membrum

cŏ-haerĕo, haesi, haesum, 2, v. n., to cling together, to be united, either of that whose parts cling together, to cohere, or of that which cleaves to something else, to adhere.

Of a whole as composed of parts, or of the parts of a whole, to cling together, be united, to cohere, press or crowd together.

Lit.

In gen.:

mundus ita apte cohaeret, ut dissolvi nullo modo queat, nisi ab eodem a quo est colligatus,

Cic. Univ. 5:

omnia autem duo ad cohaerendum tertium aliquid anquirunt et quasi nodum vinculumque desiderant,

id. ib. 4:

neque enim materiam ipsam cohaerere potuisse, si nullā vi contineretur,

id. Ac. 1, 6, 24:

omni naturā cohaerente et continuatā,

id. ib. 1, 7, 28:

nec res ulla magis primoribus ex elementis Indupedita suis arte conexa cohaeret Quam validi ferri natura,

Lucr. 6, 1010:

solidā primordia... Quae minimis stipata cohaerent partibus arte,

id. 1, 610; 2, 67:

inter se juga velut serie cohaerentia,

continuous, Curt. 7, 3, 21.—Of persons in a throng, etc.:

alii extremo complexu suorum cohaerentes,

Quint. 8, 3, 68;

so of soldiers in line of battle: conferti et quasi cohaerentes tela vibrare non poterant,

Curt. 3, 11, 4;

and of two contending armies: duae quippe acies ita cohaerebant, ut armis arma pulsarent,

id. 3, 11, 5;

of ships: binas quadriremes Macedones inter se ita junxerant, ut prorae cohaererent,

id. 4, 3, 14: conexis et cohaerentibus aedificiis, * Tac. G. 16.—

Pregn., to consist in or of, be composed of; with abl. (rare):

cum alia quibus cohaererent homines e mortali genere sumpserint, quae fragilia essent et caduca, animum esse ingeneratum a deo,

Cic. Leg. 1, 8, 24; cf.: mundus omnibus partibus inter se congruentibus cohaeret et nititur, etc., Cic. Leg. ap. Lact. 5, 8, 10.—

Trop.

Of persons united by kindred, friendship, etc., to be near, close, united:

turpes ac perniciosos, etiamsi nobis sanguine cohaereant, amputandos,

Quint. 8, 3, 75:

est enim mihi perjucundum quod viri optimi mihique amicissimi adeo cohaesistis ut invicem vos obligari putetis,

Plin. Ep. 7, 7, 1.—

Of things.

In discourse, to belong together, be closely connected:

quae... si suis quaeque temporibus reddere voluero, interrumpendae sunt res Asiae, quas... sicut inter se cohaerent, ita opere ipso conjungi aptius videri potest,

Curt. 5, 1, 2.—

In thought, to be consistent, agree together:

em, Paululum obsoni, ipsus tristis, de inproviso nuptiae—Non cohaerent,

i.e. cannot all be here at once, Ter. And. 2, 2, 24:

tam eras excors, ut... non modo non cohaerentia inter se diceres, sed maxime dijuncta atque contraria,

Cic. Phil. 2, 8, 18:

dubitandum non est quin numquam possit utilitas cum honestate contendere. Itaque accepimus Socratem exsecrari solitum eos qui primum haec naturā cohaerentia opinione distraxissent,

id. Off. 3, 3, 11:

non quaero jam, verumne sit: illud dico, ea, quae dicat, praeclare inter se cohaerere,

id. Fin. 5, 27, 79:

animadvertisti, quam multa dicta sint, quamque, etiam si minus vera, tamen apta inter se et cohaerentia,

id. N. D. 3, 1, 4:

male cohaerens cogitatio,

Quint. 10, 6, 6:

sensus inter se juncti, atque ita cohaerentes, ne, etc.,

id. 7, 10, 16; 9, 4, 20; 9, 4, 63:

sermo hercule familiaris et cottidianus non cohaerebit, si verba inter nos aucupamur,

have a consistent meaning, be intelligible, Cic. Caecin. 18, 52:

vix diserti adulescentis cohaerebat oratio,

id. Cael. 7, 15; and of harmony in the arrangement of words: conlocabuntur igitur verba, ut aut inter se aptissime cohaereant extrema cum primis eaque sint quam suavissimis vocibus, etc., id. Or. 44, 149:

haec collocatio verborum... quae junctam orationem efficit, quae cohaerentem, etc.,

id. de Or. 3, 43, 172; Quint. 9, 4, 66.—

Pregn., to hold together, i.e. remain, exist, maintain itself:

omnibus modis fulciendi sunt, qui ruunt nec cohaerere possunt propter magnitudinem aegritudinis,

Cic. Tusc. 3, 25, 61:

virtutes sine vitā beatā cohaerere non possunt, nec sine virtute vita beata,

id. ib. 5, 28, 80:

vix haec, si undique fulciamus, jam labefacta... nixa in omnium nostrum umeris cohaerebunt,

id. Har. Resp. 27, 60.—

To cling closely to something else, to adhere, be connected with, cleave to, be in contact with, etc.

