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  • 1 Litterae

    littĕra (less correctly lītĕra), ae, f. [lino, q. v.], a letter, a written sign or mark signifying a sound.
    I.
    Lit.:

    cubitum hercle longis litteris signabo jam usquequaque, si quis, etc.,

    Plaut. Rud. 5, 2, 7:

    quid hae locuntur litterae?

    id. Bacch. 4, 7, 3; cf.: quid istae narrant? Tox. Perconctare ex ipsis;

    ipsae tibi narrabunt,

    id. Pers. 4, 3, 29:

    sus rostro si humi A litteram impresserit,

    Cic. Div. 1, 13, 23:

    priscarum litterarum notae,

    id. ib. 2, 41, 85:

    maximis litteris incisum,

    id. Verr. 2, 2, 63, § 154 fin.:

    lenis appellatio litterarum,

    id. Brut. 74, 159:

    suavis appellatio litterarum,

    Quint. 11, 3, 35:

    quae si nostris litteris scribantur,

    id. 12, 10, 28 litterarum ordine, in alphabetical order, Plin. 37, 9, 54, § 138:

    verba primis litteris notare, Prob. de Not. Signif. 1 Huschke: digerere in litteram,

    to arrange alphabetically, Sen. Ep. 68, 18: scire litteras, [p. 1072] to be able to read and write, Plaut. Truc. 4, 2, 23; Vitr. 1, 1, 14:

    nescire litteras,

    not to be able to read and write, id. Clem. 2, 1, 2; Suet. Ner. 10:

    scribere aureis litteris,

    Gai. Inst. 2, 77:

    scientia litterarum,

    the art of writing, Dig. 29, 2, 93:

    facere litteram or litteras,

    to write, Plaut. As. 4, 1, 22; Cic. Ac. 2, 2, 6.—In the language of comedy:

    homo trium litterarum, i. e. fur,

    a thief, Plaut. Aul. 2, 4, 46: litteram ex se longam facere, i. e. to make an I by hanging perpendicularly, to hang one's self:

    neque quicquam meliust mihi, ut opinor, quam ex me ut faciam litteram longam, meum laqueo collum quando obstrinxero,

    id. ib. 1, 1, 37:

    littera salutaris, i. e. A. (absolvo) and tristis, i. e. C. (condemno), which were put on the voting-tablets,

    Cic. Mil. 6, 15.—
    II.
    Transf.
    A.
    Sing.
    1.
    A word, a line:

    ad me litteram numquam misit,

    Cic. Fam. 2, 17, 6: ad litteram, word for word, literally:

    locum ad litteram subjeci,

    Quint. 9, 1, 15.—
    2.
    A handwriting:

    Alexidis manum amabam, quod tam prope accedebat ad similitudinem tuae litterae,

    Cic. Att. 7, 2, 3; cf.:

    arguit ipsorum quos littera,

    Juv. 13, 138 (v. also infra B. 1. fin.).—
    B.
    Usually plur.
    1.
    Littĕrae, ārum, f., a letter, epistle: litteras resignare, to unseal or open a letter, Plaut. Trin. 3, 3, 65:

    ut litterarum ego harum sermonem audio,

    id. Ps. 1, 1, 97; Cic. Att. 1, 13, 1:

    dare alicui litteras ad aliquem,

    id. Cat. 3, 4, 9:

    litteras mittere,

    id. Att. 5, 21, 2:

    reddere alicui,

    id. ib. 5, 21, 4:

    accipere,

    id. ib. 5, 21, 7:

    remittere,

    id. ib. 11, 16, 4:

    nullas iis praeterquam ad te et ad Brutum dedi litteras,

    id. Fam. 3, 7, 1:

    queri apud aliquem per litteras,

    id. Att. 5, 21, 13: invitare aliquem perlitteras id. ib. 13, 2, 2:

    civitatum animos litteris temptare,

    Caes. B. C. 1, 40, 1: litterae missae, a letter sent by a person: litterae allatae, a letter received: hence, liber litterarum missarum et allatarum, a letter-book:

    L. M. (i. e. litterae missae)... L. A. (i. e. litterae allatae), etc.,

    Cic. Font. 4, 8; id. Verr. 2, 3, 71, § 167.—In poets also sometimes in sing.:

    quam legis a rapta Briseide littera venit,

    Ov. H. 3, 1; 5, 2; id. M. 9, 515; Tib. 3, 2, 27; Mart. 10, 73 al.—
    2.
    A writing, document, paper:

    litterae publicae,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 63, § 140; 2, 4, 16, § 35; esp. a written acknowledgment:

    littera poscetur,

    Ov. A. A. 1, 428.—
    3.
    An account-book:

    ratio omnis et litterae,

    Cic. Quint. 11, 37; id. Verr. 2, 4, 12, § 27.—
    4.
    An edict, ordinance:

    praetoris litterae,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 22, § 56:

    litteras revocavit,

    letter of appointment, commission, Suet. Vesp. 8. —
    5.
    Written monuments, records, literature:

    abest historia litteris nostris,

    is wanting in our literature, Cic. Leg. 1, 2, 5:

    Graecae de philosophia litterae,

    philosophical literature, id. Div. 2, 2, 5:

    genus hoc scriptionis nondum satis Latinis litteris illustratae,

    id. Brut. 64, 228; id. Tusc. 1, 1, 1; id. Fin. 1, 2, 4:

    Graecis litteris studere,

    id. Brut. 20, 78:

    damnum Hortensii interitu Latinae litterae fecerunt,

    id. ib. 33, 125:

    nullam artem litteris sine interprete et sine aliqua exercitatione percipi posse,

    merely from books, id. Fam. 7, 19:

    quod litteris exstet, Pherecydes primum dixit animos hominum esse sempiternos,

    id. Tusc. 1, 16, 38:

    parvae et rarae per eadem tempora litterae fuere,

    Liv. 6, 1, 2; 7, 3, 6:

    Etruscae,

    id. 9, 36, 3:

    paucissimos adhuc eloquentes litterae Romanae tulerunt,

    Quint. 10, 1, 123: amor litterarum, id. prooem. 6.—
    6.
    History, inasmuch as it is derived from written monuments:

    cupidissimus litterarum fuit,

    Nep. Cat. 3, 1; id. Pelop. 1:

    parvae et rarae per eadem tempora litterae fuere,

    Liv. 6, 1.—
    7.
    Literary labor, composition:

    omnis varietas litterarum mearum,

    Cic. Fam. 15, 4, 12:

    non nihil temporis tribuit litteris,

    Nep. Hann. 13, 2.—
    8.
    An inscription, Ov. M. 11, 706.—
    9.
    Learning, the sciences, liberal education, scholarship, letters:

    sit mihi orator tinctus litteris: audierit aliquid, legerit,

    Cic. de Or. 2, 20, 85:

    erant in eo plurimae litterae,

    id. Brut. 76, 265:

    homo communium litterarum, et politioris humanitatis non expers,

    id. de Or. 2, 7, 28:

    homo sine ingenio, sine litteris,

    id. Verr. 2, 4, 44, § 98:

    fuit in illo ingenium, ratio, memoria, litterae, cura, cogitatio, diligentia,

    id. Phil. 2, 45, 116:

    mihi nihil libri, nihil litterae, nihil doctrina prodest,

    id. Att. 9, 10, 2:

    litterarum scientia,

    id. Brut. 42, 153:

    litterarum coguitio,

    id. de Or. 3, 32, 127: nescire litteras, to be without a liberal education, id. Brut. 74, 259:

    altiores litterae,

    magic, Plin. 14, 4, 5, § 51.—Comically of the art of love: Litteras didicisti;

    quando scis, sine alios discere,

    Plaut. Truc. 4, 2, 22.

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  • 2 litterae

    (pl.) letter, epistle, missive, note / literature.

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  • 3 Litterae humaniores

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  • 4 littera

    letter (alphabet); (pl.) letter, epistle; literature, books, records, account

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  • 5 littera

    littĕra (less correctly lītĕra), ae, f. [lino, q. v.], a letter, a written sign or mark signifying a sound.
    I.
    Lit.:

    cubitum hercle longis litteris signabo jam usquequaque, si quis, etc.,

    Plaut. Rud. 5, 2, 7:

    quid hae locuntur litterae?

    id. Bacch. 4, 7, 3; cf.: quid istae narrant? Tox. Perconctare ex ipsis;

    ipsae tibi narrabunt,

    id. Pers. 4, 3, 29:

    sus rostro si humi A litteram impresserit,

    Cic. Div. 1, 13, 23:

    priscarum litterarum notae,

    id. ib. 2, 41, 85:

    maximis litteris incisum,

    id. Verr. 2, 2, 63, § 154 fin.:

    lenis appellatio litterarum,

    id. Brut. 74, 159:

    suavis appellatio litterarum,

    Quint. 11, 3, 35:

    quae si nostris litteris scribantur,

    id. 12, 10, 28 litterarum ordine, in alphabetical order, Plin. 37, 9, 54, § 138:

    verba primis litteris notare, Prob. de Not. Signif. 1 Huschke: digerere in litteram,

    to arrange alphabetically, Sen. Ep. 68, 18: scire litteras, [p. 1072] to be able to read and write, Plaut. Truc. 4, 2, 23; Vitr. 1, 1, 14:

    nescire litteras,

    not to be able to read and write, id. Clem. 2, 1, 2; Suet. Ner. 10:

    scribere aureis litteris,

    Gai. Inst. 2, 77:

    scientia litterarum,

    the art of writing, Dig. 29, 2, 93:

    facere litteram or litteras,

    to write, Plaut. As. 4, 1, 22; Cic. Ac. 2, 2, 6.—In the language of comedy:

    homo trium litterarum, i. e. fur,

    a thief, Plaut. Aul. 2, 4, 46: litteram ex se longam facere, i. e. to make an I by hanging perpendicularly, to hang one's self:

    neque quicquam meliust mihi, ut opinor, quam ex me ut faciam litteram longam, meum laqueo collum quando obstrinxero,

    id. ib. 1, 1, 37:

    littera salutaris, i. e. A. (absolvo) and tristis, i. e. C. (condemno), which were put on the voting-tablets,

    Cic. Mil. 6, 15.—
    II.
    Transf.
    A.
    Sing.
    1.
    A word, a line:

    ad me litteram numquam misit,

    Cic. Fam. 2, 17, 6: ad litteram, word for word, literally:

    locum ad litteram subjeci,

    Quint. 9, 1, 15.—
    2.
    A handwriting:

    Alexidis manum amabam, quod tam prope accedebat ad similitudinem tuae litterae,

    Cic. Att. 7, 2, 3; cf.:

    arguit ipsorum quos littera,

    Juv. 13, 138 (v. also infra B. 1. fin.).—
    B.
    Usually plur.
    1.
    Littĕrae, ārum, f., a letter, epistle: litteras resignare, to unseal or open a letter, Plaut. Trin. 3, 3, 65:

    ut litterarum ego harum sermonem audio,

    id. Ps. 1, 1, 97; Cic. Att. 1, 13, 1:

    dare alicui litteras ad aliquem,

    id. Cat. 3, 4, 9:

    litteras mittere,

    id. Att. 5, 21, 2:

    reddere alicui,

    id. ib. 5, 21, 4:

    accipere,

    id. ib. 5, 21, 7:

    remittere,

    id. ib. 11, 16, 4:

    nullas iis praeterquam ad te et ad Brutum dedi litteras,

    id. Fam. 3, 7, 1:

    queri apud aliquem per litteras,

    id. Att. 5, 21, 13: invitare aliquem perlitteras id. ib. 13, 2, 2:

    civitatum animos litteris temptare,

    Caes. B. C. 1, 40, 1: litterae missae, a letter sent by a person: litterae allatae, a letter received: hence, liber litterarum missarum et allatarum, a letter-book:

    L. M. (i. e. litterae missae)... L. A. (i. e. litterae allatae), etc.,

    Cic. Font. 4, 8; id. Verr. 2, 3, 71, § 167.—In poets also sometimes in sing.:

    quam legis a rapta Briseide littera venit,

    Ov. H. 3, 1; 5, 2; id. M. 9, 515; Tib. 3, 2, 27; Mart. 10, 73 al.—
    2.
    A writing, document, paper:

    litterae publicae,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 63, § 140; 2, 4, 16, § 35; esp. a written acknowledgment:

    littera poscetur,

    Ov. A. A. 1, 428.—
    3.
    An account-book:

    ratio omnis et litterae,

    Cic. Quint. 11, 37; id. Verr. 2, 4, 12, § 27.—
    4.
    An edict, ordinance:

    praetoris litterae,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 22, § 56:

    litteras revocavit,

    letter of appointment, commission, Suet. Vesp. 8. —
    5.
    Written monuments, records, literature:

    abest historia litteris nostris,

    is wanting in our literature, Cic. Leg. 1, 2, 5:

    Graecae de philosophia litterae,

    philosophical literature, id. Div. 2, 2, 5:

    genus hoc scriptionis nondum satis Latinis litteris illustratae,

    id. Brut. 64, 228; id. Tusc. 1, 1, 1; id. Fin. 1, 2, 4:

    Graecis litteris studere,

    id. Brut. 20, 78:

    damnum Hortensii interitu Latinae litterae fecerunt,

    id. ib. 33, 125:

    nullam artem litteris sine interprete et sine aliqua exercitatione percipi posse,

    merely from books, id. Fam. 7, 19:

    quod litteris exstet, Pherecydes primum dixit animos hominum esse sempiternos,

    id. Tusc. 1, 16, 38:

    parvae et rarae per eadem tempora litterae fuere,

    Liv. 6, 1, 2; 7, 3, 6:

    Etruscae,

    id. 9, 36, 3:

    paucissimos adhuc eloquentes litterae Romanae tulerunt,

    Quint. 10, 1, 123: amor litterarum, id. prooem. 6.—
    6.
    History, inasmuch as it is derived from written monuments:

    cupidissimus litterarum fuit,

    Nep. Cat. 3, 1; id. Pelop. 1:

    parvae et rarae per eadem tempora litterae fuere,

    Liv. 6, 1.—
    7.
    Literary labor, composition:

    omnis varietas litterarum mearum,

    Cic. Fam. 15, 4, 12:

    non nihil temporis tribuit litteris,

    Nep. Hann. 13, 2.—
    8.
    An inscription, Ov. M. 11, 706.—
    9.
    Learning, the sciences, liberal education, scholarship, letters:

    sit mihi orator tinctus litteris: audierit aliquid, legerit,

    Cic. de Or. 2, 20, 85:

    erant in eo plurimae litterae,

    id. Brut. 76, 265:

    homo communium litterarum, et politioris humanitatis non expers,

    id. de Or. 2, 7, 28:

    homo sine ingenio, sine litteris,

    id. Verr. 2, 4, 44, § 98:

    fuit in illo ingenium, ratio, memoria, litterae, cura, cogitatio, diligentia,

    id. Phil. 2, 45, 116:

    mihi nihil libri, nihil litterae, nihil doctrina prodest,

    id. Att. 9, 10, 2:

    litterarum scientia,

    id. Brut. 42, 153:

    litterarum coguitio,

    id. de Or. 3, 32, 127: nescire litteras, to be without a liberal education, id. Brut. 74, 259:

    altiores litterae,

    magic, Plin. 14, 4, 5, § 51.—Comically of the art of love: Litteras didicisti;

    quando scis, sine alios discere,

    Plaut. Truc. 4, 2, 22.

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  • 6 littera (lītera)

        littera (lītera) ae, f    [LI-], a letter, alphabetical sign, written sign of a sound: (epistula) Graecis conscripta litteris, Cs.: sus rostro si humi A litteram inpresserit: maximis litteris incisum: alqd litteris mandare, commit to writing, Cs.: salutaris, tristis (i. e. A and C on the ballots of jurors, for absolvo, condemno): provocatis ostentata inanibus litteris, as a pretence, L.: ad me litteram numquam misit, not a line.—A handwriting: accedebat ad similitudinem tuae litterae: Arguit ipsorum quos littera, Iu.— A writing, document, record: iunget nos littera, inscription, O.: littera poscetur, acknowledgment in writing, O.—Usu. plur: litterae publicae, records, C., Cs.: ratio omnis et omnes litterae, accounts: praetoris, edict. —Plur., a letter, epistle: mittuntur ad Caesarem ab Cicerone litterae, Cs.: meas acceperat litteras: nullas iis praeterquam ad te dedi litteras: per litteras mandare, ne, etc., Cs.: invitare alqm per litteras: liber litterarum missarum et adlatarum, a book of correspondence ; cf. sing: Quam legis a raptā Briseide littera venit, O.— Plur, written monuments, literature, books, literary works: litteras Graecas discere, S.: abest historia litteris nostris, is wanting in our literature: Graecae de philosophiā litterae, philosophical literature: damnum Hortensi interitu Latinae litterae fecerunt parvae et rarae per eadem tempora litterae fuere, L.: cupidissimus litterarum, N.—Fig., learning, the sciences, liberal education, scholarship, letters: fac periclum in litteris, T.: erant in eo plurimae litterae: scire litteras, to be educated: homo sine ingenio, sine litteris: nescire litteras: litterarum cognitio: in litteris vivere.

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  • 7 laureātus

        laureātus adj.    [laurea], crowned with laurel, laureate, laurelled: imago: fasces: litterae, announcing a victory (bound up with bay-leaves), L.: tabellae, L.— Plur f. as subst. (sc. litterae), Ta.
    * * *
    laureata, laureatum ADJ

    w/litterae -- bringing news of victory

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  • 8 doctrina

    doctrīna, ae, f. [doctor], teaching, instruction (class.; cf.: litterae, artes, disciplina, praecepta, scientia, humanitas).
    I.
    Prop.:

    non aliqua mihi doctrina tradita, sed in rerum usu causisque tractata,

    Cic. de Or. 1, 48, 208; 1, 3, 11; id. Off. 44, 155:

    puerilis,

    id. de Or. 3, 31, 125; id. Mur. 30, 63; id. Sest. 56; Quint. 2, 8, 3; 6, 3, 12; 12, 2, 1 (in these passages of Quint. opp. natura; cf. also Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 100); id. 2, 12, 8; Hor. C. 4, 4, 33 et saep.—
    II.
    Transf.
    A.
    Object., the knowledge imparted by teaching, i. e. science, erudition, learning:

    est unum perfugium doctrina ac litterae, quibus semper usi sumus,

    Cic. Fam. 6, 12 fin.;

    so with litterae,

    id. Rep. 2, 10; Quint. 11, 1, 89; cf.

    also: nonnulli litteris ac studiis doctrinae dediti,

    Cic. Balb. 1, 3; and with the latter cf. id. Rep. 1, 9 fin.; id. Or. 10, 34; id. Cael. 10, 24:

    malis studiis malisque doctrinis,

    id. Leg. 2, 15 fin.; cf. id. Rep. 1, 17 fin.:

    Piso Graecis doctrinis eruditus,

    id. Brut. 67, 236; cf. id. Arch. 7; id. N. D. 3, 9, 23; id. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 7 fin.; id. Rep. 1, 36; id. de Or. 3, 34, 139:

    ad domesticum morem adventiciam doctrinam adhibere,

    id. Rep. 3, 3:

    me omnis ars et doctrina liberalis et maxime philosophia delectavit,

    id. Fam. 4, 4, 4; cf. id. de Or. 3, 32, 127; id. Ac. 2, 1:

    dicendi,

    i. e. rhetoric, id. Part. 1, 3:

    auctor doctrinae ejus (sc. Numae),

    Liv. 1, 18:

    doctrina deos spernens,

    id. 10, 40 et saep.—
    B.
    Subject., the habit produced by instruction, principle:

    mala studia malaeque doctrinae,

    Cic. Leg. 2, 15 fin.:

    neque id fecit naturā solum, sed etiam doctrinā,

    Nep. Att. 17, 3.

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  • 9 exemplum

    exemplum, i, n. [eximo], orig., what is taken out as a sample (cf. eximius, from eximo), a sample.
    I.
    Prop. (cf. exemplar, specimen):

    purpurae, tritici,

    Auct. Her. 4, 6, 9.—Hence,
    II.
    Transf.
    A.
    An imitation, image, portrait taken from something; a draught, transcript, copy.
    1.
    Hic quoque exemplum reliquit, Plaut. Ps. 2, 2, 56; cf.:

    o Apella, o Zeuxis pictor, Cur numero estis mortui? hinc exemplum ut pingeretis: Nam alios pictores nihil moror hujusmodi tractare exempla,

    id. Poen. 5, 4, 102 sq.; and in a pun with the follg. signif. under B.: Th. Exempla edepol faciam ego in te. Tr. Quia placeo, exemplum expetis, id. Most. 5, 1, 67:

    aedes probant: sibi quisque Inde exemplum expetunt,

    a sketch, draught, id. ib. 1, 2, 21; cf. id. ib. 3, 2, 75 sq.:

    Pompeii litterarum ad consulem exemplum attulit: Litterae mihi a L. Domitio allatae sunt: earum exemplum infra scripsi... Deinde supposuit exemplum epistolae Domitii, quod ego ad te pridie miseram,

    a transcript, copy, Cic. Att. 8, 6, 1 sq.; 8, 11, 6; 7, 23, 3; id. Fam. 9, 26, 3; Ov. Tr. 1, 7, 23 al.—
    2.
    An equal, parallel:

    clarissimum Homeri inluxit ingenium, sine exemplo maximum,

    Vell. 1, 5, 1.—
    B.
    A sample for imitation, instruction, proof, a pattern, model, original, example, precedent, case (the predominant meaning of the word).
    1.
    In gen.:

    ut mutum in simulacrum ex animali exemplo veritas transferatur,

    from a living model, original, Cic. Inv. 2, 1, 2; cf.:

    feruntur enim ex optimis naturae et veritatis exemplis,

    id. Off. 3, 17, 69:

    propones illi exempla ad imitandum,

    id. Phil. 10, 2, 5; cf.:

    habere exemplum ad imitandum (corresp. to exemplar),

    id. Mur. 31, 66; and:

    nostris exemplo fuit ad imitandum,

    Suet. Gramm. 2:

    exposita ad exemplum nostra re publica,

    Cic. Rep. 1, 46 fin.; cf. id. ib. 2, 31 fin.:

    loquimur de iis amicis, qui ante oculos sunt... Ex hoc numero nobis exempla sumenda sunt,

    id. Lael. 11, 38:

    aliquem ex barbatis illis exemplum imperii veteris, imaginem antiquitatis,

    id. Sest. 8, 19:

    a sapiente petitur exemplum,

    id. Off. 3, 4, 16:

    exemplum a me petere,

    Liv. 7, 32, 12:

    ab eodem Pompeio omnium rerum egregiarum exempla sumantur,

    Cic. de Imp. Pomp. 15, 44:

    ab se ipso exemplum capi posse,

    Liv. 1, 49, 2; cf.:

    cum et ipse sis quasi unicum exemplum antiquae probitatis et fidei,

    Cic. Rep. 3, 5:

    quod in juventute habemus illustrius exemplum veteris sanctitatis?

    id. Phil. 3, 6, 15:

    innocentiae,

    id. de Or. 1, 53, 229:

    qua in muliere etiam nunc quasi exempli causa vestigia antiqui officii remanent,

    as a pattern, example, id. Rosc. Am. 10, 27 (cf. infra, 2.):

    eum virum, unde pudoris pudicitiaeque exempla peterentur,

    id. Deiot. 10, 28:

    firmare animum constantibus exemplis (for constantiae),

    Tac. A. 16, 35; cf.:

    exemplum modestum,

    id. H. 2, 64:

    vitiosi principes plus exemplo quam peccato nocent,

    by their example, Cic. Leg. 3, 14, 32:

    (Tullus Hostilius) de imperio suo, exemplo Pompilii, populum consuluit curiatim,

    id. Rep. 2, 17:

    quod autem exemplo nostrae civitatis usus sum, etc.,

    id. ib. 2, 39: atrox videbatur Appi sententia;

    rursus Vergini Larciique exemplo haud salubres,

    i. e. judged by the precedent, Liv. 2, 30 init.:

    divinare morientes etiam illo exemplo confirmat Posidonius, quo affert, etc.,

    by that example, that case, Cic. Div. 1, 30, 64; id. Inv. 1, 30, 49; cf.:

    hinc illa et apud Graecos exempla... levitatis Atheniensium crudelitatisque in amplissimos cives exempla,

    id. Rep. 1, 3:

    datum in omnes provincias exemplum,

    Tac. A. 1, 78; so,

    dare exemplum,

    to set the example, id. ib. 4, 50:

    tertia legio exemplum ceteris praebuit,

    id. H. 2, 85; 4, 52; Val. Max. 3, 6, 5.—
    2.
    Esp. in phrase: exempli causā or gratiā, for instance, for an example (cf. Krebs, Antibarb. p. 437):

    exempli causa paucos nominavi,

    for example's sake, Cic. Phil. 13, 2, 2; cf.:

    quia in alicujus libris exempli causa id nomen invenerant, putarunt, etc.,

    id. Mur. 12, 27; id. Inv. 1, 37, 66:

    haec exempli gratia sufficient,

    Quint. 9, 2, 56; cf.:

    pauca exempli gratia ponam,

    id. 6, 5, 6; 5, 10, 110; cf.:

    ex quibus in exemplum pauca subjeci,

    Suet. Tib. 21 et saep.:

    venit in exemplum furor,

    teaches, Ov. F. 4, 243; cf. Just. 23, 3.—
    3.
    In partic., a warning example, an example, warning, punishment (rare):

    exemplum statuite in me, ut adolescentuli vobis placere studeant potius quam sibi,

    Ter. Heaut. prol. 51; cf.:

    quibus liberi sunt, statuite exemplum, quantae poenae in civitate sint hominibus istiusmodi comparatae,

