per+lux

pūblĭcus (in inscrr. also POBLICVS and POPLICVS), a, um, adj. [contr. from populicus, from populus], of or belonging to the people, State, or community; that is done for the sake or at the expense of the State; public, common.

Lit.: multi suam rem bene gessere et publicam patriā procul, the business of the State, Enn. ap. Cic. Fam. 7, 6, 1 (Trag. v. 295 Vahl.):

publica magnificentia (opp. privata luxuria),

Cic. Mur. 36, 76:

sacrificia publica ac privata,

Caes. B. G. 6, 12:

injuriae,

done to the State, id. ib. 1, 12:

litterae testimonium,

Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 31, § 74:

memoria publica recensionis tabulis publicis impressa,

id. Mil. 27, 73:

pecunia,

id. Agr. 2, 30, 82:

publicum funus,

at the public expense, Plin. Ep. 2, 1 init.:

defunctum senatus publico funere honoravit,

Suet. Vit. 3:

causa,

an affair of State, Liv. 2, 56;

also,

a criminal process, Cic. Rosc. Am. 21, 59:

in causis judiciisque publicis,

id. Div. in Caecil. 1, 1:

largitiones,

Sall. C. 37, 7: res publica, the commonwealth, the State; v. publicus ludus, Hor. C. 4, 2, 42:

in publica commoda peccare,

id. Ep. 2, 1, 3:

incisa notis marmora publicis,

id. C. 4, 8, 13.—

Subst.

pūblĭcūs, i, m.

A public officer, public functionary, magistrate:

si quis aut privatus aut publicus, etc.,

Caes. B. G. 6, 12: metuit publicos, the police, Plaut. Truc. 2, 7, 6.—

A public slave or servant, an attendant upon a college of augurs, etc., Inscr. Orell. 24, 68 sq.; 2470; 2853 al.—

publĭcum, i, n.

Possessions of the State, public territory, communal property:

publicum Campanum,

Cic. Agr. 2, 30, 82.—

The public purse, the public coffers or treasury, public income, revenue, etc.: solitus non modo in publico ( in public, openly; v. under II. b.), sed etiam de publico convivari, at public cost, Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 44, § 105:

bona alicujus vendere et in publicum redigere,

into the public treasury, for public use, Liv. 4, 15 fin.:

in publicum emere,

id. 39, 44; 26, 27:

mille et ducenta talenta praedae in publicum retulit,

Nep. Timoth. 1, 2:

publicis male redemptis,

Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 11, § 33:

conducere publica,

to farm the public revenues, Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 77:

habere publicum,

to be a farmer of the public revenues, Plaut. Truc. 1, 2, 41:

frui publico,

Cic. Prov. Cons. 5, 12; Dig. 39, 4, 1, § 1:

publicum quadragesimae in Asiā egit,

Suet. Vesp. 1:

publicum agitare,

Sen. Ep. 119, 5:

pessimo publico facere,

to the injury of the State, Liv. 2, 1, 1.—

Transf.: qui hoc salutationum publicum exercet, who receives pay (like a porter) for admitting to an audience, Sen. Const. 14, 4. —

The archives of the State, public records:

ut scriptum in publico in litteris exstat,

Varr. R. R. 2, 11, 10.—

The commonwealth, State, community, city:

consulere in publicum,

to deliberate for the public weal, Plin. Ep. 9, 13, 21.—

Transf., common, general, public (as adj. rare, and mostly poet.):

publica lex hominum,

Pers. 5, 98:

juvenum Publica cura,

Hor. C. 2, 8, 7:

usus,

id. Ep. 2, 1, 92:

favor,

the favor of all, Ov. P. 4, 14, 56:

lux publica mundi,

the sun, id. M. 2, 35:

verba,

common, usual, id. Am. 3, 7, 12; id. A. A. 1, 144; Sen. Ep. 3, 1; 59, 1:

moneta,

current, Vulg. Gen. 23, 16.— Hence,

Substt. *

publica, ae, f., a public woman, Sen. Ep. 88, 37.—

pu-blicum, i, n., a public place, publicity (freq. and class.):

NEVE IN POPLICOD NEVE IN PREIVATOD, S. C. de Bacchan.: IN. POPLICO, Tab. Bantin. lin. 3: in publico esse non audet, includit se domi,

Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 35, § 92:

summa in publico copia,

id. Tusc. 5, 35, 102:

epistulam in publico proponere,

publicly, id. Att. 8, 9, 2:

prodire in publicum,

to go out in public, id. Verr. 2, 1, 31, § 80:

egredi,

Tac. H. 4, 49:

carere publico,

not to go out in public, to remain at home, Cic. Mil. 7, 18:

abstinere publico,

Tac. A. 3, 3; Suet. Claud. 36:

lectica per publicum vehi,

id. Ner. 9:

oratio, quam nuper in publicum dedi,

published, Plin. Ep. 8, 3, 2.—

General, in a bad sense, i. e. common, ordinary, bad (very rare):

structura carminis,

Ov. P. 4, 13, 4:

vatem, cui non sit publica vena,

Juv. 7, 53:

sermo non publici saporis,

Petr. 3.—Hence, adv.: pu-blĭcē ( poplice).

On account, at the cost, in behalf, or in charge of the State:

haud scio mali quid ortum ex hoc sit publice,

Ter. Ad. 3, 3, 89:

AES. ARGENTVM. AVRVMVE. PVPLICE. SIGNANTO,

to provide with the public stamp, Cic. Leg. 3, 3, 6: VT BONA EIVS POPLICE POSSIDEANTVR FACITO, for the State, in charge of the State, Tab. Bantin. lin. 9:

sunt illustriora, quae publice fiunt,

Cic. Rep. 3, 12, 21:

disciplina puerilis publice exposita,

on the part of the State, by the State, id. ib. 4, 3, 3:

publice interfici,

by order of the State, id. Brut. 62, 224:

legationis princeps publice dixit,

in the name of the State, id. Verr. 2, 3, 44, § 105:

publice maximam putant esse laudem, quam latissime a suis finibus vacare agros,

in a national point of view, Caes. B. G. 4, 3:

frumentum, quod Aedui essent publice polliciti,

for the State, in the name of the State, id. ib. 1, 16:

gratiam atque amicitiam publice privatimque petere,

on behalf of the public, and as individuals, id. ib. 5, 55 fin.; id. B. C. 2, 16:

ea privatim et publice rapere,

Sall. C. 11, 6:

potius publice quam privatim amicitiam populi Ron ani colere,

id. J. 8, 2; id. C. 49, 3:

Minucius eandem publice curationem agens, quam Maelius privatim agendam susceperat,

Liv. 4, 13:

neque publice neque privatim,

Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 6, § 16:

ut filiae ejus publice alerentur,

at the public expense, Nep. Arist. 3, 3: in urbe, celeberrimo loco elatus publice, id. Dion, 10, 3; cf. Liv. 5, 55; Plin. 33, 1, 4, § 11.—

Generally, all together, universally:

exulatum publice ire,

Liv. 5, 53 fin.; Dig. 39, 2, 24:

Labeo consulentibus de jure publice responsitavit,

all without exception, Gell. 13, 10, 1.—

Before the people, openly, publicly, = palam (only post-class.):

publice disserere,

Gell. 17, 21, 1:

virtutem Claudii publice praedicare,

Treb. Pol. Claud. 17:

rumor publice crebuerat,

App. M. 10, p. 247, 16; id. Mag. p. 276, 35; id. M. 2, p. 118, 10.

prŏ-festus, a, um, adj. [pro-festus; cf. profanus].

Lit., non-festival, not kept as a holiday, common; of days, workingdays: profestum diem dicebant qui festus non erat, Paul. ex Fest. p. 252 Müll.:

profesti dies a festivitate vacui,

Non. 434, 3; Plaut. Aul. 2, 8, 11:

ut carpentis, festis profestisque diebus, per urbem vectemur,

Liv. 34, 3; Hor. S. 2, 3, 144: pejor, qui profestis diebus ageret, quod feriatis deberet, Cato ap Plin. 18, 6, 8, § 40. luces, working-days, Hor C. 4, 15, 25; so,

lux,

id. S. 2, 2, 116:

profestum facere est tamquam profanum facere, id est facere, quod feriis facere non licet, etc.,

Fest. p. 253 Müll.—

Transf., like profanus, uninitiated, uncultivated, uneducated (post-class.): profestum et profanum vulgus, Gell. praef. fin.

pūblĭcus (in inscrr. also POBLICVS and POPLICVS), a, um, adj. [contr. from populicus, from populus], of or belonging to the people, State, or community; that is done for the sake or at the expense of the State; public, common.

Lit.: multi suam rem bene gessere et publicam patriā procul, the business of the State, Enn. ap. Cic. Fam. 7, 6, 1 (Trag. v. 295 Vahl.):

publica magnificentia (opp. privata luxuria),

Cic. Mur. 36, 76:

sacrificia publica ac privata,

Caes. B. G. 6, 12:

injuriae,

done to the State, id. ib. 1, 12:

litterae testimonium,

Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 31, § 74:

memoria publica recensionis tabulis publicis impressa,

id. Mil. 27, 73:

pecunia,

id. Agr. 2, 30, 82:

publicum funus,

at the public expense, Plin. Ep. 2, 1 init.:

defunctum senatus publico funere honoravit,

Suet. Vit. 3:

causa,

an affair of State, Liv. 2, 56;

also,

a criminal process, Cic. Rosc. Am. 21, 59:

in causis judiciisque publicis,

id. Div. in Caecil. 1, 1:

largitiones,

Sall. C. 37, 7: res publica, the commonwealth, the State; v. publicus ludus, Hor. C. 4, 2, 42:

in publica commoda peccare,

id. Ep. 2, 1, 3:

incisa notis marmora publicis,

id. C. 4, 8, 13.—

Subst.

pūblĭcūs, i, m.

A public officer, public functionary, magistrate:

si quis aut privatus aut publicus, etc.,

Caes. B. G. 6, 12: metuit publicos, the police, Plaut. Truc. 2, 7, 6.—

A public slave or servant, an attendant upon a college of augurs, etc., Inscr. Orell. 24, 68 sq.; 2470; 2853 al.—

publĭcum, i, n.

Possessions of the State, public territory, communal property:

publicum Campanum,

Cic. Agr. 2, 30, 82.—

The public purse, the public coffers or treasury, public income, revenue, etc.: solitus non modo in publico ( in public, openly; v. under II. b.), sed etiam de publico convivari, at public cost, Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 44, § 105:

bona alicujus vendere et in publicum redigere,

into the public treasury, for public use, Liv. 4, 15 fin.:

in publicum emere,

id. 39, 44; 26, 27:

mille et ducenta talenta praedae in publicum retulit,

Nep. Timoth. 1, 2:

publicis male redemptis,

Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 11, § 33:

conducere publica,

to farm the public revenues, Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 77:

habere publicum,

to be a farmer of the public revenues, Plaut. Truc. 1, 2, 41:

frui publico,

Cic. Prov. Cons. 5, 12; Dig. 39, 4, 1, § 1:

publicum quadragesimae in Asiā egit,

Suet. Vesp. 1:

publicum agitare,

Sen. Ep. 119, 5:

pessimo publico facere,

to the injury of the State, Liv. 2, 1, 1.—

Transf.: qui hoc salutationum publicum exercet, who receives pay (like a porter) for admitting to an audience, Sen. Const. 14, 4. —

The archives of the State, public records:

ut scriptum in publico in litteris exstat,

Varr. R. R. 2, 11, 10.—

The commonwealth, State, community, city:

consulere in publicum,

to deliberate for the public weal, Plin. Ep. 9, 13, 21.—

Transf., common, general, public (as adj. rare, and mostly poet.):

publica lex hominum,

Pers. 5, 98:

juvenum Publica cura,

Hor. C. 2, 8, 7:

usus,

id. Ep. 2, 1, 92:

favor,

the favor of all, Ov. P. 4, 14, 56:

lux publica mundi,

the sun, id. M. 2, 35:

verba,

common, usual, id. Am. 3, 7, 12; id. A. A. 1, 144; Sen. Ep. 3, 1; 59, 1:

moneta,

current, Vulg. Gen. 23, 16.— Hence,

Substt. *

publica, ae, f., a public woman, Sen. Ep. 88, 37.—

pu-blicum, i, n., a public place, publicity (freq. and class.):

NEVE IN POPLICOD NEVE IN PREIVATOD, S. C. de Bacchan.: IN. POPLICO, Tab. Bantin. lin. 3: in publico esse non audet, includit se domi,

Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 35, § 92:

summa in publico copia,

id. Tusc. 5, 35, 102:

epistulam in publico proponere,

publicly, id. Att. 8, 9, 2:

prodire in publicum,

to go out in public, id. Verr. 2, 1, 31, § 80:

egredi,

Tac. H. 4, 49:

carere publico,

not to go out in public, to remain at home, Cic. Mil. 7, 18:

abstinere publico,

Tac. A. 3, 3; Suet. Claud. 36:

lectica per publicum vehi,

id. Ner. 9:

oratio, quam nuper in publicum dedi,

published, Plin. Ep. 8, 3, 2.—

General, in a bad sense, i. e. common, ordinary, bad (very rare):

structura carminis,

Ov. P. 4, 13, 4:

vatem, cui non sit publica vena,

Juv. 7, 53:

sermo non publici saporis,

Petr. 3.—Hence, adv.: pu-blĭcē ( poplice).

