out from their presence

ōs, ōris (no gen. plur.), n. [kindr. with Sanscr. āsya, os, vultus, facies], the mouth (syn. bucca): quam tibi ex ore orationem duriter dictis dedit, Enn. ap. Non. p. 512, 8:

ex ore in ejus os inflato aquam dato palumbo,

Cato, R. R. 90:

ad haec omnia percipienda os est aptissimum,

Cic. N. D. 2, 54, 184:

oris hiatus,

id. ib. 2, 47, 122:

os tenerum pueri,

Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 126:

fetidum,

Cic. Pis. 7, 13:

trilingue,

Hor. C. 2, 19, 31:

os loquentis Opprimere,

Ov. M. 3, 296: in ore omnium esse, to be in everybody's mouth, to be the common talk:

in ore est omni populo,

Ter. Ad. 1, 2, 13:

istius nequitiam in ore vulgi atque in communibus proverbiis esse versatam,

Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 46, § 121:

Harmodius in ore est,

id. Tusc. 1, 49, 116:

in ore omnium,

id. Verr. 2, 2, 23, § 56:

habere aliquid in ore,

to have a thing in one's mouth, be constantly talking of it, id. Fam. 6, 18, 6; id. ib. 5, 16, 2; id. Fin. 3, 11, 37; id. Att. 14, 22, 2:

poscebatur ore vulgi dux Agricola,

with one voice, one consent, unanimously, Tac. Agr. 41.—So, uno ore, unanimously, Ter. Phorm. 4, 3, 20; id. And. 1, 1, 69; Curt. 10, 2, 18; Cic. Lael. 23, 86; Sen. Ep. 81, 31:

uno omnes eadem ore fremebant,

Verg. A. 11, 132: volito vivus per ora virūm, soon become famous, Enn. ap. Cic. Tusc. 1, 15, 34 (Epigr. v. 4 Vahl.):

virūm volitare per ora,

Verg. G 3, 9:

in ora vulgi, or hominum pervenire, or abire,

to get into people's mouths, become the common talk, Cat. 40, 5; Liv. 2, 36, 3:

ire per ora Nomen,

Sil. 3, 135:

hic Graecā doctrinā ore tenus exercitus animum bonis artibus non induerat,

i. e. only as far as his tongue, only so as to talk, Tac. A. 15, 45.—Hence, os suum aperire (eccl. Lat.), to begin to speak, Vulg. Job, 33, 2; id. Ecclus. 51, 33 et saep.:

os alicujus aperire,

to cause to speak, id. Ezech. 33, 22; cf. id. ib. 24, 27;

3, 27.—But: aperuerunt super me os suum, sicut leo,

threatened, Vulg. Psa. 21, 13: os sublinere alicui, to cheat, befool, v. sublino.—

Esp.: pleno ore, i. e. heartily, zealously:

ea nescio quomodo quasi pleniore ore laudamus,

Cic. Off. 1, 18, 61.—

Transf.

In gen.: the face, countenance (syn.:

vultus, facies), acutis oculis, ore rubicundo,

Plaut. Ps. 4, 7, 118:

figura oris,

Ter. Eun. 2, 3, 26: iratorum, [p. 1282] Cic. Off. 1, 29, 102:

in ore sunt omhia, in eo autem ipso dominatus est omnis oculorum,

i. e. every thing depends on the countenance, id. de Or. 3, 59, 221:

in tuo ore vultuque acquiesco,

id. Deiot. 2, 5:

concedas hinc aliquo ab ore eorum aliquantisper,

come out from them, out from their presence, leave them alone, Ter. Heaut. 3, 3, 11. —So of lower animals:

insignis et ore Et rutilis clarus squamis,

Verg. G. 4, 92:

ore rubicundo (gallina),

Plin. 10, 56, 77, § 156:

ales cristati cantibus oris,

Ov. M. 11, 597:

coram in os aliquem laudare,

to praise one to his face, Ter. Ad. 2, 4, 5:

alicui laedere os,

to insult one to his face, id. ib. 5, 4, 10:

praebere os,

to expose one's self to personal insults, id. ib. 2, 2, 7; so,

os praebere ad contumeliam,

Liv. 4, 35:

in ore parentum liberos jugulat,

before their parents' eyes, Sen. Ben. 7, 19, 8:

quae in ore atque in oculis provinciae gesta sunt,

Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 33, § 81:

in ore omnium cotidie versari,

id. Rosc. Am. 6, 16:

ut esset posteris ante os documentum Persarum sceleris sempiternum,

id. Rep. 3, 9, 15:

illos aiunt epulis ante ora positis excruciari fame,

Macr. Somn. Scip. 1, 10, 13:

ante ora conjugum omnia pati,

Liv. 28, 19, 12.—So of the face, front, as indicative of modesty or impudence: os habet, linguam, perfidiam, = Engl. cheek, Plaut. Mil. 2, 2, 33:

os durum!

you brazen face! Ter. Eun. 4, 7, 36:

os durissimum,

very bold, Cic. Quint. 24, 77:

impudens,

Ter. Eun. 3, 5, 49:

quo redibo ore ad eam, quam contempserim?

