lignum

sū̆prā (orig. form sŭpĕrā, Lucr. 1, 429; 4, 672; 5, 1407; Cic. poët. N. D. 2, 42, 106; cf. Prisc. pp. 980 and 1001 P.), adv. and prep. [superus].

Adv., on the upper side, on the top, above.

Lit., of place:

omnia haec, quae supra et subter, unum esse dixerunt,

Cic. de Or. 3, 5, 20:

partes eae, quae sunt infra quam id, quod devoratur, dilatantur, quae autem supra, contrahuntur,

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

magno numero jumentorum in flumine supra atquo infra constituto,

Caes. B. C. 1, 64; and:

et mare, quod supra, teneant, quodque alluit infra,

Verg. A. 8, 149:

oleum supra siet,

Cato, R. R. 119; 101:

cotem illam et novaculam defossam in comitio supraque impositum puteal accepimus,

Cic. Div. 1, 17, 33:

toto vertice supra est,

i. e. is taller, Verg. A. 11, 683: ut letata corpora vidit Victoremque supra hostem, i. e. lying or stretched over them, Ov. M. 3, 56; cf.:

stupet inscia supra,

Verg. A. 7, 381.— Comp.:

alia superius rapiuntur,

upward, on high, Sen. Q. N. 5, 8, 3: piscina superius construenda, Pall. 1, 34, 2 (opp. subterius, Isid. 16, 8, 4).—

Trop.

Of time, before, formerly, previously (esp. of any thing previously said or written):

quae supra scripta est,

Cato, R. R. 157, 2:

quod jam supra tibi ostendimus,

Lucr. 1, 429:

quae supra dixi,

Cic. de Or. 3, 55, 208:

quae supra scripsi,

id. Fam. 6, 10, 2:

quem supra deformavi,

id. Caecin. 5, 14:

uti supra demonstravimus,

Caes. B. G. 2, 1:

ut supra dixi,

Cic. Rep. 2, 4, 9; id. Lael. 4, 15; 14, 48:

ut supra scripsi,

Plin. Ep. 6, 27, 5:

de quo (filio) commemoravi supra,

Nep. Dion, 6, 2:

supra repetere,

farther back, from past times, Sall. C. 5, 9; id. J. 5, 3; Tac. A. 16, 18.— Comp.:

quantum valerent inter homines litterae, Dixi superius,

before, farther back, Phaedr. 4, 23, 2: ut superius demonstravimus, Auct. B. Hisp. 28, 4; 34, 5.—

Of number or measure, beyond, over, more:

supra adjecit Aeschrio,

offered higher, more, Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 33, § 77:

amor tantus ut nihil supra possit,

id. Fam. 14, 1, 4:

ita accurate, ut nihil posset supra,

id. Att. 13, 19, 3:

nihil pote supra,

Ter. Ad. 2, 3, 11:

voltu Adeo modesto, ut nihil supra,

id. And. 1, 1, 93; id. Eun. 3, 1, 37:

nihil supra Deos lacesso,

Hor. C. 2, 18, 11.—After et or aut ( poet. and post-class.):

agrum fortasse trecentis Aut etiam supra nummorum milibus emptum,

Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 165:

quot illum putas annos secum tulisse? Septuaginta et supra,

Petr. 43 fin.:

tricena aut supra stipendia numerantes,

Tac. A. 1, 35:

a triginta annis et supra,

Vulg. Num. 4, 23; 4, 30; 4, 35 (cf. II. B. 2. infra).—

With quam, less freq. quod, above or beyond what, more than:

saepe supra feret, quam fieri possit,

Cic. Or. 40, 139:

corpus patiens inediae, algoris, vigiliae, supra quam cuiquam credibile est,

Sall. C. 5, 3; id. J. 24, 5:

dominandi supra quam aestimari potest avidissimus,

Aur. Vict. Epit. 1 med.:

supra quam optari potuit,

Amm. 17, 1, 12:

supra quod capere possum,

Dig. 32, 1, 28.—

Prep. with acc., above, over.

Lit., of place:

si essent, qui sub terrā semper habitavissent... nec exissent umquam supra terram,

Cic. N. D. 2, 37, 95:

ille qui supra nos habitat,

Plaut. Pers. 5, 2, 38:

supra tribunal et supra praetoris caput,

Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 33, § 77:

supra eum locum,

Caes. B. C. 2, 9:

supra se in summo jugo,

id. B. G. 1, 24:

accubueram horā nonā... et quidem supra me Atticus, infra Verrius,

Cic. Fam. 9, 26, 1:

saltu supra venabula fertur,

Verg. A. 9, 553:

supra segetes Navigat,

over the cornfields, Ov. M. 1, 295:

attolli supra ceteros mortales,

Plin. 34, 6, 12, § 27 (dub.;

Jahn, super): supra lignum turba insilit,

Phaedr. 1, 2, 20:

ecce supra caput homo levis ac sordidus,

i. e. burdensome, annoying, Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 2, 2, § 6; so,

supra caput esse,

to be close at hand, Sall. C. 52, 24; cf. Verg. A. 3, 194; Liv. 3, 17, 4; 4, 22, 6; Tac. H. 4, 69; Sen. Ep 108;

rarely supra capita,

Liv. 42, 42, 6.—

In partic., of geographical position, above, beyond: supra Maeotis paludes, Enn. ap. Cic. Tusc. 5, 17, 49 (Epigr. v. 7, p. 163 Vahl.):

supra Suessulam,

Liv. 23, 32, 2:

Syene oppidum, quod est supra Alexandriam quinque millibus stadiorum,

Plin. 2, 73, 75, § 183;

supra Britanniam,

id. 2, 97, 99, § 217. —

Trop.

Of time, before:

paulo supra hanc memoriam,

Caes. B. G. 6, 19; supra septingentesimum annum, Liv. praef. § 4.—

Of number, degree, or quantity.

With numbers, = plus, amplius (not in Cic. or Cæs.), over, above, beyond, more than:

supra quattuor milia hominum orabunt ut, etc.,

Liv. 43, 3, 2:

caesa eo die supra milia viginti,

id. 30, 35, 3; 3, 31, 4:

supra septem milia hominum domos remisit,

id. 21, 23, 6; 23, 17, 2; 23, 37, 11 sq.; 23, 49, 13; Varr. R. R. 3, 2, 17; 3, 6, 1; 3, 7, 11:

supra duos menses sapor ejus non permanet integer,

Col. 12, 49, 3:

tres (cyathos),

Hor. C. 3, 19, 15.—

In gen.:

quibus solida ungula, nec supra geminos fetus,

Plin. 11, 40, 95, § 233; cf.:

de floribus supra dictus scripsit Theophrastus,

besides, id. 21, 3, 9, § 13:

hominis fortunam,

Cic. Leg. 2, 16, 41:

ratio supra hominem putanda est deoque tribuenda,

id. N. D. 2, 13, 34:

potentia, quae supra leges se esse velit,

id. Ep. ad Brut. 1, 17, 6:

humanam supra fortunam,

Phaedr. 4, 24, 24:

supra Coclites Muciosque id facinus esse,

Liv. 2, 13, 8:

modum,

id. 21, 7, 7; Col. 4, 27, 4:

vires,

Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 22: humanam fidem Plin. 34, 7, 17, § 38: morem, Verg. G. 2, 227; Sall. C. 3, 2:

supra belli Latini metum id quoque accesserat, quod,

besides, Liv. 2, 18, 3.—Prov.:

supra homines, supra ire deos pietate,

i. e. to attain the highest degree, Verg. A. 12, 839 Heyne ad loc.—

Sometimes to indicate that over which one is placed as superintendent (mostly postclass.):

dispositi, quos supra somnum habebat,

watchers, Curt. 6, 11, 3:

qui supra bibliothecam fuerunt,

Vitr. 7, praef. §

5: servus supra rationes positus,

Pseudo Quint. Decl. 353:

SVPRA INSVLAS,

Inscr. Orell. 721 and 2927:

SVPRA IVMENTA,

ib. 2870:

SVPRA VELARIOS,

ib. 2967:

SVPRA COCOS,

ib. 2827; Inscr. Grut. p. 1111, 1.—

Compounds formed with supra are extremely rare. In late Lat. supradictus, suprafatus, suprafundo, suprajacio, supranatans, suprasedeo, etc., are found, but here supra is properly written separately as an adv.; only suprascando (v. h. v.), on account of its signif., is to be written as one word.

