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    пото́мок поэ́та — descendant d'un poète

    на́ши пото́мки — nos descendants

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    n
    1) gener. rejeton, enfant, fils, descendant
    2) biol. produit

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  • 3 CHICHICATL

    chichicatl:
    Fiel (S), bile.
    Amertume.
    Esp., hiel (M).
    Angl., bile, bitterness (K).
    Bile. Sah10,131.
    " nictêîtia in chichicatl ", je châtie durement (litt. je fais boire le fiel) (Olm.).
    * à la forme possédée.
    " têchichicauh ", la bile de quelqu'un.
    " tochichicauh ", notre fiel, le fiel, our bile. Sah10,131.
    *\CHICHICATL métaphor., être la bile de quelqu'un peut signifier tantôt être le descendant de quelqu'un tantôt être son ancêtre.
    " nimochichicauh ", je suis ta bile, c'est à dire, tu me traite comme ton fils
    (Olm.).
    * plur., 'titêchichicahuân'.
    " in titêchichicahuân in titêtlapallohuân in titêezzohuân ", nous sommes les descendants, la couleur, le sang (de quelqu'un). Tezozomoc Cron.Mexicayotl 5.
    Mais semble dans la même page désigner non les descendants mais les antécédents.
    " in huehuetqueh ilamatqueh catca in tocihhuân in tocôlhuân in tâchtônhuân in tomintônhuân in topiptônhuan in tochichicahuân ", les vieillards et les vieilles femmes qui sont nos grand-mères, nos grand-pères, nos arrières grand-pères, nos arrières arrières grand-parents, nos arrières grand-mères, nos ancètres - los viejos y las viejas que eran nuestras abuelas, nuestros abuelos, nuestros bisabuelos, nuestos tatarabuelos, nuestros bisabuelas, nuestras antepasados. Cron. Mexicayotl 5. Cité par Rammow 1964,73 qui traduit: Die alten Männer und Frauen, die unsere Großmütter, und Großväter waren, unsere Urgroßväter, Ururgroßväter, Urgroßmütter, unsere Vorfahren.
    Form: sur chichic (K).

