perdīx

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perdix, īcis, comm., = perdix, a partridge, Plin. 10, 33, 51, § 100; Mart. 3, 37, 15: perdicas Boeotios, Varr. ap. Non. 218, 18:

picta,

Mart. 3, 58, 15; Vulg. Jer. 17, 11.

Perdix, īcis, m. In mythology, the nephew of Dœdalus, Ov. M. 8, 241 sq.; Hyg. Fab. 274.

perdix, īcis, comm., = perdix, a partridge, Plin. 10, 33, 51, § 100; Mart. 3, 37, 15: perdicas Boeotios, Varr. ap. Non. 218, 18:

picta,

Mart. 3, 58, 15; Vulg. Jer. 17, 11.

Perdix, īcis, m. In mythology, the nephew of Dœdalus, Ov. M. 8, 241 sq.; Hyg. Fab. 274.

ENG partridge, grey partridge

NLD patrijs

GER Rebhuhn

FRA perdrix grise

NLD veenpatrijs

ENG Daurian partridge

NLD baardpatrijs

ENG Tibetan partridge

NLD Tibetaanse patrijs

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cantus, ūs, m. [id.], the production of melodious sound, a musical utterance or expression, either with voice or instrument; hence, song, singing, playing, music (while carmen is prop. the contents or substance of the song, etc.; cf.:

qui enim cantus moderatā oratione dulcior invenire potest? Quod carmen artificiosā conclusione aptius?

Cic. de Or. 2, 8, 34).

In gen.

Of persons.

With the voice, a singing, song; in full, cantus vocum, Cic. Rosc. Am. 46, 134:

fit etiam saepe vocum gravitate et cantibus ut pellantur animi, etc.,

id. Div. 1, 36, 80:

cantus vocis juvat sociatā nervorum concordiā,

Quint. 5, 10, 124:

oris,

id. 11, 3, [p. 282] 23:

Sirenum,

Cic. Fin. 5, 18, 49; Quint. 5, 8, 1; cf. Juv. 9, 150:

comissationes, cantus, symphoniae,

Cic. Cael. 15, 35; id. Verr. 2, 5, 13, § 31; id. Fin. 5, 18, 49; Lucr. 5, 1406:

felices cantus ore sonante dedit,

Tib. 3, 4, 40:

cantu tremulo (i.e. voce anili),

Hor. C. 4, 13, 5:

praecipe lugubres Cantus,

id. ib. 1, 24, 3:

longum cantu solata laborem,

Verg. G. 1, 293; cf.:

est etiam in dicendo quidam cantus obscurior,

musical play of voice, Cic. Or. 17, 57.—

With instruments, a playing, music:

in nervorum vocumque cantibus,

Cic. Tusc. 1, 2, 4; id. Rosc. Am. 46, 134:

citharae,

Hor. C. 3, 1, 20:

horribili stridebat tibia cantu,

Cat. 64, 264:

querulae tibiae,

Hor. C. 3, 7, 30:

dulcis tibia cantu,

Tib. 1, 7, 47:

bucinarum,

Cic. Mur. 9, 22:

simul ac tubarum est auditus cantus,

Liv. 25, 24, 5:

lyrae,

Plin. 34, 8, 19, § 72:

tibicines, qui fidibus utuntur, suo arbitrio cantus numerosque moderantur,

Cic. Tusc. 5, 36, 104:

cantu tubarum convocare concilium, Auct. B. G. 8, 20: raucisonoque mi-nantur cornua cantu,

Lucr. 2, 619:

rauco strepuerunt cornua cantu,

Verg. A. 8, 2.—

Of an actor: tardiores tibicinis modos et cantus remissiores facere,

Cic. de Or. 1, 60, 254.—

Of birds, etc.:

raucisoni cantus,

Lucr. 5, 1084:

cantus avium et volatus,

Cic. Div. 1, 42, 94; Hor. C. 3, 1, 20; App. Flor. 2, p. 349:

volucrum,

Quint. 10, 3, 24.—Of the nightingale, Phaedr. 3, 18, 2; Plin. 10, 29, 43, § 81.—Of the cock, a crowing: (galli) favent faucibus russis cantu plausuque premunt alas, Enn. ap. Cic. Div. 2, 26, 57 (Trag. Rel. v. 251 Vahl.); Cic. Mur. 9, 22; id. Div. 2, 26, 56:

sub galli cantum,

at daybreak, cock-crowing, Hor. S. 1, 1, 10:

vigil ales cristati cantibus oris Evocat Auroram,

Ov. M. 11, 597; Plin. 10, 21, 24, § 46; Quint. 11, 3, 51:

fulix fundens e gutture cantus, Cic. Div, poët. 1, 8, 14: perdix testata gaudia cantu est,

Ov. M. 8, 238:

seros exercet noctua cantus,

Verg. G. 1, 403:

(cycni) cantus dedere,

id. A. 1, 398.—

Esp.

