profusus

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prō̆-fundo, fūdi, fūsum, 3, v. a., to pour out or forth, to shed copiously, to cause to flow (class.).

Lit.:

sanguinem suum profundere omnem cupit, dummodo profusum hujus ante videat,

Cic. Clu. 6, 18:

sanguinem pro patriā,

id. Fin. 2, 19, 60; 2, 30, 97:

vim lacrimarum,

id. Rep. 6, 14, 14:

lacrimas oculis,

Verg. A. 12, 154; Ov. M. 9, 679; 7, 91; Sen. Med. 541:

sanguinem ex oculis,

Plin. 10, 60, 79, § 164:

aquam,

Plaut. Aul. 2, 4, 29:

vinum,

id. Curc. 1, 1, 92:

vina deo tamquam sitienti,

Lact. 2, 4, 13; 6, 1, 5:

aquas sub mensas,

Plin. 28, 2, 5, § 26. —With se, to burst or gush forth:

lacrimae se subito profuderunt,

Cic. Ac. 11, 7, 6.—

Transf.

To stretch at full length, to prostrate ( poet.):

cum somnus membra profudit,

Lucr. 4, 757:

praecipites profusae in terram,

id. 6, 744.—Mid.: profusus, abjectus jacens. Pacuvius: profusus gemitu, murmure, stretched at full length, Paul. ex Fest. p. 228 Müll. (Trag. Rel. v. 321 Rib.). —

To pour or cast out, bring forth, produce (class.): posticā parte profudit, Lucil. ap. Non. 217, 16:

(puerum) ex alvo matris natura profudit,

Lucr. 5, 225:

sonitus,

id. 6, 401:

ignes,

id. 6, 210:

omnia ex ore,

id. 6, 6:

pectore voces,

to pour forth, utter, Cat. 64, 202:

vocem,

Cic. Tusc. 2, 23, 56:

clamorem,

id. Fl. 6, 15; id. Leg. 1, 8, 25:

voces,

Cat. 64, 202:

vitia,

Suet. Tib. 42:

dolorem,

Vop. Aur. 1:

palmites,

Col. 5, 5, 17.—

With se, to pour forth, rush forth or out; of bees:

cum se nova profundent examina,

Col. 9, 3;

of archers: omnis multitudo sagittariorum se profudit,

Caes. B. C. 3, 93;

of luxuriant plants: ea, quae se nimium profuderunt,

have shot out, sent out shoots, Cic. de Or. 2, 21, 88:

profundit se supra modum numerus palmitum,

Col. 7, 24, 4.—

Trop., to cast or throw away:

ventis verba profundere,

Lucr. 4, 931:

quae si non profundere ac perdere videbor,

Cic. Fam. 5, 5, 17.—

In partic.

In a bad sense, spend uselessly; to lavish, dissipate, squander:

profundat, perdat, pereat,

Ter. Ad. 1, 2, 54; Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 67, § 155:

patrimonia,

id. Cat. 2, 5, 10:

pecunias in res,

id. Off. 2, 16, 55.—

In a good sense, to spend, sacrifice:

non modo pecuniam, sed vitam etiam profundere pro patriā,

Cic. Off. 1, 24, 84.—

Esp., of life, to yield, give up:

animam,

Cic. Marc. 10, 32:

si pateretur natura, vel denas animas profundere praestabat in pugnā, quam, etc.,

Amm. 26, 10, 13:

spiritum in acie,

Val. Max. 6, 3, 3.—

To pour out, vent; to expend, exert, employ; to set forth, show, explain:

odium in aliquem,

Cic. Pis. 7, 16:

omnes profudi vires animi atque ingenii mei,

id. Att. 1, 18, 2:

res universas,

to set forth, explain, id. Ac. 2, 27, 87.—

With se, to pour itself forth, i. e. to rush forth, break out:

voluptates cum inclusae diutius, subito se nonnumquam profundunt atque eiciunt universae,

Cic. Cael. 31, 75:

si totum se ille in me profudisset,

had wholly poured himself out to me, had been liberal, id. Att. 7, 3, 3:

in questus flebiles sese in vestibulo curiae profuderunt,

Liv. 23, 20, 5.—Hence, prŏ-fūsus, a, um, P. a.

