prep+prep

inter, adv., and prep. with acc. [kindred to in, intra; Sanscr. antar; Goth. undar; Germ. unter; Engl. under].

Adv., in the midst, in between ( poet. and rare):

dumque pii petit ora patris stetit arduus inter pontus,

Val. Fl. 5, 337:

tot montibus inter diviso,

id. 6, 220; 8, 382. —

Prep., with acc., between, belwixt, among, amid, surrounded by.

Lit., in space.

Of position only.

Referring to two places or objects, between:

qui (mons Jura) est inter Sequanos et Helvetios,

Caes. B. G. 1, 2:

cum inter me et Brundisium Caesar esset,

Cic. Att. 9, 2:

inter Padum atque Alpes,

Liv. 5, 35:

ager Tarquiniorum, qui inter urbem ac Tiberim fuit,

id. 2, 5:

locus inter duos lucos,

id. 1, 8, 5:

apud Artemisium inter Euboeam continentemque terram,

id. 2, 5, 2; so,

inter haec maria Asia,

Curt. 3, 1, 13.—

Referring to more than two places or objects, among, in the midst of:

inter hostium tela versari,

Cic. de Or. 1, 46:

inter multos saucios spe incertae vitae relictus,

Liv. 2, 17, 4:

rex inter primos constiterat,

Curt. 5, 3, 9:

inter multitudinem,

Liv. 22, 13, 2:

inter lignarios,

id. 35, 41, 10:

repertae inter spolia catenae,

Tac. A. 2, 18:

vicos aut inter vias manere,

Suet. Caes. 39:

inter ingentes solitudines,

Sall. J 89, 4:

inter deserta ferarum Lustra domosque,

Verg. A. 3, 646.— So, even with a noun in the sing., in the midst of, surrounded by:

erat inter ceteram planitiem mons,

Sall. J. 92, 5:

tibicines inter exercitum positi,

Gell. 1, 11, 3:

inter caedem aquila,

Tac. A. 1, 60; cf.:

inter ceteram praedam,

Liv. 22, 16, 7; 8, 10, 10:

inter purpuram atque aurum,

id. 9, 17, 16. —

With verbs of motion.

Between, through, among:

inter medias stationes hostium erupere,

Liv. 35, 11:

acies inter bina castra procedunt,

id. 4, 18, 3; Tac. A. 14, 33:

inter oppositas classes transmisit,

Suet. Caes. 58:

spatiabatur in nemore Parmenion medius inter duces,

Curt. 7, 2, 23:

medios inter hostes Londinium perrexit,

Tac. A. 14, 33.—

Pregn., including motion to and position between or among things mentioned, among, into the midst of:

inter densas, umbrosa cacumina, fagos Adsidue veniebat,

Verg. E. 2, 3:

te mea dextera magna inter praemia ducet,

id. A. 12, 437:

dico te priore nocte venisse inter falcarios in Laecae domum,

among the scythe-makers, into the street of the scythe-makers, Cic. Cat. 1, 4, 8.—

Transf., of relations conceived as local.

In discrimination (doubt, choice, etc.), between two or more objects:

judicium inter deas tres,

Cic. Div. 1, 50, 114; cf.:

inter Marcellos et Claudios patricios judicare,

id. de Or. 1, 39, 176:

inter has sententias dijudicare,

id. Tusc. 1, 11, 23:

inter diversas opiniones electio, Quint. prooem. 2: discrimen inter gratiosos cives atque fortes,

id. Balb. 21, 49:

inter optime valere et gravissime aegrotare nihil prorsus interesse,

id. Fin. 2, 13, 43:

qui bellum et pacem inter dubitabant,

Tac. A. 12, 32:

trepidare inter scelus metumque,

id. H. 3, 39:

inter pugnae fugaeque consilium,

Liv. 1, 27.—So, with inter repeated:

ut nihil inter te atque inter quadrupedem aliquam putes interesse,

Cic. Par. 1; id. Fin. 1, 9, 30:

quid intersit inter popularem civem et inter constantem, severum et gravem,

id. Lael. 25, 95.—

In expressing any relation which connects two or more persons, conceived as between or among them (strife, rivalry, friendship, intercourse, etc.).

In gen.:

quos inter magna fuit contentio,

Nep. Mil. 4, 4:

Nestor componere lites Inter Peliden festinat et inter Atriden,

Hor. Ep. 1, 2, 12:

certamen inter primores civitates,

Liv. 10, 6.—Esp., with pronouns, to express all reciprocal relations, among, with, or between one another; mutually, together:

quasi nunc non norimus nos inter nos,

Ter. Ad. 2, 4, 7; Cic. Div. 1, 28, 58; id. Att. 10, 4, 10; id. N. D. 1, 26, 51:

quod colloquimur inter nos,

with one another, id. de Or. 1, 8, 32; cf.:

inter nos naturā ad civilem communitatem conjuncti sumus,

id. Fin. 3, 20, 66:

vobis inter vos voluntatem fuisse conjunctam,

id. Div. in Caecil. 11, 34: Ciceronis pueri amant inter se, love one another (like the Fr. s ' entr ' aimer), id. Att. 6, 1, 12:

inter se consultare,

id. de Or. 2, 3, 13:

inter se amare,

id. Q. Fr. 3, 3, 1:

neque solum se colent inter se ac diligent,

id. Lael. 22, 82:

Di inter se diligunt,

id. N. D. 1, 44, 122:

furtim inter se aspiciebant,

id. Cat. 3, 5, 13:

complecti inter se lacrimantes milites coepisse,

Liv. 7, 42:

haec inter se cum repugnent, plerique non vident,

Cic. Tusc. 3, 29, 72:

inter se nondum satis noti,

Liv. 21, 39:

ratio et oratio conciliat homines inter se,

Cic. Off. 1, 16, 50:

ne nostra nobiscum aut inter nos cessatio vituperetur,

id. Fam. 9, 3, 4:

quae res eos in magno diuturnoque bello inter se habuit,

Sall. J. 79, 3.—Sometimes pleon., the reciprocal relation being sufficiently expressed by the context:

manus conserentis inter se Romanos exercitus,

Sall. H. 1, 41, 19 Dietsch:

Ulixes cum Ajace summa vi contendere inter se,

Dict. Cret. 5, 14:

conferti inter se,

id. 2, 46.—

So of things:

ita effici complexiones atomorum inter se,

mutual, reciprocal, Cic. Fin. 1, 6, 19:

colles duos inter se propinquos occupat,

near one another, Sall. J. 98, 3:

haud procul inter se erant,

id. ib. 41, 2:

multum inter se distant istae facultates,

Cic. de Or. 1, 49, 215:

res inter se similes,

Quint. 9, 2, 51:

inter se dissimilis,

id. 9, 4, 17.—

Of a common privacy, secrecy, etc.: inter nos, between or among ourselves, confidentially, like the Fr. entre nous:

nec consulto dicis occulte, sed quod inter nos liceat, ne tu quidem intellegis,

Cic. N. D. 1, 26, 74:

quod inter nos liceat dicere,

id. Att. 2, 4:

quod inter nos sit,

but let that be between ourselves, Sen. Ep. 12, 2. —

With nouns denoting a multitude of persons, like apud (not ante-Aug.):

haudquaquam inter id genus contemptor habebatur,

Liv. 6, 34, 5:

inter hostes variae fuere sententiae,

id. 4, 18, 1:

credula fama inter gaudentes,

Tac. H. 1, 34:

more inter veteres recepto,

id. ib. 2, 85.—

Of a class of persons or things to which the subject is referred.

In gen., among:

homines inter suos nobiles,

Cic. Fl. 22, 52:

inter suos et honestus et nobilis,

id. Clu. 5, 11:

in oratoribus vero admirabile est, quantum inter omnes unus excellat,

id. Or. 2, 6:

inter philosophos (Xenophon) reddendus est,

Quint. 10, 1, 37:

ille Croesus, inter reges opulentissimus,

Sen. Contr. 2, 9:

Borysthenes inter Scythiae amnes amoenissimus,

Mel. 2, 1, 6.— So freq. with sup., inter and acc. take the place of a gen.:

honestissimus inter suos numerabatur,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 6, 16:

plurimum inter eos valere,

Caes. B. G. 2, 4, 4:

maximum imperium inter finitimos,

Liv. 5, 3, 10:

inter Atheniensīs longe clarissimi,

Curt. 4, 13, 15; Plin. 34, 8, 21, § 81; Petr. 78; Sen. Suas. 2, 7; 2, 12; Just. 12, 7, 2; 36, 2, 6.

Esp.: inter paucos, etc., [p. 977] among few, i. e. among the few select ones, eminently, especially:

pingunt et vestes in Aegypto inter pauca mirabili genere,

Plin. 35, 11, 42, § 150; cf.:

sternutamento utilis inter pauca,

id. 24, 11, 58, § 97:

pugna inter paucas memorata populi Romani clades,

Liv. 22, 7; cf.:

inter paucos disertus,

Quint. 10, 3, 13:

inter paucos familiarium Neroni assumptus est,

Tac. A. 16, 18:

claritudine paucos inter senum regum,

id. ib. 11, 10; so, inter alios: judicatur inter alios omnes beatus, qui in proelio profuderit animam, among all others to be noticed, i. e. especially, in the highest degree, Amm. 2, 3, 6; so,

inter cuncta,

Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 96:

inter omnia,

Curt. 3, 3, 18:

inter cetera,

Liv. 37, 12.—

In judic. lang., t. t.: inter sicarios, on the charge of assassination:

cum praetor quaestionem inter sicarios exercuisset,

Cic. Fin. 2, 16, 54; id. Clu. 53, 147; cf.:

in recuperatorio judicio ejus maleficii, de quo inter sicarios quaeritur,

id. Inv. 2, 20, 60:

longo intervallo judicium inter sicarios hoc primum committitur,

id. Rosc. Am. 5, 11:

sexcenti sunt, qui inter sicarios et de veneficiis accusabant,

id. ib. 32, 90:

si ostenderis, quomodo sis eos inter sicarios defensurus,

id. Phil. 2, 4, 8.—

In some idiomatic phrases.

Inter manus, within reach, i. e. close at hand:

ante oculos interque manus sunt omnia vestras,

Verg. A. 11, 311; also, upon or in the hands:

inter manus domum ablatus,

Liv. 3, 13:

inter quas (manus) collapsus extinguitur,

Curt. 8, 2, 39:

inter manus auferri,

Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 11, § 28:

inter manus meas crevit,

under my hands, Sen. Ep. 12:

manus inter maestorumque ora parentum,

before their faces and within their reach, Verg. A. 2, 681.—

Inter viam, vias, on the way:

dum rus eo, coepi egomet mecum inter vias,

Ter. Eun. 4, 2, 1; Plaut. Poen. 5, 3, 43:

si se inter viam obtulerit,

Cic. Att. 4, 3, 5. —

Of time.

