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lēgo, āvi, ātum (archaic perf. legassit for legaverit, Fragm. XII. Tab. ap. Cic. Inv. 2, 50, 148), 1, v. a. [lex; and therefore qs. lege creare], a publicist's and jurid. t. t.

A publicist's t. t.

To send with a commission or charge, to send on an embassy, send as ambassador; to depute, despatch:

ne hoc quidem senatui relinquebas, ut legati ex ejus ordinis auctoritate legarentur,

Cic. Vatin. 15, 35:

hominem honestum ac nobilem legarunt ad Apronium,

id. Verr. 2, 3, 48, § 114: eos privatae rei causa legari, id. Fam. 3, 8, 4:

juste pieque legatus venio,

Liv. 1, 32:

tres adulescentes in Africam legantur, qui reges adeant, etc.,

Sall. J. 21, 4:

quos Athenienses Romam ad senatum legaverant impetratum, etc.,

Gell. 7, 14, 8.—

Transf. to the commission itself (ante- and post-class.):

quae verba legaverint Rhodii ad hostium ducem,

what they told him through their deputies, Gell. 15, 31 in lemm. —

Beyond the official sphere:

quin potius, quod legatum est tibi negotium, Id curas?

committed, intrusted, Plaut. Cas. 1, 12.—

To appoint or choose as deputy (as the official assistant, lieutenant, of a general or governor):

eum (Messium) Caesari legarat Appius,

Cic. Att. 4, 15, 9:

ego me a Pompeio legari ita sum passus, ut, etc.,

id. ib. 4, 2, 6:

istum legatum iri non arbitror,

id. ib. 10, 1, 4:

ne legaretur Gabinius Pompeio expetenti,

id. de Imp. Pomp. 19, 57:

Dolabella me sibi legavit,

chose me for his lieutenant, id. Att. 15, 11, 4:

Calpurnius parato exercitu legat sibi homines nobiles, etc.,

Sall. J. 28.—

A jurid. t. t.: aliquid, to appoint by a last will or testament, to leave or bequeath as a legacy (class.):

Numitori, qui stirpis maximus erat, regnum vetustum Silviae gentis legat,

Liv. 1, 3: legavit quidam uxori mundum omne penumque, Lucil. ap. Gell. 4, 1, 3:

usumfructum omnium bonorum Caesenniae legat,

Cic. Caecin. 4, 11:

Fabiae pecunia legata est a viro,

id. Top. 3, 14:

cui argentum omne legatum est,

Quint. 5, 10, 62:

in argento legato,

id. 7, 2, 11.—

Aliquid alicui ab aliquo, to leave one a legacy to be paid by the principal heir:

uxori testamento legat grandem pecuniam a filio, si qui natus esset: ab secundo herede nihil legat,

Cic. Clu. 12, 33:

si paterfamilias uxori ancillarum usum fructum legavit a filio, neque a secundo herede legavit,

id. Top. 4, 21; Quint. 7, 9, 5.—Hence,

lēgātus, i, m.

(Acc. to lego, I. A.) An ambassador, legate, Cic. Vatin. 15, 35:

legatos mittere,

id. de Imp. Pomp. 12, 35:

ad senatum legatos de aliqua re mittere,

id. de Or. 2, 37, 155; cf.:

missi magnis de rebus uterque Legati,

Hor. S. 1, 5, 29:

legatos mittere ad indicendum bellum,

Liv. 31, 8; Ov. M. 14, 527.—

(Acc. to lego, I. B.).

An official assistant given to a general or the governor of a province, a deputy, lieutenant, lieutenant-general:

quos legatos tute tibi legasti?

Cic. Pis. 14, 33:

qui M. Aemilio legati fuerunt,

id. Clu. 36, 99:

Quintus frater meus legatus est Caesaris,

id. Fam. 1, 9, 21; id. Off. 3, 20, 79; cf.:

Murena summo imperatori legatus L. Lucullo fuit, qua in legatione duxit exercitum, etc.,

id. Mur. 9, 20; 14, 32:

neque se ei legatum defuturum,

id. Phil. 11, 7, 17; Val. Max. 5, 5, 1:

hiberna cum legato praefectoque tradidisses,

Cic. Pis. 35, 86:

(Calvisius) duos legatos Uticae reliquerat,

id. Phil. 3, 10 fin.:

quaestorius,

id. Verr. 2, 1, 21, § 56; Caes. B. G. 2, 5 fin.:

L. Caesar, cujus pater Caesaris erat legatus,

id. B. C. 1, 8, 2:

magnitudo et splendor legati,

Liv. 38, 58, 9:

in magna legatum quaere popina,

Juv. 8, 172.—

Under the emperors, a governor sent to a province by the emperor, Tac. A. 12, 40; id. Agr. 33; Suet. Vesp. 4; Spart. Hadr. 3 et saep.; cf. legatio, I. B. 2., and Orell. ad Tac. Agr. 9.—

