profane

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nĕfastus, a, um, adj. [nefas].

Lit. (opp. to fastus): dies nefasti, days on which judgment could not be pronounced or assemblies of the people be held: fastis diebus jura fari licebat, nefastis quaedam non licebat fari, Paul. ex Fest. p. 93 Müll.: nefasti dies notantur N littera, quod iis nefas est praetori, apud quem lege agitur, fari tria verba: do, dico, addico, Paul. ex Fest. p. 165 Müll.;

v. 1. fastus: ille (Numa) nefastos dies fastosque fecit, quia aliquando nihil cum populo agi, utile futurum erat,

Liv. 1, 19, 7; Varr. L. L. 6, 4, 30; Ov. F. 1, 47; Gai. Inst. 4, 29.—

Transf.

For nefas, contrary to the sacred rites or to religion; irreligious, impious: QVAE AVGVR INIVSTA, NEFASTA, DEFIXERIT, Fragm. XII. Tab. ap. Cic. Leg. 2, 8 fin.:

prolibare dis nefastum habetur, etc.,

Plin. 14, 19, 23, § 119.—

In gen., wicked, profane, abandoned: homines ad hanc rem idonei;

nam istorum nullus nefastust,

Plaut. Poen. 3, 2, 7.—Esp., subst.: nĕfastum, i, n. (sc. crimen), a wicked deed, abomination, profanity ( poet. and in post - Aug. prose):

quid intactum nefasti Liquimus?

profane, criminal, Hor. C. 1, 35, 35; Plin. 4, 11, 18, § 47.—

Unlucky, inauspicious = funestus, ater (not anteAug.):

ille et nefasto te posuit die, etc.,

Hor. C. 2, 13, 1:

cum diem natalem ejus (Agrippinae) inter nefastos referendum suasisset,

Suet. Tib. 53; Tac. A. 14, 12 init.:

ne qua terra sit nefasta victoriae suae,

Liv. 6, 28, 8:

Acheron,

Stat. Th. 4, 456:

loca,

id. ib. 1, 273:

religiosi dies dicuntur tristi omine infames... quos multitudo imperitorum prave et perperam nefastos appellat,

Gell. 4, 9, 5.—

Hurtful, injurious: innocentiorem tamen esse marem (fruticem);

eaque causa est ne inter nefastos frutex damnetur,

Plin. 20, 11, 44, § 114.

nĕfastus, a, um, adj. [nefas].

Lit. (opp. to fastus): dies nefasti, days on which judgment could not be pronounced or assemblies of the people be held: fastis diebus jura fari licebat, nefastis quaedam non licebat fari, Paul. ex Fest. p. 93 Müll.: nefasti dies notantur N littera, quod iis nefas est praetori, apud quem lege agitur, fari tria verba: do, dico, addico, Paul. ex Fest. p. 165 Müll.;

v. 1. fastus: ille (Numa) nefastos dies fastosque fecit, quia aliquando nihil cum populo agi, utile futurum erat,

Liv. 1, 19, 7; Varr. L. L. 6, 4, 30; Ov. F. 1, 47; Gai. Inst. 4, 29.—

Transf.

For nefas, contrary to the sacred rites or to religion; irreligious, impious: QVAE AVGVR INIVSTA, NEFASTA, DEFIXERIT, Fragm. XII. Tab. ap. Cic. Leg. 2, 8 fin.:

prolibare dis nefastum habetur, etc.,

Plin. 14, 19, 23, § 119.—

In gen., wicked, profane, abandoned: homines ad hanc rem idonei;

nam istorum nullus nefastust,

Plaut. Poen. 3, 2, 7.—Esp., subst.: nĕfastum, i, n. (sc. crimen), a wicked deed, abomination, profanity ( poet. and in post - Aug. prose):

quid intactum nefasti Liquimus?

profane, criminal, Hor. C. 1, 35, 35; Plin. 4, 11, 18, § 47.—

Unlucky, inauspicious = funestus, ater (not anteAug.):

ille et nefasto te posuit die, etc.,

Hor. C. 2, 13, 1:

cum diem natalem ejus (Agrippinae) inter nefastos referendum suasisset,

Suet. Tib. 53; Tac. A. 14, 12 init.:

ne qua terra sit nefasta victoriae suae,

Liv. 6, 28, 8:

Acheron,

Stat. Th. 4, 456:

loca,

id. ib. 1, 273:

religiosi dies dicuntur tristi omine infames... quos multitudo imperitorum prave et perperam nefastos appellat,

Gell. 4, 9, 5.—

Hurtful, injurious: innocentiorem tamen esse marem (fruticem);

eaque causa est ne inter nefastos frutex damnetur,

Plin. 20, 11, 44, § 114.

prŏfānus, a, um, adj. [pro - fanum; prop. before the temple, i. e. outside of it; hence, opp. to the temple as a sacred object], unholy, not sacred, common, profane.

