porrectum

porrĭgo, rexi, rectum, 3 (contr. form porgo, porgite, Enn. ap. Serv. ad Verg. A. 1, 26, and Verg. A. 8, 274:

porge,

Plaut. Ps. 2, 4, 18; Aus. Idyll. 4, 37:

porgebat, Sil 9, 458: porgens,

Val. Fl. 2, 656:

porgi,

Stat. Th. 8, 755:

porxit,

id. S. 2, 1, 204; cf.:

antiqui etiam porgam dixerunt pro porrigam,

Fest. p. 218 Müll.—Acc. to Lachmann, Hor. S. 2, 6, 59, instead of perditur, we should read porgitur; v. perdo init.), v. a. [por, = pro, and rego], to stretch or spread out before one's self, to put forth, reach out, extend (class.; syn. extendo).

Lit.

In gen.:

jam dudum, si des, porrexi manum,

Plaut. Ps. 4. 7, 49:

animal membra porrigit, contrahit,

Cic. Div. 1, 53, 120:

manum ad tradendam pyxidem,

id. Cael. 26, 63:

crus,

Liv. 8, 8:

caelo bracchia,

Ov. M. 1, 767:

aciem latius,

Sall. J. 52, 6.— Pass., to stretch or spread one's self out, to be stretched out, extended:

(Tityos) per tota novem cui jugera corpus Porrigitur,

extends, Verg. A. 6. 596:

porrectus somno,

Stat. Achill. 2, 75:

serpens in longam porrigi alvum,

Ov. M. 4, 574; cf.:

serpens centum porrectus in ulnas,

Sil. 6, 153; Trogus ap. Plin. 11, 52, 114, § 275.—So freq. of localities, to stretch out, extend, to lie (mostly post-Aug.):

cubiculum porrigitur in solem,

Plin. Ep. 2, 17, 23:

cujus (loci) pars colles erant, pars in planitiem porrigebatur,

Tac. A. 13, 38:

Creta inter ortum occasumque porrigitur,

Plin. 4, 12, 20, § 58; Just. 42, 2. —

In partic.

To lay at full length, to stretch on the ground (rare):

in plenos resolutum carmine somnos, Exanimi similem, stratis porrexit in herbis,

Ov. M. 7, 254:

utrumque ab equis ingenti porrigit arvo,

Val. Fl. 6, 553:

in spatium ingens ruentem porrexit hostem,

Liv. 7, 10 fin.; Mart. Spect. 15.—

To hold forth, reach out, to offer, present:

dexteram alicui,

Cic. Deiot. 3, 8:

dextram,

Plin. 11, 45, 103, § 250:

bona alicui,

Cic. N. D. 3, 34, 84; cf.:

munera,

Ov. M. 8, 95:

pocula,

Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 92:

gladium alicui ad occidendum hominem,

Cic. Mil. 3, 9; Ov. P. 3, 1, 13: manum sani medicis porrigunt, Sen. Tranq. 2, 1.—Prov.:

maritali porrigere ora capistro,

to present his head to the marriage halter, Juv. 6, 43.—

Porrigere manum, in voting, to put forth or hold up the hand, Cic. Fl. 6, 15.—Hence, transf., i. q. to express one's assent or approval:

quare si tu quoque huic sententiae manum porrigis,

Symm. Ep. 7, 15.—

Trop.

To protract, prolong (syn. prolato):

iter,

App. M. 2, 14; 6, 3;

so of the quantity of a syllable: syllabam,

Quint. 1, 6, 32; cf.:

ut aliquis impetum morbi trahendo effugiat, porrigaturque in id tempus, etc.,

i. e. be kept alive, supported, Cels. 2, 5.—

(Acc. to I. B. 2.) To offer, to grant a thing:

praesidium clientibus porrigere atque tendere,

Cic. de Or. 1, 40, 184:

et mihi forsan, tibi quod negarit, Porriget hora,

Hor. C. 2, 16, 32.—

Manus ad (in) aliquid porrigere, to reach after, strive for, seek to obtain (mostly post-Aug.):

