pellex

girl, wench, Irish caile, hussy, Early Irish caile; cf. Breton plac'h, girl; Greek $$Gpallakc/, concubine, Latin pellex. Usually caileag, girl.

āra, ae, f. (Osc. form aasa; Umbr. asa: PELLEX. ASAM. IVNONIS. NE. TAGITO., Lex Numae ap. Gell. 4, 3, 3; cf. Serv. ad Verg. A. 4, 219; Macr. S. 3, 2) [perh. Sanscr. ās, Gr. hêmai, Dor. hêsmai = to sit, as the seat or resting-place of the victim or offering; v. Curt. p. 381 sq.], an altar.

Lit.: Jovis aram sanguine turpari, Enn. ap. Cic. Tusc. 1, 35, 85 (Trag. v. 125 Vahl.):

Inde ignem in aram, ut Ephesiae Dianae laeta laudes,

Plaut. Mil. 2, 5, 1:

omnīs accedere ad aras... aras sanguine multo Spargere,

Lucr. 5, 1199 sq.; so id. 1, 84:

turicremas aras,

id. 2, 353 (adopted by Verg. A. 4, 453);

2, 417: multo sanguine maesti Conspergunt aras adolentque altaria donis,

id. 4, 1237 al.:

ara Aio Loquenti consecrata,

Cic. Div. 1, 45, 101:

ara condita atque dicata,

Liv. 1, 7; cf. Suet. Claud. 2:

ara sacrata,

Liv. 40, 22; cf. Suet. Tib. 14:

exstruere,

id. Aug. 15; so Vulg. 4 Reg. 21, 4:

construere,

ib. 2 Par. 33, 3:

facere,

ib. ib. 33, 15:

erigere,

ib. Num. 23, 4:

aedificare,

ib. 3 Reg. 14, 23:

ponere,

ib. ib. 16, 32:

destruere,

ib. Exod. 34, 13, and ib. Jud. 6, 25:

subvertere,

ib. Deut. 7, 5:

dissipare,

ib. ib. 12, 3:

suffodere,

ib. Jud. 31, 32:

demolire,

ib. Ezech. 6, 4:

depopulari, ib. Osee, 10, 2: interibunt arae vestrae,

ib. Ezech. 6, 6 et saep.—Altars were erected not only in the temples, but also in the streets and highways, in the open air, Plaut. Aul. 4, 1, 20.—Esp. were altars erected in the courts of houses (impluvia), for the family gods (Penates), while the household gods (Lares) received offerings upon a small hearth (focus) in the family hall (atrium); hence, arae et foci, meton. for home, or hearth and home, and pro aris et focis pugnare, to fight for altars and fires, for one's dearest possessions:

urbem, agrum, aras, focos seque dedere,

Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 71:

te amicum Deiotari regis arae focique viderunt,

Cic. Deiot. 3:

de vestris conjugibus ac liberis, de aris ac focis, decernite,

id. Cat. 4, 11, 24; id. Sest. 42:

nos domicilia, sedesque populi Romani, Penates, aras, focos, sepulcra majorum defendimus,

id. Phil. 8, 3:

patriae, parentibus, aris atque focis bellum parare,

Sall. C. 52, 3:

pro patriā, pro liberis, pro aris atque focis suis cernere,

id. ib. 59, 5:

sibi pro aris focisque et deūm templis ac solo, in quo nati essent, dimicandum fore,

Liv. 5, 30 et saep.—Criminals fled to the altars for protection, Don. ad Ter. Heaut. 5, 2, 22:

interim hanc aram occupabo,

Plaut. Most. 5, 1, 45:

Priamum cum in aram confugisset, hostilis manus interemit,

Cic. Tusc. 1, 35, 85:

eo ille confugit in arāque consedit,

Nep. Paus. 4, 4:

Veneris sanctae considam vinctus ad aras: haec supplicibus favet,

Tib. 4, 13, 23.—Hence, trop., protection, refuge, shelter:

tamquam in aram confugitis ad deum,

Cic. N. D. 3, 10, 25:

ad aram legum confugere,

id. Verr. 2, 2, 3:

hic portus, haec ara sociorum,

id. ib. 2, 5, 48; Ov. Tr. 4, 5, 2; 5, 6, 14; id. H. 1, 110; id. P. 2, 8, 68.—One who took an oath was accustomed to lay hold of the altar, in confirmation of it, Plaut. Rud. 5, 2, 46:

qui si aram tenens juraret, crederet nemo,

Cic. Fl. 36, 90; Nep. Hann. 2, 4 (cf. Liv. 21, 1):

tango aras, medios ignes et numina testor,

Verg. A. 12, 201; 4, 219: ara sepulcri, a funeral pile, regarded as an altar, Verg. A. 6, 177; Sil. 15, 388.—

Meton.

The Altar, a constellation in the southern sky, Gr. Thutêrion (Arat. 403 al.): Aram, quam flatu permulcet spiritus austri, poët. ap. Cic. N. D. 2, 44, 114; so Cic. Arat. 202; 213 Orell.; Hyg. Astr. 2, 39, and id. ib. 3, 38:

pressa,

i. e. low in the south, Ov. M. 2, 139. —

Arae, The Altars.

Rocky cliffs in the Mediterranean Sea, between Sicily Sardinia and Africa, so called from their shape, Varr. ap. Serv. ad Verg. A. 1, 108;

Quadrig. Ann. ib.: saxa vocant Itali, mediis quae in fluctibus, Aras,

Verg. A. 1, 109.—

Arae Philaenorum, v. Philaeni.—

Transf., in gen., a monument of stone:

ara virtutis,

Cic. Phil. 14, 13:

Lunensis ara,

of Lunensian marble, Suet. Ner. 50 fin. —Also [p. 150] a tombstone:

ARAM D. S. P. R. (de suā pecuniā restituit),

Inscr. Orell. 4521; so ib. 4522; 4826.

dīrus, a, um, adj. [Sanscr. root dī, to flee; Gr. deos, deidô, deinos], fearful, awful (for syn. cf.: saevus, atrox, ferox, crudelis, trux, furens, furiosus, immitis).

Orig. belonging to the lang. of augurs; of fate, ill-omened, ominous, boding, portentous:

QVAE AVGVR INIVSTA, NEFASTA VITIOSA DIRA DEFIXERIT, IRRITA INFECTAQVE SVNTO,

Cic. Leg. 2, 8 fin.; cf. id. Div. 1, 16:

tristissima exta sine capite fuerunt, quibus nihil videtur esse dirius,

id. ib. 2, 15 fin.; cf.:

bubo, dirum mortalibus omen,

Ov. M. 5, 550:

omen,

Tac. H. 3, 56; Suet. Aug. 92; id. Tib. 1, 3, 17:

aves,

Tac. A. 12, 43; Suet. Claud. 22:

alites,

Plin. 18, 1, 1, § 4:

somnia,

Val. Fl. 3, 59:

tempus, Cic. Poët. Div. 1, 11, 18: exsecrationes,

Liv. 40, 56; 28, 22; Suet. Claud. 12; cf.

deprecationes,

Plin. 28, 2, 4, § 19:

detestatio,

Hor. Epod. 5, 89:

ritus sacrorum,

Tac. A. 16, 8:

religio loci,

Verg. A. 8, 350 et saep.—Hence, as subst.:

dīrae, ārum, f.

(sc. res), ill-boding things, portents, unlucky signs:

dirarum obnuntiatio,

id. ib.; Plin. 28, 2, 4, § 17; 28, 2, 5, § 26; Tac. A. 6, 24 al.; Hor. Epod. 5, 89; Müll. Etrusk. 2, p. 117.—

As a nom. propr., Dīrae, the Furies, Verg. A. 12, 845 sq.; 4, 473; Val. Fl. 1, 804; Aur. Vict. Epit. 21 al.;

called also Dirae deae, sorores,

Verg. A. 7, 324 and 454.—

dīra, ōrum, n., fearful things, ill-boding events:

in dira et in vitiosa incurrimus,

Cic. Div. 1, 16, 29; id. Leg. 2, 8, 21; cf.:

me mihi dira precari cogis,

to curse, invoke curses on, Tib. 2, 6, 17:

dira passus,

Vulg. Sirach, 38, 16.

