nexus

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nexus, a, um, Part. and P. a., from necto.

nexus, ūs, m. [necto], a tying or binding together, a fastening, joining, an interlacing, entwining, clasping.

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

et jam contulerant arto luctantia nexu Pectora pectoribus,

Ov. M. 6, 242; cf.:

bracchiorum nexibus elidere aliquem (of a wrestler),

Suet. Ner. 53:

serpens, baculum qui nexibus ambit,

coils, folds, Ov. M. 15, 659; cf. Plin. 8, 11, 11, § 32; Tac. A. 4, 62:

salix solido ligat nexu,

Plin. 16, 37, 69, § 177.—

Transf. (with the collat. form nexum, i; v. in the foll.), the state or condition of a nexus (v. necto, I. B.), a personal obligation, an addiction or voluntary assignment of the person for debt, slavery for debt: nexum Manilius scribit, omne, quod per libram et aes geritur, in quo sint mancipia. Mutius, quae per aes et libram fiant, ut obligentur, praeter quae mancipio dentur. Hoc verius esse, ipsum verbum ostendit, de quo quaeritur;

nam idem quod obligatur per libram neque suum fit, inde nexum dictum. Liber qui suas operas in servitutem pro pecuniā quādam debebat, dum solveret, nexus vocatur, ut ab aere obaeratus,

Varr. L. L. 7, § 105 Müll.:

abalienatio est ejus rei, quae mancipi est, aut traditio alteri nexu, aut in jure cessio,

Cic. Top. 5, 28:

QVOM NEXVM FACIET, etc., Lex XII. Tab.: qui se nexu obligavit,

Cic. Mur. 2, 3:

nexum inire,

Liv. 7, 19:

nec civili nexu sed communi lege naturae,

Cic. Rep. 1, 17, 26 Mos. (B. and K., nexo):

Attici proprium te esse scribis mancipio et nexo,

id. Fam. 7, 30, 2:

cum sunt propter unius libidinem omnia nexa civium liberata nectierque postea desitum,

id. Rep. 2, 34, 59:

ut non sustulerit horum nexa atque hereditates,

id. Caecin. 35, 102.—

In gen., a legal obligation of any kind:

acceptilatio est liberatio per mutuam interrogationem, quā utriusque contigit ab eodem nexu absolutio,

Dig. 46, 4, 1:

partem hereditatis a nexu pignoris liberam consequi,

ib. 10, 2, 33.—

Trop.:

legis (= vincula, nodi),

obligations, restraints, Tac. A. 3, 28 fin.;

v. Orell. ad h. l.: nexus naturalium causarum,

id. ib. 6, 22:

causarum latentium,

Curt. 5, 11, 10.

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).

Lit.

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.—

In partic.

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.—

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. —

Trop.

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.—

In partic.

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.—

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. —

To solve, explain any thing enigmatical or obscure:

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

Lucr. 2, 381.

necto, xŭi, sometimes xi (cf. Neue, Formenl. 2, 494 sq.), xum ( inf. pass. nectier, Cic. Rep. 2, 34, 59), 3, v. a. [with neo, kindr. to Sanscr. nah, ligare, nectere, and Gr. neô, nêthô], to bind, tie, fasten; to join, bind, or fasten together, connect.

Lit.

In gen.: nectere ligare significat, Paul. ex Fest. p. 165 Müll.:

necte tribus nodis ternos, Amarylli, colores,

Verg. E. 8, 77:

catenas,

Hor. C. 1, 29, 5:

necte meo La miae coronam,

weave, make, id. ib. 1, 26, 8, so, coronas, id. ib. 4, 11, 3; id. Ep. 2, 2, 96; id. Epod. 17, 22:

laqueum alicui,

id. Ep. 1, 19, 31:

pedibus talaria,

Verg. A. 4, 239:

flavàque caput nectentur olivā,

id. ib. 5, 309:

nodum informis leti trabe nectit ab alta,

id. ib. 12, 603:

bracchia,

to fold in each other, entwine, clasp, Ov. F. 6, 329; cf.:

collo bracchia meo,

id. H. 5, 48:

comam myrto,

id. Am. 1, 2, 23:

mille venit variis florum dea nexa coronis,

id. F. 4, 495:

venit odoratos Elegeïa nexa capillos,

id. Am. 3, 1, 7; id. P. 3, 1, 124:

retia,

Prop. 3, 8, 27 (4, 7, 37):

alicui compedes,

Plin. Ep. 9, 28, 4;

Africus in glaciem frigore nectit aquas,

Prop. 4 (5), 3, 48.—

In partic., to bind, fetter, confine, esp. for debt:

liber, qui suas operas in servitute pro pecuniā quādam debebat, dum solveret, nexus vocatur ut ab aere obaeratus,

enslaved for debt, Varr. L L. 7, § 105 Müll.:

cum sint propter unius libidinem omnia nexa civium liberata, nectierque postea desitum,

Cic. Rep. 2, 34, 59; cf.:

ita nexi soluti cautumque in posterum, ne necterentur,

Liv. 8, 28 fin.:

eo anno plebi Romanae velut aliud initium libertatis factum est, quod necti desierant: mutatum autem jus ob unius feneratoris simul libidinem, simul crudelitatem insignem,

id. 8, 28, 1; v. also 2. nexus, II.; Liv. 2, 27; 23:

nec carcerem nexis, sed caedibus civitatem replet,

Just. 21, 2; cf. id. 21, 1.—

Trop.

