private

ā̆grārĭus, a, um, adj. [ager], of or pertaining to land; hence,

Adj.:

cum operario agrario,

Vulg. Eccli. 37, 13.—But in class. Lat. a legal term: Agrariae leges, agrarian laws, relating to the division of public lands among the poorer citizens, first proposed about 268 A. U. C., Liv. 2, 41; 4. 36; 48; 6, 11; Tac. A. 4, 32 al.; v. Smith's Dict. Antiq., and cf. Nieb. Rom. Hist. 2, 188; 197; 482; 490 al.;

with particular appellations from their authors, Flaminii, Sempronia, Thoria, Rulli, Flavii, Philippi, Plotia, Caesaris Julia, etc.—Hence, agrariam rem tentare,

to urge a division of public lands, Cic. Off. 2, 22, 78:

Triumvir agrarius,

superintendent of the division of public lands, Liv. 27, 21:

agrariae stationes, in milit. lang.,

outposts, Amm. 14, 3; Veg. Mil. 1, 3.—In the Pandects:

agraria via,

a way through the fields, private way, Dig. 43, 8, 2.—

Subst.: ā̆grārĭi, ōrum, m., those who urged the agrarian laws, and sought the possession of public land, the partisans of the agrarian laws:

Gracchus, qui agrarios concitare conatus est,

Cic. Cat. 4, 2; id. Phil. 7, 6; Liv. 3, 1.

ā̆grārĭus, a, um, adj. [ager], of or pertaining to land; hence,

Adj.:

cum operario agrario,

Vulg. Eccli. 37, 13.—But in class. Lat. a legal term: Agrariae leges, agrarian laws, relating to the division of public lands among the poorer citizens, first proposed about 268 A. U. C., Liv. 2, 41; 4. 36; 48; 6, 11; Tac. A. 4, 32 al.; v. Smith's Dict. Antiq., and cf. Nieb. Rom. Hist. 2, 188; 197; 482; 490 al.;

with particular appellations from their authors, Flaminii, Sempronia, Thoria, Rulli, Flavii, Philippi, Plotia, Caesaris Julia, etc.—Hence, agrariam rem tentare,

to urge a division of public lands, Cic. Off. 2, 22, 78:

Triumvir agrarius,

superintendent of the division of public lands, Liv. 27, 21:

agrariae stationes, in milit. lang.,

outposts, Amm. 14, 3; Veg. Mil. 1, 3.—In the Pandects:

agraria via,

a way through the fields, private way, Dig. 43, 8, 2.—

Subst.: ā̆grārĭi, ōrum, m., those who urged the agrarian laws, and sought the possession of public land, the partisans of the agrarian laws:

Gracchus, qui agrarios concitare conatus est,

Cic. Cat. 4, 2; id. Phil. 7, 6; Liv. 3, 1.

al-lēgo ( adl-), āvi, ātum, 1, v. a.

To send one away with a commission or charge, to despatch, depute, commission (of private business, while legare is used in a similar signif. of State affairs; most freq. in Plaut.;

elsewhere rare, but class.): ne illi aliquem adlegent, qui mi os occillet,

Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 28 (cf. delegare, id. ib. prol. 67 and 83); so id. Cas. prol. 52; 3, 4, 14; id. Ps. 4, 7, 66; 135; id. Stich. 5, 3, 8:

ego si adlegāssem aliquem ad hoc negotium,

id. Ep. 3, 3, 46:

alium ego isti rei adlegabo,

id. Am. 2, 2, 42:

amicos adlegat,

Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 57, § 149:

homines nobiles adlegat iis, qui peterent, ne, etc.,

id. Rosc. Am. 9:

adlegarem te ad illos, qui, etc.,

id. Fam. 15, 10; so id. ib. 4 fin.: cum patrem primo adlegando, deinde coram ipse rogando fatigāsset, first by the friends sent, and then by personal entreaties, etc., Liv. 36, 11, 1 Gron. —Hence, allēgāti ( adl-), ōrum, m., deputies:

inter adlegatos Oppianici,

Cic. Clu. 13, 39; id. Q. Fr. 2, 3.—

Sometimes in the sense of subornare, to instigate or incite one to an act of fraud or deceit:

eum adlegaverunt, suum qui servum diceret cum auro esse apud me,

Plaut. Poen. 3, 5, 28: ut ne credas a me adlegatum hunc senem, * Ter. And. 5, 3, 28 Ruhnk.; cf. allegatus.—

To bring forward, to relate, recount, mention, adduce (post-Aug.):

exemplum,

Plin. Ep. 3, 15:

hoc senatui adlegandum putasti,

id. Pan. 70:

decreta,

id. ib. 70 fin.:

merita,

Suet. Aug. 47; so id. ib. 5:

priorem se petitum ab Alexandro adlegat,

Just. 16, 1; Stat. Achill. 2, 224.—And in a zeugma: (legati) munera, preces, mandata regis sui adlegant, they bring or offer the gifts, entreaties, and mandates, Tac. H. 4, 84; cf.:

orationem et per incensum deprecationem adlegans,

Vulg. Sap. 18, 21: adlegare se ex servitute in ingenuitatem, a legal phrase, to release one's self from servitude by adducing reasons, proofs, etc., Dig. 40, 12, 27.

al-lĕgo ( adl-), ēgi, ectum, 3, v. a., to select for one's self, to choose (qs. ad se legere; like adimere, = ad se emere); to admit by election, to elect to a thing, or into (a corporation; in the class. per. generally only in the histt.): Druidibus praeest unus... hoc mortuo, si sunt plures pares, suffragio Druidum adlegitur, * Caes. B. G. 6, 13 Herz. (Dinter here omits adlegitur):

augures de plebe,

Liv. 10, 6:

octo praetoribus adlecti duo,

Vell. 2, 89:

aliquem in sui custodiam,

Suet. Aug. 49; so,

in senatum,

id. Claud. 24:

inter patricios,

id. Vit. 1: in clerum, Hier. adv. Jov. 1, n. 34 al.— Poet.:

adlegi caelo,

Sen. Agam. 804.—Hence, al-lectus ( adl-), a, um, P. a. Subst.,

A member chosen into any corporation (collegium): collegae, qui unā lecti, et qui in eorum locum suppositi, sublecti;

additi Adlecti,

Varr. L. L. 6, § 66 Müll.—

Those who were added to the Senate from the equestrian order, on account of the small number of the Senators, were called adlecti, acc. to Paul. ex Fest. p. 7 Müll.; cf. Suet. Caes. 41; id. Vesp. 9.

al-lēgo ( adl-), āvi, ātum, 1, v. a.

To send one away with a commission or charge, to despatch, depute, commission (of private business, while legare is used in a similar signif. of State affairs; most freq. in Plaut.;

elsewhere rare, but class.): ne illi aliquem adlegent, qui mi os occillet,

Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 28 (cf. delegare, id. ib. prol. 67 and 83); so id. Cas. prol. 52; 3, 4, 14; id. Ps. 4, 7, 66; 135; id. Stich. 5, 3, 8:

ego si adlegāssem aliquem ad hoc negotium,

id. Ep. 3, 3, 46:

alium ego isti rei adlegabo,

id. Am. 2, 2, 42:

amicos adlegat,

Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 57, § 149:

homines nobiles adlegat iis, qui peterent, ne, etc.,

id. Rosc. Am. 9:

adlegarem te ad illos, qui, etc.,

id. Fam. 15, 10; so id. ib. 4 fin.: cum patrem primo adlegando, deinde coram ipse rogando fatigāsset, first by the friends sent, and then by personal entreaties, etc., Liv. 36, 11, 1 Gron. —Hence, allēgāti ( adl-), ōrum, m., deputies:

inter adlegatos Oppianici,

Cic. Clu. 13, 39; id. Q. Fr. 2, 3.—

Sometimes in the sense of subornare, to instigate or incite one to an act of fraud or deceit:

eum adlegaverunt, suum qui servum diceret cum auro esse apud me,

Plaut. Poen. 3, 5, 28: ut ne credas a me adlegatum hunc senem, * Ter. And. 5, 3, 28 Ruhnk.; cf. allegatus.—

To bring forward, to relate, recount, mention, adduce (post-Aug.):

exemplum,

Plin. Ep. 3, 15:

hoc senatui adlegandum putasti,

id. Pan. 70:

decreta,

id. ib. 70 fin.:

merita,

Suet. Aug. 47; so id. ib. 5:

priorem se petitum ab Alexandro adlegat,

Just. 16, 1; Stat. Achill. 2, 224.—And in a zeugma: (legati) munera, preces, mandata regis sui adlegant, they bring or offer the gifts, entreaties, and mandates, Tac. H. 4, 84; cf.:

orationem et per incensum deprecationem adlegans,

Vulg. Sap. 18, 21: adlegare se ex servitute in ingenuitatem, a legal phrase, to release one's self from servitude by adducing reasons, proofs, etc., Dig. 40, 12, 27.

al-lĕgo ( adl-), ēgi, ectum, 3, v. a., to select for one's self, to choose (qs. ad se legere; like adimere, = ad se emere); to admit by election, to elect to a thing, or into (a corporation; in the class. per. generally only in the histt.): Druidibus praeest unus... hoc mortuo, si sunt plures pares, suffragio Druidum adlegitur, * Caes. B. G. 6, 13 Herz. (Dinter here omits adlegitur):

augures de plebe,

Liv. 10, 6:

octo praetoribus adlecti duo,

Vell. 2, 89:

aliquem in sui custodiam,

Suet. Aug. 49; so,

in senatum,

id. Claud. 24:

inter patricios,

id. Vit. 1: in clerum, Hier. adv. Jov. 1, n. 34 al.— Poet.:

adlegi caelo,

Sen. Agam. 804.—Hence, al-lectus ( adl-), a, um, P. a. Subst.,

A member chosen into any corporation (collegium): collegae, qui unā lecti, et qui in eorum locum suppositi, sublecti;

additi Adlecti,

Varr. L. L. 6, § 66 Müll.—

Those who were added to the Senate from the equestrian order, on account of the small number of the Senators, were called adlecti, acc. to Paul. ex Fest. p. 7 Müll.; cf. Suet. Caes. 41; id. Vesp. 9.

angŭlus, i, m. [cf. ankulos, crooked, bent, angular, Paul. ex Fest. p. 11 Müll.; v. ango], an angle, a corner.

