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  • 1 dēspiciō

        dēspiciō ēxī, ectus, ere    [de + specio], to look down upon: de vertice montis in vallīs, O.: colles, quā despici poterat, in the range of view, Cs.— With acc, (some read dispicio in these passages): gentīs et urbīs: aethere summo mare, V.: omne nemus, O.—Fig., to be inattentive, be off guard: simul atque ille despexerit.—With acc, to look down upon, despise, disdain: omnīs: a populo R. despici: divitias: ignobilitatem Iugurthae, S.: despectā paucitate impetum faciunt, Cs.: neque ullum laborem despiciens, refusing, Cs.: Despectus tibi sum, V.: homines despecti: huic despecto saluti fuit, N.— To disparage, express contempt for: Caesaris copias, Cs.
    * * *
    despicere, despexi, despectus V
    look down on/over; relax attention; disdain, despise; express contempt for

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  • 2 surdus

        surdus adj.    with comp, deaf: si surdus sit, varietates vocum noscere possit?: quam mihi nunc surdo narret fabulam, how deaf I am to his talk, T.: Non canimus surdis, are not preaching to the wind, V.: vana surdis auribus canere, L.: narrare asello Fabellam surdo, H.—Wilfully deaf, not listening, heedless, inattentive, regardless, insensible, inexorable, averse, reluctant: orando surdas iam aurīs reddideras mihi, T.: ad id aures, L.: non surdus iudex: ad mea munera, O.: ad omnia solacia aures, L.: mens, O.: scopulis surdior, H.: Non saxa surdiora navitis, H.—Not understanding, dull, inappreciative: in horum sermone: undae, O.—Unheard, noiseless, silent, still, mute, dumb: bucina, Iu.: Non erit officii gratia surda tui, unsung, O.: quos diri conscia facti mens surdo verbere caedit, secret, Iu.
    * * *
    surda, surdum ADJ
    deaf, unresponsive to what is said; falling on deaf ears; muffled, muted

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  • 3 dissolutum

    dis-solvo, solvi, sŏlūtum, 3, v. a., to loosen asunder, to unloose, disunite, separate, dissolve, destroy (freq. and class.).
    I.
    Lit.
    A.
    In gen.:

    facilius est apta dissolvere quam dissipata conectere,

    Cic. Or. 71, 235:

    opus ipsa suum eadem quae coagmentavit natura dissolvit,

    id. de Sen. 20, 72:

    dissolvunt nodos omnes et vincla relaxant,

    Lucr. 6, 356:

    contextum,

    id. 1, 243:

    stamina,

    Tib. 1, 7, 2:

    ornatus comae,

    id. 1, 10, 62:

    capillum,

    Plin. 28, 7, 23, § 78:

    sparta navium,

    id. 24, 9, 40, § 65:

    pontem,

    Nep. Them. 5, 1 et saep.:

    nubila ventis,

    Lucr. 6, 514; cf.

    nubes (ventus, with diducit),

    id. 6, 216:

    glaciem (sol),

    to melt, id. 6, 964:

    aes (fulmen),

    id. 6, 352:

    corpora (vis),

    id. 1, 224:

    se (venti vortex),

    id. 6, 446:

    tenebras luce,

    Varr. L. L. 6, § 79 Müll.:

    dissolutum navigium vel potius dissipatum,

    Cic. Att. 15, 11, 3; so,

    navem,

    Phaedr. 4, 22, 10; Ov. Tr. 4, 8, 18:

    stomachum,

    i. e. to loosen, relax, Plin. 20, 23, 96, § 256:

    ilia sua visu,

    Petr. 24, 5:

    resinam omnem oleo,

    Plin. 14, 20, 25, § 123: collegia, Suet. Aug. 32:

    cohortem Germanorum,

    id. Galb. 12 et saep.:

    animam,

    i. e. to die, Lucr. 3, 601; cf. id. 456; Cic. Tusc. 1, 11, 24.—
    B.
    In partic.
    1.
    In mercant. lang., to pay, discharge what one owes:

    dinumerando solvere: aes alienum praediis venditis,

    Cic. Sull. 20, 56; id. Off. 2, 2, 4; Plin. 33, 3, 13, § 44:

    nomen,

    Cic. Planc. 28:

    omne quod debuit,

    id. Rosc. Com. 13, 38:

    quae debeo,

    Ter. Ph. 4, 3, 50: pecuniam pro iis rebus, * Caes. B. C. 1, 87, 1:

    pecuniam publicam ulli civitati,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 75:

    poenam,

    to pay a fine, id. Tusc. 1, 42, 100; cf.:

    dissolvere et compensare damna,

    id. Verr. 2, 5, 13:

    vota,

    id. Att. 15, 11 fin.; Cat. 66, 38.—
    * b.
    Mid., transf. to the person: quarum (possessionum) amore adducti dissolvi nullo modo possunt, free or release themselves from debt, Cic. Cat. 2, 8, 18.—
    2.
    In medic. lang., like digerere, discutere, to discuss, dissipate morbid matter, Plin. 20, 12, 48, § 122; 24, 6, 14, § 23; 24, 9, 38, § 60 al.
    II.
    Trop., to dissolve, abolish, abrogate, annul, destroy.
    A.
    In gen.:

    utilitas si amicitias conglutinaret, eadem commutata dissolveret,

    Cic. Lael. 9, 32; cf. id. de Or. 1, 42, 188:

    amicitiam,

    id. Rosc. Am. 39:

    societatem,

    id. Rosc. Com. 13, 38:

    consortionem,

    id. Off. 3, 6:

    matrimonia,

    Cod. Just. 5, 17, 8 et saep.:

    perjurium,

    Cic. Off. 3, 32, 113; cf.

    religiones,

    Liv. 40, 29:

    acta Caesaris,

    Cic. Phil. 1, 7 fin.; cf.:

    leges Caesaris,

    ib. 1, 8 init.:

    judicia publica,

    id. Agr. 2, 13 fin.:

    hoc interdictum,

    id. Caecin. 14, 40 et saep.:

    argentariam,

    id. ib. 4, 11:

    regiam potestatem,

    Nep. Lys. 3 fin.; cf.

    rem publicam,

    Liv. 5, 6 fin.:

    severitatem,

    Cic. Mur. 31, 65:

    frigus,

    Hor. C. 1, 9, 5 et saep.:

    mortem cuncta mortalium mala dissolvere,

    Sall. C. 51, 20; cf.

    with pers. object: plerosque senectus dissolvit,

    id. J. 17, 6.—
    B.
    In partic.
    1.
    In rhet. and philos. lang., to refute, reply to, answer an assertion:

    criminatio tota dissoluta est (with diluere),

    Cic. Rosc. Am. 29, 82:

    seu proposita confirmamus, seu contra dicta dissolvimus,

    Quint. 4 prooem. § 6; Cic. de Or. 2, 38; id. Tusc. 3, 30; Quint. 5, 13, 2; Tac. A. 13, 21 al.—
    2.
    (Acc. to I. B. 1. b.) To release, disengage one:

    obsecro, dissolve jam me,

    Plaut. Merc. 1, 2, 54; id. Poen. 1, 1, 20; Ter. Heaut. 3, 1, 102.—Hence, dissŏ-lūtus, a, um, P. a., unloosed, loose, disconnected.
    A.
    Of discourse: alterum nimis est vinctum, ut de industria factum appareat;

    alterum nimis dissolutum, ut pervagatum ac vulgare videatur,

    Cic. Or. 57, 195; Quint. 2, 11, 7; 8, 6, 62 al.—Hence, subst.: dissolūtum, i, n., a gram. fig., i. q. asundeton, asyndeton, Auct. Her. 4, 30, 41; Cic. de Or. 3, 54, 207 (also ap. Quint. 9, 1, 34).—
    B.
    Of character, lax, remiss, negligent, inattentive, careless; licentious, dissolute (cf.:

    mollis, luxuriosus, effeminatus): negligere quid de se quisque sentiat, non solum arrogantis est, sed omnino dissoluti,

