lusus+n+m

Sătŭrĭo, ōnis, m. [satur].

The name of a lost comedy of Plautus, Gell. 3, 3, 14.—

The name of a parasite in the Persa of Plautus; hence, in a lusus verbb.:

Essurio venio, non advenio saturio,

Plaut. Pers. 1, 3, 23.

scisco, scīvi, scītum, 3 ( dep. collat. form sciscor, acc. to Prisc. p. 799 P.), v. inch. a. [scio], to seek to know; to search, inquire.

Lit. (ante-class. and very rare; cf., on the other hand, the deriv. sciscitor): praefestinamus, quae sit causa, sciscere, Afran. ap. Charis. p. 186 P.: ibo ad eam, ut sciscam, quid velint, Att. ap. Non. 505, 12; cf. Plaut. Am. 5, 1, 17.—

Transf.

Publicists' t. t., of the people, after inquiry or examination, to accept, approve, assent to something proposed; hence, to appoint, enact, decree, ordain, = rem cognitam jubere (cf. sancio):

nullam illi (majores nostri) vim contionis esse voluerunt: quae scisceret plebes aut quae populus juberet summota contione, distributis partibus... auditis auctoribus, re multos dies promulgatā et cognitā, juberi vetarique voluerunt,

Cic. Fl. 7, 15:

illa legitima: consules populum jure rogaverunt populusque jure scivit,

id. Phil. 1, 10, 26; cf.:

rogationes plurimas propter vos populus scivit,

Plaut. Curc. 4, 2, 23:

rogationem Marciam de Liguribus magno consensu plebes scivit jussitque. Ex eo plebiscito, etc.,

Liv. 42, 21 fin.:

adeo id gratum plebi fuit ut id modo sciscerent juberentque, ut senatus decerneret, qui Romae regnaret,

id. 1, 17 fin.:

ad sciscendum plebi,

id. 6, 35:

si Gaditani sciverint nominatim de aliquo cive Romano, ut sit is civis Gaditanus,

Cic. Balb. 11, 27; cf.:

qui (Athenienses) sciverunt, ut, etc.,

id. Off. 3, 11, 46.— Pass.:

multa perniciose sciscuntur in populis (with sancire),

Cic. Leg. 2, 5, 13; cf.:

illud stultissimum, existimare omnia justa esse, quae scita sint in populorum institutis aut legibus,

id. ib. 1, 15, 42 (v. also under P. a.).— Poet., with obj.-clause:

munera Martis Aequent imperio et solem concedere nocti Sciscant,

Sil. 7, 545.—

Transf., in gen. (like decerno), of an individual, to approve, assent to, vote for any thing:

qui ulteriorem (Galliam decernit), ostendit, eam se sciscere legem, quam esse legem neget,

Cic. Prov. Cons. 15, 36:

quod primus scivit legem de publicanis, etc.,

id. Planc. 14, 35. —

To learn, ascertain, know:

ut illi id factum sciscerent,

Plaut. Bacch. 2, 3, 68: praefestinamus quae sit causa sciscere, quod, etc., Afran. ap. Charis. 2, p. 186 P. (Com. Rel. v. 396 Rib.). —

Trop., of nature, to decree, establish:

confirmat antem illud vel maxime quod ipsa natura, ut ait ille, sciscet et probet,

Cic. Fin. 1, 7, 23.—Hence, scī-tus, a, um, P. a.

(Acc. to I.) Mid. (orig., that has informed himself, obtained knowledge, had experience; hence), knowing, shrewd, wise, acute, experienced, skilful, adroit, etc. (of persons; mostly poet.; not in Cic., but cf. 2.; syn.: callidus, versatus): doctu', fidelis... Scitus, etc., Enn. ap. Gell. 12, 4, 4 (Ann. v. 251 Vahl.):

hominem astutum, doctum, scitum et callidum,

Plaut. Ps. 1, 3, 151:

mulier scita atque prudens,

Gell. 13, 4 fin.: scitus agaso, Enn. ap. Fest. p. 330 Müll. (Ann. v. 217 Vahl.):

sycophanta,

Plaut. Am. 1, 3, 8:

homo,

Ter. Eun. 2, 2, 23:

convivator,

a clever, dexterous host, Liv. 35, 49:

scitus bellum (venereum) init,

Plaut. Truc. 5, 42:

ea mulieris scitae comitas,

Gell. 13, 4, 3.— Comp.:

non sum scitior, quae hos rogem, etc.,

Plaut. Cist. 4, 2, 12.— Poet. and in post - Aug. prose with gen.:

Nessus scitus vadorum,

acquainted with, Ov. M. 9, 108:

Thalia lyrae,

id. F. 5, 54:

Sthenelus pugnandi,

Quint. 9, 3, 10 Spald. N. cr. —With obj.-clause ( poet.):

scitus accendere corda Laudibus,

Sil. 17, 293:

accendere Martem,

id. 15, 594.—

Of things, fit, suitable, proper, judicious, sensible, witty, etc.:

pulcre scripsti: scitum syngraphum!

Plaut. As. 4, 1, 57:

scito illa quidem (scripsit) sermone et Attico,

Cic. N. D. 1, 33, 93; cf.

interrogationes,

Quint. 5, 7, 28.— Sup.:

oratio optima et scitissima,

Plaut. Stich. 1, 3, 30:

si quid (dictum) est, quod mihi scitum esse videatur et homini ingenuo dignum atque docto, non aspernor,

Cic. Planc. 14, 35; cf. id. Or. 16, 51:

oratoris dictum,

Tac. A. 6, 20.—Esp. in the phrase scitum est, it is a witty or acute saying; shrewd, clever: vetus illud Catonis admodum scitum est, qui mirari se aiebat, quod non rideret haruspex, haruspicem cum vidisset, Cic. Div. 2, 24, 51; cf.:

scitum est illud Catonis, ut multa: Melius, etc.,

id. Lael. 24, 90;

Scytharum legati,

Plin. 14, 22, 28, § 148:

scitum est, inter Protogenem et eum (Apellem) quod accidit,

a clever thing, id. 35, 10, 36, § 81:

hoc Scitum est, periculum ex aliis facere, tibi quod ex usu siet,

Ter. Heaut. 1, 2, 36; cf. id. Phorm. 5, 4, 2:

scitum est causam conferre in tempus,

Cic. de Or. 3, 61, 228.—

Transf., beautiful, elegant, fine, etc. (mostly ante- and post-class.;

syn.: venustus, bellus): satis scitum filum mulieris,

Plaut. Merc. 4, 4, 15; cf.

Iphis,

Petr. 63, 3:

mulierculae formae scitioris,

Lampr. Commod. 2 fin. (v. perscitus):

vox admodum scita et canora,

Gell. 18, 5, 2:

haec nox scita'st exercendo scorto,

Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 132; cf. scitamenta.—

(Acc. to II. A.) Subst.: scītum, i. n., an ordinance, statute, decree; esp. in connection with plebis (plebei, v. plebs), or, in one word, plebiscitum, an ordinance or decree of the people or of the citizens (opp. to senatusconsultum, a decree of the Senate):

scita plebei appellantur ea, quae plebs suo suffragio sine patribus jussit, plebeio magistratu rogante,

Fest. p. 293 Müll.; cf. Lael. Felix ap. Gell. 15, 27, 4:

quo plebiscito decreta a senatu est quaestio, etc.,

Cic. Fin. 2, 16, 54:

quae (lex) postea plebiscito Canuleio abrogata est,

id. Rep. 2, 37, 63:

plebiscitis consularem potestatem minuere,

id. de Or. 2, 48, 199 et saep. (v. 2. scitus).—In a lusus verbb. with scitus, A.: Ps. Ecquid is homo scitus est? Ch. Plebiscitum non est scitius, Plaut. Ps. 2, 4, 58.—In the order scitum plebis:

de altero aedile scitum plebis est factum rogantibus tribunis,

Liv. 31, 50 fin.; 10, 22 fin.:

scita plebis injuncta patribus,

id. 3, 67; 22, 26;

Populi is used instead of plebis when the decrees of other nations are spoken of: cum lex esset Athenis, ne quis populi scitum faceret, ut quisquam coronā donaretur, etc.,

Cic. Opt. Gen. 7, 19:

Athenienses quibusdam temporibus sublato Areopago nihil nisi populi scitis ac decretis agebant,

id. Rep. 1, 27, 43; so,

in one word, populiscitum,

Nep. Alcib. 5, 4; id. Epam. 7, 4; id. Phoc. 2, 2:

ut nullum de eā re scitum populi fieret aut litteris mandaretur,

Liv. 45, 25. Tacitus is the first who has populi scita for decrees of the Roman people, Tac. A. 3, 58.—Of Roman popular decrees also simply scita:

cum scita ac jussa nostra sua sententia comprobat,

Cic. Balb. 18, 42.—Rarely of other public or official ordinances (cf.:

decreta, edicta, jussa): (Numa) omnia publica privataque sacra Pontificis scitis subjecit,

Liv. 1, 20:

quo minus ferociter aliorum (decemvirorum) scitis adversarentur,

id. 3, 33; Plin. 14, 22, 28, § 146:

regis,

Vulg. Esth. 3, 8.—

Transf. (with decretum and placitum) as a transl. of the Gr. dogma, a maxim, tenet, dogma, Sen. Ep. 95, 10.— Adv.: scītē (acc. to A.), shrewdly, cleverly, skilfully, adroitly, nicely, tastefully, elegantly (class.):

eho, nimium scite scitus es,

Plaut. Cas. 3, 1, 8; cf.:

tondetur nimium scite,

id. Merc. 3, 1, 28:

satis scite et probe,

id. Trin. 3, 3, 56; id. Bacch. 2, 3, 69; id. Mil. 4, 2, 74; id. Trin. 3, 3, 53; Ter. Heaut. 4, 4, 7; Cic. Fam. 11, 16, 1 (with commode):

(rationes) ita sunt perscriptae scite et litterate, ut, etc.,

id. Pis. 25, 61; cf.:

scite et venuste facta,

id. Verr. 2, 2, 35, § 87:

illa ex patellis quae evellerat, ita scite in aureis poculis inligabat, etc.,

id. ib. 2, 4, 24, §

54: non scite (dictum),

id. Att. 14, 20, 3; so,

dictum,

Plin. 36, 22, 48, § 166:

scite loqui,

Liv. 10, 19:

parum scite convivium exornare,

Sall. J. 85, 39; cf. Liv. 4, 44 fin. — Comp.:

scitius,

Gell. 4, 11, 10.— Sup.:

scitissime,

Plaut. Stich. 1, 3, 116; Gell. 10, 11, 6; App. M. 9, p. 212, 16.

scisco, scīvi, scītum, 3 ( dep. collat. form sciscor, acc. to Prisc. p. 799 P.), v. inch. a. [scio], to seek to know; to search, inquire.

Lit. (ante-class. and very rare; cf., on the other hand, the deriv. sciscitor): praefestinamus, quae sit causa, sciscere, Afran. ap. Charis. p. 186 P.: ibo ad eam, ut sciscam, quid velint, Att. ap. Non. 505, 12; cf. Plaut. Am. 5, 1, 17.—

Transf.

