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lātitūdō

  • 1 lātitūdō

        lātitūdō inis, f    [1 latus], breadth, width: in hac inmensitate latitudinum, longitudinum: fossae, Cs.: beluae, L.: declivis, a broad slope, S.— Breadth, extent, size, compass: possessionum.— A broad pronunciation: verborum.
    * * *
    width, breadth, extent; latitude

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  • 2 latitudo

    lātĭtūdo, ĭnis, f. [1. latus], breadth, width of any thing (class.).
    I.
    Lit.:

    in hac immensitate latitudinum, longitudinum, altitudinum,

    Cic. N. D. 1, 20, 54:

    fossae,

    Caes. B. G. 2, 12:

    castra amplius milibus passuum VIII. in latitudinem patebant,

    id. ib. 2, 7 fin.:

    patere in latitudinem,

    id. ib. 2, 8; Plin. 3 prooem. § 3; cf. Quint. 1, 10, 42; 11, 3, 141:

    vires umerorum et latitudines ad aratra extrahenda,

    Cic. N. D. 2, 63, 159. —
    B.
    Transf., in gen., extent, size, compass:

    possessionum,

    Cic. Agr. 2, 26, 67.—
    II.
    Trop. (very rare):

    verborum,

    a broad pronunciation, Cic. de Or. 2, 22, 91: Platonica, richness or copiousness of expression, Plin. Ep. 1, 10, 5 (for the Gr. platutês tês hermê neias, called amplitudo Platonis, Cic. Or. 1, 5).

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  • 3 dēclīvis

        dēclīvis e (neut. plur. dēclīvia; once dēclīva, O.), adj.    [de + clivus], inclining downwards, sloping: in declivi loco, Cs.: vallis, Cs.: latitudo, i. e. a broad depression, S.: Olympi, O.: arvum Aesulae, H.: flumina, O.: via, O.: iter senectae, O.— Neut. as subst, a declivity, slope: haec declivia cernebantur, Cs.: per declive sese recipere, Cs.: per declive ferri, O.
    * * *
    declivis, declive ADJ
    sloping, descending, sloping downwards; shelving; tending down; falling (stars)

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  • 4 diēs

        diēs gen. diēī or diē (rarely diei, disyl., T., or diī, V.), m sometimes in sing f.    [DIV-], a day, civil day: Quae tot res in unum conclusit diem, T.: eo die, Cs.: in posterum diem, Cs.: paucos dies ibi morati, Cs.: alter et tertius dies absumitur, Ta.— Fem. (in prose only of a fixed term): diebus XXX, a quā die materia caesa est, Cs.: posterā die, S.: suprema, H.: atra, V.: tarda, O. —In phrases: paucis ante diebus, a few days earlier, S.: paucis post diebus, S.: postridie eius diei, the next day, Cs.: post diem tertium eius diei, the next day but one, L.: diem ex die exspectabam, from day to day: diem de die prospectans, L.: in dies, every day, Cs., C.: in diem rapto vivit, L.: cui licet in diem dixisse Vixi, etc., H.—Abl. diē, in a day, in one day, V.; rarely diē (i. e. cottidie or in diem), daily, V.—In dates: ante diem XII Kal. Nov., the twenty - first of October: in ante diem V Kal. Dec., till November 28.— A set day, appointed time, term: hic nuptiis dictus est dies, T.: pecuniae, C., L.: iis certum diem conveniendi dicit, Cs.: die certo, S.: negotio proxumum diem constituit, S.: conloquio decretus, O.: ad diem praestitutum venire, L.: die tuo exspectabam, etc., your fever day: supremus vitae: obire diem supremum, die, N. — Fem. (only sing.): deportandi dies praestituta: certa eius rei constituta, Cs.: stata, L.: ubi ea dies venit, Cs.: praeteritā die, quā, etc., Cs.: esse in lege, quam ad diem, proscriptiones fiant. — In the phrase, dicere diem, with dat, to impeach, lay an accusation against: diem mihi, credo, dixerat: Domitium Silano diem dixisse scimus.— A dying-day, time to die, destined time (poet.): Stat sua cuique dies, V.: Hic dolor ante diem Pandiona misit ad umbras, prematurely, O. — A natural day, day (opp. night): cum horā diei decimā venire: quantum scribam die (opp. noctibus), in the daytime: die et nocte concoqui, in a single day and night: multo denique die, late in the day, Cs.: in diem (somnum) extrahere, Ta.: exercere diem, work by daylight, V.: currūs rogat In diem, for a day, O.: diem noctemque procul navem tenuit, a day and a night, N.: Saturnalia diem ac noctem clamata, all day and all night, L.: diem noctemque, uninterruptedly, Cs.: Dies noctīsque me ames, T.: dies noctīsque iter faciens, N.: noctīs ac dies: et noctīs et dies.— With iter, of distances, a day's march, day's journey: huius silvae latitudo novem dierum iter expedito patet, forced marches, Cs.: quinque dierum iter aberant, L. — Daybreak, day: cum die, O.: ante diem, H. — An anniversary: quo die ad Aliam pugnatum, a clade Aliensem appellarunt, L.: diem meum scis esse III Non. Ian., birthday. —Meton., a day's work, event, day: is dies honestissimus nobis fuerat in senatu: dare illius diei poenas: ille dies Etruscorum fregit opes, Cs.: imponite quinquaginta annis magnum diem, Ta. — A time, space of time, period, interval: diem se ad deliberandum sumpturum, Cs.: diem tempusque forsitan ipsum leniturum iras, L.: ut sexenni die pecuniae solvantur, Cs.: in longiorem diem conlaturus, a later day, Cs.: perexigua, a brief interval: nulla, O.: (indutiarum) dies, the term, L.: messis, season, V.: Optuma aevi, period (i. e. youth), V.: Sole dies referente siccos, season, H.: diem adimere aegritudinem hominibus, T.: diem festum Dianae per triduum agi, a festival, L.: malum in diem abiit, to a future time, T.: nos in diem vivimus, for the moment.—Light of day, daylight (poet.): Inmissus quo dies terreat umbras, O.: volumina fumi Infecere diem, O.: oriens occiduusque dies, the East and the West, i. e. the world, O. — Personified, the god of day, O.— Fem.: Venus primo Caelo et Die nata.
    * * *
    day; daylight; festival; time; lifetime, age

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  • 5 patulus

        patulus adj.    [2 PAT-], spread out, standing open, open, wide: pina duabus grandibus patula conchis, etc.: aures, H.: fenestrae, O.: latitudo, i. e. the open highway, Ta.— Spread out, spreading, extended, broad, wide: rami: fagus, V.: pectines, H.: lacus, O.: plaustra, V.: canistra, O.: arca, Iu. —Fig., open to all, common: orbis, the beaten round, H.
    * * *
    patula, patulum ADJ
    wide open, gaping; wide-spreading

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  • 6 amplitudo

    amplĭtūdo, ĭnis, f. [amplus], in space, wide extent, breadth, width, amplitude, size, bulk (class., but only in prose).
    I.
    Lit.:

    membrorum,

    Varr. R. R. 2, 4, 3:

    simulacrum modicā amplitudine,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 49:

    urbis,

    Liv. 7, 30:

    oppidum stadiorum LXX. amplitudine,

    Plin. 6, 26, 30, § 119:

    platanus adolescit in amplitudinem,

    id. 12, 1, 3, § 7:

    corporis,

    Plin. Ep. 6, 16, 3:

    Apollo amplitudinis et artis eximiae,

    Suet. Tib. 74:

    margaritarum,

    id. Caes. 47:

    valli,

    Tac. H. 4, 22:

    numeri,

    Gell. 19, 8, 12 al. —In plur.:

    amplitudines bonorum,

    Cic. Fin. 4, 7, 18.—
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    With gen., greatness:

    animi,

    Cic. Tusc. 2, 26, 64:

    harum rerum splendor, amplitudo,

    id. Off. 1, 20, 67:

    rerum gestarum,

    Nep. Att. 18: fortunae, Plin. praef. 3: [p. 111] opum, id. 3, 4, 5, § 31.—In plur.:

    amplitudines virtutum,

    Gell. 4, 9.—
    B.
    Absol., dignity, grandeur, distinction, consequence (more general than dignitas, auctoritas, etc.; cf. Manut. ad Cic. Fam. 1, 5;

    Hab. Syn. 363): amplitudo est potentiae aut majestatis aut aliquarum copiarum magna abundantia,

    Cic. Inv. 2, 55, 166:

    homines, in quibus summa auctoritas est et amplitudo,

    id. Rosc. Am. 1:

    majestas est amplitudo et dignitas civitatis,

    id. de Or. 2, 39:

    ad summam amplitudinem pervenire,

    id. Brut. 81, 281:

    amplitudinem suam retinere,

    id. Fam. 1, 4:

    amplitudinem alicujus augere,

    Liv. 39, 48 al. —
    C.
    In rhet., copiousness and dignity of expression:

    in his finis est amplitudo,

    Cic. Inv. 2, 16 fin., which see in full:

    uberi dignitas atque amplitudo est,

    Gell. 6, 14, 3.—Specifically:

    amplitudo Platonis,

    Cic. Or. 1 fin., for the Gr. platutês tês hermêneias (Diog. L. 3, 4), which is by Plin. Ep. 1, 10, more literally called Platonica latitudo. —So of metre:

    amplitudo dactyli ac paeonis,

    the fulness, richness, Quint. 9, 4, 136; cf. id. 5, 14, 30.

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  • 7 bipedale

    bĭpĕdālis, e, adj. [id.], two feet long, broad, or thick (class. in prose and poetry):

    fenestrae,

    Cato, R. R. 14, 2:

    trabes,

    two feet thick, Caes. B. G. 4, 17:

    materia,

    id. B. C. 2, 10: sol huic (Epicuro) bipedalis fortasse videtur, * Cic. Fin. 1, 6, 20: adulescentulus bipedali minor, * Suet. Aug. 43:

    tegulae,

    Vitr. 7, 1 fin.:

    modulus,

    Hor. S. 2, 3, 309:

    hiatus,

    Plin. 16, 12, 23, § 57:

    latitudo,

    Col. 8, 3, 7.—
    II.
    Subst.: bĭpĕdāle, is, n., a tile or flag-stone two feet long, Inscr. Fabr. p. 500, 39.

