objecto

objecto, āvi, ātum, 1, v. freq. a. [id.], to throw before or against, to set against, oppose.

Lit. ( poet.):

(pelagi volucres) Nunc caput objectare fretis, nunc currere in undas,

i. e. to dive down, Verg. G. 1, 386:

huc illuc clipeum objectans,

opposing, presenting, Stat. Th. 2, 662:

ingerit objectans trepidantibus ora leonis,

Sil. 2, 194.—

Trop.

In gen.

To abandon, expose, endanger:

statuit eum objectare periculis,

Sall. J. 7, 1:

caput periclis,

to expose, Verg. A. 2, 751:

corpora bello,

id. G. 4, 218:

aliquem dolo simul et casibus,

Tac. A. 2, 5:

pro aliquo animam,

Verg. A. 12, 229.—

To throw in the way, interpose, cause:

moras,

Ov. Hal. 91.—

In partic.

To throw out, charge, object, to reproach or upbraid with, to accuse of any thing as a crime (so most freq., but whether used by Cic. is doubtful):

objectare alicui inopiam,

Plaut. Trin. 3, 2, 28:

rus mihi tu objectas?

id. Most. 1, 1, 16:

probrum alicui,

Cic. Dom. 29; Sall. J. 85, 14; Tac. H. 2, 30: cum in colloquiis Pompeiani famem nostris objectarent, * Caes. B. C. 3, 48:

vecordiam,

Sall. J. 94, 4:

veneficia in principem et devotiones,

Tac. A. 4, 52:

spoliatas et inopes legiones Trebellio,

id. H. 1, 60:

natum (i. e. filii mortem),

Ov. M. 2, 400.—With object-clause:

mihi objectent lenocinium facere,

Plaut. Merc. 2, 3, 76:

nobilitas objectare Fabio fugisse eum Appium Claudium collegam,

Liv. 10, 15, 12. —

To throw out, let fall, say any thing (disagreeable) to any one:

cave tu illi objectes nunc in aegritudine, Te has emisse,

Plaut. Most. 3, 2, 123.

ōbĭcĭo and objĭcĭo, jēci, jectum, 3 (cf. abicio, etc.; perf. subj. objexim, Plaut. Poen. 1, 3, 37:

objexis,

id. Cas. 2, 6, 52), v. a. [ob-jacio], to throw or put before or towards, to throw to, to hold before or out, to offer, present, expose; constr. usu. aliquid (aliquem) alicui, or simply aliquid; but sometimes also, instead of the dat., with pro aliquā re, contra, ad, in aliquid; v. the foll. passages; also with adversus; v. Liv. 2, 58, 5 Drak. (syn. oppono).

Lit.:

ei nos Glaucomam ob oculos obiciemus,

Plaut. Mil. 2, 1, 70:

si alia quae obiciant non habuerint,

Varr. R. R. 2, 4, 15:

cibum canibus,

Plin. 8, 40, 61, § 145:

parricidae corpus feris,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 26:

offam (Cerbero),

Verg. A. 6, 420:

pisces diripiunt carnes objectas,

Plin. 32, 2, 8, § 17 (Jan, abiectas): argentum, to throw to one, Ter. Phorm. 5, 2, 4.—Esp., to throw to the wild beasts in the circus:

aliquem feris,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 26, 71; Suet. Calig. 27; Amm. 14, 2; 20, 5 et saep.:

vivos homines laniandos obicere,

Suet. Ner. 37:

florem veteris vini naribus,

to hold before, present to, Plaut. Curc. 1, 2, 1; 4, 2, 45; Varr. R. R. 2, 5, 17:

si tale visum objectum est a deo dormienti,

brought before, presented to, Cic. Ac. 2, 16, 49; cf. id. Div 1, 16, 30; id. Ac. 2, 15, 48:

huic (sicae) ego vos obici pro me non sum passus,

to be exposed, id. Mil. 14, 37:

exercitum tantae magnitudinis flumini,

Caes. B. C. 1, 64, 4:

ne objexis manum,

don't raise your hand, Plaut. Cas. 2, 6, 52. —

In partic., to throw or place before by way of defence or hinderance; to cast in the way, set against, oppose:

Alpium vallum contra ascensum transgressionemque Gallorum... obicio et oppono,

Cic. Pis. 33, 81:

carros pro vallo,

Caes. B. G. 1, 26:

ericium portis,

id. B. C. 3, 67:

faucibus portūs navem submersam,

id. ib. 3, 39;

3, 66: se hostium telis,

Cic. Tusc. 1, 37, 89:

se ei objecit,

Nep. Hann. 5, 1:

maximo aggere objecto,

Cic. Rep. 2, 6, 11.—Esp. of arms:

objecta tela perfregit,

Cic. Har. Resp. 23, 49:

scutum,

Liv. 2, 10:

hastas,

id. 36, 18:

clipeosque ad tela sinistris Protecti obiciunt,

oppose, Verg. A. 2, 444:

objecit sese ad currum,

threw himself before the chariot, id. ib. 12, 372.—

Trop.

In gen., to throw before or over, to put or bring before, to present; to give up, expose to any thing; and, in gen., to bring upon one, to impart, superinduce, cause, occasion, etc.:

noctem peccatis et fraudibus obice nubem,

Hor. Ep. 1, 16, 62:

nubem oculis,

Ov. M. 12, 32:

plerique victi et debilitati objectā specie voluptatis,

Cic. Fin. 1, 14, 47:

consulem morti,

to deliver up, abandon, id. Vatin. 9, 23:

obicitur (consulatus) contionibus seditiosorum... ad omne denique periculum,

id. Mur. 40, 87.—With ad, Cic. Fam. 6, 4, 3. —With in:

numquam me pro salute vestrā in tot ac tantas dimicationes... objecissem,

Cic. Arch. 6, 14:

obicere se in impetus profligatorum hominum,

id. ib. 6, 14. —With adversus:

se unico consule objecto adversus tribuniciam potestatem perlatam legem esse,

Liv. 2, 58, 5: qui multa Thebano populo acerba objecit funera, has brought on, i. e. caused, Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 35, moram alicui, id. Poen. 1, 3, 37; id. Trin. 5, 1, 8: ut hanc laetitiam nec opinanti primus obicerem, that I might have set before him, i. e. prepared for him, Ter. Heaut. 1, 2, 12:

alicui eam mentem, ut patriam prodat,

to suggest, Liv. 5, 15:

alicui lucrum,

to procure, Plaut. Curc. 4, 2, 45:

sollicitudinem,

to cause, id. Mil. 3, 1, 29:

terrorem hosti,

Liv. 27, 1:

spem,

id. 6, 14:

furorem alicui objecit,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 14, 40:

rabiem canibus,

Verg. A. 7, 479.— Pass., to be occasioned, to befall, happen, occur to one:

mihi mala res obicitur aliqua,

Plaut. Merc. 2, 3, 5:

malum mihi obicitur,

Ter. Ad. 4, 3, 1; cf. id. Phorm. 3, 2, 18:

obicitur animo metus,

Cic. Tusc. 2, 4, 10.—

To put in the way, interpose:

omnis exceptio interponitur a reo,

Gai. Inst. 4, 119:

cui dilatoria obicitur exceptio,

id. ib. 4, 123.—

In partic., to throw out against one, to taunt, reproach, or upbraid with any thing, as a crime (cf.:

criminor, exprobro): facinora,

Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 25:

alicui multa probra,

Cic. de Or. 2, 70, 285:

ignobilitatem alicui,

id. Phil. 3, 6, 15:

obicit mihi, me ad Baias fuisse,

id. Att. 1, 16, 10:

parcius ista viris obicienda memento,

Verg. E. 3, 7.—With quod:

Cato objecit ut probrum M. Nobiliori, quod is in provinciam poëtas duxisset,

Cic. Tusc. 1, 2, 3; id. Verr. 2, 4, 17, § 37: furta, Auct. Dom. 35, 93: eloquentiam ut vitium, Cic. ap. Sall. 8:

crimen,

Tac. A. 3, 12.—With de, to reproach one respecting, on account of any thing:

de Cispio mihi igitur obicies? etc.,

Cic. Planc. 31, 75; Brut. et Cass. ap. Cic. Fam. 11, 3, 2. —In pass.:

nam quod objectum est de pudicitiā, etc.,

Cic. Cael. 3, 6.—Hence, objec-tus, a, um, P. a.