Publicists' t. t., of the people, after inquiry or examination, to accept, approve, assent to something proposed; hence, to appoint, enact, decree, ordain, = rem cognitam jubere (cf. sancio):

nullam illi (majores nostri) vim contionis esse voluerunt: quae scisceret plebes aut quae populus juberet summota contione, distributis partibus... auditis auctoribus, re multos dies promulgatā et cognitā, juberi vetarique voluerunt,

Cic. Fl. 7, 15:

illa legitima: consules populum jure rogaverunt populusque jure scivit,

id. Phil. 1, 10, 26; cf.:

rogationes plurimas propter vos populus scivit,

Plaut. Curc. 4, 2, 23:

rogationem Marciam de Liguribus magno consensu plebes scivit jussitque. Ex eo plebiscito, etc.,

Liv. 42, 21 fin.:

adeo id gratum plebi fuit ut id modo sciscerent juberentque, ut senatus decerneret, qui Romae regnaret,

id. 1, 17 fin.:

ad sciscendum plebi,

id. 6, 35:

si Gaditani sciverint nominatim de aliquo cive Romano, ut sit is civis Gaditanus,

Cic. Balb. 11, 27; cf.:

qui (Athenienses) sciverunt, ut, etc.,

id. Off. 3, 11, 46.— Pass.:

multa perniciose sciscuntur in populis (with sancire),

Cic. Leg. 2, 5, 13; cf.:

illud stultissimum, existimare omnia justa esse, quae scita sint in populorum institutis aut legibus,

id. ib. 1, 15, 42 (v. also under P. a.).— Poet., with obj.-clause:

munera Martis Aequent imperio et solem concedere nocti Sciscant,

Sil. 7, 545.—

Transf., in gen. (like decerno), of an individual, to approve, assent to, vote for any thing:

qui ulteriorem (Galliam decernit), ostendit, eam se sciscere legem, quam esse legem neget,

Cic. Prov. Cons. 15, 36:

quod primus scivit legem de publicanis, etc.,

id. Planc. 14, 35. —

To learn, ascertain, know:

ut illi id factum sciscerent,

Plaut. Bacch. 2, 3, 68: praefestinamus quae sit causa sciscere, quod, etc., Afran. ap. Charis. 2, p. 186 P. (Com. Rel. v. 396 Rib.). —

Trop., of nature, to decree, establish:

confirmat antem illud vel maxime quod ipsa natura, ut ait ille, sciscet et probet,

Cic. Fin. 1, 7, 23.—Hence, scī-tus, a, um, P. a.

(Acc. to I.) Mid. (orig., that has informed himself, obtained knowledge, had experience; hence), knowing, shrewd, wise, acute, experienced, skilful, adroit, etc. (of persons; mostly poet.; not in Cic., but cf. 2.; syn.: callidus, versatus): doctu', fidelis... Scitus, etc., Enn. ap. Gell. 12, 4, 4 (Ann. v. 251 Vahl.):

hominem astutum, doctum, scitum et callidum,

Plaut. Ps. 1, 3, 151:

mulier scita atque prudens,

Gell. 13, 4 fin.: scitus agaso, Enn. ap. Fest. p. 330 Müll. (Ann. v. 217 Vahl.):

sycophanta,

Plaut. Am. 1, 3, 8:

homo,

Ter. Eun. 2, 2, 23:

convivator,

a clever, dexterous host, Liv. 35, 49:

scitus bellum (venereum) init,

Plaut. Truc. 5, 42:

ea mulieris scitae comitas,

Gell. 13, 4, 3.— Comp.:

non sum scitior, quae hos rogem, etc.,

Plaut. Cist. 4, 2, 12.— Poet. and in post - Aug. prose with gen.:

Nessus scitus vadorum,

acquainted with, Ov. M. 9, 108:

Thalia lyrae,

id. F. 5, 54:

Sthenelus pugnandi,

Quint. 9, 3, 10 Spald. N. cr. —With obj.-clause ( poet.):

scitus accendere corda Laudibus,

Sil. 17, 293:

accendere Martem,

id. 15, 594.—

Of things, fit, suitable, proper, judicious, sensible, witty, etc.:

pulcre scripsti: scitum syngraphum!

Plaut. As. 4, 1, 57:

scito illa quidem (scripsit) sermone et Attico,

Cic. N. D. 1, 33, 93; cf.

interrogationes,

Quint. 5, 7, 28.— Sup.:

oratio optima et scitissima,

Plaut. Stich. 1, 3, 30:

si quid (dictum) est, quod mihi scitum esse videatur et homini ingenuo dignum atque docto, non aspernor,

Cic. Planc. 14, 35; cf. id. Or. 16, 51:

oratoris dictum,

Tac. A. 6, 20.—Esp. in the phrase scitum est, it is a witty or acute saying; shrewd, clever: vetus illud Catonis admodum scitum est, qui mirari se aiebat, quod non rideret haruspex, haruspicem cum vidisset, Cic. Div. 2, 24, 51; cf.:

scitum est illud Catonis, ut multa: Melius, etc.,

id. Lael. 24, 90;

Scytharum legati,

Plin. 14, 22, 28, § 148:

scitum est, inter Protogenem et eum (Apellem) quod accidit,

a clever thing, id. 35, 10, 36, § 81:

hoc Scitum est, periculum ex aliis facere, tibi quod ex usu siet,

Ter. Heaut. 1, 2, 36; cf. id. Phorm. 5, 4, 2:

scitum est causam conferre in tempus,

Cic. de Or. 3, 61, 228.—

Transf., beautiful, elegant, fine, etc. (mostly ante- and post-class.;

syn.: venustus, bellus): satis scitum filum mulieris,

Plaut. Merc. 4, 4, 15; cf.

Iphis,

Petr. 63, 3:

mulierculae formae scitioris,

Lampr. Commod. 2 fin. (v. perscitus):

vox admodum scita et canora,

Gell. 18, 5, 2:

haec nox scita'st exercendo scorto,

Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 132; cf. scitamenta.—

(Acc. to II. A.) Subst.: scītum, i. n., an ordinance, statute, decree; esp. in connection with plebis (plebei, v. plebs), or, in one word, plebiscitum, an ordinance or decree of the people or of the citizens (opp. to senatusconsultum, a decree of the Senate):

scita plebei appellantur ea, quae plebs suo suffragio sine patribus jussit, plebeio magistratu rogante,

Fest. p. 293 Müll.; cf. Lael. Felix ap. Gell. 15, 27, 4:

quo plebiscito decreta a senatu est quaestio, etc.,

Cic. Fin. 2, 16, 54:

quae (lex) postea plebiscito Canuleio abrogata est,

id. Rep. 2, 37, 63:

plebiscitis consularem potestatem minuere,

id. de Or. 2, 48, 199 et saep. (v. 2. scitus).—In a lusus verbb. with scitus, A.: Ps. Ecquid is homo scitus est? Ch. Plebiscitum non est scitius, Plaut. Ps. 2, 4, 58.—In the order scitum plebis:

de altero aedile scitum plebis est factum rogantibus tribunis,

Liv. 31, 50 fin.; 10, 22 fin.:

scita plebis injuncta patribus,

id. 3, 67; 22, 26;

Populi is used instead of plebis when the decrees of other nations are spoken of: cum lex esset Athenis, ne quis populi scitum faceret, ut quisquam coronā donaretur, etc.,

Cic. Opt. Gen. 7, 19:

Athenienses quibusdam temporibus sublato Areopago nihil nisi populi scitis ac decretis agebant,

id. Rep. 1, 27, 43; so,

in one word, populiscitum,

Nep. Alcib. 5, 4; id. Epam. 7, 4; id. Phoc. 2, 2:

ut nullum de eā re scitum populi fieret aut litteris mandaretur,

Liv. 45, 25. Tacitus is the first who has populi scita for decrees of the Roman people, Tac. A. 3, 58.—Of Roman popular decrees also simply scita:

cum scita ac jussa nostra sua sententia comprobat,

Cic. Balb. 18, 42.—Rarely of other public or official ordinances (cf.:

decreta, edicta, jussa): (Numa) omnia publica privataque sacra Pontificis scitis subjecit,

Liv. 1, 20:

quo minus ferociter aliorum (decemvirorum) scitis adversarentur,

id. 3, 33; Plin. 14, 22, 28, § 146:

regis,

Vulg. Esth. 3, 8.—

Transf. (with decretum and placitum) as a transl. of the Gr. dogma, a maxim, tenet, dogma, Sen. Ep. 95, 10.— Adv.: scītē (acc. to A.), shrewdly, cleverly, skilfully, adroitly, nicely, tastefully, elegantly (class.):

eho, nimium scite scitus es,

Plaut. Cas. 3, 1, 8; cf.:

tondetur nimium scite,

id. Merc. 3, 1, 28:

satis scite et probe,

id. Trin. 3, 3, 56; id. Bacch. 2, 3, 69; id. Mil. 4, 2, 74; id. Trin. 3, 3, 53; Ter. Heaut. 4, 4, 7; Cic. Fam. 11, 16, 1 (with commode):

(rationes) ita sunt perscriptae scite et litterate, ut, etc.,

id. Pis. 25, 61; cf.:

scite et venuste facta,

id. Verr. 2, 2, 35, § 87:

illa ex patellis quae evellerat, ita scite in aureis poculis inligabat, etc.,

id. ib. 2, 4, 24, §

54: non scite (dictum),

id. Att. 14, 20, 3; so,

dictum,

Plin. 36, 22, 48, § 166:

scite loqui,

Liv. 10, 19:

parum scite convivium exornare,

Sall. J. 85, 39; cf. Liv. 4, 44 fin. — Comp.:

scitius,

Gell. 4, 11, 10.— Sup.:

scitissime,

Plaut. Stich. 1, 3, 116; Gell. 10, 11, 6; App. M. 9, p. 212, 16.

scurrīlis, e, adj. [scurra, II.], buffoonlike, jeering, scurrilous.