Lit., spread out, extended, hanging down (ante- and postclass.):

cauda profusa usque ad calces,

Varr. R. R. 2, 5.— Comp.:

equi coma et cauda profusior,

longer, Pall. 4, 13.—

Trop.

Lavish, extravagant, profuse (class.; cf.

prodigus): perditus ac profusus nepos,

Cic. Quint. 12, 40:

reus,

id. Verr. 2, 1, 7, § 20.—With gen.:

alieni appetens, sui profusus,

lavish of his own, Sall. C. 5, 4.—With in and abl.:

simul ad jacturam temporis ventum est, profusissimi in eo, cujus unius honesta avaritia est,

Sen. Brev. Vit. 3, 2.—Of things abstr. and concr.:

profusis sumptibus vivere,

Cic. Quint. 30, 93:

profusa luxuria in aedificiis,

Vell. 2, 33, 4.—

In a good sense, liberal ( poet.):

mens profusa,

Stat. S. 3, 1, 91:

homo,

Mart. 8, 38, 11.—

Costly, expensive:

amare profusas epulas,

Cic. Mur. 36, 76:

convivia,

Suet. Tit. 7.—

Immoderate, excessive, extravagant:

profusa hilaritas,

Cic. Tusc. 4, 7, 15:

genus jocandi,

id. Off. 1, 29, 103:

cupido,

Tac. H. 1, 52.— Sup.:

profusissima libido,

Suet. Claud. 53.— Adv.: prŏfūsē.

Lit., lavishly, extravagantly, profusely (post-Aug.):

aedes profuse exstructa,

at an immoderate expense, Suet. Aug. 72.— Sup.:

festos et solemnes dies profusissime celebrabat,

Suet. Aug. 75.—

Trop.

In disorder, confusedly:

consul obstitit profuse tendentibus suis in castra,

Liv. 10, 36.—

Immoderately, excessively:

profuse prolixeque laudare,

Gell. 5, 1, 2.— Comp.:

eo profusius sumptui deditus erat,

Sall. C. 13, 5.

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ē-lŭo, ŭi, ūtum, 3, v. a., to wash out, rinse out; to wash off, wash clean (class.).

Lit.:

vascula,

Plaut. Aul. 2, 3, 3:

patinas,

id. Capt. 4, 2, 66:

argentum (the silver vessels, the plate),

id. Ps. 1, 2, 29:

bacas immundas,

Col. 12, 52, 21; 6, 3, 4:

os,

Cels. 3, 4:

maculas vestium,

Plin. 20, 8, 28, § 72; cf. Plaut. Poen. 1, 1, 71; Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 46; id. Sest. 29, 63:

purpureum colorem omnibus undis,

Lucr. 6, 1077; so,

colorem,

Quint. 1, 1, 5; cf.

atramentum,

Plin. 35, 6, 25, § 43:

aliquid ex aqua,

Cels. 7, 21 fin.:

corpus,

Ov. M. 11, 141:

se asinino lacte,

Cels. 4, 24 et saep.—

Transf.

To purify: vasa eluto auro, of pure gold (al. elato), Capitol. Pertin. 8.—

To clear, to lay bare:

Ponticum Phasim et stagna Maeotidis (sc. avibus),

Col. 8, 8, 10.—

In Plautus (like elavo, II.), to strip one's self of, to get rid of, squander one's property, Plaut. Rud. 2, 7, 21 sq.; id. Stich. 5, 2, 21;

of money lavished on expensive baths: elutum in balineis,

Plaut. Trin. 2, 4, 5.—

Trop., to dispose of, remove, clear, or wash away, etc.:

ut centurionum profusus sanguis eluatur: num elui praedicatio crudelitatis potest?

