per-tendo

tēlum, ī, n. (tendo), die Fernwaffe, Wurfwaffe, das Geschoß, der Spieß usw. (Ggstz. arma, s. arma no. II), dann übh. jede Angriffswaffe, Schwert, Dolch, Axt usw., I) eig. u. übtr.: 1) eig.: a) übh.: arma atque tela militaria, Sall.: arma, tela, equos parare, Sall.: tela intendere, excipere, Cic. – b) v. Geschosse, nubes telorum, Liv.: missus (das Werfen) telorum, Auct. b. Hisp.: tela mittere, Caes., od. conicere, Cic.: tela in hostem ingerere, Liv.: propiores levioribus eoque magis crebris telis petere, Liv.: tela ab omni parte accĭdebant, Liv.: telum contendit, den Pfeil, Verg.: v. der Schleuder, Liv. 38, 29, 5. – c) v. Schwert, Dolch usw., esse cum telo, Cic.: stare cum telo, Cic.: gladio per pectus transfigit; telo extracto etc., Liv.: corpore telum cruentum educit, Cornif. rhet.: telum, quod latebat, protulit, Nep.: caedem telo committere, Quint.: omnium parricidarum tela commovere, Cic.: aspicis in timida fortia tela manu, die tapfere Waffe (poet. v. einem Schwert) Ov. her. 14, 76. – v. Beile, relicto in vulnere telo, Liv.: v. Cästus, Verg. Aen. 5, 438: v. Horne eines Stieres, Ov. met. 8, 883. – 2) übtr.: a) wie das griech. βέλος, v. Sonnenstrahl, tela diei, Lucr. – v. Blitz, arbitrium est in sua tela Iovi, Ov. – b) das Seitenstechen, Ser. Samm. 402. – c) das männliche Glied, Mart. u.a.: im Doppelsinn bei Iustin. 38, 1, 9. – II) bildl., Waffe, Geschoß, Pfeil, tela

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fortunae, Cic.: tela scelerum, Cic.: id erit telum acerrimum, Waffe, Schutzmittel, Enn. fr.: u. so quā lege tribuniciis rogationibus telum acerrimum datum est, Liv.: necessitas, quae ultimum ac maximum telum est, Liv.: so auch isto telo tutabimur plebem, Waffe, Schutzmittel, Liv.: non mediocre telum ad res gerendas existimare benevolentiam civium, Cic.: stricturum se lucubrationis suae telum, Suet.

ob-tendo, di, tum, 3, v. a.

To draw, stretch, spread, or place before (cf. obtego; not freq. till after the Aug. per.).

Lit.

Proque viro nebulam et ventos obtendere inanes, Verg. A. 10, 82:

sudarium ante faciem,

Suet. Ner. 48.— Poet.:

obtentā nocte,

i. e. in dark night, Verg. G. 1, 248.—

Pass., with mid. force:

oculis membrana obtenditur,

spreads over, Plin. 11, 37, 55, § 153:

Britannia Germaniae obtenditur,

lies over against Germany, Tac. Agr. 10.—

Trop., to pretend, allege, plead as an excuse:

matris preces obtendens,

Tac. A. 3, 17:

ad ea Drusus cum arbitrium senatūs obtenderet,

id. ib. 1, 26:

valetudinem corporis, aetatem liberūm, nubilem filiam,

id. ib. 3, 35:

suae imbecillitati sanitatis appellationem obtendunt,

Quint. 12, 10, 15: rationem turpitudini, Plin. Ep. 8, 6, 15:

qui delictis suis excusationem carnis obtendet,

Lact. 4, 24, 10:

quid poterimus obtendere,

plead what excuse, Vulg. Gen. 44, 16.—

Transf., to cover, hide, conceal.

