nilus+o

cŏlōro, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [id.].

To give a color to, to color, tinge (class.):

corpora,

Cic. N. D. 1, 39, 110:

lignum sinopide,

Plin. 35, 6, 13, § 31:

lineas testa trita,

id. 35, 3, 5, § 16:

medicamentum rubricā vel atramento,

Scrib. Comp. 228:

coloratum Tithoni conjuge caelum,

Ov. Am. 2, 5, 35.—

In partic., to color reddish or brownish, to tinge:

cum in sole ambulem, natura fit ut colorer,

Cic. de Or. 2, 14, 60; Quint. 5, 10, 81; Sen. Ep. 108, 4:

pira sole,

Plin. 15, 15, 16, § 54; Prop. 3 (4), 13, 16:

colorat aequora Nilus,

Cat. 11, 7.—

Trop. (cf. color, II.).

In gen., to imbue thoroughly:

sapientia nisi alte descendit et diu sedit animum non coloravit, sed infecit,

Sen. Ep. 71, 30.—

Esp.

Of discourse, to give it a coloring; and in pass., to retain or receive a coloring, to be tinged:

cum istos libros studiosius legerim, sentio orationem meam illorum tactu quasi colorari,

Cic. de Or. 2, 14, 60; id. Or. 13, 42:

urbanitate quādam quasi colorata oratio,

id. Brut. 46, 170. —

(In a bad sense.) To give a coloring, to gloss over, palliate, Val. Max. 8, 2, 2:

inepta sua serio vultu,

Prud. Cath. 2, 35 (cf. color, II. B. b.).—Hence, cŏlōrātus, a, um, P. a.

Colored, having color:

arcus,

Cic. N. D. 3, 20, 51:

uvae,

Col. 11, 2:

pira,

Plin. 15, 15, 16, § 56.—

Esp., colored red, red, imbrowned, Quint. 5, 10, 81:

corpora,

having a healthy color, id. 8, prooem. § 19; cf.

virtus,

Sen. Vit. Beat. 7, 3:

aliquis speciosior et coloratior,

Cels. 2, 2:

Indi,

Verg. G. 4, 293:

Seres,

Ov. Am. 1, 14, 6:

Etrusci,

Mart. 10, 68.—

Trop., colored, specious:

ficta et colorata,

Sen. Ep. 16, 2.— Adv.: cŏlōrātē, in a specious or plausible manner:

offert tale patrocinium,

Quint. Decl. 285.

con-cors (ante-class. concordis, e, Caecil. Stat. ap. Prisc. p. 726 P.; cf. Prisc. p. 764 ib.), cordis (abl. usu. concordi, Cic. Univ. 5 med.; Prop. 4 (5), 5, 6; Ov. M. 1, 25; 5, 664; Sil. 16, 381; Suet. Caes. 19; Sen. Agam. 781 al.: concorde, acc. to Prisc. p. 764 P.— Plur. neutr.:

concordia,

Verg. A. 3, 542; Sil. 13, 650; Pers. 5, 49), adj. [cor: aliis cor ipsum animus videtur: ex quo excordes, vecordes concordesque dicuntur, Cic. Tusc. 1, 9, 18], of the same mind, united, agreeing, concordant, harmonious (class. in prose and poetry).

Of persons:

novem Jovis concordes filiae sorores,

Naev. Bell. Punic. 1, 3; cf.

, as an epithet of the Parcae,

Verg. E. 4, 47: bene convenientes concordesque cum viris, Afran. ap. Non. p. 394, 2 (Com. Rel. v. 53 Rib.); cf.:

ne secum quidem ipse concors,

Liv. 4, 2, 6:

tum concordibus juncti animis,

id. 6, 6, 18; Tac. A. 11, 37:

credo eā gratiā concordes magis fore,

Ter. Hec. 4, 3, 11:

ut multo fiat civitas concordior,

Plaut. Aul. 3, 5, 7:

cum concordissimis fratribus,

Cic. Lig. 2, 5.—With dat. (post-Aug.):

multum ante repetito concordem sibi conjugem,

Tac. A. 3, 33 init. —

Of things:

aquis rursus concordibus se totum junxit (Nilus),

Plin. 5, 9, 10, § 53:

frena,

Verg. A. 3, 542:

torus,

Prop. 4 (5), 5, 6:

sonus,

Ov. M. 5, 664:

anni,

id. ib. 8, 708:

fata,

Pers. 5, 49:

regnum,

Liv. 1, 13, 8:

amicitia et caritas,

Cic. Univ. 5 med.; cf.

pax,

Ov. M. 1, 25:

moderatus et concors civitatis status,

Cic. Leg. 3, 12, 28:

censura,

Liv. 42, 10, 4:

discordia,

Manil. 1, 141:

insania,

equal, Sil. 4, 100.— concordĭter, adv., harmoniously, amicably: alternum seritote diem concorditer ambo, Enn. ap. Charis. p. 177 P. (Ann. v. 110 Vahl.):

inter se congruunt,

Plaut. Curc. 2, 2, 14:

concorditer et amore vixit cum Juliā,

Suet. Tib. 7:

dulces exigit annos,

Ov. M. 7, 752.— Comp.:

concordius bellum gerere,

Liv. 4, 45, 8.— Sup.:

quīcum concordissime vixerat,

Cic. Rab. Perd. 5, 14; Inscr. Grut. 1260, 10.

con-trăho, xi, ctum, 3, v. a., to draw or bring several objects together, to collect, assemble (freq. and class.).

In gen.

Lit. (syn. colligo;

opp. dissipo): quae in rerum naturā constarent quaeque moverentur, ea contrahere amicitiam, dissipare discordiam,

Cic. Lael. 7, 24:

cohortes ex finitimis regionibus,

Caes. B. C. 1, 15:

exercitum in unum locum,

id. B. G. 1, 34; cf.:

omnes copias Luceriam,

Cic. Att. 8, 1, 2; and:

omnia in unum locum,

id. ib. 8, 11, B, 3:

omnes copias eo,

Nep. Ages. 3, 1:

navibus circiter LXXX. coactis, contractisque,

Caes. B. G. 4, 22; cf.:

magnam classem,

Nep. Con. 4, 4:

naves,

Suet. Calig. 19:

agrestes,

Ov. F. 4, 811:

captivos,

Liv. 37, 44, 3:

utrumque ad colloquium,

id. 28, 18, 2:

undique libros,

Suet. Aug. 31; cf.

exemplaria,

id. Gram. 24:

muscas in manu,

Plin. 12, 25, 54, § 122; cf.

serpentes,

id. 28, 9, 42, § 151: ii, qui in idem (collegium) contracti fuerint, Traj. ap. Plin. Ep. 10, 34 (43), 1—

Trop.

