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immensus ( inm-), a, um, adj. [inmensus], immeasurable, boundless, endless, vast, immense (freq. and class.; syn.: infinitus, ingens, interminatus).

Adj.

Lit.:

si immensam et interminatam in omnes partes magnitudinem regionum videretis,

Cic. N. D. 1, 20, 54:

aëra deum statuit eumque gigni esseque immensum et infinitum,

id. ib. 1, 10, 26:

ex ingenti quodam oratorem immensoque campo in exiguum sane gyrum compellitis,

id. de Or. 3, 19, 70:

in mari immenso vehi,

id. Tusc. 1, 30, 73:

domus,

Ov. F. 6, 640:

mons,

Plin. 4, 13, 27, § 96:

via,

Ov. P. 3, 3, 78:

fines ingenii,

Cic. de Or. 1, 49, 214:

series laborum,

Ov. H. 9, 5:

jacuitque per antrum Immensus,

Verg. A. 3, 632; cf.:

omnis eorum juventus infinita numero, immensa corporibus,

Vell. 2, 106, 1:

argenti pondus et auri,

Cic. Rep. 1, 17; Hor. S. 1, 1, 41: pretiis [p. 892] emere, Suet. Calig. 39:

observata sunt haec tempore immenso,

Cic. Div. 1, 7, 12:

nox,

Ov. Tr. 4, 3, 25.—

Trop., vast, measureless, boundless:

morae,

Ov. H. 1, 82:

fletus,

id. M. 10, 136:

immensa vorago aut gurges vitiorum,

Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 9, § 23:

immensae, infinitae, immoderatae cupiditates,

Auct. Her. 2, 22, 34:

sitis cruoris,

Ov. M. 13, 768:

difficultas,

Plin. 28, 1, 2, § 4:

differentia,

id. 36, 5, 4, § 20: fervet immensusque ruit profundo Pindarus ore, fathomless (the fig. being taken from a river), Hor. C. 4, 2, 7:

immensum est, erratas dicere terras,

there is no end of recounting, Ov. F. 4, 573; cf.:

quod persequi immensum est,

Plin. 8, 28, 42, § 102.— Sup. (very rare):

immensissimae voluptates,

Spart. Hadr. 19.—

Subst.: immensum, i, n., a boundless extent, immense size, boundlessness, immensity (rare;

not in Cic.): extra Processit longe flammantia moenia mundi, Atque omne immensum peragravit mente animoque,

Lucr. 1, 74; cf. id. 1, 957:

loci,

Liv. 5, 37, 5:

per immensum ventis discordibus actus,

Ov. M. 4, 620:

proruta per immensum aedificia,

over a vast extent, Tac. A. 15, 40:

aliquid mercari immenso,

at an enormous price, Plin. 9, 40, 64, § 138:

mons saxeus in immensum editus,

Sall. J. 92, 5:

ardet in immensum geminatis ignibus Aetne,

Ov. M. 2, 220:

ad immensum aliquid augere,

Liv. 29, 25, 3:

aliquid immenso plus laudare,

immoderately, Plin. 20, 9, 36, § 92. —

Adv.: immensum, without end, exceedingly, immensely (not freq. till after the Aug. per.):

creverat immensum,

Ov. F. 5, 537:

immensum attolli,

Tac. A. 4, 40:

vigere,

id. ib. 3, 30:

luxus immensum proruperat,

id. ib. 3, 52:

immensum quantum hinc Oceano, illinc Hiberico mari conprimentibus,

exceedingly, Plin. 4, 20, 34, § 110; 16, 36, 66, § 172.

insignĭo, īvi or ĭi, ītum, 4 ( imperf. insignibat, Verg. A. 7, 790; Stat. Th. 7, 56), v. a. [insignis], to put a mark upon, to mark; to distinguish (mostly post-Aug.): pueri insigniti, marked with some bodily defect, Plaut. Fragm. ap. Fest. p. 375, 19 (id. Mil. 3, 1, 127 Weise):

clipeum auro,

Verg. A. 7, 790:

mulli insigniuntur barba gemina inferiori labro,

Plin. 9, 17, 30, § 64:

oratorem fucatis et meretriciis vestibus,

Tac. Or. 26: nec insigniri, nec misceri omnibus, to distinguish one ' s self, Sen. Ep. 18:

cum omnis annus funeribus et cladibus insigniretur,

was distinguished by, remarkable for, Tac. Agr. 41:

aliquem,

to make known, to name, Plin. Ep. 8, 22, 4.—Hence, insig-nītus, a, um, P. a.

Marked, clear, plain:

englyphus, id est bene insignitus,

Ambros. in Psa. 118, Serm. 16, §

42: utendum imaginibus agentibus, acribus, insignitis,

Cic. de Or. 2, 87, 358:

conformatio,

id. Top. 5, 27:

notae veritatis,

id. Div. 1, 30, 64. —

Distinguished, striking, remarkable, notable: injuriae, Cato ap. Gell. 10, 3, 17:

ignominia (al. insignior),

Liv. 7, 15, 10:

lacus nomen ab hac recentiore insignitius fabula est,

id. 7, 6, 6:

flagitium,

Tac. A. 4, 51:

infamia,

id. ib. 3, 70. —

Arrayed with banners, with standards: insigneita fere tum milia militum octo duxit, Enn. ap. Prisc. 1, p. 556 P. (Ann. v. 336 Vahl.).—

Subst.: insignīta, ōrum, n., bruises, black and blue marks, Plin. 27, 4, 5, § 18; 27, 12, 105, § 128.— Adv.: insignītē, remarkably, extraordinarily, notably:

mihi insignite facta est magna injuria,

Plaut. Cas. 5, 4, 31; id. Mil. 2, 6, 77:

insignite improbus,

Cic. Quint. 23, 73:

laudare ac vituperari,

id. de Or. 2, 85, 349.— Comp., Liv. 8, 13, 1.

insignĭo, īvi or ĭi, ītum, 4 ( imperf. insignibat, Verg. A. 7, 790; Stat. Th. 7, 56), v. a. [insignis], to put a mark upon, to mark; to distinguish (mostly post-Aug.): pueri insigniti, marked with some bodily defect, Plaut. Fragm. ap. Fest. p. 375, 19 (id. Mil. 3, 1, 127 Weise):

clipeum auro,

Verg. A. 7, 790:

mulli insigniuntur barba gemina inferiori labro,

Plin. 9, 17, 30, § 64:

oratorem fucatis et meretriciis vestibus,

Tac. Or. 26: nec insigniri, nec misceri omnibus, to distinguish one ' s self, Sen. Ep. 18:

cum omnis annus funeribus et cladibus insigniretur,

was distinguished by, remarkable for, Tac. Agr. 41:

aliquem,

to make known, to name, Plin. Ep. 8, 22, 4.—Hence, insig-nītus, a, um, P. a.

Marked, clear, plain:

englyphus, id est bene insignitus,

Ambros. in Psa. 118, Serm. 16, §

42: utendum imaginibus agentibus, acribus, insignitis,

Cic. de Or. 2, 87, 358:

conformatio,

id. Top. 5, 27:

notae veritatis,

id. Div. 1, 30, 64. —

Distinguished, striking, remarkable, notable: injuriae, Cato ap. Gell. 10, 3, 17:

ignominia (al. insignior),

Liv. 7, 15, 10:

lacus nomen ab hac recentiore insignitius fabula est,

id. 7, 6, 6:

flagitium,

Tac. A. 4, 51:

infamia,

id. ib. 3, 70. —

Arrayed with banners, with standards: insigneita fere tum milia militum octo duxit, Enn. ap. Prisc. 1, p. 556 P. (Ann. v. 336 Vahl.).—

Subst.: insignīta, ōrum, n., bruises, black and blue marks, Plin. 27, 4, 5, § 18; 27, 12, 105, § 128.— Adv.: insignītē, remarkably, extraordinarily, notably:

mihi insignite facta est magna injuria,

Plaut. Cas. 5, 4, 31; id. Mil. 2, 6, 77:

insignite improbus,

Cic. Quint. 23, 73:

laudare ac vituperari,

id. de Or. 2, 85, 349.— Comp., Liv. 8, 13, 1.

instĭtŭo, ŭi, ūtum (institivi, Plaut. Most. 1, 2, 2), 3, v. a. [in-statuo].