Lying before or opposite:

insula objecta Alexandriae,

Caes. B. C. 3, 112:

silva pro nativo muro,

id. B. G. 6, 10:

flumina,

Verg. G. 3, 253:

Cyprus Syriae objecta,

Plin. 5, 31, 35, § 129.—

Exposed; constr. with dat. or ad:

objectus fortunae,

Cic. Tusc. 1, 46, 111:

invidiae,

Plin. 29, 1, 8, § 20:

ad omnes casus,

Cic. Fam. 6, 4, 3.—

Subst.: objecta, ōrum, n., charges, accusations:

de objectis non confiteri,

Cic. Dom. 35, 93:

objecta vel negare vel defendere vel minuere,

Quint. 7, 2, 29:

objecta diluere,

id. 4, 2, 26; 9, 2, 93; cf. Amm. 27, 10.

ōbĭcĭo and objĭcĭo, jēci, jectum, 3 (cf. abicio, etc.; perf. subj. objexim, Plaut. Poen. 1, 3, 37:

objexis,

id. Cas. 2, 6, 52), v. a. [ob-jacio], to throw or put before or towards, to throw to, to hold before or out, to offer, present, expose; constr. usu. aliquid (aliquem) alicui, or simply aliquid; but sometimes also, instead of the dat., with pro aliquā re, contra, ad, in aliquid; v. the foll. passages; also with adversus; v. Liv. 2, 58, 5 Drak. (syn. oppono).

Lit.:

ei nos Glaucomam ob oculos obiciemus,

Plaut. Mil. 2, 1, 70:

si alia quae obiciant non habuerint,

Varr. R. R. 2, 4, 15:

cibum canibus,

Plin. 8, 40, 61, § 145:

parricidae corpus feris,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 26:

offam (Cerbero),

Verg. A. 6, 420:

pisces diripiunt carnes objectas,

Plin. 32, 2, 8, § 17 (Jan, abiectas): argentum, to throw to one, Ter. Phorm. 5, 2, 4.—Esp., to throw to the wild beasts in the circus:

aliquem feris,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 26, 71; Suet. Calig. 27; Amm. 14, 2; 20, 5 et saep.:

vivos homines laniandos obicere,

Suet. Ner. 37:

florem veteris vini naribus,

to hold before, present to, Plaut. Curc. 1, 2, 1; 4, 2, 45; Varr. R. R. 2, 5, 17:

si tale visum objectum est a deo dormienti,

brought before, presented to, Cic. Ac. 2, 16, 49; cf. id. Div 1, 16, 30; id. Ac. 2, 15, 48:

huic (sicae) ego vos obici pro me non sum passus,

to be exposed, id. Mil. 14, 37:

exercitum tantae magnitudinis flumini,

Caes. B. C. 1, 64, 4:

ne objexis manum,

don't raise your hand, Plaut. Cas. 2, 6, 52. —

In partic., to throw or place before by way of defence or hinderance; to cast in the way, set against, oppose:

Alpium vallum contra ascensum transgressionemque Gallorum... obicio et oppono,

Cic. Pis. 33, 81:

carros pro vallo,

Caes. B. G. 1, 26:

ericium portis,

id. B. C. 3, 67:

faucibus portūs navem submersam,

id. ib. 3, 39;

3, 66: se hostium telis,

Cic. Tusc. 1, 37, 89:

se ei objecit,

Nep. Hann. 5, 1:

maximo aggere objecto,

Cic. Rep. 2, 6, 11.—Esp. of arms:

objecta tela perfregit,

Cic. Har. Resp. 23, 49:

scutum,

Liv. 2, 10:

hastas,

id. 36, 18:

clipeosque ad tela sinistris Protecti obiciunt,

oppose, Verg. A. 2, 444:

objecit sese ad currum,

threw himself before the chariot, id. ib. 12, 372.—

Trop.

In gen., to throw before or over, to put or bring before, to present; to give up, expose to any thing; and, in gen., to bring upon one, to impart, superinduce, cause, occasion, etc.:

noctem peccatis et fraudibus obice nubem,

Hor. Ep. 1, 16, 62:

nubem oculis,

Ov. M. 12, 32:

plerique victi et debilitati objectā specie voluptatis,

Cic. Fin. 1, 14, 47:

consulem morti,

to deliver up, abandon, id. Vatin. 9, 23:

obicitur (consulatus) contionibus seditiosorum... ad omne denique periculum,

id. Mur. 40, 87.—With ad, Cic. Fam. 6, 4, 3. —With in:

numquam me pro salute vestrā in tot ac tantas dimicationes... objecissem,

Cic. Arch. 6, 14:

obicere se in impetus profligatorum hominum,

id. ib. 6, 14. —With adversus:

se unico consule objecto adversus tribuniciam potestatem perlatam legem esse,

Liv. 2, 58, 5: qui multa Thebano populo acerba objecit funera, has brought on, i. e. caused, Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 35, moram alicui, id. Poen. 1, 3, 37; id. Trin. 5, 1, 8: ut hanc laetitiam nec opinanti primus obicerem, that I might have set before him, i. e. prepared for him, Ter. Heaut. 1, 2, 12:

alicui eam mentem, ut patriam prodat,

to suggest, Liv. 5, 15:

alicui lucrum,

to procure, Plaut. Curc. 4, 2, 45:

sollicitudinem,

to cause, id. Mil. 3, 1, 29:

terrorem hosti,

Liv. 27, 1:

spem,

id. 6, 14:

furorem alicui objecit,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 14, 40:

rabiem canibus,

Verg. A. 7, 479.— Pass., to be occasioned, to befall, happen, occur to one:

mihi mala res obicitur aliqua,

Plaut. Merc. 2, 3, 5:

malum mihi obicitur,

Ter. Ad. 4, 3, 1; cf. id. Phorm. 3, 2, 18:

obicitur animo metus,

Cic. Tusc. 2, 4, 10.—

To put in the way, interpose:

omnis exceptio interponitur a reo,

Gai. Inst. 4, 119:

cui dilatoria obicitur exceptio,

id. ib. 4, 123.—

In partic., to throw out against one, to taunt, reproach, or upbraid with any thing, as a crime (cf.:

criminor, exprobro): facinora,

Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 25:

alicui multa probra,

Cic. de Or. 2, 70, 285:

ignobilitatem alicui,

id. Phil. 3, 6, 15:

obicit mihi, me ad Baias fuisse,

id. Att. 1, 16, 10:

parcius ista viris obicienda memento,

Verg. E. 3, 7.—With quod:

Cato objecit ut probrum M. Nobiliori, quod is in provinciam poëtas duxisset,

Cic. Tusc. 1, 2, 3; id. Verr. 2, 4, 17, § 37: furta, Auct. Dom. 35, 93: eloquentiam ut vitium, Cic. ap. Sall. 8:

crimen,

Tac. A. 3, 12.—With de, to reproach one respecting, on account of any thing:

de Cispio mihi igitur obicies? etc.,

Cic. Planc. 31, 75; Brut. et Cass. ap. Cic. Fam. 11, 3, 2. —In pass.:

nam quod objectum est de pudicitiā, etc.,

Cic. Cael. 3, 6.—Hence, objec-tus, a, um, P. a.