Lit.: profanum quod non est sacrum, Plautus: Sacrum an profanum habeas parvi penditur, Paul. ex Fest. p. 228 Müll.; cf.:

profanum est, quod fani religione non tenetur,

Fest. p. 253 ib.: Trebatius profanum id proprie dici ait, quod ex religioso vel sacro [p. 1457] in hominum usum proprietatem conversum est, Macr. S. 3, 3, 2:

loci consecrati an profani,

Cic. Part. 10, 36;

opp. sacrum,

Plaut. Merc. 2, 3, 27 cum omnia illā victoriā suā profana fecisset, Cic. Verr 2, 4, 55, § 122:

res profanae et usu pollutae,

Tac. A. 13, 57:

flamma,

Ov. F. 6, 440:

usus,

Plin. 15, 30, 40, § 135.—Of persons: procul o, procul este, profani, Conclamat vates, ye uninitiated, Verg A. 6, 258:

Cereris ritus vulgare profanis, Ov A. A. 2, 601 profanum vulgus,

Hor. C. 3, 1, 1: vulgus, Gell. N A. praef. fin. —

Transf.

Wicked, impious ( poet.):

mens profana, Ov M 2, 833: verba,

id. Tr. 3, 5, 48:

odia,

Stat. Th. 1, 1: profanus Phorbas, Ov M. 11, 413 sit spes fallendi, miscebis sacra profanis, Hor Ep. 1, 16, 54.— Subst. prŏfānum, i, n., wickedness, impiety (post-Aug.):

civilium bellorum profano,

Plin. 16, 4, 3, § 7.—

Unlearned, ignorant (post-class.); with gen.:

litterarum profani (opp.: doctrina initiati),

Macr. Somn. Scip. 1, 18; Min. Fel. Oct. 5:

qui profani sunt a sacramento veritatis,

strangers to, Lact. 2, 15, 2:

a veritate,

id. 2, 16, 13; 7, 24, 10.—

Ill-boding ( poet.):

profanus bubo, Ov M 6, 431 avis,

id. ib. 5, 543.— Hence, adv.: prŏfānē, wickedly, profanely (post-class.);

illudere,

Lact. 6, 23, 10:

de divinitate disputare,

Min. Fel. Oct. 8.

prŏfānus, a, um, adj. [pro - fanum; prop. before the temple, i. e. outside of it; hence, opp. to the temple as a sacred object], unholy, not sacred, common, profane.

Lit.: profanum quod non est sacrum, Plautus: Sacrum an profanum habeas parvi penditur, Paul. ex Fest. p. 228 Müll.; cf.:

profanum est, quod fani religione non tenetur,

Fest. p. 253 ib.: Trebatius profanum id proprie dici ait, quod ex religioso vel sacro [p. 1457] in hominum usum proprietatem conversum est, Macr. S. 3, 3, 2:

loci consecrati an profani,

Cic. Part. 10, 36;

opp. sacrum,

Plaut. Merc. 2, 3, 27 cum omnia illā victoriā suā profana fecisset, Cic. Verr 2, 4, 55, § 122:

res profanae et usu pollutae,

Tac. A. 13, 57:

flamma,

Ov. F. 6, 440:

usus,

Plin. 15, 30, 40, § 135.—Of persons: procul o, procul este, profani, Conclamat vates, ye uninitiated, Verg A. 6, 258:

Cereris ritus vulgare profanis, Ov A. A. 2, 601 profanum vulgus,

Hor. C. 3, 1, 1: vulgus, Gell. N A. praef. fin. —

Transf.