Lit.:

obtendunt limina silvis,

Stat. Th. 2, 248:

lucem pulvere,

Sil. 10, 228:

diem nube atrā,

Tac. H. 3, 56.—

Trop., to hide, conceal, envelop:

quasi velis quibusdam obtenditur uniuscujusque natura,

Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 5, § 15.—

To spread over, make a cover for:

Vitellius curis luxum obtendebat,

i. e. sought a refuge from, Tac. H. 3, 36 init.

ostendo, di, sum, and tum (ostensus, Varr. ap. Prisc. p. 892 P.; Luc. 2, 192: ostentus, Att. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 22, 45; Pac. and Varr. ap. Prisc. l. l.; Tac. H. 1, 78:

ostensurus,

Suet. Ner. 13; App. ap. Prisc. p. 892 P.:

ostenturus,

Cato, Or. 52, 2; v. also the apoc. form: ostende ostendam, ut permultis aliis exemplis ejus generis manifestum est, Paul. ex Fest. p. 201 Müll.; perh. used by Cato, v. Müll. ad loc., and cf. the letter E), v. a. [obs-tendo], to stretch out or spread before one; hence, to expose to view, to show, exhibit, display (syn.: monstro, exhibeo).

Lit.

In gen.

Ostendo manus, Plaut. Ep. 5, 2, 17:

os suum populo Romano ostendere audet,

Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 1, § 1:

pectora,

Sil. 2, 669:

umeros,

Verg. A. 5, 376:

dentem,

Suet. Vesp. 5:

se,

to show one's self, appear, Ter. Hec. 4, 4, 5:

aciem,

to display, Liv. 29, 7:

equites sese ostendunt,

show themselves, appear, Caes. B. C. 1, 63. —

Transf.:

vocem,

to make heard, Phaedr. 1, 13, 9.—

In partic., to lay open, expose ( poet.):

Aquiloni glaebas,

Verg. G. 2, 261:

lucos Phoebo,

Stat. Th. 6, 90:

ager qui soli ostentus erit,

Cato, R. R. 6, 2. —

Trop.

In gen., to show, disclose, exhibit, manifest: ille dies cum gloriā maximā sese nobis ostendat, Enn. ap. Prisc. p. 880 P. (Ann. v. 384 Vahl.):

non ego illi extemplo ita meum ostendam sensum,

Plaut. Most. 5, 1, 21:

verum hoc facto sese ostendit,

he has exposed himself, id. As. 5, 2, 12:

sententiam,

Ter. Heaut. 2, 1, 7:

potestatem,

id. Eun. 5, 8, 3:

spem, metum,

i. e. to promise, threaten, Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 34, § 75 et saep.—With two acc.:

aliquem nocentem,

Plin. Ep. 3, 9, 2; cf. Tit. ap. Gell. 2, 27, 5.—Mid., to show itself, appear:

nisi cum major spes ostenderetur,

Suet. Aug. 25.—

In partic.

To show, express, indicate by speech or signs; to give to understand, to declare, say, tell, make known, etc. (syn.: indico, declaro, significo).—With acc.:

illud ostendit,

Cic. Att. 1, 1, 4.—With obj. - or rel.-clause:

ostendit se cum rege colloqui velle,

Nep. Con. 3, 2:

quid sui consilii sit, ostendit,

Caes. B. G. 1, 21; cf. id. ib. 5, 2, 3.— Absol.:

ut ostendimus supra,

as we showed above, Nep. Ages. 1, 5:

sed aliter, atque ostenderam, facio,

Cic. Fam. 2, 3, 2:

signum est per quod ostenditur idonea perficiendi facultas esse quaesita,

Auct. Her. 2, 4, 6:

primum ostendendum est,

id. ib. 2, 16, 23.—

To hold up conspicuously, flourish (ironically):

sed quaedam mihi magnifica et praeclara ejus defensio ostenditur,

Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 1, § 1.—Hence, osten-tus, a, um, P. a.

Exposed (ante-class.):

ager soli ostentus,

Cato, R. R. 6, 2; so id. ib. 6, 4; Varr. R. R. 1, 24, 1; 1, 25.—

Subst.: ostentum, i, n.

Lit., a prodigy, wonder, that announces something about to happen, a portent (class.;

syn.: monstrum, portentum): praedictiones vero et praesensiones rerum futurarum quid aliud declarant, nisi hominibus ea, quae futura sunt, ostendi, monstrari, portendi, praedici? ex quo illa ostenta, monstra, portenta, prodigia dicuntur,

Cic. N. D. 2, 3, 7; cf. id. Div. 1, 42, 93; id. Verr. 2, 4, 49, § 108; Suet. Caes. 32.—

Transf., a wondrous thing, prodigy: scis Appium ostenta facere, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 14, 4:

ostenti prorsus genus,

Just. 10, 1, 6.

rĕ-sŭpīnus, a, um, adj., bent back or backwards, lying on one ' s back or with the face upwards, supine (not in Cic.).

