jŭvĕnis

Arcădĭa, ae, f., = Arkadia, a mountainous province in the centre of the Peloponnesus, the Greek Switzerland, Plin. 4, 6, 10, § 20; Verg. E. 4, 58; Ov. M. 2, 405; 9, 192 al.—Hence, derivv.

Arcădĭcus, a, um, adj., = Arkadikos, Arcadian:

asinus,

Plaut. As. 2, 2, 67; Varr. R. R. 2, 1, 14; cf. Plin. 8, 43, 68, § 167; Pers. 3, 9.—Arcadicus juvenis for a simpleton (since the Arcadians, as mostly mountaineers, were considered as a simple, uncultivated people), Juv. 7, 160.—

Arcădĭus, a, um, adj., = Arkadios, Arcadian: Arcadius sus, the Arcadian boar, * Lucr. 5, 25:

dea,

i. e. Carmenta, who came from Arcadia to Italy, Ov. F. 1, 462:

virgo,

i. e. the nymph Arethusa, id. Am. 3, 6, 30:

deus,

i. e. Pan, Prop. 1, 18, 20:

rupes,

id. 1, 1, 14:

agri,

id. 3, 24, 23:

sidus,

i. e. the Great Bear, Sen. Oedip. 476: virga, the wand of Mercury (who was born upon the Arcadian mountain Cyllene, and worshipped there), Stat. Th. 2, 70:

galerus,

the helmet of Mercury, id. ib. 7, 39.

Arcădĭa, ae, f., a town in Crete, Sen. Q. N. 3, 11, 4; Plin. 31, 4, 30, § 53.

Arcădĭa, ae, f., = Arkadia, a mountainous province in the centre of the Peloponnesus, the Greek Switzerland, Plin. 4, 6, 10, § 20; Verg. E. 4, 58; Ov. M. 2, 405; 9, 192 al.—Hence, derivv.

Arcădĭcus, a, um, adj., = Arkadikos, Arcadian:

asinus,

Plaut. As. 2, 2, 67; Varr. R. R. 2, 1, 14; cf. Plin. 8, 43, 68, § 167; Pers. 3, 9.—Arcadicus juvenis for a simpleton (since the Arcadians, as mostly mountaineers, were considered as a simple, uncultivated people), Juv. 7, 160.—

Arcădĭus, a, um, adj., = Arkadios, Arcadian: Arcadius sus, the Arcadian boar, * Lucr. 5, 25:

dea,

i. e. Carmenta, who came from Arcadia to Italy, Ov. F. 1, 462:

virgo,

i. e. the nymph Arethusa, id. Am. 3, 6, 30:

deus,

i. e. Pan, Prop. 1, 18, 20:

rupes,

id. 1, 1, 14:

agri,

id. 3, 24, 23:

sidus,

i. e. the Great Bear, Sen. Oedip. 476: virga, the wand of Mercury (who was born upon the Arcadian mountain Cyllene, and worshipped there), Stat. Th. 2, 70:

galerus,

the helmet of Mercury, id. ib. 7, 39.

Arcădĭa, ae, f., a town in Crete, Sen. Q. N. 3, 11, 4; Plin. 31, 4, 30, § 53.

Arcădĭa, ae, f., = Arkadia, a mountainous province in the centre of the Peloponnesus, the Greek Switzerland, Plin. 4, 6, 10, § 20; Verg. E. 4, 58; Ov. M. 2, 405; 9, 192 al.—Hence, derivv.

Arcădĭcus, a, um, adj., = Arkadikos, Arcadian:

asinus,

Plaut. As. 2, 2, 67; Varr. R. R. 2, 1, 14; cf. Plin. 8, 43, 68, § 167; Pers. 3, 9.—Arcadicus juvenis for a simpleton (since the Arcadians, as mostly mountaineers, were considered as a simple, uncultivated people), Juv. 7, 160.—

Arcădĭus, a, um, adj., = Arkadios, Arcadian: Arcadius sus, the Arcadian boar, * Lucr. 5, 25:

dea,

i. e. Carmenta, who came from Arcadia to Italy, Ov. F. 1, 462:

virgo,

i. e. the nymph Arethusa, id. Am. 3, 6, 30:

deus,

i. e. Pan, Prop. 1, 18, 20:

rupes,

id. 1, 1, 14:

agri,

id. 3, 24, 23:

sidus,

i. e. the Great Bear, Sen. Oedip. 476: virga, the wand of Mercury (who was born upon the Arcadian mountain Cyllene, and worshipped there), Stat. Th. 2, 70:

galerus,

the helmet of Mercury, id. ib. 7, 39.

Arcădĭa, ae, f., a town in Crete, Sen. Q. N. 3, 11, 4; Plin. 31, 4, 30, § 53.

asper, ĕra, ĕrum, adj. (aspra = aspera, Enn. ap. App. Mag. p. 299, but Vahl. ad Enn. p. 166 reads spissa instead of aspra:

aspris = asperis,

Verg. A. 2, 379;

aspro = aspero,

Pall. Insit. 67) [etym. dub.; Doed. foll. by Hinter connects it with aspairô, to struggle, to resist; Corssen, Ausspr. II. p. 593, regards asper (i. e. ab spe) as the proper opposite of prosper (i. e. pro spe); thus asper originally meant hopeless, desperate; v. also id. ib. II. p. 870; cf. the use of res asperae as the opposite of res prosperae]; as affecting the sense of touch, rough, uneven (opp. lēvis or lenis; syn.: scaber, acutus, insuavis, acerbus, amarus, mordax, durus).

1.. Lit.:

lingua aspera tactu,

Lucr. 6, 1150; cf. Verg. G. 3, 508; Ov. M. 7, 556; Luc. 4, 325:

mixta aspera levibus,

Lucr. 2, 471:

in locis (spectatur) plani an montuosi, leves an asperi,

Cic. Part. Or. 10, 36: Quid judicant sensus? dulce, amarum;

lene, asperum,

id. Fin. 2, 12, 36:

tumulus asperi (sc. saxibus) soli,

Liv. 25, 36: saxa, Enn. ap. Cic. Pis. 19; Cic. Tusc. 1, 16, 37; Pac. ap. Mar. Vict. p. 2522 P.; Att. ap. Cic. Tusc. 2, 10, 23; Lucr. 4, 147; Ov. M. 6, 76; cf.

Leucas,

Luc. 1, 42:

loca,

Caes. B. C. 3, 42, and Vulg. Act. 27, 29:

viae asperae,

ib. Bar. 4, 26:

vallis aspera,

ib. Deut. 21, 4 et saep.: unda, Enn. ap. Macr. S. 6, 2:

glacies,

Verg. E. 10, 49:

hiems,

Ov. M. 11, 490; Claud. ap. Prob. Cons. 270: Phasis, i. e. frozen, ice-bound, Prob. ap. Rufin. I. 375;

and of climate: aspera caelo Germania,

harsh, severe, Tac. G. 2: arteria. the windpipe (v. arteria), Cic. N. D. 2, 54, 136; Cels. 4, 1.—Of raised work (i. e. bas-relief, etc., as being rough), as in Gr. trachus (cf. exaspero):

aspera signis Pocula,

Verg. A. 9, 263:

Cymbiaque argento perfecta atque aspera signis,

id. ib. 5, 267:

signis exstantibus asper Antiquus crater,

Ov. M. 12, 235 (cf.:

stantem extra pocula caprum,

Juv. 1, 76):

Summus inaurato crater erat asper acantho,

Ov. M. 13, 701:

aspera pocula,

Prop. 2, 6, 17:

ebur,

Sen. Hippol. 899:

balteus,

Val. Fl. 5, 578:

cingula bacis,

Claud. Laud. Stil. 2, 89; cf. Drak. ad Sil. 11, 279:

nummus,

not worn smooth, new, Suet. Ner. 44; cf. Sen. Ep. 19:

mare,

agitated by a storm, rough, tempestuous, Liv. 37, 16.—Of things that have a rough, thorny, prickly exterior:

barba,

Tib. 1, 8, 32:

sentes,

Verg. A. 2, 379:

rubus,

id. E. 3, 89:

mucro,

Luc. 7, 139 (cf. Tac. A. 15, 54: pugionem vetustate obtusum asperari saxo jussit; v. aspero).—

Meton., of food: He. Asper meus victus sanest. Er. Sentisne essitas? He. My fare is very rough. Er. Do you feed on brambles? Plaut. Capt. 1, 2, 85; cf. id. ib. 3, 1, 37; also of a cough producing hoarseness:

quas (fauces) aspera vexat Assidue tussis,

Mart. 11, 86, 1.—

Subst.: aspĕrum, i, n., an uneven, rough place:

latens in asperis radix,

Hor. Epod. 5, 67:

aspera maris,

Tac. A. 4, 6:

propter aspera et confragosa,

Plin. 3, 5, 9, § 53:

per aspera et devia,

Suet. Tib. 60:

erunt aspera in vias planas,

Vulg. Isa. 40, 4; ib. Luc. 3, 5.—Also in the sup. absol.:

asperrimo hiemis Ticinum usque progressus,

Tac. A. 3, 5.—

Transf.

