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Līternum ( Lint-), i, n., a city of Campania, situated to the north of the mouth of the river Liternus, now the village of Patria, Mel. 2, 4, 9; Plin. 3, 5, 9, § 61; Liv. 22, 16; Ov. M. 15, 714; Sil. 6, 654; 8, 533.— Hence,

Līternus, a, um, adj., Literman:

Liternus ager,

Cic. Agr. 2, 25, 66:

palus,

Sil. 6, 654.— Absol.: Līternum (sc. praedium), i, n., an estate of Scipio Africanus, near Liternum, Liv. 38, 53; Sen. Ep. 86.—

Līternīnus, a, um, adj., Liternian:

rus,

Plin. 14, 4, 5, § 49.— Absol.: Lī-ternīnum (sc. praedium), an estate of Scipio Africanus, near Liternum, Liv. 38, 52.

Līternum ( Lint-), i, n., a city of Campania, situated to the north of the mouth of the river Liternus, now the village of Patria, Mel. 2, 4, 9; Plin. 3, 5, 9, § 61; Liv. 22, 16; Ov. M. 15, 714; Sil. 6, 654; 8, 533.— Hence,

Līternus, a, um, adj., Literman:

Liternus ager,

Cic. Agr. 2, 25, 66:

palus,

Sil. 6, 654.— Absol.: Līternum (sc. praedium), i, n., an estate of Scipio Africanus, near Liternum, Liv. 38, 53; Sen. Ep. 86.—

Līternīnus, a, um, adj., Liternian:

rus,

Plin. 14, 4, 5, § 49.— Absol.: Lī-ternīnum (sc. praedium), an estate of Scipio Africanus, near Liternum, Liv. 38, 52.

Līternum ( Lint-), i, n., a city of Campania, situated to the north of the mouth of the river Liternus, now the village of Patria, Mel. 2, 4, 9; Plin. 3, 5, 9, § 61; Liv. 22, 16; Ov. M. 15, 714; Sil. 6, 654; 8, 533.— Hence,

Līternus, a, um, adj., Literman:

Liternus ager,

Cic. Agr. 2, 25, 66:

palus,

Sil. 6, 654.— Absol.: Līternum (sc. praedium), i, n., an estate of Scipio Africanus, near Liternum, Liv. 38, 53; Sen. Ep. 86.—

Līternīnus, a, um, adj., Liternian:

rus,

Plin. 14, 4, 5, § 49.— Absol.: Lī-ternīnum (sc. praedium), an estate of Scipio Africanus, near Liternum, Liv. 38, 52.

marmor, ŏris (also marmur; plur. marmura, Antonius Gripho ap. Quint. 1, 6, 23; abl. marmori, Corp. Inscr. L. 1012; m., Plin. Val. 3, 14), n. [root mar-, gleam, glimmer (v. mare), the white or gleaming stone; cf. margarita, = marmaros], marble.

Lit.:

in omni marmore,

Cic. Div. 2, 21, 48:

Parium marmor,

Quint. 2, 19, 3; 5, 11, 30:

tu secanda marmora Locas,

Hor. C. 2, 18, 17:

templum de marmore ponam,

Verg. G. 3, 13; cf.:

vivos ducent de marmore vultus,

id. A. 6, 848:

parietes crusta marmoris operire totius domus,

Plin. 36, 6, 7, § 48:

A MARMORIBVS,

one whose office it was to superintend the purchasing and working of marble, Inscr. Grut. 593, 7:

marmora,

kinds of marble, Sen. Ep. 100, 5; Plin. 36, 7, 11, § 54; 36, 16, 25, § 126; but blocks or pieces of marble, Hor. l. l.; Luc. 10, 114; Plin. 24, 17, 102, § 160; 36, 1, 1, § 2; Quint. 5, 11, 30; Mart. 5, 22, 8; v. infra.—

Transf.

Pulverized marble, marble-dust, Cato, R. R. 2, 3; Col. 12, 20 fin.; Plin. 14, 19, 24, § 120; 23, 1, 24, § 45.—

A marble, i. e.,

A piece of wrought marble, marble statue, etc.:

Praxiteles marmore nobilitatus est Gnidiaque Venere,

Plin. 7, 38, 39, § 127; Hor. C. 4, 8, 13; Ov. M. 5, 234; 12, 487:

duo marmora,

id. ib. 7, 790; cf.:

lacrimas marmora manant,

id. ib. 6, 312; so plur., Sen. Ep. 90, 26; Plin. 12, 1, 5, § 9; 33, 7, 40, § 122; Stat. Silv. 1, 3, 36; Juv. 1, 12; 14, 40 et saep.—