On account, at the cost, in behalf, or in charge of the State:

haud scio mali quid ortum ex hoc sit publice,

Ter. Ad. 3, 3, 89:

AES. ARGENTVM. AVRVMVE. PVPLICE. SIGNANTO,

to provide with the public stamp, Cic. Leg. 3, 3, 6: VT BONA EIVS POPLICE POSSIDEANTVR FACITO, for the State, in charge of the State, Tab. Bantin. lin. 9:

sunt illustriora, quae publice fiunt,

Cic. Rep. 3, 12, 21:

disciplina puerilis publice exposita,

on the part of the State, by the State, id. ib. 4, 3, 3:

publice interfici,

by order of the State, id. Brut. 62, 224:

legationis princeps publice dixit,

in the name of the State, id. Verr. 2, 3, 44, § 105:

publice maximam putant esse laudem, quam latissime a suis finibus vacare agros,

in a national point of view, Caes. B. G. 4, 3:

frumentum, quod Aedui essent publice polliciti,

for the State, in the name of the State, id. ib. 1, 16:

gratiam atque amicitiam publice privatimque petere,

on behalf of the public, and as individuals, id. ib. 5, 55 fin.; id. B. C. 2, 16:

ea privatim et publice rapere,

Sall. C. 11, 6:

potius publice quam privatim amicitiam populi Ron ani colere,

id. J. 8, 2; id. C. 49, 3:

Minucius eandem publice curationem agens, quam Maelius privatim agendam susceperat,

Liv. 4, 13:

neque publice neque privatim,

Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 6, § 16:

ut filiae ejus publice alerentur,

at the public expense, Nep. Arist. 3, 3: in urbe, celeberrimo loco elatus publice, id. Dion, 10, 3; cf. Liv. 5, 55; Plin. 33, 1, 4, § 11.—

Generally, all together, universally:

exulatum publice ire,

Liv. 5, 53 fin.; Dig. 39, 2, 24:

Labeo consulentibus de jure publice responsitavit,

all without exception, Gell. 13, 10, 1.—

Before the people, openly, publicly, = palam (only post-class.):

publice disserere,

Gell. 17, 21, 1:

virtutem Claudii publice praedicare,

Treb. Pol. Claud. 17:

rumor publice crebuerat,

App. M. 10, p. 247, 16; id. Mag. p. 276, 35; id. M. 2, p. 118, 10.

pūblĭcus (in inscrr. also POBLICVS and POPLICVS), a, um, adj. [contr. from populicus, from populus], of or belonging to the people, State, or community; that is done for the sake or at the expense of the State; public, common.

Lit.: multi suam rem bene gessere et publicam patriā procul, the business of the State, Enn. ap. Cic. Fam. 7, 6, 1 (Trag. v. 295 Vahl.):

publica magnificentia (opp. privata luxuria),

Cic. Mur. 36, 76:

sacrificia publica ac privata,

Caes. B. G. 6, 12:

injuriae,

done to the State, id. ib. 1, 12:

litterae testimonium,

Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 31, § 74:

memoria publica recensionis tabulis publicis impressa,

id. Mil. 27, 73:

pecunia,

id. Agr. 2, 30, 82:

publicum funus,

at the public expense, Plin. Ep. 2, 1 init.:

defunctum senatus publico funere honoravit,

Suet. Vit. 3:

causa,

an affair of State, Liv. 2, 56;

also,

a criminal process, Cic. Rosc. Am. 21, 59:

in causis judiciisque publicis,

id. Div. in Caecil. 1, 1:

largitiones,

Sall. C. 37, 7: res publica, the commonwealth, the State; v. publicus ludus, Hor. C. 4, 2, 42:

in publica commoda peccare,

id. Ep. 2, 1, 3:

incisa notis marmora publicis,

id. C. 4, 8, 13.—

Subst.

pūblĭcūs, i, m.

A public officer, public functionary, magistrate:

si quis aut privatus aut publicus, etc.,

Caes. B. G. 6, 12: metuit publicos, the police, Plaut. Truc. 2, 7, 6.—

A public slave or servant, an attendant upon a college of augurs, etc., Inscr. Orell. 24, 68 sq.; 2470; 2853 al.—

publĭcum, i, n.

Possessions of the State, public territory, communal property:

publicum Campanum,

Cic. Agr. 2, 30, 82.—

The public purse, the public coffers or treasury, public income, revenue, etc.: solitus non modo in publico ( in public, openly; v. under II. b.), sed etiam de publico convivari, at public cost, Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 44, § 105:

bona alicujus vendere et in publicum redigere,

into the public treasury, for public use, Liv. 4, 15 fin.:

in publicum emere,

id. 39, 44; 26, 27:

mille et ducenta talenta praedae in publicum retulit,

Nep. Timoth. 1, 2:

publicis male redemptis,

Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 11, § 33:

conducere publica,

to farm the public revenues, Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 77:

habere publicum,

to be a farmer of the public revenues, Plaut. Truc. 1, 2, 41:

frui publico,

Cic. Prov. Cons. 5, 12; Dig. 39, 4, 1, § 1:

publicum quadragesimae in Asiā egit,

Suet. Vesp. 1:

publicum agitare,

Sen. Ep. 119, 5:

pessimo publico facere,

to the injury of the State, Liv. 2, 1, 1.—

Transf.: qui hoc salutationum publicum exercet, who receives pay (like a porter) for admitting to an audience, Sen. Const. 14, 4. —

The archives of the State, public records:

ut scriptum in publico in litteris exstat,

Varr. R. R. 2, 11, 10.—

The commonwealth, State, community, city:

consulere in publicum,

to deliberate for the public weal, Plin. Ep. 9, 13, 21.—

Transf., common, general, public (as adj. rare, and mostly poet.):

publica lex hominum,

Pers. 5, 98:

juvenum Publica cura,

Hor. C. 2, 8, 7:

usus,

id. Ep. 2, 1, 92:

favor,

the favor of all, Ov. P. 4, 14, 56:

lux publica mundi,

the sun, id. M. 2, 35:

verba,

common, usual, id. Am. 3, 7, 12; id. A. A. 1, 144; Sen. Ep. 3, 1; 59, 1:

moneta,

current, Vulg. Gen. 23, 16.— Hence,

Substt. *

publica, ae, f., a public woman, Sen. Ep. 88, 37.—

pu-blicum, i, n., a public place, publicity (freq. and class.):

NEVE IN POPLICOD NEVE IN PREIVATOD, S. C. de Bacchan.: IN. POPLICO, Tab. Bantin. lin. 3: in publico esse non audet, includit se domi,

Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 35, § 92:

summa in publico copia,

id. Tusc. 5, 35, 102:

epistulam in publico proponere,

publicly, id. Att. 8, 9, 2:

prodire in publicum,

to go out in public, id. Verr. 2, 1, 31, § 80:

egredi,

Tac. H. 4, 49:

carere publico,

not to go out in public, to remain at home, Cic. Mil. 7, 18:

abstinere publico,

Tac. A. 3, 3; Suet. Claud. 36:

lectica per publicum vehi,

id. Ner. 9:

oratio, quam nuper in publicum dedi,

published, Plin. Ep. 8, 3, 2.—

General, in a bad sense, i. e. common, ordinary, bad (very rare):

structura carminis,

Ov. P. 4, 13, 4:

vatem, cui non sit publica vena,

Juv. 7, 53:

sermo non publici saporis,

Petr. 3.—Hence, adv.: pu-blĭcē ( poplice).

On account, at the cost, in behalf, or in charge of the State:

haud scio mali quid ortum ex hoc sit publice,

Ter. Ad. 3, 3, 89:

AES. ARGENTVM. AVRVMVE. PVPLICE. SIGNANTO,

to provide with the public stamp, Cic. Leg. 3, 3, 6: VT BONA EIVS POPLICE POSSIDEANTVR FACITO, for the State, in charge of the State, Tab. Bantin. lin. 9:

sunt illustriora, quae publice fiunt,

Cic. Rep. 3, 12, 21:

disciplina puerilis publice exposita,

on the part of the State, by the State, id. ib. 4, 3, 3:

publice interfici,

by order of the State, id. Brut. 62, 224:

legationis princeps publice dixit,

in the name of the State, id. Verr. 2, 3, 44, § 105:

publice maximam putant esse laudem, quam latissime a suis finibus vacare agros,

in a national point of view, Caes. B. G. 4, 3:

frumentum, quod Aedui essent publice polliciti,

for the State, in the name of the State, id. ib. 1, 16:

gratiam atque amicitiam publice privatimque petere,

on behalf of the public, and as individuals, id. ib. 5, 55 fin.; id. B. C. 2, 16:

ea privatim et publice rapere,

Sall. C. 11, 6:

potius publice quam privatim amicitiam populi Ron ani colere,

id. J. 8, 2; id. C. 49, 3:

Minucius eandem publice curationem agens, quam Maelius privatim agendam susceperat,

Liv. 4, 13:

neque publice neque privatim,

Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 6, § 16:

ut filiae ejus publice alerentur,

at the public expense, Nep. Arist. 3, 3: in urbe, celeberrimo loco elatus publice, id. Dion, 10, 3; cf. Liv. 5, 55; Plin. 33, 1, 4, § 11.—

Generally, all together, universally:

exulatum publice ire,

Liv. 5, 53 fin.; Dig. 39, 2, 24:

Labeo consulentibus de jure publice responsitavit,

all without exception, Gell. 13, 10, 1.—

Before the people, openly, publicly, = palam (only post-class.):

publice disserere,

Gell. 17, 21, 1:

virtutem Claudii publice praedicare,

Treb. Pol. Claud. 17:

rumor publice crebuerat,

App. M. 10, p. 247, 16; id. Mag. p. 276, 35; id. M. 2, p. 118, 10.

pūblĭcus (in inscrr. also POBLICVS and POPLICVS), a, um, adj. [contr. from populicus, from populus], of or belonging to the people, State, or community; that is done for the sake or at the expense of the State; public, common.

Lit.: multi suam rem bene gessere et publicam patriā procul, the business of the State, Enn. ap. Cic. Fam. 7, 6, 1 (Trag. v. 295 Vahl.):

publica magnificentia (opp. privata luxuria),

Cic. Mur. 36, 76:

sacrificia publica ac privata,

Caes. B. G. 6, 12:

injuriae,

done to the State, id. ib. 1, 12:

litterae testimonium,

Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 31, § 74:

memoria publica recensionis tabulis publicis impressa,

id. Mil. 27, 73:

pecunia,

id. Agr. 2, 30, 82:

publicum funus,

at the public expense, Plin. Ep. 2, 1 init.:

defunctum senatus publico funere honoravit,

Suet. Vit. 3:

causa,

an affair of State, Liv. 2, 56;

also,

a criminal process, Cic. Rosc. Am. 21, 59:

in causis judiciisque publicis,

id. Div. in Caecil. 1, 1:

largitiones,

Sall. C. 37, 7: res publica, the commonwealth, the State; v. publicus ludus, Hor. C. 4, 2, 42:

in publica commoda peccare,

id. Ep. 2, 1, 3:

incisa notis marmora publicis,

id. C. 4, 8, 13.—

Subst.

pūblĭcūs, i, m.

A public officer, public functionary, magistrate:

si quis aut privatus aut publicus, etc.,

Caes. B. G. 6, 12: metuit publicos, the police, Plaut. Truc. 2, 7, 6.—

A public slave or servant, an attendant upon a college of augurs, etc., Inscr. Orell. 24, 68 sq.; 2470; 2853 al.—

publĭcum, i, n.

