lev-e

artus (not arctus), a, um, adj. [v. arma], prop. fitted; hence,

Lit., close, strait, narrow, confined, short, brief:

exierunt regionibus artis,

Lucr. 6, 120:

claustra,

id. 1, 70; so id. 3, 808:

nec tamen haec ita sunt arta et astricta, ut ea laxare nequeamus,

Cic. Or. 65, 220:

artioribus apud populum Romanum laqueis tenebitur,

id. Verr. 2, 1, 5:

nullum vinculum ad astringendam fidem jure jurando majores artius esse voluerunt,

id. Off. 3, 31, 111:

compages,

Verg. A. 1, 293:

nexus,

Ov. M. 6, 242:

arto stipata theatro,

pressed together in a contracted theatre, Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 60:

toga,

a narrow toga without folds, id. ib. 1, 18, 30 (cf. exigua toga, id. ib. 1, 19, 13):

nimis arta convivia,

i. e. with too many guests, who are therefore compelled to sit close together, id. ib. 1, 5, 29 et saep.—Hence, subst.: artum, i, n., a narrow place or passage:

ventus cum confercit, franguntur in arto montes nimborum,

Lucr. 6, 158 Lachm.:

multiplicatis in arto ordinibus,

Liv. 2, 50; so id. 34, 15:

nec desilies imitator in artum,

nor, by imitating, leap into a close place, Hor. A. P. 134.—

Trop., strict, severe, scanty, brief, small:

sponte suā cecidit sub leges artaque jura,

subjected himself to the severity of the laws, Lucr. 5, 1147:

Additae leges artae et ideo superbae quasque etc.,

Plin. 16, 4, 5, § 12:

vincula amoris artissima,

Cic. Att. 6, 2: artior somnus, a sounder or deeper sleep, id. Rep. 6, 10:

arti commeatus,

Liv. 2, 34; Tac. H. 4, 26; cf.:

in arto commeatus,

id. ib. 3, 13:

artissimae tenebrae,

very thick darkness, Suet. Ner. 46 (for which, in class. Lat., densus, v. Bremi ad h. l., and cf. densus) al.—So, colligere in artum, to compress, abridge:

quae (volumina) a me collecta in artum,

Plin. 8, 16, 17, § 44.—Of hope, small, scanty:

spes artior aquae manantis,

Col. 1, 5, 2: ne spem sibi ponat in arto, diminish hope, expectation, [p. 169] Ov. M. 9, 683:

quia plus quam unum ex patriciis creari non licebat, artior petitio quattuor petentibus erat,

i. e. was harder, had less ground of hope, Liv. 39, 32; and of circumstances in life, etc., straitened, distressing, wretched, needy, indigent (so in and after the Aug. per. for the class. angustus):

rebus in artis,

Ov. P. 3, 2, 25:

artas res nuntiaret,

Tac. H. 3, 69:

tam artis afflictisque rebus,

Flor. 2, 6, 31; so Sil. 7, 310:

fortuna artior expensis,

Stat. S. 5, 3, 117:

ne in arto res esset,

Liv. 26, 17.— Adv.: artē (not arcte), closely, close, fast, firmly.

Lit.:

arte (manus) conliga,

Plaut. Ep. 5, 2, 29:

boves arte ad stipites religare,

Col. 6, 2, 5:

arte continere aliquid,

Caes. B. G. 7, 23:

aciem arte statuere,

Sall. J. 52, 6:

arte accubare,

Plaut. Stich. 4, 2, 39.— Comp.:

calorem artius continere,

Cic. N. D. 2, 9, 25:

artius astringi,

Hor. Epod. 15, 5:

signa artius conlocare,

Sall. C. 59, 2:

artius ire,

Curt. 4, 13, 34:

artius pressiusque conflictari,

Gell. 10, 6.— Sup.:

milites quam artissime ire jubet,

Sall. J. 68, 4:

artissime plantas serere,

Plin. 12, 3, 7, § 16.—

Trop.:

arte contenteque aliquem habere,

Plaut. As. 1, 1, 63; id. Merc. prol. 64:

arte et graviter dormire,

soundly, Cic. Div. 1, 28, 59:

arte appellare aliquem,

briefly, by shortening his name, Ov. P. 4, 12, 10:

artius adstringere rationem,

Cic. Fat. 14, 32:

abstinentiam artissime constringere,

Val. Max. 2, 2, 8.—

Transf.:

arte diligere aliquem,

strongly, deeply, Plin. Ep. 6, 8; so also id. ib. 2, 13.

artus, ūs, m. [id.], mostly plur. (artua, n., Plaut. Men. 5, 2, 102; quoted in Non. p. 191, 12.—Hence, dat. acc. to Vel. Long. p. 2229 P. and Ter. Scaur. p. 2260 P. artibus; yet the ancient grammarians give their decision in favor of artubus, which form is also supported by the best MSS.; cf. arcus.—The singular is found only in Luc. 6, 754; Val. Fl. 4, 310, and Prisc. p. 1219 P.).

A.. Lit., a joint:

molles commissurae et artus (digitorum),

Cic. N. D. 2, 60, 150:

suffraginum artus,

Plin. 11, 45, 101, § 248:

elapsi in pravum artus,

Tac. H. 4, 81:

dolor artuum,

gout, Cic. Brut. 60, 217.—Sometimes connected with membra, Plaut. Men. 5, 2, 102:

copia materiaï Cogitur interdum flecti per membra, per artus,

in every joint and limb, Lucr. 2, 282; 3, 703 al.; Suet. Calig. 28; cf.

