pāstōrālis

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cănis ( cănes, Plaut. Men. 5, 1, 18; id. Trin. 1, 2, 133; 1, 2, 135; Enn. ap. Varr. L. L. 7, § 32 Müll., or Ann. v. 518 Vahl.; Lucil. ap. Varr. ib.; cf. Charis. 1, 17, p. 118 P.; abl. always cane; gen. plur. canum; v. Neue, Formenl. pp. 223, 258 sq.), comm. [Sanscr. cvan; Gr. kuôn, kunos; Germ. Hund; Engl. hound].

Lit., a dog.

In gen., v. Varr. R. R. 1, 21; 2, 9, 1 sqq.; Plin. 8, 40, 61, § 142 sqq.; Col. 7, 12, 1: tantidem quasi feta canes sine dentibus latrat, Enn. ap. Varr. L. L. 7, § 32 Müll. (Ann. v. 518 Vahl.):

introiit in aedĭs ater alienus canis,

Ter. Phorm. 4, 4, 25: inritata canes, Lucil. ap. Charis. 1, p. 100 P.:

canem inritatam imitarier,

Plaut. Capt. 3, 1, 25:

in Hyrcaniă plebs publicos alit canes, optumates domesticos: nobile autem genus canum illud scimus esse, etc.,

Cic. Tusc. 1, 45, 108:

si lupi canibus similes sunt,

id. Ac. 2, 16, 50:

canes ut montivagae persaepe ferai Naribus inveniunt quietes,

Lucr. 1, 405:

canis acer,

Hor. Epod. 12, 6:

acres,

Varr. R. R. 1, 21:

acriores et vigilantiores,

Cato, R. R. 124:

assiduus,

Col. R. R. 7, 12, 5:

catenarius,

Sen. Ira, 3, 37, 2:

catenă vinctus,

Petr. 29:

Molossi,

Hor. S. 2, 6, 115; cf. Lucr. 5, 1063:

obscenae,

Verg. G. 1, 470; Ov. F. 4, 936:

pastoralis,

Col. 7, 12, 3:

pecuarius,

id. 7, 12, 8:

pulicosa,

id. 7, 13, 2:

rabidi,

Lucr. 5, 892; Sen. Oedip. 932:

rabiosus,

Plin. 29, 4, 32, § 98:

saeva canum rabies,

Prop. 3, 16 (4, 15), 17; Plin. 8, 40, 63, § 152:

est verunculus in linguă canum, quo exempto nec rabidi fuint, etc.,

id. 29, 4, 32, § 100: rabiosa. Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 75:

venatici,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 13, § 31; Nep. Pel. 2, 5:

alere canes ad venandum,

Ter. And. 1, 1, 30; Curt. 9, 1, 31:

vigiles,

Hor. C. 3, 16, 2:

canum fida custodia,

Cic. N. D. 2, 63, 150:

fida canum vis,

Lucr. 6, 1222:

levisomna canum fido cum pectore corda,

id. 5, 864:

caput mediae canis praecisae,

Liv. 40, 6, 1; cf. Curt. 10, 9, 12:

saepe citos egi per juga longa canes,

Ov. H. 5, 20:

canibus circumdare saltus,

Verg. E. 10, 57:

hos non inmissis canibus agitant,

id. G. 3, 371:

leporem canibus venari,

id. ib. 3, 410.—

Esp.

As a term of reproach, to denote,

A shameless, vile person, Plaut. Most. 1, 1, 40; Ter. Eun. 4, 7, 33 Donat. ad loc.; Hor. Epod. 6, 1; cf. id. S. 2, 2, 56; Petr. 74, 9; Suet. Vesp. 13. —

A fierce or enraged person, Plaut. Men. 5, 1, 14, 5, 1, 18; Hyg. Fab. 3; cf. Cic. Rosc. Am. 20, 57; Sen. Cons. Marc. 22, 5.—

As the regular designation of the hangers-on or parasites of an eminent or rich Roman; a follower, dog, creature:

multa sibi opus esse, multa canibus suis quos circa se habuit,

Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 48, § 126:

cohors ista quorum hominum est? Volusii haruspices et Canelii medici et horum canum quos tribunal meum vides lambere,

id. ib. 2, 3, 11, §

28: apponit de suis canibus quendam,

id. ib. 2, 4, 19, § 40; 2, 5, 56, § 146; id. Att. 6, 3, 6; id. Pis. 10, 23.—

In mythical lang.

