lībĕrālĭa

lībĕrālis, e, adj. [1. liber], of or belonging to freedom, relating to the freeborn condition of a man.

Lit.: liberalis causa or liberale judicium, a suit concerning a person's freedom, v. Dig. 40, 12, 1 sqq.; Paul. Sent. 5, 1, 1 sqq.:

si quisquam hanc liberali caussa manu adsereret,

Plaut. Curc. 4, 2, 4; cf.

5, 2, 68: manu eas adserat liberali causa,

id. Poen. 4, 2, 84:

nam ego liberali illam assero causa manu,

I formally assert that she is freeborn, Ter. Ad. 2, 1, 40:

judicium,

Quint. 6, 3, 32:

liberale conjugium,

a marriage between persons of free condition, Ter. And. 3, 3, 29.—Pleon.:

ego te hoc triduom numquam sinam in domo esse, quin ego te liberalem liberem,

Plaut. Curc. 1, 3, 53.—

Transf., befitting a freeman, gentlemanly, noble, noble-minded, honorable, ingenuous, gracious, kind (syn.: generosus, ingenuus).

In gen.:

ingenium,

Plaut. Capt. 2, 3, 59; id. Ep. 1, 1, 41:

artes liberales,

befitting a freeman, Cic. Inv. 1, 25, 35; cf.: liberalia studia accipimus, quae Graeci eleutheria mathêmata appellant;

rhetores continebuntur, grammatici, geometrae,

Dig. 50, 13, 1:

hae artes, quibus liberales doctrinae atque ingenuae continerentur, geometria, musica, litterarum cognitio et poëtarum, etc.,

Cic. de Or. 3, 32, 127; cf.:

omnis liberalis et digna homine nobili doctrina,

id. Ac. 2, 1, 1:

de artificiis et quaestibus, qui liberales habendi, qui sordidi sint,

id. Off. 1, 42, 150:

liberalissima studia,

id. Arch. 3, 4; id. Cael. 21 52; id. Rep. 1, 5, 9:

spes liberalioris fortunae,

of a higher, more respectable station, Liv. 22, 26:

responsum,

kind, gracious, Cic. Att. 3, 15, 4; so, liberalibus verbis permulceri, Sall. Fragm. ap. Prisc. p. 871 P.—

In partic.

Bountiful, generous, munificent, liberal (syn. munificus):

liberales (sunt), qui suis facultatibus aut captos a praedonibus redimunt, aut aes alienum suscipiunt amicorum, etc.,

Cic. Off. 2, 16, 56:

benefici liberalesque,

id. Lael. 9, 31; cf.:

liberalissimi et beneficentissimi,

id. ib. 14, 51:

liberalissimus munificentissimusque,

id. Rosc. Com. 8, 22:

virtus munifica et liberalis,

id. Rep. 3, 8, 12:

largus, beneficus, liberalis,

id. Deiot. 9, 26.—

With gen.:

laudis avidi, pecuniae liberales erant,

Sall. C. 7, 6.—

With in and acc.:

in omne genus hominum liberalissimus,

Suet. Vesp. 7. —

Of things, plentiful, copious, abundant:

largum et liberale viaticum,

Cic. Fl. 6, 14:

potio,

Cels. 3, 6:

liberalius alimentum,

id. 8, 10, 7.—

Noble, engaging, beautiful (ante-class.):

illarum altera pulcer est et liberalis,

Plaut. Mil. 1, 1, 60:

lepidā et liberali formast,

id. ib. 4, 1, 20; id. Ep. 5, 1, 41; id. Pers. 1, 3, 50:

species,

id. ib. 4, 3, 76; cf.: liberales dicuntur non solum benigni, sed etiam ingenuae formae homines, Paul. ex Fest. p. 121 Müll.—Hence, adv.: lībĕrālĭter, in a manner befitting a freeman, nobly, ingenuously, kindly, courteously, graciously.