Baumg.-Crus., Clavis ad Suet.: cernere laceros artus, truncata membra,

Plin. Pan. 52, 5.—

Trop., the muscular strength in the joints; hence, in gen., strength, power: Epicharmeion illud teneto;

nervos atque artus esse sapientiae, non temere credere,

Q. Cic. Petit. Cons. 10.—More freq.,

The limbs in gen. (very freq., esp. in the poets; in Lucr. about sixty times): cum tremulis anus attulit artubus lumen, Enn. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 20, 40 (Ann. v. 36 Vahl.); so Lucr. 3, 7; cf. id. 3, 488; 6, 1189:

artubus omnibus contremiscam,

Cic. de Or. 1, 26, 121: dum nati (sc. Absyrti) dissupatos artus captaret parens, vet. poet. ap. Cic. N. D. 3, 26, 67:

copia concita per artus Omnīs,

Lucr. 2, 267:

moribundi artus,

id. 3, 129 al.:

rogumque parari Vidit et arsuros supremis ignibus artus, etc.,

Ov. M. 2, 620 al.:

salsusque per artus Sudor iit,

Verg. A. 2, 173; 1, 173 al.:

veste strictā et singulos artus exprimente,

and showing each limb, Tac. G. 17:

artus in frusta concident,

Vulg. Lev. 1, 6; 8, 20;

ib. Job, 16, 8.—Of plants: stat per se vitis sine ullo pedamento, artus suos in se colligens,

its tendrils, Plin. 14, 1, 3, § 13, where Jahn reads arcus.

artus (not arctus), a, um, adj. [v. arma], prop. fitted; hence,

Lit., close, strait, narrow, confined, short, brief:

exierunt regionibus artis,

Lucr. 6, 120:

claustra,

id. 1, 70; so id. 3, 808:

nec tamen haec ita sunt arta et astricta, ut ea laxare nequeamus,

Cic. Or. 65, 220:

artioribus apud populum Romanum laqueis tenebitur,

id. Verr. 2, 1, 5:

nullum vinculum ad astringendam fidem jure jurando majores artius esse voluerunt,

id. Off. 3, 31, 111:

compages,

Verg. A. 1, 293:

nexus,

Ov. M. 6, 242:

arto stipata theatro,

pressed together in a contracted theatre, Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 60:

toga,

a narrow toga without folds, id. ib. 1, 18, 30 (cf. exigua toga, id. ib. 1, 19, 13):

nimis arta convivia,

i. e. with too many guests, who are therefore compelled to sit close together, id. ib. 1, 5, 29 et saep.—Hence, subst.: artum, i, n., a narrow place or passage:

ventus cum confercit, franguntur in arto montes nimborum,

Lucr. 6, 158 Lachm.:

multiplicatis in arto ordinibus,

Liv. 2, 50; so id. 34, 15:

nec desilies imitator in artum,

nor, by imitating, leap into a close place, Hor. A. P. 134.—

Trop., strict, severe, scanty, brief, small:

sponte suā cecidit sub leges artaque jura,

subjected himself to the severity of the laws, Lucr. 5, 1147:

Additae leges artae et ideo superbae quasque etc.,

Plin. 16, 4, 5, § 12:

vincula amoris artissima,

Cic. Att. 6, 2: artior somnus, a sounder or deeper sleep, id. Rep. 6, 10:

arti commeatus,

Liv. 2, 34; Tac. H. 4, 26; cf.:

in arto commeatus,

id. ib. 3, 13:

artissimae tenebrae,

very thick darkness, Suet. Ner. 46 (for which, in class. Lat., densus, v. Bremi ad h. l., and cf. densus) al.—So, colligere in artum, to compress, abridge:

quae (volumina) a me collecta in artum,

Plin. 8, 16, 17, § 44.—Of hope, small, scanty:

spes artior aquae manantis,

Col. 1, 5, 2: ne spem sibi ponat in arto, diminish hope, expectation, [p. 169] Ov. M. 9, 683:

quia plus quam unum ex patriciis creari non licebat, artior petitio quattuor petentibus erat,

i. e. was harder, had less ground of hope, Liv. 39, 32; and of circumstances in life, etc., straitened, distressing, wretched, needy, indigent (so in and after the Aug. per. for the class. angustus):

rebus in artis,

Ov. P. 3, 2, 25:

artas res nuntiaret,

Tac. H. 3, 69:

tam artis afflictisque rebus,

Flor. 2, 6, 31; so Sil. 7, 310:

fortuna artior expensis,

Stat. S. 5, 3, 117:

ne in arto res esset,

Liv. 26, 17.— Adv.: artē (not arcte), closely, close, fast, firmly.

Lit.:

arte (manus) conliga,

Plaut. Ep. 5, 2, 29:

boves arte ad stipites religare,

Col. 6, 2, 5:

arte continere aliquid,

Caes. B. G. 7, 23:

aciem arte statuere,

Sall. J. 52, 6:

arte accubare,

Plaut. Stich. 4, 2, 39.— Comp.:

calorem artius continere,

Cic. N. D. 2, 9, 25:

artius astringi,

Hor. Epod. 15, 5:

signa artius conlocare,

Sall. C. 59, 2:

artius ire,

Curt. 4, 13, 34:

artius pressiusque conflictari,

Gell. 10, 6.— Sup.:

milites quam artissime ire jubet,

Sall. J. 68, 4:

artissime plantas serere,

Plin. 12, 3, 7, § 16.—

Trop.:

arte contenteque aliquem habere,

Plaut. As. 1, 1, 63; id. Merc. prol. 64:

arte et graviter dormire,

soundly, Cic. Div. 1, 28, 59:

arte appellare aliquem,

briefly, by shortening his name, Ov. P. 4, 12, 10:

artius adstringere rationem,

Cic. Fat. 14, 32:

abstinentiam artissime constringere,

Val. Max. 2, 2, 8.—

Transf.:

arte diligere aliquem,

strongly, deeply, Plin. Ep. 6, 8; so also id. ib. 2, 13.

artus, ūs, m. [id.], mostly plur. (artua, n., Plaut. Men. 5, 2, 102; quoted in Non. p. 191, 12.—Hence, dat. acc. to Vel. Long. p. 2229 P. and Ter. Scaur. p. 2260 P. artibus; yet the ancient grammarians give their decision in favor of artubus, which form is also supported by the best MSS.; cf. arcus.—The singular is found only in Luc. 6, 754; Val. Fl. 4, 310, and Prisc. p. 1219 P.).

A.. Lit., a joint:

molles commissurae et artus (digitorum),

Cic. N. D. 2, 60, 150:

suffraginum artus,

Plin. 11, 45, 101, § 248:

elapsi in pravum artus,

Tac. H. 4, 81:

dolor artuum,

gout, Cic. Brut. 60, 217.—Sometimes connected with membra, Plaut. Men. 5, 2, 102:

copia materiaï Cogitur interdum flecti per membra, per artus,

in every joint and limb, Lucr. 2, 282; 3, 703 al.; Suet. Calig. 28; cf.