Between two dates or periods specified:

dies XLV. inter binos ludos,

Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 52 fin.; Liv. 1, 3.—

During, in the course of, within; for which, in English, we sometimes use by or at:

quot prandia inter continuum perdidi triennium,

Plaut. Stich. 1, 3, 61:

omnia agentur, quae inter decem annos nefarie flagitioseque facta sunt,

Cic. Verr. 1, 13; cf.:

qui inter annos tot unus inventus sit, quem, etc.,

id. de Imp. Pomp. 23, 68:

inter ipsum pugnae tempus,

Liv. 36, 20:

inter noctem lux orta,

id. 32, 29:

qui plus cernant oculis per noctem quam inter diem,

Gell. 9, 4.—

Freq., with substt., to denote an act performed at a certain time, in the course of, while:

haec inter cenam Tironi dictavi,

at table, Cic. Quint. Fragm. 3, 1, 6; cf.:

illuseras heri inter scyphos,

id. Fam. 7, 22:

inter fulmina et tonitrua,

id. Phil. 5, 6, 15:

promptior inter tenebras affirmatio,

Tac. A. 2, 82:

inter initia,

at the beginning, Cels. 3, 25.—

During, and hence under the circumstances described, i. e. in spite of, notwithstanding:

nobis inter has turbas senatus tamen frequens flagitavit triumphum,

amid, in spite of these commotions, Cic. Fam. 16, 11:

utrumque consilium aspernatus, quod inter ancipitia deterrimum est, dum media sequitur,

Tac. H. 3, 40:

senum coloniae inter male parentes et injuste imperantes aegra municipia et discordantia,

id. Agr. 32; cf.:

ita neutris cura posteritatis inter infensos vel obnoxios,

id. H. 1, 1.—

Inter haec, inter quae, meanwhile, during this time:

= interea, inter haec major alius terror,

in the mean time, Liv. 2, 24; cf.:

inter haec jam praemissi Albam erant equites,

id. 1, 29; 3, 57, 7; 44, 10, 5; Curt. 3, 1, 1; Suet. Tib. 8; 63:

inter quae tribuni plebei petivere, etc.,

Tac. A. 1, 15; 2, 34; 58; 3, 33; id. H. 1, 78; Curt. 4, 2, 10:

inter quae unctione uti licet,

Cels. 4, 2, 3.—

So with gerunds and gerundives: inter agendum,

at, while, Verg. E. 9, 24; Quint. 12, 3, 10:

inter disceptandum,

id. 12, 7, 6:

inter res agendas,

Suet. Caes. 45.—

In composition its final r is assimilated in intellego and its derivatives.

Between; as, intercedere, interponere. —

At intervals, from time to time; as, interaestuare, intermittere, intervisere.—

Under, down, to the bottom; as, interire, interficere.

juxtā, adv. and prep. [ sup. form from jugis; v. jungo], near to, nigh.

Lit., of place.

Of several objects, near together, in close proximity:

theatra duo juxta fecit amplissima e ligno,

Plin. 36, 15, 24, § 117.—

In gen., near at hand, near, near by, hard by, close to, by the side of:

legio, quae juxta constiterat,

Caes. B. G. 2, 26, 1:

ut sellam juxta poneret,

Sall. J. 65, 2:

furiarum maxima juxta Accubat,

Verg. A. 6, 605:

forte fuit juxta tumulus,

id. ib. 3, 22:

procul vel juxta sitas vires circumspectabat,

Tac. H. 2, 72: talem perlatum Pompeio juxta res gerenti Mithridatico bello, Plin. 6, 17, 19, § 51:

abjecto clam juxta pugione,

Suet. Ner. 34:

thermisque juxta celeriter constructis,

id. Tit. 7.—

Rarely with verbs of motion: accedere juxta,

Ov. M. 8, 809.—

Transf., in like manner, equally, alike (syn.: aeque, pariter).

Absol.:

eorum ego vitam mortemque juxta aestimo,

Sall. C. 2:

aestatem et hiemem juxta pati,

id. J. 85, 33:

ceteri juxta insontes,

Liv. 24, 5, 13:

qui Argenta habent, aliaque castella juxta ignobilia,

id. 32, 14, 2:

juxta periculosum seu ficta seu vera promeret,

Tac. A. 1, 6:

solo caeloque juxta gravi,

id. H. 5, 7.—

With dat.:

Fabius omittendam rem parvam ac juxta magnis difficilem censebat,

Liv. 24, 19, 6.—

With ac, atque, et, quam, cum, in the sense of as, than (cf.:

aeque ac, pariter ac, etc.): juxta tecum aeque scio,

Plaut. Pers. 4, 3, 75:

juxta eam curo cum mea,

id. Trin. 1, 2, 160 (so always in Plaut.;

v. Brix ad loc.): juxta mecum omnes intellegitis,

Sall. C. 58, 5:

absentium bona juxta atque interemptorum divisa fuere,

Liv. 1, 54, 9; 3, 33, 10:

juxta eam rem aegre passi patres, quam cum consulatum vulgari viderent,

i. e. were just as indignant, id. 10, 6, 9: qui me, juxta ac si meus frater esset, sustentavit, just as if, = non secus ac si, Cic. post Red. ap. Sen. 8, 20:

juxta ac si hostes adessent,

Sall. J. 45, 2; Liv. 22, 31, 3:

in re juxta manifesta atque atroci,

id. 3, 33, 10; 24, 5, 13; 21, 33, 4;

5, 6, 5: reipublicae juxta ac sibi consulere,

Sall. C. 37, 8:

litteris Graecis atque Latinis juxta eruditus,

id. J. 95, 3:

juxta bonos et malos interficere,

id. C. 51, 30.—

Prep., with acc., very near, close to, near to, hard by (not ante-class.).

Lit., of place:

juxta eum castra posuit,

Caes. B. C. 3, 41, 4; 3, 65, 4; 3, 20, 1; Nep. Dat. 1, 1; id. Att. 22 fin.; Quint. 8, 4, 22:

juxta murum castra posuit,

Caes. B. C. 1, 16, 4:

totos dies juxta focum atque ignem agunt,

Tac. G. 17; Col. 4, 8, 2.—Placed after the case:

hanc (aram) juxta,

Nep. Paus. 4, 4:

vicina Ceraunia juxta,

Verg. A. 3, 506:

cubiculum Caesaris juxta,

Tac. A. 13, 15 fin.:

Rhenum juxta,

id. ib. 4, 5:

Tiberim juxta,

id. ib. 2, 41:

Aditum juxta moenia urbis Volsco militi struxit,

Val. Max. 5, 4, 1.—

Transf.

Next to, immediately after, beside, on a par with:

juxta deos in tua manu positum est,

Tac. H. 2, 76:

apud quos juxta divinas religiones, humana fides colitur,

Liv. 9, 9, 4:

homo, juxta M. Varronem doctissimus,

Gell. 4, 9:

vilitate juxta beluas esse,

Plin. 2, 7, 5, § 26.—

Near, approaching to, like, almost the same as:

velocitas juxta formidinem, cunctatio propior constantiae est,

Tac. G. 30:

gravitate annonae juxta seditionem ventum est,

id. A. 6, 13:

juxta seditionem esse,

Sall. H. 3, 67, 11 Dietsch:

populi imperium juxta libertatem,

Tac. A. 6, 42:

sapor juxta fontis dulcissimos,

Sall. H. 4, 13.—

Along with, together with: cum interea lucubrando faceret juxta ancillas lanam, Varr. ap. Non. 322: juxta se conjuges vexari, just as:

pariter ac,

Liv. 41, 6:

periculosiores sunt inimicitiae juxta libertatem,

among a free people, Tac. G. 21.—

In consequence of, in proportion to (post-class., except one doubtful passage in Liv.):

huic consuetudo juxta vicinitatem cum Aebutio fuit,

Liv. 39, 9, 6 dub. Weissenb. ad loc.:

quem juxta nocturnum visum ergastulo liberavit,

Just. 1, 7, 1:

convivium juxta regiam magnificentiam ludis exornat,

id. 12, 3, 11.—

According to:

juxta praeceptum,

Just. 2, 12, 25; Nazar. Pan. Const. 23; Vulg. Gen. 1, 11:

juxta morem,

id. ib. 19, 31:

juxta hoc videtur et divus Hadrianus rescripsisse in haec verba,

Dig. 29, 5, 1, § 28:

juxta inclytum oratorem,

Hier. Ep. 82.

juxtim, adv. and prep. [juxta], next to, close by.

Adv.: in sedes collocat se regias Clytaemnestra juxtim, Liv. Andron. ap. Non. 127, 32 (Trag. Rel. p. 2 Rib.):

assidebat juxtim,

Suet. Tib. 33.—

In partic., near to us, in the neighborhood quae fuerint juxtim quadrata, Lucr. 4, 501.—

In an equal degree, equally:

sed quos utriusque figurae esse vides, juxtim miscentes vulta parentum,

Lucr. 4, 1213.—

Prep., with acc., near, next to: juxtim Numicium flumen obtruncatur, Sisenn. ap. Non. 127, 30. [p. 1022]

pălam, adv. and prep. [locative form; cf.: clam, perperam, etc.; root pal-, pla-; as in platus, planus; cf. pellis; hence, on the surface, on the open plain, and so], openly, publicly, undisguisedly, plainly (cf.: publice, vulgo, aperte; opp.: clam, occulte, secreto, etc.; class.).

Lit.:

haec quae in foro palam Syracusis... gesta sunt,

Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 33, § 81:

auferre argentum palam atque aperte,

Plaut. Bacch. 2, 3, 68; so,

non ex insidiis, sed aperte ac palam elaboratur,

Cic. Or. 12, 38; and:

palam agere coepit et aperte dicere occidendum Milonem,

id. Mil. 9, 25; cf. also id. Verr. 1, 7, 18: PALAM LVCI, Tab. Bant. vers. 15; so ib. vers. 22; cf.:

arma in templum Castoris luce palam comportarentur,

Cic. Pis. 10, 23:

ut luce palam in foro saltet,

id. Off. 3, 24, 93: gaudia clamque palamque, Enn. ap. Gell. 12, 4 (Ann. v. 247 Vahl.); Cic. Cael. 9, 20:

non per praestigias, sed palam,

id. Verr. 2, 4, 24, § 53:

non occulte sed palam,

id. ib. 2, 4, 22, §

49: palam... obscurius,

id. Ac. 2, 5, 13:

bestiae furtim fruuntur (frumento), domini palam et libere,

id. N. D. 2, 63, 157:

palam ante oculos omnium,

id. Verr. 2, 5, 26, § 65; Verg. A. 9, 153:

nec palam nec secreto,

Liv. 44, 34; cf. Tac. A. 2, 72:

palam... intus,

id. ib. 4, 1:

quod palam abnuerat inter secreta convivii largitur,

id. H. 2, 57, in late Lat.:

in palam,

Vulg. Sap. 14, 17; id. Luc. 8, 17. —

Transf.

