perceptible

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    Comprehensibilis, et hoc comprehensibile, penul. corr. Cic. Qu'on peult comprendre, Comprehensible.

comprĕhensĭbĭlis ( conp-), e, adj. [comprehendo], that can be seized or laid hold of (very rare; prob. first used by Cic.).

Prop.:

comprehensibile et solidum corpus,

Lact. 7, 12, 2.—As subst.: comprĕ-hensĭbĭle, is, n. (opp. incomprehensibile), Tert. Apol. 48.—

Trop.

Perceptible by the senses, evident:

comprehensibilia oculis foramina,

Sen. Q. N. 6, 24, 1.—

Perceptible to the mind, conceivable, intelligible: id autem visum, cum ipsum per se cerneretur, comprehensibile, feretis haec? Nos vero, inquit, quonam enim modo katalêpton diceres? etc., * Cic. Ac. 1, 11, 41:

natura non comprehensibilis,

Cels. 1 pr. §

46: causae,

Arn. 1, p. 37.

comprĕhensĭbĭlis ( conp-), e, adj. [comprehendo], that can be seized or laid hold of (very rare; prob. first used by Cic.).

Prop.:

comprehensibile et solidum corpus,

Lact. 7, 12, 2.—As subst.: comprĕ-hensĭbĭle, is, n. (opp. incomprehensibile), Tert. Apol. 48.—

Trop.

Perceptible by the senses, evident:

comprehensibilia oculis foramina,

Sen. Q. N. 6, 24, 1.—

Perceptible to the mind, conceivable, intelligible: id autem visum, cum ipsum per se cerneretur, comprehensibile, feretis haec? Nos vero, inquit, quonam enim modo katalêpton diceres? etc., * Cic. Ac. 1, 11, 41:

natura non comprehensibilis,

Cels. 1 pr. §

46: causae,

Arn. 1, p. 37.

comprĕhensĭbĭlis ( conp-), e, adj. [comprehendo], that can be seized or laid hold of (very rare; prob. first used by Cic.).

Prop.:

comprehensibile et solidum corpus,

Lact. 7, 12, 2.—As subst.: comprĕ-hensĭbĭle, is, n. (opp. incomprehensibile), Tert. Apol. 48.—

Trop.

Perceptible by the senses, evident:

comprehensibilia oculis foramina,

Sen. Q. N. 6, 24, 1.—

Perceptible to the mind, conceivable, intelligible: id autem visum, cum ipsum per se cerneretur, comprehensibile, feretis haec? Nos vero, inquit, quonam enim modo katalêpton diceres? etc., * Cic. Ac. 1, 11, 41:

natura non comprehensibilis,

Cels. 1 pr. §

46: causae,

Arn. 1, p. 37.

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corpus, ŏris, n. [cf. Sanscr. kar-, to make; Lat. creo], any object composed of materials perceptible by the senses, body, substance (opp. anima and animus; cf. the definition in Dig. 41, 3, 30 pr.).

Lit. (very frequent in every period and species of composition).

In gen., a body, whether living or lifeless:

tangere aut tangi nisi corpus nulla potest res,

Lucr. 1, 305:

animi voluptates et dolores nasci fatemur e corporis voluptatibus et doloribus, etc.,

Cic. Fin. 1, 17, 55; cf. id. Tusc. 4, 10, 23:

vita, quae corpore et spiritu continetur,

id. Marcell. 9, 28:

parvissima quaeque Corpora constabunt ex partibus infinitis,

Lucr. 1, 617:

ignea rerum,

id. 1, 680:

terraï,

id. 5, 236:

acerbum Neptuni,

id. 2, 472:

aquae,

id. 2, 232 et saep.— Poet., plur. for sing.:

nudabant corpora (nymphae) venti,

Ov. M. 1, 527; Tib. 1, 8, 52 (cf. sômata, Soph. Elec. 1232).—

In partic.

