producere

ex-hĭbĕo ( ex-ibeo, v. Brix. ad Plaut. Capt. 4, 2, 37), ŭi, itum, 2, v. a. [habeo; lit., to hold out, reach out; hence],

To hold forth, tender, present; to deliver, give up, produce (class.; syn.: praebeo, porrigo, praesto, tribuo, ministro, do, dono, dedo, etc.).

Lit.: ait Praetor: QVEM HOMINEM DOLO MALO RETINES, EXHIBEAS.... Exhibere est in publicum producere, et videndi tangendique hominis facultatem praebere;

proprie autem exhibere est extra secretum habere,

Dig. 43, 29, 1 and 3, § 8: jam periculum est ne cogantur ad exhibendum formulam accipere, i. e. to acknowledge legal notice, etc. Sen. Ep. 50, 1:

alicui omnia integra,

Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 25, § 63:

exhibe librarium illud legum vestrarum,

id. Mil. 12, 33:

pallium,

Petr. 15:

tabulas testamenti,

Suet. Vit. 14:

rationes,

Dig. 40, 5, 41 fin.:

fratres exhibe,

Cic. Fl. 15, 35; so,

fugitivos apud magistratus,

Dig. 11, 4, 1:

aliquem apud acta,

ib. 2, 4, 17:

debitorem in judicium,

ib. 12, 2, 28 quadringentos senatores ad ferrum, Suet. Ner. 12 et saep.:

vias tutas,

i. e. to make safe, Ov. Pont. 4, 5, 34:

toros,

i. e. to furnish, allow, id. H. 17, 194:

exhibuit querulos ore gemente sonos,

uttered, id. Tr. 3, 11, 54.—

Transf.

To show, to display, to exhibit:

exhibuit gemino praesignia tempora cornu,

Ov. M. 15, 611:

notam linguae,

id. ib. 14, 526: exhibuit linguam paternam, displayed, i. e. used the language of her father, id. ib. 6, 213:

faciem sucumque,

Plin. 15, 13, 12, § 41:

malui me tribunum omnibus exhibere quam paucis advocatum,

Plin. Ep. 1, 23, 4:

se ministratorem alicui,

Suet. Vit. 17:

se adorandum adeuntibus,

id. Calig. 22 (but not in Cic. Sest. 50, 107, where the right reading is praebuit, v. Halm. ad h. l.).—In the latter (reflexive) sense sometimes without se:

quid me putas populo nostro exhibiturum?

how I shall exhibit, show myself, Cic. Ac. 1, 5, 18; cf.:

qui vere civilem virum exhibeat,

shows, proves himself, Quint. 12, 2, 7 Spald.; Ov. M. 6, 44:

pro fratre hostem exhibuit,

Just. 27, 2.—

To show, confer (late Lat.):

alicui honorem,

Aug. Serm. 46, 7.—

To maintain, support, sustain (post-class.;

esp. freq. in jurid. Lat.): si quis a liberis ali desideret, vel liberi, ut a parente exhibeantur,

Dig. 25, 3, 5; so,

aliquem,

ib. 1, 12, 1; 3, 5, 33 al.; cf.:

Scythas alimentis,

Just. 9, 2:

vitam,

id. 11, 10; 22, 1.

To show, exhibit, employ; to procure, occasion, cause:

rem salvam exhibebo,

I will set it all right, Plaut. As. 2, 4, 51: quorum virtus exhibet solidum decus, Phaedr. 4, 23, 24:

vocis fidem,

id. 3, 19 Epil. 9:

munificentiam,

Suet. Tib. 48:

liberalitatem, clementiam, comitatem,

id. Ner. 10; cf.:

liberalitatem et justitiam,

Plin. Pan. 33, 2:

vicem spodii,

i.e. to supply the place of, Plin. 23, 7, 63, § 125; cf.:

vicem testamenti,

Dig. 29, 6, 16:

humanitatem,

to exercise, exhibit, Plin. Ep. 5, 19, 2:

diligentiam,

Dig. 18, 6, 2:

imperium,

to exercise, Plaut. Cas. 2, 6, 57:

alicui molestiam,

to cause, Cic. Att. 2, 1, 2; Plaut. Pers. 2, 4, 3; id. Capt. 4, 2, 37:

negotium hominibus,

to produce, occasion, id. Poen. 1, 2, 30; cf.:

qui deum nihil habere ipsum negotii (dicunt), nihil exhibere alteri,

Cic. Off. 3, 28, 102; id. ib. 3, 31, 112:

negotium alicui,

Plaut. Am. 3, 2, 14; id. Most. 3, 1, 38; id. Men. 5, 9, 13; id. Pers. 2, 5, 14;

and once reflexively: jam se exhibebit hic mihi negotium,

will present itself, id. Rud. 2, 6, 72:

argutias mihi,

id. Most. 1, 1, 2:

difficilem laborem alicui,

Col. 5, 5, 17:

curam alicui,

Tib. 2, 1, 61 et saep.

ignōtus, a, um, Part., from ignosco.

ignōtus, a, um, adj. [in-gnotus, notus].

Pass., unknown.

In gen.:

quamquam ad ignotum arbitrum me appellis: si adhibebit fidem, Etsi est ignotus, notus: si non, notus ignotissimus est,

Plaut. Rud. 4, 3, 104 sq.:

dubitabitis, judices, quin ab hoc ignotissimo Phryge nobilissimum civem vindicetis?

Cic. Fl. 17, 40:

ignoti homines et repentini quaestores celeriter facti sunt,

id. Brut. 64, 242:

homo ignotus et novus,

id. Rep. 1, 1:

nos pluribus ignotissimi gentibus,

id. ib. 1, 17:

longinqua eoque ignotior gens,

Liv. 5, 32, 5:

procedam in aciem adversus ignotos inter se ignorantesque,

Liv. 21, 43, 18; cf.