Legati legionum, commanders, Suet. Tib. 19; id. Vesp. 4; cf.:

Caesar singulis legionibus singulos legatos et quaestorem praefecit,

Caes. B. G. 1, 52; Tac. A. 2, 36; id. H. 1, 7.—Also called;

legatus praetorius,

Tac. Agr. 7.—

lēgātum, i, n. (acc. to lego, II.), a bequest, legacy:

legatum est delibatio hereditatis, qua testator ex eo, quod universum heredis foret, alicui quid collatum velit,

Dig. 30, 116:

Hortensii legata cognovi,

Cic. Att. 7, 3, 9:

reliqua legata varie dedit,

Suet. Aug. 101; id. Tib. 48:

legatum peto ex testamento,

Quint. 4, 2, 6:

jus capiendi legata alicui adimere,

Suet. Dom. 8:

cymbala pulsantis legatum amici,

Juv. 9, 62:

legatorum genera sunt quattuor,

Gai. Inst. 2, 192; cf. sqq.

lĕgo, lēgi, lectum ( gen. plur. part. legentum, Ov. Tr. 1. 7, 25), 3, v. a. [Gr. legô, logos, logas, etc.; Lat. legumen, di-leg-ens, neg-leg-o, etc.; cf. Germ. lesen], to bring together, to gather, collect.

Lit.

In gen.:

oleam,

Cato, R. R. 144:

nuces,

Cic. de Or. 2, 66, 265:

herbas collibus,

Ov. M. 14, 347: flores et humi nascentia fraga, [p. 1048] Verg. E. 3, 92; cf.:

roscida mala,

id. ib. 8, 38:

flores in calathos,

Ov. F. 5, 218:

spolia caesorum,

Liv. 5, 39:

quos (montanos asparagos),

Juv. 11, 69.—Of the dead who have been burned:

ossa,

Ov. H. 10, 150:

homini mortuo ossa,

Cic. Leg. 2, 24, 60: ossa filii, Sen. de Ira, 2, 33, 6; cf. Quint. 8, 5, 21; Lact. de Mort. Persec. 21, 11:

reliquias legerunt primores equestris ordinis,

Suet. Aug. 100. —

Esp.

To take out, pick out, extract, remove:

quibusdam et radi ossa et legi... quae sine totius pernicie corporis haerere non poterant,

Sen. Prov. 1, 3, 2:

ossa vivis,

id. ad Marc. 22, 3:

ossa in capite lecta,

id. Ben. 5, 24, 3:

ossa e vulneribus,

Quint. 6, 1, 30.—

To pluck, strip, gather fruit from (a tree, etc.):

oleam qui legerit,

Cato, R. R. 144, 1:

ficus non erat apta legi,

Ov. F. 2, 254.—

Poet.: legere fila, to wind up:

extrema Lauso Parcae fila legunt,

i. e. spin the last thread of life, Verg. A. 10, 815; cf.:

quae dedit ingrato fila legenda viro,

Ov. F. 3, 462:

stamen,

Prop. 4 (5), 4, 40 (42).—

Naut. t. t.: vela legere, to draw together, furl:

omnis navita ponto umida vela legit,

Verg. G. 1, 373:

vela legunt socii,

id. A. 3, 532:

ipse dabit tenera vela, legetque manu,

Ov. H. 15, 215; Val. Fl. 2, 13:

prora funem legit Argus ab alta,

draws in, takes in, id. 1, 312:

ancoras classis legit,

is weighing anchor, Sen. Troad. 759.—

To take to one's self unjustly, to carry off, steal, purloin, plunder, abstract (not in Cic.): omnia viscatis manibus leget, omnia sumet: crede mihi, auferet omnia, Lucil. ap. Non. 332 and 396, 4:

majus esse maleficium stuprare ingenuam quam sacrum legere,

Auct. Her. 2, 30 fin.:

sacra divum,

Hor. S. 1, 3, 117:

soceros legere et gremiis abducere pactas,

Verg. A. 10, 79 Serv. ad loc. (but Forbig. renders legere here as = eligere, sumere; cf. 8. infra).—

Of places, to go, pass, or wander through ( poet.):

nec me studiosius altera saltus Legit,

Ov. M. 5, 579:

pars cetera pontum Pone legit,

sails through, Verg. A. 2, 207:

vada dura lego,

id. ib. 3, 706:

freta,

id. ib. 3, 127:

aequora Afra,

Ov. F. 4, 289:

Ioniumque rapax Icariumque legit,

id. ib. 4, 566: vestigia alicujus, to follow one's footsteps, to track or pursue him:

subsequitur pressoque legit vestigia gressu,

id. M. 3, 17; cf.:

et vestigia retro Observata legit,

Verg. A. 9, 392:

tortos orbes,

to wander through, id. ib. 12, 481.—

To pass or sail by, to skirt, to coast along a shore, land, or place (mostly poet.):