Lit.: resupinum in caelo contueri, i. e. lying on [p. 1585] one ' s back, face upwards, supine, Att. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 22, 44:

fertur equis curruque haeret resupinus inani,

Verg. A. 1, 476:

eque tuo pendet resupino spiritus ore,

Lucr. 1, 37; Ov. H. 16, 255; id. M. 2, 267:

jacuit resupinus humi,

id. ib. 4, 121;

12, 324: hunc ego resupinum fudi,

id. ib. 13, 86 al.:

retro lentas tendo resupinus habenas,

bent back, id. ib. 15, 520:

collum,

id. ib. 1, 730:

pectus,

id. ib. 12, 138:

caput,

Plin. 8, 25, 38, § 93 et saep. — Of an arrogant gait or manner: (Niobe) mediam tulerat gressus resupina per urbem, with head thrown back, i. e. proudly, Ov. M. 6, 275; cf. Sen. Ep. 80, 7;

Cod. Th. 9, 3, 6: si non resupini spectantesque tectum expectaverimus, quid obveniat,

Quint. 10, 3, 15:

spectat resupino sidera vultu,

Mart. 9, 44, 3.—

Transf., of things turned or bent back:

Elis,

spread out on a hill, Stat. Th. 4, 237:

labra lilii,

Plin. 21, 5, 11, § 23:

vomer,

id. 18, 18, 48, § 171.—

Trop., lazy, slothful, effeminate, careless, negligent:

voluptas,

Quint. 5, 12, 20; cf. id. 11, 3, 167:

qui solvit, numquam ita resupinus est, ut facile suas pecunias jactet,

Dig. 22, 3, 25:

existimatio,

ib. 43, 24, 4.

tŏno, ŭi, 1 (collat. form of third conj.: tonimus, Varr. ap. Non. 49, 21), v. n. and a. [root in Sanscr. tan-, to stretch, extend; Gr. teinô; whence teneo, tendo, tenus; cf. O. H. Germ. donar; Engl. thunder], to thunder.

Lit.: ingens Porta tonat caeli, Enn. ap. Vet. Gram. ap. Col. (Ann. v. 597 Vahl.); imitated by Verg. G. 3, 261: cum tonuit laevum bene tempestate serenā, Enn. ap. Cic. Div. 2, 39, 82 (Ann. v. 517 Vahl.):

ut valide tonuit!

Plaut. Am. 5, 1, 10; so id. ib. 5, 1, 78:

si fulserit, si tonuerit,

Cic. Div. 2, 72, 149:

Jove tonante,

id. ib. 2, 18, 43; id. Phil. 5, 3, 7:

tonans Juppiter,

Hor. C. 3, 5, 1; id. Epod. 2, 29; Inscr. Orell. 2, p. 23:

sub axe tonanti Sternitur aequor,

Verg. A. 5, 820:

pater nudā de rupe tonabat,

Prop. 4 (5), 1, 7:

nec si consulto fulmina missa tonent,

id. 2, 34 (3, 32), 54:

Diespiter per purum tonantes Egit equos,

Hor. C. 1, 34, 7:

Juppiter, tona,

Sen. Med. 5, 31.—

Transf., in gen.

