nimbi

hĭulcus, a, um, adj. [hio], gaping, split, cleft, opened, open.

Lit. (only poet.):

ubi hiulca siti findit Canis aestifer arva,

Verg. G. 2, 353:

Aegyptus,

Stat. Th. 4, 708:

venae fluminis,

id. ib. 9, 450:

juga montis Tauri,

Sol. 38 fin.:

nubes, Claud. Cons. Prob. et Olybr. 206: nimbi,

id. Rapt. Pros. 2, 230:

vulnus,

Sid. Ep. 6, 7:

ova,

Claud. III. Cons. Hon. 4 praef.: mucro, i. e. ungues ferrei, Prud. steph. 10, 452:

ictus,

id. ib. 5, 113.—

Poet. transf., act., cleaving, destroying:

fulmen,

Stat. Th. 1, 26.—

Trop.

Of speech, gaping, not well connected, forming a hiatus (class.):

struere verba sic, ut neve asper eorum concursus neve hiulcus sit, sed quodammodo coagmentatus et levis,

Cic. de Or. 3, 43, 171; cf.:

hiulcae voces,

id. Or. 44, 150:

nonnumquam hiulca etiam decent,

Quint. 9, 4, 36.—

Eager, longing for any thing:

gens,

Plaut. Trin. 2, 2, 9.—

* Adv.: hiulcē (acc. to II. A.), of speech, in a gaping manner, with a hiatus:

non aspere, non vaste, non rustice, non hiulce, sed presse et aequabiliter et leniter (loqui),

Cic. de Or. 3, 12, 45.

lĭgo, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [Gr. root lugin lugos, lugoô], to tie, bind, bind together, [p. 1065] bind up, bandage, bind fast, etc. (syn.: vincio, destino; perh. only poet. and post-Aug. prose).

Lit.:

manus post terga ligatae,

Ov. M. 3, 575:

ligare et vincire crura et manus,

Gell. 12, 3, 1:

crus fasciā,

Phaedr. 5, 7, 36:

laqueo guttura,

to tie up, Ov. M. 6, 134:

vulnera veste,

to bind up, bandage, id. ib. 7, 849:

dum mula ligatur,

is harnessed, Hor. S. 1, 5, 13:

funem litoribus,

Luc. 8, 61:

sudarium circum collum,

to bind around, Suet. Ner. 51:

pisces in glacie ligatos,

i. e. frozen fast, Ov. Tr. 5, 10, 49:

nimbi ligati,

i. e. ice, Petr. 123.—

Transf., to wind round, to surround:

balteus loricam ligat,

Val. Fl. 4, 94:

digitosque ligat junctura,

Ov. M. 2, 375; Sil. 7, 589.—

To fix or fasten in:

igne cremato lapide caementa in tectis ligantur,

Plin. 36, 27, 68, § 200.—

Trop., to bind up, bind together, unite:

dissociata locis concordi pace ligavit,

Ov. M. 1, 25:

vinclo propiore cum aliquo ligari,

id. ib. 9, 548:

laqueo colla,

id. P. 1, 6, 39.—

To ratify, confirm:

pacta,

Prop. 4 (5), 4, 82:

conjugia artibus magicis,

Sen. Herc. Oet. 452: argumenta in catenas, * Quint. 5, 14, 32.—Hence, P. a.: lĭgātus, a, um, connected with, adjoining:

Tartari ripis ligatos squalidae mortis specus,

Sen. Med. 742.

lĭgo, ōnis, m., a mattock, grub-axe, hoe.

Lit.:

longis purgare ligonibus arva,

Ov. P. 1, 8, 59:

ligonibus duris humum Exhaurire,

Hor. Epod. 5, 30:

ligonibus Versare glebas,

id. C. 3, 6, 38; Ov. Am. 3, 10, 31:

centeno ligone domare arva,

Mart. 4, 64, 32:

fractus, so called from the bent form of the iron, Col. poët. 10, 88: erectum domito referens a monte ligonem,

Juv. 11, 89.—

Poet.:

defluit aetas Et pelagi patiens et cassidis atque ligonis,

i. e. tillage, agriculture, Juv. 7, 33.

lĭgo, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [Gr. root lugin lugos, lugoô], to tie, bind, bind together, [p. 1065] bind up, bandage, bind fast, etc. (syn.: vincio, destino; perh. only poet. and post-Aug. prose).

Lit.:

manus post terga ligatae,

Ov. M. 3, 575:

ligare et vincire crura et manus,

Gell. 12, 3, 1:

crus fasciā,

Phaedr. 5, 7, 36:

laqueo guttura,

to tie up, Ov. M. 6, 134:

vulnera veste,

to bind up, bandage, id. ib. 7, 849:

dum mula ligatur,

is harnessed, Hor. S. 1, 5, 13:

funem litoribus,

Luc. 8, 61:

sudarium circum collum,

to bind around, Suet. Ner. 51:

pisces in glacie ligatos,

i. e. frozen fast, Ov. Tr. 5, 10, 49:

nimbi ligati,

i. e. ice, Petr. 123.—

Transf., to wind round, to surround:

balteus loricam ligat,

Val. Fl. 4, 94:

digitosque ligat junctura,

Ov. M. 2, 375; Sil. 7, 589.—

To fix or fasten in:

igne cremato lapide caementa in tectis ligantur,

Plin. 36, 27, 68, § 200.—

Trop., to bind up, bind together, unite:

dissociata locis concordi pace ligavit,

Ov. M. 1, 25:

vinclo propiore cum aliquo ligari,

id. ib. 9, 548:

laqueo colla,

id. P. 1, 6, 39.—

To ratify, confirm:

pacta,

Prop. 4 (5), 4, 82:

conjugia artibus magicis,

Sen. Herc. Oet. 452: argumenta in catenas, * Quint. 5, 14, 32.—Hence, P. a.: lĭgātus, a, um, connected with, adjoining:

Tartari ripis ligatos squalidae mortis specus,

Sen. Med. 742.

lĭgo, ōnis, m., a mattock, grub-axe, hoe.

Lit.:

longis purgare ligonibus arva,

Ov. P. 1, 8, 59:

ligonibus duris humum Exhaurire,

Hor. Epod. 5, 30:

ligonibus Versare glebas,

id. C. 3, 6, 38; Ov. Am. 3, 10, 31:

centeno ligone domare arva,

Mart. 4, 64, 32:

fractus, so called from the bent form of the iron, Col. poët. 10, 88: erectum domito referens a monte ligonem,

Juv. 11, 89.—

Poet.:

defluit aetas Et pelagi patiens et cassidis atque ligonis,

i. e. tillage, agriculture, Juv. 7, 33.

nimbus, i ( gen. plur. nimbūm, Pac. ap. Trag. Rel. 412 Rib.), m. [Sanscr. nabhas, cloud, vapor; Gr. nephos, nephelê; cf.: nubes, nebula], a violent or pouring rain, a rain-storm.

Lit.: terra abit in nimbos imbremque, Lucil. ap. Varr. L. L. 5, § 24 Müll.:

nec nubila nimbis aspergunt,

Lucr. 3, 19:

terrere animos fulminibus, tempestatibus, nimbis, nivibus, grandinibus,

Cic. N. D. 2, 5, 14:

denso regem operuit nimbo,

Liv. 1, 16:

cum multo stillaret paenula nimbo,

Juv. 5, 79.—

Transf.

