military engines

prae-fĭcĭo, fēci, fectum, 3, v. a. [facio], to set over any thing (as officer, superintendent, leader, etc.), to place in authority over, place at the head, appoint to the command of.

Lit. (freq. and class.; cf.:

praepono, praefero): te cum securi caudicali praeficio provinciae,

Plaut. Ps. 1, 2, 25:

praefeci rure recte qui curet tamen,

id. Cas. 1, 1, 17:

aliquem pecori,

Cic. Planc. 25, 62:

certum magistratum alicui procurationi,

id. Leg. 2, 26, 66:

imperatorem bello,

id. Imp. Pomp. 16, 49:

tantis rebus,

id. ib. 10, 27:

legatos legionibus,

Caes. B. G. 5, 24:

pontifices sacris,

Cic. Rep. 2, 14, 26:

aliquem sacerdotio Neptuni,

Plin. 9, 8, 8, § 27:

libertos rationibus, libellis et epistulis,

Tac. A. 6, 8:

aliquem provinciae,

id. ib. 13, 46;

2, 4: aliquem classi,

Nep. Milt. 4, 1; Liv. 35, 42 et saep.:

lucis Avernis,

Verg. A. 6, 118:

Juno sacris praefecta maritis,

Ov. H. 12, 87:

in eo exercitu inimici mei fratrem praefecerat,

had given him a command, Cic. Sest. 18, 41. —

Trop., to set over, etc. (rare): nec locus nec materia invenitur, cui divinationem praeficere possimus, Cic. Div. 2, 4, 12. —Hence, as subst.: praefectus, i, m., an overseer, director, president, chief, commander, prefect.

In gen.:

gumnasi praefecto poenas pendere,

Plaut. Bacch. 3, 3, 22:

villae,

Varr. R. R. 1, 17 fin.:

tu (censor) es praefectus moribus,

Cic. Clu. 46, 129; cf.:

praefectus morum,

Nep. Hamilc. 3, 2:

nec vero mulieribus praefectus praeponatur,

Cic. Rep. 4, 6, 16 (Non. 499, 13); cf. Plaut. Aul. 3, 5, 30:

cum praefectus custodum quaesisset, etc.,

Nep. Eum. 11, 1:

his utitur quasi praefectis libidinum suarum,

Cic. Red. in Sen. 6, 15.—

In partic., as a title of particular civil or military officers, a president, superintendent, commander, governor, etc.:

praefectus aerarii or aerario,

a treasurer, Plin. Ep. 3, 4, 2; id. Pan. 92; Gell. 13, 24, 30; Capitol. Gord. 4: annonae, a superintendent of grain or of the markets, Tac. A. 11, 31; Inscr. Orell. 1084; 1186; 1091;

3169: castrorum or castris,

an officer who attended to the pitching of the camp and all matters connected therewith, a quartermaster, Vell. 2, 112, 6; 119, 4; 120, 4; Tac. A. 14, 37; 1, 20; cf. Veg. Mil. 2, 10:

classis,

an admiral, Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 34, § 89; Liv. 26, 48; 36, 20; 42; Flor. 3, 7; afterwards also for a captain of a ship, Tac. H. 3, 12; Veg. Mil. 4, 32; Inscr. Orell. 3596;

who was formerly called praefectus navis: dextrum cornu praefectos navium ad terram explicare jubet,

Liv. 36, 44; Flor. 2, 5: fabrūm, in the army, a superintendent of the military engines, chief engineer, Caes. ap. Cic. Att. 9, 7, C, 2; id. B. C. 1, 24, 4; Nep. Att. 12, 4; Vell. 2, 76, 1; Plin. 36, 6, 7, § 48; Inscr. Orell. 4906;

in the free towns and colonies,

a superintendent of public works, ib. 516: equitum, a commander of the cavalry, as we say, a colonel or general of cavalry, Hirt. B. G. 8, 12; Vell. 2, 24, 1;

called also simply praefectus,

Caes. B. G. 1, 39; 3, 7; Cic. Fam. 3, 8, 7; cf.