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  • 8 bipedalis

    bĭpĕdālis, e, adj. [id.], two feet long, broad, or thick (class. in prose and poetry):

    fenestrae,

    Cato, R. R. 14, 2:

    trabes,

    two feet thick, Caes. B. G. 4, 17:

    materia,

    id. B. C. 2, 10: sol huic (Epicuro) bipedalis fortasse videtur, * Cic. Fin. 1, 6, 20: adulescentulus bipedali minor, * Suet. Aug. 43:

    tegulae,

    Vitr. 7, 1 fin.:

    modulus,

    Hor. S. 2, 3, 309:

    hiatus,

    Plin. 16, 12, 23, § 57:

    latitudo,

    Col. 8, 3, 7.—
    II.
    Subst.: bĭpĕdāle, is, n., a tile or flag-stone two feet long, Inscr. Fabr. p. 500, 39.

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  • 9 bipedaneus

    bĭpĕdānĕus, a, um, adj. [bis-pes], two feet long, wide, or thick (a rare access. form of bipedalis;

    most freq. in Col.): scrobs,

    Col. 4, 1, 2:

    spatia,

    id. 4, 30, 5:

    humus,

    id. 2, 2, 21 Gesn. and Schneid. N. cr.:

    latitudo,

    id. 5, 5, 2; 11, 2, 28:

    pastinatus,

    Plin. 17, 20, 32, § 143.

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  • 10 contrarium

    contrārĭus, a, um, adj. [contra], lying or being over against, opposite.
    I.
    In gen.
    A.
    Prop., of places (syn. adversus):

    collis adversus huic et contrarius,

    Caes. B. G. 2, 18; cf.:

    contraria tigna iis (tignis),

    id. ib. 4, 17, 5; and:

    gemma soli,

    Plin. 37, 9, 47, § 131:

    contrario amne,

    against the stream, id. 21, 12, 43, § 73:

    tellus,

    Ov. M. 1, 65; cf. id. ib. 13, 429:

    ripa,

    Dig. 41, 1, 65:

    auris,

    Plin. 24, 10, 47, § 77:

    contraria vulnera ( = adversa vulnera),

    in front, on the breast, Tac. H. 3, 84:

    in contrarias partes fluere,

    Cic. Div. 1, 35, 78; cf.:

    tignis in contrariam partem revinctis,

    Caes. B. G. 4, 17; cf.

    . si pelles utriusque (hyaenae et pantherae) contrariae suspendantur,

    Plin. 28, 8, 27, § 93:

    contrario ictu uterque transfixus,

    by a blow from the opposite direction, Liv. 2, 6, 9.— With inter se, Plin. 4, 11, 18, § 49.—With atque, Cic. Rep. 6, 17, 17.—Far more freq. and class. in prose and poetry,
    B.
    Transf., of other objects.
    1.
    In gen., opposite, contrary, opposed (syn. diversus); constr. with the gen., dat., inter se, atque, or absol.
    (α).
    With gen.:

    hujus virtutis contraria est vitiositas,

    Cic. Tusc. 4, 15, 34; id. Inv. 2, 54, 165; id. Fin. 4, 24, 67 Madv. N. cr.; Quint. 5, 10, 49 al.—
    (β).
    With dat.:

    voluptas honestati,

    Cic. Off. 3, 33, 119:

    fortuna rationi et constantiae,

    id. Div. 2, 7, 18; cf. id. Top. 11, 46 sq.:

    vitium illi virtuti,

    Quint. 11, 3, 44:

    rusticitas urbanitati,

    id. 6, 3, 17:

    pes bacchio,

    id. 9, 4, 102:

    color albo,

    Ov. M. 2, 541:

    aestus vento,

    id. ib. 8, 471 et saep. —
    (γ).
    With inter se:

    orationes inter se contrariae Aeschinis Demosthenisque,

    Cic. Opt. Gen. 5, 14; so id. de Or. 2, 55, 223; Quint. prooem. § 2; 1, 10, 6; 10, 1, 22.—
    (δ).
    With atque:

    versantur retro contrario motu atque caelum,

    Cic. Rep. 6, 17, 17.—
    (ε).
    Absol.:

    aut bono casu aut contrario,

    Cic. Tusc. 5, 12, 36:

    monstrum ex contrariis diversisque inter se pugnantibus naturae studiis conflatum,

    id. Cael. 5, 12:

    ardor,

    Lucr. 3, 252:

    exemplum,

    Quint. 5, 11, 7:

    jus,

    id. 5, 11, 32:

    leges,

    conflicting, id. 3, 6, 43; Dig. 1, 3, 28: actiones, cross-suits, Gai Inst. 4, 174 al.:

    latitudo quā contrariae quinqueremes commearent,

    going in opposite directions, Suet. Ner. 31:

    disputandum est de omni re in contrarias partis,

    on both sides, Cic. de Or. 1, 34, 158:

    ex contrariā parte dicere,

    id. Inv. 1, 18, 26:

    in contrariam partem adferre aliquid,

    id. de Or. 2, 53, 215 al. —
    2.
    Esp., subst.: contrārĭum, ii, n., the opposite, contrary, reverse.
    a.
    In gen.:

    contrarium decernebat ac paulo ante decreverat,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 46, § 120:

    si ea rex vult, quae Thebanis sint utilia... sin autem contraria, etc.,

    Nep. Epam. 4, 2:

    dum vitant stulti vitia, in contraria currunt,

    Hor. S. 1, 2, 24; cf.: diversaeque vocant animum in contraria curae, in opposite directions, Verg A. 12, 487:

    ut auctoris sortem in contraria mutet,

    Ov. M. 3, 329:

    in contraria versus,

    transformed, id. ib. 12, 179.—With gen.:

    contraria earum (artium)... vitia quae sunt virtutum contraria,

    Cic. Fin. 4, 24, 67:

    fidentiae contrarium est diffidentia,

    id. Inv. 2, 54, 165; cf. Quint. 5, 10, 49.—With dat.:

    quis non diversa praesentibus contrariaque exspectatis aut speret aut timeat,

    Vell. 2, 75, 2: qui contraria Deo faciat, Lact. de Ira, 3, 3.—With quam:

    qui contraria faciat quam Deus,

    Lact. 3, 29, 13; Aug. Civ. Dei, 8, 24; Claud. in Eutr. 2, 267.—
    b.
    As rhet. fig., the antithesis, contrast, opposite, Cic. Inv. 1, 28, 42; Auct. Her. 4, 19, 27; Jul. Ruf. Schem. Lex. § 11.—
    c.
    Adverb. phrases:

    ex contrario,

    on the conirary, on the other hand, Caes. B. G. 7, 30; Cic. Rosc. Com. 16, 47; id. Inv. 2, 8, 25; Quint. 6, 1, 16:

    e contrario,

    Nep. Iphicr. 1, 4; id. Ham. 1, 2; id. Att. 9, 3; id. Eum. 1, 5 (al. contrario without e); Quint. 1, 5, 43;

    rarely ex contrariis,

    Quint. 8, 5, 9; 8, 5, 18; 10, 1, 19;

    11, 3, 39 al.—In the same sense, but more rarely, in contrarium,

    Plin. 18, 24, 54, § 197:

    per contrarium,

    Dig. 2, 4, 8, § 1; 2, 15, 8; 28, 1, 20 al.—
    II.
    In partic.
    1.
    Of weight: aes contrarium, weighed against, = antirropon, Paul. ex Fest. p. 64, 12 Müll.; cf. Scalig. ad Plaut. Ep. 3, 3, 30.—
    2.
    Of hostile opposition, inimical, hostile, hurtful, pernicious, etc. (more rare than adversarius, and mostly poet. or in post-Aug. prose):

    contrariis dis,

    Varr. L. L. 5, § 70 Müll.:

    Averna avibus cunctis,

    dangerous, destructive, Lucr. 6, 741; cf.:

    usus lactis capitis doloribus,

    Plin. 28, 9, 33, § 130:

    hyssopum stomacho,

    id. 25, 11, 87, § 136:

    quam (sc. perspicuitatem) quidam etiam contrariam interim putaverunt,

    injurious, disadvantageous, Quint. 4, 2, 64 Spald.; cf.:

    philosophia imperaturo,

    Suet. Ner. 52:

    exta,

    unfavorable, id. Oth. 8:

    saepe quos ipse alueris, Tibi inveniri maxime contrarios,

    hostile, Phaedr. 4, 11, 17:

    litora litoribus contraria, fluctibus undas Imprecor,

    Verg. A. 4, 628; cf. id. ib. 7, 293.— Subst.: contrārĭus, ii, m., an opponent, antagonist; plur., Vitr. 3, praef. 2.— Adv.: con-trārĭē, in an opposite direction, in a different manner:

    sidera procedentia,

    Cic. Univ 9 med.:

    scriptum,

    id. Part. Or. 31, 108:

    relata verba,

    id. de Or. 2, 65, 263:

    dicere,

    Tac. Or. 34.

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  • 11 contrarius

    contrārĭus, a, um, adj. [contra], lying or being over against, opposite.
    I.
    In gen.
    A.
    Prop., of places (syn. adversus):

    collis adversus huic et contrarius,

    Caes. B. G. 2, 18; cf.:

    contraria tigna iis (tignis),

    id. ib. 4, 17, 5; and:

    gemma soli,

    Plin. 37, 9, 47, § 131:

    contrario amne,

    against the stream, id. 21, 12, 43, § 73:

    tellus,

    Ov. M. 1, 65; cf. id. ib. 13, 429:

    ripa,

    Dig. 41, 1, 65:

    auris,

    Plin. 24, 10, 47, § 77:

    contraria vulnera ( = adversa vulnera),

    in front, on the breast, Tac. H. 3, 84:

    in contrarias partes fluere,

    Cic. Div. 1, 35, 78; cf.:

    tignis in contrariam partem revinctis,

    Caes. B. G. 4, 17; cf.

