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    praecinō cinuī, —, ere    [prae+cano].—Of musicians, to make music before, play at: sacrificiis, L.: carmine cum magico praecinuisset anus, i. e. had uttered an incantation, Tb.—Of musical instruments, to make music before, be played at: epulis magistratuum fides praecinunt.—Fig., to foretell, predict: magnum aliquid populo R.

    praetextus adj.    [P. of praetexo], bordered, edged: toga, bordered with purple (worn by the higher magistrates; also by free-born children less than seventeen years of age): aedilicia: togae praetextae habendae ius, L.: eripies pupillae togam praetextam?—As subst f., the toga praetexta: tu in praetextā esse consulatum putas?— Wearing the toga praetexta, with a purple border on the mantle: videre praetextos inimicos, i. e. in supreme power.—As subst f. (sc. fabula), a play in which the bordered toga is worn, tragedy (because eminent Romans were among the characters): praetextas docere, H.

    prōlogus ī, m, πρόλογοσ, a preface to a play, prologue: Nullum invenire prologum, T.— One who recites a prologue, T.

    prō-lūdō sī, —, ere,    to play beforehand, prelude, practise: ad pugnam, V.: Sic ubi prolusit, O. —Fig.: sententiae quibus proluserint, which began the speech: Iurgia proludunt, wrangling comes first, Iu.

    pulsō āvī, ātus, āre, freq.    [pello], to push against, strike upon, beat, hammer, keep hitting, batter: cum pulsetur incursione atomorum sempiternā: lictores ad pulsandos homines exercitatissimi: pulsari alios et verberari: utrāque manu Dareta, L.: soleā natīs, Iu.: ostia, knock, H.: humum ter pede, stamp upon, O.: flumina Thermodontis Pulsant Amazones, i. e. tread the ice, V.: tellurem pede libero, H.: ariete muros, shatter, V.: chordas digitis, play upon, V.: cymbala, Iu.: pulsarunt noviens latera ardua fluctūs, O.: ipse arduus altaque pulsat Sidera, i. e. reaches, V.— To drive forth, impel: Erupere ut, nervo pulsante, sagittae, V.: Pulsatos referens divos, V.—Fig., to actuate, agitate, disturb, disquiet: censemus dormientium animos visione pulsari: quae te vecordia pulsat, O.: pavor pulsans, throbbing, V.

    quiēscō ēvī (quiērunt, V.; quiērim, C.; quiēssem, T., H.; quiēsset, T.; quiēsse, C., L.), ētus, ere    [quies], to rest, repose, keep quiet, be inactive, be at peace: placidā compostus pace quiescit, V.: non somno quiescere, get no rest, Cu.: Quid faciam? ‘quiescas,’ do nothing, H.: Indoctus pilae quiescit, does not play, H.: Quibus quidem quam facile potuerat quiesci, si hic quiesset! which we might easily have been spared, T.— To rest, sleep, be asleep: eo cum venio, praetor quiescebat: casa, in quā quiescebat, N.—In war, to be inactive, make no movement: per paucos dies, L.: pavore mutuo iniecto velut torpentes quieverunt, L.— To keep in retirement, take no part, be neutral: scribis Peducaeo probari, quod quierim.— To acquiesce, quietly permit: quiescat (Caesar) rem adduci ad interregnum.— To pause, make a pause, keep silence, be still: quiesce, T.: quiescere, id est h(suxa/zein.— To rest, lie still, be still, be quiet, be undisturbed: ager qui multos annos quievit, lay fallow: nec umquam quieturas Syracusas, donec, etc., L.: flamma, ceases to burn, V.: quierunt Aequora, the waves are laid, V.: felicius ossa quiescant, O.: quiescunt voces, are silent, O.— To be calm, be unruffled, be composed: quiescas, T.: Quaeso, ego dabo, quiesce, T.—Fig., to be inactive, be powerless: ista potentia quiescit.

