lacūs+t

lacūna, ae, f. (eig. lacuina v. lacus; vgl. Varro LL. 5, 26. Paul. ex Fest. 117, 8), jede trogartige Vertiefung, I) eig.: 1) die Vertiefung, Senkung, Höhlung, die Lücke, die Grube, das Loch, der Schlund, Abgrund, a) im Boden usw.: α) übh.: quā aratrum vomere lacunam facit, sulcus vocatur, Varro r. r. 1, 29, 3: solent eadem in lacunis (Bodensenkungen) nata esse, Vitr. 8, 1, 3: testacea spicata sunt diligenter exigenda, ut ne habeant lacunas (Lücken) nec extantes tumulos, Vitr. 7, 1, 4: in pavimento non audes facere lacunam (ein Loch), at in humu calces facis elixos, Varro sat. Men. 531: fontes et maria, quae meatus et lacunas et origines habent in gremio terrarum, Apul. de mund. 5 (vgl. lympha e lacuna fontium allata, Varro sat. Men. 442): lacunas (Gruben) facere ad pisces capiendos, Vulg. Isai. 19, 10. – proni foraminis lacunae, Apul. met. 6, 14: ostrea muriceis scopulorum mersa lacunis (Ritzen), Auson. ep. 9, 4. p. 166 Schenkl: lacunarum vertigo, der Wirbel der Stromuntiefen, Amm. 18, 8, 9: lacuna (ein Abgrund) palustribus aquis interfusa, Amm. 16, 12, 59: voragines lacunaeque, Schlünde u. Abgründe, Curt. 8, 14 (47), 8: caecae lacunae (Tiefen), Cic. Arat. 428 (680): lacunae salsae, die salzigen Tiefen od. Schlünde (des Meeres), Lucr. 3, 1031; 5, 791: u. so Neptuniae lacunae (Schlünde), Auct. bei Cornif. rhet. 4, 15. – β) insbes.,

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die Walkergrube, Lex de magistr. aqu. lin. 14 (vgl. Savignys Ztschr. für gesch. Rechtsw. 15, 203 ff.). – b) am tierischen Körper, sub eis (superciliis) lacunae, Varro r. r. 2, 7, 3: labrum superius sub ipsa medietate narium lacunā (Grübchen) quādam levi, quasi valle, signavit deus, Lact. de opif. dei 10, 19: sint modici rictus parvaeque utrimque lacunae (Grübchen), Ov. art. am. 3, 283: qui veste reductā ostentat foedas prope turpia membra lacunas (Löcher) perfossasque nates vicino podice nudat, Auson. epist. 4, 34. p. 160 Schenkl. – 2) die Lache, der Weiher, der Tümpel, der Teich, See, Sumpf, multi lacus multaeque lacunae (stehende Sümpfe), Lucr. 6, 538: magnae aquae vastaeque lacunae (Seen), Lucr. 6, 552: vastae lacunae (Sümpfe) Orci, Lucr. 1, 115: cavae lacunae, Verg. georg. 1, 117: totae solidam in glaciem vertēre lacunae, ibid. 3, 365: nec ulla adeo avia et sicca lacuna erat, ut vestigantium sitim falleret, Curt. 4, 16 (41), 14: quas vicinae suggessit praeda lacunae, anates maritas iunximus, Auson. epist. 3, 11. p. 159 Schenkl: cultor stagnorum, lucius, obscuras ulvā caenoque lacunas obsidet, Auson. Mosell. 122: siccare lacunis (Teiche) ac fossā urbem, Aur. Vict. de Caes. 37, 4: lacunam formare (für die Enten), Pallad. 1, 30, 1. – II) übtr., eine Lücke = Verlust, Nachteil, explere duplicem istam lacunam, Varro r. r. 2, 1, 28: explere illam lacunam rei familiaris, Cic. Verr. 2, 138: de

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Caelio, vide, ne qua lacuna in auro sit, daß bei dem Handel an dem Golde kein Verlust herauskomme, Cic. ad Att. 12, 6, 1: minima illa labes et quasi lacuna famae, der unbedeutende Makel oder, wenn ich so sagen darf, die Scharte, die unsere Ehre erlitten, Gell. 1, 3, 23. – ⇒ Die umgelautete Form lucuna in sehr guten Handschriften des Vergil und Lukrez; s. Lachm. Lucr. 3, 1031. p. 205. Ribbeck prolegg. in Verg. p. 430. Schuchardt Vokal. usw. 1, 174.

Lucrīnus, ī, m. (mit u. ohne lacus), der Lukriner See an der Küste Kampaniens, eig. der innerste, nordwestlichste Teil des zwischen dem Vorgebirge Misenum u. Puteoli sich tief ins Innere Kampaniens hineinziehenden sinus Cumanus od. Puteolanus, durch einen 1,6 km langen Damm, der sich von Bajä aus nordöstlich bis zur gegenüberliegenden Küste zog, vom übrigen Meere getrennt, so daß er, sein vortreffliche Austern enthaltendes Seewasser abgerechnet, ganz den Charakter eines Landsees angenommen hatte (jetzt ist der Damm verschwunden und der See bildet mit dem Golf von Pozzuoli ein Ganzes); von den Badegästen des nahegelegenen Bajä oft befahren, dh. auch Baianus lacus genannt, Cic. ad Att. 14, 16, 1. Hor. carm. 2, 15, 3. Verg. georg. 2, 161. Suet. Aug. 16, 1. Tac. ann. 14, 5. Mart. 1, 62, 3: wegen seiner Stille auch Lucrinum stagnum, Mart. 3, 20, 20, u. mollis Lucrinus, Mart. 6, 43, 5: berühmt durch vortreffliche Austern, s. Plin. 9, 168 sqq. – Dav.: a) Lucrīnus, a, um, lukrinisch, ostrea, Plin., conchylia, Hor., u. subst., Lucrīna, ōrum, n., Mart.: aber Lucrina tacita, die Gegend um den Lukriner See, Symm. epist. 1, 8. – b) Lucrīnēnsis, e, lukrinensisch, res (= Austern), Cic. ad Att. 4, 10, 1.

