procella

ef-fundo (or ecf-), fūdi, fūsum, 3, v. a., to pour out, pour forth, shed, spread abroad (class.; esp. freq. in the transf. and trop. signif.).

Lit.:

vinum in barathrum (i. e. ventrem),

Plaut. Curc. 1, 2, 28; cf. Cic. Pis. 10:

aquam oblatam in galea,

Front. Strat. 1, 7, 7:

humorem,

Cels. 7, 15:

lacrimas,

Lucr. 1, 126; Cic. Planc. 42, 101:

imbrem (procella),

Curt. 8, 13:

se in oceanum (Ganges),

Plin. 2, 108, 112, § 243:

Sangarius flumen in Propontidem se effundit,

Liv. 38, 18, 18; cf. pass. in mid. force:

mare neque redundat umquam neque effunditur,

Cic. N. D. 2, 45, 116; v. also under P. a.—

Transf., of non-liquid bodies.

In gen., to pour out, pour forth, drive out, cast out, send out (mostly poet. and in postAug. prose;

a favorite word of Vergil): saccos nummorum,

Hor. S. 2, 3, 149:

frumentum in flumen,

Dig. 9, 2, 27, § 19:

ei oculus effunditur,

is knocked out, put out, ib. 19, 2, 13, § 4:

tela,

i. e. to shoot in great numbers, Verg. A. 9, 509; Liv. 27, 18:

auxilium castris apertis,

to send forth, Verg. A. 7, 522:

equus consulem lapsum super caput effudit,

threw, Liv. 22, 3, 11; so id. 10, 11; 27, 32; Plin. 8, 42, 65, § 160; Curt. 8, 14, 34; Verg. A. 10, 574; 893; cf. Val. Fl. 8, 358:

(quae via) Excutiat Teucros vallo atque effundat in aequum,

Verg. A. 9, 68:

sub altis portis,

id. ib. 11, 485; cf.:

aliquem solo,

id. ib. 12, 532:

caput in gremium,

Cels. 7, 7, 4. — Poet.:

carmina molli numero fluere, ut per leve severos Effundat junctura ungues,

i. e. lets it slip over smoothly, Pers. 1, 65.—

In partic.

With se, or mid. of persons, to pour out in a multitude, to rush out, spread abroad (a favorite expression with the historians):

omnis sese multitudo ad cognoscendum effudit (sc. ex urbe),

Caes. B. C. 2, 7, 3; so,

se,

id. ib. 2, 7, 3; Liv. 26, 19; 34, 8; 33, 12, 10; 35, 39, 5; Val. Max. 7, 6, 6; Vell. 2, 112, 4; Suet. Calig. 4 fin.; id. Caes. 44 et saep. (but not in Caes. B. G. 5, 19, 2, where the better reading is:

se ejecerat, v. Schneider ad h. l.): omnibus portis effunduntur,

Liv. 38, 6;

so mid.,

Tac. A. 1, 23; Liv. 40, 40, 10; and esp. freq. in the part. effusus, Sall. J. 55, 4; 69, 2; Liv. 1, 14; 9, 31; Tac. A. 4, 25 fin.; 12, 31; 15, 23; Verg. A. 6, 305 et saep.— Ellips. of se: ubi se arctat (mare) Hellespontus vocatur; Propontis, ubi expandit; ubi iterum pressit, Thracius Bosporus;

ubi iterum effundit, Pontus Euxinus,

spreads out, widens, Mel. 1, 1, 5.—

With the accessory notion of producing, to bring forth, produce abundantly:

non solum fruges verum herbas etiam effundunt,

Cic. Or. 15, 48; cf.: fruges (auctumnus), Hor. C. 4, 7, 11:

copiam,

Cic. Brut. 9, 36.—

Of property, to pour out, i. e. to lavish, squander, waste, run through:

patrimonium per luxuriam effundere atque consumere,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 2, 6; so,

patrimonium,

id. Phil. 3, 2:

aerarium,

id. Agr. 1, 5, 15; id. Tusc. 3, 20, 48:

sumptus,

id. Rosc. Am. 24, 68:

opes,

Plin. 7, 25, 26, § 94:

omnes fortunas,

Tac. A. 14, 31:

reditus publicos non in classem exercitusque, sed in dies festos,

Just. 6, 9, 3; and absol.:

effundite, emite, etc.,

Ter. Ad. 5, 9, 34.

Trop.

In gen.:

effudi vobis omnia, quae sentiebam,

i. e. have freely imparted, Cic. de Or. 1, 34 fin.; cf. id. Att. 16, 7, 5; id. Fl. 17, 41; Quint. 2, 2, 10; 10, 3, 17; Val. Fl. 7, 434:

procellam eloquentiae,

Quint. 11, 3, 158:

totos affectus,

id. 4, 1, 28:

tales voces,

Verg. A. 5, 723:

questus,

id. ib. 5, 780:

carmina,

Ov. H. 12, 139 al.:

vox in coronam turbamque effunditur,

Cic. Fl. 28 fin.; cf.:

questus in aëra,

Ov. M. 9, 370:

omnem suum vinulentum furorem in me,

Cic. Fam. 12, 25, 4:

iram in aliquem,

Liv. 39, 34:

omne odium in auxilii praesentis spem,

id. 31, 44, 2:

indignationem,

Vulg. Ezech. 20, 8 et saep.—

In partic. (acc. to I. B. 2. a. and c.).

With se, or mid., to give one's self up to, to give loose to, yield to, indulge in:

qui se in aliqua libidine effuderit,

Cic. Par. 3, 1, 21:

se in omnes libidines,

Tac. A. 14, 13:

(Pompeius) in nos suavissime hercule effusus,

has treated me with the most flattering confidence, Cic. Att. 4, 9;

more freq., mid.: in tantam licentiam socordiamque,

Liv. 25, 20, 6:

in venerem,

id. 29, 23, 4:

in amorem,

Tac. A. 1, 54; Curt. 8, 4, 25:

in laetitiam,

Just. 12, 3, 7; Curt. 5, 1, 37:

in jocos,

Suet. Aug. 98:

in cachinnos,

id. Calig. 32:

in questus, lacrimas, vota,

Tac. A. 1, 11:

in lacrimas,

id. ib. 3, 23; 4, 8; id. H. 2, 45;

for which, lacrimis,

Verg. A. 2, 651; cf.:

ad preces lacrimasque,

Liv. 44, 31 fin.:

ad luxuriam,

id. 34, 6:

terra effunditur in herbas,

Plin. 17, 8, 4, § 48; cf.:

quorum stomachus in vomitiones effunditur,

id. 23, 1, 23, § 43.—

To cast away, give up, let go, dismiss, resign:

collectam gratiam florentissimi hominis,

Cic. Fam. 2, 16, 1:

odium,

id. ib. 1, 9, 20:

vires,

Liv. 10, 28; Ov. M. 12, 107:

curam sui,

Sen. Ira, 2, 35:

verecundiam,

id. Ep. 11:

animam,

Verg. A. 1, 98; cf.

vitam,

Ov. H. 7, 181; Macr. Somn. Scip. 1, 1, 9; cf. id. ib. 1, 11, 25:

spiritum,

Tac. A. 2, 70.—

To relax, loosen, slacken, let go:

manibus omnis effundit habenas,

Verg. A. 5, 818:

sive gradum seu frena effunderet,

Stat. Th. 9, 182:

irarum effundit habenas,

Verg. A. 12, 499.—Hence, effūsus, a, um, P. a.

(Effundo, I. B. 1.) Poured out, cast out; hence, plur. as subst.: effusa, ōrum, n., the urine:

reliquias et effusa intueri,

Sen. Const. Sap. 13, 1.—

(Effundo, I. B. 2.) Spread out, extensive, vast, broad, wide (not freq. till after the Aug. per.).— Lit.

In gen.:

effusumque corpus,

Lucr. 3, 113; cf.:

late mare,

Hor. Ep. 1, 11, 26:

loca,

Tac. G. 30:

effusissimus Hadriatici maris sinus,

Vell. 2, 43:

incendium,

Liv. 30, 5; cf.

caedes,

id. 42, 65:

cursus,

id. 2, 50; Plin. 9, 33, 52, § 102:

membra,

i. e. full, plump, Stat. Th. 6, 841.—

Esp., relaxed, slackened, loosened, dishevelled:

habenis,

Front. Strat. 2, 5, 31; cf.:

quam posset effusissimis habenis,

Liv. 37, 20:

comae,

Ov. H. 7, 70; id. Am. 1, 9, 38 et saep.; cf.

also transf.: (nymphae) caesariem effusae nitidam per candida colla,

Verg. G. 4, 337.—

Of soldiers or a throng of people, etc., straggling, disorderly, scattered, dispersed:

effusum agmen ducit,

Liv. 21, 25, 8:

aciem,

Luc. 4, 743:

huc omnis turba effusa ruebat,

Verg. A. 6, 305:

sine armis effusi in armatos incidere hostis,

Liv. 30, 5, 8.—

Trop.

Profuse, prodigal, lavish:

quis in largitione effusior?

Cic. Cael. 6, 13:

munificentiae effusissimus,

Vell. 2, 41.—

Extravagant, immoderate:

licentia,

Liv. 44, 1; cf.

laetitia,

id. 35, 43 fin.:

cursus,

Plin. Ep. 6, 20, 11 et saep.— Comp.:

cultus in verbis,

Quint. 3, 8, 58.— Sup.:

laudationes,

Petr. 48, 7:

studium,

Suet. Ner. 40.— Adv.: effūse.

