loca+col

1. cultus, a, um, PAdi. m. Compar. u. Superl. (v. colo), gepflegt, abgewartet, I) im engern Sinne, gepflegt, abgewartet, bearbeitet, bebaut, angebaut, kultiviert (Ggstz. incultus, silvester, neglectus), materia c. (Ggstz. materia silvestris), Cic.: res rustica bene c. et fructuosa, Cic.: ager c. (Ggstz. ager silvester), Col.: terra c. (Ggstz. terra neglecta), Quint.: loci c. (Ggstz. inculti), Cic.: horti c., Ov.: fundus c., Hor. – fundus cultior, Quint.: loca cultiora, Curt. – ager cultissimus (Ggstz. incultus), Cic.: rus cultissimum, Col.: hortus odoratis cultissimus herbis, Ov. – Subst., culta, ōrum, n., bebaute od. bestellte Felder, angebautes Land, angebaute (kultivierte) Fluren od. Gegenden, culta et dumeta, Col.: an culta ex silvestribus facere potui? Liv.: agrum non coluit, et culta evastata sunt bello, Liv.: si Democriti pecus edit agellos cultaque, Hor.: paucis circa ipsum oppidum obiacentibus cultis, Frontin. – II) im weitern Sinne, a) physisch gepflegt, α) durch Nahrung gepflegt, genährt, bene c., August. b. Macr. sat. 2, 4. § 14. – β) mit Kleidern usw. herausgeputzt, geschmückt, geziert, milites c., Suet.: adulter c., Ov.: sacerdos veste candidā cultus, Plin.: matrona culta purpurā, Suet.: minister quo nec filia cultior nec uxor, Mart.: femina cultissima, Ov.: forsitan ex horum numero cultissimus ille fur sit, Ov. – m. Angabe wie? durch Advv., turba

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muliebriter c., Curt.: non formosa est, non bene c. puella, Ov. – b) durch Kunst, Unterricht gepflegt, ausgebildet, gebildet, verfeinert, veredelt (bei Cic. nur im Gleichnis mit der Pflege des Ackers, s. Cic. Tusc. 2, 13), sonum linguae et corporum habitum et nitorem cultiora quam pastoralia esse, Liv.: cultiora tempora et ingenia, Curt.: c. carmina, Ov.: terrae cultiores, wo mehr Bildung herrscht, Gell.: vita cultior, Iustin. – v. Pers., Tibullus c., Ov.: turba cultior, das gebildetere Publikum (Ggstz. corona sordidior), Sen.: redire fere cultiores doctioresque, Gell.: hic fuit sermone cultissimus, Aur. Vict. – subst., cultiores, die Gebildetern, Frontin, aqu. 3.

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2. cultus, ūs, m. (colo), die Pflege, Abwartung, I) im engern Sinne, die Pflege, Abwartung des Ackers, der Bäume usw., die Bearbeitung, Bebauung, der Anbau, die Anpflanzung, Kultivierung, Kultur, m. objekt. Genet., c. hortorum, Col.: viridium, Sen. rhet.: c. agri, Flor.: c. agrorum, Liv.: Plur., cultus agrorum, Cic. u. Lact.: cultus et agitationes agrorum, Col.: genus hominum suetum rapinis magis quam agri cultibus, Sall. fr.: tum patitur cultus ager, Ov. – m. subj. Genet., nullius agricolae od. agricolarum, Cic.: insulam Gyarum immitem et sine cultu hominum esse, Tac. – m. Adjj., mons vastus ab natura et humano cultu, Sall.: sine ullo humani cultus vestigio, Curt.: humani cultus rara vestigia, Curt.: regiones omni cultu propter vim frigoris aut caloris vacantes (Ggstz. reg. habitabiles), Cic. – absol., Talge sine cultu fertilis, Mela: frigida haec omnis duraque cultu et aspera plaga est, Liv. – im Plur. meton., Anbaue, Anpflanzungen = angebaute, angepflanzte Felder, omnes cultus fructusque Cereris in iis locis interisse, Cic. Verr. 4, 114.

II) im weitern Sinne: 1) die physische u. geistige Pflege, Abwartung, a) die physische Pflege, α) die Pflege und Abwartung, der Unterhalt, die Nährung, m. obj. Genet., c. et curatio corporis, vestitus cultusque corporis, Cic.: victus cultusque corporis,

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Caes. – m. subj. Genet., oves neque ali neque sustentari neque ullum fructum edere ex se sine cultu hominum et curatione possunt, Cic. – absol., copia ex inopia, cultus ex illuvie tabeque, Liv. – β) die verschönernde Pflege des Körpers, das Schmücken, Putzen, nunc cultus corporum nimius et formae cura prae se ferens animi deformitatem, Sen.: circa capitis sui cultum occupata (Semiramis), Frisieren, Val. Max.: eripi feminis cura cultusque sui non potest, Sorge für die verschönernde Körperpflege, für die Verschönerung des Teints (durch Entfernung der Finnen, Sommersprossen usw.), Cels.: omne studium ad curiosiorem sui cultum conferre, auf eine sorgfältigere Herausputzung ihrer Person richten (v. Frauen), Val. Max. – γ) die auf das ganze äußere Leben gerichtete Pflege, die Lebensweise, die Lebenseinrichtung (vollst. cultus vitae, Cic.), u. in bezug auf noch nicht Erwachsene auch die physische Erziehung, oft verb. cultus victusque, victus atque cultus, Cic. u.a.: ebenso cultus vestitusque, Nep. – c. Gallorum, Caes.: cultus humanitasque provinciae, Caes.: c. magnae fortunae, einer hohen Stellung angemessene, Liv.: c. delicatus, delicatior, mit allem Komfort und Luxus ausgestattete, Val. Max. u. Suet.: filiam omni liberali cultu habere, Liv.: alqm eodem cultu quo liberos suos domi habere, Sall.: alqm humili cultu educare, Liv.: ultra Aethiopiam cultu Persarum agere, Sall. fr. –

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prägn. = die üppige Lebensweise, die Üppigkeit, cultus ac desidia imperatoris, Liv.: lubido stupri, ganeae ceterique cultus non minor incesserat, Sall. – δ) die auf den äußern Schmuck der Kleidung, Bewaffnung usw. gerichtete Pflege und die dazu verwendeten Dinge, die Ausstattung, der Anputz, Aufputz, der Aufzug, der Putz, Staat, die Kleidung, Garderobe, munditiae et ornatus et cultus, haec feminarum insignia sunt;...hunc mundum muliebrem appellarunt maiores nostri, Liv.: suus equorumque c., Curt.: c. Punicus habitusque, Liv.: c. amoenior, Liv.: militaris, Liv.: c. miserabilis, Sall.: c. muliebris, Quint.: c. iusto mundior, Liv.: c. pastoralis, Vell.: c. rusticus, Liv.: induere cultum famularem, Val. Max.: colligere cultum suum, seinen Roquelaure aufnehmen, Petron.: ornare alqm optimā veste ceteroque regio cultu, Nep.: Persarum cultum imitari, Iustin.: omni cultu triumphantium uti, Vell. – etiam Veneris cultu (im Schmucke der Venus, als Venus) conspectus est, Suet.: Plur., cultus dotales, Brautschmuck, Tac. ann. 16, 31: non his instrui cultus suos, Tac. ann. 13, 13. – v. lebl. Ggstdn., c. triumphi, Vell.: aedes neque laxitate neque cultu conspicuae, Suet.: vehiculum cultu haud sane a vilioribus abhorrens, Curt.: arma quoque ad pristinum refecta sunt cultum, Curt. – übtr., der Schmuck der Rede, scribere non sine cultu et nitore, Quint.: carere cultu ac sententiis Atticis, Quint.: locus

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exquisite et poëtico cultu enituit, Tac. dial. – b) die Pflege, Behandlung durch Kunst, Unterweisung, Unterricht usw., die Ausbildung, Bildung, dah. auch die geistige Erziehung, animorum corporumque c., Liv.: c. ingenii, Gell.: doctrina rectique cultus, Hor. – absol., quid tam dignum cultu atque labore ducamus, quam etc., Quint.: aspera sano levare cultu, Hor.: genus hominum ad honestatem natum malo cultu corruptum, Cic.: de natura cultuque eius pauca dicere, Sall.: homines a fera agrestique vita ad hunc humanum cultum civilemque deducere, zu diesem Zustand menschlicher u. staatlicher Kultur, Cic.: cultui est hoc legisse, Gell.: cultum liberorum procurare, Gell. – c) die Gewöhnung, gens aspera cultu, Verg.: mit mos verb., Sitte und Zucht, Verg.

2) die tätliche Pflege übh., a) durch unablässiges Üben, die Pflege, Übung, Beschäftigung mit usw., animi, geistige Übung, geistige Beschäftigung, Cic. de fin. 5, 54: studiorum liberalium, Sen. de brev. vit. 18, 4: cultus et studium philosophiae, Gell. 10, 22, 2: litterarum, Iustin. 9, 8, 18. Gell. 14, 6, 1: quos (barbaros reges) nulla eruditio, nullus litterarum cultus imbuerat, Sen. de ira 3, 17, 1. – b) durch Verehrung, α) einer Gottheit, die Verehrung, Anbetung, der Kultus, der Dienst (Ggstz. contemptus, Lact. 5, 19, 11), c. deorum, Cic.: c. numinum, Tac.: religio veri dei cultus est, superstitio falsi, Lact.: alqm ad deorum

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cultum erudire, Cic.: animos hominum a cultu deorum avocare, Val. Max.: institutum deorum cultum omittere, Val. Max.: deficere a cultu idolorum, Lact.: cultui Christiano adhaerere, Amm.: primus est deorum cultus deos credere, Sen. – im Plur., deorum cultus religionumque sanctitates, Cic.: cultus iusti ac pii, Lact. – u. die verehrende Ausübung, c. religionis, Augustin. de divin. daem. no. 3 in.: exquisitus religionis c., Val. Max. 5, 2, 1: exquisitus et novus religionis c., Val. Max. 2, 4, 4. – β) eines Menschen, die Verehrung, die Achtungsbezeigung, die jmdm. dargebrachte Huldigung, c. meus, die mir dargebr. H., Tac.: c. sui, Tac. – benevolis officium et diligens tribuitur cultus, Cic.: observantia, per quam homines aliquā dignitate antecedentes cultu quodam et honore dignantur, Cic.

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3. cultus, a, um (*culo, wov. occulo) = occultus, ganz unbemerkt, Vopisc. Aurel. 24, 1.

caecus (not coecus; sometimes in MSS. cēcus), a, um, adj. [akin to skia, skotos; Sanscr. khāyā, shadow], having no light, devoid of light.

Act., not seeing, blind.

Lit.:

Appius, qui caecus annos multos fuit,

Cic. Tusc. 5, 38, 112:

traditum est enim Homerum caecum fuisse,

id. ib. 5, 39, 114; Lucr. 5, 839:

catuli, qui jam dispecturi sunt, caeci aeque et hi qui modo nati,

Cic. Fin. 4, 23, 64:

si facie miserabili senis, caeci, infantis,

Quint. 4, 1, 42:

caecum corpus,

the blind part of the body, the back, Sall. J. 107, 1:

perdices caecae impetu,

Plin. 10, 33, 51, § 102:

gigni,

Vell. 1, 5, 2.—

Prov.:

ut si Caecus iter monstrare velit,

Hor. Ep. 1, 17, 4:

apparet id quidem etiam caeco,

even a blind man can see that, Liv. 32, 34, 3:

caecis hoc, ut aiunt, satis clarum est,

Quint. 12, 7, 9.—

Trop., mentally or morally blind, blinded (freq. in prose and poetry):

o pectora caeca!

Lucr. 2, 14:

non solum ipsa Fortuna caeca est, sed eos etiam plerumque efficit caecos, quos complexa est,

Cic. Lael. 15, 54; cf.

casus,

id. Div. 2, 6, 15:

caecus atque amens tribunus,

id. Sest. 7, 17:

caecum me et praecipitem ferri,

id. Planc. 3, 6:

mater caeca crudelitate et scelere,

id. Clu. 70, 199:

cupidine,

Sall. J. 25, 7:

amentiā,

Cic. Har. Resp. 23, 48:

quem mala stultitia Caecum agit,

Hor. S. 2, 3, 44:

amatorem amicae Turpia decipiunt caecum vitia,

id. ib. 1, 3, 39:

mens,

Tac. Agr. 43.—With ad:

caecus ad has belli artes,

Liv. 21, 54, 3.—With gen.:

caecus animi,

Quint. 1, 10, 29; Gell. 12, 13, 4:

fati futuri,

ignorant of, Luc. 2, 14; cf. Claud. Rapt. Pros. 1, 138.— Subst.: Caeci, ōrum, m., the blind people, i.e. the people of Chalcedon, according to the oracle at Delphi. Tac. A. 12, 63; cf. Plin. 5, 32, 43, § 149. —

Meton. of the passions themselves:

caeca honorum cupido,

Lucr. 3, 59; Ov. M. 3, 620:

ac temeraria dominatrix animi cupiditas,

Cic. Inv. 1, 2, 2; id. Pis. 24, 57:

exspectatio,

id. Agr. 2, 25, 66:

amor,

Ov. F. 2, 762:

amor sui,

Hor. C. 1, 18, 14:

festinatio,

Liv. 22, 39, 22:

furor,

Hor. Epod. 7, 13:

caeca et sopita socordia,

Quint. 1, 2, 5:

ambitio,

Sen. Ben. 7, 26, 4.—

Pregn., blind, i.e. at random, vague, indiscriminate, aimless:

in hac calumniā timoris et caecae suspitionis tormento,

Cic. Fam. 6, 7, 4:

caeco quodam timore... quaerebant aliquem ducem,

id. Lig. 1, 3:

caecique in nubibus ignes Terrificant animos,

Verg. A. 4, 209:

caeca regens filo vestigia,

id. ib. 6, 30:

ne sint caecae, pater, exsecrationes tuae,

Liv. 40, 10, 1:

et caeco flentque paventque metu,

Ov. F. 2, 822:

lymphatis caeco pavore animis,

Tac. H. 1, 82:

cervus... Caeco timore proximam villam petit,

Phaedr. 2, 8, 3:

timor,

Ov. Am. 1, 4, 42.—

Transf.