Lying before or opposite:

insula objecta Alexandriae,

Caes. B. C. 3, 112:

silva pro nativo muro,

id. B. G. 6, 10:

flumina,

Verg. G. 3, 253:

Cyprus Syriae objecta,

Plin. 5, 31, 35, § 129.—

Exposed; constr. with dat. or ad:

objectus fortunae,

Cic. Tusc. 1, 46, 111:

invidiae,

Plin. 29, 1, 8, § 20:

ad omnes casus,

Cic. Fam. 6, 4, 3.—

Subst.: objecta, ōrum, n., charges, accusations:

de objectis non confiteri,

Cic. Dom. 35, 93:

objecta vel negare vel defendere vel minuere,

Quint. 7, 2, 29:

objecta diluere,

id. 4, 2, 26; 9, 2, 93; cf. Amm. 27, 10.

ōbĭcĭo and objĭcĭo, jēci, jectum, 3 (cf. abicio, etc.; perf. subj. objexim, Plaut. Poen. 1, 3, 37:

objexis,

id. Cas. 2, 6, 52), v. a. [ob-jacio], to throw or put before or towards, to throw to, to hold before or out, to offer, present, expose; constr. usu. aliquid (aliquem) alicui, or simply aliquid; but sometimes also, instead of the dat., with pro aliquā re, contra, ad, in aliquid; v. the foll. passages; also with adversus; v. Liv. 2, 58, 5 Drak. (syn. oppono).

Lit.:

ei nos Glaucomam ob oculos obiciemus,

Plaut. Mil. 2, 1, 70:

si alia quae obiciant non habuerint,

Varr. R. R. 2, 4, 15:

cibum canibus,

Plin. 8, 40, 61, § 145:

parricidae corpus feris,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 26:

offam (Cerbero),

Verg. A. 6, 420:

pisces diripiunt carnes objectas,

Plin. 32, 2, 8, § 17 (Jan, abiectas): argentum, to throw to one, Ter. Phorm. 5, 2, 4.—Esp., to throw to the wild beasts in the circus:

aliquem feris,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 26, 71; Suet. Calig. 27; Amm. 14, 2; 20, 5 et saep.:

vivos homines laniandos obicere,

Suet. Ner. 37:

florem veteris vini naribus,

to hold before, present to, Plaut. Curc. 1, 2, 1; 4, 2, 45; Varr. R. R. 2, 5, 17:

si tale visum objectum est a deo dormienti,

brought before, presented to, Cic. Ac. 2, 16, 49; cf. id. Div 1, 16, 30; id. Ac. 2, 15, 48:

huic (sicae) ego vos obici pro me non sum passus,

to be exposed, id. Mil. 14, 37:

exercitum tantae magnitudinis flumini,

Caes. B. C. 1, 64, 4:

ne objexis manum,

don't raise your hand, Plaut. Cas. 2, 6, 52. —

In partic., to throw or place before by way of defence or hinderance; to cast in the way, set against, oppose:

Alpium vallum contra ascensum transgressionemque Gallorum... obicio et oppono,

Cic. Pis. 33, 81:

carros pro vallo,

Caes. B. G. 1, 26:

ericium portis,

id. B. C. 3, 67:

faucibus portūs navem submersam,

id. ib. 3, 39;

3, 66: se hostium telis,

Cic. Tusc. 1, 37, 89:

se ei objecit,

Nep. Hann. 5, 1:

maximo aggere objecto,

Cic. Rep. 2, 6, 11.—Esp. of arms:

objecta tela perfregit,

Cic. Har. Resp. 23, 49:

scutum,

Liv. 2, 10:

hastas,

id. 36, 18:

clipeosque ad tela sinistris Protecti obiciunt,

oppose, Verg. A. 2, 444:

objecit sese ad currum,

threw himself before the chariot, id. ib. 12, 372.—

Trop.

In gen., to throw before or over, to put or bring before, to present; to give up, expose to any thing; and, in gen., to bring upon one, to impart, superinduce, cause, occasion, etc.:

noctem peccatis et fraudibus obice nubem,

Hor. Ep. 1, 16, 62:

nubem oculis,

Ov. M. 12, 32:

plerique victi et debilitati objectā specie voluptatis,

Cic. Fin. 1, 14, 47:

consulem morti,

to deliver up, abandon, id. Vatin. 9, 23:

obicitur (consulatus) contionibus seditiosorum... ad omne denique periculum,

id. Mur. 40, 87.—With ad, Cic. Fam. 6, 4, 3. —With in:

numquam me pro salute vestrā in tot ac tantas dimicationes... objecissem,

Cic. Arch. 6, 14:

obicere se in impetus profligatorum hominum,

id. ib. 6, 14. —With adversus:

se unico consule objecto adversus tribuniciam potestatem perlatam legem esse,

Liv. 2, 58, 5: qui multa Thebano populo acerba objecit funera, has brought on, i. e. caused, Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 35, moram alicui, id. Poen. 1, 3, 37; id. Trin. 5, 1, 8: ut hanc laetitiam nec opinanti primus obicerem, that I might have set before him, i. e. prepared for him, Ter. Heaut. 1, 2, 12:

alicui eam mentem, ut patriam prodat,

to suggest, Liv. 5, 15:

alicui lucrum,

to procure, Plaut. Curc. 4, 2, 45:

sollicitudinem,

to cause, id. Mil. 3, 1, 29:

terrorem hosti,

Liv. 27, 1:

spem,

id. 6, 14:

furorem alicui objecit,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 14, 40:

rabiem canibus,

Verg. A. 7, 479.— Pass., to be occasioned, to befall, happen, occur to one:

mihi mala res obicitur aliqua,

Plaut. Merc. 2, 3, 5:

malum mihi obicitur,

Ter. Ad. 4, 3, 1; cf. id. Phorm. 3, 2, 18:

obicitur animo metus,

Cic. Tusc. 2, 4, 10.—

To put in the way, interpose:

omnis exceptio interponitur a reo,

Gai. Inst. 4, 119:

cui dilatoria obicitur exceptio,

id. ib. 4, 123.—

In partic., to throw out against one, to taunt, reproach, or upbraid with any thing, as a crime (cf.:

criminor, exprobro): facinora,

Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 25:

alicui multa probra,

Cic. de Or. 2, 70, 285:

ignobilitatem alicui,

id. Phil. 3, 6, 15:

obicit mihi, me ad Baias fuisse,

id. Att. 1, 16, 10:

parcius ista viris obicienda memento,

Verg. E. 3, 7.—With quod:

Cato objecit ut probrum M. Nobiliori, quod is in provinciam poëtas duxisset,

Cic. Tusc. 1, 2, 3; id. Verr. 2, 4, 17, § 37: furta, Auct. Dom. 35, 93: eloquentiam ut vitium, Cic. ap. Sall. 8:

crimen,

Tac. A. 3, 12.—With de, to reproach one respecting, on account of any thing:

de Cispio mihi igitur obicies? etc.,

Cic. Planc. 31, 75; Brut. et Cass. ap. Cic. Fam. 11, 3, 2. —In pass.:

nam quod objectum est de pudicitiā, etc.,

Cic. Cael. 3, 6.—Hence, objec-tus, a, um, P. a.