The flesh of animal bodies:

ossa subjecta corpori,

Cic. N. D. 2, 55, 139; cf. Quint. 1, prooem. § 24;

12, 10, 5: amittere,

to become poor, lean, Lucr. 1, 1038; Cic. Fam. 7, 26, 2 fin.; cf.:

abiit corpusque colorque,

Ov. H. 3, 141;

and the opp. facere,

to become fat, to thrive, Cels. 7, 3 fin.; cf.:

quo cibo fecisti tantum corporis,

Phaedr. 3, 7, 5.—In a play upon words:

inque omni nusquam corpore corpus erat,

Mart. Spect. 7, 6.—

Transf., the wood under the bark of a tree, Plin. 17, 24, 37, § 234.—Of discourse:

nervis illis, quibus causa continetur, adiciunt superinducti corporis speciem,

the covering, integument, Quint. 5, 8, 2; 2, 10, 5:

corpus eloquentiae facere,

the substance, the most essential part, id. 10, 1, 87; cf.:

corpus orationis enervatur,

Petr. 2.—

A lifeless body, a corpse, Caes. B. G. 2, 10; 2, 27; Liv. 32, 13, 8 et saep.; Ov. M. 7, 548; id. F. 2, 835 al.—In a double sense, Cic. Sull. 31, 89 Halm.— Poet., the souls of the dead, the shades or departed spirits, Verg. A. 6, 303; 6, 306.—

As opposed to the head, the trunk, Ov. M. 11, 794.—

In mal. part., the body, person:

usuram ejus corporis cepit sibi,

Plaut. Am. prol. 108:

illa quae corpus puplicat volgo suum,

id. Bacch. 4, 8, 22; id. Cist. 2, 3, 21; cf.:

corpore quaestum facere,

id. Poen. 5, 3, 21 al.;

v. quaestus.— Hence also,

the testicles, Phaedr. 3, 11, 3; Hor. S. 1, 2, 43.—

Periphrastically for the individual, the person (esp. poet., to suggest that which is physically admirable or excellent;

also freq. in the histt.): delecta virum corpora,

Verg. A. 2, 18; cf.:

lectissima matrum,

id. ib. 9, 272:

quo pulchrior alter non fuit, excepto corpore Turni,

id. ib. 7, 650;

11, 690: septena quot annis Corpora natorum,

id. ib. 6, 22:

ultor vestrae, fidissima corpora, mortis,

Ov. M. 3, 58; 7, 655:

sororum,

Sil. 14, 105; Val. Fl. 2, 653:

conjugum vestraque ac liberorum vestrorum,

Liv. 21, 13, 7; Tac. A. 4, 72 et saep.:

uti corpora nostra ab injuriā tuta forent,

Sall. C. 33, 2; Liv. 9, 8, 5; 31, 46, 16:

qui liberum corpus (sc. Virginiam) in servitutem addixissent,

id. 3, 56, 8; so,

liberum,

Sall. C. 33, 2; Liv. 5, 22, 1; 29, 21, 6; Plin. Pan. 33, 1.—Of animals: corpora [p. 473] magna boum, heads, Verg. G. 3, 369:

seu quis Pascit equos... Corpora praecipue matrum legat,

id. ib. 3, 51; id. A. 1, 193:

pro tribus corporibus triginta milia talentum auri precatur accipias,

Curt. 4, 11, 6.—

Meton., a whole composed of parts united, a body, frame, system, structure, community, corporation, etc.;

of ships,

the framework, Caes. B. C. 1, 54.—Of fortifications:

totum corpus coronā militum cingere,

Caes. B. G. 7, 72.—Of a land:

Sicilia dirempta velut a corpore majore,

Just. 4, 1, 1.—Of the state:

alterum (praeceptum Platonis), ut totum corpus rei publicae curent, nec dum partem aliquam tuentur, reliquas deserant,

