omnis

fortūna, ae (archaic gen. sing. fortunas, like familias, escas, vias, etc., Naev. ap. Prisc. p. 679 P.), f. [lengthened from fors; cf. Nep-tunus, v. Corss. Ausspr. 1, 434], chance, hap, luck, fate, fortune (good or ill; syn.: casus, fors; fatum, providentia).

In gen.:

quid est enim aliud fors, quid fortuna, quid casus, quid eventus, nisi cum sic aliquid cecidit, sic evenit, ut vel non cadere atque evenire, vel aliter cadere atque evenire potuerit? quo modo ergo id, quod temere fit caeco casu et volubilitate fortunae, praesentiri et praedici potest?

Cic. Div. 2, 6, 15:

si haec habent aliquam talem necessitatem: quid est tandem quod casu fieri aut forte fortuna putemus? Nihil enim est tam contrarium rationi et constantiae quam fortuna: ut mihi ne in deum quidem cadere videatur, ut sciat, quid casu et fortuito futurum sit. Si enim scit, certe illud eveniet: sin certe eveniet, nulla fortuna est: est autem fortuna: rerum igitur fortuitarum nulla praesensio est, etc.,

id. ib. 2, 7, 18 sq.:

sed haec fortuna viderit, quoniam ratio non gubernat,

id. Att. 14, 11, 1:

vir ad casum fortunamque felix,

id. Font. 15 fin.:

si tot sunt in corpore bona, tot extra corpus in casu atque fortuna... plus fortunam quam consilium valere,

id. Tusc. 5, 9, 25; cf.:

(bona) posita non tam in consiliis nostris quam in fortunae temeritate,

id. Lael. 6, 20:

adversante fortuna,

id. Rep. 2, 16 fin.; id. Mur. 31, 64:

quorum ego causa timidius me fortunae committebam,

id. Att. 9, 6, 4:

fortunae rotam pertimescere,

id. Pis. 10, 22: secundam fortunam pulcherrime: adversam aeque ferre, Sulp. ap. Cic. Fam. 4, 5, 6; cf.:

prospera adversave fortuna,

Cic. N. D. 3, 37, 89:

spoliatam fortunam conferre cum florente fortuna,

id. Pis. 16, 38:

integra fortuna (opp. afflicta),

id. Sull. 31 fin.:

florentissima (opp. durior),

id. Att. 10, 4, 4:

non praecipua, sed par cum ceteris fortunae condicio,

id. Rep. 1, 4:

optima,

id. ib. 3, 17 fin.:

rei publicae fortuna fatalis,

id. Sest. 7, 17:

belli,

Caes. B. C. 2, 6, 1; id. B. G. 1, 36, 3:

se suas civitatisque fortunas ejus fidei permissurum,

Caes. B. G. 5, 3 fin. (cf. II. B. 1. fin. infra.).—Prov.:

fortuna miserrima tuta est,

Ov. P. 2, 2, 31:

fortuna meliores sequitur,

Sall. H. 1, 48, 15 (Dietsch): fortuna cum blanditur, captatum venit, Publ. Syr. 167 (Rib.): fortes fortuna adjuvat; v. fortis, II. A. fin. —

Personified: Fortuna, the goddess of fate, luck, or fortune, Fortune: He. Respice me. Er. Fortuna quod nec facit nec faciet me jubes, Plaut. Capt. 4, 2, 54:

nequiquam tibi Fortuna faculam lucrifica adlucere volt,

id. Pers. 4, 3, 47:

quo in genere vel maxime est Fortuna numeranda,

Cic. N. D. 3, 24, 61:

heu, Fortuna, quis est crudelior in nos te deus?

Hor. S. 2, 8, 61:

saeviat atque novos moveat Fortuna tumultus,

id. ib. 2, 2, 126:

Fortunae fanum antiquum (Syracusis),

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 53, § 119:

Fortunae in gremio sedens,

id. Div. 2, 41, 85 sq.:

bona Fortuna,

id. Verr. 2, 4, 3 fin.:

Malam Fortunam in aedis te adduxi meas,

Plaut. Rud. 2, 6, 17:

mala Fortuna,

Cic. Leg. 2, 11, 28; id. N. D. 3, 25, 63: Fors Fortuna;

v. fors: Fortunae filius,

child of fortune, fortune's favorite, Hor. S. 2, 6, 49; v. filius.

In partic.

Without secunda or adversa, either good luck or ill luck, according to the context.

For fortuna secunda, good luck, good fortune, prosperity:

reliquum est, ut de felicitate pauca dicamus... Maximo, Marcello, Scipioni... non solum propter virtutem, sed etiam propter fortunam saepius imperia mandata,

Cic. de Imp. Pomp. 16, 47:

judicium hoc omnium mortalium est, fortunam a deo petendam,

id. N. D. 3, 36, 88:

diuturna cum fortuna,

id. Div. 1, 20, 39:

superbum se praebuit in fortuna,

id. Att. 8, 4, 1:

non solum ipsa fortuna caeca est, sed eos etiam plerumque efficit caecos, quos complexa est,

id. Lael. 15, 54:

a fortuna deseri,

Caes. B. G. 5, 34, 2: fortunam habere, to succeed, Liv. 24, 34, 1:

fortunam sibi facere,

id. 39, 40, 4; cf.:

fortunam sequi,

Tac. H. 4, 78:

habendam fortunae gratiam, quod, etc.,

Caes. B. C. 3, 73, 3:

dum fortuna fuit,

Verg. A. 3, 16:

deos precetur et oret, Ut redeat miseris, abeat fortuna superbis,

Hor. A. P. 201:

ut tu fortunam, sic nos te feremus,

id. Ep. 1, 8, 17:

venimus ad summum fortunae,

id. ib. 2, 1, 32:

ut te Confestim liquidus fortunae rivus inauret,

id. ib. 1, 12, 9:

occidit Spes omnis et fortuna nostri Nominis,

id. C. 4, 4, 71.—Prov.: Fortunam citius reperias quam retineas, Publ. Syr. 168 (Rib.).—Hence,

Per fortunas, i. e. for heaven's sake, Cic. Att. 5, 11, 1; 5, 13, 3; 3, 20, 1.—

For fortuna adversa, ill luck, mishap, misfortune, adversity (very rare):

Trojae renascens alite lugubri Fortuna tristi clade iterabitur,

Hor. C. 3, 3, 62:

ut arte Emendaturus fortunam,

id. S. 2, 8, 85.—

= condicio, state, condition, circumstances, fate, lot (class.;

a favorite expression of Cicero): est autem infima condicio et fortuna servorum,

Cic. Off. 1, 13, 41; cf.:

in infimi generis hominum condicione atque fortuna,

id. Mil. 34, 92:

(Lampsaceni) populi Romani condicione socii, fortuna servi,

id. Verr. 2, 1, 32, § 81;

so corresp. to condicio,

Quint. 3, 8, 50:

Aedui queruntur fortunae commutationem,

Caes. B. G. 7, 63:

ut non modo omnium generum, aetatum, ordinum omnes viri ac mulieres, omnis fortunae ac loci, sed, etc.,

Cic. Pis. 22, 52:

homines infimā fortunā,

id. Fin. 5, 19, 52:

inferiorem esse fortunā,

id. Fam. 13, 5, 2:

spes amplificandae fortunae,

id. Lael. 16, 59:

cui cessit triplicis fortuna novissima regni,

lot, share, Ov. M. 5, 368:

Arruns Camillam Circuit et quae sit fortuna facillima temptat,

opportunity, Verg. A. 11, 761: Gallus utrum avem, an gentem, an fortunam corporis significet, bodily condition (of a eunuch), Quint. 7, 9, 2.— Plur.:

quod si eo meae fortunae redeunt, abs te ut distrahar,

Ter. Phorm. 1, 4, 23:

omnes laudare fortunas meas, qui gnatum haberem tali ingenio praeditum,

id. And. 1, 1, 71:

ejus laudare fortunas, quod qua vellet ingredi posset,

Cic. Tusc. 5, 39, 115:

et secundas fortunas amittere coactus est, et in adversis sine ullo remedio permanere,

id. Sull. 23, 66; Caes. B. G. 5, 3, 5; 6, 7, 6.—

Transf., concr., fortunae, ārum, less freq. in the sing., property, possessions, goods, fortune.

Plur.:

tum propter rei publicae calamitates omnium possessiones erant incertae: nunc deum immortalium benignitate omnium fortunae sunt certae,

Cic. Rosc. Com. 12, 33:

bona fortunaeque,

id. Verr. 2, 1, 44, § 113:

pecunia fortunaeque,

id. Rosc. Am. 3, 7:

fortunas morte dimittere,

id. Tusc. 1, 6, 12:

et honore et auctoritate et fortunis facile civitatis suae princeps,

id. Rep. 2, 19:

fortunis sociorum consumptis,

Caes. B. G. 1, 11 fin.:

fortunarum pericula,

Quint. 4, 2, 122.—

Sing.:

quo mihi fortuna, si non conceditur uti?

Hor. Ep. 1, 5, 12:

nec mea concessa est aliis fortuna,

Ov. Tr. 5, 2, 57:

adiri nomen invidiosae fortunae Caesaris,

Vell. 2, 60, 1 Ruhnk.:

de fortuna, qua uterque abundabat,

Quint. 6, 1, 50:

fortunam in nominibus habere,

Dig. 4, 7, 40 fin.

fortūna, ae (archaic gen. sing. fortunas, like familias, escas, vias, etc., Naev. ap. Prisc. p. 679 P.), f. [lengthened from fors; cf. Nep-tunus, v. Corss. Ausspr. 1, 434], chance, hap, luck, fate, fortune (good or ill; syn.: casus, fors; fatum, providentia).

In gen.:

quid est enim aliud fors, quid fortuna, quid casus, quid eventus, nisi cum sic aliquid cecidit, sic evenit, ut vel non cadere atque evenire, vel aliter cadere atque evenire potuerit? quo modo ergo id, quod temere fit caeco casu et volubilitate fortunae, praesentiri et praedici potest?

Cic. Div. 2, 6, 15:

si haec habent aliquam talem necessitatem: quid est tandem quod casu fieri aut forte fortuna putemus? Nihil enim est tam contrarium rationi et constantiae quam fortuna: ut mihi ne in deum quidem cadere videatur, ut sciat, quid casu et fortuito futurum sit. Si enim scit, certe illud eveniet: sin certe eveniet, nulla fortuna est: est autem fortuna: rerum igitur fortuitarum nulla praesensio est, etc.,

id. ib. 2, 7, 18 sq.:

sed haec fortuna viderit, quoniam ratio non gubernat,

id. Att. 14, 11, 1:

vir ad casum fortunamque felix,

id. Font. 15 fin.:

si tot sunt in corpore bona, tot extra corpus in casu atque fortuna... plus fortunam quam consilium valere,

id. Tusc. 5, 9, 25; cf.:

(bona) posita non tam in consiliis nostris quam in fortunae temeritate,

id. Lael. 6, 20:

adversante fortuna,

id. Rep. 2, 16 fin.; id. Mur. 31, 64:

quorum ego causa timidius me fortunae committebam,

id. Att. 9, 6, 4:

fortunae rotam pertimescere,

id. Pis. 10, 22: secundam fortunam pulcherrime: adversam aeque ferre, Sulp. ap. Cic. Fam. 4, 5, 6; cf.:

prospera adversave fortuna,

Cic. N. D. 3, 37, 89:

spoliatam fortunam conferre cum florente fortuna,

id. Pis. 16, 38:

integra fortuna (opp. afflicta),

id. Sull. 31 fin.:

florentissima (opp. durior),

id. Att. 10, 4, 4:

non praecipua, sed par cum ceteris fortunae condicio,

id. Rep. 1, 4:

optima,

id. ib. 3, 17 fin.:

rei publicae fortuna fatalis,

id. Sest. 7, 17:

belli,

Caes. B. C. 2, 6, 1; id. B. G. 1, 36, 3:

se suas civitatisque fortunas ejus fidei permissurum,

Caes. B. G. 5, 3 fin. (cf. II. B. 1. fin. infra.).—Prov.:

fortuna miserrima tuta est,

Ov. P. 2, 2, 31:

fortuna meliores sequitur,

Sall. H. 1, 48, 15 (Dietsch): fortuna cum blanditur, captatum venit, Publ. Syr. 167 (Rib.): fortes fortuna adjuvat; v. fortis, II. A. fin. —

Personified: Fortuna, the goddess of fate, luck, or fortune, Fortune: He. Respice me. Er. Fortuna quod nec facit nec faciet me jubes, Plaut. Capt. 4, 2, 54:

nequiquam tibi Fortuna faculam lucrifica adlucere volt,

id. Pers. 4, 3, 47:

quo in genere vel maxime est Fortuna numeranda,

Cic. N. D. 3, 24, 61:

heu, Fortuna, quis est crudelior in nos te deus?

Hor. S. 2, 8, 61:

saeviat atque novos moveat Fortuna tumultus,

id. ib. 2, 2, 126:

Fortunae fanum antiquum (Syracusis),

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 53, § 119:

Fortunae in gremio sedens,

id. Div. 2, 41, 85 sq.:

bona Fortuna,

id. Verr. 2, 4, 3 fin.:

Malam Fortunam in aedis te adduxi meas,

Plaut. Rud. 2, 6, 17:

mala Fortuna,

Cic. Leg. 2, 11, 28; id. N. D. 3, 25, 63: Fors Fortuna;

v. fors: Fortunae filius,

child of fortune, fortune's favorite, Hor. S. 2, 6, 49; v. filius.

In partic.

Without secunda or adversa, either good luck or ill luck, according to the context.

For fortuna secunda, good luck, good fortune, prosperity:

reliquum est, ut de felicitate pauca dicamus... Maximo, Marcello, Scipioni... non solum propter virtutem, sed etiam propter fortunam saepius imperia mandata,

Cic. de Imp. Pomp. 16, 47:

judicium hoc omnium mortalium est, fortunam a deo petendam,

id. N. D. 3, 36, 88:

diuturna cum fortuna,

id. Div. 1, 20, 39:

superbum se praebuit in fortuna,

id. Att. 8, 4, 1:

non solum ipsa fortuna caeca est, sed eos etiam plerumque efficit caecos, quos complexa est,

id. Lael. 15, 54:

a fortuna deseri,

Caes. B. G. 5, 34, 2: fortunam habere, to succeed, Liv. 24, 34, 1:

fortunam sibi facere,

id. 39, 40, 4; cf.:

fortunam sequi,

Tac. H. 4, 78:

habendam fortunae gratiam, quod, etc.,

Caes. B. C. 3, 73, 3:

dum fortuna fuit,

Verg. A. 3, 16:

deos precetur et oret, Ut redeat miseris, abeat fortuna superbis,

Hor. A. P. 201:

ut tu fortunam, sic nos te feremus,

id. Ep. 1, 8, 17:

venimus ad summum fortunae,

id. ib. 2, 1, 32:

ut te Confestim liquidus fortunae rivus inauret,

id. ib. 1, 12, 9:

occidit Spes omnis et fortuna nostri Nominis,

id. C. 4, 4, 71.—Prov.: Fortunam citius reperias quam retineas, Publ. Syr. 168 (Rib.).—Hence,

Per fortunas, i. e. for heaven's sake, Cic. Att. 5, 11, 1; 5, 13, 3; 3, 20, 1.—

For fortuna adversa, ill luck, mishap, misfortune, adversity (very rare):

Trojae renascens alite lugubri Fortuna tristi clade iterabitur,

Hor. C. 3, 3, 62:

ut arte Emendaturus fortunam,

id. S. 2, 8, 85.—

= condicio, state, condition, circumstances, fate, lot (class.;

a favorite expression of Cicero): est autem infima condicio et fortuna servorum,

Cic. Off. 1, 13, 41; cf.:

in infimi generis hominum condicione atque fortuna,

id. Mil. 34, 92:

(Lampsaceni) populi Romani condicione socii, fortuna servi,

id. Verr. 2, 1, 32, § 81;

so corresp. to condicio,

Quint. 3, 8, 50:

Aedui queruntur fortunae commutationem,

Caes. B. G. 7, 63:

ut non modo omnium generum, aetatum, ordinum omnes viri ac mulieres, omnis fortunae ac loci, sed, etc.,

Cic. Pis. 22, 52:

homines infimā fortunā,

id. Fin. 5, 19, 52:

inferiorem esse fortunā,

id. Fam. 13, 5, 2:

spes amplificandae fortunae,

id. Lael. 16, 59:

cui cessit triplicis fortuna novissima regni,

lot, share, Ov. M. 5, 368:

Arruns Camillam Circuit et quae sit fortuna facillima temptat,

opportunity, Verg. A. 11, 761: Gallus utrum avem, an gentem, an fortunam corporis significet, bodily condition (of a eunuch), Quint. 7, 9, 2.— Plur.:

quod si eo meae fortunae redeunt, abs te ut distrahar,

Ter. Phorm. 1, 4, 23:

omnes laudare fortunas meas, qui gnatum haberem tali ingenio praeditum,

id. And. 1, 1, 71:

ejus laudare fortunas, quod qua vellet ingredi posset,

Cic. Tusc. 5, 39, 115:

et secundas fortunas amittere coactus est, et in adversis sine ullo remedio permanere,

id. Sull. 23, 66; Caes. B. G. 5, 3, 5; 6, 7, 6.—

Transf., concr., fortunae, ārum, less freq. in the sing., property, possessions, goods, fortune.