To bring about, carry into effect, accomplish, execute, get, contract, occasion, cause, produce, make, etc. (very freq.):

amicitiam,

Cic. Lael. 14, 48:

vinculum amicitiae,

Val. Max. 4, 7 init.:

aliquid litigii,

Plaut. Cas. 3, 2, 31; cf.

lites,

id. Capt. prol. 63: qui hoc [p. 458] mihi contraxit, id. Cas. 3, 2, 21; cf.:

negotium mihi,

Cic. Cat. 4, 5, 9; and:

numinis iram mihi (arte),

Ov. M. 2, 660:

bellum Saguntinis,

Liv. 24, 42, 11:

aliquid damni,

Cic. Fin. 5, 30, 91:

molestias,

id. Fam. 2, 16, 5; cf. Sall. H. 2, 41, 8 Dietsch:

aes alienum,

Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 8, § 25:

causam certaminis,

Liv. 22, 28, 4; cf.

certamen,

id. 23, 26, 11; 25, 34, 10 al.:

necessitates ad bellum,

id. 44, 27, 12:

culpam,

to incur, Cic. Att. 11, 24, 1 al.:

cruditatem,

Quint. 7, 3, 38; cf. id. 2, 10, 6:

morbum,

Plin. 30, 8, 21, § 65:

pestilentiam,

id. 36, 27, 69, § 202:

saginam corporis,

Just. 21, 2:

causam valetudinis ex profluvio alvi,

Suet. Aug. 97 fin. et saep.: porca contracta, owed, due, sc. for the expiation of a crime, Cic. Leg. 2, 22, 57 fin. —

In the lang. of business, t. t., to make a contract, conclude a bargain, to contract:

rationem, rem cum illo,

Cic. Clu. 14, 41; cf. id. Off. 1, 17, 53; id. Sull. 20, 56; id. Att. 7, 7, 7:

in tribuendo suum cuique et rerum contractarum fide,

id. Off. 1, 5, 14:

ex rebus contrahendis,

id. ib. 3, 15, 61:

in contrahendis negotiis,

id. ib. 2, 11, 40:

adfinitas inter Caesarem et Pompeium contracta nuptiis,

Vell. 2, 44, 3 et saep.—

Transf. beyond the sphere of business:

cum aliquo,

to have intercourse with, to associate with, Cic. Off. 1, 2, 4:

nihil cum populo,

id. Tusc. 5, 36, 105.—

In partic., with the prevailing idea of shortening or diminishing by drawing together (cf.: cogo, colligo, etc.), to draw close or together, to draw in, contract, shorten, narrow, lessen, abridge, diminish (freq. and class.; opp. porrigo, dilato, tendo).

Lit.:

animal omne membra quocumque volt flectit, contorquet, porrigit, contrahit,

Cic. Div. 1, 53, 120:

pulmones tum se contrahunt adspirantes, tum intrante spiritu dilatant,

id. N. D. 2, 55, 136:

contractum aliquo morbo bovis cor,

id. Div. 2, 16, 37; cf.:

se millepeda tactu,

Plin. 29, 6, 39, § 136:

bina cornua (opp. protendere),

id. 9, 32, 51, § 101: collum. Cic. Tusc. 2, 17, 41;

opp. tendere,

Quint. 11, 3, 82:

frontem,

to wrinkle, contract, Cic. Clu. 26, 72; Hor. S. 2, 2, 125:

supercilia (opp. deducere),

Quint. 11, 3, 79:

medium digitum in pollicem,

id. 11, 3, 92; cf.:

contractum genibus tangas caput,

Hor. S. 2, 7, 61:

gravissimo frigore solus atque contractus vigilabit in lectulo,

Hier. Ep. 53:

castra,

Caes. B. G. 7, 40:

vela,

Hor. C. 2, 10, 23; Quint. 12, prooem. § 4; cf. Cic. Att. 1, 16, 2:

orbem (lunae),

Ov. M. 15, 198:

umbras,

id. ib. 3, 144:

orationem (with summittere),

Quint. 11, 1, 45; cf. id. 12, 11, 16:

tempora dicendi,

id. 6, 5, 4 et saep.:

lac,

to curdle, coagulate, Plin. 23, 7, 63, § 117.—Of bees:

contracto frigore pigrae ( = contractae frigore pigro),

Verg. G. 4, 259; cf.:

pigrum est enim contractumque frigus,

Sen. Ira, 2, 19, 2:

horrida tempestas contraxit caelum,

narrows, Hor. Epod. 13, 1:

vulnera,

Plin. 24, 8, 33, § 48; cf.

cicatrices,

id. 12, 17, 38, § 77:

ventrem,

to stop, check, Cels. 4, 19; cf.

alvum,

id. ib.:

vomitiones,

Plin. 20, 2, 6, § 11.—

Esp., archit. t. t., to narrow, make smaller or tapering:

columnam,

Vitr. 4, 3, 4; cf. id. 3, 3, 12; 4, 7, 2:

pyramis XXIV. gradibus in metae cacumen se contrahens,

Plin. 36, 5, 4, § 31.—

Trop., to draw in, lessen, check, restrain ( = certis limitibus quasi coartare et circumscribere;

opp. remittere, diffundere): cui non animus formidine divum contrahitur?

Lucr. 5, 1219; cf.:

te rogo, ne contrahas ac demittas animum,

do not suffer your spirits to droop, Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 1, § 4; and:

animos varietas sonorum (opp. remittere),

id. Leg. 2, 15, 38: terram quasi tristitiā (sol;

opp. laetificas),

id. N. D. 2, 40, 102:

ut et bonis amici quasi diffundantur et incommodis contrahantur,

are made sad, id. Lael. 13, 48 (cf. id. Tusc. 4, 6, 14):

ex quibus intellegitur, appetitus omnes contrahendos sedandosque,

id. Off. 1, 29, 103; cf.

cupidmem,

Hor. C. 3, 16, 39 et saep. —Hence, contractus, a, um, P. a. (acc. to II.), drawn together into a narrow space, i. e. compressed, contracted, close, short, narrow, abridged, restricted, limited, etc.

Lit.:

tanto contractioribus ultimis digitis,

Quint. 11, 3, 95:

nares contractiores habent introitus,

Cic. N. D. 2, 57, 145:

contractior ignis,

smaller, Lucr. 5, 569:

aequora,

Hor. C. 3, 1, 33; cf.

freta,

Ov. F. 6, 495:

locus (with exiguus),

Verg. G. 4, 295:

Nilus contractior et exilior,

Plin. Pan. 30, 3: contractiora spatia ordinum, Col. 5, 5, 3.—

Trop.

Of language, etc.:

et brevis ambitus verborum,

Cic. Brut. 44, 162; cf.:

contractior oratio,

id. ib. 31, 120:

propositum dicendi (opp. uberius),

Quint. 11, 1, 32:

summissā atque contractā voce (opp. erectā et concitatā),

id. 11, 3, 175; so,

vox,

id. 11, 3, 64: parvum opusculum lucubratum his jam contractioribus noctibus, Cic. Par. prooem. § 5.—

In gen.:

quae studia in his jam aetatibus nostris contractiora esse debent,

Cic. Cael. 31, 76:

paupertas,

stinted, Hor. Ep. 1, 5, 20 (cf.:

angusta pauperies,

id. C. 3, 2, 1);

in the same sense transf. to the person: ad mare descendet vates tuus et sibi parcet Contractusque leget,

retired, solitary, id. ib. 1, 7, 12; cf.

homo,

Verg. M. 78.— Adv.: contractē, on a contracted scale; only in comp.:

assuescamus. servis paucioribus serviri, habitare contractius,

Sen. Tranq. 9, 3; Lact. 2, 8, 39 al.

cresco, crēvi, crētum, 3 ( inf. perf. sync. cresse, Lucr. 3, 683), v. inch. n. [1. creo].

Orig., of things not previously in existence, to come forth, grow, to arise, spring, be born, become visible, appear (so mostly poet.)

