patella

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pătella, ae, f. dim. [patina], a small pan or dish, a plate; a vessel used in cooking, and also to serve up food in.

Lit., Varr. ap. Prisc. p. 681 P.: patella esurienti posita, id. ap. Non. 543, 33; Hor. Ep. 1, 5, 2; Mart. 5, 78, 7; Juv. 10, 64:

sinapi in patellis decoctum,

Plin. 19, 8, 54, § 171:

cicadae tostae in patellis,

id. 30, 8, 21, § 68.—

In partic., a vessel used in sacrifices, an offering - dish: patellae vasula parva picata sacris faciendis apta, Fest. pp. 248 and 249 Müll.: oportet bonum civem legibus parere et deos colere, in patellam dare, mikron kreas, Varr. ap. Non. 544; Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 21, § 46:

edere de patellā, of sacrilegious persons,

id. Fin. 2, 7, 22 Madv. ad loc.; Liv. 26, 36; Ov. F. 6, 310; 2, 634; Pers. 3, 26; Val. Max. 4, 4, 3 al.—

Transf.

The kneepan, patella, Cels. 8, 1 fin.; 8, 21.—

A disease of the olive-tree, Plin. 17, 24. 37, § 223

Pătella and Pătellāna ( Pă-telāna), ae, f. [pateo], a goddess that presiaed over the shooting of grain:

Patellana numen est et Patella: ex quibus una est pateiactis, patefaciendis rebus altera praestituta,

Arn. 4, 131: Patelana, Aug. Civ. Dei, 4, 8.

pătella, ae, f. dim. [patina], a small pan or dish, a plate; a vessel used in cooking, and also to serve up food in.

Lit., Varr. ap. Prisc. p. 681 P.: patella esurienti posita, id. ap. Non. 543, 33; Hor. Ep. 1, 5, 2; Mart. 5, 78, 7; Juv. 10, 64:

sinapi in patellis decoctum,

Plin. 19, 8, 54, § 171:

cicadae tostae in patellis,

id. 30, 8, 21, § 68.—

In partic., a vessel used in sacrifices, an offering - dish: patellae vasula parva picata sacris faciendis apta, Fest. pp. 248 and 249 Müll.: oportet bonum civem legibus parere et deos colere, in patellam dare, mikron kreas, Varr. ap. Non. 544; Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 21, § 46:

edere de patellā, of sacrilegious persons,

id. Fin. 2, 7, 22 Madv. ad loc.; Liv. 26, 36; Ov. F. 6, 310; 2, 634; Pers. 3, 26; Val. Max. 4, 4, 3 al.—

Transf.

The kneepan, patella, Cels. 8, 1 fin.; 8, 21.—

A disease of the olive-tree, Plin. 17, 24. 37, § 223

Pătella and Pătellāna ( Pă-telāna), ae, f. [pateo], a goddess that presiaed over the shooting of grain:

Patellana numen est et Patella: ex quibus una est pateiactis, patefaciendis rebus altera praestituta,

Arn. 4, 131: Patelana, Aug. Civ. Dei, 4, 8.

dish, platter, plate

pătella, ae, f. dim. [patina], a small pan or dish, a plate; a vessel used in cooking, and also to serve up food in.

Lit., Varr. ap. Prisc. p. 681 P.: patella esurienti posita, id. ap. Non. 543, 33; Hor. Ep. 1, 5, 2; Mart. 5, 78, 7; Juv. 10, 64:

sinapi in patellis decoctum,

Plin. 19, 8, 54, § 171:

cicadae tostae in patellis,

id. 30, 8, 21, § 68.—

In partic., a vessel used in sacrifices, an offering - dish: patellae vasula parva picata sacris faciendis apta, Fest. pp. 248 and 249 Müll.: oportet bonum civem legibus parere et deos colere, in patellam dare, mikron kreas, Varr. ap. Non. 544; Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 21, § 46:

edere de patellā, of sacrilegious persons,

id. Fin. 2, 7, 22 Madv. ad loc.; Liv. 26, 36; Ov. F. 6, 310; 2, 634; Pers. 3, 26; Val. Max. 4, 4, 3 al.—

Transf.

The kneepan, patella, Cels. 8, 1 fin.; 8, 21.—

A disease of the olive-tree, Plin. 17, 24. 37, § 223

Pătella and Pătellāna ( Pă-telāna), ae, f. [pateo], a goddess that presiaed over the shooting of grain:

Patellana numen est et Patella: ex quibus una est pateiactis, patefaciendis rebus altera praestituta,

Arn. 4, 131: Patelana, Aug. Civ. Dei, 4, 8.

ĕdo, ēdi, ēsum, 3 ( sup.:

esum,

Plaut. Curc. 2, 1, 13; id. Men. 3, 1, 11; id. Stich. 1, 3, 28:

esu,

id. Ps. 3, 2, 35.—The contr. forms es, est, estis, etc., are very freq. in prose and poetry:

est,

Verg. A. 4, 66; 5, 683; Hor. S. 2, 2, 57:

esset,

id. ib. 2, 6, 89; Verg. G. 1, 151:

esse,

Quint. 11, 3, 136; Juv. 15, 102:

esto,

Cato R. R. 156, 1.—Hence, also in the pass.:

estur,

Plaut. Most. 1, 3, 78; id. Poen. 4, 2, 13; Cels. 27, 3; Ov. Pont. 1, 1, 69; and:

essetur,

Varr. L. L. 5, § 106 Müll.—Archaic forms of the subj. praes.:

edim,

Plaut. Aul. 3, 2, 16; id. Trin. 2, 4, 73; 74; Caecil. and Pompon. ap. Non. 507, 7:

edis,

Plaut. Poen. 4, 2, 45; id. Trin. 2, 4, 72:

edit,

Cato R. R. 1, 56, 6; 1, 57, 9 sq.; Plaut. Capt. 3, 1, 1; 3; id. Aul. 4, 6, 6; id. Poen. prol. 9; Hor. Epod. 3, 3; id. S. 2, 8, 90:

edimus,

Plaut. Poen. 3, 1, 34:

editis, Nov. ap. Non. l. l.: edint,

Cic. Fin. 2, 7, 22), v. a. [Sanscr. ad-mi, eat; Gr. ed-ô, esthiô; Lat. edax, esca, esurio, etc.; cf. also Gr. odous, odont- Aeol. plur. edontes, dens], to eat (for syn. cf.: comedo, vescor, pascor, devoro, haurio, mando, ceno, epulor).

Lit.: ille ipse astat, quando edit, Naev. ap. Prisc. p. 893; cf.

so uncontr.,

Cic. Att. 13, 52:

miserrimus est, qui cum esse cupit, quod edit non habet,

Plaut. Capt. 3, 1, 3:

ut de symbolis essemus,

Ter. Eun. 3, 4, 2:

mergi eos (sc. pullos) in aquam jussit, ut biberent, quoniam esse nollent,

Cic. N. D. 2, 3, 7 et saep.—

Prov.

Multos modios salis simul edisse, to have eaten bushels of salt with another, i. e. to be old friends, Cic. Lael. 19.—

De patella, i. e. to show contempt for religion (v. patella), Cic. Fin. 2, 7 fin. —

Pugnos, to taste one's fists, i. e. to get a good drubbing, Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 153.—

Transf.

Bona, to squander, dissipate, Plaut. Truc. 4, 2, 29.—

Of inanimate subjects, qs. to eat up, i. e. to consume, destroy ( poet.):

ut mala culmos Esset robigo,

Verg. G. 1, 151:

carinas lentus vapor (i. e. flamma),

id. A. 5, 683:

corpora virus,

Ov. Ib. 608 al. —

Trop., to corrode, consume, devour (almost exclusively poet.):

si quid est animum,

Hor. Ep. 1, 2, 39; cf.:

nimium libenter edi sermonem tuum,

have devoured, Plaut. Aul. 3, 6, 1:

nec te tantus edat tacitam dolor,

Verg. A. 12, 801:

nec edunt oblivia laudem,

Sil. 13, 665 et saep.

