rĕtĭnens

rĕ-tĭnĕo, ŭi, tentum, 2, v. a. [teneo].

(With the signif. of the re predominating.) To hold or keep back, not let go; to detain, retain; to restrain (class.; cf. restringo).

Lit.: Ep. Asta, abire hinc non sinam. Th. Quid nunc me retines? Plaut. Ep. 1, 1, 61:

quotiens foras ego ire volo, me retines, revocas,

id. Men. 1, 2, 5:

quid, malum, astas? Quin retines altrinsecus?

id. Mil. 2, 5, 36; id. Stich. 2, 3, 11:

te dexterā retinens manu Opsecro,

id. Capt. 2, 3, 82: si magis vis, eam omittam. Py. Nolo;

retine,

id. Mil. 4, 8, 27:

retine me,

id. Curc. 2, 3, 11; Ter. Heaut. 2, 4, 23:

concilium dimittit, Liscum retinet,

Caes. B. G. 1, 18:

homines,

Cic. Att. 13, 14, 1:

ab his fit initium retinendi Silii, etc.,

Caes. B. G. 3, 8; 3, 9; 3, 10 et saep.:

milites,

id. ib. 7, 47; 7, 52; cf.:

milites in loco,

id. B. C. 3, 92:

legiones ad urbem,

id. ib. 1, 2;

1, 9: cohortes apud se,

id. ib. 2, 19:

venit Varro ad me, et quidem id tempus, ut retinendus esset,

when he must be kept, Cic. Att. 13, 33, 4:

biduum tempestate retentus,

detained, Caes. B. C. 3, 102; cf. id. B. G. 7, 1; Plaut. Curc. 2, 1, 12; cf.:

aegre sunt retenti, quin oppidum irrumperent,

Caes. B. C. 2, 13 fin.:

vi me, vi inquam, Plancius et complexu suo retinuit,

Cic. Planc. 41, 100:

nisi jam profecti sunt, retinebis homines,

id. Att. 13, 14, 1:

euntem,

Ov. H. 18, 99:

aliquem vinclis,

id. R. Am. 213:

consulem,

Liv. 37, 51:

morbo retineri,

id. 34, 10;

v. also infra, B.: armorum parte tertiā celatà atque in oppido retentā,

Caes. B. G. 2, 32 fin.; 2, 33:

naves pro bonis Tarquiniorum ab Aristodemo retentae sunt,

i. e. as security, Liv. 2, 34, 4:

vinum portantes naves tempestatibus retentas esse,

id. 37, 27, 2; Plaut. Stich. 5, 4, 45:

mercedem,

to keep back, stop, id. As. 2, 4, 37:

alienum,

Cic. Fl. 23, 56:

lacrimas,

Ov. M. 1, 647:

manus ab ore,

id. ib. 9, 575 et saep.:

mulierem,

to hold, Plaut. Ep. 4, 1, 33; cf.:

mulierem per vim,

id. Bacch. 4, 8, 2:

arcum manu,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 34, § 74:

faculas sagittas,

Prop. 2, 29 (3, 27), 5; cf.:

injectā manu ferreā et retentā utrāque nave,

Caes. B. C. 1, 58:

sudor madidā veste retentus,

Mart. 5, 79, 3.—

Trop., to hold in check, keep within bounds, to restrain, check, repress, etc.: hoc servi esse officium reor, retinere at salutem (erum), Plaut. Aul. 4, 1, 8:

liberos retinere,

Ter. Ad. 1, 1, 33; Cic. Rep. 2, 25, 46; cf.:

moderantem cursum atque in suā potestate retinentem,

id. ib. 1, 29, 45:

gaudia,

Ov. M. 12, 285:

rabiem,

id. ib. 3, 566:

verba dolore,

id. ib. 10, 474:

aliquem in officio,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 25, 70:

animos sociorum in fide,

Liv. 25, 40:

retineri nequeo quin dicam ea, quae promeres,

Plaut. Trin. 3, 2, 15 (cf. supra, A.):

quae (varietas) vehementer animos hominum in legendo tuo scripto retinere possit... ordo ipse annalium mediocriter nos retinet,

binds, enchains, Cic. Fam. 5, 12, 4 and 5:

(picus) Ore suo volucres vagas retinere solebat,

Ov. M. 14, 340:

lingua retenta metu,

id. H. 11, 82:

retinentibus vobis, erumperem,

Curt. 6, 3, 5.—

(With the signif. of the verb predominant.) To hold fast, keep, retain, preserve, maintain, etc. (freq. only since the class. per.; esp. freq. in the trop. signif.; cf. obtineo).

