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1 nodus
nōdus, i, m. [for gnodus; Sanscr. root gadh-, gandh-, grasp; cf. Gr. Chandanô, hold; gnathos, jaw; Lat. pre-hend-o; Germ. Knoten; Engl. knot], a knot (cf. nexus).I.Lit.:B.nodus vinculumque,
Cic. Univ. 4: necte tribus nodis ternos, Amarylli, colores, Verg. E. 8, 77:Cacum Corripit in nodum complexus,
clasping him as in a knot, id. A. 8, 260:nodos manu diducere,
Ov. M. 2, 560:nodus Herculis or Herculaneus,
a knot difficult to untie, of which Hercules was held to be the inventor, Plin. 28, 6, 17, § 63:unus tibi nodus, sed Herculaneus, restat,
Sen. Ep. 87, 38:tamquam nodus Gordius difficillimus,
Amm. 14, 11, 1: cingulum (novae nuptae) Herculaneo nodo vinctum vir solvit ominis gratia, Paul. ex Fest. s. v. cingulo, p. 63 Müll.—Transf.1.A girdle ( poet.):2.nodoque sinus collecta fluentes,
Verg. A. 1, 320; Mart. 6, 13, 5.—Hence, astronom.: nodus anni,
the circle of the equator, Lucr. 5, 688.—A mode of dressing the hair, a knot, club:3. 4.Rheni nodos,
the hair of the Germans gathered into a club, Mart. 5, 37, 8; cf.:insigne gentis obliquare crinem nodoque substringere,
Tac. G. 38.—A knot, knob, node on a joint of an animal's body:5.crura sine nodis,
Caes. B. G. 6, 27:cervix articulorum nodis jungitur,
Plin. 11, 37, 67, § 177; 11, 37, 88, § 217:dirae nodus hyaenae,
a backbone, dorsal vertebra, Luc. 6, 672.—Hence, nodi articulorum,
a swelling, tumor on the joints, Plin. 24, 5, 13, § 21; 30, 12, 36, § 110.—A knot, knob, fold, etc.(α).In wood or the branches of plants:(β).baculum sine nodo aduncum tenens,
Liv. 1, 18, 7; Sen. Ben. 7, 9:stipes gravidus nodis,
Verg. A. 7, 507:telum solidum nodis,
id. ib. 11, 553:gracilitas harundinis, distincta nodis,
Plin. 16, 36, 64, § 158; Col. Arb. 3.—Hence, the knotty club of Hercules, Sen. Herc. Oet. 1661.—Of a writhing serpent:(γ).nixantem nodis seque in sua membra plicantem,
Verg. A. 5, 279.—Prov.: nodum in scirpo quaerere, to look for knots in a bulrush (which contains none), i. e. to find difficulties where there are none, Enn. ap. Paul. ex Fest. p. 330 Müll. (Sat. v. 46 Vahl.):6.in scirpo nodum quaeris,
Plaut. Men. 2, 1, 22; Ter. And. 5, 4, 38.—A knot, hard part of a thing;7.so of metals,
Plin. 34, 13, 37, § 136;of precious stones,
id. 37, 10, 55, § 150.—A star in the constellation Pisces, Cic. Arat. 14; Caes. Germ. Arat. 243.—8.In astron.:II.nodi,
the four points in the heavens where the seasons begin, the nodes, Manil. 3, 618; cf. id. 2, 430.—Trop.A.In gen., a band, bond:B.his igitur singulis versibus quasi nodi apparent continuationis,
Cic. Or. 66, 222:velut laxioribus nodis resolvemus,
Quint. 9, 4, 127:amabilissimum nodum amicitiae tollere,
Cic. Lael. 14, 51.—In partic.1.A bond, obligation ( poet.):2.exsolvere animum nodis religionum,
Lucr. 4, 7:imponere nodos, i. e. jusjurandum,
Ov. H. 20, 39 Ruhnk.—A knotty point, difficulty, impediment.— Absol.:dum hic nodus expediatur non putet senatus nos oportere decedere,
Cic. Att. 5, 21, 3: incideramus in difficilem nodum, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 11, 1.—With gen.:Abantem interimit, pugnae nodumque moramque,
Verg. A. 10, 428:cum scopulus et nodus et mora publicae securitatis superesset Antonius,
Flor. 4, 9, 1:qui juris nodos et legum aenigmata solvat (an allusion to the Gordian knot),