In gen.:

homo liberaliter educatus,

Cic. Fin. 3, 17, 57:

eruditi,

id. Tusc. 2, 2, 6:

vivere,

id. Lael. 23, 86:

servire,

i. e. properly, Ter. And. 1, 1, 11:

respondere,

kindly, courteously, Caes. B. G. 4, 18:

oratione aliquem prosequi,

id. ib. 2, 5.—

In partic., bountifully, profusely, generously, liberally:

benigne ac liberaliter,

Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 85, § 196:

large et liberaliter,

id. ib. 2, 3, 88, §

204: instructus,

Caes. B. C. 3, 61.— Comp.:

vivo paulo liberalius,

Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 6, 3:

nec potui accipi liberalius,

id. Att. 16, 6, 1:

ille (sal) in cibis paulo liberalius aspersus,

Quint. 6, 3, 19:

ubi liberalius malos odimus,

more abundantly, more heartily, Plin. Pan. 68, 7.— Sup.:

dotem largiri liberalissime,

App. M. 10, p. 250, 13:

liberalissime polliceri,

Cic. Att. 5, 13, 2.

Lībĕrālis, e, adj., of or belonging to Liber or Bacchus: ludi, a festival in honor of Bacchus, = Liberalia (v. infra), Naev. ap. Paul. ex Fest. p. 116 Müll.—Hence, subst.: Lībĕrālĭa, ĭum, n., a festival in honor of Liber, celebrated on the 17 th of March, the day on which youths received the manly toga, Ov. F. 3, 713:

Liberalium dies, a pontificibus agonium martiale appellatur,

Macr. S. 1, 4, § 15:

sacra,

id. ib. 1, 18, § 22; Calend. Maff. ap. Inscr. Orell. II. p. 411:

Liberalia tu accusas,

Cic. Att. 14, 10, 1:

Liberalibus litteras accepi tuas,

id. Fam. 12, 25, 1.—Called also: ludi Liberales: Liberalia Liberi festa, quae apud Graecos dicuntur Dionusia. Libera lingua loquemur ludis Liberalibus, Naev. ap. Paul. ex Fest. p. 116 Müll.; Com. Rel. v. 113 Rib.

lībĕrālis, e, adj. [1. liber], of or belonging to freedom, relating to the freeborn condition of a man.

Lit.: liberalis causa or liberale judicium, a suit concerning a person's freedom, v. Dig. 40, 12, 1 sqq.; Paul. Sent. 5, 1, 1 sqq.:

si quisquam hanc liberali caussa manu adsereret,

Plaut. Curc. 4, 2, 4; cf.

5, 2, 68: manu eas adserat liberali causa,

id. Poen. 4, 2, 84:

nam ego liberali illam assero causa manu,

I formally assert that she is freeborn, Ter. Ad. 2, 1, 40:

judicium,

Quint. 6, 3, 32:

liberale conjugium,

a marriage between persons of free condition, Ter. And. 3, 3, 29.—Pleon.:

ego te hoc triduom numquam sinam in domo esse, quin ego te liberalem liberem,

Plaut. Curc. 1, 3, 53.—

Transf., befitting a freeman, gentlemanly, noble, noble-minded, honorable, ingenuous, gracious, kind (syn.: generosus, ingenuus).

In gen.:

ingenium,

Plaut. Capt. 2, 3, 59; id. Ep. 1, 1, 41:

artes liberales,

befitting a freeman, Cic. Inv. 1, 25, 35; cf.: liberalia studia accipimus, quae Graeci eleutheria mathêmata appellant;

rhetores continebuntur, grammatici, geometrae,

Dig. 50, 13, 1:

hae artes, quibus liberales doctrinae atque ingenuae continerentur, geometria, musica, litterarum cognitio et poëtarum, etc.,

Cic. de Or. 3, 32, 127; cf.:

omnis liberalis et digna homine nobili doctrina,

id. Ac. 2, 1, 1:

de artificiis et quaestibus, qui liberales habendi, qui sordidi sint,

id. Off. 1, 42, 150:

liberalissima studia,

id. Arch. 3, 4; id. Cael. 21 52; id. Rep. 1, 5, 9:

spes liberalioris fortunae,

of a higher, more respectable station, Liv. 22, 26:

responsum,

kind, gracious, Cic. Att. 3, 15, 4; so, liberalibus verbis permulceri, Sall. Fragm. ap. Prisc. p. 871 P.—

In partic.