A black rain-cloud, a thunder-cloud: noctisque et nimbūm occaecat nigror, Pac. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 14, 24, and de Or. 3, 39, 157:

involvere diem nimbi,

Verg. A. 3, 198; so id. ib. 3, 587; Stat. Th. 1, 97.—

A cloud in general. So the bright cloud or cloudshaped splendor which enveloped the gods when they appeared on earth:

proprie nimbus est, qui deorum vel imperantium capita quasi clara nebula ambire fingitur,

Serv. Verg. A. 3, 585:

nimbo succincta,

Verg. A. 10, 634:

nimbo effulgens,

id. ib. 2, 616:

nube candentes umeros amictus Augur Apollo,

Hor. C. 1, 2, 31.—Hence, in eccl. Lat., of a saint's aureole, Isid. 19, 31, 2.—

A cloud of smoke, dust, etc.:

respiciunt atram in nimbo volitare favillam,

Verg. A. 5, 666:

fulvae nimbus harenae,

id. G. 3, 110:

pulveris,

Claud. in Rufin. 2, 176.—

A head-band, frontlet, worn by females to make the forehead appear small, acc. to Isid. Orig. 19, 31 (in Arn. 2, 72, the correct reading is not nimbis, but limbis; v. limbus).—

Like the Engl. cloud, of a multitude of things which spread out like a cloud:

nimbus peditum,

Verg. A. 7, 793:

pilorum,

Sil. 5, 215:

telorum,

Luc. 4, 776:

velut nimbum glandis et sagittas ingerebant,

Liv. 36, 18, 5:

lapidum saxorumque,

Flor. 3, 8, 4:

Corycius,

i. e. of saffron, Mart. 9, 39, 5:

et Cilices nimbis hic maduere suis,

id. Spect. 3, 8:

lucerna nimbis ebria Nicerotianis,

full of perfumed unguents, id. ib. 10, 38, 8: purpureus, a great quantity of flowers, Claud. Nupt. Honor. et Mar. 298.—

A vessel with many holes in it, used at public shows and at entertainments for sprinkling liquid perfumes:

nimbus vitreus,

Mart. 14, 112 in lemm. —

Trop., a storm, tempest, i. e. sudden misfortune:

hunc quidem nimbum cito transisse laetor,

Cic. Att. 15, 9, 2.

nūbĭgĕna, ae, comm. [nubes-gigno], cloud-born, born of clouds or of a cloud ( poet.).

In gen.:

amnes,

Stat. Th. 1, 365:

nimbi,

Prud. Hamart. 486: clipei, the Ancilia (so called because they fell from the sky), Stat. S. 5, 2, 131.—

In partic.

The Centaurs, whom Ixion begot of a cloud, Stat. Th. 5, 263; Ov. M. 12, 211; 541; cf. Hyg. Fab. 62.—

Phrixus, as the son of Nephele: Phrixus nubigena, Col. poët. 10, 115.

praecĭpĭto, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. and n. [praeceps], to throw or cast down headlong, to precipitate (class.; syn.. deicio, deturbo, proruo).

Lit.:

pilae in mare praecipitatae,

Nep. Alcib. 6 fin.:

truncas rupes in tecta domosque,

Stat. Th. 10, 881: currum scopulis, hurl or dash against, Ov. M. 15, 518:

pinus,

Stat. Achill. 2, 546.— Freq. with se or pass. in middle sense:

se e Leucade,

Cic. Tusc. 4, 18, 41:

se a tecto,

Sen. Ep. 4, 4:

se de turri,

Liv. 23, 37:

sese in fossas,

Caes. B. C. 3, 69:

praecipitasse se quosdam constabat (sc. de muro),

threw themselves from the wall, Liv. 23, 19, 6; Hor. S. 2, 3, 277:

plerique semet ipsi praecipitaverunt,

Liv. 21, 14, 1:

se in Tiberim,

id. 4, 12, 11; Caes. B. G. 4, 15; Curt. 4, 16, 16; 6, 6, 32;

Auct. B. Alex. 18: ubi Nilus praecipitans se fragore auditum accolis aufert,

Plin. 6, 29, 35, § 118:

praecipitare volens etiam pulcherrima,

to throw overboard, Juv. 12, 38.—Mid.:

cum alii super vallum praecipitarentur,

threw themselves down, Sall. J. 58, 6; Ov. F. 4, 164; id. M. 7, 760; 11, 556:

lux Praecipitatur aquis,

sinks in the ocean, sets, id. ib. 4, 92; cf.:

hac te praecipitato,

run this way, for life! Ter. Ad. 4, 2, 36.— Absol.: si quando iis (parvis) ludentes minamur, praecipitaturos alicunde, extimescunt, that we will throw them down from any place (= nos eos dejecturos), Cic. Fin. 5, 11, 31.—

Transf., in gen., to bend a thing down:

vitem,

Cato, R. R. 32, 2:

partem (vitis),

Col. 4, 20, 4:

palmitem,

id. 5, 6, 33.—

Trop.

To throw, hurl, or cast down, to precipitate: [p. 1414] praecipitari ex altissimo dignitatis gradu, Cic. Dom. 37, 98; cf.:

in tanta mala praeeipitatus ex patrio regno,

Sall. J. 14, 23.— Esp. with reflex. pron.:

semet ipse praecipitare,

to hasten to ruin, destroy one's self, Sall. J. 41, 9:

se in exitium,

Cels. 3, 21:

se in insidias,

Liv. 3, 18, 7 dub. (Madv. omits se):

furor iraque mentem Praecipitant,

carry away, urge onward, sway violently, Verg. A. 2, 317:

spem festinando praecipitare,

Ov. P. 3, 1, 140:

in senectam praecipitare,

to cause to grow old prematurely, Plin. 17, 12, 19, § 94:

quosdam praecipitat subjecta potentia magnae Invidiae,

Juv. 10, 56.—In pass., Cic. Rep. 2, 23, 43: nox praecipitata, declining, i. e. drawing to a close, Ov. Tr. 1, 3, 47; cf.: aetas praecipitata (opp. adulescens), declining age, Mat. ap. Cic. Fam. 11, 28, 5.—

To hasten, hurry a thing (mostly poet. and in post-Aug. prose):

quae Praecipitent obitum,

hasten their setting, Cic. Arat. 349:

vindemiam,

Col. 3, 21, 10:

consulta viri,

Sil. 3, 166:

ne praecipitetur editio,

Quint. Ep. ad Tryph. 2:

consilia raptim praecipitata,

precipitate, Liv. 31, 32.— Poet.:

moras,

i. e. exchange delay for haste, Verg. A. 8, 443; 12, 699:

Tiphyn pelago parari praecipitat,

Val. Fl. 2, 390:

cursum,

Juv. 15, 78.—

With acc. and inf., to hasten, press, urge to do any thing ( poet.):

dare tempus Praecipitant curae,

Verg. A. 11, 3:

si praecipitant miserum cognoscere curae,

Stat. Th. 1, 679. —

Neutr., to hasten or rush down, to throw one's self down, rush headlong, sink rapidly, to fall (class., but only of involuntary falling; cf. I. A.).

Lit.:

praecipitare istuc quidem est, non descendere,

Cic. N. D. 1, 32, 90:

de montibus altis ad terram,

Lucr. 4, 1021:

ubi Nilus praecipitat ex altissimis montibus,

Cic. Rep. 6, 18, 19; cf.:

Fibrenus... statim praecipitat in Lirem,

id. Leg. 2, 3, 6: and:

in amni praecipitante,

id. de Or. 3, 48, 186:

nimbi In vada praecipitant,

Verg. A. 9, 670; 11, 617:

in fossam,

Liv. 25, 11, 6; 7, 6, 9; 38, 2, 14;

39, 2, 3: in insidias,

id. 2, 51; 5, 18; Plin. 11, 24, 28, § 82:

non fugis hinc praeceps, dum praecipitare potestas?

Verg. A. 4, 565:

sol praecipitans,

Cic. de Or. 3, 55, 209:

jam nox caelo Praecipitat,

is sinking, draws to a close, Verg. A. 2, 9:

hiems jam praecipitaverat,

had closed, come to an end, Caes. B. C. 3, 25.—

Trop.