§ 13: omnes illacrimabiles Urgentur ignotique longa Nocte,

Hor. C. 4, 9, 27:

jus applicationis obscurum sane et ignotum patefactum atque illustratum est,

Cic. de Or. 1, 39, 177:

obscurioribus et ignotioribus verbis,

Quint. 7, 3, 13; cf. id. 8, 3, 73; 8, 6, 74:

haec nova et ignota ratio,

Cic. Rep. 1, 16:

alter (dies) in vulgus ignotus,

id. Att. 9, 5, 2:

ille tibi non ignotus cursus animi mei,

id. ib. 5, 15, 1:

terrae,

unknown, distant, Tib. 1, 3, 3; ib. 39; cf.: nobilis ignoto diffusus consule Bacchus, unknown, remote with respect to time, i. e. old, Luc. 4, 379.— Subst.: ignō-tum, i, n., that which is unknown. —

Prov.: ignoti nulla cupido,

Ov. A. A. 3, 397.—

In partic., pregn. (for ignobilis, II.), of low birth or condition, lowborn, base, vulgar ( poet.):

quo patre sit natus, num ignota matre inhonestus,

Hor. S. 1, 6, 36; cf.:

naso suspendis adunco Ignotos, ut me libertino patre natum,

id. ib. 6 and 24:

Achivi,

the ignoble Greeks, Ov. M. 12, 600:

progenuit tellus ignoto nomine Ligdum,

id. ib. 9, 670:

ignotis perierunt mortibus illi,

Hor. S. 1, 3, 108.—

Act. (cf. the Gr. agnôstos), unacquainted with a thing, ignorant of (very rare for ignarus, insciens, inscitus): ignotae iteris sumus, Naev. ap. Non. 124, 28:

simulacra ignotis nota faciebant,

Cic. Fam. 5, 12, 7:

producere ad ignotos (aliquem),

Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 29, § 75; Auct. Her. 3, 6, 12; cf.:

ignotos fallit, notis est derisui,

Phaedr. 1, 11, 2; so,

ignoti, faciem ejus cum intuerentur, contemnebant,

Nep. Ages. 8, 1.

ignōtus, a, um, Part., from ignosco.

ignōtus, a, um, adj. [in-gnotus, notus].

Pass., unknown.

In gen.:

quamquam ad ignotum arbitrum me appellis: si adhibebit fidem, Etsi est ignotus, notus: si non, notus ignotissimus est,

Plaut. Rud. 4, 3, 104 sq.:

dubitabitis, judices, quin ab hoc ignotissimo Phryge nobilissimum civem vindicetis?

Cic. Fl. 17, 40:

ignoti homines et repentini quaestores celeriter facti sunt,

id. Brut. 64, 242:

homo ignotus et novus,

id. Rep. 1, 1:

nos pluribus ignotissimi gentibus,

id. ib. 1, 17:

longinqua eoque ignotior gens,

Liv. 5, 32, 5:

procedam in aciem adversus ignotos inter se ignorantesque,

Liv. 21, 43, 18; cf.

§ 13: omnes illacrimabiles Urgentur ignotique longa Nocte,

Hor. C. 4, 9, 27:

jus applicationis obscurum sane et ignotum patefactum atque illustratum est,

Cic. de Or. 1, 39, 177:

obscurioribus et ignotioribus verbis,

Quint. 7, 3, 13; cf. id. 8, 3, 73; 8, 6, 74:

haec nova et ignota ratio,

Cic. Rep. 1, 16:

alter (dies) in vulgus ignotus,

id. Att. 9, 5, 2:

ille tibi non ignotus cursus animi mei,

id. ib. 5, 15, 1:

terrae,

unknown, distant, Tib. 1, 3, 3; ib. 39; cf.: nobilis ignoto diffusus consule Bacchus, unknown, remote with respect to time, i. e. old, Luc. 4, 379.— Subst.: ignō-tum, i, n., that which is unknown. —

Prov.: ignoti nulla cupido,

Ov. A. A. 3, 397.—

In partic., pregn. (for ignobilis, II.), of low birth or condition, lowborn, base, vulgar ( poet.):

quo patre sit natus, num ignota matre inhonestus,

Hor. S. 1, 6, 36; cf.:

naso suspendis adunco Ignotos, ut me libertino patre natum,

id. ib. 6 and 24:

Achivi,

the ignoble Greeks, Ov. M. 12, 600:

progenuit tellus ignoto nomine Ligdum,

id. ib. 9, 670:

ignotis perierunt mortibus illi,

Hor. S. 1, 3, 108.—

Act. (cf. the Gr. agnôstos), unacquainted with a thing, ignorant of (very rare for ignarus, insciens, inscitus): ignotae iteris sumus, Naev. ap. Non. 124, 28:

simulacra ignotis nota faciebant,

Cic. Fam. 5, 12, 7:

producere ad ignotos (aliquem),

Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 29, § 75; Auct. Her. 3, 6, 12; cf.:

ignotos fallit, notis est derisui,

Phaedr. 1, 11, 2; so,

ignoti, faciem ejus cum intuerentur, contemnebant,

Nep. Ages. 8, 1.

mŏra, ae, f. [Sanscr. smar, remember; Gr. root mer-, mar-; mermêra, merimna, care; martur, witness; cf. memor, memoria; perh. mellein], a delay.

Lit.

In gen.:

tarditas sententiarum, moraque rerum,

Cic. Fam. 10, 22, 2:

mora et sustentatio,

id. Inv. 2, 49, 146:

mora aut tergiversatio,

id. Mil. 20, 54:

moram rei alicui inferre,

to delay, put off, defer, hinder, id. Inv. 1, 9, 12:

moram ad insequendum intulit,

Caes. B. C. 3, 75:

afferre,

Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 64, § 165:

facere delectui,

Liv. 6, 31:

facere dimicandi,

id. 21, 32:

facere creditoribus,

to put off payment, Cic. Sull. 20, 58:

moras nectere,

Sen. Ira, 3, 39, 2:

offerre,

Plaut. Ps. 1, 3, 17:

obicere,

id. Poen. 1, 3, 37:

trahere,

to delay, Verg. A. 10, 888:

moliri,

to cause delay, id. ib. 1, 414:

producere malo alicui,

to defer, Ter. And. 3, 5, 9:

tibi moram dictis creas,

Plaut. Ps. 1, 3, 168:

rumpere,

Verg. A. 4, 569:

pellere,

Ov. M. 10, 659:

corripere,

id. ib. 9, 282:

removere,

to make haste, not to delay, Plaut. Stich. 2, 1, 37:

moram interponere,

to interpose delay, Cic. Phil. 10, 1, 1: habeo paululum morae, dum, etc., Cass. ap. Cic. Fam. 12, 12, 2:

Caesar nihil in morā habuit, quominus perveniret,

delayed not, Vell. 2, 51, 2: saltus Castulonensis nequaquam tantā in morā est, does not hinder, Asin. Pall. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 31, 1:

nec mora ulla est, quin eam uxorem ducam,

I will without delay, Ter. And. 5, 6, 7;

so freq. in the poets: nec (haud) mora,

Prop. 4 (5), 4, 82; Ov. M. 1, 717; 6, 53; Verg. G. 4, 548; id. A. 5, 140:

ne in morā illi sis,

hinder, keep waiting, Ter. And. 3, 1, 9:

per me nulla est mora,

there is no delay on my part, id. ib. 3, 4, 14:

in me mora non erit ulla,

Verg. E. 3, 52; Ter. And. 2, 5, 9: nulla igitur mora per Novium... quin, etc., it is no fault of Novius, etc., Juv. 12, 111:

nam si alia memorem, mora est,

it will detain us too long, Plaut. Capt. 4, 3, 6: inter [p. 1164] moras consul mittit senatum, in the meantime, meanwhile, Plin. Ep. 9, 13, 20:

inter aliquas moras,

Suet. Aug. 78; id. Ner. 49: sine mora, without delay, at once:

quod ego, ut debui, sine mora feci,

Cic. Ep. ad Erut. 1, 18, 1, id. Fam. 10, 18, 4:

moram certaminis hosti exemit,

i. e. hastened it on, Liv. 9, 43.—

In partic., of speech, a stopping or pause:

morae, respirationesque,

Cic. Or. 16, 53:

oratio non ictu magis quam morā imprimitur,

Plin. Ep. 1, 20, 3. —

Transf.

Any thing that retards or delays, a hinderance:

ne morae illi sim,

Plaut. Rud. 2, 3, 81:

ne morae meis nuptiis egomet siem (al. mora),

hinder, Ter. Ad. 4, 5, 78:

hoc mihi morae est,

id. ib. 5, 7, 5:

restituendae Romanis Capuae mora atque impedimentum es,

Liv. 23, 9, 11:

Abas pugnae nodusque moraque,

Verg. A. 10, 428:

loricaeque moras et pectus perforat ingens,

id. ib. 10, 485; cf. Flor. 4, 9, 1.—

Mora temporis, a space of time, Ov. M. 9, 134:

an tibi notitiam mora temporis eripit horum?

id. P. 2, 10, 5:

moram temporis quaerere dum Hannibal in Africam traiceret,

Liv. 30, 16, 14; so,

temporaria,

Plin. 36, 15, 24, § 114.

mŏra, ae, f., the fish echeneis, Plin. 32, 1, 1, § 6 (al. remora).

mŏra, ae, f., = mora, a division of the Spartan army, consisting of three, five, or seven hundred men:

moram Lacedaemoniorum intercepit,

the Spartan army, Nep. Iphicr. 2, 3 (but in Cic. Tusc. 2, 16, 37, the best reading is agmen, v. Klotz ad h. l.).

orbĭtas, ātis, f. [orbus], bereavement of parents or children, of a husband or other dear person, childlessness, orphanage, widowhood (class.).

Lit.:

in orbitatem liberos producere,

Plaut. Capt. 3, 5, 105:

bonum liberi, misera orbitas,

Cic. Fin. 5, 28, 84:

familiaris,

Liv. 26, 41, 9:

mea, quod sine liberis sum,

Curt. 6, 9, 12:

tutorem instituere (filiorum) orbitati,

Cic. de Or. 1, 53, 228:

horum uxores cum viderent exsilio additam orbitatem,

Just. 2, 4, 4:

maximā orbitate rei publicae virorum talium,

at a time when the state is greatly in want of such men, Cic. Fam. 10, 3, 3.—In plur.:

orbitates liberūm,

Cic. Tusc. 5, 6, 16; 5, 9, 24; 3, 24, 58; Lact. 1, 21, 11; Sol. 40, 44; Arn. 5, 188.—

Transf., in gen., a deprivation or loss of a thing (post-Aug.): luminis ( of an eye), Plin. 7, 37, 37, § 124:

tecti,

id. 35, 3, 6, § 17.— Absol., blindness, App. M. 8, 12 fin.

prospectus, a, um, Part., from prospicio.

prospectus, ūs, m. [prospicio].

Lit., a lookout, distant view, prospect (class.):

sterilis prospectus,

Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 15:

cum saepibus prospectus impediretur,

Caes. B. G. 2, 22; cf. Sall. J. 53, 1:

non prospectu modo extra vallum adempto, sed propinquo etiam congredientium inter se conspectu,

Liv. 10, 32:

petere prospectum ex arce,

Cat. 64, 241:

habere prospectum in praeceps,

Vulg. 2 Macc. 13, 5.—

Transf.

Sight, view:

aliquem in prospectum populi Romani producere,

Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 47, § 122:

cum jam extremi essent in prospectu,

to be in sight, Caes. B. G. 5, 10; cf. Hirt. B. Afr. 62:

lugubris,

Tac. H. 1, 4:

praeclarus,

Cic. Ac. 2, 25, 80:

praebere prospectum navium,

Liv. 27, 23:

prospectum eripiens oculis,

Verg. A. 8, 254.—

Poet., sight, vision:

late Aequora prospectu metior,

Ov. H. 10, 28.—

Trop.

Regard, respect (post-class.):

cujus rationem prospectumque Bias non habuit,

Gell. 5, 11, 10; so,

prospectum officii deponere,

Val. Max. 5, 1, 3 ext. —

Foresight (eccl. Lat.):

humanus prospectus,

Tert. Spect. 1.

prō-tendo, di, sum and tum, 3, v. a., to stretch forth or out, to extend (not in Cic.; syn. porrigo).

Lit.:

hastas,

Verg. A. 11, 606 Wagn.:

bracchia in mare,

Ov. M. 14, 191:

supinas manus ad genua alicujus,

Petr. 17 fin.:

aciem (oculorum) in aestus pelagi,

Cat. 64, 127:

cervicem fortiter,

Tac. A. 15, 67:

cochleae bina ceu cornua protendentes contrahentesque,

Plin. 9, 32, 51, § 101:

protentis hastis,

Tac. A. 14, 37:

pedes temo protentus in octo,

Verg. G. 1, 171:

consanguineam protendere dextram,

Sil. 1, 655:

praerupta protendit juga Cithaeron,

Sen. Phoen. 12.—Mid., to stretch forth or out, to extend:

inter digitos medius longissime protenditur,

projects, Plin. 11, 43, 99, § 244:

protenditur ad Bactros usque gens Mardorum,

reaches, extends, id. 6, 16, 18, § 47: anus haec in pellis periculum protenditur, is swelled out, distended with drink, Plaut. Fragm. ap. Schol. Hor. S. 1, 6, 22.—Of a river:

usque ad colla cornipedum protentus,

swollen, Sil. 16, 387.—

Trop., to make long, to prolong, lengthen, extend (post-class.):

utramvis partem in plura verba protendere,

App. Dogm. Plat. 3, p. 267 Oud.:

praepositiones producere atque protendere,

to prolong in pronunciation, Gell. 2, 17, 1; 6:

barbare protendere,

id. 4, 17, 7.—Hence, prōtentus, a, um, P. a., stretched out, lengthened, extended (post-class.):

Phocis lucis in exortum protentior,

extending farther, Avien. Perieg. 597:

protentior vita,

Sol. 30.

sīdus, ĕris, n. [cf. Sanscr. svid, to sweat, melt; Gr. sidêros (molten) iron; Lat. sudo].