Juv. 8, 50 (hence, Cicuta nodosus; v. nodosus).— Esp.: nodus linguae, the bond or tie of the tongue:nodum linguae rumpere,
Gell. 5, 9, 2:nodos linguae solvere,
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2 nōdus
nōdus ī, m [see HED-], a knot: nodus vinculumque: Necte tribus nodis ternos colores, V.: Cacum Conripit in nodum complexus, clasping him as in a knot, V.: nodos manu diducere, O.: crinem nodo substringere, Ta.: crura sine nodis, Cs.: baculum sine nodo, L.: telum solidum nodis, V.: nodoque sinūs conlecta fluentes, V.— Prov.: nodum in scirpo quaeris, look for a knot in a bulrush, i. e. make difficulties, T.—In a plant, a joint, eye: in ipso Fit nodo sinus, V.— A star in the constellation Pisces, C.—Fig., a band, bond: his igitur singulis versibus quasi nodi apparent continuationis: amicitiae.— A bond, obligation: imponere nodos (i. e. ius iurandum), O.— A knotty point, difficulty, impediment: dum hic nodus expediatur: huius erroris, L.: nisi dignus vindice nodus Intersit, crisis, H.: Abas pugnae nodusque moraque, V.: iuris, Iu.* * *knot; node -
3 nōdō
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4 commissura
commissūra, ae, f. [committo].I.Prop., a joining or connecting together; hence, in concr., a band, knot, joint, seam, juncture, commissure (class.):II.commissura funis,
Cato, R. R. 135, 4; cf.nodorum,
Sen. Ben. 5, 12, 2:molles digitorum,
Cic. N. D. 2, 60, 150:mirabiles ossium,
id. ib. 2, 55, 139; id. Univ. 7 fin.:navium,
Plin. 16, 36, 64, § 158:nucum,
id. 17, 10, 11, § 64:colorum,
a mingling, id. 35, 5, 11, § 29; Sen. Q. N. 1, 3, 4:Piscium,
the knot in the constellation Pisces, Plin. 18, 31, 74, § 311:vitis,
Col. 3, 17, 4; id. Arb. 26, 9.—In Quint. transf., connection in discourse, Quint. 12, 9, 17; cf. id. 7, 10, 16, 9, 4, 90:verborum,
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5 nodo
I.Lit.:II.ferula nodata,
Plin. 13, 22, 42, § 123:cornus nodata,
id. 16, 38, 73, § 186.—Transf., to tie in a knot, to knot, Cato, R. R. 32, 2:crines nodantur in aurum,
Verg. A. 4, 138:collum laqueo nodatus ab arto,
Ov. R. Am. 17:animalia phalerari sibi magis quam nodari videntur,
Ambros. in Cant. Cantic. 1, § 43.—Hence, nōdātus, a, um, P. a., knotty, i. e. entangled, intricate:rapidus nodato gurgite vortex,
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6 torum
tŏrus, i, m. (also tŏrum, i, n., Varr. ap. Non. 11, 14; Lact. 6, 23, 15) [for storus; root ster-, stra-, of sterno, stramen; Gr. storennumi, to spread, scatter], prop., a round, swelling, or bulging place, an elevation, protuberance, prominence; hence,I.A knot, bulge: (funis) Cato, R. R. 135, 4:II.funiculorum,
Col. 11, 3, 6; cf.:vitis toris ad arborem religetur,
id. 5, 6, 25:firmi vitis,
id. Arb. 16, 4.—The muscular or fleshy part, the muscle, brawn of animal bodies (mostly poet. and in post-Aug. prose): o lacertorum tori! Cic. poët. Tusc. 2, 9, 22; Ov. M. 2, 854; 9, 82; 12, 402; 14, 283; 15, 230; id. H. 9, 60:B.leo gaudet comantes Excutiens cervice toros,
Verg. A. 12, 7:luxuriatque toris animosum pectus,
id. G. 3, 81; Plin. 18, 7, 18, § 78; Sen. Hippol. 1042; Val. Fl. 4, 245; Tac. Or. 21:venarum tori,
varicose dilatations of the veins, Cels. 7, 18 fin. —Transf., the bulge, thickness of trees:III.utile toros futuri draconis pasci,