Prophetic or oracular song:

veridicos Parcae coeperunt edere cantus,

Cat. 64, 306; cf. Tib. 1, 8, 4.—

An incantation, charm, magic song, etc.: cantusque artesque magorum. Ov. M. 7, 195; 7, 201:

at cantu commotae Erebi de sedibus imis Umbrae ibant,

Verg. G. 4, 471:

magici,

Col. 10, 367:

Haemoniis agitare cantibus umbras,

Val. Fl. 6, 448:

amores Cantibus solvere,

Tib. 1, 2, 60; 1, 2, 45; 1, 2, 53:

cantus e curru Lunam deducere tentat,

id. 1, 8, 19; 4, 1, 63; 4, 4, 10; Ov. H. 12, 167; id. M. 4, 49.

garrŭlus, a, um, adj. [garrio], chattering, prattling, babbling, prating, talkative, garrulous.

Lit. (class., but not in Cic.; cf.:

loquax, verbosus): confidentes garrulique et malevoli,

Plaut. Curc. 4, 1, 16; Ter. Ad. 4, 4, 15:

percontatorem fugito, nam garrulus idem est,

Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 69:

(Lucilius) Garrulus atque piger scribendi ferre laborem,

id. S. 1, 4, 12:

garrulus hunc quando consumet cumque: loquaces, Si sapiat, vitet,

id. ib. 1, 9, 33:

ut hujus infantiae garrulam disciplinam contemneremus,

Auct. Her. 2, 11, 16:

scientia,

id. 3, 3, 6:

lingua,

Ov. Am. 2, 2, 44:

bella verbosi fori,

id. Tr. 3, 12, 18:

vadimonia,

id. Am. 1, 12, 23:

hora,

time for chatting, Prop. 3 (4), 23, 18.—

Transf.

Of animals or inanimate things:

ales (i. e. cornix),

Ov. M. 2, 547:

perdix,

id. ib. 8, 237:

hirundo,

Verg. G. 4, 307:

cicada,

Phaedr. 3, 16, 10:

noctua in imbre,

Plin. 18, 35, 87, § 362:

cantus lusciniae,

id. 10, 29, 43, § 81:

rivus,

babbling, murmuring, Ov. F. 2, 316:

pinus vento,

rustling, Nemes. Ecl. 1, 30:

fistula,

vocal, Tib. 2, 5, 30; cf.

lyra,

id. 3, 4, 38:

plectra,

Mart. 14, 167:

sistra,

id. 14, 54:

anulus in orbe (trochi),

id. 14, 169.—

Of the subjects of talk:

gaudent ubi Garrula securi narrare pericula nautae,

Juv. 12, 82.

māternus, a, um, adj. [mater], of or belonging to a mother, maternal (class.): sanguis, Enn. ap. Non. 292, 16 (Trag. v. 184 Vahl.):

paternus maternusque sanguis,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 24, 66:

animus,

Ter. Heaut. 4, 1, 24:

nomen,

Cic. Clu. 5, 12:

menses,

the months of pregnancy, Nemes. Cyn. 19:

tempora,

time of pregnancy, Ov. M. 3, 312: Caesar cingens maternā tempora myrto, i. e. of Venus, the mother of Æneas, from whom sprang the race of the Cæsars, Verg. G. 1, 28:

arma (Aeneae),

i. e. which his mother Venus had obtained for him from Vulcan, id. A. 12, 107:

aves,

i. e. the doves sacred to Venus, id. ib. 6, 193:

avus,

i. e. Atlas, the father of Maia, the mother of Mercury, id. ib. 4, 258:

Delum maternam invisit Apollo,

i. e. where his mother Latona had borne him, id. ib. 144: aequora, i. e. from which she (Venus) was born, Ov. F. 4, 131:

Numa,

related by the mother's side, id. P. 3, 2, 105; cf.:

an ad maternos Latinos hoc senatus consultum pertineat,

Gai. Inst. 3, 71:

nobilitas,

by the mother's side, Verg. A. 11, 340: Idus, i. e. of May (Mercury's birthday), Mart. 7, 71 5—Of animals:

ut agnus condiscat maternum trahere alimentum,

Col. 7, 3:

perdix materna vacans cura,

Plin. 10, 33, 51, § 103.

