organs

inter-nuntĭus ( internunc-), a, um, that serves as a messenger or mediator between two parties or persons; only subst., a mediator, messenger, go-between.

in-ternuntĭus, i, m. (class.):

egone ut ad te ab libertina esse auderem internuntius?

Plaut. Mil. 4, 1, 16:

internuntiis ultro citroque missis,

Caes. B. C. 1, 20:

totius internuntius et minister rei,

Liv. 33, 28:

pacis,

Curt. 8, 2, 14; Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 6:

inter absentes negotia contrahuntur, veluti per epistulam aut per internuntium,

Gai. Inst. 3, 136.—

The augurs are called Jovis interpretes internuntiique,

Cic. Phil. 13, 5.—

internuntĭa, ae, f.:

aves internuntiae Jovis,

Cic. Div. 2, 34; Plaut. Mil. 4, 1, 39:

columbae internuntiae fuere,

Plin. 10, 37, 53, § 110:

Judaea, summi fida internuntia caeli,

Juv. 6, 545.—

internuntĭum, i, n., a medium, means:

ea, quae sunt internuntia sentiendi,

the organs of sense, App. Dogm. Plat. 1, p. 10, 34.

inter-nuntĭus ( internunc-), a, um, that serves as a messenger or mediator between two parties or persons; only subst., a mediator, messenger, go-between.

in-ternuntĭus, i, m. (class.):

egone ut ad te ab libertina esse auderem internuntius?

Plaut. Mil. 4, 1, 16:

internuntiis ultro citroque missis,

Caes. B. C. 1, 20:

totius internuntius et minister rei,

Liv. 33, 28:

pacis,

Curt. 8, 2, 14; Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 6:

inter absentes negotia contrahuntur, veluti per epistulam aut per internuntium,

Gai. Inst. 3, 136.—

The augurs are called Jovis interpretes internuntiique,

Cic. Phil. 13, 5.—

internuntĭa, ae, f.:

aves internuntiae Jovis,

Cic. Div. 2, 34; Plaut. Mil. 4, 1, 39:

columbae internuntiae fuere,

Plin. 10, 37, 53, § 110:

Judaea, summi fida internuntia caeli,

Juv. 6, 545.—

internuntĭum, i, n., a medium, means:

ea, quae sunt internuntia sentiendi,

the organs of sense, App. Dogm. Plat. 1, p. 10, 34.

lumbus, i, m., a loin.

Lit.:

At Edepol nos (velimus) tibi in lumbos linguam atque oculos in solum (decidisse),

Plaut. Poen. 3, 1, 68:

exporgi meliust lumbos,

id. Ps. prol. 24 (1);

id. Ep. Grex, 2: lumborum tenus,

Cic. Arat. 82: usque ad lumbos, Quint. 11, 3, 131:

nautaeque caput lumbosque saligno Fuste dolat,

Hor. S. 1, 5, 22:

aprugnus,

Plin. 8, 57, 78, § 210; 20, 3, 8, § 14:

magno premit populus agmine lumbos,

Juv. 3, 244.—As food:

caprigeni lumbi,

Macr. S. 2, 9, 12.—Prov.:

lumbis patris habere se putat digitos grossiores, said of those who regard themselves as superior to their forefathers (cf. 1 Kings, 12, 10),

Hier. Ep. 82, n. 3.—

Transf.

The genital organs, Pers. 1, 20; 4, 35; Juv. 9, 59.—Hence, in eccl. Lat.:

in lumbis patris,

yet unborn, Vulg. Heb. 7, 10:

reges de lumbis tuis egredientur,

id. Gen. 35, 11. —

That part of a vine from which the branches spring, Col. Arbor. 3; Plin. 17, 23, 35, n. 26, § 210.

māchĭnāmentum, i, n. [id.], a machine, engine; an instrument, organ (perh. not ante-Aug.; not in Cic. or Cæs.).