    . si pelles utriusque (hyaenae et pantherae) contrariae suspendantur,

    Plin. 28, 8, 27, § 93:

    contrario ictu uterque transfixus,

    by a blow from the opposite direction, Liv. 2, 6, 9.— With inter se, Plin. 4, 11, 18, § 49.—With atque, Cic. Rep. 6, 17, 17.—Far more freq. and class. in prose and poetry,
    B.
    Transf., of other objects.
    1.
    In gen., opposite, contrary, opposed (syn. diversus); constr. with the gen., dat., inter se, atque, or absol.
    (α).
    With gen.:

    hujus virtutis contraria est vitiositas,

    Cic. Tusc. 4, 15, 34; id. Inv. 2, 54, 165; id. Fin. 4, 24, 67 Madv. N. cr.; Quint. 5, 10, 49 al.—
    (β).
    With dat.:

    voluptas honestati,

    Cic. Off. 3, 33, 119:

    fortuna rationi et constantiae,

    id. Div. 2, 7, 18; cf. id. Top. 11, 46 sq.:

    vitium illi virtuti,

    Quint. 11, 3, 44:

    rusticitas urbanitati,

    id. 6, 3, 17:

    pes bacchio,

    id. 9, 4, 102:

    color albo,

    Ov. M. 2, 541:

    aestus vento,

    id. ib. 8, 471 et saep. —
    (γ).
    With inter se:

    orationes inter se contrariae Aeschinis Demosthenisque,

    Cic. Opt. Gen. 5, 14; so id. de Or. 2, 55, 223; Quint. prooem. § 2; 1, 10, 6; 10, 1, 22.—
    (δ).
    With atque:

    versantur retro contrario motu atque caelum,

    Cic. Rep. 6, 17, 17.—
    (ε).
    Absol.:

    aut bono casu aut contrario,

    Cic. Tusc. 5, 12, 36:

    monstrum ex contrariis diversisque inter se pugnantibus naturae studiis conflatum,

    id. Cael. 5, 12:

    ardor,

    Lucr. 3, 252:

    exemplum,

    Quint. 5, 11, 7:

    jus,

    id. 5, 11, 32:

    leges,

    conflicting, id. 3, 6, 43; Dig. 1, 3, 28: actiones, cross-suits, Gai Inst. 4, 174 al.:

    latitudo quā contrariae quinqueremes commearent,

    going in opposite directions, Suet. Ner. 31:

    disputandum est de omni re in contrarias partis,

    on both sides, Cic. de Or. 1, 34, 158:

    ex contrariā parte dicere,

    id. Inv. 1, 18, 26:

    in contrariam partem adferre aliquid,

    id. de Or. 2, 53, 215 al. —
    2.
    Esp., subst.: contrārĭum, ii, n., the opposite, contrary, reverse.
    a.
    In gen.:

    contrarium decernebat ac paulo ante decreverat,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 46, § 120:

    si ea rex vult, quae Thebanis sint utilia... sin autem contraria, etc.,

    Nep. Epam. 4, 2:

    dum vitant stulti vitia, in contraria currunt,

    Hor. S. 1, 2, 24; cf.: diversaeque vocant animum in contraria curae, in opposite directions, Verg A. 12, 487:

    ut auctoris sortem in contraria mutet,

    Ov. M. 3, 329:

    in contraria versus,

    transformed, id. ib. 12, 179.—With gen.:

    contraria earum (artium)... vitia quae sunt virtutum contraria,

    Cic. Fin. 4, 24, 67:

    fidentiae contrarium est diffidentia,

    id. Inv. 2, 54, 165; cf. Quint. 5, 10, 49.—With dat.:

    quis non diversa praesentibus contrariaque exspectatis aut speret aut timeat,

    Vell. 2, 75, 2: qui contraria Deo faciat, Lact. de Ira, 3, 3.—With quam:

    qui contraria faciat quam Deus,

    Lact. 3, 29, 13; Aug. Civ. Dei, 8, 24; Claud. in Eutr. 2, 267.—
    b.
    As rhet. fig., the antithesis, contrast, opposite, Cic. Inv. 1, 28, 42; Auct. Her. 4, 19, 27; Jul. Ruf. Schem. Lex. § 11.—
    c.
    Adverb. phrases:

    ex contrario,

    on the conirary, on the other hand, Caes. B. G. 7, 30; Cic. Rosc. Com. 16, 47; id. Inv. 2, 8, 25; Quint. 6, 1, 16:

    e contrario,

    Nep. Iphicr. 1, 4; id. Ham. 1, 2; id. Att. 9, 3; id. Eum. 1, 5 (al. contrario without e); Quint. 1, 5, 43;

    rarely ex contrariis,

    Quint. 8, 5, 9; 8, 5, 18; 10, 1, 19;

    11, 3, 39 al.—In the same sense, but more rarely, in contrarium,

    Plin. 18, 24, 54, § 197:

    per contrarium,

    Dig. 2, 4, 8, § 1; 2, 15, 8; 28, 1, 20 al.—
    II.
    In partic.
    1.
    Of weight: aes contrarium, weighed against, = antirropon, Paul. ex Fest. p. 64, 12 Müll.; cf. Scalig. ad Plaut. Ep. 3, 3, 30.—
    2.
    Of hostile opposition, inimical, hostile, hurtful, pernicious, etc. (more rare than adversarius, and mostly poet. or in post-Aug. prose):

    contrariis dis,

    Varr. L. L. 5, § 70 Müll.:

    Averna avibus cunctis,

    dangerous, destructive, Lucr. 6, 741; cf.:

    usus lactis capitis doloribus,

    Plin. 28, 9, 33, § 130:

    hyssopum stomacho,

    id. 25, 11, 87, § 136:

    quam (sc. perspicuitatem) quidam etiam contrariam interim putaverunt,

    injurious, disadvantageous, Quint. 4, 2, 64 Spald.; cf.:

    philosophia imperaturo,

    Suet. Ner. 52:

    exta,

    unfavorable, id. Oth. 8:

    saepe quos ipse alueris, Tibi inveniri maxime contrarios,

    hostile, Phaedr. 4, 11, 17:

    litora litoribus contraria, fluctibus undas Imprecor,

    Verg. A. 4, 628; cf. id. ib. 7, 293.— Subst.: contrārĭus, ii, m., an opponent, antagonist; plur., Vitr. 3, praef. 2.— Adv.: con-trārĭē, in an opposite direction, in a different manner:

    sidera procedentia,

    Cic. Univ 9 med.:

    scriptum,

    id. Part. Or. 31, 108:

    relata verba,

    id. de Or. 2, 65, 263:

    dicere,

    Tac. Or. 34.

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  • 12 declive

    dē-clīvis, e ( nom. n. declivum, Cassiod. in Psal. 16, 5; neutr. plur. once heterocl. decliva, Ov. M. 2, 206;

    also declivia,

    id. ib. 1, 39 et saep.; cf. acclivis and aplustre), adj. [clivus], inclining downwards, sloping (for syn. cf.: devexus, praeruptas, abruptus, abscisus, proclivis, acclivis, propensus, praeceps, pronus.—Class. and freq., esp. in histt. and poets; perh. not in Cic. and Verg.).
    I.
    Prop.:

    collis ab summo aequaliter declivis ad flumen Sabim,

    sloping regularly, Caes. B. G. 2, 18:

    in declivi et praecipiti loco,

    id. ib. 4, 33, 3: iniquo [p. 522] loco et leviter declivi, id. ib. 7, 83, 2; cf.:

    locus tenui fastigio vergebat,

    id. B. C. 1, 45, 5:

    locus, also vallis, and opp. mons,

    id. ib. 1, 79, 2:

    latitudo, quem locum Catabathmon incolae appellant,

    Sall. J. 17, 4:

    Olympi,

    Ov. M. 6, 487:

    arvum Aesulae,

    Hor. Od. 3, 29, 7:

    ripa,

    Ov. F. 3, 13; id. M. 5, 591; 6, 399:

    flumina,

    id. ib. 1, 39; cf.:

    cursus (amnium),

    Luc. 4, 114:

    via,

    Ov. M. 4, 432; 7, 410 et saep.:

    sol in occasum,

    Plin. 8, 50, 76, § 203. —
    B.
    Subst.: declive, is, n., a declivity:

    ut de locis superioribus haec declivia et devexa cernebantur,

    Caes. B. G. 7, 88:

    si per declive sese reciperent,

    id. B. C. 3, 51, 6; cf.:

    erat per declive receptus,

    id. ib. 3, 45, 4; Ov. M. 2, 206.—
    II.
    Trop.:

    labitur occiduae per iter declive senectae,

    id. ib. 15, 227; cf.:

    mulier aetate declivis,

    in the decline of life, Plin. Ep. 8, 18, 8; Arn. 2, p. 74:

    animae in vitia,

    prone, Arn. 2, 45.— Comp. perh. only:

    dies ad occasum declivior,

    Vulg. Judic. 19, 9.— Sup. does not occur.— Adv.: dēclīvĭter, in a sloping manner, only in Comp.:

    declivius: incumbens rupes,

    Cassiod. Hist. Eccl. 12, 9.