Lit.: potius mansuetudine et innocentiā imperatoris provinciam quam vi militum aut benignitate deorum retentam atque conservatam esse, Cato ap. Cic. Fam. 15, 5, 2:

oppidum,

Caes. B. G. 7, 21 fin.:

arces (Minerva),

to preserve, protect, Cat. 64, 8:

id egit, ut amicos observantiā, rem parsimoniā retineret,

Cic. Quint. 18, 59; cf.:

retinere servareque amicos,

Hor. S. 1, 1, 89:

summos cum infimis pari jure,

Cic. Off. 2, 12, 41:

Aegyptum,

Curt. 4, 1, 30:

regionem,

id. 6, 5, 21:

neque virtutem qui habet virtute retinetur in vitā,

Cic. Fin. 3, 18, 61 B. and K.: fortunam citius reperias quam retineas, Publ. Syr. 168 Rib. —

Trop.:

retinete (fidem), post factum ut laetemini,

Plaut. Rud. prol. 30:

existimo jus augurum... rei publicae causā conservatum ac retentum,

Cic. Div. 2, 35, 75; so,

jus suum,

id. Verr. 2, 3, 14, § 37; Caes. B. C. 1, 5:

statum suum,

Cic. Rep. 2, 23, 43:

pristinam virtutem,

Caes. B. G. 5, 48, 91; cf.:

vestigium pristinae dignitatis,

Cic. Sull. 32, 91:

officium,

id. Off. 3, 29, 105:

justitiam (with colere),

id. ib. 2, 12, 42 Beier; id. Inv. 1, 1, 3:

caritatem in pastores,

id. Lael. 19, 70:

utilitatem in amicitiā et fidem,

id. ib. 24, 88:

hunc morem usque adhuc,

id. Rep. 2, 20, 36; cf. id. ib. 2, 9, 16:

de finibus retentae defensaeque sententiae,

id. Tusc. 5, 30, 84:

gravitatem retinere, iracundiam pellere,

id. Off. 1, 38, 137:

ferociam animi in vultu,

Sall. C. 61, 4:

memoriam suae pristinae virtutis, tot secundissimorum proeliorum,

Caes. B. G. 2, 21; 7, 62:

aliquid memoriā,

Cic. Imp. Pomp. 7, 19; id. Rosc. Am. 12, 33:

commissa (aures),

Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 70 et saep.:

ut Palaemo et Telamo et Plato dicerentur, retinuerunt,

Quint. 1, 5, 60.— With ne, Cic. Rep. 2, 32, 56.—

Post-class. for memoriā retinere, to keep in mind, remember:

sive ille Hasdrubal est, sive quis alius, non retineo,

Gell. 17, 9, 16.—With object-clause:

retineo me dixisse,

Dig. 35, 1, 92 init. — Hence, rĕtĭnens, entis, P. a., holding fast, tenacious, observant of any thing (class.; cf. tenax); constr. with gen.:

homo sui juris dignitatisque retinens,

Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 2, 3, § 11:

nimium equestris juris et libertatis,

id. Planc. 23, 55:

avitae nobilitatis,

Tac. A. 2, 38 fin.:

modestiae,

id. ib. 5, 11:

Seleuci conditoris (civitas),

i. e. retaining his institutions, id. ib. 6, 42; cf.:

antiqui moris,

id. ib. 16, 5 et saep. — Sup.:

proprietatum in verbis retinentissimus,

Gell. 10, 20, 10.

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dē-stĭno, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [obs. stanare; a particip. stem from root STA, v. sto; and cf.: dono, digno, etc., Corss. 2, 416], to make fast, make firm, bind (class.; esp. freq. in the trop. sense—for syn. cf.: decerno, scisco, statuo, jubeo, constituo, sancio, definio).