    rēgnō āvī, ātus, āre    [regnum], to have royal power, be king, rule, reign: triginta annos: iniussu populi: tertium iam hunc annum regnans, Cs.: regnante Romulo: regnandi dira cupido, V.: Albae regnare, L.: Tusco profundo, O.: quā Daunus agrestium Regnavit populorum, H.: ter centum totos regnabitur annos Gente sub Hectoreā, V.: quia post Tati mortem non erat regnatum, L.— Trans., only pass. (poet. or late): terra acri quondam regnata Lycurgo, ruled by, V.: Latio regnata per arva Saturno quondam, in which Saturn was king, V.: trans Lugios Gotones regnantur, have kings, Ta.— To be lord, rule, reign, govern, be swpreme: equitum centurias tenere, in quibus regnas: vivo et regno, H.: Caelo tonantem credidimus Iovem Regnare, H.— To lord it, tyranniz<*> domineer: regnavit is paucos mensīs: se ille interfecto Milone regnaturum putaret: regnare ac dominari, L.: Per ramos victor regnat (ignis), V. —Fig., to rule, have the mastery, prevail, predominate: in quo uno regnat oratio: ebrietas geminata libidine regnat, O.

    rēs reī, f    [RA-], a thing, object, matter, affair, business, event, fact, circumstance, occurrence, deed, condition, case: divinarum humanarumque rerum cognitio: te ut ulla res frangat?: relictis rebus suis omnibus: rem omnibus narrare: si res postulabit, the case: re bene gestā: scriptor rerum suarum, annalist: neque est ulla res, in quā, etc.: magna res principio statim belli, a great advantage, L.: Nil admirari prope res est una, quae, etc., the only thing, H.: rerum, facta est pulcherrima Roma, the most beautiful thing in the world, V.: fortissima rerum animalia, O.: dulcissime rerum, H.— A circumstance, condition: In' in malam rem, go to the bad, T.: mala res, a wretched condition, S.: res secundae, good-fortune, H.: prosperae res, N.: in secundissimis rebus: adversa belli res, L.: dubiae res, S.—In phrases with e or pro: E re natā melius fieri haud potuit, after what has happened, T.: pro re natā, according to circumstances: consilium pro tempore et pro re capere, as circumstances should require, Cs.: pro re pauca loquar, V.: ex re et ex tempore.—With an adj. in circumlocution: abhorrens ab re uxoriā<*> matrimony, T.: in arbitrio rei uxoriae, dowry: belhcam rem administrari, a battle: pecuaria res et rustica, cattle: liber de rebus rusticis, agriculture: res frumentaria, forage, Cs.: res iudiciaria, the administration of justice: res ludicra, play, H.: Veneris res, O.— A subject, story, events, facts, history: cui lecta potenter erit res, H.: agitur res in scaenis, H.: res populi R. perscribere, L.: res Persicae, history, N.— An actual thing, reality, verity, truth, fact: ipsam rem loqui, T.: nihil est aliud in re, in fact, L.: se ipsa res aperit, N.: quantum distet argumentatio tua ab re ipsā.— Abl adverb., in fact, in truth, really, actually: eos deos non re, sed opinione esse dicunt: verbo permittere, re hortari: hoc verbo ac simulatione Apronio, re verā tibi obiectum: haec ille, si verbis non audet, re quidem verā palam loquitur: venit, specie ut indutiae essent, re verā ad petendum veniam, L.— Effects, substance, property, possessions, estate: et re salvā et perditā, T.: talentūm rem decem, T.: res eos iampridem, fides nuper deficere coepit: in tenui re, in narrow circumstances, H.: quantis opibus, quibus de rebus: privatae res.— A benefit, profit, advantage, interest, weal: Quasi istic mea res minor agatur quam tua, is concerned, T.: Si in remst utrique, ut fiant, if it is a good thing for both, T.: in rem fore credens universos adpellare, useful, S.: imperat quae in rem sunt, L.: Non ex re istius, not for his good, T.: contra rem suam me venisse questus est: minime, dum ob rem, to the purpose, T.: ob rem facere, advantageously, S.: haec haud ab re duxi referre, irrelevant, L.: non ab re esse, useless, L.— A cause, reason, ground, account.—In the phrase, eā re, therefore: illud eā re a se esse concessum, quod, etc.; see also quā re, quam ob rem.— An affair, matter of business, business: multa inter se communicare et de re Gallicanā: tecum mihi res est, my business is: erat res ei cum exercitu, he had to deal: cum his mihi res sit, let me attend to, Cs.: quocum tum uno rem habebam, had relations, T.— A case in law, lawsuit, cause, suit, action: utrum rem an litem dici oporteret: quarum rerum litium causarum condixit pater patratus, L. (old form.): capere pecunias ob rem iudicandam.— An affair, battle, campaign, military operation: res gesta virtute: ut res gesta est narrabo ordine, T.: his rebus gestis, Cs.: bene rem gerere, H.: res gestae, military achievements, H.—Of the state, in the phrase, res publica (often written respublica, res p.), the common weal, a commonwealth, state, republic: dum modo calamitas a rei p. periculis seiungatur: si re p. non possis frui, stultum nolle privatā, public life: egestates tot egentissimorum hominum nec privatas posse res nec rem p. sustinere: auguratum est, rem Romanam p. summam fore: paene victā re p.: rem p. delere.—In the phrase, e re publicā, for the good of the state, for the common weal, in the public interests: senatūs consultis bene et e re p. factis: uti e re p. fideque suā videretur. — Plur: hoc loquor de tribus his generibus rerum p.: utiliores rebus suis publicis esse.—Without publica, the state, commonwealth, government: Unus homo nobis cunctando restituit rem, Enn. ap. C.: Hic (Marcellus) rem Romanam Sistet, V.: nec rem Romanam tam desidem umquam fuisse, L.: res Asiae evertere, V.: Custode rerum Caesare, H.—In the phrase, rerum potiri, to obtain the sovereignty, control the government: qui rerum potiri volunt: dum ea (civitas) rerum potita est, become supreme.—In the phrase, res novae, political change, revolution. I II