Lit.

With dat.:

temptanti dextera flxa est Cuspide Marmaridae Corythi, lignoque cohaesit,

Ov. M. 5, 125; 11, 76:

nec equo mea membra cohaerent,

id. Am. 1, 4, 9:

scopuloque affixa cohaesit,

id. M. 4, 553:

fructus quamdiu solo cohaerent,

Dig. 47, 2, 63:

superficies... quae natura solo cohaeret,

ib. 44, 7, 44, § 1 fin.:

quippe turris... muris hostium propemodum cohaerebat,

Curt. 4, 4, 11:

experimentum marmorati est in subigendo donec rutro non cohaereat,

Plin. 36, 23, 55, § 177:

qui cohaerent Mesopotamiae Rhoali vocantur,

adjoin, id. 5, 24, 21, § 87.—

With cum and abl.:

quidquid enim sequitur quamque rem, id cohaeret cum re necessario,

Cic. Top. 12, 53.—

With in and abl.:

cohaerentis videmus in conchis (margaritas), etc.,

Plin. 9, 35, 54, § 109.—

Absol.:

jamque ea (navis) quae non cohaerebat,

i.e. which did not collide, Curt. 4, 4, 7.—

Trop., to be closely connected with, in agreement or harmony with something else, to be consistent with:

quod illa, quae prima dicuntur, si vehementer velis congruere et cohaerere cum causā, ex eis ducas oportet, quae post dicenda sunt,

Cic. Inv. 1, 14, 19:

si continget, etiam (id quod fingemus) verae alicui rei cohaereat,

Quint. 4, 2, 89:

ut non tamquam citharoedi prooemium adfictum aliquid, sed cohaerens cum omni corpore membrum videatur,

Cic. de Or. 2, 80, 325:

creditis tot gentes... non sacris, non moribus, non commercio linguae nobiscum cohaerentes, eodem proelio domitas esse, etc.,

Curt. 6, 3, 8:

potentia male cohaerens inter Pompeium et Caesarem,

Vell. 2, 47, 2.—

To be vitally connected with, to depend upon a thing; with abl.:

sed ita legibus Sullae cohaerere statum civitatis adfirmat, ut iis solutis stare ipsa non possit,

Quint. 11, 1, 85.—Hence,

cŏhae-rens, entis, P. a. (cohering, i.e.), being in accord, corresponding:

aptius et cohaerentius,

Gell. 1, 1, 6.—

cŏhaerenter, adv., continuously, uninterruptedly:

dimicatum est,

Flor. 2, 17, 5.—

cŏhaesus, a, um. P. a., pressed together:

quercus stricta denuo et cohaesa,

Gell. 15, 16, 4.

cŏ-haerĕo, haesi, haesum, 2, v. n., to cling together, to be united, either of that whose parts cling together, to cohere, or of that which cleaves to something else, to adhere.

Of a whole as composed of parts, or of the parts of a whole, to cling together, be united, to cohere, press or crowd together.

Lit.

In gen.:

mundus ita apte cohaeret, ut dissolvi nullo modo queat, nisi ab eodem a quo est colligatus,

Cic. Univ. 5:

omnia autem duo ad cohaerendum tertium aliquid anquirunt et quasi nodum vinculumque desiderant,

id. ib. 4:

neque enim materiam ipsam cohaerere potuisse, si nullā vi contineretur,

id. Ac. 1, 6, 24:

omni naturā cohaerente et continuatā,

id. ib. 1, 7, 28:

nec res ulla magis primoribus ex elementis Indupedita suis arte conexa cohaeret Quam validi ferri natura,

Lucr. 6, 1010:

solidā primordia... Quae minimis stipata cohaerent partibus arte,

id. 1, 610; 2, 67:

inter se juga velut serie cohaerentia,

continuous, Curt. 7, 3, 21.—Of persons in a throng, etc.:

alii extremo complexu suorum cohaerentes,

Quint. 8, 3, 68;

so of soldiers in line of battle: conferti et quasi cohaerentes tela vibrare non poterant,

Curt. 3, 11, 4;

and of two contending armies: duae quippe acies ita cohaerebant, ut armis arma pulsarent,

id. 3, 11, 5;

of ships: binas quadriremes Macedones inter se ita junxerant, ut prorae cohaererent,

id. 4, 3, 14: conexis et cohaerentibus aedificiis, * Tac. G. 16.—

Pregn., to consist in or of, be composed of; with abl. (rare):

cum alia quibus cohaererent homines e mortali genere sumpserint, quae fragilia essent et caduca, animum esse ingeneratum a deo,

Cic. Leg. 1, 8, 24; cf.: mundus omnibus partibus inter se congruentibus cohaeret et nititur, etc., Cic. Leg. ap. Lact. 5, 8, 10.—

Trop.