Neutr., to make a loud, thundering noise, to roar, rattle, crash, etc. (cf.:

crepo, strepo): tympana tenta tonant,

Lucr. 2, 618:

Aetna horrificis ruinis,

Verg. A. 3, 571:

caelum omne fragore,

id. ib. 9, 541; cf. id. ib. 12, 757:

domus afflicta massa,

Val. Fl. 4, 612:

nemus fragore vasto,

Sen. Troad. 173; Mart. 9, 69, 4.—Of loud, thundering speech:

Pericles fulgere, tonare, dictus est,

Cic. Or. 9, 29; Plin. Ep. 1, 20, 19;

Col. praef. § 30: qualis Pindarico spiritus ore tonat,

Prop. 3, 17 (4, 16), 40; Verg. A. 11, 383.—

Act., to thunder forth, to say or name with a thundering voice:

tercentum tonat ore deos,

invokes with thundering voice, Verg. A. 4, 510:

verba foro,

Prop. 4 (5), 1, 134:

aspera bella,

Mart. 8, 3, 14:

talia celso ore,

Claud. Rapt. Pros. 1, 83:

Cicerona,

id. Ep. 3, 4.—Hence, P. a., as epithet of Jupiter: Tŏnans, antis, m., the thunderer, god of thunder, Ov. M. 1, 170; 2, 466; 11, 198; id. H. 9, 7; id. F. 6, 33; cf.:

Capitolinus Tonans,

id. ib. 2, 69:

sceptriferi Tonantes, Jupiter and Juno,

Sen. Med. 59.—Also of Saturn:

falcifer Tonans,

Mart. 5, 16, 5.

tŏno, ŭi, 1 (collat. form of third conj.: tonimus, Varr. ap. Non. 49, 21), v. n. and a. [root in Sanscr. tan-, to stretch, extend; Gr. teinô; whence teneo, tendo, tenus; cf. O. H. Germ. donar; Engl. thunder], to thunder.

Lit.: ingens Porta tonat caeli, Enn. ap. Vet. Gram. ap. Col. (Ann. v. 597 Vahl.); imitated by Verg. G. 3, 261: cum tonuit laevum bene tempestate serenā, Enn. ap. Cic. Div. 2, 39, 82 (Ann. v. 517 Vahl.):

ut valide tonuit!

Plaut. Am. 5, 1, 10; so id. ib. 5, 1, 78:

si fulserit, si tonuerit,

Cic. Div. 2, 72, 149:

Jove tonante,

id. ib. 2, 18, 43; id. Phil. 5, 3, 7:

tonans Juppiter,

Hor. C. 3, 5, 1; id. Epod. 2, 29; Inscr. Orell. 2, p. 23:

sub axe tonanti Sternitur aequor,

Verg. A. 5, 820:

pater nudā de rupe tonabat,

Prop. 4 (5), 1, 7:

nec si consulto fulmina missa tonent,

id. 2, 34 (3, 32), 54:

Diespiter per purum tonantes Egit equos,

Hor. C. 1, 34, 7:

Juppiter, tona,

Sen. Med. 5, 31.—

Transf., in gen.

Neutr., to make a loud, thundering noise, to roar, rattle, crash, etc. (cf.:

crepo, strepo): tympana tenta tonant,

Lucr. 2, 618:

Aetna horrificis ruinis,

Verg. A. 3, 571:

caelum omne fragore,

id. ib. 9, 541; cf. id. ib. 12, 757:

domus afflicta massa,

Val. Fl. 4, 612:

nemus fragore vasto,

Sen. Troad. 173; Mart. 9, 69, 4.—Of loud, thundering speech:

Pericles fulgere, tonare, dictus est,

Cic. Or. 9, 29; Plin. Ep. 1, 20, 19;

Col. praef. § 30: qualis Pindarico spiritus ore tonat,

Prop. 3, 17 (4, 16), 40; Verg. A. 11, 383.—

Act., to thunder forth, to say or name with a thundering voice:

tercentum tonat ore deos,

invokes with thundering voice, Verg. A. 4, 510:

verba foro,

Prop. 4 (5), 1, 134:

aspera bella,

Mart. 8, 3, 14:

talia celso ore,

Claud. Rapt. Pros. 1, 83:

Cicerona,

id. Ep. 3, 4.—Hence, P. a., as epithet of Jupiter: Tŏnans, antis, m., the thunderer, god of thunder, Ov. M. 1, 170; 2, 466; 11, 198; id. H. 9, 7; id. F. 6, 33; cf.:

Capitolinus Tonans,

id. ib. 2, 69:

sceptriferi Tonantes, Jupiter and Juno,

Sen. Med. 59.—Also of Saturn:

falcifer Tonans,

Mart. 5, 16, 5.