pŏtĭo

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pōtĭo, ōnis, f. [id.], a drinking, a drink, draught, abstr. and concr. (class.).

In gen.

Abstr.:

in mediā potione,

Cic. Clu. 10, 30; cf.:

contemptissimis escis et potionibus,

id. Fin. 2, 28, 90.—

Concr.:

cum cibo et potione fames sitisque depulsa est,

Cic. Fin. 1, 11, 37:

multo cibo et potione completi,

id. Tusc. 5, 35, 100:

cibus et potio,

Varr. R. R. 1, 1, 5:

A POTIONE,

a cup-bearer, Inscr. Grut. 578, 1.—

In partic.

A poisonous draught:

potione mulierem sustulit,

Cic. Clu. 14, 40; cf.: potio mortis causa data. Quint. Decl. 350:

haec potio torquet,

Juv. 6, 624.—

A draught or potion given by physicians:

dare potionis aliquid,

Plaut. Men. 5, 5, 21:

potiones ad id efficaces,

Cels. 4, 8.—

A magic potion, philter ( poet.), Hor. Epod. 5, 73.—

Trop.: nam mihi jam intus potione juncea onerabo gulam, load my throat with a draught of rushes, i. e. hang myself with a rope of rushes, Plaut. Stich. 4, 2, 56.

pŏtĭo, īvi, īre, v. a. [potis], to put into the power of, to subject to any one:

eum nunc potivit pater Servitutis,

made a slave of him, reduced him to slavery, Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 23: potitu'st hostium, fallen into the [p. 1409] enemy's hands, id. Capt. 1, 1, 24; 1, 2, 41; 3, 5, 104; cf. id. Ep. 4, 1, 5; 4, 1, 35; Paul. ex Fest. p. 250 Müll.

pŏtĭor, ītus, 4 ( inf. pres. potirier, Plaut. As. 5, 2, 66.—Acc. to the third conj., potĭtur, Enn. ap. Fest. p. 274 Müll. or Ann. v. 78 Vahl.; Verg. A. 3, 56:

capto potĭmur mundo,

Manil. 4, 882; Ov. M. 13, 130; Cat. 64, 402.—Potītur. only in Prisc. 881, and Ov. H. 14, 113. So, poti for potiri, Pac. ap. Non. 475, 29; Enn. ap. Cic. Tusc. 3, 3, 5, acc. to Trag. Rel. p. 56 Rib., and Enn. Trag. v. 260 Vahl.— Act. collat. form pŏtĭo, īre; v. 2. potio), v. dep. n. [potis].

Lit., to become master of, to take possession of, to get, obtain, acquire, receive; constr. with gen., acc., abl., and absol. (class.; syn.: occupo, invado).

With gen.:

illius regni potiri,

Cic. Fam. 1, 7, 5:

urbis potiri,

Sall. C. 47, 2:

vexilli,

Liv. 25, 14:

nemini in opinionem veniebat Antonium rerum potiturum,

Nep. Att. 9, 6:

voti,

Sil. 15, 331.—

With acc. (mostly ante- and post-class.; not in Cic.): regnum, Pac. ap. Non. 481, 32:

sceptrum,

Att. ib. 30; cf.:

Homerus sceptra potitus,

Lucr. 3, 1038:

oppidum, Auct. B. Hisp. 13: summum imperii,

to get possession of the supreme dominion, Nep. Eum. 3, 4; cf.:

regni Persarum potiundi,

id. Ages. 4, 2:

spes urbis potiundae,

Caes. B. G. 2, 7, 2; 3, 6, 2:

in spe urbis hostium potiundae,

Liv. 8, 2, 5; Curt. 8, 11, 19.—

With abl.:

ille hodie si illā sit potitus muliere,

Plaut. Ps. 4, 6, 9:

natura iis potiens,

Cic. Tusc. 3, 18, 41:

si ad decem milia annorum gentem aliquam urbe nostra potituram putem,

id. ib. 1, 37, 90 B. and K.:

imperio totius Galliae,

Caes. B. G. 1, 2:

victoriā,

id. ib. 3, 24:

impedimentis castrisque,

id. ib. 1, 21:

sceptro,

Ov. H. 14, 113: pane, Lucil. ap. Prisc. p. 881 P.: thalamo, Naev. ib.—

Absol.:

libidines ad potiundum incitantur,

Cic. Sen. 12, 39:

potiendi spe inflammati,

id. Fin. 1, 18, 60.—

Transf., to be master of, to have, hold, possess, occupy; with gen., acc., abl., and absol. (class.; syn.: fruor, utor).

With gen.:

Cleanthes solem dominari et rerum potiri putat,

has the chief power in the universe, Cic. Ac. 2, 41, 126:

civitas Atheniensium, dum ea rerum potita est,

id. Rosc. Am. 25, 70:

potiente rerum patre,

Tac. H. 3, 74.—

With acc.:

laborem hunc potiri,

Plaut. Rud. 1, 3, 5:

patria potitur commoda,

Ter. Ad. 5, 4, 17:

gaudia,

id. ib. 22.—

With abl.:

frui iis (voluptatibus), quibus senectus, etiam si non abunde potitur, non omnino caret,

Cic. Sen. 14, 48:

oppido,

Liv. 6, 33:

monte,

have climbed, Ov. M. 5, 254.—

Absol.:

qui tenent, qui potiuntur,

Cic. Att. 7, 12, 3.

pŏtītus, a, um, Part., in a pass. signif., v. 2. potio.

pŏtĭor, ĭus, comp. of potis.

dīlūtus, a, um, P. a., diluted, thin, weak, soft (perh. only post-Aug.).

Lit.:

potio (opp. meraca),

Cels. 1, 3; cf.: vinum dilutius pueris, sonibus meracius, id.; and:

potio quam dilutissima, id.: solum dilutius,

Plaut. 17, 20, 33, § 144; hence also subst., dīlūtum, i, n., a liquid in which something has been dissolved, a solution, Plin. 27, 7, 28, § 46:

rubor,

id. 22, 22, 46, § 92:

amethystus dilutior,

paler, id. 37, 9, 40, § 122;

colos,

id. 37, 5, 18, § 67: urina, Cels. [p. 581] 2, 6: odor, slight, faint (opp. acutus), Plin. 15, 28, 33, § 110 et saep.—

Transf., of a wine-drinker, drunk (opp. abstemius), Aus. Ep. a. Id. 11.—

Trop. (borrowed from colors), clear, manifest:

dilutior erat defectus,

Amm. 20, 3.—

* Adv.: dīlūtē, slightly, weakly: Gallos post haec dilutius esse poturos, Cic. Font. Fragm. ap. Amm. 15, 12, 2; acc. to others an adj., sc. vinum.

dīlūtus, a, um, P. a., diluted, thin, weak, soft (perh. only post-Aug.).

Lit.:

potio (opp. meraca),

Cels. 1, 3; cf.: vinum dilutius pueris, sonibus meracius, id.; and:

potio quam dilutissima, id.: solum dilutius,

Plaut. 17, 20, 33, § 144; hence also subst., dīlūtum, i, n., a liquid in which something has been dissolved, a solution, Plin. 27, 7, 28, § 46:

rubor,

id. 22, 22, 46, § 92:

amethystus dilutior,

paler, id. 37, 9, 40, § 122;

colos,

id. 37, 5, 18, § 67: urina, Cels. [p. 581] 2, 6: odor, slight, faint (opp. acutus), Plin. 15, 28, 33, § 110 et saep.—

Transf., of a wine-drinker, drunk (opp. abstemius), Aus. Ep. a. Id. 11.—

Trop. (borrowed from colors), clear, manifest:

dilutior erat defectus,

Amm. 20, 3.—

* Adv.: dīlūtē, slightly, weakly: Gallos post haec dilutius esse poturos, Cic. Font. Fragm. ap. Amm. 15, 12, 2; acc. to others an adj., sc. vinum.

dīlūtus, a, um, P. a., diluted, thin, weak, soft (perh. only post-Aug.).