Inarimen Prochytenque legit,

Ov. M. 14, 89; 15, 705; 709: primi litoris oram, coast along, i. e. not enter into details, Verg. G. 2, 44; id. E. 8, 7:

navibus oram Italiae,

Liv. 21, 51 fin.:

oram Campaniae,

Suet. Tib. 11; cf.

terram,

id. Aug. 16. —

Pregn., to choose from a number, to pick out, single out, select, elect (class.):

alia esse oportet forma quem tu pugno legeris,

pick out to fight with, Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 160:

judices,

Cic. Phil. 5, 6, 16:

omnia, quae leget quaeque reiciet,

id. Fin. 4, 15, 40:

scribam,

to elect, appoint, id. Clu. 45, 126:

condiciones nubendi,

id. Cael. 15:

cives in patres,

Liv. 23, 22:

viros ad bella,

Ov. M. 7, 669:

geminasque legit de classe biremes,

Verg. A. 8, 79: legit virum vir, each one singles out his man (of the combatants in a battle), id. ib. 11, 632:

senatum ad modum pristinum redegit duabus lectionibus: prima ipsorum arbitratu, quo vir virum legit,

Suet. Aug. 35; Tac. H. 1, 18: neque ejus legendam filiam (sc. virginem Vestalem) qui domicilium in Italia non haberet, At. Cap. ap. Gell. 1, 12, 8.—

With inf.:

fidissima custos Lecta sacrum justae veneri occultare pudorem,

Stat. Th. 1, 530.

Trop.

To catch up, i. e. overhear a conversation:

nunc huc concedam, ut horum sermonem legam,

Plaut. Ps. 1, 4, 21 (cf. sublegere, id. Mil. 4, 2. 98).—

To catch with the eye, to view, observe, behold, survey, see.

In gen.:

tumulum capit, unde omnes longo ordine posset Adversos legere,

Verg. A. 6, 755 Heyne ad loc.; and cf. Verg. A. 6, 34.—

In partic., to read or peruse a writing:

ut eos libros per te ipse legeres,

Cic. Top. 1:

defensionem causae,

id. Verr. 2, 5, 43, § 112:

legi apud Clitomachum, A. Albium jocantem dixisse, etc.,

id. Ac. 2, 45, 137:

aliquid studiose intenteque,

Plin. Ep. 9, 13, 1:

significas legisse te in quadam epistula mea, jussisse Verginium, etc.,

id. ib. 9, 19, 1: philosophorum consultorumque opiniones, Quint. 12, 11, 17:

liber tuus et lectus est et legitur a me diligenter,

Cic. Fam. 6, 5, 1:

orationem,

Quint. 1, 1, 6:

aiunt multum legendum esse non multa,

Plin. Ep. 7, 9, 15.—With a pers. obj.:

antiquos et novos,

Quint. 2, 5, 23:

antiquos studiosius,

id. 3, 6, 62:

poëtas,

id. 1, 4, 4. —In pass.:

Horatius fere solus legi dignus,

Quint. 10, 1, 96:

si cum judicio legatur Cassius Severus,

id. 10, 1, 116:

dumque legar, mecum pariter tua fama legetur,

Ov. Tr. 5, 14, 5:

sepulcra legens,

when reading epitaphs, Cic. de Sen. 7, 21:

legentium plerisque,

Liv. 1 praef. §

4: opus nescio an minimae legentibus futurum voluptati,

to my readers, Quint. 3, 1, 2; cf. id. 9, 4, 2; 2, 5, 3:

nec Cynicos nec Stoica dogmata,

Juv. 13, 121.— Absol.:

legendi usus,

Lact. 3, 25, 9:

memoriam continuus legendi usus instruit,

Macr. S. 1, 5, 1.—

In partic.

To read out, read aloud, recite (esp. freq. in post-Aug. authors):

convocatis auditoribus volumen legere, etc.,

Cic. Brut. 51, 191: codicem pro contione, id. Fragm. ap. Quint. 4, 4, 8:

audio me male legere, dumtaxat versus, orationes enim commodius,

Plin. Ep. 9, 34:

obturem impune legentibus aures,

Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 105:

quem vero arripuit tenet occiditque legendo,

with recitation, id. A. P. 475:

quis dabit historico quantum daret acta legenti,

to read him the news, Juv. 7, 104.—

To find in an author or a writing:

ut scriptum legimus,

Cic. Deiot. 7, 19:

legi etiam scriptum, esse avem quandam, etc.,

id. N. D. 2. 49 init.:

ego vero haec scripta legi,

id. Planc. 39, 94:

praeterea scriptum legimus, Gallos in venatibus tinguere sagittas,

Gell. 17, 15, 7. relatum legere, Nep. praef. 1.— Pass.:

in aliis codicibus non peccato sed peccatis legitur,

Aug. Cont. Jul. Rel. 1, 22; id. Don. Persev. 6 init. al.—

A publicist's t. t.: legere senatum, to read over or call off the names of senators (which was done by the censors;