Of plants, without buds or eyes:

rami,

Plin. 16, 30, 54, § 125; cf. caeco and oculus. —

Of the large intestine:

intestinum,

the cœcum, Cels. 4, 1, 28; 4, 14, 1.—

Pass., that cannot be seen, or trop., that cannot be known, invisible, concealed, hidden, secret, obscure, dark.

Lit.: sunt igitur venti nimirum corpora caeca, winds are accordingly bodies, although invisible, Lucr. 1, 278; 1, 296; 1, 329;

2, 713: vallum caecum,

Caes. B. C. 1, 28; cf.: caecum vallum dicitur, in quo praeacuti pali terrae affixi herbis vel frondibus occuluntur, Paul. ex Fest. p. 44 Müll.; so,

fossae,

covered, Col. 2, 2, 9; Pall. Mai, 3. 1:

in vada caeca ferre,

Verg. A. 1, 536:

fores,

private, id. ib. 2, 453:

spiramenta,

id. G. 1, 89:

colubri,

Col. 10, 231:

ignis,

Lucr. 4, 929:

venenum,

id. 6, 822:

tabes,

Ov. M. 9, 174:

viae,

blind ways, Tib. 2, 1, 78:

insidiae armaque,

Ov. F 2, 214; cf. Sil. 5, 3:

saxa,

Verg. A. 3, 706; 5, 164:

vulnus,

a secret wound, Lucr. 4, 1116;

but also,

a wound upon the back, Verg. A. 10, 733; cf.

in the same sense, ictus,

Liv. 34, 14, 11; Sil. 9, 105 (cf.: caecum corpus, the back, I. A. supra):

caeca manus, i.e. abscondita,

Ov. M. 12, 492:

caecum domūs scelus,

Verg. A. 1, 356.—

Trop.:

caecas exponere causas,

Lucr. 3, 317:

improba navigii ratio, tum caeca jacebat,

lay still concealed, id. 5, 1004; so,

venti potestas,

id. 3, 248; 3, 270: fluctus, Sisenn. ap. Non. p. 449, 10:

caeca et clandestina natura,

Lucr. 1, 779:

res caecae et ab aspectūs judicio remotae,

Cic. de Or. 2, 87, 357:

obscurum atque caecum,

id. Agr. 2, 14, 36:

fata,

Hor. C. 2, 13, 16:

sors,

id. S. 2, 3, 269:

tumultus,

secret conspiracies, Verg. G. 1, 464:

amor,

id. ib. 3, 210; cf.:

stimulos in pectore caecos Condidit,

Ov. M. 1, 726. In Plaut. once, prob. taken from the vulgar lang.: caecā die emere, upon a concealed ( pay-) day, i.e. to purchase on credit (opp. oculata dies, i.e. for ready money): Ca. Pereo inopiā argentariā. Ba. Emito die caecā hercle olivom, id vendito oculatā die, Plaut. Ps. 1, 3, 67.—

By poet. license, transf. to the hearing:

murmur,

Verg. A. 12, 591 (as we, by a similar meton., say a hollow sound; cf. on the other hand, in Gr. tuphlos ta ôta); so,

clamor,

Val. Fl. 2, 461:

mugitusterrae,

Sen. Troad. 171.—

Neutr., that obstructs the sight, or trop., the perception; dark, gloomy, thick, dense, obscure.

Lit.:

nox,

Cic. Mil. 19, 50; Lucr. 1, 1108; Cat. 68, 44; Ov. M. 10, 476; 11, 521:

caligo,

Lucr. 3, 305; 4, 457; Cat. 64, 908; Verg. A. 3, 203; 8, 253:

tenebrae,

Lucr. 2, 54; 2, 746; 2, 798; 3, 87; 6, 35;

3, 87: silentia, i.e. nox,

Sil. 7, 350:

latebrae,

Lucr. 1, 409:

iter,

Ov. M. 10, 456:

loca,

Prop. 1, 19, 8:

cavernae,

Ov. M. 15, 299; Sil. 7, 372:

latus,

Verg. A. 2, 19:

cubiculum si fenestram non habet, dicitur caecum,

Varr. L. L. 9, § 58 Müll.; so,

domus,

without windows, Cic. Or. 67, 224:

parietes,

Verg. A. 5, 589:

pulvis,

id. ib. 12, 444:

carcer,

id. ib. 6, 734:

sardonyches,

not transparent, opaque, Plin. 37, 6, 23, § 86:

smaragdi,

id. 37, 5, 18, § 68: acervus (of chaos), chaotic, confused, Ov M. 1, 24; Col. 4, 32, 4' chaos, Sen. Med. 741, Sil. 11, 456.—

Trop., uncertain, doubtful: obscurā spe et caecā exspectatione pendere, i.e. of an uncertain consequence or result, Cic. Agr. 2, 25, 66:

quod temere fit caeco casu,

id. Div. 2, 6, 15. cursus (Fortunae), Luc. 2, 567:

eventus,

Verg. A. 6, 157:

caeci morbi, quorum causas ne medici quidem perspicere queunt,

Col. 1, 5, 6; so,

dolores,

Plin. 29, 2, 10, § 38; 29, 3, 13, § 55:

crimen,

that cannot be proved, Liv. 45, 31, 11.— Subst.: caecum, i, n., uncertainty, obscurity ( poet.):

verum in caeco esse,

Manil. 4, 304.—

* Comp., Hor. S. 1, 2, 91.— Sup. and adv. not in. use.

Caecus, i, m.; agnomen of Appius Claudius Crassus, as being blind, Cic. Brut. 14, 55; cf. Liv. 9, 29, 11; Cic. Sen. 6, 16.

caecus (not coecus; sometimes in MSS. cēcus), a, um, adj. [akin to skia, skotos; Sanscr. khāyā, shadow], having no light, devoid of light.

Act., not seeing, blind.

Lit.:

Appius, qui caecus annos multos fuit,

Cic. Tusc. 5, 38, 112:

traditum est enim Homerum caecum fuisse,

id. ib. 5, 39, 114; Lucr. 5, 839:

catuli, qui jam dispecturi sunt, caeci aeque et hi qui modo nati,

Cic. Fin. 4, 23, 64:

si facie miserabili senis, caeci, infantis,

Quint. 4, 1, 42:

caecum corpus,

the blind part of the body, the back, Sall. J. 107, 1:

perdices caecae impetu,

Plin. 10, 33, 51, § 102:

gigni,

Vell. 1, 5, 2.—

Prov.:

ut si Caecus iter monstrare velit,

Hor. Ep. 1, 17, 4:

apparet id quidem etiam caeco,

even a blind man can see that, Liv. 32, 34, 3:

caecis hoc, ut aiunt, satis clarum est,

Quint. 12, 7, 9.—

Trop., mentally or morally blind, blinded (freq. in prose and poetry):

o pectora caeca!

Lucr. 2, 14:

non solum ipsa Fortuna caeca est, sed eos etiam plerumque efficit caecos, quos complexa est,

Cic. Lael. 15, 54; cf.

casus,

id. Div. 2, 6, 15:

caecus atque amens tribunus,

id. Sest. 7, 17:

caecum me et praecipitem ferri,

id. Planc. 3, 6:

mater caeca crudelitate et scelere,

id. Clu. 70, 199:

cupidine,

Sall. J. 25, 7:

amentiā,

Cic. Har. Resp. 23, 48:

quem mala stultitia Caecum agit,

Hor. S. 2, 3, 44:

amatorem amicae Turpia decipiunt caecum vitia,

id. ib. 1, 3, 39:

mens,

Tac. Agr. 43.—With ad:

caecus ad has belli artes,

Liv. 21, 54, 3.—With gen.:

caecus animi,

Quint. 1, 10, 29; Gell. 12, 13, 4:

fati futuri,

ignorant of, Luc. 2, 14; cf. Claud. Rapt. Pros. 1, 138.— Subst.: Caeci, ōrum, m., the blind people, i.e. the people of Chalcedon, according to the oracle at Delphi. Tac. A. 12, 63; cf. Plin. 5, 32, 43, § 149. —

Meton. of the passions themselves:

caeca honorum cupido,

Lucr. 3, 59; Ov. M. 3, 620:

ac temeraria dominatrix animi cupiditas,

Cic. Inv. 1, 2, 2; id. Pis. 24, 57:

exspectatio,

id. Agr. 2, 25, 66:

amor,

Ov. F. 2, 762:

amor sui,

Hor. C. 1, 18, 14:

festinatio,

Liv. 22, 39, 22:

furor,

Hor. Epod. 7, 13:

caeca et sopita socordia,

Quint. 1, 2, 5:

ambitio,

Sen. Ben. 7, 26, 4.—

Pregn., blind, i.e. at random, vague, indiscriminate, aimless:

in hac calumniā timoris et caecae suspitionis tormento,

Cic. Fam. 6, 7, 4:

caeco quodam timore... quaerebant aliquem ducem,

id. Lig. 1, 3:

caecique in nubibus ignes Terrificant animos,

Verg. A. 4, 209:

caeca regens filo vestigia,

id. ib. 6, 30:

ne sint caecae, pater, exsecrationes tuae,

Liv. 40, 10, 1:

et caeco flentque paventque metu,

Ov. F. 2, 822:

lymphatis caeco pavore animis,

Tac. H. 1, 82:

cervus... Caeco timore proximam villam petit,

Phaedr. 2, 8, 3:

timor,

Ov. Am. 1, 4, 42.—

Transf.

Of plants, without buds or eyes:

rami,

Plin. 16, 30, 54, § 125; cf. caeco and oculus. —

Of the large intestine:

intestinum,

the cœcum, Cels. 4, 1, 28; 4, 14, 1.—

Pass., that cannot be seen, or trop., that cannot be known, invisible, concealed, hidden, secret, obscure, dark.

Lit.: sunt igitur venti nimirum corpora caeca, winds are accordingly bodies, although invisible, Lucr. 1, 278; 1, 296; 1, 329;

2, 713: vallum caecum,

Caes. B. C. 1, 28; cf.: caecum vallum dicitur, in quo praeacuti pali terrae affixi herbis vel frondibus occuluntur, Paul. ex Fest. p. 44 Müll.; so,

fossae,

covered, Col. 2, 2, 9; Pall. Mai, 3. 1:

in vada caeca ferre,

Verg. A. 1, 536:

fores,

private, id. ib. 2, 453:

spiramenta,

id. G. 1, 89:

colubri,

Col. 10, 231:

ignis,

Lucr. 4, 929:

venenum,

id. 6, 822:

tabes,

Ov. M. 9, 174:

viae,

blind ways, Tib. 2, 1, 78:

insidiae armaque,

Ov. F 2, 214; cf. Sil. 5, 3:

saxa,

Verg. A. 3, 706; 5, 164:

vulnus,

a secret wound, Lucr. 4, 1116;

but also,

a wound upon the back, Verg. A. 10, 733; cf.

in the same sense, ictus,

Liv. 34, 14, 11; Sil. 9, 105 (cf.: caecum corpus, the back, I. A. supra):

caeca manus, i.e. abscondita,

Ov. M. 12, 492:

caecum domūs scelus,

Verg. A. 1, 356.—

Trop.:

caecas exponere causas,

Lucr. 3, 317:

improba navigii ratio, tum caeca jacebat,

lay still concealed, id. 5, 1004; so,

venti potestas,

id. 3, 248; 3, 270: fluctus, Sisenn. ap. Non. p. 449, 10:

caeca et clandestina natura,

Lucr. 1, 779:

res caecae et ab aspectūs judicio remotae,

Cic. de Or. 2, 87, 357:

obscurum atque caecum,

id. Agr. 2, 14, 36:

fata,

Hor. C. 2, 13, 16:

sors,

id. S. 2, 3, 269:

tumultus,

secret conspiracies, Verg. G. 1, 464:

amor,

id. ib. 3, 210; cf.:

stimulos in pectore caecos Condidit,

Ov. M. 1, 726. In Plaut. once, prob. taken from the vulgar lang.: caecā die emere, upon a concealed ( pay-) day, i.e. to purchase on credit (opp. oculata dies, i.e. for ready money): Ca. Pereo inopiā argentariā. Ba. Emito die caecā hercle olivom, id vendito oculatā die, Plaut. Ps. 1, 3, 67.—

By poet. license, transf. to the hearing:

murmur,

Verg. A. 12, 591 (as we, by a similar meton., say a hollow sound; cf. on the other hand, in Gr. tuphlos ta ôta); so,

clamor,

Val. Fl. 2, 461:

mugitusterrae,

Sen. Troad. 171.—

Neutr., that obstructs the sight, or trop., the perception; dark, gloomy, thick, dense, obscure.