Stars united in a figure, a group of stars, a constellation (and hence mostly plur.;

only so ap. Cic., Cæs., and Quint.): sunt stellae quidem singulares, ut erraticae quinque et ceterae, quae non admixtae aliis solae feruntur: sidera vero, quae in aliquod signum stellarum plurium compositione formantur, ut Aries, Taurus, Andromeda, Perseus, vel Corona et quaecumque variarum genera formarum in caelum recepta creduntur. Sic et apud Graecos aster et astron diversa significant et aster stella una est, astron signum stellis coactum, quod nos sidus vocamus,

Macr. Somn. Scip. 1, 14 med.

Plur.:

illi sempiterni ignes, quae sidera et stellas vocatis,

Cic. Rep. 6, 15, 15:

signis sideribusque caelestibus,

id. N. D. 1, 13, 35:

circuitus solis et lunae reliquorumque siderum,

id. ib. 2, 62, 155; cf.:

solem lunamque praecipua siderum,

Quint. 2, 16, 6; and:

in sole sidera ipsa desinunt cerni,

id. 8, 5, 29:

siderum regina bicornis Luna,

Hor. C. S. 35:

Arcturi sidera,

Verg. G. 1, 204:

solis, i. e. sol,

Ov. M. 14, 172:

sidera, quae vocantur errantia,

Cic. Div. 2, 42, 89; so,

errantia,

Plin. 2, 8, 6, § 32:

siderum motus,

Cic. Rep. 3, 2, 3; id. Lael. 23, 88:

sidera viderit innumerabilia,

id. Tusc. 5, 24, 69; id. Fin. 2, 31, 102; id. N. D. 2, 15, 39 et saep.; * Caes. B. G. 6, 14 fin.; Quint. 1, 4, 4; 2, 17, 38; 12, 11, 10 al.; Lucr. 1, 231; 1, 788; 1, 1065:

candida,

id. 5, 1210:

alta,

Verg. A. 3, 619:

surgentia,

id. ib. 6, 850:

radiantia,

Ov. M. 7, 325:

turbata,

Stat. Th. 12, 406 al.:

lucida,

Hor. C. 1, 3, 2; 3, 1, 32; id. Epod. 3, 15; 5, 45; 17, 5.—

Sing., a heavenly body, a star; and collect., a group of stars, a constellation:

clarum Tyndaridae sidus,

Hor. C. 4, 8, 31:

fervidum,

Sirius, id. Epod. 1, 27;

nivosum sidus Pleiadum,

Stat. S. 1, 1, 95:

insana Caprae sidera,

Hor. C. 3, 7, 6:

Baccho placuisse coronam, Ex Ariadnaeo sidere nosse potes,

Ov. F. 5, 346;

so of the constellation Arcturus,

Plin. 18, 31, 74, § 311 (for which, in the plur.:

Arcturi sidera,

Verg. G. 1, 204); of Capella, Ov. M. 3, 594; of the Vergiliae, Liv. 21, 35, 6; Curt. 5, 6, 12; of Saturn, Plin. 2, 8, 6, § 32 sq.; Juv. 6, 569; of Venus, Plin. 2, 8, 6, § 36; Luc. 1, 661; of the Moon:

sidus lunae,

Plin. 2, 9, 6, § 41; of the Sun:

calidi sideris aestu,

Tib. 2, 1, 47:

aetherium,

Ov. M. 1, 424; Plin. 7, 60, 60, § 212:

solstitiale,

Just. 13, 7 fin.; cf.: sidus utrumque, for the rising and setting sun, Petr. poët. 119, 2; and also for the sun and moon, Plin. 2, 13, 10, §§ 56 and 57.— Poet., collect.:

nec sidus fefellit,

i. e. through ignorance, Verg. A. 7, 215.—

Transf. (mostly poet. and in post-Aug. prose).

The sky, the heavens, = caelum. (Juppiter) terram, mare, sidera movit, Ov. M. 1, 180: (Hercules) flammis ad sidera missus, Juv.11,63; cf.:

abrupto sidere nimbus It,

Verg. A. 12, 451:

sidera observare,

Curt. 7, 4, 28.—

Like caelum, to denote a very great height:

Pyramidum sumptus ad sidera ducti,

Prop. 3, 2 (4, 1), 17:

evertunt actas ad sidera pinus,

Verg. A. 11, 136; cf. Juv. 11, 63:

ad sidera Erigitur,

Verg. A. 9, 239:

aves, quas naturalis levitas ageret ad sidera,

Curt. 4, 5, 3:

domus quae vertice sidera pulsat,

Mart. 8, 36, 11; 9, 62, 10; Verg. G. 2, 427; id. A. 3, 243; id. E. 5, 62 al.—

Trop. (also like caelum), as the summit or height of fame, fortune, success, etc.:

quodsi me lyricis vatibus inseris, Sublimi feriam sidera vertice,

Hor. C. 1, 1, 36:

vertice sidera tangere,

Ov. M. 7, 61; cf.:

tuum nomen... Cantantes sublime ferent ad sidera cygni,

Verg. E. 9, 29:

usque ad sidera notus,

id. ib. 5, 43: contingere sidera plantis, to walk upon the stars (like the gods) (of one exceedingly fortunate), Prop. 1, 8, 43 (1, 8 b, 17); cf.:

celerique fugā sub sidera lapsae,

Verg. A. 3, 243.—

For night:

exactis sideribus,

Prop. 1, 3, 38:

sidera producere ludo,

Stat. Th. 8, 219; cf.:

sideribus dubiis,

at dawn, Juv. 5, 22.—

A star, as a comparison for any thing bright, brilliant, shining, beautiful, etc. (syn.:

stella, astrum): oculi, geminae, sidera nostra, faces,

Prop. 2, 3, 14;

so of the eyes,

Ov. Am. 2, 16, 44; 3, 3, 9; id. M. 1, 499:

sidere pulchrior Ille,

Hor. C. 3, 9, 21; cf. id. ib. 1, 12, 47;

of form, beauty,

Stat. S. 3, 4, 26; Val. Fl. 5, 468.—

Concr., ornament, pride, glory:

o sidus Fabiae, Maxime, gentis ades,

Ov. P. 3, 3, 2; cf. id. ib. 4, 6, 9;