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  • 4 sequor

    sĕquor, sĕqui, sĕcūtus sum - tr. -.    - [gr]gr. ἕπω, ἓπομαι (*σέπω, *σέπομαι).    - la forme active sequo, ĕre est attestée par Gell. 18, 9, 8; Prisc. 8, 6, 29 ; passif sequi Her. 3, 3, 5. [st1]1 [-] suivre, aller à la suite, s'attacher à (au pr. et au fig.).    - abi prae, jam ego sequar, Plaut. Am.: va devant, je suivrai.    - sequi procul, Plaut. (sequi magno intervallo, Caes.): suivre de loin.    - non tibi sequendus eram, Ov.: il ne fallait pas m'accompagner.    - sequi praetorem, Hor.: suivre le préteur, escorter le préteur.    - sequi vestigia alicujus, Ov. M. 4: s'attacher aux pas de qqn.    - sequi terga alicujus, Cic.: s'attacher aux pas de qqn.    - sequi aliquid oculis, Virg.: suivre qqch des yeux.    - neque arborum te ulla sequetur, Hor.: et pas un de ces arbres ne te suivra (aux enfers).    - absol. Helvetii secuti, Caes. BG. 1, 24, 4: les Helvètes ayant suivi, cf. Caes. BG. 1, 40.    - sequi naturam ducem, Cic. Lael. 19: suivre la nature comme guide.    - Epicurus, in quibus sequitur Democritum, non fere labitur, Cic. Fin. 1, 18: Epicure, dans les endroits où il suit Démocrite, ne se trompe pas d'ordinaire.    - Panaetius, quem multum in his libris secutus sum, non interpretatus, Cic. Off. 2, 60: Panétius que j'ai beaucoup suivi dans ce traité, sans pourtant le traduire.    - sequi auctoritatem et consilium alicujus, Cic. Fam. 4, 3, 2: suivre l'autorité et les conseils de qqn.    - sequi sententiam, Caes. BC. 1, 2, 6: suivre l'avis de qqn.    - sequi factum alicujus, Caes. BC. 2, 32, 2: suivre la conduite (l'exemple) de qqn.    - nostro sequitur de vulnere sanguis, Virg.: le sang suit le coup que nous portons.    - sudor membra sequebatur, Virg.: la sueur couvrait les membres.    - nares vicinitatem oris secutae sunt, Cic.: les narines ont été placées dans le voisinage de la bouche.    - patrem sequuntur liberi, Liv. 4: les enfants suivent la condition de leur père.    - post gloriam invidia sequitur, Sall. J. 55: l'envie marche à la suite de la gloire.    - damnatum poenam sequi oportebat, ut igni cremaretur, Caes. BG. 1: la peine infligée au condamné était qu'il devait subir le châtiment du feu.    - te fama illa sequetur oppressisse... Sall. Mithr.: s'attachera à toi la gloire d'avoir anéanti... [st1]2 [-] suivre hostilement, poursuivre, courir après.    - sequi aliquem nudo ferro, Ov. M. 6: presser qqn l'épée nue à la main.    - neque prius finem sequendi fecere quam... Caes. BG. 7, 47: et leur poursuite ne cessa pas avant que...    - sequi feras, Ov. M. 2: donner la chasse aux bêtes sauvages.    - nos bella sequuntur, Ov.: la guerre s'acharne après nous.    - sequi hostes, Caes. BG. 1, 22: poursuivre les ennemis.    - finis sequendi, Caes. BG. 7, 17: la fin de la poursuite. [st1]3 [-] suivre (une direction), parcourir en suivant.    - sequi avia cursu, Virg.: s'engager en courant dans des chemins détournés.    - in re publica viam sequi, Cic. Cat. 4: suivre une voie politique.    - rectum sequi, Cic.: marcher dans le droit chemin. [st1]4 [-] se diriger vers; au fig. chercher à atteindre, rechercher, tendre vers, être en quête de, s'attacher, viser à.    - sequi Formias, Epirum, Cic.: aller à Formies, gagner l'Epire.    - illi cogebantur sequi loca demissa ac palustria, Caes. BC. 3, 49: les ennemis étaient forcés de rejoindre les terrains bas et marécageux.    - Italiam non sponte sequor, Virg. En. 4: c'est malgré moi que je poursuis l'Italie.    - sequi florentem cytisum, Virg.: chercher le cytise en fleurs.    - sequi potus calidos, Plin.: rechercher des boissons chaudes, aimer boire chaud.    - sequi lites, Plaut. And. 4, 5, 16: courir après les procès, aimer la chicane.    - sequi hymenaeos, Virg.: prétendre à un hymen.    - sequi amicitiam, Nep.: rechercher l'amitié.    - sequi fasces, Prop.: ambitionner les faisceaux consulaires.    - sequi parvas mercedes, Hor. S. 1, 6, 87: être en quête d'un mince salaire.    - sequi tranquillitatem, Cic.: aspirer à la tranquillité.    - sequi longius adulationem, Tac.: pousser plus loin la flatterie.    - explicemus quid ipsi sequamur, Quint.: montrons l'avantage auquel nous visons. [st1]5 [-] suivre (un exemple, un parti, une opinion), se laisser guider par, se régler sur, se conformer, obéir, adhérer, être attaché à, adopter.    - sequi exemplum: suivre l'exemple.    - vestrum factum omnia municipia sunt secuta, Caes. BC. 2: c'est votre conduite qu'ont imitée tous les municipes.    - sequi optimos, Tac.: se modeler sur les gens de bien.    - sequi Platonem auctorem, Cic.: suivre l'autorité de Platon.    - amicum vel bellum patriae inferentem sequi, Cic. Lael. 12, 43: rester fidèle à un ami lors même qu'il ferait la guerre à son pays.    - sequi officium, Cic.: rester fidèle à son devoir.    - sequi partes, Vell.: embrasser un parti.    - sequi leges, Cic.: se conformer aux lois.    - deos duces sequere, Liv. 41: prends les dieux comme guides.    - horrentem capillum retro sequuntur, Tac.: ils conservent la coutume de retrousser leurs cheveux.    - sequi ardorem militum, Tac.: céder à l'ardeur des soldats.    - hoc minimum ut sequamur, Cic.: pour nous en tenir à ce minimum.    - non existimationem populi sequentur? Cic.: ne s'en référeront-ils pas à l'opinion du peuple? [st1]6 [-] poursuivre (un discours, une lecture); qqf. dire, parler.    - perge sequi interdictum, Cic.: poursuis la lecture de l'ordonnance.    - quid majora sequar? Virg. G. 2, 434: pourquoi mentionner une végétation plus haute?    - sequemur claritates operum, Plin.: je vais parler des effets les plus remarquables.    - sequor disponere causas, Lucr. 5, 529: je continue à exposer les causes.    - cum ipso sum secuta placide ipsa, Plaut.: je lui ai parlé tranquillement en personne. [st1]7 [-] parler après un autre, répondre.    - dicta sic voce secutus, Virg.: il répondit en ces termes. [st1]8 [-] succéder à, venir après; faire suite à un discours.    - luce secutura, Ov.: le jour suivant.    - sequitur hunc annum pax, Liv. 9: cette année est suivie de la paix.    - clamorem res secuta est, Liv.: des cris, on en vint à l'action.    - secuturi nepotes, Ov.: les descendants, la postérité.    - quae sequuntur: ce qui suit, la suite.    - sed sequitur is qui, Cic.: mais en voici venir un qui.    - post illas datas litteras secuta est summa contentio de domo, Cic. Att. 4, 2: après la réception de cette lettre, on en est venu à un violent débat au sujet de ma maison. [st1]9 [-] venir comme conséquence, se rattacher à, résulter de.    - hunc habitum convenientes mores sequebantur, Liv.: à de telles manières se joignaient des moeurs à l'avenant.    - vina quies sequitur, Ov.: l'ivresse amène le sommeil.    - modo ne turpitudo sequatur, Cic. Lael. 17, 61: pourvu qu'il n'en résulte pas de déshonneur. [st1]10 [-] échoir à (comme avantage ou comme charge).    - sequi heredem, Hor.: échoir à un héritier ou incomber à un héritier.    - urbes captae Aetolos sequuntur, Liv. 33, 13, 10: les villes prises sont la part des Etoliens.    - ubi malos praemia sequuntur, Sall.: quand les récompenses sont le partage des mauvais citoyens.    - quid quod, si bonum esset ira, perfectissimum quemque sequeretur? Sen. Ir. 1: *que dire relativement au fait que* = il y a plus, si la colère était un bien, elle reviendrait (échoirait) aux hommes les plus parfaits. [st1]11 [-] suivre de soi-même, venir naturellement, venir facilement, céder sans résistance.    - ipse (ramus) facille sequetur, Virg.: le rameau se détachera sans effort.    - telum non sequitur, Liv. 38, 21, 11: le trait résiste (à la main qui l'arrache).    - cerae manum sequuntur, Stat.: la cire s'assouplit sous les doigts.    - oratio sequetur quocumque torquebis, Cic.: le style se prêtera à toutes les formes.    - laus pulcherrima cum sequitur, non cum arcessitur, Quint. 10, 2, 27: mérite précieux, quand il est spontané et non affecté.    - nec verba sequuntur, Virg.: les paroles font défaut.    - sequitur tropus oratorem, Quint.: le trope est à la discrétion de l'orateur. [st1]12 [-] impers. sequitur.    - sequitur dicere, Dig.: reste à parler de.    - sequitur nihil deos ignorare, Cic. Div. 2: il s'ensuit que les dieux n'ignorent rien.    - sequitur ut...: - [abcl]a - il arrive en conséquence que, il s'ensuit que... - [abcl]b - il s'ensuit que (par conséquent, cela prouve que) - [abcl]c - il faut ensuite que, il reste à.    - sequitur ut doceam: ma tâche est ensuite de montrer (il me reste à montrer).    - num sequitur ut...? Tac.: est-ce une raison pour que...?    - sequitur ut nihil paeniteat, nihil desit, nihil obstet, Cic. Tusc. 5, 18: il s'ensuit qu'on ne connaît ni repentir, ni insuffisance, ni difficulté. ¶ 2 poursuivre, chercher à atteindre a) ; b) sequi Formias, Cic. Att. 10, 18, 2: se diriger vers Formies, chercher à gagner Formies, cf. Cic. Att. 3, 16 ; Caes. BC. 3, 49 ; Virg. En. 4, 361; c) platani umbram sequi, Cic. de Or. 1, 28: rechercher l'ombre d'un platane ; sequi praemia recte factorum, Cic. Mil. 96: rechercher la récompense des belles actions, cf. Cic. Lael. 100; Mur. 55; Rep. 3, 18; Leg. 2, 3; Off. 1, 110; sequi probabilia conjectura, Cic. Tusc. 1, 17: chercher à atteindre la vraisemblance par conjecture II [avec inf.] Lucr. 5, 529, s'attacher à ¶ 3 venir après: a) secutum est bellum Africanum, Cic. Dej. 25: vint ensuite la guerre d'Afrique, cf. Cic. Verr. 3, 190; Tusc. 5, 72; et quae sequuntur, Cic. Or. 184: et le reste, et ce qui suit, cf. Cic. Nat. 2, 110 II sequitur hunc annum nobilis clade Romana Caudina pax, Liv. 9, 1, 1: après cetta année vient la paix Caudine, célèbre par la défaite des Romains II sequitur ut... doceam, Cic. Verr. 3, 163: ma tâche est ensuite de montrer..., cf. Cic. Nat. 2, 80; deinde sequitur, quibus jus sit... Cic. Leg. 3, 40: puis vient la question de savoir quels sont ceux qui ont le droit... ; b) suivre comme conséquence, comme résultat: sequuntur largitionem rapinae, Cic. Off. 2, 54: à la suite de la prodigalité viennent les rapines, cf. Cic. Lael. 74; Off. 1, 160; 3, 19 ; ex eo tempore discordiae secutae sunt, Cic. Off. 2, 80: à partir de ce moment des discordes ont succédé ; c) s'ensuivre logiquement: [avec prop. inf.] sequitur nihil deos ignorare, Cic. Div. 2, 105: il s'ensuit que les dieux n'ignorent rien, cf. Cic. Nat. 2, 75 ; Fat. 28 ; Tusc. 5, 21; [avec ut subj.] Cic. Fin. 2, 24 ; 3, 26 ; Tusc. 5, 53; 5, 67; etc. ¶ 4 suivre de soi-même, céder sans résistance, obéir à une impulsion ; herbae aridae factae celerius rumpuntur quam sequuntur, Varr. R. 1, 47: les plantes devenues sèches se brisent avant que de céder à la main, cf. Virg. En. 6, 146; Liv. 38, 21, 11 II [fig.] Cic. de Or. 3, 176 ; Or. 52 ; non quaesitus est numerus, sed secutus, Cic. Or. 165: le rythme n'a pas été cherché, mais il est venu naturellement, cf. Quint. 10, 2, 27 ; Plin. Ep. 1, 8, 14 ¶ 5 échoir comme possession, tomber en partage: ager urbesque captae Aetolos sequuntur, Liv. 33, 13, 10: les terres et les villes prises tombent en partage aux Etoliens II [formule abrégée d'inscription]: H. M. H. N. S. hoc monumentum heredem non sequitur: ce monument ne fait pas partie de l'héritage, cf. Hor. S. 1, 8, 13.
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    sĕquor, sĕqui, sĕcūtus sum - tr. -.    - [gr]gr. ἕπω, ἓπομαι (*σέπω, *σέπομαι).    - la forme active sequo, ĕre est attestée par Gell. 18, 9, 8; Prisc. 8, 6, 29 ; passif sequi Her. 3, 3, 5. [st1]1 [-] suivre, aller à la suite, s'attacher à (au pr. et au fig.).    - abi prae, jam ego sequar, Plaut. Am.: va devant, je suivrai.    - sequi procul, Plaut. (sequi magno intervallo, Caes.): suivre de loin.    - non tibi sequendus eram, Ov.: il ne fallait pas m'accompagner.    - sequi praetorem, Hor.: suivre le préteur, escorter le préteur.    - sequi vestigia alicujus, Ov. M. 4: s'attacher aux pas de qqn.    - sequi terga alicujus, Cic.: s'attacher aux pas de qqn.    - sequi aliquid oculis, Virg.: suivre qqch des yeux.    - neque arborum te ulla sequetur, Hor.: et pas un de ces arbres ne te suivra (aux enfers).    - absol. Helvetii secuti, Caes. BG. 1, 24, 4: les Helvètes ayant suivi, cf. Caes. BG. 1, 40.    - sequi naturam ducem, Cic. Lael. 19: suivre la nature comme guide.    - Epicurus, in quibus sequitur Democritum, non fere labitur, Cic. Fin. 1, 18: Epicure, dans les endroits où il suit Démocrite, ne se trompe pas d'ordinaire.    - Panaetius, quem multum in his libris secutus sum, non interpretatus, Cic. Off. 2, 60: Panétius que j'ai beaucoup suivi dans ce traité, sans pourtant le traduire.    - sequi auctoritatem et consilium alicujus, Cic. Fam. 4, 3, 2: suivre l'autorité et les conseils de qqn.    - sequi sententiam, Caes. BC. 1, 2, 6: suivre l'avis de qqn.    - sequi factum alicujus, Caes. BC. 2, 32, 2: suivre la conduite (l'exemple) de qqn.    - nostro sequitur de vulnere sanguis, Virg.: le sang suit le coup que nous portons.    - sudor membra sequebatur, Virg.: la sueur couvrait les membres.    - nares vicinitatem oris secutae sunt, Cic.: les narines ont été placées dans le voisinage de la bouche.    - patrem sequuntur liberi, Liv. 4: les enfants suivent la condition de leur père.    - post gloriam invidia sequitur, Sall. J. 55: l'envie marche à la suite de la gloire.    - damnatum poenam sequi oportebat, ut igni cremaretur, Caes. BG. 1: la peine infligée au condamné était qu'il devait subir le châtiment du feu.    - te fama illa sequetur oppressisse... Sall. Mithr.: s'attachera à toi la gloire d'avoir anéanti... [st1]2 [-] suivre hostilement, poursuivre, courir après.    - sequi aliquem nudo ferro, Ov. M. 6: presser qqn l'épée nue à la main.    - neque prius finem sequendi fecere quam... Caes. BG. 7, 47: et leur poursuite ne cessa pas avant que...    - sequi feras, Ov. M. 2: donner la chasse aux bêtes sauvages.    - nos bella sequuntur, Ov.: la guerre s'acharne après nous.    - sequi hostes, Caes. BG. 1, 22: poursuivre les ennemis.    - finis sequendi, Caes. BG. 7, 17: la fin de la poursuite. [st1]3 [-] suivre (une direction), parcourir en suivant.    - sequi avia cursu, Virg.: s'engager en courant dans des chemins détournés.    - in re publica viam sequi, Cic. Cat. 4: suivre une voie politique.    - rectum sequi, Cic.: marcher dans le droit chemin. [st1]4 [-] se diriger vers; au fig. chercher à atteindre, rechercher, tendre vers, être en quête de, s'attacher, viser à.    - sequi Formias, Epirum, Cic.: aller à Formies, gagner l'Epire.    - illi cogebantur sequi loca demissa ac palustria, Caes. BC. 3, 49: les ennemis étaient forcés de rejoindre les terrains bas et marécageux.    - Italiam non sponte sequor, Virg. En. 4: c'est malgré moi que je poursuis l'Italie.    - sequi florentem cytisum, Virg.: chercher le cytise en fleurs.    - sequi potus calidos, Plin.: rechercher des boissons chaudes, aimer boire chaud.    - sequi lites, Plaut. And. 4, 5, 16: courir après les procès, aimer la chicane.    - sequi hymenaeos, Virg.: prétendre à un hymen.    - sequi amicitiam, Nep.: rechercher l'amitié.    - sequi fasces, Prop.: ambitionner les faisceaux consulaires.    - sequi parvas mercedes, Hor. S. 1, 6, 87: être en quête d'un mince salaire.    - sequi tranquillitatem, Cic.: aspirer à la tranquillité.    - sequi longius adulationem, Tac.: pousser plus loin la flatterie.    - explicemus quid ipsi sequamur, Quint.: montrons l'avantage auquel nous visons. [st1]5 [-] suivre (un exemple, un parti, une opinion), se laisser guider par, se régler sur, se conformer, obéir, adhérer, être attaché à, adopter.    - sequi exemplum: suivre l'exemple.    - vestrum factum omnia municipia sunt secuta, Caes. BC. 2: c'est votre conduite qu'ont imitée tous les municipes.    - sequi optimos, Tac.: se modeler sur les gens de bien.    - sequi Platonem auctorem, Cic.: suivre l'autorité de Platon.    - amicum vel bellum patriae inferentem sequi, Cic. Lael. 12, 43: rester fidèle à un ami lors même qu'il ferait la guerre à son pays.    - sequi officium, Cic.: rester fidèle à son devoir.    - sequi partes, Vell.: embrasser un parti.    - sequi leges, Cic.: se conformer aux lois.    - deos duces sequere, Liv. 41: prends les dieux comme guides.    - horrentem capillum retro sequuntur, Tac.: ils conservent la coutume de retrousser leurs cheveux.    - sequi ardorem militum, Tac.: céder à l'ardeur des soldats.    - hoc minimum ut sequamur, Cic.: pour nous en tenir à ce minimum.    - non existimationem populi sequentur? Cic.: ne s'en référeront-ils pas à l'opinion du peuple? [st1]6 [-] poursuivre (un discours, une lecture); qqf. dire, parler.    - perge sequi interdictum, Cic.: poursuis la lecture de l'ordonnance.    - quid majora sequar? Virg. G. 2, 434: pourquoi mentionner une végétation plus haute?    - sequemur claritates operum, Plin.: je vais parler des effets les plus remarquables.    - sequor disponere causas, Lucr. 5, 529: je continue à exposer les causes.    - cum ipso sum secuta placide ipsa, Plaut.: je lui ai parlé tranquillement en personne. [st1]7 [-] parler après un autre, répondre.    - dicta sic voce secutus, Virg.: il répondit en ces termes. [st1]8 [-] succéder à, venir après; faire suite à un discours.    - luce secutura, Ov.: le jour suivant.    - sequitur hunc annum pax, Liv. 9: cette année est suivie de la paix.    - clamorem res secuta est, Liv.: des cris, on en vint à l'action.    - secuturi nepotes, Ov.: les descendants, la postérité.    - quae sequuntur: ce qui suit, la suite.    - sed sequitur is qui, Cic.: mais en voici venir un qui.    - post illas datas litteras secuta est summa contentio de domo, Cic. Att. 4, 2: après la réception de cette lettre, on en est venu à un violent débat au sujet de ma maison. [st1]9 [-] venir comme conséquence, se rattacher à, résulter de.    - hunc habitum convenientes mores sequebantur, Liv.: à de telles manières se joignaient des moeurs à l'avenant.    - vina quies sequitur, Ov.: l'ivresse amène le sommeil.    - modo ne turpitudo sequatur, Cic. Lael. 17, 61: pourvu qu'il n'en résulte pas de déshonneur. [st1]10 [-] échoir à (comme avantage ou comme charge).    - sequi heredem, Hor.: échoir à un héritier ou incomber à un héritier.    - urbes captae Aetolos sequuntur, Liv. 33, 13, 10: les villes prises sont la part des Etoliens.    - ubi malos praemia sequuntur, Sall.: quand les récompenses sont le partage des mauvais citoyens.    - quid quod, si bonum esset ira, perfectissimum quemque sequeretur? Sen. Ir. 1: *que dire relativement au fait que* = il y a plus, si la colère était un bien, elle reviendrait (échoirait) aux hommes les plus parfaits. [st1]11 [-] suivre de soi-même, venir naturellement, venir facilement, céder sans résistance.    - ipse (ramus) facille sequetur, Virg.: le rameau se détachera sans effort.    - telum non sequitur, Liv. 38, 21, 11: le trait résiste (à la main qui l'arrache).    - cerae manum sequuntur, Stat.: la cire s'assouplit sous les doigts.    - oratio sequetur quocumque torquebis, Cic.: le style se prêtera à toutes les formes.    - laus pulcherrima cum sequitur, non cum arcessitur, Quint. 10, 2, 27: mérite précieux, quand il est spontané et non affecté.    - nec verba sequuntur, Virg.: les paroles font défaut.    - sequitur tropus oratorem, Quint.: le trope est à la discrétion de l'orateur. [st1]12 [-] impers. sequitur.    - sequitur dicere, Dig.: reste à parler de.    - sequitur nihil deos ignorare, Cic. Div. 2: il s'ensuit que les dieux n'ignorent rien.    - sequitur ut...: - [abcl]a - il arrive en conséquence que, il s'ensuit que... - [abcl]b - il s'ensuit que (par conséquent, cela prouve que) - [abcl]c - il faut ensuite que, il reste à.    - sequitur ut doceam: ma tâche est ensuite de montrer (il me reste à montrer).    - num sequitur ut...? Tac.: est-ce une raison pour que...?    - sequitur ut nihil paeniteat, nihil desit, nihil obstet, Cic. Tusc. 5, 18: il s'ensuit qu'on ne connaît ni repentir, ni insuffisance, ni difficulté. ¶ 2 poursuivre, chercher à atteindre a) ; b) sequi Formias, Cic. Att. 10, 18, 2: se diriger vers Formies, chercher à gagner Formies, cf. Cic. Att. 3, 16 ; Caes. BC. 3, 49 ; Virg. En. 4, 361; c) platani umbram sequi, Cic. de Or. 1, 28: rechercher l'ombre d'un platane ; sequi praemia recte factorum, Cic. Mil. 96: rechercher la récompense des belles actions, cf. Cic. Lael. 100; Mur. 55; Rep. 3, 18; Leg. 2, 3; Off. 1, 110; sequi probabilia conjectura, Cic. Tusc. 1, 17: chercher à atteindre la vraisemblance par conjecture II [avec inf.] Lucr. 5, 529, s'attacher à ¶ 3 venir après: a) secutum est bellum Africanum, Cic. Dej. 25: vint ensuite la guerre d'Afrique, cf. Cic. Verr. 3, 190; Tusc. 5, 72; et quae sequuntur, Cic. Or. 184: et le reste, et ce qui suit, cf. Cic. Nat. 2, 110 II sequitur hunc annum nobilis clade Romana Caudina pax, Liv. 9, 1, 1: après cetta année vient la paix Caudine, célèbre par la défaite des Romains II sequitur ut... doceam, Cic. Verr. 3, 163: ma tâche est ensuite de montrer..., cf. Cic. Nat. 2, 80; deinde sequitur, quibus jus sit... Cic. Leg. 3, 40: puis vient la question de savoir quels sont ceux qui ont le droit... ; b) suivre comme conséquence, comme résultat: sequuntur largitionem rapinae, Cic. Off. 2, 54: à la suite de la prodigalité viennent les rapines, cf. Cic. Lael. 74; Off. 1, 160; 3, 19 ; ex eo tempore discordiae secutae sunt, Cic. Off. 2, 80: à partir de ce moment des discordes ont succédé ; c) s'ensuivre logiquement: [avec prop. inf.] sequitur nihil deos ignorare, Cic. Div. 2, 105: il s'ensuit que les dieux n'ignorent rien, cf. Cic. Nat. 2, 75 ; Fat. 28 ; Tusc. 5, 21; [avec ut subj.] Cic. Fin. 2, 24 ; 3, 26 ; Tusc. 5, 53; 5, 67; etc. ¶ 4 suivre de soi-même, céder sans résistance, obéir à une impulsion ; herbae aridae factae celerius rumpuntur quam sequuntur, Varr. R. 1, 47: les plantes devenues sèches se brisent avant que de céder à la main, cf. Virg. En. 6, 146; Liv. 38, 21, 11 II [fig.] Cic. de Or. 3, 176 ; Or. 52 ; non quaesitus est numerus, sed secutus, Cic. Or. 165: le rythme n'a pas été cherché, mais il est venu naturellement, cf. Quint. 10, 2, 27 ; Plin. Ep. 1, 8, 14 ¶ 5 échoir comme possession, tomber en partage: ager urbesque captae Aetolos sequuntur, Liv. 33, 13, 10: les terres et les villes prises tombent en partage aux Etoliens II [formule abrégée d'inscription]: H. M. H. N. S. hoc monumentum heredem non sequitur: ce monument ne fait pas partie de l'héritage, cf. Hor. S. 1, 8, 13.
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        Sequor, sequeris, sequutus sum, sequi. Terent. Suyvre.
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        Amicitiam alicuius sequi. Cic. Entretenir son alliance.
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        Amicum sequi. Cic. Faire ce qu'il luy plaist, Luy obeir.
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        Authoritatem alicuius sequi. Cic. La suyvre.
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        Compendia temporis sequi. Columel. Tascher à n'employer de temps que le moins qu'on peult en quelque chose, Suyvre brieveté, Eviter despense de temps.
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        Consuetudinem sequi. Plin. iunior. Faire selon la coustume, Suyvre la coustume.
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        Ex fuga aliquem sequi. Caes. Aller apres aucun qui s'enfuit, et fuir avec luy.
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        Fames sequuta est. Plin. Est ensuyvie.
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        Feras sequi. Ouid. Poursuyvre, Chasser aux bestes sauvages.
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        Fidem alicuius sequi. Caesar. Croire à sa parolle, à sa foy et promesse.
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        Caesaris fidem sequutus. Caes. A l'adveu de Cesar.
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        Fidem Populi Romani sequi. Cicero. Tenir le parti du peuple Romain.
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        Fortunam suam sequi. Liu. Suyvre sa fortune.
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        Gratiam Caesaris sequi. Caes. Tascher d'estre en son amitié, Pourchasser son amitié.
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        Sequi librum lapsum. Plin. iunior. Suyvre pour le recueillir et relever.
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        Sequi lites. Terent. Plaider.
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        Matrimonium diuitis sequi. Plin. iunior. Suyvre le parti d'une personne riche, et la prendre à mari ou à femme.
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        Naturam ducem sequi. Cic. Faire ce que nature nous enseigne.
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        Officium sequi. Cic. Faire son debvoir, et y satisfaire, S'acquicter de son debvoir.
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        Promissa sequi. Liu. S'attendre aux promesses d'aucun.
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        Quaestum et sumptum alicuius sequi. Cic. Ensuyvre sa profession et maniere d'acquerir et de despendre.
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        Sectam alicuius sequi. Liu. Tenir ou suyvre son parti.
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        Sententiam alicuius sequi. Cic. Estre de son opinion, Tenir ou suyvre son opinion.
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        Vtilitates sequi. Cic. Cercher ses prouffits.
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        Verbum aliquod sequi. Cic. Prendre un mot à la rigueur, Suyvre le sens de la lettre.
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        Vestigiis sequi. Liu. Suyvre pas à pas, ou Suyvre le train et la trace.
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        Voce aliquem sequi. Virgil. Suyvre de parolles aucun qui s'en va.
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        Sequitur, absolute. Cic. Il s'ensuit.