Wicked, impious ( poet.):

mens profana, Ov M 2, 833: verba,

id. Tr. 3, 5, 48:

odia,

Stat. Th. 1, 1: profanus Phorbas, Ov M. 11, 413 sit spes fallendi, miscebis sacra profanis, Hor Ep. 1, 16, 54.— Subst. prŏfānum, i, n., wickedness, impiety (post-Aug.):

civilium bellorum profano,

Plin. 16, 4, 3, § 7.—

Unlearned, ignorant (post-class.); with gen.:

litterarum profani (opp.: doctrina initiati),

Macr. Somn. Scip. 1, 18; Min. Fel. Oct. 5:

qui profani sunt a sacramento veritatis,

strangers to, Lact. 2, 15, 2:

a veritate,

id. 2, 16, 13; 7, 24, 10.—

Ill-boding ( poet.):

profanus bubo, Ov M 6, 431 avis,

id. ib. 5, 543.— Hence, adv.: prŏfānē, wickedly, profanely (post-class.);

illudere,

Lact. 6, 23, 10:

de divinitate disputare,

Min. Fel. Oct. 8.

sā̆crĭlĕgus, a, um, adj. [sacer-lego], that steals sacred things, that robs a temple, sacrilegious:

sacrilegas admovere manus,

Liv. 29, 18:

altare sacrilegum,

Vulg. Jos. 22, 16; cf.:

quorum templis et religionibus iste bellum sacrilegum habuit indictum,

Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 72, § 188.—As subst. (so usually): sā̆crĭlĕgus, i, m., one who robs or steals from a temple, one who commits sacrilege:

sacrilego poena est, neque ei soli, qui sacrum abstulerit, sed etiam ei, qui sacro commendatum,

Cic. Leg. 2, 16, 40:

non sacrilegum, sed hostem sacrorum religionumque,

id. Verr. 2, 1, 3, § 9: an sacrilegus, qui, ut hostes urbe expelleret, arma [p. 1613] templo affixa detraxit? Quint. 5, 10, 36; cf. id. 3, 6, 38; 3, 6, 41; 4, 2, 68 (v. sacrilegium init.):

cavendum ne fortiori subjungatur aliquid infirmius, ut sacrilego fur,

Quint. 9, 4, 23:

punit furta sacrilegus,

Sen. Ira, 2, 28, 8; Vulg. Act. 19, 37.—

Transf., in gen., that violates or profanes sacred things, sacrilegious, impious, profane (freq. since the Aug. per.).

Adj.:

hominem perditum Miserumque, et illum sacrilegum,

Ter. Eun. 3, 1, 29; Ov. M. 4, 23; cf.:

o genera sacrilega!

Ter. Ad. 3, 2, 6:

quorum civis Romanus nemo erat sed Graeci sacrilegi,

Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 28, § 69:

sacrilegos ignes admovere templis,

Tib. 3, 5, 11:

manus,

id. 2, 4, 26; Hor. C. 2, 13, 2; Ov. F. 3, 700; id. Am. 1, 7, 28:

dextra,

id. M. 14, 539:

meretricum artes,

id. A. A. 1, 435:

nefas (Catilinae),

Mart. 9, 70, 2:

hami (on account of the preceding sacris piscibus),

id. 4, 30, 12.— Sup.:

exi e fano, sacrilegissime,

Plaut. Rud. 3, 4, 1.—

Subst., an impious, wicked, or profane person:

parricida, sacrilege, perjure, etc.,

Plaut. Ps. 1, 3, 129; Ter. Ad. 2, 4, 1; id. Eun. 5, 3, 2; 5, 3, 13; Sall. C. 14, 3; Ov. M. 8, 792; 8, 817.—With gen.:

nuptiarum,

i. e. a violator of marriage vows, an adulterer, Cod. Just. 9, 9, 29 fin. —In fem.: sā̆crĭlĕga, ae, Ter. Eun. 5, 1, 13; Ov. M. 11, 41.— Adv.: sā̆crĭlĕgē, sacrilegiously, impiously (late Lat.), Tert. Apol. 12.

sā̆crĭlĕgus, a, um, adj. [sacer-lego], that steals sacred things, that robs a temple, sacrilegious:

sacrilegas admovere manus,

Liv. 29, 18:

altare sacrilegum,

Vulg. Jos. 22, 16; cf.:

quorum templis et religionibus iste bellum sacrilegum habuit indictum,

Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 72, § 188.—As subst. (so usually): sā̆crĭlĕgus, i, m., one who robs or steals from a temple, one who commits sacrilege:

sacrilego poena est, neque ei soli, qui sacrum abstulerit, sed etiam ei, qui sacro commendatum,