Of persons united by kindred, friendship, etc., to be near, close, united:

turpes ac perniciosos, etiamsi nobis sanguine cohaereant, amputandos,

Quint. 8, 3, 75:

est enim mihi perjucundum quod viri optimi mihique amicissimi adeo cohaesistis ut invicem vos obligari putetis,

Plin. Ep. 7, 7, 1.—

Of things.

In discourse, to belong together, be closely connected:

quae... si suis quaeque temporibus reddere voluero, interrumpendae sunt res Asiae, quas... sicut inter se cohaerent, ita opere ipso conjungi aptius videri potest,

Curt. 5, 1, 2.—

In thought, to be consistent, agree together:

em, Paululum obsoni, ipsus tristis, de inproviso nuptiae—Non cohaerent,

i.e. cannot all be here at once, Ter. And. 2, 2, 24:

tam eras excors, ut... non modo non cohaerentia inter se diceres, sed maxime dijuncta atque contraria,

Cic. Phil. 2, 8, 18:

dubitandum non est quin numquam possit utilitas cum honestate contendere. Itaque accepimus Socratem exsecrari solitum eos qui primum haec naturā cohaerentia opinione distraxissent,

id. Off. 3, 3, 11:

non quaero jam, verumne sit: illud dico, ea, quae dicat, praeclare inter se cohaerere,

id. Fin. 5, 27, 79:

animadvertisti, quam multa dicta sint, quamque, etiam si minus vera, tamen apta inter se et cohaerentia,

id. N. D. 3, 1, 4:

male cohaerens cogitatio,

Quint. 10, 6, 6:

sensus inter se juncti, atque ita cohaerentes, ne, etc.,

id. 7, 10, 16; 9, 4, 20; 9, 4, 63:

sermo hercule familiaris et cottidianus non cohaerebit, si verba inter nos aucupamur,

have a consistent meaning, be intelligible, Cic. Caecin. 18, 52:

vix diserti adulescentis cohaerebat oratio,

id. Cael. 7, 15; and of harmony in the arrangement of words: conlocabuntur igitur verba, ut aut inter se aptissime cohaereant extrema cum primis eaque sint quam suavissimis vocibus, etc., id. Or. 44, 149:

haec collocatio verborum... quae junctam orationem efficit, quae cohaerentem, etc.,

id. de Or. 3, 43, 172; Quint. 9, 4, 66.—

Pregn., to hold together, i.e. remain, exist, maintain itself:

omnibus modis fulciendi sunt, qui ruunt nec cohaerere possunt propter magnitudinem aegritudinis,

Cic. Tusc. 3, 25, 61:

virtutes sine vitā beatā cohaerere non possunt, nec sine virtute vita beata,

id. ib. 5, 28, 80:

vix haec, si undique fulciamus, jam labefacta... nixa in omnium nostrum umeris cohaerebunt,

id. Har. Resp. 27, 60.—

To cling closely to something else, to adhere, be connected with, cleave to, be in contact with, etc.

Lit.

With dat.:

temptanti dextera flxa est Cuspide Marmaridae Corythi, lignoque cohaesit,

Ov. M. 5, 125; 11, 76:

nec equo mea membra cohaerent,

id. Am. 1, 4, 9:

scopuloque affixa cohaesit,

id. M. 4, 553:

fructus quamdiu solo cohaerent,

Dig. 47, 2, 63:

superficies... quae natura solo cohaeret,

ib. 44, 7, 44, § 1 fin.:

quippe turris... muris hostium propemodum cohaerebat,

Curt. 4, 4, 11:

experimentum marmorati est in subigendo donec rutro non cohaereat,

Plin. 36, 23, 55, § 177:

qui cohaerent Mesopotamiae Rhoali vocantur,

adjoin, id. 5, 24, 21, § 87.—

With cum and abl.:

quidquid enim sequitur quamque rem, id cohaeret cum re necessario,

Cic. Top. 12, 53.—

With in and abl.:

cohaerentis videmus in conchis (margaritas), etc.,

Plin. 9, 35, 54, § 109.—

Absol.:

jamque ea (navis) quae non cohaerebat,

i.e. which did not collide, Curt. 4, 4, 7.—

Trop., to be closely connected with, in agreement or harmony with something else, to be consistent with:

quod illa, quae prima dicuntur, si vehementer velis congruere et cohaerere cum causā, ex eis ducas oportet, quae post dicenda sunt,

Cic. Inv. 1, 14, 19:

si continget, etiam (id quod fingemus) verae alicui rei cohaereat,

Quint. 4, 2, 89:

ut non tamquam citharoedi prooemium adfictum aliquid, sed cohaerens cum omni corpore membrum videatur,