To fall down, to fall, rush, or sink to ruin:

qui in amorem Praecipitavit, pejus perit quam si saxo saliat,

Plaut. Trin. 2, 1, 31:

praecipitantes impellere, certe est inhumanum,

Cic. Rab. Post. 1, 2; so,

praecipitantem impellamus,

id. Clu. 26, 70:

ubi non subest, quo praecipitet ac decidat,

he may tumble down, id. Rep. 1, 45, 69:

praecipitante re publicā,

id. Sull. 1, 1; cf. id. ib. 31, 87; and:

cum ad Cannas praecipitasset Romana res,

Liv. 27, 40:

ad exitium praecipitans,

Cic. Att. 3, 15, 7.—

To be too hasty:

cum vitiosum sit adsentiri quicquam aut falsum aut incognitum, sustinenda est potius omnis adsensio, ne praecipitet, si temere processerit,

Cic. Ac. 2, 21, 68.—Hence, praecĭpĭ-tanter, adv., hastily, precipitately:

agens mannos ad villam,

Lucr. 3, 1063.

prŏcella, ae, f [pro and root kel; Gr. kelês, runner; cf.: celer, celox], a violent wind (by which things are prostrated), a storm, hurricane, tempest (class.).

Lit.:

procella distat latitudine a vortice et a turbine disjectā nube verius quam ruptā,

Plin. 2, 49, 50, § 133:

turbinis inmanem vim provomit atque procellae,

Lucr. 6, 447:

imbres, nimbi, procellae, turbines,

Cic. N. D. 3, 20, 51; Plaut. Trin. 4, 1, 17:

creber procellis Africus,

Verg. A. 1, 85:

stridens Aquilone procella,

id. ib. 1, 102:

si mugiat Africis Malus procellis,

Hor. C. 3, 29, 58; 2, 9, 3:

praecipites,

Ov. Tr. 4, 6, 35:

navis quassata procellā,

id. ib. 5, 5, 17:

raperent mea poma procellae, id. Nux, 163: procella nivem effuderat,

Curt. 3, 13, 7:

imbrem excusserant procellae,

id. 4, 7, 14:

Thalle, turbidā rapacior procellā,

Cat. 25, 4.—With gen.:

validi venti collecta procella,

Lucr. 6, 124.—

Transf.

(Mostly in plur.) A storm, tumult, violence, commotion, vehemence:

tempestates et procellas in illis fluctibus concionum,

Cic. Mil. 2, 5 (also cited ap. Quint. 8, 6, 48, and particularly mentioned as a figure, id. 8, 6, 48, § 7):

vita tranquilla et quieta remota a procellis invidiarum,

Cic. Clu. 56, 153:

ut procellam temporis devitaret,

id. Verr. 1, 3, 8:

patriae,

id. Dom. 53, 137:

agitari tribuniciis procellis,

Liv. 2, 1; cf.:

seditionum procellae,

id. 28, 25:

procellae civiles,

civil commotions, Nep. Att. 10, 6; cf.:

ferimur procellā,

Verg. A. 7, 594; Ov. M. 13, 656.—

In milit. lang.

A charge, onset, sudden attack of cavalry:

hac velut procellā ita consternavit equos, ut, etc.,

Liv. 37, 41 fin.:

equestrem procellam excitemus oportet,

id. 30, 18:

equestris,

id. 29, 2; Tac. H. 3, 53.—

In gen., of a fierce battle:

hic secunda belli Punici procella desaevit,

Flor. 2, 6, 12; Luc. 8, 203.—

Of a storm of eloquence:

priusquam illam eloquentiae procellam effunderet (Ulixes),

Quint. 11, 3, 158:

contionum,

id. 8, 6, 7.

quam (archaic form quamde or quande:

quamde pro quam usos esse antiquos, cum multi veteres testimonio sunt, tum Ennius... et Lucretius (1, 640),

Fest. p. 261 Müll.; cf. Enn. Ann. v. 29, and v. 139 Vahl. So, too, Naev. ap. Fest. s. v. topper, p. 352 Müll.), adv. [qui], in what manner, how, how much, as much as:

quam nihil praetermittis in consilio dando! quam nihil tamen, quod tibi placeat, explicas!

Cic. Att. 9, 2, A, 1:

ut se accusari nolunt! quam cupiunt laudari!

id. Fin. 5, 22, 61:

quam multa, quam paucis!

id. Fam. 11, 24, 1:

quam sint morosi, intellegi potest,

id. ib. 7, 15, 1:

quam vellet, cunctaretur,

id. Div. 1, 26, 56:

memoriā tenetis, quam valde universi admurmurarint,

id. Verr. 2, 5, 16, § 41:

quam quisque potest,

as much as each one can, Ov. Tr. 3, 4, 75:

quam potuit,

as far as he was able, Val. Max. 4, 1, 5.—With possum and a sup.:

concede huc ab isto, quam potest longissime,

as far as possible, Plaut. Men. 5, 2, 81:

quam possunt mollissime,

as gently as possible, Cic. N. D. 2, 52, 129.—Also without possum:

quam maximas, quam primum, quam saepissime gratias agere,

Cic. Fam. 13, 6, 5:

ut quam angustissime Pompeium contineret,

Caes. B. C. 3, 45.— With posit. (post-Aug.):

tum Manlius... quam poterat clarā voce denuntiavit,

Val. Max. 6, 4, 1; 3, 2, 1 ext.; 4, 5, 1:

dixi de philosophiā quam breviter potui,

Lact. 3, 17, 1:

tusa cribrataque vino, quam possit excellenti,

as excellent as possible, Plin. 20, 24, 100, § 264; 18, 28, 68, § 274.—

In dependent clauses, indirect questions, etc.:

est fidei nostrae, declarare, quam memores simus,

Cic. Phil. 14, 11, 29:

scio, quam timida sit ambitio,

id. Mil. 16, 42:

quam id ratum sit, tu judicabis,

id. Att. 6, 1, 7:

id quam injustum esset, non videbat,

id. Off. 3, 21, 82:

dici non potest quam sim disputatione tuā delectatus,

id. Tusc. 2, 4, 10; id. N. D. 2, 20, 52; id. Ac. 2, 17, 52; id. Fin. 1, 11, 37; 1, 20, 65; 5, 12, 35; id. Verr. 2, 1, 18, § 47; 2, 1, 21, § 52; 2, 4, 44, § 98:

videte quam iniqui sint,

Sall. J. 85, 25; 62, 9:

ut sentias quam vile sit corpus,

Liv. 2, 12, 3; 24, 5, 2; Nep. Timoth. 4, 2.—

In partic.

In comparisons, as, than.