Lit.:

potio (opp. meraca),

Cels. 1, 3; cf.: vinum dilutius pueris, sonibus meracius, id.; and:

potio quam dilutissima, id.: solum dilutius,

Plaut. 17, 20, 33, § 144; hence also subst., dīlūtum, i, n., a liquid in which something has been dissolved, a solution, Plin. 27, 7, 28, § 46:

rubor,

id. 22, 22, 46, § 92:

amethystus dilutior,

paler, id. 37, 9, 40, § 122;

colos,

id. 37, 5, 18, § 67: urina, Cels. [p. 581] 2, 6: odor, slight, faint (opp. acutus), Plin. 15, 28, 33, § 110 et saep.—

Transf., of a wine-drinker, drunk (opp. abstemius), Aus. Ep. a. Id. 11.—

Trop. (borrowed from colors), clear, manifest:

dilutior erat defectus,

Amm. 20, 3.—

* Adv.: dīlūtē, slightly, weakly: Gallos post haec dilutius esse poturos, Cic. Font. Fragm. ap. Amm. 15, 12, 2; acc. to others an adj., sc. vinum.

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aspernor (wrongly ads-), ātus, 1, v. dep. a. [for ab-spernor, as as-pello for abpello, as-porto for ab-porto; cf. ab init.; Doed. Syn. II. p. 179, and Vanicek, p. 1182], lit., to cast off a person or thing (ab se spernari; cf. sperno and spernor); hence, to disdain, spurn, reject, despise (simply with the accessory idea of aversion = recuso, respuo, reicio, and opp. to appeto, concupisco; on the other hand, contemnere, not to fear, is opp. to metuere, timere; and despicere, not to value a thing, is opp. to revereri; cf. Doed. Syn. cited supra; class.; very freq. in Cic.;

more rare in the poets): alicujus familiam,

Ter. Phorm. 2, 3, 24 (aspernari = recusare, avertere, non agnoscere, Don.).

Lit.:

gustatus id, quod valde dulce est, aspernatur,

Cic. de Or. 3, 25, 99:

nemo bonus... qui vos non oculis fugiat, auribus respuat, animo aspernetur,

id. Pis. 20; so id. Fat. 20, 47:

regem ut externum aspernari,

Tac. A. 2, 1:

matrem,

id. ib. 4, 57:

de pace legatos haud aspernatus,

id. ib. 15, 27:

hanc (proscriptionem) nisi hoc judicio a vobis reicitis et aspernamini,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 53:

voluptatem appetit, ut bonum: aspernatur dolorem, ut malum,

id. Fin. 2, 10, 31; so,

ut quodam ab hospite conditum oleum pro viridi adpositum, aspernantibus ceteris, solum etiam largius appetisse scribat,

Suet. Caes. 53:

si voluptatem aspernari ratione et sapientiā non possemus,

Cic. Sen. 12, 42:

querimonias alicujus aspernari, contemnere ac neglegere,

id. Verr. 2, 4, 51:

regis liberalitatem,

id. Tusc. 5, 32, 91 al.; Sall. C. 3, 4:

diis aspernantibus placamina irae,

Liv. 7, 3:

deditionem alicujus,

id. 8, 2; 9, 41 et saep.:

consilia,

Tac. G. 8:

sententiam,

id. ib. 11:

honorem,

id. ib. 27:

militiam,

id. H. 2, 36:

disciplinam,

id. A. 1, 16:

virtutem,

id. ib. 13, 2:

panem,

Suet. Ner. 48 fin.:

imperium,

Curt. 10, 5, 13 et saep.:

Interea cave sis nos aspernata sepultos,

Prop. 3, 5, 25: aspernabantur ceteros, * Vulg. Luc. 18, 9:

haud aspernanda precare,

Verg. A. 11, 106; Phaedr. 5, 4, 4.—With inf. as object:

illa refert vultu non aspernata rogari,

Stat. S. 1, 2, 105:

dare aspernabantur,

Tac. A. 4, 46. —In Cic. once, to turn away, avert (not from one's self, but from something pertaining to one's self): furorem alicujus atque crudelitatem a suis aris atque templis, Clu. 68 fin. —

Trop.:

qui colore ipso patriam aspernaris,

deny, Cic. Pis. 1.—

► Pass.: qui habet, ultro appetitur; qui est pauper, aspernatur, is held in contempt, Cic. Fragm. ap. Prisc. p. 792 P.:

regem ab omnibus aspernari, Auct. B. Afr. 93: aspernata potio,

Arn. 5, p. 175.—Hence, aspernanter, adv. (qs. from the part. aspernans, which does not occur), with contempt, contemptuously:

aliquid accipere,

Amm. 31, 4; so Sid. Ep. 7, 2.— Comp., Aug. Mus. 4, 9.— Sup. prob. not used.

aspernor (wrongly ads-), ātus, 1, v. dep. a. [for ab-spernor, as as-pello for abpello, as-porto for ab-porto; cf. ab init.; Doed. Syn. II. p. 179, and Vanicek, p. 1182], lit., to cast off a person or thing (ab se spernari; cf. sperno and spernor); hence, to disdain, spurn, reject, despise (simply with the accessory idea of aversion = recuso, respuo, reicio, and opp. to appeto, concupisco; on the other hand, contemnere, not to fear, is opp. to metuere, timere; and despicere, not to value a thing, is opp. to revereri; cf. Doed. Syn. cited supra; class.; very freq. in Cic.;

more rare in the poets): alicujus familiam,

Ter. Phorm. 2, 3, 24 (aspernari = recusare, avertere, non agnoscere, Don.).

Lit.:

gustatus id, quod valde dulce est, aspernatur,

Cic. de Or. 3, 25, 99:

nemo bonus... qui vos non oculis fugiat, auribus respuat, animo aspernetur,

id. Pis. 20; so id. Fat. 20, 47:

regem ut externum aspernari,

Tac. A. 2, 1:

matrem,

id. ib. 4, 57:

de pace legatos haud aspernatus,

id. ib. 15, 27:

hanc (proscriptionem) nisi hoc judicio a vobis reicitis et aspernamini,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 53:

voluptatem appetit, ut bonum: aspernatur dolorem, ut malum,

id. Fin. 2, 10, 31; so,

ut quodam ab hospite conditum oleum pro viridi adpositum, aspernantibus ceteris, solum etiam largius appetisse scribat,

Suet. Caes. 53:

si voluptatem aspernari ratione et sapientiā non possemus,

Cic. Sen. 12, 42:

querimonias alicujus aspernari, contemnere ac neglegere,

id. Verr. 2, 4, 51:

regis liberalitatem,

id. Tusc. 5, 32, 91 al.; Sall. C. 3, 4:

diis aspernantibus placamina irae,

Liv. 7, 3:

deditionem alicujus,

id. 8, 2; 9, 41 et saep.:

consilia,

Tac. G. 8:

sententiam,

id. ib. 11:

honorem,

id. ib. 27:

militiam,

id. H. 2, 36:

disciplinam,

id. A. 1, 16:

virtutem,

id. ib. 13, 2:

panem,

Suet. Ner. 48 fin.:

imperium,

Curt. 10, 5, 13 et saep.:

Interea cave sis nos aspernata sepultos,

Prop. 3, 5, 25: aspernabantur ceteros, * Vulg. Luc. 18, 9:

haud aspernanda precare,

Verg. A. 11, 106; Phaedr. 5, 4, 4.—With inf. as object:

illa refert vultu non aspernata rogari,

Stat. S. 1, 2, 105:

dare aspernabantur,

Tac. A. 4, 46. —In Cic. once, to turn away, avert (not from one's self, but from something pertaining to one's self): furorem alicujus atque crudelitatem a suis aris atque templis, Clu. 68 fin. —