Lying before or opposite:

insula objecta Alexandriae,

Caes. B. C. 3, 112:

silva pro nativo muro,

id. B. G. 6, 10:

flumina,

Verg. G. 3, 253:

Cyprus Syriae objecta,

Plin. 5, 31, 35, § 129.—

Exposed; constr. with dat. or ad:

objectus fortunae,

Cic. Tusc. 1, 46, 111:

invidiae,

Plin. 29, 1, 8, § 20:

ad omnes casus,

Cic. Fam. 6, 4, 3.—

Subst.: objecta, ōrum, n., charges, accusations:

de objectis non confiteri,

Cic. Dom. 35, 93:

objecta vel negare vel defendere vel minuere,

Quint. 7, 2, 29:

objecta diluere,

id. 4, 2, 26; 9, 2, 93; cf. Amm. 27, 10.

fossa, ae, f. [fodio, i. e. fossa terra], a ditch, trench, fosse (syn.: fovea, scrobs, fossio).

Lit.

In gen.:

salso suffudit gurgite fossas,

Lucr. 5, 482:

fodere fossam,

Liv. 3, 26, 9:

ut unus aditus maximo aggere objecto fossa cingeretur vastissima,

Cic. Rep. 2, 6:

(oppidum) vallo et fossa circumdedi,

id. Fam. 15, 4, 10:

pomarium circummunire fossă praecipiti,

Col. 5, 10, 1:

circumdare moenia vallo atque fossā,

Sall. J. 23, 1;

and, in a different construction: circumdare fossam latam cubiculari lecto,

Cic. Tusc. 5, 20, 59:

vallo fossaque munire,

Caes. B. G. 2, 5 fin.; cf.:

Rheni fossam immanissimis gentibus objicere et opponere,

Cic. Pis. 33, 81:

fossa et vallo aliquem septum tenere,

id. Att. 9, 12, 3:

fossam pedum XX. directis lateribus duxit,

Caes. B. G. 7, 72, 1; so,

fossam ducere,

id. ib. 7, 73, 2:

transversam fossam obducere,

id. ib. 2, 8, 3:

praeducere,

id. B. C. 1, 27, 3:

institutae fossae,

id. ib. 3, 46, 5:

ut flumen nullam in partem depressis fossis derivari posset,

sunk deeper, Hirt. B. G. 8, 40, 3:

deprimere fossam,

id. ib. 8, 9, 3; cf. Tac. A. 15, 42; 1, 65; Ov. F. 4, 821:

cruor in fossam confusus,

Hor. S. 1, 8, 28.—

In partic.

A gutter, waterway, = colliciae, Verg. G. 1, 326; 1, 372.—

A furrow drawn to mark foundations, etc.:

ipse humili designat moenia fossa,

Verg. A. 7, 157; Ov. F. 4, 839; cf. Varr. L. L. 5, 32, § 143.—

A grave (late Lat.):

FILETIVS VSQVE AT FOTSA (ad fossam),

Inscr. Orell. 4794, v. fossor.—

In mal. part.:

pudenda muliebria,

Auct. Priap. 84; cf.:

inter Socraticos notissima fossa cinaedos,

Juv. 2, 10.—

Fos-sa Drūsiāna, v. Drusus.—

Trop., a boundary:

alicui fossam determinare,

Tert. adv. Haer. 10.

fossa, ae, f. [fodio, i. e. fossa terra], a ditch, trench, fosse (syn.: fovea, scrobs, fossio).

Lit.

In gen.:

salso suffudit gurgite fossas,

Lucr. 5, 482:

fodere fossam,

Liv. 3, 26, 9:

ut unus aditus maximo aggere objecto fossa cingeretur vastissima,

Cic. Rep. 2, 6:

(oppidum) vallo et fossa circumdedi,

id. Fam. 15, 4, 10:

pomarium circummunire fossă praecipiti,

Col. 5, 10, 1:

circumdare moenia vallo atque fossā,

Sall. J. 23, 1;

and, in a different construction: circumdare fossam latam cubiculari lecto,

Cic. Tusc. 5, 20, 59:

vallo fossaque munire,

Caes. B. G. 2, 5 fin.; cf.:

Rheni fossam immanissimis gentibus objicere et opponere,

Cic. Pis. 33, 81:

fossa et vallo aliquem septum tenere,

id. Att. 9, 12, 3:

fossam pedum XX. directis lateribus duxit,

Caes. B. G. 7, 72, 1; so,

fossam ducere,

id. ib. 7, 73, 2:

transversam fossam obducere,

id. ib. 2, 8, 3:

praeducere,

id. B. C. 1, 27, 3:

institutae fossae,

id. ib. 3, 46, 5:

ut flumen nullam in partem depressis fossis derivari posset,

sunk deeper, Hirt. B. G. 8, 40, 3:

deprimere fossam,

id. ib. 8, 9, 3; cf. Tac. A. 15, 42; 1, 65; Ov. F. 4, 821:

cruor in fossam confusus,

Hor. S. 1, 8, 28.—

In partic.

A gutter, waterway, = colliciae, Verg. G. 1, 326; 1, 372.—

A furrow drawn to mark foundations, etc.:

ipse humili designat moenia fossa,

Verg. A. 7, 157; Ov. F. 4, 839; cf. Varr. L. L. 5, 32, § 143.—

A grave (late Lat.):

FILETIVS VSQVE AT FOTSA (ad fossam),

Inscr. Orell. 4794, v. fossor.—

In mal. part.:

pudenda muliebria,

Auct. Priap. 84; cf.:

inter Socraticos notissima fossa cinaedos,

Juv. 2, 10.—

Fos-sa Drūsiāna, v. Drusus.—

Trop., a boundary:

alicui fossam determinare,

Tert. adv. Haer. 10.

gĕnus, ĕris, n. [= genos, root GEN, gigno, gens], birth, descent, origin; and concr., a race, stock, etc. (cf.: familia, gens, stirps).

Lit.

In gen.: bono genere gnati, Cato ap. Gell. 10, 3, 17; cf.:

ii, qui nobili genere nati sunt,

Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 70, § 180:

amplissimo genere natus,

Caes. B. G. 4, 12, 4:

genere regio natus,

Cic. Rep. 1, 33:

C. Laelius, cum ei quidam malo genere natus diceret, indignum esse suis majoribus, at hercule, inquit, tu tuis dignus,

id. de Or. 2, 71, 286:

genere et nobilitate et pecunia sui municipii facile primus,

id. Rosc. Am. 6, 15:

esse genere divino,

id. Rep. 2, 2:

contempsisti L. Murenae genus, extulisti tuum,

id. Mur. 7, 15:

hic sacra, hic genus, hic majorum multa vestigia,

id. Leg. 2, 1, 3; cf. id. Brut. 58, 212; id. Rep. 1, 18:

adulescens, cujus spei nihil praeter genus patricium deesset,

Liv. 6, 34, 11:

in famam generis ac familiae,

Quint. 3, 11, 12; 5, 10, 24:

genus Lentulorum,

id. 6, 3, 67:

Atys, genus unde Atii duxere Latini,

Verg. A. 5, 568:

fortuna non mutat genus,

Hor. Epod. 4, 6:

virginem plebei generis petiere juvenes, alter virgini genere par, alter, etc.,

Liv. 4, 9, 4:

qui sibi falsum nomen imposuerit, genus parentesve finxerit, etc.,

Plaut. Sent. 5, 25, 11.— Plur.:

summis gnati generibus,

Plaut. Most. 5, 2, 20.—

In partic., birth, for high or noble birth (mostly poet.):

cum certi propter divitias aut genus aut aliquas opes rem publicam tenent, est factio,

Cic. Rep. 3, 14: pol mihi fortuna magis nunc defit quam genus, Enn. ap. Cic. Tusc. 3, 19, 44 (Trag. v. 394 Vahl.):

et genus et virtus, nisi cum re vilior alga est,

Hor. S. 2, 5, 8; cf.:

et genus et formam regina pecunia donat,

id. Ep. 1, 6, 37:

non, Torquate, genus, non te facundia, non te Restituet pietas,

id. C. 4, 7, 23:

jactes et genus et nomen inutile,

id. ib. 1, 14, 13; cf.:

cui genus et quondam nomen natique fuissent,

Verg. A. 5, 621:

nunc jam nobis patribus vobisque plebei promiscuus consulatus patet, nec generis, ut ante, sed virtutis est praemium,

Liv. 7, 32, 14; cf. id. 4, 4, 7.

Transf.

Like gens and stirps, a descendant, offspring, child; and collect., descendants, posterity, race ( poet.): neve tu umquam in gremium extollas liberorum ex te genus, Enn. ap. Cic. Or. 46, 155 (Trag. v. 347 Vahl.):

credo equidem, genus esse deorum,

Verg. A. 4, 12:

Uraniae genus, Hymen,

i. e. her son, Cat. 61, 2:

audax Iapeti,

i. e. his son Prometheus, Hor. C. 1, 3, 27:

Jovis,

i. e. Perseus, Ov. M. 4, 609; cf. also Prop. 2, 2, 9; Hor. C. 2, 14, 18:

genus Adrasti,

i. e. Diomede, grandson of Adrastus, Ov. F. 6, 433;

so of a grandson,

id. M. 2, 743; cf.

nepotum,

Hor. C. 3, 17, 4:

Tantali genus,

id. ib. 2, 18, 37:

Danai,

id. ib. 2, 14, 18:

Messi clarum genus Osci,

id. S. 1, 5, 54:

ab alto Demissum genus Aenea,

i. e. Octavianus, as the adopted son of Julius Cœsar, id. ib. 2, 5, 63:

sive neglectum genus et nepotes Respicis auctor,

i. e. the Romans, id. C. 1, 2, 35; cf. ib. 3, 6, 18:

regium genus,

id. ib. 2, 4, 15. —

Of an assemblage of objects (persons, animals, plants, inanimate or abstract things) which are related or belong together in consequence of a resemblance in natural qualities; a race, stock, class, sort, species, kind (in this signif. most freq. in all periods and kinds of writing).

In gen.

Of living things: ne genus humanum temporis longinquitate occideret, propter hoc marem cum femina esse coniunctum, Cic. ap. Col. 12, 1 (Fragm. Cic. 1, 5 Baiter):

quod ex infinita societate generis humani ita contracta res est, etc.,

of the human race, Cic. Lael. 5, 20; cf. id. Rep. 1, 2 fin.:

o deorum quicquid in caelo regit Terras et humanum genus,

Hor. Epod. 5, 2;

for which: consulere generi hominum,

Cic. Rep. 3, 12; cf.:

cum omni hominum genere,

id. ib. 2, 26; Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 7:

solivagum genus,

Cic. Rep. 1, 25: potens vir cum inter sui corporis homines tum etiam ad plebem, quod haudquaquam inter id genus contemptor ejus habebatur, i. e. among the Plebeians, Liv. 6, 34, 5: Graium genus, the Grecian race, Enn. ap. Prob. ad Verg. E. 6, 31 (Ann. v. 149 Vahl.):

virtus est propria Romani generis atque seminis,

Cic. Phil. 4, 5, 13; cf. id. Ac. 2, 27, 86:

Ubii, paulo quam sunt ejusdem generis et ceteris humaniores,

Caes. B. G. 4, 3, 3; cf.

also: impellit alios (Aeduos) iracundia et temeritas, quae maxime illi hominum generi est innata,

race of men, id. ib. 7, 42, 2; so, like gens, of nations, peoples, tribes: ferox, Sall. Fragm. ap. Arus. Mess. s. v. insolens, p. 241 Lind. (Hist. 1, 14 Gerl.); Liv. 34, 7, 6:

implacidum (Genauni),

Hor. C. 4, 14, 10:

durum ac velox (Ligures),

Flor. 2, 3, 4:

omne in paludes diffugerat,

id. 3, 10, 14:

Graecorum,

Cic. Fl. 4, 9:

Numidarum,

Liv. 30, 12, 18:

genus omne nomenque Macedonum,

id. 13, 44, 6; Nep. Reg. 2:

Italici generis multi mortales,

Sall. J. 47, 1:

Illyriorum,

Liv. 27, 32, 4; 27, 48, 10; 42, 47 fin.:

Scytharum,

Just. 2, 3, 16; Tac. H. 2, 4; Suet. Ner. 37; Vell. 2, 118, 1.—In plur.:

conventus is, qui ex variis generibus constaret,

Caes. B. C. 2, 36, 1:

olim isti fuit generi quondam quaestus apud saeclum prius... est genus hominum, qui se primos esse omnium rerum volunt,

class of men, profession, Ter. Eun. 2, 2, 15 and 17:

firmi et stabiles et constantes (amici), cujus generis est magna penuria,

Cic. Lael. 17, 62:

saepius genus ejus hominis (sc. procuratoris rei publicae) erit in reliqua nobis oratione tractandum,

id. Rep. 2, 29 fin.; cf.:

genus aliud tyrannorum,

id. ib. 1, 44:

judicum genus et forma,

id. Phil. 5, 5, 13:

istius generis asoti,

id. Fin. 2, 8, 23; cf.:

omnium ejus generis poëtarum haud dubie proximus,

Quint. 10, 1, 85:

liberrimum hominum,

id. 10, 12, 2, § 22:

irritabile vatum,

Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 102:

hoc omne (ambubajarum, etc.),

id. S. 1, 2, 2:

hominum virile, muliebre,

Cic. Inv. 1, 24, 35:

equidem fabulam et fictam rem ducebam esse, virorum omne genus in aliqua insula conjuratione muliebri ab stirpe sublatum esse,

Liv. 34, 2, 3:

cedat consulari generi praetorium,

Cic. Planc. 6, 15:

ad militare genus = ad milites,

Liv. 24, 32, 2:

alia militaris generis turba,

id. 44, 45, 13:

castellani, agreste genus,

id. 34, 27, 9 Weissenb. ad loc.— Sing. with plur. predicate:

Ministrantibus sibi omni genere turpium personarum,

Capitol. Ver. 4.—In plur.:

eorum hominum... genera sunt duo,

Caes. B. G. 6, 13, 1:

tria auditorum,

Quint. 3, 4, 6.— Repeated in the relative-clause:

duo genera semper in hac civitate fuerunt... quibus ex generibus,

Cic. Sest. 45, 96.—In the acc., of description (v. Roby's Gram. 2, p. 42 sq.):

quot et quod genus pastores habendi,

of what kind, Varr. R. R. 2, 10, 1:

quod genus ii sunt, etc.,

Auct. Her. 2, 30, 48; cf. in the foll.—

Of animals, plants, etc.: genus altivolantum, the race of birds, Enn. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 48, 107 (Ann. v. 84 Vahl.); cf.: genu' pennis condecoratum, id. Fragm. ap. Varr. L. L. 5, § 59:

lanigerum, id. Fragm. ap. Paul. ex Fest. s. v. Cyprio, p. 59 Müll.: squamigerum,

Lucr. 1, 162; cf.

piscium,

Hor. C. 1, 2, 9:

silvestre,

Lucr. 5, 1411:

omne ferarum,

id. 5, 1338:

acre leonum,

id. 5, 862:

malefici generis plurima animalia,

Sall. J. 17, 6:

diversum confusa genus panthera camelo,

Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 195:

animantūm propagare genus,

to propagate the race, Lucr. 1, 195:

ad genus faciendum,

Just. 2, 9 fin.:

juxta genus suum,

Vulg. Gen. 1, 11 saep.— Plur.:

quae vero et quam varia genera bestiarum vel cicurum vel ferarum!

Cic. N. D. 2, 39, 99:

piscium genera,

Quint. 5, 10, 21.—In the acc., of description:

porticus avibus omne genus oppletae,

Varr. R. R. 3, 5, 11:

pascuntur omne genus objecto frumento,

id. ib. 3, 6:

boves et id genus pecua,

App. M. 2, p. 115, 4; id. Flor. p. 37. —

Of inanim. and abstr. things, kind, sort, description, class, order, character:

genus ullum materiaï,

Lucr. 2, 304:

cum is (sol) quoque efficiat, ut omnia floreant et in suo quaeque genere pubescant,

Cic. N. D. 2, 15, 41:

naves omni genere armorum ornatissimae,

Caes. B. G. 3, 14, 2:

cibi genus,

id. ib. 4, 1, 9:

cum omni genere commeatus,

Liv. 30, 36, 2:

frugum,

id. 38, 15, 9:

hoc sphaerae genus,

Cic. Rep. 1, 14:

hoc triplex rerum publicarum genus,

id. ib. 2, 23:

regale civitatis,

id. ib.; cf.:

totum regiae civitatis,

id. ib. 2, 29:

novum imperii,

id. ib. 2, 32:

ipsum istud genus orationis exspecto,

id. ib. 1, 24 fin.; cf.: dulce orationis, id. Or. 13, 42:

qua re esset hoc bellum genere ipso necessarium,

id. de Imp. Pomp. 10, 27; cf.:

genus hoc erat pugnae, quo, etc.,

Caes. B. G. 1, 48, 4:

potestas annua (consulum) genere ipso ac jure regia,

Cic. Rep. 2, 32:

genus vitae... genus aetatis,

id. Off. 1, 32, 117:

optimum emendandi,

Quint. 10, 4, 2:

dicendi,

Cic. Off. 1, 1, 3; Quint. 8, 3, 56; 12, 10, 69:

simplex rectumque loquendi,

id. 9, 3, 3:

omnis generis tormenta,

Liv. 32, 16, 10:

praeda ingens omnis generis,

id. 27, 5, 9; so,

omnis generis, with tela,

id. 38, 26, 4;

with naves,

id. 34, 8, 5;

with eloquentia,

id. 39, 40, 7, etc.—Repeated in the relative-clause:

erat haec (ratio) ex eodem genere, quod ego maxime genus ex sociorum litteris reperire cupiebam,

Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 74, § 183.—In plur.:

Caesar haec genera munitionis instituit,

Caes. B. G. 7, 72, 1:

disserere de generibus et de rationibus civitatum,

Cic. Rep. 2, 11; cf. id. ib. 1, 26;

28: genera juris institutorum, morum consuetudinumque describere,

id. ib. 3, 10:

genera furandi,

id. Verr. 2, 2, 7, § 18.—In the acc., of description: omne, hoc, id, quod genus, for omnis, ejus, hujus, cujus generis, of every, of this, of which kind:

sub urbe hortum omne genus, coronamenta omne genus,

Cato, R. R. 8, 2; Varr. R. R. 1, 29, 1:

omne genus simulacra feruntur,

Lucr. 4, 735:

si hoc genus rebus non proficitur,

Varr. R. R. 2, 1, 23; id. L. L. 9, § 110 Müll.; Lucr. 6, 917 and Hor. S. 2, 6, 44:

in id genus verbis,

Varr. L. L. 10, § 79; 8, 7, 108, § 17:

in id genus libris,

Gell. 3, 8, 1:

scis me ante orationes aut aliquid id genus solitum scribere,

Cic. Att. 13, 12, 3:

vitanda sunt illa, quae propinqua videntur: quod genus, fidentiae contrarium est diffidentia, etc.,

for example, id. Inv. 2, 54, 165; so ib. 2, 52, 157; 2, 54, 162; 2, 57, 172; Lucr. 4, 271; 6, 1058:

lege jus est id quod populi jussu sanctum est, quod genus: ut in jus eas cum voceris,

Auct. Her. 2, 13, 19; cf.

ib. sqq.— In gen.: i. q. res or aliquid: ut in omni genere hujus populi (Graeci) consuetudinem videretur imitatus,

in all respects, in everything, Cic. Rep. 2, 20; cf.:

innumerabiles res sunt, in quibus te quotidie in omni genere desiderem,

id. Q. Fr. 2, 2 fin.:

incredibile est, quam me in omni genere delectarit,

id. Att. 16, 5, 2:

medici assiduitas et tota domus in omni genere diligens,

id. ib. 12, 33, 2;

7, 1, 2: qui in aliquo genere aut inconcinnus aut multus est, is ineptus dicitur,

in any respect whatever, id. de Or. 2, 4, 17:

qua de re et de hoc genere toto pauca cognosce,

id. Q. Fr. 1, 2, 2, § 4.—Adverb.: in genus, in general, generally:

sermones in genus communes,

Gell. 4, 1 fin. —

In partic.

In philos. lang., opp. partes, and comprising them within itself, a general term, logical genus:

genus est id, quod sui similes communione quadam, specie autem differentes, duas aut plures complectitur partes,

Cic. de Or. 1, 42, 189; cf.: genus est, quod plures partes amplectitur, ut animal;

pars est, quae subest generi, ut equus. Sed saepe eadem res alii genus, alii pars est: nam homo animalis pars est, Thebani aut Trojani genus,

id. de Inv. 1, 22, 32: genus est, quod partes aliquas amplectitur, ut cupiditas;

pars est, quae subest generi, ut cupiditati amor, avaritia,

id. ib. 1, 28, 42; cf.

also: genus est notio ad plures differentias pertinens,

id. Top. 7, 31:

nec vero sine philosophorum disciplina genus et speciem cujusque rei cernere neque eam definiendo explicare nec tribuere in partes possumus, etc.,

id. Or. 4, 16; cf. ib. 33, 117:

formae dicendi specie dispares, genere laudabiles,

id. de Or. 3, 9, 34:

perturbationes sunt genere quatuor, partibus plures,

id. Tusc. 3, 11, 24; cf. ib. 5, 25, 71:

et conjuncta quaeremus, et genera et partes generibus subjectas, et similitudines, etc.,

id. de Or. 2, 39, 166;

opp. species and pars,

Varr. R. R. 3, 3, 3.—

In gram., gender: transversi sunt (ordines) qui ab recto casu obliqui declinantur, ut albus, albi, albo;

directi sunt, qui ab recto casu in rectos declinantur, ut albus, alba, album. Transversorum ordinum partes appellantur casus, directorum genera: utrisque inter se implicatis forma,

