incrēdĭbĭlis

incrēdĭbĭlis, e, adj. [2. in-credo].

That cannot be believed, incredible, extraordinary, unparalleled (class.):

fides,

Cic. Fam. 13, 54:

quaedam et prope singularis et divina vis ingenii,

id. Or. 1, 38, 172:

voluptas,

id. Cat. 1, 10:

foedus sceleris,

id. ib. 2, 4:

furor,

id. Sull. 27:

rem facere incredibilem,

id. Inv. 2, 13, 42:

incredibilia probabilibus intexere,

id. Part. 4, 12:

incredibile est,

it is incredible, id. Att. 13, 23, 3:

praeter spem atque incredibile hoc mihi obtigit,

unforeseen, Ter. Phorm. 2, 1, 9:

incredibile est, quanta me molestia affecerit,

Cic. Att. 15, 1, 1; so Quint. 1, 1, 32. —With inf.:

incredibile est, a filio patrem occisum,

Quint. 7, 2, 31:

incredibilem in modum concursus fiunt,

Cic. Att. 5, 16, 3:

incredibile quantum coaluere,

Just. 36, 2 fin. —With sup. in u (not in Cic.):

incredibile memoratu est, quam facile coaluerint,

Sall. C. 6, 2.—

Not worthy of belief, or that is not believed (ante-class.), Plaut. Bacch. 4, 3, 3. —

Act., unbelieving, incredulous (post-class.):

incredibiles cogentur credere,

App. Trim. p. 93, 25.— Hence, adv.: incrēdĭbĭlĭter, incredibly, extraordinarily (class.):

quibus ego incredibiliter delector,

Cic. de Sen. 15, 51:

consentire,

id. Phil. 1, 15, 36:

pertimuit,

id. Att. 8, 7, 1.

incredible, unbelievable

ĭnaudītus, a, um, Part., from inaudio.

ĭn-audītus, a, um, adj., unheard.

(On account of its novelty or strangeness.) Unheard-of, unusual, strange, new (freq. and class.;

a favorite word of Cic.): nihil dicam reconditum, nihil aut inauditum vobis aut cuiquam novum,

Cic. de Or. 1, 31, 137; cf. id. Rep. 2, 12:

quod nobis inauditum est,

Quint. 1, 6, 9:

novum est, non dico inusitatum, verum omnino inauditum,

Cic. Caecin. 13, 36; cf. id. Vatin. 14, 33:

novum crimen et ante hunc diem inauditum,

id. Leg. 1, 1:

insignis quaedam, inaudita, nova magnitudo animi,

id. Sest. 39, 85:

incredibilis atque inaudita gravitas,

id. Balb. 5, 13:

modus et inauditus et incredibilis,

Quint. 7, 6, 11: novellas et inauditas sectas veteribus religionibus opponere, Mos. et Rom. Leg. Coll. 15, 3, 3; cf. § 7.— Comp.:

hominum nescias invisitatius an inauditius genus,

Jul. Val. Rer. Gest. Alex. 3, 14.—

Unheard (of an accused person), without a hearing (only post-Aug.):

inauditus et indefensus,

Tac. A. 2, 77; 4, 11; cf.:

inauditos et innoxios relegavit,

Suet. Claud. 38; id. Galb. 14; id. Vit. 14; Just. 22, 2 fin.;

also of the cause or defence of the accused: neque inaudita causa quemquam damnari, etc.,

Dig. 48, 17, 1.—

Without hearing:

alia (animalia) gignuntur aut inodora inauditave,

Gell. 7, 6, 1 (al. inauritave).

singŭlāris, e, adj. [singuli].

Lit.

In gen., one by one, one at a time, alone, single, solitary; alone of its kind, singular (class.;

syn.: unus, unicus): non singulare nec solivagum genus (sc. homines),

i. e. solitary, Cic. Rep. 1, 25, 39:

hostes ubi ex litore aliquos singulares ex navi egredientes conspexerant,

Caes. B. G. 4, 26:

homo,

id. ib. 7, 8, 3; so,

homo (with privatus, and opp. isti conquisiti coloni),

Cic. Agr. 2, 35, 97:

singularis mundus atque unigena,

id. Univ. 4 med.:

praeconium Dei singularis facere,

Lact. 4, 4, 8; cf. Cic. Ac. 1, 7, 26:

natus,

Plin. 28, 10, 42, § 153:

herba (opp. fruticosa),

id. 27, 9, 55, § 78: singularis ferus, a wild boar (hence, Fr. sanglier), Vulg. Psa. 79, 14:

hominem dominandi cupidum aut imperii singularis,

sole command, exclusive dominion, Cic. Rep. 1, 33, 50; so,

singulare imperium et potestas regia,

id. ib. 2, 9, 15:

sunt quaedam in te singularia... quaedam tibi cum multis communia,

id. Verr. 2, 3, 88, § 206:

singulare beneficium (opp. commune officium civium),

id. Fam. 1, 9, 4:

odium (opp. communis invidia),

id. Sull. 1, 1:

quam invisa sit singularis potentia et miseranda vita,

Nep. Dion, 9, 5:

pugna,

Macr. S. 5, 2:

si quando quid secreto agere proposuisset, erat illi locus in edito singularis,

particular, separate, Suet. Aug. 72.—

In partic.

