lactens

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lactĕo, ēre (used almost exclusively in the part. pres.), v. a. [lac].

To suck milk, to be a suckling:

Romulus parvus atque lactens, uberibus lupinis inhians,

Cic. Cat. 3, 8, 19; so,

lactens Juppiter puer,

id. Div. 2, 41, 85:

vitulus,

Ov. M. 2, 624; 10, 227:

lactens hostia,

Cic. Leg. 2, 12, 29; also absol.:

lactentibus rem divinam facere,

Liv. 37, 3.— Poet.:

viscera lactentia,

i. e. sucking children, sucklings, Ov. F. 6, 137.—Of the spring:

tener et lactens (sc. annus),

Ov. M. 15, 201. —

To contain milk or sap, to be milky, sappy, juicy:

verno tempore, cum lactent novella virentia,

Pall. 3, 26; cf.:

nam sata, vere novo, teneris lactentia sucis,

Ov. F. 1, 351:

frumenta in viridi stipula lactentia turgent,

Verg. G. 1, 315:

lactuca lactens,

Plin. 20, 7, 26, § 67.— Subst.: lactentĭa, ium, n., milk-food, milk-dishes, Cels. 2, 28.

lactĕo, ēre (used almost exclusively in the part. pres.), v. a. [lac].

To suck milk, to be a suckling:

Romulus parvus atque lactens, uberibus lupinis inhians,

Cic. Cat. 3, 8, 19; so,

lactens Juppiter puer,

id. Div. 2, 41, 85:

vitulus,

Ov. M. 2, 624; 10, 227:

lactens hostia,

Cic. Leg. 2, 12, 29; also absol.:

lactentibus rem divinam facere,

Liv. 37, 3.— Poet.:

viscera lactentia,

i. e. sucking children, sucklings, Ov. F. 6, 137.—Of the spring:

tener et lactens (sc. annus),

Ov. M. 15, 201. —

To contain milk or sap, to be milky, sappy, juicy:

verno tempore, cum lactent novella virentia,

Pall. 3, 26; cf.:

nam sata, vere novo, teneris lactentia sucis,

Ov. F. 1, 351:

frumenta in viridi stipula lactentia turgent,

Verg. G. 1, 315:

lactuca lactens,

Plin. 20, 7, 26, § 67.— Subst.: lactentĭa, ium, n., milk-food, milk-dishes, Cels. 2, 28.

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fētus ( foet-), a, um, adj. [Part., from ‡ FEO, whence also: fecundus, femina, fenus, felix], that is or was filled with young (syn.: gravidus, praegnans).

Pregnant, breeding (mostly poet.).

Lit.:

lenta salix feto pecori,

Verg. E. 3, 83; 1, 50:

vulpes,

Hor. C. 3, 27, 5.—

Transf.

Of land, fruitful, productive:

(terra) feta parit nitidas fruges, etc.,

Lucr. 2, 994; cf.: terra feta frugibus et vario leguminum genere, * Cic. N. D. 2, 62, 156:

loca palustribus ulvis,

Ov. M. 14, 103:

regio nec pomo nec uvis,

id. P. 1, 7, 13; id. F. 1, 662.—Also of plants:

palmites,

Col. 3, 21, 3.—

In gen., filled with any thing, full:

machina armis,

Verg. A. 2, 238:

loca furentibus austris,

id. ib. 1, 51:

colla serpentis veneno,

Sil. 17, 448.—

Trop., full of. —With abl.:

feta furore Megaera,

Sil. 13, 592:

praecordia bello,

id. 17, 380:

praecordia irā,

id. 11, 203. —With gen.:

fetas novales Martis,

Claud. Bell. Get. 25;

and in a Gr. construction: fetus Gradivo mentem,

id. 10, 14.—

That has brought forth, newly delivered: veniebant fetam amicae gratulatum, Varr. ap. Non. 312, 12:

agiles et fetae (opp. tardiores et gravidae),

Col. 7, 3 fin.:

ursa,

Ov. M. 13, 803:

lupa,

Verg. A. 8, 630:

ovis,

id. E. 1, 50; Ov. F. 2, 413:

qua feta jacebat uxor et infantes ludebant,

Juv. 14, 167.— Absol.:

insueta gravis temptabunt pabula fetas,

Verg. E. 1, 49.

fētus ( foet-), ūs ( heteroclit. abl. plur.: fetis, Att. ap. Non. 489, 6, v. in the foll.), m. [‡ feo, v. the preced. art.]..

Abstr., a bringing forth, bearing, dropping, hatching of young (rare but class.):

pater (Juppiter) curavit, uno ut fetu fieret,

at one birth, Plaut. Am. 1, 2, 25:

quarum (bestiarum) in fetu et in educatione laborem cum cernimus,

Cic. Fin. 3, 19, 63:

cornix inauspicatissima fetus tempore,

Plin. 10, 12, 14, § 30:

secundi fetus pecudes signari oportet,

Col. 11, 2, 38.—

Transf., of plants, a bearing, producing:

quae frugibus atque bacis terrae fetu profunduntur,

Cic. Leg. 1, 8, 25:

periti rerum adseverant, non ferre (Arabiam) tantum annuo fetu (casiae), quantum, etc.,

Plin. 12, 18, 41, § 83. —

Concr., young, offspring, progeny, brood (the predom. signif. of the word, in sing. and plur.; esp. freq. in poets; cf.:

catulus, pullus, hinnus, hinnuleus): quae (bestiae) multiplices fetus procreant, ut sues, ut canes, his mammarum data est multitudo,

Cic. N. D. 2, 51, 128:

facile illa (piscium ova) aqua et sustinentur et fetum fundunt,

id. ib.:

fetus ventri exsecti,

Plin. 8, 55, 81, § 217:

cervae lactens fetus,

a fawn, Ov. M. 6, 637:

melliferarum apium,

id. ib. 15, 382:

ex die emptionis, et fetus pecorum et ancillarum partus ad emptorem pertinent,

Paul. Sent. 2, 17, 7:

quis (paveat), Germania quos horrida parturit Fetus?

the German brood, Hor. C. 4, 5, 27.—So very rarely of human beings:

si vitium factum esset, ut (mulier) concipere fetus non posset,

Gell. 4, 2, 10.—

Transf., of plants, fruit, produce:

ager novatus et iteratus, quo meliores fetus possit et grandiores edere,

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

nutriant fetus et aquae salubres Et Jovis aurae,

Hor. Carm. Sec. 31:

(arbores) crescunt ipsae fetuque gravantur,

Lucr. 1, 253; cf. id. 1, 351: Cithaeron frondet viridantibus fetis, Att. ap. Non. 489, 6:

arborei,

Verg. G. 1, 55:

mutatis requiescunt fetibus arva,

id. ib. 1, 82;

4, 231: silvae dant alios aliae fetus,

id. ib. 2, 442:

triticei,

Ov. F. 1, 693: gravidi ( of grapes), id. M. 8, 294:

nucis, i. e. surculus, auricomi,

the golden-bough, id. Am. 6, 141; Verg. G. 2, 69:

omnis fetus repressus exustusque flos,

Cic. Brut. 4, 16.—Of veins of metals:

atros fetus chalybis,

Sil. 1, 230.—

Trop.:

nec ulla aetate uberior oratorum fetus fuit,

progeny, growth, Cic. Brut. 49, 182:

animi,

production, id. Tusc. 5, 24, 68:

dulces Musarum expromere fetus,

Cat. 65, 3.

fulmen, ĭnis, n. [contr. from fulgimen, v. fulgeo], lightning that strikes or sets on fire, a thunderbolt (opp. fulgur, lightning).

Lit.:

placet Stoicis, eos anhelitus terrae cum se in nubem induerint ejusque tenuissimam quamque partem coeperint dividere atque dirumpere, tum et fulgores et tonitrua exsistere: si autem nubium conflictu ardor expressus se emiserit, id esse fulmen,

Cic. Div. 2, 19, 44; cf. Sen. Q. N. 2, 16:

non enim te puto esse eum, qui Jovi fulmen fabricatos esse Cyclopas in Aetna putes,

Cic. Div. 2, 19, 43:

inter fulmina et tonitrua,

id. Phil. 5, 6, 15; cf.

under II.: Phaëthon ictu fulminis deflagravit,

id. Off. 3, 25, 94; cf.:

Romulus lactens fulmine ictus,

id. ib. 2, 21, 47 (for which more usually:

e caelo ictus,

Cic. Div. 1, 10, 16):

fulmine tactus,

Ov. Tr. 2, 144:

fulminis ictu concidere,

id. ib. 2, 20, 45:

fulmine percussus,

id. N. D. 3, 22, 57; cf. id. ib. 3, 35, 84:

fulmina emittere... fulmen jacere,

id. ib. 2, 19, 44 sq.:

fulminis ictus evadere,

Juv. 12, 17:

fulmine justo ruere,

id. 8, 92:

ideo plurima aestate fiunt fulmina, qua plurimum calidi est,

Sen. Q. N. 2, 57, 2:

validum,

Lucr. 6, 228:

igniferum,

id. 6, 379:

caducum,

Hor. C. 3, 4, 44:

qualem ministrum fulminis alitem, etc.,

id. ib. 4, 4, 1:

quem (Periclem) fulminibus et caelesti fragori comparant comici,

Quint. 12, 10, 24; cf.

fulgeo, I. B.: ipse Pater corusca fulmina molitur dextra,

Verg. G. 1, 330:

fulmen erat, Genitor quae plurima caelo deicit,

id. A. 8, 427:

fulmina pauper creditur atque deos,

Juv. 3, 145.—Respecting the nature of lightnings, and their religious interpretation [p. 791] among the Etruscans and Romans, cf. Sen. Q. N. 2, 12 sq.; Plin. 2, 51, 52, § 137; Serv. Verg. A. 1, 43; 230.—

