pierce+through

trans-ĕo, īvi or ĭi, ĭtum, īre ( perf. -ivit, Sen. Ben. 1, 13, 3; fut. -iet, Tib. 1, 4, 27; Sen. Q. N. 3, 10, 4; Lact. 4, 18, 3), v. n. and a., to go over or across, to cross over, pass over, pass by, pass (syn. transgredior).

Lit.

In gen.

Neutr.:

ego ad vos eum jussero transire,

Plaut. Ep. 5, 1, 51:

per hortum ad amicam,

id. Stich. 3, 1, 36:

ad uxorem,

id. Caecin. 3, 4, 24; Ter. Phorm. 4, 5, 7: ad te, Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 7, 1:

ad forum,

Ter. Phorm. 5, 7 (8), 28:

ne Germani e suis finibus in Helvetiorum fines transirent,

Caes. B. G. 1, 28:

in agrum Noricum,

id. ib. 1, 5:

in Britanniam,

id. ib. 4, 30:

per eorum corpora transire conantes repulerunt,

id. ib. 2, 10:

per media castra,

Sall. J. 107, 5:

per illud (iter, i. e. vocis) Murmure blanditiae minimo transire solebant,

Ov. M. 4, 70: obsides ut inter sese dent, perficit;

Helvetii, ut sine maleficio et injuriā transeant,

Caes. B. G. 1, 9; Liv. 10, 46, 3:

Mosa in Rhenum transit,

Caes. B. G. 4, 10:

caseum per cribrum facito transeat in mortarium,

Cato, R. R. 76, 3:

odor foliorum transit in vestes,

Plin. 12, 3, 7, § 15:

ficus ad nos ex aliis transire gentibus,

id. 15, 18, 19, § 69. —

Act.:

campos pedibus transire videmur,

Lucr. 4, 459:

Taurum,

Cic. Fam. 3, 8, 5:

Taurus transiri non potest,

id. Att. 5, 21, 14:

Apenninum,

id. Fam. 11, 10, 4; Liv. 5, 33, 2; 5, 33, 4 sq.; 21, 38, 6; 26, 12, 14;

21, 58, 3: paulatim Germanos consuescere Rhenum transire,

Caes. B. G. 1, 33:

flumen,

id. ib. 1, 12;

1, 13: Euphratem,

Cic. Fin. 3, 22, 75:

maria,

id. Or. 42, 146; id. Pis. 24, 57; Hor. A. P. 345:

paludem,

Hirt. B. G. 8, 10:

forum,

Hor. Ep. 1, 6, 59:

equum cursu,

to pass by, Verg. A. 11, 719:

omnes mensas transiit,

Plaut. Curc. 5, 3, 4:

quem (serpentem) rota transiit,

ran over, Verg. A. 5, 274:

anulis medios articulos (digitorum) non transeuntibus,

Quint. 11, 3, 142:

Domitii filius transiit Formias,

passed through Formiæ, Cic. Att. 9, 3, 1.—In pass.:

Rhodanus nonnullis locis vado transitur,

is crossed by a ford, is fordable, Caes. B. G. 1, 6; cf.:

flumen uno omnino loco pedibus transiri potest,

id. ib. 5, 18; 2, 10; 7, 55; Hirt. B. G. 8, 27; Liv. 21, 43, 4; Plin. 29, 4, 27, § 89:

totus transibitur orbis,

Manil. 4, 398.—

In partic.

To go over to a party or side (cf. transfugio):

ne deserat me atque ad hostes transeat,

Plaut. Ps. 4, 3, 10:

ad adversarios transeas?

Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 15, § 40:

ad Pompeium transierunt,

Caes. B. C. 3, 60:

transit cohors ad eum,

id. ib. 1, 60:

a Patribus ad plebem,

Liv. 4, 16, 3:

cum iis pugnare ad quos transierant,

Nep. Dat. 6, 6:

ad Q. Sextii philosophi sectam,

Suet. Gram. 18. — Absol.:

nec manere nec transire aperte ausus,

Liv. 1, 27, 5:

ut nulla ante Britanniae nova pars illacessita transierit,

Tac. Agr. 20.—

To go or pass over into any thing by transformation, to be changed or transformed into a thing ( poet. and in postAug. prose):

ille in humum saxumque undamque trabemque fallaciter transit,

Ov. M. 11, 643:

in plures figuras,

id. ib. 8, 730:

humana in corpora,

id. ib. 15, 167:

in aestatem post ver,

id. ib. 15, 206:

aqua mulsa longā vetustate transit in vinum,

Plin. 22, 24, 52, § 112; 9, 41, 65, § 139; 25, 9, 57, § 103; 37, 6, 23, § 87.—

Of food. to pass through, pass off:

cibi qui difficillime transeant sumpti,

Varr. R. R. 2, 11, 3; so,

cibi,

Plin. 11, 37, 79, § 202:

vinum tenue per urinam,

id. 23, 1, 22, § 39.—

To pierce, transfix (very rare):

ilia cornipedis surrectā cuspide transit,

Sil. 10, 253.—

Trop.

In gen.

Neutr. (very rare):

quod quaedam animalis intellegentia per omnia ea permanet et transeat,

runs through, pervades, Cic. Ac. 2, 37, 119:

utinam ista saevitia inter peregrina exempla mansisset, nec in Romanos mores transisset,

Sen. Ira, 3, 18, 1.— Impers. pass.:

cujus (ordinis) similitudine perspectā in formarum specie ac dignitate transitum est et ad honestatem dictorum atque factorum,

Cic. Fin. 2, 14, 47.— More freq.,

Act.:

ii sine dubio finem et modum transeunt,

go beyond, overstep, transgress, Cic. Off. 1, 29, 102; so,

modum,

id. Tusc. 4, 17, 40:

finem aequitatis et legis in judicando,

id. Verr. 2, 3, 95, § 220:

fines verecundiae,

id. Fam. 5, 12, 3:

aliquid silentio,

to pass over, pass by, id. Att. 2, 19, 3; Quint. 2, 3, 1; 5, 12, 23;

nil transit amantes,

i. e. escapes, Stat. Th. 2, 335; so, ita compositi sumus ut nos cottidiana, etiamsi admiratione digna sunt, transeant, Sen. Q. N. 7, 1, 1.—

In partic.

To go or pass over to another opinion:

in sententiam alicujus,

Liv. 34, 34, 1:

senatus frequens in alia omnia transiit,

Hirt. B. G. 8, 53: transierunt illuc, ut ratio esset ejus habenda, qui neque exercitum neque provincias traderet, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 13, 2.—

To pass over, be changed into any thing:

quomodo quire et ruere vel in praeterita patiendi modo, vel in participia transibunt?