Col. poët, 10, 96: puerum egregiae praeclarum sidere formae,

Stat. S. 3, 4, 26:

Macedoniae columen ac sidus,

Curt. 9, 6, 8.—As a term of endearment, my star, Suet. Calig. 13 fin.; Hor. Epod. 17, 41.—

Season of the year:

quo sidere terram Vertere Conveniat,

Verg. G. 1, 1; cf.:

hiberno moliris sidere classem?

id. A. 4, 309:

sidere aequinoctii quo maxime tumescit Oceanus,

Tac. A. 1, 70; cf.:

brumale sidus,

Ov. P. 2, 4, 25:

sidere flagrante brumali,

Amm. 27, 12, 12.—

Climate, weather, etc.:

ut patrios fontes patriumque sidus ferre consuevisti,

Plin. Pan. 15, 3; so,

sub nostro sidere,

Juv. 12, 103:

tot inhospita saxa Sideraque emensae,

i.e. regions, Verg. A. 5, 628:

grave sidus et imbrem vitare,

tempest, storm, Ov. M. 5, 281:

triste Minervae (raised by Minerva),

Verg. A. 11, 260.—Colloquially, with confectus: intellegitur sidus confectum, i. e. that the weather ( occasioned by a constellation) is ended, Plin. 16, 23, 36, § 87; 18, 25, 57, § 207:

fertur in abruptum casu, non sidere, puppis,

Claud. in Eutr. 2, 424.—

With allusion to the influence which the ancients believed the constellations to have upon the health or the destiny of men, star, destiny, etc.:

pestifero sidere icti,

Liv. 8, 9, 12: sidere afflari, to be blasted or palsied by a constellation, to be planet-struck or sunstruck, astroboleisthai, Plin. 2, 41, 41, § 108; Petr. 2, 7; cf.:

sidere percussa lingua,

Mart. 11, 85, 1:

subito fias ut sidere mutus,

id. 7, 92, 9;

v. sideror and sideratio: sidera natalicia,

Cic. Div. 2, 43, 91; cf.:

o sidere dextro Edite,

Stat. S. 3, 4, 63:

adveniet fausto cum sidere conjux,

Cat. 64, 330:

vivere duro sidere,

Prop. 1, 6, 36:

grave sidus,

Ov. Tr. 5, 10, 45 Jahn:

per alias civitates ut sidus salutare susciperetur,

as arbiter of their destiny, Amm. 21, 10, 2.

sōl, sōlis, m. [Sanscr. svar, shine; cf. Gr. Seirios, seir, selas, Helenê; and Lat. serenus].

Sing., the sun, as a heavenly body.

In gen.:

tempora duorum generum sunt, unum annale, quod sol circuitu suo finit,

Varr. R. R. 1, 27:

solis cursus lunaeque meatus,

Lucr. 5, 77:

annum ad cursum solis accommodavit,

Suet. Caes. 40:

liquidi fons luminis aetherius sol,

Lucr. 5, 282:

quid potest esse sole majus?

Cic. Ac. 2, 26, 82:

illud dubium esse nulli potest quin arcus imago solis sit,

Sen. Q. N. 1, 3, 11.—

Esp.

Sol oriens or solis ortus, the east, as a quarter of the heavens:

spectant in septemtrionem et orientem solem,

Caes. B. G. 1, 1; 5, 13; 7, 69; cf.:

a sole exoriente supra Maeotis paludes, Cic. poët. Tusc. 5, 17, 49: si illud signum solis ortum conspiceret,

id. Cat. 3, 8, 20:

facem stellae ab ortu solis ad occidentem porrigi visam,

Liv. 29, 14, 3:

ab ortu solis flare venti,

id. 25, 27, 6.—

Sol occidens or solis occasus, the west:

alterum (litus) vergit ad solem occidentem,

Caes. B. G. 5, 13:

laborant ut spectent sua triclinaria ad solem occidentem,

Varr. R. R. 1, 13 fin.:

spectat inter occasum solis et septemtriones,

north-west, Caes. B. G. 1, 1:

quae (pars insulae) est propius solis occasum,

id. ib. 4, 28.—Cf. poet.:

sub sole cadente,

Manil. 4, 791.—In phrases, sol is often omitted by ellipsis: unde sol oritur oriens nuncupatur aut ortus;

quo demergitur occidens vel occasus,

Mel. 1, 1 init.; v. orior, ortus, occĭdo.—

Sol oriens or sol (solis) ortus= sunrise; sol occidens or solis (sol) occasus = sunset:

qui solem nec occidentem umquam viderint, nec orientem,

Cic. Fin. 2, 8, 23:

sole orto Gracchus copias educit,

Liv. 24, 15, 1:

prius orto Sole,

Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 113:

certi solis lunaeque et ortus et occasus sunt,

Liv. 44, 37, 7:

numquam ab orto sole ad occidentem... a curiā abscessit,

id. 27, 50, 4:

ut, equis insidentes, solis ortu cursum in quemdam locum dirigerent,

Val. Max. 7, 3, 2 ext.:

solis occasu,

Caes. B. G. 1, 50; Liv. 24, 17, 7:

ad (sub) solis occasum,

towards sunset, Caes. B. G. 5, 8; 2, 11:

in occasum declivi sole,

Plin. 8, 50, 76, § 203.— Poet.:

surgente a sole,

Hor. S. 1, 4, 29.—For sol occasus, v. occidere, and Plaut. Men. 2, 3, 87 (ante solem occasum); id. ib. 5, 7, 35 (ad solem occasum); cf.:

ab exortu ad occasum perstare contuentis solem,

Plin. 7, 2, 2, § 22.—

To designate a clime, country, etc., as eastern or southern (post-Aug.):

ille Liberi currus triumphantem usque ad Thebas a solis ortu vehat,

Sen. Vit. Beat. 25, 4:

terminos civitatis nostrae cum sole metimur,

id. Ot. Sap. 4 (31), 1. it tamen ultra oceanum solemque, id. Ep. 94, 63:

sub alio sole,

in another clime, Manil. 4, 171; cf.:

ut sua orientis occidentisque terminis finiat (sc. solis),

Sen. Ep. 92, 32.—

Trop., of a great good or a great man:

sol excidisse mihi e mundo videtur,

Cic. Att. 9, 10, 3:

solem e mundo tollere videntur qui, etc.,

id. Lael. 13, 47:

P. Africanus, sol alter (with sole geminato),

id. N. D. 2, 5, 14; cf. Hor. S. 1, 7, 24:

neque mundum posse duobus solibus regi, neque orbem, etc.,

Just. 11, 12.—

Prov.:

et sceleratis sol oritur,

Sen. Ben. 4, 26, 1; cf.:

qui solem suum oriri facit super bonos et malos,

Vulg. Matt. 5, 45: nondum omnium dierum sol occidit (Germ. Es ist noch nicht aller Tage Abend) = there are more days yet to come, sc. when the tables may be turned, Liv. 39, 26, 9.—

The poets reckon time in many ways by the movement, etc., of the sun:

bis me sol adiit gelidae post frigora brumae,

two years, Ov. Tr. 4, 7, 1:

donec sol annuus omnes conficeret metas,

within a year, Stat. Achill. 1, 455; cf. Nemes. Cyn. 122:

octavo lumine solis,

on the eighth day, Lucr. 6, 1195:

sol septimus,

Juv. 15, 44:

cum sol Herculei terga leonis adit,

in midsummer, Ov. A. A. 1, 68: O sol Pulcher, O laudande (= dies;

sc. Augusti reditus),

Hor. C. 4, 2, 46; cf. id. S. 1, 9, 72:

supremo sole,

at noon, id. Ep. 1, 5, 3:

sub medium solem,

Manil. 4, 651; cf. id. 4, 593:

sol abit,

it is growing late, Plaut. Merc. 5, 2, 32; cf.:

a primo ad ultimum solem,

all day long, Amm. 14, 6, 10.—

Transf., the sun, sunlight, sunshine, heat of the sun:

ager soli ostentus,

exposed to the sun, Cato, R. R. 6:

sarmenta imponito quae frigus defendant et solem,

id. ib. 48 (49):

uvas ponite in sole biduum,

id. ib. 112 (113):

sol semper hic est a mani ad vesperum,

Plaut. Most. 3, 2, 80:

quin exta inspicere in sole etiam vivo licet,

id. Aul. 3, 6, 29:

nec res posse in sole videri, ni, etc.,

Lucr. 5, 292:

nunc quidem paululum a sole,

out of the sun, Cic. Tusc. 5, 32, 92:

cum in sole ambulem,

id. de Or. 2, 14, 60:

apricatio in illo Lucretino tuo sole,

id. Att. 7, 11, 1; cf. id. ib. 12, 6, 1:

iter in calescente sole factum erat,

Liv. 44, 36 init.:

torrente meridiano sole,

id. 44, 38:

ex vehementi sole,

id. 28, 15, 11:

urente assiduo sole,

id. 44, 33 fin.:

ut veniens dextrum latus aspiciat sol,

light of the morning sun, Hor. Ep. 1, 16, 6:

reformidant insuetum lumina solem,

Ov. P. 3, 4, 49; cf.:

nam et solem lumina aegra formidant,

Sen. Vit. Beat. 20, 6:

adversi solis ab ictu,

sunstroke, Ov. M. 3, 183:

altera (spelunca) solem non recipit,

Sen. Ep. 55, 6:

sole correptis,

Plin. 29, 6, 38, § 119:

pisces, quos sole torreant,

id. 7, 2, 2, § 30:

siccatur in sole,

id. 19, 1, 3, § 16:

in agmine (Caesar) anteibat capite detecto, seu sol seu imber esset,

Suet. Caes. 57:

patiens pulveris atque solis,

Hor. C. 1, 8, 4.— And trop.: in solem ac pulverem procedere, or producere, into heat and dust, i. e. into practical life (opp. umbra eruditorum), Cic. Brut. 9, 37; id. Leg. 3, 6, 14.—In a similar sense:

cedat stilus gladio, umbra soli,

Cic. Mur. 14, 30.—Prov.:

clarior quam solis radii,

Plaut. Mil. 1, 1, 2:

sole ipso est clarius,

Arn. 1, n. 47; cf.

the class. luce clarius, and: cum id solis luce videatur clarius,

Cic. Div. 1, 3, 6.

Suns, images of the sun (class.):

neque pauci neque leves sunt qui se duo soles vidisse dicant,

Cic. Rep. 1, 10, 15:

Albae duos soles visos ferebant,

Liv. 28, 11, 3:

et rursus plures soles simul cernuntur,

Plin. 2, 31, 31, § 99:

quid eas vocem? imagines solis? Historici soles vocant, et binos ternosque adparuisse memoriae tradunt,

Sen. Q. N. 1, 11, 2.—

Poet. = days (v. I. C.):

nec tamen illis solibus ulla comparebat avis,

Lucr. 6, 1219:

saepe ego longos Cantando puerum memini me condere soles,

to spend the long summer days in singing, Verg. E. 9, 52:

tres soles... Erramus,

id. A. 3, 203; cf. Sil. 3, 554:

Bajani soles,

the sunny days of Bajœ, Mart. 6, 43, 5:

O soles!

id. 10, 51, 6: soles fulsere quondam tibi candidi, Cat. 8, 3, 8:

soles occidere et redire possunt,

id. 5, 4:

longis solibus,

Stat. Th. 5, 460:

solibus arctis,

short winter days, id. S. 1, 3, 88.—So, to describe certain seasons:

solibus hibernis... gratior,

than the sun in winter, Ov. M. 13, 793:

si numeres anno soles et nubila toto,

the sunny and cloudy days, id. Tr. 5, 8, 31.—

Light or heat of the sun ( poet. and in postAug. prose; cf.

