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Păraetŏnĭum, ii, n., = Paraitonion, a seaport town in Northern Africa, between Egypt and the Syrtes, now Marsa Labeit, Plin. 5, 5, 5, § 33; Ov. Am. 2, 13, 7; id. M. 9, 772.—Hence,

Păraetŏnĭus, a, um, adj., Parœtonian: portus, Mela, 1, 8, 2.— Subst.: păraetŏnĭum, ii, n., a certain white and pure chalk found near Parœtonium, Parœtonium-white, Plin. 35, 6, 18, § 36; 33, 5, 27, § 90; Vitr. 7, 7.—

Transf., Egyptian, African:

Paraetonius Nilus,

Stat. Th. 5, 12:

urbs,

i. e. Alexandria, Luc. 10, 9:

litus,

Egyptian, Claud. B. Gild. 160:

serpens,

African, Sil. 17, 450.

Păraetŏnĭum, ii, n., = Paraitonion, a seaport town in Northern Africa, between Egypt and the Syrtes, now Marsa Labeit, Plin. 5, 5, 5, § 33; Ov. Am. 2, 13, 7; id. M. 9, 772.—Hence,

Păraetŏnĭus, a, um, adj., Parœtonian: portus, Mela, 1, 8, 2.— Subst.: păraetŏnĭum, ii, n., a certain white and pure chalk found near Parœtonium, Parœtonium-white, Plin. 35, 6, 18, § 36; 33, 5, 27, § 90; Vitr. 7, 7.—

Transf., Egyptian, African:

Paraetonius Nilus,

Stat. Th. 5, 12:

urbs,

i. e. Alexandria, Luc. 10, 9:

litus,

Egyptian, Claud. B. Gild. 160:

serpens,

African, Sil. 17, 450.

pā̆trĭus, a, um, adj. [pater], of or belonging to a father, fatherly, paternal (for syn. v paternus).

Lit.

In gen.:

esse exitio rei patriae suae,

Plaut. Bacch. 4, 9, 23:

rem patriam et gloriam majorum foedare,

id. Trin. 3, 2, 30:

animus patrius,

Ter. Hec. 2, 2, 2; Cic. Rosc. Am. 16, 46; Liv. 2, 5, 8:

res patria atque avita,

Cic. Verr. 1, 5, 13:

potestas,

id. Inv. 2, 17, 52; Sen. Clem. 1, 14, 2:

jus et potestas,

Cic. Phil. 2, 18, 46; Liv. 1, 26, 9:

majestas,

id. 4, 45, 8; 8, 7, 15:

auctoritas,

Cic. Cael. 16, 37:

amor,

id. Fin. 1, 7, 23:

benevolentia,

Tac. A. 4, 4:

maeror,

Cic. Fl. 42, 106; id. Imp. Pomp. 9, 22:

acerbitas,

Liv. 7, 5, 7:

monumentum,

Ter. Eun. prol. 13:

amor,

Verg. A. 1, 643: arae. i. e. of Father Apollo, Ov. M. 15, 723:

patrium mimae donare fundum laremque, Hor S. 1, 2, 56: dolor pedum,

hereditary, Plin. Ep. 1, 12: ucerbitas, i. e. of his father, Liv 7, 5, 7: di patrii, of one's forefathers. like theoi patrôioi, family gods, household gods, penates, Cic. Phil. 2, 20, 75, Tib. 2, 1, 17; Hyg. ap. Macr S. 3, 4 fin.:

hoc patrium est, potius consuefacere filium Suā sponte recte facere quam alieno metu, Ter Ad. 1, 1, 49.—Rarely, like paternus. = patris. patriā virtute praeditus filius,

Cic. Sest. 21, 48 sepulchrum patrium, id. Rosc. Am. 9, 24:

poenas patrias persequi,

id. Phil. 13, 20, 4: corpus patrium. Plaut. Merc. 1, 1, 74; Tac. A. 5, 28:

patrio instituto deditus studio litterarum,

Cic. Brut. 20, 79; 59, 213:

mos patrius et disciplina,

id. Sen. 11, 37:

regnum patrium atque avitum,

id. Imp. Pomp. 8, 21.—

In partic., in gram.:

patrius casus,

the genitive, Gell. 4, 16, 1; cf. patricus and paternus.—

Transf., in gen.

Handed down from one's forefathers, old-established, old, ancient (very rare): mos. hereditary, old-established custom, Cic. de Or. 1, 18, 84: leges. Vulg. 2 Macc. 7, 2.—

Hereditary, innate, peculiar ( poet.):

praediscere patrios cultusque habitusque locorum,

Verg. G. 1, 52:

patrius hic (pedum dolor) illi,

the gout, Plin. Ep. 1, 12, 4. pavor genti, Sil 15, 722:

adde, cruentis Quod patriura saevire Dahis,

Val. Fl. 2, 157.—Hence,

Subst.

pā̆trĭa, ae (old gen. patrial, Lucr. 1, 41), f (sc. terra)

One's fatherland, native land or country, native place:

erilis patria, salve,

Plaut. Stich. 5, 2, 2:

eram imperator in patriā meā,

id. Ps. 4, 7, 75: patria, quae communis est omnium nostrum parens. Cic. Cat. 1, 7, 17:

omnes omnium caritates patria una complexa est.,

id. Off. 1, 17, 57: o pater, o patria, o Priami domus, Enn. ap. Cic. Tusc. 3, 19, 44 (Trag. v. 118 Vahl.); cf.: o patria, o divum domus Ilium, Poët. ap. Serv. Verg. A. 2, 241; imitated by Verg. l. l.: o Romule, Romule die, Qualem te patriae custodem di genuerunt, Enn. ap. Cic. Rep. 1, 41, 64 (Ann. v. 116 Vahl.):

patriā Atheniensis an Lacedaemonius,

Cic. Inv. 1, 24, 35: Hispaniam sibi antiquam patriam esse, Sall. Fragm. ap. Serv. Verg. A. 1, 380.—

A dwelling-place, home:

habuit alteram loci patriam, alteram juris,

Cic. Leg. 2, 2, 5:

Italiam quaero patriam,

Verg. A. 1, 380; cf. id. ib. 11, 25:

exuere patriam,

Tac. H. 5, 5; cf. id. Agr 32: patria major = mêtropolis, the mother-city of colonists, Curt. 4, 15, 5.—Hence, prov.: patria est, ubicumque est bene, Poët. (prob. Pacuv.) ap. Cic. Tusc. 5, 37, 108:

quia propheta in suā patriā honorem non habet,

Vulg. Johan. 4, 44; id. Marc. 6, 4; id. Luc. 4, 24.— Poet. of things; Nilus, Qui patriam tantae tam bene celat aquae, the home, i. e. the source, Ov. Am. 3, 6, 40:

nimborum in patriam,

Verg. A. 1, 51:

divisae arboribus patriae,

id. G. 2, 116; cf.:

una atque eadem est vini patria atque magistri,

Juv. 11, 161. —

pā̆trĭum, ĭi, n. (sc. nomen), i. q. patronymicum, a patronymic, Quint. 1, 5, 45.—

Adv.: pā̆trĭē, paternally:

patrie monere,

Quint. 11, 1, 68.

pā̆trĭus, a, um, adj. [patria].

In gen., of or belonging to one's native country or home, native:

patrius sermo,

Cic. Fin. 1, 2, 4; Hor. A. P. 57:

mos,

Cic. Par. 4, 1, 27:

ritus,

id. Leg. 2, 9, 21:

carmen patrium canere,

a national song, Curt. 3, 3, 9:

Mycenae,

i. e. their home, Verg. A. 2, 180:

palaestrae,

id. ib. 3, 281:

vox,

Vulg. 2 Macc. 7, 8.—

In partic., in gram.: nomen patrium, a gentile noun (like Romanus, Atheniensis, etc.), Prisc. p. 580 P.

pā̆trĭus, a, um, adj. [pater], of or belonging to a father, fatherly, paternal (for syn. v paternus).