with what face? id. Phorm. 5, 7, 24; cf. id. ib. 5, 9, 53; id. Heaut. 4, 3, 22; Liv. 26, 32.—Hence, transf., boldness, effrontery, impudence:

quod tandem os est illius patroni, qui, etc.,

Cic. de Or. 1, 38, 175:

nostis os hominis, nostis audaciam,

id. Verr. 2, 2, 20, § 48; id. Rab. Post. 12, 34:

non, si Appii os haberem,

id. Fam. 5, 10, a, 2; id. ib. 9, 8, 1.—On the contrary: os molle, modest, bashful:

nihil erat mollius ore Pompeii,

Sen. Ep. 11, 3.—

The head:

Gorgonis os pulcherrimum, cinctum anguibus,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 56, § 124:

truncis arborum antefixa ora,

Tac. A. 1, 61. —

Speech ( poet.):

ora sono discordia signant,

Verg. A. 2, 423.—

A mouth, opening, entrance, aperture, orifice:

os lenonis aedium,

Plaut. Ps. 4, 1, 41:

porta velut in ore urbis,

Liv. 25, 11 fin.:

ingentem lato dedit ore fenestram,

Verg. A. 2, 482:

Ponti,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 58, § 129:

os atque aditus portus,

id. ib. 2, 5, 12, §

30: specūs,

entrance, Tac. A. 4, 59:

vascula oris angusti,

Quint. 1, 2, 28:

ulceris,

Verg. G. 3, 454:

Tiberis,

Liv. 1, 33:

venarum,

Cels. 2, 7.— Also of the sources of a stream:

fontem superare Timavi, Unde per ora novem, etc.,

Verg. A. 1, 245.—

The beak of a ship:

ora navium Rostrata,

Hor. Epod. 4, 17.—

Os leonis, lion's-mouth, a plant, Col. 10, 98.—

The edge of a sword:

interfecit in ore gladii,

Vulg. 1 Reg. 15, 8; id. 4 Reg. 10, 25 et saep.

ŏs, ossis (collat. form ossum, i, Varr. ap. Charis. p. 112 P.; Att. ap. Prisc. p. 750 ib.; Tert. Carm. adv. Marc. 2, 196: ossu, u, Charis. p. 12 P.—In plur.:

OSSVA for OSSA, freq. in inscrr.,

Inscr. Orell. 2906; 4361; 4806; Inscr. Osann. Syll. p. 497, 1; Cardin. Dipl. Imp. 2, 11: ossuum for ossium, Prud. steph. 5, 111), n. [prop. ossis for ostis, kindred with Sanscr. asthi, os; Gr. osteon; Slav. kostj], a bone (class.).

Lit.:

quid dicam de ossibus?

Cic. N. D. 2, 55, 139:

cur hunc dolorem cineri ejus atque ossibus inussisti? (i. e. mortuo),

id. Verr. 2, 1, 44, § 113; id. ib. 2, 5, 49, § 128: ossa legere, to gather up the bones that remain after burning a corpse, Verg. A. 6, 228; Sen. Ira, 2, 33, 6:

condere,

to bury, Verg. A. 5, 47: ossa legere, to extract fragments of bone from a wound, Sen. Ben. 5, 24, 3; id. Prov. 3; Quint. 6, 1, 30: tum vero exarsit juveni dolor ossibus ingens, in his bones, i. e. in his inmost part, in his soul, Verg. A. 5, 172:

cui versat in ossibus Durus amor,

id. G. 3, 258; id. A. 6, 55; cf. Vulg. Job, 4, 14.—

Transf., the hard or innermost part of trees or fruits:

arborum ossa,

i. e. the inside wood, the heart, Plin. 17, 27, 43, § 252:

olearum ac palmularum,

i. e. the stones, Suet. Claud. 8.—

Trop., the bones, the solid parts or outlines of a discourse:

utinam imitarentur (Atticos dicendo), nec ossa solum, sed etiam sanguinem,

Cic. Brut. 17, 68; cf. id. Fin. 4, 3, 6; Quint. 1, p. 34.

ōs, ōris (no gen. plur.), n. [kindr. with Sanscr. āsya, os, vultus, facies], the mouth (syn. bucca): quam tibi ex ore orationem duriter dictis dedit, Enn. ap. Non. p. 512, 8:

ex ore in ejus os inflato aquam dato palumbo,

Cato, R. R. 90:

ad haec omnia percipienda os est aptissimum,

Cic. N. D. 2, 54, 184:

oris hiatus,

id. ib. 2, 47, 122:

os tenerum pueri,

Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 126:

fetidum,

Cic. Pis. 7, 13:

trilingue,

Hor. C. 2, 19, 31:

os loquentis Opprimere,

Ov. M. 3, 296: in ore omnium esse, to be in everybody's mouth, to be the common talk:

in ore est omni populo,

Ter. Ad. 1, 2, 13:

istius nequitiam in ore vulgi atque in communibus proverbiis esse versatam,

Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 46, § 121:

Harmodius in ore est,

id. Tusc. 1, 49, 116:

in ore omnium,

id. Verr. 2, 2, 23, § 56:

habere aliquid in ore,

to have a thing in one's mouth, be constantly talking of it, id. Fam. 6, 18, 6; id. ib. 5, 16, 2; id. Fin. 3, 11, 37; id. Att. 14, 22, 2:

poscebatur ore vulgi dux Agricola,

with one voice, one consent, unanimously, Tac. Agr. 41.—So, uno ore, unanimously, Ter. Phorm. 4, 3, 20; id. And. 1, 1, 69; Curt. 10, 2, 18; Cic. Lael. 23, 86; Sen. Ep. 81, 31:

uno omnes eadem ore fremebant,

Verg. A. 11, 132: volito vivus per ora virūm, soon become famous, Enn. ap. Cic. Tusc. 1, 15, 34 (Epigr. v. 4 Vahl.):

virūm volitare per ora,

Verg. G 3, 9:

in ora vulgi, or hominum pervenire, or abire,

to get into people's mouths, become the common talk, Cat. 40, 5; Liv. 2, 36, 3:

ire per ora Nomen,

Sil. 3, 135:

hic Graecā doctrinā ore tenus exercitus animum bonis artibus non induerat,

i. e. only as far as his tongue, only so as to talk, Tac. A. 15, 45.—Hence, os suum aperire (eccl. Lat.), to begin to speak, Vulg. Job, 33, 2; id. Ecclus. 51, 33 et saep.:

os alicujus aperire,

to cause to speak, id. Ezech. 33, 22; cf. id. ib. 24, 27;

3, 27.—But: aperuerunt super me os suum, sicut leo,

threatened, Vulg. Psa. 21, 13: os sublinere alicui, to cheat, befool, v. sublino.—

Esp.: pleno ore, i. e. heartily, zealously:

ea nescio quomodo quasi pleniore ore laudamus,

Cic. Off. 1, 18, 61.—

Transf.

In gen.: the face, countenance (syn.:

vultus, facies), acutis oculis, ore rubicundo,

Plaut. Ps. 4, 7, 118:

figura oris,

Ter. Eun. 2, 3, 26: iratorum, [p. 1282] Cic. Off. 1, 29, 102:

in ore sunt omhia, in eo autem ipso dominatus est omnis oculorum,

i. e. every thing depends on the countenance, id. de Or. 3, 59, 221:

in tuo ore vultuque acquiesco,

id. Deiot. 2, 5:

concedas hinc aliquo ab ore eorum aliquantisper,

come out from them, out from their presence, leave them alone, Ter. Heaut. 3, 3, 11. —So of lower animals:

insignis et ore Et rutilis clarus squamis,

Verg. G. 4, 92:

ore rubicundo (gallina),

Plin. 10, 56, 77, § 156:

ales cristati cantibus oris,

Ov. M. 11, 597:

coram in os aliquem laudare,

to praise one to his face, Ter. Ad. 2, 4, 5:

alicui laedere os,

to insult one to his face, id. ib. 5, 4, 10:

praebere os,

to expose one's self to personal insults, id. ib. 2, 2, 7; so,

os praebere ad contumeliam,

Liv. 4, 35:

in ore parentum liberos jugulat,

before their parents' eyes, Sen. Ben. 7, 19, 8:

quae in ore atque in oculis provinciae gesta sunt,

Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 33, § 81:

in ore omnium cotidie versari,

id. Rosc. Am. 6, 16:

ut esset posteris ante os documentum Persarum sceleris sempiternum,

id. Rep. 3, 9, 15:

illos aiunt epulis ante ora positis excruciari fame,

Macr. Somn. Scip. 1, 10, 13:

ante ora conjugum omnia pati,

Liv. 28, 19, 12.—So of the face, front, as indicative of modesty or impudence: os habet, linguam, perfidiam, = Engl. cheek, Plaut. Mil. 2, 2, 33:

os durum!

you brazen face! Ter. Eun. 4, 7, 36:

os durissimum,

very bold, Cic. Quint. 24, 77:

impudens,

Ter. Eun. 3, 5, 49:

quo redibo ore ad eam, quam contempserim?

with what face? id. Phorm. 5, 7, 24; cf. id. ib. 5, 9, 53; id. Heaut. 4, 3, 22; Liv. 26, 32.—Hence, transf., boldness, effrontery, impudence:

quod tandem os est illius patroni, qui, etc.,

Cic. de Or. 1, 38, 175:

nostis os hominis, nostis audaciam,

id. Verr. 2, 2, 20, § 48; id. Rab. Post. 12, 34:

non, si Appii os haberem,

id. Fam. 5, 10, a, 2; id. ib. 9, 8, 1.—On the contrary: os molle, modest, bashful:

nihil erat mollius ore Pompeii,

Sen. Ep. 11, 3.—

The head:

Gorgonis os pulcherrimum, cinctum anguibus,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 56, § 124:

truncis arborum antefixa ora,

Tac. A. 1, 61. —

Speech ( poet.):

ora sono discordia signant,

Verg. A. 2, 423.—

A mouth, opening, entrance, aperture, orifice:

os lenonis aedium,

Plaut. Ps. 4, 1, 41:

porta velut in ore urbis,

Liv. 25, 11 fin.:

ingentem lato dedit ore fenestram,

Verg. A. 2, 482:

Ponti,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 58, § 129:

os atque aditus portus,

id. ib. 2, 5, 12, §

30: specūs,

entrance, Tac. A. 4, 59:

vascula oris angusti,

Quint. 1, 2, 28:

ulceris,

Verg. G. 3, 454:

Tiberis,

Liv. 1, 33:

venarum,

Cels. 2, 7.— Also of the sources of a stream:

fontem superare Timavi, Unde per ora novem, etc.,

Verg. A. 1, 245.—

The beak of a ship:

ora navium Rostrata,

Hor. Epod. 4, 17.—

Os leonis, lion's-mouth, a plant, Col. 10, 98.—

The edge of a sword:

interfecit in ore gladii,

Vulg. 1 Reg. 15, 8; id. 4 Reg. 10, 25 et saep.

ŏs, ossis (collat. form ossum, i, Varr. ap. Charis. p. 112 P.; Att. ap. Prisc. p. 750 ib.; Tert. Carm. adv. Marc. 2, 196: ossu, u, Charis. p. 12 P.—In plur.:

OSSVA for OSSA, freq. in inscrr.,

Inscr. Orell. 2906; 4361; 4806; Inscr. Osann. Syll. p. 497, 1; Cardin. Dipl. Imp. 2, 11: ossuum for ossium, Prud. steph. 5, 111), n. [prop. ossis for ostis, kindred with Sanscr. asthi, os; Gr. osteon; Slav. kostj], a bone (class.).

Lit.:

quid dicam de ossibus?

Cic. N. D. 2, 55, 139:

cur hunc dolorem cineri ejus atque ossibus inussisti? (i. e. mortuo),

id. Verr. 2, 1, 44, § 113; id. ib. 2, 5, 49, § 128: ossa legere, to gather up the bones that remain after burning a corpse, Verg. A. 6, 228; Sen. Ira, 2, 33, 6:

condere,

to bury, Verg. A. 5, 47: ossa legere, to extract fragments of bone from a wound, Sen. Ben. 5, 24, 3; id. Prov. 3; Quint. 6, 1, 30: tum vero exarsit juveni dolor ossibus ingens, in his bones, i. e. in his inmost part, in his soul, Verg. A. 5, 172:

cui versat in ossibus Durus amor,

id. G. 3, 258; id. A. 6, 55; cf. Vulg. Job, 4, 14.—

Transf., the hard or innermost part of trees or fruits:

arborum ossa,

i. e. the inside wood, the heart, Plin. 17, 27, 43, § 252:

olearum ac palmularum,

i. e. the stones, Suet. Claud. 8.—

Trop., the bones, the solid parts or outlines of a discourse:

utinam imitarentur (Atticos dicendo), nec ossa solum, sed etiam sanguinem,

Cic. Brut. 17, 68; cf. id. Fin. 4, 3, 6; Quint. 1, p. 34.

ŏcŭlus (sync. oclus, Prud. steph. 10, 592 dub.), i, m. [kindr. with Sanscr. akshi and aksha, from the root ītsh, videre; Gr. ossomai, osse; Goth. augō; Germ. Auge; Engl. eye], an eye.

Lit.:

quae (natura) primum oculos membranis tenuissimis vestivit et saepsit... sed lubricos oculos fecit et mobiles,

Cic. N. D. 2, 57, 142; cf. Cels. 7, 7, 13; Plin. 11, 37, 52, § 139 sq.; Cic. de Or. 3, 59, 221:

venusti,

id. Tusc. 5, 16, 46:

eminentes,

prominent, id. Vatin. 2, 4:

oculi tanquam speculatores,

id. N. D. 2, 57, 140:

acuti,

id. Planc. 27, 69:

maligni,

Verg. A. 5, 654:

minaces,

Luc. 2, 26: oculos conicere in aliquem, to cast or fix one's eyes upon, Cic. Clu. 19, 54:

oculos conjecit in hostem,

Verg. A. 12, 483: adicere alicui rei, to cast one's eyes upon, glance at:

ad eorum ne quem oculos adiciat suos,

Plaut. As. 4, 1, 24; to covet, Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 15, § 37:

adicere ad rem aliquam,

id. Agr. 2, 10, 25:

de aliquo nusquam deicere,

to never turn one's eyes away from, to regard with fixed attention, id. Verr. 2, 4, 15, § 33:

deicere ab aliquā re,

to turn away, id. Phil. 1, 1, 1:

in terram figere,

to fix one's eyes upon the ground, Tac. H. 4, 72:

deicere in terram,

to cast down to, Quint. 1, 11, 9:

demittere,

Ov. M. 15, 612:

erigere,

id. ib. 4, 146: attollere. Verg. A. 4, 688; Ov. M. 2, 448:

circumferre,

id. ib. 6, 169:

premere,

Verg. A. 9, 487: deponere, to fix, Hor C. 1, 36, 18:

distorquere,

id. S. 1, 9, 65:

spargere,

to direct hither and thither, Pers. 5, 33:

oculis cernere,

to see with one's own eyes, Nep. Timol. 2, 2:

oculos auferre spectanti,

to blind the eyes of an observer, to cheat him before his eyes, Liv. 6, 15 fin.: ponere sibi aliquid ante oculos. i. e. to imagine to one's self any thing, Cic. Agr. 2, 20, 53:

proponere oculis suis aliquid,

id. Sest. 7, 17:

esse ante oculos,

to be before one's eyes, id. Lael. 11, 38: res posita in oculis, and ante oculos, that lies before one's eyes, is apparent, evident:

de rebus ante oculos positis,

id. Ac. 1, 2, 5:

omnia sunt enim posita ante oculos,

id. de Or. 1, 43, 192:

inque meis oculis candida Delos erat,

before my eyes, Ov. H. 21, 82: vivere in oculis, habitare in oculis, to live in the sight of, in the presence of, in intercourse with:

in maximā celebritate atque in oculis civium quondam viximus,

Cic. Off. 3, 1, 3:

habitavi in oculis,

id. Planc. 27, 66; cf.:

in foro palam Syracusis in ore atque in oculis provinciae,

id. Verr. 2, 2, 33, § 81; Liv. 22, 12; 35, 10; Tac. H. 4, 77:

habere in oculis,

to keep in sight, to watch, observe, Plaut. Ps. 3, 2, 66:

in oculis omnium submergi,

Curt. 9, 4, 11:

se ante oculos suos trucidari sinerent,

Liv. 2, 6, 2; 4, 14, 5; Auct. Her. 4, 36, 48: ab oculis alicujus abire (ire), to leave one's presence:

Abin' hinc ab oculis?

Plaut. Trin. 4, 2, 147; id. Truc. 2, 5, 24; Sen. Ep. 36, 10; cf.:

ab oculis recedere,

Plin. Ep. 2, 1, 11:

ab oculis concedere,

Cic. Cat. 1, 7, 17:

(angues) conspecti repente ex oculis abierunt,

out of sight, Liv. 25, 16, 2:

prodigii species ex oculis elapsa,

id. 26, 19, 7:

(avem) ablatam ex oculis,

Tac. H. 2, 50:

facesserent propere ex urbe ab ore atque oculis populi Romani,

Liv. 6, 17, 8:

sub oculis alicujus,

before a person's eyes, in his presence, Caes. B. C. 1, 71; Vell. 2, 79, 4:

sub oculis domini esse,

Col. 9, 5, 2:

quos honores sub oculis tuis gessit,

Plin. Ep. 10, 11, 2:

sub avi oculis necari,

Just. 1, 4, 5; Flor. 4, 7, 8:

hostes sub oculis erant,

Liv. 22, 14, 3; 26, 38, 9:

sub oculis Caesaris,

Tac. A. 2, 35: hunc oculis suis nostrarum numquam quisquam vidit, with his own eyes, i. e. actually, in person, Ter. Eun. 4, 4, 10:

numquam ante hunc diem meis oculis eam videram,

id. Hec. 5, 4, 23: ad oculum, for display, to be seen:

non ad oculum servientes,

Vulg. Eph. 1, 18; id. Col. 3, 22.—As a term of endearment, the apple of my eye, my darling:

ubi isti sunt quibus vos oculi estis, quibus vitae estis, quibus deliciae?

Plaut. Ps. 1, 2, 46:

bene vale, ocule mi!

id. Curc. 1, 3, 47 —Hence, in a double sense:

par oculorum in amicitiā M. Antonii triumviri,

Suet. Rhet. 5.—The ancients swore by their eyes:

si voltis per oculos jurare, nihilo magis facietis,

Plaut. Men. 5, 9, 1.—

Transf.

The power of seeing, sight, vision: ut eum quoque oculum, quo bene videret, amitteret, lost, i. e. became blind, Cic. Div. 1, 24, 48:

oculos perdere,

id. Har. Resp. 18, 37:

restituere alicui,

Suet. Vesp. 7; cf.:

oculis usurpare rem,

i. e. see, Lucr. 1, 301.—

A luminary, said of the sun and stars ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose): mundi oculus. i. e. the sun, Ov. M. 4, 228:

stellarum oculi,

Plin. 2, 5, 4, § 10.—

A spot resembling an eye, as on a panther's hide, a peacock's tail, etc., Plin. 8, 17, 23, § 62:

pavonum caudae,

id. 13, 15, 30, § 96. —So arch. t. t.:

oculus volutae,

Vitr. 3, 5. —

Of plants.

An eye, bud, bourgeon: oculos imponere, i. e. to bud, inoculate, Verg. G. 2, 73:

gemmans,

Col. 4, 24, 16.—

A bulb or knob on many roots, on the reed, etc.:

harundinis,

Cato, R. R. 6, 3; Varr. R. R. 1, 24, 3:

seritur harundo bulbo radicis, quem alii oculum vocant,

Plin. 17, 20, 33, § 144.—

A plant, called also aizoum majus, Plin. 25, 13, 102, § 160. —

Trop.