Plur.:

tum propter rei publicae calamitates omnium possessiones erant incertae: nunc deum immortalium benignitate omnium fortunae sunt certae,

Cic. Rosc. Com. 12, 33:

bona fortunaeque,

id. Verr. 2, 1, 44, § 113:

pecunia fortunaeque,

id. Rosc. Am. 3, 7:

fortunas morte dimittere,

id. Tusc. 1, 6, 12:

et honore et auctoritate et fortunis facile civitatis suae princeps,

id. Rep. 2, 19:

fortunis sociorum consumptis,

Caes. B. G. 1, 11 fin.:

fortunarum pericula,

Quint. 4, 2, 122.—

Sing.:

quo mihi fortuna, si non conceditur uti?

Hor. Ep. 1, 5, 12:

nec mea concessa est aliis fortuna,

Ov. Tr. 5, 2, 57:

adiri nomen invidiosae fortunae Caesaris,

Vell. 2, 60, 1 Ruhnk.:

de fortuna, qua uterque abundabat,

Quint. 6, 1, 50:

fortunam in nominibus habere,

Dig. 4, 7, 40 fin.

fortūna, ae (archaic gen. sing. fortunas, like familias, escas, vias, etc., Naev. ap. Prisc. p. 679 P.), f. [lengthened from fors; cf. Nep-tunus, v. Corss. Ausspr. 1, 434], chance, hap, luck, fate, fortune (good or ill; syn.: casus, fors; fatum, providentia).

In gen.:

quid est enim aliud fors, quid fortuna, quid casus, quid eventus, nisi cum sic aliquid cecidit, sic evenit, ut vel non cadere atque evenire, vel aliter cadere atque evenire potuerit? quo modo ergo id, quod temere fit caeco casu et volubilitate fortunae, praesentiri et praedici potest?

Cic. Div. 2, 6, 15:

si haec habent aliquam talem necessitatem: quid est tandem quod casu fieri aut forte fortuna putemus? Nihil enim est tam contrarium rationi et constantiae quam fortuna: ut mihi ne in deum quidem cadere videatur, ut sciat, quid casu et fortuito futurum sit. Si enim scit, certe illud eveniet: sin certe eveniet, nulla fortuna est: est autem fortuna: rerum igitur fortuitarum nulla praesensio est, etc.,

id. ib. 2, 7, 18 sq.:

sed haec fortuna viderit, quoniam ratio non gubernat,

id. Att. 14, 11, 1:

vir ad casum fortunamque felix,

id. Font. 15 fin.:

si tot sunt in corpore bona, tot extra corpus in casu atque fortuna... plus fortunam quam consilium valere,

id. Tusc. 5, 9, 25; cf.:

(bona) posita non tam in consiliis nostris quam in fortunae temeritate,

id. Lael. 6, 20:

adversante fortuna,

id. Rep. 2, 16 fin.; id. Mur. 31, 64:

quorum ego causa timidius me fortunae committebam,

id. Att. 9, 6, 4:

fortunae rotam pertimescere,

id. Pis. 10, 22: secundam fortunam pulcherrime: adversam aeque ferre, Sulp. ap. Cic. Fam. 4, 5, 6; cf.:

prospera adversave fortuna,

Cic. N. D. 3, 37, 89:

spoliatam fortunam conferre cum florente fortuna,

id. Pis. 16, 38:

integra fortuna (opp. afflicta),

id. Sull. 31 fin.:

florentissima (opp. durior),

id. Att. 10, 4, 4:

non praecipua, sed par cum ceteris fortunae condicio,

id. Rep. 1, 4:

optima,

id. ib. 3, 17 fin.:

rei publicae fortuna fatalis,

id. Sest. 7, 17:

belli,

Caes. B. C. 2, 6, 1; id. B. G. 1, 36, 3:

se suas civitatisque fortunas ejus fidei permissurum,

Caes. B. G. 5, 3 fin. (cf. II. B. 1. fin. infra.).—Prov.:

fortuna miserrima tuta est,

Ov. P. 2, 2, 31:

fortuna meliores sequitur,

Sall. H. 1, 48, 15 (Dietsch): fortuna cum blanditur, captatum venit, Publ. Syr. 167 (Rib.): fortes fortuna adjuvat; v. fortis, II. A. fin. —

Personified: Fortuna, the goddess of fate, luck, or fortune, Fortune: He. Respice me. Er. Fortuna quod nec facit nec faciet me jubes, Plaut. Capt. 4, 2, 54:

nequiquam tibi Fortuna faculam lucrifica adlucere volt,

id. Pers. 4, 3, 47:

quo in genere vel maxime est Fortuna numeranda,

Cic. N. D. 3, 24, 61:

heu, Fortuna, quis est crudelior in nos te deus?

Hor. S. 2, 8, 61:

saeviat atque novos moveat Fortuna tumultus,

id. ib. 2, 2, 126:

Fortunae fanum antiquum (Syracusis),

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 53, § 119:

Fortunae in gremio sedens,

id. Div. 2, 41, 85 sq.:

bona Fortuna,

id. Verr. 2, 4, 3 fin.:

Malam Fortunam in aedis te adduxi meas,

Plaut. Rud. 2, 6, 17:

mala Fortuna,

Cic. Leg. 2, 11, 28; id. N. D. 3, 25, 63: Fors Fortuna;

v. fors: Fortunae filius,

child of fortune, fortune's favorite, Hor. S. 2, 6, 49; v. filius.

In partic.

Without secunda or adversa, either good luck or ill luck, according to the context.

For fortuna secunda, good luck, good fortune, prosperity:

reliquum est, ut de felicitate pauca dicamus... Maximo, Marcello, Scipioni... non solum propter virtutem, sed etiam propter fortunam saepius imperia mandata,

Cic. de Imp. Pomp. 16, 47:

judicium hoc omnium mortalium est, fortunam a deo petendam,

id. N. D. 3, 36, 88:

diuturna cum fortuna,

id. Div. 1, 20, 39:

superbum se praebuit in fortuna,

id. Att. 8, 4, 1:

non solum ipsa fortuna caeca est, sed eos etiam plerumque efficit caecos, quos complexa est,

id. Lael. 15, 54:

a fortuna deseri,

Caes. B. G. 5, 34, 2: fortunam habere, to succeed, Liv. 24, 34, 1:

fortunam sibi facere,

id. 39, 40, 4; cf.:

fortunam sequi,

Tac. H. 4, 78:

habendam fortunae gratiam, quod, etc.,

Caes. B. C. 3, 73, 3:

dum fortuna fuit,

Verg. A. 3, 16:

deos precetur et oret, Ut redeat miseris, abeat fortuna superbis,

Hor. A. P. 201:

ut tu fortunam, sic nos te feremus,

id. Ep. 1, 8, 17:

venimus ad summum fortunae,

id. ib. 2, 1, 32:

ut te Confestim liquidus fortunae rivus inauret,

id. ib. 1, 12, 9:

occidit Spes omnis et fortuna nostri Nominis,

id. C. 4, 4, 71.—Prov.: Fortunam citius reperias quam retineas, Publ. Syr. 168 (Rib.).—Hence,

Per fortunas, i. e. for heaven's sake, Cic. Att. 5, 11, 1; 5, 13, 3; 3, 20, 1.—

For fortuna adversa, ill luck, mishap, misfortune, adversity (very rare):

Trojae renascens alite lugubri Fortuna tristi clade iterabitur,

Hor. C. 3, 3, 62:

ut arte Emendaturus fortunam,

id. S. 2, 8, 85.—

= condicio, state, condition, circumstances, fate, lot (class.;

a favorite expression of Cicero): est autem infima condicio et fortuna servorum,

Cic. Off. 1, 13, 41; cf.:

in infimi generis hominum condicione atque fortuna,

id. Mil. 34, 92:

(Lampsaceni) populi Romani condicione socii, fortuna servi,

id. Verr. 2, 1, 32, § 81;

so corresp. to condicio,

Quint. 3, 8, 50:

Aedui queruntur fortunae commutationem,

Caes. B. G. 7, 63:

ut non modo omnium generum, aetatum, ordinum omnes viri ac mulieres, omnis fortunae ac loci, sed, etc.,

Cic. Pis. 22, 52:

homines infimā fortunā,

id. Fin. 5, 19, 52:

inferiorem esse fortunā,

id. Fam. 13, 5, 2:

spes amplificandae fortunae,

id. Lael. 16, 59:

cui cessit triplicis fortuna novissima regni,

lot, share, Ov. M. 5, 368:

Arruns Camillam Circuit et quae sit fortuna facillima temptat,

opportunity, Verg. A. 11, 761: Gallus utrum avem, an gentem, an fortunam corporis significet, bodily condition (of a eunuch), Quint. 7, 9, 2.— Plur.:

quod si eo meae fortunae redeunt, abs te ut distrahar,

Ter. Phorm. 1, 4, 23:

omnes laudare fortunas meas, qui gnatum haberem tali ingenio praeditum,

id. And. 1, 1, 71:

ejus laudare fortunas, quod qua vellet ingredi posset,

Cic. Tusc. 5, 39, 115:

et secundas fortunas amittere coactus est, et in adversis sine ullo remedio permanere,

id. Sull. 23, 66; Caes. B. G. 5, 3, 5; 6, 7, 6.—

Transf., concr., fortunae, ārum, less freq. in the sing., property, possessions, goods, fortune.

Plur.:

tum propter rei publicae calamitates omnium possessiones erant incertae: nunc deum immortalium benignitate omnium fortunae sunt certae,

Cic. Rosc. Com. 12, 33:

bona fortunaeque,

id. Verr. 2, 1, 44, § 113:

pecunia fortunaeque,

id. Rosc. Am. 3, 7:

fortunas morte dimittere,

id. Tusc. 1, 6, 12:

et honore et auctoritate et fortunis facile civitatis suae princeps,

id. Rep. 2, 19:

fortunis sociorum consumptis,

Caes. B. G. 1, 11 fin.:

fortunarum pericula,

Quint. 4, 2, 122.—

Sing.:

quo mihi fortuna, si non conceditur uti?

Hor. Ep. 1, 5, 12:

nec mea concessa est aliis fortuna,

Ov. Tr. 5, 2, 57:

adiri nomen invidiosae fortunae Caesaris,

Vell. 2, 60, 1 Ruhnk.:

de fortuna, qua uterque abundabat,

Quint. 6, 1, 50:

fortunam in nominibus habere,

Dig. 4, 7, 40 fin.

gestus, a, um, Part., from gero.

gestus, ūs, m. [gero].

Lit. (the bearing, i. e. motion of the body, or of a part of the body, esp. of the hand or arm), carriage, posture, attitude, motion, gesture (class.; cf. actus).

In gen.:

gestum imitari,

Lucr. 4, 343; cf. ib. 367:

a forma removeatur omnis viro non dignus ornatus, et huic simile vitium in gestu motuque caveatur,

Cic. Off. 1, 36, 130:

nunc gestus mihi vultusque est capiundus novus,

Ter. Phorm. 5, 6, 50:

hoc quidem Zeno gestu conficiebat,

Cic. Ac. 2, 47, 145:

gratificatur mihi gestu accusator,

id. Balb. 6, 14:

gestum manus Ceycis habebat,

Ov. M. 11, 673:

ab avium gestu gestuque,

motion, Suet. Aug. 7:

quo gestu gallina secetur,

Juv. 5, 124.— Plur.: nec flecti cervix nec brachia reddere gestus, Nec pes ire potest, Ov. M. 6, 308.—

In partic., a gesture, gesticulation of actors or orators according to the rules of art:

numquam agit hunc versum Roscius eo gestu, quo potest, sed abjicit prorsus,

Cic. de Or. 3, 26, 102; cf. id. Quint. 24, 77:

gestus histrionis,

id. Att. 6, 1, 8:

convenit igitur in gestu nec venustatem conspiciendam nec turpitudinem esse, ne aut histriones aut operarii videamur esse,

Auct. Her. 3, 15, 26; cf.:

vox et gestus subito sumi et aliunde arripi non potest,

Cic. de Or. 1, 59, 252:

omnis actio in duas partes divisa, vocem gestumque,

Quint. 11, 3, 14; id. 2, 59, 242:

tardiore et consideratiore gestu uti,

Auct. Her. 3, 15, 27: jactantior, Cael. ap. Quint. 11, 1, 51:

acer atque instans,

Quint. 11, 3, 92:

certus sed paulo productior,

id. ib.:

comicus magis quam oratorius,

id. ib. 125 et saep.— Plur.:

histrionum nonnulli gestus ineptiis non vacant,

Cic. Off. 1, 36, 130:

alterni,

Quint. 6, 3, 65:

breves,

id. 11, 3, 100: quae (concinnitas) verborum collocationem illuminat his luminibus, quae Graeci quasi aliquos gestus orationis schêmata appellant, Cic. Or. 25, 83; Quint. 9, 1, 13;

and without quasi,

Gell. 11, 13, 10:

Urbicus risum movet gestibus Autonoes,

Juv. 6, 72.—

(Acc. to gero, II. B. 3.) A management, administration (post-class.), Dig. 26, 10, 3, § 9; ib. 7, 23; ib. 5, § 2.

hŏnestas, ātis, f. [honestus], honorableness.

(Acc. to honestus, I.) Honorable consideration which a man enjoys, honor, reputation, character, respectability, credit, opp. to turpitudo (class.; cf.: existimatio, dignitas).

Lit.: quid est honestas nisi honor perpetuus ad aliquem secundo populi rumore delatus. Lact. 3, 8, fin.:

unde pudor, continentia, fuga turpitudinis, appetentia laudis et honestatis?