Cic. Off. 1, 25, 85:

quae (multitudo) coalescere in populi unius corpus poterat,

Liv. 1, 8, 1; cf. id. 34, 9, 3; and:

nullum civitatis,

a political body, id. 26, 16, 9; 38, 9, 12; Tac. G. 39; Just. 3, 2, 2:

totum corpus Macedoniae,

id. 7, 1, 12; Liv. 26, 16, 9:

sui corporis regem creari,

id. 1, 17, 2:

corpus mercatorum,

guild, Ambros. Ep. 20, 6:

corpori valido caput deerat (sc. exercitui dux),

Liv. 5, 46, 5:

oriundi ab Sabinis sui corporis creari regem volebant,

id. 1, 17, 2; cf. id. 4, 9, 4; 6, 34, 5 al.:

fabrorum et naviculariorum,

Dig. 50, 6, 5:

utros ejus habueris libros... duo enim sunt corpora... an utrosque, nescio,

Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 11 (13), 4; so of a book, id. Fam. 5, 12, 4; Sen. Tranq. 9, 6; Suet. Gram. 6; Dig. 32, 50 al.; cf.:

corpus omnis Romani juris,

Liv. 3, 34, 7;

hence, Corpus Juris,

title of a Roman collection of laws, Cod. Just. 5, 13:

rationum,

Dig. 40, 5, 37:

patrimonii,

ib. 4, 2, 20:

omnia maternae hereditatis,

ib. 4, 31, 79.

incorpŏrālis, e, adj. [id.], bodiless, incorporeal (post-Aug.):

quod est aut corporale est aut incorporale,

Sen. Ep. 58, 11:

jus,

Quint. 5, 10, 116: nomina, that denote something incorporeal, e. g. virtus, Prisc. 2, p. 579.—Hence, subst.: incorpŏrāle, is, n., an incorporeal thing, that which is unsubstantial, immaterial:

dicimus enim quaedam corporalia esse, quaedam incorporalia,

Sen. Ep. 58, 11 sqq.;

89, 16: a corporibus se ad incorporalia transtulit,

id. ib. 90, 29.—

Esp., law t. t., incorporeal, that which is not perceptible by any sense: res, rights to or in things (opp. corporales, the things themselves), Gai. Inst. 2, 14 sqq.—Hence, subst.: incorpŏrāle, is, n., an intangible possession, a right: incorporalia sunt quae tangi non possunt, Gai. Inst. l. l. Abdy ad loc.; 3, 83 al.; id. Ben. 6, 2, 2. — Hence, adv.: incorpŏrālĭter, incorporeally, Claud. Mam. de Stat. An. 3, 14.

incorpŏrālis, e, adj. [id.], bodiless, incorporeal (post-Aug.):

quod est aut corporale est aut incorporale,

Sen. Ep. 58, 11:

jus,

Quint. 5, 10, 116: nomina, that denote something incorporeal, e. g. virtus, Prisc. 2, p. 579.—Hence, subst.: incorpŏrāle, is, n., an incorporeal thing, that which is unsubstantial, immaterial:

dicimus enim quaedam corporalia esse, quaedam incorporalia,

Sen. Ep. 58, 11 sqq.;

89, 16: a corporibus se ad incorporalia transtulit,

id. ib. 90, 29.—

Esp., law t. t., incorporeal, that which is not perceptible by any sense: res, rights to or in things (opp. corporales, the things themselves), Gai. Inst. 2, 14 sqq.—Hence, subst.: incorpŏrāle, is, n., an intangible possession, a right: incorporalia sunt quae tangi non possunt, Gai. Inst. l. l. Abdy ad loc.; 3, 83 al.; id. Ben. 6, 2, 2. — Hence, adv.: incorpŏrālĭter, incorporeally, Claud. Mam. de Stat. An. 3, 14.

intellĕgĭbĭlis, e, adj. [intellego].