Lit.:

machinamenta alia quatiendis muris portabant,

military engines, Liv. 24, 34:

suspensum et nutans machinamentum,

Tac. H. 4, 30:

nihil tam ignarum barbaris, quam machinamenta et astus oppugnationum,

id. A. 12, 45:

tot genera machinamentorum ad extendendum femur,

surgical instruments, Cels. 8, 20:

singulis articulis singula machinamenta, quibus extorqueantur, aptata,

Sen. Ep. 24, 14; id. Cons. ad Marc. 20, 3.—

Transf., the organs of sense, App. Dogm. Plat. 1, p. 9, 20.—

Trop., a trick, device, stratagem (post-class.): callida commeantium, Cod. Th. 6, 28, 6.

nātūra, ae, f. [nascor], birth.

Lit. (very rare):

naturā tu illi pater es, consiliis ego,

Ter. Ad. 1, 2, 46; cf.:

naturā pater,

id. ib. 5, 7, 4.—

Transf. (freq. and class.; syn.: indoles, ingenium).

The nature, i. e. the natural constitution, property, or quality of a thing:

quod autem animal est, id motu cietur interiore et suo: nam haec est natura propria animae et vis,

Cic. Rep. 6, 26, 28:

ipsumque per se sua vi, sua natura, sua sponte laudabile,

id. Fin. 2, 15, 50:

ab ipsa natura loci,

id. Agr. 2, 35, 95:

quali esset natura montis, qui cognoscerent misit,

Caes. B. G. 1, 21:

loci,

id. ib. 1, 2: tigna secundum naturam fluminis procumberent, according to the nature or natural course of the river, Caes. B. G. 4, 17: insula naturā triquetra, by nature, i. e. in shape, id. ib. 5, 13:

naturas apibus quas Juppiter ipse Addidit expediam,

Verg. G. 4, 149.—

Of character, nature, natural disposition, inclination, bent, temper, character:

cognitum per te ipsum, quae tua natura est, dignum tuā amicitiā judicabis,

Cic. Fam. 13, 78, 2:

prolixa beneficaque,

id. ib. 3, 8, 8; Liv. 22, 59: mihi benefacere jam ex consuetudine [p. 1190] in naturam vertit, has become natural, Sall. J. 85, 9.—Prov.:

consuetudo est secunda natura,

August. adv. Jul. 5, 59 fin.; Macr. S. 7, 9, 7; cf.:

voluptatem consuetudine quasi alteram naturam effici,

Cic. Fin. 5, 25, 74:

naturam expellas furcā, tamen usque recurret,

Hor. Ep. 1, 10, 24:

facere sibi naturam alicujus rei,

to accustom one's self to a thing, Quint. 2, 4, 17:

desideria naturae satiare,

Cic. Fin. 2, 8, 25.—

The nature, course, or order of things:

quod rerum natura non patitur,

Cic. Ac. 2, 17, 55:

delabi ad aequitatem et ad rerum naturam,

id. Fam. 6, 10, 5:

naturae satisfacere,

i. e. to die, Cic. Clu. 10, 29; so,

naturae concedere,

Sall. J. 14, 15:—Personified:

quis vero opifex praeter naturam, quā nihil potest esse callidius, tantam sollertiam persequi potuisset in sensibus? quae primum oculos membranis tenuissimis vestivit, etc.,

Cic. N. D. 2, 57, 142:

frui primis a natura datis,

id. Fin. 2, 11, 34:

homines rationem habent a naturā datam,

id. ib. 2, 14, 45:

et homini praecipui a naturā nihil datum esse dicemus,

id. ib. 2, 33, 110:

quae (membra corporum) ipsa declarant procreandi a naturā habitam esse rationem,

id. ib. 3, 19, 62:

omnis natura vult esse conservatrix sui,

id. ib. 4, 7, 16; 5, 15, 41;

5, 20, 56: illam partem bene vivendi a natura petebant, eique parendum esse dicebant,

id. Ac. 1, 5, 19.—

Nature, i. e. the world, the universe:

Cleanthes totius naturae menti atque animo hoc nomen (dei) tribuit,

Cic. N. D. 1, 14, 37.—

Nature, i. e. consistency with nature, possibility:

in rerum naturā fuisse,

Cic. Rab. Perd. 8, 24:

hoc quoque in rerum naturam cadit,

is a possible case, Quint. 2, 17, 32:

judicatum est enim, rerum naturam non recipere, ut, etc.,

that it is not in accordance with nature, not possible, Val. Max. 8, 1, abs. 13:—

An element, thing, substance:

Aristoteles quin tam quandam naturam censet esse, e qua sit mens,

Cic. Tusc. 1, 10, 22: de naturis autem sic sentiebat;

primum uti quattuor initiis rerum illis quintam hanc naturam... non adhiberet, etc.,

id. Ac. 1, 11, 39:

natura tenuis aëris,

Lucr. 2, 232.—

The natural parts, organs of generation:

cujus (Mercurii) obscenius excitata natura traditur,

Cic. N. D. 3, 22, 55:

quaedam matrona visa est in quiete obsignatam habere naturam,

id. Div. 2, 70, 145; cf. Varr. R. R. 3, 12, 4; 2, 7, 8.

sexus, ūs ( abl. plur. sexibus, Spart. Hadr. 18, 10 al.;

but sexubus,

Jul. Val. Rer. G. Alex. 1, 36), m., or sĕcus, indecl. n. [root sec- of seco; hence properly, a division, segment].

A sex, male or female (of men and beasts).

Form sexus:

hominum genus et in sexu consideratur, virile an muliebre sit,

Cic. Inv. 1, 24, 35; cf.:

natus ambiguo inter marem ac feminam sexu infans,

Liv. 27, 11; and: mare et femineum sexus, App de Mundo, c. 20, p. 66 med.:

feminarum sexus,

Plin. 7, 52, 53, § 175: virilis sexus, Pac. ap. Fest. p. 334 Müll. (Trag. Rel. p. 70 Rib.); Plin. 10, 55, 76, § 154 orbus virili sexu, Afran. ap. Fest. l. l. (Com. Rel. p. 166 Rib.):

liberi sexūs virilis,

Suet. Aug. 101; Front. Strat. 1, 11, 6:

puberes virilis sexūs,

Liv. 26, 34:

tres (liberi) sexūs feminini,

Suet. Calig. 7; cf. Plin. 27, 2, 2, § 4; cf.:

juvenes utriusque sexūs,

Suet. Aug. 31:

liberi,

id. ib. 100; id. Vit. 6; id. Tib. 43:

sine ullo sexūs discrimine,

id. Calig. 8; Tac. A. 16, 10 fin. et saep.— Plur.: (sunezeugmenon) jungit et diversos sexus, ut cum marem feminamque filios dicimus, Quint. 9, 3, 63:

lavacra pro sexibus separavit,

Spart. Hadr. 18 fin. —

Form secus (in the poets and historians, in the latter usually virile or muliebre secus, as an acc. resp. or limiting accusative, equivalent to the genitive or ablative of quality; v. Zumpt, Lat. Gram. § 428, for the preceding virilis sexūs, the male sex):

filiolam ego unam habui, Virile secus numquam ullum habui,

Plaut. Rud. 1, 2, 19: virile secus, Asell. ap. Gell. 2, 13, 5:

quod ejus virile secus futurum est,

Varr. ib. 3, 10, 7:

secus muliebre,

Aus. Idyll. 11, 8:

puerile,

id. Epigr. 70, 6: virile ac muliebre secus populi multitudo, Sisenn. ap. Non. 222, 27: concurrentium undique virile et muliebre secus, Sall. H. Fragm. ib. 25; and in Macr. S. 2, 9 (p. 228 Gerl.):

ut Philippi statuae... item majorum ejus virile ac muliebre secus omnium tollerentur, Liv 31, 44, 4: multitudinem obsessorum omnis aetatis, virile ac muliebre secus,