Of taste, rough, harsh, sour, bitter, brackish, acrid, pungent:

asperum, Pater, hoc (vinum) est: aliud lenius, sodes, vide,

Ter. Heaut. 3, 1, 49:

asper sapor maris,

Plin. 2, 100, 104, § 222: allium asperi saporis;

quo plures nuclei fuere, hoc est asperius,

id. 19, 6, 34, § 111:

asperrimum piper,

id. 12, 7, 14, § 27:

acetum quam asperrimum,

id. 20, 9, 39, § 97.—

Of sound, rough, harsh, grating, etc.:

(pronuntiationis genus) lene, asperum,

Cic. de Or. 3, 57, 216.—Hence a poet. epithet of the letter R ( also called littera canina), Ov. F. 5, 481.—In rhetoric, rough, rugged, irregular: quidam praefractam et asperam compositionem probant;

virilem putant et fortem, quae aurem inaequalitate percutiat,

Sen. Ep. 114; cf. Cic. Or. 16, 53:

duram potius atque asperam compositionem malim esse quam effeminatam et enervem,

Quint. 9, 4, 142. And in gram., spiritus asper, the h sound, the aspirate, Prisc. p. 572 P.—

Of smell, sharp, pungent:

herba odoris asperi,

Plin. 27, 8, 41, § 64.—

Trop.

a.. Of moral qualities, rough, harsh, hard, violent, unkind, rude (cf.: acerbus, acer, and Wagner ad Verg. A. 1, 14):

quos naturā putes asperos atque omnibus iniquos,

Cic. Planc. 16, 40:

orator truculentus, asper, maledicus,

id. Brut. 34, 129:

aspera Juno,

Verg. A. 1, 279:

juvenis monitoribus asper,

Hor. A. P. 163:

patres vestros, asperrimos illos ad condicionem pacis,

Liv. 22, 59; cf. id. 2, 27:

rebus non asper egenis,

Verg. A. 8, 365:

cladibus asper,

exasperated, Ov. M. 14, 485:

asperaque est illi difficilisque Venus,

unfriendly, Tib. 1, 9, 20; cf. id. 1, 6, 2:

(Galatea) acrior igni, Asperior tribulis, fetā truculentior ursā,

Ov. M. 13, 803:

Quam aspera est nimium sapientia indoctis hominibus,

Vulg. Eccli. 6, 21:

asper contemptor divom Mezentius,

Verg. A. 7, 647:

aspera Pholoe,

coy, Hor. C. 1, 33, 6.—Of a harsh, austere, rigid view of life, or manner of living:

accessit istuc doctrina (sc. Stoicorum) non moderata nec mitis, sed paulo asperior et durior quam aut veritas aut natura patiatur,

Cic. Mur. 29:

(Stoici) horridiores evadunt, asperiores, duriores et oratione et verbis,

id. Fin. 4, 28, 78 (v. asperitas, II. A.):

(Cato) asperi animi et linguae acerbae et immodice liberae fuit, sed rigidae innocentiae,

Liv. 39, 40:

(Karthago) studiis asperrima belli,

Verg. A. 1, 14, ubi v. Wagner:

Camilla aspera,

id. ib. 11, 664; cf.:

gens laboribus et bellis asperrima,

Just. 2, 3:

virgo aspera,

i. e. Diana, Sen. Med. 87.—

Of animals, wild, savage, fierce:

(anguis) asper siti atque exterritus aestu,

Verg. G. 3, 434:

bos aspera cornu, i. e. minax,

id. ib. 3, 57; cf. Hor. Epod. 6, 11:

ille (lupus) asper Saevit,

Verg. A. 9, 62:

lupus dulcedine sanguinis asper,

Ov. M. 11, 402:

ille (leo) asper retro redit,

Verg. A. 9, 794:

tigris aspera,

Hor. C. 1, 23, 9; 3, 2, 10:

(equus) asper frena pati,

Sil. 3, 387.—

Of things, rough, harsh, troublesome, adverse, calamitous, cruel, etc. (most freq. in the poets):

in periculis et asperis temporibus,

Cic. Balb. 9: qui labores, pericula, dubias atque asperas res facile toleraverant, Sall. C. 10, 2: mala res, spes multo asperior, ( our) circumstances are bad, ( our) prospects still worse, id. ib. 20, 13:

venatus,

Verg. A. 8, 318:

bellum,

Sall. J. 48, 1; Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 7:

pugna,

Verg. A. 11, 635; 12, 124:

fata,

id. ib. 6, 882:

odia,

id. ib. 2, 96.— Absol.:

multa aspera,

Prop. 1, 18, 13; Hor. Ep. 1, 2, 21 al.—Of discourse, severe, abusive:

asperioribus facetiis perstringere aliquem,

Cic. Planc. 14; Tac. A. 15, 68:

verba,

Tib. 4, 4, 14; Ov. P. 2, 6, 8; Vulg. Psa. 90, 3:

vox,

Curt. 7, 1.— Adv.

Old form asperĭter, roughly, harshly: cubare, Naev. ap. Non. p. 513, 21; Plaut. ap. Prisc. p. 1010 P.—

Class. form aspĕrē (in fig. signif.), roughly, harshly, severely, vehemently, etc.

Transf.:

loqui,

Cic. de Or. 3, 12, 45; Quint. 6, 5, 5:

dicere,

id. 2, 8, 15:

syllabae aspere coëuntes,

id. 1, 1, 37.—

Trop.:

aspere accipere aliquid,

Tac. A. 4, 31:

aspere et acerbe accusare aliquem,

Cic. Fam. 1, 5, 6:

aspere agere aliquid,

Liv. 3, 50:

aspere et ferociter et libere dicta,

Cic. Planc. 13, 33; Quint. 6, 3, 28:

aspere et vehementer loqui,

Cic. de Or. 1, 53, 227: ne quid aspere loquaris, * Vulg. Gen. 31, 24.— Comp.:

asperius loqui aliquid,

Cic. de Or. 1, 53, 227:

asperius scribere de aliquo,

id. Att. 9, 15.— Sup.:

asperrime loqui in aliquem,

Cic. Att. 2, 22, 5:

asperrime pati aliquid,

Sen. Ira, 3, 37, 1:

asperrime saevire in aliquem,

Vell. 2, 7.

Asper, eri, m.

A cognomen of L. Trebonius:

L. Trebonius... insectandis patribus, unde Aspero etiam inditum est cognomen, tribunatum gessit,

Liv. 3, 65, 4. —

Asper, Aspri (Prob. p. 201 Keil), m., a Latin grammarian, two of whose treatises have come down to us; v. Teuffel, Rom. Lit. § 474, 4.

asper, ĕra, ĕrum, adj. (aspra = aspera, Enn. ap. App. Mag. p. 299, but Vahl. ad Enn. p. 166 reads spissa instead of aspra:

aspris = asperis,

Verg. A. 2, 379;

aspro = aspero,

Pall. Insit. 67) [etym. dub.; Doed. foll. by Hinter connects it with aspairô, to struggle, to resist; Corssen, Ausspr. II. p. 593, regards asper (i. e. ab spe) as the proper opposite of prosper (i. e. pro spe); thus asper originally meant hopeless, desperate; v. also id. ib. II. p. 870; cf. the use of res asperae as the opposite of res prosperae]; as affecting the sense of touch, rough, uneven (opp. lēvis or lenis; syn.: scaber, acutus, insuavis, acerbus, amarus, mordax, durus).

1.. Lit.:

lingua aspera tactu,

Lucr. 6, 1150; cf. Verg. G. 3, 508; Ov. M. 7, 556; Luc. 4, 325:

mixta aspera levibus,

Lucr. 2, 471:

in locis (spectatur) plani an montuosi, leves an asperi,

Cic. Part. Or. 10, 36: Quid judicant sensus? dulce, amarum;

lene, asperum,

id. Fin. 2, 12, 36:

tumulus asperi (sc. saxibus) soli,

Liv. 25, 36: saxa, Enn. ap. Cic. Pis. 19; Cic. Tusc. 1, 16, 37; Pac. ap. Mar. Vict. p. 2522 P.; Att. ap. Cic. Tusc. 2, 10, 23; Lucr. 4, 147; Ov. M. 6, 76; cf.