Transf., of character, dreadful, horrible, terrible, abominable, detestable (so almost exclusively poet.; a very favorite expression with the Aug. poets; in the Ciceron. per. not at all; but cf. diritas, II.): senex dirissimus, Varr. Poët. ap. Non. 100, 30:

Dea,

i. e. Circe, Ov. M. 14, 278:

Ulixes,

Verg. A. 2, 261; 762:

Hannibal,

Hor. C. 2, 12, 2 al.:

durum,

id. ib. 3, 6, 36 (also ap. Quint. 8, 2, 9):

Afer,

Hor. C. 4, 4, 42:

Amulius,

Ov. F. 4, 53:

noverca,

id. H. 12, 188:

pellex,

id. ib. 5, 60 et saep.:

hydra,

Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 10:

serpens,

Ov. M. 2, 651:

victima,

id. A. A. 1, 334:

parens,

fell, cruel, id. ib. 2, 383:

soror,

Stat. S. 5, 3, 84:

parentes,

Manil. 5, 541.—

Of inanimate and abstr. subjects:

regio,

Ov. Tr. 3, 3, 5:

facies,

id. F. 1, 553:

dapes,

id. ib. 6, 663:

venena,

Hor. Epod. 5, 61; id. S. 1, 9, 31:

Asphaltites lacus,

Plin. 5, 15, 15, § 71:

scopulus,

id. 4, 11, 18, § 51:

duarum Syrtium vadoso mari diri sinus,

id. 5, 4, 4, § 26 et saep.:

bellum,

Verg. A. 11, 217:

nefas,

id. ib. 4, 563:

sollicitudines,

Hor. Epod. 13, 10:

amores,

Ov. M. 10, 426:

superbia,

id. ib. 3, 354:

quies,

Tac. A. 1, 65 et saep.— Poet., answering to the Gr. deinos, with inf.:

dira portas quassare trabs,

Sil. 4, 284.—

Skilful:

in complicandis negotiis,

Amm. 14, 5, 8.

dīrus, a, um, adj. [Sanscr. root dī, to flee; Gr. deos, deidô, deinos], fearful, awful (for syn. cf.: saevus, atrox, ferox, crudelis, trux, furens, furiosus, immitis).

Orig. belonging to the lang. of augurs; of fate, ill-omened, ominous, boding, portentous:

QVAE AVGVR INIVSTA, NEFASTA VITIOSA DIRA DEFIXERIT, IRRITA INFECTAQVE SVNTO,

Cic. Leg. 2, 8 fin.; cf. id. Div. 1, 16:

tristissima exta sine capite fuerunt, quibus nihil videtur esse dirius,

id. ib. 2, 15 fin.; cf.:

bubo, dirum mortalibus omen,

Ov. M. 5, 550:

omen,

Tac. H. 3, 56; Suet. Aug. 92; id. Tib. 1, 3, 17:

aves,

Tac. A. 12, 43; Suet. Claud. 22:

alites,

Plin. 18, 1, 1, § 4:

somnia,

Val. Fl. 3, 59:

tempus, Cic. Poët. Div. 1, 11, 18: exsecrationes,

Liv. 40, 56; 28, 22; Suet. Claud. 12; cf.

deprecationes,

Plin. 28, 2, 4, § 19:

detestatio,

Hor. Epod. 5, 89:

ritus sacrorum,

Tac. A. 16, 8:

religio loci,

Verg. A. 8, 350 et saep.—Hence, as subst.:

dīrae, ārum, f.