Lit.:

nox,

Cic. Mil. 19, 50; Lucr. 1, 1108; Cat. 68, 44; Ov. M. 10, 476; 11, 521:

caligo,

Lucr. 3, 305; 4, 457; Cat. 64, 908; Verg. A. 3, 203; 8, 253:

tenebrae,

Lucr. 2, 54; 2, 746; 2, 798; 3, 87; 6, 35;

3, 87: silentia, i.e. nox,

Sil. 7, 350:

latebrae,

Lucr. 1, 409:

iter,

Ov. M. 10, 456:

loca,

Prop. 1, 19, 8:

cavernae,

Ov. M. 15, 299; Sil. 7, 372:

latus,

Verg. A. 2, 19:

cubiculum si fenestram non habet, dicitur caecum,

Varr. L. L. 9, § 58 Müll.; so,

domus,

without windows, Cic. Or. 67, 224:

parietes,

Verg. A. 5, 589:

pulvis,

id. ib. 12, 444:

carcer,

id. ib. 6, 734:

sardonyches,

not transparent, opaque, Plin. 37, 6, 23, § 86:

smaragdi,

id. 37, 5, 18, § 68: acervus (of chaos), chaotic, confused, Ov M. 1, 24; Col. 4, 32, 4' chaos, Sen. Med. 741, Sil. 11, 456.—

Trop., uncertain, doubtful: obscurā spe et caecā exspectatione pendere, i.e. of an uncertain consequence or result, Cic. Agr. 2, 25, 66:

quod temere fit caeco casu,

id. Div. 2, 6, 15. cursus (Fortunae), Luc. 2, 567:

eventus,

Verg. A. 6, 157:

caeci morbi, quorum causas ne medici quidem perspicere queunt,

Col. 1, 5, 6; so,

dolores,

Plin. 29, 2, 10, § 38; 29, 3, 13, § 55:

crimen,

that cannot be proved, Liv. 45, 31, 11.— Subst.: caecum, i, n., uncertainty, obscurity ( poet.):

verum in caeco esse,

Manil. 4, 304.—

* Comp., Hor. S. 1, 2, 91.— Sup. and adv. not in. use.

Caecus, i, m.; agnomen of Appius Claudius Crassus, as being blind, Cic. Brut. 14, 55; cf. Liv. 9, 29, 11; Cic. Sen. 6, 16.

caecus (not coecus; sometimes in MSS. cēcus), a, um, adj. [akin to skia, skotos; Sanscr. khāyā, shadow], having no light, devoid of light.

Act., not seeing, blind.

Lit.:

Appius, qui caecus annos multos fuit,

Cic. Tusc. 5, 38, 112:

traditum est enim Homerum caecum fuisse,

id. ib. 5, 39, 114; Lucr. 5, 839:

catuli, qui jam dispecturi sunt, caeci aeque et hi qui modo nati,

Cic. Fin. 4, 23, 64:

si facie miserabili senis, caeci, infantis,

Quint. 4, 1, 42:

caecum corpus,

the blind part of the body, the back, Sall. J. 107, 1:

perdices caecae impetu,

Plin. 10, 33, 51, § 102:

gigni,

Vell. 1, 5, 2.—

Prov.:

ut si Caecus iter monstrare velit,

Hor. Ep. 1, 17, 4:

apparet id quidem etiam caeco,

even a blind man can see that, Liv. 32, 34, 3:

caecis hoc, ut aiunt, satis clarum est,

Quint. 12, 7, 9.—

Trop., mentally or morally blind, blinded (freq. in prose and poetry):

o pectora caeca!

Lucr. 2, 14:

non solum ipsa Fortuna caeca est, sed eos etiam plerumque efficit caecos, quos complexa est,

Cic. Lael. 15, 54; cf.

casus,

id. Div. 2, 6, 15:

caecus atque amens tribunus,

id. Sest. 7, 17:

caecum me et praecipitem ferri,

id. Planc. 3, 6:

mater caeca crudelitate et scelere,

id. Clu. 70, 199:

cupidine,

Sall. J. 25, 7:

amentiā,

Cic. Har. Resp. 23, 48:

quem mala stultitia Caecum agit,

Hor. S. 2, 3, 44:

amatorem amicae Turpia decipiunt caecum vitia,

id. ib. 1, 3, 39:

mens,

Tac. Agr. 43.—With ad:

caecus ad has belli artes,

Liv. 21, 54, 3.—With gen.:

caecus animi,

Quint. 1, 10, 29; Gell. 12, 13, 4:

fati futuri,

ignorant of, Luc. 2, 14; cf. Claud. Rapt. Pros. 1, 138.— Subst.: Caeci, ōrum, m., the blind people, i.e. the people of Chalcedon, according to the oracle at Delphi. Tac. A. 12, 63; cf. Plin. 5, 32, 43, § 149. —

Meton. of the passions themselves:

caeca honorum cupido,

Lucr. 3, 59; Ov. M. 3, 620:

ac temeraria dominatrix animi cupiditas,

Cic. Inv. 1, 2, 2; id. Pis. 24, 57:

exspectatio,

id. Agr. 2, 25, 66:

amor,

Ov. F. 2, 762:

amor sui,

Hor. C. 1, 18, 14:

festinatio,

Liv. 22, 39, 22:

furor,

Hor. Epod. 7, 13:

caeca et sopita socordia,

Quint. 1, 2, 5:

ambitio,

Sen. Ben. 7, 26, 4.—

Pregn., blind, i.e. at random, vague, indiscriminate, aimless:

in hac calumniā timoris et caecae suspitionis tormento,

Cic. Fam. 6, 7, 4:

caeco quodam timore... quaerebant aliquem ducem,

id. Lig. 1, 3:

caecique in nubibus ignes Terrificant animos,

Verg. A. 4, 209:

caeca regens filo vestigia,

id. ib. 6, 30:

ne sint caecae, pater, exsecrationes tuae,

Liv. 40, 10, 1:

et caeco flentque paventque metu,

Ov. F. 2, 822:

lymphatis caeco pavore animis,

Tac. H. 1, 82:

cervus... Caeco timore proximam villam petit,

Phaedr. 2, 8, 3:

timor,

Ov. Am. 1, 4, 42.—

Transf.

Of plants, without buds or eyes:

rami,

Plin. 16, 30, 54, § 125; cf. caeco and oculus. —

Of the large intestine:

intestinum,

the cœcum, Cels. 4, 1, 28; 4, 14, 1.—

Pass., that cannot be seen, or trop., that cannot be known, invisible, concealed, hidden, secret, obscure, dark.

Lit.: sunt igitur venti nimirum corpora caeca, winds are accordingly bodies, although invisible, Lucr. 1, 278; 1, 296; 1, 329;

2, 713: vallum caecum,

Caes. B. C. 1, 28; cf.: caecum vallum dicitur, in quo praeacuti pali terrae affixi herbis vel frondibus occuluntur, Paul. ex Fest. p. 44 Müll.; so,

fossae,

covered, Col. 2, 2, 9; Pall. Mai, 3. 1:

in vada caeca ferre,

Verg. A. 1, 536:

fores,

private, id. ib. 2, 453:

spiramenta,

id. G. 1, 89:

colubri,

Col. 10, 231:

ignis,

Lucr. 4, 929:

venenum,

id. 6, 822:

tabes,

Ov. M. 9, 174:

viae,

blind ways, Tib. 2, 1, 78:

insidiae armaque,

Ov. F 2, 214; cf. Sil. 5, 3:

saxa,

Verg. A. 3, 706; 5, 164:

vulnus,

a secret wound, Lucr. 4, 1116;

but also,

a wound upon the back, Verg. A. 10, 733; cf.

in the same sense, ictus,

Liv. 34, 14, 11; Sil. 9, 105 (cf.: caecum corpus, the back, I. A. supra):

caeca manus, i.e. abscondita,

Ov. M. 12, 492:

caecum domūs scelus,

Verg. A. 1, 356.—

Trop.:

caecas exponere causas,

Lucr. 3, 317:

improba navigii ratio, tum caeca jacebat,

lay still concealed, id. 5, 1004; so,

venti potestas,

id. 3, 248; 3, 270: fluctus, Sisenn. ap. Non. p. 449, 10:

caeca et clandestina natura,

Lucr. 1, 779:

res caecae et ab aspectūs judicio remotae,

Cic. de Or. 2, 87, 357:

obscurum atque caecum,

id. Agr. 2, 14, 36:

fata,

Hor. C. 2, 13, 16:

sors,

id. S. 2, 3, 269:

tumultus,

secret conspiracies, Verg. G. 1, 464:

amor,

id. ib. 3, 210; cf.:

stimulos in pectore caecos Condidit,

Ov. M. 1, 726. In Plaut. once, prob. taken from the vulgar lang.: caecā die emere, upon a concealed ( pay-) day, i.e. to purchase on credit (opp. oculata dies, i.e. for ready money): Ca. Pereo inopiā argentariā. Ba. Emito die caecā hercle olivom, id vendito oculatā die, Plaut. Ps. 1, 3, 67.—

By poet. license, transf. to the hearing:

murmur,

Verg. A. 12, 591 (as we, by a similar meton., say a hollow sound; cf. on the other hand, in Gr. tuphlos ta ôta); so,

clamor,

Val. Fl. 2, 461:

mugitusterrae,

Sen. Troad. 171.—

Neutr., that obstructs the sight, or trop., the perception; dark, gloomy, thick, dense, obscure.

Lit.:

nox,

Cic. Mil. 19, 50; Lucr. 1, 1108; Cat. 68, 44; Ov. M. 10, 476; 11, 521:

caligo,

Lucr. 3, 305; 4, 457; Cat. 64, 908; Verg. A. 3, 203; 8, 253:

tenebrae,

Lucr. 2, 54; 2, 746; 2, 798; 3, 87; 6, 35;

3, 87: silentia, i.e. nox,

Sil. 7, 350:

latebrae,

Lucr. 1, 409:

iter,

Ov. M. 10, 456:

loca,

Prop. 1, 19, 8:

cavernae,

Ov. M. 15, 299; Sil. 7, 372:

latus,

Verg. A. 2, 19:

cubiculum si fenestram non habet, dicitur caecum,

Varr. L. L. 9, § 58 Müll.; so,

domus,

without windows, Cic. Or. 67, 224:

parietes,

Verg. A. 5, 589:

pulvis,

id. ib. 12, 444:

carcer,

id. ib. 6, 734:

sardonyches,

not transparent, opaque, Plin. 37, 6, 23, § 86:

smaragdi,

id. 37, 5, 18, § 68: acervus (of chaos), chaotic, confused, Ov M. 1, 24; Col. 4, 32, 4' chaos, Sen. Med. 741, Sil. 11, 456.—

Trop., uncertain, doubtful: obscurā spe et caecā exspectatione pendere, i.e. of an uncertain consequence or result, Cic. Agr. 2, 25, 66:

quod temere fit caeco casu,

id. Div. 2, 6, 15. cursus (Fortunae), Luc. 2, 567:

eventus,

Verg. A. 6, 157:

caeci morbi, quorum causas ne medici quidem perspicere queunt,

Col. 1, 5, 6; so,

dolores,

Plin. 29, 2, 10, § 38; 29, 3, 13, § 55:

crimen,

that cannot be proved, Liv. 45, 31, 11.— Subst.: caecum, i, n., uncertainty, obscurity ( poet.):

verum in caeco esse,

Manil. 4, 304.—

* Comp., Hor. S. 1, 2, 91.— Sup. and adv. not in. use.

Caecus, i, m.; agnomen of Appius Claudius Crassus, as being blind, Cic. Brut. 14, 55; cf. Liv. 9, 29, 11; Cic. Sen. 6, 16.

caecus (not coecus; sometimes in MSS. cēcus), a, um, adj. [akin to skia, skotos; Sanscr. khāyā, shadow], having no light, devoid of light.

Act., not seeing, blind.

Lit.:

Appius, qui caecus annos multos fuit,

Cic. Tusc. 5, 38, 112:

traditum est enim Homerum caecum fuisse,

id. ib. 5, 39, 114; Lucr. 5, 839:

catuli, qui jam dispecturi sunt, caeci aeque et hi qui modo nati,

Cic. Fin. 4, 23, 64:

si facie miserabili senis, caeci, infantis,

Quint. 4, 1, 42:

caecum corpus,

the blind part of the body, the back, Sall. J. 107, 1:

perdices caecae impetu,

Plin. 10, 33, 51, § 102:

gigni,

Vell. 1, 5, 2.—

Prov.:

ut si Caecus iter monstrare velit,

Hor. Ep. 1, 17, 4:

apparet id quidem etiam caeco,

even a blind man can see that, Liv. 32, 34, 3:

caecis hoc, ut aiunt, satis clarum est,

Quint. 12, 7, 9.—

Trop., mentally or morally blind, blinded (freq. in prose and poetry):

o pectora caeca!

Lucr. 2, 14:

non solum ipsa Fortuna caeca est, sed eos etiam plerumque efficit caecos, quos complexa est,

Cic. Lael. 15, 54; cf.

casus,

id. Div. 2, 6, 15:

caecus atque amens tribunus,

id. Sest. 7, 17:

caecum me et praecipitem ferri,

id. Planc. 3, 6:

mater caeca crudelitate et scelere,

id. Clu. 70, 199:

cupidine,

Sall. J. 25, 7:

amentiā,

Cic. Har. Resp. 23, 48:

quem mala stultitia Caecum agit,

Hor. S. 2, 3, 44:

amatorem amicae Turpia decipiunt caecum vitia,

id. ib. 1, 3, 39:

mens,

Tac. Agr. 43.—With ad:

caecus ad has belli artes,

Liv. 21, 54, 3.—With gen.:

caecus animi,

Quint. 1, 10, 29; Gell. 12, 13, 4:

fati futuri,

ignorant of, Luc. 2, 14; cf. Claud. Rapt. Pros. 1, 138.— Subst.: Caeci, ōrum, m., the blind people, i.e. the people of Chalcedon, according to the oracle at Delphi. Tac. A. 12, 63; cf. Plin. 5, 32, 43, § 149. —

Meton. of the passions themselves:

caeca honorum cupido,

Lucr. 3, 59; Ov. M. 3, 620:

ac temeraria dominatrix animi cupiditas,

Cic. Inv. 1, 2, 2; id. Pis. 24, 57:

exspectatio,

id. Agr. 2, 25, 66:

amor,

Ov. F. 2, 762:

amor sui,

Hor. C. 1, 18, 14:

festinatio,

Liv. 22, 39, 22:

furor,

Hor. Epod. 7, 13:

caeca et sopita socordia,

Quint. 1, 2, 5:

ambitio,

Sen. Ben. 7, 26, 4.—

Pregn., blind, i.e. at random, vague, indiscriminate, aimless:

in hac calumniā timoris et caecae suspitionis tormento,

Cic. Fam. 6, 7, 4:

caeco quodam timore... quaerebant aliquem ducem,

id. Lig. 1, 3:

caecique in nubibus ignes Terrificant animos,

Verg. A. 4, 209:

caeca regens filo vestigia,

id. ib. 6, 30:

ne sint caecae, pater, exsecrationes tuae,

Liv. 40, 10, 1:

et caeco flentque paventque metu,

Ov. F. 2, 822:

lymphatis caeco pavore animis,

Tac. H. 1, 82:

cervus... Caeco timore proximam villam petit,

Phaedr. 2, 8, 3:

timor,

Ov. Am. 1, 4, 42.—

Transf.