To affix, attach:

ut ex alio alia nectantur,

Cic. Leg. 1, 19, 52:

ex hoc genere causarum ex aeternitate pendentium fatum a Stoicis nectitur,

id. Top. 15, 59.—

To bind by an obligation, to oblige, make liable, bind, etc.:

sacramento nexi,

Just. 20, 4:

res pignori nexa,

i. e. pledged, pawned, Dig. 49, 14, 22, § 1.—

To join or fasten together, to connect, Cic. Or. 41, 140:

rerum causae aliae ex aliis aptae et necessitate nexae,

id. Tusc. 5, 25, 70; cf.:

omnes virtutes inter se nexae et jugatae sunt,

id. ib. 3, 8, 17:

nectere dolum,

to contrive, Liv. 27, 28:

causas inanes,

to frame, invent, bring forward, Verg. A. 9, 219:

canoris Eloquium vocale modis,

to set to harmonious measures, Juv. 7, 18:

numeris verba,

Ov. P. 4, 2, 30:

cum aliquo jurgia,

i. e. to quarrel, id. Am. 2, 2, 35:

moras,

to make, contrive, Tac. A. 12, 14:

insidias,

Val. Max. 3, 8, 5:

talia nectebant,

they thus conversed, Stat. Th. 8, 637.

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agmĕn, ĭnis, n. [as if contr. from agimen, from ago; cf.: tegimen, tegmen, from tego].

Lit.

In gen., a train, i. e. a collected multitude in motion or moving forwards; of things of any kind, but esp. (so most freq. in prose) of men or animals. —Of streams of water, motion, course, current: quod per amoenam urbem lent fluit agmine flumen, Enn. ap. Macr. S. 6, 4:

inde super terras fluit agmine dulci,

Lucr. 5, 272; cf. id. 6, 638; also,

in imitation of Enn., Virg. and Val. Fl.: leni fluit agmine Thybris,

Verg. A. 2, 782; cf. Val. Fl. 4, 721.—Of a train or succession of clouds:

denso sunt agmine nubes,

Lucr. 6, 100.—Of rain:

immensum caelo venit agmen aquarum,

body, mass, Verg. G. 1, 322 —Of atoms:

agmine condenso naturam corporis explent,

crowded into a compact mass, Lucr. 1, 607.—Of oars:

agmine re morum ceieri,

with quick plashing of oars, Verg. A. 5, 211.—Of a flock of birds: agmi ne magno. Corvorum. Verg. G. 1, 381.—Of a snake winding onwards:

cum medii nexus extremaeque agmina caudae Solvuntur,

Verg. G. 3, 424; cf. id. A. 2, 212.—Of clouds of dust following any thing in rapid motion, as men, animals, etc.:

agmina cervi Pulverulenta,

Verg. A. 4, 154.—And, as subst. concr., of birds turba Agminis aligeri, of the winged band, Verg A. 12, 249.—Of ants;

frugilegas aspeximus agmine longo formi cas,

Ov. M 7, 624; so id. ib. 7, 638.—Of the stars: diffugiunt stellae;

quarum agmina cogit Lucifer,

Ov. M. 2, 114; so id. ib. 11, 97 al.—Eap. of a company of persons, a multitude, troop, crowd, number, band:

ut a Brundisic nsque Romam agmen perpetuum totius Italiae viderem,

Cic. Pis. 22:

magno senatorum agmine,

Tac. H. 3, 55:

ingens mulierum agmen,

Liv. 2, 40:

muliebre et miserabile agmen,

Tac. A. 1, 40: numerosum agmen reorum, Plin Ep. 3, 9, and Tac. H. 4, 6: Eumenidum agmina, Verg A. 4, 469.—But particularly,

The train, procession, march, progress of an army:

de castris, de agminibus, etc., dicere,

Cic. de Or. 1, 48, 210:

ne miles gregarius in castris, neve in agmine servum aut jumentum haberet,

Sall. J. 45, 2:

pugnatum saepe directā acie, saepe in agminibus, saepe eruptionibus,

Vell. 2, 47:

effuso agmine abire,

Liv. 44, 39:

uno agmine victores cum victis in urbem irrupere,

id. 2, 30;

uno agmine persequentes,

Vulg. Judith, 15, 4 al. —

Transf., concr., an army, and properly considered as in motion, on the march (while exercitus is a disciplined army, and acies an army in battle-array) —As soon as the signal for marching was given, the Extraordinarii and the allies of the right wing, with their baggage, first put themselves in motion, then the legions, and last the allies of the left wing, with a part of the cavalry, which either rode behind the army, ad agmen claudendum or cogendum. to close the train, i. e. to keep it to gether or on the side in such an order (composito agmine, non itineri magis apto quam proelio) that it might be easily put into the line of battle, if the enemy ven tured to attack it; cf. Sall. J. 46, 6.—An army in close ranks was called agmen justum, Tac. H. 1, 68, or agmen pilatum, Serv. ad Verg. A. 12, 121—When there was no apprehension of the enemy, less care was taken for the protection of the army:

agmine incauto, i. e. minus munito, ut inter pacatos, ducebat, sc. consul,

Liv. 35, 4.—

The order of march was, however, different, according to circumstances and the nature of the ground,

Liv. 35, 4; 27, 28; and cf. Smith's Antiq.—Sometimes the army marched in the form of a square, agmen quadratum, with their baggage in the middle, so as to be in battle-array on meeting the enemy; hence agmen quadratum often means the same as acies triplex, an army formed in line of battle, only that the former indicates that they are on the march, and the latter that they are at rest.—Hence, like acies, with the epithet primum, the vanguard, Liv. 34, 28; Tac. Agr. 35:

medium,

the centre, Liv. 10, 41; Tac. H. 4, 22:

extremum,

Liv. 34, 28; Tac. H. 2, 100;

or, novissimum,

the rear, rearguard, Liv. 44, 33; so,

extremi agminis,

Vulg. Deut. 25, 18:

ut inde agmine quadratc ad urbem accederet,

marching in a square, Cic. Phil. 13, 8:

pariter atque in conspectu hostium quadrato agmine incedere,

Sall. J 100, 1; cf. id. ib. 46, 6, 7:

Hannibal agmine quadrato amnem ingressus,

Liv. 21, 5; se id. 31, 36; 37, 39:

quadrato agmine velut in aciem irent,

Curt. 5, 1, 19 al. —Sometimes, esp. in the poets in the plur., in gen. [p. 73] sense, = exercitus or copiae, an army, host, troops:

huic tanto agmini dux defuit,

Just. 12, 10:

occidit Daci Cotisonis agmen,

Hor. C. 3, 8, 18:

agmina curru Proterit,

Verg. A. 12, 329:

barbarorum Claudius agmina diruit,

Hor. C. 4, 14, 29; so id. S. 2, 1, 14; id. Epod. 17, 9; Ov. M. 3, 535; 5, 151, 161; 6, 423:

Del agminum Israël,

Vulg. 1 Reg. 17, 45:

agmina ejus dispergam,

ib. Ezech. 12, 14; 38, 6.—For military service, warfare:

rudis agminum Sponsus,

Hor. C. 3, 2, 9.—

Trop.

An army, troop, band, multitude:

educenda dictio est ex hac domesticā exercitatione et umbratili medium in agmen, in pulverem, in clamorem, in castra, aciemque forensem,

i. e. before the public, Cic. de Or. 1, 34, 157:

e Brundisio usque Romam agmen perpetuum totius Italiae,

an unbroken train, id. Pis. 22, 51:

ingens mulierum agmen,

Liv. 2, 40; 9, 17:

agmina Eumenidum,

Verg. A. 4, 469; 6, 572:

agmina comitum,

Ov. Tr. 14, 30:

in angusto fidus comes agmine turbae,

Tib. 1, 5, 63:

numerosum agmen reorum,

Plin. Ep. 3, 9:

agmen occupationum,

an army of, id. ib. 2, 8.—

March, movement:

agmina fati et volumina,

Gell. 6, 2, 5.

artus (not arctus), a, um, adj. [v. arma], prop. fitted; hence,

Lit., close, strait, narrow, confined, short, brief:

exierunt regionibus artis,

Lucr. 6, 120:

claustra,

id. 1, 70; so id. 3, 808:

nec tamen haec ita sunt arta et astricta, ut ea laxare nequeamus,

Cic. Or. 65, 220:

artioribus apud populum Romanum laqueis tenebitur,

id. Verr. 2, 1, 5:

nullum vinculum ad astringendam fidem jure jurando majores artius esse voluerunt,

id. Off. 3, 31, 111:

compages,

Verg. A. 1, 293:

nexus,

Ov. M. 6, 242:

arto stipata theatro,

pressed together in a contracted theatre, Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 60:

toga,

a narrow toga without folds, id. ib. 1, 18, 30 (cf. exigua toga, id. ib. 1, 19, 13):

nimis arta convivia,

i. e. with too many guests, who are therefore compelled to sit close together, id. ib. 1, 5, 29 et saep.—Hence, subst.: artum, i, n., a narrow place or passage:

ventus cum confercit, franguntur in arto montes nimborum,

Lucr. 6, 158 Lachm.:

multiplicatis in arto ordinibus,

Liv. 2, 50; so id. 34, 15:

nec desilies imitator in artum,

nor, by imitating, leap into a close place, Hor. A. P. 134.—

Trop., strict, severe, scanty, brief, small:

sponte suā cecidit sub leges artaque jura,

subjected himself to the severity of the laws, Lucr. 5, 1147:

Additae leges artae et ideo superbae quasque etc.,

Plin. 16, 4, 5, § 12:

vincula amoris artissima,

Cic. Att. 6, 2: artior somnus, a sounder or deeper sleep, id. Rep. 6, 10:

arti commeatus,

Liv. 2, 34; Tac. H. 4, 26; cf.:

in arto commeatus,

id. ib. 3, 13:

artissimae tenebrae,

very thick darkness, Suet. Ner. 46 (for which, in class. Lat., densus, v. Bremi ad h. l., and cf. densus) al.—So, colligere in artum, to compress, abridge:

quae (volumina) a me collecta in artum,

Plin. 8, 16, 17, § 44.—Of hope, small, scanty:

spes artior aquae manantis,

Col. 1, 5, 2: ne spem sibi ponat in arto, diminish hope, expectation, [p. 169] Ov. M. 9, 683:

quia plus quam unum ex patriciis creari non licebat, artior petitio quattuor petentibus erat,

i. e. was harder, had less ground of hope, Liv. 39, 32; and of circumstances in life, etc., straitened, distressing, wretched, needy, indigent (so in and after the Aug. per. for the class. angustus):

rebus in artis,

Ov. P. 3, 2, 25:

artas res nuntiaret,

Tac. H. 3, 69:

tam artis afflictisque rebus,

Flor. 2, 6, 31; so Sil. 7, 310:

fortuna artior expensis,

Stat. S. 5, 3, 117:

ne in arto res esset,

Liv. 26, 17.— Adv.: artē (not arcte), closely, close, fast, firmly.