Plin. 17, 23, 35, § 211; cf.:(asparagus) in toros striatur,
id. 19, 8, 42, § 146; App. Flor. p. 363, 31.—A raised ornament, a knot, on a garland;IV.trop., of language: isque (stilus mediocris) uno tenore fluit, aut addit aliquos, ut in coronā, toros omnemque orationem ornamentis modicis verborum sententiarumque distinguit,
Cic. Or. 6, 21.—A bolster, cushion, so named from its protuberances; hence, a couch, sofa, bed (mostly poet.;B.syn.: stratum, lectus): antiquis torus e stramento erat, qualiter etiam nunc in castris,
Plin. 8, 48, 73, § 193:viridante toro consederat herbae,
Verg. A. 5, 388; cf.:praebuit herba torum,
Ov. H. 5, 14; id. M. 8, 655:datque torum caespes,
id. ib. 10, 556:gramine vestitis accubuere toris,
id. F. 1, 402:silvestrem montana torum cum sterneret uxor Frondibus,
Juv. 6, 5:discumbere toris,
Ov. M. 8, 565.—So of a sofa:toro sic orsus ab alto,
Verg. A. 2, 2; Ov. M. 12, 579.—Of a bed:ambierantque torum,
Ov. M. 7, 332:concutiuntque torum de molli fluminis ulvā Impositum lecto,
id. ib. 8, 655:ebeno sublimis in atrā,
id. ib. 11, 610; Suet. Aug. 73. — Of a corpse-bed, Ov. M. 9, 503; id. F. 6, 668:membra toro defleta reponunt,
Verg. A. 6, 220.—Of a bridalbed, Ov. M. 6, 431:(lectica) sive illa toro resupina feretur,
Ov. A. A. 1, 487; cf. Becker, Gallus, 2, p. 240 (2d ed.).—Transf., like thalamus, as a designation for marriage:V.Deucalion... Cum consorte tori,
with his consort, spouse, Ov. M. 1, 319; cf.:socia tori,
id. ib. 1, 620; so id. ib. 7, 91; 7, 332; id. F. 3, 511; id. P. 3, 3, 50; id. H. 2, 41:genialis,
Tac. A. 15, 37; Val. Max. 2, 6, 14:obscenus,
i. e. illicit connection, Ov. Tr. 2, 378; cf.illiciti (with stupra),
Sen. Hippol. 97:receptus in torum,
Plin. 34, 2, 6, § 12.—Hence, also, for a mistress:torum donare alicui,
Plin. 35, 10, 36, § 87.—An elevation, bank of earth:VI.riparum,
Verg. A. 6, 674; Stat. Th. 4, 819:pulvinorum,
Plin. 19, 4, 20, § 60; 22, 22, 34, § 76.— -
7 torus
tŏrus, i, m. (also tŏrum, i, n., Varr. ap. Non. 11, 14; Lact. 6, 23, 15) [for storus; root ster-, stra-, of sterno, stramen; Gr. storennumi, to spread, scatter], prop., a round, swelling, or bulging place, an elevation, protuberance, prominence; hence,I.A knot, bulge: (funis) Cato, R. R. 135, 4:II.funiculorum,
Col. 11, 3, 6; cf.:vitis toris ad arborem religetur,
id. 5, 6, 25:firmi vitis,
id. Arb. 16, 4.—The muscular or fleshy part, the muscle, brawn of animal bodies (mostly poet. and in post-Aug. prose): o lacertorum tori! Cic. poët. Tusc. 2, 9, 22; Ov. M. 2, 854; 9, 82; 12, 402; 14, 283; 15, 230; id. H. 9, 60:B.leo gaudet comantes Excutiens cervice toros,
Verg. A. 12, 7:luxuriatque toris animosum pectus,
id. G. 3, 81; Plin. 18, 7, 18, § 78; Sen. Hippol. 1042; Val. Fl. 4, 245; Tac. Or. 21:venarum tori,
varicose dilatations of the veins, Cels. 7, 18 fin. —Transf., the bulge, thickness of trees:III.utile toros futuri draconis pasci,
Plin. 17, 23, 35, § 211; cf.:(asparagus) in toros striatur,
id. 19, 8, 42, § 146; App. Flor. p. 363, 31.—A raised ornament, a knot, on a garland;IV.trop., of language: isque (stilus mediocris) uno tenore fluit, aut addit aliquos, ut in coronā, toros omnemque orationem ornamentis modicis verborum sententiarumque distinguit,