Lit.

Math. t. t., an angle:

angulus optusus,

Lucr. 4, 355:

angulus acutus,

Plin. 12, 3, 29, § 50:

meridianus circulus horizonta rectis angulis secat,

Sen. Q. N. 5, 17; so,

ad pares angulos ad terram ferri,

at right angles, perpendicularly, Cic. Tusc. 1, 17, 40:

Hoc ubi suffugit sensum simul angulus omnis,

Lucr. 4, 360:

figura, quae nihil habet incisum angulis, nihil anfractibus,

Cic. N. D. 2, 18.—

A corner:

hujus lateris alter angulus qui est ad Cantium,

Caes. B. G. 5, 13:

extremus,

the extreme point, corner, Ov. M. 13, 884; Hor. S. 2, 6, 8; Plin. 37, 10, 66, § 178:

arcae anguli,

Vulg. Exod. 25, 12:

quattuor anguli pallii,

ib. Deut. 22, 12:

hic factus est in caput anguli,

the corner-stone, ib. Matt. 21, 42:

anguli oculorum,

the corners of the eyes, Cels. 6, 6, 31; Plin. 24, 14, 77, § 126:

anguli parietum,

the angles of walls, id. 2, 82, 84, § 197; so,

murorum,

Vulg. 2 Par. 26, 13:

in angulis platearum,

ib. Matt. 6, 5:

quattuor anguli terrae,

the four quarters of the earth, ib. Apoc. 7, 1.—

Transf.

A retired, unfrequented place, a nook, corner, lurking-place: in angulum abire, * Ter. Ad. 5, 2, 10:

nemo non modo Romae, sed nec ullo in angulo totius Italiae oppressus aere alieno fuit, quem etc.,

Cic. Cat. 2, 4 fin.:

ille terrarum mihi praeter omnes Angulus ridet,

Hor. C. 2, 6, 14:

angulus hic mundi nunc me accipit,

Prop. 5, 9, 65:

gratus puellae risus ab angulo,

Hor. C. 1, 9, 22; Vell. 2, 102, 3.—Contemptuously, of the schools or places of private discussion, in contrast with public, practical life:

quibus ego, ut de his rebus in angulis consumendi otii causā disserant, cum concessero, etc.,

Cic. de Or. 1, 13, 57:

earum ipsarum rerum, quas isti in angulis personant, reapse, non oratione perfectio,

id. Rep. 1, 2; Lact. 3, 16.—On the contr. without contempt, in Seneca, Ep. 95.—So also, detractingly, of a little country-seat, in opp. to the city: quod Angulus iste feret piper, that hole, said by the discontented steward, Hor. Ep. 1, 14, 23 (so without detraction:

recessus,

Juv. 3, 230).—

: me ex hoc, ut ita dicam, campo aequitatis ad istas verborum angustias et ad omnes litterarum angulos revocas, into every strait, embarrassment (the figure is taken from a contest or game, in which one strives to get his antagonist into a corner), Cic. Caecin. 29.—

A projection of the sea into the land, a bay, gulf: Gallicus, Cato ap. Charis. p. 185 P.

arcānus, a, um, adj. [v. arceo], orig., shut up, closed; hence, trop.,

That keeps a secret, trusty:

dixisti arcano satis,

Plaut. Trin. 2, 4, 155:

petiit, ut aliquem ex arcanis mitteret,

Plin. 7, 52, 53, § 178.— Hence, poet., of the night: omina arcanā nocte petita, in silent night, or night that keeps secrets, Ov. H. 9, 40; Stat. S. 1, 3, 71.—

Hidden, concealed, secret, private (class., although very rare in Cic.):

at quīcum joca, seria, ut dicitur, quīcum arcana, quīcum occulta omnia,

Cic. Fin. 2, 26, 85:

consilia,

Liv. 35, 18; so Hor. C. 3, 21, 15:

secretae et arcanae opes,

Plin. Pan. 34, 3:

fontis arcani aqua,

Tac. A. 2, 54:

libidines,

Suet. Tib. 43 al.:

littera celatos arcana fatebitur ignes,

Ov. M. 9, 516:

sensus,

Verg. A. 4, 422 al. —

Esp., in the lang. of religion, of things sacred and incommunicable: ARCANA VRBIS PRAESIDIA,

Inscr. Orell. 2494: audivit arcana verba, quae non licet homini loqui, Vulg. 2 Cor. 12, 4;

and of secret, mysterious usages: sacra,

Ov. M. 10, 436:

arcana cum fiunt sacra,

Hor. Epod. 5, 52; so Stat. S. 3, 4, 92; Sil. 2, 427; Claud. Rapt. Pros. 3, 402; and by poet. license transf. to the deity presiding over such mysteries:

qui Cereris sacrum Volgavit arcanae,

Hor. C. 3, 2, 27.—Hence, subst.: arcānum, i, n., a secret.

In gen.:

nox arcanis fidissima,

Ov. M. 7, 192:

arcani Fides prodiga,

Hor. C. 1, 18, 16:

si quid umquam arcani sanctive ad silendum in curiā fuerit,

Liv. 23, 22, 9:

arcana regum,

Curt. 4, 6, 5:

revelare arcana,

Vulg. Prov. 11, 13:

denudare arcana amici,

ib. Eccli. 27, 17.—

Spec., a sacred secret, a mystery:

fatorum arcana,

Ov. M. 2, 639; so Verg. A. 7, 123:

Pythagorae arcana,

Hor. Epod. 15, 21; cf.:

Jovis arcana,

the secret decrees of, id. C. 1, 28, 9:

deorum arcanum proferre,

Plin. Pan. 23, 5: arcana quaedam, secret rites (of the diviners), Vulg. Exod. 7, 11:

violabunt arcanum meum,

my secret place, sanctuary, Vulg. Ezech. 7, 22 et saep.— Adv.: arcā-nō (cf. Charis. pp. 173 and 179 P.), in secret, privately:

arcano tibi ego hoc dico,

Plaut. Trin. 2, 4, 117:

hunc (librum) lege arcano convivis tuis,

Cic. Att. 16, 3 (cf. Charis. l. c.):

arcano cum paucis familiaribus suis colloquitur,

Caes. B. C. 1, 19.—

* Comp.:

arcanius judicare aliquid de aliquā re,

Col. 3, 2 fin.—Sup. not used.

Arcānus, a, um, adj. [Arcae], of or pertaining to Arcœ hence, subst.

Arcāni, ōrum, m., the inhabitants of Arcœ, Inscr. Orell. 4007.—

Arcānum, i, n., a villa of Q. Cicero, in the neighborhood of Arcœ, Cic. Att. 5, 1; id. ad Q. Fr. 3, 1 al.

arcānus, a, um, adj. [v. arceo], orig., shut up, closed; hence, trop.,

That keeps a secret, trusty:

dixisti arcano satis,

Plaut. Trin. 2, 4, 155:

petiit, ut aliquem ex arcanis mitteret,

Plin. 7, 52, 53, § 178.— Hence, poet., of the night: omina arcanā nocte petita, in silent night, or night that keeps secrets, Ov. H. 9, 40; Stat. S. 1, 3, 71.—

Hidden, concealed, secret, private (class., although very rare in Cic.):

at quīcum joca, seria, ut dicitur, quīcum arcana, quīcum occulta omnia,

Cic. Fin. 2, 26, 85:

consilia,

Liv. 35, 18; so Hor. C. 3, 21, 15:

secretae et arcanae opes,

Plin. Pan. 34, 3:

fontis arcani aqua,

Tac. A. 2, 54:

libidines,

Suet. Tib. 43 al.:

littera celatos arcana fatebitur ignes,

Ov. M. 9, 516:

sensus,

Verg. A. 4, 422 al. —

Esp., in the lang. of religion, of things sacred and incommunicable: ARCANA VRBIS PRAESIDIA,

Inscr. Orell. 2494: audivit arcana verba, quae non licet homini loqui, Vulg. 2 Cor. 12, 4;

and of secret, mysterious usages: sacra,

Ov. M. 10, 436:

arcana cum fiunt sacra,

Hor. Epod. 5, 52; so Stat. S. 3, 4, 92; Sil. 2, 427; Claud. Rapt. Pros. 3, 402; and by poet. license transf. to the deity presiding over such mysteries:

qui Cereris sacrum Volgavit arcanae,

Hor. C. 3, 2, 27.—Hence, subst.: arcānum, i, n., a secret.

In gen.:

nox arcanis fidissima,

Ov. M. 7, 192:

arcani Fides prodiga,

Hor. C. 1, 18, 16:

si quid umquam arcani sanctive ad silendum in curiā fuerit,

Liv. 23, 22, 9:

arcana regum,

Curt. 4, 6, 5:

revelare arcana,

Vulg. Prov. 11, 13:

denudare arcana amici,

ib. Eccli. 27, 17.—

Spec., a sacred secret, a mystery:

fatorum arcana,

Ov. M. 2, 639; so Verg. A. 7, 123:

Pythagorae arcana,

Hor. Epod. 15, 21; cf.:

Jovis arcana,

the secret decrees of, id. C. 1, 28, 9:

deorum arcanum proferre,

Plin. Pan. 23, 5: arcana quaedam, secret rites (of the diviners), Vulg. Exod. 7, 11:

violabunt arcanum meum,

my secret place, sanctuary, Vulg. Ezech. 7, 22 et saep.— Adv.: arcā-nō (cf. Charis. pp. 173 and 179 P.), in secret, privately:

arcano tibi ego hoc dico,

Plaut. Trin. 2, 4, 117:

hunc (librum) lege arcano convivis tuis,

Cic. Att. 16, 3 (cf. Charis. l. c.):

arcano cum paucis familiaribus suis colloquitur,

Caes. B. C. 1, 19.—

* Comp.:

arcanius judicare aliquid de aliquā re,

Col. 3, 2 fin.—Sup. not used.

Arcānus, a, um, adj. [Arcae], of or pertaining to Arcœ hence, subst.