Tergeminus, i. e. Cerberus. Ov. A. A. 3, 322; id. Tr. 4, 7, 16;

called also viperius,

id. Am. 3, 12, 26:

Tartareus,

Sen. Herc. Fur. 649:

triformis,

id. Herc. Oet. 1202: Echidnaea. Ov. M. 7, 409; cf.:

infernae canes,

Hor. S. 1, 8, 35; Verg. A. 6, 257; Luc. 6, 733. —

Semidei canes, Anubis, Luc. 8, 832.—

Prov.

Stultitia est venatum ducere invitas canes, Plaut. Stich. 1, 2, 82.—

Cane pejus et angui Vitare aliquid, Hor. Ep. 1, 17, 30.—

Ut canis a corio numquam absterrebitur uncto, will never be frightened from the greasy hide, Hor. S. 2, 5, 83.—

Canis caninam non ēst (cf. Engl. dog won ' t eat dog), Auct. ap. Varr. L. L. 7, § 32 Müll.—

A cane non magno saepe tenetur aper, Ov. R. Am. 422.—

CAVE CANEM, beware of the dog, a frequent inscription of warning to trespassers on doors, etc., Petr. 29; Varr. ap. Non. p. 153, 1; Inscr. Orell. 4320. —Hence:

Cave Canem,

the title of a satire by Varro, Non. p. 75, 22.—

Transf. [p. 279]

Esp.:

Canis Major, or simply Canis,

a constellation of twenty stars, Hyg. Astr. 3, 34; of which the brighest is Sirius or Canicula, Cic. N. D. 2, 44, 114; id. Arat. 108 (349); 123 (367); 138 (382); 276 (522); Vitr. 9, 5, 2; Verg. G. 1, 218; 2, 353; Hor. S. 1, 7, 25; id. Ep. 1, 10, 16; Tib. 3, 5, 2; Ov. F. 4, 904; Plin. 18, 26, 64, § 234 sqq.—

Canis Minor, or Minusculus, the Little Dog, = Prokuôn, commonly called Antecanis (hence the plur. canes), Vitr. 9, 52; Plin. 18, 28, 68, § 268; Ov. F. 4, 904.—Acc. to the fable, the dog of Erigone, daughter of Icarius;

hence, Erigoneïus,

Ov. F. 5, 723, and Icarius, id. ib. 4, 939.—

The sea-dog, called canis marinus, Plin. 9, 35, 55, § 110; and mythically, of the dogs of Scylla, Lucr. 5, 890; Verg. A. 3, 432; Tib. 3, 4, 89; Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 56, § 146; Luc. 1, 549 Cort.; Sen. Med. 351.—

The worst throw with dice, the dog-throw (cf. canicula and alea):

damnosi,

Prop. 4 (5), 8, 46; Ov. Tr. 2, 474:

canem mittere,

Suet. Aug. 71; cf. Isid. Orig. 18, 65.—Prov.:

tam facile quam canis excidit,

Sen. Apocol. 10, 2.—

A Cynic philosopher:

Diogenes cum choro canum suorum,

Lact. Epit. 39, 4.—

A kind of fetter, Plaut. Cas. 2, 6, 37 dub. (al. camum; v. camus); cf. 1. catulus.

Cănis, is, m., a small river tributary to the Po, Plin. 3, 16, 20, § 117.

cănis ( cănes, Plaut. Men. 5, 1, 18; id. Trin. 1, 2, 133; 1, 2, 135; Enn. ap. Varr. L. L. 7, § 32 Müll., or Ann. v. 518 Vahl.; Lucil. ap. Varr. ib.; cf. Charis. 1, 17, p. 118 P.; abl. always cane; gen. plur. canum; v. Neue, Formenl. pp. 223, 258 sq.), comm. [Sanscr. cvan; Gr. kuôn, kunos; Germ. Hund; Engl. hound].

Lit., a dog.

