per-vasto

(Перевод В. Брюсова)

per-vāsto, āvī, ātum, āre, völlig verwüsten, fines, agros, Liv.: omnia ferro flammāque, Liv.: Italia pervastata, Tac.

per-vagus, a, um, überall umherschweifend, tam vasto pervagus orbe puer, Ov. art. am. 2, 18.

1. lābor, lāpsus sum, lābī (vgl. griech. ὀ-λιβρός, schlüpfrig u. ahd. slīfan, gleiten), sich auf einer glatten Oberfläche sanft hinbewegen, gleiten, schlüpfen, schweben, hingleiten, hinschlüpfen, hinschweben, u. abwärts = herabgleiten, -schlüpfen, -schweben, u. als Anfang des Fallen = sinken, absol., od. konstr. m. ad, in, inter, per, sub, super, ab, de, ex u. m. bl. Abl., I) im allg.: 1) eig.: α) v. lebl. Subjj., zB. v. Schlangen, non squamoso ventre, Prop.: per sinus crebros et magna volumina, Ov.: circa donaria, Ov.: circum tempora, sich schlängeln, Ov.: inter vestes et levia tempora, Ov.: angues lapsi in diversum, Iul. Obsequ.: populus in diversa labitur, verläust sich nach verschiedenen Richtungen, Iustin.: abwärts, montibus, Val. Flacc. – v. Schwimmenden, per aequora, Ov.: in magno mari, Ov.: medio amne, Ov. – v. Schiffenden, rate per aequora, Ov.: aquā, Prop. – v. Fliegenden, auf Fittichen Schwebenden, per auras, Ov.: pennis, entschweben, von Merkur, Verg.: aufwärts, sub sidera, entschweben, Verg.: abwärts, polo, Verg. – vom auf dem Wagen durch die Lüfte fahrenden Mars, pronum per aëra, Ov. – v. Herabsteigenden, per funem demissum labi, Verg.: im Bilde, labi per iter declive senectae, Ov. – v. Herabsinkenden, semianimem od. moribundum ex equo, Liv., suffosso equo, Tac., u. bl.

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equo, Hor.; vgl. multis labentibus ex equis aut desilientibus, Liv.: labi ex rupe, Curt.: ex arbore, Capit.: per gradus, die Stufen hinabfallen, Liv.: super terram, hinsinken, Liv. – β) v. lebl. Subjj.: quia continenter laberentur et fluerent omnia, Cic.: in vanum manus lapsa, die einen Fehlhieb getan, Curt.: cum tela de testudine laberentur, Curt.: tum (illud iaculum) leni impetu labitur, gleitet sanft (auf dem Wasser) dahin, Min. Fel. – abwärts, lapsa cadunt folia, Verg.: lapsus ab arbore ramus, Ov.: lapsae lacertis, nullo solvente, catenae, Ov. – v. Kleidern und Waffen, soluta ac velut labens undique toga, Quint.: tergo velamina lapsa, Ov.: labentibus super corpus armis, Liv. – v. Sternen u. dgl., vagā et mutabili ratione, Cic.: advorsum nimbos, Lucr.: caelo, dahingleiten am usw., Verg.: abwärts, ab aethere, Ov.: de caelo, Verg.: ignem de caelo lapsurum, Capit. – v. Schiffen, vadis, Verg. – v. Gewässern, gleiten, dahingleiten, fließen, cum labantur assidue flumina, quaedam concitata rapiantur, Sen.: altissima quaeque flumina minimo sono labi, Curt.: altis ripis, dahingleiten, Hor.; aber sinistrā ripā, hinwegströmen über usw., Hor.: per CCC stadia, Curt.: sub terras, sub magna terra, Ov.: abwärts, e fontibus, Curt.: diversis de partibus (al. fontibus), Ov.: vertice silvae, Ov.: quantum aquarum per gradus cum fragore labentium, Sen.: zurück, in caput (Quelle) suum retro, Ov.: prius vasto laben-

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tur flumina ponto, quam etc., Prop.: vado labente, die Flut zurück-, abfloß, Tac. – v. Tränen, rinnen, träufeln, in genas, Hor.: per genas in ensem, Ov.: ex oculis, Ov. – v. anderen Flüssigkeiten, fließen, rinnen, träufeln, in proximum mare (vom flüssigen Bernstein), Tac.: truncis cavis, vom Honig, Hor.: quid sit, quod guttatim faciat pluviam labi, Amob.: pressus pavore sanguis tardius labebatur, floß (hervor), Tac. – vom Feuer, in porticus, hinüberschlagen in usw., Tac. – v. Übeln usw., die allmählich in den Körper dringen, sich verbreiten, frigus per artus labitur, Ov.: dolor lapsus ad artus, Verg.: penitus in viscera lapsum serpentis furiale malum, Verg.: somnus labitur in artus, Ov.

2) übtr.: a) gleiten, rinnen, α) v. leb. Subjj.: sed labor longius, ad propositum revertar, ich gerate, ich verliere mich zu weit (in der Rede), Cic.: u. so quin labebar longius, nisi me retinuissem, Cic. – cadere spe dicuntur, qui levati animo a summo ad inferiora labuntur, Donat. Ter. Andr. 3, 5, 12. – β) v. lebl. Subjj.: ilico res foras labitur, liquitur, rinnt das Geld ihm aus dem Hause und zerfließt, Plaut.: brevitate et celeritate syllabarum labi putat verba proclivius, Cic.: sunt (vitia) in lubrico incitataque semel proclivi labuntur sustinerique nullo modo possunt, Cic. – v. der Rede, oratio sedate placideque labitur, gleitet (fließt) dahin, Cic. or. 92: prosā incipit (sermo eius), versu

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labitur, pedestri oratione finitur, Hieron. epist. 53, 8. – v. Zeit u. Leben, dahingleiten, entrinnen, verfließen, assiduo labuntur tempora motu, non secus ac flumen, Ov.: labitur occulte fallitque volubilis aetas, ut celer admissis labitur amnis aquis, Ov.: cito pede labitur aetas, Ov.: tardo pede lapsa vetustas, Ov.: u. so labuntur tempora, anni, lustra, Hor. u.a. Dichter. – b) mit Angabe des Ziels, zu etwas sich hinneigen, in etw. sinken, auf od. in etw. verfallen, geraten, α) v. leb. Subjj.: labor eo, ut assentiar Epicuro, fühle mich zur Ansicht des E. hingezogen, Cic.: labi ad illos, qui etc., Cic.: veremini, ne labar ad opinionem, möchte dem Wahne verfallen, Cic.: labi in errorem emendabilem, Liv.: in luxuriam, in segnitiam, Iustin.: in vitium, Hor.: in somnum, in soporem, Petron. – β) v. lebl. Subjj.: civitatum mores lapsi ad mollitiem, Cic.: omnia in externum lapsa sunt morem, Curt.

II) prägn.: A) = delabi, abgleiten, abkommen, vorbeigleiten, 1) eig.: si viā lapsus est (bildl.), Sen.: cum superiacta tela de testudine laberentur, Tac.: ne adiectae voces laberentur atque errarent, priusquam sensus (auditus) ab his pulsus esset, Cic. – 2) übtr.: hāc spe lapsus, in der Hoffnung getäuscht, Caes.: labi facultatibus, um sein Vermögen kommen, ICt.

B) = ab- od. ausgleiten, straucheln, ausgleitend, strauchelnd fallen, 1) eig.: agaso pede lapsus, Hor. –

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homini nequam lapso et ut allevaretur roganti, ›Tollat te‹, inquit, ›qui novit‹, Quint. – 2) übtr.: straucheln, a) = irre werden, mente, wahnsinnig werden, Cels.: u. so lapsi mente, wahnsinnig (Ggstz. sui compotes), Cels. – labi memoriā, einen Gedächtnisfehler begehen, Suet. – u. geistig od. moralisch irren, fehlen, sich vergehen, erravit, lapsus est, non putavit, Cic.: opinione labi posse, voluntate a re publica dissidere nullo pacto posse, Cic.: in alqa re consilio od. casu lapsum esse, Cic.: consilio id magis quam furore lapsos fecisse, Liv.: labi per errorem, Cic., od. errore, ICt.: labi propter imprudentiam, Cic.: imprudentiā lapsum aliquid facere (Ggstz. scientem aliquid delinquere), Liv.: labi imperitiā, ICt.: in quo vorbo lapsa consuetudo deflexit de via, Cic.: labi in officio, Cic.: in his labi et cadere, Cic.: qua in re si mediocriter lapsus sum, defendes meum tolerabile erratum, Cic.: numquam labere, si te audies, Cic.: qui sero lapsum revocatis, Prop. – b) straucheln = zum Falle geneigt sein, dem Falle nahe sein (s. Halm Cic. Phil. 2, 51), equitem Romanum non libidine, non turpibus impensis atque iacturis, sed experientiā patrimonii amplificandi labentem excepit, fulsit et sustinuit re, fide, hodieque sustinet, Cic.: cum labentem et prope cadentem rem publicam fulcire cuperetis, Cic.: ferre praesidium labenti et inclinatae paene rei publicae, Cic.: labente deinde paulatim disciplinā, Liv.: labente iam

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causā decem virorum, Liv.: vidi ego labentes (weichenden) acies et tela caduca, Prop.

C) = elabi, herausfallen, 1) eig.: viscera lapsa, Ov. u. Lucan.: forte lapsa vox, entschlüpfte, entfallene, Tac. – v. Pers., entgleiten, entschlüpfen, e manibus custodientium, Curt.: custodiā, Tac. – 2) übtr.: quam nostro illius labatur pectore vultus, entschwindet, Verg. ecl. 1, 63.

D) herabgleiten, -sinken = schlapp herabhängen, lapsa catena, schleppende, Prop.: tenuata de nexibus membra labuntur, Ps. Quint. decl. – bes. v. Gliedern Sterbender, caput labens et iam languentia colla levat, Lucan.: malae labentes, herabsinkende Kinnladen, Suet.: lapsae genae, Sen. poët. – neutr. pl. subst., firmamenta fluidorum ac labentium, des Schlotterigen u. Schlappen, Sen. ep. 102, 25.