ăqua, ae (ACVA, Inscr. Grut. 593, 5; gen. aquāï, Plaut. Mil. 2, 6, 71; Lucr. 1, 284; 1. 285; 1, 307; 1, 454 et saep.; Verg. A. 7, 464; poët. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 9, 15; Cic. Arat. 179; Prud. Apoth. 702; the dat. aquaï also was used acc. to Charis. p. 538; v. Neue, Formenl. I. pp. 9, 11, 12; pp. 14 sq.;

aquae, as trisyl.,

Lucr. 6, 552 Lachm.), f. [cf. Sanscr. ap = water; Wallach. apa, and Goth. ahva = river; old Germ. Aha; Celt. achi; and the Gr. proper names Mess-api-oi and gê Api-a, and the Lat. Apuli, Apiola; prob. ultimately con. with Sanscr. ācus = swift, ācer, and ôkus, from the notion of quickly, easily moving. Curtius.].

A.. Water, in its most gen. signif. (as an element, rainwater, river-water, sea-water, etc.; in class. Lat. often plur. to denote several streams, springs, in one place or region, and com. plur. in Vulg. O. T. after the Hebrew):

aër, aqua, terra, vapores, Quo pacto fiant,

Lucr. 1, 567: SI. AQVA. PLVVIA. NOCET, Fragm. of the XII. Tab. ap. Dig. 40, 7, 21; cf. Dirks. Transl. p. 486; so also of titles in the Digg. 39, 3; cf. ib. 43, 20:

pluvialis,

rain-water, Ov. M. 8, 335, and Sen. Q. N. 3, 1; so,

aquae pluviae,

Cic. Mur. 9, 22; Plin. 2, 103, 106, § 233; Quint. 10, 1, 109 (and pluviae absol., Cic. Att. 15, 16, B; Lucr. 6, 519; Verg. G. 1, 92; Ov. F. 2, 71; Plin. 2, 106, 110, § 227); so,

caelestes aquae,

Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 135; Liv. 4, 30, 7; 5, 12, 2; Plin. 17, 2, 2, § 14; so,

aquae de nubibus,

Vulg. 2 Reg. 22, 12: aquae nivis, snow-water, ib. Job, 9, 30:

fluvialis,

river-water, Col. 6, 22; so,

aqua fluminis,

Vulg. Jer. 2, 18:

aquaï fons,

Lucr. 5, 602:

fons aquae,

Vulg. Gen. 24, 13:

fontes aquarum, ib. Joel, 1, 20: flumen aquae,

Verg. A. 11, 495:

fluvius aquae,

Vulg. Apoc. 22, 1:

rivus aquae,

Verg. E. 8, 87:

rivi aquarum,

Vulg. Isa. 32, 2:

torrens aquae,

ib. Macc. 5, 40; and plur., ib. Jer. 31, 9: dulcis, fresh-water, Fr. eau douce, Lucr. 6, 890:

fons aquae dulcis,

Cic. Verr. 4, 118; and plur.:

aquae dulces,

Verg. G. 4, 61; id. A. 1, 167: marina, sea-water (v. also salsus, amarus), Cic. Att. 1, 16; so,

aquae maris,

Vulg. Gen. 1, 22; ib. Exod. 15, 19:

dulcis et amara aqua,

ib. Jac. 3, 11:

perennis,

never-failing, Liv. 1, 21; and plur.:

quo in summo (loco) est aequata agri planities et aquae perennes,

Cic. Verr. 4, 107:

aqua profluens,

running-water, id. Off. 1, 16, 52; so,

currentes aquae,

Vulg. Isa. 30, 25; so,

aqua viva,

living-water, Varr. L. L. 5, 26, 35; Vulg. Gen. 26, 19; and plur.:

aquae vivae,

ib. Num. 19, 17;

and in a spiritual sense: aqua viva,

ib. Joan. 4, 10; so,

vitae,

ib. Apoc. 22, 17:

aquae viventes,

ib. Lev. 14, 5:

stagna aquae,

standing-water, Prop. 4, 17, 2; and plur., Vulg. Psa. 106, 35; so, stativae aquae, Varr. ap. Non. p. 217, 2:

aquae de puteis,

well-water, Vulg. Num. 20, 17:

aqua de cisternā,

cisternwater, ib. 2 Reg. 23, 16; so,

aqua cisternae,

ib. Isa. 36, 16:

aquae pessimae,

ib. 4 Reg. 2, 19:

aqua recens,

Verg. A. 6, 636:

turbida,

Vulg. Jer. 2, 18:

crassa,

ib. 2 Macc. 1, 20:

munda,

ib. Heb. 10, 22:

purissima,

ib. Ezech. 34, 18:

aquae calidae,

warm-water, ib. Gen. 36, 24; and absol.:

calida,

Cato, R. R. 156, 3; Plin. 25, 7, 38, § 77; Tac. G. 22;

and contr.: calda,

Col. 6, 13; Plin. 23, 4, 41, § 83: aqua fervens, boiling-water:

aliquem aquā ferventi perfundere,

Cic. Verr. 1, 67:

aqua frigida,

cold-water, Plaut. Cist. 1, 1, 37; Vulg. Prov. 25, 23; ib. Matt. 10, 42; and absol.:

frigida,

Cels. 1, 5; Plin. Ep. 3, 5, 11; Quint. 5, 11, 31: aqua decocta, water boiled and then cooled with ice or snow, Mart. 14, 116; and absol.:

decocta,

Juv. 5, 50; Suet. Ner. 48 al.—

Particular phrases.

Praebere aquam, to invite to a feast, to entertain (with ref. to the use of water at table for washing and drinking), Hor. S. 1, 4, 88 (cf. id. ib. 2, 2, 69).—

Aquam aspergere alicui, to give new life or courage, to animate, refresh, revive (the fig. taken from sprinkling one who is in a swoon):

ah, adspersisti aquam! Jam rediit animus,

Plaut. Truc. 2, 4, 15.—

Aqua et ignis, to express the most common necessaries of life:

non aquā, non igni, ut aiunt, locis pluribus utimur quam amicitiā,

Cic. Lael. 6, 22.—Hence aquā et igni interdicere alicui, to deny intercourse or familiarity with one, to exclude from civil society, to banish, Cic. Phil. 1, 9; so the bride, on the day of marriage, received from the bridegroom aqua et ignis, as a symbol of their union: aquā et igni tam interdici solet damnatis quam accipiunt nuptae, videlicet quia hae duae res humanam vitam maxime continent, Paul. ex Fest. p. 3 Müll. (this custom is differently explained in [p. 148] Varr. L. L. 5, 9, 18): aquam et terram petere, of an enemy (like gên kai hudôr aitein), to demand submission, Liv. 35, 17:

aquam ipsos (hostes) terramque poscentium, ut neque fontium haustum nec solitos cibos relinquerent deditis,

Curt. 3, 10, 8.— Provv.

Ex uno puteo similior numquam potis Aqua aquaï

sumi quam haec est atque ista hospita,

you can't find two peas more like, Plaut. Mil. 1, 6, 70 sq. —

In aquā scribere = kath hudatos graphein, to write in water, of something transient, useless:

cupido quod dicit amanti, In vento et rapidā scribere oportet aquā,

Cat. 70, 4 (cf. Keats' epitaph on himself: here lies one whose name was writ in water; and the Germ., etwas hinter die Feueresse schreiben).—

Water, in a more restricted sense.

The sea:

coge, ut ad aquam tibi frumentum Ennenses metiantur,

on the sea-coast, Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 83:

laborum quos ego sum terrā, quos ego passus aquā,

Ov. P. 2, 7, 30:

findite remigio aquas!

id. F. 3, 586.— Trop.: Venimus in portum... Naviget hinc aliā jam mihi linter aquā, in other waters let my bark now sail (cf. Milton in the Lycidas:

To-morrow to fresh woods and pastures new),

Ov. F. 2, 864.—

= la. cus, a lake:

Albanae aquae deductio,

Cic. Div. 1, 44 fin. —

A stream, a river. in Tuscae gurgite mersus aquae, i. e. Albula, Ov. F. 4, 48:

alii in aquam caeci ruebant,

Liv. 1, 27:

sonitus multarum aquarum,

of many streams, Vulg. Isa. 17, 12; ib. Apoc. 1, 15; 19, 6:

lignum, quod plantatum est secus decursus aquarum,

along the watercourses, ib. Psa. 1, 3.—

Rain:

cornix augur aquae,

Hor. C. 3, 17, 12:

deūm genitor effusis aethera siccat aquis,

Ov. F. 3, 286:

multā terra madescit aquā,

id. ib. 6, 198:

aquae magnae bis eo anno fuerunt,

heavy rains, a flood, inundation, Liv. 24, 9; 38, 28.—

In the plur., medicinal springs, waters, baths.