Cic. Rep. 1, 2; cf.:

fugiendae turpitudinis adipiscendaeque honestatis causa,

id. Tusc. 2, 27, 66; Gell. 1, 3, 23 sq.:

nihil esse in vita magnopere expetendum nisi laudem atque honestatem,

Cic. Arch. 6, 14; cf.:

omnia, quae putant homines expetenda, honestas, gloria, tranquillitas animi atque jucunditas,

id. Lael. 22, 84; id. Phil. 7, 5, 14: cogita, ea nobis erepta esse, quae hominibus [p. 861] non minus quam liberi cara esse debent, honestatem, dignitatem, honores omnes, id. Fam. 4, 5, 2:

quas familias honestatis amplitudinisque gratia nomino,

on account of their character, id. Rosc. Am. 6, 15:

honestate spoliatus,

id. Rab. Post. 16, 44; cf.: omni jure atque honestate interdictus, Q. Metell. ap. Gell. 17, 2, 7:

fautor infimi generis hominum, odio alienae honestatis,

Liv. 1, 47, 11:

honestatem omnem amittere,

consideration, respect, Cic. Rosc. Am. 39, 114:

in eoque (officio) et colendo sita vitae est honestas omnis et in negligendo turpitudo,

id. Off. 1, 2, 4; Gell. 1, 3, 24: honestati alicujus convenire (with subj. clause), Paul. Sent. 3, 5, 2.—In plur. (= honores):

ceteris ante partis honestatibus atque omni dignitate fortunaque aliquem privare,

Cic. Mur. 40, 87.—

Transf., concr.:

causa, in qua omnes honestates civitatis, omnes aetates, omnes ordines una consentiunt,

honorable, reputable persons, Cic. Sest. 51, 109.—

(Acc. to honestus, II.)

Honorableness of character, honorable feeling, honor, honesty, probity, integrity, virtue (class.):

ubi est autem dignitas, nisi ubi honestas?

Cic. Att. 7, 11, 1:

nemo est inventus tam perditus, tam ab omni non modo honestate sed etiam simulatione honestatis relictus, qui, etc.,

id. Rab. Perd. 8, 23 and 24:

(qui summum bonum) suis commodis, non honestate metitur... honestatem propter se expetere,

id. Off. 1, 2, 5 and 6; cf.:

cum omnis honestas manet a partibus quatuor, quarum, etc.,

id. ib. 1, 43, 152; and:

habes undique expletam et perfectam formam honestatis, quae tota his quatuor virtutibus continetur,

id. Fin. 2, 15, 48; Quint. 3, 8, 26:

et in laude justitia utilitasque tractantur, et in consiliis honestas,

id. 3, 4, 16: sunt qui tradant tanta eum (Staberium Erotem) honestate praeditum, ut, etc., such an honorable, noble character; Fr. honnēteté, Suet. Gramm. 13:

quod factum causā publicae honestatis vindictam exspectat,

Paul. Sent. 5, 4, 21.—

Transf., of things, beauty, grace (very rare):

testudinis,

Cic. Q. Fr. 3, 1, 1, § 2:

si est honestas in rebus ipsis, de quibus dicitur, exsistit ex rei natura quidam splendor in verbis,

id. de Or. 3, 31, 125.

inter-clūdo, ūsi, ūsum, 3, v. a. [claudo], to shut out, shut off.

Lit.

To cut off, hinder, stop, block up, shut off.

Of one's way, passage, entrance, retreat, etc.; constr. (syn. intersaepio).

With acc. of thing and dat. of person:

hisce omnis aditus ad Sullam,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 38, 110:

sibi reditum,

Just. 2, 5, 10; cf.

also: intercludit aditum veritati,

Aug. de Mendac. 11.—

Esp. freq. in milit. lang.: iter inimicis,

Plaut. Mil. 2, 2, 68:

exitum Romano,

Liv. 22, 13, 5:

aditum Romanis,

id. 22, 22, 10.—

With gen. of person (very rare):

multitudinis fugam,

Caes. B. G. 7, 11, 8.—

Pass., with abl. of thing:

his superatis aut reditu interclusis,

Caes. B. G. 4, 30, 2:

omni exitu interclusi,

id. ib. 7, 44, 4:

interclusus itinere Caesar,

id. ib. 7, 59, 1; id. B. C. 2, 20, 1; 7: ne reditu intercluderentur, Auct. B. Alex. 20, 5; but with abl. of manner, etc.:

via inculta atque interclusa frondibus et virgultis,

Cic. Cael. 18:

cum Byzantii totum Pontum aegre repulsum, et cervicibus interclusum suis, sustinerent,

id. Prov. Cons. 4.—

With acc. alone:

bene laudata virtus voluptatis aditus intercludat necesse est,

Cic. Fin. 2, 35, 118; cf.:

omnīs vias seditionum,

id. Rab. Perd. 1, 3:

ut fugam intercludat,

id. Att. 7, 20, 1:

iter,

id. ib. 8, 11, D. 4:

fugam,

Caes. B. G. 7, 11:

illos aspera ponti Interclusit hiemps,

Verg. A. 2, 111:

cervis objectis, ut viam intercluderet,

Liv. 44, 11, 4:

exitum ad opem ferendam,

id. 22, 13, 5.—

In gen., to shut off, cut off, stop, hinder, prevent:

commeatus hostibus,

Liv. 26, 39, 10; 44, 6, 12:

ob interclusos commeatus,

Suet. Aug. 16:

spiritum,

Curt. 7, 5, 15; 3, 6, 14:

vocem,

Just. 11, 8, 4; cf.:

consuli admiratio intercluserat vocem,

Liv. 2, 2, 8.—

To cut off, separate one from any thing.

From a place.

With acc., ab, and abl. (so most usu.):

adversarios ab oppido,

Caes. B. C. 1, 43, 2:

Pompeium ab eo (Dyrrachio),

id. ib. 3, 41, 3: ipsum ab reliquo exercitu, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 1, 4: so,

ab exercitu,

Caes. B. G. 7, 1, 6:

a praesidio,

id. ib. 1, 59, 5:

intercludi ab oppido,

Liv. 1, 27, 10:

interclusi ab suis,

id. 3, 70, 5:

a patria,

id. 5, 42, 5:

ab acie,

id. 4, 41, 4:

tribunos a plebe,

id. 25, 4, 4 et saep.; Auct. B. Alex. 27, 4; Flor. 4, 2, 26. —

With acc. and abl. alone (rare):

hostem Hibero intercludere, et frumento prohibere (cf. 2. infra),

Caes. B. C. 1, 67, 3.—

From aid, supplies, relief, etc.; with abl.:

re frumentaria intercludi,

Caes. B. G. 1, 23, 3:

frumento commeatuque Caesarem,

id. ib. 1, 48, 2: commeatibus nostros. id. ib. 3, 23, 6; id. B. C. 1, 61, 2; 1, 72, 1:

ille commeatu et reliquis copiis intercludendus,

Cic. Att. 7, 9, 2:

hostem commeatibus,

Flor. 3, 19, 11:

hostes commeatibus in urbe inclusos intercludunt,

Just. 4, 4, 5.— Absol.:

ne tot fortissimos viros interclusos opprimeret hostis,

Liv. 4, 39, 3; cf.:

interclusi equites,

id. ib. § 2.—

To shut in, blockade:

metuo, ne jam intercludemur, ut cum velitis exire, non liceat,

Cic. Fam. 14, 14, 1:

libertatem suis praesidiis interclusam tenere,

id. Leg. 2, 28, 75:

veriti, ne angustiis intercluderentur,

Caes. B. C. 3, 69:

aliquem in insidiis,

Cic. Caecin. 29, 84:

animam,

to stop the breath, to stifle, Liv. 23, 7:

Amazoniā latus peltā,

to cover, Stat. S. 5, 1, 131. —

Trop., to hinder, prevent; with quominus:

intercludor dolore, quominus ad te plura scribam,

Cic. Att. 8, 8, 2. [p. 979]

jăcĕo, cŭi, cĭtum ( fut. part. jaci-turus, Stat. Th. 7, 777), 2, v. n. [ intr. of jacio; lit., to be thrown or cast; hence], to lie.

Lit.

In gen.:

in limine,

Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 45, § 118:

stratum ad pedes alicujus,

id. Quint. 31, 96; id. Q. Fr. 2, 5, 2:

alicui ad pedes,

id. Verr. 2, 5, 49, § 129:

in lecto,

id. Phil. 2, 18, 45; Juv. 6, 269:

in ignota harena,

Verg. A. 5, 871:

Tyrio sublimis in ostro,

Ov. H. 12, 179:

in viridi gramine,

id. Am. 1, 14, 22:

in teneris dominae lacertis,

id. ib. 1, 13, 5:

in solo,

id. M. 2, 420:

in viduo toro,

id. H. 16, 316:

in gremio,

id. ib. 9, 136;

11, 4: in servi complexibus,

Juv. 6, 279;

for which: saxum campo quod forte jacebat,

Verg. A. 12, 897:

deserto lecto,

Ov. H. 1, 7:

saxo,

id. M. 6, 100:

gremio mariti,

Juv. 2, 120:

in aversa ora,

Ov. H. 12, 63:

super corpus alicujus,

id. F. 2, 836:

somno,

Verg. E. 6, 14:

spissa harena,

id. A. 6, 336:

humo,

Ov. A. A. 2, 238:

nudus humi jacet,

Lucr. 5, 224; Cic. Cat. 1, 10, 26; Ov. Am. 3, 1, 12:

humi ante lectum jacens,

Suet. Oth. 7:

mecum inter salices lenta sub vite jacere,

Verg. E. 10, 40:

sub alta platano,

Hor. C. 2, 11, 14:

strata jacent sub arbore poma,

Verg. E. 7, 54.— Absol.:

Tityos jacet alitis esca,

Verg. Cul. 237:

vittae jacentes,

Tib. 2, 5, 53:

pisces jacentes,

i. e. flatfish, Col. 8, 17, 9.—

In partic.

Of sick persons, to lie ill, to be sick:

cura ut valeas, ne ego te jacente bona tua comedim,

Cic. Fam. 9, 20:

cum tristj morbo defessa jaceres,

Tib. 1, 5, 9:

hic facit ut jaceas,

Ov. H. 20, 173:

graviter,

Plin. Ep. 5. 9:

sine spe,

Sen. Ep. 101, 3.—

To lie dead, to have fallen:

Aeacidae telo jacet Hector,

Verg. A. 1, 99; 10, 737:

corpora per campos ferro quae fusa jacebant,

id. ib. 11, 102:

cum primi occidissent, proximi jacentibus insisterent,

Caes. B. G. 2, 27, 3; 7, 25, 3:

neminem jacentem veste spoliavit,

Nep. Thras. 2, 6; cf.:

spolia jacentis hostium exercitus,

Liv. 44, 45:

ne inultos imperatores suos jacere sinerent,

id. 25, 37:

qui bene pro patria cum patriaque jacent,

Ov. H. 3, 106:

Arge, jaces!

id. M. 1, 720: morte jacent merita, id. F. 3, 707:

fratri jacet,

killed by his brother, Sil. 15, 650:

rupto jacuit corpore (rana),

Phaedr. 1, 24, 10:

jacuit Catilina cadavere toto,

Juv. 10, 288.—

To be or lie long anywhere, to linger, tarry, stop at a place:

pernam, glandium, sumen facito in aqua jaceant,

Plaut. Ps. 1, 2, 33:

Brundusii,

to stay long at, Cic. Att. 11, 6, 2.—

Geographically, to lie, be situate, = esse, situm esse (not in Cic. or Cæs.): jacet Vada inter Appenninum et Alpis, Brut. ap. Cic. Fam. 11, 13, 2; Liv. 5, 48, 2; 6, 30, 5; 22, 3, 3:

inter Taurum montem jacet et Hellespontem,

Nep. Eum. 3, 2 saep.:

quae gens jacet supra Ciliciam,

id. Dat. 4:

ad vesperam jacentis terrae,

Plin. 18, 25, 57, § 216:

summo in vertice montis Planities ignota jacet,

Verg. A. 11, 527:

quod urbes in planis jaceant,

Just. 22, 5, 5:

alio patriam quaerunt sub sole jacentem,

Verg. G. 2, 512:

jacet extra sidera tellus,

id. A. 6, 795; cf.:

pallente sub umbra Cimmerias jacuisse domos,

Sil. 12, 132:

inter eos solemque jacent immania ponti aequora,

Lucr. 4, 412; cf.:

Cyclades et Sporades per quingenta milia in longitudinem... jacent,

extend, Plin. 4, 12, 23, § 71.—

To be low, flat, level:

jacentia et plana urbis loca,

Tac. H. 1, 86:

despiciens terras jacentīs,

Verg. A. 1, 224:

praetervehor Thapsum jacentem,

id. ib. 3, 689; Val. Fl. 4, 712:

quaeque jacent valles,

Ov. F. 2, 392; Just. 22, 5, 5:

jacentes campos,

Luc. 4, 52:

summo despexit ab aethere terras Infelix Phaëthon penitus penitusque jacentes,

Ov. M. 2, 178.—

Esp., of the sea, to be level, quiet, lie still:

mediusque jacet sine murmure pontus,

Luc. 1, 260; 5, 434:

servatum bello jacuit mare,

id. 3, 523:

planum mare,

Juv. 12, 62:

stagna jacentia,

Sil. 5, 583.—

To lie in ruins, be broken down: cui nec arae patriae domi stant, fractae et disjectae jacent, Enn. ap. Cic. Tusc. 3, 19, 44 (Trag. Rel. v. 115 Vahl.):

jacent, Ilion ingens,

Ov. M. 13, 505:

ausa et jacentem visere regiam vultu sereno,

Hor. C. 1, 37, 25:

Troja jacet certe,

Ov. H. 1, 3:

vetus Thebe jacet,

Juv. 15, 6.—

To hang loose:

vagi crines per colla jacebant,

Ov. M. 2, 673; id. A. A. 3, 236:

jacentia lora,

lying loose on the horse's neck, id. M. 2, 201; cf.

, of clothing, etc.: juvenes timidaeque puellae Praeverrunt latas veste jacente vias,

id. Am. 3, 13, 24:

demissa jacent tibi pallia terrae,

id. ib. 3, 2, 25; id. A. A. 153.—

Of the eyes, face, etc., to be cast down, fixed on the ground:

vultusque attolle jacentes,

Ov. M. 4, 144:

jacentes Vix oculos tollens,

id. ib. 11, 618.

Trop.