Trop., a thunderbolt, i. q. destructive power, crushing calamity:

non dubitaverim me gravissimis tempestatibus ac paene fulminibus ipsis obvium ferre conservandorum civium causa,

Cic. Rep. 1, 4 (so we should read, and not fluminibus; cf. the passage quoted above from Cic. Div. 2, 19, 43; besides, if the figure were that of waves, it would be expressed not by fluminibus, but by fluctibus; v. fluctus, II. B.); cf.:

fulmina fortunae contemnere,

id. Tusc. 2, 27, 66:

juro per mea mala, has me in illo (puero) vidisse virtutes ingenii, ut prorsus posset hinc esse tanti fulminis (i. e. mortis pueri) metus, quod observatum fere est, celerius occidere festinatam maturitatem,

Quint. 6 praef. § 10; cf. Liv. 45, 41, 1:

quam fulmine justo Et Capito et Numitor ruerint, damnante senatu,

Juv. 8, 92; cf. Liv. 6, 39, 7.—Of oratory:

ain' tandem? insanire tibi videris (Paetus), quod imitere verborum meorum, ut scribis, fulmina? etc.,

Cic. Fam. 9, 21, 1:

(stilus) nec acumine posteriorum nec fulmine utens superiorum (al. flumine),

id. Or. 6, 21.— Poet.:

fulmen habent acres in aduncis dentibus apri,

i. e. destructive power, Ov. M. 10, 550; cf. id. ib. 1, 305:

(aper) Erectus setis et aduncae fulmine malae,

Stat. Th. 2, 470; see fulmineus, II.: tune illum (Hannibalem), cum frons propior lumenque corusco Igne micat, tune illa viri, quae vertice fundit, Fulmina pertuleris, fiery flashings (of the eye), Sil. 11, 342.—Applied to the Scipios, as heroes and conquerors of the Carthaginians:

Scipiades, belli fulmen, Carthaginis horror,

Lucr. 3, 1034;

imitated: duo fulmina belli Scipiadae,

Verg. A. 6, 843:

ubi nunc sunt fulmina gentis Scipiadae?

Sil. 7, 106:

duo fulmina nostri imperii, Cn. et P. Scipiones,

these two thunderbolts of our empire, Cic. Balb. 15, 34.—Prov.:

Fulmen est, ubi cum potestate habitat iracundia,

Pub. Syr. 184 Rib.

grĕmĭum, ii, n. [Sanscr. garbh-as, child; cf. germen], the lap, bosom (freq. and class.; cf. sinus).

Lit.:

in gremium imbrem aureum (mittere),

Ter. Eun. 3, 5, 37:

(Juppiter) puer lactens Fortunae in gremio sedens, mammam appetens,

Cic. Div. 2, 41, 86; id. Brut. 58, 211; id. Leg. 2, 25, 63; Cat. 45, 2; Verg. A. 11, 744 al.— Poet.:

quiipse sui gnati minxerit in gremium,

i. e. has dishonored his son's wife, Cat. 67, 30.—

Transf.:

terra gremio mollito et subacto semen sparsum excipit,

Cic. de Sen. 15, 51:

Aetolia medio fere Graeciae gremio continetur,

i. e. in the heart, centre, id. Pis. 37, 91:

in gremio Thebes,

Sil. 3, 678:

e gremio Capuae,

id. 12, 204; cf.:

Padus gremio Vesuli montis profluens,

from the bowels, Plin. 3, 16, 20, § 117:

molarum,

Verg. M. 23:

fluminis,

Sil. 8, 192:

excusso in mediam curiam togae gremio,

Flor. 2, 6, 7:

haec sunt, o carnifex, in gremio sepulta consulatus tui,

Cic. Pis. 5, 11:

abstrahi e sinu gremioque patriae,

id. Cael. 24, 59:

in fratris gremio,

id. Clu. 5, 13:

quaecumque mihi fortuna fidesque est, In vestris pono gremiis,

Verg. A. 9, 261:

fingamus igitur Alexandrum dari nobis impositum gremio,

i. e. under our guidance, Quint. 1, 1, 24; 1, 2, 1; 2, 4, 15;

2, 5, 5: quis gremio Enceladi affert quantum meruit labor?

Juv. 7, 215.

ĭn-hĭo, āvi, ātum, 1, v. n. and a., to stand open, to gape.

In gen.

Lit.:

ora inhiasse luporum,

Stat. Th. 1, 626.—

Trop., to gape with amazement, etc.:

inhians Cerberus,

Verg. G. 4, 483:

attonitis inhians animis,

id. A. 7, 814.—

In partic., to open the mouth wide, to gape at.

Lit.:

Romulus lactens, uberibus lupinis inhians,

Cic. Cat. 3, 8, 19:

gazis inhians,

Sen. Herc. Fur. 166:

praedae,

Val. Fl. 2, 531: pecudumque reclusis Pectoribus inhians, spirantia consu, lit exta, Verg. A. 4, 64.—With acc.:

postes,

to gape at, Verg. G. 2, 463.—

Transf., to gaze at with eagerness, regard with longing (cf.:

capto, appeto, sitio): congestis saccis,

Hor. S. 1, 1, 71:

inhians in te, dea,

Lucr. 1, 36; Just. 17, 3, 4; Flor. 3, 11, 2; Tac. A. 4, 12; 11, 1; 12, 59 al.:

lucro,

Sen. Contr. 3, 22, 11:

omnia, quibus vulgus inhiat,

id. Ep. 102, 27; Val. Max. 7, 2, ext. 1:

dictis,

to hear eagerly, attend closely to, Val. Fl. 5, 469; Suet. Ter. 1.—With acc. ( poet. and rare, except in Plaut.):

hereditatem alicujus,

Plaut. Stich. 4, 2, 25:

aurum,

id. Aul. 2, 2, 17: mortem alicujus, Caecil. ap. Gell. 2, 23, 10; Plaut. Truc. 2, 3, 18:

bona mea,

id. Mil. 3, 1, 121:

inhiat quod nusquam est miser,

id. ib. 4, 4, 62.

mūto, āvi, ātum (arch. subj. mutassis, Plaut. Aul. 3, 6, 49; inf. pass. mutarier, id. Men. prol. 74), 1, v. a. and n. freq. [moveo].

Prop., to move, to move away or from its place, to move to a place (rare):

neque se luna quoquam mutat,

does not move, does not budge, Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 117: illa tamen se Non habitu mutatve loco, does not quit her dress or her dwelling, Hor. S. 2, 7, 64:

ne quis invitus civitate mutetur,

be forced to leave, be driven from, Cic. Balb. 13, 30:

hinc dum muter,

if I can only get away from here, Ov. Tr. 5, 2, 73.—

Transf.

Of change in the thing spoken of itself.

In gen.

Act., to alter, change a thing (freq. and class.; cf.

vario): sententiam mutare numquam,

Cic. Mur 29, 61: ego rogatus mutavi consilium meum. id. Fam. 4, 4, 4:

consuetudinem dicendi,

id. Brut. 91, 314:

mentes vestras voluntatesque,

id. Prov. Cons. 10, 25:

cum testamentum mutare cuperet,

id. Clu. 11, 31: propositum. Petr. 116:

ne haec mutet fidem,

Plaut. Mil. 4, 1, 36: nequeo exorare [p. 1181] ut me maneat et cum illo ut mutet fidem, Ter. Phorm. 3, 2, 28:

tabulas,

to alter one's will, Juv. 14, 55.— Absol.:

natura nescia mutari,

incapable of change, Juv. 13, 240. —With ob:

mutatum jus ob unius feneratoris libidinem,

Liv. 8, 28, 1:

facilem mutatu gentem,

Tac. A. 14, 23.—With ad:

gubernatori ad incursus tempestatum... ratio mutanda est,

Quint. 10, 7, 3:

ad singulas paene distinctiones vultus mutandus est,

id. 11, 3, 47.—With Gr. acc.:

mutata suos flumina cursus,

Verg. E. 8, 4:

negat quicquam ex Latinā ratione mutandum,

Quint. 1, 5, 89.—With cum:

cum illo fidem,

Ter. Phorm. 3, 2, 28 supra; more freq. cum aliquā re, to change with or under the influence of a thing:

facies locorum cum ventis simul mutatur,

Sall. J. 78, 3:

qui cum fortunā non animum mutāsset,

Vell. 2, 82, 2:

quarum uvarum vini jucunditas cum regione mutatur,

Col. 3, 2, 16; Ambros. in Abrah. 2, 10, 68.—With in and acc.:

bona facile mutantur in pejus,

Quint. 1, 1, 5.—With ex:

nisi forte non ex Graeco mutantes, etc.,

Quint. 3, 4, 14:

ex feminis mutari in mares,

Plin. 7, 4, 3, § 36. —With de:

de uxore nihil mutat,

Ter. And. 5, 4, 46.—With ab:

quantum mutatus ab illo Hectore,

Verg. A. 2, 274:

longe mutatus ab illo Sampsone, qui, etc.,

Ambros. Spir. Sanc. 2, prol. § 13.—Non mutat, with rel.-clause, it makes no difference: nec mutat confestim, an interjecto tempore, fidem suam adstrinxerunt, Pap. Dig. 46, 1, 52, § 2. —With abl. instrum. ( poet.):

ut silvae foliis pronos mutantur in annos,

Hor. A. P. 60.—

Neutr., = mutari, to alter, change:

quantum mores mutaverint argumentum,

Liv. 39, 51, 10:

postquam mutabat aestus,

Tac. A. 2, 23; 12, 20:

annona ex ante convectā copiā nihil mutavit,

Liv. 5, 13, 1:

mox in superbiam mutans,

Tac. A. 12, 29:

adeo animi mutaverant, ut clariorem inter Romanos deditio Postumium... faceret,

Liv. 9, 12, 3:

tantum mutāsse fortunam, ut, etc.,

id. 29, 3, 10; 39, 51, 10.—

To differ, be different:

pastiones hiberno ac verno tempore hoc mutant,

Varr. R. R. 2, 2, 12:

quantum mutare a Menandro Caecilius visus est,

Gell. 2, 23, 7.—

Of style, to vary:

an ego... poetis, et maxime tragicis concederem, ut ne omnibus locis eādem contentione uterentur, crebroque mutarent? etc.,

Cic. Or. 31, 109.—

In partic.