Arcāni, ōrum, m., the inhabitants of Arcœ, Inscr. Orell. 4007.—

Arcānum, i, n., a villa of Q. Cicero, in the neighborhood of Arcœ, Cic. Att. 5, 1; id. ad Q. Fr. 3, 1 al.

arcānus, a, um, adj. [v. arceo], orig., shut up, closed; hence, trop.,

That keeps a secret, trusty:

dixisti arcano satis,

Plaut. Trin. 2, 4, 155:

petiit, ut aliquem ex arcanis mitteret,

Plin. 7, 52, 53, § 178.— Hence, poet., of the night: omina arcanā nocte petita, in silent night, or night that keeps secrets, Ov. H. 9, 40; Stat. S. 1, 3, 71.—

Hidden, concealed, secret, private (class., although very rare in Cic.):

at quīcum joca, seria, ut dicitur, quīcum arcana, quīcum occulta omnia,

Cic. Fin. 2, 26, 85:

consilia,

Liv. 35, 18; so Hor. C. 3, 21, 15:

secretae et arcanae opes,

Plin. Pan. 34, 3:

fontis arcani aqua,

Tac. A. 2, 54:

libidines,

Suet. Tib. 43 al.:

littera celatos arcana fatebitur ignes,

Ov. M. 9, 516:

sensus,

Verg. A. 4, 422 al. —

Esp., in the lang. of religion, of things sacred and incommunicable: ARCANA VRBIS PRAESIDIA,

Inscr. Orell. 2494: audivit arcana verba, quae non licet homini loqui, Vulg. 2 Cor. 12, 4;

and of secret, mysterious usages: sacra,

Ov. M. 10, 436:

arcana cum fiunt sacra,

Hor. Epod. 5, 52; so Stat. S. 3, 4, 92; Sil. 2, 427; Claud. Rapt. Pros. 3, 402; and by poet. license transf. to the deity presiding over such mysteries:

qui Cereris sacrum Volgavit arcanae,

Hor. C. 3, 2, 27.—Hence, subst.: arcānum, i, n., a secret.

In gen.:

nox arcanis fidissima,

Ov. M. 7, 192:

arcani Fides prodiga,

Hor. C. 1, 18, 16:

si quid umquam arcani sanctive ad silendum in curiā fuerit,

Liv. 23, 22, 9:

arcana regum,

Curt. 4, 6, 5:

revelare arcana,

Vulg. Prov. 11, 13:

denudare arcana amici,

ib. Eccli. 27, 17.—

Spec., a sacred secret, a mystery:

fatorum arcana,

Ov. M. 2, 639; so Verg. A. 7, 123:

Pythagorae arcana,

Hor. Epod. 15, 21; cf.:

Jovis arcana,

the secret decrees of, id. C. 1, 28, 9:

deorum arcanum proferre,

Plin. Pan. 23, 5: arcana quaedam, secret rites (of the diviners), Vulg. Exod. 7, 11:

violabunt arcanum meum,

my secret place, sanctuary, Vulg. Ezech. 7, 22 et saep.— Adv.: arcā-nō (cf. Charis. pp. 173 and 179 P.), in secret, privately:

arcano tibi ego hoc dico,

Plaut. Trin. 2, 4, 117:

hunc (librum) lege arcano convivis tuis,

Cic. Att. 16, 3 (cf. Charis. l. c.):

arcano cum paucis familiaribus suis colloquitur,

Caes. B. C. 1, 19.—

* Comp.:

arcanius judicare aliquid de aliquā re,

Col. 3, 2 fin.—Sup. not used.

Arcānus, a, um, adj. [Arcae], of or pertaining to Arcœ hence, subst.

Arcāni, ōrum, m., the inhabitants of Arcœ, Inscr. Orell. 4007.—

Arcānum, i, n., a villa of Q. Cicero, in the neighborhood of Arcœ, Cic. Att. 5, 1; id. ad Q. Fr. 3, 1 al.

arcānus, a, um, adj. [v. arceo], orig., shut up, closed; hence, trop.,

That keeps a secret, trusty:

dixisti arcano satis,

Plaut. Trin. 2, 4, 155:

petiit, ut aliquem ex arcanis mitteret,

Plin. 7, 52, 53, § 178.— Hence, poet., of the night: omina arcanā nocte petita, in silent night, or night that keeps secrets, Ov. H. 9, 40; Stat. S. 1, 3, 71.—

Hidden, concealed, secret, private (class., although very rare in Cic.):

at quīcum joca, seria, ut dicitur, quīcum arcana, quīcum occulta omnia,

Cic. Fin. 2, 26, 85:

consilia,

Liv. 35, 18; so Hor. C. 3, 21, 15:

secretae et arcanae opes,

Plin. Pan. 34, 3:

fontis arcani aqua,

Tac. A. 2, 54:

libidines,

Suet. Tib. 43 al.:

littera celatos arcana fatebitur ignes,

Ov. M. 9, 516:

sensus,

Verg. A. 4, 422 al. —

Esp., in the lang. of religion, of things sacred and incommunicable: ARCANA VRBIS PRAESIDIA,

Inscr. Orell. 2494: audivit arcana verba, quae non licet homini loqui, Vulg. 2 Cor. 12, 4;

and of secret, mysterious usages: sacra,

Ov. M. 10, 436:

arcana cum fiunt sacra,

Hor. Epod. 5, 52; so Stat. S. 3, 4, 92; Sil. 2, 427; Claud. Rapt. Pros. 3, 402; and by poet. license transf. to the deity presiding over such mysteries:

qui Cereris sacrum Volgavit arcanae,

Hor. C. 3, 2, 27.—Hence, subst.: arcānum, i, n., a secret.

In gen.:

nox arcanis fidissima,

Ov. M. 7, 192:

arcani Fides prodiga,

Hor. C. 1, 18, 16:

si quid umquam arcani sanctive ad silendum in curiā fuerit,

Liv. 23, 22, 9:

arcana regum,

Curt. 4, 6, 5:

revelare arcana,

Vulg. Prov. 11, 13:

denudare arcana amici,

ib. Eccli. 27, 17.—

Spec., a sacred secret, a mystery:

fatorum arcana,

Ov. M. 2, 639; so Verg. A. 7, 123:

Pythagorae arcana,

Hor. Epod. 15, 21; cf.:

Jovis arcana,

the secret decrees of, id. C. 1, 28, 9:

deorum arcanum proferre,

Plin. Pan. 23, 5: arcana quaedam, secret rites (of the diviners), Vulg. Exod. 7, 11:

violabunt arcanum meum,

my secret place, sanctuary, Vulg. Ezech. 7, 22 et saep.— Adv.: arcā-nō (cf. Charis. pp. 173 and 179 P.), in secret, privately:

arcano tibi ego hoc dico,

Plaut. Trin. 2, 4, 117:

hunc (librum) lege arcano convivis tuis,

Cic. Att. 16, 3 (cf. Charis. l. c.):

arcano cum paucis familiaribus suis colloquitur,

Caes. B. C. 1, 19.—

* Comp.:

arcanius judicare aliquid de aliquā re,

Col. 3, 2 fin.—Sup. not used.

Arcānus, a, um, adj. [Arcae], of or pertaining to Arcœ hence, subst.

Arcāni, ōrum, m., the inhabitants of Arcœ, Inscr. Orell. 4007.—

Arcānum, i, n., a villa of Q. Cicero, in the neighborhood of Arcœ, Cic. Att. 5, 1; id. ad Q. Fr. 3, 1 al.

at-trĭbŭo ( adt-, Weissenb., Jan; att-, B. and K., L. Müller), ŭi, ūtum, 3, v. a., to associate, add or join to, to annex, assign, bestow, give (class., but rare in the poets; syn.: tribuo, assigno, do, ascribo, addico).

In gen.

Lit.:

pueros attribue ei, quot et quos videbitur,

Cic. Att. 12, 30:

video, cui Apulia sit attributa,

assigned as a province, id. Cat. 2, 3, 6:

insulae Rhodiis attributae,

annexed, subjected, id. ad Q. Fr. 1, 1, 11:

Camunni finitimis adtributi municipiis,

Plin. 3, 20, 24, § 134:

equos gladiatoribus,

Caes. B. C. 1, 14:

quae (juventus) praesidio ejus loci adtributa erat,

Liv. 24, 21: pontifici sacra omnia. id. 1, 20: possessionem, Vulg. Num. 36, 12:

aliquem,

ib. Deut. 29, 26.—Of the assigning of state domains or other possessions belonging to the public treasures:

bona oppressorum in Vesvio restitutioni afflictarum civitatium attribuit,

Suet. Tit. 8 al. —Hence of appropriations from the exchequer:

pecuniam alicui,

Cic. Phil. 14, 14, 16:

ad aliquam rem pecuniam dare, attribuere, solvere,

id. ib. 14, 14 fin.;

so Liv 40, 51.—Also of private assignments: Faberius si venerit, videbis, ut tantum attribuatur, quantum debetur,

Cic. Att. 13, 2, 1.—Hence also aliquem, to assign, make over to any one:

attributos quod appellas, valde probo,

i. e. my debtors, to whom I have referred you, Cic. Att. 13, 22.—

Trop.:

timor, quem mihi natura pudorque meus attribuit,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 4:

Suus cuique attributus est error,

Cat. 22, 20:

si alicui rei hujus modi, legi, loco, urbi, monumento oratio attribuetur,

i. e. if these are represented as speaking, Cic. Inv 1, 52, 100:

curam alicujus rei adtribuere,

Liv. 26, 49.—

Esp.

To join in addition, to add:

non attribuere ad amissionem amicorum miseriam nostram,

Cic. Tusc. 3, 30, 73.—

Aliquid alicui, to attribute or impute to one, to charge with, ascribe to (cf. ascribo):

si eruditius videbitur disputare, attribuito Graecis litteris,

Cic. Sen. 1, 3:

Hoc tu si cupidius factum existimas, Caesari attribues,

id. de Or. 2, 3, 14:

bonos exitus dis immortalibus,

id. N. D. 3, 37, 89:

aliis causam calamitatis,

id. Verr. 2, 5, 41.—

T. t., to lay as a tax or tribute:

his rebus omnibus terni in milia aeris adtribuerentur,

Liv. 39, 44.—Hence, attrĭbūtus ( adt-), a, um, P. a., lit. that is ascribed or attributed to a thing; hence, subst.: attrĭbūtum, i, n.

