jacturae N F

jactūra, ae, f. [jacto], a throwing, a throwing away.

Lit., a throwing overboard:

si in mari jactura facienda sit, equine pretiosi potius jacturam faciat, an servuli vilis?

Cic. Off. 3, 23, 89:

gubernator, ubi naufragium timet, jactura, quidquid servari potest, redimit,

Curt. 5, 9, 3; Dig. 14, 2, 2, § 2.—

Transf.

Loss, damage, detriment:

si nullam praeterquam vitae jacturam fieri viderem,

Caes. B. G. 7, 77:

rei familiaris,

id. ib. 7, 64:

si qua jactura facienda sit in repraesentando,

Cic. Att. 12, 29, 2; cf.:

jacturae rei familiaris erunt faciendae,

id. Fin. 2, 24, 79:

jacturas afferre,

Col. 1, 1:

jacturam pati, id. praef. l. l.: sarcinarum potius quam disciplinae facere,

Curt. 6, 6, 17:

fuit ordinis retinendi causa facienda jactura,

Cic. Att. 2, 1, 8:

jacturam gravissimam feci, si jactura dicenda est tanti viri amissio,

Plin. Ep. 1, 12, 1.—Of men:

seniorum,

Liv. 5, 39:

equitum,

id. 22, 8; Curt. 4, 14, 17:

suorum,

Caes. B. G. 7, 26:

sepulcri,

want of, Verg. A. 2, 646.—

Expense, cost:

provincia sumptibus et jacturis exhausta,

Cic. Att. 6, 1, 2; 3, 29:

non magnā jacturā factā,

id. Clu. 8, 23:

magnis jacturis sibi quorundam animos conciliare,

Caes. B. C. 3, 29:

eos ad se magnis jacturis pollicitationibusque perduxerant,

id. B. G. 6, 12, 1.—

A dismissal, turning away:

clientis,

Juv. 3, 125.—

Trop., loss or diminution:

concedam hoc ipsum, si vis, etsi magnam jacturam causae fecero,

Cic. Div. 2, 15, 34:

dignitatis jacturam facere,

id. Planc. 2, 6:

jacturam criminum facere,

i. e. to omit in the accusation, id. Verr. 2, 1, 12, § 33:

jacturam honoris et dignitatis facere,

Caes. B. C. 1, 32:

temporis,

Liv. 39, 4:

parvā jacturā acceptā,

id. 4, 32:

nulla Sophocleo veniet jactura cothurno,

Ov. Am. 1, 15, 15; id. A. A. 2, 253:

humani generis,

id. M. 1, 246:

famae,

Juv. 6, 91.

mĕdĭō̆cris, e (ō usually; rarely ŏ), adj. [medius], in a middle state between too much and too little, middling, moderate, tolerable, ordinary; sometimes also, not remarkable, indifferent, mediocre.

In gen. (class.).

Lit., of size, quantity, degree, etc., in material things:

castellum,

Sall. J. 92, 5:

spatium,

Caes. B. G. 5, 43:

agmen,

Hirt. B. G. 8, 9:

intervallum,

id. B. Alex. 30.—

Of mind, character, ability, acts, achievements, etc.:

C. L. Memmii fuerunt oratores mediocres,

Cic. Brut. 36, 136:

L. Cotta in mediocrium oratorum numero,

id. ib. 36, 137:

non mediocres viri, sed maximi et docti,

id. Rep. 3, 11, 19:

homines,

id. de Or. 1, 21, 94:

vir,

Just. 1, 4, 4:

poëta,

Hor. A. P. 372:

in mediocribus vel studiis vel officiis,

Cic. Rep. 1, 3, 4:

amicitia,

id. Lael. 6, 10:

malum,

id. Tusc. 3, 10, 22:

artes,

id. de Or. 1, 2, 6:

eloquentia,

id. ib. 1, 29, 133:

ingenium,

id. ib. 2, 27, 119:

excusare... mediocris est animi,

narrow, small, Caes. B. C. 3, 20:

ut mediocris jacturae te mergat onus,

Juv. 13, 7.—

Esp.

Per litoten, with non (haud, nec), not insignificant, not common or trivial:

Jugurthae non mediocrem animum pollicitando accendebant,

i. e. ardent, ambitious, Sall. J. 8, 1:

non mediocris hominis haec sunt officia,

Ter. Ad. 5, 9, 9:

haud mediocris hic, ut ego quidem intellego, vir fuit,

Cic. Rep. 2, 31, 55: nec mediocre [p. 1124] telum ad res gerendas, id. Lael. 17, 61:

non mediocrem sibi diligentiam adhibendam intellegebat,

uncommon, extraordinary, Caes. B. G. 3, 20:

praemium non mediocre,

Suet. Vesp. 18:

non mediocris dissensio,

Quint. 9, 1, 10 et saep.—

With syllaba, common = anceps:

syllabarum longarum et brevium et mediocrium junctura,

Gell. 16, 18, 5.—Hence, adv.: mĕdĭō̆crĭter.

Moderately, tolerably, ordinarily, not particularly, not very, not remarkably, not much (class.):

ordo annalium mediocriter nos retinet,

Cic. Fam. 5, 12, 5:

corpus mediocriter aegrum,

id. Tusc. 3, 10, 22.—

By litotes, with haud, ne, non (cf.:

supra, mediocris, II. A.): flagitium, et damnum haud mediocriter,

Plaut. Merc. 2, 1, 13:

non mediocriter,

in no moderate degree, Caes. B. G. 1, 39:

reprehensus est non mediocriter,

i. e. greatly, exceedingly, very much, Quint. 11, 1, 17; so id. 8, 2, 2; 9; 11, 1, 57 al.—

Very little:

ne mediocriter quidem disertus,

not in the least, Cic. de Or. 1, 20, 91.—

With moderation, calmly, tranquilly = modice (rare, and perh. only in Cic.):

quod mihi non mediocriter ferendum videtur,

Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 41, § 95.— Comp.:

hoc vellem mediocrius,

Cic. Att. 1, 20, 5.

pensĭo, ōnis, f. [pendo; lit., a weighing, weighing out; hence],

A weight (only in Vitr.), Vitr. 10, 16; 10, 8.—

Transf., a paying, payment, a term of payment (class.; cf.: stipendium, pretium): pendere poenas solvere significat, ab eo, quod aere gravi cum uterentur Romani, penso eo, non numerato debitum solvebant: unde etiam pensiones dictae, Paul. ex Fest. p. 208 Müll.:

nihil debetur ei, nisi ex tertiā pensione,

Cic. Att. 16, 2, 1:

prima,

id. Fam. 6, 18, 5:

altera tributi,

Plin. 16, 8, 12, § 32. — Transf., sarcastically: etenim ista tua minime avara conjux, nimium debet diu populo Romano tertiam pensionem, i. e. her third marriage (after your death), Cic. Phil. 2, 44, 113.—

In partic.

A tax, impost (post-class.), Aur. Vict. Caes. 39:

vectigalium,

id. Epit. 9.—

Rent of a house or land (post-Aug.):

aedium pensio annua,

Suet. Ner. 44; Juv. 9, 63; Dig. 33, 7, 18.—

Interest of money (post-class.), Lampr. Alex. Sev. 26.—

Compensation:

jacturae,

Petr. 136, 2.