incantations

infernus, a, um, adj. [infer], lower, that which lies beneath (mostly poet. and postAug.).

In gen.: hic sese infernis de partibus erigit Hydra, from beneath, Cic. poët. N. D. 2, 44, 114:

superi infernique Di,

Liv. 24, 38, 8:

stagna,

id. 8, 24, 3:

auster,

Plin. 2, 47, 48, § 128:

mare,

the Tuscan Sea, Luc. 2, 400.—

In partic., underground, belonging to the Lower Regions, infernal:

rex,

Pluto, Verg. A. 6, 106:

Juno,

Proserpine, id. ib. 6, 138:

sedes,

id. ib. 8, 244:

tenebrae,

id. ib. 7, 325:

infernas umbras carminibus elicere,

to raise the dead by magical incantations, Tac. A. 2, 28:

palus,

the Styx, Ov. F. 2, 610: ratis, Charon ' s boat, Prop. 3, 5, 14 (4, 4, 14 Müll. infernas rates): rota, Ixion ' s wheel, id. 1, 9, 20: sorores, the Furies, Claud. ap. Ruf. 1, 27:

aspectus,

Tac. G. 43.—

infernum, i, n., the depths of the earth: ex inferno audiri, Jul. Obseq. 105 al.—

infernus, i, m., hell (eccl. Lat.), Ambros. in Psa. 48, §§ 22, 24; Vulg. Job, 17, 13; id. Psa. 9, 18. —

inferni, ōrum, m., the shades below:

Theseus infernis, superis testatur Achilles,

Prop. 2, 1, 37; 2, 28, 49.—

inferna, ōrum, n.

The lower parts of the body, the abdomen, Plin. 25, 5, 21, § 51.—

The infernal regions, Tac. H. 5, 5; Sol. 43, 2; Sen. Herc. Fur. 428.—In eccl. Lat. = infernus, hell, Lact. 6, 3, 11; Vulg. Job, 21, 13. —Hence, adv.: infernĕ, below, beneath (a favorite word of Lucr.), Lucr. 6, 597 (opp. superne); id. 6, 764; 187.

Marsi, ōrum, m.

A people in Latium, on the Lacus Fucinus, celebrated as wizards and snake-charmers; in the Social War the most zealous enemies of the Romans, Plin. 7, 2, 2, § 15; 3, 12, 17, § 106; Caes. B. C. 1, 15; Liv. 8, 6; 9, 41 sq.; 26, 11; Flor. 3, 18, § 6; § 13 et saep.— Sing. collect., Cic. Div. 2, 33, 70.—

Hence,

Marsus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to the Marsi, Marsian: augur, Auct. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 58, 132; Cic. ib. 2, 33, 70: manus, Enn. ap. Charis. p. 251 P. (Ann. v. 280 Vahl.):

ager,

Luc. 9, 790:

montes,

Verg. A. 7, 758; Col. 6, 5, 3:

nives,

Stat. S. 1, 5, 26:

aper,

Hor. C. 1, 1, 28: cellae (for the wine;

v. Marsicus),

Mart. 14, 116:

centuriones,

Caes. B. C. 2, 27:

nenia,

incantations, Hor. Epod. 17, 29; Ov. A. A. 2, 102:

duellum,

Hor. C. 3, 14, 18:

senex,

Juv. 14, 180.—

Marsĭcus, a, um, adj., Marsian, Marsic:

bellum,

Cic. Agr. 2, 33, 90; id. Div. 1, 44, 99; 2, 27, 59:

pubes,

Sil. 8, 496:

vinum,

Mart. 13, 121.—

A people of Germany, between the Rhine, Lippe, and Ems, Tac. G. 2; id. A. 1, 50; 56; 2, 25; id. H. 3, 59.

Marsi, ōrum, m.

