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1 calcis
1.calx, calcis, f. (m., Pers. 3, 105 dub.; Sil. 7, 696; cf. App. M. 7, p. 483 Oud.; Pers. 3, 105; Grat. Cyn. 278. Whether Lucil. ap. Charis, p. 72 P. belongs here or to 2. calx is undecided) [Sanscr. kar-, wound, kill; akin with lax, calcar, calceus], the heel.I.Lit.:2.calces deteris,
you tread on my heels, Plaut. Merc. 5, 2, 111:quod si ipsa animi vis In capite aut umeris aut imis calcibus esse Posset,
Lucr. 3, 792; 5, 136: incursare pug nis, calcibus, pux kai lax, Plaut. Poen. 4, 1, 3; Ter. Eun. 2, 2, 53:certare pugnis, calcibus, unguibus,
Cic. Tusc. 5, 27, 77:uti pugnis et calcibus,
id. Sull. 25, 71:concisus pugnis et calcibus,
id. Verr. 2, 3, 23, § 56:subsellium calce premere,
Auct. Her. 4, 55, 68:ferire pugno vel calce,
Quint. 2, 8, 13:quadrupedemque citum ferratā (al. ferrato) calce fatigat,
Verg. A. 11, 714:nudā calce vexare ilia equi,
Stat. S. 5, 2, 115; Sil. 7, 697; 13, 169; 17, 541:nudis calcibus anguem premere,
Juv. 1, 43.—Also of the heels of animals, Varr. R. R. 2, 5, 8; Col. 8, 2, 8:quadrupes calcibus auras Verberat,
Verg. A. 10, 892.—Hence, caedere calcibus, to kick, laktizô, Plaut. Poen. 3, 3, 71:calce petere aliquem,
to kick, Hor. S. 2, 1, 55:ferire,
Ov. F. 3, 755:extundere frontem,
Phaedr. 1, 21, 9:calces remittere,
to kick, Nep. Eum. 5, 5; so,reicere,
Dig. 9, 1, 5:aut dic aut accipe calcem,
take a kick, Juv. 3, 295 al. —Prov.: adversus stimulum calces (sc. jactare, etc.) = laktizein pros kentron (Aesch Agam. 1624; Pind. Pyth. 2, 174;B.W. T. Act. 9, 5),
to kick against the pricks, Ter. Phorm. 1, 2, 28 Don. and Ruhnk.; cf. Plaut. Truc. 4, 2, 55, and s. v. calcitro: calcem impingere alicui rei, to abandon any occupation:Anglice,
to hang a thing on the nail, Petr. 46.—Meton. (pars pro toto), the foot, in gen.:II.calcemque terit jam calce,
Verg. A. 5, 324 Serv. and Heyne. —Transf. to similar things.A.In architecture: calces scaporum, the foot of the pillars of a staircase; Fr. patin de l'échiffre, Vitr. 9, praef. § 8.—B.Calx mali, the foot of the mast, Vitr. 10, 3, 5.—C.In agriculture, the piece of wood cut off with a scion, Plin. 17, 21, 35, § 156.2.calx, calcis, f. (m., Varr. ap. Non. p. 199, 24, and Cato, R. R. 18, 7; Plaut. Poen. 4, 2, 86; dub. Cic. Tusc. 1, 8, 15; and id. Rep. Fragm. ap. Sen. Ep. 108 fin.; cf. Rudd. I. p. 37, n. 3; later collat. form calcis, is, f., Ven. Fort. Carm. 11, 11, 10) [chalix].I.Liv.A.A small stone used in gaming, a counter (less freq. than the dim. calculus, q. v.), Plaut. Poen. 4, 2, 86; Lucil. ap. Prisc. p. 687 P.; cf. Paul. ex Fest. p. 46 Müll.—B.Limestone, lime, whether slaked or not, Lucr. 6, 1067; Cic. Mil. 27, 74:II.viva,
unslaked, quicklime, Vitr. 8, 7:coquere,
to burn lime, Cato, R. R. 16; Vitr. 2, 5, 1: exstincta, slaked, id. l. l.:macerata,
id. 7, 2; Plin. 36, 23, 55, § 177:harenatus,