Quint. 1, 6, 26:

in eam (vocalem sequentem) transire possit (M),

id. 9, 4, 40; 1, 4, 29:

frequens imitatio transit in mores,

id. 1, 11, 3:

jactantur cuncta et in contrarium transeunt jubente fortunā,

Sen. Ep. 99, 9:

in vinum transire,

Plin. 22, 24, 52, § 112; Sen. Ep. 114, 24; 84, 6; 85, 15.—

To overpass, surpass, excel:

qui hoc agit, ut prior sit, forsitan, etiamsi non transierit, aequabit,

Quint. 10, 2, 10:

verum ut transeundi spes non sit, magna tamen est dignitas subsequendi,

id. 12, 11, 28:

Pompeium transire paras,

Luc. 2, 565:

monumenta transibit nostra juventus,

id. 4, 499.—

In speaking.

To pass over to another subject:

ad partitionem transeamus,

Cic. Inv. 1, 21, 30:

ad alias (quaestiones),

Quint. 7, 1, 18:

hinc ad rationem sermonis conjuncti,

id. 8, 3, 40:

protinus ad dispositionem,

id. 6, 5, 1:

ad responsum partis alterius,

id. 7, 1, 6:

ad rhetoris officia (proximus liber),

id. 1, 12, 19:

consumptis precibus violentam transit in iram,

Ov. M. 8, 106:

inde in syllabas cura transibit,

Quint. 1, 4, 17.— Impers. pass.:

seminarii curam ante convenit dici, quam transeatur ad alia genera,

Plin. 17, 10, 13, § 68:

transeatur ad alteram contionem,

Liv. 45, 37, 11. —

To go quickly or briefly through a subject (syn. transcurro):

sed in animo est leviter transire ac tantummodo perstringere unamquamque rem,

to touch lightly upon, Cic. Rosc. Am. 32, 91:

sperare et ea quae premant et ea quae inpendeant me facile transiturum,

id. Fam. 9, 1, 2:

eos (libros) omnes duabus proximis noctibus cursim transeo,

Gell. 9, 4, 5:

brevi auditu quamvis magna transibat,

Tac. H. 2, 59.—

To pass over, pass by, leave untouched (so freq. first in post-Aug. prose;

syn. praetermitto): malueram, quod erat susceptum ab illis, silentio transiri,

Cic. Att. 2, 19, 3: ex quo tu quae digna sunt, selige, multa transi, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 11, 4:

ut alii transeunt quaedam imputantque quod transeant: sic ego nihil praetereo, etc.,

Plin. Ep. 8, 21, 4:

Neronem enim transeo,

id. ib. 5, 3, 6; so,

Protagoran transeo,

Quint. 3, 4, 10; cf. id. 10, 1, 57; 12, 1, 22; 12, 10, 22:

sed hoc transeo,

id. 12, 2, 4:

ut ne id quidem transeam,

id. 11, 3, 131:

transeamus id quoque, quod, etc.,

id. 1, 10, 17:

ut transeam, quemadmodum vulgo imperiti loquantur,

id. 1, 6, 45:

lacrimas alicujus,

Stat. S. 5 praef. —In pass.:

nec a nobis neglegenter locus iste transibitur,

Quint. 2, 4, 17:

illa quoque minora non sunt transeunda,

id. 10, 3, 31; 10, 2, 3:

levia haec et transeunda,

Plin. Ep. 8, 6, 5:

transita signa,

Manil. 2, 486.—

Of time, to pass by, elapse.

Neutr.:

cum legis dies transierit,

Cic. Att. 7, 7, 6:

dies hibernorum complures,

Caes. B. G. 3, 2:

multi jam menses,

id. B. C. 3, 25:

quinquennium,

Dig. 7, 1, 37: tran et aetas;

Quam cito!

Tib. 1, 4, 27:

menses transeunt,

Phaedr. 5, 7, 11. —

Act., to pass, spend:

ne vitam silentio transeant,

pass through, spend, Sall. C. 1, 1; so,

vitam,

id. ib. 2, 8 Kritz N. cr.:

ipsum tribunatūs annum quiete et otio,

Tac. Agr. 6 fin.:

hiemem (securi),

Sen. Ep. 90, 15:

spatium juventae,

to pass beyond, Ov. M. 15, 226.—

To pass away, cease:

precarium seni imperium et brevi transiturum,

Tac. H. 1, 52 fin.:

fortuna imperii transit,

id. ib. 3, 49:

mutatam auctoritatem (unguenti) et saepius transisse gloriam,

Plin. 13, 1, 2, § 4:

quidquid irarum fuit, transierit,

Sen. Thyest. 398:

caelum et terra,

Vulg. Matt. 5, 18; id. 2 Pet. 3, 10; id. 1 Joan. 2, 17.—Hence, transĕunter, adv. (acc. to transeo, II. B. 4. b.), in passing, cursorily (late Lat.):

commemorata quaestio, Aug. Civ. Dei, 15, 23: discussā indiciorum fide,

Amm. 28, 1, 14.

trans-ĭgo, ēgi, actum, 3, v. a. [ago].

Lit. ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose).

To drive through, i. e. to thrust or stick a weapon through (syn. traicio):

per pectora transigit ensem,

Sil. 13, 376:

ferrum per ambos pedes,

Sen. Oedip. 857. —

Transf., to stab, pierce one through with a weapon, to transfix, transpierce:

gladio pectus transigit,

Phaedr. 3, 10, 27:

se ipsum gladio,

Tac. A. 14, 37:

juvenem (cuspis),

Sil. 5, 473:

viscera (ensis),

Luc. 4, 545:

tempora (jaculum),

id. 9, 824:

semet ictu gladii,

Aur. Vict. Caes. 5, 16:

aliquem ictu,

id. ib. 39, 13.—

To carry through, to bring to an end, to finish, settle, complete, conclude, perform, accomplish, despatch, transact any business (the class. signif. of the word; syn.: absolvo, perficio).