A building of marble, Mart. 8, 3, 6; 10, 63, 1.—

In plur., a marble pavement, Mart. 10, 2, 9; 12, 60, 12; Claud. ap. Eutr. 2, 360; Juv. 6, 430.—

A mile-stone of marble:

rus marmore tertio notatum,

i. e. three miles from town, Mart. 7, 31, 10.—

A marble slab upon a sideboard, Juv. 3, 205.—

A hard, stony tumor in the joints of the horse:

plerumque in genibus aut phlegmon oritur, aut marmora,

Veg. Vet. 2, 48, 1:

tumor obduratione convertitur in marmor,

id. ib. 2, 48, 10.—

Stone in gen., Ov. M. 5, 214; 11, 404:

flumen inducit marmora rebus,

incrusts, id. ib. 15, 314.—

Poet., the bright level surface of the sea; hence, the surface of the sea, the sea in gen.: verrunt extemplo placide mare marmore flavo, Enn. ap. Gell. 2, 26, 21 (Ann. v. 377 Vahl.); Lucr. 2, 767:

lento luctantur marmore tonsae,

Verg. A. 7, 28; id. G. 1, 254:

Libycum,

id. A. 7, 718:

spumant vada marmore verso,

id. ib. 10, 208:

marmora pelagi,

Cat. 63, 88:

infidum,

Sil. 14, 464:

medium,

the surface of a lake, Val. Fl. 6, 568.

marmor, ŏris (also marmur; plur. marmura, Antonius Gripho ap. Quint. 1, 6, 23; abl. marmori, Corp. Inscr. L. 1012; m., Plin. Val. 3, 14), n. [root mar-, gleam, glimmer (v. mare), the white or gleaming stone; cf. margarita, = marmaros], marble.

Lit.:

in omni marmore,

Cic. Div. 2, 21, 48:

Parium marmor,

Quint. 2, 19, 3; 5, 11, 30:

tu secanda marmora Locas,

Hor. C. 2, 18, 17:

templum de marmore ponam,

Verg. G. 3, 13; cf.:

vivos ducent de marmore vultus,

id. A. 6, 848:

parietes crusta marmoris operire totius domus,

Plin. 36, 6, 7, § 48:

A MARMORIBVS,

one whose office it was to superintend the purchasing and working of marble, Inscr. Grut. 593, 7:

marmora,

kinds of marble, Sen. Ep. 100, 5; Plin. 36, 7, 11, § 54; 36, 16, 25, § 126; but blocks or pieces of marble, Hor. l. l.; Luc. 10, 114; Plin. 24, 17, 102, § 160; 36, 1, 1, § 2; Quint. 5, 11, 30; Mart. 5, 22, 8; v. infra.—

Transf.

Pulverized marble, marble-dust, Cato, R. R. 2, 3; Col. 12, 20 fin.; Plin. 14, 19, 24, § 120; 23, 1, 24, § 45.—

A marble, i. e.,

A piece of wrought marble, marble statue, etc.:

Praxiteles marmore nobilitatus est Gnidiaque Venere,

Plin. 7, 38, 39, § 127; Hor. C. 4, 8, 13; Ov. M. 5, 234; 12, 487:

duo marmora,

id. ib. 7, 790; cf.:

lacrimas marmora manant,

id. ib. 6, 312; so plur., Sen. Ep. 90, 26; Plin. 12, 1, 5, § 9; 33, 7, 40, § 122; Stat. Silv. 1, 3, 36; Juv. 1, 12; 14, 40 et saep.—

A building of marble, Mart. 8, 3, 6; 10, 63, 1.—

In plur., a marble pavement, Mart. 10, 2, 9; 12, 60, 12; Claud. ap. Eutr. 2, 360; Juv. 6, 430.—

A mile-stone of marble:

rus marmore tertio notatum,

i. e. three miles from town, Mart. 7, 31, 10.—

A marble slab upon a sideboard, Juv. 3, 205.—

A hard, stony tumor in the joints of the horse:

plerumque in genibus aut phlegmon oritur, aut marmora,

Veg. Vet. 2, 48, 1:

tumor obduratione convertitur in marmor,

id. ib. 2, 48, 10.—

Stone in gen., Ov. M. 5, 214; 11, 404:

flumen inducit marmora rebus,

incrusts, id. ib. 15, 314.—

Poet., the bright level surface of the sea; hence, the surface of the sea, the sea in gen.: verrunt extemplo placide mare marmore flavo, Enn. ap. Gell. 2, 26, 21 (Ann. v. 377 Vahl.); Lucr. 2, 767:

lento luctantur marmore tonsae,

Verg. A. 7, 28; id. G. 1, 254:

Libycum,

id. A. 7, 718:

spumant vada marmore verso,

id. ib. 10, 208:

marmora pelagi,

Cat. 63, 88:

infidum,

Sil. 14, 464:

medium,

the surface of a lake, Val. Fl. 6, 568.