Lit.:

cetera, quae sursum crescunt sursumque creantur,

Lucr. 6, 527:

quaecumque e terrā corpora crescunt (for which, subsequently, exoriuntur),

id. 1, 868:

corpore de patrio ac materno sanguine crescunt,

id. 4, 1210:

hic et acanthus Et rosa crescit,

Verg. Cul. 397.—So esp. freq. in part. perf.: crētus, a, um, arisen, sprung, descended from, born of; with abl.:

mortali corpore cretus,

Lucr. 5, 6; 2, 906; cf.:

mortali semine,

Ov. M. 15, 760:

corpore materno,

Lucr. 4, 1224:

nativo corpore,

id. 5, 61:

Semiramio sanguine,

Ov. M. 5, 85; cf. id. ib. 13, 31:

Amyntore,

id. ib. 8, 307; cf. Verg. A. 9, 672; Ov. M. 13, 750.—With ab:

ab origine eādem,

Ov. M. 4, 607; cf.:

Trojano a sanguine,

Verg. A. 4, 191.—

Trop.:

haec villa inter manus meas crevit,

Sen. Ep. 12, 1:

ingens hic terris crescit labor,

Sil. 3, 75.—Far more freq.,

Of things already in existence, to rise in height, to rise, grow, grow up, thrive, increase, etc.

Lit.:

arbores,

Lucr. 1, 254; so,

fruges, arbusta, animantes,

id. 1, 808:

omnia paulatim crescunt (with grandescere alique),

id. 1, 190 sq.:

ut (ostrea) cum lunā pariter crescant pariterque decrescant,

Cic. Div. 2, 14, 33:

in lecticis crescunt (infantes),

Quint. 1, 2, 7:

cresce, puer,

Ov. M. 2, 643 et saep.:

in cujus domo creverat,

had grown up, been reared, Suet. Oth. 1; cf.:

Alexander per quinquennium sub Aristotele doctore mclito crevit,

Just. 12, 16, 8:

Nilus in aestatem crescit campisque redundat,

Lucr. 6, 713; cf.

of the same,

id. 6, 737:

Liger ex nivibus creverat,

Caes. B. G. 7, 55 fin.:

in frondem crines, in ramos bracchia,

to grow into, Ov. M. 1, 550; cf.:

in ungues manus,

id. ib. 2, 479:

in immensum Atlas,

id. ib. 4, 661:

in latitudinem,

to increase in breadth, Col. Arb. 17:

in longitudinem,

Plin. 11, 37, 87, § 216:

super ora caputque onus,

Ov. M. 12, 516:

ut clivo crevisse putes,

id. ib. 8, 191 et saep. —

Transf., to increase in number to, augment, multiply:

non mihi absenti crevisse amicos,

Cic. Sest. 32, 69 (B. and K. ex conj. de crevisse):

adhuc crescentibus annis,

Ov. A. A. 1, 61.—

Trop.

In gen., to grow, increase, to be enlarged or strengthened:

cum Atheniensium opes senescere, contra Lacedaemoniorum crescere videret,

Nep. Alcib. 5, 3; so,

hostium opes animique,

Cic. Imp. Pomp. 15, 45:

non animi tantum, sed etiam vires crescebant,

Liv. 5, 46, 4:

animus laude crescit,

Quint. 1, 2, 3; Curt. 4, 6, 13; Just. 19, 1, 8:

animus crevit praetori,

Liv. 44, 4, 1:

cujusvis opes contra illius potentiam,

Sall. C. 17, 7:

cujusquam regnum per scelus,

id. J. 14, 7:

potentia paucorum (opp. plebis opes imminutae),

id. C. 39, 1; Liv. 4, 2, 2 et saep.:

haec (mala) primo paulatim,

Sall. C. 10, 6:

primo pecuniae, deinde imperii cupido,

id. ib. 10, 3:

fuga atque formido latius,

id. J. 55, 7:

licentia,

id. C. 51, 30:

inopia omnium,

Liv. 21, 11, 12:

rerum cognitio cottidie,

Quint. 12, 11, 17:

quā ex re creverat cum famā tum opibus,

Nep. Alcib. 7 fin.; cf.:

(Saguntini) in tantas brevi creverant opes,

Liv. 21, 7, 3:

Rhodiorum civitas populi Romani opibus,

Sall. C. 51, 5; cf.:

qui malo rei publicae,

id. ib. 51, 32:

usque ego postera Crescam laude recens,

Hor. C. 3, 30, 8:

a brevibus in longas (iambi),

Quint. 9, 4, 136.—

In partic., to rise or increase in distinction, honor, courage, etc., to be promoted or advanced, to prosper, to become great, attain honor:

accusarem alios potius, ex quibus possem crescere,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 30, 83:

ex invidiā senatoriā,

id. Clu. 28, 77:

ex his,

Liv. 29, 37, 17:

ex me,

id. 35, 19, 5:

de uno isto, de multis,

Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 67, § 173:

dignitate, gratiā,

Nep. Att. 21, 1; cf. id. ib. 10, 3; and absol.:

crescendi in curiā occasio,

Liv. 1, 46, 2:

cresco et exsulto et discussā senectute recalesco, quotiens, etc.,

Sen. Ep. 34, 1; cf.:

gaudet et ex nostro crescit maerore Charaxus,

Ov. H. 15, 117:

hic uno modo crescere potest, si se ipse summittat, etc.,

Plin. Pan. 71, 4.

dis-cerno, crēvi, crētum, 3, v. a., to separate, set apart.

Lit., to separate, part, divide (freq. since the Aug. per.):

equas, ne inter se pugnare possint,

Varr. R. R. 2, 7, 10: ordines (preceded by senatus a populo secretus), Liv. 34, 54:

lignum a carnibus,

Plin. 13, 4, 7, § 33:

Lusitaniam a Baetica,

id. 4, 21, 35, § 116:

neque mons erat, qui fines eorum discerneret,

i. e. to mark out, determine, Sall. J. 79, 3; cf. poet.:

(saxum) telas auro,

to interweave with gold, Verg. A. 4, 264; 11, 75:

haec ipsa fortuna huc illucve discernit,

divides, distributes, Cels. 7, 3.—In the part. perf., divided, separated:

duae urbes, magno inter se spatio discretae,

Liv. 27, 39 fin.; cf.:

Peraea a ceteris Judaeis Jordane amne,

Plin. 5, 14, 15, § 70:

Philippus mari tantum Ionio discretus,

Liv. 23, 33; so,

sol tanto intervallo,

Plin. 2, 11, 8, § 50:

uxor velo,

id. Ep. 4, 19, 3:

ager saxo,

Stat. Th. 5, 559:

decurias pluribus nominibus,

Plin. 33, 2, 7, § 31 et saep.— Of the hair, parted:

discretaque collo Caesaries,

Grat. Cyn. 272:

divisa discretaque tellus,

divided and separated, Lucr. 5, 1441:

tellus (opp. permixta),

id. 691:

ubi discretas insula rumpit aquas,

Ov. F. 2, 194:

sedes piorum,

set apart, retired, Hor. C. 2, 13, 23:

quae cum sint turpissima discreta ac separata, turpius junguntur,

Plin. Ep. 2, 6 fin.:

septem discretus in ostia Nilus,

Ov. M. 5, 324 (for which: septem digestum in cornua Nilum, id. ib. 9, 774); cf. Quint. 7, 1, 1.

Trop.