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  • 13 declivis

    dē-clīvis, e ( nom. n. declivum, Cassiod. in Psal. 16, 5; neutr. plur. once heterocl. decliva, Ov. M. 2, 206;

    also declivia,

    id. ib. 1, 39 et saep.; cf. acclivis and aplustre), adj. [clivus], inclining downwards, sloping (for syn. cf.: devexus, praeruptas, abruptus, abscisus, proclivis, acclivis, propensus, praeceps, pronus.—Class. and freq., esp. in histt. and poets; perh. not in Cic. and Verg.).
    I.
    Prop.:

    collis ab summo aequaliter declivis ad flumen Sabim,

    sloping regularly, Caes. B. G. 2, 18:

    in declivi et praecipiti loco,

    id. ib. 4, 33, 3: iniquo [p. 522] loco et leviter declivi, id. ib. 7, 83, 2; cf.:

    locus tenui fastigio vergebat,

    id. B. C. 1, 45, 5:

    locus, also vallis, and opp. mons,

    id. ib. 1, 79, 2:

    latitudo, quem locum Catabathmon incolae appellant,

    Sall. J. 17, 4:

    Olympi,

    Ov. M. 6, 487:

    arvum Aesulae,

    Hor. Od. 3, 29, 7:

    ripa,

    Ov. F. 3, 13; id. M. 5, 591; 6, 399:

    flumina,

    id. ib. 1, 39; cf.:

    cursus (amnium),

    Luc. 4, 114:

    via,

    Ov. M. 4, 432; 7, 410 et saep.:

    sol in occasum,

    Plin. 8, 50, 76, § 203. —
    B.
    Subst.: declive, is, n., a declivity:

    ut de locis superioribus haec declivia et devexa cernebantur,

    Caes. B. G. 7, 88:

    si per declive sese reciperent,

    id. B. C. 3, 51, 6; cf.:

    erat per declive receptus,

    id. ib. 3, 45, 4; Ov. M. 2, 206.—
    II.
    Trop.:

    labitur occiduae per iter declive senectae,

    id. ib. 15, 227; cf.:

    mulier aetate declivis,

    in the decline of life, Plin. Ep. 8, 18, 8; Arn. 2, p. 74:

    animae in vitia,

    prone, Arn. 2, 45.— Comp. perh. only:

    dies ad occasum declivior,

    Vulg. Judic. 19, 9.— Sup. does not occur.— Adv.: dēclīvĭter, in a sloping manner, only in Comp.:

    declivius: incumbens rupes,

    Cassiod. Hist. Eccl. 12, 9.

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  • 14 decliviter

    dē-clīvis, e ( nom. n. declivum, Cassiod. in Psal. 16, 5; neutr. plur. once heterocl. decliva, Ov. M. 2, 206;

    also declivia,

    id. ib. 1, 39 et saep.; cf. acclivis and aplustre), adj. [clivus], inclining downwards, sloping (for syn. cf.: devexus, praeruptas, abruptus, abscisus, proclivis, acclivis, propensus, praeceps, pronus.—Class. and freq., esp. in histt. and poets; perh. not in Cic. and Verg.).
    I.
    Prop.:

    collis ab summo aequaliter declivis ad flumen Sabim,

    sloping regularly, Caes. B. G. 2, 18:

    in declivi et praecipiti loco,

    id. ib. 4, 33, 3: iniquo [p. 522] loco et leviter declivi, id. ib. 7, 83, 2; cf.:

    locus tenui fastigio vergebat,

    id. B. C. 1, 45, 5:

    locus, also vallis, and opp. mons,

    id. ib. 1, 79, 2:

    latitudo, quem locum Catabathmon incolae appellant,

    Sall. J. 17, 4:

    Olympi,

    Ov. M. 6, 487:

    arvum Aesulae,

    Hor. Od. 3, 29, 7:

    ripa,

    Ov. F. 3, 13; id. M. 5, 591; 6, 399:

    flumina,

    id. ib. 1, 39; cf.:

    cursus (amnium),

    Luc. 4, 114:

    via,

    Ov. M. 4, 432; 7, 410 et saep.:

    sol in occasum,

    Plin. 8, 50, 76, § 203. —
    B.
    Subst.: declive, is, n., a declivity:

    ut de locis superioribus haec declivia et devexa cernebantur,

    Caes. B. G. 7, 88:

    si per declive sese reciperent,

    id. B. C. 3, 51, 6; cf.:

    erat per declive receptus,

    id. ib. 3, 45, 4; Ov. M. 2, 206.—
    II.
    Trop.:

    labitur occiduae per iter declive senectae,

    id. ib. 15, 227; cf.:

    mulier aetate declivis,

    in the decline of life, Plin. Ep. 8, 18, 8; Arn. 2, p. 74:

    animae in vitia,

    prone, Arn. 2, 45.— Comp. perh. only:

    dies ad occasum declivior,

    Vulg. Judic. 19, 9.— Sup. does not occur.— Adv.: dēclīvĭter, in a sloping manner, only in Comp.:

    declivius: incumbens rupes,

    Cassiod. Hist. Eccl. 12, 9.

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  • 15 demonstro

    dē-monstro, āvi, ātum, 1 ( arch. inf. pass.:

    demonstrarier,

    Ter. Ph. 2, 1, 76), v. a., to point out, as with the finger; to indicate, designate, show (freq. and class.).
    I.
    Lit.
    A.
    In gen. (cf.: indico, significo, ostendo): ubi habitet (mihi) demonstrarier (volo—with commonstrarier), Ter. l. l.; cf.:

    itinera ipsa ita putavi esse demonstranda, ut commonstrarem tantum viam, et ut fieri solet, digitum ad fontes intenderem,

    Cic. de Or. 1, 46 fin.:

    non ea figura, quae digito demonstrari potest,

    id. Rep. 6, 24; so,

    too, aliquid digito,

    Quint. 6, 3, 38:

    aliquem averso pollice,

    id. 11, 3, 104:

    aliquid nutu vel manu,

    id. 1, 5, 36:

    eum volo mihi demonstretis hominem,

    Plaut. Poen. 3, 2, 16:

    thesaurum mi in hisce aedibus,

    id. Trin. 1, 2, 113:

    itinera cum cura,

    Liv. 23, 33:

    unum ex iis,

    Suet. Aug. 94 et saep.:

    ut ante demonstrabant, quid ubique esset... item nunc, quid undique oblatum sit, ostendunt,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 59: demonstres ubi sint tuae tenebrae, Catull. 55, 2.— Absol.: histrio ita demonstraverat ( had gesticulated), ut bibentem natantemque faceret, Suet. Ner. 39.—
    2.
    Poet. of a subject not personal:

    demonstrant astra salebras,

    Prop. 3, 16, 15 (4, 15, 15 M.).—
    B.
    Esp., jurid. t. t.: fines, to point out the boundaries, i.e. to deliver a piece of land to the purchaser, Cic. pro Tull. § 17; Dig. 18, 1, 18; 21, 2, 45.—
    C.
    Pregn., to guide by pointing out the way:

    si equus ille decessit qui demonstrabat quadrigam,

    Dig. 31, 1, 65, § 1.—
    II.
    Trop., to designate, indicate, by speech or writing; to show, prove, demonstrate; to represent, describe; also simply to mention (in this signif. often in Caes. —for syn. cf.: monstro, commonstro, comprobo, probo, declaro).
    (α).
    With acc.:

    Spurinna quidem cum ei rem demonstrassem et vitam tuam superiorem exposuissem, magnum periculum summae reipublicae demonstrabat, nisi, etc.,

    Cic. Fam. 9, 24;

    so with docere,

    id. Verr. 2, 2, 50;

    with ostendere,

    id. Att. 1, 1, 4; Quint. 5, 12, 15 et saep.:

    istius cupiditatem minasque demonstrat,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 39 fin.:

    si tibi nemo responsurus esset, tamen ipsam causam demonstrare non posses,

    id. Div. in Caecil. 13, 43:

    modum formamque (sc. navium),

    Caes. B. G. 5, 1:

    re demonstrata,

    id. ib. 5, 38; cf.:

    quibus demonstratis,

    Quint. 5, 1, 3:

    aliquid scripto,

    id. 1, 5, 32 et saep.:

    ad ea castra, quae supra demonstravimus, contendit,

    Caes. B. G. 7, 83 fin.; 5, 49; so with the pron. relat., id. B. C. 3, 84, 3; 3, 89, 3:

    hujus Hercyniae silvae, quae supra demonstrata est, latitudo, etc.,

    id. B. G. 6, 25; cf. in pass. id. B. C. 1, 81, 2; 63 fin. —With double acc.:

    quam virtutem quartam elocutionis Cicero demonstrat,

    Quint. 11, 1, 1.—
    (β).
    With acc. and inf.:

    mihi Fabius demonstravit, te id cogitasse facere,

    Cic. Fam. 3, 3, 2; id. Inv. 1, 31:

    demonstrant sibi praeter agri solum nihil esse reliqui,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 11, 5; 2, 17, 2; 7, 41, 2 (with exponunt); 7, 43, 2 et saep.— Pass. with nom. and inf.:

    altera parte imbecillitas, inopia fuisse demonstrabitur,

    Auct. Her. 2, 4, 7:

    si eo ipse in genere, quo arguatur, integer ante fuisse demonstrabitur,

    Cic. Inv. 1, 11, 36; Hyg. Astr. 2, 14; 2, 21.—
    (γ).
    With a relative clause:

    quanta praedae faciendae facultas daretur, si, etc.,

    Caes. B. G. 4, 34 fin.; Quint. 2, 4, 3; Plin. 25, 13, 106, § 169.—
    (δ).
    Absol.:

    cum esset Caesar in citeriore Gallia in hibernis, ita uti supra demonstravimus,

    Caes. B. G. 2, 1:

    ut supra demonstravimus,

    id. ib. 5, 3;

    5, 19 al.: ut ante demonstravimus,

    id. ib. 2, 22;

    ita ut antea demonstravimus,

    id. ib. 7, 46;

    and simply ut demonstravimus,

    id. ib. 6, 35; id. B. C. 3, 66, 2 al.—
    (ε).
    In attraction:

    cum essent in quibus demonstravi augustiis,

    Caes. B. C. 3, 15, 6:

    circiter DC ejus generis, cujus supra demonstravimus naves,

    id. B. G. 5, 2, 2.—
    b.
    Of an inanimate subject:

    quae hoc demonstrare videantur,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 63:

    quod proximus demonstrabit liber,

    Quint. 1, 10, 49:

    littera causam,

    Tib. 3, 2, 27:

    laus ac vituperatio quale sit quidque demonstrat,

    id. 3, 4, 14 al. —
    c.
    Pass. impers.:

    naves XVIII., de quibus supra demonstratum est,

    Caes. B. G. 4, 28; id. B. C. 1, 56, 2:

    erant, ut supra demonstratum est, legiones Afranii tres,

    id. ib. 1, 39; 2, 34;

    and without supra,

    id. ib. 3, 62:

    quem a Pompeio missum in Hispaniam demonstratum est,

    id. ib. 1, 38; so with an acc. and inf., id. ib. 2, 28;

    2, 42, 5: ad flumen Axonam contenderunt, quod esse post nostra castra demonstratum est,

    id. B. G. 2, 9, 3.