    Auct. Her. 4, 35, 47:

    simile in superiore parte provinciae edere exemplum severitatis tuae,

    Cic. ad Q. Fr. 1, 2, 5; cf. Tac. A. 3, 36 fin.; so,

    edere exempla in aliquem,

    Ter. Eun. 5, 7, 21; Caes. B. G. 1, 31, 12; Liv. 29, 27, 4:

    ut ne viderem, quae futura exempla dicunt in eum indigna,

    Ter. Eun. 5, 4, 24:

    habet aliquid ex iniquo omne magnum exemplum,

    Tac. A. 14, 44:

    meritum quidem novissima exempla Mithridatem,

    i. e. the punishment of death, id. ib. 12, 20:

    esse in exemplo,

    to serve as a warning, Ov. M. 9, 454; cf. Vulg. Judae, 7 al.:

    exemplo supplicii reliquos deterrere,

    Hirt. B. G. 8, 44, 1.—
    4.
    Law t. t., a precedent:

    ad exemplum trahere,

    Just. Inst. 1, 2, 6:

    alicui sine exemplo subvenire,

    id. ib. —
    C.
    A way, manner, kind, nature:

    multi more isto atque exemplo vivunt,

    Plaut. Bacch. 3, 6, 11; cf.:

    negat se more et exemplo populi Romani posse iter ulli per provinciam dare,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 8, 3:

    uno exemplo ne omnes vitam viverent,

    Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 132:

    istoc exemplo,

    id. ib. 2, 4, 6:

    quot me exemplis ludificatust,

    id. Ep. 5, 2, 6:

    eodem exemplo, quo,

    Liv. 31, 12, 3:

    ad hoc exemplum,

    Plaut. Mil. 2, 4, 6:

    quod ad exemplum,

    id. Trin. 4, 2, 76 et saep.—Hence often of methods or examples of punishment (cf. 3. supra):

    quando ego te exemplis pessumis cruciavero,

    Plaut. Capt. 3, 5, 33:

    omnibus exemplis crucior,

    id. Bacch. 5, 1, 6; cf. id. Most. 1, 3, 35; 55; 5, 1, 67.—Freq. of the tenor, purport, contents of a letter, etc.:

    litterae uno exemplo,

    i. e. of the same tenor, Cic. Fam. 4, 4, 1; 10, 5, 1:

    scribere bis eodem exemplo,

    id. ib. 9, 16, 1:

    testamentum duplex... sed eodem exemplo,

    Suet. Tib. 76:

    Capua litterae sunt allatae hoc exemplo: Pompeius mare transiit, etc.,

    Cic. Att. 9, 6, 3:

    (litterarum) exemplum componere,

    id. Agr. 2, 20, 53; Suet. Calig. 55.

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  • 10 exprimo

    ex-prĭmo, pressi, pressum, 3, v. a. [premo], to press or squeeze out, to force out (class.).
    I.
    Lit.:

    oleum ex malobathro,

    Plin. 12, 26, 59, § 129:

    sucum expresso semini,

    id. 20, 1, 2, § 3:

    sucum flore,

    id. 21, 19, 74, § 127:

    sucum radici,

    id. 27, 13, 109, § 136; cf.: vinum palmis, oleum sesamae (dat.), id. 6, 28, 32, § 161:

    oleum amygdalis,

    id. 13, 1, 2, § 8:

    sudorem de corpore,

    Lucr. 5, 487:

    lacrimulam oculos terendo,

    Ter. Eun. 1, 1, 23:

    si nubium conflictu ardor expressus se emiserit, id esse fulmen,

    Cic. Div. 2, 19, 44:

    liquorem per densa foramina (cribri),

    Ov. M. 12, 438; cf.:

    aquam in altum,

    Plin. 31, 3, 23, § 39:

    aquam in altitudinem,

    Vitr. 8, 7:

    quantum has (turres) quotidianus agger expresserat,

    had carried up, raised, Caes. B. G. 7, 22, 4 Oud.:

    pecuniam alicui,

    Suet. Oth. 5; id. Vesp. 4.—
    B.
    Transf.
    1.
    With an object denoting that out of which something is pressed or squeezed, to press, squeeze, wring:

    spongiam ex oleo vel aceto,

    Cels. 5, 24 med.:

    lanam ex vino vel aceto,

    Plin. 29, 2, 9, § 31; cf.:

    Venus madidas exprimit imbre comas,

    Ov. A. A. 3, 224:

    spongiae expressae inter duas tabulas,

    Plin. 31, 11, 47, § 128:

    oleam,

    id. 12, 27, 60, § 130:

    folia rosae,

    id. 21, 18, 73, § 122:

    tuberculum,

    id. 11, 11, 12, § 29.—
    2.
    To form by pressure, to represent, form, model, portray, express (mostly poet. and in postAug. prose;

    freq. in the elder Pliny): (faber) et ungues exprimet et molles imitabitur aere capillos,

    Hor. A. P. 33; cf.:

    alicujus furorem... verecundiae ruborem,

    Plin. 34, 14, 40, § 140:

    expressa in cera ex anulo imago,

    Plaut. Ps. 1, 1, 54:

    imaginem hominis gypso e facie ipsa,

    Plin. 35, 12, 44, § 153; cf.:

    effigiem de signis,

    id. ib.:

    optime Herculem Delphis et Alexandrum, etc.,

    id. 34, 8, 19, § 66 et saep.:

    vestis stricta et singulos artus exprimens,

    exhibiting, showing, Tac. G. 17:

    pulcher aspectu sit athleta, cujus lacertos exercitatio expressit,

    has well developed, made muscular, Quint. 8, 3, 10.
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    To squeeze or wring out, to extort, wrest, elicit: lex, quam ex natura ipsa arripuimus, hausimus, expressimus, qs. pressed out, Cic. Mil. 4, 10:

    utilitas expressit nomina rerum,

    has imposed, Lucr. 5, 1029: cf.:

    cum ab iis saepius quaereret, neque ullam omnino vocem exprimere posset,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 32, 3:

    expressa est Romanis necessitas obsides dandi,

    Liv. 2, 13, 4:

    confessionem concessi maris hosti,

    id. 37, 31, 5:

    confessionem cruciatu,

    Suet. Galb. 10:

    deditionem ultimā necessitate,

    Liv. 8, 2, 6:

    pecunia vi expressa et coacta,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 69, § 165:

    tu si tuis blanditiis a Sicyoniis nummulorum aliquid expresseris,

    Cic. Att. 1, 19, 9:

    risum magis quam gemitum,

    Plin. Ep. 4, 7, 7 et saep.—With ut:

    expressi, ut conficere se tabulas negaret,

    have constrained, Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 47, § 112:

    expressit, ut polliceretur,

    Curt. 6, 7. —
    B.
    Transf. (acc. to I. B. 2.), to imitate, copy, represent, to portray, describe, express, esp. in words (cf. reddo):

    cum magnitudine animi tum liberalitate vitam patris et consuetudinem expresserit,

    i. e. imitated, Cic. Rab. Post. 2, 4:

    lex expressa ad naturam,

    id. Leg. 2, 5, 13:

    vitia imitatione ex aliquo expressa,

    id. de Or. 3, 12, 47:

    rem ante oculos ponit, cum exprimit omnia perspicue, ut res prope dicam manu tentari possit,

    Auct. Her. 4, 40, 62; cf. id. ib. §

    63: hanc speciem Pasiteles caelavit argento et noster expressit Archias versibus,

    Cic. Div. 1, 36, 79:

    mores alicujus oratione,

    id. de Or. 2, 43, 184:

    multas nobis imagines fortissimorum virorum expressas scriptores Graeci et Latini reliquerunt,

    id. Arch. 6, 14; cf. id. ib. 12, 30:

    in Platonis libris omnibus fere Socrates exprimitur,

    id. de Or. 3, 4, 15: Mithridaticum bellum magnum atque difficile totum ab hoc expressum est, depicted to the life, id. Arch. 9, 21; cf.:

    ut Euryalum exprimat infans,

    may resemble, Juv. 6, 81.—With rel.-clause as object:

    diligenter, quae vis subjecta sit vocibus,

    id. Fin. 2, 2, 6:

    exprimere non possum, quanto sim gaudio affectus,

    tell, express, Plin. Ep. 5, 15, 2; Vell. 2, 124, 1:

    verbis exprimere quid quis sentiat,

    Plin. Ep. 5, 16, 7:

    quod exprimere dicendo sensa possumus,

    Cic. de Or. 1, 8, 32:

    mores in scriptis exprimere,

    Suet. Vit. Ter. 4.—Of translating into another language, to render, translate:

    si modo id exprimere Latine potuero,

    Cic. Rep. 1, 43; cf. id. ib. 1, 44: katalêpsin, verbum e verbo exprimentes comprehensionem dicemus, id. Ac. 2, 10, 31:

    nec tamen exprimi verbum e verbo necesse erit,

    id. Fin. 3, 4, 15; cf.:

    verbum de verbo expressum extulit,

    Ter. Ad. prol. 11:

    fabellae Latinae ad verbum de Graecis expressae,

    Cic. Fin. 1, 2, 4; Plin. Ep. 4, 18, 1.—Of words, to pronounce, utter:

    nolo exprimi litteras putidius nolo obscurari neglegentius,

    with affected distinctness, Cic. de Or. 3, 11, 41:

    verba,

    Quint. 1, 2, 6; 9, 4, 10; 40 al.—Rarely of a personal object:

    oratorem imitando effingere atque exprimere,

    Cic. de Or. 2, 22, 90:

    moderatorem rei publicae nostris libris diligenter expressimus,

    id. Att. 8, 11, 1.—Hence, expressus, a, um, P. a., clearly exhibited, prominent, distinct, visible, manifest, clear, plain, express (syn. solidus, opp. adumbratus).
    A.
    Lit.:

    species deorum, quae nihil concreti habeat, nihil solidi, nihil expressi, nihil eminentis,

    Cic. N. D. 1, 27, 75; cf.:

    litterae lituraeque omnes assimulatae, expressae,

    id. Verr. 2, 2, 77, § 189:

    corpora lacertis expressa,

    powerful, muscular, Quint. 8 praef. §

    19: protinus omnibus membris, expressus infans,

    fully formed, id. 2, 4, 6.—
    B.
    Trop.
    1.
    In gen.:

    habuit Catilina permulta maximarum non expressa signa, sed adumbrata virtutum,

    Cic. Cael. 5, 12; cf.:

    est gloria solida quaedam res et expressa, non adumbrata,

    id. Tusc. 3, 2, 3 (v. Madv. ad Cic. Fin. 5, 22, 62, p. 723 sq.):

    indicia solida et expressa,

    id. Planc. 12; cf.:

    veri juris germanaeque justitiae solida et expressa effigies,

    id. Off. 3, 17, 69:

    expressa sceleris vestigia,

    id. Rosc. Am. 22, 62:

    expressiora et illustriora,

    id. Fam. 1, 7, 9; cf. Plin. Ep. 5, 15, 3; and:

    quid expressius atque signatius in hanc causam?

    Tert. Res. Carn. 3.—
    2.
    Expressa carmina Battiadae, translated, Cat. 65, 16.—Of distinct pronunciation:

    vitia oris emendet, ut expressa sint verba, ut suis quaeque litterae sonis enuntientur,

    Quint. 1, 11, 4:

    expressior sermo,

    id. 1, 1, 37:

    expressior loquacitas generi picarum est,

    Plin. 10, 42, 59, § 118. —In a bad sense, of a too emphatic, affected pronunciation: sonus erat dulcis: litterae neque expressae neque oppressae, ne aut obscurum esset aut putidum, Cic Off. 1, 37, 133.—Hence, adv.: expressē.
    * 1.
    Lit., with pressure, strongly:

    artus expressius fricare,

    Scrib. Comp. 198.—
    2.
    Trop., expressly, distinctly, clearly:

    conscripta exempla,

    Auct. Her. 4, 7, 10:

    quod ipsum expressius Hesiodus hoc versu significavit,

    Col. 11, 1, 29.—Of pronunciation, distinctly:

    ut ea (R littera) a nullo expressius efferretur,

    Val. Max. 8, 7, 1 ext.

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  • 11 laureatae

    laurĕātus, a, um, adj. [laurea], crowned or decked with laurel, laureate:

    imago,

    Cic. Mur. 41, 88:

    lictores,

    id. Att. 7, 10, 1:

    fasces,

    id. Div. 1, 28, 59:

    legiones,

    Liv. 45, 39: litterae, a letter announcing a victory (so called because bound up with bay-leaves), a laurelled letter, id. 45, 1:

    litterae a Postumio laureatae sequuntur,

    id. 5, 28 fin.:

    tabellae,

    id. 45, 1.— Subst.: laurĕātae, ārum (sc. litterae), a letter announcing a victory:

    ne laureatis quidem gesta prosecutus est,

    Tac. Agr. 18 fin.; cf. laurus.