In gram., of or belonging to unity, singular:

singularis casus,

Varr. L. L. 7, § 33 Müll.;

10, § 54 ib.: numerus,

Quint. 1, 5, 42; 1, 6, 25; 8, 3, 20; Gell. 19, 8, 13:

nominativus,

Quint. 1, 6, 14:

genitivus,

id. 1, 6, 26 et saep. —Also absol., the singular number:

alii dicunt in singulari hac ovi et avi, alii hac ove et ave,

Varr. L. L. 8, § 66 Müll.; Quint. 8, 6, 28; 4, 5, 25 al.—

In milit lang., subst.: singŭlāris, is, m.

In gen., an orderly man (ordonance), assigned to officers of all kinds and ranks for executing their orders (called apparitor, Lampr. Alex. Sev. 52):

SINGVLARIS COS (consulis),

Inscr. Orell. 2003; cf. ib. 3529 sq.; 3591; 6771 al.—

Esp., under the emperors, equites singulares Augusti, or only equites singulares, a select horse body-guard (selected from barbarous nations, as Bessi, Thraces, Bæti, etc.), Tac. H. 4, 70; Hyg. m. c. §§ 23 and 30; Inscr. Grut. 1041, 12 al.; cf. on the Singulares, Henzen, Sugli Equiti Singolari, Roma, 1850; Becker, Antiq. tom. 3, pass. 2, p. 387 sq.—

In the time of the later emperors, singulares, a kind of imperial clerks, sent into the provinces, Cod. Just. 1, 27, 1, § 8; cf. Lyd. Meg. 3, 7.—

Trop., singular, unique, matchless, unparalleled, extraordinary, remarkable (syn.: unicus, eximius, praestans;

very freq. both in a good and in a bad sense): Aristoteles meo judicio in philosophiā prope singularis,

Cic. Ac. 2, 43, 132:

Cato, summus et singularis vir,

id. Brut. 85, 293:

vir ingenii naturā praestans, singularis perfectusque undique,

Quint. 12, 1, 25; so,

homines ingenio atque animo,

Cic. Div. 2, 47, 97:

adulescens,

Plin. Ep. 7, 24, 2.—Of things:

Antonii incredibilis quaedam et prope singularis et divina vis ingenii videtur,

Cic. de Or. 1, 38, 172:

singularis eximiaque virtus,

id. Imp. Pomp. 1, 3; so,

singularis et incredibilis virtus,

id. Att. 14, 15, 3; cf. id. Fam. 1, 9, 4:

integritas atque innocentia singularis,

id. Div. in Caecil. 9, 27:

Treviri, quorum inter Gallos virtutis opinio est singularis,

Caes. B. G. 2, 24:

Pompeius gratias tibi agit singulares,

Cic. Fam. 13, 41, 1; cf.:

mihi gratias egistis singularibus verbis,

id. Cat. 4, 3:

fides,

Nep. Att. 4:

singulare omnium saeculorum exemplum,

Just. 2, 4, 6.—In a bad sense:

nequitia ac turpitudo singularis,

Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 44, § 106; so,

nequitia,

id. ib. 2, 2, 54, § 134; id. Fin. 5, 20, 56:

impudentia,

id. Verr. 2, 2, 7, § 18: audacia (with scelus incredibile), id. Fragm. ap. Quint. 4, 2, 105:

singularis et nefaria crudelitas,

Caes. B. G. 7, 77.— Hence, adv.: singŭlārĭter ( singlā-rĭter, Lucr. 6, 1067).

One by one, singly, separately.

In gen. (ante- and post-class.):

quae memorare queam inter se singlariter apta, Lucr. l. l. Munro (Lachm. singillariter): a juventā singulariter sedens,

apart, separately, Paul. Nol. Carm. 21, 727.—

In partic. (acc. to I. B. 1.), in the singular number:

quod pluralia singulariter et singularia pluraliter efferuntur,

Quint. 1, 5, 16; 1, 7, 18; 9, 3, 20:

dici,

Gell. 19, 8, 12; Dig. 27, 6, 1 al.—

(Acc. to II.) Particularly, exceedingly:

aliquem diligere,

Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 47, § 117:

et miror et diligo,

Plin. Ep. 1, 22, 1:

amo,

id. ib. 4, 15, 1.

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adversārĭus, a, um, adj. [adversus].

Turned toward one or lying before one's eyes; hence, adversārĭa, ōrum (sc. scripta), in mercantile language, a book at hand in which all matters are entered temporarily as they occur, a waste-book, day-book, journal, memoranda, etc.:

Quid est quod neglegenter scribamus adversaria? quid est. quod diligenter conficiamus tabulas? Qua de causa? Quia haec sunt menstrua, illae sunt aeternae: haec delentur statim, illae servantur sancte, etc.,

Cic. Rosc. Com. 2, 5 and 7.