Lit. (class.):

jocus (with mimicus),

Cic. de Or. 2, 59, 239:

dicacitas,

id. ib. 2, 60, 244; Quint. 6, 3, 29; Suet. Vesp. 22 (with sordida); Cic. de Or. 3, 60, 245; Quint. 6, 3, 48; Val. Max. 7, 8, 9.—

In gen., jesting, facetious, ludicrous:

lusus (opp. res seriae),

Val. Max. 8, 8, 2.— Adv.: scurrīlĭter (acc. to I.), like a buffoon:

ludere,

Plin. Ep. 4, 25, 3:

jocari,

Just. 24, 6, 4.

sērĭus, a, um, adj. [perh. for sevrius; root sev-, severus; Gr. sebas, semnos], grave, earnest, serious, opp. to sportive, jocular (class. only of things;

severus, both of persons and things): res (opp. jocosae),

Cic. Off. 1, 37, 134:

sermo (opp. jocus),

Auct. Her. 3, 14, 25:

non res potissimum seria, sed quasi ludus ac jocus,

Lact. 2, 18, 3: graves seriaeque res, Cic. Off. 1, 29, 103; so,

res serias omnis extollo in alium diem,

Plaut. Poen. 2, 51:

ait rem seriam Velle agere mecum,

Ter. Eun. 3, 3, 7; Liv. 23, 7 fin.:

dies religiosus ad agendum quicquam rei seriae,

id. 26, 17 al.:

verba,

Tib. 3, 6, 52; cf. Hor. A. P. 107:

quaestiones,

Suet. Calig. 32:

carmina,

Plin. Pan. 54, 2:

curae,

id. ib. 82 fin.:

partes dierum,

id. ib. 49 fin.:

tempus,

id. Ep. 4, 25, 3 et saep.:

opinor hercle hodie quod ego dixi per jocum, Id eventurum esse et severum et serium,

Plaut. Poen. 5, 3, 51:

si aliquid serium, etc.,

Quint. 6, 3, 16:

nec quicquam grave ac serium,

Tac. A. 3, 50 fin. —With sup.:

verba seria dictu,

Hor. A. P. 107.—As subst.: sērĭum, i, and more freq. sērĭa, ōrum, n., earnestness, seriousness; serious matters or discourse (often opp. jocus); sing.:

si quid per jocum Dixi, nolito in serium convortere,

Plaut. Poen. 5, 5, 42:

itaque res in serium versa est,

Curt. 5, 7, 10:

nihil ad serium,

Tac. A. 6, 14.— Plur.:

quīcum joca, seria, ut dicitur,

Cic. Fin. 2, 26, 85:

joca atque seria cum humillimis agere,

Sall. J. 96, 2:

cum his seria ac jocos celebrare,

Liv. 1, 4 fin.:

per seria per jocos,

Tac. A. 2, 13:

sed tamen amoto quaeramus seria ludo,

Hor. S. 1, 1, 27; 2, 2, 125; id. A. P. 226; Ov. F. 5, 341 al.:

mala,

Hor. A. P. 451:

mea (opp. lusus),

Ov. Tr. 1, 8, 31:

(Marsus) seria partitur in tria genera,

Quint. 6, 3, 108:

ille seria nostra, ille deliciae,

Plin. Ep. 8, 1, 2.—Of persons, for severus (ante- and post-class.): non ego te novi tristem servum, serium? Afran. ap. Non. 33, 33:

amicos serios aspernatur,

App. Mag. 98, p. 336, 9:

Solon,

id. ib. 9, p. 278 fin.; Amm. 26, 2, 2; 29, 6, 1; Treb. Claud. 12, 5; Mam. Grat. Act. 12, 2; Quint. Decl. 15, 3.—Hence, adv. in two forms.

sērĭō, in earnest, seriously (mostly anteclass.; a favorite word of Plaut.;

not in Cic. or Cæs.): nec joco nec serio,

Plaut. Am. 3, 2, 25:

si quid dictum est per jocum, Non aequom est id te serio praevortier,

id. ib. 3, 2, 40:

an id joco dixisti? equidem serio ac vero ratus,

id. ib. 3, 3, 9; so (opp. joco) id. Bacch. 1, 1, 42; Ter. Heaut. 3, 2, 30; Liv. 7, 41, 3: vereor serio, Naev. ap. Charis. p. 195; Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 225; id. Cas. 4, 2, 11; id. Ep. 1, 1, 29; id. Merc. 4, 1, 19; id. Ps. 1, 3, 106; 4, 7, 94; id. Poen. 1, 1, 32; 1, 3, 26; 1, 3, 29; id. Rud. 2, 5, 11; 4, 4, 1; id. Truc. 2, 2, 47; 2, 5, 29; Ter. Eun. 3, 1, 3; 3, 3, 22; id. Ad. 5, 9, 18; Liv. 4, 25 fin.; Quint. 1, 2, 1; 9, 2, 14; Plin. Ep. 2, 20, 10.—

sērĭē, in earnest, seriously:

(post-class.) vultu serie pulcro,

Aur. Vict. Epit. 15.

sērĭus, comp. adv., v. 3. sero.

sērĭus, a, um, adj. [perh. for sevrius; root sev-, severus; Gr. sebas, semnos], grave, earnest, serious, opp. to sportive, jocular (class. only of things;

severus, both of persons and things): res (opp. jocosae),

Cic. Off. 1, 37, 134:

sermo (opp. jocus),

Auct. Her. 3, 14, 25:

non res potissimum seria, sed quasi ludus ac jocus,

Lact. 2, 18, 3: graves seriaeque res, Cic. Off. 1, 29, 103; so,

res serias omnis extollo in alium diem,

Plaut. Poen. 2, 51:

ait rem seriam Velle agere mecum,

Ter. Eun. 3, 3, 7; Liv. 23, 7 fin.:

dies religiosus ad agendum quicquam rei seriae,

id. 26, 17 al.:

verba,

Tib. 3, 6, 52; cf. Hor. A. P. 107:

quaestiones,

Suet. Calig. 32:

carmina,

Plin. Pan. 54, 2:

curae,

id. ib. 82 fin.:

partes dierum,

id. ib. 49 fin.:

tempus,

id. Ep. 4, 25, 3 et saep.:

opinor hercle hodie quod ego dixi per jocum, Id eventurum esse et severum et serium,

Plaut. Poen. 5, 3, 51:

si aliquid serium, etc.,

Quint. 6, 3, 16:

nec quicquam grave ac serium,

Tac. A. 3, 50 fin. —With sup.:

verba seria dictu,

Hor. A. P. 107.—As subst.: sērĭum, i, and more freq. sērĭa, ōrum, n., earnestness, seriousness; serious matters or discourse (often opp. jocus); sing.:

si quid per jocum Dixi, nolito in serium convortere,

Plaut. Poen. 5, 5, 42:

itaque res in serium versa est,

Curt. 5, 7, 10:

nihil ad serium,

Tac. A. 6, 14.— Plur.:

quīcum joca, seria, ut dicitur,

Cic. Fin. 2, 26, 85:

joca atque seria cum humillimis agere,

Sall. J. 96, 2:

cum his seria ac jocos celebrare,

Liv. 1, 4 fin.:

per seria per jocos,

Tac. A. 2, 13:

sed tamen amoto quaeramus seria ludo,

Hor. S. 1, 1, 27; 2, 2, 125; id. A. P. 226; Ov. F. 5, 341 al.:

mala,

Hor. A. P. 451:

mea (opp. lusus),

Ov. Tr. 1, 8, 31:

(Marsus) seria partitur in tria genera,

Quint. 6, 3, 108:

ille seria nostra, ille deliciae,

Plin. Ep. 8, 1, 2.—Of persons, for severus (ante- and post-class.): non ego te novi tristem servum, serium? Afran. ap. Non. 33, 33:

amicos serios aspernatur,

App. Mag. 98, p. 336, 9:

Solon,

id. ib. 9, p. 278 fin.; Amm. 26, 2, 2; 29, 6, 1; Treb. Claud. 12, 5; Mam. Grat. Act. 12, 2; Quint. Decl. 15, 3.—Hence, adv. in two forms.

sērĭō, in earnest, seriously (mostly anteclass.; a favorite word of Plaut.;

not in Cic. or Cæs.): nec joco nec serio,

Plaut. Am. 3, 2, 25:

si quid dictum est per jocum, Non aequom est id te serio praevortier,

id. ib. 3, 2, 40:

an id joco dixisti? equidem serio ac vero ratus,

id. ib. 3, 3, 9; so (opp. joco) id. Bacch. 1, 1, 42; Ter. Heaut. 3, 2, 30; Liv. 7, 41, 3: vereor serio, Naev. ap. Charis. p. 195; Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 225; id. Cas. 4, 2, 11; id. Ep. 1, 1, 29; id. Merc. 4, 1, 19; id. Ps. 1, 3, 106; 4, 7, 94; id. Poen. 1, 1, 32; 1, 3, 26; 1, 3, 29; id. Rud. 2, 5, 11; 4, 4, 1; id. Truc. 2, 2, 47; 2, 5, 29; Ter. Eun. 3, 1, 3; 3, 3, 22; id. Ad. 5, 9, 18; Liv. 4, 25 fin.; Quint. 1, 2, 1; 9, 2, 14; Plin. Ep. 2, 20, 10.—

sērĭē, in earnest, seriously:

(post-class.) vultu serie pulcro,

Aur. Vict. Epit. 15.

sērĭus, comp. adv., v. 3. sero.

sērĭus, a, um, adj. [perh. for sevrius; root sev-, severus; Gr. sebas, semnos], grave, earnest, serious, opp. to sportive, jocular (class. only of things;

severus, both of persons and things): res (opp. jocosae),

Cic. Off. 1, 37, 134:

sermo (opp. jocus),

Auct. Her. 3, 14, 25:

non res potissimum seria, sed quasi ludus ac jocus,

Lact. 2, 18, 3: graves seriaeque res, Cic. Off. 1, 29, 103; so,

res serias omnis extollo in alium diem,

Plaut. Poen. 2, 51:

ait rem seriam Velle agere mecum,

Ter. Eun. 3, 3, 7; Liv. 23, 7 fin.:

dies religiosus ad agendum quicquam rei seriae,

id. 26, 17 al.:

verba,

Tib. 3, 6, 52; cf. Hor. A. P. 107:

quaestiones,

Suet. Calig. 32:

carmina,

Plin. Pan. 54, 2:

curae,

id. ib. 82 fin.:

partes dierum,

id. ib. 49 fin.:

tempus,

id. Ep. 4, 25, 3 et saep.:

opinor hercle hodie quod ego dixi per jocum, Id eventurum esse et severum et serium,

Plaut. Poen. 5, 3, 51:

si aliquid serium, etc.,

Quint. 6, 3, 16:

nec quicquam grave ac serium,

Tac. A. 3, 50 fin. —With sup.:

verba seria dictu,

Hor. A. P. 107.—As subst.: sērĭum, i, and more freq. sērĭa, ōrum, n., earnestness, seriousness; serious matters or discourse (often opp. jocus); sing.:

si quid per jocum Dixi, nolito in serium convortere,

Plaut. Poen. 5, 5, 42:

itaque res in serium versa est,

Curt. 5, 7, 10:

nihil ad serium,

Tac. A. 6, 14.— Plur.:

quīcum joca, seria, ut dicitur,

Cic. Fin. 2, 26, 85:

joca atque seria cum humillimis agere,

Sall. J. 96, 2:

cum his seria ac jocos celebrare,

Liv. 1, 4 fin.:

per seria per jocos,

Tac. A. 2, 13:

sed tamen amoto quaeramus seria ludo,

Hor. S. 1, 1, 27; 2, 2, 125; id. A. P. 226; Ov. F. 5, 341 al.:

mala,

Hor. A. P. 451:

mea (opp. lusus),

Ov. Tr. 1, 8, 31:

(Marsus) seria partitur in tria genera,

Quint. 6, 3, 108:

ille seria nostra, ille deliciae,

Plin. Ep. 8, 1, 2.—Of persons, for severus (ante- and post-class.): non ego te novi tristem servum, serium? Afran. ap. Non. 33, 33:

amicos serios aspernatur,

App. Mag. 98, p. 336, 9:

Solon,

id. ib. 9, p. 278 fin.; Amm. 26, 2, 2; 29, 6, 1; Treb. Claud. 12, 5; Mam. Grat. Act. 12, 2; Quint. Decl. 15, 3.—Hence, adv. in two forms.

sērĭō, in earnest, seriously (mostly anteclass.; a favorite word of Plaut.;

not in Cic. or Cæs.): nec joco nec serio,

Plaut. Am. 3, 2, 25:

si quid dictum est per jocum, Non aequom est id te serio praevortier,

id. ib. 3, 2, 40:

an id joco dixisti? equidem serio ac vero ratus,

id. ib. 3, 3, 9; so (opp. joco) id. Bacch. 1, 1, 42; Ter. Heaut. 3, 2, 30; Liv. 7, 41, 3: vereor serio, Naev. ap. Charis. p. 195; Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 225; id. Cas. 4, 2, 11; id. Ep. 1, 1, 29; id. Merc. 4, 1, 19; id. Ps. 1, 3, 106; 4, 7, 94; id. Poen. 1, 1, 32; 1, 3, 26; 1, 3, 29; id. Rud. 2, 5, 11; 4, 4, 1; id. Truc. 2, 2, 47; 2, 5, 29; Ter. Eun. 3, 1, 3; 3, 3, 22; id. Ad. 5, 9, 18; Liv. 4, 25 fin.; Quint. 1, 2, 1; 9, 2, 14; Plin. Ep. 2, 20, 10.—

sērĭē, in earnest, seriously:

(post-class.) vultu serie pulcro,

Aur. Vict. Epit. 15.

sērĭus, comp. adv., v. 3. sero.

sŏlĕa, ae, f. [solum].