v. lectio, II. A. 2.): censores fideli concordia senatum legerunt,

Liv. 40, 51; 9, 29; 9, 30; 9, 46; 43, 15 al.—Hence, lĕgens, entis, Part. as subst. m., a reader ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose for lector), Ov. Tr. 1, 7, 25.— Plur., Liv. praef. 4; Quint. 3, 1, 2; Plin. 8, 16, 17, § 44; Tac. A. 4, 33.—Also, lectus, a, um, P. a., chosen, picked out, selected; choice, excellent (class.): argenti lectae numeratae minae, good, i. e. of full weight, Plaut. Ps. 4, 7, 50; so,

argentum,

Ter. Phorm. 1, 2, 3:

ut neque vir melior neque lectior femina in terris sit,

Cic. Inv. 1, 31, 52:

lectissimi viri atque ornatissimi,

id. Verr. 2, 1, 6, § 15; cf. id. Div. in Caecil. 9, 29:

uxor lectissima,

id. Inv. 1, 31, 52:

(verbis) lectis atque illustribus uti,

id. de Or. 3, 37, 150:

nihil est aliud... pulcre et oratorie dicere nisi optimis sententiis verbisque lectissimis dicere,

id. Or. 68, 227:

juvenum lectissime,

Stat. S. 5, 1, 247; cf.:

viginti lectis equitum comitatus,

Verg. A. 9, 48.—Hence, adv.: lectē, choicely, selectly (very rare):

ab lego lecte ac lectissime,

Varr. L. L. 6, § 36 Müll.— Comp.:

lectius,

Varr. R. R. 1, 54, 2 (al. lecta).

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barba, ae, f. [cf. O. H. Germ. part; Germ. Bart; Engl. beard].

Lit., the beard, of men:

alba,

Plaut. Bacch. 5, 1, 15:

hirquina,

id. Ps. 4, 2, 12:

mollis,

Lucr. 5, 673:

promissa,

long, Nep. Dat. 3, 1; Liv. 5, 41, 9; Tac. A. 2, 31; id. G. 31:

immissa,

Verg. A. 3, 593; Ov. M. 12, 351; Quint. 12, 3, 12:

stiriaque inpexis induruit horrida barbis,

Verg. G. 3, 366: submittere (as a sign of mourning). Suet. Caes. 67; id. Aug. 23; id. Calig. 24:

prima,

Juv. 8, 166:

barbam tondere,

Cic. Tusc. 5, 20, 58:

maxima barba,

id. Verr. 2, 2, 25, § 62:

major,

id. Agr. 2, 5, 13:

ponere,

Hor. A. P. 298; Suet. Calig. 5; 10; id. Ner. 12:

jam libet hirsutam tibi falce recidere barbam,

Ov. M. 13, 766:

abradere,

to clip off. Plin. 6, 28, 32, § 162; cf. Baumg.Crus. Suet. Caes. 45:

rasitare,

Gell. 3, 4: barbam vellere alicui, to pluck one by the beard (an insult), Hor. S. 1, 3, 133:

sapientem pascere barbam,

i. e. to study the Stoic philosophy, id. ib. 2, 3, 35; Pers. 1, 133; 2, 28:

capillatior quam ante barbāque majore,

Cic. Agr. 2, 5, 13; id. Verr. 2, 2, 25, § 62:

in gens et cana barba,

Plin. Ep. 1, 10, 6.—Sometimes in plur. of a heavy, long beard, Petr. 99, 5; App. M. 4, p. 157, 1.—The statues of the gods had barbas aureas, Cic. N. D. 3, 34, 83;

hence, barbam auream habere = deum esse,

Petr. 58, 6; cf. Pers. 2, 56.—The ancient Romans allowed the beard to grow long (hence, barbati, Cic. Mur. 12; id. Cael. 14, 33; id. Fin. 4, 23, 62; Juv. 4, 103; and:

dignus barbā capillisque Majorum, of an upright, honest man,

Juv. 16, 31), until A.U.C. 454, when a certain P. Titinius Menas brought barbers to Rome from Sicily, and introduced the custom of shaving the beard, Varr R. R. 2, 11, 10; Plin. 7, 59, 59, § 211. Scipio Africanus was the first who caused himself to be shaved daily, Plin. 1. 1. Still, this custom seems to have become general first in the Aug. per.; cf. Boettig. Sabina, 2, p. 57 sq.; Goer. Cic. Fin. 4, 23, 62.—Young men allowed the beard to grow for some years;

hence. juvenes barbatuli or bene barbati (v. barbatulus and barbatus). It was the custom to devote the first beard cut off to some deity, esp. to Apollo, Jupiter, or Venus,

Petr. 29; Juv. 3, 186; Suet. Ner. 12.—

Transf.

Of animals:

hircorum,

Plin. 12, 17, 37, § 74:

caprarum,

id. 26, 8, 30, § 47:

gallinaceorum,

id. 30, 11, 29, § 97:

luporum,

Hor. S. 1, 8, 42. —

Of plants, the wool:

nucum,

Plin. 15, 22, 24, § 89; cf. id. 17, 23, 35, § 202.—

Barba Jovis, a shrub, the silver-leaved woolblade: Anthyllis barba Jovis, Linn.; Plin. 16, 18, 31, § 76.