Varr. L. L. 10, § 22 Müll.:

quod ad verborum temporalium rationem attinet, cum partes sint quatuor: temporum, personarum, generum, divisionum, etc.,

ib. 9, § 95:

in nominibus tria genera,

Quint. 1, 4, 23:

barbarismum fieri per numeros aut genera,

id. 1, 5, [p. 811] 16;

9, 3, 6: in verbis quoque quis est adeo imperitus, ut ignoret genera et qualitates, etc.,

id. 1, 4, 27.

gĕnus, ūs, v. genu.

objectus, a, um, Part. and P. a., from obicio.

objectus, ūs, m. [obicio], a casting before, a putting against, in the way, or opposite, an opposing; or, neutr., a lying before or opposite (mostly poet. and in postAug. prose): dare objectum parmaï, the opposing of the shield, * Lucr. 4, 847:

vestis,

Col. 3, 19:

insula portum Efficit objectu laterum,

by the opposition, Verg. A. 1, 160:

cum terga flumine, latera objectu paludis tegerentur,

Tac. H. 3, 9:

molis,

id. ib. 5, 14:

regiones, quae Tauri montis objectu separantur,

Gell. 12, 13, 27:

solem interventu lunae occultari, lunamque terrae objectu,

the interposition, Plin. 2, 10, 7, § 47; cf.: eademque (terra) objectu suo umbram noctemque efficiat, Cic. Fragm. ap. Non. 243, 13 dub. (al. objecta soli):

hi molium objectus (i. e. moles objectas) scandere,

the projection, Tac. A. 14, 8.—

Transf., that which presents itself to the sight, an object, appearance, sight, spectacle, Nep. Hann. 5, 2 (al. objecto).

signum, i, n. [perh. Sanscr. sag-, to cling to, adhere; cf. sigilla].

In gen., a mark, token, sign, indication (very frequent in all styles and periods; cf.

insigne): meo patri torulus inerit aureus Sub petaso: id signum Amphitruoni non erit,

Plaut. Am. prol. 145 sq.:

ut eam (nutricem) adducam et signa ostendam haec, i. e. crepundia,

Ter. Eun. 4, 7, 38; 5, 3, 5:

ut fures earum rerum, quas ceperunt, signa commutant, etc.,

Cic. Fin. 5, 25, 74; so (with notae) id. de Or. 2, 41, 174; id. Lael. 17, 62; cf.:

omne probabile aut signum est aut credibile... Signum est, quod sub sensum aliquem cadit et quiddam significat, quod ex ipso profectum videtur, etc.,

id. Inv. 1, 30, 47 sq.:

aut pecori signum aut numeros inpressit acervis,

Verg. G. 1, 263; cf.:

servitii signum cervice gerens,

Ov. M. 3, 16:

jaculo mihi vulnera fecit.—Signa vides: apparet adhuc vetus ecce cicatrix,

Ov. M. 12, 444:

metam Constituit signum nautis pater, unde reverti Scirent, etc.,

Verg. A. 5, 130:

scutum signi gratia positum,

Quint. 6, 3, 38:

signa pedum,

tracks, prints, Ov. M. 4, 543;

and simply signa,

Verg. A. 8, 212 al.:

oculis mihi signum dedit, Ne se appellarem,

Plaut. Mil. 2, 1, 45:

dare,

Ter. Eun. 4, 7, 11:

dicere deos gallis signum dedisse cantandi,

Cic. Div. 2, 26, 57 al.:

signa esse ad salutem,

Ter. And. 3, 2, 2:

animi pudentis signum,

id. Heaut. 1, 1, 68:

color pudoris signum,

id. And. 5, 3, 7:

signa doloris ostendere,

Cic. de Or. 2, 45, 190:

mortis dare,

Lucr. 6, 1182:

timoris mittere,

to exhibit, display, Caes. B. C. 1, 71 et saep.—With obj.-clause:

magnum hoc quoque signum est, dominam esse extra noxiam,

Ter. Heaut. 2, 3, 57; Nep. Att. 17, 2.—In predic. gen. with neutr. pron.: hoc est signi;

ubi primum poterit, se illinc subducet,

Ter. Eun. 4, 1, 14:

id erit signi me invitum facere, quod, etc.,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 30, 83; Auct. Her. 4, 5, 8; Cato, R. R. 38, 4; 88, 2:

nil tamen est signi,

Lucr. 5, 918; cf.:

quid signi?

Cic. Cael. 16, 38, 2.— Hence, a surname, epithet (rare):

huic signum exercitus apposuit,

Vop. Am. 6; cf. Capitol. Gord. 4.—

In partic.

In milit. lang.

The distinctive sign of a division of an army.

A military standard, ensign, banner (including the aquila):

signifero interfecto, signo amisso,

Caes. B. G. 2, 25:

ut neque signiferi viam, nec signa milites cernerent,

Liv. 33, 7:

Hasdrubal ut procul signa legionum fulgentia vidit,

id. 28, 14; 22, 21; Col. 9, 9, 4:

inter signa militaria,

Hor. Epod. 9, 15:

cum unius signi militibus pergit ire,

Liv. 33, 1:

signa militaria ex proelio relata,

Caes. B. C. 3, 99; so,

militaria,

id. B. G. 7, 2; Plin. 33, 33, 19, § 58.—

Hence the expressions: signa sequi,

to follow the standards, to march in military order, Sall. J. 80, 2; Liv. 24, 48, 11:

signa subsequi,

to keep in order of battle, Caes. B. G. 4, 26:

signa observare,

Sall. J. 51, 1:

signa servare,

Liv. 8, 34, 10; Veg. Mil. 1, 9:

ab signis discedere,

to desert the standards, leave the ranks, Caes. B. G. 5, 16; 5, 33 fin.; id. B. C. 1, 44; Liv. 25, 20 al.; cf.:

ab ordinibus signisque discedere,

Front. Strat. 1, 5, 3:

signa relinquere,

to desert, Sall. C. 9, 4; Liv. 5, 6 al.:

signa deserere,

Liv. 8, 34, 9: signa ferre, i. e. to break up the camp, Caes. B. G. 1, 39 fin.; 1, 40; Liv. 2, 49, 3; 10, 5 al.;

for which: movere signa,

id. 1, 14, 9; 27, 2, 12; Verg. G. 3, 236; and:

tollere,

Vell. 2, 61, 2; Auct. B. Alex. 57, 1;

but: ferte signa in hostem,

attack, Liv. 9, 23, 13:

signa constituere,

to halt, Caes. B. G. 7, 47; cf.:

infestis contra hostes signis constiterunt,

id. ib. 7, 51:

signa proferre,

to advance, Liv. 4, 32, 10: signa convertere, to wheel, turn, or face about, Caes. B. G. 1, 25 fin.; 2, 26: Liv. 8, 11; 2, 14; 4, 29; for which, [p. 1698] vertere signa, id. 9, 35:

signa inferre (in aliquem),

to advance to the attack, make an assault, Caes. B. G. 1, 25 fin.; 2, 26; 7, 67; id. B. C. 2, 42; Cic. Phil. 5, 8, 23; Sall. J. 56, 5; Liv. 2, 53; 9, 27; 44, 12 al; cf.:

signa conferre cum aliquo,

to engage with, engage in close fight, Cic. Att. 7, 5, 5; id. Pis. 21, 49;