Bountiful, generous, munificent, liberal (syn. munificus):

liberales (sunt), qui suis facultatibus aut captos a praedonibus redimunt, aut aes alienum suscipiunt amicorum, etc.,

Cic. Off. 2, 16, 56:

benefici liberalesque,

id. Lael. 9, 31; cf.:

liberalissimi et beneficentissimi,

id. ib. 14, 51:

liberalissimus munificentissimusque,

id. Rosc. Com. 8, 22:

virtus munifica et liberalis,

id. Rep. 3, 8, 12:

largus, beneficus, liberalis,

id. Deiot. 9, 26.—

With gen.:

laudis avidi, pecuniae liberales erant,

Sall. C. 7, 6.—

With in and acc.:

in omne genus hominum liberalissimus,

Suet. Vesp. 7. —

Of things, plentiful, copious, abundant:

largum et liberale viaticum,

Cic. Fl. 6, 14:

potio,

Cels. 3, 6:

liberalius alimentum,

id. 8, 10, 7.—

Noble, engaging, beautiful (ante-class.):

illarum altera pulcer est et liberalis,

Plaut. Mil. 1, 1, 60:

lepidā et liberali formast,

id. ib. 4, 1, 20; id. Ep. 5, 1, 41; id. Pers. 1, 3, 50:

species,

id. ib. 4, 3, 76; cf.: liberales dicuntur non solum benigni, sed etiam ingenuae formae homines, Paul. ex Fest. p. 121 Müll.—Hence, adv.: lībĕrālĭter, in a manner befitting a freeman, nobly, ingenuously, kindly, courteously, graciously.

In gen.:

homo liberaliter educatus,

Cic. Fin. 3, 17, 57:

eruditi,

id. Tusc. 2, 2, 6:

vivere,

id. Lael. 23, 86:

servire,

i. e. properly, Ter. And. 1, 1, 11:

respondere,

kindly, courteously, Caes. B. G. 4, 18:

oratione aliquem prosequi,

id. ib. 2, 5.—

In partic., bountifully, profusely, generously, liberally:

benigne ac liberaliter,

Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 85, § 196:

large et liberaliter,

id. ib. 2, 3, 88, §

204: instructus,

Caes. B. C. 3, 61.— Comp.:

vivo paulo liberalius,

Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 6, 3:

nec potui accipi liberalius,

id. Att. 16, 6, 1:

ille (sal) in cibis paulo liberalius aspersus,

Quint. 6, 3, 19:

ubi liberalius malos odimus,

more abundantly, more heartily, Plin. Pan. 68, 7.— Sup.:

dotem largiri liberalissime,

App. M. 10, p. 250, 13:

liberalissime polliceri,

Cic. Att. 5, 13, 2.

Lībĕrālis, e, adj., of or belonging to Liber or Bacchus: ludi, a festival in honor of Bacchus, = Liberalia (v. infra), Naev. ap. Paul. ex Fest. p. 116 Müll.—Hence, subst.: Lībĕrālĭa, ĭum, n., a festival in honor of Liber, celebrated on the 17 th of March, the day on which youths received the manly toga, Ov. F. 3, 713:

Liberalium dies, a pontificibus agonium martiale appellatur,

Macr. S. 1, 4, § 15:

sacra,

id. ib. 1, 18, § 22; Calend. Maff. ap. Inscr. Orell. II. p. 411:

Liberalia tu accusas,

Cic. Att. 14, 10, 1:

Liberalibus litteras accepi tuas,

id. Fam. 12, 25, 1.—Called also: ludi Liberales: Liberalia Liberi festa, quae apud Graecos dicuntur Dionusia. Libera lingua loquemur ludis Liberalibus, Naev. ap. Paul. ex Fest. p. 116 Müll.; Com. Rel. v. 113 Rib.

lībĕrālis, e, adj. [1. liber], of or belonging to freedom, relating to the freeborn condition of a man.