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  • 16 expedio

    ex-pĕdĭo, īvi or ĭi, ītum, 4 (archaic fut. expedibo, Enn., Pac., Att., and Pompon. ap. Non. 505, 15 sq.; 477, 2; Plaut. Truc. 1, 2, 36), v. a. [pes], orig., to free the feet, i. e. from a snare; hence, in gen., to extricate, disengage, let loose, set free, liberate any thing entangled, involved (class.; esp. freq. in the trop. signif.; syn.: extrico, enodo, enucleo, explico, expono, interpretor, etc.).
    I.
    Lit.:

    videte, in quot se laqueos induerit, quorum ex nullo se umquam expediet,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 42, § 102; cf. id. ib. 43, §

    106: mortis laqueis caput,

    Hor. C. 3, 24, 8; cf.

    also: vix illigatum te triformi Pegasus expediet Chimaera,

    id. ib. 1, 27, 24:

    flammam inter et hostes Expedior,

    make my way through, Verg. A. 2, 633:

    errantem nemori,

    Ov. F. 4, 669 et saep.—With inanim. and abstr. objects:

    aditus expediunt,

    open a passage, Caes. B. G. 7, 86 fin.:

    sibi locum,

    id. B. C. 2, 9, 6:

    iter fugae per invias rupes,

    Liv. 38, 2, 14:

    agrum saxosum lectione lapidum,

    Col. 2, 2, 12: capillus pectine quotidie expediendus est, disentangled, Fronto de Eloqu. init.
    B.
    Transf.
    1.
    In gen., to fetch out, bring forward, procure, make ready, prepare any thing folded up, put away, etc.: funes expediunt, Sisenn. ap. Non. 297, 1:

    vela,

    Ov. H. 17, 200:

    hominem nudari et virgas expediri jubet,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 62, § 161:

    cererem canistris,

    Verg. A. 1, 702:

    convivia mediis tectis (famulae),

    Val. Fl. 2, 341; cf.:

    cibaria pastoribus,

    to provide, Varr. R. R. 2, 10, 6:

    merces suas (institor),

    Ov. A. A. 1, 422: pecuniam, to procure, Cic. Fragm. ap. Non. 298, 22; Suet. Caes. 4:

    arma,

    to hold in readiness, Caes. B. G. 7, 18 fin.; Tac. A. 2, 79; Verg. A. 4, 592:

    tela equosque,

    Liv. 38, 25, 14:

    ferrum,

    id. 24, 26, 10:

    naves,

    Caes. B. C. 2, 4 fin.:

    vineas in occulto,

    id. B. G 7, 27, 2:

    copias,

    Tac. A. 13, 7:

    se celeriter (Galli equites),

    Caes. B. C. 1, 51, 4:

    se,

    Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 52; Liv. 38, 21, 2; cf.

    mid.: exercitum expediri ad bellum jubet,

    Tac. H. 2, 99. —
    2.
    to send away, despatch ( poet.):

    me ex suis locis pulcre ornatum expedivit,

    Plaut. Rud. 4, 2, 3: saepe disco, Saepe trans finem jaculo nobilis expedito, despatched, i. e. hurled, Hor. C. 1, 8, 12.—
    3.
    Absol., for expedire se, to arm one's self for battle (only in Tac.), Tac. H. 1, 10:

    multos secum expedire jubet,

    id. ib. 1, 88; 2, 99.
    II.
    Trop., to bring out, extricate, release, free from any evil, obstacle, etc.:

    impeditum animum,

    Ter. Hec. 3, 1, 17; cf.:

    sapientis est, cum stultitiā suā impeditus sit, quoquo modo possit, se expedire,

    Cic. Rab. Post. 9, 24:

    haererem, nisi tu me expedisses,

    id. Pis. 30, 74:

    ex servitute filium,

    Plaut. Capt. 2, 3, 94; cf.:

    se ex turba,

    Ter. Ad. 4, 4, 5:

    se ab omni occupatione,

    Cic. Att. 3, 20, 2:

    aliquem omni molestiā,

    id. ib. 2, 25, 2; so,

    se aerumnis,

    Ter. Hec. 3, 1, 8:

    se crimine,

    id. ib. 5, 1, 28:

    se cura,

    id. Phorm. 5, 4, 4:

    civitatem malis obsidionalibus,

    Amm. 16, 4, 3: amor Lycisci me tenet, Unde expedire non queant amicorum consilia, Hor. Epod. 11, 25: curae sagaces Expediunt (Claudiae manus) per acuta belli, bring or help through, id. C. 4, 4, 76; cf.:

    per quot discrimina rerum Expedior?

    escape, Val. Fl. 1, 217:

    me multa impediverunt quae ne nunc quidem expedita sunt,

    Cic. Fam. 14, 19:

    si vita nostra in aliquas insidias incidisset, omnis honesta ratio esset expediendae salutis,

    of obtaining safety, id. Mil. 4, 10.—
    B.
    Transf.
    1.
    To put in order, arrange, set right:

    cum Antonio loquare velim, et rem, ut poteris, expedias,

    Cic. Att. 11, 18, 2:

    expedire et conficere res,

    id. Brut. 42, 154:

    rem frumentariam,

    Caes. B. G. 7, 36, 1; id. B. C. 1, 54 fin.:

    negotia (with explicare),

    Cic. Fam. 13, 26, 2; cf. id. ib. 1, 3, 1:

    nomina mea, per deos, expedi, exsolve,

    settle, pay, id. Att. 16, 6, 3:

    nomen,

    id. ib. 13, 29, 3:

    Faberianum,

    id. ib. 12, 29, 2; cf. in a pun respecting a scholar unable to pay his debts: omnes solvere posse quaestiones, Unum difficile expedire nomen, Bibacul. ap. Suet. Gram. 11:

    quemadmodum expediam exitum hujus institutae orationis, non reperio,

    settle, arrange, Cic. Fam. 3, 12, 2; cf.:

    expediri quae restant vix poterunt. si hoc relinqueris,

    id. Rep. 1, 35, 55:

    consilia sua,

    Tac. H. 3, 73:

    docte hanc fallaciam,

    put into operation, Plaut. Capt. prol. 40.—
    2.
    Of speech, to disclose, unfold, explain, relate, narrate (mostly poet. and in post-Aug. prose;

    not in Cic., Cæs., or Quint.): qui tu misera's? mi expedi,

    Plaut. Men. 4, 2, 50 (639 Ritschl): id ego aequum ac jus fecisse expedibo atque eloquar, will show, Enn. ap. Non. 505, 19;

    Pac., Att.,

    Pompon. ib. 15 sq.:

    agedum, hoc mihi expedi,

    Ter. Eun. 4, 4, 27:

    altius omnem Expediam prima repetens ab origine famam,

    Verg. G. 4, 286:

    pauca tibi e multis... expediam dictis,

    id. A. 3, 379:

    priusquam hujuscemodi rei initium expedio,

    Sall. J. 5, 2:

    nunc originem, mores, et quo facinore dominationem raptum ierit, expediam,

    Tac. A. 4, 1:

    me non tantum praevisa, sed subita expedire docuisti,

    id. ib. 14, 55:

    ea de caede quam verissime expediam,

    id. H. 4, 48:

    promptius expediam quot, etc.,

    i. e. it will take me a shorter time to recount, Juv. 10, 220.—
    3.
    Reflex. of events, to develop, run their course, proceed:

    amoris arteis eloquar quem ad modum se expediant,

    Plaut. Trin. 2, 1, 10; cf.:

    ut res vostrorum omnium bene expedire voltis,

    to make favorable progress, id. Am. prol. 5 (Lorenz ad Plaut. Trin. 2, 36; but Ussing reads me expedire, benefit me).—
    4.
    Absol., res expedit, or impers., expedit (alicui—lit., it helps out, furthers, promotes; hence), it is serviceable, profitable, advantageous, useful, expedient (class.):

    nequiter paene expedivit prima parasitatio,

    Plaut. Am. 1, 3, 23:

    non igitur faciat, dixerit quis, quod utile sit, quod expediat? Immo intelligat, nihil nec expedire nec utile esse, quod sit injustum,

    Cic. Off. 3, 19, 76; cf.:

    quid intersit sua, quid expediat,

    id. Agr. 2, 25, 66:

    ex utilitatis varietatibus, cum aliis aliud expediat, nasci discordias,

    id. Rep. 1, 32; cf.:

    ut non idem expediret, incidere saepe,

    id. Lael. 10, 33:

    quidquam Caesari ad diuturnitatem victoriae et dominationis,

    id. Att. 7, 22, 1:

    non idem ipsis expedire et multitudini,

    Nep. Milt. 3, 5 al. —With an inf. clause as subject:

    expedit bonas esse vobis,

    Ter. Heaut. 2, 4, 8; cf.:

    omnibus bonis expedit salvam esse rem publicam,

    Cic. Phil. 13, 8, 16:

    cui (reo) damnari expediret,

    id. Verr. 2, 1, 3 fin.:

    cum eam (pecuniam) in praediis collocari maxime expediret,

    id. Caecin. 6, 16:

    ubi vinci necesse est, expedit cedere,

    Quint. 6, 4, 16; Hor. C. 2, 8, 9 et saep.—With subj. clause as subject after ut or ne (post-class.):

    expedire omnibus dicunt, ut singulae civitates suas leges habeant,

    Just. 34, 1, 7 Benecke ad loc.:

    expedit rei publicae, ne sua re quis male utatur,

    Just. Inst. 1, 8, 2:

    neque expedire ut ambitione aliena trahatur,

    Tac. A. 3, 69.— Absol.:

    tu si ita expedit, velim quamprimum conscendas,

    Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 2, 4:

    sic magis expedit,

    Quint. 4, 2, 67:

    ut expediat causae,

    id. 7, 3, 18.—Hence, ex-pĕdītus, a, um, P. a., unimpeded, unincumbered, disengaged, free, easy, ready, at hand.
    A.
    Of persons:

    cum ceteris quae habebat vadimonia differt, ut expeditus in Galliam proficisci posset,

    Cic. Quint. 6, 23: incrmos armati, impeditos expediti interficiunt, i. e. without baggage, Sisenn. ap. Non. 58, 8; cf.:

    eo circiter hominum numero XVI. milia expedita cum omni equitatu Ariovistus misit,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 49, 3:

    legiones expeditae,

    id. B. C. 1, 42, 1;

    so of soldiers without baggage,

    id. ib. 2, 19, 2; 6, 25, 1; 1, 27 fin. et saep.—As subst.: expĕdī-tus, i, m., a soldier lightly burdened, a swiftly marching soldier:

    latitudo (silvae) novem dierum iter expedito patet,

    Caes. B. G. 6, 25, 1:

    obviam fit ei Clodius expeditus in equo,

    Cic. Mil. 10, 28; cf.