Cic. Phil. 12, 6; cf.:

infectum scelus sub gurgite vasto,

Verg. A. 6, 742:

crimen,

Ov. M. 11, 141:

vitia,

Quint. 2, 3, 2 et saep.:

tales amicitiae sunt remissione usus eluendae,

i. e. to get rid of, Cic. Lael. 21; cf.:

amara curarum (cadus),

Hor. C. 4, 12, 20.—

To cleanse, purify, make pure or clear:

mentes maculatas crimine,

Sil. 11, 200; cf. Sen. Ep. 59:

mentem,

Lact. 5, 19, 34.—Hence, ēlūtus, a, um, P. a., washed out, i. e. watery, insipid; in the comp.:

irriguo nihil est elutius horto (= magis fatuum),

Hor. S. 2, 4, 16:

(spodi) elutior vis est,

Plin. 34, 13, 33, § 129.

ĭbĭ̄, adv. [from the pronom. root I, is, with dat. ending as in tibi, sibi, in loc. sense as in ubi; cf. Sanscr. suffix bhjam; Corss. Ausspr. 1, 169], in that place, there, = entautha (cf. istic).

Lit., in space:

ibi cenavi atque ibi quievi in navi noctem perpetem,

Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 100;

tandem abii ad praetorem. Ibi vix requievi,

id. Capt. 2, 2, 6: nempe in foro? De. Ibi, id. As. 1, 1, 104:

in Asiam hinc abii, atque ibi, etc.,

Ter. Heaut. 1, 1, 59:

Demaratus fugit Tarquinios Corintho et ibi suas fortunas constituit,

Cic. Tusc. 5, 37, 109; Ov. M. 1, 316:

aedificabat in summa Velia: ibi alto atque munito loco arcem inexpugnabilem fore,

Liv. 2, 7, 6:

erit haec differentia inter hoc edictum et superius, quod ibi de eo damno praetor loquitur, etc.,

Dig. 47, 8, 4, § 6:

musca est meus pater... nec sacrum nec tam profanum quicquamst, quin ibi ilico adsit,

Plaut. Merc. 2, 3, 27:

ut illa, quae dicimus, non domo attulisse, sed ibi protinus sumpsisse videamur,

there, on the spot, Quint. 11, 2, 46; 4, 1, 54; 12, 9, 19:

in eo flumine pons erat. Ibi praesidium ponit,

Caes. B. C. 1, 47.—In common speech, sometimes pleonastic, with the name of a place:

in medio propter canalem, ibi ostentatores meri,

Plaut. Curc. 4, 1, 15; 19; 22; id. Cist. 1, 1, 18; cf.:

illic ibi demum'st locus, ubi, etc.,

id. Capt. 5, 4, 3.—With corresp. relative adverbs, ubi, unde, etc.:

nam ubi tu profusus, ibi ego me pervelim sepultam,

Plaut. Curc. 1, 2, 7:

nemo est, quin ubivis quam ibi, ubi est, esse malit,

Cic. Fam. 6, 1, 1; cf.:

ibi esse, ubi, etc.,

id. ib. 1, 10:

ubi tyrannus est, ibi... dicendum est plane nullam esse rem publicam,

id. Rep. 3, 31:

multa intelleges meliora apud nos multo esse facta quam ibi fuissent, unde huc translata essent,

id. ib. 2, 16.—So with quo loco, etc.:

quo loco maxime umor intus perseverabit, ibi pus proximum erit,

Cels. 8, 9; cf.:

quacumque equo invectus est, ibi haud secus quam pestifero sidere icti pavebant,

Liv. 8, 9, 12:

quo descenderant, ibi processerunt longe,

Varr. R. R. 2, 1, 5.—With gen.:

ibi loci terrarum orbe portis discluso,

Plin. 6, 11, 12, § 30.—Post-class. of vessels, etc., therein (= in eis):

qui sciens vasa vitiosa commodavit, si ibi infusum vinum est, etc.,

Dig. 13, 6, 18, § 3.—Post-class. and very rarely with verbs of motion (for eo):

et cum ibi venerimus,

there, thither, Dig. 1, 2, 1 fin.; cf. ibidem.—

Transf.