(Acc. to I.) Far spread, far and wide, widely.

In gen.:

ire,

Sall. J. 105, 3; cf.

fugere,

Liv. 3, 22; 40, 48:

persequi,

id. 43, 23; Curt. 9, 8:

vastare,

Liv. 1, 10; 44, 30; cf.:

effusius praedari,

id. 34, 16 et saep.: spatium annale effuse interpretari. in a wide sense, Cod. Just. 7, 40, 1. —

Esp., profusely, lavishly:

large effuseque donare,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 8 fin.; cf.

vivere,

id. Cael. 16 fin.: liberalem esse, Aug. ap. Suet. Aug. 71:

affluant opes,

Liv. 3, 26. —In the comp., Tac. A. 4, 62.—

(Acc. to II.) Extravagantly, immoderately:

cum inaniter et effuse animus exsultat,

Cic. Tusc. 4, 6, 13:

amare,

Plin. Ep. 6, 26, 2.— Comp.:

dicere,

Plin. Ep. 1, 20, 20:

fovere,

id. ib. 7, 24, 4:

excipere,

Suet. Ner. 22:

favere,

Tac. H. 1, 19.— Sup.:

diligere,

Plin. Ep. 7, 30, 1; id. Pan. 84, 4.

ĕquester, tris, tre (m. equestris, Liv. 27, 1, 11; Verg. A. 5, 667 al.; v. Zumpt, Gram. § 100, A. 1.; like acris, celebris, celeris, etc.), adj. [eques], belonging to a horseman, equestrian.

In gen. (very rare):

equestres statuae inauratae,

Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 61; id. Phil. 6, 5; 9, 6; Suet. Tit. 2:

equi,

riding - horses, Vulg. 3 Reg. 4, 26.—Far more freq.,

In partic.

Of or belonging to cavalry:

proelium,

Caes. B. G. 1, 18 fin.; 1, 48, 4; 2, 8, 2 et saep. (cf.:

equestris pugna,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 55):

tumultus,

Liv. 27, 1, 11:

terror,

id. 27, 42:

procella,

id. 10, 5:

copiae (opp. pedestres),

Cic. Fin. 2, 34, 112:

arma,

Liv. 35, 23; cf.

scuta,

id. 43, 6:

militia,

Suet. Claud. 25 et saep. So as an epithet of Fortuna, Liv. 40, 40.—

Belonging to the order of knights, equestrian:

ordo,

Cic. Planc. 35, 87; Suet. Aug. 100 et saep.; cf.:

equestri loco natus, ortus, etc.,

Cic. Rep. 1, 6; id. Agr. 1, 9 fin.:

equestri genere natus,

Vell. 2, 88:

census,

Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 2, 2, § 6; Liv. 5, 7; Suet. Caes. 33; Hor. A. P. 383:

anulus (i. e. aureus, a privilege of the equestrian order),

Hor. S. 2, 7, 53; cf. Plin. 33, 1, 8, § 32:

statuae,

id. 34, 5, 10, § 19 sq.:

dignitas,

Nep. Att. 1; Suet. Claud. 24:

familia,

id. Caes. 1 et saep. —

Subst.

equester = eques, Tac. A. 12, 60; 13, 10 fin.—Plur.:

apud equestres,

id. ib. 12, 60.—

equestria, ium, n. (sc. loca), the seats of the knights in the theatre, Petr. 126, 10; Sen. Ben. 7, 12; Suet. Calig. 26.

ĕquester, tris, tre (m. equestris, Liv. 27, 1, 11; Verg. A. 5, 667 al.; v. Zumpt, Gram. § 100, A. 1.; like acris, celebris, celeris, etc.), adj. [eques], belonging to a horseman, equestrian.

In gen. (very rare):

equestres statuae inauratae,

Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 61; id. Phil. 6, 5; 9, 6; Suet. Tit. 2:

equi,

riding - horses, Vulg. 3 Reg. 4, 26.—Far more freq.,

In partic.

Of or belonging to cavalry:

proelium,

Caes. B. G. 1, 18 fin.; 1, 48, 4; 2, 8, 2 et saep. (cf.:

equestris pugna,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 55):

tumultus,

Liv. 27, 1, 11:

terror,

id. 27, 42:

procella,

id. 10, 5:

copiae (opp. pedestres),

Cic. Fin. 2, 34, 112:

arma,

Liv. 35, 23; cf.

scuta,

id. 43, 6:

militia,

Suet. Claud. 25 et saep. So as an epithet of Fortuna, Liv. 40, 40.—

Belonging to the order of knights, equestrian:

ordo,

Cic. Planc. 35, 87; Suet. Aug. 100 et saep.; cf.:

equestri loco natus, ortus, etc.,

Cic. Rep. 1, 6; id. Agr. 1, 9 fin.:

equestri genere natus,

Vell. 2, 88:

census,

Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 2, 2, § 6; Liv. 5, 7; Suet. Caes. 33; Hor. A. P. 383:

anulus (i. e. aureus, a privilege of the equestrian order),

Hor. S. 2, 7, 53; cf. Plin. 33, 1, 8, § 32:

statuae,

id. 34, 5, 10, § 19 sq.:

dignitas,

Nep. Att. 1; Suet. Claud. 24:

familia,

id. Caes. 1 et saep. —

Subst.

equester = eques, Tac. A. 12, 60; 13, 10 fin.—Plur.:

apud equestres,

id. ib. 12, 60.—

equestria, ium, n. (sc. loca), the seats of the knights in the theatre, Petr. 126, 10; Sen. Ben. 7, 12; Suet. Calig. 26.

fluctus, ūs (ante-class. form of the gen. sing. fluctuis, Varr. and Nigid. ap. Gell. 4, 16, 1; nom. plur. flucti, Pac. and Att. ap. Non. 488, 12), m. [fluo; cf. fluctio], the peculiar motion of fluids, a flowing, waving.

In abstr. (rare; cf.:

unda, fluentum): jactetur aquae fluctu quoque terra vacillans,

Lucr. 6, 554 sq. —Of the flowing motion of the magnetic fluid (v. aestus):

Cogitur offensare pulsareque fluctu Ferrea texta suo,

Lucr. 6, 1053.—In mal. part., Lucr. 4, 1271; cf. fluctuo, I. a fin. —

Transf., a flow, flood. —In concr., a wave, billow, surge, esp. of the sea (the predom. signif. of the word in prose and poetry; esp. freq. in the plur.).

Sing.: fons aquae dulcis, qui fluctu totus operiretur, nisi, etc., the flood, i. e. high tide, Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 53, § 118: alia fluctus differt, dissipat visceratim membra, Maria salsa spumant sanguine, Enn. ap. Non. 183, 18 (Trag. v. 144 ed. Vahl.):

ab saxo avortit fluctus ad litus scapham,

Plaut. Rud. 1, 2, 76; 82:

fluctum a saxo frangi,

Cic. Fam. 9, 16, 6:

fluctus uti... volutus Ad terras immane sonat per saxa,

Verg. G. 3, 237:

ad fluctum aiunt declamare solitum Demosthenem, ut fremitum assuesceret voce vincere,

to the waves, Cic. Fin. 5, 2, 5.—

Plur.: indu mari magno fluctus extollere certant, Enn. ap. Macr. S. 6, 2 (Ann. v. 425 ed. Vahl.): mulserat huc navim compulsam fluctibus pontus, id. ap. Prisc. p. 870 P. (Ann. v. 257 ed. Vahl.):

excitatis maximis fluctibus,

Cic. Rep. 1, 6:

(insulae) fluctibus cinctae,

id. ib. 2, 4; cf.:

Massilia, quae cincta Gallorum gentibus barbariae fluctibus alluitur,

id. Fl. 26, 63:

sese fluctibus committere,

id. Verr. 2, 2, 37, § 91:

sedatis fluctibus,

id. Inv. 2, 51, 154:

puppes ad magnitudinem fluctuum tempestatumque accommodatae,

Caes. B. G. 3, 13, 3:

in fluctibus consistere,

id. ib. 4, 24, 2:

fluctibus compleri,

id. ib. 4, 28 fin.:

luctantem Icariis fluctibus Africum Mercator metuens,

Hor. C. 1, 1, 15:

o navis, referent in mare te novi Fluctus,

id. ib. 1, 14, 2:

mulcere fluctus et tollere vento,

Verg. A. 1, 66:

procella... fluctus ad sidera tollit,

id. ib. 1, 103:

revomere salsos fluctus pectore,

id. ib. 5, 182.—Prov.: excitare fluctus in simpulo, to raise a tempest in a tea-pot, i. e. to make much ado about nothing, Cic. Leg. 3, 16, 36.—

Poet. transf., a stream of odors:

unde fluens volvat varius se fluctus odorum,

Lucr. 4, 675.—And of a stream of fire:

atro volvens incendia fluctu,

Val. Fl. 7, 572.—

Trop., like tempestas and unda, and our waves or billows, for turbulence, commotion, disturbance:

qui in hac tempestate populi jactemur et fluctibus,

Cic. Planc. 4, 11; cf.

contionum,

id. Mil. 2, 5:

rerum Fluctibus in mediis,

Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 85; cf. also Lucr. 5, 11:

hoc omne tempus post consulatum objecimus iis fluctibus, qui per nos a communi peste depulsi, in nosmet ipsos redundarunt,

Cic. de Or. 1, 1, 3; id. Att. 8, 3, 5:

fluctus civiles,

Nep. Att. 6:

capere irarum fluctus in pectore,

Lucr. 3, 298; so,

irarum,

id. 6, 74; Verg. A. 12, 831; Val. Max. 9, 3 init.:

tristes curarum,

Lucr. 6, 34:

belli,

id. 5, 1290.

frăgor, ōris, m. [id.], a breaking, breaking to pieces.