Barba, ae, m., a Roman name, e. g. Cassius Barba, a friend of Cœsar and Antony, Cic. Phil. 13, 1, 2 sq.; id. Att. 13, 52, 1.

barba, ae, f. [cf. O. H. Germ. part; Germ. Bart; Engl. beard].

Lit., the beard, of men:

alba,

Plaut. Bacch. 5, 1, 15:

hirquina,

id. Ps. 4, 2, 12:

mollis,

Lucr. 5, 673:

promissa,

long, Nep. Dat. 3, 1; Liv. 5, 41, 9; Tac. A. 2, 31; id. G. 31:

immissa,

Verg. A. 3, 593; Ov. M. 12, 351; Quint. 12, 3, 12:

stiriaque inpexis induruit horrida barbis,

Verg. G. 3, 366: submittere (as a sign of mourning). Suet. Caes. 67; id. Aug. 23; id. Calig. 24:

prima,

Juv. 8, 166:

barbam tondere,

Cic. Tusc. 5, 20, 58:

maxima barba,

id. Verr. 2, 2, 25, § 62:

major,

id. Agr. 2, 5, 13:

ponere,

Hor. A. P. 298; Suet. Calig. 5; 10; id. Ner. 12:

jam libet hirsutam tibi falce recidere barbam,

Ov. M. 13, 766:

abradere,

to clip off. Plin. 6, 28, 32, § 162; cf. Baumg.Crus. Suet. Caes. 45:

rasitare,

Gell. 3, 4: barbam vellere alicui, to pluck one by the beard (an insult), Hor. S. 1, 3, 133:

sapientem pascere barbam,

i. e. to study the Stoic philosophy, id. ib. 2, 3, 35; Pers. 1, 133; 2, 28:

capillatior quam ante barbāque majore,

Cic. Agr. 2, 5, 13; id. Verr. 2, 2, 25, § 62:

in gens et cana barba,

Plin. Ep. 1, 10, 6.—Sometimes in plur. of a heavy, long beard, Petr. 99, 5; App. M. 4, p. 157, 1.—The statues of the gods had barbas aureas, Cic. N. D. 3, 34, 83;

hence, barbam auream habere = deum esse,

Petr. 58, 6; cf. Pers. 2, 56.—The ancient Romans allowed the beard to grow long (hence, barbati, Cic. Mur. 12; id. Cael. 14, 33; id. Fin. 4, 23, 62; Juv. 4, 103; and:

dignus barbā capillisque Majorum, of an upright, honest man,

Juv. 16, 31), until A.U.C. 454, when a certain P. Titinius Menas brought barbers to Rome from Sicily, and introduced the custom of shaving the beard, Varr R. R. 2, 11, 10; Plin. 7, 59, 59, § 211. Scipio Africanus was the first who caused himself to be shaved daily, Plin. 1. 1. Still, this custom seems to have become general first in the Aug. per.; cf. Boettig. Sabina, 2, p. 57 sq.; Goer. Cic. Fin. 4, 23, 62.—Young men allowed the beard to grow for some years;

hence. juvenes barbatuli or bene barbati (v. barbatulus and barbatus). It was the custom to devote the first beard cut off to some deity, esp. to Apollo, Jupiter, or Venus,

Petr. 29; Juv. 3, 186; Suet. Ner. 12.—

Transf.

Of animals:

hircorum,

Plin. 12, 17, 37, § 74:

caprarum,

id. 26, 8, 30, § 47:

gallinaceorum,

id. 30, 11, 29, § 97:

luporum,

Hor. S. 1, 8, 42. —

Of plants, the wool:

nucum,

Plin. 15, 22, 24, § 89; cf. id. 17, 23, 35, § 202.—

Barba Jovis, a shrub, the silver-leaved woolblade: Anthyllis barba Jovis, Linn.; Plin. 16, 18, 31, § 76.

Barba, ae, m., a Roman name, e. g. Cassius Barba, a friend of Cœsar and Antony, Cic. Phil. 13, 1, 2 sq.; id. Att. 13, 52, 1.

dē-lībo, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a., to take off, take away a little from any thing; of food, to taste (class.).

Lit.:

parvam delibet ab aequore partem,

Lucr. 6, 622:

aliquid membrorum,

Varr. R. R. 2, 2, 16:

truncum,

Col. 2, 2, 26:

paululum carnis,

Petr. 136, 1; cf. cenas (opp. edere), Favor. ap. Gell. 15, 8 fin. —

Trop.

