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  • 1 fluō

        fluō fluxī, fluxus, ere    [FLV-], to flow, stream, in contrarias partīs: flumen quod inter eum et castra fluebat, Cs.: naturā: fluxit in terram Remi Cruor, H.: sudor fluit undique rivis, V.: fluunt lacrimae more perennis aquae, O.: fluit ignibus aurum, melts, O.— To flow, overflow, run down, drip: madidāque fluens in veste Menoetes, V.: fluentes buccae, dripping: tantum, yield (of the grape), V.: cum fluvius sanguine fluxit: sudore, O.— To flow, stream, pour, throng, glide: nodoque sinūs conlecta fluentīs, V.: ramos compesce fluentīs, spreading, V.: Ad terram fluit devexo pondere cervix, droops, V.: relictis Turba fluit castris, pour forth, V.: ad terram fluens, sinking, V.— To pass away, fall away, fall off, vanish: fluent arma de manibus: poma, O.: Cuncta fluunt, are changing, O.—Fig., to flow, spring, arise, come forth, go, proceed: ex eius linguā melle dulcior fluebat oratio.— To roll, flow, move, spread: doctrina longe lateque: de libris nostris sermonem: Hoc fonte derivata clades In patriam fluxit, H.: res ad voluntatem nostram fluentes.—Of persons: (Herodotus) quasi sedatus amnis fluit.—Of speech, to be fluent, be verbose, be monotonous: efficiendum est ne fluat oratio: Cum flueret lutulentus (Lucilius), H.— To pass away, dissolve, vanish, perish: tarda fluunt tempora, H.: mollitiā: lassitudine vires, L.: voluptas corporis: Spes Danaūm, V.
    * * *
    fluere, fluxi, fluxus V
    flow, stream; emanate, proceed from; fall gradually

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  • 2 pūrgō

        pūrgō āvī, ātus, āre    [purus+1 AG-], to free from what is superfluous, make clean, make pure, clean, cleanse, purify: piscīs ceteros purga, bone, T.: falcibus locum, cleared the ground: domum muribus, Ph.: educ omnīs tuos, purga urbem: miror morbi purgatum te illius, H.— To clear the body, purge: quid radix ad purgandum possit<*> Qui purgor bilem, purge myself of, H.— To clear away, remove: ligonibus herbas, O.: scindit se nubes et in aethera purgat apertum, melts away, V.: Cultello unguīs, trim, H.—Fig., of persons, to clear from accusation, excuse, exculpate, justify: Sullam ipsius virtus purgavit: me tibi: Caesarem de interitu Marcelli: si sibi purgati esse vellent, Cs.: civitatem facti hostilis, L.— To remove, refute, repel, justify: Aut ea refellendo aut purgando vobis corrigemus, T.: factum, O.: facinus, Cu.: purgandis criminibus, by disproving: suspicionem, remove, L.: ea, quae ipsis obicerentur, refute, L. — To establish, vindicate, plead: innocentiam suam, L.: viri factum (esse) purgantes cupiditate atque amore, pleading in excuse, L.: purgantibus iis multitudinis concursu factum, L.—In religion, to make atonement for, expiate, purify, atone for, lustrate: populos, O.: nefas, O.
    * * *
    purgare, purgavi, purgatus V
    make clean, cleanse; excuse

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  • 3 re-mittō

        re-mittō mīsī, missus, ere,    to let go back, send back, despatch back, drive back, cause to return: mulieres Romam: paucos in regnum, Cs.: partem legionum in sua castra, Cs.: librum tibi: pila intercepta, hurl back, Cs.: tractum de corpore telum, O.: cogebat (equos) calces remittere, i. e. kick, N. —To send forth, give out, yield, emit, produce: Ut melius muriā, quod testa marina remittit, H.: nec umenti sensit tellure remitti (nebulas), O.: umorem ex se, V.: quod baca remisit olivae, H.—In law, with nuntium or repudium, to send a letter of divorce, dissolve marriage: uxori nuntium: repudium alteri (uxori), T.—To let go back, loosen, slacken, relax: ramulum adductum, ut remissus esset, in oculum suum recidisse: habenas: frena, O.: vinclis remissis, O.: bracchia, i. e. let fall, V.: mella calor liquefacta remittit, melts, V.— Intrans, to decrease, relax, abate: si forte ventus remisisset, Cs.: pestilentia, L.: cum remiserant dolores pedum.—Fig., to send back, give back, return, restore: vocem nemora remittunt, V.: totidemque remisit Verba locus, O.: sonum acutum, H.: vestrum vobis beneficium, Cs.: hanc veniam cumulatam morte remittam, will repay, V.—To give up, reject, yield, resign, grant, concede. opinionem animo: si quid ab omnibus conceditur, id reddo ac remitto: remittentibus tribunis, comitia sunt habita, etc., yielding, L.: omnia tibi ista: quod natura remittit, Invida iura negant, O.: memoriam simultatium patriae, sacrifice, L.: Erycis tibi terga remitto, I give up, if you will, V.: suarum quoque rerum illis remisso honore, i. e. ascribed the honor to them, L.: ius, abandon their claim, L.: te mihi remittere atque concedere, ut consumerem, etc. Sed mora damnosa est nec res dubitare <*>emittit, permits, O. —To slacken, relax, relieve, release, abate, remit. omnes sonorum gradūs: per dies festos animum, L.: se, N.: ab religione animos, L.: superioris temporis contentionem, Cs.: diligentiam in perdiscendo, Cs.: studia remissa temporibus: belli opera, L.: pugnam, S.: urguent tamen et nihil remittunt: cum se furor ille remisit, O.: horam de meis legitimis horis: aliquid ex pristinā virtute, Cs.: nihil ex arrogantiā, Ta.: de tributo remiserunt, L.: fortissimis remittere de summā.—To cease, refrain, omit: remittas iam me onerare iniuriis, T.: quid ubique hostis ageret, explorare, S.: Quid Cantabar cogitet, Quaerere, H.—To give free course, leave unrestrained: animi appetitūs, qui tum remitterentur, tum continerentur.—Of a penalty, to remit, pardon, remove, abate, grant exemption from: multam: poenam tibi, L.: sibi poenam magistri equitum, remit at their intercession, L.: pecunias, quas erant in publicum polliciti, Cs.

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  • 4 auricoctor

    aurĭcoctor, ōris, m. [aurum-coctor], he that melts or refines gold, Inscr. Murat. 976, 6.

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  • 5 electarium

    ēlectārĭum (also ēlectuārium), ii, n. [ecligma], a medicament that melts in the mouth, an electuary, Cael. Aur. Tard. 2, 13; 169, 176 al.; cf. Isid. Orig. 4, 9, 10.

