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  • 41 curvo

    curvo, āvī, ātum, āre (curvus), krümmen, biegen (beugen), runden, wölben, refl. se curvare u. im Passiv medial curvari, sich krümmen usw., Partiz. curvātus, gekrümmt usw., acies (Schneide) curvatur, Col.: arbor curvatur, der Mastbaum biegt sich (beim Sturm), Plin. ep.: aber adoptatis curvetur frugibus arbos, Col. poët.: pondere serpentis curvatur arbor, Ov.: c. brachia longo circuitu (v. Skorpion), Ov.: c. brachia aliter (v. Krebse), Ov.: crura pinnigero curvata novissima pisce, die Schenkel ganz unten gekrümmt am flossigen Fisch = in einen flossigen Fischschwanz gekrümmt, Ov.: cuspis curvata (s. cuspis no. I, b), Ov.: curvata glandibus ilex, durch die Last der Eicheln, Ov.: v. Pers., curvati (= onusti) pabulo, Frontin. 2, 5, 31: rotundas curvat aper lances, macht unter seiner Last sich biegen, Hor.: c. laminam, Plin.: curvari manus (coeperunt) et aduncos crescere in ungues, Ov.: plerique rami instar ingentium stipitum flexi in humum, rursus, quā se curvaverant, erigebantur, Curt.: cum nux plurima curvabit ramos, durch ihre Last sich biegen machen, Verg.: c. trabes (Baumstämme, v. Räuber Sinis), Ov.: ubi supra terram iuxta suum adminiculum vitis curvatur, Col. – m. Advv. (wie?), copidas vocabant gladios leviter curvatos, falcibus similes, Curt.: orbis (Kreis, Ring) curvatus aequaliter, Vell. – m. Advv. od. m. in
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    u. Akk. (wohinwärts?), crocodilo priora genua post curvantur, posteriora in priorem partem, Plin.: insectorum quorundam pedes externi longiores foris curvantur, Plin.: aves alas in priora curvant, suffraginem in posteriora, Plin.: os paululum in interiora curvatum, Cels.: palma in diversum curvatur, Plin.: rami imi ficus in terram curvantur, Plin. – m. in u. Akk. (wohin? = in welche Gestalt?), cucumeres in hamos curvati, Plin.: digiti curvantur in ungues, Ov.: cubiculum in absida curvatum, ein Z. von elliptischer Form, Plin. ep. – m. in u. Akk. (wozu?), curvatae in sua fata trabes, die zu seinem Untergange (Morde) gekrümmten Baumstämme (des Räubers Sinis), Prop. 3, 22, 38.
    So nun bes.: a) v. gekrümmten Laufe der Gebirge, Küsten, Meerbusen, Gewässer, curvare se od. curvari, sich krümmen, iugum montis... velut sinu quodam flexuque curvatum, Curt.: ora ipsa Bospori utrimque ex Asia atque Europa curvatur in Maeotim, Plin.: Codanus ingens sinus... curvans se subinde, Mela: pontus Euxinus... magno litorum flexu retro curvatus in cornua ab his utrimque porrigitur, ut sit plane arcus Scythici forma, Plin.: Etymandrus crebris flexibus subinde curvatus, Curt. – b) v. wogenden Wassermassen, curvari, sich krümmen = sich aufwölben, curvātus, gekrümmt, gewölbt (vgl. κυρτον κῦμα), cumulus immanis aquarum in montis speciem curvatur,
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    Ov.: illum curvata in montis faciem circumstetit unda, Verb.: tollimur in caelum curvato gurgite, Verg. – c) vom Krümmen, Bücken des Körpers, des Rückens, Beugen des Nackens, der Knie, c. cervicem alcis, Vulg.: c. collum, Verg.: c. genua sua, Verg.: c. genu deo (vor G.), Vulg.: pacem curvatis genibus orare, Amm.: homo ad necessaria opera curvatur, bückt sich (Ggstz. rectus insistit), Cels.: toto curvatus corpore (beim Tragen einer Last), Stat.: quid autem non intellegit nefas esse rectum animal (der Mensch) curvari, ut adoret terram, Lact.: primo curvatus (sich tief verneigend, tief gebückt), deinde humi suppliciter fusus, Amm. – bes. durchs Alter, nec nostrum seri curvarent Aeacon anni, Ov.: anus quaedam curvata gravi senio, Apul.: curvata senio membra, Tac. – u. übtr., quamvis neque te munera nec preces... nec vir Pieriā paelice saucius curvat, dir den Nacken beugt, Hor. carm. 3, 10, 13 sqq. – d) v. Monde usw., se curvare in cornua, Curt.: luna curvata in cornua falcis, Plin.: vitulus fronte curvatos imitatus ignes (die gekr. Flammen = die flammende Sichel) tertium lunae referentes ortum, Hor. – e) prägn.: α) krümmen = krümmend spannen, arcum manu, Stat.: cornu (Bogen aus Horn), Ov.: u. so opposito genu flexile cornu, Ov. – β) etw. krümmen = etw., was gekrümmt, bogenförmig ist, bilden, schaffen, bimulus bima curvans iam cornua fronte (an der St.), Verg.:
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    cornua nec valuit curvare in paelice Iuno, an dem Kebsweibe H. kr. = das K. durch H. entstellen, Prop.: in quocumque frutice (aspalathi) curvatur arcus caelestis, Plin. – Hadria (adriat. Meer) curvans Calabros sinus, Hor.: portus ab Euroo fluctu in arcum curvatus, bogenförmig ausgehöhlt, Verg. – u. vom Kreisen in der Bewegung, (deus ales) iter non agit in rectum (geradeaus), sed in orbem curvat eundem, gibt seinem Fluge immer dieselbe Kreisbewegung, kreist in derselben Krümmung, Ov.: turbo (Kreisel) actus habenā curvatis fertur spatiis, fährt in kreisenden Bahnen umher, Verg.

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  • 42 ad

       ad praep. with acc.    [cf. Eng. at].—Of approach (opp. to ab, as in to ex).    I. In space, to, toward: retorquet oculos ad urbem: una pars vergit ad septentriones, Cs.: tendens ad sidera palmas, V. —Fig.: ad alia vitia propensior, more inclined to. —Esp., ad dextram, sinistram, or laevam, to or on the right or left: ito ad dextram, T.: alqd ad dextram conspicere, Cs.: non rectā regione... sed ad laevam, L.—Designating the goal, to, toward: ad ripam convenire, Cs.: vocari ad cenam, H.: ad se adferre: reticulum ad narīs sibi admovebat (cf. accedit ad urbem, he approaches the city; and, accedit provinciae, it is added to the province).— Ad me, te, se, for domum meam, tuam, suam (in T. freq.): eamus ad me, T. — With gen., ellipt.: ad Dianae, to the temple of, T.: ad Castoris currere. — Used for dat: litteras dare ad aliquem, to write one a letter (cf. litteras dare alicui, to give a letter to one): domum ad te scribere: ad primam (epistulam) scribere, to answer.—Hence, librum ad aliquem mittere, scribere, to dedicate a book to one. —In titles, ad aliquem signifies to, addressed to.— With names of towns, ad answers to Whither? for the simple acc., i. e. to the vicinity of, to the neighborhood of: ad Aquinum accedere, approach: ut cum suis copiis iret ad Mutinam. — Of hostile movement or protection, against (cf. adversus): veniri ad se existimantes, Cs.: ipse ad hostem vehitur, N.: Romulus ad regem impetum facit (cf. in), L.: clipeos ad tela protecti obiciunt, V.: ad hos casūs provisa praesidia, Cs.—In war, of manner of fighting: ad pedes pugna venerat, was fought out on foot, L.: equitem ad pedes deducere, L.: pugna ad gladios venerat, L. — Emphatic of distance, to, even to, all the way to: a Salonis ad Oricum portūs... occupavit, Cs.: usque a Dianis ad Sinopum navigare. — Fig.: deverberasse usque ad necem, T.: virgis ad necem caedi.—Of nearness or proximity in gen. (cf. apud), near to, by, at, close by: ad forīs adsistere: Ianum ad infimum Argiletum fecit, L.: quod Romanis ad manum domi supplementum esset, at hand, L.: errantem ad flumina, V.; and ellipt.: pecunia utinam ad Opis maneret! — Of persons: qui primum pilum ad Caesarem duxerat, Cs.: ad me fuit, at my house: ad inferos poenas parricidi luent, among.—So, fig.: ad omnīs nationes sanctum, in the judgment of, Cs.: ut esset ad posteros monumentum, etc., L.: ad urbem esse (of a general outside of the walls): ad urbem cum imperio remanere, Cs.—With names of towns and verbs of rest: pons, qui erat ad Genavam, Cs.; and with an ordinal number and lapis: sepultus ad quintum lapidem, N.—    II. In time, about, toward: domum reductus ad vesperum, toward evening.—Till, until, to, even to, up to: usque ad hanc aetatem: ad multam noctem: amant ad quoddam tempus, until: quem ad finem? how long: ad quartam (sc. horam), H. — Hence, ad id (sc. tempus), till then: ad id dubios servare animos, L.— At, on, in, by: ad horam destinatam, at the appointed hour: frumentum ad diem dare. —    III. In number or amount, near, near to, almost, about, toward (cf. circiter): talenta ad quindecim coëgi, T.: annos ad quadraginta natus.—Adverb.: occisis ad hominum milibus quattuor, Cs.: ad duo milia et trecenti occisi, L.—Of a limit, to, unto, even to (rare): (viaticum) ad assem perdere, to the last farthing, H.: ad denarium solvere. —Esp., ad unum, to a single one, without exception: omnes ad unum idem sentiunt: exosus ad unum Troianos, V. —    IV. In other relations, with regard to, in respect of, in relation to, as to, to, in: ad honorem antecellere: nihil ad rem pertinet.—Ellipt.: rectene an secus, nihil ad nos: Quid ad praetorem? quid ad rem? i. e. what difference does it make? H.: quibus (auxiliaribus) ad pugnam confidebat, Cs.: ad speciem ornatus, ad sensum acerbus: mentis ad omnia caecitas: ad cetera paene gemelli, H.: facultas ad dicendum.—With words denoting measure, weight, manner, model, rule, etc., according to, agreeably to, after: taleis ad certum pondus examinatis, Cs.: ad cursūs lunae describit annum, L.: canere ad tibiam: carmen castigare ad unguem, to perfection (see unguis), H.: ad istorum normam sapientes: ad specus angustiae vallium (i. e. ad specuum similitudinem angustae valles), Cs. — With the cause or reason, according to, at, on, in consequence of, for, in order to: ad horum proces in Boeotiam duxit, on their entreaty, L.: dictis ad fallendum instructis, L.: causae ad discordiam, to produce dissension, T.: ad facinora incendere, S.: ad speciem tabernaculis relictis, for appearance, Cs.: ad id, for this use, as a means to that end, L.: ad id ipsum, for that my purpose, L.: delecto milite ad navīs, marines, L.: puer ad cyathum statuetur, H.: biiugi ad frena leones, yoked in pairs with bits, V.: res quae sunt ad incendia, Cs.: ad communem salutem utilius.—In comparison, to, compared with, in comparison with: terra ad universi caeli complexum: nihil ad tuum equitatum, Caesar.—    V. In adverbial phrases, ad omnia, withal, to crown all: ad omnia tantum advehi auri, etc., L.—Ad hoc and ad haec, moreover, besides, in addition: ad hoc, quos... postremo omnes, quos, etc., S. — Ad id quod, beside that (rare): ad id quod... indignitate etiam Romani accendebantur, L. — Ad tempus, at a definite, fixed time, C., L.; at a fit, appropriate time, L.; for some time, for a short time, L.; according to circumstances. — Ad praesens, for the moment, for a short time.—Ad locum, on the spot: ut ad locum miles esset paratus, L.—Ad verbum, word for word, literally. — Ad summam, on the whole, generally, in general; in a word, in short, C., H.—Ad extremum, ad ultimum, ad postremum, at the end, finally, at last; of place, at the extremity, at the top, at the end: ad extremum (teli) unde ferrum exstabat, L.; of time, at last, finally: ad extremum incipit philosophari; of order, finally, lastly; to the last degree, quite, L. — Quem ad finem? to what limit? how far? how long? Note.—a. Ad rarely follows its acc: quam ad, T.: quos ad, C.: ripam ad Araxis, Ta.—b. In composition, ad- stands before vowels, b, d, f, h, i consonant, m, n, q, v, and mostly before l, r, s; acbefore c; but very often ad- before cl-, cr-, and cu-; ag- or ad- before g; ap- or ad- before p; atbefore t; but a- or ad- before gn, sp, sc, st.
    * * *
    I II
    to, up to, towards; near, at; until, on, by; almost; according to; about w/NUM

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  • 43 (posterus)

        (posterus) adj. with comp. posterior, us, and sup. postremus    [post].    I. Posit. (not used in sing. nom m.), coming after, following, next, ensuing, subsequent, future: cum ibi diem posterum commoraretur: postero die, S.: posterā nocte, N.: postera aetas, H.: posterā Crescam laude, in the esteem of posterity, H.— Plur m. as subst, coming generations, descendants, posterity: sic vestri posteri de vobis praedicabunt.—Ellipt.: quam minimum credula postero (sc. tempori), to-morrow, H.: in posterum oppugnationem differt, the next day, Cs.: in posterum (sc. tempus) confirmat, for the future, Cs.: longe in posterum prospicere.— As subst n., a sequence, result: posterum et consequens.—    II. Comp, that comes after, next in order, following, latter, later, posterior: ut cum priore (dicto) posterius cohaerere videatur: nec acumine posteriorum (oratorum), nec fulmine utens superiorum: Pars prior apparet, posteriora latent, O.: cogitationes, afterthoughts: quod prius ordine verbum est, Posterius facias, H.: Posterior partīs superat mensura priores, i. e. the bulk of the hinder parts, O.—Fig., inferior, of less account, of lower value, worse: nihil posterius, nihil nequius: non posteriores feram (sc. partīs), I shall not be behindhand, T.: utrum posterior an infelicior esset iudicare: quorum utrique patriae salus posterior suā dominatione fuit.—    III. Sup, hindmost, last, aftermost, rear: alia prima ponet, alia postrema: acies, S.: nec postrema cura, not the last, V.— Plur n. as subst, the last, rear: in agmine in primis modo, modo in postremis adesse, S.: non in postremis, especially (cf. in primis): Messapus primas acies, postrema coërcent Tyrrhidae iuvenes, V.—Fig., the last, lowest, basest, meanest, worst: genus: servitus postremum malorum omnium.

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  • 44 ad

    ad, prep. with acc. (from the fourth century after Christ written also at; Etrusc. suf. -a; Osc. az; Umbr. and Old Lat. ar, as [p. 27] in Eug. Tab., in S. C. de Bacch., as arveho for adveho; arfuerunt, arfuisse, for adfuerunt, etc.; arbiter for adbiter; so, ar me advenias, Plant. Truc. 2, 2, 17; cf. Prisc. 559 P.; Vel. Long. 2232 P.; Fabretti, Glos. Ital. col. 5) [cf. Sanscr. adhi; Goth. and Eng. at; Celt. pref. ar, as armor, i.e. ad mare; Rom. a].
    I.
    As antith. to ab (as in to ex), in a progressive order of relation, ad denotes, first, the direction toward an object; then the reaching of or attaining to it; and finally, the being at or near it.
    A.
    In space.
    1.
    Direction toward, to, toward, and first,
    a.
    Horizontally:

    fugere ad puppim colles campique videntur,

    the hills and fields appear to fly toward the ship, Lucr. 4, 390: meridie umbrae cadunt ad septentrionem, ortu vero ad occasum, to or toward the north and west, Plin. 2, 13, and so often of the geog. position of a place in reference to the points of compass, with the verbs jacere, vergere, spectare, etc.:

    Asia jacet ad meridiem et austrum, Europa ad septentriones et aquiionem,

    Varr. L. L. 5, § 31 Mull.;

    and in Plin. very freq.: Creta ad austrum... ad septentrionem versa, 4, 20: ad Atticam vergente, 4, 21 al.—Also trop.: animus alius ad alia vitia propensior,

    Cic. Tusc. 4, 37, 81.—
    b.
    In a direction upwards (esp. in the poets, very freq.): manusque sursum ad caelum sustulit, Naev. ap. Non. 116, 30 (B. Pun. p. 13, ed. Vahl.): manus ad caeli templa tendebam lacrimans, Enn. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 20, 40 (Ann. v. 50 ed. Vahl.); cf.:

    duplices tendens ad sidera palmas,

    Verg. A. 1, 93: molem ex profundo saxeam ad caelum vomit, Att. ap. Prisc. 1325 P.: clamor ad caelum volvendus, Enn. ap. Varr. L. L. 7, § 104 Mull. (Ann. v. 520 ed. Vahl.) (cf. with this: tollitur in caelum clamor, Enn. ap. Macr. S. 6, 1, or Ann. v. 422):

    ad caelumque ferat flammai fulgura rursum, of Aetna,

    Lucr. 1, 725; cf. id. 2, 191; 2, 325: sidera sola micant;

    ad quae sua bracchia tendens, etc.,

    Ov. M. 7, 188:

    altitudo pertingit ad caelum,

    Vulg. Dan. 4, 17.—
    c.
    Also in the direction downwards (for the usu. in):

    tardiore semper ad terras omnium quae geruntur in caelo effectu cadente quam visu,

    Plin. 2, 97, 99, § 216.
    2.
    The point or goal at which any thing arrives.
    a.
    Without reference to the space traversed in passing, to, toward (the most common use of this prep.): cum stupro redire ad suos popularis, Naev. ap. Fest. p. 317 Mull. (B. Pun. p. 14 ed. Vahl.):

    ut ex tam alto dignitatis gradu ad superos videatur potius quam ad inferos pervenisse,

    Cic. Lael. 3, 12: ad terras decidat aether, Lucan. 2, 58. —Hence,
    (α).
    With verbs which designate going, coming, moving, bearing, bringing near, adapting, taking, receiving, calling, exciting, admonishing, etc., when the verb is compounded with ad the prep. is not always repeated, but the constr. with the dat. or acc. employed; cf. Rudd. II. pp. 154, 175 n. (In the ante-class. per., and even in Cic., ad is generally repeated with most verbs, as, ad eos accedit, Cic. Sex. Rosc. 8:

    ad Sullam adire,

    id. ib. 25:

    ad se adferre,

    id. Verr. 4, 50:

    reticulum ad naris sibi admovebat,

    id. ib. 5, 27:

    ad laborem adhortantur,

    id. de Sen. 14:

    T. Vectium ad se arcessit,

    id. Verr. 5, 114; but the poets of the Aug. per., and the historians, esp. Tac., prefer the dative; also, when the compound verb contains merely the idea of approach, the constr. with ad and the acc. is employed; but when it designates increase, that with the dat. is more usual: accedit ad urbem, he approaches the city; but, accedit provinciae, it is added to the province.)—
    (β).
    Ad me, te, se, for domum meam, tuam, suam (in Plaut. and Ter. very freq.):

    oratus sum venire ad te huc,

    Plaut. Mil. 5, 1, 12: spectatores plaudite atque ite ad vos comissatum, id. Stich. fin.:

    eamus ad me,

    Ter. Eun. 3, 5, 64:

    ancillas traduce huc ad vos,

    id. Heaut. 4, 4, 22:

    transeundumst tibi ad Menedemum,

    id. 4, 4, 17: intro nos vocat ad sese, tenet intus apud se, Lucil. ap. Charis. p. 86 P.:

    te oro, ut ad me Vibonem statim venias,

    Cic. Att. 3, 3; 16, 10 al.—
    (γ).
    Ad, with the name of a deity in the gen., is elliptical for ad templum or aedem (cf.:

    Thespiadas, quae ad aedem Felicitatis sunt,

    Cic. Verr. 4, 4; id. Phil. 2, 35:

    in aedem Veneris,

    Plaut. Poen. 1, 2, 120;

    in aedem Concordiae,

    Cic. Cat. 3, 9, 21;

    2, 6, 12): ad Dianae,

    to the temple of, Ter. Ad. 4, 2, 43:

    ad Opis,

    Cic. Att. 8, 1, 14:

    ad Castoris,

    id. Quint. 17:

    ad Juturnae,

    id. Clu. 101:

    ad Vestae,

    Hor. S. 1, 9, 35 al.: cf. Rudd. II. p. 41, n. 4, and p. 334.—
    (δ).
    With verbs which denote a giving, sending, informing, submitting, etc., it is used for the simple dat. (Rudd. II. p. 175): litteras dare ad aliquem, to send or write one a letter; and: litteras dare alicui, to give a letter to one; hence Cic. never says, like Caesar and Sall., alicui scribere, which strictly means, to write for one (as a receipt, etc.), but always mittere, scribere, perscribere ad aliquem:

    postea ad pistores dabo,

    Plaut. As. 3, 3, 119:

    praecipe quae ad patrem vis nuntiari,

    id. Capt. 2, 2, 109:

    in servitutem pauperem ad divitem dare,

    Ter. Ph. 4, 3, 48:

    nam ad me Publ. Valerius scripsit,

    Cic. Fam. 14, 2 med.:

    de meis rebus ad Lollium perscripsi,

    id. ib. 5, 3:

    velim domum ad te scribas, ut mihi tui libri pateant,

    id. Att. 4, 14; cf. id. ib. 4, 16:

    ad primam (sc. epistulam) tibi hoc scribo,

    in answer to your first, id. ib. 3, 15, 2:

    ad Q. Fulvium Cons. Hirpini et Lucani dediderunt sese,

    Liv. 27, 15, 1; cf. id. 28, 22, 5.—Hence the phrase: mittere or scribere librum ad aliquem, to dedicate a book to one (Greek, prosphônein):

    has res ad te scriptas, Luci, misimus, Aeli,

    Lucil. Sat. 1, ap. Auct. Her. 4, 12:

    quae institueram, ad te mittam,

    Cic. Q. Fr. 3, 5: ego interea admonitu tuo perfeci sane argutulos libros ad Varronem;

    and soon after: mihi explices velim, maneasne in sententia, ut mittam ad eum quae scripsi,

    Cic. Att. 13, 18; cf. ib. 16; Plin. 1, 19.—So in titles of books: M. Tullii Ciceronis ad Marcum Brutum Orator; M. T. Cic. ad Q. Fratrem Dialogi tres de Oratore, etc.—In the titles of odes and epigrams ad aliquem signifies to, addressed to.
    (ε).
    With names of towns after verbs of motion, ad is used in answer to the question Whither? instead of the simple acc.; but commonly with this difference, that ad denotes to the vicinity of, the neighborhood of:

    miles ad Capuam profectus sum, quintoque anno post ad Tarentum,

    Cic. de Sen. 4, 10; id. Fam. 3, 81:

    ad Veios,

    Liv. 5, 19; 14, 18; cf. Caes. B. G. 1, 7; id. B. C. 3, 40 al.—Ad is regularly used when the proper name has an appellative in apposition to it:

    ad Cirtam oppidum iter constituunt,

    Sall. J. 81, 2; so Curt. 3, 1, 22; 4, 9, 9;

    or when it is joined with usque,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 34, § 87; id. Deiot, 7, 19.— (When an adjective is added, the simple acc. is used poet., as well as with ad:

    magnum iter ad doctas proficisci cogor Athenas,

    Prop. 3, 21, 1; the simple acc., Ov. H. 2, 83: doctas jam nunc eat, inquit, Athenas).—
    (ζ).
    With verbs which imply a hostile movement toward, or protection in respect to any thing, against = adversus:

    nonne ad senem aliquam fabricam fingit?