(sc. res), ill-boding things, portents, unlucky signs:

dirarum obnuntiatio,

id. ib.; Plin. 28, 2, 4, § 17; 28, 2, 5, § 26; Tac. A. 6, 24 al.; Hor. Epod. 5, 89; Müll. Etrusk. 2, p. 117.—

As a nom. propr., Dīrae, the Furies, Verg. A. 12, 845 sq.; 4, 473; Val. Fl. 1, 804; Aur. Vict. Epit. 21 al.;

called also Dirae deae, sorores,

Verg. A. 7, 324 and 454.—

dīra, ōrum, n., fearful things, ill-boding events:

in dira et in vitiosa incurrimus,

Cic. Div. 1, 16, 29; id. Leg. 2, 8, 21; cf.:

me mihi dira precari cogis,

to curse, invoke curses on, Tib. 2, 6, 17:

dira passus,

Vulg. Sirach, 38, 16.

Transf., of character, dreadful, horrible, terrible, abominable, detestable (so almost exclusively poet.; a very favorite expression with the Aug. poets; in the Ciceron. per. not at all; but cf. diritas, II.): senex dirissimus, Varr. Poët. ap. Non. 100, 30:

Dea,

i. e. Circe, Ov. M. 14, 278:

Ulixes,

Verg. A. 2, 261; 762:

Hannibal,

Hor. C. 2, 12, 2 al.:

durum,

id. ib. 3, 6, 36 (also ap. Quint. 8, 2, 9):

Afer,

Hor. C. 4, 4, 42:

Amulius,

Ov. F. 4, 53:

noverca,

id. H. 12, 188:

pellex,

id. ib. 5, 60 et saep.:

hydra,

Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 10:

serpens,

Ov. M. 2, 651:

victima,

id. A. A. 1, 334:

parens,

fell, cruel, id. ib. 2, 383:

soror,

Stat. S. 5, 3, 84:

parentes,

Manil. 5, 541.—

Of inanimate and abstr. subjects:

regio,

Ov. Tr. 3, 3, 5:

facies,

id. F. 1, 553:

dapes,

id. ib. 6, 663:

venena,

Hor. Epod. 5, 61; id. S. 1, 9, 31:

Asphaltites lacus,

Plin. 5, 15, 15, § 71:

scopulus,

id. 4, 11, 18, § 51:

duarum Syrtium vadoso mari diri sinus,

id. 5, 4, 4, § 26 et saep.:

bellum,

Verg. A. 11, 217:

nefas,

id. ib. 4, 563:

sollicitudines,

Hor. Epod. 13, 10:

amores,

Ov. M. 10, 426:

superbia,

id. ib. 3, 354:

quies,

Tac. A. 1, 65 et saep.— Poet., answering to the Gr. deinos, with inf.:

dira portas quassare trabs,

Sil. 4, 284.—

Skilful:

in complicandis negotiis,

Amm. 14, 5, 8.

dīrus, a, um, adj. [Sanscr. root dī, to flee; Gr. deos, deidô, deinos], fearful, awful (for syn. cf.: saevus, atrox, ferox, crudelis, trux, furens, furiosus, immitis).

Orig. belonging to the lang. of augurs; of fate, ill-omened, ominous, boding, portentous:

QVAE AVGVR INIVSTA, NEFASTA VITIOSA DIRA DEFIXERIT, IRRITA INFECTAQVE SVNTO,

Cic. Leg. 2, 8 fin.; cf. id. Div. 1, 16:

tristissima exta sine capite fuerunt, quibus nihil videtur esse dirius,

id. ib. 2, 15 fin.; cf.:

bubo, dirum mortalibus omen,

Ov. M. 5, 550:

omen,

Tac. H. 3, 56; Suet. Aug. 92; id. Tib. 1, 3, 17:

aves,

Tac. A. 12, 43; Suet. Claud. 22:

alites,

Plin. 18, 1, 1, § 4:

somnia,

Val. Fl. 3, 59:

tempus, Cic. Poët. Div. 1, 11, 18: exsecrationes,

Liv. 40, 56; 28, 22; Suet. Claud. 12; cf.

deprecationes,

Plin. 28, 2, 4, § 19:

detestatio,

Hor. Epod. 5, 89:

ritus sacrorum,

Tac. A. 16, 8:

religio loci,

Verg. A. 8, 350 et saep.—Hence, as subst.:

dīrae, ārum, f.