Palam est or factum est, it is public, well known:

palam est res,

Plaut. Aul. 4, 9, 18:

haec commemoro quae sunt palam,

Cic. Pis. 5, 11:

palam ante oculos omnium esse,

id. Verr. 2, 5, 26, § 65:

palam factum est,

id. Att. 13, 21, 3:

hāc re palam factā,

Nep. Han. 7, 7; cf.:

palam facere suis, quo loco Eumenes esset,

id. ib. 11, 1:

hujus de morte ut palam factum est,

id. Dion. 10, 2; cf.:

cum exspirasset Tarquinius, celatā morte, suas opes firmavit: tum demum palam factum est, etc.,

Liv. 1, 41 fin.:

et nondum palam facto vivi mortuique,

id. 22, 55, 3:

cui palam facti parricidii obnoxius erat,

id. 40, 56, 3; so (euphemist.), ut de Claudio palam factum est, when the death of Claudius was announced:

cogitur Cato incumbens gladio simul de se ac de republicā palam facere,

Sen. Tranq. 16, 1:

idem nobis prophetae palam faciunt,

Lact. 7, 7, 13.—With subject-clause:

pisces audire palam est,

it is well known, Plin. 10, 70, 89, § 193:

dicere,

to say openly, Suet. Caes. 27:

palam ferente Hannibale ab se Minucium, se ab Fabio victum,

making no secret of it, Liv. 22, 29, 6.—

Prep., with abl., analogous to clam and coram, before, in the presence of one (not ante-Aug., and mostly poet.):

te palam,

Hor. Epod. 11, 19:

meque palam de me tuto male saepe loquuntur,

Ov. Tr. 5, 10, 39:

meque palam,

id. A. A. 2, 549:

Marte palam,

id. ib. 2, 569; Albin. 1, 444:

rem creditori palam populo solvit,

Liv. 6, 14, 5:

palam omnibus,

id. 25, 18:

palam senatu,

Aur. Vict. Caes. 5.

pōne, adv. and prep. [for posine, posne; cf. Gr. pumatos, the last, and v. post].

Adv., after, behind, back, = post, a tergo (opp. ante, before; rare and mostly poet.; by Quint., 8, 3, 25, considered as archaic; cf.

also: pone gravi sono antiqui utebantur pro loci significatione,

Fest. p. 249 Müll.; Plaut. Cas. 5, 1, 16):

(moveri) et ante et pone, ad laevam et ad dextram,

Cic. Univ. 13 fin.:

(remiges) Pone petunt, exim referunt ad pectora tonsas, Enn. ap. Fest. s. v. tonsam, p. 356 Müll. (Ann. v. 236 Vahl.): pone venire,

Prop. 3, 15, 30 (4, 14, 28):

pars cetera pontum Pone legit,

Verg. A. 2, 208:

pone subit conjux,

id. ib. 2, 725:

pone sequens,

id. ib. 10, 226; Sil. 8, 561:

respicere,

Val. Max. 1, 7, ext. 1.—With vorsum, behind, backwards: pone vorsum illac mare est, Cato ap. Charis. p. 191 P.; cf. infra fin. —

Prep. with acc., behind (mostly anteclass. and post-Aug.):

pone quos aut ante labantur,

Cic. Univ. 10 fin.:

pone me,

Plaut. Curc. 4, 2, 1; cf.:

pone nos recede,

id. Poen. 3, 2, 34:

pone aedem Castoris,

id. Curc. 4, 1, 20; id. Trin. 3, 2, 37:

pone castra,

Liv. 40, 30 fin.:

aedes Africani pone Veteres,

id. 44, 16, 10:

vinctae pone tergum manus,

Tac. H. 3, 85; so,

pone tergum insurgebat silva,

id. A. 2, 16; id. H. 2, 83; 3, 60; 4, 82:

comam pone verticem submittere,

Suet. Ner. 51; id. Tib 68; Val. Max. 1, 7, ext. 1; Sen. ad Marc. 9, 3; Just. 2, 7, 8.—With vorsus: postquam auspicaviatque exercitum adduxi pone vorsus castra hostium, Cato ap. Charis. p. 191 P.

post (form poste, Enn. An. 235; Plaut. Most. 1, 3, 131; id. Stich. 2, 2, 56), adv. and prep. [root pas-; Sanscr. pac-kas, behind; Gr. pumatos (for posmatos); Lat. pone, postremus].

Of place, behind, back, backwards (class.):

ante aut post,

Liv. 22, 5, 8:

servi, qui post erant,

Cic. Mil. 10, 29:

lacertis priora genua post curvantur,

backwards, Plin. 11, 45, 102, § 249: sed ubi periculum advenit, invidia atque superbia post fuere, remained behind, were forgotten, Sall. C. 23, 7:

post minor est,

i.e. shorter when seen from behind, Juv. 6, 504. —

Of time, afterwards, after: nunc et post semper, old poet in Plin. 35, 10, 37, § 115.—

Ante... post, Enn. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 20, 40 (Ann. v. 47 Vahl.):

post duobus mensibus,

Ter. Hec. 3, 3, 33:

initio... post autem,

Cic. Fam. 7, 5; id. Dom. 55, 140; Sall. J. 55, 8: duxi probum, erravi, post cognovi, Enn. ap. Auct. Her. 2, 24, 38 (Trag. v. 160 Vahl.):

multis post annis,

many years after, Cic. Fl. 23, 56:

paucis diebus post,

Plaut. Men. prol. 36:

multis annis post,

id. ib. 5, 9, 72:

biennio post,

Cic. Brut. 91, 316: quam te post multis tueor tempestatibus? after how long a time? Pac. ap. Non. 414, 3:

aliquanto post,

some time after, shortly after, Cic. Caecin. 4, 11:

post aliquanto,

id. Or. 30, 107:

paulo post valens,

a little later, id. Fam. 16, 5, 2:

post paulo,

soon after, Caes. B. C. 1, 29:

multo post quam,

long after, Cic. Att. 12, 49; cf. Liv. 24, 3, 14 Weissenb.:

post tanto,

so long after, Verg. G. 3, 476:

post non multo,

not long afterwards, Nep. Paus. 3, 1:

neque ita multo,

and not very long afterwards, id. Cim. 3, 4.—With inde, deinde, and afterwards, and then: et post inde, Enn. ap. Varr. L. L. 5, § 59 Müll. (Ann. v. 11 Vahl.):

inde pedes et crura mori, post inde per artus, etc.,

Lucr. 3, 529:

primum... post deinde,

Ter. And. 3, 2, 3; Nep. Eum. 5, 5.—

Prep. with acc., behind.

Of place: post me erat Aegina, ante Megara, Sulp. ap. Cic. Fam. 4, 5, 4; Plaut. Ep. 2, 2, 52:

post nostra castra,

Caes. B. G. 2, 9:

post tergum,

id. ib. 7, 88:

post carecta,

Verg. E. 3, 20:

post montem se occultare,

Caes. B. G. 7, 83:

post se alligare,

Plin. 26, 9, 58, § 91:

post equitem sedet atra cura,

Hor. C. 3, 1, 40.—

Trop., beneath, inferior to, less important than:

neque erat Lydia post Chloen,

Hor. C. 3, 9, 6:

tantus erat ambitionis furor, ut nemo tibi post te videatur, si aliquis ante te fuerit,

Sen. Ep. 104, 9:

ut sua necessaria post illius honorem haberent,

Sall. J. 73, 6; Plin. 33, 2, 8, § 34.—

Of time, after, since:

aliquot post menses,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 44, 128:

maxima post hominum memoriam classis,

since the memory of man, Nep. Them. 5, 3:

post M. Brutum proconsulem,

after the proconsulate, Cic. Phil. 2, 38, 97.—So with part. constr.:

post urbem conditam,

since the city was founded, Cic. Cat. 4, 7, 14:

post homines natos,

id. Brut. 62, 224; id. Mil. 26, 69:

sexennio post Veios captos,

after the taking of Veii, id. Div. 1, 44, 100 al. —Put after the noun:

hunc post,

Cic. Tusc. 2, 6, 15.—With quam:

decessit post annum quartum quam expulsus fuerat,

Nep. Arist. 3, 3; cf.:

post annum quintum, quo expulsus erat,

id. Cim. 3, 3: post id, post illa, after this, after that, afterwards:

post id cum lassus fueris,

Plaut. Cas. 1, 42: qui foret post illa natus, Enn. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 21, 42 (Trag. v. 67 Vahl.):

eum numquam post illa vidi,

Plaut. Curc. 4, 2, 43:

post illa,

Ter. Phorm. 2, 2, 33:

post haec deinde,

then after this, and next, Col. 3, 4:

post Hectora,

Ov. M. 12, 607.—

Transf., besides, except:

post sidera caeli sola Jovem Semele vidit,

Calp. Ecl. 10, 22.

prae, adv., and prep. with abl. [for prai, kindred with Sanscr. prefix pra-, before; Gr. pro, prin, prosô; cf.: pro, prior, porro, primus].

Adv., before, in front.

Lit. (ante-class.):

abi prae, Sosia, Jam ego sequar,

go before, go in advance, Plaut. Am. 1, 3, 45:

i prae, sequar,

Ter. And. 1, 1, 144; id. Eun. 5, 2, 69: i tu prae, virgo;

non queo, quod pone me est, servare,

Plaut. Curc. 4, 2, 1:

age, age nunc tu, i prae,

id. Pers. 4, 4, 56.—

Trop., as a particle of comparison, with ut, quam, or quod (also written in one word, praeut and praequam; cf. Wagner ad Plaut. Aul. 503), in comparison with, compared with (ante- and post-class. and colloq.):

parum etiam, praeut futurum est praedicas,

Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 218; id. Bacch. 4, 9, 5:

immo noster nunc quidem est de verbis, prae ut dudum fuit,

id. Men. 5, 5, 33; 2, 3, 25:

nihil hercle quidem hoc, Prae ut alia dicam,

id. Mil. 1, 1, 20; id. Merc. 2, 4, 2:

ludum dices fuisse, praeut hujus rabies quae dabit,

Ter. Eun. 2, 3, 9:

satin' parva res est voluptatum in vitā atque in aetate agundā, praequam quod molestum'st?

in comparison with the trouble, Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 2:

nihil hoc est, triginta minae, prae quam alios dapsilis sumptus facit,

id. Most. 4, 2, 62 Lorenz ad loc.:

jam minoris omnia facio prae quam quibus modis Me ludificatus est,

id. ib. 5, 2, 25:

sed hoc etiam pulcrum'st praequam sumptus ubi petunt,

id. Aul. 3, 5, 33; id. Merc. prol. 23:

quae etsi longioribus verbis comprehensa est praequam illud Graecum, etc.,

Gell. 16, 1, 3:

immo res omnis relictas habeo prae quod tu velis,

Plaut. Stich. 2, 2, 38.—

Prep. with abl. (with acc.:

prae cornua, prae litteras,

Petr. 39, 12; 46, 1), before, in front of, in advance of.