Baumg.-Crus., Clavis ad Suet.: cernere laceros artus, truncata membra,

Plin. Pan. 52, 5.—

Trop., the muscular strength in the joints; hence, in gen., strength, power: Epicharmeion illud teneto;

nervos atque artus esse sapientiae, non temere credere,

Q. Cic. Petit. Cons. 10.—More freq.,

The limbs in gen. (very freq., esp. in the poets; in Lucr. about sixty times): cum tremulis anus attulit artubus lumen, Enn. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 20, 40 (Ann. v. 36 Vahl.); so Lucr. 3, 7; cf. id. 3, 488; 6, 1189:

artubus omnibus contremiscam,

Cic. de Or. 1, 26, 121: dum nati (sc. Absyrti) dissupatos artus captaret parens, vet. poet. ap. Cic. N. D. 3, 26, 67:

copia concita per artus Omnīs,

Lucr. 2, 267:

moribundi artus,

id. 3, 129 al.:

rogumque parari Vidit et arsuros supremis ignibus artus, etc.,

Ov. M. 2, 620 al.:

salsusque per artus Sudor iit,

Verg. A. 2, 173; 1, 173 al.:

veste strictā et singulos artus exprimente,

and showing each limb, Tac. G. 17:

artus in frusta concident,

Vulg. Lev. 1, 6; 8, 20;

ib. Job, 16, 8.—Of plants: stat per se vitis sine ullo pedamento, artus suos in se colligens,

its tendrils, Plin. 14, 1, 3, § 13, where Jahn reads arcus.

arvīna, ae, f.

Grease, fat, suet, lard.

In gen.: pinguis, * Verg. A. 7, 627 (secundum Suetonium arvina est durum pingue, quod est inter cutem et viscus, Serv.).—

Esp.

Of the victim in a sacrifice (eccl. Lat.), Vulg. Exod. 29, 22; ib. Lev. 3, 15; so the dim. arvinula, * ib. ib. 8, 16.—

Of a person:

de latere ejus arvina dependet,

Vulg. Job, 15, 27.—

Greasiness, fatness, in gen., Prud. Cath. 7, 9; Sid. Ep. 8, 14.—

Arvīna, a surname of the dictator A. Cornelius Cossus, Liv. 8, 38.

arvīna, ae, f.

Grease, fat, suet, lard.

In gen.: pinguis, * Verg. A. 7, 627 (secundum Suetonium arvina est durum pingue, quod est inter cutem et viscus, Serv.).—

Esp.

Of the victim in a sacrifice (eccl. Lat.), Vulg. Exod. 29, 22; ib. Lev. 3, 15; so the dim. arvinula, * ib. ib. 8, 16.—

Of a person:

de latere ejus arvina dependet,

Vulg. Job, 15, 27.—

Greasiness, fatness, in gen., Prud. Cath. 7, 9; Sid. Ep. 8, 14.—

Arvīna, a surname of the dictator A. Cornelius Cossus, Liv. 8, 38.

a-spergo ( adsp-, Ritschl, Jan; asp-, others; in MSS. sometimes aspar-go, v. Cort. ad Luc. 1, 384, and Wagner ad Verg. G. 3, 419, and infra examples from Lucr. and Hor.; cf. 2. aspergo), ersi, ersum, 3, v. a. [spargo].

Aliquid (alicui rei), to scatter, strew something on something; or of liquids, to sprinkle, spatter over (syn.: adfundo, inicio; never in Ovid, but he often uses the simple spargo).

Lit.:

aequor Ionium glaucis aspargit virus ab undis,

Lucr. 1, 719 Lachm.:

Ah! adspersisti aquam, Jam rediit animus,

you have dashed water on me, have revived me, Plaut. Truc. 2, 4, 15:

Euax, adspersisti aquam,

id. Bacch. 2, 3, 13:

guttam bulbo (with a play upon the names Gutta and Bulbus),

Cic. Clu. 26, 71:

pigmenta in tabulā,

id. Div. 1, 13, 23:

corpus ejus adustum adspergunt aliis carnibus,

Plin. 8, 38, 57, § 136:

liquor adspersus oculis,

id. 12, 8, 18, § 34:

Bubus glandem tum adspergi convenit,

id. 18, 26, 63, § 232:

corpus floribus aspersis veneratus est,

Suet. Aug. 18:

pecori virus aspergere,

to infect, poison, Verg. G. 3, 419:

aspergens cinerem capiti,

Vulg. 2 Reg. 13, 15:

huc tu jussos asperge sapores,

Verg. G. 4, 62:

Non nihil aspersis gaudet Amor lacrimis,

Prop. 1, 12, 16:

sanguinem aspergere,

Vulg. 2 Par. 29, 24:

nivem,

ib. Eccli. 43, 19.—

Trop.:

cum clarissimo viro non nullam laudatione tuā labeculam aspergas,

fasten upon, Cic. Vatin. 17, 41:

ne qua ex tuā summā indignitate labes illius dignitati aspersa videatur,

id. ib. 6, 15:

notam alicui,

Dig. 37, 14, 17 fin. (cf.:

allinere notam,

Cic. Verr. 1, 6, 17).—So of an inheritance, to bestow, bequeath something to, to set apart for:

Aebutio sextulam aspergit,

Cic. Caecin. 6, 17.— Poet.:

alas: lacteus extentas aspergit circulus alas,

Claud. VI. Cons. Hon. 175.—In gen., to add to, to join, = adjungere:

si illius (sc. Catonis majoris) comitatem et facilitatem tuae gravitati severitatique asperseris,

Cic. Mur. 31 fin.:

huic generi orationis aspergentur etiam sales,

id. Or. 26, 87; id. ad Q. Fr. 2, 10:

hos aspersi, ut scires etc.,

id. Fam. 2, 16 fin. —

Aliquem or aliquid aliquā re (cf. Ramsh. Gr. p. 362; Zumpt, Gr. § 418), to strew some person or thing with something, to splash over, besprinkle, bespatter, bedew, lit. and trop.