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  • 6 exsolvo

    ex-solvo, solvi, sŏlūtum, 3 ( per diaeresin exsolŭātur, Lucr. 1, 811:

    exsolŭïsse,

    Ov. F. 4, 534; cf. solvo, init.), v. a., to loose, unloose, to unbind, untie, undo (mostly poet. and in post-Aug. prose).
    I.
    Lit.
    A.
    In gen.:

    nexus,

    Lucr. 1, 220: Am. Agedum, eam solve cistulam. So. Quid ego istam exsolvam? undo, unseal, Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 152:

    properans exsolvi restim,

    id. Rud. 2, 3, 37:

    catenas Caecinae,

    Tac. H. 3, 31:

    vincula,

    id. A. 3, 33; id. H. 3, 12:

    pugionem a latere,

    to ungird, id. H. 3, 68:

    venas praebere exsolvendas,

    to be opened, id. A. 4, 22; 11, 3; 16, 17:

    brachia ferro eodem ictu,

    id. ib. 15, 63:

    amictus,

    to pull off, Stat. S. 1, 5, 53:

    venenum exsoluta alvo transmisit,

    i. e. in a flux, diarrhœa, Tac. A. 13, 15.—Of an inanimate subject:

    (ignis) exsolvit glaciem,

    dissolves, melts, Lucr. 6, 878.—
    B.
    In partic.
    1.
    To set loose, release, deliver, free (mostly poet.):

    aliquem vinclis,

    Plaut. Truc. 4, 3, 10; so,

    exsolutus vinculis,

    Suet. Ner. 49:

    jube sis me exsolvi cito,

    Plaut. Bacch. 4, 8, 16 sq.:

    sese e nervis (animae),

    Lucr. 3, 696; cf. id. 1, 811:

    se paulatim corpore (said of one dying),

    Verg. A. 11, 829:

    quo (sanguine),

    Tac. H. 5, 6.—
    2.
    In mercant. lang. (qs. to free from obligation, v. solvo, to discharge, pay a debt): nomina mea, per deos, expedi, exsolve (for which, shortly after: hoc quod debeo plane expedias et solutum relinquas), Cic. Att. 16, 6, 3:

    aes alienum,

    Plin. Ep. 3, 11, 2:

    pretium,

    Plaut. Men. 5, 6, 26:

    multiplicem sortem,

    Liv. 6, 14, 7:

    dotem uxori,

    Aur. Vict. Vir. Ill. 56:

    legata,

    Tac. A. 1, 36 fin. et saep. —
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    In gen., to throw off, lay aside, rid one's self of a thing:

    legis nexus,

    Tac. A. 3, 28 fin.:

    metus,

    i. e. to lay aside, Luc. 5, 259:

    pudorem,

    Stat. Ach. 1, 565:

    robur peditum ad exsolvendum obsidium ducit,

    i. e. to raise, Tac. A. 3, 39.—
    B.
    In partic.
    1.
    To release, free from any thing:

    animum artis nodis religionum,

    Lucr. 1, 932; 4, 7:

    animos religione,

    Liv. 8, 9, 13:

    populum religione,

    id. 3, 20, 4:

    se occupationibus,

    Cic. Fam. 7, 1, 5:

    aliquem errore, suspicione,

    Ter. Hec. 5, 2, 26:

    aliquem aere alieno,

    Liv. 6, 14, 11:

    curis,

    Verg. A. 4, 652:

    sollicitudine,

    Plin. Ep. 1, 22, 11:

    contumeliā,

    Tac. A. 13, 36:

    poenā,

    id. ib. 14, 12:

    custode,

    id. ib. 12, 46 et saep.—
    2.
    To discharge, pay a debt or an obligation:

    de tertio genere se scripsit dicturum, nec exsolvit quod promiserat,

    but did not keep his promise, Cic. Off. 3, 2, 7:

    vota (deo),

    Plaut. Am. 3, 2, 67; Liv. 21, 21, 9 (opp. se obligare):

    jus jurandum,

    id. 24, 18, 5:

    fidem,

    to fulfil one's promise, id. 26, 31, 10:

    praemia, poenas alicui,

    to award, id. 26, 40, 15:

    gratiam recte factis, alicujus,

    id. 28, 25, 6; cf.

    grates,

    to render, give, Tac. A. 14, 13:

    beneficia,

    to repay, requite, id. ib. 11, 18; cf.:

    vicem beneficio,

    id. H. 4, 3:

    poenas morte,

    to suffer, id. A. 1, 10; cf. Vell. 2, 88 fin. —
    3.
    To solve, explain any thing enigmatical or obscure:

    perfacile est parili ratione exsolvere nobis, quare, etc.,

    Lucr. 2, 381.

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  • 7 fluo

    flŭo, xi, xum, 3 (archaic form of the sup.: FLUCTUM, acc. to Prisc. p. 817 P.; cf.: fluo, fluctum, Not. Tir. From this form are derived fluctio and fluctus. In Lucr. 6, 800, the correct read. is laveris, not flueris, v. Lachm. ad h. l.), v. n. [Gr. phlu-, phlusai, anaphluô, etc.; Lat. fleo, fletus; flumen, fluctus, etc.; orig. one root with fla-, to blow, q. v. and cf. Curt. Gr. Etym. p. 302], to flow (cf.: mano, labor, etc.).
    I.
    Lit.: per amoenam urbem leni fluit agmine flumen, Enn. ap. Macr. S. 6, 4 (Ann. v. 177 ed. Vahl.); cf.:

    ut flumina in contrarias partes fluxerint,

    Cic. Div. 1, 35, 78:

    flumen quod inter eum et Domitii castra fluebat,

    Caes. B. C. 3, 37, 1; cf.

    also: aurea tum dicat per terras flumina vulgo Fluxisse,

    Lucr. 5, 911:

    fluvius Eurotas, qui propter Lacedaemonem fluit,

    Cic. Inv. 2, 31, 96:

    Helvetiorum inter fines et Allobrogum Rhodanus fluit,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 6, 2:

    Arar in utram partem fluat,

    id. ib. 1, 12, 1:

    ea, quae natura fluerent atque manarent, ut aqua,

    Cic. N. D. 1, 15, 39: fluens unda, water from a stream (opp.: putealis unda, spring-water), Col. 1, 5, 1:

    in foveam,

    Lucr. 2, 475; cf. id. 5, 271:

    fluxit in terram Remi cruor,

    Hor. Epod. 7, 19; cf. Luc. 6, 61:

    imber,

    Ov. P. 4, 4, 2:

    sanguis,

    id. M. 12, 312:

    fluit de corpore sudor,

    id. ib. 9, 173; cf.:

    sudor fluit undique rivis,

    Verg. A. 5, 200:

    aes rivis,

    id. ib. 8, 445:

    nudo sub pede musta fluunt,

    Ov. R. Am. 190:

    madidis fluit unda capillis,

    drips, id. M. 11, 656:

    cerebrum molle fluit,

    id. ib. 12, 435:

    fluunt lacrimae more perennis aquae,

    id. F. 2, 820:

    fluens nausea,

    Hor. Epod. 9, 35; cf.:

    alvus fluens,

    Cels. 2, 6:

    fluit ignibus aurum,

    becomes fluid, melts, Ov. M. 2, 251.—
    B.
    Transf.
    1.
    Of bodies, to flow, overflow, run down, drip with any fluid.— With abl.:

    cum fluvius Atratus sanguine fluxit,

    Cic. Div. 1, 43, 98; Ov. M. 8, 400:

    cruore fluens,

    id. ib. 7, 343:

    sudore fluentia brachia,

    id. ib. 9, 57; cf.:

    fluunt sudore et lassitudine membra,

    Liv. 38, 17, 7; 7, 33, 14; cf. id. 10, 28, 4:

    pingui fluit unguine tellus,

    Val. Fl. 6, 360:

    vilisque rubenti Fluxit mulctra mero,

    overflows, Sil. 7, 190. —Without abl.:

    madidāque fluens in veste Menoetes,

    Verg. A. 5, 179:

    fluentes cerussataeque buccae,

    dripping with paint, Cic. Pis. 11, 25 (cf. Cic. de Or. 2, 66, 266, 2. b. infra):

    Graeculae vites acinorum exiguitate minus fluunt,

    i. e. yield but little wine, Col. 3, 2, 24; 3, 2, 5; 12, 52, 1.—With acc. of kin. signif.:

    Oenotria vina fluens,

    Claud. Laud. Stil. 2, 264.—
    2.
    To move in the manner of fluids, to flow, stream, pour:

    inde alium (aëra) supra fluere,

    to flow, Lucr. 5, 514 and 522:

    unde fluens volvat varius se fluctus odorum,

    id. 4, 675 sq.; cf.:

    principio omnibus a rebus, quascumque videmus, Perpetuo fluere ac mitti spargique necesse est Corpora, quae feriant oculos visumque lacessant: Perpetuoque fluunt certis ab rebus odores, Frigus ut a fluviis, calor a sole, aestus ab undis Aequoris,

    id. 6, 922 sq.:

    aestus e lapide,

    id. 6, 1002:

    venti,

    id. 1, 280:

    fluit undique victor Mulciber,

    Sil. 17, 102:

    comae per levia colla fluentes,

    flowing, spreading, Prop. 2, 3, 13; cf.:

    blanditiaeque fluant per mea colla rosae,

    id. 4 (5), 6, 72:

    vestis fluens,

    flowing, loose, id. 3, 17 (4, 16), 32:

    tunicisque fluentibus,

    Ov. A. A. 3, 301:

    nodoque sinus collecta fluentes,

    Verg. A. 1, 320; cf.

    also: balteus nec strangulet nec fluat,

    Quint. 11, 3, 140:

    nec mersa est pelago, nec fluit ulla ratis,

    floats, is tossed about, Mart. 4, 66, 14:

    ramos compesce fluentes,

    floating around, spreading out, Verg. G. 2, 370:

    ad terram fluit devexo pondere cervix,

    droops, id. ib. 3, 524:

    omnisque relictis Turba fluit castris,

    pour forth, id. A. 12, 444:

    olli fluunt ad regia tecta,

    id. ib. 11, 236;

    so of a multitude or crowd of men: densatis ordinibus effuse fluentem in se aciem excepere,

    Curt. 6, 1, 6.—
    b.
    Pregn., of bodies, to pass away, fall away, to fall off or out, to vanish:

    excident gladii, fluent arma de manibus,

    Cic. Phil. 12, 3, 8:

    capilli fluunt,

    Cels. 6, 1; Plin. 27, 4, 5, § 17:

    sponte fluent (poma) matura suā,

    Ov. Am. 2, 14, 25:

    quasi longinquo fluere omnia cernimus aevo,

    Lucr. 2, 69; cf.:

    cuncta fluunt omnisque vagans formatur imago,

    Ov. M. 15, 178: dissolvuntur enim tum demum membra fluuntque, Lucr. 4, 919:

    surae fluxere,

    Luc. 9, 770:

    buccae fluentes,

    fallen in, lank, Cic. de Or. 2, 66, 266.
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    In gen., to flow, spring, arise, come forth; to go, proceed:

    ex ejus (Nestoris) lingua melle dulcior fluebat oratio,

    Cic. de Sen. 10, 31:

    carmen vena pauperiore fluit,

    Ov. Pont. 4, 2, 20:

    Calidii oratio ita libere fluebat, ut nusquam adhaeresceret,

    Cic. Brut. 79, 274:

    in Herodoto omnia leniter fluunt,

    Quint. 9, 4, 18; cf.

    also: grammatice pleno jam satis alveo fluit,

    id. 2, 1, 4:

    quae totis viribus fluit oratio,

    id. 9, 4, 7:

    oratio ferri debet ac fluere,

    id. 9, 4, 112.— Transf., of the writer himself:

    alter (Herodotus) sine ullis salebris quasi sedatus amnis fluit,

    Cic. Or. 12, 39; cf.:

    (Lucilius) cum flueret lutulentus,

    Hor. S. 1, 4, 11; 1, 10, 50; 1, 7, 28:

    facetiis,

    Plaut. Mil. 4, 8, 12:

    multa ab ea (luna) manant et fluunt, quibus animantes alantur augescantque,

    Cic. N. D. 2, 19, 50:

    haec omnia ex eodem fonte fluxerunt,

    id. ib. 3, 19, 48:

    dicendi facultatem ex intimis sapientiae fontibus fluere,

    Quint. 12, 2, 6; 5, 10, 19; 5, 9, 14:

    omnia ex natura rerum hominumque fluere,

    id. 6, 2, 13:

    nomen ex Graeco fluxisse,

    id. 3, 4, 12:

    ab isto capite fluere necesse est omnem rationem bonorum et malorum,

    Cic. Fin. 2, 11, 34; Quint. 1, 1, 12:

    unde id quoque vitium fluit,

    id. 11, 3, 109; 7, 3, 33:

    Pythagorae doctrina cum longe lateque flueret,

    spread itself, Cic. Tusc. 4, 1, 2:

    multum fluxisse video de libris nostris variumque sermonem,

    id. N. D. 1, 3, 6:

    sic mihi tarda fluunt ingrataque tempora,

    flow, pass, Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 23:

    in rebus prosperis et ad voluntatem nostram fluentibus,

    going, Cic. Off. 1, 26, 90: rebus supra votum fluentibus, Sall. H. Fragm. ap. Serv. Verg. A. 2, 169 (Hist. 1, 101 Dietsch); Tac. H. 3, 48; Just. 23, 3; cf.:

    rebus prospere fluentibus,

    succeeding, prospering, Tac. Or. 5; id. A. 15, 5: illius rationes quorsum fluant, proceed, Attic. ap. Cic. Att. 9, 10, 4; cf.:

    res fluit ad interregnum,

    Cic. Att. 4, 16, 11;

    cuncta in Mithridatem fluxere,

    Tac. A. 11, 9.—
    B.
    In partic.
    1.
    Of speech, etc., to flow uniformly, be monotonous:

    efficiendum est ne fluat oratio, ne vagetur, etc.,

    Cic. de Or. 3, 49, 190:

    quod species ipsa carminum docet, non impetu et instinctu nec ore uno fluens,

    Tac. A. 14, 16; cf. Cic. Brut. 79.—Pregn., to dissolve, vanish, perish:

    qua (voluptate) cum liquescimus fluimusque mollitia,

    Cic. Tusc. 2, 22, 52:

    fluens mollitiis,

    Vell. 1, 6, 2; 2, 88, 2:

    cetera nasci, occidere, fluere, labi, nec diutius esse uno et eodem statu,

    Cic. Or. 3, 10:

    fluit voluptas corporis et prima quaeque avolat,

    id. Fin. 2, 32, 106:

    fluentem procumbentemque rem publicam populi Romani restituere,

    Vell. 2, 16 fin. —Hence,
    1.
    fluens, entis, P. a.
    A.
    Lax, relaxed, debauched, enervated, effeminate:

    inde soluti ac fluentes non accipiunt e scholis mala ista, sed in scholas afferunt,

    Quint. 1, 2, 8:

    Campani fluentes luxu,

    Liv. 7, 29, 5:

    incessu ipso ultra muliebrem mollitiem fluentes,

    Sen. Tranq. 15:

    fluentibus membris, incessu femineo,

    Aug. Civ. D. 7, 26.—
    B.
    Of speech,
    1.
    Flowing, fluent:

    sed in his tracta quaedam et fluens expetitur, non haec contorta et acris oratio,

    Cic. Or. 20, 66:

    lenis et fluens contextus,

    Quint. 9, 4, 127.—
    2.
    Lax, unrestrained:

    ne immoderata aut angusta aut dissoluta aut fluens sit oratio,

    Cic. Or. 58, 198:

    dissipata et inculta et fluens oratio,

    id. ib. 65, 220;

    and transf. of the speaker: in locis ac descriptionibus fusi ac fluentes sumus,

    Quint. 9, 4, 138.— Adv.: flŭenter, in a flowing, waving manner (very rare):

    res quaeque fluenter fertur,

    Lucr. 6, 935 (but not ib. 520, where the correct read. is cientur;

    v. Lachm.): capillo fluenter undante,

    App. M. 2, p. 122, 7. —
    2.
    fluxus, a, um, P. a. (mostly poet. and in post-Aug. prose).
    A.
    Lit., flowing, fluid:

    elementa arida atque fluxa, App. de Mundo: sucus,

    Plin. 9, 38, 62, § 133:

    vas fluxum pertusumque,

    i. e. leaking, Lucr. 6, 20.—
    2.
    Transf., flowing, loose, slack:

    ipsa crine fluxo thyrsum quatiens,

    Tac. A. 11, 31:

    habena,

    Liv. 38, 29, 6:

    amictus,

    Luc. 2, 362; cf.:

    ut cingeretur fluxiore cinctura,

    Suet. Caes. 45 fin.:

    fluxa arma,

    hanging slack, loose, Tac. H. 2, 99.—
    (β).
    Pregn., frail, perishable, weak:

    corpora,

    Tac. H. 2, 32; cf.:

    spadone eviratior fluxo,

    Mart. 5, 41, 1:

    (murorum) aevo fluxa,

    Tac. H. 2, 22. —
    B.
    Trop.
    1.
    Lax, loose, dissolute, careless:

    animi molles et aetate fluxi dolis haud difficulter capiebantur,

    Sall. C. 14, 5: cf.:

    animi fluxioris esse,

    Suet. Tib. 52:

    duces noctu dieque fluxi,

    Tac. H. 3, 76:

    spectaculum non enerve nec fluxum,

    Plin. Pan. 33, 1:

    fluxa atque aperta securitas,

    Gell. 4, 20, 8.—
    2.
    Pregn., frail, weak, fleeting, transient, perishable:

    res nostrae ut in secundis fluxae, ut in adversis bonae,

    decayed, impaired, disordered, Cic. Att. 4, 2, 1: hujus belli fortuna, ut in secundis, fluxa;

    ut in adversis, bona,

    id. ad Brut. 1, 10, 2:

    res humanae fluxae et mobiles,

    Sall. J. 104, 2:

    divitiarum et formae gloria fluxa atque fragilis est,

    id. C. 1, 4; cf.:

    instabile et fluxum,

    Tac. A. 13, 19:

    fluxa auctoritas,

    id. H. 1, 21:

    cave fidem fluxam geras,

    Plaut. Capt. 2, 3, 79:

    fides,

    Sall. J. 111, 2; Liv. 40, 50, 5; cf.:

    fluxa et vana fides,

    unreliable, unstable, id. 28, 6, 11; Tac. H. 2, 75; 4, 23:

    studia inania et fluxa,

    id. A. 3, 50 fin.:

    fluxa senio mens,

    id. ib. 6, 38.— Adv.: fluxē, remissly, negligently (post-class. and rare):

    more vitae remissioris fluxius agens,

    Amm. 18, 7.

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  • 8 marcidat

    marcĭdat, têkei, tê:ketai, melts away, Gloss. Vet.

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  • 9 purgo

    purgo, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [contr. for purigo, from purum ago], to make clean or pure, to clean, cleanse, purify (class.).
    I.
    Lit.:

    oleam a foliis et stercore purgato,

    Cato, R. R. 65, 1: cum falcibus purgarunt locum, cleared the place, freed it from bushes, etc., Cic. Tusc. 5, 23, 65; Liv. 24, 19:

    arva longis ligonibus,

    Ov. P. 1, 8, 59:

    domum muribus,

    Phaedr. 1, 22, 3:

    fossas,

    Plin. 18, 26, 64, § 236:

    proprios leniter ungues cultello,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 7, 51: cana labra, i. e. to clear or free from beard, Mart. 9, 28, 5:

    pisces,

    Ter. Ad. 3, 3, 22:

    segetes,

    Plin. 18, 26, 65, § 241.— Absol.:

    levi sarculo purgare,

    Plin. 18, 26, 65, § 241.—Mid.:

    purgor in amni,

    wash, Sil. 8, 125.—
    2.
    In partic., in medic. lang., to cleanse by stool, vomiting, etc., to purge:

    quid scammoneae radix ad purgandum possit,

    Cic. Div. 1, 10, 16; Cato, R. R. 157, 3:

    si is, qui saepe purgatus est, subito habet alvum suppressam,

    Cels. 2, 12:

    qui purgor bilem sub verni temporis horam,

    Hor. A. P. 302:

    se helleboro,

    Val. Max. 8, 7, 5 fin.:

    se per inferna aut vomitione,

    Plin. 25, 5, 21, § 51.—
    B.
    Transf.
    1.
    To make even by clearing away, to level, Inscr. Murat. 582 fin.; cf.:

    purgare viam proprie dicitur ad libramentum proprium redigere, sublato eo quod supra eam esset,

    Dig. 43, 11, 1, § 1.—
    2.
    To clear away, remove:

    rudera,

    Suet. Vesp. 8:

    vermes clavo aëneo,

    Pall. 4, 10, 4:

    lapides,

    id. 3, 6:

    sordes,

    Claud. in Eutr. 1, 383; cf.:

    scindit se nubes et in aethera purgat apertum,

    melts away, Verg. A. 1, 587.—
    b.
    In partic., in medicine, to remove or expel by purging, rinsing, etc., to heal, cure:

    purgatum te illius morbi,

    Hor. S. 2, 3, 27:

    pituitas,

    Plin. 20, 17, 73, § 188:

    fastidium lauri folio,

    id. 8, 27, 41, § 101:

    suppurationes,

    id. 23, 1, 16, § 24:

    tarditatem aurium,

    id. 23, 2, 28, § 59:

    succus purgat cicatrices et nubeculas (oculorum),

    id. 27, 12, 85, § 109.—
    II.
    Trop., to cleanse, purify (syn. lustro).
    A.
    In gen.:

    pectora,

    Lucr. 6, 24:

    urbem,

    Cic. Cat. 1, 5, 10:

    amplissimos ordines contaminatos veteri neglegentiā purgavit,

    Suet. Vesp. 9:

    rationes,

    to clear up, settle, pay, id. Calig. 29.—
    B.
    To clear away, remove:

    metum doloris,

    Quint. 12, 2, 3.—
    C.
    In partic.
    1.
    To clear from accusation, to excuse, exculpate, justify (syn. excuso):

    ut me purgarem tibi,

    Plaut. Am. 3, 2, 28:

    QVIBVS DE REBVS VOS PVRGAVISTIS... QVOMQVE DE EIEIS REBVS SENATVEI PVRGATI ESTIS, S. C. de Tiburt. lin. 3 and 12 (ap. Grut. 499, 12): quod te mihi de Sempronio purgas, accipio excusationem,

    Cic. Fam. 12, 25, 3:

    cui se purgat,

    id. Or. 29, 230:

    ego me tibi purgo,

    id. Fam. 15, 17, 1; so,

    Caesarem de interitu Marcelli,

    id. Att. 13, 10, 3:

    si quis tibi se purgare volet, quod, etc.,

    Q. Cic. Petit. Cons. 9, 35:

    si parum vobis essem purgatus,

    Cic. Phil. 14, 6, 17:

    velle Pompeium se Caesari purgatum, ne, etc.,

    Caes. B. C. 1, 8; cf. id. B. G. 1, 28:

    ea pars epistulae tuae, per quam te ac mores tuos mihi purgatos ac probatos esse voluisti,

    Cic. Att. 1, 17, 7; Ter. Hec. 2, 2, 12:

    accedebant blanditiae virorum factum purgantium cupiditate atque amore,

    Liv. 1, 9 fin.:

    factum,

    Ov. P. 3, 2, 24:

    facinus,

    Curt. 7, 5, 39; 5, 12, 8:

    crimina,

    to disprove, Cic. Clu. 1, 3; Liv. 38, 48, 14; cf.