E) sinken, hinsinken, zusammensinken, 1) eig.: α) v. Pers.: calor ossa reliquit, labitur, Verg.: sub onere labitur, erliegt der Last, Petron.: multi sine morte labuntur, Petron. – β) v. lebl. Subjj., u. zwar v. Gebäuden usw., zusammen-, einsinken, vor Alter verfallen, lapso fundamento, Curt.: lapsura domus, Ov.: donec labentes deorum aedes refeceris, Hor. – v. den Augen Schlafender, zufallen, zusinken, labentes ocelli, Prop.: lapsi somno ocelli, Prop. – u. Sterbender, brechen, labuntur frigida leto lumina, Verg.: labentes oculos condere (zudrücken), Ov.: dum laben-

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tes oculi ad nostras exclamationes nostrosque planctus admissā paulatim luce laxantur, Ps. Quint. decl. Vgl. Burmann Ov. am. 3, 5, 1; trist. 3, 3, 44.

2) übtr.: a) sinken = hinschwinden, vom Lebensatem, labens anima, Tac.: labi spiritum nec ultra biduum duraturum, Tac. – dah. v. Sterbenden, denen die Sinne vergehen, in den Tod sinken, sterben, laberis Oebalide, primā fraudate iuventā, Verg.: labimur (mir schwinden die Sinne), i, miseram solare parentem, Stat.: ille oculis extremo errore solutis labitur, Stat. – b) sinken = verfallen, in Verfall geraten, miserere domus labentis, Verg.: u. so labens regia, Iustin.: lapsum genus, Verg.: labente paulatim disciplinā, Liv.: ut magis magisque mores lapsi sint, tum ire coeperint praecipites, Liv.: fides lapsa, Ov. – ⇒ Parag. Infin. labier, Cic. Arat. 226. Lucr. 4, 443. Hor. ep. 2, 1, 94. – Partic, labundus, a, um, hinstürzend, unda sub undis labunda, Acc. tr. 570.

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2. labor, ōris, m. (zu labāre; eigentl. »das Wanken unter einer Last«), die Anstrengung, I) die Anstrengung, etw. zu vollbringen, die Bemühung, Mühe, Arbeit, Strapaze, 1) eig.: a) übh.: labor forensis, Cic.: irritus, Quint. u. Ov.: labor itineris, Cic.: labor viae, Liv.: labores militum, Caes.: labor corporis, animi, Cic.: labor manuum, Hieron.: labor domesticus, Colum.: militiae, Cic. aut belli aut fugae, Caes.: operis (der Belagerung), Caes.: labores belli, Cic.: labores defensionum, Cic. – parvulo labore, Cic.: nullo labore, Cic.: nullo labore tuo, ohne daß es dir Mühe macht, Cic.: sine labore, sine ullo labore, Cic.: sine ullo labore et contentione, Cic.: sine labore ac periculo, Cic.: cum labore, summo cum labore, Cic.: res est magni laboris, Cic.: tot adire labores, Verg.: affecta labore et vigiliis corpora, Liv.: capere tantum laborem, sich so sehr bemühen, Cic.: laborem inanem capere, sich vergeblich abmühen, Ter.: in ea (arte) plus operae laborisque consumpsisse, Cic.: nec animi neque corporis laboribus defatigari, Cic.: demere (alci) laborem militiae, Cic.: unius mensis labor alci detrahitur, Cic.: exanclare talem laborem, Cic., omnes labores, Cic.: exanclatis itinerum laboribus, Amm.: exercere se tantis laboribus, Cic.: apes exercet sub sole labor, Verg.: tot per annos terrā marique tanta pericula ac labores exhausisse, Liv.: inter labo-

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res exhaustos aut mox exhauriendos, Liv.: frustra labore exhausto, Lucan.: magnos esse experiundos et subeundos labores, Cic.: dum adulescentis dextera irrito se labore fatigat, Val. Max.: frangere se tantis laboribus, Cic.: qui partis honoribus eosdem in foro gessi (habe mich unterzogen) labores, quos petendis, Cic.: impenditur labor et sumptus ad incertum casum et eventum quotannis, Cic.: suum laborem hominum periculis sublevandis impertire, Cic.: non plus alci laboris imponere quam sibi sumere, Cic.: eis laborem etiam novum pro portione iniungi, Liv.: quid sumptus in eam rem aut laboris insumpserit, Cic.: operam, studium, laborem interponere pro alqo, Cic.: pugnando fessis laxatur labor, Liv.: ut sibi pro re gesta aliquid laxaret laboris, Liv.: levare alci laborem, Cic.: defensionum laboribus aut omnino aut magna ex parte liberari, Cic.: obire pericula ac labores pariter, Liv.: non parcere labori, Cic. (u. so ne labori suo neu periculo parceret, Caes.): et honoribus amplissimis et laboribus maximis perfunctum esse, Cic.: Hercules perfunctus iam laboribus, Cic.: laborem viae pati posse, Liv.: multis laboribus (unter v. Str.) quaerere alqm. Plaut.: reficere se ex labore, Caes.: ab parvulis labori ac duritiae studere, Caes.: succumbere labori, Caes.: istos labores, quos nunc in naufragiis nostris suscipis, non subisses, Cic.: frustra tantum laborem sumere, Caes.: supersedere hoc labore itineris, Cic.: suscipere labo-

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rem, labores, Cic.: frustra suscipere laborem, sich vergeblich abmühen, Cic.: sustinere forensem laborem propter ambitionem, Cic.: labores, pericula facile tolerare, Sall.: non vitandi laboris mei causā, Cic. – labor est m. Infin., es kostet Mühe (Arbeit), es hat Schwierigkeit, Liv. 39, 1, 5. Plin. 26, 118: u. so maior aliquanto labor est m. Infin., Flor. 2, 2, 4: proximus huic labor est placitam exorare puellam, Ov. art. am. 1, 37: nec magnus prohibere labor, Verg. georg. 4, 106. – b) insbes., Anstrengung, angestrengte Tätigkeit, Arbeitsamkeit (Ggstz. inertia, desidia, requies, quies, otium), verb. industria et labor, summus labor in publicis privatisque rebus, Cic.: vivere in studiis laboribusque, Cic.: labor quaerendi, Erwerbsfleiß, Iustin.: rei militaris labor, Leistungen im Kriegswesen, Nep.: animi labor, geistige Anstrengung, Nep. – als Fähigkeit, Arbeitsfähigkeit, Ausdauer in Arbeit u. Anstrengung, M. Messala magni laboris, Cic.: homo magni laboris summaeque industriae, Cic.: magni formica laboris, die arbeitsame, emsige, Hor.: (iumenta) summi ut sint laboris efficiunt, Caes. – 2) meton.: a) Arbeit, Werk, ita multorum mensium labor hostium perfidiā et vi tempestatis puncto temporis interiit, Caes. b. c. 2, 14, 4: sternuntur segetes longique perit labor irritus anni, Ov.: et pluviā ingenti sata laeta boumque labores diluit, Verg.: artificum manus (verschiedenen Malereien)

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inter se operumque laborem (Bauwerk) miratur, Verg.: hic labor ille domus et inextricabilis error, v. Labyrinthe, Verg.: cari uteri labores, v. Kindern, Claud. rapt. Pros. 1, 194. – b) Unternehmung, Tat, belli, Verg.: von den Kampfspielen, wie πόνος, μόχθος, Hor.: u. von den großen Unternehmungen des Herkules, Hor.: strenui labores (im Kriege), Eutr. – II) Anstrengung, etwas zu überwinden, zu ertragen, Plage, Pein, Not, Ungemach, Drangsal, Mühseligkeit, Unglück, Beschwerlichkeit, a) übh.: scis amorem, scis laborem, scis egestatem meam, Plaut.: cuius erga me benevolentiam vel in labore meo vel in honore perspexi, Cic.: multis variisque perfunctus laboribus, Nep.: quoniam in tantum luctum et laborem detrusus es, quantum nemo umquam, Cic.: breviter Troiae supremum audire laborem, Verg. – poet., labores solis, lunae, Sonnenfinsternis, Mondfinsternis, Verg.: labores Lucinae, die Wehen, Verg. – b) Beschwerde, α) = Krankheit, nervorum, Nervenkrankheit, Vitr.: annuus earum (apium) labor est initio veris, Colum.: mox et frumentis labor additus, ut mala culmos esset robigo, Verg.: valetudo decrescit, accrescit labor, Plaut. – β) = phys. Schmerz, cor de labore pectus tundit, Plaut. Cas. 415: hoc medicamentum sine magno labore circa septimum diem cadere cogit haemorrhoidas, Scrib. Larg. 227. – γ) gemütl. Schmerz, Betrübnis, Kummer (s. Spengel Ter. Andr.

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720. Wagner Ter. heaut. 82), quamquam ibi animo labos grandis capitur, Plaut.: verum ex eo misera quam capit laborem! Ter. – c) eine Last, lapides laborem sustinent od. tolerant, tragen Lasten, sind von dauerhafter Beschaffenheit, Vitr. 2, 7, 2. Plin. 36, 167. – ⇒ Archaist. Nbf. labōs, ōris, m., *Pacuv. tr. 290. Plaut. merc. 72; trin. 271; truc. 521. Ter. Hec. 286. Lucil. 215. Varro sat. Men. 247. Sall. hist. fr. 2, 41 (50), 1 u. 3, 61 (82), 18. Catull. 55, 13. Plin. 6, 60 u. Spät. (s. Neue-Wagener Formenl.³ 1, 265). – personif., Labōs, ōris, m., die Mühsal, eine unterirdische Gottheit, Verg. Aen. 6, 277.

vastus, a, um, adj. [cf.: vanus, vacuus], empty, unoccupied, i.e. waste, desert.