Trop.:

qui colore ipso patriam aspernaris,

deny, Cic. Pis. 1.—

► Pass.: qui habet, ultro appetitur; qui est pauper, aspernatur, is held in contempt, Cic. Fragm. ap. Prisc. p. 792 P.:

regem ab omnibus aspernari, Auct. B. Afr. 93: aspernata potio,

Arn. 5, p. 175.—Hence, aspernanter, adv. (qs. from the part. aspernans, which does not occur), with contempt, contemptuously:

aliquid accipere,

Amm. 31, 4; so Sid. Ep. 7, 2.— Comp., Aug. Mus. 4, 9.— Sup. prob. not used.

cĭbus, i, m. [perh. root of capio], food for man and beast, victuals, fare, nutriment, fodder (class. in prose and poetry, both in sing. and plur.; syn.: esca, epulae;

opp. potio,

Cic. Fin. 1, 11, 37; cf. id. N. D. 2, 54, 136; so,

cibus potusque,

Tac. A. 13, 16:

cibus et vinum,

Cic. Div. 1, 29, 60; Juv. 10, 203:

unda cibusque,

Ov. M. 4, 262):

cibum capere,

Plaut. Trin. 4, 2, 60; Ter. Eun. 2, 3, 77:

petere,

id. ib. 3, 2, 38; id. Heaut. 5, 2, 25:

capessere (of animals),

Cic. N. D. 2, 47, 122:

sumere,

Nep. Att. 21, 6; Plin. 30, 5, 12, § 36:

tantum cibi et potionis adhibendum, etc.,

Cic. Sen. 11, 36:

digerere,

Quint. 11, 2, 35; cf. id. 11, 3, 19:

coquere,

Varr. R. R. 2, 10, 7:

concoquere,

Cic. Fin. 2, 20, 64:

mandere,

id. N. D. 2, 54, 134:

cibos suppeditare,

id. Leg. 2, 27, 67:

(Cleanthes) negat ullum esse cibum tam gravem, quin is die et nocte concoquatur,

id. N. D. 2, 9, 24; cf.:

suavissimus et idem facillimus ad concoquendum,

id. Fin. 2, 20, 64:

flentes orabant, ut se cibo juvarent,

Caes. B. G. 7, 78 fin.:

cibus animalis,

the means of nourishment in the air, Cic. N. D. 2, 55, 136:

cibi bubuli,

Varr. R. R. 2, 11, 3; 1, 23, 2:

cibus erat caro ferina,

Sall. J. 18, 1:

cum tenues hamos abdidit ante cibus,

the bait, Tib. 2, 6, 24; Ov. M. 8, 856; 15, 476.—

Transf. to the nourishment of plants, the nutritive juice, Lucr. 1, 353; Plin. 17, 2, 2, § 12.—

Trop., food, sustenance (rare):

quasi quidam humanitatis cibus,

Cic. Fin. 5, 19, 54:

cibus furoris,

Ov. M. 6, 480:

causa cibusque mali,

id. R. Am. 138.

circum-fĕro, tŭli, lātum, ferre, v. a. to bear round, or, in gen., to move or carry [p. 338] round or about (class. in prose and poetry).

Prop.:

age circumfer mulsum,

pass around, Plaut. Pers. 5, 2, 45:

satiatis vino ciboque poculum... circumferetur,

Liv. 26, 13, 18:

circumferri vinum largius jubet,

Curt. 7, 4, 7:

hisce (poculis) etiam nunc in publico convivio potio circumfertur,

Varr. L. L. 5, § 122 Müll.:

sanguinem in pateris,

Sall. C. 22, 1; Flor. 4, 1, 4 Duker:

circa ea omnia templa Philippum infestos circumtulisse ignes,

Liv. 31, 30, 7:

reliquias cenae,

Suet. Galb. 22:

lyram in conviviis,

Quint. 1, 10, 19:

codicem,

Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 42, § 104:

filium suis manibus,

Quint. 2, 15, 8:

diuque arma circumferens alia tela clipeo excipiebat, corpore alia vitabat,

Curt. 6, 1, 4:

ter heros Immanem circumfert tegmine silvam,

Verg. A. 10, 887:

pavimenta in expeditionibus,

Suet. Caes. 46:

ubique pellem vituli marini,

id. Aug. 90.—Of books carried about for sale, Quint. 2, 13, 15; 2, 15, 4 al.:

huc atque huc acies circumtulit,

Verg. A. 12, 558; cf.

oculos,

to cast around, Ov. M. 6, 169; 15, 674; Liv. 2, 10, 8; 5, 41, 4; Curt. 6, 11, 36; Val. Max. 7, 2, ext. 2:

vultus,

Ov. M. 3, 241; Suet. Caes. 85.—Mid.:

sol ut circumferatur,

revolve, Cic. de Or. 3, 45, 178; cf.: linea circumferens, the circumference, Gromat. Vet. 5, 10:

nec mirari hominem mercede conductum... ad nutum licentium circumferri,

Curt. 5, 12, 2.—

Trop. (mostly in the poets and histt.), to spread around:

bellum,

Liv. 9, 41, 6; 9, 45, 17; 10, 17, 2; 28, 3, 1; Tac. A. 13, 37 (for which:

spargere bellum,

id. ib. 3, 21):

belli umbram,

Sil. 15, 316:

et circumferentem arma Scipionem omnibus finitimis raptim perdomitis ipsam Carthaginem repente adgressurum credebant,

Liv. 30, 9, 3; Flor. 1, pr. 2;

3, 12, 1: signa,

id. 3, 5, 29:

incendia et caedes et terrorem,

Tac. A. 2, 52; cf.:

terrorem nominis sui late,

Flor. 2, 2, 21:

Caesar circumferens terrarum orbi praesentia pacis suae bona,

Vell. 2, 92, 2; Plin. Pan. 7, 5.—

Of a narrative or discourse, to publish abroad, proclaim, divulge, disseminate among the people, report (prob. nct ante-Aug.):

ut circumferetur M. Philippi factum atque dictum,

Col. 8, 16, 3; Plin. Ep. 3, 11, 1; 6, 8, 2:

illud quidem ingens fama, haec nulla circumfert,

id. ib. 3, 16, 13.—With acc. and inf.:

novi aliquam, quae se circumferat esse Corinnam,

Ov. Am. 2, 17, 29. —Hence, of writings:

circumferri,

to be widely circulated, Quint. 2, 13, 15; 2, 15, 4. —

In the lang. of religion, to lustrate, purify any one by carrying around him consecrated objects (torches, offerings, etc.) = lustrare, purgare:

quaeso quin tu istanc jubes Pro cerritā circumferri?

Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 144: aliquem pro larvato, id. Fragm. ap. Serv. ad Verg. A. 6, 229: tum ferto omnia sum circumlatus, Lucil. ap. Non. p. 261, 27: idem ter socios purā circumtulit undā, carried around pure water, i. e. for purification ( poet. constr. for undam circum socios), Verg. A. 6, 229 Serv. and Wagn.; Veg. 3, 74.—

In rhetoric:

oratio deducta et circumlata,

expanded, drawn out into periods, Quint. 4, 1, 60 Spald.

ē-gĕlĭdus, a, um, adj.

