most creative

sollers ( sōlers), tis (abl. regularly sollerti;

sollerte,

Ov. P. 4, 14, 35), adj. [sollus, i. e. totus - ars, and therefore qs. all art; hence, in gen.], skilled, skilful, clever, dexterous, adroit, expert (class.; syn.; sagax, subtilis, expertus).

Of persons:

quae liberum Scire aequom est adulescentem, solertem dabo,

to make ready, accomplished, Ter. Eun. 3, 2, 25: vigilans ac sollers, sicca, sana, sobria sum, Afran. ap. Non. 21, 33:

in omni vel officio vel sermone sollers,

Cic. Rep. 2, 21, 37:

pictor sollers in arte,

Plin. 35, 11, 40, § 142:

sollertem tu me facis,

Ov. H. 20, 26:

ancilla,

id. Am. 1, 8, 87:

vir,

id. Ib. 279:

Ulixes,

id. P. 4, 14, 35:

agricola,

Nep. Cat. 3, 1.— Comp.:

sollertior et ingeniosior,

Cic. Rosc. Com. 11, 31.— Sup.:

Sulla, rudis antea et ignarus belli, sollertissimus omnium factus est,

Sall. J. 96, 1:

hostis,

Suet. Caes. 35.— Poet., with inf.:

coloribus Sollers nunc hominem ponere nunc deum,

Hor. C. 4, 8, 8; Ov. Am. 2, 7, 17; Sil. 1, 79; 8, 260.—With gen.:

Musa lyrae sollers,

Hor. A. P. 407:

sollers cunctandi Fabius,

Sil. 7, 126.—With ad and acc.:

cum esset deus ad excogitandum providentissimus, ad faciendum sollertissimus,

Lact. 2, 8, 3.—

Transf., of things, ingenious, sagacious, intelligent, inventive:

opera providae sollertisque naturae,

Cic. N. D. 2, 51, 128: animus, [p. 1721] Liv. 7, 14; cf.:

sollerti corde Prometheus,

Cat. 64, 295:

sollerti astu,

Ov. M. 4, 776:

sollers subtilisque descriptio partium,

Cic. N. D. 2, 47, 121:

frugum et pecudum custodia sollers,

Verg. G. 4, 327:

genus acuminis in reprehendendis verbis versutum et sollers,

Cic. Brut. 67, 236:

ingenium,

Ov. F. 3, 840:

hominum natura,

id. Am. 3, 8, 45:

manus,

Tib. 1, 8, 29.— Comp.:

nihil sollertius,

Cic. Sen. 15, 54:

sollertius est multo genus virile,

Lucr. 5, 1356.— Sup.: fundus sollertissimus, qs. most creative, i. e. most productive, fruitful, Cato, R. R. 8 fin. — Hence, adv.: sollerter ( sōlert-), skilfully, dexterously, shrewdly, sagaciously, ingeniously:

aliquid consequi,

Cic. Leg. 1, 8, 26:

patefacere futura,

Tac. A. 6, 21:

explorans,

Spart. Hadr. 10.— Comp.:

simulata sollertius,

Cic. N. D. 2, 35, 88:

exprimere incessus, vultum, etc.,

Ov. M. 11, 635:

colere hortos,

id. ib. 14, 624: imperare, Treb. Poll. Gall. 13.— Sup.:

aliquid sollertissime perspicere,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 44, § 98:

tempora persequi,

Vop. Car. 4.

sollers ( sōlers), tis (abl. regularly sollerti;

sollerte,

Ov. P. 4, 14, 35), adj. [sollus, i. e. totus - ars, and therefore qs. all art; hence, in gen.], skilled, skilful, clever, dexterous, adroit, expert (class.; syn.; sagax, subtilis, expertus).

Of persons:

quae liberum Scire aequom est adulescentem, solertem dabo,

to make ready, accomplished, Ter. Eun. 3, 2, 25: vigilans ac sollers, sicca, sana, sobria sum, Afran. ap. Non. 21, 33:

in omni vel officio vel sermone sollers,

Cic. Rep. 2, 21, 37:

pictor sollers in arte,

Plin. 35, 11, 40, § 142:

sollertem tu me facis,

Ov. H. 20, 26:

ancilla,

id. Am. 1, 8, 87:

vir,

id. Ib. 279:

Ulixes,

id. P. 4, 14, 35:

agricola,

Nep. Cat. 3, 1.— Comp.:

sollertior et ingeniosior,

Cic. Rosc. Com. 11, 31.— Sup.:

Sulla, rudis antea et ignarus belli, sollertissimus omnium factus est,

Sall. J. 96, 1:

hostis,

Suet. Caes. 35.— Poet., with inf.:

coloribus Sollers nunc hominem ponere nunc deum,

Hor. C. 4, 8, 8; Ov. Am. 2, 7, 17; Sil. 1, 79; 8, 260.—With gen.:

Musa lyrae sollers,

Hor. A. P. 407:

sollers cunctandi Fabius,

Sil. 7, 126.—With ad and acc.:

cum esset deus ad excogitandum providentissimus, ad faciendum sollertissimus,

Lact. 2, 8, 3.—

Transf., of things, ingenious, sagacious, intelligent, inventive:

opera providae sollertisque naturae,

Cic. N. D. 2, 51, 128: animus, [p. 1721] Liv. 7, 14; cf.:

sollerti corde Prometheus,

Cat. 64, 295:

sollerti astu,

Ov. M. 4, 776:

sollers subtilisque descriptio partium,

Cic. N. D. 2, 47, 121:

frugum et pecudum custodia sollers,

Verg. G. 4, 327:

genus acuminis in reprehendendis verbis versutum et sollers,

Cic. Brut. 67, 236:

ingenium,

Ov. F. 3, 840:

hominum natura,

id. Am. 3, 8, 45:

manus,

Tib. 1, 8, 29.— Comp.:

nihil sollertius,

Cic. Sen. 15, 54:

sollertius est multo genus virile,

Lucr. 5, 1356.— Sup.: fundus sollertissimus, qs. most creative, i. e. most productive, fruitful, Cato, R. R. 8 fin. — Hence, adv.: sollerter ( sōlert-), skilfully, dexterously, shrewdly, sagaciously, ingeniously:

aliquid consequi,

Cic. Leg. 1, 8, 26:

patefacere futura,

Tac. A. 6, 21:

explorans,

Spart. Hadr. 10.— Comp.:

simulata sollertius,

Cic. N. D. 2, 35, 88:

exprimere incessus, vultum, etc.,

Ov. M. 11, 635:

colere hortos,

id. ib. 14, 624: imperare, Treb. Poll. Gall. 13.— Sup.:

aliquid sollertissime perspicere,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 44, § 98:

tempora persequi,

Vop. Car. 4.

păter, tris (old gen PATRVS. Inscr Corp. Lat. 1469; dat PATRE, ib 182), m. [Sanscr. root pā, to nourish, protect; Lat. pasco; hence, Zend, patar, protector; Gr. patêr; Sanscr pitri; Engl. father; Germ. Vater], a father, sire.

Lit. Aes. Ehem, pater mi, tu hic eras? De Tuus hercle vero et animo et patura pater, Ter. Ad. 5, 7, 3:

patre certo nasci,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 16, 46:

Servius Tullius captivā Corniculanā natus, patre nullo, matre servā,

i. e. by an unknown father, Liv. 4, 3:

SI PATER FILIVM TER VENVM DVIT FILIVS A PATRE LIBER ESTO, Lex XII. Tab.: CORNELIVS SCIPIO BARBATVS GNAIVOD PATRE PROGNATVS, Epit. of the Scipios: ego a patre ita eram deductus,

by my father, Cic. Lael. 1, 1:

aliquem patris loco colere debere,

id. Phil. 2, 38, 99.—

Transf.

The father as head and rep resentative of the household, esp., paterfamilias and paterfamiliae:

pauci milites patresque familiae recepti,

Caes. B. C. 2, 44:

quemeunque patrem familiae arripuissetis,

Cic. de Or. 1, 43; v. familia.—

In plur.: patres, fathers, forefathers:

patrum nostrorum aetas,

Cic. Or. 5, 18:

memoria patrum,

id. de Or. 1, 40, 181:

apud patres nostros,

id. Off. 3, 11, 47:

patres majoresque nostri,

id. Div. in Caecil. 21, 69:

Dominus Deus patrum vestrorum, Vulg Exod 3, 15: descenderunt patres tui in Aegyptum,

id. Deut. 10, 22.—So in sing (eccl. Lat.): dixitque Jacob;

Deus patris mei Abraham, etc.,

Vulg. Gen. 32, 9: quod juravit ad Abra. [p. 1314] ham patrem nostrūm, id. Luc. 1, 73.—