mixed with sand, mortar, Cato, R. R. 18, 7:materies ex calce et harenā mixta,
Vitr. 7, 3.— Since the goal or limit in the race-ground was designated by lime (as later by chalk, v. creta), calx signifies,Trop., the goal, end, or limit in the race-course (anciently marked with lime or chalk; opp. carceres, the starting-point; mostly ante-Aug.;b.esp. freq. in Cic.): supremae calcis spatium,
Lucr. 6, 92 Lachm.; Sen. Ep. 108, 32; Varr. ap. Non. p. 199, 24:ad calcem pervenire,
Cic. Lael. 27, 101; so,ad carceres a calce revocari,
i. e. to turn back from the end to the beginning, id. Sen. 23, 83:nunc video calcem, ad quam (al. quem) cum sit decursum,
id. Tusc. 1, 8, 15: ab ipsā (al. ipso) calce revocati, id. Rep. Fragm. ap. Sen. l.l.; Quint. 8, 5, 30 dub.; v. Spald. N. cr. —Prov., of speech:B.extra calcem decurrere,
to digress from a theme, Amm. 21, 1, 14.—In gen., the end, conclusion of a page, book, or writing (mostly post-class.):si tamen in clausulā et calce pronuntietur sententia,
Quint. 8, 5, 30:in calce epistulae,
Hier. Ep. 9; 26 fin.; 84 init.: in calce libri, id. Vit. St. Hil. fin. -
2 calx
1.calx, calcis, f. (m., Pers. 3, 105 dub.; Sil. 7, 696; cf. App. M. 7, p. 483 Oud.; Pers. 3, 105; Grat. Cyn. 278. Whether Lucil. ap. Charis, p. 72 P. belongs here or to 2. calx is undecided) [Sanscr. kar-, wound, kill; akin with lax, calcar, calceus], the heel.I.Lit.:2.calces deteris,
you tread on my heels, Plaut. Merc. 5, 2, 111:quod si ipsa animi vis In capite aut umeris aut imis calcibus esse Posset,
Lucr. 3, 792; 5, 136: incursare pug nis, calcibus, pux kai lax, Plaut. Poen. 4, 1, 3; Ter. Eun. 2, 2, 53:certare pugnis, calcibus, unguibus,
Cic. Tusc. 5, 27, 77:uti pugnis et calcibus,
id. Sull. 25, 71:concisus pugnis et calcibus,
id. Verr. 2, 3, 23, § 56:subsellium calce premere,
Auct. Her. 4, 55, 68:ferire pugno vel calce,
Quint. 2, 8, 13:quadrupedemque citum ferratā (al. ferrato) calce fatigat,
Verg. A. 11, 714:nudā calce vexare ilia equi,
Stat. S. 5, 2, 115; Sil. 7, 697; 13, 169; 17, 541:nudis calcibus anguem premere,
Juv. 1, 43.—Also of the heels of animals, Varr. R. R. 2, 5, 8; Col. 8, 2, 8:quadrupes calcibus auras Verberat,
Verg. A. 10, 892.—Hence, caedere calcibus, to kick, laktizô, Plaut. Poen. 3, 3, 71:calce petere aliquem,
to kick, Hor. S. 2, 1, 55:ferire,
Ov. F. 3, 755:extundere frontem,
Phaedr. 1, 21, 9:calces remittere,
to kick, Nep. Eum. 5, 5; so,reicere,
Dig. 9, 1, 5:aut dic aut accipe calcem,
take a kick, Juv. 3, 295 al. —Prov.: adversus stimulum calces (sc. jactare, etc.) = laktizein pros kentron (Aesch Agam. 1624; Pind. Pyth. 2, 174;B.W. T. Act. 9, 5),
to kick against the pricks, Ter. Phorm. 1, 2, 28 Don. and Ruhnk.; cf. Plaut. Truc. 4, 2, 55, and s. v. calcitro: calcem impingere alicui rei, to abandon any occupation:Anglice,
to hang a thing on the nail, Petr. 46.—Meton. (pars pro toto), the foot, in gen.:II.calcemque terit jam calce,
