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  • 1 iūxtā

        iūxtā praep. with acc.    [1 iuxta], very near, close to, near to, hard by: iuxta eum castra posuit, Cs.: iuxta focum agunt, Ta.: hanc (aram) iuxta, N.: vicina Ceraunia iuxta, V.—Next to, immediately after, beside, on a par with: iuxta divinas religiones, humana fides colitur, L.—Near, approaching to, like, almost the same as: velocitas iuxta formidinem, cunctatio propior constantiae est, Ta.— Along with, together with: inimicitiae iuxta libertatem, among a free people, Ta.—In consequence of, in accordance with: huic consuetudo iuxta vicinitatem cum Aebutio fuit, L.     Kalendae (Cal-; often written K), ārum, f    [1 CAL-], the day of proclamation, Calends, first day of the month: Kalendis Decembribus, on December 1: pridie Kalendas Maias, the last day of April: tristes Kalendae, i. e. pay-day, H.: celeres, O.—The Kalends were sacred to Juno, and the first day of the year, Kalendae Martiae, was the festival of married women, the Matronalia: Martiis caelebs quid agam Kalendis, H.: femineae, Iu.: Sextae, the Calends of June, O.: Nec totidem veteres, quot nunc habuere Kalendas, i. e. months, O.

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  • 2 Caeci

    1.
    caecus (not coecus; sometimes in MSS. cēcus), a, um, adj. [akin to skia, skotos; Sanscr. khāyā, shadow], having no light, devoid of light.
    I.
    Act., not seeing, blind.
    A.
    Lit.:

    Appius, qui caecus annos multos fuit,

    Cic. Tusc. 5, 38, 112:

    traditum est enim Homerum caecum fuisse,

    id. ib. 5, 39, 114; Lucr. 5, 839:

    catuli, qui jam dispecturi sunt, caeci aeque et hi qui modo nati,

    Cic. Fin. 4, 23, 64:

    si facie miserabili senis, caeci, infantis,

    Quint. 4, 1, 42:

    caecum corpus,

    the blind part of the body, the back, Sall. J. 107, 1:

    perdices caecae impetu,

    Plin. 10, 33, 51, § 102:

    gigni,

    Vell. 1, 5, 2.—
    2.
    Prov.:

    ut si Caecus iter monstrare velit,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 17, 4:

    apparet id quidem etiam caeco,

    even a blind man can see that, Liv. 32, 34, 3:

    caecis hoc, ut aiunt, satis clarum est,

    Quint. 12, 7, 9.—
    B.
    Trop., mentally or morally blind, blinded (freq. in prose and poetry):

    o pectora caeca!

    Lucr. 2, 14:

    non solum ipsa Fortuna caeca est, sed eos etiam plerumque efficit caecos, quos complexa est,

    Cic. Lael. 15, 54; cf.

    casus,

    id. Div. 2, 6, 15:

    caecus atque amens tribunus,

    id. Sest. 7, 17:

    caecum me et praecipitem ferri,

    id. Planc. 3, 6:

    mater caeca crudelitate et scelere,

    id. Clu. 70, 199:

    cupidine,

    Sall. J. 25, 7:

    amentiā,

    Cic. Har. Resp. 23, 48:

    quem mala stultitia Caecum agit,

    Hor. S. 2, 3, 44:

    amatorem amicae Turpia decipiunt caecum vitia,

    id. ib. 1, 3, 39:

    mens,

    Tac. Agr. 43.—With ad:

    caecus ad has belli artes,

    Liv. 21, 54, 3.—With gen.:

    caecus animi,

    Quint. 1, 10, 29; Gell. 12, 13, 4:

    fati futuri,

    ignorant of, Luc. 2, 14; cf. Claud. Rapt. Pros. 1, 138.— Subst.: Caeci, ōrum, m., the blind people, i.e. the people of Chalcedon, according to the oracle at Delphi. Tac. A. 12, 63; cf. Plin. 5, 32, 43, § 149. —
    2.
    Meton. of the passions themselves:

    caeca honorum cupido,

    Lucr. 3, 59; Ov. M. 3, 620:

    ac temeraria dominatrix animi cupiditas,

    Cic. Inv. 1, 2, 2; id. Pis. 24, 57:

    exspectatio,

    id. Agr. 2, 25, 66:

    amor,

    Ov. F. 2, 762:

    amor sui,

    Hor. C. 1, 18, 14:

    festinatio,

    Liv. 22, 39, 22:

    furor,

    Hor. Epod. 7, 13:

    caeca et sopita socordia,

    Quint. 1, 2, 5:

    ambitio,

    Sen. Ben. 7, 26, 4.—
    3.
    Pregn., blind, i.e. at random, vague, indiscriminate, aimless:

    in hac calumniā timoris et caecae suspitionis tormento,

    Cic. Fam. 6, 7, 4:

    caeco quodam timore... quaerebant aliquem ducem,

    id. Lig. 1, 3:

    caecique in nubibus ignes Terrificant animos,

    Verg. A. 4, 209:

    caeca regens filo vestigia,

    id. ib. 6, 30:

    ne sint caecae, pater, exsecrationes tuae,

    Liv. 40, 10, 1:

    et caeco flentque paventque metu,

    Ov. F. 2, 822:

    lymphatis caeco pavore animis,

    Tac. H. 1, 82:

    cervus... Caeco timore proximam villam petit,

    Phaedr. 2, 8, 3:

    timor,

    Ov. Am. 1, 4, 42.—
    C.
    Transf.
    1.
    Of plants, without buds or eyes:

    rami,

    Plin. 16, 30, 54, § 125; cf. caeco and oculus. —
    2.
    Of the large intestine:

    intestinum,

    the cœcum, Cels. 4, 1, 28; 4, 14, 1.—
    II. A.
    Lit.: sunt igitur venti nimirum corpora caeca, winds are accordingly bodies, although invisible, Lucr. 1, 278; 1, 296; 1, 329;

    2, 713: vallum caecum,

    Caes. B. C. 1, 28; cf.: caecum vallum dicitur, in quo praeacuti pali terrae affixi herbis vel frondibus occuluntur, Paul. ex Fest. p. 44 Müll.; so,

    fossae,

    covered, Col. 2, 2, 9; Pall. Mai, 3. 1:

    in vada caeca ferre,

    Verg. A. 1, 536:

    fores,

    private, id. ib. 2, 453:

    spiramenta,

    id. G. 1, 89:

    colubri,

    Col. 10, 231:

    ignis,

    Lucr. 4, 929:

    venenum,

    id. 6, 822:

    tabes,

    Ov. M. 9, 174:

    viae,

    blind ways, Tib. 2, 1, 78:

    insidiae armaque,

    Ov. F 2, 214; cf. Sil. 5, 3:

    saxa,

    Verg. A. 3, 706; 5, 164:

    vulnus,

    a secret wound, Lucr. 4, 1116;

    but also,

    a wound upon the back, Verg. A. 10, 733; cf.

    in the same sense, ictus,

    Liv. 34, 14, 11; Sil. 9, 105 (cf.: caecum corpus, the back, I. A. supra):

    caeca manus, i.e. abscondita,

    Ov. M. 12, 492:

    caecum domūs scelus,

    Verg. A. 1, 356.—
    B.
    Trop.:

    caecas exponere causas,

    Lucr. 3, 317:

    improba navigii ratio, tum caeca jacebat,

    lay still concealed, id. 5, 1004; so,

    venti potestas,

    id. 3, 248; 3, 270: fluctus, Sisenn. ap. Non. p. 449, 10:

    caeca et clandestina natura,

    Lucr. 1, 779:

    res caecae et ab aspectūs judicio remotae,

    Cic. de Or. 2, 87, 357:

    obscurum atque caecum,

    id. Agr. 2, 14, 36:

    fata,

    Hor. C. 2, 13, 16:

    sors,

    id. S. 2, 3, 269:

    tumultus,

    secret conspiracies, Verg. G. 1, 464:

    amor,

    id. ib. 3, 210; cf.:

    stimulos in pectore caecos Condidit,

    Ov. M. 1, 726. In Plaut. once, prob. taken from the vulgar lang.: caecā die emere, upon a concealed ( pay-) day, i.e. to purchase on credit (opp. oculata dies, i.e. for ready money): Ca. Pereo inopiā argentariā. Ba. Emito die caecā hercle olivom, id vendito oculatā die, Plaut. Ps. 1, 3, 67.—
    2.
    By poet. license, transf. to the hearing:

    murmur,

    Verg. A. 12, 591 (as we, by a similar meton., say a hollow sound; cf. on the other hand, in Gr. tuphlos ta ôta); so,

    clamor,

    Val. Fl. 2, 461:

    mugitusterrae,

    Sen. Troad. 171.—
    III.
    Neutr., that obstructs the sight, or trop., the perception; dark, gloomy, thick, dense, obscure.
    A.
    Lit.:

    nox,

    Cic. Mil. 19, 50; Lucr. 1, 1108; Cat. 68, 44; Ov. M. 10, 476; 11, 521:

    caligo,

    Lucr. 3, 305; 4, 457; Cat. 64, 908; Verg. A. 3, 203; 8, 253:

    tenebrae,

    Lucr. 2, 54; 2, 746; 2, 798; 3, 87; 6, 35;

    3, 87: silentia, i.e. nox,

    Sil. 7, 350:

    latebrae,

    Lucr. 1, 409:

    iter,

    Ov. M. 10, 456:

    loca,

    Prop. 1, 19, 8:

    cavernae,

    Ov. M. 15, 299; Sil. 7, 372:

    latus,

    Verg. A. 2, 19:

    cubiculum si fenestram non habet, dicitur caecum,

    Varr. L. L. 9, § 58 Müll.; so,

    domus,

    without windows, Cic. Or. 67, 224:

    parietes,

    Verg. A. 5, 589:

    pulvis,

    id. ib. 12, 444:

    carcer,

    id. ib. 6, 734:

    sardonyches,

    not transparent, opaque, Plin. 37, 6, 23, § 86:

    smaragdi,

    id. 37, 5, 18, § 68: acervus (of chaos), chaotic, confused, Ov M. 1, 24; Col. 4, 32, 4' chaos, Sen. Med. 741, Sil. 11, 456.—
    B.
    Trop., uncertain, doubtful: obscurā spe et caecā exspectatione pendere, i.e. of an uncertain consequence or result, Cic. Agr. 2, 25, 66:

    quod temere fit caeco casu,

    id. Div. 2, 6, 15. cursus (Fortunae), Luc. 2, 567:

    eventus,

    Verg. A. 6, 157:

    caeci morbi, quorum causas ne medici quidem perspicere queunt,

    Col. 1, 5, 6; so,

    dolores,

    Plin. 29, 2, 10, § 38; 29, 3, 13, § 55:

    crimen,

    that cannot be proved, Liv. 45, 31, 11.— Subst.: caecum, i, n., uncertainty, obscurity ( poet.):

    verum in caeco esse,

    Manil. 4, 304.—
    * Comp., Hor. S. 1, 2, 91.— Sup. and adv. not in. use.
    2.
    Caecus, i, m.; agnomen of Appius Claudius Crassus, as being blind, Cic. Brut. 14, 55; cf. Liv. 9, 29, 11; Cic. Sen. 6, 16.