Lit.

In gen.:

esse exitio rei patriae suae,

Plaut. Bacch. 4, 9, 23:

rem patriam et gloriam majorum foedare,

id. Trin. 3, 2, 30:

animus patrius,

Ter. Hec. 2, 2, 2; Cic. Rosc. Am. 16, 46; Liv. 2, 5, 8:

res patria atque avita,

Cic. Verr. 1, 5, 13:

potestas,

id. Inv. 2, 17, 52; Sen. Clem. 1, 14, 2:

jus et potestas,

Cic. Phil. 2, 18, 46; Liv. 1, 26, 9:

majestas,

id. 4, 45, 8; 8, 7, 15:

auctoritas,

Cic. Cael. 16, 37:

amor,

id. Fin. 1, 7, 23:

benevolentia,

Tac. A. 4, 4:

maeror,

Cic. Fl. 42, 106; id. Imp. Pomp. 9, 22:

acerbitas,

Liv. 7, 5, 7:

monumentum,

Ter. Eun. prol. 13:

amor,

Verg. A. 1, 643: arae. i. e. of Father Apollo, Ov. M. 15, 723:

patrium mimae donare fundum laremque, Hor S. 1, 2, 56: dolor pedum,

hereditary, Plin. Ep. 1, 12: ucerbitas, i. e. of his father, Liv 7, 5, 7: di patrii, of one's forefathers. like theoi patrôioi, family gods, household gods, penates, Cic. Phil. 2, 20, 75, Tib. 2, 1, 17; Hyg. ap. Macr S. 3, 4 fin.:

hoc patrium est, potius consuefacere filium Suā sponte recte facere quam alieno metu, Ter Ad. 1, 1, 49.—Rarely, like paternus. = patris. patriā virtute praeditus filius,

Cic. Sest. 21, 48 sepulchrum patrium, id. Rosc. Am. 9, 24:

poenas patrias persequi,

id. Phil. 13, 20, 4: corpus patrium. Plaut. Merc. 1, 1, 74; Tac. A. 5, 28:

patrio instituto deditus studio litterarum,

Cic. Brut. 20, 79; 59, 213:

mos patrius et disciplina,

id. Sen. 11, 37:

regnum patrium atque avitum,

id. Imp. Pomp. 8, 21.—

In partic., in gram.:

patrius casus,

the genitive, Gell. 4, 16, 1; cf. patricus and paternus.—

Transf., in gen.

Handed down from one's forefathers, old-established, old, ancient (very rare): mos. hereditary, old-established custom, Cic. de Or. 1, 18, 84: leges. Vulg. 2 Macc. 7, 2.—

Hereditary, innate, peculiar ( poet.):

praediscere patrios cultusque habitusque locorum,

Verg. G. 1, 52:

patrius hic (pedum dolor) illi,

the gout, Plin. Ep. 1, 12, 4. pavor genti, Sil 15, 722:

adde, cruentis Quod patriura saevire Dahis,

Val. Fl. 2, 157.—Hence,

Subst.

pā̆trĭa, ae (old gen. patrial, Lucr. 1, 41), f (sc. terra)

One's fatherland, native land or country, native place:

erilis patria, salve,

Plaut. Stich. 5, 2, 2:

eram imperator in patriā meā,

id. Ps. 4, 7, 75: patria, quae communis est omnium nostrum parens. Cic. Cat. 1, 7, 17:

omnes omnium caritates patria una complexa est.,

id. Off. 1, 17, 57: o pater, o patria, o Priami domus, Enn. ap. Cic. Tusc. 3, 19, 44 (Trag. v. 118 Vahl.); cf.: o patria, o divum domus Ilium, Poët. ap. Serv. Verg. A. 2, 241; imitated by Verg. l. l.: o Romule, Romule die, Qualem te patriae custodem di genuerunt, Enn. ap. Cic. Rep. 1, 41, 64 (Ann. v. 116 Vahl.):

patriā Atheniensis an Lacedaemonius,

Cic. Inv. 1, 24, 35: Hispaniam sibi antiquam patriam esse, Sall. Fragm. ap. Serv. Verg. A. 1, 380.—

A dwelling-place, home:

habuit alteram loci patriam, alteram juris,

Cic. Leg. 2, 2, 5:

Italiam quaero patriam,

Verg. A. 1, 380; cf. id. ib. 11, 25:

exuere patriam,

Tac. H. 5, 5; cf. id. Agr 32: patria major = mêtropolis, the mother-city of colonists, Curt. 4, 15, 5.—Hence, prov.: patria est, ubicumque est bene, Poët. (prob. Pacuv.) ap. Cic. Tusc. 5, 37, 108:

quia propheta in suā patriā honorem non habet,

Vulg. Johan. 4, 44; id. Marc. 6, 4; id. Luc. 4, 24.— Poet. of things; Nilus, Qui patriam tantae tam bene celat aquae, the home, i. e. the source, Ov. Am. 3, 6, 40:

nimborum in patriam,

Verg. A. 1, 51:

divisae arboribus patriae,

id. G. 2, 116; cf.:

una atque eadem est vini patria atque magistri,

Juv. 11, 161. —

pā̆trĭum, ĭi, n. (sc. nomen), i. q. patronymicum, a patronymic, Quint. 1, 5, 45.—

Adv.: pā̆trĭē, paternally:

patrie monere,

Quint. 11, 1, 68.

pā̆trĭus, a, um, adj. [patria].

In gen., of or belonging to one's native country or home, native:

patrius sermo,

Cic. Fin. 1, 2, 4; Hor. A. P. 57:

mos,

Cic. Par. 4, 1, 27:

ritus,

id. Leg. 2, 9, 21:

carmen patrium canere,

a national song, Curt. 3, 3, 9:

Mycenae,

i. e. their home, Verg. A. 2, 180:

palaestrae,

id. ib. 3, 281:

vox,

Vulg. 2 Macc. 7, 8.—

In partic., in gram.: nomen patrium, a gentile noun (like Romanus, Atheniensis, etc.), Prisc. p. 580 P.

pinguis, e, adj. [root pag-, pak-, of pango, q. v.; cf. Gr. pachus, stout], = piôn, fat (opp. macer; syn.: opimus, obesus).

Lit.:

pingues Thebani,

Cic. Fat. 4, 7:

pingui tentus omaso Furius,

Hor. S. 2, 5, 40:

me pinguem et nitidum bene curatā cute vises,

id. Ep. 1, 4, 15:

Lateranus,

Juv. 8, 147:

pinguem facere gallinam,

Col. 8, 7:

pinguior agnus,

Plaut. Aul. 2, 5, 5:

pinguissimus haedulus,

Juv. 11, 65: merum, rich, oily wine (= plenum), Hor. S. 2, 4, 65.— Subst.: pingue, is, n., fat, grease, Plin. 11, 37, 85, § 212; Verg. G. 3, 124:

taurorum, leonum ac pantherarum pinguia,

Plin. 28, 9, 38, § 144:

comedite pinguia,

Vulg. 2 Esd. 8, 10.—

Transf.