Lydiam cepisti... jam etiam ad pecora nostra avaras et insatiabiles manus porrigis,

Curt. 7, 8, 19:

fames me appellat, ad proxima quaeque porrigatur manus,

Sen. Ep. 119, 4; id. Ben. 5, 14, 2; id. Cons. Polyb. 17, 1; Val. Max. 9, 1, 2; Lact. 7, 15, 5:

manus suas in orientem occidentemque porrexit,

id. Mort. Pers. 3 fin.; cf.:

pecunia deesse coepit, neque quo manus porrigeret suppetebat, nisi, etc.,

Nep. Dion, 7, 2.—

Se porrigere, to extend, reach, spread itself:

jam fortuna Romana se ad orientalia regna porrigere coeperat,

Just. 39, 5, 3:

quis gradus ulterior, quo se tua porrigat ira, restat?

Ov. Tr. 3, 11, 5.— porrectus, a, um, P. a., stretched out, extended, long.

Lit.:

porrecta ac aperta loca,

Caes. B. G. 2, 19:

locus,

Hor. Ep. 1, 7, 41:

syllaba,

long, Quint. 1, 7, 14; cf.

mora,

long, protracted, Ov. P. 4, 12, 14: senex, stretched out, i. e. dead, Cat. 67, 6; cf. in double sense: tuam amicam video. Ca. Ubi ea'st? Ps. Eccam in tabellis porrectam, Plaut. Ps. 1, 1, 34.— Comp.:

porrectior acies,

Tac. Agr. 35 fin.: porrectior frons, i. e. more cheerful (opp. contractior), Plaut. Cas. 2, 4, 3.—

Subst.: porrectum, i, n.

Extent:

Thessaliae in porrectum longitudo,

Plin. 4, 9, 16, § 32. —

A straight line, Vitr. 10, 8.—

A plain, Dig. 8, 3, 8.— Plur., Min. Fel. 17, 10. —

Trop., widespread, extended:

famaque et imperī Porrecta majestas ad ortum Solis ab Hesperio cubili,

Hor. C. 4, 15, 15.— Hence, adv.: porrectē, widely, extensively, far (post-class.).— Comp.:

porrectius ire,

farther, Amm. 21, 9, 1; 29, 5, 48.

porrīgo, ĭnis, f., the scurf, dandruff on the head, Cels. 6, 2; Plin. 20, 6, 23, § 53; 20, 6, 27, § 69; 28, 11, 46, § 163; 32, 4, 14, § 35; Hor. S. 2, 3, 126.—Also of other hairy parts of the body, Scrib. Larg. 243.—Of animals, perhaps the mange:

porci,

Juv. 2, 80.

porrĭgo, rexi, rectum, 3 (contr. form porgo, porgite, Enn. ap. Serv. ad Verg. A. 1, 26, and Verg. A. 8, 274:

porge,

Plaut. Ps. 2, 4, 18; Aus. Idyll. 4, 37:

porgebat, Sil 9, 458: porgens,

Val. Fl. 2, 656:

porgi,

Stat. Th. 8, 755:

porxit,

id. S. 2, 1, 204; cf.:

antiqui etiam porgam dixerunt pro porrigam,

Fest. p. 218 Müll.—Acc. to Lachmann, Hor. S. 2, 6, 59, instead of perditur, we should read porgitur; v. perdo init.), v. a. [por, = pro, and rego], to stretch or spread out before one's self, to put forth, reach out, extend (class.; syn. extendo).

Lit.

In gen.:

jam dudum, si des, porrexi manum,

Plaut. Ps. 4. 7, 49:

animal membra porrigit, contrahit,

Cic. Div. 1, 53, 120:

manum ad tradendam pyxidem,

id. Cael. 26, 63:

crus,

Liv. 8, 8:

caelo bracchia,

Ov. M. 1, 767:

aciem latius,

Sall. J. 52, 6.— Pass., to stretch or spread one's self out, to be stretched out, extended:

(Tityos) per tota novem cui jugera corpus Porrigitur,

extends, Verg. A. 6. 596:

porrectus somno,

Stat. Achill. 2, 75:

serpens in longam porrigi alvum,

Ov. M. 4, 574; cf.:

serpens centum porrectus in ulnas,

Sil. 6, 153; Trogus ap. Plin. 11, 52, 114, § 275.—So freq. of localities, to stretch out, extend, to lie (mostly post-Aug.):

cubiculum porrigitur in solem,

Plin. Ep. 2, 17, 23:

cujus (loci) pars colles erant, pars in planitiem porrigebatur,

Tac. A. 13, 38:

Creta inter ortum occasumque porrigitur,

Plin. 4, 12, 20, § 58; Just. 42, 2. —

In partic.

