rĕlĭgĭōsus

sērĭus, a, um, adj. [perh. for sevrius; root sev-, severus; Gr. sebas, semnos], grave, earnest, serious, opp. to sportive, jocular (class. only of things;

severus, both of persons and things): res (opp. jocosae),

Cic. Off. 1, 37, 134:

sermo (opp. jocus),

Auct. Her. 3, 14, 25:

non res potissimum seria, sed quasi ludus ac jocus,

Lact. 2, 18, 3: graves seriaeque res, Cic. Off. 1, 29, 103; so,

res serias omnis extollo in alium diem,

Plaut. Poen. 2, 51:

ait rem seriam Velle agere mecum,

Ter. Eun. 3, 3, 7; Liv. 23, 7 fin.:

dies religiosus ad agendum quicquam rei seriae,

id. 26, 17 al.:

verba,

Tib. 3, 6, 52; cf. Hor. A. P. 107:

quaestiones,

Suet. Calig. 32:

carmina,

Plin. Pan. 54, 2:

curae,

id. ib. 82 fin.:

partes dierum,

id. ib. 49 fin.:

tempus,

id. Ep. 4, 25, 3 et saep.:

opinor hercle hodie quod ego dixi per jocum, Id eventurum esse et severum et serium,

Plaut. Poen. 5, 3, 51:

si aliquid serium, etc.,

Quint. 6, 3, 16:

nec quicquam grave ac serium,

Tac. A. 3, 50 fin. —With sup.:

verba seria dictu,

Hor. A. P. 107.—As subst.: sērĭum, i, and more freq. sērĭa, ōrum, n., earnestness, seriousness; serious matters or discourse (often opp. jocus); sing.:

si quid per jocum Dixi, nolito in serium convortere,

Plaut. Poen. 5, 5, 42:

itaque res in serium versa est,

Curt. 5, 7, 10:

nihil ad serium,

Tac. A. 6, 14.— Plur.:

quīcum joca, seria, ut dicitur,

Cic. Fin. 2, 26, 85:

joca atque seria cum humillimis agere,

Sall. J. 96, 2:

cum his seria ac jocos celebrare,

Liv. 1, 4 fin.:

per seria per jocos,

Tac. A. 2, 13:

sed tamen amoto quaeramus seria ludo,

Hor. S. 1, 1, 27; 2, 2, 125; id. A. P. 226; Ov. F. 5, 341 al.:

mala,

Hor. A. P. 451:

mea (opp. lusus),

Ov. Tr. 1, 8, 31:

(Marsus) seria partitur in tria genera,

Quint. 6, 3, 108:

ille seria nostra, ille deliciae,

Plin. Ep. 8, 1, 2.—Of persons, for severus (ante- and post-class.): non ego te novi tristem servum, serium? Afran. ap. Non. 33, 33:

amicos serios aspernatur,

App. Mag. 98, p. 336, 9:

Solon,

id. ib. 9, p. 278 fin.; Amm. 26, 2, 2; 29, 6, 1; Treb. Claud. 12, 5; Mam. Grat. Act. 12, 2; Quint. Decl. 15, 3.—Hence, adv. in two forms.

sērĭō, in earnest, seriously (mostly anteclass.; a favorite word of Plaut.;

not in Cic. or Cæs.): nec joco nec serio,

Plaut. Am. 3, 2, 25:

si quid dictum est per jocum, Non aequom est id te serio praevortier,

id. ib. 3, 2, 40:

an id joco dixisti? equidem serio ac vero ratus,

id. ib. 3, 3, 9; so (opp. joco) id. Bacch. 1, 1, 42; Ter. Heaut. 3, 2, 30; Liv. 7, 41, 3: vereor serio, Naev. ap. Charis. p. 195; Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 225; id. Cas. 4, 2, 11; id. Ep. 1, 1, 29; id. Merc. 4, 1, 19; id. Ps. 1, 3, 106; 4, 7, 94; id. Poen. 1, 1, 32; 1, 3, 26; 1, 3, 29; id. Rud. 2, 5, 11; 4, 4, 1; id. Truc. 2, 2, 47; 2, 5, 29; Ter. Eun. 3, 1, 3; 3, 3, 22; id. Ad. 5, 9, 18; Liv. 4, 25 fin.; Quint. 1, 2, 1; 9, 2, 14; Plin. Ep. 2, 20, 10.—

sērĭē, in earnest, seriously:

(post-class.) vultu serie pulcro,

Aur. Vict. Epit. 15.

sērĭus, comp. adv., v. 3. sero.

sērĭus, a, um, adj. [perh. for sevrius; root sev-, severus; Gr. sebas, semnos], grave, earnest, serious, opp. to sportive, jocular (class. only of things;

severus, both of persons and things): res (opp. jocosae),

Cic. Off. 1, 37, 134:

sermo (opp. jocus),

Auct. Her. 3, 14, 25:

non res potissimum seria, sed quasi ludus ac jocus,

Lact. 2, 18, 3: graves seriaeque res, Cic. Off. 1, 29, 103; so,

res serias omnis extollo in alium diem,

Plaut. Poen. 2, 51:

ait rem seriam Velle agere mecum,

Ter. Eun. 3, 3, 7; Liv. 23, 7 fin.:

dies religiosus ad agendum quicquam rei seriae,

id. 26, 17 al.:

verba,

Tib. 3, 6, 52; cf. Hor. A. P. 107:

quaestiones,

Suet. Calig. 32:

carmina,

Plin. Pan. 54, 2:

curae,

id. ib. 82 fin.:

partes dierum,

id. ib. 49 fin.:

tempus,

id. Ep. 4, 25, 3 et saep.:

opinor hercle hodie quod ego dixi per jocum, Id eventurum esse et severum et serium,

Plaut. Poen. 5, 3, 51:

si aliquid serium, etc.,

Quint. 6, 3, 16:

nec quicquam grave ac serium,

Tac. A. 3, 50 fin. —With sup.:

verba seria dictu,

Hor. A. P. 107.—As subst.: sērĭum, i, and more freq. sērĭa, ōrum, n., earnestness, seriousness; serious matters or discourse (often opp. jocus); sing.:

si quid per jocum Dixi, nolito in serium convortere,

Plaut. Poen. 5, 5, 42:

itaque res in serium versa est,

Curt. 5, 7, 10:

nihil ad serium,

Tac. A. 6, 14.— Plur.:

quīcum joca, seria, ut dicitur,

Cic. Fin. 2, 26, 85:

joca atque seria cum humillimis agere,

Sall. J. 96, 2:

cum his seria ac jocos celebrare,

Liv. 1, 4 fin.:

per seria per jocos,

Tac. A. 2, 13:

sed tamen amoto quaeramus seria ludo,

Hor. S. 1, 1, 27; 2, 2, 125; id. A. P. 226; Ov. F. 5, 341 al.:

mala,

Hor. A. P. 451:

mea (opp. lusus),

Ov. Tr. 1, 8, 31:

(Marsus) seria partitur in tria genera,

Quint. 6, 3, 108:

ille seria nostra, ille deliciae,

Plin. Ep. 8, 1, 2.—Of persons, for severus (ante- and post-class.): non ego te novi tristem servum, serium? Afran. ap. Non. 33, 33:

amicos serios aspernatur,

App. Mag. 98, p. 336, 9:

Solon,

id. ib. 9, p. 278 fin.; Amm. 26, 2, 2; 29, 6, 1; Treb. Claud. 12, 5; Mam. Grat. Act. 12, 2; Quint. Decl. 15, 3.—Hence, adv. in two forms.

sērĭō, in earnest, seriously (mostly anteclass.; a favorite word of Plaut.;

not in Cic. or Cæs.): nec joco nec serio,

Plaut. Am. 3, 2, 25:

si quid dictum est per jocum, Non aequom est id te serio praevortier,

id. ib. 3, 2, 40:

an id joco dixisti? equidem serio ac vero ratus,

id. ib. 3, 3, 9; so (opp. joco) id. Bacch. 1, 1, 42; Ter. Heaut. 3, 2, 30; Liv. 7, 41, 3: vereor serio, Naev. ap. Charis. p. 195; Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 225; id. Cas. 4, 2, 11; id. Ep. 1, 1, 29; id. Merc. 4, 1, 19; id. Ps. 1, 3, 106; 4, 7, 94; id. Poen. 1, 1, 32; 1, 3, 26; 1, 3, 29; id. Rud. 2, 5, 11; 4, 4, 1; id. Truc. 2, 2, 47; 2, 5, 29; Ter. Eun. 3, 1, 3; 3, 3, 22; id. Ad. 5, 9, 18; Liv. 4, 25 fin.; Quint. 1, 2, 1; 9, 2, 14; Plin. Ep. 2, 20, 10.—

sērĭē, in earnest, seriously:

(post-class.) vultu serie pulcro,

Aur. Vict. Epit. 15.

sērĭus, comp. adv., v. 3. sero.

testis, is, comm. ( neutr. form:

caelum teste vocat,

Alcim. 6, 576), one who attests any thing (orally or in writing), a witness (cf. superstes):

testes vinctos attines,

Plaut. Truc. 4, 3, 63:

pluris est oculatus testis unus quam auriti decem,

id. ib. 2, 6, 8:

deos absentes testes memoras,

id. Merc. 3, 4, 42:

vosque, dii, testes facio,

Liv. 1, 59, 1:

deos hominesque se testes facere,

id. 34, 11, 8:

deūm, quos testes foederum invocabant consules,

id. 8, 6, 1:

ut manus ad caelum tendens deos testes ingrati animi Magnetum invocaret,

id. 35, 31, 13; 39, 51, 12; 41, 25, 4; Curt. 4, 10, 33:

apud me ut apud bonum judicem argumenta plus quam testes valent,

Cic. Rep. 1, 38, 59:

si negem... quo me teste convinces?

id. Phil. 2, 4, 8:

satis idonei testes et conscii,

id. Font. 7, 16; so,

cupidi, conjurati et ab religione remoti,

id. ib. 10, 21:

religiosus,

id. Vatin. 1, 1:

incorrupti atque integri,

id. Fin. 1, 21, 71:

graves, leves,

id. Quint. 23, 75:

locupletissimi,

id. Brut. 93, 322 et saep.:

dabo tibi testis nec nimis antiquos nec ullo modo barbaros,

id. Rep. 1, 37, 58; so,

testes dare in aliquam rem,

id. Quint. 23, 75:

proferre,

id. Balb. 18, 41:

adhibere,

id. Fin. 2, 21, 67:

citare in aliquam rem,

id. Verr. 2, 2, 59, §146:

ut iis testibus in summā pecuniae uteretur,

Caes. B. C. 3, 105; cf. id. B. G. 1, 14:

testibus uti,

Cic. Verr. 1, 18, 55; Quint. 5, 7, 9; 9, 2, 98. — With dependent-clause:

testis faciet ilico, Vendidisse me,

Ter. Ad. 2, 1, 49:

iis utimini testibus appropinquare eorum adventum,

Caes. B. G. 7, 77, cf. id. B. C. 3, 90. — Fem.:

Venus Cyrenensis, testem te testor mihi,

Plaut. Rud. 5, 2, 51:

teste deā,

Ov. H. 16 (17), 124:

nutrix testis fida doloris,

Sen. Oct. 76:

musa mea,

Ov. P. 3, 9, 50:

inductā teste in senatu, Haec, inquit, etc.,

Suet. Claud. 40.—Of things:

sidera sunt testes et matutina pruina,

Prop. 2, 9, 41:

quid debeas, o Roma Neronibus, Testis Metaurum flumen et Hasdrubal Devictus, etc.,

Hor. C. 4, 4, 38:

testis mecum est anulus,

Ter. Ad. 3, 2, 49.—

Transf., an eye-witness, spectator, i. q. arbiter (rare; cf.

also conscius): facies bona teste caret,

Ov. A. A. 3, 398:

puduitque gementem, Illo teste mori,

Luc. 9, 887:

ac lunā teste moventur,

Juv. 6, 311.

testis, is, m., a testicle, Plaut. Mil. 5, 28; 5, 33:

dexter asini testis in vino potus,

Plin. 28, 19, 80, § 261:

testes pecori ad crura decidui,

id. 11, 49, 110, § 263; so in plur., Lucil. ap. Non. 235, 5; Hor. S. 1, 2, 45.—In a pun, with 1. testis:

quod amas, amato testibus praesentibus,

Plaut. Curc. 1, 1, 31:

magnis testibus ista res agetur,

Auct. Priap. 2: cf.

integritatis,

Phaedr. 3, 11, 5. [p. 1864]