Māternus, i, m., a Roman surname:

Curiatius Maternus,

Tac. Or. 2.

māternus, a, um, adj. [mater], of or belonging to a mother, maternal (class.): sanguis, Enn. ap. Non. 292, 16 (Trag. v. 184 Vahl.):

paternus maternusque sanguis,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 24, 66:

animus,

Ter. Heaut. 4, 1, 24:

nomen,

Cic. Clu. 5, 12:

menses,

the months of pregnancy, Nemes. Cyn. 19:

tempora,

time of pregnancy, Ov. M. 3, 312: Caesar cingens maternā tempora myrto, i. e. of Venus, the mother of Æneas, from whom sprang the race of the Cæsars, Verg. G. 1, 28:

arma (Aeneae),

i. e. which his mother Venus had obtained for him from Vulcan, id. A. 12, 107:

aves,

i. e. the doves sacred to Venus, id. ib. 6, 193:

avus,

i. e. Atlas, the father of Maia, the mother of Mercury, id. ib. 4, 258:

Delum maternam invisit Apollo,

i. e. where his mother Latona had borne him, id. ib. 144: aequora, i. e. from which she (Venus) was born, Ov. F. 4, 131:

Numa,

related by the mother's side, id. P. 3, 2, 105; cf.:

an ad maternos Latinos hoc senatus consultum pertineat,

Gai. Inst. 3, 71:

nobilitas,

by the mother's side, Verg. A. 11, 340: Idus, i. e. of May (Mercury's birthday), Mart. 7, 71 5—Of animals:

ut agnus condiscat maternum trahere alimentum,

Col. 7, 3:

perdix materna vacans cura,

Plin. 10, 33, 51, § 103.

Māternus, i, m., a Roman surname:

Curiatius Maternus,

Tac. Or. 2.

prae-grăvis, e, adj., very heavy (mostly poet. and in post-Aug. prose).

Lit.:

praegrave onus,

Ov. H. 9, 98:

caput,

Plin. 8, 21, 32, § 77:

unda,

Mart. 4, 18, 4:

perdix feta praegravem aut delumbem esse simulans,

heavy, clumsy, Plin. 10, 33, 51, § 103:

praegravis corpore,

Liv. 44, 4, 10:

cibo vinoque praegraves,

Tac. H. 2, 21.—

Trop., very heavy, oppressive, burdensome: praegraves pavonum greges, i. e. very expensive, Varr. ap. Non. 440, 14 (al. graves):

tertium consulatum ut praegravem recusare,

Plin. Pan. 57, 4:

servitium,

id. 7, 8, 6, § 46.—Of persons, very wearisome (Tacitean):

delatores,

Tac. A. 4, 71:

vir principi praegravis,

id. ib. 11, 19; 14, 3.

prĕhendo ( prae-) and sync. pren-do ( praen-), di, sum, 3, v. a. [prae-hendo; cf. Gr. gento, chandanô], to lay hold of, to grasp, snatch, seize, catch, take (class.).

Lit.

In gen.: prehende auriculis, take by the ear-laps, a form of affectionate salutation, Plaut. As. 3, 3, 78:

sine te exorem, sine te prendam auriculis, sine dem savium,

id. Poen. 1, 2, 163; cf. Tib. 2, 5, 92:

fauces alicui,

Plaut. Most. 1, 3, 62:

quis me properantem prehendit pallio?

catches me by the cloak, id. Ep. 1, 1, 1:

dexteram,

id. ib. 2, 3, 65.—Of an embrace' alter ubi alterum bilingui manufesto inter se praehendunt, Plaut. Ps. 5, 1, 15; cf.:

aliquem manu,

Cic. de Or. 1, 56, 240:

perdix aucupem jam jam prehensurum effugiens,

Plin. 10, 33, 51, § 103; 30, 5, 12, § 40:

pisces,

Vulg. Johan. 21, 10.—

In partic.

