per-illūstris

pĕr-illustris, e, adj.

Very brilliant, very notable:

quod sub ipsā proscriptione perillustre fuit,

Nep. Att. 12, 3.—

Greatly distinguished, highly honored, Cic. Att. 5, 20, 1.

illustro ( inl-), āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [illustris], to light up, make light, illuminate (class.; esp. freq. in the trop. signif.).

Lit.:

o, qua sol habitabiles Illustrat oras, maxime principum?

Hor. C. 4, 14, 6:

placida nocte leniter illustrante stellas,

Plin. 2, 18, 16, § 80:

ergastulum angustis illustratum fenestris,

Col. 1, 6, 3 (but Cic. Rep. 6, 17, read lustret).—

Trop. (acc. to illustris, II. A. and B.).

To make clear to the mind, to clear up, elucidate, illustrate, explain:

ut ea consilia, quae clam essent inita contra salutem urbis, illustrarentur,

Cic. Cat. 3, 8, 20; cf.:

illustrantur, erumpunt omnia,

id. ib. 1, 3, 6; id. Rep. 2, 18; Lucr. 1, 137:

omnia illustrata, patefacta, comperta sunt per me,

Cic. Cat. 3, 1, 3; 3, 9, 21; cf.:

si modo id patefactum et illustratum est,

id. Lael. 26, 97; and:

jus obscurum et ignotum patefacere et illustrare,

id. de Or. 1, 39, 177:

philosophiam veterem Latinis litteris illustrare,

id. Ac. 1, 1, 3; cf. id. Brut. 64, 228:

illustrant eam (orationem) quasi stellae quaedam translata verba atque immutata,

place in the right light, embellish, set off, adorn, id. Or. 27, 92; cf. id. Inv. 2, 15, 49:

de illustranda oratione ut diceres,

id. de Or. 3, 36, 144:

orationem,

Quint. 4, 3, 4; 8, 6, 14; 11, 1, 2.—

To render famous, renowned, illustrious: aliquem laudibus, Luccei. ap. Cic. Fam. 5, 14, 1:

quem Brutus cognomine suo illustravit,

Plin. 34, 8, 19, § 82:

familiam,

Suet. Galb. 3:

illustrabit, mihi crede, tuam amplitudinem hominum injuria,

Cic. Fam. 1, 6, 2: humilius genus illustrasse factis, Quint. 3, 7, 10:

summa quibus illustratur forum ingenia,

id. 10, 1, 122; cf.:

Padus poenā Phaëthontis illustratus,

Plin. 3, 16, 20, § 117:

vina maxime illustrata Messalae potu et salute,

id. 14, 6, 8, § 69; Quint. 10, 1, 67; cf.:

quid prius illustrem satiris Musaque pedestri?

Hor. S. 2, 6, 17; Plin. 35, 10, 36, § 91.

illustro ( inl-), āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [illustris], to light up, make light, illuminate (class.; esp. freq. in the trop. signif.).

Lit.:

o, qua sol habitabiles Illustrat oras, maxime principum?

Hor. C. 4, 14, 6:

placida nocte leniter illustrante stellas,

Plin. 2, 18, 16, § 80:

ergastulum angustis illustratum fenestris,

Col. 1, 6, 3 (but Cic. Rep. 6, 17, read lustret).—

Trop. (acc. to illustris, II. A. and B.).

To make clear to the mind, to clear up, elucidate, illustrate, explain:

ut ea consilia, quae clam essent inita contra salutem urbis, illustrarentur,

Cic. Cat. 3, 8, 20; cf.:

illustrantur, erumpunt omnia,

id. ib. 1, 3, 6; id. Rep. 2, 18; Lucr. 1, 137:

omnia illustrata, patefacta, comperta sunt per me,

Cic. Cat. 3, 1, 3; 3, 9, 21; cf.:

si modo id patefactum et illustratum est,

id. Lael. 26, 97; and:

jus obscurum et ignotum patefacere et illustrare,

id. de Or. 1, 39, 177:

philosophiam veterem Latinis litteris illustrare,

id. Ac. 1, 1, 3; cf. id. Brut. 64, 228:

illustrant eam (orationem) quasi stellae quaedam translata verba atque immutata,

place in the right light, embellish, set off, adorn, id. Or. 27, 92; cf. id. Inv. 2, 15, 49:

de illustranda oratione ut diceres,

id. de Or. 3, 36, 144:

orationem,

Quint. 4, 3, 4; 8, 6, 14; 11, 1, 2.—

To render famous, renowned, illustrious: aliquem laudibus, Luccei. ap. Cic. Fam. 5, 14, 1:

quem Brutus cognomine suo illustravit,

Plin. 34, 8, 19, § 82:

familiam,

Suet. Galb. 3:

illustrabit, mihi crede, tuam amplitudinem hominum injuria,

Cic. Fam. 1, 6, 2: humilius genus illustrasse factis, Quint. 3, 7, 10:

summa quibus illustratur forum ingenia,

id. 10, 1, 122; cf.:

Padus poenā Phaëthontis illustratus,

Plin. 3, 16, 20, § 117:

vina maxime illustrata Messalae potu et salute,

id. 14, 6, 8, § 69; Quint. 10, 1, 67; cf.:

quid prius illustrem satiris Musaque pedestri?

Hor. S. 2, 6, 17; Plin. 35, 10, 36, § 91.

lūcĕo, xi, 2, v. n. [Sanscr. ruk, to be bright; Gr. luchnos, leukos, amphilukê; Lat. lux, lumen, lucidus, luna; O. H.-Germ. liŏht; Germ. Licht; cf. also illustris], to be light or clear, to shine, beam, glitter (syn.: splendeo, fulgeo).

Lit.: (lumen) Nihilo minus ipsi lucet, Enn. ap. Cic. Off. 1, 16, 51 (Trag. v. 389 Vahl.): tum candida lumina lucent, id. ap. Fest. p. 228 and 229 Müll. (Ann. v. 157 Vahl.):

(stella) luce lucebat aliena,

Cic. Rep. 4, 16, 16:

dum meus assiduo luceat igne focus,

Tib. 1, 1, 6:

lucet igne rogus,

Ov. H. 11, 104:

rara per occultos lucebat semita calles,

Verg. A. 9, 383:

lucet via longo Ordine flammarum,

id. ib. 11, 143; cf. Prop. 2, 14 (3, 6), 17:

interior caeli qua semita lucet,

Stat. Th. 9, 641:

(luminaria) lucent in firmamento caeli,

Vulg. Gen. 1, 15:

niveo lucet in ore rubor,

Ov. Am. 3, 3, 6:

lucent oculi,

id. M. 1, 239; Val. Fl. 6, 492:

cinis in multam noctem pertinaciter luxit,

Suet. Tib. 74:

virgatis lucent sagulis (sc. Galli),

glitter, Verg. A. 8, 660:

taedā lucebis in illa,

i. e. shall burn, Juv. 1, 155:

non amplius erit sol ad lucendum,

Vulg. Isa. 60, 19.—In the part. pres.:

e rosea sol alte lampade lucens,

Lucr. 5, 610; so,

globus lunae,

Verg. A. 6, 725:

faces,

Ov. F. 3, 270:

sedebat In solio Phoebus claris lucente smaragdis,

id. M. 2, 24:

lucerna lucens in caliginoso loco,

Vulg. 2 Pet. 1, 19.— Poet., with acc.:

huic lucebis novae nuptae facem,

will light her home with a torch, Plaut. Cas. 1, 30: tute tibi puer es;

lautus luces cereum,

id. Curc. 1, 1, 9.—

Of the day, daylight, etc., to appear, dawn, become light:

an umquam lucebit in orbe ille dies,

Sil. 16, 91:

lucente jam die,

Amm. 21, 15, 2.—

Esp., impers.: lucet, lucebat, etc., it is (was) light, it is (was) day, it is dawning:

priusquam lucet, adsunt,

Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 115:

si lucet lucet: lucet autem, lucet igitur,

Cic. Ac. 2, 30, 96:

si judicatum erit meridie non lucere,

id. Att. 1, 1, 1:

nondum lucebat,

id. Rosc. Am. 34, 97:

nec satis lucebat: cum autem luceret, etc.,

id. Att. 16, 13, a, 1:

ubi lucere coepisset,

id. Div. 1, 23, 47: expergiscere: lucet hoc, it is light, it is day there (in the sky), Plaut. Mil. 2, 2, 63:

hoc... luce lucebit,

id. Curc. 1, 3, 26. —

Transf., to shine or show through, to be discernible, visible ( poet.):

si qua Arabio lucet bombyce puella,

Prop. 2, 2, 25 (2, 3, 15):

femineum lucet sic per bombycina corpus,

Mart. 8, 68, 7:

vitalia lucent,

are uncovered, Stat. Th. 8, 525.—

Trop., to shine forth, to be conspicuous, apparent, clear, evident:

nunc imperii nostri splendor illis gentibus lucet,

Cic. Imp. Pomp. 14, 41:

mea officia et studia, quae parum antea luxerunt,

id. Att. 3, 15, 4:

cum res ipsa tot, tam claris argumentis luceat,

id. Mil. 23, 61:

virtus lucet in tenebris,

id. Sest. 28, 60:

tota oratio lucet,

Quint. 8, 5, 29; 9, 1, 19.—Hence, lūcens, entis, P. a., shining, bright, conspicuous: lucentior usus, Mall. Theod. de Metr. 9, 7.

ălĭquandŏ, temp. adv. [aliquis; Corssen, Ausspr. II. p. 856, regards the affix in this word and in quando as from an earlier -da = dies].

A.. In opp. to a definite, fixed point of time, at some time or other, once; at any time, ever (i. e. at an indefinite, undetermined time, of the past, present, and future; mostly in affirmative clauses, while umquam is only used of past and future time, and in negative clauses or those implying doubt; cf. Beier ad Cic. Off. 2, 14, 51).—Of the past: neque ego umquam fuisse tale monstrum in terris ullum puto: quis clarioribus viris quodam tempore jucundior? quis turpioribus conjunctior: quis civis meliorum partium aliquando? Cic. Cael. 5, 12:

Ad quem angelorum dixit aliquando, Sede etc.,

Vulg. Heb. 1, 13.—Of the future:

erit illud profecto tempus et illucescet aliquando ille dies, etc.,

Cic. Mil. 26, 69:

cave, ne aliquando peccato consentias,

Vulg. Tob. 4, 6:

huic utinam aliquando gratiam referre possimus! Habebimus quidem semper,

Cic. Fam. 14, 4:

ne posset aliquando ad bellum faciendum locus ipse adhortari,

id. Off. 1, 11, 35.—Of the present: de rationibus et de controversiis societatis vult dijudicari. Sero: verum aliquando tamen, but yet once, in opp. to not at all, never, Cic. Quint. 13, 43.—

With non, nec (eccl. Lat.):

non peccabitis aliquando,

Vulg. 2 Pet. 1, 10:

nec aliquando defuit quidquam iis,

ib. 1 Reg. 25, 7; 25, 15; ib. Dan. 14, 6; ib 1 Thess. 2, 5.—

In connection with ullus, and oftener, esp. in Cic., with aliquis:

quaerere ea num vel e Philone vel ex ullo Academico audivisset aliquando,

Cic. Ac. 2, 4, 11: Forsitan aliquis aliquando ejusmodi quidpiam fecerit. id. Verr. 2, 32, 78;

ego quia dico aliquid aliquando, et quia, ut fit, in multis exit aliquando aliquid, etc.,

id. Planc 14, 35;

non despero fore aliquem aliquando,

id. de Or. 1, 21, 95:

docendo etiam aliquid aliquando,

id. Or. 42, 144:

Nam aut erit hic aliquid aliquando, etc.,

id. Fam. 7, 11, 2.—So with quisquis:

nec quidquam aliquando periit,

Vulg. 1 Reg. 25, 15; 25, 7.—

Si forte aliquando or si aliquando, if at any time, if ever; or of a distant, but undefined, point of time, if once, at one time, or one day:

si quid hujus simile forte aliquando evenerit,

Ter. Heaut. 3, 2, 40:

quod si aliquando manus ista plus valuerit quam vestra ac rei publicae dignitas, etc.,

Cic. Cat. 4, 10, 20: ampla domus dedecori saepe domino fit, et maxime si aliquando alio domino solita est frequentari, once, i. e. at a former time, id. Off. 1, 39, 139.—

It is often used (opp.: in praesentiā, nunc, adhuc) of an indefinite, past, or future time = olim, quondam, once, formerly; in future time, hereafter:

quod sit in praesentiā de honestate delibatum, virtute aliquando et industriā recuperetur,

Cic. Inv. 2, 58, 174:

aliquando nobis libertatis tempus fuisse, quod pacis vobiscum non fuerit: nunc certe, etc., Liv 25, 29: Iol ad mare, aliquando ignobilis, nunc illustris,

Mel. 1, 6:

Qui aliquando non populus, nunc autem populus Dei,

Vulg. 1 Pet. 2, 10; ib. Philem. 11:

quam concedis adhuc artem omnino non esse, sed aliquando, etc.,

Cic. de Or 1, 58, 246.—Sometimes the point of time in contrast can be determined only from the context:

quaerere num e Philone audivisset aliquando,

Cic. Ac. Pr. 2, 4, 11:

veritus sum deesse Pompeii saluti, cum ille aliquando non defuisset meae,

id. Fam. 6, 6, 10:

aut quisquam nostri misereri potest, qui aliquando vobis hostis fuit?

Sall. J. 14, 17:

Zacynthus aliquando appellata Hyrie,

Plin. 4, 12, 19, § 54; Plin. Ep. 6, 10:

quae aliquando viderat,

Vulg. Gen. 42, 9; ib. 1 Pet. 3, 20.—

Of that which at times happens, in contrast with that which never or seldom occurs, sometimes, now and then = non numquam, interdum (opp.: numquam, raro; semper, saepe).

Te non numquam a me alienārunt, et me aliquando immutārunt tibi, Cic. Fam. 5, 8, 2:

liceret ei dicere utilitatem aliquando cum honestate pugnare,

id. Off. 3, 3, 12:

sitne aliquando mentiri boni viri?

id. de Or. 3, 29, 113; Quint. 5, 13, 31:

multa proelia et aliquando non cruenta,

Tac. Agr. 17; Suet. Aug. 43.—

With numquam, raro; semper, saepe, saepius, modo in another clause:

convertit se aliquando ad timorem, numquam ad sanitatem,

Cic. Sull. 5, 17:

senatumque et populum numquam obscura nomina, etiam si aliquando obumbrentur,

Tac. H. 2, 32:

quod non saepe, atque haud scio an umquam, in aliquā parte eluceat aliquando,

Cic. Or. 2, 7:

raro, sed aliquando tamen, ex metu delirium nascitur,

Cels. 3, 18; so id. 8, 4; 1 praef.:

aliquando... semper,

Liv. 45, 23, 8:

aliquando fortuna, semper animo maximus,

Vell. 2, 18: Haud semper errat fama;

aliquando et elegit,

Tac. Agr. 9:

aliquando... saepe,

Cels. 1 praef.:

nec tamen ubique cerni, aliquando propter nubila, saepius globo terrae obstante,

Plin. 2, 13, 10, § 56; so Tac. A. 3, 27; id. Agr. 38.—

In partitive clauses, twice, or even several times, like modo—modo, sometimes also alternating with non numquam or modo (so only in the post-Aug. per.), at one time... at another, now.. now:

confirmatio aliquando totius causae est, aliquando partium,

Quint. 5, 13, 58; Plin. 17, 28, 47, § 262; Sen. Q. N. 2, 36, 2:

aliquando emicat stella, aliquando ardores sunt, aliquando fixi et haerentes, non numquam volubiles,

id. ib. 1, 14; cf. Suet. Calig. 52:

Vespasianus modo in spem erectus, aliquando adversa reputabat,

Tac. H. 2, 74; id. A. 16, 10.—

In colloquial lang., to indicate that there is occasion for a certain thing, once, for once, on this occasion, now:

aliquando osculando melius est, uxor, pausam fieri,

Plaut. Rud. 4, 6, 1:

sed si placet, sermonem alio transferamus, et nostro more aliquando, non rhetorico loquamur,

now in our own way, Cic. de Or. 1, 29, 133:

sed ne plura: dicendum enim aliquando est, Pomponium Atticum sic amo, ut alterum fratrem,

I must for once say it, id. Fam. 13, 1, 14.—

In commands, exhortations, or wishes, = tandem, at length, now at last:

audite quaeso, judices, et aliquando miseremini sociorum,

Cic. Verr. 1, 28, 72:

mode scribe aliquando ad nos, quid agas,

id. Fam. 7, 12, 2:

stulti, aliquando sapite,

Vulg. Psa. 93, 8:

ipse agat, ut orbatura patres aliquando fulmina ponat,

Ov. M. 2, 391:

Aliquando isti principes sibi populi Romani auctoritati parendum esse fateantur,

id. Imp. Pomp. 22, 64; id. Verr. 4, 37, 81; Sall. J. 14, 21; Ov. M. 2, 390:

et velim aliquando, cum erit tuum commodum, Lentulum puerum visas,

Cic. Att. 12, 28.—Hence,

Of that which happens after long expectation or delay, freq. in connection with tandem, finally, at length, now at last:

quibus (quaestionibus) finem aliquando amicorum auctoritas fecit,

Cic. Clu. 67, 191:

(dii) placati jam vel satiati aliquando,

id. Marcell. 6, 18:

collegi me aliquando,

id. Clu. 18, 51: aliquando idque sero usum loquendi populo concessi, finally. i. e. after I have for a long time spoken in another manner, id. Or. 48, 160:

te aliquando collaudare possum, quod jam, etc.,

id. Fam. 7, 17; Suet. Aug. 70:

diu exspectaverant, dum retia extraherentur: aliquando extractis piscis nullus infuit,

id. Clar. Rhet. 1.—With tandem:

aliquando tandem huc animum ut adducas tuum,

Ter. Hec. 4, 4, 61:

spes est et hunc aliquan do tandem posse consistere,

Cic. Quint. 30, 94 tandem aliquando L. Catilinam ex urbe ejecimus, id. Cat. 2, 1:

ut tandem aliquando timere desinam,

id. ib. 1, 7, 18; id. Quint. 30, 94:

servus tandem aliquando mihi a te exspectatissimas litteras reddidit,

id. Fam. 16, 9:

tandem aliquando refloruistis,

Vulg. Phil. 4, 10.—With jam:

utile esse te aliquando jam rem transigere,

now at length Cic. Att. 1, 4.

flōrĕo, ŭi, 2, v. n. [flos], to bloom, blossom, flower (class.; esp. freq. in the trop. sense; cf.: floresco, vigeo).

Lit.:

per terras frondent atque omnia florent,

Lucr. 5, 214: florere omnia, Poët. ap. Cic. Tusc. 1, 28, 69:

haec arbor una (lentiscus) ter floret,

Cic. Div. 1, 9, 16:

possetne uno tempore florere, deinde vicissim horrere terra?

id. N. D. 2, 7, 19:

imputata floret usque vinea,

Hor. Epod. 16, 44:

vinea, segetes,

Ov. F. 5, 263 sq.:

narcisso floreat alnus,

Verg. E. 8, 52:

florentes ferulae,

id. ib. 10, 25.— Poet.:

si bene floreat annus,

Ov. F. 5, 327.—

Transf.

(Acc. to flos, I. B.) Of wine, to froth:

si vinum florere incipiet,

Col. 12, 30, 1:

vina quoque in magnis operose condita cellis Florent,

Ov. F. 5, 270.—

To get the first downy beard:

libat florentes haec tibi prima (dies) genas,

Mart. 3, 6, 4.—

To be filled with, to abound with any thing (ante-class. and poet.): mare velis florere videres, Cato ap. Charis. p. 185; cf.:

mare velivolis florebat puppibus,

Lucr. 5, 1442; cf.:

hinc laetas urbes pueris florere videmus,

id. 1, 255 Lachm.:

Hybla multis thymis,

Ov. P. 2, 7, 26:

jam pridem regio... undat equis floretque viris,

Val. Fl. 1, 547.—

To bloom, i. e. to be bright with varied colors:

pampineo gravidus autumno Floret ager, of the ripening fruits,

Verg. G. 2, 6;

of an army on the march: variis floret via discolor armis,

Val. Fl. 5, 565; cf.:

floret cristatus exercitus undique turmis,

Claud. III. Cons. Hon. 133.—

To be bright (cf. P. a. infra):

lumina floruisse,

Tert. Apol. 11:

caelum luminibus floruisset,

id. adv. Marc. 4, 42.—

Trop., to be in a flourishing or prosperous condition, to flourish, be in good repute, to be eminent, distinguished, etc.; constr. with the abl. and absol.

Of persons and animate things.

With abl.:

in sua patria multis virtutibus ac beneficiis floruit princeps,

Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 49, § 128:

privatis officiis et ingenii laude floruit,

id. de Or. 3, 2, 7:

omni genere virtutis,

id. Brut. 7, 28:

cum acumine ingenii tum admirabili quodam lepore dicendi,

id. Ac. 2, 6, 16:

honoribus et rerum gestarum gloriā,

id. de Or. 1, 1, 1:

gratiā, auctoritate, gloriā,

id. Fam. 4, 13, 2:

laudibus,

id. ib. 9, 14, 2:

nobilitate discipulorum,

id. de Or. 3, 35, 141:

omnibus copiis (Crotoniatae),

id. Inv. 2, 1, 1:

tria genera dicendi, quibus quidam floruerunt,

id. Or. 5, 20.—

With in and abl.:

in re militari Epaminondas,

Nep. Epam. 5:

ille vir, qui in Curia, in Rostris, in re publica floruisset, etc.,

Cic. Cael. 24, 59:

in foro,

id. Ac. 2, 1, 1:

in sententis senatoriis et in omni actione atque administratione rei publicae,

id. Fam. 1, 9, 2:

in senectute,

id. Lael. 1, 4.—

Absol.:

ergo in Graecia musici floruerunt,

Cic. Tusc. 1, 2, 4; id. Ac. 2, 6, 16; cf.:

floret Epicurus,

id. Off. 3, 33, 116:

qui inter illos florebas,

id. Quint. 26, 80:

cum multis simul floruit,

Quint. 3, 1, 9:

floruit circa Philippum,

id. 12, 10. 6:

circum tribus actis impiger annis Floret equus,

is in his bloom, prime, Lucr. 5, 884.—

Of inanim. and abstr. things.