In gen., v. Varr. R. R. 1, 21; 2, 9, 1 sqq.; Plin. 8, 40, 61, § 142 sqq.; Col. 7, 12, 1: tantidem quasi feta canes sine dentibus latrat, Enn. ap. Varr. L. L. 7, § 32 Müll. (Ann. v. 518 Vahl.):

introiit in aedĭs ater alienus canis,

Ter. Phorm. 4, 4, 25: inritata canes, Lucil. ap. Charis. 1, p. 100 P.:

canem inritatam imitarier,

Plaut. Capt. 3, 1, 25:

in Hyrcaniă plebs publicos alit canes, optumates domesticos: nobile autem genus canum illud scimus esse, etc.,

Cic. Tusc. 1, 45, 108:

si lupi canibus similes sunt,

id. Ac. 2, 16, 50:

canes ut montivagae persaepe ferai Naribus inveniunt quietes,

Lucr. 1, 405:

canis acer,

Hor. Epod. 12, 6:

acres,

Varr. R. R. 1, 21:

acriores et vigilantiores,

Cato, R. R. 124:

assiduus,

Col. R. R. 7, 12, 5:

catenarius,

Sen. Ira, 3, 37, 2:

catenă vinctus,

Petr. 29:

Molossi,

Hor. S. 2, 6, 115; cf. Lucr. 5, 1063:

obscenae,

Verg. G. 1, 470; Ov. F. 4, 936:

pastoralis,

Col. 7, 12, 3:

pecuarius,

id. 7, 12, 8:

pulicosa,

id. 7, 13, 2:

rabidi,

Lucr. 5, 892; Sen. Oedip. 932:

rabiosus,

Plin. 29, 4, 32, § 98:

saeva canum rabies,

Prop. 3, 16 (4, 15), 17; Plin. 8, 40, 63, § 152:

est verunculus in linguă canum, quo exempto nec rabidi fuint, etc.,

id. 29, 4, 32, § 100: rabiosa. Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 75:

venatici,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 13, § 31; Nep. Pel. 2, 5:

alere canes ad venandum,

Ter. And. 1, 1, 30; Curt. 9, 1, 31:

vigiles,

Hor. C. 3, 16, 2:

canum fida custodia,

Cic. N. D. 2, 63, 150:

fida canum vis,

Lucr. 6, 1222:

levisomna canum fido cum pectore corda,

id. 5, 864:

caput mediae canis praecisae,

Liv. 40, 6, 1; cf. Curt. 10, 9, 12:

saepe citos egi per juga longa canes,

Ov. H. 5, 20:

canibus circumdare saltus,

Verg. E. 10, 57:

hos non inmissis canibus agitant,

id. G. 3, 371:

leporem canibus venari,

id. ib. 3, 410.—

Esp.

As a term of reproach, to denote,

A shameless, vile person, Plaut. Most. 1, 1, 40; Ter. Eun. 4, 7, 33 Donat. ad loc.; Hor. Epod. 6, 1; cf. id. S. 2, 2, 56; Petr. 74, 9; Suet. Vesp. 13. —

A fierce or enraged person, Plaut. Men. 5, 1, 14, 5, 1, 18; Hyg. Fab. 3; cf. Cic. Rosc. Am. 20, 57; Sen. Cons. Marc. 22, 5.—

As the regular designation of the hangers-on or parasites of an eminent or rich Roman; a follower, dog, creature:

multa sibi opus esse, multa canibus suis quos circa se habuit,

Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 48, § 126:

cohors ista quorum hominum est? Volusii haruspices et Canelii medici et horum canum quos tribunal meum vides lambere,

id. ib. 2, 3, 11, §

28: apponit de suis canibus quendam,

id. ib. 2, 4, 19, § 40; 2, 5, 56, § 146; id. Att. 6, 3, 6; id. Pis. 10, 23.—

In mythical lang.

Tergeminus, i. e. Cerberus. Ov. A. A. 3, 322; id. Tr. 4, 7, 16;

called also viperius,

id. Am. 3, 12, 26:

Tartareus,

Sen. Herc. Fur. 649:

triformis,

id. Herc. Oet. 1202: Echidnaea. Ov. M. 7, 409; cf.:

infernae canes,

Hor. S. 1, 8, 35; Verg. A. 6, 257; Luc. 6, 733. —

Semidei canes, Anubis, Luc. 8, 832.—

Prov.

