intimately connected with

nervus, i, m. [root snar-; Old Germ. snara, a snare; Gr. neuron; cf. parvus and pauros], a sinew, tendon, nerve.

Lit.:

his adde nervos, a quibus artus continentur,

Cic. N. D. 2, 55, 139:

hoc nervos confirmari putant,

Caes. B. G. 6, 20:

nervus qui platys appellatur,

Plin. 26, 8, 58, § 90:

hic primum nervos et venas expressit (of Pythagoras the painter),

id. 34, 8, 19, § 59:

nervorum contractio,

Sen. Ep. 66, 40: nervi quos tenontas Graeci appellant, Cels. 8, 1:

condamus alter alterum in nervum bracchialem,

let us embrace, Plaut. Poen. 5, 4, 99.—

Transf.

I. q. membrum virile, Hor. Epod. 12, 19; Juv. 10, 205; 9, 35; pl. nervi, Petr. 131, §§ 4 and 6.—

A string of a musical instrument:

omnes voces, ut nervi in fidibus, ita sonant, ut, etc.,

Cic. de Or. 3, 57, 216:

cotidiano cantu vocum et nervorum et tibiarum tota vicinitas personat,

id. Rosc. Am. 46, 134; Verg. A. 9, 776; Hor. C. 3, 11, 4.—

A bowstring: reciproca tendens nervo equino concita tela, Att. ap. Varr. L. L. 7, § 80 Müll. (Trag. Rel. p. 176 Rib.): nervoque obversus equino Contendit telum, Verg. A. 9, 622:

nervo aptare sagittas,

id. ib. 10, 131:

erumpit nervo pulsante sagitta,

id. G. 4, 313; so Val. Fl. 6, 376; 1, 437; Luc. 7, 141.—

A bow:

aliquem fallere nervo,

Val. Fl. 3, 182.—

The leather with which shields were covered:

scuta nervo firmata,

Tac. A. 2, 14; Sil. 4, 293.—

A thong with which a person was bound, Plaut. Curc. 5, 3, 11; Veg. Mil. 4, 9.—

The cords or wires by which a puppet is moved:

duceris ut nervis alienis mobile lignum,

Hor. S. 2, 7, 82.—

A fetter: nervum appellamus etiam ferreum vinculum, quo pedes impediuntur: quamquam Plautus eo etiam cervices vinciri ait: Perfidiose captus edepol nervo cervices probat, Paul. ex Fest. p. 165 Müll.: VINCITO AVT NERVO, AVT COMPEDIBVS, Lex XII. Tab. ap. Gell. 20, 1: in nervo atque compedibus aetatem agunt, Cato ap. Gell. 11, 18, 18; cf. Plaut. As. 3, 2, 5:

posuit in nervo pedes meos,

Vulg. Job, 33, 11.—

A prison:

in nervum aliquem rapere,

Plaut. Capt. 5, 3, 45:

in nervo jacebis,

id. Curc. 5, 3, 40; cf. id. Capt. 3, 5, 71:

vereor ne istaec fortitudo in nervum erumpat denique,

will lay you by the heels, bring you into durance, Ter. Phorm. 2, 2, 10; 4, 4, 15:

eximere de nervo aliquem,

Liv. 6, 15, 9:

misit in nervum,

Vulg. Jer. 20, 2.—

Trop.

Nerve, vigor, force, power, strength:

digna res est ubi tu nervos intendas tuos,

Ter. Eun. 2, 3, 20:

onus... dignum, in quo omnes nervos aetatis industriaeque meae contenderem,

Cic. Verr. 1, 12, 35:

omnibus nervis mihi contendendum est, ut, etc.,

id. ib. 2, 3, 56, §

130: opibus ac nervis ad perniciem suam uti,

Caes. B. G. 1, 20; Cic. Phil. 5, 12, 32:

nervi belli pecunia,

id. ib. 5, 2, 5:

vectigalia nervos esse rei publicae,

id. Imp. Pomp. 7, 17:

legionum nervos incidere,

id. Phil. 12, 3, 8:

poëtae molliunt animos, nervos omnes virtutis elidunt,

id. Tusc. 2, 11, 27:

video, fore nervis opus sapientiāque tuā,

id. Fam. 3, 10, 1:

loci inhaerentes in nervis causarum,

intimately connected with them, id. de Or. 3, 27, 106:

nervi conjurationis,

the leaders, Liv. 7, 39, 6.—

In partic., of expression, force, energy:

horum oratio neque nervos, neque aculeos oratorios ac forenses habet,

Cic. Or. 19, 62; cf. id. de Or. 3, 21, 80:

nervi in dicendo,

id. ib. 2, 22, 91:

sectantem levia nervi Deficiunt,

Hor. A. P. 26.

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implĭco ( inpl-), āvi, ātum, or (twice in Cic., and freq. since the Aug. per.) ŭi, ĭtum (v. Neue, Formenl. 2, 550 sq.), 1, v. a. [in-plico, to fold into; hence], to infold, involve, entangle, entwine, inwrap, envelop, encircle, embrace, clasp, grasp (freq. and class.; cf.: irretio, impedio).

Lit.:

involvulus in pampini folio se,

Plaut. Cist. 4, 2, 64:

ut tenax hedera huc et illuc Arborem implicat errans,

Cat. 61, 35; cf. id. ib. 107 sq.:

et nunc huc inde huc incertos implicat orbes,

Verg. A. 12, 743:

dextrae se parvus Iulus Implicuit,

id. ib. 2, 724; cf.:

implicuit materno bracchia collo,

Ov. M. 1, 762:

implicuitque suos circum mea colla lacertos,

id. Am. 2, 18, 9:

implicuitque comam laevā,

grasped, Verg. A. 2, 552:

sertis comas,

Tib. 3, 6, 64:

crinem auro,

Verg. A. 4, 148:

frondenti tempora ramo,

id. ib. 7, 136; cf. Ov. F. 5, 220: in parte inferiore hic implicabatur caput, Afran. ap. Non. 123, 16 (implicare positum pro ornare, Non.):

aquila implicuit pedes atque unguibus haesit,

Verg. A. 11, 752:

effusumque equitem super ipse (equus) secutus Implicat,

id. ib. 10, 894:

congressi in proelia totas Implicuere inter se acies,

id. ib. 11, 632:

implicare ac perturbare aciem,

Sall. J. 59, 3:

(lues) ossibus implicat ignem,

Verg. A. 7, 355.—In part. perf.:

quini erant ordines conjuncti inter se atque implicati,

Caes. B. G. 7, 73, 4:

Canidia brevibus implicata viperis Crines,

Hor. Epod. 5, 15:

folium implicatum,

Plin. 21, 17, 65, § 105:

intestinum implicatum,

id. 11, 4, 3, § 9:

impliciti laqueis,

Ov. A. A. 2, 580:

Cerberos implicitis angue minante comis,

id. H. 9, 94:

implicitamque sinu absstulit,

id. A. A. 1, 561:

impliciti Peleus rapit oscula nati,

held in his arms, Val. Fl. 1, 264.

Trop.

In gen., to entangle, implicate, involve, envelop, engage:

di immortales vim suam... tum terrae cavernis includunt, tum hominum naturis implicant,

