laid

ap-prĕhendo ( adp-, Fleck., Baiter, Halm; app-, Kayser) ( poet. sometimes apprendo: adprendas, Caecil. ap. Gell. 15, 9;

apprensus,

Tac. A. 4, 8; Stat. S. 3, 4, 43;

apprendere,

Sil. 13, 653), di, sum, 3, v. a., to lay hold upon, to seize, take hold of (class., esp. in prose; syn.: prehendo, comprehendo, cupio, arripio, corripio).

In gen.

Lit.:

Alterum alterā adprehendit eos manu,

Plaut. Am. 5, 1, 64, where Fleck. reads prehendit: Pone (me) apprendit pallio, * Ter. Phorm. 5, 6, 23:

adprehendens pallium suum,

Vulg. 3 Reg. 11, 30:

atomi aliae alias adprehendentes continuantur,

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

adprehendit cornu altaris,

Vulg. 3 Reg. 2, 28:

vites sic claviculis adminicula tamquam manibus adprehendunt,

Cic. N. D. 2, 47, 120:

morsu,

Plin. 11, 24, 28, § 84:

quantum adprehenderint tres digiti,

Quint. 1, 2, 26.—So of seizing hold of the hand, or embracing the person:

manum osculandi causā,

Suet. Tib. 72 (prehendere manum is found in Cic. Quint. 31, and id. de Or. 1, 56, 240):

manum adprehendere,

Vulg. Gen. 19, 16; id. Isa. 41, 13; ib. Marc. 1, 31; ib. Act. 3, 7:

quibus adprensis,

Tac. A. 4, 8 al.:

adprehensum deosculatur,

Vulg. Prov. 7, 13.—Also in entreaty:

conscientiā exter ritus adprehendit Caecilium, etc.,

Plin. Ep. 1, 5, 8.—

Trop.

Of discourse:

quidquid ego apprehenderam statim accusator extorquebat e manibus,

whatever I had brought forward, alleged, Cic. Clu. 19, 52:

nisi caute adprehenditur,

is laid hold of, employed, Quint. 10, 2, 3.—

To grasp with the mind, to understand, comprehend:

passio apprehensa,

Cael. Aur. Tard. 3, 5, 70; Tert. adv. Val. 11.—

For complector, to embrace, include:

casum testamento,

Dig. 28, 2, 10:

personam filii (sc. in stipulatione),

ib. 45, 1, 56.—

Esp., to seize, to take, or lay hold of, to apprehend:

a militibus adprehensus,

Gell. 5, 14, 26:

furem adprehendere,

Dig. 13, 7, 11:

fugitivum,

ib. 11, 4, 1.—Hence,

lang., to take possession of:

adprehendere Hispanias,

Cic. Att. 10, 8 init. (cf. Caes. B. C. 3, 112: Pharon prehendit); and in gen. to lay hold of, to get, secure, obtain (eccl. Lat.):

adprehende vitam aeternam,

Vulg. 1 Tim. 6, 12;

6, 19: justitiam,

righteousness, ib. Rom. 9, 30.—

As med. t., of disease, to seize:

Ubi libido veniet nauseae eumque adprehendit, decumbat etc.,

Cato, R. R. 156, 4.—So in gen. of fear, pain, trouble (eccl. Lat.):

tremor adprehendit eam,

Vulg. Jer. 49, 24:

dolor,

ib. 2 Macc. 9, 5:

angustia,

ib. Jer. 50, 43:

stupor,

ib. Luc. 5, 26:

tentatio,

ib. 1 Cor. 10, 13.

aedēs and aedis (the form aedes is found in Liv. 2, 21, 7; 2, 8, 14; 2, 9, 43 al., and now and then in other writers, but aedis is more common, as in Cic. Verr. 4, 55, § 121; id. Par. 4, 2, 31; Vitr. 4, 7, 1; Varr. 5, 32, 156 al.; Liv. 1, 33, 9 al.; Plin. 36, 6, 8, § 50), is, f., a building for habitation. [Aedis domicilium in edito positum simplex atque unius aditus. Sive ideo aedis dicitur, quod in ea aevum degatur, quod Graece aiôn vocatur, Fest. p. 13 Müll. Curtius refers this word to aithô, aestus, as meaning originally, fire-place, hearth; others, with probability, compare hedos, hedra, and sēdes.]