With tam:

tam ego ante fui liber, quam gnatus tuos,

Plaut. Capt. 2, 2, 60; cf. id. ib. 3, 4, 11:

si era me sciat tam socordem esse quam sum,

id. Cist. 4, 2, 5:

tua est imago: tam consimilis est, quam potest,

id. Men. 5, 9, 4:

tam esse clemens tyrannus quam rex importunus potest,

Cic. Rep. 1, 33, 50; id. Div. 1, 6, 10 et saep.; v. tam.—

With ellipsis of corresp. tam:

homo non, quam isti sunt, gloriosus,

not so celebrated as those, Liv. 35, 49:

claris majoribus, quam vetustis,

rather than, Tac. A. 4, 61.—

With sup. and a corresp. tam, by how much the more, the more: quam acerbissima olea oleum facies, tam oleum optimum erit, the bitterer the olives, the better will be the oil, Cato, R. R. 65, 1:

quam paucissimos reliqueris, tam optimi fiunt,

Varr. R. R. 2, 9:

quam quisque pessume fecit, tam maxume tutus est,

Sall. J. 31, 14.—

With magis:

quam magis... tam magis,

the more... the more, Plaut. Bacch. 5, 1, 5.—With tam omitted:

quam magis exhausto spumaverit ubere mulctra, Laeta magis pressis manabunt flumina mammis,

Verg. G. 3, 309.— With the second magis omitted:

quam magis te in altum capessis, tam aestus te in portum refert,

Plaut. As. 1, 3, 6.—

In the reverse order: tam magis... quam magis,

the more... the more, Verg. A. 7, 787. —

With tanto:

quam magis... tanto magis,

the more... the more, Plaut. Men. 1, 1, 19; so Lucr. 6, 460.—

With a double comp.:

ne libentius haec in illum evomere videar, quam verius,

with more freedom than truth, Cic. Mil. 29, 78:

non acrior quam pertinacior impetus Romanorum,

Liv. 31, 35:

discrimen me occupavit, meliore hostium quam meo tempore,

Curt. 7, 7, 9.—

Tam... quam, with the comp. for the posit., so... as:

per dexteram te istam oro non tam in bellis et proeliis, quam in promissis et fide firmiorem,

Cic. Deiot. 3, 8.—

After comparatives or words of comparison, than:

nobis nihil est tlmendum magis quam ille consul,

Cic. Att. 7, 9, 3:

his igitur, quam physicis potius credendum existimas?

id. Div. 2, 16, 37; Cassius ap. Cic. Fam. 15, 19, 1; Cic. Pis. 26, 62:

majorem pecuniam praetori polliceri, quam quantam hic dedisset,

id. Verr. 2, 2, 29, § 70; id. de Or. 1, 36, 167:

qui plures milites eorum occidisset, quam quot superessent,

Liv. 35, 12.—So after verbs which imply comparison, verbs of preference, excellence, etc.; after praestat, Caes. B. G. 7, 17, 4; after malo:

esse quam videri bonus malebat,

Sall. C. 54, 5:

an est quod ego malim quam?

Cic. Par. 1; after statuo, Nep. Dat. 8, 1; after probo, Tac. A. 1, 58; after volo ( = boulomai ê), Liv. 3, 68, 11; 25, 29, 6.— Rarely quantus is used to strengthen quam, after comp.:

de re majore quam quanta ea esset,

Liv. 30, 23, 2:

implere homines certioris spei, quam quantam fides promissi humani subicere solet,

id. 26, 19, 2 Weissenb. ad loc.;

22, 2, 19.— But quam is often omitted after plus, minus, amplius, etc., without changing the case: minus duo milia hominum effugerunt,

Liv. 24, 16, 4:

plus partem dimidiam hominum caesam,

id. 36, 40, 5; cf. id. 29, 25, 2:

cum decem haud plus milibus militum,

id. 28, 1, 5:

ut hoc nostrum desiderium ne plus sit annuum,

Cic. Att. 5, 1, 1:

ferre plus dimidiati mensis cibaria,

id. Tusc. 2, 16, 37:

plus quingentos colaphos infregit mihi,

Ter. Ad. 2, 1, 45; Prop. 2, 19, 18 (3, 17, 32); v. Zumpt, Gram. § 485.—

With sic ( poet.):

quam multā grandine nimbi Culminibus crepitant, sic densis ictibus heros pulsat, etc.,

Verg. A. 5, 458.— With sic omitted, Verg. A. 6, 309 sqq.—

After aeque, so much... as:

nihil aeque eos terruit, quam robur ac color imperatoris,

Liv. 28, 26.—

After contra, otherwise... than, not so... as:

contra faciunt, quam professi sunt,

Cic. Leg. 2, 5, 11.— So after secus:

ne me secus honore honestes quam ego te,

Plaut. Capt. 2, 1, 50. —

After alius, with a preceding negative, not otherwise than, no other than:

nil aliud agens quam ut, etc.,

nothing else than, Liv. 44, 27, 12:

neque aliud totā urbe agi quam bellum apparari,

id. 4, 26, 12; Nep. Hann. 10, 1:

ob nullam aliam causam, quam ne,

from no other cause than, Liv. 45, 25; 34, 2, 12. — Rarely with alius affirmatively (for ac):

ipse me paulum in aliā quam prius habuerim opinione nunc esse confiteor,

Quint. 3, 6, 63. —

After aliter, otherwise than:

ne aliter, quam ego velim, meum laudet ingenium,

Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 9, § 24:

ne aliter quam si, etc.,

Col. 4, 2, 2.—

After supra:

saepe supra feret, quam fieri possit,

more than, Cic. Or. 40, 139.—

After ultra:

ultra, quam satis est, producitur,

farther than, Cic. Inv. 1, 18, 26.—

After diversum, otherwise than:

pransus quoque atque potus diversum valent quam indicant,

something altogether different from what, Quint. 1, 4, 29; cf., after advorsum, only Plaut. Trin. 1, 2, 139 Brix ad loc.—

After words denoting number or quantity, which serve for comparison: dimidium tributi quam quod regibus ferre soliti erant, populo Romano pendere, the half of what, half as much as, Liv. 45, 18:

multiplex, quam pro numero, damnum est,

too great for, greater than, id. 7, 8:

ferramenta duplicia, quam numerus servorum exigit,

twice as many as, Col. 1, 8, 8.—So, too, after designations of time:

die vigesimā, quam creatus erat, dictaturā se abdicavit,

on the twentieth day after, Liv. 6, 29: tabellarii venerunt post diem sextum, quam a vobis discesserant, Cic. Fil. ap. Cic. Fam. 16, 21, 1:

postridie venissemus, quam... fuissemus,

Cic. Ac. 2, 3, 9:

postero die quam illa erant acta,

id. de Or. 2, 3, 12:

saeculis multis ante... inventa sunt, quam, etc.,

id. ib. 2, 5, 21. —

After the sup.:

bellum gerere cum tyranno, quam qui unquam, saevissimo et violentissimo in suos,

the most cruel that ever was, Liv. 34, 32.—

So with rel. and sup. after tam:

tam gratum mihi id erit, quam quod gratissimum,

Cic. Fam. 13, 3:

tam sum amicus rei publicae quam qui maxime,

id. ib. 5, 2, 6:

ego sum tam mitis, quam qui lenissimus,

id. Sull. 31, 87.—

Sometimes with magis or potius to be supplied, more... than:

tacita mulier semper, quam loquens,

Plaut. Rud. 4, 4, 70 dub.:

pacem quam bellum probabam,

Tac. A. 1, 58. —

In mere intensive expressions, exceedingly, very, quite, indeed:

admodum quam saevos est,

very cruel indeed, Plaut. Am. 1, 3, 43:

nimis quam formido, ne, etc.,

id. Most. 2, 2, 79:

nimis quam cupio,

id. Capt. 1, 2, 17:

quam familiariter,

Ter. And. 1, 1, 109: nam suos valde quam paucos habet, very few indeed, Brut. ap. Cic. Fam. 11, 13, 3:

mire quam,

Cic. Att. 1, 11, 3:

sane quam refrixit,

id. Q. Fr. 2, 6, 5.

rēstringo, inxi, ictum, 3, v. a.

To draw back tightly; to bind back, bind fast, tighten, etc. (in the verb. finit. not anteAug., but in the P. a. class.; syn. religo).