Lit.:

arte (manus) conliga,

Plaut. Ep. 5, 2, 29:

boves arte ad stipites religare,

Col. 6, 2, 5:

arte continere aliquid,

Caes. B. G. 7, 23:

aciem arte statuere,

Sall. J. 52, 6:

arte accubare,

Plaut. Stich. 4, 2, 39.— Comp.:

calorem artius continere,

Cic. N. D. 2, 9, 25:

artius astringi,

Hor. Epod. 15, 5:

signa artius conlocare,

Sall. C. 59, 2:

artius ire,

Curt. 4, 13, 34:

artius pressiusque conflictari,

Gell. 10, 6.— Sup.:

milites quam artissime ire jubet,

Sall. J. 68, 4:

artissime plantas serere,

Plin. 12, 3, 7, § 16.—

Trop.:

arte contenteque aliquem habere,

Plaut. As. 1, 1, 63; id. Merc. prol. 64:

arte et graviter dormire,

soundly, Cic. Div. 1, 28, 59:

arte appellare aliquem,

briefly, by shortening his name, Ov. P. 4, 12, 10:

artius adstringere rationem,

Cic. Fat. 14, 32:

abstinentiam artissime constringere,

Val. Max. 2, 2, 8.—

Transf.:

arte diligere aliquem,

strongly, deeply, Plin. Ep. 6, 8; so also id. ib. 2, 13.

artus, ūs, m. [id.], mostly plur. (artua, n., Plaut. Men. 5, 2, 102; quoted in Non. p. 191, 12.—Hence, dat. acc. to Vel. Long. p. 2229 P. and Ter. Scaur. p. 2260 P. artibus; yet the ancient grammarians give their decision in favor of artubus, which form is also supported by the best MSS.; cf. arcus.—The singular is found only in Luc. 6, 754; Val. Fl. 4, 310, and Prisc. p. 1219 P.).

A.. Lit., a joint:

molles commissurae et artus (digitorum),

Cic. N. D. 2, 60, 150:

suffraginum artus,

Plin. 11, 45, 101, § 248:

elapsi in pravum artus,

Tac. H. 4, 81:

dolor artuum,

gout, Cic. Brut. 60, 217.—Sometimes connected with membra, Plaut. Men. 5, 2, 102:

copia materiaï Cogitur interdum flecti per membra, per artus,

in every joint and limb, Lucr. 2, 282; 3, 703 al.; Suet. Calig. 28; cf.

Baumg.-Crus., Clavis ad Suet.: cernere laceros artus, truncata membra,

Plin. Pan. 52, 5.—

Trop., the muscular strength in the joints; hence, in gen., strength, power: Epicharmeion illud teneto;

nervos atque artus esse sapientiae, non temere credere,

Q. Cic. Petit. Cons. 10.—More freq.,

The limbs in gen. (very freq., esp. in the poets; in Lucr. about sixty times): cum tremulis anus attulit artubus lumen, Enn. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 20, 40 (Ann. v. 36 Vahl.); so Lucr. 3, 7; cf. id. 3, 488; 6, 1189:

artubus omnibus contremiscam,

Cic. de Or. 1, 26, 121: dum nati (sc. Absyrti) dissupatos artus captaret parens, vet. poet. ap. Cic. N. D. 3, 26, 67:

copia concita per artus Omnīs,

Lucr. 2, 267:

moribundi artus,

id. 3, 129 al.:

rogumque parari Vidit et arsuros supremis ignibus artus, etc.,

Ov. M. 2, 620 al.:

salsusque per artus Sudor iit,

Verg. A. 2, 173; 1, 173 al.:

veste strictā et singulos artus exprimente,

and showing each limb, Tac. G. 17:

artus in frusta concident,

Vulg. Lev. 1, 6; 8, 20;

ib. Job, 16, 8.—Of plants: stat per se vitis sine ullo pedamento, artus suos in se colligens,

its tendrils, Plin. 14, 1, 3, § 13, where Jahn reads arcus.

artus (not arctus), a, um, adj. [v. arma], prop. fitted; hence,

Lit., close, strait, narrow, confined, short, brief:

exierunt regionibus artis,

Lucr. 6, 120:

claustra,

id. 1, 70; so id. 3, 808:

nec tamen haec ita sunt arta et astricta, ut ea laxare nequeamus,

Cic. Or. 65, 220:

artioribus apud populum Romanum laqueis tenebitur,

id. Verr. 2, 1, 5:

nullum vinculum ad astringendam fidem jure jurando majores artius esse voluerunt,

id. Off. 3, 31, 111:

compages,

Verg. A. 1, 293:

nexus,

Ov. M. 6, 242:

arto stipata theatro,

pressed together in a contracted theatre, Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 60:

toga,

a narrow toga without folds, id. ib. 1, 18, 30 (cf. exigua toga, id. ib. 1, 19, 13):

nimis arta convivia,

i. e. with too many guests, who are therefore compelled to sit close together, id. ib. 1, 5, 29 et saep.—Hence, subst.: artum, i, n., a narrow place or passage:

ventus cum confercit, franguntur in arto montes nimborum,

Lucr. 6, 158 Lachm.:

multiplicatis in arto ordinibus,

Liv. 2, 50; so id. 34, 15:

nec desilies imitator in artum,

nor, by imitating, leap into a close place, Hor. A. P. 134.—

Trop., strict, severe, scanty, brief, small:

sponte suā cecidit sub leges artaque jura,

subjected himself to the severity of the laws, Lucr. 5, 1147:

Additae leges artae et ideo superbae quasque etc.,

Plin. 16, 4, 5, § 12:

vincula amoris artissima,

Cic. Att. 6, 2: artior somnus, a sounder or deeper sleep, id. Rep. 6, 10:

arti commeatus,

Liv. 2, 34; Tac. H. 4, 26; cf.:

in arto commeatus,

id. ib. 3, 13:

artissimae tenebrae,

very thick darkness, Suet. Ner. 46 (for which, in class. Lat., densus, v. Bremi ad h. l., and cf. densus) al.—So, colligere in artum, to compress, abridge:

quae (volumina) a me collecta in artum,

Plin. 8, 16, 17, § 44.—Of hope, small, scanty:

spes artior aquae manantis,

Col. 1, 5, 2: ne spem sibi ponat in arto, diminish hope, expectation, [p. 169] Ov. M. 9, 683:

quia plus quam unum ex patriciis creari non licebat, artior petitio quattuor petentibus erat,

i. e. was harder, had less ground of hope, Liv. 39, 32; and of circumstances in life, etc., straitened, distressing, wretched, needy, indigent (so in and after the Aug. per. for the class. angustus):

rebus in artis,

Ov. P. 3, 2, 25:

artas res nuntiaret,

Tac. H. 3, 69:

tam artis afflictisque rebus,

Flor. 2, 6, 31; so Sil. 7, 310:

fortuna artior expensis,

Stat. S. 5, 3, 117:

ne in arto res esset,

Liv. 26, 17.— Adv.: artē (not arcte), closely, close, fast, firmly.

Lit.:

arte (manus) conliga,

Plaut. Ep. 5, 2, 29:

boves arte ad stipites religare,

Col. 6, 2, 5:

arte continere aliquid,

Caes. B. G. 7, 23:

aciem arte statuere,

Sall. J. 52, 6:

arte accubare,

Plaut. Stich. 4, 2, 39.— Comp.:

calorem artius continere,

Cic. N. D. 2, 9, 25:

artius astringi,

Hor. Epod. 15, 5:

signa artius conlocare,

Sall. C. 59, 2:

artius ire,

Curt. 4, 13, 34:

artius pressiusque conflictari,

Gell. 10, 6.— Sup.:

milites quam artissime ire jubet,

Sall. J. 68, 4:

artissime plantas serere,

Plin. 12, 3, 7, § 16.—

Trop.:

arte contenteque aliquem habere,

Plaut. As. 1, 1, 63; id. Merc. prol. 64:

arte et graviter dormire,

soundly, Cic. Div. 1, 28, 59:

arte appellare aliquem,

briefly, by shortening his name, Ov. P. 4, 12, 10:

artius adstringere rationem,

Cic. Fat. 14, 32:

abstinentiam artissime constringere,

Val. Max. 2, 2, 8.—

Transf.:

arte diligere aliquem,

strongly, deeply, Plin. Ep. 6, 8; so also id. ib. 2, 13.

artus, ūs, m. [id.], mostly plur. (artua, n., Plaut. Men. 5, 2, 102; quoted in Non. p. 191, 12.—Hence, dat. acc. to Vel. Long. p. 2229 P. and Ter. Scaur. p. 2260 P. artibus; yet the ancient grammarians give their decision in favor of artubus, which form is also supported by the best MSS.; cf. arcus.—The singular is found only in Luc. 6, 754; Val. Fl. 4, 310, and Prisc. p. 1219 P.).

A.. Lit., a joint:

molles commissurae et artus (digitorum),

Cic. N. D. 2, 60, 150:

suffraginum artus,

Plin. 11, 45, 101, § 248:

elapsi in pravum artus,

Tac. H. 4, 81:

dolor artuum,

gout, Cic. Brut. 60, 217.—Sometimes connected with membra, Plaut. Men. 5, 2, 102:

copia materiaï Cogitur interdum flecti per membra, per artus,

in every joint and limb, Lucr. 2, 282; 3, 703 al.; Suet. Calig. 28; cf.

Baumg.-Crus., Clavis ad Suet.: cernere laceros artus, truncata membra,

Plin. Pan. 52, 5.—

Trop., the muscular strength in the joints; hence, in gen., strength, power: Epicharmeion illud teneto;

nervos atque artus esse sapientiae, non temere credere,

Q. Cic. Petit. Cons. 10.—More freq.,

The limbs in gen. (very freq., esp. in the poets; in Lucr. about sixty times): cum tremulis anus attulit artubus lumen, Enn. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 20, 40 (Ann. v. 36 Vahl.); so Lucr. 3, 7; cf. id. 3, 488; 6, 1189:

artubus omnibus contremiscam,

Cic. de Or. 1, 26, 121: dum nati (sc. Absyrti) dissupatos artus captaret parens, vet. poet. ap. Cic. N. D. 3, 26, 67:

copia concita per artus Omnīs,

Lucr. 2, 267:

moribundi artus,

id. 3, 129 al.:

rogumque parari Vidit et arsuros supremis ignibus artus, etc.,

Ov. M. 2, 620 al.:

salsusque per artus Sudor iit,

Verg. A. 2, 173; 1, 173 al.:

veste strictā et singulos artus exprimente,

and showing each limb, Tac. G. 17:

artus in frusta concident,

Vulg. Lev. 1, 6; 8, 20;

ib. Job, 16, 8.—Of plants: stat per se vitis sine ullo pedamento, artus suos in se colligens,

its tendrils, Plin. 14, 1, 3, § 13, where Jahn reads arcus.

cōnecto (less correctly, connecto, v. Ritschl, Opusc. II. 448 sq.; Gell. 2, 17, 8), nexŭi, nexum, 3, v. a. [necto], to tie, bind, fasten, or join together, to connect, entwine, link together (class.; most freq. in part. pass. and the trop. signif.); constr. with cum, inter se, the dat., or absol.

