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ăbĭcĭo or abjĭc- (in the best MSS. abicio; cf.

ăbĭci,

Ov. P. 2, 3, 37;

ăbĭcit,

Juv. 15, 17), ĕre, jēci, jectum, 3, v. a. [ab-jacio], to cast away, to throw away, throw down.

Lit.:

in sepulcrum ejus abjecta gleba non est,

Varr. L. L. 5, § 23 Müll.:

scutum,

Cic. Tusc. 2, 23:

insigne regium de capite,

id. Sest. 27:

socer ad pedes abjectus,

id. ib. 34; so,

se ad pedes,

id. Phil. 2, 34, 86:

se e muro in mare,

id. Tusc. 1, 34; so,

corpus in mare,

id. Phil. 11, 2, 5:

impelluntur, feriuntur, abiciuntur, cadunt,

id. Tusc. 2, 15, 36:

se abjecit exanimatus,

he threw himself down as if lifeless, id. Sest. 37.— Absol.:

si te uret sarcina, abicito,

throw it down, Hor. Ep. 1, 13, 7.—Also with in and abl., when the place from which a thing is thrown is designated:

anulum in mari,

Cic. Fin. 5, 30, 92 Madv. N. cr.; so, ut se abiceret in herba, id. de Or. 1, 7, 28:

statuas in propatulo domi,

Nep. Hann. 9, 3:

cadaver in viā,

Suet. Ner. 48; cf.:

ubi cadaver abjeceris,

Tac. A. 1, 22.

Fig.

In gen., to cast off, throw away, give up, etc.:

ut primum tenebris abjectis inalbabat,

as soon as the day, having dispelled the darkness, was beginning to brighten, Enn. Ann. v. 219 Vahl.: nusquam ego vidi abjectas aedīs, nisi modo hasce, thrown away, i.e. sold too low, Plaut. Most. 3, 3, 3: psaltria aliquo abiciendast, must be got rid off ( il faut se defaire d'elle, Dacier), Ter. Ad. 4, 7, 26:

vitam,

Cic. Att. 3, 19:

salutem pro aliquo,

id. Planc. 33:

memoriam beneficiorum,

id. Phil. 8, 11:

versum,

to declaim it carelessly, id. de Or. 3, 26 (cf. with id. ib. 3, 59: ponendus est ille ambitus, non abiciendus, the period must be brought gradually to a close, not broken off abruptly).

In partic.

To throw off, cast aside care for, remembrance of, etc., to give up, abandon:

abicimus ista,

we let that go, Cic. Att. 13, 3:

fama ingenii mihi est abicienda,

I must renounce, id. ib. 9, 16: domum Sullanam desperabam jam... sed tamen non abjeci, but yet I have not abandoned it, i. e. its purchase, id. Fam. 9, 15:

abjectis nugis,

nonsense apart, Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 141 (cf. amoto ludo, id. S. 1, 1, 27).

To cast down to a lower grade, to degrade, humble, Cic. Leg. 1, 9: hic annus senatus auctoritatem abjecit, degraded or lowered the authority of the Senate, id. Att. 1, 18; so also id. Tusc. 5, 18; id. de Or. 3, 26, 104.—Hence, abjectae res, reduced circumstances (opp. florentes), Nep. Att. 8; Cic. Quint. 30; Tac. A. 4, 68.

Abicere se, to throw one's self away, degrade one's self, v. Cic. Tusc. 2, 23: ut enim fit, etc.—Hence, abjectus, a, um, P. a., downcast, disheartened, désponding; low, mean, abject, worthless, unprincipled.