To lay at full length, to stretch on the ground (rare):

in plenos resolutum carmine somnos, Exanimi similem, stratis porrexit in herbis,

Ov. M. 7, 254:

utrumque ab equis ingenti porrigit arvo,

Val. Fl. 6, 553:

in spatium ingens ruentem porrexit hostem,

Liv. 7, 10 fin.; Mart. Spect. 15.—

To hold forth, reach out, to offer, present:

dexteram alicui,

Cic. Deiot. 3, 8:

dextram,

Plin. 11, 45, 103, § 250:

bona alicui,

Cic. N. D. 3, 34, 84; cf.:

munera,

Ov. M. 8, 95:

pocula,

Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 92:

gladium alicui ad occidendum hominem,

Cic. Mil. 3, 9; Ov. P. 3, 1, 13: manum sani medicis porrigunt, Sen. Tranq. 2, 1.—Prov.:

maritali porrigere ora capistro,

to present his head to the marriage halter, Juv. 6, 43.—

Porrigere manum, in voting, to put forth or hold up the hand, Cic. Fl. 6, 15.—Hence, transf., i. q. to express one's assent or approval:

quare si tu quoque huic sententiae manum porrigis,

Symm. Ep. 7, 15.—

Trop.

To protract, prolong (syn. prolato):

iter,

App. M. 2, 14; 6, 3;

so of the quantity of a syllable: syllabam,

Quint. 1, 6, 32; cf.:

ut aliquis impetum morbi trahendo effugiat, porrigaturque in id tempus, etc.,

i. e. be kept alive, supported, Cels. 2, 5.—

(Acc. to I. B. 2.) To offer, to grant a thing:

praesidium clientibus porrigere atque tendere,

Cic. de Or. 1, 40, 184:

et mihi forsan, tibi quod negarit, Porriget hora,

Hor. C. 2, 16, 32.—

Manus ad (in) aliquid porrigere, to reach after, strive for, seek to obtain (mostly post-Aug.):

Lydiam cepisti... jam etiam ad pecora nostra avaras et insatiabiles manus porrigis,

Curt. 7, 8, 19:

fames me appellat, ad proxima quaeque porrigatur manus,

Sen. Ep. 119, 4; id. Ben. 5, 14, 2; id. Cons. Polyb. 17, 1; Val. Max. 9, 1, 2; Lact. 7, 15, 5:

manus suas in orientem occidentemque porrexit,

id. Mort. Pers. 3 fin.; cf.:

pecunia deesse coepit, neque quo manus porrigeret suppetebat, nisi, etc.,

Nep. Dion, 7, 2.—

Se porrigere, to extend, reach, spread itself:

jam fortuna Romana se ad orientalia regna porrigere coeperat,

Just. 39, 5, 3:

quis gradus ulterior, quo se tua porrigat ira, restat?

Ov. Tr. 3, 11, 5.— porrectus, a, um, P. a., stretched out, extended, long.

Lit.:

porrecta ac aperta loca,

Caes. B. G. 2, 19:

locus,

Hor. Ep. 1, 7, 41:

syllaba,

long, Quint. 1, 7, 14; cf.

mora,

long, protracted, Ov. P. 4, 12, 14: senex, stretched out, i. e. dead, Cat. 67, 6; cf. in double sense: tuam amicam video. Ca. Ubi ea'st? Ps. Eccam in tabellis porrectam, Plaut. Ps. 1, 1, 34.— Comp.:

porrectior acies,

Tac. Agr. 35 fin.: porrectior frons, i. e. more cheerful (opp. contractior), Plaut. Cas. 2, 4, 3.—

Subst.: porrectum, i, n.

