octāvĭus

ōro, āvi, ātum, 1 (orassis for oraveris, Plaut. Ep. 5, 2, 63), v. a. and n. [1. os, to speak]:

oro ab ore,

Varr. L. L. 6, § 76 Müll.

In gen. (so obsol.):

orare antiquos dixisse pro agere testimonio est, quod oratores dicti et causarum actores et qui rei publicae mandatas causas agebant,

Fest. p. 198 Müll.:

bonum aequumque oras,

Plaut. Most. 3, 1, 151:

talibus orabat Juno,

Verg. A. 10, 96.—

In partic.

To treat, argue, plead (as an ambassador, advocate, etc.; class., but very rare; cf.

ago): REM VBI PAGVNT ORATO, Fragm. XII. Tab.: matronis ipsis, quae raptae erant, orantibus,

i. e. at their mediation, Cic. Rep. 2, 7, 13:

causam capitis,

to argue, plead, id. Brut. 12, 47:

orandae litis tempus accommodare,

id. Off. 3, 10, 43:

si causa oranda esset,

Liv. 39, 40, 6:

causas melius,

Verg. A. 6, 849:

cum eo de salute suā agit, orat atque obsecrat,

treats, speaks, Caes. B. C. 1, 22:

causam dixit et ipse pro se oravit,

plead his own cause, Liv. 39, 40, 12.—

Of oratorical speaking, eloquence (freq. in Quint.): ars orandi, the oratorical art, art of oratory, Quint. prooem. § 4; id. 2, 15, 20; 9, 4, 3:

orandi scientia,

id. 1, 10, 2:

orandi studium,

id. 9, 4, 110; 8, 6, 20.—

To pray, beg, beseech, entreat one (the predom. signif. in all periods and styles; syn.: rogo, obsecro, obtestor, supplico, precor); constr. usually with acc. of the pers. and of the thing, and with ut, ne (the less freq. constructions, v. infra).

With acc. of the pers. and of the thing:

illud te ad extremum et oro et hortor, ut, etc.,

Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 16, § 46:

multa deos orans,

Verg. A. 9, 24:

aliquem libertatem,

Suet. Vesp. 16.—

With acc. of the pers. only: virginem orare, Liv. Andron. ap. Diom. p. 379 P: cum desubito me orat mulier, Enn. ap. Non. 517, 15 (Cax. v. 9 Vahl.); cf.:

socer Non orandus erat, sed vi faciendus Erechtheus,

not to be entreated, but compelled, Ov. M. 6, 701:

Lydia, dic, per omnes Te deos oro, Sy barin cur properes amando perdere,

Hor. C. 1, 8, 2.—

With acc. of the thing for which one asks:

gnato uxorem,

to request a wife for one's son, Ter. And. 3, 2, 48:

legati Romam missi, auxilium ad bellum orantes,

to ask assistance, Liv. 21, 6:

opem rebus affectis orantes,

id. 6, 9:

auxilia,

Tac. A. 2, 46.—

With ut: rogat oratque te Chrysogone, ut, etc., Cic. Rosc. Am. 49, 144:

te, C. Flave, oro et obtestor, ut, etc.,

id. Planc. 42, 104:

te etiam atque etiam oro, ut, etc.,

id. Att. 11, 1, 2:

hoc me a vobis orare Juppiter jussit, ut, etc.,

Plaut. Am. prol. 64.—

With subj.:

orant, ignoscamus peccatum suum,

Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 101:

et vocet oro,

Verg. A. 11, 442:

idque sinas, oro,

Ov. P. 4, 1, 19.—

With ne:

rogat eos atque orat, ne, etc.,

Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 39, § 96:

quod te, Aesculapi, et te, Salus, ne quid sit hujus, oro,

Ter. Hec. 3, 2, 3.—

With the imper.:

absiste inceptis, oro,

Sil. 11, 336.— With imper. and acc. of person, Verg. A. 2, 143; 4, 319; 10, 61 and 905.—