    probra,

    Tac. A. 4, 42:

    adulescentem crimine civilis belli,

    to acquit, id. ib. 3, 17:

    innocentiam suam,

    to vindicate, Liv. 9, 26:

    suspicionem,

    to remove, id. 28, 43:

    ea, quae ipsis obicerentur,

    to refute, id. 8, 23:

    purget miles, quod vicerit hostem,

    Sil. 7, 510:

    aliquem alicujus rei,

    Liv. 37, 28:

    se adversus alicujus criminationes purgare,

    Suet. Caes. 55:

    illi lacrimantes nunc purgare se,

    Curt. 5, 10, 11.—With acc. and inf.:

    laborare regem, ut purganti se nihil hostile dixisse aut fecisse, fides habeatur,

    Liv. 42, 14:

    qui purgarent nec accitos ab eo Bastarnas nec auctore eo quidquam facere,

    id. 41, 19.—
    2.
    To cleanse or purge from a crime or sin with religious rites, to make expiation or atonement for, to expiate, purify, atone for, lustrate, = expiare, lustrare ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose):

    di patrii, purgamus agros, purgamus agrestes,

    Tib. 2, 1, 17:

    populos,

    Ov. F. 4, 640:

    myrtea verbena Romanos Sabinosque,

    Plin. 15, 29, 36, § 119:

    pontifices purgantes moenia,

    Luc. 1, 593:

    domus purgantur lustranturque,

    Plin. 25, 9, 59, § 105. —With the crime or act as an object: nefas, Ov. M. 13, 952:

    crimen gladio,

    Luc. 8, 518; Vulg. Ecclus. 47, 13.—Hence, purgā-tus, a, um, P. a.
    A.
    Cleansed, purified, pure ( poet.):

    auris,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 7:

    somnia pituitā purgatissima,

    Pers. 2, 57:

    purgatioris auri vena,

    Mart. Cap. 1, § 7 (cf. Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 179).—
    B.
    Excused, exculpated: ita fiducia quam argumentis purgatiores dimittuntur, Sall. Fragm. ap. Non. 310, 22, and ap. Don. Ter. Phorm. 1, 4, 28.—
    C.
    Pure, freed from sin (eccl. Lat.):

    vota purgatiora, Aug. Civ. Dei, 6, 2: purgatissima ecclesia,

    id. Doctr. Christ. 2, 16:

    pietas,

    id. Ver. Rel. 1. —Hence, adv.: purgātē, purely:

    enucleate dicitur purgate, exquisite,

    Non. 60, 5.

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  • 10 refundo

    rĕ-fundo, fūdi, fūsum, 3, v. a., to pour back; to pour out, cause to overflow, etc. (mostly poet. and in post-Aug. prose).
    I.
    Lit.: quibus (vaporibus) altae renovataeque stellae atque omnis aether refundunt eodem et rursum trahunt indidem, * Cic. N. D. 2, 46, 118:

    aequor refundit in aequor,

    Ov. M. 11, 488:

    ponto refuso,

    Verg. G. 2, 163:

    sanguinem, v. B. infra: luna glaciem refundit,

    melts, Plin. 2, 101, 104, § 223:

    imis Stagna refusa vadis,

    flowing back, Verg. A. 1, 126; cf.:

    Acheronte refuso,

    id. ib. 6, 107:

    unda refunditur,

    Stat. Th. 9, 465:

    Tiberis refusus,

    Tac. H. 1, 86: refusus Oceanus, i. e. flowing back into itself (the Homeric apsorroos), Verg. A. 7, 225; Luc. 8, 797.—
    B.
    Transf., of things not liquid:

    refunditur alga,

    is flung back, Verg. A. 7, 590:

    intestina,

    Cels. 7, 16: quam libenter tot spoliatis, tot trucidatis sanguinem et bona [p. 1549] refudisses, i. e. hadst given back, restored, Plin. Pan. 40, 4; cf.:

    refudimus Nilo suas copias,

    id. ib. 31, 3:

    quod accepit,

    Dig. 12, 4, 5 fin.:

    fructus venditori,

    ib. 18, 2, 6:

    invicem impensas,

    ib. 19, 5, 5, § 4: huic dabis loricam, quam refundat, Val. Imp. ap. Treb. Pol. Claud. 14, 6; Veg. Mil. 1, 20. — Poet.:

    refusa Conjugis in gremium,

    stretched out, lying at length, Luc. 8, 105:

    refusis in spatium immensum campis,

    i.e. outspread, Sil. 13, 322.—
    II.
    Trop.:

    fletu super ora refuso,

    pouring forth, Ov. M. 11, 657 (dub.;

    al. profuso): necem in Tatiani consilia,

    i. e. to infuse, Spart. Hadr. 9: per cujus oboedientiam humani generis culpa deleta, refusa justitia est, checked, satisfied, Ambros. Apol. David, 17, § 81.

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  • 11 remitto

    rĕ-mitto, mīsi, missum, 3, v. a. and n.
    I.
    Act., to let go back, send back, despatch back, drive back, cause to return (class. and very freq.; cf. reddo).
    A.
    Lit.
    1.
    In gen.: Al. Redde mihi illam (filiam)... Non remissura es mihi illam?... non remittes? Me. Non remittam! Plaut. Cist. 2, 1, 29 sq.:

    a legione omnes remissi sunt domum Thebis,

    id. Ep. 2, 2, 22:

    aliquem domum,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 43 fin.; 4, 21; 7, 4 fin.; id. B. C. 3, 27 fin.:

    mulieres Romam,

    Cic. Att. 7, 23, 2:

    paucos in regnum,

    Caes. B. C. 2, 44:

    Fabium cum legione in sua hiberna,

    id. B. G. 5, 53:

    partem legionum in sua castra,

    id. B. C. 3, 97:

    ad parentes aliquem nuntium,

    Plaut. Capt. 2, 3, 15:

    aliquem ad aliquem,

    id. Cas. 2, 8, 1; Cic. Fam. 16, 5, 1; Caes. B. C. 1, 24; 26:

    obsides alicui,

    id. B. G. 3, 8 fin.; Lucil. ap. Lact. 5, 14:

    is argentum huc remisit,

    Plaut. As. 2, 2, 69:

    librum tibi remisi,

    Cic. Att. 9, 9, 2: pila intercepta, to cast or hurl back, Caes. B. G. 2, 27; so,

    tractum de corpore telum,

    Ov. M. 5, 95:

    epistulam ad aliquem,

    Plaut. Truc. 2, 4, 43:

    litteras Caesari,

    Caes. B. G. 5, 47; cf.:

    scripta ad eum mandata per eos,

    id. B. C. 1, 10:

    naves ad aliquem,

    id. B. G. 5, 23; so,

    naves,

    id. B. C. 1, 27:

    obsides,

    id. B. G. 3, 8; 3, 29:

    nonne vides etiam, quantā vi tigna trabesque Respuat umor aquae?.. Tam cupide sursum revomit magis atque remittit,

    drives back, Lucr. 2, 199; so,

    aquas longe (cautes),

    Sen. Hippol. 583:

    calces (equi),

    i. e. kick out behind, Nep. Eum. 5, 5.—
    b.
    To send forth from itself, give out, yield:

    ut melius muriā, quam testa marina remittit,

    gives forth, yields, Hor. S. 2, 8, 53:

    muriam,

    Col. 12, 9 init.:

    minimum seri,

    id. 12, 13:

    umorem (humus),

    id. 12, 15 init.:

    aeruginem (vasa aenea),

    id. 12, 20, 2:

    nec umenti sensit tellure remitti (nebulas),

    Ov. M. 1, 604:

    umorem ex se ipsa remittit,

    Verg. G. 2, 218:

    quod baca remisit olivae,

    Hor. S. 2, 4, 69:

    sanguinem e pulmone,

    Ov. P. 1, 3, 19.—
    2.
    In partic.
    a.
    To let go back, to loosen, slacken, relax any thing strained, bound, rigid, etc. (syn. relaxo;

    opp. intendo, adduco): in agro ambulanti ramulum adductum, ut remissus esset, in oculum suum recidisse,