    Sagana,

    tucked up, Hor. Epod. 5, 25:

    expedito nobis homine et parato opus est,

    ready, at hand, prompt, Cic. Phil. 11, 10, 26; cf.:

    expeditus ad caedem,

    id. Agr. 2, 30, 82:

    ad pronuntiandum,

    id. de Or. 2, 30, 131; cf.:

    facilis et expeditus ad dicendum,

    id. Brut. 48 fin.
    B.
    Of inanim. or abstr. things, convenient, at hand:

    iis expedito loco actuaria navigia relinquit,

    commodious, Caes. B. C. 1, 27; cf.:

    via expeditior ad honores,

    Cic. Fl. 41, 104:

    reditum in caelum patere optimo et justissimo cuique expeditissimum,

    id. Lael. 4, 13:

    pecunia expeditissima quae erat, tibi decreta est,

    the readiest, the nearest at hand, id. Fam. 11, 24, 2; cf.

    rationes,

    id. ib. 10, 25, 2:

    cena (with parca),

    Plin. Ep. 3, 12, 1:

    expeditissimum unguentorum,

    Plin. 13, 1, 2, § 8:

    probabili expedito, soluto, libero, nullā re implicato,

    Cic. Ac. 2, 33, 105:

    expedita erat et perfacile currens oratio,

    id. Brut. 63, 227; cf.:

    expedita ac profluens dicendi celeritas,

    id. ib. 61, 220:

    inops ad ornandum, sed ad inveniendum expedita Hermagorae disciplina,

    id. ib. 76, 263:

    prope jam expeditam Caesaris victoriam interpellaverunt,

    achieved, Caes. B. C. 3, 70 fin.
    b.
    In the neutr. absol.: in expedito esse, habere, etc., to be or have in readiness or at hand:

    quaedam sunt quidem in animo, sed parum prompta: quae incipiunt in expedito esse, quum dicta sunt,

    Sen. Ep. 94 med.; cf.:

    promptum hoc et in expedito positum,

    Quint. 10, 7, 24:

    in expedito haberent integras copias ad opem ferendam,

    ready for action, Liv. 36, 16, 10.—Hence, adv.: ex-pĕdīte, without impediment, without difficulty, readily, promptly, quickly:

    in iis rebus celeriter expediteque percipiendis, quae, etc.,

    Cic. Fin. 5, 12 fin.:

    expedite explicans quod proposuerat,

    id. Brut. 67, 237:

    fabulatu's,

    Plaut. Men. 1, 2, 63:

    loqui,

    Suet. Aug. 89.— Comp.:

    non implicite et abscondite, sed patentius et expeditius,

    Cic. Inv 2, 23, 69:

    navigare,

    id. Att. 6, 8, 4:

    fit putatio,

    Col. Arb. 11, 1.— Sup.:

    ex quo te, quocumque opus erit, facillime et expeditissime conferas,

    Cic. Fam. 6, 20, 2.

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  • 17 finio

    fīnĭo, īvi or ĭi, ītum, 4, v. a. [finis], to limit, bound, enclose within boundaries (class.).
    I.
    Lit.
    A.
    In gen.:

    populi Romani imperium Rhenum finire,

    Caes. B. G. 4, 16, 4:

    quo (jugo) Cappadocia finitur ab Armenia, Auct. B. Alex. 35, 5: Tmolus Sardibus hinc, illinc parvis finitur Hypaepis,

    Ov. M. 11, 152; Vell. 2, 126, 3:

    rem res finire videtur (followed by terminare),

    Lucr. 1, 998:

    riparum clausas margine finit aquas,

    Ov. F. 2, 222:

    signum animo,

    Liv. 1, 18, 8:

    in ore sita lingua est, finita dentibus,

    Cic. N. D. 2, 59, 149.—
    B.
    In partic.: finiens orbis or circulus, the horizon: illi orbes, qui aspectum nostrum definiunt, qui a Graecis horizontes nominantur, a nobis finientes rectissime nominari possunt, Cic. Div. 2, 44, 92:

    circulus,

    Sen. Q. N. 5, 17, 2.
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    To set bounds to, restrain, check:

    equidem illud ipsum non nimium probo, philosophum loqui de cupiditatibus finiendis: an potest cupiditas finiri?

    Cic. Fin. 2, 9, 27; cf.:

    cupiditates satietate,

    id. ib. 2, 20, 64:

    deliberativas miror a quibusdam sola utilitate finitas,

    Quint. 3, 8, 1.—
    B.
    For definio, to prescribe, determine, fix, appoint, assign:

    sepulcris novis finivit modum,

    Cic. Leg, 2, 26, 66:

    AD EAM REM RATIONE CVRSVS ANNVOS SACERDOTES FINIVNTO,

    id. ib. 2, 8, 20:

    spatia omnis temporis numero noctium,

    Caes. B. G. 6, 18, 2; cf.: Hercyniae silvae latitudo novem dierum iter patet;

    non enim aliter finiri potest,

    i. e. its extent cannot be described more accurately, id. ib. 6, 25, 1; so too is to be explained the disputed passage: hoc autem sphaerae genus, in quo solis et lunae motus inessent... in illa sphaera solida non potuisse finiri, this sort of (movable) celestial globe... could not be defined, marked out, on that solid globe (of Thales), Cic. Rep. 1, 14:

    locum, in quo dimicaturi essent,

    Liv. 42, 47, 5:

    ut si finias equum, genus est animal, species mortale, etc.,

    Quint. 7, 3, 3; cf.:

    rhetorice finitur varie,

    id. 2, 15, 1:

    sit nobis orator is, qui a M. Catone finitur,

    id. 12, 1, 1; 12, 3, 40.— Pass. impers.:

    de pecunia finitur, Ne major causa ludorum consumeretur quam, etc.,

    Liv. 40, 44, 10.—
    C.
    To put an end to, to finish, terminate:

    bellum,

    Caes. B. C. 3, 51, 3; Curt. 3, 1, 9; Tac. A. 15, 17; Just. 16, 2, 8; Vell. 2, 17, 1:

    prandia nigris moris,

    Hor. S. 2, 4, 23: graves labores morte, Poët. ap. Cic. Tusc. 1, 48, 115 (transl. from Eurip. ponôn pepaumenon):

    dolores morte,

    id. Fin. 1, 15, 49:

    tristitiam vitaeque labores molli mero,

    Hor. C. 1, 7, 17:

    labores,

    id. ib. 3, 4, 39; id. S. 1, 1, 93:

    dolores,

    id. ib. 2, 3, 263:

    studia,

    id. Ep. 2, 2, 104:

    amores,

    id. C. 1, 19, 4:

    sitim,

    id. Ep. 2, 2, 146:

    honores aequo animo,

    Vell. 2, 33, 3:

    vitam mihi ense,

    Ov. Tr. 3, 7, 49:

    vitam voluntariā morte, inediā, etc.,

    Plin. 6, 19, 22, § 66; 8, 42, 64, § 157;

    so very rarely of a natural death: Valerianus in illo dedecore vitam finivit,

    Lact. Mort. Pers. 5, 6; cf. Tac. A. 1, 9; Sen. Ep. 66, 43:

    praecipitare te et finire,

    Sen. Cons. ad Marc. 3, 3:

    (Burrus) impedito meatu spiritum finiebat,

    Tac. A. 14, 51:

    animam,

    Ov. M. 7, 591:

    (distinctiones) interest sermonem finiant an sensum,

    Quint. 11, 3, 37; cf.:

    ut verbum acuto sono finiant,

    to pronounce with the accent on the last syllable, id. 1, 5, 25.— Pass., to come to an end, close, be ended, terminate:

    ut senten tiae verbis finiantur,

    end, close with verbs, Cic. de Or. 3, 49, 191; cf.:

    nec solum componentur verba ratione, sed etiam finientur,

    id. Or. 49, 164:

    Latinum (verbum), quod o et n litteris finiretur, non reperiebant,

    Quint. 1, 5, 60; cf. id. 1, 6, 14.—
    2.
    In partic. ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose), to come to an end, to cease.
    a.
    To finish speaking, draw to a close, end:

    finierat Paean,

    Ov. M. 1, 566; 13, 123; 14, 441; cf.:

    finiturus eram, sed, etc.,

    id. A. A. 1, 755:

    ut semel finiam,

    Quint. 1, 12, 6; 8, 3, 55; cf.:

    denique, ut semel finiam,

    id. 9, 4, 138: 5, 13, 3; 11, 3, 59.—
    b.
    To come to one's end, to die:

    sic fuit utilius finiri ipsi, Cic. poët. Tusc. 1, 48, 115: sic Tiberius finivit octavo et septuagesimo aetatis anno,

    Tac. A. 6, 50 fin.; for which, in pass.:

    qui morbo finiuntur,

    Plin. Ep. 1, 12, 2:

    Seleucus quoque iisdem ferme diebus finitur,

    Just. 27, 3, 12; cf.:

    finita Juliorum domo,

    become extinct, Tac. H. 1, 16.—Hence, fīnītus, a, um, P. a. In rhetor., of words, that terminate properly, well-rounded, rhythmical:

    et ipsi infracta et amputata loquuntur et eos vituperant, qui apta et finita pronuntiant,

    Cic. Or. 51, 170.— Sup.:

    finitissimus,

    Prisc. 1076 P.— Adv.: fīnītē.
    * 1.
    (Acc. to II. A.) To a certain extent, within limits:

    avarus erit, sed finite,

    Cic. Fin. 2, 9, 27.—
    * 2.
    (Acc. to II. B.) Definitely, specifically:

    referri oportere ad senatum aut infinite de re publica, aut de singulis rebus finite,

    Gell. 14, 7, 9.