Standing opposite or opposed to one, as an antagonist, in any kind of contest, in which the contending parties may be the best friends, e. g. in elections, auctions, discussions, etc. (cf. Doed. Syn. 4, 395;

in gen., only of persons, while contrarius is used of things,

Front. Differ. 2198 P.).

Adj.:

tribunus seditiosis adversarius,

Cic. Clu. 34, [p. 49] 94:

vis juri adversaria,

id. Caecin. 2:

opinio oratori,

id. de Or. 2, 37:

duces,

id. Phil. 3, 8:

populus, adversarius, invidus etiam potentiae,

in hostile opposition to those in power, Nep. Timoth. 3:

factio,

id. Phoc. 3:

frater,

Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 63 al. —

Subst.: adversārĭus, i, m., an antagonist, opponent, adversary, an enemy, rival (the most usual class. signif. of the word):

valentiorem nactus adversarium,

Plaut. Capt. prol. 64: injuria adversariūm, Ter. Hec. prol. alt. 14; cf. id. Ad. prol. 2:

tribuni plebis illius adversarii, defensores mei,

Cic. Mil. 15; so id. Quint. 2; id. Vatin. 1; id. Har. Resp. 16, 24; Nep. Dion. 7; Hor. S. 1, 9, 75.—Of wrestlers and other athletæ:

pugiles etiam cum feriunt adversarium... ingemiscunt,

Cic. Tusc. 2, 23, 56; also,

in auctions, of opposing bidders: res major est quam facultates nostrae praesertim adversario et cupido et locuplete,

Cic. Att. 12, 43; cf. id. ib. 13, 31.—In Cic. also in the fem.: adversārĭa, ae:

est tibi gravis adversaria constituta et parata, incredibilis quaedam exspectatio,

id. Fam. 2, 4, 2; and in the neutr. plur.: adversārĭa, ōrum, the arguments, assertions of the antagonist, Cic. Or. 35, 122.

more freq. than Cic. and Hor. use adversarius like hostis for an enemy in war:

adversarios in fuga esse,

Nep. Them. 4:

multitudo adversariorum,

id. Dat. 6:

montem occupat, ne forte cedentibus adversariis receptui foret,

Sall. J. 50; Suet. Caes. 30, 36, 68; id. Dom. 1; Curt. 3, 11; Vulg. Deut. 20, 4; Aur. Vict. Vir. Illustr. 75, 8; 69, 2; cf. advosem in Fest. p. 25 Müll.

altĭtūdo, dĭnis, f. [altus], height or depth (cf. alo, p. a. init.).

Height, altitude (syn.: altum, cacumen, culmen, vertex, apex).

Lit.:

altitudinem temperato,

Cato, R. R. 22, 23:

altitudo aedium,

Cic. Off. 3, 16:

montium,

id. Agr. 2, 19; Vulg. Isa. 37, 24:

in hac immensitate altitudinum,

Cic. N. D. 1, 20:

navis,

Caes. B. G. 4, 25:

muri,

Nep. Them. 6, 5:

moenium,

Tac. H. 3, 20; so absol.:

fore altitudines, quas cepissent hostes (sc. montium),

heights, Liv. 27, 18.—

Trop., height, loftiness:

elatio atque altitudo orationis,

Cic. Brut. 17:

fortunae et gloriae,

id. Rab. Post. 16:

animi,

greatness of soul, nobleness of mind, id. Fam. 4, 13, 7; so Liv. 4, 6 fin.; Gell. 17, 2 et saep.—

Depth (syn.: altum, profundum).

Lit.:

spelunca infinitā altitudine,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 48; so id. ib. 2, 5, 27; id. Div. 1, 43:

fluminis,

Caes. B. G. 4, 17:

maris,

id. ib. 4, 25:

terrae,

Vulg. Matt. 13, 5; ib. Marc. 4, 5:

plagae,

Cels. 7, 7, § 9.—

Trop., depth, extent (eccl. Lat.):

O altitudo divitiarum sapientiae et scientiae Dei,

Vulg. Rom. 11, 33.—Spec., depth of soul, secrecy, reserve, Gr bathutês: exercenda est facilitas et altitudo animi, quae dicitur, i. e. a serenity or calmness that conceals the real feelings, Cic. Off. 1, 25, 88.—In mal. part.:

ad simulanda negotia altitudo ingenii incredibilis,

Sall. J. 95, 3:

per illos dies egit altitudine animi,

Tac. A. 3, 44; id. H. 4, 86:

altitudines Satanae,

deep plots, Vulg. Apoc. 2, 24.

dīvīnus, a, um, adj. [divus], of or belonging to a deity, divine (class. and very freq.).