To take, enjoy, pluck, gather: flos delibatus populi Suadaeque medulla, the picked flower of the people, Enn. ap. Cic. Brut. 15, 58:

ut omni ex genere orationem aucuper et omnes undique flosculos carpam atque delibem,

cull, Cic. Sest. 56:

ex universa mente divina delibatos animos habere,

id. de Sen. 21, 78:

novum honorem,

to taste, enjoy, Liv. 5, 12; cf.:

honores parcissime,

Plin. Pan. 54, 3: oscula, Verg. A. 12, 434; Phaedr. 4, 24, 8:

artes,

Ov. F. 1, 169:

omnia narratione,

to touch upon, Quint. 4, 2, 55; cf. Plin. Pan. 38; Suet. Aug. 94: delibor, I am ripe for plucking, i. e. about to die, Vulg. 2 Tim. 4, 6. —

To take away, detract from, diminish:

neque úlla Res animi pacem delibat,

Lucr. 3, 24:

de laude jejuni hominis delibare quicquam,

Cic. Fam. 10, 21, 2:

aliquid de honestate,

id. Inv. 2, 58, 174:

de gloria sua,

id. ib. 2, 39, 115:

de virginitatis integritate,

Flor. 2, 6, 40; cf.:

castitatem virginis,

Val. Max. 9, 1, 2 ext.:

pudicitiam,

Suet. Aug. 68:

nec vitam ducendo demimus hilum Tempore de mortis nec delibare valemus,

Lucr. 3, 1088 al. — Poet., transf.:

Delibata deum per te tibi numina sancta Saepe oberunt,

disparaged, Lucr. 6, 70; cf.:

ille (Gracchus) nulla voce delibans insitam virtutem concidit tacitus,

Auct. Her. 4, 55, 68.

dē-pĭlo, no perf., ātum, 1, v. a. [id.], to pull out the hair, pluck out the feathers.

Prop. (ante-class. and post-Aug., and rare):

depilari magis quam amiciri,

Tert. Pall. 4:

perdicem,

Apic. 6, 3; Mart. 9, 28:

struthiocamelum,

Sen. Cons. Sap. 17:

amygdalae,

Apic. 2, 2.—

Transf., dēpĭlātus, plucked, i. e. plundered, cheated, Lucil. ap. Non. 36, 28.—

To rub off the skin, peel:

omnis umerus depilatus est,

Vulg. Ezech. 29, 18.

ē-lĭgo, lēgi, lectum, 3, v. a. [lĕgo], to pick out, choose, elect (class.; esp. in the trop. sense; cf.:

coöpto, designo, deligo, seligo): pedes e capite et e collo pullorum,

Varr. R. R. 3, 9, 14:

uvam ad edendum (with legere),

id. ib. 1, 54, 2:

herbas,

to pluck up, to weed out, id. ib. 1, 47; Col. 4, 5; cf.

trop.,

Cic. Tusc. 3, 34, 83 and 84:

ex malis minima,

Cic. Off. 3, 1, 3: ut de tribus Antoniis eligas quem velis, id. Phil. 10, 2, 5:

a multis commodissimum quodque,

id. Inv. 2, 2, 5:

ut in comparando difficile ad eligendum sit, quid maxime velis,

id. Rep. 1, 35 fin. et saep.— Absol., to choose correctly, make a proper selection: haud semper errat fama;

aliquando et elegit,

Tac. Agr. 9 fin. —Hence, ēlectus, a, um, P. a.

In gen., picked, selected; select, choice, excellent:

par columbarum,

Petr. 85, 6:

viri electissimi civitatis,

Cic. Quint. 2:

pugiles,

Suet. Calig. 18:

quisque,

id. ib. 49:

electissima verba,

Cic. Fin. 3, 7 fin. Madv. N. cr.; Auct. Her. 4, 26, 36; cf.:

electius verbum,

id. ib.;

scripta,

Cat. 36, 6:

res,

Petr. 36, 4 et saep.—In the neutr. subst.: ēlecta, ōrum, selections, Plin. Ep. 3, 5, 17.— Adv.: ēlecte choicely, Cic. Inv. 1, 30, 49.— Comp., Gell. 18, 7, 2.—

In eccl. Lat., chosen of God, elected to be saved, Vulg. Col. 3, 12 et saep.

ē-lĭgo, lēgi, lectum, 3, v. a. [lĕgo], to pick out, choose, elect (class.; esp. in the trop. sense; cf.:

coöpto, designo, deligo, seligo): pedes e capite et e collo pullorum,

Varr. R. R. 3, 9, 14:

uvam ad edendum (with legere),

id. ib. 1, 54, 2:

herbas,

to pluck up, to weed out, id. ib. 1, 47; Col. 4, 5; cf.

trop.,

Cic. Tusc. 3, 34, 83 and 84:

ex malis minima,

Cic. Off. 3, 1, 3: ut de tribus Antoniis eligas quem velis, id. Phil. 10, 2, 5:

a multis commodissimum quodque,

id. Inv. 2, 2, 5:

ut in comparando difficile ad eligendum sit, quid maxime velis,

id. Rep. 1, 35 fin. et saep.— Absol., to choose correctly, make a proper selection: haud semper errat fama;

aliquando et elegit,

Tac. Agr. 9 fin. —Hence, ēlectus, a, um, P. a.