Leucas,

Luc. 1, 42:

loca,

Caes. B. C. 3, 42, and Vulg. Act. 27, 29:

viae asperae,

ib. Bar. 4, 26:

vallis aspera,

ib. Deut. 21, 4 et saep.: unda, Enn. ap. Macr. S. 6, 2:

glacies,

Verg. E. 10, 49:

hiems,

Ov. M. 11, 490; Claud. ap. Prob. Cons. 270: Phasis, i. e. frozen, ice-bound, Prob. ap. Rufin. I. 375;

and of climate: aspera caelo Germania,

harsh, severe, Tac. G. 2: arteria. the windpipe (v. arteria), Cic. N. D. 2, 54, 136; Cels. 4, 1.—Of raised work (i. e. bas-relief, etc., as being rough), as in Gr. trachus (cf. exaspero):

aspera signis Pocula,

Verg. A. 9, 263:

Cymbiaque argento perfecta atque aspera signis,

id. ib. 5, 267:

signis exstantibus asper Antiquus crater,

Ov. M. 12, 235 (cf.:

stantem extra pocula caprum,

Juv. 1, 76):

Summus inaurato crater erat asper acantho,

Ov. M. 13, 701:

aspera pocula,

Prop. 2, 6, 17:

ebur,

Sen. Hippol. 899:

balteus,

Val. Fl. 5, 578:

cingula bacis,

Claud. Laud. Stil. 2, 89; cf. Drak. ad Sil. 11, 279:

nummus,

not worn smooth, new, Suet. Ner. 44; cf. Sen. Ep. 19:

mare,

agitated by a storm, rough, tempestuous, Liv. 37, 16.—Of things that have a rough, thorny, prickly exterior:

barba,

Tib. 1, 8, 32:

sentes,

Verg. A. 2, 379:

rubus,

id. E. 3, 89:

mucro,

Luc. 7, 139 (cf. Tac. A. 15, 54: pugionem vetustate obtusum asperari saxo jussit; v. aspero).—

Meton., of food: He. Asper meus victus sanest. Er. Sentisne essitas? He. My fare is very rough. Er. Do you feed on brambles? Plaut. Capt. 1, 2, 85; cf. id. ib. 3, 1, 37; also of a cough producing hoarseness:

quas (fauces) aspera vexat Assidue tussis,

Mart. 11, 86, 1.—

Subst.: aspĕrum, i, n., an uneven, rough place:

latens in asperis radix,

Hor. Epod. 5, 67:

aspera maris,

Tac. A. 4, 6:

propter aspera et confragosa,

Plin. 3, 5, 9, § 53:

per aspera et devia,

Suet. Tib. 60:

erunt aspera in vias planas,

Vulg. Isa. 40, 4; ib. Luc. 3, 5.—Also in the sup. absol.:

asperrimo hiemis Ticinum usque progressus,

Tac. A. 3, 5.—

Transf.

Of taste, rough, harsh, sour, bitter, brackish, acrid, pungent:

asperum, Pater, hoc (vinum) est: aliud lenius, sodes, vide,

Ter. Heaut. 3, 1, 49:

asper sapor maris,

Plin. 2, 100, 104, § 222: allium asperi saporis;

quo plures nuclei fuere, hoc est asperius,

id. 19, 6, 34, § 111:

asperrimum piper,

id. 12, 7, 14, § 27:

acetum quam asperrimum,

id. 20, 9, 39, § 97.—

Of sound, rough, harsh, grating, etc.:

(pronuntiationis genus) lene, asperum,

Cic. de Or. 3, 57, 216.—Hence a poet. epithet of the letter R ( also called littera canina), Ov. F. 5, 481.—In rhetoric, rough, rugged, irregular: quidam praefractam et asperam compositionem probant;

virilem putant et fortem, quae aurem inaequalitate percutiat,

Sen. Ep. 114; cf. Cic. Or. 16, 53:

duram potius atque asperam compositionem malim esse quam effeminatam et enervem,

Quint. 9, 4, 142. And in gram., spiritus asper, the h sound, the aspirate, Prisc. p. 572 P.—

Of smell, sharp, pungent:

herba odoris asperi,

Plin. 27, 8, 41, § 64.—

Trop.

a.. Of moral qualities, rough, harsh, hard, violent, unkind, rude (cf.: acerbus, acer, and Wagner ad Verg. A. 1, 14):

quos naturā putes asperos atque omnibus iniquos,

Cic. Planc. 16, 40:

orator truculentus, asper, maledicus,

id. Brut. 34, 129:

aspera Juno,

Verg. A. 1, 279:

juvenis monitoribus asper,

Hor. A. P. 163:

patres vestros, asperrimos illos ad condicionem pacis,

Liv. 22, 59; cf. id. 2, 27:

rebus non asper egenis,

Verg. A. 8, 365:

cladibus asper,

exasperated, Ov. M. 14, 485:

asperaque est illi difficilisque Venus,

unfriendly, Tib. 1, 9, 20; cf. id. 1, 6, 2:

(Galatea) acrior igni, Asperior tribulis, fetā truculentior ursā,

Ov. M. 13, 803:

Quam aspera est nimium sapientia indoctis hominibus,

Vulg. Eccli. 6, 21:

asper contemptor divom Mezentius,

Verg. A. 7, 647:

aspera Pholoe,

coy, Hor. C. 1, 33, 6.—Of a harsh, austere, rigid view of life, or manner of living:

accessit istuc doctrina (sc. Stoicorum) non moderata nec mitis, sed paulo asperior et durior quam aut veritas aut natura patiatur,

Cic. Mur. 29:

(Stoici) horridiores evadunt, asperiores, duriores et oratione et verbis,

id. Fin. 4, 28, 78 (v. asperitas, II. A.):

(Cato) asperi animi et linguae acerbae et immodice liberae fuit, sed rigidae innocentiae,

Liv. 39, 40:

(Karthago) studiis asperrima belli,

Verg. A. 1, 14, ubi v. Wagner:

Camilla aspera,

id. ib. 11, 664; cf.:

gens laboribus et bellis asperrima,

Just. 2, 3:

virgo aspera,

i. e. Diana, Sen. Med. 87.—

Of animals, wild, savage, fierce:

(anguis) asper siti atque exterritus aestu,

Verg. G. 3, 434:

bos aspera cornu, i. e. minax,

id. ib. 3, 57; cf. Hor. Epod. 6, 11:

ille (lupus) asper Saevit,

Verg. A. 9, 62:

lupus dulcedine sanguinis asper,

Ov. M. 11, 402:

ille (leo) asper retro redit,

Verg. A. 9, 794:

tigris aspera,

Hor. C. 1, 23, 9; 3, 2, 10:

(equus) asper frena pati,

Sil. 3, 387.—

Of things, rough, harsh, troublesome, adverse, calamitous, cruel, etc. (most freq. in the poets):

in periculis et asperis temporibus,

Cic. Balb. 9: qui labores, pericula, dubias atque asperas res facile toleraverant, Sall. C. 10, 2: mala res, spes multo asperior, ( our) circumstances are bad, ( our) prospects still worse, id. ib. 20, 13:

venatus,

Verg. A. 8, 318:

bellum,

Sall. J. 48, 1; Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 7:

pugna,

Verg. A. 11, 635; 12, 124:

fata,

id. ib. 6, 882:

odia,

id. ib. 2, 96.— Absol.:

multa aspera,

Prop. 1, 18, 13; Hor. Ep. 1, 2, 21 al.—Of discourse, severe, abusive:

asperioribus facetiis perstringere aliquem,

Cic. Planc. 14; Tac. A. 15, 68:

verba,

Tib. 4, 4, 14; Ov. P. 2, 6, 8; Vulg. Psa. 90, 3:

vox,

Curt. 7, 1.— Adv.

Old form asperĭter, roughly, harshly: cubare, Naev. ap. Non. p. 513, 21; Plaut. ap. Prisc. p. 1010 P.—

Class. form aspĕrē (in fig. signif.), roughly, harshly, severely, vehemently, etc.

Transf.:

loqui,

Cic. de Or. 3, 12, 45; Quint. 6, 5, 5:

dicere,

id. 2, 8, 15:

syllabae aspere coëuntes,

id. 1, 1, 37.—

Trop.:

aspere accipere aliquid,

Tac. A. 4, 31:

aspere et acerbe accusare aliquem,

Cic. Fam. 1, 5, 6:

aspere agere aliquid,

Liv. 3, 50:

aspere et ferociter et libere dicta,

Cic. Planc. 13, 33; Quint. 6, 3, 28:

aspere et vehementer loqui,

Cic. de Or. 1, 53, 227: ne quid aspere loquaris, * Vulg. Gen. 31, 24.— Comp.:

asperius loqui aliquid,

Cic. de Or. 1, 53, 227:

asperius scribere de aliquo,

id. Att. 9, 15.— Sup.:

asperrime loqui in aliquem,

Cic. Att. 2, 22, 5:

asperrime pati aliquid,

Sen. Ira, 3, 37, 1:

asperrime saevire in aliquem,

Vell. 2, 7.

Asper, eri, m.