Sing., a dwelling of the gods, a sanctuary, a temple (prop., a simple edifice, without division into smaller apartments, while templum is a large and splendid structure, consecrated by the augurs, and belonging to one or more deities; cf. Manut. ad Cic. Fam. 4, 7; but after the Aug. period aedes was used for templum; cf. Suet. Caes. 78 with id. ib. 84): haec aedis, Varr. ap. Non. 494, 7:

senatum in aedem Jovis Statoris vocavi,

Cic. Cat. 2, 6: aedis Martis, Nep. Fragm. ap. Prisc. p. 792 P.:

aedes Mercurii dedicata est,

Liv. 2, 21:

hic aedem ex marmore molitus est,

Vell. 1, 11, 5:

inter altare et aedem,

Vulg. Luc. 11, 51:

aedem Concordiae,

Plin. 33, 1, 6, § 19:

aedes Veneris genitricis,

Suet. Caes. 78; v. above; id. ib. 10:

aedem Baal,

Vulg. 4 Reg. 10, 27; ib. Act. 19, 24 al.: haec ego ludo, quae nec in aede sonent, i. e. in the temple of the Muses, or of the Palatine Apollo, where poems were publicly recited, Hor. S. 1, 10, 38; cf.:

quanto molimine circumspectemus vacuam Romanis vatibus aedem,

id. Ep. 2, 2, 94.— Plur. in this sense generally in connection with sacrae, divinae, deorum, and only when several temples are spoken of:

aedes sacrae,

Cic. Dom. 49; cf. Suet. Aug. 30, 100:

Capitolii fastigium et ceterarum aedium,

Cic. de Or. 3, 46; cf. Liv. 38, 41:

Deorum aedes,

Suet. Cat. 21; cf. id. Ner. 38; id. Claud. 21 al.—

A dwelling for men, a house, habitation, [p. 52] obode (syn. domus; usu. only in the plur., as a collection of several apartments; but in the earliest period the sing. also may have had this signif., though but few certain examples of it have been preserved in the written language; cf. Plaut. As. 1, 3, 67:

hic noster quaestus aucupii simillimust... aedis nobis areast, auceps sum ego): aedes probae et pulchre aedificatae,

Plaut. Merc. 5, 2, 60; id. Most. 1, 2, 18:

ultimae,

Ter. Heaut. 5, 1, 29:

apud istum in aedibus,

Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 19, § 50, and soon after: in mediis aedibus; cf. Verg. A. 2, 512:

liberae,

a house that is rent-free, Liv. 30, 17:

privatae,

Suet. Ner. 44 al. —Hence sometimes used for a part of the domus, a room, an apartment, chamber:

insectatur omnes domi per aedīs,

Plaut. Cas. 3, 5, 31; Verg. G. 2, 462; cf. id. A. 2, 487 (v. also Gell. 4, 14; Curt. 8, 6; Hor. C. 1, 30, 4).—In Plaut., by comic license, aedes for familia: credo hercle has sustollat aedīs totas atque hunc in crucem, Mil. 2, 3, 39: ut ego suffringam his talos totis aedibus, to break the legs of this whole house (i. e. family), Truc. 2, 8, 7: ab aedibus, denoting office (cf. ab), a castellan:

CVM AB AEDIBVS ESSEM,

Inscr. Grut. 697, 1.—

Met., the cells (or hive) of bees:

clausis cunctantur in aedibus,

Verg. G. 4, 258.—

Trop.:

fac, sis, vacivas aedīs aurium, mea ut migrare dicta possint,

the chambers of your ears, Plaut. Ps. 1, 5, 54.—

Aedes aurata, a gilded funeral structure, on which the dead body of Cœsar was laid, a catafalque, Suet. Caes. 84.

ap-prĕhendo ( adp-, Fleck., Baiter, Halm; app-, Kayser) ( poet. sometimes apprendo: adprendas, Caecil. ap. Gell. 15, 9;

apprensus,

Tac. A. 4, 8; Stat. S. 3, 4, 43;

apprendere,

Sil. 13, 653), di, sum, 3, v. a., to lay hold upon, to seize, take hold of (class., esp. in prose; syn.: prehendo, comprehendo, cupio, arripio, corripio).

In gen.

Lit.:

Alterum alterā adprehendit eos manu,

Plaut. Am. 5, 1, 64, where Fleck. reads prehendit: Pone (me) apprendit pallio, * Ter. Phorm. 5, 6, 23:

adprehendens pallium suum,

Vulg. 3 Reg. 11, 30:

atomi aliae alias adprehendentes continuantur,

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

adprehendit cornu altaris,

Vulg. 3 Reg. 2, 28:

vites sic claviculis adminicula tamquam manibus adprehendunt,

Cic. N. D. 2, 47, 120:

morsu,

Plin. 11, 24, 28, § 84:

quantum adprehenderint tres digiti,

Quint. 1, 2, 26.—So of seizing hold of the hand, or embracing the person:

manum osculandi causā,

Suet. Tib. 72 (prehendere manum is found in Cic. Quint. 31, and id. de Or. 1, 56, 240):

manum adprehendere,

Vulg. Gen. 19, 16; id. Isa. 41, 13; ib. Marc. 1, 31; ib. Act. 3, 7:

quibus adprensis,

Tac. A. 4, 8 al.:

adprehensum deosculatur,

Vulg. Prov. 7, 13.—Also in entreaty:

conscientiā exter ritus adprehendit Caecilium, etc.,

Plin. Ep. 1, 5, 8.—

Trop.