Lit. (so rare but class.;

syn.: vacuus, desertus): genus agrorum propter pestilentiam vastum atque desertum,

Cic. Agr. 2, 26, 69:

lex erat lata vasto ac relicto foro,

id. Sest. 24, 53:

agrum vastum ac desertum habere,

Liv. 28, 11, 10:

vasta ac deserta urbs,

id. 24, 3, 11; 28, 7, 12: vasta incendiis ruinisque urbs, id. 5, 53, 1:

mons vastus ab naturā et humano cultu,

uncultivated, Sall. J. 48, 3:

urbs a defensoribus vasta,

without, Liv. 23, 30, 7 (al. ex conj. vacua).—

Trop. (the fig. taken from tracts of country lying waste or untilled), uncultivated, unpolished, rude, rough, harsh:

vultu motuque corporis vasti atque agrestes,

Cic. de Or. 1, 25, 115:

vastus homo atque foedus,

id. ib. 1, 25, 117:

vasti quidam et insubidi,

Gell. 19, 9, 9:

fugiemus crebras vocalium concursiones, quae vastam atque hiantem orationem reddunt, ut hoc est: baccae aeneae amoenissimae impendebant,

Auct. Her. 4, 12, 18:

omnia vasta ac temeraria esse,

Liv. 24, 48, 7:

littera vastior,

too harsh-sounding, Cic. Or. 45, 153.—

Transf.

Desolate, deserted: abs te viduae et vastae virgines sunt, made lonely, Enn. ap. Serv. Verg. A. 1, 52 (Trag. v. 279 Vahl.):

dies per silentium vastus,

Tac. A. 3, 4.—

Wasted by destruction, laid waste, ravaged, devastated, destroyed (rare; cf.

vastatus): fit vasta Troja,

Plaut. Bacch. 4, 9, 130:

jam hanc urbem ferro vastam faciet Peleus, Att. ap. Fest. pp. 372 and 373: haec ego vasta dabo,

Verg. A. 9, 323:

nec solum modo vastum hosti relictum, sed castellis etiam vicisque illatus ignis,

Liv. 10, 12, 8.—

With the predom. idea of extent, vast, immense, enormous, huge, monstrous (syn.: ingens, immanis).

Of size: jamque fere pulvis ad caelum vasta videtur, Enn. ap. Non. 217, 11 (Ann. v. 286 Vahl.):

immani et vastae insidens beluae,

Cic. Rep. 2, 40, 67:

vasta et immanis belua,

id. Div. 1, 24, 49; cf.:

vastissimae beluae,

id. Rep. 2, 26, 49: elephanto beluarum nulla prudentior;

ad figuram quae vastior?

id. N. D. 1, 35, 97:

summa erat vasto atque aperto mari, difficultas navigandi,

Caes. B. G. 3, 12; cf.:

in vastissimo atque apertissimo Oceano,

id. ib. 3, 9, 7:

fossa vastissima,

Cic. Rep. 2, 6, 11:

solitudines,

id. ib. 2, 6, 19:

campi,

Verg. A. 3, 13:

Charybdis,

Lucr. 1, 722:

antiquus crater, quem vastum vastior ipse Sustulit Aegides,

Ov. M. 12, 236:

antrum,

Verg. A. 1, 52:

hiatus speluncae,

id. ib. 6, 237:

suspectus turris,

id. ib. 9, 530:

manus,

Ov. F. 2, 322:

arma,

Verg. A. 10, 768:

corpus,

Col. 7, 12, 3.—

Transf., of degree, etc., immense, enormous, prodigious, vast, etc.:

iter,

i.e. on the vast ocean, Ov. M. 14, 438:

certamen,

Verg. A. 12, 553:

impetus,

Hor. C. 4, 14, 30:

pugnae Cannensis clades vastissima,

Gell. 5, 17, 5:

tempestas,

Col. 2, 20, 5; cf.:

vapores vastissimi,

id. 2, 20, 1:

clamor,

Verg. A. 10, 716; Ov. M. 12, 494:

murmur,

Verg. A. 1, 245:

latratus,

Col. 7, 12, 3:

tonitru,

Val. Fl. 1, 617:

pondus,

Verg. A. 5, 447; Ov. H. 9, 88.—

Trop.:

vastus animus,

i.e. insatiable, Sall. C. 5, 4.—Rarely with abstr. nouns:

quam vasta potentia nostra est,

Ov. M. 2, 520:

varia vastaque scientia,

Col. 1, pr. 28:

nefas,

Sen. Herc. Oet. 767.— Adv.: vastē.

(Acc. to vastus, I. B.) Rudely, harshly:

loqui non aspere, non vaste, non rustice, etc.,

Cic. de Or. 3, 12, 45:

ne vastius diducantur verba,

id. ib. 3, 43, 172.—

(Acc. to II. B.) Widely, vastly, immensely, violently, enormously:

vaste cedentia litora,

Mel. 1, 1, 4:

vastius insurgens decimae ruit impetus undae,

Ov. M. 11, 530:

vastius podagra correpti,

Scrib. Comp. 107.

praeceps, cĭpĭtis (old form praecĭ-pes, cĭpis, Plaut. Rud. 3, 3, 8; id. et Enn. ap. Prisc. p. 725 P. (Ann. v. 391 Vahl.; abl. praecipiti), adj. [prae-caput].

Lit., headforemost, headlong (class.):

praecipitem trahi,

Plaut. Ps. 1, 5, 79:

aliquem praecipitem deicere,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 40, § 86:

praeceps ad terram datus,

dashed to the ground, Liv. 31, 37:

praeceps curru ab alto Desilit,

Ov. M. 12, 128:

hic se praecipitem tecto dedit,

threw himself headlong from the roof, Hor. S. 1, 2, 41:

aliquem in praeceps jacere,

headlong, Tac. A. 4, 22; so,

jacto in praeceps corpore,

id. ib. 6, 49; cf.:

in praeceps deferri,

Liv. 5, 47.—For in praeceps, in late Lat., per praeceps occurs:

abiit grex per praeceps in mare,

Vulg. Matt. 8, 32; id. Judic. 5, 22.—Hence, of one going rapidly, headforemost, headlong:

de ponte Ire praecipitem in lutum per caputque pedesque,

Cat. 17, 9:

se jacere praecipitem e vertice,

id. 63, 244; Verg. A. 5, 860:

ab equo praeceps decidit,

Ov. Ib. 259:

(apes) praecipites Cadunt,

Verg. G. 4, 80:

aliquem praecipitem agere,

to drive headlong, Cic. Caecin. 21, 60; Verg. A. 5, 456:

praecipites se fugae mandabant,

Caes. B. G. 2, 24:

Monoeten In mare praecipitem deturbat,

Verg. A. 5, 175; cf.:

praeceps amensque cucurri,

Ov. M. 7, 844:

praeceps Fertur,

is borne headlong, rushes, Hor. S. 1, 4, 30:

nuntii,

Tac. H. 2, 6.—

Transf., of inanim. things.

Of localities, qs. that descend suddenly in front, i. e. downhill, steep, precipitous:

in declivi ac praecipiti loco,

Caes. B. G. 4, 33:

via (opp. plana),

Cic. Fl. 42, 105:

saxa,

Liv. 38, 23:

fossae,

Ov. M. 1, 97; Verg. A. 11, 888:

iter,

Ov. Tr. 4, 3, 74; cf.

trop.: iter ad malum praeceps ac lubricum,

Cic. Rep. 1, 28, 44:

loci,

Col. 1, 2:

mons,

Plin. Pan. 16.—

Subst.: praeceps, cĭpĭtis, n., a steep place, a precipice:

turrim in praecipiti stantem,

Verg. A. 2, 460:

specus vasto in praeceps hiatu,

Plin. 2, 45, 44, § 115:

in praeceps pervenitur,

Vell. 2, 3, 4:

immane,

Juv. 10, 107:

altissimum,

App. M. 4, p. 144 med. —In plur.:

in praecipitia cursus iste deducit,

Sen. Ep. 8, 4.—

Sinking, declining:

(in vitibus) praecipites palmites dicuntur, qui de hornotinis virgis enati in duro alligantur,

Col. 5, 6, 33:

sol Praecipitem lavit aequore currum,

Verg. G. 3, 359:

jam praeceps in occasum sol erat,

Liv. 10, 42:

dies,

id. 4, 9; cf.:

senectus,

Curt. 6, 5, 3. —

In gen., swift, rapid, rushing, violent ( poet.;

syn.: celer, velox): praeceps Anio,

Hor. C. 1, 7, 13:

Boreas,

Ov. M. 2, 185:

nox,

fleeting, transient, id. ib. 9, 485:

procella,

Stat. Th. 5, 419:

oceani fragor,

Val. Fl. 3, 404:

letum,

Sen. Hippol. 262:

remedium,

Curt. 3, 6, 2.—

Trop., headlong, hasty, rash, precipitate.

In gen. (class.):

noster erus, qui scelestus sacerdotem anum praecipes Reppulit,

Plaut. Rud. 3, 3, 10:

sol jam praecipitans me quoque haec praecipitem paene evolvere coëgit,

almost headlong, precipitately, Cic. de Or. 3, 55, 209:

agunt eum praecipitem poenae civium Romanorum,

chase, pursue, id. Verr. 2, 1, 3, § 7:

praecipitem amicum ferri sinere,

to rush into the abyss, id. Lael. 24, 89:

quoniam ab inimicis praeceps agor,

am pursued, Sall. C. 31, 9:

praeceps celeritas dicendi,

Cic. Fl. 20, 48: profectio, Att. ap. Cic. Att. 9, 10, 6: occumbunt multi letum... praecipe cursu, in rapid destruction, Enn. l. l.—With gen.:

SI NON FATORVM PRAECEPS HIC MORTIS OBISSET,

sudden as regards fate, Inscr. Grut. 695, 9, emended by Minervini in Bullet. Arch. Napol. III. 1845, p. 41 (but Minervini's assumption of a new adj., praeceps, from praecipio, anticipating fale, is unnecessary).—

In partic.

Rash, hasty, inconsiderate:

homo in omnibus consiliis praeceps,

Cic. Phil. 5, 13, 37: praeceps et effrenata mens, id. Cael. 15, 35:

praeceps consilium et immaturum,

Suet. Aug. 8:

cogitatio,

id. Calig. 48:

audacia,

Val. Max. 1, 6, 7.—

Inclined to any thing:

praeceps in avaritiam et crudelitatem animus,

Liv. 26, 38:

praeceps ingenio in iram,

id. 23, 7:

animus ad flagitia praeceps,

Tac. A. 16, 21.—

Dangerous, hazardous, critical:

in tam praecipiti tempore,

Ov. F. 2, 400.—Hence,

Subst.: praeceps, cĭpĭtis, n.