In gen., picked, selected; select, choice, excellent:

par columbarum,

Petr. 85, 6:

viri electissimi civitatis,

Cic. Quint. 2:

pugiles,

Suet. Calig. 18:

quisque,

id. ib. 49:

electissima verba,

Cic. Fin. 3, 7 fin. Madv. N. cr.; Auct. Her. 4, 26, 36; cf.:

electius verbum,

id. ib.;

scripta,

Cat. 36, 6:

res,

Petr. 36, 4 et saep.—In the neutr. subst.: ēlecta, ōrum, selections, Plin. Ep. 3, 5, 17.— Adv.: ēlecte choicely, Cic. Inv. 1, 30, 49.— Comp., Gell. 18, 7, 2.—

In eccl. Lat., chosen of God, elected to be saved, Vulg. Col. 3, 12 et saep.

pampĭno, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [id.], to pluck or lop off the superfluous tendrils, shoots, and leaves of vines, to trim vines.

Lit.:

pampinare est ex sarmento coles qui nati sunt, de iis qui plurimum valent, primum ac secundum, nonnumquam etiam tertium relinquere, reliquos decerpere,

Varr. R. R. 1, 31, 2; Cato, R. R. 33, 3:

pampinandi modus,

Col. 5, 5, 14:

vineas,

Plin. 18, 27, 67, § 254; Col. Arb. 11.—

Transf., in gen., to trim or prune trees:

salix non minus, quam vinea pampinatur,

Col. 4, 31, 2; 5, 10, 21; 11, 2, 79 saep.

rĕ-fīgo, xi, xum, 3, v. a., to unfix, unfasten, unloose, tear or pluck down, pull out or off (class.).

Lit.:

num figentur rursus eae tabulae, quas vos decretis vestris refixistis?

have taken down, Cic. Phil. 12, 5, 12:

affixis hostium spoliis, quae nec emptori refigere liceret,

Plin. 35, 2, 2, § 7; so,

clipeo refixo,

Hor. C. 1, 28, 11:

clipeum de poste Neptuni sacro,

Verg. A. 5, 360:

signa Parthorum templis,

Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 56:

clipeos captos in bello,

Sil. 10, 601:

dentes,

to pull out, extract, Cels. 6, 15 fin.:

refigere se crucibus,

Sen. Vit. Beat. 19 fin.; cf.:

refixum corpus interfectoris cremavit,

Just. 9, 7, 11. — Poet.:

caelo refixa sidera,

loosened, falling down, Verg. A. 5, 527:

non hasta refixas vendit opes,

the plundered goods, Claud. IV. Cons. Hon. 497.—

Transf.

To take down the tables of the laws suspended in public, i. e. to annul, abolish, abrogate laws:

acta M. Antonii rescidistis, leges refixistis,

Cic. Phil. 13, 3, 5; cf.:

cujus aera refigere debeamus,

id. Fam. 12, 1 fin.: fixit leges pretio atque refixit, for a bribe, Verg, A. 6, 622.—

To take away, remove: quo facilius nostra refigere deportareque tuto possimus, Curius ap. Cic. Fam. 7, 29, 1.

rĕ-vello, velli, vulsum or volsum, 3, v. a., to pluck or pull away, to pull or tear out, to tear off or away (freq. and class.).

Lit.:

tela de corpore,

Cic. Pis. 11, 25:

nascentis equi de fronte revolsus amor,

Verg. A. 4, 515:

titulum de fronte,

Ov. P. 4, 13, 7:

telum altā ab radice,

Verg. A. 12, 787:

caput a cervice,

id. G. 4, 523; cf.:

cornu a fronte,

Ov. M. 9, 86:

saxum e monte,

id. ib. 12, 341:

partem e monte,

id. ib. 13, 882:

a silvis silvas et ab arvis arva,

id. ib. 8, 584:

ab aliquo morte revelli,

to be torn away, id. ib. 4, 152:

scuta manibus,

Caes. B. G. 1, 52:

axem temone,

Ov. M. 2, 316; cf.:

sudem osse,

id. ib. 12, 300:

arborem manibus tellure,

id. R. Am. 87:

quos Sidoniā urbe,

to tear away, remove, Verg. A. 4, 545:

puerum,

Ov. F. 6, 515:

solio regem,

Sil. 16, 273:

herbas radice,

with the root, Ov. M. 7, 226; so,

too, annosam pinum solido trunco,

id. ib. 12, 356:

illam crucem, quae fixa est ad portum,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 11, § 26:

tabulam,

id. ib. 2, 2, 46, §

112: Gorgonis os pulcherrimum revellit atque abstulit,

id. ib. 2, 4, 56, §

124: gradus,

id. Pis. 10, 23:

saepta,

id. Phil. 5, 4, 9:

claustra,

id. Verr. 2, 4, 23, § 52; Liv. 5, 21:

janua, quā effractā et revolsā, tota pateret provincia,

Cic. Mur. 15, 33:

vincula,

id. Caecin. 25, 70:

paene fores templi,

Suet. Calig. 6:

templa,

Luc. 3, 115:

revulsis venis,

opened, Sen. Oedip. 978:

scuta manibus,

Caes. B. G. 1, 52:

pellem,

Col. 2, 3, 1:

stipites revincti, ne revelli possent,

Caes. B. G. 7, 73:

proximos agri terminos,

to tear away, remove, Hor. C. 2, 18, 24:

signa (when an army decamps),

Luc. 7, 77; Sil. 12, 733:

curvo dente humum,

to tear up, Ov. Am. 3, 10, 14; cf.:

majorum sepulcra,

Auct. Her. 4, 8, 12. — Poet.:

cinerem manesque,

to disturb, violate, Verg. A. 4, 427.—

Trop., to tear away, send away, etc.:

cujus totus consulatus est ex omni monumentorum memoriā revulsus,

Cic. Phil. 13, 12, 26:

injurias honorificis verbis,

id. Att. 5, 20, 11:

alicui avias veteres,

prejudices, Pers. 5, 92:

falsorum persuasionem,

Sen. Ep. 95, 33:

penitus de stirpe imperium,

Claud. in Rufin. 2, 207:

oscula fida,

Stat. S. 3, 2, 57 (with dissipat amplexus).

tondĕo, tŏtondi, tonsum, 2 (collat. form acc. to the third conj.: OVES TONDVNTVR, Calend. ap. Grut. 138), v. a. [for tomdeo; root in Gr. temnô, to cut], to shear, clip, crop, to shave, etc.

Lit.:

barbam et capillum,

Cic. Tusc. 5, 20, 58; so,

barbam,

Mart. 11, 39, 3:

capillum,

Ov. M. 8, 151:

cutem,

Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 7:

os,

Cat. 61, 139:

ovem,

Plaut. Merc. 3, 1, 28; Hor. Epod. 2, 16; Verg. G. 3, 443; Plin. 18, 27, 67, § 257; cf.

lanam,

Hor. C. 3, 15, 14:

naevos in facie,

Plin. 28, 4, 6, § 34: saltatrix tonsa, i. e. with hair clipped short (of the Consul Gabinius), Cic. Pis. 8, 18; cf.: tonsus puer or minister, cropped, i. e. common, mean, Mart. 10, 98, 9; 11, 11, 3: ad alta tonsum templa cum reum misit, i. e. acquitted (prop. without the untrimmed hair of accused persons), id. 2, 74, 3.—Mid.:

lavamur et tondemur et convivimus ex consuetudine,

Quint. 1, 6, 44.— Absol.:

ne tonsori collum committeret, tondere filias suas docuit,

Cic. Tusc. 5, 20, 58.—And in reflex. sense:

ut decrescente lunā tondens calvus fiam,

shaving myself, Varr. R. R. 1, 37, 2:

candidior postquain tondenti barba cadebat,

Verg. E. 1, 29.—

Transf.

To crop, lop, prune, trim:

ille comam mollis jam tondebat hyacinthi,

was cropping, Verg. G. 4, 137:

violas manu,

Prop. 3, 13, 29:

vitem in pollicem,

Col. 4, 21, 3:

oleas, vites,

Plin. 15, 1, 2, § 4:

balsamum,

id. 12, 25, 54, § 112:

ilicem bipennibus,

to lop, Hor. C. 4, 4, 57:

myrtos,

Quint. 8, 3, 8.—

To mow, reap:

tonsas cessare novales patiere,

after harvest, Verg. G. 1, 71:

nocte arida prata Tondentur,

id. ib. 1, 290:

tondeturque seges maturos annua partus,

Tib. 4, 1, 172:

tonsam verrit humum,

Ov. R. Am. 192; Sen. Phoen. 130.—

To crop, to graze, feed, or browse upon, to eat off; to pluck, gather, cull ( poet.):

ex uno tondentes gramina campo Lanigerae pecudes,

Lucr. 2, 660:

pabula (pecudes),

id. 2, 317:

dumeta (juvenci),

Verg. G. 1, 15:

campum late (equi),

id. A. 3, 538:

viridantia gramina morsu,

id. Cul. 49:

tondentes comam fluvii capellae,

App. M. 5, p. 169, 37:

jecur rostro (vultur),

Verg. A. 6, 598:

ales avida fecundum jecur,

Sen. Agam. 18; cf.

in a Greek constr.: illa autem, quae tondetur praecordia rostro Alitis,

Sil. 13, 839. —

As in Engl., to shave, fleece, for to deprive, plunder (very rare):

adibo hunc... itaque tondebo auro usque ad vivam cutem,

Plaut. Bacch. 2, 3, 8:

tondens purpureā regna paterna comā,

Prop. 3, 19 (4, 18), 22.