Lit.:

ah, guttulā Pectus ardens mihi adspersisti (cf. supra, aquam),

Plaut. Ep. 4, 1, 28:

quas (sedes) nec nubila nimbis Aspergunt,

Lucr. 3, 20:

ne aram sanguine aspergeret,

Cic. N. D. 3, 36, 88; so Vulg. 4 Reg. 9, [p. 175] 33; ib. Apoc. 19, 13:

sanguine mensas,

Ov. M. 5, 40; and with de:

asperget de sanguine ejus (turturis) parietem altaris,

Vulg. Lev. 5, 9:

vaccam semine,

Liv. 41, 13:

Vinxit et aspersas altera vitta comas,

the sprinkled hair, Prop. 5, 11, 34 (Müller, † acceptas):

imbre lutoque Aspersus,

Hor. Ep. 1, 11, 12 K. and H.; Claud. B. Gild. 494:

aquā,

Vulg. Num. 8, 7; ib. 2 Macc. 1, 21:

hyssopo,

ib. Psa. 50, 9:

cinere,

ib. Jer. 25, 34:

terrā,

ib. 2 Macc. 10, 25 al.—

Trop.:

(Mons Idae) primo parvis urbibus aspersus erat,

dotted over with, Mel. 1, 18, 2:

aures gemitu,

to fill, Val. Max. 3, 3, ext. 1:

auditiunculā quādam aspersus, i. e. imbutus,

instructed, Gell. 13, 19, 5:

aspersi corda a conscientiā malā,

Vulg. Heb. 10, 22.—Esp., to spot, stain, sully, defile, asperse:

hunc tu vitae splendorem maculis aspergis istis?

Cic. Planc. 12, 30; so also absol.:

leviter aspersus,

id. Fam. 6, 6, 9:

istius facti non modo suspitione, sed ne infamiā quidem est aspersus,

id. Cael. 10; so Liv. 23, 30:

aspergebatur etiam infamiā, quod, etc.,

Nep. Alcib. 3 fin.; so Suet. Ner. 3: aliquem linguā, Auct. ad Her. 4, 49, 62:

e quibus unus amet quāvis aspargere cunctos, i. e. quibusvis dicteriis perstringere, laedere,

Hor. S. 1, 4, 87 K. and H.

aspergo (Merk., Müller, Strüb.; in MSS. sometimes aspargo, Lachm., Rib., e. g. Verg. A. 3, 534, acc. to Non. p. 405, 5, and Vel. Long. p. 2234 P.; v. 1. aspergo), ĭnis, f. (in the ante-class. per. com. acc. to Prisc. p. 658 P.) [1. aspergo].

A sprinkling, besprinkling (most freq. in the poets, never in Cic., who uses aspersio, q. v.):

aspergo aquarum,

Ov. M. 7, 108:

aquae,

Petr. 102, 15:

(Peneus) Nubila conducit, summasque aspergine silvas Impluit,

Ov. M. 1, 572:

sanguis virides aspergine tinxerat herbas,

id. ib. 3, 86;

3, 683 al.: Aspergine et gelu pruinisque (lapides) rumpuntur,

Plin. 36, 22, 48, § 167:

parietum,

the moisture, sweat, upon walls, Cato, R. R. 128; so Vitr. 5, 11, 1, and Plin. 22, 21, 30, § 63.— Trop.:

omni culparum aspergine liber,

Prud. Apoth. 1005.—

Meton. (abstr. for concr.), that which is sprinkled, drops:

hic ubi sol radiis.... Adversa fulsit nimborum aspargine contra,

opposite to the falling rain, Lucr. 6, 525 Lachm.:

Objectae salsā spumant aspargine cautes,

the spray, Verg. A. 3, 534:

Flammiferā gemini fumant aspergine postes,

Ov. M. 14, 796:

maduere graves aspergine pennae,

id. ib. 4, 729:

arborei fetus aspergine caedis in atram Vertuntur faciem,

by means of the sprinkled blood, id. ib. 4, 125 al.

as-sūmo ( ads-, Lachm., Halm, B. and K., Weissenb., K. and H.; ass-, Merk.), mpsi, mptum, 3, v. a., to take to or with one's self, to take up, receive, adopt, accept, take.

In gen.

Lit.:

Plura sibi adsumunt quam de se corpora mittunt,

Lucr. 2, 1124:

cibus atque umor membris adsumitur intus,

id. 4, 1091;

so of nourishment,

Cels. 1, 3; 5, 27, n. 17; Scrib. Comp. 200:

numquam committet, ut id, quod alteri detraxerit, sibi adsumat,

Cic. Off. 3, 5, 23:

sacra Cereris adsumpta de Graeciā,

id. Balb. 24, 55:

socius et administer omnium consiliorum adsumitur Scaurus,

Sall. J. 29, 2:

eos in societatem consilii avunculi adsumunt,

Liv. 2, 4, 2:

adulescentes conscii adsumpti,

id. ib.:

in societatem armorum,

id. 2, 22; so,

in consilium,

Plin. Ep. 3, 19; id. Pan. 8:

in consortium,

id. Ep. 7, 3:

nec decet aliter filium adsumi, si adsumatur a principe,

i. e. is adopted, id. ib. 7, 4;

8, 3: uxorem,

id. ib. 83, 4:

si rursum (uxor) adsumeretur,

Tac. A. 12, 2:

adsumptis duobus filiis ire perrexit,

Vulg. Gen. 48, 1; ib. 2 Par. 23, 20:

Tunc adsumpsit eum Diabolus,

ib. Matt. 4, 5:

adsumit Jesus Petrum,

ib. Marc. 9, 1:

quem (arietem) adsumens obtulit holocaustum pro filio,

ib. Gen. 22, 13; ib. Lev. 14, 10 et saep.:

in familiam nomenque,

Tac. A. 1, 8 et saepe: cautum dignos adsumere, to take or choose as friends only those worthy of you, Hor. S. 1, 6, 51:

adsumpsit Jesus duodecim, i. e. as his disciples,

Vulg. Luc. 18, 31. —So of the assumption of our Lord to heaven: Dominus Jesus adsumptus est in caelum, Vulg. Marc. 16, 9; ib. Act. 1, 2.—

Trop.:

libero tempore, omnis voluptas adsumenda est, omnis dolor repellendus,

Cic. Fin. 1, 10, 33:

laudem sibi ex aliquā re,

id. Mur. 14, 31:

ut acer equus pugnae adsumit amorem,

Ov. M. 3, 705:

omne quod sumatur in oratione, aut ex suā sumi vi atque naturā aut adsumi foris,

Cic. de Or. 2, 39, 163:

alii (loci) adsumuntur extrinsecus,

id. Top. 2, 8; id. Planc. 23, 56 Wund.:

orator tractationem orationis sibi adsumet,

id. de Or. 1, 12, 54.—Also, like arrogare, to usurp, to claim, assume, arrogate:

neque mihi quicquam assumpsi neque hodie adsumo,

Cic. Fam. 1, 9, 17; Auct. ad Her. 1, 1:

cogam Assumptumque patrem commentaque sacra fateri,

Ov. M. 3, 558.—Of discourse, to take up, begin (eccl. Lat., after the Hebrew):