To be indolent or inactive, not to come forward:

in pace jacere, quam in bello vigere maluit. Quamquam ille quidem numquam jacuit,

Cic. Phil. 10, 7, 14:

C. Marius cum a spe consulatus longe abesset et jam septimum annum post praeturam jaceret,

id. Off. 3, 20, 79:

ars tua, Tiphy, jacet, si non sit in aequore fluctus,

Ov. Tr. 4, 3, 77:

at mea numina tandem fessa jacent,

Verg. A. 7, 298.—

To be cast down, dejected:

Gnaeus noster ut totus jacet,

Cic. Att. 7, 21, 1:

ne jaceam? quis unquam minus,

id. ib. 12, 40, 2:

jacet in maerore meus frater,

id. ib. 10, 4; id. Phil. 12, 2:

militum jacere animos,

Liv. 10, 35.—

To lie prostrate:

victa jacet pietas,

Ov. M. 1, 149:

nobilitas sub amore jacet,

id. H. 4, 161:

Africani, Marii, Sullae, Pompeii infra Pallantis laudes jacebant,

Plin. Ep. 8, 6, 2:

justitia vacillat, vel jacet potius,

Cic. Off. 3, 33, 118:

humana cum vita jaceret, oppressa gravi sub religione,

Lucr. 1, 63.—

To be refuted, overcome, disproved, to fail:

jacent suis testibus, qui Clodium negant Romam fuisse rediturum, etc.,

Cic. Mil. 18, 47:

jacet omnis ratio Peripateticorum,

id. Fin. 5, 28, 86:

jacet igitur tota conclusio,

id. Div. 2, 51, 106.—

To lie dormant, be disused or neglected, to be of no avail:

cum leges nihil valebant, cum judicia jacebant,

Cic. Par. 4, 1:

tota Capua et omnis hic delectus jacet,

id. Att. 7, 22: dici non potest, quomodo hic omnia jaceant, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 6:

justitia jacet,

Cic. Off. 3, 33:

maximas virtutes jacere omnes necesse est voluptate dominante,

id. Fin. 2, 35, 117; Quint. 9, 2, 4.—

To be despised, in no esteem:

cum jacerent pretia praediorum,

Cic. Rosc. Com. 12, 33:

ut neque jacere regem pateremur,

id. Fam. 1, 5, 3:

sed nunc omnia ista jacere puto, propter nummorum caritatem,

are cheap, id. Att. 9, 9, 4: dat census honores, Census amicitias:

pauper ubique jacet,

Ov. F. 1, 218; id. R. Am 139.—

To lie idle, neglected, or unemployed:

cur tamdiu jacet hoc nomen in adversariis,

Cic. Rosc. Com. 3:

quomodo tibi tanta pecunia extraordinaria jacet?

id. ib. 1:

quae (pecuniae) vereor, ne otiosae jaceant,

Plin. Ep. 10, 62, 1:

nonne justius erit proximo cuique bonorum possessionem dari, ne bona jaceant,

that they be not without an owner, Dig. 37, 3, 1.—

To lie open, be obvious, to be known, be at hand:

neque ex alio genere (verborum) ad usum cottidianum, alio ad scenam pompamque sumuntur, sed ea nos cum jacentia sustulimus e medio,

Cic. de Or. 3, 45, 177.—

Of speech or language, to be languid, lifeless, dull:

quibus detractis, jacet (oratio),

Quint. 9, 2, 4:

jacens oratio,

Gell. 1, 11, 15; cf. Quint. 8, 5, 32.

littĕra (less correctly lītĕra), ae, f. [lino, q. v.], a letter, a written sign or mark signifying a sound.

Lit.:

cubitum hercle longis litteris signabo jam usquequaque, si quis, etc.,

Plaut. Rud. 5, 2, 7:

quid hae locuntur litterae?

id. Bacch. 4, 7, 3; cf.: quid istae narrant? Tox. Perconctare ex ipsis;

ipsae tibi narrabunt,

id. Pers. 4, 3, 29:

sus rostro si humi A litteram impresserit,

Cic. Div. 1, 13, 23:

priscarum litterarum notae,

id. ib. 2, 41, 85:

maximis litteris incisum,

id. Verr. 2, 2, 63, § 154 fin.:

lenis appellatio litterarum,

id. Brut. 74, 159:

suavis appellatio litterarum,

Quint. 11, 3, 35:

quae si nostris litteris scribantur,

id. 12, 10, 28 litterarum ordine, in alphabetical order, Plin. 37, 9, 54, § 138:

verba primis litteris notare, Prob. de Not. Signif. 1 Huschke: digerere in litteram,

to arrange alphabetically, Sen. Ep. 68, 18: scire litteras, [p. 1072] to be able to read and write, Plaut. Truc. 4, 2, 23; Vitr. 1, 1, 14:

nescire litteras,

not to be able to read and write, id. Clem. 2, 1, 2; Suet. Ner. 10:

scribere aureis litteris,

Gai. Inst. 2, 77:

scientia litterarum,

the art of writing, Dig. 29, 2, 93:

facere litteram or litteras,

to write, Plaut. As. 4, 1, 22; Cic. Ac. 2, 2, 6.—In the language of comedy:

homo trium litterarum, i. e. fur,

a thief, Plaut. Aul. 2, 4, 46: litteram ex se longam facere, i. e. to make an I by hanging perpendicularly, to hang one's self:

neque quicquam meliust mihi, ut opinor, quam ex me ut faciam litteram longam, meum laqueo collum quando obstrinxero,

id. ib. 1, 1, 37:

littera salutaris, i. e. A. (absolvo) and tristis, i. e. C. (condemno), which were put on the voting-tablets,

Cic. Mil. 6, 15.—

Transf.

A word, a line:

ad me litteram numquam misit,

Cic. Fam. 2, 17, 6: ad litteram, word for word, literally:

locum ad litteram subjeci,

Quint. 9, 1, 15.—

A handwriting:

Alexidis manum amabam, quod tam prope accedebat ad similitudinem tuae litterae,

Cic. Att. 7, 2, 3; cf.:

arguit ipsorum quos littera,

Juv. 13, 138 (v. also infra B. 1. fin.).—

Usually plur.

Littĕrae, ārum, f., a letter, epistle: litteras resignare, to unseal or open a letter, Plaut. Trin. 3, 3, 65:

ut litterarum ego harum sermonem audio,

id. Ps. 1, 1, 97; Cic. Att. 1, 13, 1:

dare alicui litteras ad aliquem,

id. Cat. 3, 4, 9:

litteras mittere,

id. Att. 5, 21, 2:

reddere alicui,

id. ib. 5, 21, 4:

accipere,

id. ib. 5, 21, 7:

remittere,

id. ib. 11, 16, 4:

nullas iis praeterquam ad te et ad Brutum dedi litteras,

id. Fam. 3, 7, 1:

queri apud aliquem per litteras,

id. Att. 5, 21, 13: invitare aliquem perlitteras id. ib. 13, 2, 2:

civitatum animos litteris temptare,

Caes. B. C. 1, 40, 1: litterae missae, a letter sent by a person: litterae allatae, a letter received: hence, liber litterarum missarum et allatarum, a letter-book:

L. M. (i. e. litterae missae)... L. A. (i. e. litterae allatae), etc.,

Cic. Font. 4, 8; id. Verr. 2, 3, 71, § 167.—In poets also sometimes in sing.:

quam legis a rapta Briseide littera venit,

Ov. H. 3, 1; 5, 2; id. M. 9, 515; Tib. 3, 2, 27; Mart. 10, 73 al.—

A writing, document, paper:

litterae publicae,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 63, § 140; 2, 4, 16, § 35; esp. a written acknowledgment:

littera poscetur,

Ov. A. A. 1, 428.—

An account-book:

ratio omnis et litterae,

Cic. Quint. 11, 37; id. Verr. 2, 4, 12, § 27.—

An edict, ordinance:

praetoris litterae,

Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 22, § 56:

litteras revocavit,

letter of appointment, commission, Suet. Vesp. 8. —

Written monuments, records, literature:

abest historia litteris nostris,

is wanting in our literature, Cic. Leg. 1, 2, 5:

Graecae de philosophia litterae,

philosophical literature, id. Div. 2, 2, 5:

genus hoc scriptionis nondum satis Latinis litteris illustratae,

id. Brut. 64, 228; id. Tusc. 1, 1, 1; id. Fin. 1, 2, 4:

Graecis litteris studere,

id. Brut. 20, 78:

damnum Hortensii interitu Latinae litterae fecerunt,

id. ib. 33, 125:

nullam artem litteris sine interprete et sine aliqua exercitatione percipi posse,

merely from books, id. Fam. 7, 19:

quod litteris exstet, Pherecydes primum dixit animos hominum esse sempiternos,

id. Tusc. 1, 16, 38:

parvae et rarae per eadem tempora litterae fuere,

Liv. 6, 1, 2; 7, 3, 6:

Etruscae,

id. 9, 36, 3:

paucissimos adhuc eloquentes litterae Romanae tulerunt,

Quint. 10, 1, 123: amor litterarum, id. prooem. 6.—

History, inasmuch as it is derived from written monuments:

cupidissimus litterarum fuit,

Nep. Cat. 3, 1; id. Pelop. 1:

parvae et rarae per eadem tempora litterae fuere,

Liv. 6, 1.—

Literary labor, composition:

omnis varietas litterarum mearum,

Cic. Fam. 15, 4, 12:

non nihil temporis tribuit litteris,

Nep. Hann. 13, 2.—

An inscription, Ov. M. 11, 706.—

Learning, the sciences, liberal education, scholarship, letters:

sit mihi orator tinctus litteris: audierit aliquid, legerit,

Cic. de Or. 2, 20, 85:

erant in eo plurimae litterae,

id. Brut. 76, 265:

homo communium litterarum, et politioris humanitatis non expers,

id. de Or. 2, 7, 28:

homo sine ingenio, sine litteris,

id. Verr. 2, 4, 44, § 98:

fuit in illo ingenium, ratio, memoria, litterae, cura, cogitatio, diligentia,

id. Phil. 2, 45, 116:

mihi nihil libri, nihil litterae, nihil doctrina prodest,

id. Att. 9, 10, 2:

litterarum scientia,

id. Brut. 42, 153:

litterarum coguitio,

id. de Or. 3, 32, 127: nescire litteras, to be without a liberal education, id. Brut. 74, 259:

altiores litterae,

magic, Plin. 14, 4, 5, § 51.—Comically of the art of love: Litteras didicisti;

quando scis, sine alios discere,

Plaut. Truc. 4, 2, 22.

littĕra (less correctly lītĕra), ae, f. [lino, q. v.], a letter, a written sign or mark signifying a sound.

Lit.:

cubitum hercle longis litteris signabo jam usquequaque, si quis, etc.,

Plaut. Rud. 5, 2, 7:

quid hae locuntur litterae?

id. Bacch. 4, 7, 3; cf.: quid istae narrant? Tox. Perconctare ex ipsis;

ipsae tibi narrabunt,

id. Pers. 4, 3, 29:

sus rostro si humi A litteram impresserit,

Cic. Div. 1, 13, 23:

priscarum litterarum notae,

id. ib. 2, 41, 85:

maximis litteris incisum,

id. Verr. 2, 2, 63, § 154 fin.:

lenis appellatio litterarum,

id. Brut. 74, 159:

suavis appellatio litterarum,

Quint. 11, 3, 35:

quae si nostris litteris scribantur,

id. 12, 10, 28 litterarum ordine, in alphabetical order, Plin. 37, 9, 54, § 138:

verba primis litteris notare, Prob. de Not. Signif. 1 Huschke: digerere in litteram,

to arrange alphabetically, Sen. Ep. 68, 18: scire litteras, [p. 1072] to be able to read and write, Plaut. Truc. 4, 2, 23; Vitr. 1, 1, 14:

nescire litteras,

not to be able to read and write, id. Clem. 2, 1, 2; Suet. Ner. 10:

scribere aureis litteris,

Gai. Inst. 2, 77:

scientia litterarum,

the art of writing, Dig. 29, 2, 93:

facere litteram or litteras,

to write, Plaut. As. 4, 1, 22; Cic. Ac. 2, 2, 6.—In the language of comedy:

homo trium litterarum, i. e. fur,

a thief, Plaut. Aul. 2, 4, 46: litteram ex se longam facere, i. e. to make an I by hanging perpendicularly, to hang one's self:

neque quicquam meliust mihi, ut opinor, quam ex me ut faciam litteram longam, meum laqueo collum quando obstrinxero,

id. ib. 1, 1, 37:

littera salutaris, i. e. A. (absolvo) and tristis, i. e. C. (condemno), which were put on the voting-tablets,

Cic. Mil. 6, 15.—

Transf.

A word, a line:

ad me litteram numquam misit,

Cic. Fam. 2, 17, 6: ad litteram, word for word, literally:

locum ad litteram subjeci,

Quint. 9, 1, 15.—

A handwriting:

Alexidis manum amabam, quod tam prope accedebat ad similitudinem tuae litterae,

Cic. Att. 7, 2, 3; cf.:

arguit ipsorum quos littera,

Juv. 13, 138 (v. also infra B. 1. fin.).—

Usually plur.

Littĕrae, ārum, f., a letter, epistle: litteras resignare, to unseal or open a letter, Plaut. Trin. 3, 3, 65:

ut litterarum ego harum sermonem audio,

id. Ps. 1, 1, 97; Cic. Att. 1, 13, 1:

dare alicui litteras ad aliquem,

id. Cat. 3, 4, 9:

litteras mittere,

id. Att. 5, 21, 2:

reddere alicui,

id. ib. 5, 21, 4:

accipere,

id. ib. 5, 21, 7:

remittere,

id. ib. 11, 16, 4:

nullas iis praeterquam ad te et ad Brutum dedi litteras,

id. Fam. 3, 7, 1:

queri apud aliquem per litteras,

id. Att. 5, 21, 13: invitare aliquem perlitteras id. ib. 13, 2, 2:

civitatum animos litteris temptare,

Caes. B. C. 1, 40, 1: litterae missae, a letter sent by a person: litterae allatae, a letter received: hence, liber litterarum missarum et allatarum, a letter-book:

L. M. (i. e. litterae missae)... L. A. (i. e. litterae allatae), etc.,

Cic. Font. 4, 8; id. Verr. 2, 3, 71, § 167.—In poets also sometimes in sing.:

quam legis a rapta Briseide littera venit,

Ov. H. 3, 1; 5, 2; id. M. 9, 515; Tib. 3, 2, 27; Mart. 10, 73 al.—

A writing, document, paper:

litterae publicae,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 63, § 140; 2, 4, 16, § 35; esp. a written acknowledgment:

littera poscetur,

Ov. A. A. 1, 428.—

An account-book:

ratio omnis et litterae,

Cic. Quint. 11, 37; id. Verr. 2, 4, 12, § 27.—

An edict, ordinance:

praetoris litterae,

Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 22, § 56:

litteras revocavit,

letter of appointment, commission, Suet. Vesp. 8. —

Written monuments, records, literature:

abest historia litteris nostris,

is wanting in our literature, Cic. Leg. 1, 2, 5:

Graecae de philosophia litterae,

philosophical literature, id. Div. 2, 2, 5:

genus hoc scriptionis nondum satis Latinis litteris illustratae,

id. Brut. 64, 228; id. Tusc. 1, 1, 1; id. Fin. 1, 2, 4:

Graecis litteris studere,

id. Brut. 20, 78:

damnum Hortensii interitu Latinae litterae fecerunt,

id. ib. 33, 125:

nullam artem litteris sine interprete et sine aliqua exercitatione percipi posse,

merely from books, id. Fam. 7, 19:

quod litteris exstet, Pherecydes primum dixit animos hominum esse sempiternos,

id. Tusc. 1, 16, 38:

parvae et rarae per eadem tempora litterae fuere,

Liv. 6, 1, 2; 7, 3, 6:

Etruscae,

id. 9, 36, 3:

paucissimos adhuc eloquentes litterae Romanae tulerunt,

Quint. 10, 1, 123: amor litterarum, id. prooem. 6.—

History, inasmuch as it is derived from written monuments:

cupidissimus litterarum fuit,

Nep. Cat. 3, 1; id. Pelop. 1:

parvae et rarae per eadem tempora litterae fuere,

Liv. 6, 1.—

Literary labor, composition:

omnis varietas litterarum mearum,

Cic. Fam. 15, 4, 12:

non nihil temporis tribuit litteris,

Nep. Hann. 13, 2.—

An inscription, Ov. M. 11, 706.—

Learning, the sciences, liberal education, scholarship, letters:

sit mihi orator tinctus litteris: audierit aliquid, legerit,

Cic. de Or. 2, 20, 85:

erant in eo plurimae litterae,

id. Brut. 76, 265:

homo communium litterarum, et politioris humanitatis non expers,

id. de Or. 2, 7, 28:

homo sine ingenio, sine litteris,

id. Verr. 2, 4, 44, § 98:

fuit in illo ingenium, ratio, memoria, litterae, cura, cogitatio, diligentia,

id. Phil. 2, 45, 116:

mihi nihil libri, nihil litterae, nihil doctrina prodest,

id. Att. 9, 10, 2:

litterarum scientia,

id. Brut. 42, 153:

litterarum coguitio,

id. de Or. 3, 32, 127: nescire litteras, to be without a liberal education, id. Brut. 74, 259:

altiores litterae,

magic, Plin. 14, 4, 5, § 51.—Comically of the art of love: Litteras didicisti;

quando scis, sine alios discere,

Plaut. Truc. 4, 2, 22.

nam, conj. [ acc. sing. fem. of pronom. stem na-; cf.: egô-nê, tu-nê; Lat. ne, nae; masc. num; cf.: tum, tam; quom, quam].

