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ānŭlus (not ann-), i, m. [2. anus, like circulus from circum, not a dim.], a ring, esp. for the finger, a finger-ring; and for sealing, a seal-ring, signet-ring.

Lit.:

ille suum anulum opposuit,

Plaut. Curc. 2, 3, 76:

de digito anulum Detraho,

Ter. Heaut. 4, 1, 37; id. Ad. 3, 2, 49; id. Hec. 5, 3, 31 et saep.; Lucr. 1, 312; 6, 1008; 6, 1014:

(Gyges) anulum detraxit,

Cic. Off. 3, 9, 38:

gemmatus,

Liv. 1, 11; Suet. Ner. 46; id. Caes. 33; id. Tib. 73 et saep.:

anulo tabulas obsignare,

Plaut. Curc. 2, 3, 67:

sigilla anulo imprimere,

Cic. Ac. 2, 26, 85; id. ad Q. Fr. 1, 1, 4; Plin. 33, 1, 5 sqq. et saep.—The right to wear a gold ring was possessed, in the time of the Republic, only by the knights (equites); hence, equestris, * Hor. S. 2, 7, 53:

anulum invenit = eques factus est,

Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 76.—So also jus anulorum = dignitas equestris, Suet. Caes. 33:

donatus anulo aureo,

id. ib. 39; so id. Galb. 10; 14; id. Vit. 12 al.; cf. Mayor ad Juv. 7, 89; Smith. Dict. Antiq.—

Of other articles in the form of rings.

A ring for curtains:

velares anuli,

Plin. 13, 9, 18, § 62. —

A link of a chain, Plin. 34, 15, 43, § 150; cf. Mart. 2, 29.— Irons for the feet, fetters:

anulus cruribus aptus,

Mart. 14, 169.—

A curled lock of hair, a ringlet:

comarum anulus,

Mart. 2, 66.—

A round ornament upon the capitals of Doric columns:

anuli columnarum,

Vitr. 4, 3.—

Anuli virgei, rings made of willow rods, Plin. 15, 29, 37, § 124.

ānŭlus, i, m. dim. [1. anus], the posteriors, fundament, Cato, R. R. 159.

bāca (less correctly bacca), ae, f. [acc. to Benfey, for bacsa, kindred with Sanscr. bhaksh, edere, vorare; cf. also bhaxa, food; but v. Vani[cbreve]ek, Etym. Wörterb. 2, p. 561], a small round fruit, a berry.

Lit.

In gen. (cf.:

acinus, glans): virgas murteas cum bacis servare,

Cato, R. R. 101; Ov. M. 11, 234:

lauri,

Verg. G. 1, 306:

tinus,

Ov. M. 10, 98:

ebuli,

Verg. E. 10, 27:

cupressi,

Plin. 16, 27, 50, § 115:

platani,

id. 15, 7, 7, § 29:

hyssopi,

id. 26, 12, 76, § 124 al. —

Esp. freq. the olive:

agricola cum florem oleae videt, bacam quoque se visurum putat,

Cic. Div. 2, 6, 16; Hor. S. 2, 4, 69; id. Ep. 1, 16, 2; Ov. M. 6, 81; 8, 295; cf. Mart. 13, 101.—

Esp., absol., in the poets of the olive, Hor. C. 2, 6, 16:

quot Sicyon bacas, quot parit Hybla favos,

Ov. P. 4, 15, 10.—As sacred to Minerva:

ponitur hic bicolor sincerae baca Minervae,

Ov. M. 8, 664; 13, 653.—And of the fruit of the wild olive-tree, Ov. M. 14, 525; cf. Verg. G. 2, 183.—

Transf.

In gen., any fruit of a tree, * Lucr. 5, 1363:

arbores seret diligens agricola, quarum aspiciet bacam ipse numquam,

Cic. Tusc. 1, 14, 31:

fruges terrae, bacaeque arborum,

id. Div. 1, 51, 116; so id. Sen. 2, 5: rami bacarum ubertate incurvescere, id. poët. ap. Tusc. 1, 28, 69 (Trag. Rel. inc. inc. v. 135 Rib.); cf. id. de Or. 3, 38, 154:

semen inclusum est in intimā parte earum bacarum, quae ex quāque stirpe funduntur,

id. N. D. 2, 51, 127:

fruges atque bacae,

id. Leg. 1, 8, 25:

felices,

Sil. 15, 535.—

A pearl:

marita, quae Onusta bacis ambulet,

Hor. Epod. 8, 14:

aceto Diluit insignem bacam,

id. S. 2, 3, 241; so Ov. M. 10, 116; 10, 265; Verg. Cul. 67; Claud. IV. Cons. Hon. 592; id. Nupt. Hon. et Mar. 167; id. Laud. Stil. 2, 88; id. VI. Cons. Hon. 528.—