To put or place into, to plant, fix, set (cf.: instruo, informo;

class.): vestigia nuda sinistri Instituere pedis,

Verg. A. 7, 690.— Trop.: argumenta in pectus multa institui, I have put, i. e. formed in my heart, Plaut. Most. 1, 2, 2: quemquamne hominem in animum instituere, aut parare, i. e. to set his heart on (al. in animo), Ter. Ad. 1, 1, 13.—

To set up, erect, plant, establish, arrange:

vestigia,

Lucr. 4, 474:

arborem,

Suet. Galb. 1:

pratum,

Col. 2, 18, 3:

jugera tercenta, ubi institui vineae possunt,

Cic. Agr. 2, 25, 67:

portorium vini,

to lay on, impose, id. Font. 5:

instituit officinam Syracusis in regia maximam,

founded, erected, id. Verr. 2, 4, 24, § 54:

mercatum,

id. Phil. 3, 12:

codicem et conscribere,

id. Rosc. Com. 2:

bibliothecam,

Plin. 35, 2, 2, § 10. —

In gen., to make, fabricate, construct:

magnus muralium pilorum numerus instituitur,

Caes. B. G. 5, 39:

naves,

to build, id. ib. 5, 11:

pontem,

to construct, id. ib. 4, 18:

turres,

id. ib. 5, 52:

amphora coepit institui,

Hor. A. P. 22:

convivia,

Suet. Tit. 7:

longiorem sermonem,

to hold, Caes. B. G. 5, 37:

delectum,

id. B. C. 1, 16:

remiges ex provincia,

to obtain, procure, id. B. G. 3, 9.—

To prepare, furnish, provide (viands, food, a feast, etc.):

dapes,

Verg. A. 7, 109:

convivium,

Just. 12, 13, 6:

convivia jucunda,

Suet. Tit. 7.—

Trop.

To institute, found, establish, organize, set up (of institutions, governments, etc.); cf.:

ibi regnum magnum institutum,

Plaut. Rud. 4, 2, 30:

quo in magistratu non institutum est a me regnum, sed repressum,

Cic. Sull. 7, 21: so,

magistratum,

id. Att. 6, 1, 8:

de civitatibus instituendis littera,

id. de Or. 1, 19, 86:

civitatis formam,

Tac. H. 4, 8:

is id regnum cum fratribus suis instituit,

Lact. 1, 13, 14:

ab instituta gente,

Amm. 17, 13, 27:

collegium figulorum,

Plin. 35, 12, 46, § 159:

aerarium militare,

Suet. Aug. 49:

stipendia,

id. Claud. 5.—So of holidays, games, etc.:

ferias diesque festos,

Plin. 18, 29, 69, § 284:

Saturnalia institutus festus dies,

Liv. 2, 21, 2:

sacros ludos,

Ov. M. 1, 446.—

To institute, appoint one, esp. as heir or to an office:

qui me cum tutorem, tum etiam secundum heredem instituerit,

Cic. Fam. 13, 61:

Populum Romanum tutorem,

id. de Or. 1, 53, 228:

magistratum,

id. Att. 6, 1; Suet. Caes. 83; id. Vitel. 6; id. Claud. 1; Just. 7, 2, 5; Plin. Ep. 5, 1, 9.—

With ut, to ordain that: Arcesilas instituit, ut ii, qui, etc., Cic. Fin. 2, 1, 2:

ut fierent quaestores),

Liv. 4, 4; Cic. Tusc. 5, 20, 58.—With the simple subj.:

instituit, quotannis subsortitio a praetore fieret,

Suet. Caes. 41.—

To take upon one ' s self, to undertake:

ubi cenas hodie, si hanc rationem instituis?

Plaut. Stich. 3, 1, 26:

cum Zenone Arcesilas sibi omne certamen instituit,

Cic. Ac. 1, 12.—

To undertake, begin, commence:

id negotium institutum est,

Plaut. Poen. 4, 2, 103:

si diligentiam, quam instituisti, adhibueris,

id. ib. 16, 20:

perge tenere istam viam, quam instituisti,

Q. Cic. Petit. Cons. 14:

ad hunc ipsum quaedam institui,

Cic. Ac. 1, 1, 2:

historia nec institui potest sine, etc.,

id. Leg. 1, 3, 9:

iter,

Hor. C. 3, 27, 5.— With inf.:

ut primum Velia navigare coepi, institui Topica conscribere,

Cic. Fam. 7, 19 init.:

flagitare,

id. ib. 10, 16, 1:

si quae non nupta mulier virorum alienissimorum conviviis uti instituerit,

begun, made it a practice, id. Cael. 20, 49:

recitare omnia,

Suet. Aug. 84. —

Of troops, to draw up, arrange:

tu actionem instituis, ille aciem instruit,

Cic. Mur. 9:

quartae aciei quam instituerat, signum dedit,

Caes. B. C. 3, 93, 5.—

To provide, procure:

quaestum,

Cic. Quint. 3:

aliquos sibi amicos,

id. Verr. 2, 4, 9, § 21:

animum ad cogitandum,

apply, Ter. Phorm. 2, 1, 10. —

To purpose, determine, resolve upon:

in praesentia (Caesar) similem rationem operis instituit,

Caes. B. C. 1, 42, 1. —With inf.:

senex scribere historias instituit,

Nep. Cat. 3:

quaerere tempus ejus interficiendi,

id. Alcib. 5:

montanos oppugnare,

Liv. 28, 46:

habere secum,

Caes. B. G. 7, 13, 1:

coronas ad ipsum mittere,

Suet. Ner. 22.— With object-clause:

frumentum plebi dari,

Vell. 2, 6, 3.—

To order, govern, administer, regulate:

sapienter vitam instituit,

Ter. And. 1, 1, 40:

libri de civitatibus instituendis,

Cic. de Or. 1, 19, 86:

mores,

Quint. 1, 2, 2:

familiam,

id. 10, 3, 9.—

To teach, instruct, train up, educate:

sic tu instituis adulescentes?

Cic. Cael. 17, 39: oratorem, Quint.1, 1, 21.—With inf.:

Latine loqui,

Col. 1, 1, 12:

Pan primus calamos cerā conjungere plures Instituit,

Verg. E. 2, 32; 5, 30; id. G. 1, 148:

amphora fumum bibere instituta Consule Tullo,

Hor. C. 3, 8, 11:

cum tibiis canere voce instituit,

Plin. 7, 56, 57, § 204.—With abl.:

aliquem disciplinis Graecis,

Quint. 1, 1, 12:

lyrā,

id. 1, 10, 13:

disciplina Romana,

Suet. Caes. 24.—With ad:

aliquem ad dicendum,

Cic. de Or. 2, 39, 162:

aliquem artibus et moribus,

Juv. 14, 74:

filios instituere atque erudire ad majorum instituta,

Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 69; § 161:

ad lectionem,

Quint. 1, 7, 17.— With ut or ne and subj.:

quem tu a puero sic instituisses, ut nobili ne gladiatori quidem faveret,

Cic. Quint. 21, 69:

pueros, ut, etc.,

Suet. Tib. 44; id. Aug. 64:

nos, ne quem coleremus, etc.,

Sall. J. 14, 18.—Of animals:

boves,

Col. 6, 2, 8 al.

juxtā, adv. and prep. [ sup. form from jugis; v. jungo], near to, nigh.