Lit.: liberalis causa or liberale judicium, a suit concerning a person's freedom, v. Dig. 40, 12, 1 sqq.; Paul. Sent. 5, 1, 1 sqq.:

si quisquam hanc liberali caussa manu adsereret,

Plaut. Curc. 4, 2, 4; cf.

5, 2, 68: manu eas adserat liberali causa,

id. Poen. 4, 2, 84:

nam ego liberali illam assero causa manu,

I formally assert that she is freeborn, Ter. Ad. 2, 1, 40:

judicium,

Quint. 6, 3, 32:

liberale conjugium,

a marriage between persons of free condition, Ter. And. 3, 3, 29.—Pleon.:

ego te hoc triduom numquam sinam in domo esse, quin ego te liberalem liberem,

Plaut. Curc. 1, 3, 53.—

Transf., befitting a freeman, gentlemanly, noble, noble-minded, honorable, ingenuous, gracious, kind (syn.: generosus, ingenuus).

In gen.:

ingenium,

Plaut. Capt. 2, 3, 59; id. Ep. 1, 1, 41:

artes liberales,

befitting a freeman, Cic. Inv. 1, 25, 35; cf.: liberalia studia accipimus, quae Graeci eleutheria mathêmata appellant;

rhetores continebuntur, grammatici, geometrae,

Dig. 50, 13, 1:

hae artes, quibus liberales doctrinae atque ingenuae continerentur, geometria, musica, litterarum cognitio et poëtarum, etc.,

Cic. de Or. 3, 32, 127; cf.:

omnis liberalis et digna homine nobili doctrina,

id. Ac. 2, 1, 1:

de artificiis et quaestibus, qui liberales habendi, qui sordidi sint,

id. Off. 1, 42, 150:

liberalissima studia,

id. Arch. 3, 4; id. Cael. 21 52; id. Rep. 1, 5, 9:

spes liberalioris fortunae,

of a higher, more respectable station, Liv. 22, 26:

responsum,

kind, gracious, Cic. Att. 3, 15, 4; so, liberalibus verbis permulceri, Sall. Fragm. ap. Prisc. p. 871 P.—

In partic.

Bountiful, generous, munificent, liberal (syn. munificus):

liberales (sunt), qui suis facultatibus aut captos a praedonibus redimunt, aut aes alienum suscipiunt amicorum, etc.,

Cic. Off. 2, 16, 56:

benefici liberalesque,

id. Lael. 9, 31; cf.:

liberalissimi et beneficentissimi,

id. ib. 14, 51:

liberalissimus munificentissimusque,

id. Rosc. Com. 8, 22:

virtus munifica et liberalis,

id. Rep. 3, 8, 12:

largus, beneficus, liberalis,

id. Deiot. 9, 26.—

With gen.:

laudis avidi, pecuniae liberales erant,

Sall. C. 7, 6.—

With in and acc.:

in omne genus hominum liberalissimus,

Suet. Vesp. 7. —

Of things, plentiful, copious, abundant:

largum et liberale viaticum,

Cic. Fl. 6, 14:

potio,

Cels. 3, 6:

liberalius alimentum,

id. 8, 10, 7.—

Noble, engaging, beautiful (ante-class.):

illarum altera pulcer est et liberalis,

Plaut. Mil. 1, 1, 60:

lepidā et liberali formast,

id. ib. 4, 1, 20; id. Ep. 5, 1, 41; id. Pers. 1, 3, 50:

species,

id. ib. 4, 3, 76; cf.: liberales dicuntur non solum benigni, sed etiam ingenuae formae homines, Paul. ex Fest. p. 121 Müll.—Hence, adv.: lībĕrālĭter, in a manner befitting a freeman, nobly, ingenuously, kindly, courteously, graciously.