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  • 3 caecum

    1.
    caecus (not coecus; sometimes in MSS. cēcus), a, um, adj. [akin to skia, skotos; Sanscr. khāyā, shadow], having no light, devoid of light.
    I.
    Act., not seeing, blind.
    A.
    Lit.:

    Appius, qui caecus annos multos fuit,

    Cic. Tusc. 5, 38, 112:

    traditum est enim Homerum caecum fuisse,

    id. ib. 5, 39, 114; Lucr. 5, 839:

    catuli, qui jam dispecturi sunt, caeci aeque et hi qui modo nati,

    Cic. Fin. 4, 23, 64:

    si facie miserabili senis, caeci, infantis,

    Quint. 4, 1, 42:

    caecum corpus,

    the blind part of the body, the back, Sall. J. 107, 1:

    perdices caecae impetu,

    Plin. 10, 33, 51, § 102:

    gigni,

    Vell. 1, 5, 2.—
    2.
    Prov.:

    ut si Caecus iter monstrare velit,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 17, 4:

    apparet id quidem etiam caeco,

    even a blind man can see that, Liv. 32, 34, 3:

    caecis hoc, ut aiunt, satis clarum est,

    Quint. 12, 7, 9.—
    B.
    Trop., mentally or morally blind, blinded (freq. in prose and poetry):

    o pectora caeca!

    Lucr. 2, 14:

    non solum ipsa Fortuna caeca est, sed eos etiam plerumque efficit caecos, quos complexa est,

    Cic. Lael. 15, 54; cf.

    casus,

    id. Div. 2, 6, 15:

    caecus atque amens tribunus,

    id. Sest. 7, 17:

    caecum me et praecipitem ferri,

    id. Planc. 3, 6:

    mater caeca crudelitate et scelere,

    id. Clu. 70, 199:

    cupidine,

    Sall. J. 25, 7:

    amentiā,

    Cic. Har. Resp. 23, 48:

    quem mala stultitia Caecum agit,

    Hor. S. 2, 3, 44:

    amatorem amicae Turpia decipiunt caecum vitia,

    id. ib. 1, 3, 39:

    mens,

    Tac. Agr. 43.—With ad:

    caecus ad has belli artes,

    Liv. 21, 54, 3.—With gen.:

    caecus animi,

    Quint. 1, 10, 29; Gell. 12, 13, 4:

    fati futuri,

    ignorant of, Luc. 2, 14; cf. Claud. Rapt. Pros. 1, 138.— Subst.: Caeci, ōrum, m., the blind people, i.e. the people of Chalcedon, according to the oracle at Delphi. Tac. A. 12, 63; cf. Plin. 5, 32, 43, § 149. —
    2.
    Meton. of the passions themselves:

    caeca honorum cupido,

    Lucr. 3, 59; Ov. M. 3, 620:

    ac temeraria dominatrix animi cupiditas,

    Cic. Inv. 1, 2, 2; id. Pis. 24, 57:

    exspectatio,

    id. Agr. 2, 25, 66:

    amor,

    Ov. F. 2, 762:

    amor sui,

    Hor. C. 1, 18, 14:

    festinatio,

    Liv. 22, 39, 22:

    furor,

    Hor. Epod. 7, 13:

    caeca et sopita socordia,

    Quint. 1, 2, 5:

    ambitio,

    Sen. Ben. 7, 26, 4.—
    3.
    Pregn., blind, i.e. at random, vague, indiscriminate, aimless:

    in hac calumniā timoris et caecae suspitionis tormento,

    Cic. Fam. 6, 7, 4:

    caeco quodam timore... quaerebant aliquem ducem,

    id. Lig. 1, 3:

    caecique in nubibus ignes Terrificant animos,

    Verg. A. 4, 209:

    caeca regens filo vestigia,

    id. ib. 6, 30:

    ne sint caecae, pater, exsecrationes tuae,

    Liv. 40, 10, 1:

    et caeco flentque paventque metu,

    Ov. F. 2, 822:

    lymphatis caeco pavore animis,

    Tac. H. 1, 82:

    cervus... Caeco timore proximam villam petit,

    Phaedr. 2, 8, 3:

    timor,

    Ov. Am. 1, 4, 42.—
    C.
    Transf.
    1.
    Of plants, without buds or eyes:

    rami,

    Plin. 16, 30, 54, § 125; cf. caeco and oculus. —
    2.
    Of the large intestine:

    intestinum,

    the cœcum, Cels. 4, 1, 28; 4, 14, 1.—
    II. A.
    Lit.: sunt igitur venti nimirum corpora caeca, winds are accordingly bodies, although invisible, Lucr. 1, 278; 1, 296; 1, 329;

    2, 713: vallum caecum,

    Caes. B. C. 1, 28; cf.: caecum vallum dicitur, in quo praeacuti pali terrae affixi herbis vel frondibus occuluntur, Paul. ex Fest. p. 44 Müll.; so,

    fossae,

    covered, Col. 2, 2, 9; Pall. Mai, 3. 1:

    in vada caeca ferre,

    Verg. A. 1, 536:

    fores,

    private, id. ib. 2, 453:

    spiramenta,

    id. G. 1, 89:

    colubri,

    Col. 10, 231:

    ignis,

    Lucr. 4, 929:

    venenum,

    id. 6, 822:

    tabes,

    Ov. M. 9, 174:

    viae,

    blind ways, Tib. 2, 1, 78:

    insidiae armaque,

    Ov. F 2, 214; cf. Sil. 5, 3:

    saxa,

    Verg. A. 3, 706; 5, 164:

    vulnus,

    a secret wound, Lucr. 4, 1116;

    but also,

    a wound upon the back, Verg. A. 10, 733; cf.

    in the same sense, ictus,

    Liv. 34, 14, 11; Sil. 9, 105 (cf.: caecum corpus, the back, I. A. supra):

    caeca manus, i.e. abscondita,

    Ov. M. 12, 492:

    caecum domūs scelus,

    Verg. A. 1, 356.—
    B.
    Trop.:

    caecas exponere causas,

    Lucr. 3, 317:

    improba navigii ratio, tum caeca jacebat,

    lay still concealed, id. 5, 1004; so,

    venti potestas,

    id. 3, 248; 3, 270: fluctus, Sisenn. ap. Non. p. 449, 10:

    caeca et clandestina natura,

    Lucr. 1, 779:

    res caecae et ab aspectūs judicio remotae,

    Cic. de Or. 2, 87, 357:

    obscurum atque caecum,

    id. Agr. 2, 14, 36:

    fata,

    Hor. C. 2, 13, 16:

    sors,

    id. S. 2, 3, 269:

    tumultus,

    secret conspiracies, Verg. G. 1, 464:

    amor,

    id. ib. 3, 210; cf.:

    stimulos in pectore caecos Condidit,

    Ov. M. 1, 726. In Plaut. once, prob. taken from the vulgar lang.: caecā die emere, upon a concealed ( pay-) day, i.e. to purchase on credit (opp. oculata dies, i.e. for ready money): Ca. Pereo inopiā argentariā. Ba. Emito die caecā hercle olivom, id vendito oculatā die, Plaut. Ps. 1, 3, 67.—
    2.
    By poet. license, transf. to the hearing:

    murmur,

    Verg. A. 12, 591 (as we, by a similar meton., say a hollow sound; cf. on the other hand, in Gr. tuphlos ta ôta); so,

    clamor,

    Val. Fl. 2, 461:

    mugitusterrae,

    Sen. Troad. 171.—
    III.
    Neutr., that obstructs the sight, or trop., the perception; dark, gloomy, thick, dense, obscure.
    A.
    Lit.:

    nox,

    Cic. Mil. 19, 50; Lucr. 1, 1108; Cat. 68, 44; Ov. M. 10, 476; 11, 521:

    caligo,

    Lucr. 3, 305; 4, 457; Cat. 64, 908; Verg. A. 3, 203; 8, 253:

    tenebrae,

    Lucr. 2, 54; 2, 746; 2, 798; 3, 87; 6, 35;

    3, 87: silentia, i.e. nox,

    Sil. 7, 350:

    latebrae,

    Lucr. 1, 409:

    iter,

    Ov. M. 10, 456:

    loca,

    Prop. 1, 19, 8:

    cavernae,

    Ov. M. 15, 299; Sil. 7, 372:

    latus,

    Verg. A. 2, 19:

    cubiculum si fenestram non habet, dicitur caecum,

    Varr. L. L. 9, § 58 Müll.; so,

    domus,

    without windows, Cic. Or. 67, 224:

    parietes,

    Verg. A. 5, 589:

    pulvis,

    id. ib. 12, 444:

    carcer,

    id. ib. 6, 734:

    sardonyches,

    not transparent, opaque, Plin. 37, 6, 23, § 86:

    smaragdi,

    id. 37, 5, 18, § 68: acervus (of chaos), chaotic, confused, Ov M. 1, 24; Col. 4, 32, 4' chaos, Sen. Med. 741, Sil. 11, 456.—
    B.
    Trop., uncertain, doubtful: obscurā spe et caecā exspectatione pendere, i.e. of an uncertain consequence or result, Cic. Agr. 2, 25, 66:

    quod temere fit caeco casu,

    id. Div. 2, 6, 15. cursus (Fortunae), Luc. 2, 567:

    eventus,

    Verg. A. 6, 157:

    caeci morbi, quorum causas ne medici quidem perspicere queunt,

    Col. 1, 5, 6; so,

    dolores,

    Plin. 29, 2, 10, § 38; 29, 3, 13, § 55:

    crimen,

    that cannot be proved, Liv. 45, 31, 11.— Subst.: caecum, i, n., uncertainty, obscurity ( poet.):

    verum in caeco esse,

    Manil. 4, 304.—
    * Comp., Hor. S. 1, 2, 91.— Sup. and adv. not in. use.
    2.
    Caecus, i, m.; agnomen of Appius Claudius Crassus, as being blind, Cic. Brut. 14, 55; cf. Liv. 9, 29, 11; Cic. Sen. 6, 16.

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  • 4 Caecus

    1.
    caecus (not coecus; sometimes in MSS. cēcus), a, um, adj. [akin to skia, skotos; Sanscr. khāyā, shadow], having no light, devoid of light.
    I.
    Act., not seeing, blind.
    A.
    Lit.:

    Appius, qui caecus annos multos fuit,

    Cic. Tusc. 5, 38, 112:

    traditum est enim Homerum caecum fuisse,

    id. ib. 5, 39, 114; Lucr. 5, 839:

    catuli, qui jam dispecturi sunt, caeci aeque et hi qui modo nati,

    Cic. Fin. 4, 23, 64:

    si facie miserabili senis, caeci, infantis,

    Quint. 4, 1, 42:

    caecum corpus,

    the blind part of the body, the back, Sall. J. 107, 1:

    perdices caecae impetu,

    Plin. 10, 33, 51, § 102:

    gigni,

    Vell. 1, 5, 2.—
    2.
    Prov.:

    ut si Caecus iter monstrare velit,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 17, 4:

    apparet id quidem etiam caeco,

    even a blind man can see that, Liv. 32, 34, 3:

    caecis hoc, ut aiunt, satis clarum est,

    Quint. 12, 7, 9.—
    B.
    Trop., mentally or morally blind, blinded (freq. in prose and poetry):

    o pectora caeca!

