means of support

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fămĭlĭa, ae (with pater, mater, filius, and filia, the class. gen. sing. is usually in the archaic form familias; familiae also occurs, v. infra; gen.:

familiai,

Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 203; with the plur. of these words both the sing. and plur. of familia are used:

patres familias, etc.,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 15, 43; id. Verr. 2, 3, 51, § 120 al.:

patres familiarum,

Cic. Att. 7, 14, 2; Sall. C. 43, 2; 51, 9, v. infra II. A. b.—On the form patribus familiis for familiae, patrum familiarum, etc., Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 79, § 183; id. Rosc. Am. 16, 48, v. Neue, Formenl. 1, p. 7), f. [famulus], the slaves in a household, a household establishment, family servants, domestics (not = family, i. e. wife and children, domus, or mei, tui, sui, etc., but v. II. A. 3 infra):

nescio quid male factum a nostra hic familia est... ita senex talos elidi jussit conservis meis,

Plaut. Mil. 2, 2, 11; 17; id. Trin. 2, 1, 28; id. Am. 4, 3, 10:

neque enim dubium est, quin, si ad rem judicandum verbo ducimur, non re, familiam intelligamus, quae constet ex servis pluribus, quin unus homo familia non sit: verbum certe hoc non modo postulat, sed etiam cogit,

Cic. Caecin. 19, 55; cf. Dig. 50, 16, 40, § 3; App. Mag. p. 304:

vilicus familiam exerceat,

Cato, R. R. 5, 2:

familiae male ne sit,

id. ib.:

te familiae interdicere, ut uni dicto audiens esset,

Cic. Rep. 1, 39:

qui emeret eam familiam a Catone,

id. Q. Fr. 2, 6, 5:

cum insimularetur familia societatis ejus,

id. Brut. 22, 85:

conjugum et liberorum et familiarum suarum causa,

id. N. D. 2, 63, 157:

Petreius armat familiam,

Caes. B. C. 1, 75, 2: alienae se familiae venali immiscuisse, Quint. 7, 2, 26:

Aesopus domino solus cum esset familia,

formed the entire establishment, Phaedr. 3, 19, 1.—Of the serfs belonging to a temple:

illi Larini in Martis familia numerantur,

Cic. Clu. 15, 43; cf. of the serfs, vassals of Orgetorix:

die constituta causae dictionis Orgetorix ad judicium omnem suam familiam, ad hominum milia decem undique coëgit,

Caes. B. G. 1, 4, 2.

Transf.

With the idea of house predominating.

In gen., a house and all belonging to it, a family estate, family property, fortune: familiae appellatio varie accepta est: nam et in res et in personas deducitur;

in res, ut puta in lege XII. tab. his verbis: AGNATVS PROXIMVS FAMILIAM HABETO,

Dig. 50, 16, 195; so,

SI AGNATVS NEC ESCIT, GENTILIS FAMILIAM NANCITOR, Fragm. XII. Tab. in Collat. Legg. Mosaic. et Roman. tit. 16, § 4 (cf. agnatus): idcirco qui, quibus verbis erctum cieri oporteat, nesciat, idem erciscundae familiae causam agere non possit,

Cic. de Or. 1, 56, 237; so,

arbitrum familiae erciscundae postulavit,

id. Caecin. 7, 19; cf.:

familiae erciscundae,

Dig. 10, tit. 2:

decem dierum vix mihi est familia,

means of support, Ter. Heaut. 5, 1, 36 Ruhnk.—

Paterfamilias, materfamilias, etc., or paterfamiliae, materfamiliae, filiusfamilias, etc. (also written separately: pater familiae, mater familiae, etc.), the master of a house in respect to ownership, the proprietor of an estate, head of a family; the mistress of a house, matron; a son or daughter under the father's power, a minor: paterfamilias appellatur, qui in domo dominium habet, recteque hoc nomine appellatur, quamvis filium non habeat;

non enim solam personam ejus, sed et jus demonstramus. Denique et pupillum patremfamilias appellamus,

Dig. 50, 16, 195; cf. Sandars ad Just. Inst. 1, 8 prooem.—

Form familias:

paterfamilias ubi ad villam venit,

Cato, R. R. 2, 1:

paterfamilias,

Cic. Quint. 3, 11; id. Fragm. ap. Non. 497, 19 (Rep. 5, 3 ed. Mos.); Sen. Ben. 4, 27 fin.; Nep. Att. 4; 13 al.; cf., in gen., of a plain, ordinary citizen:

sicut unus paterfamilias his de rebus loquor,

id. de Or. 1, 29, 132; 1, 34, 159.—In plur.:

patresfamilias, qui liberos habent, etc.,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 15, 43; 16, 48; id. Verr. 2, 3, 79, § 183 al.:

(Demaratus) cum de matrefamilias Tarquiniensi duo filios procreavisset,

Cic. Rep. 2, 19:

materfamilias,

id. Cael. 13, 32: id. Top. 3, 14; Dig. 50, 16, 46 al.—In plur.:

uxoris duae formae: una matrumfamilias, etc.,

Cic. Top. 3, 14; id. Fam. 5, 10, 1; id. Verr. 2, 1, 24, § 62 al.—

In an inverted order: familias matres,

Arn. 4, 152:

illum filium familias patre parco ac tenaci habere tuis copiis devinctum non potes,

Cic. Cael. 15, 36:

filiusfamilias,

Dig. 14, 6, 1 sq. al.:

tu filiafamilias locupletibus filiis ultro contulisti,

Sen. Cons. ad Helv. 14.—

Form familiae:

ex Amerina disciplina patrisfamiliae rusticani,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 41, 120; so,

pater familiae,

Caes. B. G. 6, 19, 3; Liv. 1, 45, 4; Sen. Ep. 47 med.; Tac. Or. 22 al.: familiae mater, Enn. ap. Fest. p. 258 Müll.—In plur.:

pauci milites patresque familiae,

Caes. B. C. 2, 44, 1; Gracch. ap. Charis. p. 83 P.: Liv. 5, 30 fin.:

matrem familiae tuam purpureum amiculum habere non sines?

