palmae

ambō̆, bae, bo, num. ( nom. plur. ambo for ambae, Plaut. Merc. 2, 1, 7; acc. plur. orig. ambo, analog. to the Gr. amphô, but from the adj. use of the word ambos arose; acc. ambo is found in Plaut. Am. 1, 2, 8; 5, 1, 67; id. As. 3, 3, 121; id. Curc. 5, 3, 14; id. Cist. 2, 1, 49; id. Ep. 2, 2, 19; id. Bacch. 4, 8, 19; 5, 2, 69; id. Most. 3, 2, 140; id. Rud. 3, 5, 7; Afran. ap. Charis. p. 96 P.; Cic. (who never uses ambos) Fam. 5, 8; 9, 13; Caes. (who never uses ambos) B. C. 1, 48; Verg. (who never uses ambos) E. 6, 18; id. G. 4, 88; id. A. 12, 342; Hor. (who never uses ambos) S. 2, 3, 180; 2, 7, 62; Liv. 3, 62; 7, 19; 26, 7; 26, 26; 27, 27; 30, 14; 35, 22; 38, 53; 40, 46; 41, 18; 45, 19; Mart. 7, 40; Sil. 4, 175; 17, 427 al.; ambos is found in Afran. Com. Rel. p. 194 Rib. bis; Plaut. Bacch. 5, 1, 29; id. Ps. 1, 3, 21; Ter. (who never uses ambo) Eun. 5, 8, 39; id. Heaut. 4, 3, 33; 5, 2, 42; id. Ad. 1, 2, 51; 5, 9, 5; Prop. 3, 13, 18; Liv. 2, 10, 6; 22, 34, 10; Sall. (who never uses ambo) J. 21, 4; id. Fragm. 4, 19, 5 Kritz; Ov. (who never uses ambo) H. 10, 51; Tac. (who never uses ambo) A. 13, 54; Vulg. Tob. 3, 25; ib. Eph. 2, 16; cf. Charis. p. 95; Prisc. p. 744 P.; Rudd. I. p. 57; Kühn. ad Cic. Tusc. 1, 46, 110; Neue, Formenl. II. p. 145 sqq.) [amphô, amphoteroi, Paul. ex Fest. p. 4 Müll.; kindr. with Sanscr. ubhāu, dual nom. = ambo; Zend. uba; Slav. oba; Lith. abù; Goth. bai, bajōths; Germ. beide; Engl. both], both (of two objects whose duality is assumed as already known; when not already known, they are designated by duo. The difference between ambo and uterque is thus given by Charis. p. 49 P.: Ambo non est dicendum, nisi de his, qui uno tempore quid faciunt, utpote reges Eteocles et Polynices ambo perierunt quasi unā; Romulus autem et Africanus non ambo triumphārunt, sed uterque; quia diverso tempore).

Of objects naturally in pairs, as the parts of the body, both:

manusque ambas,

Verg. A. 6, 496; 10, 868:

ambas palmas,

id. ib. 5, 425;

10, 844: tinnient ambae aures ejus,

Vulg. 1 Reg. 3, 11; ib. 4 Reg. 21, 12:

circum unum ambove genua,

Plin. 28, 6, 17, § 59 (but even here we find duo:

sumes duos renes (vituli) et adipem,

Vulg. Exod. 29, 13; 29, 22:

duas manus,

ib. Matt. 18, 8 bis; 18, 9:

duae palmae manuum ejus,

ib. 1 Reg. 5, 4:

duorum luminum,

of both eyes, ib. Jud. 16, 28; so Shaksp., her two eyes, Love's Lab. Lost, iv. 3;

Haml. i. 4).—So of other things: Tristior illā Terra sub ambobus non jacet ulla polis,

Ov. P. 2, 7, 64:

Atridas Priamumque, et saevum ambobus Achillen,

angry with both parties, id. ib. 1, 458.—

In gen., of two objects and no more, the two, both: QVOM. PERORANT. AMBO. PRAESENTES. (i.e. actor et reus), Fragm. XII. Tab. ap. Gell. 17, 2, 10:

consules, alter ambove, si eis videretur,

Cic. Phil. 5, 19, 53:

ambo accusandi estis,

Ter. Heaut. 1, 1, 67:

jam hisce ambo, et servos et era, frustra sunt duo,

Plaut. Am. 3, 3, 19:

erroris ambo complebo,

id. ib. 1, 2, 8:

emit hosce ambos,

id. Capt. prol. 34:

ut eos ambos fallam,

Ter. Heaut. 4, 3, 33; so Vulg. Tob. 3, 25:

hic, qui utrumque probat, ambobus debuit uti,

Cic. Fin. 2, 7, 20:

una salus ambobus erit,

Verg. A. 2, 710:

plebiscitis cautum, ne quis duos magistratus uno anno gereret, utique liceret consules ambos plebeios creari,

Liv. 7, 42:

Caesar atque Pompeius diversa sibi ambo consilia capiunt... eodemque die uterque eorum ex castris exercitum educunt,

Caes. B. C. 3, 30:

amborum verba,

Tac. A. 3, 35:

civitate Romanā ambos donavit,

id. ib. 13, 54:

ambo occisi,

Suet. Aug. 11:

errant autem ambo senes,

Vulg. Gen. 18, 11; ib. Matt. 15, 14:

applicuit ambos ad eum,

ib. Gen. 48, 13; ib. Eph. 2, 16.—

Poet. = duo:

partīs ubi se via findit in ambas,

into two, Verg. A. 6, 540.

arbor ( arbŏs, Lucr. 1, 774; 6, 786 Lachm.; Ov. M. 2, 212; id. F. 1, 153 (but Merk. arbor, in both places); Verg. E. 3, 56; id. G. 2, 57; 2, 81; id. A. 3, 27; 6, 206 Rib. al.: acc. arbosem, Paul. ex Fest. p. 15 Müll.), ŏris, f. (m., INTER DVOS ARBORES, Inscr. Lyon, I. 27) [v. arduus].

In gen.: arbores serere, to plant, Caecil. Stat. ap. Cic. Tusc. 1, 14, 31; Cic. Sen. 17, 59:

poni,

Verg. G. 2, 278:

arbos se sustulit,

id. ib. 2, 57:

arbores putare,

Cato, R. R. 32, 1: arbores frondescere, Enn. ap. Cic. Tusc. 1, 28, 69:

arboribus frondes redeunt,

Ov. F. 3, 237:

arbos silvestris,

Verg. E. 3, 70:

ramosa,

Lucr. 5 [1096]:

umbrosa,

Verg. G. 2, 66; so Ov. P. 4, 5, 41:

ingens,

Verg. G. 2, 81:

alta,

Ov. M. 15, 404:

summa,

Verg. G. 4, 557; so Ov. M. 12, 15:

patula,

id. ib. 1, 106:

fertilis,

Verg. G. 4, 142:

in quibus (arboribus) non truncus, non rami, non folia sunt,

Cic. de Or. 3, 46, 178:

sub ramis arboris altae,

Lucr. 2, 30, and Verg. A. 7, 108:

arborum rami,

Vulg. Sap. 17, 17:

arbor nuda sine frondibus,

Ov. M. 13, 690; Vulg. Marc. 11, 8:

arborum cortices,

Vulg. Job, 30, 4:

arbores ab radicibus subruere,

Caes. B. G. 6, 27; Plin. 16, 31, 56, § 130; Vulg. Matt. 3, 10:

quarum (arborum) baca,

Cic. Tusc. 1, 14, 31:

jacent sua quāque sub arbore poma,

Verg. E. 7, 54; Vulg. Lev. 26, 20:

fructus arborum,

Quint. 8, 5, 26; Vulg. Sap. 10, 7.—

Spec. with gen. of species: alni, the alder-tree, Varr. R. R. 1, 7, 7:

fici,

the fig-tree, Cic. Fl. 17, 41; Vulg. Matt. 21, 19:

arbores ficorum,

Col. 11, 2, 59: arbor ficus (nom.), Vulg. Jud. 9, 10:

abietis arbores,

fir trees, Liv. 24, 3:

arbor palmae,

the palm-tree, Suet. Aug. 94:

cupressūs,

the cypress, id. Vesp. 5:

arbor sycomorus,

a sycamore, Vulg. Luc. 19, 4; so,

arbor morus,

ib. ib. 17, 6:

arbores olivarum,

olive trees, ib. Exod. 27, 20.— Poet.:

Jovis,

the oak-tree, Ov. M. 1, 106:

Phoebi,

the laurel-tree, id. F. 3, 139 (cf. id. ib. 6, 91:

Apollinea laurus): Palladis,

the olive-tree, id. A. A. 2, 518:

arbor Herculea,

the poplar, Verg. G. 2, 66 (cf.:

Arborum genera numinibus suis dicata perpetuo servantur, ut Jovi aesculus, Apollini laurus, Minervae olea, Veneri myrtus, Herculi populus,

Plin. 12, 1, 2, § 3; Phaedr. 3, 17) al.—

Meton.