    Lucr. 2, 14:

    non solum ipsa Fortuna caeca est, sed eos etiam plerumque efficit caecos, quos complexa est,

    Cic. Lael. 15, 54; cf.

    casus,

    id. Div. 2, 6, 15:

    caecus atque amens tribunus,

    id. Sest. 7, 17:

    caecum me et praecipitem ferri,

    id. Planc. 3, 6:

    mater caeca crudelitate et scelere,

    id. Clu. 70, 199:

    cupidine,

    Sall. J. 25, 7:

    amentiā,

    Cic. Har. Resp. 23, 48:

    quem mala stultitia Caecum agit,

    Hor. S. 2, 3, 44:

    amatorem amicae Turpia decipiunt caecum vitia,

    id. ib. 1, 3, 39:

    mens,

    Tac. Agr. 43.—With ad:

    caecus ad has belli artes,

    Liv. 21, 54, 3.—With gen.:

    caecus animi,

    Quint. 1, 10, 29; Gell. 12, 13, 4:

    fati futuri,

    ignorant of, Luc. 2, 14; cf. Claud. Rapt. Pros. 1, 138.— Subst.: Caeci, ōrum, m., the blind people, i.e. the people of Chalcedon, according to the oracle at Delphi. Tac. A. 12, 63; cf. Plin. 5, 32, 43, § 149. —
    2.
    Meton. of the passions themselves:

    caeca honorum cupido,

    Lucr. 3, 59; Ov. M. 3, 620:

    ac temeraria dominatrix animi cupiditas,

    Cic. Inv. 1, 2, 2; id. Pis. 24, 57:

    exspectatio,

    id. Agr. 2, 25, 66:

    amor,

    Ov. F. 2, 762:

    amor sui,

    Hor. C. 1, 18, 14:

    festinatio,

    Liv. 22, 39, 22:

    furor,

    Hor. Epod. 7, 13:

    caeca et sopita socordia,

    Quint. 1, 2, 5:

    ambitio,

    Sen. Ben. 7, 26, 4.—
    3.
    Pregn., blind, i.e. at random, vague, indiscriminate, aimless:

    in hac calumniā timoris et caecae suspitionis tormento,

    Cic. Fam. 6, 7, 4:

    caeco quodam timore... quaerebant aliquem ducem,

    id. Lig. 1, 3:

    caecique in nubibus ignes Terrificant animos,

    Verg. A. 4, 209:

    caeca regens filo vestigia,

    id. ib. 6, 30:

    ne sint caecae, pater, exsecrationes tuae,

    Liv. 40, 10, 1:

    et caeco flentque paventque metu,

    Ov. F. 2, 822:

    lymphatis caeco pavore animis,

    Tac. H. 1, 82:

    cervus... Caeco timore proximam villam petit,

    Phaedr. 2, 8, 3:

    timor,

    Ov. Am. 1, 4, 42.—
    C.
    Transf.
    1.
    Of plants, without buds or eyes:

    rami,

    Plin. 16, 30, 54, § 125; cf. caeco and oculus. —
    2.
    Of the large intestine:

    intestinum,

    the cœcum, Cels. 4, 1, 28; 4, 14, 1.—
    II. A.
    Lit.: sunt igitur venti nimirum corpora caeca, winds are accordingly bodies, although invisible, Lucr. 1, 278; 1, 296; 1, 329;

    2, 713: vallum caecum,

    Caes. B. C. 1, 28; cf.: caecum vallum dicitur, in quo praeacuti pali terrae affixi herbis vel frondibus occuluntur, Paul. ex Fest. p. 44 Müll.; so,

    fossae,

    covered, Col. 2, 2, 9; Pall. Mai, 3. 1:

    in vada caeca ferre,

    Verg. A. 1, 536:

    fores,

    private, id. ib. 2, 453:

    spiramenta,

    id. G. 1, 89:

    colubri,

    Col. 10, 231:

    ignis,

    Lucr. 4, 929:

    venenum,

    id. 6, 822:

    tabes,

    Ov. M. 9, 174:

    viae,

    blind ways, Tib. 2, 1, 78:

    insidiae armaque,

    Ov. F 2, 214; cf. Sil. 5, 3:

    saxa,

    Verg. A. 3, 706; 5, 164:

    vulnus,

    a secret wound, Lucr. 4, 1116;

    but also,

    a wound upon the back, Verg. A. 10, 733; cf.

    in the same sense, ictus,

    Liv. 34, 14, 11; Sil. 9, 105 (cf.: caecum corpus, the back, I. A. supra):

    caeca manus, i.e. abscondita,

    Ov. M. 12, 492:

    caecum domūs scelus,

    Verg. A. 1, 356.—
    B.
    Trop.:

    caecas exponere causas,

    Lucr. 3, 317:

    improba navigii ratio, tum caeca jacebat,

    lay still concealed, id. 5, 1004; so,

    venti potestas,

    id. 3, 248; 3, 270: fluctus, Sisenn. ap. Non. p. 449, 10:

    caeca et clandestina natura,

    Lucr. 1, 779:

    res caecae et ab aspectūs judicio remotae,

    Cic. de Or. 2, 87, 357:

    obscurum atque caecum,

    id. Agr. 2, 14, 36:

    fata,

    Hor. C. 2, 13, 16:

    sors,

    id. S. 2, 3, 269:

    tumultus,

    secret conspiracies, Verg. G. 1, 464:

    amor,

    id. ib. 3, 210; cf.:

    stimulos in pectore caecos Condidit,

    Ov. M. 1, 726. In Plaut. once, prob. taken from the vulgar lang.: caecā die emere, upon a concealed ( pay-) day, i.e. to purchase on credit (opp. oculata dies, i.e. for ready money): Ca. Pereo inopiā argentariā. Ba. Emito die caecā hercle olivom, id vendito oculatā die, Plaut. Ps. 1, 3, 67.—
    2.
    By poet. license, transf. to the hearing:

    murmur,

    Verg. A. 12, 591 (as we, by a similar meton., say a hollow sound; cf. on the other hand, in Gr. tuphlos ta ôta); so,

    clamor,

    Val. Fl. 2, 461:

    mugitusterrae,

    Sen. Troad. 171.—
    III.
    Neutr., that obstructs the sight, or trop., the perception; dark, gloomy, thick, dense, obscure.
    A.
    Lit.:

    nox,

    Cic. Mil. 19, 50; Lucr. 1, 1108; Cat. 68, 44; Ov. M. 10, 476; 11, 521:

    caligo,

    Lucr. 3, 305; 4, 457; Cat. 64, 908; Verg. A. 3, 203; 8, 253:

    tenebrae,

    Lucr. 2, 54; 2, 746; 2, 798; 3, 87; 6, 35;

    3, 87: silentia, i.e. nox,

    Sil. 7, 350:

    latebrae,

    Lucr. 1, 409:

    iter,

    Ov. M. 10, 456:

    loca,

    Prop. 1, 19, 8:

    cavernae,

    Ov. M. 15, 299; Sil. 7, 372:

    latus,

    Verg. A. 2, 19:

    cubiculum si fenestram non habet, dicitur caecum,

    Varr. L. L. 9, § 58 Müll.; so,

    domus,

    without windows, Cic. Or. 67, 224:

    parietes,

    Verg. A. 5, 589:

    pulvis,

    id. ib. 12, 444:

    carcer,

    id. ib. 6, 734:

    sardonyches,

    not transparent, opaque, Plin. 37, 6, 23, § 86:

    smaragdi,

    id. 37, 5, 18, § 68: acervus (of chaos), chaotic, confused, Ov M. 1, 24; Col. 4, 32, 4' chaos, Sen. Med. 741, Sil. 11, 456.—
    B.
    Trop., uncertain, doubtful: obscurā spe et caecā exspectatione pendere, i.e. of an uncertain consequence or result, Cic. Agr. 2, 25, 66:

    quod temere fit caeco casu,

    id. Div. 2, 6, 15. cursus (Fortunae), Luc. 2, 567:

    eventus,

    Verg. A. 6, 157:

    caeci morbi, quorum causas ne medici quidem perspicere queunt,

    Col. 1, 5, 6; so,

    dolores,

    Plin. 29, 2, 10, § 38; 29, 3, 13, § 55:

    crimen,

    that cannot be proved, Liv. 45, 31, 11.— Subst.: caecum, i, n., uncertainty, obscurity ( poet.):

    verum in caeco esse,

    Manil. 4, 304.—
    * Comp., Hor. S. 1, 2, 91.— Sup. and adv. not in. use.
    2.
    Caecus, i, m.; agnomen of Appius Claudius Crassus, as being blind, Cic. Brut. 14, 55; cf. Liv. 9, 29, 11; Cic. Sen. 6, 16.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > Caecus

  • 5 caecus

    1.
    caecus (not coecus; sometimes in MSS. cēcus), a, um, adj. [akin to skia, skotos; Sanscr. khāyā, shadow], having no light, devoid of light.
    I.
    Act., not seeing, blind.
    A.
    Lit.:

    Appius, qui caecus annos multos fuit,

    Cic. Tusc. 5, 38, 112:

    traditum est enim Homerum caecum fuisse,

    id. ib. 5, 39, 114; Lucr. 5, 839:

    catuli, qui jam dispecturi sunt, caeci aeque et hi qui modo nati,

    Cic. Fin. 4, 23, 64:

    si facie miserabili senis, caeci, infantis,

    Quint. 4, 1, 42:

    caecum corpus,

    the blind part of the body, the back, Sall. J. 107, 1:

    perdices caecae impetu,

    Plin. 10, 33, 51, § 102:

    gigni,

    Vell. 1, 5, 2.—
    2.
    Prov.:

    ut si Caecus iter monstrare velit,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 17, 4:

    apparet id quidem etiam caeco,

    even a blind man can see that, Liv. 32, 34, 3:

    caecis hoc, ut aiunt, satis clarum est,

    Quint. 12, 7, 9.—
    B.
    Trop., mentally or morally blind, blinded (freq. in prose and poetry):

    o pectora caeca!