Of plants, without buds or eyes:

rami,

Plin. 16, 30, 54, § 125; cf. caeco and oculus. —

Of the large intestine:

intestinum,

the cœcum, Cels. 4, 1, 28; 4, 14, 1.—

Pass., that cannot be seen, or trop., that cannot be known, invisible, concealed, hidden, secret, obscure, dark.

Lit.: sunt igitur venti nimirum corpora caeca, winds are accordingly bodies, although invisible, Lucr. 1, 278; 1, 296; 1, 329;

2, 713: vallum caecum,

Caes. B. C. 1, 28; cf.: caecum vallum dicitur, in quo praeacuti pali terrae affixi herbis vel frondibus occuluntur, Paul. ex Fest. p. 44 Müll.; so,

fossae,

covered, Col. 2, 2, 9; Pall. Mai, 3. 1:

in vada caeca ferre,

Verg. A. 1, 536:

fores,

private, id. ib. 2, 453:

spiramenta,

id. G. 1, 89:

colubri,

Col. 10, 231:

ignis,

Lucr. 4, 929:

venenum,

id. 6, 822:

tabes,

Ov. M. 9, 174:

viae,

blind ways, Tib. 2, 1, 78:

insidiae armaque,

Ov. F 2, 214; cf. Sil. 5, 3:

saxa,

Verg. A. 3, 706; 5, 164:

vulnus,

a secret wound, Lucr. 4, 1116;

but also,

a wound upon the back, Verg. A. 10, 733; cf.

in the same sense, ictus,

Liv. 34, 14, 11; Sil. 9, 105 (cf.: caecum corpus, the back, I. A. supra):

caeca manus, i.e. abscondita,

Ov. M. 12, 492:

caecum domūs scelus,

Verg. A. 1, 356.—

Trop.:

caecas exponere causas,

Lucr. 3, 317:

improba navigii ratio, tum caeca jacebat,

lay still concealed, id. 5, 1004; so,

venti potestas,

id. 3, 248; 3, 270: fluctus, Sisenn. ap. Non. p. 449, 10:

caeca et clandestina natura,

Lucr. 1, 779:

res caecae et ab aspectūs judicio remotae,

Cic. de Or. 2, 87, 357:

obscurum atque caecum,

id. Agr. 2, 14, 36:

fata,

Hor. C. 2, 13, 16:

sors,

id. S. 2, 3, 269:

tumultus,

secret conspiracies, Verg. G. 1, 464:

amor,

id. ib. 3, 210; cf.:

stimulos in pectore caecos Condidit,

Ov. M. 1, 726. In Plaut. once, prob. taken from the vulgar lang.: caecā die emere, upon a concealed ( pay-) day, i.e. to purchase on credit (opp. oculata dies, i.e. for ready money): Ca. Pereo inopiā argentariā. Ba. Emito die caecā hercle olivom, id vendito oculatā die, Plaut. Ps. 1, 3, 67.—

By poet. license, transf. to the hearing:

murmur,

Verg. A. 12, 591 (as we, by a similar meton., say a hollow sound; cf. on the other hand, in Gr. tuphlos ta ôta); so,

clamor,

Val. Fl. 2, 461:

mugitusterrae,

Sen. Troad. 171.—

Neutr., that obstructs the sight, or trop., the perception; dark, gloomy, thick, dense, obscure.

Lit.:

nox,

Cic. Mil. 19, 50; Lucr. 1, 1108; Cat. 68, 44; Ov. M. 10, 476; 11, 521:

caligo,

Lucr. 3, 305; 4, 457; Cat. 64, 908; Verg. A. 3, 203; 8, 253:

tenebrae,

Lucr. 2, 54; 2, 746; 2, 798; 3, 87; 6, 35;

3, 87: silentia, i.e. nox,

Sil. 7, 350:

latebrae,

Lucr. 1, 409:

iter,

Ov. M. 10, 456:

loca,

Prop. 1, 19, 8:

cavernae,

Ov. M. 15, 299; Sil. 7, 372:

latus,

Verg. A. 2, 19:

cubiculum si fenestram non habet, dicitur caecum,

Varr. L. L. 9, § 58 Müll.; so,

domus,

without windows, Cic. Or. 67, 224:

parietes,

Verg. A. 5, 589:

pulvis,

id. ib. 12, 444:

carcer,

id. ib. 6, 734:

sardonyches,

not transparent, opaque, Plin. 37, 6, 23, § 86:

smaragdi,

id. 37, 5, 18, § 68: acervus (of chaos), chaotic, confused, Ov M. 1, 24; Col. 4, 32, 4' chaos, Sen. Med. 741, Sil. 11, 456.—

Trop., uncertain, doubtful: obscurā spe et caecā exspectatione pendere, i.e. of an uncertain consequence or result, Cic. Agr. 2, 25, 66:

quod temere fit caeco casu,

id. Div. 2, 6, 15. cursus (Fortunae), Luc. 2, 567:

eventus,

Verg. A. 6, 157:

caeci morbi, quorum causas ne medici quidem perspicere queunt,

Col. 1, 5, 6; so,

dolores,

Plin. 29, 2, 10, § 38; 29, 3, 13, § 55:

crimen,

that cannot be proved, Liv. 45, 31, 11.— Subst.: caecum, i, n., uncertainty, obscurity ( poet.):

verum in caeco esse,

Manil. 4, 304.—

* Comp., Hor. S. 1, 2, 91.— Sup. and adv. not in. use.

Caecus, i, m.; agnomen of Appius Claudius Crassus, as being blind, Cic. Brut. 14, 55; cf. Liv. 9, 29, 11; Cic. Sen. 6, 16.

caecus (not coecus; sometimes in MSS. cēcus), a, um, adj. [akin to skia, skotos; Sanscr. khāyā, shadow], having no light, devoid of light.

Act., not seeing, blind.

Lit.:

Appius, qui caecus annos multos fuit,

Cic. Tusc. 5, 38, 112:

traditum est enim Homerum caecum fuisse,

id. ib. 5, 39, 114; Lucr. 5, 839:

catuli, qui jam dispecturi sunt, caeci aeque et hi qui modo nati,

Cic. Fin. 4, 23, 64:

si facie miserabili senis, caeci, infantis,

Quint. 4, 1, 42:

caecum corpus,

the blind part of the body, the back, Sall. J. 107, 1:

perdices caecae impetu,

Plin. 10, 33, 51, § 102:

gigni,

Vell. 1, 5, 2.—

Prov.:

ut si Caecus iter monstrare velit,

Hor. Ep. 1, 17, 4:

apparet id quidem etiam caeco,

even a blind man can see that, Liv. 32, 34, 3:

caecis hoc, ut aiunt, satis clarum est,

Quint. 12, 7, 9.—

Trop., mentally or morally blind, blinded (freq. in prose and poetry):

o pectora caeca!

Lucr. 2, 14:

non solum ipsa Fortuna caeca est, sed eos etiam plerumque efficit caecos, quos complexa est,

Cic. Lael. 15, 54; cf.

casus,

id. Div. 2, 6, 15:

caecus atque amens tribunus,

id. Sest. 7, 17:

caecum me et praecipitem ferri,

id. Planc. 3, 6:

mater caeca crudelitate et scelere,

id. Clu. 70, 199:

cupidine,

Sall. J. 25, 7:

amentiā,

Cic. Har. Resp. 23, 48:

quem mala stultitia Caecum agit,

Hor. S. 2, 3, 44:

amatorem amicae Turpia decipiunt caecum vitia,

id. ib. 1, 3, 39:

mens,

Tac. Agr. 43.—With ad:

caecus ad has belli artes,

Liv. 21, 54, 3.—With gen.:

caecus animi,

Quint. 1, 10, 29; Gell. 12, 13, 4:

fati futuri,

ignorant of, Luc. 2, 14; cf. Claud. Rapt. Pros. 1, 138.— Subst.: Caeci, ōrum, m., the blind people, i.e. the people of Chalcedon, according to the oracle at Delphi. Tac. A. 12, 63; cf. Plin. 5, 32, 43, § 149. —

Meton. of the passions themselves:

caeca honorum cupido,

Lucr. 3, 59; Ov. M. 3, 620:

ac temeraria dominatrix animi cupiditas,

Cic. Inv. 1, 2, 2; id. Pis. 24, 57:

exspectatio,

id. Agr. 2, 25, 66:

amor,

Ov. F. 2, 762:

amor sui,

Hor. C. 1, 18, 14:

festinatio,

Liv. 22, 39, 22:

furor,

Hor. Epod. 7, 13:

caeca et sopita socordia,

Quint. 1, 2, 5:

ambitio,

Sen. Ben. 7, 26, 4.—

Pregn., blind, i.e. at random, vague, indiscriminate, aimless:

in hac calumniā timoris et caecae suspitionis tormento,

Cic. Fam. 6, 7, 4:

caeco quodam timore... quaerebant aliquem ducem,

id. Lig. 1, 3:

caecique in nubibus ignes Terrificant animos,

Verg. A. 4, 209:

caeca regens filo vestigia,

id. ib. 6, 30:

ne sint caecae, pater, exsecrationes tuae,

Liv. 40, 10, 1:

et caeco flentque paventque metu,

Ov. F. 2, 822:

lymphatis caeco pavore animis,

Tac. H. 1, 82:

cervus... Caeco timore proximam villam petit,

Phaedr. 2, 8, 3:

timor,

Ov. Am. 1, 4, 42.—

Transf.

Of plants, without buds or eyes:

rami,

Plin. 16, 30, 54, § 125; cf. caeco and oculus. —

Of the large intestine:

intestinum,

the cœcum, Cels. 4, 1, 28; 4, 14, 1.—

Pass., that cannot be seen, or trop., that cannot be known, invisible, concealed, hidden, secret, obscure, dark.

Lit.: sunt igitur venti nimirum corpora caeca, winds are accordingly bodies, although invisible, Lucr. 1, 278; 1, 296; 1, 329;

2, 713: vallum caecum,

Caes. B. C. 1, 28; cf.: caecum vallum dicitur, in quo praeacuti pali terrae affixi herbis vel frondibus occuluntur, Paul. ex Fest. p. 44 Müll.; so,

fossae,

covered, Col. 2, 2, 9; Pall. Mai, 3. 1:

in vada caeca ferre,

Verg. A. 1, 536:

fores,

private, id. ib. 2, 453:

spiramenta,

id. G. 1, 89:

colubri,

Col. 10, 231:

ignis,

Lucr. 4, 929:

venenum,

id. 6, 822:

tabes,

Ov. M. 9, 174:

viae,

blind ways, Tib. 2, 1, 78:

insidiae armaque,

Ov. F 2, 214; cf. Sil. 5, 3:

saxa,

Verg. A. 3, 706; 5, 164:

vulnus,

a secret wound, Lucr. 4, 1116;

but also,

a wound upon the back, Verg. A. 10, 733; cf.

in the same sense, ictus,

Liv. 34, 14, 11; Sil. 9, 105 (cf.: caecum corpus, the back, I. A. supra):

caeca manus, i.e. abscondita,

Ov. M. 12, 492:

caecum domūs scelus,

Verg. A. 1, 356.—

Trop.:

caecas exponere causas,

Lucr. 3, 317:

improba navigii ratio, tum caeca jacebat,

lay still concealed, id. 5, 1004; so,

venti potestas,

id. 3, 248; 3, 270: fluctus, Sisenn. ap. Non. p. 449, 10:

caeca et clandestina natura,

Lucr. 1, 779:

res caecae et ab aspectūs judicio remotae,

Cic. de Or. 2, 87, 357:

obscurum atque caecum,

id. Agr. 2, 14, 36:

fata,

Hor. C. 2, 13, 16:

sors,

id. S. 2, 3, 269:

tumultus,

secret conspiracies, Verg. G. 1, 464:

amor,

id. ib. 3, 210; cf.:

stimulos in pectore caecos Condidit,

Ov. M. 1, 726. In Plaut. once, prob. taken from the vulgar lang.: caecā die emere, upon a concealed ( pay-) day, i.e. to purchase on credit (opp. oculata dies, i.e. for ready money): Ca. Pereo inopiā argentariā. Ba. Emito die caecā hercle olivom, id vendito oculatā die, Plaut. Ps. 1, 3, 67.—

By poet. license, transf. to the hearing:

murmur,

Verg. A. 12, 591 (as we, by a similar meton., say a hollow sound; cf. on the other hand, in Gr. tuphlos ta ôta); so,

clamor,

Val. Fl. 2, 461:

mugitusterrae,

Sen. Troad. 171.—

Neutr., that obstructs the sight, or trop., the perception; dark, gloomy, thick, dense, obscure.