To seize, occupy suddenly, take violent possession of:

Pharum,

Caes. B. C. 3, 112, 3:

quam prendimus arcem,

occupy, take refuge in, Verg. A. 2, 322.—

To lay or catch hold of, to detain one in order to speak with him:

tuos pater modo me prehendit: ait, etc.,

Ter. And. 2, 2, 16:

prendo hominem solum: Cur non, inquam,

id. Phorm. 4, 3, 15:

Syrus est prehendendus, atque exhortandus mihi,

id. Heaut. 3, 1, 89:

dextrā prehensum Continuit,

Verg. A. 2, 592; Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 11, 2:

prende C. Septimium,

Cic. Att. 12, 13, 2.—

To seize, take by surprise, catch in the act; constr. with in and abl., the simple abl., or gen.:

in furto ubi sis prehensus,

Plaut. As. 3, 2, 17:

in patenti Prensus Aegaeo,

Hor. C. 2, 16, 1:

prensus manifesto furto,

Gell. 11, 18, 7: eā nocte speculatores prensi servi tres, Auct. B. Hisp. 20, 5: quem mendaci praendit manufestum modo, caught in a lie, Plaut Bacch. 4, 4, 45.—

Of trees, to take root:

quarum stirpes tellus amplexa prehendit,

Cic. Arat. 116:

ut cum (pirorum plantae) prehenderint, inserantur,

Pall. 3, 25:

vites transferre, sine ambiguitate prehendendi,

id. 3, 10.—

To reach, attain, arrive at ( poet.):

tandem Italiae fugientes prendimus oras,

Verg. A. 6, 61.—

Poet., to take in with the eye, to reach with the eye:

prendere aliquid oculorum lumine,

Lucr. 4, 1143:

vix oculo prendente modum,

taking in, embracing, Luc. 4, 20.—

Trop., of the mind, to seize, apprehend, comprehend (very rare):

cum animus ipsum (res omnes) moderantem atque regentem paene praehenderit,

Cic. Leg. 1, 23, 61.

prĕhendo ( prae-) and sync. pren-do ( praen-), di, sum, 3, v. a. [prae-hendo; cf. Gr. gento, chandanô], to lay hold of, to grasp, snatch, seize, catch, take (class.).

Lit.

In gen.: prehende auriculis, take by the ear-laps, a form of affectionate salutation, Plaut. As. 3, 3, 78:

sine te exorem, sine te prendam auriculis, sine dem savium,

id. Poen. 1, 2, 163; cf. Tib. 2, 5, 92:

fauces alicui,

Plaut. Most. 1, 3, 62:

quis me properantem prehendit pallio?

catches me by the cloak, id. Ep. 1, 1, 1:

dexteram,

id. ib. 2, 3, 65.—Of an embrace' alter ubi alterum bilingui manufesto inter se praehendunt, Plaut. Ps. 5, 1, 15; cf.:

aliquem manu,

Cic. de Or. 1, 56, 240:

perdix aucupem jam jam prehensurum effugiens,

Plin. 10, 33, 51, § 103; 30, 5, 12, § 40:

pisces,

Vulg. Johan. 21, 10.—

In partic.

To seize, occupy suddenly, take violent possession of:

Pharum,

Caes. B. C. 3, 112, 3:

quam prendimus arcem,

occupy, take refuge in, Verg. A. 2, 322.—

To lay or catch hold of, to detain one in order to speak with him:

tuos pater modo me prehendit: ait, etc.,

Ter. And. 2, 2, 16:

prendo hominem solum: Cur non, inquam,

id. Phorm. 4, 3, 15:

Syrus est prehendendus, atque exhortandus mihi,

id. Heaut. 3, 1, 89:

dextrā prehensum Continuit,

Verg. A. 2, 592; Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 11, 2:

prende C. Septimium,

Cic. Att. 12, 13, 2.—

To seize, take by surprise, catch in the act; constr. with in and abl., the simple abl., or gen.:

in furto ubi sis prehensus,

Plaut. As. 3, 2, 17:

in patenti Prensus Aegaeo,

Hor. C. 2, 16, 1:

prensus manifesto furto,

Gell. 11, 18, 7: eā nocte speculatores prensi servi tres, Auct. B. Hisp. 20, 5: quem mendaci praendit manufestum modo, caught in a lie, Plaut Bacch. 4, 4, 45.—

