opened+up

ăpĕrĭo, ĕrŭi, ertum, 4, v. a. ( fut. aperibo, Plaut. Truc. 4, 2, 50; Pompon. ap. Non. p. 506, 30) [ab-pario, to get from, take away from, i.e. to uncover, like the opp. operio, from obpario, to get for, to put upon, i. e. to cover; this is the old explanation, and is received by Corssen, Ausspr. I. p. 653; II. p. 410, and by Vanicek, p. 503], to uncover, make or lay bare.

Lit.:

patinas,

Plaut. Ps. 3, 2, 51: apertae surae, Turp. ap. Non. p. 236, 16:

apertis lateribus,

Sisenn. ib. p. 236, 26:

capite aperto esse,

Varr. ib. p. 236, 25;

p. 236, 28: ut corporis partes quaedam aperiantur,

Cic. Off. 1, 35, 129:

caput aperuit,

id. Phil. 2, 31; Sall. H. Fragm. ap. Non. p. 236, 20:

capita,

Plin. 28, 6, 17, § 60:

aperto pectore,

Ov. M. 2, 339; and poet. transf. to the person:

apertae pectora matres,

id. ib. 13, 688:

ramum,

Verg. A. 6, 406 al. — Trop., to make visible, to show, reveal, Liv. 22, 6:

dispulsā nebulā diem aperuit,

id. 26, 17 (cf. just before:

densa nebula campos circa intexit): dies faciem victoriae,

Tac. Agr. 38:

lux aperuit bellum ducemque belli,

Liv. 3, 15:

novam aciem dies aperuit,

Tac. H. 4, 29:

his unda dehiscens Terram aperit,

opens to view, Verg. A. 1, 107.—From the intermediate idea of making visible,

Metaph.

1.. To unclose, open: aperto ex ostio Alti Acheruntis, Poët. ap. Cic. Tusc. 1, 16, 37:

aperite aliquis ostium,

Ter. Ad. 4, 4, 26; so id. Heaut. 2, 3, 35:

forem aperi,

id. Ad. 2, 1, 13:

fores,

id. Eun. 2, 2, 52; Ov. M. 10, 457; Suet. Aug. 82:

januas carceris,

Vulg. Act. 5, 19:

fenestram,

ib. Gen. 8, 6:

liquidas vias,

to open the liquid way, Lucr. 1, 373; so Verg. A. 11, 884:

sucum venis fundere apertis,

to pour out moisture from its open veins, Lucr. 5, 812:

saccum,

Vulg. Gen. 42, 27:

os,

ib. ib. 22, 28:

labia, ib. Job, 11, 5: oculos,

ib. Act. 9, 8:

accepi fasciculum, in quo erat epistula Piliae: abstuli, aperui, legi,

Cic. Att. 5, 11 fin.; so id. ib. 1, 13;

6, 3: aperire librum,

Vulg. Apoc. 5, 5; 20, 12:

testamentum,

Plin. 7, 52, 53, § 177 (cf.:

testamentum resignare,

Hor. Ep. 1, 7, 9); Suet. Caes. 83; id. Aug. 17:

sigillum aperire,

to break, Vulg. Apoc. 6, 3 al.:

ferro iter aperiundum est,

Sall. C. 58, 7:

locum... asylum,

to make it an asylum, Liv. 1, 8:

subterraneos specus,

Tac. G. 16:

navigantibus maria,

Plin. 2, 47, 47, § 122:

arbor florem aperit,

id. 12, 11, 23, § 40 et saep.: aperire parietem, to open a wall, in order to put a door or window in it, Dig. 8, 2, 40: alicui oculos aperire, to give sight to (after the Heb.), Vulg. Joan. 9, 10; 9, 14 al.; so,

aures aperire,

to restore hearing to, ib. Marc. 7, 35.—

Trop.:

nec ita claudenda est res familiaris, ut eam benignitas aperire non possit,

Cic. Off. 2, 15, 54: amicitiae fores. id. Fam. 13, 10:

multus apertus cursus ad laudem,

id. Phil. 14, 6 fin.:

tibi virtus tua reditum ad tuos aperuit,

id. Fam. 6, 11:

philosophiae fontes,

id. Tusc. 1, 3, 6; id. Mil. 31, 85 et saep.: alicujus oculos aperire, to open one's eyes, make him discern (after the Heb.), Vulg. Gen. 3, 5; 3, 7; ib. Act. 26, 18; so,

alicujus cor aperire,

ib. ib. 16, 14: ventus [p. 136] incendio viam aperuit, Liv. 6, 2:

occasionem ad invadendum,

id. 4, 53; so id. 9, 27: si hanc fenestram aperueritis (i.e. if you enter upon the way of complaint), nihil aliud agi sinetis, Suet. Tib. 28 (cf. Ter. Heaut. 3, 1, 72:

Quantam fenestram ad nequitiem patefeceris!): quia aperuisset gentibus ostium fidei,

Vulg. Act. 14, 27; ib. Col. 4, 3.— So of the new year, to open it, i.e. begin:

annum,

Verg. G. 1, 217:

contigit ergo privatis aperire annum (since the consul entered upon his office the first of January),

Plin. Pan. 58, 4 Gierig and Schaef.—So also of a school, to establish, set up, begin, or open it:

Dionysius tyrannus Corinthi dicitur ludum aperuisse,

Cic. Fam. 9, 18; so Suet. Gram. 16; id. Rhet. 4.— Poet.:

fuste aperire caput,

i.e. to cleave, split the head, Juv. 9, 98.—

Aperire locum (populum, gentes, etc.), to lay open a place, people, etc., i.e. to open an entrance to, render accessible (cf. patefacio);

most freq. in the histt., esp. in Tacitus: qui aperuerint armis orbem terrarum,

Liv. 42, 52; 42, 4:

Syriam,

Tac. A. 2, 70:

omnes terras fortibus viris natura aperuit,

id. H. 4, 64:

novas gentes,

id. Agr. 22:

gentes ac reges,

id. G. 1:

Britanniam tamdiu clausam aperit,

Mel. 3, 6, 4; Luc. 1, 465 Cort.:

Eoas,

id. 4, 352:

pelagus,

Val. Fl. 1, 169.—

Transf. to mental objects, to disclose something unknown, to unveil, reveal, make known, unfold, to prove, demonstrate; or gen. to explain, recount, etc.:

occulta quaedam et quasi involuta aperiri,

Cic. Fin. 1, 9, 30:

explicanda est saepe verbis mens nostra de quāque re atque involutae rei notitia definiendo aperienda est,

id. Or. 33, 116:

alicui scripturas aperire,

Vulg. Luc. 24, 32:

tua probra aperibo omnia,

Plaut. Truc. 4, 2, 50: ne exspectetis argumentum fabulae;

hi partem aperient,

Ter. Ad. prol. 23:

non quo aperiret sententiam suam, sed etc.,

Cic. de Or. 1, 18, 84:

eo praesente conjurationem aperit,

Sall. C. 40, 6:

naturam et mores,

id. ib. 53 fin.; so id. ib. 45, 1; 47, 1; id. J. 33, 4:

lux fugam hostium aperuit,

Liv. 27, 2:

aperiri error poterat,

id. 26, 10:

casus aperire futuros,

to disclose the future, Ov. M. 15, 559:

futura aperit,

Tac. H. 2, 4.—So also, se aperire or aperiri, to reveal one's true disposition, character:

tum coacti necessario se aperiunt,

show themselves in their true light, Ter. And. 4, 1, 8:

studio aperimur in ipso,

Ov. A. A. 3, 371:

exspectandum, dum se ipsa res aperiret,

Nep. Paus. 3, 7; Quint. prooem. § 3.—Sometimes constr. with acc. and inf., a rel.-clause, or de:

cum jam directae in se prorae hostes appropinquare aperuissent,

Liv. 44, 28:

domino navis, quis sit, aperit,

Nep. Them. 8, 6; so id. Eum. 13, 3: de clementiā, Auct. ad Her. 2, 31.—In a gen. sense (freq. in epistt.) in Cic. Att. 5, 1, 2: de Oppio factum est, ut volui, et maxime, quod DCCC. aperuisti, you promised, i.e. that it should be paid to him (= ostendisti te daturum, Manut.); cf.

the more definite expression: de Oppio bene curāsti, quod ei DCCC. exposuisti,

id. ib. 5, 4, 3.—Hence, ăpertus, a, um, P. a.; pr., opened; hence, open, free.

Lit.

Without covering, open, uncovered (opp. tectus):

naves apertae,

without deck, Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 40; Liv. 31, 22 fin.; cf. id. 32, 21, 14: centum tectae naves et quinquaginta leviores apertae, et saep.; v. navis.—Also, without covering or defence, unprotected, exposed:

locus,

Caes. B. C. 3, 84.— Poet., of the sky, clear, cloudless:

caelo invectus aperto,

Verg. A. 1, 155:

aether,

id. ib. 1, 587:

aperta serena prospicere,

id. G. 1, 393.—

Unclosed, open, not shut (opp. clausus):

Janua cum per se transpectum praebet apertum,

since this affords an open view through it, Lucr. 4, 272:

oculi,

id. 4, 339:

oculorum lumine aperto,

id. 4, 1139 et saep.:

nihil tam clausum, neque tam reconditum, quod non istius cupiditati apertissimum promptissimumque esset,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 20:

caelum patens atque apertum,

id. Div. 1, 1 (diff. from 1.); so Ov. M. 6, 693:

vidit caelos apertos,

Vulg. Marc. 1, 10:

apertus et propatulus locus,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 49:

iter,

Liv. 31, 2:

apertior aditus ad moenia,

id. 9, 28:

campi,

id. 38, 3:

per apertum limitem (viae),

Tac. H. 3, 21; Ov. M. 1, 285:

fenestrae,

Vulg. Dan. 6, 10:

ostia,

ib. ib. 13, 39:

aequor,

Ov. M. 4, 527; so id. ib. 8, 165; 11, 555 et saep. — Poet., of a battle: nec aperti copia Martis Ulla fuit, an action in the open field, Ov. M. 13, 208.—Very freq. ăpertum, subst., that which is open, free; an open, clear space:

in aperto,

Lucr. 3, 604:

per apertum fugientes,

Hor. C, 3, 12, 10:

impetum ex aperto facerent,

Liv. 35, 5:

castra in aperto posita,

id. 1, 33; so id. 22, 4:

volantem in aperto,

Plin. 10, 8, 9, § 22:

in aperta prodeunt,

id. 8, 32, 50, § 117:

disjecit naves in aperta Oceani,

Tac. A. 2, 23.—

Trop.

a.. Opp. to that which is concealed, covered, dark, open, clear, plain, evident, manifest, unobstructed:

nam nihil aegrius est quam res secernere apertas ab dubiis,

nothing is, indeed, more difficult than to separate things that are evident from those that are doubtful, Lucr. 4, 467; so id. 4, 596; 1, 915; 5, 1062:

cum illum ex occultis insidiis in apertum latrocinium conjecimus,

Cic. Cat. 2, 1:

simultates partim obscurae, partim apertae,

id. Manil. 24:

quid enim potest esse tam apertum tamque perspicuum?

id. N. D. 2, 2, 4:

quid rem apertam suspectam facimus?