Tac. H. 5, 13:

praedas hominum virile et muliebre secus agebant,

Amm. 29, 6, 8 et saep.:

liberorum capitum virile secus ad decem milia capta,

Liv. 26, 47, 1:

athletarum spectaculo muliebre secus omnes adeo summovit, ut, etc.,

Suet. Aug. 44 fin.:

destinatum Lacedaemoniis omnes virile secus interficere,

Front. Strat. 1, 11, 6.—Rarely as nom.:

affluxere avidi talium... virile ac muliebre secus, omnis aetas,

Tac. A. 4, 62:

tres ordine partae, Vesta, Ceres et Juno, secus muliebre, sorores,

Aus. Idyll. 11, 7;

or as object of a verb: cur ex his unum secus virile designet,

Arn. 1, 59; 5, 25: promiscue virile et muliebre secus trucidabant, Amm. 16, 11, 9; 27, 10, 2.—

Transf.

A sex, of plants and minerals, Plin. 13, 4, 7, § 31; 12, 14, 32, § 61; 36, 16, 25, § 128; 36, 21, 39, § 149.—

The sexual organs, Plin. 22, 8, 9, § 20; Lact. 1, 21, 16.

tympănum, i (collat. form typă-num, Cat. 63, 8 sq.), n., = tumpanon, a drum, timbrel, tambour, tambourine.

Lit.

Esp., as beaten by the priests of Cybele, Lucr. 2, 618; Cat. 63, 8 sq.; Verg. A. 9, 619; Ov. M. 3, 537; 4, 29; 4, 391; id. F. 4, 213; Plaut. Poen. 5, 5, 38; Caes. B. C. 3, 105; Curt. 8, 11, 20; 8, 14, 10; Tac. H. 5, 5, —Also by the Bacchantine females, Ov. M. 11, 17.—Beaten by the Parthians as a signal in battle in place of the tuba, Just. 41, 2, 8.—

Trop., a timbrel, etc., as a figure of something effeminate, enervating:

tympana eloquentiae,

Quint. 5, 12, 21:

in manu tympanum est,

Sen. Vit. Beat. 13, 3.—

Transf., of things of a like shape.

A drum or wheel, in machines for raising weights, in water-organs, etc., Lucr. 4, 905; Verg. G. 2, 444; Vitr. 10, 4; Plin. 18, 34, 77, § 332; Dig. 19, 2, 19.—

In archit.

The triangular area of a pediment, Vitr. 3, 3 med. —

A panel of a door, Vitr. 4, 6 med. —

A part of the clepsydra, called also phellos, Vitr. 9, 9.

tympănum, i (collat. form typă-num, Cat. 63, 8 sq.), n., = tumpanon, a drum, timbrel, tambour, tambourine.

Lit.

Esp., as beaten by the priests of Cybele, Lucr. 2, 618; Cat. 63, 8 sq.; Verg. A. 9, 619; Ov. M. 3, 537; 4, 29; 4, 391; id. F. 4, 213; Plaut. Poen. 5, 5, 38; Caes. B. C. 3, 105; Curt. 8, 11, 20; 8, 14, 10; Tac. H. 5, 5, —Also by the Bacchantine females, Ov. M. 11, 17.—Beaten by the Parthians as a signal in battle in place of the tuba, Just. 41, 2, 8.—

Trop., a timbrel, etc., as a figure of something effeminate, enervating:

tympana eloquentiae,

Quint. 5, 12, 21:

in manu tympanum est,

Sen. Vit. Beat. 13, 3.—

Transf., of things of a like shape.

A drum or wheel, in machines for raising weights, in water-organs, etc., Lucr. 4, 905; Verg. G. 2, 444; Vitr. 10, 4; Plin. 18, 34, 77, § 332; Dig. 19, 2, 19.—

In archit.

The triangular area of a pediment, Vitr. 3, 3 med. —

A panel of a door, Vitr. 4, 6 med. —

A part of the clepsydra, called also phellos, Vitr. 9, 9.

vĭrīlĭtas, ātis, f. [virilis], manhood (perh. not ante-Aug.).

Lit.

