integer+sum

rĕcens, entis ( abl. sing., regularly, recenti; but in the poets sometimes recente, e. g. Cat. 63, 7; Ov. F. 4, 346 al.— Gen. plur., regularly, recentium:

recentum,

Hor. C. 1, 10, 2; Sil. 15, 601), adj. [re and cand-; cf.: candeo, candor; Gr. kainos, kaiô], that has not long existed, fresh, young, recent (opp. vetus, and differing from novus; v. antiquus init. (freq. and class.):

quod si veteris contumeliae oblivisci vellet: num etiam recentium injuriarum memoriam deponere posse?

Caes. B. G. 1, 14; 5, 54:

(Verres) cum e provinciā recens esset invidiāque et infamiā non recenti sed vetere ac diuturnā flagraret,

Cic. Verr. 1, 2, 5:

Regini quidam eo venerunt, Romā sane recentes,

directly from Rome, id. Att. 16, 7, 1:

omnis conglutinatio recens aegre, inveterata facile divellitur,

id. Sen. 20, 72; cf. id. Tusc. 4, 17, 39:

sed hanc ipsam recentem novam devoravit,

id. Fam. 11, 21, 2; cf. Quint. 8, 3, 34:

viri,

Cic. Mur. 8, 17:

(piscis) nequam est, nisi recens,

Plaut. As. 1, 3, 26; cf. id. Ps. 4, 7, 25:

catuli,

just whelped, young, Varr. R. R. 3, 12, 4:

tonsae (oves),

newly shorn, id. ib. 2, 11, 7:

caespites,

Caes. B. C. 3, 96; cf.

flores,

Hor. C. 3, 27, 43; Ov. F. 4, 346:

herbae,

id. ib. 5, 123:

serta,

Verg. A. 1, 417:

prata,

fresh, green, id. ib. 6, 674 Serv.:

sanguis,

newly shed, Cat. 63, 7: sol, poet. for the rising sun, the east, Pers. 5, 54:

proelium,

Caes. B. G. 4, 13 fin.:

victoria,

id. ib. 1, 31 fin.;

5, 47: clades,

Liv. 2, 22, 4 Drak. N. cr.:

pollicitatio,

Caes. B. C. 1, 57 fin.:

arma,

fresh, newly whetted, Ov. M. 8, 370:

umbrae,

of those newly deceased, id. ib. 4, 434:

animae,

id. ib. 8, 488;

anima,

id. ib. 15, 846 et saep.; cf.: non erit in te Deus recens, newly devised, and hence false, Vulg. Psa. 80, 9.— Comp.:

epistula recentior,

Cic. Fam. 3, 11, 1:

recentiore memoriā,

id. N. D. 2, 2, 6:

unus ex amicis recentioribus,

Quint. 6, 3, 92.— Sup.:

recentissima tua est epistula Kal. data,

Cic. Att. 8, 15, 3:

recentissima quaeque sunt correcta et emendata maxime,

id. Ac. 1. 4, 13:

Senones recentissimi advenarum,

Liv. 5, 35.—

With ab, immediately after, fresh from, shortly after, etc.:

pullum asininum a partu recentem subiciunt equae,

newly foaled, Varr. R. R. 2, 8, 2:

Homerus, qui recens ab illorum aetate fuit,

Cic. N. D. 3, 5:

recens a vulnere Dido,

i. e. with her wound still fresh, Verg. A. 6, 450:

Poenum recentem ab excidio opulentissimae urbis Iberum transire,

Liv. 21, 16 fin.:

alti spiritus viros, ut ita dicam, a diis recentes,

Sen. Ep. 90, 44:

haec vox, a quā recens sum: sonat adhuc et vibrat in auribus meis,

id. Prov. 3, 3.—

With in and abl., or (more freq.) with simple abl.:

alius alio recentior sit in dolore,

Auct. Her. 2, 7, 10:

quod comitatum Agrippinae longo maerore fessum obvii et recentes in dolore anteibant,

yet fresh in grief, whose grief was still fresh, Tac. A. 3, 1 fin.: quaedam (verba) in usu perquam recentia, Quint. 8, 3, 34:

ut erat recens dolore et irā,

Tac. A. 1, 41 fin.; so,

recens praeturā,

id. ib. 4, 52:

stipendiis,

ib. ib. 15, 59:

caede,

id. H. 3, 19:

victoriā,

id. ib. 3, 77.—

With ad and acc.:

recentes sumus ad id quod incipimus,

Quint. 1, 12, 5.—

Recenti re, while the matter is fresh, forthwith, immediately:

quid si recenti re aedes pultem,

Plaut. Poen. 3, 4, 18:

re recenti,

id. Trin. 4, 3, 8; Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 53, § 139;

for which also, recenti negotio,

id. ib. 2, 1, 39, § 101;

and, in recenti,

Dig. 48, 19, 25.—

Recentiores ( subst. and adj.), the moderns (said of authors):

attulisti aliud humanius horum recentiorum,

modern writers, Cic. Fin. 2, 26, 82; Plin. 12, 17, 37, § 74; also,

Graeci recentiores,

modern, id. 4, 16, 30, § 103.—

Trop., fresh in strength, not exhausted by fatigue, vigorous:

ut integri et recentes defatigatis succederent,

Caes. B. G. 5, 16 fin.; so,

integer et recens (opp.: fusus et saucius),

Flor. 3, 1, 13;

and in the order: recentes atque integri (opp. defatigati),

Caes. B. G. 7, 48 fin.;

and, opp. defessi,

id. B. C. 3, 94; id. B. G. 7, 25:

equitatus,

id. ib. 7, 9:

recens animus (consulis),

Liv. 21, 52:

equi,

id. 29, 34 (along with integrae vires); 38, 25 (opp. fessi); Ov. M. 2, 63:

clamor,

Plin. Pan. 23, 5.— Comp.: sauciis ac defatigatis integros recentioribusque viribus subministrare, Auct. B. Afr. 78, 6. — Hence, advv.: recens and recenter, lately, freshly, newly, just, recently, etc.

Form rĕcens (not in Cic. or Cæs.):

puerum recens natum,

Plaut. Cist. 1, 2, 17:

captum hominem,

id. Capt. 3, 5, 60:

scaena perfusa croco,

Lucr. 2, 416:

exstinctum lumen,

id. 6, 792:

coria recens detracta,

Sall. H. 4, 2 Dietsch:

inter recens domitos,

id. ib. 3, 53: portentum conflatum est recens, Bass. ap. Gell. 15, 4, 3:

beluae recens captae,

Liv. 38, 17, 15; 2, 22, 4:

acceptum vulnus,

Tac. A. 2, 21:

perdomita Hispania,

id. ib. 4, 5:

cognita,

id. ib. 4, 69 et saep.:

condita Roma,

Suet. Tib. 1.—

Form rĕcen-ter (post-class.):

capti turdi,

Pall. 1, 26, 2:

lecta poma,

id. 5, 4 fin. —

Sup.:

quam recentissime stercorato solo,

Plin. 18, 23, 53, § 192; so,

res gestae,

Just. 30, 4, 8.

sŏlĭdus, a, um (contr. collat. form sol-dus, a, um, Hor. S. 1, 2, 113; 2, 5, 65), adj. [Sanscr. sarvas, all; Gr. holos, whole; old Lat. sollus; cf. sollistimus], firm, dense, compact, not hollow, solid (class.).