Things made of wood (cf.: Mille sunt usus earum (arborum), sine quīs vita degi non possit. Arbore sulcamus, maria terrasque admovemus; arbore exaedificamus tecta;

arborea et simulacra numinum fuere etc.,

Plin. 12, 1, 2, § 5).

With mali:

adversique infigitur arbore mali,

Verg. A. 5, 504.—

Without mali, Luc. 9, 332; Sil. 3, 129; Paul. Sent. 1. 2, t. 3.—

The lever or bar of a press, press-beam, Cato, R. R. 18, 4; 18, 12; Plin. 18, 31, 74, § 317.—

An oar:

centenāque arbore fluctum Verberat adsurgens,

Verg. A. 10, 207.—

A ship:

Phrixeam petiit Pelias arbor ovem,

the ship Argo, Ov. H. 12, 8.—

The shaft of a javelin, a javelin, Stat. Th. 12, 769.—

Euphemist.: arbor infelix, a gallows, gibbet:

caput obnubito, arbori infelici suspendito,

Cic. Rab. 4 fin.; Liv. 1, 26, 7; cf. Plin. 16, 26, 45, § 108 (Niebuhr, Röm. Gesch. I. § 365, compares the words of the Fries. law: am argen vordern Baum henken; cf. in Engl. to hang on the accursed tree).—

The fabulous polypus, which was fancied to have arms like the branches of a tree:

In Gaditano Oceano arbor in tantum vastis dispansa armis, ut fretum numquam intrāsse credatur,

Plin. 9, 4, 3, § 8.

Arbor infelix, a town and castle in Rhœtia, now Arbon, Tab. Peut.

arbor ( arbŏs, Lucr. 1, 774; 6, 786 Lachm.; Ov. M. 2, 212; id. F. 1, 153 (but Merk. arbor, in both places); Verg. E. 3, 56; id. G. 2, 57; 2, 81; id. A. 3, 27; 6, 206 Rib. al.: acc. arbosem, Paul. ex Fest. p. 15 Müll.), ŏris, f. (m., INTER DVOS ARBORES, Inscr. Lyon, I. 27) [v. arduus].

In gen.: arbores serere, to plant, Caecil. Stat. ap. Cic. Tusc. 1, 14, 31; Cic. Sen. 17, 59:

poni,

Verg. G. 2, 278:

arbos se sustulit,

id. ib. 2, 57:

arbores putare,

Cato, R. R. 32, 1: arbores frondescere, Enn. ap. Cic. Tusc. 1, 28, 69:

arboribus frondes redeunt,

Ov. F. 3, 237:

arbos silvestris,

Verg. E. 3, 70:

ramosa,

Lucr. 5 [1096]:

umbrosa,

Verg. G. 2, 66; so Ov. P. 4, 5, 41:

ingens,

Verg. G. 2, 81:

alta,

Ov. M. 15, 404:

summa,

Verg. G. 4, 557; so Ov. M. 12, 15:

patula,

id. ib. 1, 106:

fertilis,

Verg. G. 4, 142:

in quibus (arboribus) non truncus, non rami, non folia sunt,

Cic. de Or. 3, 46, 178:

sub ramis arboris altae,

Lucr. 2, 30, and Verg. A. 7, 108:

arborum rami,

Vulg. Sap. 17, 17:

arbor nuda sine frondibus,

Ov. M. 13, 690; Vulg. Marc. 11, 8:

arborum cortices,

Vulg. Job, 30, 4:

arbores ab radicibus subruere,

Caes. B. G. 6, 27; Plin. 16, 31, 56, § 130; Vulg. Matt. 3, 10:

quarum (arborum) baca,

Cic. Tusc. 1, 14, 31:

jacent sua quāque sub arbore poma,

Verg. E. 7, 54; Vulg. Lev. 26, 20:

fructus arborum,

Quint. 8, 5, 26; Vulg. Sap. 10, 7.—

Spec. with gen. of species: alni, the alder-tree, Varr. R. R. 1, 7, 7:

fici,

the fig-tree, Cic. Fl. 17, 41; Vulg. Matt. 21, 19:

arbores ficorum,

Col. 11, 2, 59: arbor ficus (nom.), Vulg. Jud. 9, 10:

abietis arbores,

fir trees, Liv. 24, 3:

arbor palmae,

the palm-tree, Suet. Aug. 94:

cupressūs,

the cypress, id. Vesp. 5:

arbor sycomorus,

a sycamore, Vulg. Luc. 19, 4; so,

arbor morus,

ib. ib. 17, 6:

arbores olivarum,

olive trees, ib. Exod. 27, 20.— Poet.:

Jovis,

the oak-tree, Ov. M. 1, 106:

Phoebi,

the laurel-tree, id. F. 3, 139 (cf. id. ib. 6, 91:

Apollinea laurus): Palladis,

the olive-tree, id. A. A. 2, 518:

arbor Herculea,

the poplar, Verg. G. 2, 66 (cf.:

Arborum genera numinibus suis dicata perpetuo servantur, ut Jovi aesculus, Apollini laurus, Minervae olea, Veneri myrtus, Herculi populus,

Plin. 12, 1, 2, § 3; Phaedr. 3, 17) al.—

Meton.

Things made of wood (cf.: Mille sunt usus earum (arborum), sine quīs vita degi non possit. Arbore sulcamus, maria terrasque admovemus; arbore exaedificamus tecta;

arborea et simulacra numinum fuere etc.,

Plin. 12, 1, 2, § 5).

With mali:

adversique infigitur arbore mali,

Verg. A. 5, 504.—

Without mali, Luc. 9, 332; Sil. 3, 129; Paul. Sent. 1. 2, t. 3.—

The lever or bar of a press, press-beam, Cato, R. R. 18, 4; 18, 12; Plin. 18, 31, 74, § 317.—

An oar:

centenāque arbore fluctum Verberat adsurgens,

Verg. A. 10, 207.—

A ship:

Phrixeam petiit Pelias arbor ovem,

the ship Argo, Ov. H. 12, 8.—

The shaft of a javelin, a javelin, Stat. Th. 12, 769.—

Euphemist.: arbor infelix, a gallows, gibbet:

caput obnubito, arbori infelici suspendito,

Cic. Rab. 4 fin.; Liv. 1, 26, 7; cf. Plin. 16, 26, 45, § 108 (Niebuhr, Röm. Gesch. I. § 365, compares the words of the Fries. law: am argen vordern Baum henken; cf. in Engl. to hang on the accursed tree).—

The fabulous polypus, which was fancied to have arms like the branches of a tree:

In Gaditano Oceano arbor in tantum vastis dispansa armis, ut fretum numquam intrāsse credatur,

Plin. 9, 4, 3, § 8.

Arbor infelix, a town and castle in Rhœtia, now Arbon, Tab. Peut.

contentĭo, ōnis, f. [contendo] (acc. to contendo, II.), an eager stretching, a straining, exertion of the powers of body or mind, tension, effort, a vigorous struggling or striving for something, a struggle after (very freq. and in good prose).

In gen.

Prop.:

contentio et summissio vocis,

Cic. Off. 1, 41, 146; id. de Or. 1, 61, 261:

vocis,

id. Tusc. 2, 24, 56:

vocis aut lateris,

Plin. 26, 13, 85, § 137 al.:

gravitatis et ponderum,

of gravitation, Cic. N. D. 2, 45, 116:

animi (opp. relaxatio),

id. de Or. 2, 5, 21; cf. id. Arch. 6, 12 et saep.—With gen. of the object:

disputationis,

Cic. de Or. 3, 61, 230:

honorum (with ambitio),

id. Off. 1, 25, 87; cf.

palmae,

Quint. 1, 2, 24:

dignitatis,

id. 4, 5, 12; cf.:

libertatis dignitatisque,

Liv. 4, 6, 11 al. —

Transf.

Labored, formal speech (opp. talk, conversation): quoniam magna vis orationis est, eaque duplex, altera contentionis, altera sermonis;

contentio disceptationibus tribuatur judiciorum... sermo in circulis, etc.,

Cic. Off. 1, 37, 132; 2, 14, 48 Heine ad loc.; cf.: sermo est oratio remissa et finitima cottidianae locutioni;

contentio est oratio acris, etc.,

Auct. Her. 3, 13, 23.—

Gregum = admissura, Censor. 5.—

In partic.