The age of manhood, Plin. 33, 12, 54, § 155.—

Abstr., manhood, virility:

Gaiam C. Caesarem, quasi incertae virilitatis, dicere,

Tac. A. 6, 5:

adempta,

id. ib. 6, 31.—

Concr., the organs of generation, Quint. 5, 12, 17; Plin. 7, 4, 3, § 36; cf. Dig. 48, 8, 4 fin.; Mart. 9, 7, 5 al.—Of animals, Col. 6, 26, 3; Plin. 23, 1, 23, § 44.—

Trop., manliness, manly vigor:

sanctitas certe. et, ut sic dicam, virilitas ab his (veteribus Latinis) petenda, etc.,

Quint. 1, 8, 9; Val. Max. 2, 4, 2.

vīs, vis, f., plur. vīres, ĭum (class. only in nom., acc. and abl. sing. and in plur.; gen. sing. very rare; Tac. Or. 26; Dig. 4, 2, 1; Paul. Sent. 5, 30; dat. sing. vi, Auct. B. Afr. 69, 2; C. I. L. 5, 837; collat. form of the nom. and acc. plur. vis, Lucr. 3, 265; 2, 586; Sall. ap. Prisc. p. 707, or H. 3, 62 Dietsch; Messala ap. Macr. S. 1, 9, 14) [Gr. is, Wis, sinew, force; iphi, with might], strength, physical or mental; force, vigor, power, energy, virtue (cf. robur).

Lit.

In gen.

Sing.:

celeritas et vis equorum,

Cic. Div. 1, 70, 144:

magna vis eorum (urorum) et magna velocitas,

Caes. B. G. 6, 28:

contra vim atque impetum fluminis,

id. ib. 4, 17:

tempestatis,

id. B. C. 2, 14:

venti,

Lucr. 1, 271:

solis,

id. 4, 326 (301):

horrida teli,

id. 3, 170:

acris vini,

id. 3, 476:

ferri aerisque,

id. 5, 1286:

veneni,

Cic. Cael. 24, 58 et saep.—

Plur. (most freq. of physical strength):

non viribus aut velocitatibus aut celeritate corporum res magnae geruntur,

Cic. Sen. 6, 17:

nec nunc vires desidero adulescentis, non plus quam adulescens tauri aut elephanti desiderabam,

id. ib. 9, 27:

hoc ali vires nervosque confirmari putant,

Caes. B. G. 6, 21:

me jam sanguis viresque deficiunt,

id. ib. 7, 50 fin.:

perpauci viribus confisi transnatare contenderunt,

id. ib. 1, 53:

nostri integris viribus fortiter repugnare,

id. ib. 3, 4:

lacertis et viribus pugnare,

Cic. Fam. 4, 7, 2:

omnibus viribus atque opibus repugnare,

id. Tusc. 3, 11, 25:

non animi solum vigore sed etiam corporis viribus excellens,

Liv. 9, 16, 12:

validis viribus hastam contorquere,

Verg. A. 2, 50:

quicquid agas, decet agere pro viribus,

with all your might, Cic. Sen. 9, 27; so,

supra vires,

Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 22:

et neglecta solent incendia sumere vires,

id. ib. 1, 18, 85:

seu virium vi seu exercitatione multā cibi vinique capacissimus,

Liv. 9, 16, 13; cf.:

in proelii concursu abit res a Consilio ad vires vimque pugnantium,

Nep. Thras. 1, 4 dub. (Siebel. vires usumque).— Poet., with inf.:

nec mihi sunt vires inimicos pellere tectis,

Ov. H. 1, 109.—

In partic.

Energy, virtue, potency (of herbs, drugs, etc.):

in radices vires oleae abibunt,

Cato, R. R. 61, 1:

vires habet herba?