cohortium,

Sall. J. 46, 7: legionis, in the time of the emperors, the same that was previously called legatus legionis, a commander of the legion, i. q. our colonel, Tac. H. 1, 82; Suet. Claud. 12; id. Galb. 11; 14; id. Calig. 56; id. Ner. 21; Inscr. Grut. 465, 2; cf. Veg. Mil. 2, 9:

praefectus regis or regius,

a commander-in-chief, generalissimo, Liv. 36, 11; Sall. J. 46, 5; Nep. Alcib. 5, 2; id. Ages. 2, 3; cf. Flor. 3, 5; 11:

praefectus praetorio and praetorii, in the time of the emperors,

a commander of the imperial body - guard, pretorian prefect, Tac. A. 1, 24; id. H. 1, 13; 19; Dig. 1, 11 et saep.; in later times, a governor of a province of the Roman empire: praefectus urbi or urbis, governor of the city of Rome, in the times of the republic, appointed only to represent the consul during the latter's absence; under the emperors, a perpetual office with a particular jurisdiction, Varr. ap. Gell. 14, 7; Tac. A. 6, 10; 11; Plin. 11, 38, 90, § 223; Suet. Aug. 33; Inscr. Orell. 3153 sq.:

vigilum or vigilibus,

a captain of the watch, Dig. 1, 15, 3; 47, 2, 58; Inscr. Orell. 801; 1088; 1929:

Aegypti,

the governor of the province of Egypt, Suet. Aug. 18; 66; id. Vesp. 6; Dig. 1, 17; Inscr. Orell. 709; 3651; so,

Lydiae, Ioniae, totiusque Phrygiae,

Nep. Dat. 2, 5:

Alpium,

Plin. 10, 48, 68, § 134; Inscr. Grut. 287, 7.

appărātus ( adp-), a, um, P. a., from apparo.

appărātus ( adp-), ūs, m. [apparo].

A preparing, providing, preparation, getting ready; abstr. (class.; but, except in Hor. C. 1, 38, 1, scarcely to be found in any poet):

requiro omnem totius operis designationem atque adparatum,

Cic. N. D. 1, 8, 20:

totius belli instrumentum et adparatus,

id. Ac. 2, 1, 3:

sacrorum,

id. Rep. 2, 14:

operum ac munitionum,

Liv. 21, 7:

sacrificii,

Suet. Ner. 56.—More freq.,

Meton., a preparation, provision; concr., equipment, apparatus ( instruments, furniture, machines, etc.).

In gen.:

in reliquo Darei adparatu,

movables, Plin. 13, 1, 1, § 3; so,

argenteus,

id. 22, 23, 47, § 99: apparatus ( military engines) et munitiones, Nep. Eum. 5, 7; Caes. B. C. 3, 41 al.:

arma promta ex regio apparatu,

Liv. 5, 5:

apparatus oppugnandarum urbium,

id. 34, 33; so id. 25, 14; 26, 47.—Also of men:

auxiliorum apparatus,

Liv. 9, 7 al. —

Esp., magnificent preparation, splendor, pomp, magnificence, state:

magnifici adparatus vitaeque cultus cum elegantiā et copiā,

Cic. Off. 1, 8, 25:

omitto festum diem, argento, veste, omni apparatu ornatuque virendo,

id. Vatin. 13; id. Or. 25, 83; id. Fam. 9, 19:

regio adparatu accepti, etc.,

id. Rep. 6, 10; so Nep. Paus. 3, 2;

so also of the pomp and parade attending public spectacles or other festive celebrations: ludorum venationumque adparatus,

Cic. Off. 2, 16, 55; Liv. 27, 6; Suet. Caes. 10 (cf. apparo).

appărātus ( adp-), a, um, P. a., from apparo.

appărātus ( adp-), ūs, m. [apparo].

A preparing, providing, preparation, getting ready; abstr. (class.; but, except in Hor. C. 1, 38, 1, scarcely to be found in any poet):

requiro omnem totius operis designationem atque adparatum,

Cic. N. D. 1, 8, 20:

totius belli instrumentum et adparatus,

id. Ac. 2, 1, 3:

sacrorum,

id. Rep. 2, 14:

operum ac munitionum,

Liv. 21, 7:

sacrificii,

Suet. Ner. 56.—More freq.,

Meton., a preparation, provision; concr., equipment, apparatus ( instruments, furniture, machines, etc.).

In gen.:

in reliquo Darei adparatu,

movables, Plin. 13, 1, 1, § 3; so,

argenteus,

id. 22, 23, 47, § 99: apparatus ( military engines) et munitiones, Nep. Eum. 5, 7; Caes. B. C. 3, 41 al.:

arma promta ex regio apparatu,

Liv. 5, 5:

apparatus oppugnandarum urbium,

id. 34, 33; so id. 25, 14; 26, 47.—Also of men:

auxiliorum apparatus,

Liv. 9, 7 al. —

Esp., magnificent preparation, splendor, pomp, magnificence, state:

magnifici adparatus vitaeque cultus cum elegantiā et copiā,

Cic. Off. 1, 8, 25:

omitto festum diem, argento, veste, omni apparatu ornatuque virendo,

id. Vatin. 13; id. Or. 25, 83; id. Fam. 9, 19:

regio adparatu accepti, etc.,

id. Rep. 6, 10; so Nep. Paus. 3, 2;

so also of the pomp and parade attending public spectacles or other festive celebrations: ludorum venationumque adparatus,

Cic. Off. 2, 16, 55; Liv. 27, 6; Suet. Caes. 10 (cf. apparo).

arbuscŭla, ae, f. dim. [from arbor, as majusculus, minusculus, from major, minor].