    Dictionarium latinogallicum > sequor

  • 5 descender

    v.
    1 to fall, to drop (valor, temperatura, nivel).
    ha descendido el interés por la política there is less interest in politics
    2 to descend.
    la niebla descendió sobre el valle the mist descended on the valley
    el río desciende por el valle the river runs down the valley
    3 to be relegated.
    descender a segunda to be relegated to the second division
    descender de categoría to be relegated
    4 to go down.
    5 to descend from.
    La tribu desciende de la región central the tribe comes from the central region
    De esa palabra descienden otras muchas many other words derive from that one
    El buen ánimo general descendió The general good mood descended.
    Ella descendió despacio She descended slowly.
    Ella desciende de guerreros She descends from warriors.
    El bus descendió por la colina The bus descended by way of the hill.
    Me descendió la temperatura My temperature descended.
    6 to get off, to get out.
    descender de un avión to get off a plane
    descender de un coche to get out of a car
    7 to walk down.
    Elsa descendió la colina Elsa walked down the hill.
    8 to lower, to reduce in intensity, to reduce.
    La fricción descendió el impulso The friction lowered the momentum.
    9 to have less.
    Me descendió la fiebre I have less fever.
    * * *
    Conjugation model [ ENTENDER], like link=entender entender
    1 to descend, go down, come down
    2 (temperatura, nivel, etc) to drop, fall, go down
    3 (ser descendiente) to descend (de, from), issue (de, from)
    4 (provenir) to come (de, from)
    1 (llevar más bajo) to take down, bring down, lower
    2 (bajar) to go down
    * * *
    verb
    3) fall, drop
    •
    * * *
    1. VT
    1) [+ escalera, colina] to come down, go down, descend frm

    descendió las escaleras y se nos acercó — he came down o frm descended the stairs and approached us

    2) (=llevar abajo)

    descendieron al bombero al pozo — they lowered the fireman o let the fireman down into the well

    descendieron al gato del tejado — they brought o got the cat down from the roof

    3) [en orden, jerarquía] to downgrade, demote
    2. VI
    1) (=disminuir) [fiebre] to go down, abate; [temperatura, precio, número, nivel] to go down, fall, drop; [ventas, demanda, producción] to fall, drop (off); [calidad] to go down, decline
    2) [de un lugar a otro] [persona] to come down, go down, descend frm; [avión] to descend

    el río desciende limpio de la sierra — the river comes o runs down clean from the mountains

    3) [en orden, jerarquía] to be downgraded, be demoted; (Dep) to be relegated
    4)

    • descender de (=provenir de) —

    desciende de linaje de reyes — he is descended from o comes from a line of kings

    * * *
    verbo intransitivo
    1)
    a) temperatura/nivel to fall, drop
    b) (frml) ( desde una altura) avión to descend; persona to descend (frml), to come/go down

    descendieron por la ladera oeste — they went/came down the western face

    c) (liter) oscuridad to fall, descend (liter); niebla to descend (liter)
    2)
    b) (Dep) ( en fútbol) to go down, be relegated (BrE)
    3) ( proceder)
    * * *
    = descend, drop, dip, work + Posesivo + way down, come down, take + a dip, take + a dive.
    Ex. The movement of the bar turned the spindle through about ninety degrees, and the screw working in the nut caused it to descend about 15 mm.
    Ex. The search profile will only be modified periodically as the quality of the set of notifications output from the search drops to unacceptable levels.
    Ex. The proportions of books bought for children have been extraordinarily steady for four of the five years, only dipping at all appreciably in the last year of 1979-80.
    Ex. If we want a more complete list, then we could set the cut-off point at 200 items, with the most relevant items at the beginning, and steadily decreasing relevance as we worked our way down the list.
    Ex. Costs are likely to be high but they will only come down as the system moves into the mass market.
    Ex. Sales took a dip in 2005 but exploded in 2006.
    Ex. The article 'Wages, hours, bookfunds take a dive' examines how some authorities are proposing cuts in wages to preserve services; others reducing bookfunds by as much as a quarter, or cutting their opening hours in half.
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    * descender a = fall to.
    * descender de precio = come down in + price.
    * descender en picada = swoop.
    * descender por debajo de = fall below.
    * precio + descender = price + fall.
    * * *
    verbo intransitivo
    1)
    a) temperatura/nivel to fall, drop
    b) (frml) ( desde una altura) avión to descend; persona to descend (frml), to come/go down

    descendieron por la ladera oeste — they went/came down the western face

    c) (liter) oscuridad to fall, descend (liter); niebla to descend (liter)
    2)
    b) (Dep) ( en fútbol) to go down, be relegated (BrE)
    3) ( proceder)
    * * *
    = descend, drop, dip, work + Posesivo + way down, come down, take + a dip, take + a dive.

    Ex: The movement of the bar turned the spindle through about ninety degrees, and the screw working in the nut caused it to descend about 15 mm.

    Ex: The search profile will only be modified periodically as the quality of the set of notifications output from the search drops to unacceptable levels.
    Ex: The proportions of books bought for children have been extraordinarily steady for four of the five years, only dipping at all appreciably in the last year of 1979-80.
    Ex: If we want a more complete list, then we could set the cut-off point at 200 items, with the most relevant items at the beginning, and steadily decreasing relevance as we worked our way down the list.
    Ex: Costs are likely to be high but they will only come down as the system moves into the mass market.
    Ex: Sales took a dip in 2005 but exploded in 2006.
    Ex: The article 'Wages, hours, bookfunds take a dive' examines how some authorities are proposing cuts in wages to preserve services; others reducing bookfunds by as much as a quarter, or cutting their opening hours in half.
    * descender a = fall to.
    * descender de precio = come down in + price.
    * descender en picada = swoop.
    * descender por debajo de = fall below.
    * precio + descender = price + fall.

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    descender [E8 ]
    vi
    A
    1 «temperatura/nivel» to fall, drop
    hacia allá desciende la numeración de la calle the street numbers go down in that direction
    2 ( frml) (desde una altura) «avión» to descend; «persona» to descend ( frml), to go down
    el avión empezó a descender the plane began its descent o began to descend
    descendieron por la ladera oeste they came down o descended the western face
    el sendero que desciende hasta el río the path which goes down to the river
    los pasajeros descendieron a tierra the passengers disembarked
    3 ( liter); «oscuridad» to fall, descend ( liter); «niebla» to descend ( liter)
    B
    1
    (en una jerarquía): el hotel ha descendido de categoría the hotel has been downgraded
    su disco ha descendido en la lista de éxitos his record has gone down the charts
    2 ( Dep) (de categoría, nivel) to go down, be relegated
    C (proceder) descender DE algn to descend FROM sb ( frml), to be descended FROM sb
    descienden directamente de los incas they are directly descended from o are direct descendants of the Incas
    desciende de una familia noble he is of noble descent, he descends from a noble family ( frml)
    ■ descender
    vt
    A ‹escaleras/montaña› to descend ( frml), to go/come down
    B ‹empleado› to demote, downgrade
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    descender ( conjugate descender) verbo intransitivo
    1
    a) [temperatura/nivel] to fall, drop


    [ persona] to descend (frml), to come/go down
    2 ( en clasificación) to go down
    3 ( proceder) descender de algn to be descended from sb
    descender
    I verbo intransitivo
    1 (ir hacia abajo) to go down, descend
    (disminuir: temperatura, precio) to fall, drop
    2 (bajar de un vehículo) to get off [de, -]
    (de un coche) to get out [de, of]
    3 (provenir de) descender de, to descend from: desciende de los duques de Villamediana, he's a descendant of the Dukes of Villamediana
    II verbo transitivo to bring down
    ' descender' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    bajar
    English:
    descend
    - dive
    - nosedive
    - relegate
    - shelve
    - slope
    - descended
    - drop
    - nose
    - plunge
    - sink
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    ♦ vi
    1. [temperatura, nivel, precios] to fall, to drop;
    ha descendido el interés por la política there is less interest in politics;
    desciende el número de desempleados [en titulares] unemployment down
    2. [de una altura] to descend;
    descendimos por la cara este we made our descent by the east face;
    descender al interior de una mina to go down (into) a mine;
    el halcón descendió en picado the falcon swooped down;
    el río desciende por el valle the river runs down the valley;
    la niebla descendió sobre el valle the mist descended on the valley
    3. [de vehículo]
    descender de un avión to get off a plane;
    descender de un coche to get out of a car;
    descender de un tren to get off a train
    4. [en el trabajo] to be demoted
    5. [en competición deportiva] to be relegated;
    descender a segunda to be relegated to the second division;
    descender de categoría to be relegated
    6. [de antepasado]
    descender de to be descended from;
    desciende de aristócratas she's of aristocratic descent;
    el hombre desciende de los simios man is descended from the apes
    7. [en estimación] to go down;
    su prestigio como cantante descendió mucho his reputation as a singer plummeted
    ♦ vt
    1. [bajar]
    descendieron al paciente de la ambulancia they took the patient out of the ambulance;
    descendió las escaleras rápidamente she ran down the stairs
    2. [en el trabajo] to demote;
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    I v/i
    1 para indicar alejamiento go down, descend; para indicar acercamiento come down, descend; fig
    go down, decrease, diminish
    2
    :
    descender de de civilización descend from
    II v/t escalera go down; para indicar acercamiento come down
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    descender {56} vt
    1) : to descend, to go down
    2) bajar: to lower, to take down, to let down
    1) : to descend, to come down
    2) : to drop, to fall
    3)
    descender de : to be a descendant of
    * * *
    1. (bajar) to come down [pt. came; pp. come] / to go down
    2. (bajar de coche) to get out
    3. (bajar de autobús, tren, etc) to get off
    4. (disminuir) to drop [pt. & pp. dropped] / to fall [pt. fell; pp. fallen]
    5. (proceder) to be descended

    Spanish-English dictionary > descender

  • 6 hijo

    adj.
    junior.
    m.
    son, boy, descendant, child.
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    ► nombre masculino,nombre femenino
    1 (niño, niña) child; (chico) son; (chica) daughter
    ■ ¿dónde está mi hijo? where's my son?
    2 (aposición) junior
    ■ Juan Rodríguez, hijo Juan Rodríguez junior
    1 children
    2 (descendientes) descendants
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    ¡hijo,-a de mi alma! familiar my dear child!
    hijo,-a mío,-a (chico) my boy, my son, my child 2 (chica) my girl, my daughter, my child 3 (hombre, mujer) my dear
    todo hijo de vecino familiar everyone, everyone else
    hijo,-a adoptivo,-a (niño, niña) adopted child 2 (chico) adopted son 3 (chica) adopted daughter
    hijo,-a de papá (chico) daddy's boy 2 (chica) daddy's girl
    hijo,-a de puta tabú (hombre) son of a bitch 2 (mujer) fucking cow
    hijo político / hija política son-in-law / daughter-in-law
    hijo,-a único,-a (niño, niña) only child 2 (chico) only son 3 (chica) only daughter
    un hijo de tal familiar a real so-and-so
    * * *
    (f. - hija)
    noun
    1) son / daughter
    •
    * * *
    hijo, -a
    SMF
    1) son/daughter

    ¿cuántos hijos tiene Amelia? — how many children does Amelia have?

    ¿cuántos hijos tiene a su cargo? — how many dependent children do you have?

    Pedro Gutiérrez, hijo — Pedro Gutiérrez Junior

    su novio le hizo un hijo — * her boyfriend got her pregnant

    hijo/a adoptivo/a — adopted child

    hijo/a biológico/a — natural child, biological child

    hijo de la chingada — Méx *** bastard ***, son of a bitch ***

    hijo/a de leche — foster child

    hijo/a de papá — rich kid *

    hijo/a de puta — *** (=hombre) bastard ***, son of a bitch ***; (=mujer) bitch **, cow **

    hijo/a natural — illegitimate child

    hijo/a político/a — son-in-law/daughter-in-law

    2) [de un pueblo, un país] son

    es hijo de Madrid — he hails from Madrid, he is from Madrid

    3) pl hijos (=descendientes)
    4) [uso vocativo]

    ¡hijo de mi alma! — my precious child!

    ¡ay hijo, qué pesado eres! — you're such a pain!

    ¡hijo(s)!, ¡híjole! — Méx * Christ! **, good God! *

    * * *
    - ja masculino, femenino
    1) ( pariente) (m) son; (f) daughter

    mis hijos — ( sólo varones) my sons; ( varones y mujeres) my children

    ese hijo de su madre! — (fam & euf) that son-of-a-gun! (colloq & euph)

    M. Pérez, hijo — M. Pérez Junior

    cualquier/todo hijo de vecino — (fam)

    hijo de tigre sale pintado — (AmL fam) he's just like his father/mother

    2) (de pueblo, comunidad) (m) son; (f) daughter
    3) ( apelativo)

    hijo, por Dios! — ( hablándole a un niño) for heaven's sake, child!; ( hablándole a un adulto) for heaven's sake, Pedro (o Luis etc)!

    4) (Méx fam) ( interjección) jeez! (AmE colloq), gosh (colloq)
    * * *
    = Jr. (junior), son, offspring.
    Ex. John D. Byrum, Jr. is presently the Chief of Descriptive Cataloging at the Library of Congress.
    Ex. Any funeral scene in a story inevitably conjures in myself memories of my childhood spent as the son of an undertaker.
    Ex. The time has come when organised knowledge should recognise and reward librarianship and its offspring information science.
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    * cualquier hijo de vecino = any Tom, Dick or Harry.
    * hija o hijo adoptado = adopted child, adoptee, adoptive child.
    * hija o hijo adoptivo = adopted child, foster child, adoptive child.
    * hija o hijo biológico = biological child.
    * hijo adoptivo = stepchild [stepchildren, -pl.], foster son, adoptive son, adopted son.
    * hijo biológico = biological son.
    * hijo de militares = military brat.
    * hijo de puta = rotter.
    * hijo político = son-in-law.
    * hijo pródigo, el = prodigal son, the.
    * madre que se dedica a sus hijos = practising mother.
    * no tener hijos = be childless.
    * tener hijos = father + children, have + children.
    * todo hijo de vecino = every Tom, Dick and Harry.
    * * *
    - ja masculino, femenino
    1) ( pariente) (m) son; (f) daughter

    mis hijos — ( sólo varones) my sons; ( varones y mujeres) my children

    ese hijo de su madre! — (fam & euf) that son-of-a-gun! (colloq & euph)

    M. Pérez, hijo — M. Pérez Junior

    cualquier/todo hijo de vecino — (fam)

    hijo de tigre sale pintado — (AmL fam) he's just like his father/mother

    2) (de pueblo, comunidad) (m) son; (f) daughter
    3) ( apelativo)

    hijo, por Dios! — ( hablándole a un niño) for heaven's sake, child!; ( hablándole a un adulto) for heaven's sake, Pedro (o Luis etc)!

    4) (Méx fam) ( interjección) jeez! (AmE colloq), gosh (colloq)
    * * *
    = Jr. (junior), son, offspring.

    Ex: John D. Byrum, Jr. is presently the Chief of Descriptive Cataloging at the Library of Congress.

    Ex: Any funeral scene in a story inevitably conjures in myself memories of my childhood spent as the son of an undertaker.
    Ex: The time has come when organised knowledge should recognise and reward librarianship and its offspring information science.
    * cualquier hijo de vecino = any Tom, Dick or Harry.
    * hija o hijo adoptado = adopted child, adoptee, adoptive child.
    * hija o hijo adoptivo = adopted child, foster child, adoptive child.
    * hija o hijo biológico = biological child.
    * hijo adoptivo = stepchild [stepchildren, -pl.], foster son, adoptive son, adopted son.
    * hijo biológico = biological son.
    * hijo de militares = military brat.
    * hijo de puta = rotter.
    * hijo político = son-in-law.
    * hijo pródigo, el = prodigal son, the.
    * madre que se dedica a sus hijos = practising mother.
    * no tener hijos = be childless.
    * tener hijos = father + children, have + children.
    * todo hijo de vecino = every Tom, Dick and Harry.