Lit. (very rare):

pausam stare fragori,

to fragility, Lucr. 1, 747:

so,

id. 5, 109; 317.—

Transf., a crashing (as when something is broken to pieces), a crash, noise, din (the usual signif. of the word; mostly poet. and in post-Aug. prose; cf.:

sonus, sonor): ut crebram silvam cum flamina Cauri Perflant, dant sonitum frondes ramique fragorem,

Lucr. 6, 136:

sternitur nemus, et propulsa fragorem silva dat,

Ov. M. 8, 340:

fragor tectorum, quae diruebantur,

Liv. 1, 29, 4:

ruentium tectorum,

Quint. 8, 3, 68:

venti procella dat fragorem,

Lucr. 6, 129:

multus geli,

id. 6, 156:

pelagi,

Verg. A. 1, 154; cf. Plin. Ep. 6, 31, 17:

subitoque fragore intonuit laevum,

Verg. A. 2, 692; 9, 541; cf. 8, 527; cf.:

quem (Periclea) fulminibus et caelesti fragori comparant comici,

Quint. 12, 10, 24:

Nilus praecipitans se fragore auditum accolis aufert,

Plin. 6, 29, 35, § 181:

sublimitas profecto et magnificentia et nitor et auctoritas expressit illum fragorem,

those thunders of applause, Quint. 8, 3, 3:

exornatio significandae rei causa, sic: Postquam iste in rem publicam fecit impetum, fragor civitatis imprimis est auditus. Hoc genere raro utendum est, ne novi verbi assiduitas odium pariat, etc.,

Auct. Her. 4, 31, 42:

terra continens adventus hostium non modo exspectatos, sed etiam repentinos multis indiciis et quasi fragore quodam et sonitu ipso ante denuntiat,

Cic. Rep. 2, 3 Mos.— Poet. for report, rumor, Val. Fl. 1, 753.

in-torquĕo, torsi, tortum, 2, v. a., to twist, turn round, turn to; to wrench, sprain (class.).

Lit.:

mentum in dicendo,

to distort, Cic. de Or. 2, 66:

oculos,

Verg. G. 4, 451:

caulem,

Plin. 19, 6, 34, § 114: talum, to sprain, Auct. B. Hisp. 38: vereor, ne Pompeio quid oneris imponam, mê moi Gorgeiên kephalên deinoio pelôrou intorqueat, Cic. Att. 9, 7, 3.— Pass. or with se, to twist or wrap itself:

involvulus, quae in pampini folio intorta implicat se,

Plaut. Cist. 4, 2, 64:

cum subito... procella nubibus intorsit sese,

Lucr. 6, 124:

ipsi palmites intorquentur,

Plin. 17, 22, 35, § 183. —

Transf.

To brandish, hurl, or throw towards:

hastam tergo,

to launch at its back, Verg. A. 2, 231:

jaculum alicui,

to hurl against one, id. ib. 10, 322; Ov. M. 5, 90; Sil. 1, 304:

telum,

Verg. A. 10, 381:

saxum,

Sil. 7, 623:

telum in hostem,

Verg. A. 10, 882; Sen. Ep. 45. —

To throw into confusion:

orationem,

Plaut. Cist. 4, 2, 65; cf.

mores,

to corrupt, pervert, Pers. 5, 38.—

Trop., to cast upon, throw out against:

alternis versibus intorquentur inter fratres gravissimae contumeliae,

Cic. Tusc. 4, 36, 77:

vocem diram,

Sil. 11, 342.— Hence, intortus, a, um, P. a., twisted, wound; crisped, curled; trailed, prolonged; perplexed, involved; distorted, corrupted:

spirae modo,

Plin. 2, 25, 23, § 91:

intorto circa bracchium pallio,

wound about my arm, Petr. 80:

paludamentum,

wrapped round, Liv. 25, 16:

angues intorti capillis Eumenidum,

entwined, Hor. C. 2, 13, 35:

capilli,

curled, Mart. 8, 33; Sil. 3, 284:

sonus concisus, intortus,

Plin. 10, 29, 43, § 82:

noctuae intorto carmine occinunt,

App. Flor. 13:

rudentes,

twisted, made by twisting, Cat. 64, 235:

funes,

Ov. M. 3, 679 al. — Adv.: intortē, windingly, crookedly:

intortius,

Plin. 16, 16, 27, § 68.— Transf.: hoc dicere, August. de Nat. et Grat. 49.

in-torquĕo, torsi, tortum, 2, v. a., to twist, turn round, turn to; to wrench, sprain (class.).

Lit.:

mentum in dicendo,

to distort, Cic. de Or. 2, 66:

oculos,

Verg. G. 4, 451:

caulem,

Plin. 19, 6, 34, § 114: talum, to sprain, Auct. B. Hisp. 38: vereor, ne Pompeio quid oneris imponam, mê moi Gorgeiên kephalên deinoio pelôrou intorqueat, Cic. Att. 9, 7, 3.— Pass. or with se, to twist or wrap itself:

involvulus, quae in pampini folio intorta implicat se,

Plaut. Cist. 4, 2, 64:

cum subito... procella nubibus intorsit sese,

Lucr. 6, 124:

ipsi palmites intorquentur,

Plin. 17, 22, 35, § 183. —

Transf.

To brandish, hurl, or throw towards:

hastam tergo,

to launch at its back, Verg. A. 2, 231:

jaculum alicui,

to hurl against one, id. ib. 10, 322; Ov. M. 5, 90; Sil. 1, 304:

telum,

Verg. A. 10, 381:

saxum,

Sil. 7, 623:

telum in hostem,

Verg. A. 10, 882; Sen. Ep. 45. —

To throw into confusion:

orationem,

Plaut. Cist. 4, 2, 65; cf.

mores,

to corrupt, pervert, Pers. 5, 38.—

Trop., to cast upon, throw out against:

alternis versibus intorquentur inter fratres gravissimae contumeliae,

Cic. Tusc. 4, 36, 77:

vocem diram,

Sil. 11, 342.— Hence, intortus, a, um, P. a., twisted, wound; crisped, curled; trailed, prolonged; perplexed, involved; distorted, corrupted:

spirae modo,

Plin. 2, 25, 23, § 91:

intorto circa bracchium pallio,

wound about my arm, Petr. 80:

paludamentum,

wrapped round, Liv. 25, 16:

angues intorti capillis Eumenidum,

entwined, Hor. C. 2, 13, 35:

capilli,

curled, Mart. 8, 33; Sil. 3, 284:

sonus concisus, intortus,

Plin. 10, 29, 43, § 82:

noctuae intorto carmine occinunt,

App. Flor. 13:

rudentes,

twisted, made by twisting, Cat. 64, 235:

funes,

Ov. M. 3, 679 al. — Adv.: intortē, windingly, crookedly:

intortius,

Plin. 16, 16, 27, § 68.— Transf.: hoc dicere, August. de Nat. et Grat. 49.

per-cello, cŭli, culsum, 3 (perculsi for perculi, Amm. 17, 8, 4; 25, 8, 13), v. a. [cf.: procella, celer], to beat down, throw down; to overturn, upset (class.; syn.: percutio, deicio).

Lit.: ventus Cercius plaustrum oneratum percellit, Cato ap. Gell. 2, 22, 29; cf.: vento perculsam ratem, Afran. ap. Fest. p. 273 Müll. (Com. Rel. p. 154 fin. Rib.): magnas quercus, Enn. ap. Macr. S. 6, 2 (Ann. v. 194 Vahl.): abietem, Varr. ap. Non. 152, 11: alii adnutat... alii percellit pedem, Naev. ap. Isid. Orig. 1, 25 (Com. Rel. p. 17 Rib.):

perii! perculit me prope,

Plaut. Pers. 5, 2, 28; Ter. Eun. 2, 3, 87:

radicibus arborum,

Plin. 18, 34, 77, § 334:

Mars communis saepe spoliantem jam et exsultantem evertit et perculit ab abjecto,

Cic. Mil. 21, 56:

eos Martis vis perculit,

id. Marc. 6, 17.—Prov.: Perii, plaustrum perculi! I've upset my cart, i. e. I've done for myself, Plaut. Ep. 4, 2, 22.—

Transf., to strike, smite, hit:

fetiali Postumius genu femur perculit,

Liv. 9, 10 fin.; cf. id. 9, 11, 11:

aliquem cuspide,

Ov. Am. 2, 9, 7; 1, 7, 32.— Poet.:

vox repens perculit urbem,

struck, reached, Val. Fl. 2, 91.—

Trop.

To cast down, overthrow, ruin, destroy:

adulescentiam perculisse atque afflixisse,

Cic. Cael. 32, 80; id. Cat. 2, 1, 2; id. Leg. 3, 8, 24:

rem publicam,

Tac. A. 2, 39:

aliquem,

Suet. Tib. 55.—

To strike with consternation, to deject, daunt, dispirit, discourage, dishearten:

haec te vox non perculit? non perturbavit?

Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 57, § 132:

timore perculsi membra,

Lucr. 5, 1223:

civitates atrocibus edictis,

Tac. H. 1, 53; Flor. 1, 10, 2:

animos (timor),

Val. Fl. 4, 651.—

To urge on, excite, impel:

volucres perculsae corda tuā vi,

Lucr. 1, 13:

aliquem ad turpitudinem,

App. Mag. p. 281.— Perf.:

perculit, in a neutr. signif., for perculsus est,

Flor. 3, 10, 8.

praeceps, cĭpĭtis (old form praecĭ-pes, cĭpis, Plaut. Rud. 3, 3, 8; id. et Enn. ap. Prisc. p. 725 P. (Ann. v. 391 Vahl.; abl. praecipiti), adj. [prae-caput].

Lit., headforemost, headlong (class.):

praecipitem trahi,

Plaut. Ps. 1, 5, 79:

aliquem praecipitem deicere,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 40, § 86:

praeceps ad terram datus,

dashed to the ground, Liv. 31, 37:

praeceps curru ab alto Desilit,

Ov. M. 12, 128:

hic se praecipitem tecto dedit,

threw himself headlong from the roof, Hor. S. 1, 2, 41:

aliquem in praeceps jacere,

headlong, Tac. A. 4, 22; so,

jacto in praeceps corpore,

id. ib. 6, 49; cf.:

in praeceps deferri,

Liv. 5, 47.—For in praeceps, in late Lat., per praeceps occurs:

abiit grex per praeceps in mare,

Vulg. Matt. 8, 32; id. Judic. 5, 22.—Hence, of one going rapidly, headforemost, headlong:

de ponte Ire praecipitem in lutum per caputque pedesque,

Cat. 17, 9:

se jacere praecipitem e vertice,

id. 63, 244; Verg. A. 5, 860:

ab equo praeceps decidit,

Ov. Ib. 259:

(apes) praecipites Cadunt,

Verg. G. 4, 80:

aliquem praecipitem agere,

to drive headlong, Cic. Caecin. 21, 60; Verg. A. 5, 456:

praecipites se fugae mandabant,

Caes. B. G. 2, 24:

Monoeten In mare praecipitem deturbat,

Verg. A. 5, 175; cf.:

praeceps amensque cucurri,

Ov. M. 7, 844:

praeceps Fertur,

is borne headlong, rushes, Hor. S. 1, 4, 30:

nuntii,

Tac. H. 2, 6.—

Transf., of inanim. things.

Of localities, qs. that descend suddenly in front, i. e. downhill, steep, precipitous:

in declivi ac praecipiti loco,

Caes. B. G. 4, 33:

via (opp. plana),

Cic. Fl. 42, 105:

saxa,

Liv. 38, 23:

fossae,

Ov. M. 1, 97; Verg. A. 11, 888:

iter,

Ov. Tr. 4, 3, 74; cf.

trop.: iter ad malum praeceps ac lubricum,

Cic. Rep. 1, 28, 44:

loci,

Col. 1, 2:

mons,

Plin. Pan. 16.—

Subst.: praeceps, cĭpĭtis, n., a steep place, a precipice:

turrim in praecipiti stantem,

Verg. A. 2, 460:

specus vasto in praeceps hiatu,

Plin. 2, 45, 44, § 115:

in praeceps pervenitur,

Vell. 2, 3, 4:

immane,

Juv. 10, 107:

altissimum,

App. M. 4, p. 144 med. —In plur.:

in praecipitia cursus iste deducit,

Sen. Ep. 8, 4.—

Sinking, declining:

(in vitibus) praecipites palmites dicuntur, qui de hornotinis virgis enati in duro alligantur,

Col. 5, 6, 33:

sol Praecipitem lavit aequore currum,

Verg. G. 3, 359:

jam praeceps in occasum sol erat,

Liv. 10, 42:

dies,

id. 4, 9; cf.:

senectus,

Curt. 6, 5, 3. —

In gen., swift, rapid, rushing, violent ( poet.;

syn.: celer, velox): praeceps Anio,

Hor. C. 1, 7, 13:

Boreas,

Ov. M. 2, 185:

nox,

fleeting, transient, id. ib. 9, 485:

procella,

Stat. Th. 5, 419:

oceani fragor,

Val. Fl. 3, 404:

letum,

Sen. Hippol. 262:

remedium,

Curt. 3, 6, 2.—

Trop., headlong, hasty, rash, precipitate.

In gen. (class.):

noster erus, qui scelestus sacerdotem anum praecipes Reppulit,

Plaut. Rud. 3, 3, 10:

sol jam praecipitans me quoque haec praecipitem paene evolvere coëgit,

almost headlong, precipitately, Cic. de Or. 3, 55, 209:

agunt eum praecipitem poenae civium Romanorum,

chase, pursue, id. Verr. 2, 1, 3, § 7:

praecipitem amicum ferri sinere,

to rush into the abyss, id. Lael. 24, 89:

quoniam ab inimicis praeceps agor,

am pursued, Sall. C. 31, 9:

praeceps celeritas dicendi,

Cic. Fl. 20, 48: profectio, Att. ap. Cic. Att. 9, 10, 6: occumbunt multi letum... praecipe cursu, in rapid destruction, Enn. l. l.—With gen.:

SI NON FATORVM PRAECEPS HIC MORTIS OBISSET,

sudden as regards fate, Inscr. Grut. 695, 9, emended by Minervini in Bullet. Arch. Napol. III. 1845, p. 41 (but Minervini's assumption of a new adj., praeceps, from praecipio, anticipating fale, is unnecessary).—

In partic.

Rash, hasty, inconsiderate:

homo in omnibus consiliis praeceps,

Cic. Phil. 5, 13, 37: praeceps et effrenata mens, id. Cael. 15, 35:

praeceps consilium et immaturum,

Suet. Aug. 8:

cogitatio,

id. Calig. 48:

audacia,

Val. Max. 1, 6, 7.—

Inclined to any thing:

praeceps in avaritiam et crudelitatem animus,

Liv. 26, 38:

praeceps ingenio in iram,

id. 23, 7:

animus ad flagitia praeceps,

Tac. A. 16, 21.—

Dangerous, hazardous, critical:

in tam praecipiti tempore,

Ov. F. 2, 400.—Hence,

Subst.: praeceps, cĭpĭtis, n.

Great danger, extremity, extreme danger, critical circumstances:

se et prope rem publicam in praeceps dederat,

brought into extreme danger, Liv. 27, 27:

levare Aegrum ex praecipiti,

Hor. S. 2, 3, 292:

aeger est in praecipiti,

Cels. 2, 6.—

The highest part, summit, sublimity (postAug.):

omne in praecipiti vitium stetit,

at its point of culmination, Juv. 1, 149:

debet orator erigi, attolli, efferri, ac saepe accedere ad praeceps,

to verge on the sublime, Plin. Ep. 9, 26, 2.—Hence, adv.: prae-ceps, headlong.

Lit.:

aliquem praeceps trahere,

Tac. A. 4, 62:

ex his fulgoribus quaedam praeceps eunt, similia prosilientibus stellis,

Sen. Q. N. 1, 15, 2:

moles convulsa dum ruit intus immensam vim mortalium praeceps trahit atque operit,

Tac. A. 4, 62:

toto praeceps se corpore ad undas Misit,

Verg. A. 4, 253.—

Trop.:

eversio rei familiaris dignitatem ac famam praeceps dabat,

brought into danger, Tac. A. 6, 17:

praeceps in exsilium acti,

suddenly, hastily, Amm. 29, 1, 21.

prēster, ēris, m., = prêstêr [burning].

A fiery whirlwind, which descends in the form of a pillar of fire, a water-spout, sand-spout:

presteras Graici quos ab re nominitarunt, etc.,

Lucr. 6, 424:

turbo ardentior accensusque dum furit, prester vocatur, amburens contacta pariter, et proterens,

Plin. 2, 48, 50, § 133: spiritus cum majore vi torti sunt, fit procella terrestris, et a Graecis prester nomen accepit, App. de Mundo, p. 62 fin. —

A kind of serpent, whose bite causes a burning thirst:

prester quem percusserit, distenditur, enormique corpulentiā necatur extuberatus,

Sol. 27, 32:

torridus prester,

Luc. 9, 791; Plin. 20, 20, 81 § 210; 24, 13, 73, § 117.

tempestas, ātis (collat. form tempe-stūs, ūtis; v. in the foll.; gen. plur. tempestatium, Vitr. 9, 6, 3), f. [tempus].