Lit.:

cavendum erit, ut (villa) a tergo potius quam prae se flumen habeat,

before it, Col. 1, 5, 4: limina alia prae aliis erant, App. de Mundo, p. 69, 22.—Esp. freq.: prae se ferre, agere, mittere, to bear, carry, drive, or send before one's self:

ille qui stillantem prae se pugionem tulit,

Cic. Phil. 2, 12, 30:

argenti prae se in aerarium tulit quattuordecim milia pondo,

Liv. 28, 38, 5:

prae se ferens Darium puerum,

Suet. Calig. 19:

prae se armentum agens,

Liv. 1, 7, 4:

singulos prae se inermes mittere,

Sall. J. 94, 2: prae manu, and, less freq., prae manibus, at hand, on hand (ante- and postclass.):

patri reddidi omne aurum, quod fuit prae manu,

Plaut. Bacch. 4, 3, 9; Ter. Ad. 5, 9, 23:

cum prae manu debitor (pecuniam) non haberet,

Dig. 13, 7, 27:

si Caesaris liber prae manibus est, promi jubeas,

Gell. 19, 8, 6:

aes si forte prae manu non fuerit,

App. M. 6, p. 180, 30.—

Trop.

In gen.: prae se ferre, less freq., prae se gerere, declarare, etc., prop. to carry before one's self. as if to show it; hence, to show, exhibit, manifest, reveal, make known, betray, discover, indicate (freq. and class.), Cic. Agr. 2, 2, 4:

fortasse ceteri tectiores: ego semper me didicisse, prae me tuli,

id. Or. 42, 146:

nec vero cum venit, prae se fert, aut qui sit aut unde veniat,

id. Rep. 2, 3, 6:

scelus et facinus prae se ferens et confitens,

id. Mil. 16, 43:

ceteris prae se fert et ostentat,

id. Att. 2, 23, 3:

beata vita glorianda et praedicanda et prae se ferenda est: nihil est enim aliud quod praedicandum et prae se ferendum sit,

id. Tusc. 5, 17, 50: conjecturam prae se gerere. id. Inv. 2, 9, 30:

animum altum et erectum prae se gerebat, Auct. B. Afr. 10: prae se declarant gaudia vultu,

Cat. 64, 34:

prae se maximam speciem ostentare,

App. Flor. p. 342, 10.—

In partic., in comparisons, in comparison with, compared with (mostly in comparisons which imply a contrast of kind; while praeter refers to a contrast of degree only: dives prae ceteris, in contrast with the others, who are poor: dives praeter ceteros, richer than the other rich ones; cf. Krebs, Antibarb. p. 894).

With positive adj. (class.; v. infra):

omnia prae meo commodo,

Ter. Ad. 2, 3, 9: omnium unguentum odor prae tuo nautea est, Plaut. Curc. 1, 2, 5; id. Men. 1, 2, 67:

Gallis prae magnitudine corporum suorum brevitas nostra contemptui est,

Caes. B. G. 2, 30:

prae divitiis,

Liv. 3, 26:

videbant omnes prae illo parvi futuros,

Nep. Eum. 10, 4; Cic. Agr. 2, 35, 96:

veros illos Atticos prae se paene agrestes putat,

id. Brut. 83, 286:

ab isto prae lucro praedāque nec vectigalium nec posteritatis habitam esse rationem,

id. Verr. 2, 3, 55, § 128:

non tu quidem vacuus molestiis, sed prae nobis beatus,

id. Fam. 4, 4, 2; Hor. Ep. 1, 11, 4:

(stultitia) prae ceteris parit immensas cupiditates,

Auct. Her. 2, 22, 34.—

So with comp. for quam (ante- and post-class.):

atque me minoris facio prae illo,

Plaut. Ep. 3, 4, 85:

id prae illo, quod honestum nobis est, fit plenius,

Gell. 1, 3, 25; Front. Ep. ad M. Caes. 1, 2; Hier. in Psa. 44, 3; Aug. c. Acad. 1, 22.—

In giving the cause, which, as it were, goes before, for, because of, by reason of, on account of (class. only of a hinderance; with an express or implied negation; or with vix, v. Zumpt, § 310): Ulixi cor frixit prae pavore, Liv. Andron. ap. Serv. Verg. A. 1, 92:

prae laetitiā lacrumae praesiliunt mihi,

Plaut. Stich. 3, 2, 13:

prae lassitudine opus est ut lavem,

id. Truc. 2, 3, 7; Ter. Heaut. 1, 1, 71:

prae gaudio ubi sim nescio,

id. ib. 2, 3, 67:

vivere non quit Prae macie,

Lucr. 4, 1167:

nec loqui prae maerore potuit,

Cic. Planc. 41, 99:

quorum ille nomen prae metu ferre non poterat,

id. Phil. 13, 9, 20:

solem prae jaculorum multitudine non videbitis,

id. Tusc. 1, 42, 101:

prae irā,

Liv. 31, 24 fin.:

vix sibimet ipsi prae nec opinato gaudio credentes,

id. 39, 49.—In composition, prae usually denotes,

Before: praedico, praebibo, praecaveo, etc.; so too, praeceps, headforemost, headlong. —In time: praecanus, gray before one's time. —

Enhancing the main idea, qs. in advance of others: praealtus, extremely high: praeclarus, very celebrated; praevalidus, very strong, etc.

praeter, adv. and prep. [prae, with the demonstrative suffix ter, as in inter, subter, propter], signifies motion by or past, and hence, also, beyond, or rest outside a thing.

Adv., past, by, beyond (cf. praeterquam), in the trop. sense; i. e.

Comparatively, before, beyond, above, more than (only ante-class.):

quae praeter sapiet quam placet parentibus,

Plaut. Pers. 3, 1, 38:

quod mihi videre Facere, et praeter quam res te adhortatur tua,

Ter. Heaut. 1, 1, 8.—

Exceptionally, except, excepting, unless, save (class. but rare):

etiam e Graecis ipsis diligenter cavendae sunt quaedam familiaritates, praeter hominum perpaucorum,

Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 5, § 16:

ne quis praeter armatus violaretur,

Liv. 4, 59, 7 Weissenb. ad loc.:

diem statuit, ante quam liceret sine fraude ab armis discedere, praeter rerum capitalium damnatis,

Sall. C. 36, 2:

religionum usquequaque contemptor, praeter unius deae Syriae,

Suet. Ner. 56; id. Claud. 4 fin.: exsules, praeter caedis damnati, restituebantur, [p. 1434] Just. 13, 5, 2:

praeter hodie,

Vulg. Gen. 21, 26:

nil praeter salices cassaque canna fuit,

Ov. F. 6, 406:

uti pueri in curiam ne introeant, praeter ille unus Papirius,

Gell. 1, 23, 13.—In connection with the particles si, quod, que:

praeter si aliter nequeas,

unless, Varr. R. R. 1, 41 fin.:

praeter quod epulis alienis voluptates meas anteferrem, etc.,

besides that, App. M. 2, p. 122:

montes in Arcadiā Cyllene, Lycaeus... praeterque ignobiles octo,

and besides, and also, Plin. 4, 6, 10, § 21:

praeterque,

id. 5, 1, 1, § 16; 8, 42, 67, § 166; 9, 39, 64, § 138; 11, 4, 3, § 10. —For praeter quam and praeter propter, v. praeterquam and praeterpropter.—

Prep. with acc., past, by, before, in front of, along.

Lit., of place (rare but class.):

mustela murem mihi abstulit praeter pedes,

Plaut. Stich. 3, 2, 7:

magni montes solem succedere praeter,

Lucr. 4, 139:

praeter castra Caesaris suas copias transduxit,

Caes. B. G. 1, 48:

servi ejus praeter oculos Lollii haec omnia ferebant,

before the eyes of, Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 25, § 62:

Ligures praeter oram Etrusci maris Neapolim transmisit,

Liv. 40, 41:

praeter radices montis lapsus amnis,

Plin. 6, 3, 4, § 10:

praeter ora suorum,

Tac. H. 4, 30:

tela volant... Praeter utrumque latus praeterque et lumen et aures,

Ov. M. 5, 158:

praeter majorum cineres rapitur Lateranus,

Juv. 8, 146.—

Trop.

In gen., over, beyond; against, contrary to, aside from:

nihil praeter rem locuti sumus,

beside the matter, irrelevant, Auct. Her. 4, 1, 1:

praeter aetatem stultus,

Plaut. Ep. 1, 2, 3:

praeter aequom delinquere,

id. Bacch. 3, 3, 14:

multa praeter spem evenisse,

id. Rud. 2, 3, 69; cf.:

quor sedebas in foro Tu solus praeter alios,

apart from, id. Ps. 3, 2, 13:

praeter naturam praeterque fatum,

Cic. Phil. 1, 4, 10:

praeter consuetudinem,

id. Div. 2, 28, 60:

cum lacus Albanus praeter modum crevisset,

id. ib. 1, 44, 100:

quod mihi videre praeter aetatem tuam Facere,

Ter. Heaut. 1, 1, 7.—

In partic.

Comparatively, of that which goes beyond something else, beyond, above, more than; esp.:

praeter ceteros, alios, omnes, etc.: illud praeter alia mira miror,

Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 140:

praeter ceteros laborabis,

Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 15, § 43; id. Sull. 3, 7:

quae me igitur res praeter ceteros impulit, ut, etc.,

id. Rosc. Am. 1, 2:

necesse est quod mihi consuli praecipuum fuit praeter alios, id jam privato cum ceteris esse commune,

id. Sull. 3, 9:

ut Argonautas praeter omnes candidum Medea mirata est ducem,

Hor. Epod. 3, 9; Ter. And. 1, 1, 31.—With neg.:

nonne ostendis te vereri, quod praeter ceteros tu metuere non debeas,

less than the rest, Cic. Rosc. Am. 50, 145.—

Of that besides which there is something else in addition, besides, together with, in addition to:

ut praeter se denos ad colloquium adducerent,

Caes. B. G. 1, 43:

praeter imperatas pecunias,

id. B. C. 3, 32:

ut praeter auctoritatem vires quoque haberet,

id. ib. 3, 57:

praeter illud commodum, quod, etc., tum etiam, etc.,

Col. 4, 18.—

Exceptionally, besides, except:

nec nobis praeter me alius est servos,

Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 244:

hoc nemini praeter me videtur,

Cic. Att. 1, 1, 2:

omnibus sententiis praeter unam condemnatus est,

id. Clu. 20, 55:

neque vestitus, praeter pelles habeant,

Caes. B. G. 4, 1:

frumentum omne, praeter quod secum portaturi erant, comburunt,

id. ib. 1, 5:

nullas (litteras) acceperam praeter quae mihi binae redditae sunt, etc.,

Cic. Att. 5, 3, 2:

ex plurimis honoribus, praeter paucos non recepit,

Suet. Tib. 26.—

Praeter haec, for praeterea, besides that, besides, moreover (ante- and postclass.), Ter. Ad. 5, 3, 61; Cels. 2, 4.

g. praeterducere, praetermittere, praeterea.

prŏpe, adv. and prep. [pro and demonstr suff. -pe (cf.: nempe, quippe), = Sanscr. -pa].