To change the color of, to color, dye (cf.:

inficio, imbuo): aries jam suave rubenti Murice, jam croceo mutabit vellera luto,

Verg. E. 4, 44:

nec lanarum colores, quibus simplex ille candor mutatus est, elui possunt,

Quint. 1, 1, 5.—

To change for the better, make better, to improve: placet tibi factum, Micio? Mi.:

non, si queam mutare,

Ter. Ad. 4, 7, 19.—

To change for the worse; pass., of wine, to spoil, turn, etc.:

ac, nisi mutatum, parcit defundere vinum,

Hor. S. 2, 2, 58:

melle mutatum (sc. balsamum),

adulterated, Plin. 12, 25, 54, § 122.—

Of change in its relation to other things, etc.

In gen., to change one thing, etc., for another:

mutatis ad celeritatem jumentis,

Caes. B. C. 3, 11:

vestimenta mutanti tunica ardere visa est,

Suet. Tib. 14:

calceos et vestimenta,

Cic. Mil. 10, 28.—Esp. freq.: mutare vestem, to change one's dress: An. Muta vestem. Ch. Ubi mutem?... An. Eamus ad me. Ibi proximum'st ubi mutes, Ter. Eun. 3, 5, 61 sqq.:

mutando nunc vestem, nunc tegumenta capitis,

Liv. 22, 1, 3; Sen. Ep. 18, 2.—Esp., to put on the garb of mourning, of humility, etc.:

pro me praesente senatus hominumque praeterea viginti millia vestem mutaverunt,

Cic. post Red. ad Quir. 3, 8:

non modo ut vestem mutaret, aut supplex prensaret homines, sed, etc.,

Liv. 2, 61; 8, 37, 9; Cic. Sest. 11, 26; Hor. C. 1, 35, 23.—

Esp.

Mutata verba, i. e. figurative:

mutata (verba), in quibus pro verbo proprio subicitur aliud, quod idem significet, sumptum ex re aliquā consequenti,

Cic. Or. 27, 92.—

Of style, to vary, alter:

reliquum est ut dicas de conversā oratione atque mutatā,

Cic. Part. Or. 7, 23:

genus eloquendi... mutatum,

id. ib. 5, 16.—

Of one's assertion or promise:

quod dixi semel, hau mutabo,

will not break my word, Plaut. Bacch. 5, 2, 90.—

Of place, to change, shift, alter:

locum ex loco mutans (sc. typhon) rapidā vertigine,

Plin. 2, 48, 49, § 132; cf.: quod nec injussu populi mutari finibus posset, to be removed, Liv. 5, 46, 11:

exsules sunt, etiam si solum non mutārunt,

i. e. gone into exile, Cic. Par. 4, 31:

jussa pars mutare Lares et urbem Sospite cursu,

Hor. C. Sec. 39.—

Of common or reciprocal relations, to interchange, exchange.—With cum:

cum amplificatione vectigalium nomen Hieronicae legis mutare,

Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 8, § 19:

ut vestem cum illo mutem,

Ter. Eun. 3, 5, 24:

ne cujus suorum popularium mutatam secum fortunam esse vellent,

Liv. 21, 45, 6.—With pro:

C. Hostilio pro Etruriā Tarentum mutaverant (sonatus) provinciam, pro Tarento Capuam mutaverunt,

Liv. 27, 35, 14:

non debere eum incerta pro certis mutare,

Sall. J. 83, 1:

mutatos pro Macedonibus Romanos dominos,

Liv. 34, 49, 6.—With abl. of that for which the exchange, etc., is made:

quid terras alio calentes Sole mutamus (patriā),

Hor. C. 2, 16, 19:

victoriae possessionem incertā pace mutāsse,

Liv. 9, 12, 2; also with abl. of that given in exchange, etc.:

victrice patriā victam mutari,

id. 5, 30, 3.—So esp. of trading, etc., to exchange, barter, sell, etc.:

coepit captivos conmercari Aleos, si quem reperire possit, qui mutet suum,

Plaut. Capt. prol. 28; cf.:

homines captivos conmercatur, si queat Aliquem invenire, suum qui mutet filium,

id. ib. 1, 1, 33;

1, 2, 68: hic mutat merces surgente a sole, etc.,

Hor. S. 1, 4, 29:

mutandi copia,

Sall. J. 18, 5.—With abl.:

uvam Furtivā mutat strigili,

Hor. S. 2, 7, 109:

suburbanis lactens porcus aere mutandus est,

Col. 7, 9, 4:

caetera reponantur, vel aere mutentur,

id. 8, 5, 4:

aere mutandi sunt (sc. apri),

id. 9, 1, 7:

quamvis Milesia magno Vellera mutentur,

Verg. G. 3, 307; so with cum and pers. with whom the exchange is made:

eaque mutare cum mercatoribus vino advecticio,

Sall. J. 44, 5.—With inter:

mutare res inter se instituerant,

Sall. J. 18, 9.—

To forsake, abandon, leave:

mutare, derelinquere,

Non. p. 351, 1:

expertum jam principem anxii mutabant,

Tac. H. 3, 44: mihi non persuadetur... mutem meos, Lucil. ap. Non. 351, 3: mutataque sidera pondus Quaesivere suum, i. e. forsaken or abandoned by the gods, Petr. poët. 124, 264.—Hence, mūtā-tus, a, um, P. a., changed, i. e. different, successive:

quae (facies) mutatis inducitur atque fovetur Tot medicaminibus,

Juv. 6, 472.

mūto, ōnis, m., = membrum virile (rare and only poet.), Lucil. ap. Porphyr. ad Hor. S. 1, 2, 68; also id. ib. Orell. (K. and H. muttonis).

Mūto, a Roman surname, Cic. Fragm. Or. pro Fundan. p. 445 Orell.

mūto, āvi, ātum (arch. subj. mutassis, Plaut. Aul. 3, 6, 49; inf. pass. mutarier, id. Men. prol. 74), 1, v. a. and n. freq. [moveo].

Prop., to move, to move away or from its place, to move to a place (rare):

neque se luna quoquam mutat,

does not move, does not budge, Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 117: illa tamen se Non habitu mutatve loco, does not quit her dress or her dwelling, Hor. S. 2, 7, 64:

ne quis invitus civitate mutetur,

be forced to leave, be driven from, Cic. Balb. 13, 30:

hinc dum muter,

if I can only get away from here, Ov. Tr. 5, 2, 73.—

Transf.

Of change in the thing spoken of itself.

In gen.

Act., to alter, change a thing (freq. and class.; cf.

vario): sententiam mutare numquam,

Cic. Mur 29, 61: ego rogatus mutavi consilium meum. id. Fam. 4, 4, 4:

consuetudinem dicendi,

id. Brut. 91, 314:

mentes vestras voluntatesque,

id. Prov. Cons. 10, 25:

cum testamentum mutare cuperet,

id. Clu. 11, 31: propositum. Petr. 116:

ne haec mutet fidem,

Plaut. Mil. 4, 1, 36: nequeo exorare [p. 1181] ut me maneat et cum illo ut mutet fidem, Ter. Phorm. 3, 2, 28:

tabulas,

to alter one's will, Juv. 14, 55.— Absol.:

natura nescia mutari,

incapable of change, Juv. 13, 240. —With ob:

mutatum jus ob unius feneratoris libidinem,

Liv. 8, 28, 1:

facilem mutatu gentem,

Tac. A. 14, 23.—With ad:

gubernatori ad incursus tempestatum... ratio mutanda est,

Quint. 10, 7, 3:

ad singulas paene distinctiones vultus mutandus est,

id. 11, 3, 47.—With Gr. acc.:

mutata suos flumina cursus,

Verg. E. 8, 4:

negat quicquam ex Latinā ratione mutandum,

Quint. 1, 5, 89.—With cum:

cum illo fidem,

Ter. Phorm. 3, 2, 28 supra; more freq. cum aliquā re, to change with or under the influence of a thing:

facies locorum cum ventis simul mutatur,

Sall. J. 78, 3:

qui cum fortunā non animum mutāsset,

Vell. 2, 82, 2:

quarum uvarum vini jucunditas cum regione mutatur,

Col. 3, 2, 16; Ambros. in Abrah. 2, 10, 68.—With in and acc.:

bona facile mutantur in pejus,

Quint. 1, 1, 5.—With ex:

nisi forte non ex Graeco mutantes, etc.,

Quint. 3, 4, 14:

ex feminis mutari in mares,

Plin. 7, 4, 3, § 36. —With de:

de uxore nihil mutat,

Ter. And. 5, 4, 46.—With ab:

quantum mutatus ab illo Hectore,

Verg. A. 2, 274:

longe mutatus ab illo Sampsone, qui, etc.,

Ambros. Spir. Sanc. 2, prol. § 13.—Non mutat, with rel.-clause, it makes no difference: nec mutat confestim, an interjecto tempore, fidem suam adstrinxerunt, Pap. Dig. 46, 1, 52, § 2. —With abl. instrum. ( poet.):

ut silvae foliis pronos mutantur in annos,

Hor. A. P. 60.—

Neutr., = mutari, to alter, change:

quantum mores mutaverint argumentum,

Liv. 39, 51, 10:

postquam mutabat aestus,

Tac. A. 2, 23; 12, 20:

annona ex ante convectā copiā nihil mutavit,

Liv. 5, 13, 1:

mox in superbiam mutans,

Tac. A. 12, 29:

adeo animi mutaverant, ut clariorem inter Romanos deditio Postumium... faceret,

Liv. 9, 12, 3:

tantum mutāsse fortunam, ut, etc.,

id. 29, 3, 10; 39, 51, 10.—

To differ, be different:

pastiones hiberno ac verno tempore hoc mutant,

Varr. R. R. 2, 2, 12:

quantum mutare a Menandro Caecilius visus est,

Gell. 2, 23, 7.—

Of style, to vary:

an ego... poetis, et maxime tragicis concederem, ut ne omnibus locis eādem contentione uterentur, crebroque mutarent? etc.,

Cic. Or. 31, 109.—

In partic.