A [p. 1850] portion, point, or space of time, a time, season, period, hôra (so mostly ante-class. and poet.; syn. tempus): SOL OCCASVS SVPREMA TEMPESTAS ESTO, Fragm. XII. Tab. ap. Gell. 17, 2, 10; cf.:

in duodecim tabulis: SOLIS OCCASV DIEI SVPREMA TEMPESTAS ESTO: libri augurum pro tempestate tempestutem dicunt, supremum augurii tempus,

Varr. L. L. 7, § 51 Müll. N. cr.: jam quā tempestate vivo certe sine ad me recipio, Lucil. ap. Non. 407, 31:

eā tempestate flos poëtarum fuit,

Plaut. Cas. prol. 18:

verum tempestas quondam cum vixi fuit, Quom, etc.,

id. Truc. 2, 4, 29:

eādemque tempestate multis signis Lacedaemoniis calamitas denuntiabatur,

Cic. Div. 1, 34, 75:

quā tempestate juvencos egerat a stabulis,

Prop. 4, 9, 1:

non ego pro mundi regno magis anxius illā Tempestate fui, qua, etc.,

Ov. M. 1, 183: tertia te Phthiae tempestas laeta locabit, the third day (a translation of the Homeric êmati ken tritatôi, Il. 9, 363), Cic. poët. Div. 1, 25, 52:

quā tempestate Poenus in Italiam venit,

Cic. de Or. 3, 38, 153; cf. id. Or. 49, 164:

fuere item eā tempestate, qui crederent, etc.,

Sall. C. 17, 7; Curt. 4, 2, 11; 6, 2, 15:

illā tempestate,

Liv. 27, 37, 13; Curt. 3, 1, 2:

hac tempestate,

Sall. J. 3, 1; 13, 7; Vell. 2, 78; Just. 19, 2, 3; 25, 2, 8: sic omnia nimia, cum vel in tempestate vel in agris vel in corporibus laetiora fuerunt, in contraria fere convertuntur (a transl. of the Platonic en hôrais te kai en phutois kai en sômasi), Cic. Rep. 1, 44, 68.— In plur.: quam te post multis tueor tempestatibus, Pac. ap. Non. 407, 33:

cis paucas tempestates, augebis, etc.,

Plaut. Most. 1, 1, 18:

multis tempestatibus haud sane quisquam Romae virtute magnus fuit,

Sall. C. 53, 5:

Sulla sollertissimus omnium in paucis tempestatibus factus est,

id. J. 96, 1:

Evander, qui multis ante tempestatibus ea tenuerat loca,

Liv. 1, 5, 2.—

Time, with respect to its physical qualities, weather (the predom. and class. signif. of the word).

Lit., of good as well as of bad weather: tum tonuit laevum bene tempestate serenā, Enn. ap. Cic. Div. 2, 39, 82 (Ann. v. 517 Vahl.; cf. infra, in plur.); Varr. ap. Non. 408, 5:

liquida,

Plaut. Most. 3, 2, 64; cf.:

liquidissima caeli,

Lucr. 4, 169:

nactus idoneam ad navigandum tempestatem,

Caes. B. G. 4, 23; cf. Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 2, 4:

secunda,

Tac. Agr. 38:

fuit pridie Quinquatrus egregia tempestas,

Cic. Att. 9, 13, 2:

tempestatem praetermittere,

id. Fam. 14, 4, 5:

cum tempestas arridet,

Lucr. 2, 32; cf. id. 5, 1395:

unde haec tam clara repente Tempestas?

Verg. A. 9, 20.—In plur.: tempestates serenae riserunt risu Jovis, Enn. ap. Serv. ad Verg. A. 1, 254 (Ann. v. 445 Vahl.):

dum tempestates assunt,

Lucr. 1, 178:

et comites et tempestates et navem idoneam ut habeas, diligenter videbis,

Cic. Fam. 16, 1, 2; Cels. 2, 1.—

Esp., of bad or stormy weather, a storm, tempest (cf.:

procella, hiemps): turbida tempestas heri fuit,

Plaut. Rud. 4, 3, 3; so,

turbida,

Lucr. 6, 376; Caes. B. C. 2, 22:

saeva,

Plaut. Rud. 4, 2, 12; Lucr. 6, 458:

perfrigida,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 40, § 86:

turbulenta,

id. ib. 2, 5, 10, §

26: foeda,

Liv. 2, 62; Verg. G. 1, 323:

horrida,

Hor. Epod. 13, 1:

demissa ab Euro,

id. C. 3, 17, 11:

tempestas venit, Confringit tegulas imbricesque,

Plaut. Most. 1, 2, 27:

tanta tempestas cooritur, ut, etc.,

Caes. B. C. 1, 48:

tempestas naves adflixit,

id. ib. 3, 27:

vis tempestatis,

Cic. Rep. 4, 8, 8:

maximo imbri, tempestate, ventis, procellis, etc.,

id. Phil. 5, 6, 15:

nautae cum adversā tempestate in alto jactarentur,

id. Inv. 2, 31, 95:

si segetibus tempestas nocuerit,

id. N. D. 2, 66, 167:

si tempestas a vertice silvis Incubuit,

Verg. G. 2, 310:

tempestas sine more furit,

id. A. 5, 694.—In plur.:

duo genera esse caelestis injuriae meminisse debemus: unum quod tempestates vocamus, in quibus grandines, procellae, ceteraque similia intelleguntur, etc.,

Plin. 18, 28, 69, § 278:

magnis commotis tempestatibus, fluvius ita magnus factus est, ut, etc.,

Cic. Inv. 2, 31, 96; Plaut. Merc. 1, 2, 86:

etiam summi gubernatores in magnis tempestatibus a vectoribus admoneri solent,

Cic. Phil. 7, 9, 27:

ut tempestates saepe certo aliquo caeli signo commoventur,

id. Mur. 17, 36:

procellae, tempestates,

id. Off. 2, 6, 19; Varr. R. R. 3, 10, 3:

autumni,

Verg. G. 1, 311; Caes. B. G. 4, 34. —

Personified: Tempestātes, the weather-goddesses, the weather: (Lucius Scipio) CEPIT. CORSICA. ALERIAQVE. VRBE. DEDET TEMPESTATIBVS AIDE MERITO, Inscrr. Scip. in Inscr. Orell. 552; Cic. N. D. 3, 20, 51; Hor. Epod. 10, 24; cf. in sing. Tempestas, Ov. F 6, 193. —

Trop. (like our storm, tempest, =), commotion, disturbance; calamity, misfortune:

qui in hac tempestate populi jactemur et fluctibus,

Cic. Planc. 4, 11:

comitiorum,

id. Mur. 17, 36:

video quanta tempestas invidiae nobis impendeat,

id. Cat. 1, 9, 22:

periculi tempestas,

id. Sest. 47, 101:

tempestas horribilis Gallici adventus,

id. Rep. 2, 6, 11:

quanta per Idaeos tempestas ierit campos,

Verg. A. 7, 223:

eā ipsā tempestate eversam esse rem publicam,

Cic. Att. 10, 4, 5:

tempestas popularis,

id. Sest. 67, 140:

vis illa fuit et ruina quaedam atque tempestas et quidvis potius quam judicium,

id. Clu. 35, 96:

communis Siculorum tempestas (i. e. Verres),

id. Verr. 2, 2, 37, § 91:

haud ignari quanta invidiae immineret tempestas,

Liv. 3, 38, 6:

(scurra) Pernicies et tempestates barathrumque macelli,

Hor. Ep. 1, 15, 31:

belli,

Stat. Th. 3, 229; Sen. Agam. 63.—In plur.:

in his undis et tempestatibus ad summam senectutem maluit jactari quam, etc.,

Cic. Rep. 1, 1, 1:

immoderatae tempestates,

id. N. D. 1, 2, 4:

navis rei publicae fluitans in alto tempestatibus,

id. Sest. 20, 46; id. de Or. 1, 1, 2; id. Fam. 9, 6, 4; Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 85 al.—

A storm, shower, i. e. a throng, multitude, etc.:

querelarum,

Cic. Pis. 36, 89:

turbida telorum,

Verg. A. 12, 284; Claud. in Ruf. 1, 102.

tempestas, ātis (collat. form tempe-stūs, ūtis; v. in the foll.; gen. plur. tempestatium, Vitr. 9, 6, 3), f. [tempus].

A [p. 1850] portion, point, or space of time, a time, season, period, hôra (so mostly ante-class. and poet.; syn. tempus): SOL OCCASVS SVPREMA TEMPESTAS ESTO, Fragm. XII. Tab. ap. Gell. 17, 2, 10; cf.:

in duodecim tabulis: SOLIS OCCASV DIEI SVPREMA TEMPESTAS ESTO: libri augurum pro tempestate tempestutem dicunt, supremum augurii tempus,

Varr. L. L. 7, § 51 Müll. N. cr.: jam quā tempestate vivo certe sine ad me recipio, Lucil. ap. Non. 407, 31:

eā tempestate flos poëtarum fuit,

Plaut. Cas. prol. 18:

verum tempestas quondam cum vixi fuit, Quom, etc.,

id. Truc. 2, 4, 29:

eādemque tempestate multis signis Lacedaemoniis calamitas denuntiabatur,

Cic. Div. 1, 34, 75:

quā tempestate juvencos egerat a stabulis,

Prop. 4, 9, 1:

non ego pro mundi regno magis anxius illā Tempestate fui, qua, etc.,

Ov. M. 1, 183: tertia te Phthiae tempestas laeta locabit, the third day (a translation of the Homeric êmati ken tritatôi, Il. 9, 363), Cic. poët. Div. 1, 25, 52:

quā tempestate Poenus in Italiam venit,

Cic. de Or. 3, 38, 153; cf. id. Or. 49, 164:

fuere item eā tempestate, qui crederent, etc.,

Sall. C. 17, 7; Curt. 4, 2, 11; 6, 2, 15:

illā tempestate,

Liv. 27, 37, 13; Curt. 3, 1, 2:

hac tempestate,

Sall. J. 3, 1; 13, 7; Vell. 2, 78; Just. 19, 2, 3; 25, 2, 8: sic omnia nimia, cum vel in tempestate vel in agris vel in corporibus laetiora fuerunt, in contraria fere convertuntur (a transl. of the Platonic en hôrais te kai en phutois kai en sômasi), Cic. Rep. 1, 44, 68.— In plur.: quam te post multis tueor tempestatibus, Pac. ap. Non. 407, 33:

cis paucas tempestates, augebis, etc.,

Plaut. Most. 1, 1, 18:

multis tempestatibus haud sane quisquam Romae virtute magnus fuit,

Sall. C. 53, 5:

Sulla sollertissimus omnium in paucis tempestatibus factus est,

id. J. 96, 1:

Evander, qui multis ante tempestatibus ea tenuerat loca,

Liv. 1, 5, 2.—

Time, with respect to its physical qualities, weather (the predom. and class. signif. of the word).