Liv. 34, 7, 3:

mater familiae,

id. 39, 53, 3; Tert. Verg. Vel. 11.— In plur.: matresfamiliae, Varr. ap. Charis. p. 83 P.; Caes. B. G. 1, 50, 4; 7, 26, 3; 7, 47, 5; id. B. C. 2, 4, 3.—

In gen. plur.: civium Romanorum quidam sunt patresfamiliarum, alii filiifamiliarum, quaedam matresfamiliarum, quaedam filiaefamiliarum. Patresfamiliarum sunt, qui sunt suae potestatis, sive puberes sive impuberes;

simili modo matresfamiliarum, filii vero et filiaefamiliarum, qui sunt in aliena potestate,

Dig. 1, 6, 4: patresfamiliarum, Sisenn. ap. Varr. L. L. 8, § 73 Müll.; Suet. Calig. 26 fin.:

matresfamiliarum,

Sall. C. 51, 9:

filiifamiliarum,

id. ib. 43, 2; Tac. A. 3, 8; 11, 13:

filiaefamiliarum,

Dig. 14, 6, 9, § 2:

patrumfamiliarum,

ib. 50, 16, 195.—

In respect to relationship, a family, as part of a gens:

addere nostrae lepidam famam familiae,

Plaut. Trin. 2, 2, 98:

sororem despondere in fortem familiam,

id. ib. 5, 2, 9: item appellatur familia plurium personarum, quae ab ejusdem ultimi genitoris sanguine proficiscuntur, sicuti dicimus familiam Juliam. Mulier autem familiae [p. 724] suae et caput et finis est, Dig. 50, 16, 195 fin.:

qua in familia laus aliqua forte floruerit, hanc fere, qui sunt ejusdem stirpis, cupidissime persequuntur,

Cic. Rab. Post. 1, 2: EX EA FAMILIA... IN EAM FAMILIAM, Fragm. XII. Tab. ap. Dig. 50, 16, 195:

commune dedecus familiae, cognationis, nominis,

Cic. Clu. 6, 16:

Laeliorum et Muciorum familiae,

id. Brut. 72, 252; id. Off. 2, 12 fin.:

nobilissima in familia natus,

id. Rep. 1, 19:

ex familia vetere et illustri,

id. Mur. 8, 17:

primus in eam familiam attulit consulatum,

id. Phil. 9, 2, 4:

hospes familiae vestrae,

id. Lael. 11, 37:

Sulla gentis patriciae nobilis fuit, familia prope jam exstincta majorum ignavia,

Sall. J. 95, 3 et saep.—

Transf.:

libros, qui falso viderentur inscripti, tamquam subditicios, summovere familiā, permiserunt sibi,

Quint. 1, 4, 3.—

In gen., a family, the members of a household, = domus (rare):

salutem dicit Toxilo Timarchides et familiae omni,

Plaut. Pers. 4, 3, 32:

si haec non nubat, fame familia pereat,

id. Cist. 1, 1, 46:

ne pateretur Philippi domus et familiae inimicissimos stirpem interimere,

Nep. Eum. 6, 3.—

A company, sect, school, troop (rare but class.):

cum universi in te impetum fecissent, tum singulae familiae litem tibi intenderent,

Cic. de Or. 1, 10 42:

familia tota Peripateticorum,

id. Div. 2, 1, 3; cf.:

Aristoteles, Xenocrates, tota illa familia,

id. Fin. 4, 18, 49:

familiae dissentientes inter se,

id. de Or. 3, 16, 21:

familia gladiatorum... familia Fausti,

id. Sull. 19, 54:

lanistarum,

Suet. Aug. 42: tironum, a company of young soldiers, Cod. Th. 10, 1; Amm. 20, 4 med.—A troop or company of players, Plaut. Men. prol. 74.—

Ducere familiam, in gen., to lead a company, i. e. to be at the head, be the first:

Lucius quidem, frater ejus, familiam ducit,

Cic. Phil. 5, 11, 30; cf.:

accedit etiam, quod familiam ducit in jure civili, singularis memoria summa scientia,

id. Fam. 7, 5, 3:

gravissima illa vestra sententia, quae familiam ducit,

id. Fin. 4, 16, 45.

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bĕnĕfĭcĭum (better than bĕnĭfĭcĭ-um), ii, n. [beneficus].

A benefaction, kindness, favor, benefit, service, euergetêma (sunt qui ita distinguunt, quaedam beneficia esse, quaedam officia, quaedam ministeria. Beneficium esse, quod alienus det:

alienus est, qui potuit sine reprehensione cessare: officium esse filii, uxoris et earum personarum, quas necessitudo suscitat et ferre opem jubet: ministerium esse servi, quem condicio sua eo loco posuit, ut nihil eorum, quae praestat, imputet superiori,

Sen. Ben.3, 18, 1);—(in prose freq.; in poetry, for metrical reasons, only in play-writers; most freq. in Ter.).

In gen.:

nullum beneficium esse duco id, quod, quoi facias, non placet,

Plaut. Trin. 3, 2, 12:

beneficium accipere,

Ter. Ad. 2, 3, 1:

pro maleficio beneficium reddere,

id. Phorm. 2, 2, 22:

immemor beneficii,

id. And. 1, 1, 17:

cupio aliquos parere amicos beneficio meo,

id. Eun. 1, 2, 69:

beneficium verbis initum re comprobare,

id. And. 5, 1, 5:

nec enim si tuam ob causam cuiquam commodes, beneficium illud habendum est, sed feneratio,

Cic. Fin. 2, 35, 117; id. Off. 2. 20, 70:

beneficio adligari: beneficio victus esse,

Cic. Planc. 33, 81; cf.:

Jugurtham beneficiis vincere,

Sall. J. 9, 3:

collocare,

Cic. Off. 1, 15, 49 al.; 2, 20, 69:

dare,

id. ib. 1, 15, 48; id. Fam. 13, 8, 3' deferre, id. Off. 1, 15, 49: conferre in aliquem, [p. 232] id. ib. 1, 14, 45: quia magna mihi debebat beneficia, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 12, 1:

in republicā multo praestat benefici quam malefici immemorem esse,

Sall. J. 31, 28:

senatus et populus Romanus benefici et injuriae memor esse solet,

id. ib. 104, 5; Petr. 126, 4:

in iis (hominibus) beneficio ac maleficio abstineri aecum censent,

Liv. 5, 3, 8:

immortali memoriā retinere beneficia,

Nep. Att. 11, 5 al. —Of the favor of the people in giving their vote:

quidquid hoc beneficio populi Romani atque hac potestate praetoriā possum,

Cic. Imp. Pomp. 24, 69, and 71.—

Esp.