With abl.:

illa vetus (Graecia), quae quondam opibus, imperio, gloria floruit, hoc uno malo concidit,

Cic. Fl. 7, 16: familia, quae postea viris fortissimis floruit. id. Phil. 9, 2, 4:

doctissimorum hominum familiaritates, quibus semper domus nostra floruit,

id. N. D. 1, 3, 6; id. Font. 14, 31:

meus ad urbem accessus incredibili hominum multitudine et gratulatione florebat,

id. Sest. 63, 131:

aliquid floret laudibus,

Lucr. 5, 1279.—

Absol.:

quae (magna Graecia) nunc quidem deleta est, tunc florebat,

Cic. Lael. 4, 13:

quae familia admodum floruit,

Suet. Ner. 6:

quorum auctoritas maxime florebat,

Cic. Rep. 2, 34:

gloria generis floret,

id. Fl. 11, 25:

verborum vetus interit aetas, Et juvenum ritu florent modo nata vigentque,

Hor. A. P. 62:

aetherii dono cessere parentes Aeternum florere genas,

to shine in perpetual bloom, perpetual youth, Stat. Th. 1, 705.—Hence, flō-rens, entis, P. a.

Lit., shining, glistening, glittering, bright ( poet. and in postclass. prose):

Ennius et Lucretius florere dicunt omne quod nitidum est,

Serv. Verg. A. 7, 804:

lucernarum florentia lumina flammis,

Lucr. 4, 450; so,

smaragdi arcano igne,

Stat. Th. 2, 276:

postes arcano lumine,

id. ib. 1, 210:

catervae aere,

Verg. A. 7, 804:

exercitus insignibus argenteis et aureis,

Gell. 5, 5, 2.—

Abounding in flowers:

vertice de summo semper florentis Hymetti,

Ov. M. 7, 702.— Subst.: florens, ntis, f., a garland:

do hanc tibi florentem florenti,

Plaut. Pers. 5, 1, 18 (cf. B. 1. b infra).—

Trop. (acc. to II.), flourishing, prosperous, in the prime, in repute, fine, excellent.

Of animate things.

With abl.:

complecti hominem florentem aetate, opibus, honoribus, ingenio, liberis, propinquis, affinibus, amicis,

Cic. Fam. 2, 13, 2:

gratia atque hospitiis florens hominum nobilissimorum,

id. Rosc. Am. 6, 15:

regina Berenice florens aetate formaque,

Tac. H. 2, 81; cf.:

ambo florentes aetatibus,

Verg. E. 7, 4.—

Absol.:

qui te beatum, qui florentem putas,

Cic. Par. 2, 18:

quos ego florentis atque integros sine ferro viceram,

id. Planc. 35, 86:

oratores florentes et leviter ornati,

id. Or. 6, 20:

florens et illustris adolescens,

Caes. B. G. 7, 32, 4: exorta semper florentis Homeri species, Enn. ap. Lucr. 1, 124.— Plur. as subst.: flōrentes, um, the prosperous (opp. afflicti), Nep. Att. 11, 4.—

Of inanim. and abstr. things.

With abl.:

florentes viribus anni,

Sil. 1, 226; so,

anni vigore,

Petr. 132:

animus vino,

joyous, Gell. 6, 13, 4.—

Absol.:

(majores nostri) ex minima tenuissimaque re publica maximam et florentissimam nobis reliquerunt,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 18, 50; cf.:

civitas (Ubiorum) ampla atque florens,

Caes. B. G. 4, 3, 3:

invidetur praestanti florentique fortunae,

Cic. de Or. 2, 52, 210:

florens amicitia (opp. afflicta),

id. Quint. 30, 93:

quod eo consilio florentissimis rebus domos suas Helvetii reliquissent, uti, etc.,

Caes. B. G. 1, 30, 3; cf.:

neu florentes res suas cum Jugurthae perditis misceret,

Sall. J. 83, 1:

florentes Etruscorum opes,

Liv. 1, 2, 3:

florentissima Samnitium castra,

Cic. Div. 1, 33, 72:

equus florenti aetate,

Lucr. 5, 1074:

aevo florente puellae,

id. 3, 1008; cf.:

adhuc florente juventa Fervidus,

Hor. A. P. 115:

florentissima ejus erat aetas,

Liv. 30, 12, 17: nostrum opus tibi probari laetor: ex quo anthê ipsa posuisti, quae mihi florentiora sunt visa tuo judicio, Cic. Att. 16, 11, 1; cf.:

modus nullus est florentior in singulis verbis (quam translatio),

id. de Or. 3, 41, 166; id. Or. 27, 96:

oratio florentissima,

Gell. 15, 28, 5; cf.

also: florentis facundiae homo,

id. 19, 9, 2 — Adv.: flōrenter, flourishingly, famously (late Lat.): florentissime docet, i. e. with great repute, celebrity, Hier. Chron. Euseb. an. 358.

flōrĕo, ŭi, 2, v. n. [flos], to bloom, blossom, flower (class.; esp. freq. in the trop. sense; cf.: floresco, vigeo).

Lit.:

per terras frondent atque omnia florent,

Lucr. 5, 214: florere omnia, Poët. ap. Cic. Tusc. 1, 28, 69:

haec arbor una (lentiscus) ter floret,

Cic. Div. 1, 9, 16:

possetne uno tempore florere, deinde vicissim horrere terra?

id. N. D. 2, 7, 19:

imputata floret usque vinea,

Hor. Epod. 16, 44:

vinea, segetes,

Ov. F. 5, 263 sq.:

narcisso floreat alnus,

Verg. E. 8, 52:

florentes ferulae,

id. ib. 10, 25.— Poet.:

si bene floreat annus,

Ov. F. 5, 327.—

Transf.

(Acc. to flos, I. B.) Of wine, to froth:

si vinum florere incipiet,

Col. 12, 30, 1:

vina quoque in magnis operose condita cellis Florent,

Ov. F. 5, 270.—

To get the first downy beard:

libat florentes haec tibi prima (dies) genas,

Mart. 3, 6, 4.—

To be filled with, to abound with any thing (ante-class. and poet.): mare velis florere videres, Cato ap. Charis. p. 185; cf.:

mare velivolis florebat puppibus,

Lucr. 5, 1442; cf.:

hinc laetas urbes pueris florere videmus,

id. 1, 255 Lachm.:

Hybla multis thymis,

Ov. P. 2, 7, 26:

jam pridem regio... undat equis floretque viris,

Val. Fl. 1, 547.—

To bloom, i. e. to be bright with varied colors:

pampineo gravidus autumno Floret ager, of the ripening fruits,

Verg. G. 2, 6;

of an army on the march: variis floret via discolor armis,

Val. Fl. 5, 565; cf.:

floret cristatus exercitus undique turmis,

Claud. III. Cons. Hon. 133.—

To be bright (cf. P. a. infra):

lumina floruisse,

Tert. Apol. 11:

caelum luminibus floruisset,

id. adv. Marc. 4, 42.—

Trop., to be in a flourishing or prosperous condition, to flourish, be in good repute, to be eminent, distinguished, etc.; constr. with the abl. and absol.

Of persons and animate things.