To change the color of, to color, dye (cf.:

inficio, imbuo): aries jam suave rubenti Murice, jam croceo mutabit vellera luto,

Verg. E. 4, 44:

nec lanarum colores, quibus simplex ille candor mutatus est, elui possunt,

Quint. 1, 1, 5.—

To change for the better, make better, to improve: placet tibi factum, Micio? Mi.:

non, si queam mutare,

Ter. Ad. 4, 7, 19.—

To change for the worse; pass., of wine, to spoil, turn, etc.:

ac, nisi mutatum, parcit defundere vinum,

Hor. S. 2, 2, 58:

melle mutatum (sc. balsamum),

adulterated, Plin. 12, 25, 54, § 122.—

Of change in its relation to other things, etc.

In gen., to change one thing, etc., for another:

mutatis ad celeritatem jumentis,

Caes. B. C. 3, 11:

vestimenta mutanti tunica ardere visa est,

Suet. Tib. 14:

calceos et vestimenta,

Cic. Mil. 10, 28.—Esp. freq.: mutare vestem, to change one's dress: An. Muta vestem. Ch. Ubi mutem?... An. Eamus ad me. Ibi proximum'st ubi mutes, Ter. Eun. 3, 5, 61 sqq.:

mutando nunc vestem, nunc tegumenta capitis,

Liv. 22, 1, 3; Sen. Ep. 18, 2.—Esp., to put on the garb of mourning, of humility, etc.:

pro me praesente senatus hominumque praeterea viginti millia vestem mutaverunt,

Cic. post Red. ad Quir. 3, 8:

non modo ut vestem mutaret, aut supplex prensaret homines, sed, etc.,

Liv. 2, 61; 8, 37, 9; Cic. Sest. 11, 26; Hor. C. 1, 35, 23.—

Esp.

Mutata verba, i. e. figurative:

mutata (verba), in quibus pro verbo proprio subicitur aliud, quod idem significet, sumptum ex re aliquā consequenti,

Cic. Or. 27, 92.—

Of style, to vary, alter:

reliquum est ut dicas de conversā oratione atque mutatā,

Cic. Part. Or. 7, 23:

genus eloquendi... mutatum,

id. ib. 5, 16.—

Of one's assertion or promise:

quod dixi semel, hau mutabo,

will not break my word, Plaut. Bacch. 5, 2, 90.—

Of place, to change, shift, alter:

locum ex loco mutans (sc. typhon) rapidā vertigine,

Plin. 2, 48, 49, § 132; cf.: quod nec injussu populi mutari finibus posset, to be removed, Liv. 5, 46, 11:

exsules sunt, etiam si solum non mutārunt,

i. e. gone into exile, Cic. Par. 4, 31:

jussa pars mutare Lares et urbem Sospite cursu,

Hor. C. Sec. 39.—

Of common or reciprocal relations, to interchange, exchange.—With cum:

cum amplificatione vectigalium nomen Hieronicae legis mutare,

Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 8, § 19:

ut vestem cum illo mutem,

Ter. Eun. 3, 5, 24:

ne cujus suorum popularium mutatam secum fortunam esse vellent,

Liv. 21, 45, 6.—With pro:

C. Hostilio pro Etruriā Tarentum mutaverant (sonatus) provinciam, pro Tarento Capuam mutaverunt,

Liv. 27, 35, 14:

non debere eum incerta pro certis mutare,

Sall. J. 83, 1:

mutatos pro Macedonibus Romanos dominos,

Liv. 34, 49, 6.—With abl. of that for which the exchange, etc., is made:

quid terras alio calentes Sole mutamus (patriā),

Hor. C. 2, 16, 19:

victoriae possessionem incertā pace mutāsse,

Liv. 9, 12, 2; also with abl. of that given in exchange, etc.:

victrice patriā victam mutari,

id. 5, 30, 3.—So esp. of trading, etc., to exchange, barter, sell, etc.:

coepit captivos conmercari Aleos, si quem reperire possit, qui mutet suum,

Plaut. Capt. prol. 28; cf.:

homines captivos conmercatur, si queat Aliquem invenire, suum qui mutet filium,

id. ib. 1, 1, 33;

1, 2, 68: hic mutat merces surgente a sole, etc.,

Hor. S. 1, 4, 29:

mutandi copia,

Sall. J. 18, 5.—With abl.:

uvam Furtivā mutat strigili,

Hor. S. 2, 7, 109:

suburbanis lactens porcus aere mutandus est,

Col. 7, 9, 4:

caetera reponantur, vel aere mutentur,

id. 8, 5, 4:

aere mutandi sunt (sc. apri),

id. 9, 1, 7:

quamvis Milesia magno Vellera mutentur,

Verg. G. 3, 307; so with cum and pers. with whom the exchange is made:

eaque mutare cum mercatoribus vino advecticio,

Sall. J. 44, 5.—With inter:

mutare res inter se instituerant,

Sall. J. 18, 9.—

To forsake, abandon, leave:

mutare, derelinquere,

Non. p. 351, 1:

expertum jam principem anxii mutabant,

Tac. H. 3, 44: mihi non persuadetur... mutem meos, Lucil. ap. Non. 351, 3: mutataque sidera pondus Quaesivere suum, i. e. forsaken or abandoned by the gods, Petr. poët. 124, 264.—Hence, mūtā-tus, a, um, P. a., changed, i. e. different, successive:

quae (facies) mutatis inducitur atque fovetur Tot medicaminibus,

Juv. 6, 472.

mūto, ōnis, m., = membrum virile (rare and only poet.), Lucil. ap. Porphyr. ad Hor. S. 1, 2, 68; also id. ib. Orell. (K. and H. muttonis).

Mūto, a Roman surname, Cic. Fragm. Or. pro Fundan. p. 445 Orell.

sĭmĭlis, e, adj. [Sanscr. samā, together; Gr. hama, omoios; Lat. simul, simulare; cf. simia], like, resembling, similar (cf. par); constr. with gen. (so usu. in ante-Aug. Lat.), with dat. (rare in Cic., except with neuter nouns), with inter, atque, and absol.

With gen. (mostly ante - Aug.; so always in Plaut. and Ter.; cf. Brix ad Plaut. Capt. 1, 2, 7; but in Cic. almost exclusively of living beings; yet always veri simile; v. Madv. ad Cic. Fin. 5, 5, 12);

of persons: similes avorum,

Lucr. 4, 1218:

nimis simili'st mei,

Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 286; cf. id. ib. 2, 2, 226:

ecquid mei similist (puer)?

id. Truc. 2, 6, 24 Speng.:

omnis inveniri similis tui vis,

id. Capt. 3, 4, 50 Brix:

ita est istaec (amica) hujus similis nostrae tua,

id. Mil. 2, 6, 39:

alia ejus similis,

id. ib. 2, 5, 38:

similis est Sagaristionis,

id. Pers. 1, 1, 14:

hominis similis,

Cic. N. D. 1, 28, 78; Val. Max. 9, 14, 2:

symbolum ejus similem,

Plaut. Ps. 1, 1, 55:

sui similem speciem,

Cic. Tusc. 1, 15, 34:

sui similis res,

Lucr. 5, 830:

volo me patris mei similem,

Plaut. As. 1, 1, 53: patris similem esse. Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 12, § 30:

non tam potuit patris similis esse, quam ille fuerat sui,

id. Off. 1, 33, 121: quaererem ex eo, cujus suorum similis fuisset Africani fratris nepos; facie vel patris, vitā omnium perditorum ita similis, ut esset facile deterrimus;

cujus etiam similis P. Crassi nepos, etc.,

id. Tusc. 1, 33, 81:

tui similis est probe,

Ter. Heaut. 5, 3, 18:

est similis majorum suorum,

id. Ad. 3, 3, 57:

haud similis virgo est virginum nostrarum,

id. Eun. 2, 3, 22: haud parasitorum aliorum simil'est, Naev. ap. Non. 224, 26:

virum non similem furis hujus,

Plaut. As. 3, 3, 91:

domini similis es,

Ter. Eun. 3, 2, 43:

in magistratu privatorum similes,

Cic. Rep. 1, 43, 67:

multi Gnathonum similes cum sint,

id. Lael. 25, 94:

plures Romuli quam Numae similes reges,

Liv. 1, 20:

ut sis tu similis Coeli Byrrhique latronum, Non ego sim Capri neque Sulci,

Hor. S. 1, 4, 69 et saep.:

deos esse tui similes putas?

Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 128; so,

tui,

id. Rud. 2, 6, 16; Liv. 22, 39:

nostri similes,

id. 26, 50:

sui similis,

Plaut. Trin. 2, 2, 7; cf.:

alterum similem sui quaerere,

Cic. Lael. 22, 82:

nihil est appetentius similium sui quam natura,

id. ib. 14, 50:

quam uterque est similis sui!