Liv. 41, 24:

non furtim, sed vi aperta,

id. 25, 24:

apertus animi motus,

Quint. 10, 3, 21:

invidia in occulto, adulatio in aperto,

Tac. H. 4, 4 et saep.—So, in rhet., of clear, intelligible discourse:

multo apertius ad intellegendum est, si, etc.... apertam enim narrationem tam esse oportet quam, etc.,

Cic. de Or. 2, 80, 328; cf. id. Inv. 1, 20.—Hence,

Esp. as subst.: in aperto esse,

To be clear, evident, well known, notorious, en tôi phanerôi einai:

ad cognoscendum omnia illustria magis magisque in aperto,

Sall. J. 5, 3.—

To be easily practicable, easy, facile (the figure taken from an open field or space):

agere memoratu digna pronum magisque in aperto erat,

there was a greater inclination and a more open way to, Tac. Agr. 1:

hostes aggredi in aperto foret,

id. H. 3, 56:

vota virtusque in aperto omniaque prona victoribus,

id. Agr. 33.—

Of character, without dissimulation, open, frank, candid:

animus apertus et simplex,

Cic. Fam. 1, 9; id. Off. 3, 13, 57:

pectus,

id. Lael. 26, 97. —Hence, ironically: ut semper fuit apertissimus, as he has always been very open, frank (for impudent, shameless), Cic. Mur. 35.—Hence, ăpertē, adv., openly, clearly, plainly.

In gen.:

tam aperte irridens,

Ter. Phorm. 5, 8, 62:

ab illo aperte tecte quicquid est datum, libenter accepi,

Cic. Att. 1, 14, 4; id. Or. 12, 38; id. Am. 18, 67:

cum Fidenae aperte descissent,

Liv. 1, 27:

aperte quod venale habet ostendit,

Hor. S. 1, 2, 83:

aperte revelari,

Vulg. 1 Reg. 2, 27:

non jam secretis colloquiis, sed aperte fremere,

Tac. A. 11, 28:

aperte adulari,

Cic. Am. 26, 99:

aperte mentiri,

id. Ac. 2, 6, 18:

aperte pugnare, id. ap. Aquil. Rom. 10: aperte immundus est,

Vulg. Lev. 13, 26.— Comp.:

cum ipsum dolorem hic tulit paulo apertius,

Cic. Planc. 34; id. Att. 16, 3, 5; Curt. 6, 1, 11:

ab his proconsuli venenum inter epulas datum est apertius quam ut fallerent,

Tac. A. 13, 1.— Sup.:

hinc empta apertissime praetura,

Cic. Verr. 1, 100:

equite Romano per te apertissime interfecto,

id. Har. Resp. 30:

largiri,

id. ib. 56:

praedari,

id. Verr. 1, 130.—

Esp. of what is set forth in words or writing, plainly, clearly, freely, without reserve:

nempe ergo aperte vis quae restant me loqui?

Ter. And. 1, 2, 24; id. Phorm. 4, 3, 49:

aperte indicat (lex) posse rationem habere non praesentis,

Cic. ad Brut. 1, 5, 3:

Non tu istuc mihi dictura aperte es, quicquid est?

Ter. Eun. 5, 1, 3:

narrare,

id. Heaut. 4, 3, 24:

scribere,

Cic. Fam. 5, 7, 3; Quint. 1, 5, 43.— Comp.:

Planius atque apertius dicam,

Cic. Rosc. Com. 14, 43:

distinguere,

Quint. 3, 6, 45.— Sup.:

istius injurias quam apertissime vobis planissimeque explicare,

Cic. Verr. 2, 64, 156:

aliquid apertissime ostendere,

Quint. 5, 12, 11.

ăpĕrĭo, ĕrŭi, ertum, 4, v. a. ( fut. aperibo, Plaut. Truc. 4, 2, 50; Pompon. ap. Non. p. 506, 30) [ab-pario, to get from, take away from, i.e. to uncover, like the opp. operio, from obpario, to get for, to put upon, i. e. to cover; this is the old explanation, and is received by Corssen, Ausspr. I. p. 653; II. p. 410, and by Vanicek, p. 503], to uncover, make or lay bare.

Lit.:

patinas,

Plaut. Ps. 3, 2, 51: apertae surae, Turp. ap. Non. p. 236, 16:

apertis lateribus,

Sisenn. ib. p. 236, 26:

capite aperto esse,

Varr. ib. p. 236, 25;

p. 236, 28: ut corporis partes quaedam aperiantur,

Cic. Off. 1, 35, 129:

caput aperuit,

id. Phil. 2, 31; Sall. H. Fragm. ap. Non. p. 236, 20:

capita,

Plin. 28, 6, 17, § 60:

aperto pectore,

Ov. M. 2, 339; and poet. transf. to the person:

apertae pectora matres,

id. ib. 13, 688:

ramum,

Verg. A. 6, 406 al. — Trop., to make visible, to show, reveal, Liv. 22, 6:

dispulsā nebulā diem aperuit,

id. 26, 17 (cf. just before:

densa nebula campos circa intexit): dies faciem victoriae,

Tac. Agr. 38:

lux aperuit bellum ducemque belli,

Liv. 3, 15:

novam aciem dies aperuit,

Tac. H. 4, 29:

his unda dehiscens Terram aperit,

opens to view, Verg. A. 1, 107.—From the intermediate idea of making visible,

Metaph.

1.. To unclose, open: aperto ex ostio Alti Acheruntis, Poët. ap. Cic. Tusc. 1, 16, 37:

aperite aliquis ostium,

Ter. Ad. 4, 4, 26; so id. Heaut. 2, 3, 35:

forem aperi,

id. Ad. 2, 1, 13:

fores,

id. Eun. 2, 2, 52; Ov. M. 10, 457; Suet. Aug. 82:

januas carceris,

Vulg. Act. 5, 19:

fenestram,

ib. Gen. 8, 6:

liquidas vias,

to open the liquid way, Lucr. 1, 373; so Verg. A. 11, 884:

sucum venis fundere apertis,

to pour out moisture from its open veins, Lucr. 5, 812:

saccum,

Vulg. Gen. 42, 27:

os,

ib. ib. 22, 28:

labia, ib. Job, 11, 5: oculos,

ib. Act. 9, 8:

accepi fasciculum, in quo erat epistula Piliae: abstuli, aperui, legi,

Cic. Att. 5, 11 fin.; so id. ib. 1, 13;

6, 3: aperire librum,

Vulg. Apoc. 5, 5; 20, 12:

testamentum,

Plin. 7, 52, 53, § 177 (cf.:

testamentum resignare,

Hor. Ep. 1, 7, 9); Suet. Caes. 83; id. Aug. 17:

sigillum aperire,

to break, Vulg. Apoc. 6, 3 al.:

ferro iter aperiundum est,

Sall. C. 58, 7:

locum... asylum,

to make it an asylum, Liv. 1, 8:

subterraneos specus,

Tac. G. 16:

navigantibus maria,

Plin. 2, 47, 47, § 122:

arbor florem aperit,

id. 12, 11, 23, § 40 et saep.: aperire parietem, to open a wall, in order to put a door or window in it, Dig. 8, 2, 40: alicui oculos aperire, to give sight to (after the Heb.), Vulg. Joan. 9, 10; 9, 14 al.; so,

aures aperire,

to restore hearing to, ib. Marc. 7, 35.—

Trop.:

nec ita claudenda est res familiaris, ut eam benignitas aperire non possit,

Cic. Off. 2, 15, 54: amicitiae fores. id. Fam. 13, 10:

multus apertus cursus ad laudem,

id. Phil. 14, 6 fin.:

tibi virtus tua reditum ad tuos aperuit,

id. Fam. 6, 11:

philosophiae fontes,

id. Tusc. 1, 3, 6; id. Mil. 31, 85 et saep.: alicujus oculos aperire, to open one's eyes, make him discern (after the Heb.), Vulg. Gen. 3, 5; 3, 7; ib. Act. 26, 18; so,

alicujus cor aperire,

ib. ib. 16, 14: ventus [p. 136] incendio viam aperuit, Liv. 6, 2:

occasionem ad invadendum,

id. 4, 53; so id. 9, 27: si hanc fenestram aperueritis (i.e. if you enter upon the way of complaint), nihil aliud agi sinetis, Suet. Tib. 28 (cf. Ter. Heaut. 3, 1, 72:

Quantam fenestram ad nequitiem patefeceris!): quia aperuisset gentibus ostium fidei,

Vulg. Act. 14, 27; ib. Col. 4, 3.— So of the new year, to open it, i.e. begin:

annum,

Verg. G. 1, 217:

contigit ergo privatis aperire annum (since the consul entered upon his office the first of January),

Plin. Pan. 58, 4 Gierig and Schaef.—So also of a school, to establish, set up, begin, or open it:

Dionysius tyrannus Corinthi dicitur ludum aperuisse,

Cic. Fam. 9, 18; so Suet. Gram. 16; id. Rhet. 4.— Poet.:

fuste aperire caput,

i.e. to cleave, split the head, Juv. 9, 98.—

Aperire locum (populum, gentes, etc.), to lay open a place, people, etc., i.e. to open an entrance to, render accessible (cf. patefacio);

most freq. in the histt., esp. in Tacitus: qui aperuerint armis orbem terrarum,

Liv. 42, 52; 42, 4:

Syriam,

Tac. A. 2, 70:

omnes terras fortibus viris natura aperuit,

id. H. 4, 64:

novas gentes,

id. Agr. 22:

gentes ac reges,

id. G. 1:

Britanniam tamdiu clausam aperit,

Mel. 3, 6, 4; Luc. 1, 465 Cort.:

Eoas,

id. 4, 352:

pelagus,

Val. Fl. 1, 169.—

Transf. to mental objects, to disclose something unknown, to unveil, reveal, make known, unfold, to prove, demonstrate; or gen. to explain, recount, etc.:

occulta quaedam et quasi involuta aperiri,

Cic. Fin. 1, 9, 30:

explicanda est saepe verbis mens nostra de quāque re atque involutae rei notitia definiendo aperienda est,

id. Or. 33, 116:

alicui scripturas aperire,

Vulg. Luc. 24, 32:

tua probra aperibo omnia,

Plaut. Truc. 4, 2, 50: ne exspectetis argumentum fabulae;

hi partem aperient,

Ter. Ad. prol. 23:

non quo aperiret sententiam suam, sed etc.,

Cic. de Or. 1, 18, 84:

eo praesente conjurationem aperit,

Sall. C. 40, 6:

naturam et mores,

id. ib. 53 fin.; so id. ib. 45, 1; 47, 1; id. J. 33, 4:

lux fugam hostium aperuit,

Liv. 27, 2:

aperiri error poterat,

id. 26, 10:

casus aperire futuros,

to disclose the future, Ov. M. 15, 559:

futura aperit,

Tac. H. 2, 4.—So also, se aperire or aperiri, to reveal one's true disposition, character:

tum coacti necessario se aperiunt,

show themselves in their true light, Ter. And. 4, 1, 8:

studio aperimur in ipso,

Ov. A. A. 3, 371:

exspectandum, dum se ipsa res aperiret,

Nep. Paus. 3, 7; Quint. prooem. § 3.—Sometimes constr. with acc. and inf., a rel.-clause, or de:

cum jam directae in se prorae hostes appropinquare aperuissent,

Liv. 44, 28:

domino navis, quis sit, aperit,

Nep. Them. 8, 6; so id. Eum. 13, 3: de clementiā, Auct. ad Her. 2, 31.—In a gen. sense (freq. in epistt.) in Cic. Att. 5, 1, 2: de Oppio factum est, ut volui, et maxime, quod DCCC. aperuisti, you promised, i.e. that it should be paid to him (= ostendisti te daturum, Manut.); cf.

the more definite expression: de Oppio bene curāsti, quod ei DCCC. exposuisti,

id. ib. 5, 4, 3.—Hence, ăpertus, a, um, P. a.; pr., opened; hence, open, free.

Lit.

Without covering, open, uncovered (opp. tectus):

naves apertae,

without deck, Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 40; Liv. 31, 22 fin.; cf. id. 32, 21, 14: centum tectae naves et quinquaginta leviores apertae, et saep.; v. navis.—Also, without covering or defence, unprotected, exposed:

locus,

Caes. B. C. 3, 84.— Poet., of the sky, clear, cloudless:

caelo invectus aperto,

Verg. A. 1, 155:

aether,

id. ib. 1, 587:

aperta serena prospicere,

id. G. 1, 393.—

Unclosed, open, not shut (opp. clausus):

Janua cum per se transpectum praebet apertum,

since this affords an open view through it, Lucr. 4, 272:

oculi,

id. 4, 339:

oculorum lumine aperto,

id. 4, 1139 et saep.:

nihil tam clausum, neque tam reconditum, quod non istius cupiditati apertissimum promptissimumque esset,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 20:

caelum patens atque apertum,

id. Div. 1, 1 (diff. from 1.); so Ov. M. 6, 693:

vidit caelos apertos,

Vulg. Marc. 1, 10:

apertus et propatulus locus,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 49:

iter,

Liv. 31, 2:

apertior aditus ad moenia,

id. 9, 28:

campi,

id. 38, 3:

per apertum limitem (viae),

Tac. H. 3, 21; Ov. M. 1, 285:

fenestrae,

Vulg. Dan. 6, 10:

ostia,

ib. ib. 13, 39:

aequor,

Ov. M. 4, 527; so id. ib. 8, 165; 11, 555 et saep. — Poet., of a battle: nec aperti copia Martis Ulla fuit, an action in the open field, Ov. M. 13, 208.—Very freq. ăpertum, subst., that which is open, free; an open, clear space:

in aperto,

Lucr. 3, 604:

per apertum fugientes,

Hor. C, 3, 12, 10:

impetum ex aperto facerent,

Liv. 35, 5:

castra in aperto posita,

id. 1, 33; so id. 22, 4:

volantem in aperto,

Plin. 10, 8, 9, § 22:

in aperta prodeunt,

id. 8, 32, 50, § 117:

disjecit naves in aperta Oceani,

Tac. A. 2, 23.—

Trop.

a.. Opp. to that which is concealed, covered, dark, open, clear, plain, evident, manifest, unobstructed:

nam nihil aegrius est quam res secernere apertas ab dubiis,

nothing is, indeed, more difficult than to separate things that are evident from those that are doubtful, Lucr. 4, 467; so id. 4, 596; 1, 915; 5, 1062:

cum illum ex occultis insidiis in apertum latrocinium conjecimus,

Cic. Cat. 2, 1:

simultates partim obscurae, partim apertae,

id. Manil. 24:

quid enim potest esse tam apertum tamque perspicuum?

id. N. D. 2, 2, 4:

quid rem apertam suspectam facimus?

Liv. 41, 24:

non furtim, sed vi aperta,

id. 25, 24:

apertus animi motus,

Quint. 10, 3, 21:

invidia in occulto, adulatio in aperto,

Tac. H. 4, 4 et saep.—So, in rhet., of clear, intelligible discourse:

multo apertius ad intellegendum est, si, etc.... apertam enim narrationem tam esse oportet quam, etc.,

Cic. de Or. 2, 80, 328; cf. id. Inv. 1, 20.—Hence,

Esp. as subst.: in aperto esse,

To be clear, evident, well known, notorious, en tôi phanerôi einai:

ad cognoscendum omnia illustria magis magisque in aperto,

Sall. J. 5, 3.—

To be easily practicable, easy, facile (the figure taken from an open field or space):

agere memoratu digna pronum magisque in aperto erat,

there was a greater inclination and a more open way to, Tac. Agr. 1:

hostes aggredi in aperto foret,

id. H. 3, 56:

vota virtusque in aperto omniaque prona victoribus,

id. Agr. 33.—

Of character, without dissimulation, open, frank, candid:

animus apertus et simplex,

Cic. Fam. 1, 9; id. Off. 3, 13, 57:

pectus,

id. Lael. 26, 97. —Hence, ironically: ut semper fuit apertissimus, as he has always been very open, frank (for impudent, shameless), Cic. Mur. 35.—Hence, ăpertē, adv., openly, clearly, plainly.

In gen.:

tam aperte irridens,

Ter. Phorm. 5, 8, 62:

ab illo aperte tecte quicquid est datum, libenter accepi,

Cic. Att. 1, 14, 4; id. Or. 12, 38; id. Am. 18, 67:

cum Fidenae aperte descissent,

Liv. 1, 27:

aperte quod venale habet ostendit,

Hor. S. 1, 2, 83:

aperte revelari,

Vulg. 1 Reg. 2, 27:

non jam secretis colloquiis, sed aperte fremere,

Tac. A. 11, 28:

aperte adulari,

Cic. Am. 26, 99:

aperte mentiri,

id. Ac. 2, 6, 18:

aperte pugnare, id. ap. Aquil. Rom. 10: aperte immundus est,

Vulg. Lev. 13, 26.— Comp.:

cum ipsum dolorem hic tulit paulo apertius,

Cic. Planc. 34; id. Att. 16, 3, 5; Curt. 6, 1, 11:

ab his proconsuli venenum inter epulas datum est apertius quam ut fallerent,

Tac. A. 13, 1.— Sup.:

hinc empta apertissime praetura,

Cic. Verr. 1, 100:

equite Romano per te apertissime interfecto,

id. Har. Resp. 30:

largiri,

id. ib. 56:

praedari,

id. Verr. 1, 130.—

Esp. of what is set forth in words or writing, plainly, clearly, freely, without reserve:

nempe ergo aperte vis quae restant me loqui?

Ter. And. 1, 2, 24; id. Phorm. 4, 3, 49:

aperte indicat (lex) posse rationem habere non praesentis,

Cic. ad Brut. 1, 5, 3:

Non tu istuc mihi dictura aperte es, quicquid est?

Ter. Eun. 5, 1, 3:

narrare,

id. Heaut. 4, 3, 24:

scribere,

Cic. Fam. 5, 7, 3; Quint. 1, 5, 43.— Comp.:

Planius atque apertius dicam,

Cic. Rosc. Com. 14, 43:

distinguere,

Quint. 3, 6, 45.— Sup.:

istius injurias quam apertissime vobis planissimeque explicare,

Cic. Verr. 2, 64, 156:

aliquid apertissime ostendere,

Quint. 5, 12, 11.

ex-pōno, pŏsŭi, pŏsĭtum, 3 (ante-class. perf. exposivit, Plaut. Cas. 4, 4, 27;

sync. expostus,

Verg. A. 10, 694; Stat. Th. 7, 197), v. a., to put or set out, to set forth, expose (class.; most freq. in the trop. signif.; cf.: expedio, explano, explico).

Lit.

In gen.:

stravit pelliculis haedinis lectulos et exposuit vasa Samia,

set out, Cic. Mur. 36, 75:

vasa,

id. Verr. 2, 4, 16, § 35:

apparatum in porticibus,

Suet. Caes. 10; cf.:

aliquid in publico,

Plin. 35, 7, 33, § 52; cf. id. 15, 5, 6, § 21:

herbam in sole,

Col. 12, 28, 1:

aliquem ictu,

to put out, turn out, Plaut. Truc. 3, 1, 14:

cubito,

id. Cas. 4, 4, 27.—

In partic.