Lit.:

antemnas ad malos,

Caes. B. G. 3, 14, 6:

rates ancoris,

id. B. C. 1, 25, 7:

falces (laqueis),

id. B. G. 7, 22, 2:

arcas,

Vitr. 5, 12, 3; dub., v. destina.—

Trop., to establish, determine, resolve, consider; to design, intend, devote, destine; to appoint, choose, elect (syn.: definire, describere, designare, etc.).

In gen. (in Livy freq. connected with animis, v. the foll.).

With double acc.:

aliquem consulem,

Liv. 10, 22; cf. Tac. A. 1, 3:

Papirium parem destinant animis Magno Alexandro ducem, si, etc.,

Liv. 9, 16 fin.; cf.:

animis auctorem caedis,

id. 33, 28:

aliquem regem,

Just. 42, 4, 14 et saep.—

With inf. or a clause:

infectis iis, quae agere destinaverat,

Caes. B. C. 1, 33 fin.; cf. Suet. Caes. 84; id. Aug. 53 al.:

potiorem populi Romani quam regis Persei amicitiam habere,

Liv. 43, 7; 7, 33; Quint. 5, 1, 3; Phaedr. 4, 27, 1; Ov. M. 8, 157 al.—

With dat.:

sibi aliquid,

i. e. to intend purchasing, Plaut. Most. 3, 1, 113; Cic. Fam. 7, 23, 3:

operi destinati possent,

Caes. B. G. 7, 72, 2:

aliquem foro,

Quint. 2, 8, 8:

me arae,

Verg. A 2, 129:

diem necis alicui,

Cic. Off. 3, 10, 45:

domos publicis usibus,

Vell. 2, 81 fin.: quod signum cuique loco, Quint. 11, 2, 29:

Anticyram omnem illis,

Hor. S. 2, 3, 83:

cados tibi,

id. Od. 2, 7, 20 et saep.—

With ad:

tempore locoque ad certamen destinatis,

Liv. 33, 37:

aliquem ad mortem,

id. 2, 54:

consilia ad bellum,

id. 42, 48:

materiam ad scribendum,

Quint. 5, 10, 9 al.:

ad omne obsequium destinati,

Curt. 5, 28, 5.—

With in:

saxo aurove in aliud destinato,

Tac. H. 4, 53 fin.:

legati in provinciam destinati,

Dig. 5, 1, 2:

noctem proximam in fugam,

Amm. 29, 6.—

In partic.

In the lang. of archers, slingers, etc., to fix upon as a mark, to aim at ( = designare scopum):

locum oris,

Liv. 38, 29, 7; so id. 21, 54, 6.— Transf.:

sagittas,

to shoot at the mark, Aur. Vict. Caes. 42.—

In the lang. of trade: sibi aliquid, to fix upon for one's self, to intend to buy:

minis triginta sibi puellam destinat,

Plaut. Rud. prol. 45; id. Most. 3, 1, 113; id. Pers. 4, 3, 72; Lucil. ap. Non. 289, 31; Cic. Fam. 7, 23, 3 al.— Hence, dēstĭnātus, a, um, destined, fixed (syn.: fixus, certus).

Adj.:

certis quibusdam destinatisque sententiis quasi addicti,

Cic. Tusc. 2, 2, 5:

ad horam mortis destinatam,

id. ib. 5, 22, 63:

si hoc bene fixum omnibus destinatumque in animo est,

Liv. 21, 44 fin.:

persona (coupled with certus),

Quint. 3, 6, 57; cf. Cic. Rep. 4, 3.—Destinatum est alicui, with inf. = certum est, it is one's decision, will; he has determined, Liv. 6, 6, 7; Suet. Tib. 13; Plin. Ep. 9, 13, 5 al.—

Subst.

dēstĭnāta, ae, f., = sponsa, a betrothed female, bride, Suet. Caes. 27; cf. Plin. Ep. 5, 16, 6.—

dēs-tĭnātum, i, n.