Ter. Phorm. 3, 2, 16:

tui similem esse,

Cic. Fam. 9, 14, 6:

sui similis gens,

Tac. G. 4.—Of things:

tam similem quam lacte lactist (i. e. lactis est, Brix ad loc.),

Plaut. Mil. 2, 2, 85:

haec atque hujus similia alia damna,

id. ib. 3, 1, 105:

perpulchra credo dona aut nostri similia,

Ter. Eun. 3, 2, 15 Umpfenb.:

quid habet illius carminis simile haec oratio,

Cic. Rep. 1, 36, 56:

si fabularum similia didicimus,

id. ib.:

paupertatem, ignominiam, similia horum,

id. Fin. 3, 15, 51:

similes meorum versus,

Hor. S. 2, 1, 3:

nonne hoc monstri simile'st?

Ter. Eun. 2, 3, 43; so,

monstri,

id. Phorm. 5, 7 (8), 61:

prodigii,

Cic. Lig. 4, 11:

narrationem veri similem,

id. de Or. 2, 19, 83; cf.

Cels. ap. Cuint. 2, 15, 32: simile veri,

Cic. Fam. 12, 5, 1:

quae similia veri sint,

Liv. 5, 21 Drak. N. cr.; v. verus, and cf. also in the foll.—In comparing persons with things:

hominem quojus rei Similem esse arbitrarer simulacrumque habere... Novarum aedium esse arbitror similem ego hominem,

Plaut. Most. 1, 2, 6 sq.:

amator simil'est oppidi hostilis,

id. Truc. 1, 2, 68:

meretricem esse similem sentis condecet,

id. ib. 2, 1, 16: tu pueri pausilli simili'es, Nov. ap. Non. 224, 28:

equi te Esse feri similem dico,

Hor. S. 1, 5, 57.— Comp.: hominem hominis similiorem numquam vid: ego alterum, Neque aqua aquae, neque lac [p. 1701] test lactis usquam similius, Plaut. Men. 5, 9, 29 sq. Brix ad loc.:

Rhodii Atticorum similiores,

Cic. Brut. 13, 52.— Sup.:

hic noster quaestus aucupii simillimu'st,

Plaut. As. 1, 3, 63; id. Bacch. 4, 8, 72:

meretrix fortunati oppidi,

id. Cist. 1, 1, 82:

tener et lactens puerique simillimus aevo,

Ov. M. 15, 201:

simillima societas hereditatis,

Cic. Rosc. Com. 18, 55:

quid esset simillimum veri,

id. Tusc. 5, 4, 11.—

With dat. (of both persons and things; freq., and in post-Aug. writers almost always; not in Plaut. or Ter. acc. to Ritschl, Opusc. 2, 570 sq.; 579 sq.; but contra, v. Ussing ad Plaut. Am. v. 595): simia quam similis nobis, Enn. ap. Cic. N. D. 1, 35, 97 (Sat. v. 45 Vahl.):

patri suo,

Cat. 61, 221; cf.:

similis quidem (genitos) alios avo et ex geminis quoque alterum patri, alterum matri, annoque post genitum majori similem fuisse ut geminum. Quasdam sibi similis semper parere, quasdam viro, quasdam nulli, quasdam feminam patri, marem sibi,

Plin. 7, 12, 10, § 51:

similis malo est,

Plaut. Poen. 3, 2, 36: Terentio non similem dices quempiam, Afran. ap. Suet. Vit. Ter. fin.:

filius patri similis,

Cic. Fin. 5, 5, 12 Madv. N. cr.:

sit suo similis patri,

Cat. 61, 217:

patri,

Ov. M. 6, 622:

parentibus ac majoribus suis,

Quint. 5, 10, 24:

par similisque ceteris,

Sall. C. 14, 4:

huic in hoc similis,

Cic. Ac. 2, 37, 118:

similes Icilio,

Liv. 3, 65:

hinnuleo,

Hor. C. 1, 23, 1:

puro te similem vespero petit Rhode,

id. ib. 3, 19, 26:

multum similis metuenti,

id. S. 2, 5, 92:

fluctuanti,

Liv. 6, 13 Drak.:

flenti,

Ov. M. 3, 652:

cognoscenti,

id. ib. 2, 501:

roganti,

id. ib. 3, 240:

cogitantibus et dubitantibus,

Quint. 11, 2, 47:

ediscenti,

id. 11, 2, 46:

legenti,

id. 11, 2, 32 et saep.—Of things:

res similis nostris rebus,

Lucr. 5, 435:

quid simile habet epistula aut judicio aut contioni?

Cic. Fam. 9, 21, 1:

quid illi simile bello fuit?

Caes. B. G. 7, 77:

qui non Fescennino versu (i. e. versui) similem jaciebant,

Liv. 7, 2 Drak. N. cr.:

argumentum vero simile comoediae,

Quint. 2, 4, 2; cf.:

similia veris erant,

Liv. 10, 20, 5:

partim vera partim mixta eoque similia veris,

id. 29, 20, 1; 8, 20, 5:

cui vitio simile sit schema, ut, etc.,

Quint. 9, 3, 10:

primus (iambus) ad extremum similis sibi,

Hor. A. P. 254:

versus sibi,

Quint. 9, 4, 60:

oratio fuit precibus quam jurgio similis, similior,

Liv. 3, 40 Drak. N. cr.—Comp.:

flunt omnia castris quam urbi similiora,

Liv. 4, 31 fin.:

similius vero facit ipsos in amicitiam redisse,

id. 8, 26, 6; 10, 26, 13; Quint. 3, 8, 31.— Sup.:

puro simillimus amni,

Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 120:

media simillima veris sunt,

Liv. 26, 49:

simillimum id vero fecit,

id. 44, 30, 4.—

With gen. and dat. together:

tum similes matrum materno semine fiunt, Ut patribus patrio,

Lucr. 4, 1211:

neque lac lacti magis est simile quam ille ego similis est mei,

Plaut. Am. 2, 1, 54 Ussing ad loc.:

deos hominum quam homines deorum, hoc illi, illud huic,

Cic. N. D. 1, 32, 90:

itaque plectri similem linguam nostri solent dicere, chordarum dentis, naris cornibus iis, qui, etc.,

id. ib. 2, 59, 149; cf. under e.—

In a doubtful construction. On account of the form:

fugae similis profectio,

Caes. B. G. 5, 47; 6, 7; 7, 43 fin.; id. B. C. 3, 13 et saep.—Because of an unsettled reading:

similem Caesaris (or Caesari),

Suet. Caes. 52.—

With in and acc.:

in speciem Junonis,

App. M. 10, p. 253 fin. —

With inter:

homines inter se cum formā tum moribus similes,

Cic. Clu. 16, 46; so,

homines inter se (opp. differentes),

Quint. 12, 10, 22:

(catulos) Inter se similes,

Ov. M. 13, 835:

quae sunt inter se similia,

Cic. de Or. 3, 54, 206:

res inter se similes,

Quint. 9, 2, 51.—In a twofold construction:

nihil est unum uni tam simile, tam par, quam omnes inter nosmetipsos sumus,

Cic. Leg. 1, 10, 29:

sunt inter se similia, sed non etiam prioribus,

Quint. 9, 3, 49.—

With atque ( ac), et, ut si, tamquam si:

si quid docere vis, aliquid ab isto simile in aestimatione atque a ceteris esse factum,

Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 83, § 193:

ut simili ratione atque ipse fecerit suas injurias persequantur,

Caes. B. G. 7, 38 fin.:

nec similem habeat vultum, et si ampullam perdidisset,

Cic. Fin. 4, 12, 31;

v. Madv. ad h. l.: similes sunt, ut si qui dicant, etc.,

id. Sen. 6, 17:

similes sunt di, tamquam si Poeni, etc.,

id. Div. 2, 64, 131.—

Absol.:

decet facta moresque hujus habere me similes,

Plaut. Am 1, 1, 114:

ex uno puteo similior numquam potis Aqua aeque sumi, quam haec est atque ista,

id. Mil. 2, 6, 68 Brix ad loc.:

ita formā simili pueri (gemini), ut, etc.,

id. Men. prol. 19:

meus est (puer), nimium quidem simili'st,

id. Truc. 2, 6, 26:

laudantur simili prole puerperae,

i. e. that look like their fathers, Hor. C. 4, 5, 23:

ecce similia omnia,

Ter. Phorm. 2, 1, 34:

par est avaritia, similis improbitas,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 40, 118;

but cf., in a more restricted sense: similia omnia magis quam paria,

Liv. 45, 43:

ad quam (amicitiam) se similis animus applicet,

Cic. Lael. 14, 48:

sicut erat in simili causā antea factum,

id. Rep. 2, 37, 63:

quod in simili culpā versabantur,

Caes. B. C. 3, 110:

simili ratione,

id. B. G. 7, 4; id. B. C. 3, 76 al.:

similem esse te volo quomodo filium, non quomodo imaginem,

Sen. Ep. 84, 8:

ecce aliud simile, dissimile,

Cic. Fin. 4, 27, 76:

si quis Aristotelem similem emit,

a likeness of Aristotle, Juv. 2, 6; cf.:

tabella, in quā tam similem videbis Issam, ut sit tam similis sibi nec ipsa,

Mart. 1, 109, 19 sq.; 7, 87, 4:

te similem,

your likeness, Stat. S. 3, 3, 201; 5, 1, 1.— Poet., adverb. (=similiter):

similis medios Juturna per hostīs Fertur,

Verg. A. 12, 477.— Comp.:

similiorem mulierem Magisque eandem non reor deos facere posse,

Plaut. Mil. 2, 6, 48:

nihil hoc simile est similius,

id. Am. 1, 1, 290. — Sup.:

simillimos dicito esse,

Plaut. Mil. 2, 2, 91.—Hence, subst.: sĭmĭle, is, n.