    * * *
    hijo -ja
    masculine, feminine
    A (pariente) ( masculine) son; ( feminine) daughter
    espera un hijo she's expecting a baby
    ha tenido un hijo she's had a son
    un matrimonio sin hijos a childless couple, a couple with no children
    es digna hija de su padre she's her father's daughter all right!
    ¿viste lo que hizo el hijo de su madre? ( fam euf); did you see what that son-of-a-gun o ( BrE) that so-and-so did? ( colloq euph)
    Manuel Pérez, hijo Manuel Pérez Junior
    vicios hijos del ocio vices born of idleness
    cualquier/todo hijo de vecino ( fam): va a tener que esperar como cualquier hijo de vecino she's going to have to wait like everybody else
    eso lo sabe todo hijo de vecino everybody knows that
    yo puedo entrar aquí, como cualquier hijo de vecino I've as much right as the next man o as anyone else to come in here
    hijo de gato caza ratón ( Ven fam); he's just like his father/mother
    hijo del diablo ( Ven fam); son-of-a-gun ( colloq)
    hijo de tigre sale pintado ( AmL fam); he's just like his father/mother
    ser hijo de vidriero ( RPl fam): salí, que no sos hijo de vidriero get out of the way, you're not invisible, you know ( colloq)
    Compuestos:
    ● hijo adoptivo, hija adoptiva
    masculine, feminine
    ( masculine) adopted son; ( feminine) adopted daughter
    ● hijo biológico, hija biológica
    masculine, feminine
    ( masculine) biological son, natural son; ( feminine) biological daughter, natural daughter
    ● hijo de la Gran Bretaña, hija de la Gran Bretaña
    masculine, feminine
    ( fam euf) swine ( colloq), sod ( BrE sl)
    ● hijo de la guayaba, hija de la guayaba
    ( Méx fam euf) swine ( colloq), sod ( BrE sl)
    ● hijo de la mañana or de su pelona
    el Hijo del Hombre the Son of Man
    ● hijo de leche, hija de leche
    masculine, feminine child fed by wet nurse
    ● hijo de papá, hija de papá
    masculine, feminine rich kid ( colloq)
    ● hijo de puta, hija de puta
    masculine, feminine
    ( vulg); ( masculine) bastard ( vulg), son of a bitch ( AmE sl); ( feminine) bitch ( vulg), cow ( BrE colloq pej)
    ● hijo ilegítimo, hija ilegítima
    masculine, feminine
    ( masculine) illegitimate son; ( feminine) illegitimate daughter
    ● hijo legítimo, hija legítima
    masculine, feminine
    ( masculine) legitimate son; ( feminine) legitimate daughter
    ● hijo natural, hija natural
    masculine, feminine
    ( masculine) illegitimate son; ( feminine) illegitimate daughter
    ● hijo político, hija política
    masculine, feminine
    ( masculine) son-in-law; ( feminine) daughter-in-law
    masculine prodigal son
    ● hijo único, hija única
    masculine, feminine only child
    B (de un pueblo, una comunidad) ( masculine) son; ( feminine) daughter
    Compuesto:
    hijo predilecto, hija predilecta
    masculine, feminine freeman, freewoman
    C
    (como apelativo): ¡hijo, por Dios! (hablándole a un niño) for heaven's sake, child!; (hablándole a un adulto) for heaven's sake, Pedro ( o Luis etc)!
    ¡hijo de mi alma! ¡cómo te has mojado! oh darling, you're soaking wet!
    D
    ( Méx fam) (como interjección): ¡hijo! or ¡hijos! aún no funciona damn! it still isn't working ( colloq)
    ¡hijo! ¡es una víbora! jeez! ( AmE) o ( BrE) bloody hell! it's a snake! (sl)
    * * *

     

    hijo
    ◊ -ja sustantivo masculino, femenino

    1 ( pariente) (m) son;
    (f) daughter;


    ( varones y mujeres) my children;

    no tienen hijos they don't have any children;
    hijo adoptivo/hija adoptiva adopted son/daughter;
    hijo/hija de papá rich kid (colloq);
    hijo/hija natural illegitimate son/daughter;
    hijo político/hija política son-in-law/daughter-in-law;
    hijo único/hija única only child;
    M. Pérez, hijo M. Pérez Junior;
    hijo de tigre sale pintado (AmL fam) he's just like his father/mother
    2 ( apelativo):
    ◊ ¡hijo, por Dios! ( hablándole a un niño) for heaven's sake, child!;


    ( hablándole a un adulto) for heaven's sake, Pedro (o Luis etc)!
    hijo sustantivo masculino
    1 son, child
    hijo adoptivo, adopted child
    hijo natural, illegitimate child
    pey hijo de papá, daddy's boy
    hijo único, only child
    vulgar hijo de puta, son of a bitch
    2 pl hijos, offspring, children
    ' hijo' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    abdicar
    - adoptiva
    - adoptivo
    - alma
    - ansiedad
    - concebir
    - conllevar
    - debilidad
    - díscola
    - díscolo
    - esperar
    - evolucionar
    - gluten
    - hija
    - ilegítima
    - ilegítimo
    - inquina
    - reconocer
    - segundón
    - segundona
    - sexta
    - sexto
    - anhelar
    - chico
    - de
    - decir
    - el
    - emplear
    - encargo
    - enorgullecer
    - esperanza
    - estudio
    - guacho
    - infante
    - júnior
    - legítimo
    - mayor
    - no
    - por
    - predilección
    - propiedad
    - puta
    - separado
    - trastornar
    - único
    - varón
    English:
    adopted
    - after
    - amount to
    - and
    - archery
    - argue
    - attention span
    - baby-sit
    - boy
    - burst
    - butt in
    - child
    - christen
    - criticize
    - cut off
    - disown
    - distracted
    - dutiful
    - exact
    - frown
    - gofer
    - governess
    - grade
    - gratifying
    - in-laws
    - junior
    - left-handed
    - motivate
    - only
    - pass
    - practice
    - practise
    - precedence
    - puff up
    - rub off
    - send away
    - son
    - baby
    - bastard
    - bugger
    - disapprove
    - do
    - off
    - precious
    - single
    - suggest
    * * *
    hijo, -a
    ♦ nm,f
    1. [descendiente] son, f daughter;
    Alfonso Sánchez, hijo Alfonso Sánchez Junior;
    estar esperando un hijo to be expecting (a baby);
    Fam
    hacerle un hijo a alguien to get sb pregnant;
    Fam
    cualquier o [m5]todo hijo de vecino: nos gusta salir por la noche, como a cualquier o [m5] todo hijo de vecino like most people, we like going out in the evening;
    cualquier o [m5] todo hijo de vecino tiene derecho a trabajar everyone, no matter who they are, has a right to work;
    Fam Hum
    ser hijo de cristalero o RP [m5]vidriero: échate a un lado, que no eres hijo de cristalero o RP [m5] vidriero you make better door than window!
    hijo adoptivo adopted son;
    hija adoptiva adopted daughter;
    hijo bastardo bastard son;
    hija bastarda bastard daughter;
    hijo biológico biological son;
    hija biológica biological daughter;
    Méx Vulg hijo de la chingada fucking bastard, motherfucker; Méx Vulg hija de la chingada fucking bitch, motherfucker;
    Hijo de Dios Son of God;
    Méx Fam hijo de la guayaba pest;
    Hijo del Hombre Son of Man;
    hijo ilegítimo illegitimate son;
    hija ilegítima illegitimate daughter;
    hijo legítimo legitimate son;
    hija legítima legitimate daughter;
    Fam Euf hijo de su madre Br beggar, US s.o.b.;
    hijo natural illegitimate son;
    hija natural illegitimate daughter;
    Fam Pey hijo de papá:
    es un hijo de papá daddy does everything for him;
    este bar está lleno de hijos de papá this bar is full of rich kids;
    Vulg hijo de perra bastard; Vulg hija de perra bitch;
    hijo político son-in-law;
    hija política daughter-in-law;
    hijo pródigo prodigal son;
    Vulg hijo de puta fucking bastard, motherfucker; Vulg hija de puta fucking bitch, motherfucker; Vulg
    ¡será hijo de puta! he's a right fucking bastard!;
    Méx Vulg hijo de la tiznada fucking bastard, motherfucker; Méx Vulg hija de la tiznada fucking bitch, motherfucker;
    hijo único only son;
    hija única only daughter
    2. [natural] native
    hijo predilecto = honorary title given by a city to a famous person born there or whose family comes from there
    3. [como forma de dirigirse a alguien]
    ¡hijo, no te pongas así! don't be like that!;
    ¡pues hijo, podrías haber avisado! you could at least have told me, couldn't you?;
    ¡hijo, te lo he explicado ya veinte veces! for heaven's sake, I must have explained it to you at least twenty times!;
    ¡hija mía, qué bruta eres! God, you're stupid!;
    ¡hijo mío, haz caso a los consejos de los mayores! you should listen to the advice of your elders, son;
    ¡hijo, eres el colmo! you really are the limit!
    4. [resultado] child;
    los errores son hijos de la precipitación mistakes are what comes of being too hasty
    ♦ nm
    [hijo o hija] child;
    hijos children;
    no han tenido ningún hijo they don't have any children
    hijo adoptivo adopted child;
    hijo bastardo bastard child;
    hijo biológico biological child;
    hijo ilegítimo illegitimate child;
    hijo legítimo legitimate child;
    hijo natural illegitimate child;
    hijo no deseado unwanted child;
    hijo único only child
    ♦ interj
    Méx Fam
    ¡hijos! wow!
    * * *
    m
    1 son;
    todo hijo de vecino like everybody else
    2
    :
    hijos children pl
    * * *
    hijo, -ja n
    1) : son m, daughter f
    2) hijos nmpl
    : children, offspring
    * * *
    hijo n
    2. (varón) son

    Spanish-English dictionary > hijo

  • 7 TZONTLI

    tzontli:
    1. \TZONTLI cheveux.
    Esp., cabello o pelo. Molina ll 153v. Cf. vocabulaire Sah10,99 et Sah10, 137.
    Angl., hair. Est dit à propos de la moustache. Sah10,111.
    " tzoncalli catca huiyac in tzontli ic tlachîhualli, quichahchâlchiuhyôtiâyah, huel încuitlacaxiuhyân huetziya in tlahtohqueh ", c'étaient des perruques faites de longs cheveux, ils les ornaient de jades, elles tombaient jusqu'aux reins des seigneurs. Sah2,169.
    * à la forme possédée. " totzon ", nos cheveux, los cheveux. Sah10, 137.
    " aquihtôn întzon in mâmaltin quintequiliah ", ils coupent aux captifs un peu de leurs cheveux. Sah2,114. " tlacuiayah, tlacuâhuicuiayah. quicuâhuicuiayah in întzon, in încuâtzon ", they twisted their hair, they wound their hair about their heads, they wound about their heads their hair, their forehead hair. Sah3,2. " quitomah in întzon, zan întzon qui quehquêntinemih ", elles dénouent leurs cheveux, elles laissent tomber leurs cheveux. Sah2,99.
    " in întzon îpilhuaz îmîxcuâc quihuâltêcah ", elles arrangent des nattes de leurs cheveux sur leur front. Sah2,99.
    " moxiuhquilpa inic pepetlaca întzon ", it was dyed with indigo so that their hair shone. Décrit les soins de beauté féminins. Sah8,47.
    " quitzoncui îcuânepantlah îcuâyôllohco quimomotzalhuia in îtzon ", il le saisit par les cheveux, il lui arrache des cheveux du sommet du milieu de la tête - he seized his hair: from the top, the crown, he pulled hair from his head. Est dit du sorcier. Sah4,49.
    " huel îcuitlacaxiuhyân huetzi in îtzon in îtzonquên ", ses cheveux, sa chevelure tombe jusqu'à ses reins - clear to her hips did her hair fall her mantle of hair. Décrit le présage nommé cuitlapantôn. Sah5, 179.
    " in întzon quitlahtlapalpôhuayah quipâyah ", ils coloraient leur cheveux de diverses couleurs, ils les teignaient. Est dit des Huastèques, Sah10,185 = Launey II 256.
    " in motzontzin ", tes pauvres cheveux. Sah9,13.
    2. \TZONTLI étamines, des fleurs.
    " cuâlôni îtzon in îquillo ", ses étamines et ses feuilles son comestibles - its tops, its foliage are edible. Est dit de l'amarante, tôtolhuauhtli. Sah11,287.
    * à la forme possédée inaliénable, " îtzonyo ", son sommet, (Cf tzonyôtl).
    " totzonyo ", notre chevelure - our hairiness. Sah10,137.
    * à la forme possédée et métaphorique. " têtzon ", qui est de noble ascendance.
    " in têtzon têcpiltzintli têcpilli ", la descendante de quelqu'un est une grande dame, une dame noble - the noble woman - the courteous, illustrious noble. Sah10,47.
    " tzontli, itztitl ", 'cheveux,ongles', une des métaphores pour désigner la descendance, reposant sur l'idée: ce qui pousse encore là où le corps s'achève. Launey II 117.
    " ixhuiuhtli, têpiltzin, têtzon, têizti ", le petit-fils est le descendant de quelqu'un, la chevelure de quelqu'un, l'ongle de quelqu'un - der Enkel oder die Enkelin ist das von den Ihrigen geliebte Kind, wird von ihnen wert gehalten und geschätzt. Sah 1952,16:16 = Sah10,6.
    " têtzon ", celle qui a du sang noble - one of noble lineage. Sah10,13. Est dit d'une descendante d'une noble famille, la hija de buen linage. Sah10,47.
    " titêtzon ", tu es de sang noble. Sah6,109.
    * à la forme vocative. " tzontlé ", o cheveux (de ma tête). Pour s'adresser à l'un de ses descendants. Sah6,213.
    " tzontlé iztitlé ", ô cheveux, ô ongle.
    Ainsi s'adresse un vieillard à un jeune homme. Sah6,183.
    S'adresse également à une jeune femme enceinte. Sah6,141.
    *\TZONTLI 1. zoologie, " tzontli îmah ", nom d'un ver.
    Description. Sah11,93.
    Illustration. Cf. Dib.Anders. XI fig. 311.
    Note: durch den Zusatz 'tzontli' oder 'tzoncalli' werden die Federkronen im engeren Sinn bezeichnet. SGA II 432. (Cf. 'tlauhquecholtzontli', 'tecpatzontli', 'âmatzontli'. 'cuâuhtzontli'. 'aztatzontli'. 'xiuhtzontli'.).