    Ter. Heaut. 3, 2, 34:

    Lernaeas pugnet ad hydras,

    Prop. 3, 19, 9: neque quo pacto fallam, nec quem dolum ad eum aut machinam commoliar, old poet in Cic. N. D. 3, 29, 73:

    Belgarum copias ad se venire vidit,

    Caes. B. G. 2, 5; 7, 70:

    ipse ad hostem vehitur,

    Nep. Dat. 4, 5; id. Dion. 5, 4: Romulus ad regem impetus facit (a phrase in which in is commonly found), Liv. 1, 5, 7, and 44, 3, 10:

    aliquem ad hostem ducere,

    Tac. A. 2, 52:

    clipeos ad tela protecti obiciunt,

    Verg. A. 2, 443:

    munio me ad haec tempora,

    Cic. Fam. 9, 18:

    ad hos omnes casus provisa erant praesidia,

    Caes. B. G. 7, 65; 7, 41;

    so with nouns: medicamentum ad aquam intercutem,

    Cic. Off. 3, 24:

    remedium ad tertianam,

    Petr. Sat. 18:

    munimen ad imbris,

    Verg. G. 2, 352:

    farina cum melle ad tussim siccam efficasissima est,

    Plin. 20, 22, 89, § 243:

    ad muliebre ingenium efficaces preces,

    Liv. 1, 9; 1, 19 (in these two passages ad may have the force of apud, Hand).—
    (η).
    The repetition of ad to denote the direction to a place and to a person present in it is rare:

    nunc tu abi ad forum ad herum,

    Plaut. As. 2, 2, 100; cf.:

    vocatis classico ad concilium militibus ad tribunos,

    Liv. 5 47.—(The distinction between ad and in is given by Diom. 409 P., thus: in forum ire est in ipsum forum intrare; ad forum autem ire, in locum foro proximum; ut in tribunal et ad tribunal venire non unum est; quia ad tribunal venit litigator, in tribunal vero praetor aut judex; cf. also Sen. Ep. 73, 14, deus ad homines venit, immo, quod propius est, in homines venit.)—
    b.
    The terminus, with ref. to the space traversed, to, even to, with or without usque, Quint. 10, 7, 16: ingurgitavit usque ad imum gutturem, Naev. ap. Non. 207, 20 (Rib. Com. Rel. p. 30): dictator pervehitur usque ad oppidum, Naev. ap. Varr. L. L. 5, § 153 Mull. (B. Pun. p. 16 ed. Vahl.):

    via pejor ad usque Baii moenia,

    Hor. S. 1, 5, 96; 1, 1, 97:

    rigidum permanat frigus ad ossa,

    Lucr. 1, 355; 1, 969:

    cum sudor ad imos Manaret talos,

    Hor. S. 1, 9, 10:

    ut quantum posset, agmen ad mare extenderet,

    Curt. 3, 9, 10:

    laeva pars ad pectus est nuda,

    id. 6, 5, 27 al. —Hence the Plinian expression, petere aliquid (usque) ad aliquem, to seek something everywhere, even with one:

    ut ad Aethiopas usque peteretur,

    Plin. 36, 6, 9, § 51 (where Jan now reads ab Aethiopia); so,

    vestis ad Seras peti,

    id. 12, 1, 1.— Trop.:

    si quid poscam, usque ad ravim poscam,

    Plaut. Aul. 2, 5, 10:

    deverberasse usque ad necem,

    Ter. Phorm. 2, 2, 13;

    without usque: hic ad incitas redactus,

    Plaut. Trin. 2, 4, 136; 4, 2, 52; id. Poen. 4, 2, 85; illud ad incitas cum redit atque internecionem, Lucil. ap. Non. 123, 20:

    virgis ad necem caedi,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 29, § 70; so Hor. S. 1, 2, 42; Liv. 24, 38, 9; Tac. A. 11, 37; Suet. Ner. 26; id. Dom. 8 al.
    3.
    Nearness or proximity in gen. = apud, near to, by, at, close by (in anteclass. per. very freq.; not rare later, esp. in the historians): pendent peniculamenta unum ad quemque pedum, trains are suspended at each foot, Enn. ap. Non. 149, 33 (Ann. v. 363 ed. Vahl.):

    ut in servitute hic ad suum maneat patrem,

    Plaut. Capt. prol. 49; cf. id. ib. 2, 3, 98;

    3, 5, 41: sol quasi flagitator astat usque ad ostium,

    stands like a creditor continually at the door, id. Most. 3, 2, 81 (cf. with same force, Att. ap. Non. 522, 25;

    apud ipsum astas): ad foris adsistere,

    Cic. Verr. 1, 66; id. Arch. 24:

    astiterunt ad januam,

    Vulg. Act. 10, 17:

    non adest ad exercitum,

    Plaut. Am. 1, 3, 6; cf. ib. prol. 133:

    aderant ad spectaculum istud,

    Vulg. Luc. 23, 48: has (testas) e fenestris in caput Deiciunt, qui prope ad ostium adspiraverunt, Lucil. ap. Non. 288, 31:

    et nec opinanti Mors ad caput adstitit,

    Lucr. 3, 959:

    quod Romanis ad manum domi supplementum esset,

    at hand, Liv. 9, 19, 6:

    haec arma habere ad manum,

    Quint. 12, 5, 1:

    dominum esse ad villam,

    Cic. Sull. 20; so id. Verr. 2, 21:

    errantem ad flumina,

    Verg. E. 6, 64; Tib. 1, 10, 38; Plin. 7, 2, § 12; Vitr. 7, 14; 7, 12; and ellipt. (cf. supra, 2. g):

    pecunia utinam ad Opis maneret!

    Cic. Phil. 1, 17.—Even of persons:

    qui primum pilum ad Caesarem duxerat (for apud),

    Caes. B. G. 6, 38; so id. ib. 1, 31; 3, 9; 5, 53; 7, 5; id. B. C. 3, 60:

    ad inferos poenas parricidii luent,

    among, Cic. Phil. 14, 13:

    neque segnius ad hostes bellum apparatur,

    Liv. 7, 7, 4: pugna ad Trebiam, ad Trasimenum, ad Cannas, etc., for which Liv. also uses the gen.:

    si Trasimeni quam Trebiae, si Cannarum quam Trasimeni pugna nobilior esset, 23, 43, 4.—Sometimes used to form the name of a place, although written separately, e. g. ad Murcim,

    Varr. L. L. 5, § 154:

    villa ad Gallinas, a villa on the Flaminian Way,

    Plin. 15, 30, 40, § 37: ad urbem esse (of generals), to remain outside the city (Rome) until permission was given for a triumph:

    “Esse ad urbem dicebantur, qui cum potestate provinciali aut nuper e provincia revertissent, aut nondum in provinciam profecti essent... solebant autem, qui ob res in provincia gestas triumphum peterent, extra urbem exspectare, donec, lege lata, triumphantes urbem introire possent,”

    Manut. ad Cic. Fam. 3, 8.—So sometimes with names of towns and verbs of rest:

    pons, qui erat ad Genavam,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 7:

    ad Tibur mortem patri minatus est,

    Cic. Phil. 6, 4, 10:

    conchas ad Caietam legunt,

    id. Or. 2, 6:

    ad forum esse,

    to be at the market, Plaut. Ps. 4, 7, 136; id. Most. 3, 2, 158; cf. Ter. Ph. 4, 2, 8; id. And. 1, 5, 19.—Hence, adverb., ad dextram (sc. manum, partem), ad laevam, ad sinistram, to the right, to the left, or on the right, on the left:

    ad dextram,

    Att. Rib. Trag. Rel. p. 225; Plaut. Poen. 3, 4, 1; Ter. Ad. 4, 2, 44; Cic. Univ. 13; Caes. B. C. 1, 69:

    ad laevam,

    Enn. Rib. Trag. Rel. p. 51; Att. ib. p. 217: ad sinistram, Ter. [p. 28] Ad. 4, 2, 43 al.:

    ad dextram... ad laevam,

    Liv. 40, 6;

    and with an ordinal number: cum plebes ad tertium milliarium consedisset,

    at the third milestone, Cic. Brut. 14, 54, esp. freq. with lapis:

    sepultus ad quintum lapidem,

    Nep. Att. 22, 4; so Liv. 3, 69 al.; Tac. H. 3, 18; 4, 60 (with apud, Ann. 1, 45; 3, 45; 15, 60) al.; cf. Rudd. II. p. 287.
    B.
    In time, analogous to the relations given in A.
    1.
    Direction toward, i. e. approach to a definite point of time, about, toward:

    domum reductus ad vesperum,

    toward evening, Cic. Lael. 3, 12:

    cum ad hiemem me ex Cilicia recepissem,

    toward winter, id. Fam. 3, 7.—
    2.
    The limit or boundary to which a space of time extends, with and without usque, till, until, to, even to, up to:

    ego ad illud frugi usque et probus fui,

    Plaut. Most. 1, 2, 53:

    philosophia jacuit usque ad hanc aetatem,

    Cic. Tusc. 1, 3, 5; id. de Sen. 14:

    quid si hic manebo potius ad meridiem,

    Plaut. Most. 3, 1, 55; so id. Men. 5, 7, 33; id. Ps. 1, 5, 116; id. As. 2, 1, 5:

    ad multam noctem,

    Cic. de Sen. 14:

    Sophocles ad summam senectutem tragoedias fecit,

    id. ib. 2; cf. id. Rep. 1, 1:

    Alexandream se proficisci velle dixit (Aratus) remque integram ad reditum suum jussit esse,

    id. Off. 2, 23, 82:

    bestiae ex se natos amant ad quoddam tempus,

    id. Lael. 8; so id. de Sen. 6; id. Somn. Sc. 1 al. —And with ab or ab-usque, to desig. the whole period of time passed away:

    ab hora octava ad vesperum secreto collocuti sumus,

    Cic. Att. 7, 8:

    usque ab aurora ad hoc diei,

    Plaut. Poen. 1, 2, 8.—
    3.
    Coincidence with a point of time, at, on, in, by:

    praesto fuit ad horam destinatam,

    at the appointed hour, Cic. Tusc. 5, 22:

    admonuit ut pecuniam ad diem solverent,

    on the day of payment, id. Att. 16, 16 A:

    nostra ad diem dictam fient,

    id. Fam. 16, 10, 4; cf. id. Verr. 2, 2, 5: ad lucem denique arte et graviter dormitare coepisse, at (not toward) daybreak, id. Div. 1, 28, 59; so id. Att. 1, 3, 2; 1, 4, 3; id. Fin. 2, 31, 103; id. Brut. 97, 313:

    ad id tempus,

    Caes. B. C. 1, 24; Sall. J. 70, 5; Tac. A. 15, 60; Suet. Aug. 87; Domit. 17, 21 al.
    C.
    The relations of number.
    1.
    An approximation to a sum designated, near, near to, almost, about, toward (cf. Gr. epi, pros with acc. and the Fr. pres de, a peu pres, presque) = circiter (Hand, Turs. I. p. 102):

    ad quadraginta eam posse emi minas,

    Plaut. Ep. 2, 2, 111:

    nummorum Philippum ad tria milia,

    id. Trin. 1, 2, 115; sometimes with quasi added:

    quasi ad quadraginta minas,

    as it were about, id. Most. 3, 1, 95; so Ter. Heaut. 1, 1, 93:

    sane frequentes fuimus omnino ad ducentos,

    Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 1:

    cum annos ad quadraginta natus esset,

    id. Clu. 40, 110:

    ad hominum milia decem,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 4:

    oppida numero ad duodecim, vicos ad quadringentos,

    id. ib. 1, 5.—In the histt. and post-Aug. authors ad is added adverbially in this sense (contrary to Gr. usage, by which amphi, peri, and eis with numerals retain their power as prepositions): ad binum milium numero utrinque sauciis factis, Sisenn. ap. Non. 80, 4:

    occisis ad hominum milibus quattuor,

    Caes. B. G. 2, 33:

    ad duorum milium numero ceciderunt,

    id. B. C. 3, 53:

    ad duo milia et trecenti occisi,

    Liv. 10, 17, 8; so id. 27, 12, 16; Suet. Caes. 20; cf. Rudd. II. p. 334.—
    2.
    The terminus, the limit, to, unto, even to, a designated number (rare):

    ranam luridam conicere in aquam usque quo ad tertiam partem decoxeris,

    Varr. R. R. 1, 2, 26; cf. App. Herb. 41:

    aedem Junonis ad partem dimidiam detegit,

    even to the half, Liv. 42, 3, 2:

    miles (viaticum) ad assem perdiderat,

    to a farthing, to the last farthing, Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 27; Plin. Ep. 1, 15:

    quid ad denarium solveretur,

    Cic. Quint. 4.—The phrase omnes ad unum or ad unum omnes, or simply ad unum, means lit. all to one, i. e. all together, all without exception; Gr. hoi kath hena pantes (therefore the gender of unum is changed according to that of omnes): praetor omnes extra castra, ut stercus, foras ejecit ad unum, Lucil. ap. Non. 394, 22:

    de amicitia omnes ad unum idem sentiunt,

    Cic. Lael. 23:

    ad unum omnes cum ipso duce occisi sunt,

    Curt. 4, 1, 22 al.:

    naves Rhodias afflixit ita, ut ad unam omnes constratae eliderentur,

    Caes. B. C. 3, 27; onerariae omnes ad unam a nobis sunt exceptae, Cic. Fam. 12, 14 (cf. in Gr. hoi kath hena; in Hebr., Exod. 14, 28).— Ad unum without omnes:

    ego eam sententiam dixi, cui sunt assensi ad unum,

    Cic. Fam. 10, 16:

    Juppiter omnipotens si nondum exosus ad unum Trojanos,

    Verg. A. 5, 687.
    D.
    In the manifold relations of one object to another.
    1.
    That in respect of or in regard to which a thing avails, happens, or is true or important, with regard to, in respect of, in relation to, as to, to, in.
    a.
    With verbs:

    ad omnia alia aetate sapimus rectius,

    in respect to all other things we grow wiser by age, Ter. Ad. 5, 3, 45:

    numquam ita quisquam bene ad vitam fuat,

    id. ib. 5, 4, 1:

    nil ibi libatum de toto corpore (mortui) cernas ad speciem, nil ad pondus,

    that nothing is lost in form or weight, Lucr. 3, 214; cf. id. 5, 570; Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 21, § 58; id. Mur. 13, 29: illi regi Cyro subest, ad immutandi animi licentiam, crudelissimus ille Phalaris, in that Cyrus, in regard to the liberty of changing his disposition (i. e. not in reality, but inasmuch as he is at liberty to lay aside his good character, and assume that of a tyrant), there is concealed another cruel Phalaris, Cic. Rep. 1, 28:

    nil est ad nos,

    is nothing to us, concerns us not, Lucr. 3, 830; 3, 845:

    nil ad me attinet,

    Ter. Ad. 1, 2, 54:

    nihil ad rem pertinet,

    Cic. Caecin. 58;

    and in the same sense elliptically: nihil ad Epicurum,

    id. Fin. 1, 2, 5; id. Pis. 68:

    Quid ad praetorem?

    id. Verr. 1, 116 (this usage is not to be confounded with that under 4.).—
    b.
    With adjectives:

    ad has res perspicax,

    Ter. Heaut. 2, 3, 129:

    virum ad cetera egregium,

    Liv. 37, 7, 15:

    auxiliaribus ad pugnam non multum Crassus confidebat,

    Caes. B. G. 3, 25:

    ejus frater aliquantum ad rem est avidior,

    Ter. Eun. 1, 2, 51; cf. id. And. 1, 2, 21; id. Heaut. 2, 3, 129:

    ut sit potior, qui prior ad dandum est,

    id. Phorm. 3, 2, 48:

    difficilis (res) ad credendum,

    Lucr. 2, 1027:

    ad rationem sollertiamque praestantior,

    Cic. N. D. 2, 62; so id. Leg. 2, 13, 33; id. Fin. 2, 20, 63; id. Rosc. Am. 30, 85; id. Font. 15; id. Cat. 1, 5, 12; id. de Or. 1, 25, 113; 1, 32, 146; 2, 49, 200; id. Fam. 3, 1, 1; Liv. 9, 16, 13; Tac. A. 12, 54 al.—
    c.
    With nouns:

    prius quam tuum, ut sese habeat, animum ad nuptias perspexerit,

    before he knew your feeling in regard to the marriage, Ter. And. 2, 3, 4 (cf. Gr. hopôs echei tis pros ti):

    mentis ad omnia caecitas,

    Cic. Tusc. 3, 5, 11:

    magna vis est fortunae in utramque partem vel ad secundas res vel ad adversas,

    id. Off. 2, 6; so id. Par. 1:

    ad cetera paene gemelli,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 10, 3.—So with acc. of gerund instead of the gen. from the same vb.:

    facultas ad scribendum, instead of scribendi,

    Cic. Font. 6;

    facultas ad agendum,

    id. de Imp. Pomp. 1, 2: cf. Rudd. II. p. 245.—
    d.
    In gramm.: nomina ad aliquid dicta, nouns used in relation to something, i. e. which derive their significance from their relation to another object: quae non possunt intellegi sola, ut pater, mater;

    jungunt enim sibi et illa propter quae intelleguntur,

    Charis. 129 P.; cf. Prisc. 580 ib.—
    2.
    With words denoting measure, weight, manner, model, rule, etc., both prop. and fig., according to, agreeably to, after (Gr. kata, pros):

    columnas ad perpendiculum exigere,

    Cic. Mur. 77:

    taleis ferreis ad certum pondus examinatis,

    Caes. B. G. 5, 12: facta sunt ad certam formam. Lucr. 2, 379:

    ad amussim non est numerus,

    Varr. 2, 1, 26:

    ad imaginem facere,

    Vulg. Gen. 1, 26:

    ad cursus lunae describit annum,

    Liv. 1, 19:

    omnia ad diem facta sunt,

    Caes. B. G. 2, 5:

    Id ad similitudinem panis efficiebant,

    id. B. C. 3, 48; Vulg. Gen. 1, 26; id. Jac. 3, 9:

    ad aequos flexus,

    at equal angles, Lucr. 4, 323: quasi ad tornum levantur, to or by the lathe, id. 4, 361:

    turres ad altitudiem valli,

    Caes. B. G. 5, 42; Liv. 39, 6:

    ad eandem crassitudinem structi,

    id. 44, 11:

    ad speciem cancellorum scenicorum,

    with the appearance of, like, Varr. R. R. 3, 5, 8:

    stagnum maris instar, circumseptum aedificiis ad urbium speciem,

    Suet. Ner. 31:

    lascivum pecus ludens ad cantum,

    Liv. Andron. Rib. Trag. Rel. p. 1:

    canere ad tibiam,

    Cic. Tusc. 4, 2: canere ad tibicinem, id. ib. 1, 2 (cf.:

    in numerum ludere,

    Verg. E. 6, 28; id. G. 4, 175):

    quod ad Aristophanis lucernam lucubravi,

    Varr. L. L. 5, § 9 Mull.: carmen castigare ad unguem, to perfection (v. unguis), Hor. A. P. 294:

    ad unguem factus homo,

    a perfect gentleman, id. S. 1, 5, 32 (cf. id. ib. 2, 7, 86):

    ad istorum normam sapientes,

    Cic. Lael. 5, 18; id. Mur. 3:

    Cyrus non ad historiae fidem scriptus, sed ad effigiem justi imperii,

    id. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 8:

    exercemur in venando ad similitudinem bellicae disciplinae,

    id. N. D. 2, 64, 161: so,

    ad simulacrum,

    Liv. 40, 6:

    ad Punica ingenia,

    id. 21, 22:

    ad L. Crassi eloquentiam,

    Cic. Var. Fragm. 8:

    omnia fient ad verum,

    Juv. 6, 324:

    quid aut ad naturam aut contra sit,

    Cic. Fin. 1, 9, 30:

    ad hunc modum institutus est,

    id. Tusc. 2, 3; Caes. B. G. 2, 31; 3, 13:

    ad eundem istunc modum,

    Ter. Ad. 3, 3, 70:

    quem ad modum, q. v.: ad istam faciem est morbus, qui me macerat,

    of that kind, Plaut. Cist. 1, 1, 73; id. Merc. 2, 3, 90; cf.