Mĕlĕăger and Mĕlĕăgros ( - ag-rus), gri, m., = Meleagros, son of the Calydonian king Œneus and Althæa, one of the combatants at the Calydonian boar-hunt. His life depended on the preservation of an extinguished brand; this his mother burned, out of revenge for the death of her brothers who had fallen by his hand, and he expired, Ov. M. 8, 299 sq.; id. H. 9, 151; Val. Fl. 1, 435; Hyg. Fab. 171 sq.; Serv. Verg. A. 7, 306.—Hence,

Mĕlĕāgrēus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Meleager, Luc. 6, 365.—

Mĕlĕāgrĭdes, um, f.

The sisters of Meleager, who, according to the fable, bitterly lamented his death, and were changed into birds called after his name, Hyg. Fab. 174; Ov. M. 8, 534 sq.—

A kind of fowls, Guinea-hens, the same as Gallinae Africanae, or a variety of them, Varr. R. R. 3, 9, 18; Plin. 10, 26, 38, § 74.—

Mĕlĕāgrĭus, a, um, adj., = Meleagrios, of or belonging to Meleager, Meleagrian, Stat. Th. 4, 103.

Mĕlĕăger and Mĕlĕăgros ( - ag-rus), gri, m., = Meleagros, son of the Calydonian king Œneus and Althæa, one of the combatants at the Calydonian boar-hunt. His life depended on the preservation of an extinguished brand; this his mother burned, out of revenge for the death of her brothers who had fallen by his hand, and he expired, Ov. M. 8, 299 sq.; id. H. 9, 151; Val. Fl. 1, 435; Hyg. Fab. 171 sq.; Serv. Verg. A. 7, 306.—Hence,

Mĕlĕāgrēus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Meleager, Luc. 6, 365.—

Mĕlĕāgrĭdes, um, f.

The sisters of Meleager, who, according to the fable, bitterly lamented his death, and were changed into birds called after his name, Hyg. Fab. 174; Ov. M. 8, 534 sq.—

A kind of fowls, Guinea-hens, the same as Gallinae Africanae, or a variety of them, Varr. R. R. 3, 9, 18; Plin. 10, 26, 38, § 74.—

Mĕlĕāgrĭus, a, um, adj., = Meleagrios, of or belonging to Meleager, Meleagrian, Stat. Th. 4, 103.

Mĕlĕăger and Mĕlĕăgros ( - ag-rus), gri, m., = Meleagros, son of the Calydonian king Œneus and Althæa, one of the combatants at the Calydonian boar-hunt. His life depended on the preservation of an extinguished brand; this his mother burned, out of revenge for the death of her brothers who had fallen by his hand, and he expired, Ov. M. 8, 299 sq.; id. H. 9, 151; Val. Fl. 1, 435; Hyg. Fab. 171 sq.; Serv. Verg. A. 7, 306.—Hence,

Mĕlĕāgrēus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Meleager, Luc. 6, 365.—

Mĕlĕāgrĭdes, um, f.

The sisters of Meleager, who, according to the fable, bitterly lamented his death, and were changed into birds called after his name, Hyg. Fab. 174; Ov. M. 8, 534 sq.—

A kind of fowls, Guinea-hens, the same as Gallinae Africanae, or a variety of them, Varr. R. R. 3, 9, 18; Plin. 10, 26, 38, § 74.—

Mĕlĕāgrĭus, a, um, adj., = Meleagrios, of or belonging to Meleager, Meleagrian, Stat. Th. 4, 103.

Mĕlĕăger and Mĕlĕăgros ( - ag-rus), gri, m., = Meleagros, son of the Calydonian king Œneus and Althæa, one of the combatants at the Calydonian boar-hunt. His life depended on the preservation of an extinguished brand; this his mother burned, out of revenge for the death of her brothers who had fallen by his hand, and he expired, Ov. M. 8, 299 sq.; id. H. 9, 151; Val. Fl. 1, 435; Hyg. Fab. 171 sq.; Serv. Verg. A. 7, 306.—Hence,

Mĕlĕāgrēus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Meleager, Luc. 6, 365.—

Mĕlĕāgrĭdes, um, f.

The sisters of Meleager, who, according to the fable, bitterly lamented his death, and were changed into birds called after his name, Hyg. Fab. 174; Ov. M. 8, 534 sq.—

A kind of fowls, Guinea-hens, the same as Gallinae Africanae, or a variety of them, Varr. R. R. 3, 9, 18; Plin. 10, 26, 38, § 74.—

Mĕlĕāgrĭus, a, um, adj., = Meleagrios, of or belonging to Meleager, Meleagrian, Stat. Th. 4, 103.

