juxtim

juxtim, adv. and prep. [juxta], next to, close by.

Adv.: in sedes collocat se regias Clytaemnestra juxtim, Liv. Andron. ap. Non. 127, 32 (Trag. Rel. p. 2 Rib.):

assidebat juxtim,

Suet. Tib. 33.—

In partic., near to us, in the neighborhood quae fuerint juxtim quadrata, Lucr. 4, 501.—

In an equal degree, equally:

sed quos utriusque figurae esse vides, juxtim miscentes vulta parentum,

Lucr. 4, 1213.—

Prep., with acc., near, next to: juxtim Numicium flumen obtruncatur, Sisenn. ap. Non. 127, 30. [p. 1022]

rŏtundus ( rŭt-), a, um, adj. [rota], wheel-shaped, i. e. round, circular, spherical, rotund (very freq. and class.; cf. teres).

Lit.:

cur ea, quae fuerint juxtim quadrata, procul sint Visa rotunda,

Lucr. 4, 502; cf. Cic. Fin. 2, 12, 36:

stellae globosae et rotundae,

id. Rep. 6, 15, 15:

mundum rotundum esse volunt,

id. N. D. 1, 10, 24.— Comp.:

mundum ita tornavit, ut nihil effici possit rotundius,

Cic. Univ. 6; so,

bacae,

Hor. Epod. 8, 13; cf.:

capita rotundiora... rotundissima,

Cels. 8, 1 fin.:

locus infimus in rotundo,

Cic. Tusc. 5, 24, 69:

togae,

hanging evenly all round, Quint. 11, 3, 139.—

Prov.: diruit, aedificat, mutat quadrata rotundis,

i. e. turns every thing upside down, Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 100.—

Trop., round, rounded.

In gen.:

sapiens Fortis et in se ipse totus, teres atque rotundus,

Hor. S. 2, 7, 86:

illa rotunda et undique circumcisa,

Quint. 8, 5, 27.—

In partic., of speech (opp. rough, unpolished), round, well turned, smooth, polished, elegant (in Cic. with quasi or ut ita dicam added; but v. infra, adv. b.):

erat verborum et delectus elegans et apta et quasi rotunda constructio,

Cic. Brut. 78, 272; cf.:

Thucydides praefractior nec satis, ut ita dicam, rotundus,

id. Or. 13, 40:

Graiis dedit ore rotundo Musa loqui,

Hor. A. P. 323;

celeris ac rotunda distributio,

Quint. 3, 4, 16:

rotunda volubilisque sententia,

Gell. 11, 13, 4:

rotundi numeri (with brevis),

id. 17, 20, 4:

verba,

id. 16, 1, 1.—Hence, adv.: rŏtun-dē.

(Acc. to I.) Roundly:

ut in orbem quam rotundissime formetur,

Col. Arb. 5, 2.—

(Acc. to II.) Roundly, smoothly, elegantly:

a te quidem apte ac rotunde,

Cic. Fin. 4, 3, 7.

rŏtundus ( rŭt-), a, um, adj. [rota], wheel-shaped, i. e. round, circular, spherical, rotund (very freq. and class.; cf. teres).

Lit.:

cur ea, quae fuerint juxtim quadrata, procul sint Visa rotunda,

Lucr. 4, 502; cf. Cic. Fin. 2, 12, 36:

stellae globosae et rotundae,

id. Rep. 6, 15, 15:

mundum rotundum esse volunt,

id. N. D. 1, 10, 24.— Comp.:

mundum ita tornavit, ut nihil effici possit rotundius,

Cic. Univ. 6; so,

bacae,

Hor. Epod. 8, 13; cf.:

capita rotundiora... rotundissima,

Cels. 8, 1 fin.:

locus infimus in rotundo,

Cic. Tusc. 5, 24, 69:

togae,

hanging evenly all round, Quint. 11, 3, 139.—

Prov.: diruit, aedificat, mutat quadrata rotundis,

i. e. turns every thing upside down, Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 100.—

Trop., round, rounded.

In gen.:

sapiens Fortis et in se ipse totus, teres atque rotundus,

Hor. S. 2, 7, 86:

illa rotunda et undique circumcisa,

Quint. 8, 5, 27.—

In partic., of speech (opp. rough, unpolished), round, well turned, smooth, polished, elegant (in Cic. with quasi or ut ita dicam added; but v. infra, adv. b.):

erat verborum et delectus elegans et apta et quasi rotunda constructio,

Cic. Brut. 78, 272; cf.:

Thucydides praefractior nec satis, ut ita dicam, rotundus,

id. Or. 13, 40:

Graiis dedit ore rotundo Musa loqui,

Hor. A. P. 323;

celeris ac rotunda distributio,

Quint. 3, 4, 16:

rotunda volubilisque sententia,

Gell. 11, 13, 4:

rotundi numeri (with brevis),

id. 17, 20, 4:

verba,

id. 16, 1, 1.—Hence, adv.: rŏtun-dē.

(Acc. to I.) Roundly:

ut in orbem quam rotundissime formetur,

Col. Arb. 5, 2.—

(Acc. to II.) Roundly, smoothly, elegantly:

a te quidem apte ac rotunde,

Cic. Fin. 4, 3, 7.