Lit.:

id (palliolum) conexum in umero laevo,

folded, gathered, Plaut. Mil. 4, 4, 42:

omnia inter se conexa et apta,

Cic. N. D. 2, 38, 97:

omnia omnimodis,

Lucr. 2, 700:

terrestria membra marinis,

id. 2, 704; 2, 712; 3, 691:

illae (apes) pedibus conexae ad limina pendent,

Verg. G. 4, 257; cf. Sil. 2, 220:

crines,

Prop. 2, 5, 23:

nodos,

Ov. M. 12, 430:

bracchia in genibus digitis conexa tenere,

id. ib. 9, 311:

naves validis utrimque trabibus,

Tac. H. 2, 34:

Mosellam atque Ararim facta inter utrumque fossa,

id. A. 13, 53; cf.:

Adiabenis conectuntur Carduchi,

Plin. 6, 15, 17, § 44:

lata alvus (navium) sine vinculo aeris aut ferri conexa,

Tac. H. 3, 47:

ferreae laminae serie inter se conexae,

Curt. 4, 9, 3.—

Trop.

In gen.:

amicitia cum voluptate conectitur,

Cic. Fin. 1, 20, 67; Quint. 8, 3, 77:

ita sunt inter se conexa et indiscreta omnia,

id. 10, 1, 2; 5, 14, 32; cf.

Tib. 43:

membra historiae,

Quint. 9, 4, 129 al.:

quod discrimini patris filiam conectebat,

to implicate, involve, Tac. A. 16, 30; cf. id. ib. 16, 32:

causam dolori meo,

id. ib. 3, 12; id. H. 1, 65.—

Esp.,

In discourse, to connect with what precedes, join to, etc.:

facilius est enim apta dissolvere quam dissipata conectere,

Cic. Or. 71, 235:

illud non est in uno verbo translato, sed ex pluribus continuatis conectitur,

id. de Or. 3, 41, 166:

inter se pleraque conexa et apta,

id. Part. Or. 39, 137; Quint. 10, 1, 2: verba lyrae conectere, Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 86:

carmina secum gracili filo,

Col. 10, 227:

res ac verba,

Quint. 2, 4, 15; 9, 4, 58:

conexa oratio (opp. interrupta),

id. 9, 4, 7:

aliam majorem insaniam,

to join to, Plin. 36, 15, 24, § 116; hence also: versus orationesque ejus, to quote, cite, Treb. Gall. 11 fin. —

In philos. lang., = concludo, to annex or subjoin a logical conclusion:

si enim est verum, quod ita conectitur: si quis, etc.... illud quoque verum est, etc.,

Cic. Fat. 6, 12; 7, 14:

omne, quod ipsum ex se conexum sit (e. g. si lucet, lucet) verum esse, etc.,

id. Ac. 2, 30, 98.—Hence, cō-nexus, a, um, P. a., = conjunctus, connected, joined, cohering together with something (very rare):

sive aliud quid vis potius conexius (quam animus) ei (sc. corpori) fingere,

Lucr. 3, 555:

Silanum per adfinitatem conexum Germanico,

Tac. A. 2, 43;

so also without affinitas, of relationship: Caesari,

id. ib. 2, 50;

4, 66: insequitur magno jam tunc conexus amore Patroclus,

Stat. Achill. 1, 174.—

In time, immediately following:

conexi his funeribus dies,

Cic. Pis. 5, 11.—Hence, subst.: cōnexum ( conn-), i, a necessary consequence, inevitable inference:

ipsa ratio conexi, cum concesseris superius, cogit inferius concedere,

Cic. Ac. 2, 30, 96:

primumque quod est in conexo... necessarium est,

id. Fat. 7, 14; cf. id. ib. 8, 15: quod Graeci sunêmmenon axiôma dicunt, alii nostrorum conjunctum, alii conexum dixerunt, Gell. 16, 8, 9; cf. the context.—And adv.: cōnexē ( conn-), in connection, connectedly:

dicere aliquid,

Mart. Cap. 4, § 387.

cōnecto (less correctly, connecto, v. Ritschl, Opusc. II. 448 sq.; Gell. 2, 17, 8), nexŭi, nexum, 3, v. a. [necto], to tie, bind, fasten, or join together, to connect, entwine, link together (class.; most freq. in part. pass. and the trop. signif.); constr. with cum, inter se, the dat., or absol.

Lit.:

id (palliolum) conexum in umero laevo,

folded, gathered, Plaut. Mil. 4, 4, 42:

omnia inter se conexa et apta,

Cic. N. D. 2, 38, 97:

omnia omnimodis,

Lucr. 2, 700:

terrestria membra marinis,

id. 2, 704; 2, 712; 3, 691:

illae (apes) pedibus conexae ad limina pendent,

Verg. G. 4, 257; cf. Sil. 2, 220:

crines,

Prop. 2, 5, 23:

nodos,

Ov. M. 12, 430:

bracchia in genibus digitis conexa tenere,

id. ib. 9, 311:

naves validis utrimque trabibus,

Tac. H. 2, 34:

Mosellam atque Ararim facta inter utrumque fossa,

id. A. 13, 53; cf.:

Adiabenis conectuntur Carduchi,

Plin. 6, 15, 17, § 44:

lata alvus (navium) sine vinculo aeris aut ferri conexa,

Tac. H. 3, 47:

ferreae laminae serie inter se conexae,

Curt. 4, 9, 3.—

Trop.

In gen.:

amicitia cum voluptate conectitur,

Cic. Fin. 1, 20, 67; Quint. 8, 3, 77:

ita sunt inter se conexa et indiscreta omnia,

id. 10, 1, 2; 5, 14, 32; cf.