The dung of sheep or goats, Pall. Jan. 14, 3.—

A link of a chain in the shape of a berry, Prud. steph. 1, 46; so id. Psych. prooem. 33.

cōnecto (less correctly, connecto, v. Ritschl, Opusc. II. 448 sq.; Gell. 2, 17, 8), nexŭi, nexum, 3, v. a. [necto], to tie, bind, fasten, or join together, to connect, entwine, link together (class.; most freq. in part. pass. and the trop. signif.); constr. with cum, inter se, the dat., or absol.

Lit.:

id (palliolum) conexum in umero laevo,

folded, gathered, Plaut. Mil. 4, 4, 42:

omnia inter se conexa et apta,

Cic. N. D. 2, 38, 97:

omnia omnimodis,

Lucr. 2, 700:

terrestria membra marinis,

id. 2, 704; 2, 712; 3, 691:

illae (apes) pedibus conexae ad limina pendent,

Verg. G. 4, 257; cf. Sil. 2, 220:

crines,

Prop. 2, 5, 23:

nodos,

Ov. M. 12, 430:

bracchia in genibus digitis conexa tenere,

id. ib. 9, 311:

naves validis utrimque trabibus,

Tac. H. 2, 34:

Mosellam atque Ararim facta inter utrumque fossa,

id. A. 13, 53; cf.:

Adiabenis conectuntur Carduchi,

Plin. 6, 15, 17, § 44:

lata alvus (navium) sine vinculo aeris aut ferri conexa,

Tac. H. 3, 47:

ferreae laminae serie inter se conexae,

Curt. 4, 9, 3.—

Trop.

In gen.:

amicitia cum voluptate conectitur,

Cic. Fin. 1, 20, 67; Quint. 8, 3, 77:

ita sunt inter se conexa et indiscreta omnia,

id. 10, 1, 2; 5, 14, 32; cf.

Tib. 43:

membra historiae,

Quint. 9, 4, 129 al.:

quod discrimini patris filiam conectebat,

to implicate, involve, Tac. A. 16, 30; cf. id. ib. 16, 32:

causam dolori meo,

id. ib. 3, 12; id. H. 1, 65.—

Esp.,

In discourse, to connect with what precedes, join to, etc.:

facilius est enim apta dissolvere quam dissipata conectere,

Cic. Or. 71, 235:

illud non est in uno verbo translato, sed ex pluribus continuatis conectitur,

id. de Or. 3, 41, 166:

inter se pleraque conexa et apta,

id. Part. Or. 39, 137; Quint. 10, 1, 2: verba lyrae conectere, Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 86:

carmina secum gracili filo,

Col. 10, 227:

res ac verba,

Quint. 2, 4, 15; 9, 4, 58:

conexa oratio (opp. interrupta),

id. 9, 4, 7:

aliam majorem insaniam,

to join to, Plin. 36, 15, 24, § 116; hence also: versus orationesque ejus, to quote, cite, Treb. Gall. 11 fin. —

In philos. lang., = concludo, to annex or subjoin a logical conclusion:

si enim est verum, quod ita conectitur: si quis, etc.... illud quoque verum est, etc.,

Cic. Fat. 6, 12; 7, 14:

omne, quod ipsum ex se conexum sit (e. g. si lucet, lucet) verum esse, etc.,

id. Ac. 2, 30, 98.—Hence, cō-nexus, a, um, P. a., = conjunctus, connected, joined, cohering together with something (very rare):

sive aliud quid vis potius conexius (quam animus) ei (sc. corpori) fingere,

Lucr. 3, 555:

Silanum per adfinitatem conexum Germanico,

Tac. A. 2, 43;

so also without affinitas, of relationship: Caesari,

id. ib. 2, 50;

4, 66: insequitur magno jam tunc conexus amore Patroclus,

Stat. Achill. 1, 174.—

In time, immediately following:

conexi his funeribus dies,

Cic. Pis. 5, 11.—Hence, subst.: cōnexum ( conn-), i, a necessary consequence, inevitable inference:

ipsa ratio conexi, cum concesseris superius, cogit inferius concedere,

Cic. Ac. 2, 30, 96:

primumque quod est in conexo... necessarium est,

id. Fat. 7, 14; cf. id. ib. 8, 15: quod Graeci sunêmmenon axiôma dicunt, alii nostrorum conjunctum, alii conexum dixerunt, Gell. 16, 8, 9; cf. the context.—And adv.: cōnexē ( conn-), in connection, connectedly:

dicere aliquid,

Mart. Cap. 4, § 387.