In gen.:

homo liberaliter educatus,

Cic. Fin. 3, 17, 57:

eruditi,

id. Tusc. 2, 2, 6:

vivere,

id. Lael. 23, 86:

servire,

i. e. properly, Ter. And. 1, 1, 11:

respondere,

kindly, courteously, Caes. B. G. 4, 18:

oratione aliquem prosequi,

id. ib. 2, 5.—

In partic., bountifully, profusely, generously, liberally:

benigne ac liberaliter,

Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 85, § 196:

large et liberaliter,

id. ib. 2, 3, 88, §

204: instructus,

Caes. B. C. 3, 61.— Comp.:

vivo paulo liberalius,

Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 6, 3:

nec potui accipi liberalius,

id. Att. 16, 6, 1:

ille (sal) in cibis paulo liberalius aspersus,

Quint. 6, 3, 19:

ubi liberalius malos odimus,

more abundantly, more heartily, Plin. Pan. 68, 7.— Sup.:

dotem largiri liberalissime,

App. M. 10, p. 250, 13:

liberalissime polliceri,

Cic. Att. 5, 13, 2.

Lībĕrālis, e, adj., of or belonging to Liber or Bacchus: ludi, a festival in honor of Bacchus, = Liberalia (v. infra), Naev. ap. Paul. ex Fest. p. 116 Müll.—Hence, subst.: Lībĕrālĭa, ĭum, n., a festival in honor of Liber, celebrated on the 17 th of March, the day on which youths received the manly toga, Ov. F. 3, 713:

Liberalium dies, a pontificibus agonium martiale appellatur,

Macr. S. 1, 4, § 15:

sacra,

id. ib. 1, 18, § 22; Calend. Maff. ap. Inscr. Orell. II. p. 411:

Liberalia tu accusas,

Cic. Att. 14, 10, 1:

Liberalibus litteras accepi tuas,

id. Fam. 12, 25, 1.—Called also: ludi Liberales: Liberalia Liberi festa, quae apud Graecos dicuntur Dionusia. Libera lingua loquemur ludis Liberalibus, Naev. ap. Paul. ex Fest. p. 116 Müll.; Com. Rel. v. 113 Rib.

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Bacchānal (old orthog. Bacānal, v. S. C. Bacch. A. V. C. 568, Wordsworth, Fragm. and Spec. p. 172: baccānal, Plaut. Aul. 3, 1, 3), ālis, n. [from Bacchus, like Fagutal, Frutinal, Lupercal, etc.; v. App. 1 to the Pref.], a place devoted to Bacchus, the place where the festivals of Bacchus were celebrated:

NE QVIS EORVM BACANAL HABVISE VELET, S. C. Bacch. v. 4: EA BACANALIA... IN DIEBVS X... FACIATIS VTEI DISMOTA SIENT,

ib. v. 28:

ad Baccas veni in Baccanal,

Plaut. Aul. 3, 1, 3:

aperire,

id. ib. 8:

Bacchanalia,

Liv. 39, 18, 7.—

Transf., in the plur.: Bacchānālia, ium ( gen. sometimes Bacchananorum, Sall. H. 3, 79 Dietsch; Firm. Mat. Err. Prof. Relig. 6, 9), a feast of Bacchus, the orgies of Bacchus (diff. from the Roman festival of Liber; v. Liberalia); celebrated once in three years, at night, and in the most tumultuous and licentious manner (cf. Smith, Antiq.); hence, prohibited in Rome, A.U.C. 568, B.C. 186, by a decree of the Senate, Senatusconsultum de Bacchanalibus, which is yet preserved (v. Wordsworth, Fragm. and Spec. p. 172 sq.); Liv. 39, 9, 3; 39, 12, 4; 39, 16, 10; 39, 18, 7 sq.; 39, 41, 6; Cic. Leg. 2, 15, 37; Tac. H. 2, 68.—Rarely in sing.:

Bacchanal facere,

Plaut. Mil. 3, 2, 43 Lorenz ad loc.; id. Bacch. 1, 1, 20; so, exercere, id Suppos Amph Tun' me mactes? v. 12: habere, in the abovementioned S. C.— Poet.:

Bacchanalia vivere,

to live in the manner of the Bacchantes, to live riotously and wantonly, Juv. 2, 3.

