plex

trī̆plex, ĭcis (abl. regularly triplici;

triplice,

Prud. Apoth. 383; Ven. Carm. 7, 4, 12), adj. [ter-plico], threefold, triple.

Lit.

Adj.:

Plato triplicem finxit animum,

Cic. Tusc. 1, 10, 20:

philosophandi ratio triplex,

id. Ac. 1, 5, 19: nec me pastoris Iberi Forma triplex, nec forma triplex tua, Cerbere, movit, Ov M. 9, 185: cuspis, i. e. Neptune ' s trident, id. ib. 12, 594:

mundus (because made up of sky, land, and sea),

id. ib. 12, 40:

regnum (because shared among Jupiter, Neptune, and Pluto),

id. ib. 5, 368: vultus Dianae (because also Luna and Hecate;

v. triceps and triformis),

id. H. 12, 79: triplicem aciem instruere, to draw up an army in three lines or columns, to form a triple line, Caes. B. G. 1, 24; so,

acies,

id. ib. 1, 51; id. B. C. 1, 41; 1, 83 al.; cf.

comically: paravi copias duplices, triplices dolos. perfidias,

Plaut. Ps. 2, 1, 5:

vallus, Auct. B. Alex. 2, 3: murus,

Verg. A. 6, 549; Ov. F. 3, 801:

aes,

Verg. A. 10, 784; Hor. C. 1, 3, 9:

triplici stant ordine dentes,

Ov. M. 3, 34 et saep. — Poet., of three like persons or things belonging together: triplices Sorores, [p. 1901] the three sisters, i. e. the Fates, Ov. M. 8, 452;

called triplices deae,

id. ib. 2, 654; cf.:

quae ratum triplici pollice netis opus,

i. e. the finger of the three Fates, id. Ib. 76: poenarum deae triplices, i. e. the Furies, id. M, 8, 481:

Minyeïdes,

i. e. the three daughters of Minyas, id. ib. 4, 425:

greges,

three bands of Bacchantes, Prop. 3, 17 (4, 16), 24; cf.

gens,

three clans, Verg. A. 10, 202. —

trī̆plex, ĭcis, n., three times as much, a threefold portion, triple: sume tibi decies; tibi tantundem;

tibi triplex,

Hor. S. 2 3, 237; cf.:

pediti in singulos dati centeni (denarii), duplex centurioni, triplex equiti,

Liv. 45, 40, 5; 45, 43, 7:

olei veteris triplex adicitur,

Scrib. Comp. 218. —

trī̆plĭces, ĭum, m. (sc. codicilli), a writing-tablet with three leaves, Cic. Att. 13, 8, 1; Mart. 7, 72, 2; 10, 87, 6; 14, 6, 1.—

Transf., very great or strong: triplici fluctu, Sall. Fragm. ap. Serv. Verg. A. 1, 116 (id. H. 4, 23 Dietsch). — Adv.: trĭplĭcĭter, in a threefold manner, in three ways:

commutare,

Auct. Her. 4, 42, 54: l littera tripliciter sonat, Mart. Cap. 3, 54.

trī̆plex, ĭcis (abl. regularly triplici;

triplice,

Prud. Apoth. 383; Ven. Carm. 7, 4, 12), adj. [ter-plico], threefold, triple.

Lit.

Adj.:

Plato triplicem finxit animum,

Cic. Tusc. 1, 10, 20:

philosophandi ratio triplex,

id. Ac. 1, 5, 19: nec me pastoris Iberi Forma triplex, nec forma triplex tua, Cerbere, movit, Ov M. 9, 185: cuspis, i. e. Neptune ' s trident, id. ib. 12, 594:

mundus (because made up of sky, land, and sea),

id. ib. 12, 40:

regnum (because shared among Jupiter, Neptune, and Pluto),

id. ib. 5, 368: vultus Dianae (because also Luna and Hecate;

v. triceps and triformis),

id. H. 12, 79: triplicem aciem instruere, to draw up an army in three lines or columns, to form a triple line, Caes. B. G. 1, 24; so,

acies,

id. ib. 1, 51; id. B. C. 1, 41; 1, 83 al.; cf.