Cic. Or. 6, 21.—A bolster, cushion, so named from its protuberances; hence, a couch, sofa, bed (mostly poet.;B.syn.: stratum, lectus): antiquis torus e stramento erat, qualiter etiam nunc in castris,
Plin. 8, 48, 73, § 193:viridante toro consederat herbae,
Verg. A. 5, 388; cf.:praebuit herba torum,
Ov. H. 5, 14; id. M. 8, 655:datque torum caespes,
id. ib. 10, 556:gramine vestitis accubuere toris,
id. F. 1, 402:silvestrem montana torum cum sterneret uxor Frondibus,
Juv. 6, 5:discumbere toris,
Ov. M. 8, 565.—So of a sofa:toro sic orsus ab alto,
Verg. A. 2, 2; Ov. M. 12, 579.—Of a bed:ambierantque torum,
Ov. M. 7, 332:concutiuntque torum de molli fluminis ulvā Impositum lecto,
id. ib. 8, 655:ebeno sublimis in atrā,
id. ib. 11, 610; Suet. Aug. 73. — Of a corpse-bed, Ov. M. 9, 503; id. F. 6, 668:membra toro defleta reponunt,
Verg. A. 6, 220.—Of a bridalbed, Ov. M. 6, 431:(lectica) sive illa toro resupina feretur,
Ov. A. A. 1, 487; cf. Becker, Gallus, 2, p. 240 (2d ed.).—Transf., like thalamus, as a designation for marriage:V.Deucalion... Cum consorte tori,
with his consort, spouse, Ov. M. 1, 319; cf.:socia tori,
id. ib. 1, 620; so id. ib. 7, 91; 7, 332; id. F. 3, 511; id. P. 3, 3, 50; id. H. 2, 41:genialis,
Tac. A. 15, 37; Val. Max. 2, 6, 14:obscenus,
i. e. illicit connection, Ov. Tr. 2, 378; cf.illiciti (with stupra),
Sen. Hippol. 97:receptus in torum,
Plin. 34, 2, 6, § 12.—Hence, also, for a mistress:torum donare alicui,
Plin. 35, 10, 36, § 87.—An elevation, bank of earth:VI.riparum,
Verg. A. 6, 674; Stat. Th. 4, 819:pulvinorum,
Plin. 19, 4, 20, § 60; 22, 22, 34, § 76.— -
8 Calidris canutus
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9 globus
globus ī, m [GLOB-], a round body, ball, sphere, globe: quae terra dicitur: Lucens lunae, disk, V.: in eo (caelo) animadversi globi, fireballs. —A globular mass, ball, globe: Flammarumque globos volvere, V.: sanguinis, O.—Of men, a throng, crowd, body, mass, gathering, knot: circa Fabium globus increpabant dictatorem, L.: militum, Ta.: mulierum, L.: nobilitatis, clique, S.* * *ball, sphere; dense mass, close packed throng, crowd; clique, band; globe -
10 glomerō
glomerō āvī, ātus, āre [glomus], to wind into a ball, gather up, roll together, collect: lanam in orbes, O.: terram speciem in orbis, O.: grando glomerata, L.: equitem docuere gressūs glomerare, superbos, i. e. make the horse prance, V.— To gather together, make a knot of, collect, crowd, assemble: agmina fugā, V.: apes glomerantur in orbem, V. — To make by gathering, collect, make up, produce: manum bello, V.: tempestatem, V.: noctem, V.— Fig., to roll up, gather, accumulate: Omnia fixa tuus glomerans determinat annus, C. poët.* * *glomerare, glomeravi, glomeratus Vcollect, amass, assemble; form into a ball -
11 re-nōdō
re-nōdō —, —, āre, to bind back, tie behind in a knot: longam comam, H. -
12 bruscum
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13 centrum
center (circle/sphere/earth); vanishing point; axis, pivot; knot; spur (fowl) -
14 clema
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15 articulus
artĭcŭlus, i, m. dim. [2. artus], a small member connecting various parts of the body, a joint, knot, knuckle.I.A.. Lit.:B.nodi corporum, qui vocantur articuli,
Plin. 11, 37, 88, § 217:hominis digiti articulos habent ternos, pollex binos,
id. 11, 43, 99, § 244:summus caudae articulus,