    91: cujus ad arbitrium copia materiai cogitur,

    Lucr. 2, 281:

    ad eorum arbitrium et nutum totos se fingunt,

    to their will and pleasure, Cic. Or. 8, 24; id. Quint. 71:

    ad P. Lentuli auctoritatem Roma contendit,

    id. Rab. Post. 21:

    aliae sunt legati partes, aliae imperatoris: alter omnia agere ad praescriptum, alter libere ad summam rerum consulere debet,

    Caes. B. C. 3, 51:

    rebus ad voluntatem nostram fluentibus,

    Cic. Off. 1, 26:

    rem ad illorum libidinem judicarunt,

    id. Font. 36:

    ad vulgi opinionem,

    id. Off. 3, 21.—So in later Lat. with instar:

    ad instar castrorum,

    Just. 36, 3, 2:

    scoparum,

    App. M. 9, p. 232:

    speculi,

    id. ib. 2, p. 118: ad hoc instar mundi, id. de Mundo, p. 72.—Sometimes, but very rarely, ad is used absol. in this sense (so also very rarely kata with acc., Xen. Hell. 2, 3; Luc. Dial. Deor. 8): convertier ad nos, as we (are turned), Lucr. 4, 317:

    ad navis feratur,

    like ships, id. 4, 897 Munro. —With noun:

    ad specus angustiac vallium,

    like caves, Caes. B. C. 3, 49.—Hence,
    3.
    With an object which is the cause or reason, in conformity to which, from which, or for which, any thing is or is done.
    a.
    The moving cause, according to, at, on, in consequence of:

    cetera pars animae paret et ad numen mentis momenque movetur,

    Lucr. 3, 144:

    ad horum preces in Boeotiam duxit,

    on their entreaty, Liv. 42, 67, 12: ad ea Caesar veniam ipsique et conjugi et fratribus tribuit, in consequence of or upon this, he, etc., Tac. Ann. 12, 37.—
    b.
    The final cause, or the object, end, or aim, for the attainment of which any thing,
    (α).
    is done,
    (β).
    is designed, or,
    (γ).
    is fitted or adapted (very freq.), to, for, in order to.
    (α).
    Seque ad ludos jam inde abhinc exerceant, Pac. ap. Charis. p. 175 P. (Rib. Trag. Rel. p. 80):

    venimus coctum ad nuptias,

    in order to cook for the wedding, Plaut. Aul. 3, 2, 15:

    omnis ad perniciem instructa domus,

    id. Bacch. 3, 1, 6; cf. Ter. Heaut. 3, 1, 41; Liv. 1, 54:

    cum fingis falsas causas ad discordiam,

    in order to produce dissension, Ter. Hec. 4, 4, 71:

    quantam fenestram ad nequitiam patefeceris,

    id. Heaut. 3, 1, 72:

    utrum ille, qui postulat legatum ad tantum bellum, quem velit, idoneus non est, qui impetret, cum ceteri ad expilandos socios diripiendasque provincias, quos voluerunt, legatos eduxerint,

    Cic. de Imp. Pomp. 19, 57:

    ego vitam quoad putabo tua interesse, aut ad spem servandam esse, retinebo,

    for hope, id. Q. Fr. 1, 4; id. Fam. 5, 17:

    haec juventutem, ubi familiares opes defecerant, ad facinora incendebant,

    Sall. C. 13, 4:

    ad speciem atque ad usurpationem vetustatis,

    Cic. Agr. 2, 12, 31; Suet. Caes. 67:

    paucis ad speciem tabernaculis relictis,

    for appearance, Caes. B. C. 2, 35; so id. ib. 2, 41; id. B. G. 1, 51.—
    (β).
    Aut equos alere aut canes ad venandum. Ter. And. 1, 1, 30:

    ingenio egregie ad miseriam natus sum,

    id. Heaut. 3, 1, 11;

    (in the same sense: in rem,

    Hor. C. 1, 27, 1, and the dat., Ter. Ad. 4, 2, 6):

    ad cursum equum, ad arandum bovem, ad indagandum canem,

    Cic. Fin. 2, 13, 40:

    ad frena leones,

    Verg. A. 10, 253:

    delecto ad naves milite,

    marines, Liv. 22, 19 Weissenb.:

    servos ad remum,

    rowers, id. 34, 6; and:

    servos ad militiam emendos,

    id. 22, 61, 2:

    comparasti ad lecticam homines,

    Cat. 10, 16:

    Lygdamus ad cyathos,

    Prop. 4, 8, 37; cf.:

    puer ad cyathum statuetur,

    Hor. C. 1, 29, 8.—
    (γ).
    Quae oportet Signa esse [p. 29] ad salutem, omnia huic osse video, everything indicative of prosperity I see in him, Ter. And. 3, 2, 2:

    haec sunt ad virtutem omnia,

    id. Heaut. 1, 2, 33:

    causa ad objurgandum,

    id. And. 1, 1, 123:

    argumentum ad scribendum,

    Cic. Att. 9, 7 (in both examples instead of the gen. of gerund., cf. Rudd. II. p. 245):

    vinum murteum est ad alvum crudam,

    Cato R. R. 125:

    nulla res tantum ad dicendum proficit, quantum scriptio,

    Cic. Brut. 24:

    reliquis rebus, quae sunt ad incendia,

    Caes. B. C. 3, 101 al. —So with the adjectives idoneus, utilis, aptus, instead of the dat.:

    homines ad hanc rem idoneos,

    Plaut. Poen. 3, 2, 6:

    calcei habiles et apti ad pedem,

    Cic. de Or. 1, 54, 231:

    orator aptus tamen ad dicendum,

    id. Tusc. 1, 3, 5:

    sus est ad vescendum hominibus apta,

    id. N. D. 2, 64, 160:

    homo ad nullam rem utilis,

    id. Off. 3, 6:

    ad segetes ingeniosus ager,

    Ov. F. 4, 684.—(Upon the connection of ad with the gerund. v. Zumpt, § 666; Rudd. II. p. 261.)—
    4.
    Comparison (since that with which a thing is compared is considered as an object to which the thing compared is brought near for the sake of comparison), to, compared to or with, in comparison with:

    ad sapientiam hujus ille (Thales) nimius nugator fuit,

    Plaut. Capt. 2, 2, 25; id. Trin. 3, 2, 100:

    ne comparandus hic quidem ad illum'st,

    Ter. Eun. 4, 4, 14; 2, 3, 69:

    terra ad universi caeli complexum,

    compared with the whole extent of the heavens, Cic. Tusc. 1, 17, 40:

    homini non ad cetera Punica ingenia callido,

    Liv. 22, 22, 15:

    at nihil ad nostram hanc,

    nothing in comparison with, Ter. Eun. 2, 3, 70; so Cic. Deiot. 8, 24; and id. de Or. 2, 6, 25.
    E.
    Adverbial phrases with ad.
    1.
    Ad omnia, withal, to crown all:

    ingentem vim peditum equitumque venire: ex India elephantos: ad omnia tantum advehi auri, etc.,

    Liv. 35, 32, 4.—
    2.
    Ad hoc and ad haec (in the historians, esp. from the time of Livy, and in authors after the Aug. per.), = praeterea, insuper, moreover, besides, in addition, epi toutois:

    nam quicumque impudicus, adulter, ganeo, etc.: praeterea omnes undique parricidae, etc.: ad hoc, quos manus atque lingua perjurio aut sanguine civili alebat: postremo omnes, quos, etc.,

    Sall. C. 14, 2 and 3:

    his opinionibus inflato animo, ad hoc vitio quoque ingenii vehemens,

    Liv. 6, 11, 6; 42, 1, 1; Tac. H. 1, 6; Suet. Aug. 22 al.—
    3.
    Ad id quod, beside that (very rare):

    ad id quod sua sponte satis conlectum animorum erat, indignitate etiam Romani accendebantur,

    Liv. 3, 62, 1; so 44, 37, 12.—
    4.
    Ad tempus.
    a.
    At a definite, fixed time, Cic. Att. 13, 45; Liv. 38, 25, 3.—
    b.
    At a fit, appropriate time, Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 54, § 141; Liv. 1, 7, 13.—
    c.
    For some time, for a short time, Cic. Off. 1, 8, 27; id. Lael. 15, 53; Liv. 21, 25, 14.—
    d.
    According to circumstances, Cic. Planc. 30, 74; id. Cael. 6, 13; Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 9.—
    5.
    Ad praesens (for the most part only in post-Aug. writers).
    a.
    For the moment, for a short time, Cic. Fam. 12, 8; Plin. 8, 22, 34; Tac. A. 4, 21.—
    b.
    At present, now, Tac. A. 16, 5; id. H. 1, 44.—So, ad praesentiam, Tac. A. 11, 8.—
    6.
    Ad locum, on the spot:

    ut ad locum miles esset paratus,

    Liv. 27, 27, 2.—
    7.
    Ad verbum, word for word, literally, Cic. Fin. 1, 2, 4; id. de Or. 1, 34, 157; id. Ac. 2, 44, 135 al.—
    8.
    Ad summam.
    a.
    On the whole, generally, in general, Cic. Fam. 14, 14, 3; id. Att. 14, 1; Suet. Aug. 71.—
    b.
    In a word, in short, Cic. Off. 1, 41, 149; Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 106. —
    9.
    Ad extremum, ad ultimum, ad postremum.
    a.
    At the end, finally, at last.
    (α).
    Of place, at the extremity, extreme point, top, etc.:

    missile telum hastili abiegno et cetera tereti, praeterquam ad extremum, unde ferrum exstabat,

    Liv. 21, 8, 10.—
    (β).
    Of time = telos de, at last, finally:

    ibi ad postremum cedit miles,

    Plaut. Aul. 3, 5, 52; so id. Poen. 4, 2, 22; Cic. Off. 3, 23, 89; id. Phil. 13, 20, 45; Caes. B. G. 7, 53; Liv. 30, 15, 4 al.— Hence,
    (γ).
    of order, finally, lastly, = denique: inventa componere; tum ornare oratione; post memoria sepire;

    ad extremum agere cum dignitate,

    Cic. de Or. 1, 31, 142.—
    b.
    In Liv., to the last degree, quite: improbus homo, sed non ad extremum perditus, 23, 2, 3; cf.:

    consilii scelerati, sed non ad ultimum dementis,

    id. 28, 28, 8.—
    10.
    Quem ad finem? To what limit? How far? Cic. Cat. 1, 1; id. Verr. 5, 75.—
    11.
    Quem ad modum, v. sub h. v.
    a.
    Ad (v. ab, ex, in, etc.) is not repeated like some other prepositions with interrog. and relative pronouns, after nouns or demonstrative pronouns:

    traducis cogitationes meas ad voluptates. Quas? corporis credo,

    Cic. Tusc. 3, 17, 37 (ubi v. Kuhner).—
    b.
    Ad is sometimes placed after its substantive:

    quam ad,

    Ter. Phorm. 3, 2, 39:

    senatus, quos ad soleret, referendum censuit,

    Cic. N. D. 2, 4:

    ripam ad Araxis,

    Tac. Ann. 12, 51;

    or between subst. and adj.: augendam ad invidiam,

    id. ib. 12, 8.—
    c.
    The compound adque for et ad (like exque, eque, and, poet., aque) is denied by Moser, Cic. Rep. 2, 15, p. 248, and he reads instead of ad humanitatem adque mansuetudinem of the MSS., hum. atque mans. But adque, in acc. with later usage, is restored by Hand in App. M. 10, p. 247, adque haec omnia oboediebam for atque; and in Plaut. Capt. 2, 3, 9, utroque vorsum rectum'st ingenium meum, ad se adque illum, is now read, ad te atque ad illum (Fleck., Brix).
    II.
    In composition.
    A.
    Form. According to the usual orthography, the d of the ad remains unchanged before vowels, and before b, d, h, m, v: adbibo, adduco, adhibeo, admoveo, advenio; it is assimilated to c, f, g, l, n, p, r, s, t: accipio, affigo, aggero, allabor, annumero, appello, arripio, assumo, attineo; before g and s it sometimes disappears: agnosco, aspicio, asto: and before qu it passes into c: acquiro, acquiesco.—But later philologists, supported by old inscriptions and good MSS., have mostly adopted the following forms: ad before j, h, b, d, f, m, n, q, v; ac before c, sometimes, but less well, before q; ag and also ad before g; a before gn, sp, sc, st; ad and also al before l; ad rather than an before n; ap and sometimes ad before p; ad and also ar before r; ad and also as before s; at and sometimes ad before t. In this work the old orthography has commonly been retained for the sake of convenient reference, but the better form in any case is indicated.—
    B.
    Signif. In English up often denotes approach, and in many instances will give the force of ad as a prefix both in its local and in its figurative sense.
    1.
    Local.
    a.
    To, toward: affero, accurro, accipio ( to one's self).—
    b.
    At, by: astare, adesse.—
    c.
    On, upon, against: accumbo, attero.—
    d.
    Up (cf. de- = down, as in deicio, decido): attollo, ascendo, adsurgo.—
    2.
    Fig.
    a.
    To: adjudico, adsentior.—
    b.
    At or on: admiror, adludo.—
    c.
    Denoting conformity to, or comparison with: affiguro, adaequo.—
    d.
    Denoting addition, increase (cf. ab, de, and ex as prefixes to denote privation): addoceo, adposco.—
    e.
    Hence, denoting intensity: adamo, adimpleo, aduro, and perhaps agnosco.—
    f.
    Denoting the coming to an act or state, and hence commencement: addubito, addormio, adquiesco, adlubesco, advesperascit. See more upon this word in Hand, Turs. I. pp. 74-134.

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  • 45 demum

    dēmum (also demus, like prorsus, quorsus, rursus, deorsus, Liv. Andr. ap. Paul. ex Fest. p. 70, 8 Müll.; Plaut. Trin. 3, 3, 51 Ritschl and Brix), adv. [a sup. form from de, downmost; cf.: sub, summus], used to give prominence to an idea in opposition to or restriction of another, at length, at last, not till then; just, precisely; only, etc.
    I.
    In Latin of every period and description of writing (for syn. cf.: tandem, denique, postremum, primo).
    A.
    Enclitically with pronouns, like adeo (but less freq.), just, precisely, especially, exactly, indeed; also translated by an emphasis of the pronoun:

    id demum lepidumst,

    Plaut. Pers. 2, 3, 14; cf.:

    sic sentio, id demum aut potius id solum esse miserum, quod turpe sit,

    Cic. Att. 8, 8 init.:

    idem velle atque idem nolle, ea demum firma amicitia est,

    Sall. C. 20, 4; cf. id. ib. 12 fin.:

    relinquere aculeum in audientium animis is demum potest, qui, etc.,

    Plin. Ep. 1, 20, 18:

    tamquam ad eam linguam demum natus esset,

    Quint. 6 prooem. §

    11: me fortuna hac demum voluit consistere terra,

    Verg. A. 1, 629; cf. id. ib. 2, 743 al.:

    ille demum antiquis est adulescens moribus,

    Plaut. Capt. 1, 2, 20:

    per quaedam parva sane, si ipsa demum aestimes, ducunt,

    Quint. 1, 10, 5:

    vos demum, ut video, legem antiquastis sine tabella. Sed ego, etc.,

    Cic. Leg. 3, 17, 38 (but Bait. vos quidem):

    quae demum causae secundam valetudinem praestent, Cels. praef.: jam vero exsilium, si rerum naturam, non ignominiam nominis quaerimus, quantum demum a perpetua peregrinatione differt?

    Cic. Tusc. 5, 37, 107:

    sciscitando eo demum pervenit, ut haud procul esset, quin Remum agnosceret,

    Liv. 1, 5 fin.
    (β).
    Strengthened by a preceding verum enim vero, or a following profecto:

    verum enim vero id demum juvat, si quem, etc.,

    Ter. Ad. 2, 3, 2; Sall. C. 2, 9; cf. Liv. 4, 4:

    is demum profecto vitam aequa lance pensitabit, etc.,

    Plin. 7, 7, 5.—
    (γ).
    Separated from the pronoun:

    hoc est demum quod percrucior,

    Plaut. Bac. 5, 1, 13:

    illa seges demum,

    Verg. G. 1, 47.—
    B.
    Enclitically with the adverbs nunc, tum, or tunc, post, modo, jam, ibi, sic, etc.; just, precisely, not till; also freq. expressed by more strongly accenting those particles.—
    a.
    Nunc demum, Gr. nun dê, now, now at length, at last (cf.: nunc adeo, under 2. adeo, no. B. 2. c.):

    nunc demum ego cum illa fabulabor libere,

    Plaut. Poen. 5, 3, 40;

    so with scio,

    id. Epid. 3, 4, 22; id. Mil. 2, 6, 62;

    with intellego,

    Ter. Heaut. 2, 3, 12; cf.:

    nunc demum rescribo iis litteris, quas, etc.,

    Cic. Att. 16, 3; and:

    undevicesimo aetatis anno dicere in foro coepi et nunc demum, quid praestare debeat orator, adhuc tamen per caliginem video,

    yet it is only now that I am at length beginning to see, Plin. Ep. 5, 8, 8 et saep.—
    (β).
    In Plautus with following conjunctions, cum, quoniam, etc.:

    nunc demum a me insipienter factum esse arbitror, Cum rem cognosco,

    Plaut. Mil. 2, 6, 80; cf. id. Rud. 4, 4, 78.—
    (γ).
    Separated by pol, edepol, or other words:

    nunc pol demum ego sum liber,

    Plaut. Cas. 4, 4, 14:

    nunc edepol demum in memoriam regredior, cum cogito, etc.,

    id. Capt. 5, 4; 25; id. Cas. 4, 4, 14; id. Aul. 1, 2, 1:

    heu, nunc misero mihi demum Exsilium infelix!

    Verg. A. 10, 849.—
    b.
    Tum demum, then at length, then indeed (so most freq., esp. in the historians;

    in Caes. only in this connection): tum demum Liscus oratione Caesaris adductus, etc.,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 17; 1, 50, 2; 1, 51, 2; Liv. 2, 20; 3, 12; Plin. Ep. 6, 20, 6; Verg. A. 6, 330; 573; id. G. 3, 205; Ov. F. 4, 615 et saep.:

    utraque re satis experta tum demum consules,

    Liv. 2, 29.—
    (β).
    With foll. conjunct. ubi, si, cum, etc. (and in Plautus also separate; cf. above, no. 1. b. and c.):

    ubi expolivero, Magis hoc tum demum dices,

    Plaut. Poen. 1, 1, 61; Sall. J. 46; Cels. 7, 27 fin.:

    si id facies, tum demum scibis, etc.,

    Plaut. Mil. 4, 8, 56; id. Men. 2, 2, 71; Cic. Rep. 1, 24; cf. with quodsi, Att. ap. Cic. Att. 9, 10, 4:

    ac tum demum, cum medium tenuere, etc.,

    Plin. Ep. 8, 20, 7:

    tum tu igitur demum id adulescenti aurum dabis, Ubi, etc.,

    Plaut. Trin. 3, 3, 52.—Once in this connection demum alone:

    servata res est demum, si illam videro,

    Plaut. Merc. 5, 2, 68.—
    c.
    Tunc demum (cf. Drak. Liv. 41, 3, 5):

    tunc demum intelleges, etc.,

    Sen. Ep. 121; Suet. Calig. 9; Vulg. Gen. 41, 9; and with cum, Col. praef. fin.;

    with ubi,

    Cels. 3, 6, and 10.—
    d.
    Post demum, afterwards, not till after:

    post eum demum huc cras adducam,

    Plaut. As. 5, 2, 65:

    post igitur demum, etc.,

    id. Amph. 3, 1, 16.—With post as praep.: unas enim post idus Martias, Asin. Pollio ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 31, 4:

    post biduum demum,

    Suet. Aug. 10 fin.
    e.
    Modo demum, only now, now for the first time:

    modone id demum sensti,

    Ter. And. 5, 3, 11.—
    f.
    Jam demum, now at last, now (cf. dê... êdê, Eurip. Suppl. 980;

    Troad. 235),

    Ov. Tr. 2, 8.—
    g.
    Ibi demum, just there:

    illic ibi demum'st locus, ubi, etc.,

    Plaut. Capt. 5, 4, 3; Quint. 10, 3, 13:

    ibi demum morte quievit,

    Verg. A. 9, 445; cf. id. ib. 1, 629; Stat. Th. 2, 474; id. Silv. 2, 3, 14; cf.

    also ibi demum, of time,

    Ter. Hec. 1, 2, 53.—
    h.
    Sic demum:

    sic demum socios consumpta nocte reviso,

    Verg. A. 2, 795; 6, 154.—
    k.
    Ita demum, Vulg. 2 Mac. 6, 15.—
    2.
    With the abl. temp. or absol.:

    ego novus maritus anno demum quinto et sexagesimo fiam?

    Ter. Ad. 5, 8, 15:

    decimo demum pugnavimus anno,

    Ov. M. 13, 209:

    quarta vix demum exponimur hora,

    Hor. S. 1, 5, 23:

    hieme demum,

    Plin. Ep. 7, 2, 2:

    pontificatum maximum, quem numquam vivo Lepido auferre sustinuerat, mortuo demum suscepit,

    Suet. Aug. 31; cf.:

    appellato demum collegio obtinuit,

    id. Caes. 23:

    his demum exactis,

    Verg. A. 6, 637:

    noctu demum rex recessit,

    Curt. 7, 11, 20.—And once with the nominative of the part. perf.:

    damnatus demum, vi coactus reddidit Mille et ducentos Philippos,

    i. e. not until condemned, Plaut. Bac. 2, 4, 38.—
    C.
    To add emphasis to the idea contained in a proposition, in fact, in very truth, certainly, indeed (rare):

    ea sunt enim demum non ferenda in mendacio, quae, etc.,

    Cic. Rep. 2, 15:

    immemor est demum, nec frugum munere dignus, qui, etc.,

    Ov. M. 15, 122; Quint. 10, 6, 5;

    so to strengthen a comparative (cf.: adeo, etiam): latius demum ire,

    further yet, Plaut. Most. 3, 2, 156:

    num expositio haec longior demum esse debeat,

    Quint. 4, 2, 79.—
    II.
    In postAug. Latin.
    A.
    Only, solely, exclusively ( = duntaxat, tantum, solum, tantummodo, modo): ne vulgarem viam ingressus, alienis demum vestigiis insisterem, Quint. prooem. § 3; id. 2, 15, 1:

    adeo suis demum oculis credidit,

    id. 11, 3, 68: quaedam (verba) tertiae demum personae figura dicuntur, ut licet, piget, id. 1, 4, 29: [p. 545] qui (Cicero) non assecutus esset docendo judicem tantum et utiliter demum ac Latine perspicueque dicendo, ut, etc., id. 8, 3, 3 et saep.:

    nihil magis pro contione testatus est, quam id demum se habiturum, quod, etc.,

    but just that, Suet. Oth. 6 et saep.:

    ut non is demum sit veneficus, qui vitam abstulit data potione, sed etiam qui mentem,

    Quint. 9, 2, 105; cf.

    with the following verum etiam,

    id. 7 prooem. § 1.—
    b.
    Ita demum, only so; then or in that case only; not till then ( = tum demum);

    esp. freq. in conditional propositions: si plus humoris excernitur quam assumitur, ita demum secundae valetudinis spes est,

    Cels. 3, 21; Plin. Ep. 3, 3, 2; Suet. Claud. 25 al.—
    B.
    To point out something as taking place only after previous delay, at length, at last = tandem:

    quod oppidum Hispaniae frustra diu oppugnatum illitis demum galbano facibus succenderit,

    Suet. Galb. 3; cf. corresp. with tandem, id. Calig. 6.—
    * 2.
    For denique no. II. 2, finally, in fine:

    ex quibus alium Ciceroni, alium Caesari, singulis demum singulos opponeremus,

    Tac. Or. 26 fin. Cf. Hand Turs. II. p. 250-260; Zumpt ad Curt. 6, 39, 25; Mützell ad Curt. 3, 7, 8; 3, 22, 26.

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  • 46 moles

    mōlēs, is, f. (μῶλος, Mühe), die Last, Masse, I) abstr. = die Schwere, das Gewichtige, die Wucht, gewaltige Größe, A) eig.: opposui molem clipei, poet. = den gewichtigen Schild, Ov.: inter pecudes vastā se mole moventem, mit plumper Körperlast sich einherbewegend, Verg.: ingenti mole Latinus, von riesiger Körpergröße, Verg. – B) übtr.: 1) die Masse, Last, a) = Schwere, Größe, große Macht, tanti imperii, Liv.: Romani imperii, Riesenmacht, Vell.: tanta mali, Cic.: tantorum onerum moles, Vell.: pinnarum nutantium moles, die wuchtigen, sich bewegenden Fittiche, Apul. met. 6, 15 (cod. Fuld.): curarum, Tac.: pugnae, Liv.: quantae molis bellum, welch ein ungeheurer Krieg, Vell.: belli molem ciere, die ganze Kriegsmacht aufbieten, Tac. – b) poet. = die Kraft, Stärke, iuventae, Sil.: Herculea, Sil. – 2) die Last = die Schwierigkeit, Mühe, Not, maiore mole pugnare, Liv., od. bellum parare, Liv.: minor moles fuit, Liv.: plaustris transveham naves haud magnā mole, Liv.: maior domi exorta moles, Liv.: tantae molis erat Romanam condere gentem, so viel Mühe kostete es, zu usw., Verg. – personif., Moles, die Kampfmühen, Töchter des Mars, die Molen, Gell. 13, 22, 2 ed. Hertz2 (ed. vulg. Molae in gleicher Bedeutung).