Lit.: individua et solida corpora (sc. atomoi), Cic. Fin. 1, 6, 18; cf. id. Div. 2, 67, 98:

terra solida et globosa,

id. N. D. 2, 39, 137:

columna aurea (opp. extrinsecus inaurata),

id. Div. 1, 24, 48; cf.

cornua (opp. cava),

Plin. 11, 37, 45, § 127:

lapides,

Sen. Q. N. 3, 25, 6:

corpus,

Ter. Eun. 2, 3, 27:

paries vel solidus vel fornicatus,

Cic. Top. 4, 22:

sphaera solida atque plena,

id. Rep. 1, 14, 22; cf.:

crateres auro solidi,

Verg. A. 2, 765:

ex solido elephanto,

id. G. 3, 26; id. A. 6, 69; 6, 552:

aera,

id. ib. 9, 809:

telum solidum nodis,

id. ib. 11, 553:

vasa auro solida,

Tac. A. 2, 33; 13, 10:

solidum ex auro signum,

Just. 39, 2, 5:

nunc solida est tellus, quae lacus ante fuit,

Ov. F. 6, 404; so,

ripa,

id. ib. 14, 49:

sedes (opp. aër),

id. ib. 2, 147:

navis ad ferendum incursum maris solida,

Sen. Ep. 76, 13:

sit solidum quodcumque subest,

Aus. Ed. 16, 12: solidus cibus, solid food, as opposed to fluid, Vulg. Heb. 5, 12. — Comp.:

solidior caseus factus,

Col. 7, 8, 4. — Sup.:

solidissima materiaï corpora (opp. mollia),

Lucr. 1, 565; 1, 951:

tellus,

Ov. M. 15, 262.— Subst.: sŏlĭdum, i, n., a solid substance, solidity:

cum duae formae praestantes sint, ex solidis globus, ex planis autem circulus aut orbis,

Cic. N. D. 2, 18, 47:

nihil tangi potest, quod careat solido,

id. Univ 4, 11; cf.:

quae (species deorum) nihil concreti habeat, nihil solidi, nihil expressi,

id. N. D. 1, 27, 75:

inane abscindere soldo,

Hor. S. 1, 2, 113; cf. id. ib. 2, 1, 78:

fossa fit ad solidum,

to the solid ground, to the bottom, Ov. F. 4, 821:

finditur in solidum cuneis via,

into the hard wood, Verg. G. 2, 79; 2, 231:

neque fundamenta (amphitheatri) per solidum subdidit,

Tac. A. 4, 62:

solido procedebat elephas in pontem,

on solid ground, Liv. 44, 5.—

Transf. (opp. to that which is divided, scattered, or in parts), whole, complete, entire (= integer, totus):

usurā, nec eā solidā, contentus est,

Cic. Att. 6, 1, 3:

militia semestri solidum stipendium accipere,

Liv. 5, 4:

solida taurorum viscera,

Verg. A. 6, 253:

ut solidos hauriant (serpentes) cervos taurosque,

Plin. 8, 14, 14, § 36:

quibus solida ungula,

id. 10, 63, 83, § 173:

motus terrae quasdam (civitates) solidas absorbuit,

Just. 30, 4, 3:

ut decies solidum exsorberet,

i. e. at once, in one draught, Hor. S. 2, 3, 240: decem annos solidos errasse, Varr. ap. Non. 405, 21; cf.:

partem solido demere de die,

Hor. C. 1, 1, 20:

annus,

Liv. 1, 19:

hora,

Juv. 11, 205:

parum solidum consulatum explere,

incomplete, Liv. 4, 8 fin.:

vos, quibus...solidae suo stant robore vires,

Verg. A. 2, 639.—As substt.

In gen.: sŏlĭdum, i, n., the whole sum:

ita bona veneant, ut solidum suum cuique solvatur,

Cic. Rab. Post. 17, 46; Hor. S. 2, 5, 65; Quint. 5, 10, 105; Tac. A. 6, 17; Dig. 45, 2, 2 sq.—

In partic.: sŏlĭdus, i, m. (sc. nummus), in the time of the emperors a gold coin, at first called aureus, and worth about twenty-five denarii, afterwards reduced nearly one half in value, Dig. 9, 3, 5; 11, 4, 1; 21, 1, 42; Cod. Just. 10, 70, 5; App. M. 10, p. 242, 34; Lampr. Alex. Sev. 39; Vulg. 1 Par. 29, 7; id. 1 Esd. 2, 69; id. Ecclus. 29, 7.—