Mĕlĕăger and Mĕlĕăgros ( - ag-rus), gri, m., = Meleagros, son of the Calydonian king Œneus and Althæa, one of the combatants at the Calydonian boar-hunt. His life depended on the preservation of an extinguished brand; this his mother burned, out of revenge for the death of her brothers who had fallen by his hand, and he expired, Ov. M. 8, 299 sq.; id. H. 9, 151; Val. Fl. 1, 435; Hyg. Fab. 171 sq.; Serv. Verg. A. 7, 306.—Hence,

Mĕlĕāgrēus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Meleager, Luc. 6, 365.—

Mĕlĕāgrĭdes, um, f.

The sisters of Meleager, who, according to the fable, bitterly lamented his death, and were changed into birds called after his name, Hyg. Fab. 174; Ov. M. 8, 534 sq.—

A kind of fowls, Guinea-hens, the same as Gallinae Africanae, or a variety of them, Varr. R. R. 3, 9, 18; Plin. 10, 26, 38, § 74.—

Mĕlĕāgrĭus, a, um, adj., = Meleagrios, of or belonging to Meleager, Meleagrian, Stat. Th. 4, 103.

Mĕlĕăger and Mĕlĕăgros ( - ag-rus), gri, m., = Meleagros, son of the Calydonian king Œneus and Althæa, one of the combatants at the Calydonian boar-hunt. His life depended on the preservation of an extinguished brand; this his mother burned, out of revenge for the death of her brothers who had fallen by his hand, and he expired, Ov. M. 8, 299 sq.; id. H. 9, 151; Val. Fl. 1, 435; Hyg. Fab. 171 sq.; Serv. Verg. A. 7, 306.—Hence,

Mĕlĕāgrēus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Meleager, Luc. 6, 365.—

Mĕlĕāgrĭdes, um, f.

The sisters of Meleager, who, according to the fable, bitterly lamented his death, and were changed into birds called after his name, Hyg. Fab. 174; Ov. M. 8, 534 sq.—

A kind of fowls, Guinea-hens, the same as Gallinae Africanae, or a variety of them, Varr. R. R. 3, 9, 18; Plin. 10, 26, 38, § 74.—

Mĕlĕāgrĭus, a, um, adj., = Meleagrios, of or belonging to Meleager, Meleagrian, Stat. Th. 4, 103.

Mĕtaurus, i, m., = Metauros, the name of several rivers.

A river in Umbria, celebrated for the defeat of Hasdrubal, the brother of Hannibal, now Meturo, Liv. 27, 43 sq.; Sil. 8, 486.—Hence, Mĕtau-rus, a, um, adj., of Metaurus:

Metaurum flumen,

Hor. C. 4, 4, 38.—

A river in the Bruttian territory, now Marro, Plin. 3, 5, 10, § 73.

mī̆gro, āvi, ātum, 1 (migrassit for migraverit, Cic. Leg. 3, 4, 11), v. n. and a. [etym. dub.; cf. Sanscr. root mā, exchange; also meo].

Neutr., to remove from one place to another, to depart, flit, migrate (class.).

Lit.:

migrare e fano foras,

Plaut. Curc. 2, 1, 1:

ex urbe tu rus habitatum migres?

Ter. Hec. 4, 2, 13:

ad integra omnia,

Liv. 5, 53:

ad generum,

Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 36, § 89:

in tabernas,

Hor. A. P. 229:

Veios,

Liv. 5, 53:

Alexandriam vel Ilium,

Suet. Caes. 79:

finibus,

Plin. 6, 17, 21, § 59: Verres domo ejus emigrat atque adeo exit: nam jam ante migrārat, he quits his house (leaves it himself without taking any thing with him); for he had already removed (had taken away his furniture), Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 36, § 89:

consilium migrandi a Tarquiniis cepit,

Liv. 1, 34, 5:

itaque non solum inquilini, sed etiam mures migraverunt,

Cic. Att. 14, 9, 1: cum tota Karthagine migra, be off! Juv. 6, 171.— Impers. pass.:

in alium quendam locum ex his locis morte migretur,

Cic. Tusc. 1, 41, 97:

Romam inde frequenter migratum est a propinquis,

Liv. 1, 11, 4.—

Trop., to go away, depart, to pass over, change, turn:

scio ipse quid agam, neque mens officio migrat,

Plaut. Trin. 3, 2, 13:

mea ut migrare dicta possint, quo volo,

id. Ps. 1, 5, 54:

ex hac vitā,

Cic. Rep. 6, 9, 9; cf. id. ib. 6, 15, 15:

de vitā,

i. e. to die, id. Fin. 1, 19, 62:

equitis migravit ab aure voluptas ad oculos,

Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 187:

haec medicina migrabat in Graeciae linguas,

Plin. 25, 2, 6, § 16:

omnia migrant, Omnia commutat natura,

change, Lucr. 5, 831:

caerula quae sunt Numquam in marmoreum possunt migrare colorem,

id. 2, 774:

in varias migrare figuras,

Ov. M. 15, 172:

cornua in mucronem migrantia,

running out into, ending in, Plin. 11, 37, 45, § 125:

ad aliud matrimonium,

Dig. 24, 2, 6.—

To carry away, transport, transfer (rare):

cassita nidum migravit,

Gell. 2, 29, 16:

relicta quae migratu difficilia essent,

Liv. 10, 34:

num migrantur Rhoeteia regna In Libyam Superis?

are transferred, Sil. 7, 431.—

To transgress, break, violate, opp. to servare:

jus civile migrare (opp. conservare),

Cic. Fin. 3, 20, 67:

ea migrare et non servare,

id. Off. 1, 10, 31.

nuntĭus, a, um, adj. [perh. contr. from noventius, from obsol. novēre, to make new; v. novus].

That announces, signifies, makes known; announcing, informing ( poet.):

nuntia fibra deos?

Tib. 2, 1, 26:

fratre reversuro, nuntia venit avis,

Mart. 8, 32, 8:

nuntia littera,

Ov. H. 6, 9:

simulacra In mentes hominum divinae nuntia formae,

Lucr. 6, 77; cf. id. 4, 704:

habes animi nuntia verba mei,

Ov. H. 16, 10:

exta venturae nuntia sortis,

Tib. 3, 4, 5.—

Usually as subst.

nuntĭum, i, n., an announcement, message, news (rare):

ad aures nova nuntia referens,

this new message, Cat. 63, 75; cf.:

nuntius est qui nuntiat, nuntium, quod nuntiatur,

Serv. Verg. A. 11, 896:

de caelo nuntium erit,

Varr. L. L. 6, 86:

tyrannum perturbant nuntia,

Sedul. 2, 474.—

nuntĭus, i, m., a bearer of news, one who brings intelligence, a reporter, messenger, courier (freq. and class.);

both of persons and things: Mercurius Jovis qui nuntius perhibetur,

Plaut. Stich. 2, 1, 1:

ad me rus advenit nuntius,

id. Merc. 4, 1, 1:

o hominem fortunatum, qui ejusmodi nuntios, seu potius Pegasos habet,

Cic. Quint. 25, 80: litteris, nuntiis, cohortationibus omnes excitare. id. Phil. 14, 7, 20: facere aliquem certiorem per nuntium, id. Att. 11, 24, 4:

aliquid audire sine capite, sine auctore, rumore nuntio,

id. Fam. 12, 10, 1:

litteras et nuntios mittere ad aliquem,

Caes. B. G. 1, 26:

nuntius ibis Pelidae,

Verg. A. 2, 547:

nuntius adfert rem,

Cic. Imp. Pomp. 9, 25:

nuntius ales, i. e. Mercurius,

Ov. H. 16, 68:

Mercurius, nuntius Jovis et deorum,

Hor. C. 1, 10, 5:

nuntii afferunt Darium premi a Scythis,

Nep. Milt. 3, 3.— Poet., of a woman:

huic dea... utinam non hic tibi nuntius essem,

Val. Fl. 2, 141.—

A messenger, the bearer of a written message, = tabellarius (very rare):

nuntio ipsius, qui litteras attulerat dici (placuit),

Liv. 42, 37, 6.—

Abstract.

In gen., a message, news, tidings:

nuntium exoptabilem nuntiare,

Plaut. Stich. 2, 2, 67:

opta ergo ob istunc nuntium quidvis tibi,

id. Merc. 5, 2, 65:

inest lepos in nuntio tuo magnus,

id. Rud. 2, 3, 22:

acerbum nuntium alicui perferre,

Cic. Balb. 28, 64:

de Q. Fratre nuntii nobis tristes venerunt,

id. Att. 3, 17, 1:

exoptatum nuntium alicui afferre,

id. Rosc. Am. 7, 19:

nuntium optatissimum accipere,

id. Fam. 2, 19, 1:

nuntium perferre,

id. Lig. 3, 7:

nuntium ferre ad aliquem,

Liv. 4, 41:

horribilis nuntius affertur,

Cat. 84, 10; Verg. A. 8, 582.—

In partic.