    Lucr. 2, 14:

    non solum ipsa Fortuna caeca est, sed eos etiam plerumque efficit caecos, quos complexa est,

    Cic. Lael. 15, 54; cf.

    casus,

    id. Div. 2, 6, 15:

    caecus atque amens tribunus,

    id. Sest. 7, 17:

    caecum me et praecipitem ferri,

    id. Planc. 3, 6:

    mater caeca crudelitate et scelere,

    id. Clu. 70, 199:

    cupidine,

    Sall. J. 25, 7:

    amentiā,

    Cic. Har. Resp. 23, 48:

    quem mala stultitia Caecum agit,

    Hor. S. 2, 3, 44:

    amatorem amicae Turpia decipiunt caecum vitia,

    id. ib. 1, 3, 39:

    mens,

    Tac. Agr. 43.—With ad:

    caecus ad has belli artes,

    Liv. 21, 54, 3.—With gen.:

    caecus animi,

    Quint. 1, 10, 29; Gell. 12, 13, 4:

    fati futuri,

    ignorant of, Luc. 2, 14; cf. Claud. Rapt. Pros. 1, 138.— Subst.: Caeci, ōrum, m., the blind people, i.e. the people of Chalcedon, according to the oracle at Delphi. Tac. A. 12, 63; cf. Plin. 5, 32, 43, § 149. —
    2.
    Meton. of the passions themselves:

    caeca honorum cupido,

    Lucr. 3, 59; Ov. M. 3, 620:

    ac temeraria dominatrix animi cupiditas,

    Cic. Inv. 1, 2, 2; id. Pis. 24, 57:

    exspectatio,

    id. Agr. 2, 25, 66:

    amor,

    Ov. F. 2, 762:

    amor sui,

    Hor. C. 1, 18, 14:

    festinatio,

    Liv. 22, 39, 22:

    furor,

    Hor. Epod. 7, 13:

    caeca et sopita socordia,

    Quint. 1, 2, 5:

    ambitio,

    Sen. Ben. 7, 26, 4.—
    3.
    Pregn., blind, i.e. at random, vague, indiscriminate, aimless:

    in hac calumniā timoris et caecae suspitionis tormento,

    Cic. Fam. 6, 7, 4:

    caeco quodam timore... quaerebant aliquem ducem,

    id. Lig. 1, 3:

    caecique in nubibus ignes Terrificant animos,

    Verg. A. 4, 209:

    caeca regens filo vestigia,

    id. ib. 6, 30:

    ne sint caecae, pater, exsecrationes tuae,

    Liv. 40, 10, 1:

    et caeco flentque paventque metu,

    Ov. F. 2, 822:

    lymphatis caeco pavore animis,

    Tac. H. 1, 82:

    cervus... Caeco timore proximam villam petit,

    Phaedr. 2, 8, 3:

    timor,

    Ov. Am. 1, 4, 42.—
    C.
    Transf.
    1.
    Of plants, without buds or eyes:

    rami,

    Plin. 16, 30, 54, § 125; cf. caeco and oculus. —
    2.
    Of the large intestine:

    intestinum,

    the cœcum, Cels. 4, 1, 28; 4, 14, 1.—
    II. A.
    Lit.: sunt igitur venti nimirum corpora caeca, winds are accordingly bodies, although invisible, Lucr. 1, 278; 1, 296; 1, 329;

    2, 713: vallum caecum,

    Caes. B. C. 1, 28; cf.: caecum vallum dicitur, in quo praeacuti pali terrae affixi herbis vel frondibus occuluntur, Paul. ex Fest. p. 44 Müll.; so,

    fossae,

    covered, Col. 2, 2, 9; Pall. Mai, 3. 1:

    in vada caeca ferre,

    Verg. A. 1, 536:

    fores,

    private, id. ib. 2, 453:

    spiramenta,

    id. G. 1, 89:

    colubri,

    Col. 10, 231:

    ignis,

    Lucr. 4, 929:

    venenum,

    id. 6, 822:

    tabes,

    Ov. M. 9, 174:

    viae,

    blind ways, Tib. 2, 1, 78:

    insidiae armaque,

    Ov. F 2, 214; cf. Sil. 5, 3:

    saxa,

    Verg. A. 3, 706; 5, 164:

    vulnus,

    a secret wound, Lucr. 4, 1116;

    but also,

    a wound upon the back, Verg. A. 10, 733; cf.

    in the same sense, ictus,

    Liv. 34, 14, 11; Sil. 9, 105 (cf.: caecum corpus, the back, I. A. supra):

    caeca manus, i.e. abscondita,

    Ov. M. 12, 492:

    caecum domūs scelus,

    Verg. A. 1, 356.—
    B.
    Trop.:

    caecas exponere causas,

    Lucr. 3, 317:

    improba navigii ratio, tum caeca jacebat,

    lay still concealed, id. 5, 1004; so,

    venti potestas,

    id. 3, 248; 3, 270: fluctus, Sisenn. ap. Non. p. 449, 10:

    caeca et clandestina natura,

    Lucr. 1, 779:

    res caecae et ab aspectūs judicio remotae,

    Cic. de Or. 2, 87, 357:

    obscurum atque caecum,

    id. Agr. 2, 14, 36:

    fata,

    Hor. C. 2, 13, 16:

    sors,

    id. S. 2, 3, 269:

    tumultus,

    secret conspiracies, Verg. G. 1, 464:

    amor,

    id. ib. 3, 210; cf.:

    stimulos in pectore caecos Condidit,

    Ov. M. 1, 726. In Plaut. once, prob. taken from the vulgar lang.: caecā die emere, upon a concealed ( pay-) day, i.e. to purchase on credit (opp. oculata dies, i.e. for ready money): Ca. Pereo inopiā argentariā. Ba. Emito die caecā hercle olivom, id vendito oculatā die, Plaut. Ps. 1, 3, 67.—
    2.
    By poet. license, transf. to the hearing:

    murmur,

    Verg. A. 12, 591 (as we, by a similar meton., say a hollow sound; cf. on the other hand, in Gr. tuphlos ta ôta); so,

    clamor,

    Val. Fl. 2, 461:

    mugitusterrae,

    Sen. Troad. 171.—
    III.
    Neutr., that obstructs the sight, or trop., the perception; dark, gloomy, thick, dense, obscure.
    A.
    Lit.:

    nox,

    Cic. Mil. 19, 50; Lucr. 1, 1108; Cat. 68, 44; Ov. M. 10, 476; 11, 521:

    caligo,

    Lucr. 3, 305; 4, 457; Cat. 64, 908; Verg. A. 3, 203; 8, 253:

    tenebrae,

    Lucr. 2, 54; 2, 746; 2, 798; 3, 87; 6, 35;

    3, 87: silentia, i.e. nox,

    Sil. 7, 350:

    latebrae,

    Lucr. 1, 409:

    iter,

    Ov. M. 10, 456:

    loca,

    Prop. 1, 19, 8:

    cavernae,

    Ov. M. 15, 299; Sil. 7, 372:

    latus,

    Verg. A. 2, 19:

    cubiculum si fenestram non habet, dicitur caecum,

    Varr. L. L. 9, § 58 Müll.; so,

    domus,

    without windows, Cic. Or. 67, 224:

    parietes,

    Verg. A. 5, 589:

    pulvis,

    id. ib. 12, 444:

    carcer,

    id. ib. 6, 734:

    sardonyches,

    not transparent, opaque, Plin. 37, 6, 23, § 86:

    smaragdi,

    id. 37, 5, 18, § 68: acervus (of chaos), chaotic, confused, Ov M. 1, 24; Col. 4, 32, 4' chaos, Sen. Med. 741, Sil. 11, 456.—
    B.
    Trop., uncertain, doubtful: obscurā spe et caecā exspectatione pendere, i.e. of an uncertain consequence or result, Cic. Agr. 2, 25, 66:

    quod temere fit caeco casu,

    id. Div. 2, 6, 15. cursus (Fortunae), Luc. 2, 567:

    eventus,

    Verg. A. 6, 157:

    caeci morbi, quorum causas ne medici quidem perspicere queunt,

    Col. 1, 5, 6; so,

    dolores,

    Plin. 29, 2, 10, § 38; 29, 3, 13, § 55:

    crimen,

    that cannot be proved, Liv. 45, 31, 11.— Subst.: caecum, i, n., uncertainty, obscurity ( poet.):

    verum in caeco esse,

    Manil. 4, 304.—
    * Comp., Hor. S. 1, 2, 91.— Sup. and adv. not in. use.
    2.
    Caecus, i, m.; agnomen of Appius Claudius Crassus, as being blind, Cic. Brut. 14, 55; cf. Liv. 9, 29, 11; Cic. Sen. 6, 16.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > caecus

  • 6 cecus

    1.
    caecus (not coecus; sometimes in MSS. cēcus), a, um, adj. [akin to skia, skotos; Sanscr. khāyā, shadow], having no light, devoid of light.
    I.
    Act., not seeing, blind.
    A.
    Lit.:

    Appius, qui caecus annos multos fuit,

    Cic. Tusc. 5, 38, 112:

    traditum est enim Homerum caecum fuisse,

    id. ib. 5, 39, 114; Lucr. 5, 839:

    catuli, qui jam dispecturi sunt, caeci aeque et hi qui modo nati,

    Cic. Fin. 4, 23, 64:

    si facie miserabili senis, caeci, infantis,

    Quint. 4, 1, 42:

    caecum corpus,

    the blind part of the body, the back, Sall. J. 107, 1:

    perdices caecae impetu,

    Plin. 10, 33, 51, § 102:

    gigni,

    Vell. 1, 5, 2.—
    2.
    Prov.:

    ut si Caecus iter monstrare velit,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 17, 4:

    apparet id quidem etiam caeco,

    even a blind man can see that, Liv. 32, 34, 3:

    caecis hoc, ut aiunt, satis clarum est,

    Quint. 12, 7, 9.—
    B.
    Trop., mentally or morally blind, blinded (freq. in prose and poetry):

    o pectora caeca!