Lit., of place.

Of several objects, near together, in close proximity:

theatra duo juxta fecit amplissima e ligno,

Plin. 36, 15, 24, § 117.—

In gen., near at hand, near, near by, hard by, close to, by the side of:

legio, quae juxta constiterat,

Caes. B. G. 2, 26, 1:

ut sellam juxta poneret,

Sall. J. 65, 2:

furiarum maxima juxta Accubat,

Verg. A. 6, 605:

forte fuit juxta tumulus,

id. ib. 3, 22:

procul vel juxta sitas vires circumspectabat,

Tac. H. 2, 72: talem perlatum Pompeio juxta res gerenti Mithridatico bello, Plin. 6, 17, 19, § 51:

abjecto clam juxta pugione,

Suet. Ner. 34:

thermisque juxta celeriter constructis,

id. Tit. 7.—

Rarely with verbs of motion: accedere juxta,

Ov. M. 8, 809.—

Transf., in like manner, equally, alike (syn.: aeque, pariter).

Absol.:

eorum ego vitam mortemque juxta aestimo,

Sall. C. 2:

aestatem et hiemem juxta pati,

id. J. 85, 33:

ceteri juxta insontes,

Liv. 24, 5, 13:

qui Argenta habent, aliaque castella juxta ignobilia,

id. 32, 14, 2:

juxta periculosum seu ficta seu vera promeret,

Tac. A. 1, 6:

solo caeloque juxta gravi,

id. H. 5, 7.—

With dat.:

Fabius omittendam rem parvam ac juxta magnis difficilem censebat,

Liv. 24, 19, 6.—

With ac, atque, et, quam, cum, in the sense of as, than (cf.:

aeque ac, pariter ac, etc.): juxta tecum aeque scio,

Plaut. Pers. 4, 3, 75:

juxta eam curo cum mea,

id. Trin. 1, 2, 160 (so always in Plaut.;

v. Brix ad loc.): juxta mecum omnes intellegitis,

Sall. C. 58, 5:

absentium bona juxta atque interemptorum divisa fuere,

Liv. 1, 54, 9; 3, 33, 10:

juxta eam rem aegre passi patres, quam cum consulatum vulgari viderent,

i. e. were just as indignant, id. 10, 6, 9: qui me, juxta ac si meus frater esset, sustentavit, just as if, = non secus ac si, Cic. post Red. ap. Sen. 8, 20:

juxta ac si hostes adessent,

Sall. J. 45, 2; Liv. 22, 31, 3:

in re juxta manifesta atque atroci,

id. 3, 33, 10; 24, 5, 13; 21, 33, 4;

5, 6, 5: reipublicae juxta ac sibi consulere,

Sall. C. 37, 8:

litteris Graecis atque Latinis juxta eruditus,

id. J. 95, 3:

juxta bonos et malos interficere,

id. C. 51, 30.—

Prep., with acc., very near, close to, near to, hard by (not ante-class.).

Lit., of place:

juxta eum castra posuit,

Caes. B. C. 3, 41, 4; 3, 65, 4; 3, 20, 1; Nep. Dat. 1, 1; id. Att. 22 fin.; Quint. 8, 4, 22:

juxta murum castra posuit,

Caes. B. C. 1, 16, 4:

totos dies juxta focum atque ignem agunt,

Tac. G. 17; Col. 4, 8, 2.—Placed after the case:

hanc (aram) juxta,

Nep. Paus. 4, 4:

vicina Ceraunia juxta,

Verg. A. 3, 506:

cubiculum Caesaris juxta,

Tac. A. 13, 15 fin.:

Rhenum juxta,

id. ib. 4, 5:

Tiberim juxta,

id. ib. 2, 41:

Aditum juxta moenia urbis Volsco militi struxit,

Val. Max. 5, 4, 1.—

Transf.

Next to, immediately after, beside, on a par with:

juxta deos in tua manu positum est,

Tac. H. 2, 76:

apud quos juxta divinas religiones, humana fides colitur,

Liv. 9, 9, 4:

homo, juxta M. Varronem doctissimus,

Gell. 4, 9:

vilitate juxta beluas esse,

Plin. 2, 7, 5, § 26.—

Near, approaching to, like, almost the same as:

velocitas juxta formidinem, cunctatio propior constantiae est,

Tac. G. 30:

gravitate annonae juxta seditionem ventum est,

id. A. 6, 13:

juxta seditionem esse,

Sall. H. 3, 67, 11 Dietsch:

populi imperium juxta libertatem,

Tac. A. 6, 42:

sapor juxta fontis dulcissimos,

Sall. H. 4, 13.—

Along with, together with: cum interea lucubrando faceret juxta ancillas lanam, Varr. ap. Non. 322: juxta se conjuges vexari, just as:

pariter ac,

Liv. 41, 6:

periculosiores sunt inimicitiae juxta libertatem,

among a free people, Tac. G. 21.—

In consequence of, in proportion to (post-class., except one doubtful passage in Liv.):

huic consuetudo juxta vicinitatem cum Aebutio fuit,

Liv. 39, 9, 6 dub. Weissenb. ad loc.:

quem juxta nocturnum visum ergastulo liberavit,

Just. 1, 7, 1:

convivium juxta regiam magnificentiam ludis exornat,

id. 12, 3, 11.—

According to:

juxta praeceptum,

Just. 2, 12, 25; Nazar. Pan. Const. 23; Vulg. Gen. 1, 11:

juxta morem,

id. ib. 19, 31:

juxta hoc videtur et divus Hadrianus rescripsisse in haec verba,

Dig. 29, 5, 1, § 28:

juxta inclytum oratorem,

Hier. Ep. 82.

Lysĭas, ae, m., = Lusias.

Son of Cephalus, a famous orator of Athens:

tum fuit Lysias, quem jam prope audeas oratorem perfectum dicere,

Cic. Brut. 9, 35; cf. id. ib. 85, 293; id. de Or. 1, 54, 231; id. Or. 9, 29; Quint. 10, 1, 78; 12, 10, 24.—Hence,

Lysĭăcus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to the orator Lysias:

gracilitas,

Quint. 12, 10, 24.—

A physician, Cels. 5, 18.—

A celebrated sculptor, Plin. 36, 5, 4, § 2.

mācĕro, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [prob. from root mag-, massô, to knead; through an adj. mācerus; v. Corss. Ausspr. 1, 395; cf. also măcer], to make soft or tender, to soften by steeping, to soak, steep, macerate (not in Cic. or Cæs.).

Lit.:

brassicam in aquam,

Cato, R. R. 156, 5:

salsamenta,

Ter. Ad. 3, 3, 27:

in piscina lupinum,

Col. 1, 6, 21:

semen lacte,

id. 11, 3, 51:

(ramos genistae) marinā aquā,

Plin. 24, 9, 40, § 66:

(siliginem) novem diebus maceratum... subigunt,

id. 18, 11, 27, § 106:

grana (cacaliae) in oleo,

id. 25, 11, 85, § 135:

intestina piscium sale,

id. 31, 7, 43, § 93:

podagrici crura macerantes,

Vitr. 18, 3.—

Transf., to weaken in body or mind, to waste away, enervate.