Of children, to expose:

puellam ad necem,

Plaut. Cist. 1, 3, 18; id. Cas. prol. 41; Ter. Heaut. 4, 1, 37; Cic. Rep. 2, 2; Liv. 1, 4, 5; cf. id. 1, 6, 3:

ad januam matris,

Suet. Claud. 27 al. —

Naut. t. t.

To set on shore, to land, disembark:

milites ex navibus,

Caes. B. G. 4, 37, 1;

for which: socios de puppibus,

Verg. A. 10, 288:

milites in terram,

Caes. B. C. 3, 23, 2:

expositis omnibus copiis,

id. ib. 3, 29, 2; 1, 31 fin.; Liv. 24, 40, 9:

ibi in terram,

id. 34, 8, 7; Front. Strat. 2, 5, 44; cf.:

in litora,

Liv. 37, 28, 8:

aegra mancipia in insulam,

Suet. Claud. 25; but also with abl.:

in Africa,

Liv. 28, 44, 10 Drak. N. cr.:

in terra,

Vell. 2, 79, 4:

in litore,

Suet. Caes. 4; Just. 22, 5; Liv. 2, 22, 3; 26, 17, 2; Sen. Ep. 53, 2:

in portu,

Just. 18, 1, 3:

ibi Themistoclem,

Nep. Them. 8, 7:

ad eum locum milites,

Caes. B. C. 3, 6, 3:

quibus regionibus exercitum exposuisset,

id. ib. 3, 29 fin.:

expositum peregrinis arenis os,

Ov. M. 11, 56:

quartā vix demum exponimur horā,

Hor. S. 1, 5, 23: advexi frumentum;

exposui, vendo meum, etc.,

have unloaded, unpacked, opened, Cic. Off. 3, 12, 51:

merces,

Dig. 14, 2, 10.—

To throw on the ground, throw down:

paene exposivit cubito,

Plaut. Cas. 4, 4, 34.—

To throw overboard:

si propter necessitatem adversae tempestatis expositum onus fuerit,

Dig. 39, 4, 16, § 8.—

Mercant. t. t.: pecuniam, to offer a sum to one, place at one's disposal, to be ready to pay:

de Oppio bene curasti, quod ei DCCC. exposuisti,

Cic. Att. 5, 4, 3 (for which, aperuisti, id. ib. 5, 1, 2).—

Pregn., to leave exposed or unprotected, to expose, lay open (not ante-Aug.):

ad ictus,

Liv. 9, 35, 6; Curt. 8, 14, 31:

ille ad omnes ictus expositus,

id. 9, 5, 9:

ne inermes provinciae barbaris nationibus exponerentur,

Tac. H. 3, 5:

exercitum hosti,

Flor. 3, 11; Plin. 11, 19, 21, § 67:

ceteris animalibus imbecillitatem hominum,

Lact. 3, 23, 10; id. Epit. 9, 1; Val. Max. 7, 1, ext. 2:

piscibus beluisque,

Petr. 115:

exposito solibus loco,

Plin. 15, 5, 6, § 21.— Pass. absol.: (iracundi) simplices videntur, quia expositi sunt, Sen. de Ira, 2, 16, 3.

Trop.

In gen.:

totam causam, judices, explicemus atque ante oculos expositam consideremus,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 12, 34; cf.:

vitam alterius in oculis conspectuque omnium exponere,

id. Div. in Caecil. 8, 27:

disciplina puerilis publice exposita,

id. Rep. 4, 3:

orationem,

to publish, id. de Or. 1, 53, 227; cf.:

capita exposita nec explicata,

id. Brut. 44, 164:

erant huic studio maxima exposita praemia,

id. de Or. 1, 4, 15:

praemium,

to set forth, propose, id. Quint. 23, 74: vitam suam exponere ad imitandum juventuti, id. Fragm. ap. Non. 104, 3:

factum expositum ad imitandum,

id. Phil. 2, 44, 114:

exposita ad exemplum nostra re publica,

id. Rep. 1, 46:

opprobrio ad omnium convicia exposito,

Suet. Caes. 49:

expositum ad invidiam nomen,

Tac. H. 2, 53:

nomen Dei,

to prostitute, dishonor, Lact. 1, 7.—

In partic., of speech, to set forth, exhibit, relate, explain, expound; constr. with acc. and inf., or a rel. clause as object, or with de:

coepit rationem hujus operis scientissime Gallus exponere,

Cic. Rep. 1, 14:

talis coetus, qualem exposui,

id. ib. 1, 26:

quae adhuc exposui,

id. ib. 2, 23:

obscura dilucide,

id. Fin. 4, 1, 1:

rem pluribus verbis,

id. ib. 3, 4, 15:

rem breviter,

id. Cat. 3, 1, 3:

mandata in senatu,

id. de Or. 2, 12, 49:

narrationem,

id. Or. 62, 210:

sententias ejus disputationis hoc libro,

id. Lael. 1, 3:

artes rhetoricas,

id. de Or. 3, 20, 75:

disputationem alicui,

id. Rep. 1, 8:

sermonem de amicitia alicui,

id. Lael. 1, 3:

eadem multitudini,

Caes. B. G. 7, 38, 4:

expone igitur primum animos remanere post mortem, tum docebis, etc.,

explain, Cic. Tusc. 1, 12, 26:

apud eosdem (censores), qui magistratu abierint, edant et exponant, quid in magistratu gesserint,

id. Leg. 3, 20, 47:

ex memoria alicui quid senatus censuerit,

id. Cat. 3, 6, 13:

ab initio, res quemadmodum gesta sit,

id. Rosc. Am. 5, 14; id. Rep. 1, 26; cf.:

hoc de quo modo exposuit Antonius,

id. de Or. 1, 22, 102; id. Fam. 1, 9, 10:

expone nunc de reprehendendo,

id. Part. Or. 12, 44.—In abl. neutr. absol.:

Caesar contione advocata... exposito, quid iniquitas loci posset, etc.,

Caes. B. G. 7, 52, 2 Oud.; so,

exposito quod nuntiatum erat,

Curt. 4, 13:

quasi gesta bello expositurus,

Tac. A. 15, 72: summum bonum exposuit vacuitatem doloris, i. q. definivit, be defined, Cic. Fin. 5, 5, 14 Madv.; cf. ib. 5, 8, 22; and, expositio, ib. § 21.—Hence, expŏsĭtus, a, um, P. a., qs. publicly set out; hence, open, free, accessible.

Lit.:

limen,

Stat. S. 1, 2, 24:

census,

open to all, id. ib. 2, 2, 152:

numen (with nulli negatum),

Luc. 5, 103; cf.:

(homo) obvius et expositus,

Plin. Ep. 1, 10, 2.—As subst.: ex-pŏsĭta, ōrum, n., the open parts, those exposed to view:

frontem ejus tantum novi et exposita, quae ostendit etiam transeuntibus,

Sen. Ep. 55, 6.—

Trop.

Accessible, affable:

mores,

Stat. S. 5, 3, 246.—

Of authors, intelligible, lucid:

optimos quidem, sed tamen eorum candidissimum quemque et maxime expositum velim,

Quint. 2, 5, 19.—

In a bad sense, common, vulgar:

qui nihil expositum soleat deducere, etc.,

Juv. 7, 54.— Adv.: expŏ-sĭte, plainly, clearly:

non exposite et aperte ostendere, sed reconditā significatione,

Gell. 3, 2, 14.

ex-pōno, pŏsŭi, pŏsĭtum, 3 (ante-class. perf. exposivit, Plaut. Cas. 4, 4, 27;

sync. expostus,

Verg. A. 10, 694; Stat. Th. 7, 197), v. a., to put or set out, to set forth, expose (class.; most freq. in the trop. signif.; cf.: expedio, explano, explico).

Lit.

In gen.:

stravit pelliculis haedinis lectulos et exposuit vasa Samia,

set out, Cic. Mur. 36, 75:

vasa,

id. Verr. 2, 4, 16, § 35:

apparatum in porticibus,

Suet. Caes. 10; cf.:

aliquid in publico,

Plin. 35, 7, 33, § 52; cf. id. 15, 5, 6, § 21:

herbam in sole,

Col. 12, 28, 1:

aliquem ictu,

to put out, turn out, Plaut. Truc. 3, 1, 14:

cubito,

id. Cas. 4, 4, 27.—

In partic.

Of children, to expose:

puellam ad necem,

Plaut. Cist. 1, 3, 18; id. Cas. prol. 41; Ter. Heaut. 4, 1, 37; Cic. Rep. 2, 2; Liv. 1, 4, 5; cf. id. 1, 6, 3:

ad januam matris,

Suet. Claud. 27 al. —

Naut. t. t.

To set on shore, to land, disembark:

milites ex navibus,

Caes. B. G. 4, 37, 1;

for which: socios de puppibus,

Verg. A. 10, 288:

milites in terram,

Caes. B. C. 3, 23, 2:

expositis omnibus copiis,

id. ib. 3, 29, 2; 1, 31 fin.; Liv. 24, 40, 9:

ibi in terram,

id. 34, 8, 7; Front. Strat. 2, 5, 44; cf.:

in litora,

Liv. 37, 28, 8:

aegra mancipia in insulam,

Suet. Claud. 25; but also with abl.:

in Africa,

Liv. 28, 44, 10 Drak. N. cr.:

in terra,

Vell. 2, 79, 4:

in litore,

Suet. Caes. 4; Just. 22, 5; Liv. 2, 22, 3; 26, 17, 2; Sen. Ep. 53, 2:

in portu,

Just. 18, 1, 3:

ibi Themistoclem,

Nep. Them. 8, 7:

ad eum locum milites,

Caes. B. C. 3, 6, 3:

quibus regionibus exercitum exposuisset,

id. ib. 3, 29 fin.:

expositum peregrinis arenis os,

Ov. M. 11, 56:

quartā vix demum exponimur horā,

Hor. S. 1, 5, 23: advexi frumentum;

exposui, vendo meum, etc.,

have unloaded, unpacked, opened, Cic. Off. 3, 12, 51:

merces,

Dig. 14, 2, 10.—

To throw on the ground, throw down:

paene exposivit cubito,

Plaut. Cas. 4, 4, 34.—

To throw overboard:

si propter necessitatem adversae tempestatis expositum onus fuerit,

Dig. 39, 4, 16, § 8.—

Mercant. t. t.: pecuniam, to offer a sum to one, place at one's disposal, to be ready to pay:

de Oppio bene curasti, quod ei DCCC. exposuisti,

Cic. Att. 5, 4, 3 (for which, aperuisti, id. ib. 5, 1, 2).—

Pregn., to leave exposed or unprotected, to expose, lay open (not ante-Aug.):

ad ictus,

Liv. 9, 35, 6; Curt. 8, 14, 31:

ille ad omnes ictus expositus,

id. 9, 5, 9:

ne inermes provinciae barbaris nationibus exponerentur,

Tac. H. 3, 5:

exercitum hosti,

Flor. 3, 11; Plin. 11, 19, 21, § 67:

ceteris animalibus imbecillitatem hominum,

Lact. 3, 23, 10; id. Epit. 9, 1; Val. Max. 7, 1, ext. 2:

piscibus beluisque,

Petr. 115:

exposito solibus loco,

Plin. 15, 5, 6, § 21.— Pass. absol.: (iracundi) simplices videntur, quia expositi sunt, Sen. de Ira, 2, 16, 3.