To introduce a confirmation or explanation, for (always in prose beginning the sentence; cf.: enim, etenim, and v. infra C.).

Introducing an explanation or fuller statement of something already said.

In gen.:

is pagus appellabatur Tigurinus. Nam omnis civitas Helvetia in quattuor pagos divisa est,

Caes. B. G. 1, 12, 4:

quibus rebus auditis... suas quoque copias in tres partes distribuerunt. Nam praesidio e regione castrorum relicto... reliquas copias, etc.,

id. ib. 7, 61, 5: neque solum colent inter se ac diligent, sed etiam verebuntur. Nam maximum ornamentum amicitiae tollit, qui ex eā tollit verecundiam, Cic. [p. 1185] Lael. 22, 82; id. Part. Or. 11, 38; id. Or. 43, 147; cf.:

pandite atque aperite propere januam hanc Orci, opsecro. Nam equidem haut aliter esse duco,

Plaut. Bacch. 3, 1, 2. —

Esp.

To introduce an explanatory parenthetical clause:

omni ratione colenda justitia est, tum ipsa per sese (nam aliter justitia non esset), tum, etc.,

Cic. Off. 2, 12, 42:

et in insulā quae est in Fibreno —nam hoc, opinor, illi alteri flumini nomen est—sermoni reliquo demus operam sedentes,

id. Leg. 2, 1, 1:

tamen is ad id locorum talis vir (nam postea ambitione praeceps datus est), consulatum adpetere non audebat,

Sall. J. 63, 6; Sen. Ep. 40, 9.—

To resume the course of thought after a parenthetical interruption:

hic vero simul... atque me mare transisse cognovit (audi, audi, atque attende...), nam simul ac me Dyrrachium attigisse audivit, etc.,

Cic. Planc. 41, 98:

duplex inde Hannibali gaudium fuit (neque enim quidquam eorum, quae apud hostes agerentur, eum fallebat): nam et liberam Minucii temeritatem se suo modo capturum, et sollertiae Fabii dimidium virium decessisse,

Liv. 22, 28, 1.—

To introduce an example, or several examples, illustrating a general statement, for example, for instance:

sed vivo Catone minores natu multi uno tempore oratores floruerunt. Nam et A. Albinus... et litteratus et disertus fuit. Nam Q. Metellus... in primis est habitus eloquens,

Cic. Brut. 21, 81:

quin etiam easdem causas ut quisque egerit utile erit scire. Nam de domo Ciceronis dixit Calidius, et pro Milone orationem Brutus exercitationis gratiā scripsit,

Quint. 10, 1, 23; 8, 6, 38; Prop. 3 (4), 1, 23.—

Introducing a ground or reason for a fact, command, or principle.

In gen.:

quamobrem, Quirites, celebratote illos dies cum conjugibus ac liberis vestris: nam multi saepe honores dīs immortalibus justi habiti sunt, sed profecto justiores numquam,

Cic. Cat. 3, 10, 23: vires vitaque corpus meum nunc deserit omne: nam me visus homo pulcher, etc., Enn. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 20, 40:

qui... dilectum habere noluerit. Nam sociorum auxilia aut ita imbecilla sunt, ut non multum nos juvare possint, etc.,

Cic. Fam. 15, 1, 11.—

Esp., introducing the speaker's reason for a particular form of statement, etc.:

Phoenices alias urbes in orā maritumā condidere... nam de Carthagine silere melius puto quam parum dicere,

Sall. J. 19, 1; cf.

Mercuri (nam te docilis magistro Movit Amphion lapides canendo), etc.,

Hor. C. 3, 11, 1;

so in a question: una domus erat, idem victus isque communis... nam quid ego de studiis dicam cognoscendi semper aliquid, etc.,

Cic. Lael. 27, 104:

nam quid ego de cotidiano sermone querimoniāque populi Romani loquar?

id. Verr. 2, 1, 49, § 129.—

Loosely, introducing the speaker's reason for saying what precedes: nam ego ad Menaechmum nunc eo ( I have said this), for, etc., Plaut. Men. 1, 1, 20; id. Trin. 1, 1, 3 Brix ad loc.—So esp. after a general remark, introducing its illustration in the case in hand, Plaut. Truc. 1, 1, 58 Spengel ad loc.; id. Most. 5, 1, 3; id. Mil. 2, 1, 17.—

In a still looser connection, introducing a particular fact or argument in support of what precedes, but, now, certainly:

L. Sisennae omnis facultas ex historiā ipsius perspici potest, quae cum facile vincat superiores, tum indicat quantum absit a summo... Nam Q. Hortensii admodum adulescentis ingenium simul aspectum et probatum est,

Cic. Brut. 64, 228; 43, 161; id. Div. 2, 31, 66; 2, 32, 68:

at prooemium aliquando et narrationem dicit malus homo et argumenta sic, ut nihil sit in his requirendum. Nam et latro pugnabit acriter, virtus tamen erit fortitudo,

Quint. 2, 20, 10.—

Ellipt., in reply to a question or remark, where the answer is implied, and nam introduces the reason for it; for assuredly, certainly:

nos hunc Heracliensem, multis civitatibus expetitum... de nostrā civitate eiciemus? Nam si quis minorem gloriae fructum putat ex Graecis versibus percipi quam ex Latinis, vehementer errat,

Cic. Arch. 10, 22 sq.:

numquid ergo hic Lysimachus, felicitate quādam dentibus leonis elapsus, ob hoc cum ipse regnaret mitior fuit? Nam Telesphorum Rhodium amicum suum... in caveā velut novum animal aliquod... pavit,

Sen. de Ira. 3, 17, 3; cf.: de eis rebus, inquit Crassus, quibus sciam poteroque. Tum ille:

nam quod tu non poteris aut nescies, quis nostrum tam impudens est, qui se scire aut posse postulet?

Cic. de Or. 1, 22, 101.—So with particles of asseveration: mehercule, hercule, edepol, etc.: tamen tibi a me nulla orta est injuria. Aes. Nam hercle etiam hoc restat, i. e. not yet; for that is to come hereafter, Ter. Ad. 2, 1, 36: sume, posce, prome quidvis: te facio cellarium. Er. Nam nisi hercle manticinatus probe ero, fusti pectito, Plaut. Capt. 4, 2, 115:

dicunt ei fere nullam esse columnam, quae ad perpendiculum esse possit. Nam mehercule, inquit, sic agamus: columnae ad perpendiculum exigantur,

Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 51, § 133.—

The conjunction nam sometimes follows a word of the clause ( poet. and perh. not ante-Aug.; v. Lachm. ad Lucr. p. 246):

prohibent nam cetera Parcae Scire,

Verg. A. 3, 379:

solam nam perfidus ille Te colere,

id. ib. 4, 421; 10, 585;

1, 444: olim nam quaerere amabam,

Hor. S. 2, 3, 20; 41:

ego nam videor mihi sanus,

id. ib. 2, 3, 302:

his nam plebecula plaudit,

id. Ep. 2, 1, 186.

In transitions.

Introducing a new subject as of secondary importance; but now, on the other hand:

nam quod rumores distulerunt malivoli, Multas contamināsse Graecas, dum facit Paucas Latinas: factum hic esse id non negat, Neque se pigere,

Ter. Heaut. prol. 19:

nam quod purgas eos, quos ego mihi scripsi invidisse, etc.,

Cic. Att. 3, 15, 2:

nam quod negas te dubitare quin magnā in offensā sim apud Pompeium hoc tempore, non video causam cur ita sit,

id. ib. 9, 2, a, 2; id. Off. 2, 13, 47:

nam auguralis libros ad commune utriusque nostrum otium serva,

id. Fam. 3, 11, 4:

nam Vestae nomen a Graecis est, i. e. though that of Janus, before named, is Latin,

id. N. D. 2, 27, 67; id. Div. 2, 31, 66; 2, 32, 68; Quint. 1, 11, 7; 10, 1, 9.—

Esp., in referring to a consideration too obvious to require discussion, for obviously, for it is certain, etc.:

postremo hoc in pectus tuum demitte, numquam populum Romanum beneficiis victum esse: nam bello quid valeat, tute scis,

Sall. J. 102, 11; Liv. 39, 26, 3; Cic. Tusc. 4, 23, 52; Tac. H. 4, 76.

In interrogations, emphatically, expressing wonder or emotion in the questioner; cf. Gr. gar.

With an interrogative.

Beginning a sentence (anteclass. and poet.): perdidisti omnem operam? Ep. Nam quī perdidi? but how? but why? Plaut. Ep. 1, 2, 29:

nam quem ego adspicio?

id. Poen. 5, 3, 3: quid ego ago? Tr. Nam quid tu, malum, me rogitas quid agas? id. Most. 2, 1, 21:

nam quae haec anus est exanimata a fratre quae egressa'st meo?

Ter. Phorm. 5, 1, 5:

nam quid ita?

id. Eun. 5, 2, 58:

nam quem? alium habui neminem,

id. ib. 4, 4, 13:

nam quam ob rem? (= quamnam),

Plaut. Am. 2, 1, 2:

nam quā me causā extrusisti ex aedibus?

id. Aul. 1, 1, 5 et saep.:

nam quis te, juvenum confidentissime, nostras Jussit adire domos?

Verg. G. 4, 445 (but cf. Forbig. ad loc. and Kritz ad Sall. J. 19, 2):

nam quae tam sera moratur Segnities?

id. A. 2, 373:

bellua multorum es capitum. Nam quid sequar aut quem?

Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 76.—

Joined as enclitic to an interrogative word:

quinam homo hic ante aedīs nostras conqueritur?

Plaut. Aul. 4, 9, 17:

quidnam id est?

id. Trin. 5, 2, 45:

quisnam igitur tuebitur P. Scipionis memoriam mortui?

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 36, § 80:

O di immortales, ubinam gentium sumus?

id. Cat. 1, 4, 9; id. N. D. 1, 10, 24:

sed Allobroges diu in incerto habuere quidnam consilii caperent,

Sall. C. 41, 1.—For quianam, v. quia fin. —

Separated from the interrogative word:

quid tibi ex filio nam, obsecro, aegre est?

Plaut. Bacch. 5, 1, 27:

quis ea'st nam optuma?

id. Aul. 2, 1, 17; 3, 2, 3:

quid cerussa opus nam?

id. Most. 1, 3, 101:

quis est nam ludus in undis?

Verg. E. 9, 39.—

With num:

num tibi nam, amabo, janua est mordax mea?

Plaut. Truc. 2, 4, 1:

num quid nam tibi molestum est, gnate mi, si, etc.,

id. As. 5, 1, 3; cf.:

comicum est et Terentianum numquidnam, cum exemptis num et nam sufficere ad interrogationem potuisset quid,

Donat. ad Ter. And. 1, 4, 8:

num nam haec audivit,

Ter. Heaut. 3, 2, 6:

num quid nam de oratore ipso restat,

Cic. Part. Or. 7, 26.—

Without an interrogative word (very rare): scis nam tibi quae praecepi? Plaut. Pers. 3, 1, 51. (For fuller details, v. Hand, Turs. 4, pp. 1-22.)

nāris, is, f. [for nasis, from root na-; Sanscr. nārā, water; nāsā, nose; kindred to nasus; cf.: no, nāre], a nostril, usually in plur., nāres, ĭum, f., the nostrils, the nose.

Lit.

In sing. ( poet. and in postclass. prose):

et lati rictūs et panda loquenti Naris erat,

Ov. M. 3, 675; 6, 141; 12, 253; id. A. A. 1, 520; Pers. 1, 33; Grat. Cyn. 172; Macer. ap. Charis. p. 82 P.; App. M. 8, p. 213; Tert. adv. Marc. 1, 13.—

In plur.:

nares, eo, quod omnis odor ad supera fertur, recte sursum sunt,

Cic. N. D. 2, 56, 141:

nares contractiores habent introitus,

id. ib. 2, 57, 145:

fasciculum ad nares admovere,

id. Tusc. 3, 18, 43:

mediis in naribus ingens gibbus,

Juv. 6, 108:

patulis captavit naribus auras,

Verg. G. 1, 376.—

The nose, as an organ expressive of sagacity, and also of scorn and anger:

naribus ducere tura,

to smell, Hor. C. 4, 1, 21: naribus labrisque non fere quicquam decenter ostendimus, tametsi derisus iis, contemptus, fastidium significari solet, nam et corrugare nares, ut Horatius ait... indecorum est, etc., to turn up the nose, to sneer, Quint. 11, 3, 80:

ne sordida mappa Corruget nares,

cause you to turn up your nose, Hor. Ep. 1, 5, 22:

omnis copia narium,

sweet-smelling flowers, id. C. 2, 15, 6:

de nare loqui,

to speak through the nose, Pers. 1, 33: Aesopus naris emunctae senex, of a clean nose, i. e. of sharp perception, of fine powers of observation, Phaedr. 3, 3, 14; so,

(Lucilius) emunctae naris,

Hor. S. 1, 4, 8:

acutae nares,

id. ib. 1, 3, 30;

and on the contrary: homo naris obesae,

of a dull nose, id. Epod. 12, 3: naribus uti, to turn up the nose, i. e. to banter, ridicule, id. Ep. 1, 19, 45; cf.:

rides et nimis uncis naribus indulges,

Pers. 1, 41.—Of anger: Calpurni saevam legem Pisoni' reprendi, Eduxique animam in prioribu' naribus, Lucil. ap. Non. 427, 32 (Sat. 20, 4):

in naribus primoribus vix pertuli,

Afran. ib. 33 (Com. Rel. v. 384 Rib.).—

Transf., an opening, orifice, vent, air-hole, of a canal, etc.:

inter duos parietes canalis ducatur, habens nares ad locum patentem,

Vitr. 7, 4; 7, 10; Vop. Prob. 21; Pall. 9, 9.

partŭrĭo, īvi or ĭi, 4 ( imperf. parturibat, Phaedr. 4, 21, 1), v. desid. a. [2. pario], to desire to bring forth, to be in travail or labor; said of women and of animals.

Lit.:

vereor ne parturire intellegat,

Ter. Hec. 3, 3, 53:

tu (Lucina) voto parturientis ades,

Ov. F. 3, 256:

parturiens canis,

Phaedr. 1, 18, 3.—Prov.: parturiunt montes, nascetur ridiculus mus, said of those who promise great things, but accomplish little or nothing;

like the Engl. expression,

great cry and little wool, Hor. A. P. 139 (after the Greek proverb, ôdinen oros, eita mun apeteken); cf.

, also,

Phaedr. 4, 21, 1 sq. —

Transf.

To be big or pregnant with any thing; to brood over, meditate, purpose, Cic. Mur. 39, 84:

ut aliquando dolor populi Romani pariat, quod jamdiu parturit!

id. Phil. 2, 46, 118; so,

quod diu parturit animus vester, aliquando pariat,

Liv. 21, 18, 12:

ingentes parturit ira minas,

Ov. H. 12, 208; cf.:

filioli mei quos iterum parturio,

Vulg. Gal. 4, 19.—

To be anxious or concerned:

quā (securitate) frui non possit animus, si tamquam parturiat unus pro pluribus,

Cic. Lael. 13, 45; App. M. 7, 4.—

In gen., to bring forth, produce, yield, generate, etc. ( poet.):

quis Parthum paveat... Quis Germania quos horrida parturit Fetus, incolumi Caesare?