Cic. Div. 1, 36, 79:

contrahendis negotiis implicari,

id. Off. 2, 11, 40:

alienis (rebus) nimis implicari molestum esse,

id. Lael. 13, 45:

implicari aliquo certo genere cursuque vivendi,

id. Off. 1, 32, 117:

implicari negotio,

id. Leg. 1, 3:

ipse te impedies, ipse tua defensione implicabere,

id. Verr. 2, 2, 18, § 44; cf.: multis implicari erroribus, id. Tusc. 4, 27, 58:

bello,

Verg. A. 11, 109:

eum primo incertis implicantes responsis,

Liv. 27, 43, 3:

nisi forte implacabiles irae vestrae implicaverint animos vestros,

perplexed, confounded, id. 40, 46, 6:

paucitas in partitione servatur, si genera ipsa rerum ponuntur, neque permixte cum partibus implicantur,

are mingled, mixed up, Cic. Inv. 1, 22, 32: ut omnibus copiis conductis te implicet, ne ad me iter tibi expeditum sit, Pompei. ap. Cic. Att. 8, 12, D, 1:

tanti errores implicant temporum, ut nec qui consules nec quid quoque anno actum sit digerere possis,

Liv. 2, 21, 4.—In part. perf.:

dum rei publicae quaedam procuratio multis officiis implicatum et constrictum tenebat,

Cic. Ac. 1, 3, 11:

Deus nullis occupationibus est implicatus,

id. N. D. 1, 19, 51; cf.:

implicatus molestis negotiis et operosis,

id. ib. 1, 20, 52:

animos dederit suis angoribus et molestiis implicatos,

id. Tusc. 5, 1, 3:

Agrippina morbo corporis implicata,

Tac. A. 4, 53:

inconstantia tua cum levitate, tum etiam perjurio implicata,

Cic. Vatin. 1, 3; cf. id. Phil. 2, 32, 81:

intervalla, quibus implicata atque permixta oratio est,

id. Or. 56, 187:

(voluptas) penitus in omni sensu implicata insidet,

id. Leg. 1, 17, 47:

quae quatuor inter se colligata atque implicata,

id. Off. 1, 5, 15:

natura non tam propensus ad misericordiam quam implicatus ad severitatem videbatur,

id. Rosc. Am. 30, 85;

and in the form implicitus, esp. with morbo (in morbum): quies necessaria morbo implicitum exercitum tenuit,

Liv. 3, 2, 1; 7, 23, 2; 23, 40, 1:

ubi se quisque videbat Implicitum morbo,

Lucr. 6, 1232:

graviore morbo implicitus,

Caes. B. C. 3, 18, 1; cf.:

implicitus in morbum,

Nep. Ages. 8, 6; Liv. 23, 34, 11:

implicitus suspicionibus,

Plin. Ep. 3, 9, 19; cf.:

implicitus terrore,

Luc. 3, 432:

litibus implicitus,

Hor. A. P. 424:

implicitam sinu abstulit,

Ov. A. A. 1, 562:

(vinum) jam sanos implicitos facit,

Cael. Aur. Acut. 3, 8, 87.—

In partic., to attach closely, connect intimately, to unite, join; in pass., to be intimately connected, associated, or related:

(homo) profectus a caritate domesticorum ac suorum serpat longius et se implicet primum civium, deinde mortalium omnium societate,

Cic. Fin. 2, 14, 45:

omnes qui nostris familiaritatibus implicantur,

id. Balb. 27, 60:

(L. Gellius) ita diu vixit, ut multarum aetatum oratoribus implicaretur,

id. Brut. 47, 174:

quibus applicari expediet, non implicari,

Sen. Ep. 105, 5.— In part. perf.:

aliquos habere implicatos consuetudine et benevolentia,

Cic. Fam. 6, 12, 2:

implicatus amicitiis,

id. Att. 1, 19, 8:

familiaritate,

id. Pis. 29, 70:

implicati ultro et citro vel usu diuturno vel etiam officiis,

id. Lael. 22, 85. —Hence,

implĭcātus ( inpl-), a, um, P. a., entangled, perplexed, confused, intricate:

nec in Torquati sermone quicquam implicatum aut tortuosum fuit,

Cic. Fin. 3, 1, 3:

reliquae (partes orationis) sunt magnae, implicatae, variae, graves, etc.,

id. de Or. 3, 14, 52: vox rauca et implicata, Sen. Apocol. med. — Comp.:

implicatior ad loquendum,

Amm. 26, 6, 18. — Sup.:

obscurissima et implicatissima quaestio,

Gell. 6, 2, 15:

ista tortuosissima et implicatissima nodositas,

Aug. Conf. 2, 10 init. —

im-plĭcĭtē ( inpl-), adv., intricately (rare):

non implicite et abscondite, sed patentius et expeditius,

Cic. Inv. 2, 23, 69.