Adv. ( comp. propius, and sup. proxime, v. under propior), near, nigh (class.).

Lit., in space:

quaenam vox mihi prope hic sonat? Quis hic loquitur prope?

Plaut. Rud. 1, 4, 10:

prope ad aliquem adire,

id. Cas. 3, 5, 32:

aedes accedere,

id. Most. 2, 2, 16:

prope alicubi esse,

Cic. Fam. 9, 7, 1:

intueri aliquid (opp. procul),

id. Sen. 14, 48.—

With ab, near to, near by, hard by:

bellum tam prope a Siciliā,

Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 2, § 6:

prope a meis aedibus,

id. Pis. 11, 26:

prope ab domo detineri,

id. Verr. 2, 2, 3, § 6.—So, comp.:

stellae, aliae propius a terris, etc.,

Cic. N. D. 1, 31, 87:

propius visere mala reipublicae,

Tac. A. 6, 26.—

Transf.

In time, near, not far off: partus instabat prope, was near at hand, Ter Ad. 3, 2, 9.—Esp. with quando, cum, ut, the time is near or not far off, when, etc.:

prope est, quando herus pretium exsolvet,

Plaut. Men. 5, 6, 25:

prope adest, quom alieno more vivendum est mihi,

Ter. And. 1, 1, 125:

partitudo prope adest, ut fiat palam,

Plaut. Aul. 2, 3, 9; Flor. 3, 17, 2:

nox prope diremit colloquium,

i. e. the approach of night, Liv. 34, 33, 3; cf. id. 32, 28, 7; 5, 16, 5.—

In degree, nearly, almost, about (cf.:

pene, ferme, fere): ejus filiam ille amare coepit perdite, Prope jam ut pro uxore haberet,

Ter. Heaut. 1, 1, 45; Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 4, § 10:

prope funeratus Arboris ictu,

Hor. C. 3, 8, 7:

prope firmissima earum regionum civitas,

Caes. B. G. 5, 20:

annos prope nonaginta natus,

Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 25, § 62:

prope desperatis rebus,

id. Fam. 7, 28, 1:

sic prope oneratum est sinistrum cornu, ni, etc.,

Liv. 2, 65, 4; cf. id. 40, 32:

prope est factum ut exirent,

id. 25, 21:

prope est ut aliquid fiat,

something must be done, Dig. 35, 1, 67:

prope perditae res,

Liv. 5, 46, 7:

Fidenae prope saepius captae, quam, etc.,

id. 4, 32, 2:

prope desertum oppidum,

id. 4, 51, 8.—After the word it qualifies:

biennium prope,

Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 25, § 62:

princeps prope Stoicorum,

id. Ac. 2, 33, 107:

eisdem prope verbis,

id. Leg. 2, 25, 64: his prope verbis id. Fin. 4, 6, 15: cursu prope Chalcidem contendit, Liv. 31, 24, 2:

admirabilior prope,

id. 22, 37, 3:

omnes prope,

id. 1, 14, 4; 23, 49, 14; 30, 30, 8.— Comp.:

propius nihil est factum, quam ut, etc.,

Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 2, 5, § 15:

neque quidquam propius est factum, quam ut, etc.,

id. Clu. 21, 59.—

Trop., comp. propius, with inspicio, considero, nosco, etc., more closely, better (post - Aug.):

qualis esset ejus (mortis) velut propius inspectae natura,

Sen. Ep. 30, 8:

propius inspicere aliquem,

id. ib. 5, 6:

dixit futurum ut diviti displiceret propius inspectus,

id. Contr. 2, 9, 21, B.; 4, 15, 3;

10, 95, 1: quam (lancem) cum Agamemnon propius consideraret,

Petr. 1, 50:

propius noscendum,

Plin. Ep. 6, 16, 7; cf. penitus.—

Prep. with acc.

Lit., in space, near, near by, hard by:

prope oppidum,

Caes. B. G. 7, 36:

prope hostium castra,

id. ib. 1, 22:

prope amnem,

Verg. A. 8, 597:

non modo prope me, sed plane mecum habitare,

Cic. Fam. 7, 23, 4:

sedens prope limina tecti,

Ov. F. 1, 137.—

Transf.

In time, nigh, towards, about:

prope lucem,

towards daybreak, Suet. Claud. 44.—

Of abstract proximity, near to, almost to, not far from:

prope metum res fuerat,

Liv. 1, 25 fin.:

prope seditionem ventum est,

Tac. H. 3, 21; Dig. 17, 1, 29.

propter, adv. and prep. [contr. for propiter, from prope; cf.: inter, subter].

Adv., near, hard by, at hand (syn.: prope, juxta;

rare but class.). serito in loco, ubi aqua propter siet,

Cato, R. R. 151, 2:

ibi angiportum propter est,

Ter. Ad. 4, 2, 37:

propter dormire,

id. Eun. 2, 3, 77:

araque Panchaeos exhalat propter odores,

Lucr. 2, 417:

propter est spelunca,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 48, § 107 (al. prope):

vident unum virum esse... et eum propter esse,

id. Imp. Pomp. 5, 13:

cum duo reges propter assint,

id. ib. 6, 16:

(caules) si propter sati sunt,

id. N. D. 2, 47, 120:

duo filii propter cubantes,

id. Rosc. Am. 23, 64; id. Inv. 2, 4, 14:

adulescentia voluptates propter intuens,

id. Sen. 14, 48; id. ap. Non. 367, 25:

cornix propter volans,

Phaedr. 2, 6, 7: praeter propter, v praeter. —

Prep. with acc., near, hard by, close to (syn.: prope, juxta, ad).

Lit., of place (rare but class.);

stat propter virum fortem,

Plaut. Mil. 1, 1, 9; id. Curc. 4, 1, 14; id. Rud. prol. 33: partem cohortium propter mare collocat, Sisenn ap. Non. 367, 32:

hic propter hunc assiste,

Ter. Ad. 2, 1, 15: propter eam porticum situm erat dolium, Varr ap. Non. 367, 31:

propter Platonis statuam consedimus,

Cic. Brut. 6, 25:

propter aliquem assidere,

id. Rep. 1, 11, 17 (cited ap. Non. 367, 28):

insulae propter Siciliam,

id. N. D. 3, 22, 55:

propter aquae rivum,

Lucr. 2, 30; Verg. E. 8, 87.—Following its case:

viam propter,

Tac. A. 15, 47:

hostem propter,

id. ib. 4, 48.—

Trop., in stating a cause.

On account of, by reason of, from, for, because of (syn. ob;

the predom. signif. of the word): parere legibus propter metum,

Cic. Par. 5, 1, 34; cf.:

propter metum poenae,

id. Sest. 46, 99:

propter eam ipsam causam,

id. de Or. 1, 16, 72:

propter frigora frumenta in agris matura non erant,

Caes. B. G. 1, 16:

propter humanitatem,

Cic. Att. 7, 5, 2:

is propter morbum exire non potuit,

Auct. Her. 1, 11, 19:

excusato languore faucium propter quem non adesset,

Suet. Ner. 41; id. Aug. 8; Sall. J. 23, 1: bidentes propter viam facere, to sacrifice on account of a journey, Laber, ap. Non. 53, 26; cf.:

propter viam fit sacrificium quod est proficiscendi gratiā, Herculi aut Sanco,

Fest. p. 229 Müll.; Plaut. Rud. 1, 2, 62:

propter injuriam,

to avoid injury, Pall. 12, 13:

propter hoc, propter quod,

on that account, for which reason, Varr. R. R. 3, 16, 14; Col. 1, 6, 18: propter me, te, etc., on my, thy account, etc., as far as I ( you, etc.) are concerned, = mea causā, or per me:

egon propter me illam decipi miseram sinam?

Ter. And. 1, 5, 36; id. Eun. 4, 6, 6:

non est aequom me propter vos decipi,

id. Phorm. 5, 7, 34:

di numquam propter me de caelo descendent,

Liv. 6, 18, 9.—

Through, by means of (rare).

Referring to persons in whom lies the cause of a thing:

te propter tuam Matrem non posse habere hanc uxorem domi,

Ter. Hec. 4, 4, 55:

propter quos vivit,

through whom he lives, to whom he owes life, Cic. Mil. 22, 58:

lugere eum, propter quem ceteri laetarentur,

id. ib. 30, 81; 34, 93.—

To things by means of which any thing takes place:

quid enim refert, utrum propter oves, an propter aves fructus capias?

Varr. R. R. 3, 2, 11.—

Placed after its case: quod propter studi, um cum rem neglegere familiarem videretur,

Cic. Sen. 7, 22; id. Pis. 7, 15; id. Att. 10, 4, 1 al.:

suctum propter lactis,

Plin. 10, 40, 56, § 115:

quam propter tantos potui perferre labores,

Verg. A. 12, 177.

sē, pron. reflex., v. sui.

sē ( sēd).

Prep., v. sine init. —

For sine, without; e. g. securus (= sine curā).—

Aside, by itself; as sepono, to lay aside. —

sē = semi, half; as selibra, semodius.—

sē = sex; as semestris.

sĕcundum, adv. and prep. [sequor].

After, behind: Am. Age, i ut secundum. So. Sequor, subsequor te, Plaut. Am. 2, 1, 1.—

Afterwards, in the next place, secondly (so very rare): animadvertendum primum, quibus de causis constituerint paces; secundum, quā fide eas coluerint, Varr. ap. Non. 149, 15 (but secundum is a false reading for iterum in Liv. 7, 3, 3; 6, 18, 1).—

Prep. with acc.

Prop.

In space.

Following after, i.e. after, behind (ante-class.):

ite hac secundum vos me,

Plaut. Stich. 3, 1, 45:

nos secundum ferre haec,

after us, behind us, id. Mil. 4, 8, 39: secundum ipsam aram aurum abscondidi, id. Fragm. ap. Prisc. p. 890 P.—

Following an extension in space, i. e. by, along (class.):

cum leno secundum parietem transversus iret,

Varr. L. L. 7, § 81 Müll.:

quae (legiones) iter secundum mare superum faciunt,

Cic. Att. 16, 8, 2:

sex legiones ad oppidum Gergoviam secundum flumen Elaver duxit,

Caes. B. G. 7, 34:

quid illuc est hominum secundum litus?