Trop.

In gen.:

totam causam, judices, explicemus atque ante oculos expositam consideremus,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 12, 34; cf.:

vitam alterius in oculis conspectuque omnium exponere,

id. Div. in Caecil. 8, 27:

disciplina puerilis publice exposita,

id. Rep. 4, 3:

orationem,

to publish, id. de Or. 1, 53, 227; cf.:

capita exposita nec explicata,

id. Brut. 44, 164:

erant huic studio maxima exposita praemia,

id. de Or. 1, 4, 15:

praemium,

to set forth, propose, id. Quint. 23, 74: vitam suam exponere ad imitandum juventuti, id. Fragm. ap. Non. 104, 3:

factum expositum ad imitandum,

id. Phil. 2, 44, 114:

exposita ad exemplum nostra re publica,

id. Rep. 1, 46:

opprobrio ad omnium convicia exposito,

Suet. Caes. 49:

expositum ad invidiam nomen,

Tac. H. 2, 53:

nomen Dei,

to prostitute, dishonor, Lact. 1, 7.—

In partic., of speech, to set forth, exhibit, relate, explain, expound; constr. with acc. and inf., or a rel. clause as object, or with de:

coepit rationem hujus operis scientissime Gallus exponere,

Cic. Rep. 1, 14:

talis coetus, qualem exposui,

id. ib. 1, 26:

quae adhuc exposui,

id. ib. 2, 23:

obscura dilucide,

id. Fin. 4, 1, 1:

rem pluribus verbis,

id. ib. 3, 4, 15:

rem breviter,

id. Cat. 3, 1, 3:

mandata in senatu,

id. de Or. 2, 12, 49:

narrationem,

id. Or. 62, 210:

sententias ejus disputationis hoc libro,

id. Lael. 1, 3:

artes rhetoricas,

id. de Or. 3, 20, 75:

disputationem alicui,

id. Rep. 1, 8:

sermonem de amicitia alicui,

id. Lael. 1, 3:

eadem multitudini,

Caes. B. G. 7, 38, 4:

expone igitur primum animos remanere post mortem, tum docebis, etc.,

explain, Cic. Tusc. 1, 12, 26:

apud eosdem (censores), qui magistratu abierint, edant et exponant, quid in magistratu gesserint,

id. Leg. 3, 20, 47:

ex memoria alicui quid senatus censuerit,

id. Cat. 3, 6, 13:

ab initio, res quemadmodum gesta sit,

id. Rosc. Am. 5, 14; id. Rep. 1, 26; cf.:

hoc de quo modo exposuit Antonius,

id. de Or. 1, 22, 102; id. Fam. 1, 9, 10:

expone nunc de reprehendendo,

id. Part. Or. 12, 44.—In abl. neutr. absol.:

Caesar contione advocata... exposito, quid iniquitas loci posset, etc.,

Caes. B. G. 7, 52, 2 Oud.; so,

exposito quod nuntiatum erat,

Curt. 4, 13:

quasi gesta bello expositurus,

Tac. A. 15, 72: summum bonum exposuit vacuitatem doloris, i. q. definivit, be defined, Cic. Fin. 5, 5, 14 Madv.; cf. ib. 5, 8, 22; and, expositio, ib. § 21.—Hence, expŏsĭtus, a, um, P. a., qs. publicly set out; hence, open, free, accessible.

Lit.:

limen,

Stat. S. 1, 2, 24:

census,

open to all, id. ib. 2, 2, 152:

numen (with nulli negatum),

Luc. 5, 103; cf.:

(homo) obvius et expositus,

Plin. Ep. 1, 10, 2.—As subst.: ex-pŏsĭta, ōrum, n., the open parts, those exposed to view:

frontem ejus tantum novi et exposita, quae ostendit etiam transeuntibus,

Sen. Ep. 55, 6.—

Trop.

Accessible, affable:

mores,

Stat. S. 5, 3, 246.—

Of authors, intelligible, lucid:

optimos quidem, sed tamen eorum candidissimum quemque et maxime expositum velim,

Quint. 2, 5, 19.—

In a bad sense, common, vulgar:

qui nihil expositum soleat deducere, etc.,

Juv. 7, 54.— Adv.: expŏ-sĭte, plainly, clearly:

non exposite et aperte ostendere, sed reconditā significatione,

Gell. 3, 2, 14.

ex-solvo, solvi, sŏlūtum, 3 ( per diaeresin exsolŭātur, Lucr. 1, 811:

exsolŭïsse,

Ov. F. 4, 534; cf. solvo, init.), v. a., to loose, unloose, to unbind, untie, undo (mostly poet. and in post-Aug. prose).

Lit.

In gen.:

nexus,

Lucr. 1, 220: Am. Agedum, eam solve cistulam. So. Quid ego istam exsolvam? undo, unseal, Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 152:

properans exsolvi restim,

id. Rud. 2, 3, 37:

catenas Caecinae,

Tac. H. 3, 31:

vincula,

id. A. 3, 33; id. H. 3, 12:

pugionem a latere,

to ungird, id. H. 3, 68:

venas praebere exsolvendas,

to be opened, id. A. 4, 22; 11, 3; 16, 17:

brachia ferro eodem ictu,

id. ib. 15, 63:

amictus,

to pull off, Stat. S. 1, 5, 53:

venenum exsoluta alvo transmisit,

i. e. in a flux, diarrhœa, Tac. A. 13, 15.—Of an inanimate subject:

(ignis) exsolvit glaciem,

dissolves, melts, Lucr. 6, 878.—

In partic.

To set loose, release, deliver, free (mostly poet.):

aliquem vinclis,

Plaut. Truc. 4, 3, 10; so,

exsolutus vinculis,

Suet. Ner. 49:

jube sis me exsolvi cito,

Plaut. Bacch. 4, 8, 16 sq.:

sese e nervis (animae),

Lucr. 3, 696; cf. id. 1, 811:

se paulatim corpore (said of one dying),

Verg. A. 11, 829:

quo (sanguine),

Tac. H. 5, 6.—

In mercant. lang. (qs. to free from obligation, v. solvo, to discharge, pay a debt): nomina mea, per deos, expedi, exsolve (for which, shortly after: hoc quod debeo plane expedias et solutum relinquas), Cic. Att. 16, 6, 3:

aes alienum,

Plin. Ep. 3, 11, 2:

pretium,

Plaut. Men. 5, 6, 26:

multiplicem sortem,

Liv. 6, 14, 7:

dotem uxori,

Aur. Vict. Vir. Ill. 56:

legata,

Tac. A. 1, 36 fin. et saep. —

Trop.

In gen., to throw off, lay aside, rid one's self of a thing:

legis nexus,

Tac. A. 3, 28 fin.:

metus,

i. e. to lay aside, Luc. 5, 259:

pudorem,

Stat. Ach. 1, 565:

robur peditum ad exsolvendum obsidium ducit,

i. e. to raise, Tac. A. 3, 39.—

In partic.

To release, free from any thing:

animum artis nodis religionum,

Lucr. 1, 932; 4, 7:

animos religione,

Liv. 8, 9, 13:

populum religione,

id. 3, 20, 4:

se occupationibus,

Cic. Fam. 7, 1, 5:

aliquem errore, suspicione,

Ter. Hec. 5, 2, 26:

aliquem aere alieno,

Liv. 6, 14, 11:

curis,

Verg. A. 4, 652:

sollicitudine,

Plin. Ep. 1, 22, 11:

contumeliā,

Tac. A. 13, 36:

poenā,

id. ib. 14, 12:

custode,

id. ib. 12, 46 et saep.—

To discharge, pay a debt or an obligation:

de tertio genere se scripsit dicturum, nec exsolvit quod promiserat,

but did not keep his promise, Cic. Off. 3, 2, 7:

vota (deo),

Plaut. Am. 3, 2, 67; Liv. 21, 21, 9 (opp. se obligare):

jus jurandum,

id. 24, 18, 5:

fidem,

to fulfil one's promise, id. 26, 31, 10:

praemia, poenas alicui,

to award, id. 26, 40, 15:

gratiam recte factis, alicujus,

id. 28, 25, 6; cf.

grates,

to render, give, Tac. A. 14, 13:

beneficia,

to repay, requite, id. ib. 11, 18; cf.:

vicem beneficio,

id. H. 4, 3:

poenas morte,

to suffer, id. A. 1, 10; cf. Vell. 2, 88 fin. —

To solve, explain any thing enigmatical or obscure:

perfacile est parili ratione exsolvere nobis, quare, etc.,

Lucr. 2, 381.

hĭulcus, a, um, adj. [hio], gaping, split, cleft, opened, open.

Lit. (only poet.):

ubi hiulca siti findit Canis aestifer arva,

Verg. G. 2, 353:

Aegyptus,

Stat. Th. 4, 708:

venae fluminis,

id. ib. 9, 450:

juga montis Tauri,

Sol. 38 fin.:

nubes, Claud. Cons. Prob. et Olybr. 206: nimbi,

id. Rapt. Pros. 2, 230:

vulnus,

Sid. Ep. 6, 7:

ova,

Claud. III. Cons. Hon. 4 praef.: mucro, i. e. ungues ferrei, Prud. steph. 10, 452:

ictus,

id. ib. 5, 113.—

Poet. transf., act., cleaving, destroying:

fulmen,

Stat. Th. 1, 26.—

Trop.