A principal ornament: hi duo illos oculos orae maritimae effoderunt ( Corinth and Carthage), Cic. N. D. 3, 38, 91:

ex duobus Graeciae oculis,

i. e. Athens and Sparta, Just. 5, 8, 4.—

The eye of the soul, the mind's eye:

eloquentiam quam nullis nisi mentis oculis videre possumus,

Cic. Or. 29, 101:

acrioribus mentis oculis intueri,

Col. 3, 8, 1:

oculos pascere re aliquā,

to feast one's eyes on any thing, Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 26, § 65; cf.:

concupiscentia oculorum,

Vulg. 1 Joh. 2, 16: fructum oculis (dat.) capere ex aliquā re, Nep. Eum. 11, 2: oculi dolent, the eyes ache, i. e. one is afflicted by something seen, Ter. Ph. 5, 8, 64; Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 14, 1; cf.:

pietas, pater, oculis dolorem prohibet,

i. e. forbids me to take offence, Plaut. As. 5, 1, 4: in oculis, in the eye, i. e. in view, hoped or expected:

frumenti spes, quae in oculis fuerat, utrosque frustrata pariter,

Liv. 26, 39, 23:

acies et arma in oculis erant,

Curt. 3, 6, 3:

Philotae supplicium in oculis erat,

id. 8, 6, 21:

esse in oculis,

to be beloved, esteemed, Cic. Att. 6, 2, 5:

esse in oculis multitudinis,

id. Tusc. 2, 26, 63: ferre, gestare in oculis, to love, esteem, value:

oderat tum, cum, etc....jam fert in oculis,

id. Phil. 6, 4, 11:

rex te ergo in oculis,

Ter. Eun. 3, 1, 11: aequis oculis videre, i. e. contentedly, with satisfaction (like aequo animo), Curt. 8, 2, 9: ante oculos, in mind, in view:

mors ante oculos debet esse,

Sen. Ep. 12, 6; Plin. Ep. 3, 16, 6; also plain, obvious:

simul est illud ante oculos,

Cic. de Or. 2, 85, 349:

sit ante oculos Nero,

i. e. set him before you, consider him, Tac. H. 1, 16: ante oculos habere, to keep in mind (post-class.):

habe ante oculos hanc esse terram,

Plin. Ep. 8, 24, 4:

mortalitatem,

id. ib. 2, 10, 4; Just. 5, 6, 1; for which (late Lat.) prae oculis: prae oculis habere terrorem futuri judicii, Greg. M. Ep. 2, 48;

3, 27 al.: nec jam fas ullum prae oculis habent,

Amm. 30, 4, 18: ob oculos versari, to be before the mind, etc.:

mors (ei) ob oculos versatur,

Cic. Rab. Post. 14, 39; Liv. 28, 19, 14; cf.:

usu versatur ante oculos vobis Glaucia,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 35, 98; id. Fin. 2, 22, 75; 5, 1, 3; id. Dom. 55, 141; Liv. 34, 36, 6: ponere aliquid ante oculos, to call up in mind, imagine, etc.:

eā (translatione) utimur rei ante oculos ponendae causā,

Auct. Her. 4, 34, 45:

ora eorum ponite vobis ante oculos,

Cic. Phil. 13, 2, 4:

calamitatem Cottae sibi ante oculos ponunt,

Caes. B. G. 6, 37:

exsilium Cn. Marci sibi proponunt ante oculos,

Liv. 2, 54, 6:

conjurationem ante oculos ponere,

id. 24, 24, 8:

studia eorum vobis ante oculos proponere,

Auct. Her. 4, 36, 48;

rarely: constituere sibi aliquid ante oculos,

Cic. Cael. 32, 79; Aug. Serm. 233, 3: ante oculos ponere (proponere), with ellips. of dat. of person, Cic. Marc. 2, 5; id. Deiot. 7, 20; id. Phil. 2, 45, 115; 11, 3, 7; id. N. D. 1, 41, 114:

nec a re publicā deiciebam oculos,

id. Phil. 1, 1, 1.

mĕdĭus, a, um, adj. [Sanscr. madhya, the same; Gr. mesos; Angl. - Sax. midd; Germ. Mitte; cf. dimidius, meridies (medi-), etc.], that is in the middle or midst, mid, middle (class.).

Adj.

Lit.:

terra complexa medium mundi locum,

Cic. Rep. 6, 18, 18; cf. id. ib. 6, 17, 17:

medium mundi locum petere,

id. Tusc. 5, 24, 69:

versus aeque prima, et media, et extrema pars attenditur,

id. de Or. 3, 50, 192:

ultimum, proximum, medium tempus,

id. Prov. Cons. 18, 43:

in foro medio,

in the midst of the forum, Plaut. Curc. 4, 1, 14; Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 3, 6; cf.:

medio foro,

in the open forum, Suet. Claud. 18 al.:

in solio medius consedit,

sat in the middle, Ov. F. 3, 359; Verg. A. 7, 169:

considit scopulo medius,

id. G. 4, 436:

concilio medius sedebat,

Ov. M. 10, 144:

ignes,

Verg. A. 12, 201:

medio tempore,

in the meantime, meanwhile, Suet. Caes. 76: vinum novum, vetus, medium, i. e. neither old nor new, Varr. ap. Gell. 13, 31, 14:

cum plenus fluctu medius foret alveus,

full to the middle, Juv. 12, 30.—With dat.:

Peloponnesii Megaram, mediam Corintho Athenisque urbem, condidere,

midway between Corinth and Athens, Vell. 1, 2, 4.—With abl.:

si medius Polluce et Castore ponar,

between, Ov. Am. 2, 16, 13.—With inter:

cum inter bellum et pacem medium nihil sit,

there is no medium, no middle course between, Cic. Phil. 8, 1, 4:

inter quos numeros duo medii inveniuntur (sc. numeri),

Mart. Cap. 7, § 737.—With gen.:

locus medius regionum earum,

half-way between, Caes. B. G. 4, 19:

locus medius juguli summique lacerti,

between, Ov. M. 6, 409; 5, 564:

et medius juvenum ibat,

id. F. 5, 67:

medius silentūm,

Stat. Th. 4, 683.—With ex:

medius ex tribus,

Sall. J. 11, 3:

medium arripere aliquem,

to seize one by the middle, around the body, Ter. Ad. 3, 2, 18:

juvenem medium complectitur,

Liv. 23, 9, 9:

Alcides medium tenuit,

held him fast by the middle, Luc. 4, 652:

medium ostendere unguem,

to point with the middle finger, Juv. 10, 53.—

Transf., half (ante- and postclass.):

hieme demunt cibum medium,

half their food, Varr. R. R. 3, 7, 9:

scrupulum croci,

Pall. Jan. 18: aurum... Italicis totum, medium provincialibus reddidit, Capitol. Anton. Pius, 4 fin. —

Trop., of the middle, not very great or small, middling, medial, moderate.

Of age:

aetatis mediae vir,

of middle age, Phaedr. 2, 2, 3.—

Of plans, purposes, etc.:

nihil medium, nec spem nec curam, sed immensa omnia volventes animo,

Liv. 2, 49, 5:

medium quiddam tenere,

Plin. Ep. 4, 9, 9.—

Of intellect:

eloquentiā medius,

middling, tolerable, Vell. 2, 29, 2:

ingenium,

moderate, Tac. H. 1, 49.—

Undetermined, undecided:

medios esse,

i. e. neutral, Cic. Att. 10, 8, 4:

medium se gerere,

Liv. 2, 27:

se dubium mediumque partibus praestitit,

Vell. 2, 21, 1; cf.:

responsum,

indefinite, ambiguous, Liv. 39, 39: vocabula, that can be taken in a good or bad sense, ambiguous, Gell. 12, 9, 1. —

Indifferent, not imperative: officium, a duty which is not distinctly enjoined by the moral law, but is sustained by preponderant reasoning:

medium officium id esse dicunt (Graeci) quod cur factum sit, ratio probabilis reddi possit,

Cic. Off. 1, 3, 8; cf.:

ex quo intellegitur, officium medium quiddam esse, quod neque in bonis ponatur neque in contrariis,

id. Fin. 3, 17, 58; cf.

sqq. and Madv. ad loc.: artes,

which in themselves are neither good nor bad, indifferent, Quint. 2, 20, 1.—

Intermediate:

medium erat in Anco ingenium, et Numae et Romuli memor,

of a middle kind, resembling each in some degree, Liv. 1, 32, 4:

nihil habet ista res (actoris) medium, sed aut lacrimas meretur aut risum,

Quint. 6, 1, 45:

ille jam paene medius adfectus est ex amoribus et desideriis amicorum,

Quint. 6, 2, 17.—Hence, as subst.: mĕdĭus, i, m., one who stands or comes between, a mediator:

medium sese offert,

as a mediator, Verg. A. 7, 536:

pacator mediusque Syphax,

Sil. 16, 222:

pacis eras mediusque belli,

arbiter, Hor. C. 2, 19, 28; cf.:

nunc mediis subeant irrita verba deis,

oaths in which the gods were called upon to be mediators, Ov. R. Am. 678.—

Central, with ex or in:

ex factione media consul,

fully committed to it, Sall. H. 3, 61, 8;

so (nearly = intimus), viros fortīs et magnanimos eosdem bonos et simplicīs... esse volumus: quae sunt ex media laude justititiae,

these qualities are clearly among those which make uprightness praiseworthy, Cic. Off. 1, 19, 63:

partitiones oratoriae, quae e media illa nostra Academia effloruerunt,

id. Part. Or. 40, 139:

ingressio e media philosophia repetita est,

id. Or. 3, 11; id. Leg. 2, 21, 53:

in medio maerore et dolore,

id. Tusc. 4, 29, 63; id. Q. Fr. 2, 15, 1:

in media dimicatione,

the hottest of the fight, Suet. Aug. 10; cf.:

in medio ardore certaminis,

Curt. 8, 4, 27:

in media solitudine,

the most profound, Sen. Brev. Vit. 12, 2:

in mediis divitiis,

in abundant wealth, id. Vit. Beat. 26, 1:

in medio robore virium,

Liv. 28, 35, 6:

in medio ardore belli,

id. 24, 45, 4:

in media reipublicae luce,

the full blaze of public life, Quint. 1, 2, 18:

media inter pocula,

Juv. 8, 217.—Hence,

Subst.: mĕdĭum, ii, n., the middle, midst.