A cognomen of L. Trebonius:

L. Trebonius... insectandis patribus, unde Aspero etiam inditum est cognomen, tribunatum gessit,

Liv. 3, 65, 4. —

Asper, Aspri (Prob. p. 201 Keil), m., a Latin grammarian, two of whose treatises have come down to us; v. Teuffel, Rom. Lit. § 474, 4.

asper, ĕra, ĕrum, adj. (aspra = aspera, Enn. ap. App. Mag. p. 299, but Vahl. ad Enn. p. 166 reads spissa instead of aspra:

aspris = asperis,

Verg. A. 2, 379;

aspro = aspero,

Pall. Insit. 67) [etym. dub.; Doed. foll. by Hinter connects it with aspairô, to struggle, to resist; Corssen, Ausspr. II. p. 593, regards asper (i. e. ab spe) as the proper opposite of prosper (i. e. pro spe); thus asper originally meant hopeless, desperate; v. also id. ib. II. p. 870; cf. the use of res asperae as the opposite of res prosperae]; as affecting the sense of touch, rough, uneven (opp. lēvis or lenis; syn.: scaber, acutus, insuavis, acerbus, amarus, mordax, durus).

1.. Lit.:

lingua aspera tactu,

Lucr. 6, 1150; cf. Verg. G. 3, 508; Ov. M. 7, 556; Luc. 4, 325:

mixta aspera levibus,

Lucr. 2, 471:

in locis (spectatur) plani an montuosi, leves an asperi,

Cic. Part. Or. 10, 36: Quid judicant sensus? dulce, amarum;

lene, asperum,

id. Fin. 2, 12, 36:

tumulus asperi (sc. saxibus) soli,

Liv. 25, 36: saxa, Enn. ap. Cic. Pis. 19; Cic. Tusc. 1, 16, 37; Pac. ap. Mar. Vict. p. 2522 P.; Att. ap. Cic. Tusc. 2, 10, 23; Lucr. 4, 147; Ov. M. 6, 76; cf.

Leucas,

Luc. 1, 42:

loca,

Caes. B. C. 3, 42, and Vulg. Act. 27, 29:

viae asperae,

ib. Bar. 4, 26:

vallis aspera,

ib. Deut. 21, 4 et saep.: unda, Enn. ap. Macr. S. 6, 2:

glacies,

Verg. E. 10, 49:

hiems,

Ov. M. 11, 490; Claud. ap. Prob. Cons. 270: Phasis, i. e. frozen, ice-bound, Prob. ap. Rufin. I. 375;

and of climate: aspera caelo Germania,

harsh, severe, Tac. G. 2: arteria. the windpipe (v. arteria), Cic. N. D. 2, 54, 136; Cels. 4, 1.—Of raised work (i. e. bas-relief, etc., as being rough), as in Gr. trachus (cf. exaspero):

aspera signis Pocula,

Verg. A. 9, 263:

Cymbiaque argento perfecta atque aspera signis,

id. ib. 5, 267:

signis exstantibus asper Antiquus crater,

Ov. M. 12, 235 (cf.:

stantem extra pocula caprum,

Juv. 1, 76):

Summus inaurato crater erat asper acantho,

Ov. M. 13, 701:

aspera pocula,

Prop. 2, 6, 17:

ebur,

Sen. Hippol. 899:

balteus,

Val. Fl. 5, 578:

cingula bacis,

Claud. Laud. Stil. 2, 89; cf. Drak. ad Sil. 11, 279:

nummus,

not worn smooth, new, Suet. Ner. 44; cf. Sen. Ep. 19:

mare,

agitated by a storm, rough, tempestuous, Liv. 37, 16.—Of things that have a rough, thorny, prickly exterior:

barba,

Tib. 1, 8, 32:

sentes,

Verg. A. 2, 379:

rubus,

id. E. 3, 89:

mucro,

Luc. 7, 139 (cf. Tac. A. 15, 54: pugionem vetustate obtusum asperari saxo jussit; v. aspero).—

Meton., of food: He. Asper meus victus sanest. Er. Sentisne essitas? He. My fare is very rough. Er. Do you feed on brambles? Plaut. Capt. 1, 2, 85; cf. id. ib. 3, 1, 37; also of a cough producing hoarseness:

quas (fauces) aspera vexat Assidue tussis,

Mart. 11, 86, 1.—

Subst.: aspĕrum, i, n., an uneven, rough place:

latens in asperis radix,

Hor. Epod. 5, 67:

aspera maris,

Tac. A. 4, 6:

propter aspera et confragosa,

Plin. 3, 5, 9, § 53:

per aspera et devia,

Suet. Tib. 60:

erunt aspera in vias planas,

Vulg. Isa. 40, 4; ib. Luc. 3, 5.—Also in the sup. absol.:

asperrimo hiemis Ticinum usque progressus,

Tac. A. 3, 5.—

Transf.

Of taste, rough, harsh, sour, bitter, brackish, acrid, pungent:

asperum, Pater, hoc (vinum) est: aliud lenius, sodes, vide,

Ter. Heaut. 3, 1, 49:

asper sapor maris,

Plin. 2, 100, 104, § 222: allium asperi saporis;

quo plures nuclei fuere, hoc est asperius,

id. 19, 6, 34, § 111:

asperrimum piper,

id. 12, 7, 14, § 27:

acetum quam asperrimum,

id. 20, 9, 39, § 97.—

Of sound, rough, harsh, grating, etc.:

(pronuntiationis genus) lene, asperum,

Cic. de Or. 3, 57, 216.—Hence a poet. epithet of the letter R ( also called littera canina), Ov. F. 5, 481.—In rhetoric, rough, rugged, irregular: quidam praefractam et asperam compositionem probant;

virilem putant et fortem, quae aurem inaequalitate percutiat,

Sen. Ep. 114; cf. Cic. Or. 16, 53:

duram potius atque asperam compositionem malim esse quam effeminatam et enervem,

Quint. 9, 4, 142. And in gram., spiritus asper, the h sound, the aspirate, Prisc. p. 572 P.—

Of smell, sharp, pungent:

herba odoris asperi,

Plin. 27, 8, 41, § 64.—

Trop.

a.. Of moral qualities, rough, harsh, hard, violent, unkind, rude (cf.: acerbus, acer, and Wagner ad Verg. A. 1, 14):

quos naturā putes asperos atque omnibus iniquos,

Cic. Planc. 16, 40:

orator truculentus, asper, maledicus,

id. Brut. 34, 129:

aspera Juno,

Verg. A. 1, 279:

juvenis monitoribus asper,

Hor. A. P. 163:

patres vestros, asperrimos illos ad condicionem pacis,

Liv. 22, 59; cf. id. 2, 27:

rebus non asper egenis,

Verg. A. 8, 365:

cladibus asper,

exasperated, Ov. M. 14, 485:

asperaque est illi difficilisque Venus,

unfriendly, Tib. 1, 9, 20; cf. id. 1, 6, 2:

(Galatea) acrior igni, Asperior tribulis, fetā truculentior ursā,

Ov. M. 13, 803:

Quam aspera est nimium sapientia indoctis hominibus,

Vulg. Eccli. 6, 21:

asper contemptor divom Mezentius,

Verg. A. 7, 647:

aspera Pholoe,

coy, Hor. C. 1, 33, 6.—Of a harsh, austere, rigid view of life, or manner of living:

accessit istuc doctrina (sc. Stoicorum) non moderata nec mitis, sed paulo asperior et durior quam aut veritas aut natura patiatur,

Cic. Mur. 29:

(Stoici) horridiores evadunt, asperiores, duriores et oratione et verbis,

id. Fin. 4, 28, 78 (v. asperitas, II. A.):

(Cato) asperi animi et linguae acerbae et immodice liberae fuit, sed rigidae innocentiae,

Liv. 39, 40:

(Karthago) studiis asperrima belli,

Verg. A. 1, 14, ubi v. Wagner:

Camilla aspera,

id. ib. 11, 664; cf.:

gens laboribus et bellis asperrima,

Just. 2, 3:

virgo aspera,

i. e. Diana, Sen. Med. 87.—

Of animals, wild, savage, fierce:

(anguis) asper siti atque exterritus aestu,

Verg. G. 3, 434:

bos aspera cornu, i. e. minax,

id. ib. 3, 57; cf. Hor. Epod. 6, 11:

ille (lupus) asper Saevit,

Verg. A. 9, 62:

lupus dulcedine sanguinis asper,

Ov. M. 11, 402:

ille (leo) asper retro redit,

Verg. A. 9, 794:

tigris aspera,

Hor. C. 1, 23, 9; 3, 2, 10:

(equus) asper frena pati,

Sil. 3, 387.—

Of things, rough, harsh, troublesome, adverse, calamitous, cruel, etc. (most freq. in the poets):

in periculis et asperis temporibus,

Cic. Balb. 9: qui labores, pericula, dubias atque asperas res facile toleraverant, Sall. C. 10, 2: mala res, spes multo asperior, ( our) circumstances are bad, ( our) prospects still worse, id. ib. 20, 13:

venatus,

Verg. A. 8, 318:

bellum,

Sall. J. 48, 1; Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 7:

pugna,

Verg. A. 11, 635; 12, 124:

fata,

id. ib. 6, 882:

odia,

id. ib. 2, 96.— Absol.:

multa aspera,

Prop. 1, 18, 13; Hor. Ep. 1, 2, 21 al.—Of discourse, severe, abusive:

asperioribus facetiis perstringere aliquem,

Cic. Planc. 14; Tac. A. 15, 68:

verba,

Tib. 4, 4, 14; Ov. P. 2, 6, 8; Vulg. Psa. 90, 3:

vox,

Curt. 7, 1.— Adv.