Cic. de Or. 2, 80, 325:

creditis tot gentes... non sacris, non moribus, non commercio linguae nobiscum cohaerentes, eodem proelio domitas esse, etc.,

Curt. 6, 3, 8:

potentia male cohaerens inter Pompeium et Caesarem,

Vell. 2, 47, 2.—

To be vitally connected with, to depend upon a thing; with abl.:

sed ita legibus Sullae cohaerere statum civitatis adfirmat, ut iis solutis stare ipsa non possit,

Quint. 11, 1, 85.—Hence,

cŏhae-rens, entis, P. a. (cohering, i.e.), being in accord, corresponding:

aptius et cohaerentius,

Gell. 1, 1, 6.—

cŏhaerenter, adv., continuously, uninterruptedly:

dimicatum est,

Flor. 2, 17, 5.—

cŏhaesus, a, um. P. a., pressed together:

quercus stricta denuo et cohaesa,

Gell. 15, 16, 4.

cōlon or cōlum, i, n. ( cōlus, i, m., Ser. Samm. 31, 1), = kôlon (a member).

The colon or great gut (the largest of the intestines), Plin. 11, 37, 79, § 202.—Esp., as the part affected by the colic:

coli tormentum,

Plin. 22, 22, 37, § 79:

coli dolor,

Scrib. Comp. 122.—Hence,

A disease of the colon, the colic, Plin. 20, 15, 57, § 162; 31, 9, 45, § 102; Scrib. Comp. l. l.; Ser. Samm. l. l.—

Transf., a member of a verse (pure Lat. membrum), * Quint. 9, 4, 78; of a poem, Aug. ap. Don. Vit. Verg. c. 12.

cŏlumna, ae, f. [root cel- of excello; v. columen, of which it is orig. a collat. form].

A projecting object, a column, pillar, post (very freq.), Vitr. 4, 1, 1 sq.; 3, 3; Varr. R. R. 3, 5, 11:

columnae et templa et porticus sustinent, tamen habent non plus utilitatis quam dignitatis,

Cic. de Or. 3, 46, 180; id. Verr. 2, 1, 51, §§ 133 and 134; Quint. 5, 13, 40:

columnae Doricae, Ionicae, Tuscanicae, Corinthiae, Atticae,

Plin. 36, 22, 56, § 178 sq.; Vitr. 4, 1, 1 sqq.: Rostrata, a column ornamented with beaks of ships, erected in honor of Duellius, the conqueror of the Carthaginians, Quint. 1, 7, 12 Spald.; fragments of the inscription on it are yet extant, v. in the Appendix: Maenia, also absol. Columna, a pillory in the Forum Romanum, where thieves, criminal slaves, and debtors were judged and punished, Cic. Div. in Caecil. 16, 50 Ascon.— Absol.: ad columnam pervenire. Cic. Clu. 13, 39:

adhaerescere ad columnam,

id. Sest. 8, 18; cf. Dict. of Antiq. s. v. columna.— Plur.:

columnae, as the sign of a bookseller's shop,

Hor. A. P 373 Orell. ad loc.—From the use of pillars to designate boundaries of countries:

Columnae Protei = fines Aegypti,

Verg. A. 11, 262; and:

Columnae Herculis, i. e. Calpe et Abyla,

Mel. 1, 5, 3; 2, 6, 8; Plin. 3, prooem. § 4; Tac. G. 34.—Prov.:

incurrere amentem in columnas,

Cic. Or. 67, 224.—

Trop., a pillar, support; of Augustus, Hor. C. 1, 35, 14.—

Transf., of objects resembling a pillar; so,

Of the arm (comice):

ecce autem aedificat: columnam mento suffigit suo,

Plaut. Mil. 2, 2, 54. —

A water-spout, Lucr. 6, 426; 6, 433; Plin. 2, 49, 50, § 134.—

Of fire, a meteor, Sen. Q. N. 7, 20, 2; cf.

of the pillar of cloud and of fire which guided the Exodus,

Vulg. Exod. 13, 21 sq. —

Membrum virile, Mart. 6, 49; 11, 51; Auct. Priap. 9, 8.—

Narium recta pars eo quod aequaliter sit in longitudine et rotunditate porrecta, columna vocatur, Isid. Orig. 11, 1, 48.—

The top, summit; so only once of the dome of heaven, Cic. poët. Div. 1, 12, 21; cf. columen.

curcŭlĭo ( gurgŭlĭo, Plaut. Trin. 4, 3, 9 Ritschl, Fleck.; Pall. 1, 19, 2; id. Jun. 3; also in some MSS. of the authors cited infra), ōnis, m. [kindr. with circulus, circus], a corn-worm, weevil, Cato, R. R. 92; Varr. R. R. 1, 57, 63; Col. 1, 6, 15 sq.; Plin. 18, 11, 73, § 302; Serv. ad Verg. G. 1, 186. —

Form gurgulio = membrum virile, Pers. 4, 38.—

Curcŭlĭo, the name of a comedy of Plautus.