Beneficio, through favor, by the help, aid, support, mediation:

beneficio tuo salvus,

thanks to you, Cic. Fam. 11, 22, 1; 13, 35, 1:

nostri consulatūs beneficio,

by means of, id. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 1, § 6:

servari beneficio Caesaris,

Vell. 2, 71, 1:

hoc beneficio,

by this means, Ter. Heaut. 2, 4, 14:

sortium beneficio,

by the lucky turn of, Caes. B. G. 1, 53 Herz.:

longissimae aetatis,

Quint. 3, 1, 9:

ingenii,

id. 2, 11, 2; 5, 10, 121:

eloquentiae,

Tac. Or. 8 al.; cf.: fortunae beneficium, Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 4, 2.—

In gen., by the agency of:

quod beneficio ejus contingit,

Dig. 39, 2, 40, § 1:

beneficio furis,

ib. 47, 2, 46 pr.—

Alicujus beneficii facere (habere, etc.), to make dependent on one ' s bounty or favor (post-Aug.):

commeatus a senatu peti solitos benefici sui fecit,

Suet. Claud. 23:

ut munus imperii beneficii sui faceret,

Just. 13, 4, 9; cf.:

adeo quidem dominis servi beneficia possunt dare, ut ipsos saepe beneficii sui fecerint,

Sen. Ben. 3, 18, 4:

sed nihil habebimus nisi beneficii alieni?

Quint. 10, 4, 6.—

Transf. to political life.

A distinction, support, favor, promotion (esp. freq. after the Aug. per.):

coöptatio collegiorum ad populi beneficium transferebatur,

Cic. Lael. 25, 96; id. Phil. 2, 36, 91:

quibus omnia populi Romani beneficia dormientibus deferuntur,

id. Verr. 2, 5, 70, § 180:

in beneficiis ad aerarium delatus,

among those recommended to favor, id. Arch. 5, 11 Halm. ad loc.; id. Fam. 7, 5, 3:

cum suo magno beneficio esset,

under great obligation to his recommendation, id. Phil. 8, 6 Wernsd.; Flor. 4, 2, 92; cf. Suet. Tit. 8.—So,

Esp. freq. of military promotions (whence beneficiarius, q. v.):

quod scribis de beneficiis, scito a me et tribunos militaris et praefectos... delatos esse,

Cic. Fam. 5, 20, 7:

ut tribuni militum... quae antea dictatorum et consulum ferme fuerant beneficia,

Liv. 9, 30, 3:

beneficia gratuita esse populi Romani,

id. 45, 42, 11; Hirt. B. Afr. 54, 5:

per beneficia Nymphidii,

promoted, advanced through the favor of Nymphidius, Tac. H. 1, 25; 4, 48 Lips.:

beneficii sui centuriones,

i. e. his creatures, Suet. Tib. 12:

Liber beneficiorum or Beneficium,

the book in which the public lands that were bestowed were designated, Hyg. Limit. Const. p. 193 Goes.; Arcad. ib. p. 260.—So, SERVVS. A. COMMENTARIIS. BENEFICIORVM., Inscr. Grut. 578, 1.—

A privilege, right (post-Aug.):

anulorum,

Dig. 48, 7, 42:

religionis,

ib. 3, 3, 18:

militaris,

ib. 29, 1, 3.—Hence, liberorum, a release from the office of judge, received in consequence of having a certain number of children, Suet. Claud. 15; Dig. 49, 8, 1, § 2.—

Personified, as a god:

duos omnino (deos credere), Poenam et Beneficium,

Plin. 2, 7, 5, § 14.

bĕnĕfĭcĭum (better than bĕnĭfĭcĭ-um), ii, n. [beneficus].

A benefaction, kindness, favor, benefit, service, euergetêma (sunt qui ita distinguunt, quaedam beneficia esse, quaedam officia, quaedam ministeria. Beneficium esse, quod alienus det:

alienus est, qui potuit sine reprehensione cessare: officium esse filii, uxoris et earum personarum, quas necessitudo suscitat et ferre opem jubet: ministerium esse servi, quem condicio sua eo loco posuit, ut nihil eorum, quae praestat, imputet superiori,

Sen. Ben.3, 18, 1);—(in prose freq.; in poetry, for metrical reasons, only in play-writers; most freq. in Ter.).

In gen.:

nullum beneficium esse duco id, quod, quoi facias, non placet,

Plaut. Trin. 3, 2, 12:

beneficium accipere,

Ter. Ad. 2, 3, 1:

pro maleficio beneficium reddere,

id. Phorm. 2, 2, 22:

immemor beneficii,

id. And. 1, 1, 17:

cupio aliquos parere amicos beneficio meo,

id. Eun. 1, 2, 69:

beneficium verbis initum re comprobare,

id. And. 5, 1, 5:

nec enim si tuam ob causam cuiquam commodes, beneficium illud habendum est, sed feneratio,

Cic. Fin. 2, 35, 117; id. Off. 2. 20, 70:

beneficio adligari: beneficio victus esse,

Cic. Planc. 33, 81; cf.:

Jugurtham beneficiis vincere,

Sall. J. 9, 3:

collocare,

Cic. Off. 1, 15, 49 al.; 2, 20, 69:

dare,

id. ib. 1, 15, 48; id. Fam. 13, 8, 3' deferre, id. Off. 1, 15, 49: conferre in aliquem, [p. 232] id. ib. 1, 14, 45: quia magna mihi debebat beneficia, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 12, 1:

in republicā multo praestat benefici quam malefici immemorem esse,

Sall. J. 31, 28:

senatus et populus Romanus benefici et injuriae memor esse solet,

id. ib. 104, 5; Petr. 126, 4:

in iis (hominibus) beneficio ac maleficio abstineri aecum censent,

Liv. 5, 3, 8:

immortali memoriā retinere beneficia,

Nep. Att. 11, 5 al. —Of the favor of the people in giving their vote:

quidquid hoc beneficio populi Romani atque hac potestate praetoriā possum,

Cic. Imp. Pomp. 24, 69, and 71.—

Esp.

Beneficio, through favor, by the help, aid, support, mediation:

beneficio tuo salvus,

thanks to you, Cic. Fam. 11, 22, 1; 13, 35, 1:

nostri consulatūs beneficio,

by means of, id. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 1, § 6:

servari beneficio Caesaris,

Vell. 2, 71, 1:

hoc beneficio,

by this means, Ter. Heaut. 2, 4, 14:

sortium beneficio,

by the lucky turn of, Caes. B. G. 1, 53 Herz.:

longissimae aetatis,

Quint. 3, 1, 9:

ingenii,

id. 2, 11, 2; 5, 10, 121:

eloquentiae,

Tac. Or. 8 al.; cf.: fortunae beneficium, Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 4, 2.—

In gen., by the agency of:

quod beneficio ejus contingit,

Dig. 39, 2, 40, § 1:

beneficio furis,

ib. 47, 2, 46 pr.—

Alicujus beneficii facere (habere, etc.), to make dependent on one ' s bounty or favor (post-Aug.):

commeatus a senatu peti solitos benefici sui fecit,

Suet. Claud. 23:

ut munus imperii beneficii sui faceret,

Just. 13, 4, 9; cf.:

adeo quidem dominis servi beneficia possunt dare, ut ipsos saepe beneficii sui fecerint,

Sen. Ben. 3, 18, 4:

sed nihil habebimus nisi beneficii alieni?