A slipper consisting of a sole fastened on by a strap across the instep, a sandal:

omnia ferme id genus, quibus plantarum calces tantum infimae teguntur, cetera prope nuda et teretibus habenis vincta sunt, soleas dixerunt, nonnumquam voce Graecā crepidulas,

Gell. 13, 21, 5 (worn by men in the house only: considered as a mark of effeminacy if worn out of doors): NEIVE QVIS IN POPLICO LVCI PRAETEXTAM NEIVE SOLEAS HABETO, Lex in Marin. Fratr. Arv. p. 569; cf. Hor. S. 1, 3, 128; and v. soleatus: ut vendat soleam dimidiatam, Lucil. ap. Gell. 3, 14, 10; cf. Plaut. Cas. 3, 5, 63; id. Truc. 2, 5, 26; Prop. 2, 29 (3, 27), 40; Ov. A. A. 2, 212; Plin. 34, 6, 14, § 31; Pers. 5, 169; Juv. 6, 612; Mart. 14, 65, 1.—These sandals were taken off on reclining at table, and resumed after the meal:

deme soleas: cedo, bibam,

Plaut. Truc. 2, 4, 16:

cedo soleas mihi: auferte mensam,

id. ib. 2, 4, 12:

deponere soleas,

Mart. 3, 50, 3:

poscere soleas,

Hor. S. 2, 8, 77; Sen. Contr. 4, 25 med.:

soleas festinare,

to put on in haste, Sall. H. 1, 105 Dietsch; cf. Becker, Gallus, 3, p. 130 sq.—

Transf., of things of a like shape.

A kind of fetter:

ligneae,

Cic. Inv. 2, 50, 149; Auct. Her. 1, 13, 23.—

A kind of shoe for animals (not nailed on, like our horseshoes, which were unknown to the ancients, but drawn on and taken off again when not needed), Cat. 17, 26; Col. 6, 12, 2; Veg. 4, 9, 2 and 4; Suet. Ner. 30 fin.; Plin. 33, 11, 49, § 140.—

A kind of oil-press, Col. 12, 50, 6.—

A kind of fish, a sole: Pleuronectes solea, Linn.; Ov. Hal. 124; Col. 8, 16, 7; Plin. 9, 15, 20, § 52; 32, 9, 32, § 102.—In a lusus verbb. with signif. I., Plaut. Cas. 2, 8, 59.—

A sill: solea, ut ait Verrius, est non solum ea, quae solo pedis subicitur sed etiam pro materiā robusteā, super quam paries craticius exstruitur, Fest. pp. 300 and 301 Müll.—

The sole of the foot of animals, Veg. 1, 56, 31.

sollemnis (less correctly sōlemnis, sollennis, sōlennis, sollempnis), e, adj. [sollus, i. e. totus-annus], prop. that takes place every year; in relig. lang. of solemnities, yearly, annual; hence, in gen.,

Lit., stated, established, appointed:

sollemne, quod omnibus annis praestari debet,

Fest. p. 298 Müll. (cf. anniversarius):

sollemnia sacra dicuntur, quae certis temporibus annisque fleri solent,

id. p. 344 ib.: sacra stata, sollemnia, Cato ap. Fest. s. v. stata, p. 344 ib.; so,

ad sollemne et statum sacrificium curru vehi,

Cic. Tusc. 1, 47, 113 (v. sisto, P. a.):

sacra,

id. Leg. 2, 8, 19:

sacrificia,

id. N. D. 1, 6, 14; id. Leg. 2, 14, 35; Liv. 1, 31:

dies festi atque sollemnes,

Cic. Pis. 22, 51:

ab Aequis statum jam ac prope sollemne in singulos annos bellum timebatur,

Liv. 3, 15:

Idus Maiae sollemnes ineundis magistratibus erant,

id. 3, 36:

sollemnis dapes Libare,

Verg. A. 3, 301:

caerimoniae,

Val. Max. 1, 1, 1.—

Transf., according as the idea of the religious or that of the established, stated nature of the thing qualified predominates.

With the idea of its religious character predominating, religious, festive, solemn:

suscipiendaque curarit sollemnia sacra,

Lucr. 5, 1162:

sollemni more sacrorum,

id. 1, 96:

religiones,

Cic. Mil. 27, 73:

iter ad flaminem,

id. ib. 10, 27:

epulae,

id. de Or. 3, 51, 197:

ludi,

id. Leg. 3, 3, 7; cf.:

coetus ludorum,

id. Verr. 2, 5, 72, § 186:

precatio comitiorum,

id. Mur. 1, 1:

omnia sollemnibus verbis dicere,

id. Dom. 47, 122:

sicuti in sollemnibus sacris fleri consuevit,

Sall. C. 22, 2:

sollemnia vota Reddere,

Verg. E. 5, 74:

ferre sollemnia dona,

id. A. 9, 626:

sollemnis ducere pompas,

id. G. 3, 22:

sollemnis mactare ad aras,

id. A. 2, 202:

dies jure sollemnis mihi, sanctiorque natali,

Hor. C. 4, 11, 17:

fax,

Ov. M. 7, 49:

sollemni voce movere preces,

id. F. 6, 622:

ignis,

id. Tr. 3, 13, 16:

festum sollemne parare,

id. F. 2, 247:

sollemnes ludos celebrare,

id. ib. 5, 597:

habitus,

Liv. 37, 9:

carmen,

id. 33, 31:

epulae,

Tac. A. 1, 50:

sacramentum,

id. H. 1, 55:

nullum esse officium tam sanctum atque sollemne, quod, etc.,

Cic. Quint. 6, 26.— Comp.:

dies baptismo sollemnior,

Tert. Bapt. 19.— Sup.:

die tibi sollemnissimo natali meo,

Front. Ep. ad Anton. 1, 2:

preces,

App. M. 11, p. 264.—

As subst.: sollemne, is, n., a religious or solemn rite, ceremony, feast, sacrifice, solemn games, a festival, solemnity, etc. (so perh. not in Cic.); sing.:

inter publicum sollemne sponsalibus rite factis,

Liv. 38, 57:

sollemne clavi figendi,

id. 7, 3 fin.:

soli Fidei sollemne instituit,

id. 1, 21; cf. id. 9, 34:

sollemne allatum ex Arcadiā,

festal games, id. 1, 5; cf. id. 1, 9:

Claudio funeris sollemne perinde ac divo Augusto celebratur,

Tac. A. 12, 69; cf. plur. infra:

per sollemne nuptiarum,

Suet. Ner. 28; cf. infra.— Plur.:

sollemnia (Isidis),

Prop. 2, 33 (3, 31), 1:

ejus sacri,

Liv. 9, 29; cf. id. 2, 27:

Quinquatruum,

Suet. Ner. 34:

triumphi,

id. ib. 2:

nuptiarum,

Tac. A. 11, 26 fin.:

funerum,

id. ib. 3, 6:

tumulo sollemnia mittent,

Verg. A. 6, 380:

referunt,

id. ib. 5, 605; cf. Stat. Th. 8, 208; Juv. 10, 259.—

With the idea of stated, regular character predominant, wonted, common, usual, customary, ordinary (syn.: consuetus, solitus;

freq. only after the Aug. period): prope sollemnis militum lascivia,

Liv. 4, 53, 13:

socer arma Latinus habeto, Imperium sollemne socer,

Verg. A. 12, 193:

arma,

Stat. Th. 8, 174:

cursus bigarum,

Suet. Dom. 4:

Romanis sollemne viris opus (venatio),

Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 49:

mihi sollemnis debetur gloria,

Phaedr. 3, prol. 61:

sufficit sollemnem numerum (testium) exaudire,

Dig. 28, 1, 21:

viā sollemni egressi,

the public way, Amm. 20, 4, 9:

Romae dulce diu fuit et sollemne, reclusa Mane domo vigilare,

Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 103:

spectari sollemne olim erat,

Suet. Aug. 44; Gell. 15, 2, 3:

annua complere sollemnia,

tribute, Amm. 22, 7, 10.—As subst.: sollemne, is, n., usage, custom, practice, etc.:

nostrum illud sollemne servemus, ut, etc.,

usual custom, practice, Cic. Att. 7, 6, 1:

novae nuptae intrantes etiamnum sollemne habent postes adipe attingere,

Plin. 28, 9, 37, § 135.— Plur.:

mos traditus ab antiquis inter cetera sollemnia manet, etc.,

Liv. 2, 14:

proin repeterent sollemnia,

their customary avocations, Tac. A. 3, 6 fin.:

testamentum non jure factum dicitur, ubi sollemnia juris defuerunt,

usages, customary formalities, Dig. 28, 3, 1:

testamenti,

ib. 28, 1, 20.—Adverb.:

mutat quadrata rotundis: Insanire putas sollemnia me neque rides,

in the common way, Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 101. —Hence, adv.: sollemnĭter ( sollenn-, sōlemn-; very rare; not in Cic.).

(Acc. to II. A. supra.) In a religious or solemn manner, solemnly, = rite:

omnibus (sacris) sollemniter peractis,

Liv. 5, 46: intermissum convivium sollemniter instituit, with pomp or splendor, Just. 12, 13, 6:

lusus, quem sollemniter celebramus,

App. M. 3, p. 134, 13.—

(Acc. to II. B. supra.) According to custom, in the usual or customary manner, regularly, formally:

(greges elephantorum) se purificantes sollemniter aquā circumspergi,

Plin. 8, 1, 1, § 2:

praebere hordeum pullis,

Pall. 1, 28 fin.:

jurare,

Dig. 12, 2, 3:

cavere,

ib. 26, 7, 27:

acta omnia,

ib. 45, 1, 30:

nullo sollemniter inquirente,

Amm. 14, 7, 21:

transmisso sollemniter Tigride,

id. 20, 6, 1.— Comp. and sup. of adj. (late Lat.); v. supra, II. A. No comp. and sup. of adv.

sollemnis (less correctly sōlemnis, sollennis, sōlennis, sollempnis), e, adj. [sollus, i. e. totus-annus], prop. that takes place every year; in relig. lang. of solemnities, yearly, annual; hence, in gen.,

Lit., stated, established, appointed:

sollemne, quod omnibus annis praestari debet,

Fest. p. 298 Müll. (cf. anniversarius):

sollemnia sacra dicuntur, quae certis temporibus annisque fleri solent,

id. p. 344 ib.: sacra stata, sollemnia, Cato ap. Fest. s. v. stata, p. 344 ib.; so,

ad sollemne et statum sacrificium curru vehi,

Cic. Tusc. 1, 47, 113 (v. sisto, P. a.):

sacra,

id. Leg. 2, 8, 19:

sacrificia,

id. N. D. 1, 6, 14; id. Leg. 2, 14, 35; Liv. 1, 31:

dies festi atque sollemnes,

Cic. Pis. 22, 51:

ab Aequis statum jam ac prope sollemne in singulos annos bellum timebatur,

Liv. 3, 15:

Idus Maiae sollemnes ineundis magistratibus erant,

id. 3, 36:

sollemnis dapes Libare,

Verg. A. 3, 301:

caerimoniae,

Val. Max. 1, 1, 1.—

Transf., according as the idea of the religious or that of the established, stated nature of the thing qualified predominates.