To separate things according to their different qualities, to distinguish between, discern (freq. and class.):

alba et atra,

Cic. Tusc. 5, 39, 114:

discernere et dispicere insidiatorem et petitum insidiis,

Liv. 40, 10:

jus et injuriam,

Tac. A. 2, 66:

probanda atque improbanda,

Quint. 2, 2, 11:

fas atque nefas,

Hor. C. 1, 18, 11 et saep.:

id quod visum erit a falso,

Cic. Ac. 2, 8, 25:

pantheras a pardis solo candore,

Plin. 8, 17, 23, § 63 et saep.:

verba discerni articulatim,

Lucr. 4, 555: suos, * Caes. B. G. 7, 75:

piceam visu,

Plin. 16, 10, 18, § 40:

temperantiam duobus modis,

Cic. Part. Or. 22, 77 et saep.:

animus discernit, quid sit ejusdem generis, quid alterius,

id. Univ. 8:

pecuniae an famae minus parceret haud facile dis cerneres,

Sall. C. 25, 3; so with an, Tac. A. 5, 6; id. H. 3, 28; Suet. Calig. 25; cf.: nec discernatur, jussu injussu imperatoris pugnent, [p. 587] Liv. 8, 34 fin. —

To determine, settle:

limes agro positus litem ut discerneret arvis,

Verg. A. 12, 898:

discerne causam meam,

Vulg. Psa. 42, 1.—

To except, omit, Amm. 14, 8, 7.—Hence, *

discernen-ter, adv., with a distinction, Cael. Aur. Tard. 1, 4, no. 81.—

discrētim, adv., separately, distinctly, App. M. 6, p. 173:

singillatim ac discretim,

id. Flor. 9, p. 347:

adoriri,

Amm. 29, 6:

tradi,

id. 28, 1; Hilar. in Psa. 138, 23.

dis-curro, curri and cucurri ( perf. discucurri, Liv. 25, 25, 9; Sen. Contr. 4, 2; Suet. Calig. 32:

discurrisse,

Curt. 4, 15, 5;

oftener curri,

Liv. 34, 37; 3, 7, 32; Sen. Ep. 90, 36; Curt. 4, 15, 10 al.), cursum, 3, v. n.

To run different ways, to run to and fro, run about (not freq. till after the Aug. per.; in Cic not at all): in muris armata civitas, * Caes. B. C. 3, 105, 3:

deus in montibus altis,

Ov. F. 2, 285:

plebs pileata tota Urbe,

Suet. Ner. 57:

circa deum delubra,

Liv. 26, 9; cf.:

circa vias,

id. 25, 9:

per omnes silvas,

Ov. M. 14, 419; cf.:

per ambitum lacus,

Suet. Claud. 21; and:

per Baianum sinum equis,

id. Calig. 19:

more victorum cum palma discucurrit,

id. ib. 32 et saep.—Designating [p. 590] the term. ad quem:

ad portas,

Liv. 25, 37; Verg. A. 12, 577:

ad arma,

Liv. 5, 36:

ad praedam,

Curt. 4, 15:

ad officia,

Petr. 114:

ad rapiendas virgines,

Liv. 1, 9 et saep.:

in latera,

Front. Strat. 2, 3, 10; cf.:

a media in utramque partem,

Quint. 2, 4, 15.— Pass. impers.:

ilicet in muros tota discurritur urbe,

Verg. A. 11, 468:

in tribus ad suffragium ferendum,

Liv. 25, 2:

ab caede ad diripiendam urbem,

id. 27, 16 al. —

In the pass., with a homogeneous subject: discursis magnis itineribus,

Amm. 29, 5.—

Of inanimate and abstract subjects:

discurrentes maculae in gemma,

Plin. 37, 1, 3, § 5; 13, 21, 37, § 117:

catenae circa latera,

id. 33, 3, 12, § 40 al.:

(Nilus) diversa ruens septem discurrit in ora,

Verg. G. 4, 291; Plin. 11, 37, 69, § 182:

fama tota urbe discurrit,

Curt. 4, 1:

mens discurret utroque,

Ov. R. Am. 443.—

Transf., to traverse, run through or over, hasten through (post-class.):

latius arva,

Avien. Descr. Orb. 516:

Gallias,

Amm. 15, 5, 4:

tramite aliquo discurso,

id. 16, 2, 10:

discursis itineribus magnis,

id. 29, 5, 17.—

Trop., like Gr. dielthein, to speak at length of a thing, to discourse of (post-class.):

super quo nunc pauca discurram,

Amm. 17, 4 (cf. in this sense the Romance discorrere, discourir, and v. 2, discursus, II.).

dis-pesco (pescui, acc. to Prisc. p. 885 P.), pestum, 3, v. a. [commonly referred to pasco; lit., to take from the pasture (pecus a pastione deducere, Paul. ex Fest. p. 72, 11), but more probably from root pac-, pag- of Gr. pêgnumi, to fasten; Lat.: pango, paciscor, etc.; cf. Curt. Gr. Etym. 268], like disjungere, in gen., to separate, divide (post-Aug. and very rare);

Oceanus Africam Europam Asiamque dispescit,

Plin. 2, 68, 68, § 173; cf.:

Nilus Africam ab Aethiopia dispescens,

id. 5, 9, 10, § 53:

Samon a Mileto,

App. Flor. 15, p. 350; id. de Deo Socr. p. 44.—

Trop.:

dispestae disturbataeque nuptiae,

App. M. 4, p. 154, 33.

ē-văgor, ātus, 1, v. dep. n. and a.

Neutr., to wander forth, to roam about; to scatter or spread about, to extend (class.).

Lit.:

ne longius evagatae (incubantes gallinae) refrigerent ova,

Col. 8, 5, 14:

cappari evagatur per agros,

Plin. 19, 8, 48, § 163:

Nilus,

id. 10, 33, 49, § 94:

ignis ulterius,

Dig. 9, 2, 30, § 3.—

In milit. lang., to march to and fro, make evolutions, manœuvre:

nullo ad evagandum relicto spatio,

Liv. 22, 47, 3; 23, 47, 5.—

Trop., to spread, extend, digress: qui appetitus longius evagantur, * Cic. Off. 1, 29, 102:

late evagata est vis morbi,

Liv. 3, 7 fin.:

latissime evagandi sibi viam facere (exempla),

Vell. 2, 3, 4:

ne Demostheni permittant evagari,

Quint. 3, 6, 3; so of wandering, digressing in speaking, id. 2, 4, 32; 3, 11, 25;

of overstepping the limits of duty: procuratores,

Spart. Hadr 3 § 9.—

Act., to stray beyond, [p. 666] to overstep any thing:

ordinem,

Hor. C. 4, 15, 10.

ē-vŏmo, ŭi, ĭtum, 3, v. a., to spew out, vomit forth (class.).

Lit.:

(haec avis scribitur) conchas cum concoxerit, evomere,

Cic. N. D. 2, 49; Suet. Claud. 44; id. Ner. 2; Tac. A. 12, 67; Vulg. Jonah, 2, 11 al.—

Transf.:

quod (urbs) tantam pestem evomuerit forasque ejecerit,

Cic. Cat. 2, 1 fin.:

herbas,

to put forth, Col. 8, 15, 3:

ignes (Vesbius),

Sil. 17, 594:

pecuniam devoratam,

to disgorge, give up, Cic. Pis. 37:

Nilus in Aegyptium mare se evomit,

discharges itself, empties, Plin. 5, 9, 10, § 54.—

Trop.:

virus acerbitatis suae apud aliquem,

Cic. Lael. 23, 87:

in aliquem orationem ex ore impurissimo,

id. Phil. 5, 7, 20: iram in aliquem, Ter. Ad. 3, 2, 14; cf. id. ib. 3, 4, 65; id. Hec. 3, 5, 65.

ex-aestŭo, āvi, ātum, 1, v. n. and a., to boil up, foam up, ferment (not freq. till after the Aug. period; in Cic. and Caes. not at all).

Lit.