Lit.

Of space (very rare in Cic.):

in medio aedium sedens,

Liv. 1, 57, 9:

maris,

id. 31, 45, 11; for which, without in, medio aedium eburneis sellis sedere, id. 5, 41, 2:

medio viae ponere,

id. 37, 13, 10:

in agmine in primis modo, modo in postremis, saepe in medio adesse,

Sall. J. 45, 2; for which, without in, medio sextam legionem constituit, Tac. A. 13, 38:

medio montium porrigitur planities,

id. ib. 1, 64:

medio stans hostia ad aras,

Verg. G. 3, 486:

medio tutissimus ibis,

Ov. M. 2, 137:

in medium geminos immani pondere caestus Projecit,

Verg. A. 5, 401:

in medium sarcinas coniciunt,

Liv. 10, 36, 1; 13:

equitatus consulem in medium acceptum, armis protegens, in castra reduxit,

id. 21, 46, 9.— Trop.:

tamquam arbiter honorarius medium ferire voluisse,

to cut through the middle, Cic. Fat. 17, 39:

intacta invidiā media sunt, ad summa ferme tendit,

Liv. 45, 35.—

Of time:

diei,

Liv. 27, 48:

medio temporis,

in the meantime, meanwhile, Tac. A. 13, 28; cf.:

nec longum in medio tempus, cum,

the interval, Verg. A. 9, 395; Ov. M. 4, 167; Plin. Ep. 7, 27, 13.—

Transf.

The midst of all, the presence of all, the public, the community (class.):

in medio omnibus palma est posita, qui artem tractant musicam,

lies open to all, Ter. Phorm. prol. 16:

tabulae sunt in medio,

Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 42, § 104:

rem totam in medio ponere,

publicly, id. ib. 2, 1, 11, §

29: ponam in medio sententias philosophorum,

id. N. D. 1, 6, 13:

dicendi ratio in medio posita,

lies open to all, id. de Or. 1, 3, 12:

rem in medium proferre,

to publish, make known, id. Fam. 15, 27, 6: vocare in medium, before the public, before a public tribunal:

rem in medium vocare coeperunt,

id. Clu. 28, 77:

in medio relinquere,

to leave it to the public, leave it undecided, id. Cael. 20, 48; Sall. C. 19, 16: pellere e medio, to expel, reject, Enn. ap. Cic. Mur. 14, 30 (Ann. v. 272 Vahl.); Cic. Off. 3, 8, 37:

cum jacentia verba sustulimus e medio,

adopt words from the people, common words, id. de Or. 3, 45, 177; cf.: munda sed e medio consuetaque verba puellae Scribite, Ov. A. A. 3, 479: tollere de medio, to do away with, abolish:

litteras,

Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 71, § 176: tollere de medio, to put out of the way, cut off, destroy:

hominem,

id. Rosc. Am. 7, 20:

de medio removere,

to put out of sight, id. ib. 8, 23: e medio excedere or abire, to leave the world, to die:

e medio excessit,

she is dead, Ter. Phorm. 5, 7, 74:

ea mortem obiit, e medio abiit,

id. ib. 5, 8, 30:

tollite lumen e medio,

Juv. 9, 106: recedere de medio, to go away, retire, withdraw:

cur te mihi offers? recede de medio,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 38, 112:

in medio esse,

to be present, Ter. Ad. 3, 5, 32:

in medium venire or procedere,

to appear, come forward, show one's self in public, Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 71, § 175: in medium, before the public, for the public, for the community:

communes utilitates in medium afferre,

id. Off. 1, 7, 22:

consulere in medium,

to care for the public good, for the good of all, Verg. A. 11, 335;

so opp. separantem suas res a publicis,

Liv. 24, 22, 14 sq.; 26, 12, 7:

quaerere,

to make acquisitions for the use of all, Verg. G. 1, 127: cedere, to fall or devolve to the community, Tac. H. 4, 64:

conferre laudem,

i. e. so that all may have a share of it, Liv. 6, 6:

dare,

to communicate for the use of all, Ov. M. 15, 66:

in medium conferre, in gaming,

to put down, put in the pool, Suet. Aug. 71: in medio, for sub dio, in the open air:

scorpios fugari posse, si aliqui ex eis urantur in medio,

Pall. 1, 35, 12.—

A half (ante-class. and post-Aug.):

scillae medium conterunt cum aqua,

Varr. R. R. 2, 7:

scrobem ad medium completo,

Col. Arb. 4, 5.—Hence,

Adv.: mĕdĭē, in the middle, in a middling degree, moderately, tolerably (except once in Tac. only post-class.):

qui noluerant medie,

kept quiet, remained neutral, Tac. H. 1, 19:

nec plane optimi, nec oppido deterrimi sunt, sed quasi medie morati,

App. Dogm. Plat. 2, p. 22, 23; Eutr. 7, 13; Lact. 6, 15 fin.:

ortus medie humilis,

Aur. Vict. Caes. 20.—

Indefinitely, Ambros. in Luc. 8, 17, 34.