Lit., of good as well as of bad weather: tum tonuit laevum bene tempestate serenā, Enn. ap. Cic. Div. 2, 39, 82 (Ann. v. 517 Vahl.; cf. infra, in plur.); Varr. ap. Non. 408, 5:

liquida,

Plaut. Most. 3, 2, 64; cf.:

liquidissima caeli,

Lucr. 4, 169:

nactus idoneam ad navigandum tempestatem,

Caes. B. G. 4, 23; cf. Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 2, 4:

secunda,

Tac. Agr. 38:

fuit pridie Quinquatrus egregia tempestas,

Cic. Att. 9, 13, 2:

tempestatem praetermittere,

id. Fam. 14, 4, 5:

cum tempestas arridet,

Lucr. 2, 32; cf. id. 5, 1395:

unde haec tam clara repente Tempestas?

Verg. A. 9, 20.—In plur.: tempestates serenae riserunt risu Jovis, Enn. ap. Serv. ad Verg. A. 1, 254 (Ann. v. 445 Vahl.):

dum tempestates assunt,

Lucr. 1, 178:

et comites et tempestates et navem idoneam ut habeas, diligenter videbis,

Cic. Fam. 16, 1, 2; Cels. 2, 1.—

Esp., of bad or stormy weather, a storm, tempest (cf.:

procella, hiemps): turbida tempestas heri fuit,

Plaut. Rud. 4, 3, 3; so,

turbida,

Lucr. 6, 376; Caes. B. C. 2, 22:

saeva,

Plaut. Rud. 4, 2, 12; Lucr. 6, 458:

perfrigida,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 40, § 86:

turbulenta,

id. ib. 2, 5, 10, §

26: foeda,

Liv. 2, 62; Verg. G. 1, 323:

horrida,

Hor. Epod. 13, 1:

demissa ab Euro,

id. C. 3, 17, 11:

tempestas venit, Confringit tegulas imbricesque,

Plaut. Most. 1, 2, 27:

tanta tempestas cooritur, ut, etc.,

Caes. B. C. 1, 48:

tempestas naves adflixit,

id. ib. 3, 27:

vis tempestatis,

Cic. Rep. 4, 8, 8:

maximo imbri, tempestate, ventis, procellis, etc.,

id. Phil. 5, 6, 15:

nautae cum adversā tempestate in alto jactarentur,

id. Inv. 2, 31, 95:

si segetibus tempestas nocuerit,

id. N. D. 2, 66, 167:

si tempestas a vertice silvis Incubuit,

Verg. G. 2, 310:

tempestas sine more furit,

id. A. 5, 694.—In plur.:

duo genera esse caelestis injuriae meminisse debemus: unum quod tempestates vocamus, in quibus grandines, procellae, ceteraque similia intelleguntur, etc.,

Plin. 18, 28, 69, § 278:

magnis commotis tempestatibus, fluvius ita magnus factus est, ut, etc.,

Cic. Inv. 2, 31, 96; Plaut. Merc. 1, 2, 86:

etiam summi gubernatores in magnis tempestatibus a vectoribus admoneri solent,

Cic. Phil. 7, 9, 27:

ut tempestates saepe certo aliquo caeli signo commoventur,

id. Mur. 17, 36:

procellae, tempestates,

id. Off. 2, 6, 19; Varr. R. R. 3, 10, 3:

autumni,

Verg. G. 1, 311; Caes. B. G. 4, 34. —

Personified: Tempestātes, the weather-goddesses, the weather: (Lucius Scipio) CEPIT. CORSICA. ALERIAQVE. VRBE. DEDET TEMPESTATIBVS AIDE MERITO, Inscrr. Scip. in Inscr. Orell. 552; Cic. N. D. 3, 20, 51; Hor. Epod. 10, 24; cf. in sing. Tempestas, Ov. F 6, 193. —

Trop. (like our storm, tempest, =), commotion, disturbance; calamity, misfortune:

qui in hac tempestate populi jactemur et fluctibus,

Cic. Planc. 4, 11:

comitiorum,

id. Mur. 17, 36:

video quanta tempestas invidiae nobis impendeat,

id. Cat. 1, 9, 22:

periculi tempestas,

id. Sest. 47, 101:

tempestas horribilis Gallici adventus,

id. Rep. 2, 6, 11:

quanta per Idaeos tempestas ierit campos,

Verg. A. 7, 223:

eā ipsā tempestate eversam esse rem publicam,

Cic. Att. 10, 4, 5:

tempestas popularis,

id. Sest. 67, 140:

vis illa fuit et ruina quaedam atque tempestas et quidvis potius quam judicium,

id. Clu. 35, 96:

communis Siculorum tempestas (i. e. Verres),

id. Verr. 2, 2, 37, § 91:

haud ignari quanta invidiae immineret tempestas,

Liv. 3, 38, 6:

(scurra) Pernicies et tempestates barathrumque macelli,

Hor. Ep. 1, 15, 31:

belli,

Stat. Th. 3, 229; Sen. Agam. 63.—In plur.:

in his undis et tempestatibus ad summam senectutem maluit jactari quam, etc.,

Cic. Rep. 1, 1, 1:

immoderatae tempestates,

id. N. D. 1, 2, 4:

navis rei publicae fluitans in alto tempestatibus,

id. Sest. 20, 46; id. de Or. 1, 1, 2; id. Fam. 9, 6, 4; Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 85 al.—

A storm, shower, i. e. a throng, multitude, etc.:

querelarum,

Cic. Pis. 36, 89:

turbida telorum,

Verg. A. 12, 284; Claud. in Ruf. 1, 102.

turbo, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. ( fut. perf. turbassit, for turbaverit, Cic. Leg. 3, 4; al. turbassitur) [turba], to disturb, agitate, confuse, disorder; to throw into disorder or confusion (freq. and class.; syn.: confundo, misceo, agito).

Lit.:

ventorum vi agitari atque turbari mare,

Cic. Clu. 49, 138:

aequora ventis,

Lucr. 2, 1:

hibernum mare,

Hor. Epod. 15, 8; Ov. M. 7, 154; 14, 545 al.:

eversae turbant convivia mensae,

id. ib. 12, 222; cf. in a poet. transf.:

ancipiti quoniam bello turbatur utrimque,

Lucr. 6, 377:

ne comae turbarentur, quas componi vetuit,

Quint. 11, 3, 148:

ne turbet toga mota capillos,

Ov. Am. 3, 2, 75:

capillos,

id. M. 8, 859; id. Am. 3, 14, 33; cf.

in a Greek construction: turbata capillos,

id. M. 4, 474:

ceram,

the seal, Quint. 12, 8, 13:

uvae recentes alvum turbant,

Plin. 23, 1, 6, § 10.— Absol.:

instat, turbatque ruitque,

Ov. M. 12, 134.—Reflex.:

cum mare turbaret (sc. se),

Varr. R. R. 3, 17, 7 Schneid. ad loc. (al. turbaretur).—

In partic.

Milit. t. t., to throw into disorder, break the line of battle, disorganize:

equitatus turbaverat ordines,

Liv. 3, 70, 9:

aciem peditum,

id. 30, 18, 10.— Absol.:

equites eruptione factā in agmen modice primo impetu turbavere,

Liv. 38, 13, 12:

turbantibus invicem copiis,

Flor. 4, 2, 49:

hic rem Romanam, magno turbante tumultu, sistet,

Verg. A. 6, 857.—

Of water, to trouble, make thick or turbid:

lacus,

Ov. M. 6, 364:

fons quem nulla volucris turbarat,

id. ib. 3, 410:

flumen imbre,

id. ib. 13, 889:

limo aquam,

Hor. S. 1, 1, 60:

aquas lacrimis,

Ov. M. 3, 475; cf.:

pulvis sputo turbatus,

Petr. 131.—

Trop.:

non modo illa permiscuit, sed etiam delectum atque ordinem turbavit,

Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 50, § 123:

qui omnia inflma summis paria fecit, turbavit, miscuit,

id. Leg. 3, 9, 19:

Aristoteles quoque multa turbat, a magistro Platone non dissentiens,

id. N. D. 1, 13, 33:

quantas res turbo!