Of speech, gaping, not well connected, forming a hiatus (class.):

struere verba sic, ut neve asper eorum concursus neve hiulcus sit, sed quodammodo coagmentatus et levis,

Cic. de Or. 3, 43, 171; cf.:

hiulcae voces,

id. Or. 44, 150:

nonnumquam hiulca etiam decent,

Quint. 9, 4, 36.—

Eager, longing for any thing:

gens,

Plaut. Trin. 2, 2, 9.—

* Adv.: hiulcē (acc. to II. A.), of speech, in a gaping manner, with a hiatus:

non aspere, non vaste, non rustice, non hiulce, sed presse et aequabiliter et leniter (loqui),

Cic. de Or. 3, 12, 45.

lăbĕfăcĭo, fēci, factum (labefactarier, Ter. Eun. 3, 3, 5), 3, v. a.; pass.: lăbĕfīo, factus, fieri [labo-facio], to cause to totter, to shake, loosen, to make ready to fall (Cic. uses only labefactus).

Lit.:

dentes alicui,

Ter. Ad. 2, 2, 36:

partem muri,

Caes. B. C. 2, 22:

labefactae aedes,

Tac. A. 1, 75:

labefacta ictibus arbor Corruit,

Ov. M. 8, 776; id. ib. 3, 69:

charta (i. e. epistola) a vinclis non labefacta suis,

loosened, opened, id. P. 3, 7, 6:

munimenta incussu arietis labefieri,

Sen. Const. Sap. 6.— Poet.:

ignes labefacti aëre multo,

weakened, Lucr. 5, 653:

membra voluptatis dum vi labefacta liquescunt,

id. 4, 1108:

calor labefacta per ossa cucurrit,

Verg. A. 8, 390.—

Trop.

To cause to waver, to shake a person in his mind, principles, or fidelity: aliquem, Laber. ap. Macr. S. 2, 7:

quem nulla umquam vis, nullae minae, nulla invidia labefecit,

Cic. Sest. 47, 101. primores classiariorum, to shake their fidelity, excite them to mutiny, Tac. A. 15, 51:

sic animus vario labefactus vulnere nutat,

Ov. M. 10, 375; cf.

in Greek construction: magno animum labefactus amore,

shaken, disquieted, Verg. A. 4, 395. —

To shake, weaken; to overthrow, ruin, destroy:

haec (res publica) jam labefacta,

Cic. Har. Resp. 27, 60:

quo, per contumeliam consulum, jura plebis labefacta essent,

Liv. 3, 64:

nihil hunc amicitia Sejani, sed labefacit haud minus ad exitia Macronis odium,

Tac. A. 6, 29 (35):

si priorem aetate et jam labefactum demovisset,

id. ib. 4, 60:

ne quis contagione ceteros labefaciat,

Col. 6, 5, 1; cf. Tac. H. 2, 93: fidem, to shake or weaken one's credit, Suet. Vesp. 4.

laxo, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. (rarely n.; v. I. B. 2. b. and II. B. b. infra) [id.], to stretch out, extend, to make wide or roomy, to expand.

Lit.:

forum,

Cic. Att. 4, 16, 8:

manipulos,

to open the ranks, Caes. B. G. 2, 25:

lilium ab angustiis in latitudinem paulatim se laxans,

Plin. 21, 5, 11, § 22.—

Transf.

To open, undo, unloose (syn. solvo):

vincula epistolae laxavit,

Nep. Paus. 4:

nodos Herculeos,

Luc. 4, 632:

ubi dolor vocem laxaverat,

had loosened his voice, Just. 42, 4, 13:

claustra,

Verg. A. 2, 259:

claustra portarum,

Juv. 8, 261:

intestina,

Plin. 8, 36, 54, § 129.—

To slacken, relax:

laxare arcum,

to slacken, unbend, Phaedr. 3, 14, 11:

excussos rudentes,

Verg. A. 3, 267:

laxantur corpora rugis,

become flabby with wrinkles, Ov. A. A. 3, 73:

laxatis habenis invehi jussit,

Curt. 4, 9, 24; 4, 15, 3:

laxatisque vinculis... ostendit manum,

Just. 14, 4, 1:

se cutis arida laxet,

Juv. 6, 144:

oleum ad nervos laxandos utile est,

Plin. 23, 8, 80, § 157:

corpus velut laxatum,

Petr. 82:

ferrum,

to smelt, Stat. Achill. 1, 429.—

Neutr.:

crebris fluctibus compages operis verberatae laxavere,

were loosened, opened, Curt. 4, 3, 6.—

To lighten, ease:

pharetra graves laxavit umeros,

Sen. Herc. Oet. 787.—

Trop.

To lighten, relieve, unbend, recreate (syn.: levo, libero): a contentione disputationis animos curamque laxemus, Cic. de Or. 3, 61, 230:

judicum animos atque a severitate ad hilaritatem traducere,

id. Brut. 93, 322:

animum ab assiduis laboribus,

Liv. 32, 5: ut istis te molestiis laxes, release yourself, Luc. ap. Cic. Fam. 5, 14, 3.—

To relax, mitigate, moderate, abate, weaken:

alicui laxare aliquid laboris,

Liv. 9, 16:

vix primos inopina quies laxaverat artus,

Verg. A. 5, 187:

placida laxarant membra quiete... nautae,

id. ib. 5, 836:

subtile examen justitiae,

Gell. 1, 3:

iram,

Stat. Th. 6, 831: nigrantes tenebras id. ib. 12, 254:

paulatim temeritate laxata,

Petr. 82:

longiore dierum spatio laxare dicendi necessitatem,

to prolong, delay, defer, Quint. 10, 5, 22:

memoriae inhaeret fldelius, quod nulla scribendi securitate laxatur,

id. 10, 6, 2:

rarescit multo laxatus vulnere miles,

weakened, Sil. 17, 422.— To lay open, disclose, reveal ( poet.):

fata latentia laxa,

Stat. Achill. 1, 508.—

To reduce the price of:

annonam,

Liv. 2, 34, 12; so neutr., to lessen, fall in price:

annona laxaverat,

Liv. 26, 20.— laxātus, a, um, P. a., spread out, separated, extended, wide.

Lit.:

custodiae,

i. e. separated, withdrawn, Liv. 21, 32 fin.:

custodia,

Petr. 112:

membrana laxatior,

Plin. 19, 1, 3, § 17:

laxati ordines (aciei),

Tac. H. 3, 25; Sil. 9, 364:

corpore laxati,

released from the body, Cic. Rep. 6, 15 fin. —

Trop.:

libidinum vinculis laxati,

released, freed, free, Cic. de Sen. 3, 7:

laxatus curis,

id. Tusc. 1, 19, 44:

pugna,

a battle broken off, Liv. 21, 59:

nox,

i. e. clear, Sil. 13, 550.

mundus, a, um, adj. [Sanscr. mund, purificari], clean, cleanly, nice, neat, elegant.

Lit. (class.;

syn.: lautus, nitidus, purus): supellex,

Hor. Ep. 1, 5, 7:

caena,

id. C. 3, 29, 14:

ager,

Gell. 19, 12, 8:

mundissimum cubile desiderat (animal),

Col. 7, 9, 14:

jam intus mundissimumst,

Plaut. Truc. 2, 7, 7.— Poet., with abl., = ornatus: Ostia munita est: idem loca navibus pulchris Munda facit, adorned, Enn. ap. Tert. p. 258 Müll. (Ann. v. 146 Vahl.).—

Transf.

Of mode of living, neat, fine, elegant, smart, genteel:

cultus justo mundior,

too elegant dress, Liv. 8, 15.— As subst.: mundus, i, m. (sc. homo), an elegant or nice person, Cic. Fin. 2, 8, 23.—

Of quality, not coarse, fine (post-class.):

annonae, of wheat,

Lampr. Alex. Sev. 42, 3:

panis,

id. ib. 37, 3.—

Trop.

Of speech, neat, fine, elegant ( poet. and in postclass. prose):

verba, Ov A. A. 3, 479: versus, quibus mundius nihil reperiri puto,

Gell. 19, 9, 10:

in Gallos mundius subtiliusque est, quam cum Gallis aut contra Gallos,

id. 17, 2 med. —

Subst.: mun-dum, i. n., only in the phrase: in mundo (esse or habere), in readiness (ante-class.): tibi vita seu mors in mundo est, Enn. ap. Charis. p. 181 P. (Ann. v. 457 Vahl.:

in mundo pro palam et in expedito ac cito, Charis.): nempe habeo in mundo,

Plaut. Pers. 1, 1, 46:

mihi in mundo sunt virgae,

id. As. 2, 1, 16; 2, 2, 50:

nescio quid vero habeo in mundo,

id. Stich. 3, 2, 23; id. Ps. 1, 5, 85 Ritschl.—

In eccl. Lat., morally pure, upright, free from sin:

cor mundum crea in me, Deus,

Vulg. Psa. 50, 12:

beati mundo corde,

id. Matt. 5, 8.—Hence, adv., in two forms (both, for the most part, anteand post-class.).—

mundē, cleanly, neatly, prettily:

(copia) in suo quaeque loco sita munde,

Plaut. Poen. 5, 4, 5: verrite aedes, spargite munde, Titin. ap. Charis. p. 183 P.:

parum munde et parum decenter,

Sen. Ep. 70, 20:

munde facti versus,

Gell. 10, 17, 2:

quam mundissime purissimeque fiat,

Cato, R. R. 66, 1.—

mun-dĭter, cleanly, neatly.

Lit.:

cum sedulo munditer nos habeamus,

Plaut. Poen. 1, 2, 26.—

Trop., decently, with propriety:

dicere,

App. Mag. p. 296, 14.

mundus, i, m. ( neutr. collat. form, mundum: legavit quidam uxori mundum omne penumque, all her toilet, Lucil. ap. Gell. 4, 1, 3, and ap. Non. 214, 17) [1. mundus], toilet ornaments, decorations, dress (of a woman).