Stultitia est venatum ducere invitas canes, Plaut. Stich. 1, 2, 82.—

Cane pejus et angui Vitare aliquid, Hor. Ep. 1, 17, 30.—

Ut canis a corio numquam absterrebitur uncto, will never be frightened from the greasy hide, Hor. S. 2, 5, 83.—

Canis caninam non ēst (cf. Engl. dog won ' t eat dog), Auct. ap. Varr. L. L. 7, § 32 Müll.—

A cane non magno saepe tenetur aper, Ov. R. Am. 422.—

CAVE CANEM, beware of the dog, a frequent inscription of warning to trespassers on doors, etc., Petr. 29; Varr. ap. Non. p. 153, 1; Inscr. Orell. 4320. —Hence:

Cave Canem,

the title of a satire by Varro, Non. p. 75, 22.—

Transf. [p. 279]

Esp.:

Canis Major, or simply Canis,

a constellation of twenty stars, Hyg. Astr. 3, 34; of which the brighest is Sirius or Canicula, Cic. N. D. 2, 44, 114; id. Arat. 108 (349); 123 (367); 138 (382); 276 (522); Vitr. 9, 5, 2; Verg. G. 1, 218; 2, 353; Hor. S. 1, 7, 25; id. Ep. 1, 10, 16; Tib. 3, 5, 2; Ov. F. 4, 904; Plin. 18, 26, 64, § 234 sqq.—

Canis Minor, or Minusculus, the Little Dog, = Prokuôn, commonly called Antecanis (hence the plur. canes), Vitr. 9, 52; Plin. 18, 28, 68, § 268; Ov. F. 4, 904.—Acc. to the fable, the dog of Erigone, daughter of Icarius;

hence, Erigoneïus,

Ov. F. 5, 723, and Icarius, id. ib. 4, 939.—

The sea-dog, called canis marinus, Plin. 9, 35, 55, § 110; and mythically, of the dogs of Scylla, Lucr. 5, 890; Verg. A. 3, 432; Tib. 3, 4, 89; Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 56, § 146; Luc. 1, 549 Cort.; Sen. Med. 351.—

The worst throw with dice, the dog-throw (cf. canicula and alea):

damnosi,

Prop. 4 (5), 8, 46; Ov. Tr. 2, 474:

canem mittere,

Suet. Aug. 71; cf. Isid. Orig. 18, 65.—Prov.:

tam facile quam canis excidit,

Sen. Apocol. 10, 2.—

A Cynic philosopher:

Diogenes cum choro canum suorum,

Lact. Epit. 39, 4.—

A kind of fetter, Plaut. Cas. 2, 6, 37 dub. (al. camum; v. camus); cf. 1. catulus.

Cănis, is, m., a small river tributary to the Po, Plin. 3, 16, 20, § 117.

cultus, a, um, Part. and P. a., from 1. colo.

cultus, ūs, m. [1. colo].

Prop., a laboring at, labor, care, cultivation, culture (rare):

quod est tam asperum saxetum, in quo agricolarum cultus non elaboret?

Cic. Agr. 2, 25, 66:

agricolae,

id. Leg. 1, 1, 1:

agrorum,

Liv. 4, 12, 7; Quint. prooem. § 26; cf. id. 8, 3, 75:

(oves) neque sustentari neque ullum fructum edere ex se sine cultu hominum et curatione possent,

Cic. N. D. 2, 63, 158; cf.:

cultus et curatio corporis,

id. ib. 1, 34, 94:

omnis cultus fructusque Cereris in iis locis interisse,

id. Verr. 2, 4, 51, § 114.—

Trop.

In gen. (also rare), training, education, culture:

malo cultu corruptus,

Cic. Part. Or. 26, 91:

animi,

mental discipline, id. Fin. 5, 19, 54; cf.:

recti cultus pectora roborant,

Hor. C. 4, 4, 34; id. Ep. 2, 2, 123:

litterarum,

Just. 9, 8, 18; Gell. 14, 6, 1:

quos (barbaros reges) nulla eruditio, nullus litterarum cultus imbuerat,

Sen. Ira, 3, 17, 1:

quid tam dignum cultu atque labore ducamus (sc. quam vocem)?