Tib. 43:

membra historiae,

Quint. 9, 4, 129 al.:

quod discrimini patris filiam conectebat,

to implicate, involve, Tac. A. 16, 30; cf. id. ib. 16, 32:

causam dolori meo,

id. ib. 3, 12; id. H. 1, 65.—

Esp.,

In discourse, to connect with what precedes, join to, etc.:

facilius est enim apta dissolvere quam dissipata conectere,

Cic. Or. 71, 235:

illud non est in uno verbo translato, sed ex pluribus continuatis conectitur,

id. de Or. 3, 41, 166:

inter se pleraque conexa et apta,

id. Part. Or. 39, 137; Quint. 10, 1, 2: verba lyrae conectere, Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 86:

carmina secum gracili filo,

Col. 10, 227:

res ac verba,

Quint. 2, 4, 15; 9, 4, 58:

conexa oratio (opp. interrupta),

id. 9, 4, 7:

aliam majorem insaniam,

to join to, Plin. 36, 15, 24, § 116; hence also: versus orationesque ejus, to quote, cite, Treb. Gall. 11 fin. —

In philos. lang., = concludo, to annex or subjoin a logical conclusion:

si enim est verum, quod ita conectitur: si quis, etc.... illud quoque verum est, etc.,

Cic. Fat. 6, 12; 7, 14:

omne, quod ipsum ex se conexum sit (e. g. si lucet, lucet) verum esse, etc.,

id. Ac. 2, 30, 98.—Hence, cō-nexus, a, um, P. a., = conjunctus, connected, joined, cohering together with something (very rare):

sive aliud quid vis potius conexius (quam animus) ei (sc. corpori) fingere,

Lucr. 3, 555:

Silanum per adfinitatem conexum Germanico,

Tac. A. 2, 43;

so also without affinitas, of relationship: Caesari,

id. ib. 2, 50;

4, 66: insequitur magno jam tunc conexus amore Patroclus,

Stat. Achill. 1, 174.—

In time, immediately following:

conexi his funeribus dies,

Cic. Pis. 5, 11.—Hence, subst.: cōnexum ( conn-), i, a necessary consequence, inevitable inference:

ipsa ratio conexi, cum concesseris superius, cogit inferius concedere,

Cic. Ac. 2, 30, 96:

primumque quod est in conexo... necessarium est,

id. Fat. 7, 14; cf. id. ib. 8, 15: quod Graeci sunêmmenon axiôma dicunt, alii nostrorum conjunctum, alii conexum dixerunt, Gell. 16, 8, 9; cf. the context.—And adv.: cōnexē ( conn-), in connection, connectedly:

dicere aliquid,

Mart. Cap. 4, § 387.

cōnecto (less correctly, connecto, v. Ritschl, Opusc. II. 448 sq.; Gell. 2, 17, 8), nexŭi, nexum, 3, v. a. [necto], to tie, bind, fasten, or join together, to connect, entwine, link together (class.; most freq. in part. pass. and the trop. signif.); constr. with cum, inter se, the dat., or absol.

Lit.:

id (palliolum) conexum in umero laevo,

folded, gathered, Plaut. Mil. 4, 4, 42:

omnia inter se conexa et apta,

Cic. N. D. 2, 38, 97:

omnia omnimodis,

Lucr. 2, 700:

terrestria membra marinis,

id. 2, 704; 2, 712; 3, 691:

illae (apes) pedibus conexae ad limina pendent,

Verg. G. 4, 257; cf. Sil. 2, 220:

crines,

Prop. 2, 5, 23:

nodos,

Ov. M. 12, 430:

bracchia in genibus digitis conexa tenere,

id. ib. 9, 311:

naves validis utrimque trabibus,

Tac. H. 2, 34:

Mosellam atque Ararim facta inter utrumque fossa,

id. A. 13, 53; cf.:

Adiabenis conectuntur Carduchi,

Plin. 6, 15, 17, § 44:

lata alvus (navium) sine vinculo aeris aut ferri conexa,

Tac. H. 3, 47:

ferreae laminae serie inter se conexae,

Curt. 4, 9, 3.—

Trop.

In gen.:

amicitia cum voluptate conectitur,

Cic. Fin. 1, 20, 67; Quint. 8, 3, 77:

ita sunt inter se conexa et indiscreta omnia,

id. 10, 1, 2; 5, 14, 32; cf.

Tib. 43:

membra historiae,

Quint. 9, 4, 129 al.:

quod discrimini patris filiam conectebat,

to implicate, involve, Tac. A. 16, 30; cf. id. ib. 16, 32:

causam dolori meo,

id. ib. 3, 12; id. H. 1, 65.—

Esp.,

In discourse, to connect with what precedes, join to, etc.:

facilius est enim apta dissolvere quam dissipata conectere,

Cic. Or. 71, 235:

illud non est in uno verbo translato, sed ex pluribus continuatis conectitur,

id. de Or. 3, 41, 166:

inter se pleraque conexa et apta,

id. Part. Or. 39, 137; Quint. 10, 1, 2: verba lyrae conectere, Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 86:

carmina secum gracili filo,

Col. 10, 227:

res ac verba,

Quint. 2, 4, 15; 9, 4, 58:

conexa oratio (opp. interrupta),

id. 9, 4, 7:

aliam majorem insaniam,

to join to, Plin. 36, 15, 24, § 116; hence also: versus orationesque ejus, to quote, cite, Treb. Gall. 11 fin. —

In philos. lang., = concludo, to annex or subjoin a logical conclusion:

si enim est verum, quod ita conectitur: si quis, etc.... illud quoque verum est, etc.,