(sc. res), ill-boding things, portents, unlucky signs:

dirarum obnuntiatio,

id. ib.; Plin. 28, 2, 4, § 17; 28, 2, 5, § 26; Tac. A. 6, 24 al.; Hor. Epod. 5, 89; Müll. Etrusk. 2, p. 117.—

As a nom. propr., Dīrae, the Furies, Verg. A. 12, 845 sq.; 4, 473; Val. Fl. 1, 804; Aur. Vict. Epit. 21 al.;

called also Dirae deae, sorores,

Verg. A. 7, 324 and 454.—

dīra, ōrum, n., fearful things, ill-boding events:

in dira et in vitiosa incurrimus,

Cic. Div. 1, 16, 29; id. Leg. 2, 8, 21; cf.:

me mihi dira precari cogis,

to curse, invoke curses on, Tib. 2, 6, 17:

dira passus,

Vulg. Sirach, 38, 16.

Transf., of character, dreadful, horrible, terrible, abominable, detestable (so almost exclusively poet.; a very favorite expression with the Aug. poets; in the Ciceron. per. not at all; but cf. diritas, II.): senex dirissimus, Varr. Poët. ap. Non. 100, 30:

Dea,

i. e. Circe, Ov. M. 14, 278:

Ulixes,

Verg. A. 2, 261; 762:

Hannibal,

Hor. C. 2, 12, 2 al.:

durum,

id. ib. 3, 6, 36 (also ap. Quint. 8, 2, 9):

Afer,

Hor. C. 4, 4, 42:

Amulius,

Ov. F. 4, 53:

noverca,

id. H. 12, 188:

pellex,

id. ib. 5, 60 et saep.:

hydra,

Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 10:

serpens,

Ov. M. 2, 651:

victima,

id. A. A. 1, 334:

parens,

fell, cruel, id. ib. 2, 383:

soror,

Stat. S. 5, 3, 84:

parentes,

Manil. 5, 541.—

Of inanimate and abstr. subjects:

regio,

Ov. Tr. 3, 3, 5:

facies,

id. F. 1, 553:

dapes,

id. ib. 6, 663:

venena,

Hor. Epod. 5, 61; id. S. 1, 9, 31:

Asphaltites lacus,

Plin. 5, 15, 15, § 71:

scopulus,

id. 4, 11, 18, § 51:

duarum Syrtium vadoso mari diri sinus,

id. 5, 4, 4, § 26 et saep.:

bellum,

Verg. A. 11, 217:

nefas,

id. ib. 4, 563:

sollicitudines,

Hor. Epod. 13, 10:

amores,

Ov. M. 10, 426:

superbia,

id. ib. 3, 354:

quies,

Tac. A. 1, 65 et saep.— Poet., answering to the Gr. deinos, with inf.:

dira portas quassare trabs,

Sil. 4, 284.—

Skilful:

in complicandis negotiis,

Amm. 14, 5, 8.

paelex ( pēlex, and, only in inscriptions, pellex), icis, f. [akin to Sanscr. pallavaka, girl; Gr. pallakis, concubine], a kept mistress, concubine of a married man.

Lit.: antiqui proprie eam pelicem nominabant, quae uxorem habenti nubebat. Cui generi mulierum etiam poena constituta est a Numā Pompilio hāc lege: paelex aram Junonis ne tangito, etc., Paul. ex Fest. p. 222 Müll.; cf. Gell. 4, 3, 3:

libro Memorialium Masurius scribit: pelicem apud antiquos eam habitam, quae, cum uxor non esset, cum aliquo tamen vivebat eamque nunc vero nomine amicam, paulo honestiore concubinam appellari,

Dig. 50, 16, 144; Plaut. Cist. 1, 1, 39; id. Merc. 4, 1, 24 et saep.—With gen. of the wronged wife:

filiae paelex,

Cic. Clu. 70, 199; id. Or. 30, 108:

tune eris et matris paelex et adultera patris?