Quint. 2, 16, 17.—

In partic.

An honoring, reverence, adoration, veneration:

philosophia nos primum ad deorum cultum erudivit,

Cic. Tusc. 1, 26, 64; id. Inv. 2, 53, 161; Ov. M. 2, 425:

exquisitus religionis cultus,

Val. Max. 5, 2, 1; 4, 4, 4.— In plur.:

justis ac piis,

Lact. 4, 3:

de adventu regis et cultu sui,

Tac. A. 2, 58.— Far more freq. and class. in prose and poetry,

Care directed to the refinement of life (opp. to a state of nature), i. e. arrangements for living, style, manner of life, culture, cultivation, elegance, polish, civilization, refinement, etc.:

homines a ferā agrestique vitā ad humanum cultum civilemque deducere,

Cic. de Or. 1, 8, 33; cf.: eadem mediocritas ad omnem usum cultumque vitae transferenda est. id. Off. 1, 39, 140: [p. 489] (Belgae) a cultu atque humanitate provinciae longissime absunt, Caes. B. G. 1, 1; cf. id. ib. 1, 31; Verg. A. 5, 730; and in plur.:

cultusque artesque virorum,

Ov. M. 7, 58:

liberalis,

Liv. 45, 28, 11:

humilis,

id. 1, 39, 3:

agrestis et rusticus,

id. 7, 4, 6; cf.

feri,

Hor. C. 1, 10, 2:

multas (artes) ad animorum corporumque cultum... invexit,

Liv. 39, 8, 3:

regio victu atque cultu aetatem agere,

Sall. C. 37, 6;

so with victus,

Cic. Fam. 9, 3, 1; Caes. B. G. 6, 24; Nep. Alcib. 11, 4 al.; cf. of improvement, cultivation of mind:

animi cultus ille erat ei quasi quidam humanitatis cibus,

Cic. Fin. 5, 19, 54:

non mores patrios solum, sed etiam cultum vestitumque mutavit,

Nep. Paus. 3, 1. —In a bad sense, luxury, voluptuousness, wantonness:

libido stupri, ganeae ceterique cultūs non minor incesserat,

sensual indulgences, Sall. C. 13, 3; cf.:

cultus ac desidia imperatoris,

Liv. 29, 21, 13.—

Transf., of ornaments of style:

in verbis effusiorem, ut ipsi vocant, cultum adfectaverunt,

Quint. 3, 8, 58; so id. 2, 5, 23; 10, 1, 124 al.—

Style of dress, external appearance, clothing, dress, garb, apparel, attire; esp. ornament, decoration, splendid dress, splendor (so most freq.):

aequato omnium cultu,

Liv. 34, 4, 12:

pastoralis,

Vell. 1, 2:

quam maxime miserabilis,

Sall. J. 33, 1; Tert. Hab. Mul. 3:

regius,

Nep. Dat. 3, 1:

militaris,

Liv. 29, 19, 11:

incinctus Gabino cultu,

id. 10, 7, 3:

justo mundior,

id. 8, 15, 7:

amoenior,

id. 4, 44, 11 et saep.; Vell. 2, 40; Quint. 8, prooem. § 20; Suet. Caes. 44 et saep.; Hor. C. 1, 8, 16; 4, 9, 15; Ov. M. 3, 609 et saep.

herba, ae, f. [old Lat. forb-ea; Gr. phorbê; Sanscr. root bhar-, to nourish], springing vegetation, grass, green stalks or blades, green crops, herbage, an herb (cf.:

gramen, faenum, caespes, glaeba): herba cubile Praebebat, multa et molli lanugine abundans,