Trop., sound, solid, substantial, genuine, true, real (in this sense a favorite word with Cic.; syn.: firmus, constans, stabilis;

opp. inanis, levis, vanus, mobilis, etc.): solida et perpetua fides,

Plaut. Merc. 2, 3, 44; so,

fides,

Tac. H. 2, 7:

solida et robusta et assidua frequentia,

Cic. Planc. 8, 21:

solida atque robusta eloquentia,

Quint. 10, 1, 2:

solida ac virilis ingenii vis,

id. 2, 5, 23:

est enim gloria solida quaedam res et expressa, non adumbrata,

Cic. Tusc. 3, 2, 3:

judicia solida et expressa,

id. Planc. 12, 29:

justitiae effigies,

id. Off. 3, 17, 69:

quod appellant honestum, non tam solido quam splendido nomine,

id. Fin. 1, 18, 61:

suavitas austera et solida,

id. de Or. 3, 26, 103:

solida veraque laus,

id. Sest. 43, 93; cf.:

solida laus ac vera dignitas,

id. Vatin. 3, 8:

gloria (with vera),

id. Phil. 5, 18, 50: nostra gloria, cum sit ex solido, Curt. 9, 2, 14:

nulla utilitas (with puerilis delectatio),

Cic. Fin. 1, 21, 72:

salus,

Plaut. Bacch. 2, 2, 10:

gratia,

id. Curc. 3, 35; Ov. M. 12, 576:

beneficium,

Ter. Eun. 5, 2, 32:

gaudium,

id. And. 4, 1, 24:

libertas,

Liv. 2, 2, 6; Tac. Or. 9:

fides,

id. H. 2, 79:

mens,

firm, determined, Hor. C. 3, 3, 4:

solidum opus doctrinae,

Val. Max. 4, 1, ext. 1:

in solidiore aliquo scripti genere,

Sen. Contr. 1, 8, 16:

gravior solidiorque sententia,

Gell. 11, 13, 8:

virtus,

Val. Max. 2, 8, 5; 5, 4, ext. 5:

vinum,

Pall. 11, 14 fin.— Neutr. absol.:

quibus ex rebus nihil est, quod solidum tenere possis,

Cic. Pis. 25, 60:

multos in solido rursus Fortuna locavit,

in safety, Verg. A. 11, 427; cf.:

praesentia bona nondum tota in solido sunt,

Sen. Ben. 3, 4, 2:

nostra gloria, cum sit ex solido,

Curt. 9, 2, 14:

ut salus ejus locetur in solido,

Amm. 17, 5, 11.—Hence, adv., in two forms.

sŏlĭdum (very rare), soundly, thoroughly:

dinoscere cautus Quid solidum crepet,

Pers. 5, 25:

Venus irata solidum,

App. M. 5, p. 171, 24.—

sŏlĭdē (not in Cic.).

(Acc. to I.) Densely, closely, solidly:

solide et crassis viminibus contexta cista,

Col. 12, 56, 2:

solide natus est,

i. e. without a hollow place, without wind in one's inside, Petr. 47, 4.— Comp.:

concreta aqua,

Gell. 19, 5, 5.—

(Acc. to II.) Surely, wholly, fully, truly:

neque, natus necne is fuerit, id solide scio,

Plaut. Trin. 4, 2, 8; 4, 2, 47; Ter And. 5, 5, 8; App. M. 3, p. 135, 41; Spart. Ael. Ver. 8.

sŏlĭdus, a, um (contr. collat. form sol-dus, a, um, Hor. S. 1, 2, 113; 2, 5, 65), adj. [Sanscr. sarvas, all; Gr. holos, whole; old Lat. sollus; cf. sollistimus], firm, dense, compact, not hollow, solid (class.).