Ov. M. 10, 347:

illa Jovis magni paelex, metuenda sorori,

id. H. 14, 95:

fugit (Medea) ulta paelicem, Magni Creontis filiam,

Hor. Epod. 5, 63:

horrida,

Juv. 2, 57.— Poet., of the cows, as rivals of Pasiphaë, who had become enamoured of a bull, Ov. A. A. 1, 321.—

Transf.

A kept mistress, concubine, in gen. (post-class.):

virginem constupratam servo suo paelicem dederat,

Curt. 10, 1, 5:

Artaxerxi regi Persarum ex paelicibus centum et quindecim filii fuere,

Just. 10, 1, 1; cf.: Granius Flaccus scribit, pelicem quosdam vocare eam, quae uxoris loco sine nuptiis in domo sit. Dig. 50, 16, 144.—

A male prostitute (postclass.), Paul. ex Fest. p. 222 Müll.:

Dolabella eum (Caesarem) pelicem reginae (appellavit), as the favorite of King Nicomedes,

Suet. Caes. 49;

in apposition, pelices ministri,

Mart. 12, 97, 3.—

Comically, [p. 1289] a substitute:

quoties pelex culcita facta mea est (sc. matellae),

Mart. 14, 119, 2.

scortum, i, n. [cf. Gr. chorion, corium; Lith. skurà, skin].

Lit., a skin, hide (post-class. and rare):

pellem antiqui dicebant scortum,

Varr. L. L. 7, § 84 Müll.:

jam Omphale in Herculis scorto designata descripsit,

Tert. Pall. 4 med. —

Transf., a harlot, strumpet, prostitute (freq. and class.): scorta appellantur meretrices, quia ut pelliculae subiguntur. Omnia namque ex pellibus facta scortea appellantur, Fest. pp. 330 and 331 Müll.— Sing., Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 132; id. As. 4, 2, 5; 5, 2, 17; 5, 2, 79 et saep.; Ter. Eun. 3, 1, 34; id. Ad. 5, 9, 8; Hor. C. 2, 11, 21; id. Ep. 1, 18, 34; Tib. 4, 10, 4.— Plur., Plaut. Bacch. 4, 4, 91; id. Pers. 3, 3, 14; id. Truc. 1, 1, 43 sq. et saep.; Cic. Mil. 21, 55; id. Cat. 2, 5, 10 al.—Of a male prostitute, Plaut. Curc. 4, 1, 12; Cic. Sest. 17, 39; id. Phil. 2, 18, 44; Petr. 9, 6; 119, 25;

so also, virile,

Aur. Vict. Caes. 28.—And with a [p. 1647] masc. pron.:

scortum exoletum ne quis in proscenio Sedeat,

Plaut. Poen. prol. 17 (cf. senium, II. A.).—Also = pellex, a mistress, concubine, Plaut. Cas. Grex, 5 and 7.

tango, tĕtĭgi, tactum, 3 (old collat. form tago, xi, 3:

tagit Pacuvius in Teucro: ut ego, si quisquam me tagit. Et tagam idem in Hermiona: aut non cernam, nisi tagam: sine dubio antiquā consuetudine usurpavit. Nam nunc ea sine praepositionibus non dicuntur, ut contigit, attigit,

Fest. p. 356 Müll.: PELLEX ARAM IVNONIS NE TANGITO, Lex Numae ap. Fest. p. 222 ib.: sed o Petruelle, ne meum taxis librum, Varr. ap. Non. 176, 18, and 180, 8), v. a. [root tag-; Gr. te-tag-ôn, grasping; tê, take; Lat. tago, tagax; Goth. tēkan, to touch; Engl. take; cf.: inter, contages], to touch (syn. tracto).