Of the body:

multos iste morbus homines macerat,

Plaut. Capt. 3, 4, 22; Liv. 26, 13:

quam lentis macerer ignibus,

Hor. C. 1, 13, 8; cf.:

Macedo siti maceratus,

Curt. 5, 13, 24:

pars exercitus ad utilitatem nostram macerata perductaque ad exitiabilem famem,

Vell. 2, 112, 4:

Fabius sic maceravit Hannibalem, ut, etc.,

i. e. Hannibal's army, Flor. 2, 6, 28:

muscus crura vitium situ et veterno macerat,

Col. 4, 22, 6:

cor solum viscerum vitiis non maceratur,

Plin. 11, 37, 69, § 182.—

Of the mind, to fret, vex, torment, distress, torture, pain (syn.:

crucio, torqueo): egemet me concoquo et macero et defatigo,

fret myself, Plaut. Trin. 2, 1, 2:

quor me excrucio? quor me macero? quor meam senectutem sollicito?

Ter. And. 5, 3, 15; cf. id. Eun. 1, 2, 107:

noli te macerare,

id. And. 4, 2, 2:

cura satis me lacrumis maceravi,

Plaut. Capt. 5, 1, 8:

hoc me facinus miserum macerat,

id. Mil. 3, 1, 21: infelix sollicitudo persequitur nec oratorem macerat et coquit, * Quint. 12, 10, 77:

quae vos macerent desiderio,

Liv. 5, 54, 3; 26, 13, 8.— Poet., with a causal object-clause:

consimili ratione ab eodem saepe timore macerat invidia, ante oculos illum esse potentem,

Lucr. 3, 75.— Mid., to vex, torment one's self:

maceror interdum, quod sim tibi causa dolendi,

Ov. H. 2, 125: unum hoc maceror et doleo tibi deesse, Terenti, C. Caes. ap. Suet. Vit. Ter. fin.: ex desiderio magis magisque maceror, Afran. ap. Charis. p. 182 P.

mactus, a, um, adj. [root mak, in makar, blessed; cf. makros].

In relig. lang., of the gods, glorified, worshipped, honored, adored (only in the voc. macte, and rarely in the nom.):

Juppiter te bonas preces precor, uti sies volens propitius mihi liberisque meis, mactus hoc fercto. Jove pater, macte vino inferio esto,

Cato, R. R. 134, 2 and 3; cf. id. ib. 132, 2;

for which: mactus hoc vino inferio esto,

Arn. 7, 296:

macte hoc porco piaculo immolando esto,

Cato, R. R. 139 fin.:

macte hisce suovitaurilibus lactentibus immolandis esto,

id. ib. 141, 3 sq.:

macte hac dape esto,

id. ib. 132.—

Transf., beyond the relig. sphere, with or without esto, as an exclamation of applause or congratulation: macte, macte virtute (esto), macti virtute este, etc.; and as a standing formula, macte, even with acc. (v. infra), Engl. good luck! hail to thee! etc.; in responses, bravo! well done! that's right! go on! tantumne ab re tua est oti tibi, ut etiam Oratorem legas? Macte virtute! increase in, go on in, Cic. Att. 12, 6, 2; id. Tusc. 1, 17, 40:

macte virtute esto sanguinolentis et ex acie redeuntibus dicitur,

Sen. Ep. 66 fin.:

macte virtute esto,

Hor. S. 1, 2, 31: macte novā virtute, puer;

sic itur ad astra!

Verg. A. 9, 641:

macte virtute diligentiāque esto,

Liv. 10, 40: macte virtute simulque his versibus esto, Lucil. ap. Serv. Verg. A. 9, 641:

macte animo,

Stat. Th. 7, 280; cf.:

macte bonis animi,

id. S. 1, 3, 106:

macte toris,

id. ib. 1, 2, 201:

macte hac gloriā,

Plin. Pan. 46:

macte uterque ingenti in rempublicam merito,

id. ib. 89:

macte esto taedis, o Hymenaee, tuis,

Mart. 4, 13, 2.—In plur.:

macti virtute milites Romani este,

Liv. 7, 36, 5:

macti ingenio este,

Plin. 2, 12, 9, § 54:

vos macti virtute estote,

Curt. 4, 1, 18:

juberem macte virtute esse, si pro meā patriā ista virtus staret,

Liv. 2, 12, 14.—With acc.:

macte fortissimam et meo judicio beatissimam in ipsis malis civitatem!

Flor. 2, 18, 16.—

With gen. ( poet.):

macte animi,

Mart. 12, 6, 7; Stat. S. 5, 1, 37; id. Th. 2, 495.—With abl.:

macte animo, juvenis,

Stat. Th. 7, 280.—

Absol.:

Macte!

that's right! well done! good! Cic. Att. 15, 29 fin.

mactus, a, um, P. a. of maco, q. v., and cf. macto fin.

nullus, a, um, ( gen. m. nulli, Plaut. Ps. 4, 7, 99 Ritschl; Ter. And. 3, 5, 2; Cic. Rosc. Com. 16, 48; gen. f. nullae, Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 207; v. Ritschl ad h. l.; dat. m. nullo, Caes. B. G. 6, 13; dat. f. nullae, Prop. 1, 20, 35; and cf. Cato ap. Prisc. p. 694 P.; Caecil. ib. p. 678; gen. usu. nullīus, but nullĭus, Lucr. 1, 224; 926; 4, 1; Hor. Epod. 16, 61; id. Ep. 1, 1, 14), adj. [ne-ullus], not any, none, no.

In gen.: semita nulla. Enn. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 20, 40 (Ann. v. 44 Vahl.):

nulla videbatur aptior persona,

Cic. Lael. 1, 4:

praecepta,

id. Off. 1, 37, 132:

lites,

id. de Or. 1, 26, 118:

elephanto beluarum nulla prudentior,

id. N. D. 1, 35, 97:

nullo pacto,

id. Mur. 13, 28:

nullo certo ordine,

Caes. B. G. 2, 11:

nullo discrimine,

Verg. A. 1, 574:

aliter sine populi jussu nulli earum rerum consuli jus est,

no consul has the right, Sall. C. 29, 3 (al. nullius):

nulla verius quam ubi ea cogitentur, hostium castra esse,

Liv. 22, 53, 8 Weissenb. (al. nullo):

nullum meum minimum dictum,

not the slightest word on my part, id. Fam. 1, 9, 21: nullusdum, none as yet:

nulladum via,

Liv. 5, 34; 29, 11: nulli rei esse, to be good for nothing:

nequam hominem dixerunt nulli rei, neque frugis bonae,

Gell. 7, 11, 1; 13, 30, 3: nullius partis esse, on neither side, Asin. Poll. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 31, 2.—

Subst.: nullus, īus, m., for nemo, no one, nobody (rare in Cic.): Pi. Qui scire possum? Chry. Nullus plus, Plaut. Bacch. 2, 2, 12:

sunt nulli,

Cic. Off. 1, 37, 132:

ut nullo egeat,

id. Lael. 9, 30:

ego quidem nulli vestrum deero,

Liv. 6, 18, 8:

nulli ea placere sententia,

id. 37, 15, 1:

ab nullo repetere beneficia,

Sall. J. 96, 2:

aut nullo aut quam paucissimis praesentibus,

id. ib. 109, 1:

nullo poscente,

Verg. G. 1, 128:

nullo hostium sustinente novum ac velut infernum aspectum,

Tac. G. 43:

a nullo ante nos prodita,

Plin. 18, 28, 69, § 279:

nullus denique tam abjectae condicionis fuit, cujus, etc.,

Suet. Calig. 35:

hoc nullus nisi arte assequi potest,

Quint. 8 prooem. §

16: nulli non parta libertas est,

Curt. 5, 8, 14.— Fem.: nulla, īus, Plaut. Aul. 3, 5, 24; Ter. Heaut. 5, 3, 20; Prop. 2, 3, 1; 3, 24 (31), 41; Ov. R. Am. 747; Just. 28, 4, 4.—In plur. (rare):