Old form asperĭter, roughly, harshly: cubare, Naev. ap. Non. p. 513, 21; Plaut. ap. Prisc. p. 1010 P.—

Class. form aspĕrē (in fig. signif.), roughly, harshly, severely, vehemently, etc.

Transf.:

loqui,

Cic. de Or. 3, 12, 45; Quint. 6, 5, 5:

dicere,

id. 2, 8, 15:

syllabae aspere coëuntes,

id. 1, 1, 37.—

Trop.:

aspere accipere aliquid,

Tac. A. 4, 31:

aspere et acerbe accusare aliquem,

Cic. Fam. 1, 5, 6:

aspere agere aliquid,

Liv. 3, 50:

aspere et ferociter et libere dicta,

Cic. Planc. 13, 33; Quint. 6, 3, 28:

aspere et vehementer loqui,

Cic. de Or. 1, 53, 227: ne quid aspere loquaris, * Vulg. Gen. 31, 24.— Comp.:

asperius loqui aliquid,

Cic. de Or. 1, 53, 227:

asperius scribere de aliquo,

id. Att. 9, 15.— Sup.:

asperrime loqui in aliquem,

Cic. Att. 2, 22, 5:

asperrime pati aliquid,

Sen. Ira, 3, 37, 1:

asperrime saevire in aliquem,

Vell. 2, 7.

Asper, eri, m.

A cognomen of L. Trebonius:

L. Trebonius... insectandis patribus, unde Aspero etiam inditum est cognomen, tribunatum gessit,

Liv. 3, 65, 4. —

Asper, Aspri (Prob. p. 201 Keil), m., a Latin grammarian, two of whose treatises have come down to us; v. Teuffel, Rom. Lit. § 474, 4.

Barcas ( Barca), ae, m., = Barkas [, a gleaming, or a gleaming sword, as an epithet of heroes; cf. Gesenius, Gesch. d. Hebr. Spr. und Schr, p. 229], ancestor of a distinguished family in Carthage to which Hamilcar and Hannibal belonged, hence, a surname of Hamilcar, Nep. Ham. 1, 1.— Hence,

Derivv

Barcīnus, a, um, adj., of Barcas, or pertaining to the family or party of Barcas:

familia Barcina,

Liv. 23, 13, 6:

factio,

id. 21, 9, 4.— Subst.: Bar-cīni, ōrum, m., the Barcini, Liv 21, 3, 3.— Poet.:

Barcina clades,

near the river Metaurus, where Hasdrubal was conquered and slain, Sid. Carm. 2, 532.—

Bar-caeus, a, um, adj., of Barcas, Barcœan:

juvenis,

i. e. Hannibal, Sil. 10, 355; 12, 200.

Barcas ( Barca), ae, m., = Barkas [, a gleaming, or a gleaming sword, as an epithet of heroes; cf. Gesenius, Gesch. d. Hebr. Spr. und Schr, p. 229], ancestor of a distinguished family in Carthage to which Hamilcar and Hannibal belonged, hence, a surname of Hamilcar, Nep. Ham. 1, 1.— Hence,

Derivv

Barcīnus, a, um, adj., of Barcas, or pertaining to the family or party of Barcas:

familia Barcina,

Liv. 23, 13, 6:

factio,

id. 21, 9, 4.— Subst.: Bar-cīni, ōrum, m., the Barcini, Liv 21, 3, 3.— Poet.:

Barcina clades,

near the river Metaurus, where Hasdrubal was conquered and slain, Sid. Carm. 2, 532.—

Bar-caeus, a, um, adj., of Barcas, Barcœan:

juvenis,

i. e. Hannibal, Sil. 10, 355; 12, 200.

Barcas ( Barca), ae, m., = Barkas [, a gleaming, or a gleaming sword, as an epithet of heroes; cf. Gesenius, Gesch. d. Hebr. Spr. und Schr, p. 229], ancestor of a distinguished family in Carthage to which Hamilcar and Hannibal belonged, hence, a surname of Hamilcar, Nep. Ham. 1, 1.— Hence,

Derivv

Barcīnus, a, um, adj., of Barcas, or pertaining to the family or party of Barcas:

familia Barcina,

Liv. 23, 13, 6:

factio,

id. 21, 9, 4.— Subst.: Bar-cīni, ōrum, m., the Barcini, Liv 21, 3, 3.— Poet.:

Barcina clades,

near the river Metaurus, where Hasdrubal was conquered and slain, Sid. Carm. 2, 532.—

Bar-caeus, a, um, adj., of Barcas, Barcœan:

juvenis,

i. e. Hannibal, Sil. 10, 355; 12, 200.

Barcas ( Barca), ae, m., = Barkas [, a gleaming, or a gleaming sword, as an epithet of heroes; cf. Gesenius, Gesch. d. Hebr. Spr. und Schr, p. 229], ancestor of a distinguished family in Carthage to which Hamilcar and Hannibal belonged, hence, a surname of Hamilcar, Nep. Ham. 1, 1.— Hence,

Derivv

Barcīnus, a, um, adj., of Barcas, or pertaining to the family or party of Barcas:

familia Barcina,

Liv. 23, 13, 6:

factio,

id. 21, 9, 4.— Subst.: Bar-cīni, ōrum, m., the Barcini, Liv 21, 3, 3.— Poet.:

Barcina clades,

near the river Metaurus, where Hasdrubal was conquered and slain, Sid. Carm. 2, 532.—

Bar-caeus, a, um, adj., of Barcas, Barcœan:

juvenis,

i. e. Hannibal, Sil. 10, 355; 12, 200.

cădūcus, a, um, adj. [cado].

That falls or has fallen, falling, fallen (mostly poet.): bacae glandesque caducae, * Lucr. 5, 1362; cf. Dig. 50, 16, 30:

glans caduca est, quae ex arbore cecidit: oleae,

Cato, R. R. 23, 2:

spica,

that fell in mowing, Varr. R. R. 2, 2, 12:

aqua,

id. ib. 3, 5, 2:

aquae,

Ov. P. 2, 7, 39:

frondes,

Verg. G. 1, 368:

frons,

Ov. M. 7, 840; id. Tr. 3, 1, 45:

folia,

id. Am. 2, 16, 45:

lacrimae,

id. M. 6, 396:

poma,

Prop. 2, 32, 40:

oliva,

Col. 12, 52, 22:

fulmen,

Hor. C. 3, 4, 44:

te, triste lignum, te caducum In domini caput immerentis,

id. ib. 2, 13, 11; cf.

ligna,

Varr. L. L. 6, § 66 Müll.:

tela,

Prop. 4 (5), 2, 53:

moro coma nigrior caduco,

Mart. 8, 64, 7.—

Caduca auspicia dicunt cum aliquid in templo excidit, veluti virga e manu, Paul. ex Fest. p. 64, 9 Müll.—

Caduci bello, that have fallen in war, slain in battle:

bello caduci Dardanidae,

Verg. A. 6, 481.—

In gen., devoted to death, destined to die:

juvenis,

Verg. A. 10, 622.—

Inclined to fall, that easily falls (rare):

vitis, quae naturā caduca est et, nisi fulta sit, ad terram fertur,

Cic. Sen. 15, 52; cf. id. ib. 2, 5. —Hence,

Esp., in medic. lang.: homo, epileptic, Firm. Math. 3, 6, n. 8;

Aemil. Mac. c. de Paeonia: equus,

Veg. 1, 25, 2:

asellus morbo detestabili caducus,

App. M. 9, p. 236, 12:

morbus,

the falling sickness, epilepsy, App. Herb. 60; Aemil. Mac. c. Aristoloch.; Isid. Orig. 14, 7, 5.—

Trop.