At ille adsumptā parabolā suā ait,

Vulg. Num. 23, 18; 23, 7; ib. Job, 27, 1; 29, 1.—

Esp.,

Sometimes, like accipio, without the idea of action, to receive, obtain:

fetus Melliferarum apium sine membris corpora nasci, Et serosque pedes serasque assumere pennas,

Ov. M. 15, 384:

Qui sperant in Domino, adsument pennas sicut aquilae,

Vulg. Isa. 40, 31:

a ventis alimenta adsumere,

Ov. M. 7, 79:

illas assumere robora gentes,

id. ib. 15, 421.—

To take in addition to, to add to:

si quis aliam quoque artem sibi adsumpserit,

Cic. de Or. 1, 50, 217; 1, 37, 170:

aliquantum jam etiam noctis adsumo,

id. Fam. 7, 23 fin.:

ne qui postea adsumerentur,

Liv. 21, 19:

Butram tibi Septiciumque et Sabinum adsumam,

Hor. Ep. 1, 5, 28.—

In logic, t. t., to add or join to a syllogism the minor proposition: Ea (propositio vera ac perspicua) est hujus modi: Si quo die Romae ista caedes facta est, ego Athenis eo die fui, in caede interesse non potui. Hoc quia perspicue verum est, nihil attinet approbari; quā re adsumi statim oportet hoc modo: fui autem Athenis eo die, Cic. Inv. 1, 36, 63; id. Div. 2, 51, 106; 2, 53, 108.—

In gram.: adsumpta verba.

Epithets, epitheta, Cic. Part. Or. 7. —

Figurative expressions, tropes, Quint. 10, 1, 121.

a-sto ( asto, Fleck., Rib., B. and K.; adsto, Ritschl, Lachm.), stĭti, no sup., 1, v. n., to stand at or near a person or thing, to stand by, stand (syn.: adsisto, adsum, faveo).

Lit. (very freq. and class.); constr. absol., with ad, juxta, propter, in with abl., ante, coram, contra, supra, etc.; with dat., acc., and abl., and with local adv.:

astitit illum locum, et illo, et illi, et circa illum,

Prisc. p. 1181 P.: marinas propter plagas, Enn. ap. Fest. p. 309 Müll. (Sat. v. 41 Vahl.):

si iste stabit, adstato simul,

Plaut. Ps. 3. 2, 75: cum omnis multitudo adstaret, Vulg. Lev. 9, 5; ib. Psa. 2, 2; ib. Act. 22, 20:

ante ostium,

Plaut. Truc. 1, 2, 72; so id. Men. 4, 3, 2:

ante aras,

Lucr. 1, 90:

ante oculos astare,

Verg. A. 3, 150:

adstare ante Dominum,

Vulg. Tob. 12, 15; ib. Luc. 1, 19:

intra limen adstate illic,

Plaut. Most. 5, 1, 16:

ut mihi confidenter contra adstitit!

id. Capt. 3, 5, 6:

Postquam ille hinc abiit, tu adstas solus!

id. Ps. 1, 4, 1; so id. Bacch. 5, 2, 16; id. Stich. 3, 2, 11; id. Mil. 2, 4, 5; 2, 5, 36; id. Poen. 1, 2, 49 al.:

adsta atque audi,

id. Cist. 2, 3, 53; so id. Ep. 1, 1, 61; id. Most. 1, 4, 11:

cum patre astans,

Ter. Phorm. 4, 3, 2:

cum Alexander in Sigeo ad Achillis tumulum astitisset,

Cic. Arch. 10, 24:

in eopse adstas lapide,

Plaut. Bacch. 4, 7, 17:

astat in conspectu meo,

Cic. Cat. 4, 2:

multis coram adstantibus,

Vulg. Gen. 45, 1:

adstat coram vobis,

ib. Act. 4, 10:

supra caput,

Verg. A. 4, 702; 5, 10:

nec opinanti Mors ad caput adstitit,

Lucr. 3, 959:

adstiterunt ad januam,

Vulg. Act. 10, 17:

adstiterunt juxta illos,

ib. ib. 1, 10:

qui campis adstiterant,

Tac. A. 2, 17 Halm:

tribunali,

id. ib. 12, 36 fin.:

mensae,

Suet. Tib. 61; so Mart. 8, 56, 13:

adstabo tibi,

Vulg. Psa. 5, 5; ib. Act. 27, 23:

aliquem adstare,

Plin. Pan. 23, 2, where Keil reads astaret:

limine divae Adstitit,

Stat. Th. 9, 607.—

Trop.:

Certa quidem finis vitae mortalibus adstat,

awaits, Lucr. 3, 1078.— Also, to stand at one's side as counsel or aid, to assist (cf.:

assisto, adsum, etc.): Amanti supparisator, hortor, adsto, admoneo, gaudeo,

Plaut. Am. 3, 4, 10:

Dum adsto advocatus cuidam cognato meo,

id. Cas. 3, 3, 4.— Poet., of an object still existing or remaining: astante ope barbaricā, Enn. ap. Cic. Tusc. 3, 19, 44 (for this Verg. has: Priami dum regna manebant, A. 2, 22).—

Transf., to stand up, to stand upright (cf. ad, I. 1.):

squamis astantibus,

Verg. G. 3, 545:

Minerva, quae est in Parthenone adstans,

Plin. 34, 8, 19, § 54, where Jan reads stans.

ātrĭum, ii, n. [acc. to Scaliger, from aithrion, subdiale, since it was a part of the uncovered portion of the house (but the atrium of the Romans was always covered); acc. to Varr. L. L. 5, § 161 Müll., from the Tuscan town Atria, where this style of architecture originated; cf. Paul. ex Fest. p. 13 Müll.; and Müller, Etrusk. 1, p. 254 sq.; but better from ater, acc. to the explanation of Servius: ibi etiam culina erat, unde et atrium dictum est; atrum enim erat ex fumo, ad Verg. A. 1, 730].