A mark or aim, Liv. 38, 26 fin.; Curt. 7, 5 fin. —

An intended, determined object, design, intention:

neque tuis neque Liviae destinatis adversabor,

Tac. A. 4, 40 fin.; cf.:

destinata retinens,

id. ib. 6, 32; so id. H. 4, 18:

antequam destinata componam,

the intended narration, id. ib. 1, 4:

ad destinatum persequor,

the goal of life, Vulg. Philip. 3, 14: destinata dare, the intentions, dispositions of a will, Phaedr. 4, 5, 27; so,

ex destinato,

adv., designedly, intentionally, Sen. Clem. 1, 6; id. Ben. 6, 10 fin.; Suet. Cal. 43;

and in a like sense merely destinato,

Suet. Caes. 60.— dēstĭ-nātē, adv. (perh. only in Ammianus), resolutely, obstinately:

certare,

Amm. 18, 2.— Comp., id. 20, 4; 7; 23, 1; 27, 3.

dē-stĭno, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [obs. stanare; a particip. stem from root STA, v. sto; and cf.: dono, digno, etc., Corss. 2, 416], to make fast, make firm, bind (class.; esp. freq. in the trop. sense—for syn. cf.: decerno, scisco, statuo, jubeo, constituo, sancio, definio).

Lit.:

antemnas ad malos,

Caes. B. G. 3, 14, 6:

rates ancoris,

id. B. C. 1, 25, 7:

falces (laqueis),

id. B. G. 7, 22, 2:

arcas,

Vitr. 5, 12, 3; dub., v. destina.—

Trop., to establish, determine, resolve, consider; to design, intend, devote, destine; to appoint, choose, elect (syn.: definire, describere, designare, etc.).

In gen. (in Livy freq. connected with animis, v. the foll.).

With double acc.:

aliquem consulem,

Liv. 10, 22; cf. Tac. A. 1, 3:

Papirium parem destinant animis Magno Alexandro ducem, si, etc.,

Liv. 9, 16 fin.; cf.:

animis auctorem caedis,

id. 33, 28:

aliquem regem,

Just. 42, 4, 14 et saep.—

With inf. or a clause:

infectis iis, quae agere destinaverat,

Caes. B. C. 1, 33 fin.; cf. Suet. Caes. 84; id. Aug. 53 al.:

potiorem populi Romani quam regis Persei amicitiam habere,

Liv. 43, 7; 7, 33; Quint. 5, 1, 3; Phaedr. 4, 27, 1; Ov. M. 8, 157 al.—

With dat.:

sibi aliquid,

i. e. to intend purchasing, Plaut. Most. 3, 1, 113; Cic. Fam. 7, 23, 3:

operi destinati possent,

Caes. B. G. 7, 72, 2:

aliquem foro,

Quint. 2, 8, 8:

me arae,

Verg. A 2, 129:

diem necis alicui,

Cic. Off. 3, 10, 45:

domos publicis usibus,

Vell. 2, 81 fin.: quod signum cuique loco, Quint. 11, 2, 29:

Anticyram omnem illis,

Hor. S. 2, 3, 83:

cados tibi,

id. Od. 2, 7, 20 et saep.—

With ad:

tempore locoque ad certamen destinatis,

Liv. 33, 37:

aliquem ad mortem,

id. 2, 54:

consilia ad bellum,

id. 42, 48:

materiam ad scribendum,

Quint. 5, 10, 9 al.:

ad omne obsequium destinati,

Curt. 5, 28, 5.—

With in:

saxo aurove in aliud destinato,

Tac. H. 4, 53 fin.:

legati in provinciam destinati,

Dig. 5, 1, 2:

noctem proximam in fugam,

Amm. 29, 6.—

In partic.

In the lang. of archers, slingers, etc., to fix upon as a mark, to aim at ( = designare scopum):

locum oris,

Liv. 38, 29, 7; so id. 21, 54, 6.— Transf.:

sagittas,

to shoot at the mark, Aur. Vict. Caes. 42.—

In the lang. of trade: sibi aliquid, to fix upon for one's self, to intend to buy:

minis triginta sibi puellam destinat,

Plaut. Rud. prol. 45; id. Most. 3, 1, 113; id. Pers. 4, 3, 72; Lucil. ap. Non. 289, 31; Cic. Fam. 7, 23, 3 al.— Hence, dēstĭnātus, a, um, destined, fixed (syn.: fixus, certus).