Ov. M. 13, 942:

egregius fons Viribus occultis adjuvat,

Juv. 12, 42. —

Vis, personified, the same as Juno, Aus. Idyll. de Deis; cf. Verg. A. 7, 432 Serv. —

Hostile strength, force, violence, = bia: EA POENA, QVAE EST DE VI, S. C. ap. Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 3, 5:

cum vi vis illata defenditur,

Cic. Mil. 4, 9; cf.:

celeri rumore dilato Dioni vim allatam,

Nep. Dion, 10, 1:

ne vim facias ullam in illam,

Ter. Eun. 4, 7, 37:

sine vi facere,

id. ib. 4, 7, 20:

vim afferre alicui,

Cic. Caecin. 21, 61; id. Verr. 2, 1, 24, § 62; 2, 4, 66, § 148:

adhibere,

id. Off. 3, 30, 110; id. Cat. 1, 8, 19:

praesidio tam valido et armato vim adferre,

Liv. 9, 16, 4:

iter per vim tentare,

by force, forcibly, Caes. B. G. 1, 14; so,

per vim,

id. B. C. 2, 13; Cic. Att. 7, 9, 4:

ne id quidem satis est, nisi docet, ita se possedisse nec vi nec clam nec precario possederit,

id. Caecin. 32, 92; so the jurid. formula in Lex Thoria ap. Grut. 202, 18; Dig. 41, 1, 22; Ter. Eun. 2, 3, 28:

vis haec quidem hercle est, et trahi et trudi simul,

Plaut. Capt. 3, 5, 92; Ter. Ad. 5, 8, 20:

naves totae factae ex robore ad quamvis vim et contumeliam perferendam (shortly afterwards: tantas tempestates Oceani tantosque impetus ventorum sustineri),

violence, shock, Caes. B. G. 3, 13:

caeli,

a storm, tempest, Plin. 18, 28, 69, § 278.—To avoid the gen. form (v. supra):

de vi condemnati sunt,

Cic. Phil. 2, 2, 4: de vi reus; id. Sest. 35, 75; id. Vatin. 17, 41:

ei qui de vi itemque ei qui majestatis damnatus sit,

id. Phil. 1, 9, 23; cf. id. ib. 1, 9, 21 sq. Halm ad loc.; Tac. A. 4, 13.—

In mal. part., force, violence: pudicitiam cum eriperet militi tribunus militaris... interfectus ab eo est, cui vim adferebat, Cic. Mil. 4, 9:

matribus familias vim attulisse,

id. Verr. 2, 1, 24, § 62:

vis allata sorori,

Ov. A. A. 1, 679:

victa nitore dei vim passa est,

id. M. 4, 233:

vim passa est Phoebe,

id. A. A. 1, 679.—

Transf., concr.

Quantity, number, abundance (cf.: copia, multitudo); with gen.:

quasi retruderet hominum me vis invitum,

Plaut. Ep. 2, 2, 66:

innumerabilis servorum,

Cic. Har. Resp. 11, 22:

in pompā cum magna vis auri argentique ferretur,

Cic. Tusc. 5, 32, 91:

vis magna pulveris,

Caes. B. C. 2, 26:

vis maxima ranunculorum,

Cic. Fam. 7, 18, 3:

argenti,

id. Prov. Cons. 2, 4:

vim lacrimarum profudi,

id. Rep. 6, 14, 14:

odora canum vis,

Verg. A. 4, 132; cf. absol.:

et nescio quomodo is, qui auctoritatem minimam habet, maximam vim, populus cum illis facit,

Cic. Fin. 2, 14, 44.—

Vires, military forces, troops:

praeesse exercitui, ut praeter auctoritatem vires quoque ad coërcendum haberet,

Caes. B. C. 3, 57:

satis virium ad certamen,

Liv. 3, 60, 4:

undique contractis viribus signa cum Papirio conferre,

id. 9, 13, 12:

robur omne virium ejus regni,

the flower, id. 33, 4, 4:

concitet et vires Graecia magna suas,

Ov. H. 15 (16), 340.—

Vires, the virile forces or organs, Arn. 5, 158; 5, 163; Inscr. Orell. 2322; 2332:

veluti castratis viribus,

Plin. 11, 18, 19, § 60; cf.:

vis (= vires) multas possidere in se,

Lucr. 2, 586.—Rarely sing.:

vis genitalis,

Tac. A. 6, 18.—

Trop.