Quo me miser conferam? An domum? matremne ut miseram lamentantem videam et abjectam? Gracch. ap. Cic. de Or. 3, 56, 214:

plura scribere non possum, ita sum animo perculso et abjecto,

Cic. Att. 3, 2.—

Nihil abjectum, nihil humile cogitare, Cic. Fin. 5, 20:

contemptum atque abjectum,

id. Agr. 2, 34:

verbis nec inops nec abjectus,

id. Brut. 62, 222 al. — Comp.:

animus abjectior,

Cic. Lael. 16; Liv. 9, 6.— Sup.:

animus abjectissimus,

Quint. 11, 1, 13 al. — Adv.: abjectē.

Dispiritedly, despondingly:

in dolore est providendum, ne quid abjecte, ne quid timide, ne quid ignave faciamus,

Cic. Tusc. 2, 23, 55; id. Phil. 3, 11, 28.—

Low, meanly:

quo sordidius et abjectius nati sunt,

Tac. Or. 8:

incuriose et abjecte verbum positum,

improperly, Gell. 2, 6, 1.

ab-lŭo, ŭi, ūtum, 3, v. a., to wash off or away, to wash, cleanse, purify.

Lit.: pulverem lymphis, Pac. ap. Gell. 2, 26, 13 (Trag. Rel. p. 108 Rib.):

Ulixi pedes abluens,

Cic. Tusc. 5, 16, 46:

donec me flumine vivo abluero,

Verg. A. 2, 719:

abluendo cruori balneas petit,

Tac. H. 3, 32.— Poet.:

abluere sitim,

to quench, Lucr. 4, 876; and: abluere sibi umbras, to remove darkness (by bringing a light), id. 4, 378.—Of the washing away of earth by a shower, Varr. R. R. 1, 35.—In eccl. Lat., of baptism: munere divinitatis abluti, Cod. Th. 19, 6, 4.—

Trop., of calming the passions: omnis ejusmodi perturbatio animi placatione abluatur, be removed (fig. derived from the religious rite of washing in expiation of sin), Cic. Tusc. 4, 28, 60:

maculam veteris industriae laudabili otio,

to wash out, Plin. Ep. 3, 7, 3:

perjuria,

Ov. F. 5, 681 al.

ăd-umbro, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a., to bring a shadow over a thing, to cast a shadow on, to shade or overshadow by something.

In gen.

Lit., constr.:

aliquid aliqua re (so only in later authors): palmeis tegetibus vineas,

Col. 5, 5:

adumbrantur stramentis uvae,

id. 11, 2, 61.—

Trop.:

ut notae quoque litterarum, non adumbratae comarum praesidio, totae ad oculos legentium accederent,

Petr. Sat. 105.—

Esp. in painting, to shade, to represent an object with the due mingling of light and shade, skiagrapheô (therefore not of the sketch in shadow, as the first outline of a figure, but of a picture already fully sketched, and only wanting the last touches for its completion):

quis pictor omnia, quae in rerum natura sunt, adumbrare didicit?

Quint. 7, 10, 9:

Quod pictor adumbrare non valuit, casus imitatus est,

Val. Max. 8, 11 fin. —

Fig.

To represent a thing in the appropriate manner:

quo in genere orationis utrumque oratorem cognoveramus, id ipsum sumus in eorum sermone adumbrare conati,

Cic. de Or. 3, 4; 2, 47; id. Fin. 5, 22: rerum omnium quasi adumbratas intellegentias animo ac mente concipere, i. e. preconceptions, innate ideas, Gr. prolêpseis, id. Leg. 1, 20.—

To represent a thing only in outline, and, consequently, imperfectly: cedo mihi istorum adumbratorum deorum lineamenta atque formas, these semblances, outlines of deities (of the gods of Epicurus), Cic. N. D. 1, 27:

consectatur nullam eminentem effigiem virtutis, sed adumbratam imaginem gloriae,

imperfectly represented, id. Tusc. 3, 2.—Hence, ădumbrātus, a, um, P. a.

