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ā-mŏvĕo, mōvi, mōtum, 2, v. a., to remove from, to put or take away, to withdraw (esp. with effort or trouble; syn.: dimoveo, abduco, averto, arceo, repello): proprie amovetur saxum de loco, Don. ad Ter. Ad. 4, 2, 14; cf.:

amoveamus lapidem de ore putei,

Vulg. Gen. 29, 8; v. amolior.

In gen. (class.): me exinde amovit loco. Plaut. Truc. 1, 1, 64:

Ubi erit empta, ut aliquo ex urbe (eam) amoveas,

id. Ep. 2, 2, 94:

testem hanc quom abs te amoveris,

Ter. Hec. 4, 4, 72:

Age, tamen ego hunc amovebo,

id. Ad. 4, 2, 14:

illum ex istis locis amove,

Cic. Att. 1, 12:

juvenes amoverunt eum,

Vulg. Act. 5, 6:

lex Porcia virgas ab omnium civium corpore amovit,

Cic. Rab. Perd. 4, 12:

Ille est amotus,

Plaut. Bacch. 4, 8, 64:

amoto custode,

Prop. 1, 11, 15:

amotis longius ceteris,

Curt. 7, 1:

alia amovimus ab hostium oculis,

Liv. 5, 51:

imagines ex bibliothecis amovere,

Suet. Calig. 34; id. Caes. 68; id. Ner. 47.—Hence: se amovere, to retire, withdraw:

te hinc amove,

off with you! Ter. Phorm. 3, 3, 33:

e coetu se amovissent,

Liv. 3, 38:

qui memet finibus umquam amōrim Ausoniae,

Sil. 17, 224:

statuit repente recedere seque e medio quam longissime amovere,

Suet. Tib. 10.— Trop. of abstract ideas, to put away, cast off, etc.:

segnitiem amove,

Plaut. As. 2, 1, 6:

suspitionem ab aliquo,

id. Trin. 3, 3, 54:

socordiamque ex pectore,

id. Ps. 1, 2, 11; so,

crapulam,

id. ib. 5, 1, 35:

amoto metu,

Ter. And. 1, 2, 10:

qui istum amorem ex animo amoveas,

id. ib. 2, 1, 7:

opinionem,

id. ib. 3, 2, 30:

misericordiam,

Vulg. 2 Macc. 6, 16:

amove malitiam a carne,

ib. Eccl. 11, 10:

bellum,

Liv. 5, 35:

amoto quaeramus seria ludo,

jesting aside, Hor. S. 1, 1, 27 al. — Poet., of time, to take with itself: quaecumque vetustate amovet aetas, * Lucr. 1, 225.—

Esp.

In and after the Aug. per., to take away by stealth, to steal (euphemist. for furari, furtum facere):

boves Per dolum amotas,

Hor. C. 1, 10, 10:

si filia familiares res amoverit,

Dig. 25, 2, 3:

aliquid ex heredidate,

ib. 29, 2, 70 al. —

In post-Aug. prose (perh. only in Tac.), to banish:

amotus Cercinam quattuordecim annis exilium toleravit,

Tac. A. 1, 53:

in insulam,

id. ib. 4, 31:

Cretam,

id. ib. 4, 21:

aemulationis suspectos per nomen obsidum amovere,

id. ib. 13, 9; 14, 57.

căpax, ācis, adj. [capio], that can contain or hold much, wide, large, spacious, roomy, capacious (in poets and in post-Aug. prose freq.; in Cic. perh. only once, and then trop; v. infra).

Lit.: mundus, * Lucr. 6, 123:

conchae,

Hor. C. 2, 7, 22:

urna,

id. ib. 3, 1, 16; Ov. M. 3, 172:

capaciores scyphos,

Hor. Epod. 9, 33:

pharetram,

Ov. M. 9, 231:

putei,

id. ib. 7, 568:

urbs,

id. ib. 4, 439:

ripae,

id. Am. 3, 6, 19:

uterus,

Plin. 10, 33, 49, § 93:

portus,

id. 4, 7, 12, § 26:

spatiosa et capax domus,

Plin. Ep. 7, 27, 5:

villa usibus capax,

id. ib. 2, 17, 4:

forma capacissima,

Quint. 1, 10, 40:

moles,

Tac. A. 2, 21.—With gen.:

circus capax populi,

Ov. A. A. 1, 136:

cibi vinique capacissimus,

Liv. 9, 16, 13:

flumen onerariarum navium capax,

Plin. 6, 23, 26, § 99; 12, 1, 5, § 11:

magnae sedis insula haud capax est,

Curt. 4, 8, 2.—

Trop.