Lit.:

mundus muliebris est, quo mulier mundior fit: continentur eo specula, matulae, unguenta, vasa unguentaria, et si qua similia dici possunt, veluti lavatio, riscus... Unguenta, quibus valetudinis causā unguimur, mundo non continentur,

Dig. 34, 2, 25:

munditiae et ornatus et cultus, haec feminarum insignia sunt: hunc mundum muliebrem appellārunt majores nostri,

Liv. 34, 7, 9: virginalis, Att. ap. Paul. ex Fest. p. 142 Müll.:

quamvis auro, veste, gemmis, omnique cetero mundo exornata mulier incedat,

App. M. 2, p. 118. —

Transf.

In gen., an implement (ante- and post-class.):

operae messoriae mundus,

implements for the harvest work, App. M. 6 init.:

Cereris,

the mystical casket of Ceres, id. Mag. p. 282 (the expression in mundo esse and habere belongs to the adj. mundus, v. mundus, II. B.).—

Like the Gr. kosmos, the universe, the world, esp. the heavens and the heavenly bodies: ut hunc hac varietate distinctum bene Graeci kosmon, nos lucentem mundum nominaremus, the heavens, Cic. Univ. 10: nam quem kosmos Graeci, nomine ornamenti appellaverunt. eum nos a perfectā absolutāque elegantiā, mundum, Plin. 2, 4, 3, § 8: concussit micantia sidera mundus, heaven shook, Cat. 64, 206:

aetherius,

Tib. 3, 4, 17:

arduus,

Verg. G. 1, 240:

aestuat infelix angusto limite mundi,

Juv. 10, 169. Also: mundus caeli, Enn. ap. Macr. S. 6, 2 (Sat. v. 10, p. 156 Vahl.):

o clarissima mundi Lumina,

Verg. G. 1, 5 sq.:

immensi copia mundi,

Ov. M. 2, 157:

ipse mundus deorum hominumque causā factus est...Est enim mundus quasi communis deorum atque hominum domus, aut urbs utrorumque,

the world, Cic. N. D. 2, 62, 154:

innumerabiles,

id. Ac. 2, 17, 55:

e tabulā pictos ediscere mundos,

parts of the world, Prop. 5, 3, 37.—

Transf.

The world, i. e. the earth, the inhabitants of the earth, mankind ( poet.):

quicumque mundo terminus obstitit,

Hor. C. 3, 3, 53:

spes miseri mundi,

Luc. 5, 469; Stat. S. 3, 3, 87:

fastos evolvere mundi,

Hor. S. 1, 3, 112:

mundum laedere,

mankind, Claud. Ruf. 1, 87:

nullā in parte mundi cessat ebrietas,

Plin. 14, 22, 29, § 149; 30, 1, 2, § 8; Flor. 2, 12, 1; Just. 30, 4, 9:

(Alexander) scrutatur maria ignota, et, ut ita dicam, mundi claustra perrumpit,

Sen. Ep. 119, 7:

mundi principio,

Juv. 15, 147.—

The heavens, i. e. the sky, the weather (post-class.):

tepida indulget terris clementia mundi,

Grat. Fal. 288:

ad Eoos tractūs mundique teporem,

Luc. 8, 365.—

The sun (perh. only in Manilius):

quā mundus redit,

Manil. Astron. 1, 36; id. ib. 3, 591.—

Euphemistically for the Lower World, the infernal regions. The opening into this mundus was at Rome, in the Comitium, and was kept covered with a stone (lapis manalis); three times in the year, on the 24th of August, the 5th of October, and the 8th of November, days sacred to the gods of the infernal regions, this round pit was opened, and all sorts of fruits were thrown into it as offerings, Varr. ap. Macr. S. 1, 16, 18; Paul. ex Fest. s. v mundus, p. 154 Müll., and s. v. manalem lapidem, p. 128 ib.—

Esp. (eccl. Lat.), the world as opposed to the church; this world, the realm of sin and death, as opposed to Christ's kingdom of holiness and life:

non pro mundo rogo,

Vulg. Johan. 17, 9:

de mundo non sunt,

id. ib. 17, 16:

princeps hujus mundi (i. e. Satan),

id. ib. 12, 31;

14, 30: regnum meum non est de hoc mundo,

id. ib. 18, 36; cf. id. Eph. 2, 2; 6, 12.

pătesco ( - isco), pătŭi, 3, v. inch. n. [pateo], to be laid open, to be opened, to open (mostly poet. and in post-Aug. prose; not in Cic.).

Lit.:

atria longa patescunt,

Verg. A. 2, 483:

portus patescit,

id. ib. 3, 530:

patescens fungus,

Plin. 22, 22, 46, § 95. —

Transf., to stretch out, extend:

paulo latior patescit campus,

Liv. 22, 4:

neque poterat patescere acies,

Tac. H. 4, 78:

civitates, in quas Germania patescit,

id. G. 30; id. A. 2, 61 fin.; cf.:

latius patescente imperio,

Liv. 32, 27.—

Trop., to be disclosed, to become visible, evident, manifest:

ratio patescit,

Lucr. 5, 614:

nunc primum certā notitiā patescente,

Plin. 6, 23, 26, § 101:

tum vero manifesta fides Danaumque patescunt Insidiae,

Verg. A. 2, 309 (but the true reading, Cic. Phil. 14, 6, 15 B. and K., is quae res patefecit).

pătesco ( - isco), pătŭi, 3, v. inch. n. [pateo], to be laid open, to be opened, to open (mostly poet. and in post-Aug. prose; not in Cic.).

Lit.:

atria longa patescunt,

Verg. A. 2, 483:

portus patescit,

id. ib. 3, 530:

patescens fungus,

Plin. 22, 22, 46, § 95. —

Transf., to stretch out, extend:

paulo latior patescit campus,

Liv. 22, 4:

neque poterat patescere acies,

Tac. H. 4, 78:

civitates, in quas Germania patescit,

id. G. 30; id. A. 2, 61 fin.; cf.:

latius patescente imperio,

Liv. 32, 27.—

Trop., to be disclosed, to become visible, evident, manifest:

ratio patescit,

Lucr. 5, 614:

nunc primum certā notitiā patescente,

Plin. 6, 23, 26, § 101:

tum vero manifesta fides Danaumque patescunt Insidiae,

Verg. A. 2, 309 (but the true reading, Cic. Phil. 14, 6, 15 B. and K., is quae res patefecit).

pēgma, ătis, n., = pêgma, a fixture made of boards, for use or ornament, belonging to a house.

In gen.:

atricrum pegmata,

Aus. Epigr. 26:

in emptionem domus et specularia et pegmata cedere solent,

Dig. 33, 7, 12.—

In partic.

A bookcase, Cic. Att. 4, 8, a fin. —

A piece of wooden machinery in the theatre, which rose and fell, opened and shut of itself, and with which players were suddenly raised aloft, Sen. Ep. 88, 19; Plin. 33, 3, 16, § 53:

si automatum vel pegma vel quid tale aliud parum cessisset,

Suet. Claud. 34; Phaedr 5, 7, 7; Juv. 4, 122; Mart. 8, 33, 3; Vop. Carin. 19.

per-cŭtĭo, cussi, cussum, 3 ( perf. contr. percusti for percussisti, Hor. S. 2, 3, 273), v. a. [quatio].

(With the notion of the per predominating.) To strike through and through, to thrust or pierce through (syn.: percello, transfigo).

Lit.:

percussus cultello,

Varr. R. R. 1, 69, 2:

gladio percussus,

Cic. Mil. 24, 65:

Mamilio pectus percussum,

Liv. 2, 19, 8:

coxam Aeneae,

Juv. 15, 66:

vena percutitur,

a vein is opened, blood is let, Sen. Ep. 70, 13:

fossam,

to cut through, dig a trench, Front. Strat. 3, 17; Plin. Ep. 10, 50, 4.—

Transf., to slay, kill (class.; cf.:

neco, perimo, ico, ferio): aliquem securi,

to behead, Cic. Pis. 34, 84; id. Fin. 1, 7, 23:

collum percussa securi Victima,

Ov. Tr. 4, 2, 5; Liv. 39, 43:

aliquem veneno,

App. M. 10, p. 252, 21:

hostem,

Suet. Calig. 3; Ov. H. 4, 94.—Hence, percutere foedus, to make a league, conclude a treaty (because an animal was slaughtered on the occasion;

only post-Aug. for ferio, ico), Auct. B. Alex. 44: cum Albanis foedus percussit,

Just. 42, 3, 4; 43, 5, 10; Vulg. 3 Reg. 5, 12.—

(With the idea of the verb predominating.) To strike, beat, hit, smite, shoot, etc. (cf.: ico, pulso, ferio).

Lit.

In gen. (class.):

ceu lapidem si Percutiat lapis aut ferrum,

Lucr. 6, 162:

cum Cato percussus esset ab eo, qui arcam ferebat,

had been struck, Cic. de Or. 2, 69, 279:

januam manu,

Tib. 1, 5, 68; 1, 6, 3:

turres de caelo percussae,

struck with lightning, Cic. Cat. 3, 8, 19; cf.:

hunc nec Juppiter fulmine percussit,

id. N. D. 3, 35, 84:

percussus ab aspide calcatā,

stung, bitten, Plin. 23, 1, 27, § 56; cf.: PERCVSSVS A VIPERA, Inscr. Vermigl. Iscriz. Perug. p. 319; Plin. 28, 3, 6, § 30; 28, 4, 10, § 44:

color percussus luce refulgit,

struck, Lucr. 2, 799; cf. Ov. M. 6, 63; Val. Fl. 1, 495:

auriculae (voce) percussae,

Prop. 1, 16, 28:

percussus vocibus circus,

Sil. 16, 398.— Neutr.:

sol percussit super caput,

Vulg. Jonae, 4, 8.—

In partic.

To strike, stamp, coin money (post-Aug.):

ut nummum argenteum notā sideris Capricorni percusserit,

Suet. Aug. 94; id. Ner. 25. —

To strike, play a musical instrument ( poet.):

lyram,

Ov. Am. 3, 12, 40; Val. Fl. 5, 100.—

As t. t. in weaving, to throw the shuttle with the woof: (lacernae) male percussae textoris pectine Galli, badly or coarsely woven, Juv. 9, 30.—

Haec meraclo se percussit flore Libyco (=vino Mareotico), to get drunk, Plaut. Cas. 3, 5, 16 (cf.: sauciare se flore Liberi, Enn. ap. Fulg. 562, 25).—

Trop.