Pass., fat, rich, fertile; also, plump, in good condition:

ager,

Col. 1, 4; Plin. 17, 4, 3, § 25; cf.:

sanguine pinguior Campus,

Hor. C. 2, 1, 29:

sulcus,

i. e. drawn in a rich soil, Luc. 6, 382:

fimus,

Verg. G. 1, 80:

hortus,

id. ib. 4, 118:

stabula, of beehives,

rich, full of honey, id. ib. 4, 14:

arae,

id. A. 4, 62:

ficus,

plump, juicy, Hor. S. 2, 8, 88; cf.

saliva,

Sen. Ira, 3, 38, 2: flamma, of incense;

tura pingues facientia flammas,

Ov. Tr. 5, 5, 11:

corpora suco pinguis olivae Splendescunt,

id. M. 10, 176:

pingues taedae,

full of pitch, Lucr. 3, 681:

pingues arae,

full of fat and blood, Verg. A. 4, 62:

coma,

anointed, Mart. 2, 29, 5 (different from Suet. Ner. 20; v. infra 3):

mensa,

rich, luxurious, Cat. 62, 3; cf.:

incusa pingui auro dona,

Pers. 2, 52. —Of color, dull, faint, Plin. 37, 8, 37, § 115. — Act., that makes fat; hence, meton., fertilizing:

pingui flumine Nilus,

Verg. A. 9, 31.—

Bedaubed, besmeared:

pinguia crura luto,

Juv. 3, 247:

virga,

limed twigs, Mart. 9, 55, 4.—

Thick, dense:

caelum pingue et concretum (opp. caelum tenue et purum),

Cic. Div. 1, 57, 130:

folia pinguissima,

Plin. 21, 9, 29, § 53:

toga,

Suet. Aug. 82:

lacernae,

Juv. 9, 28:

pinguissima coma,

very thick, luxuriant hair, Suet. Ner. 20.—

Of taste, dull, insipid, not sharp, not pungent:

sapor,

Plin. 15, 27, 32, § 106; id. 15, 28, 33, § 109.—

Trop.

Of the mind, dull, gross, heavy, stupid, doltish:

Cordubae natis poëtis pingue quiddam sonantibus et peregrinum,

Cic. Arch. 10, 26:

pingue videbatur et sibi contrarium,

id. Ac. 2, 34, 109:

nec prave factis decorari versibus opto, Ne rubeam pingui donatus munere,

Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 267:

pingue sed ingenium mansit,

Ov. M. 11, 148:

insubidius nescio quid facies et pinguius,

Gell. 13, 21 (20), 4: pinguis Minerva, v. Minerva.—

Siout, bold, strong:

verba,

Quint. 12, 10, 35:

facundia,

Gell. 17, 10, 8.—

Calm, quiet, comfortable, easy ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose):

et pingui membra quiete levat,

Ov. R. Am. 206; id. Am. 1, 13, 7:

amor,

id. ib. 2, 19, 25:

secessus,

Plin. Ep. 1, 3, 3:

mollem in posterum et pinguem destinare vitam,

id. ib. 7, 26, 3:

pinguius otium,

id. ib. 5, 6, 45.—

Sleek, spruce, trim, = nitidus:

pexus pinguisque doctor,

Quint. 1, 5, 14 Spald.— Hence, adv.: pinguĭter.

Lit., fatly, with fatness, Col. 2, 2.—

Transf., abundantly, liberally:

pinguius succurrere,

Dig. 44, 2, 14.—

Trop., dully, stupidly:

pinguius aliquid accipere,

Dig. 42, 1, 49.

pinguis, e, adj. [root pag-, pak-, of pango, q. v.; cf. Gr. pachus, stout], = piôn, fat (opp. macer; syn.: opimus, obesus).

Lit.:

pingues Thebani,

Cic. Fat. 4, 7:

pingui tentus omaso Furius,

Hor. S. 2, 5, 40:

me pinguem et nitidum bene curatā cute vises,

id. Ep. 1, 4, 15:

Lateranus,

Juv. 8, 147:

pinguem facere gallinam,

Col. 8, 7:

pinguior agnus,

Plaut. Aul. 2, 5, 5:

pinguissimus haedulus,

Juv. 11, 65: merum, rich, oily wine (= plenum), Hor. S. 2, 4, 65.— Subst.: pingue, is, n., fat, grease, Plin. 11, 37, 85, § 212; Verg. G. 3, 124:

taurorum, leonum ac pantherarum pinguia,

Plin. 28, 9, 38, § 144:

comedite pinguia,

Vulg. 2 Esd. 8, 10.—

Transf.

Pass., fat, rich, fertile; also, plump, in good condition:

ager,

Col. 1, 4; Plin. 17, 4, 3, § 25; cf.:

sanguine pinguior Campus,

Hor. C. 2, 1, 29:

sulcus,

i. e. drawn in a rich soil, Luc. 6, 382:

fimus,

Verg. G. 1, 80:

hortus,

id. ib. 4, 118:

stabula, of beehives,

rich, full of honey, id. ib. 4, 14:

arae,

id. A. 4, 62:

ficus,

plump, juicy, Hor. S. 2, 8, 88; cf.

saliva,

Sen. Ira, 3, 38, 2: flamma, of incense;

tura pingues facientia flammas,

Ov. Tr. 5, 5, 11:

corpora suco pinguis olivae Splendescunt,

id. M. 10, 176:

pingues taedae,

full of pitch, Lucr. 3, 681:

pingues arae,

full of fat and blood, Verg. A. 4, 62:

coma,

anointed, Mart. 2, 29, 5 (different from Suet. Ner. 20; v. infra 3):

mensa,

rich, luxurious, Cat. 62, 3; cf.:

incusa pingui auro dona,

Pers. 2, 52. —Of color, dull, faint, Plin. 37, 8, 37, § 115. — Act., that makes fat; hence, meton., fertilizing:

pingui flumine Nilus,

Verg. A. 9, 31.—

Bedaubed, besmeared:

pinguia crura luto,

Juv. 3, 247:

virga,

limed twigs, Mart. 9, 55, 4.—

Thick, dense:

caelum pingue et concretum (opp. caelum tenue et purum),

Cic. Div. 1, 57, 130:

folia pinguissima,

Plin. 21, 9, 29, § 53:

toga,

Suet. Aug. 82:

lacernae,

Juv. 9, 28:

pinguissima coma,

very thick, luxuriant hair, Suet. Ner. 20.—

Of taste, dull, insipid, not sharp, not pungent:

sapor,

Plin. 15, 27, 32, § 106; id. 15, 28, 33, § 109.—

Trop.

Of the mind, dull, gross, heavy, stupid, doltish:

Cordubae natis poëtis pingue quiddam sonantibus et peregrinum,

Cic. Arch. 10, 26:

pingue videbatur et sibi contrarium,

id. Ac. 2, 34, 109:

nec prave factis decorari versibus opto, Ne rubeam pingui donatus munere,

Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 267:

pingue sed ingenium mansit,

Ov. M. 11, 148:

insubidius nescio quid facies et pinguius,

Gell. 13, 21 (20), 4: pinguis Minerva, v. Minerva.—

Siout, bold, strong:

verba,

Quint. 12, 10, 35:

facundia,

Gell. 17, 10, 8.—

Calm, quiet, comfortable, easy ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose):

et pingui membra quiete levat,

Ov. R. Am. 206; id. Am. 1, 13, 7:

amor,

id. ib. 2, 19, 25:

secessus,

Plin. Ep. 1, 3, 3:

mollem in posterum et pinguem destinare vitam,

id. ib. 7, 26, 3:

pinguius otium,

id. ib. 5, 6, 45.—

Sleek, spruce, trim, = nitidus:

pexus pinguisque doctor,

Quint. 1, 5, 14 Spald.— Hence, adv.: pinguĭter.

Lit., fatly, with fatness, Col. 2, 2.—

Transf., abundantly, liberally:

pinguius succurrere,

Dig. 44, 2, 14.—

Trop., dully, stupidly:

pinguius aliquid accipere,

Dig. 42, 1, 49.

pinguis, e, adj. [root pag-, pak-, of pango, q. v.; cf. Gr. pachus, stout], = piôn, fat (opp. macer; syn.: opimus, obesus).