Cic. Leg. 2, 16, 40:

non sacrilegum, sed hostem sacrorum religionumque,

id. Verr. 2, 1, 3, § 9: an sacrilegus, qui, ut hostes urbe expelleret, arma [p. 1613] templo affixa detraxit? Quint. 5, 10, 36; cf. id. 3, 6, 38; 3, 6, 41; 4, 2, 68 (v. sacrilegium init.):

cavendum ne fortiori subjungatur aliquid infirmius, ut sacrilego fur,

Quint. 9, 4, 23:

punit furta sacrilegus,

Sen. Ira, 2, 28, 8; Vulg. Act. 19, 37.—

Transf., in gen., that violates or profanes sacred things, sacrilegious, impious, profane (freq. since the Aug. per.).

Adj.:

hominem perditum Miserumque, et illum sacrilegum,

Ter. Eun. 3, 1, 29; Ov. M. 4, 23; cf.:

o genera sacrilega!

Ter. Ad. 3, 2, 6:

quorum civis Romanus nemo erat sed Graeci sacrilegi,

Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 28, § 69:

sacrilegos ignes admovere templis,

Tib. 3, 5, 11:

manus,

id. 2, 4, 26; Hor. C. 2, 13, 2; Ov. F. 3, 700; id. Am. 1, 7, 28:

dextra,

id. M. 14, 539:

meretricum artes,

id. A. A. 1, 435:

nefas (Catilinae),

Mart. 9, 70, 2:

hami (on account of the preceding sacris piscibus),

id. 4, 30, 12.— Sup.:

exi e fano, sacrilegissime,

Plaut. Rud. 3, 4, 1.—

Subst., an impious, wicked, or profane person:

parricida, sacrilege, perjure, etc.,

Plaut. Ps. 1, 3, 129; Ter. Ad. 2, 4, 1; id. Eun. 5, 3, 2; 5, 3, 13; Sall. C. 14, 3; Ov. M. 8, 792; 8, 817.—With gen.:

nuptiarum,

i. e. a violator of marriage vows, an adulterer, Cod. Just. 9, 9, 29 fin. —In fem.: sā̆crĭlĕga, ae, Ter. Eun. 5, 1, 13; Ov. M. 11, 41.— Adv.: sā̆crĭlĕgē, sacrilegiously, impiously (late Lat.), Tert. Apol. 12.

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    Profanatus, pen. prod. Participium. Profané: vt

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    Sacrarium. Liu. Le lieu où on met les choses sacrees, Sacraire, Sacristie, Secretainerie.

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    Probro vetito temerat sacraria. Ouid. Il pollue et profane le temple, couchant en iceluy avec une femme.

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    Sacrarium. Cic. Une petite chapelle secrette en la maison.

il-lūdo, lūsī, lūsum, ere (in u. ludo), hinspielen, I) im guten Sinne: 1) im allg., an etw. hinspielen, mit Dat., ima videbatur talis illudere palla, umspielen, Tibull. 3, 4, 35. – 2) prägn., a) etwas schriftl. gleichs. spielend hinwerfen, alqd chartis, mit spielender Leichtigkeit zu Papier bringen, Hor. sat. 1, 4, 139. – b) etwas gleichs. mit etwas bespielen, illudunt auro vestes, durchweben leicht mit Goldfäden (so daß die Goldstickerei hier u. da im Purpur hervorschimmert), Avien. descr. orb. 1260 (viell. zu lesen includunt, wie jetzt inclusas auro vestes, Verg. georg. 2, 464): illusa pictae vestis inania, Prud. perist. 14, 105.