Of discourse:

quidquid ego apprehenderam statim accusator extorquebat e manibus,

whatever I had brought forward, alleged, Cic. Clu. 19, 52:

nisi caute adprehenditur,

is laid hold of, employed, Quint. 10, 2, 3.—

To grasp with the mind, to understand, comprehend:

passio apprehensa,

Cael. Aur. Tard. 3, 5, 70; Tert. adv. Val. 11.—

For complector, to embrace, include:

casum testamento,

Dig. 28, 2, 10:

personam filii (sc. in stipulatione),

ib. 45, 1, 56.—

Esp., to seize, to take, or lay hold of, to apprehend:

a militibus adprehensus,

Gell. 5, 14, 26:

furem adprehendere,

Dig. 13, 7, 11:

fugitivum,

ib. 11, 4, 1.—Hence,

lang., to take possession of:

adprehendere Hispanias,

Cic. Att. 10, 8 init. (cf. Caes. B. C. 3, 112: Pharon prehendit); and in gen. to lay hold of, to get, secure, obtain (eccl. Lat.):

adprehende vitam aeternam,

Vulg. 1 Tim. 6, 12;

6, 19: justitiam,

righteousness, ib. Rom. 9, 30.—

As med. t., of disease, to seize:

Ubi libido veniet nauseae eumque adprehendit, decumbat etc.,

Cato, R. R. 156, 4.—So in gen. of fear, pain, trouble (eccl. Lat.):

tremor adprehendit eam,

Vulg. Jer. 49, 24:

dolor,

ib. 2 Macc. 9, 5:

angustia,

ib. Jer. 50, 43:

stupor,

ib. Luc. 5, 26:

tentatio,

ib. 1 Cor. 10, 13.

ārŭla, ae, f. dim. [ara].

A small altar: ante hosce deos erant arulae, * Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 3; Vulg. Jer. 36, 22; 36, 23 bis; Jus Papir. in Macr. S. 3, 11; Arn. 3, p. 114; Inscr. Orell. 1630.—††

Perh. the base of an altar (eccl. Lat.):

quos (anulos) pones subter arulam altaris,

Vulg. Exod. 27, 5; 38, 4.—

Among the Campanians, the turf laid altar-like round an elm-tree, Plin. 17, 11, 15, § 77.

bulla, ae, f. [root vhal-; Gr. phal-; cf. phallos, phullon], any object swelling up, and thus becoming round; hence,

A waterbubble, bubble:

ut pluvio perlucida caelo Surgere bulla solet,

Ov. M. 10, 734:

crassior,

Mart. 8, 33, 18; Plin. 31, 2, 8, § 12; App. M. 4, p. 145, 7.—Hence,

Trop., a bubble, trifle; vanity:

si est homo bulla, eo magis senex,

Varr. R. R. 1, 1, 1; Petr. 42, 4.—

A boss, knob (upon a door, etc.):

jussine in splendorem dari bullas has foribus nostris?

Plaut. As. 2, 4, 20:

bullas aureas ex valvis, auferre,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 56, § 124 (by such door-studs fortunate or unfortunate days were designated, Petr. 30, 4).—

A stud in a girdle:

notis fulserunt cingula bullis Pallantis pueri,

Verg. A. 12, 942; 9, 359; Aus. Cup. Cruc. 49; Prud. Psych. 476.—

The head of a pin in the water-clock, Vitr. 9, 6, 9 sq.—

Esp., the bulla, a kind of amulet worn upon the neck ( mostly of gold), orig. an ornament of the Roman triumphers, in imitation of the Tuscan kings and Lucumones (Plut. Romul. 25;

Fest. s. v. sardi, p. 252), but in the more brilliant era of the Romans worn by noble youths,

Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 58, § 152 (cf. Ascon. in h. l., acc. to whom bullae of leather were hung upon the necks of the children of freedmen);

it was laid aside when they arrived at maturity, and consecrated to the Lares,

Pers. 5, 30; cf.:

Lares bullati,

Petr. 60, 8; acc. to Plin. 33, 1, 4, § 10, first hung by Tarquinius Priscus upon the neck of his son; cf. also Macr. S. 1, 6, 9 sqq.; Plaut. Rud. 4, 4, 127; Liv. 26, 36, 5; Prop. 4 (5), 1, 131; Suet. Caes. 84; Flor. 2, 6, 24.—From the Etruscan custom, called Etruscum aurum, Juv. 5, 163.—Hence the phrase bullā dignus for childish:

senior bullā dignissime,

Juv. 13, 33.—It was also hung upon the forehead of favorite animals, Ov. M. 10, 114.

Cĕrĕālis ( Cĕrĭālis; cf. Serv.ad Verg. A. 1, 177; so Cic. Att. 2, 12, 2 and 4 Orell.), e, adj. [Ceres].