A small tree, shrub.

Lit., Varr. R. R. 3, 15; Col. 5, 10, 7; 5, 11, 13; 11, 2, 79.—

Transf., of a tuft of feathers:

arbuscula crinita,

i. e. the crown on the head of the peacock, Plin. 11, 37, 44, § 121.—

In mechanics, a movable machine for propelling military engines, Gr. hamaxopodes, Vitr. 10, 20.

Arbuscŭla, ae, f., the name of a mimic actress in the time of Cicero, Cic. Att. 4, 15; Hor. S. 1, 10, 77.

arbuscŭla, ae, f. dim. [from arbor, as majusculus, minusculus, from major, minor].

A small tree, shrub.

Lit., Varr. R. R. 3, 15; Col. 5, 10, 7; 5, 11, 13; 11, 2, 79.—

Transf., of a tuft of feathers:

arbuscula crinita,

i. e. the crown on the head of the peacock, Plin. 11, 37, 44, § 121.—

In mechanics, a movable machine for propelling military engines, Gr. hamaxopodes, Vitr. 10, 20.

Arbuscŭla, ae, f., the name of a mimic actress in the time of Cicero, Cic. Att. 4, 15; Hor. S. 1, 10, 77.

dis-pōno, pŏsŭi, pŏsĭtum (contr. dispostum, Lucr. 1, 52; 2, 644), 3, v. a., to place here and there, to set in different places, to distribute regularly, to dispose, arrange (cf. dispenso, II.—freq. and class.).

Lit.

In gen., to set in order, arrange, dispose:

libros confusos antea,

Cic. Att. 4, 8, a; cf.:

Homeri libros,

id. de Or. 3, 34, 137:

oculos (harundinum),

Cato R. R. 47; cf.

brassicam,

Col. 11, 3, 27:

arbores,

Plin. 17, 11, 15, § 78:

quidque suo loco,

Col. 12, 2, 3; cf.:

pennas in ordine,

Ov. A. A. 2, 45;

for which: disjecta membra in ordinem,

Sen. Hippol. 1257:

obliquos ordines in quincuncem,

Caes. B. G. 7, 73, 5:

aciem,

Tac. H. 2, 41; Plin. 9, 8, 9, § 31:

male capillos,

Ov. Am. 1, 14, 35; cf.

comas,

id. Pont. 3, 3, 16; Mart. 12, 83:

tectos enses per herbam,

Verg. A. 3, 237:

ceras per atria,

Ov. F. 1, 591;

for which: expressi cera voltus singulis disponebantur armariis,

Plin. 35, 2, 2, § 6:

tabernas deversorias per litora et ripas,

Suet. Ner. 27:

cubicula plurifariam,

id. Tib. 43 et saep.— Poet.:

(Prometheus) corpora disponens, etc., qs. arranging the parts, limbs,

i. e. fashioning, forming, Prop. 3, 5, 9 (4, 4, 9 M.):

moenia versu,

i. e. to describe, id. 4 (5), 1, 57; cf. Ov. Am. 3, 7, 64.—

In partic., milit. t. t., to set in order, arrange, to draw up, array a body of men, a guard, military engines, etc.:

praesidia disponit, castella communit,

Caes. B. G. 1, 8, 2; so,

praesidia,

id. B. C. 3, 15, 2:

stationes,

id. B. G. 5, 15 fin.; id. B. C. 1, 73, 3:

custodias,

id. ib. 3, 8, 4:

cohortes,

id. B. G. 5, 33, 1:

equites,

id. ib. 7, 56, 4; id. B. C. 3, 101, 3:

exploratores,

id. B. G. 7, 35, 1:

insidias,

Front. Strat. 2, 5, 29; 2, 9, 7 al.:

equos,

to station in relays, Liv. 37, 7:

ballistas machinasque,

Suet. Calig. 46 et saep.:

custodias in muro,

Caes. B. G. 7, 27, 1; 7, 34, 1:

expeditos,

id. B. C. 1, 27 fin. et saep.; cf.:

legiones in Apulia hibernorum causa,

id. ib. 1, 14, 3:

tormenta in muris,

id. ib. 1, 17, 3:

sudes in opere,

id. B. G. 7, 81, 4 et saep.:

milites iis operibus quae, etc.,

id. B. C. 1, 21, 3:

exploratores omni fluminis parte,

id. B. G. 7, 61, 1:

classem omni ora maritima,

id. B. C. 3, 5, 2:

naves in litore pluribus locis separatim,

id. ib. 3, 24, 1:

cohortes castris praesidio,

id. ib. 3, 88, 4 et saep.:

praesidia custodiasque ad ripas Ligeris,

id. B. G. 7, 55, 9; cf. id. ib. 7, 65, 3; id. B. C. 1, 50:

praesidia cis Rhenum,

id. B. G. 4, 4, 3; cf.:

legiones Narbone circumque ea loca hiemandi causa,

id. B. C. 1, 37, 1:

equites per oram maritimam,

id. ib. 3, 24, 4; cf. id. ib. 3, 111, 1; Suet. Aug. 32; Front. Strat. 2, 5, 1 et saep.

Trop.:

verba ita disponunt ut pictores varietatem colorum, paria paribus referunt,

Cic. Or. 19 fin.;

so of the regular arrangement of the parts of a discourse,

id. de Or. 2, 42, 179; 3, 25, 96 al.; Quint. 2, 12, 10; 3, 3, 10 et saep.; cf. also Tac. Or. 3:

fac ut plane iis omnibus, quos devinctos tenes, descriptum ac dispositum suum cuique munus sit,

Q. Cic. Pet. Cons. 5 fin.; cf.

ministeria principatus in equites Romanos,

Tac. H. 1, 58:

imperii curas,

id. A. 16, 8:

consilia in omnem fortunam ita disposita habebat (the fig. being borrowed from milit. lang.),

Liv. 42, 29:

in disponendo die,

in arranging the business of the day, Suet. Tib. 11:

diem,

Sen. Cons. ad Polyb. 25 fin.; Tac. G. 30; Plin. Ep. 9, 36; cf.

otium,

id. ib. 4, 23:

tempus otiosum,

Mart. 5, 20:

opus et requiem pariter,

Pers. 5, 43 et saep.—

In post-class. lang., with acc. and inf. or rel. clause, like the Gr. diatassô, to settle, determine:

non alienum erit disponi, apud quem puer interim educetur,

Dig. 43, 30, 3, § 4:

Thebani apparere paucos disposuerunt,

Front. Strat. 3, 2, 10, 2 (dub.):

excursatores quingentos sensim praeire disposuit,

Amm. 24, 1; 24, 6, 4.—With ut, Dig. 10, 3, 18.—Hence, dispŏsĭtus, a, um, P. a., regularly distributed; hence properly ordered, arranged (very rare):

studia ad honorem disposita,

Cic. Mur. 14:

vita hominum,

Plin. Ep. 3, 1, 2;

also transf.: vir dispositus,

an orderly speaker, id. ib. 2, 11, 17.—As subst.:

lumina ex disposito relucentia,

Sen. de Prov. 1, 2.— Comp.: dispositius, Sen. Q. N. praef. fin.; cf. Lact. Ira D. 10 med.—Sup. Boëth. Cons. Phil. 4, pros. 2.— Adv.: dispŏsĭte, orderly, methodically:

accusare istum,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 40, § 87:

dicere,

Quint. 10, 7, 12:

exponere,

Vitr. 7 praef. §

18: mundus effectus est (with ordinate),

Lact. 3, 17.— Sup.:

aedificare,

Sid. Ep. 5, 11.

dis-pōno, pŏsŭi, pŏsĭtum (contr. dispostum, Lucr. 1, 52; 2, 644), 3, v. a., to place here and there, to set in different places, to distribute regularly, to dispose, arrange (cf. dispenso, II.—freq. and class.).

Lit.

In gen., to set in order, arrange, dispose:

libros confusos antea,

Cic. Att. 4, 8, a; cf.:

Homeri libros,

id. de Or. 3, 34, 137:

oculos (harundinum),

Cato R. R. 47; cf.

brassicam,

Col. 11, 3, 27:

arbores,

Plin. 17, 11, 15, § 78:

quidque suo loco,

Col. 12, 2, 3; cf.:

pennas in ordine,

Ov. A. A. 2, 45;

for which: disjecta membra in ordinem,

Sen. Hippol. 1257:

obliquos ordines in quincuncem,

Caes. B. G. 7, 73, 5:

aciem,

Tac. H. 2, 41; Plin. 9, 8, 9, § 31:

male capillos,

Ov. Am. 1, 14, 35; cf.