Quint. 10, 4, 6.—

Transf. to political life.

A distinction, support, favor, promotion (esp. freq. after the Aug. per.):

coöptatio collegiorum ad populi beneficium transferebatur,

Cic. Lael. 25, 96; id. Phil. 2, 36, 91:

quibus omnia populi Romani beneficia dormientibus deferuntur,

id. Verr. 2, 5, 70, § 180:

in beneficiis ad aerarium delatus,

among those recommended to favor, id. Arch. 5, 11 Halm. ad loc.; id. Fam. 7, 5, 3:

cum suo magno beneficio esset,

under great obligation to his recommendation, id. Phil. 8, 6 Wernsd.; Flor. 4, 2, 92; cf. Suet. Tit. 8.—So,

Esp. freq. of military promotions (whence beneficiarius, q. v.):

quod scribis de beneficiis, scito a me et tribunos militaris et praefectos... delatos esse,

Cic. Fam. 5, 20, 7:

ut tribuni militum... quae antea dictatorum et consulum ferme fuerant beneficia,

Liv. 9, 30, 3:

beneficia gratuita esse populi Romani,

id. 45, 42, 11; Hirt. B. Afr. 54, 5:

per beneficia Nymphidii,

promoted, advanced through the favor of Nymphidius, Tac. H. 1, 25; 4, 48 Lips.:

beneficii sui centuriones,

i. e. his creatures, Suet. Tib. 12:

Liber beneficiorum or Beneficium,

the book in which the public lands that were bestowed were designated, Hyg. Limit. Const. p. 193 Goes.; Arcad. ib. p. 260.—So, SERVVS. A. COMMENTARIIS. BENEFICIORVM., Inscr. Grut. 578, 1.—

A privilege, right (post-Aug.):

anulorum,

Dig. 48, 7, 42:

religionis,

ib. 3, 3, 18:

militaris,

ib. 29, 1, 3.—Hence, liberorum, a release from the office of judge, received in consequence of having a certain number of children, Suet. Claud. 15; Dig. 49, 8, 1, § 2.—

Personified, as a god:

duos omnino (deos credere), Poenam et Beneficium,

Plin. 2, 7, 5, § 14.

sustĭnĕo, tĭnŭi, tentum, 2, v. a. [subs for sub, and teneo], to hold up, hold upright, uphold, to bear up, keep up, support, sustain (syn. fulcio).

Lit.

In gen.:

onus alicui,

Plaut. As. 3, 3, 68:

quantum hominum terra sustinet,

id. Poen. prol. 90; id. Men. 1, 1, 13:

cum Milo umeris sustineret bovem vivum,

Cic. Sen. 10, 33:

arma membraque,

Liv. 23, 45, 3; Curt. 6, 1, 11; 7, 5, 8:

infirmos baculo artus,

to support, Ov. M. 6, 27:

furcis spectacula,

Liv. 1, 35, 9:

ingenuā speculum manu,

Ov. A. A. 2, 216:

fornice exstructo, quo pons sustinebatur, Auct. B. Alex. 19, 4: manibus clipeos et hastam Et galeam,

Ov. H. 3, 119:

vix populum tellus sustinet illa suum,

id. ib. 15 (16), 182:

lapis albus Pocula cum cyatho duo sustinet,

Hor. S. 1, 6, 117:

vas ad sustinenda opsonia,

Plin. 33, 11, 49, § 140:

aër volatus alitum sustinet,

Cic. N. D. 2, 39, 101: lacus omnia illata pondera sustinens, bearing on its surface, Plin. 6, 27, 31, § 127:

ecce populus Romanus universus veluti duobus navigiis inpositus binis cardinibus sustinetur,

id. 36, 15, 24, § 119:

domum pluribus adminiculis fulcit ac sustinet,

Plin. Ep. 4, 21, 3: se, to support one ' s self, hold one ' s self up, stand, etc., Caes. B. G. 2, 25; so,

se a lapsu,

Liv. 21, 35:

se alis,

Ov. M. 4, 411. —

In partic., to hold or keep back, to keep in, stay, check, restrain, control, etc. (syn.: refreno, supprimo, moror): currum equosque, Lucil. ap. Cic. Att. 13, 21, 3:

currum,

id. Lael. 17, 63 (v. infra, II. B. 3.):

equos,

Caes. B. G. 4, 33:

remos,

Cic. Att. 13, 21, 3:

manum,

Ov. F. 5, 302:

sustinet a jugulo dextram,

Verg. A. 11, 750:

a jugulo nitentem sustinet hastam,

Stat. Th. 2, 648:

flumina Threiciā lyrā,

Prop. 3, 2, 2 (4, 1, 42):

nunc agendo, nunc sustinendo agmen,

Liv. 25, 36, 1:

aliud simile miraculum eos sustinuit,

id. 5, 39, 2:

signa,

id. 31, 24, 8:

gradum,

Ov. F. 6, 398:

perterritum exercitum,

Caes. B. C. 1, 71:

se,

Cic. Tusc. 4, 18, 41; Val. Fl. 3, 100:

se ab omni assensu,

i. e. to refrain, Cic. Ac. 2, 15, 48:

se a respondendo,

id. ib. 2, 32, 104. — Poet.:

celeres vias,

i. e. to halt, Sen. Hippol. 794.—

Trop.

In gen., to uphold, sustain, maintain, preserve:

dignitatem et decus civitatis,

Cic. Off. 1, 34, 124:

causam rei publicae,

id. Fam. 9, 8, 2; cf.:

causam publicam,

id. Div. in Caecil. 8, 27:

exspectationem,

id. Off. 3, 2, 6:

tris personas unus sustineo,

characters, id. de Or. 2, 24, 102:

personam magistri,

to personate, Suet. Gram. 24:

quid muneris in rem publicam fungi ac sustinere velitis,

Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 86, § 199:

historiam veterem atque antiquam haec mea senectus sustinet,

Plaut. Trin. 2, 2, 100: vitam, Maecen. ap. Sen. Ep. 101, 11.— Poet.:

(arbor) ingentem sustinet umbram,

Verg. G. 2, 297.—

In partic.