nam, reor, nullis, si vita longior daretur, posset esse jucundior,

Cic. Tusc. 1, 39, 93:

nullis adversus Romanos auxilia denegabant,

Hirt. B. G. 8, 45, 1:

nullis defendentibus,

Nep. Them. 4, 1:

nullis magis opus esse magistris vivendi quam plerisque qui, etc.,

Lact. 3, 15, 10; Verg. G. 2, 10; Sen. Ep. 73, 1; Tac. A. 2, 77 fin.; id. H. 2, 20: nulli duo, not two, no two:

nullas duas in tot milibus hominum indiscretas effigies exsistere,

Plin. 7, 1, 1, § 8; so,

ita fit, ut nulli duo concinant,

id. 3, 1, 3, § 16: nullus alter, nullus unus, no other, no one:

scelestiorem nullum illuxere alterum,

Plaut. Bacch. 2, 3, 22:

nullā re unā magis oratorem commendari, quam, etc.,

Cic. Brut. 59, 216; cf.:

ut unum signum Byzantii ex maximo numero nullum haberent,

id. Prov. Cons. 4, 7: nullus non, every:

nullā rerum suarum non relictā inter hostes,

Liv. 8, 26:

nullo non se die extulit,

Sen. Ep. 12, 8; Suet. Caes. 76: non nullus; v. nonnullus.—In the neutr., nul-lum, nullīus, nothing (rare for nihil):

Grai praeter laudem nullius avari,

Hor. A. P. 324:

nullius acrior custos, quam libertatis fuit,

Flor. 1, 26:

nullo sibi relicto praeter querelas, etc.,

Amm. 14, 1, 4:

nullum magnum quod extremum est,

Sen. Ep. 4, 3:

nullo magis studia, quam spe gaudent,

Quint. 2, 4, 43.— Abl. nullo, for nullā re (post-Aug.):

nullo magis exterritus est quam quod, etc.,

Tac. A. 3, 15:

nullo magis Caesarem Augustum demeruit,

Sen. Ben. 2, 25, 1:

deus nullo magis hominem separavit a ceteris animalibus quam dicendi facultate,

Quint. 2, 16, 12; 2, 4, 13; 5, 14, 14.—

(Mostly conversational.) Nullus, = non, not, not at all:

at tu edepol nullus creduas,

Plaut. Trin. 3, 1, 5; id. Rud. 4, 4, 91:

is nullus venit,

id. As. 2, 4, 2:

memini, tametsi nullus moneas,

Ter. Eun. 2, 1, 10; id. Hec. 1, 2, 3 (cf. II. C. infra):

Philotimus non modo nullus venit, sed, etc.,

Cic. Att. 11, 24, 4:

Sextus ab armis nullus discedit,

id. ib. 15, 22; cf. id. ib. 15, 29, 1:

nolite arbitrari, me, cum a vobis discessero, nusquam aut nullum fore,

id. Sen. 22, 79:

hereditas quae nulla debetur,

id. Verr. 2, 2, 17, § 44; id. Rosc. Am. 44, 128.—

In partic.

Of no account or moment, insignificant, trifling:

igitur tu Titias et Appuleias leges nullas putas?

Cic. Leg. 2, 6, 14:

nullum vero id quidem argumentum est,

id. Tusc. 2, 5, 13:

sed vides nullam esse rem publicam, nullum senatum, etc.,

id. Q. Fr. 3, 4, 1; Nep. Phoc. 1, 2:

in his tam parvis atque tam nullis,

Plin. 11, 2, 2, § 2:

alia fuere, quae illos magnos fecere, quae nobis nulla sunt,

Sall. C. 52, 21.—

Null, of no value:

ut sine his studiis vitam nullam esse ducamus,

Cic. de Or. 2, 5, 20; Luc. 1, 589.—

Nullus sum, I am lost, undone, it's all over with me (ante-class.):

si id factum est, ecce me nullum senem,

Plaut. Cas. 2, 4, 26; cf. id. Most. 2, 1, 41; id. Merc. 1, 2, 52; 104:

nullu's, Geta, nisi, etc.,

Ter. Phorm. 1, 4, 1; cf. id. And. 3, 4, 20.

nullus, a, um, ( gen. m. nulli, Plaut. Ps. 4, 7, 99 Ritschl; Ter. And. 3, 5, 2; Cic. Rosc. Com. 16, 48; gen. f. nullae, Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 207; v. Ritschl ad h. l.; dat. m. nullo, Caes. B. G. 6, 13; dat. f. nullae, Prop. 1, 20, 35; and cf. Cato ap. Prisc. p. 694 P.; Caecil. ib. p. 678; gen. usu. nullīus, but nullĭus, Lucr. 1, 224; 926; 4, 1; Hor. Epod. 16, 61; id. Ep. 1, 1, 14), adj. [ne-ullus], not any, none, no.

In gen.: semita nulla. Enn. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 20, 40 (Ann. v. 44 Vahl.):

nulla videbatur aptior persona,

Cic. Lael. 1, 4:

praecepta,

id. Off. 1, 37, 132:

lites,

id. de Or. 1, 26, 118:

elephanto beluarum nulla prudentior,

id. N. D. 1, 35, 97:

nullo pacto,

id. Mur. 13, 28:

nullo certo ordine,

Caes. B. G. 2, 11:

nullo discrimine,

Verg. A. 1, 574:

aliter sine populi jussu nulli earum rerum consuli jus est,

no consul has the right, Sall. C. 29, 3 (al. nullius):

nulla verius quam ubi ea cogitentur, hostium castra esse,

Liv. 22, 53, 8 Weissenb. (al. nullo):

nullum meum minimum dictum,

not the slightest word on my part, id. Fam. 1, 9, 21: nullusdum, none as yet:

nulladum via,

Liv. 5, 34; 29, 11: nulli rei esse, to be good for nothing:

nequam hominem dixerunt nulli rei, neque frugis bonae,

Gell. 7, 11, 1; 13, 30, 3: nullius partis esse, on neither side, Asin. Poll. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 31, 2.—

Subst.: nullus, īus, m., for nemo, no one, nobody (rare in Cic.): Pi. Qui scire possum? Chry. Nullus plus, Plaut. Bacch. 2, 2, 12:

sunt nulli,

Cic. Off. 1, 37, 132:

ut nullo egeat,

id. Lael. 9, 30:

ego quidem nulli vestrum deero,

Liv. 6, 18, 8:

nulli ea placere sententia,

id. 37, 15, 1:

ab nullo repetere beneficia,

Sall. J. 96, 2:

aut nullo aut quam paucissimis praesentibus,

id. ib. 109, 1:

nullo poscente,

Verg. G. 1, 128:

nullo hostium sustinente novum ac velut infernum aspectum,

Tac. G. 43:

a nullo ante nos prodita,

Plin. 18, 28, 69, § 279:

nullus denique tam abjectae condicionis fuit, cujus, etc.,

Suet. Calig. 35:

hoc nullus nisi arte assequi potest,

Quint. 8 prooem. §

16: nulli non parta libertas est,

Curt. 5, 8, 14.— Fem.: nulla, īus, Plaut. Aul. 3, 5, 24; Ter. Heaut. 5, 3, 20; Prop. 2, 3, 1; 3, 24 (31), 41; Ov. R. Am. 747; Just. 28, 4, 4.—In plur. (rare):

nam, reor, nullis, si vita longior daretur, posset esse jucundior,

Cic. Tusc. 1, 39, 93:

nullis adversus Romanos auxilia denegabant,

Hirt. B. G. 8, 45, 1:

nullis defendentibus,

Nep. Them. 4, 1:

nullis magis opus esse magistris vivendi quam plerisque qui, etc.,

Lact. 3, 15, 10; Verg. G. 2, 10; Sen. Ep. 73, 1; Tac. A. 2, 77 fin.; id. H. 2, 20: nulli duo, not two, no two:

nullas duas in tot milibus hominum indiscretas effigies exsistere,

Plin. 7, 1, 1, § 8; so,

ita fit, ut nulli duo concinant,

id. 3, 1, 3, § 16: nullus alter, nullus unus, no other, no one:

scelestiorem nullum illuxere alterum,

Plaut. Bacch. 2, 3, 22:

nullā re unā magis oratorem commendari, quam, etc.,

Cic. Brut. 59, 216; cf.:

ut unum signum Byzantii ex maximo numero nullum haberent,

id. Prov. Cons. 4, 7: nullus non, every:

nullā rerum suarum non relictā inter hostes,

Liv. 8, 26:

nullo non se die extulit,

Sen. Ep. 12, 8; Suet. Caes. 76: non nullus; v. nonnullus.—In the neutr., nul-lum, nullīus, nothing (rare for nihil):