(Acc. to I.) Money assigned from the public treasury, Varr. L. L. 5, § 181 Müll.—

In gram. lang., a predicate, attribute:

Omnes res confirmantur aut ex eo, quod personis, aut ex eo, quod negotiis est attributum,

Cic. Inv. 1, 24, 34; 1, 25, 36 sqq.; Gell. 4, 1 fin.

at-trĭbŭo ( adt-, Weissenb., Jan; att-, B. and K., L. Müller), ŭi, ūtum, 3, v. a., to associate, add or join to, to annex, assign, bestow, give (class., but rare in the poets; syn.: tribuo, assigno, do, ascribo, addico).

In gen.

Lit.:

pueros attribue ei, quot et quos videbitur,

Cic. Att. 12, 30:

video, cui Apulia sit attributa,

assigned as a province, id. Cat. 2, 3, 6:

insulae Rhodiis attributae,

annexed, subjected, id. ad Q. Fr. 1, 1, 11:

Camunni finitimis adtributi municipiis,

Plin. 3, 20, 24, § 134:

equos gladiatoribus,

Caes. B. C. 1, 14:

quae (juventus) praesidio ejus loci adtributa erat,

Liv. 24, 21: pontifici sacra omnia. id. 1, 20: possessionem, Vulg. Num. 36, 12:

aliquem,

ib. Deut. 29, 26.—Of the assigning of state domains or other possessions belonging to the public treasures:

bona oppressorum in Vesvio restitutioni afflictarum civitatium attribuit,

Suet. Tit. 8 al. —Hence of appropriations from the exchequer:

pecuniam alicui,

Cic. Phil. 14, 14, 16:

ad aliquam rem pecuniam dare, attribuere, solvere,

id. ib. 14, 14 fin.;

so Liv 40, 51.—Also of private assignments: Faberius si venerit, videbis, ut tantum attribuatur, quantum debetur,

Cic. Att. 13, 2, 1.—Hence also aliquem, to assign, make over to any one:

attributos quod appellas, valde probo,

i. e. my debtors, to whom I have referred you, Cic. Att. 13, 22.—

Trop.:

timor, quem mihi natura pudorque meus attribuit,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 4:

Suus cuique attributus est error,

Cat. 22, 20:

si alicui rei hujus modi, legi, loco, urbi, monumento oratio attribuetur,

i. e. if these are represented as speaking, Cic. Inv 1, 52, 100:

curam alicujus rei adtribuere,

Liv. 26, 49.—

Esp.

To join in addition, to add:

non attribuere ad amissionem amicorum miseriam nostram,

Cic. Tusc. 3, 30, 73.—

Aliquid alicui, to attribute or impute to one, to charge with, ascribe to (cf. ascribo):

si eruditius videbitur disputare, attribuito Graecis litteris,

Cic. Sen. 1, 3:

Hoc tu si cupidius factum existimas, Caesari attribues,

id. de Or. 2, 3, 14:

bonos exitus dis immortalibus,

id. N. D. 3, 37, 89:

aliis causam calamitatis,

id. Verr. 2, 5, 41.—

T. t., to lay as a tax or tribute:

his rebus omnibus terni in milia aeris adtribuerentur,

Liv. 39, 44.—Hence, attrĭbūtus ( adt-), a, um, P. a., lit. that is ascribed or attributed to a thing; hence, subst.: attrĭbūtum, i, n.

(Acc. to I.) Money assigned from the public treasury, Varr. L. L. 5, § 181 Müll.—

In gram. lang., a predicate, attribute:

Omnes res confirmantur aut ex eo, quod personis, aut ex eo, quod negotiis est attributum,

Cic. Inv. 1, 24, 34; 1, 25, 36 sqq.; Gell. 4, 1 fin.

balnĕum, i. n. (in plur. usu. heterocl. balnĕae, ārum. f.; cf. Varr. L. L. 8, § 48 Müll.; since the Aug. per. sometimes bal-nĕa, ōrum, n.; cf. Dör. ad Plin. Ep. 2, 8, 2) [contr. from bălĭnĕum, also in use, and in Plaut. and post-Aug. prose predominant, = balaneion; plur. bălĭnĕae; the Lat. bal-neum stands for bad-neum, kindr. with Sanscr. root bād, lavare, se lavare; Germ. Bad; Engl. bath].

A bath, a place for bathing (the public bath, as consisting of several apartments, only in plur., Varr. L. L. 9, § 68 Müll.; cf. aedes and aqua. Varro 1. 1. seems to assert that only the sing. was used for private baths, but this was not without exception, at least in a subsequent age; cf. Lorenz ad Plaut. Most. 3, 2, 69; Plin. 13, 3, 4, § 22; 33, 12, 54, § 153; Mart. 12, 15, 2 al.).

Balneum, plur. balneae, Plaut. Trin. 2, 4, 5; id. Pers. 1, 3, 10; Ter. Phorm. 2, 2, 25:

balneae Seniae,

Cic. Cael. 25, 62:

balneae Palatinae,

id. Rosc. Am. 7, 18; id. Clu. 51, 141; id. de Or. 2, 55, 223; Caecil. ap. Non. p. 196, 12; Vitr. 6, 8; Plin. 13, 3, 4, § 22; Tac. H. 3, 11; id. A. 15, 52:

(Caesar) ambulavit in litore: post horam octavam in balneum,

Cic. Att. 13, 52. 1:

de structurā balnei cogitare,

Pall. 1, 40, 1.—

Balineum, plur. balineae:

balineum calfieri jubebo,

Cic. Att. 2, 3 fin.; 15, 13, 5 (with the var. lect. balneo):

in balineas ire,

Plaut. As. 2, 2, 90; id. Rud. 2, 3, 52; id. Most. 3, 2, 69; id. Merc. 1, 2, 17:

pensiles balineae,

Plin. 9, 54, 79, § 168; 22, 22, 43, § 87; 32, 10, 38, § 115; 33, 12, 54, § 153; Plin. Ep. 2, 17, 11; 3, 14, 8; 8, 8, 6; 10, 75, 1; Suet. Aug. 76 Oud.; 85; 94; id. Ner. 20; 31; 35; id. Vesp. 21; id. Calig. 37; id. Galb. 10; Tac. H. 2, 16; 3, 32 al.—

Plur. balnea, ōrum, n., Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 92; 1, 11, 13; 1, 14, [p. 221] 15; id. A. P. 298; Ov. A. A. 3, 640; Liv. 23, 18, 12; Val. Max. 9, 1, 1; Sen. Ep. 86, 6; 90, 25; Cels. 1, 6; Plin. 28, 19, 77, § 248; 36, 15, 24, § 121; Juv. 1, 143; 6, 375; 6, 419; 7, 131; 7, 178; 7, 233 al.; Mart. 9, 19, 1; 10, 70, 13; 12, 50, 2; Inscr. Orell. 3324; 4816; Plin. Ep. 2, 8, 2; 7, 26, 2.—

In Pliny, a bath (in abstracto);

esp. in the connec. a balineis,

after the bath, after bathing, Plin. 28, 19 77, § 248; 13, 15, 30, § 99; 20, 14, 57, § 160; 24, 19, 118, § 181.

balnĕum, i. n. (in plur. usu. heterocl. balnĕae, ārum. f.; cf. Varr. L. L. 8, § 48 Müll.; since the Aug. per. sometimes bal-nĕa, ōrum, n.; cf. Dör. ad Plin. Ep. 2, 8, 2) [contr. from bălĭnĕum, also in use, and in Plaut. and post-Aug. prose predominant, = balaneion; plur. bălĭnĕae; the Lat. bal-neum stands for bad-neum, kindr. with Sanscr. root bād, lavare, se lavare; Germ. Bad; Engl. bath].

A bath, a place for bathing (the public bath, as consisting of several apartments, only in plur., Varr. L. L. 9, § 68 Müll.; cf. aedes and aqua. Varro 1. 1. seems to assert that only the sing. was used for private baths, but this was not without exception, at least in a subsequent age; cf. Lorenz ad Plaut. Most. 3, 2, 69; Plin. 13, 3, 4, § 22; 33, 12, 54, § 153; Mart. 12, 15, 2 al.).

Balneum, plur. balneae, Plaut. Trin. 2, 4, 5; id. Pers. 1, 3, 10; Ter. Phorm. 2, 2, 25:

balneae Seniae,

Cic. Cael. 25, 62:

balneae Palatinae,

id. Rosc. Am. 7, 18; id. Clu. 51, 141; id. de Or. 2, 55, 223; Caecil. ap. Non. p. 196, 12; Vitr. 6, 8; Plin. 13, 3, 4, § 22; Tac. H. 3, 11; id. A. 15, 52:

(Caesar) ambulavit in litore: post horam octavam in balneum,

Cic. Att. 13, 52. 1:

de structurā balnei cogitare,

Pall. 1, 40, 1.—

Balineum, plur. balineae:

balineum calfieri jubebo,

Cic. Att. 2, 3 fin.; 15, 13, 5 (with the var. lect. balneo):

in balineas ire,

Plaut. As. 2, 2, 90; id. Rud. 2, 3, 52; id. Most. 3, 2, 69; id. Merc. 1, 2, 17:

pensiles balineae,

Plin. 9, 54, 79, § 168; 22, 22, 43, § 87; 32, 10, 38, § 115; 33, 12, 54, § 153; Plin. Ep. 2, 17, 11; 3, 14, 8; 8, 8, 6; 10, 75, 1; Suet. Aug. 76 Oud.; 85; 94; id. Ner. 20; 31; 35; id. Vesp. 21; id. Calig. 37; id. Galb. 10; Tac. H. 2, 16; 3, 32 al.—

Plur. balnea, ōrum, n., Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 92; 1, 11, 13; 1, 14, [p. 221] 15; id. A. P. 298; Ov. A. A. 3, 640; Liv. 23, 18, 12; Val. Max. 9, 1, 1; Sen. Ep. 86, 6; 90, 25; Cels. 1, 6; Plin. 28, 19, 77, § 248; 36, 15, 24, § 121; Juv. 1, 143; 6, 375; 6, 419; 7, 131; 7, 178; 7, 233 al.; Mart. 9, 19, 1; 10, 70, 13; 12, 50, 2; Inscr. Orell. 3324; 4816; Plin. Ep. 2, 8, 2; 7, 26, 2.—

In Pliny, a bath (in abstracto);

esp. in the connec. a balineis,

after the bath, after bathing, Plin. 28, 19 77, § 248; 13, 15, 30, § 99; 20, 14, 57, § 160; 24, 19, 118, § 181.

caecus (not coecus; sometimes in MSS. cēcus), a, um, adj. [akin to skia, skotos; Sanscr. khāyā, shadow], having no light, devoid of light.