comically: paravi copias duplices, triplices dolos. perfidias,

Plaut. Ps. 2, 1, 5:

vallus, Auct. B. Alex. 2, 3: murus,

Verg. A. 6, 549; Ov. F. 3, 801:

aes,

Verg. A. 10, 784; Hor. C. 1, 3, 9:

triplici stant ordine dentes,

Ov. M. 3, 34 et saep. — Poet., of three like persons or things belonging together: triplices Sorores, [p. 1901] the three sisters, i. e. the Fates, Ov. M. 8, 452;

called triplices deae,

id. ib. 2, 654; cf.:

quae ratum triplici pollice netis opus,

i. e. the finger of the three Fates, id. Ib. 76: poenarum deae triplices, i. e. the Furies, id. M, 8, 481:

Minyeïdes,

i. e. the three daughters of Minyas, id. ib. 4, 425:

greges,

three bands of Bacchantes, Prop. 3, 17 (4, 16), 24; cf.

gens,

three clans, Verg. A. 10, 202. —

trī̆plex, ĭcis, n., three times as much, a threefold portion, triple: sume tibi decies; tibi tantundem;

tibi triplex,

Hor. S. 2 3, 237; cf.:

pediti in singulos dati centeni (denarii), duplex centurioni, triplex equiti,

Liv. 45, 40, 5; 45, 43, 7:

olei veteris triplex adicitur,

Scrib. Comp. 218. —

trī̆plĭces, ĭum, m. (sc. codicilli), a writing-tablet with three leaves, Cic. Att. 13, 8, 1; Mart. 7, 72, 2; 10, 87, 6; 14, 6, 1.—

Transf., very great or strong: triplici fluctu, Sall. Fragm. ap. Serv. Verg. A. 1, 116 (id. H. 4, 23 Dietsch). — Adv.: trĭplĭcĭter, in a threefold manner, in three ways:

commutare,

Auct. Her. 4, 42, 54: l littera tripliciter sonat, Mart. Cap. 3, 54.

dū̆plex, ĭcis (abl. commonly duplici;

duplice,

Hor. S. 2, 2, 122), adj. [duo-plico], twofold, double.

Lit.:

et duplices hominum facies et corpora bina,

Lucr. 4, 452; cf.

aër (with geminus),

id. 4, 274:

cursus (with duae viae),

Cic. Tusc. 1, 30:

pars (opp. simplex),

Quint. 8, 5, 4; cf. id. 4, 4, 5:

modus (opp. par and sesquiplex),

Cic. Or. 57, 193 et saep.:

duplici de semine,

Lucr. 4, 1229:

quem locum duplici altissimo muro munierant,

Caes. B. G. 2, 29, 3:

fossa duodenūm pedum,

id. ib. 7, 36 fin.:

vallum,

id. B. C. 3, 63, 3:

rates,

id. ib. 1, 25, 6:

tabellae,

consisting of two leaves, Suet. Aug. 27:

dorsum,

consisting of two boards, Verg. G. 1, 172:

acies,

Caes. B. G. 3, 24, 1; id. B. C. 1, 83, 1; 3, 67, 3 al.; cf.

proelium,

Suet. Aug. 13:

seditio,

id. Tib. 25:

triumphus,

id. Dom. 6:

cura,

id. Tib. 8 et saep.—Prov.:

duplex fit bonitas, simul accessit celeritas,

who gives promptly gives twice, Pub. Syr. 141 (Rib.).—

Transf.