    Lucr. 2, 14:

    non solum ipsa Fortuna caeca est, sed eos etiam plerumque efficit caecos, quos complexa est,

    Cic. Lael. 15, 54; cf.

    casus,

    id. Div. 2, 6, 15:

    caecus atque amens tribunus,

    id. Sest. 7, 17:

    caecum me et praecipitem ferri,

    id. Planc. 3, 6:

    mater caeca crudelitate et scelere,

    id. Clu. 70, 199:

    cupidine,

    Sall. J. 25, 7:

    amentiā,

    Cic. Har. Resp. 23, 48:

    quem mala stultitia Caecum agit,

    Hor. S. 2, 3, 44:

    amatorem amicae Turpia decipiunt caecum vitia,

    id. ib. 1, 3, 39:

    mens,

    Tac. Agr. 43.—With ad:

    caecus ad has belli artes,

    Liv. 21, 54, 3.—With gen.:

    caecus animi,

    Quint. 1, 10, 29; Gell. 12, 13, 4:

    fati futuri,

    ignorant of, Luc. 2, 14; cf. Claud. Rapt. Pros. 1, 138.— Subst.: Caeci, ōrum, m., the blind people, i.e. the people of Chalcedon, according to the oracle at Delphi. Tac. A. 12, 63; cf. Plin. 5, 32, 43, § 149. —
    2.
    Meton. of the passions themselves:

    caeca honorum cupido,

    Lucr. 3, 59; Ov. M. 3, 620:

    ac temeraria dominatrix animi cupiditas,

    Cic. Inv. 1, 2, 2; id. Pis. 24, 57:

    exspectatio,

    id. Agr. 2, 25, 66:

    amor,

    Ov. F. 2, 762:

    amor sui,

    Hor. C. 1, 18, 14:

    festinatio,

    Liv. 22, 39, 22:

    furor,

    Hor. Epod. 7, 13:

    caeca et sopita socordia,

    Quint. 1, 2, 5:

    ambitio,

    Sen. Ben. 7, 26, 4.—
    3.
    Pregn., blind, i.e. at random, vague, indiscriminate, aimless:

    in hac calumniā timoris et caecae suspitionis tormento,

    Cic. Fam. 6, 7, 4:

    caeco quodam timore... quaerebant aliquem ducem,

    id. Lig. 1, 3:

    caecique in nubibus ignes Terrificant animos,

    Verg. A. 4, 209:

    caeca regens filo vestigia,

    id. ib. 6, 30:

    ne sint caecae, pater, exsecrationes tuae,

    Liv. 40, 10, 1:

    et caeco flentque paventque metu,

    Ov. F. 2, 822:

    lymphatis caeco pavore animis,

    Tac. H. 1, 82:

    cervus... Caeco timore proximam villam petit,

    Phaedr. 2, 8, 3:

    timor,

    Ov. Am. 1, 4, 42.—
    C.
    Transf.
    1.
    Of plants, without buds or eyes:

    rami,

    Plin. 16, 30, 54, § 125; cf. caeco and oculus. —
    2.
    Of the large intestine:

    intestinum,

    the cœcum, Cels. 4, 1, 28; 4, 14, 1.—
    II. A.
    Lit.: sunt igitur venti nimirum corpora caeca, winds are accordingly bodies, although invisible, Lucr. 1, 278; 1, 296; 1, 329;

    2, 713: vallum caecum,

    Caes. B. C. 1, 28; cf.: caecum vallum dicitur, in quo praeacuti pali terrae affixi herbis vel frondibus occuluntur, Paul. ex Fest. p. 44 Müll.; so,

    fossae,

    covered, Col. 2, 2, 9; Pall. Mai, 3. 1:

    in vada caeca ferre,

    Verg. A. 1, 536:

    fores,

    private, id. ib. 2, 453:

    spiramenta,

    id. G. 1, 89:

    colubri,

    Col. 10, 231:

    ignis,

    Lucr. 4, 929:

    venenum,

    id. 6, 822:

    tabes,

    Ov. M. 9, 174:

    viae,

    blind ways, Tib. 2, 1, 78:

    insidiae armaque,

    Ov. F 2, 214; cf. Sil. 5, 3:

    saxa,

    Verg. A. 3, 706; 5, 164:

    vulnus,

    a secret wound, Lucr. 4, 1116;

    but also,

    a wound upon the back, Verg. A. 10, 733; cf.

    in the same sense, ictus,

    Liv. 34, 14, 11; Sil. 9, 105 (cf.: caecum corpus, the back, I. A. supra):

    caeca manus, i.e. abscondita,

    Ov. M. 12, 492:

    caecum domūs scelus,

    Verg. A. 1, 356.—
    B.
    Trop.:

    caecas exponere causas,

    Lucr. 3, 317:

    improba navigii ratio, tum caeca jacebat,

    lay still concealed, id. 5, 1004; so,

    venti potestas,

    id. 3, 248; 3, 270: fluctus, Sisenn. ap. Non. p. 449, 10:

    caeca et clandestina natura,

    Lucr. 1, 779:

    res caecae et ab aspectūs judicio remotae,

    Cic. de Or. 2, 87, 357:

    obscurum atque caecum,

    id. Agr. 2, 14, 36:

    fata,

    Hor. C. 2, 13, 16:

    sors,

    id. S. 2, 3, 269:

    tumultus,

    secret conspiracies, Verg. G. 1, 464:

    amor,

    id. ib. 3, 210; cf.:

    stimulos in pectore caecos Condidit,

    Ov. M. 1, 726. In Plaut. once, prob. taken from the vulgar lang.: caecā die emere, upon a concealed ( pay-) day, i.e. to purchase on credit (opp. oculata dies, i.e. for ready money): Ca. Pereo inopiā argentariā. Ba. Emito die caecā hercle olivom, id vendito oculatā die, Plaut. Ps. 1, 3, 67.—
    2.
    By poet. license, transf. to the hearing:

    murmur,

    Verg. A. 12, 591 (as we, by a similar meton., say a hollow sound; cf. on the other hand, in Gr. tuphlos ta ôta); so,

    clamor,

    Val. Fl. 2, 461:

    mugitusterrae,

    Sen. Troad. 171.—
    III.
    Neutr., that obstructs the sight, or trop., the perception; dark, gloomy, thick, dense, obscure.
    A.
    Lit.:

    nox,

    Cic. Mil. 19, 50; Lucr. 1, 1108; Cat. 68, 44; Ov. M. 10, 476; 11, 521:

    caligo,

    Lucr. 3, 305; 4, 457; Cat. 64, 908; Verg. A. 3, 203; 8, 253:

    tenebrae,

    Lucr. 2, 54; 2, 746; 2, 798; 3, 87; 6, 35;

    3, 87: silentia, i.e. nox,

    Sil. 7, 350:

    latebrae,

    Lucr. 1, 409:

    iter,

    Ov. M. 10, 456:

    loca,

    Prop. 1, 19, 8:

    cavernae,

    Ov. M. 15, 299; Sil. 7, 372:

    latus,

    Verg. A. 2, 19:

    cubiculum si fenestram non habet, dicitur caecum,

    Varr. L. L. 9, § 58 Müll.; so,

    domus,

    without windows, Cic. Or. 67, 224:

    parietes,

    Verg. A. 5, 589:

    pulvis,

    id. ib. 12, 444:

    carcer,

    id. ib. 6, 734:

    sardonyches,

    not transparent, opaque, Plin. 37, 6, 23, § 86:

    smaragdi,

    id. 37, 5, 18, § 68: acervus (of chaos), chaotic, confused, Ov M. 1, 24; Col. 4, 32, 4' chaos, Sen. Med. 741, Sil. 11, 456.—
    B.
    Trop., uncertain, doubtful: obscurā spe et caecā exspectatione pendere, i.e. of an uncertain consequence or result, Cic. Agr. 2, 25, 66:

    quod temere fit caeco casu,

    id. Div. 2, 6, 15. cursus (Fortunae), Luc. 2, 567:

    eventus,

    Verg. A. 6, 157:

    caeci morbi, quorum causas ne medici quidem perspicere queunt,

    Col. 1, 5, 6; so,

    dolores,

    Plin. 29, 2, 10, § 38; 29, 3, 13, § 55:

    crimen,

    that cannot be proved, Liv. 45, 31, 11.— Subst.: caecum, i, n., uncertainty, obscurity ( poet.):

    verum in caeco esse,

    Manil. 4, 304.—
    * Comp., Hor. S. 1, 2, 91.— Sup. and adv. not in. use.
    2.
    Caecus, i, m.; agnomen of Appius Claudius Crassus, as being blind, Cic. Brut. 14, 55; cf. Liv. 9, 29, 11; Cic. Sen. 6, 16.

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  • 7 coecus

    1.
    caecus (not coecus; sometimes in MSS. cēcus), a, um, adj. [akin to skia, skotos; Sanscr. khāyā, shadow], having no light, devoid of light.
    I.
    Act., not seeing, blind.
    A.
    Lit.:

    Appius, qui caecus annos multos fuit,

    Cic. Tusc. 5, 38, 112:

    traditum est enim Homerum caecum fuisse,

    id. ib. 5, 39, 114; Lucr. 5, 839:

    catuli, qui jam dispecturi sunt, caeci aeque et hi qui modo nati,

    Cic. Fin. 4, 23, 64:

    si facie miserabili senis, caeci, infantis,

    Quint. 4, 1, 42:

    caecum corpus,

    the blind part of the body, the back, Sall. J. 107, 1:

    perdices caecae impetu,

    Plin. 10, 33, 51, § 102:

    gigni,

    Vell. 1, 5, 2.—
    2.
    Prov.:

    ut si Caecus iter monstrare velit,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 17, 4:

    apparet id quidem etiam caeco,

    even a blind man can see that, Liv. 32, 34, 3:

    caecis hoc, ut aiunt, satis clarum est,

    Quint. 12, 7, 9.—
    B.
    Trop., mentally or morally blind, blinded (freq. in prose and poetry):

    o pectora caeca!

    Lucr. 2, 14:

    non solum ipsa Fortuna caeca est, sed eos etiam plerumque efficit caecos, quos complexa est,

    Cic. Lael. 15, 54; cf.

    casus,

    id. Div. 2, 6, 15:

    caecus atque amens tribunus,

    id. Sest. 7, 17:

    caecum me et praecipitem ferri,

    id. Planc. 3, 6:

    mater caeca crudelitate et scelere,

    id. Clu. 70, 199:

    cupidine,

    Sall. J. 25, 7:

    amentiā,

    Cic. Har. Resp. 23, 48:

    quem mala stultitia Caecum agit,

    Hor. S. 2, 3, 44:

    amatorem amicae Turpia decipiunt caecum vitia,

    id. ib. 1, 3, 39:

    mens,

    Tac. Agr. 43.—With ad:

    caecus ad has belli artes,

    Liv. 21, 54, 3.—With gen.:

    caecus animi,

    Quint. 1, 10, 29; Gell. 12, 13, 4:

    fati futuri,

    ignorant of, Luc. 2, 14; cf. Claud. Rapt. Pros. 1, 138.— Subst.: Caeci, ōrum, m., the blind people, i.e. the people of Chalcedon, according to the oracle at Delphi. Tac. A. 12, 63; cf. Plin. 5, 32, 43, § 149. —
    2.
    Meton. of the passions themselves:

    caeca honorum cupido,

    Lucr. 3, 59; Ov. M. 3, 620:

    ac temeraria dominatrix animi cupiditas,

    Cic. Inv. 1, 2, 2; id. Pis. 24, 57:

    exspectatio,

    id. Agr. 2, 25, 66:

    amor,

    Ov. F. 2, 762:

    amor sui,

    Hor. C. 1, 18, 14:

    festinatio,

    Liv. 22, 39, 22:

    furor,

    Hor. Epod. 7, 13:

    caeca et sopita socordia,

    Quint. 1, 2, 5:

    ambitio,

    Sen. Ben. 7, 26, 4.—
    3.
    Pregn., blind, i.e. at random, vague, indiscriminate, aimless:

    in hac calumniā timoris et caecae suspitionis tormento,

    Cic. Fam. 6, 7, 4:

    caeco quodam timore... quaerebant aliquem ducem,

    id. Lig. 1, 3:

    caecique in nubibus ignes Terrificant animos,

    Verg. A. 4, 209:

    caeca regens filo vestigia,

    id. ib. 6, 30:

    ne sint caecae, pater, exsecrationes tuae,

    Liv. 40, 10, 1:

    et caeco flentque paventque metu,

    Ov. F. 2, 822:

    lymphatis caeco pavore animis,

    Tac. H. 1, 82:

    cervus... Caeco timore proximam villam petit,

    Phaedr. 2, 8, 3:

    timor,

    Ov. Am. 1, 4, 42.—
    C.
    Transf.
    1.
    Of plants, without buds or eyes:

    rami,

    Plin. 16, 30, 54, § 125; cf. caeco and oculus. —
    2.
    Of the large intestine:

    intestinum,

    the cœcum, Cels. 4, 1, 28; 4, 14, 1.—
    II. A.
    Lit.: sunt igitur venti nimirum corpora caeca, winds are accordingly bodies, although invisible, Lucr. 1, 278; 1, 296; 1, 329;