Delineated only in semblance, counterfeited, feigned, false:

comitia (opp. vera),

Cic. Agr. 2, 12, 31:

indicium,

id. Sull. 18 fin.:

Aeschrio, Pippae vir adumbratus,

id. Verr. 2, 3, 33, § 77: laetitia, * Tac. A. 4, 31.—Also,

Devised in darkness, dark, secret:

fallaciae,

Amm. 14, 11.— Comp., sup., and adv. not used.

ăd-umbro, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a., to bring a shadow over a thing, to cast a shadow on, to shade or overshadow by something.

In gen.

Lit., constr.:

aliquid aliqua re (so only in later authors): palmeis tegetibus vineas,

Col. 5, 5:

adumbrantur stramentis uvae,

id. 11, 2, 61.—

Trop.:

ut notae quoque litterarum, non adumbratae comarum praesidio, totae ad oculos legentium accederent,

Petr. Sat. 105.—

Esp. in painting, to shade, to represent an object with the due mingling of light and shade, skiagrapheô (therefore not of the sketch in shadow, as the first outline of a figure, but of a picture already fully sketched, and only wanting the last touches for its completion):

quis pictor omnia, quae in rerum natura sunt, adumbrare didicit?

Quint. 7, 10, 9:

Quod pictor adumbrare non valuit, casus imitatus est,

Val. Max. 8, 11 fin. —

Fig.

To represent a thing in the appropriate manner:

quo in genere orationis utrumque oratorem cognoveramus, id ipsum sumus in eorum sermone adumbrare conati,

Cic. de Or. 3, 4; 2, 47; id. Fin. 5, 22: rerum omnium quasi adumbratas intellegentias animo ac mente concipere, i. e. preconceptions, innate ideas, Gr. prolêpseis, id. Leg. 1, 20.—

To represent a thing only in outline, and, consequently, imperfectly: cedo mihi istorum adumbratorum deorum lineamenta atque formas, these semblances, outlines of deities (of the gods of Epicurus), Cic. N. D. 1, 27:

consectatur nullam eminentem effigiem virtutis, sed adumbratam imaginem gloriae,

imperfectly represented, id. Tusc. 3, 2.—Hence, ădumbrātus, a, um, P. a.

Delineated only in semblance, counterfeited, feigned, false:

comitia (opp. vera),

Cic. Agr. 2, 12, 31:

indicium,

id. Sull. 18 fin.:

Aeschrio, Pippae vir adumbratus,

id. Verr. 2, 3, 33, § 77: laetitia, * Tac. A. 4, 31.—Also,

Devised in darkness, dark, secret:

fallaciae,

Amm. 14, 11.— Comp., sup., and adv. not used.

artus (not arctus), a, um, adj. [v. arma], prop. fitted; hence,

Lit., close, strait, narrow, confined, short, brief:

exierunt regionibus artis,

Lucr. 6, 120:

claustra,

id. 1, 70; so id. 3, 808:

nec tamen haec ita sunt arta et astricta, ut ea laxare nequeamus,

Cic. Or. 65, 220:

artioribus apud populum Romanum laqueis tenebitur,

id. Verr. 2, 1, 5:

nullum vinculum ad astringendam fidem jure jurando majores artius esse voluerunt,

id. Off. 3, 31, 111:

compages,

Verg. A. 1, 293:

nexus,

Ov. M. 6, 242:

arto stipata theatro,

pressed together in a contracted theatre, Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 60:

toga,

a narrow toga without folds, id. ib. 1, 18, 30 (cf. exigua toga, id. ib. 1, 19, 13):

nimis arta convivia,

i. e. with too many guests, who are therefore compelled to sit close together, id. ib. 1, 5, 29 et saep.—Hence, subst.: artum, i, n., a narrow place or passage:

ventus cum confercit, franguntur in arto montes nimborum,

Lucr. 6, 158 Lachm.:

multiplicatis in arto ordinibus,

Liv. 2, 50; so id. 34, 15:

nec desilies imitator in artum,

nor, by imitating, leap into a close place, Hor. A. P. 134.—

Trop., strict, severe, scanty, brief, small:

sponte suā cecidit sub leges artaque jura,

subjected himself to the severity of the laws, Lucr. 5, 1147:

Additae leges artae et ideo superbae quasque etc.,

Plin. 16, 4, 5, § 12:

vincula amoris artissima,

Cic. Att. 6, 2: artior somnus, a sounder or deeper sleep, id. Rep. 6, 10:

arti commeatus,

Liv. 2, 34; Tac. H. 4, 26; cf.:

in arto commeatus,

id. ib. 3, 13:

artissimae tenebrae,

very thick darkness, Suet. Ner. 46 (for which, in class. Lat., densus, v. Bremi ad h. l., and cf. densus) al.—So, colligere in artum, to compress, abridge:

quae (volumina) a me collecta in artum,

Plin. 8, 16, 17, § 44.—Of hope, small, scanty:

spes artior aquae manantis,

Col. 1, 5, 2: ne spem sibi ponat in arto, diminish hope, expectation, [p. 169] Ov. M. 9, 683:

quia plus quam unum ex patriciis creari non licebat, artior petitio quattuor petentibus erat,

i. e. was harder, had less ground of hope, Liv. 39, 32; and of circumstances in life, etc., straitened, distressing, wretched, needy, indigent (so in and after the Aug. per. for the class. angustus):

rebus in artis,

Ov. P. 3, 2, 25:

artas res nuntiaret,

Tac. H. 3, 69:

tam artis afflictisque rebus,

Flor. 2, 6, 31; so Sil. 7, 310:

fortuna artior expensis,

Stat. S. 5, 3, 117:

ne in arto res esset,

Liv. 26, 17.— Adv.: artē (not arcte), closely, close, fast, firmly.

Lit.:

arte (manus) conliga,

Plaut. Ep. 5, 2, 29:

boves arte ad stipites religare,

Col. 6, 2, 5:

arte continere aliquid,

Caes. B. G. 7, 23:

aciem arte statuere,

Sall. J. 52, 6:

arte accubare,

Plaut. Stich. 4, 2, 39.— Comp.:

calorem artius continere,

Cic. N. D. 2, 9, 25:

artius astringi,

Hor. Epod. 15, 5:

signa artius conlocare,

Sall. C. 59, 2:

artius ire,

Curt. 4, 13, 34:

artius pressiusque conflictari,

Gell. 10, 6.— Sup.:

milites quam artissime ire jubet,

Sall. J. 68, 4:

artissime plantas serere,

Plin. 12, 3, 7, § 16.—

Trop.:

arte contenteque aliquem habere,

Plaut. As. 1, 1, 63; id. Merc. prol. 64:

arte et graviter dormire,

soundly, Cic. Div. 1, 28, 59:

arte appellare aliquem,

briefly, by shortening his name, Ov. P. 4, 12, 10:

artius adstringere rationem,

Cic. Fat. 14, 32:

abstinentiam artissime constringere,

Val. Max. 2, 2, 8.—

Transf.:

arte diligere aliquem,

strongly, deeply, Plin. Ep. 6, 8; so also id. ib. 2, 13.

artus, ūs, m. [id.], mostly plur. (artua, n., Plaut. Men. 5, 2, 102; quoted in Non. p. 191, 12.—Hence, dat. acc. to Vel. Long. p. 2229 P. and Ter. Scaur. p. 2260 P. artibus; yet the ancient grammarians give their decision in favor of artubus, which form is also supported by the best MSS.; cf. arcus.—The singular is found only in Luc. 6, 754; Val. Fl. 4, 310, and Prisc. p. 1219 P.).