Mental strength, power, force, vigor:

vis illa divina et virtus oratoris,

Cic. de Or. 2, 27, 120:

vis ac facultas oratoris,

id. ib. 1, 31, 142:

suavitatem Isocrates... sonitum Aeschines, vim Demosthenes habuit,

id. ib. 3, 7, 28:

summa ingenii,

id. Phil. 5, 18, 49:

magna vis est conscientiae in utramque partem,

id. Mil. 23, 61:

magna vis est in fortunā in utramque partem,

id. Off. 2, 6, 19:

patriae,

id. de Or. 1, 44, 196:

quod ostentum habuit hanc vim, ut, etc.,

power, effect, id. Div. 1, 33, 73:

qui indignitate suā vim ac jus magistratui quem gerebat dempsisset,

Liv. 26, 12, 8:

hujus conventionis,

Dig. 43, 25, 12.— Plur. (post-Aug.):

eloquentiae,

Quint. 5, 1, 2:

facilitatis,

id. 12, 9, 20:

ingenii,

id. 1, 2, 23; 12, 1, 32:

orationis,

id. 8, 3, 87.—

Transf., of abstr. things, force, notion, meaning, sense, import, nature, essence (cf. significatio):

id, in quo est omnis vis amicitiae,

Cic. Lael. 4, 15:

eloquentiae vis et natura,

id. Or. 31, 112:

vis honesti (with natura),

id. Off. 1, 6, 18; cf. id. Fin. 1, 16, 50:

virtutis,

id. Fam. 9, 16, 5:

quae est alia vis legis?

id. Dom. 20, 53:

vis, natura, genera verborum et simplicium et copulatorum,

i.e. the sense, signification, id. Or. 32, 115:

vis verbi,

id. Inv. 1, 13, 17; id. Balb. 8, 21:

quae vis insit in his paucis verbis, si attendes, si attendes, intelleges,

id. Fam. 6, 2, 3:

quae vis subjecta sit vocibus,

id. Fin. 2, 2, 6:

nominis,

id. Top. 8, 35: metônumia, cujus vis est, pro eo, quod dicitur, causam, propter quam dicitur, ponere, Quint. 8, 6, 23.

viscus, ĕris, and more freq. in the plur.: viscĕra, um, n. [prop. the soft parts; cf.: viscum, viscidus], the inner parts of the animal body, the internal organs, the inwards, viscera (the nobler parts, the heart, lungs, liver, as well as the ignobler, the stomach, entrails, etc.; cf.: ilia, intestina, exta).

Sing.: mortui praecordia et viscus omne, Cels. praef. med.; Lucr. 1, 837; 3, 719; Tib. 1, 3, 76; Ov. M. 6, 290; 15, 365; Luc. 3, 658; Quint. Decl. 1, 14; Nemes. Cyn. 139.—

Plur. (only so in class. prose), Cels. 4, 11; 7, 9, 2; Lucr. 2, 669; 3, 249; 3, 375 al.; Ov. M. 7, 601; 8, 846; 12, 390; 15, 314; id. F. 4, 205 al.—Of the uterus, Quint. 10, 3, 4; Dig. 48, 8, 8.—Of the testicles, Petr. 119; Plin. 20, 13, 51, § 142.—

Transf.

The flesh, as lying under the skin:

cum Herculi Dejanira sanguine Centauri tinctam tunicam induisset, inhaesissetque ea visceribus,

Cic. Tusc. 2, 8, 20: ut multus e visceribus sanguis exeat, Poët. ap. Cic. Tusc. 2, 14, 34:

heu quantum scelus est, in viscera viscera condi!