Lit.

In gen.:

tangere enim et tangi, nisi corpus, nulla potest res, Lucr 1, 304: tange utramvis digitulo minimo modo,

Plaut. Rud. 3, 4, 15:

genu terram tangere,

Cic. Tusc. 2, 24, 57:

virgā Virginis os,

Ov. M. 11, 308:

aliquem cubito,

Hor. S. 2, 5, 42.—

In partic.

To touch, i. e.,

To take, take away, curry off: Sa. Tetigin' tui quidquam? Aes. Si attigisses, ferres infortunium, Ter. Ad. 2, 1, 24:

de praedā meā teruncium nec attigit nec tacturus est quisquam,

Cic. Fam. 2, 17, 4:

quia tangam nullum ab invito,

id. Agr. 2, 25, 67; Liv. 29, 20. —

To taste, to eat, to drink:

salsa sunt, tangere ut non velis,

Plaut. Poen. 1, 2, 35:

illa (corpora) Non cani tetigere lupi,

Ov. M. 7, 550:

saporem,

id. F. 3, 745:

cupiens varià fastidia cenā Vincere tangentis male singula dente superbo,

Hor. S. 2, 6, 87:

Superorum tangere mensas,

Ov. M. 6, 173:

tetigit calicem clanculum,

has emptied, Plaut. Mil. 3, 2, 10. —

Of places.

To reach, arrive at, come to a place (syn. pervenio):

Verres simul ac tetigit provinciam, statim, etc.,

Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 10, § 27; cf. id. Att. 6, 1, 6:

portus,

Verg. A. 4, 612:

terminum mundi armis,

Hor. C. 3, 3, 54:

vada,

id. ib. 1, 3, 24:

lucum gradu,

Ov. M. 3, 36:

domos,

id. ib. 4, 779;

6, 601: quem (Nilum) simul ac tetigit,

id. ib. 1, 729:

ut tellus est mihi tacta,

id. Tr. 3, 2, 18:

limina,

id. M. 10, 456; Juv. 14, 44:

nocturno castra dolo,

Ov. H. 1, 42 et saep.—

To border on, be contiguous to:

qui (fundi) Tiberim fere omnes tangunt,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 7, 20:

haec civitas Rhenum tangit,

Caes. B. G. 5, 3:

quae (villa) viam tangeret,

Cic. Mil. 19, 51:

vertice sidera,

Ov. M. 7, 61. —

To touch, i. e.,

To strike, hit, beat (mostly poet.):

chordas,

Ov. R. Am. 336:

flagello Chloen,

Hor. C. 3, 26, 12:

quem tetigit jactu,

Prop. 2, 34 (3, 32), 60:

loca tangere fundā,

Tib. 4, 1, 97:

te hora Caniculae Nescit tangere,

to touch, affect, Hor. C. 3, 13, 10.—Euphem., to put to death:

quemquam praeterea oportuisse tangi,

Cic. Att. 15, 11, 2:

statua aut aera legum de caelo tacta,

i.e. struck by lightning, id. Div. 2, 21, 47; so, de caelo tactus, Liv. 25, 7, 7; 29, 14, 3; Verg. E. 1, 17:

e caelo tactum,

Plin. 36, 4, 4, § 10; cf.:

ulmus fulmine tacta,

Ov. Tr. 2, 144:

tacta aedes Junonis,

Plin. 2, 54, 55, § 144.—Prov.:

tetigisti acu (rem),

you have hit the nail on the head, Plaut. Rud. 5, 2, 19; cf.:

tangis en ipsos metus,

the thing you fear, Sen. Oedip. 795.—

To take hold of, to touch, handle, etc.;

esp. in mal. part.: virginem,

Ter. Ad. 4, 5, 52:

cur id ausus's facere ut id quod non tuom esset tangeres?