Extent:

Thessaliae in porrectum longitudo,

Plin. 4, 9, 16, § 32. —

A straight line, Vitr. 10, 8.—

A plain, Dig. 8, 3, 8.— Plur., Min. Fel. 17, 10. —

Trop., widespread, extended:

famaque et imperī Porrecta majestas ad ortum Solis ab Hesperio cubili,

Hor. C. 4, 15, 15.— Hence, adv.: porrectē, widely, extensively, far (post-class.).— Comp.:

porrectius ire,

farther, Amm. 21, 9, 1; 29, 5, 48.

porrīgo, ĭnis, f., the scurf, dandruff on the head, Cels. 6, 2; Plin. 20, 6, 23, § 53; 20, 6, 27, § 69; 28, 11, 46, § 163; 32, 4, 14, § 35; Hor. S. 2, 3, 126.—Also of other hairy parts of the body, Scrib. Larg. 243.—Of animals, perhaps the mange:

porci,

Juv. 2, 80.

dentāle, is, and dentālia, ium (only the plural class.; sing. post-class.), n. [dens, no. I. B.], the share-beam, to which the vomer or ploughshare was attached.

Prop., plur., Verg. G. 1, 172; Col. 2, 2, 24.— Sing.:

genus vomerum toto porrectum dentali,

Plin. 18, 18, 48, § 171.—

Meton.:

sulco terens dentalia,

a ploughshare, Pers. 1, 73.

dentāle, is, and dentālia, ium (only the plural class.; sing. post-class.), n. [dens, no. I. B.], the share-beam, to which the vomer or ploughshare was attached.

Prop., plur., Verg. G. 1, 172; Col. 2, 2, 24.— Sing.:

genus vomerum toto porrectum dentali,

Plin. 18, 18, 48, § 171.—

Meton.:

sulco terens dentalia,

a ploughshare, Pers. 1, 73.

incŏla, ae, comm. (f. Phaedr. 1, 6, 6; Prud. Ham. 642) [in-colo], an inhabitant of a place, a resident.

Lit.:

optati cives, populares, incolae, accolae, advenae omnes,

Plaut. Aul. 3, 1, 1: incola est, qui in aliquam regionem domicilium suum contulit, quem Graeci paroikon appellant, Dig. 50, 16, 239: opp. civis; peregrini autem atque incolae officium est, etc., a foreign resident ( = Gr. metoikos), Cic. Off. 1, 34, 125; cf.:

Tarquinium, non Romanae modo sed ne Italicae quidem gentis,.. incolam a Tarquiniis... regem factum,

Liv. 4, 3, 11:

incola et his magistratibus parere debet, apud quos incola est, et illis, apud quos civis est,

Dig. 50, 1, 29; Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 11, § 26; 2, 4, 58, § 130:

sunt enim e terra homines, non ut incolae atque habitatores,

id. N. D. 2, 56, 140:

Coloneus ille locus cujus incola Sophocles ob oculos versabatur,

id. Fin. 5, 1, 3:

(Socrates) totius mundi se incolam et civem arbitrabatur,

id. Tusc. 5, 37, 108:

audiebam Pythagoram Pythagoreosque incolas paene nostros,

almost our countrymen, id. de Sen. 21, 78:

Pergama, Incola captivo quae bove victor alat,

Ov. H. 1, 52:

Phryx,

Luc. 9, 976:

Idumæae Syrophoenix portae,

Juv. 8, 160.— Poet., in apposition, or [p. 925] adj., Cameren incola turba vocat, the natives, Ov. F. 3, 582.—

Transf., of animals and inanimate things:

aquarum incolae,

Cic. Tusc. 5, 13, 38:

rana stagni incola,

Phaedr. 1, 6, 5:

novum incolam (piscem) mari dedit,

Plin. 9, 17, 29, § 63:

quae (arbores) incolarum numero esse coepere,

i. e. indigenous, id. 12, 3, 7, § 14:

Addua, Ticinus, Mincius, omnes Padi incolae,

i. e. flowing into the Po, id. 3, 19, 23, § 131:

me Porrectum ante fores obicere incolis Plorares aquilonibus,

native, Hor. C. 3, 10, 4.

vĭa ( vĕa, Varr. R. R. 1, 2, 14), ae ( gen. sing. vias, Enn. ap. Prisc. p. 679 P., or Ann. v. 421 Vahl.; viāï, Enn. ap. Cic. Sen. 6, 16, or Ann. v. 209 ib.; Lucr. 1, 406; 1, 659; 2, 249 et saep.; dat. plur. VIEIS, Inscr. Lat. 206, 50), f. [Sanscr. vah-āmi, bring, lead; Gr. ochos, ochêma, vehicle; Germ. Wagen; Engl. wagon; from this root are also veho, vexo, etc.], a way, in the most general sense (for men, beasts, or carriages, within or without a city), a highway, road, path, street.

Lit.

In gen.:

viae latitudo ex lege duodecim tabularum in porrectum octo pedes habet, in anfractum, id est ubi flexum est, sedecim,

Dig. 8, 3, 8:

Romam in montibus positam et convallibus, non optimis viis, angustissimis semitis,

Cic. Agr. 2, 35, 96:

et modo quae fuerat semita, facta via est,

Mart. 7, 61, 4:

aut viam aut semitam monstret,

Plaut. Rud. 1, 3, 30:

mi opsistere in viā,

id. Curc. 2, 3, 5:

ire in viā,

Ter. Eun. 3, 2, 42:

omnibus viis notis semitisque essedarios ex silvis emittebat,

Caes. B. G. 5, 19 (opp. semita), id. ib. 7, 8; Liv. 44, 43, 1; cf.:

decedam ego illi de viā,

Plaut. Trin. 2, 4, 80; cf. id. Curc. 2, 3, 8:

paulum ad dexteram de viā declinavi,

Cic. Fin. 5, 2, 5:

decedere viā,

Suet. Tib. 31:

aestuosa et pulverulenta via,

Cic. Att. 5, 14, 1:

quā (viā) Sequanis invitis propter angustias ire non poterant,

Caes. B. G. 1, 9:

cursare huc illuc viā deterrimā,

Cic. Att. 9, 9, 2:

in viam se dare,

to set out on a journey, id. Fam. 14, 12:

te neque navigationi neque viae committere,

id. ib. 16, 4, 1:

tu abi tuam viam,

Plaut. Rud. 4, 3, 88:

milites monuit, viā omnes irent, nec deverti quemquam paterentur,

along the highway, Liv. 25, 9, 4.—In a double sense:

ire publicā viā,

Plaut. Curc. 1, 1, 35.—Prov.: qui sibi semitam non sapiunt, alteri monstrant viam, Enn. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 58, 132 (Trag. v. 358 Vahl.):

de viā in semitam degredi,

Plaut. Cas. 3, 5, 40:

totā errare viā,

Ter. Eun. 2, 2, 14.—

In partic., as the name of a particular street or road:

tres ergo viae, a supero mari Flaminia, ab infero Aurelia, media Cassia,

Cic. Phil. 12, 9, 22:

Via Appia,

id. Mil. 6, 15; id. Imp. Pomp. 18, 55; cf. Liv. 9, 29, 6;

v. Appius: Via Campana,

Suet. Aug. 94;

v. Campania: Sacra Via, in Rome, in the fourth region,

Varr. L. L. 5, § 47 Müll.; Fest. p. 290 ib.; Cic. Planc. 7, 17; Hor. Epod. 4, 7; 7, 8:

Via Sacra,

id. S. 1, 9, 1;

also written as one word, SACRAVIA,

Inscr. Grut. 638, 7; 1033, 1; cf. Charis. p. 6 P.; Diom. p. 401 ib. (v. sacer, I. A.); cf. Becker, Antiq. 1, p. 219 sq.— Hence, Sacrăvĭenses, ĭum, m., those dwelling on the Sacra Via, Fest. s. v. October equus, p. 178 Müll.—

Transf.