Of time, then, thereupon (mostly ante - class. and poet., but freq. in Liv.):

invocat deos inmortales: ibi continuo contonat Sonitu maxumo, etc.,

Plaut. Am. 5, 1, 41 sq.; cf.:

ubi... ibi,

ib. 11:

postquam... ibi,

ib. v. 39 sq.:

ter conatus ibi collo dare bracchia circum,

Verg. A. 2, 792:

ibi infit, etc.,

Liv. 3, 71, 6:

nec moram ullam, quin ducat, dari: Ibi demum ita aegre tulit, ut, etc.,

then for the first time, Ter. Hec. 1, 2, 53: ibi postquam laborare aciem Calpurnius vidit, Liv. 39, 31, 4.—With cum:

ibi cum alii mores et instituta eorum eluderent,

Liv. 40, 5, 7:

ibi cum de re publica retulisset,

id. 22, 1, 4.—With corresp. ubi:

ille ubi miser famelicus videt, me tam facile victum quaerere, ibi homo coepit me obsecrare, etc.,

Ter. Eun. 2, 2, 30:

non voco (te patrem): Ubi voles pater esse, ibi esto,

Plaut. Ep. 4, 2, 25.—Pleonastically with tum:

tum ibi nescio quis me arripit,

Plaut. Curc. 5, 2, 47: ibi tum derepente ex alto in altum despexit mare, Enn. ap. Non. 518, 6 (Trag. Rel. v. 352 Vahl.):

cum Aebutius Caecinae malum minaretur, ibi tum Caecinam postulasse, etc.,

Cic. Caecin. 10, 27; cf.:

ibi nunc (colloq.),

Plaut. Am. prol. 135; id. Curc. 3, 68.—

Of other relations, there, in that matter, on that occasion, in that condition (class.): nolite ibi nimiam spem habere, Cato ap. Gell. 13, 17, 1:

numquid ego ibi peccavi?

Plaut. Ep. 4, 2, 23:

at pol ego ibi sum, esse ubi miserum hominem decet,

id. Bacch. 5, 1, 21:

si quid est, quod ad testes reservet, ibi nos quoque paratiores reperiet,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 29, 82:

ibi fortunae veniam damus,

in that case, Juv. 11, 176:

huic ab adulescentia bella intestina, caedes, rapinae, discordia civilis grata fuere, ibique juventutem suam exercuit,

in these things, Sall. C. 5, 2; Quint. 2, 2, 12:

non poterat ibi esse quaestio,

id. 7, 1, 5:

subsensi illos ibi esse et id agere inter se clanculum,

to be at it, busy about it, Ter. Heaut. 3, 1, 63:

ibi esse,

id. ib. 5, 2, 30; cf.:

cecinere vates, cujus civitatis eam civis Dianae immolasset, ibi fore imperium,

i. e. in that state, Liv. 1, 45, 5:

ibi imperium fore, unde victoria fuerit,

id. 1, 24, 2:

et interdum in sanctionibus adicitur, ut qui ibi aliquid commisit, capite puniatur, i. e. in his sanctionibus,

Dig. 1, 8, 9, § 3.—

Of persons, in or with him or her (very rare): duxi uxorem;

quam ibi miseriam vidi!

Ter. Ad. 5, 4, 13 (cf.: ibi inquit, quasi uxor locus sit, Don. ad loc.); cf.:

nil ibi majorum respectus,

Juv. 8, 64.—

Esp., law t. t.: tunc ibi, then and there, in the state of affairs then existing:

de eo, quaque ille tunc ibi habuit, tantummodo, intra annum... judicium dabo,

Dig. 43, 16, 1 praef.; cf.: ibi autem ait praetor, ut ne quis et quae illic non habuit, complectatur, ib. § 37 sq.

immītis ( inm-), e, adj. [in-mitis], not soft or mellow, harsh, rough, sour (mostly poet. and in post-Aug. prose; not in Cic. or Cæs.).