In gen.:

ad aquas venire,

Cic. Planc. 27, 65; id. Fam. 16, 24, 2:

aquae caldae,

Varr. L. L. 9, 69, p. 219 Müll.:

aquae calidae,

Plin. 2, 103, 106, § 227:

aquae medicatae,

Sen. Q. N. 3, 25:

aquae Salutiferae,

Mart. 5, 1.—Hence,

As prop. noun, Waters. Some of the most important were.

Ăquae Ăpollĭnāres, in Etruria, prob. the Phoebi vada of Mart. 6, 42, 7, now Bagni di Stigliano, Tab. Peut.—

Ăquae Aurēlĭae, in the Black Forest in Germany, now Baden-Baden, Inscr.—

Ăquae Baiae, in Campania, Prop. 1, 11, 30; earlier called Ăquae Cūmānae, Liv. 41, 16.—

Ăquae Călĭdae,

In Britain, now Bath; also called Ăquae Sōlis, Itin Anton.—

In Zeugitana on the Gulf of Carthage, now Hammam Gurbos, Liv. 30, 24, 9; Tab. Peut.—

In Gallia, now Vichy on the Allier, Tab. Theod.—

Ăquae Cĭcĕrōnĭānae, at Cicero's villa at Puteoli, Plin. 31, 2, 3, § 6.—

Ăquae Mattĭăcae, among the Mattiaci in Germany, now Wiesbaden, Amm. 29, 4, also called Fontes Mattĭăci in Plin. 31, 2, 17, § 20.—

Ăquae Sextĭae, near Massilia, once a famous watering-place, now Aix, Liv Epit 61; Vell. 1, 15; Plin. 3, 4, 5, § 36.—

Ăquae Tauri or Tauri Thermae, in Etruria, now Bagni di Ferrata, Plin. 3, 5, 8, § 52. V. Smith, Dict. Geog., s. v. Aquae.—

The water in the water-clock. From the use of this clock in regulating the length of speeches, etc. (cf. clepsydra), arose the tropical phrases,

Aquam dare, to give the advocate time for speaking, Plin. Ep. 6, 2, 7.—

Aquam perdere, to spend time unprofitably, to waste it, Quint. 11, 3, 52.—

Aqua haeret, the water stops, i.e. I am at a loss, Cic. Off. 3, 33, 117:

in hac causā mihi aqua haeret,

id. ad Q. Fr. 2, 7.—

Aqua intercus, the water under the skin of a dropsical person;

hence, as med. t.,

the dropsy, Plaut. Men. 5, 4, 3:

medicamentum ad aquam intercutem dare,

Cic. Off. 3, 24, 92:

decessit morbo aquae intercutis,

Suet. Ner 5; cf. Cels. 2, 8.— Trop.: aquam in animo habere intercutem, Lucil. ap. Non. p. 37, 3.—

Aqua, the name of a constellation, Gr. Hudôr:

hae tenues stellae perhibentur nomine Aquāī,

Cic. Arat. 179 (as translation of tous pantas kaleousin Hudôr); v. Orell. ad h. l.

tēlum, i, n. [for texlum; root tek-, of tiktô, to beget; tuk-, tuch-, of tunchanô, to hit, chance upon; v. texo; cf. toxon, a bow], a weapon used for fighting at a distance; a missile weapon, missile, as a dart, spear, javelin, etc. (while arma signifies arms for defence or close fight; v. arma; cf.: jaculum, tormentum).

Lit.: tela proprie dici videntur ea, quae missilia sunt: ex Graeco videlicet translato eorum nomine, quoniam illi têlothen missa dicunt, quae nos eminus;

sicut arma ea, quae ab umeris dependentia retinentur manibus,

Fest. p. 364 Müll.; cf. id. p. 3; and Serv. Verg. A. 8, 249; 9, 509: telum vulgo quidem id appellatur, quod ab arcu mittitur, sed nunc omne significatur, quod mittitur manu. Itaque sequitur, ut et lapis et lignum et ferrum hoc nomine contineatur, dictum ab eo, quod in longinquum mittitur, Graecā voce figuratum apo tou têlou, Dig. 50, 16, 233: arma rigent, horrescunt tela, Enn. ap. Macr. S. 6, 4 (Trag. v. 177 Vahl.); so,

opp. arma,

Sall. C. 42, 2; 51, 38; id. J. 43, 3; Ov. M. 9, 201: tela manu jacere, Enn. ap. Macr. S. 6, 3 (Ann. v. 438 Vahl.); cf.:

si quis jaciat volatile telum,

Lucr. 1, 970:

tela depellere...telum jacere,

Cic. Quint. 2, 8:

conicere,

Caes. B. G. 1, 26; 1, 46; 1, 47; 2, 27; Cic. Quint. 16, 52 al.; cf.:

nubes levium telorum conjecta obruit aciem Gallorum,

Liv. 38, 26, 7;

and with this cf.: it toto turbida caelo Tempestas telorum ac ferreus ingruit imber,

Verg. A. 12, 284:

telum ex loco superiore mittere,

Caes. B. G. 3, 4:

Romani omni genere missilium telorum ac saxis maxime vulnerabantur,

Liv. 44, 35, 21; cf. Sisenn. ap. Non. 449, 3:

priusquam ad conjectum teli veniretur,

Liv. 2, 31, 6:

tela vitare,

Caes. B. G. 2, 25:

telis repulsi,

id. ib. 1, 8; Cic. Rep. 1, 3, 5:

non primus Teucer tela Cydonio Direxit arcu,

Hor. C. 4, 9, 17:

in medios telum torsisti primus Achivos,

Verg. A. 5, 497:

tela spargere,

Luc. 3, 326; Quint. 4, 5, 14:

aërias telum contendit in auras,

Verg. A. 5, 520:

telum volatile sensit,

Ov. A. A. 1, 169:

volucre,

Val. Fl. 2, 524:

hic confixum ferrea texit Telorum seges,

Verg. A. 3, 46:

nubes telorum,

Liv. 38, 26, 7:

nimbus,

Luc. 4, 776. —

Transf.

In gen., an offensive weapon of any kind, as a sword, dagger, poniard, axe, etc. (class.): Ajax gladio incubuit;

Ulixes intervenit... e corpore cruentum telum educit,

Auct. Her. 1, 11, 18:

ex quibus (telis) ille maximum sicarum numerum et gladiorum extulit,

Cic. Cat. 3, 3, 8:

elatam securim in caput dejecit: relictoque in vulnere telo ambo se foras eiciunt,

Liv. 1, 40, 7:

non tuba terruerit, non strictis agmina telis,

Ov. M. 3, 535:

tela aliis hastae, aliis secures erant,

Curt. 9, 1, 15:

clavae tela erant,

id. 9, 4, 3:

stare in comitio cum telo,

Cic. Cat. 1, 6, 15;

so esp. freq.: esse cum telo,

to be armed, id. Att. 2, 24, 3; id. Vatin. 10, 24; id. Verr. 2, 5, 3, § 7; Sall. C. 27, 2 al.; cf.:

esse cum telo hominis occidendi causā (lex) vetat,

Cic. Mil. 4, 11:

qui caedem telo quocumque commiserint,

Quint. 10, 1, 12:

ut pereat positum rubigine telum,

my sheathed sword, Hor. S. 2, 1, 43 et saep.:

pars caret altera telo Frontis,

i. e. a horn, Ov. M. 8, 883;

so of the caestus,

Verg. A. 5, 438; Stat. Th. 6, 772.—

Poet., like the Gr. belos (v. Lidd. and Scott, sub voce),

A sunbeam:

non radii solis neque lucida tela diei,

Lucr. 1, 147; 2, 60; 3, 92; 6, 40.—

Lightning:

arbitrium est in sua tela Jovi,

Ov. F. 3, 316:

excutere irato tela trisulca Jovi,

id. Am. 2, 5, 52.—

A stitch in the side, Ser. Samm. 22, 402; cf. Isid. Orig. 4, 6.—

= membrum virile, Mart. 11, 78, 6; Auct. Priap. 9; Just. 38, 1. —

Trop., a weapon, shaft, dart (class.), Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 113: usque quāque sapere oportet: id erit telum acerrimum, Poët. ap. Cic. Fam. 7, 16, 1; cf.: nec mediocre telum ad res gerendas existimare oportet benevolen, tiam civium, Cic. Lael. 17, 61:

nec gelidis torpet telis perfixa pavoris,

Lucr. 3, 305:

Veneris telis accipere ictus,

id. 4, 1052:

necessitas, quae ultimum ac maximum telum est,

Liv. 4, 28, 5; 5, 29, 9:

quā lege tribunitiis rogationibus telum acerrimum datum est,

id. 3, 55, 3:

de corpore rei publicae tuorum scelerum tela revellere,

Cic. Pis. 11, 25:

tela fortunae,

id. Fam. 5, 16, 2:

lucubrationis telum,

Suet. Calig. 53:

vis tribunicia, telum a majoribus libertati paratum,

Sall. Or. Macri Licinii ad Pleb. 6; Liv. 6, 35, 8:

sentire et linguae tela subire tuae,

Ov. P. 4, 6, 36.

tĕro, trīvi, trītum, 3 ( perf. terii, acc. to Charis. p. 220 P.; perf. sync. tristi, Cat. 66, 30), v. a. [root ter; Gr. teirô, truô, tribô, to rub; cf. Lat. tribulare, triticum; akin to terên, tender, Lat. teres], to rub, rub to pieces; to bruise, grind, bray, triturate (syn.: frico, tundo, pinso).

Lit. (mostly poet. and in post-Aug. prose).

In gen.: num me illuc ducis, ubi lapis lapidem terit? (i. e. into a mill), Plaut. As. 1, 1, 16:

lacrimulam oculos terendo vix vi exprimere,

Ter. Eun. 1, 1, 23:

teritur lignum ligno ignemque concipit attritu,

Plin. 16, 40, 77. § 208: sed nihil hederā praestantius quae [p. 1860] teritur, lauro quae terat, id. ib.:

aliquid in mortario,

id. 34, 10, 22, § 104:

aliquid in farinam,

id. 34, 18, 50, § 170:

bacam trapetis,

Verg. G. 2, 519:

unguibus herbas,

Ov. M. 9, 655:

dentes in stipite,

id. ib. 8, 369:

lumina manu,

Cat. 66, 30:

sucina trita redolent,

Mart. 3, 64, 5:

piper,

Petr. 74:

Appia trita rotis,

Ov. P. 2, 7, 44:

cibum in ventre,

i. e. to digest, Cels. 1 praef. med. — Poet.: labellum calamo, i. e. to rub one ' s lip (in playing), Verg. E. 2, 34:

calcemque terit jam calce Diores,

treads upon, id. A. 5, 324:

crystalla labris,

Mart. 9, 23, 7.—

In partic.

To rub grain from the ears by treading, to tread out, thresh:

frumentum,

Varr. R. R. 1, 13, 5:

milia frumenti tua triverit area centum,

Hor. S. 1, 1, 45:

area dum messes teret,

Tib. 1, 5, 22:

teret area culmos,

Verg. G. 1, 192; cf.:

ut patria careo, bis frugibus area trita est,

i. e. it has twice been harvest-time, Ov. Tr. 4, 6, 19.—

To cleanse or beautify by rubbing, to smooth, furbish, burnish, polish, sharpen (syn.:

polio, acuo): oculos,

Plaut. Poen. 1, 2, 103:

crura mordaci pumice,

Ov. A. A. 1, 506:

hinc radios trivere rotis,

smoothed, turned, Verg. G. 2, 444:

vitrum torno,

Plin. 36, 26, 66, § 193:

catillum manibus,

Hor. S. 1, 3, 90:

tritus cimice lectus,

Mart. 11, 33, 1.—

To lessen by rubbing, to rub away; to wear away by use, wear out:

(navem) ligneam, saepe tritam,

Plaut. Men. 2, 3, 52:

hoc (tempus) rigidas silices, hoc adamanta terit,

Ov. Tr. 4, 6. 14:

ferrum,

to dull, id. M. 12, 167:

mucronem rubigine silicem liquore,

Prop. 2, 25 (3, 20), 15:

trita labore colla,

Ov. M. 15, 124:

trita subucula,

Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 96:

trita vestis,

id. ib. 1, 19, 38:

librum,

i. e. to read often, Mart. 8, 3, 4; 11, 3, 4; cf.:

quid haberet, Quod legeret tereretque viritim publicus usus?

Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 92:

pocula labris patrum trita,

Mart. 11, 12, 3: ut illum di terant, qui primum olitor caepam protulit, crush, annihilate, Naev. ap. Prisc. p. 681 P.—

Of persons, pass., to be employed in. occupied with:

nos qui in foro verisque litibus terimur,

Plin. Ep. 2, 3, 5:

litibus,

id. ib. 10, 12, 3.—

To tread often, to visit, frequent a way or place (cf.:

calco, calcito): angustum formica terens iter,

Verg. G. 1, 380:

iter propositum,

Prop. 2, 30 (3, 28), 14:

Appiam mannis,

Hor. Epod. 4, 14:

viam,

Ov. A. A. 1, 52; Lucr. 1, 927:

via trita pede,

Tib. 4, 13, 10:

ambulator porticum terit,

Mart. 2, 11, 2:

limina,

id. 10, 10, 2:

mea nocturnis trita fenestra dolis,

Prop. 4 (5), 7, 16:

nec jam clarissimorum virorum receptacula habitatore servo teruntur,

Plin. Pan. 50, 3: flavaeque terens querceta Maricae Liris, Claud. Cons. Prob. et Olybr 259. —

In mal. part.:

Bojus est, Bojam terit,

Plaut. Capt. 4, 2, 108; so Prop. 3, 11 (4. 10), 30; Petr. 87. —

Trop. (freq. in good prose).

To wear away, use up, i. e. to pass, spend time; usu. to waste, spend in dissipation, etc. (syn.:

absumo, consumo): teritur dies,

Plaut. Truc. 5, 20:

diem sermone terere segnities merast,

id. Trin. 3, 3, 67:

naves diem trivere,

Liv. 37, 27, 8:

tempus in convivio luxuque,

id. 1, 57, 9:

tempus ibi in secreto,

id. 26, 19, 5:

omnem aetatem in his discendis rebus,

Cic. de Or. 3, 31, 123:

teretur interea tempus,

id. Phil. 5, 11, 30:

jam alteram aetatem bellis civilibus,

Hor. Epod. 16, 1:

omne aevum ferro,

Verg. A. 9, 609:

spe otia,

id. ib. 4, 271:

otium conviviis comissationibusque inter se,

Liv. 1, 57, 5. —

To expend, employ (late Lat.):

qui operam teri frustra,

Amm. 27, 12, 12. —

To exert greatly, exhaust:

ne in opere longinquo sese tererent, Liv 6, 8, 10: ut in armis terant plebem,

id. 6, 27, 7.—

Of language, to wear out by use, i. e. to render common, commonplace, or trite (in verb finit. very rare, but freq. as a P. a.):

jam hoc verbum satis hesterno sermone trivimus,

Cic. Ac. 2, 6, 18:

quae (nomina) nunc consuetudo diurna trivit,

id. Fin. 3, 4, 15.—

To tread under foot, i. e. to injure, violate a thing:

jurata deorum majestas teritur,

Claud. in Rufin. 1, 228. — Hence, P. a.: trītus, a, um.

Prop. of a road or way, oft-trodden, beaten, frequented, common:

iter,

Cic. Phil. 1, 3, 7:

via,

id. Brut. 81, 281:

quadrijugi spatium,

Ov. M. 2, 167. — Sup.:

tritissima quaeque via,

Sen. Vit. Beat. 1, 2. —

Fig.