That can be understood, intelligible, intellectual:

bonum (opp. intellegibile),

Sen. Ep. 124, 2:

causa,

Amm. 20, 3:

deus,

Aug. Soliloq. 1, 1.—

Perceptible to the senses, sensible:

in corporis intellegibilis lineam (dyas) prima defluxit,

Macr. Somn. Scip. 1, 6, 19.— Adv.: intellĕgĭlĭter, intelligibly, Aug. Ep. 218.

intellĕgĭbĭlis, e, adj. [intellego].

That can be understood, intelligible, intellectual:

bonum (opp. intellegibile),

Sen. Ep. 124, 2:

causa,

Amm. 20, 3:

deus,

Aug. Soliloq. 1, 1.—

Perceptible to the senses, sensible:

in corporis intellegibilis lineam (dyas) prima defluxit,

Macr. Somn. Scip. 1, 6, 19.— Adv.: intellĕgĭlĭter, intelligibly, Aug. Ep. 218.

nŏtābĭlis, e, adj. [nota], noteworthy, distinguished, remarkable, extraordinary, memorable, notable (not freq. till the Aug. per.; in Cic. perh. only once; in Cæs. not at all).

Prop.: exitus, * Cic. Fam. 5, 12, 5:

rara et notabilis res,

Plin. Ep. 7, 6, 1:

id est notabilius,

Quint. 8, 3, 22:

illud notabile ex diversis,

id. 8, 5, 5:

notabilis introitus,

Tac. Agr. 40:

cunctis,

Juv. 6, 374:

magna ista et notabilis eloquentia,

Tac. Or. 40.—

Esp., in a bad sense, infamous, notorious:

turpitudine notabiles,

Dig. 3, 1, 5:

si quid in pejus notabile est,

Quint. 1, 3, 1:

quae imperitis quoque ad reprehensionem notabilia videntur,

id. 9, 4, 33:

eo notabilior caedes fuit, quia filius patrem interfecit,

Tac. H. 3, 25.—

Transf., dis cernible, perceptible:

aspice nobilissimarum civitatum fundamenta vix notabilia,

Sen. Ira, 1, 2, 3.—

Pointed at, marked, indicated:

digitis hominum nutibusque notabilis,

App. M. 11, p. 784 Oud.—Hence, adv.: nŏtābĭlĭter, remarkably, notably; perceptibly:

quaedam frequentius et notabiliter usurpavit,

Suet. Aug. 87:

expalluit notabiliter,

Plin. Ep. 1, 5, 13:

gaudium eminuit,

id. ib. 5, 17, 5.— Comp.:

notabilius turbare,

Tac. H. 1, 55:

aliquem odisse,

Quint. Decl. 17.

nŏtābĭlis, e, adj. [nota], noteworthy, distinguished, remarkable, extraordinary, memorable, notable (not freq. till the Aug. per.; in Cic. perh. only once; in Cæs. not at all).

Prop.: exitus, * Cic. Fam. 5, 12, 5:

rara et notabilis res,

Plin. Ep. 7, 6, 1:

id est notabilius,

Quint. 8, 3, 22:

illud notabile ex diversis,

id. 8, 5, 5:

notabilis introitus,

Tac. Agr. 40:

cunctis,

Juv. 6, 374:

magna ista et notabilis eloquentia,

Tac. Or. 40.—

Esp., in a bad sense, infamous, notorious:

turpitudine notabiles,

Dig. 3, 1, 5:

si quid in pejus notabile est,

Quint. 1, 3, 1:

quae imperitis quoque ad reprehensionem notabilia videntur,

id. 9, 4, 33:

eo notabilior caedes fuit, quia filius patrem interfecit,

Tac. H. 3, 25.—

Transf., dis cernible, perceptible:

aspice nobilissimarum civitatum fundamenta vix notabilia,

Sen. Ira, 1, 2, 3.—

Pointed at, marked, indicated:

digitis hominum nutibusque notabilis,

App. M. 11, p. 784 Oud.—Hence, adv.: nŏtābĭlĭter, remarkably, notably; perceptibly:

quaedam frequentius et notabiliter usurpavit,

Suet. Aug. 87:

expalluit notabiliter,

Plin. Ep. 1, 5, 13:

gaudium eminuit,

id. ib. 5, 17, 5.— Comp.:

notabilius turbare,

Tac. H. 1, 55:

aliquem odisse,

Quint. Decl. 17.

nŏto, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [nota], to mark, to designate with a mark (syn.: signo, designo).