A.. Lit., a joint:

molles commissurae et artus (digitorum),

Cic. N. D. 2, 60, 150:

suffraginum artus,

Plin. 11, 45, 101, § 248:

elapsi in pravum artus,

Tac. H. 4, 81:

dolor artuum,

gout, Cic. Brut. 60, 217.—Sometimes connected with membra, Plaut. Men. 5, 2, 102:

copia materiaï Cogitur interdum flecti per membra, per artus,

in every joint and limb, Lucr. 2, 282; 3, 703 al.; Suet. Calig. 28; cf.

Baumg.-Crus., Clavis ad Suet.: cernere laceros artus, truncata membra,

Plin. Pan. 52, 5.—

Trop., the muscular strength in the joints; hence, in gen., strength, power: Epicharmeion illud teneto;

nervos atque artus esse sapientiae, non temere credere,

Q. Cic. Petit. Cons. 10.—More freq.,

The limbs in gen. (very freq., esp. in the poets; in Lucr. about sixty times): cum tremulis anus attulit artubus lumen, Enn. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 20, 40 (Ann. v. 36 Vahl.); so Lucr. 3, 7; cf. id. 3, 488; 6, 1189:

artubus omnibus contremiscam,

Cic. de Or. 1, 26, 121: dum nati (sc. Absyrti) dissupatos artus captaret parens, vet. poet. ap. Cic. N. D. 3, 26, 67:

copia concita per artus Omnīs,

Lucr. 2, 267:

moribundi artus,

id. 3, 129 al.:

rogumque parari Vidit et arsuros supremis ignibus artus, etc.,

Ov. M. 2, 620 al.:

salsusque per artus Sudor iit,

Verg. A. 2, 173; 1, 173 al.:

veste strictā et singulos artus exprimente,

and showing each limb, Tac. G. 17:

artus in frusta concident,

Vulg. Lev. 1, 6; 8, 20;

ib. Job, 16, 8.—Of plants: stat per se vitis sine ullo pedamento, artus suos in se colligens,

its tendrils, Plin. 14, 1, 3, § 13, where Jahn reads arcus.

artus (not arctus), a, um, adj. [v. arma], prop. fitted; hence,

Lit., close, strait, narrow, confined, short, brief:

exierunt regionibus artis,

Lucr. 6, 120:

claustra,

id. 1, 70; so id. 3, 808:

nec tamen haec ita sunt arta et astricta, ut ea laxare nequeamus,

Cic. Or. 65, 220:

artioribus apud populum Romanum laqueis tenebitur,

id. Verr. 2, 1, 5:

nullum vinculum ad astringendam fidem jure jurando majores artius esse voluerunt,

id. Off. 3, 31, 111:

compages,

Verg. A. 1, 293:

nexus,

Ov. M. 6, 242:

arto stipata theatro,

pressed together in a contracted theatre, Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 60:

toga,

a narrow toga without folds, id. ib. 1, 18, 30 (cf. exigua toga, id. ib. 1, 19, 13):

nimis arta convivia,

i. e. with too many guests, who are therefore compelled to sit close together, id. ib. 1, 5, 29 et saep.—Hence, subst.: artum, i, n., a narrow place or passage:

ventus cum confercit, franguntur in arto montes nimborum,

Lucr. 6, 158 Lachm.:

multiplicatis in arto ordinibus,

Liv. 2, 50; so id. 34, 15:

nec desilies imitator in artum,

nor, by imitating, leap into a close place, Hor. A. P. 134.—

Trop., strict, severe, scanty, brief, small:

sponte suā cecidit sub leges artaque jura,

subjected himself to the severity of the laws, Lucr. 5, 1147:

Additae leges artae et ideo superbae quasque etc.,

Plin. 16, 4, 5, § 12:

vincula amoris artissima,

Cic. Att. 6, 2: artior somnus, a sounder or deeper sleep, id. Rep. 6, 10:

arti commeatus,

Liv. 2, 34; Tac. H. 4, 26; cf.:

in arto commeatus,

id. ib. 3, 13:

artissimae tenebrae,

very thick darkness, Suet. Ner. 46 (for which, in class. Lat., densus, v. Bremi ad h. l., and cf. densus) al.—So, colligere in artum, to compress, abridge:

quae (volumina) a me collecta in artum,

Plin. 8, 16, 17, § 44.—Of hope, small, scanty:

spes artior aquae manantis,

Col. 1, 5, 2: ne spem sibi ponat in arto, diminish hope, expectation, [p. 169] Ov. M. 9, 683:

quia plus quam unum ex patriciis creari non licebat, artior petitio quattuor petentibus erat,

i. e. was harder, had less ground of hope, Liv. 39, 32; and of circumstances in life, etc., straitened, distressing, wretched, needy, indigent (so in and after the Aug. per. for the class. angustus):

rebus in artis,

Ov. P. 3, 2, 25:

artas res nuntiaret,

Tac. H. 3, 69:

tam artis afflictisque rebus,

Flor. 2, 6, 31; so Sil. 7, 310:

fortuna artior expensis,

Stat. S. 5, 3, 117:

ne in arto res esset,

Liv. 26, 17.— Adv.: artē (not arcte), closely, close, fast, firmly.

Lit.:

arte (manus) conliga,

Plaut. Ep. 5, 2, 29:

boves arte ad stipites religare,

Col. 6, 2, 5:

arte continere aliquid,

Caes. B. G. 7, 23:

aciem arte statuere,

Sall. J. 52, 6:

arte accubare,

Plaut. Stich. 4, 2, 39.— Comp.:

calorem artius continere,

Cic. N. D. 2, 9, 25:

artius astringi,

Hor. Epod. 15, 5:

signa artius conlocare,

Sall. C. 59, 2:

artius ire,

Curt. 4, 13, 34:

artius pressiusque conflictari,

Gell. 10, 6.— Sup.:

milites quam artissime ire jubet,

Sall. J. 68, 4:

artissime plantas serere,

Plin. 12, 3, 7, § 16.—

Trop.:

arte contenteque aliquem habere,

Plaut. As. 1, 1, 63; id. Merc. prol. 64:

arte et graviter dormire,

soundly, Cic. Div. 1, 28, 59:

arte appellare aliquem,

briefly, by shortening his name, Ov. P. 4, 12, 10:

artius adstringere rationem,

Cic. Fat. 14, 32:

abstinentiam artissime constringere,

Val. Max. 2, 2, 8.—

Transf.:

arte diligere aliquem,

strongly, deeply, Plin. Ep. 6, 8; so also id. ib. 2, 13.

artus, ūs, m. [id.], mostly plur. (artua, n., Plaut. Men. 5, 2, 102; quoted in Non. p. 191, 12.—Hence, dat. acc. to Vel. Long. p. 2229 P. and Ter. Scaur. p. 2260 P. artibus; yet the ancient grammarians give their decision in favor of artubus, which form is also supported by the best MSS.; cf. arcus.—The singular is found only in Luc. 6, 754; Val. Fl. 4, 310, and Prisc. p. 1219 P.).

A.. Lit., a joint:

molles commissurae et artus (digitorum),

Cic. N. D. 2, 60, 150:

suffraginum artus,

Plin. 11, 45, 101, § 248:

elapsi in pravum artus,

Tac. H. 4, 81:

dolor artuum,

gout, Cic. Brut. 60, 217.—Sometimes connected with membra, Plaut. Men. 5, 2, 102:

copia materiaï Cogitur interdum flecti per membra, per artus,

in every joint and limb, Lucr. 2, 282; 3, 703 al.; Suet. Calig. 28; cf.