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  • 12 laureatus

    laurĕātus, a, um, adj. [laurea], crowned or decked with laurel, laureate:

    imago,

    Cic. Mur. 41, 88:

    lictores,

    id. Att. 7, 10, 1:

    fasces,

    id. Div. 1, 28, 59:

    legiones,

    Liv. 45, 39: litterae, a letter announcing a victory (so called because bound up with bay-leaves), a laurelled letter, id. 45, 1:

    litterae a Postumio laureatae sequuntur,

    id. 5, 28 fin.:

    tabellae,

    id. 45, 1.— Subst.: laurĕātae, ārum (sc. litterae), a letter announcing a victory:

    ne laureatis quidem gesta prosecutus est,

    Tac. Agr. 18 fin.; cf. laurus.

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  • 13 Liber

    1.
    līber, ĕra, ĕrum (old form, loebesum et loebertatem antiqui dicebant liberum et libertatem. Ita Graeci loibên et leibein, Paul. ex Fest. p. 121 Müll.; cf. 2. Liber), adj. [Gr. root liph-, liptô, to desire; cf. Sanscr. lub-dhas, desirous; Lat. libet, libido], that acts according to his own will and pleasure, is his own master; free, unrestricted, unrestrained, unimpeded, unshackled; independent, frank, open, bold (opp. servus, servilis).
    I.
    In gen.; constr. absol., with ab, the abl., and poet. also with gen.
    (α).
    Absol.:

    dictum est ab eruditissimis viris, nisi sapientem liberum esse neminem. Quid est enim libertas? Potestas vivendi ut velis,

    Cic. Par. 5, 1, 33:

    an ille mihi liber, cui mulier imperat, cui leges imponit, praescribit, jubet, vetat? etc.,

    id. ib. 5, 2, 36:

    ad scribendi licentiam liber,

    id. N. D. 1, 44, 123:

    agri immunes ac liberi,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 69, § 166:

    integro animo ac libero causam defendere,

    unprejudiced, unbiased, id. Sull. 31, 86:

    liberi ad causas solutique veniebant,

    not under obligations, not bribed, id. Verr. 2, 2, 78 § 192; cf.:

    libera lingua,

    Plaut. Cist. 1, 2, 9:

    cor liberum,

    id. Ep. 1, 2, 43:

    vocem liberam mittere adversus aliquem,

    Liv. 35, 32, 6:

    libera verba animi proferre,

    Juv. 4, 90: judicium [p. 1057] audientium relinquere integrum ac liberum, Cic. Div. 2, 72, 150:

    aliquid respuere ingenuo liberoque fastidio,

    id. Brut. 67, 236:

    libero tempore, cum soluta nobis est eligendi optio,

    id. Fin. 1, 10, 33:

    tibi uni vexatio direptioque sociorum impunita fuit ac libera,

    id. Cat. 1, 7, 18:

    pars quaestionum vaga et libera et late patens,

    id. de Or. 2, 16, 67:

    liberum arbitrium eis populo Romano permittente,

    Liv. 31, 11 fin.; cf. id. 37, 1, 5:

    mandata,

    full powers, unlimited authority, id. 37, 56; 38, 8:

    fenus,

    unlimited, id. 35, 7: custodia, free custody (i. e. confinement to a house or to a town), id. 24, 45; Vell. 1, 11, 1;

    v. custodia, II.: legatio, v. legatio: suffragia,

    the right of voting freely, Juv. 8, 211:

    locus,

    free from intruders, undisturbed, secure, Plaut. Poen. 1, 1, 49; 3, 2, 25; id. Cas. 3, 2, 4: aedes, a free house, free dwelling (assigned to the use of ambassadors of friendly nations during their stay in Rome), Liv. 30, 17 fin.; 35, 23; 42, 6:

    lectulus,

    i. e. not shared with a wife, Cic. Att. 14, 13, 5: toga ( poet. for virilis toga), a man's (prop. of one who is his own master), Ov. F. 3, 771:

    vestis,

    id. ib. 3, 777:

    libera omnia sibi servare,

    to reserve to one's self full liberty, Plin. Ep. 1, 5.— Comp.:

    hoc liberiores et solutiores sumus, quod, etc.,

    Cic. Ac. 2, 3, 8:

    est finitimus oratori poëta, numeris astrictior paulo, verborum licentia liberior,

    id. de Or. 1, 16, 70:

    liberiores litterae,

    id. Att. 1, 13, 1:

    amicitia remissior esse debet et liberior et dulcior,

    freer, more unrestrained, more cheerful, id. Lael. 18 fin.:

    paulo liberior sententia,

    Quint. 4, 2, 121:

    liberior in utramque partem disputatio,

    id. 7, 2, 14:

    fusiores liberioresque numeri,

    id. 9, 4, 130:

    officia liberiora plenioraque,

    id. 6, 1, 9:

    (flumina) campo recepta Liberioris aquae,

    freer, less impeded, Ov. M. 1, 41; cf.:

    (Tiberinus) campo liberiore natat,

    freer, opener, id. F. 4, 292:

    liberiore frui caelo,

    freer, opener, id. M. 15, 301.— Sup.:

    liberrimum hominum genus, comici veteres tradunt, etc.,

    the frankest, most free-spoken, Quint. 12, 2, 22; cf.:

    liberrime Lolli,

    most frank, most ingenuous, Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 1:

    indignatio,

    id. Epod. 4, 10.—
    (β).
    Free or exempt from, void of; with ab:

    Mamertini vacui, expertes, soluti ac liberi fuerunt ab omni sumptu, molestia, munere,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 10, § 23; cf.:

    (consul) solutus a cupiditatibus, liber a delictis,

    id. Agr. 1, 9, 27:

    ab observando homine perverso liber,

    id. Att. 1, 13, 2:

    liber a tali irrisione Socrates, liber Aristo Chius,

    id. Ac. 2, 39, 123:

    ab omni animi perturbatione liber,

    id. Off. 1, 20, 67; id. N. D. 2, 21, 55:

    loca abdita et ab arbitris libera,

    id. Att. 15, 16, B:

    libera a ferro crura,

    Ov. P. 1, 6, 32:

    animus liber a partibus rei publicae,

    Sall. C. 4.—
    (γ).
    With abl.:

    animus omni liber curā et angore,

    free from, without, Cic. Fin. 1, 15:

    animus religione,

    Liv. 2, 36:

    animus cogitationibus aliis,

    Quint. 11, 2, 35:

    mens omnibus vitiis,

    id. 12, 1, 4; cf.:

    liberis odio et gratia mentibus,

    id. 5, 11, 37:

    omni liber metu,

    Liv. 7, 34:

    liber invidia,

    Quint. 12, 11, 7:

    equus carcere,

    Ov. Am. 2, 9, 20.—
    (δ).
    With gen. ( poet.):

    liber laborum,

    Hor. A. P. 212:

    fati gens Lydia,

    Verg. A. 10, 154:

    curarum,

    Luc. 4, 384. — Comp.:

    liberior campi,

    having a wider space, Stat. S. 4, 2, 24.—
    (ε).
    Liberum est, with subject-clause:

    quam (opinionem) sequi magis probantibus liberum est,

    it is free, permitted, allowable, Quint. 6, 3, 112; Plin. Ep. 1, 8:

    dies eligere certos liberum erat,

    Plin. 30, 2, 6, § 16.—So in abl. absol.:

    libero, quid firmaret mutaretve,

    Tac. A. 3, 60.
    II.
    In partic.
    A.
    Free, in a social point of view, not a slave (opp. servus;

    also to ingenuus): neque vendendam censes quae libera est,

    Ter. Ad. 2, 1, 40; cf. id. ib. v. 28:

    dis habeo gratiam quom aliquot affuerunt liberae, because slaves were not permitted to testify,

    id. And. 4, 4, 32; opp. ingenuus, free-born:

    quid ea? ingenuan' an festucā facta e servā liberast?

    Plaut. Mil. 1, 1, 14:

    in jure civili, qui est matre liberā, liber est,

    Cic. N. D. 3, 18, 45; id. Caecin. 36, 96:

    si neque censu, neque vindictā, nec testamento liber factus est (servus), non est liber,

    id. Top. 2, 10:

    quae (assentatio) non modo amico, sed ne libero quidem digna est,

    of a freeman, id. Lael. 24, 89; Quint. 11, 1, 43:

    liberorum hominum alii ingenui sunt, alii libertini,

    Gai. Inst. 1, 10; cf. sqq.: ex ancilla et libero jure gentium servus nascitur, id. ib. 1, 82; cf. § 85; Paul. Sent. 2, 24, 1 sqq.—
    B.
    Free, in a political point of view;

    said both of a people not under monarchical rule and of one not in subjection to another people,

    Cic. Rep. 1, 32, 48; cf.:

    ut ex nimia potentia principum oritur interitus principum, sic hunc nimis liberum populum libertas ipsa servitute afficit,

    id. ib. 1, 44, 68:

    liber populus,

    id. ib. 3, 34, 46:

    (Demaratus) vir liber ac fortis,

    democratic, republican, fond of liberty, id. ib. 2, 19, 34:

    civitates liberae atque immunes,

    free from service, Liv. 37, 55:

    provinciae civitatesque liberae,

    Suet. Vesp. 8:

    libera ac foederata oppida,

    id. Calig. 3:

    Roma patrem patriae Ciceronem libera dixit,

    Juv. 8, 244.—
    C.
    In a bad sense, esp. with reference to sensual pleasure, unbridled, unchecked, unrestrained, licentious:

    quam liber harum rerum multarum siet (Juppiter),

    Plaut. Am. prol. 105:

    adulescens imprudens et liber,

    Ter. Eun. 3, 1, 40; cf.:

    sit adulescentia liberior,

    somewhat freer, Cic. Cael. 18, 42:

    amores soluti et liberi,

    id. Rep. 4, 4, 4:

    consuetudo peccandi,

    id. Verr. 2, 3, 76, § 177.—Hence, adv.: lībĕrē, freely, unrestrictedly, without let or hinderance; frankly, openly, boldly:

    qui nihil dicit, nihil facit, nihil cogitat denique, nisi libenter ac libere,

    Cic. Par. 5, 1, 34:

    animus somno relaxatus solute movetur et libere,

    id. Div. 2, 48, 100:

    respirare,

    id. Quint. 11, 39:

    constanter et libere (me gessi),

    id. Att. 4, 16, 9:

    consilium dare,

    id. Lael. 13, 44:

    aliquid magis accusatorie quam libere dixisse,

    id. Verr. 2, 2, 72, § 176:

    omnia libere fingimus et impune,

    Quint. 6, 1, 43:

    ut ingredi libere (oratio), non ut licenter videatur errare,

    Cic. Or. 23, 77.— Comp.:

    liberius vivendi fuit potestas,

    Ter. And. 1, 1, 23:

    loqui,

    Cic. Planc. 13, 33:

    fortius liberiusque defendere,

    Quint. 12, 1, 21:

    liberius si Dixero quid,

    Hor. S. 1, 4, 103:

    maledicere,

    id. ib. 2, 8, 37:

    longius et liberius exseritur digitus,

    Quint. 11, 3, 92; cf. id. 11, 3, 97:

    ipsaque tellus Omnia liberius, nullo poscente, ferebat,

    freely, of itself, spontaneously, Verg. G. 1, 127.
    2.
    līber, ĕri ( gen. plur. liberūm, Att. ap. Cic. Tusc. 3, 9; Turp. ap. Non. 495, 26; Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 15, § 40; 2, 1, 30, § 77; Tac. A. 2, 38; 3, 25 saep.; cf. Cic. Or. 46, 155;

    but also: liberorum,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 30, § 76; 2, 5, 42, § 109), m. [1. liber], a child.
    I.
    Sing. (post-class. and rare):

    si quis maximam portionem libero relinquat,

    Cod. Just. 3, 28, 33; 5, 9, 8 fin.; Quint. Decl. 2, 8.—
    II.
    Plur., children (freq.; but in class. Lat. only of children with reference to their parents: pueri = children in general, as younger than adulescentes; cf. Krebs, Antibarb. p. 657 sq.).
    A.
    Lit.: liberorum genus, Enn. ap. Cic. Or. 46, 155 (Trag. v. 347 Vahl.): liberorum sibi quaesendum gratia, id. ap. Fest. p. 258 Müll. (Trag. v. 161 Vahl.):

    cum conjugibus et liberis,

    Cic. Att. 8, 2, 3:

    eum ex C. Fadii filiā liberos habuisse,

    id. ib. 16, 11, 1:

    liberos procreare,

    id. Tusc. 5, 37, 109:

    suscipere liberos,

    id. Verr. 2, 3, 69, § 161:

    per liberos te precor,

    Hor. Epod. 5, 5:

    dulces,

    id. ib. 2, 40:

    parvuli,

    Quint. 2, 15, 8;

    opp. parentes,

    id. 11, 1, 82; 3, 7, 18; 26; 6, 1, 18; 6, 5 al.: mater quae liberos, quasi oculos (amisit), orba est, Sulp. ap. Paul. ex Fest. p. 182 Müll.: jus trium liberorum, under the emperors, a privilege enjoyed by those who had three legitimate children (it consisted in the permission to fill a public office before one's twenty-fifth year, and in freedom from personal burdens); this privilege was sometimes also bestowed on those who had fewer than three children, or even none at all; also of one child:

    non est sine liberis, cui vel unus filius unave filia est,

    Dig. 50, 16, 148; Plaut. Aul. 4, 10, 6; Ter. Hec. 2, 1, 15; id. Heaut. 1, 1, 99; id. And. 5, 3, 20; Cic. Phil. 1, 1, 2; id. de Imp. Pomp. 12, 33; id. Verr. 2, 1, 15, § 40; ib. 30, § 76 Zumpt; cf. also Sulp. ap. Cic. Fam. 4, 5:

    neque ejus legendam filiam (virginem Vestalem)... qui liberos tres haberet,

    Gell. 1, 12, 8:

    uxores duxerant, ex quibus plerique liberos habebant,

    Caes. B. C. 3, 110, 2.—Of grandchildren and great-grandchildren:

    liberorum appellatione nepotes et pronepotes ceterique qui ex his descendunt, continentur,