comas,

id. Pont. 3, 3, 16; Mart. 12, 83:

tectos enses per herbam,

Verg. A. 3, 237:

ceras per atria,

Ov. F. 1, 591;

for which: expressi cera voltus singulis disponebantur armariis,

Plin. 35, 2, 2, § 6:

tabernas deversorias per litora et ripas,

Suet. Ner. 27:

cubicula plurifariam,

id. Tib. 43 et saep.— Poet.:

(Prometheus) corpora disponens, etc., qs. arranging the parts, limbs,

i. e. fashioning, forming, Prop. 3, 5, 9 (4, 4, 9 M.):

moenia versu,

i. e. to describe, id. 4 (5), 1, 57; cf. Ov. Am. 3, 7, 64.—

In partic., milit. t. t., to set in order, arrange, to draw up, array a body of men, a guard, military engines, etc.:

praesidia disponit, castella communit,

Caes. B. G. 1, 8, 2; so,

praesidia,

id. B. C. 3, 15, 2:

stationes,

id. B. G. 5, 15 fin.; id. B. C. 1, 73, 3:

custodias,

id. ib. 3, 8, 4:

cohortes,

id. B. G. 5, 33, 1:

equites,

id. ib. 7, 56, 4; id. B. C. 3, 101, 3:

exploratores,

id. B. G. 7, 35, 1:

insidias,

Front. Strat. 2, 5, 29; 2, 9, 7 al.:

equos,

to station in relays, Liv. 37, 7:

ballistas machinasque,

Suet. Calig. 46 et saep.:

custodias in muro,

Caes. B. G. 7, 27, 1; 7, 34, 1:

expeditos,

id. B. C. 1, 27 fin. et saep.; cf.:

legiones in Apulia hibernorum causa,

id. ib. 1, 14, 3:

tormenta in muris,

id. ib. 1, 17, 3:

sudes in opere,

id. B. G. 7, 81, 4 et saep.:

milites iis operibus quae, etc.,

id. B. C. 1, 21, 3:

exploratores omni fluminis parte,

id. B. G. 7, 61, 1:

classem omni ora maritima,

id. B. C. 3, 5, 2:

naves in litore pluribus locis separatim,

id. ib. 3, 24, 1:

cohortes castris praesidio,

id. ib. 3, 88, 4 et saep.:

praesidia custodiasque ad ripas Ligeris,

id. B. G. 7, 55, 9; cf. id. ib. 7, 65, 3; id. B. C. 1, 50:

praesidia cis Rhenum,

id. B. G. 4, 4, 3; cf.:

legiones Narbone circumque ea loca hiemandi causa,

id. B. C. 1, 37, 1:

equites per oram maritimam,

id. ib. 3, 24, 4; cf. id. ib. 3, 111, 1; Suet. Aug. 32; Front. Strat. 2, 5, 1 et saep.

Trop.:

verba ita disponunt ut pictores varietatem colorum, paria paribus referunt,

Cic. Or. 19 fin.;

so of the regular arrangement of the parts of a discourse,

id. de Or. 2, 42, 179; 3, 25, 96 al.; Quint. 2, 12, 10; 3, 3, 10 et saep.; cf. also Tac. Or. 3:

fac ut plane iis omnibus, quos devinctos tenes, descriptum ac dispositum suum cuique munus sit,

Q. Cic. Pet. Cons. 5 fin.; cf.

ministeria principatus in equites Romanos,

Tac. H. 1, 58:

imperii curas,

id. A. 16, 8:

consilia in omnem fortunam ita disposita habebat (the fig. being borrowed from milit. lang.),

Liv. 42, 29:

in disponendo die,

in arranging the business of the day, Suet. Tib. 11:

diem,

Sen. Cons. ad Polyb. 25 fin.; Tac. G. 30; Plin. Ep. 9, 36; cf.

otium,

id. ib. 4, 23:

tempus otiosum,

Mart. 5, 20:

opus et requiem pariter,

Pers. 5, 43 et saep.—

In post-class. lang., with acc. and inf. or rel. clause, like the Gr. diatassô, to settle, determine:

non alienum erit disponi, apud quem puer interim educetur,

Dig. 43, 30, 3, § 4:

Thebani apparere paucos disposuerunt,

Front. Strat. 3, 2, 10, 2 (dub.):

excursatores quingentos sensim praeire disposuit,

Amm. 24, 1; 24, 6, 4.—With ut, Dig. 10, 3, 18.—Hence, dispŏsĭtus, a, um, P. a., regularly distributed; hence properly ordered, arranged (very rare):

studia ad honorem disposita,

Cic. Mur. 14:

vita hominum,

Plin. Ep. 3, 1, 2;

also transf.: vir dispositus,

an orderly speaker, id. ib. 2, 11, 17.—As subst.:

lumina ex disposito relucentia,

Sen. de Prov. 1, 2.— Comp.: dispositius, Sen. Q. N. praef. fin.; cf. Lact. Ira D. 10 med.—Sup. Boëth. Cons. Phil. 4, pros. 2.— Adv.: dispŏsĭte, orderly, methodically:

accusare istum,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 40, § 87:

dicere,

Quint. 10, 7, 12:

exponere,

Vitr. 7 praef. §

18: mundus effectus est (with ordinate),

Lact. 3, 17.— Sup.:

aedificare,

Sid. Ep. 5, 11.

māchĭnāmentum, i, n. [id.], a machine, engine; an instrument, organ (perh. not ante-Aug.; not in Cic. or Cæs.).

Lit.:

machinamenta alia quatiendis muris portabant,

military engines, Liv. 24, 34:

suspensum et nutans machinamentum,

Tac. H. 4, 30:

nihil tam ignarum barbaris, quam machinamenta et astus oppugnationum,

id. A. 12, 45:

tot genera machinamentorum ad extendendum femur,

surgical instruments, Cels. 8, 20:

singulis articulis singula machinamenta, quibus extorqueantur, aptata,

Sen. Ep. 24, 14; id. Cons. ad Marc. 20, 3.—

Transf., the organs of sense, App. Dogm. Plat. 1, p. 9, 20.—

Trop., a trick, device, stratagem (post-class.): callida commeantium, Cod. Th. 6, 28, 6.

pons, ntis, m. [kindred with Sanscr. pathi, a path; Gr. patos; old Germ. phat, pfat; mod. Germ. Pfad; Angl.-Sax. padh; hence prop. a board across a ditch, brook, etc.], a bridge across a river, ditch, or marsh, between towers, etc.

In gen.:

pars oppidi mari disjuncta angusto, ponte rursus adjungitur et continetur,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 52, §

117: pontem in Arare faciendum curat,

to throw a bridge over the stream, Caes. B. G. 1, 13: in Isarā, flumine maximo, ponte uno die facto, Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 15, 3:

in Histro flumine,

Nep. Milt. 3, 1; so,

inicere pontem,

Liv. 26, 6; Tac. A. 15, 19:

flumen ponte jungere,

Liv. 21, 45; Curt. 3, 7, 1:

amnem ponte junxit,

id. 4, 9, 9:

imponere pontem flumini,

id. 5, 1, 22:

pontibus palude constratā,

Hirt. B. G. 8, 14:

pontem navibus efficere,

Tac. A. 6, 37:

ponte flumen transgredi,

id. ib. 13, 39;

also: ponte flumen transmittere,

Plin. Ep. 8, 8; and:

ponte flumen traicere,

Flor. 4, 12, 22:

interscindere pontem,

to break down, Cic. Leg. 2, 4, 10; also,

rescindere,

Nep. Milt. 3, 4:

interrumpere,

Plaut. Cas. prol. 66; Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 23, 3:

rumpere,

Quint. 2, 13, 16; Tac. A. 2, 68:

abrumpere,

id. H. 3, 6:

recidere,

Curt. 4, 16, 8:

solvere,

Tac. A. 1, 69:

dissolvere,

Nep. Them. 5, 1:

vellere,

Verg. A. 8, 650:

partem pontis rescindere,

Caes. B. G. 6, 29.—Esp., as a stand for beggars, Juv. 5, 8; cf. id. 4, 116:

aliquis de ponte,

i. e. a beggar, id. 14, 134.— Plur.:

plures dies efficiendis pontibus absumpti,

a bridge of several spans, Tac. A. 2, 8; 11, 13; Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 23, 3; cf. id. ib. 10, 18, 4.—

In partic.

The bridge at the Comitia, over which the voters passed one by one to the septum, to deposit their votes, Cic. Att. 1, 14, 5; Auct. Her. 1, 12, 21; Ov. F. 5, 634. Hence the proverb: sexagenarios de ponte; v. sexagenarius.—

A wooden drawbridge, to be let down from besieging towers to the walls of a town or fortress, Tac. A. 4, 51; Suet. Aug. 20.—

A plank bridge thrown from a vessel to the shore, Verg. A. 10, 288 and 654; Liv. 21, 28.—

The deck of a ship on which the military engines were placed, Tac. A. 2, 6.—

A floor of a tower, Verg. A. 9, 530; 12, 675.—

A wooden bridge on a narrow wall between two towers, Verg. A. 9, 170.