Of things made double by being divided into two, cloven, bipartite, double:

ne duplices habeatis linguas, ne ego bilingues vos necem,

Plaut. Truc. 4, 3, 7; cf. id. As. 3, 3, 105:

ficus,

Hor. S. 2, 2, 122; Plin. 20, 6, 23, § 52; Veg. Vet. 2, 10, 6 (1, 38, p. 265 Bip; cf. id. 1, 56, p. 281 Bip.):

folia palmae,

Plin. 16, 24, 38, § 90:

lex,

Quint. 7, 7, 10.—

Poet., like the Gr. diplous, of things in pairs, for ambo or uterque, both:

oculi,

Lucr. 6, 1145:

palmae,

Verg. A. 1, 93; cf. Ov. Am. 3, 327.—

Opp. to single, like the Gr. diplous and our double, for thick, strong, stout:

clavi,

Cato R. R. 20:

amiculum,

Nep. Dat. 3; cf.

pannus,

Hor. Ep. 1, 17, 25:

fenus,

Prop. 3 (4), 1, 22 (for which:

magnum fenus,

Tib. 2, 6, 22). —

With quam in post-Aug. prose, for alterum tantum, twice as much as, Col. 1, 8, 8:

duplex quam ceteris pretium,

Plin. 19, 1, 2, § 9; Quint. 2, 3, 3.

Trop.

Of words, of a double sense, ambiguous:

verba dubia et quasi duplicia,

Quint. 9, 2, 69.—

In poets, like the Gr. diplous, of character, qs. double-tongued, double-faced, i. e. false, deceitful:

Ulixes,

Hor. C. 1, 6, 7:

Amathusia,

Cat. 68, 51; so,

animo,

Vulg. Jacob. 1, 8; 4, 8.— Adv.: dū̆plĭcĭter, doubly, on two accounts, Lucr. 6, 510; Cic. Ac. 2, 32, 104; id. Fam. 9, 20:

res conscriptae,

ambiguously, Arn. 5, p. 182; Vulg. Sirach, 23, 13.

multĭ-plex, ĭcis, adj. [multus- * plica] (multīplex, Lucr. 2, 163; 4, 208; n. plur. multiplica, Gell. 19, 7, 16), that has many folds (class.).

Lit.:

alvus est multiplex et tortuosa,

Cic. N. D. 2, 54, 136.—

Transf.

That has many windings or concealed places:

vitis serpens multiplici lapsu et erratico,

Cic. Sen. 15, 52:

domus,

the labyrinth, Ov. M. 8, 158.—

In implied comparisons, manifold, many times as great, far more:

id efficiebat multiplex gaudium rei,

Liv. 7, 8, 1:

multiplex caedes utrimque facta traditur ab aliis,

i. e. far greater than I state it, id. 22, 7, 3:

praeda,

id. 2, 64, 4.—

That has many parts, manifold, many, numerous, various:

lorica,

Verg. A. 5, 264:

cortex,

Plin. 16, 31, 55, § 126:

fetus,

Cic. N. D. 2, 51:

folia,

Plin. 18, 7, 10, § 58.— Extensive, large, wide, spacious:

spatium loci,

Lucr. 2, 163:

domus,

Sen. Hippol. 523:

aerumna,

Plaut. Ep. 4, 1, 3:

potestates verborum,

Auct. Her. 4, 54, 67:

genus orationis,

Cic. Brut. 31, 119:

multiplices variique sermones,

id. Or. 3: large multiplici constructae sunt dape mensae, of many courses or dishes, Cat. 64, 304:

multiplex et tortuosum ingenium,

i. e. inconstant, changeable. fickle, Cic. Lael. 18, 65:

animus,

id. ib. 25, 92:

natura,

id. Cael. 6, 14:

vir multiplex in virtutibus,

Vell. 2, 105, 2:

ingenium,

dexterous, sly, Cic. Att. 6, 2, 2.— Poet.:

multiplex avis,

rich in ancestors, Sil. 5, 543.—Hence, adv.: multĭplĭcĭter, in manifold or various ways (mostly post-Aug.):

multipliciter fatigari,

Sall. Or. 2 ad Caes.:

locum intueri,

Quint. 7, 4, 22:

varie et multipliciter,

id. 1, 6, 32:

tam saepe ac tam multipliciter,

Gell. 14, 1, 21.

plāga, ae, f. [cf. plango], = plêgê, a blow, stroke, wound, stripe (class.; syn.: ictus, verbera, vulnus).