Grai praeter laudem nullius avari,

Hor. A. P. 324:

nullius acrior custos, quam libertatis fuit,

Flor. 1, 26:

nullo sibi relicto praeter querelas, etc.,

Amm. 14, 1, 4:

nullum magnum quod extremum est,

Sen. Ep. 4, 3:

nullo magis studia, quam spe gaudent,

Quint. 2, 4, 43.— Abl. nullo, for nullā re (post-Aug.):

nullo magis exterritus est quam quod, etc.,

Tac. A. 3, 15:

nullo magis Caesarem Augustum demeruit,

Sen. Ben. 2, 25, 1:

deus nullo magis hominem separavit a ceteris animalibus quam dicendi facultate,

Quint. 2, 16, 12; 2, 4, 13; 5, 14, 14.—

(Mostly conversational.) Nullus, = non, not, not at all:

at tu edepol nullus creduas,

Plaut. Trin. 3, 1, 5; id. Rud. 4, 4, 91:

is nullus venit,

id. As. 2, 4, 2:

memini, tametsi nullus moneas,

Ter. Eun. 2, 1, 10; id. Hec. 1, 2, 3 (cf. II. C. infra):

Philotimus non modo nullus venit, sed, etc.,

Cic. Att. 11, 24, 4:

Sextus ab armis nullus discedit,

id. ib. 15, 22; cf. id. ib. 15, 29, 1:

nolite arbitrari, me, cum a vobis discessero, nusquam aut nullum fore,

id. Sen. 22, 79:

hereditas quae nulla debetur,

id. Verr. 2, 2, 17, § 44; id. Rosc. Am. 44, 128.—

In partic.

Of no account or moment, insignificant, trifling:

igitur tu Titias et Appuleias leges nullas putas?

Cic. Leg. 2, 6, 14:

nullum vero id quidem argumentum est,

id. Tusc. 2, 5, 13:

sed vides nullam esse rem publicam, nullum senatum, etc.,

id. Q. Fr. 3, 4, 1; Nep. Phoc. 1, 2:

in his tam parvis atque tam nullis,

Plin. 11, 2, 2, § 2:

alia fuere, quae illos magnos fecere, quae nobis nulla sunt,

Sall. C. 52, 21.—

Null, of no value:

ut sine his studiis vitam nullam esse ducamus,

Cic. de Or. 2, 5, 20; Luc. 1, 589.—

Nullus sum, I am lost, undone, it's all over with me (ante-class.):

si id factum est, ecce me nullum senem,

Plaut. Cas. 2, 4, 26; cf. id. Most. 2, 1, 41; id. Merc. 1, 2, 52; 104:

nullu's, Geta, nisi, etc.,

Ter. Phorm. 1, 4, 1; cf. id. And. 3, 4, 20.

nullus, a, um, ( gen. m. nulli, Plaut. Ps. 4, 7, 99 Ritschl; Ter. And. 3, 5, 2; Cic. Rosc. Com. 16, 48; gen. f. nullae, Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 207; v. Ritschl ad h. l.; dat. m. nullo, Caes. B. G. 6, 13; dat. f. nullae, Prop. 1, 20, 35; and cf. Cato ap. Prisc. p. 694 P.; Caecil. ib. p. 678; gen. usu. nullīus, but nullĭus, Lucr. 1, 224; 926; 4, 1; Hor. Epod. 16, 61; id. Ep. 1, 1, 14), adj. [ne-ullus], not any, none, no.

In gen.: semita nulla. Enn. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 20, 40 (Ann. v. 44 Vahl.):

nulla videbatur aptior persona,

Cic. Lael. 1, 4:

praecepta,

id. Off. 1, 37, 132:

lites,

id. de Or. 1, 26, 118:

elephanto beluarum nulla prudentior,

id. N. D. 1, 35, 97:

nullo pacto,

id. Mur. 13, 28:

nullo certo ordine,

Caes. B. G. 2, 11:

nullo discrimine,

Verg. A. 1, 574:

aliter sine populi jussu nulli earum rerum consuli jus est,

no consul has the right, Sall. C. 29, 3 (al. nullius):

nulla verius quam ubi ea cogitentur, hostium castra esse,

Liv. 22, 53, 8 Weissenb. (al. nullo):

nullum meum minimum dictum,

not the slightest word on my part, id. Fam. 1, 9, 21: nullusdum, none as yet:

nulladum via,

Liv. 5, 34; 29, 11: nulli rei esse, to be good for nothing:

nequam hominem dixerunt nulli rei, neque frugis bonae,

Gell. 7, 11, 1; 13, 30, 3: nullius partis esse, on neither side, Asin. Poll. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 31, 2.—

Subst.: nullus, īus, m., for nemo, no one, nobody (rare in Cic.): Pi. Qui scire possum? Chry. Nullus plus, Plaut. Bacch. 2, 2, 12:

sunt nulli,

Cic. Off. 1, 37, 132:

ut nullo egeat,

id. Lael. 9, 30:

ego quidem nulli vestrum deero,

Liv. 6, 18, 8:

nulli ea placere sententia,

id. 37, 15, 1:

ab nullo repetere beneficia,

Sall. J. 96, 2:

aut nullo aut quam paucissimis praesentibus,

id. ib. 109, 1:

nullo poscente,

Verg. G. 1, 128:

nullo hostium sustinente novum ac velut infernum aspectum,

Tac. G. 43:

a nullo ante nos prodita,

Plin. 18, 28, 69, § 279:

nullus denique tam abjectae condicionis fuit, cujus, etc.,

Suet. Calig. 35:

hoc nullus nisi arte assequi potest,

Quint. 8 prooem. §

16: nulli non parta libertas est,

Curt. 5, 8, 14.— Fem.: nulla, īus, Plaut. Aul. 3, 5, 24; Ter. Heaut. 5, 3, 20; Prop. 2, 3, 1; 3, 24 (31), 41; Ov. R. Am. 747; Just. 28, 4, 4.—In plur. (rare):

nam, reor, nullis, si vita longior daretur, posset esse jucundior,

Cic. Tusc. 1, 39, 93:

nullis adversus Romanos auxilia denegabant,

Hirt. B. G. 8, 45, 1:

nullis defendentibus,

Nep. Them. 4, 1:

nullis magis opus esse magistris vivendi quam plerisque qui, etc.,

Lact. 3, 15, 10; Verg. G. 2, 10; Sen. Ep. 73, 1; Tac. A. 2, 77 fin.; id. H. 2, 20: nulli duo, not two, no two:

nullas duas in tot milibus hominum indiscretas effigies exsistere,

Plin. 7, 1, 1, § 8; so,

ita fit, ut nulli duo concinant,

id. 3, 1, 3, § 16: nullus alter, nullus unus, no other, no one:

scelestiorem nullum illuxere alterum,

Plaut. Bacch. 2, 3, 22:

nullā re unā magis oratorem commendari, quam, etc.,

Cic. Brut. 59, 216; cf.:

ut unum signum Byzantii ex maximo numero nullum haberent,

id. Prov. Cons. 4, 7: nullus non, every:

nullā rerum suarum non relictā inter hostes,

Liv. 8, 26:

nullo non se die extulit,

Sen. Ep. 12, 8; Suet. Caes. 76: non nullus; v. nonnullus.—In the neutr., nul-lum, nullīus, nothing (rare for nihil):