    Cic. Off. 1, 28, 99:

    cupio in tantis rei publicae periculis me non dissolutum videri,

    id. Cat. 1, 2, 4; cf.:

    in praetermittendo (opp. crudelis in animadvertendo),

    id. Verr. 2, 5, 3 fin.:

    opp. vehemens,

    id. ib. 2, 5, 40:

    (Verres) omnium hominum dissolutissimus crudelissimusque,

    id. ib. 2, 3, 56; cf. id. ib. 2, 3, 57; id. Tusc. 4, 25 fin.; Nep. Alcib. 1 fin. al.:

    quis tam dissolutus in re familiari fuisset, quis tam negligens, etc.?

    Cic. Quint. 11, 38; cf. id. ib. 12, 40 et saep.:

    animus,

    id. Rosc. Am. 11, 32; cf.

    mens luxu,

    Tac. A. 15, 49 fin.:

    consuetudo Graecorum,

    Cic. Fl. 9;

    and, mores,

    Phaedr. 1, 2, 12:

    comitas,

    Quint. 2, 2, 5:

    libelli multo dissolutiores ipsis actionibus,

    Sen. Contr. 5 praef.:

    nihil asperum... nec tamen quicquam populare ac dissolutum,

    Cic. Att. 1, 19, 8; id. Off. 1, 35, 129.— Adv.: dissŏlūte.
    a.
    Acc. to A., loosely, disconnectedly:

    dicere demptis conjunctionibus,

    Cic. Or. 39, 135.—
    b.
    Acc. to B., laxly, negligently, carelessly:

    dissolute et turpiter scribere de restitutione alicujus,

    Cic. Att. 14, 13 fin.:

    vendere decumas,

    id. Verr. 2, 3, 39 fin.:

    jus suum relinquere,

    id. Caecin. 36:

    factum aliquid,

    id. Verr. 2, 5, 8; cf. id. Phil. 6, 1.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > dissolutum

  • 4 dissolvo

    dis-solvo, solvi, sŏlūtum, 3, v. a., to loosen asunder, to unloose, disunite, separate, dissolve, destroy (freq. and class.).
    I.
    Lit.
    A.
    In gen.:

    facilius est apta dissolvere quam dissipata conectere,

    Cic. Or. 71, 235:

    opus ipsa suum eadem quae coagmentavit natura dissolvit,

    id. de Sen. 20, 72:

    dissolvunt nodos omnes et vincla relaxant,

    Lucr. 6, 356:

    contextum,

    id. 1, 243:

    stamina,

    Tib. 1, 7, 2:

    ornatus comae,

    id. 1, 10, 62:

    capillum,

    Plin. 28, 7, 23, § 78:

    sparta navium,

    id. 24, 9, 40, § 65:

    pontem,

    Nep. Them. 5, 1 et saep.:

    nubila ventis,

    Lucr. 6, 514; cf.

    nubes (ventus, with diducit),

    id. 6, 216:

    glaciem (sol),

    to melt, id. 6, 964:

    aes (fulmen),

    id. 6, 352:

    corpora (vis),

    id. 1, 224:

    se (venti vortex),

    id. 6, 446:

    tenebras luce,

    Varr. L. L. 6, § 79 Müll.:

    dissolutum navigium vel potius dissipatum,

    Cic. Att. 15, 11, 3; so,

    navem,

    Phaedr. 4, 22, 10; Ov. Tr. 4, 8, 18:

    stomachum,

    i. e. to loosen, relax, Plin. 20, 23, 96, § 256:

    ilia sua visu,

    Petr. 24, 5:

    resinam omnem oleo,

    Plin. 14, 20, 25, § 123: collegia, Suet. Aug. 32:

    cohortem Germanorum,

    id. Galb. 12 et saep.:

    animam,

    i. e. to die, Lucr. 3, 601; cf. id. 456; Cic. Tusc. 1, 11, 24.—
    B.
    In partic.
    1.
    In mercant. lang., to pay, discharge what one owes:

    dinumerando solvere: aes alienum praediis venditis,

    Cic. Sull. 20, 56; id. Off. 2, 2, 4; Plin. 33, 3, 13, § 44:

    nomen,

    Cic. Planc. 28:

    omne quod debuit,

    id. Rosc. Com. 13, 38:

    quae debeo,

    Ter. Ph. 4, 3, 50: pecuniam pro iis rebus, * Caes. B. C. 1, 87, 1:

    pecuniam publicam ulli civitati,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 75:

    poenam,

    to pay a fine, id. Tusc. 1, 42, 100; cf.:

    dissolvere et compensare damna,

    id. Verr. 2, 5, 13:

    vota,

    id. Att. 15, 11 fin.; Cat. 66, 38.—
    * b.
    Mid., transf. to the person: quarum (possessionum) amore adducti dissolvi nullo modo possunt, free or release themselves from debt, Cic. Cat. 2, 8, 18.—
    2.
    In medic. lang., like digerere, discutere, to discuss, dissipate morbid matter, Plin. 20, 12, 48, § 122; 24, 6, 14, § 23; 24, 9, 38, § 60 al.
    II.
    Trop., to dissolve, abolish, abrogate, annul, destroy.
    A.
    In gen.:

    utilitas si amicitias conglutinaret, eadem commutata dissolveret,

    Cic. Lael. 9, 32; cf. id. de Or. 1, 42, 188:

    amicitiam,

    id. Rosc. Am. 39:

    societatem,

    id. Rosc. Com. 13, 38:

    consortionem,

    id. Off. 3, 6:

    matrimonia,

    Cod. Just. 5, 17, 8 et saep.:

    perjurium,

    Cic. Off. 3, 32, 113; cf.

    religiones,

    Liv. 40, 29:

    acta Caesaris,

    Cic. Phil. 1, 7 fin.; cf.:

    leges Caesaris,

    ib. 1, 8 init.:

    judicia publica,

    id. Agr. 2, 13 fin.:

    hoc interdictum,

    id. Caecin. 14, 40 et saep.:

    argentariam,

    id. ib. 4, 11:

    regiam potestatem,

    Nep. Lys. 3 fin.; cf.

    rem publicam,

    Liv. 5, 6 fin.:

    severitatem,

    Cic. Mur. 31, 65:

    frigus,

    Hor. C. 1, 9, 5 et saep.:

    mortem cuncta mortalium mala dissolvere,

    Sall. C. 51, 20; cf.

    with pers. object: plerosque senectus dissolvit,

    id. J. 17, 6.—
    B.
    In partic.
    1.
    In rhet. and philos. lang., to refute, reply to, answer an assertion:

    criminatio tota dissoluta est (with diluere),

    Cic. Rosc. Am. 29, 82:

    seu proposita confirmamus, seu contra dicta dissolvimus,

    Quint. 4 prooem. § 6; Cic. de Or. 2, 38; id. Tusc. 3, 30; Quint. 5, 13, 2; Tac. A. 13, 21 al.—
    2.
    (Acc. to I. B. 1. b.) To release, disengage one:

    obsecro, dissolve jam me,

    Plaut. Merc. 1, 2, 54; id. Poen. 1, 1, 20; Ter. Heaut. 3, 1, 102.—Hence, dissŏ-lūtus, a, um, P. a., unloosed, loose, disconnected.
    A.
    Of discourse: alterum nimis est vinctum, ut de industria factum appareat;