Great danger, extremity, extreme danger, critical circumstances:

se et prope rem publicam in praeceps dederat,

brought into extreme danger, Liv. 27, 27:

levare Aegrum ex praecipiti,

Hor. S. 2, 3, 292:

aeger est in praecipiti,

Cels. 2, 6.—

The highest part, summit, sublimity (postAug.):

omne in praecipiti vitium stetit,

at its point of culmination, Juv. 1, 149:

debet orator erigi, attolli, efferri, ac saepe accedere ad praeceps,

to verge on the sublime, Plin. Ep. 9, 26, 2.—Hence, adv.: prae-ceps, headlong.

Lit.:

aliquem praeceps trahere,

Tac. A. 4, 62:

ex his fulgoribus quaedam praeceps eunt, similia prosilientibus stellis,

Sen. Q. N. 1, 15, 2:

moles convulsa dum ruit intus immensam vim mortalium praeceps trahit atque operit,

Tac. A. 4, 62:

toto praeceps se corpore ad undas Misit,

Verg. A. 4, 253.—

Trop.:

eversio rei familiaris dignitatem ac famam praeceps dabat,

brought into danger, Tac. A. 6, 17:

praeceps in exsilium acti,

suddenly, hastily, Amm. 29, 1, 21.

immānis ( inm-), e, adj. [i. e. in- and old Lat. mānus=bonus; kindr. with Sanscr. ma=metior, to measure; Lat. mānes, good spirits], monstrous in size, enormous, immense, huge, vast (class.).

Lit. (usually of inanim. and abstr. things):

corporum magnitudo,

Caes. B. G. 4, 1, 9; cf.:

simulacra immani magnitudine,

id. ib. 6, 16, 4:

immani corpore serpens,

Lucr. 5, 33; 3, 987:

ingens immanisque praeda,

Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 46, § 110:

pecunia,

id. Rosc. Com. 8, 23:

pocula,

id. Phil. 2, 25, 63:

immania ponti Aequora,

Lucr. 4, 410:

templa caeli,

id. 5, 521:

antrum,

Verg. A. 6, 11; cf.:

spelunca vasto hiatu,

id. ib. 6, 237:

barathrum,

id. ib. 8, 245:

tegumen leonis,

id. ib. 7, 666:

telum,

id. ib. 11, 552 al.:

magna atque immanis,

Lucr. 4, 1163:

cete,

Verg. A. 5, 822:

numerus annorum,

Varr. R. R. 3, 1, 3; cf.:

exercitus,

Vell. 2, 51, 1:

frequentia amicorum,

id. 2, 59 fin.:

geminos immani pondere caestus,

Verg. A. 5, 401:

vox,

Quint. 11, 3, 32:

ambitus redit immanis: numquam fuit par,

Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 15, b, 4:

dissensio civitatis,

Vell. 2, 2, 1:

studium loquendi,

Ov. M. 5, 678:

avaritia,

Sall. J. 31, 12:

vitium,

Hor. S. 2, 4, 76:

soloecismus,

Gell. 15, 9, 3:

impulsae praeceps inmane ruinae,

the vast crash, Juv. 10, 107.— Neutr. absol.: Immane quantum animi exarsere, Sall. H. Fragm. ap. Non. 127, 27 (2, 79 Dietsch); so,

vino et lucernis Medus acinaces Immane quantum discrepat,

how exceedingly, wonderfully, Hor. C. 1, 27, 6:

civilis lapsu equi prostratus immane quantum suis pavoris et hostibus alacritatis indidit,

Tac. H. 4, 34: quod matrimonium Aemiliano huic immane quanto fuit, App. Mag.;

and in full: immane dictu est, quanti et quam multi ad Pompeium discesserint,

Sall. Orat. ad Caes. 1.—

Trop., monstrous in character, frightful, inhuman, fierce, savage, wild (class.; syn.: ferus, immitis, barbarus, durus, saevus;

opp. mansuetus, mitis): hostis in ceteris rebus nimis ferus et immanis,

Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 21, § 51; cf.:

nulla gens tam fera, nemo omnium tam immanis, cujus, etc.,

id. Tusc. 1, 13, 30:

ex feris et immanibus mites reddidit et mansuetos,

id. Inv. 1, 2, 2:

ad humanitatem atque mansuetudinem revocavit animos hominum studiis bellandi jam immanes ac feros,

id. Rep. 2, 14:

belua (with fera),

id. Ac. 2, 34, 108; id. N. D. 2, 64, 161;

(with taetra),

id. Tusc. 4, 20, 45; cf.:

immanis et vasta belua,

id. Rep. 2, 40:

nihil ista immanius belua est,

id. ib. 3, 33:

janitor aulae, Cerberus,

Hor. C. 3, 11, 15:

ex hoc populo indomito, vel potius immani, etc.,

Cic. Rep. 1, 44:

istius immanis atque importuna natura,

id. Verr. 2, 1, 3, § 8:

immanis, intolerandus, vesanus,

Plaut. Trin. 4, 1, 7:

immanis ac barbara consuetudo hominum immolandorum,

Cic. Font. 10, 21:

tantum facinus, tam immane (patris occidendi),

id. Rosc. Am. 24, 68:

coeptis effera Dido,

Verg. A. 4, 642:

orae,

id. ib. 1, 616:

Raeti,

Hor. C. 4, 14, 15:

Agathyrsi,

Juv. 15, 125:

Pyrrhus,

id. 14, 162.— Subst.: immānĭa, ium, n., frightful deeds or sayings:

quamvis fabulosa et immania credebantur,

stories however fabulous and frightful, Tac. A. 4, 11:

dira atque inmania pati,

Juv. 15, 104.— Comp.:

scelere ante alios immanior omnes,

Verg. A. 1, 347.— Sup.:

voluptatem immanissimus quisque acerrime sequitur,

Cic. Part. Or. 25, 90.—Hence, adv. in two forms, im-māne and immānĭter (not ante-Aug.).

(Acc. to I.) Monstrously, immoderately, excessively:

immaniter clamare,

Gell. 1, 26, 8.—More freq.,

(Acc. to II.) Frightfully, dreadfully, fiercely, savagely, wildly.

Form immane:

leo hians immane,

Verg. A. 10, 726:

sonat fluctus per saxa,

id. G. 3, 239; cf.:

fremant torrentes,

Claud. Cons. Mall. Theod. 237:

spirans rapta securi,

Verg. A. 7, 510.—

Form immaniter: leones per ea loca saevientes immaniter, Amm. 18, 7:

perdite et immaniter vivere,

Aug. Conf. 10, 37.—

Comp.:

immanius efferascunt,

Amm. 18, 7.

immānis ( inm-), e, adj. [i. e. in- and old Lat. mānus=bonus; kindr. with Sanscr. ma=metior, to measure; Lat. mānes, good spirits], monstrous in size, enormous, immense, huge, vast (class.).

Lit. (usually of inanim. and abstr. things):

corporum magnitudo,

Caes. B. G. 4, 1, 9; cf.:

simulacra immani magnitudine,

id. ib. 6, 16, 4:

immani corpore serpens,

Lucr. 5, 33; 3, 987:

ingens immanisque praeda,

Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 46, § 110:

pecunia,

id. Rosc. Com. 8, 23:

pocula,

id. Phil. 2, 25, 63:

immania ponti Aequora,

Lucr. 4, 410:

templa caeli,

id. 5, 521:

antrum,

Verg. A. 6, 11; cf.:

spelunca vasto hiatu,

id. ib. 6, 237:

barathrum,

id. ib. 8, 245:

tegumen leonis,

id. ib. 7, 666:

telum,

id. ib. 11, 552 al.:

magna atque immanis,

Lucr. 4, 1163:

cete,

Verg. A. 5, 822:

numerus annorum,

Varr. R. R. 3, 1, 3; cf.:

exercitus,

Vell. 2, 51, 1:

frequentia amicorum,

id. 2, 59 fin.:

geminos immani pondere caestus,

Verg. A. 5, 401:

vox,

Quint. 11, 3, 32:

ambitus redit immanis: numquam fuit par,

Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 15, b, 4:

dissensio civitatis,

Vell. 2, 2, 1:

studium loquendi,

Ov. M. 5, 678:

avaritia,

Sall. J. 31, 12:

vitium,

Hor. S. 2, 4, 76:

soloecismus,

Gell. 15, 9, 3:

impulsae praeceps inmane ruinae,

the vast crash, Juv. 10, 107.— Neutr. absol.: Immane quantum animi exarsere, Sall. H. Fragm. ap. Non. 127, 27 (2, 79 Dietsch); so,

vino et lucernis Medus acinaces Immane quantum discrepat,

how exceedingly, wonderfully, Hor. C. 1, 27, 6:

civilis lapsu equi prostratus immane quantum suis pavoris et hostibus alacritatis indidit,

Tac. H. 4, 34: quod matrimonium Aemiliano huic immane quanto fuit, App. Mag.;

and in full: immane dictu est, quanti et quam multi ad Pompeium discesserint,

Sall. Orat. ad Caes. 1.—

Trop., monstrous in character, frightful, inhuman, fierce, savage, wild (class.; syn.: ferus, immitis, barbarus, durus, saevus;

opp. mansuetus, mitis): hostis in ceteris rebus nimis ferus et immanis,

Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 21, § 51; cf.:

nulla gens tam fera, nemo omnium tam immanis, cujus, etc.,

id. Tusc. 1, 13, 30:

ex feris et immanibus mites reddidit et mansuetos,

id. Inv. 1, 2, 2:

ad humanitatem atque mansuetudinem revocavit animos hominum studiis bellandi jam immanes ac feros,

id. Rep. 2, 14:

belua (with fera),

id. Ac. 2, 34, 108; id. N. D. 2, 64, 161;

(with taetra),

id. Tusc. 4, 20, 45; cf.:

immanis et vasta belua,

id. Rep. 2, 40:

nihil ista immanius belua est,

id. ib. 3, 33:

janitor aulae, Cerberus,

Hor. C. 3, 11, 15:

ex hoc populo indomito, vel potius immani, etc.,

Cic. Rep. 1, 44:

istius immanis atque importuna natura,

id. Verr. 2, 1, 3, § 8:

immanis, intolerandus, vesanus,

Plaut. Trin. 4, 1, 7:

immanis ac barbara consuetudo hominum immolandorum,

Cic. Font. 10, 21:

tantum facinus, tam immane (patris occidendi),

id. Rosc. Am. 24, 68:

coeptis effera Dido,

Verg. A. 4, 642:

orae,

id. ib. 1, 616:

Raeti,

Hor. C. 4, 14, 15:

Agathyrsi,

Juv. 15, 125:

Pyrrhus,

id. 14, 162.— Subst.: immānĭa, ium, n., frightful deeds or sayings:

quamvis fabulosa et immania credebantur,

stories however fabulous and frightful, Tac. A. 4, 11:

dira atque inmania pati,

Juv. 15, 104.— Comp.:

scelere ante alios immanior omnes,

Verg. A. 1, 347.— Sup.:

voluptatem immanissimus quisque acerrime sequitur,

Cic. Part. Or. 25, 90.—Hence, adv. in two forms, im-māne and immānĭter (not ante-Aug.).