D. supra): pars terrai perusta solibus assiduis,

Lucr. 5, 253; cf. Ov. H. 5, 112:

pluviis et solibus icta,

Lucr. 6, 1101:

quae carent ventis et solibus,

i. e. are buried, Hor. Epod. 16, 13; 2, 41:

et soles melius nitent,

id. C. 4, 5, 8; cf. id. Ep. 1, 10, 17:

ex imbri soles Prospicere... poteris,

Verg. G. 1, 393:

inque novos soles audent se gramina tuto Credere,

id. ib. 2, 332;

similarly,

Ov. F. 4, 404; Stat. Th. 1, 363; 4, 421; 4, 831:

tum blandi soles,

Ov. F. 1, 157:

frigore soles juvant,

id. R. Am. 405; so Mart. 10, 42:

Romulus et frater... Solibus et campo corpora nuda dabant,

Ov. F. 2, 366:

aequora semper solibus orba tument,

id. P. 1, 3, 54:

solibus rupta glacies,

Juv. 4, 43:

geminā pereunt caligine soles,

Stat. Th. 5, 154:

aestivos quo decipis aere soles?

id. S. 4, 4, 19:

tacent exhausti solibus amnes,

id. Th. 3, 2, 59; 4, 56; Mart. 10, 12, 7; 8, 14, 4; 14, 28; Ov. M. 1, 435:

cura soles assiduo quaerendi,

Plin. 26, 3, 8, § 16:

perpeti soles,

id. 36, 22, 45, § 162:

evitatis solibus,

id. 28, 12, 50, § 186:

(sal) siccatur aestivis solibus,

id. 31, 7, 39, § 73:

merguntur in aquam solibus tepefactam,

id. 19, 1, 3, § 17:

nec campi minus soles accipiunt,

id. 17, 4, 3, § 29:

sarculatio novos soles admittit,

id. 18, 21, 50, § 184; cf. id. 12, 5, 11, § 23; 12, 7, 14, § 26:

aurea pellebant tepidos umbracula soles,

Ov. F. 2, 311:

dum patula defendimus arbore soles,

Stat. S. 3, 1, 70.—Very rarely of the sun's revolution, without reference to light or heat:

quae via soles praecipitet,

Stat. Th. 6, 362.—In class. prose sometimes solis ardores, with the force of the poet. soles:

et nimios solis defendit ardores,

Cic. Sen. 15, 53; cf.:

propter nimios solis ardores,

Sen. Ep. 90, 17.

Sol, the Sun-god.

Lit.

The ancient Italian deity Sol, represented as driving the four-horse sun-chariot from east to west; later identified with the Greek Helios, and hence often called Titan or Phœbus by the poets:

signi dic quid est? Cum quadrigis Sol exoriens,

Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 269:

Sol... aeternam suscepit lampada mundi,

Lucr. 5, 402:

rapax vis Solis equorum,

id. 5, 402:

quod magni filia Solis eram,

Ov. R. Am. 276; id. M. 14, 346:

Solis currus,

id. P. 4, 6, 48:

secundum (invocabis) Solem et Lunam,

Varr. R. R. 1, 1 med.:

grates tibi ago, summe Sol,

Cic. Rep. 6, 9, 9:

Sol Phaëthonti filio facturum se esse dixit quidquid optasset,

id. Off. 3, 25, 94:

Quid? illum filium Solis nonne patris ipsius luce indignum putas?

id. Tusc. 3, 12, 26:

qui Solem aurigando aequiperare existimaretur,

Suet. Ner. 53:

Solis colossus Rhodi,

Plin. 34, 7, 18, § 41; 34, 8, 19, § 63.—Comic.:

credo edepol equidem dormire Solem atque adpotum probe,

Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 129.—

The Phœnician sun-god Heliogabalus (Elagabal), whose worship was introduced by the later emperors (Aurelianus, Heliogabalus):

ad templum Heliogabali tetendit... et Romae Soli templum posuit,

Vop. Aur. 25; cf. id. ib. 4; 14; 35; 39; Lampr. Heliog. 1; 3; afterwards called Sol Invictus, whose birthday, acc. to the Calendar. Const., was celebrated December 25th; cf. Julian. Or. 4, p. 156.—

Of the sun-worship of other nations:

(Germani) deorum numero ducunt Solem et Vulcanum et Lunam,

Caes. B. G. 6, 21; cf.:

rex regum, frater Solis et Lunae,

of the king of Persia, Amm. 17, 5, 3.—

The sun-god as emblem of omniscience:

non potuit reperire, si ipsi Soli quaerundas dares, lepidiores ad hanc rem quam ego dabo,

Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 206:

meliorem neque tu reperis, neque Sol videt,

id. Stich. 1, 2, 53:

at vigiles mundi... Sol et Luna,

Lucr. 5, 1435:

si hoc uno quicquam Sol vidisset iniquius,

Cic. Off. 2, 8, 28:

O Solem ipsum beatissimum, qui antequam se abderet fugientem vidit Antonium,

id. Phil. 14, 10, 27:

Solem consule, qui late facta diurna videt,

Ov. F. 4, 582:

quis Solem fallere possit?

id. A. A. 2, 573; cf. Plaut. Bacch. 2, 3, 21; Sen. Herc. Fur. 595.—Hence represented as betrayer of conspiracies: propiusque honos [p. 1718] Boli, qui occulta conjurationis retexisset, Tac. A. 15, 74;

to him was commended the detection of murderers, in inscriptions over the slain: SOL, TIBI COMMENDO QVI MANVS INTVLIT EI,

Inscr. Orell. 4791:

SOL, TV INDICES EIVS MORTEM,

ib. 4792.—

Poet., to describe the times of the day: solverat flagrantes Sol pronus equos, = it was night, Stat. Th. 3, 408: Sol operum medius summo librabat Olympo Lucentes, ceu staret, equos, = it was mid-day, id. ib. 5, 85.

In gen., solis as an appellation.

DIES SOLIS, Sunday (late Lat.), Inscr. Orell. 508.—

Solis gemma, a precious stone, Plin. 37, 10, 67, § 181.—

Solis insula, off the coast of Gedrosia, Plin. 6, 22, 24, § 86; 6, 23, 26, § 97.—

Solis fons, in Marmorica, Curt. 4, 7, 22; Mela, 1, 8, 1; Plin. 5, 5, 5, § 31.—

Solis promunturium, in Africa, Plin. 5, 1, 1, § 9.—

Solis oppidum, a town in Ægina, Plin. 5, 9, 11, § 61.

stătĭo, ōnis, f. [sto], a standing, a standing still.