Lit.:

pingues Thebani,

Cic. Fat. 4, 7:

pingui tentus omaso Furius,

Hor. S. 2, 5, 40:

me pinguem et nitidum bene curatā cute vises,

id. Ep. 1, 4, 15:

Lateranus,

Juv. 8, 147:

pinguem facere gallinam,

Col. 8, 7:

pinguior agnus,

Plaut. Aul. 2, 5, 5:

pinguissimus haedulus,

Juv. 11, 65: merum, rich, oily wine (= plenum), Hor. S. 2, 4, 65.— Subst.: pingue, is, n., fat, grease, Plin. 11, 37, 85, § 212; Verg. G. 3, 124:

taurorum, leonum ac pantherarum pinguia,

Plin. 28, 9, 38, § 144:

comedite pinguia,

Vulg. 2 Esd. 8, 10.—

Transf.

Pass., fat, rich, fertile; also, plump, in good condition:

ager,

Col. 1, 4; Plin. 17, 4, 3, § 25; cf.:

sanguine pinguior Campus,

Hor. C. 2, 1, 29:

sulcus,

i. e. drawn in a rich soil, Luc. 6, 382:

fimus,

Verg. G. 1, 80:

hortus,

id. ib. 4, 118:

stabula, of beehives,

rich, full of honey, id. ib. 4, 14:

arae,

id. A. 4, 62:

ficus,

plump, juicy, Hor. S. 2, 8, 88; cf.

saliva,

Sen. Ira, 3, 38, 2: flamma, of incense;

tura pingues facientia flammas,

Ov. Tr. 5, 5, 11:

corpora suco pinguis olivae Splendescunt,

id. M. 10, 176:

pingues taedae,

full of pitch, Lucr. 3, 681:

pingues arae,

full of fat and blood, Verg. A. 4, 62:

coma,

anointed, Mart. 2, 29, 5 (different from Suet. Ner. 20; v. infra 3):

mensa,

rich, luxurious, Cat. 62, 3; cf.:

incusa pingui auro dona,

Pers. 2, 52. —Of color, dull, faint, Plin. 37, 8, 37, § 115. — Act., that makes fat; hence, meton., fertilizing:

pingui flumine Nilus,

Verg. A. 9, 31.—

Bedaubed, besmeared:

pinguia crura luto,

Juv. 3, 247:

virga,

limed twigs, Mart. 9, 55, 4.—

Thick, dense:

caelum pingue et concretum (opp. caelum tenue et purum),

Cic. Div. 1, 57, 130:

folia pinguissima,

Plin. 21, 9, 29, § 53:

toga,

Suet. Aug. 82:

lacernae,

Juv. 9, 28:

pinguissima coma,

very thick, luxuriant hair, Suet. Ner. 20.—

Of taste, dull, insipid, not sharp, not pungent:

sapor,

Plin. 15, 27, 32, § 106; id. 15, 28, 33, § 109.—

Trop.

Of the mind, dull, gross, heavy, stupid, doltish:

Cordubae natis poëtis pingue quiddam sonantibus et peregrinum,

Cic. Arch. 10, 26:

pingue videbatur et sibi contrarium,

id. Ac. 2, 34, 109:

nec prave factis decorari versibus opto, Ne rubeam pingui donatus munere,

Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 267:

pingue sed ingenium mansit,

Ov. M. 11, 148:

insubidius nescio quid facies et pinguius,

Gell. 13, 21 (20), 4: pinguis Minerva, v. Minerva.—

Siout, bold, strong:

verba,

Quint. 12, 10, 35:

facundia,

Gell. 17, 10, 8.—

Calm, quiet, comfortable, easy ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose):

et pingui membra quiete levat,

Ov. R. Am. 206; id. Am. 1, 13, 7:

amor,

id. ib. 2, 19, 25:

secessus,

Plin. Ep. 1, 3, 3:

mollem in posterum et pinguem destinare vitam,

id. ib. 7, 26, 3:

pinguius otium,

id. ib. 5, 6, 45.—

Sleek, spruce, trim, = nitidus:

pexus pinguisque doctor,

Quint. 1, 5, 14 Spald.— Hence, adv.: pinguĭter.

Lit., fatly, with fatness, Col. 2, 2.—

Transf., abundantly, liberally:

pinguius succurrere,

Dig. 44, 2, 14.—

Trop., dully, stupidly:

pinguius aliquid accipere,

Dig. 42, 1, 49.

rāmus, i, m. [for rad-mus; Sanscr. root vardh, crescere; cf.: radix, radius], a branch, bough, twig (cf.: surculus, termes).

Lit.:

in quibus (arboribus) non truncus, non rami, non folia sunt denique, nisi, etc.,

Cic. de Or. 3, 46, 179; Enn. ap. Cic. Tusc. 1, 28, 69 (Trag. v. 194 Vahl.):

qui praetereuntes ramum defringerent arboris,

Cic. Caecin. 21, 60:

sub ramis arboris,

Lucr. 2, 30; 5, 1393:

decidere falcibus ramos,

id. 5, 936 et saep.:

tempora cingite ramis,

Verg. A. 5, 71; 8, 286; Val. Fl. 6, 296; Hor. C. 2, 15, 9; id. S. 1, 5, 81:

ingens ramorum umbra,

Verg. G. 2, 489; id. A. 6, 808.— Poet., for a tree, Verg. A. 3, 650; for the fruit of trees, id. ib. 8, 318; in partic., for frankincense twigs, Claud. III. Cons. Hon. 211. —

Transf., of things having a branching form.

A branch of a stag ' s antlers, Caes. B. G. 6, 26, 2.—

A spur of a mountain chain, Plin. 6, 27, 31, § 134. —

A club, Prop. 1, 1, 13; 4 (5), 9, 15.—

= membrum virile, Nov. ap. Non. 116, 26.—

An arm or mouth of a river:

multos ignobiles ramos porrigit (Nilus),

Sen. Q. N. 4, 2, 11.—

A branch or arm of the Greek letter g, used by Pythagoras as a symbol of the two paths of life, leading to virtue and vice, Aus. Idyll. 12, 9;

hence called Samii rami,

Pers. 3, 56.—

Trop., a branch:

ramos amputare miseriarum,

Cic. Tusc. 3, 6, 13:

fortitudo, cujus patientia et perpessio et tolerantia rami sunt,

Sen. Ep. 67, 10.—Of a branch of consanguinity, Pers. 3, 28.

red-undo, āvi, ātum, 1, v. n.; of water, from being over full, to run back or over, to pour over, stream over, overflow (freq. and class.; a favorite word of Cic., esp. in trop. senses; not in Cæs., Verg., or Hor.; cf.: refluo, recurro).

Lit.:

mare neque redundat unquam neque effunditur,

Cic. N. D. 2, 45, 116:

si lacus Albanus redundasset,

id. Div. 2, 32, 69; so,

lacus,

id. ib. 1, 44, 100; cf. Suet. Claud. 32: redundantibus cloacis, Sall. H. Fragm. ap. Non. 138, 7 (id. H. 3, 26 Dietsch):

Nilus campis redundat,

Lucr. 6, 712; so,

fons campis,

id. 5, 603; and:

aqua gutture pleno,

Ov. R. Am. 536:

cum pituita redundat aut bilis,

Cic. Tusc. 4, 10, 23; cf.:

locos pituitosos et quasi redundantes,

id. Fat. 4, 7:

sanguis in ora et oculos redundat,

Flor. 3, 17, 8. —

Poet., in part. pass.:

redundatus = redundans: amne redundatis fossa madebat aquis,

Ov. F. 6, 402; and for undans: (Boreae vis saeva) redundatas flumine cogit aquas, the swelling, surging waters (opp. aequato siccis aquilonibus Istro), id. Tr. 3, 10, 52.—

Transf.: redundare aliquā re, or absol., to be over full of, to overflow with any thing.

