.— Comp.:

peritius fit aliquid ab aliquo,

Sen. Ep. 90, 33.— Sup.:

aliquid peritissime et callidissime venditare,

Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 54, § 135:

disputare,

Val. Max. 8, 11, 1:

suavissime et peritissime legere,

Plin. Ep. 3, 15, 3.

Phorcus, i (also Phorcys, yos, and Phorcyn, ynos, acc. to Prisc. p. 690 P., but acc. to Serv., Verg. A. 5, 240, these forms are not used in Lat.), m., = Phorkos, Phorkus, and Phorkun, son of Neptune, father of Medusa and the other Gorgons, and of the Grœœ, who was changed after death into a sea-god, Cic. Univ. 11, 35:

Phorci chorus,

Verg. A. 5, 240;

or, Phorci exercitus,

i. e. sea-gods, id. ib. 5, 824:

pater Phorcys,

Val. Fl. 3, 726; Luc. 9, 645.—Hence,

Phorcys, ydos ( Phorcis, ĭdis), f., a female descendant of Phorcus:

ora Phorcydos,

i. e. of Medusa, Prop. 3, 21 (4, 22), 8:

geminas habitasse sorores Phorcydas unius partitas luminis usum,

i. e. the Grœœ, Ov. M. 4, 773.—

Phorcynis, ĭdos and ĭdis, f., the daughter of Phorcus, i. e. Medu- sa, Ov. M. 5, 230; Luc. 9, 626.

Phorcus, i (also Phorcys, yos, and Phorcyn, ynos, acc. to Prisc. p. 690 P., but acc. to Serv., Verg. A. 5, 240, these forms are not used in Lat.), m., = Phorkos, Phorkus, and Phorkun, son of Neptune, father of Medusa and the other Gorgons, and of the Grœœ, who was changed after death into a sea-god, Cic. Univ. 11, 35:

Phorci chorus,

Verg. A. 5, 240;

or, Phorci exercitus,

i. e. sea-gods, id. ib. 5, 824:

pater Phorcys,

Val. Fl. 3, 726; Luc. 9, 645.—Hence,

Phorcys, ydos ( Phorcis, ĭdis), f., a female descendant of Phorcus:

ora Phorcydos,

i. e. of Medusa, Prop. 3, 21 (4, 22), 8:

geminas habitasse sorores Phorcydas unius partitas luminis usum,

i. e. the Grœœ, Ov. M. 4, 773.—

Phorcynis, ĭdos and ĭdis, f., the daughter of Phorcus, i. e. Medu- sa, Ov. M. 5, 230; Luc. 9, 626.

Phorcus, i (also Phorcys, yos, and Phorcyn, ynos, acc. to Prisc. p. 690 P., but acc. to Serv., Verg. A. 5, 240, these forms are not used in Lat.), m., = Phorkos, Phorkus, and Phorkun, son of Neptune, father of Medusa and the other Gorgons, and of the Grœœ, who was changed after death into a sea-god, Cic. Univ. 11, 35:

Phorci chorus,

Verg. A. 5, 240;

or, Phorci exercitus,

i. e. sea-gods, id. ib. 5, 824:

pater Phorcys,

Val. Fl. 3, 726; Luc. 9, 645.—Hence,

Phorcys, ydos ( Phorcis, ĭdis), f., a female descendant of Phorcus:

ora Phorcydos,

i. e. of Medusa, Prop. 3, 21 (4, 22), 8:

geminas habitasse sorores Phorcydas unius partitas luminis usum,

i. e. the Grœœ, Ov. M. 4, 773.—

Phorcynis, ĭdos and ĭdis, f., the daughter of Phorcus, i. e. Medu- sa, Ov. M. 5, 230; Luc. 9, 626.

Phorcus, i (also Phorcys, yos, and Phorcyn, ynos, acc. to Prisc. p. 690 P., but acc. to Serv., Verg. A. 5, 240, these forms are not used in Lat.), m., = Phorkos, Phorkus, and Phorkun, son of Neptune, father of Medusa and the other Gorgons, and of the Grœœ, who was changed after death into a sea-god, Cic. Univ. 11, 35:

Phorci chorus,

Verg. A. 5, 240;

or, Phorci exercitus,

i. e. sea-gods, id. ib. 5, 824:

pater Phorcys,

Val. Fl. 3, 726; Luc. 9, 645.—Hence,

Phorcys, ydos ( Phorcis, ĭdis), f., a female descendant of Phorcus:

ora Phorcydos,

i. e. of Medusa, Prop. 3, 21 (4, 22), 8:

geminas habitasse sorores Phorcydas unius partitas luminis usum,

i. e. the Grœœ, Ov. M. 4, 773.—

Phorcynis, ĭdos and ĭdis, f., the daughter of Phorcus, i. e. Medu- sa, Ov. M. 5, 230; Luc. 9, 626.

pĭlus, i, m., a hair (syn.: villus, seta).