Pons, ntis, m., a geographical proper name.

Pons Argenteus, the modern Argens, Lepid. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 34, 2; 10, 35.—

Pons Campanus, Hor. S. 1, 5, 45; Plin. 14, 6, 8, § 62.—

Aureoli, the modern Pontiruolo, Trebell. XXX. Tyr. Aureol. al.

pons, ntis, m. [kindred with Sanscr. pathi, a path; Gr. patos; old Germ. phat, pfat; mod. Germ. Pfad; Angl.-Sax. padh; hence prop. a board across a ditch, brook, etc.], a bridge across a river, ditch, or marsh, between towers, etc.

In gen.:

pars oppidi mari disjuncta angusto, ponte rursus adjungitur et continetur,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 52, §

117: pontem in Arare faciendum curat,

to throw a bridge over the stream, Caes. B. G. 1, 13: in Isarā, flumine maximo, ponte uno die facto, Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 15, 3:

in Histro flumine,

Nep. Milt. 3, 1; so,

inicere pontem,

Liv. 26, 6; Tac. A. 15, 19:

flumen ponte jungere,

Liv. 21, 45; Curt. 3, 7, 1:

amnem ponte junxit,

id. 4, 9, 9:

imponere pontem flumini,

id. 5, 1, 22:

pontibus palude constratā,

Hirt. B. G. 8, 14:

pontem navibus efficere,

Tac. A. 6, 37:

ponte flumen transgredi,

id. ib. 13, 39;

also: ponte flumen transmittere,

Plin. Ep. 8, 8; and:

ponte flumen traicere,

Flor. 4, 12, 22:

interscindere pontem,

to break down, Cic. Leg. 2, 4, 10; also,

rescindere,

Nep. Milt. 3, 4:

interrumpere,

Plaut. Cas. prol. 66; Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 23, 3:

rumpere,

Quint. 2, 13, 16; Tac. A. 2, 68:

abrumpere,

id. H. 3, 6:

recidere,

Curt. 4, 16, 8:

solvere,

Tac. A. 1, 69:

dissolvere,

Nep. Them. 5, 1:

vellere,

Verg. A. 8, 650:

partem pontis rescindere,

Caes. B. G. 6, 29.—Esp., as a stand for beggars, Juv. 5, 8; cf. id. 4, 116:

aliquis de ponte,

i. e. a beggar, id. 14, 134.— Plur.:

plures dies efficiendis pontibus absumpti,

a bridge of several spans, Tac. A. 2, 8; 11, 13; Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 23, 3; cf. id. ib. 10, 18, 4.—

In partic.

The bridge at the Comitia, over which the voters passed one by one to the septum, to deposit their votes, Cic. Att. 1, 14, 5; Auct. Her. 1, 12, 21; Ov. F. 5, 634. Hence the proverb: sexagenarios de ponte; v. sexagenarius.—

A wooden drawbridge, to be let down from besieging towers to the walls of a town or fortress, Tac. A. 4, 51; Suet. Aug. 20.—

A plank bridge thrown from a vessel to the shore, Verg. A. 10, 288 and 654; Liv. 21, 28.—

The deck of a ship on which the military engines were placed, Tac. A. 2, 6.—

A floor of a tower, Verg. A. 9, 530; 12, 675.—

A wooden bridge on a narrow wall between two towers, Verg. A. 9, 170.

Pons, ntis, m., a geographical proper name.

Pons Argenteus, the modern Argens, Lepid. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 34, 2; 10, 35.—

Pons Campanus, Hor. S. 1, 5, 45; Plin. 14, 6, 8, § 62.—

Aureoli, the modern Pontiruolo, Trebell. XXX. Tyr. Aureol. al.

pulso, āvi, ātum ( inf. parag. pulsarier, Lucr. 4, 931), 1, v. freq. a. [id.], to push, strike, beat (cf.: tundo, ferio, pello).

Lit.:

cum pulsetur agiteturque incursione atomorum sempiternā,

Cic. N. D. 1, 41, 114:

semine in pila pulsato,

Plin. 19, 8, 45, § 158:

lictores ad pulsandos verberandosque homines exercitatissimi,

Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 54, § 142; cf.:

pulsari alios et verberari,

id. ib. 2, 3, 26, §

66: pulsatus parens,

Verg. A. 6, 609:

legatos pulsasse dicebantur,

Liv. 38, 42; Tac. H. 4, 45:

ubi tu pulsas, ego vapulo tantum,

Juv. 3, 289:

ostium,

to knock, Plaut. Bacch. 4, 1, 7:

ostia,

Hor. S. 1, 1, 10; cf.