Prop.:

divinae Matris imago,

Lucr. 2, 609:

numen,

id. 1, 154; 4, 1233; Cic. N. D. 1, 9, 22; id. Mil. 30 fin. al.:

stirps,

Verg. A. 5, 711; Ov. M. 2, 633; cf.

semen,

id. ib. 1, 78;

and, origo,

Liv. 1, 15:

Pergamum divina moenitum manu,

Plaut. Bacch. 4, 9, 2; cf.:

non sine ope divina bellum gerere,

Caes. B. G. 2, 31, 2; and:

quasi divino consilio,

Cic. Fam. 13, 4 fin.:

stellae divinis animatae mentibus,

Cic. Rep. 6, 15:

divina studia colere,

id. ib. 6, 18:

animos hominum esse divinos, i. e.,

of divine origin, id. Lael. 4, 13; cf.: hoc divinum animal (homo, shortly before: quasi mortalem deum), id. [p. 603] Fin. 2, 13, 40:

aliquis instinctus inflatusque,

id. Div. 1, 6 fin.; cf.:

causa divinior,

id. Fin. 5, 11, 33 et saep.:

condimenta,

enjoyed by the gods, divine, Plaut. Ps. 3, 2, 37:

odor (Veneris),

Verg. A. 1, 403; cf.

decoris,

id. ib. 5, 647:

ars Palladis,

id. ib. 2, 15 et saep.:

divinissima dona, i. e.,

most worthy of a deity, Cic. Leg. 2, 18: re divina facta, i. e., religious exercise, divine worship, sacrifice, etc., Plaut. Am. 3, 3, 13;

in this sense res divina is very freq.,

id. Epid. 2, 3, 11; 3, 3, 34 et saep.; Ter. Eun. 3, 3, 7; id. Hec. 1, 2, 109; Cic. N. D. 3, 18, 47; id. Div. 2, 10; Nep. Hann. 2, 4; Plin. 18, 2, 2, § 7; Suet. Tib. 44 et saep.; less freq. in the plur. divinae res, Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 81; Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 8; id. Div. 2, 10; Liv. 23, 11.—In plur. also in gen. for religious affairs, Caes. B. G. 6, 13, 4; 6, 21, 1; Cic. Div. 1, 4 fin. —Also verba, a form of prayer, Cato R. R. 14, 3:

religiones (opp. fides humana),

Liv. 9, 9; cf. id. 34, 31.—

Freq. connected with humanus as a stronger designation for all things, things of every kind, etc. (cf.: di hominesque under deus, I. B. fin.):

dedunt se, divina humanaque omnia,

Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 102; cf. id. Trin. 2, 4, 78; Liv. 9, 14; Suet. Caes. 84:

res,

Cic. Lael. 6:

jura,

id. Rosc. Am. 23 fin.; Caes. B. C. 1, 6 fin.:

scelera,

Liv. 3, 19; cf. id. 29, 18 fin.:

spes,

id. 10, 40 et saep. But in the explanation of philosophia by scientia divinarum humanarumque rerum, the term divinae res denotes nature, physics, as distinguished from humanae res, i. e. morals, Cic. Tusc. 5, 3, 7; 4, 26, 57; id. Off. 1, 43, 153; 2, 2, 5; id. Fin. 2, 12, 37; Sen. Ep. 88; 90; Quint. 12, 2, 8; 20 al.; cf. Cic. Or. 34; Quint. 10, 1, 35.—So too in jurid. lang., divinae res signifies natural laws, in opp. to humanae res, positive laws, Cic. Sest. 42, 91; Just. Inst. 1, 1; Dig. 1, 1, 10.— dīvīnum, i, n.,

The deity, to theion:

divina si faverint,

God willing, Pall. 1, 1, 2; Juv. 15, 144; Amm. 23, 6; id. 22, 16 fin. —

The divine, that which comes from God, nihil est divino divinius, Sen. Ep. 66, 11.—

That which is under the sanction of a god; hence: quicquam divini credere alicui; or simply: divini alicui credere, to believe one upon oath (ante-class.):

numquam edepol tu mihi divini quicquam creduis, in, etc.,

Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 40:

quid ei divini aut humani aequum est credere?

id. Poen. 2, 1, 20:

nam mihi divini numquam quisquam creduat, ni, etc.,

id. Bacch. 3, 3, 99; id. As. 5, 2, 4.

Transf.

Divinely inspired, prophetic:

aliquid praesagiens atque divinum,

Cic. Div. 1, 38:

animus appropinquante morte multo est divinior, etc.,

id. ib. 1, 30, 63; cf. id. ib. 1, 28 fin.:

cum ille potius divinus fuerit,

Nep. Att. 9, 1:

divinarum sagacem flammarum,

Sil. 3, 344:

divini quicquam,

Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 40; cf. id. Bacch. 3, 4, 5;

also joined to humani,

id. As. 5, 2, 4; id. Poen. 2, 20.— Poet. of poets:

vates,

Hor. A. P. 400; cf.:

divini pectoris carmina,

Lucr. 1, 731.—With gen.:

divina futuri Sententia,

Hor. A. P. 218:

avis imbrium imminentium,

id. C. 3, 27, 10.— Subst.: dīvīnus, i, m., a soothsayer, prophet = vates, Cic. Div. 1, 58; 2, 3; id. Fat. 8; Liv. 1, 36; Hor. S. 1, 6, 114; Vulg. Deut. 18, 11 al.—In the fem.: dīvīna, ae, a prophetess, Petr. 7, 2.—