Practised, expert:

tritas aures habere,

Cic. Fam. 9, 16, 4; so id. Brut. 32, 124.— Comp.:

tritiores manūs ad aedificandum perficere,

Vitr. 2, 1, 6. —

Of language, used often or much, familiar, common, commonplace, trite:

quid in Graeco sermone tam tritum atque celebratum est, quam, etc.,

Cic. Fl. 27, 65:

nomen minus tritum sermone nostro,

id. Rep. 2, 29, 52:

ex quo illud: summum jus summā injuriā factum est jam tritum sermone proverbium,

id. Off. 1, 10, 33.— Comp.:

faciamus tractando usitatius hoc verbum ac tritius,

Cic. Ac. 1, 7, 27:

compedes, quas induere aureas mos tritior vetat,

Plin. 33, 12, 54, § 152.

trăho, xi, ctum, 3 ( inf. perf. sync. traxe, Verg. A. 5, 786), v. a. [cf. Sanscr. trankh, trakh, to move; Gr. trechô, to run], to draw, drag, or haul, to drag along; to draw off, forth, or away, etc. (syn.: tracto, rapio, rapto, duco).

Lit.

In gen.:

Amphitruonem collo,

Plaut. Am. 3, 2, 72:

cum a custodibus in fugā trinis catenis vinctus traheretur,

Caes. B. G. 1, 53:

trahebatur passis Priameïa virgo Crinibus a templo Cassandra,

Verg. A. 2, 403:

corpus tractum et laniatum abjecit in mare,

Cic. Phil. 11, 2, 5:

materiam (malagmata),

Cels. 4, 7:

bilem,

Plin. 25, 5, 22, § 54:

vapor porro trahit aëra secum,

Lucr. 3, 233:

limum harenamque et saxa ingentia fluctus trahunt,

Sall. J. 78, 3: Charybdis naves ad litora trahit, id. Fragm. ap. Serv. Verg. A. 3, 425; cf.:

Scyllam naves in saxa trahentem, Verg. l. l.: (haematiten) trahere in se argentum, aes, ferrum,

Plin. 36, 20, 38, § 146: Gy. Amiculum hoc sustolle saltem. Si. Sine trahi, cum egomet trahor, let it drag or trail, Plaut. Cist. 1, 1, 117; cf.:

tragula ab eo, quod trahitur per terram,

Varr. L. L. 5, § 139 Müll.:

sarcinas,

Sen. Ep. 44, 6:

vestem per pulpita,

Hor. A. P. 215:

plaustra per altos montes cervice (boves),

Verg. G. 3, 536:

siccas machinae carinas,

Hor. C. 1, 4, 2:

genua aegra,

Verg. A. 5, 468:

trahantur per me pedibus omnes rei,

Cic. Fam. 7, 32, 2; cf.:

aliquem ad praetorem,

Plaut. Poen. 3, 5, 45:

praecipitem in pistrinum,

id. Ps. 1, 5, 79:

Hectorem circum sua Pergama,

to drag, trail, Ov. M. 12, 591. —

Of a train of soldiers, attendants, etc.: Scipio gravem jam spoliis multarum urbium exercitum trahens,

Liv. 30, 9, 10:

ingentem secum occurrentium prosequentiumque trahentes turbam,

id. 45, 2, 3; 6, 3, 4; cf.:

sacra manu victosque deos parvumque nepotem Ipse trahit,

Verg. A. 2, 321:

secum legionem,

Val. Max. 3, 2, 20:

feminae pleraeque parvos trahentes liberos, ibant,

Curt. 3, 13, 12; 5, 5, 15:

uxor, quam comitem trahebat,

id. 8, 3, 2:

folium secum,

Val. Max. 4, 3, 12:

cum privato comitatu quem semper secum trahere moris fuit,

Vell. 2, 40, 3:

magnam manum Thracum secum,

id. 2, 112, 4.—

In partic.

To draw out, pull out, extract, withdraw:

trahens haerentia viscere tela,

drawing out, extracting, Ov. M. 6, 290:

ferrum e vulnere,

id. ib. 4, 120:

e corpore ferrum,

id. F. 5, 399:

de corpore telum,

id. M. 5, 95; cf.:

gladium de visceribus,

Mart. 1, 14, 2:

manu lignum,

Ov. M. 12, 371; cf.:

te quoque, Luna, traho (i. e. de caelo),

draw down, id. ib. 7, 207:

captum Jovem Caelo trahit,

Sen. Oct. 810. —

To draw together, bring together, contract, wrinkle:

at coria et carnem trahit et conducit in unum,

Lucr. 6, 968:

in manibus vero nervi trahere,

id. 6, 1190:

vultum rugasque coëgit,

Ov. Am. 2, 2, 33.—

Of fluids, etc., to draw in, take in, quaff; draw, draw up: si pocula arente fauce traxerim, had drawn in, i. e. quaffed, Hor. Epod. 14, 4; cf. Ov. M. 15, 330:

aquas,

Luc. 7, 822:

venena ore,

id. 9, 934:

ubera,

id. 3, 351 al.:

ex puteis jugibus aquam calidam trahi (videmus),

Cic. N. D. 2, 9, 25: navigium aquam trahit, draws or lets in water, leaks, Sen. Ira, 2, 10, 5; cf.:

sanguinem jumento de cervice,

to draw, let, Veg. Vet. 3, 43.—Of smelling:

odorem naribus,

Phaedr. 3, 1, 4.—Of drawing in the breath, inhaling:

auras ore,

Ov. M. 2, 230:

animam,

Plin. 11, 3, 2, § 6; cf.:

Servilius exiguā in spe trahebat animam,

Liv. 3, 6, 8:

spiritum,

to draw breath, Col. 6, 9, 3; Sen. Ira, 3, 43, 4; Cels. 4, 4; Curt. 3, 6, 10: spiritum extremum, [p. 1886] Phaedr. 1, 21, 4:

penitus suspiria,

to heave sighs, to sigh, Ov. M. 2, 753:

vocem imo a pectore,

Verg. A. 1, 371.—

To take on, assume, acquire, get:

Iris Mille trahens varios adverso sole colores,

Verg. A. 4, 701:

squamam cutis durata trahebat,

Ov. M. 3, 675:

colorem,

id. ib. 2, 236;

14, 393: ruborem,

id. ib. 3, 482;

10, 595: calorem,

id. ib. 11, 305:

lapidis figuram,

id. ib. 3, 399:

maturitatem,

Col. 1, 6, 20:

sucum,

id. 11, 3, 60:

robiginem,

Plin. 36, 18, 30, § 136. —

To drag away violently, to carry off, plunder, = agein kai pherein:

cetera rape, trahe,

Plaut. Trin. 2, 2, 12:

rapere omnes, trahere,

Sall. C. 11, 4:

quibus non humana ulla neque divina obstant, quin... in opes potentisque trahant exscindant,

id. H. 4, 61, 17 Dietsch:

sibi quisque ducere, trahere, rapere,

id. J. 41, 5:

de aliquo trahere spolia,

Cic. Balb. 23, 54:

praedam ex agris,

Liv. 25, 14, 11:

tantum jam praedae hostes trahere, ut, etc.,

id. 10, 20, 3; cf.:

pastor cum traheret per freta navibus Idaeis Helenen,

Hor. C. 1, 15, 1.—

Trahere pecuniam (for distrahere), to make away with, to dissipate, squander:

omnibus modis pecuniam trahunt, vexant,

Sall. C. 20, 12.—

Of drugs, etc., to purge, rcmove, clear away:

bilem ex alvo,

Plin. 25, 5, 22, § 54; 26, 8, 42, § 69:

pituitam,

id. 21, 23, 94, § 166:

cruditates, pituitas, bilem,

id. 32, 9, 31, § 95.—

Trahere lanam, vellera, etc., to draw out lengthwise, i. e. to spin, manufacture: manibus trahere lanam, Varr. ap. Non. 545, 12:

lanam,

Juv. 2, 54:

vellera digitis,

Ov. M. 14, 265:

data pensa,

id. ib. 13, 511; id. H. 3, 75:

Laconicas purpuras,

Hor. C. 2, 18, 8.—

Trop.,

In gen.