Plaut. Rud. 1, 2, 61:

hoc genus saepes fieri secundum vias publicas solent et secundum amnes,

Varr. R. R. 1, 14, 3: secundum flumen, [p. 1655] Caes. B. G. 2, 18 fin.; cf.:

castra secundum mare haberet,

id. B. C. 3, 65 fin.: vulnus accepit in capite secundum aurem, Sulp. ap. Cic. Fam. 4, 12, 2:

centaurium secundum fontes nascitur,

Plin. 25, 6, 31, § 68.—

In time, succession, rank, value, etc., immediately after, after, next to (class.):

secundum vindemiam, ubi vites ablaqueantur,

Cato, R. R. 114, 1:

secundum ludos,

Plaut. Cas. prol. 28; cf.:

tua ratio est, ut secundum binos ludos mihi respondere incipias: mea, ut ante primos ludos comperendinem,

Cic. Verr. 1, 11, 34; so,

comitia,

id. Att. 3, 12, 1:

hunc diem,

id. de Or. 1, 62, 264:

aequinoctium vernum,

Plin. 19, 8, 42, § 147:

proelium,

Liv. 8, 10, 9:

quietem,

after going to sleep, while asleep, in a dream, Cic. Div. 1, 24, 48; so id. ib. 2, 61, 126; Suet. Aug. 94; Petr. 104:

secundum patrem tu es pater proximus,

Plaut. Capt. 2, 1, 42; cf.:

proxime et secundum deos homines hominibus maxime utiles esse possunt,

Cic. Off. 2, 3, 11:

ille mihi secundum te et liberos nostros ita est, ut sit paene par,

id. Q. Fr. 3, 1, 5, § 18:

secundum te nihil est mihi amicius solitudine,

id. Att. 12, 15:

qui secundum deos nomen Romanum veneretur,

Liv. 36, 17 fin.:

in actione secundum vocem vultus valet,

Cic. de Or. 3, 59, 223; id. Or. 18, 60:

secundum ea quaero, servarisne, etc.,

id. Vatin. 6, 15; so,

secundum ea,

Caes. B. G. 1, 33; cf. (with preceding maxime) Sall. J. 14, 3 Fabri ad loc.—

Fig.

Agreeably to, in accordance with, according to (class.):

tigna prona et fastigata, ut secundum naturam fluminis procumberent,

Caes. B. G. 4, 17; cf.:

secundum naturam vivere,

Cic. Fin. 5, 9, 26; and:

facilius esse secundum naturam, quam contra eam, vivere,

Quint. 12, 11, 13:

collaudavi secundum facta et virtutes tuas,

Ter. Eun. 5, 8, 60:

duumviros secundum legem facio,

Liv. 1, 26, 5; so,

legem,

Quint. 5, 13, 7; 12, 7, 9:

rationem,

id. 11, 3, 45:

secundum consuetudinem praedatum ire,

Front. Strat. 2, 12, 2.—

Pregn., according to the will of, in favor of, to the advantage of:

nuntiat populo, pontifices secundum se decrevisse...multa secundum causam nostram disputavit,

Cic. Att. 4, 2, 3 sq.:

de absente secundum praesentem judicare,

id. Verr. 2, 2, 17, § 41:

secundum eam (partem) litem judices dare,

Liv. 23, 4:

rei, quae undique secundum nos sit,

Quint. 3, 8, 34:

post principia belli secundum Flavianos,

Tac. H. 3, 7.

subter (also supter), adv. and prep. [sub].

Adv., below, beneath, underneath: navem in fugam transdunt subter saxa, Att. ap. Non. 155, 8 (Trag. Rel. v. 630 Rib.):

terram fac ut esse rearis Subter item, ut supera,

Lucr. 6, 537:

partim quod supter per terras diditur omnis,

id. 5, 268:

aliam naturam supter habere,

id. 5, 536:

omnia haec, quae supra et subter, unum esse,

Cic. de Or. 3, 5, 20;

id. poët. N. D. 2, 42, 106: anulus subter adhaerens,

Lucr. 6, 914:

oculum subter premere,

id. 4, 447:

subter mediam fere regionem sol obtinet,

Cic. Rep. 6, 17, 17.— Comp.:

subterius (opp. superius),

Isid. 16, 8, 4.—

Prep. with acc. and abl., below, beneath, underneath, under (rare but class.).

With acc.:

cupiditatem subter praecordia locavit,

Cic. Tusc. 1, 10, 20; cf. id. ib. 5, 1, 4:

subter pineta,

Prop. 2, 34 (3, 32), 67:

subter fastigia tecti,

Verg. A. 8, 366:

agere vias subter mare,

id. ib. 3, 695:

subter imas cavernas,

Ov. M. 5, 502:

manu subter togam exserta,

Liv. 8, 9:

super subterque terram pugnare,

id. 39, 4: subter murum hostium ad cohortes advehitur, underneath, i. e. close to the walls, id. 34, 20:

latitudo Italiae subter radices (Alpium),

Plin. 3, 19, 23, § 132; Stat. Th. 12, 711; Petr. 98.—

With abl.:

Rhoeteo subter litore,

Cat. 65, 7:

subter densā testudine,

Verg. A. 9, 514.—

In composition, subter, like sub, denotes underneath, beneath: subteractus, subterfluo, etc.; and also, transf., secretly, privately, clandestinely: subterduco, subterfugio. It is sometimes doubtful whether subter forms a compound with a verb, or is an adverb qualifying it.

sŭper, adj., v. superus.

sŭper, adv. and prep. [Sanscr. upari; Gr. huper; Goth. ufar], above, over (often confounded in MSS. and edd. with supra, q. v.).

Adv., above, on top, thereupon, upon, etc. (rare but class.).

Lit., of place:

Anien infraque superque Saxeus,

Stat. S. 1, 3, 20:

eo super tigna bipedalia, iniciunt,

Caes. B. C. 2, 10:

haec super e vallo prospectant Troes,

Verg. A. 9, 168: implenturque super puppes, from above, i. e. by rain, id. ib. 5, 697:

purpureas super vestes... Coniciunt,

id. ib. 6, 221; cf. id. ib. 6, 217:

renes tunicis super conteguntur,

Cels. 3, 1 med.:

imponendum super medicamentum,

id. 6, 19 med. —

Transf.

Of that which is over and above in number or quantity, over, moreover, besides:

satis superque esse sibi suarum cuique rerum,

enough and to spare, more than enough, Cic. Lael. 13, 45:

satis superque prudentes,

id. Har. Resp. 9, 18:

contra Epicurum satis superque dictum est,

id. N. D. 2, 1, 2:

ut satis superque vixisse videamur,

id. Tusc. 1, 45, 110; Hor. Epod. 1, 31; Liv. 3, 53:

quidque furor valeat, satisque Ac super ostendit,

Ov. M. 4, 430:

poenas dedit usque superque Quam satis est,

Hor. S. 1, 2, 65: cui neque apud Danaos usquam locus;

et super ipsi Dardanidae infensi, etc.,

and moreover, and besides, Verg. A. 2, 71:

saevit amor ferri... Ira super,

id. ib. 7, 462:

super talis effundit pectore voces,

id. ib. 5, 482; 11, 670: voto deus aequoris alti Annuerat;

dederatque super, ne saucius ullis Vulneribus fieri posset,

Ov. M. 12, 206; 4, 751; 15, 308; Hor. S. 2, 7, 78; id. Ep. 2, 2, 33; Phaedr. 4, 24, 18:

annum agens aetatis sexagensimum ac nonum, superque mensem ac diem septimum,

Suet. Vesp. 24.— With gen. part.:

non operae est satis superque oneris sustinenti res a populo Romano gestas scribere,

Liv. 41, 25, 8:

primoribus, super quam quod dissenserant a consilio, territis etiam duplici prodigio,

besides that, Liv. 22, 3, 14; so,

super quam quod,

id. 27, 20, 10.—

Less freq. of that which is left over, over, left, remaining:

Atheniensibus exhaustis praeter arma et naves nihil erat super,

Nep. Alcib. 8, 1; cf.:

nec spes ulla super,

Val. Fl. 8, 435:

quid super sanguinis, qui dari pro republicā possit? rogitantes,

Liv. 4, 58, 13:

super tibi erunt, qui dicere laudes tuas cupiant,

Verg. E. 6, 6:

o mihi sola mei super Astyanactis imago,

id. A. 3, 489.

Prep. with acc. and abl., over, above, on the top of, upon, on.

With acc.

Lit., of place or situation:

super terrae tumulum noluit quid statui, nisi columellam,

Cic. Leg. 2, 26, 66:

super lateres coria inducuntur,

Caes. B. C. 2, 10; cf. id. ib. 2, 10, §

4: super quas (naves) turrim ad introitum opposuit,

id. ib. 3, 39 Dinter (al. quā):

super vallum praecipitari,

Sall. J. 58, 6; cf.:

cum alii super aliorum capita ruerent,

Liv. 24, 39, 5:

super caput hostium pervenire,

id. 32, 11, 8:

aqua super montium juga concreta,

id. 21, 58, 8:

domos super se ipsos concremaverunt,

id. 21, 14, 4:

cenaculum super aedes datum est,

id. 39, 14, 2:

ad senaculum ac super id curiam,

id. 41, 27, 7:

equi super eum ruentis,

id. 39, 49, 3:

super eam (aspidem) assidere,

Cic. Fin. 2, 18, 59:

super theatrum consistere,

Liv. 24, 39, 1:

aquila super carpentum volitans,

id. 1, 34, 8:

illa super terram defecto poplite labens,

Ov. M. 13, 477:

collis erat, collemque super planissima Area,

id. ib. 10, 86:

ut scopulum super duram illidat corticem,

Phaedr. 2, 6, 11:

clatri super aquam emineant,

Col. 8, 17, 10:

super arcem pensiles horti sunt,

Curt. 5, 1, 32:

vestis super genua est,

id. 5, 6, 18:

super pulpitum consulares conlocare,

Suet. Calig. 54.—

Of position or distance, above, beyond: Nomentanus erat super ipsum, Porcius infra, was above him (at table), Hor. S. 2, 8, 23:

Polypercon, qui cubabat super regem,

Curt. 8, 5, 22:

super se collocavit,

Suet. Aug. 43.—Of geographical situation:

super Numidiam Gaetulos accepimus,

beyond Numidia, Sall. J. 19, 5:

super et Garamantas et Indos Proferet imperium,

Verg. A. 6, 795:

super Sunium navigans,

Liv. 28, 8, 11:

sita est super Ambracium sinum,

id. 43, 21, 6:

super Demetriadem promunturium,

id. 31, 46, 7; 43, 21, 6:

qui super Bosporum colunt,

Curt. 6, 2, 13; 7, 6, 12; 8, 1, 7:

Lydia super Ioniam procedit,

extends beyond, Plin. 5, 29, 30, § 110.—Of official position ( = supra):

super armamentarium positus,

Curt. 6, 7, 22; Scrib. Comp. 162.—

Transf.