Lit.:

nox,

Cic. Mil. 19, 50; Lucr. 1, 1108; Cat. 68, 44; Ov. M. 10, 476; 11, 521:

caligo,

Lucr. 3, 305; 4, 457; Cat. 64, 908; Verg. A. 3, 203; 8, 253:

tenebrae,

Lucr. 2, 54; 2, 746; 2, 798; 3, 87; 6, 35;

3, 87: silentia, i.e. nox,

Sil. 7, 350:

latebrae,

Lucr. 1, 409:

iter,

Ov. M. 10, 456:

loca,

Prop. 1, 19, 8:

cavernae,

Ov. M. 15, 299; Sil. 7, 372:

latus,

Verg. A. 2, 19:

cubiculum si fenestram non habet, dicitur caecum,

Varr. L. L. 9, § 58 Müll.; so,

domus,

without windows, Cic. Or. 67, 224:

parietes,

Verg. A. 5, 589:

pulvis,

id. ib. 12, 444:

carcer,

id. ib. 6, 734:

sardonyches,

not transparent, opaque, Plin. 37, 6, 23, § 86:

smaragdi,

id. 37, 5, 18, § 68: acervus (of chaos), chaotic, confused, Ov M. 1, 24; Col. 4, 32, 4' chaos, Sen. Med. 741, Sil. 11, 456.—

Trop., uncertain, doubtful: obscurā spe et caecā exspectatione pendere, i.e. of an uncertain consequence or result, Cic. Agr. 2, 25, 66:

quod temere fit caeco casu,

id. Div. 2, 6, 15. cursus (Fortunae), Luc. 2, 567:

eventus,

Verg. A. 6, 157:

caeci morbi, quorum causas ne medici quidem perspicere queunt,

Col. 1, 5, 6; so,

dolores,

Plin. 29, 2, 10, § 38; 29, 3, 13, § 55:

crimen,

that cannot be proved, Liv. 45, 31, 11.— Subst.: caecum, i, n., uncertainty, obscurity ( poet.):

verum in caeco esse,

Manil. 4, 304.—

* Comp., Hor. S. 1, 2, 91.— Sup. and adv. not in. use.

Caecus, i, m.; agnomen of Appius Claudius Crassus, as being blind, Cic. Brut. 14, 55; cf. Liv. 9, 29, 11; Cic. Sen. 6, 16.

caecus (not coecus; sometimes in MSS. cēcus), a, um, adj. [akin to skia, skotos; Sanscr. khāyā, shadow], having no light, devoid of light.

Act., not seeing, blind.

Lit.:

Appius, qui caecus annos multos fuit,

Cic. Tusc. 5, 38, 112:

traditum est enim Homerum caecum fuisse,

id. ib. 5, 39, 114; Lucr. 5, 839:

catuli, qui jam dispecturi sunt, caeci aeque et hi qui modo nati,

Cic. Fin. 4, 23, 64:

si facie miserabili senis, caeci, infantis,

Quint. 4, 1, 42:

caecum corpus,

the blind part of the body, the back, Sall. J. 107, 1:

perdices caecae impetu,

Plin. 10, 33, 51, § 102:

gigni,

Vell. 1, 5, 2.—

Prov.:

ut si Caecus iter monstrare velit,

Hor. Ep. 1, 17, 4:

apparet id quidem etiam caeco,

even a blind man can see that, Liv. 32, 34, 3:

caecis hoc, ut aiunt, satis clarum est,

Quint. 12, 7, 9.—

Trop., mentally or morally blind, blinded (freq. in prose and poetry):

o pectora caeca!

Lucr. 2, 14:

non solum ipsa Fortuna caeca est, sed eos etiam plerumque efficit caecos, quos complexa est,

Cic. Lael. 15, 54; cf.

casus,

id. Div. 2, 6, 15:

caecus atque amens tribunus,

id. Sest. 7, 17:

caecum me et praecipitem ferri,

id. Planc. 3, 6:

mater caeca crudelitate et scelere,

id. Clu. 70, 199:

cupidine,

Sall. J. 25, 7:

amentiā,

Cic. Har. Resp. 23, 48:

quem mala stultitia Caecum agit,

Hor. S. 2, 3, 44:

amatorem amicae Turpia decipiunt caecum vitia,

id. ib. 1, 3, 39:

mens,

Tac. Agr. 43.—With ad:

caecus ad has belli artes,

Liv. 21, 54, 3.—With gen.:

caecus animi,

Quint. 1, 10, 29; Gell. 12, 13, 4:

fati futuri,

ignorant of, Luc. 2, 14; cf. Claud. Rapt. Pros. 1, 138.— Subst.: Caeci, ōrum, m., the blind people, i.e. the people of Chalcedon, according to the oracle at Delphi. Tac. A. 12, 63; cf. Plin. 5, 32, 43, § 149. —

Meton. of the passions themselves:

caeca honorum cupido,

Lucr. 3, 59; Ov. M. 3, 620:

ac temeraria dominatrix animi cupiditas,

Cic. Inv. 1, 2, 2; id. Pis. 24, 57:

exspectatio,

id. Agr. 2, 25, 66:

amor,

Ov. F. 2, 762:

amor sui,

Hor. C. 1, 18, 14:

festinatio,

Liv. 22, 39, 22:

furor,

Hor. Epod. 7, 13:

caeca et sopita socordia,

Quint. 1, 2, 5:

ambitio,

Sen. Ben. 7, 26, 4.—

Pregn., blind, i.e. at random, vague, indiscriminate, aimless:

in hac calumniā timoris et caecae suspitionis tormento,

Cic. Fam. 6, 7, 4:

caeco quodam timore... quaerebant aliquem ducem,

id. Lig. 1, 3:

caecique in nubibus ignes Terrificant animos,

Verg. A. 4, 209:

caeca regens filo vestigia,

id. ib. 6, 30:

ne sint caecae, pater, exsecrationes tuae,

Liv. 40, 10, 1:

et caeco flentque paventque metu,

Ov. F. 2, 822:

lymphatis caeco pavore animis,

Tac. H. 1, 82:

cervus... Caeco timore proximam villam petit,

Phaedr. 2, 8, 3:

timor,

Ov. Am. 1, 4, 42.—

Transf.

Of plants, without buds or eyes:

rami,

Plin. 16, 30, 54, § 125; cf. caeco and oculus. —

Of the large intestine:

intestinum,

the cœcum, Cels. 4, 1, 28; 4, 14, 1.—

Pass., that cannot be seen, or trop., that cannot be known, invisible, concealed, hidden, secret, obscure, dark.

Lit.: sunt igitur venti nimirum corpora caeca, winds are accordingly bodies, although invisible, Lucr. 1, 278; 1, 296; 1, 329;

2, 713: vallum caecum,

Caes. B. C. 1, 28; cf.: caecum vallum dicitur, in quo praeacuti pali terrae affixi herbis vel frondibus occuluntur, Paul. ex Fest. p. 44 Müll.; so,

fossae,

covered, Col. 2, 2, 9; Pall. Mai, 3. 1:

in vada caeca ferre,

Verg. A. 1, 536:

fores,

private, id. ib. 2, 453:

spiramenta,

id. G. 1, 89:

colubri,

Col. 10, 231:

ignis,

Lucr. 4, 929:

venenum,

id. 6, 822:

tabes,

Ov. M. 9, 174:

viae,

blind ways, Tib. 2, 1, 78:

insidiae armaque,

Ov. F 2, 214; cf. Sil. 5, 3:

saxa,

Verg. A. 3, 706; 5, 164:

vulnus,

a secret wound, Lucr. 4, 1116;

but also,

a wound upon the back, Verg. A. 10, 733; cf.

in the same sense, ictus,

Liv. 34, 14, 11; Sil. 9, 105 (cf.: caecum corpus, the back, I. A. supra):

caeca manus, i.e. abscondita,

Ov. M. 12, 492:

caecum domūs scelus,

Verg. A. 1, 356.—

Trop.:

caecas exponere causas,

Lucr. 3, 317:

improba navigii ratio, tum caeca jacebat,

lay still concealed, id. 5, 1004; so,

venti potestas,

id. 3, 248; 3, 270: fluctus, Sisenn. ap. Non. p. 449, 10:

caeca et clandestina natura,

Lucr. 1, 779:

res caecae et ab aspectūs judicio remotae,

Cic. de Or. 2, 87, 357:

obscurum atque caecum,

id. Agr. 2, 14, 36:

fata,

Hor. C. 2, 13, 16:

sors,

id. S. 2, 3, 269:

tumultus,

secret conspiracies, Verg. G. 1, 464:

amor,

id. ib. 3, 210; cf.:

stimulos in pectore caecos Condidit,

Ov. M. 1, 726. In Plaut. once, prob. taken from the vulgar lang.: caecā die emere, upon a concealed ( pay-) day, i.e. to purchase on credit (opp. oculata dies, i.e. for ready money): Ca. Pereo inopiā argentariā. Ba. Emito die caecā hercle olivom, id vendito oculatā die, Plaut. Ps. 1, 3, 67.—

By poet. license, transf. to the hearing:

murmur,

Verg. A. 12, 591 (as we, by a similar meton., say a hollow sound; cf. on the other hand, in Gr. tuphlos ta ôta); so,

clamor,

Val. Fl. 2, 461:

mugitusterrae,

Sen. Troad. 171.—

Neutr., that obstructs the sight, or trop., the perception; dark, gloomy, thick, dense, obscure.

Lit.:

nox,

Cic. Mil. 19, 50; Lucr. 1, 1108; Cat. 68, 44; Ov. M. 10, 476; 11, 521:

caligo,

Lucr. 3, 305; 4, 457; Cat. 64, 908; Verg. A. 3, 203; 8, 253:

tenebrae,

Lucr. 2, 54; 2, 746; 2, 798; 3, 87; 6, 35;

3, 87: silentia, i.e. nox,

Sil. 7, 350:

latebrae,

Lucr. 1, 409:

iter,

Ov. M. 10, 456:

loca,

Prop. 1, 19, 8:

cavernae,

Ov. M. 15, 299; Sil. 7, 372:

latus,

Verg. A. 2, 19:

cubiculum si fenestram non habet, dicitur caecum,

Varr. L. L. 9, § 58 Müll.; so,

domus,

without windows, Cic. Or. 67, 224:

parietes,

Verg. A. 5, 589:

pulvis,

id. ib. 12, 444:

carcer,

id. ib. 6, 734:

sardonyches,

not transparent, opaque, Plin. 37, 6, 23, § 86:

smaragdi,

id. 37, 5, 18, § 68: acervus (of chaos), chaotic, confused, Ov M. 1, 24; Col. 4, 32, 4' chaos, Sen. Med. 741, Sil. 11, 456.—

Trop., uncertain, doubtful: obscurā spe et caecā exspectatione pendere, i.e. of an uncertain consequence or result, Cic. Agr. 2, 25, 66:

quod temere fit caeco casu,

id. Div. 2, 6, 15. cursus (Fortunae), Luc. 2, 567:

eventus,

Verg. A. 6, 157:

caeci morbi, quorum causas ne medici quidem perspicere queunt,

Col. 1, 5, 6; so,

dolores,

Plin. 29, 2, 10, § 38; 29, 3, 13, § 55:

crimen,

that cannot be proved, Liv. 45, 31, 11.— Subst.: caecum, i, n., uncertainty, obscurity ( poet.):

verum in caeco esse,

Manil. 4, 304.—

* Comp., Hor. S. 1, 2, 91.— Sup. and adv. not in. use.

Caecus, i, m.; agnomen of Appius Claudius Crassus, as being blind, Cic. Brut. 14, 55; cf. Liv. 9, 29, 11; Cic. Sen. 6, 16.

col-lĭgo ( conl-), lēgi, lectum, 3, v.a. [2. lego, ĕre], to gather or collect together into a whole or to a point, to assemble, draw or bring together, collect (class. and very freq.),

Prop.

In gen.

Of things:

omnia praesegmina,

Plaut. Aul. 2, 4, 34:

stipulam,

Ter. Ad. 5, 3, 62; cf.: omnia furtim, Lucil. ap. Non. p. 273, 28:

radices palmarum,

Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 33, § 87:

apes in vas,

Varr. R. R. 2, 16, 37:

ossa,

Tib. 3, 2, 19; cf.

reliquias,

Suet. Tib. 54 fin.; id. Calig. 3:

materiem nostram Post obitum,

Lucr. 3, 847 (and Hom. Il. 24, 793):

sparsos per colla capillos in nodum,

Ov. M. 3, 170; 8, 319; and poet. transf. to the person:

immissos hederā collecta capillos Calliope, etc.,

id. ib. 5, 338; so,

sinus fluentes,

Verg. A. 1, 320:

flores,

Ov. M. 5, 399:

riguo horto olus,

id. ib. 8, 646:

de purpureis vitibus uvas,

id. ib. 8, 676:

fructus,

Hor. Ep. 1, 12, 1: omnia venena, * Cat. 14, 19:

sarmenta virgultaque,

Caes. B. G. 3, 18:

serpentes,

Nep. Hann. 10, 4:

naufragium,

Cic. Sest. 6, 15: mortualia, glossaria conlegitis et lexidia, res taetras et inanes, Domit. ap. Gell. 18, 7, 3:

pecuniam,

Hor. Ep. 1, 10, 47:

viatica,

id. ib. 2, 2, 26; cf.:

stipem a tyrannis,

to obtain by begging, Liv. 38, 45, 9:

aër umorem colligens,

Cic. N. D. 2, 39, 101:

imbres,

Hor. Ep. 1, 15, 15; cf.:

pluvias aquas,

Quint. 10, 1, 109; 5. 14, 31:

ventus per loca subcava terrae Collectus,

Lucr. 6, 558:

procellam,

id. 6, 124:

spiritum,

Plin. 19, 6, 26, § 78; Quint. 11, 3, 53:

flatus cornibus,

Sil. 14, 390:

collectae ex alto nubes,

heaped together, Verg. G. 1, 324:

pulvis collectus turbine,

Hor. S. 1, 4, 31; and poet.:

pulverem Olympicum Collegisse juvat,

i. e. to have covered himself with it, id. C. 1, 1, 4:

luna revertentes colligit ignes,

Verg. G. 1, 427:

antiqua verba et figuras,

Suet. Gram. 10:

equos,

to check, restrain, stop, Ov. M. 2, 398; so,

gressum,

Sil. 6, 399:

gradum,

id. 7, 695; so,

fig. iram,

id. 9, 477;

and of the operation of medicine: acria viscerum colligere,

Plin. 19, 6, 26, § 85: hastas, to draw back (opp. protendere), Tac. A. 2, 21:

librum,

to catch a falling book, Plin. Ep. 2, 1, 5:

apparatu nobis (sc. oratoribus) opus est et rebus exquisitis, undique collectis, arcessitis, comportatis,