Lit.:

laevam,

Quint. 11, 3, 131:

restrictis ad terga manibus,

Plin. 35, 10, 36, § 93:

manus,

Petr. 73, 4:

lacertos,

Hor. C. 3, 5, 35; cf.:

restringitur vinculis,

Tac. A. 14, 64; and:

si manus manicis restringantur,

App. Flor. 17, p. 357, 29; cf.

also: Prometheus quondam silici restrictus membra catenā,

Cat. 64, 297:

vinclo fasciae in modum laquei restricto,

Tac. A. 15, 57.—

Trop., to restrain, confine, restrict, check, etc. (syn. retineo):

homines ad custodiam pecuniae,

Plin. Ep. 1, 8, 9:

liberalitatem,

Sen. Ben. 1, 4:

sumptus candidatorum ambitūs lege,

Plin. Ep. 6, 19, 4:

delicias frugalitate,

id. ib. 5, 19 fin.:

animum maestitiā,

Tac. A. 16, 16:

morsus phalangiorum,

Plin. 24, 16, 97, § 154 (Jahn, restinguit):

praecipitationem nimbi,

App. Mund. p. 61, 21.—

To draw back, unfasten, unclose, open (rare):

dentes restringere,

to show the teeth, Plaut. Capt. 3, 1, 26.—

Of dogs: rabie restrictā minari,

Lucr. 5, 1065:

restrictis forte si labellis riseris, App. poët. Mag. p. 277: restrictis labris,

Quint. Decl. 12, 27. — Hence, rēstrictus, a, um, P. a. (acc. to I.), bound fast, bound up, tight, close.

Lit.:

togis neque restrictis neque fusis,

Suet. Aug. 73:

alvus,

i. e. costive, Ser. Samm. 28, 519.— Comp.. restrictiores digiti (pedum), i. e. shorter, Suet. Dom. 18.—

Trop.

Close, niggardly, stingy (cf.:

parcus, tenax): in aliquo esse restrictus,

Cic. Off. 2, 18, 62; id. Att. 10, 11, 2; id. Planc. 22, 54.— Comp., Cic. Fam. 3, 8, 8.—

Moderate, modest:

an restrictius arbitraris per orbem terrarum legendum dare memoriam suam, quam, etc.,

Plin. Ep. 9, 19, 6.—

Strict, stern, rigorous, severe, stringent:

summum imperium non restrictum nec perseverum volunt,

Tac. A. 15, 48.— Comp.:

judicatio,

App. Flor. p. 364, 39.— Sup.: restrictissimis regulis, Cod. 1, 17 (2), 10.— Adv.: rēstrictē.

Closely, sparingly:

facere (with parce),

Cic. Fin. 2, 13, 42:

vivere,

Nazar. Pan. Constant. 15. — Comp.:

restrictius uti rebus praetereuntibus,

Aug. Doctr. Chr. 3, 12.— Sup.:

restrictissime facere (opp. plenissime),

Plin. Ep. 5, 8, 13.—

Strictly, exactly, precisely:

cetera non tam restricte praefinio,

Cic. Leg. 2, 18, 45:

restricte tenent illud nomen (sapientium),

id. Rep. 3, 4, 7:

observare, ne plus reddat quam acceperit,

id. Lael. 16, 58. — Sup. of the adj. prob. not found.

sĕquor, sĕcūtus (also written sequutus; gen. plur. part. sync. sequentūm, Verg. G. 3, 111), 3, v. dep. ( act. collat. form sĕquo, acc. to Gell. 18, 9, 8 sq.; and Prisc. p. 799 P.) [Sanscr. sak-, to follow; sakis, friend; Gr. hepomai, hepô; cf. Lat. socius], to follow, to come or go after, to follow after, attend.

Lit.

In gen.

With acc.:

i, jam sequor te, mater,

Plaut. Aul. 4, 7, 16:

neque illa matrem satis honeste tuam sequi poterit comes,

id. Merc. 2, 3, 69 sq.:

qui ex urbe amicitiae causā Caesarem secuti, etc.,

Caes. B. G. 1, 39; 7, 50; Hor. S. 1, 6, 108:

ne sequerer moechas,

id. ib. 1, 4, 113:

vallem,

Liv. 32, 6, 5:

pars pressa sequuntur Signa pedum,

Ov. M. 8, 332:

vestigia alicujus,

id. ib. 4, 514; 9, 639; 10, 710 et saep.—

Absol. (so most freq. in Plaut.):

abi prae, jam ego sequar,

Plaut. Am. 1, 3, 46; Ter. Eun. 5, 2, 69: Di. Sequere intro. Pa. Sequor, Plaut. As. 4, 1, 64; 5, 2, 90; id. Aul. 2, 5, 23 et saep.:

quisnam est, qui sequitur procul?

id. Poen. 3, 3, 6:

funus interim procedit: sequimur: ad sepulcrum venimus,

Ter. And. 1, 1, 101:

curriculo sequi,

Plaut. Ep. 1, 1, 12:

Helvetii cum omnibus suis carris secuti,

Caes. B. G. 1, 24:

si nemo sequatur, tamen, etc.,

id. ib. 1, 40 fin.:

servi sequentes,

Hor. S. 1, 6, 78: hos falcati currus sequebantur, Curt. 4, 12, 6:

hos aliae gentes sequebantur,

id. 4, 12, 9.—

Of things:

magna multitudo carrorum sequi Gallos consuevit,

Hirt. B. G. 8, 14:

neque Ulla (arbor) brevem dominum sequetur,

Hor. C. 2, 14, 24:

zonā bene te secutā,

id. ib. 3, 27, 59.—

In partic.

To follow in a hostile manner; to chase, pursue:

hostes sequitur,

Caes. B. G. 1, 22 fin.:

hostem,

Ov. M. 13, 548:

fugacem,

Hor. S. 2, 7, 115:

feras,

Ov. M. 2, 498:

nudo genitas Pandione ferro,

id. ib. 6, 666; cf.:

hostem pilo,

Tac. H. 4, 29 fin.—Absol.:

finem sequendi facere,

Caes. B. G. 7, 47; 7, 68 Oud. N. cr. —

To follow in time or order; to succeed, come after (esp. freq. in part. pres.): aestatem auctumnus sequitur, post acer hiems fit, Enn. ap. Prisc. p. 647 P. (Ann. v. 406 Vahl.):

sequens annus,

Hirt. B. G. 8, 50:

sequente anno,

Plin. 10, 62, 82, § 170:

secuto die,

id. 13, 22, 43, § 126:

secuta aetas,

id. 6, 23, 26, § 101:

sequenti senatu,

Plin. Ep. 6, 5, 1:

secuturo Phoebo,

Luc. 2, 528:

sequitur hunc annum nobilis clade Romanā Caudinā pax,

Liv. 9, 1 et saep.:

ne secutis quidem diebus Claudius ullius humani affectūs signa dedit,

Tac. A. 11, 38:

Africanus sequens, i. e. minor,

Plin. 7, 59, 59, § 211.—

With the notion of cause implied, to follow, result, ensue:

ut male posuimus initia, sic cetera sequentur,

Cic. Att. 10, 18, 2: increpuit;

sequitur clamor,

Verg. A. 9, 504:

tonitrum secuti nimbi,

Ov. M. 14, 542:

lacrimae sunt verba secutae,

id. ib. 9, 780:

nisi forte sic loqui paenitet, Quā tempestate Paris Helenam et quae sequuntur,

and so on, and so forth, Cic. Or. 49, 164; id. Tusc. 3, 18, 42; 3, 19, 44.—

Of a possession or inheritance, to follow, i. e. to fall to the share of any one:

ut belli praeda Romanos, ager urbesque captae Aetolos sequerentur,

Liv. 33, 13, 10:

ut victorem res sequeretur,

id. 28, 21, 5: si quis mortuos est Arpinatis, ejus heredem sacra non secuntur, Cato ap. Prisc. p. 629 P.—Abbreviated on monuments, H. M. H. N. S.:

heredem monumentum,

Hor. S. 1, 8, 13:

heredem possessio,

Plin. 9, 35, 60, § 124:

quo minus gloriam petebat, eo magis illum sequebatur,

Sall. C. 54 fin.; v. Fabri ad h. l.;

and cf.: sequi gloria, non appeti debet,

Plin. Ep. 1, 8, 14.—

To go towards or to a place:

Formias nunc sequimur,

Cic. Att. 10, 18, 2:

Epirum, Cyzicum,

id. ib. 3, 16; Caes. B. C. 3, 49:

Italiam,

Verg. A. 4, 361; 4, 381; 5, 629:

Itala regna,

Ov. H. 7, 10; id. F. 6, 109; Val. Fl. 1, 3.—

Pregn., to follow the hand in plucking or pulling; to come off or away, come out; to come easily, come of itself:

herbae dum tenerae sunt vellendae: aridae factae celerius rumpuntur quam sequuntur,

Varr. R. R. 1, 47; cf.:

oratio mollis et tenera et ita flexibilis, ut sequatur, quocumque torqueas,

Cic. Or. 16, 52; and:

nihil est tam tenerum neque tam flexibile neque quod tam facile sequatur quocumque ducas, quam oratio,

id. de Or. 3, 45, 176:

ipse (ramus) volens facilisque sequetur, Si te fata vocant,

Verg. A. 6, 146:

cum scrutantes, quae vellant, telum non sequitur,

Liv. 38, 21, 11 Weissenb. ad loc.:

jamque secuta manum nullo cogente sagitta Excidit,

Verg. A. 12, 423; Anthol. Lat. 1, 172, 113:

trahit ille manu sine custode lignum: Id quoque vix sequitur,

Ov. M. 12, 372; cf.: cera mollis sequensque digitos, yielding to, Poët. ap. Plin. Ep. 7, 9, 11.

Trop.

In gen., to follow, succeed, result, ensue (usu. of an immediate consequence;

consequor, usu. of one more remote): si verbum sequi volumus, hoc intellegamus necesse est, etc.,

Cic. Caecin. 17, 49: patrem sequuntur liberi, succeed to the rank or condition of their father, Liv. 4, 4 fin.:

quoniam hanc (Caesar) in re publicā viam, quae popularis habetur, secutus est,

Cic. Cat. 4, 5, 9:

damnatum poenam sequi oportebat, ut igni cremaretur,

to befall, Caes. B. G. 1, 4:

modo ne summa turpitudo sequatur,

should ensue, Cic. Lael. 17, 61:

dispares mores disparia studia sequuntur,

id. ib. 20, 74:

post illas datas litteras secuta est summa contentio de domo,

id. Att. 4, 2, 2: post gloriam invidiam sequi. Sall. J. 55, 3:

an mediocre discrimen opinionis secuturum ex hac re putatis,

Liv. 5, 6, 7. —

In partic.

To follow (as a leader) an authority, a party, an example, a plan, etc.; to follow in the track of; to comply with, accede to, conform to: sequi naturam, optimam bene vivendi ducem, Cic. Lael. 5, 19; cf. id. ib. 12, 42:

sequamur potissimum Polybium nostrum,

id. Rep. 2, 14, 27:

eorum sectam sequuntur multi mortales,

Naev. Bell. Pun. 1, 16; so,

sectam,

Cic. Fl. 41, 104; id. Sest. 45, 97; Liv. 8, 19, 10 al. (v. secta):

Ti. Gracchus regnum occupare conatus est... hunc post mortem secuti amici, etc.,

Cic. Lael. 12, 41:

amicum vel bellum patriae inferentem sequi,

id. ib. 12, 43:

auctoritatem et consilium alicujus,

id. Fam. 4, 3, 2; so (with obtemperare voluntati) Caes. B. C. 1, 35:

sententiam Scipionis,

id. ib. 1, 2:

vos vestrumque factum omnia deinceps municipia sunt secuta,

have followed, imitated, id. ib. 2, 32:

haec qui dicunt, quam rationem sequantur, vides,

Cic. Div. 2, 6, 17:

novum quoddam et subagreste consilium,

id. Rep. 2, 7, 12; cf. id. ib. 2, 28, 51:

Pompeio esse in animo, rei publicae non deesse, si senatus sequatur,

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

arma victricia,

Verg. A. 3, 54.—Of an auditor, to follow an orator or a speech:

quos more prisco apud judicem fabulantes non auditores sequuntur, non populus audit,

Tac. Or. 23: non lingua valet, non corpore notae Sufficiunt vires, nec vox aut verba sequuntur, i. e. attend or obey the will, Verg. A. 12, 912; cf.:

si modo verba sequantur,

Ov. M. 1, 647. —Esp. milit. t. t.: signa sequi, to march in rank, Sall. J. 80, 2; Curt. 3, 2, 13.—

To follow or pursue an end or object; to strive for, aim at, seek to attain:

eam (sc. utilitatem),

Cic. Lael. 27, 100:

justitiam,

id. Rep. 3, 11, 18:

otium ac tranquillitatem vitae,

id. Mur. 27, 55:

amoenitatem et salubritatem,

id. Leg. 2, 1, 3:

matris commodum,

Ter. Hec. 3, 5, 31:

lites,

id. And. 4, 5, 16; id. Ad. 2, 2, 40:

gratiam Caesaris,

Caes. B. C. 1, 1:

linguam et nomen,

Liv. 31, 7:

mercedes,

Hor. S. 1, 6, 87:

quae nocuere (opp. fugere),

id. Ep. 1, 8, 11; cf.:

nec sequar aut fugiam, quae diligit ipse vel odit,

id. ib. 1, 1, 72:

ferro extrema,

Verg. A. 6, 457:

fidem,

Vell. 2, 107, 2.—With inf.:

plurisque sequor disponere causas,

Lucr. 5, 529.—

In discourse, to follow in order or sequence; to come next in order, to succeed:

sequitur is (rex), qui, etc.,

Cic. Rep. 2, 21, 37:

sequitur illa divisio, ut, etc.,

id. Fin. 3, 16, 55:

haec sint dicta de aëre. Sequitur terra, cui, etc.,

Plin. 2, 63, 63, § 154:

ac de primā quidem parte satis dictum est. Sequitur, ut doceam, etc.,

Cic. N. D. 2, 32, 80 sq. — With inf.:

sequitur videre de eo, quod, etc.,

Dig. 45, 1, 91, § 3; 41, 3, 4.—

In logical conclusions, to follow, ensue; with subject-clause:

nec si omne enuntiatum aut verum aut falsum est, sequitur ilico, esse causas immutabiles, etc.,

Cic. Fat. 12, 28; id. Tusc. 5, 8, 21.—With ut:

si haec enuntiatio vera non est, sequitur, ut falsa sit,

Cic. Fat. 12, 28; 5, 9; 10, 22; id. Fin. 2, 8, 24; 3, 7, 26:

sequitur igitur ut, etc.,

id. Tusc. 5, 18, 53; id. Par. 3, 1, 22:

sequitur ergo ut, etc.,

Curt. 7, 1, 40; Quint. 3, 8, 23; 3, 11, 17; 6, 5, 8 al.—

To follow or come naturally or easily; to be obtained without effort:

tantum hominis valuit exercitatio ut, cum se mente ac voluntate, conjecisset in versum, verba sequerentur,

Cic. de Or. 3, 50, 194 Sorof ad loc.:

non quaesitum esse numerum, sed secutum,

id. Or. 49, 165:

lingua tacet nec vox tentataque verba sequuntur,

Ov. M. 11, 326; 1, 647; Stat. Th. 11, 602:

verbaque provisam rem non invita sequentur,

Hor. A. P. 311:

sed non omnia nos ducentes e Graeco sequuntur,

Quint. 2, 14, 1:

laus pulcherrima cum sequitur, non cum arcessitur,

id. 10, 2, 27; 8, prooem. § 8;