    II) konkret, A) = die gewichtige, unförmliche, große Masse, der Klumpen, rudis indigestaque moles, vom Chaos, Ov. met. 1, 7: salis quadratae moles, Blöcke, Plin. 6, 147. – tantae corporum moles (Körpermassen, Kolosse) fundis sagittisque in fugam consternatae sunt, Liv. 38, 46, 4. – B) insbes.: 1) ein massiger, großer Bau, a) die Steinmassen, Holzstämme, auch alten Schiffe (vgl. Suet. Claud. 20, 3) u. andere schwere Körper, die ins Meer eingesenkt werden und auf denen, wie auf einem Fundamente, der agger (Aufwurf) ruht, der Grundbau, das Wehr, der Damm u. dgl. (vgl. Curt. 4, 2 [11], 21 iamque paululum moles aquā eminebat, et simul aggeris latitudo crescebat), pontes ac moles, Liv.: mole lapidum a mari disiunctus, Cic.: moles oppositae fluctibus, Cic.: m. naturalis obiecta, von einer Sandbank, Caes.: bes. damit es an Fischen auch bei stürmischem Wetter nicht fehle, Hor. carm. 3, 1, 34. – b) von großen Gebäuden, Gebäude, im Plur. Bauten, Riesenbauten, exstructae moles, Cic.: regiae moles, Hor.: moles marmoreae, Sen.: moles propinqua nubibus, Hor.: insanae substructionum moles, ungeheure Kolosse von Bauten, Cic.: quod nulla in Italia moles tam capax foret (so viele Menschen faßte), Tac.: v. Grabhügel, ingenti mole sepulcrum imponit = ingentem molem sepulcro, Verg. – v. Schiffen, m. pinea, Flotte von großen Schiffen, Prop. 4, 6, 19: capax moles, der riesige Kahn, Sil. 13, 760. – c) moles belli, die großen Belagerungsmaschinen oder Belagerungsanstalten, der Kriegsapparat, refectis vineis aliāque mole belli (worunter bes. agger et turris zu verstehen), Liv.: molibus oppugnat urbem, Verg. – 2) ein Felsenriff, Ov. met. 2, 12; 13, 923. – 3) übtr.: a) v. Menschenmassen, die Masse, Heeresmasse, densā ad muros feruntur mole, Verg.: totā mole belli secuturus, Tac.: totā regni sui mole (mit der ganzen Heeresmacht seines Reiches) in Asiam rursus mari terrā fluminibusque veniebat, Flor.: hostes maiorem molem (Heeresmacht) haud facile sustinentes, Liv.: non alias maiore mole concursum, Tac.: multas passim manus, quam magnam molem unius exercitus (große u. schwere M. eines Heeres) rectius bella gerere, Liv. – b) die sich auftürmende Wogenmasse, Sturmwoge, Verg. Aen. 1, 134; 5, 790. Curt. 3, 1, 5. – / Nbf. mōlis, is, f., Gromat. vet. 92, 16. Auct. de idiom. gen. 581. no. 67 K. (aber Tac. ann. 1, 45 u. 3, 10 Halm u. Nipp. moles).

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  • 47 labor

    1. lābor, lāpsus sum, lābī (vgl. griech. ὀ-λιβρός, schlüpfrig u. ahd. slīfan, gleiten), sich auf einer glatten Oberfläche sanft hinbewegen, gleiten, schlüpfen, schweben, hingleiten, hinschlüpfen, hinschweben, u. abwärts = herabgleiten, -schlüpfen, -schweben, u. als Anfang des Fallen = sinken, absol., od. konstr. m. ad, in, inter, per, sub, super, ab, de, ex u. m. bl. Abl., I) im allg.: 1) eig.: α) v. lebl. Subjj., zB. v. Schlangen, non squamoso ventre, Prop.: per sinus crebros et magna volumina, Ov.: circa donaria, Ov.: circum tempora, sich schlängeln, Ov.: inter vestes et levia tempora, Ov.: angues lapsi in diversum, Iul. Obsequ.: populus in diversa labitur, verläust sich nach verschiedenen Richtungen, Iustin.: abwärts, montibus, Val. Flacc. – v. Schwimmenden, per aequora, Ov.: in magno mari, Ov.: medio amne, Ov. – v. Schiffenden, rate per aequora, Ov.: aquā, Prop. – v. Fliegenden, auf Fittichen Schwebenden, per auras, Ov.: pennis, entschweben, von Merkur, Verg.: aufwärts, sub sidera, entschweben, Verg.: abwärts, polo, Verg. – vom auf dem Wagen durch die Lüfte fahrenden Mars, pronum per aëra, Ov. – v. Herabsteigenden, per funem demissum labi, Verg.: im Bilde, labi per iter declive senectae, Ov. – v. Herabsinkenden, semianimem od. moribundum ex equo, Liv., suffosso equo, Tac., u. bl.
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    equo, Hor.; vgl. multis labentibus ex equis aut desilientibus, Liv.: labi ex rupe, Curt.: ex arbore, Capit.: per gradus, die Stufen hinabfallen, Liv.: super terram, hinsinken, Liv. – β) v. lebl. Subjj.: quia continenter laberentur et fluerent omnia, Cic.: in vanum manus lapsa, die einen Fehlhieb getan, Curt.: cum tela de testudine laberentur, Curt.: tum (illud iaculum) leni impetu labitur, gleitet sanft (auf dem Wasser) dahin, Min. Fel. – abwärts, lapsa cadunt folia, Verg.: lapsus ab arbore ramus, Ov.: lapsae lacertis, nullo solvente, catenae, Ov. – v. Kleidern und Waffen, soluta ac velut labens undique toga, Quint.: tergo velamina lapsa, Ov.: labentibus super corpus armis, Liv. – v. Sternen u. dgl., vagā et mutabili ratione, Cic.: advorsum nimbos, Lucr.: caelo, dahingleiten am usw., Verg.: abwärts, ab aethere, Ov.: de caelo, Verg.: ignem de caelo lapsurum, Capit. – v. Schiffen, vadis, Verg. – v. Gewässern, gleiten, dahingleiten, fließen, cum labantur assidue flumina, quaedam concitata rapiantur, Sen.: altissima quaeque flumina minimo sono labi, Curt.: altis ripis, dahingleiten, Hor.; aber sinistrā ripā, hinwegströmen über usw., Hor.: per CCC stadia, Curt.: sub terras, sub magna terra, Ov.: abwärts, e fontibus, Curt.: diversis de partibus (al. fontibus), Ov.: vertice silvae, Ov.: quantum aquarum per gradus cum fragore labentium, Sen.: zurück, in caput (Quelle) suum retro, Ov.: prius vasto laben-
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    tur flumina ponto, quam etc., Prop.: vado labente, die Flut zurück-, abfloß, Tac. – v. Tränen, rinnen, träufeln, in genas, Hor.: per genas in ensem, Ov.: ex oculis, Ov. – v. anderen Flüssigkeiten, fließen, rinnen, träufeln, in proximum mare (vom flüssigen Bernstein), Tac.: truncis cavis, vom Honig, Hor.: quid sit, quod guttatim faciat pluviam labi, Amob.: pressus pavore sanguis tardius labebatur, floß (hervor), Tac. – vom Feuer, in porticus, hinüberschlagen in usw., Tac. – v. Übeln usw., die allmählich in den Körper dringen, sich verbreiten, frigus per artus labitur, Ov.: dolor lapsus ad artus, Verg.: penitus in viscera lapsum serpentis furiale malum, Verg.: somnus labitur in artus, Ov.
    2) übtr.: a) gleiten, rinnen, α) v. leb. Subjj.: sed labor longius, ad propositum revertar, ich gerate, ich verliere mich zu weit (in der Rede), Cic.: u. so quin labebar longius, nisi me retinuissem, Cic. – cadere spe dicuntur, qui levati animo a summo ad inferiora labuntur, Donat. Ter. Andr. 3, 5, 12. – β) v. lebl. Subjj.: ilico res foras labitur, liquitur, rinnt das Geld ihm aus dem Hause und zerfließt, Plaut.: brevitate et celeritate syllabarum labi putat verba proclivius, Cic.: sunt (vitia) in lubrico incitataque semel proclivi labuntur sustinerique nullo modo possunt, Cic. – v. der Rede, oratio sedate placideque labitur, gleitet (fließt) dahin, Cic. or. 92: prosā incipit (sermo eius), versu
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    labitur, pedestri oratione finitur, Hieron. epist. 53, 8. – v. Zeit u. Leben, dahingleiten, entrinnen, verfließen, assiduo labuntur tempora motu, non secus ac flumen, Ov.: labitur occulte fallitque volubilis aetas, ut celer admissis labitur amnis aquis, Ov.: cito pede labitur aetas, Ov.: tardo pede lapsa vetustas, Ov.: u. so labuntur tempora, anni, lustra, Hor. u.a. Dichter. – b) mit Angabe des Ziels, zu etwas sich hinneigen, in etw. sinken, auf od. in etw. verfallen, geraten, α) v. leb. Subjj.: labor eo, ut assentiar Epicuro, fühle mich zur Ansicht des E. hingezogen, Cic.: labi ad illos, qui etc., Cic.: veremini, ne labar ad opinionem, möchte dem Wahne verfallen, Cic.: labi in errorem emendabilem, Liv.: in luxuriam, in segnitiam, Iustin.: in vitium, Hor.: in somnum, in soporem, Petron. – β) v. lebl. Subjj.: civitatum mores lapsi ad mollitiem, Cic.: omnia in externum lapsa sunt morem, Curt.
    II) prägn.: A) = delabi, abgleiten, abkommen, vorbeigleiten, 1) eig.: si viā lapsus est (bildl.), Sen.: cum superiacta tela de testudine laberentur, Tac.: ne adiectae voces laberentur atque errarent, priusquam sensus (auditus) ab his pulsus esset, Cic. – 2) übtr.: hāc spe lapsus, in der Hoffnung getäuscht, Caes.: labi facultatibus, um sein Vermögen kommen, ICt.
    B) = ab- od. ausgleiten, straucheln, ausgleitend, strauchelnd fallen, 1) eig.: agaso pede lapsus, Hor. –
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    homini nequam lapso et ut allevaretur roganti, ›Tollat te‹, inquit, ›qui novit‹, Quint. – 2) übtr.: straucheln, a) = irre werden, mente, wahnsinnig werden, Cels.: u. so lapsi mente, wahnsinnig (Ggstz. sui compotes), Cels. – labi memoriā, einen Gedächtnisfehler begehen, Suet. – u. geistig od. moralisch irren, fehlen, sich vergehen, erravit, lapsus est, non putavit, Cic.: opinione labi posse, voluntate a re publica dissidere nullo pacto posse, Cic.: in alqa re consilio od. casu lapsum esse, Cic.: consilio id magis quam furore lapsos fecisse, Liv.: labi per errorem, Cic., od. errore, ICt.: labi propter imprudentiam, Cic.: imprudentiā lapsum aliquid facere (Ggstz. scientem aliquid delinquere), Liv.: labi imperitiā, ICt.: in quo vorbo lapsa consuetudo deflexit de via, Cic.: labi in officio, Cic.: in his labi et cadere, Cic.: qua in re si mediocriter lapsus sum, defendes meum tolerabile erratum, Cic.: numquam labere, si te audies, Cic.: qui sero lapsum revocatis, Prop. – b) straucheln = zum Falle geneigt sein, dem Falle nahe sein (s. Halm Cic. Phil. 2, 51), equitem Romanum non libidine, non turpibus impensis atque iacturis, sed experientiā patrimonii amplificandi labentem excepit, fulsit et sustinuit re, fide, hodieque sustinet, Cic.: cum labentem et prope cadentem rem publicam fulcire cuperetis, Cic.: ferre praesidium labenti et inclinatae paene rei publicae, Cic.: labente deinde paulatim disciplinā, Liv.: labente iam
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    causā decem virorum, Liv.: vidi ego labentes (weichenden) acies et tela caduca, Prop.
    C) = elabi, herausfallen, 1) eig.: viscera lapsa, Ov. u. Lucan.: forte lapsa vox, entschlüpfte, entfallene, Tac. – v. Pers., entgleiten, entschlüpfen, e manibus custodientium, Curt.: custodiā, Tac. – 2) übtr.: quam nostro illius labatur pectore vultus, entschwindet, Verg. ecl. 1, 63.
    D) herabgleiten, -sinken = schlapp herabhängen, lapsa catena, schleppende, Prop.: tenuata de nexibus membra labuntur, Ps. Quint. decl. – bes. v. Gliedern Sterbender, caput labens et iam languentia colla levat, Lucan.: malae labentes, herabsinkende Kinnladen, Suet.: lapsae genae, Sen. poët. – neutr. pl. subst., firmamenta fluidorum ac labentium, des Schlotterigen u. Schlappen, Sen. ep. 102, 25.
    E) sinken, hinsinken, zusammensinken, 1) eig.: α) v. Pers.: calor ossa reliquit, labitur, Verg.: sub onere labitur, erliegt der Last, Petron.: multi sine morte labuntur, Petron. – β) v. lebl. Subjj., u. zwar v. Gebäuden usw., zusammen-, einsinken, vor Alter verfallen, lapso fundamento, Curt.: lapsura domus, Ov.: donec labentes deorum aedes refeceris, Hor. – v. den Augen Schlafender, zufallen, zusinken, labentes ocelli, Prop.: lapsi somno ocelli, Prop. – u. Sterbender, brechen, labuntur frigida leto lumina, Verg.: labentes oculos condere (zudrücken), Ov.: dum laben-
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    tes oculi ad nostras exclamationes nostrosque planctus admissā paulatim luce laxantur, Ps. Quint. decl. Vgl. Burmann Ov. am. 3, 5, 1; trist. 3, 3, 44.
    2) übtr.: a) sinken = hinschwinden, vom Lebensatem, labens anima, Tac.: labi spiritum nec ultra biduum duraturum, Tac. – dah. v. Sterbenden, denen die Sinne vergehen, in den Tod sinken, sterben, laberis Oebalide, primā fraudate iuventā, Verg.: labimur (mir schwinden die Sinne), i, miseram solare parentem, Stat.: ille oculis extremo errore solutis labitur, Stat. – b) sinken = verfallen, in Verfall geraten, miserere domus labentis, Verg.: u. so labens regia, Iustin.: lapsum genus, Verg.: labente paulatim disciplinā, Liv.: ut magis magisque mores lapsi sint, tum ire coeperint praecipites, Liv.: fides lapsa, Ov. – Parag. Infin. labier, Cic. Arat. 226. Lucr. 4, 443. Hor. ep. 2, 1, 94. – Partic, labundus, a, um, hinstürzend, unda sub undis labunda, Acc. tr. 570.
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    2. labor, ōris, m. (zu labāre; eigentl. »das Wanken unter einer Last«), die Anstrengung, I) die Anstrengung, etw. zu vollbringen, die Bemühung, Mühe, Arbeit, Strapaze, 1) eig.: a) übh.: labor forensis, Cic.: irritus, Quint. u. Ov.: labor itineris, Cic.: labor viae, Liv.: labores militum, Caes.: labor corporis, animi, Cic.: labor manuum, Hieron.: labor domesticus, Colum.: militiae, Cic. aut belli aut fugae, Caes.: operis (der Belagerung), Caes.: labores belli, Cic.: labores defensionum, Cic. – parvulo labore, Cic.: nullo labore, Cic.: nullo labore tuo, ohne daß es dir Mühe macht, Cic.: sine labore, sine ullo labore, Cic.: sine ullo labore et contentione, Cic.: sine labore ac periculo, Cic.: cum labore, summo cum labore, Cic.: res est magni laboris, Cic.: tot adire labores, Verg.: affecta labore et vigiliis corpora, Liv.: capere tantum laborem, sich so sehr bemühen, Cic.: laborem inanem capere, sich vergeblich abmühen, Ter.: in ea (arte) plus operae laborisque consumpsisse, Cic.: nec animi neque corporis laboribus defatigari, Cic.: demere (alci) laborem militiae, Cic.: unius mensis labor alci detrahitur, Cic.: exanclare talem laborem, Cic., omnes labores, Cic.: exanclatis itinerum laboribus, Amm.: exercere se tantis laboribus, Cic.: apes exercet sub sole labor, Verg.: tot per annos terrā marique tanta pericula ac labores exhausisse, Liv.: inter labo-
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    res exhaustos aut mox exhauriendos, Liv.: frustra labore exhausto, Lucan.: magnos esse experiundos et subeundos labores, Cic.: dum adulescentis dextera irrito se labore fatigat, Val. Max.: frangere se tantis laboribus, Cic.: qui partis honoribus eosdem in foro gessi (habe mich unterzogen) labores, quos petendis, Cic.: impenditur labor et sumptus ad incertum casum et eventum quotannis, Cic.: suum laborem hominum periculis sublevandis impertire, Cic.: non plus alci laboris imponere quam sibi sumere, Cic.: eis laborem etiam novum pro portione iniungi, Liv.: quid sumptus in eam rem aut laboris insumpserit, Cic.: operam, studium, laborem interponere pro alqo, Cic.: pugnando fessis laxatur labor, Liv.: ut sibi pro re gesta aliquid laxaret laboris, Liv.: levare alci laborem, Cic.: defensionum laboribus aut omnino aut magna ex parte liberari, Cic.: obire pericula ac labores pariter, Liv.: non parcere labori, Cic. (u. so ne labori suo neu periculo parceret, Caes.): et honoribus amplissimis et laboribus maximis perfunctum esse, Cic.: Hercules perfunctus iam laboribus, Cic.: laborem viae pati posse, Liv.: multis laboribus (unter v. Str.) quaerere alqm. Plaut.: reficere se ex labore, Caes.: ab parvulis labori ac duritiae studere, Caes.: succumbere labori, Caes.: istos labores, quos nunc in naufragiis nostris suscipis, non subisses, Cic.: frustra tantum laborem sumere, Caes.: supersedere hoc labore itineris, Cic.: suscipere labo-
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    rem, labores, Cic.: frustra suscipere laborem, sich vergeblich abmühen, Cic.: sustinere forensem laborem propter ambitionem, Cic.: labores, pericula facile tolerare, Sall.: non vitandi laboris mei causā, Cic. – labor est m. Infin., es kostet Mühe (Arbeit), es hat Schwierigkeit, Liv. 39, 1, 5. Plin. 26, 118: u. so maior aliquanto labor est m. Infin., Flor. 2, 2, 4: proximus huic labor est placitam exorare puellam, Ov. art. am. 1, 37: nec magnus prohibere labor, Verg. georg. 4, 106. – b) insbes., Anstrengung, angestrengte Tätigkeit, Arbeitsamkeit (Ggstz. inertia, desidia, requies, quies, otium), verb. industria et labor, summus labor in publicis privatisque rebus, Cic.: vivere in studiis laboribusque, Cic.: labor quaerendi, Erwerbsfleiß, Iustin.: rei militaris labor, Leistungen im Kriegswesen, Nep.: animi labor, geistige Anstrengung, Nep. – als Fähigkeit, Arbeitsfähigkeit, Ausdauer in Arbeit u. Anstrengung, M. Messala magni laboris, Cic.: homo magni laboris summaeque industriae, Cic.: magni formica laboris, die arbeitsame, emsige, Hor.: (iumenta) summi ut sint laboris efficiunt, Caes. – 2) meton.: a) Arbeit, Werk, ita multorum mensium labor hostium perfidiā et vi tempestatis puncto temporis interiit, Caes. b. c. 2, 14, 4: sternuntur segetes longique perit labor irritus anni, Ov.: et pluviā ingenti sata laeta boumque labores diluit, Verg.: artificum manus (verschiedenen Malereien)
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    inter se operumque laborem (Bauwerk) miratur, Verg.: hic labor ille domus et inextricabilis error, v. Labyrinthe, Verg.: cari uteri labores, v. Kindern, Claud. rapt. Pros. 1, 194. – b) Unternehmung, Tat, belli, Verg.: von den Kampfspielen, wie πόνος, μόχθος, Hor.: u. von den großen Unternehmungen des Herkules, Hor.: strenui labores (im Kriege), Eutr. – II) Anstrengung, etwas zu überwinden, zu ertragen, Plage, Pein, Not, Ungemach, Drangsal, Mühseligkeit, Unglück, Beschwerlichkeit, a) übh.: scis amorem, scis laborem, scis egestatem meam, Plaut.: cuius erga me benevolentiam vel in labore meo vel in honore perspexi, Cic.: multis variisque perfunctus laboribus, Nep.: quoniam in tantum luctum et laborem detrusus es, quantum nemo umquam, Cic.: breviter Troiae supremum audire laborem, Verg. – poet., labores solis, lunae, Sonnenfinsternis, Mondfinsternis, Verg.: labores Lucinae, die Wehen, Verg. – b) Beschwerde, α) = Krankheit, nervorum, Nervenkrankheit, Vitr.: annuus earum (apium) labor est initio veris, Colum.: mox et frumentis labor additus, ut mala culmos esset robigo, Verg.: valetudo decrescit, accrescit labor, Plaut. – β) = phys. Schmerz, cor de labore pectus tundit, Plaut. Cas. 415: hoc medicamentum sine magno labore circa septimum diem cadere cogit haemorrhoidas, Scrib. Larg. 227. – γ) gemütl. Schmerz, Betrübnis, Kummer (s. Spengel Ter. Andr.
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    720. Wagner Ter. heaut. 82), quamquam ibi animo labos grandis capitur, Plaut.: verum ex eo misera quam capit laborem! Ter. – c) eine Last, lapides laborem sustinent od. tolerant, tragen Lasten, sind von dauerhafter Beschaffenheit, Vitr. 2, 7, 2. Plin. 36, 167. – Archaist. Nbf. labōs, ōris, m., *Pacuv. tr. 290. Plaut. merc. 72; trin. 271; truc. 521. Ter. Hec. 286. Lucil. 215. Varro sat. Men. 247. Sall. hist. fr. 2, 41 (50), 1 u. 3, 61 (82), 18. Catull. 55, 13. Plin. 6, 60 u. Spät. (s. Neue-Wagener Formenl.3 1, 265).personif., Labōs, ōris, m., die Mühsal, eine unterirdische Gottheit, Verg. Aen. 6, 277.