id. 8, 41, 63, § 153 al.:crura sine nodis articulisque,
Caes. B. G. 6, 27:ipso in articulo, quo jungitur capiti cervix,
Liv. 27, 49:auxerat articulos macies,
i. e. had made more joints, had made the bones visible, Ov. M. 8, 807:articulorum dolores habere,
i. e. gouty pains, Cic. Att. 1, 5 fin.; cf. Cels. 5, 18: postquam illi justa cheragra Contudit articulos, * Hor. S. 2, 7, 16; cf. Pers. 5, 58:gladiatorem vehementis impetus excipit adversarii mollis articulus,
Quint. 2, 12, 2.—Hence, molli articulo tractare aliquem, to touch one gently, softly, Quint. 11, 2, 70.—Of plants:ineunte vere in iis (vitibus), quae relicta sunt, exsistit, tamquam ad articulos sarmentorum, ea quae gemma dicitur,
Cic. Sen. 15, 53; Plin. 16, 24, 36, § 88:ante quam seges in articulum eat,
Col. 2, 11, 9; so Plin. 18, 17, 45, § 159. —Of mountains, a hill connecting several larger mountains:montium articuli,
Plin. 37, 13, 77, § 201.—With an extension of the idea, a limb, member, in gen. (cf. 2. artus), * Lucr. 3, 697.—Hence also for a finger, Prop. 2, 34, 80; so Ov. H. 10, 140; id. P. 2, 3, 18:II.quot manus atteruntur, ut unus niteat articulus!
Plin. 2, 63, 63, § 158:ab eo missus est articulus manūs,
Vulg. Dan. 5, 24:aspiciebat articulos manūs,
ib. ib. 5, 5: erexit me super articulos manuum mearum, on the fingers or palms of my hands, ib. ib. 10, 10. —Trop.A.Of discourse, a member, part, division: articulus dicitur, cum singula verba intervallis distinguuntur caesā oratione, hoc modo: acrimoniā, voce, vultu adversarios perterruisti, Auct. ad Her. 4, 19: continuatio verborum soluta multo est aptior atque jucundior, si est articulis membrisque (kommasi kai kôlois) distincta, quam si continuata ac producta, Cic. de Or. 3, 48, 186: (genus orationis) fluctuans et dissolutum eo quod sine nervis et articulis fluctuat huc et illuc, Auct. ad Her. 4, 11.—B.Hence,
a short clause, Dig. 36, 1, 27;also,
a single word, ib. 35, 1, 4:articulus Est praesentis temporis demonstrationem continet,
ib. 34, 2, 35:hoc articulo Quisque omnes significantur,
ib. 28, 5, 29.—In gram. the pronn. hic and quis, Varr. L. L. 8, § 45 Müll.; the article, Quint. 1, 4, 19.—Of time.1.A point of time, a moment:2.commoditatis omnes articulos scio,
Plaut. Men. 1, 2, 31.—With tempus:qui hunc in summas angustias adductum putaret, ut eum suis conditionibus in ipso articulo temporis astringeret,
at the most critical moment, Cic. Quinct. 5, 19:in ipsis quos dixi temporum articulis,
Plin. 2, 97, 99, § 216: si de singulis articulis [p. 168] temporum deliberabimus, August. ap. Suet. Claud. 4;also without tempus: in ipso articulo,
at the fit moment, at the nick of time, Ter. Ad. 2, 2, 21.—With dies:in articulo diei illius ingressus est,
on that very day, Vulg. Gen. 7, 13.—And with res:in articulo rerum,
Curt. 3, 5; also in articulo, instantly, immediately, = statim, Cod. Just. 1, 33, 3.—Hence with the idea extended,A space, division of time:C.hi cardines singulis articulis dividuntur,
Plin. 18, 25, 59, § 222:octo articuli lunae,
id. 18, 35, 79, § 350: articulus austrinus, i. e. in which auster blows, id. 17, 2, 2, § 11.—Of other abstract things, part, division, point: per eosdem articulos (i.e. per easdem honorum partes) et gradus producere, August. ap. Suet. Claud. 4:stationes in mediis latitudinum articulis, quae vocant ecliptica,