Verg. A. 5, 324 Serv. and Heyne. —Transf. to similar things.A.In architecture: calces scaporum, the foot of the pillars of a staircase; Fr. patin de l'échiffre, Vitr. 9, praef. § 8.—B.Calx mali, the foot of the mast, Vitr. 10, 3, 5.—C.In agriculture, the piece of wood cut off with a scion, Plin. 17, 21, 35, § 156.2.calx, calcis, f. (m., Varr. ap. Non. p. 199, 24, and Cato, R. R. 18, 7; Plaut. Poen. 4, 2, 86; dub. Cic. Tusc. 1, 8, 15; and id. Rep. Fragm. ap. Sen. Ep. 108 fin.; cf. Rudd. I. p. 37, n. 3; later collat. form calcis, is, f., Ven. Fort. Carm. 11, 11, 10) [chalix].I.Liv.A.A small stone used in gaming, a counter (less freq. than the dim. calculus, q. v.), Plaut. Poen. 4, 2, 86; Lucil. ap. Prisc. p. 687 P.; cf. Paul. ex Fest. p. 46 Müll.—B.Limestone, lime, whether slaked or not, Lucr. 6, 1067; Cic. Mil. 27, 74:II.viva,
unslaked, quicklime, Vitr. 8, 7:coquere,
to burn lime, Cato, R. R. 16; Vitr. 2, 5, 1: exstincta, slaked, id. l. l.:macerata,
id. 7, 2; Plin. 36, 23, 55, § 177:harenatus,
mixed with sand, mortar, Cato, R. R. 18, 7:materies ex calce et harenā mixta,
Vitr. 7, 3.— Since the goal or limit in the race-ground was designated by lime (as later by chalk, v. creta), calx signifies,Trop., the goal, end, or limit in the race-course (anciently marked with lime or chalk; opp. carceres, the starting-point; mostly ante-Aug.;b.esp. freq. in Cic.): supremae calcis spatium,
Lucr. 6, 92 Lachm.; Sen. Ep. 108, 32; Varr. ap. Non. p. 199, 24:ad calcem pervenire,
Cic. Lael. 27, 101; so,ad carceres a calce revocari,
i. e. to turn back from the end to the beginning, id. Sen. 23, 83:nunc video calcem, ad quam (al. quem) cum sit decursum,
id. Tusc. 1, 8, 15: ab ipsā (al. ipso) calce revocati, id. Rep. Fragm. ap. Sen. l.l.; Quint. 8, 5, 30 dub.; v. Spald. N. cr. —Prov., of speech:B.extra calcem decurrere,
to digress from a theme, Amm. 21, 1, 14.—In gen., the end, conclusion of a page, book, or writing (mostly post-class.):si tamen in clausulā et calce pronuntietur sententia,
Quint. 8, 5, 30:in calce epistulae,
Hier. Ep. 9; 26 fin.; 84 init.: in calce libri, id. Vit. St. Hil. fin. -
3 calx
calx cis, f [CEL-, CER-], the heel: (forīs) calcibus insultare, T.: uti pugnis et calcibus: ferrata, the spur, V.: nudis calcibus anguem premere, Iu.: quadrupes calcibus auras Verberat, i. e. the fore-feet, V.: calce petit, kicks, H.: ferire, O.: calces remittere, to kick, N.: aut dic aut accipe calcem, take a kick, Iu.: calcemque terit iam calce, i. e. presses close in his footsteps, V.—Prov.: advorsum stimulum calces (sc. iactare), to kick against the pricks, T.* * *Iheel; spur; pad (dog); forefeet; kick (Roman toe was unprotected); butt (beam)IIlimestone, lime; chalk, goal, goal-line (chalk mark), end of life; game pieceIIIlead vial/bottle/jar -
4 pugnus
pugnus, i, m. [root pug-; v. pugil, pugno].I.A fist: pugnus a punctione, id est percussu dicitur, Paul. ex Fest. p. 219 Müll.:II.manum plane comprimere pugnumque facere,