Abstr., like our way, for march, journey (syn. iter):

cum de viā languerem,

Cic. Phil. 1, 5, 12:

nisi de viā fessus esset,

id. Ac. 1, 1, 1: tridui via, a three days' march or journey, Caes. B. G. 1, 38:

bidui,

id. ib. 6, 7; Cic. Div. 1, 15, 27:

longitudo viae,

Liv. 37, 33, 3:

flecte viam velis,

Verg. A. 5, 28:

tum via tuta maris,

Ov. M. 11, 747:

feci Longa Pherecleā per freta puppe vias,

id. H. 16, 22:

ne inter vias praeterbitamus, metuo,

by the way, on the road, Plaut. Poen. 5, 3, 43; Ter. Eun. 4, 2, 1; Turp. ap. Non. p. 538, 8 et saep.—

In gen., a way, passage, channel, pipe, etc.; thus, a lane in a camp, Caes. B. G. 5, 49; a passage between the seats of a theatre, Mart. 5, 14, 8; Tert. Spect. 3; of the veins:

omnes ejus (sanguinis) viae,

Cic. N. D. 2, 55, 137; of the chyle ducts:

quaedam a medio intestino usque ad portas jecoris ductae et directae viae,

id. ib.; the windpipe, Ov. M. 15, 344; 14, 498; a cleft through which any thing penetrates, Verg. G. 2, 79; cf. Ov. M. 11, 515; the path or track of an arrow, Verg. A. 5, 526; a stripe in a party-colored fabric, Tib. 2, 3, 54 et saep.—

Trop.

In gen., a way, method, mode, manner, fashion, etc., of doing any thing, course (cf. modus):

vitae,

Cic. Fl. 42, 105; id. Agr. 1, 9, 27; id. Sest. 67, 140; Hor. Ep. 1, 17, 26; Sen. Brev. Vit. 9, 5; Lact. Epit. 67, 12:

via vivendi,

Cic. Off. 1, 32, 118:

rectam vitae viam sequi,

id. ib.:

Socrates hanc viam ad gloriam proximam dicebat esse,

id. ib. 2, 12, 43:

haec ad aeternam gloriam via est,

Plin. 2, 7, 5, § 18:

haec una via omnibus ad salutem visa est,

Liv. 36, 27, 8:

invenire viam ad mortem,

Plin. Ep. 3, 16, 12:

totidem ad mortem viae sunt,

Sen. Contr. 1, 8, 6:

cum eum hortarer ut eam laudis viam rectissimam esse duceret,

Cic. Brut. 81, 281: haec est una via laudis, id. Sest. 65, 137:

totam ignoras viam gloriae,

id. Phil. 1, 14, 33:

quae tum promptissima mortis via, exsolvit venas,

Tac. A. 16, 17:

habeo certam viam atque rationem, quā omnes illorum conatus investigare et consequi possim,

Cic. Verr. 1, 16, 48:

defensionis ratio viaque,

id. ib. 2, 5, 1, §

4: non tam justitiae quam litigandi tradunt vias,

id. Leg. 1, 6, 18:

docendi via,

id. Or. 32, 114:

optimarum artium vias tradere,

id. Div. 2, 1, 1:

(di) non... nullas dant vias nobis ad significationum scientiam,

id. ib. 2, 49, 102:

rectam instas viam,

i. e. you speak correctly, truly, Plaut. As. 1, 1, 41.—Adverb.: rectā viā, directly:

ut rectā viā rem narret ordine omnem,

Ter. Heaut. 4, 3, 28.—

Pregn. (cf. ratio), the right way, the true method, mode, or manner:

ingressu'st viam, i. e. rectam,

Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 273:

in omnibus quae ratione docentur et viā, primum constituendum est, quid quidque sit, etc.,

rationally and methodically, Cic. Or. 33, 116:

ut ratione et viā procedat oratio,

id. Fin. 1, 9, 29.—Adverb.: viā, rightly, properly (opp. to wandering out of the way):

ipsus eam rem secum reputavit viā,

Ter. And. 2, 6, 11:

viā et arte dicere,

Cic. Brut. 12, 46. —

Viam perficere, i. e. to attain an end, Just. Inst. proöem. 1.