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  • 48 moles

    mōlēs, is, f. (μῶλος, Mühe), die Last, Masse, I) abstr. = die Schwere, das Gewichtige, die Wucht, gewaltige Größe, A) eig.: opposui molem clipei, poet. = den gewichtigen Schild, Ov.: inter pecudes vastā se mole moventem, mit plumper Körperlast sich einherbewegend, Verg.: ingenti mole Latinus, von riesiger Körpergröße, Verg. – B) übtr.: 1) die Masse, Last, a) = Schwere, Größe, große Macht, tanti imperii, Liv.: Romani imperii, Riesenmacht, Vell.: tanta mali, Cic.: tantorum onerum moles, Vell.: pinnarum nutantium moles, die wuchtigen, sich bewegenden Fittiche, Apul. met. 6, 15 (cod. Fuld.): curarum, Tac.: pugnae, Liv.: quantae molis bellum, welch ein ungeheurer Krieg, Vell.: belli molem ciere, die ganze Kriegsmacht aufbieten, Tac. – b) poet. = die Kraft, Stärke, iuventae, Sil.: Herculea, Sil. – 2) die Last = die Schwierigkeit, Mühe, Not, maiore mole pugnare, Liv., od. bellum parare, Liv.: minor moles fuit, Liv.: plaustris transveham naves haud magnā mole, Liv.: maior domi exorta moles, Liv.: tantae molis erat Romanam condere gentem, so viel Mühe kostete es, zu usw., Verg. – personif., Moles, die Kampfmühen, Töchter des Mars, die Molen, Gell. 13, 22, 2 ed. Hertz2 (ed. vulg. Molae in gleicher Bedeutung).
    II) konkret, A) = die gewichtige, unförmliche,
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    große Masse, der Klumpen, rudis indigestaque moles, vom Chaos, Ov. met. 1, 7: salis quadratae moles, Blöcke, Plin. 6, 147. – tantae corporum moles (Körpermassen, Kolosse) fundis sagittisque in fugam consternatae sunt, Liv. 38, 46, 4. – B) insbes.: 1) ein massiger, großer Bau, a) die Steinmassen, Holzstämme, auch alten Schiffe (vgl. Suet. Claud. 20, 3) u. andere schwere Körper, die ins Meer eingesenkt werden und auf denen, wie auf einem Fundamente, der agger (Aufwurf) ruht, der Grundbau, das Wehr, der Damm u. dgl. (vgl. Curt. 4, 2 [11], 21 iamque paululum moles aquā eminebat, et simul aggeris latitudo crescebat), pontes ac moles, Liv.: mole lapidum a mari disiunctus, Cic.: moles oppositae fluctibus, Cic.: m. naturalis obiecta, von einer Sandbank, Caes.: bes. damit es an Fischen auch bei stürmischem Wetter nicht fehle, Hor. carm. 3, 1, 34. – b) von großen Gebäuden, Gebäude, im Plur. Bauten, Riesenbauten, exstructae moles, Cic.: regiae moles, Hor.: moles marmoreae, Sen.: moles propinqua nubibus, Hor.: insanae substructionum moles, ungeheure Kolosse von Bauten, Cic.: quod nulla in Italia moles tam capax foret (so viele Menschen faßte), Tac.: v. Grabhügel, ingenti mole sepulcrum imponit = ingentem molem sepulcro, Verg. – v. Schiffen, m. pinea, Flotte von großen Schiffen, Prop. 4, 6, 19: capax moles, der riesige Kahn, Sil. 13, 760. – c) moles
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  • 49 dēnique

        dēnique adv.,    and thenceforward, and thereafter, at last, at length, finally, lastly, only, not until: denique Metuebant me, T.: Metui, quid futurum denique esset, T.: post biennium denique appellas: octavo denique mense, Cs.: mortuo denique, not till after his death.—With nunc, now at last, only now, not till now: nunc denique incipiunt credere.—With tum, then at last, only then, not till then: tum denique nomen referemus: tum denique interficiere, cum, etc.—In enumerations, besides, thereafter, finally, lastly, in fine: ut nomen deferrent, ut accusatorem compararent, denique ut pugnarent: proximo, altero, denique reliquis consecutis diebus.—Followed by postremo, C.—In a summary or climax, in a word, in short, in fact, briefly, to sum up, in fine, even, I may say: Ut ad pauca redeam... Haec denique eius fuit oratio, T.: nobis est domi inopia, mala res... denique quid reliqui habemus? S.: omnia sua iura, commoda, totam denique libertatem: non curia, non domus, non denique haec sedes honoris: denique haec fuit altera persona, in a word, N.: Denique sit quidvis simplex, H.: vitavi denique culpam, Non laudem merui, merely, H.—Ironical, in fine, forsooth, indeed: ii denique, qui tum concursabant, Roscio obicient, etc.—Restrictive, in fine, at least, certainly: nostros praesidia deducturos aut denique indiligentius servaturos, Cs.: eosdem (liberos) bonā aut denique aliquā re p. perdere: Ne nummi pereant... aut denique fama, H.
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    finally, in the end; and then; at worst; in short, to sum up; in fact, indeed

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  • 50 īmus

        īmus adj. sup.    [contr. for infimus], the lowest, deepest, last: ab imis unguibus usque ad verticem summum: penetralia, O.: imā verrit vestigia caudā, tip, V.: fundo in imo, at the very bottom, V.: vox, the highest treble (opp. summa, the bass), H.: conviva, at the foot, H.: ad imam quercum, at the foot of the oak, Ph.: currūs, low wheels (of the plough-team), V.: deorum Gratus imis, of the lower world, H.—As subst n., the bottom, depth, lowest part: murus ab imo ad summum, L.: locus ab imo acclivis, Cs.: Ianus summus ab imo, from end to end, H.: vertere ab imo moenia, utterly, V.: (aurīs) instabiles imo facit, at the roots, O.: aquae perspicuae imo, to the bottom, O.: medio ne discrepet imum, the end, H.: Dormiet in lucem... ad imum Thraex erit, at last, H.: inter Ima pedis, clefts of the hoof, V.: ima summis Mutare, turn the lowest into the highest, H.: qui regit ima, the under world, O.—Fig., of time or rank, the last (poet.): mensis, O.: poëma, Si paulum summo decessit, vergit ad imum, from the sublime... to the ridiculous, H.

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  • 51 postrēmō

        postrēmō adv.    [abl. of postremus; sc. tempore], at last, finally, last of all: inprimis... postremo, Cs.: agri, regna denique, postremo etiam vectigalia: primo... deinde... postremo, S.
    * * *
    at last, finally

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  • 52 ūltimum

        ūltimum adv.    [ultimus], finally, for the last time: illum visurus, Cu.
    * * *
    extremely, to the last degree, utterly; finally, at last

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  • 53 propior

    prŏpĭor, ĭus, gen. ōris, adj. comp., and proxĭmus, a, um, adj. sup. (v. below, II.) [from the obsol. propis; whence prope].
    I.
    Comp., nearer, nigher.
    A.
    Lit., of place:

    portus propior,

    Verg. A. 3, 530:

    tumulus,

    Liv. 22, 24:

    ut propior patriae sit fuga nostra,

    Ov. P. 1, 2, 130:

    domus,

    Sall. H. 2, 40 Dietsch:

    cum propior caliginis aër Ater init oculos,

    Lucr. 4, 338 (314).—With acc.:

    propior montem suos collocat,

    Sall. J. 49, 1:

    propior hostem,

    Hirt. B. G. 8, 9.—With ab:

    quisquis ab igne propior stetit,

    Sen. Ep. 74, 4.—With inf.:

    propior timeri,

    Stat. Th. 12, 223.— Neutr. plur, subst.: prŏpĭōra, um, places lying near:

    propiora fluminis,

    Tac. H. 5, 16:

    tenere,

    Verg. A. 5, 168.—
    B.
    Trop.
    1.
    Of time, nearer, later, more recent:

    veniunt inde ad propiora,

    Cic. Tusc. 1, 48, 116:

    venio ad propiorem (epistulam),

    id. Att. 15, 3, 2:

    propior puero quam juveni,

    Vell. 2, 53, 1:

    septimus octavo jam propior annus,

    Hor. S. 2, 6, 40; id. C. 3, 15, 4:

    mors,

    Tib. 2, 3, 42:

    propiore aut longiore tempore aliquid facere,

    Dig. 23, 4, 17.—
    2.
    Of relationship, nearer, more nearly related; with dat.:

    quibus propior P. Quintio nemo est,

    Cic. Quint. 31, 97:

    ille gradu propior sanguinis,

    Ov. H. 3, 28; 16, 326; 20, 158:

    amicus,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 9, 5.—
    3.
    Of resemblance, more nearly resembling, more like (class.); with dat.:

    quae sceleri propiora sunt, quam religioni,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 50, § 112:

    tauro,

    Verg. G. 3, 57:

    vero est propius,

    more probable, Liv. 4, 37; Ov. F. 4, 801; Tac. A. 13, 34; id. G. 45:

    scribere Sermoni propiora,

    Hor. S. 1, 4, 42.—With acc. (not in Cic.):

    propius est fidem,

    is more credible, Liv. 4, 17:

    quod tamen vitium propius virtutem erat,

    Sall. C. 11, 1.—
    4.
    Of relation or connection, nearer, more nearly related, affecting or concerning more nearly, of greater import, closer, more intimate:

    hunc priorem aequom'st me habere: tunica propior pallio est, proverbially,

    my shirt is nearer than my coat, Plaut. Trin. 5, 2, 30:

    propior societas eorum, qui ejusdem civitatis,

    Cic. Off. 3, 17, 69:

    sua sibi propiora pericula esse, quam mea,

    id. Sest. 18, 40:

    alium portum propiorem huic aetati videbamus,

    id. Att. 14, 19, 1:

    damnum propius medullis,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 10, 28:

    cura propior luctusque domesticus,

    Ov. M. 13, 578; id. P. 4, 9, 71:

    supplemento vel Latium propius esse,

    Liv. 8, 11:

    irae quam timori propiorem cernens,

    more inclined to anger than to fear, Tac. A. 16, 9: oderat Aenean propior Saturnia Turno, more inclined or attached to, Ov. Tr. 1, 2, 7.—Hence, adv.: prŏpĭus, more nearly, nearer, closer (class.).
    A.
    Lit.
    1.
    Absol.:

    propius accedamus,

    Ter. Ad. 3, 2, 11; Ov. M. 2, 41:

    res adspicere,

    Verg. A. 1, 526:

    propius spectare aliquid,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 67;

    stare,

    id. A. P. 361.—
    2.
    With dat., nearer to: propius grammatico accessi, Cic. ap. Diom. p. 405 P. (not elsewhere in Cic.):

    propius Tiberi quam Thermopylis,

    Nep. Hann. 8, 3:

    propius stabulis armenta tenerent,

    Verg. G. 1, 355.—
    3.
    With acc.:

    ne propius se castra moveret,

    Caes. B. G. 4, 9:

    pars insulae, quae est propius solis occasum,

    id. ib. 4, 28: propius aliquem accedere, id. ib. 5, 36:

    propius urbem,

    Cic. Phil. 7, 9, 26:

    mare,

    Sall. J. 18, 9.—
    4.
    With ab:

    propius a terris,

    Cic. N. D. 1, 31, 87:

    antiquitas quo propius aberat ab ortu et divinā progenie, hoc melius ea cernebat,

    id. Tusc. 1, 12, 26:

    ab Urbe,

    Plin. 17, 25, 38, § 243.—
    B.
    Trop.:

    ut propius ad ea accedam, quae a te dicta sunt,

    Cic. Fin. 4, 10, 24; Sen. Ira, 3, 42, 4; Cic. Part. 36, 124:

    propius accedo: nego esse illa testimonia,

    id. Fl. 10, 23:

    a contumeliā quam a laude propius fuerit post Vitellium eligi,

    Tac. H. 2, 76:

    nec quicquam propius est factum, quam ut illum persequeretur,

    he was within an ace of following him, Cic. Clu. 21, 59; so,

    propius nihil est factum, quam ut occideretur,

    id. Q. Fr. 1, 2, 5, § 15.
    II.
    Sup.: proxĭmus (PROXVMVS and PROXSVMEIS, Tab. Bant.; late comp. proximior, Sen. Ep. 108, 16; Ulp. ap. Prisc. p. 607 P.; v. below, B. 2. and 3.; cf. in adv. 2. c.), a, um, adj., the nearest, next (class.).
    A.
    Lit., of place:

    proxima oppida,

    Caes. B. G. 3, 12:

    via,

    Lucr. 5, 103; cf.:

    via ad gloriam proxima et quasi compendiaria,

    Cic. Off. 2, 12, 43:

    ad proximum mare, dein Romam pergerent,

    Sall. J. 23, 2:

    in proximos collis discedunt,

    id. ib. 54, 10:

    proximum iter in Galliam,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 10:

    paries cum proximus ardet,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 84:

    agri termini,

    id. C. 2, 18, 23:

    proximus vicinus,

    one's nearest neighbor, Plaut. Most. 3, 1, 138; Ter. Hec. 1, 2, 49; Cic. Att. 2, 14, 2; Dig. 50, 15, 4.—With dat.:

    Belgae proximi sunt Germanis,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 1: huic proximum inferiorem orbem tenet puroeis, Cic. N. D. 2, 20, 53:

    proxima Campano ponti villula,

    Hor. S. 1, 5, 45.—With acc. (not in Cic.):

    qui te proximus est,

    Plaut. Poen. 5, 3, 1:

    ager proximus finem Megalopolitarum,

    Liv. 35, 27:

    Crassus proximus mare Oceanum hiemarat,

    Caes. B. G. 3, 7, 2:

    qui proximi forte tribunal steterant,

    Liv. 8, 32, 12.—With ab, nearest to, next to:

    dactylus proximus a postremo,

    next before, Cic. Or. 64, 217:

    ut quisque proximus ab oppresso sit,

    Liv. 37, 25:

    proximus a dominā,

    Ov. A. A. 1, 139:

    proxima regio ab eā (urbe),

    Curt. 10, 5, 18. —Hence, as subst.,
    1.
    proxĭmus, i, m., a neighbor, a fellow-man, Val. Max. 6, 9 init.; Quint. Decl. 259.—As subst.,
    2.
    proxĭmum, i, n., the neighborhood, vicinity:

    vicinus e proximo,

    hard by, Plaut. Aul. 2, 4, 11:

    aquam hinc de proximo rogabo,

    from the house next door, id. Rud. 2, 3, 73:

    cum in proximo hic sit aegra,

    close by, next door, Ter. Hec. 3, 2, 6:

    huic locum in proximum conduxi,

    Cic. Fil. Fam. 16, 21, 4:

    per impluvium huc despexi in proximum,

    into our neighbor's, Plaut. Mil. 2, 3, 16.— Plur.:

    traicit in proxima continentis,

    Liv. 31, 46, 12.—
    B.
    Trop.
    1.
    Of time, the next preceding or following, the previous, last, the next, the following, ensuing:

    quid proximā, quid superiore nocte egeris,

    Cic. Cat. 1, 1, 1:

    his proximis Nonis, cum in hortos Bruti venissemus,

    id. Lael. 2, 7:

    Gabinius quem proximis superioribus diebus acerrime oppugnasset,

    id. Fam. 1, 9, 20: se proximā nocte castra moturum, on the next, i.e. the following night, Caes. B. G. 1, 40 fin.; 2, 12; 3, 18; Liv. 2, 7, 1:

    proximo anno,

    Sall. J. 35, 2; Plin. 17, 23, 35, § 208:

    in proxumum annum (se) transtulit,

    Cic. Mil. 9, 24:

    proximo, altero, tertio, denique reliquis consecutis diebus,

    id. Phil. 1, 13, 32:

    bello tanto majore quam proximo conatu apparatum est,

    Liv. 4, 23, 6 Weissenb. ad loc.: IN DIEBVS V. PROXSVMEIS QVIBVS QVISQVE EORVM MAG (istratum) INIERIT, Tab. Bantin. lin. 14; so ib. lin. 12; Cic. Fam. 10, 26, 2; id. Att. 11, 11, 1:

    censor qui proximus ante me fuerat,

    id. Sen. 12, 42: die proximi, old abl. form for proximo, Cato ap. Gell. 10, 24, 10, and ap. Non. 153, 11; cf.:

    crastinus, pristinus, etc., but proximo a. d. VI. Kal. Octobr.,

    recently, last of all, Cic. Att. 18, 5.—
    2.
    In order of succession, rank, estimation, worth, etc., the next:

    summa necessitudo videtur esse honestatis: huic proxima incolumitatis: tertia ac levissima commoditatis,

    Cic. Inv. 2, 58, 173:

    observat L. Domitium maxime, me habet proximum,

    id. Att. 1, 1, 3:

    proximos dentes eiciunt,

    Varr. R. R. 2, 7, 2:

    prima vulnera... Proxima,

    Ov. M. 3, 233:

    proximos illi tamen occupavit Pallas honores,

    Hor. C. 1, 12, 19: proximum est, ut, it follows that, remains that, the next point is: proximum est ergo, ut, opus fuerit classe necne quaeramus, we must next inquire, Cic. Fl. 12, 27:

    proximum est, ut doceam, deorum providentiā mundum administrari,

    id. N. D. 2, 29, 73.—Of value or quality, the next, most nearly approaching, most like or similar:

    id habendum est antiquissimum et deo proximum, quod est optimum,

    Cic. Leg. 2, 16, 40:

    ficta voluptatis causā sint proxima veris,

    Hor. A. P. 338:

    proxima Phoebi Versibus ille facit,

    Verg. E. 7, 22.— Comp.:

    ut quorum abstinentiam interrupi, modum servem et quidem abstinentiae proximiorem,

    Sen. Ep. 108, 16.—
    3.
    In relationship, connection, or resemblance, the nearest, next, most nearly or closely related, next of kin, most like:

    AGNATVS PROXIMVS, Fragm. XII. Tabularum: hic illi genere est proximus,

    Ter. Ad. 4, 5, 17:

    proximus cognatione,

    Cic. Inv. 2, 49, 144:

    id des proximum,

    id. Leg. 2, 16, 40:

    proxima virtutibus vitia,

    Quint. 10, 2, 16:

    propinquitate,

    Nep. Ages. 1, 3:

    proximae necessitudines,

    Petr. 116.— Comp.: si quis proximior cognatus nasceretur, Ulp. ap. Prisc. p. 607 P.— Subst.: proxĭmi, ōrum, m., one's nearest relatives, next of kin:

    injuriosi sunt in proximos,

    Cic. Off. 1, 14, 44; Caes. Fragm. ap. Gell. 5, 13, 6; Phaedr. 5, 1, 16:

    cum haec omnia cumulate tuis proximis plana fecero,

    i.e. to your friends, intimates, Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 64, § 165; id. Pis. 32, 79; Gell. 3, 8, 3.—
    b.
    In gen., one's neighbor, fellow-man:

    sive nostros status, sive proximorum ingenia contemplamur,

    Val. Max. 6, 9, 1; Quint. Decl. 2, 59:

    quis est mihi proximus?

    Aug. in Psa. 118; Serm. 8, 2; 90, 7 init.
    4.
    That is nearest at hand, i. e. apt, fit, suitable, convenient, easy (anteand post-class.):

    argumentum,

    App. Mag. p. 278:

    cum obvium proximumque esset dicere, etc.,

    Gell. 3, 14, 12: eamus ad me;

    ibi proximum est, ubi mutes,

    there is the fittest, most convenient place, Ter. Eun. 3, 5, 64.— Adv.: proxĭmē (proxume; comp. proximius, v. below, 2. c.), nearest, very near, next.
    1.
    Lit., of place, with dat. (not in Cic., rare in Livy):

    quam proxime potest hostium castris castra communit,

    Caes. B. C. 1, 72 fin.; Liv. 25, 14, 4.—With acc.:

    exercitum habere quam proxime hostem,

    Cic. Att. 6, 5, 3:

    proxime Pompeium sedebam,

    id. ib. 1, 14, 3:

    proxime Hispaniam Mauri sunt,

    Sall. J. 19, 4.—With ab:

    a Surā proxime est Philiscum oppidum Parthorum,

    Plin. 5, 26, 21, § 89:

    omnes tamen quam proxime alter ab altero debent habitare,

    Col. 1, 6, 8.—
    2.
    Trop.
    a.
    Of time, shortly before or after, last, next:

    civitates quae proxime bellum fecerant,

    Caes. B. G. 3, 29:

    Tito fratre suo censore, qui proximus ante me fuerat,

    Cic. Sen. 12, 42; id. Part. 39, 137; Plin. Ep. 4, 13, 3:

    cum proxime judices contrahentur,

    id. ib. 5, 7, 3.—With acc.:

    proxime abstinentiam sumendus est cibus exiguus,

    Cels. 3, 2:

    proxime solis occasum,

    Pall. 9, 8, 5.—
    b.
    Of order, rank, estimation, condition, etc., next to, next after, next:

    proxime et secundum deos homines hominibus maxime utiles esse possunt,

    Cic. Off. 2, 3, 1:

    me huic tuae virtuti proxime accedere,

    id. Fam. 11, 21, 4:

    proxime a nobilissimis viris,

    Vell. 2, 124, 4; id. 2, 127, 1:

    proxime valent cetera lauri genera,

    Plin. 23, 8, 80, § 158: utilissimum esse omphacium;

    proxime viride,

    id. 23, 4, 39, § 79.—With acc.: esse etiam debent proxime hos cari, qui, etc., Cass. ap. Cic. Fam. 12, 13, 2:

    proxime morem Romanum,

    closely following the Roman method, Liv. 24, 48, 11:

    erat res minime certamini navali similis, proxime speciem muros oppugnantium navium,

    closely resembling, id. 30, 10.—In this sense also with atque:

    proxime atque ille aut aeque,

    nearly the same as he, Cic. Fam. 9, 13, 2.—
    c.
    Very closely, nicely, accurately:

    ut proxime utriusque differentiam signem,

    Quint. 6, 2, 20 Spald.; cf.:

    analogia, quam proxime ex Graeco transferentes in Latinum proportionem vocaverunt,

    id. 1, 6, 3. — Comp.:

    nonne apertius, proximius, verius?

    Min. Fel. Oct. 19.