Plaut. Mil. 3, 2, 1:

quas meus filius turbas turbet,

id. Bacch. 4, 9, 1; cf.:

quae meus filius turbavit,

id. ib. 5, 1, 5; id. Cas. 5, 2, 6:

ne quid ille turbet vide,

Cic. Q. Fr. 3, 1, 7, § 24:

haec, quae in re publicā turbantur,

id. ib. 3, 9, 3:

cum dies alicui nobilium dicta novis semper certaminibus contiones turbaret,

Liv. 3, 66, 2: ne incertā prole auspicia turbarentur, id. 4, 6, 2:

milites nihil in commune turbantes,

Tac. H. 1, 85:

turbantur (testes),

Quint. 5, 7, 11; cf. id. 4, 5, 6; 5, 14, 29; 10, 7, 6:

spem pacis,

Liv. 2, 16, 5.— Absol.: Ph. Ea nos perturbat. Pa. Dum ne reducam, turbent porro, quam velint, Ter. Hec. 4, 4, 12 (cf. I. B. 1. supra):

repente turbare Fortuna coepit,

Tac. A. 4, 1:

si una alterave civitas turbet,

id. ib. 3, 47: M. Servilius postquam, ut coeperat, omnibus in rebus turbarat, i. e. had deranged all his affairs, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 8, 2.— Impers. pass.:

nescio quid absente nobis turbatum'st domi,

Ter. Eun. 4, 3, 7:

totis Usque adeo turbatur agris,

Verg. E. 1, 12:

si in Hispaniā turbatum esset,

Cic. Sull. 20, 57.—Hence, turbātus, a, um, P. a., troubled, disturbed, disordered, agitated, excited.

Lit.:

turbatius mare ingressus,

more stormy, Suet. Calig. 23:

turbatius caelum,

id. Tib. 69.—

Trop.:

hostes inopinato malo turbati,

Caes. B. C. 2, 12:

oculis simul ac mente turbatus,

Liv. 7, 26, 5:

turbatus religione simul ac periculo,

Suet. Ner. 19; cf.:

turbatus animi,

Sil. 14, 678:

placare voluntates turbatas,

Cic. Planc. 4, 11: seditionibus omnia turbata sunt, Sall. Or. Phil. contr. Lepid. 1:

turbata cum Romanis pax,

Just. 18, 2, 10:

omnia soluta, turbata atque etiam in contrarium versa,

Plin. Ep. 8, 14, 7; cf.:

quae si confusa, turbata, permixta sunt, etc.,

id. ib. 9, 5, 3.—Hence, adv.: turbātē, confusedly, disorderly:

aguntur omnia raptim atque turbate,

in confusion, Caes. B. C. 1, 5, 1.

turbo, ĭnis, m. (collat. form tur-ben, ĭnis, n., Tib. 1, 5, 3; id. ap. Charis. p. 118 P.; gen. turbonis, Caes. ib.) [1. turbo], that which spins or twirls round (cf. vertex).

A whirlwind, hurricane, tornado: ventus circumactus et eundem ambiens locum et se ipse vertigine concitans turbo est. Qui si pugnacior est ac diutius volutatur, inflammatur, et efficit, quem prêstêra Graeci vocant:

hic est igneus turbo,

Sen. Q. N. 5, 13, 3:

falsum est faces et trabes turbine exprimi,

id. ib. 7, 5, 1; 2, 22, 2; id. Ep. 109, 18:

procellae, turbines,

Cic. N. D. 3, 20, 51; cf.: saevi exsistunt turbines, Pac. ap. Cic. de Or. 3, 39, 157 (Trag. Rel. p. 111 Rib.); Enn. ap. Schol. Vat. ad Ter. Heaut. 2, 3, 4 (Ann. v. 553 Vahl.):

venti vis rapido percurrens turbine campos,

Lucr. 1, 273; cf. id. 1, 279; 1, 294; 5, 217; Ov. M. 6, 310:

senatus decrevit, ut Minerva, quam turbo dejecerat, restitueretur,

Cic. Fam. 12, 25, 1:

turbo aut subita tempestas,

id. Cael. 32, 79:

pulvis collectus turbine,

Hor. S. 1, 4, 31:

venti rotanti turbine portant,

Lucr. 1, 294:

ita turbine nigro Ferret hiemps,

Verg. G. 1, 320:

venti ruunt et terras turbine perflant,

id. A. 1, 83:

accendi turbine quodam aëris,

Sen. Q. N. 7, 4, 1.—In apposition with ventus:

exoritur ventus turbo,

Plaut. Curc. 5, 2, 47:

circumstabant navem turbines venti,

id. Trin. 4, 1, 16.—

Trop., whirlwind, storm, etc.:

qui in maximis turbinibus ac fluctibus rei publicae navem gubernassem,

Cic. Pis. 9, 20:

tu, procella patriae, turbo ac tempestas pacis atque otii,

id. Dom. 53, 137:

ego te in medio versantem turbine leti Eripui,

Cat. 64, 149:

cum illi soli essent duo rei publicae turbines,

Cic. Sest. 11, 25:

miserae mentis,

Ov. Am. 2, 9, 28:

miserarum rerum,

id. M. 7, 614:

nescio quo miserae turbine mentis agor,

id. Am. 2, 9, 28:

Gradivi,

i. e. tumult of war, Sil. 11, 101:

virtutem turbine nullo Fortuna excutiet tibi,

Luc. 2, 243:

horum mala, turbo quīs rerum imminet,

Sen. Agam. 196.—

Lit., a spinning-top, whipping-top, Verg. A. 7, 378 sq.; Tib. 1, 5, 3.—

Transf., of things that have the shape or whirling motion of a top, as a reel, whirl, spindle, etc., Cic. Fat. 18, 42; Varr. ap. Serv. Verg. A. 1, 449; Hor. Epod. 17, 7; Cat. 64, 315; Ov. M. 1, 336; Plin. 2, 10, 7, § 47; 9, 36, 61, § 130; 27, 4, 5, § 14; 36, 13, 19, § 90; 37, 4, 15, § 56.—

A whirling motion, a whirl, twirl, twist, rotation, revolution, a round, circle (mostly poet.):

cum caeli turbine ferri,

Lucr. 5, 624:

lunae,

id. 5, 632:

ignium,

id. 6, 640; cf. Verg. A. 3, 573:

teli (contorti),

id. ib. 6, 594; cf. id. ib. 11, 284; Luc. 3, 465; Sil. 4, 542:

saxi,

whirling force, circular hurling, Verg. A. 12, 531:

serpentis,

i. e. the coiling, Sil. 3, 191:

Aegaeus,

whirlpool, vortex, Claud. Laud. Stil. 1, 287; so, rapax, Stat [p. 1918] Th. 4, 813:

verterit hunc (servum in emancipatione) dominus, momento turbinis exit Marcus Dama,

i. e. of whirling round, Pers. 5, 78: militiae turbine factus eques, i. e. through the round of military gradation or promotion, Ov. Am. 3, 15, 6:

vulgi,

i. e. a throng, crowd, Claud. II. Cons. Stil. 200.

Turbo, ōnis, m., the name of a gladiator, Hor. S. 2, 3, 310.

turbo, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. ( fut. perf. turbassit, for turbaverit, Cic. Leg. 3, 4; al. turbassitur) [turba], to disturb, agitate, confuse, disorder; to throw into disorder or confusion (freq. and class.; syn.: confundo, misceo, agito).

Lit.:

ventorum vi agitari atque turbari mare,

Cic. Clu. 49, 138:

aequora ventis,

Lucr. 2, 1:

hibernum mare,

Hor. Epod. 15, 8; Ov. M. 7, 154; 14, 545 al.:

eversae turbant convivia mensae,

id. ib. 12, 222; cf. in a poet. transf.:

ancipiti quoniam bello turbatur utrimque,

Lucr. 6, 377:

ne comae turbarentur, quas componi vetuit,

Quint. 11, 3, 148:

ne turbet toga mota capillos,

Ov. Am. 3, 2, 75:

capillos,

id. M. 8, 859; id. Am. 3, 14, 33; cf.

in a Greek construction: turbata capillos,

id. M. 4, 474:

ceram,

the seal, Quint. 12, 8, 13:

uvae recentes alvum turbant,

Plin. 23, 1, 6, § 10.— Absol.:

instat, turbatque ruitque,

Ov. M. 12, 134.—Reflex.:

cum mare turbaret (sc. se),

Varr. R. R. 3, 17, 7 Schneid. ad loc. (al. turbaretur).—

In partic.

Milit. t. t., to throw into disorder, break the line of battle, disorganize:

equitatus turbaverat ordines,

Liv. 3, 70, 9:

aciem peditum,

id. 30, 18, 10.— Absol.:

equites eruptione factā in agmen modice primo impetu turbavere,

Liv. 38, 13, 12:

turbantibus invicem copiis,

Flor. 4, 2, 49:

hic rem Romanam, magno turbante tumultu, sistet,

Verg. A. 6, 857.—

Of water, to trouble, make thick or turbid:

lacus,

Ov. M. 6, 364:

fons quem nulla volucris turbarat,

id. ib. 3, 410:

flumen imbre,

id. ib. 13, 889:

limo aquam,

Hor. S. 1, 1, 60:

aquas lacrimis,

Ov. M. 3, 475; cf.:

pulvis sputo turbatus,

Petr. 131.—

Trop.:

non modo illa permiscuit, sed etiam delectum atque ordinem turbavit,

Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 50, § 123:

qui omnia inflma summis paria fecit, turbavit, miscuit,

id. Leg. 3, 9, 19:

Aristoteles quoque multa turbat, a magistro Platone non dissentiens,

id. N. D. 1, 13, 33:

quantas res turbo!