Like caelestis (but far more freq. in prose), godlike, superhuman, admirable, excellent:

ex maxime raro genere hominum et paene divino,

Cic. Lael. 18:

ingenio esse divino,

id. Rep. 2, 2:

magni cujusdam civis et divini viri,

id. ib. 1, 29; cf.:

caelestes divinaeque legiones,

id. Phil. 5, 11:

senatus in supplicatione deneganda,

id. Q. Fr. 2, 8:

homo in dicendo,

id. de Or. 1, 10, 40: homo, Crispus ap. Quint. 8, 5, 17:

orator,

Quint. 4, 3, 13 et saep.:

incredibilis quaedam et divina virtus,

Cic. Rep. 3, 3:

fides,

id. Mil. 33 fin.:

admurmuratio senatus,

id. Verr. 2, 5, 16:

memoria,

id. Ac. 2, 1, 2:

eloquentia M. Tullii,

Quint. 2, 16, 7:

facultas eloquendi,

id. 10, 1, 81:

ille nitor loquendi,

id. ib. 83:

illa ironia,

id. ib. 4, 1, 70:

haec in te, Sulpici, divina sunt,

Cic. de Or. 1, 29 et saep.—In the comp.:

ratione nihil est in homine divinius,

Cic. Fin. 5, 13 fin.; id. Par. 1, 3, 14. Under the empire an epithet often bestowed on the emperors:

domus,

Phaedr. 5, 8, 38:

princeps,

Nazar. Pan. Const. Aug. 35, 3; cf. Inscr. Orell. 277; 339:

indulgentia,

Dig. 1, 4, 3 et saep.— Adv.: dīvīne.

(Acc. to I.) In a godlike manner, through godlike power:

nunc tu divine fac huc assis Sosia,

Plaut. Am. 3, 3, 21.—

(Acc. to II.)

By divine inspiration, prophetically:

plura divine praesensa et praedicta reperiri,

Cic. Div. 1, 55; id. Att. 10, 4; and in the comp., id. Rep. 2, 5 Mos. —

In a godlike, superhuman, admirable manner, divinely:

divine Plato escam malorum appellat voluptatem,

Cic. de Sen. 13, 44; Quint. 1, 6, 18; 11, 1, 62.— Sup. does not occur.

dīvīnus, a, um, adj. [divus], of or belonging to a deity, divine (class. and very freq.).

Prop.:

divinae Matris imago,

Lucr. 2, 609:

numen,

id. 1, 154; 4, 1233; Cic. N. D. 1, 9, 22; id. Mil. 30 fin. al.:

stirps,

Verg. A. 5, 711; Ov. M. 2, 633; cf.

semen,

id. ib. 1, 78;

and, origo,

Liv. 1, 15:

Pergamum divina moenitum manu,

Plaut. Bacch. 4, 9, 2; cf.:

non sine ope divina bellum gerere,

Caes. B. G. 2, 31, 2; and:

quasi divino consilio,

Cic. Fam. 13, 4 fin.:

stellae divinis animatae mentibus,

Cic. Rep. 6, 15:

divina studia colere,

id. ib. 6, 18:

animos hominum esse divinos, i. e.,

of divine origin, id. Lael. 4, 13; cf.: hoc divinum animal (homo, shortly before: quasi mortalem deum), id. [p. 603] Fin. 2, 13, 40:

aliquis instinctus inflatusque,

id. Div. 1, 6 fin.; cf.:

causa divinior,

id. Fin. 5, 11, 33 et saep.:

condimenta,

enjoyed by the gods, divine, Plaut. Ps. 3, 2, 37:

odor (Veneris),

Verg. A. 1, 403; cf.

decoris,

id. ib. 5, 647:

ars Palladis,

id. ib. 2, 15 et saep.:

divinissima dona, i. e.,

most worthy of a deity, Cic. Leg. 2, 18: re divina facta, i. e., religious exercise, divine worship, sacrifice, etc., Plaut. Am. 3, 3, 13;

in this sense res divina is very freq.,

id. Epid. 2, 3, 11; 3, 3, 34 et saep.; Ter. Eun. 3, 3, 7; id. Hec. 1, 2, 109; Cic. N. D. 3, 18, 47; id. Div. 2, 10; Nep. Hann. 2, 4; Plin. 18, 2, 2, § 7; Suet. Tib. 44 et saep.; less freq. in the plur. divinae res, Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 81; Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 8; id. Div. 2, 10; Liv. 23, 11.—In plur. also in gen. for religious affairs, Caes. B. G. 6, 13, 4; 6, 21, 1; Cic. Div. 1, 4 fin. —Also verba, a form of prayer, Cato R. R. 14, 3:

religiones (opp. fides humana),

Liv. 9, 9; cf. id. 34, 31.—

Freq. connected with humanus as a stronger designation for all things, things of every kind, etc. (cf.: di hominesque under deus, I. B. fin.):

dedunt se, divina humanaque omnia,

Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 102; cf. id. Trin. 2, 4, 78; Liv. 9, 14; Suet. Caes. 84:

res,

Cic. Lael. 6:

jura,

id. Rosc. Am. 23 fin.; Caes. B. C. 1, 6 fin.:

scelera,

Liv. 3, 19; cf. id. 29, 18 fin.:

spes,

id. 10, 40 et saep. But in the explanation of philosophia by scientia divinarum humanarumque rerum, the term divinae res denotes nature, physics, as distinguished from humanae res, i. e. morals, Cic. Tusc. 5, 3, 7; 4, 26, 57; id. Off. 1, 43, 153; 2, 2, 5; id. Fin. 2, 12, 37; Sen. Ep. 88; 90; Quint. 12, 2, 8; 20 al.; cf. Cic. Or. 34; Quint. 10, 1, 35.—So too in jurid. lang., divinae res signifies natural laws, in opp. to humanae res, positive laws, Cic. Sest. 42, 91; Just. Inst. 1, 1; Dig. 1, 1, 10.— dīvīnum, i, n.,

The deity, to theion:

divina si faverint,

God willing, Pall. 1, 1, 2; Juv. 15, 144; Amm. 23, 6; id. 22, 16 fin. —

The divine, that which comes from God, nihil est divino divinius, Sen. Ep. 66, 11.—

That which is under the sanction of a god; hence: quicquam divini credere alicui; or simply: divini alicui credere, to believe one upon oath (ante-class.):

numquam edepol tu mihi divini quicquam creduis, in, etc.,

Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 40:

quid ei divini aut humani aequum est credere?

id. Poen. 2, 1, 20:

nam mihi divini numquam quisquam creduat, ni, etc.,

id. Bacch. 3, 3, 99; id. As. 5, 2, 4.

Transf.

Divinely inspired, prophetic:

aliquid praesagiens atque divinum,

Cic. Div. 1, 38:

animus appropinquante morte multo est divinior, etc.,

id. ib. 1, 30, 63; cf. id. ib. 1, 28 fin.:

cum ille potius divinus fuerit,

Nep. Att. 9, 1:

divinarum sagacem flammarum,

Sil. 3, 344:

divini quicquam,

Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 40; cf. id. Bacch. 3, 4, 5;

also joined to humani,

id. As. 5, 2, 4; id. Poen. 2, 20.— Poet. of poets:

vates,

Hor. A. P. 400; cf.:

divini pectoris carmina,

Lucr. 1, 731.—With gen.:

divina futuri Sententia,

Hor. A. P. 218:

avis imbrium imminentium,

id. C. 3, 27, 10.— Subst.: dīvīnus, i, m., a soothsayer, prophet = vates, Cic. Div. 1, 58; 2, 3; id. Fat. 8; Liv. 1, 36; Hor. S. 1, 6, 114; Vulg. Deut. 18, 11 al.—In the fem.: dīvīna, ae, a prophetess, Petr. 7, 2.—

Like caelestis (but far more freq. in prose), godlike, superhuman, admirable, excellent:

ex maxime raro genere hominum et paene divino,

Cic. Lael. 18:

ingenio esse divino,

id. Rep. 2, 2:

magni cujusdam civis et divini viri,

id. ib. 1, 29; cf.:

caelestes divinaeque legiones,

id. Phil. 5, 11:

senatus in supplicatione deneganda,

id. Q. Fr. 2, 8:

homo in dicendo,

id. de Or. 1, 10, 40: homo, Crispus ap. Quint. 8, 5, 17:

orator,

Quint. 4, 3, 13 et saep.:

incredibilis quaedam et divina virtus,

Cic. Rep. 3, 3:

fides,

id. Mil. 33 fin.:

admurmuratio senatus,

id. Verr. 2, 5, 16:

memoria,

id. Ac. 2, 1, 2:

eloquentia M. Tullii,

Quint. 2, 16, 7:

facultas eloquendi,

id. 10, 1, 81:

ille nitor loquendi,

id. ib. 83:

illa ironia,

id. ib. 4, 1, 70:

haec in te, Sulpici, divina sunt,

Cic. de Or. 1, 29 et saep.—In the comp.:

ratione nihil est in homine divinius,

Cic. Fin. 5, 13 fin.; id. Par. 1, 3, 14. Under the empire an epithet often bestowed on the emperors:

domus,

Phaedr. 5, 8, 38:

princeps,

Nazar. Pan. Const. Aug. 35, 3; cf. Inscr. Orell. 277; 339:

indulgentia,

Dig. 1, 4, 3 et saep.— Adv.: dīvīne.

(Acc. to I.) In a godlike manner, through godlike power:

nunc tu divine fac huc assis Sosia,

Plaut. Am. 3, 3, 21.—

(Acc. to II.)