Pertaining to Ceres, devoted to her, and, meton., pertaining to the cultivation of land, grain, or agriculture:

nemus,

sacred to Ceres, Ov. M. 8, 741:

sacrum,

id. Am. 3, 10, 1:

Eleusin,

id. F. 4, 507; id. M. 7, 439 (cf. Mel. 2, 3, 4:

Eleusin Cereri consecrata): papaver (as her symbolic attribute),

Verg. G. 1, 212 Heyne; Col. 10, 314:

cenae,

i. e. splendid, like those at the festivals of Ceres, Plaut. Men. 1, 1, 25:

sulci,

Ov. Tr. 3, 12, 11:

munera,

id. M. 11, 121; 13, 639:

dona,

id. ib. 11, 122; id. F. 1, 683; 6, 391 (cf.:

dona Cereris,

id. M. 5, 655):

herbae,

id. F. 4, 911:

libum,

id. ib. 1, 127:

semina,

id. M. 1, 123:

culmus,

Verg. G. 2, 517:

arma,

i. e. the implements for grinding and baking, id. A. 1, 177:

solum,

i. e. the cake laid on the ground, id. ib. 7, 111 (cf. id. ib. v. 109): aediles, who had the superintendence of provisions; v. aedilis fin. —Hence,

Subst.: Cĕrĕālĭa, ium, n. (also in appos.:

Cerealia ludi,

Liv. 30, 39, 8; cf.: Megalesia ludi, al.), the festival of Ceres, celebrated on the 10 th of April, Cic. Att. 2, 12, 2 and 4; Varr. L. L. 6, § 15 Müll.; Ov. F. 4, 619; cf. id. ib. 389 sq.—

A Roman cognomen, Mart. 4, 8; 12, 52.

Cĕrĕālis ( Cĕrĭālis; cf. Serv.ad Verg. A. 1, 177; so Cic. Att. 2, 12, 2 and 4 Orell.), e, adj. [Ceres].

Pertaining to Ceres, devoted to her, and, meton., pertaining to the cultivation of land, grain, or agriculture:

nemus,

sacred to Ceres, Ov. M. 8, 741:

sacrum,

id. Am. 3, 10, 1:

Eleusin,

id. F. 4, 507; id. M. 7, 439 (cf. Mel. 2, 3, 4:

Eleusin Cereri consecrata): papaver (as her symbolic attribute),

Verg. G. 1, 212 Heyne; Col. 10, 314:

cenae,

i. e. splendid, like those at the festivals of Ceres, Plaut. Men. 1, 1, 25:

sulci,

Ov. Tr. 3, 12, 11:

munera,

id. M. 11, 121; 13, 639:

dona,

id. ib. 11, 122; id. F. 1, 683; 6, 391 (cf.:

dona Cereris,

id. M. 5, 655):

herbae,

id. F. 4, 911:

libum,

id. ib. 1, 127:

semina,

id. M. 1, 123:

culmus,

Verg. G. 2, 517:

arma,

i. e. the implements for grinding and baking, id. A. 1, 177:

solum,

i. e. the cake laid on the ground, id. ib. 7, 111 (cf. id. ib. v. 109): aediles, who had the superintendence of provisions; v. aedilis fin. —Hence,

Subst.: Cĕrĕālĭa, ium, n. (also in appos.:

Cerealia ludi,

Liv. 30, 39, 8; cf.: Megalesia ludi, al.), the festival of Ceres, celebrated on the 10 th of April, Cic. Att. 2, 12, 2 and 4; Varr. L. L. 6, § 15 Müll.; Ov. F. 4, 619; cf. id. ib. 389 sq.—

A Roman cognomen, Mart. 4, 8; 12, 52.

Cĕrĕālis ( Cĕrĭālis; cf. Serv.ad Verg. A. 1, 177; so Cic. Att. 2, 12, 2 and 4 Orell.), e, adj. [Ceres].

Pertaining to Ceres, devoted to her, and, meton., pertaining to the cultivation of land, grain, or agriculture:

nemus,

sacred to Ceres, Ov. M. 8, 741:

sacrum,

id. Am. 3, 10, 1:

Eleusin,

id. F. 4, 507; id. M. 7, 439 (cf. Mel. 2, 3, 4:

Eleusin Cereri consecrata): papaver (as her symbolic attribute),

Verg. G. 1, 212 Heyne; Col. 10, 314:

cenae,

i. e. splendid, like those at the festivals of Ceres, Plaut. Men. 1, 1, 25:

sulci,

Ov. Tr. 3, 12, 11:

munera,

id. M. 11, 121; 13, 639:

dona,

id. ib. 11, 122; id. F. 1, 683; 6, 391 (cf.:

dona Cereris,

id. M. 5, 655):

herbae,

id. F. 4, 911:

libum,

id. ib. 1, 127:

semina,

id. M. 1, 123:

culmus,

Verg. G. 2, 517:

arma,

i. e. the implements for grinding and baking, id. A. 1, 177:

solum,

i. e. the cake laid on the ground, id. ib. 7, 111 (cf. id. ib. v. 109): aediles, who had the superintendence of provisions; v. aedilis fin. —Hence,

Subst.: Cĕrĕālĭa, ium, n. (also in appos.:

Cerealia ludi,

Liv. 30, 39, 8; cf.: Megalesia ludi, al.), the festival of Ceres, celebrated on the 10 th of April, Cic. Att. 2, 12, 2 and 4; Varr. L. L. 6, § 15 Müll.; Ov. F. 4, 619; cf. id. ib. 389 sq.—