Adj.:

certis quibusdam destinatisque sententiis quasi addicti,

Cic. Tusc. 2, 2, 5:

ad horam mortis destinatam,

id. ib. 5, 22, 63:

si hoc bene fixum omnibus destinatumque in animo est,

Liv. 21, 44 fin.:

persona (coupled with certus),

Quint. 3, 6, 57; cf. Cic. Rep. 4, 3.—Destinatum est alicui, with inf. = certum est, it is one's decision, will; he has determined, Liv. 6, 6, 7; Suet. Tib. 13; Plin. Ep. 9, 13, 5 al.—

Subst.

dēstĭnāta, ae, f., = sponsa, a betrothed female, bride, Suet. Caes. 27; cf. Plin. Ep. 5, 16, 6.—

dēs-tĭnātum, i, n.

A mark or aim, Liv. 38, 26 fin.; Curt. 7, 5 fin. —

An intended, determined object, design, intention:

neque tuis neque Liviae destinatis adversabor,

Tac. A. 4, 40 fin.; cf.:

destinata retinens,

id. ib. 6, 32; so id. H. 4, 18:

antequam destinata componam,

the intended narration, id. ib. 1, 4:

ad destinatum persequor,

the goal of life, Vulg. Philip. 3, 14: destinata dare, the intentions, dispositions of a will, Phaedr. 4, 5, 27; so,

ex destinato,

adv., designedly, intentionally, Sen. Clem. 1, 6; id. Ben. 6, 10 fin.; Suet. Cal. 43;

and in a like sense merely destinato,

Suet. Caes. 60.— dēstĭ-nātē, adv. (perh. only in Ammianus), resolutely, obstinately:

certare,

Amm. 18, 2.— Comp., id. 20, 4; 7; 23, 1; 27, 3.

fauces, ium ( sing. nom. faux only in Cael. Aur. Tard. 2, 11, 127, =arteria aspera; cf. Varr. L. L. 10, § 78 Müll.; Charis. p. 72 P. —The abl. sing. fauce sometimes in poets: Ov. H. 9, 98; id. M. 14, 738; Hor. Epod. 14, 4; Phaedr. 1, 1, 3; 1, 8, 4; Mart. 7, 37, 6 al.), f. [cf. Sanscr. bhūka, hole, opening], the upper part of the throat, from the root of the tongue to the entrance of the gullet, the pharynx, throat, gullet (syn.: gula, guttur, jugulum).

Lit.: summum gulae fauces vocantur, extremum stomachus;

quibus fauces non sunt, ne stomachus quidem est,

Plin. 11, 37, 68, § 179:

exigua in arteria sub ipsis faucibus lingula est, quae, cum spiramus, attollitur,

Cels. 4, 1: (galli) favent faucibus russis cantu, Enn. ap. Cic. Div. 2, 26, 57 (Trag. v. 250 ed. Vahl.):

sitis fauces tenet,

Plaut. Most. 2, 1, 34:

sitis fauces urit,

Hor. S. 1, 2, 214:

lippiunt fauces fame,

Plaut. Curc. 2, 3, 39; 1, 2, 36:

fauces tussientes,

Cels. 5, 25, 11:

nuces videntur fauces exasperare,

Plin. 23, 8, 74, § 142:

fauces tumentes strangulant vocem, etc.,

Quint. 11, 3, 20:

infirmatis faucibus, praeconis voce concionatus est,

Suet. Aug. 84 fin.:

propino tibi salutem plenis faucibus,

Plaut. Stich. 3, 2, 16:

merum ingurgitare faucibus plenis,

id. Curc. 1, 2, 39:

exscrea usque ex penitis faucibus,

from the bottom of your throat, id. As. 1, 1, 28:

alicui fauces prehendere,

id. Most. 1, 3, 62; cf.:

qui sacerdoti scelestus fauces interpresserit,

id. Rud. 3, 2, 41:

laqueo innectere fauces,

to strangle, Ov. M. 10, 378; cf.