In gen.:

exaestuat mare,

Liv. 26, 42 fin.; Curt. 6, 4:

fretum,

id. 4, 2:

unda ima verticibus,

Verg. G. 3, 240:

Aetna fundo imo,

id. A. 3, 577:

bitumen e terra,

Just. 1, 2, 7:

Nilus in fossas,

Suet. Aug, 18.—

In partic., to effervesce, to glow with heat:

Aegyptus torrenti calore solis exaestuat,

Just. 2, 1, 16.— Absol.:

ut exaestuarat,

had overheated himself, Suet. Tib. 72 med. —

Trop.:

mens exaestuat irā,

Verg. A. 9, 798; so,

irā,

Ov. M. 6, 623; 13, 559; Stat. Th. 11, 297:

dolor exaestuat intus,

Ov. Tr. 5, 1, 63; cf.

ignis (amoris),

id. M. 13, 867; poet.:

vates magno igni,

Luc. 5, 173.—

Act., to boil up with, to give forth, exhale (very rarely):

hos igitur tellus omnes exaestuat aestus,

Lucr. 6, 816; so,

aestus,

id. 2, 1137.

ex-ĕo, ĭi (rarely īvi, Gell. 12, 12, 3; Plaut. Rud. 2, 6, 50; perf. exit, for exiit, id. Ps. 2, 4, 40; Verg. A. 2, 497), ĭtum, īre ( fut. [p. 683] exibo, but exies, exiet, Sen. Ep. 113, 20; id. Apocol. 3, 1 al.;

exiet for exibit,

Tert. adv. Jud. 13; Vulg. Matt. 2, 6; 5, 26 al.; perh. also in Hor. C. 4, 4, 65; acc. to some MSS. al. evenit; v. Orell. ad h. l.), v. n. and a.

Neutr., to go out or forth, to go away, depart.

Lit.

In gen.:

dum intro eo atque exeo,

Plaut. Ep. 5, 1, 43:

jam ad te exeo,

id. Bacch. 4, 6, 24; 4, 9, 129:

foras,

id. Cas. 5, 2, 51; cf. id. Rud. 2, 2, 2:

ex urbe,

id. Am. 1, 3, 35:

ex urbe, oppido,

Cic. Fam. 4, 1, 2; Caes. B. G. 2, 33, 1:

e patria,

Cic. Pis. 14, 33:

e finibus suis,

Caes. B. G. 1, 5, 1:

clam ex castris,

id. ib. 7, 20, 10:

ab aliquo,

from one's house, Ter. Eun. 3, 4, 7 (v. ab, I. a.):

ab urbe,

away from, Liv. 10, 37, 6 Weissenb. ad loc.; 21, 13, 7; 23, 18, 14;

al. a villa sua,

Quint. 6, 3, 49:

de triclinio, de cubiculo,

Cic. de Or. 2, 65, 263:

de balneis,

id. de Or. 2, 55, 223:

de navi,

id. Att. 2, 7, 4:

(cornix) a cauda de ovo,

tail first, Plin. 10, 16, 18, § 38:

portā,

Plaut. Mil. 5, 39:

domo,

Cic. Rep. 1, 12; cf.:

erant omnino itinera duo, quibus itineribus domo exire possent,

i. e. withdraw from, leave their country, Caes. B. G. 1, 6, 1; so,

domo,

id. ib. 1, 12, 5;

1, 29, 1: castris,

id. B. C. 1, 69, 3:

in solitudinem,

to withdraw, Cic. Off. 1, 32, 118:

in alias domos tamquam in colonias,

id. ib. 1, 17, 54:

in provinciam,

Caes. B. G. 1, 33, 4:

in terram,

i. e. to land, Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 51, § 433:

in luminis oras,

i. e. to be born, Lucr. 1, 170:

ad aliquem,

i. e. to go from home to visit a person, Ter. Hec. 4, 1, 6 et saep.—Prov.:

exeat aulā, qui vult esse pius,

Luc. 8, 493.— Poet., with inf.:

exierant dare veris opes,

Stat. Ach. 1, 288.—Of inanim. or abstr. subjects:

cum de consularibus mea prima sors exisset,

Cic. Att. 1, 19, 3; so,

sors,

Hor. C. 2, 3, 27; cf.:

cujus nomen exisset,

Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 51, § 127:

nummi, qui per simulationem ab isto exierant,

id. ib. 2, 2, 25, §

61: per septem portus in maris exit aquas (Nilus),

flows out, empties, Ov. Am. 2, 13, 10:

septem aquis (Ister),

Val. Fl. 8, 187:

populo albae folia vetustiora in angulos exeunt,

terminate, Plin. 16, 23, 35, § 86:

color in florem heliotropii,

id. 37, 6, 22, § 83; cf.:

masculina nomina in A atque S litteras,

to end, terminate, Quint. 1, 5, 61.— Pass. impers.:

uti inde exiri possit,

Cato, R. R. 1, 2:

crepuit ostium: exitur foras,

Plaut. Cas. 4, 3, 15:

in Velabro, qua in Novam viam exitur,

Varr. L. L. 6, § 24 Müll.—

In partic.

In milit. lang., to move out, march out:

milites, qui de tertia vigilia exissent,

Caes. B. C. 1, 64 fin.:

ut paludati (praetores) exeant,

depart for the battle-field, id. ib. 1, 6, 6:

ad pugnam,

Liv. 44, 39, 2; Verg. G. 4, 67:

ex Italia ad bellum civile,

Cic. Fam. 2, 16, 3 et saep.— Pass. impers.:

non posse clam exiri,

Caes. B. C. 1, 67, 2:

postquam exitum est maximā copiā,

Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 64.—

In jurid. Lat.: potestate, de or a potestate alicujus, to get out of any one's power (potestas), to be emancipated, become free, Dig. 37, 4, 1, § 6; 62; 28, 6, 3 et saep. (cf. B. 1. infra).—

De vita, to depart from life, decease, die (for the usual excedere or decedere de vita):

quem (me) fuerat aequius ut prius introieram, sic prius exire de vita,

Cic. Cael. 4, 15; so,

de vita,

Plin. Ep. 3, 9, 5; cf.:

e vita tamquam e theatro,

Cic. Fin. 1, 15, 49:

vitā exire,

Val. Max. 9, 12, ext. 1.—

To go out or forth in any manner, to issue, escape (very rare):

cujus (Isocratis) e ludo tamquam ex equo Trojano meri principes exierunt,

Cic. de Or. 2, 22, 94:

hanc tamen Antonius fugam suam, quia vivus exierat, victoriam vocabat,

Vell. 2, 82, 3.—Of inanimate subjects:

currente rota cur urceus exit?

Hor. A. P. 22: libri quidem ita exierunt, ut, etc., turned out (the figure being borrowed from works of art which are cast and turned out of the mould), Cic. Att. 13, 13, 1.—

Of plants, to come up, spring forth, sprout out:

plerumque e terra exit hordeum diebus VII.,

Varr. R. R. 1, 45, 1:

ne semina in frugem exeant e terra,

Plin. 11, 30, 36, § 109:

folia a radice,

id. 25, 4, 9, § 28:

lupinus agro limoso,

Col. 2, 10, 3:

fabae in folia,

Plin. 18, 7, 10, § 57; and absol.:

ut vix ulla herba exeat,

Col. 2, 11, 3; so,

lens sata (with grandescere),

Pall. Febr. 4;

and, messis,

Val. Fl. 7, 549.—

To mount upwards, ascend, rise ( poet. and postAug. prose):

in auras (ignis),

Lucr. 6, 886:

ad caelum (arbor),

Verg. G. 2, 81:

in altitudinem (comae palmarum),

Plin. 13, 4, 8, § 37.—

Trop.