ē-do, dĭdi, dĭtum, 3, v. a., to give out, put forth, bring forth (freq. and class.).

In gen.:

foras per os est editus aër,

Lucr. 3, 122; cf.:

sputa per fauces tussi,

id. 6, 1189:

urinam,

Plin. 28, 4, 7, § 38; cf.

stercus,

Col. 2, 14: animam, to breathe out, i. e. to die, expire, Cic. Sest. 38, 83; Ov. H. 9, 62; cf.:

extremum vitae spiritum,

Cic. Phil. 12, 9:

vitam,

id. Fin. 5, 2, 4; id. Planc. 37, 90:

clamorem,

to send forth, utter, id. Div. 2, 23; cf.:

miros risus,

id. Q. Fr. 2, 10, 2:

fremitum patulis sub naribus (equus),

Lucr. 5, 1076:

voces,

Cic. Tusc. 2, 8:

dulces modos,

Ov. F. 1, 444:

questus,

id. M. 4, 588:

hinnitus,

id. ib. 2, 669:

latratus,

id. ib. 4, 451 et saep.:

Maeander in sinum maris editur,

discharges itself, Liv. 38, 13; 39, 53 fin.:

clanculum ex aedibus me edidi foras,

have slipped out, Plaut. Most. 3, 2, 9.

In partic., to bring forth any thing new, to produce, beget, form, etc.

Of what is born, begotten (mostly poet. and in post-Aug. prose):

progeniem in oras luminis,

Lucr. 2, 617:

crocodilos dicunt, cum in terra partum ediderint, obruere ova, deinde discedere,

Cic. N. D. 2, 52; so,

partum,

Liv. 1, 39; cf.:

aliquem partu,

Verg. A. 7, 660; Ov. M. 4, 210; 13, 487:

aliquem maturis nisibus,

id. F. 5, 172:

geminos Latona,

id. M. 6, 336:

nepotem Atlantis (Pleïas),

id. F. 5, 664 al.: (draconem) Qui luci ediderat genitor Saturnius, idem Abdidit, Cic. Poëta Div. 2, 30, 64; cf.:

Electram maximus Atlas Edidit,

Verg. A. 8, 137.—In the pass.:

hebetes eduntur,

Quint. 1, 1, 2. —More freq. in the part.: in lucem editus, Poëta ap. Cic. Tusc. 1, 48, 115 (a transl. of the Euripid. ton phunta); cf. Ov. M. 15, 221:

editus partu,

id. ib. 5, 517; 9, 678; id. F. 5, 26:

Venus aquis,

id. H. 7, 60; cf.:

Limnate flumine Gange,

id. M. 5, 48;

for which: de flumine,

id. H. 5, 10 (cf. Zumpt, Gramm. §

451): ille hac,

Ov. M. 10, 298; cf.:

Maecenas atavis regibus,

Hor. C. 1, 1, 1:

infans ex nepte Julia,

Suet. Aug. 65 et saep.—

Transf.:

(tellus) Edidit innumeras species,

Ov. M. 1, 436; cf. Liv. 21, 41:

frondem ulmus,

puts forth, Col. 5, 6, 2:

ea (sc. academia) praestantissimos in eloquentia viros edidit,

Quint. 12, 2, 25.—

Of literary productions, to put forth, to publish (class.):

de republica libros,

Cic. Brut. 5, 19; so,

librum contra suum doctorem,

id. Ac. 2, 4, 12:

annales suos,

id. Att. 2, 16, 4:

orationem scriptam,

Sall. C. 31, 6:

aliquid,

Cic. Leg. 1, 2, 7; Quint. 5, 10, 120; 3, 1, 18; 2, 1, 11; Hor. A. P. 390 et saep.—

Transf., to set forth, publish, relate, tell, utter, announce, declare = exponere;

esp. of the responses of priests and oracles, the decrees of authorities, etc.: apud eosdem (sc. censores) qui magistratu abierint edant et exponant, quid in magistratu gesserint,

Cic. Leg. 3, 20, 47; cf. Hor. S. 2, 5, 61:

ede illa, quae coeperas, et Bruto et mihi,

Cic. Brut. 5, 20:

nomen parentum,

Ov. M. 3, 580; 9, 531; Hor. S. 2, 4, 10:

veros ortus,

Ov. M. 2, 43; cf.:

auctor necis editus,

id. ib. 8, 449:

mea fata tibi,

id. 11, 668 et saep. —With acc. and inf.:

Apollo Pythius oraculum edidit, Spartam nulla re alia esse perituram, etc.,

Cic. Off. 2, 22, 77; cf. Liv. 40, 45; 22, 10; 42, 2.—With dupl. acc.:

auctorem doctrinae ejus falso Pythagoran edunt,

id. 1, 18; cf. id. 1, 46; 27, 27 fin.:

haec mihi, quae canerem Titio, deus edidit ore,

Tib. 1, 4, 73:

iis editis imperiis,

id. 29, 25; cf.:

edito alio tempore ac loco (with constitutum tempus et locus),

Quint. 4, 2, 98:

opinio in vulgus edita,

spread abroad, Caes. B. C. 3, 29, 3; cf. Nep. Dat. 6, 4:

consilia hostium,

i. e. to divulge, betray, Liv. 10, 27 et saep.— Poet.:

arma violentaque bella,

i. e. to sing, celebrate in song, Ov. Am. 1, 1, 1.—Hence,

Jurid. and polit. t. t., to give out, promulgate, proclaim, ordain:

qua quisque actione agere volet, eam prius edere debet. Nam aequissimum videtur, eum, qui acturus est, edere actionem, etc.,

Dig. 2, 13 (tit. De edendo), 1 sq.:

verba,

Cic. Quint. 20, 63; cf.

judicium,

id. ib. 21: tribus, said of the plaintiff in a causa sodaliciorum, to name the tribus (since he had the right, in order to choose the judges, to propose to the defendant four tribus, from which the latter could reject only one, and then to choose the judges according to his own pleasure out of the remaining three, Cic. Planc. 15, 36 sqq.:

judices editi (= editicii),

id. ib. 17, 41; cf.

Wund. Cic. Planc. p. LXXVI. sq., and see editicius: socium tibi in hujus bonis edidisti Quintium,

hast mentioned, Cic. Quint. 24 fin.:

quantum Apronius edidisset deberi, tantum ex edicto dandum erat,

id. Verr. 2, 3, 29; 2, 2, 42: mandata edita, Liv. 31, 19; cf. id. 34, 35:

ederet (consul) quid fieri velit,

to command, id. 40, 40; cf. id. 45, 34.—

Transf. beyond the jurid. sphere:

postquam hanc rationem cordi ventrique edidi, etc.,

Plaut. Aul. 2, 8, 12.—

Of other objects, to produce, perform, bring about, cause (freq. and class.):

oves nullum fructum edere ex se sine cultu hominum et curatione possent,

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

vitales motus,

Lucr. 3, 560:

proelia pugnasque,

id. 2, 119; 4, 1010; Liv. 8, 9; 21, 43 al.; cf.

caedem,

id. 5, 13; 10, 45 al.:

strages,

Verg. A. 9, 785 and 527:

aliquantum trepidationis,

Liv. 21, 28; cf.

tumultum,

id. 36, 19:

ruinas,

Cic. Leg. 1, 13 fin.:

scelus, facinus,

to perpetrate, id. Phil. 13, 9 fin.:

annuam operam,

i. e. to perform, Liv. 5, 4; cf. id. 3, 63; Suet. Tib. 35:

munus gladiatorium (with parare),

to exhibit, Liv. 28, 21; Suet. Calig. 18; cf.

ludos,

Tac. A. 1, 15; 3, 64; Suet. Caes. 10 al.:

spectaculum,

Tac. A. 14, 17; id. H. 2, 67; Suet. Caes. 44 et saep.:

gladiatores,

Suet. Aug. 45 et saep.:

exemplum severitatis,

Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 2, 2, § 5;

so more freq.: exempla in aliquem,

Ter. Eun. 5, 6, 21; Caes. B. G. 1, 31, 12; Liv. 29, 9 fin. and 27; cf.:

scelus in aliquem,

Cic. Sest. 27.