    Dictionnaire de la langue nahuatl classique > TZONTLI

  • 8 adscendo

    a-scendo ( ads-, Jan; ads- and as-, Müller; as-, other editors), scendi, scensum, 3, v. n. [scando], to ascend, mount up, climb; and in eccl. Lat. simply to go up, to rise, to spring up, grow up (syn.: scando, conscendo, orior, surgo, prodeo).
    I.
    Lit. (opp. descendo; and diff. from escendo, which designates a climbing, mounting upon some high object, and involves the idea of exertion; cf. Oud. ad Caes. B. G. 7, 27; Suet. Caes. 61; Ochsn. Ecl. pp. 287 and 288; Doed. Syn. IV. pp. 60 and 61; it often interchanges with escendere in MSS.; cf. e. g. Halm ad Nep. Epam. 4, 5; id. Them. 8, 6, and v. examples below; class.; in Cic. and in Vulg. very freq.), constr. most freq. with in, but also with ad with super, supra, contra, adversus, with acc., and absol. (in Cic. in the lit. signif., except once with the acc., always with in with acc.; but in the trop. signif. in all constrr.).
    (α).
    With in with acc.:

    in navem ascendere,

    Plaut. Rud. 2, 2, 20; 2, 6, 54 Fleck.:

    ascendere in naviculam,

    Vulg. Matt. 8, 23:

    in triremem ascendit,

    Nep. Alcib. 4, 3 (in id. Epam. 4, 5, and Them. 8, 6 Halm now reads escendere):

    in arborem ascendere,

    Vulg. Luc. 19, 4:

    ut in Amanum (urbem) ascenderem,

    Cic. Fam. 15, 4, 8:

    ascende in oppidum,

    Vulg. Jos. 8, 1:

    lex peregrinum vetat in murum ascendere,

    Cic. de Or. 2, 24, 100:

    in equum,

    id. Sen. 10, 34:

    in caelum,

    id. Am. 23, 88; so id. Tusc. 1, 29, 71 (B. and K., escendere); id. Dom. 28, 75; id. Mil. 35, 97 (cf. id. Leg. 2, 8:

    ascensus in caelum): inque plagas caeli,

    Ov. M. 11, 518:

    cavete, ne ascendatis in montem,

    Vulg. Exod. 19, 12; 24, 13; ib. Matt. 5, 1; ib. Marc. 3, 13:

    in tribunal ascendere,

    Cic. Vatin. 14, 34 (B. and K., escendere); so Liv. 2, 28 Drak. (Weissenb., escendere):

    in contionem,

    Cic. Att. 4, 2, 3 (B. and K., escendit); so Liv. 3, 49; 5, 50 (Weissenb., escendere, in both these pass.):

    in Capitolium ascendere,

    id. 10, 7:

    sin vestram ascendisset in urbem,

    Verg. A. 2, 192.—
    (β).
    With ad. ad Gitanas Epiri oppidum, Liv. 42, 38:

    ad laevam paulatim,

    Sall. C. 55, 3.—
    (γ).
    With acc. or loc. adv.:

    navem ascendit,

    Ter. Ad. 4, 5, 69; Phaedr. 4, 22, 9; Vulg. Marc. 4, 1; ib. Luc. [p. 171] 8, 37:

    ascendit classem,

    Tac. A. 2, 75:

    montīs cum ascendimus altos,

    Lucr. 6, 469:

    montem,

    Juv. 1, 82, and Vulg. Psa. 103, 8; cf.:

    summum jugum montis ascendere,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 21:

    fastigia montis anheli,

    Claud. Rapt. Pros. 3, 383:

    altitudinem montium,

    Vulg. Isa. 37, 24:

    currus,

    Lucr. 5, 1301 (Lachm., escendere); so Vulg. 3 Reg. 12, 13:

    adversam ripam,

    Cic. Div. 1, 28, 58:

    murum,

    Caes. B. G. 7, 27; so Verg. A. 9, 507, and Vulg. Jer. 5, 10:

    equum,

    Liv. 23, 14; so Suet. Caes. 61, and Vulg. Psa. 75, 7:

    ascendit Capitolium ad lumina,

    Suet. Caes. 37:

    deus adscensurus, Olympum,

    Tib. 4, 1, 12:

    magnum iter ascendo,

    Prop. 4, 10, 3:

    illuc solita est ascendere filia Nisi,

    Ov. M. 8, 17; 11, 394:

    quo simul ascendit,

    id. ib. 7, 220.—Also pass.:

    si mons erat ascendendus,

    Caes. B. C. 1, 79:

    primus gradus ascendatur,

    Vitr. 3, 3:

    porticus adscenduntur nonagenis gradibus,

    Plin. 36, 13, 19, § 88 (Jan, descenduntur):

    ascenso simul curru,

    Suet. Tib. 2 fin.: ne ascensis tanti sit gloria Bactris, Prop 4, 3, 63.—
    (δ).
    Absol., of persons ex locis superioribus desuper suos ascendentes protegebant, Caes. B. C. 1, 79:

    quā fefellerat ascendens hostis,

    Liv. 5, 47:

    Ascendit ergo Abram de Aegypto,

    Vulg. Gen. 13, 1; 19, 30:

    Ascende huc,

    ib. Apoc. 4, 1; 12, 12.—Of things:

    fons ascendebat de terrā,

    Vulg. Gen. 2, 6:

    sicut ascendit mare fluctu,

    ib. Ezech. 26, 3:

    jam ascendit aurora,

    ib. Gen. 32, 26 ' ascendit ignis de petrā, ib. Jud. 6, 21:

    ascendet fumus ejus,

    ib. Isa. 34, 10; ib. Apoc. 8, 4:

    vidit ascendentem favillam de terrā,

    ib. Gen. 19, 28:

    ascendet sicut virgultum,

    ib. Isa. 53, 2; 5, 6:

    germen eorum, ut pulvis, ascendet,

    ib. ib. 5, 24.—Also, after the Greek, to go aboard ship, to go out to sea (eccl. Lat.): ascendentes navigavimus, epibantes, Vulg. Act. 21, 2: Et ascenderunt, anêchthêsan, ib. Luc. 8, 22.—
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    Constr in like manner,
    (α).
    With in with acc.:

    in summum locum civitatis ascendere,

    Cic. Clu. 55:

    propter quem (ornatum) ascendit in tantum honorem eloquentia,

    has grown into such reputation, id. Or. 36, 125:

    ira ascendit in Israel,

    Vulg. Psa. 77, 21:

    Quid cogitationes ascendunt in corda vestra?

    ib. Luc. 24, 38; ib. Act. 7, 23.—
    (β).
    With ad:

    sic a principiis ascendit motus et exit paulatim nostros ad sensus,

    Lucr. 2, 137:

    aut a minoribus ad majora ascendimus aut a majoribus ad minora delabimur,

    Cic. Part. Or. 4, 12:

    propius ad magnitudinem alicujus,

    Plin. Pan. 61, 2:

    ad honores,

    Cic. Brut. 68, 241:

    ad hunc gradum amicitiae,

    Curt. 7, 1, 14.—
    (γ).
    With super with acc.:

    ira Dei ascendit super eos,

    Vulg. Psa. 77, 31:

    ascendent sermones super cor tuum,

    ib. Ezech. 38, 10.—
    (δ).
    With acc.:

    ex honoribus continuis familiae unum gradum dignitatis ascendere,

    Cic. Mur. 27:

    altiorem gradum,

    id. Off. 2, 18, 62:

    cum, quem tenebat, ascenderat gradum,

    Nep. Phoc. 2, 3:

    altissimum (gradum),

    Plin. Ep. 3, 2, 4.— Poet.:

    ascendere thalamum, i. e. matrimonium contrahere,

    Val. Fl. 6, 45.—
    (ε).
    Absol.:

    ad summam amplitudinem pervenisset, ascendens gradibus magistratuum,

    Cic. Brut. 81, 281; Plin. Pan. 58, 3: altius ascendere, Brut. ap. Cic. Ep. ad Brut. 1, 4:

    gradatim ascendit vox,

    rises, Cic. de Or. 3, 61, 227:

    usque ad nos contemptus Samnitium pervenit, supra non ascendit, i. e. alios non tetigit,

    Liv. 7, 30:

    donec ascenderit furor Domini,

    Vulg. 2 Par. 36, 16:

    ascendet indignatio mea,

    ib. Ezech. 38, 18.—
    B.
    Esp., super, supra aliquem or aliquid ascendere, to rise above any person or thing, to surpass, to stand higher (twice in Tacitus):

    (liberti) super ingenuos et super nobiles ascendunt,

    Tac. G. 25:

    mihi supra tribunatus et praeturas et consulatus ascendere videor,

    id. Or. 7.—Hence, ascen-dens ( ads-), entis, P. a.
    * A.
    Machina, a machine for ascending, a scaling-ladder, Vitr. 10, 19.—
    B.
    In the jurists, ascendentes are the kindred in an ascending line, ancestors ( parents, grandparents, etc.; opp. descendentes, descendants, children, grandchildren, etc.), Dig. 23, 2, 68.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > adscendo

  • 9 ascendo

    a-scendo ( ads-, Jan; ads- and as-, Müller; as-, other editors), scendi, scensum, 3, v. n. [scando], to ascend, mount up, climb; and in eccl. Lat. simply to go up, to rise, to spring up, grow up (syn.: scando, conscendo, orior, surgo, prodeo).
    I.
    Lit. (opp. descendo; and diff. from escendo, which designates a climbing, mounting upon some high object, and involves the idea of exertion; cf. Oud. ad Caes. B. G. 7, 27; Suet. Caes. 61; Ochsn. Ecl. pp. 287 and 288; Doed. Syn. IV. pp. 60 and 61; it often interchanges with escendere in MSS.; cf. e. g. Halm ad Nep. Epam. 4, 5; id. Them. 8, 6, and v. examples below; class.; in Cic. and in Vulg. very freq.), constr. most freq. with in, but also with ad with super, supra, contra, adversus, with acc., and absol. (in Cic. in the lit. signif., except once with the acc., always with in with acc.; but in the trop. signif. in all constrr.).
    (α).
    With in with acc.:

    in navem ascendere,

    Plaut. Rud. 2, 2, 20; 2, 6, 54 Fleck.:

    ascendere in naviculam,

    Vulg. Matt. 8, 23:

    in triremem ascendit,

    Nep. Alcib. 4, 3 (in id. Epam. 4, 5, and Them. 8, 6 Halm now reads escendere):

    in arborem ascendere,

    Vulg. Luc. 19, 4:

    ut in Amanum (urbem) ascenderem,

    Cic. Fam. 15, 4, 8:

    ascende in oppidum,

    Vulg. Jos. 8, 1:

    lex peregrinum vetat in murum ascendere,

    Cic. de Or. 2, 24, 100:

    in equum,

    id. Sen. 10, 34:

    in caelum,

    id. Am. 23, 88; so id. Tusc. 1, 29, 71 (B. and K., escendere); id. Dom. 28, 75; id. Mil. 35, 97 (cf. id. Leg. 2, 8:

    ascensus in caelum): inque plagas caeli,

    Ov. M. 11, 518:

    cavete, ne ascendatis in montem,

    Vulg. Exod. 19, 12; 24, 13; ib. Matt. 5, 1; ib. Marc. 3, 13:

    in tribunal ascendere,

    Cic. Vatin. 14, 34 (B. and K., escendere); so Liv. 2, 28 Drak. (Weissenb., escendere):

    in contionem,

    Cic. Att. 4, 2, 3 (B. and K., escendit); so Liv. 3, 49; 5, 50 (Weissenb., escendere, in both these pass.):

    in Capitolium ascendere,

    id. 10, 7:

    sin vestram ascendisset in urbem,

    Verg. A. 2, 192.—
    (β).
    With ad. ad Gitanas Epiri oppidum, Liv. 42, 38:

    ad laevam paulatim,

    Sall. C. 55, 3.—
    (γ).
    With acc. or loc. adv.:

    navem ascendit,

    Ter. Ad. 4, 5, 69; Phaedr. 4, 22, 9; Vulg. Marc. 4, 1; ib. Luc. [p. 171] 8, 37:

    ascendit classem,

    Tac. A. 2, 75:

    montīs cum ascendimus altos,

    Lucr. 6, 469:

    montem,

    Juv. 1, 82, and Vulg. Psa. 103, 8; cf.:

    summum jugum montis ascendere,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 21:

    fastigia montis anheli,

    Claud. Rapt. Pros. 3, 383:

    altitudinem montium,

    Vulg. Isa. 37, 24:

    currus,

    Lucr. 5, 1301 (Lachm., escendere); so Vulg. 3 Reg. 12, 13:

    adversam ripam,

    Cic. Div. 1, 28, 58:

    murum,

    Caes. B. G. 7, 27; so Verg. A. 9, 507, and Vulg. Jer. 5, 10:

    equum,

    Liv. 23, 14; so Suet. Caes. 61, and Vulg. Psa. 75, 7:

    ascendit Capitolium ad lumina,

    Suet. Caes. 37:

    deus adscensurus, Olympum,

    Tib. 4, 1, 12:

    magnum iter ascendo,

    Prop. 4, 10, 3:

    illuc solita est ascendere filia Nisi,

    Ov. M. 8, 17; 11, 394:

    quo simul ascendit,

    id. ib. 7, 220.—Also pass.:

    si mons erat ascendendus,

    Caes. B. C. 1, 79:

    primus gradus ascendatur,

    Vitr. 3, 3:

    porticus adscenduntur nonagenis gradibus,

    Plin. 36, 13, 19, § 88 (Jan, descenduntur):

    ascenso simul curru,

    Suet. Tib. 2 fin.: ne ascensis tanti sit gloria Bactris, Prop 4, 3, 63.—
    (δ).
    Absol., of persons ex locis superioribus desuper suos ascendentes protegebant, Caes. B. C. 1, 79:

    quā fefellerat ascendens hostis,

    Liv. 5, 47:

    Ascendit ergo Abram de Aegypto,

    Vulg. Gen. 13, 1; 19, 30:

    Ascende huc,

    ib. Apoc. 4, 1; 12, 12.—Of things:

    fons ascendebat de terrā,

    Vulg. Gen. 2, 6:

    sicut ascendit mare fluctu,

    ib. Ezech. 26, 3:

    jam ascendit aurora,

    ib. Gen. 32, 26 ' ascendit ignis de petrā, ib. Jud. 6, 21:

    ascendet fumus ejus,

    ib. Isa. 34, 10; ib. Apoc. 8, 4:

    vidit ascendentem favillam de terrā,

    ib. Gen. 19, 28:

    ascendet sicut virgultum,

    ib. Isa. 53, 2; 5, 6:

    germen eorum, ut pulvis, ascendet,

    ib. ib. 5, 24.—Also, after the Greek, to go aboard ship, to go out to sea (eccl. Lat.): ascendentes navigavimus, epibantes, Vulg. Act. 21, 2: Et ascenderunt, anêchthêsan, ib. Luc. 8, 22.—
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    Constr in like manner,
    (α).
    With in with acc.:

    in summum locum civitatis ascendere,

    Cic. Clu. 55:

    propter quem (ornatum) ascendit in tantum honorem eloquentia,

    has grown into such reputation, id. Or. 36, 125:

    ira ascendit in Israel,

    Vulg. Psa. 77, 21:

    Quid cogitationes ascendunt in corda vestra?

    ib. Luc. 24, 38; ib. Act. 7, 23.—
    (β).
    With ad:

    sic a principiis ascendit motus et exit paulatim nostros ad sensus,

    Lucr. 2, 137:

    aut a minoribus ad majora ascendimus aut a majoribus ad minora delabimur,

    Cic. Part. Or. 4, 12:

    propius ad magnitudinem alicujus,

    Plin. Pan. 61, 2:

    ad honores,

    Cic. Brut. 68, 241:

    ad hunc gradum amicitiae,

    Curt. 7, 1, 14.—
    (γ).
    With super with acc.:

    ira Dei ascendit super eos,

    Vulg. Psa. 77, 31:

    ascendent sermones super cor tuum,

    ib. Ezech. 38, 10.—
    (δ).
    With acc.:

    ex honoribus continuis familiae unum gradum dignitatis ascendere,

    Cic. Mur. 27:

    altiorem gradum,

    id. Off. 2, 18, 62:

    cum, quem tenebat, ascenderat gradum,

    Nep. Phoc. 2, 3:

    altissimum (gradum),

    Plin. Ep. 3, 2, 4.— Poet.:

    ascendere thalamum, i. e. matrimonium contrahere,

    Val. Fl. 6, 45.—
    (ε).
    Absol.:

    ad summam amplitudinem pervenisset, ascendens gradibus magistratuum,

    Cic. Brut. 81, 281; Plin. Pan. 58, 3: altius ascendere, Brut. ap. Cic. Ep. ad Brut. 1, 4:

    gradatim ascendit vox,

    rises, Cic. de Or. 3, 61, 227:

    usque ad nos contemptus Samnitium pervenit, supra non ascendit, i. e. alios non tetigit,

    Liv. 7, 30:

    donec ascenderit furor Domini,

    Vulg. 2 Par. 36, 16:

    ascendet indignatio mea,

    ib. Ezech. 38, 18.—
    B.
    Esp., super, supra aliquem or aliquid ascendere, to rise above any person or thing, to surpass, to stand higher (twice in Tacitus):

    (liberti) super ingenuos et super nobiles ascendunt,

    Tac. G. 25:

    mihi supra tribunatus et praeturas et consulatus ascendere videor,

    id. Or. 7.—Hence, ascen-dens ( ads-), entis, P. a.
    * A.
    Machina, a machine for ascending, a scaling-ladder, Vitr. 10, 19.—
    B.
    In the jurists, ascendentes are the kindred in an ascending line, ancestors ( parents, grandparents, etc.; opp. descendentes, descendants, children, grandchildren, etc.), Dig. 23, 2, 68.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > ascendo