implĭco ( inpl-), āvi, ātum, or (twice in Cic., and freq. since the Aug. per.) ŭi, ĭtum (v. Neue, Formenl. 2, 550 sq.), 1, v. a. [in-plico, to fold into; hence], to infold, involve, entangle, entwine, inwrap, envelop, encircle, embrace, clasp, grasp (freq. and class.; cf.: irretio, impedio).

Lit.:

involvulus in pampini folio se,

Plaut. Cist. 4, 2, 64:

ut tenax hedera huc et illuc Arborem implicat errans,

Cat. 61, 35; cf. id. ib. 107 sq.:

et nunc huc inde huc incertos implicat orbes,

Verg. A. 12, 743:

dextrae se parvus Iulus Implicuit,

id. ib. 2, 724; cf.:

implicuit materno bracchia collo,

Ov. M. 1, 762:

implicuitque suos circum mea colla lacertos,

id. Am. 2, 18, 9:

implicuitque comam laevā,

grasped, Verg. A. 2, 552:

sertis comas,

Tib. 3, 6, 64:

crinem auro,

Verg. A. 4, 148:

frondenti tempora ramo,

id. ib. 7, 136; cf. Ov. F. 5, 220: in parte inferiore hic implicabatur caput, Afran. ap. Non. 123, 16 (implicare positum pro ornare, Non.):

aquila implicuit pedes atque unguibus haesit,

Verg. A. 11, 752:

effusumque equitem super ipse (equus) secutus Implicat,

id. ib. 10, 894:

congressi in proelia totas Implicuere inter se acies,

id. ib. 11, 632:

implicare ac perturbare aciem,

Sall. J. 59, 3:

(lues) ossibus implicat ignem,

Verg. A. 7, 355.—In part. perf.:

quini erant ordines conjuncti inter se atque implicati,

Caes. B. G. 7, 73, 4:

Canidia brevibus implicata viperis Crines,

Hor. Epod. 5, 15:

folium implicatum,

Plin. 21, 17, 65, § 105:

intestinum implicatum,

id. 11, 4, 3, § 9:

impliciti laqueis,

Ov. A. A. 2, 580:

Cerberos implicitis angue minante comis,

id. H. 9, 94:

implicitamque sinu absstulit,

id. A. A. 1, 561:

impliciti Peleus rapit oscula nati,

held in his arms, Val. Fl. 1, 264.

Trop.

In gen., to entangle, implicate, involve, envelop, engage:

di immortales vim suam... tum terrae cavernis includunt, tum hominum naturis implicant,

Cic. Div. 1, 36, 79:

contrahendis negotiis implicari,

id. Off. 2, 11, 40:

alienis (rebus) nimis implicari molestum esse,

id. Lael. 13, 45:

implicari aliquo certo genere cursuque vivendi,

id. Off. 1, 32, 117:

implicari negotio,

id. Leg. 1, 3:

ipse te impedies, ipse tua defensione implicabere,

id. Verr. 2, 2, 18, § 44; cf.: multis implicari erroribus, id. Tusc. 4, 27, 58:

bello,

Verg. A. 11, 109:

eum primo incertis implicantes responsis,

Liv. 27, 43, 3:

nisi forte implacabiles irae vestrae implicaverint animos vestros,

perplexed, confounded, id. 40, 46, 6:

paucitas in partitione servatur, si genera ipsa rerum ponuntur, neque permixte cum partibus implicantur,

are mingled, mixed up, Cic. Inv. 1, 22, 32: ut omnibus copiis conductis te implicet, ne ad me iter tibi expeditum sit, Pompei. ap. Cic. Att. 8, 12, D, 1:

tanti errores implicant temporum, ut nec qui consules nec quid quoque anno actum sit digerere possis,