To sustain, support, maintain, by food, money, or other means:

hac (sc. re frumentariā) alimur et sustinemur,

Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 5, § 11:

veterem amicum suum labentem excepit, fulsit et sustinuit re, fortunā, fide,

id. Rab. Post. 16, 43:

qui ager non amplius hominum quinque milia potest sustinere,

id. Att. 2, 16, 1:

alicujus munificentiā sustineri,

Liv. 39, 9, 6:

hinc patriam parvosque nepotes Sustinet,

Verg. G. 2, 515:

necessitates aliorum,

Liv. 6, 15, 9:

plebem,

id. 3, 65, 6:

penuriam temporum,

Col. 9, 14, 17.—

To bear, undergo, endure; to hold out against, withstand (so most freq.;

syn.: fero, tolero, patior): mala ferre sustinereque,

Cic. Tusc. 5, 6, 16:

non tu scis, quantum malarum rerum sustineam,

Plaut. Merc. 2, 4, 8:

innocens suspitionem hanc sustinet causā meā,

id. Bacch. 3, 3, 32:

labores,

Cic. Rep. 1, 3:

aestatem,

Hirt. B. G. 8, 39, 3:

dolorem pedum,

Plin. Ep. 1, 12, 5:

dolores,

id. ib. 1, 12, 8:

certamen,

Liv. 33, 36, 12:

vim hostium,

Nep. Hann. 11, 4:

periculum,

Dig. 18, 6, 1:

o dii, quis hujus potentiam poterit sustinere?

Cic. Phil. 7, 6, 17:

alicujus imperia,

Caes. B. G. 1, 31:

vulnera,

id. ib. 1, 45:

Philo ea sustinere vix poterat, quae contra Academicorum pertinaciam dicebantur,

Cic. Ac. 2, 6, 18; Vatin. ap. Cic. Fam. 5, 10, 2:

Peloponnesum,

Cic. Att. 10, 12, 7: eos (rogantes), Brut. ap. Cic. Fam. 11, 13, 3; Liv. 31, 13:

senatus querentes eos non sustinuit,

id. 31, 13, 4:

justa petentem deam,

Ov. M. 14, 788:

ferrum ignemque Jovemque,

id. ib. 13, 385 et saep.— Absol.: expectes et sustineas necesse est, Mart. 9, 3, 13:

neque jam sustineri poterat,

Caes. B. G. 2, 6; cf. Cic. Fam. 12, 6, 4; Liv. 29, 6, 17.—

With obj.-clause (mostly with a negative: non sustinet, he cannot bear, cannot endure; he does not take upon himself, does not venture):

non sustineo esse conscius mihi dissimulati judicii mei,

Quint. 3, 6, 64:

non impositos supremis ignibus artus Sustinuit spectare parens,

Ov. M. 13, 584;

so negatively,

id. ib. 1, 530; 6, 367; 6, 606; 9, 439; 10, 47; id. F. 4, 850; Vell. 2, 86, 2. —

In a negative interrog.: sustinebant tales viri, se tot senatoribus, etc.... non credidisse? tantae populi Romani voluntati restitisse? Sustineant. Reperiemus, etc.,

Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 4, § 10:

hoc quidem quis hominum sustineat petulans esse ad alterius arbitrium?

Quint. 12, 9, 10; 3, 6, 64:

deserere officii sui partes,

Plin. Ep. 9, 13, 16; 9, 13, 6:

Parmenionem rursus castigare non sustinebat,

Curt. 4, 13, 8; 6, 1, 15:

nec solus bibere sustineo,

id. 7, 5, 12; 7, 6, 15; 8, 5, 7; Vell. 2, 86, 2; Suet. Caes. 75.—Affirmatively:

quem in vinculis habituri erant, sustinuere venerari,

Curt. 5, 10, 13:

colloqui cum eo, quem damnaverat, sustinuit,

id. 6, 8, 16; 7, 5, 38; 10, 5, 25:

quae se praeferre Dianae Sustinuit,

took upon herself, presumed, Ov. M. 11, 322; so,

sustinet ire illuc,

id. ib. 4, 447; 6, 563; id. H. 5, 32; Phaedr. 4, 16, 8: aliquem videre, Auct. Cons. Liv. 135:

si quis aquam... haurire sustineat,

Plin. 30, 7, 20, § 64:

mentiri,

Petr. 116.—

(Acc. to I. B.) To hold in, stop, stay, check, restrain; to keep back, put off, defer, delay:

est igitur prudentis sustinere ut currum sic impetum benevolentiae,

Cic. Lael. 17, 63; so,

impetum hostis,

Caes. B. G. 1, 24; 1, 26; 2, 11;

3, 2 et saep.: subitas hostium incursiones,

Hirt. B. G. 8, 11; cf.:

Curio praemittit equites, qui primum impetum sustineant ac morentur,

Caes. B. C. 2, 26:

bellum consilio,

Liv. 3, 60, 1:

assensus lubricos,

Cic. Ac. 2, 34, 108:

sustinenda solutio est nominis Caerelliani,

id. Att. 12, 51, 3:

oppugnationem ad noctem,

Caes. B. G. 5, 37, 6:

rem in noctem,

Liv. 5, 35, 7:

iram,

id. 2, 19, 4.

admĭnĭcŭlum, i, n. [ad-manus], prop., that on which the hand may rest, then in gen., a prop, stay, support.

Lit.

Orig. in the language of vine-dressers, the stake or pole to which the vine clings, and by which it is supported:

vites claviculis adminicula, tamquam manibus apprehendunt, atque ita se erigunt, ut animantes,

Cic. N. D. 2, 47:

adminiculorum ordines, capitum jugatio,

id. Sen. 15; so Plin. 17, 24, 36, § 215; cf. Drak. Liv. 6, 1, 4.— Hence,

In gen., of any prop, stay, or support, assistance: adminicula hominum, i. e. oxen, implements of agriculture, etc., Varr. R. R. 1, 17; Liv. 21, 36:

motam (Junonem) sede sua parvi molimenti adminiculis,

id. 5, 22:

adminicula gubernandi addidit Tiphys,

means of steering, the rudder, Plin. 7, 56, 57, § 209; cf. id. 11, 37, 61, § 162. —

Trop., support, aid, auxiliary, assistant (class.):

ad legionem cum itant, adminiculum eis danunt aliquem cognatum,

an assistant, Plaut. Most. 1, 2, 48:

hanc igitur partem relictam explebimus, nullis adminiculis, sed, ut dicitur, Marte nostro,

Cic. Off. 3, 7:

natura solitarium nihil amat, semperque ad aliquod tamquam adminiculum adnititur,

id. Lael. 23 fin.:

quo primo adminiculo erecta erat (urbs), eodem innisa M. Furio principe stetit,

Liv. 6, 1:

id senectuti suae adminiculum fore,

id. 10, 22:

egere adminiculis, ut in commune consulat,

Tac. A. 12, 5; so,

in militia aut via fessus adminiculum oro,

id. ib. 14, 54:

nullius externi indigens adminiculi,

Amm. 24, 8; 21, 12; 14, 6:

Quibus debetis esse adminiculo,

Vulg. Esth. 16, 20.

sustento, āvi, ātum, 1, v. freq. a. [sustineo], to hold up or upriqht, to uphold, support, prop, sustain (syn. sustineo).