(Acc. to contendo, II. B. 2.) A contest, contention, strife (with weapons or words), a fight, dispute, controversy (so most freq.):

contentiones proeliorum,

Cic. Off. 1, 26, 90; cf.:

magna belli,

id. Sest. 27, 58:

contentiones, quae cum inimicissimis fiunt,

id. Off. 1, 38, 137; so with cum, id. Phil. 2, 3, 7; id. Leg. 3, 11, 25 al.:

cum aliquo de aliquā re,

Quint. 4, 2, 132:

de aliquā re,

Cic. Leg. 3, 10, 24; Liv. 4, 6, 4; Quint. 5, 14, 12 al.:

adversus procuratores,

Tac. Agr. 9:

inter aliquos,

Cic. Sest. 21, 47; Quint. 10, 1, 47; Suet. Claud. 15 et saep.; cf.:

inter aliquos de aliquā re,

Cic. Ac. 2, 43, 132 et saep.:

contentionis cupidiores quam veritatis,

id. de Or. 1, 11, 47; Curt. 8, 4, 33.—

(Acc. to contendo, II. B. 3.) A comparison, contrast:

si contentio quaedam et comparatio fiat,

Cic. Off. 1, 17, 57; 1, 43, 152; cf. id. Inv. 1, 12, 17:

quaedam hominum ipsorum,

id. Planc. 2, 5; id. Inv. 2, 39, 114:

fortunarum,

id. Pis. 22, 51.—Hence,

T. t.

In rhetoric, a contrasting of one thought with another, antithesis, Auct. Her. 4, 15, 21; Cic. de Or. 3, 53, 203; Quint. 9, 1, 31; 9, 2, 2.—

In gram., comparison, Varr. L. L. 8, § 75 Müll.

ē-vincĭo, nxi, nctum, 4, v. a., to bind up, to bind or wind round with something (not ante-Aug., and mostly poet.):

simul diademate caput Tiridatis evinxit,

Tac. A. 15, 2; cf. id. ib. 6, 43.—More freq. in the part. perf.:

viridi Mnestheus evinctus oliva,

Verg. A. 5, 494; cf.

palmae,

i. e. wound round with the cestus, id. ib. 5, 364:

comae (sc. vittā),

Ov. Am. 3, 6, 56:

evincta pudicā Fronde manus,

crowned with laurel, Stat. Th. 1, 554.—With acc. respectiv.:

puniceo stabis suras evincta cothurno,

Verg. E. 7, 32; id. A. 5, 269; 774; 8, 286; Ov. M. 15, 676.—

To bind:

evincta lacerandum traditi dextra,

Sil. 2, 48 (dub.; al. victa).

ex-cresco, crēvi, crētum, 3, v. inch. n., to grow out or forth, to grow up, rise up (not ante-Aug.).

Lit.

In gen.:

quae si satis excreverint (palmae),

Col. 4, 21, 3:

abies, larix, palma in longitudinem,

Plin. 16, 30, 54, § 125:

lactucae ad semipedem,

id. 19, 8, 39, § 131:

in omni domo nudi ac sordidi in hos artus, in haec corpora quae miramur excrescunt,

Tac. G. 20; Aug. Serm. 216, 7:

colles sensim excreverant rudere,

Front. Aquaed. 18:

solum tumulo in altum,

Luc. 4, 11: si quando flumen imbribus ad tempus excrevit, is swollen, Dig. 43, 11, 1.—

In partic., of morbid excrescences on the body:

excreverat in dexteriore latere ejus caro,

Suet. Galb. 21:

carnis excrescentes,

Plin. 23, 6, 59, § 111:

arsenicum tollit quicquid excrescit,

id. 34, 18, 56, § 178.—Hence,

Subst.: excre-scentia, ium, n., in medic. lang., morbid excrescences on the body, Plin. 20, 9, 36, § 93; 22, 21, 29, § 61; 24, 4, 5, § 9; 24, 5, 11, § 19; 34, 18, 50, § 169 al.—

Trop., to grow immoderately, to increase, enlarge:

nec minus evitanda est immodica ejus prooemii longitudo, ne in caput excrevisse videatur,

Quint. 4, 1, 62:

fructus in tantum excrevit, ut, etc.,

Dig. 36, 1, 27, § 16 fin.:

litium series,

Suet. Vesp. 10.—Hence, ex-crētus, a, um, P. a., grown up, fullgrown:

animalia,

Lact. 2, 11 med. al. (so, haedi, Verg. G. 3, 398, acc. to Serv., but v. excerno, II. A.).

făcĭlis, e, adj. (archaic forms nom. sing. facil, Plaut. Trin. 3, 2, 53; adv. facul, like difficul, simul; v. under adv. 2, and cf. Paul. ex Fest. p. 87 Müll.), [facio, properly, that may be done or made; hence, pregn.], easy to do, easy, without difficulty.

In gen.

Prop., constr. absol., with ad (and the gerund), the supine, inf., ut, and the dat.

Absol.:

nulla est tam facilis res, quin difficilis siet, quam invitus facias,

Ter. Heaut. 4, 6, 1; cf.:

facilis et plana via (opp. difficilis),

Plaut. Trin. 3, 2, 20:

quae facilia ex difficillimis animi magnitudo redegerat,

Caes. B. G. 2, 27 fin.; cf.

also: mihi in causa facili atque explicata perdifficilis et lubrica defensionis ratio proponitur,

Cic. Planc. 2, 5:

justa res et facilis,

Plaut. Am. prol. 33:

facilis et prompta defensio,

Cic. de Or. 1, 56, 237; cf.:

facilis et expedita distinctio,

id. Fin. 1, 10, 33:

facilia, proclivia, jucunda,

id. Part. Or. 27, 95; cf.:

proclivi cursu et facili delabi,

id. Rep. 1, 28:

ascensus,

Caes. B. G. 1, 21:

aditus,

id. ib. 3, 25 fin.;

descensus Averno,

Verg. A. 6, 126; Cic. de Imp. Pomp. 14, 41; cf.:

celerem et facilem exitum habere,

Caes. B. C. 3, 22 fin.:

lutum,

easy to work, Tib. 1, 1, 40:

fagus,

Plin. 16, 43, 84, § 229:

humus,

easy to cultivate, mellow, Curt. 4, 6, 5:

arcus,

Val. Fl. 1, 109:

jugum,

easy to climb, Prop. 4 (5), 10, 4:

somnus,

easy to obtain, Hor. C. 2, 11, 8; 3, 21, 4:

irae,

easily excited, Luc. 1, 173:

saevitia,

easily overcome, Hor. C. 2, 12, 26 et saep.:

aurae,

gentle, Ov. H. 16, 123:

jactura,

easily borne, Verg. A. 2, 646:

cera,

easily shaped, Ov. M. 15, 169:

victus,

copious, Verg. G. 2, 460.— Comp.:

iter multo facilius atque expeditius,

Caes. B. G. 1, 6, 2:

cui censemus cursum ad deos faciliorem fuisse quam Scipioni?

Cic. Lael. 4, 14:

faciliore et commodiore judicio,

id. Caecin. 3, 8.— Sup.:

quod est facillimum, facis,

Plaut. Trin. 3, 2, 4; cf. Cic. Rep. 2, 3:

concordia,

id. ib. 1, 32:

hujus summae virtutis facillima est via,

Quint. 8, 3, 71:

in quibus (ceris) facillima est ratio delendi,

id. 10, 3, 31 et saep.—

With ad and the gerund:

nulla materies tam facilis ad exardescendum est,

Cic. de Or. 2, 45, 190:

ad subigendum,

id. Rep. 2, 41:

ad credendum,

id. Tusc. 1, 32, 78:

palmae ad scandendum,

Plin. 13, 4, 7, § 29.— Comp.:

faciliora ad intelligendum,

Quint. 2, 3, 8.— Sup.:

haec ad judicandum sunt facillima,

Cic. Off. 3, 6, 30; id. Fin. 2, 20.—

With ad and subst.:

faciles ad receptum angustiae,

Liv. 32, 12, 3:

mens ad pejora,

Quint. 1, 2, 4:

credulitas feminarum ad gaudia,

Tac. A. 14, 4.— Comp.:

mediocritas praeceptoris ad intellectum atque imitationem facilior,

Quint. 2, 3, 1.—

With supine:

facile inventust,

Plaut. Trin. 3, 2, 53:

res factu facilis,

Ter. Heaut. 4, 3, 26:

cuivis facile scitu est,

id. Hec. 3, 1, 15:

facilis victu gens,

abounding in resources, Verg. A. 1, 445 Wagn.:

(Cyclops) nec visu facilis nec dictu affabilis ulli,

id. ib. 3, 621; cf.:

sapiens facilis victu fuit,

Sen. Ep. 90, 11.— Comp.:

nihil est dictu facilius,

Ter. Ph. 2, 1, 70.— Sup.:

factu facillimum,

Sall. C. 14, 1.—

With inf.:

materia facilis est, in te et in tuos dicta dicere,

Cic. Phil. 2, 17, 42:

facilis vincere ac vinci vultu eodem,

Liv. 7, 33, 2:

facilis corrumpi,

Tac. H. 4, 39:

Roma capi facilis,

Luc. 2, 656.—So esp. freq. in the neuter, facile est, with a subject-clause:

id esse verum, cuivis facile est noscere,

Ter. Ad. 5, 4, 8:

quod illis prohibere erat facile,

Caes. B. C. 1, 50, 2:

neque erat facile nostris, uno tempore propugnare et munire,

id. ib. 3, 45, 4; Quint. 6, 4, 20:

nec origines persequi facile est,

Plin. 3, 5, 6, § 46:

quīs facile est aedem conducere,

Juv. 3, 31; 4, 103.— Comp.:

plerumque facilius est plus facere quam idem,

Quint. 10, 2, 10; 12, 6, 7.— Sup.:

stulta reprehendere facillimum est,

Quint. 6, 3, 71; 11, 1, 81.—

With ut:

facilius est, ut esse aliquis successor tuus possit, quam ut velit,

Plin. Pan. 44, 3; 87, 5; cf. with quod: facile est quod habeant conservam in villa, Varr. R. R. 2, 10, 6.—

With dat.:

terra facilis pecori,

i.e. suitable, proper, Verg. G. 2, 223; cf.:

campus operi,

Liv. 33, 17, 8:

facilis divisui (Macedonia),

id. 45, 30, 2:

neque Thraces commercio faciles erant,

Liv. 40, 58, 1:

homines bello faciles,

Tac. Agr. 21:

juvenis inanibus,

easily susceptible, open to, id. A. 2, 27; cf.:

facilis capessendis inimicitiis,

id. ib. 5, 11. —

With gen. ( poet.):

Hispania frugum facilis,

fertile in, Claud. Laud. Seren. 54.—

Adverbially, in facili, ex (e) facili, and rarely, de facili, easily:

cum exitus haud in facili essent,

not easy, Liv. 3, 8, 9 Drak.:

in facili,

Sen. Clem. 1, 7: Plin. 18, 28, 68, § 274; Dig. 26, 3, 8:

ita adducendum, ut ex facili subsequatur,

easily, Cels. 7, 9 med.:

ex facili tolerantibus,

Tac. Agr. 15 init.: ex facili, Cel. 6, 1, 1; Plin. 37, 4, 15, § 60;

for which: e facili,

Ov. A. A. 1, 356: de facili ab iis superabuntur, Firm. Math. 5, 6.—

Transf.

Of persons that do any thing with facility, ready, quick. — Constr. with ad, in, and simple abl.:

facilis et expeditus ad dicendum,

Cic. Brut. 48, 180:

sermone Graeco promptus et facilis,

Suet. Tib. 71; cf.:

promptus et facillis ad extemporalitatem usque,

id. Tit. 3:

faciles in excogitando et ad discendum prompti,

Quint. 1, 1, 1:

exiguo faciles,

content, Sil. 1, 615.—

Of things, easily moving:

oculi,

Verg. A. 8, 310:

manus,

Ov. F. 3, 536:

cervix,

Mart. Spect. 23:

canes, i. e. agiles,

Nemes. Cyneg. 50.

In partic.

Of character, easy, good-natured, compliant, willing, yielding, courteous, affable:

facilis benevolusque,

Ter. Hec. 5, 1, 35:

comes, benigni, faciles, suaves homines esse dicuntur,

Cic. Balb. 16, 36:

facilis et liberalis pater,

id. N. D. 3, 29, 73:

lenis et facilis,

id. Fam. 5, 2, 9:

facilis et clemens,

Suet. Aug. 67:

facilem populum habere,

Cic. Fam. 7, 1, 4:

facilem stillare in aurem,

Juv. 3, 122:

di,

id. 10, 8. —With in and abl.:

facilem se in rebus cognoscendis praebere,

Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 11, § 32; cf.:

facilis in causis recipiendis,

id. Brut. 57, 207:

faciles in suum cuique tribuendo,

id. ib. 21, 85:

faciles ad concedendum,

id. Div. 2, 52, 107.—With in and acc.:

sic habeas faciles in tua vota deos,

Ov. H. 16, 282.—With inf.:

faciles aurem praebere,

Prop. 2, 21, 15 (3, 14, 5 M.):

O faciles dare summa deos,

Luc. 1, 505.—With gen.:

facilis impetrandae veniae,

Liv. 26, 15, 1:

alloquii facilis (al. alloquiis),

Val. Fl. 5, 407.— Absol.:

comi facilique naturā,

Suet. Gramm. 7:

facili ac prodigo animo,

id. Vit. 7.— Comp.:

facilior aut indulgentior,

Suet. Vesp. 21; Quint. 7, 1, 27; Flor. 4, 11, 2.— Sup.:

quid dicam de moribus facillimis,

Cic. Lael. 3, 11.—

Of fortune, favorable, prosperous:

res et fortunae tuae... quotidie faciliores mihi et meliores videntur,

Cic. Fam. 6, 5, 1; Liv. 23, 11, 2.— Adv. in four forms: facile, facul, faculter, and faciliter.

făcĭlĕ (the class. form).

easily, without trouble or difficulty:

facile cum valemus recta consilia aegrotis damus,

Ter. And. 2, 1, 9:

quis haec non vel facile vel certe aliquo modo posset ediscere?

Cic. de Or. 2, 57, 232:

vitia in contraria convertuntur,

id. Rep. 1, 45.— Comp.:

cave putes, aut mare ullum aut flammam esse tantam, quam non facilius sit sedare quam, etc.,

Cic. Rep. 1, 42 fin.:

quo facilius otio perfruantur,

id. ib. 1, 5: id hoc facilius eis persuasit, quod, etc., Caes, B. G. 1, 2, 3.— Sup.:

ut optimi cujusque animus in morte facillime evolet tamquam e custodia,

Cic. Lael. 4, 14:

facillime fingi,

id. Cael. 9, 22:

facillime decidit,

id. Rep. 2, 23:

mederi inopiae frumentariae,

Caes. B. G. 5, 24, 6 et saep.—

To add intensity to an expression which already signifies a high degree, certainly, unquestionably, without contradiction, beyond dispute, by far, far (often in Cic.;

elsewh. rare): virum unum totius Graeciae facile doctissimum,

Cic. Rab. Post. 9, 23:

facile deterrimus,

id. Tusc. 1, 33, 81:

genere et nobilitate et pecunia facile primus,

id. Rosc. Am. 6, 15; cf.:

virtute, existimatione, nobilitate facile princeps,

id. Clu. 5, 11:

facile princeps,

id. Div. 2, 42, 87; id. Fam. 6, 10, 2; id. Univ. 1; Flor. 3, 14, 1:

facile praecipuus,

Quint. 10, 1, 68:

facile hic plus mali est, quam illic boni,

Ter. And. 4, 3, 5: Pe. Sed tu novistin' fidicinam? Fi. Tam facile quam me, as well as I do myself, Plaut. Ep. 3, 4, 68.—With verbs that denote superiority (vincere, superare, etc.):

post illum (Herodotum) Thucydides omnes dicendi artificio, mea sententia, facile vicit,

Cic. de Or. 2, 13, 56; cf. id. Off. 2, 19, 59; id. Rep. 1, 23; cf.

also: stellarum globi terrae magnitudinem facile vincebant,

id. ib. 6, 16 fin.; id. de Or. 1, 33, 150:

Sisenna omnes adhuc nostros scriptores facile superavit,

id. Leg. 1, 2, 7; cf. id. de Or. 3, 11, 43:

facile palmam habes!