curcŭlĭo ( gurgŭlĭo, Plaut. Trin. 4, 3, 9 Ritschl, Fleck.; Pall. 1, 19, 2; id. Jun. 3; also in some MSS. of the authors cited infra), ōnis, m. [kindr. with circulus, circus], a corn-worm, weevil, Cato, R. R. 92; Varr. R. R. 1, 57, 63; Col. 1, 6, 15 sq.; Plin. 18, 11, 73, § 302; Serv. ad Verg. G. 1, 186. —

Form gurgulio = membrum virile, Pers. 4, 38.—

Curcŭlĭo, the name of a comedy of Plautus.

dēbĭlĭto, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [debilis], to lame, cripple, maim; to debilitate, unnerve, disable, weaken (freq. and class.).

Lit.

Of personal objects:

gladiatores, qui debilitati fuerint,

Gai. Inst. 3, § 146:

contusi ac debilitati inter saxa rupesque,

Liv. 21, 40:

corpore debilitantur (saucii),

Cic. Caecin. 15, 42:

casu debilitatus,

Tac. A. 4, 63: lapsu debilitatus, * Suet. Aug. 43 (cf. shortly after, qui et ipse crus fregerat): qui filium debilitavit, ut inhabilis militiae sit, Dig. 49, 16, 4, § 12; Ov. M. 13, 112:

natantium manus lacerabant, donec debilitati, etc.,

Curt. 4, 3, 5.—

Of inanimate objects:

membra, quae debilitavit lapidibus, fustibus,

Cic. Fl. 30, 73:

vim ferro ac viribus,

id. Marc. 3: lingua Debilitata malis, * Lucr. 6, 1150:

opes adversariorum debilitatae,

Nep. Ages. 5, 2:

cibum etiam saepe subtrahunt, ut fame debilitetur eculeorum nimis effrenata vis,

Cic. Hortens. Frag. 78 Bait. (Non., p. 105, 7).— Poet.: (hiems) quae nunc oppositis debilitat pumicibus mare Tyrrhenum, i. e. breaks its waves ( = collidit), Hor. Od. 1, 11, 5.

Trop.

Of personal objects: quo metu debilitaret nostros, Varr. ap. Non. 163, 30:

simulac me fractum ac debilitatum metu viderit,

Cic. de Or. 1, 26, 121; cf.:

hunc cum afflictum, debilitatum, maerentem, viderem,

id. ib. 2, 47, 195:

recitatis literis debilitatus atque abjectus, conscientia convictus, repente conticuit,

disheartened, id. Cat. 3, 5, 10:

victi debilitantur animosque demittunt,

id. Fin. 5, 15, 42:

sin aestivorum timor te debilitat,

id. Fam. 7, 14:

quosdam continet metus, quosdam debilitat,

Quint. 1, 3, 6 et saep.: debilitati a jure cognoscendo, i. e. dispirited, discouraged ( = deterriti), Cic. de Or. 2, 33, 142 (cf. shortly before, a discendo deterrent).—

Of inanimate objects:

membrum reip. fractum debilitatumque,

Cic. Fam. 5, 13, 3:

animos,

id. Lael. 7; so Nep. Dat. 6:

animum luctu, metu,

Cic. Planc. 42, 103: nimis effrenatam vim fame, id. fragm. ap. Non. 105, 11; cf.: vires animi (senectus), * Verg. A. 9, 611:

fortitudinem, magnitudinem animi, patientiam (dolor),

Cic. Tusc. 5, 27, 76:

veritatem multis incommodis,

id. Quint. 1, 4:

spem meam,

id. Att. 5, 4 et saep.:

versus,

id. de Or. 3, 50:

debilitatur ac frangitur eloquentia,

Tac. Or. 39.

ē-mŏrĭor, mortuus, 3 (old form of the inf. emoriri, Ter. Eun. 3, 1, 42; but Plaut. Ps. 4, 7, 124, moriri, Ritschl), v. dep. n., to die off, to die, depart, decease, v. Doed. Syn. 3, p. 183 sq. (freq. and class.).

Lit.:

emori me malim,

Plaut. Asin. 4, 2, 1; so id. Aul. 4, 5, 1; Ter. Phorm. 5, 7, 63; Cic. Pis. 7, 15; id. Off. 3, 32, 114; id. Tusc. 1, 40, 96; id. Par. 3, 2, 24; Sall. C. 20, 9; id. J. 14 fin.; Ov. M. 3, 391; Plaut. Cas. 2, 5, 26 sq.; Ter. Eun. 5, 2, 49; Cic. de Or. 1, 57, 243; id. de Sen. 19, 74; 22, 80; Cat. 52, 1, 4.—Prov.: verba facit emortuo, he talks to the dead, i. e. in vain, Plaut. Poen. 4, 2, 18.—