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  • 18 finite

    fīnĭo, īvi or ĭi, ītum, 4, v. a. [finis], to limit, bound, enclose within boundaries (class.).
    I.
    Lit.
    A.
    In gen.:

    populi Romani imperium Rhenum finire,

    Caes. B. G. 4, 16, 4:

    quo (jugo) Cappadocia finitur ab Armenia, Auct. B. Alex. 35, 5: Tmolus Sardibus hinc, illinc parvis finitur Hypaepis,

    Ov. M. 11, 152; Vell. 2, 126, 3:

    rem res finire videtur (followed by terminare),

    Lucr. 1, 998:

    riparum clausas margine finit aquas,

    Ov. F. 2, 222:

    signum animo,

    Liv. 1, 18, 8:

    in ore sita lingua est, finita dentibus,

    Cic. N. D. 2, 59, 149.—
    B.
    In partic.: finiens orbis or circulus, the horizon: illi orbes, qui aspectum nostrum definiunt, qui a Graecis horizontes nominantur, a nobis finientes rectissime nominari possunt, Cic. Div. 2, 44, 92:

    circulus,

    Sen. Q. N. 5, 17, 2.
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    To set bounds to, restrain, check:

    equidem illud ipsum non nimium probo, philosophum loqui de cupiditatibus finiendis: an potest cupiditas finiri?

    Cic. Fin. 2, 9, 27; cf.:

    cupiditates satietate,

    id. ib. 2, 20, 64:

    deliberativas miror a quibusdam sola utilitate finitas,

    Quint. 3, 8, 1.—
    B.
    For definio, to prescribe, determine, fix, appoint, assign:

    sepulcris novis finivit modum,

    Cic. Leg, 2, 26, 66:

    AD EAM REM RATIONE CVRSVS ANNVOS SACERDOTES FINIVNTO,

    id. ib. 2, 8, 20:

    spatia omnis temporis numero noctium,

    Caes. B. G. 6, 18, 2; cf.: Hercyniae silvae latitudo novem dierum iter patet;

    non enim aliter finiri potest,

    i. e. its extent cannot be described more accurately, id. ib. 6, 25, 1; so too is to be explained the disputed passage: hoc autem sphaerae genus, in quo solis et lunae motus inessent... in illa sphaera solida non potuisse finiri, this sort of (movable) celestial globe... could not be defined, marked out, on that solid globe (of Thales), Cic. Rep. 1, 14:

    locum, in quo dimicaturi essent,

    Liv. 42, 47, 5:

    ut si finias equum, genus est animal, species mortale, etc.,

    Quint. 7, 3, 3; cf.:

    rhetorice finitur varie,

    id. 2, 15, 1:

    sit nobis orator is, qui a M. Catone finitur,

    id. 12, 1, 1; 12, 3, 40.— Pass. impers.:

    de pecunia finitur, Ne major causa ludorum consumeretur quam, etc.,

    Liv. 40, 44, 10.—
    C.
    To put an end to, to finish, terminate:

    bellum,

    Caes. B. C. 3, 51, 3; Curt. 3, 1, 9; Tac. A. 15, 17; Just. 16, 2, 8; Vell. 2, 17, 1:

    prandia nigris moris,

    Hor. S. 2, 4, 23: graves labores morte, Poët. ap. Cic. Tusc. 1, 48, 115 (transl. from Eurip. ponôn pepaumenon):

    dolores morte,

    id. Fin. 1, 15, 49:

    tristitiam vitaeque labores molli mero,

    Hor. C. 1, 7, 17:

    labores,

    id. ib. 3, 4, 39; id. S. 1, 1, 93:

    dolores,

    id. ib. 2, 3, 263:

    studia,

    id. Ep. 2, 2, 104:

    amores,

    id. C. 1, 19, 4:

    sitim,

    id. Ep. 2, 2, 146:

    honores aequo animo,

    Vell. 2, 33, 3:

    vitam mihi ense,

    Ov. Tr. 3, 7, 49:

    vitam voluntariā morte, inediā, etc.,

    Plin. 6, 19, 22, § 66; 8, 42, 64, § 157;

    so very rarely of a natural death: Valerianus in illo dedecore vitam finivit,

    Lact. Mort. Pers. 5, 6; cf. Tac. A. 1, 9; Sen. Ep. 66, 43:

    praecipitare te et finire,

    Sen. Cons. ad Marc. 3, 3:

    (Burrus) impedito meatu spiritum finiebat,

    Tac. A. 14, 51:

    animam,

    Ov. M. 7, 591:

    (distinctiones) interest sermonem finiant an sensum,

    Quint. 11, 3, 37; cf.:

    ut verbum acuto sono finiant,

    to pronounce with the accent on the last syllable, id. 1, 5, 25.— Pass., to come to an end, close, be ended, terminate:

    ut senten tiae verbis finiantur,

    end, close with verbs, Cic. de Or. 3, 49, 191; cf.:

    nec solum componentur verba ratione, sed etiam finientur,

    id. Or. 49, 164:

    Latinum (verbum), quod o et n litteris finiretur, non reperiebant,

    Quint. 1, 5, 60; cf. id. 1, 6, 14.—
    2.
    In partic. ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose), to come to an end, to cease.
    a.
    To finish speaking, draw to a close, end:

    finierat Paean,

    Ov. M. 1, 566; 13, 123; 14, 441; cf.:

    finiturus eram, sed, etc.,

    id. A. A. 1, 755:

    ut semel finiam,

    Quint. 1, 12, 6; 8, 3, 55; cf.:

    denique, ut semel finiam,

    id. 9, 4, 138: 5, 13, 3; 11, 3, 59.—
    b.
    To come to one's end, to die:

    sic fuit utilius finiri ipsi, Cic. poët. Tusc. 1, 48, 115: sic Tiberius finivit octavo et septuagesimo aetatis anno,

    Tac. A. 6, 50 fin.; for which, in pass.:

    qui morbo finiuntur,

    Plin. Ep. 1, 12, 2:

    Seleucus quoque iisdem ferme diebus finitur,

    Just. 27, 3, 12; cf.:

    finita Juliorum domo,

    become extinct, Tac. H. 1, 16.—Hence, fīnītus, a, um, P. a. In rhetor., of words, that terminate properly, well-rounded, rhythmical:

    et ipsi infracta et amputata loquuntur et eos vituperant, qui apta et finita pronuntiant,

    Cic. Or. 51, 170.— Sup.:

    finitissimus,

    Prisc. 1076 P.— Adv.: fīnītē.
    * 1.
    (Acc. to II. A.) To a certain extent, within limits:

    avarus erit, sed finite,

    Cic. Fin. 2, 9, 27.—
    * 2.
    (Acc. to II. B.) Definitely, specifically:

    referri oportere ad senatum aut infinite de re publica, aut de singulis rebus finite,

    Gell. 14, 7, 9.

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  • 19 frons

    1.
    frons (also anciently fruns; plur. frundes, Enn. Ann. 266 Vahl.; cf. Charis. p. 105 P.—Also in nom. fros or frus, Varr. ib.; Enn. v in the foll.; cf. Prisc. p. 554 P.; and FRONDIS, acc. to Serv. Verg. G. 2, 372), dis, f. [etym. dub.], a leafy branch, green bough, foliage.
    I.
    Lit. (class.; in sing. and plur.; syn. folium).
    (α).
    Sing.: populea frus, Enn. ap. Aus. Technop. (Edyll. 5) 158 sq. (id. Ann. v. 562 Vahl.):

    ilignea, quernea,

    Cato, R. R. 37, 2:

    in nemoribus, ubi virgulta et frons multa,

    Varr. R. R. 2, 5, 11:

    bobus praestabit vilicus frondem,

    Col. 11, 3, 101: alta frons decidit, Varr. ap. Non. 486, 13:

    ne caules allii in frondem luxurient,

    Plin. 19, 6, 34, § 113:

    perenni frunde corona,

    Lucr. 1, 119:

    nigrae feraci frondis in Algido,

    Hor. C. 4, 4, 58:

    sine fronde,

    Ov. Tr. 3, 10, 75:

    immaturam destringere,

    Quint. 12, 6, 2.—
    (β).
    Plur.: russescunt frundes, Enn. ap. Charis. p. 105 P. (Ann. v. 266 Vahl.):

    deserta via et inculta atque interclusa jam frondibus et virgultis relinquatur,

    Cic. Cael. 18, 42:

    viminibus salices fecundi, frondibus ulmi,

    Verg. G. 2, 446:

    frondibus teneris non adhibendam esse falcem,

    Quint. 2, 4, 11:

    bovemque Disjunctum curas et strictis frondibus exples,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 14, 28; id. C. 3, 18, 14.—
    II.
    Poet. transf., a garland made of leafy boughs, a garland of leaves, leafy chaplet: donec Alterutrum velox victoria fronde coronet, Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 64; so in sing., id. C. 4, 2, 36; id. Ep. 2, 1, 110:

    nos delubra deum festa velamus fronde,

    Verg. A. 2, 249; 5, 661; Ov. M. 1, 449; 565; id. A. A. 1, 108.—In plur., Ov. F. 1, 711; 3, 482.
    2.
    frons, frontis, f. ( masc., Cato ap. Gell. 15, 9, 5; and ap. Fest. s. v. recto, p. 286, b, Müll.; Plaut. Mil. 2, 2, 46 Ritschl, N. cr.; id. ap. Non. 205, 4; Caecil. ap. Gell. 15, 9, 3; Vitr. 10, 17) [cf. Sanscr. brhū; Gr. ophrus; Germ. Braue; Engl. brow; v. Curt. Gr. Etym. p. 296], the forehead, brow, front (syn.: vultus, os, facies).
    I.
    Lit.:

    frons et aliis (animalibus), sed homini tantum tristitiae, hilaritatis, clementiae, severitatis index: in adsensu ejus supercilia homini et pariter et alterna mobilia,