PATRES for parentes, parents, Inscr. Grut. 707, 5; 656, 2; 692, 1; 704, 1.—

As a title of honor, father. —Of a deity, esp. of Jupiter: divum pater atque hominum rex, Enn. ap. Macr. S. 6, 1 (Ann. v. 179 Vahl.); cf.: pater optime Olimpi, id. ap. Oros. 6, 1 (Ann. v. 198 ib.):

ipse pater mediā nimborum in nocte coruscā Fulmina molitur dextrā,

Verg. G. 1, 328:

Gradivumque patrem Geticis qui praesidet arvis,

id. A. 3, 35:

pater Lemnius,

i. e. Vulcan, id. ib. 8, 454:

Bacche pater,

Hor. C. 3, 3, 13; cf.

Lenaeus,

i. e. Bacchus, Verg. G. 2, 7:

pater Silvane,

Hor. Epod. 2, 21: Quirine pater, Enn. ap. Non. 120, 1 (Ann. v. 121 Vahl.): pater Tiberine, id. ap. Macr. S. 6, 1 (Ann. v. 55 ib.); of the Tiber, Liv. 2, 10:

Apenninus,

Verg. A. 12, 703 Wagner:

pater Aeneas,

id. ib. 1, 699.—Of the creative or generative powers of nature as deities:

pater Aether,

Lucr. 1, 250: aequoreus, i. e. Ocean, Col. poët. 10, 200.—As an honorable designation applied to senators:

principes, qui appellati sunt propter caritatem patres,

Cic. Rep. 2, 8, 14:

patres ab honore patriciique progenies eorum appellati,

Liv. 1, 8.—Hence, patres = patricii, opp. to plebeii:

quā re ad patres censeo revertare: plebeii quam fuerint importuni, vides,

Cic. Fam. 9, 21, 3 fin.:

patres conscripti, v. conscribo: pater patrum, pater sacrorum, pater nomimus, the title given to the high-priest of Mithras,

Inscr. Grut. 28, 2; 315, 5; 1102, 2; Inscr. Orell. 5059: patratus, v. h. v. under patro, P. a.—Of the founder of a school:

Zeno, pater Stoicorum,

Cic. N. D. 3, 9, 23;

of a teacher, as a source or creator: Isocrates pater eloquentiae,

Cic. de Or. 2, 3, 10:

Herodotus pater historiae,

id. Leg. 1, 1, 5: pater patriae, the father of his country, of Cicero, Cic. Pis. 3, 6:

quem Q. Catulus, quem multi alii saepe in senatu patrem patriae nominarant,

id. Sest. 57, 121; cf.:

Roma patrem patriae Ciceronem libera dixit,

Juv. 8, 245.—So of Marius:

C. Marium quem vere patrem patriae... possumus dicere,

Cic. Rab. Perd. 10, 27;

of Trajan, and other emperors: at tu etiam nomen patris patriae recusabas,

Plin. Pan. 21; cf. Sen. Clem. 1, 14, 2; Suet. Caes. 76; id. Tib. 26; id. Ner. 8; cf.

also: pater senatūs,

Tac. A. 11, 25; Ov. F. 2, 127; id. Tr. 2, 39; 181; id. P. 1, 1, 36:

pater orbis,

id. F. 3, 72; Stat. S. 1, 4, 95; 4, 8, 20.—As a term of respect:

pater Aeneas,

Verg. A. 5, 348;

esp., to an old man,

Plaut. Most. 4, 2, 36; Verg. A. 5, 521; so id. ib. 533.—

In eccl. Lat., the Supreme Being, God:

sicut enim Pater habet vitam in semet ipso,

Vulg. Joan. 5, 26:

confiteor tibi, Pater Domine caeli et terrae,

id. Luc. 10, 21:

Pater caelestis,

id. Matt. 5, 48; 18, 35:

Pater vester qui in caelis est,

id. ib. 23, 9:

Pater noster, qui es in caelis,

id. ib. 6, 9:

adorabunt Patrem,

id. Joan. 4, 23; id. Act. 1, 7 saep.—

Pater cenae, the host, Hor. S. 2, 8, 7:

misericordiarum,

Vulg. 2 Cor. 1, 3. —Hence, by way of opposition, *

Pater esuritionum, the father of hunger-pains, said of a very poor man who suffers from hunger, Cat. 21, 1.—

Of animals, sire:

virque paterque gregis,

Ov. A. A. 1, 522; Petr. 133 fin.; Col. 6, 37, 4.