Lit., of fruit:

uva,

Hor. C. 2, 5, 10:

fructus (opp. dulcis),

Plin. 13, 4, 6, § 26. —More freq.,

Transf., in gen., rough, rude, harsh, hard, severe, stern, fierce, savage, inexorable (syn.:

barbarus, trux, torvus, immanis, ferox, crudelis, saevus): naturā et moribus immitis ferusque,

Liv. 23, 5, 12; cf.

asper et immitis,

Suet. Tib. 59:

arrogans, profusus, immitis,

id. Ner. 4:

tyrannus (i. e. Pluto),

Verg. G. 4, 492:

Parcae,

Prop. 4 (5), 11, 13:

Glycera,

Hor. C. 1, 33, 2:

immitibus et desertis locis,

Plin. 17, 16, 26, § 120:

insulam Gyarum immitem et sine cultu hominum esse,

Tac. A. 1, 69:

immite et turbidum caelum,

Plin. Ep. 8, 17, 1:

venti,

Tib. 1, 1, 45:

oculi,

Ov. M. 6, 621:

nidi (i. e. hirundinum apibus infestarum),

Verg. G. 4, 17:

ara (on which human beings are offered),

Ov. P. 3, 2, 71:

claustra,

id. Am. 1, 6, 17:

vulnera,

id. de Nuce 69:

fata,

id. M. 13, 260:

mandata,

Tac. A. 15, 27:

rescriptum,

id. ib. 6, 9:

mors,

Tib. 1, 3, 55:

caedes pariter fugientium ac resistentium,

Liv. 4, 59, 6.—As subst.: immītĭa, ium, n., barbarous acts:

ausae immitia nuptae (i. e. abortus),

Ov. F. 1, 625.— Comp.:

vetus operis ac laboris, et eo immitior, quia toleraverat,

Tac. A. 1, 20; Plaut. Bacch. 3, 4, 1:

calcato immitior hydro,

Ov. M. 13, 804.— Sup.:

serpentes immitissimum animalium genus,

Plin. 10, 74, 96, § 207.— Adv.: im-mīte, rudely, harshly:

stridorque immite rudentum Sibilat,

Sil. 17, 257.

immītis ( inm-), e, adj. [in-mitis], not soft or mellow, harsh, rough, sour (mostly poet. and in post-Aug. prose; not in Cic. or Cæs.).

Lit., of fruit:

uva,

Hor. C. 2, 5, 10:

fructus (opp. dulcis),

Plin. 13, 4, 6, § 26. —More freq.,

Transf., in gen., rough, rude, harsh, hard, severe, stern, fierce, savage, inexorable (syn.:

barbarus, trux, torvus, immanis, ferox, crudelis, saevus): naturā et moribus immitis ferusque,

Liv. 23, 5, 12; cf.

asper et immitis,

Suet. Tib. 59:

arrogans, profusus, immitis,

id. Ner. 4:

tyrannus (i. e. Pluto),

Verg. G. 4, 492:

Parcae,

Prop. 4 (5), 11, 13:

Glycera,

Hor. C. 1, 33, 2:

immitibus et desertis locis,

Plin. 17, 16, 26, § 120:

insulam Gyarum immitem et sine cultu hominum esse,

Tac. A. 1, 69:

immite et turbidum caelum,

Plin. Ep. 8, 17, 1:

venti,

Tib. 1, 1, 45:

oculi,

Ov. M. 6, 621:

nidi (i. e. hirundinum apibus infestarum),

Verg. G. 4, 17:

ara (on which human beings are offered),

Ov. P. 3, 2, 71:

claustra,

id. Am. 1, 6, 17:

vulnera,

id. de Nuce 69:

fata,

id. M. 13, 260:

mandata,

Tac. A. 15, 27:

rescriptum,

id. ib. 6, 9:

mors,

Tib. 1, 3, 55:

caedes pariter fugientium ac resistentium,

Liv. 4, 59, 6.—As subst.: immītĭa, ium, n., barbarous acts:

ausae immitia nuptae (i. e. abortus),

Ov. F. 1, 625.— Comp.:

vetus operis ac laboris, et eo immitior, quia toleraverat,

Tac. A. 1, 20; Plaut. Bacch. 3, 4, 1:

calcato immitior hydro,

Ov. M. 13, 804.— Sup.:

serpentes immitissimum animalium genus,

Plin. 10, 74, 96, § 207.— Adv.: im-mīte, rudely, harshly:

stridorque immite rudentum Sibilat,

Sil. 17, 257.

immītis ( inm-), e, adj. [in-mitis], not soft or mellow, harsh, rough, sour (mostly poet. and in post-Aug. prose; not in Cic. or Cæs.).