Possessions of the State, public territory, communal property:

publicum Campanum,

Cic. Agr. 2, 30, 82.—

The public purse, the public coffers or treasury, public income, revenue, etc.: solitus non modo in publico ( in public, openly; v. under II. b.), sed etiam de publico convivari, at public cost, Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 44, § 105:

bona alicujus vendere et in publicum redigere,

into the public treasury, for public use, Liv. 4, 15 fin.:

in publicum emere,

id. 39, 44; 26, 27:

mille et ducenta talenta praedae in publicum retulit,

Nep. Timoth. 1, 2:

publicis male redemptis,

Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 11, § 33:

conducere publica,

to farm the public revenues, Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 77:

habere publicum,

to be a farmer of the public revenues, Plaut. Truc. 1, 2, 41:

frui publico,

Cic. Prov. Cons. 5, 12; Dig. 39, 4, 1, § 1:

publicum quadragesimae in Asiā egit,

Suet. Vesp. 1:

publicum agitare,

Sen. Ep. 119, 5:

pessimo publico facere,

to the injury of the State, Liv. 2, 1, 1.—

Transf.: qui hoc salutationum publicum exercet, who receives pay (like a porter) for admitting to an audience, Sen. Const. 14, 4. —

The archives of the State, public records:

ut scriptum in publico in litteris exstat,

Varr. R. R. 2, 11, 10.—

The commonwealth, State, community, city:

consulere in publicum,

to deliberate for the public weal, Plin. Ep. 9, 13, 21.—

Transf., common, general, public (as adj. rare, and mostly poet.):

publica lex hominum,

Pers. 5, 98:

juvenum Publica cura,

Hor. C. 2, 8, 7:

usus,

id. Ep. 2, 1, 92:

favor,

the favor of all, Ov. P. 4, 14, 56:

lux publica mundi,

the sun, id. M. 2, 35:

verba,

common, usual, id. Am. 3, 7, 12; id. A. A. 1, 144; Sen. Ep. 3, 1; 59, 1:

moneta,

current, Vulg. Gen. 23, 16.— Hence,

Substt. *

publica, ae, f., a public woman, Sen. Ep. 88, 37.—

pu-blicum, i, n., a public place, publicity (freq. and class.):

NEVE IN POPLICOD NEVE IN PREIVATOD, S. C. de Bacchan.: IN. POPLICO, Tab. Bantin. lin. 3: in publico esse non audet, includit se domi,

Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 35, § 92:

summa in publico copia,

id. Tusc. 5, 35, 102:

epistulam in publico proponere,

publicly, id. Att. 8, 9, 2:

prodire in publicum,

to go out in public, id. Verr. 2, 1, 31, § 80:

egredi,

Tac. H. 4, 49:

carere publico,

not to go out in public, to remain at home, Cic. Mil. 7, 18:

abstinere publico,

Tac. A. 3, 3; Suet. Claud. 36:

lectica per publicum vehi,

id. Ner. 9:

oratio, quam nuper in publicum dedi,

published, Plin. Ep. 8, 3, 2.—

General, in a bad sense, i. e. common, ordinary, bad (very rare):

structura carminis,

Ov. P. 4, 13, 4:

vatem, cui non sit publica vena,

Juv. 7, 53:

sermo non publici saporis,

Petr. 3.—Hence, adv.: pu-blĭcē ( poplice).

On account, at the cost, in behalf, or in charge of the State:

haud scio mali quid ortum ex hoc sit publice,

Ter. Ad. 3, 3, 89:

AES. ARGENTVM. AVRVMVE. PVPLICE. SIGNANTO,

to provide with the public stamp, Cic. Leg. 3, 3, 6: VT BONA EIVS POPLICE POSSIDEANTVR FACITO, for the State, in charge of the State, Tab. Bantin. lin. 9:

sunt illustriora, quae publice fiunt,

Cic. Rep. 3, 12, 21:

disciplina puerilis publice exposita,

on the part of the State, by the State, id. ib. 4, 3, 3:

publice interfici,

by order of the State, id. Brut. 62, 224:

legationis princeps publice dixit,

in the name of the State, id. Verr. 2, 3, 44, § 105:

publice maximam putant esse laudem, quam latissime a suis finibus vacare agros,

in a national point of view, Caes. B. G. 4, 3:

frumentum, quod Aedui essent publice polliciti,

for the State, in the name of the State, id. ib. 1, 16:

gratiam atque amicitiam publice privatimque petere,

on behalf of the public, and as individuals, id. ib. 5, 55 fin.; id. B. C. 2, 16:

ea privatim et publice rapere,

Sall. C. 11, 6:

potius publice quam privatim amicitiam populi Ron ani colere,

id. J. 8, 2; id. C. 49, 3:

Minucius eandem publice curationem agens, quam Maelius privatim agendam susceperat,

Liv. 4, 13:

neque publice neque privatim,

Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 6, § 16:

ut filiae ejus publice alerentur,

at the public expense, Nep. Arist. 3, 3: in urbe, celeberrimo loco elatus publice, id. Dion, 10, 3; cf. Liv. 5, 55; Plin. 33, 1, 4, § 11.—

Generally, all together, universally:

exulatum publice ire,

Liv. 5, 53 fin.; Dig. 39, 2, 24:

Labeo consulentibus de jure publice responsitavit,

all without exception, Gell. 13, 10, 1.—

Before the people, openly, publicly, = palam (only post-class.):

publice disserere,

Gell. 17, 21, 1:

virtutem Claudii publice praedicare,

Treb. Pol. Claud. 17:

rumor publice crebuerat,

App. M. 10, p. 247, 16; id. Mag. p. 276, 35; id. M. 2, p. 118, 10.

sĕrēnus, a, um, adj. [Sanscr. svar, sky; Gr. Seirios; cf. selas; Lat. sol], clear, fair, bright, serene (class.; esp. freq. in the poets; cf. sudus).

Lit.: cum tonuit laevum bene tempestate serenā, Enn. ap. Cic. Div. 2, 39, 82 (Ann. v. 517 Vahl.):

caelo sereno,

Lucr. 6, 247; Cic. Fam. 16, 9, 2; Verg. G. 1, 260; 1, 487; id. A. 3, 518; Hor. Epod. 15, 1; id. S. 2, 4, 51; Ov. M. 1, 168; 2, 321 et saep.; cf.:

de parte caeli,

Lucr. 6, 99:

in regione caeli,

Verg. A. 8, 528.— Comp.:

caelo perfruitur sereniore,

Mart. 4, 64, 6; cf.

also: o nimium caelo et pelago confise sereno,

Verg. A. 5, 870:

postquam ex tam turbido die serena et tranquilla lux rediit,

Liv. 1, 16, 2:

luce,

Verg. A. 5, 104:

lumen (solis),

Lucr. 2, 150:

nox,

id. 1, 142; Cic. Rep. 1, 15, 23; Verg. G. 1, 426:

sidera,

Lucr. 4, 212:

facies diei,

Phaedr. 4, 16, 5:

species mundi,

Lucr. 4, 134:

aër,

Plin. 17, 24, 37, § 222:

ver,

Verg. G. 1, 340:

aestas,

id. A. 6, 707:

stella,

Ov. F. 6, 718 et saep.:

color (opp. nubilus),

bright, clear, Plin. 9, 35, 54, § 107:

aqua (with candida),

Mart. 6, 42, 19:

vox,

Pers. 1, 19.— Transf., of a wind that clears the sky, that brings fair weather: hic Favonius serenu'st, istic Auster imbricus, * Plaut. Merc. 5, 2, 35; hence, also, poet.:

unde serenas Ventus agat nubes,

Verg. G. 1, 461.—

As subst.: sĕrēnum, i, n., a clear, bright, or serene sky, fair weather (not in Cic.):

ponito pocillum in sereno noctu,

during a fine night, Cato, R. R. 156, 3;

more freq. simply sereno: Priverni sereno per diem totum rubrum solem fuisse,

Liv. 31, 12, 5; 37, 3, 2:

quare et sereno tonat,

Sen. Q. N. 2, 18; Plin. 11, 24, 28, § 84 (opp. nubilo), Pall. 1, 30, 3; Luc. 1, 530:

liquido ac puro sereno,

Suet. Aug. 95:

nitido sereno,

Sil. 5, 58:

cottidie serenum cum est,

Varr. R. R. 3, 10, 4:

laesique fides reditura sereni,

Stat. S. 3, 1, 81:

serenum nitidum micat,

Mart. 6, 42, 8.— Plur.:

caeli serena Concutiat sonitu,

Lucr. 2, 1100:

soles et aperta serena,

Verg. G. 1, 393:

nostra,

Val. Fl. 1, 332.—

Trop.

Cheerful, glad, joyous, tranquil, serene (syn.:

laetus, tranquillus, secundus): vita,

Lucr. 2, 1094 Lachm.:

horae (with albus dies),

Sil. 15, 53: rebus serenis servare modum, in propitious or favorable circumstances, in good fortune, id. 8, 546:

vultus,

Lucr. 3, 293; Cat. 55, 8; Hor. C. 1, 37, 26; Ov. Tr. 1, 5, 27:

frons tranquilla et serena,

Cic. Tusc. 3, 15, 31:

pectora processu facta serena tuo,

Ov. Tr. 1, 9, 40:

animus,

id. ib. 1, 1, 39:

oculi,

Sil. 7, 461:

Augustus,

Ov. P. 2, 2, 65:

laetitia,

Just. 44, 2, 4:

imperium,

Sil. 14, 80:

res,

id. 8, 546:

sereno vitae tempore,

Auct. Her. 4, 48, 61:

vita,

Lucr. 2, 1094:

temperatus (sanguis) medium quoddam serenum efficit,

Quint. 11, 3, 78; cf.:

tandem aliquid, pulsā curarum nube serenum Vidi,

Ov. P. 2, 1, 5.—

SERENVS, an epithet of Jupiter (whose brow was always serene), Inscr. Murat. 1978, 5; cf. Serenator;

hence, Martial calls Domitian: Jovem serenum,

Mart. 5, 6, 9; 9, 25, 3.—

Serenissimus, a title of the Roman emperors, Cod. Just. 5, 4, 23.

Sĕrēnus, i, m.; Sĕrēna, ae, f. [1. serenus], a proper name.

Q. Serenus Sammonicus, a physician under Septimius Severus, Spart. Get. 5, 5; Macr. 3, 16, 6.—

Q. Serenus Sammonicus, son of the preceding, author of a poem, De Medicina, still extant, Lampr. Alex. 30, 2; cf. Teuffel's Roem. Lit. 379, 4.—

Serena, the wife of Stilicho, and mother-in-law of the emperor Honorius, celebrated by Claudian in a special poem (Laus Serenae Reginae).

sĕrēnus, a, um, adj. [Sanscr. svar, sky; Gr. Seirios; cf. selas; Lat. sol], clear, fair, bright, serene (class.; esp. freq. in the poets; cf. sudus).

Lit.: cum tonuit laevum bene tempestate serenā, Enn. ap. Cic. Div. 2, 39, 82 (Ann. v. 517 Vahl.):

caelo sereno,

Lucr. 6, 247; Cic. Fam. 16, 9, 2; Verg. G. 1, 260; 1, 487; id. A. 3, 518; Hor. Epod. 15, 1; id. S. 2, 4, 51; Ov. M. 1, 168; 2, 321 et saep.; cf.:

de parte caeli,

Lucr. 6, 99:

in regione caeli,

Verg. A. 8, 528.— Comp.:

caelo perfruitur sereniore,

Mart. 4, 64, 6; cf.

also: o nimium caelo et pelago confise sereno,

Verg. A. 5, 870:

postquam ex tam turbido die serena et tranquilla lux rediit,

Liv. 1, 16, 2:

luce,

Verg. A. 5, 104:

lumen (solis),

Lucr. 2, 150:

nox,

id. 1, 142; Cic. Rep. 1, 15, 23; Verg. G. 1, 426:

sidera,

Lucr. 4, 212:

facies diei,

Phaedr. 4, 16, 5:

species mundi,

Lucr. 4, 134:

aër,

Plin. 17, 24, 37, § 222:

ver,

Verg. G. 1, 340:

aestas,

id. A. 6, 707:

stella,

Ov. F. 6, 718 et saep.:

color (opp. nubilus),

bright, clear, Plin. 9, 35, 54, § 107:

aqua (with candida),

Mart. 6, 42, 19:

vox,

Pers. 1, 19.— Transf., of a wind that clears the sky, that brings fair weather: hic Favonius serenu'st, istic Auster imbricus, * Plaut. Merc. 5, 2, 35; hence, also, poet.:

unde serenas Ventus agat nubes,

Verg. G. 1, 461.—

As subst.: sĕrēnum, i, n., a clear, bright, or serene sky, fair weather (not in Cic.):

ponito pocillum in sereno noctu,

during a fine night, Cato, R. R. 156, 3;

more freq. simply sereno: Priverni sereno per diem totum rubrum solem fuisse,

Liv. 31, 12, 5; 37, 3, 2:

quare et sereno tonat,

Sen. Q. N. 2, 18; Plin. 11, 24, 28, § 84 (opp. nubilo), Pall. 1, 30, 3; Luc. 1, 530:

liquido ac puro sereno,

Suet. Aug. 95:

nitido sereno,

Sil. 5, 58:

cottidie serenum cum est,

Varr. R. R. 3, 10, 4:

laesique fides reditura sereni,

Stat. S. 3, 1, 81:

serenum nitidum micat,

Mart. 6, 42, 8.— Plur.:

caeli serena Concutiat sonitu,

Lucr. 2, 1100:

soles et aperta serena,

Verg. G. 1, 393:

nostra,

Val. Fl. 1, 332.—

Trop.