With the idea of its religious character predominating, religious, festive, solemn:

suscipiendaque curarit sollemnia sacra,

Lucr. 5, 1162:

sollemni more sacrorum,

id. 1, 96:

religiones,

Cic. Mil. 27, 73:

iter ad flaminem,

id. ib. 10, 27:

epulae,

id. de Or. 3, 51, 197:

ludi,

id. Leg. 3, 3, 7; cf.:

coetus ludorum,

id. Verr. 2, 5, 72, § 186:

precatio comitiorum,

id. Mur. 1, 1:

omnia sollemnibus verbis dicere,

id. Dom. 47, 122:

sicuti in sollemnibus sacris fleri consuevit,

Sall. C. 22, 2:

sollemnia vota Reddere,

Verg. E. 5, 74:

ferre sollemnia dona,

id. A. 9, 626:

sollemnis ducere pompas,

id. G. 3, 22:

sollemnis mactare ad aras,

id. A. 2, 202:

dies jure sollemnis mihi, sanctiorque natali,

Hor. C. 4, 11, 17:

fax,

Ov. M. 7, 49:

sollemni voce movere preces,

id. F. 6, 622:

ignis,

id. Tr. 3, 13, 16:

festum sollemne parare,

id. F. 2, 247:

sollemnes ludos celebrare,

id. ib. 5, 597:

habitus,

Liv. 37, 9:

carmen,

id. 33, 31:

epulae,

Tac. A. 1, 50:

sacramentum,

id. H. 1, 55:

nullum esse officium tam sanctum atque sollemne, quod, etc.,

Cic. Quint. 6, 26.— Comp.:

dies baptismo sollemnior,

Tert. Bapt. 19.— Sup.:

die tibi sollemnissimo natali meo,

Front. Ep. ad Anton. 1, 2:

preces,

App. M. 11, p. 264.—

As subst.: sollemne, is, n., a religious or solemn rite, ceremony, feast, sacrifice, solemn games, a festival, solemnity, etc. (so perh. not in Cic.); sing.:

inter publicum sollemne sponsalibus rite factis,

Liv. 38, 57:

sollemne clavi figendi,

id. 7, 3 fin.:

soli Fidei sollemne instituit,

id. 1, 21; cf. id. 9, 34:

sollemne allatum ex Arcadiā,

festal games, id. 1, 5; cf. id. 1, 9:

Claudio funeris sollemne perinde ac divo Augusto celebratur,

Tac. A. 12, 69; cf. plur. infra:

per sollemne nuptiarum,

Suet. Ner. 28; cf. infra.— Plur.:

sollemnia (Isidis),

Prop. 2, 33 (3, 31), 1:

ejus sacri,

Liv. 9, 29; cf. id. 2, 27:

Quinquatruum,

Suet. Ner. 34:

triumphi,

id. ib. 2:

nuptiarum,

Tac. A. 11, 26 fin.:

funerum,

id. ib. 3, 6:

tumulo sollemnia mittent,

Verg. A. 6, 380:

referunt,

id. ib. 5, 605; cf. Stat. Th. 8, 208; Juv. 10, 259.—

With the idea of stated, regular character predominant, wonted, common, usual, customary, ordinary (syn.: consuetus, solitus;

freq. only after the Aug. period): prope sollemnis militum lascivia,

Liv. 4, 53, 13:

socer arma Latinus habeto, Imperium sollemne socer,

Verg. A. 12, 193:

arma,

Stat. Th. 8, 174:

cursus bigarum,

Suet. Dom. 4:

Romanis sollemne viris opus (venatio),

Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 49:

mihi sollemnis debetur gloria,

Phaedr. 3, prol. 61:

sufficit sollemnem numerum (testium) exaudire,

Dig. 28, 1, 21:

viā sollemni egressi,

the public way, Amm. 20, 4, 9:

Romae dulce diu fuit et sollemne, reclusa Mane domo vigilare,

Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 103:

spectari sollemne olim erat,

Suet. Aug. 44; Gell. 15, 2, 3:

annua complere sollemnia,

tribute, Amm. 22, 7, 10.—As subst.: sollemne, is, n., usage, custom, practice, etc.:

nostrum illud sollemne servemus, ut, etc.,

usual custom, practice, Cic. Att. 7, 6, 1:

novae nuptae intrantes etiamnum sollemne habent postes adipe attingere,

Plin. 28, 9, 37, § 135.— Plur.:

mos traditus ab antiquis inter cetera sollemnia manet, etc.,

Liv. 2, 14:

proin repeterent sollemnia,

their customary avocations, Tac. A. 3, 6 fin.:

testamentum non jure factum dicitur, ubi sollemnia juris defuerunt,

usages, customary formalities, Dig. 28, 3, 1:

testamenti,

ib. 28, 1, 20.—Adverb.:

mutat quadrata rotundis: Insanire putas sollemnia me neque rides,

in the common way, Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 101. —Hence, adv.: sollemnĭter ( sollenn-, sōlemn-; very rare; not in Cic.).

(Acc. to II. A. supra.) In a religious or solemn manner, solemnly, = rite:

omnibus (sacris) sollemniter peractis,

Liv. 5, 46: intermissum convivium sollemniter instituit, with pomp or splendor, Just. 12, 13, 6:

lusus, quem sollemniter celebramus,

App. M. 3, p. 134, 13.—

(Acc. to II. B. supra.) According to custom, in the usual or customary manner, regularly, formally:

(greges elephantorum) se purificantes sollemniter aquā circumspergi,

Plin. 8, 1, 1, § 2:

praebere hordeum pullis,

Pall. 1, 28 fin.:

jurare,

Dig. 12, 2, 3:

cavere,

ib. 26, 7, 27:

acta omnia,

ib. 45, 1, 30:

nullo sollemniter inquirente,

Amm. 14, 7, 21:

transmisso sollemniter Tigride,

id. 20, 6, 1.— Comp. and sup. of adj. (late Lat.); v. supra, II. A. No comp. and sup. of adv.

sollemnis (less correctly sōlemnis, sollennis, sōlennis, sollempnis), e, adj. [sollus, i. e. totus-annus], prop. that takes place every year; in relig. lang. of solemnities, yearly, annual; hence, in gen.,

Lit., stated, established, appointed:

sollemne, quod omnibus annis praestari debet,

Fest. p. 298 Müll. (cf. anniversarius):

sollemnia sacra dicuntur, quae certis temporibus annisque fleri solent,

id. p. 344 ib.: sacra stata, sollemnia, Cato ap. Fest. s. v. stata, p. 344 ib.; so,

ad sollemne et statum sacrificium curru vehi,

Cic. Tusc. 1, 47, 113 (v. sisto, P. a.):

sacra,

id. Leg. 2, 8, 19:

sacrificia,

id. N. D. 1, 6, 14; id. Leg. 2, 14, 35; Liv. 1, 31:

dies festi atque sollemnes,

Cic. Pis. 22, 51:

ab Aequis statum jam ac prope sollemne in singulos annos bellum timebatur,

Liv. 3, 15:

Idus Maiae sollemnes ineundis magistratibus erant,

id. 3, 36:

sollemnis dapes Libare,

Verg. A. 3, 301:

caerimoniae,

Val. Max. 1, 1, 1.—

Transf., according as the idea of the religious or that of the established, stated nature of the thing qualified predominates.

With the idea of its religious character predominating, religious, festive, solemn:

suscipiendaque curarit sollemnia sacra,

Lucr. 5, 1162:

sollemni more sacrorum,

id. 1, 96:

religiones,

Cic. Mil. 27, 73:

iter ad flaminem,

id. ib. 10, 27:

epulae,

id. de Or. 3, 51, 197:

ludi,

id. Leg. 3, 3, 7; cf.:

coetus ludorum,

id. Verr. 2, 5, 72, § 186:

precatio comitiorum,

id. Mur. 1, 1:

omnia sollemnibus verbis dicere,

id. Dom. 47, 122:

sicuti in sollemnibus sacris fleri consuevit,

Sall. C. 22, 2:

sollemnia vota Reddere,

Verg. E. 5, 74:

ferre sollemnia dona,

id. A. 9, 626:

sollemnis ducere pompas,

id. G. 3, 22:

sollemnis mactare ad aras,

id. A. 2, 202:

dies jure sollemnis mihi, sanctiorque natali,

Hor. C. 4, 11, 17:

fax,

Ov. M. 7, 49:

sollemni voce movere preces,

id. F. 6, 622:

ignis,

id. Tr. 3, 13, 16:

festum sollemne parare,

id. F. 2, 247:

sollemnes ludos celebrare,

id. ib. 5, 597:

habitus,

Liv. 37, 9:

carmen,

id. 33, 31:

epulae,

Tac. A. 1, 50:

sacramentum,

id. H. 1, 55:

nullum esse officium tam sanctum atque sollemne, quod, etc.,

Cic. Quint. 6, 26.— Comp.:

dies baptismo sollemnior,

Tert. Bapt. 19.— Sup.:

die tibi sollemnissimo natali meo,

Front. Ep. ad Anton. 1, 2:

preces,

App. M. 11, p. 264.—

As subst.: sollemne, is, n., a religious or solemn rite, ceremony, feast, sacrifice, solemn games, a festival, solemnity, etc. (so perh. not in Cic.); sing.:

inter publicum sollemne sponsalibus rite factis,

Liv. 38, 57:

sollemne clavi figendi,

id. 7, 3 fin.:

soli Fidei sollemne instituit,

id. 1, 21; cf. id. 9, 34:

sollemne allatum ex Arcadiā,

festal games, id. 1, 5; cf. id. 1, 9:

Claudio funeris sollemne perinde ac divo Augusto celebratur,

Tac. A. 12, 69; cf. plur. infra:

per sollemne nuptiarum,

Suet. Ner. 28; cf. infra.— Plur.:

sollemnia (Isidis),

Prop. 2, 33 (3, 31), 1:

ejus sacri,

Liv. 9, 29; cf. id. 2, 27:

Quinquatruum,

Suet. Ner. 34:

triumphi,

id. ib. 2:

nuptiarum,

Tac. A. 11, 26 fin.:

funerum,

id. ib. 3, 6:

tumulo sollemnia mittent,

Verg. A. 6, 380:

referunt,

id. ib. 5, 605; cf. Stat. Th. 8, 208; Juv. 10, 259.—

With the idea of stated, regular character predominant, wonted, common, usual, customary, ordinary (syn.: consuetus, solitus;

freq. only after the Aug. period): prope sollemnis militum lascivia,

Liv. 4, 53, 13:

socer arma Latinus habeto, Imperium sollemne socer,

Verg. A. 12, 193:

arma,

Stat. Th. 8, 174:

cursus bigarum,

Suet. Dom. 4:

Romanis sollemne viris opus (venatio),

Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 49:

mihi sollemnis debetur gloria,

Phaedr. 3, prol. 61:

sufficit sollemnem numerum (testium) exaudire,

Dig. 28, 1, 21:

viā sollemni egressi,

the public way, Amm. 20, 4, 9:

Romae dulce diu fuit et sollemne, reclusa Mane domo vigilare,

Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 103:

spectari sollemne olim erat,

Suet. Aug. 44; Gell. 15, 2, 3:

annua complere sollemnia,

tribute, Amm. 22, 7, 10.—As subst.: sollemne, is, n., usage, custom, practice, etc.:

nostrum illud sollemne servemus, ut, etc.,

usual custom, practice, Cic. Att. 7, 6, 1:

novae nuptae intrantes etiamnum sollemne habent postes adipe attingere,

Plin. 28, 9, 37, § 135.— Plur.:

mos traditus ab antiquis inter cetera sollemnia manet, etc.,

Liv. 2, 14:

proin repeterent sollemnia,

their customary avocations, Tac. A. 3, 6 fin.:

testamentum non jure factum dicitur, ubi sollemnia juris defuerunt,

usages, customary formalities, Dig. 28, 3, 1:

testamenti,

ib. 28, 1, 20.—Adverb.:

mutat quadrata rotundis: Insanire putas sollemnia me neque rides,

in the common way, Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 101. —Hence, adv.: sollemnĭter ( sollenn-, sōlemn-; very rare; not in Cic.).