Ov. M. 15, 88:

boum,

Cic. N. D. 2, 63, 159:

taurorum,

Verg. A. 6, 253; 8, 180.—

The fruit of the womb, offspring, child ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose):

(Tereus) in suam sua viscera congerit alvum,

Ov. M. 6, 651; 8, 478; 10, 465; id. H. 11, 118; cf. Curt. 4, 14, 22:

viscera sua flammis inicere,

i. e. one's own writings, Quint. 6, praef. § 3 Spald.—

Trop., like our bowels, for the interior, inward or inmost part:

itum est in viscera terrae,

Ov. M. 1, 138:

montis (Aetnae),

Verg. A. 3, 575:

in medullis populi Romani ac visceribus haerebant,

Cic. Phil. 1, 15, 36:

in venis atque in visceribus rei publicae,

id. Cat. 1, 13, 31; cf. id. Tusc. 4, 11, 24:

haec in dicendo non extrinsecus alicunde quaerenda, sed ex ipsis visceribus causae sumenda sunt,

id. de Or. 2, 78, 318: quae (enkeleusmata) mihi in visceribus haerent, id. Att. 6, 1, 8:

neu patriae validas in viscera vertite vires,

i. e. her own citizens, Verg. A. 6, 833:

de visceribus tuis,

i. e. from your means, property, Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 3, 7; so,

aerarii,

id. Dom. 47 fin.: magnarum domuum, the heart, i. e. the favorite, Juv. 3, 72.

viscus, i, v. viscum init.

viscus, ĕris, and more freq. in the plur.: viscĕra, um, n. [prop. the soft parts; cf.: viscum, viscidus], the inner parts of the animal body, the internal organs, the inwards, viscera (the nobler parts, the heart, lungs, liver, as well as the ignobler, the stomach, entrails, etc.; cf.: ilia, intestina, exta).

Sing.: mortui praecordia et viscus omne, Cels. praef. med.; Lucr. 1, 837; 3, 719; Tib. 1, 3, 76; Ov. M. 6, 290; 15, 365; Luc. 3, 658; Quint. Decl. 1, 14; Nemes. Cyn. 139.—

Plur. (only so in class. prose), Cels. 4, 11; 7, 9, 2; Lucr. 2, 669; 3, 249; 3, 375 al.; Ov. M. 7, 601; 8, 846; 12, 390; 15, 314; id. F. 4, 205 al.—Of the uterus, Quint. 10, 3, 4; Dig. 48, 8, 8.—Of the testicles, Petr. 119; Plin. 20, 13, 51, § 142.—

Transf.

The flesh, as lying under the skin:

cum Herculi Dejanira sanguine Centauri tinctam tunicam induisset, inhaesissetque ea visceribus,

Cic. Tusc. 2, 8, 20: ut multus e visceribus sanguis exeat, Poët. ap. Cic. Tusc. 2, 14, 34:

heu quantum scelus est, in viscera viscera condi!

Ov. M. 15, 88:

boum,

Cic. N. D. 2, 63, 159:

taurorum,

Verg. A. 6, 253; 8, 180.—

The fruit of the womb, offspring, child ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose):

(Tereus) in suam sua viscera congerit alvum,

Ov. M. 6, 651; 8, 478; 10, 465; id. H. 11, 118; cf. Curt. 4, 14, 22:

viscera sua flammis inicere,

i. e. one's own writings, Quint. 6, praef. § 3 Spald.—

Trop., like our bowels, for the interior, inward or inmost part:

itum est in viscera terrae,

Ov. M. 1, 138:

montis (Aetnae),

Verg. A. 3, 575:

in medullis populi Romani ac visceribus haerebant,

Cic. Phil. 1, 15, 36:

in venis atque in visceribus rei publicae,

id. Cat. 1, 13, 31; cf. id. Tusc. 4, 11, 24:

haec in dicendo non extrinsecus alicunde quaerenda, sed ex ipsis visceribus causae sumenda sunt,

id. de Or. 2, 78, 318: quae (enkeleusmata) mihi in visceribus haerent, id. Att. 6, 1, 8:

neu patriae validas in viscera vertite vires,

i. e. her own citizens, Verg. A. 6, 833:

de visceribus tuis,

i. e. from your means, property, Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 3, 7; so,

aerarii,

id. Dom. 47 fin.: magnarum domuum, the heart, i. e. the favorite, Juv. 3, 72.

viscus, i, v. viscum init.