Grai praeter laudem nullius avari,

Hor. A. P. 324:

nullius acrior custos, quam libertatis fuit,

Flor. 1, 26:

nullo sibi relicto praeter querelas, etc.,

Amm. 14, 1, 4:

nullum magnum quod extremum est,

Sen. Ep. 4, 3:

nullo magis studia, quam spe gaudent,

Quint. 2, 4, 43.— Abl. nullo, for nullā re (post-Aug.):

nullo magis exterritus est quam quod, etc.,

Tac. A. 3, 15:

nullo magis Caesarem Augustum demeruit,

Sen. Ben. 2, 25, 1:

deus nullo magis hominem separavit a ceteris animalibus quam dicendi facultate,

Quint. 2, 16, 12; 2, 4, 13; 5, 14, 14.—

(Mostly conversational.) Nullus, = non, not, not at all:

at tu edepol nullus creduas,

Plaut. Trin. 3, 1, 5; id. Rud. 4, 4, 91:

is nullus venit,

id. As. 2, 4, 2:

memini, tametsi nullus moneas,

Ter. Eun. 2, 1, 10; id. Hec. 1, 2, 3 (cf. II. C. infra):

Philotimus non modo nullus venit, sed, etc.,

Cic. Att. 11, 24, 4:

Sextus ab armis nullus discedit,

id. ib. 15, 22; cf. id. ib. 15, 29, 1:

nolite arbitrari, me, cum a vobis discessero, nusquam aut nullum fore,

id. Sen. 22, 79:

hereditas quae nulla debetur,

id. Verr. 2, 2, 17, § 44; id. Rosc. Am. 44, 128.—

In partic.

Of no account or moment, insignificant, trifling:

igitur tu Titias et Appuleias leges nullas putas?

Cic. Leg. 2, 6, 14:

nullum vero id quidem argumentum est,

id. Tusc. 2, 5, 13:

sed vides nullam esse rem publicam, nullum senatum, etc.,

id. Q. Fr. 3, 4, 1; Nep. Phoc. 1, 2:

in his tam parvis atque tam nullis,

Plin. 11, 2, 2, § 2:

alia fuere, quae illos magnos fecere, quae nobis nulla sunt,

Sall. C. 52, 21.—

Null, of no value:

ut sine his studiis vitam nullam esse ducamus,

Cic. de Or. 2, 5, 20; Luc. 1, 589.—

Nullus sum, I am lost, undone, it's all over with me (ante-class.):

si id factum est, ecce me nullum senem,

Plaut. Cas. 2, 4, 26; cf. id. Most. 2, 1, 41; id. Merc. 1, 2, 52; 104:

nullu's, Geta, nisi, etc.,

Ter. Phorm. 1, 4, 1; cf. id. And. 3, 4, 20.

ŏpĕrārĭus, a, um, adj. [opera], of or belonging to labor (class.):

homo,

Cic. Att. 7, 2, 8:

pecus,

working-cattle, Col. 6, 2, 15:

vinum,

for working-men, Plin. 14, 10, 12, § 86.—

Subst.

ŏpĕrārĭus, ii, m., a laborer, workman, operative:

habere oportet operarios quinque,

Cato, R. R. 10, 1: operarius rusticus, the peasant as a day-laborer, Edict. Diocl. 7, 1; cf.:

operarius agrarius,

Vulg. Ecclus. 37, 13:

quos singulos sicut operarios barbarosque contemnas,

Cic. Tusc. 5, 36, 104:

quidam operarii linguā celeri et exercitatā,

fluent talkers, bad orators, id. de Or. 1, 18, 83:

operarium nobis quendam oratorem facis,

underworkman, id. ib. 1, 62, 263:

si quid actum erit, quod isti operarii minus commode persequi possent,

i. e. scribes, secretaries, id. Fam. 8, 1, 2.—

ŏpĕrārĭa, ae, f., a work-woman, in a comic lusus verbb., Plaut. Bacch. 1, 1, 41.

ŏpĕrārĭus, a, um, adj. [opera], of or belonging to labor (class.):

homo,

Cic. Att. 7, 2, 8:

pecus,

working-cattle, Col. 6, 2, 15:

vinum,

for working-men, Plin. 14, 10, 12, § 86.—

Subst.

ŏpĕrārĭus, ii, m., a laborer, workman, operative:

habere oportet operarios quinque,

Cato, R. R. 10, 1: operarius rusticus, the peasant as a day-laborer, Edict. Diocl. 7, 1; cf.:

operarius agrarius,

Vulg. Ecclus. 37, 13:

quos singulos sicut operarios barbarosque contemnas,

Cic. Tusc. 5, 36, 104:

quidam operarii linguā celeri et exercitatā,

fluent talkers, bad orators, id. de Or. 1, 18, 83:

operarium nobis quendam oratorem facis,

underworkman, id. ib. 1, 62, 263:

si quid actum erit, quod isti operarii minus commode persequi possent,

i. e. scribes, secretaries, id. Fam. 8, 1, 2.—

ŏpĕrārĭa, ae, f., a work-woman, in a comic lusus verbb., Plaut. Bacch. 1, 1, 41.

per-fĭcĭo, fēci, fectum, 3, v. a. [facio], to achieve, execute, carry out, accomplish, perform, despatch, bring to an end or conclusion, finish, complete (class.; syn.: absolvo, conficio, exsequor).

Lit.:

comitiis perficiendis undecim dies tribuit,

Caes. B. C. 3, 2:

iis comitiis perfectis,

Liv. 24, 43, 9:

bellum,

id. 22, 38, 7:

aliquid absolvi et perfici,

Cic. N. D. 2, 13, 35:

multa,

id. Or. 30, 105:

scelus,

to perpetrate, id. Clu. 68, 194:

cogitata,

id. Deiot. 7, 21:

instituta,

id. Div. 2, 5:

poëma,

id. Q. Fr. 2, 8:

conata,

Caes. B. G. 1, 3:

nihil est simul et inventum et perfectum,

Cic. Brut. 18, 71:

centum annos,

to complete, live, Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 39.—So of commissions, orders, to execute:

munus,

Verg. A. 6, 629; 6, 637; Cic. Fam. 6, 7:

jussa,

Val. Fl. 7, 61:

mandata,

Sil. 13, 343.—

Transf.