    alterum nimis dissolutum, ut pervagatum ac vulgare videatur,

    Cic. Or. 57, 195; Quint. 2, 11, 7; 8, 6, 62 al.—Hence, subst.: dissolūtum, i, n., a gram. fig., i. q. asundeton, asyndeton, Auct. Her. 4, 30, 41; Cic. de Or. 3, 54, 207 (also ap. Quint. 9, 1, 34).—
    B.
    Of character, lax, remiss, negligent, inattentive, careless; licentious, dissolute (cf.:

    mollis, luxuriosus, effeminatus): negligere quid de se quisque sentiat, non solum arrogantis est, sed omnino dissoluti,

    Cic. Off. 1, 28, 99:

    cupio in tantis rei publicae periculis me non dissolutum videri,

    id. Cat. 1, 2, 4; cf.:

    in praetermittendo (opp. crudelis in animadvertendo),

    id. Verr. 2, 5, 3 fin.:

    opp. vehemens,

    id. ib. 2, 5, 40:

    (Verres) omnium hominum dissolutissimus crudelissimusque,

    id. ib. 2, 3, 56; cf. id. ib. 2, 3, 57; id. Tusc. 4, 25 fin.; Nep. Alcib. 1 fin. al.:

    quis tam dissolutus in re familiari fuisset, quis tam negligens, etc.?

    Cic. Quint. 11, 38; cf. id. ib. 12, 40 et saep.:

    animus,

    id. Rosc. Am. 11, 32; cf.

    mens luxu,

    Tac. A. 15, 49 fin.:

    consuetudo Graecorum,

    Cic. Fl. 9;

    and, mores,

    Phaedr. 1, 2, 12:

    comitas,

    Quint. 2, 2, 5:

    libelli multo dissolutiores ipsis actionibus,

    Sen. Contr. 5 praef.:

    nihil asperum... nec tamen quicquam populare ac dissolutum,

    Cic. Att. 1, 19, 8; id. Off. 1, 35, 129.— Adv.: dissŏlūte.
    a.
    Acc. to A., loosely, disconnectedly:

    dicere demptis conjunctionibus,

    Cic. Or. 39, 135.—
    b.
    Acc. to B., laxly, negligently, carelessly:

    dissolute et turpiter scribere de restitutione alicujus,

    Cic. Att. 14, 13 fin.:

    vendere decumas,

    id. Verr. 2, 3, 39 fin.:

    jus suum relinquere,

    id. Caecin. 36:

    factum aliquid,

    id. Verr. 2, 5, 8; cf. id. Phil. 6, 1.

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  • 5 militia

    mīlĭtĭa, ae (-āi, Lucr. 1, 29), f. [id.], military service, warfare, war.
    I.
    Lit.:

    in militiae disciplinam profectus est,

    Cic. Imp. Pomp. 10, 28:

    militiam subterfugere,

    id. Off. 3, 26, 97:

    ferre,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 55:

    tolerare,

    Verg. A. 8, 516:

    munus militiae sustinere,

    Caes. B. G. 6, 18:

    militiae vacatio,

    exemption from military service, id. ib. 6, 14:

    militiae magna scientia,

    Sall. J. 63, 2:

    militiam discere,

    id. C. 7, 4:

    praeclara,

    Vell. 2, 5, 1:

    Pompeii,

    id. 2, 40, 1:

    adversus Graecos,

    Just. 20, 1, 3:

    lentas militias,

    Tib. 1, 3, 82:

    Cimbrica Teutonicaque,

    Vell. 2, 120, 1:

    militiae honorem,

    military honors, Juv. 7, 88.—
    B.
    Esp.
    1.
    Abl. militiā, in war, opp. togā, in peace, Juv. 10, 9.—
    2.
    Gen. militiae, in military service, or on a campaign, in the field; freq. in phrase: domi militiaeque, at home and abroad, at home and with the army:

    quorum virtus fuerat domi militiaeque cognita,

    Cic. Tusc. 5, 19, 55; cf.:

    et domi et militiae,

    id. de Or. 3, 33, 134:

    militiae domique,

    Liv. 7, 32:

    militiae et domi,

    Ter. Ad. 3, 5, 49.—Also without domi, Cic. Leg. 3, 3, 6; Sall. J. 84, 2; Tac. H. 2, 5.—
    C.
    Trop., of love:

    at confidentia militia illa militatur multo magis quam pondere,

    Plaut. Pers. 2, 2, 50;

    so of an inattentive lover: pro infrequente eum mittat militiā domum,

    id. Truc. 2, 1, 19.—
    II.
    Transf.
    A.
    Military spirit, courage, bravery:

    virilis militiae uxor,

    Flor. 4, 5.—
    B.
    Concr., the soldiery, military (syn.:

    milites, exercitus, copiae): hic pars militiae, dux erat ille ducum,

    Ov. H. 8, 46:

    Romanae militiae decus,

    Val. Max. 1, 6, 11:

    cum omni militiā interficitur,

    Just. 32, 2, 2; Plin. 4, 14, 27, § 97:

    qua (lex) maxima apud eos vis cogendae militiae erat,

    Liv. 4, 26, 3: magister militiae, general, id. 22, 23, 2:

    caelestis,

    Vulg. Luc. 2, 13.—So trop.:

    militia caeli,

    i. e. the heavenly bodies, Vulg. Act. 7, 42; id. Deut. 17, 3.—
    C.
    A civil service, office, profession, employment, esp. a laborious one:

    hanc urbanam militiam respondendi, scribendi, etc.,

    Cic. Mur. 9, 19:

    haec mea militia est,

    Ov. F. 2, 9.—Of swallows building their nests:

    eaque militia illis cum anno redit semper,

    Plin. 10, 33, 49, § 95.—
    D.
    Any special work of difficulty, requiring a great effort:

    completa est militia ejus,

    Vulg. Isa. 40, 2:

    arma militiae nostrae non carnalia,

    id. 2 Cor. 10, 4:

    bona,

    id. 1 Tim. 1, 18.—
    E.
    Under the emperors (like miles), an office or employment at court, Prud. Cath. 19; Cod. Just. 3, 25.

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  • 6 surdus

    surdus, a, um, adj. [Sanscr. svar, heavy; svaras, weight; cf. O. H. Germ. swārida, weight], deaf.
    I.
    Lit.:

    ne mi ut surdo verbera auris,

    Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 204; id. Cas. 3, 3, 12:

    si surdus sit, varietates vocum noscere possit?

    Cic. Div. 2, 3, 9:

    utinam aut hic surdus aut haec muta facta sit,

    Ter. And. 3, 1, 5.— Sup., stone-deaf, Mart. Cap. 9, § 926; Aug. Ep. 39.—Prov.: surdo narrare, canere, etc., preach to deaf ears, talk to the wind:

    nae ille haud scit, quam mihi nunc surdo narret fabulam,

    Ter. Heaut. 2, 1, 10:

    cantabant surdo,

    Prop. 4 (5), 8, 47; cf.:

    non canimus surdis,

    Verg. E. 10, 8; and:

    quae (praecepta) vereor, ne vana surdis auribus cecinerim,

    Liv. 40, 8, 10; 3, 70, 7; Tib. 4, 14, 2:

    narrare asello Fabellam surdo,

    Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 200; cf.:

    suadere surdis, quid sit opus facto,

    Lucr. 5, 1050.—
    II.
    Transf.
    A.
    Deaf to any thing, i. e. not listening, unwilling to hear, inattentive, regardless, insensible, inexorable; also, not understanding, not apprehending:

    orando surdas jam aures reddideras mihi,

    Ter. Heaut. 2, 3, 89; so,

    aures,

    Liv. 24, 32, 6; cf. Prop. 2, 16 (3, 8), 48; id. 2, 20 (3, 13), 13:

    non surdus judex,

    Cic. Font. 11, 25 (7, 15):

    ad mea munera surdus,

    Ov. H. 7, 27:

    per numquam surdos in tua vota deos,

    id. P. 2, 8, 28:

    surdae ad omnia solacia aures,

    Liv. 9, 7, 3:

    surdae ad fortia consilia Vitellio aures,

    Tac. H. 3, 67 init.:

    surdus adversus aliquid,

    Aug. Serm. 50, 13:

    surdus sum,

    I will not hear, Plaut. Ps. 1, 3, 24:

    surdas clamare ad undas,

    Ov. A. A. 1, 531:

    litora,

    Prop. 4 (5), 11, 6.—Hence, poet. transf.:

    vota,

    i. e. to which the gods are deaf, to which they will not hearken, Pers. 6, 28:

    surdaeque adhibent solatia menti,

    Ov. M. 9, 654:

    tuas lacrimas litora surda bibent,

    Prop. 4 (5), 11, 6:

    leges rem surdam, inexorabilem esse,

    Liv. 2, 3:

    surda tellus,

    not susceptible of cultivation, Plin. 18, 3, 4, § 21:

    surdus timori,

    not capable of fear, Sil. 11, 354:

    tuis lacrimis,

    Mart. 10, 13, 8:

    in alicujus sermone,

    Cic. Tusc. 5, 40, 116.— Comp.:

    scopulis surdior Icari Voces audit adhuc integer (i. e. castus),

    Hor. C. 3, 7, 21:

    surdior illa freto surgente,

    Ov. M. 14, 711:

    surdior aequoribus,

    id. ib. 13, 804:

    non saxa surdiora navitis,

    Hor. Epod. 17, 54.—
    (β).
    With gen.:

    Mars genitor, votorum haud surde meorum,

    Sil. 10, 554:

    pactorum,

    id. 1, 692:

    veritatis,

    Col. 3, 10, 18.—
    B.
    Of things that give out a dull, indistinct sound, dull-sounding (very rare):

    theatrum,

    Varr. L. L. 9, § 58 Müll.:

    locus,

    Vitr. 3, 3:

    loca,

    Sen. Herc. Fur. 576:

    vox,

    Quint. 11, 3, 32:

    surdum quiddam et barbarum,

    id. 12, 10, 28.—
    C.
    Pass., that is not heard, noiseless, silent, still, mute, dumb ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose):

    lyra,

    Prop. 4 (5), 5, 58:

    buccina,

    Juv. 7, 71:

    plectra,

    Stat. S. 1, 4, 19:

    non erit officii gratia surda tui,

    unsung, Ov. P. 2, 6, 31; cf.

    fama,

    Sil. 6, 75:

    surdum et ignobile opus,

    Stat. Th. 4, 359:

    nomen parentum,

    Sil. 8, 248:

    herbae,

    Plin. 22, 2, 3, § 5:

    quos diri conscia facti mens surdo verbere caedit,

    secret, Juv. 13, 194:

    ictus,

    Plin. 19, 1, 4, § 20.—
    D.
    Of odor, appearance, meaning, etc., faint, dim, dull, indistinct, stupid:

    spirant cinnama surdum,

    Pers. 6, 36:

    colos,

    Plin. 37, 5, 18, § 67:

    hebes unitate surdā color,

    id. 37, 5, 20, § 76:

    discrimen figurarum,

    id. 35, 2, 2, § 4:

    materia,

    id. 13, 15, 30, § 98:

    res surdae ac sensu carentes,

    id. 20, prooem. § 1; so id. 24, 1, 1, § 3; 27, 13, 120, § 146.—Hence, * adv.: surdē, faintly, imperfectly, indistinctly: surde audire, Afran. ap. Charis. p. 194 P. (Com. Fragm. v. 348 Rib.).

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > surdus

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