cōnecto (less correctly, connecto, v. Ritschl, Opusc. II. 448 sq.; Gell. 2, 17, 8), nexŭi, nexum, 3, v. a. [necto], to tie, bind, fasten, or join together, to connect, entwine, link together (class.; most freq. in part. pass. and the trop. signif.); constr. with cum, inter se, the dat., or absol.

Lit.:

id (palliolum) conexum in umero laevo,

folded, gathered, Plaut. Mil. 4, 4, 42:

omnia inter se conexa et apta,

Cic. N. D. 2, 38, 97:

omnia omnimodis,

Lucr. 2, 700:

terrestria membra marinis,

id. 2, 704; 2, 712; 3, 691:

illae (apes) pedibus conexae ad limina pendent,

Verg. G. 4, 257; cf. Sil. 2, 220:

crines,

Prop. 2, 5, 23:

nodos,

Ov. M. 12, 430:

bracchia in genibus digitis conexa tenere,

id. ib. 9, 311:

naves validis utrimque trabibus,

Tac. H. 2, 34:

Mosellam atque Ararim facta inter utrumque fossa,

id. A. 13, 53; cf.:

Adiabenis conectuntur Carduchi,

Plin. 6, 15, 17, § 44:

lata alvus (navium) sine vinculo aeris aut ferri conexa,

Tac. H. 3, 47:

ferreae laminae serie inter se conexae,

Curt. 4, 9, 3.—

Trop.

In gen.:

amicitia cum voluptate conectitur,

Cic. Fin. 1, 20, 67; Quint. 8, 3, 77:

ita sunt inter se conexa et indiscreta omnia,

id. 10, 1, 2; 5, 14, 32; cf.

Tib. 43:

membra historiae,

Quint. 9, 4, 129 al.:

quod discrimini patris filiam conectebat,

to implicate, involve, Tac. A. 16, 30; cf. id. ib. 16, 32:

causam dolori meo,

id. ib. 3, 12; id. H. 1, 65.—

Esp.,

In discourse, to connect with what precedes, join to, etc.:

facilius est enim apta dissolvere quam dissipata conectere,

Cic. Or. 71, 235:

illud non est in uno verbo translato, sed ex pluribus continuatis conectitur,

id. de Or. 3, 41, 166:

inter se pleraque conexa et apta,

id. Part. Or. 39, 137; Quint. 10, 1, 2: verba lyrae conectere, Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 86:

carmina secum gracili filo,

Col. 10, 227:

res ac verba,

Quint. 2, 4, 15; 9, 4, 58:

conexa oratio (opp. interrupta),

id. 9, 4, 7:

aliam majorem insaniam,

to join to, Plin. 36, 15, 24, § 116; hence also: versus orationesque ejus, to quote, cite, Treb. Gall. 11 fin. —

In philos. lang., = concludo, to annex or subjoin a logical conclusion:

si enim est verum, quod ita conectitur: si quis, etc.... illud quoque verum est, etc.,

Cic. Fat. 6, 12; 7, 14:

omne, quod ipsum ex se conexum sit (e. g. si lucet, lucet) verum esse, etc.,

id. Ac. 2, 30, 98.—Hence, cō-nexus, a, um, P. a., = conjunctus, connected, joined, cohering together with something (very rare):

sive aliud quid vis potius conexius (quam animus) ei (sc. corpori) fingere,

Lucr. 3, 555:

Silanum per adfinitatem conexum Germanico,

Tac. A. 2, 43;

so also without affinitas, of relationship: Caesari,

id. ib. 2, 50;

4, 66: insequitur magno jam tunc conexus amore Patroclus,

Stat. Achill. 1, 174.—

In time, immediately following:

conexi his funeribus dies,

Cic. Pis. 5, 11.—Hence, subst.: cōnexum ( conn-), i, a necessary consequence, inevitable inference:

ipsa ratio conexi, cum concesseris superius, cogit inferius concedere,

Cic. Ac. 2, 30, 96:

primumque quod est in conexo... necessarium est,

id. Fat. 7, 14; cf. id. ib. 8, 15: quod Graeci sunêmmenon axiôma dicunt, alii nostrorum conjunctum, alii conexum dixerunt, Gell. 16, 8, 9; cf. the context.—And adv.: cōnexē ( conn-), in connection, connectedly:

dicere aliquid,

Mart. Cap. 4, § 387.

cōnecto (less correctly, connecto, v. Ritschl, Opusc. II. 448 sq.; Gell. 2, 17, 8), nexŭi, nexum, 3, v. a. [necto], to tie, bind, fasten, or join together, to connect, entwine, link together (class.; most freq. in part. pass. and the trop. signif.); constr. with cum, inter se, the dat., or absol.