Capacious, susceptible, capable of, good, able, apt, fit for: Demosthenes non semper implet aures meas: ita sunt avidae et capaces, etc., * Cic. Or. 29, 104:

ingenium,

great, Ov. M. 8, 533:

animi ad praecepta,

id. ib. 8, 243:

animo majora capaci,

id. ib. 15, 5:

capax est animus noster,

Sen. Ep. 92, 30.—With gen.:

animal mentis capacius altae (i.e. homo),

Ov. M. 1, 76:

imperii,

Tac. H. 1, 49; cf. id. A. 1, 13:

aetas honorum nondum capax,

id. H. 4, 42:

molis tantae mens,

id. A. 1,11: secreti, that can keep or conceal, Plin. Ep. 1, 12, 7:

capacia bonae spei pectora,

Curt. 8, 13, 11:

magnorum operum,

id. 6, 5, 29:

ingenium omnium bonarum artium capacissimum,

Sen. Contr. 2, praef. §

4: cujusque clari operis capacia ingenia,

Vell. 1, 16, 2:

bonum et capax recta discendi ingenium,

id. 2, 29, 5:

laboris ac fidei,

id. 2, 127, 3:

ingenia fecunda et totius naturae capacissima,

Plin. 2, 78, 80, § 190:

doli,

fit, suitable for, Dig. 43, 4, 1.—

In the Lat. of the jurists (cf. capio, II. F.), that has a right to an inheritance, Dig. 34, 3, 29.— Adv.: căpācĭter, Aug. Trin. 11, 2.

cōpĭōsus, a, um, adj. [1. copia].

Furnished abundantly with a thing, well supplied, having abundance, rich, copious, plentiful, abounding (in wealth, means of living, etc.) (very freq. and class., esp. in prose).

In gen.; constr. with abl., ab, or absol.; rarely with gen.

With simple abl. or ab and abl.:

tu agris, tu aedificiis, tu argento, tu familiā, tu rebus omnibus ornatus et copiosus sis,

Cic. Cat. 2, 8, 18:

Arion grandi pecuniā et re bonā multā coplosus,

Gell. 16, 19, 7:

oppidum re cibariā,

id. 7, 1, 8:

Bruttedius artibus honestis,

Tac. A. 3, 66:

locus a frumento,

Cic. Att. 5, 18, 2.—

Absol. (so most freq.):

copiosa plane et locuples (mulier),

Cic. Div. in Caecil. 17, 55:

urbs,

id. Arch. 3, 4:

via copiosa omniumque rerum abundans,

Nep. Eum. 8, 5; cf.

stativa,

Liv. 9, 44, 9:

patrimonium,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 2, 6; id. Rab. Post. 14, 38 al.:

ingenium facile et copiosum,

fertile in expedients, rich, Quint. 10, 1, 128:

ratio loquendi,

id. 2, 1, 4.— Comp.: provincia, Auct. B. Alex. 43. — Sup.:

copiosissimum oppidum,

Caes. B. G. 1, 23: copiosissimus ac sollertissimus hostis, * Suet. Caes. 35:

cucumeres,

Plin. 19, 5, 23, § 65.—

With gen.:

ager silvestrium caprarum,

Sol. 11, 11; cf. 1. copis. —

With ad: quamquam erat provincia minime copiosa ad alendos exercitus, Auct. B. Alex. 42.—

In partic., of an orator, or of discourse, rich in language, copious in expression, eloquent:

homo copiosus ad dicendum,

Cic. Caecin. 23, 64:

lingua (opp. inops),

id. Fin. 3, 15, 51:

densior ille, hic copiosior in eloquendo,

Quint. 1, 1, 106:

oratores,

id. 12, 5, 5:

vir,

Liv. 45, 25, 3:

multa et varia et copiosa oratio,

Cic. de Or. 2, 53, 214:

loquacitas,

Quint. 8, 2, 17;

opp. jejunum,

id. 8, 3, 49.—

Existing in rich abundance, copious (very rare):

liquor putei,

Phaedr. 4, 9, 7:

varietas rerum abundat,

id. 5, 6, 2:

supellex verborum,

Quint. 8, prooem. § 28.—Hence, cōpĭōsē, adv. (very freq.), in great abundance, copiously, abundantly, plentifully, copiously provided.