also: ad necem secandasque novacula fauces,

Suet. Calig. 23:

fauces manu sua oppressit,

id. ib. 12:

retinens singulos et contortis faucibus convertens,

id. Caes. 62.— Trop.:

faucibus teneor,

I am caught by the throat, I feel the knife at my throat, Plaut. Cas. 5, 3, 4; cf.:

cum faucibus premeretur,

Cic. Clu. 31, 84:

Timarchides premit fauces defensionis tuae,

id. Verr. 2, 3, 76, § 176: eripite nos ex faucibus eorum, quorum crudelitas, etc., from the jaws, Crass. ap. Cic. de Or. 1, 52, 225; cf. Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 6, § 19:

urbem totius belli ore ac faucibus ereptam esse,

id. Arch. 9, 21:

e mediis Orci faucibus ad hunc evasi modum,

App. M. 7, p. 191:

cum inexplebiles populi fauces exaruerunt libertatis siti,

Cic. Rep. 1, 43:

lupus fauce improba incitatus,

i. e. voracity, Phaedr. 1, 2, 3.—

Transf., of places:

A narrow way, narrow inlet or outlet, an entrance, defile, pass (cf. angustiae): Corinthus posita in angustiis atque in faucibus Graeciae, in the mouth or entrance, Cic. Agr. 2, 32, 87:

in Ciliciae angustissimis faucibus,

Curt. 7, 4; cf.:

qua fauces erant angustissimae portus,

Caes. B. C. 1, 25, 5:

portus,

id. ib. 3, 24, 1;

3, 39, 2: Masinissam persecutus in valle arta, faucibus utrimque obsessis, inclusit,

Liv. 29, 32, 4:

Aemilius sedens in faucibus macelli,

Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 62, § 145; so,

macelli,

id. Quint. 6, 25:

per fauces montis ut Aetnae Exspirent ignes,

the crater, Lucr. 6, 630:

cava flumina siccis faucibus, etc.,

Verg. G. 4, 428:

altae montis,

Lucr. 6, 697:

Nilus multis faucibus in Aegyptium mare se evomit,

through many mouths, Plin. 5, 9, 10, § 54:

Bospori,

the Dardanelles, id. 6, 1, 1, § 4; Sil. 12, 127:

cum fornacem facies, fauces praecipites deorsum facito,

Cato, R. R. 38, 3: pictis e faucibus currus emittere, from the barriers, Enn. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 48, 107 (Ann. v. 89 ed. Vahl.).—

The jaws of the earth, gulf, abyss:

patefactis terrae faucibus,

Cic. N. D. 2, 37, 95.

fĕrōcĭa, ae, f. [ferox], a wild or untamed spirit, fierceness, in a good or bad sense (class.).

In a good sense, spirit, courage, bravery:

infirmitas puerorum et ferocitas juvenum et gravitas jam constantis aetatis et senectutis maturitas naturale quiddam habet,

Cic. de Sen. 10, 33:

Romana virtus et ferocia,

Liv. 9, 6 fin.:

ferociam animi in vultu retinens,

Sall. C. 61, 4:

si quid ardoris ac ferociae miles habuit,

Tac. H. 2, 76 fin.:

plus tamen ferociae Britanni praeferunt, ut quos nondum longa pax emollierit,

id. Agr. 11 fin.; cf.:

virtus ac ferocia,

id. ib. 31:

ardor ac ferocia,

id. H. 2, 76:

ferociā verborum militem incendebat,

id. ib. 4, 71.—

In a bad sense, savageness, ferocity.

Prop.: ferocitate atque ferocia, Pac. ap. Non. 490, 19: qui comperit ejus vim et effrenatam illam ferociam, Cic. Fragm. ap. Non. 492, 3 (Rep. 5, 8 ed. Mos.):

arrogans atque intoleranda ferocia,

id. Agr. 2, 33, 91; 2, 35, 96:

per communes liberos oravit exueret ferociam,

Tac. A. 2, 72:

ingeniorum,

Vell. 2, 115, 3:

stolida mentis,

Ov. Hal. 58.—

Transf., of wine, harshness, roughness:

vini,

Plin. 14, 19, 24, § 121.

scaena, ae (falsely scēna, v. Prol. in Verg. p. 387 Rib.), f., = skênê.