To smite, strike, visit with calamity of any kind (class.):

percussus calamitate,

Cic. Mur. 24, 49:

percussus fortunae vulnere,

id. Ac. 1, 3, 11:

ruina,

Vulg. Zach. 14, 18: anathemate. id. Mal. 4, 6:

plaga,

id. 1 Macc. 1, 32:

in stuporem,

id. Zach. 12, 4.—

To strike, shock, make an impression upon, affect deeply, move, astound (class.):

percussisti me de oratione prolatā,

Cic. Att. 3, 12, 3; id. Mil. 29, 79: audivi ex Gavio, Romae esse hominem, et fuisse assiduum: percussit animum, it struck me, made me suspicious, id. Att. 4, 8, b, 3:

animos probabilitate,

id. Tusc. 5, 11, 33:

percussus atrocissimis litteris,

id. Fam. 9, 25, 3:

fragor aurem percutit,

Juv. 11, 98.—

To cheat, deceive, impose upon one (class.):

aliquem probe,

Plaut. Ps. 2, 2, 9:

hominem eruditum,

Cic. Fl. 20, 46:

hominem strategemate,

id. Att. 5, 2, 2:

aliquem palpo,

to flatter, Plaut. Am. 1, 3, 28.—

(Acc. to II. A. 2. a.) To strike, stamp (post-Aug.):

facta dictaque tua unā formā percussa sunt,

Sen. Ep. 34, 3.

praetōrĭus, a, um, adj. [id.].

Of or belonging to the prœtor or prœtors, prœtorian:

jus,

proceeding from the prœtor, consisting of his decisions, Cic. Off. 1, 10, 33:

comitia,

the election of prœtor, Liv. 10, 22:

potestas,

the office of a prœtor, Cic. Imp. Pomp. 24, 69:

turba,

to be found about the prœtor, accustomed to wait upon him, id. Verr. 2, 1, 52, § 137:

jus praetorium, quod praetores introduxerunt adjuvandi, vel supplendi, vel corrigendi juris civilis gratiā: quod et honorarium dicitur,

Dig. 1, 1, 7; Gai. Inst. 4, 34:

pignus,

Dig. 35, 2, 32:

tutor,

a guardian appointed by the prœtor Urbanus, Gai. Inst. 1, 184.—

Subst.: praetōrĭus, ii, m.

One who has been prœtor, an exprœtor, Cic. Att. 16, 7, 1.—

One of prœtorian rank, Plin. Ep. 1, 14, 5.—

Of or belonging to the proprœtor, proprœtorian:

domus deferebantur,

his official residence in a province, Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 56, § 145:

exercitus,

Flor. 3, 19, 11.—

Of or belonging to a general: praetoria cohors, the cohort or body-guard attached to every general, a prœtorian cohort, Caes. B. G. 1, 40; cf.: praetoria cohors est dicta, quod a praetore non discedebat. Scipio enim Africanus primus fortissimum quemque delegit, qui ab eo in bello non discederent et cetero munere militiae vacarent et sesquiplex stipendium acciperent, Paul. ex Fest. p. 223 Müll.—Hence, derisively:

scortatorum cohors praetoria,

Cic. Cat. 2, 11, 24.—The emperors especially had cohorts as a body-guard:

castra,

the camp of the prœtorians, Plin. 3, 5, 9, § 67; Suet. Tib. 37; Tac. A. 4, 2:

cohortes navis,

the flag-ship, the admiral's ship, Liv. 26, 39:

puppis,

Flor. 2, 7, 7:

imperium,

the chief command, Cic. Div. 1, 32, 68: porta, the gate of the camp that opened from before the general's tent directly towards the enemy (opp. the porta decumana, which was on the side farthest from the enemy), Caes. B. C. 3, 94: praetoria porta in castris appellatur, quā exercitus in proelium educitur, quia initio praetores erant, qui nunc consules, et hi bella administrabant, quorum tabernaculum quoque dicebatur praetorium, Paul. ex Fest. p. 223 Müll.

prō-lūdo, si, sum, 3, v. n., to play or practise beforehand, to prelude.

Lit.:

et sparsā ad pugnam proludit harenā,

Verg. G. 3, 234.— Absol.:

sic ubi prolusit, etc.,

Ov. A. A. 3, 515; Flor. 3, 22, 6.—

Trop.: sententiis, quibus proluserint, which served them for previous exercise, * Cic. de Or. 2, 80, 325:

jurgia proludunt,

Juv. 5, 26:

per has mortalis aevi moras illi meliori vitae longiorique proluditur,

Sen. Ep. 102, 23:

cum per ista prolusum est, crescunt maria,

id. Q. N. 3, 28, 3:

prima per legatos habita certamina, cum hinc Domitius et Thorius, inde Hirtulei proluderent,

opened the contest, Flor. 3, 22, 6:

prolusit dolor per ista noster,

Sen. Med. 907; id. Hippol. 1061; id. Herc. Fur. 221.

rĕ-plĭco, āvi (e. g. Vulg. Gen. 4, 27; id. Jos. 8, 35 al.), ātum (collat. form, replictae tunicae, Stat. S. 4, 9, 29), 1, v. a., to fold or roll back, to bend or turn back (cf.: revolvo, reflecto).

Lit.:

vel Euhemero replicato, vel Nicagorā, etc.,

unrolled, opened, Arn. 4, 147; cf.

infra, II.: surculos in terram dimittito replicatoque ad vitis caput,

bend back, Cato, R. R. 41, 4; so,

labra,

Quint. 11, 3, 81; cf.:

replicatā cervice,

Plin. 34, 8, 19, § 80; and:

margine intus replicato,

id. 9, 33, 52, § 102:

ab omni laevitate acies radios tuos replicat,

casts back, reflects, Sen. Q. N. 1, 3, 7; cf.:

quia radii solis replicantur,

id. ib. 2, 10, 3:

jocinera replicata,

folded inwards, Suet. Aug. 95.—

Trop., to unfold, unroll, turn over; to bend or turn back; to open:

ut ne replices annalium memoriam,

unfold, turn over, Cic. Sull. 9, 27; so,

memoriam temporum,

id. Leg. 3, 14, 41:

traductio temporis nihil novi efficientis et primum quicque replicantis,

unrolling, unwinding, id. Div. 1, 56, 127:

cujus acumen nimis tenue retunditur et in se saepe replicatur,

is bent back, Sen. Ben. 1, 4, 1: vestigium suum, to withdraw, i. e. to go back, App. M. 4, p. 151, 15.—

In partic.

To turn over and over in the mind, to think or reflect upon; to go over, repeat (post-class.):

haec identidem mecum,

App. M. 3, p. 129: titulos, singula, Prud. steph. 11, 3:

necem,

to tell again, Amm. 30, 1, 3:

vitam,

Sid. Ep. 7, 9:

lamentum,

Vulg. 2 Par. 35, 25; id. Num. 27, 23:

quorum (glirium) magnitudo saepius replicata laudatur adsidue,

Amm. 28, 4, 13:

vultu adsimulato saepius replicando, quod, etc.,

id. 14, 11, 11. —

In jurid. and late Lat., to make a reply or replication, Dig. 2, 14, 35 fin.; Greg. Mag. in Job, 16 init.

rĕ-vello, velli, vulsum or volsum, 3, v. a., to pluck or pull away, to pull or tear out, to tear off or away (freq. and class.).

Lit.:

tela de corpore,

Cic. Pis. 11, 25:

nascentis equi de fronte revolsus amor,

Verg. A. 4, 515:

titulum de fronte,

Ov. P. 4, 13, 7:

telum altā ab radice,

Verg. A. 12, 787:

caput a cervice,

id. G. 4, 523; cf.:

cornu a fronte,

Ov. M. 9, 86:

saxum e monte,

id. ib. 12, 341:

partem e monte,

id. ib. 13, 882:

a silvis silvas et ab arvis arva,

id. ib. 8, 584:

ab aliquo morte revelli,

to be torn away, id. ib. 4, 152:

scuta manibus,

Caes. B. G. 1, 52:

axem temone,

Ov. M. 2, 316; cf.:

sudem osse,

id. ib. 12, 300:

arborem manibus tellure,

id. R. Am. 87:

quos Sidoniā urbe,

to tear away, remove, Verg. A. 4, 545:

puerum,

Ov. F. 6, 515:

solio regem,

Sil. 16, 273:

herbas radice,

with the root, Ov. M. 7, 226; so,

too, annosam pinum solido trunco,

id. ib. 12, 356:

illam crucem, quae fixa est ad portum,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 11, § 26:

tabulam,

id. ib. 2, 2, 46, §

112: Gorgonis os pulcherrimum revellit atque abstulit,

id. ib. 2, 4, 56, §

124: gradus,

id. Pis. 10, 23:

saepta,

id. Phil. 5, 4, 9:

claustra,

id. Verr. 2, 4, 23, § 52; Liv. 5, 21:

janua, quā effractā et revolsā, tota pateret provincia,

Cic. Mur. 15, 33:

vincula,

id. Caecin. 25, 70:

paene fores templi,

Suet. Calig. 6:

templa,

Luc. 3, 115:

revulsis venis,

opened, Sen. Oedip. 978:

scuta manibus,

Caes. B. G. 1, 52:

pellem,

Col. 2, 3, 1:

stipites revincti, ne revelli possent,

Caes. B. G. 7, 73:

proximos agri terminos,

to tear away, remove, Hor. C. 2, 18, 24:

signa (when an army decamps),

Luc. 7, 77; Sil. 12, 733:

curvo dente humum,

to tear up, Ov. Am. 3, 10, 14; cf.:

majorum sepulcra,

Auct. Her. 4, 8, 12. — Poet.:

cinerem manesque,

to disturb, violate, Verg. A. 4, 427.—

Trop., to tear away, send away, etc.:

cujus totus consulatus est ex omni monumentorum memoriā revulsus,

Cic. Phil. 13, 12, 26:

injurias honorificis verbis,

id. Att. 5, 20, 11:

alicui avias veteres,

prejudices, Pers. 5, 92:

falsorum persuasionem,

Sen. Ep. 95, 33:

penitus de stirpe imperium,

Claud. in Rufin. 2, 207:

oscula fida,

Stat. S. 3, 2, 57 (with dissipat amplexus).