With inf. or an object-clause:

jampridem a me illos abducere Thestylis orat,

Verg. E. 2, 43; id. A. 6, 313; 9, 231; Tac. A. 6, 2; 12, 9:

vel Aegypti praefecturam concedi sibi oraret,

Suet. Ner. 47.—

With ab and abl. of a person, followed by ut or ne:

primum hoc abs te oro, ni me inexorabilem faxis,

Pac. Tr. 122:

oravitque a suis, ut, etc.,

Gell. 17, 10, 7:

oratus ab Artorio, ne in castris remaneret,

Vell. 2, 70, 1.—

With cum aliquo: quod tecum pater orat, Enn. ap. Fest. p. 198 Müll. (Ann. v. 20 Vahl.):

si is mecum oraret,

Plaut. Cas. 2, 5, 15:

tecum oro et quaeso, ut,

id. Curc. 3, 1, 62:

egi, atque oravi tecum, uxorem ut duceres,

Ter. Hec. 4, 4, 64; cf. Caes. B. C. 1, 22; cited above, II. A.—

With pro and the abl.:

nec pro civibus se orare, sed pro, etc.,

Just. 11, 4, 4:

ut Octavius orandus sit pro salute cujusquam civis,

Cic. Ep. ad Brut. 1, 16, 2; cf.:

ut pro illā ores, ut sit propitius (deus),

Plaut. As. 4, 1, 38.—

Oro te, I pray thee, prithee, parenthetically, a formula of politeness (cf. quaeso):

dic. oro te, clarius,

Cic. Att. 4, 8, 1; Sen. Vit. Beat. 7, 1; Liv. 5, 5, 1; cf. Cic. Att. 7, 16, 3.—

To pray, to supplicate God (eccl. Lat.); act.:

oravit Dominum,

Vulg. Judic. 13, 8:

orationem quam orat,

id. 3 Reg. 8, 29; id. 2 Par. 6, 21:

filios, id. Job, 19, 17: Deum,

id. Ecclus. 50, 24:

orationes longas,

id. Matt. 23, 14.—More often neutr.:

pro te,

Vulg. Gen. 20, 7:

ut audias,

id. ib. 43, 20:

in loco isto,

id. 3 Reg. 8, 30:

contra viam civitatis,

id. ib. 8, 44:

ad Dominum,

id. 4 Reg. 4, 33:

cum lacrimis,

id. Tob. 3, 1:

unus orans et unus maledicens,

id. Ecclus. 34, 29:

spiritu et mente,

id. 1 Cor. 14, 15:

mulierem decalvatam orare non decet,

Ambros. in Luc. 6, § 19:

orandi gratia,

Lact. 4, 15, 20.—Hence, P. a. as subst.: ōrans, antis, m., an orator:

orantes,

Tac. Dial. 6, 6.

ōro, āvi, ātum, 1 (orassis for oraveris, Plaut. Ep. 5, 2, 63), v. a. and n. [1. os, to speak]:

oro ab ore,

Varr. L. L. 6, § 76 Müll.

In gen. (so obsol.):

orare antiquos dixisse pro agere testimonio est, quod oratores dicti et causarum actores et qui rei publicae mandatas causas agebant,

Fest. p. 198 Müll.:

bonum aequumque oras,

Plaut. Most. 3, 1, 151:

talibus orabat Juno,

Verg. A. 10, 96.—

In partic.

To treat, argue, plead (as an ambassador, advocate, etc.; class., but very rare; cf.

ago): REM VBI PAGVNT ORATO, Fragm. XII. Tab.: matronis ipsis, quae raptae erant, orantibus,

i. e. at their mediation, Cic. Rep. 2, 7, 13:

causam capitis,

to argue, plead, id. Brut. 12, 47:

orandae litis tempus accommodare,

id. Off. 3, 10, 43:

si causa oranda esset,

Liv. 39, 40, 6:

causas melius,

Verg. A. 6, 849:

cum eo de salute suā agit, orat atque obsecrat,

treats, speaks, Caes. B. C. 1, 22:

causam dixit et ipse pro se oravit,

plead his own cause, Liv. 39, 40, 12.—

Of oratorical speaking, eloquence (freq. in Quint.): ars orandi, the oratorical art, art of oratory, Quint. prooem. § 4; id. 2, 15, 20; 9, 4, 3:

orandi scientia,

id. 1, 10, 2:

orandi studium,

id. 9, 4, 110; 8, 6, 20.—

To pray, beg, beseech, entreat one (the predom. signif. in all periods and styles; syn.: rogo, obsecro, obtestor, supplico, precor); constr. usually with acc. of the pers. and of the thing, and with ut, ne (the less freq. constructions, v. infra).