Lit. (only poet. and in post-Aug. prose):

multos per annos Sustentata ruet moles et machina mundi,

Lucr. 5, 96: Hercule quondam [p. 1822] Sustentante polum, Claud. Laud. Stil. 2, 143:

Alcanor fratrem ruentem Sustentat dextrā,

Verg. A. 10, 339:

in Tiberim abjectum,

Plin. 8, 40, 61, § 145:

naufraga sustentant... vela (i. e. navem) Lacones,

Claud. B. Gild. 222; cf.:

aegre seque et arma sustentans,

Curt. 8, 4, 15.—

To bear, wear:

catenas,

Vop. Aur. 34.—

Trop., to keep up, uphold, sustain, maintain, support, bear, uplift, preserve (class. and freq.).

In gen.:

exsanguem jam et jacentem (civitatem),

Cic. Rep. 2, 1, 2; cf.:

rem publicam,

id. Mur. 2, 3:

imbecillitatem valetudinis tuae sustenta et tuere,

id. Fam. 7, 1, 5:

valetudo sustentatur notitiā sui corporis,

id. Off. 2, 24, 86; Vell. 2, 114, 1:

Terentiam, unam omnium aerumnosissimam, sustentes tuis officiis,

Cic. Att. 3, 23, 5:

tu velim tete tuā virtute sustentes,

id. Fam. 6, 4, 5:

me una consolatio sustentat, quod, etc.,

id. Mil. 36, 100:

per omnis difficultates animo me sustentavi,

Quint. 12, prooem. §

1: litteris sustentor et recreor,

Cic. Att. 4, 10, 1; cf.:

praeclarā conscientiā sustentor, cum cogito, etc.,

id. ib. 10, 4, 5:

Pompeius intellegit, C. Catonem a Crasso sustentari,

id. Q. Fr. 2, 3, 4:

jurisconsultus, non suo artificio sed alieno sustentatus,

id. de Or. 1, 56, 239:

amicos suos fide,

id. Rab. Post. 2, 4:

si qua spes reliqua est, quae fortium civium mentes cogitationesque sustentet,

id. Fl. 2, 3:

spes inopiam sustentabat,

Caes. B. C. 3, 49:

res publica magnis meis laboribus sustentata,

Cic. Mur. 2, 3:

Venus Trojanas sustentat opes,

Verg. A. 10, 609:

multa virum meritis sustentat fama tropaeis,

upholds, id. ib. 11, 224:

Arminius manu, voce, vulnere sustentabat pugnam,

kept up, maintained, Tac. A. 2, 17:

aciem,

id. ib. 1, 65 fin.; id. H. 2, 15.—

In partic.

To support, sustain, maintain, preserve by food, money, or other means:

familiam,

Ter. Ad. 3, 4, 36:

cum esset silvestris beluae sustentatus uberibus,

Cic. Rep. 2, 2, 4:

idem (aër) spiritu ductus alit et sustentat animantis,

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

qui se subsidiis patrimonii aut amicorum liberalitate sustentant,

id. Prov. Cons. 5, 12:

eo (frumento) sustentata est plebs,

Liv. 2, 34, 5:

sustentans fovensque,

Plin. Ep. 9, 30, 3:

saucios largitione et curā,

Tac. A. 4, 63 fin.:

animus nullā re egens aletur et sustentabitur isdem rebus, quibus astra sustentantur et aluntur,

Cic. Tusc. 1, 19, 43; cf.:

furtim rapta sustentat pectora terra,

refreshes, Stat. Th. 6, 875:

parsimoniam patrum suis sumptibus,

Cic. Cael. 16, 38:

tenuitatem alicujus,

id. Fam. 16, 21, 4:

egestatem et luxuriem domestico lenocinio sustentavit,

id. Red. Sen. 5, 11:

Glycera venditando coronas sustentaverat paupertatem,

Plin. 35, 11, 40, § 125; cf.:

ut milites pecore ex longinquioribus vicis adacto extremam famem sustentarent,

Caes. B.G. 7, 17.—Mid.:

mutando sordidas merces sustentabatur,

supported himself, got a living, Tac. A. 4, 13; for which in the act. form: Ge. Valuistin' bene? Pa. Sustentavi sedulo, I have taken good care of myself, have kept myself in good case, Plaut. Stich. 4, 2, 8; cf. impers. pass.: Ge. Valuistin' usque? Ep. Sustentatum'st sedulo, id. ib. 3, 2, 14. —

To keep in check, hold back, restrain:

milites, paulisper ab rege sustentati, paucis amissis profugi discedunt,

Sall. J. 56, 6; cf. aciem, Auct. B. Afr. 82: aquas, Auct. Cons. Liv. 221. —

To bear, hold out, endure, suffer (rare but class.;

syn.: fero, patior): miserias plurimas,

Plaut. Capt. 5, 1, 3:

moerorem doloremque,

Cic. Pis. 36, 89. — Absol. (sc. morbum), Suet. Tib. 72:

procellas invidiae,

Claud. in Eutr. 1, 265:

aegre is dies sustentatur,

Caes. B. G. 5, 39:

quorum auxiliis atque opibus, si qua bella inciderint, sustentare consuerint,

id. ib. 2, 14 fin.—Impers. pass.:

aegre eo die sustentatum est,

a defence was made, Caes. B. G. 2, 6:

hostem,

Tac. A. 15, 10 fin.:

bellum,

Vell. 2, 104, 2: impetus legionum, Auct. B. Hisp. 17, 3. — Absol.:

nec, nisi in tempore subventum foret, ultra sustentaturi fuerint,

Liv. 34, 18, 2. —

To put off, defer, delay (Ciceron.;

syn. prolato): rem, dum, etc.,

Cic. Fam. 13, 64, 1:

aedificationem ad tuum adventum,

id. Q. Fr. 2, 7:

id (malum) opprimi sustentando ac prolatando nullo pacto potest... celeriter vobis vindicandum est,

id. Cat. 4, 3, 6; cf. Ov. R. Am. 405.