Baumg.-Crus., Clavis ad Suet.: cernere laceros artus, truncata membra,

Plin. Pan. 52, 5.—

Trop., the muscular strength in the joints; hence, in gen., strength, power: Epicharmeion illud teneto;

nervos atque artus esse sapientiae, non temere credere,

Q. Cic. Petit. Cons. 10.—More freq.,

The limbs in gen. (very freq., esp. in the poets; in Lucr. about sixty times): cum tremulis anus attulit artubus lumen, Enn. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 20, 40 (Ann. v. 36 Vahl.); so Lucr. 3, 7; cf. id. 3, 488; 6, 1189:

artubus omnibus contremiscam,

Cic. de Or. 1, 26, 121: dum nati (sc. Absyrti) dissupatos artus captaret parens, vet. poet. ap. Cic. N. D. 3, 26, 67:

copia concita per artus Omnīs,

Lucr. 2, 267:

moribundi artus,

id. 3, 129 al.:

rogumque parari Vidit et arsuros supremis ignibus artus, etc.,

Ov. M. 2, 620 al.:

salsusque per artus Sudor iit,

Verg. A. 2, 173; 1, 173 al.:

veste strictā et singulos artus exprimente,

and showing each limb, Tac. G. 17:

artus in frusta concident,

Vulg. Lev. 1, 6; 8, 20;

ib. Job, 16, 8.—Of plants: stat per se vitis sine ullo pedamento, artus suos in se colligens,

its tendrils, Plin. 14, 1, 3, § 13, where Jahn reads arcus.

austērĭtas, ātis, f. [austerus] (perh. not before the Aug. period).

Lit.

Of taste, harshness, sourness (syn.:

acerbitas, tristitia, severitas),

Col. 11, 2, 68:

vini,

Plin. 14, 2, 4, § 24; 14, 6, 8, § 65:

caepae,

id. 19, 6, 32, § 105:

picis,

id. 14, 1, 3, § 17; Pall. 1, 35, 11; and in plur., id. 1, 35, 8.—

Of colors, darkness, dinginess, Plin. 35, 10, 36, § 97; 9, 38, 62, § 134; 35, 10, 36, § 97; 35, 11, 40, § 134.—

Trop., severity, austerity, rigor:

magistri,

Quint. 2, 2, 5:

qui a te hanc austeritatem exigo,

Plin. Ep. 2, 5, 5:

cum austeritate imperare,

Vulg. Ezech. 34, 4:

ex bono esse austeritatem,

ib. 2 Macc. 14, 30.

căvus, a, um, adj. [root ku-, kueô, to swell, etc.; cf.: koilos, kenos], hollow, excavated, concave (opp. plenus, full, round; class.).

Prop.:

cava conveniant plenis,

Lucr. 6, 1085:

cicutae,

id. 5, 1383:

tibia,

id. 2, 620:

concha,

Verg. A. 6, 171:

aes,

id. ib. 3, 240:

testudo,

id. G. 4, 464; Hor. Epod. 14, 11:

bucina,

Ov. M. 1, 335 et saep.:

ungula,

Enn. Ann. 419 Vahl.:

fornaces,

Lucr. 7, 202:

montes,

id. 5, 955:

specus,

Enn. Ann. 420 Vahl.:

cavernae,

Verg. A. 2, 53:

trabs,

id. ib. 3, 191 et saep.:

trunci,

Hor. C. 2, 19, 12:

ilex,

id. Epod. 16, 47:

saxa,

id. C. 3, 13, 14 et saep.:

vena,

the hollow vein, Cic. N. D. 2, 55, 138:

nubes,

Lucr. 6, 127; 6, 176; 6, 272; Verg. A. 1, 516; 5, 810 al.—Hence also of a darkness enveloping one as a cloud:

umbra,

Verg. A. 2, 360:

flumina,

the deepchannelled mountain streams, id. G. 1, 326; 4, 427; cf. Luc. 1, 396: luna, waning (cf. cavo), Plin. 8, 54, 80, § 215.—