Lit.

In gen., Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 51, § 134:

(pueris) dant animos plagae,

Verg. A. 7, 382; Ov. M. 12, 487; 13, 119; Gell. 5, 15, 7:

plagae et vulnera,

Tac. G. 7.—Of the shock of atoms striking together, Cic. Fat. 20, 48; cf. id. ib. 10, 22.—

In partic., a blow which wounds or injures; a stroke, cut, thrust; a wound (class.).

Absol.:

plagis costae callent,

Plaut. Ps. 1, 2, 4:

quem irrigatum plagis pistori dabo,

refreshed by a flogging, id. Ep. 1, 2, 18:

plagas pati,

Ter. Eun. 2, 2, 13:

plagas perferre,

to bear, receive blows, Cic. Tusc. 2, 17, 41:

plagam accipere,

id. Sest. 19, 44:

plagam mortiferam infligere,

to inflict a mortal wound, id. Vatin. 8, 20:

plaga mediocris pestifera,

id. Off. 1, 24, 84:

verbera et plagas repraesentare,

stripes and blows, Suet. Vit. 10:

plagis confectus,

Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 54, § 140:

flagelli plaga livorem facit,

Vulg. Ecclus. 28, 21:

plagam curare,

Cels. 5, 26, 24:

suere,

id. 5, 26, 23.—

With gen.:

scorpionum et canum plagas sanare,

Plin. H. N. 23 prooem. 3, § 6.—

Transf., a welt, scar, stripe:

etiam de tergo ducentas plagas praegnatis dabo,

swollen welts, Plaut. As. 2, 2, 10.—

Trop.

A blow, stroke; an injury, misfortune (class.):

illa plaga est injecta petitioni tuae maxima,

that great blow was given, that great obstacle was presented, Cic. Mur. 23, 48:

sic nec oratio plagam gravem facit, nisi, etc.,

makes a deep impression, id. Or. 68, 228:

levior est plaga ab amico, quam a debitore,

loss, injury, id. Fam. 9, 16, 7:

hac ille perculsus plaga non succubuit,

blow, disaster, Nep. Eum. 5.—

A plague, pestilence, infection (late Lat.):

leprae,

Vulg. Lev. 13, 2; id. 2 Reg. 24, 25.—

An affliction, annoyance (late Lat.), Vulg. Deut. 7, 19:

caecitatis,

id. Tob. 2, 13.—

Slaughter, destruction (late Lat.):

percussit eos plagā magnā,

Vulg. 1 Reg. 23, 5; id. 2 Reg. 17, 9.

plăga, ae, f. [root plak- of Gr. plakous; cf. planca, plancus, plānus].

A region, quarter, tract (mostly poet.; v. Madv. ad Cic. Fin. 2, 4, 12, where de plagis omnibus is the reading of the best MSS., but pagis of the edd.; but cf. Mütz. ad Curt. p. 516 sq.; and Krebs, Antibarb. p. 869;

syn.: regio, tractus, terra): aetheria,

the ethereal regions, the air, Verg. A. 1, 394: caeli scrutantur plagas, Poët. ap. Cic. Div. 2, 13, 30:

et si quem extenta plagarum Quattuor in medio dirimit plaga solis iniqui,

zones, Verg. A. 7, 226:

ardens,

the torrid zone, Sen. Herc. Oet. 67; also called fervida, id ib. 1219: septentrionalis, Plin. 16, 32, 59, § 136:

ea plaga caeli,

Just. 42, 3, 2:

ad orientis plagam,

Curt. 4, 37, 16:

ad orientalem plagam,

on the east, in the eastern quarter, Vulg. Deut. 4, 41:

contra orientalem plagam urbis, id. Josue, 4, 19: ad septentrionalem plagam collis,

side, id. Judic. 7, 1 et saep.—

In partic., a region, district, canton (only in Liv.), Liv. 9, 41, 15.

plăga, ae, f. [root plek-; Gr. plekô, weave, entwine; cf. plecto, plico, du-plex], a hunting-net, snare, gin (class.; syn.: retia, casses).