    Cic. Div. 1, 54, 123; cf.:

    habenas vel adducere vel remittere,

    id. Lael. 13, 45:

    frena,

    Ov. M. 2, 191 (opp. retinere);

    6, 228: lora,

    id. ib. 2, 200; id. Am. 3, 2, 14; cf.:

    vela pennarum,

    Lucr. 6, 743:

    ira contractis, hilaritas remissis (superciliis) ostenditur,

    Quint. 11, 3, 79:

    quattuor remissis (digitis) magis quam tensis,

    id. 11, 3, 99:

    digitis,

    Ov. H. 19, 197:

    remissis,

    id. M. 4, 229: junctasque manus remisit;

    vinclis remissis, etc.,

    i. e. to loose, id. ib. 9, 314 sq.:

    digitum contrahens ac remittens,

    Plin. 11, 26, 32, § 94: bracchia, i. e. to let sink or fall down, Verg. G. 1, 202: remissas manus, sinking or failing, Vulg. Heb. 12, 12:

    frigore mella Cogit hiems eademque calor liquefacta remittit,

    dissolves again, melts, Verg. G. 4, 36; cf.:

    cum se purpureo vere remittit humus,

    opens again, thaws, Tib. 3, 5, 4:

    vere remissus ager,

    Ov. F. 4, 126. —
    b.
    To leave behind, produce:

    veluti tractata notam labemque remittunt Atramenta,

    Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 235.—
    c.
    Jurid. t. t.: remittere nuntium or repudium, to send a bill of divorce, to dissolve a marriage or betrothal; v. nuntius and repudium.—
    B.
    Trop.
    1.
    In gen., to send back, give back, return, restore, dismiss, remove, etc.:

    (specula) simulacra remittunt,

    Lucr. 4, 337 Lachm.:

    vocem late nemora alta remittunt,

    Verg. A. 12, 929; cf.:

    totidemque remisit Verba locus,

    Ov. M. 3, 500:

    chorda sonum... remittit acutum (with reddere),

    Hor. A. P. 349:

    vos me imperatoris nomine appellavistis: cujus si vos paenitet, vestrum vobis beneficium remitto, mihi meum restituite nomen,

    Caes. B. C. 2, 32 fin.:

    quin etiam ipsis (imperium) remittere,

    id. B. G. 7, 20: integram causam ad senatum remittit, refers, Tac. A. 3, 10:

    a quibus appellatum erit, si forte ad eosdem remittemur,

    Quint. 11, 1, 76; 12, 10, 21:

    veniam,

    to return, repay, Verg. A. 4, 436:

    quae nisi respuis ex animo longeque remittis,

    Lucr. 6, 68; cf.:

    opinionem animo,

    to dismiss, reject, cast off, Cic. Clu. 2, 6:

    si quid ab omnibus conceditur, id reddo ac remitto,

    resign it, id. Sull. 30, 84:

    utramque provinciam remitto, exercitum depono,

    id. Phil. 8, 8, 25:

    Galliam togatam,

    id. ib. 8, 9, 27.—
    2.
    In partic.
    a.
    (Acc. to I A. 2. a.) To slacken, relax, relieve, release, abate, remit (freq. and class.):

    omnes sonorum tum intendens tum remittens persequetur gradus,

    Cic. Or. 18, 59; cf.:

    (sonorum vis) tum remittit animos, tum contrahit,

    id. Leg. 2, 15, 38: quaero enim non quibus intendam rebus animum, sed quibus relaxem ac remittam, relieve, recreate, refresh, id. Fragm. ap. Non. 383, 23:

    ut requiescerem curamque animi remitterem,

    id. Verr. 2, 4, 61, § 137:

    animum per dies festos licentius,

    Liv. 27, 31; and in a like sense with se, Nep. Alcib. 1 fin.;

    and mid.: mirum est, ut opusculis animus intendatur remittaturque,

    Plin. Ep. 7, 9, 13:

    animos a contentione pugnae,

    Liv. 5, 41:

    animos a certamine,

    id. 9, 12:

    animos a religione,

    id. 5, 25; cf.:

    nihil apud milites remittitur a summo certamine,

    id. 6, 24, 10:

    superioris temporis contentionem,

    Caes. B. C. 2, 14 fin.; cf. Cic. Brut. 55, 202:

    diligentiam in perdiscendo ac memoriam,

    Caes. B. G. 6, 14; cf.:

    curam et diligentiam remittunt,

    id. B. C. 2, 13:

    summum illud suum studium remisit,

    Cic. Brut. 93, 320:

    ea studia remissa temporibus revocavi,

    id. Tusc. 1, 1, 1:

    belli opera,

    Liv. 30, 3:

    bellum,

    id. 30, 23:

    pugnam,

    Sall. J. 60, 3 al.:

    urguent tamen et nihil remittunt,

    Cic. Fin. 4, 28, 77: equites petere ut sibi laxaret aliquid laboris;

    quibus ille, ne nihil remissum dicatis, remitto, etc.,

    Liv. 9, 16:

    cottidie aliquid iracundiae remittebat,

    Cic. Phil. 8, 6, 19; cf. id. Att. 10, 4, 2:

    aliquid de suo,

    id. Rab. Post. 11, 31:

    horam de meis legitimis horis,

    id. Verr. 2, 1, 9, § 25:

    aliquid de severitate cogendi,

    id. Phil. 1, 5, 12; 13, 17, 36:

    nihil de saevitiā,

    Tac. A. 6, 25 al.; cf. Caes. B. C. 3, 17:

    ex eo, quod ipse potest in dicendo, aliquantum remittet,

    Cic. Div. in Caecil. 15, 48:

    aliquid ex pristinā virtute,

    Caes. B. C. 3, 28:

    aliquid ex curā verborum,

    Quint. 10, 7, 22; 7, 1, 22.—With ellipsis of aliquid, etc.:

    illum viris fortissimis remittere de summā non potuisse, te mulieri deterrimae recte remississe, etc.,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 35, § 82; Liv. 4, 43, 11:

    de voluntate nihil,

    Cic. Brut. 5, 17:

    nihil e solito luxu,

    Tac. H. 3, 55:

    nihil ex arrogantiā,

    id. Agr. 27 al. — Impers.:

    tum aequo animo remittendum de celeritate existumabat,

    Caes. B. G. 5, 49.—
    (β).
    With inf., to cease, leave off, omit to do any thing (rare;

    not in Cic. or Cæs.): si cogites, remittas jam me onerare injuriis,

    Ter. And. 5, 1, 8:

    neque remittit quid ubique hostis ageret explorare,

    Sall. J. 52, 5; cf.:

    quid bellicosus Cantaber cogitet, remittas Quaerere,

    Hor. C. 2, 11, 3.—
    (γ).
    With se, or mid., to relax, abate:

    ubi dolor et inflammatio se remiserunt,

    Cels. 4, 24 fin.; cf.:

    cum se furor ille remisit,

    Ov. H. 4, 51:

    quae (febres) certum habent circuitum et ex toto remittuntur,

    Cels. 3, 12; cf. under II.—
    (δ).
    Mid., to recreate one ' s self:

    eundem, cum scripsi, eundem etiam cum remittor, lego,

    Plin. Ep. 1, 16, 7; cf.:

    fas est et carmine remitti,

    id. ib. 7, 9, 9; cf.

    supra: animus remittatur,

    id. ib. 7, 9, 13.—
    (ε).
    To give free course to (opp. continere):

    animi appetitus, qui tum remitterentur, tum continerentur,

    Cic. N. D. 2, 12, 34.—
    b.
    With respect to a person, to free one from any thing; to give up, grant, forgive, yield, resign, concede, surrender, sacrifice a thing to any one (= concedere, condonare); with acc. of the offence:

    Tranioni remitte quaeso hanc noxiam causā meā,

    Plaut. Most. 5, 2, 47:

    injuriam,

    Sall. H. 3, 61, 2 Dietsch:

    quare tum cito senex ille remisit injuriam?