    scurra ae, m    [SCRV-], an idler, loafer, man about town: scurrae locupletes.— A city buffoon, droll, jester, clown, pantaloon, parasite: neque parum facetus scurra: vagus, H.: Urbani scurra Catulli, i. e. a clown in a play of Catullus, Iu.— Prov.: de scurrā multo facilius divitem quam patrem familias fieri posse.

    spatium ī, n    [SPA-], a space, room, extent: Trīs pateat caeli spatium non amplius ulnas, V.: spatiis locorum animadversis, Cs.: quod spatium non esset agitandi, N.: spatio distante, O.— A space, distance, interval: magno spatio paucis diebus confecto, Cs.: viae, length, O.: tantum erat relictum spati, ut, etc., Cs.: tormentorum usum spatio propinquitatis interire, Cs.: medium caeli, H.: spatium discrimina fallit, the distance, O.— Size, bulk, extent: spatium victi hostis (serpentis), O.: Dat spatium collo, O.: admirabile rhombi, very large, Iu.: trahit (aurīs) in spatium, i. e. lengthens out, O.— A walking, walk, promenade, turn, course: duobus spatiis tribusve factis: septem spatiis circo meruere coronam, O.— A space for recreation, walk, promenade, public place, square: urbs distincta spatiis communibus: spatia silvestria: Academiae nobilitata spatia: locus planis Porrectus spatiis, in levels, H.: Curvatis fertur spatiis, V.— A prescribed path, race-course, track: quasi decurso spatio ad carceres a calce revocari: amat spatiis obstantia rumpere claustra, H.: Addunt in spatia, V.: tritum, O.: Phocus in interius spatium Cecropidas ducit, the interior, O. —Fig., a path, course, race, track: eadem: Prope iam excurso spatio, T.: Te mea quem spatiis propioribus aetas Insequitur, V.: in spatio Q. Hortensium ipsius vestigiis persecuti: vitae, O.— A portion of time, space, interval, period: spatia omnis temporis non numero dierum sed noctium finiunt, Cs.: spatium praeteriti temporis: diei, the length, Cs.: dierum triginta: spatio brevi, H.: me ex constituto spatio defensionis in semihorae curriculum coëgisti: trochaeus, qui est eodem spatio quo choreus, i. e. of the same metrical length: spatia annorum, Pr.: spatio pugnae defatigati, Cs.— Space, time, leisure, opportunity: neque, ut celari posset, tempus spatium ullum dabat, T.: irae suae spatium et consilio tempus dare, L.: Ne properes, oro; spatium pro munere posco, O.: cum erit spatium, praestabo, etc.: illi spatium ad sese conligendum dedisse: sex dics ad eam rem conficien<*> dam spati postulant, Cs.: Ut ne esset spatium cogitandi, T.: pila coniciendi, Cs.: Spatium adparandis nuptiis dabitur, T.