Plaut. Aul. 4, 10, 14; Ter. Heaut. 4, 6, 15; id. Eun. 4, 7, 27 sq.; Cat. 21, 8; Hor. S. 1, 2, 28; 1, 2, 54.— Absol.:

cibum una capias, assis, tangas, ludas, propter dormias,

Ter. Eun. 2, 3, 81 (82):

si non tangendi copia'st,

id. ib. 4, 2, 10; id. Phorm. 5, 8 (9), 5.—

To besprinkle, moisten, wash, smear, anoint ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose;

syn. tingo): corpus aquā,

Ov. F. 4, 790:

comas tristi medicamine,

id. M. 6, 140:

oculos olivo,

Pers. 3, 44:

superiorem palpebram salivā,

Plin. 28, 4, 7, § 38:

caput igne sulfuris,

Prop. 4 (5), 8, 86; cf.:

voluit tangi lucerna mero,

id. 4 (5), 3, 60:

luto corpora tangit amor,

Tib. 1, 8, 52.—

To color, dye:

supercilium madidā fuligine,

Juvenc. 2, 93. —

Trop.

Of the mind or feelings, to touch, move, affect, impress:

minae Clodii contentionesque modice me tangunt,

Cic. Att. 2, 19, 1:

si vos urbis, si vestri nulla cura tangit,

Liv. 3, 17, 3:

Numitori tetigerat animum memoria nepotum,

id. 1, 5:

mentem mortalia tangunt,

Verg. A. 1, 462:

si curat cor spectantis tetigisse querela,

Hor. A. P. 98:

nec formā tangor, poteram tamen hac quoque tangi,

Ov. M. 10, 614:

vota tamen tetigere deos, tetigere parentes,

id. ib. 4, 164:

nymphas tetigit nova res,

id. ib. 15, 552:

nec amor nos tangit habendi,

id. A. A. 3, 541:

exemplo tangi,

id. H. 15 (16), 326; id. F. 5, 489; Prop. 1, 9, 17:

religione tactus hospes,

Liv. 1, 45, 7:

tetigerat animum memoria nepotum,

id. 1, 5, 6:

si quem gloria tangit,

Sen. Hippol. 27.—

Qs. to prick or stick one, i. e.,

To take in, trick, dupe; to cozen or cheat out of any thing (anteclass.):

tuom tangam patrem,

Plaut. Ps. 1, 1, 118; cf.:

probe tactus Ballio est,

id. ib. 5, 2, 13:

tangere hominem volt bolo,

id. Poen. prol. 101:

istis adeo te tetigi triginta minis,

id. Ep. 5, 2, 40: senem triginta minis, Poët. ap. Cic. de Or. 2, 64, 257:

lenunculum aere militari,

Plaut. Poen. 5, 5, 7: patrem talento argenti, Turp. ap. Non. 408, 28:

tactus sum vehementer visco,

I am limed, caught, Plaut. Bacch. 5, 2, 39:

volucres harundinibus,

Petr. 109.—

To sting or nettle any one by something said:

quo pacto Rhodium tetigerim in convivio,

Ter. Eun. 3, 1, 30; cf.

maledictis,

Fest. p. 356 Müll.—

Of speech, to touch upon, mention, speak of, refer to, cite:

non tango, quod avarus homo est, quodque improbu' mitto, Lucil. ap. Rufin. Schem. Lex. § 12 (p. 274 Frotsch.): leviter unum quodque tangam,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 30, 83:

ubi Aristoteles ista tetigit?

id. Ac. 2, 44, 136:

illud tertium, quod a Crasso tactum est,

id. de Or. 2, 10, 43: ne tangantur rationes ad Opis, be discussed, examined, Anton. ap. Cic. Phil. 8, 9, 26:

si tacta loquar,

Manil. 3, 21; cf.:

quid minus utibile fuit quam hoc ulcus tangere Aut nominare uxorem?

Ter. Phorm. 4, 4, 9.—

To take in hand, undertake (rare):

carmina,

Ov. Am. 3, 12, 17: quis te Carminis heroi tangere jussit opus? prop. 4, 2 (3, 3), 16.