II) (= εμπαίζω) im üblen Sinne, mit jmd. od. etwas sein Spiel treiben, a) spottend, höhnend = mit jmd. od. etw. sein Gespött treiben, jmd. od. etwas verspotten, verhöhnen, α) mit Dat.: capto, Verg.: signis et aquilis (Romanorum) per superbiam, Tac. – alcis dignitati, auctoritati, Cic.: rebus humanis, Hor.: per lasciviam rebus Romanis, Tac. – β) m. in u. Akk.: ego te pro istis dictis et factis ulciscar, ut ne impune in nos illuseris, Ter. eun. 942. – γ) mit in u. Abl.: adeon videmur vobis esse idonei, in quibus sic illudatis? Ter. Andr. 758. – δ) m. Acc.: satis superbe illuditis me, Ter.: miseros illudi nolunt, Cic.: quid autem turpius quam illudi, Cic.: ill. probrosis sermonibus divum Augustum, Tac. – ill. relatum caput eius tam-

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quam praematurā canitie deforme, Tac.: ipsa praecepta (rhetoricorum doctorum), Cic.: illud nimium acumen (Ggstz. admirari ingenium), Cic.: eam artem, Cic.: virtutem verbis superbis, Verg. – ε) absol.: hos sic illudere, daß diese so ungebunden ihr Spiel treiben, Cic.: illuseras heri inter scyphos, quod dixeram controversiam esse etc., Cic. – dah. illudens = spottend, ironisch, quae cum dixisset in Albutium illudens, Cic.: hanc sapientiam sibi ipsi detrahere, eis tribuere illudentem, qui eam sibi arrogant, Cic. – b) täuschend mit jmd. sein Spiel treiben = jmd. zum besten haben u. so täuschen, betrügen, α) mit Dat.: illusit dehinc Neroni fortuna per vanitatem ipsius, Tac. – β) m. Acc.: Cretenses omnes, Nep.: artem illusus deponas, Hor.: multis vadimoniis desertis saepe illusi ac destituti, Cic.: illusi pedes, die, wenn sie meinen stehen zu können, sich darin täuschen (dies nicht vermögen), die wackeligen, Hor. – γ) absol.: saevitiam Neronis per istiusmodi imagines illusisse, die Tyrannei des N. habe vermittelst Blendwerks solcher Art ihr (täuschendes) Spiel getrieben, Tac. – c) mißhandelnd, beschädigend, verletzend, verderbend mit jmd. od. etw. sein Spiel od. seinen Spott treiben, einem Ggstde. übel mitspielen, an einem Ggstde. seinen Mutwillen auslassen, sich mutwillig vergreifen, jmd. od. etw. mutwillig mißhandeln u. dgl., α) m. Dat.: cui (frondi) silvestres uri... illudunt (bena-

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gend benaschen), Verg.: tamquam in summa abundantia pecuniae illudere, das G. mutwillig vergeuden, mit dem G. spielen, Tac.: u. so viribus principis, Tac. – bes. im obszönen Sinne, v. der Schändung, matri alcis, Tac.: feminarum, et quidem illustrium, capitibus, Suet.: pueritiae alcis, Tac. – β) m. Acc.: Quintilii Vari corpus, Tac.: vitam (das Lebensglück) filiae, mutwillig, leichtsinnig aufs Spiel setzen, Ter. – im obszönen Sinne, nonnullas mulierculas, Min. Fel.: aetatulam alcis, Apul.: suum sexum profane ac petulanter, Lact.

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caerĭmōnĭa ( cērĭ-; scanned cĕrīmōnĭa, Prud. c. Symm. praef. 1, 5), ae, f. (collat. form caerĭmōnĭum, ii, n., Gloss. Lat. pp. 50, 69 Hild.; Inscr. Orell. 3188) [kindr. with Sanscr. root kri, = facere; cf. also creo. cerus, Ceres. strictly sacred work, divine rite; cf. Bopp, Gloss. p. 79, a; Pott, I. p. 219; Mommsen, Unterit. Dial.], the sacred. the divine, that which has reference to the Deity (in class. prose)

Lit.