Cheerful, glad, joyous, tranquil, serene (syn.:

laetus, tranquillus, secundus): vita,

Lucr. 2, 1094 Lachm.:

horae (with albus dies),

Sil. 15, 53: rebus serenis servare modum, in propitious or favorable circumstances, in good fortune, id. 8, 546:

vultus,

Lucr. 3, 293; Cat. 55, 8; Hor. C. 1, 37, 26; Ov. Tr. 1, 5, 27:

frons tranquilla et serena,

Cic. Tusc. 3, 15, 31:

pectora processu facta serena tuo,

Ov. Tr. 1, 9, 40:

animus,

id. ib. 1, 1, 39:

oculi,

Sil. 7, 461:

Augustus,

Ov. P. 2, 2, 65:

laetitia,

Just. 44, 2, 4:

imperium,

Sil. 14, 80:

res,

id. 8, 546:

sereno vitae tempore,

Auct. Her. 4, 48, 61:

vita,

Lucr. 2, 1094:

temperatus (sanguis) medium quoddam serenum efficit,

Quint. 11, 3, 78; cf.:

tandem aliquid, pulsā curarum nube serenum Vidi,

Ov. P. 2, 1, 5.—

SERENVS, an epithet of Jupiter (whose brow was always serene), Inscr. Murat. 1978, 5; cf. Serenator;

hence, Martial calls Domitian: Jovem serenum,

Mart. 5, 6, 9; 9, 25, 3.—

Serenissimus, a title of the Roman emperors, Cod. Just. 5, 4, 23.

Sĕrēnus, i, m.; Sĕrēna, ae, f. [1. serenus], a proper name.

Q. Serenus Sammonicus, a physician under Septimius Severus, Spart. Get. 5, 5; Macr. 3, 16, 6.—

Q. Serenus Sammonicus, son of the preceding, author of a poem, De Medicina, still extant, Lampr. Alex. 30, 2; cf. Teuffel's Roem. Lit. 379, 4.—

Serena, the wife of Stilicho, and mother-in-law of the emperor Honorius, celebrated by Claudian in a special poem (Laus Serenae Reginae).

sĕrēnus, a, um, adj. [Sanscr. svar, sky; Gr. Seirios; cf. selas; Lat. sol], clear, fair, bright, serene (class.; esp. freq. in the poets; cf. sudus).

Lit.: cum tonuit laevum bene tempestate serenā, Enn. ap. Cic. Div. 2, 39, 82 (Ann. v. 517 Vahl.):

caelo sereno,

Lucr. 6, 247; Cic. Fam. 16, 9, 2; Verg. G. 1, 260; 1, 487; id. A. 3, 518; Hor. Epod. 15, 1; id. S. 2, 4, 51; Ov. M. 1, 168; 2, 321 et saep.; cf.:

de parte caeli,

Lucr. 6, 99:

in regione caeli,

Verg. A. 8, 528.— Comp.:

caelo perfruitur sereniore,

Mart. 4, 64, 6; cf.

also: o nimium caelo et pelago confise sereno,

Verg. A. 5, 870:

postquam ex tam turbido die serena et tranquilla lux rediit,

Liv. 1, 16, 2:

luce,

Verg. A. 5, 104:

lumen (solis),

Lucr. 2, 150:

nox,

id. 1, 142; Cic. Rep. 1, 15, 23; Verg. G. 1, 426:

sidera,

Lucr. 4, 212:

facies diei,

Phaedr. 4, 16, 5:

species mundi,

Lucr. 4, 134:

aër,

Plin. 17, 24, 37, § 222:

ver,

Verg. G. 1, 340:

aestas,

id. A. 6, 707:

stella,

Ov. F. 6, 718 et saep.:

color (opp. nubilus),

bright, clear, Plin. 9, 35, 54, § 107:

aqua (with candida),

Mart. 6, 42, 19:

vox,

Pers. 1, 19.— Transf., of a wind that clears the sky, that brings fair weather: hic Favonius serenu'st, istic Auster imbricus, * Plaut. Merc. 5, 2, 35; hence, also, poet.:

unde serenas Ventus agat nubes,

Verg. G. 1, 461.—

As subst.: sĕrēnum, i, n., a clear, bright, or serene sky, fair weather (not in Cic.):

ponito pocillum in sereno noctu,

during a fine night, Cato, R. R. 156, 3;

more freq. simply sereno: Priverni sereno per diem totum rubrum solem fuisse,

Liv. 31, 12, 5; 37, 3, 2:

quare et sereno tonat,

Sen. Q. N. 2, 18; Plin. 11, 24, 28, § 84 (opp. nubilo), Pall. 1, 30, 3; Luc. 1, 530:

liquido ac puro sereno,

Suet. Aug. 95:

nitido sereno,

Sil. 5, 58:

cottidie serenum cum est,

Varr. R. R. 3, 10, 4:

laesique fides reditura sereni,

Stat. S. 3, 1, 81:

serenum nitidum micat,

Mart. 6, 42, 8.— Plur.:

caeli serena Concutiat sonitu,

Lucr. 2, 1100:

soles et aperta serena,

Verg. G. 1, 393:

nostra,

Val. Fl. 1, 332.—

Trop.

Cheerful, glad, joyous, tranquil, serene (syn.:

laetus, tranquillus, secundus): vita,

Lucr. 2, 1094 Lachm.:

horae (with albus dies),

Sil. 15, 53: rebus serenis servare modum, in propitious or favorable circumstances, in good fortune, id. 8, 546:

vultus,

Lucr. 3, 293; Cat. 55, 8; Hor. C. 1, 37, 26; Ov. Tr. 1, 5, 27:

frons tranquilla et serena,

Cic. Tusc. 3, 15, 31:

pectora processu facta serena tuo,

Ov. Tr. 1, 9, 40:

animus,

id. ib. 1, 1, 39:

oculi,

Sil. 7, 461:

Augustus,

Ov. P. 2, 2, 65:

laetitia,

Just. 44, 2, 4:

imperium,

Sil. 14, 80:

res,

id. 8, 546:

sereno vitae tempore,

Auct. Her. 4, 48, 61:

vita,

Lucr. 2, 1094:

temperatus (sanguis) medium quoddam serenum efficit,

Quint. 11, 3, 78; cf.:

tandem aliquid, pulsā curarum nube serenum Vidi,

Ov. P. 2, 1, 5.—

SERENVS, an epithet of Jupiter (whose brow was always serene), Inscr. Murat. 1978, 5; cf. Serenator;

hence, Martial calls Domitian: Jovem serenum,

Mart. 5, 6, 9; 9, 25, 3.—

Serenissimus, a title of the Roman emperors, Cod. Just. 5, 4, 23.

Sĕrēnus, i, m.; Sĕrēna, ae, f. [1. serenus], a proper name.

Q. Serenus Sammonicus, a physician under Septimius Severus, Spart. Get. 5, 5; Macr. 3, 16, 6.—

Q. Serenus Sammonicus, son of the preceding, author of a poem, De Medicina, still extant, Lampr. Alex. 30, 2; cf. Teuffel's Roem. Lit. 379, 4.—

Serena, the wife of Stilicho, and mother-in-law of the emperor Honorius, celebrated by Claudian in a special poem (Laus Serenae Reginae).

sērus, a, um, adj. [cf. series; Sanscr. sărat, thread; that which is long drawn out], late (freq. and class.; cf.: tardus, lentus): nescis quid vesper serus vehat (the title of a work by Varro), Varr. ap. Gell. 1, 22, 4; 13, 11, 1:

sero a vespere,

Ov. M. 4, 415:

serā nocte,

Liv. 1, 57, 9; Col. 1 praef.; Prop. 1, 3, 10; Val. Fl. 7, 400:

crepuscula,

Ov. M. 1, 219:

lux,

id. ib. 15, 651:

dies,

Tac. H. 3, 82 (cf. infra, B.):

hiems,

Liv. 32, 28, 6:

anni,

i. e. ripe years, age, Ov. M. 6, 29; 9, 434; id. F. 5, 63; cf.

aetas,

id. A. A. 1, 65; Plaut. Aul. 4, 1, 4:

gratulatio,

Cic. Fam. 2, 7, 1:

portenta deūm Tarda et sera nimis, id. poët. Div. 2, 30, 64: nepotes,

Ov. M. 6, 138:

posteritas,

id. P. 1, 4, 24: sera eruditio, quam Graeci opsimathian appellant, Gell. 11, 7, 3; cf. poet., of persons, with gen.: o seri studiorum! ye late-learned, opsimatheis (i. e. backward, ignorant), Hor. S. 1, 10, 21 (v. infra, b. a): ulmus, late - or slowly-growing (acc. to others, old), Verg. G. 4, 144; so,

ficus,

late in bearing, Col. 5, 10, 10; cf. serotinus, and v. the foll. under sup.—Comp. (rare; not in Cic. or Cæs.; cf. adv. infra fin.):

serior mors (opp. maturior),

Cels. 2, 6 med.:

senectus,

Mart. 5, 6, 3:

spe omnium serius bellum,

Liv. 2, 3, 1:

serior putatio,

Col. 4, 23, 1; 2, 10, 15.— Poet., for posterior:

serior aetas,

Ov. Tr. 5, 9, 7; Tib. 1, 4, 33:

hora,

Ov. H. 19, 14.— Sup.:

successores quam serissimi,

Vell. 2, 131, 2:

serissima omnium (pirorum) Amerina, etc.,

ripening the latest, Plin. 15, 15, 16, § 55; cf. supra.—

Poet.

For the adv. sero, of one who does any thing late:

serus in caelum redeas,

Hor. C. 1, 2, 45:

serus Graecis admovit acumina chartis,

id. Ep. 2, 1, 161:

jusserit ad se Maecenas serum sub lumina prima venire Convivam,

late in the day, id. S. 2, 7, 33:

nec nisi serus abi,

Ov. A. A. 2, 224:

poena tamen tacitis sera venit pedibus,

Tib. 1, 10, 3:

(me) Arguit incepto serum accessisse labori,

Ov. M. 13, 297.—So with things as subjects:

sera rubens accendit lumina Vesper,

Verg. G. 1, 251:

imposita est sero tandem manus ultima bello,

Ov. M. 13, 403:

seros pedes assumere,

id. ib. 15, 384:

Cantaber serā domitus catenā,

Hor. C. 3, 8, 22:

serum ut veniamus ad amnem Phasidos,

Val. Fl. 4, 708.—With gen.:

o seri studiorum!

Hor. S. 1, 10, 21 (v. supra); so,

belli serus,

Sil. 3, 255.—With inf.:

cur serus versare boves et plaustra Bootes?