Act., not seeing, blind.

Lit.:

Appius, qui caecus annos multos fuit,

Cic. Tusc. 5, 38, 112:

traditum est enim Homerum caecum fuisse,

id. ib. 5, 39, 114; Lucr. 5, 839:

catuli, qui jam dispecturi sunt, caeci aeque et hi qui modo nati,

Cic. Fin. 4, 23, 64:

si facie miserabili senis, caeci, infantis,

Quint. 4, 1, 42:

caecum corpus,

the blind part of the body, the back, Sall. J. 107, 1:

perdices caecae impetu,

Plin. 10, 33, 51, § 102:

gigni,

Vell. 1, 5, 2.—

Prov.:

ut si Caecus iter monstrare velit,

Hor. Ep. 1, 17, 4:

apparet id quidem etiam caeco,

even a blind man can see that, Liv. 32, 34, 3:

caecis hoc, ut aiunt, satis clarum est,

Quint. 12, 7, 9.—

Trop., mentally or morally blind, blinded (freq. in prose and poetry):

o pectora caeca!

Lucr. 2, 14:

non solum ipsa Fortuna caeca est, sed eos etiam plerumque efficit caecos, quos complexa est,

Cic. Lael. 15, 54; cf.

casus,

id. Div. 2, 6, 15:

caecus atque amens tribunus,

id. Sest. 7, 17:

caecum me et praecipitem ferri,

id. Planc. 3, 6:

mater caeca crudelitate et scelere,

id. Clu. 70, 199:

cupidine,

Sall. J. 25, 7:

amentiā,

Cic. Har. Resp. 23, 48:

quem mala stultitia Caecum agit,

Hor. S. 2, 3, 44:

amatorem amicae Turpia decipiunt caecum vitia,

id. ib. 1, 3, 39:

mens,

Tac. Agr. 43.—With ad:

caecus ad has belli artes,

Liv. 21, 54, 3.—With gen.:

caecus animi,

Quint. 1, 10, 29; Gell. 12, 13, 4:

fati futuri,

ignorant of, Luc. 2, 14; cf. Claud. Rapt. Pros. 1, 138.— Subst.: Caeci, ōrum, m., the blind people, i.e. the people of Chalcedon, according to the oracle at Delphi. Tac. A. 12, 63; cf. Plin. 5, 32, 43, § 149. —

Meton. of the passions themselves:

caeca honorum cupido,

Lucr. 3, 59; Ov. M. 3, 620:

ac temeraria dominatrix animi cupiditas,

Cic. Inv. 1, 2, 2; id. Pis. 24, 57:

exspectatio,

id. Agr. 2, 25, 66:

amor,

Ov. F. 2, 762:

amor sui,

Hor. C. 1, 18, 14:

festinatio,

Liv. 22, 39, 22:

furor,

Hor. Epod. 7, 13:

caeca et sopita socordia,

Quint. 1, 2, 5:

ambitio,

Sen. Ben. 7, 26, 4.—

Pregn., blind, i.e. at random, vague, indiscriminate, aimless:

in hac calumniā timoris et caecae suspitionis tormento,

Cic. Fam. 6, 7, 4:

caeco quodam timore... quaerebant aliquem ducem,

id. Lig. 1, 3:

caecique in nubibus ignes Terrificant animos,

Verg. A. 4, 209:

caeca regens filo vestigia,

id. ib. 6, 30:

ne sint caecae, pater, exsecrationes tuae,

Liv. 40, 10, 1:

et caeco flentque paventque metu,

Ov. F. 2, 822:

lymphatis caeco pavore animis,

Tac. H. 1, 82:

cervus... Caeco timore proximam villam petit,

Phaedr. 2, 8, 3:

timor,

Ov. Am. 1, 4, 42.—

Transf.

Of plants, without buds or eyes:

rami,

Plin. 16, 30, 54, § 125; cf. caeco and oculus. —

Of the large intestine:

intestinum,

the cœcum, Cels. 4, 1, 28; 4, 14, 1.—

Pass., that cannot be seen, or trop., that cannot be known, invisible, concealed, hidden, secret, obscure, dark.

Lit.: sunt igitur venti nimirum corpora caeca, winds are accordingly bodies, although invisible, Lucr. 1, 278; 1, 296; 1, 329;

2, 713: vallum caecum,

Caes. B. C. 1, 28; cf.: caecum vallum dicitur, in quo praeacuti pali terrae affixi herbis vel frondibus occuluntur, Paul. ex Fest. p. 44 Müll.; so,

fossae,

covered, Col. 2, 2, 9; Pall. Mai, 3. 1:

in vada caeca ferre,

Verg. A. 1, 536:

fores,

private, id. ib. 2, 453:

spiramenta,

id. G. 1, 89:

colubri,

Col. 10, 231:

ignis,

Lucr. 4, 929:

venenum,

id. 6, 822:

tabes,

Ov. M. 9, 174:

viae,

blind ways, Tib. 2, 1, 78:

insidiae armaque,

Ov. F 2, 214; cf. Sil. 5, 3:

saxa,

Verg. A. 3, 706; 5, 164:

vulnus,

a secret wound, Lucr. 4, 1116;

but also,

a wound upon the back, Verg. A. 10, 733; cf.

in the same sense, ictus,

Liv. 34, 14, 11; Sil. 9, 105 (cf.: caecum corpus, the back, I. A. supra):

caeca manus, i.e. abscondita,

Ov. M. 12, 492:

caecum domūs scelus,

Verg. A. 1, 356.—

Trop.:

caecas exponere causas,

Lucr. 3, 317:

improba navigii ratio, tum caeca jacebat,

lay still concealed, id. 5, 1004; so,

venti potestas,

id. 3, 248; 3, 270: fluctus, Sisenn. ap. Non. p. 449, 10:

caeca et clandestina natura,

Lucr. 1, 779:

res caecae et ab aspectūs judicio remotae,

Cic. de Or. 2, 87, 357:

obscurum atque caecum,

id. Agr. 2, 14, 36:

fata,

Hor. C. 2, 13, 16:

sors,

id. S. 2, 3, 269:

tumultus,

secret conspiracies, Verg. G. 1, 464:

amor,

id. ib. 3, 210; cf.:

stimulos in pectore caecos Condidit,

Ov. M. 1, 726. In Plaut. once, prob. taken from the vulgar lang.: caecā die emere, upon a concealed ( pay-) day, i.e. to purchase on credit (opp. oculata dies, i.e. for ready money): Ca. Pereo inopiā argentariā. Ba. Emito die caecā hercle olivom, id vendito oculatā die, Plaut. Ps. 1, 3, 67.—

By poet. license, transf. to the hearing:

murmur,

Verg. A. 12, 591 (as we, by a similar meton., say a hollow sound; cf. on the other hand, in Gr. tuphlos ta ôta); so,

clamor,

Val. Fl. 2, 461:

mugitusterrae,

Sen. Troad. 171.—

Neutr., that obstructs the sight, or trop., the perception; dark, gloomy, thick, dense, obscure.

Lit.:

nox,

Cic. Mil. 19, 50; Lucr. 1, 1108; Cat. 68, 44; Ov. M. 10, 476; 11, 521:

caligo,

Lucr. 3, 305; 4, 457; Cat. 64, 908; Verg. A. 3, 203; 8, 253:

tenebrae,

Lucr. 2, 54; 2, 746; 2, 798; 3, 87; 6, 35;

3, 87: silentia, i.e. nox,

Sil. 7, 350:

latebrae,

Lucr. 1, 409:

iter,

Ov. M. 10, 456:

loca,

Prop. 1, 19, 8:

cavernae,

Ov. M. 15, 299; Sil. 7, 372:

latus,

Verg. A. 2, 19:

cubiculum si fenestram non habet, dicitur caecum,

Varr. L. L. 9, § 58 Müll.; so,

domus,

without windows, Cic. Or. 67, 224:

parietes,

Verg. A. 5, 589:

pulvis,

id. ib. 12, 444:

carcer,

id. ib. 6, 734:

sardonyches,

not transparent, opaque, Plin. 37, 6, 23, § 86:

smaragdi,

id. 37, 5, 18, § 68: acervus (of chaos), chaotic, confused, Ov M. 1, 24; Col. 4, 32, 4' chaos, Sen. Med. 741, Sil. 11, 456.—

Trop., uncertain, doubtful: obscurā spe et caecā exspectatione pendere, i.e. of an uncertain consequence or result, Cic. Agr. 2, 25, 66:

quod temere fit caeco casu,

id. Div. 2, 6, 15. cursus (Fortunae), Luc. 2, 567:

eventus,

Verg. A. 6, 157:

caeci morbi, quorum causas ne medici quidem perspicere queunt,

Col. 1, 5, 6; so,

dolores,

Plin. 29, 2, 10, § 38; 29, 3, 13, § 55:

crimen,

that cannot be proved, Liv. 45, 31, 11.— Subst.: caecum, i, n., uncertainty, obscurity ( poet.):

verum in caeco esse,

Manil. 4, 304.—

* Comp., Hor. S. 1, 2, 91.— Sup. and adv. not in. use.