(Acc. to II. A. supra.) In a religious or solemn manner, solemnly, = rite:

omnibus (sacris) sollemniter peractis,

Liv. 5, 46: intermissum convivium sollemniter instituit, with pomp or splendor, Just. 12, 13, 6:

lusus, quem sollemniter celebramus,

App. M. 3, p. 134, 13.—

(Acc. to II. B. supra.) According to custom, in the usual or customary manner, regularly, formally:

(greges elephantorum) se purificantes sollemniter aquā circumspergi,

Plin. 8, 1, 1, § 2:

praebere hordeum pullis,

Pall. 1, 28 fin.:

jurare,

Dig. 12, 2, 3:

cavere,

ib. 26, 7, 27:

acta omnia,

ib. 45, 1, 30:

nullo sollemniter inquirente,

Amm. 14, 7, 21:

transmisso sollemniter Tigride,

id. 20, 6, 1.— Comp. and sup. of adj. (late Lat.); v. supra, II. A. No comp. and sup. of adv.

sollemnis (less correctly sōlemnis, sollennis, sōlennis, sollempnis), e, adj. [sollus, i. e. totus-annus], prop. that takes place every year; in relig. lang. of solemnities, yearly, annual; hence, in gen.,

Lit., stated, established, appointed:

sollemne, quod omnibus annis praestari debet,

Fest. p. 298 Müll. (cf. anniversarius):

sollemnia sacra dicuntur, quae certis temporibus annisque fleri solent,

id. p. 344 ib.: sacra stata, sollemnia, Cato ap. Fest. s. v. stata, p. 344 ib.; so,

ad sollemne et statum sacrificium curru vehi,

Cic. Tusc. 1, 47, 113 (v. sisto, P. a.):

sacra,

id. Leg. 2, 8, 19:

sacrificia,

id. N. D. 1, 6, 14; id. Leg. 2, 14, 35; Liv. 1, 31:

dies festi atque sollemnes,

Cic. Pis. 22, 51:

ab Aequis statum jam ac prope sollemne in singulos annos bellum timebatur,

Liv. 3, 15:

Idus Maiae sollemnes ineundis magistratibus erant,

id. 3, 36:

sollemnis dapes Libare,

Verg. A. 3, 301:

caerimoniae,

Val. Max. 1, 1, 1.—

Transf., according as the idea of the religious or that of the established, stated nature of the thing qualified predominates.

With the idea of its religious character predominating, religious, festive, solemn:

suscipiendaque curarit sollemnia sacra,

Lucr. 5, 1162:

sollemni more sacrorum,

id. 1, 96:

religiones,

Cic. Mil. 27, 73:

iter ad flaminem,

id. ib. 10, 27:

epulae,

id. de Or. 3, 51, 197:

ludi,

id. Leg. 3, 3, 7; cf.:

coetus ludorum,

id. Verr. 2, 5, 72, § 186:

precatio comitiorum,

id. Mur. 1, 1:

omnia sollemnibus verbis dicere,

id. Dom. 47, 122:

sicuti in sollemnibus sacris fleri consuevit,

Sall. C. 22, 2:

sollemnia vota Reddere,

Verg. E. 5, 74:

ferre sollemnia dona,

id. A. 9, 626:

sollemnis ducere pompas,

id. G. 3, 22:

sollemnis mactare ad aras,

id. A. 2, 202:

dies jure sollemnis mihi, sanctiorque natali,

Hor. C. 4, 11, 17:

fax,

Ov. M. 7, 49:

sollemni voce movere preces,

id. F. 6, 622:

ignis,

id. Tr. 3, 13, 16:

festum sollemne parare,

id. F. 2, 247:

sollemnes ludos celebrare,

id. ib. 5, 597:

habitus,

Liv. 37, 9:

carmen,

id. 33, 31:

epulae,

Tac. A. 1, 50:

sacramentum,

id. H. 1, 55:

nullum esse officium tam sanctum atque sollemne, quod, etc.,

Cic. Quint. 6, 26.— Comp.:

dies baptismo sollemnior,

Tert. Bapt. 19.— Sup.:

die tibi sollemnissimo natali meo,

Front. Ep. ad Anton. 1, 2:

preces,

App. M. 11, p. 264.—

As subst.: sollemne, is, n., a religious or solemn rite, ceremony, feast, sacrifice, solemn games, a festival, solemnity, etc. (so perh. not in Cic.); sing.:

inter publicum sollemne sponsalibus rite factis,

Liv. 38, 57:

sollemne clavi figendi,

id. 7, 3 fin.:

soli Fidei sollemne instituit,

id. 1, 21; cf. id. 9, 34:

sollemne allatum ex Arcadiā,

festal games, id. 1, 5; cf. id. 1, 9:

Claudio funeris sollemne perinde ac divo Augusto celebratur,

Tac. A. 12, 69; cf. plur. infra:

per sollemne nuptiarum,

Suet. Ner. 28; cf. infra.— Plur.:

sollemnia (Isidis),

Prop. 2, 33 (3, 31), 1:

ejus sacri,

Liv. 9, 29; cf. id. 2, 27:

Quinquatruum,

Suet. Ner. 34:

triumphi,

id. ib. 2:

nuptiarum,

Tac. A. 11, 26 fin.:

funerum,

id. ib. 3, 6:

tumulo sollemnia mittent,

Verg. A. 6, 380:

referunt,

id. ib. 5, 605; cf. Stat. Th. 8, 208; Juv. 10, 259.—

With the idea of stated, regular character predominant, wonted, common, usual, customary, ordinary (syn.: consuetus, solitus;

freq. only after the Aug. period): prope sollemnis militum lascivia,

Liv. 4, 53, 13:

socer arma Latinus habeto, Imperium sollemne socer,

Verg. A. 12, 193:

arma,

Stat. Th. 8, 174:

cursus bigarum,

Suet. Dom. 4:

Romanis sollemne viris opus (venatio),

Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 49:

mihi sollemnis debetur gloria,

Phaedr. 3, prol. 61:

sufficit sollemnem numerum (testium) exaudire,

Dig. 28, 1, 21:

viā sollemni egressi,

the public way, Amm. 20, 4, 9:

Romae dulce diu fuit et sollemne, reclusa Mane domo vigilare,

Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 103:

spectari sollemne olim erat,

Suet. Aug. 44; Gell. 15, 2, 3:

annua complere sollemnia,

tribute, Amm. 22, 7, 10.—As subst.: sollemne, is, n., usage, custom, practice, etc.:

nostrum illud sollemne servemus, ut, etc.,

usual custom, practice, Cic. Att. 7, 6, 1:

novae nuptae intrantes etiamnum sollemne habent postes adipe attingere,

Plin. 28, 9, 37, § 135.— Plur.:

mos traditus ab antiquis inter cetera sollemnia manet, etc.,

Liv. 2, 14:

proin repeterent sollemnia,

their customary avocations, Tac. A. 3, 6 fin.:

testamentum non jure factum dicitur, ubi sollemnia juris defuerunt,

usages, customary formalities, Dig. 28, 3, 1:

testamenti,

ib. 28, 1, 20.—Adverb.:

mutat quadrata rotundis: Insanire putas sollemnia me neque rides,

in the common way, Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 101. —Hence, adv.: sollemnĭter ( sollenn-, sōlemn-; very rare; not in Cic.).

(Acc. to II. A. supra.) In a religious or solemn manner, solemnly, = rite:

omnibus (sacris) sollemniter peractis,

Liv. 5, 46: intermissum convivium sollemniter instituit, with pomp or splendor, Just. 12, 13, 6:

lusus, quem sollemniter celebramus,

App. M. 3, p. 134, 13.—

(Acc. to II. B. supra.) According to custom, in the usual or customary manner, regularly, formally:

(greges elephantorum) se purificantes sollemniter aquā circumspergi,

Plin. 8, 1, 1, § 2:

praebere hordeum pullis,

Pall. 1, 28 fin.:

jurare,

Dig. 12, 2, 3:

cavere,

ib. 26, 7, 27:

acta omnia,

ib. 45, 1, 30:

nullo sollemniter inquirente,

Amm. 14, 7, 21:

transmisso sollemniter Tigride,

id. 20, 6, 1.— Comp. and sup. of adj. (late Lat.); v. supra, II. A. No comp. and sup. of adv.

sollemnis (less correctly sōlemnis, sollennis, sōlennis, sollempnis), e, adj. [sollus, i. e. totus-annus], prop. that takes place every year; in relig. lang. of solemnities, yearly, annual; hence, in gen.,

Lit., stated, established, appointed:

sollemne, quod omnibus annis praestari debet,

Fest. p. 298 Müll. (cf. anniversarius):

sollemnia sacra dicuntur, quae certis temporibus annisque fleri solent,

id. p. 344 ib.: sacra stata, sollemnia, Cato ap. Fest. s. v. stata, p. 344 ib.; so,

ad sollemne et statum sacrificium curru vehi,

Cic. Tusc. 1, 47, 113 (v. sisto, P. a.):

sacra,

id. Leg. 2, 8, 19:

sacrificia,

id. N. D. 1, 6, 14; id. Leg. 2, 14, 35; Liv. 1, 31:

dies festi atque sollemnes,

Cic. Pis. 22, 51:

ab Aequis statum jam ac prope sollemne in singulos annos bellum timebatur,

Liv. 3, 15:

Idus Maiae sollemnes ineundis magistratibus erant,

id. 3, 36:

sollemnis dapes Libare,

Verg. A. 3, 301:

caerimoniae,

Val. Max. 1, 1, 1.—

Transf., according as the idea of the religious or that of the established, stated nature of the thing qualified predominates.