In gen.:

negotium,

Cic. Fam. 13, 14, 2; so id. Phil. 2, 9, 21; cf.:

illud, quod faciendum primum fuit, factum atque transactum est,

id. Cat. 3, 6, 15; id. Div. in Caecil. 14, 45:

rebus transactis,

id. Tusc. 4, 25, 55:

transactā re, convertam me domum,

Ter. Ad. 2, 4, 22:

quod plerumque non futura sed transacta perpendimus,

Curt. 8, 2, 1:

transactis jam meis partibus,

Cic. de Or. 2, 4, 15:

intus transigetur, si quid est, quod restet,

Ter. And. 5, 6, 17:

aliquid per aliquem,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 51, 149:

pleraque per se,

Liv. 34, 18, 3:

aliquid cum aliquo,

Sall. J. 29, 5:

prius de praetoribus transacta res, quae transigi sorte poterat,

Liv. 38, 25, 4:

bellorum egregios fines, quotiens ignoscendo transigatur,

i. e. by amnesty, Tac. A. 12, 19:

transigitur rixa caede,

id. G. 22:

bella,

id. H. 2, 38:

fabulam,

Plaut. Ps. 1, 5, 151; so,

fabulam,

id. Cas. prol. 84:

comoediam,

id. Truc. prol. 11:

si transactum est,

if all is over, Cic. Fam. 14, 4, 3; cf.: transactum de partibus ratus, Flor 4, 7, 13.—

In partic., in business lang., to settle a difference or controversy, to come to a settlement, agreement, or understanding (syn.:

decerno, statuo): postremo inter se transigant ipsi, ut lubet,

Ter. Hec. 3, 5, 61:

cum reo,

Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 32, § 79:

cum aliquo,

id. Rosc. Am. 39, 114:

cum aliquo HS ducentis millibus,

id. Verr. 2, 1, 54, § 140:

cum privatis non poterat transigi minore pecuniā,

id. Att. 4, 16, 14:

rem cum Oppianico transigit, pecuniam ab eo accipit,

id. Clu. 13, 39:

ut secum aliquid, quālubet condicione transigeret,

id. Quint. 31, 97.— Absol.:

cum debitore,

Dig. 2, 15, 17.—

Transf., in gen.: transigere cum aliquā re, to make an end of, put an end to, be done with a thing (mostly post-Aug.):

optimum visum est committere rem fortunae et transigere cum Publilio certamen,

Liv. 9, 12, 11 Weissenb. ad loc.:

transigite cum expeditionibus,

Tac. Agr. 34:

tenebris imis abscondita jam cum luce transegerat,

App. M. 8, p. 204.— Impers. pass.:

cum spe votoque uxoris semel transigitur,

Tac. G. 19; Quint. 7, 1, 44.—

To dispose of, sell:

ubi facultas est transigendi,

Pall. 3, 26, 2:

quod teneriores matres generant transigendum est,

id. 12, 13, 8.—

Of time, to bring to an end, to lead, pass, spend (perh. only post-Aug.;

syn. ago): tempus per ostentationem aut officiorum ambitum,

Tac. Agr. 18 fin.:

adulescentiam per haec fere,

Suet. Tib. 7:

maximam aetatis partem per haec ac talia,

id. Claud. 10:

transacto tribuniciae potestatis tempore,

id. Tib. 11:

vixdum mense transacto,

id. Vit. 8:

placidas sine suspirio noctes,

Sen. Ep. 90, 41:

noctem,

Suet. Calig. 59:

non multum venatibus, plus per otium transigunt,

Tac. G. 15:

sponsalia filiae natalemque geniti nepotis silentio,

Suet. Claud. 12:

pios et insontes amoeno in loco dicimus perpetuitatem transacturos,

Tert. ad Nat. 2, 19 med.:

diem sermonibus,

Plin. Ep. 3, 7, 4.—Hence, transactus, a, um, P. a., completed, settled:

exceptio transacti negotii,

Dig. 2, 15, 17.— Subst.: transactum, i, n. (sc. negotium), a completed business, settlement, Dig. 2, 15, 2.

trans-ĭgo, ēgi, actum, 3, v. a. [ago].

Lit. ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose).

To drive through, i. e. to thrust or stick a weapon through (syn. traicio):

per pectora transigit ensem,

Sil. 13, 376:

ferrum per ambos pedes,

Sen. Oedip. 857. —

Transf., to stab, pierce one through with a weapon, to transfix, transpierce:

gladio pectus transigit,

Phaedr. 3, 10, 27:

se ipsum gladio,

Tac. A. 14, 37:

juvenem (cuspis),

Sil. 5, 473:

viscera (ensis),

Luc. 4, 545:

tempora (jaculum),

id. 9, 824:

semet ictu gladii,

Aur. Vict. Caes. 5, 16:

aliquem ictu,

id. ib. 39, 13.—

To carry through, to bring to an end, to finish, settle, complete, conclude, perform, accomplish, despatch, transact any business (the class. signif. of the word; syn.: absolvo, perficio).

In gen.:

negotium,

Cic. Fam. 13, 14, 2; so id. Phil. 2, 9, 21; cf.:

illud, quod faciendum primum fuit, factum atque transactum est,

id. Cat. 3, 6, 15; id. Div. in Caecil. 14, 45:

rebus transactis,

id. Tusc. 4, 25, 55:

transactā re, convertam me domum,

Ter. Ad. 2, 4, 22:

quod plerumque non futura sed transacta perpendimus,

Curt. 8, 2, 1:

transactis jam meis partibus,

Cic. de Or. 2, 4, 15:

intus transigetur, si quid est, quod restet,

Ter. And. 5, 6, 17:

aliquid per aliquem,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 51, 149:

pleraque per se,

Liv. 34, 18, 3:

aliquid cum aliquo,

Sall. J. 29, 5:

prius de praetoribus transacta res, quae transigi sorte poterat,

Liv. 38, 25, 4:

bellorum egregios fines, quotiens ignoscendo transigatur,

i. e. by amnesty, Tac. A. 12, 19:

transigitur rixa caede,

id. G. 22:

bella,

id. H. 2, 38:

fabulam,

Plaut. Ps. 1, 5, 151; so,

fabulam,

id. Cas. prol. 84:

comoediam,

id. Truc. prol. 11:

si transactum est,

if all is over, Cic. Fam. 14, 4, 3; cf.: transactum de partibus ratus, Flor 4, 7, 13.—

In partic., in business lang., to settle a difference or controversy, to come to a settlement, agreement, or understanding (syn.:

decerno, statuo): postremo inter se transigant ipsi, ut lubet,

Ter. Hec. 3, 5, 61:

cum reo,

Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 32, § 79:

cum aliquo,

id. Rosc. Am. 39, 114:

cum aliquo HS ducentis millibus,

id. Verr. 2, 1, 54, § 140:

cum privatis non poterat transigi minore pecuniā,

id. Att. 4, 16, 14:

rem cum Oppianico transigit, pecuniam ab eo accipit,

id. Clu. 13, 39:

ut secum aliquid, quālubet condicione transigeret,

id. Quint. 31, 97.— Absol.:

cum debitore,

Dig. 2, 15, 17.—

Transf., in gen.: transigere cum aliquā re, to make an end of, put an end to, be done with a thing (mostly post-Aug.):

optimum visum est committere rem fortunae et transigere cum Publilio certamen,

Liv. 9, 12, 11 Weissenb. ad loc.:

transigite cum expeditionibus,

Tac. Agr. 34:

tenebris imis abscondita jam cum luce transegerat,

App. M. 8, p. 204.— Impers. pass.:

cum spe votoque uxoris semel transigitur,

Tac. G. 19; Quint. 7, 1, 44.—

To dispose of, sell:

ubi facultas est transigendi,

Pall. 3, 26, 2:

quod teneriores matres generant transigendum est,

id. 12, 13, 8.—

Of time, to bring to an end, to lead, pass, spend (perh. only post-Aug.;

syn. ago): tempus per ostentationem aut officiorum ambitum,

Tac. Agr. 18 fin.:

adulescentiam per haec fere,

Suet. Tib. 7:

maximam aetatis partem per haec ac talia,

id. Claud. 10:

transacto tribuniciae potestatis tempore,

id. Tib. 11:

vixdum mense transacto,

id. Vit. 8:

placidas sine suspirio noctes,

Sen. Ep. 90, 41:

noctem,

Suet. Calig. 59:

non multum venatibus, plus per otium transigunt,

Tac. G. 15:

sponsalia filiae natalemque geniti nepotis silentio,

Suet. Claud. 12:

pios et insontes amoeno in loco dicimus perpetuitatem transacturos,

Tert. ad Nat. 2, 19 med.:

diem sermonibus,

Plin. Ep. 3, 7, 4.—Hence, transactus, a, um, P. a., completed, settled:

exceptio transacti negotii,

Dig. 2, 15, 17.— Subst.: transactum, i, n. (sc. negotium), a completed business, settlement, Dig. 2, 15, 2.

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con-fŏdĭo, fōdi, fossum, 3, to dig thoroughly, dig round about, to prepare by digging (orig. pertaining to agriculture).

Prop.:

terram minute,

Cato, R. R. 129:

jugera,

Varr. R. R. 1, 18, 2:

hortum,

Plaut. Aul. 2, 2, 66: loca palustria, Sisenn. ap. Non. p. 141, 31:

vineta,

Col. 4, 5:

salices,

Plin. 17, 20, 32, § 142.—

Transf., to strike down by stabbing, to pierce, stab, transfix:

constituere (Ciceronem) de improviso domi suae confodere,

Sall. C. 28, 1:

ibique pugnans confoditur,

id. ib. 60, 7; Nep. Pelop. 5, 4; Liv. 24, 7, 5; Suet. Caes. 81; 82; id. Aug. 27; 51; id. Calig. 28; 59; id. Claud. 26; id. Tit. 6; Verg. A. 9, 445; Ov. M. 5, 176; Luc. 3, 744; Curt. 3, 11, 11; 4, 16, 23; Vell. 2, 22, 3; Val. Fl. 6, 418; Cic. Sull. 11, 33 dub. —

Trop. (rare; not ante-Aug.): tot judiciis confossi, praedamnatique, = pierced through, Liv. 5, 11, 12:

mala quae vos ab omni parte confodiunt,

Sen. Vit. Beat. 27, 6:

cujus causa, quamquam gravissimis criminibus erat confossa,

i. e. seriously damaged, Val. Max. 8, 1, abs. 11: quaedam (scripta) notis confodias, you strike or cross out, Plin. Ep. 9, 26, 13.—Hence, confos-sus, a, um, P. a., pierced through, full of holes:

te faciam Confossiorem soricina nenia,

Plaut. Bacch. 4, 8, 48.

fŏdĭo, fōdi, fossum, 3 (ante-class. form of the inf. praes. pass. fodiri, Cato, R. R. 2, 4; Col. 11, 2, 35, but not in Plaut. Mil. 2, 4, 21, where the correct read. is exfodivi.— Also acc. to the first conj.: Illyrii restant sicis sibinisque fodantes, Enn. ap. Fest. p. 336 Müll.; cf.: fodare fodere, Paul. ex Fest. p. 84, 7 Müll.), v. n. and a. [Sanscr. root badh-, to dig, ava-bādha, dug out; Gr. bathos, bathus, benthos, abussos, etc., bothros, pit; hence, fossa, fundus (for fudnus); cf. Anglo-Sax. bodom; Engl. bottom; Germ. Boden, etc.; cf. Fick, Vergl. Wörterb. p. 131; Grimm, Deutsch. Wörterb. s. v. Boden], to dig, dig up, dig out (class.).—

Lit.:

numquam domum revertor, quin te in fundo conspicer Fodere aut arare,

Ter. Heaut. 1, 1, 17; cf.: fodit;

invenit auri aliquantum,

Cic. Div. 2, 65, 134; and id. de Or. 2, 41, 174:

vineas novellas fodere aut arare et postea occare,

Varr. R. R. 1, 31, 1; cf.:

ut hortum fodiat,

Plaut. Poen. 5, 2, 59:

hortum,

Cato, R. R. 2, 4:

arva,

Ov. M. 11, 33:

solum,

Plin. 19, 6, 32:

vites,

Quint. 9, 4, 5:

murum,

to undermine, Ov. M. 11, 535; but, vallum, to dig out the earth needed for it, Tac. A. 11, 18:

puteum ferramentis,

to dig, Plaut. Rud. 2, 4, 19; so,

puteos,

Caes. B. C. 3, 49, 5:

scrobes, trium in altitudinem pedum,

id. B. G. 7, 73, 5:

fundamenta,

Plin. 28, 2, 4, § 15:

cubilia (talpae),

Verg. G. 1, 183:

argentum etiam incolae fodiunt,

Liv. 28, 3, 3:

gypsum e terra,

Plin. 36, 24, 59, § 182:

oculos,

Plaut. Mil. 2, 4, 21; cf.

lumina,

Ov. A. A. 1, 339:

terram gramineam de cespite,

Verg. Cul. 391.—

Transf., to prick, pierce, wound, thrust, stab (class.):

at ego te pendentem fodiam stimulis triginta dies,

to prick, Plaut. Men. 5, 5, 48:

quia non latus fodi (cultro),

id. Aul. 3, 2, 4; so,

equi armos calcaribus,

Verg. A. 6, 881:

guttura cultro,

Ov. M. 7, 315:

ora hastis,

Liv. 8, 10, 6:

aversos (elephantos) sub caudis, qua maxime molli cute vulnera accipiunt,

id. 21, 55:

multos pugionibus,

Tac. H. 4, 29:

Sarmatam levi gladio,

id. ib. 1, 79:

ora,

id. A. 2, 21; id. Agr. 36:

adversa ora resistentium,

Curt. 4, 15: La. Dic jussisse te. Ph. Noli fodere:

jussi,

don't punch me in the side, Ter. Hec. 3, 5, 17 (cf. fodicare).— Poet.:

Ausonius mersis celer fodit aequora remis,

digs through, ploughs through, Sil. 14, 359:

aquas (ungula),

Ov. F. 3, 456.—In mal. part., Mart. 7, 102; Auct. Priap. 53.—

Trop., to goad, sting, disturb:

num exspectas, dum te stimulis fodiam?