A people in Latium, on the Lacus Fucinus, celebrated as wizards and snake-charmers; in the Social War the most zealous enemies of the Romans, Plin. 7, 2, 2, § 15; 3, 12, 17, § 106; Caes. B. C. 1, 15; Liv. 8, 6; 9, 41 sq.; 26, 11; Flor. 3, 18, § 6; § 13 et saep.— Sing. collect., Cic. Div. 2, 33, 70.—

Hence,

Marsus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to the Marsi, Marsian: augur, Auct. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 58, 132; Cic. ib. 2, 33, 70: manus, Enn. ap. Charis. p. 251 P. (Ann. v. 280 Vahl.):

ager,

Luc. 9, 790:

montes,

Verg. A. 7, 758; Col. 6, 5, 3:

nives,

Stat. S. 1, 5, 26:

aper,

Hor. C. 1, 1, 28: cellae (for the wine;

v. Marsicus),

Mart. 14, 116:

centuriones,

Caes. B. C. 2, 27:

nenia,

incantations, Hor. Epod. 17, 29; Ov. A. A. 2, 102:

duellum,

Hor. C. 3, 14, 18:

senex,

Juv. 14, 180.—

Marsĭcus, a, um, adj., Marsian, Marsic:

bellum,

Cic. Agr. 2, 33, 90; id. Div. 1, 44, 99; 2, 27, 59:

pubes,

Sil. 8, 496:

vinum,

Mart. 13, 121.—

A people of Germany, between the Rhine, Lippe, and Ems, Tac. G. 2; id. A. 1, 50; 56; 2, 25; id. H. 3, 59.

pellĭcĭo or perlĭcĭo, lexi, lectum, 3 (collat. form pellĭcĕo, ēre, Charis. p. 217 P.; Diom. p. 364 ib., prob. on account of the perf. pellicuit, Liv. Andron. ap. Prisc. p. 877 ib.), v. a. [per-lacio], to allure, entice, inveigle, decoy, coax, wheedle, etc.

Lit. (class.): pellexit, in fraudem induxit, Paul. ex Fest. p. 207 Müll.; Plaut. Men. 2, 2, 68:

is senem per epistolas Pellexit,

Ter. Phorm. 1, 2, 18:

mulierem imbecilli consilii pellexit ad se,

Cic. Fl. 30, 72:

animum adulescentis,

id. Clu. 5, 13:

populum in servitutem,

Liv. 4, 15 fin.:

qui Chaucos ad deditionem pellicerent,

Tac. A. 11, 19:

militem donis, populum annonā, cunctos dulcedine otii pellexit,

id. ib. 1, 2:

Florus pellicere alam equitum, ut, etc.,

id. ib. 3, 42:

animas instabiles,

Vulg. 2 Pet. 2, 14.— Poet.:

nec poterat quemquam placidi pellacia ponti Subdola pellicere in fraudem ridentibus undis,

Lucr. 5, 1005; 6, 1001.—

Transf.: alienam segetem (alienas fruges, etc.), to draw away the fruits of another's land to one's own by incantations and magical arts, Serv. Verg. E. 8, 99; Plin. 18, 6, 8, § 41.—

Trop.:

meā quidem sententiā multo majorem partem sententiarum sale tuo et lepore et politissimis facetiis pellexisti,

have brought over to your side, Cic. de Or. 1, 57, 243.

vox, vōcis, f. [voco], a voice, sound, tone, cry, call.

Lit.:

omnes voces hominis, ut nervi in fidibus, ita sonant, ut a motu animi quoque sunt pulsae, etc.,

Cic. de Or. 3, 57, 216:

exsurge praeco... Exerce vocem,

Plaut. Poen. prol. 13:

set comprimunda vox mihi atque oratio'st,

i. e. I must hold my peace, id. Ps. 1, 4, 16:

humana,

id. Bacch. 5, 2, 22:

ulceribus vocis via saepta coïbat,

Lucr. 6, 1148; cf.:

quarum (faucium) vitio et frangitur et obscuratur et exasperatur et scinditur vox,