Lucr. 5, 816:

in molli consedimus herba,

Verg. E. 3, 55:

cum ceteris in campo exercentibus in herba ipse recubuisset,

Cic. de Or. 2, 71, 287:

abicere se in herba,

id. ib. 1, 7, 28:

fusus per herbam (agricola),

Verg. G. 2, 527 al.:

invitant (Pecudes) herbae gemmantes rore recenti,

Lucr. 2, 319; so,

gemmantes rore,

id. 5, 461:

herbae rore vigentes,

id. 2, 361:

teneras per herbas Ludere,

id. 1, 260:

nova tum tellus herbas virgultaque primum Sustulit,

id. 5, 790:

ex quibusdam stirpibus et herbis,

Cic. N. D. 2, 64, 161:

corona ex asperis herbis et agrestibus,

id. Div. 1, 34, 75; cf. ib. 2, 32, 68:

quas herbas pecudes non edunt, homines edunt,

Plaut. Ps. 3, 2, 23 sq.; cf.:

fungos, helvellas, herbas omnes ita condiunt, ut nihil possit esse suavius,

Cic. Fam. 7, 26, 2:

herbis vivis et urticā,

Hor. Ep. 1, 12, 7:

solstitialis herba,

Plaut. Ps. 1, 1, 36:

interim mores mali Quasi herba irrigua succreverunt uberrume,

id. Trin. 1, 1, 9:

fallax veneni,

a poisonous plant, Verg. E. 4, 24:

nulla neque amnem Libavit quadrupes, nec graminis attigit herbam,

a blade, id. ib. 5, 26; cf. Ov. M. 10, 87:

et sulcis frumenti quaereret herbam,

young crop, Verg. G. 1, 134:

novitates si spem afferunt, ut tamquam in herbis non fallacibus fructus appareat, etc.,

Cic. Lael. 19, 68; cf.:

primis segetes moriuntur in herbis,

Ov. M. 5, 4:

Ceres dominum primis fallebat in herbis,

id. F. 4, 645.—So prov.: saepe audivi, inter os atque offam multa intervenire posse; verum vero inter offam atque herbam, ibi vero longum intervallum est, Cato ap. Gell. 13, 17, 1; cf.:

sed nimium properas et adhuc tua messis in herba est,

Ov. H. 17, 263; and:

egone, qui indolem ingenii tui in germine etiam tum et in herba et in flore dilexerim, nunc frugem ipsam maturae virtutis nonne multo multoque amplius diligam?

Front. Ep. ad Anton. 1, 5 Mai.:

omnis illa laus... velut in herba vel flore praecerpta ad nullam certam et solidam pervenit frugem,

Tac. Dial. 9, 5.—Prov.: herbam dare, to own one's self beaten: herbam do cum ait Plautus, significat: victum me fateor; quod est antiquae et pastoralis vitae indicium. Nam qui in prato cursu aut viribus contendebant, cum superati erant, ex eo solo, in quo certamen erat, decerptam herbam adversario tradebant, Paul. ex Fest. p. 99 Müll.; cf. Serv. Verg. A. 8, 128; Varr. ib.; Plin. 22, 4, 4, § 8; Att. and Afran. ap. Non. 317, 18 and 20.—

Transf., weeds, useless plants:

officiant laetis ne frugibus herbae,

Verg. G. 1, 69; 2, 251; cf. id. ib. 2, 411; Plin. 18, 30, 72, § 300.

imbellis ( inb-), e, adj. [id.], unwarlike, unfit for war; peaceful, fond of peace (mostly poet. and in post-Aug. prose; cf.: imbecillis, debilis).

Of living beings:

ut imbelles timidique videamur,

Cic. Off. 1, 24, 83:

ignavi et imbelles,

Liv. 26, 2, 11:

timidi et imbelles,

Quint. 12, 5, 2: ipse acer, bellicosus;

at is, quem petebat, quietus, imbellis, placido ingenio, etc.,

Sall. J. 20, 2:

strenui et imbelles inulti obtruncari,

id. ib. 67, 2:

pro viro forti contra imbellem,

Quint. 3, 7, 19: turba (i. e. non-combatants, women and children), Liv. 32, 13, 14; cf.:

feminae puerique et alia imbellis turba,

id. 38, 21, 14:

imbellis et pastoralis manus,

Vell. 1, 8, 5:

caesorum major numerus et imbellior,

Tac. H. 4, 33:

juventa,

Hor. C. 3, 2, 15:

cervi,

Verg. G. 3, 265; cf.