By divine inspiration, prophetically:

plura divine praesensa et praedicta reperiri,

Cic. Div. 1, 55; id. Att. 10, 4; and in the comp., id. Rep. 2, 5 Mos. —

In a godlike, superhuman, admirable manner, divinely:

divine Plato escam malorum appellat voluptatem,

Cic. de Sen. 13, 44; Quint. 1, 6, 18; 11, 1, 62.— Sup. does not occur.

dīvīnus, a, um, adj. [divus], of or belonging to a deity, divine (class. and very freq.).

Prop.:

divinae Matris imago,

Lucr. 2, 609:

numen,

id. 1, 154; 4, 1233; Cic. N. D. 1, 9, 22; id. Mil. 30 fin. al.:

stirps,

Verg. A. 5, 711; Ov. M. 2, 633; cf.

semen,

id. ib. 1, 78;

and, origo,

Liv. 1, 15:

Pergamum divina moenitum manu,

Plaut. Bacch. 4, 9, 2; cf.:

non sine ope divina bellum gerere,

Caes. B. G. 2, 31, 2; and:

quasi divino consilio,

Cic. Fam. 13, 4 fin.:

stellae divinis animatae mentibus,

Cic. Rep. 6, 15:

divina studia colere,

id. ib. 6, 18:

animos hominum esse divinos, i. e.,

of divine origin, id. Lael. 4, 13; cf.: hoc divinum animal (homo, shortly before: quasi mortalem deum), id. [p. 603] Fin. 2, 13, 40:

aliquis instinctus inflatusque,

id. Div. 1, 6 fin.; cf.:

causa divinior,

id. Fin. 5, 11, 33 et saep.:

condimenta,

enjoyed by the gods, divine, Plaut. Ps. 3, 2, 37:

odor (Veneris),

Verg. A. 1, 403; cf.

decoris,

id. ib. 5, 647:

ars Palladis,

id. ib. 2, 15 et saep.:

divinissima dona, i. e.,

most worthy of a deity, Cic. Leg. 2, 18: re divina facta, i. e., religious exercise, divine worship, sacrifice, etc., Plaut. Am. 3, 3, 13;

in this sense res divina is very freq.,

id. Epid. 2, 3, 11; 3, 3, 34 et saep.; Ter. Eun. 3, 3, 7; id. Hec. 1, 2, 109; Cic. N. D. 3, 18, 47; id. Div. 2, 10; Nep. Hann. 2, 4; Plin. 18, 2, 2, § 7; Suet. Tib. 44 et saep.; less freq. in the plur. divinae res, Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 81; Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 8; id. Div. 2, 10; Liv. 23, 11.—In plur. also in gen. for religious affairs, Caes. B. G. 6, 13, 4; 6, 21, 1; Cic. Div. 1, 4 fin. —Also verba, a form of prayer, Cato R. R. 14, 3:

religiones (opp. fides humana),

Liv. 9, 9; cf. id. 34, 31.—

Freq. connected with humanus as a stronger designation for all things, things of every kind, etc. (cf.: di hominesque under deus, I. B. fin.):

dedunt se, divina humanaque omnia,

Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 102; cf. id. Trin. 2, 4, 78; Liv. 9, 14; Suet. Caes. 84:

res,

Cic. Lael. 6:

jura,

id. Rosc. Am. 23 fin.; Caes. B. C. 1, 6 fin.:

scelera,

Liv. 3, 19; cf. id. 29, 18 fin.:

spes,

id. 10, 40 et saep. But in the explanation of philosophia by scientia divinarum humanarumque rerum, the term divinae res denotes nature, physics, as distinguished from humanae res, i. e. morals, Cic. Tusc. 5, 3, 7; 4, 26, 57; id. Off. 1, 43, 153; 2, 2, 5; id. Fin. 2, 12, 37; Sen. Ep. 88; 90; Quint. 12, 2, 8; 20 al.; cf. Cic. Or. 34; Quint. 10, 1, 35.—So too in jurid. lang., divinae res signifies natural laws, in opp. to humanae res, positive laws, Cic. Sest. 42, 91; Just. Inst. 1, 1; Dig. 1, 1, 10.— dīvīnum, i, n.,

The deity, to theion:

divina si faverint,

God willing, Pall. 1, 1, 2; Juv. 15, 144; Amm. 23, 6; id. 22, 16 fin. —

The divine, that which comes from God, nihil est divino divinius, Sen. Ep. 66, 11.—

That which is under the sanction of a god; hence: quicquam divini credere alicui; or simply: divini alicui credere, to believe one upon oath (ante-class.):

numquam edepol tu mihi divini quicquam creduis, in, etc.,

Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 40:

quid ei divini aut humani aequum est credere?

id. Poen. 2, 1, 20:

nam mihi divini numquam quisquam creduat, ni, etc.,

id. Bacch. 3, 3, 99; id. As. 5, 2, 4.

Transf.