The fore-court, hall, entrance-room, entry; that part of the Roman house into which one first came after passing the entrance (janua); cf. Vitr. 6, 4; O. Müller, Archaeol. III. § 293, and Etrusk. above cited. In earlier times, the atrium was used as a dining-room, Cato ap. Serv. ad Verg. A. 1, 726. Here stood, opposite the door, the lectus genialis, Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 87;

here sat the housewife with her maidens spinning,

Arn. adv. Gent. 2, 67;

here clients were in attendance,

Hor. Ep. 1, 5, 31; Juv. 7, 7 and 91;

and here hung the family portraits and other paintings,

Plin. 34, 8, 19, § 55; Mart. 2, 90; Val. Max. 5, 8, 3; Vulg. Matt. 26, 58; ib. Marc. 14, 54; ib. Joan. 18, 15 al.— Poet. in the plur., of a single atrium:

Apparet domus intus et atria longa patescunt,

Verg. A. 2, 483; so Ov. M. 14, 260; Juv. 8, 20 al.— Meton. for the house itself:

nec capient Phrygias atria nostra nurus,

Ov. H. 16, 184; id. M. 13, 968.—So of the entrance-room in the dwelling of the gods: dextrā laevāque deorum Atria nobilium (as it were clients, v. supra) valvis celebrantur apertis, Ov. M. 1, 172; Stat. Th. 1, 197.—

In temples and other public buildings there was often an atrium, a hall, court:

in atrio Libertatis,

Cic. Mil. 22, 59; Liv. 25, 7; 45, 15; Tac. H. 1, 31; Suet. Aug. 29:

Vestae,

Plin. Ep. 7, 19, 2;

also called atrium regium,

Liv. 26, 27; cf. Ov. F. 6, 263; id. Tr. 3, 1, 30:

atrium tabernaculi,

Vulg. Exod. 27, 9; ib. Lev. 6, 26:

in atriis Domūs Dei,

ib. Psa. 91, 14; 134, 2;

Smith, Dict. Antiq.—So atrium auctionarium,

an auction-hall, auction-room, Cic. Agr. 1, 3; so Inscr. Orell. 3439; and absol., atria:

cum desertis Aganippes Vallibus esuriens migraret in atria Clio,

Juv. 7, 7. Such halls were the Atria Licinia, Cic. Quinct. 6, 25: ATRIVM SVTORIVM, the shoemakers' hall, a place in Rome, Calend. Praenest. Inscr. Orell. II. 386.

at-tĕnŭo ( adt-, Lachm., Merk., Weissenb.; att-, Kayser, K. and H., L. Müller), āvi, ātum, 1, v. a., to make thin or weak; to thin, attenuate; to weaken, enfeeble; to lessen, diminish.

Lit.: aëna Signa manus dextras ostendunt adtenuari Saepe salutantūm tactu, * Lucr. 1, 317 (cf.:

attritum mentum,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 43):

bellum (servile) exspectatione Pompeii attenuatum atque imminutum est, adventu sublatum ac sepultum,

Cic. Imp. Pomp. 11, 30:

legio proeliis attenuata,

Caes. B. C. 3, 89:

diutino morbo viribus admodum adtenuatis,

Liv. 39, 49; 25, 11:

fame attenuari,

Vulg. Job, 18, 12; ib. Jer. 14, 18:

macie attenuari,

ib. 2 Reg. 13, 4:

sortes adtenuatae,

diminished, Liv. 21, 62:

foliorum exilitate usque in fila attenuatā,

Plin. 21, 6, 16, § 30:

(lingua) attenuans lambendo cutem homines,

id. 11, 37, 65, § 172 al.:

Non falx attenuat frondatorum arboris umbram,

Cat. 64, 41:

adtenuant juvenum vigilatae corpora noctes,

Ov. A. A. 1, 735 (cf. infra, P. a.):

patrias opes,

id. M. 8, 844; so id. P. 4, 5, 38.—

Trop.:

curas lyrā,

Ov. Tr. 4, 1, 16; 4, 6, 18:

luctus,

Albin. ad Liv. 342:

insignem attenuat deus,

brings low, abases, Hor. C. 1, 34, 13:

attenuabit omnes deos terrae,

Vulg. Soph. 2, 11: hujusmodi partes sunt virtutis amplificandae, si suadebimus; attenuandae, si ab his dehortabimur, Auct. ad. Her. 3, 3, 6:

attenuabitur gloria Jacob,

Vulg. Isa. 17, 4.—Hence, attĕnŭātus ( adt-), a, um, P. a., enfeebled, weakened, reduced, weak.

Lit.:

adtenuatus amore,

Ov. M. 3, 489: continuatione laborum, August. ap. Suet. Tib. 21: fortuna rei familiaris attenuatissima, Auct. ad Her. 4, 41:

voce paululum attenuatā,

with a voice a little suppressed, id. ib. 3, 14:

acuta atque attenuata nimis acclamatio,

id. ib. 12, 21.— Comp. not in use. — Sup.: fortunae familiares attenuatissimae, Auct. ad Her. 4, 41, 53.—

Trop.

Feeble, destitute, poor (eccl. Lat.):

Siattenuatus frater tuus vendiderit etc.,

Vulg. Lev. 25, 25; 25, 35; 25, 47; ib. 2 Esdr. 5, 18. —

Esp., of discourse.

Shortened, brief: ipsa illa [pro Roscio] juvenilis redundantia [p. 195] multa habet attenuata, Cic. Or. 30, 108.—

Too much refined, affected:

itaque ejus oratio nimiā religione attenuata doctis et attente audientibus erat illustris,

hence his discourse was so delicately formed, through excessive scrupulousness, Cic. Brut. 82.—

Meagre, dry, without ornament: attenuata (oratio) est, quae demissa est usque ad usitatissimam puri sermonis consuetudinem, Auct. ad Her. 4, 8:

attenuata verborum constructio,

id. ib. 4, 10, 15.—

* Adv.: at-tenuātē, simply:

attenuate presseque dicere,

Cic. Brut. 55, 201.

at-tingo (not adt-), tĭgi, tactum, 3, v. a. [tango] (ante-class. form attĭgo, ĕre, v. infra; attinge = attingam, acc. to Paul. ex Fest. p. 26 Müll.; v. Müll. ad h. l.; concerning attigo, āre, v. fin.), to touch, come in contact with; constr. with the acc.; poet. with ad.

Lit.