To draw, draw along; to attract, allure, influence, etc.:

trahimur omnes studio laudis et optimus quisque maxime gloriā ducitur,

Cic. Arch. 11, 26; cf.:

omnes trahimur et ducimur ad cognitionis et scientiae cupiditatem,

id. Off. 1, 6, 18:

allicere delectatione et viribus trahere,

Quint. 5, 14, 29:

trahit sua quemque voluptas,

Verg. E. 2, 65: aliquem in aliam partem, to bring or gain over, Cic. Fam. 10, 4, 2; so,

Drusum in partes,

Tac. A. 4, 60:

civitatem ad regem,

Liv. 42, 44, 3:

aliquem in suam sententiam,

id. 5, 25, 1; cf.

also: rem ad Poenos,

id. 24, 2, 8; 23, 8, 2:

res ad Philippum,

id. 32, 19, 2:

ni ea res longius nos ab incepto traheret,

draw off, divert, Sall. C. 7, 7.—

To drag, lead, bring:

plures secum in eandem calamitatem,

Cic. Imp. Pomp. 7, 19:

Lucanos ad defectionem,

Liv. 25, 16, 6:

quo fata trahunt retrahuntque, sequamur,

Verg. A. 5, 709: ducunt volentem fata, nolentem trahunt, Cleanth. ap. Sen. Ep. 107, 11.—

To draw to, i. e. appropriate, refer, ascribe, set down to, etc.:

atque egomet me adeo cum illis una ibidem traho,

Plaut. Trin. 1, 2, 166: St. Quid quod dedisti scortis? Le. Ibidem una traho, id. ib. 2, 4, 10:

hi numero avium regnum trahebant,

drew to their side, laid claim to, claimed, Liv. 1, 7, 1; cf.:

qui captae decus Nolae ad consulem trahunt,

id. 9, 28, 6:

omnia non bene consulta in virtutem trahebantur,

were set down to, referred, attributed, Sall. J. 92, 2:

ornatum ipsius (ducis) in superbiam,

Tac. H. 2, 20:

cuncta Germanici in deterius,

id. A. 1, 62 fin.:

fortuita ad culpam,

id. ib. 4, 64:

id ad clementiam,

id. ib. 12, 52; cf.:

aliquid in religionem,

Liv. 5, 23, 6:

cur abstinuerit spectaculo ipse, varie trahebant,

Tac. A. 1, 76 fin.:

in se crimen,

Ov. M. 10, 68:

spinas Traxit in exemplum,

adopted, id. ib. 8, 245. —

To drag, distract, etc.:

quae meum animum divorse trahunt,

Ter. And. 1, 5, 25:

trahi in aliam partem mente atque animo,

Caes. B. C. 1, 21:

Vologeses diversas ad curas trahebatur,

Tac. A. 15, 1.—

To weigh, ponder, consider:

belli atque pacis rationes trahere,

Sall. J. 97, 2; cf. id. ib. 84, 4: trahere consilium, to form a decision or determination, id. ib. 98, 3.—

To get, obtain, derive: qui majorem ex pernicie et peste rei publicae molestiam traxerit, who has derived, i. e. has received, suffered, Cic. Fam. 4, 3, 1:

qui cognomen ex contumeliā traxerit,

id. Phil. 3, 6, 16:

nomen e causis,

Plin. 15, 14, 15, § 51:

inde nomen,

id. 36, 20, 38, § 146:

nomen ab illis,

Ov. M. 4, 291:

originem ab aliquo,

to derive, deduce, Plin. 5, 24, 21, § 86; 6, 28, 32, § 157:

scio ab isto initio tractum esse sermonem,

i. e. has arisen, Cic. Brut. 6, 21: facetiae, quae multum ex vero traxere, drew, i. e. they were founded largely on truth, Tac. A. 15, 68; cf.:

multum ex moribus (Sarmatarum) traxisse,

id. G. 46, 2.—

Of time, to protract, drag out, linger:

afflictus vitam in tenebris luctuque trahebam,

Verg. A. 2, 92; so,

vitam,

Phaedr. 3, 7, 12; 4, 5, 37; Plin. 28, 1, 2, § 9:

traherent cum sera crepuscula noctem,

was bringing on the night, Ov. M. 1, 219: verba, to drag, i. e. to utter with difficulty, Sil. 8, 79.—

To draw out, in respect of time; to extend, prolong, lengthen; to protract, put off, delay, retard (cf.:

prolato, extendo): sin trahitur bellum,

Cic. Att. 10, 8, 2; cf. Liv. 5, 10, 7; Sall. J. 23, 2:

trahere omnia,

to interpose delays of all kinds, id. ib. 36, 2; Ov. M. 12, 584:

pugnam aliquamdiu,

Liv. 25, 15, 14:

dum hoc naturae Corpus... manebit incolume, comitem aevi sui laudem Ciceronis trahet,

Vell. 2, 66, 5:

obsidionem in longius,

Quint. 1, 10, 48; cf.:

rem de industriā in serum,

Liv. 32, 35, 4:

omnia,

id. 32, 36, 2:

jurgiis trahere tempus,

id. 32, 27, 1:

tempus, Auct. B. Alex. 38, 2: moram ficto languore,

Ov. M. 9, 767:

(legati) querentes, trahi se a Caesare,

that they were put off, delayed, Suet. Tib. 31 fin.; so,

aliquem sermone, quousque, etc.,

Val. Max. 4, 4, 1:

Marius multis diebus et laboribus consumptis anxius trahere cum animo suo, omitteretne inceptum,

Sall. J. 93, 1.—

Rarely neutr., to drag along, to last, endure. si quis etiam in eo morbo diutius traxit, Cels. 2, 8 med.:

decem annos traxit ista dominatio,

Flor. 4, 2, 12.—Hence, tractus, a, um, P. a., drawn on, i. e. proceeding continuously, flowing, fluent, of language:

genus orationis fusum atque tractum,

Cic. de Or. 2, 15, 64:

in his (contione et hortatione) tracta quaedam et fluens expetitur,

id. Or. 20, 66.—

Subst.: tractum, i, n., any thing drawn out at length.

A flock of wool drawn out for spinning:

tracta de niveo vellere dente,

Tib. 1, 6, 80.—

A long piece of dough pulled out in making pastry, Cato, R. R. 76, 1; 76, 4; Apic. 2, 1; 4, 3; 5, 1 al.—Called also tracta, ae, f., Plin. 18, 11, 27, § 106.

truncus, a, um, adj [root tark-, truc-, to break, tear; cf. torqueo], maimed, mutilated, mangled, dismembered, disfigured, deprived of some of its parts (mostly poet. and perh. not ante-Aug.; syn.: mutilus, mancus).

Lit.:

trunca manu pinus regit (Polyphemum),

i. e. the trunk of a pinetree, Verg. A. 3, 659:

trunca illa et retorrida manus Mucii,

Sen. Ep. 66, 51:

nemora,

i. e. trees stripped of their branches, Stat. Th. 4, 455:

truncas mhonesto vulnere nares,

Verg. A. 6, 497:

vultus naribus auribusque,

Mart. 2, 83, 3:

frons,

deprived of its horn, Ov. M. 9, 1; 9, 86; Sil. 3, 42:

frontem lumina truncam,

deprived of its eyes, id. 9, 400:

bracchia non habuit, truncoque repandus in undas Corpore desiluit,

deprived of its limbs, Ov. M. 3, 680; cf. Just. 2, 9, 19:

puerum trunci corporis in agro Romano natum,

Liv. 41, 9, 5:

varie ex integris truncos gigni, ex truncis integros,

Plin. 7, 11, 10, § 50:

tela,

i.e. broken in pieces, Verg. A. 11, 9; cf.:

trunci enses et fractae hastae,

Stat. Th. 2, 711:

truncum lignum, i. e. hasta fracta,

Val. Fl. 6, 251: membra carmae, Ov M. 11, 560; cf.

alnus,

without oars, Val. Fl. 2, 300:

truncae atque mutilae litterae,

Gell. 17, 9, 12:

exta,

Val. Max. 1, 6, 9.—

Poet., with gen.:

animalia trunca pedum,

without feet, Verg. G. 4, 310: truncus capitis, Sil 10, 311.—

Transf.

Of things, not developed, imperfect, or wanting in their parts:

quaedam imperfecta (animalia) suisque Trunca vident numeris,

Ov. M. 1, 428:

ranae pedibus,

id. ib. 15, 376:

ipse (nanus) jactabat truncas manus,

Prop. 4 (5), 8, 42—

Of members cut off:

bracchia,

Val. Fl. 4, 181:

manus,

Sen. Contr 1, 4.—

Trop., maimed, mutilated:

(Capua) urbs trunca, sine senatu, sine plebe, sine magistratibus,

Liv. 31, 29, 11:

pecus,

without a leader, Stat. Th. 5, 333:

manus vero, sine quibus trunca esset actio ac debilis, vix dici potest, quot motus habeant,

Quint. 11, 3, 85:

trunca et debilis medicina (sine rerum naturae cognitione), Cels. praef.: sermo (volucrum),

Stat. Th. 12, 478:

trunca quaedam ex Menandro,

fragments, Gell. 2, 23, 21.—Hence, subst.:

truncus, i, m., the stem, stock, bole, or trunk of a tree (without regard to its branches).