(Acc. to I.) Monstrously, immoderately, excessively:

immaniter clamare,

Gell. 1, 26, 8.—More freq.,

(Acc. to II.) Frightfully, dreadfully, fiercely, savagely, wildly.

Form immane:

leo hians immane,

Verg. A. 10, 726:

sonat fluctus per saxa,

id. G. 3, 239; cf.:

fremant torrentes,

Claud. Cons. Mall. Theod. 237:

spirans rapta securi,

Verg. A. 7, 510.—

Form immaniter: leones per ea loca saevientes immaniter, Amm. 18, 7:

perdite et immaniter vivere,

Aug. Conf. 10, 37.—

Comp.:

immanius efferascunt,

Amm. 18, 7.

immānis ( inm-), e, adj. [i. e. in- and old Lat. mānus=bonus; kindr. with Sanscr. ma=metior, to measure; Lat. mānes, good spirits], monstrous in size, enormous, immense, huge, vast (class.).

Lit. (usually of inanim. and abstr. things):

corporum magnitudo,

Caes. B. G. 4, 1, 9; cf.:

simulacra immani magnitudine,

id. ib. 6, 16, 4:

immani corpore serpens,

Lucr. 5, 33; 3, 987:

ingens immanisque praeda,

Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 46, § 110:

pecunia,

id. Rosc. Com. 8, 23:

pocula,

id. Phil. 2, 25, 63:

immania ponti Aequora,

Lucr. 4, 410:

templa caeli,

id. 5, 521:

antrum,

Verg. A. 6, 11; cf.:

spelunca vasto hiatu,

id. ib. 6, 237:

barathrum,

id. ib. 8, 245:

tegumen leonis,

id. ib. 7, 666:

telum,

id. ib. 11, 552 al.:

magna atque immanis,

Lucr. 4, 1163:

cete,

Verg. A. 5, 822:

numerus annorum,

Varr. R. R. 3, 1, 3; cf.:

exercitus,

Vell. 2, 51, 1:

frequentia amicorum,

id. 2, 59 fin.:

geminos immani pondere caestus,

Verg. A. 5, 401:

vox,

Quint. 11, 3, 32:

ambitus redit immanis: numquam fuit par,

Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 15, b, 4:

dissensio civitatis,

Vell. 2, 2, 1:

studium loquendi,

Ov. M. 5, 678:

avaritia,

Sall. J. 31, 12:

vitium,

Hor. S. 2, 4, 76:

soloecismus,

Gell. 15, 9, 3:

impulsae praeceps inmane ruinae,

the vast crash, Juv. 10, 107.— Neutr. absol.: Immane quantum animi exarsere, Sall. H. Fragm. ap. Non. 127, 27 (2, 79 Dietsch); so,

vino et lucernis Medus acinaces Immane quantum discrepat,

how exceedingly, wonderfully, Hor. C. 1, 27, 6:

civilis lapsu equi prostratus immane quantum suis pavoris et hostibus alacritatis indidit,

Tac. H. 4, 34: quod matrimonium Aemiliano huic immane quanto fuit, App. Mag.;

and in full: immane dictu est, quanti et quam multi ad Pompeium discesserint,

Sall. Orat. ad Caes. 1.—

Trop., monstrous in character, frightful, inhuman, fierce, savage, wild (class.; syn.: ferus, immitis, barbarus, durus, saevus;

opp. mansuetus, mitis): hostis in ceteris rebus nimis ferus et immanis,

Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 21, § 51; cf.:

nulla gens tam fera, nemo omnium tam immanis, cujus, etc.,

id. Tusc. 1, 13, 30:

ex feris et immanibus mites reddidit et mansuetos,

id. Inv. 1, 2, 2:

ad humanitatem atque mansuetudinem revocavit animos hominum studiis bellandi jam immanes ac feros,

id. Rep. 2, 14:

belua (with fera),

id. Ac. 2, 34, 108; id. N. D. 2, 64, 161;

(with taetra),

id. Tusc. 4, 20, 45; cf.:

immanis et vasta belua,

id. Rep. 2, 40:

nihil ista immanius belua est,

id. ib. 3, 33:

janitor aulae, Cerberus,

Hor. C. 3, 11, 15:

ex hoc populo indomito, vel potius immani, etc.,

Cic. Rep. 1, 44:

istius immanis atque importuna natura,

id. Verr. 2, 1, 3, § 8:

immanis, intolerandus, vesanus,

Plaut. Trin. 4, 1, 7:

immanis ac barbara consuetudo hominum immolandorum,

Cic. Font. 10, 21:

tantum facinus, tam immane (patris occidendi),

id. Rosc. Am. 24, 68:

coeptis effera Dido,

Verg. A. 4, 642:

orae,

id. ib. 1, 616:

Raeti,

Hor. C. 4, 14, 15:

Agathyrsi,

Juv. 15, 125:

Pyrrhus,

id. 14, 162.— Subst.: immānĭa, ium, n., frightful deeds or sayings:

quamvis fabulosa et immania credebantur,

stories however fabulous and frightful, Tac. A. 4, 11:

dira atque inmania pati,

Juv. 15, 104.— Comp.:

scelere ante alios immanior omnes,

Verg. A. 1, 347.— Sup.:

voluptatem immanissimus quisque acerrime sequitur,

Cic. Part. Or. 25, 90.—Hence, adv. in two forms, im-māne and immānĭter (not ante-Aug.).

(Acc. to I.) Monstrously, immoderately, excessively:

immaniter clamare,

Gell. 1, 26, 8.—More freq.,

(Acc. to II.) Frightfully, dreadfully, fiercely, savagely, wildly.

Form immane:

leo hians immane,

Verg. A. 10, 726:

sonat fluctus per saxa,

id. G. 3, 239; cf.:

fremant torrentes,

Claud. Cons. Mall. Theod. 237:

spirans rapta securi,

Verg. A. 7, 510.—

Form immaniter: leones per ea loca saevientes immaniter, Amm. 18, 7:

perdite et immaniter vivere,

Aug. Conf. 10, 37.—

Comp.:

immanius efferascunt,

Amm. 18, 7.

tendo ( tenno), tĕtendi, tentum and tensum, 3, v. a. and n. [root ten-, tan, v. teneo; cf. Gr. teinô].

Act., to stretch, stretch out, distend, extend, etc. (class.; cf.: extendo, explico).

Lit.

In gen.:

suntne igitur insidiae, tendere plagas?

Cic. Off. 3, 17, 68:

plagam, Pac. ap. Fest. s. v. nequitum, p. 162 Müll.: quia non rete accipitri tennitur,

Ter. Phorm. 2, 2, 16 sq.; cf.:

retia (alicui),

Prop. 2, 32 (3, 30), 20; Hor. Epod. 2, 33; Ov. M. 4, 513; 7, 701; 8, 331 al.:

casses alicui,

Tib. 1, 6, 5:

intumescit collum, nervi tenduntur,

Col. 6, 14, 4:

chordam,

Plaut. Most. 3, 2, 55:

arcum,

to bend, Verg. A. 7, 164; Hor. C. 2, 10, 20; Ov. M. 2, 604; 5, 55; 5, 63; Stat. S. 3, 1, 51.—Hence, poet. transf.:

sagittas Arcu,

to shoot, hurl, Hor. C. 1, 29, 9; cf.:

spicula cornu,

Verg. A. 9, 606:

pariterque oculos telumque,

id. ib. 5, 508:

barbiton,

to tune, Hor. C. 1, 1, 34; cf.:

tympana tenta tonant palmis,

Lucr. 2, 618:

validā lora manu,

Ov. Am. 3, 2, 72:

vela (Noti),

to swell, Verg. A. 3, 268:

praecipiti carbasa tenta Noto,

Ov. H. 10, 30:

praetorium,

to stretch out, pitch, Caes. B. C. 3, 82: pelles in ordine tentae, Lucil. ap. Non. 181, 30:

conopia,

Prop. 3, 11 (4, 10), 45: grabatos restibus, Lucil. ap. Non. 181, 29:

cubilia,

Hor. Epod. 12, 12: manus ad caeli caerula templa, Enn. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 20, 40 (Ann. v. 51 Vahl.); so, manus ad caelum, Caes. B. C. 2, 5; Verg. A. 3, 176:

bracchia ad caelum,

Ov. M. 6, 279; 9, 293;

for which: bracchia caelo,

id. ib. 2, 580;

9, 210: ad legatos atque exercitum supplices manus tendunt,

Caes. B. C. 2, 12; so,

manus ad aliquem,

id. B. G. 2, 13:

ad sidera palmas,

Verg. A. 1, 93:

super aequora palmas,

Ov. M. 8, 849:

ad aliquem orantia bracchia,

id. P. 2, 9, 65:

manus supplices dis immortalibus,

Cic. Font. 17, 48; cf.:

vobis supplex manus tendit patria communis,

id. Cat. 4, 9, 18; so,

manus alicui,

Caes. B. G. 7, 48; Ov. M. 3, 723; id. H. 10, 146:

manus supinas,

Liv. 3, 50, 5:

manus ripae ulterioris amore,

Verg. A. 6, 314; cf.

also: Graecia tendit dexteram Italiae,

stretches forth, reaches, Cic. Phil. 10, 4, 9; id. Prov. Cons. 4, 9:

(conjux) parvum patri tendebat Iulum,

reaches out, Verg. A. 2, 674:

tu munera supplex Tende, petens pacem,

id. G. 4, 535:

quo tendant ferrum,

aim, direct, id. A. 5, 489:

qua nunc se ponti plaga caerula tendit,

stretches itself out, extends, Lucr. 5, 481. —

In partic.:

nervum tendere, in mal. part.,

Auct. Priap. 70; cf. Mart. 11, 60, 3.—Hence, tentus, a lecherous man, Mart. 11, 73, 3; Auct. Priap. 20; 27; 34 al.; and tenta, ōrum, n., = membrum virile, Cat. 80, 6.—

Trop.: insidiae tenduntur alicui, are spread out, laid (qs. like nets), Cic. Rosc. Com. 16, 46:

insidias alicui,

Sall. C. 27, 2; Suet. Caes. 35:

omnes insidias animis,

Cic. Leg. 1, 17, 47:

animum vigilem,

to strain, exert, Stat. Achill. 1, 543: longo tendit praecordia voto, Claud. Cons. Prob. et Ol. 66; cf.:

sunt quibus in Satirā videor nimis acer et ultra Legem tendere opus,

i. e. to heighten, aggravate, Hor. S. 2, 1, 2:

aestivam sermone benigno noctem,

to protract, extend, id. Ep. 1, 5, 11:

(lunam) Tanto posse minus cum Signis tendere cursum,

to direct, Lucr. 5, 631:

cursum ex acie in Capitolia,

Sil. 9, 216:

cursum ad agmina suorum,

id. 10, 73:

iter ad naves,

Verg. A. 1, 656:

iter pennis,

id. ib. 6, 240:

ad dominum iter,

Ov. M. 2, 547:

cursum unde et quo,

Liv. 23, 34, 5:

iter in Hispaniam, Auct. B. Afr. 95: cunctis civibus lucem ingenii et consilii sui porrigens atque tendens,

tendering, offering, Cic. de Or. 1, 40, 184.—

To direct one ' s self or one ' s course; to aim, strive, go, travel, march, tend, bend one ' s course in any direction (class.).

Lit.:

dubito an Venusiam tendam,

Cic. Att. 16, 5, 3:

Beneventum,

Hor. S. 1, 5, 71:

cursuque amens ad limina tendit,

Verg. A. 2, 321:

ad castra,

Liv. 9, 37:

in castra,

id. 10, 36:

ad aedes,

Hor. Ep. 1, 7, 89:

ad domum Bruti et Cassii,

Suet. Caes. 85:

ad portus,

Ov. M. 15, 690:

Ciconum ad oras,

id. ib. 10, 3:

ad metam,

id. ib. 15, 453; cf.:

cum alter ad alterum tenderemus,

Plin. Ep. 1, 5, 9:

unde venis? et Quo tendis?

Hor. S. 1, 9, 63; id. Ep. 1, 15, 11; id. C. 3, 3, 70:

quo tendere pergunt,

Verg. A. 6, 198; Nep. Milt. 1, 6:

tendimus huc (sc. in Orcum) omnes,

Ov. M. 10, 34 et saep. —

Of things concrete or abstract, to go, proceed, extend, stretch, etc.:

in quem locum quaeque (imago) tendat,

Lucr. 4, 179:

levibus in sublime tendentibus,

Plin. 2, 5, 4, § 11:

sursum tendit palmes,

Col. 5, 6, 28:

simulacra viis derectis omnia tendunt,

Lucr. 4, 609.— Poet., with acc. of direction:

tunc aethera tendit,

Luc. 7, 477:

dextera (via), quae Ditis magni sub moenia tendit,

Verg. A. 6, 541:

gula tendit ad stomachum, is ad ventrem,

reaches, extends, Plin. 11, 37, 66, § 176:

Taurus mons ad occasum tendens,

id. 5, 27, 27, § 97; so id. 5, 5, 5, § 35; 16, 30, 53, § 122; cf.:

Portae Caspiae, quae per Iberiam in Sarmatas tendunt,

id. 6, 13, 15, § 40:

seu mollis quā tendit Ionia,

Prop. 1, 6, 31.—

Trop.

In gen., to aim, strive, be directed or inclined, to tend in any direction:

ad reliqua alacri tendebamus animo,

Cic. Div. 2, 2, 4; cf.:

ad altiora et non concessa tendere,

Liv. 4, 13, 4:

ad majora,

Quint. 2, 4, 20; 12, 2, 27:

ad eloquium,

Ov. Tr. 4, 10, 17:

ad suum,

Liv. 4, 9, 5; cf.:

ad Carthaginienses,

id. 24, 5, 8:

cum alii alio tenderent,

id. 24, 28, 1:

in diversum sententiae tendebant,

id. 36, 10, 7: tenes, quorsum haec tendant, quae loquor, tend, look, = spectent, Plaut. Ps. 1, 2, 81; Hor. S. 2, 7, 21. —

To exert one ' s self, to strive, endeavor (mostly poet.); with inf.:

(Laocoon) manibus tendit divellere nodos,

Verg. A. 2, 220:

pasta (nitedula) rursus Ire foras pleno tendebat corpore frustra,

Hor. Ep. 1, 7, 31: captae [p. 1853] civitati leges imponere, Liv. 6, 38, 7; 24, 35; 10, 1:

quod efficere tendimus,

Quint. 9, 1, 21:

fratresque tendentes opaco Pelion imposuisse Olympo,

Hor. C. 3, 4, 51:

tendit disertus haberi,

id. Ep. 1, 19, 16:

aqua tendit rumpere plumbum,

id. ib. 1, 10, 20; Pers. 5, 139; Juv. 10, 154. — Absol.:

miles tendere, inde ad jurgium,

insists, persists, Ter. Eun. 4, 1, 12. —

In partic., to exert one ' s self in opposition, to strive, try, endeavor, contend (class. but not freq. till the Aug. per.):

nec nos obniti contra nec tendere tantum Sufficimus,

Verg. A. 5, 21; cf.: nec mora nec requies;

vasto certamine tendunt,

id. ib. 12, 553:

Petreius ubi videt Catilinam contra ac ratus erat magnā vi tendere,

Sall. C. 60, 5; cf.:

summā vi,

Liv. 32, 32, 7 Drak.:

adversus, etc.,

id. 34, 34, 1:

contra,

id. 35, 51, 6:

ultra,

id. 24, 31, 4:

acrius,

Tac. A. 2, 74; cf.:

acrius contra, ut, etc.,

Liv. 3, 15, 2; so with ut, id. 4, 7, 8; with ne, id. 4, 8, 6:

quid tendit? cum efficere non possit, ut, etc.,

what does he strive for? to what do his efforts tend? Cic. Fin. 2, 5, 16; cf.:

nihil illi tendere contra,

Verg. A. 9, 377. —

For tentoria tendere, to set up tents, to be under tents, be encamped, to encamp:

qui sub vallo tenderent mercatores,

Caes. B. G. 6, 37; cf.:

omnibus extra vallum jussis tendere, Frontin. Strat. 4, 1, 18: vallo tendetis in illo,

Luc. 7, 328:

hic Dolopum manus, hic saevus tendebat Achilles,

Verg. A. 2, 29:

legio latis tendebat in arvis,

id. ib. 8, 605:

isdem castris,

Liv. 44, 13, 12; 27, 46; 44, 5; Suet. Galb. 12; 19; cf.:

isdem hibernis tendentes,

Tac. H. 1, 55:

Lugduni tendentes,

id. ib. 1, 59:

cum multitudo laxius tenderet,

Curt. 3, 8, 18; 5, 7, 6; 7, 2, 37:

tendere in campis,

id. 10, 7, 20. — Hence, tensus, a, um, P. a., stretched out, drawn tight, strained, tense (rare):

rectissima linea tensa,

Quint. 3, 6, 83:

collum,

id. 11, 3, 82; cf.:

remissis magis quam tensis (digitis),

id. 11, 3, 99:

vox tensior (opp. remissior),

id. 11, 3, 42:

lacerti,

Luc. 7, 469:

rudentes,

id. 2, 683:

frons,

Lucr. 6, 1195:

tormento citharāque tensior,

Auct. Priap. 6 and 70.— Sup. and adv. do not occur.

tendo ( tenno), tĕtendi, tentum and tensum, 3, v. a. and n. [root ten-, tan, v. teneo; cf. Gr. teinô].

Act., to stretch, stretch out, distend, extend, etc. (class.; cf.: extendo, explico).

Lit.

In gen.:

suntne igitur insidiae, tendere plagas?

Cic. Off. 3, 17, 68:

plagam, Pac. ap. Fest. s. v. nequitum, p. 162 Müll.: quia non rete accipitri tennitur,

Ter. Phorm. 2, 2, 16 sq.; cf.:

retia (alicui),

Prop. 2, 32 (3, 30), 20; Hor. Epod. 2, 33; Ov. M. 4, 513; 7, 701; 8, 331 al.:

casses alicui,

Tib. 1, 6, 5:

intumescit collum, nervi tenduntur,

Col. 6, 14, 4:

chordam,

Plaut. Most. 3, 2, 55:

arcum,

to bend, Verg. A. 7, 164; Hor. C. 2, 10, 20; Ov. M. 2, 604; 5, 55; 5, 63; Stat. S. 3, 1, 51.—Hence, poet. transf.:

sagittas Arcu,

to shoot, hurl, Hor. C. 1, 29, 9; cf.:

spicula cornu,

Verg. A. 9, 606:

pariterque oculos telumque,

id. ib. 5, 508:

barbiton,

to tune, Hor. C. 1, 1, 34; cf.:

tympana tenta tonant palmis,

Lucr. 2, 618:

validā lora manu,

Ov. Am. 3, 2, 72:

vela (Noti),

to swell, Verg. A. 3, 268:

praecipiti carbasa tenta Noto,

Ov. H. 10, 30:

praetorium,

to stretch out, pitch, Caes. B. C. 3, 82: pelles in ordine tentae, Lucil. ap. Non. 181, 30:

conopia,

Prop. 3, 11 (4, 10), 45: grabatos restibus, Lucil. ap. Non. 181, 29:

cubilia,

Hor. Epod. 12, 12: manus ad caeli caerula templa, Enn. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 20, 40 (Ann. v. 51 Vahl.); so, manus ad caelum, Caes. B. C. 2, 5; Verg. A. 3, 176:

bracchia ad caelum,

Ov. M. 6, 279; 9, 293;

for which: bracchia caelo,

id. ib. 2, 580;