In gen.:

exisse ex potestate dicimus eos, qui effrenati feruntur aut libidine aut iracundia, etc.... Qui igitur exisse ex potestate dicuntur, idcirco dicuntur, quia non sunt in potestate mentis,

Cic. Tusc. 3, 5, 11; cf.:

itaque iratos proprie dicimus exisse de potestate, id est de consilio, de ratione, de mente,

id. ib. 4, 36, 77;

for which: a se,

Petr. 90: ex hac aerumna, Lucil. ap. Non. 296, 16; cf.:

exire aere alieno,

Cic. Phil. 11, 6, 13 (dub. al. se exserere):

quam nihil non consideratum exibat ex ore!

id. Brut. 76, 265; id. de Or. 2, 22 fin.:

nequaquam similiter oratio mea exire atque in vulgus emanare poterit,

id. Rosc. Am. 1, 3; Plin. Pan. 75, 3:

ea res prodita est et in vulgus exivit,

Gell. 12, 12, 3; cf. with object-clause:

exiit opinio, descensurum eum ad Olympia inter athletas,

Suet. Ner. 53; for which also with a subject-clause:

quod ante paucos dies exierat in vulgus, laudanti cuidam formam suam, respondisse eum, etc.,

id. Galb. 20:

ob hoc exivit proverbium, etc.,

became current, Vulg. Gen. 10, 9.—

In partic.

Of time, to run out, end, expire:

quinto anno exeunte,

Cic. Div. 1, 25, 53:

indutiarum dies exierat,

Liv. 4, 30, 14; 30, 25, 1; 42, 47, 10:

dies censurae, stipendii,

id. 9, 34, 22; 22, 33, 5:

nullus mihi per otium dies exit,

Sen. Ep. 8; Plin. Pan. 68, 2 et saep.—

To extend beyond a certain measure or limit (mostly post-Aug.):

extra aliquid,

Varr. R. R. 2, 1, 25:

vestra vita, licet supra mille annos exeat,

run out, extend, Sen. Brev. Vit. 6:

probationes in tertium diem exierunt,

Plin. Ep. 2, 11, 18:

digressus in laudes Castoris ac Pollucis exierat,

Quint. 11, 2, 11; cf.:

continuus (translationis usus) in allegorias et aenigmata exit,

id. 8, 6, 14:

in longum exierit ordo rerum,

id. 4, 2, 51.—

To pass away, perish:

opus laudabile, numquam a memoria hominum exiturum,

Sen. Ben. 3, 38; so with a subjectclause:

an jam memoriā exisse, neminem ex plebe tribunum militum creatum esse?

Liv. 6, 37, 5.—

Act. ( poet. and in postAug. prose), to go or pass beyond a thing.

Lit.

In gen.:

limen,

Ter. Hec. 3, 3, 18:

Avernas valles,

Ov. M. 10, 52:

flumen,

Val. Fl. 4, 698:

quantum diurni itineris miliariorum numero in reda possit exiri,

Vitr. 10, 9, 3:

donec minor filius lubricum juventae exiret,

Tac. A. 6, 49 (55) fin. —

Pregn., to avoid, evade, ward off:

corpore tela atque oculis vigilantibus exit,

avoids the blows, Verg. A. 5, 438; cf.:

feros exibant dentis adactus (jumenta),

Lucr. 5, 1330; Stat. Th. 6, 802:

procul absiliebat, ut acrem exiret odorem,

Lucr. 6, 1217:

profluvium sanguinis,

id. 6, 1206:

vim viribus,

Verg. A. 11, 750 et saep.—

Trop.

To exceed:

modum,

Ov. M. 9, 632.—

Of time: ad exitam aetatem = ad ultimam aetatem, Paul. ex Fest. p. 28, 5 Müll.

ex-ŏrĭor, ortus, 3 and 4 ( part. fut. act. exorturus, Aug. Civ. D. 17, 14 fin. —The praes. indic. and imperf. subj. acc. to the third conj.:

exoritur,

Lucr. 1, 23; Verg. A. 2, 313; Ov. F. 4, 904 al.:

exoreretur,

Lucr. 2, 507; cf. id. 1, 108; Liv. 27, 27, 3. — Imper.:

exorere,

Ter. Hec. 2, 1, 16 —v. orior), v. dep. n., to come out or forth, to spring up (esp. suddenly, unexpectedly), to rise (class.).

In gen.

Lit.:

post solstitium Canicula exoritur,

Cic. Div. 2, 44, 93:

exoriens sol,

Verg. G. 1, 438; cf.:

jubare exorto,

id. A. 4, 130:

tu sola exorere, quae, etc.,

spring up, start up, Ter. Hec. 2, 1, 16; cf. Lucr. 1, 124; and Cic. Deiot. 1, 3.—

Part. praes. subst., exoriens (sc. sol), the rising sun, the morning (very rare):

qua venit exoriens, qua deficit,

Prop. 3, 5, 27 (4, 4, 27 M.).—To designate a cardinal point, the orient, east:

plantaria facito ab exoriente,

Col. Arb. 3, 3.—

Trop.:

exoritur Antipatri ratio ex altera parte,

springs, arises, Cic. Off. 3, 12, 52:

lex Julia de vi adversus eos exoritur, qui vim commiserint,

Just. Inst. 4, 18, 8:

ego nunc paulum exorior, et maxime quidem iis litteris, etc.,

recover myself, Cic. Att. 7, 26, 1.—

In partic., to arise, proceed, originate, begin, appear, become.

Lit.:

(Nilus) exoriens penitus media ab regione diei,

arising, proceeding, Lucr. 6, 723:

e terraque exorta repente arbusta salirent,

id. 1, 187; cf. ib. 180:

ipse novas assignationes instituit et repentinus Sulla nobis exoritur,

arises, appears, Cic. Agr. 3, 3, 10; cf.:

sic repente anuli beneficio rex exortus est Lydiae (Gyges),

became, id. Off. 3, 9, 38:

exoriare aliquis nostris ex ossibus ultor,

Verg. A. 4, 625.—

Trop.:

honestum, quod ex virtutibus exoritur,

Cic. Fin. 5, 23, 64; cf.:

horum (decemvirum) ex injustitia subito exorta est maxima perturbatio,

id. Rep. 2, 37:

tot bella repente aliis ex locis exorta sunt,

started up, arose, Liv. 31, 40, 7 Drak.:

a Myrrhina haec sunt exorta omnia,

proceeded from, are owing to, Ter. Hec. 4, 4, 10:

exorti utero dolores,

Plaut. Am. 5, 1, 40:

subito exorta est nefaria Catonis promulgatio,

Cic. Fam. 1, 5, 2; Caes. B. C. 2, 12, 4:

id cum contingit, amor exoriatur necesse est,

Cic. Lael 14, 48:

amicitias exorta aliqua offensione dirumpimus,

id. ib. 22, 85:

exoritur trepidos inter discordia cives,

Verg. A. 12, 583; cf. id. ib. 2, 313;

3, 128: de Praenestinorum defectione fama,

Liv. 6, 21, 9 al.

ex-pando, pandi, pansum or passum (the former, Plin. 2, 103, 106, § 228; 9, 33, 52, § 103; 31, 6, 37, § 70; the latter, Caecil. ap. Gell. 15, 15, 2; but in Tac. H. 5, 13, very dub., the more prob. reading being exapertae, v. Orell. ad h. l.), 3, v. a., to spread out, spread apart, to expand (mostly post-Aug.; not in Cic.).

Lit.: haec nuntiasse et flammeum expassum domi, Caecil. ap. Gell. 15, 15, 2:

vestes supra fontem frigidum,

Plin. 2, 103, 106, § 228:

vellera circa navim,

id. 31, 6, 37, § 70:

alas (grues),

id. 10, 38, 54, § 111:

ficus in sole,

Col. 12, 15, 3:

herbas sub umbra,

id. 12, 13, 2 et saep.—Mid.:

vagus ille, cum expanditur, amnis (Nilus),

Plin. Pan. 30, 4.—

Trop.:

rerum naturam dictis,

to lay open, unfold, explain, Lucr. 1, 126.

ex-sŭpĕro ( exup-), āvi, ātum ( gen. plur. part. sync. exsuperantum, Varr. L. L. 7, § 18 Müll.), 1, v. n. and a. (mostly poet. and in post-Aug. prose).