A command, order, injunction:

quos senatus ad denuntiandum bellum miserat, nisi legatorum nuntio paruisset,

Cic. Fam. 12, 24, 2; Nep. Chabr. 3, 1.—

Nuntium uxori remittere or mittere, to send one's wife a letter of divorce, Cic. de Or. 1, 40, 183; 56, 238; id. Att. 1, 13, 3; Dig. 24, 2, 4; 24, 3, 22.—Also of a woman who separates from her husband, Cic. Top. 4, 19; App. M. 9, p. 230 med. —Of the annulling of a betrothment:

si invito patrono nuntium sponsa liberta remiserit,

Dig. 23, 2, 45.—Of the rejection of the marriage contract by the parents and guardians:

ego adeo jam illi remittam nuntium adfini meo,

Plaut. Truc. 4, 3, 74:

si puellae tutores ad infringenda sponsalia nuntium miserint,

Dig. 23, 1, 6.—

Hence, transf.:

virtuti nuntium remittere,

to renounce, Cic. Fam. 15, 16, 3.—

nuntĭa, ae, f., a female messenger, she that brings tidings: nuntia fulva Jovis, i. e. the eagle, Poët. ap. Cic. Leg. 1, 1, 2; cf. Liv. 1, 34:

historia nuntia vetustatis,

Cic. de Or. 2, 9, 36:

vox nuntia cladis,

Liv. 5, 50:

fama nuntia veri,

Verg. A. 4, 188; Ov. P. 4, 4, 15:

plaga nuntia rerum,

Lucr. 4, 704; cf. Val. Fl. 2, 141; B. 1. a. fin. supra.

nuntĭus, a, um, adj. [perh. contr. from noventius, from obsol. novēre, to make new; v. novus].

That announces, signifies, makes known; announcing, informing ( poet.):

nuntia fibra deos?

Tib. 2, 1, 26:

fratre reversuro, nuntia venit avis,

Mart. 8, 32, 8:

nuntia littera,

Ov. H. 6, 9:

simulacra In mentes hominum divinae nuntia formae,

Lucr. 6, 77; cf. id. 4, 704:

habes animi nuntia verba mei,

Ov. H. 16, 10:

exta venturae nuntia sortis,

Tib. 3, 4, 5.—

Usually as subst.

nuntĭum, i, n., an announcement, message, news (rare):

ad aures nova nuntia referens,

this new message, Cat. 63, 75; cf.:

nuntius est qui nuntiat, nuntium, quod nuntiatur,

Serv. Verg. A. 11, 896:

de caelo nuntium erit,

Varr. L. L. 6, 86:

tyrannum perturbant nuntia,

Sedul. 2, 474.—

nuntĭus, i, m., a bearer of news, one who brings intelligence, a reporter, messenger, courier (freq. and class.);

both of persons and things: Mercurius Jovis qui nuntius perhibetur,

Plaut. Stich. 2, 1, 1:

ad me rus advenit nuntius,

id. Merc. 4, 1, 1:

o hominem fortunatum, qui ejusmodi nuntios, seu potius Pegasos habet,

Cic. Quint. 25, 80: litteris, nuntiis, cohortationibus omnes excitare. id. Phil. 14, 7, 20: facere aliquem certiorem per nuntium, id. Att. 11, 24, 4:

aliquid audire sine capite, sine auctore, rumore nuntio,

id. Fam. 12, 10, 1:

litteras et nuntios mittere ad aliquem,

Caes. B. G. 1, 26:

nuntius ibis Pelidae,

Verg. A. 2, 547:

nuntius adfert rem,

Cic. Imp. Pomp. 9, 25:

nuntius ales, i. e. Mercurius,

Ov. H. 16, 68:

Mercurius, nuntius Jovis et deorum,

Hor. C. 1, 10, 5:

nuntii afferunt Darium premi a Scythis,

Nep. Milt. 3, 3.— Poet., of a woman:

huic dea... utinam non hic tibi nuntius essem,

Val. Fl. 2, 141.—

A messenger, the bearer of a written message, = tabellarius (very rare):

nuntio ipsius, qui litteras attulerat dici (placuit),

Liv. 42, 37, 6.—

Abstract.

In gen., a message, news, tidings:

nuntium exoptabilem nuntiare,

Plaut. Stich. 2, 2, 67:

opta ergo ob istunc nuntium quidvis tibi,

id. Merc. 5, 2, 65:

inest lepos in nuntio tuo magnus,

id. Rud. 2, 3, 22:

acerbum nuntium alicui perferre,

Cic. Balb. 28, 64:

de Q. Fratre nuntii nobis tristes venerunt,

id. Att. 3, 17, 1:

exoptatum nuntium alicui afferre,

id. Rosc. Am. 7, 19:

nuntium optatissimum accipere,

id. Fam. 2, 19, 1:

nuntium perferre,

id. Lig. 3, 7:

nuntium ferre ad aliquem,

Liv. 4, 41:

horribilis nuntius affertur,

Cat. 84, 10; Verg. A. 8, 582.—

In partic.