    Sen. Contr. 2, 11, 1:

    ut ex animo tibi volens omne delictum remittam,

    App. M. 3, p. 137, 29; so freq. in late Lat., to remit, forgive a sin or offence:

    peccata,

    Vulg. Matt. 9, 2:

    blasphemia,

    id. ib. 12, 31:

    cogitationem,

    id. Act. 8, 22. — Freq. with acc. of the penalty:

    multam,

    Cic. Phil. 11, 8, 18:

    poenam alicui,

    Liv. 40, 10, 9: ipso remittente Verginio ultimam poenam, id. 3, 59, 10; 8, 35, 1:

    omnia tibi ista concedam et remittam,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 9, § 22; cf. id. Ac. 2, 33, 106; and:

    alicui remittere atque concedere, ut, etc.,

    id. Planc. 30, 73: meam animadversionem et suppli cium... remitto tibi et condono, Vatin. ap. Cic. Fam. 5, 10, 2:

    quod natura remittit, Invida jura negant,

    Ov. M. 10, 330:

    si per populum Romanum stipendium remittatur,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 44:

    pecunias, quas erant in publicum Varroni cives Romani polliciti, remittit,

    id. B. C. 2, 21; cf. Liv. 42, 53: aedes (venditas) alicui, to give up, resign a purchase, Plaut. Most. 3, 2, 111:

    tempus vobis,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 11, § 30:

    ut patria tantum nobis in nostrum privatum usum, quantum ipsi superesse posset, remitteret,

    id. Rep. 1, 4, 8:

    navem imperare debuisti ex foedere: remisisti in triennium: militem nullum umquam poposcisti per tot annos,

    id. Verr. 2, 4, 9, § 21:

    tibi remittunt omnes istam voluptatem et eā se carere patiuntur,

    resign that pleasure to you, id. de Or. 1, 58, 246:

    ut memoriam simultatium patriae remitteret,

    sacrifice to his country, Liv. 9, 38; cf.:

    privata odia publicis utilitatibus remittere,

    Tac. A. 1, 10:

    ut sibi poenam magistri equitum remitteret (dictator),

    that he would remit for their sake, Liv. 8, 35:

    dictator consulibus in senatu magnifice conlaudatis et suarum quoque rerum illis remisso honore, dictaturā se abdicavit,

    having been resigned in their favor, id. 7, 11:

    jus ipsi remittent,

    will abandon their claim, id. 6, 18, 7.— Absol.:

    remittentibus tribunis plebis comitia per interregem sunt habita,

    withdrawing their opposition, Liv. 6, 36, 3:

    de tributo remiserunt,

    id. 5, 12, 13; cf. Tac. A. 1, 8:

    si hoc ipsi remitti vellent, remitterent ipsi de maritumis custodiis,

    Caes. B. C. 3, 17.—
    (β).
    Poet., with inf., to allow, permit:

    sed mora damnosa est nec res dubitare remittit,

    Ov. M. 11, 376; cf.:

    (Fides) occulte saevire vetat, prodesse remittit,

    Claud. Laud. Stil. 2, 37. —
    II.
    Neutr., to decrease, abate (very rare, but class.):

    si forte ventus remisisset,

    Caes. B. C. 3, 26:

    imbres,

    Liv. 40, 33, 4:

    pestilentia,

    id. 2, 34, 6:

    cum remiserant dolores pedum,

    Cic. Brut. 34, 130; cf.:

    si remittent quippiam Philumenae dolores,

    Ter. Hec. 3, 2, 14:

    tumor remittens,

    Cels. 7, 18:

    vapor calidus primo non remittit propter levitatem,

    does not sink, Vitr. 8, 2.— Hence, rĕmissus, a, um, P. a. (acc. to I. A. 2. a.), slack, loose, relaxed, languid (opp. contentus, contendere):

    membra,

    Lucr. 5, 852.
    A.
    Lit.:

    ut onera contentis corporibus facilius feruntur, remissis opprimunt,

    Cic. Tusc. 2, 23, 54; cf.:

    vox, ut nervi, quo remissior, hoc gravior et plenior,

    Quint. 11, 3, 42:

    ridens Venus et remisso Filius arcu,

    Hor. C. 3, 27, 67:

    ammoniacum,

    i. e. liquid, Pall. 1, 41, 2; cf.

    adeps,

    Veg. 1, 11, 4. —
    B.
    Trop., relaxed, not rigid, strict, or hard, both in a good and bad sense.
    1.
    Mild, gentle, soft, indulgent, cheerful, good-humored, gay, etc. (syn.:

    lenis, mitis, dulcis): remissior ventus,

    Caes. B. C. 3, 26:

    remissiora frigora,

    id. B. G. 5, 12 fin.:

    cantūs remissiores,

    Cic. de Or. 1, 60, 254; cf.:

    tum intentis tum remissis modis,

    Quint. 11, 3, 17:

    si me non improbissime Dolabella tractasset, dubitassem fortasse, utrum remissior essem, an summo jure contenderem,

    Cic. Att. 16, 15, 1:

    in eo sermone non remissi sumus,

    id. Fin. 3, 1, 2:

    remissus et subridens,

    Tac. Or. 11 init.:

    nisi magistratus valde lenes et remissi sint,

    Cic. Rep. 1, 43, 66:

    in ulciscendo remissior,

    id. Red. ad Quir. 7, 23:

    animus (with lenis),

    id. de Or. 2, 46, 193; cf.:

    remississimo ad otium et ad omnem comitatem animo,

    i. e. most prone, Suet. Aug. 98:

    remissus et mitis,

    Plin. Ep. 3, 14, 5:

    cum tristibus severe, cum remissis jucunde vivere,

    Cic. Cael. 6, 13; cf. Suet. Galb. 14; id. Claud. 21:

    decorus est sermo senis quietus et remissus,

    Cic. Sen. 9, 28:

    remissius genus dicendi,

    id. Sest. 54, 115:

    amicitia remissior esse debet et liberior et dulcior,

    id. Lael. 18, 66; cf.

    affectus,

    Quint. 10, 1, 73:

    egressiones dulces et remissae,

    id. 11, 3, 164: joci, gay, merry (opp. curae graves), Ov. M. 3, 319; cf.:

    remissiores hilarioresque sermones,

    Suet. Tib. 21:

    opus,

    Ov. Tr. 2, 547. —
    2.
    Slack, negligent, remiss (syn. languidus):

    esse remisso ac languido animo,

    Caes. B. C. 1, 21; cf.:

    nostris languentibus atque animo remissis,

    id. ib. 2, 14: dolus Numidarum [p. 1563] nihil languidi neque remissi patiebatur, i. e. no negligence, Sall. J. 53, 6; 88, 2:

    in labore,

    Nep. Iphic. 3, 1:

    oderunt agilem gnavumque remissi,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 90:

    remissior in petendo,

    Cic. Mur. 26, 52:

    vita remissior,

    Suet. Tib. 52.—
    b.
    Lower, cheaper:

    remissior aliquanto ejus fuit aestimatio quam annona,

    below the market price, Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 92, § 214. — Hence, adv.: rĕ-missē (acc. to B. 1.), gently, mildly (with leniter, urbane;

    opp. severe, graviter, vehementer, etc.),

    Cic. de Or. 3, 26, 102; id. Cael. 14, 33; Col. 1, 8, 10; Quint. 10, 2, 23; 12, 10, 71; Suet. Claud. 30.— Comp., Cic. de Or. 1, 60, 255; id. Verr. 2, 4, 34, § 76; Quint. 9, 2, 91.— Sup. is not found.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > remitto