Hor. C. 4, 5, 26:

et nunc omnis ager, nunc omnis parturit arbos,

is budding forth, Verg. E. 3, 56; id. G. 2, 330; cf.

Col. poët. 10, 10: neque parturit imbres Perpetuos (Notus),

Hor. C. 1, 7, 16: felicemque uterum, qui nomina parturit annis, i. e. the yearly consuls, Claud. Cons. Prob. et Olybr. 204:

parturit innumeros angusto pectore mundos,

to conceive, imagine, id. Cons. Mall. Theod. 81, 3.—Hence, P. a. as subst.: partŭrĭens, entis, f., a woman in labor:

dolores parturientis,

Vulg. Osee, 13, 13; id. Psa. 47, 6.

partŭrĭo, īvi or ĭi, 4 ( imperf. parturibat, Phaedr. 4, 21, 1), v. desid. a. [2. pario], to desire to bring forth, to be in travail or labor; said of women and of animals.

Lit.:

vereor ne parturire intellegat,

Ter. Hec. 3, 3, 53:

tu (Lucina) voto parturientis ades,

Ov. F. 3, 256:

parturiens canis,

Phaedr. 1, 18, 3.—Prov.: parturiunt montes, nascetur ridiculus mus, said of those who promise great things, but accomplish little or nothing;

like the Engl. expression,

great cry and little wool, Hor. A. P. 139 (after the Greek proverb, ôdinen oros, eita mun apeteken); cf.

, also,

Phaedr. 4, 21, 1 sq. —

Transf.

To be big or pregnant with any thing; to brood over, meditate, purpose, Cic. Mur. 39, 84:

ut aliquando dolor populi Romani pariat, quod jamdiu parturit!

id. Phil. 2, 46, 118; so,

quod diu parturit animus vester, aliquando pariat,

Liv. 21, 18, 12:

ingentes parturit ira minas,

Ov. H. 12, 208; cf.:

filioli mei quos iterum parturio,

Vulg. Gal. 4, 19.—

To be anxious or concerned:

quā (securitate) frui non possit animus, si tamquam parturiat unus pro pluribus,

Cic. Lael. 13, 45; App. M. 7, 4.—

In gen., to bring forth, produce, yield, generate, etc. ( poet.):

quis Parthum paveat... Quis Germania quos horrida parturit Fetus, incolumi Caesare?

Hor. C. 4, 5, 26:

et nunc omnis ager, nunc omnis parturit arbos,

is budding forth, Verg. E. 3, 56; id. G. 2, 330; cf.

Col. poët. 10, 10: neque parturit imbres Perpetuos (Notus),

Hor. C. 1, 7, 16: felicemque uterum, qui nomina parturit annis, i. e. the yearly consuls, Claud. Cons. Prob. et Olybr. 204:

parturit innumeros angusto pectore mundos,

to conceive, imagine, id. Cons. Mall. Theod. 81, 3.—Hence, P. a. as subst.: partŭrĭens, entis, f., a woman in labor:

dolores parturientis,

Vulg. Osee, 13, 13; id. Psa. 47, 6.

păteo, ŭi, 2, v. n. root pat. (perh. orig. spat.; cf. spatium); Gr petannumi, pitnêmi, to spread out; petasma, curtain; petalon, leaf; cf.: patulus, patina; also perh. pando (for pantdo)], to stand open, lie open, be open.

Lit.:

januae, aedes patent,

Plaut. As. 1, 3, 89:

facite totae plateae pateant,

id. Aul. 3, 1, 2. nares semper propter necessarias utilitates patent, Cic. N. D. 2, 57, 145:

omnibus haec ad visendum patebant cotidie,

id. Verr 2, 4, 3, § 5:

cur valvae Concordiae non patent?

id. Phil. 2, 44, 112:

semitae patuerant,

Caes. B. G. 7, 8:

ne fugae quidem patebat locus,

Liv. 27, 18:

patuere fores,

Ov. M. 2, 768: (fenestrae) sine injuriā patent, Plin. Ep. 2, 17, 16 et saep. —

In partic.

To lie open, be exposed to any thing:

patens vulneri equus,

Liv. 31, 39, 12:

latus ictui,

Tac. H. 5, 11.—

To stretch out, extend (cf. porrigor):

Helvetiorum fines in longitudinem milia passuum CCXL. patebant,

Caes. B. G. 1, 2; 1, 10:

schoenus patet stadia XL.,

Plin. 12, 14, 30, § 53.—

Trop.

In gen., to be open, free, allowable, accessible, attainable:

si nobis is cursus pateret,

Cic. Att. 10, 12, 4:

ad quos omnis nobis aditus, qui paene solis patuit, obstructus est,

id. Brut. 4, 16:

praemia quae pateant stipendiariis,

id. Balb. 9, 24:

ut intellegant omnia Ciceronis patere Trebiano,

id. Fam. 6, 10, 3: alicui, to yield to:

lux aeterna mihi... dabatur, Si mea virginitas Phoebo patuisset amanti,

Ov. M. 14, 133; id. A. A. 1, 362; Auct. Priap. 83.—

In partic.

Of the hearing, etc., to be open, ready to hear:

(constare inter omnis video) patere aurīs tuas querelis omnium,

Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 8, § 25:

si cujus aures ad hanc disputationem patent,

id. Fam. 3, 8, 3: meas auris... omnium praeceptis patuisse. id. Phil. 14, 7, 20:

tamquam nullo magis tempore ad simplices cogitationes pateat animus,

Tac. G. 22, 2:

semita Tranquillae per virtutem patet unica vitae,

Juv. 10, 364.—

To be exposed or subject to any thing, Cic. Off. 1, 21, 73:

longis morbis senectus, acutis adulescentia magis patet,

Cels. 2, 1:

qui vanus et excors est patebit contemptui,

Vulg. Prov 12, 8.—

To extend:

in quo vitio latissime patet avaritia,

Cic. Off. 1, 7, 20:

late patet et ad multos pertinet,

id. de Or. 1, 55, 235.—

To be clear, plain, well known, evident, manifest (cf.:

appareo, detegor): operta quae fuere, aperta sunt, patent praestigiae,

Plaut. Capt. 3, 3, 9:

cum illa pateant in promptuque sint omnibus, etc.,

Cic. de Or. 1, 6, 23:

quod in tabulis patebat,

id. Phil. 2, 37, 93:

in adversariis (hoc nomen) patere contendit,

id. Rosc. Com. 2, 5.—With subject-clause:

cum pateat aeternum id esse, quod, etc.,

Cic. Tusc. 1, 23, 54.— Absol.:

quid porro quaerendum est? factumne sit? at constat: a quo? at patet,

Cic. Mil. 6, 15.—Hence, pă-tens, entis, P. a., open, accessible, unobstructed, passable.

Lit.:

caelum ex omni parte patens atque apertum,

Cic. Div. 1, 1, 2:

campi patentes,

Sall. J. 101, 11.— Comp.:

in locis patentioribus,

Caes. B. G. 7, 28:

via patentior,

Liv. 7, 36.—

Transf., open, wide:

dolium quam patentissimi oris,

Col. 12, 6.—

Trop.

Open, exposed:

domus patens, et exposita cupiditati et voluptatibus,

Cic. Quint. 30, 93:

pelagoque volans da vela patenti,

Verg. G. 2, 41:

urbs patens,

unwalled, Vulg. Prov. 25, 28.—

Evident, manifest:

causa,

Ov. M. 9, 536.—

* Adv.: pătenter, openly, clearly; in comp.:

patentius et expeditius (opp: implicite et abscondite),

Cic. Inv. 2, 23, 69

per-vādo, si, sum, 3, v. a. and n., to go or come through, to pass or press through, to spread through (class.; syn. penetro).

Lit., constr. with acc. alone, or with per, ad, or in, and absol.: pervade polum, Att. ap. Varr. L. L. 7, § 13 Müll. (Trag. Rel. p. 190 Rib.):

incendium per agros pervasit,

Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 26, § 66:

per omnis partis provinciae te tamquam aliquam calamitosam pestem tempestatemque pervasisse,

id. ib. 2, 1, 38, §

96: ne cum in Siciliā quidem fuit... pars ejus belli in Italiam ulla pervasit,

id. ib. 2, 5, 2, §

6: per aequa et iniqua loca pervadunt,

Liv. 25, 14, 9:

pervadere usque ad vallum,

id. 26, 5; 37, 25:

pars magna equitum ad terga pugnantium pervasit,

id. 42, 7, 7:

Thessaliam cum exercitu pervadit, id, 42, 13, 8: venenum ita cunctos ejus artus pervasit, ut, etc.,

Tac. A. 13, 16:

impetu equi pervasit,

id. ib. 2, 17.—In pass.:

pervasā urbe,

Amm. 24, 2, 13:

pervasis regionibus,

id. 31, 3, 1; Sedul. 3, 309.—

Transf., to go, come, arrive anywhere:

ut quaedam calamitas pervadere videretur,

Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 17, § 44:

in nares,

id. N. D. 2, 57, 145:

ad castra,

Liv. 7, 36.—

Trop.

To spread through, penetrate, pervade:

opinio, quae per animos gentium barbararum pervaserat,

Cic. Imp. Pomp. 9, 23:

quo non illius diei fama pervaserit,

id. ib. 15, 44:

quas oras quasi morbus quidam illius furoris pervaserat,

id. Sull. 19, 53.—With acc.:

cum fama ea urbem atque forum pervasisset,

Liv. 5, 7, 6:

murmur totam contionem pervasit,

id. 26, 15, 9; 2, 23, 7:

pervasit jam multos ista persuasio, ut, etc.,

Quint. 8, 2, 21:

capesse, per deos, rem publicam, et omnia aspera pervade,

to break through, overcome, Sall. Or. ad Caes. Rep. Ord. 1, 6:

pallor ora,

Sil. 7, 427:

magnam Asiae partem cis Euphraten tanti mali fama pervaserat,

Curt. 10, 5, 18; cf.:

ut quisque proximus ab oppresso sit, per omnis velut continens incendium pervasurum,

Liv. 37, 25, 6:

victoriae Romanae fama cum pervasisset in Asiam,

id. 45, 10, 1:

terror in totam penitus aciem pervasit,

id. 8, 9, 11:

ex contagione, velut tabes, in Perrhaebiam quoque id pervaserat malum (i. e. seditiones),

id. 42, 5, 7. —

To arrive at, reach a place:

fines,

Lucr. 1, 556:

locus, quo non nostrorum hominum libido pervaserit,

Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 89, § 307.

pŏpŭlus (contr. POPLVS, Inscr. Column. Rostr. in Corp. Inscr. Lat. 195, 17, Plaut. Am. prol. 101; 1, 1, 103; id. Aul. 2, 4, 6; id. Cas. 3, 2, 6 et saep.—Also written POPOLVS, Corp. Inscr. Lat. 197, 15 al.; nom. plur. poploe, Carm. Sal. ap. Fest. p. 205 Müll.; v. pilumnoe) [from root pleof pleo; v. plenus], i, m., a people, the people.

Lit.

In gen. (cf.:

gens, natio): res publica res populi: populus autem non omnis hominum coetus quoquo modo congregatus, sed coetus multitudinis juris consensu et utilitatis communione sociatus,

Cic. Rep. 1, 25, 39:

populus Romanus,

id. Phil. 6, 5, 12: exspectabat populus, Enn. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 48, 107 (Ann. v. 90 Vahl.):

tene magis salvum populus velit an populum tu,

Hor. Ep. 1, 16, 27: casci populi Latini, Enn. ap. Varr. L. L. 7, § 28 Müll. (Ann. v. 24 Vahl.):

hi populi: Atellani, Calatini, etc.,

Liv. 22, 61 fin. —

Esp.

The people, opp. to the Senate, in the formula senatus populusque Romanus (abbreviated S. P. Q. R.), saep.; cf.:

et patres in populi fore potestate,

Liv. 2, 56.—

Opp. to the plebs:

non enim populi, sed plebis eum (tribunum) magistratum esse,

Liv. 2, 56:

ut ea res populo plebique Romanae bene eveniret,

Cic. Mur. 1, 1.—

Rarely for plebs, the populace:

dat populus, dat gratus eques, dat tura senatus,

Mart. 8, 15, 3: urbanus, the citizens (opp. to the military), Nep. Cim. 2, 1.—

Transf.

A region, district, regarded as inhabited:

frequens cultoribus alius populus,

Liv. 21, 34, 1 (cf. Gr. dêmos).—

A multitude, host, crowd, throng, great number of persons or things ( poet. and in postAug. prose):

ratis populo peritura recepto,

i. e. with the great multitude of passengers, Luc. 3, 665:

fratrum,

Ov. H. 14, 115:

in tanto populo sileri parricidium potuit,

Just. 10, 1:

sororum,

Ov. H. 9, 52; App. Mag. p. 304:

apum,

Col. 9, 13, 12:

populus totidem imaginum,

Plin. 33, 9, 45, § 129; Sen. Q. N. 1, 5:

spicarum,

Pall. 7, 2:

scelerum,

Sid. Ep. 6, 1 fin.:

concursus in forum populi,

Liv. 22, 7, 6.—

The public, i. e. the open street ( poet.): omnis habet geminas janua frontis, E quibus haec populum spectat;

at illa Larem,

Ov. F. 1, 136.

pōpŭlus, i, f. [root pamp-, pap-, to swell; Lat. papula, papilla, pampinus], a poplar, poplar-tree, Plin. 16, 23, 35, § 85; 16, 18, 31, § 77; 17, 11, 15, § 78; Ov. H. 5, 27;

sacred to Hercules,

Verg. E. 7, 61; Ov. H. 9, 64; Plin. 12, 1, 2, § 3:

alba,

the silver-poplar, Hor. C. 2, 3, 9.

rĕcĭdo, reccidi (better than recidi; cf. Cic. Rep. 2, 8, 14), cāsum (recasurus, Cic. Att. 4, 16, 12; Suet. Aug. 96; Gai. Inst. 1, 127), 3 (with e long, Lucr. 1, 857; 1063; 5, 280; Prop. 4 (5), 8, 44; Ov. M. 6, 212; 10, 18; 180; id. R. Am. 611; Juv. 12, 54; Phaedr. 3, 18, 15 al.;

prob., also,

Plaut. Men. 3, 2, 54, and Ter. Hec. prol. alt. 39; v. the art. re), v. n., to fall back (class., and very freq., esp. in the trop. signif.; but not found in Virg. or Hor.).