and cf.: collatis signis pugnare, superare aliquem, etc.,

Plaut. Cas. 2, 5, 44; Liv. 1, 33; 2, 50; Cic. Imp. Pomp. 23, 66; but conferre signa also means simply to bring the standards together (to one place), Caes. B. G. 7, 2; 2, 25; Liv. 37, 21:

signa in laevum cornu confert,

concentrates his troops, id. 7, 15, 4:

signa transferre,

to desert, Caes. B. C. 1, 24: signa convellere, to take up the standards, which had been fixed in the ground, Liv. 3, 7, 3; 3, 54, 10; 5, 37, 4; so,

vellere signa,

id. 3, 50, 11; Verg. G. 4, 108:

revellere signa,

Luc. 7, 77; cf.:

signa figere,

to encamp, Amm. 27, 10, 9:

defigere signa,

Sil. 8, 625:

sub signis ducere legiones, ire, esse, etc.,

together, in order, in rank and file, Plaut. Ps. 2, 4, 71 (with ordine); Cic. Att. 16, 8, 2; Liv. 3, 51; Tac. H. 2, 14:

signa hostium turbare,

to throw into disorder, Liv. 9, 73:

ante signa,

before the army, id. 5, 18; 6, 7; 7, 16:

post signa,

id. 2, 49.—

Transf., in gen.:

infestis prope signis inferuntur Galli in Fonteium,

Cic. Font. 20, 44 (16, 34).—

Esp., the standard or ensign of single cohorts and maniples (opp. aquila, the standard of the entire legion):

cum fasces, cum tubas, cum signa militaria, cum aquilam illam argenteam... scirem esse praemissam,

Cic. Cat. 2, 6, 13; Galb. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 30, 5; Suet. Calig. 14 fin. Oud.; Tac. A. 1, 18; id. H. 2, 29 fin.; Plin. 13, 3, 4, § 23; Luc. 1, 6; 1, 224 al. (cf. aquila, 2.):

manipulos exercitus minimas manus quae unum sequuntur signum,

Varr. L. L. 5, § 88 Müll.—

Meton., a cohort, a maniple:

octo cohortes in fronte constituit, reliquarum signa in subsidio artius collocat,

Sall. C. 59, 2; Liv. 8, 9; 25, 23 fin.; 33, 1; 27, 14; 28, 14; Auct. B. Hisp. 18, 3.—

A sign, signal; a watchword, password, given by a wind-instrument, by the tessera, or otherwise:

signum tubā dare,

Caes. B. G. 2, 20; 7, 81:

proelii committendi dare,

id. ib. 2, 21:

recipiendi dare,

id. ib. 7, 52:

receptui dare,

Liv. 4, 31; 26, 45; 3, 22; cf. Cic. Rep. 1, 2, 3:

signum dare ut, etc.,

Liv. 2, 20; 4, 39:

proelii exposcere,

Caes. B. G. 7, 19:

concinere,

id. B. C. 3, 92 fin.; Liv. 30, 5; cf. Tac. A. 1, 68:

canere,

Sall. C. 59, 1; id. J. 99, 1; Liv. 1, 1; 4, 31; 27, 47; Cic. Rep. 1, 3, 3 al. (v. cano).—For the chariot race:

signum mittendis quadrigis dare,

Liv. 8, 40, 3: signum mittere, Enn. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 48, 107: signo Felicitatis dato, the word, watchword, Felicitas, Auct. B. Afr. 83:

signum petere,

Suet. Calig. 56; id. Claud. 42; id. Ner. 9; cf.:

it bello tessera signum,

Verg. A. 7, 637.— Transf.:

tu illam (virtutem) jubes signum petere,

i. e. to be in subjection, Sen. Ben. 4, 2, 2.—

A sign or token of any thing to come; a prognostic, symptom (cf.:

portentum, indicium): ipse et equus ejus repente concidit: nec eam rem habuit religioni, objecto signo, ut peritis videbatur, ne committeret proelium,

Cic. Div. 1, 35, 77:

medici signa quaedam habent ex venis et ex spiritu aegroti,

id. ib. 2, 70, 145; cf. Verg. G. 3, 440; 3, 503; 4, 253; Cels. 2, 3:

prospera signa dare,

Ov. H. 18 (19), 152.—

An image, as a work of art; a figure, statue, picture, etc. (syn.: effigies, imago, simulacrum);

inerant (classi) signa expressa, Titani quomodo, etc.,

Naev. 2, 13: statuas deorum, exempla earum facierum, s gna domi pro supellectile statuere, Cato ap. Prisc. p. 782 P.:

signum pictum in pariete,

Plaut. Merc. 2, 2, 44:

signum in fano,

id. Rud. 2, 7, 2:

aëna signa,

Lucr. 1, 318:

ante signum Jovis Statoris concidit,

Cic. Div. 1, 35, 77:

signum aeneum, marmoreum, eburneum,

id. Verr. 2, 4, 1, § 1; cf. id. Off. 1, 41, 147; Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 248:

cratera impressum signis,

Verg. A. 5, 536; 5, 267; 9, 263:

(vestis) auro signisque ingentibus apta,

Lucr. 5, 1428:

ex ornatis aedibus per aulaea et signa,

Sall. H. 2, 23, 2 Dietsch:

pallam signis auroque rigentem,

Verg. A. 1, 648:

e Pario formatum marmore signum,

Ov. M. 3, 419; cf. id. ib. 5, 183;

12, 398: statuas, signa, picturas commendet,

Plin. Ep. 1, 20, 5.—

An image or device on a seal-ring; a seal, signet: ostendi tabellas Lentulo, et quaesivi, cognosceretne signum. Annuit. Est vero, inquam, notum signum, imago avi tui, etc., Cic. Cat. 3, 5, 10:

(patera) in cistulā obsignata signo est,

Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 265; cf. Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 45, § 117:

tabulae maximae signis hominum nobilium consignantur,

id. Quint. 6, 25:

imprimat his signa tabellis,

Hor. S. 2, 6, 38:

litterae integris signis praetoribus traduntur,

Cic. Cat. 3, 3, 6; Sall. C. 47, 3:

signo laeso non insanire lagenae,

Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 134:

volumen sub signo habere,

to have under seal, Cic. Att. 9, 10, 4; cf.:

sub signo claustrisque rei publicae positum vectigal,

id. Agr. 1, 7, 21:

nec pacta conventaque inpressis signis custodirentur,

Sen. Ben. 3, 15, 1:

cum sol duodena peregit signa,

Ov. M. 13, 618.—

A sign in the heavens, a constellation (cf. sidus):

caeli subter labentia signa,

Lucr. 1, 2:

loca caelio Omnia, dispositis signis ornata,

id. 5, 695:

signorum ortus et obitus,

Cic. Inv. 1, 34, 59:

signis omnibus ad idem principium stellisque revocatis,

id. Rep. 6, 22, 24:

in signo leonis,

id. Div. 1, 53, 121:

signorum obitus speculari et ortus,

Verg. G. 1, 257; id. A. 7, 138:

signum pluviale Capellae,

Ov. F. 5, 113:

ponemusque suos ad vaga signa dies,

id. ib. 1, 310:

nox caelo diffundere signa parabat,

Hor. S. 1, 5, 10; cf. id. C. 2, 8, 11.—

Miraculous works (eccl. Lat.), Vulg. Dan. 3, 99; id. Matt. 24, 24; id. Joan. 2, 11 et saep.