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  • 54 propiora

    prŏpĭor, ĭus, gen. ōris, adj. comp., and proxĭmus, a, um, adj. sup. (v. below, II.) [from the obsol. propis; whence prope].
    I.
    Comp., nearer, nigher.
    A.
    Lit., of place:

    portus propior,

    Verg. A. 3, 530:

    tumulus,

    Liv. 22, 24:

    ut propior patriae sit fuga nostra,

    Ov. P. 1, 2, 130:

    domus,

    Sall. H. 2, 40 Dietsch:

    cum propior caliginis aër Ater init oculos,

    Lucr. 4, 338 (314).—With acc.:

    propior montem suos collocat,

    Sall. J. 49, 1:

    propior hostem,

    Hirt. B. G. 8, 9.—With ab:

    quisquis ab igne propior stetit,

    Sen. Ep. 74, 4.—With inf.:

    propior timeri,

    Stat. Th. 12, 223.— Neutr. plur, subst.: prŏpĭōra, um, places lying near:

    propiora fluminis,

    Tac. H. 5, 16:

    tenere,

    Verg. A. 5, 168.—
    B.
    Trop.
    1.
    Of time, nearer, later, more recent:

    veniunt inde ad propiora,

    Cic. Tusc. 1, 48, 116:

    venio ad propiorem (epistulam),

    id. Att. 15, 3, 2:

    propior puero quam juveni,

    Vell. 2, 53, 1:

    septimus octavo jam propior annus,

    Hor. S. 2, 6, 40; id. C. 3, 15, 4:

    mors,

    Tib. 2, 3, 42:

    propiore aut longiore tempore aliquid facere,

    Dig. 23, 4, 17.—
    2.
    Of relationship, nearer, more nearly related; with dat.:

    quibus propior P. Quintio nemo est,

    Cic. Quint. 31, 97:

    ille gradu propior sanguinis,

    Ov. H. 3, 28; 16, 326; 20, 158:

    amicus,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 9, 5.—
    3.
    Of resemblance, more nearly resembling, more like (class.); with dat.:

    quae sceleri propiora sunt, quam religioni,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 50, § 112:

    tauro,

    Verg. G. 3, 57:

    vero est propius,

    more probable, Liv. 4, 37; Ov. F. 4, 801; Tac. A. 13, 34; id. G. 45:

    scribere Sermoni propiora,

    Hor. S. 1, 4, 42.—With acc. (not in Cic.):

    propius est fidem,

    is more credible, Liv. 4, 17:

    quod tamen vitium propius virtutem erat,

    Sall. C. 11, 1.—
    4.
    Of relation or connection, nearer, more nearly related, affecting or concerning more nearly, of greater import, closer, more intimate:

    hunc priorem aequom'st me habere: tunica propior pallio est, proverbially,

    my shirt is nearer than my coat, Plaut. Trin. 5, 2, 30:

    propior societas eorum, qui ejusdem civitatis,

    Cic. Off. 3, 17, 69:

    sua sibi propiora pericula esse, quam mea,

    id. Sest. 18, 40:

    alium portum propiorem huic aetati videbamus,

    id. Att. 14, 19, 1:

    damnum propius medullis,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 10, 28:

    cura propior luctusque domesticus,

    Ov. M. 13, 578; id. P. 4, 9, 71:

    supplemento vel Latium propius esse,

    Liv. 8, 11:

    irae quam timori propiorem cernens,

    more inclined to anger than to fear, Tac. A. 16, 9: oderat Aenean propior Saturnia Turno, more inclined or attached to, Ov. Tr. 1, 2, 7.—Hence, adv.: prŏpĭus, more nearly, nearer, closer (class.).
    A.
    Lit.
    1.
    Absol.:

    propius accedamus,

    Ter. Ad. 3, 2, 11; Ov. M. 2, 41:

    res adspicere,

    Verg. A. 1, 526:

    propius spectare aliquid,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 67;

    stare,

    id. A. P. 361.—
    2.
    With dat., nearer to: propius grammatico accessi, Cic. ap. Diom. p. 405 P. (not elsewhere in Cic.):

    propius Tiberi quam Thermopylis,

    Nep. Hann. 8, 3:

    propius stabulis armenta tenerent,

    Verg. G. 1, 355.—
    3.
    With acc.:

    ne propius se castra moveret,

    Caes. B. G. 4, 9:

    pars insulae, quae est propius solis occasum,

    id. ib. 4, 28: propius aliquem accedere, id. ib. 5, 36:

    propius urbem,

    Cic. Phil. 7, 9, 26:

    mare,

    Sall. J. 18, 9.—
    4.
    With ab:

    propius a terris,

    Cic. N. D. 1, 31, 87:

    antiquitas quo propius aberat ab ortu et divinā progenie, hoc melius ea cernebat,

    id. Tusc. 1, 12, 26:

    ab Urbe,

    Plin. 17, 25, 38, § 243.—
    B.
    Trop.:

    ut propius ad ea accedam, quae a te dicta sunt,

    Cic. Fin. 4, 10, 24; Sen. Ira, 3, 42, 4; Cic. Part. 36, 124:

    propius accedo: nego esse illa testimonia,

    id. Fl. 10, 23:

    a contumeliā quam a laude propius fuerit post Vitellium eligi,

    Tac. H. 2, 76:

    nec quicquam propius est factum, quam ut illum persequeretur,

    he was within an ace of following him, Cic. Clu. 21, 59; so,

    propius nihil est factum, quam ut occideretur,

    id. Q. Fr. 1, 2, 5, § 15.
    II.
    Sup.: proxĭmus (PROXVMVS and PROXSVMEIS, Tab. Bant.; late comp. proximior, Sen. Ep. 108, 16; Ulp. ap. Prisc. p. 607 P.; v. below, B. 2. and 3.; cf. in adv. 2. c.), a, um, adj., the nearest, next (class.).
    A.
    Lit., of place:

    proxima oppida,

    Caes. B. G. 3, 12:

    via,

    Lucr. 5, 103; cf.:

    via ad gloriam proxima et quasi compendiaria,

    Cic. Off. 2, 12, 43:

    ad proximum mare, dein Romam pergerent,

    Sall. J. 23, 2:

    in proximos collis discedunt,

    id. ib. 54, 10:

    proximum iter in Galliam,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 10:

    paries cum proximus ardet,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 84:

    agri termini,

    id. C. 2, 18, 23:

    proximus vicinus,

    one's nearest neighbor, Plaut. Most. 3, 1, 138; Ter. Hec. 1, 2, 49; Cic. Att. 2, 14, 2; Dig. 50, 15, 4.—With dat.:

    Belgae proximi sunt Germanis,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 1: huic proximum inferiorem orbem tenet puroeis, Cic. N. D. 2, 20, 53:

    proxima Campano ponti villula,

    Hor. S. 1, 5, 45.—With acc. (not in Cic.):

    qui te proximus est,

    Plaut. Poen. 5, 3, 1:

    ager proximus finem Megalopolitarum,

    Liv. 35, 27:

    Crassus proximus mare Oceanum hiemarat,

    Caes. B. G. 3, 7, 2:

    qui proximi forte tribunal steterant,

    Liv. 8, 32, 12.—With ab, nearest to, next to:

    dactylus proximus a postremo,

    next before, Cic. Or. 64, 217:

    ut quisque proximus ab oppresso sit,

    Liv. 37, 25:

    proximus a dominā,

    Ov. A. A. 1, 139:

    proxima regio ab eā (urbe),

    Curt. 10, 5, 18. —Hence, as subst.,
    1.
    proxĭmus, i, m., a neighbor, a fellow-man, Val. Max. 6, 9 init.; Quint. Decl. 259.—As subst.,
    2.
    proxĭmum, i, n., the neighborhood, vicinity:

    vicinus e proximo,

    hard by, Plaut. Aul. 2, 4, 11:

    aquam hinc de proximo rogabo,

    from the house next door, id. Rud. 2, 3, 73:

    cum in proximo hic sit aegra,

    close by, next door, Ter. Hec. 3, 2, 6:

    huic locum in proximum conduxi,

    Cic. Fil. Fam. 16, 21, 4:

    per impluvium huc despexi in proximum,

    into our neighbor's, Plaut. Mil. 2, 3, 16.— Plur.:

    traicit in proxima continentis,

    Liv. 31, 46, 12.—
    B.
    Trop.
    1.
    Of time, the next preceding or following, the previous, last, the next, the following, ensuing:

    quid proximā, quid superiore nocte egeris,

    Cic. Cat. 1, 1, 1:

    his proximis Nonis, cum in hortos Bruti venissemus,

    id. Lael. 2, 7:

    Gabinius quem proximis superioribus diebus acerrime oppugnasset,

    id. Fam. 1, 9, 20: se proximā nocte castra moturum, on the next, i.e. the following night, Caes. B. G. 1, 40 fin.; 2, 12; 3, 18; Liv. 2, 7, 1:

    proximo anno,

    Sall. J. 35, 2; Plin. 17, 23, 35, § 208:

    in proxumum annum (se) transtulit,

    Cic. Mil. 9, 24:

    proximo, altero, tertio, denique reliquis consecutis diebus,

    id. Phil. 1, 13, 32:

    bello tanto majore quam proximo conatu apparatum est,

    Liv. 4, 23, 6 Weissenb. ad loc.: IN DIEBVS V. PROXSVMEIS QVIBVS QVISQVE EORVM MAG (istratum) INIERIT, Tab. Bantin. lin. 14; so ib. lin. 12; Cic. Fam. 10, 26, 2; id. Att. 11, 11, 1:

    censor qui proximus ante me fuerat,

    id. Sen. 12, 42: die proximi, old abl. form for proximo, Cato ap. Gell. 10, 24, 10, and ap. Non. 153, 11; cf.:

    crastinus, pristinus, etc., but proximo a. d. VI. Kal. Octobr.,

    recently, last of all, Cic. Att. 18, 5.—
    2.
    In order of succession, rank, estimation, worth, etc., the next:

    summa necessitudo videtur esse honestatis: huic proxima incolumitatis: tertia ac levissima commoditatis,

    Cic. Inv. 2, 58, 173:

    observat L. Domitium maxime, me habet proximum,

    id. Att. 1, 1, 3:

    proximos dentes eiciunt,

    Varr. R. R. 2, 7, 2:

    prima vulnera... Proxima,

    Ov. M. 3, 233:

    proximos illi tamen occupavit Pallas honores,

    Hor. C. 1, 12, 19: proximum est, ut, it follows that, remains that, the next point is: proximum est ergo, ut, opus fuerit classe necne quaeramus, we must next inquire, Cic. Fl. 12, 27:

    proximum est, ut doceam, deorum providentiā mundum administrari,

    id. N. D. 2, 29, 73.—Of value or quality, the next, most nearly approaching, most like or similar:

    id habendum est antiquissimum et deo proximum, quod est optimum,

    Cic. Leg. 2, 16, 40:

    ficta voluptatis causā sint proxima veris,

    Hor. A. P. 338:

    proxima Phoebi Versibus ille facit,

    Verg. E. 7, 22.— Comp.:

    ut quorum abstinentiam interrupi, modum servem et quidem abstinentiae proximiorem,

    Sen. Ep. 108, 16.—
    3.
    In relationship, connection, or resemblance, the nearest, next, most nearly or closely related, next of kin, most like:

    AGNATVS PROXIMVS, Fragm. XII. Tabularum: hic illi genere est proximus,

    Ter. Ad. 4, 5, 17:

    proximus cognatione,

    Cic. Inv. 2, 49, 144:

    id des proximum,

    id. Leg. 2, 16, 40:

    proxima virtutibus vitia,

    Quint. 10, 2, 16:

    propinquitate,

    Nep. Ages. 1, 3:

    proximae necessitudines,

    Petr. 116.— Comp.: si quis proximior cognatus nasceretur, Ulp. ap. Prisc. p. 607 P.— Subst.: proxĭmi, ōrum, m., one's nearest relatives, next of kin:

    injuriosi sunt in proximos,

    Cic. Off. 1, 14, 44; Caes. Fragm. ap. Gell. 5, 13, 6; Phaedr. 5, 1, 16:

    cum haec omnia cumulate tuis proximis plana fecero,

    i.e. to your friends, intimates, Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 64, § 165; id. Pis. 32, 79; Gell. 3, 8, 3.—
    b.
    In gen., one's neighbor, fellow-man:

    sive nostros status, sive proximorum ingenia contemplamur,

    Val. Max. 6, 9, 1; Quint. Decl. 2, 59:

    quis est mihi proximus?

    Aug. in Psa. 118; Serm. 8, 2; 90, 7 init.
    4.
    That is nearest at hand, i. e. apt, fit, suitable, convenient, easy (anteand post-class.):

    argumentum,

    App. Mag. p. 278:

    cum obvium proximumque esset dicere, etc.,

    Gell. 3, 14, 12: eamus ad me;

    ibi proximum est, ubi mutes,

    there is the fittest, most convenient place, Ter. Eun. 3, 5, 64.— Adv.: proxĭmē (proxume; comp. proximius, v. below, 2. c.), nearest, very near, next.
    1.
    Lit., of place, with dat. (not in Cic., rare in Livy):

    quam proxime potest hostium castris castra communit,

    Caes. B. C. 1, 72 fin.; Liv. 25, 14, 4.—With acc.:

    exercitum habere quam proxime hostem,

    Cic. Att. 6, 5, 3:

    proxime Pompeium sedebam,

    id. ib. 1, 14, 3:

    proxime Hispaniam Mauri sunt,

    Sall. J. 19, 4.—With ab:

    a Surā proxime est Philiscum oppidum Parthorum,

    Plin. 5, 26, 21, § 89:

    omnes tamen quam proxime alter ab altero debent habitare,

    Col. 1, 6, 8.—
    2.
    Trop.
    a.
    Of time, shortly before or after, last, next:

    civitates quae proxime bellum fecerant,

    Caes. B. G. 3, 29:

    Tito fratre suo censore, qui proximus ante me fuerat,

    Cic. Sen. 12, 42; id. Part. 39, 137; Plin. Ep. 4, 13, 3:

    cum proxime judices contrahentur,

    id. ib. 5, 7, 3.—With acc.:

    proxime abstinentiam sumendus est cibus exiguus,

    Cels. 3, 2:

    proxime solis occasum,

    Pall. 9, 8, 5.—
    b.
    Of order, rank, estimation, condition, etc., next to, next after, next:

    proxime et secundum deos homines hominibus maxime utiles esse possunt,

    Cic. Off. 2, 3, 1:

    me huic tuae virtuti proxime accedere,

    id. Fam. 11, 21, 4:

    proxime a nobilissimis viris,

    Vell. 2, 124, 4; id. 2, 127, 1:

    proxime valent cetera lauri genera,

    Plin. 23, 8, 80, § 158: utilissimum esse omphacium;

    proxime viride,

    id. 23, 4, 39, § 79.—With acc.: esse etiam debent proxime hos cari, qui, etc., Cass. ap. Cic. Fam. 12, 13, 2:

    proxime morem Romanum,

    closely following the Roman method, Liv. 24, 48, 11:

    erat res minime certamini navali similis, proxime speciem muros oppugnantium navium,

    closely resembling, id. 30, 10.—In this sense also with atque:

    proxime atque ille aut aeque,

    nearly the same as he, Cic. Fam. 9, 13, 2.—
    c.
    Very closely, nicely, accurately:

    ut proxime utriusque differentiam signem,

    Quint. 6, 2, 20 Spald.; cf.:

    analogia, quam proxime ex Graeco transferentes in Latinum proportionem vocaverunt,

    id. 1, 6, 3. — Comp.:

    nonne apertius, proximius, verius?

    Min. Fel. Oct. 19.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > propiora

  • 55 proximi

    prŏpĭor, ĭus, gen. ōris, adj. comp., and proxĭmus, a, um, adj. sup. (v. below, II.) [from the obsol. propis; whence prope].
    I.
    Comp., nearer, nigher.
    A.
    Lit., of place:

    portus propior,

    Verg. A. 3, 530:

    tumulus,

    Liv. 22, 24:

    ut propior patriae sit fuga nostra,

    Ov. P. 1, 2, 130:

    domus,

    Sall. H. 2, 40 Dietsch:

    cum propior caliginis aër Ater init oculos,

    Lucr. 4, 338 (314).—With acc.:

    propior montem suos collocat,

    Sall. J. 49, 1:

    propior hostem,

    Hirt. B. G. 8, 9.—With ab:

    quisquis ab igne propior stetit,

    Sen. Ep. 74, 4.—With inf.:

    propior timeri,

    Stat. Th. 12, 223.— Neutr. plur, subst.: prŏpĭōra, um, places lying near:

    propiora fluminis,

    Tac. H. 5, 16:

    tenere,

    Verg. A. 5, 168.—
    B.
    Trop.
    1.
    Of time, nearer, later, more recent:

    veniunt inde ad propiora,

    Cic. Tusc. 1, 48, 116:

    venio ad propiorem (epistulam),

    id. Att. 15, 3, 2:

    propior puero quam juveni,

    Vell. 2, 53, 1:

    septimus octavo jam propior annus,

    Hor. S. 2, 6, 40; id. C. 3, 15, 4:

    mors,

    Tib. 2, 3, 42:

    propiore aut longiore tempore aliquid facere,

    Dig. 23, 4, 17.—
    2.
    Of relationship, nearer, more nearly related; with dat.:

    quibus propior P. Quintio nemo est,

    Cic. Quint. 31, 97:

    ille gradu propior sanguinis,

    Ov. H. 3, 28; 16, 326; 20, 158:

    amicus,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 9, 5.—
    3.
    Of resemblance, more nearly resembling, more like (class.); with dat.:

    quae sceleri propiora sunt, quam religioni,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 50, § 112:

    tauro,

    Verg. G. 3, 57:

    vero est propius,

    more probable, Liv. 4, 37; Ov. F. 4, 801; Tac. A. 13, 34; id. G. 45:

    scribere Sermoni propiora,

    Hor. S. 1, 4, 42.—With acc. (not in Cic.):

    propius est fidem,

    is more credible, Liv. 4, 17:

    quod tamen vitium propius virtutem erat,

    Sall. C. 11, 1.—
    4.
    Of relation or connection, nearer, more nearly related, affecting or concerning more nearly, of greater import, closer, more intimate:

    hunc priorem aequom'st me habere: tunica propior pallio est, proverbially,

    my shirt is nearer than my coat, Plaut. Trin. 5, 2, 30:

    propior societas eorum, qui ejusdem civitatis,

    Cic. Off. 3, 17, 69:

    sua sibi propiora pericula esse, quam mea,

    id. Sest. 18, 40:

    alium portum propiorem huic aetati videbamus,

    id. Att. 14, 19, 1:

    damnum propius medullis,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 10, 28:

    cura propior luctusque domesticus,

    Ov. M. 13, 578; id. P. 4, 9, 71:

    supplemento vel Latium propius esse,

    Liv. 8, 11:

    irae quam timori propiorem cernens,

    more inclined to anger than to fear, Tac. A. 16, 9: oderat Aenean propior Saturnia Turno, more inclined or attached to, Ov. Tr. 1, 2, 7.—Hence, adv.: prŏpĭus, more nearly, nearer, closer (class.).
    A.
    Lit.
    1.
    Absol.:

    propius accedamus,

    Ter. Ad. 3, 2, 11; Ov. M. 2, 41:

    res adspicere,

    Verg. A. 1, 526:

    propius spectare aliquid,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 67;

    stare,

    id. A. P. 361.—
    2.
    With dat., nearer to: propius grammatico accessi, Cic. ap. Diom. p. 405 P. (not elsewhere in Cic.):

    propius Tiberi quam Thermopylis,

    Nep. Hann. 8, 3:

    propius stabulis armenta tenerent,

    Verg. G. 1, 355.—
    3.
    With acc.:

    ne propius se castra moveret,

    Caes. B. G. 4, 9:

    pars insulae, quae est propius solis occasum,

    id. ib. 4, 28: propius aliquem accedere, id. ib. 5, 36:

    propius urbem,

    Cic. Phil. 7, 9, 26:

    mare,

    Sall. J. 18, 9.—
    4.
    With ab:

    propius a terris,

    Cic. N. D. 1, 31, 87:

    antiquitas quo propius aberat ab ortu et divinā progenie, hoc melius ea cernebat,

    id. Tusc. 1, 12, 26:

    ab Urbe,

    Plin. 17, 25, 38, § 243.—
    B.
    Trop.:

    ut propius ad ea accedam, quae a te dicta sunt,

    Cic. Fin. 4, 10, 24; Sen. Ira, 3, 42, 4; Cic. Part. 36, 124:

    propius accedo: nego esse illa testimonia,

    id. Fl. 10, 23:

    a contumeliā quam a laude propius fuerit post Vitellium eligi,

    Tac. H. 2, 76:

    nec quicquam propius est factum, quam ut illum persequeretur,

    he was within an ace of following him, Cic. Clu. 21, 59; so,

    propius nihil est factum, quam ut occideretur,

    id. Q. Fr. 1, 2, 5, § 15.
    II.
    Sup.: proxĭmus (PROXVMVS and PROXSVMEIS, Tab. Bant.; late comp. proximior, Sen. Ep. 108, 16; Ulp. ap. Prisc. p. 607 P.; v. below, B. 2. and 3.; cf. in adv. 2. c.), a, um, adj., the nearest, next (class.).
    A.
    Lit., of place:

    proxima oppida,

    Caes. B. G. 3, 12:

    via,

    Lucr. 5, 103; cf.:

    via ad gloriam proxima et quasi compendiaria,

    Cic. Off. 2, 12, 43:

    ad proximum mare, dein Romam pergerent,

    Sall. J. 23, 2:

    in proximos collis discedunt,

    id. ib. 54, 10:

    proximum iter in Galliam,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 10:

    paries cum proximus ardet,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 84:

    agri termini,

    id. C. 2, 18, 23:

    proximus vicinus,

    one's nearest neighbor, Plaut. Most. 3, 1, 138; Ter. Hec. 1, 2, 49; Cic. Att. 2, 14, 2; Dig. 50, 15, 4.—With dat.:

    Belgae proximi sunt Germanis,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 1: huic proximum inferiorem orbem tenet puroeis, Cic. N. D. 2, 20, 53:

    proxima Campano ponti villula,

    Hor. S. 1, 5, 45.—With acc. (not in Cic.):

    qui te proximus est,

    Plaut. Poen. 5, 3, 1:

    ager proximus finem Megalopolitarum,

    Liv. 35, 27:

    Crassus proximus mare Oceanum hiemarat,

    Caes. B. G. 3, 7, 2:

    qui proximi forte tribunal steterant,

    Liv. 8, 32, 12.—With ab, nearest to, next to:

    dactylus proximus a postremo,

    next before, Cic. Or. 64, 217:

    ut quisque proximus ab oppresso sit,

    Liv. 37, 25:

    proximus a dominā,

    Ov. A. A. 1, 139:

    proxima regio ab eā (urbe),

    Curt. 10, 5, 18. —Hence, as subst.,
    1.
    proxĭmus, i, m., a neighbor, a fellow-man, Val. Max. 6, 9 init.; Quint. Decl. 259.—As subst.,
    2.
    proxĭmum, i, n., the neighborhood, vicinity:

    vicinus e proximo,

    hard by, Plaut. Aul. 2, 4, 11:

    aquam hinc de proximo rogabo,

    from the house next door, id. Rud. 2, 3, 73:

    cum in proximo hic sit aegra,

    close by, next door, Ter. Hec. 3, 2, 6:

    huic locum in proximum conduxi,

    Cic. Fil. Fam. 16, 21, 4:

    per impluvium huc despexi in proximum,

    into our neighbor's, Plaut. Mil. 2, 3, 16.— Plur.:

    traicit in proxima continentis,

    Liv. 31, 46, 12.—
    B.
    Trop.
    1.
    Of time, the next preceding or following, the previous, last, the next, the following, ensuing:

    quid proximā, quid superiore nocte egeris,

    Cic. Cat. 1, 1, 1:

    his proximis Nonis, cum in hortos Bruti venissemus,

    id. Lael. 2, 7:

    Gabinius quem proximis superioribus diebus acerrime oppugnasset,

    id. Fam. 1, 9, 20: se proximā nocte castra moturum, on the next, i.e. the following night, Caes. B. G. 1, 40 fin.; 2, 12; 3, 18; Liv. 2, 7, 1:

    proximo anno,

    Sall. J. 35, 2; Plin. 17, 23, 35, § 208:

    in proxumum annum (se) transtulit,

    Cic. Mil. 9, 24:

    proximo, altero, tertio, denique reliquis consecutis diebus,

    id. Phil. 1, 13, 32:

    bello tanto majore quam proximo conatu apparatum est,

    Liv. 4, 23, 6 Weissenb. ad loc.: IN DIEBVS V. PROXSVMEIS QVIBVS QVISQVE EORVM MAG (istratum) INIERIT, Tab. Bantin. lin. 14; so ib. lin. 12; Cic. Fam. 10, 26, 2; id. Att. 11, 11, 1:

    censor qui proximus ante me fuerat,

    id. Sen. 12, 42: die proximi, old abl. form for proximo, Cato ap. Gell. 10, 24, 10, and ap. Non. 153, 11; cf.:

    crastinus, pristinus, etc., but proximo a. d. VI. Kal. Octobr.,

    recently, last of all, Cic. Att. 18, 5.—
    2.
    In order of succession, rank, estimation, worth, etc., the next:

    summa necessitudo videtur esse honestatis: huic proxima incolumitatis: tertia ac levissima commoditatis,

    Cic. Inv. 2, 58, 173:

    observat L. Domitium maxime, me habet proximum,

    id. Att. 1, 1, 3:

    proximos dentes eiciunt,

    Varr. R. R. 2, 7, 2:

    prima vulnera... Proxima,

    Ov. M. 3, 233:

    proximos illi tamen occupavit Pallas honores,

    Hor. C. 1, 12, 19: proximum est, ut, it follows that, remains that, the next point is: proximum est ergo, ut, opus fuerit classe necne quaeramus, we must next inquire, Cic. Fl. 12, 27:

    proximum est, ut doceam, deorum providentiā mundum administrari,

    id. N. D. 2, 29, 73.—Of value or quality, the next, most nearly approaching, most like or similar:

    id habendum est antiquissimum et deo proximum, quod est optimum,

    Cic. Leg. 2, 16, 40:

    ficta voluptatis causā sint proxima veris,

    Hor. A. P. 338:

    proxima Phoebi Versibus ille facit,

    Verg. E. 7, 22.— Comp.:

    ut quorum abstinentiam interrupi, modum servem et quidem abstinentiae proximiorem,

    Sen. Ep. 108, 16.—
    3.
    In relationship, connection, or resemblance, the nearest, next, most nearly or closely related, next of kin, most like:

    AGNATVS PROXIMVS, Fragm. XII. Tabularum: hic illi genere est proximus,

    Ter. Ad. 4, 5, 17:

    proximus cognatione,

    Cic. Inv. 2, 49, 144:

    id des proximum,

    id. Leg. 2, 16, 40:

    proxima virtutibus vitia,

    Quint. 10, 2, 16:

    propinquitate,

    Nep. Ages. 1, 3:

    proximae necessitudines,

    Petr. 116.— Comp.: si quis proximior cognatus nasceretur, Ulp. ap. Prisc. p. 607 P.— Subst.: proxĭmi, ōrum, m., one's nearest relatives, next of kin:

    injuriosi sunt in proximos,

    Cic. Off. 1, 14, 44; Caes. Fragm. ap. Gell. 5, 13, 6; Phaedr. 5, 1, 16:

    cum haec omnia cumulate tuis proximis plana fecero,

    i.e. to your friends, intimates, Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 64, § 165; id. Pis. 32, 79; Gell. 3, 8, 3.—
    b.
    In gen., one's neighbor, fellow-man:

    sive nostros status, sive proximorum ingenia contemplamur,

    Val. Max. 6, 9, 1; Quint. Decl. 2, 59:

    quis est mihi proximus?

    Aug. in Psa. 118; Serm. 8, 2; 90, 7 init.
    4.
    That is nearest at hand, i. e. apt, fit, suitable, convenient, easy (anteand post-class.):

    argumentum,

    App. Mag. p. 278:

    cum obvium proximumque esset dicere, etc.,

    Gell. 3, 14, 12: eamus ad me;

    ibi proximum est, ubi mutes,

    there is the fittest, most convenient place, Ter. Eun. 3, 5, 64.— Adv.: proxĭmē (proxume; comp. proximius, v. below, 2. c.), nearest, very near, next.
    1.
    Lit., of place, with dat. (not in Cic., rare in Livy):

    quam proxime potest hostium castris castra communit,

    Caes. B. C. 1, 72 fin.; Liv. 25, 14, 4.—With acc.:

    exercitum habere quam proxime hostem,

    Cic. Att. 6, 5, 3:

    proxime Pompeium sedebam,

    id. ib. 1, 14, 3:

    proxime Hispaniam Mauri sunt,

    Sall. J. 19, 4.—With ab:

    a Surā proxime est Philiscum oppidum Parthorum,

    Plin. 5, 26, 21, § 89:

    omnes tamen quam proxime alter ab altero debent habitare,

    Col. 1, 6, 8.—
    2.
    Trop.
    a.
    Of time, shortly before or after, last, next:

    civitates quae proxime bellum fecerant,

    Caes. B. G. 3, 29:

    Tito fratre suo censore, qui proximus ante me fuerat,

    Cic. Sen. 12, 42; id. Part. 39, 137; Plin. Ep. 4, 13, 3:

    cum proxime judices contrahentur,

    id. ib. 5, 7, 3.—With acc.:

    proxime abstinentiam sumendus est cibus exiguus,

    Cels. 3, 2:

    proxime solis occasum,

    Pall. 9, 8, 5.—
    b.
    Of order, rank, estimation, condition, etc., next to, next after, next:

    proxime et secundum deos homines hominibus maxime utiles esse possunt,

    Cic. Off. 2, 3, 1:

    me huic tuae virtuti proxime accedere,

    id. Fam. 11, 21, 4:

    proxime a nobilissimis viris,

    Vell. 2, 124, 4; id. 2, 127, 1:

    proxime valent cetera lauri genera,

    Plin. 23, 8, 80, § 158: utilissimum esse omphacium;

    proxime viride,

    id. 23, 4, 39, § 79.—With acc.: esse etiam debent proxime hos cari, qui, etc., Cass. ap. Cic. Fam. 12, 13, 2:

    proxime morem Romanum,

    closely following the Roman method, Liv. 24, 48, 11:

    erat res minime certamini navali similis, proxime speciem muros oppugnantium navium,

    closely resembling, id. 30, 10.—In this sense also with atque:

    proxime atque ille aut aeque,

    nearly the same as he, Cic. Fam. 9, 13, 2.—
    c.
    Very closely, nicely, accurately:

    ut proxime utriusque differentiam signem,

    Quint. 6, 2, 20 Spald.; cf.:

    analogia, quam proxime ex Graeco transferentes in Latinum proportionem vocaverunt,

    id. 1, 6, 3. — Comp.:

    nonne apertius, proximius, verius?

    Min. Fel. Oct. 19.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > proximi

  • 56 proximum

    prŏpĭor, ĭus, gen. ōris, adj. comp., and proxĭmus, a, um, adj. sup. (v. below, II.) [from the obsol. propis; whence prope].
    I.
    Comp., nearer, nigher.
    A.
    Lit., of place:

    portus propior,

    Verg. A. 3, 530:

    tumulus,

    Liv. 22, 24:

    ut propior patriae sit fuga nostra,

    Ov. P. 1, 2, 130:

    domus,

    Sall. H. 2, 40 Dietsch:

    cum propior caliginis aër Ater init oculos,

    Lucr. 4, 338 (314).—With acc.:

    propior montem suos collocat,

    Sall. J. 49, 1:

    propior hostem,

    Hirt. B. G. 8, 9.—With ab:

    quisquis ab igne propior stetit,

    Sen. Ep. 74, 4.—With inf.:

    propior timeri,

    Stat. Th. 12, 223.— Neutr. plur, subst.: prŏpĭōra, um, places lying near:

    propiora fluminis,

    Tac. H. 5, 16:

    tenere,

    Verg. A. 5, 168.—
    B.
    Trop.
    1.
    Of time, nearer, later, more recent:

    veniunt inde ad propiora,

    Cic. Tusc. 1, 48, 116:

    venio ad propiorem (epistulam),

    id. Att. 15, 3, 2:

    propior puero quam juveni,

    Vell. 2, 53, 1:

    septimus octavo jam propior annus,

    Hor. S. 2, 6, 40; id. C. 3, 15, 4:

    mors,

    Tib. 2, 3, 42:

    propiore aut longiore tempore aliquid facere,

    Dig. 23, 4, 17.—
    2.
    Of relationship, nearer, more nearly related; with dat.:

    quibus propior P. Quintio nemo est,

    Cic. Quint. 31, 97:

    ille gradu propior sanguinis,

    Ov. H. 3, 28; 16, 326; 20, 158:

    amicus,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 9, 5.—
    3.
    Of resemblance, more nearly resembling, more like (class.); with dat.:

    quae sceleri propiora sunt, quam religioni,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 50, § 112:

    tauro,

    Verg. G. 3, 57:

    vero est propius,

    more probable, Liv. 4, 37; Ov. F. 4, 801; Tac. A. 13, 34; id. G. 45:

    scribere Sermoni propiora,

    Hor. S. 1, 4, 42.—With acc. (not in Cic.):

    propius est fidem,

    is more credible, Liv. 4, 17:

    quod tamen vitium propius virtutem erat,

    Sall. C. 11, 1.—
    4.
    Of relation or connection, nearer, more nearly related, affecting or concerning more nearly, of greater import, closer, more intimate:

    hunc priorem aequom'st me habere: tunica propior pallio est, proverbially,

    my shirt is nearer than my coat, Plaut. Trin. 5, 2, 30:

    propior societas eorum, qui ejusdem civitatis,

    Cic. Off. 3, 17, 69:

    sua sibi propiora pericula esse, quam mea,

    id. Sest. 18, 40:

    alium portum propiorem huic aetati videbamus,

    id. Att. 14, 19, 1:

    damnum propius medullis,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 10, 28:

    cura propior luctusque domesticus,

    Ov. M. 13, 578; id. P. 4, 9, 71:

    supplemento vel Latium propius esse,

    Liv. 8, 11:

    irae quam timori propiorem cernens,

    more inclined to anger than to fear, Tac. A. 16, 9: oderat Aenean propior Saturnia Turno, more inclined or attached to, Ov. Tr. 1, 2, 7.—Hence, adv.: prŏpĭus, more nearly, nearer, closer (class.).
    A.
    Lit.
    1.
    Absol.:

    propius accedamus,

    Ter. Ad. 3, 2, 11; Ov. M. 2, 41:

    res adspicere,

    Verg. A. 1, 526:

    propius spectare aliquid,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 67;

    stare,

    id. A. P. 361.—
    2.
    With dat., nearer to: propius grammatico accessi, Cic. ap. Diom. p. 405 P. (not elsewhere in Cic.):

    propius Tiberi quam Thermopylis,

    Nep. Hann. 8, 3:

    propius stabulis armenta tenerent,

    Verg. G. 1, 355.—
    3.
    With acc.:

    ne propius se castra moveret,

    Caes. B. G. 4, 9:

    pars insulae, quae est propius solis occasum,

    id. ib. 4, 28: propius aliquem accedere, id. ib. 5, 36:

    propius urbem,

    Cic. Phil. 7, 9, 26:

    mare,

    Sall. J. 18, 9.—
    4.
    With ab:

    propius a terris,

    Cic. N. D. 1, 31, 87:

    antiquitas quo propius aberat ab ortu et divinā progenie, hoc melius ea cernebat,

    id. Tusc. 1, 12, 26:

    ab Urbe,

    Plin. 17, 25, 38, § 243.—
    B.
    Trop.:

    ut propius ad ea accedam, quae a te dicta sunt,

    Cic. Fin. 4, 10, 24; Sen. Ira, 3, 42, 4; Cic. Part. 36, 124:

    propius accedo: nego esse illa testimonia,

    id. Fl. 10, 23:

    a contumeliā quam a laude propius fuerit post Vitellium eligi,

    Tac. H. 2, 76:

    nec quicquam propius est factum, quam ut illum persequeretur,

    he was within an ace of following him, Cic. Clu. 21, 59; so,

    propius nihil est factum, quam ut occideretur,

    id. Q. Fr. 1, 2, 5, § 15.
    II.
    Sup.: proxĭmus (PROXVMVS and PROXSVMEIS, Tab. Bant.; late comp. proximior, Sen. Ep. 108, 16; Ulp. ap. Prisc. p. 607 P.; v. below, B. 2. and 3.; cf. in adv. 2. c.), a, um, adj., the nearest, next (class.).
    A.
    Lit., of place:

    proxima oppida,

    Caes. B. G. 3, 12:

    via,

    Lucr. 5, 103; cf.:

    via ad gloriam proxima et quasi compendiaria,

    Cic. Off. 2, 12, 43:

    ad proximum mare, dein Romam pergerent,

    Sall. J. 23, 2:

    in proximos collis discedunt,

    id. ib. 54, 10:

    proximum iter in Galliam,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 10:

    paries cum proximus ardet,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 84:

    agri termini,

    id. C. 2, 18, 23:

    proximus vicinus,

    one's nearest neighbor, Plaut. Most. 3, 1, 138; Ter. Hec. 1, 2, 49; Cic. Att. 2, 14, 2; Dig. 50, 15, 4.—With dat.:

    Belgae proximi sunt Germanis,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 1: huic proximum inferiorem orbem tenet puroeis, Cic. N. D. 2, 20, 53:

    proxima Campano ponti villula,

    Hor. S. 1, 5, 45.—With acc. (not in Cic.):

    qui te proximus est,

    Plaut. Poen. 5, 3, 1:

    ager proximus finem Megalopolitarum,

    Liv. 35, 27:

    Crassus proximus mare Oceanum hiemarat,

    Caes. B. G. 3, 7, 2:

    qui proximi forte tribunal steterant,

    Liv. 8, 32, 12.—With ab, nearest to, next to:

    dactylus proximus a postremo,

    next before, Cic. Or. 64, 217:

    ut quisque proximus ab oppresso sit,

    Liv. 37, 25:

    proximus a dominā,

    Ov. A. A. 1, 139:

    proxima regio ab eā (urbe),

    Curt. 10, 5, 18. —Hence, as subst.,
    1.
    proxĭmus, i, m., a neighbor, a fellow-man, Val. Max. 6, 9 init.; Quint. Decl. 259.—As subst.,
    2.
    proxĭmum, i, n., the neighborhood, vicinity:

    vicinus e proximo,

    hard by, Plaut. Aul. 2, 4, 11:

    aquam hinc de proximo rogabo,

    from the house next door, id. Rud. 2, 3, 73:

    cum in proximo hic sit aegra,

    close by, next door, Ter. Hec. 3, 2, 6:

    huic locum in proximum conduxi,

    Cic. Fil. Fam. 16, 21, 4:

    per impluvium huc despexi in proximum,

    into our neighbor's, Plaut. Mil. 2, 3, 16.— Plur.:

    traicit in proxima continentis,

    Liv. 31, 46, 12.—
    B.
    Trop.
    1.
    Of time, the next preceding or following, the previous, last, the next, the following, ensuing:

    quid proximā, quid superiore nocte egeris,

    Cic. Cat. 1, 1, 1:

    his proximis Nonis, cum in hortos Bruti venissemus,

    id. Lael. 2, 7:

    Gabinius quem proximis superioribus diebus acerrime oppugnasset,

    id. Fam. 1, 9, 20: se proximā nocte castra moturum, on the next, i.e. the following night, Caes. B. G. 1, 40 fin.; 2, 12; 3, 18; Liv. 2, 7, 1:

    proximo anno,

    Sall. J. 35, 2; Plin. 17, 23, 35, § 208:

    in proxumum annum (se) transtulit,

    Cic. Mil. 9, 24:

    proximo, altero, tertio, denique reliquis consecutis diebus,

    id. Phil. 1, 13, 32:

    bello tanto majore quam proximo conatu apparatum est,

    Liv. 4, 23, 6 Weissenb. ad loc.: IN DIEBVS V. PROXSVMEIS QVIBVS QVISQVE EORVM MAG (istratum) INIERIT, Tab. Bantin. lin. 14; so ib. lin. 12; Cic. Fam. 10, 26, 2; id. Att. 11, 11, 1:

    censor qui proximus ante me fuerat,

    id. Sen. 12, 42: die proximi, old abl. form for proximo, Cato ap. Gell. 10, 24, 10, and ap. Non. 153, 11; cf.:

    crastinus, pristinus, etc., but proximo a. d. VI. Kal. Octobr.,

    recently, last of all, Cic. Att. 18, 5.—
    2.
    In order of succession, rank, estimation, worth, etc., the next:

    summa necessitudo videtur esse honestatis: huic proxima incolumitatis: tertia ac levissima commoditatis,

    Cic. Inv. 2, 58, 173:

    observat L. Domitium maxime, me habet proximum,

    id. Att. 1, 1, 3:

    proximos dentes eiciunt,

    Varr. R. R. 2, 7, 2:

    prima vulnera... Proxima,

    Ov. M. 3, 233:

    proximos illi tamen occupavit Pallas honores,

    Hor. C. 1, 12, 19: proximum est, ut, it follows that, remains that, the next point is: proximum est ergo, ut, opus fuerit classe necne quaeramus, we must next inquire, Cic. Fl. 12, 27:

    proximum est, ut doceam, deorum providentiā mundum administrari,

    id. N. D. 2, 29, 73.—Of value or quality, the next, most nearly approaching, most like or similar:

    id habendum est antiquissimum et deo proximum, quod est optimum,

    Cic. Leg. 2, 16, 40:

    ficta voluptatis causā sint proxima veris,

    Hor. A. P. 338:

    proxima Phoebi Versibus ille facit,

    Verg. E. 7, 22.— Comp.:

    ut quorum abstinentiam interrupi, modum servem et quidem abstinentiae proximiorem,

    Sen. Ep. 108, 16.—
    3.
    In relationship, connection, or resemblance, the nearest, next, most nearly or closely related, next of kin, most like:

    AGNATVS PROXIMVS, Fragm. XII. Tabularum: hic illi genere est proximus,

    Ter. Ad. 4, 5, 17:

    proximus cognatione,

    Cic. Inv. 2, 49, 144:

    id des proximum,

    id. Leg. 2, 16, 40:

    proxima virtutibus vitia,

    Quint. 10, 2, 16:

    propinquitate,

    Nep. Ages. 1, 3:

    proximae necessitudines,

    Petr. 116.— Comp.: si quis proximior cognatus nasceretur, Ulp. ap. Prisc. p. 607 P.— Subst.: proxĭmi, ōrum, m., one's nearest relatives, next of kin:

    injuriosi sunt in proximos,

    Cic. Off. 1, 14, 44; Caes. Fragm. ap. Gell. 5, 13, 6; Phaedr. 5, 1, 16:

    cum haec omnia cumulate tuis proximis plana fecero,

    i.e. to your friends, intimates, Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 64, § 165; id. Pis. 32, 79; Gell. 3, 8, 3.—
    b.
    In gen., one's neighbor, fellow-man:

    sive nostros status, sive proximorum ingenia contemplamur,

    Val. Max. 6, 9, 1; Quint. Decl. 2, 59:

    quis est mihi proximus?

    Aug. in Psa. 118; Serm. 8, 2; 90, 7 init.
    4.
    That is nearest at hand, i. e. apt, fit, suitable, convenient, easy (anteand post-class.):

    argumentum,

    App. Mag. p. 278:

    cum obvium proximumque esset dicere, etc.,

    Gell. 3, 14, 12: eamus ad me;

    ibi proximum est, ubi mutes,

    there is the fittest, most convenient place, Ter. Eun. 3, 5, 64.— Adv.: proxĭmē (proxume; comp. proximius, v. below, 2. c.), nearest, very near, next.
    1.
    Lit., of place, with dat. (not in Cic., rare in Livy):

    quam proxime potest hostium castris castra communit,

    Caes. B. C. 1, 72 fin.; Liv. 25, 14, 4.—With acc.:

    exercitum habere quam proxime hostem,

    Cic. Att. 6, 5, 3:

    proxime Pompeium sedebam,

    id. ib. 1, 14, 3:

    proxime Hispaniam Mauri sunt,

    Sall. J. 19, 4.—With ab:

    a Surā proxime est Philiscum oppidum Parthorum,

    Plin. 5, 26, 21, § 89:

    omnes tamen quam proxime alter ab altero debent habitare,

    Col. 1, 6, 8.—
    2.
    Trop.
    a.
    Of time, shortly before or after, last, next:

    civitates quae proxime bellum fecerant,

    Caes. B. G. 3, 29:

    Tito fratre suo censore, qui proximus ante me fuerat,

    Cic. Sen. 12, 42; id. Part. 39, 137; Plin. Ep. 4, 13, 3:

    cum proxime judices contrahentur,

    id. ib. 5, 7, 3.—With acc.:

    proxime abstinentiam sumendus est cibus exiguus,

    Cels. 3, 2:

    proxime solis occasum,

    Pall. 9, 8, 5.—
    b.
    Of order, rank, estimation, condition, etc., next to, next after, next:

    proxime et secundum deos homines hominibus maxime utiles esse possunt,

    Cic. Off. 2, 3, 1:

    me huic tuae virtuti proxime accedere,

    id. Fam. 11, 21, 4:

    proxime a nobilissimis viris,

    Vell. 2, 124, 4; id. 2, 127, 1:

    proxime valent cetera lauri genera,

    Plin. 23, 8, 80, § 158: utilissimum esse omphacium;

    proxime viride,

    id. 23, 4, 39, § 79.—With acc.: esse etiam debent proxime hos cari, qui, etc., Cass. ap. Cic. Fam. 12, 13, 2:

    proxime morem Romanum,

    closely following the Roman method, Liv. 24, 48, 11:

    erat res minime certamini navali similis, proxime speciem muros oppugnantium navium,

    closely resembling, id. 30, 10.—In this sense also with atque:

    proxime atque ille aut aeque,

    nearly the same as he, Cic. Fam. 9, 13, 2.—
    c.
    Very closely, nicely, accurately:

    ut proxime utriusque differentiam signem,

    Quint. 6, 2, 20 Spald.; cf.:

    analogia, quam proxime ex Graeco transferentes in Latinum proportionem vocaverunt,

    id. 1, 6, 3. — Comp.:

    nonne apertius, proximius, verius?