Plin. 2, 15, 13, § 68; Dig. 1, 3, 12:ventum est ergo ad ipsum articulum causae, i. e. ventum ad rei cardinem,
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16 caespes
I.A turf, sod as cut out: caespes est terra in modum lateris caesa cum herba, sive frutex recisus et truncus, Paul. ex Fest. p. 45 Müll.: caespes chortoplinthos, chortobôlos, plinthos, Gloss.: non esse arma caespites, neque glebas, * Cic. Caecin. 21, 60.—B.Used for altars, mounds (of tombs), for covering cottages, huts, etc.,
Hor. C. 1, 19, 13; Ov. Tr. 5, 5, 9; id. M. 4, 753; 7, 240; 15, 573; Verg. A. 3, 304; Tac. G. 27; id. A. 1, 62; Verg. E. 1, 69 Voss; Sen. Ep. 8, 5; Luc. 1, 512; 3, 387; Suet. Aug. 24.—Meton.1. 2.An altar:3. 4.positusque carbo Caespite vivo,
Hor. C. 3, 8, 4; Juv. 12, 2; Tac. H. 4, 53; App. Flor. n. 1, —A clump, group of plants, Plin. 21, 7, 20, § 43; Verg. G. 4, 273 Forbig. ad loc.—II.In gen.A.A grassy field, a green field, turf, Verg. A. 11, 566:B.de caespite virgo se levat,
Ov. M. 2, 427; 4, 301; 10, 556;13, 931: sedere in caespite nudo,
Suet. Tib. 18; Stat. Th. 12, 328; Petr. 120, 72; Plin. 16, 31, 56, § 128; 17, 4, 3, § 26.— -
17 centrum
centrum, i, n., = kentron (a prickle, sharp point).I.Centrum circini, the stationary foot of the compasses, around which the other is carried in making a circle, Vitr. 3, 1; 9, 5.—Hence,II.Meton.A.The middle point of a circle, the centre, Vitr. 3, 1; 9, 1; Plin. 2, 15, 13, § 63; 2, 19, 17, § 81 et saep.—In plur.:B.solis terraeque centra,
Plin. 18, 29, 69, § 281 (in Cic. Tusc. 1, 17, 40, used as a Greek word).—A kernel, a hard knot in the interior of wood, precious stones, etc., Plin. 16, 39, 76, § 198; 37, 2, 10, § 28; 37, 9, 39, § 120 al. -
18 decido
1.dē-cĭdo, cĭdi, 3, v. n. [cado], to fall off, fall down (class.).1.Lit.A.In gen.:B.decido de lecto praeceps,
Plaut. Cas. 5, 2, 48; so,anguis decidit de tegulis,
Ter. Ph. 4, 4, 26:poma ex arboribus decidunt,
Cic. de Sen. 19 fin.; cf.:e flore guttae,
Ov. M. 9, 345:equo,
Caes. B. G. 1, 48, 6;for which ex equo (in terram),
Nep. Eum. 4;and ab equo (in arva),
Ov. Ib. 259:summo toro,
id. F. 2, 350:arbore glandes,
id. M. 1, 106:caelo,
Plin. 37, 10, 59, § 164; so,caelo,
id. 2, 52, 53, § 138:in terras imber,
Lucr. 6, 497; so,imber,
Hor. Ep. 1, 14, 29:celsae turres graviore casu,
id. Od. 2, 10, 11:comae,
id. ib. 4, 10, 3 et saep.:montium decidentium moles,
Plin. Ep. 8, 17, 3:(volucris) decidit in terram,
Ov. M. 12, 569;so in terras sidus,
id. ib. 14, 847:in puteum foveamve auceps,
Hor. A. P. 458:in lacum fulmen,
Suet. Galb. 8:in dolia serpens,
Juv. 6, 432:in casses praeda,
Ov. A. A. 2, 2:in laqueos suos auceps,
id. Rem. Am. 502:in turbam praedonum hic fugiens,
Hor. S. 1, 2, 42:in praeceps,
Ov. M. 12, 339:ad pedes tunica,
Suet. Aug. 94. —Pregn. (like cado and concido), to fall down dead, to sink down, to die (in class. Lat. only poet.):II.morbo decidunt,
Plaut. Trin. 2, 4, 143:nos ubi decidimus, Quo pater Aeneas,
Hor. Od. 4, 7, 14:scriptor abhinc annos centum qui decidit,
id. Ep. 2, 1, 36:decidit exanimis vitamque reliquit in astris,
Verg. A. 5, 517; cf. Stat. Th. 8, 125; and id. ib. 9, 755: (nupta) Decidit;in talum serpentis dente recepto,
Ov. M. 10, 10.Trop., to fall, drop, fall away, fail, sink:2.quanta de spe decidi!