Plaut. Mil. 3, 2, 1:

quas meus filius turbas turbet,

id. Bacch. 4, 9, 1; cf.:

quae meus filius turbavit,

id. ib. 5, 1, 5; id. Cas. 5, 2, 6:

ne quid ille turbet vide,

Cic. Q. Fr. 3, 1, 7, § 24:

haec, quae in re publicā turbantur,

id. ib. 3, 9, 3:

cum dies alicui nobilium dicta novis semper certaminibus contiones turbaret,

Liv. 3, 66, 2: ne incertā prole auspicia turbarentur, id. 4, 6, 2:

milites nihil in commune turbantes,

Tac. H. 1, 85:

turbantur (testes),

Quint. 5, 7, 11; cf. id. 4, 5, 6; 5, 14, 29; 10, 7, 6:

spem pacis,

Liv. 2, 16, 5.— Absol.: Ph. Ea nos perturbat. Pa. Dum ne reducam, turbent porro, quam velint, Ter. Hec. 4, 4, 12 (cf. I. B. 1. supra):

repente turbare Fortuna coepit,

Tac. A. 4, 1:

si una alterave civitas turbet,

id. ib. 3, 47: M. Servilius postquam, ut coeperat, omnibus in rebus turbarat, i. e. had deranged all his affairs, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 8, 2.— Impers. pass.:

nescio quid absente nobis turbatum'st domi,

Ter. Eun. 4, 3, 7:

totis Usque adeo turbatur agris,

Verg. E. 1, 12:

si in Hispaniā turbatum esset,

Cic. Sull. 20, 57.—Hence, turbātus, a, um, P. a., troubled, disturbed, disordered, agitated, excited.

Lit.:

turbatius mare ingressus,

more stormy, Suet. Calig. 23:

turbatius caelum,

id. Tib. 69.—

Trop.:

hostes inopinato malo turbati,

Caes. B. C. 2, 12:

oculis simul ac mente turbatus,

Liv. 7, 26, 5:

turbatus religione simul ac periculo,

Suet. Ner. 19; cf.:

turbatus animi,

Sil. 14, 678:

placare voluntates turbatas,

Cic. Planc. 4, 11: seditionibus omnia turbata sunt, Sall. Or. Phil. contr. Lepid. 1:

turbata cum Romanis pax,

Just. 18, 2, 10:

omnia soluta, turbata atque etiam in contrarium versa,

Plin. Ep. 8, 14, 7; cf.:

quae si confusa, turbata, permixta sunt, etc.,

id. ib. 9, 5, 3.—Hence, adv.: turbātē, confusedly, disorderly:

aguntur omnia raptim atque turbate,

in confusion, Caes. B. C. 1, 5, 1.

turbo, ĭnis, m. (collat. form tur-ben, ĭnis, n., Tib. 1, 5, 3; id. ap. Charis. p. 118 P.; gen. turbonis, Caes. ib.) [1. turbo], that which spins or twirls round (cf. vertex).

A whirlwind, hurricane, tornado: ventus circumactus et eundem ambiens locum et se ipse vertigine concitans turbo est. Qui si pugnacior est ac diutius volutatur, inflammatur, et efficit, quem prêstêra Graeci vocant:

hic est igneus turbo,

Sen. Q. N. 5, 13, 3:

falsum est faces et trabes turbine exprimi,

id. ib. 7, 5, 1; 2, 22, 2; id. Ep. 109, 18:

procellae, turbines,

Cic. N. D. 3, 20, 51; cf.: saevi exsistunt turbines, Pac. ap. Cic. de Or. 3, 39, 157 (Trag. Rel. p. 111 Rib.); Enn. ap. Schol. Vat. ad Ter. Heaut. 2, 3, 4 (Ann. v. 553 Vahl.):

venti vis rapido percurrens turbine campos,

Lucr. 1, 273; cf. id. 1, 279; 1, 294; 5, 217; Ov. M. 6, 310:

senatus decrevit, ut Minerva, quam turbo dejecerat, restitueretur,

Cic. Fam. 12, 25, 1:

turbo aut subita tempestas,

id. Cael. 32, 79:

pulvis collectus turbine,

Hor. S. 1, 4, 31:

venti rotanti turbine portant,

Lucr. 1, 294:

ita turbine nigro Ferret hiemps,

Verg. G. 1, 320:

venti ruunt et terras turbine perflant,

id. A. 1, 83:

accendi turbine quodam aëris,

Sen. Q. N. 7, 4, 1.—In apposition with ventus:

exoritur ventus turbo,

Plaut. Curc. 5, 2, 47:

circumstabant navem turbines venti,

id. Trin. 4, 1, 16.—

Trop., whirlwind, storm, etc.:

qui in maximis turbinibus ac fluctibus rei publicae navem gubernassem,

Cic. Pis. 9, 20:

tu, procella patriae, turbo ac tempestas pacis atque otii,

id. Dom. 53, 137:

ego te in medio versantem turbine leti Eripui,

Cat. 64, 149:

cum illi soli essent duo rei publicae turbines,

Cic. Sest. 11, 25:

miserae mentis,

Ov. Am. 2, 9, 28:

miserarum rerum,

id. M. 7, 614:

nescio quo miserae turbine mentis agor,

id. Am. 2, 9, 28:

Gradivi,

i. e. tumult of war, Sil. 11, 101:

virtutem turbine nullo Fortuna excutiet tibi,

Luc. 2, 243:

horum mala, turbo quīs rerum imminet,

Sen. Agam. 196.—

Lit., a spinning-top, whipping-top, Verg. A. 7, 378 sq.; Tib. 1, 5, 3.—

Transf., of things that have the shape or whirling motion of a top, as a reel, whirl, spindle, etc., Cic. Fat. 18, 42; Varr. ap. Serv. Verg. A. 1, 449; Hor. Epod. 17, 7; Cat. 64, 315; Ov. M. 1, 336; Plin. 2, 10, 7, § 47; 9, 36, 61, § 130; 27, 4, 5, § 14; 36, 13, 19, § 90; 37, 4, 15, § 56.—

A whirling motion, a whirl, twirl, twist, rotation, revolution, a round, circle (mostly poet.):

cum caeli turbine ferri,

Lucr. 5, 624:

lunae,

id. 5, 632:

ignium,

id. 6, 640; cf. Verg. A. 3, 573:

teli (contorti),

id. ib. 6, 594; cf. id. ib. 11, 284; Luc. 3, 465; Sil. 4, 542:

saxi,

whirling force, circular hurling, Verg. A. 12, 531:

serpentis,

i. e. the coiling, Sil. 3, 191:

Aegaeus,

whirlpool, vortex, Claud. Laud. Stil. 1, 287; so, rapax, Stat [p. 1918] Th. 4, 813:

verterit hunc (servum in emancipatione) dominus, momento turbinis exit Marcus Dama,

i. e. of whirling round, Pers. 5, 78: militiae turbine factus eques, i. e. through the round of military gradation or promotion, Ov. Am. 3, 15, 6:

vulgi,

i. e. a throng, crowd, Claud. II. Cons. Stil. 200.

Turbo, ōnis, m., the name of a gladiator, Hor. S. 2, 3, 310.

vēlox, ōcis, adj. [akin to volare; cf. veles], swift, quick, fleet, rapid, speedy (class.; syn.: celer, pernix, praepes).

Lit.:

juvenes,

Liv. 26, 4, 4:

pedites velocissimi ac fortissimi,

Caes. B. G. 1, 48:

velocissimus quisque,

Quint. 2, 3, 7:

Breuni,

Hor. C. 4, 14, 11:

cervi,

Verg. A. 5, 253:

catuli,

id. G. 3, 405:

Pristis,

id. A. 5, 116:

pes,

Ov. M. 1, 551:

flamma,

Lucr. 6, 688:

jaculum,

Verg. G. 2, 530:

procella,

Hor. C. 3, 27, 63:

arbores,

rapidly growing, Plin. 17, 13, 20, § 95:

toxicum,

quickly working, Hor. Epod. 17, 61; so,

genus herbae ad mortem, etiam opio velocius,

Plin. 21, 31, 105, § 180:

horae,

Ov. M. 2, 118:

anni,

Mart. 8, 8, 1:

navigatio,

Quint. 12, 2, 24:

celeritas,

Plin. 10, 24, 35, § 73:

Victoria,

Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 64:

moenia (thermae),

quickly built, Mart. Spect. 2, 7.— Poet., for the adv.:

ille velox... Desilit in latices,

Ov. M. 4, 352; Hor. C. 4, 12, 22; Luc. 9, 829.—With inf.:

nec jam hic absistere velox,

Stat. Th. 6, 797.—With ad and acc.:

piger ad poenas princeps, ad praemia velox,

Ov. P. 1, 2, 123.—

Trop.:

nihil est animo velocius,

Cic. Tusc. 1, 19, 43:

ingenio veloci ac mobili,

Quint. 6, 4, 8:

natura humani ingenii agilis ac velox,

id. 1, 12, 2:

velox ingenio,

Tac. Agr. 13:

animus,

Hor. Ep. 1, 12, 13:

acutior atque velocior in urbanitate brevitas,

Quint. 6, 3, 45; cf.:

decurrere materiam stilo quam velocissimo,

id. 10, 3, 17:

velocior (in conjectando),

Phaedr. 3, 3, 1.— Adv.: vēlōcĭter, swiftly, quickly, speedily, Ov. M. 4, 509; 11, 586; Quint. 1, 1, 28; 2, 4, 28; 8, 3, 81; Plin. 16, 44, 90, § 241.— Comp., Cic. Rep. 6, 26, 29. — Sup., Cic. Univ. 9; Caes. B. G. 5, 35; Suet. Tit. 3.