9, 210: ad legatos atque exercitum supplices manus tendunt,

Caes. B. C. 2, 12; so,

manus ad aliquem,

id. B. G. 2, 13:

ad sidera palmas,

Verg. A. 1, 93:

super aequora palmas,

Ov. M. 8, 849:

ad aliquem orantia bracchia,

id. P. 2, 9, 65:

manus supplices dis immortalibus,

Cic. Font. 17, 48; cf.:

vobis supplex manus tendit patria communis,

id. Cat. 4, 9, 18; so,

manus alicui,

Caes. B. G. 7, 48; Ov. M. 3, 723; id. H. 10, 146:

manus supinas,

Liv. 3, 50, 5:

manus ripae ulterioris amore,

Verg. A. 6, 314; cf.

also: Graecia tendit dexteram Italiae,

stretches forth, reaches, Cic. Phil. 10, 4, 9; id. Prov. Cons. 4, 9:

(conjux) parvum patri tendebat Iulum,

reaches out, Verg. A. 2, 674:

tu munera supplex Tende, petens pacem,

id. G. 4, 535:

quo tendant ferrum,

aim, direct, id. A. 5, 489:

qua nunc se ponti plaga caerula tendit,

stretches itself out, extends, Lucr. 5, 481. —

In partic.:

nervum tendere, in mal. part.,

Auct. Priap. 70; cf. Mart. 11, 60, 3.—Hence, tentus, a lecherous man, Mart. 11, 73, 3; Auct. Priap. 20; 27; 34 al.; and tenta, ōrum, n., = membrum virile, Cat. 80, 6.—

Trop.: insidiae tenduntur alicui, are spread out, laid (qs. like nets), Cic. Rosc. Com. 16, 46:

insidias alicui,

Sall. C. 27, 2; Suet. Caes. 35:

omnes insidias animis,

Cic. Leg. 1, 17, 47:

animum vigilem,

to strain, exert, Stat. Achill. 1, 543: longo tendit praecordia voto, Claud. Cons. Prob. et Ol. 66; cf.:

sunt quibus in Satirā videor nimis acer et ultra Legem tendere opus,

i. e. to heighten, aggravate, Hor. S. 2, 1, 2:

aestivam sermone benigno noctem,

to protract, extend, id. Ep. 1, 5, 11:

(lunam) Tanto posse minus cum Signis tendere cursum,

to direct, Lucr. 5, 631:

cursum ex acie in Capitolia,

Sil. 9, 216:

cursum ad agmina suorum,

id. 10, 73:

iter ad naves,

Verg. A. 1, 656:

iter pennis,

id. ib. 6, 240:

ad dominum iter,

Ov. M. 2, 547:

cursum unde et quo,

Liv. 23, 34, 5:

iter in Hispaniam, Auct. B. Afr. 95: cunctis civibus lucem ingenii et consilii sui porrigens atque tendens,

tendering, offering, Cic. de Or. 1, 40, 184.—

To direct one ' s self or one ' s course; to aim, strive, go, travel, march, tend, bend one ' s course in any direction (class.).

Lit.:

dubito an Venusiam tendam,

Cic. Att. 16, 5, 3:

Beneventum,

Hor. S. 1, 5, 71:

cursuque amens ad limina tendit,

Verg. A. 2, 321:

ad castra,

Liv. 9, 37:

in castra,

id. 10, 36:

ad aedes,

Hor. Ep. 1, 7, 89:

ad domum Bruti et Cassii,

Suet. Caes. 85:

ad portus,

Ov. M. 15, 690:

Ciconum ad oras,

id. ib. 10, 3:

ad metam,

id. ib. 15, 453; cf.:

cum alter ad alterum tenderemus,

Plin. Ep. 1, 5, 9:

unde venis? et Quo tendis?

Hor. S. 1, 9, 63; id. Ep. 1, 15, 11; id. C. 3, 3, 70:

quo tendere pergunt,

Verg. A. 6, 198; Nep. Milt. 1, 6:

tendimus huc (sc. in Orcum) omnes,

Ov. M. 10, 34 et saep. —

Of things concrete or abstract, to go, proceed, extend, stretch, etc.:

in quem locum quaeque (imago) tendat,

Lucr. 4, 179:

levibus in sublime tendentibus,

Plin. 2, 5, 4, § 11:

sursum tendit palmes,

Col. 5, 6, 28:

simulacra viis derectis omnia tendunt,

Lucr. 4, 609.— Poet., with acc. of direction:

tunc aethera tendit,

Luc. 7, 477:

dextera (via), quae Ditis magni sub moenia tendit,

Verg. A. 6, 541:

gula tendit ad stomachum, is ad ventrem,

reaches, extends, Plin. 11, 37, 66, § 176:

Taurus mons ad occasum tendens,

id. 5, 27, 27, § 97; so id. 5, 5, 5, § 35; 16, 30, 53, § 122; cf.:

Portae Caspiae, quae per Iberiam in Sarmatas tendunt,

id. 6, 13, 15, § 40:

seu mollis quā tendit Ionia,

Prop. 1, 6, 31.—

Trop.

In gen., to aim, strive, be directed or inclined, to tend in any direction:

ad reliqua alacri tendebamus animo,

Cic. Div. 2, 2, 4; cf.:

ad altiora et non concessa tendere,

Liv. 4, 13, 4:

ad majora,

Quint. 2, 4, 20; 12, 2, 27:

ad eloquium,

Ov. Tr. 4, 10, 17:

ad suum,

Liv. 4, 9, 5; cf.:

ad Carthaginienses,

id. 24, 5, 8:

cum alii alio tenderent,

id. 24, 28, 1:

in diversum sententiae tendebant,

id. 36, 10, 7: tenes, quorsum haec tendant, quae loquor, tend, look, = spectent, Plaut. Ps. 1, 2, 81; Hor. S. 2, 7, 21. —

To exert one ' s self, to strive, endeavor (mostly poet.); with inf.:

(Laocoon) manibus tendit divellere nodos,

Verg. A. 2, 220:

pasta (nitedula) rursus Ire foras pleno tendebat corpore frustra,

Hor. Ep. 1, 7, 31: captae [p. 1853] civitati leges imponere, Liv. 6, 38, 7; 24, 35; 10, 1:

quod efficere tendimus,

Quint. 9, 1, 21:

fratresque tendentes opaco Pelion imposuisse Olympo,

Hor. C. 3, 4, 51:

tendit disertus haberi,

id. Ep. 1, 19, 16:

aqua tendit rumpere plumbum,

id. ib. 1, 10, 20; Pers. 5, 139; Juv. 10, 154. — Absol.:

miles tendere, inde ad jurgium,

insists, persists, Ter. Eun. 4, 1, 12. —

In partic., to exert one ' s self in opposition, to strive, try, endeavor, contend (class. but not freq. till the Aug. per.):

nec nos obniti contra nec tendere tantum Sufficimus,

Verg. A. 5, 21; cf.: nec mora nec requies;

vasto certamine tendunt,

id. ib. 12, 553:

Petreius ubi videt Catilinam contra ac ratus erat magnā vi tendere,

Sall. C. 60, 5; cf.:

summā vi,

Liv. 32, 32, 7 Drak.:

adversus, etc.,

id. 34, 34, 1:

contra,

id. 35, 51, 6:

ultra,

id. 24, 31, 4:

acrius,

Tac. A. 2, 74; cf.:

acrius contra, ut, etc.,

Liv. 3, 15, 2; so with ut, id. 4, 7, 8; with ne, id. 4, 8, 6:

quid tendit? cum efficere non possit, ut, etc.,

what does he strive for? to what do his efforts tend? Cic. Fin. 2, 5, 16; cf.:

nihil illi tendere contra,

Verg. A. 9, 377. —

For tentoria tendere, to set up tents, to be under tents, be encamped, to encamp:

qui sub vallo tenderent mercatores,

Caes. B. G. 6, 37; cf.:

omnibus extra vallum jussis tendere, Frontin. Strat. 4, 1, 18: vallo tendetis in illo,

Luc. 7, 328:

hic Dolopum manus, hic saevus tendebat Achilles,

Verg. A. 2, 29:

legio latis tendebat in arvis,

id. ib. 8, 605:

isdem castris,

Liv. 44, 13, 12; 27, 46; 44, 5; Suet. Galb. 12; 19; cf.:

isdem hibernis tendentes,

Tac. H. 1, 55:

Lugduni tendentes,

id. ib. 1, 59:

cum multitudo laxius tenderet,

Curt. 3, 8, 18; 5, 7, 6; 7, 2, 37:

tendere in campis,

id. 10, 7, 20. — Hence, tensus, a, um, P. a., stretched out, drawn tight, strained, tense (rare):

rectissima linea tensa,

Quint. 3, 6, 83:

collum,

id. 11, 3, 82; cf.:

remissis magis quam tensis (digitis),

id. 11, 3, 99:

vox tensior (opp. remissior),

id. 11, 3, 42:

lacerti,

Luc. 7, 469:

rudentes,

id. 2, 683:

frons,

Lucr. 6, 1195:

tormento citharāque tensior,

Auct. Priap. 6 and 70.— Sup. and adv. do not occur.

tendo ( tenno), tĕtendi, tentum and tensum, 3, v. a. and n. [root ten-, tan, v. teneo; cf. Gr. teinô].

Act., to stretch, stretch out, distend, extend, etc. (class.; cf.: extendo, explico).

Lit.

In gen.:

suntne igitur insidiae, tendere plagas?