A comparison, likeness, parallel case, or example:

quo facilius res perspici possit hoc simile ponitur,

Cic. Fin. 3, 16, 54:

utuntur simili,

id. ib. 3, 14, 46:

nec improbum sit pro simili accipi, quod plus sit,

Quint. 7, 1, 61:

qui memoriam ab aliquo simili transferunt ad id, quod, etc.,

id. 11, 2, 30 et saep.:

ignavi et erepti et similia,

id. 1, 5, 69; 1, 6, 2; 2, 4, 26; 3, 5, 16 et saep.; cf.:

latitatio, metus, similia,

id. 7, 2, 46:

de philosophiā, de republicā, similibus,

id. 9, 4, 19; 11, 3, 153.—

Resemblance, simile et majus est et par et minus, Quint. 7, 8, 7.— Adv. in two forms, simulter (ante-class.) and similiter (class.).

sĭmulter, in like manner, similarly:

exossabo ego illum simulter itidem ut muraenam coquos,

Plaut. Ps. 1, 3, 148 (cited ap. Non. 170, 25: simulter pro similiter); v. Ritschl ad Plaut. 1. 1.—

sĭmĭlĭter, in like manner, similarly (syn. pariter).

Absol. (so most freq.):

ecquid adsimulo similiter?

Plaut. Men. 1, 2, 37:

similiter atque uno modo,

Cic. Brut. 66, 233:

illa quae similiter desinunt aut quae cadunt similiter,

id. de Or. 3, 54, 206; id. Tusc. 4, 11, 25:

si non similiter semper ingrediamur in argumentationem,

id. Inv. 1, 41, 76:

addunt etiam C. Marium... Similiter vos, cum, etc.,

id. Ac. 2, 5, 14:

quorum non similiter fides est nec justitia laudata,

id. Rep. 2, 36, 61 et saep.— Comp.: scurram multo similius imitatum, more perfectly or naturally, Phaedr. 5, 5, 34.— Sup.:

ut, etc.... simillime, etc.,

just so, Cic. Tusc. 2, 23, 54.—

With atque ( ac), et, ut si:

neque vero illum similiter, atque ipse eram, commotum esse vidi,

Cic. Phil. 1, 4, 9; id. Ac. 2, 23, 72; Quint. 3, 7, 26:

similiter facis, ac si me roges, cur, etc.,

Cic. N. D. 3, 3, 8:

similiter facere eos... ut si nautae certarent, etc.,

id. Off. 1, 25, 87:

similiter facit ut si posse putet,

id. Tusc. 4, 18, 41:

similiter et si dicat, etc.,

id. Fin. 2, 7, 21; v. Madv. ad h. l.— Sup.:

hic excipit Pompeium, simillime atque ut illā lege Glaucippus excipitur,

Cic. Agr. 1, 4, 13.—

With dat.:

similiter his, etc.,

Plin. 11, 25, 30, § 86.

sĭmĭlis, e, adj. [Sanscr. samā, together; Gr. hama, omoios; Lat. simul, simulare; cf. simia], like, resembling, similar (cf. par); constr. with gen. (so usu. in ante-Aug. Lat.), with dat. (rare in Cic., except with neuter nouns), with inter, atque, and absol.

With gen. (mostly ante - Aug.; so always in Plaut. and Ter.; cf. Brix ad Plaut. Capt. 1, 2, 7; but in Cic. almost exclusively of living beings; yet always veri simile; v. Madv. ad Cic. Fin. 5, 5, 12);

of persons: similes avorum,

Lucr. 4, 1218:

nimis simili'st mei,

Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 286; cf. id. ib. 2, 2, 226:

ecquid mei similist (puer)?

id. Truc. 2, 6, 24 Speng.:

omnis inveniri similis tui vis,

id. Capt. 3, 4, 50 Brix:

ita est istaec (amica) hujus similis nostrae tua,

id. Mil. 2, 6, 39:

alia ejus similis,

id. ib. 2, 5, 38:

similis est Sagaristionis,

id. Pers. 1, 1, 14:

hominis similis,

Cic. N. D. 1, 28, 78; Val. Max. 9, 14, 2:

symbolum ejus similem,

Plaut. Ps. 1, 1, 55:

sui similem speciem,

Cic. Tusc. 1, 15, 34:

sui similis res,

Lucr. 5, 830:

volo me patris mei similem,

Plaut. As. 1, 1, 53: patris similem esse. Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 12, § 30:

non tam potuit patris similis esse, quam ille fuerat sui,

id. Off. 1, 33, 121: quaererem ex eo, cujus suorum similis fuisset Africani fratris nepos; facie vel patris, vitā omnium perditorum ita similis, ut esset facile deterrimus;

cujus etiam similis P. Crassi nepos, etc.,

id. Tusc. 1, 33, 81:

tui similis est probe,

Ter. Heaut. 5, 3, 18:

est similis majorum suorum,

id. Ad. 3, 3, 57:

haud similis virgo est virginum nostrarum,

id. Eun. 2, 3, 22: haud parasitorum aliorum simil'est, Naev. ap. Non. 224, 26:

virum non similem furis hujus,

Plaut. As. 3, 3, 91:

domini similis es,

Ter. Eun. 3, 2, 43:

in magistratu privatorum similes,

Cic. Rep. 1, 43, 67:

multi Gnathonum similes cum sint,

id. Lael. 25, 94:

plures Romuli quam Numae similes reges,

Liv. 1, 20:

ut sis tu similis Coeli Byrrhique latronum, Non ego sim Capri neque Sulci,

Hor. S. 1, 4, 69 et saep.:

deos esse tui similes putas?

Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 128; so,

tui,

id. Rud. 2, 6, 16; Liv. 22, 39:

nostri similes,

id. 26, 50:

sui similis,

Plaut. Trin. 2, 2, 7; cf.:

alterum similem sui quaerere,

Cic. Lael. 22, 82:

nihil est appetentius similium sui quam natura,

id. ib. 14, 50:

quam uterque est similis sui!

Ter. Phorm. 3, 2, 16:

tui similem esse,

Cic. Fam. 9, 14, 6:

sui similis gens,

Tac. G. 4.—Of things:

tam similem quam lacte lactist (i. e. lactis est, Brix ad loc.),

Plaut. Mil. 2, 2, 85:

haec atque hujus similia alia damna,

id. ib. 3, 1, 105:

perpulchra credo dona aut nostri similia,

Ter. Eun. 3, 2, 15 Umpfenb.:

quid habet illius carminis simile haec oratio,

Cic. Rep. 1, 36, 56:

si fabularum similia didicimus,

id. ib.:

paupertatem, ignominiam, similia horum,

id. Fin. 3, 15, 51:

similes meorum versus,

Hor. S. 2, 1, 3:

nonne hoc monstri simile'st?

Ter. Eun. 2, 3, 43; so,

monstri,

id. Phorm. 5, 7 (8), 61:

prodigii,

Cic. Lig. 4, 11:

narrationem veri similem,

id. de Or. 2, 19, 83; cf.

Cels. ap. Cuint. 2, 15, 32: simile veri,

Cic. Fam. 12, 5, 1:

quae similia veri sint,

Liv. 5, 21 Drak. N. cr.; v. verus, and cf. also in the foll.—In comparing persons with things:

hominem quojus rei Similem esse arbitrarer simulacrumque habere... Novarum aedium esse arbitror similem ego hominem,

Plaut. Most. 1, 2, 6 sq.:

amator simil'est oppidi hostilis,

id. Truc. 1, 2, 68:

meretricem esse similem sentis condecet,

id. ib. 2, 1, 16: tu pueri pausilli simili'es, Nov. ap. Non. 224, 28:

equi te Esse feri similem dico,

Hor. S. 1, 5, 57.— Comp.: hominem hominis similiorem numquam vid: ego alterum, Neque aqua aquae, neque lac [p. 1701] test lactis usquam similius, Plaut. Men. 5, 9, 29 sq. Brix ad loc.:

Rhodii Atticorum similiores,

Cic. Brut. 13, 52.— Sup.:

hic noster quaestus aucupii simillimu'st,

Plaut. As. 1, 3, 63; id. Bacch. 4, 8, 72:

meretrix fortunati oppidi,

id. Cist. 1, 1, 82:

tener et lactens puerique simillimus aevo,

Ov. M. 15, 201:

simillima societas hereditatis,

Cic. Rosc. Com. 18, 55:

quid esset simillimum veri,

id. Tusc. 5, 4, 11.—

With dat. (of both persons and things; freq., and in post-Aug. writers almost always; not in Plaut. or Ter. acc. to Ritschl, Opusc. 2, 570 sq.; 579 sq.; but contra, v. Ussing ad Plaut. Am. v. 595): simia quam similis nobis, Enn. ap. Cic. N. D. 1, 35, 97 (Sat. v. 45 Vahl.):

patri suo,

Cat. 61, 221; cf.:

similis quidem (genitos) alios avo et ex geminis quoque alterum patri, alterum matri, annoque post genitum majori similem fuisse ut geminum. Quasdam sibi similis semper parere, quasdam viro, quasdam nulli, quasdam feminam patri, marem sibi,

Plin. 7, 12, 10, § 51:

similis malo est,

Plaut. Poen. 3, 2, 36: Terentio non similem dices quempiam, Afran. ap. Suet. Vit. Ter. fin.:

filius patri similis,

Cic. Fin. 5, 5, 12 Madv. N. cr.:

sit suo similis patri,

Cat. 61, 217:

patri,

Ov. M. 6, 622:

parentibus ac majoribus suis,

Quint. 5, 10, 24:

par similisque ceteris,

Sall. C. 14, 4:

huic in hoc similis,

Cic. Ac. 2, 37, 118:

similes Icilio,

Liv. 3, 65:

hinnuleo,

Hor. C. 1, 23, 1:

puro te similem vespero petit Rhode,

id. ib. 3, 19, 26:

multum similis metuenti,

id. S. 2, 5, 92:

fluctuanti,

Liv. 6, 13 Drak.:

flenti,

Ov. M. 3, 652:

cognoscenti,

id. ib. 2, 501:

roganti,

id. ib. 3, 240:

cogitantibus et dubitantibus,

Quint. 11, 2, 47:

ediscenti,

id. 11, 2, 46:

legenti,

id. 11, 2, 32 et saep.—Of things:

res similis nostris rebus,

Lucr. 5, 435:

quid simile habet epistula aut judicio aut contioni?

