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  • 1 gens

    gens, gentis, f. [root GEN, gigno, that which belongs together by birth or descent], a race or clan, embracing several families united together by a common name and by certain religious rites; orig. only patrician, but, after the granting of the connubium between patricians and plebeians, also plebeian (syn.: familia, stirps, genus; natio, populus).
    I.
    Lit.:

    Sulla gentis patriciae (sc. Corneliae) nobilis fuit, familia prope jam exstincta majorum ignaviā,

    Sall. J. 95, 3:

    vera decora, non communiter modo Corneliae gentis, sed proprie familiae suae,

    Liv. 38, 58, 3:

    L. Tarquitius patriciae gentis,

    id. 3, 27, 1:

    apud P. Sestium patriciae gentis virum,

    id. 3, 33, 9; 6, 11, 2:

    cum Marcelli ab liberti filio stirpe, Claudii patricii ejusdem hominis hereditatem, gente ad se rediisse dicerent,

    Cic. de Or. 1, 39, 176:

    gens Tarquiniorum,

    id. Rep. 2, 25 fin.:

    Julia,

    Liv. 1, 3, 2: L. Tarquinius duplicavit illum pristinum patrum numerum, et antiquos patres majorum gentium appellavit, quos priores sententiam rogabat;

    a se ascitos minorum,

    Cic. Rep. 2, 20 Mos.; cf. Liv. 1, 35, 6:

    ex gente Domitia duae familiae claruerunt, Calvinorum et Aenobarborum,

    Suet. Ner. 1; cf. Liv. 2, 29, 4:

    patricii minorum gentium,

    Cic. Fam. 9, 21, 2; Liv. 1, 47, 7; Capitol. ap. Gell. 10, 20, 5:

    anni principio de connubio patrum et plebis C. Canuleius tribunus plebis rogationem promulgavit, qua contaminari sanguinem suum patres confundique jura gentium rebantur,

    Liv. 4, 1, 1; cf. id. 4, 2, 5; 10, 8, 9: uti Feceniae Hispalae gentis enuptio, tutoris optio esset, etc., the right of marrying out of her gens, id. 39, 19, 5:

    perjurus, sine gente,

    i. e. of no family, of vulgar birth, Hor. S. 2, 5, 15; cf. respecting the Roman gens, Dict. of Antiq.
    II.
    Transf.
    A.
    In a manner borrowed from the division of the senators into majorum and minorum gentium (v. above): ipsi illi majorum gentium dii qui habentur, hinc a nobis profecti in caelum reperientur, the superior deities (the consentes), Cic. Tusc. 1, 13, 29:

    Cleanthes, qui quasi majorum est gentium Stoicus,

    id. Ac. 2, 41, 126.—
    B.
    Poet., like genus and stirps, of a single descendant, offspring of an entire race:

    vigilasne, deūm gens, Aenea?

    Verg. A. 10, 228 (for which:

    Dis genite,

    id. ib. 9, 642):

    Tirynthia gens est (i. e. Fabius),

    Sil. 7, 35:

    extrema viri,

    the last descendant, id. 2, 185.—
    * C.
    In a contemptuous sense, like our tribe, brood, crew:

    si illo die gens ista Clodiana, quod facere voluit, effecisset,

    Cic. Sest. 38, 81; so,

    Clodia,

    id. Q. Fr. 2, 13, 1.—
    D.
    In the widest sense = genus, the race; gens humana, the human race, Cic. Fin. 5, 23, 65; Hor. C. 1, 3, 26.—
    E.
    Of beasts, etc., a race, herd, brood, swarm ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose):

    intestino bello totae gentes consumuntur,

    Col. 9, 9, 6:

    quos (equos) in spem statues summittere gentis,

    of the race, breed, Verg. G. 3, 73:

    utque luat poenas gens haec (i. e. vulpes),

    breed, race, Ov. F. 4, 711.—
    F.
    In a more extended sense (as also genos), a race, nation, people (sometimes more restricted than natio and populus, and sometimes put for them; v. in the foll., and cf. Drak. Liv. 23, 42, 1;

    freq. and class.): Qui gentis omnis mariaque et terras movet,

    Plaut. Rud. prol. 1: cf.:

    nos per gentis disparat,

    id. ib. v. 10:

    gradus plures sunt societatis hominum. Ut enim ab illa infinita discedatur, propior est ejusdem gentis, nationis, linguae, qua maxime homines conjunguntur: interius etiam est ejusdem esse civitatis,