A command, order, injunction:

quos senatus ad denuntiandum bellum miserat, nisi legatorum nuntio paruisset,

Cic. Fam. 12, 24, 2; Nep. Chabr. 3, 1.—

Nuntium uxori remittere or mittere, to send one's wife a letter of divorce, Cic. de Or. 1, 40, 183; 56, 238; id. Att. 1, 13, 3; Dig. 24, 2, 4; 24, 3, 22.—Also of a woman who separates from her husband, Cic. Top. 4, 19; App. M. 9, p. 230 med. —Of the annulling of a betrothment:

si invito patrono nuntium sponsa liberta remiserit,

Dig. 23, 2, 45.—Of the rejection of the marriage contract by the parents and guardians:

ego adeo jam illi remittam nuntium adfini meo,

Plaut. Truc. 4, 3, 74:

si puellae tutores ad infringenda sponsalia nuntium miserint,

Dig. 23, 1, 6.—

Hence, transf.:

virtuti nuntium remittere,

to renounce, Cic. Fam. 15, 16, 3.—

nuntĭa, ae, f., a female messenger, she that brings tidings: nuntia fulva Jovis, i. e. the eagle, Poët. ap. Cic. Leg. 1, 1, 2; cf. Liv. 1, 34:

historia nuntia vetustatis,

Cic. de Or. 2, 9, 36:

vox nuntia cladis,

Liv. 5, 50:

fama nuntia veri,

Verg. A. 4, 188; Ov. P. 4, 4, 15:

plaga nuntia rerum,

Lucr. 4, 704; cf. Val. Fl. 2, 141; B. 1. a. fin. supra.

objecto, āvi, ātum, 1, v. freq. a. [id.], to throw before or against, to set against, oppose.

Lit. ( poet.):

(pelagi volucres) Nunc caput objectare fretis, nunc currere in undas,

i. e. to dive down, Verg. G. 1, 386:

huc illuc clipeum objectans,

opposing, presenting, Stat. Th. 2, 662:

ingerit objectans trepidantibus ora leonis,

Sil. 2, 194.—

Trop.

In gen.

To abandon, expose, endanger:

statuit eum objectare periculis,

Sall. J. 7, 1:

caput periclis,

to expose, Verg. A. 2, 751:

corpora bello,

id. G. 4, 218:

aliquem dolo simul et casibus,

Tac. A. 2, 5:

pro aliquo animam,

Verg. A. 12, 229.—

To throw in the way, interpose, cause:

moras,

Ov. Hal. 91.—

In partic.

To throw out, charge, object, to reproach or upbraid with, to accuse of any thing as a crime (so most freq., but whether used by Cic. is doubtful):

objectare alicui inopiam,

Plaut. Trin. 3, 2, 28:

rus mihi tu objectas?

id. Most. 1, 1, 16:

probrum alicui,

Cic. Dom. 29; Sall. J. 85, 14; Tac. H. 2, 30: cum in colloquiis Pompeiani famem nostris objectarent, * Caes. B. C. 3, 48:

vecordiam,

Sall. J. 94, 4:

veneficia in principem et devotiones,

Tac. A. 4, 52:

spoliatas et inopes legiones Trebellio,

id. H. 1, 60:

natum (i. e. filii mortem),

Ov. M. 2, 400.—With object-clause:

mihi objectent lenocinium facere,

Plaut. Merc. 2, 3, 76:

nobilitas objectare Fabio fugisse eum Appium Claudium collegam,

Liv. 10, 15, 12. —

To throw out, let fall, say any thing (disagreeable) to any one:

cave tu illi objectes nunc in aegritudine, Te has emisse,

Plaut. Most. 3, 2, 123.

ōdi, ōdisse (old form of the pres., odio: osi sunt ab odio, declinasse antiquos testis est C. Gracchus, Paul. ex Fest. p. 201 Müll. From this are formed:

odis,

Ambros. in Psa. 118, 17;

odiant,

Arn. in Psa. 37;

odiebant,

id. Psa. 73; odies, Tert. adv, Marc. 4, 35;

odiet,

Hier. Ep. 22, 31;

odivi,

Vulg. Psa. 118, 104;

odientes,

id. Deut. 7, 10; Tert. adv. Marc. 4, 16;

odiendi,

App. Dogm. Plat. 3 init. —Pass. oditur, Tert. Apol. 3 fin.; Vulg. Ecclus. 20, 8:

odiremur,

Hier. Ep. 43, 2: oderem and odere, acc. to Charis. p. 228 P.—Collat. form of the perf. osus sum, C. Gracch. ap. Paul. ex Fest. p. 201 Müll.; Plaut. Am. 3, 2, 19; Gell. 4, 8; and odivit, Anton. ap. Cic. Phil. 13. 19, 42), v. a. [Sanscr. root badh-, strike, thrust; Gr. ôtheô].