With acc. of the pers. and of the thing:

illud te ad extremum et oro et hortor, ut, etc.,

Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 16, § 46:

multa deos orans,

Verg. A. 9, 24:

aliquem libertatem,

Suet. Vesp. 16.—

With acc. of the pers. only: virginem orare, Liv. Andron. ap. Diom. p. 379 P: cum desubito me orat mulier, Enn. ap. Non. 517, 15 (Cax. v. 9 Vahl.); cf.:

socer Non orandus erat, sed vi faciendus Erechtheus,

not to be entreated, but compelled, Ov. M. 6, 701:

Lydia, dic, per omnes Te deos oro, Sy barin cur properes amando perdere,

Hor. C. 1, 8, 2.—

With acc. of the thing for which one asks:

gnato uxorem,

to request a wife for one's son, Ter. And. 3, 2, 48:

legati Romam missi, auxilium ad bellum orantes,

to ask assistance, Liv. 21, 6:

opem rebus affectis orantes,

id. 6, 9:

auxilia,

Tac. A. 2, 46.—

With ut: rogat oratque te Chrysogone, ut, etc., Cic. Rosc. Am. 49, 144:

te, C. Flave, oro et obtestor, ut, etc.,

id. Planc. 42, 104:

te etiam atque etiam oro, ut, etc.,

id. Att. 11, 1, 2:

hoc me a vobis orare Juppiter jussit, ut, etc.,

Plaut. Am. prol. 64.—

With subj.:

orant, ignoscamus peccatum suum,

Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 101:

et vocet oro,

Verg. A. 11, 442:

idque sinas, oro,

Ov. P. 4, 1, 19.—

With ne:

rogat eos atque orat, ne, etc.,

Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 39, § 96:

quod te, Aesculapi, et te, Salus, ne quid sit hujus, oro,

Ter. Hec. 3, 2, 3.—

With the imper.:

absiste inceptis, oro,

Sil. 11, 336.— With imper. and acc. of person, Verg. A. 2, 143; 4, 319; 10, 61 and 905.—

With inf. or an object-clause:

jampridem a me illos abducere Thestylis orat,

Verg. E. 2, 43; id. A. 6, 313; 9, 231; Tac. A. 6, 2; 12, 9:

vel Aegypti praefecturam concedi sibi oraret,

Suet. Ner. 47.—

With ab and abl. of a person, followed by ut or ne:

primum hoc abs te oro, ni me inexorabilem faxis,

Pac. Tr. 122:

oravitque a suis, ut, etc.,

Gell. 17, 10, 7:

oratus ab Artorio, ne in castris remaneret,

Vell. 2, 70, 1.—

With cum aliquo: quod tecum pater orat, Enn. ap. Fest. p. 198 Müll. (Ann. v. 20 Vahl.):

si is mecum oraret,

Plaut. Cas. 2, 5, 15:

tecum oro et quaeso, ut,

id. Curc. 3, 1, 62:

egi, atque oravi tecum, uxorem ut duceres,

Ter. Hec. 4, 4, 64; cf. Caes. B. C. 1, 22; cited above, II. A.—

With pro and the abl.:

nec pro civibus se orare, sed pro, etc.,

Just. 11, 4, 4:

ut Octavius orandus sit pro salute cujusquam civis,

Cic. Ep. ad Brut. 1, 16, 2; cf.:

ut pro illā ores, ut sit propitius (deus),

Plaut. As. 4, 1, 38.—

Oro te, I pray thee, prithee, parenthetically, a formula of politeness (cf. quaeso):

dic. oro te, clarius,

Cic. Att. 4, 8, 1; Sen. Vit. Beat. 7, 1; Liv. 5, 5, 1; cf. Cic. Att. 7, 16, 3.—

To pray, to supplicate God (eccl. Lat.); act.:

oravit Dominum,

Vulg. Judic. 13, 8:

orationem quam orat,

id. 3 Reg. 8, 29; id. 2 Par. 6, 21:

filios, id. Job, 19, 17: Deum,

id. Ecclus. 50, 24:

orationes longas,

id. Matt. 23, 14.—More often neutr.:

pro te,

Vulg. Gen. 20, 7:

ut audias,

id. ib. 43, 20:

in loco isto,

id. 3 Reg. 8, 30:

contra viam civitatis,

id. ib. 8, 44:

ad Dominum,

id. 4 Reg. 4, 33:

cum lacrimis,

id. Tob. 3, 1:

unus orans et unus maledicens,

id. Ecclus. 34, 29:

spiritu et mente,

id. 1 Cor. 14, 15:

mulierem decalvatam orare non decet,

Ambros. in Luc. 6, § 19:

orandi gratia,

Lact. 4, 15, 20.—Hence, P. a. as subst.: ōrans, antis, m., an orator:

orantes,

Tac. Dial. 6, 6.