Objectively, sacredness, sanctity (in this sense rare, and only in sing.): sanctitas regum, et caerimonia deorum. Caes. ap. Suet. Caes. 6: legationis. Cic. Rosc. Am. 39, 113; Tac. A. 4, 64 fin.: 3, 61: loci. id. ib. 14, 22 fin. —

Subjectively, a holy dread, awe, reverence, veneration of the Deity (external; while religio has regard both to internal and external reverence for God; rare except in sing.). Cic. Inv 2. 22, 66; id. Verr. 2, 5, 14. § 36; id. Leg. 2, 22. 55; 2, 53, 161: sacra summā religione caerimoniāque conficere. id. Balb. 24. 55: so id. Har Resp. 10, 21; 17, 37: Nep. Them. 8, 4; Liv. 29. 18, 2; 40, 4, 9; Gell. 4. 9. 9; Tac. A. 4, 55' esse in magnā caerimoniā. to be held in great veneration, Plin. 6, 27, 31, § 135; also plur.: habere aliquid in caerimoniis. id. 37, 7, 28, § 100.—

Meton. (abstr. pro concr.), a religious usage, a sacred rite, religious ceremony (while ritus designates both religious and profane rites: so esp. freq. in the histt. and mostly in plur.): Ceres et Libera. quarum sacra... longe maximis atque occultissimis caerimoniis continentur. Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 72, § 187: religiones vero caerimoniaeque omnium sacrorum fanorumque violatae. id. ib. 2. 1. 3. § 7: in sacerdotio caerimoniisque diligentissimus. id. Rab. Perd. 10, 27:

sepulcrorum,

id. Tusc. 1, 12, 27: caelestes. Liv 1, 20, 4 and 7' polluere. id. 6, 41, 9; Tac. H. 1, 2; Suet. Caes. 74: fetiales. Liv. 9, 11, 8:

auspiciaque,

id. 22, 9, 7; Flor. 1, 2, 2:

novae,

Tac. A. 1, 54: vetustissimae. id. ib. 1. 62:

deorum,

id. ib. 3, 60; 16, 28;

publicae,

id. H. 2, 91; Suet. Caes. 6: an tiquae. id. Aug. 31:

peregrinae, veteres ac praeceptae,

id. ib. 93:

externae,

id. Tib. 36. —In sing.:

collatis militaribus signis, quo more eorum gravissima caerimonia continetur,

Caes. B. G. 7, 2; Suet. Aug. 94 med.

caerĭmōnĭa ( cērĭ-; scanned cĕrīmōnĭa, Prud. c. Symm. praef. 1, 5), ae, f. (collat. form caerĭmōnĭum, ii, n., Gloss. Lat. pp. 50, 69 Hild.; Inscr. Orell. 3188) [kindr. with Sanscr. root kri, = facere; cf. also creo. cerus, Ceres. strictly sacred work, divine rite; cf. Bopp, Gloss. p. 79, a; Pott, I. p. 219; Mommsen, Unterit. Dial.], the sacred. the divine, that which has reference to the Deity (in class. prose)

Lit.

Objectively, sacredness, sanctity (in this sense rare, and only in sing.): sanctitas regum, et caerimonia deorum. Caes. ap. Suet. Caes. 6: legationis. Cic. Rosc. Am. 39, 113; Tac. A. 4, 64 fin.: 3, 61: loci. id. ib. 14, 22 fin. —

Subjectively, a holy dread, awe, reverence, veneration of the Deity (external; while religio has regard both to internal and external reverence for God; rare except in sing.). Cic. Inv 2. 22, 66; id. Verr. 2, 5, 14. § 36; id. Leg. 2, 22. 55; 2, 53, 161: sacra summā religione caerimoniāque conficere. id. Balb. 24. 55: so id. Har Resp. 10, 21; 17, 37: Nep. Them. 8, 4; Liv. 29. 18, 2; 40, 4, 9; Gell. 4. 9. 9; Tac. A. 4, 55' esse in magnā caerimoniā. to be held in great veneration, Plin. 6, 27, 31, § 135; also plur.: habere aliquid in caerimoniis. id. 37, 7, 28, § 100.—

Meton. (abstr. pro concr.), a religious usage, a sacred rite, religious ceremony (while ritus designates both religious and profane rites: so esp. freq. in the histt. and mostly in plur.): Ceres et Libera. quarum sacra... longe maximis atque occultissimis caerimoniis continentur. Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 72, § 187: religiones vero caerimoniaeque omnium sacrorum fanorumque violatae. id. ib. 2. 1. 3. § 7: in sacerdotio caerimoniisque diligentissimus. id. Rab. Perd. 10, 27:

sepulcrorum,

id. Tusc. 1, 12, 27: caelestes. Liv 1, 20, 4 and 7' polluere. id. 6, 41, 9; Tac. H. 1, 2; Suet. Caes. 74: fetiales. Liv. 9, 11, 8:

auspiciaque,

id. 22, 9, 7; Flor. 1, 2, 2:

novae,

Tac. A. 1, 54: vetustissimae. id. ib. 1. 62:

deorum,

id. ib. 3, 60; 16, 28;

publicae,

id. H. 2, 91; Suet. Caes. 6: an tiquae. id. Aug. 31:

peregrinae, veteres ac praeceptae,

id. ib. 93:

externae,

id. Tib. 36. —In sing.:

collatis militaribus signis, quo more eorum gravissima caerimonia continetur,

Caes. B. G. 7, 2; Suet. Aug. 94 med.

impĭus ( inp-), a, um, adj. [2. in-pius], without reverence or respect for God, one's parents, or one's country; irreverent, ungodly, undutiful, unpatriotic; abandoned, wicked, impious (rare but class.; cf.: nefarius, sacrilegus).

Lit.:

me fugerat, deorum immortalium has esse in impios et consceleratos poenas certissimas constitutas,

Cic. Pis. 20, 46:

numero impiorum et sceleratorum haberi,

Caes. B. G. 6, 13, 7; cf.:

scelerosus atque impius,

Ter. Eun. 4, 3, 1:

(deos) piorum et impiorum habere rationem,

Cic. Leg. 2, 7, 15:

impius ne audeto placare donis iram deorum,

id. ib. 2, 9, 22:

dixerunt impium pro parricida,

Quint. 8, 6, 30; 7, 1, 52:

impius erga parentes,

Suet. Rhet. 6:

impium, qui dividere nolit cum fratre,

Quint. 7, 1, 45:

necesse est, iste, qui affinem fortunis spoliare conatus est, impium se esse fateatur,

Cic. Quint. 6, 26:

(Danaides) Impiae sponsos potuere duro Perdere ferro!

Hor. C. 3, 11, 31:

Titanes,

id. ib. 3, 4, 42; cf.:

cohors Gigantum,

id. ib. 2, 19, 22:

Saturnus,

id. ib. 2, 17, 22:

miles,

Verg. E. 1, 71:

Carthago,

Hor. C. 4, 8, 17:

gens,

Verg. G. 2, 537:

di,

invoked in imprecations, Tac. A. 16, 31:

poëtae,

i. e. accursed, Cat. 14, 7:

expiari impium non posse,

Varr. L. L. 6, § 30 Müll.— Sup.:

impiissimus filius,

Dig. 28, 5, 46, § 1; Aus. Grat. Act. 17.—

Transf., of inanim. or abstr. things (mostly poet.):

si impias propinquorum manus effugeris,

Cic. Rep. 6, 12; so,

manus,

Hor. Epod. 3, 1:

cervix,

id. C. 3, 1, 17:

pectora Thracum,

id. Epod. 5, 13:

ratis,

id. C. 1, 3, 23; id. Epod. 10, 14:

ensis,

Ov. M. 14, 802:

tura,

id. H. 14, 26:

Tartara,

Verg. A. 5, 733:

bellum injustum atque impium,

Cic. Rep. 2, 17:

caedes,

Hor. C. 3, 24, 25:

proelia,

id. ib. 2, 1, 30:

furor,

Verg. A. 1, 294:

facta,

Ov. H. 10, 100:

verba,

Tib. 1, 3, 52:

tumultus,

Hor. C. 4, 4, 46:

clamor,

id. ib. 1, 27, 6:

fama,

Verg. A. 4, 298:

vivacitas,

Quint. 6 praef. §

3. — Prov.: Impia sub dulci melle venena latent,

Ov. Am. 1, 8, 104.— Plur. as substt.

impii, ōrum, m., wicked, abandoned men (opp. innoxii), Plaut. Rud. 1, 3, 11.—

impĭa, ōrum, n., profane words, impious sayings:

impia et illicita dicere,

Gell. 1, 15, 17. —

In partic., impia herba, a plant, perh. the French everlasting, Gnaphalium Gallicum, Plin. 24, 19, 113, § 173.— Adv.: im-pĭē, irreligiously, undutifully, wickedly:

quae (astra) qui videat, non solum indocte, sed etiam impie faciat, si deos esse neget,

Cic. N. D. 2, 16, 44:

impie commissum,

id. Leg. 2, 9, 22:

impie ingratus esse,

id. Tusc. 5, 2, 6:

fecisti,

Quint. 7, 1, 53:

loqui,

i. e. treasonably, Suet. Dom. 10:

deserere regem,

Curt. 5, 12.— Sup.:

impiissime,

Salv. de Avar. 3.

impĭus ( inp-), a, um, adj. [2. in-pius], without reverence or respect for God, one's parents, or one's country; irreverent, ungodly, undutiful, unpatriotic; abandoned, wicked, impious (rare but class.; cf.: nefarius, sacrilegus).