Lit.:

canes compellunt in plagas lupum,

Plaut. Poen. 3, 3, 35:

tendere plagas,

Cic. Off. 3, 17, 68:

extricata densis Cerva plagis,

Hor. C. 3, 5, 32; Ov. M. 7, 768:

nodosae,

id. F. 6, 110:

inque plagam nullo cervus agente cadit (al. plagas),

id. A. A. 3, 428:

aut trudit... Apros in obstantes plagas,

Hor. Epod. 2, 32.—Of the spider's web:

illa difficile cernuntur, atque ut in plagis liniae offensae praecipitant in sinum,

Plin. 11, 24, 28, § 82.— Sing. (very rare):

sic tu... tabulam tamquam plagam ponas,

Cic. Off. 3, 17, 68.—

Trop., a snare, trap, toil (class.;

syn. pedica): se impedire in plagas,

Plaut. Mil. 4, 9, 11:

se in plagas conicere,

id. Trin. 2, 1, 11:

quas plagas ipsi contra se Stoici texuerunt,

Cic. Ac. 2, 48, 147:

in illas tibi majores plagas incidendum est,

id. Verr. 2, 5, 58, § 151:

Antonium conjeci in Caesaris Octaviani plagas,

id. Fam. 12, 25, 4:

speculabor, ne quis nostro consilio venator assit cum auritis plagis, i. e. arrectis attentisque auribus,

Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 14.— Sing. (rare) hanc ergo plagam effugi, Cic. Att. 7, 1, 5.—

A bedcurtain, a curtain (ante-class.; v. plagula), Varr. ap. Non. 162, 28:

eburneis lectis et plagis sigillatis,

id. ib. 378, 9:

chlamydes, plagae, vela aurea,

id. ib. 537, 23.

sĕmĕl, adv. num. [root sam-, one; Sanscr. sa-, sam-, with, together; Gr. hama, hapax; cf.: sem-per, sim-ilis, sim-plex, sin-gulus, etc.].

Lit., once, a single time: ter sub armis malim vitam cernere, Quam semel modo parere, Enn. ap. Varr. L. L. 6, § 81 Müll.; and ap. Non. 261, 9 (Trag. v. 298 Vahl.); so,

potin' ut semel modo huc respicias?

Plaut. Ps. 1, 3, 30:

satis sum semel deceptus,

id. Capt. 3, 5, 99:

semel fugiendi si data est occasio, Satis est,

id. ib. 1, 2, 8; so,

semel si,

id. As. 1, 3, 66 (but cf.: si semel, infra, II. B. 2 fin.):

qui vel semel ita est usus oculis, ut vera cerneret, is, etc.,

Cic. Div. 2, 52, 107:

ut attendant, semel bisne signum canat in castris,

Liv. 27, 47, 3:

semel in mense sulcos sarrito,

Cato, R. R. 43, 2:

semel die,

Cels. 1, 3 fin.:

in diebus,

Col. 12, 30, 1:

semel anno,

Plin. 12, 14, 32, § 58:

in anno,

id. 4, 12, 26, § 89:

quem (Crassum) semel ait in vitā risisse Lucilius,

Cic. Fin. 5, 30, 92; so,

semel in vitā,

Plin. 7, 13, 11, § 58:

semel adhuc,

id. 2, 25, 22, § 90:

semel umquam,

id. 2, 35, 35, § 100 et saep.:

M. Valerius Corvinus sellā curuli semel ac vicies sedit,

id. 7, 48, 49, § 157;

for which also: vicies et semel,

id. 2, 108, 102, § 243: sol omni terrarum ambitu non semel major, not greater by once, i. e. not as large again, not twice as large, Sen. Q. N. 6, 16:

haud semel sed centies,

Plaut. Poen. 1, 2, 148; cf. id. As. 2, 4, 15:

non semel, sed bis,

Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 77, § 179; Val. Max. 1, 8, 4:

non semel, sed saepe,

Cic. Att. 1, 19, 7; id. Tusc. 5, 19, 56:

non semel sed saepius,

id. Phil. 2, 21, 52; id. N. D. 1, 40, 113; Nep. Epam. 7, 2; Lact. 3, 17, 12; Aug. Ep. 43, 15; 102, 7:

non plus quam semel eloqui,

Cic. Off. 3, 15, 61; Vell. 2, 40, 4; also without quam: plus semel, more than once, Varr. ap. Plin. 14, 14, 17, § 96: Janum Quirinum semel atque iterum clausum, once and again, i. e. twice, Suet. Aug. 22 (for which:

Janus bis clausus,

Liv. 1, 19; Flor. 4, 12, 64; cf. also Plut. Num. 20); Suet. Aug. 27; but also in a more gen. sense: pecuniam semel atque iterum dare coacti sunt, time and again, i. e. repeatedly, Cic. Font. 12, 26 (8, 16):

hoc semel ille iterumque neglexit,

id. Div. 1, 25, 54; cf.:

cum his Aeduos semel atque iterum armis contendisse,

Caes. B.G. 1, 31; Liv. 27, 16 fin.; so too Suet. Claud. 46;

for which: semel iterumque,

Petr. 34, 9; 115, 12:

Piso saepe dicebat, minus saepe Pomponius, raro Carbo, semel aut iterum Philippus,

only once or twice, Cic. Brut. 90, 308; Sen. Contr. 1, 7, 12:

semel et saepius,

Cic. Phil. 14, 8, 22; Varr. L. L. 10, § 33 Müll.; cf.:

an quod semel jus est, idem et saepius?

Quint. 7, 8, 3.—Late Lat.:

semel et bis,

repeatedly, Vulg. Phil. 4, 16; Greg. M. Ep. 5, 18 fin. —

Transf.

Pregn., like the Gr. hapax, of that which occurs no more than [p. 1664] once, but once, but a single time, once for all:

cum facile orari, Caesar, tum semel exorari soles,

Cic. Deiot. 3, 9:

quibus semel ignotum a te esse oportet,

id. ib. 14, 39:

hostis est datus, cum quo dimicantes aut vitam semel aut ignominiam finirent,

Liv. 25, 6:

totas semel absorbere placentas,

to swallow entire cakes at once, Hor. S. 2, 8, 24:

procubuit moriens et humum semel ore momordit,

once for all, Verg. A. 11, 418; cf.: nulla reparabilis arte Laesa pudicitia est;

deperit illa semel,

Ov. H. 5, 104:

semel aeternā nocte premenda fui,

id. ib. 10, 112:

nobis vero homicidio semel interdicto,

once for all, Tert. Apol. 9:

sic et semel Christus oblatus est,

Vulg. Heb. 9, 28; id. 1 Pet. 3, 18:

quoniam se semel a caeli contemplatione averterunt,

Lact. 6, 1, 7;

hence in Florus: semel in perpetuum,

Flor. 2, 12, 2:

semel et in perpetuum,

id. 3, 6, 7.—Of speech, at once, once for all, in a word, briefly:

cum postulasset, ut sibi fundus, cujus emptor erat, semel indicaretur,

Cic. Off. 3, 15, 62 (for which, just before:

non plus quam semel): interim, quod pluribus collegit adversarius, satis est semel proponere,

Quint. 5, 13, 14; cf.:

ut semel, plura complectar,

id. 11, 1, 66; 1, 2, 24; 2, 15, 34:

ut semel dicam,

id. 10, 1, 17:

ut, quod sentio, semel finiam,

id. 5, 13, 3; cf.:

quisquam denique, ut semel finiam, in lite cantat?

id. 11, 3, 59; so (after denique) id. 10, 3, 22.—

In a succession = primum, primo, the first time, first:

demonstravimus, L. Vibullium Rufum bis in potestatem pervenisse Caesaris, semel ad Corfinium, iterum in Hispaniā,