Cic. de Or. 3, 24, 92; cf.:

interea, dum haec, quae dispersa sunt, cogantur,

id. ib. 1, 42, 191: sarcinas; to pack one ' s luggage for a journey:

annus octogesimus admonet me, ut sarcinas colligam ante quam proficiscar e vitā,

Varr. R. R. 1, 1, 1; also: sarcinas conligere = sarcinas conferre, to gather and put in order the baggage of an army before a battle, Sall. J. 97, 4: vasa, milit. t. t.., to pack together, pack up, to break up the camp for a march, Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 19, § 40; Liv. 21, 47, 2; 22, 30, 1:

arma = remos,

i. e. to take in hand, take up, Verg. A. 5, 15 Forbig. ad loc.—

Of persons, mostly milit., to collect, assemble, bring together:

exercitus collectus ex senibus desperatis,

Cic. Cat. 2, 3, 5:

ex urbe, ex agris, numerum hominum,

id. ib. 2, 4, 8:

milites,

id. Verr. 2, 5, 51, § 133:

reliquos ex fugā,

Nep. Hann. 6 fin.:

manu collectā in Thraciam introiit,

id. Alcib. 7, 4; cf. Liv. 1, 5, 4, and Tac. Agr. 37:

de pagis omnibus bonos viros,

Cic. Fin. 2, 4, 12: se colligere, to gather, collect:

in moenia,

Sil. 10, 390:

ex regno alicujus,

Cic. Imp. Pomp. 9, 24: ad. aciem, Auct. B. Afr. 70; so, collecti, those who have collected:

in aestuaria ac paludes,

Caes. B. G. 2, 28; cf. Tac. A. 2, 11.—

Esp., with the accessory idea of shortening, by bringing together, to contract, draw up, compress, collect, concentrate (mostly poet. for the more usual contraho, coërceo, etc.):

in spiram tractu se colligit anguis,

Verg. G. 2, 154; cf.:

cogebantur breviore spatio et ipsi orbem colligere,

Liv. 2, 50, 7:

alitis in parvae subitam collecta figuram,

Verg. A. 12, 862 Wagn. N. cr.:

apicem collectus in unum,

Ov. M. 13, 910:

pedes,

to compress, Tib. 1, 8, 14:

volumina collecta in artum,

Plin. 8, 16, 17, § 45: se collegit in arma, covered himself with or concealed himself behind his shield, Verg. A. 12, 491; cf. id. ib. 10, 412 (post scutum se clausit, Serv.; Gr. sustaleis en aspidi, ep aspidos); cf. Stat. Th. 11, 545; Sil. 10, 255; 10, 129:

pallium,

to gather up, Plaut. Capt. 4, 2, 9:

togam,

Mart. 7, 33, 4:

12, 48, 5: per vulnera colligit hostes,

causes them to retreat, Sil. 10, 3.—Hence,

Medic. t. t., to make thick, to thicken (cf. cogo), Scrib. Comp. 95; 129; 138; 169; cf. Plin. 34, 11, 27, § 114.—

Trop.

To bring together, collect, to get, gain, acquire, produce, etc. (very freq. and class.):

sescentae ad eam rem causae possunt conligi,

Plaut. Trin. 3, 3, 62:

conlectis omnibus bellis civilibus,

i. e. brought together in speaking, adduced, Cic. Fam. 4, 3, 1; cf. id. Sest. 6, 15:

flammarum iras,

Lucr. 1, 723; cf. Hor. A. P. 160; Val. Fl. 7, 335:

multaque facete dicta, ut ea, quae a sene Catone collecta sunt,

Cic. Off. 1, 29, 104; 1, 42, 191:

res undique conlectae,

id. ib. 3, 24, 92:

quaedam conlecta edere,

Quint. 5, 10, 120:

sparsa argumenta,

id. 5, 7, 18: antiqua verba, Suet. [p. 367] Gram. 10:

omnes rumorum et contionum ventos,

Cic. Clu. 28, 77:

rumorem bonum,

id. Leg. 1, 19, 50:

peccata consulum,

id. ib. 3, 10, 23:

vestigia Pythagoreorum,

id. Tusc. 4, 2, 3:

existimationem multo sudore,

id. Div. in Caecil. 22, 72:

benevolentiam civium blanditiis,

id. Lael. 17, 61:

magnam gratiam magnamque dignitatem ex hoc labore,

id. Q. Fr. 2, 15 (16), 1:

auctoritatem,

Caes. B. G. 6, 12:

famam clementiae,

Liv. 21, 48, 10:

tantum amoris favorisque,

Suet. Claud. 12; Prop. 2 (3), 14, 9:

invidiam crudelitatis ex eo,

Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 8, § 19:

crimina majestatis,

Plin. Pan. 33 fin.:

sitim,

Verg. G. 3, 327; Ov. M. 5, 446; 6, 341 (cf.:

adducere sitim,

Hor. C. 4, 12, 13):

frigus,

Hor. Ep. 1, 11, 13:

rabiem,

Verg. A. 9, 63; Ov. M. 1, 234; 9, 212:

odium,

id. ib. 3, 258:

usum patiendi,

id. Am. 1, 8, 75:

vires usu,

id. A. A. 2, 339; cf. Liv. 29, 30, 5; Sil. 4, 307.—

Of number, distance, etc., to amount or come to, extend; pass., to be reckoned (rare, and only in post-Aug. prose):

ut LX. passus plerique (rami) orbe colligant,

Plin. 12, 5, 11, § 23:

ambitus per frontem centum duos pedes colligit,

id. 36, 12, 17, § 77:

ad quos (consules) a regno Numae colliguntur anni DXXXV.,

id. 13, 13, 27, § 85; so Tac. G. 37; id. Or. 17.—

Colligere se or animum, mentem, etc., to collect one ' s self, to compose one ' s self, to recover one ' s courage, resolution, etc. (very freq. and class.):

quid est autem se ipsum colligere, nisi dissipatas animi partes rursum in suum locum cogere?

Cic. Tusc. 4, 36, 78: se, Afran. ap. Charis. p. 195 P.; Lucr. 3, 925; Cic. Quint. 16, 53; id. Div. 1, 27, 57; id. Div. in Caecil. 12, 37; id. Fam. 5, 18, 1; id. de Or. 1, 7, 24; id. Tusc. 1, 24, 58; Caes. B. C. 1, 14:

se colligere,

to rally, id. B.G. 5, 17:

se ex timore,

id. B.C. 3, 65; Suet. Calig. 50:

animos,

Liv. 3, 60, 11; cf. in pass., id. 10, 41, 13:

animum,

Tac. A. 1, 12; Suet. Ner. 48:

animum cogitationemque,

Plin. Ep. 2, 11, 14:

mentem,

Ov. M. 14, 352; cf.:

mentem cum vultu,

id. Am. 1, 14, 55:

paulatim mente collectā,

Curt. 8, 6, 22; cf.:

colligere spiritum,

to take breath, Quint. 11, 3, 53.—

To gather up in memory, put together in the mind, to think upon, weigh, consider:

cum et nostrae rei publicae detrimenta considero, et maximarum civitatum veteres animo calamitates colligo,

Cic. Inv. 1, 1, 1:

ut memineris, quae, etc.... quae, si colliges, et sperabis omnia optime, et, etc.,

id. Fam. 4, 13, 7; 6, 2, 4:

levis haec insania quantas Virtutes habeat, sic collige,

Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 119; cf.:

sic collige mecum,

id. S. 2, 1, 51. —Esp. freq.,

To put together mentally, etc., i. e. to gather, conclude, deduce, infer from what precedes (most freq. in Quint.); constr.: aliquid, aliquid ex aliquā re, per aliquam rem, aliquā re.—With ex:

ex eo colligere potes, quantā occupatione distinear,

Cic. Att. 2, 23, 1; so Quint. 5, 10, 80; 7, 2, 3; 7, 8, 6; 8, 4, 16; 4, 4, 5 al.; Suet. Tib. 67.—With per:

aliquid per aliud,

Quint. 5, 10, 11; so id. 4, 2, 81.—With abl. without a prep.:

quod multis et acutis conclusionibus colligunt,

Quint. 2, 20, 5; so id. 3, 6, 103; 5, 13, 14; 6, 3, 37; 7, 4, 1 al.; Col. 4, 3, 2 al.—With inde:

paucitatem inde hostium colligentes,

Liv. 7, 37, 9:

bene colligit, haec pueris et mulierculis esse grata,

Cic. Off. 2, 16, 57:

neque hoc colligi desideramus, disertiores esse antiquos, etc.,

Tac. Or. 27; Quint. 5, 14, 22; 7, 3, 18; 1, 10, 42; Ov. M. 11, 380; Pers. 5, 85.—Hence,

collectus, a, um, P. a., contracted, narrow (opp. effusus):

tanto beatior, quanto collectior,

App. Mag. 21, p. 287:

corpora collectiora (opp. effusiora),

Calp. Flacc. Decl. 2, p. 795:

tempus collectius,

Tert. Monog. 14.— Adv.: collectē, summarily, briefly, strictly:

ponere aliquod verbum,

Non. p. 164, 1.—

collectum, i, n., that which is collected as food, Plin. 11, 37, 60, § 159.

col-lĭgo ( conl-), āvi, ātum, 1, v. a., to bind, tie, or fasten together, to connect, bind, tie up (in good prose).

Prop.:

omne colligatum solvi potest,

Cic. Univ. 11, 35:

corpora colligata vinculis naturalibus,

id. ib.; cf. id. ib. 5, 13: vasa (of warlike implements; cf. the preced. art., I. A. 1. fin.), Plaut. Ps. 4, 3, 16:

manus,

id. Ep. 5, 2, 23; cf. id. ib. 5, 2, 25, and the common expression in the formula: i, lictor, colliga manus, tie the prisoner ' s hands, Cic. Rab. Perd. 4, 13; Liv. 1, 26, 8: conligavit eum miseris modis, Ter. Eun. 5, 4, 33:

pluribus scutis uno ictu pilorum transfixis et colligatis,

fastened to one another, Caes. B. G. 1, 25:

solum herbis colligatum,

thickly overgrown, Col. 2, 17, 5:

bitumen vulnera colligat,

Plin. 35, 15, 51, § 181; cf.: colligatis vulneribus, * Suet. Tib. 61.—

Trop.

In gen., to unite, combine, connect (rare except in Cic.):

homines inter se sermonis vinclo,

Cic. Rep. 3, 2, 3:

officiorum genera inter se colligata atque implicata sunt,

id. Off. 1, 5, 15; cf.:

(res) omnes inter se aptae colligataeque,

id. N. D. 1, 4, 9:

sententias verbis,

to join together rhetorically, id. Or. 50, 168:

annorum septingentorum memoriam uno libro,

to comprehend, comprise, id. ib. 34, 120.—

With the access. idea of preventing free motion, to restrain, check, stop, hinder:

impetum furentis (Antonii),

Cic. Phil. 11, 2, 4:

Brutum in Graeciā,

i. e. to command that he remain there for protection, id. ib. 11, 11, 26:

se cum multis,

id. Fam. 9, 17, 2.—Hence, collĭgātē, adv., connectedly, jointly:

colligatius adhaerere alicui,

Aug. Doct. Christ. 1, 28.

col-lĭgo ( conl-), lēgi, lectum, 3, v.a. [2. lego, ĕre], to gather or collect together into a whole or to a point, to assemble, draw or bring together, collect (class. and very freq.),

Prop.

In gen.