    Dig. 50, 16, 220; cf.:

    liberi usque ad trinepotem, ultra hos posteriores vocantur,

    ib. 38, 10, 10, § 7:

    habitus sis in liberum loco,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 15, § 40.—
    2.
    Esp.
    (α).
    Of sons (opp. daughters):

    procreavit liberos septem totidemque filias,

    Hyg. Fab. 9.—
    (β).
    Of children in gen. = pueri:

    praecepta Chrysippi de liberorum educatione,

    Quint. 1, 11, 17; cf.: Catus aut de liberis educandis, the title of a book by Varro, v. Gell. 4, 19, 2; Macr. S. 3, 6, 5.—
    B.
    Transf., of animals, young:

    liberis orbas oves,

    Plaut. Capt. 4, 2, 38.—Comically:

    quaerunt litterae hae sibi liberos: alia aliam scandit,

    Plaut. Ps. 1, 1, 23.
    3.
    Līber, ĕri (Sabine collat. form, loebasius, acc. to Serv. Verg. G. 1, 7; cf. 1. liber, and libertas init.), m. [Gr. leibô, to pour; loibê, a drink - offering; Lat. libare], an old Italian deity, who presided over planting and fructification; afterwards identified with the Greek Bacchus:

    hunc dico Liberum Semelā natum, non eum, quem nostri majores auguste sancteque Liberum cum Cerere et Libera consecraverunt. Sed quod ex nobis natos liberos appellamus, idcirco Cerere nati nominati sunt Liber et Libera: quod in Libera servant, in Libero non item,

    Cic. N. D. 2, 24, 62; cf. Serv. Verg. G. 1, 5; Cic. Leg. 2, 8, 19:

    tertio (invocabo) Cererem et Liberum, quod horum fructus maxime necessarii ad victum: ab his enim cibus et potio venit e fundo,

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

    Liber et alma Ceres,

    Verg. G. 1, 7:

    ex aede Liberi,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 57, § 128;

    in a pun with 1. liber,

    Plaut. Capt. 3, 4, 46; cf. id. Curc. 1, 2, 21; id. Stich. 5, 4, 17; so in a pun with liber, free:

    quiaque adeo me complevi flore Liberi, Magis libera uti lingua collibitum est mihi,

    Plaut. Cist. 1, 2, 8; cf.:

    salve, anime mi, lepos Liberi, ut veteris ego sum cupida, etc.,

    id. Curc. 1, 2, 3.— Connected with pater:

    sic factum, ut Libero patri repertori vitis hirci immolarentur,

    Varr. R. R. 1, 2, 19:

    Romulus et Liber pater,

    Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 5:

    per vestigia Liberi patris,

    Plin. 4, 10, 17, § 39:

    patre favente Libero fetis palmitibus,

    Col. 3, 21, 3:

    Libero patri in monte res divina celebratur,

    Macr. S. 1, 18, 4.—
    B.
    Meton., wine:

    illud, quod erat a deo donatum, nomine ipsius dei nuncupabant: ut cum fruges Cererem appellamus, vinum autem Liberum: ex quo illud Terentii (Eun. 4, 5, 6): sine Cerere et Libero friget Venus,

    Cic. N. D. 2, 23, 60:

    Liberum et Cererem pro vino et pane,

    Quint. 8, 6, 24; cf. also Plaut. Curc. 1, 2, 4 supra:

    sed pressum Calibus ducere Liberum Si gestis, etc.,

    Hor. C. 4, 12, 14:

    condita cum verax aperit praecordia Liber,

    id. S. 1, 4, 89.
    4.
    lĭber, bri, m. [Gr. lepein, to peel; lepos, lepis; cf. lobos], the inner bark or rind of a tree.
    I.
    Lit.
    A.
    In gen.:

    obducuntur libro aut cortice trunci,

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

    colligatae libris (arundines),

    Varr. R. R. 1, 8, 4:

    udoque docent (germen) inolescere libro,

    Verg. G. 2, 77:

    natam libro et silvestri subere clausam,

    id. A. 11, 554; id. E. 10, 67:

    quam denso fascia libro,

    Juv. 6, 263.—
    B.
    Esp., because the ancients used the bark or rind of trees to write upon; usually the thin rind of the Egyptian papyrus, on which the books of the Greeks and Romans were usually written (v. Dict. of Antiq. p. 587 sq.):

    antea non fuisse chartarum usum. In palmarum foliis primo scriptitatum, dein quarundam arborum libris,

    Plin. 13, 11, 21, § 69.—Hence,
    II.
    Transf.
    A.
    Paper, parchment, or rolls of any substance used to write upon (cf.:

    charta, membrana): quasi quom in libro scribuntur calamo litterae,

    Plaut. Ps. 1, 5, 131.—
    B.
    Most freq. a book, work, treatise:

    Demetrii liber de concordia,

    Cic. Att. 8, 12, 6:

    quas (sententias) hoc libro exposui,

    id. Lael. 1, 3; cf. id. ib. 1, 5:

    dixi in eo libro, quem de rebus rusticis scripsi,

    id. de Sen. 15, 54:

    libros pervolutare,

    id. Att. 5, 12, 2:

    evolvere,

    id. Tusc. 1, 11, 24:

    volvere,

    id. Brut. 87, 298:

    legere,

    id. Fam. 6, 6, 8:

    edere,

    id. Fat. 1, 1:

    libri confectio,

    id. de Sen. 1, 1:

    tempus ad libros vacuum,

    id. Rep. 1, 9, 14:

    cujus (Platonis) in libris,

    id. ib. 1, 10, 16:

    in Graecorum libris,

    id. ib. 2, 11, 21:

    librum, si malus est, nequeo laudare,

    Juv. 3, 41:

    actorum libri,

    the official gazette, id. 9, 84; cf. 2, 136; and v. Dict. Antiq. s. v. Acta.—
    C.
    In partic.
    1.
    A division of a work a look:

    tres libri perfecti sunt de Natura Deorum,

    Cic. Div. 2, 1, 3:

    hi tres libri (de Officiis),

    id. Off. 3, 33, 121:

    sermo in novem libros distributus,

    id. Q. Fr. 3, 5, 1:

    dictum est in libro superiore,

    id. Off. 2, 13, 43 [p. 1058] sicut superiore libro continetur, Quint. 11, 1, 1:

    versus de libro Ennii annali sexto,

    id. 6, 3, 86:

    liber primus, secundus, tertius, etc.,

    id. 8, 1, 2; 10, 2, 20; 11, 1, 4 al. —Sometimes, in this latter case, liber is omitted:

    in T. Livii primo,

    Quint. 9, 2, 37:

    in tertio de Oratore,

    id. 9, 1, 26:

    legi tuum nuper quartum de Finibus,

    Cic. Tusc. 5, 11, 32.—
    2.
    In relig. or pub. law lang., a religious book, scriptures; a statute - book, code:

    decemviris adire libros jussis,

    i. e. the Sibylline books, Liv. 34, 55; 21, 62; 25, 12:

    se cum legeret libros, recordatum esse, etc.,

    Cic. N. D. 2, 4, 11:

    ut in libris est Etruscorum,

    id. Div. 2, 23, 50; id. Att. 9, 9, 3:

    caerimoniarum,

    rituals, Tac. A. 3, 38.—
    D.
    A list, catalogue, register, Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 71, § 167.—
    E.
    A letter, epistle, Nep. Lys. 4, 2; Plin. Ep. 2, 1, 5.—
    F.
    A rescript, decree (post-Aug.):

    liber principis severus et tamen moderatus,

    Plin. Ep. 5, 14, 8.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > Liber

  • 14 liber

    1.
    līber, ĕra, ĕrum (old form, loebesum et loebertatem antiqui dicebant liberum et libertatem. Ita Graeci loibên et leibein, Paul. ex Fest. p. 121 Müll.; cf. 2. Liber), adj. [Gr. root liph-, liptô, to desire; cf. Sanscr. lub-dhas, desirous; Lat. libet, libido], that acts according to his own will and pleasure, is his own master; free, unrestricted, unrestrained, unimpeded, unshackled; independent, frank, open, bold (opp. servus, servilis).
    I.
    In gen.; constr. absol., with ab, the abl., and poet. also with gen.
    (α).
    Absol.:

    dictum est ab eruditissimis viris, nisi sapientem liberum esse neminem. Quid est enim libertas? Potestas vivendi ut velis,

    Cic. Par. 5, 1, 33:

    an ille mihi liber, cui mulier imperat, cui leges imponit, praescribit, jubet, vetat? etc.,

    id. ib. 5, 2, 36:

    ad scribendi licentiam liber,

    id. N. D. 1, 44, 123:

    agri immunes ac liberi,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 69, § 166:

    integro animo ac libero causam defendere,

    unprejudiced, unbiased, id. Sull. 31, 86:

    liberi ad causas solutique veniebant,

    not under obligations, not bribed, id. Verr. 2, 2, 78 § 192; cf.:

    libera lingua,

    Plaut. Cist. 1, 2, 9:

    cor liberum,

    id. Ep. 1, 2, 43:

    vocem liberam mittere adversus aliquem,

    Liv. 35, 32, 6:

    libera verba animi proferre,

    Juv. 4, 90: judicium [p. 1057] audientium relinquere integrum ac liberum, Cic. Div. 2, 72, 150:

    aliquid respuere ingenuo liberoque fastidio,

    id. Brut. 67, 236:

    libero tempore, cum soluta nobis est eligendi optio,

    id. Fin. 1, 10, 33:

    tibi uni vexatio direptioque sociorum impunita fuit ac libera,

    id. Cat. 1, 7, 18:

    pars quaestionum vaga et libera et late patens,

    id. de Or. 2, 16, 67:

    liberum arbitrium eis populo Romano permittente,

    Liv. 31, 11 fin.; cf. id. 37, 1, 5:

    mandata,

    full powers, unlimited authority, id. 37, 56; 38, 8:

    fenus,

    unlimited, id. 35, 7: custodia, free custody (i. e. confinement to a house or to a town), id. 24, 45; Vell. 1, 11, 1;

    v. custodia, II.: legatio, v. legatio: suffragia,

    the right of voting freely, Juv. 8, 211:

    locus,

    free from intruders, undisturbed, secure, Plaut. Poen. 1, 1, 49; 3, 2, 25; id. Cas. 3, 2, 4: aedes, a free house, free dwelling (assigned to the use of ambassadors of friendly nations during their stay in Rome), Liv. 30, 17 fin.; 35, 23; 42, 6:

    lectulus,

    i. e. not shared with a wife, Cic. Att. 14, 13, 5: toga ( poet. for virilis toga), a man's (prop. of one who is his own master), Ov. F. 3, 771:

    vestis,

    id. ib. 3, 777:

    libera omnia sibi servare,

    to reserve to one's self full liberty, Plin. Ep. 1, 5.— Comp.:

    hoc liberiores et solutiores sumus, quod, etc.,

    Cic. Ac. 2, 3, 8:

    est finitimus oratori poëta, numeris astrictior paulo, verborum licentia liberior,

    id. de Or. 1, 16, 70:

    liberiores litterae,

    id. Att. 1, 13, 1:

    amicitia remissior esse debet et liberior et dulcior,

    freer, more unrestrained, more cheerful, id. Lael. 18 fin.:

    paulo liberior sententia,

    Quint. 4, 2, 121:

    liberior in utramque partem disputatio,

    id. 7, 2, 14:

    fusiores liberioresque numeri,

    id. 9, 4, 130:

    officia liberiora plenioraque,

    id. 6, 1, 9:

    (flumina) campo recepta Liberioris aquae,

    freer, less impeded, Ov. M. 1, 41; cf.:

    (Tiberinus) campo liberiore natat,

    freer, opener, id. F. 4, 292:

    liberiore frui caelo,

    freer, opener, id. M. 15, 301.— Sup.:

    liberrimum hominum genus, comici veteres tradunt, etc.,

    the frankest, most free-spoken, Quint. 12, 2, 22; cf.:

    liberrime Lolli,

    most frank, most ingenuous, Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 1:

    indignatio,

    id. Epod. 4, 10.—
    (β).
    Free or exempt from, void of; with ab:

    Mamertini vacui, expertes, soluti ac liberi fuerunt ab omni sumptu, molestia, munere,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 10, § 23; cf.:

    (consul) solutus a cupiditatibus, liber a delictis,

    id. Agr. 1, 9, 27:

    ab observando homine perverso liber,

    id. Att. 1, 13, 2:

    liber a tali irrisione Socrates, liber Aristo Chius,

    id. Ac. 2, 39, 123:

    ab omni animi perturbatione liber,

    id. Off. 1, 20, 67; id. N. D. 2, 21, 55:

    loca abdita et ab arbitris libera,

    id. Att. 15, 16, B:

    libera a ferro crura,

    Ov. P. 1, 6, 32:

    animus liber a partibus rei publicae,

    Sall. C. 4.—
    (γ).
    With abl.:

    animus omni liber curā et angore,

    free from, without, Cic. Fin. 1, 15:

    animus religione,

    Liv. 2, 36:

    animus cogitationibus aliis,

    Quint. 11, 2, 35:

    mens omnibus vitiis,

    id. 12, 1, 4; cf.:

    liberis odio et gratia mentibus,

    id. 5, 11, 37:

    omni liber metu,

    Liv. 7, 34:

    liber invidia,

    Quint. 12, 11, 7:

    equus carcere,

    Ov. Am. 2, 9, 20.—
    (δ).
    With gen. ( poet.):

    liber laborum,

    Hor. A. P. 212:

    fati gens Lydia,

    Verg. A. 10, 154:

    curarum,

    Luc. 4, 384. — Comp.:

    liberior campi,

    having a wider space, Stat. S. 4, 2, 24.—
    (ε).
    Liberum est, with subject-clause:

    quam (opinionem) sequi magis probantibus liberum est,

    it is free, permitted, allowable, Quint. 6, 3, 112; Plin. Ep. 1, 8:

    dies eligere certos liberum erat,

    Plin. 30, 2, 6, § 16.—So in abl. absol.:

    libero, quid firmaret mutaretve,

    Tac. A. 3, 60.
    II.
    In partic.
    A.
    Free, in a social point of view, not a slave (opp. servus;

    also to ingenuus): neque vendendam censes quae libera est,

    Ter. Ad. 2, 1, 40; cf. id. ib. v. 28:

    dis habeo gratiam quom aliquot affuerunt liberae, because slaves were not permitted to testify,

    id. And. 4, 4, 32; opp. ingenuus, free-born:

    quid ea? ingenuan' an festucā facta e servā liberast?

    Plaut. Mil. 1, 1, 14:

    in jure civili, qui est matre liberā, liber est,

    Cic. N. D. 3, 18, 45; id. Caecin. 36, 96:

    si neque censu, neque vindictā, nec testamento liber factus est (servus), non est liber,

    id. Top. 2, 10:

    quae (assentatio) non modo amico, sed ne libero quidem digna est,

    of a freeman, id. Lael. 24, 89; Quint. 11, 1, 43:

    liberorum hominum alii ingenui sunt, alii libertini,

    Gai. Inst. 1, 10; cf. sqq.: ex ancilla et libero jure gentium servus nascitur, id. ib. 1, 82; cf. § 85; Paul. Sent. 2, 24, 1 sqq.—
    B.
    Free, in a political point of view;

    said both of a people not under monarchical rule and of one not in subjection to another people,

    Cic. Rep. 1, 32, 48; cf.:

    ut ex nimia potentia principum oritur interitus principum, sic hunc nimis liberum populum libertas ipsa servitute afficit,

    id. ib. 1, 44, 68:

    liber populus,

    id. ib. 3, 34, 46:

    (Demaratus) vir liber ac fortis,

    democratic, republican, fond of liberty, id. ib. 2, 19, 34:

    civitates liberae atque immunes,

    free from service, Liv. 37, 55:

    provinciae civitatesque liberae,

    Suet. Vesp. 8:

    libera ac foederata oppida,

    id. Calig. 3:

    Roma patrem patriae Ciceronem libera dixit,

    Juv. 8, 244.—
    C.
    In a bad sense, esp. with reference to sensual pleasure, unbridled, unchecked, unrestrained, licentious:

    quam liber harum rerum multarum siet (Juppiter),

    Plaut. Am. prol. 105:

    adulescens imprudens et liber,

    Ter. Eun. 3, 1, 40; cf.:

    sit adulescentia liberior,

    somewhat freer, Cic. Cael. 18, 42:

    amores soluti et liberi,

    id. Rep. 4, 4, 4:

    consuetudo peccandi,

    id. Verr. 2, 3, 76, § 177.—Hence, adv.: lībĕrē, freely, unrestrictedly, without let or hinderance; frankly, openly, boldly:

    qui nihil dicit, nihil facit, nihil cogitat denique, nisi libenter ac libere,

    Cic. Par. 5, 1, 34:

    animus somno relaxatus solute movetur et libere,

    id. Div. 2, 48, 100:

    respirare,

    id. Quint. 11, 39:

    constanter et libere (me gessi),

    id. Att. 4, 16, 9:

    consilium dare,

    id. Lael. 13, 44:

    aliquid magis accusatorie quam libere dixisse,

    id. Verr. 2, 2, 72, § 176:

    omnia libere fingimus et impune,

    Quint. 6, 1, 43:

    ut ingredi libere (oratio), non ut licenter videatur errare,

    Cic. Or. 23, 77.— Comp.:

    liberius vivendi fuit potestas,

    Ter. And. 1, 1, 23:

    loqui,

    Cic. Planc. 13, 33:

    fortius liberiusque defendere,

    Quint. 12, 1, 21:

    liberius si Dixero quid,

    Hor. S. 1, 4, 103:

    maledicere,

    id. ib. 2, 8, 37:

    longius et liberius exseritur digitus,

    Quint. 11, 3, 92; cf. id. 11, 3, 97:

    ipsaque tellus Omnia liberius, nullo poscente, ferebat,

    freely, of itself, spontaneously, Verg. G. 1, 127.
    2.
    līber, ĕri ( gen. plur. liberūm, Att. ap. Cic. Tusc. 3, 9; Turp. ap. Non. 495, 26; Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 15, § 40; 2, 1, 30, § 77; Tac. A. 2, 38; 3, 25 saep.; cf. Cic. Or. 46, 155;

    but also: liberorum,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 30, § 76; 2, 5, 42, § 109), m. [1. liber], a child.
    I.
    Sing. (post-class. and rare):

    si quis maximam portionem libero relinquat,

    Cod. Just. 3, 28, 33; 5, 9, 8 fin.; Quint. Decl. 2, 8.—
    II.
    Plur., children (freq.; but in class. Lat. only of children with reference to their parents: pueri = children in general, as younger than adulescentes; cf. Krebs, Antibarb. p. 657 sq.).
    A.
    Lit.: liberorum genus, Enn. ap. Cic. Or. 46, 155 (Trag. v. 347 Vahl.): liberorum sibi quaesendum gratia, id. ap. Fest. p. 258 Müll. (Trag. v. 161 Vahl.):

    cum conjugibus et liberis,

    Cic. Att. 8, 2, 3:

    eum ex C. Fadii filiā liberos habuisse,

    id. ib. 16, 11, 1:

    liberos procreare,

    id. Tusc. 5, 37, 109:

    suscipere liberos,

    id. Verr. 2, 3, 69, § 161:

    per liberos te precor,

    Hor. Epod. 5, 5:

    dulces,

    id. ib. 2, 40:

    parvuli,

    Quint. 2, 15, 8;

    opp. parentes,

    id. 11, 1, 82; 3, 7, 18; 26; 6, 1, 18; 6, 5 al.: mater quae liberos, quasi oculos (amisit), orba est, Sulp. ap. Paul. ex Fest. p. 182 Müll.: jus trium liberorum, under the emperors, a privilege enjoyed by those who had three legitimate children (it consisted in the permission to fill a public office before one's twenty-fifth year, and in freedom from personal burdens); this privilege was sometimes also bestowed on those who had fewer than three children, or even none at all; also of one child:

    non est sine liberis, cui vel unus filius unave filia est,

    Dig. 50, 16, 148; Plaut. Aul. 4, 10, 6; Ter. Hec. 2, 1, 15; id. Heaut. 1, 1, 99; id. And. 5, 3, 20; Cic. Phil. 1, 1, 2; id. de Imp. Pomp. 12, 33; id. Verr. 2, 1, 15, § 40; ib. 30, § 76 Zumpt; cf. also Sulp. ap. Cic. Fam. 4, 5:

    neque ejus legendam filiam (virginem Vestalem)... qui liberos tres haberet,

    Gell. 1, 12, 8:

    uxores duxerant, ex quibus plerique liberos habebant,

    Caes. B. C. 3, 110, 2.—Of grandchildren and great-grandchildren:

    liberorum appellatione nepotes et pronepotes ceterique qui ex his descendunt, continentur,

    Dig. 50, 16, 220; cf.:

    liberi usque ad trinepotem, ultra hos posteriores vocantur,

    ib. 38, 10, 10, § 7:

    habitus sis in liberum loco,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 15, § 40.—
    2.
    Esp.
    (α).
    Of sons (opp. daughters):

    procreavit liberos septem totidemque filias,

    Hyg. Fab. 9.—
    (β).
    Of children in gen. = pueri:

    praecepta Chrysippi de liberorum educatione,

    Quint. 1, 11, 17; cf.: Catus aut de liberis educandis, the title of a book by Varro, v. Gell. 4, 19, 2; Macr. S. 3, 6, 5.—
    B.
    Transf., of animals, young:

    liberis orbas oves,

    Plaut. Capt. 4, 2, 38.—Comically:

    quaerunt litterae hae sibi liberos: alia aliam scandit,

    Plaut. Ps. 1, 1, 23.
    3.
    Līber, ĕri (Sabine collat. form, loebasius, acc. to Serv. Verg. G. 1, 7; cf. 1. liber, and libertas init.), m. [Gr. leibô, to pour; loibê, a drink - offering; Lat. libare], an old Italian deity, who presided over planting and fructification; afterwards identified with the Greek Bacchus:

    hunc dico Liberum Semelā natum, non eum, quem nostri majores auguste sancteque Liberum cum Cerere et Libera consecraverunt. Sed quod ex nobis natos liberos appellamus, idcirco Cerere nati nominati sunt Liber et Libera: quod in Libera servant, in Libero non item,

    Cic. N. D. 2, 24, 62; cf. Serv. Verg. G. 1, 5; Cic. Leg. 2, 8, 19:

    tertio (invocabo) Cererem et Liberum, quod horum fructus maxime necessarii ad victum: ab his enim cibus et potio venit e fundo,

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

    Liber et alma Ceres,

    Verg. G. 1, 7:

    ex aede Liberi,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 57, § 128;

    in a pun with 1. liber,

    Plaut. Capt. 3, 4, 46; cf. id. Curc. 1, 2, 21; id. Stich. 5, 4, 17; so in a pun with liber, free:

    quiaque adeo me complevi flore Liberi, Magis libera uti lingua collibitum est mihi,

    Plaut. Cist. 1, 2, 8; cf.:

    salve, anime mi, lepos Liberi, ut veteris ego sum cupida, etc.,

    id. Curc. 1, 2, 3.— Connected with pater:

    sic factum, ut Libero patri repertori vitis hirci immolarentur,

    Varr. R. R. 1, 2, 19:

    Romulus et Liber pater,

    Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 5:

    per vestigia Liberi patris,

    Plin. 4, 10, 17, § 39:

    patre favente Libero fetis palmitibus,

    Col. 3, 21, 3:

    Libero patri in monte res divina celebratur,

    Macr. S. 1, 18, 4.—
    B.
    Meton., wine:

    illud, quod erat a deo donatum, nomine ipsius dei nuncupabant: ut cum fruges Cererem appellamus, vinum autem Liberum: ex quo illud Terentii (Eun. 4, 5, 6): sine Cerere et Libero friget Venus,

    Cic. N. D. 2, 23, 60:

    Liberum et Cererem pro vino et pane,

    Quint. 8, 6, 24; cf. also Plaut. Curc. 1, 2, 4 supra:

    sed pressum Calibus ducere Liberum Si gestis, etc.,

    Hor. C. 4, 12, 14:

    condita cum verax aperit praecordia Liber,

    id. S. 1, 4, 89.
    4.
    lĭber, bri, m. [Gr. lepein, to peel; lepos, lepis; cf. lobos], the inner bark or rind of a tree.
    I.
    Lit.
    A.
    In gen.:

    obducuntur libro aut cortice trunci,

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

    colligatae libris (arundines),

    Varr. R. R. 1, 8, 4:

    udoque docent (germen) inolescere libro,

    Verg. G. 2, 77:

    natam libro et silvestri subere clausam,

    id. A. 11, 554; id. E. 10, 67:

    quam denso fascia libro,

    Juv. 6, 263.—
    B.
    Esp., because the ancients used the bark or rind of trees to write upon; usually the thin rind of the Egyptian papyrus, on which the books of the Greeks and Romans were usually written (v. Dict. of Antiq. p. 587 sq.):

    antea non fuisse chartarum usum. In palmarum foliis primo scriptitatum, dein quarundam arborum libris,