Lit., of fruit:

uva,

Hor. C. 2, 5, 10:

fructus (opp. dulcis),

Plin. 13, 4, 6, § 26. —More freq.,

Transf., in gen., rough, rude, harsh, hard, severe, stern, fierce, savage, inexorable (syn.:

barbarus, trux, torvus, immanis, ferox, crudelis, saevus): naturā et moribus immitis ferusque,

Liv. 23, 5, 12; cf.

asper et immitis,

Suet. Tib. 59:

arrogans, profusus, immitis,

id. Ner. 4:

tyrannus (i. e. Pluto),

Verg. G. 4, 492:

Parcae,

Prop. 4 (5), 11, 13:

Glycera,

Hor. C. 1, 33, 2:

immitibus et desertis locis,

Plin. 17, 16, 26, § 120:

insulam Gyarum immitem et sine cultu hominum esse,

Tac. A. 1, 69:

immite et turbidum caelum,

Plin. Ep. 8, 17, 1:

venti,

Tib. 1, 1, 45:

oculi,

Ov. M. 6, 621:

nidi (i. e. hirundinum apibus infestarum),

Verg. G. 4, 17:

ara (on which human beings are offered),

Ov. P. 3, 2, 71:

claustra,

id. Am. 1, 6, 17:

vulnera,

id. de Nuce 69:

fata,

id. M. 13, 260:

mandata,

Tac. A. 15, 27:

rescriptum,

id. ib. 6, 9:

mors,

Tib. 1, 3, 55:

caedes pariter fugientium ac resistentium,

Liv. 4, 59, 6.—As subst.: immītĭa, ium, n., barbarous acts:

ausae immitia nuptae (i. e. abortus),

Ov. F. 1, 625.— Comp.:

vetus operis ac laboris, et eo immitior, quia toleraverat,

Tac. A. 1, 20; Plaut. Bacch. 3, 4, 1:

calcato immitior hydro,

Ov. M. 13, 804.— Sup.:

serpentes immitissimum animalium genus,

Plin. 10, 74, 96, § 207.— Adv.: im-mīte, rudely, harshly:

stridorque immite rudentum Sibilat,

Sil. 17, 257.

nĕpos, ōtis, m. and f. (v. infra) [Sanscr. nap-tar, descendant; Gr. anepsios, nephew; cf. nepodes; cf. neptis, Germ. Neffe], a grandson, son's or daughter's son: primo gradu sunt supra pater, mater; infra filius, filia. Secundo gradu sunt supra avus, avia;

infra nepos, neptis,

Dig. 38, 10, 1; cf.:

nepos quoque dupliciter intellegitur, ex filio vel filia natus,

ib. 38, 10, 10, § 13; Cic. Deiot. 1, 2: Metellum multi filii, filiae, nepotes, neptes in rogum imposuerunt. id. Tusc. 1, 35, 85:

Q. Pompeii ex filiā nepos,

id. Brut. 76, 263:

M. Catonis censorii ex filio nepos,

Gell. 13, 20 (19), 3; Dig. 44, 4, 18:

sororis nepos,

Tac. A. 4, 44.—

For neptis, a granddaughter (ante- and post-class.): Ilia dia nepos, Enn. ap. Charis. p. 70 P. (Ann. v. 56 Vahl.); Inscr. Grut. 477, 5; ib. 678, 11.—

Transf.

A brother's or sister's son, a nephew (post-Aug.):

tres instituit heredes sororum nepotes,

Suet. Caes. 83; Hier. Ep. 60, n. 9; Eutr. 7, 1.—

In gen., a descendant ( poet.):

filius an aliquis magnā de stirpe nepotum?