    2, 713: vallum caecum,

    Caes. B. C. 1, 28; cf.: caecum vallum dicitur, in quo praeacuti pali terrae affixi herbis vel frondibus occuluntur, Paul. ex Fest. p. 44 Müll.; so,

    fossae,

    covered, Col. 2, 2, 9; Pall. Mai, 3. 1:

    in vada caeca ferre,

    Verg. A. 1, 536:

    fores,

    private, id. ib. 2, 453:

    spiramenta,

    id. G. 1, 89:

    colubri,

    Col. 10, 231:

    ignis,

    Lucr. 4, 929:

    venenum,

    id. 6, 822:

    tabes,

    Ov. M. 9, 174:

    viae,

    blind ways, Tib. 2, 1, 78:

    insidiae armaque,

    Ov. F 2, 214; cf. Sil. 5, 3:

    saxa,

    Verg. A. 3, 706; 5, 164:

    vulnus,

    a secret wound, Lucr. 4, 1116;

    but also,

    a wound upon the back, Verg. A. 10, 733; cf.

    in the same sense, ictus,

    Liv. 34, 14, 11; Sil. 9, 105 (cf.: caecum corpus, the back, I. A. supra):

    caeca manus, i.e. abscondita,

    Ov. M. 12, 492:

    caecum domūs scelus,

    Verg. A. 1, 356.—
    B.
    Trop.:

    caecas exponere causas,

    Lucr. 3, 317:

    improba navigii ratio, tum caeca jacebat,

    lay still concealed, id. 5, 1004; so,

    venti potestas,

    id. 3, 248; 3, 270: fluctus, Sisenn. ap. Non. p. 449, 10:

    caeca et clandestina natura,

    Lucr. 1, 779:

    res caecae et ab aspectūs judicio remotae,

    Cic. de Or. 2, 87, 357:

    obscurum atque caecum,

    id. Agr. 2, 14, 36:

    fata,

    Hor. C. 2, 13, 16:

    sors,

    id. S. 2, 3, 269:

    tumultus,

    secret conspiracies, Verg. G. 1, 464:

    amor,

    id. ib. 3, 210; cf.:

    stimulos in pectore caecos Condidit,

    Ov. M. 1, 726. In Plaut. once, prob. taken from the vulgar lang.: caecā die emere, upon a concealed ( pay-) day, i.e. to purchase on credit (opp. oculata dies, i.e. for ready money): Ca. Pereo inopiā argentariā. Ba. Emito die caecā hercle olivom, id vendito oculatā die, Plaut. Ps. 1, 3, 67.—
    2.
    By poet. license, transf. to the hearing:

    murmur,

    Verg. A. 12, 591 (as we, by a similar meton., say a hollow sound; cf. on the other hand, in Gr. tuphlos ta ôta); so,

    clamor,

    Val. Fl. 2, 461:

    mugitusterrae,

    Sen. Troad. 171.—
    III.
    Neutr., that obstructs the sight, or trop., the perception; dark, gloomy, thick, dense, obscure.
    A.
    Lit.:

    nox,

    Cic. Mil. 19, 50; Lucr. 1, 1108; Cat. 68, 44; Ov. M. 10, 476; 11, 521:

    caligo,

    Lucr. 3, 305; 4, 457; Cat. 64, 908; Verg. A. 3, 203; 8, 253:

    tenebrae,

    Lucr. 2, 54; 2, 746; 2, 798; 3, 87; 6, 35;

    3, 87: silentia, i.e. nox,

    Sil. 7, 350:

    latebrae,

    Lucr. 1, 409:

    iter,

    Ov. M. 10, 456:

    loca,

    Prop. 1, 19, 8:

    cavernae,

    Ov. M. 15, 299; Sil. 7, 372:

    latus,

    Verg. A. 2, 19:

    cubiculum si fenestram non habet, dicitur caecum,

    Varr. L. L. 9, § 58 Müll.; so,

    domus,

    without windows, Cic. Or. 67, 224:

    parietes,

    Verg. A. 5, 589:

    pulvis,

    id. ib. 12, 444:

    carcer,

    id. ib. 6, 734:

    sardonyches,

    not transparent, opaque, Plin. 37, 6, 23, § 86:

    smaragdi,

    id. 37, 5, 18, § 68: acervus (of chaos), chaotic, confused, Ov M. 1, 24; Col. 4, 32, 4' chaos, Sen. Med. 741, Sil. 11, 456.—
    B.
    Trop., uncertain, doubtful: obscurā spe et caecā exspectatione pendere, i.e. of an uncertain consequence or result, Cic. Agr. 2, 25, 66:

    quod temere fit caeco casu,

    id. Div. 2, 6, 15. cursus (Fortunae), Luc. 2, 567:

    eventus,

    Verg. A. 6, 157:

    caeci morbi, quorum causas ne medici quidem perspicere queunt,

    Col. 1, 5, 6; so,

    dolores,

    Plin. 29, 2, 10, § 38; 29, 3, 13, § 55:

    crimen,

    that cannot be proved, Liv. 45, 31, 11.— Subst.: caecum, i, n., uncertainty, obscurity ( poet.):

    verum in caeco esse,

    Manil. 4, 304.—
    * Comp., Hor. S. 1, 2, 91.— Sup. and adv. not in. use.
    2.
    Caecus, i, m.; agnomen of Appius Claudius Crassus, as being blind, Cic. Brut. 14, 55; cf. Liv. 9, 29, 11; Cic. Sen. 6, 16.

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  • 8 oculatus

    ŏcŭlātus, a, um, adj. [oculus].
    I.
    Lit., furnished with or having eyes, seeing (mostly ante-class. and post-Aug.):

    pluris est oculatus testis unus quam auriti decem,

    an eye-witness, Plaut. Truc. 2, 6, 8; cf.

    inspectio,

    Arn. 2, 48:

    Clodius male oculatus,

    whose sight was bad, Suet. Rhet. 5:

    duobus luminibus,

    Cassiod. Var. 1, 4: aedis patulis oculata fenestris, Ven. Fort. Carm. 3, 7, 47.— Comp.:

    oculatior deus,

    that has better sight, Tert. adv. Marc. 2, 25.—
    B.
    Transf., eye-shaped:

    oculati circuli,

    Sol. 17, 8.—
    2.
    Ornamented with stars, starred:

    palla,

    Mart. Cap. 1, § 66.—
    II.
    That strikes the eye, exposed to view, conspicuous, visible: ne bathutês mea in scribendo sit oculatior (al. occultior), Cic. Att. 4, 6, 3 Orell. N. cr.: oculatissimus locus, S. C. ap. Plin. 34, 6, 11, § 24: oculatā die vendere, to sell on a visible pay-day, i. e. for cash (opp. caecā die), Plaut. Ps. 1, 3, 67.

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  • 9 pendo

    pendo, pĕpendi, pensum, 3 (pendissent, for pependissent, Liv. 45, 26 fin.:

    penderit for pependerit,

    Paul. Nol. Carm. 14, 122), v. a. and n. [etym. dub.; cf. root sphad-, sphendonê, a sling; Lat. funda].— Lit., to cause to hang down, to suspend; esp. of scales in weighing.
    I.
    Act., to weigh, weigh out.
    A.
    Lit. (very rare: syn. penso, expendo): unumquodque verbum staterā aurariā pendere, Varr. ap. Non. 455, 21: da pensam lanam, Titin. ap. Non. 369, 21; Plin. 19, 3, 15, § 39, read repensum: aere gravi cum uterentur Romani, penso eo, non numerato debitum solvebant, Fest. s. v. pendere, p. 208 Müll.:

    pensas examinat herbas,

    Ov. M. 14, 270.—
    2.
    Transf., to pay, pay out (because, in the earliest times, payments were made by weighing out the metals; v. in the preced. the passage from Fest.;

    class.): militis stipendia ideo, quod eam stipem pendebant,

    Varr. L. L. 5, § 182 Müll.:

    Achaei ingentem pecuniam pendunt L. Pisoni quotannis,

    Cic. Prov. Cons. 3, 5; id. Att. 12, 25, 1:

    vectigal populo Romano,

    Caes. B. G. 5, 23:

    vectigal,

    Liv. 25, 8:

    tributum pro navibus,

    Tac. A. 13, 51:

    pretium,

    id. ib. 2, 87:

    coria boum in usus militares,

    id. ib. 4, 72:

    mercedem alicui,

    Juv. 3, 15.— Absol.:

    pro pabulo pendunt,

    pay, Plin. 12, 14, 32, § 65.— Impers. pass.:

    iterumque imperii nostri publicanis penditur,

    Plin. 12, 14, 32, § 65.—As punishments consisted of fines in money or cattle: pendere poenas, supplicia, etc., signified to pay, suffer, undergo a penalty:

    pendere poenas solvere significat,

    Fest. p. 268 Müll.:

    Syrus mihi tergo poenas pendet,

    Ter. Heaut. 4, 4, 6:

    maximas poenas pendo temeritatis meae,

    Cic. Att. 11, 8, 1:

    satis pro temeritate unius hominis suppliciorum pensum esse,

    Liv. 34, 61:

    capitis poenas,

    Ov. F. 3, 845:

    poenas violatae religionis sanguine et caedibus,

    Just. 8, 2, 4:

    magna supplicia perfidiae,

    id. 11, 4, 2:

    crimen, culpam,

    Val. Fl. 4, 477.—Rarely in this signif. absol., to suffer any thing ( poet.):

    tuis nam pendit in arvis Delius,

    Val. Fl. 1, 445.—
    B.
    Trop.
    1.
    To weigh mentally, to ponder, consider, deliberate upon, decide (class.;

    syn.: pensito, trutinor): vos eam (rem) suo, non nominis pondere penditote,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 1, § 1:

    in philosophiā res spectatur, non verba penduntur,

    id. Or. 16, 51:

    causam ex veritate,

    id. Quint. 1, 5:

    rem levi conjecturā,

    id. Rosc. Am. 22, 62.—
    b.
    To value, esteem, regard a thing; with gen. of the value (mostly ante-class. and poet.):

    neque cum me magni pendere visum'st,

    Plaut. Curc. 2, 2, 12:

    aliquem,

    Ter. Ad. 5, 4, 25:

    quem tu vidisse beatus Non magni pendis,

    Hor. S. 2, 4, 93:

    nec jam religio divum neque numina magni Pendebantur,

    Lucr. 6, 1277:

    unice unum plurimi pendit,

    Plaut. Bacch. 2, 2, 29:

    te volturium vocant: Hostisne an civis comedis, parvi pendere,

    id. Trin. 1, 2, 64 sq.:

    nequam hominis ego parvi pendo gratiam,

    lightly esteem, id. Bacch. 3, 6, 29; so,

    parvi,

    Ter. And. 3, 2, 46; id. Heaut. 4, 3, 37; id. Hec. 3, 5, 63:

    minoris pendo tergum illorum, quam meum,

    care less for, Plaut. Most. 4, 1, 29:

    aliquem minoris,

    id. ib. 1, 3, 58:

    aliquem nihili,

    id. ib. 1, 3, 88:

    nihili,

    id. Men. 5, 7, 4; id. Trin. 3, 1, 6; Ter. Ad. 3, 4, 6; cf.:

    non flocci pendere,

    Ter. Eun. 3, 1, 21:

    sese experturum, quanti sese penderem,

    Plaut. Truc. 2, 4, 44:

    tu illum numquam ostendisti quanti penderes,

    Ter. Heaut. 1, 1, 103.—
    2.
    (Acc. to A. 2.) To pay, render ( poet.):

    dignas pendere grates,

    Stat. Th. 11, 223.—
    II.
    Neutr., to weigh ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose):

    tantundem pendere par est,

    Lucr. 1, 361:

    talentum ne minus pondo octoginta Romanis ponderibus pendat,

    Liv. 38, 38, 13; Plin. 9, 15, 17, § 44; id. 30, 48 fin., § 93; id. 18, 7, 12, § 66; id. 31, 6, 31, § 58 (in Sen. Ep. 66, 30, read pendent).—Hence, pensus, a, um, P. a., lit. weighed; hence, trop., esteemed, valued, prized, dear (as P. a. not in Cic. or Cæs.):

    utra condicio pensior, Virginemne an viduam habere?

    Plaut. Stich. 1, 2, 61: ut nihil quicquam esset carius pensiusque nobis quam nosmetipsi, Taurus ap. Gell. 12, 5, 7.—Esp., as subst.: pensum, i, n., something weighed.
    A.
    Weight, consideration, scruple, importance, only in gen. sing.: nihil pensi habere aliquid, to lay no weight or stress upon a thing, to attach no value to, be indifferent to, care nothing about:

    sua parvi pendere, aliena cupere,... nihil pensi neque moderati habere,

    Sall. C. 12, 2:

    nihil pensi neque sancti habere,

    id. J. 41, 9:

    neque id quibus modis assequeretur, quicquam pensi habebat,

    id. C. 5, 6:

    prorsus neque dicere, neque facere quicquam pensi habebat,

    id. ib. 23, 2:

    nihil pensi habuit, quin, etc.,

    Suet. Dom. 12; id. Ner. 34:

    ut neque fas neque fidem pensi haberet,

    Tac. A. 13, 15: aliquid ratum pensumque habere, Att. Capitol. ap. Gell. 13, 12, 2. —So, non pensi ducere (very rare), Val. Max. 2, 9, 3.—Also, non adest or est alicui pensi: nec mihi adest tantillum pensi jam, quos capiam calceos, I don't care in the least, am perfectly indifferent, Plaut. Truc. 4, 2, 52:

    sed illis nec quid dicerent, nec quid facerent, quicquam umquam pensi fuisse,

    they never cared at all, Liv. 34, 49:

    quibus si quicquam pensi umquam fuisset, non ea consilia de republicā habuissent,

    if they had ever had regard for any considerations, Sall. C. 52, 34. —
    B.
    Prop., the wool weighed out to a slave to spin in a day; hence, a day's work in spinning, and, in gen., spinning, a spinner's task.
    1.
    Lit. (mostly ante-class. and poet.):

    pensum facere,

    Plaut. Merc. 2, 3, 63; id. Men. 5, 2, 45:

    nocturna carpentes pensa puellae,

    Verg. G. 1, 391:

    carmine quo captae dum fusis mollia pensa Devolvunt, etc.,

    id. ib. 4, 348:

    famulasque ad lumina longo Exercet penso,

    id. A. 8, 412; Prop. 3, 15, (4, 14), 15:

    castrensia,

    i. e. for military garments, id. 4 (5), 3, 33:

    pensa manu ducunt,

    Juv. 12, 65:

    lanificam revocas ad sua pensa manum,

    Ov. Am. 1, 13, 24; id. H. 3, 75; Just. 1, 3, 2.— Poet., a thread spun by the Fates:

    durae peragunt pensa sorores,

    Sen. Herc. Fur. 181:

    jamque in fine dies et inexorabile pensum Deficit,

    Stat. S. 3, 3, 172: mortale resolvere, to unbind his mortal thread, i. e. to make him immortal, Calp. Ecl. 4, 137.—
    2.
    Trop., a charge, duty, office (so in Cic.; cf.:

    ministerium, munus, officium): pensum meum lepide accurabo,

    Plaut. Bacch. 5, 2, 33; cf.:

    meum confeci,

    id. Pers. 2, 4, 1:

    absolvere,

    to perform one's duty, Varr. R. R. 2, 2:

    me ad meum munus pensumque revocabo,

    Cic. de Or. 3, 30, 119; id. Verr. 2, 3, 46, § 109:

    nominis familiaeque,

    Liv. 4, 52:

    operis sui peragere,

    Col. 3, 10, 7.—Hence, adv.: pensē, carefully, considerately (post-class.): pensius, Flav. ap. Symm. Ep. 2, 34.

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  • 10 ā

       ā    (before consonants), ab (before vowels, h, and some consonants, esp. l, n, r, s), abs (usu. only before t and q, esp. freq. before the pron. te), old af, praep. with abl., denoting separation or departure (opp. ad).    I. Lit., in space, from, away from, out of.    A. With motion: ab urbe proficisci, Cs.: a supero mari Flaminia (est via), leads: Nunc quidem paululum, inquit, a sole, a little out of the sun: usque a mari supero Romam proficisci, all the way from; with names of cities and small islands, or with domo, home (for the simple abl; of motion, away from, not out of, a place); hence, of raising a siege, of the march of soldiers, the setting out of a fleet, etc.: oppidum ab Aeneā fugiente a Troiā conditum: ab Alesiā, Cs.: profectus ab Orico cum classe, Cs.; with names of persons or with pronouns: cum a vobis discessero: videat forte hic te a patre aliquis exiens, i. e. from his house, T.; (praegn.): a rege munera repudiare, from, sent by, N.—    B. Without motion.    1. Of separation or distance: abesse a domo paulisper maluit: tum Brutus ab Romā aberat, S.: hic locus aequo fere spatio ab castris Ariovisti et Caesaris aberat, Cs.: a foro longe abesse: procul a castris hostes in collibus constiterunt, Cs.: cum esset bellum tam prope a Siciliā; so with numerals to express distance: ex eo loco ab milibus passuum octo, eight miles distant, Cs.: ab milibus passuum minus duobus castra posuerunt, less than two miles off, Cs.; so rarely with substantives: quod tanta machinatio ab tanto spatio instrueretur, so far away, Cs.—    2. To denote a side or direction, etc., at, on, in: ab sinistrā parte nudatis castris, on the left, Cs.: ab eā parte, quā, etc., on that side, S.: Gallia Celtica attingit ab Sequanis flumen Rhenum, on the side of the Sequani, i. e. their country, Cs.: ab decumanā portā castra munita, at the main entrance, Cs.: crepuit hinc a Glycerio ostium, of the house of G., T.: (cornua) ab labris argento circumcludunt, on the edges, Cs.; hence, a fronte, in the van; a latere, on the flank; a tergo, in the rear, behind; a dextro cornu, on the right wing; a medio spatio, half way.—    II. Fig.    A. Of time.    1. Of a point of time, after: Caesar ab decimae legionis cohortatione ad dextrum cornu profectus, immediately after, Cs.: ab eo magistratu, after this office, S.: recens a volnere Dido, fresh from her wound, V.: in Italiam perventum est quinto mense a Carthagine, i. e. after leaving, L.: ab his, i. e. after these words, hereupon, O.: ab simili <*>ade domo profugus, i. e. after and in consequence of, L.—    2. Of a period of time, from, since, after: ab hora tertiā bibebatur, from the third hour: ab Sullā et Pompeio consulibus, since the consulship of: ab incenso Capitolio illum esse vigesumum annum, since, S.: augures omnes usque ab Romulo, since the time of: iam inde ab infelici pugnā ceciderant animi, from (and in consequence of), L.; hence, ab initio, a principio, a primo, at, in, or from the beginning, at first: ab integro, anew, afresh: ab... ad, from (a time)... to: cum ab horā septimā ad vesperum pugnatum sit, Cs.; with nouns or adjectives denoting a time of life: iam inde a pueritiā, T.: a pueritiā: a pueris: iam inde ab incunabulis, L.: a parvo, from a little child, or childhood, L.: ab parvulis, Cs.—    B. In other relations.    1. To denote separation, deterring, intermitting, distinction, difference, etc., from: quo discessum animi a corpore putent esse mortem: propius abesse ab ortu: alter ab illo, next after him, V.: Aiax, heros ab Achille secundus, next in rank to, H.: impotentia animi a temperantiā dissidens: alieno a te animo fuit, estranged; so with adjj. denoting free, strange, pure, etc.: res familiaris casta a cruore civili: purum ab humano cultu solum, L.: (opoidum) vacuum ab defensoribus, Cs.: alqm pudicum servare ab omni facto, etc., II.; with substt.: impunitas ab iudicio: ab armis quies dabatur, L.; or verbs: haec a custodiis loca vacabant, Cs.—    2. To denote the agent, by: qui (Mars) saepe spoliantem iam evertit et perculit ab abiecto, by the agency of: Laudari me abs te, a laudato viro: si quid ei a Caesare gravius accidisset, at Caesar's hands, Cs.: vetus umor ab igne percaluit solis, under, O.: a populo P. imperia perferre, Cs.: equo lassus ab indomito, H.: volgo occidebantur: per quos et a quibus? by whose hands and upon whose orders? factus ab arte decor, artificial, O.: destitutus ab spe, L.; (for the sake of the metre): correptus ab ignibus, O.; (poet. with abl. of means or instr.): intumuit venter ab undā, O.—Ab with abl. of agent for the dat., to avoid ambiguity, or for emphasis: quibus (civibus) est a vobis consulendum: te a me nostrae consuetudinis monendum esse puto.—    3. To denote source, origin, extraction, from, of: Turnus ab Ariciā, L.: si ego me a M. Tullio esse dicerem: oriundi ab Sabinis, L.: dulces a fontibus undae, V.—With verbs of expecting, fearing, hoping (cf. a parte), from, on the part of: a quo quidem genere, iudices, ego numquam timui: nec ab Romanis vobis ulla est spes, you can expect nothing from the Romans, L.; (ellipt.): haec a servorum bello pericula, threatened by: quem metus a praetore Romano stimulabat, fear of what the praetor might do, L.—With verbs of paying, etc., solvere, persolvere, dare (pecuniam) ab aliquo, to pay through, by a draft on, etc.: se praetor dedit, a quaestore numeravit, quaestor a mensā publicā, by an order on the quaestor: ei legat pecuniam a filio, to be paid by his son: scribe decem (milia) a Nerio, pay by a draft on Nerius, H.; cognoscere ab aliquā re, to know or learn by means of something (but ab aliquo, from some one): id se a Gallicis armis atque insignibus cognovisse, Cs.; in giving an etymology: id ab re... interregnum appellatum, L.—Rarely with verbs of beginning and repeating: coepere a fame mala, L.: a se suisque orsus, Ta.—    4. With verbs of freeing from, defending, protecting, from, against: ut a proeliis quietem habuerant, L.: provincia a calamitate est defendenda: sustinere se a lapsu, L.—    5. With verbs and adjectives, to define the respect in which, in relation to, with regard to, in respect to, on the part of: orba ab optimatibus contio: mons vastus ab naturā et humano cultu, S.: ne ab re sint omissiores, too neglectful of money or property, T.: posse a facundiā, in the matter of eloquence, T.; cf. with laborare, for the simple abl, in, for want of: laborare ab re frumentariā, Cs.—    6. In stating a motive, from, out of, on account of, in consequence of: patres ab honore appellati, L.: inops tum urbs ab longinquā obsidione, L.—    7. Indicating a part of the whole, of, out of: scuto ab novissimis uni militi detracto, Cs.: a quibus (captivis) ad Senatum missus (Regulus).—    8. Marking that to which anything belongs: qui sunt ab eā disciplinā: nostri illi a Platone et Aristotele aiunt.—    9. Of a side or party: vide ne hoc totum sit a me, makes for my view: vir ab innocentiā clementissimus, in favor of.—10. In late prose, of an office: ab epistulis, a secretary, Ta. Note. Ab is not repeated with a following pron interrog. or relat.: Arsinoën, Stratum, Naupactum... fateris ab hostibus esse captas. Quibus autem hostibus? Nempe iis, quos, etc. It is often separated from the word which it governs: a nullius umquam me tempore aut commodo: a minus bono, S.: a satis miti principio, L.—The poets join a and que, making āque; but in good prose que is annexed to the following abl. (a meque, abs teque, etc.): aque Chao, V.: aque mero, O.—In composition, ab- stands before vowels, and h, b, d, i consonant, l, n, r, s; abs- before c, q, t; b is dropped, leaving as- before p; ā- is found in āfuī, āfore ( inf fut. of absum); and au- in auferō, aufugiō.
    * * *
    I
    Ah!; (distress/regret/pity, appeal/entreaty, surprise/joy, objection/contempt)
    II
    by (agent), from (departure, cause, remote origin/time); after (reference)
    III
    ante, abb. a.