With abl.:

in sua patria multis virtutibus ac beneficiis floruit princeps,

Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 49, § 128:

privatis officiis et ingenii laude floruit,

id. de Or. 3, 2, 7:

omni genere virtutis,

id. Brut. 7, 28:

cum acumine ingenii tum admirabili quodam lepore dicendi,

id. Ac. 2, 6, 16:

honoribus et rerum gestarum gloriā,

id. de Or. 1, 1, 1:

gratiā, auctoritate, gloriā,

id. Fam. 4, 13, 2:

laudibus,

id. ib. 9, 14, 2:

nobilitate discipulorum,

id. de Or. 3, 35, 141:

omnibus copiis (Crotoniatae),

id. Inv. 2, 1, 1:

tria genera dicendi, quibus quidam floruerunt,

id. Or. 5, 20.—

With in and abl.:

in re militari Epaminondas,

Nep. Epam. 5:

ille vir, qui in Curia, in Rostris, in re publica floruisset, etc.,

Cic. Cael. 24, 59:

in foro,

id. Ac. 2, 1, 1:

in sententis senatoriis et in omni actione atque administratione rei publicae,

id. Fam. 1, 9, 2:

in senectute,

id. Lael. 1, 4.—

Absol.:

ergo in Graecia musici floruerunt,

Cic. Tusc. 1, 2, 4; id. Ac. 2, 6, 16; cf.:

floret Epicurus,

id. Off. 3, 33, 116:

qui inter illos florebas,

id. Quint. 26, 80:

cum multis simul floruit,

Quint. 3, 1, 9:

floruit circa Philippum,

id. 12, 10. 6:

circum tribus actis impiger annis Floret equus,

is in his bloom, prime, Lucr. 5, 884.—

Of inanim. and abstr. things.

With abl.:

illa vetus (Graecia), quae quondam opibus, imperio, gloria floruit, hoc uno malo concidit,

Cic. Fl. 7, 16: familia, quae postea viris fortissimis floruit. id. Phil. 9, 2, 4:

doctissimorum hominum familiaritates, quibus semper domus nostra floruit,

id. N. D. 1, 3, 6; id. Font. 14, 31:

meus ad urbem accessus incredibili hominum multitudine et gratulatione florebat,

id. Sest. 63, 131:

aliquid floret laudibus,

Lucr. 5, 1279.—

Absol.:

quae (magna Graecia) nunc quidem deleta est, tunc florebat,

Cic. Lael. 4, 13:

quae familia admodum floruit,

Suet. Ner. 6:

quorum auctoritas maxime florebat,

Cic. Rep. 2, 34:

gloria generis floret,

id. Fl. 11, 25:

verborum vetus interit aetas, Et juvenum ritu florent modo nata vigentque,

Hor. A. P. 62:

aetherii dono cessere parentes Aeternum florere genas,

to shine in perpetual bloom, perpetual youth, Stat. Th. 1, 705.—Hence, flō-rens, entis, P. a.

Lit., shining, glistening, glittering, bright ( poet. and in postclass. prose):

Ennius et Lucretius florere dicunt omne quod nitidum est,

Serv. Verg. A. 7, 804:

lucernarum florentia lumina flammis,

Lucr. 4, 450; so,

smaragdi arcano igne,

Stat. Th. 2, 276:

postes arcano lumine,

id. ib. 1, 210:

catervae aere,

Verg. A. 7, 804:

exercitus insignibus argenteis et aureis,

Gell. 5, 5, 2.—

Abounding in flowers:

vertice de summo semper florentis Hymetti,

Ov. M. 7, 702.— Subst.: florens, ntis, f., a garland:

do hanc tibi florentem florenti,

Plaut. Pers. 5, 1, 18 (cf. B. 1. b infra).—

Trop. (acc. to II.), flourishing, prosperous, in the prime, in repute, fine, excellent.

Of animate things.

With abl.:

complecti hominem florentem aetate, opibus, honoribus, ingenio, liberis, propinquis, affinibus, amicis,

Cic. Fam. 2, 13, 2:

gratia atque hospitiis florens hominum nobilissimorum,

id. Rosc. Am. 6, 15:

regina Berenice florens aetate formaque,

Tac. H. 2, 81; cf.:

ambo florentes aetatibus,

Verg. E. 7, 4.—

Absol.:

qui te beatum, qui florentem putas,

Cic. Par. 2, 18:

quos ego florentis atque integros sine ferro viceram,

id. Planc. 35, 86:

oratores florentes et leviter ornati,

id. Or. 6, 20:

florens et illustris adolescens,

Caes. B. G. 7, 32, 4: exorta semper florentis Homeri species, Enn. ap. Lucr. 1, 124.— Plur. as subst.: flōrentes, um, the prosperous (opp. afflicti), Nep. Att. 11, 4.—

Of inanim. and abstr. things.

With abl.:

florentes viribus anni,

Sil. 1, 226; so,

anni vigore,

Petr. 132:

animus vino,

joyous, Gell. 6, 13, 4.—

Absol.:

(majores nostri) ex minima tenuissimaque re publica maximam et florentissimam nobis reliquerunt,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 18, 50; cf.:

civitas (Ubiorum) ampla atque florens,

Caes. B. G. 4, 3, 3:

invidetur praestanti florentique fortunae,

Cic. de Or. 2, 52, 210:

florens amicitia (opp. afflicta),

id. Quint. 30, 93:

quod eo consilio florentissimis rebus domos suas Helvetii reliquissent, uti, etc.,

Caes. B. G. 1, 30, 3; cf.:

neu florentes res suas cum Jugurthae perditis misceret,

Sall. J. 83, 1:

florentes Etruscorum opes,

Liv. 1, 2, 3:

florentissima Samnitium castra,

Cic. Div. 1, 33, 72:

equus florenti aetate,

Lucr. 5, 1074:

aevo florente puellae,

id. 3, 1008; cf.:

adhuc florente juventa Fervidus,

Hor. A. P. 115:

florentissima ejus erat aetas,

Liv. 30, 12, 17: nostrum opus tibi probari laetor: ex quo anthê ipsa posuisti, quae mihi florentiora sunt visa tuo judicio, Cic. Att. 16, 11, 1; cf.:

modus nullus est florentior in singulis verbis (quam translatio),

id. de Or. 3, 41, 166; id. Or. 27, 96:

oratio florentissima,

Gell. 15, 28, 5; cf.

also: florentis facundiae homo,

id. 19, 9, 2 — Adv.: flōrenter, flourishingly, famously (late Lat.): florentissime docet, i. e. with great repute, celebrity, Hier. Chron. Euseb. an. 358.

glōrĭōsus, a, um, adj. [gloria].

(Acc. to gloria, I.) Full of glory, glorious, famous, renowned (syn.:

illustris, praeclarus, magnificus): de clarorum hominum factis illustribus et gloriosis satis hoc loco dictum,

Cic. Fin. 1, 11, 37:

quae si in privatis gloriosa sunt,

id. Deiot. 14, 40:

magnificum illud Romanisque hominibus gloriosum, ut Graecis de philosophia libris non egeant,

id. Div. 2, 2, 5:

in illa fuga, nobis gloriosa,

id. ib. 1, 28, 59:

mors,

id. ib. 1, 24, 51:

consilia,

id. Att. 8, 12, 5:

illa,

Vell. 2, 49, 4:

princeps,

Suet. Calig. 8:

gloriosissimae victoriae,

id. Tib. 52; cf.:

dies gloriosissimus,

Tac. H. 5, 17:

quod ipsi Agamemnoni fuit honestum, habere, etc.... mihi vero gloriosum, te juvenem consulem florere laudibus,

Cic. Fam. 9, 14, 2; cf.:

bene de re publica mereri, gloriosum est,

id. Phil. 1, 14, 33:

quod quaesitur gloriosum an indecorum sit,

Sall. H. 4, 61, 1 Dietsch:

in saecula,

Vulg. Dan. 3, 56.—

Vainglorious, boasting, bragging, haughty, conceited, ostentatious (syn.: jactans, arrogans, superbus, insolens, vanus, ostentator).

In gen.:

vos nequam et gloriosae,

Plaut. Truc. 1, 2, 55:

(vir) mendax et gloriosus,

id. Curc. 4, 1, 10; 5, 2, 34; id. Ps. 3, 2, 5:

ubi illa magnifica et gloriosa ostentatio civitatis?