    Plin. 11, 37, 51, § 138:

    tanta erat gravitas in oculo, tanta contractio frontis, ut illo supercilio res publica, tamquam Atlante caelum, niti videretur,

    Cic. Sest. 8, 19: frontem contrahere, to contract or knit the brows, id. Clu. 26, 72; Hor. S. 2, 2, 125;

    for which, adducere,

    Sen. Ben. 1, 1:

    attrahere,

    id. ib. 6, 7: remittere frontem, to smooth the brow, i. e. to cheer up, Plin. Ep. 2, 5, 5;

    for which: exporge frontem,

    Ter. Ad. 5, 3, 53; cf.:

    primum ego te porrectiore fronte volo mecum loqui,

    Plaut. Cas. 2, 4, 3:

    explicare,

    Hor. C. 3, 29, 16;

    solvere,

    Mart. 14, 183: ut frontem ferias, smitest thy forehead (as a sign of vexation), Cic. Att. 1, 1, 1; cf.:

    nulla perturbatio animi, nulla corporis, frons non percussa, non femur,

    id. Brut. 80, 278:

    femur, pectus, frontem caedere,

    Quint. 2, 12, 10:

    frontem sudario tergere,

    id. 6, 3, 60;

    for which: siccare frontem sudario,

    id. 11, 3, 148:

    capillos a fronte retroagere,

    id. ib. 160:

    mediam ferro gemina inter tempora frontem Dividit,

    Verg. A. 9, 750:

    quorundam capita per medium frontis et verticis mucrone distincta, in utrumque humerum pendebant,

    Amm. 31, 7, 14:

    insignem tenui fronte Lycorida (a small forehead was regarded as a beauty by the ancients),

    Hor. C. 1, 33, 5; cf. id. Ep. 1, 7, 26; Petr. 126; Mart. 4, 42, 9; Arn. 2, 72.—Of the forehead of animals:

    est bos cervi figura: cujus a media fronte, etc.,

    Caes. B. G. 6, 26, 1:

    tauri torva fronte,

    Plin. 8, 45, 70, § 181:

    equi,

    Ov. Tr. 5, 9, 30:

    ovis,

    id. F. 4, 102:

    cui (haedo) frons turgida cornibus Primis,

    Hor. C. 3, 13, 4:

    (vitulus) Fronte curvatos imitatus ignes lunae,

    id. ib. 4, 2, 57.—In plur., Lucr. 5, 1034. —
    2.
    The brow as a mirror of the feelings:

    non solum ex oratione, sed etiam ex vultu et oculis et fronte, ut aiunt, meum erga te amorem perspicere potuisses,

    Cic. Att. 14, 13, B, 1; cf. Q. Cic. Petit. Cons. 11, 44; and:

    homines fronte et oratione magis, quam ipso beneficio reque capiuntur,

    expression of countenance, id. ib. 12, 46:

    si verum tum, cum verissima fronte, dixerunt, nunc mentiuntur,

    Cic. Rab. Post. 12, 35:

    haec ipsa fero equidem fronte et vultu bellissime, sed angor intimis sensibus,

    id. Att. 5, 10, 3: frons, oculi, vultus persaepe mentiuntur;

    oratio vero saepissime,

    id. Q. F. 1, 1, 5, § 15; cf.:

    oculi, supercilia, frons, vultus denique totus, qui sermo quidam tacitus mentis est, hic in fraudem homines impulit,

    id. Pis. 1, 1; id. Fam. 1, 9, 17:

    fronte occultare sententiam,

    id. Lael. 18, 65:

    tranquilla et serena,

    id. Tusc. 3, 15, 31; cf.:

    reliquiae pristinae frontis,

    id. Fam. 9, 10, 2:

    laeta,

    Verg. A. 6, 862:

    sollicita,

    Hor. C. 3, 29, 16:

    tristis,

    Tib. 2, 3, 33:

    gravis,

    Plin. Pan. 41, 3:

    humana, lenis, placida,

    Sen. Ben. 2, 13:

    inverecunda,

    Quint. 2, 4, 16:

    proterva,

    Hor. C. 2, 5, 16:

    urbana (i. e. impudens),

    id. Ep. 1, 9, 11:

    impudens, proterva, Aug. Op. imperf. c. Jul. 6, 21: impudentissima,

    id. ib. 26; cf.:

    impudentia frontis,

    Hier. adv. Rufin. 1, 7:

    fronte inverecunda nummos captare,

    Val. Max. 8, 2, 2.—In plur.:

    si populo grata est tabella, quae frontes aperit hominum, mentes tegat,

    Cic. Planc. 6, 16.—
    3.
    Prov.:

    frons occipitio prior est,

    i. e. better work before the master's face than behind his back, Cato, R. R. 4; Plin. 18, 5, 6, § 31.—
    B.
    Transf
    1.
    The forepart of any thing, the front, façade, van (opp. tergum and latus):

    copias ante frontem castrorum struit,

    Caes. B. C. 3, 37, 1:

    aedium,

    Vitr. 3, 2:

    parietum,

    id. 2, 8:

    januae,

    Ov. F. 1, 135:

    scena,

    Verg. G. 3, 24:

    (navium),

    id. A. 5, 158:

    pontis,

    Hirt. B. G. 8, 9, 4:

    collis ex utraque parte lateris dejectus habebat, et in frontem leniter fastigatus, etc.,

    Caes. B. G. 2, 8; 7, 23: intervallum justum arborum quadrageni pedes in terga frontemque, in latera viceni, Plin. 17, 23, 35, § 202; cf. Quint. 1, 10, 43:

    octo cohortes in fronte constituit,

    Sall. C. 59, 2:

    quatuor legionum aquilae per frontem,

    Tac. H. 2, 89:

    una fronte contra hostem castra muniunt,

    only in front, Caes. B. C. 1, 80, 2 Herz.:

    aequa fronte ad pugnam procedebat,

    Liv. 36, 44, 1:

    nec tamen aequari frontes poterant, cum extenuando infirmam mediam aciem haberent,

    id. 5, 38, 2:

    recta fronte concurrere hosti (opp. in dextrum cornu),

    Curt. 4, 13 med.; cf.:

    directa fronte pugnandum est,

    Quint. 5, 13, 11:

    veritus ne simul in frontem simul et latera suorum pugnaretur,

    Tac. Agr. 35:

    transisse aestuaria pulchrum ac decorum in frontem (i. e. fronti),

    for the front, the van, id. ib. 33: dextra fronte prima legio incessit, on the right front, i. e. on the right wing, id. H. 2, 24 fin.:

    laeva,

    Claud. in Ruf. 2, 174; cf.:

    frons laevi cornu haec erat,

    Curt. 4, 13 fin. — Poet. transf., of clouds:

    ut non tam concurrere nubes Frontibus adversis possint quam de latere ire,

    Lucr. 6, 117;

    of a precipice: Fronte sub adversa scopulis pendentibus antrum,

    Verg. A. 1, 166.—Esp. freq.: a fronte, in front, before (opp. a tergo and a latere):

    a tergo, a fronte, a lateribus tenebitur, si in Galliam venerit,

    Cic. Phil. 3, 13, 32:

    a fronte atque ab utroque latere cratibus ac pluteis protegebat,

    Caes. B. C. 1, 25 fin.:

    totis fere a fronte et ab sinistra parte nudatis castris,

    id. B. G. 2, 23, 4. —
    2.
    The outer end of a book-roll or volume, Tib. 3, 1, 13; Ov. Tr. 1, 1, 11.—
    3. 4.
    In measuring land = latitudo, the breadth:

    mille pedes in fronte, trecentos cippus in agrum Hic dabat,

    Hor. S. 1, 8, 12; Inscr. Orell. 4558; 4560.—
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    The outside, exterior, external quality, appearance (cf. species and facies;

    mostly post-Aug.): Pompeius Scauro studet: sed utrum fronte an mente, dubitatur,

    Cic. Att. 4, 15, 7:

    plus habet in recessu, quam fronte promittat,

    Quint. 1, 4, 2; 11, 1, 61; cf.:

    frons causae non satis honesta,

    id. 4, 1, 42 Spald.:

    decipit Frons prima multos,

    the first appearance, Phaedr. 4, 2, 6; cf.:

    dura primā fronte quaestio,

    Quint. 7, 1, 56:

    ex prima statim fronte dijudicare imprudentium est,

    id. 12, 7, 8.—
    B.
    The character or feelings expressed by the brow.
    1.
    Poet. in partic., shame:

    exclamet perisse Frontem de rebus,

    Pers. 5, 104 (for which:

    clament periisse pudorem,

    Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 80).—
    2.
    Impudence, boldness (late Lat.; cf.

    os),

    Aug. Civ. D. 3, 30.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > frons

  • 20 limpitudo

    limpĭtūdo, ĭnis, f. [limpidus], clearness, brightness, transparency:

    maris,

    Plin. 32, 11, 54, § 154 (Jahn, latitudo).

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > limpitudo

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