In gen., frail, fleeting, perishable, transitory, vain (class., esp. in prose):

in eo, qui ex animo constet et corpus caducus et infirmus,

Cic. N. D. 1, 35, 98:

ignis,

quickly extinguished, Sen. Q. N. 2, 23, 2:

res humanae fragiles caducaeque,

Cic. Lael. 27, 102: quis confidit semper sibi illud stabile et firmum permansurum, quod fragile et caducum sit, id. Fin. 2, 27, 86:

nihil nisi mortale et caducum praeter animos,

id. Rep. 6, 17, 17: alia omnia incerta sunt, caduca, mobilia;

virtus est una altissimis defixa radicibus,

id. Phil. 4, 5, 13; id. Lael. 6, 20; id. Dom. 58, 146:

tituli,

Plin. Pan. 55, 8:

tempus,

id. Ep. 3, 7, 14:

labores,

id. ib. 9, 3, 2:

fama,

Ov. P. 4, 8, 46:

spes,

vain, futile, id. M. 9, 597:

preces,

ineffectual, id. F. 1, 181:

pars voti,

id. Ib. 88.—

Esp., in law, caduca bona were those possessions which did not fall to the heir mentioned in a will, because he was childless, but passed to other heirs (in default of such, to the exchequer); vacant, having no heir (cf. Hugo, Rechtsgesch. p. 760 sq.):

quod quis sibi testamento relictum, ita ut jure civili capere possit, aliquă ex causă deinde non ceperit, caducum appellatur, veluti ceciderit ab eo, etc., Ulp. Lib. Regul. tit. 10: hereditates,

Cic. Phil. 10, 5, 11; Cod. Th. 10, 10, 30 pr.; Dig. 22, 5, 9: portio, Gai Inst. 2, 206.—As subst.: cădūcum, i, n., property without an heir, an unowned eslate:

legatum omne capis nec non et dulce caducum,

Juv. 9, 88:

caduca occupare,

Just. 19, 3, 6: vindicare, Gal Inst. 2, 207.—

Transf., of other things:

nostra est omnis ista prudentiae doctrinaeque possessio, in quam homines, quasi caducam atque vacuam, abundantes otio, nobis occupatis, involaverunt,

Cic. de Or. 3, 31, 122 (no comp. or sup.).—Hence, adv.: cădū-cĭter, precipitately, headlong: caduciter = praecipitanter;

Varro: aquai caduciter ruentis,

Non. p. 91, 1 sq.

cădūcus, a, um, adj. [cado].

That falls or has fallen, falling, fallen (mostly poet.): bacae glandesque caducae, * Lucr. 5, 1362; cf. Dig. 50, 16, 30:

glans caduca est, quae ex arbore cecidit: oleae,

Cato, R. R. 23, 2:

spica,

that fell in mowing, Varr. R. R. 2, 2, 12:

aqua,

id. ib. 3, 5, 2:

aquae,

Ov. P. 2, 7, 39:

frondes,

Verg. G. 1, 368:

frons,

Ov. M. 7, 840; id. Tr. 3, 1, 45:

folia,

id. Am. 2, 16, 45:

lacrimae,

id. M. 6, 396:

poma,

Prop. 2, 32, 40:

oliva,

Col. 12, 52, 22:

fulmen,

Hor. C. 3, 4, 44:

te, triste lignum, te caducum In domini caput immerentis,

id. ib. 2, 13, 11; cf.

ligna,

Varr. L. L. 6, § 66 Müll.:

tela,

Prop. 4 (5), 2, 53:

moro coma nigrior caduco,

Mart. 8, 64, 7.—

Caduca auspicia dicunt cum aliquid in templo excidit, veluti virga e manu, Paul. ex Fest. p. 64, 9 Müll.—

Caduci bello, that have fallen in war, slain in battle:

bello caduci Dardanidae,

Verg. A. 6, 481.—

In gen., devoted to death, destined to die:

juvenis,

Verg. A. 10, 622.—

Inclined to fall, that easily falls (rare):

vitis, quae naturā caduca est et, nisi fulta sit, ad terram fertur,

Cic. Sen. 15, 52; cf. id. ib. 2, 5. —Hence,

Esp., in medic. lang.: homo, epileptic, Firm. Math. 3, 6, n. 8;

Aemil. Mac. c. de Paeonia: equus,

Veg. 1, 25, 2:

asellus morbo detestabili caducus,

App. M. 9, p. 236, 12:

morbus,

the falling sickness, epilepsy, App. Herb. 60; Aemil. Mac. c. Aristoloch.; Isid. Orig. 14, 7, 5.—

Trop.

In gen., frail, fleeting, perishable, transitory, vain (class., esp. in prose):

in eo, qui ex animo constet et corpus caducus et infirmus,

Cic. N. D. 1, 35, 98:

ignis,

quickly extinguished, Sen. Q. N. 2, 23, 2:

res humanae fragiles caducaeque,

Cic. Lael. 27, 102: quis confidit semper sibi illud stabile et firmum permansurum, quod fragile et caducum sit, id. Fin. 2, 27, 86:

nihil nisi mortale et caducum praeter animos,

id. Rep. 6, 17, 17: alia omnia incerta sunt, caduca, mobilia;

virtus est una altissimis defixa radicibus,

id. Phil. 4, 5, 13; id. Lael. 6, 20; id. Dom. 58, 146:

tituli,

Plin. Pan. 55, 8:

tempus,

id. Ep. 3, 7, 14:

labores,

id. ib. 9, 3, 2:

fama,

Ov. P. 4, 8, 46:

spes,

vain, futile, id. M. 9, 597:

preces,

ineffectual, id. F. 1, 181:

pars voti,

id. Ib. 88.—

Esp., in law, caduca bona were those possessions which did not fall to the heir mentioned in a will, because he was childless, but passed to other heirs (in default of such, to the exchequer); vacant, having no heir (cf. Hugo, Rechtsgesch. p. 760 sq.):

quod quis sibi testamento relictum, ita ut jure civili capere possit, aliquă ex causă deinde non ceperit, caducum appellatur, veluti ceciderit ab eo, etc., Ulp. Lib. Regul. tit. 10: hereditates,

Cic. Phil. 10, 5, 11; Cod. Th. 10, 10, 30 pr.; Dig. 22, 5, 9: portio, Gai Inst. 2, 206.—As subst.: cădūcum, i, n., property without an heir, an unowned eslate:

legatum omne capis nec non et dulce caducum,

Juv. 9, 88:

caduca occupare,

Just. 19, 3, 6: vindicare, Gal Inst. 2, 207.—

Transf., of other things:

nostra est omnis ista prudentiae doctrinaeque possessio, in quam homines, quasi caducam atque vacuam, abundantes otio, nobis occupatis, involaverunt,

Cic. de Or. 3, 31, 122 (no comp. or sup.).—Hence, adv.: cădū-cĭter, precipitately, headlong: caduciter = praecipitanter;

Varro: aquai caduciter ruentis,

Non. p. 91, 1 sq.

callĭdus, a, um, adj. [calleo], that is taught wisdom by experience and practice, shrewd, expert, experienced, adroit, skilful:

versutos eos appello, quorum celeriter mens versatur: callidos autem, quorum, tamquam manus opere, sic animus usu concalluit,

Cic. N. D. 3, 10, 25.

Ingenious, prudent, dexterous, skilful.

In gen. (class.):

ad suum quaestum, callidus,

Plaut. As. 1, 3, 34; id. Truc. 2, 4, 62 (cf. id. ib. 2, 5, 40: omnes homines ad suum quaestum callent); id. Ps. 2, 4, 35; id. Ep. 3, 3, 47; id. Poen. 1, 2, 25: callida Musa, Calliope, * Lucr. 6, 93:

ego ut agitator callidus, priusquam ad fidem veniam, equos sustinebo,

Cic. Ac. 2, 29, 94:

natura nihil potest esse callidius,

id. N. D. 2, 57, 142:

Demosthene nec gravior exstitit quisquam nec callidior, nec temperatior,

id. Or. 7, 23:

juvenis parum callidus,

Plin. Ep. 7, 6, 11:

in disputando,

Quint. 12, 2, 14.—In reference to art, excelling in art, skilful, Hor. S. 2, 3, 23 Heind.; 2, 7, 101; id. Ep. 1, 10, 26. —

Particular constructions.

With gen.:

rei rusticae,

Col. 2, 2, 1:

rerum naturae,

id. 7, 3, 12:

rei militaris,

Tac. H. 2, 32:

temporum,

id. A. 4, 33.—

With abl.:

juncturā callidus acri,

Pers. 5, 14.—

In the Greek manner, with inf.:

callidus Condere furto,

Hor. C. 1, 10, 7; cf.:

tuque testudo resonare septem Callida nervis,

id. ib. 3, 11, 4; Pers. 1, 118.—

Meton., of things: foramina callidissimo artificio naturā fabricata, very well contrived or wrought, Cic. Tusc. 1, 20, 47:

inventum,

Nep. Eum. 5, 4:

junctura,

Hor. A. P. 47.—

Crafty, cunning, artful, sly.