Lit., the stage, boards, scene of a theatre:

dum histrio in scaenă siet,

Plaut. Poen. prol. 20:

in scaenă esse Roscium intellegat,

Cic. Brut. 84, 290:

foris hic extra scaenam fient proelia,

Plaut. Capt. prol. 60:

cum scaena croco Cilici perfusa recens est,

Lucr. 2, 416:

scaenaique simul varios splendere decores,

id. 4, 983:

scaenae magnificentia,

Cic. Mur. 19, 38:

nec vero scaena solum referta est his sceleribus,

id. N. D. 3, 27, 69:

vel scaena ut versis discedat frontibus,

Verg. G. 3, 24; Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 205 et saep.— Plur.:

columnas excidunt, scaenis decora alta futuris,

a theatre, Verg. A. 1, 429: aut Agamemnonius scaenis agitatus Orestes, on the stage, i. e. in tragedies, Verg. A. 4, 471:

aut agitur res in scaenis,

Hor. A. P. 179.—

Transf.

Of a place like a scene of a theatre, Verg. A. 1, 164.—

(Post-Aug.) Of the schools of rhetoric, as scenes for the display of eloquence:

at nunc adulescentuli deducuntur in scaenas scholasticorum, qui rhetores vocantur,

Tac. Or. 35; cf. Plin Ep. 7, 17, 9.—

Trop.

The public stage, the public:

quia maxima quasi oratori scaena videatur contionis,

Cic. de Or. 2, 83, 338; id. Planc. 12, 29:

ubi se a vulgo et scaena in secreta remorant Virtus Scipiadae et mitis sapientia Laeli,

Hor. S. 2, 1, 71.—Prov.: scaenae servire, to show one ' s self, live in the public eye, Cic. Ep. ad Brut. 8, 2.—

Outward show, parade, pretext: scaena rei totius haec: Pompeius, tamquam Caesarem non impugnet, etc., Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 11, 3; cf.:

ne quid scaenae deesset,

Petr. 117, 10; Suet. Calig. 15:

scaenam ultro criminis parat,

Tac. A. 14, 7 fin. —

Appearance, character:

scaenam quam sponte sumpserat cum animă retinens,

App. M. 4, 20, p. 151, 29.

stătĭo, ōnis, f. [sto], a standing, a standing still.

Lit. (so very rare;

not in Cic.): navis, quae manet in statione,

remains standing, stands still, does not move, Lucr. 4, 388; so,

manere in statione,

id. 4, 396; 5, 478; 5, 518:

in statione locata nubila,

id. 6, 193: varas In statione manus et pugnae membra paravi, in a firm posture (for fighting), Ov. M. 9, 34:

numquam id (sidus) stationem facere,

stands still, Plin. 2, 17, 15, § 77:

stationes matutinas facere,

id. 2, 15, 12, § 59:

solus immobilem stationis gradum retinens,

Val. Max. 3, 2, 23:

terrae,

Manil. 2, 70.—

Trop., that which is established by custom or prescription, a transl. of the Gr. thematismos, Vitr. 1, 2, 5.—

Transf., in concr., a place where persons or things stay or abide, a station, post, an abode, residence.

In gen. (mostly poet. and in post-Aug. prose):