Plaut. Trin. 3, 2, 80.— In naming a large amount, quite, fully:

huic hereditas facile ad HS. tricies venit testamento propinqui sui,

Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 14, § 35.—

With a negative, non facile or haud facile, to add intensity, not easily, i.e. hardly:

mira accuratio, ut non facile in ullo diligentiorem majoremque cognoverim,

Cic. Brut. 67, 238:

sed haud facile dixerim, cur, etc.,

id. Rep. 1, 3 fin.; cf.:

de iis haud facile compertum narraverim,

Sall. J. 17, 2:

animus imbutus malis artibus haud facile libidinibus carebat,

id. C. 13, 5. —

Readily, willingly, without hesitation:

facile omnes perferre ac pati,

Ter. And. 1, 1, 35; cf.:

te de aeternitate dicentem aberrare a proposito facile patiebar,

Cic. Tusc. 1, 33, 81:

disertus homo et facile laborans,

id. Off. 2, 19, 66:

ego unguibus facile illi in oculos involem,

Ter. Eun. 4, 3, 6.— Comp.:

locum habeo nullum, ubi facilius esse possim quam Asturae,

Cic. Att. 13, 26, 2.—

(Acc. to facilis, II. B.) Pleasantly, agreeably, well:

propter eas (nugas) vivo facilius,

Plaut. Curc. 5, 2, 6:

cum animo cogites, Quam vos facillime agitis, quam estis maxume Potentes, dites, fortunati, nobiles,

Ter. Ad. 3, 4, 56:

facillime agitare,

Suet. Vit. Ter. 1:

ubi Crassus animadvertit, suas copias propter exiguitatem non facile diduci,

not safely, Caes. B. G. 3, 23, 7.—

făcul (anteclass.), easily: nobilitate facul propellere iniquos, Lucil. ap. Non. 111, 19; Pac. ib. 21:

haud facul, ut ait Pacuvius, femina una invenietur bona,

Afran. ib. 22:

advorsam ferre fortunam facul,

Att. ib. 24.—

‡ făculter, acc. to the statement of Paul. ex Fest. p. 87, 1 Müll.; cf. Mart. Cap. 3, § 325. —

făcĭlĭter (post-Aug.; predominating in Vitruvius; censured by Quint. 1, 6, 17), easily:

ferrum percalefactum faciliter fabricatur,

Vitr. 1, 4, 3 et saep.; Mart. Cap. 3, § 325.

Ĭdūmaea, ae, f., = Idoumaia, a region of Palestine, Plin. 5, 14, 15, § 70.—Called also poet. Ĭdūmē, es, f., Val. Fl. 1, 12; Luc. 3, 216.—

Deriv.: Ĭdūmaeus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Idumea, Idumean; poet. also for Palestinian, Jewish:

palmae,

Verg. G. 3, 12:

triumphi,

over Judea, Mart. 2, 2, 5:

porta,

Juv. 8, 160.

Ĭdūmaea, ae, f., = Idoumaia, a region of Palestine, Plin. 5, 14, 15, § 70.—Called also poet. Ĭdūmē, es, f., Val. Fl. 1, 12; Luc. 3, 216.—

Deriv.: Ĭdūmaeus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Idumea, Idumean; poet. also for Palestinian, Jewish:

palmae,

Verg. G. 3, 12:

triumphi,

over Judea, Mart. 2, 2, 5:

porta,

Juv. 8, 160.

Ĭdūmaea, ae, f., = Idoumaia, a region of Palestine, Plin. 5, 14, 15, § 70.—Called also poet. Ĭdūmē, es, f., Val. Fl. 1, 12; Luc. 3, 216.—

Deriv.: Ĭdūmaeus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Idumea, Idumean; poet. also for Palestinian, Jewish:

palmae,

Verg. G. 3, 12:

triumphi,

over Judea, Mart. 2, 2, 5:

porta,

Juv. 8, 160.

imbŭo ( inb-), ŭi, ūtum, 3, v. a. [in- and root biv-; cf. bibo, and Gr. pinô], to wet, moisten, dip, tinge, touch, etc. (class.; cf.: inficio, infusco).

Lit.:

liquoribus lanam,

Col. 9, 14, 15: tapetes, quos concha purpura imbuens venenavit, Cn. Matius ap. Gell. 20, 9, 3:

cados amurca,

Plin. 15, 8, 8, § 33:

guttura lacte,

Ov. Ib. 131:

imbuti sanguine gladii legionum vel madefacti potius,

wet, or rather dripping with blood, Cic. Phil. 14, 3, 6:

sanguis novus imbuit arma,

Verg. A. 7, 554:

sanguine manus,

Vell. 2, 20, 1:

vestis imbuta sanguine,

Ov. M. 9, 153:

munus tabo imbutum,

Hor. Epod. 5, 65:

tela imbuta veneno,

Ov. Tr. 4, 1, 77:

oscula, quae Venus Quinta parte sui nectaris imbuit,

Hor. C. 1, 13, 16:

odore imbuta Testa,

id. Ep. 1, 2, 69.—With Gr. acc.:

alium quae sunt inbuta colorem,

Lucr. 2, 734 Munro.—

Trop.

In gen., to fill, tinge, stain, taint, infect, imbue, imbrue with any thing (esp. freq. in part. perf.): morte manus, Att. ap. Non. 521, 8; cf.:

gladium scelere,

Cic. Phil. 5, 7, 20:

talibus promissis aures militum,

Curt. 4, 10, 17:

militum sanguine manus,

id. 3, 8, 5.—

In part. perf.:

aliqua humanitate imbuti,

Varr. R. R. 1, 17, 4; cf.:

religione imbuti,

Cic. Div. 1, 42, 93:

imbutus admiratione,

Liv. 21, 39, 7:

legiones favore Othonis,

Tac. H. 2, 85:

miles longo Caesarum sacramento,

id. ib. 1, 5:

imbuti et infecti Romanis delenimentis,

Liv. 40, 11, 3:

imbutus alicujus consiliis,

id. 42, 26, 8:

hac ille crudelitate imbutus,

Cic. Phil. 3, 3, 4:

superstitione,

id. Fin. 1, 18, 60:

sociale bellum macula sceleris imbutum,

id. Font. 14, 31:

colonorum caede imbutis armis,

Liv. 4, 31, 7:

imbutae caede manus,

Ov. A. A. 2, 714:

imbutae praeda manus,

Tac. A. 1, 36.—

In partic.

To inspire or impress early, to accustom, inure, initiate, instruct, imbue:

his ego de artibus gratiam facio, ne colas, ne inbuas eis tuom ingenium,

Plaut. Trin. 2, 2, 17:

quibus ille studiis ab ineunte aetate se imbuerat,

Cic. Deiot. 10, 28; cf.:

animum tenerum opinionibus,

id. Att. 14, 13, B, 4:

variis erroribus,

id. Tusc. 3, 1, 2:

adulescentuli castrensibus stipendiis imbuebantur,

Plin. Ep. 8, 14, 5:

liberaliter educatos servilibus vitiis imbuisse,

Liv. 26, 2, 11:

nemo est tam immanis, cujus mentem non imbuerit deorum opinio,

Cic. Tusc. 1, 13, 30; cf.:

ea pietate omnium pectora imbuerat, ut, etc.,

Liv. 1, 21, 1:

inter novitatem successoris, quae noscendis prius quam agendis rebus inbuenda sit,

id. 41, 15, 8:

imbuendis sociis ad officia legum,

Tac. A. 12, 32:

nec quicquam prius imbuuntur quam contemnere deos,

id. H. 5, 5:

qui honestis sermonibus aures imperatoris imbuant,

id. ib. 4, 7; id. Or. 29; 31:

optume cum domito juvencus imbuitur,

is trained to labor, Plin. 8, 45, 70, § 180.—

To do any thing for the first time, explore, essay, set the example ( poet.):

illa rudem cursu prima imbuit Amphitriten,

was the first to navigate, Cat. 64, 11:

terras vomere,

to plough first, Ov. Tr. 3, 11, 52; Val. Fl. 1, 69:

phialam nectare,

to fill first, Mart. 8, 51, 17: bellum sanguine, to initiate, i. e. to begin, Verg. A. 7, 542; cf. ib. 554:

juvenem primo Hymenaeo (conjux),

Sil. 3, 65:

imbuis exemplum primae tu, Romule, palmae,

begin, set the example, Prop. 4 (5), 10, 5:

opus,

Ov. A. A. 1, 654.—

Esp. in part. perf., somewhat instructed, imbued, initiated, trained:

nos ita a majoribus instituti atque imbuti sumus, ut. etc.,

Cic. Phil. 10, 10, 20; cf.:

et doctrina liberaliter institutus et aliquo jam imbutus usu,

id. de Or. 2, 39, 162:

parentum praeceptis imbuti,

id. Off. 1, 32, 118: imbutus rudimentis militiae, Vell. 2, 129, 2; cf.:

imbutum jam a juventa certaminibus plebeiis,

Liv. 5, 2, 13:

cognitiones verborum, quibus imbuti sumus,

Cic. Fin. 2, 5, 16:

dialecticis imbutus,

id. Tusc. 1, 7, 14; cf.:

litteris saltem leviter imbutus,

Quint. 1, 2, 16:

quasi non perfectum litteris sed imbutum,

Suet. Gramm. 4:

(verna) Litterulis Graecis imbutus,

Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 7:

ad quam (legem) non docti, sed facti, non instituti, sed imbuti sumus,

Cic. Mil. 4, 10;

so opp. instructus: elementis studiorum etsi non instructus, at certe imbutus,

Tac. Or. 19.— Poet.:

aurea pavonum ridenti imbuta lepore saecla,

endued, Lucr. 2, 502 Munro (dub.; v. Lachm. Lucr. 2, p. 102).

imbŭo ( inb-), ŭi, ūtum, 3, v. a. [in- and root biv-; cf. bibo, and Gr. pinô], to wet, moisten, dip, tinge, touch, etc. (class.; cf.: inficio, infusco).