With the idea of its religious character predominating, religious, festive, solemn:

suscipiendaque curarit sollemnia sacra,

Lucr. 5, 1162:

sollemni more sacrorum,

id. 1, 96:

religiones,

Cic. Mil. 27, 73:

iter ad flaminem,

id. ib. 10, 27:

epulae,

id. de Or. 3, 51, 197:

ludi,

id. Leg. 3, 3, 7; cf.:

coetus ludorum,

id. Verr. 2, 5, 72, § 186:

precatio comitiorum,

id. Mur. 1, 1:

omnia sollemnibus verbis dicere,

id. Dom. 47, 122:

sicuti in sollemnibus sacris fleri consuevit,

Sall. C. 22, 2:

sollemnia vota Reddere,

Verg. E. 5, 74:

ferre sollemnia dona,

id. A. 9, 626:

sollemnis ducere pompas,

id. G. 3, 22:

sollemnis mactare ad aras,

id. A. 2, 202:

dies jure sollemnis mihi, sanctiorque natali,

Hor. C. 4, 11, 17:

fax,

Ov. M. 7, 49:

sollemni voce movere preces,

id. F. 6, 622:

ignis,

id. Tr. 3, 13, 16:

festum sollemne parare,

id. F. 2, 247:

sollemnes ludos celebrare,

id. ib. 5, 597:

habitus,

Liv. 37, 9:

carmen,

id. 33, 31:

epulae,

Tac. A. 1, 50:

sacramentum,

id. H. 1, 55:

nullum esse officium tam sanctum atque sollemne, quod, etc.,

Cic. Quint. 6, 26.— Comp.:

dies baptismo sollemnior,

Tert. Bapt. 19.— Sup.:

die tibi sollemnissimo natali meo,

Front. Ep. ad Anton. 1, 2:

preces,

App. M. 11, p. 264.—

As subst.: sollemne, is, n., a religious or solemn rite, ceremony, feast, sacrifice, solemn games, a festival, solemnity, etc. (so perh. not in Cic.); sing.:

inter publicum sollemne sponsalibus rite factis,

Liv. 38, 57:

sollemne clavi figendi,

id. 7, 3 fin.:

soli Fidei sollemne instituit,

id. 1, 21; cf. id. 9, 34:

sollemne allatum ex Arcadiā,

festal games, id. 1, 5; cf. id. 1, 9:

Claudio funeris sollemne perinde ac divo Augusto celebratur,

Tac. A. 12, 69; cf. plur. infra:

per sollemne nuptiarum,

Suet. Ner. 28; cf. infra.— Plur.:

sollemnia (Isidis),

Prop. 2, 33 (3, 31), 1:

ejus sacri,

Liv. 9, 29; cf. id. 2, 27:

Quinquatruum,

Suet. Ner. 34:

triumphi,

id. ib. 2:

nuptiarum,

Tac. A. 11, 26 fin.:

funerum,

id. ib. 3, 6:

tumulo sollemnia mittent,

Verg. A. 6, 380:

referunt,

id. ib. 5, 605; cf. Stat. Th. 8, 208; Juv. 10, 259.—

With the idea of stated, regular character predominant, wonted, common, usual, customary, ordinary (syn.: consuetus, solitus;

freq. only after the Aug. period): prope sollemnis militum lascivia,

Liv. 4, 53, 13:

socer arma Latinus habeto, Imperium sollemne socer,

Verg. A. 12, 193:

arma,

Stat. Th. 8, 174:

cursus bigarum,

Suet. Dom. 4:

Romanis sollemne viris opus (venatio),

Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 49:

mihi sollemnis debetur gloria,

Phaedr. 3, prol. 61:

sufficit sollemnem numerum (testium) exaudire,

Dig. 28, 1, 21:

viā sollemni egressi,

the public way, Amm. 20, 4, 9:

Romae dulce diu fuit et sollemne, reclusa Mane domo vigilare,

Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 103:

spectari sollemne olim erat,

Suet. Aug. 44; Gell. 15, 2, 3:

annua complere sollemnia,

tribute, Amm. 22, 7, 10.—As subst.: sollemne, is, n., usage, custom, practice, etc.:

nostrum illud sollemne servemus, ut, etc.,

usual custom, practice, Cic. Att. 7, 6, 1:

novae nuptae intrantes etiamnum sollemne habent postes adipe attingere,

Plin. 28, 9, 37, § 135.— Plur.:

mos traditus ab antiquis inter cetera sollemnia manet, etc.,

Liv. 2, 14:

proin repeterent sollemnia,

their customary avocations, Tac. A. 3, 6 fin.:

testamentum non jure factum dicitur, ubi sollemnia juris defuerunt,

usages, customary formalities, Dig. 28, 3, 1:

testamenti,

ib. 28, 1, 20.—Adverb.:

mutat quadrata rotundis: Insanire putas sollemnia me neque rides,

in the common way, Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 101. —Hence, adv.: sollemnĭter ( sollenn-, sōlemn-; very rare; not in Cic.).

(Acc. to II. A. supra.) In a religious or solemn manner, solemnly, = rite:

omnibus (sacris) sollemniter peractis,

Liv. 5, 46: intermissum convivium sollemniter instituit, with pomp or splendor, Just. 12, 13, 6:

lusus, quem sollemniter celebramus,

App. M. 3, p. 134, 13.—

(Acc. to II. B. supra.) According to custom, in the usual or customary manner, regularly, formally:

(greges elephantorum) se purificantes sollemniter aquā circumspergi,

Plin. 8, 1, 1, § 2:

praebere hordeum pullis,

Pall. 1, 28 fin.:

jurare,

Dig. 12, 2, 3:

cavere,

ib. 26, 7, 27:

acta omnia,

ib. 45, 1, 30:

nullo sollemniter inquirente,

Amm. 14, 7, 21:

transmisso sollemniter Tigride,

id. 20, 6, 1.— Comp. and sup. of adj. (late Lat.); v. supra, II. A. No comp. and sup. of adv.

sollemnis (less correctly sōlemnis, sollennis, sōlennis, sollempnis), e, adj. [sollus, i. e. totus-annus], prop. that takes place every year; in relig. lang. of solemnities, yearly, annual; hence, in gen.,

Lit., stated, established, appointed:

sollemne, quod omnibus annis praestari debet,

Fest. p. 298 Müll. (cf. anniversarius):

sollemnia sacra dicuntur, quae certis temporibus annisque fleri solent,

id. p. 344 ib.: sacra stata, sollemnia, Cato ap. Fest. s. v. stata, p. 344 ib.; so,

ad sollemne et statum sacrificium curru vehi,

Cic. Tusc. 1, 47, 113 (v. sisto, P. a.):

sacra,

id. Leg. 2, 8, 19:

sacrificia,

id. N. D. 1, 6, 14; id. Leg. 2, 14, 35; Liv. 1, 31:

dies festi atque sollemnes,

Cic. Pis. 22, 51:

ab Aequis statum jam ac prope sollemne in singulos annos bellum timebatur,

Liv. 3, 15:

Idus Maiae sollemnes ineundis magistratibus erant,

id. 3, 36:

sollemnis dapes Libare,

Verg. A. 3, 301:

caerimoniae,

Val. Max. 1, 1, 1.—

Transf., according as the idea of the religious or that of the established, stated nature of the thing qualified predominates.

With the idea of its religious character predominating, religious, festive, solemn:

suscipiendaque curarit sollemnia sacra,

Lucr. 5, 1162:

sollemni more sacrorum,

id. 1, 96:

religiones,

Cic. Mil. 27, 73:

iter ad flaminem,

id. ib. 10, 27:

epulae,

id. de Or. 3, 51, 197:

ludi,

id. Leg. 3, 3, 7; cf.:

coetus ludorum,

id. Verr. 2, 5, 72, § 186:

precatio comitiorum,

id. Mur. 1, 1:

omnia sollemnibus verbis dicere,

id. Dom. 47, 122:

sicuti in sollemnibus sacris fleri consuevit,

Sall. C. 22, 2:

sollemnia vota Reddere,

Verg. E. 5, 74:

ferre sollemnia dona,

id. A. 9, 626:

sollemnis ducere pompas,

id. G. 3, 22:

sollemnis mactare ad aras,

id. A. 2, 202:

dies jure sollemnis mihi, sanctiorque natali,

Hor. C. 4, 11, 17:

fax,

Ov. M. 7, 49:

sollemni voce movere preces,

id. F. 6, 622:

ignis,

id. Tr. 3, 13, 16:

festum sollemne parare,

id. F. 2, 247:

sollemnes ludos celebrare,

id. ib. 5, 597:

habitus,

Liv. 37, 9:

carmen,

id. 33, 31:

epulae,

Tac. A. 1, 50:

sacramentum,

id. H. 1, 55:

nullum esse officium tam sanctum atque sollemne, quod, etc.,

Cic. Quint. 6, 26.— Comp.:

dies baptismo sollemnior,

Tert. Bapt. 19.— Sup.:

die tibi sollemnissimo natali meo,

Front. Ep. ad Anton. 1, 2:

preces,

App. M. 11, p. 264.—

As subst.: sollemne, is, n., a religious or solemn rite, ceremony, feast, sacrifice, solemn games, a festival, solemnity, etc. (so perh. not in Cic.); sing.:

inter publicum sollemne sponsalibus rite factis,

Liv. 38, 57:

sollemne clavi figendi,

id. 7, 3 fin.:

soli Fidei sollemne instituit,

id. 1, 21; cf. id. 9, 34:

sollemne allatum ex Arcadiā,

festal games, id. 1, 5; cf. id. 1, 9:

Claudio funeris sollemne perinde ac divo Augusto celebratur,

Tac. A. 12, 69; cf. plur. infra:

per sollemne nuptiarum,

Suet. Ner. 28; cf. infra.— Plur.:

sollemnia (Isidis),

Prop. 2, 33 (3, 31), 1:

ejus sacri,

Liv. 9, 29; cf. id. 2, 27:

Quinquatruum,

Suet. Ner. 34:

triumphi,

id. ib. 2:

nuptiarum,

Tac. A. 11, 26 fin.:

funerum,

id. ib. 3, 6:

tumulo sollemnia mittent,

Verg. A. 6, 380:

referunt,

id. ib. 5, 605; cf. Stat. Th. 8, 208; Juv. 10, 259.—

With the idea of stated, regular character predominant, wonted, common, usual, customary, ordinary (syn.: consuetus, solitus;

freq. only after the Aug. period): prope sollemnis militum lascivia,

Liv. 4, 53, 13:

socer arma Latinus habeto, Imperium sollemne socer,

Verg. A. 12, 193:

arma,

Stat. Th. 8, 174:

cursus bigarum,

Suet. Dom. 4:

Romanis sollemne viris opus (venatio),

Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 49:

mihi sollemnis debetur gloria,

Phaedr. 3, prol. 61:

sufficit sollemnem numerum (testium) exaudire,

Dig. 28, 1, 21:

viā sollemni egressi,

the public way, Amm. 20, 4, 9:

Romae dulce diu fuit et sollemne, reclusa Mane domo vigilare,

Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 103:

spectari sollemne olim erat,

Suet. Aug. 44; Gell. 15, 2, 3:

annua complere sollemnia,

tribute, Amm. 22, 7, 10.—As subst.: sollemne, is, n., usage, custom, practice, etc.:

nostrum illud sollemne servemus, ut, etc.,

usual custom, practice, Cic. Att. 7, 6, 1:

novae nuptae intrantes etiamnum sollemne habent postes adipe attingere,

Plin. 28, 9, 37, § 135.— Plur.:

mos traditus ab antiquis inter cetera sollemnia manet, etc.,

Liv. 2, 14:

proin repeterent sollemnia,

their customary avocations, Tac. A. 3, 6 fin.:

testamentum non jure factum dicitur, ubi sollemnia juris defuerunt,

usages, customary formalities, Dig. 28, 3, 1:

testamenti,

ib. 28, 1, 20.—Adverb.:

mutat quadrata rotundis: Insanire putas sollemnia me neque rides,

in the common way, Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 101. —Hence, adv.: sollemnĭter ( sollenn-, sōlemn-; very rare; not in Cic.).