Cic. Fl. 22, 52:

praepotens et gloriosa philosophia,

id. de Or. 1, 43, 193:

epistolae jactantes et gloriosae,

Plin. Ep. 3, 9, 13:

pavo, gloriosum animal,

Plin. 10, 20, 22, § 44:

esse gloriosi animi,

eager for glory, Suet. Claud. 1:

miles,

Ter. Eun. prol. 31; 38; cf.

B. infra: vir,

a braggart, Vulg. Prov. 25, 14.—

Esp.: Miles gloriosus, the title of a comedy of Plautus. To this refers:

deforme est, de se ipsum praedicare, falsa praesertim, et cum irrisione audientium imitari Militem gloriosum,

Cic. Off. 1, 38, 137; and:

milites,

id. Lael. 26, 98.—Hence, adv.: glōrĭōse.

(Acc. to I.) Gloriously: res magnas manu gerere, Naev. ap. Gell. 6, 8, 5:

triumphare,

Cic. Fam. 2, 12, 3; Vulg. Exod. 15, 1.— Comp.:

quia relicua gloriosius retinebat,

Sall. H. 1, 55 Dietsch. — Sup.:

quod per ipsos confici potuit, gloriosissime et magnificentissime confecerunt,

Cic. Att. 14, 4, 2.—

(Acc. to II.) Boastfully, vauntingly, pompously:

exorsus es non gloriose magis a veritate quam, etc.,

Cic. de Or. 2, 8, 31:

mentiri,

id. Mil. 27, 72; cf.

proloqui,

Plaut. Stich. 2, 1, 4: amiciri, id. Pers. 2, 5, 6:

amicitiam ostentare,

Sall. H. 4, 61, 8 Dietsch.

nōbĭlis, e (old collat. form gnōbĭlis: nobilem antiqui pro noto ponebant, et quidem per g litteram, ut Plautus in Pseudolo: peregrina facies videtur hominis atque ignobilis, et: oculis meis obviam ignobilis obicitur. Attius in Diomede: ergo me Argos referam, nam hic sum gnobilis. Livius in Virgo: ornamento incedunt gnobili ignobiles, Paul. ex Fest. p. 174 Müll.), adj. [for gnobilis, from gnosco; Gr. gignôskô; v. nosco], that can be known or is known, knowable, known.

In gen. (very rare):

neque his umquam nobilis fui,

Plaut. Ps. 4, 7, 9:

addidit facinori fidem nobili gaudio,

Tac. H. 3, 39.—

In partic.

Wellknown, famous, noted, celebrated, renowned (freq. and class.; cf.:

clarus, insignis, inclutus, illustris): die festo celebri nobilique, Aphrodisiis,

Plaut. Poen. 3, 5, 13:

magnus et nobilis rhetor Isocrates,

Cic. Inv. 2, 2, 7:

illustre et nobile municipium,

id. Verr. 2, 5, 16, § 40:

oppidum clarum et nobile,

id. ib. 2, 1, 24, §

63: ex doctrinā nobilis et clarus,

id. Rab. Post. 9, 23:

gladiatorum par nobilissimum,

id. Opt. Gen. 6, 17:

multi in philosophiā praeclari et nobiles,

id. de Or. 1, 11, 46:

ut arcendis sceleribus exemplum nobile esset,

Liv. 2, 5:

Corinthus aere,

Ov. M. 6, 416:

puerosque Ledae, Hunc equis, illum superare pugnis Nobilem,

Hor. C. 1, 12, 25:

palma nobilis,

id. ib. 1, 1, 5:

nobilis e tectis fundere gaesa rotis,

Prop. 4 (5), 10, 42:

tamquam Feceris ipse aliquid propter quod nobilis esses,

Juv. 8, 41: aquae salubritate et medendis corporibus nobiles. Vell. 2, 25, 4:

vitulis marinis ad multa nobile fel,

Plin. 11, 37, 75, § 195:

emplastra nobilia ad extrahendum fel,

Cels. 5, 19:

Cicero vir nobilissimae novitatis,

Vell. 2, 34, 3.—In a bad sense, notorious:

innocentes qui se scelere fieri nolunt nobiles,

Plaut. Rud. 3, 2, 5:

mea (amica) est potens, procax, magnifica, sumtuosa, nobilis,

Ter. Heaut. 2, 1, 15:

ille nobilis taurus, quem Phalaris habuisse dicitur,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 33, § 73; Liv. 39, 9, 5.—

High-born, of noble birth, noble, i. e. sprung from a family (either patrician or plebeian) many members of which had filled curule offices, and consequently possessing the jus imaginum (opp. homo novus or ignobilis; cf.:

generosus, amplus): non facit nobilem atrium plenum fumosis imaginibus,

Sen. Ep. 44, 5:

quanta sit in invidiā apud quosdam nobilis homines novorum hominum virtus et industria,

Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 71, § 181:

Clodia mulier non solum nobilis sed etiam nota,

id. Cael. 13, 31:

nobili genere nati,

id. Verr. 2, 5, 70, § 180:

homines apud nos noti, inter suos nobiles,

id. Fl. 22, 52; Liv. 22, 58.—Hence, subst.: nōbĭlis, is, m., a nobleman:

nobiles nostri,

Plin. Ep. 5, 17, 5; Vulg. Isa. 5, 13; id. Psa. 149, 8: Nobilissimus, most noble, under the later emperors, a title of the Cæsars and of the members of the imperial family, Cod. Th. 10, 25, 1; Dig. 40, 11, 3.—

Of a noble kind, noble, excellent, superior:

tres nobilissimi fundi,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 35, 99:

nobiliumque greges custos servabat equarum,

Ov. M. 2, 690:

nobilis hic (equus), quocumque venit de gramine,

Juv. 8, 60.—Hence, adv.: nōbĭlĭter, famously, excellently, splendidly, nobly (mostly post-Aug.;

not in Cic. or Cæs.),

Vitr. 7 praef.:

nobiliter caelare argentum,

Plin. 34, 8, 19, § 91.— Comp.:

nobilius philosophari,

Sid. Ep. 9, 9.— Sup.:

ab exercitu nobilissime tumulatus,

Liv. Epit. 54.

pūrus, a, um, adj. [Sanscr. root pū, purificare, lustrare; cf.: pŭtus, pŭto; whence also poinê; Lat. poena], clean, pure, i. e. free from any foreign, esp. from any contaminating admixture (syn.: illimis, liquidus).

Lit.

Clean, free from dirt or filth, pure, unstained, undefiled:

purae aedes,

Plaut. Truc. 2, 7, 6:

et manibus puris sumite fontis aquam,

Tib. 2, 1, 14; Hor. Epod. 17, 49; id. S. 1, 4, 68:

vestis,

Verg. A. 12, 169:

ut quicquid inde haurias, purum liquidumque te haurire sentias,

Cic. Caecin. 27, 78:

amnis,

Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 120:

aqua,

id. C. 3, 16, 29; cf. id. Ep. 1, 10, 20:

fons,

Prop. 3 (4), 1, 3:

lympha,

Sil. 7, 170:

amphorae,

Hor. Epod. 2, 15:

fictilia,

Tib. 1, 1, 30:

torus,

id. 1, 3, 26:

purissima mella,

Verg. G. 4, 163:

aëre purior ignis,

Ov. M. 15, 243:

hasta,

unstained with blood, Stat. Th. 11, 450.—

In gen., free or clear from any admixture or obstruction: terra, cleared (from stones, bushes, etc.), Cic. Sen. 17, 59:

sol,

clear, bright, Hor. C. 3, 29, 45:

orbis,

Ov. M. 4, 348:

caelum,

Tib. 4, 1, 10:

luna,

Hor. C. 2, 5, 19:

vesper,

id. ib. 3, 19, 26:

dies,

Claud. Rapt. Pros. 2, 2:

aurum,

refined, without dross, Plin. 33, 4, 25, § 84; 33, 6, 32, § 99:

argentum,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 23, § 52:

gemma,

Ov. M. 2, 856.— Absol.: pū-rum, i, n., a clear, bright, unclouded sky, Verg. G. 2, 364; Hor. C. 1, 34, 7.—

Transf.