Caecus, i, m.; agnomen of Appius Claudius Crassus, as being blind, Cic. Brut. 14, 55; cf. Liv. 9, 29, 11; Cic. Sen. 6, 16.

caecus (not coecus; sometimes in MSS. cēcus), a, um, adj. [akin to skia, skotos; Sanscr. khāyā, shadow], having no light, devoid of light.

Act., not seeing, blind.

Lit.:

Appius, qui caecus annos multos fuit,

Cic. Tusc. 5, 38, 112:

traditum est enim Homerum caecum fuisse,

id. ib. 5, 39, 114; Lucr. 5, 839:

catuli, qui jam dispecturi sunt, caeci aeque et hi qui modo nati,

Cic. Fin. 4, 23, 64:

si facie miserabili senis, caeci, infantis,

Quint. 4, 1, 42:

caecum corpus,

the blind part of the body, the back, Sall. J. 107, 1:

perdices caecae impetu,

Plin. 10, 33, 51, § 102:

gigni,

Vell. 1, 5, 2.—

Prov.:

ut si Caecus iter monstrare velit,

Hor. Ep. 1, 17, 4:

apparet id quidem etiam caeco,

even a blind man can see that, Liv. 32, 34, 3:

caecis hoc, ut aiunt, satis clarum est,

Quint. 12, 7, 9.—

Trop., mentally or morally blind, blinded (freq. in prose and poetry):

o pectora caeca!

Lucr. 2, 14:

non solum ipsa Fortuna caeca est, sed eos etiam plerumque efficit caecos, quos complexa est,

Cic. Lael. 15, 54; cf.

casus,

id. Div. 2, 6, 15:

caecus atque amens tribunus,

id. Sest. 7, 17:

caecum me et praecipitem ferri,

id. Planc. 3, 6:

mater caeca crudelitate et scelere,

id. Clu. 70, 199:

cupidine,

Sall. J. 25, 7:

amentiā,

Cic. Har. Resp. 23, 48:

quem mala stultitia Caecum agit,

Hor. S. 2, 3, 44:

amatorem amicae Turpia decipiunt caecum vitia,

id. ib. 1, 3, 39:

mens,

Tac. Agr. 43.—With ad:

caecus ad has belli artes,

Liv. 21, 54, 3.—With gen.:

caecus animi,

Quint. 1, 10, 29; Gell. 12, 13, 4:

fati futuri,

ignorant of, Luc. 2, 14; cf. Claud. Rapt. Pros. 1, 138.— Subst.: Caeci, ōrum, m., the blind people, i.e. the people of Chalcedon, according to the oracle at Delphi. Tac. A. 12, 63; cf. Plin. 5, 32, 43, § 149. —

Meton. of the passions themselves:

caeca honorum cupido,

Lucr. 3, 59; Ov. M. 3, 620:

ac temeraria dominatrix animi cupiditas,

Cic. Inv. 1, 2, 2; id. Pis. 24, 57:

exspectatio,

id. Agr. 2, 25, 66:

amor,

Ov. F. 2, 762:

amor sui,

Hor. C. 1, 18, 14:

festinatio,

Liv. 22, 39, 22:

furor,

Hor. Epod. 7, 13:

caeca et sopita socordia,

Quint. 1, 2, 5:

ambitio,

Sen. Ben. 7, 26, 4.—

Pregn., blind, i.e. at random, vague, indiscriminate, aimless:

in hac calumniā timoris et caecae suspitionis tormento,

Cic. Fam. 6, 7, 4:

caeco quodam timore... quaerebant aliquem ducem,

id. Lig. 1, 3:

caecique in nubibus ignes Terrificant animos,

Verg. A. 4, 209:

caeca regens filo vestigia,

id. ib. 6, 30:

ne sint caecae, pater, exsecrationes tuae,

Liv. 40, 10, 1:

et caeco flentque paventque metu,

Ov. F. 2, 822:

lymphatis caeco pavore animis,

Tac. H. 1, 82:

cervus... Caeco timore proximam villam petit,

Phaedr. 2, 8, 3:

timor,

Ov. Am. 1, 4, 42.—

Transf.

Of plants, without buds or eyes:

rami,

Plin. 16, 30, 54, § 125; cf. caeco and oculus. —

Of the large intestine:

intestinum,

the cœcum, Cels. 4, 1, 28; 4, 14, 1.—

Pass., that cannot be seen, or trop., that cannot be known, invisible, concealed, hidden, secret, obscure, dark.

Lit.: sunt igitur venti nimirum corpora caeca, winds are accordingly bodies, although invisible, Lucr. 1, 278; 1, 296; 1, 329;

2, 713: vallum caecum,

Caes. B. C. 1, 28; cf.: caecum vallum dicitur, in quo praeacuti pali terrae affixi herbis vel frondibus occuluntur, Paul. ex Fest. p. 44 Müll.; so,

fossae,

covered, Col. 2, 2, 9; Pall. Mai, 3. 1:

in vada caeca ferre,

Verg. A. 1, 536:

fores,

private, id. ib. 2, 453:

spiramenta,

id. G. 1, 89:

colubri,

Col. 10, 231:

ignis,

Lucr. 4, 929:

venenum,

id. 6, 822:

tabes,

Ov. M. 9, 174:

viae,

blind ways, Tib. 2, 1, 78:

insidiae armaque,

Ov. F 2, 214; cf. Sil. 5, 3:

saxa,

Verg. A. 3, 706; 5, 164:

vulnus,

a secret wound, Lucr. 4, 1116;

but also,

a wound upon the back, Verg. A. 10, 733; cf.

in the same sense, ictus,

Liv. 34, 14, 11; Sil. 9, 105 (cf.: caecum corpus, the back, I. A. supra):

caeca manus, i.e. abscondita,

Ov. M. 12, 492:

caecum domūs scelus,

Verg. A. 1, 356.—

Trop.:

caecas exponere causas,

Lucr. 3, 317:

improba navigii ratio, tum caeca jacebat,

lay still concealed, id. 5, 1004; so,

venti potestas,

id. 3, 248; 3, 270: fluctus, Sisenn. ap. Non. p. 449, 10:

caeca et clandestina natura,

Lucr. 1, 779:

res caecae et ab aspectūs judicio remotae,

Cic. de Or. 2, 87, 357:

obscurum atque caecum,

id. Agr. 2, 14, 36:

fata,

Hor. C. 2, 13, 16:

sors,

id. S. 2, 3, 269:

tumultus,

secret conspiracies, Verg. G. 1, 464:

amor,

id. ib. 3, 210; cf.:

stimulos in pectore caecos Condidit,

Ov. M. 1, 726. In Plaut. once, prob. taken from the vulgar lang.: caecā die emere, upon a concealed ( pay-) day, i.e. to purchase on credit (opp. oculata dies, i.e. for ready money): Ca. Pereo inopiā argentariā. Ba. Emito die caecā hercle olivom, id vendito oculatā die, Plaut. Ps. 1, 3, 67.—

By poet. license, transf. to the hearing:

murmur,

Verg. A. 12, 591 (as we, by a similar meton., say a hollow sound; cf. on the other hand, in Gr. tuphlos ta ôta); so,

clamor,

Val. Fl. 2, 461:

mugitusterrae,

Sen. Troad. 171.—

Neutr., that obstructs the sight, or trop., the perception; dark, gloomy, thick, dense, obscure.

Lit.:

nox,

Cic. Mil. 19, 50; Lucr. 1, 1108; Cat. 68, 44; Ov. M. 10, 476; 11, 521:

caligo,

Lucr. 3, 305; 4, 457; Cat. 64, 908; Verg. A. 3, 203; 8, 253:

tenebrae,

Lucr. 2, 54; 2, 746; 2, 798; 3, 87; 6, 35;

3, 87: silentia, i.e. nox,

Sil. 7, 350:

latebrae,

Lucr. 1, 409:

iter,

Ov. M. 10, 456:

loca,

Prop. 1, 19, 8:

cavernae,

Ov. M. 15, 299; Sil. 7, 372:

latus,

Verg. A. 2, 19:

cubiculum si fenestram non habet, dicitur caecum,

Varr. L. L. 9, § 58 Müll.; so,

domus,

without windows, Cic. Or. 67, 224:

parietes,

Verg. A. 5, 589:

pulvis,

id. ib. 12, 444:

carcer,

id. ib. 6, 734:

sardonyches,

not transparent, opaque, Plin. 37, 6, 23, § 86:

smaragdi,

id. 37, 5, 18, § 68: acervus (of chaos), chaotic, confused, Ov M. 1, 24; Col. 4, 32, 4' chaos, Sen. Med. 741, Sil. 11, 456.—

Trop., uncertain, doubtful: obscurā spe et caecā exspectatione pendere, i.e. of an uncertain consequence or result, Cic. Agr. 2, 25, 66:

quod temere fit caeco casu,

id. Div. 2, 6, 15. cursus (Fortunae), Luc. 2, 567:

eventus,

Verg. A. 6, 157:

caeci morbi, quorum causas ne medici quidem perspicere queunt,

Col. 1, 5, 6; so,

dolores,

Plin. 29, 2, 10, § 38; 29, 3, 13, § 55:

crimen,

that cannot be proved, Liv. 45, 31, 11.— Subst.: caecum, i, n., uncertainty, obscurity ( poet.):

verum in caeco esse,

Manil. 4, 304.—

* Comp., Hor. S. 1, 2, 91.— Sup. and adv. not in. use.

Caecus, i, m.; agnomen of Appius Claudius Crassus, as being blind, Cic. Brut. 14, 55; cf. Liv. 9, 29, 11; Cic. Sen. 6, 16.

caecus (not coecus; sometimes in MSS. cēcus), a, um, adj. [akin to skia, skotos; Sanscr. khāyā, shadow], having no light, devoid of light.

Act., not seeing, blind.