Of persons (class.):

itaque me malum esse oportet, callidum, astutum,

Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 112:

malum crudumque et callidum atque subdolum,

id. Poen. 5, 2, 148; id. Pers. 4, 4, 70; id. Cist. 4, 2, 61:

ego hominem callidiorem vidi neminem,

Ter. Phorm. 4, 2, 1; id. And. 1, 2, 27; id. Eun. 5, 6, 10; Petr. 4, 2, 1:

hi saepe versutos homines et callidos admirantes, malitiam sapientiam judicant,

Cic. Off. 2, 3, 10 Beier; id. Caecin. 19, 55; cf. id. Off. 3, 13, 57; Quint. 6, 3, 96:

homo luteus etiam callidus ac veterator esse vult,

Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 14, § 35:

gens non astuta nec callida,

Tac. G. 22:

ad fraudem callidi,

Cic. Clu. 65, 183; cf. Plaut. As. 2, 1, 9:

in disputando mire callidos,

Quint. 12, 2, 14:

amici accendendis offensionibus callidi,

Tac. A. 2, 57.—

Meton., of things:

doli,

Plaut. Bacch. 4, 4, 4:

consilium,

Ter. And. 3, 4, 10:

audacia,

Cic. Clu. 65, 183:

callida et malitiosa juris interpretatio,

id. Off. 1, 10, 33:

liberalitas,

crafty, calculating, Nep. Att. 11, 3:

malitia inimici,

Liv. 38, 44, 1:

cunctatio,

Suet. Tib. 24:

saevitia,

id. Dom. 11.—

Trop.:

merx, of a woman,

Plaut. Cist. 4, 2, 61.—Hence, adv.: callĭdē (in both signiff. of the adj. freq. and class.).

Skilfully, shrewdly, expertly, etc.:

callide nosse aliquem,

well, Plaut. As. 2, 2, 82:

intellegere,

Ter. And. 1, 2, 30:

callide arguteque dicere,

Cic. Or. 28, 98:

dicere,

id. de Or. 1, 20, 93:

callide et perite versari,

id. ib. 1, 11, 48:

sine quo nihil satis caute, nihil satis callide agi posset,

id. Caecin. 5, 15 al. — Comp., Tac. A. 6, [p. 271] 37.— Sup., Nep. Them. 1 fin. —

Cunningly, craflily, etc.:

callide et facete exordiri rem,

Plaut. Pers. 4, 1, 7:

accedere,

Cic. Fl. 10, 22:

occultare vitia sua,

Sall. J. 15, 3:

callide et cum astu confiteri aliquid,

Gell. 12, 12, 1.

Cĭnyras ( Cĭnyra, Plin. 7, 56, 57, § 195), ae, m., = Kinuras.

A king in Assyria, afterwards in Cyprus; father of Myrrha, and, by her, of Adonis, Ov. M. 10, 299 sq.; cf. Hyg. Fab. 58; 242; 270; acc. Gr. Cinyran, Ov. M. 6, 98; voc. Cinyrā, id. ib. 10, 380.—Hence,

Cĭnyrēĭus, a, um, adj., Cinyrean:

virgo,

i. e. Myrrha, Ov. M. 10, 369; Col. 10, 172:

juvenis,

i. e. Adonis, Ov. M. 10, 712;

so also heros,

id. ib. 10, 730. —

Cĭnyraeus, a, um, adj., of Cinyras:

litora Cypri,

Luc. 8, 716.—

Cĭny-rēus, a, um, adj., the same:

germina, i. e. Myrrha,

Stat. S. 5, 1, 214.—

A leader of the Ligurians, Verg. A. 10, 186.

Cĭnyras ( Cĭnyra, Plin. 7, 56, 57, § 195), ae, m., = Kinuras.

A king in Assyria, afterwards in Cyprus; father of Myrrha, and, by her, of Adonis, Ov. M. 10, 299 sq.; cf. Hyg. Fab. 58; 242; 270; acc. Gr. Cinyran, Ov. M. 6, 98; voc. Cinyrā, id. ib. 10, 380.—Hence,

Cĭnyrēĭus, a, um, adj., Cinyrean:

virgo,

i. e. Myrrha, Ov. M. 10, 369; Col. 10, 172:

juvenis,

i. e. Adonis, Ov. M. 10, 712;

so also heros,

id. ib. 10, 730. —

Cĭnyraeus, a, um, adj., of Cinyras:

litora Cypri,

Luc. 8, 716.—

Cĭny-rēus, a, um, adj., the same:

germina, i. e. Myrrha,

Stat. S. 5, 1, 214.—

A leader of the Ligurians, Verg. A. 10, 186.

Cĭnyras ( Cĭnyra, Plin. 7, 56, 57, § 195), ae, m., = Kinuras.

A king in Assyria, afterwards in Cyprus; father of Myrrha, and, by her, of Adonis, Ov. M. 10, 299 sq.; cf. Hyg. Fab. 58; 242; 270; acc. Gr. Cinyran, Ov. M. 6, 98; voc. Cinyrā, id. ib. 10, 380.—Hence,

Cĭnyrēĭus, a, um, adj., Cinyrean:

virgo,

i. e. Myrrha, Ov. M. 10, 369; Col. 10, 172:

juvenis,

i. e. Adonis, Ov. M. 10, 712;

so also heros,

id. ib. 10, 730. —

Cĭnyraeus, a, um, adj., of Cinyras:

litora Cypri,

Luc. 8, 716.—

Cĭny-rēus, a, um, adj., the same:

germina, i. e. Myrrha,

Stat. S. 5, 1, 214.—

A leader of the Ligurians, Verg. A. 10, 186.

Cĭnyras ( Cĭnyra, Plin. 7, 56, 57, § 195), ae, m., = Kinuras.

A king in Assyria, afterwards in Cyprus; father of Myrrha, and, by her, of Adonis, Ov. M. 10, 299 sq.; cf. Hyg. Fab. 58; 242; 270; acc. Gr. Cinyran, Ov. M. 6, 98; voc. Cinyrā, id. ib. 10, 380.—Hence,

Cĭnyrēĭus, a, um, adj., Cinyrean:

virgo,

i. e. Myrrha, Ov. M. 10, 369; Col. 10, 172:

juvenis,

i. e. Adonis, Ov. M. 10, 712;

so also heros,

id. ib. 10, 730. —

Cĭnyraeus, a, um, adj., of Cinyras:

litora Cypri,

Luc. 8, 716.—

Cĭny-rēus, a, um, adj., the same:

germina, i. e. Myrrha,

Stat. S. 5, 1, 214.—

A leader of the Ligurians, Verg. A. 10, 186.

Cĭnyras ( Cĭnyra, Plin. 7, 56, 57, § 195), ae, m., = Kinuras.

A king in Assyria, afterwards in Cyprus; father of Myrrha, and, by her, of Adonis, Ov. M. 10, 299 sq.; cf. Hyg. Fab. 58; 242; 270; acc. Gr. Cinyran, Ov. M. 6, 98; voc. Cinyrā, id. ib. 10, 380.—Hence,

Cĭnyrēĭus, a, um, adj., Cinyrean:

virgo,

i. e. Myrrha, Ov. M. 10, 369; Col. 10, 172:

juvenis,

i. e. Adonis, Ov. M. 10, 712;

so also heros,

id. ib. 10, 730. —

Cĭnyraeus, a, um, adj., of Cinyras:

litora Cypri,

Luc. 8, 716.—

Cĭny-rēus, a, um, adj., the same:

germina, i. e. Myrrha,

Stat. S. 5, 1, 214.—

A leader of the Ligurians, Verg. A. 10, 186.

con-cĭpĭo, cēpi, ceptum, 3, v. a. [capio], to take or lay hold of, to take to one's self, to take in, take, receive, etc. (class. in prose and poetry).

Prop.

In gen.:

nuces si fregeris, vix sesquimodio concipere possis,

Varr. R. R. 1, 7, 3:

truleum latius, quo concipiat aquam,

id. L. L. 5, § 118 Müll.; cf. Lucr. 6, 503; and:

concipit Iris aquas,

draws up, Ov. M. 1, 271:

madefacta terra caducas Concepit lacrimas, id. ib 6, 397: imbres limumque,

Col. Arb. 10, 3.—Of water, to take up, draw off, in a pipe, etc.:

Alsietinam aquam,

Front. Aquaed. 11; 5 sqq.— Pass., to be collected or held, to gather:

pars (animae) concipitur cordis parte quādam,

Cic. N. D. 2, 55, 138:

ut quisque (umor) ibi conceptus fuerit, quam celerrime dilabatur,

Col. 1, 6, 5.—Hence, con-cepta, ōrum, n. subst., measures of fluids, capacity of a reservoir, etc.:

amplius quam in conceptis commentariorum,

i. e. the measures described in the registers, Front. Aquaed. 67; 73.—Of the approach of death:

cum jam praecordiis conceptam mortem contineret,

Cic. Tusc. 1, 40, 96:

ventum veste,

Quint. 11, 3, 119; cf.:

plurimum ventorum,

Plin. 16, 31, 57, § 131; and:

magnam vim venti,

Curt. 4, 3, 2:

auram,

id. 4, 3, 16; cf. Ov. M. 12, 569:

aëra,

id. ib. 1, 337:

ignem,

Lucr. 6, 308; so Cic. de Or. 2, 45, 190; Liv. 21, 8, 12; 37, 11, 13; Ov. M. 15, 348.—Of lime slaked:

ubi terrenā silices fornace soluti concipiunt ignem liquidarum aspergine aquarum,

Ov. M. 7, 108 al.; cf.:

lapidibus igne concepto,

struck, Vulg. 2 Macc. 10, 3:

flammam,

Caes. B. C. 2, 14:

flammas,

Ov. M. 1, 255; cf.

of the flame of love: flammam pectore,

Cat. 64, 92:

ignem,

Ov. M. 9, 520; 10, 582:

validos ignes,

id. ib. 7, 9:

medicamentum venis,

Curt. 3, 6, 11:

noxium virus,

Plin. 21, 13, 44, § 74:

morbum,

Col. 7, 5, 14:

in eā parte nivem concipi,

is formed, Sen. Q. N. 4, 2, 1. —Of disease:

is morbus aestate plerumque concipitur,

Col. 7, 5, 14:

si ex calore et aestu concepta pestis invasit,

id. 7, 5, 2.—

In partic.