Maeōtae, ārum, m. (Μαιῶται), ein szythisches Volk am Asowschen Meere, Plin. 4, 88. – Dav.: a) Maeōticus, a, um, mäotisch, palus, der Mäotische See (s. Maeotis), Plin.: glacies, dieses Sees, Iuven.: subst., Maeōticī, ōrum, m., die Anwohner des Mäotischen Sees, Mela u. Plin. – b) Maeōtidae (Mēōtidae), ārum, m. (*Μαιωτίδαι), die Anwohner des Mäotischen Sees, die Mäotiden, Vopisc. Aur. 16, 4 u. Tac. 13, 3. – c) Maeōtis (Mēōtis), idis od. idos, Akk. im, Akk. Plur. idas, f. (Μαιῶτις), zu den Mäotern oder zum Mäotischen See gehörig, mäotisch, ora, Ov.: Penthesilea, vom Mäotischen See, Prop.: ara, der taurische, Iuven. – Plur. subst., Maeotides peltiferae, die Amazonen, die am Tanais wohnten, Sabin. ep. 2, 9. – insbes., Maeotis palus od. lacus, der Mäotische See, j. Mar delle Zabacche od. das Asowsche Meer, Plin.: dass. gew. subst. bl. Maeōtis, idis, Akk. ida u. in, f., Mela u.a.: poet. Maeotis (verkürzt für Maeotidis) paludes, Enn. fr. var. 21. – d) Maeōtius, a, um, mäotisch, lacus, Plin.: tellus, Verg.

2. Rēgillus, ī, f., I) Stadt im Lande der Sabiner, aus der Appius Klaudius nach Rom wanderte, Liv. 2, 16, 4 zw. (Müller liest Inregillus). – Nbf. Rēgillī, ōrum, m., Suet. Tib. 1, 1. – Dav. Rēgillēnsis, e, u. Rēgillānus, a, um, aus Regillus gebürtig, ein Re gillaner, wie Claudius Regillensis, Liv. 8, 15. § 5; Claudius Appius Regillanus, Suet. Tib. 2, 2. – II) ein kleiner See in Latium an der via Lavicana, bekannt durch den Sieg, den die Römer hier 496 v. Chr. über die Latiner erfochten, nach Abeken (Mittelit. S. 67) in der Gegend des h. Valle d'Isidoro, Cic. de nat. deor. 3, 11: lacus Regillus, Liv. 2, 19, 3. Plin. 33, 38: Regilli lacus, Flor. 1, 11, 2. Aur. Vict. de vir. ill. 16, 1. – Dav. Rēgillēnsis, Beiname der Postumier (weil unter dem Diktator Postumius jener Sieg errungen wurde), M. Postumius Regillensis, Liv. 4, 49, 7: A. et L. Postumii Regillenses, Liv. 6, 22, 5. – III) Beiname der gens Aemiliana, Cic. ad Att. 12, 24, 2: M. Aemilius Regillus, Liv. 24, 7, 12.

resilio, siluī, sultum, īre (re u. salio), I) zurückspringen, von Menschen, Taureae dextrum umerum sauciavit atque ita resiluit, Claud. Quadr. fr.: interim tamen recedere sensim datur; quidam (oratores) et resiliunt, quod est plane ridiculum, Quint.: res. ad manipulos, Liv.: in gelidos lacus, Ov.: v. Tieren, ranae resiliunt in lacus, Ov.: v. Lebl., zurückspringen, zurückprallen, abprallen, resilit grando a culmine tecti, Ov.: ab ictu resilit ignis, Plin.: vox resiliens, Vitr.: im Bilde, ubi scopulum offendis eiusmodi, ut non modo ab hoc crimen resilire videas, verum etc., nicht an ihm hafte, ihn nicht treffe, Cic. Rosc. Am. 79. – II) übtr.: a) sich zurück-, zusammenziehen, sich verkleinern, sich verkürzen, cornua cochlearum protenduntur ac resiliunt, Plin.: in spatium breve, Ov.: mamma resilit, Plin.: polypus resilit a tetro odore, Plin.: Taurus (mons) resilit (tritt zurück) a septentrione, Plin.: dies aliquantum resiluit, Sen. – b) abspringen, abstehen, ablassen von etwas, ut emptori liceret resilire, vom Kaufe abstehen, ICt.: resiliendum ab iis, quae non recipientur, Quint. 12, 10, 56. – ⇒ Perf. gew. resiluit (jetzt auch Claud. Quadrig. ann. 6. fr. 56 bei Prisc. 10, 51); zuw. resilivit, wie Sen. contr. 1, 3, 4, u. resiliit, Flor. Verg. orat. an poët. p. 107, 8 H. Petron. 46, 7 (wo resilierit). – synk. Imperf. resilibat, Ven. Fort. carm. 5, 5, 19.