    spectāculum (-tāclum, Pr.), ī, n    [specto], a place from which shows are witnessed, spectator's seat, place in the theatre: ex omnibus spectaculis plausus est excitatus: spectacula sibi facere, L.— A show, sight, spectacle: superarum rerum atque caelestium: bis terque mutatae dapis, H.: scorti procacis, L.: Non hoc ista sibi tempus spectacula poscit, V.: praebent spectacula capti, O.: homini non amico nostra incommoda spectaculo esse nolim.— A public sight, show, stage-play, spectacle: spectacula sunt tributim data: gladiatorum, L.: scenae, O.: nondum commisso spectaculo, L.

    statārius adj.    [1 status], standing fast, standing firm, stationary, steady: miles, L.: hostis, L. —Fig., quiet, calm, tranquil: orator.—As subst f. (sc. comoedia), a quiet comedy, character-play: Statariam agere, T.— Plur m. as subst, actors in quiet comedy.

    sullāturiō —, —, īre, desid.    [Sulla], to imitate Sulla, play the part of Sulla.

    theātrum ī, n, τηέατρον, a play-house, theatre: theatrum cum commune sit: In vacuo sessor theatro, H.: Philippus in acie tutior quam in theatro fuit, Cu.: exeamus e theatro, i. e. cease to speak of actors.—Among the Greeks, a councilroom, audience-room: cum in theatro imperiti homines consederant: super theatrum consistunt, L.: veniebat in theatrum, cum ibi concilium populi haberetur, N.—An open space for martial games, parade ground: mediā in valle theatri Circus erat, V.—The spectators in a theatre, an audience: frequentissimum: qui (modi) totis theatris maestitiam inferant: spissis theatris Scripta recitare, to crowded audiences, H.—Fig., a place of exhibition, theatre, stage: nullum theatrum virtuti conscientiā maius est.

    truculentus adj. with comp. and sup.    [trux], savage, fierce, ferocious, stern, grim, harsh, cruel, fell: parcus, truculentus, tenax, T.: quam truculentus! quam terribilis aspectu!: aequor, stormy, Ct.: est truculentior, H.: quo truculentior visu foret, Ta.—As subst n., a play of Plautus.—Plur. n. As adv.: spectat truculenta loquentem, O.

    turmālis e, adj.    [turma], of a troop, of a squadron.—Plur. m. as subst: Manlius cum suis turmalibus, i. e. with the members of his squadron, L.—In a play on the word: Scipio... turmalīs dixit displicere, i. e. equestrian (statues), in a troop.

    tūtor ōris, m    [2 TV-], a watcher, protector, defender: Silvane, tutor finium, H.—In law, a guardian, tutor, guardian of the person: tutor sum liberis (Triarii): illum tutorem liberis suis scribere: pupilli Malleoli: Philippi, L.: orbae eloquentiae quasi tutores relicti sumus.— The title of a mimic play. I II

    verrō —, —, ere    [VAR-], to sweep, brush, scour, sweep out, sweep together: qui tergent, qui verrunt, qui spargunt: matres crinibus templa verrentes, L.: pavimentum, Iu.: Aequora caudis (delphines), V.: Caesariem per aequora, trail, O.—Of grain, to clean up after threshing, collect: nigras pro farre favillas, O.: Quicquid de Libycis verritur areis, i. e. is collected, H.—To sweep, pass over, play upon, traverse: duplici genialia nablia palmā, O.: remis vada, V.