Of things:

quae (crux) etiam nunc civis Romani sanguine redundat,

is soaked with, Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 11, § 26; cf.:

sanguine hostium Africa,

id. Imp. Pomp. 11, 30; and id. Cat. 3, 10, 24:

largus manat cruor: ora redundant Et patulae nares,

Luc. 9, 812.—

Of persons:

hesternā cenā redundantes,

Plin. Pan. 63, 3. —

Trop., to flow forth in excess, superabound, redound, to be superfluous, redundant; to flow forth freely, to be copious, to abound:

is (Molo) dedit operam, ut nimis redundantes nos juvenili quādam dicendi impunitate et licentiā reprimeret, et quasi extra ripas diffluentes coërceret,

Cic. Brut. 91, 316:

ne aut non compleas verbis, quod proposueris, aut redundes,

id. Part. Or. 7, 18; cf.:

Stesichorus redundat atque effunditur,

Quint. 10, 1, 62:

Asiatici oratores parum pressi et nimis redundantes,

Cic. Brut. 13, 51; id. de Or. 2, 21, 88; cf. Quint. 9, 4, 116; 12, 10, 12; 17:

hoc tempus omne post consulatum objecimus iis fluctibus, qui per nos a communi peste depulsi, in nosmet ipsos redundarunt,

Cic. de Or. 1, 1, 3:

quod redundabit de vestro frumentario quaestu,

id. Verr. 2, 3, 66, § 155:

quorum (vitiorum) ad amicos redundet infamia,

id. Lael. 21, 76: vitia Atheniensium in civitatem nostram, id. Rep. 1, 3, 5:

si ex hoc beneficio nullum in me periculum redundavit,

id. Sull. 9, 27; cf.:

servi, ad quos aliquantum etiam ex cottidianis sumptibus ac luxurie redundet,

id. Cael. 23, 57 fin.:

in genus auctoris miseri fortuna redundat,

Ov. Tr. 3, 1, 73:

nationes, quae numero hominum ac multitudine ipsa poterant in provincias nostras redundare,

id. Prov. Cons. 12, 31:

si haec in eum annum redundarint,

id. Mur. 39, 85:

quod laudem adulescentis propinqui existimo etiam ad meum aliquem fructum redundare,

to redound, id. Lig. 3, 8; cf.:

gaudeo tuā gloriā, cujus ad me pars aliqua redundat,

Plin. Ep. 5, 12, 2:

omnium quidem beneficiorum quae merentibus tribuuntur non ad ipsos gaudium magis quam ad similes redundat,

id. Pan. 62, 1; Quint. 12, 2, 19:

nisi operum suorum ad se laudem, manubias ad patriam redundare maluisset,

Val. Max. 4, 3, 13:

ut gloria ejus ad ipsum redundaret,

id. 8, 14, ext. 4;

Auct. B. Alex. 60, 2: animus per se multa desiderat, quae ad officium fructumve corporis non redundant,

Lact. 7, 11, 7:

ex rerum cognitione efflorescat et redundet oportet oratio,

pour forth copiously, abundantly, Cic. de Or. 1, 6, 20:

ex meo tenui vectigali... aliquid etiam redundabit,

something will still remain, id. Par. 6, 3, 49:

non reus ex eā causā redundat Postumus,

does not appear to be guilty, id. Rab. Post. 5, 11:

hinc illae extraordinariae pecuniae redundarunt,

have flowed, proceeded, id. Verr. 2, 1, 39, § 100; cf. id. ib. 2, 3, 43, § 103: ne quid hoc parricidā civium interfecto, invidiae mihi in posteritatem redundaret, should redound to or fall upon me, id. Cat. 1, 12, 29. —

Poet., with acc.:

Vulturnus Raucis talia faucibus redundat,

spouts forth, Stat. S. 4, 3, 71.—

Transf., to be present in excess; to be redundant, superabound; and: redundare aliquā re, to have an excess or redundancy of any thing: redundat aurum ac thesauri patent, Lucil. ap. Non. 384, 17:

in quibus (definitionibus) neque abesse quicquam decet neque redundare,

Cic. de Or. 2, 19, 83; cf.:

ut neque in Antonio deesset hic ornatus orationis neque in Crasso redundaret,

id. ib. 3, 4, 16; Quint. 1, 4, 9:

ut nulla (species) neque praetermittatur neque redundet,

Cic. Or. 33, 117:

munitus indicibus fuit, quorum hodie copia redundat,

id. Sest. 44, 95:

splendidissimorum hominum multitudine,

id. Pis. 11, 25; cf.:

redundante multitudine,

Tac. H. 2, 93:

quod bonum mihi redundat,

Cic. Q. Fr. 3, 9, 1:

quo posset urbs et accipere ex mari, quo egeret, et reddere, quo redundaret,

id. Rep. 2, 5, 10:

omnibus vel ornamentis vel praesidiis redundare,

id. Fam. 3, 10, 5:

tuus deus non digito uno redundat, sed capite, collo, cervicibus, etc.,

id. N. D. 1, 35, 99:

hominum multitudine,

id. Pis. 11, 25; cf.

armis,

Tac. H. 2, 32:

hi clientelis etiam exterarum nationum redundabant,

id. Or. 36:

acerbissimo luctu redundaret ista victoria,

Cic. Lig. 5, 15:

Curiana defensio tota redundavit hilaritate quādam et joco,

id. de Or. 2, 54, 221.— Hence, rĕdundans, antis, P. a., overflowing, superfluous, excessive, redundant:

amputatio et decussio redundantioris nitoris,

Tert. Cult. Fem. 2, 9.— Adv.: rĕdundanter, redundantly, superfluously, excessively, Plin. Ep. 1, 20, 21.— Comp., Ambros. Ep. 82, 27.

rĕgĭo, ōnis, f. [rego], a direction, line (rare but class.).

Lit.:

nullā regione viaï Declinare,

Lucr. 2, 249; cf.:

notā excedo regione viarum,

Verg. A. 2, 737:

de rectā regione deflecto,

Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 68, § 176:

haec eadem est nostrae rationis regio et via,

id. ib. 2, 5, 70, § 181; cf.:

oppidi murus ab planitie rectā regione, si nullus anfractus intercederet, MCC. passus aberat,

Caes. B. G. 7, 46; and:

non rectā regione iter instituit, sed ad laevam flexit,

Liv. 21, 31:

declinamus item motus nec tempore certo, nec regione loci certā,

nor in a specified direction, Lucr. 2, 260; cf. id. 2, 293; Curt. 8, 9, 2:

(Hercynia silva) rectā fluminis Danubii regione pertinet,

Caes. B. G. 6, 25; 7, 46;

Curt 7, 7, 4: ubi primos superare regionem castrorum animum adverterunt,

the line, Caes. B. C. 1, 69:

eam esse naturam et religionem provinciae tuae, ut, etc.,

i. e. the situation, Cic. Fam. 1, 7, 6:

traicere amnem in regionem insulae,

Curt. 8, 13, 23.—

E regione, adverbially.

In a straight line, directly:

e regione moveri (opp. declinare),

Cic. Fat. 9, 18;

so of the rectilinear motion of atoms,

id. ib. 20, 46:

ferri, petere,

id. Fin. 1, 6, 19:

ut cadat e regione loci, quā dirigit aestus,

straight down, perpendicularly, Lucr. 6, 823; cf. id. 6, 833.—

In the opposite direction, over against, exactly opposite; constr. with gen., dat., or absol.

With gen.:

(luna) cum est e regione solis,

Cic. N. D. 2, 40, 103:

erat e regione oppidi collis,

Caes. B. G. 7, 36:

castris positis e regione unius eorum pontium, quos, etc.,

id. ib. 7, 35:

praesidio e regione castrorum relicto,

id. ib. 7, 61 fin.:

rates duplices e regione molis collocabat,

id. B. C. 1, 25:

e regione turris,

id. B. G. 7, 25.—

With dat.: dicitis, esse e regione nobis e contrariā parte terrae, qui adversis vestigiis stent contra nostra vestigia, quos antipodas vocatis, Cic. Ac. 2, 39, 123:

e regione castris castra ponere,

Caes. B. G. 7, 35.—

Absol.:

acie e regione instructā,

Nep. Milt. 5, 3.—

Trop., on the other hand, on the contrary (late Lat.;

syn.: e contra): Arabes camelorum lacte vivunt, e regione septentrionales, etc.,

Hier. adv. Jovin. 2, 7.—

Transf.