Of time, during, at (postAug.):

de hujus nequitiā omnes super cenam loquebantur,

Plin. Ep. 4, 22, 6; 3, 5, 11; 9, 33, 1; cf.:

super vinum et epulas,

Curt. 8, 4, 30; 8, 12, 17; Suet. Aug. 77; id. Caes. 87:

super mensam,

Curt. 7, 4, 7:

super hos divum honores,

i. e. during the sacrifice, Stat. Th. 1, 676; Flor. 4, 2, 69.—

Of that which is over and above a certain number or quantity, over, above, beyond, upon, besides, in addition to (not freq. till after the Aug. period):

quod alii super alios legati venirent speculaturi,

i. e. in rapid succession, constantly, Liv. 42, 25, 8: vox non paene tragoedorum sed super omnes tragoedos, [p. 1804] Quint. 12, 5, 5:

super modum ac paene naturam,

id. 11, 3, 169:

super necessitatem,

id. 9, 3, 46:

famosissima super ceteras fuit cena ei data adventicia,

Suet. Vit. 13:

super veteres amicos,

id. Tib. 55.—With numerals:

super tris modios,

Liv. 23, 12, 1:

super LX. milia,

Tac. G. 33:

super octingentos annos,

id. A. 13, 58:

super quadraginta reos,

Suet. Calig. 38:

super HS. millies,

id. Caes. 26; id. Ner. 30:

senioribus super sexaginta annos in Epirum missis,

Liv. 26, 25, 11; cf.:

super triginta ducibus triumphos decernendos curavit,

Suet. Aug. 38:

Punicum exercitum super morbum etiam fames affecit,

Liv. 28, 46, 15:

super tam evidentem tristis ominis eventum, etiam, etc.,

id. 41, 18, 14:

super dotem haec tibi dona accedent,

id. 26, 50, 12; 2, 51, 2:

super solitos honores,

id. 2, 31, 3:

super vota fluere,

beyond all wishes, Tac. H. 3, 48:

super obscena dicta et petulans jurgium,

Phaedr. 3, 11, 2:

dare savia super savia,

kisses upon kisses, Plaut. Ps. 4, 1, 38:

alii super alios trucidentur,

Liv. 1, 50, 6:

vulnus super vulnus,

id. 22, 54, 9:

ut habitationes super pretium libertatis praestarentur,

Dig. 18, 6, 19.—Esp. freq.: super omnia, above all, before all (in Plin. the elder, super omnia and super omnes always at the beginning of the phrase; v. Sillig ad Plin. 33, 3, 19, § 62):

talia carminibus celebrant: super omnia Caci Speluncam adiciunt,

Verg. A. 8, 303:

aetas et forma et super omnia Romanum nomen,

Liv. 31, 18, 3; Plin. 36, 15, 24, § 118; Quint. 12, 9, 12; Ov. M. 6, 526; 8, 677; so,

tu super omnes beatus,

Plin. Ep. 7, 13, 2; Suet. Vit. 13; Quint. 12, 5, 5.—

Hence, transf., in gen., for plus quam, amplius quam, more than (late Lat.):

qui amat filium aut filiam super me,

Vulg. Matt. 10, 37; cf.:

dulciora sunt super mel et favum,

id. Psa. 18, 11.—

With abl.

Lit., of place or situation (rare and mostly poet.):

regulae, quae lateres, qui super musculo struantur, contineant,

Caes. B. C. 2, 10:

ensis cui super Cervice pendet,

Hor. C. 3, 1, 17:

ligna super foco Large reponens,

id. ib. 1, 9, 5:

parumne campis atque Neptuno super Fusum est Latini sanguinis,

id. Epod. 7, 3:

super Pindo,

id. C. 1, 12, 6:

requiescere Fronde super viridi,

Verg. E. 1, 81. —

Transf.

Of time (cf. supra, A. 2. a.), during, in:

nocte super mediā,

Verg. A. 9, 61; cf.:

Centaurea cum Lapithis rixa super mero Debellata,

Hor. C. 1, 18, 8.—

For the usual de, to indicate respect, reference, upon, about, concerning, respecting (freq. in the ante-class. and after the Aug. period; in Cic. only a few times in his letters; not in Cæs.): nemo antea fecit super tali re cum hoc magistratu utique rem, Cato ap. Fest. s. v. superescit, p. 305 Müll.; so Pac. ib.; Plaut. Am. prol. 58; id. Most. 3, 2, 39:

hac super re scribam ad te Rhegio,

Cic. Att. 16, 6, 1:

sed hac super re nimis (sc. dixi),

id. ib. 10, 8, 10:

litteras super tantā re exspectare,

Liv. 26, 15, 5:

cura super tali re principum laudata est,

id. 40, 46, 15:

multus eā super re rumor,

Tac. A. 11, 23:

quid nuntias super anu?

Plaut. Cist. 4, 1, 8:

super Euclionis filia,

id. Aul. 4, 7, 2:

super ancillā,

id. Cas. 2, 3, 36:

super amicā,

id. Bacch. 2, 3, 133; 3, 6, 33; 4, 2, 25:

quid agendum nobis sit super legatione votivā,

Cic. Att. 14, 22, 2:

super tali causā missi,

Nep. Paus. 4:

legare super familia pecuniave sua,

Auct. Her. 1, 13, 23:

super tali causā,

Nep. Paus. 4, 1:

multa super Priamo rogitans, super Hectore multa,

Verg. A. 1, 750; 4, 233:

super arvorum cultu,

id. G. 4, 559:

mitte civiles super Urbe curas,

Hor. C. 3, 8, 17:

publicus ludus super impetrato Augusti reditu,

id. ib. 4, 2, 42:

decreta super jugandis Feminis,

id. C. S. 18:

consultant bello super,

Sil. 2, 271; 5, 615:

ne super tali scelere suspectum sese haberet,

Sall. J. 71, 5:

super adimendā vitā,

Amm. 14, 7, 12.—

Over and above, besides, beyond (very rare):

modus agri... hortus... fons... Et paulum silvae super his,

Hor. S. 2, 6, 3:

excogitatum est super his, ut, etc.,

Amm. 14, 1, 6; Sil. 1, 60.

► In composition, super denotes,

Above, over, of place: supercerno, supercresco, superdo, superemineo, superemorior, superferc, superfluo, superfugio, superfundo, supergredior, superjacio, superimpono, superincumbo, superinduco, supernato, superpono, supersedeo, supersterno, supersto, supervehor, supervenio, etc.—

Less freq., over and above, besides, in addition: superaddo, superbibo, supersum, superstes, superfio.

sū̆prā (orig. form sŭpĕrā, Lucr. 1, 429; 4, 672; 5, 1407; Cic. poët. N. D. 2, 42, 106; cf. Prisc. pp. 980 and 1001 P.), adv. and prep. [superus].

Adv., on the upper side, on the top, above.

Lit., of place:

omnia haec, quae supra et subter, unum esse dixerunt,

Cic. de Or. 3, 5, 20:

partes eae, quae sunt infra quam id, quod devoratur, dilatantur, quae autem supra, contrahuntur,

id. N. D. 2, 54, 135:

magno numero jumentorum in flumine supra atquo infra constituto,

Caes. B. C. 1, 64; and:

et mare, quod supra, teneant, quodque alluit infra,

Verg. A. 8, 149:

oleum supra siet,

Cato, R. R. 119; 101:

cotem illam et novaculam defossam in comitio supraque impositum puteal accepimus,

Cic. Div. 1, 17, 33:

toto vertice supra est,

i. e. is taller, Verg. A. 11, 683: ut letata corpora vidit Victoremque supra hostem, i. e. lying or stretched over them, Ov. M. 3, 56; cf.:

stupet inscia supra,

Verg. A. 7, 381.— Comp.:

alia superius rapiuntur,

upward, on high, Sen. Q. N. 5, 8, 3: piscina superius construenda, Pall. 1, 34, 2 (opp. subterius, Isid. 16, 8, 4).—

Trop.

Of time, before, formerly, previously (esp. of any thing previously said or written):

quae supra scripta est,

Cato, R. R. 157, 2:

quod jam supra tibi ostendimus,

Lucr. 1, 429:

quae supra dixi,

Cic. de Or. 3, 55, 208:

quae supra scripsi,

id. Fam. 6, 10, 2:

quem supra deformavi,

id. Caecin. 5, 14:

uti supra demonstravimus,

Caes. B. G. 2, 1:

ut supra dixi,

Cic. Rep. 2, 4, 9; id. Lael. 4, 15; 14, 48:

ut supra scripsi,

Plin. Ep. 6, 27, 5:

de quo (filio) commemoravi supra,

Nep. Dion, 6, 2:

supra repetere,

farther back, from past times, Sall. C. 5, 9; id. J. 5, 3; Tac. A. 16, 18.— Comp.:

quantum valerent inter homines litterae, Dixi superius,

before, farther back, Phaedr. 4, 23, 2: ut superius demonstravimus, Auct. B. Hisp. 28, 4; 34, 5.—

Of number or measure, beyond, over, more:

supra adjecit Aeschrio,

offered higher, more, Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 33, § 77:

amor tantus ut nihil supra possit,

id. Fam. 14, 1, 4:

ita accurate, ut nihil posset supra,

id. Att. 13, 19, 3:

nihil pote supra,

Ter. Ad. 2, 3, 11:

voltu Adeo modesto, ut nihil supra,

id. And. 1, 1, 93; id. Eun. 3, 1, 37:

nihil supra Deos lacesso,

Hor. C. 2, 18, 11.—After et or aut ( poet. and post-class.):

agrum fortasse trecentis Aut etiam supra nummorum milibus emptum,

Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 165:

quot illum putas annos secum tulisse? Septuaginta et supra,

Petr. 43 fin.:

tricena aut supra stipendia numerantes,

Tac. A. 1, 35:

a triginta annis et supra,

Vulg. Num. 4, 23; 4, 30; 4, 35 (cf. II. B. 2. infra).—

With quam, less freq. quod, above or beyond what, more than:

saepe supra feret, quam fieri possit,

Cic. Or. 40, 139:

corpus patiens inediae, algoris, vigiliae, supra quam cuiquam credibile est,

Sall. C. 5, 3; id. J. 24, 5:

dominandi supra quam aestimari potest avidissimus,

Aur. Vict. Epit. 1 med.:

supra quam optari potuit,

Amm. 17, 1, 12:

supra quod capere possum,

Dig. 32, 1, 28.—

Prep. with acc., above, over.

Lit., of place:

si essent, qui sub terrā semper habitavissent... nec exissent umquam supra terram,

Cic. N. D. 2, 37, 95:

ille qui supra nos habitat,

Plaut. Pers. 5, 2, 38:

supra tribunal et supra praetoris caput,

Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 33, § 77:

supra eum locum,

Caes. B. C. 2, 9:

supra se in summo jugo,

id. B. G. 1, 24:

accubueram horā nonā... et quidem supra me Atticus, infra Verrius,

Cic. Fam. 9, 26, 1:

saltu supra venabula fertur,

Verg. A. 9, 553:

supra segetes Navigat,

over the cornfields, Ov. M. 1, 295:

attolli supra ceteros mortales,

Plin. 34, 6, 12, § 27 (dub.;

Jahn, super): supra lignum turba insilit,

Phaedr. 1, 2, 20:

ecce supra caput homo levis ac sordidus,

i. e. burdensome, annoying, Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 2, 2, § 6; so,

supra caput esse,

to be close at hand, Sall. C. 52, 24; cf. Verg. A. 3, 194; Liv. 3, 17, 4; 4, 22, 6; Tac. H. 4, 69; Sen. Ep 108;

rarely supra capita,

Liv. 42, 42, 6.—

In partic., of geographical position, above, beyond: supra Maeotis paludes, Enn. ap. Cic. Tusc. 5, 17, 49 (Epigr. v. 7, p. 163 Vahl.):

supra Suessulam,

Liv. 23, 32, 2:

Syene oppidum, quod est supra Alexandriam quinque millibus stadiorum,

Plin. 2, 73, 75, § 183;

supra Britanniam,

id. 2, 97, 99, § 217. —

Trop.