In gen.: mento summam aquam, vet. poët. ap. Cic. Tusc. 1, 5, 10: vestem, Att. ap. Non. p. 75, 32:

Egone Argivum imperium attingam,

id. Trag. Rel. p. 166 Rib.:

suaviter (omnia) attingunt,

Lucr. 4, 623:

nec enim ullum hoc frigidius flumen attigi,

Cic. Leg. 2, 3, 6:

prius quam aries murum attigisset,

Caes. B. G. 2, 32:

pedibus terram,

Nep. Eum. 5, 5:

quisquis (vas) attigerit,

Vulg. Lev. 15, 23:

nos nihil tuorum attigimus,

id. Gen. 26, 29:

(medicus) pulsum venarum attigit,

Tac. A. 6, 50:

se esse possessorem soli, quod primum Divus Augustus nascens attigisset,

Suet. Aug. 5 (cf. Ov. Tr. 4, 3, 46: Tactaque nascenti corpus haberet humus, acc. to the practice of laying new-born children upon the ground; v. tollo).— Poet.: (Callisto) miles erat Phoebes, nec Maenalon attigit ( nor did there touch, set foot on) ulla Gratior hac Triviae, Ov. M. 2, 415:

usque ad caelum attingebat stans in terrā,

Vulg. Sap. 18, 16.—

With partic. access. ideas.

To touch by striking, to strike; rarely in a hostile manner, to attack, assault:

ne me attingas,

Plaut. As. 2, 2, 106;

ne attigas me,

id. Truc. 2, 2, 21:

ne attigas puerum istac caussā,

id. Bacch. 3, 3, 41 (quoted by Non. p. 75, 33):

Si tu illam attigeris secus quam dignumst liberam,

Ter. Phorm. 2, 3, 91.—Of lightning: ICTV. FVLMINIS. ARBORES. ATTACTAE. ARDVERINT., Fragm. Fratr. Arval. Inscr. Orell. 961; cf.

Fest. s. v. scribonianum, p. 333 Müll., and s. v. obstitum, p. 193: si Vestinus attingeretur, i. e. ei bellum indiceretur,

Liv. 8, 29; so Suet. Ner. 38.—

In mal. part., aliquam, to touch:

virginem,

Ter. Hec. 1, 2, 61; Cat. 67, 20.—

To touch in eating, to taste, crop:

nulla neque amnem Libavit quadrupes, nec graminis attigit herbam,

Verg. E. 5, 26.—

Of local relations, to come to a place, to approach, reach, arrive at (class.;

esp. freq. in the histt.): aedīs ne attigatis,

Plaut. Most. 2, 2, 37:

ut primum Asiam attigisti,

Cic. ad Q. Fr. 1, 1, 8:

cum primis navibus Britanniam attigit,

Caes. B. G. 4, 23:

Siciliam,

Nep. Dion, 5, 3:

Syriam ac legiones,

Tac. A. 2, 55:

saltuosos locos,

id. ib. 4, 45:

Urbem,

id. Or. 7 fin.:

In paucis diebus quam Capreus attigit etc.,

Suet. Tib. 60; id. Calig. 44; id. Vesp. 4 al.—

Transf., to touch, lie near, border upon, be contiguous to:

Theseus... Attigit injusti regis Gortynia tecta,

Cat. 64, 75:

Cappadociae regio, quae Ciliciam attingeret,

Cic. Fam. 15, 4, 4; id. Pis. 16 fin.:

(stomachus) utrāque ex parte tonsillas attingens, etc.,

id. N. D. 2, 54, 135:

eorum fines Nervii attingebant,

Caes. B. G. 2, 15:

ITEM. COLLEGIA. QVAE. ATTINGVNT. EIDEM. FORO,

Inscr. Orell. 3314:

attingere parietem,

Vulg. Ezech. 41, 6.—

Trop.

In gen., to touch, affect, reach:

nec desiderium nos attigit,

Lucr. 3, 922 ( adficit, Lachm.):

ante quam voluptas aut dolor attigerit,

Cic. Fin. 3, 5, 16:

nimirum me alia quoque causa delectat, quae te non attingit,

id. Leg. 2, 1, 3:

quo studio providit, ne qua me illius temporis invidia attingeret,

id. Fam. 3, 10, 10:

si qua de Pompeio nostro tuendo... cura te attingit,

id. Att. 9, 11, A:

erant perpauci, quos ea infamia attingeret, Liv 27, 11, 6: cupidus attingere gaudia,

to feel, Prop. 1, 19, 9:

vox, sonus, attigit aures,

Val. Fl. 2, 452; Claud. B. Get: 412; Manil. 1, 326.—

Esp.

To touch upon in speaking, etc., to mention slightly:

paucis rem,

Plaut. Truc. 4, 4, 11:

summatim attingere,

Lucr. 3, 261:

ut meos quoque attingam,

Cat. 39, 13:

quod perquam breviter perstrinxi atque attigi,

Cic. de Or. 2, 49, 201; id. Fam. 2, 4 fin.:

si tantummodo summas attigero,

Nep. Pelop. 1, 1:

invitus ea, tamquam vulnera, attingo, sed nisi tacta tractataque sanari non possunt,

Liv. 28, 27:

ut seditionem attigit,

Tac. A. 1, 35:

familiae (Galbae) breviter attingam,

Suet. Galb. 3 al. —

To touch, i. e. to undertake, enter upon some course of action (esp. mental), to apply one's self to, be occupied with, engage in, to take in hand, manage:

quae isti rhetores ne primoribus quidem labris attigissent,

Cic. de Or. 1, 19, 87; cf. id. Cael. 12; id. Arch. 8:

egomet, qui sero ac leviter Graecas litteras attigissem,

id. de Or. 1, 18, 82:

orationes,

id. Or. 13, 41:

poëticen,

Nep. Att. 18, 5; so Suet. Aug. 85:

liberales disciplinas omnes,

id. Ner. 52:

studia,

id. Gram. 9:

ut primum forum attigi, i. e. accessi, adii,

applied myself to public affairs, Cic. Fam. 5, 8, 3:

arma,

Liv. 3, 19:

militiam resque bellicas,

Suet. Calig. 43:

curam rei publicae,

id. Tib. 13:

ad Venerem seram,

Ov. A. A. 2, 701.—

(Acc. to I. B. 4.) To arrive somewhere:

quod ab illo attigisset nuntius,

Plaut. Bacch. 2, 2, 19 (cf. id. ib. 3, 5, 3: si a me tetigit nuntius).—

(Acc. to I. B. 5.) To come near to in quality, to be similar; or to belong to, appertain to, to concern, relate to:

quae nihil attingunt ad rem nec sunt usui,

Plaut. Merc. 1, 1, 32:

haec quemque attigit,

id. ib. 1, 1, 20:

attingit animi naturam corporis similitudo,

Cic. Tusc. 4, 13, 30; id. Fam. 13, 7, 4; id. ad Q. Fr. 1, 1, 1:

quae non magis legis nomen attingunt, quam si latrones aliqua sanxerint,

id. Leg. 2, 5:

Segestana, Centuripina civitas, quae cum officiis, fide, vetustate, tum etiam cognatione populi Romani nomen attingunt,

id. Verr. 2, 5, 32:

(labor) non attingit deum,

id. N. D. 1, 9, 22:

primus ille (locus), qui in veri cognitione consistit, maxime naturam attingit humanam,

id. Off. 1, 6, 18; id. Tusc. 5, 33, 93; id. Fin. 5, 9.—

Si quid eam humanitus attigisset (for the usu. euphemism, accidisset), if any misfortune had happened to her, App. Mag. p. 337.

ap. Non. p. 75, 30 dub. (Rib. here reads attigas, Com. Rel. p. 98): custodite istunc, ne attigat, Pac., Trag. Rel. p. 105 Rib.

augŭror, ātus. 1, v. dep. (class. for the ante-class. and poet. act. augnro, āre, v. infra) [augur].

To perform the services or fill the office of an augur, to take auguries, observs and interpret omens, to augur, prophesy, predict (hence with the acc. of that which is prophesied):

Calchas ex passerum numero belli Trojani annos auguratus est,

Cic. Div 1, 33, 72; so id. ib. 1, 15, 27; id. Fam. 6, 6:

avis quasdam rerum augurandarum causa esse natas putamus,

id. N D. 2, 64, 160; Suet. Oth 7 fin.; id. Gram. 1:

in quo (scypho) augurari solet,

Vulg. Gen. 44, 5:

augurandi scientia,

ib. ib. 44, 15; ib. Lev. 19, 26.—Transf from the sphere of religion,

Ingen, to predict, forebode, foretell; or of the internal sense (cf. augurium, II. A.), to surmise, conjecture, suppose:

Theramenes Critiae, cui venenum praebiberat, mortem est auguratus,

Cic. Tusc. 1, 40, 96:

ex nomine istins, quid in provinciā facturus esset, perridicule homines augurabantur,

id. Verr. 2, 2, 6:

in Persis augurantur et divinant Magi,

id. Div. 1, 41, 90: Recte auguraris de me nihil a me abesse longius crudelitate, Caes. ap. Cic. Att. 9, 16, A:

futurae pugnae fortunam ipso cantu augurantur,

Tac. G. 3 al.:

quantum ego opinione auguror,

Cic. Mur. 31, 65:

quantum auguror coniectura,

id. de Or. 1, 21. 95; so,

mente aliquid, Curt 10, 5, 13: Hac ego contentus auguror esse deos,

Ov. P. 3, 4, 80:

erant, qui Vespasianum et arma Orientis augurarentur,

Tac. H. 1, 50:

Macedones iter jaciendo operi monstrāsse eam (beiuam) augurabantur,

Curt. 4, 4, 5.

subordinate form auguro, āre (by Plin. ap. Serv. ad Verg A. 7, 273, erroneously distinguished from this in signif.).

(Acc. to I.) Sacerdotes salutem populi auguranto, Cic. Leg. 2, 8.— Trop.: oculis investigans astute augura, look carefully around you like an augur, Plant. Cist. 4, 2, 26.— Pass.: res, locus auguratur, is consecrated by auguries: certaeque res augurantur, Lucius Caesar ap. Prisc. p. 791 P.:

in Rostris, in illo augurato templo ac loco,

Cic. Vatin. 10; so Liv. 8, 5: augurato ( abl. absol.), after taking auguries (cf. auspicato under auspicor fin.):

sicut Romulus augurato in urbe condenda regnum adeptus est,

Liv. 1, 18; Suet. Aug. 7 fin. dub. Roth.—

(Acc. to II.) Hoc conjecturā auguro, Enn. ap. Non. p. 469, 8 (Trag. v. 327 Vahl.); so Pac. ap. Non. l. l.; Att. ib.;

Cic. Rep. Fragm. ib. (p. 431 Moser): praesentit animus et augurat quodam modo, quae futura sit suavitas, id. Ep. ad Caiv. ib. (IV. 2, p. 467 Orell.): si quid veri mens augurat,

Verg. A. 7, 273:

quis non prima repellat Monstra deum longosque sibi mon auguret annos?

Val. Fl. 3, 356.

ăvuncŭlus (AVOMCVLVS and AVONCLVS, Fabr. Gloss. p. 227, a), i, m. dim. [avus; cf. Lith. avynas, uncle], a mother ' s brother, maternal uncle (a brother of the father, patruus).

Lit.

In gen., Cic. de Or. 2, 84, 341; Verg. A. 3, 343; Plin. 5, 8, 6, § 20; Vulg. Gen. 28, 2; 29, 10:

uxor patrui vel avunculi,

ib. Lev. 20, 10; Isid. Orig. 9, 6, 17; cf. Dig. 38, 10, 10 P.—Hence,

Esp.

Avunculus magnus, a grandmother ' s brother (aviae frater), great-uncle, Cic. Brut. 62, 222; Dig. 38, 10, 1; 38, 10, 10; Isid. Orig. 9, 16, 26.—

Avunculus major, a brother of the great-grandmother, greatgreat-uncle (proaviae frater), Dig. l. l. (in Isid. Orig. l. l., proavunculus).—

Avunculus maximus, a brother of the great-greatgrandmother (abaviae frater), Dig. l. l. (in Isid. Orig. l. l., abavunculus).—In the histt. sometimes avunculus major = avunculus magnus, brother of the grandmother, Vell. 2, 59; Suet. Aug. 7; id. Claud. 3; and avunculus absol. = avunculus major, Tac. A. 2, 43; 2, 53; 4, 75.—

Transf., the husband of the mother ' s sister, Sen. Cons. ad Helv. 17.