columba,

Hor. C. 4, 4, 31:

dei,

i. e. Venus and Amor, Ov. Am. 1, 10, 20:

maxime Caesar, qui nunc victor... Inbellem avertis Romanis arcibus Indum,

i. e. deprived of warlike spirit by defeat, Verg. G. 2, 172.—

Of inanim. and abstr. things: itaque videas rebus injustis justos maxime dolere, imbellibus fortes, Cic. Lael. 13, 47:

sic fatus senior, telumque imbelle sine ictu Conjecit,

weak, powerless, Verg. A. 2, 544; cf.

lacerti,

Ov. M. 13, 109:

Tarentum,

peaceful, Hor. Ep. 1, 7, 45:

Asia,

Liv. 9, 19, 10:

nec rem Romanam tam desidem umquam fuisse atque imbellem,

id. 21, 16, 3:

cithara,

Hor. C. 1, 15, 15; cf.

lyra,

id. ib. 1, 6, 10:

plectrum,

Ov. M. 5, 114:

carmen,

Stat. Th. 10, 874:

oliva,

Val. Fl. 5, 362:

fretum,

calm, tranquil, Stat. S. 3, 5, 84; cf. id. Th. 3, 255. —Of time:

tamen ne prorsus inbellem agerent annum,

Liv. 10, 1, 4 (cf.:

ferme bellis otium fuit, § 1): triennium,

id. 4, 20, 9:

permultos annos imbelles agere,

id. 9, 45, 10.

imbellis ( inb-), e, adj. [id.], unwarlike, unfit for war; peaceful, fond of peace (mostly poet. and in post-Aug. prose; cf.: imbecillis, debilis).

Of living beings:

ut imbelles timidique videamur,

Cic. Off. 1, 24, 83:

ignavi et imbelles,

Liv. 26, 2, 11:

timidi et imbelles,

Quint. 12, 5, 2: ipse acer, bellicosus;

at is, quem petebat, quietus, imbellis, placido ingenio, etc.,

Sall. J. 20, 2:

strenui et imbelles inulti obtruncari,

id. ib. 67, 2:

pro viro forti contra imbellem,

Quint. 3, 7, 19: turba (i. e. non-combatants, women and children), Liv. 32, 13, 14; cf.:

feminae puerique et alia imbellis turba,

id. 38, 21, 14:

imbellis et pastoralis manus,

Vell. 1, 8, 5:

caesorum major numerus et imbellior,

Tac. H. 4, 33:

juventa,

Hor. C. 3, 2, 15:

cervi,

Verg. G. 3, 265; cf.

columba,

Hor. C. 4, 4, 31:

dei,

i. e. Venus and Amor, Ov. Am. 1, 10, 20:

maxime Caesar, qui nunc victor... Inbellem avertis Romanis arcibus Indum,

i. e. deprived of warlike spirit by defeat, Verg. G. 2, 172.—

Of inanim. and abstr. things: itaque videas rebus injustis justos maxime dolere, imbellibus fortes, Cic. Lael. 13, 47:

sic fatus senior, telumque imbelle sine ictu Conjecit,

weak, powerless, Verg. A. 2, 544; cf.

lacerti,

Ov. M. 13, 109:

Tarentum,

peaceful, Hor. Ep. 1, 7, 45:

Asia,

Liv. 9, 19, 10:

nec rem Romanam tam desidem umquam fuisse atque imbellem,

id. 21, 16, 3:

cithara,

Hor. C. 1, 15, 15; cf.

lyra,

id. ib. 1, 6, 10:

plectrum,

Ov. M. 5, 114:

carmen,

Stat. Th. 10, 874:

oliva,

Val. Fl. 5, 362:

fretum,

calm, tranquil, Stat. S. 3, 5, 84; cf. id. Th. 3, 255. —Of time:

tamen ne prorsus inbellem agerent annum,

Liv. 10, 1, 4 (cf.:

ferme bellis otium fuit, § 1): triennium,

id. 4, 20, 9:

permultos annos imbelles agere,

id. 9, 45, 10.