vĭa ( vĕa, Varr. R. R. 1, 2, 14), ae ( gen. sing. vias, Enn. ap. Prisc. p. 679 P., or Ann. v. 421 Vahl.; viāï, Enn. ap. Cic. Sen. 6, 16, or Ann. v. 209 ib.; Lucr. 1, 406; 1, 659; 2, 249 et saep.; dat. plur. VIEIS, Inscr. Lat. 206, 50), f. [Sanscr. vah-āmi, bring, lead; Gr. ochos, ochêma, vehicle; Germ. Wagen; Engl. wagon; from this root are also veho, vexo, etc.], a way, in the most general sense (for men, beasts, or carriages, within or without a city), a highway, road, path, street.

Lit.

In gen.:

viae latitudo ex lege duodecim tabularum in porrectum octo pedes habet, in anfractum, id est ubi flexum est, sedecim,

Dig. 8, 3, 8:

Romam in montibus positam et convallibus, non optimis viis, angustissimis semitis,

Cic. Agr. 2, 35, 96:

et modo quae fuerat semita, facta via est,

Mart. 7, 61, 4:

aut viam aut semitam monstret,

Plaut. Rud. 1, 3, 30:

mi opsistere in viā,

id. Curc. 2, 3, 5:

ire in viā,

Ter. Eun. 3, 2, 42:

omnibus viis notis semitisque essedarios ex silvis emittebat,

Caes. B. G. 5, 19 (opp. semita), id. ib. 7, 8; Liv. 44, 43, 1; cf.:

decedam ego illi de viā,

Plaut. Trin. 2, 4, 80; cf. id. Curc. 2, 3, 8:

paulum ad dexteram de viā declinavi,

Cic. Fin. 5, 2, 5:

decedere viā,

Suet. Tib. 31:

aestuosa et pulverulenta via,

Cic. Att. 5, 14, 1:

quā (viā) Sequanis invitis propter angustias ire non poterant,

Caes. B. G. 1, 9:

cursare huc illuc viā deterrimā,

Cic. Att. 9, 9, 2:

in viam se dare,

to set out on a journey, id. Fam. 14, 12:

te neque navigationi neque viae committere,

id. ib. 16, 4, 1:

tu abi tuam viam,

Plaut. Rud. 4, 3, 88:

milites monuit, viā omnes irent, nec deverti quemquam paterentur,

along the highway, Liv. 25, 9, 4.—In a double sense:

ire publicā viā,

Plaut. Curc. 1, 1, 35.—Prov.: qui sibi semitam non sapiunt, alteri monstrant viam, Enn. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 58, 132 (Trag. v. 358 Vahl.):

de viā in semitam degredi,

Plaut. Cas. 3, 5, 40:

totā errare viā,

Ter. Eun. 2, 2, 14.—

In partic., as the name of a particular street or road:

tres ergo viae, a supero mari Flaminia, ab infero Aurelia, media Cassia,

Cic. Phil. 12, 9, 22:

Via Appia,

id. Mil. 6, 15; id. Imp. Pomp. 18, 55; cf. Liv. 9, 29, 6;

v. Appius: Via Campana,

Suet. Aug. 94;

v. Campania: Sacra Via, in Rome, in the fourth region,

Varr. L. L. 5, § 47 Müll.; Fest. p. 290 ib.; Cic. Planc. 7, 17; Hor. Epod. 4, 7; 7, 8:

Via Sacra,

id. S. 1, 9, 1;

also written as one word, SACRAVIA,

Inscr. Grut. 638, 7; 1033, 1; cf. Charis. p. 6 P.; Diom. p. 401 ib. (v. sacer, I. A.); cf. Becker, Antiq. 1, p. 219 sq.— Hence, Sacrăvĭenses, ĭum, m., those dwelling on the Sacra Via, Fest. s. v. October equus, p. 178 Müll.—

Transf.