Lit.: individua et solida corpora (sc. atomoi), Cic. Fin. 1, 6, 18; cf. id. Div. 2, 67, 98:

terra solida et globosa,

id. N. D. 2, 39, 137:

columna aurea (opp. extrinsecus inaurata),

id. Div. 1, 24, 48; cf.

cornua (opp. cava),

Plin. 11, 37, 45, § 127:

lapides,

Sen. Q. N. 3, 25, 6:

corpus,

Ter. Eun. 2, 3, 27:

paries vel solidus vel fornicatus,

Cic. Top. 4, 22:

sphaera solida atque plena,

id. Rep. 1, 14, 22; cf.:

crateres auro solidi,

Verg. A. 2, 765:

ex solido elephanto,

id. G. 3, 26; id. A. 6, 69; 6, 552:

aera,

id. ib. 9, 809:

telum solidum nodis,

id. ib. 11, 553:

vasa auro solida,

Tac. A. 2, 33; 13, 10:

solidum ex auro signum,

Just. 39, 2, 5:

nunc solida est tellus, quae lacus ante fuit,

Ov. F. 6, 404; so,

ripa,

id. ib. 14, 49:

sedes (opp. aër),

id. ib. 2, 147:

navis ad ferendum incursum maris solida,

Sen. Ep. 76, 13:

sit solidum quodcumque subest,

Aus. Ed. 16, 12: solidus cibus, solid food, as opposed to fluid, Vulg. Heb. 5, 12. — Comp.:

solidior caseus factus,

Col. 7, 8, 4. — Sup.:

solidissima materiaï corpora (opp. mollia),

Lucr. 1, 565; 1, 951:

tellus,

Ov. M. 15, 262.— Subst.: sŏlĭdum, i, n., a solid substance, solidity:

cum duae formae praestantes sint, ex solidis globus, ex planis autem circulus aut orbis,

Cic. N. D. 2, 18, 47:

nihil tangi potest, quod careat solido,

id. Univ 4, 11; cf.:

quae (species deorum) nihil concreti habeat, nihil solidi, nihil expressi,

id. N. D. 1, 27, 75:

inane abscindere soldo,

Hor. S. 1, 2, 113; cf. id. ib. 2, 1, 78:

fossa fit ad solidum,

to the solid ground, to the bottom, Ov. F. 4, 821:

finditur in solidum cuneis via,

into the hard wood, Verg. G. 2, 79; 2, 231:

neque fundamenta (amphitheatri) per solidum subdidit,

Tac. A. 4, 62:

solido procedebat elephas in pontem,

on solid ground, Liv. 44, 5.—

Transf. (opp. to that which is divided, scattered, or in parts), whole, complete, entire (= integer, totus):

usurā, nec eā solidā, contentus est,

Cic. Att. 6, 1, 3:

militia semestri solidum stipendium accipere,

Liv. 5, 4:

solida taurorum viscera,

Verg. A. 6, 253:

ut solidos hauriant (serpentes) cervos taurosque,

Plin. 8, 14, 14, § 36:

quibus solida ungula,

id. 10, 63, 83, § 173:

motus terrae quasdam (civitates) solidas absorbuit,

Just. 30, 4, 3:

ut decies solidum exsorberet,

i. e. at once, in one draught, Hor. S. 2, 3, 240: decem annos solidos errasse, Varr. ap. Non. 405, 21; cf.:

partem solido demere de die,

Hor. C. 1, 1, 20:

annus,

Liv. 1, 19:

hora,

Juv. 11, 205:

parum solidum consulatum explere,

incomplete, Liv. 4, 8 fin.:

vos, quibus...solidae suo stant robore vires,

Verg. A. 2, 639.—As substt.