In gen.:

sic copiose in provinciam profectus erat, ut, etc.,

Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 36, § 91:

large et copiose comparare pastum,

id. N. D. 2, 47, 121:

accepti tribus tricliniis,

id. Att. 13, 52, 2:

senatorum urna copiose absolvit,

by a large majority, id. Q. Fr. 2, 4, 6:

ornatus,

id. Verr. 2, 4, 27, § 62.—

Esp., of discourse, copiously, fully, at length:

copiose ab eo agri cultura laudatur,

Cic. Sen. 17, 59:

copiose et abundanter loqui,

id. de Or. 2, 35, 151:

defendere causas reorum,

id. Verr. 2, 2, 78, § 191:

dicere,

id. N. D. 1, 21, 58; Quint. 1, 4, 5.— Comp.:

dicere,

Cic. Or. 4, 14:

haec omnia exsequi,

Quint. 9, 3, 89.— Sup.:

dicere,

Cic. Clu. 10, 29; id. de Or. 1, 62, 263; id. Off. 1, 1, 4:

laudare,

id. de Or. 2, 10, 39:

defensum esse,

id. Quint. 28, 87:

locus tractatur,

Quint. 2, 4, 24.

pŭtĕus, i, m. ( neutr. collat. form of the plur. pŭtĕa, ōrum, Varr. ap. Non. 217, 4) [root pu-, to cleanse; whence also purus, putus, purgo], a well:

puteum fodere,

Plaut. Most. 2, 1, 32:

ex puteis jugibus aquam calidam trahi,

Cic. N. D. 2, 9, 25; id. Div. 1, 50, 112:

virgines se in puteos abjecisse,

id. Prov. Cons. 3, 6; Plin. 9, 25, 41, § 80; 37, 9, 43, § 127; Plin. Ep. 2, 17, 25; 5, 6, 25:

putei perennes,

Hor. Ep. 1, 15, 15:

puteum vitare patentem,

id. ib. 2, 2, 135 et saep. —Of a cistern, Auct. B. Alex. 5 fin. —Prov.:

in puteum conicere,

to throw away, Petr. 42.—

Transf., a pit, Verg. G. 2, 231;

for storing grain in,

Varr. R. R. 1, 57, 2;

in mines,

a pit, shaft, Plin. 33, 4, 21, § 68; 33, 6, 31, § 95; an air-shaft, air-hole, Vitr. 8, 6; a dungeon for slaves, Plaut. Aul. 2, 5, 21; 2, 7, 3; Col. 1, 6.

pŭtĕus, i, m. ( neutr. collat. form of the plur. pŭtĕa, ōrum, Varr. ap. Non. 217, 4) [root pu-, to cleanse; whence also purus, putus, purgo], a well:

puteum fodere,

Plaut. Most. 2, 1, 32:

ex puteis jugibus aquam calidam trahi,

Cic. N. D. 2, 9, 25; id. Div. 1, 50, 112:

virgines se in puteos abjecisse,

id. Prov. Cons. 3, 6; Plin. 9, 25, 41, § 80; 37, 9, 43, § 127; Plin. Ep. 2, 17, 25; 5, 6, 25:

putei perennes,

Hor. Ep. 1, 15, 15:

puteum vitare patentem,

id. ib. 2, 2, 135 et saep. —Of a cistern, Auct. B. Alex. 5 fin. —Prov.:

in puteum conicere,

to throw away, Petr. 42.—

Transf., a pit, Verg. G. 2, 231;

for storing grain in,

Varr. R. R. 1, 57, 2;

in mines,

a pit, shaft, Plin. 33, 4, 21, § 68; 33, 6, 31, § 95; an air-shaft, air-hole, Vitr. 8, 6; a dungeon for slaves, Plaut. Aul. 2, 5, 21; 2, 7, 3; Col. 1, 6.