Subst.: căvum, i, n. (access. form căvus, i, m. (sc. locus), Varr. R. R. 3, 15, 1; Hor. S. 2, 6, 116; id. Ep. 1, 7, 33; Phaedr. 4, 6, 3; Col. 12, 8), a hollow, cavity, hole, Cato, R. R. 128; Plaut. Men. 1, 2, 49; Lucr. 5, 1382; Liv. 24, 34, 9; Verg. G. 1, 184; Hor. S. 2, 3, 173; Plin. 2, 79, 81, § 192; 11, 51, 112, § 266 et saep.:

cava caeli,

Enn. Trag. 131 Vahl.; cf.:

cava caerula,

id. ib. 332 Vahl.; hence, căvum aedĭum (contr. căvae-dĭum, Phn. Ep. 2, 17, 5), the inner court of Roman houses (cf. Vitr. 6, 3 Schneid.;

O. Müll. Etrusk. 1, p. 255, and Archaeol. § 293, III.),

Varr. L. L. 5, § 161; Vitr. 6, 3; Dict. of Antiq.—

In late Lat., trop.: menses, which have only 30 days (opp. menses pleni, which have 31 days), Censor. 20.—

= inanis, vain, empty:

gloria,

Paul. Nol. Carm. 22, 139:

opes,

id. ib. 21, 912.

căvus, a, um, adj. [root ku-, kueô, to swell, etc.; cf.: koilos, kenos], hollow, excavated, concave (opp. plenus, full, round; class.).

Prop.:

cava conveniant plenis,

Lucr. 6, 1085:

cicutae,

id. 5, 1383:

tibia,

id. 2, 620:

concha,

Verg. A. 6, 171:

aes,

id. ib. 3, 240:

testudo,

id. G. 4, 464; Hor. Epod. 14, 11:

bucina,

Ov. M. 1, 335 et saep.:

ungula,

Enn. Ann. 419 Vahl.:

fornaces,

Lucr. 7, 202:

montes,

id. 5, 955:

specus,

Enn. Ann. 420 Vahl.:

cavernae,

Verg. A. 2, 53:

trabs,

id. ib. 3, 191 et saep.:

trunci,

Hor. C. 2, 19, 12:

ilex,

id. Epod. 16, 47:

saxa,

id. C. 3, 13, 14 et saep.:

vena,

the hollow vein, Cic. N. D. 2, 55, 138:

nubes,

Lucr. 6, 127; 6, 176; 6, 272; Verg. A. 1, 516; 5, 810 al.—Hence also of a darkness enveloping one as a cloud:

umbra,

Verg. A. 2, 360:

flumina,

the deepchannelled mountain streams, id. G. 1, 326; 4, 427; cf. Luc. 1, 396: luna, waning (cf. cavo), Plin. 8, 54, 80, § 215.—

Subst.: căvum, i, n. (access. form căvus, i, m. (sc. locus), Varr. R. R. 3, 15, 1; Hor. S. 2, 6, 116; id. Ep. 1, 7, 33; Phaedr. 4, 6, 3; Col. 12, 8), a hollow, cavity, hole, Cato, R. R. 128; Plaut. Men. 1, 2, 49; Lucr. 5, 1382; Liv. 24, 34, 9; Verg. G. 1, 184; Hor. S. 2, 3, 173; Plin. 2, 79, 81, § 192; 11, 51, 112, § 266 et saep.:

cava caeli,

Enn. Trag. 131 Vahl.; cf.:

cava caerula,

id. ib. 332 Vahl.; hence, căvum aedĭum (contr. căvae-dĭum, Phn. Ep. 2, 17, 5), the inner court of Roman houses (cf. Vitr. 6, 3 Schneid.;

O. Müll. Etrusk. 1, p. 255, and Archaeol. § 293, III.),

Varr. L. L. 5, § 161; Vitr. 6, 3; Dict. of Antiq.—

In late Lat., trop.: menses, which have only 30 days (opp. menses pleni, which have 31 days), Censor. 20.—

= inanis, vain, empty:

gloria,

Paul. Nol. Carm. 22, 139:

opes,

id. ib. 21, 912.