Lit.:

tabellam cerā,

Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 32, § 79:

ungue genas,

Ov. Am. 1, 7, 50:

pueri rubor ora notavit,

id. M. 4, 329:

rugis uterum,

id. A. A. 3, 785:

ova atramento,

Col. 8, 11, 12:

corpus nulla litura notet,

not a wrinkle, Mart. 7, 18, 2.—

Transf.

To write:

scribit, damnatque tabellas, Et notat et delet,

Ov. M. 9, 522.—

In partic., to write in short-hand or cipher, to set down in a summary form:

notando consequi,

Quint. 1 prooem. § 7; 11, 2, 19;

4, 5, 22: notata, non perscripta erat summa,

Suet. Galb. 5.—

To make remarks or notes on a writing, to remark:

idque et Labeo probat, sed Proculus apud eum notat, non semper debere dari,

Dig. 3, 5, 9:

Marcellus apud Julianum notat: Non dubitamus, etc.,

ib. 35, 1, 19; 50, 4, 18, § 26. —

Trop.

To signify, indicate, denote:

quae notant et designant turpitudinem aliquam non turpiter,

Cic. de Or. 2, 58, 236:

notare res nominibus novis,

id. Fin. 3, 2, 4:

illa, quae temporis naturam notant,

id. Part. 11, 37.—

In partic.: aliquem, to allude to, hint at one:

senatum gestu,

Suet. Ner. 39; cf.:

conjunx visa est duro vultu Dicta tulisse Jovis, seque indoluisse notatam,

Ov. M. 9, 261.—

To mark, note, observe:

numerum in cadentibus guttis notare possumus,

Cic. de Or. 3, 48, 186:

animadvertere et notare sidera,

id. Div. 2, 43, 91:

cantus avium,

id. ib. 1, 42, 94:

id caput notavi, et descriptum tibi misi,

id. Fam. 7, 22: veris initium iste a Favoniā notare, id. Verr. 2, 5, 10, § 27; Plin. 2, 8, 6, § 29; Petr. 6 init. —

Publicist's t. t., esp. of the censors, to mark or brand with infamy (nota) on account of a crime or fault, to censure, reprimand:

quos censores furti et captarum pecuniarum nomine notaverunt,

Cic. Clu. 42, 120:

eques Romanus impolitiae notabatur,

Gell. 4, 12, 2:

ita senatus rem, non hominem notavit,

Cic. Mil. 11, 31; id. Clu. 47, 130:

aliquem ignominiā,

id. Phil. 7, 9, 23: luxuria Cornelii non crimine aliquo libidinis, sed communi maledicto notabatur id. Balb. 25, 56:

ne is dedecore, maculā, turpissimā ignominiā notetur,

id. Quint. 31, 99:

cujus improbitatem veteres Atticorum comoediae notaverunt,

id. Brut. 62, 224:

stultus et improbus hic amor est dignusque notari,

Hor. S. 1, 3, 24:

notante judice, quo nosti, populo,

id. ib. 1, 6, 14:

aliquem joco,

Suet. Ner. 5:

scripta famosa quibus primores viri notabantur,

id. Dom. 8. Hence, * nŏtātus, a, um, P. a., marked, perceptible:

notatior similitudo,

Auct. Her. 3, 22, 37 Orell. (al. notior).

perceptī̆bĭlis, e [percipio].

Perceptible, Cassiod. Hist. Eccl. 5, 20.—

Participating in any thing, Boëth. Dial. in Porphyr. 1, 20.