Lit.:

liquoribus lanam,

Col. 9, 14, 15: tapetes, quos concha purpura imbuens venenavit, Cn. Matius ap. Gell. 20, 9, 3:

cados amurca,

Plin. 15, 8, 8, § 33:

guttura lacte,

Ov. Ib. 131:

imbuti sanguine gladii legionum vel madefacti potius,

wet, or rather dripping with blood, Cic. Phil. 14, 3, 6:

sanguis novus imbuit arma,

Verg. A. 7, 554:

sanguine manus,

Vell. 2, 20, 1:

vestis imbuta sanguine,

Ov. M. 9, 153:

munus tabo imbutum,

Hor. Epod. 5, 65:

tela imbuta veneno,

Ov. Tr. 4, 1, 77:

oscula, quae Venus Quinta parte sui nectaris imbuit,

Hor. C. 1, 13, 16:

odore imbuta Testa,

id. Ep. 1, 2, 69.—With Gr. acc.:

alium quae sunt inbuta colorem,

Lucr. 2, 734 Munro.—

Trop.

In gen., to fill, tinge, stain, taint, infect, imbue, imbrue with any thing (esp. freq. in part. perf.): morte manus, Att. ap. Non. 521, 8; cf.:

gladium scelere,

Cic. Phil. 5, 7, 20:

talibus promissis aures militum,

Curt. 4, 10, 17:

militum sanguine manus,

id. 3, 8, 5.—

In part. perf.:

aliqua humanitate imbuti,

Varr. R. R. 1, 17, 4; cf.:

religione imbuti,

Cic. Div. 1, 42, 93:

imbutus admiratione,

Liv. 21, 39, 7:

legiones favore Othonis,

Tac. H. 2, 85:

miles longo Caesarum sacramento,

id. ib. 1, 5:

imbuti et infecti Romanis delenimentis,

Liv. 40, 11, 3:

imbutus alicujus consiliis,

id. 42, 26, 8:

hac ille crudelitate imbutus,

Cic. Phil. 3, 3, 4:

superstitione,

id. Fin. 1, 18, 60:

sociale bellum macula sceleris imbutum,

id. Font. 14, 31:

colonorum caede imbutis armis,

Liv. 4, 31, 7:

imbutae caede manus,

Ov. A. A. 2, 714:

imbutae praeda manus,

Tac. A. 1, 36.—

In partic.

To inspire or impress early, to accustom, inure, initiate, instruct, imbue:

his ego de artibus gratiam facio, ne colas, ne inbuas eis tuom ingenium,

Plaut. Trin. 2, 2, 17:

quibus ille studiis ab ineunte aetate se imbuerat,

Cic. Deiot. 10, 28; cf.:

animum tenerum opinionibus,

id. Att. 14, 13, B, 4:

variis erroribus,

id. Tusc. 3, 1, 2:

adulescentuli castrensibus stipendiis imbuebantur,

Plin. Ep. 8, 14, 5:

liberaliter educatos servilibus vitiis imbuisse,

Liv. 26, 2, 11:

nemo est tam immanis, cujus mentem non imbuerit deorum opinio,

Cic. Tusc. 1, 13, 30; cf.:

ea pietate omnium pectora imbuerat, ut, etc.,

Liv. 1, 21, 1:

inter novitatem successoris, quae noscendis prius quam agendis rebus inbuenda sit,

id. 41, 15, 8:

imbuendis sociis ad officia legum,

Tac. A. 12, 32:

nec quicquam prius imbuuntur quam contemnere deos,

id. H. 5, 5:

qui honestis sermonibus aures imperatoris imbuant,

id. ib. 4, 7; id. Or. 29; 31:

optume cum domito juvencus imbuitur,

is trained to labor, Plin. 8, 45, 70, § 180.—

To do any thing for the first time, explore, essay, set the example ( poet.):

illa rudem cursu prima imbuit Amphitriten,

was the first to navigate, Cat. 64, 11:

terras vomere,

to plough first, Ov. Tr. 3, 11, 52; Val. Fl. 1, 69:

phialam nectare,

to fill first, Mart. 8, 51, 17: bellum sanguine, to initiate, i. e. to begin, Verg. A. 7, 542; cf. ib. 554:

juvenem primo Hymenaeo (conjux),

Sil. 3, 65:

imbuis exemplum primae tu, Romule, palmae,

begin, set the example, Prop. 4 (5), 10, 5:

opus,

Ov. A. A. 1, 654.—

Esp. in part. perf., somewhat instructed, imbued, initiated, trained:

nos ita a majoribus instituti atque imbuti sumus, ut. etc.,

Cic. Phil. 10, 10, 20; cf.:

et doctrina liberaliter institutus et aliquo jam imbutus usu,

id. de Or. 2, 39, 162:

parentum praeceptis imbuti,

id. Off. 1, 32, 118: imbutus rudimentis militiae, Vell. 2, 129, 2; cf.:

imbutum jam a juventa certaminibus plebeiis,

Liv. 5, 2, 13:

cognitiones verborum, quibus imbuti sumus,

Cic. Fin. 2, 5, 16:

dialecticis imbutus,

id. Tusc. 1, 7, 14; cf.:

litteris saltem leviter imbutus,

Quint. 1, 2, 16:

quasi non perfectum litteris sed imbutum,

Suet. Gramm. 4:

(verna) Litterulis Graecis imbutus,

Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 7:

ad quam (legem) non docti, sed facti, non instituti, sed imbuti sumus,

Cic. Mil. 4, 10;

so opp. instructus: elementis studiorum etsi non instructus, at certe imbutus,

Tac. Or. 19.— Poet.:

aurea pavonum ridenti imbuta lepore saecla,

endued, Lucr. 2, 502 Munro (dub.; v. Lachm. Lucr. 2, p. 102).

languĭdus, a, um, adj. [langueo], faint, weak, dull, sluggish, languid (class.; cf.: lassus, fessus, fatigatus, defessus).

Lit.

In gen.:

homines vino languidi,

Cic. Cat. 2, 5, 10; cf.:

vino vigiliisque languidus,

id. Verr. 2, 3, 12, § 31:

pecus,

id. Fin. 2, 13, 39:

boves Collo trahentes languido,

Hor. Epod. 2, 64.— Transf., of things:

(oculi) languidi et torpentes,

dull, Quint. 11, 3, 76; cf.:

vultus non languidus,

id. 11, 3, 159:

flumen,

sluggish, Hor. C. 2, 14, 17; so,

aqua,

Liv. 1, 4:

ventus,

gentle, mild; Ov. P. 2, 1, 2; cf.

carbasa,

hanging loose, not swelled out, Luc. 5, 421:

color,

pale, Plin. 12, 12, 26, § 43:

ignis,

id. 34, 8, 17, § 79:

ictus venarum,

id. 11, 37, 88, § 219:

arbor piri,

Pall. Febr. 25, 4; id. Novem. 7, 14.— Comp.:

languidioribus nostris vallum scindere (hostes),

Caes. B. G. 3, 5:

folia languidiora,

Plin. 22, 20, 24, § 50:

vina,

i. e. more mellow, Hor. C. 3, 21, 8.—

In partic., faint, weak, languid from sickness, languishing, ill ( poet. and in postAug. prose): lumina, Laurea Tullius poët. ap. Plin. 31, 2, 3, § 8:

languidior noster si quando est Paulus,

Mart. 9, 86:

uxor,

Juv. 1, 122.— Subst.: languĭdus, i, m., the sick man, invalid, Vulg. Johan. 5, 7; id. Matt. 14, 14 al.—