Lit.:

cibus... Per truncos ac per ramos diffunditur omnes,

Lucr. 1, 353:

quid? in arboribus, in quibus non truncus, non rami, non folia sunt denique, nisi, etc.,

Cic. de Or. 3, 46, 179; cf. id. Sen. 15, 52; id. N. D. 2, 47, 120; id. Lael. 13, 48; Caes. B. G. 4, 17; 7, 73, Verg. G. 2, 78; 3, 233; Hor S. 1, 8, 1; id. C. 2, 17, 27; 3, 4, 55; Ov. M. 2, 358; 8, 346; id. H. 9, 93; Col. Arb. 17, 1; Sen. Ep. 86, 17.—

Transf.

Of the human body, the trunk, the body, apart from the limbs:

status erectus et celsus, nullā mollitiā cervicum: trunco magis toto se ipse moderans,

Cic. Or. 18, 59:

nemo illum ex trunco corporis spectabat,

id. Rosc. Com. 10, 28:

recto pugnat se attollere trunco,

Ov. M. 2, 822; cf. id. ib. 7, 640:

et caput abscisum calido viventeque trunco,

Lucr. 3, 654: jacet litore truncus. Verg. A. 2, 557.—

Of a column.

The shaft, Vitr. 4, 1 med. —

The cubical trunk of a pedestal, the die or dado, Vitr. 3, 3; cf. Plin. 16, 40, 76, § 201.—

A piece cut off, as a branch of a tree for an our:

frondentes,

Val. Fl. 8, 287;

a piece of flesh for smoking (cf. trunculus),

Verg. M. 57.—

Like caudex, stipes, and the Engl. stock, for blockhead, dunce, dolt:

quī potest esse in ejusmodi trunco sapientia?

Cic. N. D. 1, 30, 84:

tamquam truncus atque stipes,

id. Pis. 9, 19. —

Trop., a trunk, stem:

quae (stirpes aegritudinis) ipso trunco everso omnes eligendae (elidendae, Kühn.) sunt,

Cic. Tusc. 3, 34, 83.

tŭnĭca, ae, f. [perh. for tog-nica, from tego], an under-garment of the Romans worn by both sexes, a tunic.

Lit., Plaut. Ep. 2, 2, 46; 5, 2, 60; id. Mil. 3, 1, 93; 5, 30; id. Pers. 1, 3, 75; Cic. Tusc. 5, 20, 60; id. de Or. 2, 47, 195; Hor. S. 1, 2, 132; id. Ep. 1, 1, 96; 1, 18, 33.—A tunic with long sleeves was thought effeminate, Plaut. Ps. 2, 4, 48; Cic. Cat. 2, 10, 22; Suet. Calig. 52; Gell. 7, 12, 4:

et tunicae manicas habent,

Verg. A. 9, 616:

manicata,

Curt. 3, 3, 13; cf. Plin. 8, 48, 74, § 194:

tunicas mutare cottidie,

Hier. Ep. 22, 32.—Prov.: tunica propior pallio est, my tunic is nearer than my cloak (like the Engl. near is my shirt, but nearer is my skin), Plaut. Trin. 5, 2, 30.—

Transf., a coating, skin, tegument, membrane, husk, peel, etc., = velamentum, membrana:

se medio trudunt de cortice gemmae Et tenues rumpunt tunicas,

Verg. G. 2, 75:

cum teretes ponunt tunicas aestate cicadae,

Lucr. 4, 58; so,

oculorum,

Cels. 7, 7, 14; Plin. 11, 37, 54, § 147:

boletorum,

id. 22, 22, 46, § 93:

corticis,

id. 24, 3, 3, § 7; cf.:

inter corticem ac lignum tenues tunicae multiplici membranā,

id. 16, 14, 25, § 65; 16, 36, 65, § 163.

ūtĭlis, e, adj. [utor].

In gen.

Useful, serviceable, beneficial, profitable, advantageous, etc. (cf. commodus).

Absol.:

hae hamae utiles sunt,

Cato, R. R. 135, 2:

non faciat quod utile sit, quod expediat?

Cic. Off. 3, 19, 76:

utiles et salutares res,

id. N. D. 1, 15, 38:

quid Sophocles et Aeschylus utile ferrent,

Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 163:

quernaque glans victa est utiliore cibo,

Ov. F. 1, 676.—

With dat. pers.:

tibi,

Plaut. Cist. 1, 1, 10:

quam id mihi sit facile atque utile, Aliorum exempla commonent,

Ter. And. 4, 5, 16:

nec clam te est, quam illi utraeque res nunc utiles Et ad pudicitiam et ad rem tutandam sient,

id. ib. 1, 5, 52; id. Hec. 1, 2, 76:

si eam legem vobis adcommodatam atque utilem esse intellegerem,

Cic. Agr. 2, 6, 14: sic fuit utilius finiri ipsique tibique, id. Tusc. poët. 1, 48, 115; id. Inv. 1, 1, 1:

non enim mihi est vita utilior quam animi talis affectio,

id. Off. 3, 6, 29 dub.; Nep. Milt. 3, 5; id. Them. 7, 6:

alicui utiles esse amicos,

Caes. B. G. 4, 7: quod tibi utilissimum erit consilii capies, Dolab. ap. Cic. Fam. 9, 9, 2:

loci muniti et sibi utiles,

Sall. J. 97, 1.—So with dat. of thing benefited:

fons... Infirmo capiti fluit utilis, utilis alvo,

Hor. Ep. 1, 16, 14: vivit siliquis et pane secundo;

Militiae quamquam piger et malus, utilis urbi,

id. ib. 2, 1, 124:

glycyrrhizae sucus utilissimus voci,

Plin. 22, 9, 11, § 25:

palmae non utiles stomacho,

id. 23, 4, 51, § 97:

ver utile silvis,

Verg. G. 2, 323; Prop. 4 (5), 1, 138.—

With ad and acc.:

quem hominem inveniemus ad eam rem utilem,

Plaut. Ep. 2, 2, 108; cf. Ter. And. 1, 5, 52 (supra, A. 2.):

nonne igitur sapiens, si fame ipse conficiatur, abstulerit cibum alteri, homini ad nullam rem utili?

Cic. Off. 3, 6, 29; cf.:

quaecumque herba potens ad opem radixque medendi Utilis,

Ov. H. 5, 148.—

With abl. instr.:

ter et viciens volneratus est, ob id neutrā manu, neutro pede satis utilis,

Plin. 7, 28, 29, § 104:

pedibus, naribus,

Ov. M. 3, 212:

bis pomis utilis arbos,

Verg. G. 2, 150.—

With inf. (poët.):

adspirare et adesse choris erat utilis (tibia),

Hor. A. P. 204.—

Neutr. absol.: ūtĭle, is, n., what is useful, the useful: omne tulit punctum, qui miscuit utile dulci, Hor. A. P. 343:

bonus atque fidus Judex honestum praetulit utili,

id. C. 4, 9, 41:

utilium tardus provisor,

id. A. P. 164:

sententiae de utilibus honestisque,

Quint. 3, 8, 13; cf. id. 1, 2, 29. —

Utile est, with a subject-clause:

amicum castigare ob meritam noxiam... est utile Et conducibile,

Plaut. Trin. 1, 1, 2:

numquam est utile peccare,

Cic. Off. 3, 15, 64:

nimirum sapere est abjectis utile nugis,

Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 141:

id arbitror Apprime in vitā esse utile, ut ne quid nimis,

Ter. And. 1, 1, 34; cf.:

ut tu, si arbitrarere utile exque re publicā esse, persequerere bello Dolabellam,

Cic. Ep. ad Brut. 1, 5, 1:

utilissimum ratus inpendentem evitare tempestatem,

Nep. Alcib. 4, 4.—

In partic.