Neutr., to mount up, appear above (very rare).

Lit.: exsuperant flammae;

furit aestus ad auras,

Verg. A. 2, 759.—

Trop., to get the upper hand, to overcome, prevail, excel:

sol et vapor omnis,

Lucr. 5, 385:

arma capessant, Et si non poterunt exsuperare, cadant,

Ov. F. 6, 372:

praesens dolor,

Lucr. 6, 1277:

quantum ipse feroci Virtute exsuperas,

Verg. A. 12, 20:

Hannibal exsuperans astu,

Sil. 1, 57.—

Act., to project or tower above any thing, to surmount, rise above, exceed.

Lit.:

vites exsuperant ulmos,

Plin. 14, 1, 3, § 12:

exsuperat jugum,

passes over, Verg. A. 11, 905:

clivum,

Sen. Ep. 31:

amnem,

Plin. 6, 17, 21, § 62:

Nilus exsuperavit sedecim cubita,

id. 18, 18, 47, § 168; cf.:

binas libras ponderis,

id. 9, 17, 30, § 64.—

Trop.

To surpass, exceed: quis homo te exsuperavit usquam gentium impudentiā? Poët. ap. Cic. Tusc. 4, 36, 77:

omnes Tarquinios superbiā,

Liv. 3, 11, 13:

genus morum nobilitate,

Ov. Tr. 4, 4, 2:

aliquid latitudine,

Plin. 2, 11, 8, § 50:

laudes alicujus,

Liv. 28, 43, 7:

cuncta exsuperans patrimonia census,

Juv. 10, 13:

tu vero, pater, vive et me quoque exsupera,

survive, outlive, Val. Max. 5, 9 fin.:

aestatem,

to outlast, Plin. 14, 2, 4, § 33.—

To be too much for, to overpower, overcome: id summum exsuperat Jovem, Poët. in Cic. Div. 2, 10, 25:

materia vires exsuperante meas,

Ov. Tr. 1, 5, 56:

caecum consilium,

Verg. A. 7, 591:

multitudo Gallorum, sensum omnem talis damni exsuperans,

Liv. 7, 24, 2.—Hence, exsŭpĕrans ( exup-), antis, P. a. (acc. to I. B.), surpassing, excellent, supreme (post-class.):

mulier exsuperanti forma,

Gell. 6, 8, 3.— Comp.: uter esset exsuperantior, certabatur, Gell. 14, 3, 11.— Sup., App. Dogm. Plat. 1, p. 8.

fauces, ium ( sing. nom. faux only in Cael. Aur. Tard. 2, 11, 127, =arteria aspera; cf. Varr. L. L. 10, § 78 Müll.; Charis. p. 72 P. —The abl. sing. fauce sometimes in poets: Ov. H. 9, 98; id. M. 14, 738; Hor. Epod. 14, 4; Phaedr. 1, 1, 3; 1, 8, 4; Mart. 7, 37, 6 al.), f. [cf. Sanscr. bhūka, hole, opening], the upper part of the throat, from the root of the tongue to the entrance of the gullet, the pharynx, throat, gullet (syn.: gula, guttur, jugulum).

Lit.: summum gulae fauces vocantur, extremum stomachus;

quibus fauces non sunt, ne stomachus quidem est,

Plin. 11, 37, 68, § 179:

exigua in arteria sub ipsis faucibus lingula est, quae, cum spiramus, attollitur,

Cels. 4, 1: (galli) favent faucibus russis cantu, Enn. ap. Cic. Div. 2, 26, 57 (Trag. v. 250 ed. Vahl.):

sitis fauces tenet,

Plaut. Most. 2, 1, 34:

sitis fauces urit,

Hor. S. 1, 2, 214:

lippiunt fauces fame,

Plaut. Curc. 2, 3, 39; 1, 2, 36:

fauces tussientes,

Cels. 5, 25, 11:

nuces videntur fauces exasperare,

Plin. 23, 8, 74, § 142:

fauces tumentes strangulant vocem, etc.,

Quint. 11, 3, 20:

infirmatis faucibus, praeconis voce concionatus est,

Suet. Aug. 84 fin.:

propino tibi salutem plenis faucibus,

Plaut. Stich. 3, 2, 16:

merum ingurgitare faucibus plenis,

id. Curc. 1, 2, 39:

exscrea usque ex penitis faucibus,

from the bottom of your throat, id. As. 1, 1, 28:

alicui fauces prehendere,

id. Most. 1, 3, 62; cf.:

qui sacerdoti scelestus fauces interpresserit,

id. Rud. 3, 2, 41:

laqueo innectere fauces,

to strangle, Ov. M. 10, 378; cf.

also: ad necem secandasque novacula fauces,

Suet. Calig. 23:

fauces manu sua oppressit,

id. ib. 12:

retinens singulos et contortis faucibus convertens,

id. Caes. 62.— Trop.:

faucibus teneor,

I am caught by the throat, I feel the knife at my throat, Plaut. Cas. 5, 3, 4; cf.:

cum faucibus premeretur,

Cic. Clu. 31, 84:

Timarchides premit fauces defensionis tuae,

id. Verr. 2, 3, 76, § 176: eripite nos ex faucibus eorum, quorum crudelitas, etc., from the jaws, Crass. ap. Cic. de Or. 1, 52, 225; cf. Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 6, § 19:

urbem totius belli ore ac faucibus ereptam esse,

id. Arch. 9, 21:

e mediis Orci faucibus ad hunc evasi modum,

App. M. 7, p. 191:

cum inexplebiles populi fauces exaruerunt libertatis siti,

Cic. Rep. 1, 43:

lupus fauce improba incitatus,

i. e. voracity, Phaedr. 1, 2, 3.—

Transf., of places:

A narrow way, narrow inlet or outlet, an entrance, defile, pass (cf. angustiae): Corinthus posita in angustiis atque in faucibus Graeciae, in the mouth or entrance, Cic. Agr. 2, 32, 87:

in Ciliciae angustissimis faucibus,

Curt. 7, 4; cf.:

qua fauces erant angustissimae portus,

Caes. B. C. 1, 25, 5:

portus,

id. ib. 3, 24, 1;

3, 39, 2: Masinissam persecutus in valle arta, faucibus utrimque obsessis, inclusit,

Liv. 29, 32, 4:

Aemilius sedens in faucibus macelli,

Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 62, § 145; so,

macelli,

id. Quint. 6, 25:

per fauces montis ut Aetnae Exspirent ignes,

the crater, Lucr. 6, 630:

cava flumina siccis faucibus, etc.,

Verg. G. 4, 428:

altae montis,

Lucr. 6, 697:

Nilus multis faucibus in Aegyptium mare se evomit,

through many mouths, Plin. 5, 9, 10, § 54:

Bospori,

the Dardanelles, id. 6, 1, 1, § 4; Sil. 12, 127:

cum fornacem facies, fauces praecipites deorsum facito,

Cato, R. R. 38, 3: pictis e faucibus currus emittere, from the barriers, Enn. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 48, 107 (Ann. v. 89 ed. Vahl.).—

The jaws of the earth, gulf, abyss:

patefactis terrae faucibus,

Cic. N. D. 2, 37, 95.

fēcundus (sometimes erroneously foecund-and faecund-, but v. Varr. ap. Gell. 16, 12 fin., and ap. Non. 54, 8), a, um, adj. [from ‡ feo, whence also fetus, femina, fenus, etc., cf. felix], fruitful, fertile (of plants and animals).—Constr. with abl., gen., or absol. (with gen. only poet. and in post-Aug. prose).