Cic. Off. 3, 17, 68:

plagam, Pac. ap. Fest. s. v. nequitum, p. 162 Müll.: quia non rete accipitri tennitur,

Ter. Phorm. 2, 2, 16 sq.; cf.:

retia (alicui),

Prop. 2, 32 (3, 30), 20; Hor. Epod. 2, 33; Ov. M. 4, 513; 7, 701; 8, 331 al.:

casses alicui,

Tib. 1, 6, 5:

intumescit collum, nervi tenduntur,

Col. 6, 14, 4:

chordam,

Plaut. Most. 3, 2, 55:

arcum,

to bend, Verg. A. 7, 164; Hor. C. 2, 10, 20; Ov. M. 2, 604; 5, 55; 5, 63; Stat. S. 3, 1, 51.—Hence, poet. transf.:

sagittas Arcu,

to shoot, hurl, Hor. C. 1, 29, 9; cf.:

spicula cornu,

Verg. A. 9, 606:

pariterque oculos telumque,

id. ib. 5, 508:

barbiton,

to tune, Hor. C. 1, 1, 34; cf.:

tympana tenta tonant palmis,

Lucr. 2, 618:

validā lora manu,

Ov. Am. 3, 2, 72:

vela (Noti),

to swell, Verg. A. 3, 268:

praecipiti carbasa tenta Noto,

Ov. H. 10, 30:

praetorium,

to stretch out, pitch, Caes. B. C. 3, 82: pelles in ordine tentae, Lucil. ap. Non. 181, 30:

conopia,

Prop. 3, 11 (4, 10), 45: grabatos restibus, Lucil. ap. Non. 181, 29:

cubilia,

Hor. Epod. 12, 12: manus ad caeli caerula templa, Enn. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 20, 40 (Ann. v. 51 Vahl.); so, manus ad caelum, Caes. B. C. 2, 5; Verg. A. 3, 176:

bracchia ad caelum,

Ov. M. 6, 279; 9, 293;

for which: bracchia caelo,

id. ib. 2, 580;

9, 210: ad legatos atque exercitum supplices manus tendunt,

Caes. B. C. 2, 12; so,

manus ad aliquem,

id. B. G. 2, 13:

ad sidera palmas,

Verg. A. 1, 93:

super aequora palmas,

Ov. M. 8, 849:

ad aliquem orantia bracchia,

id. P. 2, 9, 65:

manus supplices dis immortalibus,

Cic. Font. 17, 48; cf.:

vobis supplex manus tendit patria communis,

id. Cat. 4, 9, 18; so,

manus alicui,

Caes. B. G. 7, 48; Ov. M. 3, 723; id. H. 10, 146:

manus supinas,

Liv. 3, 50, 5:

manus ripae ulterioris amore,

Verg. A. 6, 314; cf.

also: Graecia tendit dexteram Italiae,

stretches forth, reaches, Cic. Phil. 10, 4, 9; id. Prov. Cons. 4, 9:

(conjux) parvum patri tendebat Iulum,

reaches out, Verg. A. 2, 674:

tu munera supplex Tende, petens pacem,

id. G. 4, 535:

quo tendant ferrum,

aim, direct, id. A. 5, 489:

qua nunc se ponti plaga caerula tendit,

stretches itself out, extends, Lucr. 5, 481. —

In partic.:

nervum tendere, in mal. part.,

Auct. Priap. 70; cf. Mart. 11, 60, 3.—Hence, tentus, a lecherous man, Mart. 11, 73, 3; Auct. Priap. 20; 27; 34 al.; and tenta, ōrum, n., = membrum virile, Cat. 80, 6.—

Trop.: insidiae tenduntur alicui, are spread out, laid (qs. like nets), Cic. Rosc. Com. 16, 46:

insidias alicui,

Sall. C. 27, 2; Suet. Caes. 35:

omnes insidias animis,

Cic. Leg. 1, 17, 47:

animum vigilem,

to strain, exert, Stat. Achill. 1, 543: longo tendit praecordia voto, Claud. Cons. Prob. et Ol. 66; cf.:

sunt quibus in Satirā videor nimis acer et ultra Legem tendere opus,

i. e. to heighten, aggravate, Hor. S. 2, 1, 2:

aestivam sermone benigno noctem,

to protract, extend, id. Ep. 1, 5, 11:

(lunam) Tanto posse minus cum Signis tendere cursum,

to direct, Lucr. 5, 631:

cursum ex acie in Capitolia,

Sil. 9, 216:

cursum ad agmina suorum,

id. 10, 73:

iter ad naves,

Verg. A. 1, 656:

iter pennis,

id. ib. 6, 240:

ad dominum iter,

Ov. M. 2, 547:

cursum unde et quo,

Liv. 23, 34, 5:

iter in Hispaniam, Auct. B. Afr. 95: cunctis civibus lucem ingenii et consilii sui porrigens atque tendens,

tendering, offering, Cic. de Or. 1, 40, 184.—

To direct one ' s self or one ' s course; to aim, strive, go, travel, march, tend, bend one ' s course in any direction (class.).

Lit.:

dubito an Venusiam tendam,

Cic. Att. 16, 5, 3:

Beneventum,

Hor. S. 1, 5, 71:

cursuque amens ad limina tendit,

Verg. A. 2, 321:

ad castra,

Liv. 9, 37:

in castra,

id. 10, 36:

ad aedes,

Hor. Ep. 1, 7, 89:

ad domum Bruti et Cassii,

Suet. Caes. 85:

ad portus,

Ov. M. 15, 690:

Ciconum ad oras,

id. ib. 10, 3:

ad metam,

id. ib. 15, 453; cf.:

cum alter ad alterum tenderemus,

Plin. Ep. 1, 5, 9:

unde venis? et Quo tendis?

Hor. S. 1, 9, 63; id. Ep. 1, 15, 11; id. C. 3, 3, 70:

quo tendere pergunt,

Verg. A. 6, 198; Nep. Milt. 1, 6:

tendimus huc (sc. in Orcum) omnes,

Ov. M. 10, 34 et saep. —

Of things concrete or abstract, to go, proceed, extend, stretch, etc.:

in quem locum quaeque (imago) tendat,

Lucr. 4, 179:

levibus in sublime tendentibus,

Plin. 2, 5, 4, § 11:

sursum tendit palmes,

Col. 5, 6, 28:

simulacra viis derectis omnia tendunt,

Lucr. 4, 609.— Poet., with acc. of direction:

tunc aethera tendit,

Luc. 7, 477:

dextera (via), quae Ditis magni sub moenia tendit,

Verg. A. 6, 541:

gula tendit ad stomachum, is ad ventrem,

reaches, extends, Plin. 11, 37, 66, § 176:

Taurus mons ad occasum tendens,

id. 5, 27, 27, § 97; so id. 5, 5, 5, § 35; 16, 30, 53, § 122; cf.:

Portae Caspiae, quae per Iberiam in Sarmatas tendunt,

id. 6, 13, 15, § 40:

seu mollis quā tendit Ionia,

Prop. 1, 6, 31.—

Trop.

In gen., to aim, strive, be directed or inclined, to tend in any direction:

ad reliqua alacri tendebamus animo,

Cic. Div. 2, 2, 4; cf.:

ad altiora et non concessa tendere,

Liv. 4, 13, 4:

ad majora,

Quint. 2, 4, 20; 12, 2, 27:

ad eloquium,

Ov. Tr. 4, 10, 17:

ad suum,

Liv. 4, 9, 5; cf.:

ad Carthaginienses,

id. 24, 5, 8:

cum alii alio tenderent,

id. 24, 28, 1:

in diversum sententiae tendebant,

id. 36, 10, 7: tenes, quorsum haec tendant, quae loquor, tend, look, = spectent, Plaut. Ps. 1, 2, 81; Hor. S. 2, 7, 21. —

To exert one ' s self, to strive, endeavor (mostly poet.); with inf.:

(Laocoon) manibus tendit divellere nodos,

Verg. A. 2, 220:

pasta (nitedula) rursus Ire foras pleno tendebat corpore frustra,

Hor. Ep. 1, 7, 31: captae [p. 1853] civitati leges imponere, Liv. 6, 38, 7; 24, 35; 10, 1:

quod efficere tendimus,

Quint. 9, 1, 21:

fratresque tendentes opaco Pelion imposuisse Olympo,

Hor. C. 3, 4, 51:

tendit disertus haberi,

id. Ep. 1, 19, 16:

aqua tendit rumpere plumbum,

id. ib. 1, 10, 20; Pers. 5, 139; Juv. 10, 154. — Absol.:

miles tendere, inde ad jurgium,

insists, persists, Ter. Eun. 4, 1, 12. —

In partic., to exert one ' s self in opposition, to strive, try, endeavor, contend (class. but not freq. till the Aug. per.):

nec nos obniti contra nec tendere tantum Sufficimus,

Verg. A. 5, 21; cf.: nec mora nec requies;

vasto certamine tendunt,

id. ib. 12, 553:

Petreius ubi videt Catilinam contra ac ratus erat magnā vi tendere,

Sall. C. 60, 5; cf.:

summā vi,

Liv. 32, 32, 7 Drak.:

adversus, etc.,

id. 34, 34, 1:

contra,

id. 35, 51, 6:

ultra,

id. 24, 31, 4:

acrius,

Tac. A. 2, 74; cf.:

acrius contra, ut, etc.,

Liv. 3, 15, 2; so with ut, id. 4, 7, 8; with ne, id. 4, 8, 6:

quid tendit? cum efficere non possit, ut, etc.,

what does he strive for? to what do his efforts tend? Cic. Fin. 2, 5, 16; cf.:

nihil illi tendere contra,

Verg. A. 9, 377. —

For tentoria tendere, to set up tents, to be under tents, be encamped, to encamp:

qui sub vallo tenderent mercatores,

Caes. B. G. 6, 37; cf.:

omnibus extra vallum jussis tendere, Frontin. Strat. 4, 1, 18: vallo tendetis in illo,

Luc. 7, 328:

hic Dolopum manus, hic saevus tendebat Achilles,

Verg. A. 2, 29:

legio latis tendebat in arvis,

id. ib. 8, 605:

isdem castris,

Liv. 44, 13, 12; 27, 46; 44, 5; Suet. Galb. 12; 19; cf.:

isdem hibernis tendentes,

Tac. H. 1, 55:

Lugduni tendentes,

id. ib. 1, 59:

cum multitudo laxius tenderet,

Curt. 3, 8, 18; 5, 7, 6; 7, 2, 37:

tendere in campis,

id. 10, 7, 20. — Hence, tensus, a, um, P. a., stretched out, drawn tight, strained, tense (rare):

rectissima linea tensa,

Quint. 3, 6, 83:

collum,

id. 11, 3, 82; cf.:

remissis magis quam tensis (digitis),

id. 11, 3, 99:

vox tensior (opp. remissior),

id. 11, 3, 42:

lacerti,

Luc. 7, 469:

rudentes,

id. 2, 683:

frons,

Lucr. 6, 1195:

tormento citharāque tensior,

Auct. Priap. 6 and 70.— Sup. and adv. do not occur.