Transf., of things, to become dead, to die:

membrum,

Cels. 5, 26, 34 fin.:

arbor,

Vitr. 2, 9; Plin. 17, 24, 37, § 221:

carbo,

i. e. to go out, id. 16, 6, 8, § 23:

sterilis et emoriens terra,

desert, Curt. 4, 7, 10; cf.

vulva,

Vulg. Rom. 4, 19.—

Trop., to perish, pass away, cease:

quorum laus emori non potest,

Cic. Par. 2, 18:

vis,

Cels. 2, 10:

dicta (with evanescere),

Quint. 12, 10, 75: spes [p. 644] (opp. elucere), id. 1, 1, 2:

amor,

Ov. R. Am. 654:

auxilium,

Plaut. Ep. 1, 2, 14.

fascĭnum, i, n. ( - ĭnus, i, m.) [quasi bascanum, baskanon, Cloat. Ver. ap. Gell. 16, 12, 4; but cf. Paul. ex Fest. p. 88, 16].

A bewitching, witchcraft, Plin. 26, 10, 62, § 96; Symm. Ep. 1, 7.—

Transf.

I. q. membrum virile (because an image of it was hung round the necks of children as a preventive against witchcraft; cf. Varr. L. L. 7, § 97 Müll.), Hor. Epod. 8, 18; Petr. 138; Arn. 5, 176.—Also in the form fascinus, i. m., Verg. Cat. 5, 20; and personified, Fascĭnus, i, as a deity, the Phallus, Plin. 28, 4, 7, § 39.—

A kind of sea-shell, App. Mag. p. 297, 11.

fascĭnum, i, n. ( - ĭnus, i, m.) [quasi bascanum, baskanon, Cloat. Ver. ap. Gell. 16, 12, 4; but cf. Paul. ex Fest. p. 88, 16].

A bewitching, witchcraft, Plin. 26, 10, 62, § 96; Symm. Ep. 1, 7.—

Transf.

I. q. membrum virile (because an image of it was hung round the necks of children as a preventive against witchcraft; cf. Varr. L. L. 7, § 97 Müll.), Hor. Epod. 8, 18; Petr. 138; Arn. 5, 176.—Also in the form fascinus, i. m., Verg. Cat. 5, 20; and personified, Fascĭnus, i, as a deity, the Phallus, Plin. 28, 4, 7, § 39.—

A kind of sea-shell, App. Mag. p. 297, 11.

fascĭnum, i, n. ( - ĭnus, i, m.) [quasi bascanum, baskanon, Cloat. Ver. ap. Gell. 16, 12, 4; but cf. Paul. ex Fest. p. 88, 16].

A bewitching, witchcraft, Plin. 26, 10, 62, § 96; Symm. Ep. 1, 7.—

Transf.

I. q. membrum virile (because an image of it was hung round the necks of children as a preventive against witchcraft; cf. Varr. L. L. 7, § 97 Müll.), Hor. Epod. 8, 18; Petr. 138; Arn. 5, 176.—Also in the form fascinus, i. m., Verg. Cat. 5, 20; and personified, Fascĭnus, i, as a deity, the Phallus, Plin. 28, 4, 7, § 39.—

A kind of sea-shell, App. Mag. p. 297, 11.

gĕnĭtālis, e, adj. [id.], of or belonging to generation or birth, causing generation or birth, fruitful, generative, genital ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose; cf.: genialis, genetivus).

Adj.:

genitalia materiaï Corpora,

generative principles, elements, Lucr. 2, 62:

corpora quatuor,

the four elements, Ov. M. 15, 239:

semina,

Lucr. 5, 851; Verg. G. 2, 324:

partes (corporis),

genital parts, Lucr. 4, 1044; Col. 6, 26, 2:

membra,

Ov. Am. 2, 3, 3:

loca,

Col. 6, 36, 2:

arvum,

Verg. G. 3, 136; cf.

vulvae,

Col. 7, 9, 5;

so of plants: membra,

id. 3, 10, 12: locus, id. § 14; cf. id. 3, 6, 1:

profluvium,

Plin. 20, 13, 51, § 143; cf. id. 7, 14, 12, § 61:

foedera,

matrimony, Stat. Th. 3, 300:

menses,

the months of pregnancy in which the child may be born, Gell. 3, 16, 4:

ros,

fertilizing, Plin. 2, 8, 6, § 38:

hora anni,

i. e. in the spring, id. 9, 35, 54, § 107: dies, birth-day (usually dies natalis), Tac. A. 16, 14; also,

lux,

Stat. S. 2, 3, 62:

solum,

birth-place, natal soil, Vell. 2, 15, 1:

sedes,

Prud. Cath. 10 fin. terra, Amm. 27, 5 fin.: dii, the gods that produce everything: Romulus in caelo cum dis genitalibus aevum Degit, Enn. ap. Serv. ad Verg. A. 6, 764 (Ann. v. 119 Vahl.); imitated by Aus. Per. Iliad. 4; Num. ap. Eckh. D. N. V. 7, p. 139: sterilitas, barrenness, Trebat. ap. Gell. 4, 2, 9.—

Subst.