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mūnītĭo, ōnis, f. [1. munio], a defending, fortifying, protecting (class.).

Lit.:

milites munitione prohibere,

Caes. B. G. 1, 49:

oppidi,

Suet. Galb. 10:

operis,

a fortifying, erection of fortifications, Caes. B. G. 1, 8:

fluminum,

a bridging over, Tac. A. 1, 56:

munitionis multa sunt genera,

enclosure, fencing, hedging, Pall. 1, 34.—

Transf.

Concr., a means of fortification or defence, a fortification, rampart, bulwark, intrenchment, walls (syn. munimentum):

nisi munitione ac mole lapidum a mari (fons) disjunctus esset,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 53, § 118:

munitiones multiplices Piraei portus,

Vell. 2, 23, 3:

urbem operibus munitionibusque sepire,

Cic. Phil. 13, 9, 20: demoliri, Sall. Fragm. ap. Non. 2, 204:

facere,

Caes. B. G. 1, 10:

incendere,

Nep. Eum. 5, 7:

per munitionem introire,

Sall. J. 38, 6:

munitiones in urbem spectantes,

Liv. 5, 5:

munitiones et castella,

Tac. A. 3, 74:

multum munitionis,

of the walls, Nep. Them. 7, 2.—

(Acc. to munio, I. B. 2.) A making passable of roads, by opening, paving, etc.:

ex viarum munitione quaestum facere,

repairing the roads, work on the roads, Cic. Font. 4, 7:

multos ad munitiones viarum condemnavit,

Suet. Calig. 27.—

Trop., a support:

aditus ad causam et munitio aut quoddam ornamentum,

support to the cause, Cic. de Or. 2, 79, 320 (al. communitio).—(The gloss. of Fest. is prob. corrupt: munitio morsicatio ciborum, Paul. ex Fest. p. 143 Müll.)

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ălo, ălŭi, altum, and ălĭtum, 3, v. a. (the ante-class. and class. form of the part. perf. from Plautus until after Livy is altus (in Cic. four times); alitus seems to have been first used in the post-Aug. per. to distinguish it from altus, the adj. Altus is found in Plaut. Rud. 3, 4, 36; Varr. ap. Non. 237, 15; Cic. Planc. 33, 81; id. Brut. 10, 39; id. N. D. 2, 46, 118; id. Fam. 6, 1; Sall. J. 63, 3;

on the contrary, alitus,

Liv. 30, 28; Curt. 8, 10, 8; Val. Max. 3, 4, 4; 5, 4, 7; 7, 4, 1; 9, 3, 8; Sen. Contr. 3, praef. 10; Just. 44, 4, 12; Dig. 27, 3, 1; cf. Prisc. 897; Diom. 371; Charis. 220 P.; Wund. ad Cic. Planc. p. 201) [cf.: an-altos = insatiable, alsos = growth (of wood), 1. ad-oleo, ad-olesco, elementum; Goth. alan = to bring up; Germ. alt = old; Engl. old, eld, elder, and alderman], to feed, to nourish, support, sustain, maintain (in gen. without designating the means, while nutrire denotes sustenance by animal food; cf. Herz. ad Caes. B. G. 1, 18; 7, 32; Doed. Syn. II. p. 99).

Lit.:

quem ego nefrendem alui, Liv. And. ap. Fest. s. v. nefrendes, p. 163 Müll. (Trag. Rel. p. 5 Rib.): Athenis natus altusque,

Plaut. Rud. 3, 4, 36:

alebat eos,

Vulg. Gen. 47, 12:

esurientes alebat,

ib. Tob. 1, 20.—With natus, educatus, or a similar word, several times: Alui, educavi, Att. ap. Non. 422, 14 (Trag. Rel. p. 150 Rib.):

cum Hannibale alto atque educato inter arma,

Liv. 30, 28 (cf. II. infra):

aut equos Alere aut canes ad venandum,

Ter. And. 1, 1, 30; id. Hec. 4, 4, 49:

alere nolunt hominem edacem,

id. Phorm. 2, 2, 21:

quoniam cibus auget corpus alitque,

Lucr. 1, 859; 5, 221 al.:

quae etiam aleret adulescentes,

Cic. Cael. 38:

milites,

id. Verr. 5, 80:

nautas,

id. ib. 5, 87:

exercitum,

id. Deiot. 24:

magnum numerum equitatus,

Caes. B. G. 1, 18:

cum agellus eum non satis aleret,

Cic. N. D. 1, 26, 72; so Nep. Phoc. 1, 4:

locus ille, ubi altus aut doctus est,

Cic. Planc. 33, 81:

quibus animantes aluntur,

id. N. D. 2, 19:

(animus) aletur et sustentabitur isdem rebus, quibus astra sustentantur et aluntur,

id. Tusc. 1, 19, 43 al.:

latrociniis se suosque alebat,

Caes. B. G. 8, 47; 1, 18:

quos manus aut lingua perjurio aut sanguine civili alebat,

Sall. C. 14, 3; cf. Kritz ad Sall. C. 37, 3; Nep. Arist. 3 fin.:

ut nepotem elephantos alere prohiberet,

Cic. Phil. 9, 4:

canes,

id. Sex. Rosc. 56:

quod alerentur regiones eorum ab illo,

Vulg. Act. 12, 20:

velut amnis imbres Quem super notas aluere ripas,

have swollen, Hor. C. 4, 2, 5:

rhombos aequora alebant,

id. S. 2, 2, 48 al.; Ov. M. 9, 339; 3, 411; and in a paradoxical phrase: infelix minuendo corpus alebat, and sustained his body by consuming it, i. e. nourished himself by his own flesh, id. ib. 8, 878 al.—Hence in pass. with the abl. = vesci, to be nourished or sustained with or by something, to live or feed upon:

panico vetere atque hordeo corrupto omnes alebantur,

Caes. B. C. 2, 22:

quia viperinis carnibus alantur,

Plin. 7, 2, 2, § 27:

locustis eos ali, etc.,

id. 7, 2, 2, § 29:

hoc cibo aliti sunt,

Vulg. Exod. 16, 35.—

Fig., to nourish, cherish, promote, increase, strengthen:

honos alit artes,

Cic. Tusc. 1, 2, 4:

in eā ipsā urbe, in quā et nata et alta sit eloquentia,

id. Brut. 10, 39:

hominis mens alitur discendo et cogitando,

id. Off. 1, 30:

haec studia adulescentiam alunt,

id. Arch. 7, 16; cf.