Bacchānal (old orthog. Bacānal, v. S. C. Bacch. A. V. C. 568, Wordsworth, Fragm. and Spec. p. 172: baccānal, Plaut. Aul. 3, 1, 3), ālis, n. [from Bacchus, like Fagutal, Frutinal, Lupercal, etc.; v. App. 1 to the Pref.], a place devoted to Bacchus, the place where the festivals of Bacchus were celebrated:

NE QVIS EORVM BACANAL HABVISE VELET, S. C. Bacch. v. 4: EA BACANALIA... IN DIEBVS X... FACIATIS VTEI DISMOTA SIENT,

ib. v. 28:

ad Baccas veni in Baccanal,

Plaut. Aul. 3, 1, 3:

aperire,

id. ib. 8:

Bacchanalia,

Liv. 39, 18, 7.—

Transf., in the plur.: Bacchānālia, ium ( gen. sometimes Bacchananorum, Sall. H. 3, 79 Dietsch; Firm. Mat. Err. Prof. Relig. 6, 9), a feast of Bacchus, the orgies of Bacchus (diff. from the Roman festival of Liber; v. Liberalia); celebrated once in three years, at night, and in the most tumultuous and licentious manner (cf. Smith, Antiq.); hence, prohibited in Rome, A.U.C. 568, B.C. 186, by a decree of the Senate, Senatusconsultum de Bacchanalibus, which is yet preserved (v. Wordsworth, Fragm. and Spec. p. 172 sq.); Liv. 39, 9, 3; 39, 12, 4; 39, 16, 10; 39, 18, 7 sq.; 39, 41, 6; Cic. Leg. 2, 15, 37; Tac. H. 2, 68.—Rarely in sing.:

Bacchanal facere,

Plaut. Mil. 3, 2, 43 Lorenz ad loc.; id. Bacch. 1, 1, 20; so, exercere, id Suppos Amph Tun' me mactes? v. 12: habere, in the abovementioned S. C.— Poet.:

Bacchanalia vivere,

to live in the manner of the Bacchantes, to live riotously and wantonly, Juv. 2, 3.

Bacchānal (old orthog. Bacānal, v. S. C. Bacch. A. V. C. 568, Wordsworth, Fragm. and Spec. p. 172: baccānal, Plaut. Aul. 3, 1, 3), ālis, n. [from Bacchus, like Fagutal, Frutinal, Lupercal, etc.; v. App. 1 to the Pref.], a place devoted to Bacchus, the place where the festivals of Bacchus were celebrated:

NE QVIS EORVM BACANAL HABVISE VELET, S. C. Bacch. v. 4: EA BACANALIA... IN DIEBVS X... FACIATIS VTEI DISMOTA SIENT,

ib. v. 28:

ad Baccas veni in Baccanal,

Plaut. Aul. 3, 1, 3:

aperire,

id. ib. 8:

Bacchanalia,

Liv. 39, 18, 7.—

Transf., in the plur.: Bacchānālia, ium ( gen. sometimes Bacchananorum, Sall. H. 3, 79 Dietsch; Firm. Mat. Err. Prof. Relig. 6, 9), a feast of Bacchus, the orgies of Bacchus (diff. from the Roman festival of Liber; v. Liberalia); celebrated once in three years, at night, and in the most tumultuous and licentious manner (cf. Smith, Antiq.); hence, prohibited in Rome, A.U.C. 568, B.C. 186, by a decree of the Senate, Senatusconsultum de Bacchanalibus, which is yet preserved (v. Wordsworth, Fragm. and Spec. p. 172 sq.); Liv. 39, 9, 3; 39, 12, 4; 39, 16, 10; 39, 18, 7 sq.; 39, 41, 6; Cic. Leg. 2, 15, 37; Tac. H. 2, 68.—Rarely in sing.:

Bacchanal facere,

Plaut. Mil. 3, 2, 43 Lorenz ad loc.; id. Bacch. 1, 1, 20; so, exercere, id Suppos Amph Tun' me mactes? v. 12: habere, in the abovementioned S. C.— Poet.:

Bacchanalia vivere,

to live in the manner of the Bacchantes, to live riotously and wantonly, Juv. 2, 3.

Dĭŏnysus or - os, i, m., = Dionusos, the Greek name of Bacchus (not in the Aug. poets), Cic. N. D. 3, 21; 23; Att. ap. Macr. S. 6, 5; Plaut. Stich. 5, 2, 13; Aus. Epigr. 30.—

Derivv.,

Dĭŏnysĭus, a, um, adj., of or pertaining to Bacchus; Dĭŏ-nysia, ōrum, n., = Dionusia, ta (sc. hiera), the festival of Bacchus, in Greece celebrated every three years (Lat. Bacchanalia), Plaut. Curc. 5, 2, 45; id. Cist. 1, 1, 91; 1, 3, 8; id. Ps. 1, 1, 57; Ter. Heaut. 1, 1, 110 Don.; id. ib. 4, 4, 11.—

Dĭŏnysĭas, ădis, f., a precious stone, of a black color, Plin. 37, 10, 57, § 157.—

Dĭŏnysĭăcus, a, um, adj., of or relating to Bacchus:

ludi, i. q. Liberalia,

Aus. Ecl. de Feriis Rom. 29.

Dĭŏnysus or - os, i, m., = Dionusos, the Greek name of Bacchus (not in the Aug. poets), Cic. N. D. 3, 21; 23; Att. ap. Macr. S. 6, 5; Plaut. Stich. 5, 2, 13; Aus. Epigr. 30.—

Derivv.,

Dĭŏnysĭus, a, um, adj., of or pertaining to Bacchus; Dĭŏ-nysia, ōrum, n., = Dionusia, ta (sc. hiera), the festival of Bacchus, in Greece celebrated every three years (Lat. Bacchanalia), Plaut. Curc. 5, 2, 45; id. Cist. 1, 1, 91; 1, 3, 8; id. Ps. 1, 1, 57; Ter. Heaut. 1, 1, 110 Don.; id. ib. 4, 4, 11.—

Dĭŏnysĭas, ădis, f., a precious stone, of a black color, Plin. 37, 10, 57, § 157.—

Dĭŏnysĭăcus, a, um, adj., of or relating to Bacchus:

ludi, i. q. Liberalia,

Aus. Ecl. de Feriis Rom. 29.

per-bĭbo, bĭbi, 3, v. a. (to drink much; hence), *

To drink or suck up:

at ego perii, cui medullam lassitudo perbibit,

Plaut. Stich. 2, 2, 16.—

To drink in ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose).

Lit., Cato, R. R. 130:

lana quosdam (colores) non perbibit,

Sen. Ep. 71, 31:

lacrimas,

Ov. M. 6, 397:

medicamina,

Col. 7, 4, 8.—

Trop., to imbibe, receive:

haec cum persuasi mihi et perbibi,

Sen. Ep. 94, 11:

liberalia studia,

id. ib. 36, 4:

nequitiam, id. Ira, 1, 16, 2: mentes eorum penitus sucum stultitiae perbiberunt,

Lact. 2, 2, 16:

rabiem,

Ov. Ib. 233:

Latinum sermonem,

Quint. 1, 1, 12 Spald. N. cr.

per-fundo, fūdi, fūsum, 3, v. a., to pour over, to wet, moisten, bedew, besprinkle (class.; syn.: umecto, aspergo, imbuo).