In gen., plain, natural, naked, unadorned, unwrought, unmixed, unadulterated, unsophisticated: argentum, plain, i. e. unornamented, without figures chased upon it, Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 22, § 49; 2, 4, 23, § 52; Plin. Ep. 3, 1, 9; Juv. 9, 141; cf.:

coronarum aliae sunt purae, aliae caelatae,

Vitr. 7, 3; and:

utrum lanx pura an caelata sit,

Dig. 6, 1, 6:

vasa,

not pitched, Col. 12, 4, 4:

locus,

not built upon, vacant, Varr. L. L. 5, § 38 Müll.; Liv. 24, 14; Dig. 13, 7, 43:

humus,

Cic. Sen. 15, 59:

solum,

Liv. 1, 44 fin.:

ager,

Ov. F. 3, 582:

campus,

Verg. A. 12, 771:

purus ab arboribus campus,

Ov. M. 3, 709:

hasta,

without an iron head, Prop. 4 (5), 3, 68:

toga,

without purple stripes, Phaedr. 3, 10, 10:

esse utramque sibi per se puramque necesse'st,

unmixed, Lucr. 1, 506.—

Cleansing, purifying:

idem ter socios pura circumtulit undā,

Verg. A. 6, 229:

sulfur,

Tib. 1, 5, 11.—

Trop.

Pure, unspotted, spotless, chaste, undefiled, unpolluted, faultless, etc.:

animus omni admixtione corporis liberatus, purus et integer,

Cic. Sen. 22, 80:

castus animus purusque,

id. Div. 1, 53, 121:

estne quisquam qui tibi purior esse videatur?

id. Rosc. Com. 6, 18:

puriora et dilucidiora,

id. Tusc. 1, 20, 46: vita et pectore puro, Hor.S. 1,6, 64; id. Ep. 1, 2, 67: pectus purum et firmum, stainless, faultless, Enn. ap. Gell. 7, 17 (Trag. v. 340 Vahl.):

familia,

that has solemnized the funeral rites, Cic. Leg. 2, 22, 57:

gladium purum ab omni caede servare,

Sen. Ep. 24, 7:

purae a civili sanguine manus,

id. Suas. 6, 2:

purus sum a peccato,

Vulg. Prov. 20, 9:

pectus purum ab omni sceleris contagione,

Lact. 5, 12, 2.—Of freedom from sensual passion:

animam puram conservare,

Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 58, § 134:

noctes, opp. spurcae,

Plaut. As. 4, 1, 62; id. Poen. 1, 2, 137; Tib. 1, 3, 26; Mart. 6, 66, 5; 9, 64:

corpus,

Plin. Ep. 4, 11, 9.—With gen.:

integer vitae scelerisque purus,

Hor. C. 1, 22, 1.—Of purity of style:

oratio Catuli sic pura est, ut Latine loqui paene solus videatur,

Cic. de Or. 3, 8, 29; cf.: purum et candidum genus dicendi, id. Or. 16, 53:

sermone puro atque dilucido,

Quint. 11, 1, 53:

sermo quam purissimus,

id. 4, 2, 118:

multo est tersior ac magis purus (Horatius),

id. 10, 1, 94:

pura et illustris brevitas,

Cic. Brut. 75, 262:

pura et incorrupta consuetudo dicendi,

id. ib. 75, 261:

pressus sermo purusque,

Plin. Ep. 7, 9, 8.—

In partic., in jurid. lang., unconditional, without exception, absolute; entire, complete:

judicium purum,

Cic. Inv. 2, 20, 60:

pura et directa libertas,

Dig. 40, 4, 59:

causa,

ib. 46, 3, 5.—

Clear, complete, over and above:

quid possit ad dominos puri ac reliqui provenire,

clear gain, Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 86, § 200.—

Relig. t. t., free from religious claims or consecration:

purus autem locus dicitur, qui neque sacer neque sanctus est neque religiosus, sed ab omnibus huiusmodi nominibus vacare videtur,

Dig. 11, 7, 2, § 4; cf.

ib. § 2: quae tandem est domus ab istā suspicione religionis tam vacua atque pura,

Cic. Har. Resp. 6, 11.—

Not desecrated, undefiled.

Untrodden, fresh:

locus,

Liv. 25, 17, 3.—

Not defiled by a funeral or burial:

familia,

Cic. Leg. 2, 22, 57.—

Free from mourning:

dies,

Ov. F. 2, 558.— Adv., in two forms, pūrē and (ante-class. and poet.) pūrĭ-ter ( sup. ‡ purime, acc. to Paul. ex Fest. p. 252 Müll.), purely, clearly, without spot or mixture.

Lit.

Form pure:

pure eluere vasa,

Plaut. Aul. 2, 3, 3; cf.: pure lautum=aquā purā lavatum, Paul. ex Fest. p. 248 Müll.:

lavare,

Liv. 5, 22.—

Form puriter:

puriter transfundere aquam in alterum dolium,

Cato, R. R. 112:

puriter lavit dentes,

Cat. 39, 14.—

Comp., brightly, clearly:

splendens Pario marmore purius,

Hor. C. 1, 19, 5:

purius osculari,

Sen. Ben. 2, 12, 2.—

Sup.:

quam mundissime purissimeque fiat,

Cato, R. R. 66.—

Trop., purely, chastely; plainly, clearly, simply.

Form pure:

si forte pure velle habere dixerit,

Plaut. As. 4, 1, 61:

quiete et pure et eleganter acta aetas,

Cic. Sen. 5, 13:

pure et caste deos venerari,

id. N. D. 1, 2, 3; Liv. 27, 37; cf.:

radix caste pureque collecta,

Plin. 22, 10, 12, § 27.—Of style:

pure et emendate loqui,

Cic. Opt. Gen. 2, 4:

pure apparere,

clearly, obviously, Hor. S. 1, 2, 100:

quid pure tranquillet,

perfectly, fully, id. Ep. 1, 18, 102.—

Form puriter:

si vitam puriter egi,

Cat. 76, 19.—

Sup.:

Scipio omnium aetatis suae purissime locutus,

Gell. 2, 20, 5:

purissime atque illustrissime aliquid describere,

very distinctly, very clearly, id. 9, 13, 4.—

In partic., jurid., unconditionally, simply, absolutely:

aliquid legare,

Dig. 8, 2, 35:

contrahi,

ib. 18, 2, 4; 39, 2, 22 fin.; 26, 2, 11; Gai. Inst. 1, 186.

pūrus, a, um, adj. [Sanscr. root pū, purificare, lustrare; cf.: pŭtus, pŭto; whence also poinê; Lat. poena], clean, pure, i. e. free from any foreign, esp. from any contaminating admixture (syn.: illimis, liquidus).

Lit.