Trop., faint, feeble, powerless, inactive, listless, of persons and things:

senectus languida atque iners,

Cic. de Sen. 8, 26:

philosophus mollis, languidus, enervatus,

id. de Or. 1, 52, 226:

si qui antea aut alieniores fuerant aut languidiores,

more sluggish, id. Q. Fr. 1, 2, 5, § 16; cf.:

nos etiam languidiores postea facti sumus,

id. Phil. 8, 7, 21:

illi beati, quos nullae futtiles laetitiae exultantes languidis liquefaciunt voluptatibus,

id. Tusc. 5, 6, 16; Caes. B. G. 3, 5:

esse remisso ac languido animo,

id. B. C. 1, 21:

languidiore credo studio in causa fuistis,

Cic. Lig. 9, 28:

oratio languidior,

Quint. 4, 1, 67:

auctoritas patrum,

weak, Plin. 15, 29, 36, § 121:

Romani... fessi lassique erant: tamen instructi intentique obviam procedebant. Nam dolus Numidarum nihil languidi neque remissi patiebatur,

Sall. J. 53, 6:

oculos ubi languida pressit quies,

producing languor, Verg. A. 12, 908.— Sup. seems not to occur. —Hence, adv.: languĭdē, in a languid manner, faintly, feebly, slowly, languidly (class.):

procedere,

Col. 11, 1, 17:

nutare,

Plin. 18, 7, 10, § 53:

agere,

Petr. 98:

palmae languide dulces,

slightly, Plin. 13, 4, 7, § 34. — Comp.:

languidius in opere versari,

Caes. B. G. 7, 27:

dictum languidius,

more faintheartedly, spiritlessly, Cic. Tusc. 5, 9, 25.— Sup. seems not to occur.

marmŏrĕus, a, um, adj. [marmor], made or consisting of marble, marble-.

Lit. (class.):

signum aëneum, marmoreum, eburneum,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 1, § 1:

tecta,

id. Par. 1, 3, 13:

solum,

a floor, id. ib. 6, 3, 49: facere aliquem marmoreum, to make of marble, i. e. as a marble statue, Verg. E. 7, 35:

ponere aliquem marmoreum,

Hor. C. 4, 1, 20:

colossus,

Juv. 8, 230:

villa,

id. 4, 112.—

Transf.

Of or pertaining to marble, marble- (very rare):

ars,

Vitr. 4, 1.—

Resembling marble (in whiteness or smoothness), marble-like, marble- (mostly poet.): pectus, Lucil. ap. Non. 391, 26:

cervix,

Verg. G. 4, 523:

pollex,

Ov. M. 13, 746:

palmae,

id. ib. 3, 481:

pedes,

id. Am. 2, 11, 15:

manus,

Mart. 8, 56, 14:

candor,

marblewhiteness, Lucr. 2, 765:

color,

i. e. whiteness, id. 2, 775:

Paros (from its famous marble quarries),

Ov. M. 7, 465:

gelu,

id. F. 4. 918:

aequor,

Verg. A. 6, 729.—

Adorned with statues:

Lucanus in hortis marmoreis,

Juv. 7, 80.

martyrĭum, ĭi, n., = marturion, a testimony, sealed with one's blood, to the truth of the Christian religion, martyrdom.

Lit. (eccl. Lat.):

martyrii palmae,

Tert. Spect. 29;

Greg. M. Dial. 3, 28: Domini martyrium,

Hier. adv. Jovin. 1: sanguine martyrii, Prud. steph. 7, 9: sacri martyrii corona, Ambros, Off. 2, 28.—

Transf.

The place where a martyr is buried, a martyr's grave:

martyria negat esse facienda,

Tert. adv. Haer. 46; so Cod. Just. 1, 2, 16.—

A church dedicated to a saint:

martyrium fabricare,

Hier. Vita Hilar. 31.

prĕtĭum, ii, n. [Sanscr. root par-, pana (for parna), wager, loan; Gr. pi-praskô, to sell; priamai, to buy; cf. pornos], that for or by which any thing is bought or sold (class.).

Lit., money spent for any thing:

nil pretio parsit, filio dum parceret,

Plaut. Capt. prol. 32:

femina... urbem Exiguam pretio posuit,

for money has founded a small city, Verg. A. 4, 211:

vectigalia parvo pretio redempta habere,

for little money, cheaply, Caes. B. G. 1, 18:

pretio mercari ordinem senatorium,

to purchase, to gain with money, Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 49, § 122:

permutare pretio noluit, aliāve merce,

Plin. 9, 55, 81, § 171.—

In gen., money, wealth, etc. ( poet.), Ov. P. 2, 8, 6:

in pretio pretium nunc est,

id. F. 1, 217:

converso in pretium deo,

i. e. into a shower of gold, Hor. C. 3, 16, 8.—

Transf., worth, value, price.

In gen.: nec mi aurum posco nec mi pretium dederitis, Enn. ap. Cic. Off. 1, 12, 38 (Ann. v. 200 Vahl.):

pretium statuere merci,

to set, fix, Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 133:

pretium certum constituere,

Cic. Att. 12, 33, 1:

enumerare,

id. Rosc. Am. 46, 133:

pacisci pro re aliquā,

to agree upon, settle, id. Off. 3, 29, 107:

exsolvere,

Plaut. Men. 5, 6, 26:

quibus hic pretiis porci veneunt?

at what prices are they sold here? id. ib. 2, 2, 15:

vendere aliquid pretio suo,

id. Pers. 4, 4, 30; id. Ps. 1, 2, 36:

parare sibi pretio aliquid,

id. Merc. 2, 3, 7:

multi extulerunt eorum pretia,

Varr. R. R. 3, 6, 6:

jacent pretia praediorum,

are low, down, fallen, Cic. Rosc. Com. 12, 33.—

Esp.

In phrases: magni, parvi pretii esse, to be high or low in price, of much or little worth, of great or of small value:

nullus est tam parvi pretii, quin,

Plaut. Aul. 4, 10, 60:

ne tu habes servum graphicum, et quantivis pretii!

id. Ep. 3, 3, 29:

agrum majoris pretii nemo habet,

Ter. Heaut. 1, 1, 12:

noli spectare, quanti homo sit: parvi enim pretii est, qui jam nihil est,

Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 2, 4:

de illis potissimum jactura fit, quia pretii minimi sunt,

Sall. Or. ad Caes. 2, 9: pretium habere, to have a value, to be worth something:

vendat oleum, si pretium habeat,

Cato, R. R. 2, 7:

annona porro pretium nisi in calamitate fructuum non habet,

Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 98, § 227; but also: pretium habere, to have a price, be for sale:

quis ignorat quin id longe sit liberalibus disciplinis dignissimum, non vendere operam: cum pleraque hoc ipso possint videri vilia, quod pretium habent,

Quint. 12, 7, 8; hence: pretium non habere, to have no price, be above price (late Lat.):

nihil esse pretiosius, immo eum pretium non habere testatur,

Aug. Serm. 36, 8: in pretio esse, to be of worth, value, or estimation, to be in repute:

tum coquus in pretio esse (coeptus),

Liv. 39, 6, 9:

nec in pretio fertilis hortus erat,

Ov. F. 5, 316; Plin. 33, 1, 6, § 22: in pretio habere, to regard as of value:

in magno pretio habere,

Sen. Ep. 75, 11:

aurum et argentum in pretio habent,

Tac. G. 5;

for which cf.: pudebat libertatis majus esse apud feminas quam apud viros pretium,

Curt. 8, 2, 28: pretium facere, to fix or set a price or value; of a seller: indica, fac pretium. Do. Tua merx est;

tua indicatio est,

Plaut. Pers. 4, 4, 37;

of a purchaser: quis faceret pretium, nisi qui sua perdere vellet Omnia?

Mart. 1, 86, 7; Dig. 10, 3, 19.—

Wages, reward (mostly poet.):

pro pretio facio ut opera appareat,

Plaut. Ps. 3, 2, 59:

operam Epidici nunc me emere pretio pretioso velim,

id. Ep. 1, 2, 17:

reddere alicui pro benefactis,

id. Capt. 5, 1, 20:

palmae pretium victoribus,

Verg. A. 5, 111.—

Trop., worth, value:

quales ex hac die experiundo cognovit, perinde operae eorum pretium faceret,

would estimate their services, Liv. 27, 17:

sive aliquod morum Est pretium,

Ov. Tr. 1, 9, 43: corticis etiam ad medicamenta pretium est, Plin, 12, 25, 54, § 118; 12, 19, 43, § 95.—

Transf., pay, hire, wages, reward, price (cf.: stipendium, merces).