Lit.:

aquā ferventi Philodamus perfunditur,

Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 26, § 67:

fluviis pecus,

Verg. G. 3, 445:

greges flumine,

id. ib. 2, 147:

perfusus liquidis odoribus,

Hor. C. 1, 5, 2: postquam perfusus est, had bathed, Auct. Her. 4, 10, 14:

panis perfusus aquā frigidā,

Suet. Aug. 77:

pisces olivo,

Hor. S. 2, 4, 50:

aliquem lacrimis,

Ov. H. 11, 115; so, poet.:

Aurorae lacrimis perfusus,

living far in the East, Sil. 3, 332:

perfundi nardo,

Hor. Epod. 13, 9:

boves hic perfunduntur,

bathe themselves, Varr. R. R. 1, 13, 3; Plin. 18, 7, 14, § 72.—

Transf.

To pour into any thing (post-Aug.):

sextarios musti in vas,

Col. 12, 24, 3.—

To cause to flow out, i. e. to knock out an eye (post-class.):

ut oculus puero perfunderetur,

Dig. 9, 2, 5, § 3 dub. (al. perfodere or effundere).—

Of perspiration or of streams, to pour or flow over, to drench, bathe ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose):

ossaque et artus Perfundit toto proruptus corpore sudor,

Verg. A. 7, 459:

tot amnium fontiumque ubertas totam Italiam perfundens,

Plin. 3, 5, 6, § 41:

Venafrano (oleo) piscem perfundere,

Juv. 5, 86.—

Of garments, to steep, dye ( poet.):

ostro Perfusae vestes,

steeped in purple, Verg. A. 5, 112.—

To scatter or sprinkle over, to besprinkle, bestrew ( poet.):

canitiem immundo perfusam pulvere turpans,

Verg. A. 12, 611:

sanguine currum,

Verg. A. 11, 88:

penates sanguine,

Ov. M. 5, 155:

Lethaeo perfusa papavera somno,

Verg. G. 1, 78:

scena perfusa croco,

Lucr. 2, 416.—

To cover ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose):

omne genus perfusa coloribus,

Lucr. 2, 821:

auro tecta,

Sen. Ep. 115, 9:

pedes amictu,

Mart. 7, 33, 3.—

Of the sun's beams or fire, to flood or fill ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose):

sol perfundens omnia luce,

Lucr. 2, 148; cf. Luc. 7, 215:

cubiculum plurimo sole perfunditur,

Plin. Ep. 5, 6, 24:

campos lumine (facis),

Sil. 10, 558.—

Trop.

To imbue, inspire, fill with any thing (class.):

ad perfundendum animum tamquam illiquefactae voluptates,

Cic. Tusc. 4, 9, 20:

sensus jucunditate quādam perfunditur,

id. Fin. 2, 3, 6:

sensus dulcedine omni quasi perfusi,

id. ib. 2, 34, 114:

di immortales, qui me horror perfudit!

id. Att. 8, 6, 3:

laetitiā,

id. Fin. 5, 24, 70:

gaudio,

Liv. 30, 16:

timore,

id. 2, 63.—

In partic., to fill with the apprehension of any thing, i. e. to disturb, disquiet, alarm:

nos judicio perfundere,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 29, 80:

litora bello rapido,

Sil. 15, 301; cf.:

(Mars) perfusus pectora tempestate belli,

Stat. Th. 3, 228. —

To imbue slightly, make superficially acquainted with any thing (the fig. being borrowed from dyeing;

post-Aug.): perseveret perbibere liberalia studia, non illa, quibus perfundi satis est, sed haec, quibus tingendus est animus,

Sen. Ep. 36, 3; cf.:

acceperit: si illā (notitiā) se non perfuderit, sed infecerit,

id. ib. 110, 8.