8, 6, 24: sequi gloria, non appeti debet,

Plin. Ep. 1, 8, 14.—Hence, sĕquens, entis, P. a., next, next following in order (cf.: proximus, posterior;

not in Cic. or Cæs.): prius illud... hoc sequens,

Quint. 5, 10, 42:

reliqua morborum genera sequenti dicemus volumine,

Plin. 29, 6, 39, § 143.—Esp., with designations of time:

sequenti tempore,

Nep. Thras. 4, 4; Quint. 1, 5, 52; Sen. Ben. 6, 4, 2; Suet. Tib. 38: sequenti die, Auct. B. Hisp. 28, 1; Suet. Ner. 15; Liv. 23, 36, 7:

sequente anno,

id. 3, 31, 2:

sequenti nocte,

Suet. Aug. 94; so also Curt. 4, 7, 10; Tac. A. 2, 53; Col. 4, 15, 3; 4, 21, 3; 4, 27, 2; Plin. 11, 37, 73, § 189; 30, 8, 21, § 66; 17, 22. 35, § 178; Hirt. B. G. 8, 50; Plin. Ep. 4, 1, 6; 5, 12, 1; 6, 31, 3:

Suilium mox sequens aetas vidit praepotentem,

the next generation, Tac. A. 4, 31 qui praesenti potentiā credunt exstingui [p. 1678] posse etiam sequentis aevi memoriam, Tac. A. 4, 35.—As subst., used by some for epitheton, an epithet, acc. to Quintilian;

as, dentes albi, umida vina... o scelus abominandum, etc.,

Quint. 8, 6, 40.

sĕquor, sĕcūtus (also written sequutus; gen. plur. part. sync. sequentūm, Verg. G. 3, 111), 3, v. dep. ( act. collat. form sĕquo, acc. to Gell. 18, 9, 8 sq.; and Prisc. p. 799 P.) [Sanscr. sak-, to follow; sakis, friend; Gr. hepomai, hepô; cf. Lat. socius], to follow, to come or go after, to follow after, attend.

Lit.

In gen.

With acc.:

i, jam sequor te, mater,

Plaut. Aul. 4, 7, 16:

neque illa matrem satis honeste tuam sequi poterit comes,

id. Merc. 2, 3, 69 sq.:

qui ex urbe amicitiae causā Caesarem secuti, etc.,

Caes. B. G. 1, 39; 7, 50; Hor. S. 1, 6, 108:

ne sequerer moechas,

id. ib. 1, 4, 113:

vallem,

Liv. 32, 6, 5:

pars pressa sequuntur Signa pedum,

Ov. M. 8, 332:

vestigia alicujus,

id. ib. 4, 514; 9, 639; 10, 710 et saep.—

Absol. (so most freq. in Plaut.):

abi prae, jam ego sequar,

Plaut. Am. 1, 3, 46; Ter. Eun. 5, 2, 69: Di. Sequere intro. Pa. Sequor, Plaut. As. 4, 1, 64; 5, 2, 90; id. Aul. 2, 5, 23 et saep.:

quisnam est, qui sequitur procul?

id. Poen. 3, 3, 6:

funus interim procedit: sequimur: ad sepulcrum venimus,

Ter. And. 1, 1, 101:

curriculo sequi,

Plaut. Ep. 1, 1, 12:

Helvetii cum omnibus suis carris secuti,

Caes. B. G. 1, 24:

si nemo sequatur, tamen, etc.,

id. ib. 1, 40 fin.:

servi sequentes,

Hor. S. 1, 6, 78: hos falcati currus sequebantur, Curt. 4, 12, 6:

hos aliae gentes sequebantur,

id. 4, 12, 9.—

Of things:

magna multitudo carrorum sequi Gallos consuevit,

Hirt. B. G. 8, 14:

neque Ulla (arbor) brevem dominum sequetur,

Hor. C. 2, 14, 24:

zonā bene te secutā,

id. ib. 3, 27, 59.—

In partic.

To follow in a hostile manner; to chase, pursue:

hostes sequitur,

Caes. B. G. 1, 22 fin.:

hostem,

Ov. M. 13, 548:

fugacem,

Hor. S. 2, 7, 115:

feras,

Ov. M. 2, 498:

nudo genitas Pandione ferro,

id. ib. 6, 666; cf.:

hostem pilo,

Tac. H. 4, 29 fin.—Absol.:

finem sequendi facere,

Caes. B. G. 7, 47; 7, 68 Oud. N. cr. —

To follow in time or order; to succeed, come after (esp. freq. in part. pres.): aestatem auctumnus sequitur, post acer hiems fit, Enn. ap. Prisc. p. 647 P. (Ann. v. 406 Vahl.):

sequens annus,

Hirt. B. G. 8, 50:

sequente anno,

Plin. 10, 62, 82, § 170:

secuto die,

id. 13, 22, 43, § 126:

secuta aetas,

id. 6, 23, 26, § 101:

sequenti senatu,

Plin. Ep. 6, 5, 1:

secuturo Phoebo,

Luc. 2, 528:

sequitur hunc annum nobilis clade Romanā Caudinā pax,

Liv. 9, 1 et saep.:

ne secutis quidem diebus Claudius ullius humani affectūs signa dedit,

Tac. A. 11, 38:

Africanus sequens, i. e. minor,

Plin. 7, 59, 59, § 211.—

With the notion of cause implied, to follow, result, ensue:

ut male posuimus initia, sic cetera sequentur,

Cic. Att. 10, 18, 2: increpuit;

sequitur clamor,

Verg. A. 9, 504:

tonitrum secuti nimbi,

Ov. M. 14, 542:

lacrimae sunt verba secutae,

id. ib. 9, 780:

nisi forte sic loqui paenitet, Quā tempestate Paris Helenam et quae sequuntur,

and so on, and so forth, Cic. Or. 49, 164; id. Tusc. 3, 18, 42; 3, 19, 44.—

Of a possession or inheritance, to follow, i. e. to fall to the share of any one:

ut belli praeda Romanos, ager urbesque captae Aetolos sequerentur,

Liv. 33, 13, 10:

ut victorem res sequeretur,

id. 28, 21, 5: si quis mortuos est Arpinatis, ejus heredem sacra non secuntur, Cato ap. Prisc. p. 629 P.—Abbreviated on monuments, H. M. H. N. S.:

heredem monumentum,

Hor. S. 1, 8, 13:

heredem possessio,

Plin. 9, 35, 60, § 124:

quo minus gloriam petebat, eo magis illum sequebatur,

Sall. C. 54 fin.; v. Fabri ad h. l.;

and cf.: sequi gloria, non appeti debet,

Plin. Ep. 1, 8, 14.—

To go towards or to a place:

Formias nunc sequimur,

Cic. Att. 10, 18, 2:

Epirum, Cyzicum,

id. ib. 3, 16; Caes. B. C. 3, 49:

Italiam,

Verg. A. 4, 361; 4, 381; 5, 629:

Itala regna,

Ov. H. 7, 10; id. F. 6, 109; Val. Fl. 1, 3.—

Pregn., to follow the hand in plucking or pulling; to come off or away, come out; to come easily, come of itself:

herbae dum tenerae sunt vellendae: aridae factae celerius rumpuntur quam sequuntur,

Varr. R. R. 1, 47; cf.:

oratio mollis et tenera et ita flexibilis, ut sequatur, quocumque torqueas,

Cic. Or. 16, 52; and:

nihil est tam tenerum neque tam flexibile neque quod tam facile sequatur quocumque ducas, quam oratio,

id. de Or. 3, 45, 176:

ipse (ramus) volens facilisque sequetur, Si te fata vocant,

Verg. A. 6, 146:

cum scrutantes, quae vellant, telum non sequitur,

Liv. 38, 21, 11 Weissenb. ad loc.:

jamque secuta manum nullo cogente sagitta Excidit,

Verg. A. 12, 423; Anthol. Lat. 1, 172, 113:

trahit ille manu sine custode lignum: Id quoque vix sequitur,

Ov. M. 12, 372; cf.: cera mollis sequensque digitos, yielding to, Poët. ap. Plin. Ep. 7, 9, 11.