A Roman cognomen, Mart. 4, 8; 12, 52.

cĭnis, ĕris, m. (in sing. fem., Lucr. 4, 926; Cat. 68, 90; 101, 4; Caesar, acc. to Non. p. 198, 11; Calvus ap. Non. l. l. and ap. Charis; p. 78 p; App. M. 9, 12, p. 222; Scrib. c. 226; 230; 232; 245, Ser. c. 44; Aus. Parent 27, 3; Inscr. Orell 4479; cf. Neue, Formenl. 1, p. 657; access. form: hoc cĭnus, Gloss. Labb.;

Sicul. Flacc. p. 140, 17,

Agrim. p. 308, 3; p. 308, 5; cf. Lachm. ad Lucr 2, p. 190, and a nom. cĭ-ner is mentioned by Prisc. 5, p. 688: 6, p. 707) [kindr with konis; cf. also naucus], ashes,

In gen. (while favilla is usually the ashes that is light like dust, or is still glowing; cf.:

corporis favillam ab reliquo separant cinere,

Plin. 19, 1, 4, § 19: cinis e [p. 333] favillā et carbonibus ad calfaciendum triclinium illatis exstinctus et jam diu frigidus exarsit repente, Suet. Tib. 74), Lucr. 1, 872; cf. id. 1, 890, and 4, 927; Cato ap. Charis. p. 78 P.; Suet. Tib. 74; Col. 2, 15, 6; 11, 3, 28; 12, 22, 1; Hor. C. 4, 13, 28.—

From the use of ashes for scouring vessels, the proverb is derived:

hujus sermo haut cinerem quaeritat,

Plaut. Mil. 4, 2, 10. —

Esp.

The ashes of a corpse that is burned; so very freq. in both numbers; in plur. esp. freq. in the poets and postAug. prose.

In sing.:

cur hunc dolorem cineri ejus atque ossibus inussisti?

Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 44, § 113:

ex tuā calamitate cinere atque ossibus filii sui solacium reportare,

id. ib. 2, 5, 49, §

128: dare poenas cineri atque ossibus clarissimi viri,

id. Phil. 13, 10, 22:

obsecravit per fratris sui mortui cinerem,

id. Quint. 31, 97 (cf. in plur.:

jura per patroni tui cineres,

Quint. 9, 2, 95); Cat. 101, 4; Tib. 1, 3, 7; Verg. A. 3, 303; 4, 623; 10, 828; 11, 211; Hor. Epod. 17, 33; Ov. M. 7, 521; 12, 615; Sil. 8, 129.— Poet. for death, or the person after death:

Troja virūm et virtutum omnium acerba cinis,

Cat. 68, 90:

et cedo invidiae, dummodo absolvar cinis,

i. e. after my death, Phaedr. 3, 9, 4:

et mea cum mutuo fata querar cinere,

Tib. 2, 6, 34:

nunc non cinis ille poëtae Felix?

Pers. 1, 36: post cinerem ( after burning the corpse) cineres haustos ad pectora pressant, Ov. M. 8, 538.—Figuratively:

cineri nunc medicina datur,

i. e. when it is too late, Prop. 2 (3), 14, 16.—

In plur., Cat. 68, 98; Verg. A. 5, 55:

expedit matris cineres opertos Fallere,

Hor. C. 2, 8, 9; id. A. P. 471; Ov. M. 13, 426; Suet, Calig. 15; Quint. 7, 9, 5; 9, 2, 95; Inscr. Orell. 4834 al.—

The ruins of a city laid waste and reduced to ashes:

cineres patriae,

Verg. A. 10, 59:

patriae cinis,

Auct. Her. 4, 8, 12; cf. Ov. M. 2, 216.—

Trop., an emblem of destruction, ruin, annihilation:

si argentum'st, omne id ut fiat cinis,

Plaut. Rud. 4, 7, 31:

quicquid erat nactus praedae majoris, ubi omne Verterat in fumum et cinerem,

i. e. had consumed, spent, Hor. Ep. 1, 15, 39; cf. Tib. 1, 9, 12; Ov. Tr. 5, 12, 68.

cĭnis, ĕris, m. (in sing. fem., Lucr. 4, 926; Cat. 68, 90; 101, 4; Caesar, acc. to Non. p. 198, 11; Calvus ap. Non. l. l. and ap. Charis; p. 78 p; App. M. 9, 12, p. 222; Scrib. c. 226; 230; 232; 245, Ser. c. 44; Aus. Parent 27, 3; Inscr. Orell 4479; cf. Neue, Formenl. 1, p. 657; access. form: hoc cĭnus, Gloss. Labb.;

Sicul. Flacc. p. 140, 17,

Agrim. p. 308, 3; p. 308, 5; cf. Lachm. ad Lucr 2, p. 190, and a nom. cĭ-ner is mentioned by Prisc. 5, p. 688: 6, p. 707) [kindr with konis; cf. also naucus], ashes,

In gen. (while favilla is usually the ashes that is light like dust, or is still glowing; cf.:

corporis favillam ab reliquo separant cinere,

Plin. 19, 1, 4, § 19: cinis e [p. 333] favillā et carbonibus ad calfaciendum triclinium illatis exstinctus et jam diu frigidus exarsit repente, Suet. Tib. 74), Lucr. 1, 872; cf. id. 1, 890, and 4, 927; Cato ap. Charis. p. 78 P.; Suet. Tib. 74; Col. 2, 15, 6; 11, 3, 28; 12, 22, 1; Hor. C. 4, 13, 28.—

From the use of ashes for scouring vessels, the proverb is derived:

hujus sermo haut cinerem quaeritat,

Plaut. Mil. 4, 2, 10. —

Esp.