    Cic. Off. 1, 17, 53; cf.:

    (Deus) non curat singulos homines... ne civitates quidem... ne nationes quidem et gentes,

    id. N. D. 3, 39, 93:

    ita nationis nomen, non gentis evaluisse paulatim,

    Tac. G. 2:

    Suebi, quorum non una gens...propriis adhuc nationibus nominibusque discreti,

    id. ib. 38:

    atrox in Thracia bellum ortum, omnibus ejus gentis nationibus in arma accensis,

    Vell. 2, 98:

    omnes exterae gentes ac nationes,

    Cic. de Imp. Pomp. 11, 31; cf.:

    per omnes gentes nationesque,

    Quint. 11, 3, 87;

    for which, in an inverted order: exterae nationes ac gentes,

    Cic. Font. 11, 25:

    aut gentes aut populos,

    Quint. 11, 1, 86: inter multas regum gentiumque [p. 809] et populorum legationes, Liv. 45, 19, 1; 45, 22, 8; cf.

    in an inverse order: populi et gentes,

    Quint. 12, 2, 3:

    postquam bello subegit Aequorum magnam gentem et ferocem,

    Cic. Rep. 2, 20:

    Sabina aut Volsca,

    id. ib. 3, 4:

    Transalpinae,

    id. ib. 3, 9:

    Allobrogum,

    id. Cat. 4, 6, 12:

    Nerviorum,

    Caes. B. G. 2, 28, 1:

    Germanorum,

    id. ib. 6, 32 init.:

    Suevorum longe maxima Germanorum omnium,

    id. ib. 4, 1, 3;

    so of the Etruscan nation,

    Liv. 5, 1, 6;

    and in a wider sense than populus: non ex iisdem semper populis exercitus scriptos, quamquam eadem semper gens bellum intulerit,

    id. 6, 12, 4; 40, 15, 6; 2, 50, 2.—Also for civitas, the inhabitants of a city or town:

    Caesar Gomphos pervenit, quod est oppidum primum Thessaliae venientibus ab Epiro, quae gens ultro ad Caesarem legatos miserat,

    Caes. B. C. 3, 80, 1:

    atqui ad hoc, de quo agitur, non quaerimus gentem, ingenia quaerimus,

    Cic. Rep. 1, 37 fin.; cf.:

    gladio pugnacissima gens Romani,

    Quint. 9, 3, 8; Liv. 5, 48, 3:

    Segni Condrusique, ex gente et numero Germanorum,

    Caes. B. G. 6, 32, 1:

    in illa incorrupta maxime gente Aegyptiorum,

    Cic. Rep. 3, 9, 14:

    nos plurimis ignotissimi gentibus,

    id. ib. 1, 17, 26:

    jus gentium,

    id. ib. 1, 2, 2; cf.:

    quod naturalis ratio inter omnes homines constituit, id... vocatur jus gentium quasi quo jure omnes gentes utuntur,

    Gai. Inst. 1, 1.—
    2.
    In partic.
    a.
    As a partit. gen., gentium, like terrarum, for the sake of emphasis, in the world, on earth (freq. and class.):

    ubicumque terrarum et gentium violatum jus civium Romanorum sit,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 55, § 143:

    quod ubique gentium est,

    id. Rep. 2, 4:

    ubinam gentium sumus,

    where in the world? id. Cat. 1, 4, 9:

    ubi ubi est gentium?

    Plaut. As. 2, 2, 21:

    obsecro, unde haec gentium?

    id. Cist. 4, 1, 16:

    ubi tu's gentium,

    id. Rud. 2, 5, 11:

    quaerit quod nusquamst gentium,

    id. Ps. 1, 4, 9:

    non hercle quo hinc nunc gentium aufugiam scio,

    id. Rud. 3, 5, 44:

    ubivis gentium agere aetatem quam, etc.,

    Ter. Hec. 3, 1, 4:

    an quisquam usquam gentium est aeque miser?