To hate (class.; cf.: detestor, abominor, aversor, abhorreo); constr. with acc. of the person or thing, with inf. or absol.

With acc.:

quem omnes oderunt quā viri quā mulieres,

Plaut. Mil. 4, 9, 15:

uxor ruri est tua, quam dudum dixeras te odisse aeque atque angues,

id. Merc. 4, 4, 20 sq.:

quid enim odisset Clodium Milo,

Cic. Mil. 13, 35:

aliquem acerbe et penitus,

id. Clu. 61, 171:

lucemque odit,

Ov. M. 2, 383:

vitam,

id. ib. 7, 583:

scelus est odisse parentem,

id. ib. 10, 314:

qui hominem odiit,

Tert. Anim. 10: semper eos osi sunt, C. Gracch. ap. Paul. ex Fest. p. 201 Müll.: quas (partes) Pompeius odivit, M. Anton. ap. Cic. Phil. 13, 19, 42.—

With inf.:

inimicos semper osa sum obtuerier,

Plaut. Am. 3, 2, 19:

peccare,

Hor. Ep. 1, 16, 52; cf. id. C. 2, 16, 26.—

Absol.: oderint dum metuant, Att. ap. Cic. Off. 1, 28, 97 (Trag. Rel. p. 136 Rib.); cf. Tiber. ap. Suet. Tib. 59:

ita amare oportere, ut si aliquando esset osurus,

Cic. Lael. 16, 59; id. Imp. Pomp. 15, 43:

neque studere neque odisse,

Sall. C. 51, 13:

furialiter,

Ov. F. 3, 637:

sic objurgans, quasi oderint,

Quint. 2, 2, 7; 7, 2, 37 al.—

Transf., in gen., to dislike; to be displeased or vexed at any thing:

illud rus,

Ter. Ad. 4, 1, 7:

Persicos apparatus,

Hor. C. 1, 38, 1:

odi cum cera vacat,

Ov. Am. 1, 11, 20.—Of subjects not personal:

ruta odit hiemem et umorem ac fimum,

Plin. 19, 8, 45, § 156.—Esp.:

se odisse,

to be ill at ease, discontented, Plaut. Bacch. 3, 3, 13; Juv. 7, 35.— Pass.:

oditur ergo in hominibus innocuis etiam nomen innocuum,

Tert. Apol. 3:

si de mundo non essemus, odiremur a mundo,

Hier. Ep. 43, n. 2 (but in class. Lat. the pass. of odi is odio esse; v. odium).

pascŭus, a, um, adj. [pasco], of or for pasture, grazing (class.):

ager,

Plaut. Truc. 1, 2, 47:

agri, arvi et arbusti et pascui,

Cic. Rep. 5, 2, 3:

rura,

Lucr. 5, 1248:

silva,

Dig. 50, 16, 30; cf. in the foll.—

Subst.

pascŭum, i, n., a pasture (usu. in plur.; cf. pabulum).

Lit.:

ab viridi pascuo,

Varr. R. R. 2, 11, 2:

ne esuriens mittatur in pascuum,

Col. 8, 14, 8:

rus quod pascuo caret,

id. 7, 1, 1; Plin. 8, 47, 72, § 189.—

Plur.:

in censorum pascuis,

Cic. Agr. 1, 1, 3:

gregem in pascua mittere,

Verg. G. 3, 323:

pascua laeta,

Ov. F. 4, 476:

pascua herbosa,

id. M. 2, 689:

Lucana,

Hor. Epod. 1, 28:

laeta Clitumni pascua,

Juv. 12, 13:

exire in pascua,

Plin. 10, 44, 61, § 126:

etiam nunc in tabulis censoriis pascua dicuntur omnia, ex quibus populus reditus habet, quia diu hoc solum vectigal fuerat,

Plin. 18, 3, 3, § 11.—

Transf., food (post-class.):

pascua jurulenta,

App. M. 2, p. 117, 31.—

pascŭa, ae, f. (sc. terra), a pasture (postclass.), Tert. Apol. 22, Vulg. Joel, 1, 18; id. Ezech. 34, 31.