To raise up, lift, elevate:

corpus celerem super equum,

Tib. 4, 1, 114.—Hence,

ēdĭtus, a, um, P. a. (set forth, heightened; hence, like excelsus).

Prop., of places, elevated, high, lofty (cf.:

altus, celsus, excelsus, sublimis, procerus, arduus, praeceps, profundus), opp. to flat, level (cf.: collis paululum ex planitie editus,

Caes. B. G. 2, 8, 3; id. B. C. 1, 43, 2; Sall. J. 92, 5; Tac. A. 15, 27—very freq. and class.):

Henna est loco perexcelso atque edito,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 48; Caes. B. G. 3, 19, 1 (with acclivis); 7, 18, 3; id. B. C. 3, 37, 4; Sall. J. 92, 5; 98, 3; Liv. 2, 50 et saep.— Comp., Caes. B. C. 1, 7, 5; 1, 43, 2; Sen. N. Q. 7, 5. — Sup., Auct. B. Alex. 28; 31; 72; Just. 2, 1, 17 al.—

Trop.:

viribus editior,

stronger, Hor. S. 1, 3, 110.— Adv. does not occur.—

ēdĭtum, i, n.

A height:

in edito,

Suet. Aug. 72:

ex edito,

Plin. 31, 3, 27.— Plur.:

edita montium,

Tac. A. 4, 46; 12, 56: in editis, Treb. Trig. Tyr. 26.—

Transf., a command, order, Ov. M. 11, 647; cf. Liv. 25, 12, 4.

ĕdo, ōnis, m. [1. edo], a glutton, Varr. ap. Non. 48, 19.

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cultrix, īcis, f. [cultor].

Prop., she who labors at or cares for a thing:

earum rerum quas terra gignit... augendarum et alendarum quandam cultricem esse, quae sit scientia atque ars agricolarum,

Cic. Fin. 5, 14, 39.—

A female inhabitant:

nemorum Latonia virgo,

Verg. A. 11, 557; cf.:

montibus Idri (Diana),

Cat. 64, 300 Sillig N. cr.:

collis (Janiculi) haec aetas,

Ov. F. 1, 245.—

Poet., transf., of things as subjects:

foci secura patella,

Pers. 3, 26.—

Trop., a female worshipper:

deorum montium,

Lact. Mort. Pers. 11.

grandis, e, adj. [cf. gradus; also Germ. gross; Engl. great], full-grown, large, great, full, abundant (class.; most freq. of things; for syn. cf.: magnus, ingens, amplus, procerus, vastus, enormis).

Lit.

In gen.:

ita, quicquid (olerum) erat, grande erat,

Plaut. Cas. 5, 2, 35; cf.:

ager novatus et iteratus, quo meliores fetus possit et grandiores edere,

Cic. de Or. 2, 30, 131:

quae seges grandissima atque optima fuerit,

Varr. R. R. 1, 52; 1: farra, old poet. ap. Macr. S. 5, 20 fin.:

frumenta,

Verg. A. 4, 405:

hordea,

id. E. 5, 36:

lilia,

id. ib. 10, 25:

ilex,

Sall. J. 93, 4; cf.:

et antiqua robora,

Quint. 10, 1, 88:

grandissimum alicae genus,

Plin. 18, 11, 29, § 112:

grandissimae olivae,

id. 15, 3, 4, § 15 et saep.:

litterae (opp. minutae),

Plaut. Bacch. 4, 9, 68; cf.:

epistola sane grandis,

Cic. Att. 13, 21, 1:

sane grandes libri,

id. Rep. 3, 8:

grandiores libri,

id. Att. 13, 13, 1:

verbosa et grandis epistula,

Juv. 10, 71:

erat incisum grandibus litteris,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 34, § 74:

corpora,

Lucr. 6, 303:

saxa,

id. 1, 289; Caes. B. G. 7, 23, 2; 7, 46, 3; cf.:

cervi eminentes,

id. ib. 7, 72, 4:

tumulus terrenus,

id. ib. 1, 43, 1:

vas,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 21, § 47; cf.

patella,

id. ib. §

46: speculum,

Quint. 11, 3, 68:

cothurni,

Hor. A. P. 80:

lumina,

Ov. M. 5, 545; cf.

membra,

id. ib. 10, 237:

ossa,

id. ib. 9, 169:

conchae,

Cic. N. D. 2, 48, 123:

rhombi,

Hor. S. 2, 2, 95; cf.:

opes grandiores,

Plin. 11, 16, 16, § 47:

smaragdi,

Lucr. 4, 1126:

divitiae,

id. 5, 1118; cf.:

alicui grandem pecuniam credere,

Cic. Rab. Post. 2, 4:

pecunia,

id. Verr. 1, 9, 24; id. Fam. 13, 61; Sall. C. 49, 3; Liv. 10, 46, 10; 27, 20, 7; 32, 40, 9; Suet. Aug. 12; id. Ner. 24; cf.

faenus,

Cic. Fl. 21, 51:

aes alienum,

Sall. C. 14, 2; 24, 3; Plin. 7, 38, 39, § 127; cf.

also: donativum grandius solito,

Suet. Galb. 16:

cenae,

Quint. 10, 1, 58; cf.

convivium,

id. 11, 2, 12:

amiculum grandi pondere,

Cic. N. D. 3, 34, 83; cf.:

grande pondus argenti,

id. Caecin. 4, 12:

grande onus exiguo formicas ore gerentes,

Ov. M. 7, 625:

elementa,

bulky, massive, heavy, id. ib. 1, 29.—In neutr. as grandia ingrediens, advancing with great strides: makra bibas, Gell. 9, 11, 5:

grandia incedens,

Amm. 22, 14.—

Of persons, grown up, big, tall; and more freq. pregn., advanced in years, aged, old; also with natu or aevo.

Absol.:

an sedere oportuit domi virginem tam grandem,

Ter. Ad. 4, 5, 39:

videras grandis jam puer bello Italico, etc.,

Cic. Pis. 36, 87:

nobilis ut grandi cecinit Centaurus alumno (i. e. Achilli),

Hor. Epod. 13, 11:

(Q. Maximus) et bella gerebat ut adolescens, cum plane grandis esset, etc.,

Cic. de Sen. 4, 10; cf. Lucr. 2, 1164:

legibus annalibus cum grandiorem aetatem ad consulatum constituebant, adolescentiae temeritatem verebantur, etc. (shortly after: progressus aetatis),

a more advanced age, Cic. Phil. 5, 17, 47; so,

grandior aetas,

Ov. M. 6, 28; 7, 665:

quandoquidem grandi cibus aevo denique defit,

Lucr. 2, 1141:

metuens virgae jam grandis Achilles cantabat,

Juv. 7, 210.—

With natu or aevo:

non admodum grandis natu, sed tamen jam aetate provectus,

Cic. de Sen. 4, 10; so,

grandis natu,

id. Verr. 2, 5, 49, § 128; id. Rosc. Com. 15, 44; Plin. Ep. 8, 23, 7; Suet. Ner. 34; id. Aug. 89; Hor. Ep. 1, 7, 49; cf.:

in aetate consideratur puer an adolescens, natu grandior an senex,

Cic. Inv. 1, 24, 35; so,

grandior natu,

Plaut. Aul. 2, 1, 37:

grandi jam natu vexatus,

Suet. Aug. 53:

grandis aevo parens,

Tac. A. 16, 30 fin.; cf.:

jam grandior aevo genitor,

Ov. M. 6, 321.—

Trop.