Prop. 3, 5 (4, 4), 35.—

For adverb. use of sera and serum, v. adv. infra.—

Substt. ‡

sēra, ae, f. (sc. hora), a late hour, the evening hour, hespera, sera, vespra, crepusculum, Gloss. Vet.—

sērum, i, n., late time, late hour (of the day or night; first in Liv.;

esp. in the historians): serum erat diei,

Liv. 7, 8, 4:

quia serum diei fuerit,

id. 26, 3, 1:

jamque sero diei subducit ex acie legionem,

Tac. A. 2, 21 fin.:

extrahebatur in quam maxime serum diei certamen,

Liv. 10, 28, 2 Drak. N. cr.:

in serum noctis convivium productum,

id. 33, 48; cf.: ad serum [p. 1682] usque diem, Tac. H. 3, 82.— Absol., in Sueton., of a late hour of the day:

in serum dimicatione protractā,

Suet. Aug. 17; id. Ner. 22:

in serum usque patente cubiculo,

id. Oth. 11.—

Pregn., too late (class.):

ut magis exoptatae Kalendae Januariae quam serae esse videantur,

Cic. Phil. 5, 1:

neque rectae voluntati serum est tempus ullum, etc.,

Quint. 12, 1, 31:

tempus cavendi,

Sen. Thyest. 487: bellum, Sall. Fragm. ap. Philarg. Verg. G. 4, 144:

Antiates serum auxilium post proelium venerant,

Liv. 3, 5 fin.; 31, 24:

auxilia,

Val. Fl. 3, 562:

improbum consilium serum, ut debuit, fuit: et jam profectus Virginius erat, etc.,

Liv. 3, 46 fin.:

redit Alcidae jam sera cupido,

Val. Fl. 4, 247:

seras conditiones pacis tentare,

Suet. Aug. 17:

cum tandem ex somno surrexissent, in quod serum erat, aliquot horas remis in naves collocandis absumpserunt,

which was too late, Liv. 33, 48, 8:

hoc serum est,

Mart. 8, 44, 1; and with a subj.-clause:

dum deliberamus, quando incipiendum sit, incipere jam serum est,

Quint. 12, 6, 3; so,

serum est, advocare iis rebus affectum, etc.,

id. 4, 2, 115.—

Poet. for the adverb (cf. supra, I. b. a):

tum decuit metuisse tuis: nunc sera querelis Haud justis assurgis,

too late, Verg. A. 10, 94:

ad possessa venis praeceptaque gaudia serus,

Ov. H. 17, 107:

Herculeas jam serus opes spretique vocabis Arma viri,

Val. Fl. 3, 713:

serā ope vincere fata Nititur,

Ov. M. 2, 617:

auxilia ciere,

Val. Fl. 3, 562.—Hence, adv., in three forms.

sēră, late ( poet. and very rare):

sera comans Narcissus,

late in flowering, Verg. G. 4, 122.—

sērum, late at night ( poet. and very rare):

quae nocte sedens serum canit,

Verg. A. 12, 864.—

sērō̆.

(Acc. to I.) Late.

Late, at a late hour of the day or night (rare but class.):

eo die Lentulus venit sero,

Cic. Att. 7, 21, 1 (cf. infra, B.):

domum sero redire,

id. Fam. 7, 22.—

Late, at a late period of time, in gen. (freq. and class.):

res rustica sic est: si unam rem sero feceris omnia opera sero facies,

Cato, R. R. 5, 7; Cic. Brut. 10, 39; Quint. 6, 3, 103:

doctores artis sero repertos,

id. 2, 17, 7; 2, 5, 3.— Comp.:

modo surgis Eoo Temperius caelo, modo serius incidis undis,

Ov. M. 4, 198; Liv. 31, 11, 10:

serius, quam ratio postulat,

Quint. 2, 1, 1:

scripsi ad Pompeium serius quam oportuit,

Cic. Fam. 14, 10; 15, 1, 4; id. Sest. 31, 67; Liv. 37, 45, 18; 42, 28, 1:

itaque serius aliquanto notatus et cognitus (numerus),

Cic. Or. 56, 186:

serius egressus vestigia vidit in alto Pulvere,

Ov. M. 4, 105:

ipse salutabo decimā vel serius horā,

Mart. 1, 109, 9: omnium Versatur urna serius ocius Sors exitura, later or earlier (or, as we say, inverting the order, sooner or later), Hor. C. 2, 3, 26; so,

serius aut citius sedem properamus ad unam,

Ov. M. 10, 33:

serius ei triumphandi causa fuit, ne, etc.,

Liv. 39, 6, 4; 38, 27, 4:

in acutis morbis serius aeger alendus est,

Cels. 3, 2.— Sup.:

ut quam serissime ejus profectio cognosceretur,

Caes. B. C. 3, 75 (Scaliger ex conj.); so,

legi pira Tarentina,

Plin. 15, 17, 18, § 61 (al. serissima).—

(Acc to II.) Too late (freq. and class.):

abi stultus, sero post tempus venis,

Plaut. Capt. 4, 2, 90:

idem, quando illaec occasio periit, post sero cupit,

id. Aul. 2, 2, 71; id. Am. 2, 2, 34; id. Men. 5, 6, 31; id. Pers. 5, 1, 16 (Opp. temperi); id. Trin. 2, 4, 14; 2, 4, 167; 4, 2, 147; Ter. Heaut. 2, 3, 103; id. Ad. 2, 4, 8. (Scipio) factus est consul bis:

primum ante tempus: iterum sibi suo tempore, rei publicae paene sero,

Cic. Lael. 3, 11; id. Q. Fr. 1, 2, 3, § 9:

sero resistimus ei, quem per annos decem aluimus contra nos,

id. Att. 7, 5, 5; id. Verr. 2, 5, 63, § 164 et saep.:

ne nimis sero ad extrema veniamus,

far too late, id. Phil. 2, 19, 47; Liv. 21, 3, 5.—Hence, in a double sense, alluding to the signif. A. a.:

cum interrogaret (accusator), quo tempore Clodius occisus esset? respondit (Milo), Sero,

Quint. 6, 3, 49.—Prov.: sero sapiunt Phryges, are wise too late, are troubled with after-wit; v. sapio.— Comp., in the same sense:

possumus audire aliquid, an serius venimus?

Cic. Rep. 1, 13, 20:

ad quae (mysteria) biduo serius veneram,

id. de Or. 3, 20, 75:

doleo me in vitam paulo serius tamquam in viam ingressum,

id. Brut. 96, 330: erit verendum mihi, ne non hoc potius omnes boni serius a me, quam quisquam crudelius factum esse dicat, id. Cat. 1, 2, 5:

serius a terrā provectae naves,

Caes. B. C. 3, 8; Suet. Tib. 52.

sollĭcĭtus ( sōlĭcĭtus), a, um, adj. [sollus-cieo; cf. sollicito], thoroughly moved, agitated, disturbed.

Of physical motion ( poet. and rare).

As attrib. of motus, restless, unceasing:

quae sollicito motu carerent, referring to the elements in constant motion, as air, water, etc.,

Lucr. 1, 343: sic igitur penitus qui in ferro'st abditus aër Sollicito motu semper jactatur, i. e. an unceasing air-current within the iron, to explain its attraction by the magnet, id. 6, 1038.—

Of the sea agitated by storms:

ut mare sollicitum stridet,

Verg. G. 4, 262. —

Pregn., with the idea of distress (v. II. B.):

utile sollicitae sidus utrumque rati,

to a ship in distress, Ov. F. 5, 720: sollicitae porro plenaeque sonoribus aures, agitated, vibrating ( by disease), Lucr. 6, 1185:

corpus,

Sen. Herc. Fur. 1299.—

Sollicitum habere (cf. II. A. and B. infra), = sollicitare:

omnes sollicitos habui,

kept them busy, on the move, Ter. Heaut. 3, 1, 52 Donat. ad loc.

Of mental affections, full of anxiety, excitement, distracted by cares, engaged, troubled, disturbed (opp. quietus).

Of cares of business; esp. sollicitum habere, to keep busy, engaged (Plaut. and Ter.):

(clientes) qui neque leges colunt, neque, etc., sollicitos patronos habent,

Plaut. Men. 4, 2, 12 Brix ad loc.;

4, 2, 21: quorum negotiis nos absentum sollicitae noctes et dies sumus semper,

id. Stich. 1, 1, 6:

hem, tot mea Solius solliciti sunt curā, of servants busy in attending their master,

Ter. Heaut. 1, 1, 77: numquid vis? Py. Ne magis sim pulcer quam sum:

ita me mea forma habet sollicitum,

Plaut. Mil. 4, 2, 95; cf.:

Hispaniae armis sollicitae,

Sall. H. 1, 48 Dietsch. —

Of restlessness from fear, suspense, etc., full of anxiety, agitated, alarmed, solicitous, anxious (opp. securus; freq. and class.): sollicitum habere, to fill with apprehension and fear, keep in anxiety; constr.,

Absol.:

in quibus si non erunt insidiae... animus tamen erit sollicitus,

Cic. Phil. 12, 11, 36:

diutius videtur velle eos habere sollicitos a quibus se putat diuturnioribus esse molestiis conflictatum,

id. Fam. 6, 13, 3:

quae maxime angere atque sollicitam habere vestram aetatem videtur,

id. Sen. 19, 66:

sollicitum te habebat cogitatio periculi mei,

id. Fam. 7, 3, 1; so id. Att. 2, 18, 1; id. Sest. 11, 25:

initia rerum quae... sollicitam Italiam habebant,

Caes. B. C. 3, 22:

cum satis per se ipsum Samnitium bellum et,... sollicitos haberet patres,

Liv. 8, 29, 1:

solliciti et incerti rerum suarum Megaram referre signa jubent,

id. 24, 23, 5:

sollicitae ac suspensae civitati,

id. 27, 50 med.:

quid illis nos sollicitis ac pendentibus animi renuntiare jubetis,

id. 7, 30, 22:

sollicitae mentes,

Ov. F 3, 362:

pectus,

id. M. 2, 125:

mens,

Curt. 4, 13, 2:

animi,

Hor. Ep. 1, 5, 18:

ego percussorem meum securum ambulare patiar, me sollicito?

Sen. Clem. 1, 9, 4:

sollicitus est et incertus sui quem spes aliqua proritat,

id. Ep. 23, 2:

ut sollicitus sim cum Saturnus et Mars ex contrario stabunt,

alarmed, id. ib. 88, 14:

fertur sollicitas tenuisse deas,

kept them in anxious suspense, Stat. Achill. 2, 338:

nunc sollicitam timor anxius angit,

Verg. A. 9, 89.—And opposed to securus and securitas:

quid est turpius quam in ipso limine securitatis esse sollicitum?

Sen. Ep. 22, 5:

securo nihil est te pejus, eodem Sollicito nihil est te melius,

Mart. 4, 83, 1; so id. 5, 31, 8; Sen. Ep. 124, 19; Quint. 11, 3, 151; Tac. H. 4, 58.—

With abl.:

sollicitam mihi civitatem suspitione, suspensam metu... tradidistis,

Cic. Agr. 1, 8, 23:

Sophocles, ancipiti sententiarum eventu diu sollicitus,

Val. Max. 9, 12, 5 ext. —

With de:

sollicitus eram de rebus urbanis,

Cic. Fam. 2, 12, 1:

de tuā valetudine,

id. ib. 16, 7, 1:

sollicita civitas de Etruriae defectione fuit,

Liv. 27, 21 med.:

sollicitum te esse scribis de judicii eventu,

Sen. Ep. 24, 1:

desii jam de te esse sollicitus,

id. ib. 82, 1.—

With pro:

ne necesse sit unum sollicitum esse pro pluribus,

Cic. Lael. 13, 45.—

With propter: sollicitus propter iniquitatem locorum, Liv. 38, 40, 9; 44, 3, 5 infra.—

With adverb. acc. vicem, for the fate of:

sollicito consuli et propter itineris difficultatem et eorum vicem,... nuntius occurrit,

Liv. 44, 3, 5:

ut meam quoque, non solum reipublicae vicem videretur sollicitus,

id. 28, 43, 9:

clamor undique ab sollicitis vicem imperatoris militibus sublatus,

id. 28, 19, 17.—

With gen.:

non sollicitus futuri, pendet (filius tuus mortuus),

Sen. Cons. Marc. 19, 6.—

With dat. (late Lat.):

ne solliciti sitis animae vestrae, neque corpori vestro,

Vulg. Matt. 6, 25.—

With ex:

ex hoc misera sollicita'st, diem Quia olim in hunc, etc.,

Ter. And. 1, 5, 33:

haec turba sollicita ex temerariā regis fiduciā,

Curt. 3, 1, 17.—

With ne, like verbs of fearing:

(mater) sollicita est ne eundem conspiciat, etc.,

Cic. Mur. 41, 88:

legati Romanorum circuire urbes, solliciti ne Aetoli partis alicujus animos ad Antiochum avertissent,

apprehensive, Liv. 35, 31, 1:

sollicitis populis ne suas operiant terras,

Plin. 11, 29, 35, § 104:

sollicitus Solon, ne tacendo parum reipublicae consuleret,

Just. 2, 7, 9; Front. Strat. 1, 1, 6.—

With interrog.-clause:

solliciti erant quo evasura esset res,

Liv. 30, 21 init.:

quam sim sollicitus, quidnam futurum sit,

Cic. Att. 8, 6, 3.—

In gen., troubled, disturbed, afflicted, grieved; constr. absol., with abl. alone, or with de:

sollicitus mihi nescio quā re videtur,

Plaut. Merc. 2, 3, 30:

neque est consentaneum ullam honestam rem, ne sollicitus sis... deponere,

lest you be troubled by cares, Cic. Lael. 13, 47:

vehementer te esse sollicitum et praecipuo quodam dolore angi,

id. Fam. 4, 3, 1:

vehementer populum sollicitum fuisse de P. Sullae morte,

id. ib. 9, 10, 3:

num eum postea censes anxio animo aut sollicito fuisse,

afflicted by remorse, id. Fin. 2, 17, 55:

hoc genus omne Maestum ac sollicitum est cantoris morte Tigelli,

Hor. S. 1, 2, 3.—

Excited, passionate (rare):

qui, ut sint pudici, solliciti tamen et anxii sunt,

Cic. Tusc. 4, 33, 70:

atqui sollicitae nuntius hospitae, Suspirare Chloen.. Dicens, etc.,

Hor. C. 3, 7, 9; so, = avidus, with gen. or de ( poet. and post-class.):

hominem cuppedinis sollicitum,

Lucr. 5, 46:

de regno sollicitus ( = avidus regni potiundi),

Just. 1, 10, 6.—

Very careful for, concerned in, punctilious, particular about (post-Aug.; freq.); constr. absol., with de, circa, in, or obj.-inf.:

ne decet quidem, ubi maxima rerum monumenta versantur, de verbis esse sollicitum,

Quint. 8, 3, 13:

de quorum sumus judicio solliciti,

for whose judgment we care, id. 10, 7, 24:

dixit Cicero, non se de ingenii famā, sed de fide esse sollicitum,

id. 11, 1, 74:

nec sum in hoc sollicitus, dum res ipsa appareat,

id. 8, 4, 15:

eloquentia non in verba sollicita,

Sen. Ben. 7, 8, 2:

si tamen contingere eloquentia non sollicito potest,

id. Ep. 75, 5:

cur abis, non sollicitus prodesse bonis, nocere malis?

id. Hippol. 976; cf.

in double sense,

Mart. 4, 83, 2 and 5.—

= sollicitatus (v. sollicito; poet.):

solliciti jaceant terrāque premantur iniquā qui, etc.,

without repose, Ov. Am. 2, 16, 15.

Of abstr. and inanim. things.

In gen., solicitous, mournful, full of or connected with cares and anxiety, anxious, disturbed (class.;

often approaching the signif. II.): scio quam timida sit ambitio, et quam sollicita sit cupiditas consulatūs,

how full of cares is the desire for the consulship, Cic. Mil. 16, 42:

id est proprium civitatis ut sit libera et non sollicita rei cujusque custodia,

i. e. that nobody be disturbed in the quiet possession of his property, id. Off. 2, 22, 78:

est enim metus futurae aegritudinis sollicita exspectatio,

id. Tusc. 5, 18, 52:

quam sit omnis amor sollicitus et anxius,

fraught with solicitude, id. Att. 2, 24, 1: assentior, sollicitam et periculosam justitiam non esse sapientis, id. Fragm. Rep. ap. Prisc. p. 801 P. (Rep. 3, 27, 39): sollicitam lucem rapuisti Ciceroni, the mournful light, i. e. life, Vell. 2, 66:

in sollicito civitatis statu,

Quint. 6, 1, 16:

Hermagoras, vir diligentiae nimium sollicitae,

evercareful, id. 3, 11, 22:

sollicitum dicendi propositum,

anxiously accurate, id. 11, 1, 32:

sollicita parentis diligentia,

earnest care, id. 6, prooem. 1; so id. 6, 12, 16:

sollicitae actiones,

carefully elaborated, id. 4, 1, 57: causae sollicitae (opp. securae), [p. 1723] very doubtful cases, i. e. in which there is anxious suspense about the issue, id. 11, 3, 151: captarum (ferarum) sollicita possessio;

saepe enim laniant dominos,

Sen. Vit. Beat. 14, 2:

maxima quaeque bona sollicita sunt,

id. ib. 17, 4; id. Ep. 14, 18:

noctes, id. Ira, 2, 20, 1: tutela,

id. Cons. Marc. 11, 3:

sollicitos fecisti, Romule, ludos,

Ov. A. A. 1, 101:

quisque, sibi quid sit Utile, sollicitis supputat articulis,

id. P. 2, 3, 18:

sollicito carcere dignus eras,

a prison carefully guarded, id. Am. 1, 6, 64:

Cressa... sollicito revocavit Thesea filo,

Stat. S. 2, 6, 26:

pudor,

Mart. 11, 45, 7:

amor,

Ov. H. 19 (18), 196:

os,

id. P. 4, 9, 130:

frons,

Hor. C. 3, 29, 16:

manus,

Ov. Tr. 5, 2, 2:

preces,

id. P. 3, 1, 148:

prex,

Hor. C. 1, 35, 5:

vita,

id. S. 2, 6, 62:

lux,

Ov. Tr. 4, 10, 116:

senecta,

id. M. 6, 500:

libelli,

Mart. 9, 58, 5:

saccus,

id. 12, 60 b, 3:

fuga,

Ov. Tr. 4, 1, 50:

sedes,

id. ib. 4, 1, 85:

via,

id. ib. 1, 11, 2:

terrae,

id. M. 15, 786.— Hence,

= sollicitum habens, that causes distress, distressing, trying:

quid magis sollicitum dici potest,

what more distressing fact can be mentioned? Cic. Mil. 2, 5:

in quā (tyrannorum) vitā nulla... potest esse fiducia, omnia semper suspecta atque sollicita,

causing alarm, id. Lael. 15, 52:

sollicitumque aliquid laetis intervenit,

Ov. M. 7, 454:

o mihi sollicitum decus ac suprema voluptas,

Stat. Th. 7, 363; so,

opes,

Hor. S. 2, 6, 79:

aurum,

Sen. Hippol. 519:

pretia,

id. Herc. Fur. 461:

timor or metus,

Ov. H. 1, 12; 8, 76; 13, 124; id. P. 3, 2, 12; id. Tr. 3, 11, 10:

cura,

id. P. 1, 5, 61; Sen. Thyest. 922:

dolor,

Ov. A. A. 3, 374:

taedium,

Hor. C. 1, 14, 17:

fatum,

Ov. P. 4, 10, 11.

Of animals (rare): sollicitum animal (canis) ad nocturnos strepitus, very attentive to, i. e. watchful, Liv. 5, 47, 3; so Ov. M. 11, 599:

solliciti terrentur equi,

id. F. 6, 741:

lepus,

timid, id. ib. 5, 372.

Comp.: sollicitior (mostly post-Aug.; for which Cic. has magis sollicitus; v. III. 2. supra) homo, Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 18, 3:

nos circa lites raras sollicitiores,

too particular about, Quint. 7, 1, 43:

sollicitior rei familiaris diligentia,

id. 12, 1, 6:

innocentiam sollicitiore habituri loco,

Sen. Ben. 3, 13, 1:

(pauperes) sollicitiores divitibus,

id. Cons. Helv. 12, 1:

quod est sollicitius,

id. Tranq. 1, 15:

qui non sollicitior de capitis sui decore sit quam de salute,

id. Brev. Vit. 12, 3:

pro vobis sollicitior,

Tac. H. 4, 58.— Sup. (post-Aug. and rare):

illorum brevissima ac sollicitissima aetas est,

Sen. Brev. Vit. 16, 1.— Adv.: sollĭcĭtē (post-Aug.).

Carefully, punctiliously, anxiously: vestis nec servata, nec sumenda sollicite, Ser. Samm. ap. Sen. Tranq. 1, 5:

in conviviis lingua sollicite etiam ebriis custodienda est,

Sen. Clem. 1, 26, 2:

recitare,

Plin. Ep. 6, 15, 4:

exspectatus,

Front. Strat. 3, 12, 1; id. Aquaed. 103:

sollicitius et intentius,

Plin. Ep. 1, 4, 2:

custodiendus est honor,

id. ib. 1, 19, 4:

cavere,

App. Mag. p. 274, 35.— Sup.:

urbis curam sollicitissime agere,

Suet. Claud. 18.—

With grief, solicitude (class.:

sollicito animo): sollicite possidentur,

their possession is connected with solicitude, Sen. Ep. 76, 30:

laetus,

Sil. 6, 572.— Sup., Sen. Ep. 93, 12.

spătĭum, ii, n. [root spa-, to draw; Gr. spaô; span-, to stretch; Gr. spanis, want; cf.: penomai, penês; Germ. spannen; Dor. spadion (=stadion), race-course; cf. Lat. penuria], room, a space (very freq. and class.).

Lit.

In gen.: est natura loci spatiumque profundi, Quod neque percurrere flumina possint, Nec, etc.... Usque adeo passim patet ingens copia rebus;

Finibus exemptis,

Lucr. 1, 1002; 5, 370; 1, 389:

locus ac spatium, quod inane vocamus,

id. 1, 426; cf. id. 1, 523:

per totum caeli spatium diffundere sese (solis lux),

id. 4, 202; cf.:

tres pateat caeli spatium non amplius ulnas,

Verg. E. 3, 105:

flumen Dubis paene totum oppidum cingit: reliquum spatium, quā flumen intermittit, mons continet,

Caes. B. G. 1, 38:

temporibus rerum et spatiis locorum animadversis,

id. B. C. 3, 61 fin.:

quod spatium non esset agitandi,

Nep. Eum. 5, 4:

spatium loci,

Quint. 8, 3, 84:

spatio distante,

Ov. M. 11, 715.—

In partic.

A (limited) space, distance, interval (syn. intervallum):

siderum genus spatiis immutabilibus ab ortu ad occasum commeans,

Cic. N. D. 2, 19, 49:

magno spatio paucis diebus confecto,

Caes. B. G. 3, 29:

itineris spatium,

id. B. C. 1, 24 fin.:

viae spatium,

the distance, length, Ov. M. 8, 794:

trabes paribus intermissae spatiis (shortly before: paribus intervallis),

Caes. B. G. 7, 23; cf.:

alios ineunt cursus aliosque recursus Adversi spatiis,

Verg. A. 5, 584 Coningt. ad loc.:

hic locus aequo fere spatio ab castris utrisque aberat,

Caes. B. G. 1, 43:

inter duas acies tantum erat relictum spatii, ut, etc.,

id. B. C. 3, 92:

cum Viridorix contra eum duum milium spatio consedisset,

id. B. G. 3, 17:

magnum spatium abesse,

id. ib. 2, 17:

quo tanta machinatio ab tanto spatio institueretur?

id. ib. 2, 30:

tormentorum usum spatio propinquitatis interire,

id. B. C. 2, 16 fin.:

jamque tenebat Nox medium caeli spatium,

Hor. S. 2, 6, 101:

illi medio in spatio chorus Occurrit,

Verg. A. 10, 219:

dimidium fere spatium confecerat, cum, etc.,

Nep. Eum. 9, 1:

spatium discrimina fallit,

the distance, Ov. M. 8, 577.—

Size, bulk, extent:

dum spatium victi considerat hostis (serpentis),

Ov. M. 3, 95:

elephantis,

Luc. 9, 732:

oris Et colli, ov. M. 2, 672: dat spatium collo,

id. ib. 3, 195:

breve lateris,

Juv. 6, 503; cf.:

quod sit homini spatium a vestigio ad verticem,

Plin. 7, 17, 17, § 77:

spatia montis,

id. 35, 1, 1, § 2:

spatium admirabile rhombi,

very large, Juv. 4, 39:

vasti corporis,

Sen. Hippol. 806:

plantae Herculis,

Gell. 1, 1, 2: trahit aures in spatium, in length, i. e. lengthens them out, Ov. M. 11, 176; so,

in spatium,

id. ib. 2, 197; 7, 783; Sil. 13, 562.—

An open space for walking, racing, etc., in.