  • 12 remollesco

    rĕ-mollesco, ĕre, v. inch. n., to become soft again, to become or grow soft (class.).
    I.
    Lit.:

    ut Hymettia sole Cera remollescit,

    softens, Ov. M. 10, 285:

    sole remollescit quae frigore constitit unda,

    i. e. melts, id. ib. 9, 661.—
    II.
    Trop.: quod ea re (vino) ad laborem ferendum remollescere homines atque effeminari arbitrantur, to be enervated, * Caes. B. G. 4, 2 fin.:

    si precibus numina justis Victa remollescunt,

    are softened, touched, Ov. M. 1, 378.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > remollesco

  • 13 resolvo

    rĕ-solvo, solvi, sŏlūtum, 3, v. a., to untie, unfasten, unbind; to loose, loosen, release, open (not freq. till after the Aug. per.; cf.: relaxo, resero, recludo, libero).
    I.
    Lit.
    A.
    In gen.:

    equos,

    to unyoke, Ov. F. 4, 180; cf.:

    juncta juga leonibus,

    Cat. 63, 76:

    quem suā sponte vinxerit, non resolvat, etc.,

    Col. 1, 8, 16; 11, 1, 22:

    cinctas vestes,

    Ov. M. 1, 382; cf.

    nodum,

    Cels. 7, 4, 4:

    fila,

    to loose, separate, Ov. M. 2, 654:

    vulnera,

    to unbind, Quint. 6, 1, 30; 49:

    oras,

    to cast loose from the shore, Liv. 22, 19, 10 Drak. N. cr.:

    virginem catenis,

    i. e. to release, Ov. M. 4, 737; cf.:

    crura vinclis,

    id. A. A. 3, 272:

    (puella) resoluta capillos,

    id. Am. 2, 14, 39:

    claustra,

    to open, Lucr. 1, 415:

    litteras,

    Liv. 26, 15:

    venas,

    Tac. A. 6, 48:

    jugulum mucrone,

    Ov. M. 1, 227:

    ferro,

    id. ib. 6, 643:

    manum in diversum,

    Quint. 11, 3, 97:

    fauces haec in verba,

    Ov. M. 2, 282; cf.:

    exspectato Ora sono,

    id. ib. 13, 126:

    fatis ora,

    Verg. G. 4, 452;

    and simply ora,

    id. A. 3, 457:

    ignis aurum resolvit,

    melts, dissolves, Lucr. 6, 967:

    nivem,

    to melt, thaw, Ov. Tr. 3, 10, 13; cf.:

    resolutus repente Rhenus,

    Suet. Dom. 6:

    margaritas in tabem,

    Plin. 9, 35, 58, § 120:

    glaebam in pulverem,

    Col. 11, 2, 60:

    nummos,

    to melt down, Lampr. Alex. Sev. 30 fin. — Poet.:

    nebulas ventis ac sole,

    to disperse, dissipate, scatter, Ov. M. 14, 400; cf.

    tenebras (sidere),

    Verg. A. 8, 591:

    resoluta caligo,

    Sil. 5, 58: Zephyro se glaeba, becomes loose or soft, Verg. G. 1, 44; Curt. 4, 6, 11:

    terra resoluta,

    Col. 4, 1, 4; 11, 3, 5:

    muros ariete,

    to break down, Sil. 5, 553:

    cinctos muros,

    id. 12, 495:

    saxa,

    id. 1, 369. —
    B.
    In partic.
    1.
    To relax, unnerve, enervate, enfeeble the body (cf. remitto):

    felicitas hos inflat, illos mollit et totos resolvit,

    Sen. Ep. 36, 1:

    (Cerberus) immania terga resolvit Fusus humi,

    stretched out, Verg. A. 6, 422:

    nexos artus,

    id. ib. 4, 695:

    utrumque (concubitus),

    Ov. A. A. 2, 683:

    corpus (somno),

    id. M. 7, 328:

    placitā resoluta quiete,

    id. ib. 9, 468:

    membra ad molles choros,

    Prop. 2, 34 (3, 32), 42; Curt. 4, 16, 13:

    fatigatione resolutus,

    id. 6, 8, 21; 9, 5, 10.—
    2.
    Mostly ante-class., to pay a debt:

    minas,

    Plaut. Ep. 1, 2, 39:

    argentum,

    id. ib. 3, 2, 16; id. Men. 5, 5, 30:

    pro vecturā,

    id. As. 2, 4, 27; cf. Cato, R. R. 144, 3; 145, 1; 148, 2:

    damnum boni viri arbitratu resolvere,

    id. ib. 149, 2. —
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    In gen. (acc. to I. A.), to separate, unbind, set free, release; to disclose, show, reveal, lay open; to annul, cancel, make void, abolish, destroy (syn. rescindo):

    ipsas periodos majoribus intervallis et velut laxioribus nodis resolvemus,

    Quint. 9, 4, 127:

    quoniam, quā fieri quicquid posset ratione, resolvi,

    have disclosed, shown, Lucr. 5, 773:

    teque piacula nulla resolvent,

    release, Hor. C. 1, 28, 34:

    amore resolutus,

    Tib. 1, 10, 83:

    (Hannibal) Quod sponte abscedat tandemque resolvat Ausoniam,

    liberate, Sil. 17, 206:

    resoluta legibus urbs,

    id. 11, 36:

    ira resoluta frenis legum,

    Luc. 2, 145:

    litem quod lite resolvit,

    does away with, ends, Hor. S. 2, 3, 103:

    invitat genialis hiems curasque resolvit,

    banishes, dispels, Verg. G. 1, 302:

    tristitiam animi,

    Plin. 24, 6, 15, § 24:

    dolos tecti ambagesque,

    i. e. find the way through, Verg. A. 6, 29:

    jura (pudoris),

    id. ib. 4, 27:

    dolos fraudesque,

    Sil. 7, 153:

    gaudia ferro,

    id. 13, 508:

    amphiboliam,

    to destroy, remove, Quint. 7, 9, 4:

    ambiguitatem,

    id. 12, 2, 13:

    dicta ex parte diversā,

    i. e. refute, id. 5, 13, 12:

    vectigal et onera commerciorum,

    to abolish, Tac. H. 4, 65:

    stipulationem,

    Dig. 21, 2, 57 fin.:

    conventionem,

    ib. 41, 5, 2:

    emptionem,

    ib. 18, 2, 2 et saep. —
    B.
    In partic. (acc. to I. B.).
    1.
    To relax, soften:

    disciplinam militarem,

    Tac. H. 1, 51:

    judices,

    Quint. 4, 2, 19; id. 8, prooem § 12. —
    2.
    To pay:

    unā plagā (cf. I. B. 2. supra),

    Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 73 (but in Cic. Phil. 14, 14, 38, the correct reading is persoluturum). — Hence, rĕsŏlūtus, a, um, P. a. (acc. to I. B. 1.), relaxed, enervated, effeminate:

    corpora juvenum (with fluxa), Col. praef. § 17: minister Idaeo resolutior cinaedo,

    Mart. 10, 98.—
    2.
    Free, unhampered: os, Val.Max. 8, 7, ext. 1.—
    3.
    Unbridled:

    gaudia,

    Sil. 11, 305.— Adv.: rĕsŏlūtē, without restraint:

    quo resolutius decachinnetis,

    more unrestrainedly, Tert. ad Nat. 1, 19.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > resolvo

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