Lit.:

id (palliolum) conexum in umero laevo,

folded, gathered, Plaut. Mil. 4, 4, 42:

omnia inter se conexa et apta,

Cic. N. D. 2, 38, 97:

omnia omnimodis,

Lucr. 2, 700:

terrestria membra marinis,

id. 2, 704; 2, 712; 3, 691:

illae (apes) pedibus conexae ad limina pendent,

Verg. G. 4, 257; cf. Sil. 2, 220:

crines,

Prop. 2, 5, 23:

nodos,

Ov. M. 12, 430:

bracchia in genibus digitis conexa tenere,

id. ib. 9, 311:

naves validis utrimque trabibus,

Tac. H. 2, 34:

Mosellam atque Ararim facta inter utrumque fossa,

id. A. 13, 53; cf.:

Adiabenis conectuntur Carduchi,

Plin. 6, 15, 17, § 44:

lata alvus (navium) sine vinculo aeris aut ferri conexa,

Tac. H. 3, 47:

ferreae laminae serie inter se conexae,

Curt. 4, 9, 3.—

Trop.

In gen.:

amicitia cum voluptate conectitur,

Cic. Fin. 1, 20, 67; Quint. 8, 3, 77:

ita sunt inter se conexa et indiscreta omnia,

id. 10, 1, 2; 5, 14, 32; cf.

Tib. 43:

membra historiae,

Quint. 9, 4, 129 al.:

quod discrimini patris filiam conectebat,

to implicate, involve, Tac. A. 16, 30; cf. id. ib. 16, 32:

causam dolori meo,

id. ib. 3, 12; id. H. 1, 65.—

Esp.,

In discourse, to connect with what precedes, join to, etc.:

facilius est enim apta dissolvere quam dissipata conectere,

Cic. Or. 71, 235:

illud non est in uno verbo translato, sed ex pluribus continuatis conectitur,

id. de Or. 3, 41, 166:

inter se pleraque conexa et apta,

id. Part. Or. 39, 137; Quint. 10, 1, 2: verba lyrae conectere, Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 86:

carmina secum gracili filo,

Col. 10, 227:

res ac verba,

Quint. 2, 4, 15; 9, 4, 58:

conexa oratio (opp. interrupta),

id. 9, 4, 7:

aliam majorem insaniam,

to join to, Plin. 36, 15, 24, § 116; hence also: versus orationesque ejus, to quote, cite, Treb. Gall. 11 fin. —

In philos. lang., = concludo, to annex or subjoin a logical conclusion:

si enim est verum, quod ita conectitur: si quis, etc.... illud quoque verum est, etc.,

Cic. Fat. 6, 12; 7, 14:

omne, quod ipsum ex se conexum sit (e. g. si lucet, lucet) verum esse, etc.,

id. Ac. 2, 30, 98.—Hence, cō-nexus, a, um, P. a., = conjunctus, connected, joined, cohering together with something (very rare):

sive aliud quid vis potius conexius (quam animus) ei (sc. corpori) fingere,

Lucr. 3, 555:

Silanum per adfinitatem conexum Germanico,

Tac. A. 2, 43;

so also without affinitas, of relationship: Caesari,

id. ib. 2, 50;

4, 66: insequitur magno jam tunc conexus amore Patroclus,

Stat. Achill. 1, 174.—

In time, immediately following:

conexi his funeribus dies,

Cic. Pis. 5, 11.—Hence, subst.: cōnexum ( conn-), i, a necessary consequence, inevitable inference:

ipsa ratio conexi, cum concesseris superius, cogit inferius concedere,

Cic. Ac. 2, 30, 96:

primumque quod est in conexo... necessarium est,

id. Fat. 7, 14; cf. id. ib. 8, 15: quod Graeci sunêmmenon axiôma dicunt, alii nostrorum conjunctum, alii conexum dixerunt, Gell. 16, 8, 9; cf. the context.—And adv.: cōnexē ( conn-), in connection, connectedly:

dicere aliquid,

Mart. Cap. 4, § 387.

cōnecto (less correctly, connecto, v. Ritschl, Opusc. II. 448 sq.; Gell. 2, 17, 8), nexŭi, nexum, 3, v. a. [necto], to tie, bind, fasten, or join together, to connect, entwine, link together (class.; most freq. in part. pass. and the trop. signif.); constr. with cum, inter se, the dat., or absol.