Sābātē, ēs, f., Stadt in Etrurien am gleichnamigen See lacus Sabate, j. Lago di Bracciano, Paul. ex Fest. 342, 6. – Dav.: A) Sābātīnus, a, um, sabatinisch, ager, Colum.: tribus, Liv.: lacus, Frontin. u. Colum. – B) Sābātius, a, um, sabatisch, stagna, poet. vom See Sabate, Sil.

suggero, gessī, gestum, ere (sub u. gero), unterhinbringen, I) im engeren Sinne, von unten hinanbringen, A) = unterlegen, unten an etwas bringen, - fügen, 1) eig.: flammam virgeam costis undantis aëni, Verg. Aen. 7, 463: ignem fornace succensā, Pallad. 1, 20, 2. – 2) bildl.: a) hinzufügen, anfügen, beifügen, α) übh.: huic incredibili sententiae ratiunculas, Cic.: verba, quae desunt, Cic.: suggerebantur etiam saepe damna aleatoria, es kamen auch noch oft Spielverluste dazu, Cic. – β) in der Reihenfolge der Aufzählung anfügen, folgen lassen, Bruto statim Horatium, Liv.: hos consules Q. Fabio et P. Decio biennio exempto, Liv. – b) unter der Hand beibringen, Druso ludus est suggerendus, wir müssen dem Drusus unter der Hand einen neckischen Streich spielen, eine Nase drehen, Cic. ad Att. 12, 44, 2. – B) von unten nach oben bringen, a) übh., auftragen, auffahren, humus suggesta, Erderhöhung (Erdwall), Prop. 4, 4, 8. – b) prägn., hoch aufführen, celsis suggesta theatra columnis, Sil. 14, 644. – II) im weiteren Sinne, unterbringen = zuführen, zutragen, darreichen, herbeischaffen, liefern, an die Hand geben, 1) eig.: alci tela, Verg.: alci cibum, Tac. u. Stat.: his rebus sumptum, Ter.: omnium rerum apparatus, Auct. b. Alex.: u. im Bilde, invidiae (Volkshaß) flammam ac materiam criminibus suis, Liv.: ea res

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suggeret materiam interrogationi et veluti tela ad manum sumministrabit, Quint. – mit folg. indir. Fragesatz, ego subinde suggeram quae vendatis, Liv. 10, 17, 6. – absol., aliae (apes) struunt, aliae poliunt, aliae suggerunt, Plin. 11, 22. – 2) übtr.: a) liefern = gewähren, Gelegenheit geben zu usw., suggerunt affatim ligna proximae silvae, Plin. ep.: prodiga divitias alimentaque mitia tellus suggerit, Ov.: lacus piscem, feras silvae, quibus lacus cingitur, studia altissimus iste secessus affatim suggerunt, der See liefert den Fisch = Gelegenheit zum Fischen gibt der See usw., Plin. ep. – quae mi adposita inmensam miluinam suggerant (beibringe), Plaut. Men. 212. – b) an die Hand geben, eingeben, zur Sprache bringen, anraten, quaedam de re publica, Aur. Vict. de vir. ill. 66, 2: restitutionem, Ulp. dig. 4, 6, 26. § 9: nullis questibus omissis, quos in tali casu dolor suggerit, Curt. 10, 5 (15), 8: m. folg. ut u. Konj., Ulp. dig. 28, 5, 35. § 3. – absol., suggerente coniuge, auf die Einflüsterungen seiner Gattin hin, Aur. Vict. epit. 41, 11: suggerente irā, auf Eingebung seines Unwillens, im Unwillen, ibid. 12, 10. – Partiz. subst., suggerentes, die Einflüsterer, pro invidia suggerentum (= suggerentium), Veget. mil. 3, 4. p. 72, 10 L ².

Brĭgantĭum, ii, f., or Brĭgantĭa, ae, f.

A town in Rhœtia, now Bregenz, Amm. 15, 4, 1 and 3; Itin. Anton.—Hence, Brĭgantīnus, a, um, adj.:

lacus,

the lake of Constance, Plin. 9, 17, 29, § 63 (in Mel. 3, 2, 8, Lacus Venetus).—

The town of Briançon, in France, Amm. 15, 10, 7.

Brĭgantĭum, ii, f., or Brĭgantĭa, ae, f.

A town in Rhœtia, now Bregenz, Amm. 15, 4, 1 and 3; Itin. Anton.—Hence, Brĭgantīnus, a, um, adj.:

lacus,

the lake of Constance, Plin. 9, 17, 29, § 63 (in Mel. 3, 2, 8, Lacus Venetus).—

The town of Briançon, in France, Amm. 15, 10, 7.

Brĭgantĭum, ii, f., or Brĭgantĭa, ae, f.

A town in Rhœtia, now Bregenz, Amm. 15, 4, 1 and 3; Itin. Anton.—Hence, Brĭgantīnus, a, um, adj.:

lacus,

the lake of Constance, Plin. 9, 17, 29, § 63 (in Mel. 3, 2, 8, Lacus Venetus).—

The town of Briançon, in France, Amm. 15, 10, 7.

circā, a later access. form for circum; not freq. before the Aug. per., esp. in Livy and Quintilian [acc. to Klotz, circa = circum ea; cf: antea, interea, postea, praeterea, etc.].