The line which bounds the sight, the visual line, boundary-line, boundary (cf: limes, finis).

Primarily in the lang. of augury:

intra eas regiones, quā oculi conspiciant,

Varr. L. L. 7, § 9 Müll.:

nempe eo (sc. lituo) Romulus regiones direxit tum, cum urbem condidit... ab Attio Navio per lituum regionum facta descriptio,

Cic. Div. 1, 17, 31:

lituus, quo regiones vincere terminavit,

id. N. D. 2, 3, 9:

regionibus ratis,

id. Leg. 2, 8, 21.—

In gen., a boundary-line, limit, boundary; usually in plur.

Lit.:

anteponatur omnibus Pompeius, cujus res gestae atque virtutes iisdem quibus solis cursus regionibus ac terminis continentur,

Cic. Cat. 4, 10, 21; cf.:

caeli regionibus terminare,

id. ib. 3, 11, 26:

orbis terrae regiones,

id. Arch. 10, 23. — Rare in sing.:

quae regione orbem terrarum definiunt,

Cic. Balb. 28, 64.—

Trop.:

ejus (argumenti) nunc regiones, limites, confinia Determinabo,

Plaut. Poen. prol. 45:

animus si, quibus regionibus vitae spatium circumscriptum est, eisdem omnes cogitationes terminaret suas,

Cic. Arch. 11, 29:

pars (quaestionum) circumscripta modicis regionibus,

id. de Or. 2, 16, 68:

vix facile sese regionibus officii continere,

id. Agr. 2, 35, 97. —

A quarter, region of the heavens or the earth (mostly poet.):

(Nilus) exoriens penitus mediā ab regione diei,

Lucr. 6, 723; so id. 6, 732:

etiam regio (lunae mutatur), quae tum est aquilonaris, tum australis,

Cic. N. D. 2, 19, 50:

deinde subter mediam regionem sol obtinet,

id. Rep. 6, 17, 17:

atque eadem regio Vesper et Ortus erunt,

Ov. Ib. 38; cf.

vespertina,

Hor. S. 1, 4, 30;

Vitr 4, 5, 1: caeli in regione serenā,

Verg. A. 8, 528: regione occidentis, Liv 33, 17; Just. 18, 3, 10.—

A portion (of the earth or heavens) of indefinite extent; a tract, territory, region (cf.: tractus, plaga).

Lit.

In gen.:

in hac regione,

Plaut. Cist. 4, 2, 42:

locum delegit in regione pestilenti salubrem,

Cic. Rep. 2, 6, 11:

agri fertilissima regio,

Caes. B. G. 7, 13 fin.:

quā te regione reliqui?

Verg. A. 9, 390:

regione portae Esquilinae,

in the region, neighborhood, Liv. 3, 66 fin. Drak.; 25, 25; 30; 33, 17; cf. Oud. de Auct. B. Alex. 30, 7;

for which: e regione castrorum,

in the vicinity of the camp, Liv. 10, 43 Drak.:

eā regione quā Sergius erat,

id. 5, 8:

tam vasta,

Just. 13, 7, 3:

acclivis,

Col. 3, 13, 8:

deserta siti regio,

Verg. A. 4, 42. — Plur.:

hi loci sunt atque hae regiones, quae mihi ab ero sunt demonstratae,

Plaut. Ps. 2, 2, 1:

cur in his ego te conspicor regionibus?

Ter. Eun. 5, 8, 32:

qui innumerabiles mundos infinitasque regiones mente peragravisset,

Cic. Fin. 2, 31, 102:

terrae maximae regiones inhabitabiles,

id. N. D. 1, 10, 24 et saep. —

In partic.

A portion of country of indefinite extent; a territory, province, district, region; esp. freq. in plur., lands, territories:

at regione locoque alio terrisque remotis,

Lucr. 2, 534:

Trebonium ad eam regionem, quae Aduaticis adjacet, depopulandam mittit,

Caes. B. G. 6, 33:

in ejusmodi regione atque provinciā, quae mari cincta esset,

Cic. Fl. 12, 27:

quae regio orave terrarum erat latior?

id. Sest. 30, 66:

regio Pedana,

Hor. Ep. 1, 4, 2:

quorum hominum regio,

id. ib. 1, 15, 2:

Sogdiana,

Curt. 7, 10, 1:

Cantium, quae regio est maritima omnis,

Caes. B. G. 5, 14:

quae regio totius Galliae media habetur,

id. ib. 6, 13: Sida, quae extrema regio est provinciae meae, Lentul. ap. Cic. Fam. 12, 15, 5:

ubi major atque illustrior incidit res, clamore per agros regionesque significant,

Caes. B. G. 7, 3:

principes regionum atque pagorum inter suos jus dicunt,

id. ib. 6, 23:

alias regiones partesque peteret,

id. ib. 6, 43 fin.; cf.

so with partes,

id. B. C. 1, 25:

deinde in quattuor regiones dividi Macedoniam. Unam fore et primam partem, quod, etc.... Secundam fore regionem, quam, etc.,

Liv. 45, 29:

quod erant propinquae regiones,

Caes. B. C. 3, 34:

ut quam latissimas regiones praesidiis teneret,

id. ib. 3, 44. — Sometimes a district with its people: tractus ille celeberrimus, tota denique nostra illa aspera et montuosa et felix et fautrix suorum regio, Cic. Planc. 9, 22.—

A principal division of the city of Rome, and of the territory around Rome, a quarter, ward, district, circle (of these, under Servius Tullius, there were in the city four, and in the Roman territory twenty-six; under Augustus, there were fourteen in the city), Laelius Felix ap. Gell. 15, 27, 4; Plin. 3, 5, 9, § 66; Varr. ap. Non. 43, 10; Suet. Aug. 30; Tac. A. 14, 12; 15, 40; Inscr. Orell. 4 sq. et saep.; cf.

Niebuhr, Gesch. 1, p. 458 sq.: regio quaedam urbis aeternae,

Amm. 22, 9, 3; 16, 10, 15.—

Of other cities,

Inscr. Orell. 6, 768.—Hence, A REGIONIBVS, a captain of a quarter, Inscr. Murat. 894, 8; 895, 4 and 5.—

Of the provinces into which Italy was divided by Augustus, a province, division:

descriptionem ab eo (Augusto) factum Italiae totius in regiones undecim,

Plin. 3, 5, 6, § 46; 3, 11, 16, § 99; 3, 12, 17, § 106 al.—

Trop., a province, department, sphere:

dum in regionem astutiarum mearum te induco, ut scias Juxta mecum mea consilia,

Plaut. Mil. 2, 2, 78; 3, 3, 13:

idque (consilium) situm mediā regione in pectoris haeret,

Lucr. 3, 140: ceterae fere artes se ipsae per se tuentur singulae;

benedicere autem non habet definitam aliquam regionem, cujus terminis saepta teneatur,

has no determinate province, Cic. de Or. 2, 2, 5:

eadem est nostrae rationis regio et via,

compass and course, id. Verr. 2, 5, 70, § 181. —

The country, the field (late Lat.):

herba regionis,

Vulg. Gen. 2, 5:

ligna,

id. Ezech. 17, 24;

id. Joel, 1, 19: bestiae,

id. Ezech. 31, 13.

rĕ-sīdo, sēdi (in some MSS. also rĕsīdi), 3, v. n., to sit down, to settle anywhere (class.).