In a good sense: majores seorsum atque diversum pretium paravere bonis atque strenuis, decurionatus... aliosque honores, Cato ap. Fest. s. v. optionatus, p. 201 Müll.; so,

= praemium (opp. poena), ita et pretium recte facti triumphum haberet L. Paulus pro egregie bello gesto,

Liv. 45, 37, 5:

ut pretium honoremque debito beneficio addat,

id. 45, 14, 1:

cum pro cujusque merito consul pretia poenasque exsolvisset,

id. 26, 40, 15 Weissenb. ad loc.:

satis ampla pretia,

prizes, id. 21, 43, 6:

virtutum pretium,

Sen. Clem. 1, 1, 1.— Plur.: tam longā valetudine conflictabatur, ut haec tanta pretia vivendi mortis rationibus vincerentur, rewards of living, i. e. motives for living, Plin. Ep. 1, 12, 4.—Esp. in phrase pretium curae, and more freq. pretium operae, a reward for trouble:

mihi visum est pretium curae, ipsum, senatus consultum quaerere,

seemed to me worth the trouble, worth while, Plin. Ep. 8, 6, 2:

est pretium curae cognoscere, etc.,

Juv. 6, 474: facturusne operae pretium sim, etc.,... nec satis scio, what will pay for the trouble, Liv. praef.:

operae pretium habent libertatem, civitatemque,

id. 25, 6; 21, 43: audire est operae pretium, etc., Enn. ap. Acron. ad Hor. S. 1, 2, 37 (Ann. v. 454 Vahl.); so Liv. 3, 26, 7: reddere opis pretium pro factis, Enn. ap. Sen. Ep. 108 (Epigr. v. 6 Vahl.):

quo in genere est operae pretium diligentiam majorum recordari,

it is worth while, Cic. Agr. 2, 27, 73:

captā urbe, operae pretium fore,

Sall. J. 81, 2;

so without operae (post-Aug.): Germanico pretium fuit convertere agmen,

thought it of importance, Tac. A. 1, 57:

ni pretium foret Pisonis sententias noscere,

were it not worth while, were it not of importance, id. ib. 2, 35:

posse eum, si operae pretium faciat, principem popularium esse,

if he does any thing worth while, any thing of importance, Liv. 25, 30: duos servos ad hostes transfugisse et operae pretium fecisse, have done valuable service, Quadrig. ap. Sen. Ben. 3, 23:

scriptor minime utilis, cujus libro adtingere nullum pretium operae sit,

Gell. 12, 2, 1; so,

operis pretium est,

Sil. 16, 45.—

In a bad sense (i. q. poena), reward, punishment, like the Gr. timê, misthos ( poet.): si malos imitabor, tum pretium pro noxā dabis, Liv. And. ap. Non. 365, 27:

verbera, compedes, molae... haec pretia sunt ignaviae,

Plaut. Men. 5, 6, 10:

ego pretium ob stultitiam fero,

Ter. And. 3, 5, 4:

et peccare nefas, aut pretium est mori,

Hor. C. 3, 24, 24:

ille crucem pretium sceleris tulit, hic diadema,

Juv. 13, 105.—Of bribery:

adduci pretio ad hominem condemnandum,

Cic. Caecil. 10, 29:

pretio judicem corrumpere,

id. ib. 25, 72:

nec prece, nec pretio a rectā viā deduci,

Auct. Her. 3, 3, 4.

pulvis, ĕris (nom. pulver, App. Herb. 35; Theod. Prisc. 1, 30; 2, 32; cf. Prisc. p. 707 P.), m. ( fem., Enn. ap. Non. 217, 11 sq.; Prop. 1, 22, 6; 2, 13, 35 (3, 5, 19);

and also,

masc., id. 1, 17, 23; 1, 19, 6; 4 (5), 9, 31).

Lit., dust, powder: jamque fere pulvis ad caelum vasta videtur, Enn. ap. Non. 217, 11 (Ann. v. 286 Vahl.): fulva, id. ap. Non. 217, 13 (Ann. v. 319 ib.):

si multus erat in calceis pulvis,

Cic. Inv. 1, 30, 47; Lucr. 3, 381:

pulveris nebula,

id. 5, 254:

Romani pulveris vim magnam animadvortunt,

Sall. J. 53, 1; Caes. B. C. 2, 26:

qui (ventus) nubes pulveris vehit,

Liv. 22, 43:

prospectum oculorum nubes pulveris abstulerat,

Curt. 4, 15, 32; 5, 13, 12; Sil. 2, 174:

subitam nigro glomerari pulvere nubem Prospiciunt,

Verg. A. 9, 33:

pulvis collectus turbine,

Hor. S. 1, 4, 31:

pulverem Olympicum Collegisse,

id. C. 1, 1, 3:

crinis pulvere collines,

id. ib. 1, 15, 20:

pulvere sparsi juvenes,

Phaedr. 4, 24, 22:

tum caeco pulvere campus Miscetur,

Verg. A. 12, 444:

pulverem excutere,

Ov. A. A. 1, 150:

sedare,

Phaedr. 2, 5, 18:

movere,

Quint. 5, 10, 81:

excitare,

Col. Arb. 12:

glaebam in pulverem resolvere,

id. 11, 2, 60: eruditus, the dust or sand in which mathematicians drew their figures, Cic. N. D. 2, 18, 48; cf. id. Tusc. 5, 23, 64:

formas in pulvere describere,

Liv. 25, 31; Pers. 1, 131:

amomi,

dust, powder, Ov. Tr. 3, 3, 69:

carbonis,

coal-dust, id. A. A. 3, 628. — Poet.:

Etrusca,

i. e. soil, Prop. 1, 22, 6; so of potters' earth, Mart. 14, 1021; 1141; of volcanic ashes:

Puteolanus,

pozzolana, Stat. S. 4, 3, 53; Sen. Q. N. 3, 20, 3; Plin. 35, 13, 47, § 166.—Of the dust or ashes of the dead:

pulvis et umbra sumus,

Hor. C. 4, 7, 16 al.; cf.:

pulvis es et in pulverem reverteris,

Vulg. Gen. 3, 19:

hibernus,

i. e. a dry winter, Verg. G. 1, 101.—Esp.: pulvis belli, war:

formosus pulvere belli,

Mart. 8, 65, 3:

duces Non indecoro pulvere sordidi,

Hor. C. 2, 1, 22:

in pulverem Martium tractus,

Amm. 16, 1, 5:

exercitus pulvere coalitus Martio,

id. 21, 12, 22.—In plur.:

novendiales,

Hor. Epod. 17, 48:

cineris pulveres,

Pall. 3, 25, 14 (cf. id. 11, 14, 15):

pulverum mole degravante,

Plin. 11, 24, 28, § 83; cf. Gell. 19, 8, 13:

natio ad pulveres Martios erudita,

Amm. 23, 6, 83.—Prov.: sulcos in pulvere ducere, to draw furrows in the sand, i. e. to give one's self useless trouble, Juv. 7, 48: pulverem ob oculos aspergere, to throw dust in one's eyes, i. e. to deceive, Gell. 5, 21, 4.—

Transf.

A place of contest, arena, lists: domitant in pulvere currus, Verg. A. 7, 163; Mart. 12, 83.—

In gen., a scene of action, field (cf. arena):

doctrinam ex umbraculis eruditorum in solem atque pulverem produxit,

i. e. before the public, Cic. Leg. 3, 6, 14; cf. Hor. C. 1, 8, 4:

educenda dictio est in agmen, in pulverem,

Cic. de Or. 1, 34, 157:

forensis pulvis,

Quint. 10, 1, 33:

inque suo noster pulvere currat equus,

on his own field, within his own territory, Ov. F. 2, 360.—

Toil, effort, labor ( poet.):

cui sit condicio dulcis sine pulvere palmae,

Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 51.

răcēmus, i, m. [rhax, rhagos].

Lit., the stalk of a cluster of grapes and similar plants:

alia (poma) racemis dependent, ut uvae, palmae,

Plin. 15, 28, 34, § 115; cf. id. 16, 26, 48, § 112; 14, 3, 4, § 43:

sunt et mora cruenta, et lentis uva racemis,

Verg. Copa, 21.—

Transf.

A bunch of berries, cluster of grapes:

fert uva racemos,

Verg. G. 2, 60; Ov. M. 3, 484; id. Tr. 4, 6, 9; Prop. 4 (5), 2, 13; Hor. C. 2, 5, 11 al.:

lecti de vite racemi,

Ov. A. A. 3, 703; Verg. G. 2, 102; Sil. 7, 208 al. —

Wine ( poet.):

donec eras mixtus nullis, Acheloë, racemis,

Ov. F. 5, 343.