    id. ib. 13:

    equidem te nisi nunc hodie nusquam vidi gentium,

    Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 54:

    fratrem nusquam invenio gentium,

    Ter. Ad. 4, 2, 1:

    abeat multo malo quovis gentium, Quam hic, etc.,

    id. Heaut. 5, 1, 55:

    res est in manibus: tu autem abes longe gentium,

    Cic. Att. 6, 3, 1: nostri turannoktonoi longe gentium absunt, id. Fam. 12, 22, 2:

    ah! minime gentium, non faciam,

    by no means, Ter. Ad. 3, 2, 44; so,

    minime gentium,

    id. Eun. 4, 1, 11; id. Phorm. 5, 8, 44.—
    b.
    Gentes, opp. to the Romans, foreign nations, foreigners (post-Aug. and rare):

    maneat, quaeso, duretque gentibus si non amor nostri at certe odium sui,

    Tac. G. 33; Auct. B. Hisp. 17 fin. —
    c.
    In the eccl. fathers, gentes, like ethnos, opp. to Jews and Christians, pagan nations, heathen, gentiles, Lact. 2, 13 fin.; Vulg. Psa. 2, 1 et saep.— Hence the title of Arnobius's work, Adversus Gentes.—
    3.
    Transf., a region, country (very rare):

    ut Aspim aggrederetur, qui Cataoniam tenebat: quae gens jacet supra Ciliciam,

    Nep. Dat. 4:

    gentes viduatas esse suis cultoribus et desolatas,

    Arn. 1, 4.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > gens

  • 2 genus

    1.
    gĕnus, ĕris, n. [= genos, root GEN, gigno, gens], birth, descent, origin; and concr., a race, stock, etc. (cf.: familia, gens, stirps).
    I.
    Lit.
    A.
    In gen.: bono genere gnati, Cato ap. Gell. 10, 3, 17; cf.:

    ii, qui nobili genere nati sunt,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 70, § 180:

    amplissimo genere natus,

    Caes. B. G. 4, 12, 4:

    genere regio natus,

    Cic. Rep. 1, 33:

    C. Laelius, cum ei quidam malo genere natus diceret, indignum esse suis majoribus, at hercule, inquit, tu tuis dignus,

    id. de Or. 2, 71, 286:

    genere et nobilitate et pecunia sui municipii facile primus,

    id. Rosc. Am. 6, 15:

    esse genere divino,

    id. Rep. 2, 2:

    contempsisti L. Murenae genus, extulisti tuum,

    id. Mur. 7, 15:

    hic sacra, hic genus, hic majorum multa vestigia,

    id. Leg. 2, 1, 3; cf. id. Brut. 58, 212; id. Rep. 1, 18:

    adulescens, cujus spei nihil praeter genus patricium deesset,

    Liv. 6, 34, 11:

    in famam generis ac familiae,

    Quint. 3, 11, 12; 5, 10, 24:

    genus Lentulorum,

    id. 6, 3, 67:

    Atys, genus unde Atii duxere Latini,

    Verg. A. 5, 568:

    fortuna non mutat genus,

    Hor. Epod. 4, 6:

    virginem plebei generis petiere juvenes, alter virgini genere par, alter, etc.,

    Liv. 4, 9, 4:

    qui sibi falsum nomen imposuerit, genus parentesve finxerit, etc.,

    Plaut. Sent. 5, 25, 11.— Plur.:

    summis gnati generibus,

    Plaut. Most. 5, 2, 20.—
    B.
    In partic., birth, for high or noble birth (mostly poet.):

    cum certi propter divitias aut genus aut aliquas opes rem publicam tenent, est factio,

    Cic. Rep. 3, 14: pol mihi fortuna magis nunc defit quam genus, Enn. ap. Cic. Tusc. 3, 19, 44 (Trag. v. 394 Vahl.):

    et genus et virtus, nisi cum re vilior alga est,

    Hor. S. 2, 5, 8; cf.:

    et genus et formam regina pecunia donat,

    id. Ep. 1, 6, 37:

    non, Torquate, genus, non te facundia, non te Restituet pietas,

    id. C. 4, 7, 23:

    jactes et genus et nomen inutile,

    id. ib. 1, 14, 13; cf.:

    cui genus et quondam nomen natique fuissent,

    Verg. A. 5, 621:

    nunc jam nobis patribus vobisque plebei promiscuus consulatus patet, nec generis, ut ante, sed virtutis est praemium,

    Liv. 7, 32, 14; cf. id. 4, 4, 7.
    II.
    Transf.
    A.
    Like gens and stirps, a descendant, offspring, child; and collect., descendants, posterity, race ( poet.): neve tu umquam in gremium extollas liberorum ex te genus, Enn. ap. Cic. Or. 46, 155 (Trag. v. 347 Vahl.):

    credo equidem, genus esse deorum,

    Verg. A. 4, 12:

    Uraniae genus, Hymen,

    i. e. her son, Cat. 61, 2:

    audax Iapeti,

    i. e. his son Prometheus, Hor. C. 1, 3, 27:

    Jovis,

    i. e. Perseus, Ov. M. 4, 609; cf. also Prop. 2, 2, 9; Hor. C. 2, 14, 18:

    genus Adrasti,

    i. e. Diomede, grandson of Adrastus, Ov. F. 6, 433;

    so of a grandson,

    id. M. 2, 743; cf.

    nepotum,

    Hor. C. 3, 17, 4:

    Tantali genus,

    id. ib. 2, 18, 37:

    Danai,

    id. ib. 2, 14, 18:

    Messi clarum genus Osci,

    id. S. 1, 5, 54:

    ab alto Demissum genus Aenea,

    i. e. Octavianus, as the adopted son of Julius Cœsar, id. ib. 2, 5, 63:

    sive neglectum genus et nepotes Respicis auctor,

    i. e. the Romans, id. C. 1, 2, 35; cf. ib. 3, 6, 18:

    regium genus,

    id. ib. 2, 4, 15. —
    B.
    Of an assemblage of objects (persons, animals, plants, inanimate or abstract things) which are related or belong together in consequence of a resemblance in natural qualities; a race, stock, class, sort, species, kind (in this signif. most freq. in all periods and kinds of writing).
    1.
    In gen.
    a.
    Of living things: ne genus humanum temporis longinquitate occideret, propter hoc marem cum femina esse coniunctum, Cic. ap. Col. 12, 1 (Fragm. Cic. 1, 5 Baiter):

    quod ex infinita societate generis humani ita contracta res est, etc.,

    of the human race, Cic. Lael. 5, 20; cf. id. Rep. 1, 2 fin.:

    o deorum quicquid in caelo regit Terras et humanum genus,

    Hor. Epod. 5, 2;

    for which: consulere generi hominum,

    Cic. Rep. 3, 12; cf.:

    cum omni hominum genere,

    id. ib. 2, 26; Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 7:

    solivagum genus,

    Cic. Rep. 1, 25: potens vir cum inter sui corporis homines tum etiam ad plebem, quod haudquaquam inter id genus contemptor ejus habebatur, i. e. among the Plebeians, Liv. 6, 34, 5: Graium genus, the Grecian race, Enn. ap. Prob. ad Verg. E. 6, 31 (Ann. v. 149 Vahl.):

    virtus est propria Romani generis atque seminis,

    Cic. Phil. 4, 5, 13; cf. id. Ac. 2, 27, 86:

    Ubii, paulo quam sunt ejusdem generis et ceteris humaniores,

    Caes. B. G. 4, 3, 3; cf.

    also: impellit alios (Aeduos) iracundia et temeritas, quae maxime illi hominum generi est innata,

    race of men, id. ib. 7, 42, 2; so, like gens, of nations, peoples, tribes: ferox, Sall. Fragm. ap. Arus. Mess. s. v. insolens, p. 241 Lind. (Hist. 1, 14 Gerl.); Liv. 34, 7, 6:

    implacidum (Genauni),

    Hor. C. 4, 14, 10:

    durum ac velox (Ligures),

    Flor. 2, 3, 4:

    omne in paludes diffugerat,

    id. 3, 10, 14:

    Graecorum,

    Cic. Fl. 4, 9:

    Numidarum,

    Liv. 30, 12, 18:

    genus omne nomenque Macedonum,

    id. 13, 44, 6; Nep. Reg. 2:

    Italici generis multi mortales,

    Sall. J. 47, 1:

    Illyriorum,

    Liv. 27, 32, 4; 27, 48, 10; 42, 47 fin.:

    Scytharum,

    Just. 2, 3, 16; Tac. H. 2, 4; Suet. Ner. 37; Vell. 2, 118, 1.—In plur.:

    conventus is, qui ex variis generibus constaret,

    Caes. B. C. 2, 36, 1:

    olim isti fuit generi quondam quaestus apud saeclum prius... est genus hominum, qui se primos esse omnium rerum volunt,

    class of men, profession, Ter. Eun. 2, 2, 15 and 17:

    firmi et stabiles et constantes (amici), cujus generis est magna penuria,

    Cic. Lael. 17, 62:

    saepius genus ejus hominis (sc. procuratoris rei publicae) erit in reliqua nobis oratione tractandum,

    id. Rep. 2, 29 fin.; cf.:

    genus aliud tyrannorum,

    id. ib. 1, 44:

    judicum genus et forma,

    id. Phil. 5, 5, 13:

    istius generis asoti,

    id. Fin. 2, 8, 23; cf.:

    omnium ejus generis poëtarum haud dubie proximus,

    Quint. 10, 1, 85:

    liberrimum hominum,

    id. 10, 12, 2, § 22:

    irritabile vatum,

    Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 102:

    hoc omne (ambubajarum, etc.),

    id. S. 1, 2, 2:

    hominum virile, muliebre,

    Cic. Inv. 1, 24, 35:

    equidem fabulam et fictam rem ducebam esse, virorum omne genus in aliqua insula conjuratione muliebri ab stirpe sublatum esse,

    Liv. 34, 2, 3:

    cedat consulari generi praetorium,

    Cic. Planc. 6, 15:

    ad militare genus = ad milites,

    Liv. 24, 32, 2:

    alia militaris generis turba,

    id. 44, 45, 13:

    castellani, agreste genus,

    id. 34, 27, 9 Weissenb. ad loc.— Sing. with plur. predicate:

    Ministrantibus sibi omni genere turpium personarum,

    Capitol. Ver. 4.—In plur.:

    eorum hominum... genera sunt duo,

    Caes. B. G. 6, 13, 1:

    tria auditorum,

    Quint. 3, 4, 6.— Repeated in the relative-clause:

    duo genera semper in hac civitate fuerunt... quibus ex generibus,

    Cic. Sest. 45, 96.—In the acc., of description (v. Roby's Gram. 2, p. 42 sq.):

    quot et quod genus pastores habendi,

    of what kind, Varr. R. R. 2, 10, 1:

    quod genus ii sunt, etc.,

    Auct. Her. 2, 30, 48; cf. in the foll.—
    (β).
    Of animals, plants, etc.: genus altivolantum, the race of birds, Enn. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 48, 107 (Ann. v. 84 Vahl.); cf.: genu' pennis condecoratum, id. Fragm. ap. Varr. L. L. 5, § 59:

    lanigerum, id. Fragm. ap. Paul. ex Fest. s. v. Cyprio, p. 59 Müll.: squamigerum,

    Lucr. 1, 162; cf.

    piscium,

    Hor. C. 1, 2, 9:

    silvestre,

    Lucr. 5, 1411:

    omne ferarum,

    id. 5, 1338:

    acre leonum,

    id. 5, 862:

    malefici generis plurima animalia,

    Sall. J. 17, 6:

    diversum confusa genus panthera camelo,

    Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 195:

    animantūm propagare genus,

    to propagate the race, Lucr. 1, 195:

    ad genus faciendum,

    Just. 2, 9 fin.:

    juxta genus suum,

    Vulg. Gen. 1, 11 saep.— Plur.:

    quae vero et quam varia genera bestiarum vel cicurum vel ferarum!

    Cic. N. D. 2, 39, 99:

    piscium genera,

    Quint. 5, 10, 21.—In the acc., of description:

    porticus avibus omne genus oppletae,

    Varr. R. R. 3, 5, 11:

    pascuntur omne genus objecto frumento,

    id. ib. 3, 6:

    boves et id genus pecua,

    App. M. 2, p. 115, 4; id. Flor. p. 37. —
    b.
    Of inanim. and abstr. things, kind, sort, description, class, order, character:

    genus ullum materiaï,

    Lucr. 2, 304:

    cum is (sol) quoque efficiat, ut omnia floreant et in suo quaeque genere pubescant,

    Cic. N. D. 2, 15, 41:

    naves omni genere armorum ornatissimae,

    Caes. B. G. 3, 14, 2:

    cibi genus,

    id. ib. 4, 1, 9:

    cum omni genere commeatus,

    Liv. 30, 36, 2:

    frugum,

    id. 38, 15, 9:

    hoc sphaerae genus,

    Cic. Rep. 1, 14:

    hoc triplex rerum publicarum genus,

    id. ib. 2, 23:

    regale civitatis,

    id. ib.; cf.:

    totum regiae civitatis,

    id. ib. 2, 29:

    novum imperii,

    id. ib. 2, 32:

    ipsum istud genus orationis exspecto,

    id. ib. 1, 24 fin.; cf.: dulce orationis, id. Or. 13, 42:

    qua re esset hoc bellum genere ipso necessarium,

    id. de Imp. Pomp. 10, 27; cf.:

    genus hoc erat pugnae, quo, etc.,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 48, 4:

    potestas annua (consulum) genere ipso ac jure regia,

    Cic. Rep. 2, 32:

    genus vitae... genus aetatis,

    id. Off. 1, 32, 117:

    optimum emendandi,

    Quint. 10, 4, 2:

    dicendi,

    Cic. Off. 1, 1, 3; Quint. 8, 3, 56; 12, 10, 69:

    simplex rectumque loquendi,

    id. 9, 3, 3:

    omnis generis tormenta,

    Liv. 32, 16, 10:

    praeda ingens omnis generis,

    id. 27, 5, 9; so,

    omnis generis, with tela,

    id. 38, 26, 4;

    with naves,

    id. 34, 8, 5;

    with eloquentia,

    id. 39, 40, 7, etc.—Repeated in the relative-clause:

    erat haec (ratio) ex eodem genere, quod ego maxime genus ex sociorum litteris reperire cupiebam,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 74, § 183.—In plur.:

    Caesar haec genera munitionis instituit,

    Caes. B. G. 7, 72, 1:

    disserere de generibus et de rationibus civitatum,

    Cic. Rep. 2, 11; cf. id. ib. 1, 26;

    28: genera juris institutorum, morum consuetudinumque describere,

    id. ib. 3, 10:

    genera furandi,

    id. Verr. 2, 2, 7, § 18.—In the acc., of description: omne, hoc, id, quod genus, for omnis, ejus, hujus, cujus generis, of every, of this, of which kind:

    sub urbe hortum omne genus, coronamenta omne genus,

    Cato, R. R. 8, 2; Varr. R. R. 1, 29, 1:

    omne genus simulacra feruntur,

    Lucr. 4, 735:

    si hoc genus rebus non proficitur,

    Varr. R. R. 2, 1, 23; id. L. L. 9, § 110 Müll.; Lucr. 6, 917 and Hor. S. 2, 6, 44:

    in id genus verbis,

    Varr. L. L. 10, § 79; 8, 7, 108, § 17:

    in id genus libris,

    Gell. 3, 8, 1:

    scis me ante orationes aut aliquid id genus solitum scribere,

    Cic. Att. 13, 12, 3:

    vitanda sunt illa, quae propinqua videntur: quod genus, fidentiae contrarium est diffidentia, etc.,

    for example, id. Inv. 2, 54, 165; so ib. 2, 52, 157; 2, 54, 162; 2, 57, 172; Lucr. 4, 271; 6, 1058:

    lege jus est id quod populi jussu sanctum est, quod genus: ut in jus eas cum voceris,

    Auct. Her. 2, 13, 19; cf.

    ib. sqq.— In gen.: i. q. res or aliquid: ut in omni genere hujus populi (Graeci) consuetudinem videretur imitatus,

    in all respects, in everything, Cic. Rep. 2, 20; cf.:

    innumerabiles res sunt, in quibus te quotidie in omni genere desiderem,

    id. Q. Fr. 2, 2 fin.:

    incredibile est, quam me in omni genere delectarit,

    id. Att. 16, 5, 2:

    medici assiduitas et tota domus in omni genere diligens,

    id. ib. 12, 33, 2;

    7, 1, 2: qui in aliquo genere aut inconcinnus aut multus est, is ineptus dicitur,

    in any respect whatever, id. de Or. 2, 4, 17:

    qua de re et de hoc genere toto pauca cognosce,

    id. Q. Fr. 1, 2, 2, § 4.—Adverb.: in genus, in general, generally:

    sermones in genus communes,

    Gell. 4, 1 fin. —
    2.
    In partic.
    a.
    In philos. lang., opp. partes, and comprising them within itself, a general term, logical genus:

    genus est id, quod sui similes communione quadam, specie autem differentes, duas aut plures complectitur partes,

    Cic. de Or. 1, 42, 189; cf.: genus est, quod plures partes amplectitur, ut animal;

    pars est, quae subest generi, ut equus. Sed saepe eadem res alii genus, alii pars est: nam homo animalis pars est, Thebani aut Trojani genus,

    id. de Inv. 1, 22, 32: genus est, quod partes aliquas amplectitur, ut cupiditas;

    pars est, quae subest generi, ut cupiditati amor, avaritia,

    id. ib. 1, 28, 42; cf.