    Plin. 13, 11, 21, § 69.—Hence,
    II.
    Transf.
    A.
    Paper, parchment, or rolls of any substance used to write upon (cf.:

    charta, membrana): quasi quom in libro scribuntur calamo litterae,

    Plaut. Ps. 1, 5, 131.—
    B.
    Most freq. a book, work, treatise:

    Demetrii liber de concordia,

    Cic. Att. 8, 12, 6:

    quas (sententias) hoc libro exposui,

    id. Lael. 1, 3; cf. id. ib. 1, 5:

    dixi in eo libro, quem de rebus rusticis scripsi,

    id. de Sen. 15, 54:

    libros pervolutare,

    id. Att. 5, 12, 2:

    evolvere,

    id. Tusc. 1, 11, 24:

    volvere,

    id. Brut. 87, 298:

    legere,

    id. Fam. 6, 6, 8:

    edere,

    id. Fat. 1, 1:

    libri confectio,

    id. de Sen. 1, 1:

    tempus ad libros vacuum,

    id. Rep. 1, 9, 14:

    cujus (Platonis) in libris,

    id. ib. 1, 10, 16:

    in Graecorum libris,

    id. ib. 2, 11, 21:

    librum, si malus est, nequeo laudare,

    Juv. 3, 41:

    actorum libri,

    the official gazette, id. 9, 84; cf. 2, 136; and v. Dict. Antiq. s. v. Acta.—
    C.
    In partic.
    1.
    A division of a work a look:

    tres libri perfecti sunt de Natura Deorum,

    Cic. Div. 2, 1, 3:

    hi tres libri (de Officiis),

    id. Off. 3, 33, 121:

    sermo in novem libros distributus,

    id. Q. Fr. 3, 5, 1:

    dictum est in libro superiore,

    id. Off. 2, 13, 43 [p. 1058] sicut superiore libro continetur, Quint. 11, 1, 1:

    versus de libro Ennii annali sexto,

    id. 6, 3, 86:

    liber primus, secundus, tertius, etc.,

    id. 8, 1, 2; 10, 2, 20; 11, 1, 4 al. —Sometimes, in this latter case, liber is omitted:

    in T. Livii primo,

    Quint. 9, 2, 37:

    in tertio de Oratore,

    id. 9, 1, 26:

    legi tuum nuper quartum de Finibus,

    Cic. Tusc. 5, 11, 32.—
    2.
    In relig. or pub. law lang., a religious book, scriptures; a statute - book, code:

    decemviris adire libros jussis,

    i. e. the Sibylline books, Liv. 34, 55; 21, 62; 25, 12:

    se cum legeret libros, recordatum esse, etc.,

    Cic. N. D. 2, 4, 11:

    ut in libris est Etruscorum,

    id. Div. 2, 23, 50; id. Att. 9, 9, 3:

    caerimoniarum,

    rituals, Tac. A. 3, 38.—
    D.
    A list, catalogue, register, Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 71, § 167.—
    E.
    A letter, epistle, Nep. Lys. 4, 2; Plin. Ep. 2, 1, 5.—
    F.
    A rescript, decree (post-Aug.):

    liber principis severus et tamen moderatus,

    Plin. Ep. 5, 14, 8.

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  • 15 nuncio

    nuntĭo ( nunc-), āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [nuntius], to announce, declare, report, relate, narrate, make known, inform, give intelligence of, etc. (cf.: narro, indico, trado, scribo, dico, certiorem facio, etc.).
    I.
    In gen., alike of verbal and of written communications; constr. acc. of thing and dat. of person; for the acc. may stand an acc. and inf., a clause with ut or ne and subj., or subj. alone, or with de and abl.; for the dat. an acc. with ad (ante-class.); in pass., both personal and impersonal, the latter most usually, esp. in perf. nuntiatum est, [p. 1229] with subj.-clause.
    A.
    Act.
    1.
    With acc. of thing (dat. of person):

    non dubito quin celerius tibi hoc rumor, quam ullius nostrum litterae nuntiārint,

    Cic. Att. 1, 15, 1:

    horas quinque puer nondum tibi nuntiat,

    Mart. 8, 67, 1:

    senatui ac populo victoriam,

    Suet. Ner. 1:

    ut nuntiarem nuntium exoptabilem,

    Plaut. Stich. 2, 2, 67:

    voluptatem magnam,

    Ter. Heaut. 1, 2, 10:

    quid est, quod percipi possit, si ne sensus quidem vera nuntiant,

    Cic. Ac. 2, 25, 79:

    talia tibi,

    Plin. Ep. 5, 17, 6:

    horas,

    to tell the time of day, Mart. 8, 67, 1; 10, 48, 1; cf. Tac. A. 15, 30.—
    2.
    With clause:

    qui nuntiarent, prope omnes naves afflictas esse,

    Caes. B. G. 5, 10; 4, 11, 6:

    nuntiate regi vestro, regem Romanum deos facere testes,

    Liv. 1, 22, 7:

    litterae tuae laeta continebant, quod te in urbe teneri nuntiabant,

    Plin. Ep. 5, 9, 1:

    visus est talis, qualem esse eum tuae mihi litterae nuntiārant,

    Cic. Att. 1, 19, 11.—With ut, ne, or subj.:

    Catilinae nuntiare, ne eum Lentulus aliique terrerent,

    Sall. C. 48, 4:

    deligit centurionem qui nuntiaret regibus ne armis disceptarent,

    Tac. A. 2, 65:

    nuntiatum, ut prodiret,

    Cic. de Or. 2, 86, 358:

    Vibius nuntiavit Pisoni Romam ad dicendam causam veniret,

    Tac. A. 2, 79:

    jubet nuntiare miserae, dicendam ad causam postero die adesset,

    id. ib. 11, 37; Dig. 49, 14, 44.—
    3.
    With inf.:

    ergo nuntiat patri abicere spem et uti necessitate,

    Tac. A. 16, 11 init. —
    4.
    Absol.: Ly. Salutem multam dicito patrono. Cu. Nuntiabo, I will do so, Plaut. Curc. 4, 2, 38.—
    B.
    Passive constructions.
    1.
    Pers.:

    utinam meus nunc mortuos pater ad me nuntietur,

    Plaut. Most. 1, 3, 76:

    aquatores premi nuntiantur,

    Caes. B. C. 1, 73:

    crebris motibus terrae ruere in agris nuntiabantur tecta,

    Liv. 4, 21, 5:

    (tribuni) summā vi restare nuntiabantur,

    id. 4, 58, 4; 22, 54, 9:

    hoc adeo celeriter fecit, ut simul adesse, et venire nuntiaretur,

    Caes. B. G. 3, 36:

    jamjam adesse ejus equites nuntiabantur,

    id. ib. 1, 14; Plin. Ep. 3, 7, 1.—
    2.
    Impers.:

    conantibus, priusquam id effici posset, adesse Romanos nuntiatur,

    Caes. B. G. 6, 4, 1:

    Caesari nuntiatur Sulmonenses cupere, etc.,

    id. B. C. 1, 18, 1:

    nuntiatur Afranio magnos commeatus ad flumen constitisse,

    id. ib. 1, 51, 1:

    non dubie mihi nuntiabatur Parthos transīsse Euphratem,

    Cic. Fam. 15, 1, 1; id. Verr. 2, 5, 34, § 87; id. Mil. 18, 48:

    nuntiatum est nobis a M. Varrone, venisse eum Romā,

    Cic. Ac. 1, 1, 1:

    cum paulo esset de hoc incommodo nuntiatum,

    id. Verr. 2, 5, 16, § 41:

    nuntiatumque Hannibali est,

    Liv. 23, 19, 11; Cic. Fam. 11, 12, 1; Tac. A. 2, 79.— Absol.:

    occiso Sex. Roscio, qui primus Ameriam nuntiat?

    who will be the first bearer of the tidings? Cic. Rosc. Am. 34, 96:

    bene, ita me di ament, nuntias,

    you bring good news, Ter. Hec. 4, 4, 20.—
    II.
    In partic., in jurid. Lat., to denounce, inform against:

    causam pecuniae fisco,

    Dig. 49, 14, 39; cf.:

    cum heres decessisset, exstitit qui bona nuntiaret,

    ib. 29, 5, 22: opus novum, to inform against a work undertaken by another to one's injury:

    opus novum, si tibi nuntiavero,

    ib. 4, 7, 3; 16; 43, 20, 3.

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  • 16 nuntio

    nuntĭo ( nunc-), āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [nuntius], to announce, declare, report, relate, narrate, make known, inform, give intelligence of, etc. (cf.: narro, indico, trado, scribo, dico, certiorem facio, etc.).
    I.
    In gen., alike of verbal and of written communications; constr. acc. of thing and dat. of person; for the acc. may stand an acc. and inf., a clause with ut or ne and subj., or subj. alone, or with de and abl.; for the dat. an acc. with ad (ante-class.); in pass., both personal and impersonal, the latter most usually, esp. in perf. nuntiatum est, [p. 1229] with subj.-clause.
    A.
    Act.
    1.
    With acc. of thing (dat. of person):

    non dubito quin celerius tibi hoc rumor, quam ullius nostrum litterae nuntiārint,

    Cic. Att. 1, 15, 1:

    horas quinque puer nondum tibi nuntiat,

    Mart. 8, 67, 1:

    senatui ac populo victoriam,

    Suet. Ner. 1:

    ut nuntiarem nuntium exoptabilem,

    Plaut. Stich. 2, 2, 67:

    voluptatem magnam,

    Ter. Heaut. 1, 2, 10:

    quid est, quod percipi possit, si ne sensus quidem vera nuntiant,

    Cic. Ac. 2, 25, 79:

    talia tibi,

    Plin. Ep. 5, 17, 6:

    horas,

    to tell the time of day, Mart. 8, 67, 1; 10, 48, 1; cf. Tac. A. 15, 30.—
    2.
    With clause:

    qui nuntiarent, prope omnes naves afflictas esse,

    Caes. B. G. 5, 10; 4, 11, 6:

    nuntiate regi vestro, regem Romanum deos facere testes,

    Liv. 1, 22, 7:

    litterae tuae laeta continebant, quod te in urbe teneri nuntiabant,

    Plin. Ep. 5, 9, 1:

    visus est talis, qualem esse eum tuae mihi litterae nuntiārant,

    Cic. Att. 1, 19, 11.—With ut, ne, or subj.:

    Catilinae nuntiare, ne eum Lentulus aliique terrerent,

    Sall. C. 48, 4:

    deligit centurionem qui nuntiaret regibus ne armis disceptarent,

    Tac. A. 2, 65:

    nuntiatum, ut prodiret,

    Cic. de Or. 2, 86, 358:

    Vibius nuntiavit Pisoni Romam ad dicendam causam veniret,

    Tac. A. 2, 79:

    jubet nuntiare miserae, dicendam ad causam postero die adesset,

    id. ib. 11, 37; Dig. 49, 14, 44.—
    3.
    With inf.:

    ergo nuntiat patri abicere spem et uti necessitate,

    Tac. A. 16, 11 init. —
    4.
    Absol.: Ly. Salutem multam dicito patrono. Cu. Nuntiabo, I will do so, Plaut. Curc. 4, 2, 38.—
    B.
    Passive constructions.
    1.
    Pers.:

    utinam meus nunc mortuos pater ad me nuntietur,

    Plaut. Most. 1, 3, 76:

    aquatores premi nuntiantur,

    Caes. B. C. 1, 73:

    crebris motibus terrae ruere in agris nuntiabantur tecta,

    Liv. 4, 21, 5:

    (tribuni) summā vi restare nuntiabantur,

    id. 4, 58, 4; 22, 54, 9:

    hoc adeo celeriter fecit, ut simul adesse, et venire nuntiaretur,

    Caes. B. G. 3, 36:

    jamjam adesse ejus equites nuntiabantur,

    id. ib. 1, 14; Plin. Ep. 3, 7, 1.—
    2.
    Impers.:

    conantibus, priusquam id effici posset, adesse Romanos nuntiatur,

    Caes. B. G. 6, 4, 1:

    Caesari nuntiatur Sulmonenses cupere, etc.,

    id. B. C. 1, 18, 1:

    nuntiatur Afranio magnos commeatus ad flumen constitisse,

    id. ib. 1, 51, 1:

    non dubie mihi nuntiabatur Parthos transīsse Euphratem,

    Cic. Fam. 15, 1, 1; id. Verr. 2, 5, 34, § 87; id. Mil. 18, 48:

    nuntiatum est nobis a M. Varrone, venisse eum Romā,

    Cic. Ac. 1, 1, 1:

    cum paulo esset de hoc incommodo nuntiatum,

    id. Verr. 2, 5, 16, § 41:

    nuntiatumque Hannibali est,

    Liv. 23, 19, 11; Cic. Fam. 11, 12, 1; Tac. A. 2, 79.— Absol.:

    occiso Sex. Roscio, qui primus Ameriam nuntiat?

    who will be the first bearer of the tidings? Cic. Rosc. Am. 34, 96:

    bene, ita me di ament, nuntias,

    you bring good news, Ter. Hec. 4, 4, 20.—
    II.
    In partic., in jurid. Lat., to denounce, inform against:

    causam pecuniae fisco,

    Dig. 49, 14, 39; cf.:

    cum heres decessisset, exstitit qui bona nuntiaret,

    ib. 29, 5, 22: opus novum, to inform against a work undertaken by another to one's injury:

    opus novum, si tibi nuntiavero,

    ib. 4, 7, 3; 16; 43, 20, 3.