Quint. 11, 3, 20:

mira est quaedam natura vocis,

Cic. Or. 17, 57:

cum (eloquentia) constet e voce atque motu,

id. ib. 17, 55:

vox inflexa ad miserabilem sonum,

id. de Or. 2, 46, 193:

inclinata ululantique voce canere,

id. ib. 8, 27:

legem Voconiam magnā voce et bonis lateribus suasi,

id. Sen. 5, 14; so,

magnā,

Hor. S. 1, 7, 31: 1, 9, 76: summa id. ib. 1, 3, 8: sedata et depressa. Auct. Her. S, 12, 21:

tremebunda,

id. ib. 3, 14, 25:

theatrum ita resonans, ut usque Romam significationes vocesque referantur,

Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 14, § 42:

vocem late nemora alta remittunt,

echo, Verg. A. 12, 929:

ut nostrorum militum vocibus nonnihil carperetur,

cries, shouts, Caes. B. G. 3, 17; cf.:

enimvero voce'st opus: Nausistrata, exi,

I must exert my voice, must call out, Ter. Phorm. 5, 7, 92.— Of inanimate things ( poet.):

ad sonitum vocis (i. e. remorum) vestigia torsit,

Verg. A. 3, 669:

fractae voces (maris),

id. ib. 3, 556; cf. Serv. ad Verg. A. 7, 519; Lucr. 4, 524 sqq.—

Transf.

That which is uttered by the voice, i. e. a word, saying, speech, sentence, proverb, maxim (syn.: vocabulum, verbum); sing.:

dico, Epicurum non intellegere, quid sonet haec vox voluptatis, id est, quae res huic voci subiciatur,

Cic. Fin. 2, 2, 6:

illa Platonis vera et tibi certe non inaudita vox,

id. de Or. 3, 6, 21:

hanc sententiam significare videtur Laconis illa vox,

id. Tusc. 1, 46, 111; so, noêma, quā voce omnis intellectus accipi potest, Quint. 8, 5, 12:

is verbi sensus, vis ea vocis erat,

Ov. F. 5, 484:

vocem pro aliquo mittere,

Cic. Sest. 19, 42; id. Fl. 3, 6:

vocem exprimere,

id. Att. 2, 21, 5; Caes. B. G. 1, 32; cf.:

vox populi Romani majestate indigna,

id. ib. 7, 17, 3:

quod est positum in voce simplice,

Quint. 1, 9, 4:

nescit vox missa reverti,

Hor. A. P. 390:

constitue, nihil esse opis in hac voce: civis Romanus sum,

Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 65, § 168; id. Lael. 15, 59; Caes. B. C. 1, 7; Plin. Ep. 4, 17, 9:

ego cum Graecos facerem... Versiculos, vetuit tali me voce Quirinus: In silvam non ligna feras, etc.,

Hor. S. 1, 10, 32:

siderā excantata voce Thessalā,

incantation, id. Epod. 5, 45:

consulum voci atque imperio non oboedire,

command, Cic. Rab. Perd. 8, 23; Val. Max. 2, 2, 4:

unā voce,

unanimously, Cic. de Or. 1, 11, 46.— Plur.:

cum illius nefarii gladiatoris voces percrebuissent,

Cic. Mur. 25, 50:

non igitur ex singulis vocibus philosophi spectandi sunt,

sayings, id. Tusc. 5, 10, 31:

ex percunctatione nostrorum vocibusque Gallorum ac mercatorum, etc.,

Caes. B. G. 1, 39:

voces per vinum, somnum. etc.... emissae,

Quint. 5, 7, 36:

victus Veneris Vocibus,

Hor. C. 4, 6, 22:

contumeliosae,

abusive expressions, abuse, Caes. B. C. 1, 69:

sunt verba et voces, quibus hunc lenire dolorem Possis,

sayings, maxims, doctrines, Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 34; cf.:

populum falsis Dedocet uti Vocibus,

id. C. 2, 2, 21:

deripere lunam vocibus,

with charms, incantations, id. Epod. 17, 78; so,

sacrae,

id. ib. 17, 6:

Marsae,

id. ib. 5, 76.—

Speech, language, in gen., = sermo ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose):

cultus hominum recentum Voce formasti catus (Mercurius),

Hor. C. 1, 10, 3:

Graiā scierit sive Latinā Voce loqui,

Ov. Tr. 3, 12, 40:

cum civem ex voce cognovisset,

Just. 11, 15.—

Accent, tone:

ipsa natura... in omni verbo posuit acutam vocem,

Cic. Or. 18, 58; cf.:

rustica vox et agrestis quosdam delectat,

pronunciation, accent, id. de Or. 3, 11, 42.