Lit.: neque posse e terris in loca caeli Recidere inferiora, Lucr. 1, 1063:

quia et recidant omnia in terras et oriantur e terris,

Cic. N. D. 2, 26, 66:

ramulum adductum, ut remissus esset, in oculum suum reccidisse,

had sprung back, recoiled, id. Div. 1, 54, 123:

quem (discum) libratum in auras Misit... Recidit in solidam longo post tempore terram Pondus,

Ov. M. 10, 180:

etiam si recta recciderat (navis),

Liv. 24, 34; Prop. 4 (5), 8, 44 et saep.:

in collum Benjamin,

Vulg. Gen. 45, 14.— Absol.:

amictum recidentem,

Quint. 11, 3, 162.—

Trop., to fall back, return:

in graviorem morbum recidere,

to relapse, Liv. 24, 29;

so alone: ab his me remediis noli in istam turbam vocare, ne recidam,

Cic. Att. 12, 21, 5; cf.:

(quartanae) ne recidant,

Plin. 28, 16, 66, § 228:

post interitum Tatii cum ad eum (sc. Romulum) potentatus omnis reccidisset,

Cic. Rep. 2, 8, 14:

praestat in eandem illam recidere fortunam,

id. Sest. 69, 146; cf.:

Syracusae in antiquam servitutem recciderunt,

Liv. 24, 32 fin.:

quippe celebratam Macedonum fortitudinem ad ludibrium reccidisse verebatur,

Curt. 9, 7, 23:

in invidiam,

Nep. Alcib. 7, 1.—So freq. of an evil, to fall back, recoil upon any one, esp. upon the author of it: omnes in te istaec recident contumeliae, * Plaut. Men. 3, 2, 54:

ut hujus amentiae poena in ipsum familiamque ejus recidat,

Cic. Phil. 4, 4, 10:

suspicionem in vosmet ipsos recidere,

id. Rosc. Am. 29, 79: hunc casum ad ipsos recidere posse demonstrant, * Caes. B. G. 7, 1:

quae in adversarios recidunt,

Quint. 9, 2, 49:

quod in ipsam recidat,

Ov. M. 6, 212:

consilia in ipsorum caput recidentia,

Liv. 36, 29; cf. Curt. 9, 5, 25:

periculosa et adversa cuncta in illos recasura,

Suet. Aug. 96:

in me haec omnia mala recciderunt,

Vulg. Gen. 42, 36. —

(With the idea of cadere predominating.) To fall somewhere, to light upon, happen, occur, = redigi; constr. with ad, in, or an adv. of direction.

With ad:

ex laetitiā et voluptate ad ludum et lacrimas,

Cic. Sull. 32, 91: ex liberatore patriae ad Aquilios se Vitelliosque reccidisse, had sunk to a level with the Aquilii and Vitellii, i. e. had come to be regarded as a traitor, Liv. 2, 7: sinere artem musicam Recidere ad paucos, to fall into the possession of a few, Ter. Hec. prol. alt. 39:

tantum apparatum ad nihilum recidere,

to come to naught, Cic. Phil. 7, 9, 27:

ad nilum,

Lucr. 1, 857; Cic. Or. 70, 233:

ad nihil,

id. Att. 4, 16, 12.—

With in, Lucr. 5, 280:

quae (tela), si viginti quiessem dies, in aliorum vigiliam consulum reccidissent,

Cic. Planc. 37, 90; cf. id. Att. 1, 1, 2; id. Phil. 13, 9, 19:

rex ut in eam fortunam recideret,

Liv. 44, 31 fin.:

omnis impensa in cassum recidat,

Col. 4, 3, 5:

mundi, In quem reccidimus, quidquid mortale creamur,

Ov. M. 10, 18.—

With an adv. of direction:

huccine tandem omnia recciderunt, ut civis Romanus... in foro virgis caederetur,

Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 63, § 163:

eo regiae majestatis imperium,

Liv. 4, 2:

eo res,

Quint. 2, 10, 3:

illuc, ut, etc.,

Juv. 12, 54:

ex quantis opibus quo reccidissent Carthaginiensium res,

Liv. 30, 42:

pleraque, quo debuerint, reccidisse,

id. 25, 31; cf. id. 4, 2:

quorsum responsum recidat,

Cic. Rosc. Com. 15, 43.

rĕ-cīdo, di, sum, 3, v. a. [caedo], to cut away, cut down, cut off (mostly poet. and in post-Aug. prose).

Lit.:

vepres,

Cato, R. R. 2, 4; cf.:

malleolos ad imum articulum,

Plin. 17, 21, 35, § 160:

sceptrum imo de stirpe,

Verg. A. 12, 208;

for which: laurum imā stirpe,

Claud. Rapt. Pros. 3, 76 (cf. II.):

ceras inanes,

empty cells, Verg. G. 4, 241:

hirsutam barbam falce,

Ov. M. 13, 766:

caput,

id. ib. 9, 71:

immedicabile vulnus Ense recidendum est,

id. ib. 1, 191:

pollicem alicui,

Quint. 8, 5, 12:

comas,

Mart. 1, 32, 4; cf.

capillos,

Plin. Ep. 7, 27 fin.:

ungues,

Plin. 10, 35, 52, § 106:

columnas,

to hew out, Hor. C. 2, 18, 4:

fustes,

id. ib. 3, 6, 40:

ancile ab omni parte recisum,

Ov. F. 3, 377:

mella,

i. e. to take out, Pall. Jun. 7, 2.—

Of persons: cuncti simul ense recisi,

cut down, Luc. 2, 194.— Poet.:

fulgorem sideribus,

to rob the stars of their brightness, Stat. Th. 12, 310:

gramina morsu,

to devour, Calp. Ecl. 2, 45.—

Trop. (borrowed from agriculture), to lop off, cut short, retrench, abridge, diminish:

perquam multa recidam ex orationibus Ciceronis,

Quint. 12, 10, 52; cf. id. 12, 10, 55:

inanem loquacitatem,

id. 10, 5, 22: ambitiosa [p. 1532] ornamenta, Hor. A. P. 447:

omne quod ultra Perfectum traheretur,

id. S. 1, 10, 69: nationes partim recisas, partim repressas, * Cic. Prov. Cons. 12, 31:

mercedes scaenicorum,

Suet. Tib. 34 init.:

armaturas mirmillonum,

to lessen, id. Calig. 55:

ornandi potestatem,

Quint. 2, 16, 4:

facultatem aliter acquirendi,

id. 12, 7, 10:

impedimenta,

to diminish, obviate, Front. Strat. 4, 1, 7; cf.

occupationes,

Sen. Q. N. 3 praef.:

culpam supplicio,

Hor. C. 3, 24, 34; cf.:

cum magnis parva mineris Falce recisurum simili te,

id. S. 1, 3, 123: vitia a stirpe, Claud. ap. Ruf. 1, 56; and:

aliquid priscum ad morem,

i. e. to reduce within the limits of ancient manners, Tac. A. 3, 53.—Hence, rĕcīsus, a, um, P.a., shortened, abridged; short, brief:

opus,

Vell. 2, 89, 1:

ea recisa in unum librum coartasse,

Plin. Ep. 1, 20, 8.— Comp.:

tempus recisius (opp. longius),

Dig. 47, 21, 2.— Sup. and adv. do not occur.

rĕd-ĭgo, ēgi, actum, 3, v. a. [ago].

To drive, lead, or bring back (syn. reduco).

Lit.:

(Sol) Disjectos redegit equos,

Lucr. 5, 403:

si materiem nostram collegerit aetas Post obitum, rursumque redegerit, ut sita nunc est,

bring it back, restore it to its present condition, id. 3, 848:

filia parva duas redigebat rupe capellas,

Ov. F. 4, 511:

tauros in gregem,

Varr. R. R. 2, 5, 12; cf.:

in sua rura boves,

Ov. F. 3, 64:

oppidani (hostem) fusum fugatumque in castra redigunt,

Liv. 21, 9:

hostium equitatum in castra,

id. 26, 10:

turbam ferro in hostes,

id. 37, 43:

aliquem Capuam,

id. 26, 12 fin.:

aliquem in exsilium,

Just. 9, 4, 7. —

Trop.:

rem ad pristinam belli rationem redegit,

Caes. B. C. 1, 76 fin.:

annum neglegentia conturbatum ad pristinam rationem,

Suet. Aug. 31:

disciplinam militarem ad priscos mores,

Liv. 8, 6 fin.: aliquid ad ultimam sui generis formam speciemque, Cic. Or. 3, 10:

omnia redegit in singulas rationes praeceptionis,

Auct. Her. 4, 2, 3:

aliquem in concordiam,

Plaut. Am. 1, 2, 13:

vos in gratiam,

Ter. Phorm. 5, 7, 73:

tu, qui ais, redige in memoriam,

recall it to my mind, id. ib. 2, 3, 36:

in memoriam,

Cic. Phil. 2, 7, 18; id. Fam. 1, 9, 9:

(poëtae) formidine fustis Ad bene dicendum delectandumque redacti,

brought back, reduced, Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 155.—Far more freq.,

(With the idea of agere predominant; cf. recido and redeo, II.) To get together, call in, collect, raise, receive, take a sum of money or the like by selling, etc.:

cum omnem pecuniam ex aerario exhausissetis, ex vectigalibus redegissetis, ab omnibus regibus coëgissetis,

Cic. Agr. 2, 36, 98; cf.:

pecuniam ex bonis patriis,

id. Phil. 13, 5, 10;

and simply pecuniam,

id. Rab. Post. 13, 37; Hor. Epod. 2, 69:

omne argentum tibi,

to scrape together, Plaut. Pers. 2, 5, 23:

bona vendit, pecuniam redigit... pecunia, quam ex Agonidis bonis redegisset,

Cic. Div. in Caecil. 16, 56; cf. Liv. 5, 16:

quod omnis frumenti copia decumarum nomine penes istum esset redacta, etc.,

Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 73, § 171:

fructus,

Dig. 36, 4, 5, § 22 (after colere agros); 22, 1, 46; cf.:

pars maxima (praedae) ad quaestorem redacta est,

Liv. 5, 19:

fructus ad eum,

Dig. 10, 2, 51:

quicquid captum ex hostibus est, vendidit Fabius, consul, ac redegit in publicum,

paid it into the public treasury, Liv. 2, 42:

venditum sub hastā in aerarium,

id. 4, 53:

(patres) victi irā vetuere reddi (bona regia), vetuere in publicum redigi,

id. 2, 5, 1; cf.:

praedam in fiscum,

Tac. H. 4, 72:

aliquid in commune,

Dig. 17, 2, 52, § 6.—

To bring or reduce a thing to any condition, circumstance, etc.; to make or render it so and so (cf. reddo); constr. with in (so most freq.), ad, sub, an adv. of place, absol., or with a double acc.

With in:

viros in servitutem,

Plaut. Aul. 2, 1, 47:

Aeduos in servitutem,

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

in pristinam sortem servitutis,

Just. 6, 5, 1:

vidulum in potestatem alicujus,

Plaut. Rud. 5, 3, 22:

civitatem in potestatem,

Caes. B. G. 7, 13 fin.; Hirt. B. G. 8, 24 fin.; 45; Cic. Quint. 55, 152; id. Phil. 5, 17, 46; id. Verr. 2, 2, 13, § 33; Tac. Agr. 18; Vell. 2, 94, 4; cf.:

civitatem in dicionem potestatemque populi Romani,

Caes. B. G. 2, 34 fin.:

aliquos in dicionem,

Cic. Balb. 10, 25; Liv. 41, 19:

gentes in dicionem hujus imperii,

Cic. Phil. 4, 5, 13:

Arvernos in provinciam,

to reduce to a province, Caes. B. G. 1, 45; 7, 77 fin.; cf.:

partem Britanniae, etc., in formam provinciae,

Tac. Agr. 14; Suet. Caes. 25; id. Aug. 18; id. Tib. 37 fin.; id. Calig. 1; Liv. Epit. 45; 93:

in formulam provinciae,

Vell. 2, 38, 1:

in formam praefecturae,

id. 2, 44, 4:

in id redactus sum loci, Ut, etc.,

Ter. Phorm. 5, 7, 86; cf.:

republicā in tranquillum redactā,

Liv. 3, 40; and:

mentem in veros timores,

Hor. C. 1, 37, 15:

si hoc genus (pecuniarum) in unum redigatur,

be brought into one mass, Cic. Phil. 5, 4, 13:

dispositio est, per quam illa, quae invenimus, in ordinem redigimus,

reduce to order, Auct. Her. 3, 9, 16; cf.:

arbores in ordinem certaque intervalla,

Quint. 8, 3, 9; but: ut veteres grammatici auctores alios in ordinem redegerint, alios omnino exemerint numero, brought, admitted into the rank of classics (cf. Gr. enkrinein; opp. numero eximere = ekkrinein):

libertinos in equestrem ordinem,

Lampr. Alex. Sev. 18; Just. 5, 6, 5; Quint. 1, 4, 3;

for which: redigere aliquem (poëtam) in numerum,

id. 10, 1, 54;

also,

to lower, degrade, Suet. Vesp. 15; v. ordo; cf. Liv. ap. Prisc. 1173 P.; Plin. Ep. 2, 6, 5:

quod prosa scriptum redigere in quaedam versiculorum genera,

Quint. 9, 4, 52:

in hanc consuetudinem memoriā exercitatione redigendā,

id. 11, 2, 45:

servos, in dominium nostrum,

Dig. 1, 5, 5:

in nihilum redigam te, et non eris,

Vulg. Ezech. 26, 21:

in cinerem,

id. 2 Pet. 2, 6: provinciam in solitudinem, Lact. de Ira Dei, 5, 4.—

With ad:

aliquem ad inopiam redigere,

to reduce to poverty, Ter. Heaut. 5, 1, 56:

aliquem ad incitas,

Plaut. Poen. 4, 2, 85; id. Trin. 2, 4, 136:

genus id ad interitum,

Lucr. 5, 877; Cic. ap. Lact. 7, 11, 5; cf.:

prope ad internecionem gente ac nomine Nerviorum redacto,

Caes. B. G. 2, 28:

ad nihilum redigere,

Vulg. Psa. 72, 20:

victoriam ad vanum et irritum,

to render empty and useless, Liv. 26, 37 fin.: cf.: [p. 1541] spem ad irritum, id. 28, 31:

aliquid ante dubium ad certum,

to render certain, id. 44, 15:

carnes excrescentes ad aequalitatem,

Plin. 30, 13, 39, § 113 (shortly afterwards reducunt); cf.:

cicatrices ad planum,

id. 20, 9, 36, § 93:

aliquem ad desperationem,

Suet. Aug. 81; Just. 6, 5, 7 et saep.:

redegit se ad pallium et crepidas,

Suet. Tib. 13.—

With sub:

Galliam sub populi Romani imperium,

Caes. B. G. 5, 29, 4:

Corcyram sub imperium Atheniensium,

Nep. Timoth. 2, 1:

barbaros sub jus dicionemque,

Liv. 28, 21:

incolas ejus insulae sub potestatem Atheniensium,

Nep. Milt. 1, 4; 2 fin.; id. Paus. 2, 4; id. Pelop. 5:

totam Italiam sub se,

id. Flor. 1, 9, 8:

GENTES SVB IMPERIVM,

Inscr. Grut. 226.—

With adv. of place:

eo redigis me, ut, etc.,

Ter. Eun. 4, 4, 23:

eo, ut,

Flor. 1, 2, 4:

hem! Quo redactus sum!

Ter. Eun. 2, 2, 7.—

Absol.: ut credam, redigunt animum mihi argumenta, Att. ap. Non. 174, 10 (Trag. Rel. v. 516 Rib.): ut ejus animum retundam, redigam, ut, quo se vortat, nesciat, bring it down, so that, etc., Ter. Heaut. 5, 1, 73; Lucr. 1, 553.—

With double acc., to make or render a thing something (very rare;

more freq. reddere): quae facilia ex difficillimis animi magnitudo redegerat,

Caes. B. G. 2, 27 fin.:

(Ubios) Suevi multo humiliores infirmioresque redegerunt,

id. ib. 4, 3 fin.; Aus. Mos. 224.—

In designations of number, etc., pregn., to bring within a number or extent; to lessen, diminish, reduce:

familiam jam ad paucos redactam paene ab interitu vindicasti,

Cic. Marcell. 4, 10; cf.:

redigere omnis fere in quadrum numerumque sententias,

id. Or. 61, 208:

hosce ipsos (libros octo) utiliter ad sex libros redegit Diophanes,

reduced, abridged, Varr. R. R. 1, 1, 10:

ex hominum milibus LX. vix ad D.... sese redactos esse dixerunt,

Caes. B. G. 2, 28:

ad semuncias redacta,

Tac. A. 6, 16:

judicia ad duo genera judicum redegit,

Suet. Caes. 41; id. Vesp. 10:

non ad numerum redigar duorum,

Ov. M. 6, 199:

quod si comminuas vilem redigatur ad assem,

Hor. S. 1, 1, 43:

ne res ad nilum redigantur funditus omnes,

Lucr. 1, 791; 2, 752; cf. Ov. M. 14, 149:

rem maximam redigere ad minimum,

Lact. 3, 9, 15.

rŭo, ŭi, ŭtum (ruiturus, a, um, Ov. M. 4, 459; Luc. 7, 404; Mart. 1, 88, 4; Plin. Ep. 7, 19, 8; gen. plur. part. ruentum, Verg. A. 11, 886), 3, v. n. and a., to fall with violence, rush down; to fall down, tumble down, go to ruin (cf.: labor, procumbo, cado).