The ashes of a corpse that is burned; so very freq. in both numbers; in plur. esp. freq. in the poets and postAug. prose.

In sing.:

cur hunc dolorem cineri ejus atque ossibus inussisti?

Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 44, § 113:

ex tuā calamitate cinere atque ossibus filii sui solacium reportare,

id. ib. 2, 5, 49, §

128: dare poenas cineri atque ossibus clarissimi viri,

id. Phil. 13, 10, 22:

obsecravit per fratris sui mortui cinerem,

id. Quint. 31, 97 (cf. in plur.:

jura per patroni tui cineres,

Quint. 9, 2, 95); Cat. 101, 4; Tib. 1, 3, 7; Verg. A. 3, 303; 4, 623; 10, 828; 11, 211; Hor. Epod. 17, 33; Ov. M. 7, 521; 12, 615; Sil. 8, 129.— Poet. for death, or the person after death:

Troja virūm et virtutum omnium acerba cinis,

Cat. 68, 90:

et cedo invidiae, dummodo absolvar cinis,

i. e. after my death, Phaedr. 3, 9, 4:

et mea cum mutuo fata querar cinere,

Tib. 2, 6, 34:

nunc non cinis ille poëtae Felix?

Pers. 1, 36: post cinerem ( after burning the corpse) cineres haustos ad pectora pressant, Ov. M. 8, 538.—Figuratively:

cineri nunc medicina datur,

i. e. when it is too late, Prop. 2 (3), 14, 16.—

In plur., Cat. 68, 98; Verg. A. 5, 55:

expedit matris cineres opertos Fallere,

Hor. C. 2, 8, 9; id. A. P. 471; Ov. M. 13, 426; Suet, Calig. 15; Quint. 7, 9, 5; 9, 2, 95; Inscr. Orell. 4834 al.—

The ruins of a city laid waste and reduced to ashes:

cineres patriae,

Verg. A. 10, 59:

patriae cinis,

Auct. Her. 4, 8, 12; cf. Ov. M. 2, 216.—

Trop., an emblem of destruction, ruin, annihilation:

si argentum'st, omne id ut fiat cinis,

Plaut. Rud. 4, 7, 31:

quicquid erat nactus praedae majoris, ubi omne Verterat in fumum et cinerem,

i. e. had consumed, spent, Hor. Ep. 1, 15, 39; cf. Tib. 1, 9, 12; Ov. Tr. 5, 12, 68.

cĭnis, ĕris, m. (in sing. fem., Lucr. 4, 926; Cat. 68, 90; 101, 4; Caesar, acc. to Non. p. 198, 11; Calvus ap. Non. l. l. and ap. Charis; p. 78 p; App. M. 9, 12, p. 222; Scrib. c. 226; 230; 232; 245, Ser. c. 44; Aus. Parent 27, 3; Inscr. Orell 4479; cf. Neue, Formenl. 1, p. 657; access. form: hoc cĭnus, Gloss. Labb.;

Sicul. Flacc. p. 140, 17,

Agrim. p. 308, 3; p. 308, 5; cf. Lachm. ad Lucr 2, p. 190, and a nom. cĭ-ner is mentioned by Prisc. 5, p. 688: 6, p. 707) [kindr with konis; cf. also naucus], ashes,

In gen. (while favilla is usually the ashes that is light like dust, or is still glowing; cf.:

corporis favillam ab reliquo separant cinere,

Plin. 19, 1, 4, § 19: cinis e [p. 333] favillā et carbonibus ad calfaciendum triclinium illatis exstinctus et jam diu frigidus exarsit repente, Suet. Tib. 74), Lucr. 1, 872; cf. id. 1, 890, and 4, 927; Cato ap. Charis. p. 78 P.; Suet. Tib. 74; Col. 2, 15, 6; 11, 3, 28; 12, 22, 1; Hor. C. 4, 13, 28.—

From the use of ashes for scouring vessels, the proverb is derived:

hujus sermo haut cinerem quaeritat,

Plaut. Mil. 4, 2, 10. —

Esp.

The ashes of a corpse that is burned; so very freq. in both numbers; in plur. esp. freq. in the poets and postAug. prose.

In sing.:

cur hunc dolorem cineri ejus atque ossibus inussisti?

Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 44, § 113:

ex tuā calamitate cinere atque ossibus filii sui solacium reportare,

id. ib. 2, 5, 49, §

128: dare poenas cineri atque ossibus clarissimi viri,

id. Phil. 13, 10, 22:

obsecravit per fratris sui mortui cinerem,

id. Quint. 31, 97 (cf. in plur.:

jura per patroni tui cineres,

Quint. 9, 2, 95); Cat. 101, 4; Tib. 1, 3, 7; Verg. A. 3, 303; 4, 623; 10, 828; 11, 211; Hor. Epod. 17, 33; Ov. M. 7, 521; 12, 615; Sil. 8, 129.— Poet. for death, or the person after death:

Troja virūm et virtutum omnium acerba cinis,

Cat. 68, 90:

et cedo invidiae, dummodo absolvar cinis,

i. e. after my death, Phaedr. 3, 9, 4:

et mea cum mutuo fata querar cinere,

Tib. 2, 6, 34:

nunc non cinis ille poëtae Felix?

Pers. 1, 36: post cinerem ( after burning the corpse) cineres haustos ad pectora pressant, Ov. M. 8, 538.—Figuratively:

cineri nunc medicina datur,

i. e. when it is too late, Prop. 2 (3), 14, 16.—

In plur., Cat. 68, 98; Verg. A. 5, 55:

expedit matris cineres opertos Fallere,

Hor. C. 2, 8, 9; id. A. P. 471; Ov. M. 13, 426; Suet, Calig. 15; Quint. 7, 9, 5; 9, 2, 95; Inscr. Orell. 4834 al.—

The ruins of a city laid waste and reduced to ashes:

cineres patriae,

Verg. A. 10, 59:

patriae cinis,

Auct. Her. 4, 8, 12; cf. Ov. M. 2, 216.—

Trop., an emblem of destruction, ruin, annihilation:

si argentum'st, omne id ut fiat cinis,

Plaut. Rud. 4, 7, 31:

quicquid erat nactus praedae majoris, ubi omne Verterat in fumum et cinerem,

i. e. had consumed, spent, Hor. Ep. 1, 15, 39; cf. Tib. 1, 9, 12; Ov. Tr. 5, 12, 68.

cī̆trus, i [prob. a mutilation of kedros, cedrus].

The citrus, an African tree (hence Atlantis silva, Luc. 10, 144, and Massyla robora, Stat. S. 3, 3, 94), whose very fragrant wood (v. citrum) was used in making household furniture, and was prized very highly, Plin. 13, 15, 29, § 91 sq.; 13, 16, 30, § 100; Varr R. R. 3, 2, 4; Luc. 9, 428; cf. citreus, I. and citrum.—

The citrontree (also called malus Medica, Persica, etc.), Citrus Medica, Linn., whose fruit and leaves were laid between the folds of clothing to preserve it from worms;

and also used as a counter-poison,

Plin. 12, 3, 7, § 14 sq.; cf. id. 13, 16, 31, § 103; Cloat. and Opp. ap. Macr. S. 2, 15; Pall. Mart. 10, 16; cf. Serv. ad Verg. G. 2, 126.

clĭpĕus (in inscrr. and MSS. also clŭp- and clyp-), i, m. ( clĭpĕum, i, n., Verg. A. 9, 709; Liv. 1, 43, 2; 34, 52, 5; 35, 10, 12; 38, 35, 5; 40, 51, 3; Licin. et Laber. ap. Non. p. 196, 22 sq. al.) [root in clepo].

The round brazen shield of Roman soldiers (diff. from scutum, which was oval, and made of wood covered with bull's hide; cf. Dict. of Antiq. p. 268 sq.), Enn. ap. Varr. L. L. 7, § 93 Müll.; id. ap. Prisc. p. 838 P. (Enn. Ann. 364 Vahl.); Plaut. Trin. 2, 4, 195; 3, 2, 93; id. Truc. 2, 6, 25; Cic. Fin. 2, 30, 97; id. Div. 1, 44, 99; id. Tusc. 1, 15, 34; id. de Or. 2, 17, 73; Nep. Iphic. 1, 3; Liv. 1, 43, 2; 8, 8, 3; 9, 19, 7; Verg. A. 2, 443; 7, 626; 8, 447; Hor. C. 1, 28, 11; Ov. M. 8, 27; 12, 621.—Prov.:

clipeum post vulnera sumere,

i. e. to do something when it is too late, Ov. Tr. 1, 3, 35. —

Trop., a shield, protection, defence, Claud. IV. Cons. Hon. 433.—

Meton., of objects in the form of a shield. *

The vault of heaven: in altisono caeli clupeo, Enn. ap. Varr. L. L. 7, § 73 Müll.—

The disk of the sun, Ov. M. 15, 192.—

A round meteor:

clipei et vastorum imagines ignium,

Sen. Q. N. 1, 1, 15; 7, 20, 2; Plin. 2, 34, 34, § 100.—But esp. freq.,

A bust of the gods or distinguished men, represented upon a shield-formed surface (of gold, silver, etc., skilfully prepared, and often laid up as sacred gifts in the temples; so mostly in neutr. form; v. supra init.):

scutis qualibus apud Trojam pugnatum est, continebantur imagines, unde et nomen habuere clipeorum,