Of trees, to take root:

quarum stirpes tellus amplexa prehendit,

Cic. Arat. 116:

ut cum (pirorum plantae) prehenderint, inserantur,

Pall. 3, 25:

vites transferre, sine ambiguitate prehendendi,

id. 3, 10.—

To reach, attain, arrive at ( poet.):

tandem Italiae fugientes prendimus oras,

Verg. A. 6, 61.—

Poet., to take in with the eye, to reach with the eye:

prendere aliquid oculorum lumine,

Lucr. 4, 1143:

vix oculo prendente modum,

taking in, embracing, Luc. 4, 20.—

Trop., of the mind, to seize, apprehend, comprehend (very rare):

cum animus ipsum (res omnes) moderantem atque regentem paene praehenderit,

Cic. Leg. 1, 23, 61.

prĕhendo ( prae-) and sync. pren-do ( praen-), di, sum, 3, v. a. [prae-hendo; cf. Gr. gento, chandanô], to lay hold of, to grasp, snatch, seize, catch, take (class.).

Lit.

In gen.: prehende auriculis, take by the ear-laps, a form of affectionate salutation, Plaut. As. 3, 3, 78:

sine te exorem, sine te prendam auriculis, sine dem savium,

id. Poen. 1, 2, 163; cf. Tib. 2, 5, 92:

fauces alicui,

Plaut. Most. 1, 3, 62:

quis me properantem prehendit pallio?

catches me by the cloak, id. Ep. 1, 1, 1:

dexteram,

id. ib. 2, 3, 65.—Of an embrace' alter ubi alterum bilingui manufesto inter se praehendunt, Plaut. Ps. 5, 1, 15; cf.:

aliquem manu,

Cic. de Or. 1, 56, 240:

perdix aucupem jam jam prehensurum effugiens,

Plin. 10, 33, 51, § 103; 30, 5, 12, § 40:

pisces,

Vulg. Johan. 21, 10.—

In partic.

To seize, occupy suddenly, take violent possession of:

Pharum,

Caes. B. C. 3, 112, 3:

quam prendimus arcem,

occupy, take refuge in, Verg. A. 2, 322.—

To lay or catch hold of, to detain one in order to speak with him:

tuos pater modo me prehendit: ait, etc.,

Ter. And. 2, 2, 16:

prendo hominem solum: Cur non, inquam,

id. Phorm. 4, 3, 15:

Syrus est prehendendus, atque exhortandus mihi,

id. Heaut. 3, 1, 89:

dextrā prehensum Continuit,

Verg. A. 2, 592; Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 11, 2:

prende C. Septimium,

Cic. Att. 12, 13, 2.—

To seize, take by surprise, catch in the act; constr. with in and abl., the simple abl., or gen.:

in furto ubi sis prehensus,

Plaut. As. 3, 2, 17:

in patenti Prensus Aegaeo,

Hor. C. 2, 16, 1:

prensus manifesto furto,

Gell. 11, 18, 7: eā nocte speculatores prensi servi tres, Auct. B. Hisp. 20, 5: quem mendaci praendit manufestum modo, caught in a lie, Plaut Bacch. 4, 4, 45.—

Of trees, to take root:

quarum stirpes tellus amplexa prehendit,

Cic. Arat. 116:

ut cum (pirorum plantae) prehenderint, inserantur,

Pall. 3, 25:

vites transferre, sine ambiguitate prehendendi,

id. 3, 10.—

To reach, attain, arrive at ( poet.):

tandem Italiae fugientes prendimus oras,

Verg. A. 6, 61.—

Poet., to take in with the eye, to reach with the eye:

prendere aliquid oculorum lumine,

Lucr. 4, 1143:

vix oculo prendente modum,

taking in, embracing, Luc. 4, 20.—

Trop., of the mind, to seize, apprehend, comprehend (very rare):

cum animus ipsum (res omnes) moderantem atque regentem paene praehenderit,

Cic. Leg. 1, 23, 61.

rĕ-căno, ĕre, v. a. (Plinian).

To sing back, i. e. call back by singing:

ut illa (perdix) recanat revocetque (marem),

Plin. 10, 33, 51, § 102:

Phoebus... recanente lyrā fautor,

Verg. Cul. 13.—

To charm back again, to undo a charm:

pauci etiam credunt serpentes ipsas recanere,

Plin. 28, 2, 4, § 19 (perh. also id. 29, 4, 21, § 69, where Jan. reads praecanere. The form recĭno has another signif., v. recino).