ostiatim,

Quint. 5, 10, 122:

fores,

Ov. M. 5, 448; so,

pulso alone: pulsate, et aperietur vobis,

Vulg. Matt. 7, 7:

humum ter pede,

to stamp upon the ground, Ov. F. 6, 330:

gyrum pulsat equis,

Prop. 4, 13, 11; cf.:

tellurem pede libero,

Hor. C. 1, 37, 1:

prata choreis,

Claud. Laud. Stil. 2, 381.—Of military engines:

ariete muros,

Verg. A. 12, 706:

ariete turres,

Sil. 16, 696:

moenia Romae,

id. 6, 643:

cuspide portas,

id. 12, 565:

pulsabant turrim ariete,

Amm. 20, 11, 21:

moenia Leptitana,

id. 28, 6, 15.—Of musical instruments:

chordas digitis et pectine eburno,

to strike, play upon, Verg. A. 6, 647:

chelyn,

Val. Fl. 1, 139:

pectine nervos,

Sil. 5, 463:

cymbala,

Juv. 9, 62.—Of things:

pulsant arva ligones,

Ov. Am. 3, 10, 31; id. M. 11, 529:

nervo pulsante sagittae,

Verg. G. 4, 313.—

Transf., to strike against, to strike, touch any thing ( poet.):

ipse arduus altaque pulsat Sidera,

Verg. A. 3, 619; 10, 216; Sil. 9, 450:

vasto qui vertice nubila pulsat,

Val. Fl. 4, 149.—Of abstract subjects:

ululatus pulsat aures,

Claud. B. Get. 625.—

Trop.

In gen., to urge or drive on, to impel, to set in violent motion, to move, agitate, disturb, disquiet:

dormientium animos,

Cic. Div. 2, 58, 120:

multa in unum locum confluunt, quae meum pectus pulsant,

Plaut. Ep. 4, 1, 3:

quae te vecordia pulsat,

Ov. M. 12, 228:

corda pavor pulsans,

Verg. G, 3, 105; cf.:

curru Phoebe medium pulsabat Olympum,

id. A. 10, 216:

variā meritos formidine pulsant,

Val. Fl. 3, 390:

urbes rumoribus,

to disturb, Petr. p. 679:

invidia pulsat pectus,

Sen. Agam. 134:

aliquem querelis,

Stat. Th. 8, 249; cf.: astra querelis, Claud. in Eutr. 2, prooem. §

51: superos vocibus,

Sen. Herc. Oet. 1671.—

In partic.

To attack before a tribunal, i. e. to arraign, accuse:

ex contractu ejus obligatus, pro quo pulsabatur,

Dig. 11, 1, 11:

non imponitur necessitas aliis pulsantibus respondere,

ib. 5, 1, 2 med. —

Transf., in gen., to accuse, defame:

pulsari crimine falso,

Claud. B. Gild. 170:

injusta Tartara,

to accuse, charge, Stat. S. 5, 5, 77:

apud principis aures existimationem viri fortis invidiā gravi pulsarent,

Amm. 18, 4, 4.—

To drive away, remove, put out of the way, Dig. 19, 2, 15, § 1:

pericula,

Claud. VI. Cons. Hon. 465.—

To injure, insult:

pulsatos infecto foedere divos,

Verg. A. 12, 286:

pulsatae majestatis imperii reus,

of treason, Amm. 14, 7, 7.

πᾰλίν-τονος, ον,

A bent backward, i.e. the opposite way to that in which they were drawn, τόξα, in Hom. of the bow whether strung, Il.8.266, cf. 15.443; or unstrung, 10.459, Od.21.11, cf. S.Tr. 511 (lyr.);

Ἀράβιοι τόξα π. εἶχον μακρά Hdt. 7.69

;

Σκυθικὰ π. βέλη A.Ch. 161

(lyr.).

2 back-stretched,

ἡνίαι Ar.

Av. 1739.

3 caused by opposite tensions,

π. ἁρμονίη κόσμου ὅκωσπερ λύρης καὶ τόξου Heraclit.51

(v.l. παλίντροπος).

II παλίντονα, τά, military engines for throwing stones, but not pointed missiles, = λιθοβόλα, Ph.Bel.91.36, Hero Bel.74, 104, etc.

σῐᾱγ-όνιον, [dialect] Ion. [pref] σῐηγ-, τό, in pl.,

A the parts under or near-the jaw, Hp.Morb.2.26, LXXDe.18.3.

II cheek-piece, side-piece, in military engines, Ath.Mech.35.5, Apollod.Poliorc.183.3, 188.4.