In gen., great, strong, powerful: subsellia grandiorem et pleniorem vocem desiderant. Cic. Brut. 84, 289:

vox (opp. exigua),

Quint. 11, 3, 15:

perspicuo et grandi vitio praeditum exemplum,

Cic. Inv. 1, 47, 88; cf.:

exemplis grandioribus uti,

id. Div. 1, 20, 39:

de rebus grandioribus dicere,

id. Fin. 3, 5, 19:

supercilium,

lofty, Juv. 6, 169:

Maecenas, mearum Grande decus columenque rerum,

Hor. C. 2, 17, 4:

ingenium,

Ov. M. 6, 574:

certamen,

Hor. C. 3, 20, 7:

munus,

id. ib. 2, 1, 11:

praemia meritorum,

id. Ep. 2, 2, 38:

carmen,

Juv. 6, 636:

malum,

Hor. S. 2, 1, 49:

lethargus,

id. ib. 2, 3, 145:

alumnus,

noble, id. Epod. 13, 11:

si metit Orcus Grandia cum parvis,

id. Ep. 2, 2, 179; so absol.:

grandia,

id. C. 1, 6, 9; id. A. P. 27.—

In partic., of style, great, grand, lofty, sublime:

genus quoque dicendi grandius quoddam et illustrius esse adhibendum videtur,

Cic. de Or. 2, 82, 337:

grande atque robustum genus dicendi (opp. subtile),

Quint. 12, 10, 58:

causae (opp. pusillae),

id. 11, 3, 151:

antiqua comoedia,

id. 10, 1, 65:

grandia et tumida themata,

id. 2, 10, 6:

sententiae,

id. 2, 11, 3:

grandia elate, jucunda dulciter, moderata leniter canit,

id. 1, 10, 24.—Of the speaker: (oratores Thucydidi aequales) grandes erant verbis, crebri sententiis, compressione rerum breves, [p. 824] Cic. Brut. 7, 29; cf.:

Thucydides rerum gestarum pronunciator sincerus et grandis,

id. ib. 83, 287:

causidicus amplus atque grandis,

id. Or. 9, 30:

quo grandior sit et quasi excelsior orator,

id. ib. 34, 119:

oratores, alii grandes aut graves aut copiosi,

id. Opt. Gen. 1, 2:

multis locis grandior (Lysias),

id. ib. 3, 9:

fiunt pro grandibus tumidi,

Quint. 10, 2, 16; 10, 1, 77.— Adv.: in two forms.

grandĭter (acc. to II.), greatly, strongly, very ( poet. and in postAug. prose):

quamvis grandius ille (Alcaeus) sonet,

sublimely, Ov. H. 15, 30:

illud mihi inter maxima granditer cordi est,

exceedingly, Sid. Ep. 7, 4:

frugi pater,

id. ib. 2:

affectus,

Aug. Conf. 1, 9.—

grandō (rare and poet.), the same:

grande fremens,

strongly, aloud, Stat. Th. 12, 684: grande sonat. Juv. 6, 517.

lanx, lancis, f. [cf. lekos, lekanê], a plate, platter, charger, dish (class.; cf.: patina, patella, magis, scutula).

In gen.:

in lancibus,

Plaut. Curc. 2, 3, 45:

in filicatis lancibus,

Cic. Att. 6, 1, 13:

pomum de caelata sumere lance,

Ov. P. 3, 5, 20:

cumulantque oneratis lancibus aras,

Verg. A. 8, 284:

inter lances mensasque nitentes,

Hor. S. 2, 2, 4:

rotundae lances,

id. ib. 2, 4, 41:

qui furtum quaerere velit, nudus quaerat, linteo cinctus, lancem habens, etc.,

Gai. Inst. 3, 192 sqq.; cf. Paul. ex Fest. p. 116 Müll.; Gell. 11, 18, 9; 16, 10, 8:

sic implet leves scutulas, cavasque lances,

Mart. 11, 32, 18; Paul. Sent. 3, 6, 86:

squilla distendat pectore lancem,

Juv. 5, 80.—

In partic., the scale of a balance (cf.:

libra, statera, trutina): necesse est lancem in libra ponderibus impositis deprimi,

Cic. Ac. 2, 12, 38:

Critolaus cum in alteram lancem animi bona imponat, in alteram corporis et externa, etc.,

id. Tusc. 5, 17, 51; cf. id. Fin. 5, 30, 91; cf.:

Juppiter ipse duas aequato examine lances Sustinet,

Verg. A. 12, 725:

cum in altera lance Claudius et Nero starent, in altera, etc.,

Suet. Vesp. 25.—

Trop.: vitam aequa lance pensitare, to weigh or consider impartially, Plin. 7, 7, 5, § 44:

aequa lance examinare,

Ambros. Ep. 41, 22:

paripendere lance cunctos,

Arn. 6, 2:

aequa lance servari,

i. e. in like manner, Dig. 42, 1, 20.

mitto, mīsi, missum, 3 (contr. form, misti for misisti, Cat. 14, 14: archaic inf. pass. mittier, Plaut. Capt. 2, 3, 78), v. a. [etym. dub.; cf. Sanscr. math-, to set in motion], to cause to go, let go, send, to send off, despatch, etc.

In gen.: ad Trojam cum misi ob defendendam Graeciam, Enn. ap. Cic. Tusc. 3, 13, 28 (Trag. v. 362 Vahl.):

filium suum foras ad propinquum suum quendam mittit,

Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 26, § 66:

signa... quam plurima quam primumque mittas,

id. Fam. 1, 8, 2:

legatos de deditione ad eum miserunt,

Caes. B. G. 1, 27:

pabulatum mittebat,

id. B. C. 1, 40:

scitatum oracula,

Verg. A. 2, 114:

Delphos consultum,

Nep. Them. 2, 6:

missus sum, te ut requirerem,

Ter. Phorm. 5, 6, 42:

ego huc missa sum ludere,

Plaut. Cas. 3, 5, 48:

equitatum auxilio Caesari Aedui miserant,

Caes. B. G. 1, 18:

alicui subsidium,

id. ib. 2, 6:

ad subsidium,

Hirt. Balb. Hisp. 9, 1:

misi, pro amicitiā, qui hoc diceret,

Cic. Phil. 1, 5, 12:

qui solveret,

id. Att. 1, 3, 2:

mittite ambo hominem,

Gai. Inst. 4, 16.—With acc. and inf.:

Deiotarus legatos ad me misit, se cum omnibus copiis esse venturum,

sent me word that, Cic. Fam. 15, 4, 5:

ad collegam mittit, opus esse exercitu,

Liv. 24, 19, 3:

Publilius duo milia militum recepta miserat,

id. 8, 23, 1:

Dexagoridas miserat ad legatum Romanum traditurum se urbem,

id. 34, 29, 9:

statim Athenas mittit se cum exercitu venturum,

Just. 5, 3, 7. Missum facere is also used for mittere, to send: ut cohortis ad me missum facias, Pompei. ap. [p. 1153] Cic. Att. 8, 12, B, 2:

aliquem morti,

to put to death, despatch, Plaut. Capt. 3, 5, 34; so,

ad mortem,

Cic. Tusc. 1, 41, 97:

in possessionem,

to put in possession, id. Quint. 26, 83:

aliquem ad cenam,

to invite one to dinner, id. Verr. 2, 1, 26, § 65: sub jugum mittere, to send or cause to go under the yoke, Caes. B. G. 1, 7:

sub jugo,

Liv. 3, 28 fin. —

In partic.