Cic. Fam. 9, 21, 1:

quid illi simile bello fuit?

Caes. B. G. 7, 77:

qui non Fescennino versu (i. e. versui) similem jaciebant,

Liv. 7, 2 Drak. N. cr.:

argumentum vero simile comoediae,

Quint. 2, 4, 2; cf.:

similia veris erant,

Liv. 10, 20, 5:

partim vera partim mixta eoque similia veris,

id. 29, 20, 1; 8, 20, 5:

cui vitio simile sit schema, ut, etc.,

Quint. 9, 3, 10:

primus (iambus) ad extremum similis sibi,

Hor. A. P. 254:

versus sibi,

Quint. 9, 4, 60:

oratio fuit precibus quam jurgio similis, similior,

Liv. 3, 40 Drak. N. cr.—Comp.:

flunt omnia castris quam urbi similiora,

Liv. 4, 31 fin.:

similius vero facit ipsos in amicitiam redisse,

id. 8, 26, 6; 10, 26, 13; Quint. 3, 8, 31.— Sup.:

puro simillimus amni,

Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 120:

media simillima veris sunt,

Liv. 26, 49:

simillimum id vero fecit,

id. 44, 30, 4.—

With gen. and dat. together:

tum similes matrum materno semine fiunt, Ut patribus patrio,

Lucr. 4, 1211:

neque lac lacti magis est simile quam ille ego similis est mei,

Plaut. Am. 2, 1, 54 Ussing ad loc.:

deos hominum quam homines deorum, hoc illi, illud huic,

Cic. N. D. 1, 32, 90:

itaque plectri similem linguam nostri solent dicere, chordarum dentis, naris cornibus iis, qui, etc.,

id. ib. 2, 59, 149; cf. under e.—

In a doubtful construction. On account of the form:

fugae similis profectio,

Caes. B. G. 5, 47; 6, 7; 7, 43 fin.; id. B. C. 3, 13 et saep.—Because of an unsettled reading:

similem Caesaris (or Caesari),

Suet. Caes. 52.—

With in and acc.:

in speciem Junonis,

App. M. 10, p. 253 fin. —

With inter:

homines inter se cum formā tum moribus similes,

Cic. Clu. 16, 46; so,

homines inter se (opp. differentes),

Quint. 12, 10, 22:

(catulos) Inter se similes,

Ov. M. 13, 835:

quae sunt inter se similia,

Cic. de Or. 3, 54, 206:

res inter se similes,

Quint. 9, 2, 51.—In a twofold construction:

nihil est unum uni tam simile, tam par, quam omnes inter nosmetipsos sumus,

Cic. Leg. 1, 10, 29:

sunt inter se similia, sed non etiam prioribus,

Quint. 9, 3, 49.—

With atque ( ac), et, ut si, tamquam si:

si quid docere vis, aliquid ab isto simile in aestimatione atque a ceteris esse factum,

Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 83, § 193:

ut simili ratione atque ipse fecerit suas injurias persequantur,

Caes. B. G. 7, 38 fin.:

nec similem habeat vultum, et si ampullam perdidisset,

Cic. Fin. 4, 12, 31;

v. Madv. ad h. l.: similes sunt, ut si qui dicant, etc.,

id. Sen. 6, 17:

similes sunt di, tamquam si Poeni, etc.,

id. Div. 2, 64, 131.—

Absol.:

decet facta moresque hujus habere me similes,

Plaut. Am 1, 1, 114:

ex uno puteo similior numquam potis Aqua aeque sumi, quam haec est atque ista,

id. Mil. 2, 6, 68 Brix ad loc.:

ita formā simili pueri (gemini), ut, etc.,

id. Men. prol. 19:

meus est (puer), nimium quidem simili'st,

id. Truc. 2, 6, 26:

laudantur simili prole puerperae,

i. e. that look like their fathers, Hor. C. 4, 5, 23:

ecce similia omnia,

Ter. Phorm. 2, 1, 34:

par est avaritia, similis improbitas,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 40, 118;

but cf., in a more restricted sense: similia omnia magis quam paria,

Liv. 45, 43:

ad quam (amicitiam) se similis animus applicet,

Cic. Lael. 14, 48:

sicut erat in simili causā antea factum,

id. Rep. 2, 37, 63:

quod in simili culpā versabantur,

Caes. B. C. 3, 110:

simili ratione,

id. B. G. 7, 4; id. B. C. 3, 76 al.:

similem esse te volo quomodo filium, non quomodo imaginem,

Sen. Ep. 84, 8:

ecce aliud simile, dissimile,

Cic. Fin. 4, 27, 76:

si quis Aristotelem similem emit,

a likeness of Aristotle, Juv. 2, 6; cf.:

tabella, in quā tam similem videbis Issam, ut sit tam similis sibi nec ipsa,

Mart. 1, 109, 19 sq.; 7, 87, 4:

te similem,

your likeness, Stat. S. 3, 3, 201; 5, 1, 1.— Poet., adverb. (=similiter):

similis medios Juturna per hostīs Fertur,

Verg. A. 12, 477.— Comp.:

similiorem mulierem Magisque eandem non reor deos facere posse,

Plaut. Mil. 2, 6, 48:

nihil hoc simile est similius,

id. Am. 1, 1, 290. — Sup.:

simillimos dicito esse,

Plaut. Mil. 2, 2, 91.—Hence, subst.: sĭmĭle, is, n.

A comparison, likeness, parallel case, or example:

quo facilius res perspici possit hoc simile ponitur,

Cic. Fin. 3, 16, 54:

utuntur simili,

id. ib. 3, 14, 46:

nec improbum sit pro simili accipi, quod plus sit,

Quint. 7, 1, 61:

qui memoriam ab aliquo simili transferunt ad id, quod, etc.,

id. 11, 2, 30 et saep.:

ignavi et erepti et similia,

id. 1, 5, 69; 1, 6, 2; 2, 4, 26; 3, 5, 16 et saep.; cf.:

latitatio, metus, similia,

id. 7, 2, 46:

de philosophiā, de republicā, similibus,

id. 9, 4, 19; 11, 3, 153.—

Resemblance, simile et majus est et par et minus, Quint. 7, 8, 7.— Adv. in two forms, simulter (ante-class.) and similiter (class.).

sĭmulter, in like manner, similarly:

exossabo ego illum simulter itidem ut muraenam coquos,

Plaut. Ps. 1, 3, 148 (cited ap. Non. 170, 25: simulter pro similiter); v. Ritschl ad Plaut. 1. 1.—

sĭmĭlĭter, in like manner, similarly (syn. pariter).

Absol. (so most freq.):

ecquid adsimulo similiter?

Plaut. Men. 1, 2, 37:

similiter atque uno modo,

Cic. Brut. 66, 233:

illa quae similiter desinunt aut quae cadunt similiter,

id. de Or. 3, 54, 206; id. Tusc. 4, 11, 25:

si non similiter semper ingrediamur in argumentationem,

id. Inv. 1, 41, 76:

addunt etiam C. Marium... Similiter vos, cum, etc.,

id. Ac. 2, 5, 14:

quorum non similiter fides est nec justitia laudata,

id. Rep. 2, 36, 61 et saep.— Comp.: scurram multo similius imitatum, more perfectly or naturally, Phaedr. 5, 5, 34.— Sup.:

ut, etc.... simillime, etc.,

just so, Cic. Tusc. 2, 23, 54.—

With atque ( ac), et, ut si:

neque vero illum similiter, atque ipse eram, commotum esse vidi,

Cic. Phil. 1, 4, 9; id. Ac. 2, 23, 72; Quint. 3, 7, 26:

similiter facis, ac si me roges, cur, etc.,

Cic. N. D. 3, 3, 8:

similiter facere eos... ut si nautae certarent, etc.,

id. Off. 1, 25, 87:

similiter facit ut si posse putet,

id. Tusc. 4, 18, 41:

similiter et si dicat, etc.,

id. Fin. 2, 7, 21; v. Madv. ad h. l.— Sup.:

hic excipit Pompeium, simillime atque ut illā lege Glaucippus excipitur,

Cic. Agr. 1, 4, 13.—

With dat.:

similiter his, etc.,

Plin. 11, 25, 30, § 86.

tĕner, ĕra, ĕrum, adj. [v. teneo; cf. tenuis, and Sanscr. tanu], soft, delicate, tender (class.; cf. mollis).

Lit.