Lit.:

Appius, qui caecus annos multos fuit,

Cic. Tusc. 5, 38, 112:

traditum est enim Homerum caecum fuisse,

id. ib. 5, 39, 114; Lucr. 5, 839:

catuli, qui jam dispecturi sunt, caeci aeque et hi qui modo nati,

Cic. Fin. 4, 23, 64:

si facie miserabili senis, caeci, infantis,

Quint. 4, 1, 42:

caecum corpus,

the blind part of the body, the back, Sall. J. 107, 1:

perdices caecae impetu,

Plin. 10, 33, 51, § 102:

gigni,

Vell. 1, 5, 2.—

Prov.:

ut si Caecus iter monstrare velit,

Hor. Ep. 1, 17, 4:

apparet id quidem etiam caeco,

even a blind man can see that, Liv. 32, 34, 3:

caecis hoc, ut aiunt, satis clarum est,

Quint. 12, 7, 9.—

Trop., mentally or morally blind, blinded (freq. in prose and poetry):

o pectora caeca!

Lucr. 2, 14:

non solum ipsa Fortuna caeca est, sed eos etiam plerumque efficit caecos, quos complexa est,

Cic. Lael. 15, 54; cf.

casus,

id. Div. 2, 6, 15:

caecus atque amens tribunus,

id. Sest. 7, 17:

caecum me et praecipitem ferri,

id. Planc. 3, 6:

mater caeca crudelitate et scelere,

id. Clu. 70, 199:

cupidine,

Sall. J. 25, 7:

amentiā,

Cic. Har. Resp. 23, 48:

quem mala stultitia Caecum agit,

Hor. S. 2, 3, 44:

amatorem amicae Turpia decipiunt caecum vitia,

id. ib. 1, 3, 39:

mens,

Tac. Agr. 43.—With ad:

caecus ad has belli artes,

Liv. 21, 54, 3.—With gen.:

caecus animi,

Quint. 1, 10, 29; Gell. 12, 13, 4:

fati futuri,

ignorant of, Luc. 2, 14; cf. Claud. Rapt. Pros. 1, 138.— Subst.: Caeci, ōrum, m., the blind people, i.e. the people of Chalcedon, according to the oracle at Delphi. Tac. A. 12, 63; cf. Plin. 5, 32, 43, § 149. —

Meton. of the passions themselves:

caeca honorum cupido,

Lucr. 3, 59; Ov. M. 3, 620:

ac temeraria dominatrix animi cupiditas,

Cic. Inv. 1, 2, 2; id. Pis. 24, 57:

exspectatio,

id. Agr. 2, 25, 66:

amor,

Ov. F. 2, 762:

amor sui,

Hor. C. 1, 18, 14:

festinatio,

Liv. 22, 39, 22:

furor,

Hor. Epod. 7, 13:

caeca et sopita socordia,

Quint. 1, 2, 5:

ambitio,

Sen. Ben. 7, 26, 4.—

Pregn., blind, i.e. at random, vague, indiscriminate, aimless:

in hac calumniā timoris et caecae suspitionis tormento,

Cic. Fam. 6, 7, 4:

caeco quodam timore... quaerebant aliquem ducem,

id. Lig. 1, 3:

caecique in nubibus ignes Terrificant animos,

Verg. A. 4, 209:

caeca regens filo vestigia,

id. ib. 6, 30:

ne sint caecae, pater, exsecrationes tuae,

Liv. 40, 10, 1:

et caeco flentque paventque metu,

Ov. F. 2, 822:

lymphatis caeco pavore animis,

Tac. H. 1, 82:

cervus... Caeco timore proximam villam petit,

Phaedr. 2, 8, 3:

timor,

Ov. Am. 1, 4, 42.—

Transf.

Of plants, without buds or eyes:

rami,

Plin. 16, 30, 54, § 125; cf. caeco and oculus. —

Of the large intestine:

intestinum,

the cœcum, Cels. 4, 1, 28; 4, 14, 1.—

Pass., that cannot be seen, or trop., that cannot be known, invisible, concealed, hidden, secret, obscure, dark.

Lit.: sunt igitur venti nimirum corpora caeca, winds are accordingly bodies, although invisible, Lucr. 1, 278; 1, 296; 1, 329;

2, 713: vallum caecum,

Caes. B. C. 1, 28; cf.: caecum vallum dicitur, in quo praeacuti pali terrae affixi herbis vel frondibus occuluntur, Paul. ex Fest. p. 44 Müll.; so,

fossae,

covered, Col. 2, 2, 9; Pall. Mai, 3. 1:

in vada caeca ferre,

Verg. A. 1, 536:

fores,

private, id. ib. 2, 453:

spiramenta,

id. G. 1, 89:

colubri,

Col. 10, 231:

ignis,

Lucr. 4, 929:

venenum,

id. 6, 822:

tabes,

Ov. M. 9, 174:

viae,

blind ways, Tib. 2, 1, 78:

insidiae armaque,

Ov. F 2, 214; cf. Sil. 5, 3:

saxa,

Verg. A. 3, 706; 5, 164:

vulnus,

a secret wound, Lucr. 4, 1116;

but also,

a wound upon the back, Verg. A. 10, 733; cf.

in the same sense, ictus,

Liv. 34, 14, 11; Sil. 9, 105 (cf.: caecum corpus, the back, I. A. supra):

caeca manus, i.e. abscondita,

Ov. M. 12, 492:

caecum domūs scelus,

Verg. A. 1, 356.—

Trop.:

caecas exponere causas,

Lucr. 3, 317:

improba navigii ratio, tum caeca jacebat,

lay still concealed, id. 5, 1004; so,

venti potestas,

id. 3, 248; 3, 270: fluctus, Sisenn. ap. Non. p. 449, 10:

caeca et clandestina natura,

Lucr. 1, 779:

res caecae et ab aspectūs judicio remotae,

Cic. de Or. 2, 87, 357:

obscurum atque caecum,

id. Agr. 2, 14, 36:

fata,

Hor. C. 2, 13, 16:

sors,

id. S. 2, 3, 269:

tumultus,

secret conspiracies, Verg. G. 1, 464:

amor,

id. ib. 3, 210; cf.:

stimulos in pectore caecos Condidit,

Ov. M. 1, 726. In Plaut. once, prob. taken from the vulgar lang.: caecā die emere, upon a concealed ( pay-) day, i.e. to purchase on credit (opp. oculata dies, i.e. for ready money): Ca. Pereo inopiā argentariā. Ba. Emito die caecā hercle olivom, id vendito oculatā die, Plaut. Ps. 1, 3, 67.—

By poet. license, transf. to the hearing:

murmur,

Verg. A. 12, 591 (as we, by a similar meton., say a hollow sound; cf. on the other hand, in Gr. tuphlos ta ôta); so,

clamor,

Val. Fl. 2, 461:

mugitusterrae,

Sen. Troad. 171.—

Neutr., that obstructs the sight, or trop., the perception; dark, gloomy, thick, dense, obscure.

Lit.:

nox,

Cic. Mil. 19, 50; Lucr. 1, 1108; Cat. 68, 44; Ov. M. 10, 476; 11, 521:

caligo,

Lucr. 3, 305; 4, 457; Cat. 64, 908; Verg. A. 3, 203; 8, 253:

tenebrae,

Lucr. 2, 54; 2, 746; 2, 798; 3, 87; 6, 35;

3, 87: silentia, i.e. nox,

Sil. 7, 350:

latebrae,

Lucr. 1, 409:

iter,

Ov. M. 10, 456:

loca,

Prop. 1, 19, 8:

cavernae,

Ov. M. 15, 299; Sil. 7, 372:

latus,

Verg. A. 2, 19:

cubiculum si fenestram non habet, dicitur caecum,

Varr. L. L. 9, § 58 Müll.; so,

domus,

without windows, Cic. Or. 67, 224:

parietes,

Verg. A. 5, 589:

pulvis,

id. ib. 12, 444:

carcer,

id. ib. 6, 734:

sardonyches,

not transparent, opaque, Plin. 37, 6, 23, § 86:

smaragdi,

id. 37, 5, 18, § 68: acervus (of chaos), chaotic, confused, Ov M. 1, 24; Col. 4, 32, 4' chaos, Sen. Med. 741, Sil. 11, 456.—

Trop., uncertain, doubtful: obscurā spe et caecā exspectatione pendere, i.e. of an uncertain consequence or result, Cic. Agr. 2, 25, 66:

quod temere fit caeco casu,

id. Div. 2, 6, 15. cursus (Fortunae), Luc. 2, 567:

eventus,

Verg. A. 6, 157:

caeci morbi, quorum causas ne medici quidem perspicere queunt,

Col. 1, 5, 6; so,

dolores,

Plin. 29, 2, 10, § 38; 29, 3, 13, § 55:

crimen,

that cannot be proved, Liv. 45, 31, 11.— Subst.: caecum, i, n., uncertainty, obscurity ( poet.):

verum in caeco esse,

Manil. 4, 304.—

* Comp., Hor. S. 1, 2, 91.— Sup. and adv. not in. use.

Caecus, i, m.; agnomen of Appius Claudius Crassus, as being blind, Cic. Brut. 14, 55; cf. Liv. 9, 29, 11; Cic. Sen. 6, 16.

caecus (not coecus; sometimes in MSS. cēcus), a, um, adj. [akin to skia, skotos; Sanscr. khāyā, shadow], having no light, devoid of light.

Act., not seeing, blind.

Lit.:

Appius, qui caecus annos multos fuit,

Cic. Tusc. 5, 38, 112:

traditum est enim Homerum caecum fuisse,

id. ib. 5, 39, 114; Lucr. 5, 839:

catuli, qui jam dispecturi sunt, caeci aeque et hi qui modo nati,

Cic. Fin. 4, 23, 64:

si facie miserabili senis, caeci, infantis,

Quint. 4, 1, 42:

caecum corpus,

the blind part of the body, the back, Sall. J. 107, 1:

perdices caecae impetu,

Plin. 10, 33, 51, § 102:

gigni,

Vell. 1, 5, 2.—

Prov.:

ut si Caecus iter monstrare velit,

Hor. Ep. 1, 17, 4:

apparet id quidem etiam caeco,

even a blind man can see that, Liv. 32, 34, 3:

caecis hoc, ut aiunt, satis clarum est,

Quint. 12, 7, 9.—

Trop., mentally or morally blind, blinded (freq. in prose and poetry):

o pectora caeca!