Lit. (class.):

fossiones agri repastinationesque, quibus fit multo terra fecundior,

Cic. de Sen. 15, 53; cf. Verg. G. 1, 67; Quint. 10, 3, 2:

glebae,

Lucr. 1, 211:

solum,

Quint. 2, 19, 2: cf. Just. 2, 1:

salices viminibus, frondibus ulmi,

Verg. G. 2, 446.—With gen.:

regio fecunda fruticis exigui,

Col. 9, 4, 2:

tellus metallorum,

Plin. 33, 4, 21, § 78;

for which: Amathus metallis,

Ov. M. 10, 220 Bach. N. cr.:

mons silvae frequens fecundusque,

Tac. A. 4, 65:

segetes fecundae et uberes,

id. Or. 15, 48:

nihil ocimo fecundius,

Plin. 19, 7, 36, § 120:

uxores,

Lucr. 4, 1254:

conjux,

Hor. S. 2, 5, 31:

lepus,

id. ib. 2, 4, 44; cf.:

sue... nihil genuit natura fecundius,

Cic. N. D. 2, 64, 160.—

Transf.

Rich, abundant, abounding in any thing (mostly poet. and in post-Aug. prose):

fecundi calices quem non fecere disertum?

Hor. Ep. 1, 5, 19; cf.

fons,

i. e. copious, Ov. M. 14, 791:

legere fecundis collibus herbas,

plentifuliy furnished, thickly studded, id. ib. 14, 347:

fecundissima gens,

rich in agricultural products, Plin. Pan. 31, 6:

(specus) Uberibus fecundus aquis,

Ov. M. 3, 31; cf.:

fecunda melle Calymne,

id. ib. 8, 222:

viscera (Tityi) poenis,

i. e. constantly renewed, Verg. A. 6, 598:

Echidna, fecunda poenis viscera trahens,

Ambros. in Tob. 12, 41:

nigris Meroe fecunda colonis,

Luc. 10, 303:

cingula monstris,

Val. Fl. 6, 470.— With gen.:

Aemilium genus fecundum bonorum civium,

Tac. A. 6, 27 fin. —

Making fruitful, fertilizing (only poet. and in post-Aug. prose):

imber,

Verg. G. 2, 325; cf.

Nilus,

Plin. 5, 9, 10, § 54:

excipe fecundae patienter verbera dextrae, i. e. the blows with a thong of skin given to women by the luperci, and which were supposed to promote fruitfulness,

Ov. F. 2, 427; cf. Serv. Verg. A. 8, 343; and:

quam (Danaën) implevit fecundo Juppiter auro,

Ov. M. 4, 698.—

Trop., fruitful, fertile, prolific, abundant (class.): pectus, Cic. poët. Div. 1, 13, 22; Verg. A. 7, 338:

artifex,

Plin. 35, 10, 36, § 71:

a quo (Anaxagora) eum (Periclem), cum alia praeclara quaedam et magnifica didicisse, uberem et fecundum fuisse,

Cic. Or. 4, 15:

duo genera verborum: unum fecundum, quod declinando multas ex se parit dispariles formas, ut est lego, legis, legam, sic alia: alterum genus sterile, quod ex se parit nihil, ut est etiam, vix, cras, etc.,

Varr. L. L. 8, § 9 Müll.:

amor et melle et felle est fecundissimus,

Plaut. Cist. 1, 1, 70:

fecunda culpae saecula,

Hor. C. 3, 6, 17:

veri sacerdos,

Sil. 13, 490:

fecundum in fraudes hominum genus,

id. 2, 498:

vester porro labor fecundior, historiarum scriptores?

Juv. 7, 98.—Hence, fēcundē, adv., fruitfully, abundantly:

fecundius poëmata ferrent fructum,

Varr. L. L. 7, § 2 Müll.:

arundo recisa fecundius resurgit,

Plin. 16, 36, 65, § 163:

cantharides nascuntur fecundissime in fraxino,

id. 29, 4, 30, § 94.

fertĭlis, e, adj. [fero, I. B. 3.].

Fruitful, fertile (class.; syn.: ferax, fecundus, uber).

Lit.

Absol.:

ager, quamvis fertilis, sine cultura fructuosus esse non potest,

Cic. Tusc. 2, 5, 13:

Asia tam opima est ac fertilis. ut, etc.,

id. de Imp. Pomp. 6, 14:

agri opimi et fertiles,

id. Agr. 2, 19, 51; cf.:

agri uberrimi maximeque fertiles,

id. Div. 1, 42, 94:

agri lati et fertiles,

id. Verr. 2, 3, 51, § 120; id. N. D. 2, 53:

ager fertilis et praeda onustus,

Sall. J. 87, 1; Ov. F. 5, 12, 23:

terra,

Liv. 45, 30, 4:

Africa,

Hor. C. 3, 16, 31:

Tibur,

id. ib. 4, 3, 10:

oliveta,

id. ib. 2, 15, 8:

Bacchus (i. e. vinum),

id. ib. 2, 6, 19:

herba,

Ov. F. 3, 240:

annus,

Prop. 4 (5), 8, 14:

cornu nutricis (i. e. Copiae),

Ov. F. 5, 127.— Poet.:

serpens, i. e. the Hydra,

continually producing new heads, Ov. H. 9, 95.— Comp.:

uberius solum fertilioremve segetem,

Quint. 12, 10, 25.—

Prov.: fertilior seges est alienis semper in agris,

Ov. A. A. 1, 349.— Sup.:

quae fertilissima sunt Germaniae loca circum Hercyniam silvam,

Caes. B. G. 6, 24, 2:

regio agri,

id. ib. 7, 13 fin.:

ager,

Liv. 29, 25, 12:

quaestus,

Plin. H. N. 14 praef. § 5.—

With gen.:

proferre possum multos fertiles agros alios aliorum fructuum,

fertile, some in one kind of produce, some in another, Cic. N. D. 2, 52, 131; cf.:

ager frugum fertilis,

Sall. J. 17, 5:

fertilis hominum frugumque Gallia,

Liv. 5, 34, 2:

tellus frugum pecorisque,

Hor. C. S. 29:

mare testae,

id. S. 2, 4, 31:

insulae pabuli tantum,

Plin. 6, 22, 24, § 86:

arenae vitri,

id. 5, 19, 17, § 75.— Comp.:

incolae (Taprobanes) auri margaritarumque grandium fertiliores quam Indi,

richer in, Plin. 6, 22, 24, § 81.—

With abl.:

ager a litore arboribus fertilis, intus frugibus tantum,

Plin. 5, 5, 5, § 33:

flumen auro,

id. 6, 23, 26, § 98.—

With ad:

tractus fertilis ad omnia,

Plin. 2, 78, 80, § 190.—

With a and abl.:

Aetna a sacro numquam non fertilis igni,

Lucil. Aetna, 556.—

Trop., fertile, productive ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose):

fertile pectus habes,

Ov. Pont. 4, 2, 11:

Bacche, soles Phoebo fertilis esse tuo,

Prop. 4 (5), 6, 76:

tanto priscorum cura fertilior fuit,

Plin. H. N. 14 praef. § 3.—

That makes fruitful or fertile, fertilizing ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose): dea (i. e. Ceres), Ov. M. 5, 642:

Nilus,

Tib. 1, 7, 22; [p. 741] Val. Fl. 7, 608:

majores fertilissimum in agro oculum domini esse dixerunt,

Plin. 18, 6, 8, § 43.—Hence, * adv.: fertĭlĭter, fruitfully, abundantly:

derelicta (metalla) fertilius revivescunt,

Plin. 34, 17, 49, § 164.