To send word, announce, tell, report any thing to any one:

ut mihi vadimonia dilata et Chresti conpilationem mitteres,

Cic. Fam. 2, 8, 1:

Curio misi, ut medico honos haberetur,

id. ib. 16, 9, 3:

mitti ad principes placuit, ut secernerent se ab Etruscis,

Liv. 6, 10, 2:

hodie Spintherem exspecto: misit enim Brutus ad me,

Cic. Att. 13, 10, 3:

salutem alicui,

to send greeting to, to greet one, Ov. Tr. 5, 13, 1:

ita existimes velim, me antelaturum fuisse, si ad me misisses, voluntatem tuam commodo meo,

i. e. if you had sent to me for aid, applied to me, Cic. Fam. 5, 20, 1.—

To send as a compliment, to dedicate to any one, of a book or poem:

liber Antiochi, qui ab eo ad Balbum missus est,

Cic. N. D. 1, 7, 16:

hunc librum de Senectute ad te misimus,

id. Sen. 1, 3.—

To send, yield, produce, furnish, export any thing (as the product of a country):

India mittit ebur, molles sua tura Sabaei,

Verg. G. 1, 57:

(Padus) electra nuribus mittit gestanda Latinis,

Ov. M. 2, 366; cf.:

quos frigida misit Nursia,

Verg. A. 7, 715:

hordea, quae Libyci ratibus misere coloni,

Ov. Med. Fac. 53:

quas mittit dives Panchaia merces,

Tib. 3, 2, 23; Ov. A. A. 3, 213; id. Am. 1, 12, 10.—

To dismiss a thing from the mind:

maestumque timorem Mittite,

Verg. A. 1, 203:

mittere ac finire odium,

Liv. 40, 46:

leves spes,

Hor. Ep. 1, 5, 8:

missam iram facere,

Ter. Hec. 5, 2, 14.—

To put an end to, end:

certamen,

Verg. A. 5, 286.—

Esp. in speaking, etc., to pass over, omit, to give over, cease, forbear (cf.:

praetermitto, praetereo, relinquo): quin tu istas mittis tricas?

Plaut. Most. 3, 1, 45:

mitto proelia, praetereo oppugnationes oppidorum,

omit, Cic. Mur. 15, 33:

maledicta omnia,

Ter. Ad. 5, 3, 9.—With inf.:

jam scrutari mitto,

Plaut. Aul. 4, 4, 24:

mitte male loqui,

Ter. And. 5, 3, 2:

cetera mitte loqui,

Hor. Epod. 13, 7:

illud dicere,

Cic. Quint. 27, 85:

quaerere,

id. Rosc. Am. 19, 53:

mitto iam de rege quaerere,

id. Sull. 7, 22:

hoc exsequi mitto,

Quint. 5, 10, 18:

incommoda mortalium deflere,

Val. Max. 7, 2, ext. 2.— With quod:

mitto, quod omnes meas tempestates subire paratissimus fueris,

Cic. Fam. 15, 4, 12.—With de. mitto de amissā maximā parte exercitūs (sc. dicere), Cic. Pis. 20, 47:

verum, ut haec missa faciam, quae, etc.,

id. Rosc. Am. 45, 132:

missos facere quaestus triennii,

id. Verr. 2, 3, 44, § 104.—

To let go, let loose, to quit, release, dismiss: mitte rudentem, sceleste, Tr. Mittam, Plaut. Rud. 4, 3, 77:

unde mittuntur equi, nunc dicuntur carceres,

Varr. L. L. 5, § 153 Müll.:

quadrijuges aequo carcere misit equos,

Ov. Am. 3, 2, 66; Plaut. Poen. prol. 100:

mittin' me intro?

will you let me go in? id. Truc. 4, 2, 43:

cutem,

to let go, quit, Hor. A. P. 476:

mitte me,

let me alone, Ter. Ad. 5, 2, 5:

nos missos face,

id. And. 5, 1, 14:

missum fieri,

to be let loose, set at liberty, Nep. Eum. 11: eum missum feci, Caes. ap. Cic. Att. 9, 7, G, 2:

nec locupletare amicos umquam suos destitit, mittere in negotium,

to set up in business, Cic. Rab. Post. 2, 4: sub titulum lares, to put a bill on one's house, i. e. to offer it for sale or to be let, Ov. R. Am. 302: in consilium, to let the judges go and consult, i. e. to send the judges to make out their verdict, Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 9, § 26:

sues in hostes,

to set upon, Lucr. 5, 1309: se in aliquem, to fall upon, assail, attack:

vota enim faceretis, ut in eos se potius mitteret, quam in vestras possessiones,

Cic. Mil. 28, 76 (B. and K. immitteret):

se in foedera,

to enter into, conclude, make, Verg. A. 12, 190:

missos faciant honores,

to let go, renounce, not trouble one's self about, Cic. Sest. 66, 138:

vos missos facio, et quantum potest, abesse ex Africā jubeo,

Hirt. B. Afr. 54:

missam facere legionem,

to dismiss, Suet. Caes. 69:

remotis, sive omnino missis lictoribus,

Cic. Att. 9, 1, 3:

Lolliam Paulinam conjunxit sibi, brevique missam fecit,

put her away, Suet. Calig. 25; Ter. Phorm. 4, 3, 70.—

To let or bring out, to put forth, send out, emit: sanguinem incisā venā, to let blood, to bleed, Cels. 2, 10:

sanguinem alicui,

id. ib.; Petr. 91.— Trop.: mittere sanguinem provinciae, to bleed, i. e. drain, exhaust, Cic. Att. 6, 1, 2; cf.:

missus est sanguis invidiae sine dolore,

id. ib. 1, 16, 11:

radices,

to put forth roots, to take root, Col. 3, 18:

folium,

to put forth leaves, Plin. 18, 7, 10, § 58:

florem,

to blossom, bloom, id. 24, 9, 38, § 59:

membranas de corpore,

to throw off, shed, Lucr. 4, 57:

serpens horrenda sibila misit,

gave forth, emitted, Ov. M. 3, 38: mittere vocem, to utter a sound, raise one's voice, speak, say:

vocem pro me ac pro re publica nemo mittit,

speaks a word, Cic. Sest. 19, 42:

vocem liberam,

to speak with freedom, Liv. 35, 32:

flens diu vocem non misit,

id. 3, 50, 4:

adeo res miraculo fuit, ut unus ex barbaris miserit vocem, etc.,

Flor. 4, 10, 7:

repente vocem sancta misit Religio,

Phaedr. 4, 11, 4:

nec labra moves, cum mittere vocem debueras,

Juv. 13, 114:

haec Scipionis oratio ex ipsius ore Pompeii mitti videbatur,

Caes. B. C. 1, 2:

Afranios sui timoris signa misisse,

have showed signs of fear, id. ib. 71:

signa,

Verg. G. 1, 229:

signum sanguinis,

to show signs of blood, look bloody, Lucr. 1, 882.—

To send, throw, hurl, cast, launch:

hastam,

Ov. M. 11, 8:

pila,

Caes. B. C. 3, 93:

lapides in aliquem,

to throw, Petr. 90:

fulmina,

to hurl, Hor. C. 1, 12, 59:

aliquid igni,

Val. Fl. 3, 313:

de ponte,

to cast, precipitate, Cat. 17, 23:

praecipitem aliquem ex arce,

Ov. M. 8, 250:

se saxo ab alto,

to cast one's self down, id. ib. 11, 340:

se in rapidas aquas,

id. Am. 3, 6, 80:

se in medium,

to plunge into the midst, Quint. 11, 1, 54. —Of nets:

retia misit,

Juv. 2, 148.—Of dice, to throw: talis enim jactatis, ut quisque canem, aut senionem miserat, etc., Aug. ap. Suet. Aug. 71:

talos in phimum,

Hor. S. 2, 7, 17:

panem alicui,

to throw to, Phaedr. 1, 22, 3:

Alexandrum manum ad arma misisse,

laid his hand on his weapons, Sen. Ira, 2, 2:

pira in vasculo,

Pall. 3, 25, 11:

fert missos Vestae pura patella cibos,

Ov. F. 6, 310:

accidere in mensas ut rosa missa solet,

which one has let fall, id. ib. 5, 360.—

= pempein, to attend, guide, escort:

alias (animas) sub Tartara tristia mittit (Mercurius),

Verg. A. 4, 243; cf.:

sic denique victor Trinacriā fines Italos mittēre relictā,

id. ib. 3, 440.—Hence, P. a.: Missus, a, um; as subst.: Missus, i, m., he that is sent, the messenger or ambassador of God, i. e. Christ, Arn. 2, 73; Isid. 7, 2, 35.

mitto, mīsi, missum, 3 (contr. form, misti for misisti, Cat. 14, 14: archaic inf. pass. mittier, Plaut. Capt. 2, 3, 78), v. a. [etym. dub.; cf. Sanscr. math-, to set in motion], to cause to go, let go, send, to send off, despatch, etc.