Cic. Fat. 6, 12; 7, 14:

omne, quod ipsum ex se conexum sit (e. g. si lucet, lucet) verum esse, etc.,

id. Ac. 2, 30, 98.—Hence, cō-nexus, a, um, P. a., = conjunctus, connected, joined, cohering together with something (very rare):

sive aliud quid vis potius conexius (quam animus) ei (sc. corpori) fingere,

Lucr. 3, 555:

Silanum per adfinitatem conexum Germanico,

Tac. A. 2, 43;

so also without affinitas, of relationship: Caesari,

id. ib. 2, 50;

4, 66: insequitur magno jam tunc conexus amore Patroclus,

Stat. Achill. 1, 174.—

In time, immediately following:

conexi his funeribus dies,

Cic. Pis. 5, 11.—Hence, subst.: cōnexum ( conn-), i, a necessary consequence, inevitable inference:

ipsa ratio conexi, cum concesseris superius, cogit inferius concedere,

Cic. Ac. 2, 30, 96:

primumque quod est in conexo... necessarium est,

id. Fat. 7, 14; cf. id. ib. 8, 15: quod Graeci sunêmmenon axiôma dicunt, alii nostrorum conjunctum, alii conexum dixerunt, Gell. 16, 8, 9; cf. the context.—And adv.: cōnexē ( conn-), in connection, connectedly:

dicere aliquid,

Mart. Cap. 4, § 387.

cōnecto (less correctly, connecto, v. Ritschl, Opusc. II. 448 sq.; Gell. 2, 17, 8), nexŭi, nexum, 3, v. a. [necto], to tie, bind, fasten, or join together, to connect, entwine, link together (class.; most freq. in part. pass. and the trop. signif.); constr. with cum, inter se, the dat., or absol.

Lit.:

id (palliolum) conexum in umero laevo,

folded, gathered, Plaut. Mil. 4, 4, 42:

omnia inter se conexa et apta,

Cic. N. D. 2, 38, 97:

omnia omnimodis,

Lucr. 2, 700:

terrestria membra marinis,

id. 2, 704; 2, 712; 3, 691:

illae (apes) pedibus conexae ad limina pendent,

Verg. G. 4, 257; cf. Sil. 2, 220:

crines,

Prop. 2, 5, 23:

nodos,

Ov. M. 12, 430:

bracchia in genibus digitis conexa tenere,

id. ib. 9, 311:

naves validis utrimque trabibus,

Tac. H. 2, 34:

Mosellam atque Ararim facta inter utrumque fossa,

id. A. 13, 53; cf.:

Adiabenis conectuntur Carduchi,

Plin. 6, 15, 17, § 44:

lata alvus (navium) sine vinculo aeris aut ferri conexa,

Tac. H. 3, 47:

ferreae laminae serie inter se conexae,

Curt. 4, 9, 3.—

Trop.

In gen.:

amicitia cum voluptate conectitur,

Cic. Fin. 1, 20, 67; Quint. 8, 3, 77:

ita sunt inter se conexa et indiscreta omnia,

id. 10, 1, 2; 5, 14, 32; cf.

Tib. 43:

membra historiae,

Quint. 9, 4, 129 al.:

quod discrimini patris filiam conectebat,

to implicate, involve, Tac. A. 16, 30; cf. id. ib. 16, 32:

causam dolori meo,

id. ib. 3, 12; id. H. 1, 65.—

Esp.,

In discourse, to connect with what precedes, join to, etc.:

facilius est enim apta dissolvere quam dissipata conectere,

Cic. Or. 71, 235:

illud non est in uno verbo translato, sed ex pluribus continuatis conectitur,

id. de Or. 3, 41, 166:

inter se pleraque conexa et apta,

id. Part. Or. 39, 137; Quint. 10, 1, 2: verba lyrae conectere, Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 86:

carmina secum gracili filo,

Col. 10, 227:

res ac verba,

Quint. 2, 4, 15; 9, 4, 58:

conexa oratio (opp. interrupta),

id. 9, 4, 7:

aliam majorem insaniam,

to join to, Plin. 36, 15, 24, § 116; hence also: versus orationesque ejus, to quote, cite, Treb. Gall. 11 fin. —

In philos. lang., = concludo, to annex or subjoin a logical conclusion:

si enim est verum, quod ita conectitur: si quis, etc.... illud quoque verum est, etc.,

Cic. Fat. 6, 12; 7, 14:

omne, quod ipsum ex se conexum sit (e. g. si lucet, lucet) verum esse, etc.,

id. Ac. 2, 30, 98.—Hence, cō-nexus, a, um, P. a., = conjunctus, connected, joined, cohering together with something (very rare):

sive aliud quid vis potius conexius (quam animus) ei (sc. corpori) fingere,

Lucr. 3, 555:

Silanum per adfinitatem conexum Germanico,

Tac. A. 2, 43;

so also without affinitas, of relationship: Caesari,

id. ib. 2, 50;

4, 66: insequitur magno jam tunc conexus amore Patroclus,

Stat. Achill. 1, 174.—

In time, immediately following:

conexi his funeribus dies,

Cic. Pis. 5, 11.—Hence, subst.: cōnexum ( conn-), i, a necessary consequence, inevitable inference:

ipsa ratio conexi, cum concesseris superius, cogit inferius concedere,

Cic. Ac. 2, 30, 96:

primumque quod est in conexo... necessarium est,

id. Fat. 7, 14; cf. id. ib. 8, 15: quod Graeci sunêmmenon axiôma dicunt, alii nostrorum conjunctum, alii conexum dixerunt, Gell. 16, 8, 9; cf. the context.—And adv.: cōnexē ( conn-), in connection, connectedly:

dicere aliquid,

Mart. Cap. 4, § 387.