  • 10 parvissime

    parvus, a, um, adj. (usual, irreg. comp. and sup.: mĭnor, mĭnĭmus.— Comp.:

    volantum parviores,

    Cael. Aur. Tard. 2, 1, 26.— Sup.: rictus parvissimus, Varr. ap. Non. 456, 10:

    parvissima corpora,

    Lucr. 1, 615; 621; 3, 199: minerrimus pro minimo dixerunt, Paul. ex Fest. p. 122 Müll.:

    minimissimus,

    Arn. 5, n. 8) [kindr. with paucus and Gr. pauros; cf., also, parum, parcus], little, small, petty, puny, inconsiderable (cf.: exiguus, minutus, brevis; in class. prose parvus is not used, like brevis, of stature, v. Auct. Her. 4, 33, 45).
    I.
    Posit.:

    in parvis aut mediocribus rebus,

    Cic. de Or. 2, 20, 84:

    quam parva sit terra, etc.,

    id. Rep. 1, 17, 26; cf. id. ib. 6, 16, 16:

    commoda parva ac mediocria,

    id. Q. Fr. 3, 8, 1:

    in parvum quendam et angustum locum concludi,

    id. Leg. 1, 5, 17:

    beneficium non parvum,

    id. Caecin. 10, 26:

    parvi pisciculi,

    id. N. D. 2, 48, 123:

    haec parva et infirma sunt,

    id. Clu. 34, 94:

    si parva licet componere magnis,

    Verg. G. 4, 176:

    merces,

    Hor. S. 1, 6, 86:

    sucus,

    Plin. 21, 31, 105, § 178 et saep.:

    liberi,

    Cic. Rep. 2, 21, 37;

    so of children: salutaria appetant parvi,

    the little ones, id. Fin. 3, 5, 16:

    parva soror,

    Ter. Eun. 3, 3, 15; cf.:

    memini quae plagosum mihi parvo Orbilium dictare,

    Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 70:

    operosa parvus Carmina fingo,

    a little man, id. C. 4, 2, 31; Suet. Aug. 48:

    a parvis didicimus: si in jus vocat, etc.,

    when little, in childhood, Cic. Leg. 2, 4, 9:

    puer in domo a parvo eductus,

    from infancy, Liv. 1, 39 fin. —Of time, little, short, brief:

    parvae consuetudinis Causa,

    slight, short, Ter. And. 1, 1, 83; cf.:

    in parvo tempore,

    Lucr. 5, 106:

    nox,

    Luc. 4, 476:

    vita,

    id. 6, 806:

    parvam fidem habere alicui,

    Ter. Eun. 1, 2, 117:

    hic onus horret, Ut parvis animis et parvo corpore majus,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 17, 39:

    homo parvo ingenio,

    Plin. Ep. 6, 29:

    parvum carmen,

    Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 257:

    hoc opus, hoc studium parvi properemus et ampli,

    both small and great, id. ib. 1, 3, 28.—With ref. to value or consequence, little, small, low, mean, etc.:

    meam erus esse operam deputat parvi pretii,

    Ter. Hec. 5, 3, 1:

    nil parvom aut humili modo, Nil mortale loquar,

    Hor. C. 3, 25, 17:

    et magnis parva mineris Falce recisurum simili te,

    id. S. 1, 3, 122:

    pretio parvo vendere,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 60, § 134:

    parvi sunt foris arma, nisi est consilium domi,

    of little value, id. Off. 1, 22, 76:

    parvi refert abs te jus dici diligenter, nisi, etc.,

    it matters little, id. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 7, § 20.—Hence, parvi facere, aestimare, ducere, pendere, etc., to esteem lightly, care little for:

    parvi ego illos facio,

    Plaut. Mil. 4, 8, 41:

    parvi aestimo, si ego hic peribo,

    id. Capt. 3, 5, 24:

    quia parvi id duceret,

    Cic. Fin. 2, 8, 24: nequam hominis ego parvi pendo gratiam, Plaut. Bacch. 3, 6, 29.—So, in abl.:

    signa abs te diligenter parvoque curata sunt,

    Cic. Att. 1, 3, 2; so,

    quanti emptus? parvo,

    Hor. S. 2, 3, 156:

    parvo stat magna potentia nobis,

    Ov. M. 14, 493:

    parvo contentus esse possum,

    with little, Cic. Att. 12, 19, 1; cf.:

    vivitur parvo bene,

    Hor. C. 2, 16, 13:

    possim contentus vivere parvo,

    Tib. 1, 1, 25:

    agricolae prisci, fortes parvoque beati,

    Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 139:

    necessarium est parvo assuescere,

    Sen. Ep. 123, 3: parvo, as an abl. of measure, with comp. (rarely;

    perh. not ante-Aug.): ita ut parvo admodum plures caperentur,

    a very little more, Liv. 10, 45, 11:

    parvo brevius,

    Plin. 2, 67, 67, § 168:

    haud parvo junior,

    Gell. 13, 2, 2.—So in designating time:

    parvo post,

    Plin. 16, 25, 42, § 103:

    parvo post tempore,

    Vulg. 2 Macc. 11, 1.—Of stature (late Lat. for brevis):

    Zacchaeus staturā parvus erat,

    Aug. Serm. 113, 3; id. in Psa. 143, 1.
    II.
    Comp.: mĭnor, us [cf. Gr. minus, minuthô], less, lesser, smaller, inferior:

    quod in re majore valet, valeat in minore,

    Cic. Top. 4, 23:

    si ea pecunia non minor esset facta,

    id. Leg. 2, 20, 51:

    Hibernia dimidio minor quam Britannia,

    Caes. B. G. 5, 13:

    minus praedae quam speraverant fuit,

    a smaller quantity, less, Liv. 4, 51:

    sociis dimidio minus quam civibus datum,

    id. 41, 13 fin.:

    calceus... si minor (pede), uret,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 10, 43:

    neve minor, neu sit quinto productior actu Fabula,

    less than five acts, id. A. P. 189:

    genibus minor,

    i. e. down upon his knees, on his bended knees, id. Ep. 1, 12, 28; cf.:

    minor in certamine longo,

    worsted, id. ib. 1, 10, 35:

    numero plures, virtute et honore minores,

    inferior, id. ib. 2, 1, 183.— Absol.: minor, inferior in rank:

    praevalidi ad injurias minorum elati,

    Tac. A. 15, 20; Ov. P. 4, 7, 49; cf.:

    sapiens uno minor est Jove,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 106:

    minor capitis, i. e. capiti deminutus,

    Hor. C. 3, 5, 42: et sunt notitiā multa minora tuā, too trivial, = leviora, Ov. Tr. 2, 214:

    dies sermone minor fuit,

    too short for, id. P. 2, 10, 37:

    infans Et minor igne rogi,

    too young for, Juv. 15, 140.—With abl. of measure, Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 45, § 117:

    ut uno minus teste haberet?

    id. ib. 2, 1, 57, §

    149: bis sex Herculeis ceciderunt, me minus uno, Viribus,

    i. e. eleven, Ov. M. 12, 554.—Of age:

    qui minor est natu,

    younger, Cic. Lael. 9, 32:

    aliquot annis minor natu,

    id. Ac. 2, 19, 61:

    aetate minor,

    Ov. M. 7, 499:

    minor uno mense,

    Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 40:

    filia minor Ptolemaei regis,

    the younger daughter, Caes. B. C. 3, 112:

    minor viginti annis,

    less than twenty years old, under twenty years of age, Dig. 30, 99, 1.— With gen.:

    minor quam viginti quinque annorum natu, Praetor,

    Dig. 4, 4, 1; id. ib. 50, 2, 6:

    si pupilla minor quam viripotens nupserit,

    id. ib. 36, 2, 30.—So, absol.: minor, a person under age (under five-and-twenty), a minor:

    De minoribus,

    Dig. 4, tit. 4:

    si minor negotiis majoris intervenerit,

    ib. 4, 4, 24:

    si minor praetor vel consul jus dixerit, valebit,

    ib. 42, 1, 57.— Poet., children, Sil. 2, 491.—Also, descendants, posterity, = posteri:

    nunc fama, minores Italiam dixisse ducis de nomine gentem,

    Verg. A. 1, 532; so id. ib. 733; Prop. 2, 15, 47; Sil. 16, 44:

    minorum gentium, v. gens.—In specifications of value: vendo meum non pluris quam ceteri, fortasse etiam minoris,

    cheaper, Cic. Off. 3, 12, 51:

    minoris pallium addicere placuit,

    Petr. 14: omnia minoris aestimare, Sulp. ap. Cic. Fam. 4, 5, 2:

    (fidem suam) non minoris quam publicam ducebat,

    Sall. J. 32, 5.—
    (β).
    Poet., with acc. respect.:

    frontemque minor truncam amnis Acarnan,

    Sil. 3, 42; Val. Fl. 1, 582.—
    (γ).
    Poet., with inf.:

    tanto certare minor,

    Hor. S. 2, 3, 313:

    heu Fatis Superi certare minores!

    Sil. 5, 76.
    III.
    Sup.: mĭnĭmus, a, um (whence a new sup.:

    minimissimus digitorum,

    Arn. 5, 160; 166; cf., in the Gr., elachistotatos, from elachistos), very small, very little; least, smallest, etc.:

    cum sit nihil omnino in rerum naturā minimum, quod dividi nequeat,

    Cic. Ac. 1, 7, 27:

    minimae tenuissimaeque res,

    id. de Or. 1, 37, 169:

    minima pars temporis,

    Caes. B. C. 1, 70:

    quā minima altitudo fluminis erat,

    id. B. G. 1, 8:

    in maximā fortunā minima licentia est,

    Sall. C. 51, 13:

    vitia,

    Hor. S. 1, 3, 69:

    minimus digitulus,

    the little finger, Plaut. Rud. 3, 4, 15; so,

    minimus digitus,

    Plin. 11, 45, 103, § 251.—Of age: minimus natu horum omnium, the youngest, Cic. de Or. 2, 14, 58:

    ex his omnibus natu minimus,

    id. Clu. 38, 107:

    Hiempsal, qui minimus ex illis erat,

    Sall. J. 11, 3:

    minimus filius,

    Just. 42, 5, 6.—In specifications of value:

    deos minimi facit,

    Plaut. Ps. 1, 3, 35: Pe. Quanti emi potest minimo? Ep. Ad quadraginta fortasse eam posse emi minimo minis, id. Ep. 2, 2, 110: Crispinus minimo me provocat, for a trifle (in a wager), Hor. S. 1, 4, 14 (minimo provocare dicuntur hi qui in responsione plus ipsi promittunt quam exigunt ab adversario, Schol.).—Prov.:

    minima de malis,

    of evils choose the least, Cic. Off. 3, 29, 105.—

    With a negation emphatically: non minimo discrimine, i. e. maximo,

    Suet. Aug. 25:

    res non minimi periculi,

    id. ib. 67:

    ut nihil, ne pro minimis quidem, debeant,

    Liv. 6, 41. —With gen.:

    minimum firmitatis minimumque virium,

    Cic. Lael. 13, 46:

    minimum pedibus itineris confectum,

    Liv. 44, 5:

    unde minimum periculi erat,

    id. 27, 15.— As adv. absol.:

    praemia apud me minimum valent,

    very little, Cic. Fam. 1, 9, 11; cf. Quint. 5, 10, 56:

    minimum distantia miror,

    Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 72:

    dormiebat minimum,

    Plin. Ep. 3, 5, 11:

    medica secatur sexies per annos: cum minimum, quater,

    at least, Plin. 18, 16, 43, § 146:

    quam minimum credula postero (diei),

    as little as possible, Hor. C. 1, 11, 8:

    ita fiunt omnes partes minimum octoginta et una,

    at least, Varr. R. R. 2, 1, 12:

    quae (comprehensio) ex tribus minimum partibus constat,

    Quint. 5, 10, 5:

    in quo non minimum Aetolorum operā regii fugati atque in castra compulsi sunt,

    chiefly, particularly, Liv. 33, 6, 6:

    eae omnia novella sata corrumpunt, non minimum vites,

    Varr. R. R. 1, 2, 18.—Hence, adv.
    A.
    Posit.: parvē, a little, slightly (very rare), Vitr. 9, 6.—
    B.
    Comp.: mĭnus, less:

    aut ne quid faciam plus, quod post me minus fecisse satius sit,

    too little... too much, Ter. Hec. 5, 1, 4:

    ne quid plus minusve faxit,

    id. Phorm. 3, 3, 21 (v. plus, under multus):

    cum habeas plus, Pauperiem metuas minus,

    Hor. S. 1, 1, 93:

    ne mea oratio, si minus de aliquo dixero, ingrata: si satis de omnibus, infinita esse videatur,

    Cic. Sest. 50, 108:

    metus ipsi per se minus valerent, nisi, etc.,

    id. Div. 2, 72, 150:

    minus multi,

    not so many, Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 138:

    minus multum et minus bonum vinum,

    Varr. R. R. 1, 7, 2:

    ita imperium semper ad optumum quemque a minus bono transfertur,

    less good, not so good, Sall. C. 2, 6:

    quia Libyes quam Gaetuli minus bellicosi,

    Sall. J. 18, 12:

    minus diu vivunt,

    Plin. 14, 22, 28, § 141.—Rarely with comp.:

    minus admirabilior,

    Flor. 4, 2, 46 Duker: quare milites Metelli sauciabantur multo minus, Quadrig. ap. Gell. 9, 1, 1; cf. Ov. M. 12, 554:

    civilem admodum inter initia ac paulo minus quam privatum egit,

    little less so than, nearly as much so as, Suet. Tib. 26:

    dimidio minus,

    Varr. R. R. 1, 22, 3.—With quam:

    nec illa minus aut plus quam tu sapiat,

    Plaut. As. 4, 1, 28:

    minus quam aequom erat feci,

    id. Aul. 3, 2, 10:

    respondebo tibi minus fortasse vehementer, quam abs te sum provocatus,

    Cic. Planc. 30, 72.—With atque:

    qui peccas minus atque ego?