Cic. Phil. 2, 34, 86; cf.:

cor stimulo foditur,

Plaut. Bacch. 5, 2, 39:

pungit dolor, vel fodiat sane,

Cic. Tusc. 2, 14, 33:

pectus in iras,

to excite, stir, Sil. 5, 159.

fīgo, xi, xum, 3 (archaic part. perf. ficta, Lucr. 3, 4; Varr. R. R. 3, 7, 4), v. a. [Gr. sphing-ô, to bind fast; sphigmos, phimos, muzzle; cf. fīlum, for figlum. Curt. Gr. Etym. p. 186; Germ. dick. dicht; Engl. thick. etc., Corss. Krit. Nachtr. p. 233], to fix, fasten, drive or thrust in, attach, affix (class.; cf.: pango, configo, defigo).

Lit., constr. aliquid, aliquid in with abl. ( poet. also in with acc., or aliquid with abl. only):

imbrices medias clavulis,

Cato, R. R. 21, 3:

palum in parietem,

Plaut. Mil. 4, 4, 4:

mucrones in cive an in hoste,

Cic. Phil. 14, 3, 6:

tabulam decreti Caesaris aut beneficii,

to post up, id. ib. 1, 1, 3; cf. id. ib. 12, 5 fin.:

Antonius accepta grandi pecunia fixit legem a dictatore comitiis latam,

i. e. posted it up as having been carried, id. Att. 14, 12, 1; cf.:

adsentiri, ne qua tabula ullius decreti Caesaris figeretur,

id. Phil. 1, 1, 3:

fixit leges pretio atque refixit,

Verg. A. 6, 622:

quique aera legum vetustate delapsa, noscerent figerentque,

Tac. H. 4, 40:

nec verba minacia aere fixo legebantur,

Ov. M. 1, 91:

quam damnatis crucem servis fixeras,

hadst fixed in the ground, erected, Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 6, § 12:

feraces plantas humo,

to plant, set, Verg. G. 4, 115:

clavos verticibus,

Hor. C. 3, 24, 5:

cuneos,

Plin. 17, 14, 24, § 109 (dub.):

veribus trementia (frusta),

to fix on spits, Verg. A. 1, 212:

spicula pectore,

Prop. 2, 13, 2 (3, 4, 2 M.);

for which: harundo in vertice fixa,

Hor. S. 1, 8, 7:

cristas vertice,

Verg. A. 10, 701:

fumantes taedas sub pectore,

id. ib. 7, 457:

notas in collo dente,

to impress, Tib. 1, 8, 38:

virus in venas per vulnera,

injects, Cic. Arat. 432: vestigia, plants his steps, i. e. moves on, Verg. A. 6, 159:

arma quae fixa in parietibus fuerant,

fastened up, hung up, Cic. Div. 1, 34, 74; cf.:

scuta sublime fixa,

id. ib. 2, 31, 67:

arma ad postem Herculis,

Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 5:

arma thalamo,

Verg. A. 4, 495:

arma Troïa hic,

id. ib. 1, 248:

clipeum postibus,

id. ib. 3, 287:

dona Laurenti Divo,

id. ib. 12, 768: ID AES AD STATVAM LORICATAM DIVI IVLII, S. C. ap. Plin. Ep. 8, 6, 13:

qui spolia ex hoste fixa domi haberent,

Liv. 23, 23, 6; 38, 43, 11:

navalem coronam fastigio Palatinae domus,

Suet. Claud. 17:

luteum opus celsā sub trabe (hirundo),

Ov. F. 1, 158: ipse summis saxis fixus asperis, Enn. ap. Cic. Tusc. 1, 44, 107, and id. Pis. 19, 43 (Trag. v. 413 ed. Vahl.):

aliquem cruci,

nail, Quint. 7, 1, 30; Suet. Dom. 10:

corpus lacerum in crucem (al. cruce),

Just. 21, 4 fin.:

figit in virgine vultus,

fixes, Verg. A. 12, 70:

oculos solo,

id. ib. 1, 482:

oculos in terram,

Sen. Ep. 11: in poet. transf.:

oculos horrenda in virgine fixus,

Verg. A. 11, 507 (cf.:

defixus lumina vultu,

id. ib. 6, 156; Tac. A. 3, 1):

Caesar in silentium fixus,

Tac. A. 6, 50 (56):

obstipo capite et figentes lumine terram,

Pers. 3, 80:

foribus miser oscula figit,

kisses, Lucr. 4, 1179:

oscula dulcia,

Verg. A. 1, 687:

sedem Cumis,

to fix his abode, Juv. 3, 2:

domos,

Tac. A. 13, 54.—

Transf., to fix by piercing through, to transfix, pierce (cf. configo, II.):

hunc intorto figit telo,

Verg. A. 10, 382:

hunc jaculo acuto,

Ov. M. 10, 131: hostes telis, Auct. B. Alex. 30 fin.:

fixisse puellas gestit (Cupido),

Tib. 2, 1, 71:

cervos,

Verg. E. 2, 29:

dammas,

id. G. 1, 308; id. A. 5, 515; Sil. 1, 305:

cutem (clavi),

Sen. Prov. 3:

olli per galeam fixo stetit hasta cerebro,

Verg. A. 12, 537:

aprum,

Juv. 1, 23:

figar a sagitta,

Ov. H. 16, 278:

vulnus,

to inflict, Mart. 1, 61, 4.

Trop.

To fix, fasten, direct.

With in and abl.: ego omnia mea studia, omnem operam, curam, industriam, cogitationem, [p. 749] mentem denique omnem in Milonis consulatu fixi et locavi, Cic. Fam. 2, 6, 3.—

With in and acc. (rare):

fixus in silentium,

Tac. A. 6, 50.—

In other constructions:

beneficium, quemadmodum dicitur, trabali clavo,

Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 21, § 53:

nostras intra te fige querelas,

Juv. 9, 94:

penitus hoc se malum fixit,

Sen. Tranq. 15:

nequitiae fige modum tuae,

Hor. C. 3, 15, 2. —

(Acc. to I. B.) Of speech, to sting; taunt, rally a person:

aliquem maledictis,

Cic. N. D. 1, 34, 93:

adversarios,

id. Or. 26, 89.—Hence, fixus, a, um, P. a., fixed, fast, immovable.