In gen.: ad Trojam cum misi ob defendendam Graeciam, Enn. ap. Cic. Tusc. 3, 13, 28 (Trag. v. 362 Vahl.):

filium suum foras ad propinquum suum quendam mittit,

Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 26, § 66:

signa... quam plurima quam primumque mittas,

id. Fam. 1, 8, 2:

legatos de deditione ad eum miserunt,

Caes. B. G. 1, 27:

pabulatum mittebat,

id. B. C. 1, 40:

scitatum oracula,

Verg. A. 2, 114:

Delphos consultum,

Nep. Them. 2, 6:

missus sum, te ut requirerem,

Ter. Phorm. 5, 6, 42:

ego huc missa sum ludere,

Plaut. Cas. 3, 5, 48:

equitatum auxilio Caesari Aedui miserant,

Caes. B. G. 1, 18:

alicui subsidium,

id. ib. 2, 6:

ad subsidium,

Hirt. Balb. Hisp. 9, 1:

misi, pro amicitiā, qui hoc diceret,

Cic. Phil. 1, 5, 12:

qui solveret,

id. Att. 1, 3, 2:

mittite ambo hominem,

Gai. Inst. 4, 16.—With acc. and inf.:

Deiotarus legatos ad me misit, se cum omnibus copiis esse venturum,

sent me word that, Cic. Fam. 15, 4, 5:

ad collegam mittit, opus esse exercitu,

Liv. 24, 19, 3:

Publilius duo milia militum recepta miserat,

id. 8, 23, 1:

Dexagoridas miserat ad legatum Romanum traditurum se urbem,

id. 34, 29, 9:

statim Athenas mittit se cum exercitu venturum,

Just. 5, 3, 7. Missum facere is also used for mittere, to send: ut cohortis ad me missum facias, Pompei. ap. [p. 1153] Cic. Att. 8, 12, B, 2:

aliquem morti,

to put to death, despatch, Plaut. Capt. 3, 5, 34; so,

ad mortem,

Cic. Tusc. 1, 41, 97:

in possessionem,

to put in possession, id. Quint. 26, 83:

aliquem ad cenam,

to invite one to dinner, id. Verr. 2, 1, 26, § 65: sub jugum mittere, to send or cause to go under the yoke, Caes. B. G. 1, 7:

sub jugo,

Liv. 3, 28 fin. —

In partic.

To send word, announce, tell, report any thing to any one:

ut mihi vadimonia dilata et Chresti conpilationem mitteres,

Cic. Fam. 2, 8, 1:

Curio misi, ut medico honos haberetur,

id. ib. 16, 9, 3:

mitti ad principes placuit, ut secernerent se ab Etruscis,

Liv. 6, 10, 2:

hodie Spintherem exspecto: misit enim Brutus ad me,

Cic. Att. 13, 10, 3:

salutem alicui,

to send greeting to, to greet one, Ov. Tr. 5, 13, 1:

ita existimes velim, me antelaturum fuisse, si ad me misisses, voluntatem tuam commodo meo,

i. e. if you had sent to me for aid, applied to me, Cic. Fam. 5, 20, 1.—

To send as a compliment, to dedicate to any one, of a book or poem:

liber Antiochi, qui ab eo ad Balbum missus est,

Cic. N. D. 1, 7, 16:

hunc librum de Senectute ad te misimus,

id. Sen. 1, 3.—

To send, yield, produce, furnish, export any thing (as the product of a country):

India mittit ebur, molles sua tura Sabaei,

Verg. G. 1, 57:

(Padus) electra nuribus mittit gestanda Latinis,

Ov. M. 2, 366; cf.:

quos frigida misit Nursia,

Verg. A. 7, 715:

hordea, quae Libyci ratibus misere coloni,

Ov. Med. Fac. 53:

quas mittit dives Panchaia merces,

Tib. 3, 2, 23; Ov. A. A. 3, 213; id. Am. 1, 12, 10.—

To dismiss a thing from the mind:

maestumque timorem Mittite,

Verg. A. 1, 203:

mittere ac finire odium,

Liv. 40, 46:

leves spes,

Hor. Ep. 1, 5, 8:

missam iram facere,

Ter. Hec. 5, 2, 14.—

To put an end to, end:

certamen,

Verg. A. 5, 286.—

Esp. in speaking, etc., to pass over, omit, to give over, cease, forbear (cf.:

praetermitto, praetereo, relinquo): quin tu istas mittis tricas?

Plaut. Most. 3, 1, 45:

mitto proelia, praetereo oppugnationes oppidorum,

omit, Cic. Mur. 15, 33:

maledicta omnia,

Ter. Ad. 5, 3, 9.—With inf.:

jam scrutari mitto,

Plaut. Aul. 4, 4, 24:

mitte male loqui,

Ter. And. 5, 3, 2:

cetera mitte loqui,

Hor. Epod. 13, 7:

illud dicere,

Cic. Quint. 27, 85:

quaerere,

id. Rosc. Am. 19, 53:

mitto iam de rege quaerere,

id. Sull. 7, 22:

hoc exsequi mitto,

Quint. 5, 10, 18:

incommoda mortalium deflere,

Val. Max. 7, 2, ext. 2.— With quod:

mitto, quod omnes meas tempestates subire paratissimus fueris,

Cic. Fam. 15, 4, 12.—With de. mitto de amissā maximā parte exercitūs (sc. dicere), Cic. Pis. 20, 47:

verum, ut haec missa faciam, quae, etc.,

id. Rosc. Am. 45, 132:

missos facere quaestus triennii,

id. Verr. 2, 3, 44, § 104.—

To let go, let loose, to quit, release, dismiss: mitte rudentem, sceleste, Tr. Mittam, Plaut. Rud. 4, 3, 77:

unde mittuntur equi, nunc dicuntur carceres,

Varr. L. L. 5, § 153 Müll.:

quadrijuges aequo carcere misit equos,

Ov. Am. 3, 2, 66; Plaut. Poen. prol. 100:

mittin' me intro?

will you let me go in? id. Truc. 4, 2, 43:

cutem,

to let go, quit, Hor. A. P. 476:

mitte me,

let me alone, Ter. Ad. 5, 2, 5:

nos missos face,

id. And. 5, 1, 14:

missum fieri,

to be let loose, set at liberty, Nep. Eum. 11: eum missum feci, Caes. ap. Cic. Att. 9, 7, G, 2:

nec locupletare amicos umquam suos destitit, mittere in negotium,

to set up in business, Cic. Rab. Post. 2, 4: sub titulum lares, to put a bill on one's house, i. e. to offer it for sale or to be let, Ov. R. Am. 302: in consilium, to let the judges go and consult, i. e. to send the judges to make out their verdict, Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 9, § 26:

sues in hostes,

to set upon, Lucr. 5, 1309: se in aliquem, to fall upon, assail, attack:

vota enim faceretis, ut in eos se potius mitteret, quam in vestras possessiones,

Cic. Mil. 28, 76 (B. and K. immitteret):

se in foedera,

to enter into, conclude, make, Verg. A. 12, 190:

missos faciant honores,

to let go, renounce, not trouble one's self about, Cic. Sest. 66, 138:

vos missos facio, et quantum potest, abesse ex Africā jubeo,

Hirt. B. Afr. 54:

missam facere legionem,

to dismiss, Suet. Caes. 69:

remotis, sive omnino missis lictoribus,

Cic. Att. 9, 1, 3:

Lolliam Paulinam conjunxit sibi, brevique missam fecit,

put her away, Suet. Calig. 25; Ter. Phorm. 4, 3, 70.—

To let or bring out, to put forth, send out, emit: sanguinem incisā venā, to let blood, to bleed, Cels. 2, 10:

sanguinem alicui,

id. ib.; Petr. 91.— Trop.: mittere sanguinem provinciae, to bleed, i. e. drain, exhaust, Cic. Att. 6, 1, 2; cf.:

missus est sanguis invidiae sine dolore,

id. ib. 1, 16, 11:

radices,

to put forth roots, to take root, Col. 3, 18:

folium,

to put forth leaves, Plin. 18, 7, 10, § 58:

florem,

to blossom, bloom, id. 24, 9, 38, § 59:

membranas de corpore,

to throw off, shed, Lucr. 4, 57:

serpens horrenda sibila misit,

gave forth, emitted, Ov. M. 3, 38: mittere vocem, to utter a sound, raise one's voice, speak, say:

vocem pro me ac pro re publica nemo mittit,

speaks a word, Cic. Sest. 19, 42:

vocem liberam,

to speak with freedom, Liv. 35, 32:

flens diu vocem non misit,

id. 3, 50, 4:

adeo res miraculo fuit, ut unus ex barbaris miserit vocem, etc.,

Flor. 4, 10, 7:

repente vocem sancta misit Religio,

Phaedr. 4, 11, 4:

nec labra moves, cum mittere vocem debueras,

Juv. 13, 114:

haec Scipionis oratio ex ipsius ore Pompeii mitti videbatur,

Caes. B. C. 1, 2:

Afranios sui timoris signa misisse,

have showed signs of fear, id. ib. 71:

signa,

Verg. G. 1, 229:

signum sanguinis,

to show signs of blood, look bloody, Lucr. 1, 882.—

To send, throw, hurl, cast, launch:

hastam,

Ov. M. 11, 8:

pila,

Caes. B. C. 3, 93:

lapides in aliquem,

to throw, Petr. 90:

fulmina,

to hurl, Hor. C. 1, 12, 59:

aliquid igni,

Val. Fl. 3, 313:

de ponte,

to cast, precipitate, Cat. 17, 23:

praecipitem aliquem ex arce,

Ov. M. 8, 250:

se saxo ab alto,

to cast one's self down, id. ib. 11, 340:

se in rapidas aquas,

id. Am. 3, 6, 80:

se in medium,

to plunge into the midst, Quint. 11, 1, 54. —Of nets:

retia misit,

Juv. 2, 148.—Of dice, to throw: talis enim jactatis, ut quisque canem, aut senionem miserat, etc., Aug. ap. Suet. Aug. 71:

talos in phimum,

Hor. S. 2, 7, 17:

panem alicui,

to throw to, Phaedr. 1, 22, 3:

Alexandrum manum ad arma misisse,

laid his hand on his weapons, Sen. Ira, 2, 2:

pira in vasculo,

Pall. 3, 25, 11:

fert missos Vestae pura patella cibos,

Ov. F. 6, 310:

accidere in mensas ut rosa missa solet,

which one has let fall, id. ib. 5, 360.—

= pempein, to attend, guide, escort:

alias (animas) sub Tartara tristia mittit (Mercurius),

Verg. A. 4, 243; cf.:

sic denique victor Trinacriā fines Italos mittēre relictā,

id. ib. 3, 440.—Hence, P. a.: Missus, a, um; as subst.: Missus, i, m., he that is sent, the messenger or ambassador of God, i. e. Christ, Arn. 2, 73; Isid. 7, 2, 35.

rĕlĭgĭōsus (in the poets also rellig-), a, um, adj. [religio], reverencing or fearing God ( the gods), pious, devout, religious:

qui omnia quae ad cultum deorum pertinerent, diligenter retractarent et tamquam relegerent, sunt dicti religiosi ex relegendo, etc.,

Cic. N. D. 2, 28, 72 (cf. religio init.):

religiosi dicuntur, qui faciendarum praetermittendarumque rerum divinarum secundum morem civitatis delectum habent, nec se superstitionibus implicant,

Fest. p. 289, 15 Müll.:

naturā sancti et religiosi,

Cic. Rosc. Com. 15, 44:

asotos ita non religiosos ut edant de patellā,

id. Fin. 2, 7, 22:

si magis religiosa fuerit,

Plaut. As. 4, 1, 37:

nostri majores, religiosissimi mortales,

Sall. C. 12, 3:

mortuis religiosa jura tribuere,

religious rites, Cic. Lael. 4, 13:

mores justi, integri, religiosi,

id. de Or. 2, 43, 184: amicitiae religiosā quādam necessitudine imbutae, quint. 1, 2, 20: hominem occidere religiosissimum erat, was a thing exceedingly pious or pleasing to the gods, Plin. 30, 1, 4, § 13; cf.:

aliqui nomine quoque consalutare religiosius putant, etc.,

id. 28, 2, 5, § 23:

Judaei, viri religiosi,

Vulg. Act. 2, 5.—

Eccl. Lat., of or belonging to the clergy, clerical (opp. saecularis), Salv. Avar. 3, 5.—

Transf. (acc. to religio, II.).

Subject., religiously considerate, careful, anxious, scrupulous:

civitas religiosa, in principiis maxime novorum bellorum... ne quid praetermitteretur, quod aliquando factum esset. ludos Jovi donumque vovere consulem jussit,

Liv. 31, 9:

per hos quoque dies abstinent terrenis operibus religiosiores agricolae,

Col. 11, 2, 98; 11, 3, 62:

quem campi fructum quia religiosum erat consumere,

was a matter of religious scruple, Liv. 2, 5; 3, 22; 5, 52; 6, 27; cf.:

religiosum est, quod jurati legibus judicarunt,

Cic. Inv. 1, 30, 48.—

Overscrupulous, over-anxious, superstitious (rare and only ante-class.): religentem esse oportet, religiosum nefas, Poët. ap. Gell. 4, 9, 1:

ecquis incultior, religiosior, desertior? Cato ap. Fest. s. v. repulsior, p. 236: ut stultae et miserae sumus Religiosae,

Ter. Heaut. 4, 1, 37.—

In gen., scrupulous, strict, precise, accurate, conscientious:

religiosus est non modo deorum sanctitatem magni aestimans, sed etiam officiosus adversus homines,

Fest. p. 278 Müll.:

quod et in re misericordem se praebuerit et in testimoniis religiosum,

Cic. Caecin. 10, 26:

testis religiosissimus,

id. Vatin. 1, 1:

natio minime in testimoniis dicendis religiosa,

id. Fl. 10, 23:

judex,

Quint. 4, 1, 9:

quem rerum Romanarum auctorem laudare possum religiosissimum,

Cic. Brut. 11, 44:

ad Atticorum aures teretes et religiosas qui se accommodant,

id. Or. 9, 27:

ephorus vero non est religiosissimae fidei,

Sen. Q. N. 7, 16, 2:

religiosissimis verbis jurare,

Petr. 21. —

Of the objects of religious veneration (temples, statues, utensils, etc.), holy, sacred:

templum sane sanctum et religiosum,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 43, § 94; cf. id. Imp. Pomp. 22, 65:

signum sacrum ac religiosum,

id. Verr. 2, 4, 57, § 127;

and so with sacer,

id. Leg. 3, 13, 31:

dies,

Suet. Tib. 61:

ex Aesculapi religiosissimo fano,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 43, § 93:

Ceres antiquissima, religiosissima,

id. ib. 2, 4, 49, § 109; cf.:

religiosissimum simulacrum Jovis Imperatoris,

id. ib. 2, 4, 57, §

128: altaria,

id. Planc. 35, 68:

deorum limina,

Verg. A. 2, 365:

loca,

Cic. Rab. Perd. 2, 7:

sacra religiosissima,

Vell. 2, 45, 1; Suet. Aug. 7:

vestes,

id. Tib. 36; id. Oth. 12:

simulacra,

Sedul. 1, 227:

divini juris sunt veluti res sacrae et religiosae... (sunt res) religiosae quae diis manibus relictae sunt,

Gai. Inst. 2, 3 sq. —

Esp.: dies religiosus, a day upon which it was unlucky to undertake any thing important, a day of evil omen, e. g. the dies Alliensis, the dies atri, etc., Cic. Att. 9, 5, 2; Lucil. ap. Non. 379, 19; Liv. 6, 1; 26, 17; 37, 33; Suet. Tib. 61; id. Claud. 14 al.; cf. Gell. 4, 9, 4; and Fest. s. h. v. p. 231.—

Solum religiosum, land consecrated by the burial of the dead, Gai. Inst. 2, 6 sq.—Hence, adv.: rē̆lĭgĭōsē.