Lucr. 2, 14:

non solum ipsa Fortuna caeca est, sed eos etiam plerumque efficit caecos, quos complexa est,

Cic. Lael. 15, 54; cf.

casus,

id. Div. 2, 6, 15:

caecus atque amens tribunus,

id. Sest. 7, 17:

caecum me et praecipitem ferri,

id. Planc. 3, 6:

mater caeca crudelitate et scelere,

id. Clu. 70, 199:

cupidine,

Sall. J. 25, 7:

amentiā,

Cic. Har. Resp. 23, 48:

quem mala stultitia Caecum agit,

Hor. S. 2, 3, 44:

amatorem amicae Turpia decipiunt caecum vitia,

id. ib. 1, 3, 39:

mens,

Tac. Agr. 43.—With ad:

caecus ad has belli artes,

Liv. 21, 54, 3.—With gen.:

caecus animi,

Quint. 1, 10, 29; Gell. 12, 13, 4:

fati futuri,

ignorant of, Luc. 2, 14; cf. Claud. Rapt. Pros. 1, 138.— Subst.: Caeci, ōrum, m., the blind people, i.e. the people of Chalcedon, according to the oracle at Delphi. Tac. A. 12, 63; cf. Plin. 5, 32, 43, § 149. —

Meton. of the passions themselves:

caeca honorum cupido,

Lucr. 3, 59; Ov. M. 3, 620:

ac temeraria dominatrix animi cupiditas,

Cic. Inv. 1, 2, 2; id. Pis. 24, 57:

exspectatio,

id. Agr. 2, 25, 66:

amor,

Ov. F. 2, 762:

amor sui,

Hor. C. 1, 18, 14:

festinatio,

Liv. 22, 39, 22:

furor,

Hor. Epod. 7, 13:

caeca et sopita socordia,

Quint. 1, 2, 5:

ambitio,

Sen. Ben. 7, 26, 4.—

Pregn., blind, i.e. at random, vague, indiscriminate, aimless:

in hac calumniā timoris et caecae suspitionis tormento,

Cic. Fam. 6, 7, 4:

caeco quodam timore... quaerebant aliquem ducem,

id. Lig. 1, 3:

caecique in nubibus ignes Terrificant animos,

Verg. A. 4, 209:

caeca regens filo vestigia,

id. ib. 6, 30:

ne sint caecae, pater, exsecrationes tuae,

Liv. 40, 10, 1:

et caeco flentque paventque metu,

Ov. F. 2, 822:

lymphatis caeco pavore animis,

Tac. H. 1, 82:

cervus... Caeco timore proximam villam petit,

Phaedr. 2, 8, 3:

timor,

Ov. Am. 1, 4, 42.—

Transf.

Of plants, without buds or eyes:

rami,

Plin. 16, 30, 54, § 125; cf. caeco and oculus. —

Of the large intestine:

intestinum,

the cœcum, Cels. 4, 1, 28; 4, 14, 1.—

Pass., that cannot be seen, or trop., that cannot be known, invisible, concealed, hidden, secret, obscure, dark.

Lit.: sunt igitur venti nimirum corpora caeca, winds are accordingly bodies, although invisible, Lucr. 1, 278; 1, 296; 1, 329;

2, 713: vallum caecum,

Caes. B. C. 1, 28; cf.: caecum vallum dicitur, in quo praeacuti pali terrae affixi herbis vel frondibus occuluntur, Paul. ex Fest. p. 44 Müll.; so,

fossae,

covered, Col. 2, 2, 9; Pall. Mai, 3. 1:

in vada caeca ferre,

Verg. A. 1, 536:

fores,

private, id. ib. 2, 453:

spiramenta,

id. G. 1, 89:

colubri,

Col. 10, 231:

ignis,

Lucr. 4, 929:

venenum,

id. 6, 822:

tabes,

Ov. M. 9, 174:

viae,

blind ways, Tib. 2, 1, 78:

insidiae armaque,

Ov. F 2, 214; cf. Sil. 5, 3:

saxa,

Verg. A. 3, 706; 5, 164:

vulnus,

a secret wound, Lucr. 4, 1116;

but also,

a wound upon the back, Verg. A. 10, 733; cf.

in the same sense, ictus,

Liv. 34, 14, 11; Sil. 9, 105 (cf.: caecum corpus, the back, I. A. supra):

caeca manus, i.e. abscondita,

Ov. M. 12, 492:

caecum domūs scelus,

Verg. A. 1, 356.—

Trop.:

caecas exponere causas,

Lucr. 3, 317:

improba navigii ratio, tum caeca jacebat,

lay still concealed, id. 5, 1004; so,

venti potestas,

id. 3, 248; 3, 270: fluctus, Sisenn. ap. Non. p. 449, 10:

caeca et clandestina natura,

Lucr. 1, 779:

res caecae et ab aspectūs judicio remotae,

Cic. de Or. 2, 87, 357:

obscurum atque caecum,

id. Agr. 2, 14, 36:

fata,

Hor. C. 2, 13, 16:

sors,

id. S. 2, 3, 269:

tumultus,

secret conspiracies, Verg. G. 1, 464:

amor,

id. ib. 3, 210; cf.:

stimulos in pectore caecos Condidit,

Ov. M. 1, 726. In Plaut. once, prob. taken from the vulgar lang.: caecā die emere, upon a concealed ( pay-) day, i.e. to purchase on credit (opp. oculata dies, i.e. for ready money): Ca. Pereo inopiā argentariā. Ba. Emito die caecā hercle olivom, id vendito oculatā die, Plaut. Ps. 1, 3, 67.—

By poet. license, transf. to the hearing:

murmur,

Verg. A. 12, 591 (as we, by a similar meton., say a hollow sound; cf. on the other hand, in Gr. tuphlos ta ôta); so,

clamor,

Val. Fl. 2, 461:

mugitusterrae,

Sen. Troad. 171.—

Neutr., that obstructs the sight, or trop., the perception; dark, gloomy, thick, dense, obscure.

Lit.:

nox,

Cic. Mil. 19, 50; Lucr. 1, 1108; Cat. 68, 44; Ov. M. 10, 476; 11, 521:

caligo,

Lucr. 3, 305; 4, 457; Cat. 64, 908; Verg. A. 3, 203; 8, 253:

tenebrae,

Lucr. 2, 54; 2, 746; 2, 798; 3, 87; 6, 35;

3, 87: silentia, i.e. nox,

Sil. 7, 350:

latebrae,

Lucr. 1, 409:

iter,

Ov. M. 10, 456:

loca,

Prop. 1, 19, 8:

cavernae,

Ov. M. 15, 299; Sil. 7, 372:

latus,

Verg. A. 2, 19:

cubiculum si fenestram non habet, dicitur caecum,

Varr. L. L. 9, § 58 Müll.; so,

domus,

without windows, Cic. Or. 67, 224:

parietes,

Verg. A. 5, 589:

pulvis,

id. ib. 12, 444:

carcer,

id. ib. 6, 734:

sardonyches,

not transparent, opaque, Plin. 37, 6, 23, § 86:

smaragdi,

id. 37, 5, 18, § 68: acervus (of chaos), chaotic, confused, Ov M. 1, 24; Col. 4, 32, 4' chaos, Sen. Med. 741, Sil. 11, 456.—

Trop., uncertain, doubtful: obscurā spe et caecā exspectatione pendere, i.e. of an uncertain consequence or result, Cic. Agr. 2, 25, 66:

quod temere fit caeco casu,

id. Div. 2, 6, 15. cursus (Fortunae), Luc. 2, 567:

eventus,

Verg. A. 6, 157:

caeci morbi, quorum causas ne medici quidem perspicere queunt,

Col. 1, 5, 6; so,

dolores,

Plin. 29, 2, 10, § 38; 29, 3, 13, § 55:

crimen,

that cannot be proved, Liv. 45, 31, 11.— Subst.: caecum, i, n., uncertainty, obscurity ( poet.):

verum in caeco esse,

Manil. 4, 304.—

* Comp., Hor. S. 1, 2, 91.— Sup. and adv. not in. use.

Caecus, i, m.; agnomen of Appius Claudius Crassus, as being blind, Cic. Brut. 14, 55; cf. Liv. 9, 29, 11; Cic. Sen. 6, 16.

Gāĭus (less correctly Cāĭus;

trisyl.,

Cat. 10, 30; Mart. 9, 22, 12; 11, 36, 8); gen. Gāi (voc. Gāi, Mart. 10, 16, 1), m., and Gāĭa, ae, f. [for Gavius; from gaudeo], a Roman prœnomen, usu. written C.; v. the letter G. Gaia was written O, Quint. 1, 7, 28; Vel. Long. p. 2218; P. prol. p. 1502.— At marriage festivals it was customary to call the bridegroom and bride Gaius and Gaia, Fest. s. v. Gaia, p. 71; Quint. l. l.; Cic. Mur. 12 fin. —

In partic.

An eminent jurist who lived about A.D. 110-180, author of the Institutionum Commentarii IV., which contain a systematic summary of the Roman law of family relations, of private property, and of actions; and which for generations was a standard educational work on the subject. This work was known, however, to modern scholars only by the fragments preserved in the Pandects, etc., until in 1816 Niebuhr discovered in the Chapter House of Verona a nearly complete MS. of the original work of Gaius, over which works of St. Jerome had been written. Teuffel, Gesch. d. Röm. Lit. p. 812 sqq.—

In post-Aug. historians, esp., the emperor Gaius Caligula; hence, Gāiānus or Cāiānus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Caligula:

custodia,

Sen. Tranq. 11:

clades,

id. ib. 14 fin.:

expeditiones,

Tac. 4, 15:

nex,

Suet. Tit. 1:

as (because lowered in value by him),

Stat. Sil. 4, 9, 22.

călĭgātus, a, um, adj. [caliga], wearing soldiers ' boots, booted:

milites,

Suet. Vit. 7 fin.; Dig. 3, 2, 2; 48, 3, 9; Inscr. Grut. 279, 3.—Of a peasant in heavy shoes, brogans, Juv. 3, 322.—

Subst.: călĭgātus, i, m. (sc. miles), a common soldier, a private, = gregarius, Suet. Aug. 25; cf. Dig. 27, 1, 10.