Plin. 35, 3, 4, § 13; Liv. 25, 39, 13; 35, 10, 12; Tac. A. 2, 83; Suet. Calig. 16; id. Dom. 23; Dig. 9, 3, 5 fin. —

Clipeum antiqui ob rotunditatem etiam corium bovis appellarunt, in quo foedus Gabinorum cum Romanis fuerat descriptum, Paul. ex Fest. p. 56 Müll. (cf. the same use of hoplon, Corp. Inscr. Graec. II. p. 664).

clĭpĕus (in inscrr. and MSS. also clŭp- and clyp-), i, m. ( clĭpĕum, i, n., Verg. A. 9, 709; Liv. 1, 43, 2; 34, 52, 5; 35, 10, 12; 38, 35, 5; 40, 51, 3; Licin. et Laber. ap. Non. p. 196, 22 sq. al.) [root in clepo].

The round brazen shield of Roman soldiers (diff. from scutum, which was oval, and made of wood covered with bull's hide; cf. Dict. of Antiq. p. 268 sq.), Enn. ap. Varr. L. L. 7, § 93 Müll.; id. ap. Prisc. p. 838 P. (Enn. Ann. 364 Vahl.); Plaut. Trin. 2, 4, 195; 3, 2, 93; id. Truc. 2, 6, 25; Cic. Fin. 2, 30, 97; id. Div. 1, 44, 99; id. Tusc. 1, 15, 34; id. de Or. 2, 17, 73; Nep. Iphic. 1, 3; Liv. 1, 43, 2; 8, 8, 3; 9, 19, 7; Verg. A. 2, 443; 7, 626; 8, 447; Hor. C. 1, 28, 11; Ov. M. 8, 27; 12, 621.—Prov.:

clipeum post vulnera sumere,

i. e. to do something when it is too late, Ov. Tr. 1, 3, 35. —

Trop., a shield, protection, defence, Claud. IV. Cons. Hon. 433.—

Meton., of objects in the form of a shield. *

The vault of heaven: in altisono caeli clupeo, Enn. ap. Varr. L. L. 7, § 73 Müll.—

The disk of the sun, Ov. M. 15, 192.—

A round meteor:

clipei et vastorum imagines ignium,

Sen. Q. N. 1, 1, 15; 7, 20, 2; Plin. 2, 34, 34, § 100.—But esp. freq.,

A bust of the gods or distinguished men, represented upon a shield-formed surface (of gold, silver, etc., skilfully prepared, and often laid up as sacred gifts in the temples; so mostly in neutr. form; v. supra init.):

scutis qualibus apud Trojam pugnatum est, continebantur imagines, unde et nomen habuere clipeorum,

Plin. 35, 3, 4, § 13; Liv. 25, 39, 13; 35, 10, 12; Tac. A. 2, 83; Suet. Calig. 16; id. Dom. 23; Dig. 9, 3, 5 fin. —

Clipeum antiqui ob rotunditatem etiam corium bovis appellarunt, in quo foedus Gabinorum cum Romanis fuerat descriptum, Paul. ex Fest. p. 56 Müll. (cf. the same use of hoplon, Corp. Inscr. Graec. II. p. 664).

comprĕhensĭbĭlis ( conp-), e, adj. [comprehendo], that can be seized or laid hold of (very rare; prob. first used by Cic.).

Prop.:

comprehensibile et solidum corpus,

Lact. 7, 12, 2.—As subst.: comprĕ-hensĭbĭle, is, n. (opp. incomprehensibile), Tert. Apol. 48.—

Trop.

Perceptible by the senses, evident:

comprehensibilia oculis foramina,

Sen. Q. N. 6, 24, 1.—

Perceptible to the mind, conceivable, intelligible: id autem visum, cum ipsum per se cerneretur, comprehensibile, feretis haec? Nos vero, inquit, quonam enim modo katalêpton diceres? etc., * Cic. Ac. 1, 11, 41:

natura non comprehensibilis,

Cels. 1 pr. §

46: causae,

Arn. 1, p. 37.

comprĕhensĭbĭlis ( conp-), e, adj. [comprehendo], that can be seized or laid hold of (very rare; prob. first used by Cic.).

Prop.:

comprehensibile et solidum corpus,

Lact. 7, 12, 2.—As subst.: comprĕ-hensĭbĭle, is, n. (opp. incomprehensibile), Tert. Apol. 48.—

Trop.

Perceptible by the senses, evident:

comprehensibilia oculis foramina,

Sen. Q. N. 6, 24, 1.—

Perceptible to the mind, conceivable, intelligible: id autem visum, cum ipsum per se cerneretur, comprehensibile, feretis haec? Nos vero, inquit, quonam enim modo katalêpton diceres? etc., * Cic. Ac. 1, 11, 41:

natura non comprehensibilis,

Cels. 1 pr. §

46: causae,

Arn. 1, p. 37.