( Ex priv. as in effrenare.) Not cold; lukewarm, tepid ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose):

potio et frigidae propior,

Cels. 4, 18 fin.; cf.

aqua (opp. frigida),

id. 6, 18; cf. Suet. Aug. 82:

tepores,

Cat. 46, 1; cf.

ver (with mollissimus annus), Col. poët. 10, 282: hiemes,

Aus. Ep. 24, 97:

Notus (opp. gelidus Boreas),

Ov. Am. 2, 11, 10:

Mosella,

Aus. Ep. 2, 4.—

( Ex intensive, as in edurus, efferus, etc.) Chilly, chill, cold:

flumen,

Verg. A. 8, 610;

Forbig. ad loc. (Rib. ecgelido): Hister,

Aus. Caes. 21, 1:

aquae,

Plin. 31, 2, 6, § 10: exhalatio, App. de Mundo, 8.

gustus, ūs, m. [kindred with Sanscr. ǵush, to be fond of; Gr. geuô, geuomai, geusis, taste], a tasting of food, a partaking slightly or eating a little of any thing (mostly post-Aug.; not in Cic.; cf.: gustatus, sapor).

Lit.

In gen.:

minister inferre epulas et explorare gustu solitus,

Tac. A. 12, 66:

explorare aliquid gustu,

Col. 1, 8, 18; 2, 2, 20; cf. Plin. 31, 10, 46, § 114:

gustu libata potio,

Tac. A. 13, 16:

cum ille ad primum gustum concidisset,

Suet. Ner. 33:

sine crebro salis gustu,

Plin. 31, 6, 32, § 61.—

In partic.

A light dish at the beginning of a Roman meal, an antepast, whet, relish, = gustatio, Mart. 11, 31, 4; 11, 52, 12:

gustus elementa per omnia quaerunt,

Juv. 11, 14.—Also in a neutr. form:

gustum versatile sic facies,

Apic. 4, 5, § 181 sqq.—

A draught of water:

profer ex illa amphora gustum,

Petr. 77 fin. —

Transf., taste, flavor, = sapor (post-Aug.):

attrahatur spiritu is sucus, donec in ore gustus ejus sentiatur,

Cels. 6, 8, 6; Col. 3, 2, 24; Plin. 14, 1, 3, § 12; 26, 8, 50, § 82; 27, 12, 96, § 121 sq.—

Trop. (post-Aug.).

(Acc. to I. 2. a.) A foretaste, specimen:

ad hunc gustum totum librum repromitto,

Plin. Ep. 4, 27, 5:

expetens versificationis nostrae gustum,

Col. 11, 1, 2:

gustum tibi dare volui,

Sen. Ep. 114, 18.—

(Acc. to I. B.) Taste:

urbanitas significat sermonem praeferentem in verbis et sono et usu proprium quendam gustum urbis,

Quint. 6, 3, 17.

ĭn-horresco, 3, v. inch. n., to send forth sharp points, to rise erect, to bristle up.

Lit.:

gallinae inhorrescunt edito ovo excutiuntque sese,

Plin. 10, 41, 57, § 116: inhorrescit mare, Pac. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 14, 24 (Trag. Rel. v. 411 Rib.): mobilibus veris inhorruit Adventus foliis ( poet. for folia inhorrescunt, varie agitantur auris vernis), Hor. C. 1, 23, 5, v. Orell. ad h. l.:

frigorum impatientia papiliones villis inhorrescunt,

Plin. 11, 23, 27, § 77:

trifolium inhorrescere et folia contra tempestatem subrigere,

id. 18, 35, 89, § 365:

Atlas nemoribus inhorrescit,

Sol. 24.—

Transf., to tremble, shake, shiver.

With fever, Cels. 3, 12 med.:

frigida potio inutilis est iis qui facile inhorrescunt,

id. 1, 3.—With cold:

aër nivibus et glacie inhorrescit,

App. de Mund. p. 58, 33:

cum tristis hiems aquilonis inhorruit alis,

Ov. Ib. 199.—

To quake, shudder, with fear, horror, App. M. 5, p. 172, 22:

solitudo inhorrescit vacuis,

Tac. H. 3. 85; id. A. 11, 28.—Rarely with acc.:

adeo rebus accommodanda compositio, ut asperis asperos etiam numeros adhiberi oporteat, et cum dicente aeque audientem inhorrescere,

Quint. 9, 4, 126.— Transf., to shudder at:

severitatis vim,

Aur. Vict. Caes. 24.