( = circum, I. B.) Around, round about, all around, in the environs or neighborhood:

gramen erat circa,

Ov. M. 3, 411:

ripaeque lacusque Responsant circa,

Verg. A. 12, 757:

at circa gravibus pensis affixa puella... remittat opus,

Tib. 1, 3, 87:

circaque quā tumor est,

Cels. 5, 28, 3; 5, 28, 4: fluvius ab tergo; ante circaque velut ripa praeceps oram ejus omnem cingebat, Liv. 27, 18, 5; 28, 33, 2:

circa Padus amnis,

id. 21, 43, 4 Weissenb. ad loc.:

caligo, quam circa umidi effuderant montes,

Curt. 4, 12, 20:

alibi quam Romao circaque,

Plin. 26, 1, 1, § 1; Quint. 12, prooem. § 2; Tac. A. 2, 11.—

Circa esse, to be in the region around, in the neighborhood:

ex montibus qui circa sunt,

Liv. 1, 4, 6:

Tarquinium moribundum cum qui circa erant excepissent,

id. 1, 41, 1:

sed non passi sunt ii, qui circa erant,

Nep. Eum. 10, 4:

eversa est turris quodque circa muri erat,

Liv. 34, 29, 6:

Corinthus et quae circa est regio,

Plin. 24, 9, 42, § 69; Quint. 10, 7, 16. —Also freq. without esse, in connection with a subst.:

multarum circa civitatum irritatis animis,

the towns lying around, Liv. 1, 17, 4; 9, 2, 1; 27, 30, 3; 29, 29, 2;

42, 64, 2: angulus muri erat in planiorem patentioremque quam cetera circa vallem vergens ( = cetera loca quae circa erant),

id. 21, 7, 5:

corpora multa virūm circa,

Verg. A. 7, 535; Plin. 3, 17, 21, § 124.—

Strengthened: undique circa and circa omnis ( = circum), round about, all around: frumento undique circa ex agris convecto. Liv. 42, 56, 8; 23, 19, 8;

nam et circa omnia defecerunt,

id. 9, 23, 10:

cum tam procul Romani unica spes, circa omnia hostium essent,

id. 21, 11, 12; cf. id. 9, 2, 7 Drak.:

exhausto circa omni agro,

id. 31, 38, 1; 24, 3, 3; Val. Fl. 8, 2; Flor. 1, 18, 12 Duker; Quint. 9, 2, 45.—

Prep. with acc.

In space.

( = circum, II. B.) Prop., in the region which surrounds, about, around, on the sides of:

quam (Hennam) circa lacus lucique sunt plurimi atque laetissimi flores omni tempore anni,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 48, § 107:

noctu ligna contulerunt circa casam eam, in quā quiescebat,

Nep. Alcib. 10, 4:

circa flumina et lacus frequens nebula est,

Sen. Q. N. 5, 3, 1:

circa equum Alexandri,

Curt. 4, 15, 26:

illi robur et aes triplex Circa pectus erat,

Hor. C. 1, 3, 10; id. S. 2, 6, 34:

quem circa tigres jacent,

Ov. M. 3, 668.—

( = circum, II. C.) Into... around, to... round about, etc. (first in Livy):

Romulus legatos circa vicinas gentes misit,

Liv. 1, 9, 2:

legatis circa duodecim populos missis,

id. 4, 23, 5; 28, 26, 11:

circa domos ire,

id. 26, 13, 1; 25, 9, 2; 39, 18, 2;

29, 22, 3: circa civitates missi legati,

id. 21, 49, 7 Weissenb.; 31, 3, 5; Plin. 7, 37, 37, § 123; Suet. Aug. 49; id. Ner. 28:

litteris circa praefectos dimissis,

Liv. 42, 51, 1:

custodes circa omnes portas missi,

id. 28, 26, 11; 26, 13, 1.—

( = circum, II. D.) With the prevailing idea of neighborhood, vicinity, in the region of, near to, near by:

Capuam et urbis circa Capuam occupare,

Cic. Agr. 1, 7, 22:

circa Liternum posuit castra,

in the neighborhood of, Liv. 23, 35, 6:

tabernae erant circa forum,

Quint. 6, 3, 38:

circa Armeniae montes,

Curt. 5, 1, 13:

Acesinen amnem,

Plin. 12, 5, 11, § 23:

domum auream,

Suet. Ner. 38:

sacrificantem,

id. Claud. 36.—

As a less definite designation of place for in:

Orestis liberi sedem cepere circa Lesbum insulam,

Vell. 1, 2, 5:

circa Mesopotamiam subsistere,

Curt. 4, 9, 1:

quod circa Syriam nascitur,

Plin. 19, 3, 16, § 46;

Quint. prooem. § 20: initia statim primi libri,

id. 1, 5, 44; cf.

finem,

id. 4, 3, 5:

virentes campos,

Hor. C. 2, 5, 5:

cum amor saeviet circa jecur,

id. ib. 1, 25, 15 (cf. Petr. 17, 8:

dolor saevit in praecordiis). So esp. freq. in medic. lang.: circa faciem, nares, aures, labra,