Verg. A. 6, 864:

in nepotum Perniciem,

Hor. C. 2, 13, 3: Caesar, [p. 1201] ab Aeneā qui tibi fratre nepos (to Cupid), Ov. P. 3, 3, 62:

magnanimos Remi nepotes,

Cat. 58, 5; Luc. 7, 207:

haec tetigit tuos urtica nepotes,

Juv. 2, 128.—

A favorite: omnes profecto mulieres te amant... Py.... nepos sum Veneris, Plaut. Mil. 4, 6, 50. —

Of animals (post-Aug.), Col. 6, 37, 4; 7, 2, 5.—

Of plants, a sucker, Col. 4, 10, 2; 4, 6, 5.—

Fig., a spendthrift, prodigal (syn.:

ganeo, asotus): quis ganeo, quis nepos, quis adulter?

Cic. Cat. 2, 4, 7:

in populi Romani patrimonio nepos,

id. Agr. 1, 1, 2:

profusus nepos,

id. Quint. 12, 40:

quantum simplex hilarisque nepoti Discrepet,

Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 193; 1, 15, 36.

Nĕpos, ōtis, m., a surname in the gens Cornelia. So Cornelius Nepos, a Roman historian, the friend of Cicero, Atticus, and Calullus; author of the work De Viris Illustribus, a portion of which is preserved, Gell. 15, 28; Plin. 9, 39, 63, § 137; Plin. Ep. 5, 3, 6; 4, 28, 1.

nĕpos, ōtis, m. and f. (v. infra) [Sanscr. nap-tar, descendant; Gr. anepsios, nephew; cf. nepodes; cf. neptis, Germ. Neffe], a grandson, son's or daughter's son: primo gradu sunt supra pater, mater; infra filius, filia. Secundo gradu sunt supra avus, avia;

infra nepos, neptis,

Dig. 38, 10, 1; cf.:

nepos quoque dupliciter intellegitur, ex filio vel filia natus,

ib. 38, 10, 10, § 13; Cic. Deiot. 1, 2: Metellum multi filii, filiae, nepotes, neptes in rogum imposuerunt. id. Tusc. 1, 35, 85:

Q. Pompeii ex filiā nepos,

id. Brut. 76, 263:

M. Catonis censorii ex filio nepos,

Gell. 13, 20 (19), 3; Dig. 44, 4, 18:

sororis nepos,

Tac. A. 4, 44.—

For neptis, a granddaughter (ante- and post-class.): Ilia dia nepos, Enn. ap. Charis. p. 70 P. (Ann. v. 56 Vahl.); Inscr. Grut. 477, 5; ib. 678, 11.—

Transf.

A brother's or sister's son, a nephew (post-Aug.):

tres instituit heredes sororum nepotes,

Suet. Caes. 83; Hier. Ep. 60, n. 9; Eutr. 7, 1.—

In gen., a descendant ( poet.):

filius an aliquis magnā de stirpe nepotum?

Verg. A. 6, 864:

in nepotum Perniciem,

Hor. C. 2, 13, 3: Caesar, [p. 1201] ab Aeneā qui tibi fratre nepos (to Cupid), Ov. P. 3, 3, 62:

magnanimos Remi nepotes,

Cat. 58, 5; Luc. 7, 207:

haec tetigit tuos urtica nepotes,

Juv. 2, 128.—

A favorite: omnes profecto mulieres te amant... Py.... nepos sum Veneris, Plaut. Mil. 4, 6, 50. —

Of animals (post-Aug.), Col. 6, 37, 4; 7, 2, 5.—

Of plants, a sucker, Col. 4, 10, 2; 4, 6, 5.—

Fig., a spendthrift, prodigal (syn.:

ganeo, asotus): quis ganeo, quis nepos, quis adulter?

Cic. Cat. 2, 4, 7:

in populi Romani patrimonio nepos,

id. Agr. 1, 1, 2:

profusus nepos,

id. Quint. 12, 40:

quantum simplex hilarisque nepoti Discrepet,

Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 193; 1, 15, 36.

Nĕpos, ōtis, m., a surname in the gens Cornelia. So Cornelius Nepos, a Roman historian, the friend of Cicero, Atticus, and Calullus; author of the work De Viris Illustribus, a portion of which is preserved, Gell. 15, 28; Plin. 9, 39, 63, § 137; Plin. Ep. 5, 3, 6; 4, 28, 1.