Piously, religiously:

religiosius deos colere,

Liv. 10, 7; cf.:

templum religiosissime colere,

Cic. Inv. 2, 1, 1:

natalem religiosius celebrare,

Plin. Ep. 3, 7, 8.—

Considerately, scrupulously, punctually, exactly, conscientiously:

testimonium dicere,

Cic. Cael. 22, 55; cf. Plin. Pan. 65, 2:

commendare,

Cic. Fam. 13, 17 fin.:

nihil religiose administrabat,

Col. 3, 10, 7; cf. id. 8, 5, 11:

quicquid rogabatur, religiose promittebat,

considerately, cautiously, Nep. Att. 15:

religiosius rem rusticam colere,

Col. 11, 2, 95:

poëticen religiosissime veneror,

Plin. Ep. 3, 15, 2.

rĕlĭgĭōsus (in the poets also rellig-), a, um, adj. [religio], reverencing or fearing God ( the gods), pious, devout, religious:

qui omnia quae ad cultum deorum pertinerent, diligenter retractarent et tamquam relegerent, sunt dicti religiosi ex relegendo, etc.,

Cic. N. D. 2, 28, 72 (cf. religio init.):

religiosi dicuntur, qui faciendarum praetermittendarumque rerum divinarum secundum morem civitatis delectum habent, nec se superstitionibus implicant,

Fest. p. 289, 15 Müll.:

naturā sancti et religiosi,

Cic. Rosc. Com. 15, 44:

asotos ita non religiosos ut edant de patellā,

id. Fin. 2, 7, 22:

si magis religiosa fuerit,

Plaut. As. 4, 1, 37:

nostri majores, religiosissimi mortales,

Sall. C. 12, 3:

mortuis religiosa jura tribuere,

religious rites, Cic. Lael. 4, 13:

mores justi, integri, religiosi,

id. de Or. 2, 43, 184: amicitiae religiosā quādam necessitudine imbutae, quint. 1, 2, 20: hominem occidere religiosissimum erat, was a thing exceedingly pious or pleasing to the gods, Plin. 30, 1, 4, § 13; cf.:

aliqui nomine quoque consalutare religiosius putant, etc.,

id. 28, 2, 5, § 23:

Judaei, viri religiosi,

Vulg. Act. 2, 5.—

Eccl. Lat., of or belonging to the clergy, clerical (opp. saecularis), Salv. Avar. 3, 5.—

Transf. (acc. to religio, II.).

Subject., religiously considerate, careful, anxious, scrupulous:

civitas religiosa, in principiis maxime novorum bellorum... ne quid praetermitteretur, quod aliquando factum esset. ludos Jovi donumque vovere consulem jussit,

Liv. 31, 9:

per hos quoque dies abstinent terrenis operibus religiosiores agricolae,

Col. 11, 2, 98; 11, 3, 62:

quem campi fructum quia religiosum erat consumere,

was a matter of religious scruple, Liv. 2, 5; 3, 22; 5, 52; 6, 27; cf.:

religiosum est, quod jurati legibus judicarunt,

Cic. Inv. 1, 30, 48.—

Overscrupulous, over-anxious, superstitious (rare and only ante-class.): religentem esse oportet, religiosum nefas, Poët. ap. Gell. 4, 9, 1:

ecquis incultior, religiosior, desertior? Cato ap. Fest. s. v. repulsior, p. 236: ut stultae et miserae sumus Religiosae,

Ter. Heaut. 4, 1, 37.—

In gen., scrupulous, strict, precise, accurate, conscientious:

religiosus est non modo deorum sanctitatem magni aestimans, sed etiam officiosus adversus homines,

Fest. p. 278 Müll.:

quod et in re misericordem se praebuerit et in testimoniis religiosum,

Cic. Caecin. 10, 26:

testis religiosissimus,

id. Vatin. 1, 1:

natio minime in testimoniis dicendis religiosa,

id. Fl. 10, 23:

judex,

Quint. 4, 1, 9:

quem rerum Romanarum auctorem laudare possum religiosissimum,

Cic. Brut. 11, 44:

ad Atticorum aures teretes et religiosas qui se accommodant,

id. Or. 9, 27:

ephorus vero non est religiosissimae fidei,

Sen. Q. N. 7, 16, 2:

religiosissimis verbis jurare,

Petr. 21. —

Of the objects of religious veneration (temples, statues, utensils, etc.), holy, sacred:

templum sane sanctum et religiosum,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 43, § 94; cf. id. Imp. Pomp. 22, 65:

signum sacrum ac religiosum,

id. Verr. 2, 4, 57, § 127;

and so with sacer,

id. Leg. 3, 13, 31:

dies,

Suet. Tib. 61:

ex Aesculapi religiosissimo fano,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 43, § 93:

Ceres antiquissima, religiosissima,

id. ib. 2, 4, 49, § 109; cf.:

religiosissimum simulacrum Jovis Imperatoris,

id. ib. 2, 4, 57, §

128: altaria,

id. Planc. 35, 68:

deorum limina,

Verg. A. 2, 365:

loca,

Cic. Rab. Perd. 2, 7:

sacra religiosissima,

Vell. 2, 45, 1; Suet. Aug. 7:

vestes,

id. Tib. 36; id. Oth. 12:

simulacra,

Sedul. 1, 227:

divini juris sunt veluti res sacrae et religiosae... (sunt res) religiosae quae diis manibus relictae sunt,

Gai. Inst. 2, 3 sq. —

Esp.: dies religiosus, a day upon which it was unlucky to undertake any thing important, a day of evil omen, e. g. the dies Alliensis, the dies atri, etc., Cic. Att. 9, 5, 2; Lucil. ap. Non. 379, 19; Liv. 6, 1; 26, 17; 37, 33; Suet. Tib. 61; id. Claud. 14 al.; cf. Gell. 4, 9, 4; and Fest. s. h. v. p. 231.—

Solum religiosum, land consecrated by the burial of the dead, Gai. Inst. 2, 6 sq.—Hence, adv.: rē̆lĭgĭōsē.

Piously, religiously:

religiosius deos colere,

Liv. 10, 7; cf.:

templum religiosissime colere,

Cic. Inv. 2, 1, 1:

natalem religiosius celebrare,

Plin. Ep. 3, 7, 8.—

Considerately, scrupulously, punctually, exactly, conscientiously:

testimonium dicere,

Cic. Cael. 22, 55; cf. Plin. Pan. 65, 2:

commendare,

Cic. Fam. 13, 17 fin.:

nihil religiose administrabat,

Col. 3, 10, 7; cf. id. 8, 5, 11:

quicquid rogabatur, religiose promittebat,

considerately, cautiously, Nep. Att. 15:

religiosius rem rusticam colere,

Col. 11, 2, 95:

poëticen religiosissime veneror,

Plin. Ep. 3, 15, 2.