Of things:

omnia praesegmina,

Plaut. Aul. 2, 4, 34:

stipulam,

Ter. Ad. 5, 3, 62; cf.: omnia furtim, Lucil. ap. Non. p. 273, 28:

radices palmarum,

Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 33, § 87:

apes in vas,

Varr. R. R. 2, 16, 37:

ossa,

Tib. 3, 2, 19; cf.

reliquias,

Suet. Tib. 54 fin.; id. Calig. 3:

materiem nostram Post obitum,

Lucr. 3, 847 (and Hom. Il. 24, 793):

sparsos per colla capillos in nodum,

Ov. M. 3, 170; 8, 319; and poet. transf. to the person:

immissos hederā collecta capillos Calliope, etc.,

id. ib. 5, 338; so,

sinus fluentes,

Verg. A. 1, 320:

flores,

Ov. M. 5, 399:

riguo horto olus,

id. ib. 8, 646:

de purpureis vitibus uvas,

id. ib. 8, 676:

fructus,

Hor. Ep. 1, 12, 1: omnia venena, * Cat. 14, 19:

sarmenta virgultaque,

Caes. B. G. 3, 18:

serpentes,

Nep. Hann. 10, 4:

naufragium,

Cic. Sest. 6, 15: mortualia, glossaria conlegitis et lexidia, res taetras et inanes, Domit. ap. Gell. 18, 7, 3:

pecuniam,

Hor. Ep. 1, 10, 47:

viatica,

id. ib. 2, 2, 26; cf.:

stipem a tyrannis,

to obtain by begging, Liv. 38, 45, 9:

aër umorem colligens,

Cic. N. D. 2, 39, 101:

imbres,

Hor. Ep. 1, 15, 15; cf.:

pluvias aquas,

Quint. 10, 1, 109; 5. 14, 31:

ventus per loca subcava terrae Collectus,

Lucr. 6, 558:

procellam,

id. 6, 124:

spiritum,

Plin. 19, 6, 26, § 78; Quint. 11, 3, 53:

flatus cornibus,

Sil. 14, 390:

collectae ex alto nubes,

heaped together, Verg. G. 1, 324:

pulvis collectus turbine,

Hor. S. 1, 4, 31; and poet.:

pulverem Olympicum Collegisse juvat,

i. e. to have covered himself with it, id. C. 1, 1, 4:

luna revertentes colligit ignes,

Verg. G. 1, 427:

antiqua verba et figuras,

Suet. Gram. 10:

equos,

to check, restrain, stop, Ov. M. 2, 398; so,

gressum,

Sil. 6, 399:

gradum,

id. 7, 695; so,

fig. iram,

id. 9, 477;

and of the operation of medicine: acria viscerum colligere,

Plin. 19, 6, 26, § 85: hastas, to draw back (opp. protendere), Tac. A. 2, 21:

librum,

to catch a falling book, Plin. Ep. 2, 1, 5:

apparatu nobis (sc. oratoribus) opus est et rebus exquisitis, undique collectis, arcessitis, comportatis,

Cic. de Or. 3, 24, 92; cf.:

interea, dum haec, quae dispersa sunt, cogantur,

id. ib. 1, 42, 191: sarcinas; to pack one ' s luggage for a journey:

annus octogesimus admonet me, ut sarcinas colligam ante quam proficiscar e vitā,

Varr. R. R. 1, 1, 1; also: sarcinas conligere = sarcinas conferre, to gather and put in order the baggage of an army before a battle, Sall. J. 97, 4: vasa, milit. t. t.., to pack together, pack up, to break up the camp for a march, Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 19, § 40; Liv. 21, 47, 2; 22, 30, 1:

arma = remos,

i. e. to take in hand, take up, Verg. A. 5, 15 Forbig. ad loc.—

Of persons, mostly milit., to collect, assemble, bring together:

exercitus collectus ex senibus desperatis,

Cic. Cat. 2, 3, 5:

ex urbe, ex agris, numerum hominum,

id. ib. 2, 4, 8:

milites,

id. Verr. 2, 5, 51, § 133:

reliquos ex fugā,

Nep. Hann. 6 fin.:

manu collectā in Thraciam introiit,

id. Alcib. 7, 4; cf. Liv. 1, 5, 4, and Tac. Agr. 37:

de pagis omnibus bonos viros,

Cic. Fin. 2, 4, 12: se colligere, to gather, collect:

in moenia,

Sil. 10, 390:

ex regno alicujus,

Cic. Imp. Pomp. 9, 24: ad. aciem, Auct. B. Afr. 70; so, collecti, those who have collected:

in aestuaria ac paludes,

Caes. B. G. 2, 28; cf. Tac. A. 2, 11.—

Esp., with the accessory idea of shortening, by bringing together, to contract, draw up, compress, collect, concentrate (mostly poet. for the more usual contraho, coërceo, etc.):

in spiram tractu se colligit anguis,

Verg. G. 2, 154; cf.:

cogebantur breviore spatio et ipsi orbem colligere,

Liv. 2, 50, 7:

alitis in parvae subitam collecta figuram,

Verg. A. 12, 862 Wagn. N. cr.:

apicem collectus in unum,

Ov. M. 13, 910:

pedes,

to compress, Tib. 1, 8, 14:

volumina collecta in artum,

Plin. 8, 16, 17, § 45: se collegit in arma, covered himself with or concealed himself behind his shield, Verg. A. 12, 491; cf. id. ib. 10, 412 (post scutum se clausit, Serv.; Gr. sustaleis en aspidi, ep aspidos); cf. Stat. Th. 11, 545; Sil. 10, 255; 10, 129:

pallium,

to gather up, Plaut. Capt. 4, 2, 9:

togam,

Mart. 7, 33, 4:

12, 48, 5: per vulnera colligit hostes,

causes them to retreat, Sil. 10, 3.—Hence,

Medic. t. t., to make thick, to thicken (cf. cogo), Scrib. Comp. 95; 129; 138; 169; cf. Plin. 34, 11, 27, § 114.—

Trop.

To bring together, collect, to get, gain, acquire, produce, etc. (very freq. and class.):

sescentae ad eam rem causae possunt conligi,

Plaut. Trin. 3, 3, 62:

conlectis omnibus bellis civilibus,

i. e. brought together in speaking, adduced, Cic. Fam. 4, 3, 1; cf. id. Sest. 6, 15:

flammarum iras,

Lucr. 1, 723; cf. Hor. A. P. 160; Val. Fl. 7, 335:

multaque facete dicta, ut ea, quae a sene Catone collecta sunt,

Cic. Off. 1, 29, 104; 1, 42, 191:

res undique conlectae,

id. ib. 3, 24, 92:

quaedam conlecta edere,

Quint. 5, 10, 120:

sparsa argumenta,

id. 5, 7, 18: antiqua verba, Suet. [p. 367] Gram. 10:

omnes rumorum et contionum ventos,

Cic. Clu. 28, 77:

rumorem bonum,

id. Leg. 1, 19, 50:

peccata consulum,

id. ib. 3, 10, 23:

vestigia Pythagoreorum,

id. Tusc. 4, 2, 3:

existimationem multo sudore,

id. Div. in Caecil. 22, 72:

benevolentiam civium blanditiis,

id. Lael. 17, 61:

magnam gratiam magnamque dignitatem ex hoc labore,

id. Q. Fr. 2, 15 (16), 1:

auctoritatem,

Caes. B. G. 6, 12:

famam clementiae,

Liv. 21, 48, 10:

tantum amoris favorisque,

Suet. Claud. 12; Prop. 2 (3), 14, 9:

invidiam crudelitatis ex eo,

Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 8, § 19:

crimina majestatis,

Plin. Pan. 33 fin.:

sitim,

Verg. G. 3, 327; Ov. M. 5, 446; 6, 341 (cf.:

adducere sitim,

Hor. C. 4, 12, 13):

frigus,

Hor. Ep. 1, 11, 13:

rabiem,

Verg. A. 9, 63; Ov. M. 1, 234; 9, 212:

odium,

id. ib. 3, 258:

usum patiendi,

id. Am. 1, 8, 75:

vires usu,

id. A. A. 2, 339; cf. Liv. 29, 30, 5; Sil. 4, 307.—

Of number, distance, etc., to amount or come to, extend; pass., to be reckoned (rare, and only in post-Aug. prose):

ut LX. passus plerique (rami) orbe colligant,

Plin. 12, 5, 11, § 23:

ambitus per frontem centum duos pedes colligit,

id. 36, 12, 17, § 77:

ad quos (consules) a regno Numae colliguntur anni DXXXV.,

id. 13, 13, 27, § 85; so Tac. G. 37; id. Or. 17.—

Colligere se or animum, mentem, etc., to collect one ' s self, to compose one ' s self, to recover one ' s courage, resolution, etc. (very freq. and class.):

quid est autem se ipsum colligere, nisi dissipatas animi partes rursum in suum locum cogere?

Cic. Tusc. 4, 36, 78: se, Afran. ap. Charis. p. 195 P.; Lucr. 3, 925; Cic. Quint. 16, 53; id. Div. 1, 27, 57; id. Div. in Caecil. 12, 37; id. Fam. 5, 18, 1; id. de Or. 1, 7, 24; id. Tusc. 1, 24, 58; Caes. B. C. 1, 14:

se colligere,

to rally, id. B.G. 5, 17:

se ex timore,

id. B.C. 3, 65; Suet. Calig. 50:

animos,

Liv. 3, 60, 11; cf. in pass., id. 10, 41, 13:

animum,

Tac. A. 1, 12; Suet. Ner. 48:

animum cogitationemque,

Plin. Ep. 2, 11, 14:

mentem,

Ov. M. 14, 352; cf.:

mentem cum vultu,

id. Am. 1, 14, 55:

paulatim mente collectā,

Curt. 8, 6, 22; cf.:

colligere spiritum,

to take breath, Quint. 11, 3, 53.—

To gather up in memory, put together in the mind, to think upon, weigh, consider:

cum et nostrae rei publicae detrimenta considero, et maximarum civitatum veteres animo calamitates colligo,

Cic. Inv. 1, 1, 1:

ut memineris, quae, etc.... quae, si colliges, et sperabis omnia optime, et, etc.,

id. Fam. 4, 13, 7; 6, 2, 4:

levis haec insania quantas Virtutes habeat, sic collige,

Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 119; cf.:

sic collige mecum,

id. S. 2, 1, 51. —Esp. freq.,

To put together mentally, etc., i. e. to gather, conclude, deduce, infer from what precedes (most freq. in Quint.); constr.: aliquid, aliquid ex aliquā re, per aliquam rem, aliquā re.—With ex:

ex eo colligere potes, quantā occupatione distinear,

Cic. Att. 2, 23, 1; so Quint. 5, 10, 80; 7, 2, 3; 7, 8, 6; 8, 4, 16; 4, 4, 5 al.; Suet. Tib. 67.—With per:

aliquid per aliud,

Quint. 5, 10, 11; so id. 4, 2, 81.—With abl. without a prep.:

quod multis et acutis conclusionibus colligunt,

Quint. 2, 20, 5; so id. 3, 6, 103; 5, 13, 14; 6, 3, 37; 7, 4, 1 al.; Col. 4, 3, 2 al.—With inde:

paucitatem inde hostium colligentes,

Liv. 7, 37, 9:

bene colligit, haec pueris et mulierculis esse grata,

Cic. Off. 2, 16, 57:

neque hoc colligi desideramus, disertiores esse antiquos, etc.,

Tac. Or. 27; Quint. 5, 14, 22; 7, 3, 18; 1, 10, 42; Ov. M. 11, 380; Pers. 5, 85.—Hence,

collectus, a, um, P. a., contracted, narrow (opp. effusus):

tanto beatior, quanto collectior,

App. Mag. 21, p. 287:

corpora collectiora (opp. effusiora),

Calp. Flacc. Decl. 2, p. 795:

tempus collectius,

Tert. Monog. 14.— Adv.: collectē, summarily, briefly, strictly:

ponere aliquod verbum,

Non. p. 164, 1.—

collectum, i, n., that which is collected as food, Plin. 11, 37, 60, § 159.

col-lĭgo ( conl-), āvi, ātum, 1, v. a., to bind, tie, or fasten together, to connect, bind, tie up (in good prose).

Prop.:

omne colligatum solvi potest,

Cic. Univ. 11, 35:

corpora colligata vinculis naturalibus,

id. ib.; cf. id. ib. 5, 13: vasa (of warlike implements; cf. the preced. art., I. A. 1. fin.), Plaut. Ps. 4, 3, 16:

manus,

id. Ep. 5, 2, 23; cf. id. ib. 5, 2, 25, and the common expression in the formula: i, lictor, colliga manus, tie the prisoner ' s hands, Cic. Rab. Perd. 4, 13; Liv. 1, 26, 8: conligavit eum miseris modis, Ter. Eun. 5, 4, 33:

pluribus scutis uno ictu pilorum transfixis et colligatis,

fastened to one another, Caes. B. G. 1, 25:

solum herbis colligatum,

thickly overgrown, Col. 2, 17, 5:

bitumen vulnera colligat,

Plin. 35, 15, 51, § 181; cf.: colligatis vulneribus, * Suet. Tib. 61.—

Trop.

In gen., to unite, combine, connect (rare except in Cic.):

homines inter se sermonis vinclo,

Cic. Rep. 3, 2, 3:

officiorum genera inter se colligata atque implicata sunt,

id. Off. 1, 5, 15; cf.:

(res) omnes inter se aptae colligataeque,

id. N. D. 1, 4, 9:

sententias verbis,

to join together rhetorically, id. Or. 50, 168:

annorum septingentorum memoriam uno libro,

to comprehend, comprise, id. ib. 34, 120.—

With the access. idea of preventing free motion, to restrain, check, stop, hinder:

impetum furentis (Antonii),

Cic. Phil. 11, 2, 4:

Brutum in Graeciā,

i. e. to command that he remain there for protection, id. ib. 11, 11, 26:

se cum multis,

id. Fam. 9, 17, 2.—Hence, collĭgātē, adv., connectedly, jointly:

colligatius adhaerere alicui,

Aug. Doct. Christ. 1, 28.

col-lĭgo ( conl-), lēgi, lectum, 3, v.a. [2. lego, ĕre], to gather or collect together into a whole or to a point, to assemble, draw or bring together, collect (class. and very freq.),

Prop.

In gen.