In gen.: sŏlĭdum, i, n., the whole sum:

ita bona veneant, ut solidum suum cuique solvatur,

Cic. Rab. Post. 17, 46; Hor. S. 2, 5, 65; Quint. 5, 10, 105; Tac. A. 6, 17; Dig. 45, 2, 2 sq.—

In partic.: sŏlĭdus, i, m. (sc. nummus), in the time of the emperors a gold coin, at first called aureus, and worth about twenty-five denarii, afterwards reduced nearly one half in value, Dig. 9, 3, 5; 11, 4, 1; 21, 1, 42; Cod. Just. 10, 70, 5; App. M. 10, p. 242, 34; Lampr. Alex. Sev. 39; Vulg. 1 Par. 29, 7; id. 1 Esd. 2, 69; id. Ecclus. 29, 7.—

Trop., sound, solid, substantial, genuine, true, real (in this sense a favorite word with Cic.; syn.: firmus, constans, stabilis;

opp. inanis, levis, vanus, mobilis, etc.): solida et perpetua fides,

Plaut. Merc. 2, 3, 44; so,

fides,

Tac. H. 2, 7:

solida et robusta et assidua frequentia,

Cic. Planc. 8, 21:

solida atque robusta eloquentia,

Quint. 10, 1, 2:

solida ac virilis ingenii vis,

id. 2, 5, 23:

est enim gloria solida quaedam res et expressa, non adumbrata,

Cic. Tusc. 3, 2, 3:

judicia solida et expressa,

id. Planc. 12, 29:

justitiae effigies,

id. Off. 3, 17, 69:

quod appellant honestum, non tam solido quam splendido nomine,

id. Fin. 1, 18, 61:

suavitas austera et solida,

id. de Or. 3, 26, 103:

solida veraque laus,

id. Sest. 43, 93; cf.:

solida laus ac vera dignitas,

id. Vatin. 3, 8:

gloria (with vera),

id. Phil. 5, 18, 50: nostra gloria, cum sit ex solido, Curt. 9, 2, 14:

nulla utilitas (with puerilis delectatio),

Cic. Fin. 1, 21, 72:

salus,

Plaut. Bacch. 2, 2, 10:

gratia,

id. Curc. 3, 35; Ov. M. 12, 576:

beneficium,

Ter. Eun. 5, 2, 32:

gaudium,

id. And. 4, 1, 24:

libertas,

Liv. 2, 2, 6; Tac. Or. 9:

fides,

id. H. 2, 79:

mens,

firm, determined, Hor. C. 3, 3, 4:

solidum opus doctrinae,

Val. Max. 4, 1, ext. 1:

in solidiore aliquo scripti genere,

Sen. Contr. 1, 8, 16:

gravior solidiorque sententia,

Gell. 11, 13, 8:

virtus,

Val. Max. 2, 8, 5; 5, 4, ext. 5:

vinum,

Pall. 11, 14 fin.— Neutr. absol.:

quibus ex rebus nihil est, quod solidum tenere possis,

Cic. Pis. 25, 60:

multos in solido rursus Fortuna locavit,

in safety, Verg. A. 11, 427; cf.:

praesentia bona nondum tota in solido sunt,

Sen. Ben. 3, 4, 2:

nostra gloria, cum sit ex solido,

Curt. 9, 2, 14:

ut salus ejus locetur in solido,

Amm. 17, 5, 11.—Hence, adv., in two forms.

sŏlĭdum (very rare), soundly, thoroughly:

dinoscere cautus Quid solidum crepet,

Pers. 5, 25:

Venus irata solidum,

App. M. 5, p. 171, 24.—

sŏlĭdē (not in Cic.).

(Acc. to I.) Densely, closely, solidly:

solide et crassis viminibus contexta cista,

Col. 12, 56, 2:

solide natus est,

i. e. without a hollow place, without wind in one's inside, Petr. 47, 4.— Comp.:

concreta aqua,

Gell. 19, 5, 5.—

(Acc. to II.) Surely, wholly, fully, truly:

neque, natus necne is fuerit, id solide scio,

Plaut. Trin. 4, 2, 8; 4, 2, 47; Ter And. 5, 5, 8; App. M. 3, p. 135, 41; Spart. Ael. Ver. 8.

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

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.—

Transf.

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.—

With gen.:

Mars genitor, votorum haud surde meorum,

Sil. 10, 554:

pactorum,

id. 1, 692:

veritatis,

Col. 3, 10, 18.—

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.—

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.—

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.).