Trop.

In gen., to follow, succeed, result, ensue (usu. of an immediate consequence;

consequor, usu. of one more remote): si verbum sequi volumus, hoc intellegamus necesse est, etc.,

Cic. Caecin. 17, 49: patrem sequuntur liberi, succeed to the rank or condition of their father, Liv. 4, 4 fin.:

quoniam hanc (Caesar) in re publicā viam, quae popularis habetur, secutus est,

Cic. Cat. 4, 5, 9:

damnatum poenam sequi oportebat, ut igni cremaretur,

to befall, Caes. B. G. 1, 4:

modo ne summa turpitudo sequatur,

should ensue, Cic. Lael. 17, 61:

dispares mores disparia studia sequuntur,

id. ib. 20, 74:

post illas datas litteras secuta est summa contentio de domo,

id. Att. 4, 2, 2: post gloriam invidiam sequi. Sall. J. 55, 3:

an mediocre discrimen opinionis secuturum ex hac re putatis,

Liv. 5, 6, 7. —

In partic.

To follow (as a leader) an authority, a party, an example, a plan, etc.; to follow in the track of; to comply with, accede to, conform to: sequi naturam, optimam bene vivendi ducem, Cic. Lael. 5, 19; cf. id. ib. 12, 42:

sequamur potissimum Polybium nostrum,

id. Rep. 2, 14, 27:

eorum sectam sequuntur multi mortales,

Naev. Bell. Pun. 1, 16; so,

sectam,

Cic. Fl. 41, 104; id. Sest. 45, 97; Liv. 8, 19, 10 al. (v. secta):

Ti. Gracchus regnum occupare conatus est... hunc post mortem secuti amici, etc.,

Cic. Lael. 12, 41:

amicum vel bellum patriae inferentem sequi,

id. ib. 12, 43:

auctoritatem et consilium alicujus,

id. Fam. 4, 3, 2; so (with obtemperare voluntati) Caes. B. C. 1, 35:

sententiam Scipionis,

id. ib. 1, 2:

vos vestrumque factum omnia deinceps municipia sunt secuta,

have followed, imitated, id. ib. 2, 32:

haec qui dicunt, quam rationem sequantur, vides,

Cic. Div. 2, 6, 17:

novum quoddam et subagreste consilium,

id. Rep. 2, 7, 12; cf. id. ib. 2, 28, 51:

Pompeio esse in animo, rei publicae non deesse, si senatus sequatur,

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

arma victricia,

Verg. A. 3, 54.—Of an auditor, to follow an orator or a speech:

quos more prisco apud judicem fabulantes non auditores sequuntur, non populus audit,

Tac. Or. 23: non lingua valet, non corpore notae Sufficiunt vires, nec vox aut verba sequuntur, i. e. attend or obey the will, Verg. A. 12, 912; cf.:

si modo verba sequantur,

Ov. M. 1, 647. —Esp. milit. t. t.: signa sequi, to march in rank, Sall. J. 80, 2; Curt. 3, 2, 13.—

To follow or pursue an end or object; to strive for, aim at, seek to attain:

eam (sc. utilitatem),

Cic. Lael. 27, 100:

justitiam,

id. Rep. 3, 11, 18:

otium ac tranquillitatem vitae,

id. Mur. 27, 55:

amoenitatem et salubritatem,

id. Leg. 2, 1, 3:

matris commodum,

Ter. Hec. 3, 5, 31:

lites,

id. And. 4, 5, 16; id. Ad. 2, 2, 40:

gratiam Caesaris,

Caes. B. C. 1, 1:

linguam et nomen,

Liv. 31, 7:

mercedes,

Hor. S. 1, 6, 87:

quae nocuere (opp. fugere),

id. Ep. 1, 8, 11; cf.:

nec sequar aut fugiam, quae diligit ipse vel odit,

id. ib. 1, 1, 72:

ferro extrema,

Verg. A. 6, 457:

fidem,

Vell. 2, 107, 2.—With inf.:

plurisque sequor disponere causas,

Lucr. 5, 529.—

In discourse, to follow in order or sequence; to come next in order, to succeed:

sequitur is (rex), qui, etc.,

Cic. Rep. 2, 21, 37:

sequitur illa divisio, ut, etc.,

id. Fin. 3, 16, 55:

haec sint dicta de aëre. Sequitur terra, cui, etc.,

Plin. 2, 63, 63, § 154:

ac de primā quidem parte satis dictum est. Sequitur, ut doceam, etc.,

Cic. N. D. 2, 32, 80 sq. — With inf.:

sequitur videre de eo, quod, etc.,

Dig. 45, 1, 91, § 3; 41, 3, 4.—

In logical conclusions, to follow, ensue; with subject-clause:

nec si omne enuntiatum aut verum aut falsum est, sequitur ilico, esse causas immutabiles, etc.,

Cic. Fat. 12, 28; id. Tusc. 5, 8, 21.—With ut:

si haec enuntiatio vera non est, sequitur, ut falsa sit,

Cic. Fat. 12, 28; 5, 9; 10, 22; id. Fin. 2, 8, 24; 3, 7, 26:

sequitur igitur ut, etc.,

id. Tusc. 5, 18, 53; id. Par. 3, 1, 22:

sequitur ergo ut, etc.,

Curt. 7, 1, 40; Quint. 3, 8, 23; 3, 11, 17; 6, 5, 8 al.—

To follow or come naturally or easily; to be obtained without effort:

tantum hominis valuit exercitatio ut, cum se mente ac voluntate, conjecisset in versum, verba sequerentur,

Cic. de Or. 3, 50, 194 Sorof ad loc.:

non quaesitum esse numerum, sed secutum,

id. Or. 49, 165:

lingua tacet nec vox tentataque verba sequuntur,

Ov. M. 11, 326; 1, 647; Stat. Th. 11, 602:

verbaque provisam rem non invita sequentur,

Hor. A. P. 311:

sed non omnia nos ducentes e Graeco sequuntur,

Quint. 2, 14, 1:

laus pulcherrima cum sequitur, non cum arcessitur,

id. 10, 2, 27; 8, prooem. § 8;

8, 6, 24: sequi gloria, non appeti debet,

Plin. Ep. 1, 8, 14.—Hence, sĕquens, entis, P. a., next, next following in order (cf.: proximus, posterior;

not in Cic. or Cæs.): prius illud... hoc sequens,

Quint. 5, 10, 42:

reliqua morborum genera sequenti dicemus volumine,

Plin. 29, 6, 39, § 143.—Esp., with designations of time:

sequenti tempore,

Nep. Thras. 4, 4; Quint. 1, 5, 52; Sen. Ben. 6, 4, 2; Suet. Tib. 38: sequenti die, Auct. B. Hisp. 28, 1; Suet. Ner. 15; Liv. 23, 36, 7:

sequente anno,

id. 3, 31, 2:

sequenti nocte,

Suet. Aug. 94; so also Curt. 4, 7, 10; Tac. A. 2, 53; Col. 4, 15, 3; 4, 21, 3; 4, 27, 2; Plin. 11, 37, 73, § 189; 30, 8, 21, § 66; 17, 22. 35, § 178; Hirt. B. G. 8, 50; Plin. Ep. 4, 1, 6; 5, 12, 1; 6, 31, 3:

Suilium mox sequens aetas vidit praepotentem,

the next generation, Tac. A. 4, 31 qui praesenti potentiā credunt exstingui [p. 1678] posse etiam sequentis aevi memoriam, Tac. A. 4, 35.—As subst., used by some for epitheton, an epithet, acc. to Quintilian;

as, dentes albi, umida vina... o scelus abominandum, etc.,

Quint. 8, 6, 40.