Lit.:

capra pilos ministrat ad usum nauticum,

Varr. R. R. 2, 11:

munitae sunt palpebrae vallo pilorum,

Cic. N. D. 2, 57, 143:

caudae pilos equinae vellere,

Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 45:

duris aspera crura pilis,

Ov. A. A. 3, 194:

contra pilum equum fricare, Pelag. Vet. 26: in capite homini plurimus pilus,

Plin. 11, 37, 47, § 130.—Prov.:

non minus molestum est calvis quam comatis pilos velli,

Sen. Tranq. An. 8, 2, 3:

propius quidem est a sole mons quam campus aut valles, sed sic, quomodo est pilus pilo crassior,

Sen. Q. N. 4, 11, 4.—

Transf.

Collect., hair, the hair:

fruticante pilo neglecta et squalida crura,

Juv. 9, 15.—

As a designation of insignificance, a hair, a trifle; usually joined with a negative, not a hair, not a bit, not a whit (class.):

ego ne pilo quidem minus me amabo,

Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 16, 5:

interea e Cappadociā ne pilum quidem,

id. Att. 5, 20, 6:

ne ullum pilum viri boni habere dicatur,

has not a hair of a good man about him, id. Rosc. Com. 7, 20:

non facit pili cohortem,

does not value it a straw, Cat. 10, 13; cf.:

nec pili facit uni,

cares not a pin about it, id. 17, 16.—In plur., a garment or fabric made of hair:

vestitus pilis cameli,

Vulg. Marc. 1, 6.

pīlus, i, m. [pilum], regularly joined with primus: primus pilus (in the gen. written also as one word, primipili), the division of the triarii in the Roman army:

P. Sextius Baculus, primi pili centurio,

Caes. B. G. 3, 5; id. B. C. 1, 13: T. Balventius, qui superiore anno primum pilum duxerat, had been leader, captain of the triarii, id. B. G. 5, 35; Liv. 42, 34, 11: aliquem ad primum pilum transducere, to transfer, advance to the triarii, Caes. B. C. 3, 53, 5: primos pilos ademit, took the command of the triarii, of the primipili, Suet. Calig. 44:

vetus consuetudo tenuit, ut ex primo principe legionis promeretur centurio primi pili, qui non solum aquilae praeerat, verum etiam quatuor centurias in primā acie gubernabat,

Veg. Mil. 2, 8.—Without primus:

referes pili praemia,

Mart. 6, 58, 10; 1, 32, 3.—

Transf.: primipilus (in inscrr. also written PRIMOPIL, and abbrev. P. P.), the chief centurion of the triarii (the transf. arose from the circumstance that the chief centurion of this division was originally designated by the term primi pili, with the omission of the easily supplied centurio, as is shown by the following citation from Liv. 7, 41, 5;

soon, however, from primi pili, a new word, primipilus or primopilus, was formed): primus centurio erat, quem nunc primi pili appellant,

Liv. 7, 41, 5; 8, 8, 16:

primipilo P. Sext. Baculo vulneribus confecto,

Caes. B. G. 2, 25:

aquilarum altera vix convelli a primipilo potuit,

Val. Max. 1, 6, 11; Inscr. (of the time of Trajan) Orell. 799: SEX. AVLIENO SEX. F. PRIMOPIL. II., Inscr. (of the time of Tiberius or Caligula) Orell. 3426 M. P.; cf. Becker, Antiq. 3, 3, p. 264.

plūma, ae, f., a small, soft feather; in plur., fine, soft feathers, down.

Lit. (clas.;

syn. penna): (animantium) pluma alias, alias squamā videmus obductas,

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

plumae versicolores,

id. Fin. 3, 5, 18:

mollis,

Verg. A. 10, 192:

in plumis delituisse Jovem,

i. e. in the form of a swan, Ov. H. 8, 68.—They were used esp. for stuffing pillows and the beds of litters:

dormit in plumā,

Mart. 12, 17, 8:

pensilibus plumis vehi,

i. e. in litters, Juv. 1, 159:

in plumā paternā dormire,

id. 6, 88. —Also in clothing:

non avium plumae in usum vestium conseruntur?

Sen. Ep. 90, 14.—As an image of lightness, triviality, insignificance, like feather with us:

homo levior quam pluma,

Plaut. Men. 2, 3, 23:

levior plumā est gratia,

id. Poen. 3, 6, 17:

ipsi plumā aut folio facilius moventur,

Cic. Att. 8, 15, 2:

pluma haud interest, patronus, an cliens probior siet,

there is not a pin to choose, Plaut. Most. 2, 1, 60.—

Transf.

Of the first beard, down ( poet.):

insperata tuae cum veniet pluma superbiae,

Hor. C. 4, 10, 2.—

The scales on a coat of mail, Stat. Th. 11, 542; cf.:

equus, quem pellis aënis In plumam squamis auro conserta tegebat,

i. e. scales of brass overlaid on a skin, Verg. A. 11, 771 Serv. and Heyn. ad loc.:

equis operimenta erant, quae lintea ferreis laminis in modum plumae adnexuerant,

Sall. H. 4, 59 Dietsch.