    in calendar expression a. d. = ante diem -- before the day

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  • 11 d.

    I
    abb. ADJ
    obliged; bound (to pay), condemned to pay; sentenced; (abb. d. in incription)
    II
    abb. N C
    diem, abb. d; in calendar expression a. d. = ante diem = before the day
    III
    abb. N M
    Decimus (Roman praenomen); (abb. D.)
    IV
    abb. N M
    Dominus, Lord; abb. D

    calendar AD/Anno Domine -- in the year of our Lord

    Latin-English dictionary > d.

  • 12 saluto

    sălūto, āvi, ātum ( gen. plur. salutantum, Lucr. 1, 318; Verg. G. 2, 462; Ov. M. 5, 295), 1, v. a. [salus].
    * I.
    (Acc. to salus, I. A.) To keep safe, to preserve:

    sequenti anno palmites salutentur pro viribus matris singuli aut gemini,

    Plin. 17, 22, 35, § 177. —
    II.
    (Acc. to salus, I. B.) To greet, wish [p. 1623] health to, pay one ' s respects to, salute any one (freq. in all periods and kinds of composition; cf.: salvere jubeo).
    A.
    In gen.:

    Charmidem Lysiteles salutat,

    greets, bids good-day, Plaut. Trin. 5, 2, 29: Ly. Di te ament, Agorastocles. Ag. Magis me benigne nunc salutas, quam antidhac, id. Poen. 3, 5, 7; cf. Cic. Phil. 13, 2, 4; id. Att. 5, 2, 2; Suet. Aug. 53:

    equidem te heri advenientem ilico et salutavi et, valuissesne usque, exquisivi simul,

    Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 83 sq.:

    cum ille eum salutasset, ut fit, dixissetque: Quid agis, Grani? respondit: Immo vero, tu Druse, quid agis?

    Cic. Planc. 14, 33:

    aliquem paulo liberius,

    id. Cael. 16, 38 fin.:

    salutabunt benigne, comiter appellabunt unum quemque nostrum,

    id. Phil. 13, 2, 4:

    eo me salutat blandius,

    Plaut. Aul. 2, 2, 8:

    quos postquam salutavi, Quid vos, inquam, Brute et Attice, nunc?

    Cic. Brut. 3, 10:

    quem quidem sui Caesarem salutabant,

    greeted as Cœsar, saluted by the name of Cœsar, id. Att. 14, 12, 2; cf. passively: Pompeius eo proelio Imperator est appellatus. Hoc nomen obtinuit, atque ita se postea salutari passuś est, * Caes. B. C. 3, 71; so,

    aliquem imperatorem,

    Tac. A. 2, 18; id. H. 2, 80: aliquem dominum regemque. Juv. 8, 161:

    Nero Britannicum nomine, illi Domitium salutavere,

    Tac. A. 12, 41; Liv. 1, 6; Suet. Aug. 58: bene vale Tironemque meum saluta nostris verbis, greet in my name, for me, Curius ap. Cic. Fam. 7, 29, 2:

    Dionysius te omnesque vos salutat,

    salutes, sends greeting to, Cic. Att. 4, 11, 2:

    esse salutatum vult te,

    Ov. P. 2, 7, 1.— Absol.:

    ut salutem,

    Ter. Ad. 3, 3, 92; id. Eun. 2, 2, 28.—Of paying reverence to a divinity:

    deos atque amicos iit salutatum ad forum,

    Plaut. Bacch. 2, 3, 113; Cato, R. R. 2, 1; Plaut. Stich. 4, 1, 29; id. Curc. 1, 1, 70; Ter. Phorm. 2, 1, 81: Cic. Rosc. Am. 20, 56 al.—Of wishing one well when sneezing:

    cur sternumentis salutamus?

    why do we say, God bless you? Plin. 28, 2, 5, § 23.—Of greeting a place:

    Italiam laeto socii clamore salutant,

    Verg. A. 3, 524:

    agros,

    Ov. M. 3, 25; cf.

    templa,

    id. ib. 15, 687; id. Tr. 1, 1, 15.—
    2.
    To bid farewell, to take leave (rare):

    etiamnunc saluto te, priusquam eo,

    Plaut. Mil. 4, 8, 29:

    notam puppem de rupe salutant,

    Stat. Th. 4, 31.—
    B.
    In partic.
    1.
    To visit out of compliment, to pay one ' s respects to, to wait upon a person:

    Curtius venit salutandi causā,

    Cic. Att. 13, 9, 1:

    cum ad me salutandi causā venisset,

    id. ib. 6, 2, 1:

    eram continuo Piliam salutaturus,

    id. ib. 14, 20, 5:

    salutatum introire,

    Sall. C. 28, 1; Hor. S. 1, 6, 101; cf. Juv. 10, 90; 3, 184.—
    2.
    To greet one's visitors (rare):

    mane salutamus domi et bonos viros multos, etc.... Veniunt etiam, qui, etc.,

    Cic. Fam. 9, 20, 3.—
    3.
    Under the emperors, of the morning attendance at court, Suet. Tib. 32; id. Galb. 17; id. Oth. 6; id. Vesp. 12; 21; Tac. H. 2, 92 et saep.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > saluto

  • 13 opera

        opera ae, f    [opus], service, pains, exertion, effort, work, labor: operam abutitur, qui, etc., wastes labor, T.: frustra operam sumo, take pains, T.: res multae operae, Cs.: operam exigere: praebere amicis: in eā (arte) plus operae consumere, bestow upon: impendere: polliceri, S.: insumere, L.: interponere, employ: quorum operā interfectus, by whose agency, Cs.: exstabit opera peregrinationis huius, i. e. literary activity.—A service, rendering of service: esse in operis eius societatis, in the service of the society: qui operas in scripturā pro magistro dat, serves as director: musis operas reddere, serve.—In the phrase, operam dare, to bestow care, take pains, give attention, serve, exert oneself: id dare operam, qui istum amoveas, T.: dant operam simul auspicio augurioque (i. e. student), Enn. ap. C.: dare operam funeri, attend: sermoni, listen: dilectu dat operam, is busied in, L.: dabat operam, ut Dumnorigem contineret, Cs.: dent operam consules, ne quid res p. detrimenti capiat, Cs.: id scire, T.—In the phrase, meā operā, through my means, by my agency: Non meā operā neque culpā evenit, T.: meā operā Q. Tarentum recepisti.—In the phrase, operae pretium, something worth the effort.—Leisure, spare time: de versibus, deest mihi quidem opera, I have no leisure: quae non operae est referre, it is not worth while, L.: si operae illi esset, if he had time, L.—A day-laborer, journeyman, laborer, workman, artisan: nona, a ninth laborer (on a farm), H.: operae facessant: publice coactis operis: contentio cum operis conductis ad, etc., rabble hired.
    * * *
    work, care; aid; service, effort/trouble

    Latin-English dictionary > opera

  • 14 bajulus

    bājŭlus, i, m. [kindr. with pherô, fero; Engl. bear; and with Germ. Bahre, Bürde; cf. Doed. Syn. I. p. 151, and bajulo], he who bears burdens (for pay), a porter, carrier, day-laborer, bastaktês: quod genus Graeci achthophorous vocant, Latine bajulos appellamus, Gell. 5, 3, 1: bajulos dicebant antiqui, quos nunc dicimus operarios, Paul. ex Fest. p. 35 Müll.; Plaut. Poen. 5, 6, 17; Caecil. ap. Cic. de Or. 2, 10, 40:

    utrum de bonis est quaerendum, quid bajuli atque operarii, an quid homines doctissimi senserint?

    Cic. Par. 3, 2; so id. Brut. 73, 257:

    litterarum bajulus,

    Symm. Ep. 5, 7; Hier. Ep. 15 ad Damas. 5: stercorum, Firm. Math. 8, 20.—
    II.
    Esp., in late Lat.,
    A.
    A bearer at a funeral, Amm. 14, 7, 17; Sid. Ep. 3, 12; Aug. Ep. 19 ad Hier. 2; cf.:

    vespillones dicti sunt bajuli,

    Fulg. Expos. Serm. p. 558. —
    B.
    A letter-carrier, Hier. Ep. 6 ad Julian. 1; Cod. Th. 2, 27, 1, § 2; cf.:

    boni nuntii,

    Vulg. 2 Reg. 18, 22.

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