Ter. Heaut. 2, 3, 9;for which quanta spe decidi!
id. ib. 4, 8, 11; Suet. Oth. 5;and a spe societatis Prusiae,
Liv. 37, 26:ex astris,
Cic. Att. 2, 21, 4 (cf.: astrum, no. II. B. fin.):ego ab archetypo labor et decido,
Plin. Ep. 5, 10, 1:eo decidit ut exsul de senatore fieret,
has fallen so low, id. ib. 4, 11, 1: oculis captus in hanc fraudem decidisti (cf. katapiptein), Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 45, § 101:ad eas rei familiaris angustias decidit, ut, etc.,
Suet. Claud. 9 fin.; cf.:huc decidisse cuncta, ut, etc.,
Tac. A. 3, 59:ficta omnia celeriter tamquam flosculi decidunt,
perish, Cic. Off. 2, 12 fin.:non virtute hostium sed amicorum perfidia decidi,
am fallen, defeated, Nep. Eum. 11 fin.:an toto pectore deciderim,
wholly banished from her affections, Tib. 3, 1, 20 (cf. ek thumou peseein, Hom. Il. 23, 595):qui huc deciderunt,
into this illness, Cels. 3, 21 fin.:in hydropa,
id. ib. med.: in maximis necessitatibus, ad quas libidine deciderat, Schol. Juv. 5, 3.dē-cīdo, cīdi, cīsum, 3, v. a. [caedo], to cut off.I.Lit. (rare in ante-Aug. per.; more freq. abscīdo;B.not in Caes.): taleas oleaginas tripedaneas,
Cato R. R. 45:collum,
Plaut. Merc. 2, 2, 37:aures,
Tac. A. 12, 14:virgam arbori,
id. G. 10:caput,
Curt. 7, 2;prov.: pennas,
to clip the wings, Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 50:malleolum,
Plin. 17, 21, 35, § 162:filicem nascentem falce,
Col. 2, 2, 13; Sil. 4, 389 et saep.—Transf., to cudgel, beat soundly:II.aliquem verberibus decidere,
Dig. 47, 21, 2.Trop., to decide a disputed, or, indeed, any matter (qs. to cut the knot; cf.:(α).dirimo and secare lites, res,
Hor. Ep. 1, 16, 42; id. Sat. 1, 10, 15); to determine, settle, terminate, put an end to (class., most freq. in judic. lang.; cf.: transigo, paciscor).With acc.: damnum, XII. Tab. 12, 4; Gai. Inst. 4, 37; 4, 45:(β).quibus rebus actis atque decisis,
Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 45 fin.; cf.:decisa negotia,
Hor. Ep. 1, 7, 59:res transactione decisa,
Dig. 5, 2, 29;and jam decisa quaestio,
ib. 18, 3, 4:decidis statuisque tu, quid iis ad denarium solveretur,
Cic. Quint. 4, 17; id. Rosc. Com. 11, 32; Dig. 47, 2, 63; cf. ib. 9, 4, 22, § 4:hoc loco praeter nomen cetera propriis decisa sunt verbis,
i. e. decidedly, clearly expressed, Quint. 8, 6, 47: ego pol istam jam aliquovorsum tragulam decidero, I will now dispose of this dart one way or another, i. e. I will now put an end to this attack, these tricks, Plaut. Casin. 2, 4, 18.—With praepp.:(γ).cum aliquo,
Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 32, § [p. 520] 79; 2, 1, 48, § 125; id. Rosc. Am. 39, 114; Plin. 7, 40, 41, § 130:non erit uncia tota, decidat tecum qua pater ipse deum,
for which Jupiter may compound with you, Mart. 9, 4, 6; cf.:cum patrono pecuniā,
Dig. 12, 6, 26, § 12:de rebus,
Cic. Quint. 5, 19; id. Rosc. Com. 12, 35 sq.; id. Att. 1, 8; Just. 31, 7: decidere jactu coepit cum ventis, to compound with the winds by throwing overboard (the cargo), Juv. 12, 33.—Absol.:B.in jugera singula ternis medimnis,
Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 48; id. Rosc. Com. 36; Aur. Vict. de Vir. Ill. 56, 4.—To cut down, reduce, diminish:ad tertiam partem vectigal,
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I.Lit. (ante- and postclass.):II.pueris in geniculis alligare serperastra,
Varr. L. L. 9, § 11 Müll.:de geniculis adorare,
Tert. Cor. Mil. 3:dissolutio geniculorum,
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gĕnu, ūs, n. (also nom. sing. gĕnum, n., Front. Ep. ad M. Caes. 5, 44; and gĕnus, m., Lucil. ap. Non. 207, 28; gen. sing. genuis; dat. genui, genu, Mart. Cap. 3, § 293. —In neutr., nom. and acc. sing. genus, Cic. Arat. 45; 46; 399; 403; plur. gēnu͡a, as a dissyllable, Carey's Lat. Prosody, § 47; Verg. A. 5, 432; 12, 905; gen. plur. genuorum, Vitr. 9, 6 dub.; dat. plur. genubus, Sen. Thyest. 406; Hippol. 667; Mart. Cap. 3, § 293;I.but usu. genibus,
Curt. 10, 5, 24; Tac. A. 12, 18; Liv. 44, 31 fin.; Ov. M. 13, 585) [kindr. with Sanscr. jānu; Gr. gonu; Goth. kniu; Germ. Knie; Engl. knee], the knee.Lit.:II.meus est ballista pugnus, cubitus catapulta est mihi, Umerus aries: tum genu ut quemque icero, ad terram dabo,
Plaut. Capt. 4, 2, 17: hujus genus, Cic. ap. Serv. ad Verg. A. 3, 22:fine genus vestem ritu succincta Dianae,
Ov. M. 10, 536:per aquam ferme genus tenus altam,
Liv. 44, 40, 8 Drak. N. cr.:in ipsa genus utriusque commissura,
knee-joint, Plin. 11, 45, 103, § 250:sedatis tibi doloribus genus,
Fronto Ep. p. 134 Rom.:dolorem genus suscitare,
id. ib. p. 138:ne quem in cursu capite aut cubito offendam aut genu,
Plaut. Curc. 2, 3, 3:genu mehercule M. Antonium vidi, cum contente pro se ipse lege Varia diceret, terram tangere,
Cic. Tusc. 2, 24, 57:genua inediā succidunt,
Plaut. Curc. 2, 3, 30:dumque virent genua,
Hor. Epod. 13, 4:genuum junctura,
knee-joint, Ov. M. 2, 823:genuumque tumebat orbis,
knee-pan, id. ib. 8, 809: ad genua accidere, Enn. ap. Non. 517, 16 (Com. Rel. v. 9 Vahl.):procidere,
Sen. Contr. 7, 17, 12:ad genua se alicui submittere,
Suet. Tib. 20; cf.:genua amplexus genibusque volutans Haerebat,
Verg. A. 3, 607:atqui pol hodie non feres, ni genua confricantur,
i. e. be clasped in earnest entreaty, Plaut. As. 3, 3, 80; so,fricare,
ib. 88:nunc tibi amplectimur genua egentes opum,
id. Rud. 1, 5, 16; cf.:exurgite a genibus,
id. ib. v. 22: advolvi, Sall. Fragm. ap. Serv. Verg. A. 1, 311; Tac. A. 1, 13 fin.; 6, 49; 15, 71;for which: genibus se advolvere or advolvi,
Liv. 8, 37 fin.; 28, 34, 4; Vell. 2, 80 fin.:nixi genibus ab senatu petierunt, ne, etc.,
Liv. 43, 2, 2:muta metu terram genibus summissa petebat,
Lucr. 1, 92:corde et genibus tremit,
Hor. C. 1, 23, 8:jus imperiumque Phraates Caesaris accepit genibus minor,
i. e. kneeling, beseeching, id. Ep. 1, 12, 28; Vulg. Phil. 2, 10 saep.:genu ponere,
to bow the knee, Curt. 4, 6, 28; so,alicui,
id. 8, 7, 13:genu flectere, Hier. in. Eph. 3, 14: inflexo genu adorare aliquem,
Sen. Herc. Fur. 410:nixi genibus,
on bended knees, Liv. 43, 2, 2:per tua genua te opsecro,
Plaut. Curc. 5, 2, 31:genua incerare deorum,
i. e. to attach to the statues of the gods wax tablets with prayers written on them, Juv. 10, 55.—
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