Lit. (so very rare;

not in Cic.): navis, quae manet in statione,

remains standing, stands still, does not move, Lucr. 4, 388; so,

manere in statione,

id. 4, 396; 5, 478; 5, 518:

in statione locata nubila,

id. 6, 193: varas In statione manus et pugnae membra paravi, in a firm posture (for fighting), Ov. M. 9, 34:

numquam id (sidus) stationem facere,

stands still, Plin. 2, 17, 15, § 77:

stationes matutinas facere,

id. 2, 15, 12, § 59:

solus immobilem stationis gradum retinens,

Val. Max. 3, 2, 23:

terrae,

Manil. 2, 70.—

Trop., that which is established by custom or prescription, a transl. of the Gr. thematismos, Vitr. 1, 2, 5.—

Transf., in concr., a place where persons or things stay or abide, a station, post, an abode, residence.

In gen. (mostly poet. and in post-Aug. prose):

Athenis statio mea nunc placet,

Cic. Att. 6, 9, 5:

quā positus fueris in statione, mane,

Ov. F. 2, 674; cf. id. ib. 5, 719:

principio sedes apibus statioque petenda,

Verg. G. 4, 8:

apricis statio gratissima mergis,

id. A. 5, 128:

equorum,

i. e. a stall, Pall. 1, 21, 2; so,

jumentorum,

Dig. 7, 1, 13 fin.:

plerique in stationibus sedent tempusque audiendis fabulis conterunt,

in public places, Plin. Ep. 1, 13, 2:

stationes circumeo,

id. ib. 2, 9, 5:

quod tabernas tris de domo suo circa forum civitatibus ad stationem locasset,

Suet. Ner. 37:

thermae, stationes, omne theatrum,

Juv. 11, 4; Gell. 13, 13, 1:

stationes municipiorum,

Plin. 16, 44, 86, § 236:

si ad stationem vel tabernam ventum sit,

Dig. 47, 10, 15, § 7:

stationes hibernae,

winter-quarters, Amm. 14, 1, 1.—

Poet., of things, place, position:

pone recompositas in statione comas,

in their place, Ov. Am. 1, 7, 68; id. A. A. 3, 434:

permutata rerum statione, Petr. poët. 120, 99: umoris,

Pall. 1, 43.—

In partic.

In milit. lang., a post, station (v. custodiae, vigilia):

cohortes ex statione et praesidio emissae,

Caes. B. G. 6, 42:

ii, qui pro portis castrorum in statione erant... Cohortes quae in stationibus erant, etc.,

id. ib. 4, 32; 5, 15; 6, 37;

6, 38: in stationem succedere,

to relieve, id. ib. 4, 32:

stationem inire,

Tac. A. 13, 35:

relinquere,

Verg. A. 9, 222:

deserere,

Suet. Aug. 24:

habere,

Liv. 35, 29:

quique primi transierant, in statione erant, dum traicerent ceteri,

on guard, Curt. 7, 5, 18.— Transf.: suis vicibus capiebant bina (lumina Argi) quietem;

Cetera servabant atque in statione manebant,

kept at their posts, Ov. M. 1, 627; 2, 115.— Trop.:

de praesidio et statione vitae decedere,

Cic. Sen. 20, 73:

functo longissimā statione mortali,

Vell. 2, 131, 2:

imperii statione relictā,

Ov. Tr. 2, 219; Vell. 2, 124, 2; Tac. Or. 17; Suet. Claud. 38.—

Transf., like our post, watch, guard, for those who are stationed to watch, who stand guard, sentries, sentinels, outposts, pickets:

ut stationes dispositas haberent,

Caes. B. G. 5, 16; 7, 69 fin.:

ut minus intentae diurnae stationes ac nocturnae vigiliae essent,

Liv. 9, 24, 5; 25, 38, 16; cf. in sing.:

ad stationem Romanam in portā segniter agentem vigilias perveniunt,

id. 10, 32, 7:

dispositā statione per ripas Tiberis,

Suet. Tib. 72:

crebrae,

Caes. B. C. 1, 73:

custodiae stationesque equitum,

id. ib. 1, 59:

statione militum assumptā,

i. e. body-guard, lifeguard, Suet. Tib. 24; so,

militum,

id. Ner. 21; 34; 47.—

Transf., in gen., a station, office, position, in government, etc. (post-class.):

in hac statione, i. e. the imperial office,

Spart. Ael. Verr. 4:

statio imperatoria,

Lampr. Comm. 1:

Augusta,

Capitol. Clod. Alb. 2: regia, Vulc. 7; Capitol. Verr. 8.—

Naut. t. t., an anchorage, roadstead, road, bay, inlet (syn. portus), Lentul. ap. Cic. Fam. 12, 15, 2:

quietam nactus stationem,

Caes. B. C. 3, 6; 3, 8; 1, 56 fin.; Liv. 10, 2, 6; 28, 6, 9; 31, 33, 3; Verg. G. 4, 421; id. A. 2, 23 al.—

A place of residence, a post, station of the fiscal officers of a province; also, for the officers themselves, Cod. Th. 12, 6, 19; Cod. Just. 4, 31, 1; 10, 5, 1; Inscr. Orell. 3207; 4107.—

A post-station, post-house, Inscr. Murat. 1015; Morcell. Stil. Inscr. Lat. 1, p. 421.—

A religious meeting, assembly of the Christians:

die stationis, nocte vigiliae meminerimus,

Tert. Or. 29:

stationes in vesperam producere,

id. adv. Psych. 1; so id. ib. 10; id. ad Ux. 2, 4.

stătūra, ae, f. [status, from sto; prop. a standing upright, an upright posture; hence], height or size of the body, stature.

Lit. (class.):

(vir) commodā staturā,

Plaut. As. 2, 3, 21: staturā haud magnā, id. [p. 1755] Poen. 5, 2, 152: pro facie, pro staturā, Lucil. ap. Non. 226, 25:

velim mihi dicas, L. Turselius quā facie fuerit, quā staturā, etc.,

Cic. Phil. 2, 16, 41:

corporis nostri partes totaque figura et forma et statura, quam apta ad naturam sit, apparet,

id. Fin. 5, 12, 35; so,

corporis (corresp. to figura),

id. Inv. 1, 28, 41:

ipse (citharoedus) formā et specie sit et staturā appositā ad dignitatem,

Auct. Her. 4, 47, 60:

parva statura (hominis),

ib. 4, 33, 45:

homines tantulae staturae,

of so small a stature, Caes. B. G. 2, 30 fin.:

hoc ali staturam, ali hoc vires,

id. ib. 6, 21.—

Transf., of animals or plants, size, growth (post-Aug. and rare):

Altinae vaccae sunt humilis staturae,

Col. 6, 24, 5:

producere vitem in tantam staturam, quantam permittit agricola,

id. 5, 5, 8.