Cels. 5, 28, 2; 5, 2, 8.—So in Livy, with names of places, approaching the more general use of later writers, v. infra, C.:

quadriduum circa rupem consumptum,

Liv. 21, 37, 3:

compositis circa Opuntem rebus,

id. 28, 7, 9:

iisdem diebus circa Chalcidem Thoas... eandem fortunam habuit,

id. 35, 37, 5 Weissenb. ad loc.; cf.:

multos circa unam rem ambitus fecerim,

id. 27, 27, 12 Weissenb. ad loc.—

( = circum, II. E.) In respect to persons who surround one (as attendants, friends, adherents, etc.), around, about:

multa sibi opus esse, multa canibus (sarcast. for indagatoribus) suis, quos circa se haberet,

Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 48, § 126:

ex iis trecentos juvenes inermes circa se habebat,

Liv. 29, 1, 2:

omnes,

Suet. Aug. 48; id. Calig. 43:

circa regem erat et Phrygum turba,

Curt. 3, 1, 17:

e spadonibus, qui circa reginam erant,

id. 4, 10, 25: omne sed officium circa te semper obibat turba tui sexūs, [p. 334] Mart. 1, 91, 3:

quod omnes circa te similes tui effecisti,

Plin. Pan. 83, 3.—In the language of the imperial court:

circa latus alicujus agere,

to wait on, altend, Dig. 27, 1, 30.—Hence also without a verb: circa aliquem, = hoi peri tina, the attendants, companions of a person:

omnibus vero circa eum gratuito aut levi fenore obstrictis,

Suet. Caes. 27; id. Dom. 9; cf. Liv. 21, 49, 7 Drak.—

(Peculiar to the form circa). In time, designating nearness, proximity to a definite point of time, about (first in Livy; cf.

circiter): postero die circa eandem horam in eundem locum rex copias admovit,

Liv. 42, 57, 10:

circa eum mensem,

Plin. 9, 18, 33, § 69:

lucis ortum,

Curt. 5, 3, 7:

lucem,

Suet. Oth. 11:

mediam noctem,

id. Claud. 2:

vernum aequinoctium,

Col. 5, 6, 19:

Kalendas et Idus Octobr.,

id. 5, 10, 8, 5, 10, 12; 5, 12, 2 al.; Plin. Ep. 1, 7, 4; Pall. 2, 4; 2, 7 al.—With definite numbers:

septimum diem,

Cels. 2, 6:

undecimam horam,

Suet. Caes. 88:

lustra decem,

Hor. C. 4, 1, 6; Scrib. 227.—With general designations of time:

tempora illa,

Quint. 11, 3, 143:

tempora Peloponnesia,

id. 12, 10, 4:

Murenae Cepionisque conjurationis tempus,

Vell. 2, 93, 1:

Magni Pompeii aetatem,

Plin. 33, 12, 55, § 156:

mortem,

id. 11, 37, 73, § 189:

initia imperii,

Suet. Claud. 7.—And in the designation of periods of time by persons who belonged to them (cf. ante):

circa Demetrium Phalerea,

about the time of Demetrius Phalereus, Quint. 2, 4, 41 Spald.:

Tisiam et Coraca,

id. 2, 17, 7:

Philippum,

id. 12, 10, 6:

Ciceronem,

Sen. Contr. 1 praef.:

Attium,

Vell. 1, 17, 1.—

In numerical designations, about, nearly, almost (first in Livy for the usual ad or circiter):

ea fuere oppida circa septuaginta,

Liv. 45, 34, 6:

quingentos Romanorum,

id. 27, 42, 8:

decem milia Persarum,

Curt. 4, 6, 30:

sestertium vicies,

Suet. Claud. 6:

quartum milliarium,

id. Ner. 48:

selibram,

Cels. 4, 19:

singulas heminas,

id. 7, 15.—

(Also peculiar to the form circa, and only in post-Aug. prose; esp. freq. in Quint., occurring more than seventy times.) Trop. for the designation of an object about which, as if it were a centre, any thing moves, is done, etc., around, about, in, in respect to, etc.; depending upon substt., adjj., or verbs.

Upon substantives:

circa eosdem sensus certamen atque aemulatio,

Quint. 10, 5, 5:

circa S litteram deliciae,

id. 1, 11, 6:

verba dissensio,

id. 3, 11, 5:

memoriam suam vanitas atque jactatio,

id. 11, 2, 22:

hoc opiniones,

id. 2, 15, 1;

Plin 8, 16, 19, § 48: quem pugna est,

Quint. 8, 6, 1; 7, 1, 15:

voces inani studio,

id. 8, prooem §

18 et saep: rura sermo,

Plin. 18, 1, 1, § 5:

classicum brevis et expeditus labor,

Plin. Ep 3, 9, 13:

hospitia nullum fastidium,

id. Pan. 20, 3:

publica circa bonas artes socordia,

Tac. A. 11, 15:

principem novo exemplo, i. e. in principe,

Suet. Claud. 14.—

Upon adjectives:

non circa plurium artium species praestantem, sed in omnibus eminentissimum,

Quint. 12, 10, 12:

jus nostrum attentior,

id. 4, 5, 21:

studia mentis erectae,

id. 1, 3, 10:

lites raras ridiculi,

id. 7, 1, 43:

praecepta utiles sententiae,

id. 10, 1, 52; 6, 1, 42 al.:

corporis curam morosior,

Suet. Caes. 45:

victum indifferens,

id. ib. 53:

deos ac religiones neglegentior,

id. Tib. 69:

administrationem imperii vacuus,

id. Dom. 3 al.:

summa scelera distentum,

Tac. A. 16, 8 fin.:

adfectationem Germanicae originis ultro ambitiosi,

id. G. 28:

excessus otiosus,

id. Or. 22:

se animati,

Just. 14, 1, 3 al. —

Upon verbs facetum quoque non tantum circa ridicula opinor consistere, Quint. 6, 3, 19:

hoc disputatum est,

id. 1, 5, 34:

priores erratur,

id. 2, 5, 26:

formas litterarum haerere,

id. 1, 1, 21, cf. id. 5, 10, 114; Suet. Aug. 71. res tenues morari, Quint 1, 1, 35:

consilium elegendi successoris in duas factiones scindebantur,

Tac. H. 1, 13:

Medeam, Thyestem (tragoedias) tempus consumas,

id. Or. 3:

successorem omnia ordinari,

Suet. Claud. 45:

ceremonias, item circa omnium ordinum statum quaedam correxit,

id. ib. 22.

Verr. 2, 4, 48, § 107; Ov. A. A. 2, 577; id..3, 668; cf. circum, II. fin.

Circa, ae, v. Circe.

circā, a later access. form for circum; not freq. before the Aug. per., esp. in Livy and Quintilian [acc. to Klotz, circa = circum ea; cf: antea, interea, postea, praeterea, etc.].

( = circum, I. B.) Around, round about, all around, in the environs or neighborhood:

gramen erat circa,

Ov. M. 3, 411:

ripaeque lacusque Responsant circa,

Verg. A. 12, 757:

at circa gravibus pensis affixa puella... remittat opus,

Tib. 1, 3, 87:

circaque quā tumor est,

Cels. 5, 28, 3; 5, 28, 4: fluvius ab tergo; ante circaque velut ripa praeceps oram ejus omnem cingebat, Liv. 27, 18, 5; 28, 33, 2:

circa Padus amnis,

id. 21, 43, 4 Weissenb. ad loc.:

caligo, quam circa umidi effuderant montes,

Curt. 4, 12, 20:

alibi quam Romao circaque,

Plin. 26, 1, 1, § 1; Quint. 12, prooem. § 2; Tac. A. 2, 11.—

Circa esse, to be in the region around, in the neighborhood:

ex montibus qui circa sunt,

Liv. 1, 4, 6:

Tarquinium moribundum cum qui circa erant excepissent,

id. 1, 41, 1:

sed non passi sunt ii, qui circa erant,

Nep. Eum. 10, 4:

eversa est turris quodque circa muri erat,

Liv. 34, 29, 6:

Corinthus et quae circa est regio,

Plin. 24, 9, 42, § 69; Quint. 10, 7, 16. —Also freq. without esse, in connection with a subst.:

multarum circa civitatum irritatis animis,

the towns lying around, Liv. 1, 17, 4; 9, 2, 1; 27, 30, 3; 29, 29, 2;

42, 64, 2: angulus muri erat in planiorem patentioremque quam cetera circa vallem vergens ( = cetera loca quae circa erant),

id. 21, 7, 5:

corpora multa virūm circa,

Verg. A. 7, 535; Plin. 3, 17, 21, § 124.—

Strengthened: undique circa and circa omnis ( = circum), round about, all around: frumento undique circa ex agris convecto. Liv. 42, 56, 8; 23, 19, 8;

nam et circa omnia defecerunt,

id. 9, 23, 10:

cum tam procul Romani unica spes, circa omnia hostium essent,

id. 21, 11, 12; cf. id. 9, 2, 7 Drak.:

exhausto circa omni agro,

id. 31, 38, 1; 24, 3, 3; Val. Fl. 8, 2; Flor. 1, 18, 12 Duker; Quint. 9, 2, 45.—

Prep. with acc.

In space.

( = circum, II. B.) Prop., in the region which surrounds, about, around, on the sides of:

quam (Hennam) circa lacus lucique sunt plurimi atque laetissimi flores omni tempore anni,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 48, § 107:

noctu ligna contulerunt circa casam eam, in quā quiescebat,

Nep. Alcib. 10, 4:

circa flumina et lacus frequens nebula est,

Sen. Q. N. 5, 3, 1:

circa equum Alexandri,

Curt. 4, 15, 26:

illi robur et aes triplex Circa pectus erat,

Hor. C. 1, 3, 10; id. S. 2, 6, 34:

quem circa tigres jacent,

Ov. M. 3, 668.—

( = circum, II. C.) Into... around, to... round about, etc. (first in Livy):

Romulus legatos circa vicinas gentes misit,

Liv. 1, 9, 2:

legatis circa duodecim populos missis,

id. 4, 23, 5; 28, 26, 11:

circa domos ire,

id. 26, 13, 1; 25, 9, 2; 39, 18, 2;

29, 22, 3: circa civitates missi legati,

id. 21, 49, 7 Weissenb.; 31, 3, 5; Plin. 7, 37, 37, § 123; Suet. Aug. 49; id. Ner. 28:

litteris circa praefectos dimissis,

Liv. 42, 51, 1:

custodes circa omnes portas missi,

id. 28, 26, 11; 26, 13, 1.—

( = circum, II. D.) With the prevailing idea of neighborhood, vicinity, in the region of, near to, near by:

Capuam et urbis circa Capuam occupare,

Cic. Agr. 1, 7, 22:

circa Liternum posuit castra,

in the neighborhood of, Liv. 23, 35, 6:

tabernae erant circa forum,

Quint. 6, 3, 38:

circa Armeniae montes,

Curt. 5, 1, 13:

Acesinen amnem,

Plin. 12, 5, 11, § 23:

domum auream,

Suet. Ner. 38:

sacrificantem,

id. Claud. 36.—

As a less definite designation of place for in:

Orestis liberi sedem cepere circa Lesbum insulam,

Vell. 1, 2, 5:

circa Mesopotamiam subsistere,

Curt. 4, 9, 1:

quod circa Syriam nascitur,

Plin. 19, 3, 16, § 46;

Quint. prooem. § 20: initia statim primi libri,

id. 1, 5, 44; cf.

finem,

id. 4, 3, 5:

virentes campos,

Hor. C. 2, 5, 5:

cum amor saeviet circa jecur,

id. ib. 1, 25, 15 (cf. Petr. 17, 8:

dolor saevit in praecordiis). So esp. freq. in medic. lang.: circa faciem, nares, aures, labra,

Cels. 5, 28, 2; 5, 2, 8.—So in Livy, with names of places, approaching the more general use of later writers, v. infra, C.:

quadriduum circa rupem consumptum,

Liv. 21, 37, 3:

compositis circa Opuntem rebus,

id. 28, 7, 9:

iisdem diebus circa Chalcidem Thoas... eandem fortunam habuit,

id. 35, 37, 5 Weissenb. ad loc.; cf.:

multos circa unam rem ambitus fecerim,

id. 27, 27, 12 Weissenb. ad loc.—

( = circum, II. E.) In respect to persons who surround one (as attendants, friends, adherents, etc.), around, about:

multa sibi opus esse, multa canibus (sarcast. for indagatoribus) suis, quos circa se haberet,

Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 48, § 126:

ex iis trecentos juvenes inermes circa se habebat,

Liv. 29, 1, 2:

omnes,

Suet. Aug. 48; id. Calig. 43:

circa regem erat et Phrygum turba,

Curt. 3, 1, 17:

e spadonibus, qui circa reginam erant,

id. 4, 10, 25: omne sed officium circa te semper obibat turba tui sexūs, [p. 334] Mart. 1, 91, 3:

quod omnes circa te similes tui effecisti,

Plin. Pan. 83, 3.—In the language of the imperial court:

circa latus alicujus agere,

to wait on, altend, Dig. 27, 1, 30.—Hence also without a verb: circa aliquem, = hoi peri tina, the attendants, companions of a person:

omnibus vero circa eum gratuito aut levi fenore obstrictis,

Suet. Caes. 27; id. Dom. 9; cf. Liv. 21, 49, 7 Drak.—

(Peculiar to the form circa). In time, designating nearness, proximity to a definite point of time, about (first in Livy; cf.

circiter): postero die circa eandem horam in eundem locum rex copias admovit,

Liv. 42, 57, 10:

circa eum mensem,

Plin. 9, 18, 33, § 69:

lucis ortum,

Curt. 5, 3, 7:

lucem,

Suet. Oth. 11:

mediam noctem,

id. Claud. 2:

vernum aequinoctium,

Col. 5, 6, 19:

Kalendas et Idus Octobr.,

id. 5, 10, 8, 5, 10, 12; 5, 12, 2 al.; Plin. Ep. 1, 7, 4; Pall. 2, 4; 2, 7 al.—With definite numbers:

septimum diem,

Cels. 2, 6:

undecimam horam,

Suet. Caes. 88:

lustra decem,

Hor. C. 4, 1, 6; Scrib. 227.—With general designations of time:

tempora illa,

Quint. 11, 3, 143:

tempora Peloponnesia,

id. 12, 10, 4:

Murenae Cepionisque conjurationis tempus,

Vell. 2, 93, 1:

Magni Pompeii aetatem,

Plin. 33, 12, 55, § 156:

mortem,

id. 11, 37, 73, § 189:

initia imperii,

Suet. Claud. 7.—And in the designation of periods of time by persons who belonged to them (cf. ante):

circa Demetrium Phalerea,

about the time of Demetrius Phalereus, Quint. 2, 4, 41 Spald.:

Tisiam et Coraca,

id. 2, 17, 7:

Philippum,

id. 12, 10, 6:

Ciceronem,

Sen. Contr. 1 praef.:

Attium,

Vell. 1, 17, 1.—

In numerical designations, about, nearly, almost (first in Livy for the usual ad or circiter):

ea fuere oppida circa septuaginta,

Liv. 45, 34, 6:

quingentos Romanorum,

id. 27, 42, 8:

decem milia Persarum,

Curt. 4, 6, 30:

sestertium vicies,

Suet. Claud. 6:

quartum milliarium,

id. Ner. 48:

selibram,

Cels. 4, 19:

singulas heminas,

id. 7, 15.—

(Also peculiar to the form circa, and only in post-Aug. prose; esp. freq. in Quint., occurring more than seventy times.) Trop. for the designation of an object about which, as if it were a centre, any thing moves, is done, etc., around, about, in, in respect to, etc.; depending upon substt., adjj., or verbs.