Ochsn. Eclog. 134 al.: civitas, quam ipse semper aluisset,

i. e. whose prosperity he had always promoted, Caes. B. G. 7, 33:

vires,

id. ib. 4, 1:

nolo meis impensis illorum ali augerique luxuriam,

Nep. Phoc. 1 fin.:

alere morbum,

id. Att. 21 fin.:

insita hominibus libido alendi de industriā rumores,

Liv. 28, 24:

regina Vulnus alit venis,

Verg. A. 4, 2:

divitiis alitur luxuriosus amor,

Ov. R. Am. 746:

alitur diutius controversia,

Caes. B. G. 7, 32:

quid alat formetque poëtam,

Hor. A. P. 307 al. —Hence, altus, a, um.

F, f, indecl. n. or (sc. littera) f. The sign W is the Aeolic digamma, adopted by the Latins instead of 8, the form used by the Etruscans, Oscans, and Umbrians for this letter; in inscriptions, before A.U.C. 500, it is sometimes written. The ancient grammarians, misled by the shape, ascribed to F the power of the digamma; thus: W Aeolicum digamma, quod apud antiquissimos Latinorum eandem vim quam apud Aeolis habuit, eum autem prope sonum quem nunc habet, significabat p cum aspiratione; sicut etiam apud veteres Graecos pro ph, p, et h, Prisc. 1, 4, p. 12. But it is certain that Lat. F never represents the sound of digamma, and etymologically corresponds to it in but a single root (frango; Gr. rhêgnumi, Curt. Gr. Etym. p. 531; Corss. Ausspr. 1, 397 sq. Fick, however, denies any connection between these words, Vergl. Wört. p. 182; cf. Curt. Gr. Etym. p. 511; rhigos, Lat. frigus, was never digammated). The sound of F was nearly that of the Gr. ph, but rougher, Quint. 1, 4, 14; 12, 10, 29; cf. Prisc. 1, 4, p. 14; Mar. Vict. p. 2455 P. Initial F in Latin corresponds to an original Indo-European bh, dh, and gh: 1. To bh, as in fari, fama, Sanscr. root bha-; Gr. pha-, phêmi: ferre, Sanscr. bhar-; Gr. pherô: fuga, Sanscr. bhug-, to bend; Gr. phugê; 2. To dh, as in firmus, Sanscr. dhar-, to support: ferus, Sanscr. dhvar-, to destroy; Gr. thêr (phêr): fumus, Sanscr. dhumas, smoke; Gr. thuein; 3. To gh, as in far, farina, Sanscr. gharsh-, to rub: formus, Sanscr. ghar-, to burn; Gr. thermos, etc. In situations not initial these original sounds commonly gave place in Latin to b, or were weakened to h (v. Corss. Ausspr. 1, 140 sqq.). In writing Greek words, ph was represented by p or b, the Latins having no means of expressing the aspiration ( p-h, not like Engl. ph or f) until the post-Aug. period; but in the later writings and inscr. ph is generally represented by f (Corss. Ausspr. 1, 173; Roby, Lat. Gram. 1, p. 33). Respecting the use of the reversed F (

As an abbreviation, F stands for fili, functus, faciundum. F. C., faciundum curavit. FF., fecerunt. F. I., fieri jussit. FL. P., flamen perpetuus. F. P. C., filius ponendum curavit. F. M., fecit monumentum. F.A., filio amantissimo. F. C. H., fieri curavit heres. FR. or FRU., frumentum, frumentarius.

F, f, indecl. n. or (sc. littera) f. The sign W is the Aeolic digamma, adopted by the Latins instead of 8, the form used by the Etruscans, Oscans, and Umbrians for this letter; in inscriptions, before A.U.C. 500, it is sometimes written. The ancient grammarians, misled by the shape, ascribed to F the power of the digamma; thus: W Aeolicum digamma, quod apud antiquissimos Latinorum eandem vim quam apud Aeolis habuit, eum autem prope sonum quem nunc habet, significabat p cum aspiratione; sicut etiam apud veteres Graecos pro ph, p, et h, Prisc. 1, 4, p. 12. But it is certain that Lat. F never represents the sound of digamma, and etymologically corresponds to it in but a single root (frango; Gr. rhêgnumi, Curt. Gr. Etym. p. 531; Corss. Ausspr. 1, 397 sq. Fick, however, denies any connection between these words, Vergl. Wört. p. 182; cf. Curt. Gr. Etym. p. 511; rhigos, Lat. frigus, was never digammated). The sound of F was nearly that of the Gr. ph, but rougher, Quint. 1, 4, 14; 12, 10, 29; cf. Prisc. 1, 4, p. 14; Mar. Vict. p. 2455 P. Initial F in Latin corresponds to an original Indo-European bh, dh, and gh: 1. To bh, as in fari, fama, Sanscr. root bha-; Gr. pha-, phêmi: ferre, Sanscr. bhar-; Gr. pherô: fuga, Sanscr. bhug-, to bend; Gr. phugê; 2. To dh, as in firmus, Sanscr. dhar-, to support: ferus, Sanscr. dhvar-, to destroy; Gr. thêr (phêr): fumus, Sanscr. dhumas, smoke; Gr. thuein; 3. To gh, as in far, farina, Sanscr. gharsh-, to rub: formus, Sanscr. ghar-, to burn; Gr. thermos, etc. In situations not initial these original sounds commonly gave place in Latin to b, or were weakened to h (v. Corss. Ausspr. 1, 140 sqq.). In writing Greek words, ph was represented by p or b, the Latins having no means of expressing the aspiration ( p-h, not like Engl. ph or f) until the post-Aug. period; but in the later writings and inscr. ph is generally represented by f (Corss. Ausspr. 1, 173; Roby, Lat. Gram. 1, p. 33). Respecting the use of the reversed F (

As an abbreviation, F stands for fili, functus, faciundum. F. C., faciundum curavit. FF., fecerunt. F. I., fieri jussit. FL. P., flamen perpetuus. F. P. C., filius ponendum curavit. F. M., fecit monumentum. F.A., filio amantissimo. F. C. H., fieri curavit heres. FR. or FRU., frumentum, frumentarius.