A walk, promenade; a public place or square, etc. (cf. ambulatio):

urbs delubris distincta spatiisque communibus,

Cic. Rep. 1, 26, 41:

templaque et innumeris spatia interstincta columnis,

i. e. colonnades, porticos, Stat. S. 3, 5, 90:

quin igitur ad illa spatia nostra sedesque pergimus, ubi cum satis erit deambulatum, requiescemus,

Cic. Leg. 1, 4, 14:

spatia silvestria,

id. ib. 1, 5, 15:

orator ex Academiae spatiis,

id. Or. 3, 12 (quoted by Quint. 12, 2, 23, and by Tac. Or. 32):

Academiae non sine causā nobilitata spatia,

Cic. Fin. 5, 1, 1: locus planis Porrectus spatiis, in level spaces, i. e. plains, Hor. Ep. 1, 7, 42:

ille actus habenā Curvatis fertur spatiis,

Verg. A. 7, 381.—

A race-course, track:

sicut fortis equus, spatio qui saepe supremo Vicit Olympia,

Enn. Ann. 18, 22:

nec vero velim quasi decurso spatio a calce ad carceres revocari,

Cic. Sen. 23, 83:

amat spatiis obstantia rumpere claustra,

Hor. Ep. 1, 14, 9:

cum carceribus sese effudere quadrigae, Addunt in spatia,

Verg. G. 1, 513 Forbig. ad loc.:

hic ad Elei metas et maxuma campi Sudabit spatia,

id. ib. 3, 202: signoque repente Corripiunt spatia [p. 1736] audito, id. A. 5, 316:

tritumque relinquunt Quadrijugi spatium,

Ov. M. 2, 168; cf.:

equi Pulsabant pedibus spatium declivis Olympi,

id. ib. 6, 487:

abstulere me velut de spatio Graeciae res immixtae Romanis,

Liv. 35, 40, 1:

nobilis equos cursus et spatia probant,

Tac. Or. 39.—

Poet., in gen., room or space in a building:

Phocus in interius spatium pulchrosque recessus Cecropidas ducit,

the inner space, the interior, Ov. M. 7, 670.—

Transf., the action of walking, a walk, promenade; a turn, course:

cum in ambulationem ventum esset, Scaevolam, duobus spatiis tribusve factis, dixisse, etc.,

Cic. de Or. 1, 7, 28; cf. id. Rep. 1, 12, 18; Suet. Aug. 83:

si interdum ad forum deducimur, si uno basilicae spatio honestamur,

Cic. Mur. 34, 70:

septem spatiis circo meruere coronam,

Ov. Hal. 68:

(agitatores) septimo spatio palmae appropinquant,

Sen. Ep. 30, 13.—

Trop.

Of time.

In gen., a space of time, interval, period:

spatia omnis temporis non numero dierum sed noctium finiunt,

Caes. B. G. 6, 18:

spatium praeteriti temporis,

Cic. Arch. 1, 1:

quantum fuit diei spatium,

as the portion of the day allowed, Caes. B. G. 2, 11 fin.:

annuum spatium,

id. B. C. 3, 3:

annuum, menstruum, diurnum, nocturnum,

Cic. Inv. 1, 26, 39:

dierum triginta,

id. Verr. 2, 2, 39, § 96:

parvo dilexit spatio Minoida Theseus,

Prop. 2, 24, 43 (3, 19, 27):

spatio brevi,

Hor. C. 1, 11, 6:

in brevi spatio mutantur secla animantum,

Lucr. 2, 77; so,

in brevi spatio,

Ter. Heaut. 5, 2, 2:

aliquid longo spatio tenere,

Cic. Off. 2, 23, 81:

me ex comparato et constituto spatio defensionis in semihorae curriculum coëgisti,

id. Rab. Perd. 2, 6:

hoc interim spatio conclave illud concidisse,

id. de Or. 2, 86, 353:

spatia annorum,

Prop. 3 (4), 21, 31:

spatium juventae Transire,

Ov. M. 15, 225:

illa dies... incerti spatium mihi finiat aevi,

id. ib. 15, 874:

post sexagesimum vitae spatium,

i. e. after the sixtieth year, Plin. 7, 50, 51, § 170.—

In partic.

Of a portion of time in which to do any thing, space, time, leisure, opportunity:

neque, ut celari posset, tempus spatium ullum dabat,

Ter. Hec. 3, 3, 14:

nisi tempus et spatium datum sit,

Cic. Quint. 1, 4:

irae suae spatium et consilio tempus dare,

Liv. 8, 32:

ubicumque datum erat spatium solitudinis,

Ter. Hec. 1, 2, 55:

quantum spatii nobis datur,

Cic. de Or. 1, 59, 252:

tempus inane peto, requiem spatiumque furori,

Verg. A. 4, 433: ne properes, oro;

spatium pro munere posco,

Ov. R. Am. 277:

proin quicquid est, da tempus ac spatium tibi. Quod ratio non quit, saepe sanavit mora,

Sen. Agam. 2, 129.—Esp.: spatium (aliquid, nihil spatii, etc.) alicui faciendi or ad faciendum aliquid, time to do a thing:

breve spatium'st perferundi quae minitas mihi,

Plaut. Capt. 3, 5, 85:

ut Ne esset spatium cogitandi ad disturbandas nuptias,

Ter. And. 1, 2, 11:

quam longum spatium amandi amicam tibi dedi!

id. Hec. 4, 4, 62:

dare alicui spatium ad se colligendum,

Cic. Caecin. 2, 6:

ad scribendum,

id. Fam. 15, 17, 1:

pila in hostes coniciendi,

Caes. B. G. 1, 52; 4, 13; Ov. M. 10, 163:

nec fuit spatium ad contrahenda castra,

Caes. B. G. 7, 40:

cum erit spatium, utrumque praestabo,

Cic. Att. 5, 14, 1:

si spatium ad dicendum habuissemus,

id. Verr. 1, 18, 56:

spatium sumamus ad cogitandum,

id. Fin. 4, 1, 1; id. de Or. 1, 33, 150:

sex dies ad eam rem conficiendam spatii postulant,

Caes. B. C. 1, 3 fin.:

vix explicandi ordines spatium Etruscis fuit,

Liv. 2, 46, 3:

spatium Vitellianis datum refugiendi,

Tac. H. 2, 25.—Rarely with dat.:

spatium quidem tandem adparandis nuptiis, vocandi, sacruficandi dabitur paululum,

Ter. Phorm. 4, 4, 20.—

A year of life:

quosdam (morbos) post sexagesimum vitae spatium non accidere,

Plin. 7, 50, 51, § 170. —

Metrical time, measure, quantity:

trochaeus, qui est eodem spatio quo choreus,

Cic. Or. 57, 193; cf. Quint. 1, 5, 18:

neu sermo subsultet imparibus spatiis ac sonis, miscens longa brevibus, etc.,

id. 11, 3, 43; cf. id. 11, 3, 40; 11, 3, 17 al.—

(Acc. to I. B.) A path, course, race, track:

ut eadem spatia quinque stellae dispari motu cursuque conficiant,

Cic. de Or. 3, 45, 178:

quid mihi opu'st, decurso aetatis spatio, cum meis gerere bellum?

Plaut. Stich. 1, 2, 14:

prope jam excurso spatio,

Ter. Ad. 5, 4, 6:

te vero, mea quem spatiis propioribus aetas Insequitur,

Verg. A. 9, 275: deflexit jam aliquantulum de spatio curriculoque consuetudo majorum, Cic. Lael. 12, 40; cf.:

quemadmodum simus in spatio Q. Hortensium ipsius vestigiis persecuti,

id. Brut. 90, 307:

currenti spatium praemonstra,

Lucr. 6, 93:

pede inoffenso spatium decurrere vitae,

Ov. Tr. 3, 4, 33; Sen. Troad. 398.

surgo and surrĭgo ( subr-): surrexi and subrexi, surrectum and subrectum, 3 ( perf. surregit, Paul. ex Fest. p. 296 Müll.;

orig. forms: surrigit,

Verg. A. 4, 183; Sen. Q. N. 6, 4: surriguntur, id. Ira, 1, 1 med.: surrigebant, Hier. Vit. Hil. fin.:

subrigens,

Plin. 9, 29, 47, § 88; 10, 29, 44, § 86: subrigere, id. 18, 35, 89, § 365. —

Sync. forms: surrexti,

Mart. 5, 79, 1:

surrexe,

Hor. S. 1, 9, 73), v. a. and n. [contr. from surrigo, from sub-rego].

Act., to lift or raise up, to raise, erect, elevate (very rare;

after the Aug. per., the original uncontracted forms were chiefly used in this sense, to distinguish it from the class. signif., II.): plaudite, valete: lumbos surgite atque extollite,

Plaut. Ep. 5, 2, 68:

caput,

Sen. Herc. Fur. 329:

omnes capitum hiatus ( = capita hiantia),

Stat. Th. 2, 27:

surgit caput Apenninus,

Avien. Perieg. 484:

tot surrigit aures,

Verg. A. 4, 183:

terrae motus defert montes, surrigit plana, valles extuberat,

Sen. Q. N. 6, 4, 2:

paulatim subrigens se,

Plin. 9, 29, 47, § 88:

cristam,

id. 10, 29, 44, § 86:

cornua,

Col. 7, 3, 3; cf.

mid.: horrent et surriguntur capilli,

rise, stand erect, Sen. Ira, 1, 1, 4:

hastae surrectā cuspide in terrā fixae,

Liv. 8, 8:

mucrone surrecto,

id. 7, 10, 10:

calcar equo,

Front. ad M. Caes. 2, 12:

aures subrectae furentibus,

Plin. 11, 37, 50, § 137:

turres subrectae,

Sen. Ep. 86, 4:

surrecta moles,

Sil. 2, 599.—

Neutr., to rise, arise, to get up, stand up (the predominant and class. signif. of the word; syn.: exsurgo, exorior).

Lit.

In gen.:

a mensā surgunt saturi, poti,

Plaut. Ps. 1, 3, 62:

a cenā,

Plin. Ep. 3, 5, 13:

e lecto,

Ter. Ad. 4, 1, 4:

e lectulo,

Cic. Off. 3, 31, 112:

de sellā,

id. Verr. 2, 4, 65, § 147:

ex subselliis,

id. Fl. 10, 22:

solio,

Ov. M. 3, 273:

humo,

id. ib. 2, 771; id. F. 6, 735:

toro,

id. M. 9, 702:

toris,

id. ib. 12, 579:

ab umbris ad lumina vitae,

Verg. A. 7, 771.—

Esp., of an orator: cur, cum tot summi oratores sedeant, ego potissimum surrexerim,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 1, 1:

ad dicendum,

id. de Or. 2, 78, 316; Quint. 2, 6, 2:

ad respondendum,

Cic. Clu. 18, 51:

surgit ad hos Ajax,

Ov. M. 13, 2.— Absol.:

nolo eum, qui dicturus est, sollicitum surgere,

Quint. 12, 5, 4:

secundā vigiliā surgit,

breaks up the camp, marches, Curt. 5, 4, 23.—

Of things, to rise, mount up, ascend (mostly poet.;

syn. ascendo): surgat pius ignis ab arā,

Ov. P. 4, 9, 53:

jussit subsidere valles... lapidosos surgere montes,

id. M. 1, 44:

mons Rhipaeus,

Mel. 1, 19 fin.:

Atlas,

id. 3, 10. —

Of the sea: fretum,

Ov. M. 14, 711:

mare,

id. ib. 15, 508:

aequora,

Verg. A. 3, 196:

undae,

id. ib. 6, 354:

amoeni fontes,

Quint. 8, 3, 8:

cacumina oleae in altum,

id. 8, 3, 10:

fistula disparibus avenis,

Ov. M. 8, 192; cf. poet.:

surgens in cornua cervus ( = ferens cornua ardua),

i. e. towering, Verg. A. 10, 725:

umeri surgunt,

id. ib. 10, 476:

lux Praecipitatur aquis et aquis nox surgit ab isdem,

Ov. M. 4, 92; id. F. 4, 629:

sol,

Hor. S. 1, 9, 73:

dies,

Verg. G. 3, 400:

luna,

id. A. 6, 453:

tenebrae,

Sen. Thyest. 822:

austri,

Verg. A. 3, 481:

ventus,

id. ib. 5, 777:

quae (aedes) proxima surgit ovili,

stands, Juv. 6, 529.—

In partic.

To rise, arise, get up from bed, from sleep:

ille multo ante lucem surrexit,

Cic. Inv. 2, 4, 14:

ante lucem,

id. Att. 16, 13, a:

cum die,

Ov. M. 13, 677:

mane ad invisas rotas,

id. Am. 1, 13, 38:

ad lites novas,

id. ib. 1, 13, 22:

ad praescripta munia,

Hor. S. 2, 2, 81.—

To rise in growth, to spring up, grow up; to rise in building, be built, etc. ( poet. and in post - Aug. prose):

venerata Ceres culmo surgeret alto,

Hor. S. 2, 2, 124:

nec potuere surgere messes,

Verg. G. 1, 161:

harundo,

Ov. M. 13, 891:

sementis,

Col. 2, 8, 5:

surgens arx,

Verg. A. 1, 366; cf.:

nunc aggere multo Surgit opus,

Luc. 2, 679:

area cinere mixtisque pumicibus oppleta surrexerat,

Plin. Ep. 6, 16, 14:

Ascanius surgens,

growing, Verg. A. 4, 274.—

To ascend, go up:

ad auras Aetherias,

i. e. into life, Verg. A. 6, 762.—

Trop., to rise, arise, occur, etc. ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose):

multum supra prosam orationem surgit,

Quint. 10, 1, 81:

quae nunc animo sententia surgit?