Gĕnĭtālis, is, f., a surname of Diana, as presiding over births:

sive tu (Diana) Lucina probas vocari Seu Genitalis,

Hor. C. S. 16.—

gĕ-nĭtāle, is, n. (sc. membrum;

v. above, I.),

Cels. 4, 1; Plin. 28, 8, 27, § 93; 37, 10, 57, § 157; Arn. 5, 18 et saep.; in plur., id. 11, 49, 110, § 263; Quint. 1, 6, 36; Juv. 6, 514. —Hence, adv.: gĕnĭtālĭter, in a fertilizing manner, fruitfully, Lucr. 4, 1258.

gĕnĭtālis, e, adj. [id.], of or belonging to generation or birth, causing generation or birth, fruitful, generative, genital ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose; cf.: genialis, genetivus).

Adj.:

genitalia materiaï Corpora,

generative principles, elements, Lucr. 2, 62:

corpora quatuor,

the four elements, Ov. M. 15, 239:

semina,

Lucr. 5, 851; Verg. G. 2, 324:

partes (corporis),

genital parts, Lucr. 4, 1044; Col. 6, 26, 2:

membra,

Ov. Am. 2, 3, 3:

loca,

Col. 6, 36, 2:

arvum,

Verg. G. 3, 136; cf.

vulvae,

Col. 7, 9, 5;

so of plants: membra,

id. 3, 10, 12: locus, id. § 14; cf. id. 3, 6, 1:

profluvium,

Plin. 20, 13, 51, § 143; cf. id. 7, 14, 12, § 61:

foedera,

matrimony, Stat. Th. 3, 300:

menses,

the months of pregnancy in which the child may be born, Gell. 3, 16, 4:

ros,

fertilizing, Plin. 2, 8, 6, § 38:

hora anni,

i. e. in the spring, id. 9, 35, 54, § 107: dies, birth-day (usually dies natalis), Tac. A. 16, 14; also,

lux,

Stat. S. 2, 3, 62:

solum,

birth-place, natal soil, Vell. 2, 15, 1:

sedes,

Prud. Cath. 10 fin. terra, Amm. 27, 5 fin.: dii, the gods that produce everything: Romulus in caelo cum dis genitalibus aevum Degit, Enn. ap. Serv. ad Verg. A. 6, 764 (Ann. v. 119 Vahl.); imitated by Aus. Per. Iliad. 4; Num. ap. Eckh. D. N. V. 7, p. 139: sterilitas, barrenness, Trebat. ap. Gell. 4, 2, 9.—

Subst.

Gĕnĭtālis, is, f., a surname of Diana, as presiding over births:

sive tu (Diana) Lucina probas vocari Seu Genitalis,

Hor. C. S. 16.—

gĕ-nĭtāle, is, n. (sc. membrum;

v. above, I.),

Cels. 4, 1; Plin. 28, 8, 27, § 93; 37, 10, 57, § 157; Arn. 5, 18 et saep.; in plur., id. 11, 49, 110, § 263; Quint. 1, 6, 36; Juv. 6, 514. —Hence, adv.: gĕnĭtālĭter, in a fertilizing manner, fruitfully, Lucr. 4, 1258.

gĕnĭtālis, e, adj. [id.], of or belonging to generation or birth, causing generation or birth, fruitful, generative, genital ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose; cf.: genialis, genetivus).

Adj.:

genitalia materiaï Corpora,

generative principles, elements, Lucr. 2, 62:

corpora quatuor,

the four elements, Ov. M. 15, 239:

semina,

Lucr. 5, 851; Verg. G. 2, 324:

partes (corporis),

genital parts, Lucr. 4, 1044; Col. 6, 26, 2:

membra,

Ov. Am. 2, 3, 3:

loca,

Col. 6, 36, 2:

arvum,

Verg. G. 3, 136; cf.

vulvae,

Col. 7, 9, 5;

so of plants: membra,

id. 3, 10, 12: locus, id. § 14; cf. id. 3, 6, 1:

profluvium,

Plin. 20, 13, 51, § 143; cf. id. 7, 14, 12, § 61:

foedera,

matrimony, Stat. Th. 3, 300:

menses,

the months of pregnancy in which the child may be born, Gell. 3, 16, 4:

ros,

fertilizing, Plin. 2, 8, 6, § 38:

hora anni,

i. e. in the spring, id. 9, 35, 54, § 107: dies, birth-day (usually dies natalis), Tac. A. 16, 14; also,

lux,

Stat. S. 2, 3, 62:

solum,

birth-place, natal soil, Vell. 2, 15, 1:

sedes,

Prud. Cath. 10 fin. terra, Amm. 27, 5 fin.: dii, the gods that produce everything: Romulus in caelo cum dis genitalibus aevum Degit, Enn. ap. Serv. ad Verg. A. 6, 764 (Ann. v. 119 Vahl.); imitated by Aus. Per. Iliad. 4; Num. ap. Eckh. D. N. V. 7, p. 139: sterilitas, barrenness, Trebat. ap. Gell. 4, 2, 9.—

Subst.