Upon substantives:

circa eosdem sensus certamen atque aemulatio,

Quint. 10, 5, 5:

circa S litteram deliciae,

id. 1, 11, 6:

verba dissensio,

id. 3, 11, 5:

memoriam suam vanitas atque jactatio,

id. 11, 2, 22:

hoc opiniones,

id. 2, 15, 1;

Plin 8, 16, 19, § 48: quem pugna est,

Quint. 8, 6, 1; 7, 1, 15:

voces inani studio,

id. 8, prooem §

18 et saep: rura sermo,

Plin. 18, 1, 1, § 5:

classicum brevis et expeditus labor,

Plin. Ep 3, 9, 13:

hospitia nullum fastidium,

id. Pan. 20, 3:

publica circa bonas artes socordia,

Tac. A. 11, 15:

principem novo exemplo, i. e. in principe,

Suet. Claud. 14.—

Upon adjectives:

non circa plurium artium species praestantem, sed in omnibus eminentissimum,

Quint. 12, 10, 12:

jus nostrum attentior,

id. 4, 5, 21:

studia mentis erectae,

id. 1, 3, 10:

lites raras ridiculi,

id. 7, 1, 43:

praecepta utiles sententiae,

id. 10, 1, 52; 6, 1, 42 al.:

corporis curam morosior,

Suet. Caes. 45:

victum indifferens,

id. ib. 53:

deos ac religiones neglegentior,

id. Tib. 69:

administrationem imperii vacuus,

id. Dom. 3 al.:

summa scelera distentum,

Tac. A. 16, 8 fin.:

adfectationem Germanicae originis ultro ambitiosi,

id. G. 28:

excessus otiosus,

id. Or. 22:

se animati,

Just. 14, 1, 3 al. —

Upon verbs facetum quoque non tantum circa ridicula opinor consistere, Quint. 6, 3, 19:

hoc disputatum est,

id. 1, 5, 34:

priores erratur,

id. 2, 5, 26:

formas litterarum haerere,

id. 1, 1, 21, cf. id. 5, 10, 114; Suet. Aug. 71. res tenues morari, Quint 1, 1, 35:

consilium elegendi successoris in duas factiones scindebantur,

Tac. H. 1, 13:

Medeam, Thyestem (tragoedias) tempus consumas,

id. Or. 3:

successorem omnia ordinari,

Suet. Claud. 45:

ceremonias, item circa omnium ordinum statum quaedam correxit,

id. ib. 22.

Verr. 2, 4, 48, § 107; Ov. A. A. 2, 577; id..3, 668; cf. circum, II. fin.

Circa, ae, v. Circe.

Curtĭus, a, the name of a Roman gens.

C. Curtius Postumus, a partisan of Cæsar, Cic. Att. 9, 2, a, 3; id. Fam. 2, 16, 7; id. Q. Fr. 2, 5, 3.—

Q. Curtius Rufus, the historiographer of Alexander the Great, etc., Plin. Ep. 7, 27, 2; Tac. A. 11, 21.—

Curtius Nicia, of Cos, freedman of a Curtius, a friend of Pompey, Cic. Fam. 9, 10, 1 sq.; Suet. Gram. 14.—Hence,

Adj.

Lacus Curtius, a place in Rome named after a certain Curtius, Varr. L. L. 5, § 148 Müll.; Liv. 7, 6, 5; Ov F. 6, 403;

also called Lacus Curtii,

Suet. Aug. 57; id. Galb. 20; Paul. ex Fest. p. 49, 8 Müll.—

Curtius Fons, a fountain, forty Roman miles from Rome, whose waters were conducted thither by Caligula, a part of the Aqua Claudia (v. Claudius, II. B.), Plin. 36, 15, 24, § 122; Front. Aquaed. 13 sq.; Suet. Claud. 20;

called also CVRTIA AQVA,

Inscr. Orell. 55.

Fundi, ōrum, m., a sea-coast town of Latium, on the Appian Way, between Formiae and Tarracina, now Fondi, Mel. 2, 4, 9; Cic. Att. 14, 6, 1; Liv. 41, 27; Hor. S. 1, 5, 34; Suet. Tib. 5; id. Galb. 4; 8.—

Derivv.

Fundānus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Fundi:

ager,

Cic. Agr. 2, 25, 66:

solum,

Ov. P. 2, 11, 28:

lacus,

near Fundi, whence the famous Caecuban wine, Plin. 3, 5, 9, § 59;

hence, Amyclae, situated on the Lacus Fundanus,

Mart. 13, 115:

vina,

Plin. 14, 6, 8, § 65.— Subst.: Fundāni, the inhabitants of Fundi, Inscr. Orell. 821.—

Fundānĭus, a, um, adj., the same:

Hercules,

who was worshipped at Fundi, Vop. Flor. 4; Inscr. Orell. 1539.

Fundi, ōrum, m., a sea-coast town of Latium, on the Appian Way, between Formiae and Tarracina, now Fondi, Mel. 2, 4, 9; Cic. Att. 14, 6, 1; Liv. 41, 27; Hor. S. 1, 5, 34; Suet. Tib. 5; id. Galb. 4; 8.—

Derivv.

Fundānus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Fundi:

ager,

Cic. Agr. 2, 25, 66:

solum,

Ov. P. 2, 11, 28:

lacus,

near Fundi, whence the famous Caecuban wine, Plin. 3, 5, 9, § 59;

hence, Amyclae, situated on the Lacus Fundanus,

Mart. 13, 115:

vina,

Plin. 14, 6, 8, § 65.— Subst.: Fundāni, the inhabitants of Fundi, Inscr. Orell. 821.—

Fundānĭus, a, um, adj., the same:

Hercules,

who was worshipped at Fundi, Vop. Flor. 4; Inscr. Orell. 1539.