Clean, free from dirt or filth, pure, unstained, undefiled:

purae aedes,

Plaut. Truc. 2, 7, 6:

et manibus puris sumite fontis aquam,

Tib. 2, 1, 14; Hor. Epod. 17, 49; id. S. 1, 4, 68:

vestis,

Verg. A. 12, 169:

ut quicquid inde haurias, purum liquidumque te haurire sentias,

Cic. Caecin. 27, 78:

amnis,

Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 120:

aqua,

id. C. 3, 16, 29; cf. id. Ep. 1, 10, 20:

fons,

Prop. 3 (4), 1, 3:

lympha,

Sil. 7, 170:

amphorae,

Hor. Epod. 2, 15:

fictilia,

Tib. 1, 1, 30:

torus,

id. 1, 3, 26:

purissima mella,

Verg. G. 4, 163:

aëre purior ignis,

Ov. M. 15, 243:

hasta,

unstained with blood, Stat. Th. 11, 450.—

In gen., free or clear from any admixture or obstruction: terra, cleared (from stones, bushes, etc.), Cic. Sen. 17, 59:

sol,

clear, bright, Hor. C. 3, 29, 45:

orbis,

Ov. M. 4, 348:

caelum,

Tib. 4, 1, 10:

luna,

Hor. C. 2, 5, 19:

vesper,

id. ib. 3, 19, 26:

dies,

Claud. Rapt. Pros. 2, 2:

aurum,

refined, without dross, Plin. 33, 4, 25, § 84; 33, 6, 32, § 99:

argentum,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 23, § 52:

gemma,

Ov. M. 2, 856.— Absol.: pū-rum, i, n., a clear, bright, unclouded sky, Verg. G. 2, 364; Hor. C. 1, 34, 7.—

Transf.

In gen., plain, natural, naked, unadorned, unwrought, unmixed, unadulterated, unsophisticated: argentum, plain, i. e. unornamented, without figures chased upon it, Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 22, § 49; 2, 4, 23, § 52; Plin. Ep. 3, 1, 9; Juv. 9, 141; cf.:

coronarum aliae sunt purae, aliae caelatae,

Vitr. 7, 3; and:

utrum lanx pura an caelata sit,

Dig. 6, 1, 6:

vasa,

not pitched, Col. 12, 4, 4:

locus,

not built upon, vacant, Varr. L. L. 5, § 38 Müll.; Liv. 24, 14; Dig. 13, 7, 43:

humus,

Cic. Sen. 15, 59:

solum,

Liv. 1, 44 fin.:

ager,

Ov. F. 3, 582:

campus,

Verg. A. 12, 771:

purus ab arboribus campus,

Ov. M. 3, 709:

hasta,

without an iron head, Prop. 4 (5), 3, 68:

toga,

without purple stripes, Phaedr. 3, 10, 10:

esse utramque sibi per se puramque necesse'st,

unmixed, Lucr. 1, 506.—

Cleansing, purifying:

idem ter socios pura circumtulit undā,

Verg. A. 6, 229:

sulfur,

Tib. 1, 5, 11.—

Trop.

Pure, unspotted, spotless, chaste, undefiled, unpolluted, faultless, etc.:

animus omni admixtione corporis liberatus, purus et integer,

Cic. Sen. 22, 80:

castus animus purusque,

id. Div. 1, 53, 121:

estne quisquam qui tibi purior esse videatur?

id. Rosc. Com. 6, 18:

puriora et dilucidiora,

id. Tusc. 1, 20, 46: vita et pectore puro, Hor.S. 1,6, 64; id. Ep. 1, 2, 67: pectus purum et firmum, stainless, faultless, Enn. ap. Gell. 7, 17 (Trag. v. 340 Vahl.):

familia,

that has solemnized the funeral rites, Cic. Leg. 2, 22, 57:

gladium purum ab omni caede servare,

Sen. Ep. 24, 7:

purae a civili sanguine manus,

id. Suas. 6, 2:

purus sum a peccato,

Vulg. Prov. 20, 9:

pectus purum ab omni sceleris contagione,

Lact. 5, 12, 2.—Of freedom from sensual passion:

animam puram conservare,

Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 58, § 134:

noctes, opp. spurcae,

Plaut. As. 4, 1, 62; id. Poen. 1, 2, 137; Tib. 1, 3, 26; Mart. 6, 66, 5; 9, 64:

corpus,

Plin. Ep. 4, 11, 9.—With gen.:

integer vitae scelerisque purus,

Hor. C. 1, 22, 1.—Of purity of style:

oratio Catuli sic pura est, ut Latine loqui paene solus videatur,

Cic. de Or. 3, 8, 29; cf.: purum et candidum genus dicendi, id. Or. 16, 53:

sermone puro atque dilucido,

Quint. 11, 1, 53:

sermo quam purissimus,

id. 4, 2, 118:

multo est tersior ac magis purus (Horatius),

id. 10, 1, 94:

pura et illustris brevitas,

Cic. Brut. 75, 262:

pura et incorrupta consuetudo dicendi,

id. ib. 75, 261:

pressus sermo purusque,

Plin. Ep. 7, 9, 8.—

In partic., in jurid. lang., unconditional, without exception, absolute; entire, complete:

judicium purum,

Cic. Inv. 2, 20, 60:

pura et directa libertas,

Dig. 40, 4, 59:

causa,

ib. 46, 3, 5.—

Clear, complete, over and above:

quid possit ad dominos puri ac reliqui provenire,

clear gain, Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 86, § 200.—

Relig. t. t., free from religious claims or consecration:

purus autem locus dicitur, qui neque sacer neque sanctus est neque religiosus, sed ab omnibus huiusmodi nominibus vacare videtur,

Dig. 11, 7, 2, § 4; cf.

ib. § 2: quae tandem est domus ab istā suspicione religionis tam vacua atque pura,

Cic. Har. Resp. 6, 11.—

Not desecrated, undefiled.

Untrodden, fresh:

locus,

Liv. 25, 17, 3.—

Not defiled by a funeral or burial:

familia,

Cic. Leg. 2, 22, 57.—

Free from mourning:

dies,

Ov. F. 2, 558.— Adv., in two forms, pūrē and (ante-class. and poet.) pūrĭ-ter ( sup. ‡ purime, acc. to Paul. ex Fest. p. 252 Müll.), purely, clearly, without spot or mixture.

Lit.

Form pure:

pure eluere vasa,

Plaut. Aul. 2, 3, 3; cf.: pure lautum=aquā purā lavatum, Paul. ex Fest. p. 248 Müll.:

lavare,

Liv. 5, 22.—

Form puriter:

puriter transfundere aquam in alterum dolium,

Cato, R. R. 112:

puriter lavit dentes,

Cat. 39, 14.—

Comp., brightly, clearly:

splendens Pario marmore purius,

Hor. C. 1, 19, 5:

purius osculari,

Sen. Ben. 2, 12, 2.—

Sup.:

quam mundissime purissimeque fiat,

Cato, R. R. 66.—

Trop., purely, chastely; plainly, clearly, simply.

Form pure:

si forte pure velle habere dixerit,

Plaut. As. 4, 1, 61:

quiete et pure et eleganter acta aetas,

Cic. Sen. 5, 13:

pure et caste deos venerari,

id. N. D. 1, 2, 3; Liv. 27, 37; cf.:

radix caste pureque collecta,

Plin. 22, 10, 12, § 27.—Of style:

pure et emendate loqui,

Cic. Opt. Gen. 2, 4:

pure apparere,

clearly, obviously, Hor. S. 1, 2, 100:

quid pure tranquillet,

perfectly, fully, id. Ep. 1, 18, 102.—

Form puriter:

si vitam puriter egi,

Cat. 76, 19.—

Sup.:

Scipio omnium aetatis suae purissime locutus,

Gell. 2, 20, 5:

purissime atque illustrissime aliquid describere,

very distinctly, very clearly, id. 9, 13, 4.—

In partic., jurid., unconditionally, simply, absolutely:

aliquid legare,

Dig. 8, 2, 35:

contrahi,

ib. 18, 2, 4; 39, 2, 22 fin.; 26, 2, 11; Gai. Inst. 1, 186.