Lit. (very rare):

illud maneat et fixum sit,

Cic. Rab. Post. 9, 25:

inque tuis nunc Fixa pedum pono pressis vestigia signis,

i. e. firmly fixed in, Lucr. 3, 4; cf.

in the foll.: astra,

the fixed stars, Manil. 2, 35; so,

flammae,

Ov. Tr. 4, 3, 15.— Far more freq.,

Trop.:

vestigia (integritatis) non pressa leviter, sed fixa ad memoriam illius provinciae sempiternam,

Cic. Sest. 5, 13:

non ita fixum, ut convelli non liceret,

id. Clu. 45, 126: fixum et statutum, id. Mur., 30, 62; cf.:

consilium fixum,

id. Att. 6, 14, 2:

animo fixum immotumque sedere, ne, etc.,

Verg. A, 4, 15: fixum est, with a subj.-clause, it is fixed, determined, Sil. 2, 364; 3, 114:

decretum stabile, fixum, ratum,

Cic. Ac. 2, 9, 27; cf.:

ratum, fixum, firmum,

permanent, id. ib. 2, 46, 141:

illud fixum in animis vestris tenetote,

fixed, impressed, id. Balb. 28, 64: quae perpetuo animo meo fixa manebunt, Lepid. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 34, 3.— Adv.: fixe, fixedly (late Lat.):

ubi tenacius habitabit et fixius,

Aug. Ep. 6 fin.

inter-cīdo, īdi, īsum, 3, v. a. [caedo], to cut asunder, cut up, cut to pieces, divide, pierce, cut through.

Lit.:

harundinetum,

to thin out by cutting, Col. 4, 32, 4:

venas,

Plin. 11, 37, 65, § 174:

radices,

id. 18, 19, 49, 2, § 177:

olivas acuto calamo,

Pall. Nov. 22, 3:

lacus, interciso monte, in Nar defluit,

Cic. Att. 4, 15, 5; cf.:

an Isthmos intercidi possit,

Quint. 8, 3, 46:

aedis,

Dig. 9, 2, 49:

flammas ignis,

Vulg. Psa. 28, 7:

pontem,

to cut down, Liv. 36, 6.—

Esp., of accounts, to mutilate, falsify:

commentarios,

Plin. Ep. 6, 22, 4:

rationes dominicas,

Dig. 11, 3, 1, § 5. —

Transf., to part, divide, cut up, mangle, mutilate, destroy:

sententias,

to pervert in reading, Gell. 13, 30, 9:

lux intercisa,

Stat. Th. 2, 184:

jugum mediocri valle a castris intercisum,

separated, Hirt. B. G. 8, 14: dies intercisi, half-holidays: intercisi dies sunt, per quos mane et vesperi est nefas;

medio tempore, inter hostiam caesam et exta porrecta, fas: a quo quod fas tum intercedit: aut eo est intercisum nefas, intercisum,

Varr. L. L. 6, § 31 Müll.; cf. Macr. S. 1, 16; Ov. F. 1, 49. — Hence, intercīsē, adv., piecemeal, interruptedly, confusedly, Cic. Part. Or. 7, 24; Gell. 11, 2, 5:

dictum,

syncopated, id. 15, 3, 4.

inter-cĭdo, ĭdi, 3, v. n. [cado], to fall between.

Lit.:

ita in arto stipatae erant naves ut vix ullum telum in mari vanum intercideret,

Liv. 26, 39; 21, 8; 3, 10, 6.—

Transf.

To occur meanwhile, to happen:

si quae interciderunt, etc.,

Cic. Fam. 5, 8, 3. —

To fall to the ground, go to ruin, be lost, perish: pereant amici, dum una inimici intercidant, Poët. ap. Cic. Deiot. 9, 25:

intercidunt ova,

Plin. 9, 51, 74, § 163:

credo, quia nulla gesta res insignem fecerit consulatum, memoriā intercidisse,

Liv. 2, 8, 5:

utrum pejorem vocas, apud quem gratia beneficii intercidit, an apud quem etiam memoria?

Sen. Ben. 3, 1:

augur erat: nomen longis intercidit annis,

Ov. F. 2, 433:

sive (opera) exstant, sive intercidere,

Plin. 35, 8, 34, § 53:

haec sequenti tempore interciderunt,

Quint. 1, 5, 52:

cum verba intercidant invalescantque temporibus,

fall into disuse, become obsolete, id. 10, 2, 13:

quod si interciderit tibi nunc aliquid (= excidit e memoria),

something escapes you, you have forgotten something, Hor. S. 2, 4, 6.

pĕrīcŭlum (contr. pĕrīclum, very freq. in the poets, e. g. Plaut. Bacch. 4, 7, 29; Ter. And. 2, 2, 13; 5, 1, 2; 5, 2, 26 al.; Lucr. 1, 580; 2, 5 et saep.; Verg. A. 2, 709; 751; 3, 711 et saep.; Juv. 6, 94), i, n. [root, Sanscr. par, pi-par-mi, to conduct, guide; Gr. peraô, to pierce; poros. a way through, passage; Lat. porta, portus, ex - perior, per-itus; cf. Germ. fahren, Gefahr], a trial, experiment, attempt, proof, essay (class.; cf. disorimen).

Lit.:

fac periculum in litteris,

Ter. Eun. 3, 2, 23:

miser est homo qui amat... Scio qui periclum feci,

Plaut. As. 3, 3, 27:

priusquam periclum faceret,

Caes. B. G. 4, 21:

ex aliis,

Ter. Heaut. 1, 2, 36:

alicujus fidei periculum facere,

to make trial of, to try, Cic. Verr. 1, 12, 34:

quā in re tute tui periculum fecisti,

id. Div. in Caecil. 8, 27: legionum, Auct. B. Afr. 79.—

Transf.

Concr., an attempt in writing, an essay:

faciunt imperite, qui in isto periculo non ut a poëtā, sed ut a teste, veritatem exigent (speaking of a poem in honor of Marius),

Cic. Leg. 1, 1, 4; Aus. Idyll. 10, 215.—

Risk, hazard, danger, peril (which acompanies an attempt;

the common signif. of the word): meo periclo rem gero,

Plaut. Bacch. 4, 4, 100:

tuo ego istaec dicam illi periculo,

id. ib. 4, 2, 17:

periculum facere,

to run a risk, id. ib. 1, 1, 63:

si ei subito sit allatum periculum discrimenque patriae,

Cic. Off. 1, 43, 154:

salus sociorum summum in periculum ac discrimen vocatur,

id. Imp. Pomp. 5, 12:

discriminum et periculorum comites,

id. N. D. 2, 66, 166:

obire pericula ac labores,

Liv. 1, 54:

periculum adire capitis,

to run the risk of one's life, Cic. Rosc. Am. 38, 110:

in periculo animarum suarum,

Vulg. 1 Par. 11, 19:

subire pro amico,

Cic. Part. 19, 66:

suscipere,

to take upon one's self, id. Mur. 36, 76:

ingredi,

id. ib. 2, 4:

conflare alicui,

to cause, occasion, id. Sull. 4, 13:

intendere in aliquem,

id. Rosc. Am. 3, 7:

intendere alicui,

id. Att. 2, 19, 1:

mortis alicui inicere,

id. Caecin. 29, 83:

facessere innocenti,

id. Div. in Caecil. 14, 45:

facere alicui,

Sall. C. 33, 1; cf.:

ego nihil facio tibi periculi,

Plaut. Cas. 4, 3, 7:

creare alicui,

Cic. Att. 22, 2:

comparare alicui,

id. Fl. 38, 96:

moliri optimis civibus,

id. Sest. 1, 1:

amici depellere,

id. Clu. 6, 8:

subterfugere,

id. Fam. 15, 1, 4:

adducta est res in maximum periculum et extremum paene discrimen,

id. Phil. 7, 1, 1:

se in periculum capitis atque in vitae discrimen inferre,

id. Balb. 10, 25:

arcessere aliquem in summum capitis periculum,

id. Rab. Perd. 9, 26:

includere in periculum,

id. Clu. 55, 155:

in periculum se committere,

to get into danger, id. Inv. 2, 8, 37:

eripere ex periculo,

id. Clu. 26, 70:

extrahere ex periculo,

to release from danger, id. Sest. 4, 11:

rem publicam a periculo prohibere,

id. Imp. Pomp. 7, 19:

liberare periculis,

id. de Or. 1, 8, 32:

res in periculo vertitur,

the affair becomes perilous, Plaut. Merc. 1, 2, 12:

esse in periculo,

Cic. Fam. 4, 15, 2:

in periculo versari,

id. Rab. Post. 9, 23:

a securi negat ei periculum esse,

that danger threatens him, id. Verr. 2, 5, 44, § 116:

periculum est, ne,

there is danger that, id. Tusc. 5, 40, 118; so id. Verr. 1, 11, 32: periculo meo, tuo, suo, at my, your, his risk:

meo periculo,

id. Sest. 52, 111:

crede audacter meo periculo,

Plaut. Poen. 4, 2, 51:

meo periculo rem gero,

id. Bacch. 4, 4, 100; id. As. 2, 4, 51:

des ei nummos fide et periculo meo,

Dig. 46, 1, 24:

navem sumptu periculoque suo armatam mittere,

Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 20, § 50; id. Fl. 17, 41:

rem periculi sui facere,

to do a thing at one's own risk, Dig. 23, 5, 16: bono periculo, safely, without danger (post-class.), App. Mag. p. 320, 16.—

In partic.

A trial, action, suit at law (class.):

meus labor in privatorum periculis caste integreque versatus,

Cic. Imp. Pomp. 1, 2:

aliquem in periculis defendere,

Nep. Phoc. 2, 3.—

A writ of judgment, a sentence:

unum ab iis petivit, ut in periculo suo inscriberent, etc.,

Nep. Ep. 8:

pericula magistratuum,

Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 79, § 183.—

A sickness, attack of sickness (post-Aug.):

in acutis vero periculis nullis dandum est vinum,

Plin. 23, 1, 24, § 48.—

Ruin, destruction (postclass.):

tremefactae nutant usque ad periculum civitates,

Arn. 1, 4.

pĕrīcŭlum (contr. pĕrīclum, very freq. in the poets, e. g. Plaut. Bacch. 4, 7, 29; Ter. And. 2, 2, 13; 5, 1, 2; 5, 2, 26 al.; Lucr. 1, 580; 2, 5 et saep.; Verg. A. 2, 709; 751; 3, 711 et saep.; Juv. 6, 94), i, n. [root, Sanscr. par, pi-par-mi, to conduct, guide; Gr. peraô, to pierce; poros. a way through, passage; Lat. porta, portus, ex - perior, per-itus; cf. Germ. fahren, Gefahr], a trial, experiment, attempt, proof, essay (class.; cf. disorimen).

Lit.:

fac periculum in litteris,

Ter. Eun. 3, 2, 23:

miser est homo qui amat... Scio qui periclum feci,

Plaut. As. 3, 3, 27:

priusquam periclum faceret,

Caes. B. G. 4, 21:

ex aliis,

Ter. Heaut. 1, 2, 36:

alicujus fidei periculum facere,

to make trial of, to try, Cic. Verr. 1, 12, 34:

quā in re tute tui periculum fecisti,

id. Div. in Caecil. 8, 27: legionum, Auct. B. Afr. 79.—

Transf.

Concr., an attempt in writing, an essay:

faciunt imperite, qui in isto periculo non ut a poëtā, sed ut a teste, veritatem exigent (speaking of a poem in honor of Marius),

Cic. Leg. 1, 1, 4; Aus. Idyll. 10, 215.—

Risk, hazard, danger, peril (which acompanies an attempt;

the common signif. of the word): meo periclo rem gero,

Plaut. Bacch. 4, 4, 100:

tuo ego istaec dicam illi periculo,

id. ib. 4, 2, 17:

periculum facere,

to run a risk, id. ib. 1, 1, 63:

si ei subito sit allatum periculum discrimenque patriae,

Cic. Off. 1, 43, 154:

salus sociorum summum in periculum ac discrimen vocatur,

id. Imp. Pomp. 5, 12:

discriminum et periculorum comites,

id. N. D. 2, 66, 166:

obire pericula ac labores,

Liv. 1, 54:

periculum adire capitis,

to run the risk of one's life, Cic. Rosc. Am. 38, 110:

in periculo animarum suarum,

Vulg. 1 Par. 11, 19:

subire pro amico,

Cic. Part. 19, 66:

suscipere,

to take upon one's self, id. Mur. 36, 76:

ingredi,

id. ib. 2, 4:

conflare alicui,

to cause, occasion, id. Sull. 4, 13:

intendere in aliquem,

id. Rosc. Am. 3, 7:

intendere alicui,

id. Att. 2, 19, 1:

mortis alicui inicere,

id. Caecin. 29, 83:

facessere innocenti,

id. Div. in Caecil. 14, 45:

facere alicui,

Sall. C. 33, 1; cf.:

ego nihil facio tibi periculi,

Plaut. Cas. 4, 3, 7:

creare alicui,

Cic. Att. 22, 2:

comparare alicui,

id. Fl. 38, 96:

moliri optimis civibus,

id. Sest. 1, 1:

amici depellere,

id. Clu. 6, 8:

subterfugere,

id. Fam. 15, 1, 4:

adducta est res in maximum periculum et extremum paene discrimen,

id. Phil. 7, 1, 1:

se in periculum capitis atque in vitae discrimen inferre,

id. Balb. 10, 25:

arcessere aliquem in summum capitis periculum,

id. Rab. Perd. 9, 26:

includere in periculum,

id. Clu. 55, 155:

in periculum se committere,

to get into danger, id. Inv. 2, 8, 37:

eripere ex periculo,

id. Clu. 26, 70:

extrahere ex periculo,

to release from danger, id. Sest. 4, 11:

rem publicam a periculo prohibere,

id. Imp. Pomp. 7, 19:

liberare periculis,

id. de Or. 1, 8, 32:

res in periculo vertitur,

the affair becomes perilous, Plaut. Merc. 1, 2, 12:

esse in periculo,

Cic. Fam. 4, 15, 2:

in periculo versari,

id. Rab. Post. 9, 23:

a securi negat ei periculum esse,

that danger threatens him, id. Verr. 2, 5, 44, § 116:

periculum est, ne,

there is danger that, id. Tusc. 5, 40, 118; so id. Verr. 1, 11, 32: periculo meo, tuo, suo, at my, your, his risk:

meo periculo,

id. Sest. 52, 111:

crede audacter meo periculo,

Plaut. Poen. 4, 2, 51:

meo periculo rem gero,

id. Bacch. 4, 4, 100; id. As. 2, 4, 51:

des ei nummos fide et periculo meo,

Dig. 46, 1, 24:

navem sumptu periculoque suo armatam mittere,

Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 20, § 50; id. Fl. 17, 41:

rem periculi sui facere,

to do a thing at one's own risk, Dig. 23, 5, 16: bono periculo, safely, without danger (post-class.), App. Mag. p. 320, 16.—

In partic.

A trial, action, suit at law (class.):

meus labor in privatorum periculis caste integreque versatus,

Cic. Imp. Pomp. 1, 2:

aliquem in periculis defendere,

Nep. Phoc. 2, 3.—

A writ of judgment, a sentence:

unum ab iis petivit, ut in periculo suo inscriberent, etc.,

Nep. Ep. 8:

pericula magistratuum,

Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 79, § 183.—

A sickness, attack of sickness (post-Aug.):

in acutis vero periculis nullis dandum est vinum,

Plin. 23, 1, 24, § 48.—

Ruin, destruction (postclass.):

tremefactae nutant usque ad periculum civitates,

Arn. 1, 4.

porta, ae (portabus for portis, Cn. Gell. ap. Charis. p. 40 P.), f. [from root par-, to pierce, pass through; Gr. peraô, peirô, poros, ford; Lat.: peritus, ex-perior, and v. periculum], a city-gate, a gate.

Lit.:

hic (miles) portas frangit, at ille (amans) fores,

Ov. Am. 1, 9, 20:

rectā portā invadam extemplo in oppidum antiquom et vetus,

Plaut. Bacch. 4, 4, 60; id. Ps. 2, 2, 3:

si Hannibal ad portas venisset,

Cic. Fin. 4, 9, 22:

pedem portā efferre,

id. Att. 8, 2, 4; 7, 2, 6; Verg. A. 4, 130:

ad portam praesto esse,

Cic. Pis. 23, 55:

portā introire,

id. ib. 23, 55:

egressus portā Capenā,

id. Tusc. 1, 7, 13:

extra portam Collinam,

id. Leg. 2, 23, 58:

porta Carmentalis,

Liv. 2, 49, 8:

pars egressa portis erat,

id. 3, 60, 9; 23, 46, 10:

omnibus portis effundi,

id. 24, 1, 3:

portā Capenā Romam ingressus,

id. 26, 10, 1; 33, 26, 9:

signa portis efferre,

id. 27, 2, 5:

portis ruere,

id. 27, 41, 8:

eādem portā signa infesta urbi inferre,

id. 28, 3, 13:

patefactā portā Romani erumpunt,

id. 28, 36, 8:

subito omnibus portis eruptione factā,

Caes. B. G. 3, 6; 19; 5, 51:

omnibus portis prorumpunt,

Tac. H. 4, 20; 34:

portarum claustra,

Verg. A. 7, 185:

limina portarum,

id. ib. 2, 803:

portas obice firmā claudere,

Ov. M. 14, 780:

portas reserare hosti,

id. A. A. 3, 577:

portā triumphali ducere funus,

Tac. A. 3, 47:

sanctae quoque res, veluti muri et portae, quodammodo divini juris sunt,

Gai. Inst. 2, 8:

vidi Portas (Carthaginis) non clausas, a proof that the people were fearless,

Hor. C. 3, 5, 23.—Connected with urbis:

qui urbis portas occuparent,

Cic. Phil. 14, 6, 15:

bellum a portis hujus urbis avolsum,

id. Rep. 1, 1, 1.—With per (rare except in Livy):

per unam portam praesidium Romanum irrumpit,

Liv. 9, 24, 12:

paulo ante lucem per effractam portam urbem ingreditur,

id. 24, 46, 7:

per aversam portam silentio excedere,

id. 10, 34, 4; 4, 46, 6; 23, 47, 8:

elapsus per eam portam quae... ad Darii castra pervenit,

Curt. 4, 10, 25; Vulg. Gen. 34, 20:

in fastigio portae,

id. 2 Reg. 18, 24.—Prov.: porta itineri longissima, the way to the gate is the longest (sc. in making a journey), i. e. it is the first step that costs, Varr. R. R. 1, 2, 2.—

Transf., in gen., like our gate, of an avenue, entrance, passage, outlet, door of any kind (syn.: fores, janua, ostium). —Of the gates of a camp:

ab decumanā portā castra munita,

Caes. B. G. 3, 25; so,

principalis,

Liv. 40, 27:

quaestoria,

id. ib.:

villarum,

Plin. 28, 10, 44, § 157: venti, velut agmine facto, Quā data porta, ruunt, [p. 1401] Verg. A. 1, 82.—Of a cage:

ex portā ludis emitti, said of hares,

Plaut. Pers. 3, 3, 30: porta tonat caeli, Enn. ap. Vet. Gram. ap. Col. (Ann. v. 597 Vahl.); Verg. G. 3, 261:

somni,

id. A. 6, 893; cf.

eburna,

Hor. C. 3, 27, 41:

ubi portitor aera recepit, Obserat umbrosos lurida porta rogos,

the portal of the infernal regions, Prop. 4 (5), 11, 8: belli portae, Enn. ap. Serv. Verg. A. 7, 622; Hor. S. 1, 4, 61 (Ann. v. 271 Vahl.):

mortis,

Vulg. Psa. 9, 15:

inferi,

id. Isa. 38, 10:

portae, quae alibi Armeniae, alibi Caspiae, alibi Ciliciae vocantur,

passes, gorges, defiles, Plin. 5, 27, 27, § 99; Nep. Dat. 7, 3; Val. Fl. 3, 496:

solis,

the signs of Cancer and Aries in the zodiac, Macr. Somn. Scip. 1, 12, and S. 1, 17: jecoris, a part of the liver (so too in Gr. pulê), Cic. N. D. 2, 55, 137:

fluviorum,

Vulg. Nahum, 2, 6.—Of the fundament, Cat. 15, 17.—

Trop.

Et quibus e portis occurri cuique deceret, by what way, by what means, Lucr. 6, 32.—

As the symbol of strength:

portae inferi,

the powers of hell, Vulg. Matt. 16, 18.