Neutr. (very freq. and class.).

Lit. Rarely of persons:

caedebant pariter pariterque ruebant Victores victique,

Verg. A. 10, 756; so Val. Fl. 7, 642.—Of things:

ruere illa non possunt, ut haec non eodem labefacta motu concidant,

Cic. Imp. Pomp. 7, 19:

spectacula runnt,

fell down, tumbled down, Plaut. Curc. 5, 2, 47; cf.:

parietes ruunt,

id. Most. 1, 2, 36:

lateres veteres,

id. Truc. 2, 2, 50; so,

aedes,

id. Am. 5, 1, 43; id. Most. 1, 2, 69:

omnia tecta (supra aliquem),

Lucr. 4, 403; Liv. 4, 21, 5; Quint. 8, 3, 68 al.:

altae turres,

Lucr. 5, 307:

moles et machina mundi,

id. 5, 96:

murus,

Liv. 21, 11:

templa deum,

Hor. S. 2, 2, 104;

aulaea,

id. ib. 2, 8, 71:

acervus,

id. Ep. 2, 1, 47:

murus latius quam caederetur,

Liv. 21, 11:

tecta in agris,

id. 4, 21:

silices a montibus altis,

Lucr. 5, 314:

alto a culmine Troja,

Verg. A. 2, 290.— Poet.:

caeli templa,

Lucr. 1, 1105: ruit arduus aether, it rains, or the rain descends in torrents, Verg. G. 1, 324; cf. id. A. 8, 525:

caelum imbribus immodicis,

Mart. 3, 100, 3; cf.:

caelum in se,

Liv. 40, 58:

ruit imbriferum ver,

i.e. is ending, hastening to its close, Verg. G. 1, 313; cf.:

turbidus imber aquā,

id. A. 5, 695:

tempestas,

Tac. A. 1, 30.

Prov.: caelum ruit, the sky is falling; of any thing very improbable: Cl. Quid tum, quaeso, si hoc pater resciverit? Sy. Quid si nunc caelum ruat? Ter. Heaut. 4, 3, 41. —

Transf., of rapid, hasty movements, to hasten, hurry, run, rush (cf.:

volo, curro): id ne ferae quidem faciunt, ut ita ruant atque turbentur,

Cic. Fin. 1, 10, 34; cf. id. Att. 7, 7, 7:

(Pompeium) ruere nuntiant et jam jamque adesse,

id. ib. 7, 20, 1:

huc omnis turba ruebat,

Verg. A. 6, 305:

Aeneadae in ferrum ruebant,

id. ib. 8, 648:

per proelia,

id. ib. 12, 526:

quidam inermes ultro ruere ac se morti offerre,

Tac. Agr. 37:

contis gladiisque ruerent,

id. A. 6, 35:

in aquam caeci ruebant,

Liv. 1, 27 fin.:

in castra fugientes,

id. 24, 16, 2: in vulnera ac tela, id. 26, 44:

promiscue in concubitus,

id. 3, 47:

eques pedesque certatim portis ruere,

id. 27, 41:

ad urbem infesto agmine,

id. 3, 3:

ad portas,

Tac. A. 1, 66:

ad convivium,

id. H. 2, 68 fin.:

per vias,

id. ib. 5, 22:

destinatā morte in proelium,

Flor. 2, 18, 12:

ruebant laxatis habenis aurigae,

Curt. 4, 15, 3:

de montibus amnes,

Verg. A. 4, 164:

flumina per campos,

Ov. M. 1, 285:

in Galliam Rhenus,

Tac. H. 5, 19.— Poet., of time:

vertitur interea caelum et ruit Oceano Nox,

i.e. hastens up, sets in, Verg. A. 2, 250:

revoluta ruebat dies,

was advancing, hastening on, id. ib. 10, 256; cf. of the setting of the sun, Val. Fl. 1, 274; App. M. 3, p. 136, 19.— Of sound, to break forth:

antrum, unde ruunt totidem voces, responsa Sibyllae,

Verg. A. 6, 44.—

Trop.

(Acc. to A. 1.) To fall, fail, sink (very rare):

ratio ruat omnis,

Lucr. 4, 507:

quae cum accidunt nemo est quin intellegat, ruere illam rem publicam,

Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 6, § 12:

Vitellium ne prosperis quidem parem, adeo ruentibus debilitatum,

by his falling fortunes, Tac. H. 3, 64:

tam florentes Atheniensium opes ruisse,

Just. 5, 1, 9.—

(Acc. to A. 2.) To rush, dash, hurry, hasten, run, etc. (freq. and class.):

tamquam ad interitum ruerem voluntarium,

Cic. Marcell. 5, 14:

emptorem pati ruere et per errorem in maximam fraudem incurrere,

to act hastily, commit an oversight, id. Off. 3, 13, 55; cf. Liv. 3, 11:

cum cotidie rueret,

Cic. Sest. 64, 133; id. Att. 2, 14, 1; Quint. 2, 20, 2:

compescere ruentes,

Tac. H. 1, 56; 2, 63 fin.; cf. id. ib. 2, 34:

ad seditiones et discordias et bella civilia,

id. ib. 1, 46:

crudelitatis odio in crudelitatem ruitis,

Liv. 3, 53:

in servitium,

Tac. A. 1, 7:

in exitium,

id. H. 1, 84:

in sua fata,

Ov. M. 6, 51:

omnia fatis In pejus,

Verg. G. 1, 200:

quo scelesti ruitis?

Hor. Epod. 7, 1:

quo ruis,

Verg. A. 10, 811; Ov. M. 9, 428:

multos video, quā vel impudentiā vel fames duxit, ruentes,

Quint. 2, 20, 2.— Poet., with inf.:

quo ruis imprudens, vage, dicere fata?

Prop. 4 (5), 1, 71:

scire ruunt,

Luc. 7, 751; Stat. Th. 7, 177; Claud. Rapt. Pros. 3, 387.— Impers. pass.:

ut ferme fugiendo in media fata ruitur,

Liv. 8, 24.—

Act., to cast down with violence, to dash down, tumble down, hurl to the ground, prostrate (except the jurid. phrase ruta caesa, perh. only poet. and in post-Aug. prose, for in the passage, Cic. Att. 2, 15, 2, seu ruet seu eriget rem publicam, ruet might be neutr.)

Lit.:

imbres fluctusque... frangere malum, Ruere antennas, etc.,

Plaut. Trin. 4, 1, 18:

naves (vis venti),

Lucr. 1, 272:

res impetibus crebris (venti),

id. 1, 293:

ceteros ruerem, agerem, raperem, funderem et prosternerem,

Ter. Ad. 3, 2, 21:

immanem molem volvuntque ruuntque,

Verg. A. 9, 516:

cumulos ruit pinguis harenae,

breaks down, levels, id. G. 1, 105: sese superne in praedam, to cast one ' s self upon, App. Flor. 1, p. 341, 6.—

Poet., transf., to cast up from the bottom, to turn up, throw up, rake up: cum mare permotum ventis, ruit intus harenam, casts up (syn. eruit), Lucr. 6, 726; cf.:

totum (mare) a sedibus imis (venti),

Verg. A. 1, 85:

spumas salis aere,

id. ib. 1, 35:

cinerem et confusa Ossa focis,

id. ib. 11, 211:

atram nubem ad caelum (ignis),

id. G. 2, 308:

unde Divitias aerisque ruam, dic, augur, acervos,

Hor. S. 2, 5, 22.—Hence, rŭtus, a, um, P. a., found only in the phrase rūta et caesa or rūta caesa (acc. to Varro, the u was pronounced long, although it is short in the compounds erutus, obrutus, etc.:

in venditionis lege fundi ruta caesa ita dicimus, ut U producamus,

Varr. L. L. 9, § 104).—In jurid. lang., every thing dug up (ruta) and cut down (caesa) on an estate without being wrought, and which is reserved by the owner at a sale; the timber and minerals: si ruta et caesa excipiantur in venditione, ea placuit esse ruta, quae eruta sunt, ut harena, creta et similia;

caesa ea esse, ut arbores caesas, et carbones et his similia, etc.,

Dig. 19, 1, 17:

in rutis caesis ea sunt, quae terrā non tenentur, quaeque opere structili tectoriove non continentur,

ib. 50, 16, 241:

ruta caesa dicuntur, quae venditor possessionis sui usus gratiā concidit ruendoque contraxit,

Fest. p. 262 Müll.:

ut venditores, cum aedes fundumve vendiderint rutis caesis receptis, concedant tamen aliquid emptori, quod ornandi causā apte et loco positum esse videatur,

Cic. Top. 26, 100: dicet te ne in rutis quidem et caesis solium tibl fraternum recepisse, Crass. ap. Cic. de Or. 2, 55, 226.

scindo, scĭdi, scissum, 3 (old perf. redupl. scicidi, Enn., Naev., Att, and Afran. ap. Prisc. p. 890 P.; or Enn. p. 133 Vanl.; Com. Rel. pp. 19 and 164 Rib.; cf. also, sciciderat. [p. 1643] Gell 6, 9, 16), v. a. [akin to Gr. schizô, to split; cf. Germ. scheiden, and Lat. scio], to cut, tear, rend, or break asunder; to split, cleave, divide, or separate by force, etc. (freq. and class.; but in tempp.perf. ante-class.and postAug.; syn.: findo, rumpo).

Lit.: quom saxum scisciderit, Enn. ap. Prisc. l. l.: non ergo aquila scisciderat pectus, Att. ib. and ap. Gell. l. l.: satis fortiter vestras sciscidistis colus, Afran. ap. Prisc. l. l.: scindens dolore identidem intonsam comam, Att. ap. Cic. Tusc. 3, 26, 62:

crines,

Verg. A. 12, 870; Ov. M. 11, 683:

capillos,

id. H. 3, 79; Tib. 1, 10, 55; cf.

, in a Greek construction: scissaeque capillos matres,

Ov. M. 8, 526:

vela,

Plaut. Trin. 4, 1, 18:

epistulam,

Cic. Fam. 5, 20, 9:

vestem,

to tear open, Liv. 3, 58; Quint. 2, 15, 7; Prop. 2, 15 (3, 7), 18; Ov. M. 9, 166; Hor. C. 1, 17, 27; cf.:

vestem tibi de corpore,

Prop. 2, 5, 21:

pecora scindunt herbarum radices,

Col. 2, 18, 2:

asini me mordicibus scindant,

tear, lacerate, Plaut. Aul. 2, 2, 57:

sinus,

Ov. M. 10, 386:

latus flagello,

id. Ib. 185:

lacerum corpus ictibus innumeris,

Sil. 1, 172:

vitiato fistula plumbo Scinditur,

bursts open, Ov. M. 4, 123; cf.:

et faceret scissas languida ruga genas,

wrinkled, Prop. 3, 10, 6:

vallum,

to break through, tear up, Caes. B. G. 3, 5; 5, 51; Liv. 7, 37; Tac. H. 4, 28:

limen portae,

to break in pieces, Plaut. Bacch. 4, 9, 31:

pontem,

to break down, id. ib. 5, 26:

cuneis lignum,

to split, cleave, Verg. G. 1, 144:

quercum cuneis,

id. A. 7, 510:

cuneis fissile robur,

id. ib. 6, 182; cf.:

ferro aequor (i. e. humum),

id. G. 1, 50; cf.

solum,

id. ib. 2, 399:

vomere terram,

Ov. A. A. 2, 671:

freta ictu (remorum),

id. M. 11, 463:

puppis aquas,

id. Tr. 1, 10, 48:

fluvios natatu,

Claud. Cons. Hon. 4, 347:

tellurem mare scindit,

Luc. 3, 61:

agmen,

Tac. A. 1, 65 et saep.:

labra,

to open wide, Quint. 11, 3, 81:

obsonium,

to cut up, carve, Sen. Vit. Beat. 17; cf.

nihil (edulium),

Mart. 3, 12, 2:

aves in frusta,

Sen. Brev. Vit. 12.—

Prov.: penulam alicui, to tear off one's travelling cloak, i.e. to urge, press, solicit one to stay, Cic. Att. 13, 33, 4.—

Transf., to part, separate, divide; of places:

dirimit scinditque Sueviam continuum montium jugum,

Tac. G. 43:

frons Italia in duo se cornua scindit,

Mel. 2, 4, 7.—

Mid.: omnis Italia scinditur in duo promuntoria,

Sall. H. 4, 18 Dietsch.—In gen.:

se (lutamenta),

Cato, R. R. 128:

se (nubes),

Verg. A. 1, 587.—Mid.:

omnis fumus, vapor, etc.... scinduntur per iter flexum,

Lucr. 4, 91:

scinditur in geminas partes circumfluus amnis,

Ov. M. 15, 739; Luc. 1, 551.— Absol.:

sentes quod tetigere, ilico rapiunt: si eas ereptum, ilico scindunt,

Plaut. Cas. 3, 6, 2.—

To destroy:

scindunt proceres Pergamum,

Plaut. Bacch. 4, 9, 130.—

Trop., to tear in pieces, to distract, agitate, disturb, etc.:

aliquem quāvis scindunt cuppedine curae,

Lucr. 3, 994:

quantae tum scindunt hominem cuppedinis acres Sollicitum curae,

id. 5, 46: nolo commemorare, quibus rebus sim spoliatus, ne scindam ipse dolorem meum, tear open, i. e. renew my grief, Cic. Att. 3, 15, 2:

non sine piaculo sanctissimas necessitudines scindi,

to be sundered, separated, Plin. Pan. 37 fin.:

ut (actio) noctis interventu scinderetur,

was interrupted, id. Ep. 2, 11, 16:

verba fletu,

Ov. P. 3, 1, 157:

vox scinditur,

is broken, cracked, Quint. 11, 3, 20:

sic genus amborum scindit se sanguine ab uno,

divides, branches off, Verg. A. 8, 142; cf.: scidit deinde se studium atque inertiā factum est, ut artes esse plures viderentur, was separated, divided, Quint. prooem. § 13; cf.:

naturalis pars philosophiae in duo scinditur corporalia et incorporalia,

Sen. Ep. 89, 16:

scinditur incertum studia in contraria vulgus,

Verg. A. 2, 39; cf. Tac. H. 1, 13:

scindebatur in multiplices curas,

Amm. 16, 3, 3.—Hence, scissus, a, um, P. a., split, cleft, divided.

Lit.:

folia pluribus divisuris,

Plin. 25, 5, 21, § 48:

vitis folio,

id. 14, 2, 4, § 23:

scissae (aures) cervis ac velut divisae,

id. 11, 37, 50, § 136:

alumen,

Col. 6, 13, 1 (for which:

scissile alumen,

Cels. 5, 2; 6, 11):

vestibus,

Vulg. Job, 2, 12.—

Trop.:

genus vocum,

harsh, grating, Cic. de Or. 3, 57, 216.—No comp., sup., or adv.