To take or receive ( animal or vegetable) fecundation, to conceive, become pregnant.

Absol.:

more ferarum putantur Concipere uxores,

Lucr. 4, 1266; Varr. R. R. 2, 1, 17:

cum concepit mula,

Cic. Div. 2, 22, 50:

ex illo concipit ales,

Ov. M. 10, 328 et saep.:

(arbores) concipiunt variis diebus et pro suā quaeque naturā,

Plin. 16, 25, 39, § 94.—

With acc.:

ut id, quod conceperat, servaret,

Cic. Clu. 12, 33:

Persea, quem pluvio Danaë conceperat auro,

Ov. M. 4, 611:

aliquem ex aliquo,

Cic. Clu. 11, 31; Suet. Aug. 17; id. Claud. 27:

ex adulterio,

id. Tib. 62:

de aliquo,

Ov. M. 3, 214:

alicujus semine,

id. ib. 10, 328:

ova (pisces),

Plin. 9, 51, 75, § 165.— Poet.:

concepta crimina portat, i. e. fetum per crimen conceptum,

Ov. M. 10, 470 (cf. id. ib. 3, 268):

omnia, quae terra concipiat semina,

Cic. N. D. 2, 10, 26:

frumenta quaedam in tertio genu spicam incipiunt concipere,

Plin. 18, 7, 10, § 56.— Subst.: conceptum, i, n., the fetus:

ne praegnanti medicamentum, quo conceptum excutitur, detur,

Scrib. Ep. ad Callist. p. 3:

coacta conceptum a se abigere,

Suet. Dom. 22.—

In Ovid, meton., of a woman, to unite herself in marriage, to marry, wed:

Dea undae, Concipe. Mater eris juvenis, etc.,

Ov. M. 11, 222.—

Concipere furtum, in jurid. Lat., to find out or discover stolen property, Just. Inst. 4, 1, § 4; cf.: penes quem res concepta et inventa [p. 401] est, Paul. Sent. 2, 31, 5; Gell. 11, 18, 9 sq.; Gai Inst. 3, 186.—

Trop.

To take or seize something by the sense of sight, to see, perceive (cf. comprehendo, II. A.):

haec tanta oculis bona concipio,

Plaut. Poen. 1, 2, 65.—Far more freq.,

To perceive in mind.

In gen., to comprehend intellectually, to take in, imagine, conceive, think:

agedum, inaugura fierine possit, quod nunc ego mente concipio,

Liv. 1, 36, 3; so,

aliquid animo,

id. 9, 18, 8; cf.:

imaginem quandam concipere animo perfecti oratoris,

Quint. 1, 10, 4; cf. id. 2, 20, 4; 9, 1, 19 al.:

quid mirum si in auspiciis imbecilli animi superstitiosa ista concipiant?

Cic. Div. 2, 39, 81:

quantalibet magnitudo hominis concipiatur animo,

Liv. 9, 18, 8 Drak. ad loc.:

de aliquo summa concipere,

Quint. 6, prooem. §

2: onus operis opinione prima concipere,

id. 12, prooem. § 1: protinus concepit Italiam et arma virumque, conceived the plan of the Æneid, Mart. 8, 56, 19.—

In partic., to understand, comprehend, perceive:

quoniam principia rerum omnium animo ac mente conceperit,

Cic. Leg. 1, 22, 59:

quae neque concipi animo nisi ab iis qui videre, neque, etc.,

Plin. 36, 15, 24, § 124:

fragor, qui concipi humanā mente non potest,

id. 33, 4, 21, § 73:

concipere animo potes, quam simus fatigati,

Plin. Ep. 3, 9, 24.—With acc. and inf.:

quod ita juratum est, ut mens conciperet fleri oportere, id servandum est,

Cic. Off. 3, 29, 107:

forsitan et lucos illic concipias animo esse,

Ov. M. 2, 77:

concepit, eos homines posse jure mulceri,

Vell. 2, 117, 3; Cels. 7 praef. fin. —

To receive in one's self, adopt, harbor any disposition of mind, emotion, passion, evil design, etc., to give place to, foster, to take in, receive; to commit (the figure derived from the absorbing of liquids;

hence): quod non solum vitia concipiunt ipsi, sed ea infundunt in civitatem,

Cic. Leg. 3, 14, 32:

inimicitiae et aedilitate et praeturā conceptae,

Caes. B. C. 3, 16; so,

mente vaticinos furores,

Ov. M. 2, 640:

animo ingentes iras,

id. ib. 1, 166:

spem,

id. ib. 6, 554; cf.:

spemque metumque,

id. F. 1, 485:

aliquid spe,

Liv. 33, 33, 8:

amorem,

Ov. M. 10, 249:

pectore tantum robur,

Verg. A. 11, 368:

auribus tantam cupiditatem,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 45, § 101 al.:

re publicā violandā fraudis inexpiabiles concipere,

id. Tusc. 1, 30, 72:

malum aut scelus,

id. Cat. 2, 4, 7:

scelus in sese,

id. Verr. 2, 1, 4, § 9:

flagitium cum aliquo,

id. Sull. 5, 16.—

To draw up, comprise, express something in words, to compose (cf. comprehendo, II. C.):

quod ex animi tui sententiā juraris, sicut verbis concipiatur more nostro,

Cic. Off. 3, 29, 108:

vadimonium,

id. Q. Fr. 2, 13 (15), 3:

jusjurandum,

Liv. 1, 32, 8; Tac. H. 4, 41; cf.:

jurisjurandi verba,

id. ib. 4, 31;

and verba,

Liv. 7, 5, 5:

edictum,

Dig. 13, 6, 1:

libellos,

ib. 48, 19, 9:

stipulationem,

ib. 41, 1, 38:

obligationem in futurum,

ib. 5, 1, 35:

actionem in bonum et aequum,

ib. 4, 5, 8:

foedus,

Verg. A. 12, 13 (id est conceptis verbis:

concepta autem verba dicuntur jurandi formula, quam nobis transgredi non licet, Serv.): audet tamen Antias Valerius concipere summas (of the slain, etc.),

to report definitely, Liv. 3, 5, 12.—T. t., of the lang. of religion, to make something (as a festival, auspices, war, etc.) known, to promulgate, declare in a set form of words, to designate formally:

ubi viae competunt tum in competis sacrificatur: quotannis is dies (sc. Compitalia) concipitur,

Varr. L. L. 6, § 25 Müll.:

dum vota sacerdos Concipit,

Ov. M. 7, 594:

sic verba concipito,

repeat the following prayer, Cato, R. R. 139, 1; 141, 4:

Latinas sacrumque in Albano monte non rite concepisse (magistratus),

Liv. 5, 17, 2 (cf. conceptivus):

auspicia,

id. 22, 1, 7:

locus quibusdam conceptis verbis finitus, etc.,

Varr. L. L. 7, § 8 Müll.:

ut justum conciperetur bellum,

id. ib. 5, §

86 ib.—So of a formal repetition of set words after another person: senatus incohantibus primoribus jus jurandum concepit,

Tac. H. 4, 41:

vetus miles dixit sacramentum... et cum cetera juris jurandi verba conciperent, etc.,

id. ib. 4, 31: verba jurationis concipit, with acc. and inf., he takes the oath, that, etc., Macr. S. 1, 6, 30.—Hence, conceptus, a, um, P. a., formal, in set form:

verbis conceptissimis jurare,

Petr. 113, 13.—Hence, absol.: mente concepta, things apprehended by the mind, perceptions: consuetudo jam tenuit, ut mente concepta sensus vocaremus, Quint. 8, 5, 2; cf. id. 5, 10, 4.