Sĭcŭli, ōrum, m., = Sikeloi.

The Siculians or Sicilians, an ancient Italian people on the Tiber, a portion of whom, driven thence, migrated to the island of Sicily, which derived its name from them, Plin. 3, 5, 9, § 56; 3, 5, 10, § 71; Varr. L. L. 5, § 101 Müll.; Col. 1, 3, 6.—Hence, in the class. per.,

The inhabitants of Sicily, Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 43, § 95; id. Brut. 12, 46; id. de Or. 2, 54, 217; id. Att. 14, 12, 1 al.— Gen. plur. Siculūm, Lucr. 6, 642.—In the sing.: Sĭcŭlus, i, m., a Sicilian, Plaut. Capt. 4, 2, 108; id. Rud. prol. 49; Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 13, § 32; id. de Or. 2, 69, 280; id. Rep. 1, 14, 22 et saep.—Hence,

Sĭcŭlus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Sicily, Sicilian (mostly poet. and in post-Aug. prose):

tellus,

i. e. Sicily, Verg. A. 1, 34:

mare,

Mel. 2, 7, 14; Hor. C. 2, 12, 2:

unda,

id. ib. 3, 4, 28; 4, 4, 44; Verg. A. 3, 696:

fretum,

Liv. 1, 2, 5; Front. Strat. 1, 7, 1; Tac. A. 1, 53:

montes,

Verg. E. 2, 21:

mel,

Varr. R. R. 3, 2, 12; 3, 16, 14:

praedo,

Plaut. Poen. 4, 2, 75:

oratores,

Cic. Or, 69, 230: Epicharmus, Hor. Ep. [p. 1694] 2, 1, 58:

poëta Empedocles,

id. A. P. 463:

tyrannus,

i. e. Phalaris, Ov. Tr. 3, 11, 41; cf. Hor. Ep. 1, 2, 58;

hence, juvencus,

the bull of Phalaris, Pers. 3, 39; Claud. B. Gild. 187:

aula,

the court of Phalaris, Juv. 6, 486:

fuga,

the flight of Sex. Pompeius before Octavius after the naval battle near the Sicilian coast, Prop. 2, 1, 28; cf. Suet. Aug. 16; Flor. 4, 8;

hence, pirata,

i. e. Sex. Pompeius, Luc. 6, 422: conjux, i. e. Proserpine (so called because carried off from Sicily), Juv. 13, 50:

virgo,

i. e. a Siren, Stat. S. 2, 1, 10;

hence, cantus,

of the Sirens, Juv. 9, 150:

logei, Attici omnes: nullum Siculum acceperis,

i. e. provincial, Plaut. Pers. 3, 1, 67.—

Sĭcĭlĭa, ae, f., = Sikelia, the island of Sicily:

fretum Siciliae,

Caes. B. C. 2, 3; Mel. 2, 7, 14; Plin. 3, 8, 14, § 86; 2, 88, 90, § 204; Plaut. Rud. prol. 54; 2, 6, 60; id. Men. 2, 3, 57; Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 1, § 1; 2, 3, 6, § 12 et saep. al.—

Sĭcĭlĭensis, e, adj., of or belonging to Sicily, Sicilian:

fretum,

Cic. N. D. 3, 10, 24:

hospes,

from Sicily, Plaut. Rud. 2, 4, 30:

quaestura mea,

Cic. Fam. 13, 38:

annus,

the quœstorship in Sicily, id. Brut. 92, 318:

fisci,

id. Verr. 1, 9, 24; cf.

pecunia,

id. ib. 1, 8, 22:

spiritus,

id. ib. 2, 3, 9, §

22: peregrinatio,

Suet. Calig. 51:

bellum,

id. Aug. 70:

pugna,

id. ib. 96.—

Sīcĕ-lis, ĭdis, adj. f., = Silelis, Sicilian; subst., a Sicilian woman:

Sicelides... puellae... Sicelis esse volo, Ov.H.15, 51 sq.: Nymphae,

id. M. 5, 412:

Musae,

i. e. of Theocritus, pastoral, Verg. E. 4, 1.

stĭlus (not stylus), i, m. [for stiglus; Gr. stizô, to stick, puncture; stigma, mark, point; Sanscr. tig, to be sharp; tigmas, sharp; cf. Engl. stick, sting; Lat. stimulus; not connected with stulos].