Cic. Ac. 2, 47, 145:certare pugnis, calcibus, unguibus,
id. Tusc. 5, 27, 77; cf. id. Verr. 2, 3, 23, § 56:pugnis contundere aliquem,
Plaut. Bacch. 3, 3, 46:pugnum impingere alicui in os,
id. Rud. 3, 4, 5:pugnis onerare,
id. Am. 1, 1, 72:obtundere,
id. ib. 2, 1, 59:pugnos in ventrem ingerere,
Ter. Phorm. 5, 7, 95:pugnum ducere alicui,
to give one a blow with the fist, Dig. 47, 10, 4:percusserit proximum suum pugno,
Vulg. Exod. 21, 18.— Poet., of boxing:neque pugno Neque segni pede victus,
Hor. C. 3, 12, 8; 1, 12, 26:Castor gaudet equis, ovo prognatus eodem Pugnis,
id. S. 2, 1, 27. — -
5 certō
certō āvī, ātus, āre, freq. [certus], to match, vie with, fight, contend, struggle, combat, do battle: armis cum hoste, an venenis?: pugnis, calcibus: proelio, S.: de salute, Ta.: de ambiguo agro bello, L.: acie, V.: animis iniquis, V.: in Bruti salute certatur: maximā vi certatur, S. — Fig., to contend, struggle, strive: inter se quo iure certarent: in centumvirali iudicio: provocatione, L.: si quid se iudice certes, H.: foro si res certabitur olim, be tried, H.: cui (multae) certandae cum dies advenisset, L.: certata lite deorum Ambracia, the subject of arbitration, O.: quicum omni ratione certandum sit: (carmina) certantia iudice Tarpā, recited in competition, H. — To contend, compete, wrestle, struggle, strive, vie, match: cursu cum aequalibus, S.: si nautae certarent, quis eorum potissimum gubernaret: dic, mecum quo pignore certes (in music), V.: Carmine vilem ob hircum, H.: solus tibi certat Amyntas, is your only rival, V.: Certent et cycnis ululae, V.—With inf: Phoebum superare canendo, V.: aequales certat superare legendo (violas), O.: inter se eruere quercum, V.: praedas certantes agere, with all their might, S.: Avidi gloriae certantes murum petere, striving to outdo one another, S.—Fig., to compete, vie, emulate, rival: Benedictis si certasset, T.: cum civibus de virtute, S.: cum aliorum improbitate: contumaciā adversus nobiles, L.: vobiscum de amore rei p.: virtute oportere, non genere certari.—Poet.: viridique certat Baca Venafro, H.: decerpens Certantem uvam purpurae, H.: (hunc) tergeminis tollere honoribus (i. e. tollendo), H.* * *Icertare, certavi, certatus Vvie (with), contest, contend/struggle (at law/politics), dispute; fight, striveIIcertius, certissime ADVcertainly, definitely, really, for certain/a fact, truly; surely, firmly -
6 certo
1.certō, adv., v. certus, adv. A.2.certo, āvi, ātum, 1, v. freq. a. [cerno], to decide something by a contest (cf. cerno, II. C. b.); hence, to fight, struggle, contend, combat, implying great exertion, and usually a measuring of strength (class. in prose and poetry; most freq. in a trop. signif.; syn.: decerto, contendo).I.Of a physical contest of strength;II.mostly of battle: utrum igitur utilius Fabricio... armis cum hoste certare, an venenis?