Gĕnĭtālis, is, f., a surname of Diana, as presiding over births:

sive tu (Diana) Lucina probas vocari Seu Genitalis,

Hor. C. S. 16.—

gĕ-nĭtāle, is, n. (sc. membrum;

v. above, I.),

Cels. 4, 1; Plin. 28, 8, 27, § 93; 37, 10, 57, § 157; Arn. 5, 18 et saep.; in plur., id. 11, 49, 110, § 263; Quint. 1, 6, 36; Juv. 6, 514. —Hence, adv.: gĕnĭtālĭter, in a fertilizing manner, fruitfully, Lucr. 4, 1258.

hasta ( asta), ae, f. [Sanscr. hastas, hand; cf. Gr. root chad- in chandanô, pre-hendo], a spear (syn.: hastile, dolo, gaesum, sarisa, sparus, lancea, pilum, spiculum, telum, etc.).

Lit.

Most freq. as a military weapon, a lance, pike, javelin (cf. Becker's Antiq. III. 2, p. 242 sq.):

nec eminus hastis aut comminus gladiis uteretur,

Cic. de Sen. 6, 19: dum transit, striderat hasta, Enn. ap. Prisc. p. 817 P. (Ann. v. 365 Vahl.): Hastati spargunt hastas, id. ap. Macr. S. 6, 1 (Ann. v. 287 ib.):

evelli jussit eam, qua erat transfixus, hastam,

Cic. Fin. 2, 30, 97:

amentatus hastas torquebit,

id. de Or. 1, 57, 242; cf. id. Brut. 78, 271; id. Top. 17, 65:

hastas vibrare,

id. de Or. 2, 80, 325:

jactare,

id. ib. 2, 78, 316:

dirigere in aliquem,

Ov. M. 8, 66:

contendere,

to hurl, Verg. A. 10, 521:

protendere aut colligere,

Tac. A. 2, 21 al. —As a symbol of war, sent in making a declaration of the same, Gell. 10, 27, 3; Paul. ex Fest. p. 101 Müll., and thrown into the enemy's territory, Liv 1, 32 fin.; Varr. ap. Serv. Verg. A. 9, 53: pura, i. e. without iron, given to brave soldiers as a mark of distinction, Plin. 7, 28, 29, § 102; Suet. Claud. 28; Inscr. Orell. 3457; cf. Varr. ap. Serv. Verg. A. 6, 760, and Fest. l. l.— As the symbol of legal ownership: festuca uti quasi hastae loco, signo quodam justi dominii, Gai Inst. 4, 16.—

Transf., beyond the milit. sphere:

jacet, diffidit, abjecit hastas,

i. e. has lost his courage, Cic. Mur. 21, 45.—

A spear stuck in the ground at public auctions or where the tribunals of the cenlumviri were held (orig. as a sign of booty gained in battle or of magisterial authority):

est enim ausus (Sulla) dicere, hasta posita, cum bona in foro venderet et bonorum virorum et locupletium et certe civium praedam se suam vendere,

Cic. Off. 2, 8, 27; cf.:

hastam in foro ponere et bona civium voci subicere praeconis,

id. ib. 2, 23, 83:

hasta posita pro aede Jovis Statoris, bona voci acerbissimae subjecta praeconis,

id. Phil. 2, 26, 64:

quos non illa inflnita hasta satiavit,

id. ib. 4, 4, 9:

emptio ab hasta,

id. Att. 12, 3, 2:

comitibus eorum sub hasta venditis,

Liv. 23, 38, 7: municipia Italiae splendidissima sub hasta venierunt, [p. 842] Flor. 3, 21, 27:

just hastae,

Tac. A. 13, 28:

cum censores se jam locationibus abstinerent, convenere ad eos, qui hastae hujus generis assueverant,

Liv. 24, 18, 10; as a badge of dignity:

hunc miratur adhuc centum gravis hasta virorum,

Mart. 7, 63, 7.—Hence, transf., the centumviral court:

ut centumviralem hastam, quam quaestura functi consuerant cogere, decemviri cogerent,

Suet. Aug. 36 fin. —

A little spear with which a bride's hair was parted into locks, Ov. F. 2, 560.—

A spear, as a gymnastic weapon, Plaut. Bacch. 1, 1, 38; 3, 3, 24; id. Most. 1, 2, 73.—

Transf.

Of the form of a comet: jubae effigies mutata in hasta est. Plin. 2, 25, 22, § 90.—

I. q. membrum virile, Auct. Priap. 45, 1.