Lit.:

id (palliolum) conexum in umero laevo,

folded, gathered, Plaut. Mil. 4, 4, 42:

omnia inter se conexa et apta,

Cic. N. D. 2, 38, 97:

omnia omnimodis,

Lucr. 2, 700:

terrestria membra marinis,

id. 2, 704; 2, 712; 3, 691:

illae (apes) pedibus conexae ad limina pendent,

Verg. G. 4, 257; cf. Sil. 2, 220:

crines,

Prop. 2, 5, 23:

nodos,

Ov. M. 12, 430:

bracchia in genibus digitis conexa tenere,

id. ib. 9, 311:

naves validis utrimque trabibus,

Tac. H. 2, 34:

Mosellam atque Ararim facta inter utrumque fossa,

id. A. 13, 53; cf.:

Adiabenis conectuntur Carduchi,

Plin. 6, 15, 17, § 44:

lata alvus (navium) sine vinculo aeris aut ferri conexa,

Tac. H. 3, 47:

ferreae laminae serie inter se conexae,

Curt. 4, 9, 3.—

Trop.

In gen.:

amicitia cum voluptate conectitur,

Cic. Fin. 1, 20, 67; Quint. 8, 3, 77:

ita sunt inter se conexa et indiscreta omnia,

id. 10, 1, 2; 5, 14, 32; cf.

Tib. 43:

membra historiae,

Quint. 9, 4, 129 al.:

quod discrimini patris filiam conectebat,

to implicate, involve, Tac. A. 16, 30; cf. id. ib. 16, 32:

causam dolori meo,

id. ib. 3, 12; id. H. 1, 65.—

Esp.,

In discourse, to connect with what precedes, join to, etc.:

facilius est enim apta dissolvere quam dissipata conectere,

Cic. Or. 71, 235:

illud non est in uno verbo translato, sed ex pluribus continuatis conectitur,

id. de Or. 3, 41, 166:

inter se pleraque conexa et apta,

id. Part. Or. 39, 137; Quint. 10, 1, 2: verba lyrae conectere, Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 86:

carmina secum gracili filo,

Col. 10, 227:

res ac verba,

Quint. 2, 4, 15; 9, 4, 58:

conexa oratio (opp. interrupta),

id. 9, 4, 7:

aliam majorem insaniam,

to join to, Plin. 36, 15, 24, § 116; hence also: versus orationesque ejus, to quote, cite, Treb. Gall. 11 fin. —

In philos. lang., = concludo, to annex or subjoin a logical conclusion:

si enim est verum, quod ita conectitur: si quis, etc.... illud quoque verum est, etc.,

Cic. Fat. 6, 12; 7, 14:

omne, quod ipsum ex se conexum sit (e. g. si lucet, lucet) verum esse, etc.,

id. Ac. 2, 30, 98.—Hence, cō-nexus, a, um, P. a., = conjunctus, connected, joined, cohering together with something (very rare):

sive aliud quid vis potius conexius (quam animus) ei (sc. corpori) fingere,

Lucr. 3, 555:

Silanum per adfinitatem conexum Germanico,

Tac. A. 2, 43;

so also without affinitas, of relationship: Caesari,

id. ib. 2, 50;

4, 66: insequitur magno jam tunc conexus amore Patroclus,

Stat. Achill. 1, 174.—

In time, immediately following:

conexi his funeribus dies,

Cic. Pis. 5, 11.—Hence, subst.: cōnexum ( conn-), i, a necessary consequence, inevitable inference:

ipsa ratio conexi, cum concesseris superius, cogit inferius concedere,

Cic. Ac. 2, 30, 96:

primumque quod est in conexo... necessarium est,

id. Fat. 7, 14; cf. id. ib. 8, 15: quod Graeci sunêmmenon axiôma dicunt, alii nostrorum conjunctum, alii conexum dixerunt, Gell. 16, 8, 9; cf. the context.—And adv.: cōnexē ( conn-), in connection, connectedly:

dicere aliquid,

Mart. Cap. 4, § 387.