Of time, before:

paulo supra hanc memoriam,

Caes. B. G. 6, 19; supra septingentesimum annum, Liv. praef. § 4.—

Of number, degree, or quantity.

With numbers, = plus, amplius (not in Cic. or Cæs.), over, above, beyond, more than:

supra quattuor milia hominum orabunt ut, etc.,

Liv. 43, 3, 2:

caesa eo die supra milia viginti,

id. 30, 35, 3; 3, 31, 4:

supra septem milia hominum domos remisit,

id. 21, 23, 6; 23, 17, 2; 23, 37, 11 sq.; 23, 49, 13; Varr. R. R. 3, 2, 17; 3, 6, 1; 3, 7, 11:

supra duos menses sapor ejus non permanet integer,

Col. 12, 49, 3:

tres (cyathos),

Hor. C. 3, 19, 15.—

In gen.:

quibus solida ungula, nec supra geminos fetus,

Plin. 11, 40, 95, § 233; cf.:

de floribus supra dictus scripsit Theophrastus,

besides, id. 21, 3, 9, § 13:

hominis fortunam,

Cic. Leg. 2, 16, 41:

ratio supra hominem putanda est deoque tribuenda,

id. N. D. 2, 13, 34:

potentia, quae supra leges se esse velit,

id. Ep. ad Brut. 1, 17, 6:

humanam supra fortunam,

Phaedr. 4, 24, 24:

supra Coclites Muciosque id facinus esse,

Liv. 2, 13, 8:

modum,

id. 21, 7, 7; Col. 4, 27, 4:

vires,

Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 22: humanam fidem Plin. 34, 7, 17, § 38: morem, Verg. G. 2, 227; Sall. C. 3, 2:

supra belli Latini metum id quoque accesserat, quod,

besides, Liv. 2, 18, 3.—Prov.:

supra homines, supra ire deos pietate,

i. e. to attain the highest degree, Verg. A. 12, 839 Heyne ad loc.—

Sometimes to indicate that over which one is placed as superintendent (mostly postclass.):

dispositi, quos supra somnum habebat,

watchers, Curt. 6, 11, 3:

qui supra bibliothecam fuerunt,

Vitr. 7, praef. §

5: servus supra rationes positus,

Pseudo Quint. Decl. 353:

SVPRA INSVLAS,

Inscr. Orell. 721 and 2927:

SVPRA IVMENTA,

ib. 2870:

SVPRA VELARIOS,

ib. 2967:

SVPRA COCOS,

ib. 2827; Inscr. Grut. p. 1111, 1.—

Compounds formed with supra are extremely rare. In late Lat. supradictus, suprafatus, suprafundo, suprajacio, supranatans, suprasedeo, etc., are found, but here supra is properly written separately as an adv.; only suprascando (v. h. v.), on account of its signif., is to be written as one word.

subter (also supter), adv. and prep. [sub].

Adv., below, beneath, underneath: navem in fugam transdunt subter saxa, Att. ap. Non. 155, 8 (Trag. Rel. v. 630 Rib.):

terram fac ut esse rearis Subter item, ut supera,

Lucr. 6, 537:

partim quod supter per terras diditur omnis,

id. 5, 268:

aliam naturam supter habere,

id. 5, 536:

omnia haec, quae supra et subter, unum esse,

Cic. de Or. 3, 5, 20;

id. poët. N. D. 2, 42, 106: anulus subter adhaerens,

Lucr. 6, 914:

oculum subter premere,

id. 4, 447:

subter mediam fere regionem sol obtinet,

Cic. Rep. 6, 17, 17.— Comp.:

subterius (opp. superius),

Isid. 16, 8, 4.—

Prep. with acc. and abl., below, beneath, underneath, under (rare but class.).

With acc.:

cupiditatem subter praecordia locavit,

Cic. Tusc. 1, 10, 20; cf. id. ib. 5, 1, 4:

subter pineta,

Prop. 2, 34 (3, 32), 67:

subter fastigia tecti,

Verg. A. 8, 366:

agere vias subter mare,

id. ib. 3, 695:

subter imas cavernas,

Ov. M. 5, 502:

manu subter togam exserta,

Liv. 8, 9:

super subterque terram pugnare,

id. 39, 4: subter murum hostium ad cohortes advehitur, underneath, i. e. close to the walls, id. 34, 20:

latitudo Italiae subter radices (Alpium),

Plin. 3, 19, 23, § 132; Stat. Th. 12, 711; Petr. 98.—

With abl.:

Rhoeteo subter litore,

Cat. 65, 7:

subter densā testudine,

Verg. A. 9, 514.—

In composition, subter, like sub, denotes underneath, beneath: subteractus, subterfluo, etc.; and also, transf., secretly, privately, clandestinely: subterduco, subterfugio. It is sometimes doubtful whether subter forms a compound with a verb, or is an adverb qualifying it.

ultrā, adv. and prep. [ulter].

Prop., on the other side:

dextera nec citra mota nec ultra,

neither on that side nor on this, neither backwards nor forwards, Ov. M. 5, 186.—

Transf., in gen., beyond, farther, over, more, besides; of space (rare): ultra procedendi facultas, Auct. B. Afr. 50, 3.—

Of time, degree, etc.:

estne aliquid ultra, quo progredi crudelitas possit?

Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 45, § 119:

ne quid ultra requiratis,

id. Univ. 3:

ut nihil possit ultra,

id. Att. 15, 1, B, 2:

quia ultra nihil habemus,

id. Tusc. 1, 39, 94:

melius ultra quam citra stat oratio,

Quint. 8, 6, 76; 3, 1, 9:

quid ultra Provehor?

Verg. A. 3, 480:

jam nihil ultra exspectantibus,

Quint. 9, 4, 30; cf. id. 7, 1, 59: eam (mortem) cuncta mortalium mala dissolvere;

ultra neque curae neque gaudio locum esse,

Sall. C. 51, 20:

hac tempestate serviundum aut imperandum... nam quid ultra? id. Or. Lepid. contra Sull. 5: nullum ultra periculum vererentur,

Hirt. B. G. 8, 39:

quos alios muros, quae jam ultra moenia habetis?

Verg. A. 9, 782.—Of time:

usque ad Attium et ultra porrectas syllabas geminis vocalibus scripserunt,

farther, later, Quint. 1, 7, 14:

nec ultra bellum Latinum dilatum,

Liv. 2, 19, 2.—

Esp., on account of its comparative sense, freq. followed by quam:

ultra enim quo progrediar, quam ut veri videam similia, non habeo,

Cic. Tusc. 1, 9, 17:

ultra quam homini datum est provehi,

Quint. 6, prooem. §

10: ultra quam satis est,

Cic. Inv. 1, 49, 91; 1, 18, 26; Quint. 12, 7, 12:

ultra quam oporteat,

id. 2, 4. 7;

2, 5, 24: ultra quam ullus spiritus durare possit,

id. 8, 2, 17; Liv. 40, 30, 5:

nec ultra moratus, quam, etc.,

Tac. A. 6, 44.—

Comp.: ultĕrĭus, in the signif. of the posit., beyond, farther on, farther (mostly poet.; in prose rare and only postAug.).

= ultra, cum quo Riphaeos possim conscendere montes Ulteriusque domo vadere Memnoniā, Prop. 1, 6, 4:

abire,

Ov. M. 2, 872:

ulterius nihil est, nisi non habitabile frigus,

id. Tr. 3, 4, 51.—

Transf., = longius or amplius;

procedere,

Quint. 5, 11, 34:

ulterius ne tende odiis,

Verg. A. 12, 938:

si me ulterius provexerit ira,

Prop. 2, 15 (3, 7), 19:

revocavit me cogitationi aptae traditum, et iturum, si licuisset, ulterius,

Sen. Ep. 102, 1:

robur ulterius adversus eam saeviendi gentem,

Val. Max. 1, 1, 15:

nec ulterius dare corpus inutile leto Aut vacat aut curat,

farther, longer, more, Ov. M. 12, 344:

non tulit ulterius,

id. ib. 3, 487:

rogabat Ulterius justo,

beyond what was right, more than was right, id. ib. 6, 470.—

Sup.: ultĭmē.

Extremely, to the last degree:

nudam flagris ultime verberat,

App. M. 10, p. 250, 33:

affectus,

id. ib. 1, p. 105, 22.—

At last, Sen. Ep. 76, 22 (dub.; al. ultimum).

Prep. with acc., on the farther side of, beyond, past:

cis Padum ultraque,

Liv. 5, 35, 4:

ultra Silianam villam,

Cic. Att. 12, 27, 1:

milibus passuum II. ultra eum (montem) castra fecit,

Caes. B. G. 1, 48; 1, 49; id. B. C. 3, 26; 3, 66:

ultra Terminum,

Hor. C. 1, 22, 10:

dextra paulum prolata ultra sinum,

Quint. 11, 3, 159; cf. id. ib. §

118.— Placed after the noun: sunt certi denique fines, Quos ultra citraque nequit consistere rectum,

Hor. S. 1, 1, 107:

portas ultra procedere,

Prop. 4 (5), 7, 29:

Euphratem ultra,

Tac. A. 15, 17 fin. —

Transf.

Of time, beyond, past, longer than:

(Gorgias) et illorum fuit aemulus ut ultra Socratem usque duravit,

Quint. 3, 1, 9:

non durat ultra poenam abdicationis,

id. 9, 2, 88: ultra rudes annos, id. 1, 1, 20:

ultra pueriles annos,

id. 1, 11, 19.—

Of number, measure, degree, quality, etc., beyond, above, over, more than, = supra:

paulo ultra eum numerum, Auct. B. Alex. 21: non ultra heminam aquae assumere,

Cels. 4, 2, 4 fin.:

adhibent modum quendam, quem ultra progredi non oporteat,

Cic. Tusc. 4, 17, 38:

ultra fidem,

Quint. 8, 6, 73:

modum,

id. 10, 3, 32; 11, 1, 90:

quid est ultra pignus aut multam?

Cic. Phil. 1, 5, 12: ultra Romanorum et mortalium etiam morem aliquem curare, Sall. Fragm. ap. Macr. S. 2, 9:

juvenis ultra barbarum, promptus ingenio,

Vell. 2, 118, 2:

Maecenas otio ac mollitiis paene ultra feminam fluens,

id. 2, 88, 2:

si mortalis ultra Fas trepidat,

Hor. C. 3, 29, 31:

ultra Legem tendere opus,

id. S. 2, 1, 1:

vires ultra sortemque senectae,

Verg. A. 6, 114:

si ultra placitum laudarit,

id. E. 7, 27.

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