    Hor. S. 2, 7, 96.—And elliptically, without a particle of comparison:

    minus quindecim dies sunt, quod, etc.,

    less than fifteen days, not yet fifteen days, Plaut. Trin. 2, 4, 1:

    madefactum iri minus XXX. diebus Graeciam sanguine,

    Cic. Div. 1, 32, 68:

    minus quinquennium est, quod prodiere,

    Plin. 15, 25, 30, § 104:

    cecidere duo milia haud minus peditum,

    Liv. 42, 6:

    cum centum et quinquaginta non minus adessent,

    id. 42, 28; Varr. R. R. 2, 2 fin.:

    ut ex suā cujusque parte ne minus dimidium ad Trebonium perveniret,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 47, § 123:

    ut antequam baccae legantur, ne minus triduum serenum fuerit,

    Col. 12, 38, 6.—
    2.
    In partic.
    a.
    Non (haud) minus quam (atque), not less than, no less than, quite as:

    exanimatus evolat ex senatu, non minus perturbato animo atque vultu, quam si, etc.,

    Cic. Sest. 12, 28:

    existumans non minus me tibi quam liberos carum fore,

    Sall. J. 10, 1:

    non minus nobis jucundi atque illustres sunt ii dies, quibus conservamur quam illi quibus nascimur,

    Cic. Cat. 3, 1, 2; Quint. 2, 4, 8; 3, 7, 20:

    laudibus haud minus quam praemio gaudent militum animi,

    Liv. 2, 60:

    haud minus ac jussi faciunt,

    Verg. A. 3, 561.—
    b.
    Non (neque) minus, equally, and as well, also: haec res [p. 1311] non minus me male habet quam te, Ter. Hec. 4, 2, 30: quae hominibus non minus quam liberi cara esse debent, Sulp. ap. Cic. Fam. 4, 5, 3; Ov. H. 19, 86:

    neque minus assiduis fessa choreis,

    also, Prop. 1, 3, 3.—
    c.
    Nihil minus, in replies, as a strong negation, by no means, Ter. Eun. 3, 1, 45: Py. At tu apud nos hic mane, Dum redeat ipsa. Ch. Nihil minus, id. ib. 3, 3, 29:

    nihil profecto minus,

    Cic. Off. 3, 20, 81; cf.: quid? a Tranione servo? Si. Multo id minus, Plaut. Most. 4, 3, 20.—
    d.
    Minus minusque, minus et (ac) minus, less and less: mihi jam minus minusque obtemperat. Ter. Heaut. 3, 3, 33:

    jam minus atque minus successu laetus equorum,

    Verg. A. 12, 616; Hor. C. 1, 25, 6:

    minus et minus,

    Ov. P. 2, 8, 73; id. H. 2, 129:

    minus ac minus,

    Plin. 11, 10, 10, § 26.—
    3.
    Transf., in a softened negation, not at all, by no means, not:

    quod intellexi minus,

    Ter. Eun. 4, 5, 11:

    nonnumquam ea quae praedicta sunt, minus eveniunt,

    Cic. Div. 1, 14, 24.—Esp.:

    si minus: monebo, si quem meministi minus,

    Plaut. Cas. 5, 4, 19:

    Syracusis, si minus supplicio affici, at custodiri oportebat,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 27, § 69:

    quod si assecutus sum, gaudeo: sin minus, hoc me tamen consolor quod, etc.,

    id. Fam. 7, 1, 6 et saep.; so,

    minus formido ne exedat,

    Plaut. Curc. 1, 1, 45. —
    b.
    Quo minus, also written as one word, quominus, that not, from, after verbs of hindering, preventing, as impedio, recuso, deterreo, etc., Ter. And. 1, 2, 26:

    si te infirmitas valetudinis tenuit, quo minus ad ludos venires,

    Cic. Fam. 7, 1, 1; 7, 1, 6:

    hiemem credo prohibuisse, quo minus de te certum haberemus, quid ageres,

    id. Fam. 12, 5, 1:

    deterrere aliquem, quo minus, etc.,

    id. Tusc. 1, 38, 91:

    stetisse per Trebonium, quo minus oppido potirentur, videbatur,

    Caes. B. C. 2, 13 fin.; Quint. 12, 1, 16;

    v. also quo. —Ante-class. also in the reverse order, minus quo: ne vereatur, minus jam quo redeat domum,

    Ter. Hec. 4, 4, 8.—
    C.
    Sup., in two forms, parvissime (post-class.), and minime (class.), least, very little.
    1.
    par-vissĭmē:

    memorare aliquid,

    very briefly, with very few words, Cael. Aur. Acut. 2, 38. —
    2.
    mĭnĭmē, least of all, in the smallest degree, least, very little:

    cum minime vellem, minimeque opus fuit,

    Ter. Eun. 2, 3, 42:

    cum minime videbamur, tum maxime philosophabamur,

    Cic. N. D. 1, 3, 6; id. Or. 66, 222:

    mihi placebat Pomponius maxime, vel dicam minime displicebat,

    id. Brut. 57, 207:

    quod in miserrimis rebus minime miserum putabis, id facies,

    id. Fam. 14, 13:

    quod minime ad eos mercatores saepe commeant,

    very rarely, Caes. B. G. 1, 1, 3; Cic. de Or. 2, 79, 322.—Strengthened by quam:

    si non decore, at quam minime dedecore facere possimus,

    as little as possible, Cic. Off. 1, 31, 114; by omnium and gentium:

    ad te minime omnium pertinebat,

    id. Rosc. Am. 34, 96:

    minime gentium,

    Plaut. Poen. 3, 3, 77:

    heus, inquit, puer, arcesse Pamphilam,... illa exclamat, Minime gentium,

    not for any thing in the world, Ter. Eun. 4, 1, 11; id. Ad. 3, 2, 44.—
    B.
    In partic.
    a.
    For minimum, saltem, at least:

    is morbus erit longissimus minimeque annuus,

    Cels. 2, 8 fin. Targ.:

    pedes decem vel minime novem,

    Col. 1, 6, 6:

    sed id minime bis anno arari debet,

    id. 5, 9, 12; id. Arb. 16, 3.—
    b.
    In replies, as an emphatic negative, by no means, not at all, not in the least, Plaut. Curc. 1, 3, 50: Ba. Sed cessas? Pa. Minime equidem:

    nam hodie, etc.,

    Ter. Hec. 5, 3, 16: M. An tu haec non credis? A. Minime vero, Cic. Tusc. 1, 6, 10: num igitur peccamus? Minime vos quidem. id. Att. 8, 9, 2:

    minime, minime hercle vero!

    Plaut. Trin. 3, 3, 23; so in discourse: minime multi (= quam paucissimi). Ter. Eun. prol. 2: minume irasci decet. Plaut. Stich. 1, 1, 27; Sall. C. 51, 13.—Strengthened by gentium (cf.supra): Nau. Meriton' hoc meo videtur factum? De. Minime gentium, Ter. Phorm. 5, 8, 44.

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  • 11 parvus

    parvus, a, um, adj. (usual, irreg. comp. and sup.: mĭnor, mĭnĭmus.— Comp.:

    volantum parviores,

    Cael. Aur. Tard. 2, 1, 26.— Sup.: rictus parvissimus, Varr. ap. Non. 456, 10:

    parvissima corpora,

    Lucr. 1, 615; 621; 3, 199: minerrimus pro minimo dixerunt, Paul. ex Fest. p. 122 Müll.:

    minimissimus,

    Arn. 5, n. 8) [kindr. with paucus and Gr. pauros; cf., also, parum, parcus], little, small, petty, puny, inconsiderable (cf.: exiguus, minutus, brevis; in class. prose parvus is not used, like brevis, of stature, v. Auct. Her. 4, 33, 45).
    I.
    Posit.:

    in parvis aut mediocribus rebus,

    Cic. de Or. 2, 20, 84:

    quam parva sit terra, etc.,

    id. Rep. 1, 17, 26; cf. id. ib. 6, 16, 16:

    commoda parva ac mediocria,

    id. Q. Fr. 3, 8, 1:

    in parvum quendam et angustum locum concludi,

    id. Leg. 1, 5, 17:

    beneficium non parvum,

    id. Caecin. 10, 26:

    parvi pisciculi,

    id. N. D. 2, 48, 123:

    haec parva et infirma sunt,

    id. Clu. 34, 94:

    si parva licet componere magnis,

    Verg. G. 4, 176:

    merces,

    Hor. S. 1, 6, 86:

    sucus,

    Plin. 21, 31, 105, § 178 et saep.:

    liberi,

    Cic. Rep. 2, 21, 37;

    so of children: salutaria appetant parvi,

    the little ones, id. Fin. 3, 5, 16:

    parva soror,

    Ter. Eun. 3, 3, 15; cf.:

    memini quae plagosum mihi parvo Orbilium dictare,

    Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 70:

    operosa parvus Carmina fingo,

    a little man, id. C. 4, 2, 31; Suet. Aug. 48:

    a parvis didicimus: si in jus vocat, etc.,

    when little, in childhood, Cic. Leg. 2, 4, 9:

    puer in domo a parvo eductus,

    from infancy, Liv. 1, 39 fin. —Of time, little, short, brief:

    parvae consuetudinis Causa,

    slight, short, Ter. And. 1, 1, 83; cf.:

    in parvo tempore,

    Lucr. 5, 106:

    nox,

    Luc. 4, 476:

    vita,

    id. 6, 806:

    parvam fidem habere alicui,

    Ter. Eun. 1, 2, 117:

    hic onus horret, Ut parvis animis et parvo corpore majus,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 17, 39:

    homo parvo ingenio,

    Plin. Ep. 6, 29:

    parvum carmen,

    Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 257:

    hoc opus, hoc studium parvi properemus et ampli,

    both small and great, id. ib. 1, 3, 28.—With ref. to value or consequence, little, small, low, mean, etc.:

    meam erus esse operam deputat parvi pretii,

    Ter. Hec. 5, 3, 1:

    nil parvom aut humili modo, Nil mortale loquar,

    Hor. C. 3, 25, 17:

    et magnis parva mineris Falce recisurum simili te,

    id. S. 1, 3, 122:

    pretio parvo vendere,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 60, § 134:

    parvi sunt foris arma, nisi est consilium domi,

    of little value, id. Off. 1, 22, 76:

    parvi refert abs te jus dici diligenter, nisi, etc.,

    it matters little, id. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 7, § 20.—Hence, parvi facere, aestimare, ducere, pendere, etc., to esteem lightly, care little for:

    parvi ego illos facio,

    Plaut. Mil. 4, 8, 41:

    parvi aestimo, si ego hic peribo,

    id. Capt. 3, 5, 24:

    quia parvi id duceret,

    Cic. Fin. 2, 8, 24: nequam hominis ego parvi pendo gratiam, Plaut. Bacch. 3, 6, 29.—So, in abl.:

    signa abs te diligenter parvoque curata sunt,

    Cic. Att. 1, 3, 2; so,

    quanti emptus? parvo,

    Hor. S. 2, 3, 156:

    parvo stat magna potentia nobis,

    Ov. M. 14, 493:

    parvo contentus esse possum,

    with little, Cic. Att. 12, 19, 1; cf.:

    vivitur parvo bene,

    Hor. C. 2, 16, 13:

    possim contentus vivere parvo,

    Tib. 1, 1, 25:

    agricolae prisci, fortes parvoque beati,

    Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 139:

    necessarium est parvo assuescere,

    Sen. Ep. 123, 3: parvo, as an abl. of measure, with comp. (rarely;

    perh. not ante-Aug.): ita ut parvo admodum plures caperentur,

    a very little more, Liv. 10, 45, 11:

    parvo brevius,

    Plin. 2, 67, 67, § 168:

    haud parvo junior,

    Gell. 13, 2, 2.—So in designating time:

    parvo post,

    Plin. 16, 25, 42, § 103:

    parvo post tempore,

    Vulg. 2 Macc. 11, 1.—Of stature (late Lat. for brevis):

    Zacchaeus staturā parvus erat,

    Aug. Serm. 113, 3; id. in Psa. 143, 1.
    II.
    Comp.: mĭnor, us [cf. Gr. minus, minuthô], less, lesser, smaller, inferior:

    quod in re majore valet, valeat in minore,

    Cic. Top. 4, 23:

    si ea pecunia non minor esset facta,

    id. Leg. 2, 20, 51:

    Hibernia dimidio minor quam Britannia,

    Caes. B. G. 5, 13:

    minus praedae quam speraverant fuit,

    a smaller quantity, less, Liv. 4, 51:

    sociis dimidio minus quam civibus datum,

    id. 41, 13 fin.:

    calceus... si minor (pede), uret,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 10, 43:

    neve minor, neu sit quinto productior actu Fabula,

    less than five acts, id. A. P. 189:

    genibus minor,

    i. e. down upon his knees, on his bended knees, id. Ep. 1, 12, 28; cf.:

    minor in certamine longo,

    worsted, id. ib. 1, 10, 35:

    numero plures, virtute et honore minores,

    inferior, id. ib. 2, 1, 183.— Absol.: minor, inferior in rank:

    praevalidi ad injurias minorum elati,

    Tac. A. 15, 20; Ov. P. 4, 7, 49; cf.:

    sapiens uno minor est Jove,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 106:

    minor capitis, i. e. capiti deminutus,

    Hor. C. 3, 5, 42: et sunt notitiā multa minora tuā, too trivial, = leviora, Ov. Tr. 2, 214:

    dies sermone minor fuit,

    too short for, id. P. 2, 10, 37:

    infans Et minor igne rogi,

    too young for, Juv. 15, 140.—With abl. of measure, Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 45, § 117:

    ut uno minus teste haberet?

    id. ib. 2, 1, 57, §

    149: bis sex Herculeis ceciderunt, me minus uno, Viribus,

    i. e. eleven, Ov. M. 12, 554.—Of age:

    qui minor est natu,

    younger, Cic. Lael. 9, 32:

    aliquot annis minor natu,

    id. Ac. 2, 19, 61:

    aetate minor,

    Ov. M. 7, 499:

    minor uno mense,

    Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 40:

    filia minor Ptolemaei regis,

    the younger daughter, Caes. B. C. 3, 112:

    minor viginti annis,

    less than twenty years old, under twenty years of age, Dig. 30, 99, 1.— With gen.:

    minor quam viginti quinque annorum natu, Praetor,

    Dig. 4, 4, 1; id. ib. 50, 2, 6:

    si pupilla minor quam viripotens nupserit,

    id. ib. 36, 2, 30.—So, absol.: minor, a person under age (under five-and-twenty), a minor:

    De minoribus,

    Dig. 4, tit. 4:

    si minor negotiis majoris intervenerit,

    ib. 4, 4, 24:

    si minor praetor vel consul jus dixerit, valebit,

    ib. 42, 1, 57.— Poet., children, Sil. 2, 491.—Also, descendants, posterity, = posteri:

    nunc fama, minores Italiam dixisse ducis de nomine gentem,

    Verg. A. 1, 532; so id. ib. 733; Prop. 2, 15, 47; Sil. 16, 44:

    minorum gentium, v. gens.—In specifications of value: vendo meum non pluris quam ceteri, fortasse etiam minoris,

    cheaper, Cic. Off. 3, 12, 51:

    minoris pallium addicere placuit,

    Petr. 14: omnia minoris aestimare, Sulp. ap. Cic. Fam. 4, 5, 2:

    (fidem suam) non minoris quam publicam ducebat,

    Sall. J. 32, 5.—
    (β).
    Poet., with acc. respect.:

    frontemque minor truncam amnis Acarnan,

    Sil. 3, 42; Val. Fl. 1, 582.—
    (γ).
    Poet., with inf.:

    tanto certare minor,

    Hor. S. 2, 3, 313:

    heu Fatis Superi certare minores!

    Sil. 5, 76.
    III.
    Sup.: mĭnĭmus, a, um (whence a new sup.:

    minimissimus digitorum,

    Arn. 5, 160; 166; cf., in the Gr., elachistotatos, from elachistos), very small, very little; least, smallest, etc.:

    cum sit nihil omnino in rerum naturā minimum, quod dividi nequeat,

    Cic. Ac. 1, 7, 27:

    minimae tenuissimaeque res,

    id. de Or. 1, 37, 169:

    minima pars temporis,

    Caes. B. C. 1, 70:

    quā minima altitudo fluminis erat,

    id. B. G. 1, 8:

    in maximā fortunā minima licentia est,

    Sall. C. 51, 13:

    vitia,

    Hor. S. 1, 3, 69:

    minimus digitulus,

    the little finger, Plaut. Rud. 3, 4, 15; so,

    minimus digitus,

    Plin. 11, 45, 103, § 251.—Of age: minimus natu horum omnium, the youngest, Cic. de Or. 2, 14, 58:

    ex his omnibus natu minimus,

    id. Clu. 38, 107:

    Hiempsal, qui minimus ex illis erat,

    Sall. J. 11, 3:

    minimus filius,

    Just. 42, 5, 6.—In specifications of value:

    deos minimi facit,

    Plaut. Ps. 1, 3, 35: Pe. Quanti emi potest minimo? Ep. Ad quadraginta fortasse eam posse emi minimo minis, id. Ep. 2, 2, 110: Crispinus minimo me provocat, for a trifle (in a wager), Hor. S. 1, 4, 14 (minimo provocare dicuntur hi qui in responsione plus ipsi promittunt quam exigunt ab adversario, Schol.).—Prov.:

    minima de malis,

    of evils choose the least, Cic. Off. 3, 29, 105.—

    With a negation emphatically: non minimo discrimine, i. e. maximo,

    Suet. Aug. 25:

    res non minimi periculi,

    id. ib. 67:

    ut nihil, ne pro minimis quidem, debeant,

    Liv. 6, 41. —With gen.:

    minimum firmitatis minimumque virium,

    Cic. Lael. 13, 46:

    minimum pedibus itineris confectum,

    Liv. 44, 5:

    unde minimum periculi erat,

    id. 27, 15.— As adv. absol.:

    praemia apud me minimum valent,

    very little, Cic. Fam. 1, 9, 11; cf. Quint. 5, 10, 56:

    minimum distantia miror,

    Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 72:

    dormiebat minimum,

    Plin. Ep. 3, 5, 11:

    medica secatur sexies per annos: cum minimum, quater,

    at least, Plin. 18, 16, 43, § 146:

    quam minimum credula postero (diei),

    as little as possible, Hor. C. 1, 11, 8:

    ita fiunt omnes partes minimum octoginta et una,

    at least, Varr. R. R. 2, 1, 12:

    quae (comprehensio) ex tribus minimum partibus constat,

    Quint. 5, 10, 5:

    in quo non minimum Aetolorum operā regii fugati atque in castra compulsi sunt,

    chiefly, particularly, Liv. 33, 6, 6:

    eae omnia novella sata corrumpunt, non minimum vites,

    Varr. R. R. 1, 2, 18.—Hence, adv.
    A.
    Posit.: parvē, a little, slightly (very rare), Vitr. 9, 6.—
    B.
    Comp.: mĭnus, less:

    aut ne quid faciam plus, quod post me minus fecisse satius sit,

    too little... too much, Ter. Hec. 5, 1, 4:

    ne quid plus minusve faxit,

    id. Phorm. 3, 3, 21 (v. plus, under multus):

    cum habeas plus, Pauperiem metuas minus,

    Hor. S. 1, 1, 93:

    ne mea oratio, si minus de aliquo dixero, ingrata: si satis de omnibus, infinita esse videatur,

    Cic. Sest. 50, 108:

    metus ipsi per se minus valerent, nisi, etc.,

    id. Div. 2, 72, 150:

    minus multi,

    not so many, Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 138:

    minus multum et minus bonum vinum,

    Varr. R. R. 1, 7, 2:

    ita imperium semper ad optumum quemque a minus bono transfertur,

    less good, not so good, Sall. C. 2, 6:

    quia Libyes quam Gaetuli minus bellicosi,

    Sall. J. 18, 12:

    minus diu vivunt,

    Plin. 14, 22, 28, § 141.—Rarely with comp.:

    minus admirabilior,

    Flor. 4, 2, 46 Duker: quare milites Metelli sauciabantur multo minus, Quadrig. ap. Gell. 9, 1, 1; cf. Ov. M. 12, 554:

    civilem admodum inter initia ac paulo minus quam privatum egit,

    little less so than, nearly as much so as, Suet. Tib. 26:

    dimidio minus,

    Varr. R. R. 1, 22, 3.—With quam:

    nec illa minus aut plus quam tu sapiat,

    Plaut. As. 4, 1, 28:

    minus quam aequom erat feci,

    id. Aul. 3, 2, 10:

    respondebo tibi minus fortasse vehementer, quam abs te sum provocatus,

    Cic. Planc. 30, 72.—With atque:

    qui peccas minus atque ego?

    Hor. S. 2, 7, 96.—And elliptically, without a particle of comparison:

    minus quindecim dies sunt, quod, etc.,

    less than fifteen days, not yet fifteen days, Plaut. Trin. 2, 4, 1:

    madefactum iri minus XXX. diebus Graeciam sanguine,

    Cic. Div. 1, 32, 68:

    minus quinquennium est, quod prodiere,

    Plin. 15, 25, 30, § 104:

    cecidere duo milia haud minus peditum,

    Liv. 42, 6:

    cum centum et quinquaginta non minus adessent,

    id. 42, 28; Varr. R. R. 2, 2 fin.:

    ut ex suā cujusque parte ne minus dimidium ad Trebonium perveniret,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 47, § 123:

    ut antequam baccae legantur, ne minus triduum serenum fuerit,

    Col. 12, 38, 6.—
    2.
    In partic.
    a.
    Non (haud) minus quam (atque), not less than, no less than, quite as:

    exanimatus evolat ex senatu, non minus perturbato animo atque vultu, quam si, etc.,

    Cic. Sest. 12, 28:

    existumans non minus me tibi quam liberos carum fore,

    Sall. J. 10, 1:

    non minus nobis jucundi atque illustres sunt ii dies, quibus conservamur quam illi quibus nascimur,

    Cic. Cat. 3, 1, 2; Quint. 2, 4, 8; 3, 7, 20:

    laudibus haud minus quam praemio gaudent militum animi,

    Liv. 2, 60:

    haud minus ac jussi faciunt,

    Verg. A. 3, 561.—
    b.
    Non (neque) minus, equally, and as well, also: haec res [p. 1311] non minus me male habet quam te, Ter. Hec. 4, 2, 30: quae hominibus non minus quam liberi cara esse debent, Sulp. ap. Cic. Fam. 4, 5, 3; Ov. H. 19, 86:

    neque minus assiduis fessa choreis,

    also, Prop. 1, 3, 3.—
    c.
    Nihil minus, in replies, as a strong negation, by no means, Ter. Eun. 3, 1, 45: Py. At tu apud nos hic mane, Dum redeat ipsa. Ch. Nihil minus, id. ib. 3, 3, 29:

    nihil profecto minus,

    Cic. Off. 3, 20, 81; cf.: quid? a Tranione servo? Si. Multo id minus, Plaut. Most. 4, 3, 20.—
    d.
    Minus minusque, minus et (ac) minus, less and less: mihi jam minus minusque obtemperat. Ter. Heaut. 3, 3, 33:

    jam minus atque minus successu laetus equorum,

    Verg. A. 12, 616; Hor. C. 1, 25, 6:

    minus et minus,

    Ov. P. 2, 8, 73; id. H. 2, 129:

    minus ac minus,

    Plin. 11, 10, 10, § 26.—
    3.
    Transf., in a softened negation, not at all, by no means, not:

    quod intellexi minus,

    Ter. Eun. 4, 5, 11:

    nonnumquam ea quae praedicta sunt, minus eveniunt,

    Cic. Div. 1, 14, 24.—Esp.:

    si minus: monebo, si quem meministi minus,

    Plaut. Cas. 5, 4, 19:

    Syracusis, si minus supplicio affici, at custodiri oportebat,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 27, § 69:

    quod si assecutus sum, gaudeo: sin minus, hoc me tamen consolor quod, etc.,

    id. Fam. 7, 1, 6 et saep.; so,

    minus formido ne exedat,

    Plaut. Curc. 1, 1, 45. —
    b.
    Quo minus, also written as one word, quominus, that not, from, after verbs of hindering, preventing, as impedio, recuso, deterreo, etc., Ter. And. 1, 2, 26:

    si te infirmitas valetudinis tenuit, quo minus ad ludos venires,

    Cic. Fam. 7, 1, 1; 7, 1, 6:

    hiemem credo prohibuisse, quo minus de te certum haberemus, quid ageres,

    id. Fam. 12, 5, 1:

    deterrere aliquem, quo minus, etc.,

    id. Tusc. 1, 38, 91:

    stetisse per Trebonium, quo minus oppido potirentur, videbatur,

    Caes. B. C. 2, 13 fin.; Quint. 12, 1, 16;

    v. also quo. —Ante-class. also in the reverse order, minus quo: ne vereatur, minus jam quo redeat domum,

    Ter. Hec. 4, 4, 8.—
    C.
    Sup., in two forms, parvissime (post-class.), and minime (class.), least, very little.
    1.
    par-vissĭmē:

    memorare aliquid,

    very briefly, with very few words, Cael. Aur. Acut. 2, 38. —
    2.
    mĭnĭmē, least of all, in the smallest degree, least, very little:

    cum minime vellem, minimeque opus fuit,

    Ter. Eun. 2, 3, 42:

    cum minime videbamur, tum maxime philosophabamur,

    Cic. N. D. 1, 3, 6; id. Or. 66, 222:

    mihi placebat Pomponius maxime, vel dicam minime displicebat,

    id. Brut. 57, 207:

    quod in miserrimis rebus minime miserum putabis, id facies,

    id. Fam. 14, 13:

    quod minime ad eos mercatores saepe commeant,

    very rarely, Caes. B. G. 1, 1, 3; Cic. de Or. 2, 79, 322.—Strengthened by quam:

    si non decore, at quam minime dedecore facere possimus,

    as little as possible, Cic. Off. 1, 31, 114; by omnium and gentium:

    ad te minime omnium pertinebat,

    id. Rosc. Am. 34, 96:

    minime gentium,

    Plaut. Poen. 3, 3, 77:

    heus, inquit, puer, arcesse Pamphilam,... illa exclamat, Minime gentium,

    not for any thing in the world, Ter. Eun. 4, 1, 11; id. Ad. 3, 2, 44.—
    B.
    In partic.
    a.
    For minimum, saltem, at least:

    is morbus erit longissimus minimeque annuus,

    Cels. 2, 8 fin. Targ.:

    pedes decem vel minime novem,

    Col. 1, 6, 6:

    sed id minime bis anno arari debet,

    id. 5, 9, 12; id. Arb. 16, 3.—
    b.
    In replies, as an emphatic negative, by no means, not at all, not in the least, Plaut. Curc. 1, 3, 50: Ba. Sed cessas? Pa. Minime equidem:

    nam hodie, etc.,

    Ter. Hec. 5, 3, 16: M. An tu haec non credis? A. Minime vero, Cic. Tusc. 1, 6, 10: num igitur peccamus? Minime vos quidem. id. Att. 8, 9, 2:

    minime, minime hercle vero!

    Plaut. Trin. 3, 3, 23; so in discourse: minime multi (= quam paucissimi). Ter. Eun. prol. 2: minume irasci decet. Plaut. Stich. 1, 1, 27; Sall. C. 51, 13.—Strengthened by gentium (cf.supra): Nau. Meriton' hoc meo videtur factum? De. Minime gentium, Ter. Phorm. 5, 8, 44.

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  • 12 proles

    prōles, is ( gen. plur. prolum, Mart. Cap. 3, § 301), f. [pro and root al- of alo, to nourish, whence olesco in ad-olesco, etc.; cf.: suboles, indoles].
    I.
    Lit., that which grows forth; esp. of human beings, offspring, progeny, child, descendant; and collect., descendants, race, progeny, posterity (mostly poet.;

    but cf.: nec fugerim dicere prolem, aut subolem aut effari, etc.,

    Cic. de Or. 3, 38, 153; cf. Quint. 8, 3, 26, and v. in the foll. the passages from Cic.; syn. progenies). — Poet.:

    propagando procudere prolem,

    to bring forth, produce children, Lucr. 5, 856:

    prolem est enixa gemellam,

    Ov. M. 9, 452:

    laudantur simili prole puerperae,

    Hor. C. 4, 5, 23; id. C. S. 19:

    di Romulae genti date remque prolemque,

    id. ib. 47:

    et pulchrā faciat te prole parentem,

    Verg. A. 1, 75:

    felix prole parens,

    Val. Fl. 5, 384:

    tua postuma proles,

    Verg. A. 6, 763: ferrea proles, the iron race, Poët. ap. Cic. N. D. 2, 63, 159:

    aënea,

    Ov. M. 1, 125:

    argentea,

    id. ib. 1, 114:

    proles Ausonia,

    the Ausonian race, Verg. A. 4, 236:

    dic mihi, Teucrorum proles,

    Juv. 8, 56.—In prose:

    praeclara Brutorum atque Aemiliorum proles,

    Sall. H. 1, 41, 2 Dietsch; Cic. Rep. 2, 22, 40:

    proles illa futurorum hominum,

    race, id. ib. 6, 21, 23.—Of individuals ( poet.):

    Ulixi,

    i. e. Telemachus, Hor. Ep. 1, 7, 40:

    proles tertia Phorcus,

    Ov. M. 7, 477:

    Clymeneïa,

    i. e. Phaëton, id. ib. 2, 19:

    Apollinea,

    i. e. Æsculapius, id. ib. 15, 533:

    deūm certissima proles,

    Verg. A. 6, 322:

    egomet Neptunia proles,

    Val. Fl. 4, 213.—Of deities:

    Saturni altera proles,

    Verg. A. 12, 830:

    Bacchi rustica proles,

    i. e. Priapus, Tib. 1, 4, 7:

    Cyllenia proles,

    Verg. A. 4, 268:

    fulminis,

    i. e. Bacchus, Sen. Med. 24; cf. Verg. A. 6, 25:

    Jovis,

    Vulg. Act. 19, 35.—Of animals:

    hinc nova proles per herbas Ludit,

    Lucr. 1, 259:

    duellica equorum,

    id. 2, 661; Phaedr. 2, 4, 19; Verg. G. 3, 65:

    jam maris immensi prolem, genus omne natantum,

    id. ib. 3, 541; Col. 7, 6, 7. — Poet., of plants:

    et prolem tarde crescentis olivae,

    i. e. the fruit, Verg. G. 2, 3; cf.: naturae contenta manu Zephyrique favore [p. 1463] Parturit (tellus), et tantā natorum prole superbit, Alan. Anti-Claud. 1, 79.—In plur.: privignasque rogat proles, Col. poët. 10, 163.—
    II.
    Transf.
    A.
    Youth, young men, Cic. Leg. 3, 3, 7:

    sternitur Arcadiae proles,

    Verg. A. 10, 429.—
    B.
    The testicles (post-class.):

    polimina sunt ea, quae nos proles verecundius dicimus,

    Arn. 7, 230; 5, 172.

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  • 13 tessera

    tessĕra, ae, f., = tesseres, a (lon. for tessares, a, four), a square, square piece of stone, wood, etc., for various purposes.
    I.
    Most freq., a die for playing, numbered on all the six sides (while the tali, prop. pastern-bones, were marked only on four sides; v. talus;

    syn. alea): ludere tesseris,

    Ter. Ad. 4, 7, 21:

    ut homines ad pilam se aut ad talos aut ad tesseras conferunt,

    Cic. de Or. 3, 15, 58:

    tesseras jacere,

    id. Div. 2, 41, 85; id. Sen. 16, 58:

    in tesserarum prospero jactu,

    Liv. 4, 17, 3; Mart. 14, 15, 1; 4, 66, 15; 14, 17, 1:

    mittere,

    Ov. A. A. 3, 354; id. Tr. 2, 475; Plin. 37, 2, 6, § 13 al.; cf. Becker, Gallus, 3, p. 257 sq. (2d ed.).—
    II.
    In milit. lang., a square tablet on which the watchword was written, a watchword, parole, countersign:

    tessera per castra a Livio consule data erat, ut, etc.,

    Liv. 26, 46, 1; 7, 35, 1; 7, 36, 7; 9, 32, 4; Auct. B. Hisp. 36, 5; Suet. Galb. 6: it bello tessera signum, Verg. A. 7, 637; Sil. 15, 475: Stat. Th. 10, 17:

    missam ad se tesseram finxit redeundi,

    a private token, Amm. 30, 10, 3. — Hence,
    B.
    Transf., the watchword, signal:

    militem levi tesserā colligi posse,

    Amm. 25, 7, 2 al. —
    III.
    Tessera hospitalis, a tally, token, which was divided between two friends, in order that, by means of it, they or their descendants might always recognize each other (the Greek sumbola): Ag. Ego sum ipsus, quem tu quaeris... Ha. Si ita est, tesseram conferre si vis hospitalem, Plaut. Poen. 5, 2, 87; 5, 1, 25; 5, 2, 92:

    TESSERAM HOSPITALEM CVM EQ FECERVNT,

    have entered into a bond of friendship, Inscr. Orell. 1079; cf. Becker, Gallus, 2, p. 133 (2d ed.);

    hence: hic apud nos jam confregisti tesseram,

    i.e. have broken our friendship, Plaut. Cist. 2, 1, 27.—
    IV.
    A square tablet or block, a checker for the construction of pavements, ornamenting garments, etc., Plin. 36, 25, 62, § 187 (al. tessella); Pall. 1, 9, 5; Mart. 10, 33; Plin. 35, 9, 36, § 62.—
    V.
    A token, ticket, billet for the distribution of corn or money:

    frumentariae,

    Suet. Ner. 11; cf.

    frumenti,

    Juv. 7, 174; Mart. 8, 78, 10; and absol., Suet. Aug. 40:

    nummariae,

    id. ib. 41.

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