Cic. Off. 3, 22, 87:adulescentium greges Lacedaemone videmus ipsi incredibili contentione certantis pugnis, calcibus, unguibus, morsu denique,
id. Tusc. 5, 27, 77:manu,
Sall. H. 2, 41, 6 Dietsch:proelio,
id. J. 81, 3:cum Gallis pro salute,
id. ib. 114, 2; cf. Tac. Agr. 5:de ambiguo agro bello,
Liv. 3, 71, 2:de imperio cum populo Romano,
Cic. de Or. 2, 18, 76:de principatu armis,
Tac. H. 2, 47; cf. Suet. Vesp. 5:odiis etiam prope majoribus certarunt quam viribus,
Liv. 21, 1, 3:acie,
Verg. A. 2, 30 et saep.— Impers.: dignus quicum certetur, Pac. ap. Non. p. 473, 16: certatur limine in ipso Ausoniae, Verg. A. 10, 355; 11, 313:die quo Bedriaci certabatur,
Tac. H. 2, 50:quā in parte rex pugnae affuit, ibi aliquamdiu certatum,
Sall. J. 74, 3:in cujus (amnis) transgressu multum certato pervicit Vardanes,
Tac. A. 11, 10; id. H. 4, 61.—Mostly poet. in pass.:certata lite deorum Ambracia (for the possession of which Apollo. Diana, and Hercules contended),
Ov. M. 13, 713:certatus nobis orbis (i. e. de quo certavimus),
Sil. 17, 342; cf. II. infra.—Out of the sphere of milit. operations, to contend, struggle, strive, emulate, vie with: certabant urbem Romam Remoramne vocarent, Enn. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 48, 107 (Ann. v. 85 Vahl.): haut doctis dictis certantes sed maledictis, Enn. ap. Gell. 20, 10, 4 (Ann. v. 274 ib.):2.minis mecum, minaciis,
Plaut. Truc. 5, 56:malitiā tecum,
id. Pers. 2, 2, 56:benedictis,
Ter. Phorm. prol. 20:certare ingenio, contendere nobilitate,
Lucr. 2, 11:cum aliquo dicacitate,
Cic. Brut. 46, 172:officiis inter se,
id. Fam. 7, 31, 1; cf.:certatum inter collegas maledictis,
Liv. 5, 8, 13; and:eo modo inter se duo imperatores certabant,
Sall. J. 52, 1:cum civibus de virtute,
id. C. 9, 2:pro sua quisque potentia,
id. ib. 38, 3:contumaciā adversus contemnentes humilitatem suam nobiles certavit (Licinius),
Liv. 9, 46, 4: cum usuris fructibus praediorum, to contend against interest ( to strive to pay interest) with the produce of estates, Cic. Cat. 2, 8, 18: cum a Cheruscis Longobardisque pro antiquo decore aut recenti libertate;et contra, augendae dominationi certaretur,
Tac. A. 2, 46:ob hircum,
Hor. A. P. 220:joco,
id. C. 2, 12, 18:mero,
id. ib. 4, 1, 31:animis iniquis,
Verg. A. 10, 7:parsimoniā et vigiliis et labore cum ultimis militum,
Liv. 34, 18, 5:sententiis,
Tac. A. 1, 29 al.:ut si nautae certarent, quis eorum potissimum gubernaret,
Cic. Off. 1, 25, 87:mos gentis est, equitare jaculari cursu cum aequalibus certare,
Sall. J. 6, 1:dic mecum quo pignore certes,
Verg. E. 3, 31:celeri sagittā,
id. A. 5, 485:certemus, spinas animone ego fortius an tu Evellas agro,
Hor. Ep. 1, 14, 4.— Poet., with acc.: hanc rem ( = de hac re), Sedigit. ap. Gell. 15, 24; cf. in pass.:cui (multae) certandae cum dies advenisset,
Liv. 25, 3, 14.—With dat. instead of cum:solus tibi certat Amyntas,
Verg. E. 5, 8; Hor. S. 2, 5, 19; id. Epod. 11, 18; 2, 20; id. C. 2, 6, 15; Verg. E. 8, 55; id. G. 2, 138; Ov. M. 14, 794.—Particularly of judicial disputations, to contend at law:3.inter se,
Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 16, § 39; cf. id. ib. 2, 2, 13, §32: in centumvirali judicio,
id. de Or. 1, 39, 177:si a duumviris provocarit, provocatione certato,
Liv. 1, 26, 6:si quid se judice certes,
Hor. S. 2, 1, 49:foro si res certabitur olim,
id. ib. 2, 5, 27.—With inf. (mostly poet.), to strive to do something, to labor, endeavor, struggle earnestly, to exert one ' s self:certantes ad summum succedere honorem,
Lucr. 5, 1123; so,inter se cernere,
id. 5, 394:dimittere se (nubes),
id. 6, 509:populum alium suorum sepelire,
id. 6, 1247:Phoebum superare canendo,
Verg. E. 5, 9:superare,
Ov. M. 5, 394:vincere,
Verg. A. 5, 194:tollere (hunc) tergeminis honoribus,
Hor. C. 1, 1, 8:inter se eruere quercum,
Verg. A. 4, 443:certat quisque evadere,
Curt. 9, 4, 33:frangere fluctus,
Plin. Pan. 81 fin.; Sil. 13, 222; Stat. S. 5, 3, 191.
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