Fit, suitable, adapted, proper, etc.:

utilissimus ad vitilia holoschoenos,

Plin. 21, 18, 69, § 113:

hic castrensibus utilis armis,

Prop. 3, 9 (4, 8), 19:

utilium bello studiosus equorum,

Ov. M. 14, 321:

fraxinus hastis,

id. ib. 10, 93:

lignum Navigiis,

Verg. G. 2, 442:

passo psithia utilior,

id. ib. 2, 93:

calamus fistulis,

Plin. 16, 36, 66, § 164:

ventri lactuca movendo utilis,

Mart. 11, 52, 6:

(lapathum) silvestre ad multa medicamina utile est,

Plin. 19, 12, 60, § 185.— Poet. with gen.:

radix medendi Utilis,

Ov. H. 5, 147.—

In jurid. lang.: utilis actio, exceptio, interdictum, judicium, etc., i. e. which was brought on general principles of justice, in cases for which there was no express legal provision, or, as we say, in equity:

actio,

Dig. 13, 5, 5, § 9; 39, 3, 22 fin. al.:

exceptio,

ib. 4, 4, 41:

interdictum,

ib. 43, 20, 1, § 35 sq.:

judicium,

ib. 10, 2, 2, § 11.— Hence, adv.: ūtĭlĭter, usefully, profitably, beneficially, advantageously.

In gen.:

utiliter a naturā permotiones istas animis nostris datas,

Cic. Ac. 2, 44, 135:

modo ne laudarent iracundiam et dicerent utiliter a naturā datam,

id. Off. 1, 25, 89; 2, 5, 17:

utiliter in certamen respondere,

Liv. 4, 6, 2 Weissenb. ad loc.; 28, 19, 3; Quint. 4, 1, 45; 6, 1, 8:

serviet utiliter (captivus),

Hor. Ep. 1, 16, 70 al. — Comp.:

utilius starent etiam nunc moenia Phoebi,

Ov. H. 1, 67.— Sup.:

a Cicerone quidem utilissime praedicta sunt omnia,

Quint. 4, 2, 57; Plin. 17, 14, 24, § 110.—

In partic., in jurid. lang., rightly, duly, lawfully:

stipulari,

Dig. 45, 1, 97; 45, 1, 45; 45, 1, 46:

agere ex empto,

ib. 19, 1, 30 fin.

ūtĭlis, e, adj. [utor].

In gen.

Useful, serviceable, beneficial, profitable, advantageous, etc. (cf. commodus).

Absol.:

hae hamae utiles sunt,

Cato, R. R. 135, 2:

non faciat quod utile sit, quod expediat?

Cic. Off. 3, 19, 76:

utiles et salutares res,

id. N. D. 1, 15, 38:

quid Sophocles et Aeschylus utile ferrent,

Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 163:

quernaque glans victa est utiliore cibo,

Ov. F. 1, 676.—

With dat. pers.:

tibi,

Plaut. Cist. 1, 1, 10:

quam id mihi sit facile atque utile, Aliorum exempla commonent,

Ter. And. 4, 5, 16:

nec clam te est, quam illi utraeque res nunc utiles Et ad pudicitiam et ad rem tutandam sient,

id. ib. 1, 5, 52; id. Hec. 1, 2, 76:

si eam legem vobis adcommodatam atque utilem esse intellegerem,

Cic. Agr. 2, 6, 14: sic fuit utilius finiri ipsique tibique, id. Tusc. poët. 1, 48, 115; id. Inv. 1, 1, 1:

non enim mihi est vita utilior quam animi talis affectio,

id. Off. 3, 6, 29 dub.; Nep. Milt. 3, 5; id. Them. 7, 6:

alicui utiles esse amicos,

Caes. B. G. 4, 7: quod tibi utilissimum erit consilii capies, Dolab. ap. Cic. Fam. 9, 9, 2:

loci muniti et sibi utiles,

Sall. J. 97, 1.—So with dat. of thing benefited:

fons... Infirmo capiti fluit utilis, utilis alvo,

Hor. Ep. 1, 16, 14: vivit siliquis et pane secundo;

Militiae quamquam piger et malus, utilis urbi,

id. ib. 2, 1, 124:

glycyrrhizae sucus utilissimus voci,

Plin. 22, 9, 11, § 25:

palmae non utiles stomacho,

id. 23, 4, 51, § 97:

ver utile silvis,

Verg. G. 2, 323; Prop. 4 (5), 1, 138.—

With ad and acc.:

quem hominem inveniemus ad eam rem utilem,

Plaut. Ep. 2, 2, 108; cf. Ter. And. 1, 5, 52 (supra, A. 2.):

nonne igitur sapiens, si fame ipse conficiatur, abstulerit cibum alteri, homini ad nullam rem utili?

Cic. Off. 3, 6, 29; cf.:

quaecumque herba potens ad opem radixque medendi Utilis,

Ov. H. 5, 148.—

With abl. instr.:

ter et viciens volneratus est, ob id neutrā manu, neutro pede satis utilis,

Plin. 7, 28, 29, § 104:

pedibus, naribus,

Ov. M. 3, 212:

bis pomis utilis arbos,

Verg. G. 2, 150.—

With inf. (poët.):

adspirare et adesse choris erat utilis (tibia),

Hor. A. P. 204.—

Neutr. absol.: ūtĭle, is, n., what is useful, the useful: omne tulit punctum, qui miscuit utile dulci, Hor. A. P. 343:

bonus atque fidus Judex honestum praetulit utili,

id. C. 4, 9, 41:

utilium tardus provisor,

id. A. P. 164:

sententiae de utilibus honestisque,

Quint. 3, 8, 13; cf. id. 1, 2, 29. —

Utile est, with a subject-clause:

amicum castigare ob meritam noxiam... est utile Et conducibile,

Plaut. Trin. 1, 1, 2:

numquam est utile peccare,

Cic. Off. 3, 15, 64:

nimirum sapere est abjectis utile nugis,

Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 141:

id arbitror Apprime in vitā esse utile, ut ne quid nimis,

Ter. And. 1, 1, 34; cf.:

ut tu, si arbitrarere utile exque re publicā esse, persequerere bello Dolabellam,

Cic. Ep. ad Brut. 1, 5, 1:

utilissimum ratus inpendentem evitare tempestatem,

Nep. Alcib. 4, 4.—

In partic.

Fit, suitable, adapted, proper, etc.:

utilissimus ad vitilia holoschoenos,

Plin. 21, 18, 69, § 113:

hic castrensibus utilis armis,

Prop. 3, 9 (4, 8), 19:

utilium bello studiosus equorum,

Ov. M. 14, 321:

fraxinus hastis,

id. ib. 10, 93:

lignum Navigiis,

Verg. G. 2, 442:

passo psithia utilior,

id. ib. 2, 93:

calamus fistulis,

Plin. 16, 36, 66, § 164:

ventri lactuca movendo utilis,

Mart. 11, 52, 6:

(lapathum) silvestre ad multa medicamina utile est,

Plin. 19, 12, 60, § 185.— Poet. with gen.:

radix medendi Utilis,

Ov. H. 5, 147.—

In jurid. lang.: utilis actio, exceptio, interdictum, judicium, etc., i. e. which was brought on general principles of justice, in cases for which there was no express legal provision, or, as we say, in equity:

actio,

Dig. 13, 5, 5, § 9; 39, 3, 22 fin. al.:

exceptio,

ib. 4, 4, 41:

interdictum,

ib. 43, 20, 1, § 35 sq.:

judicium,

ib. 10, 2, 2, § 11.— Hence, adv.: ūtĭlĭter, usefully, profitably, beneficially, advantageously.

In gen.:

utiliter a naturā permotiones istas animis nostris datas,

Cic. Ac. 2, 44, 135:

modo ne laudarent iracundiam et dicerent utiliter a naturā datam,

id. Off. 1, 25, 89; 2, 5, 17:

utiliter in certamen respondere,

Liv. 4, 6, 2 Weissenb. ad loc.; 28, 19, 3; Quint. 4, 1, 45; 6, 1, 8:

serviet utiliter (captivus),

Hor. Ep. 1, 16, 70 al. — Comp.:

utilius starent etiam nunc moenia Phoebi,

Ov. H. 1, 67.— Sup.:

a Cicerone quidem utilissime praedicta sunt omnia,

Quint. 4, 2, 57; Plin. 17, 14, 24, § 110.—

In partic., in jurid. lang., rightly, duly, lawfully:

stipulari,

Dig. 45, 1, 97; 45, 1, 45; 45, 1, 46:

agere ex empto,

ib. 19, 1, 30 fin.