Liv. 2, 21, 4.—In part. perf.:

dum rei publicae quaedam procuratio multis officiis implicatum et constrictum tenebat,

Cic. Ac. 1, 3, 11:

Deus nullis occupationibus est implicatus,

id. N. D. 1, 19, 51; cf.:

implicatus molestis negotiis et operosis,

id. ib. 1, 20, 52:

animos dederit suis angoribus et molestiis implicatos,

id. Tusc. 5, 1, 3:

Agrippina morbo corporis implicata,

Tac. A. 4, 53:

inconstantia tua cum levitate, tum etiam perjurio implicata,

Cic. Vatin. 1, 3; cf. id. Phil. 2, 32, 81:

intervalla, quibus implicata atque permixta oratio est,

id. Or. 56, 187:

(voluptas) penitus in omni sensu implicata insidet,

id. Leg. 1, 17, 47:

quae quatuor inter se colligata atque implicata,

id. Off. 1, 5, 15:

natura non tam propensus ad misericordiam quam implicatus ad severitatem videbatur,

id. Rosc. Am. 30, 85;

and in the form implicitus, esp. with morbo (in morbum): quies necessaria morbo implicitum exercitum tenuit,

Liv. 3, 2, 1; 7, 23, 2; 23, 40, 1:

ubi se quisque videbat Implicitum morbo,

Lucr. 6, 1232:

graviore morbo implicitus,

Caes. B. C. 3, 18, 1; cf.:

implicitus in morbum,

Nep. Ages. 8, 6; Liv. 23, 34, 11:

implicitus suspicionibus,

Plin. Ep. 3, 9, 19; cf.:

implicitus terrore,

Luc. 3, 432:

litibus implicitus,

Hor. A. P. 424:

implicitam sinu abstulit,

Ov. A. A. 1, 562:

(vinum) jam sanos implicitos facit,

Cael. Aur. Acut. 3, 8, 87.—

In partic., to attach closely, connect intimately, to unite, join; in pass., to be intimately connected, associated, or related:

(homo) profectus a caritate domesticorum ac suorum serpat longius et se implicet primum civium, deinde mortalium omnium societate,

Cic. Fin. 2, 14, 45:

omnes qui nostris familiaritatibus implicantur,

id. Balb. 27, 60:

(L. Gellius) ita diu vixit, ut multarum aetatum oratoribus implicaretur,

id. Brut. 47, 174:

quibus applicari expediet, non implicari,

Sen. Ep. 105, 5.— In part. perf.:

aliquos habere implicatos consuetudine et benevolentia,

Cic. Fam. 6, 12, 2:

implicatus amicitiis,

id. Att. 1, 19, 8:

familiaritate,

id. Pis. 29, 70:

implicati ultro et citro vel usu diuturno vel etiam officiis,

id. Lael. 22, 85. —Hence,

implĭcātus ( inpl-), a, um, P. a., entangled, perplexed, confused, intricate:

nec in Torquati sermone quicquam implicatum aut tortuosum fuit,

Cic. Fin. 3, 1, 3:

reliquae (partes orationis) sunt magnae, implicatae, variae, graves, etc.,

id. de Or. 3, 14, 52: vox rauca et implicata, Sen. Apocol. med. — Comp.:

implicatior ad loquendum,

Amm. 26, 6, 18. — Sup.:

obscurissima et implicatissima quaestio,

Gell. 6, 2, 15:

ista tortuosissima et implicatissima nodositas,

Aug. Conf. 2, 10 init. —

im-plĭcĭtē ( inpl-), adv., intricately (rare):

non implicite et abscondite, sed patentius et expeditius,

Cic. Inv. 2, 23, 69.