Of things:

omnia praesegmina,

Plaut. Aul. 2, 4, 34:

stipulam,

Ter. Ad. 5, 3, 62; cf.: omnia furtim, Lucil. ap. Non. p. 273, 28:

radices palmarum,

Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 33, § 87:

apes in vas,

Varr. R. R. 2, 16, 37:

ossa,

Tib. 3, 2, 19; cf.

reliquias,

Suet. Tib. 54 fin.; id. Calig. 3:

materiem nostram Post obitum,

Lucr. 3, 847 (and Hom. Il. 24, 793):

sparsos per colla capillos in nodum,

Ov. M. 3, 170; 8, 319; and poet. transf. to the person:

immissos hederā collecta capillos Calliope, etc.,

id. ib. 5, 338; so,

sinus fluentes,

Verg. A. 1, 320:

flores,

Ov. M. 5, 399:

riguo horto olus,

id. ib. 8, 646:

de purpureis vitibus uvas,

id. ib. 8, 676:

fructus,

Hor. Ep. 1, 12, 1: omnia venena, * Cat. 14, 19:

sarmenta virgultaque,

Caes. B. G. 3, 18:

serpentes,

Nep. Hann. 10, 4:

naufragium,

Cic. Sest. 6, 15: mortualia, glossaria conlegitis et lexidia, res taetras et inanes, Domit. ap. Gell. 18, 7, 3:

pecuniam,

Hor. Ep. 1, 10, 47:

viatica,

id. ib. 2, 2, 26; cf.:

stipem a tyrannis,

to obtain by begging, Liv. 38, 45, 9:

aër umorem colligens,

Cic. N. D. 2, 39, 101:

imbres,

Hor. Ep. 1, 15, 15; cf.:

pluvias aquas,

Quint. 10, 1, 109; 5. 14, 31:

ventus per loca subcava terrae Collectus,

Lucr. 6, 558:

procellam,

id. 6, 124:

spiritum,

Plin. 19, 6, 26, § 78; Quint. 11, 3, 53:

flatus cornibus,

Sil. 14, 390:

collectae ex alto nubes,

heaped together, Verg. G. 1, 324:

pulvis collectus turbine,

Hor. S. 1, 4, 31; and poet.:

pulverem Olympicum Collegisse juvat,

i. e. to have covered himself with it, id. C. 1, 1, 4:

luna revertentes colligit ignes,

Verg. G. 1, 427:

antiqua verba et figuras,

Suet. Gram. 10:

equos,

to check, restrain, stop, Ov. M. 2, 398; so,

gressum,

Sil. 6, 399:

gradum,

id. 7, 695; so,

fig. iram,

id. 9, 477;

and of the operation of medicine: acria viscerum colligere,

Plin. 19, 6, 26, § 85: hastas, to draw back (opp. protendere), Tac. A. 2, 21:

librum,

to catch a falling book, Plin. Ep. 2, 1, 5:

apparatu nobis (sc. oratoribus) opus est et rebus exquisitis, undique collectis, arcessitis, comportatis,

Cic. de Or. 3, 24, 92; cf.:

interea, dum haec, quae dispersa sunt, cogantur,

id. ib. 1, 42, 191: sarcinas; to pack one ' s luggage for a journey:

annus octogesimus admonet me, ut sarcinas colligam ante quam proficiscar e vitā,

Varr. R. R. 1, 1, 1; also: sarcinas conligere = sarcinas conferre, to gather and put in order the baggage of an army before a battle, Sall. J. 97, 4: vasa, milit. t. t.., to pack together, pack up, to break up the camp for a march, Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 19, § 40; Liv. 21, 47, 2; 22, 30, 1:

arma = remos,

i. e. to take in hand, take up, Verg. A. 5, 15 Forbig. ad loc.—

Of persons, mostly milit., to collect, assemble, bring together:

exercitus collectus ex senibus desperatis,

Cic. Cat. 2, 3, 5:

ex urbe, ex agris, numerum hominum,

id. ib. 2, 4, 8:

milites,

id. Verr. 2, 5, 51, § 133:

reliquos ex fugā,

Nep. Hann. 6 fin.:

manu collectā in Thraciam introiit,

id. Alcib. 7, 4; cf. Liv. 1, 5, 4, and Tac. Agr. 37:

de pagis omnibus bonos viros,

Cic. Fin. 2, 4, 12: se colligere, to gather, collect:

in moenia,

Sil. 10, 390:

ex regno alicujus,

Cic. Imp. Pomp. 9, 24: ad. aciem, Auct. B. Afr. 70; so, collecti, those who have collected:

in aestuaria ac paludes,

Caes. B. G. 2, 28; cf. Tac. A. 2, 11.—

Esp., with the accessory idea of shortening, by bringing together, to contract, draw up, compress, collect, concentrate (mostly poet. for the more usual contraho, coërceo, etc.):

in spiram tractu se colligit anguis,

Verg. G. 2, 154; cf.:

cogebantur breviore spatio et ipsi orbem colligere,

Liv. 2, 50, 7:

alitis in parvae subitam collecta figuram,

Verg. A. 12, 862 Wagn. N. cr.:

apicem collectus in unum,

Ov. M. 13, 910:

pedes,

to compress, Tib. 1, 8, 14:

volumina collecta in artum,

Plin. 8, 16, 17, § 45: se collegit in arma, covered himself with or concealed himself behind his shield, Verg. A. 12, 491; cf. id. ib. 10, 412 (post scutum se clausit, Serv.; Gr. sustaleis en aspidi, ep aspidos); cf. Stat. Th. 11, 545; Sil. 10, 255; 10, 129:

pallium,

to gather up, Plaut. Capt. 4, 2, 9:

togam,

Mart. 7, 33, 4:

12, 48, 5: per vulnera colligit hostes,

causes them to retreat, Sil. 10, 3.—Hence,

Medic. t. t., to make thick, to thicken (cf. cogo), Scrib. Comp. 95; 129; 138; 169; cf. Plin. 34, 11, 27, § 114.—

Trop.

To bring together, collect, to get, gain, acquire, produce, etc. (very freq. and class.):

sescentae ad eam rem causae possunt conligi,

Plaut. Trin. 3, 3, 62:

conlectis omnibus bellis civilibus,

i. e. brought together in speaking, adduced, Cic. Fam. 4, 3, 1; cf. id. Sest. 6, 15:

flammarum iras,

Lucr. 1, 723; cf. Hor. A. P. 160; Val. Fl. 7, 335:

multaque facete dicta, ut ea, quae a sene Catone collecta sunt,

Cic. Off. 1, 29, 104; 1, 42, 191:

res undique conlectae,

id. ib. 3, 24, 92:

quaedam conlecta edere,

Quint. 5, 10, 120:

sparsa argumenta,

id. 5, 7, 18: antiqua verba, Suet. [p. 367] Gram. 10:

omnes rumorum et contionum ventos,

Cic. Clu. 28, 77:

rumorem bonum,

id. Leg. 1, 19, 50:

peccata consulum,

id. ib. 3, 10, 23:

vestigia Pythagoreorum,

id. Tusc. 4, 2, 3:

existimationem multo sudore,

id. Div. in Caecil. 22, 72:

benevolentiam civium blanditiis,

id. Lael. 17, 61:

magnam gratiam magnamque dignitatem ex hoc labore,

id. Q. Fr. 2, 15 (16), 1:

auctoritatem,

Caes. B. G. 6, 12:

famam clementiae,

Liv. 21, 48, 10:

tantum amoris favorisque,

Suet. Claud. 12; Prop. 2 (3), 14, 9:

invidiam crudelitatis ex eo,

Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 8, § 19:

crimina majestatis,

Plin. Pan. 33 fin.:

sitim,

Verg. G. 3, 327; Ov. M. 5, 446; 6, 341 (cf.:

adducere sitim,

Hor. C. 4, 12, 13):

frigus,

Hor. Ep. 1, 11, 13:

rabiem,

Verg. A. 9, 63; Ov. M. 1, 234; 9, 212:

odium,

id. ib. 3, 258:

usum patiendi,

id. Am. 1, 8, 75:

vires usu,

id. A. A. 2, 339; cf. Liv. 29, 30, 5; Sil. 4, 307.—

Of number, distance, etc., to amount or come to, extend; pass., to be reckoned (rare, and only in post-Aug. prose):

ut LX. passus plerique (rami) orbe colligant,

Plin. 12, 5, 11, § 23:

ambitus per frontem centum duos pedes colligit,

id. 36, 12, 17, § 77:

ad quos (consules) a regno Numae colliguntur anni DXXXV.,

id. 13, 13, 27, § 85; so Tac. G. 37; id. Or. 17.—

Colligere se or animum, mentem, etc., to collect one ' s self, to compose one ' s self, to recover one ' s courage, resolution, etc. (very freq. and class.):

quid est autem se ipsum colligere, nisi dissipatas animi partes rursum in suum locum cogere?

Cic. Tusc. 4, 36, 78: se, Afran. ap. Charis. p. 195 P.; Lucr. 3, 925; Cic. Quint. 16, 53; id. Div. 1, 27, 57; id. Div. in Caecil. 12, 37; id. Fam. 5, 18, 1; id. de Or. 1, 7, 24; id. Tusc. 1, 24, 58; Caes. B. C. 1, 14:

se colligere,

to rally, id. B.G. 5, 17:

se ex timore,

id. B.C. 3, 65; Suet. Calig. 50:

animos,

Liv. 3, 60, 11; cf. in pass., id. 10, 41, 13:

animum,

Tac. A. 1, 12; Suet. Ner. 48:

animum cogitationemque,

Plin. Ep. 2, 11, 14:

mentem,

Ov. M. 14, 352; cf.:

mentem cum vultu,

id. Am. 1, 14, 55:

paulatim mente collectā,

Curt. 8, 6, 22; cf.:

colligere spiritum,

to take breath, Quint. 11, 3, 53.—

To gather up in memory, put together in the mind, to think upon, weigh, consider:

cum et nostrae rei publicae detrimenta considero, et maximarum civitatum veteres animo calamitates colligo,

Cic. Inv. 1, 1, 1:

ut memineris, quae, etc.... quae, si colliges, et sperabis omnia optime, et, etc.,

id. Fam. 4, 13, 7; 6, 2, 4:

levis haec insania quantas Virtutes habeat, sic collige,

Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 119; cf.:

sic collige mecum,

id. S. 2, 1, 51. —Esp. freq.,

To put together mentally, etc., i. e. to gather, conclude, deduce, infer from what precedes (most freq. in Quint.); constr.: aliquid, aliquid ex aliquā re, per aliquam rem, aliquā re.—With ex:

ex eo colligere potes, quantā occupatione distinear,

Cic. Att. 2, 23, 1; so Quint. 5, 10, 80; 7, 2, 3; 7, 8, 6; 8, 4, 16; 4, 4, 5 al.; Suet. Tib. 67.—With per:

aliquid per aliud,

Quint. 5, 10, 11; so id. 4, 2, 81.—With abl. without a prep.:

quod multis et acutis conclusionibus colligunt,

Quint. 2, 20, 5; so id. 3, 6, 103; 5, 13, 14; 6, 3, 37; 7, 4, 1 al.; Col. 4, 3, 2 al.—With inde:

paucitatem inde hostium colligentes,

Liv. 7, 37, 9:

bene colligit, haec pueris et mulierculis esse grata,

Cic. Off. 2, 16, 57:

neque hoc colligi desideramus, disertiores esse antiquos, etc.,

Tac. Or. 27; Quint. 5, 14, 22; 7, 3, 18; 1, 10, 42; Ov. M. 11, 380; Pers. 5, 85.—Hence,

collectus, a, um, P. a., contracted, narrow (opp. effusus):

tanto beatior, quanto collectior,

App. Mag. 21, p. 287:

corpora collectiora (opp. effusiora),

Calp. Flacc. Decl. 2, p. 795:

tempus collectius,

Tert. Monog. 14.— Adv.: collectē, summarily, briefly, strictly:

ponere aliquod verbum,

Non. p. 164, 1.—

collectum, i, n., that which is collected as food, Plin. 11, 37, 60, § 159.

col-lĭgo ( conl-), āvi, ātum, 1, v. a., to bind, tie, or fasten together, to connect, bind, tie up (in good prose).

Prop.:

omne colligatum solvi potest,

Cic. Univ. 11, 35:

corpora colligata vinculis naturalibus,

id. ib.; cf. id. ib. 5, 13: vasa (of warlike implements; cf. the preced. art., I. A. 1. fin.), Plaut. Ps. 4, 3, 16:

manus,

id. Ep. 5, 2, 23; cf. id. ib. 5, 2, 25, and the common expression in the formula: i, lictor, colliga manus, tie the prisoner ' s hands, Cic. Rab. Perd. 4, 13; Liv. 1, 26, 8: conligavit eum miseris modis, Ter. Eun. 5, 4, 33:

pluribus scutis uno ictu pilorum transfixis et colligatis,

fastened to one another, Caes. B. G. 1, 25:

solum herbis colligatum,

thickly overgrown, Col. 2, 17, 5:

bitumen vulnera colligat,

Plin. 35, 15, 51, § 181; cf.: colligatis vulneribus, * Suet. Tib. 61.—

Trop.

In gen., to unite, combine, connect (rare except in Cic.):

homines inter se sermonis vinclo,

Cic. Rep. 3, 2, 3:

officiorum genera inter se colligata atque implicata sunt,

id. Off. 1, 5, 15; cf.:

(res) omnes inter se aptae colligataeque,

id. N. D. 1, 4, 9:

sententias verbis,

to join together rhetorically, id. Or. 50, 168:

annorum septingentorum memoriam uno libro,

to comprehend, comprise, id. ib. 34, 120.—

With the access. idea of preventing free motion, to restrain, check, stop, hinder:

impetum furentis (Antonii),

Cic. Phil. 11, 2, 4:

Brutum in Graeciā,

i. e. to command that he remain there for protection, id. ib. 11, 11, 26:

se cum multis,

id. Fam. 9, 17, 2.—Hence, collĭgātē, adv., connectedly, jointly:

colligatius adhaerere alicui,

Aug. Doct. Christ. 1, 28.

ef-fētus (not effoetus), a, um, adj., that has brought forth young, that has laid eggs (mostly poet. and in post-Aug. prose).

Lit. (mostly in Col.):

cum effetae loca genitalia tumebunt,

Col. 7, 7, 4; 7, 12, 11; 9, 1, 7.— Poet.:

simul effetas linquunt examina ceras,

Luc. 9, 285.—

Meton. (causa pro effectu).

Exhausted, worn out by bearing:

aliquae (gallinae) in tantum, ut effetae moriantur,

Plin. 10, 53, 74, § 146; cf. Sall. C. 53, 5.—

Transf., in gen., exhausted, worn out: tellus, * Lucr. 2, 1150; cf.:

effetum et defatigatum solum, Col. praef. § 1: natura (with lassa),

Plin. Ep. 6, 21, 1:

tauri senio effeti,

Col. 6, 24, 1: corpus, * Cic. de Sen. 9, 29; cf.

vires (corporis),

Verg. A. 5, 396:

spes,

i. e. vain, delusive, Val. Fl. 4, 380.— Poet.:

verique effeta senectus,

incapacitated for truth, Verg. A. 7, 440 (cf.:

Vana veri,

id. ib. 10, 630).— Comp.:

oratio effetior,

App. Flor. p. 366.— Sup. and adv. do not occur.