    Min. Fel. Oct. 19.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > proximum

  • 57 accipio

    ac-cipio, cēpī, ceptum, ere (ad u. capio), hinnehmen, empfangen (Ggstz. dare, tradere), I) = δέξομαι, zur Annahme Dargebotenes hinnehmen, entgegennehmen, abnehmen, in Empfang nehmen, sich geben-, sich reichen lassen, A) im allg.: a) in die Hand: α) lebl. Objj.: accipin argentum? accipesis (= accipe si vis) argentum impudens; tenesis argentum; etiam tu argentum tenes? Plaut.: accipe, si vis, accipiam (verst. et ego) tabulam, Hor.: ex tua manu accepi pateram, Plaut.: acc. pecuniam, Geld nehmen, sich geben lassen, Cic., im üblen Sinne = sich bestechen lassen, ab alqo, Cic., ab alqo per alqm, Cic.: et dans et accipiens, der Geber u. Empfänger (Nehmer), Liv. – m. dopp. Acc., ut id ab se donum (als G.) acciperet, Liv. 20, 50, 11. – als t.t. der Geschäftsspr., rationes accipere, sich R. ablegen (stellen) lassen, Sen.: u. so rationes accipere ab alqo, Cic. – alqd (alci) acceptum referre (ferre) od. facere, jmdm. eine Summe als an uns eingezahlt ins Rechnungsbuch über Ausgabe u. Einnahme eintragen, etw. in Einnahme stellen, jmdm. etw. gutschreiben (Ggstz. expensum ferre, jmdm. als von uns an ihn ausgezahlt zur Last schreiben), acc. ref. bei Cic., acc. fac. bei Gaius u. Plin. ep., u. bildl. = etw. (Gutes od. Böses) auf jmds. Rechnung schreiben, jmdm. etw. zurechnen, jmdm. etwas verdanken, zu verdanken haben (mit u. ohne alci od. alci rei), acc. ref., Cic., acc. ferre, Val. Max. ( auch accepto ferre, Eccl.), acc. fac., Sen.: sibi alqd acc. ref., sich zueignen, Auct. b. Afr. – ähnlich sponsionem acceptam facere, über die Sp. quittieren, Cic. – u. Partic. subst., acceptum, ī, n., das Empfangene, die Einnahme (Ggstz. expensum, expensa, data), codex accepti et expensi, die Einnahme- und Ausgabeseite, das Soll u. Haben (im Buche), Cic.: dass. accepti tabulae, Cic.: ratio acceptorum et datorum, Cic.: accepta et expensa conferre (vergleichen), Sen.: in acceptum referre, etw. in Einnahme bringen, über etw. (im Buche) quittieren, Cic. – β) leb. Objj.: hanc puellam mi (= mihi) in manum dat; accepi (ich nahm sie), acceptam servabo, Ter.: acc. puerum in manum, Iustin.: accipe hanc, nimm sie hin, Plaut.: cuius abavi manibus esset accepta (Mater Idaea), in Empfang genommen, Cic.: u. so armis obsidibusque acceptis, Caes. – b) an od. auf od. in einen Körper od. Ort nehmen, aufnehmen, wohin legen lassen, eindringen lassen, zulassen, α) lebl. Objj.: onus in collum, Cato fr.: alqd in cervices (bildl.), Liv.: alqm in equum suum, Liv.: onera umeris, capitibus, auf die Sch., auf den K. nehmen = auf od. mit der Sch., auf od. mit dem K. tragen, Mela: aquam ore, Plin.: sucos ore aut vulnere, Ov.: auras follibus, auffangen, Verg. – v. lebl. Subjj.: acc. onus (v. Rücken), Cic.: alvus omne, quod accepit, cogit atque confundit, Cic.: navis aliquantum aquae accipit, läßt ein, Liv.: u. so navis omnibus compagibus accipit aquam, Liv.: acc. fumum (v. einem Raume), Col.: accipit (Peneus) amnem Orcon nec recipit, läßt ihn zu, nimmt ihn aber nicht in sich auf, Plin.: campi accipiunt fluvium, fluvius accipitur mari, Curt.: acc. opus, v. Meere, Curt., opera vix, v. Örtl., Liv., rudus, v. Sümpfen, Tac. (vgl. Mützell zu Curt. 4, 2 [8], 8): acc. austrum, nach Süden gerichtet, gelegen sein, Curt.: favonios, Plin. ep.: ab Apennino auras, Plin. ep. – übtr., etw. wie eine Last auf sich nehmen, eine Sache zur Ausführung, ad se litem, Plaut.: alcis causam, Ter.: decumas, Cic.: ein Ungemach auf sich nehmen u. ertragen, contumeliam in se, Ter.: hunc metum, Ter. – Insbes., αα) eine Speise, ein Getränk zu sich nehmen, genießen, cibum militarem, Lampr.: epulas, Dict.: sistendi ventris gratiā poculum, Capit.: antidotum, Spart: herbam in potu, Iustin.: Partiz. subst., accepta, ōrum, n., das zu sich Genommene, Cael. Aur. acut. 2, 40, 234. – ββ) ein Gewand usw. anziehen, anlegen, vestem humillimam, Spart.: praetextam togam, Lampr.: purpuram, Eutr.: endromidem, Iuven.: loricas minores, Veget. mil. – γγ) zur Hand nehmen, stilum, Plin. ep.: libros Graecos, Vopisc. Vgl. (über no. αα – no. γγ) Paucker de latinit. scriptt. hist. Aug. p. 55 sq. – δδ) in eine Schrift aufnehmen, modica ex his accepi, Gell. praef. § 12. – εε) nehmen, mitnehmen, wegnehmen, duas uxores, Itala bei Augustin.: panes, Vulg.: spolia eorum, Vulg. – ζζ) einen Gottesdienst annehmen, in einen Gottesdienst sich einweihen lassen, acc. sacra, gr. παραλαμβάνειν τὰ μυστήρια, Apul. met. 11, 21. – β) leb. Objj.: alqm gremio, alveo, lacu, Verg.: milites urbe tectisve, Liv.: milites ab arce, von der B. aus einlassen, Liv.: alqm in sinus suos, Ov.: armatos in arcem, Romanos in urbem, Liv. (s. Drak. Liv. 9, 16, 2): hostem in Italiam, Liv. – übtr., in ein Verhältnis aufnehmen, alqm in civitatem, in amicitiam, Cic., in deditionem, Caes.: alqm in matrimonium, Suet.: alqm in matrimonium regnumque (zum Gemahl u. Mitherrscher), Tac.: u. so bl. acc. alqam coniugem (als G.), Sen. Octav. 721: u. bl. acc. alqam, Capit. Ver. 2, 3. Eutr. 9, 22. – v. Örtl., die jmd., der in sie eintritt, gleichs. aufnehmen, tellus fessos portu accipiet, Verg.: pavidos Samnites castra sua accepēre, Liv.: amnis ingens fugientes accepit, Liv.: acceperunt tumuli Romanos victores, Liv. – Insbes.: αα) jmd. als Gast empfangen, aufnehmen, bewirten (s. Fritzsche Hor. sat. 1, 5, 1), alqm apud se, Plaut.: alqm hospitio, Liv., hospitio agresti, Cic.: alqm cenā, Gell.: alqm regio apparatu, Cic.: alqm laute, Hor.: alqm bene, eleganter, Cic.: alqm per triduum hospitaliter, Curt.: accepit homo nemo melius prorsus neque prolixius, Ter. – ββ) jmd. so u. so empfangen = behandeln, freundlich, alqm leniter clementerque, Cic. – übel empfangen = anlaufen lassen, anlassen, schlecht behandeln, zurichten (s. Brix Plaut. Men. 704), ut sum acceptus (angelaufen), Plaut.: alqm vehementer, Cic.: alqm male verbis, Cic.: alqm verberibus sic, ut etc., Cic.: alqm verberibus ad necem, Cic.: u. als milit. t.t., alqm male acc., jmdm. eine Schlappe beibringen, Lentul. in Cic. ep. u. Nep. – γγ) in einer gewissen Reihenfolge jmd. aufnehmen, alter ab undecimo tum me iam acceperat annus, ich war damals eben aus dem elften ins nächste (zwölfte) Jahr getreten, Verg. ecl. 8, 39. – c) sinnlich, durch die Sinne aufnehmen, α) mit den äußern od. innern Sinnen hinnehmen, in sich aufnehmen, auffassen, wahrnehmen, vernehmen, eae res, quae sensu accipiuntur, Cic.: acc. oculis animove sensum, Cic.: acc. alqd animo magis quam vultu, Liv.: accipite animis, Verg. – bes. vernehmen = hören, anhören, sich vortragen lassen, vocem, Curt.: sonitum, gemitum, Verg.: clamorem, Sall.: orationem, Cic.: imperium, Curt.: rationem consilii, Caes.: accipite nunc quid imperarit, Cic.: accipe, quā ratione queas ditescere, Hor.: accipe m. folg. direkter Rede, Hor. sat. 2, 3, 307. – u. mit Angabe der Empfindung, der Gemütsstimmung, mit der man Gehörtes aufnimmt, acc. alqd benignis auribus, Plaut., secundis, adversis auribus, Liv.: pronis auribus accipi, williges Gehör finden, Tac.: acc. alqd aequo animo, durius, severe, Cic.: absol., acc. volenti animo de ambobus, Sall. – m. Ang. wie? durch quo modo, quem ad modum, quam in partem, Cic.: moleste et acerbe, Auct. b. Hisp. – β) mit dem Verstande, Erkenntnisvermögen auffassen, fassen, begreifen, verstehen, quae (pars) quo facilius accipi possit, Cels.: quae parum accepi, Cic.: dah. sich über etw. belehren lassen, acc. causam, Cic. – u. etwas erlernen, lernen, haec arte accipi posse, Cic.: eas (artes) non tum primum, Cic.: acc. celeriter od. non difficulter quae traduntur, Nep. u. Quint. (vgl. no. II, c, γ). – γ) mit dem Urteil etw. so u. so aufnehmen, auffassen, ansehen, nehmen, sich auslegen, erklären, alqd aliter atque est, Ter.: alqd ad od. in contumeliam, Ter. u. Curt.: alqd in bonam partem, Cic., bonas in partes, Phaedr.: verbum in duas pluresve sententias, Cornif. rhet.: alqd in omen, Liv., in prodigium, Tac.: alqd omen (als usw.), Curt.: alqd in maius, Liv.: alqd prodigii loco, Tac.: alqd oraculi vice (wie ein O.), Tac.: ultra mortale gaudium, Tac. – m. dopp. Acc., beneficium contumeliam, Cic.: alqd tamquam suum crimen, Tac.: alqd velut omen belli, Liv.: id omen auguriumque ita acceptum est m. folg. Akk. u. Infin., Liv.: quid accipere debeamus figuram, was wir unter F. verstehen müssen, Quint.: u. so Urbis appellatio, etiam si nomen proprium non adicitur, Roma tamen accipitur, unter der Benennung »Stadt« ist Rom zu verstehen, Rom gemeint, Quint. – m. pro u. Abl., omen pro tristi, Curt.: verisimilia pro veris, Liv.; gurdos, quos pro stolidis accipit vulgus, Quint. – m. quasi, wie fabulas quasi Plautinas, Gell. 3, 3, 10: Mortam quasi nomen, Gell. 3, 16, 11.

    B) prägn., annehmen = nicht zurückweisen (Ggstz. reicere, repudiare), a) eig.: munera, Nep.: usuram iniquam ab alqo, Nep.: est in non accipiendo nonnulla gloria, Cic. – b) übtr., annehmen, nicht von sich weisen = sich gefallen lassen, mit etw. sich zufrieden erklären, etw. gelten lassen, zulassen (Ggstz. abnuere, repudiare, vgl. Seyff. Cic. Lael. 40. p. 284 sq.), frenum (bildl.), Verg.: u. non solum frenos sed etiam iugum (bildl.), Liv.: id libenter, Nep.: satisfactionem, Cic. u. Caes.: vitam, Vell.: condicionem (Ggstz. ferre, stellen, u. repudiare, verschmähend zurückweisen), Cic.: pacem (Ggstz. abnuere), Liv.: orationem, Caes.: omen, Cic., od. id augurium, Liv. (vgl. Müller Liv. 1, 7, 11): nomen, in die Wahlliste eintragen lassen, Liv.: iudicium, sich in ein gerichtliches Verfahren einlassen, Cic.: de plebe consulem non acc., Cic.: acc. rogationem, legem, Cic. (dah. lex accipitur, geht durch, Vell.): u. oft im Dialog, accipio, ich lasse es gelten, ich bins zufrieden, gut, Ter., Hor. u.a.

    II) in weiterer Bedeutung = übh. von andern Gegebenes, Mitgeteiltes, Überliefertes usw. ohne unser Zutun empfangen, bekommen, überkommen, erhalten (Ggstz. dare, tradere, reddere), a) überreicht, übergeben, überliefert usw. bekommen: acc. adulterinos nummos pro bonis, Cic.: pecuniam numeratam ab alqo, Nep.: lucrum, Cic.: librum, litteras ab alqo, Cic.: exercitum ab alqo, Caes.: hoc cultu nitentes vos accepi, Curt.: acc. stipendium de publico, Liv.: hereditatem a patre, Nep.: u. so sestertium vicies a patre, Nep.: solis lumen (v. Monde), Cic. – munitionem, angewiesen bekommen, Sall. – venenum, potionem, (einzunehmen) bekommen, Suet. u. Quint. – nomen, cognomentum, s.d. – morem a maioribus, Cic.: salutem ab alqo, Cic.: originem ab alqa re, Frontin. aqu.: plausum, palmam, Cic.: veniam, pacem, Iustin.: beneficiis ultro datis acceptisque, Cic.: id accipere ab alio vicissimque reddere, Cic. – b) zu verwalten-, zur Verwaltung übertragen bekommen, honorem ab alqo, Cic.: consulatum, Eutr.: provinciam, Cic.: muneris partem, Liv.: imperii Romani administrationem, Eutr.: mare placandum, den Auftrag erhalten, die Ruhe zur See herzustellen, Eutr. – c) sinnlich wahrzunehmen bekommen, α) empfinden, fühlen, erleiden, voluptatem ex alqa re, Cic.; vgl. quam (voluptatem) sensus accipiens, Cic.: acc. vulnus, Cic.: plagam, Varr.: dolorem, Cic.: iniuriam, leiden (Ggstz. facere), Cic.: detrimentum, Caes.: damnum, Hor.: cladem, Liv., cladem apud Chaeroneam, Quint. – β) ver nehmen, hören, erfahren, tertium signum tubā, Curt.: acceptā clade partium, Flor.: multa auribus accepisse, multa vidisse, Cic.: partim quae perspexi his oculis, partim quae accepi auribus, Ter.: cum optatissimum nuntium accepissem m. folg. Acc. u. Infinit., Cic.: postquam acceperunt m. folg. Acc. u. Infinit., Liv.: si te aequo animo ferre accipiet, Ter.: quae gerantur, accipies ex Pollione, Cic. – bes. überkommen durch Hörensagen, durch histor. Überlieferung, m. allg. Acc. neutr., quae neque fieri possunt neque fando umquam accepit quisquam, Plaut.: haec audivimus de clarissimorum virorum consiliis et factis, haec accepimus, haec legimus, Cic. Sest. 139: mit best. Acc., nullum ipsos mare ne famā quidem accepisse, Curt. 9, 9 (34), 6: famā atque auditione accepisse m. folg. Acc. u. Infinit., Cic.: a maioribus memoriā sic accepisse, Cato fr.: accepisse u. a patribus accepisse, u. a maioribus sic accepisse m. folg. Acc. u. Infinit., Cic.: sic a patribus accepimus, Cic.: ut accepi a senibus, Cic.: ut de Hercule accepimus, Cic. – γ) durch Unterricht überkommen, lernen, erlernen, elementa prima litterarum, Eutr.: usum ac disciplinam (Kriegsübung u. Kriegszucht) ab alqo, Caes.: primas artes ab iisdem magistris, Ov. – / accipin = accipisne, accepistin = accepistine, Komik. (s. Müller Nachträge zur Plaut. Prof. S. 101). – Archaist. Fut. exact. accepso, Pacuv. tr. 325. – arch. Infin. accipei = accipi, Corp. inscr. Lat. 1, 202. col. 2, 29: u. parag. Infin. accipier, Nov. com. 97 R. – arch. Partiz. accipiundus Cato r.r. 2, 5.

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  • 58 cervix

    cervīx, īcis, f., der Nacken, das Genick (der Sing. nach Varr. LL. 8, 14 zuerst von Hortensius gebraucht, aber schon bei Enn. ann. 462 (510 M.) u. Pacuv. tr. 3, 152. Afran. com. 414; b. Cic. u. Sall. immer Plur. cervices. b. Liv. u. Vell. im eig. Sinne der Sing., im übtr. der Plur., s. Fabri Liv. 22, 51, 7), I) der Hals leb. Wesen, a) gew. der äußere: cervix equi, Liv.: cervicem caedere, Liv.: cervici alcis imponi, sich auf jmds. N. setzen, jmdm aufhocken, Verg.: alci cervices abscīdere, Auct. b. Afr.: cervices alcis od. alci frangere, Cic.: dare cervices alci, seinen Hals hingeben, sich töten lassen, Cic.: so auch cervicem porrigere, Sen.: praebere immotam cervicem, Sen.: alqm a cervicibus tollere, am Nacken fassen u. aufrütteln, Cael. bei Quint.: dare brachia cervici, umhalsen, Hor.: pendēre in cervice alcis, Prop. u. Ov.: mollitia cervicum (als einen Fehler des Redners), das gezierte Drehen des Halses, Cic.: cervicem reponere, den Hals zurückwerfen (vom selbstgefälligen Redner), Quint. – sextā cervice ferri, von sechs Kraftnacken = von sechs (Sänften-) Trägern, Iuven. 1, 64. – im Bilde, laxā cervice legere, mit nachlässig hingelehntem Nacken = in behaglicher Ruhe, Pers. 1, 98: altā cervice vagari, sorglos, Claud. in Rufin. 1, 53. – das Bild vom Tragen eines Joches od. einer Last hergenommen, regnum Macedoniae cervicibus Graeciae velut iugum im ponere, Iustin.: imponere in cervicibus alcis sempiternum dominum, Cic.: sustinere cervicibus suis tanta munia atque rem publicam, auf seinen Schultern haben od. tragen, Cic.: avaritiae poenam collo et cervicibus suis sustinere, auf seine Schultern nehmen, Cic.: ubi pertimuere sublatum in cervices suas, Sall. fr. – dah. in cervicibus (esse, stare, habere, collocare) zur Bezeichnung der unmittelbaren Nähe von Lästigem und Gefährlichem (s. Fabri Liv. 22, 33, 6. Benecke Iustin. 29, 3, 7), in cervicibus esse (v. Feinde, Krieg usw.), »auf dem Nacken sein, sitzen« (= ganz nahe sein) od. »auf dem Halse liegen« (= wie eine Last auf uns liegen), Liv. u.a.: so auch alcis in cervicibus stare, Curt.: velut in cervicibus habere hostem, auf dem N. haben, Liv.: hostes in cervicibus iam Italiae agentes, Sall. fr.: legiones in cervicibus nostris collocare, auf den Hals bringen, Cic. – ebenso a cervicibus alcis repellere od. depellere alqm od. alqd, Lästiges od. Gefährliches vom Halse schaffen, Cic. – das Bild von der Fügsamkeit od. Nicht-Fügsamkeit der Stiere unter das Joch, dare cervices crudelitati nefariae, sich fügen od. schmiegen unter usw. (= sich geduldig gefallen lassen), Cic.: alcis iugum rigidā cervice subire, sich nur mit Widerwillen unter jmds. Joch fügen, Curt.: scolastici intueri me, quis essem, qui tam crassas cervices haberem, Sen. exc. contr. 3. pr. § 16. – u. das Bild von der Stärke des Stiernackens zum Tragen des Joches, qui erunt tantis cervicibus recuperatores, qui audeant etc., werden einen so starken Nacken haben = solche Kraft u. solchen kühnen Mut besitzen, Cic. – b) der innere Hals = die Kehle, der Schlund, Apic. 7, 252. – II) der Hals lebl. Ggstde.: amphorae, Petr. u. Mart.: cervices pnigeos (al. pnigei), Vitr.: cervices fornicum, die Träger, Pfeiler der Gewölbe (wie der Hals der Träger des Kopfes), Plin.: c. Peloponnesi, v. Isthmus, Plin.; vgl. est sita (Berenice) in cervice longe procurrente, ubi fauces rubri maris VII mil. D passuum ab Arabia distant, Plin. – / Genet. Plur. cervicium bei Charis. 124, 28 sqq.; aber cervicum bei Cic. or. 59. Plin. 23, 68. Curt. 4, 15 (57), 16 u.a.

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  • 59 degravo

    dē-gravo, āvī, ātum, āre = καταβαρέω, durch schwere Last niederdrücken, niederziehen, zu Boden drücken, erdrücken, I) eig.: a) übh.: degravat Aetna caput, Ov.: quaecumque meum degravat unda caput, Prop.: altera degravet ulmum vitis, Ov.: statim degravari eas quas insederit (marinus homo) partes (navigiorum), et si diutius permaneat, etiam mergi, Plin.: etiam peritos nandi lassitudo et vulnera et pavor degravant (lähmen), Liv. – m. Abl. (wodurch?), pauci enatant, quia plures onere degravati perierant, Phaedr.: aedificium paulatim degravatum pondere suo praeceps attrahitur, Col.: quae (duo milia) illatis ex transverso signis degravabant prope circumventum cornu, Liv.: gradiens ingenti litora passu degravat, Ov. – im Zshg. absol., quā pulverum mole degravante! Plin. 11, 83. – b) prägn., belasten, schwer beladen, sodaß die Last das Belastete niederzieht, haec gremium, laxos degravat illa sinus, Ov. fast. 4, 436. – II) übtr., niederdrücken, niederbeugen, schwer belästigen, Bassum Aufidium vidi quassum, aetati (Altersschwäche) obluctantem; sed iam plus illum degravat, quam quod possit attolli, Sen. ep. 30, 1: ut (bos) nec sui tergoris mole nec labore operis degravetur, Col. 6, 2, 15: absol., consul non ultra castra insecutus, quia vulnus degravabat, Liv. 7, 24, 9.

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  • 60 gestamen

    gestāmen, inis, n. (gesto), I) das Getragene = die Tracht, die getragene Bürde, Last, poet. der getragene Schmuck, clipeum g. Abantis, Verg.: gest. leve tutumque, Sen.: gestamina decent umeros, Waffen, Ov.: so die Bürde (Last) des Esels, Apul.: das Halsband, Val. Flacc.: die Perlen, Plin. – II) das Tragende = die Trage, Bahre, g. sellae, g. lecticae, u. bl. gestamen, der Tragsessel, das Tragbett, die Sänfte, Tac.: g. conti, Val. Flacc.

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