Caes. B. C. 3, 10; so after bis, with iterum, Liv. 1, 19, 3; Suet. Caes. 36; id. Aug. 25; id. tib. 6 Oud.; 72; id. Claud. 6; after ter, with iterum and tertio, Liv. 23, 9, 11.—Without iterum, etc.:

cum ad idem, unde semel profecta sunt, cuncta astra redierint,

Cic. Rep. 6, 22, 24; cf.:

uti exorta est semel,

Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 118.—

In gen., like primum, to denote the simple antecedence of an occurrence; hence, most freq. with the particles ut, ubi, quando, cum, si, etc., once, ever, at some time, at any time:

quod semel dixi, haud mutabo,

what I have once said, Plaut. Bacch. 5, 2, 85:

quod Complacitum est semel,

id. Am. prol. 106:

satis sum semel deceptus,

id. Capt. 3, 5, 99:

verebamini, ne non id facerem quod recepissem semel?

Ter. Phorm. 5, 7, 9:

nec accidere, ut quisquam te timere incipiat eorum, qui semel a te sint liberati timore,

Cic. Deiot. 14, 39:

in id, quod semel invasit, incumbit,

Quint. 2, 12, 2:

retrahi nequitum, quoquo progressa est semel, Plaut. Fragm. ap. Fest. s. v. nequitum, p. 162 Müll.—So too in the comically formed proper name: Quodsemelarripides,

Plaut. Pers. 4, 6, 23.—With particles; with ut:

in hasce aedes pedem Nemo intro tetulit, semel ut emigravimus,

Plaut. Most. 2, 2, 40:

ut occepi semel,

id. Am. 3, 1, 13:

ut semel eloquentia evecta est,

Cic. Brut. 13, 51:

ut semel gloriam consecutus sum,

id. Att. 1, 19, 6; Caes. B. G. 1, 31:

denique ut semel finiam,

Quint. 9, 4, 138.—With ubi:

ubi erit accubitum semel,

Plaut. Bacch. 4, 4, 105:

ubi animus semel cupiditate se devinxit malā,

Ter. Heaut. 1, 2, 34; 2, 4, 12; Liv. 22, 2.—With quandoquidem:

perge, quandoquidem occepisti semel,

Plaut. Merc. 3, 4, 34.—With quando:

quando in apertum semel discrimen evasura esset res,

Liv. 10, 14, 8.—With cum:

quae proclivius ad perniciem, cum semel coepit, labitur,

Cic. Lael. 12, 41.—With quoniam:

(Antonius) quoniam semel induxit animum, sibi licere quod vellet, etc.,

Cic. Att. 14, 13, 6;

Ov H. 12, 11: illam partem, quoniam semel ita vobis placuit, non recusabo quominus perpoliam,

Cic. de Or 2, 28, 121; id. Rosc. Am. 11, 31; id. Phil. 12, 7, 18; Liv. 40, 13, 7.—With si:

si semel amoris peculum accepit, Extemplo et ipsus periit et res,

Plaut. Truc. 1, 1, 22; so,

si semel,

id. Mil. 3, 3, 42:

si istam semel amiseris libertatem,

id. ib. 3, 1, 106 Brix ad loc.; Ov. M. 13, 101:

si illum semel prehendero,

Plaut. Ep. 3, 1, 6:

si semel animum tuom perspexerit,

Ter. Heaut. 3, 1, 69:

et semel emissum volat inrevocabile verbam,

Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 71 (but, semel si, if once, if ever, whenever, as an emphatic numeral, Plaut. As. 1, 3, 66; id. Capt. 1, 2, 8; v. supra, I. init.).—With participles (several times in Liv. and Quint.): ut adversando remorandoque incitato semel militi adderent impetum, Liv. 2, 45, 7; so id. 5, 6, 8; 25, 6, 15; Quint. 4, 2, 115; 7, 10, 9; 10, 7, 24 al.