Lit.:

residamus, si placet,

Cic. Fin. 3, 2, 9 Madv. N. cr.:

in ripă inambulantes, tum vero residentes,

id. Leg. 1, 5, 15:

(aves) plurimum volant... cetera genera residunt et insistunt,

Plin. 10, 39, 55, § 114:

mediis residunt Aedibus,

Verg. A. 8, 467:

Siculis arvis,

id. ib. 5, 702:

residunt In partem, quae peste caret,

id. ib. 9, 539: loci amoenitate captos in iisdem terris cum virgine resedisse, Just. 13, 7, 8. — Poet.:

jam jam residunt cruribus asperae Pelles,

settle, gather, Hor. C. 2, 20, 9. — In perf.:

consessu exstructo resedit,

Verg. A. 5, 290. —

Transf., of things, to settle or sink down, to sink, subside (cf. consido and decido):

si montes resedissent,

Cic. Pis. 33, 82:

(Nilus) residit iisdem quibus accrevit modis (opp. crescit),

Plin. 5, 9, 10, § 57; Ov. M. 15, 272; cf.:

maria in se ipsa residant (opp. tumescant),

Verg. G. 2, 480; Plin. 33, 4, 21, § 67:

residentibus flammis,

Tac. A. 13, 57.—

Trop. (acc. to I. B.), to sink or settle down, to abate, grow calm, subside:

cum venti posuere omnisque repente resedit Flatus,

Verg. A. 7, 27:

sex mihi surgat opus numeris (i. e. in the hexameter), m quinque residat (i. e. in the pentameter),

Ov. Am. 1, 1, 27 (cf. Coleridge's "falling in melody back"):

(poëma) apte et varie nunc attollebatur, nunc residebat,

Plin. Ep. 5, 17, 2:

si contrarius ventus resedisset,

id. ib. 6, 16, 12:

cum tumor animi resedisset,

Cic. Tusc. 3, 12, 26; cf.: Marcelli impetus, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 2, 2:

impetus animorum ardorque,

Liv. 26, 18, 10:

ardor,

Ov. M. 7, 76; cf.:

sed propera ne vela cadant auraeque residant,

id. A. A. 1, 373:

irae,

Liv. 2, 29:

terror,

id. 35, 38:

bellum,

Hor. C. 3, 3, 30; Verg. A. 9, 643:

clandestinis nunciis Allobrogas sollicitat, quorum mentes nondum ab superiore bello resedisse sperabat,

Caes. B. G. 7, 64, 7:

longiore certamine sensim residere Samnitium animos,

Liv. 10, 28:

ardorem eum, qui resederat, excitare rursus,

id. 26, 19:

tumida ex ira corda,

Verg. A. 6, 407.

rĭgo āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [cf. Gr. brechô, to wet; Germ. Regen, rain].

To wet, moisten, water, bedew any thing with a liquid (mostly poet. and in post-Aug. prose; cf.: irrigo, madefacio).

Lit.:

imbres omnia maria ac terras sparguntque rigantque,

Lucr. 6, 612:

Nilus rigat Aegyptum,

id. 6, 714; Hor. C. 3, 3, 48 (for which, irrigat, Cic. N. D. 2, 52, 130); so,

prata (fons),

Lucr. 5, 602; Ov. F. 5, 210; cf.: lucum perenni aquā (fons). Liv. 1, 21:

campos (Euphratis) accolae,

Plin. 6, 27, 31, § 130:

arbores,

id. 17, 26, 40, § 249; cf.

seminaria (opp. conspergere),

Col. 5, 6, 8:

quā Tanais Getas rigat,

Tib. 4, 1, 146:

lacrimis ora,

Verg. A. 9, 251: fletibus ora, Ov. M. 11, 419; id. P. 2, 11, 9; id. A. A. 1, 532; Luc. 4, 180; Sen. Hippol. 990 al.— Absol.:

nubes nimbique rigantes,

Lucr. 6, 521; so,

accolae,

Curt. 8, 9, 10.—

Poet., transf.: natos vitali rore, i. e. to suckle, Cic. poët. Div. 1, 12, 20:

solis uti lux ac vapor cernuntur terras rigare,

bedew, flood, Lucr. 4, 203; cf. id. 5, 592: Babylonica, to wet (sc. with urine), id. 4, 1026.—

Trop., to water, bedew, etc.:

omnium ingenia,

Auct. Her. 4, 6, 9:

ora alicujus Philetaeā aquā,

Prop. 3 (4), 3, 52; Ov. Am. 3, 9, 26.—

Like irrigo, to lead, convey, or conduct water or any other liquid to a place (very rare).

Lit.: aquam Albanam emissam per agros rigabis (= ad rigandum diduces), an old oracle in Liv. 5, 16 fin. Drak. N. cr.:

vitalem sanguinem per venas,

Plin. 11, 37, 69, § 182. —

Trop.:

hinc motus per membra rigantur,

are directed, conveyed, Lucr. 2, 262: somnum per pectora, Furius ap. Macr. S. 6, 1 (for which, irrigat, Lucr. 4, 908; Verg. A. 1, 692).

scăteo, ēre (ante-class. also scatit, Lucr. 5, 40; 6, 891; and scatĕre, Enn. ap. Cic. Tusc. 1, 28, 69, or Trag. v. 196 Vahl.; Lucr. 5, 598; 5, 952; 6, 896; perf. and sup. wanting), v. n. [etym. dub.; cf. Lith. skas-, leap], to bubble, gush, well, spring, or flow forth ( poet.; not before the Aug. period in prose).

Lit.: fontes scatere, Enn. l. l.; cf.:

fons dulcis aquaï qui scatit et salsas circum se dimovet undas,

Lucr. 6, 891 sq.; and (with erumpere) id. 5, 952; 5, 598.—

Transf., = abundo.

To be plentiful; to swarm, abound:

cuniculi scatent in Hispaniă,

Plin. 8, 58, 83, § 226; cf. Lucr. 6, 896.—

With abl. (once also with gen. and with an acc. of respect), to gush forth with, i.e. to be full of; to swarm or abound with, to be rich in or crowded with any thing, etc.

Lit. ( a) With abl.:

vino scatet,

Plaut. Aul. 3, 6, 22:

arx (Corinthi) scatens fontibus,

Liv. 45, 28:

scatentem Beluis pontum,

Hor. C. 3, 27, 26; cf.:

Nilus scatet piscibus,

Mel. 1, 9, 3; so,

tota ferme Hispania metallis,

Plin. 3, 3, 4, [p. 1640] §

30: Terracina silvis nucum,

id. 16, 32, 59, § 138:

scatere vermibus,

Vulg. Exod. 16, 20: gentes tigri ferā. Plin. 6, 20, 23, § 73.—

With gen.:

terra ferarum scatit,

Lucr. 5, 40; cf. id. 6, 891 supra.—

Trop.:

qualibus ostentis Aristandri volumen sca-tet,

Plin. 17, 25, 38, § 243; cf.:

sic videas quosdam scatere verbis, ut, etc.,

Gell. 1, 15, 2; 17, 8, 4:

(urtica) vel plurimis scatet remediis,

Plin. 22, 13, 15, § 31.—With acc. respect:

amas pol, misera: id tuos scatet animus,

Plaut. Pers. 2, 1, 9.

sĕco, cŭi, ctum ( part. fut. secaturus, Col. 5, 9, 2), 1, v. a. [root sak-, to cut; whence securis, sĕcula, serra (secra), segmen, sexus, saxum, etc.; cf. sīca, and Gr. keiô, keazô, schizô], to cut, cut off, cut up (class.; syn.: caedo, scindo).

Lit.