In gen., a stake, pale: extra vallum stili caeci, concealed stakes, Auct. B. Afr. 31, 5; cf. Sil. 10, 415 (for which stimuli, Caes. B. G. 7, 73 fin.):

ligneus,

Amm. 23, 4, 5; 15, 10, 5.—In agriculture, a pointed instrument for freeing plants from worms or from shoots which grow too rankly, etc., Col. 11, 3, 53; Pall. Mart. 10, 20.—Of the stem or stalk of many plants (e. g. of the asparagus), Col. 11, 3, 46; 11, 3, 58; 5, 10, 13; 5, 10, 21.—

In partic.

A style used by the Romans for writing on waxen tablets (pointed, and usually made of iron):

effer cito stilum, ceram et tabellas et linum,

Plaut. Bacch. 4, 4, 64; cf. id. ib. 4, 4, 76; 4, 9, 73; Quint. 1, 1, 27:

cum otiosus stilum prehenderat, flaccebat oratio,

Cic. Brut. 24, 93:

orationes paene Attico stilo scriptae,

with an Attic pen, id. ib. 45, 167; so,

(comoediae quaedam) resipiant stilum Plautinum,

Gell. 3, 3, 13.—And with reference to the ecenomical use, in a double sense, Cic. de Or. 2, 23, 96.—Writing on wax was erased with the broad upper end of the style; hence the phrase stilum vertere, for to erase what one has written, Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 41, § 101:

saepe stilum vertas, iterum quae digna legi sint, Scripturus,

Hor. S. 1, 10, 73.—But cf.:

et mihi vertenti stilum in Gallias,

i. e. turning to write of, Amm. 29, 3, 1.—Comically:

stilis me totum usque ulmeis conscribito,

i. e. with elm switches, Plaut. Ps. 1, 5, 131 (cf. conscribo).—

Transf.

= scriptio and scriptura, a setting down in writing, composing, composition; the practice of composing; manner of writing, mode of composition:

stilus optimus et praestantissimus dicendi effector ac magister,

Cic. de Or. 1, 33, 150; 1, 60, 257; cf. id. ib. 3, 49, 190; Quint. 1, 9, 2; cf.:

multus stilus et assidua lectio,

id. 10, 7, 4:

stilus exercitatus,

i. e. a practised pen, Cic. Or. 44, 150:

tardior stilus cogitationem moratur,

Quint. 1, 1, 28:

neglegens,

id. 2, 4, 13:

multus,

id. 10, 1, 1:

tardus,

id. 10, 3, 5:

rudis et confusus,

id. 1, 1, 28:

fidelis,

id. 10, 7, 7:

stilo incumbere,

Plin. Ep. 7, 29, 9:

aliquid stilo prosequi,

id. ib. 1, 8, 8;

2, 3, 3: signare stilo,

Vell. 1, 16, 1:

non ita dissimili sunt argumento, sed tamen Dissimili oratione sunt factae ac stilo,

in speech and writing, Ter. And. prol. 12 (for which:

oratione et scripturā,

id. Phorm. prol. 5); cf.:

unus sonus est totius orationis et idem stilus,

the same tone and the same style of composition run through the whole speech, Cic. Brut. 26, 100:

artifex stilus,

an artistic style, id. ib. 25, 96:

familiares opes velut supremo distribuens stilo,

i. e. by his last will, Amm. 25, 3, 21.—

A manner of speaking, mode of expression, style in speaking (post-Aug. and very rare; not as early as Quint.;

in class. Lat. sermo, oratio, dictio, dicendi modus, ars, genus or forma): stilus pressus demissusque,

Plin. Ep. 1, 8, 5:

pugnax et quasi bellatorins,

id. ib. 7, 9, 7:

laetior,

id. ib. 3, 18, 10; cf.:

diligentis stili anxietas,

Tac. Or. 39:

(Octavius) tragoediam magno impetu exorsus, non succedente stilo, abolevit,

Suet. Aug. 85:

affectatione obscurabat stilum,

id. Tib. 70:

stili dicendi duo sunt: unus est maturus et gravis, alter ardens erectus et infensus, etc.,

Macr. S. 5, 1; 6, 3.—

A decision, verdict, opinion, App. M. 10, p. 242, 20.

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