Athenis statio mea nunc placet,

Cic. Att. 6, 9, 5:

quā positus fueris in statione, mane,

Ov. F. 2, 674; cf. id. ib. 5, 719:

principio sedes apibus statioque petenda,

Verg. G. 4, 8:

apricis statio gratissima mergis,

id. A. 5, 128:

equorum,

i. e. a stall, Pall. 1, 21, 2; so,

jumentorum,

Dig. 7, 1, 13 fin.:

plerique in stationibus sedent tempusque audiendis fabulis conterunt,

in public places, Plin. Ep. 1, 13, 2:

stationes circumeo,

id. ib. 2, 9, 5:

quod tabernas tris de domo suo circa forum civitatibus ad stationem locasset,

Suet. Ner. 37:

thermae, stationes, omne theatrum,

Juv. 11, 4; Gell. 13, 13, 1:

stationes municipiorum,

Plin. 16, 44, 86, § 236:

si ad stationem vel tabernam ventum sit,

Dig. 47, 10, 15, § 7:

stationes hibernae,

winter-quarters, Amm. 14, 1, 1.—

Poet., of things, place, position:

pone recompositas in statione comas,

in their place, Ov. Am. 1, 7, 68; id. A. A. 3, 434:

permutata rerum statione, Petr. poët. 120, 99: umoris,

Pall. 1, 43.—

In partic.

In milit. lang., a post, station (v. custodiae, vigilia):

cohortes ex statione et praesidio emissae,

Caes. B. G. 6, 42:

ii, qui pro portis castrorum in statione erant... Cohortes quae in stationibus erant, etc.,

id. ib. 4, 32; 5, 15; 6, 37;

6, 38: in stationem succedere,

to relieve, id. ib. 4, 32:

stationem inire,

Tac. A. 13, 35:

relinquere,

Verg. A. 9, 222:

deserere,

Suet. Aug. 24:

habere,

Liv. 35, 29:

quique primi transierant, in statione erant, dum traicerent ceteri,

on guard, Curt. 7, 5, 18.— Transf.: suis vicibus capiebant bina (lumina Argi) quietem;

Cetera servabant atque in statione manebant,

kept at their posts, Ov. M. 1, 627; 2, 115.— Trop.:

de praesidio et statione vitae decedere,

Cic. Sen. 20, 73:

functo longissimā statione mortali,

Vell. 2, 131, 2:

imperii statione relictā,

Ov. Tr. 2, 219; Vell. 2, 124, 2; Tac. Or. 17; Suet. Claud. 38.—

Transf., like our post, watch, guard, for those who are stationed to watch, who stand guard, sentries, sentinels, outposts, pickets:

ut stationes dispositas haberent,

Caes. B. G. 5, 16; 7, 69 fin.:

ut minus intentae diurnae stationes ac nocturnae vigiliae essent,

Liv. 9, 24, 5; 25, 38, 16; cf. in sing.:

ad stationem Romanam in portā segniter agentem vigilias perveniunt,

id. 10, 32, 7:

dispositā statione per ripas Tiberis,

Suet. Tib. 72:

crebrae,

Caes. B. C. 1, 73:

custodiae stationesque equitum,

id. ib. 1, 59:

statione militum assumptā,

i. e. body-guard, lifeguard, Suet. Tib. 24; so,

militum,

id. Ner. 21; 34; 47.—

Transf., in gen., a station, office, position, in government, etc. (post-class.):

in hac statione, i. e. the imperial office,

Spart. Ael. Verr. 4:

statio imperatoria,

Lampr. Comm. 1:

Augusta,

Capitol. Clod. Alb. 2: regia, Vulc. 7; Capitol. Verr. 8.—

Naut. t. t., an anchorage, roadstead, road, bay, inlet (syn. portus), Lentul. ap. Cic. Fam. 12, 15, 2:

quietam nactus stationem,

Caes. B. C. 3, 6; 3, 8; 1, 56 fin.; Liv. 10, 2, 6; 28, 6, 9; 31, 33, 3; Verg. G. 4, 421; id. A. 2, 23 al.—

A place of residence, a post, station of the fiscal officers of a province; also, for the officers themselves, Cod. Th. 12, 6, 19; Cod. Just. 4, 31, 1; 10, 5, 1; Inscr. Orell. 3207; 4107.—

A post-station, post-house, Inscr. Murat. 1015; Morcell. Stil. Inscr. Lat. 1, p. 421.—

A religious meeting, assembly of the Christians:

die stationis, nocte vigiliae meminerimus,

Tert. Or. 29:

stationes in vesperam producere,

id. adv. Psych. 1; so id. ib. 10; id. ad Ux. 2, 4.