In gen.:

leges duodecim tabularum, si plures forent, quibus rens esset judicatus, secare, si vellent, atque partiri corpus addicti sibi hominis permiserunt,

Gell. 20, 1, 48 sq.; cf.:

et judicatos in partes secari a creditoribus leges erant,

Tert. Apol. 4:

cape cultrum, seca Digitum vel aurem,

Plaut. Merc. 2, 2, 38 sq.:

omne animal secari ac dividi potest, nullum est eorum individuum,

Cic. N. D. 3, 12, 29: pabulum secari non posse, be cut, mown, * Caes. B. G. 7, 14; so,

sectae herbae,

Hor. S. 2, 4, 67:

gallinam,

to cut to pieces, Juv. 5, 124:

placenta,

Mart. 3, 77, 3:

alicui collum gladio suā dexterā,

Q. Cic. Petit. Cons. 3, 10:

palatum,

to divide, Cels. 8, 1:

tergora in frusta,

Verg. A. 1, 212: dona auro gravia sectoque elephanto, i. e. of carved, wrought ivory (an imitation of the Homeric pristos elephas, Od. 18, 196), Verg. A. 3, 464:

marmora,

Hor. C. 2, 18, 17: sectis nitebat marmoribus, Luc. 10, 114; so absol.:

nec ideo ferrum secandi vim non perdidit,

Sen. Ben. 5, 5, 1:

prave sectus unguis,

Hor. Ep. 1, 104:

secti lapides,

Vulg. Exod. 20, 25. —

In partic.

Med. t. t., to cut surgically; to operate on; to cut off or out, amputate, excise, etc.:

in corpore si quid ejusmodi est, quod reliquo corpori noceat, id uri secarique patimur,

Cic. Phil. 8, 5, 15; cf.:

saevitia secandi,

Plin. 29, 1, 6, § 13; so,

membra,

id. 26, 11, 69, § 112:

vomicam,

Plaut. Pers. 2, 5, 13:

varices Mario,

Cic. Tusc. 2, 15, 35 (for which, exciditur, Cels. 7, 31); cf. of the same: C. Marius cum secaretur, ut supra dixi, principio vetuit se alligari;

nec quisquam ante Marium solutus dicitur esse sectus,

was cut, operated upon, Cic. Tusc. 2, 22, 53:

servum,

Just. Inst. 4, 3, 6.—

To cut, castrate (very rare):

puer avari sectus arte mangonis,

Mart. 9, 7, 4; so,

sectus Gallus (corresp. to eviratus),

id. 5, 41, 3.—

Transf. (mostly poet. and in post-Aug. prose).

To scratch, tear, wound, hurt, injure (cf. caedo, II.):

ambo (postes) ab infimo tarmes secat,

the worms are gnawing them, they are wormeaten, Plaut. Most. 3, 2, 140:

luctantis acuto ne secer ungui,

lest I should be torn, Hor. Ep. 1, 19, 47; cf.:

rigido sectas invenit ungue genas,

Ov. F. 6, 148:

teneras plantas tibi (glacies),

Verg. E. 10, 49:

corpora vepres,

id. G. 3, 444:

crura (sentes),

Ov. M. 1, 509:

pete ferro Corpus et intorto verbere terga seca,

cut, lacerate, Tib. 1, 9, 22; so,

sectus flagellis,

Hor. Epod. 4, 11:

loris,

Mart. 10, 5, 14 al.:

si quem podagra secat,

gnaws, torments, Cat. 71, 2;

imitated by Martial: podagra cheragraque secatur Gaius,

Mart. 9, 92, 9.—

Like the Gr. temnein, and our to cut, i. e.,

To divide, cleave, separate ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose):

quos (populos) secans interluit Allia,

Verg. A. 7, 717:

medios Aethiopas (Nilus),

Plin. 5, 9, 10, § 53:

medios agros (Tiberis),

Plin. Ep. 5, 6, 12:

medium agmen (Turnus),

Verg. A. 10, 440:

agrum (limes),

Plin. 18, 34, 77, § 331:

caelum (zonae),

Ov. M. 1, 46:

sectus orbis,

Hor. C. 3, 27, 75; cf.:

in longas orbem qui secuere vias,

Ov. Am. 2, 16, 16.—

With the idea of motion, to cut through, i. e. to run, sail, fly, swim, go, etc., through:

delphinum similes, qui per maria umida nando Carpathium Libycumque secant,

cut through, cleave, Verg. A.5, 595:

aequor,

id. ib. 5, 218:

pontum,

id. ib. 9, 103:

aequor Puppe,

Ov. M. 11, 479:

fretum puppe,

id. ib. 7, 1; cf.:

vada nota (amnis),

id. ib. 1, 370:

ales avis... geminis secat aëra pennis,

Cic. Arat. 48:

aethera pennis (avis),

Verg. G. 1, 406; 1, 409:

auras (cornus),

id. A. 12, 268:

ventos (Cyllenia proles),

ib. ib. 4, 257:

sub nubibus arcum (Iris),

id. ib. 9, 15 et saep.— Secare viam (vias), the Gr. temnein hodon, to take one's way, to travel a road:

ille viam secat ad naves,

Verg. A. 6, 899:

hinc velut diversae secari coeperunt viae,

Quint. 3, 1, 14.—

Trop. (acc. to I. C. 1. and 2.).

To cut up, lash in speaking, i.e. to censure, satirize:

secuit Lucilius Urbem,

Pers. 1, 114.—

To divide (not freq. till after the Aug. per.):

cum causas in plura genera secuerunt,

Cic. de Or. 2, 27, 117:

haec in plures partes,

Quint. 8, 6, 13; cf.:

scrupulose in partes sectā divisionis diligentiā,

id. 4, 5, 6:

quae natura singularia sunt secant (corresp. to divido),

id. 4, 5, 25:

sectae ad tenuitatem suam vires (just before: distinguendo. dividendo),

id. 12, 2, 13.—Hence, in Hor., like dirimo (II.), of disputes, to cut off, i.e. to decide them:

quo multae magnaeque secantur judice lites,

Hor. Ep. 1, 16, 42: magnas res, to cure (as it were, by a light operation), id. S. 1, 10, 15.—And once in Verg.: secare spem (the figure borrowed from the phrases secare mare, auras, viam): quae cuique est fortuna hodie, quam quisque secat spem, whatever hope each follows, i. e. indulges in, entertains, Verg. A. 10, 107 (secat, sequitur, tenet, habet;

ut: Ille viam secat ad naves,

id. ib. 6, 899: unde et sectas dicimus, habitus animorum et instituta philosophiae circa disciplinam, Serv.).

septēni, ae, a ( gen. plur. only septenūm, Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 49, § 122; Col. 12, 28, 1), num. distrib. adj. [septem].

Seven each:

a summo septenis cyathis committe hos ludos,

Plaut. Pers. 5, 1, 19:

duo fasces, candelis involuti, septenos habuere libros,

Liv. 40, 29; Col. 1, 3, 10; Plin. 7, 25, 25, § 91 (dub.); 17, 10, 11, § 64.— Gen.:

amphorarum septenum,

Col. 12, 28, 1:

pueri annorum senum septenumque denum,

Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 49, § 122.—

Transf., for septem, seven:

dispar septenis fistula cannis,

Ov. M. 2, 682:

fila lyrae,

id. F. 5, 105: quā septenas temperat unda vias ( the seven mouths of the Nile), Prop. 3 (4), 22, 16; cf.

in the foll.: homo crescit in longitudinem ad annos usque ter septenos,

Plin. 11, 37, 87, § 216:

bis septenos greges,

Sen. Herc. Oet. 1850.— Sing., sevenfold ( poet. and in postAug. prose):

gurgite septeno rapidus mare submovet amnis (Nilus),

Luc. 8, 445:

gurges Nili,

Claud. in Rufin. 1, 185: Ister ( the seven-mouthed Danube), Stat. S. 5, 2, 136 (cf. septemplex):

non removeri septeno circuitu,

Plin. 28, 16, 66, § 228.