To bring to completion, finish, perfect (opp. inchoare):

candelabrum perfectum e gemmis clarissimis,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 28, § 64:

murum,

Liv. 25, 11:

loricam,

Sil. 2, 403:

aedem,

Suet. Aug. 60:

cibos ambulatione,

to digest, Plin. 11, 53, 118, § 283:

cucumeres,

id. 19, 5, 23, § 65: coria, to dress or curry, id. 23, 1, 16, § 22:

lanas,

id. 35, 15, 52, § 190:

minium,

id. 33, 7, 40, § 118.—

To make perfect, to perfect:

aliquem citharā,

Ov. A. A. 1, 11: expleta et perfecta forma honestatis, Cic. Fin. 2, 15, 48:

artem,

Suet. Ner. 41.—

To bring about, to cause, effect; with ut, Ter. Eun. 5, 8, 24; Cic. Agr. 1, 9, 127:

perfice ut putem,

convince me, id. Tusc. 1, 8, 15; id. Fam. 11, 27, 2:

eloquentia perfecit, ut, etc.,

Nep. Ep. 6, 4.—With ne and subj.:

omnia perfecit, quae senatus salvā re publicā ne fieri possent perfecerat,

Cic. Phil. 2, 22, 55. —

In mal. part., = energein, Mart. 3, 79, 2; cf. Ov. A. A. 1, 389; Capitol. Max. 4, 7.— perfectus, a, um, P. a., finished, complete, perfect, excellent, exquisite (class.).

Of persons:

oratorem plenum atque perfectum esse, etc.,

Cic. de Or. 1, 13, 59:

homines in dicendo,

id. ib. 1, 13, 58:

perfectis et absoluti philosophi,

id. Div. 2, 72, 150:

homines,

id. Off. 1, 15, 46; id. Brut. 30, 114:

in geometriā,

id. Fin. 1, 6, 20:

in arte,

Ov. A. A. 2, 547.—In a religious sense, righteous (eccl. Lat.):

cor perfectum,

Vulg. 3 Reg. 11, 4; id. Matt. 5, 48.—Perfectissimus, a title of honor under the later emperors, Cod. Const. 12, tit. 33; Am. 21, 16 init.; Lact. 5, 14, 18.—

Of inanim. and abstr. things:

naturae,

Cic. N. D. 2, 12, 33:

ratio,

id. ib. 13, 34:

pulchriora etiam Polycliti et iam plane perfecta (signa),

id. Brut. 18, 70:

perfectum atque absolutum officium,

id. Off. 3, 3, 14:

perfecta cumulataque virtus,

id. Sest. 40, 86: aetas, full or ripe age, the age of fiveand-twenty, Dig. 4, 4, 32 init.—Comp.:

valvae perfectiores,

Cic. Verr. 2, 56:

aliquid perfectius,

id. de Or. 1, 2, 5; id. Brut. 18, 69; Hor. Epod. 5, 59; Quint. 12, 1, 21:

ad perfectiora,

Vulg. Heb. 6, 1.— Sup.:

quod ego summum et perfectissimum judicem,

Cic. Or. 1, 3; 15, 47; id. Brut. 31, 118; Juv. 2, 5.— Adv.: perfectē, fully, completely, perfectly (class.):

eruditus,

Cic. Brut. 81, 282; id. de Or. 1, 28, 130:

veritatem imitari,

id. Div. 1, 13, 23.— Comp., App. Flor. p. 357, 1; Tert. Apol. 45.— Sup., Gell. 11, 16 fin.

pistrīnum ( pristrīnum, Plaut. Pers. 3, 3, 15 Ritschl; id. Ps. 5, 1, 9 Fleck.), i, n. [pistor], a place where corn is pounded, a pounding-mill, mill; usually worked by horses or asses; but sometimes a lazy or otherwise bad slave was forced to perform this labor (cf. mola).

Lit.:

ut ferratus in pistrino aetatem conteras,

Plaut. Bacch. 4, 6, 11:

in pistrinum tradi,

id. Most. 1, 1, 16:

in pristrino credo, ut convenit fore,

id. Ps. 5, 1, 9:

te in pistrinum, Dave, dedam usque ad necem,

Ter. And. 1, 2, 28:

oratorem in judicium, tamquam in aliquod pistrinum, detrudi et compingi videbam,

Cic. de Or. 1, 11, 46; Pall. 1, 42.—As a term of reproach, of bad slaves:

pristrinorum civitas,

Plaut. Pers. 3, 3, 15.—

Transf.

Because bread was usually baked at the mill, a bakery:

exercere pistrinum,

Suet. Aug. 4:

aliquem in pistrinum submittere,

Sen. Ep. 90, 22;

swine were fed there upon the bran,

Plaut. Capt. 4, 2, 27.—

A wearisome, oppressive labor, drudgery:

tibi mecum in eodem est pistrino, Crasse, vivendum,

Cic. de Or. 2, 33, 144.

pistrīnum ( pristrīnum, Plaut. Pers. 3, 3, 15 Ritschl; id. Ps. 5, 1, 9 Fleck.), i, n. [pistor], a place where corn is pounded, a pounding-mill, mill; usually worked by horses or asses; but sometimes a lazy or otherwise bad slave was forced to perform this labor (cf. mola).

Lit.:

ut ferratus in pistrino aetatem conteras,

Plaut. Bacch. 4, 6, 11:

in pistrinum tradi,

id. Most. 1, 1, 16:

in pristrino credo, ut convenit fore,

id. Ps. 5, 1, 9:

te in pistrinum, Dave, dedam usque ad necem,

Ter. And. 1, 2, 28:

oratorem in judicium, tamquam in aliquod pistrinum, detrudi et compingi videbam,

Cic. de Or. 1, 11, 46; Pall. 1, 42.—As a term of reproach, of bad slaves:

pristrinorum civitas,

Plaut. Pers. 3, 3, 15.—

Transf.

Because bread was usually baked at the mill, a bakery:

exercere pistrinum,

Suet. Aug. 4:

aliquem in pistrinum submittere,

Sen. Ep. 90, 22;

swine were fed there upon the bran,

Plaut. Capt. 4, 2, 27.—

A wearisome, oppressive labor, drudgery:

tibi mecum in eodem est pistrino, Crasse, vivendum,

Cic. de Or. 2, 33, 144.

prōcinctus, a, um, Part., from procingo.

prōcinctus, ūs, m. [procingo, prop. a girding up; hence, transf.], milit. t. t., a being prepared or equipped for battle, readiness for action: procinctum, otan eis polemon sunkalesôntai, Gloss. Philox.:

oratorem armatum semper ac velut in procinctu stantem,

Quint. 12, 9, 21; cf. id. 10, 1, 2:

neque in procinctu et castris habitos,

Tac. H. 3, 2:

in procinctu bellorum excubare,

Plin. 6, 19, 22, § 66: testamentum facere in procinctu, to make one's will on the battle-field (one of the three ways of making a will), Cic. de Or. 1, 53, 228; id. N. D. 2, 3, 9; Gell. 15, 27, 2 sq.; Gai. Inst. 2, 101; Just. Inst. 2, 10.—Prov.: in procinctu habere aliquid, to have a thing ready or at hand:

severitatem abditam, clementiam in procinctu habeo,

Sen. Clem. 1, 1, 4; cf.:

nisi in procinctu paratamque ad omnes casus habuerit eloquentiam,

Quint. 10, 1, 2. —

Transf., a military enterprise (late Lat.): et Lentiensibus indictum est bellum;

ad quem procinctum imperator egressus,

Amm. 15, 4, 1; 15, 9, 1.—

Esp., a battle, an engagement:

procinctu omisso,

Amm. 17, 9, 1; 27, 4, 1:

post procinctus ancipites,

id. 27, 4, 11:

in procinctu versari,

Dig. 37, 13, 1.

prolŏgus, i, m., = prologos.

Lit., a preface or introduction to a play, a prologue, Ter. Phorm. prol. 14:

in prologis scribundis operā abutitur,

id. And. prol. 5:

in Hydriae (Menandri) prologo,

Quint. 11, 3, 91:

in prologo Adelphorum,

Suet. Vit. Ter. 2.—

Transf., the player who delivers the prologue:

oratorem esse voluit me, non prologum,

Ter. Heaut. prol. 11; id. Hec. prol. alt. 1 (prō-, v. Wagn. ad Ter. Heaut. prol. 11).