(Acc. to II. A. supra.) In a religious or solemn manner, solemnly, = rite:

omnibus (sacris) sollemniter peractis,

Liv. 5, 46: intermissum convivium sollemniter instituit, with pomp or splendor, Just. 12, 13, 6:

lusus, quem sollemniter celebramus,

App. M. 3, p. 134, 13.—

(Acc. to II. B. supra.) According to custom, in the usual or customary manner, regularly, formally:

(greges elephantorum) se purificantes sollemniter aquā circumspergi,

Plin. 8, 1, 1, § 2:

praebere hordeum pullis,

Pall. 1, 28 fin.:

jurare,

Dig. 12, 2, 3:

cavere,

ib. 26, 7, 27:

acta omnia,

ib. 45, 1, 30:

nullo sollemniter inquirente,

Amm. 14, 7, 21:

transmisso sollemniter Tigride,

id. 20, 6, 1.— Comp. and sup. of adj. (late Lat.); v. supra, II. A. No comp. and sup. of adv.

Sphinx, ngis (Gr. gen. Sphingos, Stat. Th. 1, 66), f., = Sphinx.

A fabulous monster near Thebes that used to propose riddles to travellers, and tear in pieces those who could not solve them; usually represented with the head of a woman and the body of a lion, afterwards also with the wings of a bird;

or, also, with the head of a man and the body of a lion,

Plin. 36, 12, 17, § 77 sqq.; Aus. Idyll. 11, 40; Sen. Phoen. 119; id. Oedip. 92; Stat. Th. 1, 66; Plaut. Poen. 1, 3, 35; Hyg. Fab. 67 al.—Augustus had the figure of a sphinx upon his seal, as a symbol of silence, Suet. Aug. 50; Plin. 37, 1, 4, § 10.— Plur.:

pedes formati in speciem sphingum, Fest. s. v. picati, p. 206.— In a lusus verbb.,

Quint. 6, 3, 98.—

A species of ape, perh. the chimpanzee, Plin. 8, 21, 30, § 72; Mel. 3, 9; Sol. 27 fin.

tĕnax, ācis, adj. [id.], holding fast, griping, tenacious.

Lit.

In gen. (mostly poet. and in post-Aug. prose):

prensatque tenaci forcipe ferrum,

Verg. A. 12, 404; 8, 453; cf.:

dente tenaci Ancora fundabat naves,

id. ib. 6, 3:

vinclum,

id. G. 4, 412; Ov. M. 11, 252:

complexus,

id. ib. 4, 377:

lappa,

id. P. 2, 1, 14:

hedera arborem implicat,

Cat. 61, 34:

loca limosa tenacia gravi caeno,

Tac. A. 1, 63:

amplexus,

App. M. 9, p. 219, 17:

maltha, quae est res omnium tenacissima,

Plin. 36, 24, 58, § 181.— With gen.:

herba asperitate etiam vestium tenaci,

Plin. 27, 5, 15, § 32. — Comp.:

cutis tenacior capilli,

Plin. 22, 22, 39, § 82.—

Subst.: tĕnāces, ĭum, m., things that hold fast. i. e. bands, stalks, or pedicles of fruit, etc., Pall. Febr. 18, 1; 25, 9; id. Mart. 10, 4 and 9; id. Sept. 17.—

In partic., holding fast to wealth, power, etc., griping, sparing, niggardly, stingy, tenacious (class.;

syn. parcus): filius familias patre parco ac tenaci,

Cic. Cael. 15, 36: He. Tenaxne pater ejus est? Phi. Immo edepol pertinax, Plaut. Capt. 2, 2, 39:

parcus, truculentus, tenax,

Ter. Ad. 5, 4, 12:

eosdem restrictos et tenaces fuisse,

Cic. Planc. 22, 54:

non tenax in largitate,

Spart. Car. 5.—With gen.:

genus Quaesiti tenax,

Ov. M. 7, 657.— Comp.:

milites tenaciores eorum (armorum) in proelio,

Suet. Caes. 67.—

Transf., of things, that holds or sticks fast: jacere in tenaci gramine, that clings together, i. e. matted, Hor. Epod. 2, 24.— Sup.:

glaebis tenacissimum solum,

Plin. Ep. 5, 6, 10:

cerae,

sticky, viscid, Verg. G. 4, 161:

turpe referre pedem nec passu stare tenaci,

Ov. P. 2, 6, 21.— Comp.:

pondere tenacior navis,

Liv. 28, 30, 11:

panicula glutino tenacior,

Plin. 16, 36, 64, § 158.—

Trop.

Holding fast, retentive, firm, steadfast, persistent, tenacious (mostly poet. and in post-Aug. prose); usually joined with gen.:

memoria tenacissima,

Quint. 1, 1, 19:

naturā tenacissimi sumus eorum, quae rudibus annis percepimus,

id. 1, 1, 5:

pertinacem ultra modum esse tenacem propositi,

id. 11, 1, 90; so,

propositi,

Hor. C. 3, 3, 1; Ov. M. 10, 405:

tenacem esse sui juris debet,

Col. 1, 7, 2:

disciplinae tenacissimus,

Plin. Ep. 10, 85 (17):

justitiae,

Juv. 8, 25:

ficti pravique (Fama),

Verg. A. 4, 188:

veri,

Pers. 5, 48:

amicitiarum,

Vell. 2, 29, 3:

exempli sui,

id. 2, 84, 3 Ruhnk.:

animi,

Manil. 4, 165:

longa tenaxque fides,

Ov. Am. 2, 6, 14.—

In a bad sense, stubborn, obstinate:

equus contra sua vincla tenax,

Ov. Am. 3, 4, 13; so,

equus,

Liv. 39, 25, 13;

and in a lusus verbb.: si esses equos, esses indomabilis... nimis tenax es,

Plaut. Cas. 4, 3, 13:

cum video, quam sint mea fata tenacia, frangor,

Ov. P. 1, 2, 63:

ira Caesaris,

id. ib. 1, 9, 28:

morbi,

Suet. Claud. 2.— Adv.: tĕnācĭter, closely, firmly, strongly, tightly, tenaciously.

Lit.:

pressisse tenaciter ungues,

Ov. H. 9, 21:

vincire,

Macr. Somn. Scip. 1, 6.— Comp.:

apprehendere,

Val. Max. 7, 5, 2; Macr. S. 7, 3:

habitare,

Aug. Ep. 6.—

Trop., persistently, firmly:

urgere,

Ov. H. 3, 43.— Comp., Sol. 52, § 44; Amm. 25, 4, 4.— Sup., App. M. 5, p. 167, 22.

tĕnax, ācis, adj. [id.], holding fast, griping, tenacious.

Lit.

In gen. (mostly poet. and in post-Aug. prose):

prensatque tenaci forcipe ferrum,

Verg. A. 12, 404; 8, 453; cf.:

dente tenaci Ancora fundabat naves,

id. ib. 6, 3:

vinclum,

id. G. 4, 412; Ov. M. 11, 252:

complexus,

id. ib. 4, 377:

lappa,

id. P. 2, 1, 14:

hedera arborem implicat,

Cat. 61, 34:

loca limosa tenacia gravi caeno,

Tac. A. 1, 63:

amplexus,

App. M. 9, p. 219, 17:

maltha, quae est res omnium tenacissima,

Plin. 36, 24, 58, § 181.— With gen.:

herba asperitate etiam vestium tenaci,

Plin. 27, 5, 15, § 32. — Comp.:

cutis tenacior capilli,

Plin. 22, 22, 39, § 82.—

Subst.: tĕnāces, ĭum, m., things that hold fast. i. e. bands, stalks, or pedicles of fruit, etc., Pall. Febr. 18, 1; 25, 9; id. Mart. 10, 4 and 9; id. Sept. 17.—

In partic., holding fast to wealth, power, etc., griping, sparing, niggardly, stingy, tenacious (class.;

syn. parcus): filius familias patre parco ac tenaci,

Cic. Cael. 15, 36: He. Tenaxne pater ejus est? Phi. Immo edepol pertinax, Plaut. Capt. 2, 2, 39:

parcus, truculentus, tenax,

Ter. Ad. 5, 4, 12:

eosdem restrictos et tenaces fuisse,

Cic. Planc. 22, 54:

non tenax in largitate,

Spart. Car. 5.—With gen.:

genus Quaesiti tenax,

Ov. M. 7, 657.— Comp.:

milites tenaciores eorum (armorum) in proelio,

Suet. Caes. 67.—

Transf., of things, that holds or sticks fast: jacere in tenaci gramine, that clings together, i. e. matted, Hor. Epod. 2, 24.— Sup.:

glaebis tenacissimum solum,

Plin. Ep. 5, 6, 10:

cerae,

sticky, viscid, Verg. G. 4, 161:

turpe referre pedem nec passu stare tenaci,

Ov. P. 2, 6, 21.— Comp.:

pondere tenacior navis,

Liv. 28, 30, 11:

panicula glutino tenacior,

Plin. 16, 36, 64, § 158.—

Trop.

Holding fast, retentive, firm, steadfast, persistent, tenacious (mostly poet. and in post-Aug. prose); usually joined with gen.:

memoria tenacissima,

Quint. 1, 1, 19:

naturā tenacissimi sumus eorum, quae rudibus annis percepimus,

id. 1, 1, 5:

pertinacem ultra modum esse tenacem propositi,

id. 11, 1, 90; so,

propositi,

Hor. C. 3, 3, 1; Ov. M. 10, 405:

tenacem esse sui juris debet,

Col. 1, 7, 2:

disciplinae tenacissimus,

Plin. Ep. 10, 85 (17):

justitiae,

Juv. 8, 25:

ficti pravique (Fama),

Verg. A. 4, 188:

veri,

Pers. 5, 48:

amicitiarum,

Vell. 2, 29, 3:

exempli sui,

id. 2, 84, 3 Ruhnk.:

animi,

Manil. 4, 165:

longa tenaxque fides,

Ov. Am. 2, 6, 14.—

In a bad sense, stubborn, obstinate:

equus contra sua vincla tenax,

Ov. Am. 3, 4, 13; so,

equus,

Liv. 39, 25, 13;

and in a lusus verbb.: si esses equos, esses indomabilis... nimis tenax es,

Plaut. Cas. 4, 3, 13:

cum video, quam sint mea fata tenacia, frangor,

Ov. P. 1, 2, 63:

ira Caesaris,

id. ib. 1, 9, 28:

morbi,

Suet. Claud. 2.— Adv.: tĕnācĭter, closely, firmly, strongly, tightly, tenaciously.

Lit.:

pressisse tenaciter ungues,

Ov. H. 9, 21:

vincire,

Macr. Somn. Scip. 1, 6.— Comp.:

apprehendere,

Val. Max. 7, 5, 2; Macr. S. 7, 3:

habitare,

Aug. Ep. 6.—

Trop., persistently, firmly:

urgere,

Ov. H. 3, 43.— Comp., Sol. 52, § 44; Amm. 25, 4, 4.— Sup., App. M. 5, p. 167, 22.