In gen.:

nihil est tam tenerum, neque tam flexibile neque quod tam facile sequatur quocumque ducas quam oratio,

Cic. de Or. 3, 45, 176; cf. id. Brut. 79, 274;

and v. II. infra): locus bipalio subactus siet beneque terra tenera siet,

Cato, R. R. 45, 1; cf.:

serito in loco, ubi terra tenerrima erit,

id. ib. 151, 2:

in tenero corpore,

Lucr. 3, 765:

procera et tenera palma,

Cic. Leg. 1, 1, 2:

radices harundinum,

Caes. B. C. 3, 58:

teneris arboribus incisis atque inflexis,

id. B. G. 2, 17:

cana legam tenerā lanugine mala,

Verg. E. 2, 51:

plantae,

id. ib. 10, 49:

caules,

Hor. S. 1, 3, 116:

gramen,

id. C. 4, 12, 9:

rami,

Ov. M. 2, 359:

uvae,

id. R. Am. 83:

prata tenerrima,

id. A. A. 1, 299:

aër,

thin, transparent, Lucr. 2, 145; Verg. A. 9, 699; Ov. M. 4, 616:

alvus,

Cels. 3, 18:

gallina,

tender, Hor. S. 2, 4, 20; cf.:

ferae tenuiores ad epulas,

Gell. 17, 15, 7:

caseus,

Prud. Cath. 3, 70:

Dianam tenerae dicite virgines,

Hor. C. 1, 21, 1; so,

virgines,

id. ib. 4, 1, 26:

conjux,

id. ib. 1, 1, 26 [p. 1855] Lycidas, id. ib. 1, 4, 19:

saltatores,

effeminate, Cic. Pis. 36, 89:

vestem Purpuream teneris quoque Maecenatibus aptam,

Juv. 12, 39:

spado,

id. 1, 22.—

In partic., of tender age, young: tener ipse etiam atque puellus, Lucil. ap. Prisc. p. 697 P.:

tener et rudis,

Cic. Leg. 1, 17, 47:

tener in cunis et sine voce puer,

Prop. 2, 6, 10:

(annus) tener et lactens puerique simillimus aevo Vere novo est,

Ov. M. 15, 201:

mares,

id. ib. 10, 84:

equis vetulis teneros anteponere solemus,

Cic. Lael. 19, 67:

grex,

Phaedr. 2, 4, 14:

vitulus,

Hor. C. 4, 2, 54:

haedus,

id. ib. 3, 18, 5:

tigres,

Val. Fl. 1, 491:

manes,

the shades of children, Stat. Th. 6, 121.—Of plants, tenerae res, Verg. G. 2, 343:

teneri anni,

youthful, tender, Plin. Pan. 15, 1; so,

teneriores anni (opp. ferociores),

Quint. 2, 2, 3:

aetates,

id. 1, 10, 34:

a teneris, ut Graeci dicunt, unguiculis,

i. e. from childhood, Cic. Fam. 1, 6, 2;

for which: de tenero ungui,

Hor. C. 3, 6, 24.— Absol.:

a tenero,

Quint. 1, 2, 18; cf.:

ut (plantae) eam partem caeli spectent, cui ab tenero consueverunt,

Col. 5, 6, 20. — Subst.: tĕnĕri, ōrum, m., the young, boys:

parcendum est teneris,

Juv. 14, 215; Claud. Laud. Stil. 2, 59;

also: in teneris,

in early youth, Verg. G. 2, 272; Quint. 1, 3, 13.—

Trop.

In gen., soft, delicate, tender, etc.:

est naturale in animis tenerum quiddam atque molle,

Cic. Tusc. 3, 6, 12:

virtus est in amicitia tenera atque tractabilis,

id. Lael. 13, 48:

tenerior animus,

id. Fam. 5, 21, 3; cf.:

tenerae Mentes,

Hor. C. 3, 24, 52; so,

animi,

id. S. 1, 4, 128:

pudor,

Ov. H. 2, 143:

est oratio mollis et tenera et ita flexibilis, ut, etc.,

Cic. Or. 16, 52; cf. id. Brut. 9, 38; cf. I. supra init.; so,

versus,

Hor. A. P. 246; Ov. A. A. 2, 273:

carmen,

id. Am. 3, 8, 2.— Transf., of elegiac poets:

poëta,

Cat. 35, 1; Ov. R. Am. 757:

Propertius,

id. A. A. 3, 333:

molli tenerāque voce,

Quint. 11, 3, 23:

tenera delicataque modulandi voluptas,

id. 9, 4, 31 et saep.—

In partic., of youthful weakness, tender: tener animus (pueri), Anton. ap. Cic. Att. 14, 13, A, 3; cf.:

horum erroribus teneri statim et rudes animi imbuuntur,

Tac. Or. 29; so,

adhuc mentes,

Quint. 2, 4, 5.—Hence, adv., tenderly, delicately, softly.

tĕnĕrē (post-Aug.):

dicere,

Tac. Or. 26:

recitare,

Plin. Ep. 4, 27, 1:

diligere,

Vulg. Gen. 44, 20. — Comp.:

complosit manus,

Petr. 24.— Sup.:

derasus cortex,

Plin. 23, 3, 35, § 72.—

‡ tĕnĕrĭter, only once cited:

teneriter quidam efferunt, ut celeriter: alii vero tenere ut libere,

Charis. p. 162 P.

tĕner, ĕra, ĕrum, adj. [v. teneo; cf. tenuis, and Sanscr. tanu], soft, delicate, tender (class.; cf. mollis).

Lit.

In gen.:

nihil est tam tenerum, neque tam flexibile neque quod tam facile sequatur quocumque ducas quam oratio,

Cic. de Or. 3, 45, 176; cf. id. Brut. 79, 274;

and v. II. infra): locus bipalio subactus siet beneque terra tenera siet,

Cato, R. R. 45, 1; cf.:

serito in loco, ubi terra tenerrima erit,

id. ib. 151, 2:

in tenero corpore,

Lucr. 3, 765:

procera et tenera palma,

Cic. Leg. 1, 1, 2:

radices harundinum,

Caes. B. C. 3, 58:

teneris arboribus incisis atque inflexis,

id. B. G. 2, 17:

cana legam tenerā lanugine mala,

Verg. E. 2, 51:

plantae,

id. ib. 10, 49:

caules,

Hor. S. 1, 3, 116:

gramen,

id. C. 4, 12, 9:

rami,

Ov. M. 2, 359:

uvae,

id. R. Am. 83:

prata tenerrima,

id. A. A. 1, 299:

aër,

thin, transparent, Lucr. 2, 145; Verg. A. 9, 699; Ov. M. 4, 616:

alvus,

Cels. 3, 18:

gallina,

tender, Hor. S. 2, 4, 20; cf.:

ferae tenuiores ad epulas,

Gell. 17, 15, 7:

caseus,

Prud. Cath. 3, 70:

Dianam tenerae dicite virgines,

Hor. C. 1, 21, 1; so,

virgines,

id. ib. 4, 1, 26:

conjux,

id. ib. 1, 1, 26 [p. 1855] Lycidas, id. ib. 1, 4, 19:

saltatores,

effeminate, Cic. Pis. 36, 89:

vestem Purpuream teneris quoque Maecenatibus aptam,

Juv. 12, 39:

spado,

id. 1, 22.—

In partic., of tender age, young: tener ipse etiam atque puellus, Lucil. ap. Prisc. p. 697 P.:

tener et rudis,

Cic. Leg. 1, 17, 47:

tener in cunis et sine voce puer,

Prop. 2, 6, 10:

(annus) tener et lactens puerique simillimus aevo Vere novo est,

Ov. M. 15, 201:

mares,

id. ib. 10, 84:

equis vetulis teneros anteponere solemus,

Cic. Lael. 19, 67:

grex,

Phaedr. 2, 4, 14:

vitulus,

Hor. C. 4, 2, 54:

haedus,

id. ib. 3, 18, 5:

tigres,

Val. Fl. 1, 491:

manes,

the shades of children, Stat. Th. 6, 121.—Of plants, tenerae res, Verg. G. 2, 343:

teneri anni,

youthful, tender, Plin. Pan. 15, 1; so,

teneriores anni (opp. ferociores),

Quint. 2, 2, 3:

aetates,

id. 1, 10, 34:

a teneris, ut Graeci dicunt, unguiculis,

i. e. from childhood, Cic. Fam. 1, 6, 2;

for which: de tenero ungui,

Hor. C. 3, 6, 24.— Absol.:

a tenero,

Quint. 1, 2, 18; cf.:

ut (plantae) eam partem caeli spectent, cui ab tenero consueverunt,

Col. 5, 6, 20. — Subst.: tĕnĕri, ōrum, m., the young, boys:

parcendum est teneris,

Juv. 14, 215; Claud. Laud. Stil. 2, 59;

also: in teneris,

in early youth, Verg. G. 2, 272; Quint. 1, 3, 13.—

Trop.

In gen., soft, delicate, tender, etc.:

est naturale in animis tenerum quiddam atque molle,

Cic. Tusc. 3, 6, 12:

virtus est in amicitia tenera atque tractabilis,

id. Lael. 13, 48:

tenerior animus,

id. Fam. 5, 21, 3; cf.:

tenerae Mentes,

Hor. C. 3, 24, 52; so,

animi,

id. S. 1, 4, 128:

pudor,

Ov. H. 2, 143:

est oratio mollis et tenera et ita flexibilis, ut, etc.,

Cic. Or. 16, 52; cf. id. Brut. 9, 38; cf. I. supra init.; so,

versus,

Hor. A. P. 246; Ov. A. A. 2, 273:

carmen,

id. Am. 3, 8, 2.— Transf., of elegiac poets:

poëta,

Cat. 35, 1; Ov. R. Am. 757:

Propertius,

id. A. A. 3, 333:

molli tenerāque voce,

Quint. 11, 3, 23:

tenera delicataque modulandi voluptas,

id. 9, 4, 31 et saep.—

In partic., of youthful weakness, tender: tener animus (pueri), Anton. ap. Cic. Att. 14, 13, A, 3; cf.:

horum erroribus teneri statim et rudes animi imbuuntur,

Tac. Or. 29; so,

adhuc mentes,

Quint. 2, 4, 5.—Hence, adv., tenderly, delicately, softly.

tĕnĕrē (post-Aug.):

dicere,

Tac. Or. 26:

recitare,

Plin. Ep. 4, 27, 1:

diligere,

Vulg. Gen. 44, 20. — Comp.:

complosit manus,

Petr. 24.— Sup.:

derasus cortex,

Plin. 23, 3, 35, § 72.—

‡ tĕnĕrĭter, only once cited:

teneriter quidam efferunt, ut celeriter: alii vero tenere ut libere,

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