Lit.:

me fugerat, deorum immortalium has esse in impios et consceleratos poenas certissimas constitutas,

Cic. Pis. 20, 46:

numero impiorum et sceleratorum haberi,

Caes. B. G. 6, 13, 7; cf.:

scelerosus atque impius,

Ter. Eun. 4, 3, 1:

(deos) piorum et impiorum habere rationem,

Cic. Leg. 2, 7, 15:

impius ne audeto placare donis iram deorum,

id. ib. 2, 9, 22:

dixerunt impium pro parricida,

Quint. 8, 6, 30; 7, 1, 52:

impius erga parentes,

Suet. Rhet. 6:

impium, qui dividere nolit cum fratre,

Quint. 7, 1, 45:

necesse est, iste, qui affinem fortunis spoliare conatus est, impium se esse fateatur,

Cic. Quint. 6, 26:

(Danaides) Impiae sponsos potuere duro Perdere ferro!

Hor. C. 3, 11, 31:

Titanes,

id. ib. 3, 4, 42; cf.:

cohors Gigantum,

id. ib. 2, 19, 22:

Saturnus,

id. ib. 2, 17, 22:

miles,

Verg. E. 1, 71:

Carthago,

Hor. C. 4, 8, 17:

gens,

Verg. G. 2, 537:

di,

invoked in imprecations, Tac. A. 16, 31:

poëtae,

i. e. accursed, Cat. 14, 7:

expiari impium non posse,

Varr. L. L. 6, § 30 Müll.— Sup.:

impiissimus filius,

Dig. 28, 5, 46, § 1; Aus. Grat. Act. 17.—

Transf., of inanim. or abstr. things (mostly poet.):

si impias propinquorum manus effugeris,

Cic. Rep. 6, 12; so,

manus,

Hor. Epod. 3, 1:

cervix,

id. C. 3, 1, 17:

pectora Thracum,

id. Epod. 5, 13:

ratis,

id. C. 1, 3, 23; id. Epod. 10, 14:

ensis,

Ov. M. 14, 802:

tura,

id. H. 14, 26:

Tartara,

Verg. A. 5, 733:

bellum injustum atque impium,

Cic. Rep. 2, 17:

caedes,

Hor. C. 3, 24, 25:

proelia,

id. ib. 2, 1, 30:

furor,

Verg. A. 1, 294:

facta,

Ov. H. 10, 100:

verba,

Tib. 1, 3, 52:

tumultus,

Hor. C. 4, 4, 46:

clamor,

id. ib. 1, 27, 6:

fama,

Verg. A. 4, 298:

vivacitas,

Quint. 6 praef. §

3. — Prov.: Impia sub dulci melle venena latent,

Ov. Am. 1, 8, 104.— Plur. as substt.

impii, ōrum, m., wicked, abandoned men (opp. innoxii), Plaut. Rud. 1, 3, 11.—

impĭa, ōrum, n., profane words, impious sayings:

impia et illicita dicere,

Gell. 1, 15, 17. —

In partic., impia herba, a plant, perh. the French everlasting, Gnaphalium Gallicum, Plin. 24, 19, 113, § 173.— Adv.: im-pĭē, irreligiously, undutifully, wickedly:

quae (astra) qui videat, non solum indocte, sed etiam impie faciat, si deos esse neget,

Cic. N. D. 2, 16, 44:

impie commissum,

id. Leg. 2, 9, 22:

impie ingratus esse,

id. Tusc. 5, 2, 6:

fecisti,

Quint. 7, 1, 53:

loqui,

i. e. treasonably, Suet. Dom. 10:

deserere regem,

Curt. 5, 12.— Sup.:

impiissime,

Salv. de Avar. 3.