Abstr., like our way, for march, journey (syn. iter):

cum de viā languerem,

Cic. Phil. 1, 5, 12:

nisi de viā fessus esset,

id. Ac. 1, 1, 1: tridui via, a three days' march or journey, Caes. B. G. 1, 38:

bidui,

id. ib. 6, 7; Cic. Div. 1, 15, 27:

longitudo viae,

Liv. 37, 33, 3:

flecte viam velis,

Verg. A. 5, 28:

tum via tuta maris,

Ov. M. 11, 747:

feci Longa Pherecleā per freta puppe vias,

id. H. 16, 22:

ne inter vias praeterbitamus, metuo,

by the way, on the road, Plaut. Poen. 5, 3, 43; Ter. Eun. 4, 2, 1; Turp. ap. Non. p. 538, 8 et saep.—

In gen., a way, passage, channel, pipe, etc.; thus, a lane in a camp, Caes. B. G. 5, 49; a passage between the seats of a theatre, Mart. 5, 14, 8; Tert. Spect. 3; of the veins:

omnes ejus (sanguinis) viae,

Cic. N. D. 2, 55, 137; of the chyle ducts:

quaedam a medio intestino usque ad portas jecoris ductae et directae viae,

id. ib.; the windpipe, Ov. M. 15, 344; 14, 498; a cleft through which any thing penetrates, Verg. G. 2, 79; cf. Ov. M. 11, 515; the path or track of an arrow, Verg. A. 5, 526; a stripe in a party-colored fabric, Tib. 2, 3, 54 et saep.—

Trop.

In gen., a way, method, mode, manner, fashion, etc., of doing any thing, course (cf. modus):

vitae,

Cic. Fl. 42, 105; id. Agr. 1, 9, 27; id. Sest. 67, 140; Hor. Ep. 1, 17, 26; Sen. Brev. Vit. 9, 5; Lact. Epit. 67, 12:

via vivendi,

Cic. Off. 1, 32, 118:

rectam vitae viam sequi,

id. ib.:

Socrates hanc viam ad gloriam proximam dicebat esse,

id. ib. 2, 12, 43:

haec ad aeternam gloriam via est,

Plin. 2, 7, 5, § 18:

haec una via omnibus ad salutem visa est,

Liv. 36, 27, 8:

invenire viam ad mortem,

Plin. Ep. 3, 16, 12:

totidem ad mortem viae sunt,

Sen. Contr. 1, 8, 6:

cum eum hortarer ut eam laudis viam rectissimam esse duceret,

Cic. Brut. 81, 281: haec est una via laudis, id. Sest. 65, 137:

totam ignoras viam gloriae,

id. Phil. 1, 14, 33:

quae tum promptissima mortis via, exsolvit venas,

Tac. A. 16, 17:

habeo certam viam atque rationem, quā omnes illorum conatus investigare et consequi possim,

Cic. Verr. 1, 16, 48:

defensionis ratio viaque,

id. ib. 2, 5, 1, §

4: non tam justitiae quam litigandi tradunt vias,

id. Leg. 1, 6, 18:

docendi via,

id. Or. 32, 114:

optimarum artium vias tradere,

id. Div. 2, 1, 1:

(di) non... nullas dant vias nobis ad significationum scientiam,

id. ib. 2, 49, 102:

rectam instas viam,

i. e. you speak correctly, truly, Plaut. As. 1, 1, 41.—Adverb.: rectā viā, directly:

ut rectā viā rem narret ordine omnem,

Ter. Heaut. 4, 3, 28.—

Pregn. (cf. ratio), the right way, the true method, mode, or manner:

ingressu'st viam, i. e. rectam,

Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 273:

in omnibus quae ratione docentur et viā, primum constituendum est, quid quidque sit, etc.,

rationally and methodically, Cic. Or. 33, 116:

ut ratione et viā procedat oratio,

id. Fin. 1, 9, 29.—Adverb.: viā, rightly, properly (opp. to wandering out of the way):

ipsus eam rem secum reputavit viā,

Ter. And. 2, 6, 11:

viā et arte dicere,

Cic. Brut. 12, 46. —

Viam perficere, i. e. to attain an end, Just. Inst. proöem. 1.