Divinely inspired, prophetic:

aliquid praesagiens atque divinum,

Cic. Div. 1, 38:

animus appropinquante morte multo est divinior, etc.,

id. ib. 1, 30, 63; cf. id. ib. 1, 28 fin.:

cum ille potius divinus fuerit,

Nep. Att. 9, 1:

divinarum sagacem flammarum,

Sil. 3, 344:

divini quicquam,

Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 40; cf. id. Bacch. 3, 4, 5;

also joined to humani,

id. As. 5, 2, 4; id. Poen. 2, 20.— Poet. of poets:

vates,

Hor. A. P. 400; cf.:

divini pectoris carmina,

Lucr. 1, 731.—With gen.:

divina futuri Sententia,

Hor. A. P. 218:

avis imbrium imminentium,

id. C. 3, 27, 10.— Subst.: dīvīnus, i, m., a soothsayer, prophet = vates, Cic. Div. 1, 58; 2, 3; id. Fat. 8; Liv. 1, 36; Hor. S. 1, 6, 114; Vulg. Deut. 18, 11 al.—In the fem.: dīvīna, ae, a prophetess, Petr. 7, 2.—

Like caelestis (but far more freq. in prose), godlike, superhuman, admirable, excellent:

ex maxime raro genere hominum et paene divino,

Cic. Lael. 18:

ingenio esse divino,

id. Rep. 2, 2:

magni cujusdam civis et divini viri,

id. ib. 1, 29; cf.:

caelestes divinaeque legiones,

id. Phil. 5, 11:

senatus in supplicatione deneganda,

id. Q. Fr. 2, 8:

homo in dicendo,

id. de Or. 1, 10, 40: homo, Crispus ap. Quint. 8, 5, 17:

orator,

Quint. 4, 3, 13 et saep.:

incredibilis quaedam et divina virtus,

Cic. Rep. 3, 3:

fides,

id. Mil. 33 fin.:

admurmuratio senatus,

id. Verr. 2, 5, 16:

memoria,

id. Ac. 2, 1, 2:

eloquentia M. Tullii,

Quint. 2, 16, 7:

facultas eloquendi,

id. 10, 1, 81:

ille nitor loquendi,

id. ib. 83:

illa ironia,

id. ib. 4, 1, 70:

haec in te, Sulpici, divina sunt,

Cic. de Or. 1, 29 et saep.—In the comp.:

ratione nihil est in homine divinius,

Cic. Fin. 5, 13 fin.; id. Par. 1, 3, 14. Under the empire an epithet often bestowed on the emperors:

domus,

Phaedr. 5, 8, 38:

princeps,

Nazar. Pan. Const. Aug. 35, 3; cf. Inscr. Orell. 277; 339:

indulgentia,

Dig. 1, 4, 3 et saep.— Adv.: dīvīne.

(Acc. to I.) In a godlike manner, through godlike power:

nunc tu divine fac huc assis Sosia,

Plaut. Am. 3, 3, 21.—

(Acc. to II.)

By divine inspiration, prophetically:

plura divine praesensa et praedicta reperiri,

Cic. Div. 1, 55; id. Att. 10, 4; and in the comp., id. Rep. 2, 5 Mos. —

In a godlike, superhuman, admirable manner, divinely:

divine Plato escam malorum appellat voluptatem,

Cic. de Sen. 13, 44; Quint. 1, 6, 18; 11, 1, 62.— Sup. does not occur.

incrēdĭbĭlĭtas, ātis, f. [incredibilis] (post-class.).

Incredibility, Dig. 48, 5, 29 init. —

Incredulity:

humana,

App. Trim. p. 93, 12.

in-dŏcĭlis, e, adj. [2. in-doceo].

Difficult to be taught, that cannot be taught, indocile.

Lit. (class): quia nimis indociles quidam tardique sunt, Cic. N. D. 1, 5, 12; so,

hebetes et indociles homines,

Quint. 1, 1, 2:

hirundines,

Plin. 10, 45, 62, § 128.— Poet. with gen.:

pacis,

Sil. 12, 726. —With dat.:

quieti,

Juv. 11, 11.—With inf.:

pauperiem pati,

Hor. C. 1, 1, 18:

loqui,

Luc. 5, 539; Sil. 13, 310:

teneri,

Stat. Th. 6, 313. —Of the things to be taught:

sed incredibilis quaedam ingenii magnitudo non desideravit indocilem usus disciplinam,

Cic. Ac. 2, 1, 2. —

Transf., untaught, unlearned, ignorant ( poet. and post-Aug.):

genus,

Verg. A. 8, 321:

agricola caeli,

Plin. 18, 25, 60, § 226.—Of inanim. and abstr. things, untaught, rude:

indocili numero,

Ov. Tr. 4, 1, 6.— Unapt, unfit for any thing:

arbores nasci alibi, quam ubi coepere,

Plin. 14 prooem. init. § 1.—

(= non doctus.) Untaught, not shown:

et sciat indociles currere lympha vias,

Prop. 1, 2, 12.