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  • 17 expressus

        expressus adj. with comp.    [P. of exprimo], clearly exhibited, distinct, manifest, clear, plain, express: species deorum, quae nihil habeat expressi: litterae lituraeque. — Fig., distinct, real: signa virtutum: sceleris vestigia: haec expressiora: litterae expressae, articulated with precision.
    * * *
    expressa -um, expressior -or -us, expressissimus -a -um ADJ
    distinct/clear/plain/visible/prominent, clearly defined; closely modeled on

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  • 18 suī

        suī (gen.), dat. sibi or sibī, acc. and abl. sē or (more emphatic) sēsē (strengthened sēpse for sē ipse, C.; sēmet, L., H.), sing. and plur, pron. of 3d pers.    [suus].    I. Reflex.    A. Himself, herself, itself, themselves.—Referring to the grammatical subj —Acc., as direct obj: si is posset ab eā sese avellere, T.: per eos, ne causam diceret, se eripuit, Cs.: homo se erexit: se a Gallis auro redemisse, L.: se gerere, to behave: ipse enim se quisque diligit: se ipsum conligere.—With gerundive: ne sui in perpetuum liberandi occasio, Cs.: sui conservandi causā profugere: is sibi legationem ad civitates suscepit, Cs.: propositā sibi morte: Medus infestus sibi, H.: tantos sibi spiritūs sumpserat, Cs.: inimicus ipse sibi putandus est.— Gen obj.: amans sui virtus: dux oblitus sui: potens sui, H.: caecus amor sui, H.: facultatem sui insequendi ademerat, Cs.—Acc. or abl., with praepp.: ducit secum virginem, T.: pro se quisque sedulo Faciebant, each one singly, T.: cum pro se quisque tenderent ad portas, L.: equitatum ante se mittit, Cs.: litterae ad se ab amico missae: exercitus, quantum in se fuit, etc., L.—Referring to a logical subject.—To a definite subject: multis illi in urbibus reficiendi se et curandi potestas fuit: Faustulo spes fuerat regiam stirpem apud se educari, L.: invenere oppidanos vim hostium ab se arcentes, L.—To an indefinite subject, oneself: deforme est de se ipsum praedicare: ut, quanti quisque se ipse faciat, tanti fiat ab amicis.—    B. In dependent clauses, as pers. pron. 3 d pers., with reflex. reference, him, her, it, them, he, she, they.—In gen., referring to the grammatical subject of the principal clause: impetrat a senatu, ut dies sibi prorogaretur: Ubii legatos mittunt, qui doceant... neque ab se fidem laesam, Cs.: in urbibus, quae ad se defecerant, praesidia imposuit, S.— Referring to a logical subject: a regibus litterae, quibus mihi gratias agant, quod se reges appellaverim: cum legati ad eum venissent oratum, ut sibi ignosceret, Cs.—In orat. obliquā, referring to the person whose words are reported: nuntium mittit... sese diutius sustinere non posse, Cs.: non sese Gallis, sed Gallos sibi bellum intulisse, Cs.: dato responso (a Thyrreensibus), nullam se novam societatem accepturos, L.—In subordinate clauses, with subjunct.: qui abs te taciti requirunt, cur sibi hoc oneris imposueris: conclamavit, quid ad se venirent? Cs.: multa pollicens, si se conservasset, N.—With subj. (sub-oblique), expressing the view of the reported speaker: Caesarem iniuriam facere, qui vectigalia sibi deteriora faceret, Cs.: quod nec paratus... obsecutus esset, credidissetque, cum se vidissent Aetoli, omnia, etc., L. —Instead of the proper case of is or ipse (to suggest the point of view of the person referred to): Unum hoc scio, esse meritam, ut memor esses sui, T.: quem Caesar, ut erat de se meritus, donatum pronuntiavit, Cs.: statuit urbīs, quae... adversum se opportunissimae erant, circumvenire, S.: centum boves militibus dono dedit, qui secum fuerant, L.—    C. Idiomatic uses, with ad or apud, to one's house, at home: qui a me petierit ut secum et apud se essem cottidie: Num tibi videtur esse apud sese? in his senses, T.— Dat pleonast., of the person interested, for himself: quid sibi hic vestitus quaerit? T.: mirantes, quid sibi vellet, L.— Colloq., with suus (old): Suo sibi gladio hunc iugulo, his very own, T.—    II. As pron recipr., each other, one another: nuntiatum... patres ac plebem in semet ipsos versos, L.; usu. in the phrase, inter se, one another, each other, mutually, reciprocally: video eos inter se amare, T.: neque solum colent inter se ac diligent: ut neque inter se contingant trabes, Cs.: adhaesiones atomorum inter se: collīs duos propinquos inter se occupat, S.
    * * *
    (gen.) PRON REFLEX
    him/her/it/ones-self; him/her/it; them (selves) (pl.); each other, one another

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  • 19 ecce

    ecce, adv. demonstr. [perh. from locat. form of pronom. stem i, with demonstr. ending -ce; hence, in comedy often scanned ĕce, Corss. Aussp. 2, 636, 1026 sq. —Ribbeck explains ecce as indef. form ec, as in ecquis, ecquando, etc., strengthened by demonstr. ce, Lat. Part. p. 42 sq.; and Curt. refers it to root oc- of oculus; cf. eccere, Gr. Etym. p. 457], points out an object with emphasis, lo! see! behold! (constr. class. with nom. or clause, and ante-class. also with acc.).
    I.
    In gen.:

    quem quaero, optime ecce obviam mihi est,

    behold! there comes he I was wishing for, Plaut. Bacch. 4, 4, 16:

    ecce autem video rure redeuntem senem,

    Ter. Eun. 5, 4, 45:

    ecce Dionaei processit Caesaris astrum,

    Verg. E. 9, 47:

    ecce trahebatur passis Priameïa virgo Crinibus,

    id. A. 2, 403; cf. id. ib. 6, 337; Ov. M. 2, 441 al.;

    sometimes in the middle of a clause: audiat haec tantum—vel qui venit ecce Palaemon,

    Verg. E. 3, 50; Ov. M. 2, 93:

    apparet adhuc vetus cicatrix,

    id. ib. 12, 444; Calp. Ec. 1, 4 al.—
    II.
    In partic.
    A.
    To denote that something is present (cf. Fr. voici), here (in this sense mostly ellipt.): circus noster ecce adest, Plaut Fragm. ap. Varr. L. L. 5, § 153 Müll.;

    so with adest,

    Ov. M. 2, 496; 3, 101:

    quid me quaeris?... ecce me,

    here I am, Plaut. Epid. 5, 2, 15; so,

    ecce me,

    id. Curc. 1, 3, 6; id. Mil. 3, 1, 69; Ter. Ad. 5, 9, 38:

    ecce nos,

    Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 17:

    ecce odium meum,

    id. Poen. 1, 2, 139:

    ecce Gripi scelera,

    id. Rud. 4, 4, 134:

    ecce tuae litterae de Varrone,

    Cic. Att. 13, 16:

    ecce hominem te, Stasime, nihili,

    Plaut. Trin. 4, 3, 6;

    and simply ecce,

    here I am, id. As. 1, 1, 96.—
    B.
    In enumerations, or after other objects mentioned, to introduce a new one with emphasis (Ciceronian): consecuti sunt hos Critias, Theramenes, Lysias, etc.... ecce tibi exortus est Isocrates, Cic de Or. 2, 22 fin.; id. Or. 16 fin.; id. de Or. 3, 3, 31;

    so ellipt.,

    id. Div. 2, 70, 144; id. Ac. 2, 43, 134; id. Pis. 21.—
    C.
    To introduce something unexpected or strange; hence, sometimes connected with subito, repente, de improviso, etc.:

    ecce Apollo mihi ex oraculo imperat, Ut, etc.,

    Plaut. Men. 5, 2, 87; Cic. Sest. 41, 89; id. de Or. 2, 22, 94: et ecce de improviso ad nos accedit cana veritas, Varr. ap. Non. 243, 1; cf. Sall. J. 14, 11:

    discubitum noctu ut imus, ecce ad me advenit mulier,

    Plaut. Merc. 1, 1, 99; so with a preceding cum, Cic. Caecin. 7, 20; with dum:

    haec dum agit, ecce, etc.,

    Hor. S. 1, 9, 60; with ubi, Verg. A. 3, 219.—Ellipt.:

    ecce postridie Cassio litterae Capua a Lucretio,

    Cic. Att. 7, 24; id. Q. Fr. 1, 2, 2, § 6; id. Ac. 2, 38; with subito, id. Att. 8, 8; 10, 3; cf.:

    ecce autem repente,

    id. Verr. 2, 5, 34; and with a preceding cum, id. Att. 2, 8; Liv. 2, 36 fin. — For the expression ecce autem, v. autem. —
    D.
    In conversat. lang., combined with the pronouns is, ille, and iste, into one word standing for either the simple ecce, or the pronoun itself, but with demonstrative force, in the foll. forms: nom., ecca, Plaut. Men. 1, 2, 66; id. Rud. 4, 4, 130; Ter. Eun. 1, 1, 34:

    eccilla,

    Plaut. Stich. 4, 1, 30:

    eccillud,

    id. Rud. 2, 7, 18: acc. sing., eccum, Plaut. Am. prol. 120; 1, 2, 35; 3, 4, 22 et saep.; Ter. And. 3, 2, 52; 3, 3, 48 et saep.; Titin. ap. Charis. p. 177 P.:

    eccam,

    Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 146; id. As. 1, 2, 25; id. Cas. 2, 1, 15 et saep.; Ter. Eun. 4, 5, 12; id. Hec. 4, 1, 8:

    eccillum,

    Plaut. Merc. 2, 3, 98; id. Pers. 2, 2, 65; id. Trin. 3, 1, 21;

    and syncopated ellum,

    Ter. And. 5, 2, 14; id. Ad. 2, 3, 7; Plaut. Curc. 2, 2, 28:

    eccillam, and sync. ellam,

    Ter. Ad. 3, 3, 35; Plaut. Aul. 4, 10, 51; id. Mil. 3, 1, 194;

    eccistam,

    Plaut. Curc. 5, 2, 17: plur., eccos, id. Bacch. 3, 2, 19; id. Most. 1, 3, 154; id. Mil. 4, 7, 27; 5, 35; id. Rud. 2, 2, 4; Ter. Heaut. 2, 3, 15; Afran. ap. Charis. p. 95 P.:

    eccas,

    id. Rud. 3, 2, 49:

    ecca,

    Plaut. Rud. 4, 4, 110. [p. 624] —On the construction of eccum, etc., cf. Brix ad Plaut. Capt. 1002, p. 72; and on ecce see Hand, Turs. II. pp. 343-351.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > ecce

  • 20 epistula

    ĕpistŭla (also in Cic. and ante- and post-class., ĕpistŏla, Corss. Ausspr. 2, 141; but cf. Brambach, Hülfsb. p. 35 sq. Ritschl, Opusc. 2, 493 note), ae, f., = epistolê.
    I.
    In gen., a written communication, a letter, epistle (cf.:

    litterae, codicilli): venio nunc ad tuas litteras, quas pluribus epistolis accepi,

    Cic. Q. Fr. 3, 1, 3, § 8; Plaut. Bacch. 3, 6, 32; 4, 9, 83; id. Mil. 4, 6, 10 et saep.; Cic. Phil. 2, 31; id. Verr. 2, 3, 69 fin.; id. Fam. 2, 4 et saep.; Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 22; Ov. H. 15, 219; 17, 1; 18, 217 et saep.:

    epistolam obsignare,

    Cic. Att. 8, 6, 1:

    Narcissus ab epistolis,

    the secretary, Suet. Claud. 28; cf. ab.—In the plur.:

    epistulae (cf. litterae), of a single letter (post-class.),

    Just. 1, 6, 1; 11, 12, 9; Plin. Ep. 10, 5, 1 al.; Tac. A. 1, 30; cf.:

    unis aut binis epistolis,

    Mamert. Grat. Act. Jul. 9, 2.—
    II.
    In partic., an imperial letter or reply, stating the emperor's will as law (cf.:

    rescriptum, decretum, edictum),

    Just. Inst. 1, 2, 6; Front. Aq. 105 et saep.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > epistula

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