Verg. A. 1, 582:

pugna aspera surgit,

id. ib. 9, 667:

discordia,

id. ib. 12, 313:

rumor,

Tac. H. 2, 42:

honor,

Ov. F. 5, 228:

ingenium suis velocius annis,

id. A. A. 1, 186:

non ulla laborum nova mi facies surgit,

Verg. A. 6, 104.—Of the swell of a verse: sex mihi surgat opus numeris;

in quinque residat (cf.: "in the hexameter rises the fountain's silvery column," Coleridge),

Ov. Am. 1, 1, 27. —

With in or ad and acc., to rise to or against, to attempt, assume, attack, etc. ( poet. and late Lat.):

in Teucros Aetolis surgit ab Arpis Tydides,

Verg. A. 10, 28: surrecturus in vires, si ipse quoque lacesseretur, Amm. 31, 3, 4:

Procopius in res surrexerat novas,

id. 26, 5, 8:

ad motum certaminum civilium avide surrecturus,

id. 21, 15, 1:

ad insontium pericula surrexerunt,

id. 21, 13, 14; App. M. 7, p. 198, 3.

surgo and surrĭgo ( subr-): surrexi and subrexi, surrectum and subrectum, 3 ( perf. surregit, Paul. ex Fest. p. 296 Müll.;

orig. forms: surrigit,

Verg. A. 4, 183; Sen. Q. N. 6, 4: surriguntur, id. Ira, 1, 1 med.: surrigebant, Hier. Vit. Hil. fin.:

subrigens,

Plin. 9, 29, 47, § 88; 10, 29, 44, § 86: subrigere, id. 18, 35, 89, § 365. —

Sync. forms: surrexti,

Mart. 5, 79, 1:

surrexe,

Hor. S. 1, 9, 73), v. a. and n. [contr. from surrigo, from sub-rego].

Act., to lift or raise up, to raise, erect, elevate (very rare;

after the Aug. per., the original uncontracted forms were chiefly used in this sense, to distinguish it from the class. signif., II.): plaudite, valete: lumbos surgite atque extollite,

Plaut. Ep. 5, 2, 68:

caput,

Sen. Herc. Fur. 329:

omnes capitum hiatus ( = capita hiantia),

Stat. Th. 2, 27:

surgit caput Apenninus,

Avien. Perieg. 484:

tot surrigit aures,

Verg. A. 4, 183:

terrae motus defert montes, surrigit plana, valles extuberat,

Sen. Q. N. 6, 4, 2:

paulatim subrigens se,

Plin. 9, 29, 47, § 88:

cristam,

id. 10, 29, 44, § 86:

cornua,

Col. 7, 3, 3; cf.

mid.: horrent et surriguntur capilli,

rise, stand erect, Sen. Ira, 1, 1, 4:

hastae surrectā cuspide in terrā fixae,

Liv. 8, 8:

mucrone surrecto,

id. 7, 10, 10:

calcar equo,

Front. ad M. Caes. 2, 12:

aures subrectae furentibus,

Plin. 11, 37, 50, § 137:

turres subrectae,

Sen. Ep. 86, 4:

surrecta moles,

Sil. 2, 599.—

Neutr., to rise, arise, to get up, stand up (the predominant and class. signif. of the word; syn.: exsurgo, exorior).

Lit.

In gen.:

a mensā surgunt saturi, poti,

Plaut. Ps. 1, 3, 62:

a cenā,

Plin. Ep. 3, 5, 13:

e lecto,

Ter. Ad. 4, 1, 4:

e lectulo,

Cic. Off. 3, 31, 112:

de sellā,

id. Verr. 2, 4, 65, § 147:

ex subselliis,

id. Fl. 10, 22:

solio,

Ov. M. 3, 273:

humo,

id. ib. 2, 771; id. F. 6, 735:

toro,

id. M. 9, 702:

toris,

id. ib. 12, 579:

ab umbris ad lumina vitae,

Verg. A. 7, 771.—

Esp., of an orator: cur, cum tot summi oratores sedeant, ego potissimum surrexerim,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 1, 1:

ad dicendum,

id. de Or. 2, 78, 316; Quint. 2, 6, 2:

ad respondendum,

Cic. Clu. 18, 51:

surgit ad hos Ajax,

Ov. M. 13, 2.— Absol.:

nolo eum, qui dicturus est, sollicitum surgere,

Quint. 12, 5, 4:

secundā vigiliā surgit,

breaks up the camp, marches, Curt. 5, 4, 23.—

Of things, to rise, mount up, ascend (mostly poet.;

syn. ascendo): surgat pius ignis ab arā,

Ov. P. 4, 9, 53:

jussit subsidere valles... lapidosos surgere montes,

id. M. 1, 44:

mons Rhipaeus,

Mel. 1, 19 fin.:

Atlas,

id. 3, 10. —

Of the sea: fretum,

Ov. M. 14, 711:

mare,

id. ib. 15, 508:

aequora,

Verg. A. 3, 196:

undae,

id. ib. 6, 354:

amoeni fontes,

Quint. 8, 3, 8:

cacumina oleae in altum,

id. 8, 3, 10:

fistula disparibus avenis,

Ov. M. 8, 192; cf. poet.:

surgens in cornua cervus ( = ferens cornua ardua),

i. e. towering, Verg. A. 10, 725:

umeri surgunt,

id. ib. 10, 476:

lux Praecipitatur aquis et aquis nox surgit ab isdem,

Ov. M. 4, 92; id. F. 4, 629:

sol,

Hor. S. 1, 9, 73:

dies,

Verg. G. 3, 400:

luna,

id. A. 6, 453:

tenebrae,

Sen. Thyest. 822:

austri,

Verg. A. 3, 481:

ventus,

id. ib. 5, 777:

quae (aedes) proxima surgit ovili,

stands, Juv. 6, 529.—

In partic.

To rise, arise, get up from bed, from sleep:

ille multo ante lucem surrexit,

Cic. Inv. 2, 4, 14:

ante lucem,

id. Att. 16, 13, a:

cum die,

Ov. M. 13, 677:

mane ad invisas rotas,

id. Am. 1, 13, 38:

ad lites novas,

id. ib. 1, 13, 22:

ad praescripta munia,

Hor. S. 2, 2, 81.—

To rise in growth, to spring up, grow up; to rise in building, be built, etc. ( poet. and in post - Aug. prose):

venerata Ceres culmo surgeret alto,

Hor. S. 2, 2, 124:

nec potuere surgere messes,

Verg. G. 1, 161:

harundo,

Ov. M. 13, 891:

sementis,

Col. 2, 8, 5:

surgens arx,

Verg. A. 1, 366; cf.:

nunc aggere multo Surgit opus,

Luc. 2, 679:

area cinere mixtisque pumicibus oppleta surrexerat,

Plin. Ep. 6, 16, 14:

Ascanius surgens,

growing, Verg. A. 4, 274.—

To ascend, go up:

ad auras Aetherias,

i. e. into life, Verg. A. 6, 762.—

Trop., to rise, arise, occur, etc. ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose):

multum supra prosam orationem surgit,

Quint. 10, 1, 81:

quae nunc animo sententia surgit?

Verg. A. 1, 582:

pugna aspera surgit,

id. ib. 9, 667:

discordia,

id. ib. 12, 313:

rumor,

Tac. H. 2, 42:

honor,

Ov. F. 5, 228:

ingenium suis velocius annis,

id. A. A. 1, 186:

non ulla laborum nova mi facies surgit,

Verg. A. 6, 104.—Of the swell of a verse: sex mihi surgat opus numeris;

in quinque residat (cf.: "in the hexameter rises the fountain's silvery column," Coleridge),

Ov. Am. 1, 1, 27. —

With in or ad and acc., to rise to or against, to attempt, assume, attack, etc. ( poet. and late Lat.):

in Teucros Aetolis surgit ab Arpis Tydides,

Verg. A. 10, 28: surrecturus in vires, si ipse quoque lacesseretur, Amm. 31, 3, 4:

Procopius in res surrexerat novas,

id. 26, 5, 8:

ad motum certaminum civilium avide surrecturus,

id. 21, 15, 1:

ad insontium pericula surrexerunt,

id. 21, 13, 14; App. M. 7, p. 198, 3.

λευκός, ή, όν,

A light, bright, clear (opp. μέλας in all senses),

αἴγλη Od. 6.45

; λευκὸν (v.l. λαμπρόν)

.. ἠέλιος ὥς Il.14.185

;

λ. φάος S.Aj. 708

(lyr.), cf. infr. 11.3;

αἰθήρ E.Andr. 1228

(anap.); of metallic surfaces,

λέβης Il.23.268

; λ. γαλήνη a glassy calm, Od.10.94; of water, clear, limpid, Il.23.282, Od.5.70, A.Supp.23 (anap.);

λ. νᾶμα E.HF 573

; -

ότατος ποταμῶν Call.Jov.19

.

2 metaph., clear, distinct, of the voice, Arist.Top. 106a25, S.E.M.6.41: in literary sense, clear,

λ. στίχος AP11.347

(Phil.): prov., λευκὸς Ἑρμῆς, when a rogue was detected, Macar. 5.53. Adv. -κῶς, πάντα φαίνειν, of Hermes, Corn.ND16: [comp] Comp. - ότερον

, διαλεχθῆναι Hld.7.20

.

II of colour, white, freq. in Hom., varying from the pure white of snow ([

ἵπποι] -ότεροι χιόνος Il.10.437

) to the grey of dust (

λευκοὶ ἐγένοντο κονισάλῳ 5.503

);

γάλα λ. 4.434

;

κρῖ 5.196

;

ἄλφιτα 18.560

;

ἡνία λεύκ' ἐλέφαντι 5.583

;

ὀδόντες 10.263

;

ὀστέα 16.347

;

ἱστία 1.480

;

φᾶρος 18.353

, etc.; λ. ἅρμα, = λεύκιππον, E.Ph. 172; of the white horses used by tyrants,

λ. ζεῦγος D. 21.158

, cf. λεύκιππος; λ. λίθος marble, OGI219.36 (Sigeum, iii B.C.), etc., cf. λευκόλιθος; λευκῷ<ν>λίθῳ λ. στάθμη a white line on a white stone, prov. of explanations which do not explain, S.Fr. 330; ἡ λ. ῥίζα white root (= ἡ τοῦ δρακοντίου, acc. to Gal.19.118), Hp.Morb.2.48, Nat.Mul.32; freq. of white or grey hair,

λ. κάρη Tyrt.10.23

;

θρίξ S.Ant. 1092

;

λ. γῆρας Id.Aj. 625

(lyr.);

λευκὰ γήρᾳ σώματα E.HF 909

, etc.

b of the human skin, white, fair, sts. as a sign of youth and beauty, χρώς, πήχεε, Il.11.573, Od.23.240; λ. παρειά, παρηΐς, S.Ant. 1239, E.Med. 923; σάρξ, δέρη, ib. 1189 (v.l.), IA 875 (troch.); freq. with the notion of bare, κῶλον, πούς, Id.Ba. 665, 863 (lyr.), Ion 221 (lyr.); cf. λευκόπους.

c of persons, white-skinned, Pl.R. 474e: hence, weakly, womanish, Ar.Th. 191, Ec. 428, X.HG3.4.19;

λευκῶν ἀνδρῶν οὐδὲν ὄφελος Macar.5.55

; cf. λευκόπρωκτος, λευκόχρως.

d λευκαὶ φρένες in Pi.P.4.109 is expld. by Hsch. μαινόμεναι, frantic, passionate (cf. λευκῶν πραπίδων· κακῶν φρενῶν, Id.).

2 λ. χρυσός, pale gold, i.e. gold alloyed with silver (prob. the same as ἤλεκτρον), opp. ἄπεφθος χρυσός, Hdt.1.50.

3 metaph., bright, fortunate, happy,

λευκὸν ἦμαρ νυκτὸς ἐκ μελαγχίμου A.Pers. 301

, cf. Ag. 668; a joyful day or holiday, Call.Aet.1.1.2; λ. ἡμέρα a happy day, S.Fr.6, cf. Sch.Call.Iamb.in PSI9.1094.39; variously expld. in Phylarch. 83 J., Plu.Per.27; ἡ λ. ψῆφος the vote of acquittal, Luc.Harm.3, cf. Hsch.

III λεύκη, ἡ, leuko/n, τό, as Subst., v. sub vocc. (Cogn. with Lat. lux, etc.)