    also: genus est notio ad plures differentias pertinens,

    id. Top. 7, 31:

    nec vero sine philosophorum disciplina genus et speciem cujusque rei cernere neque eam definiendo explicare nec tribuere in partes possumus, etc.,

    id. Or. 4, 16; cf. ib. 33, 117:

    formae dicendi specie dispares, genere laudabiles,

    id. de Or. 3, 9, 34:

    perturbationes sunt genere quatuor, partibus plures,

    id. Tusc. 3, 11, 24; cf. ib. 5, 25, 71:

    et conjuncta quaeremus, et genera et partes generibus subjectas, et similitudines, etc.,

    id. de Or. 2, 39, 166;

    opp. species and pars,

    Varr. R. R. 3, 3, 3.—
    b.
    In gram., gender: transversi sunt (ordines) qui ab recto casu obliqui declinantur, ut albus, albi, albo;

    directi sunt, qui ab recto casu in rectos declinantur, ut albus, alba, album. Transversorum ordinum partes appellantur casus, directorum genera: utrisque inter se implicatis forma,

    Varr. L. L. 10, § 22 Müll.:

    quod ad verborum temporalium rationem attinet, cum partes sint quatuor: temporum, personarum, generum, divisionum, etc.,

    ib. 9, § 95:

    in nominibus tria genera,

    Quint. 1, 4, 23:

    barbarismum fieri per numeros aut genera,

    id. 1, 5, [p. 811] 16;

    9, 3, 6: in verbis quoque quis est adeo imperitus, ut ignoret genera et qualitates, etc.,

    id. 1, 4, 27.
    2.
    gĕnus, ūs, v. genu.

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  • 3 genus

        genus eris, n    [GEN-], a race, stock, family, birth, descent, origin: haec Indigna genere nostro, T.: nobili genere nati: amplissimo genere natus, Cs.: generis socia, sister, O.: genere primus: patricium, L.: genus unde Atii duxere, V.: fortuna non mutat genus, H.: plebei generis, L.— Adverb. acc.: Qui genus (estis)? Of what race? V.— Birth, noble birth, high descent: propter genus rem p. tenere: Et genus et virtus, nisi cum re, vilior algā est, H.: iactare genus, H.: Cui genus et nomen fuissent, V.: generis praemium, L.— A race, line, descendants, posterity: liberorum ex te, Enn. ap. C.: Tantali, H.: neglectum, i. e. the Romans, H.— A descendant, child, son, offspring: deorum, V.: audex Iapeti, Prometheus, H.: ab alto Demissum Aeneā, i. e. Octavianus, H.— A race, stock, class, sort, species, genus, kind, rank, order, division: humanum: hominum, S.: omnes mortales omnium generum: inter id genus, plebeians, L.: Romanum: Macedonum, L.: qui (conventus) ex variis generibus constaret, Cs.: iudicum genus et forma: inritabile vatum, H.: hominum virile, sex: Femineum, sex, V.: <*>onsulare, rank: militare, order, L.: eorum hominum... genera sunt duo, Cs.—Of animals, a kind, class, sort, species: altivolantum, birds, Enn. ap. C.: piscium, H.: malefici generis animalia, S.: Diversum confusa genus panthera camelo, H.: varia genera bestiarum.— Of things, a kind, sort, description, class, order, character, division: omnia in suo quaeque genere: naves omni genere armorum ornatissimae, Cs.: cibi, Cs.: omne commeatūs, L.: triplex rerum p.: dulce orationis: dicendi: praeda omnis generis, L.: poenae novom, S.: leti, O.: Aesopi, manner, Ph.: genera civitatum: machinae omnium generum, S.: nugae Hoc genus (i. e. huius generis), H.: aliquid id genus scribere: quod genus virtus est: te cottidie in omni genere desiderem, in every way: domus in omni genere diligens: in aliquo genere, in any respect whatever.—In philosophy, a general term, logical genus: formae dicendi specie dispares, genere laudabiles.
    * * *
    birth/descent/origin; race/family/house/stock/ancestry; offspring/descent; noble birth; kind/sort/variety; class/rank; mode/method/style/fashion/way

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  • 4 stirps

        stirps (rarely stirpis, once stirpēs, L.), pis, f or (poet.) m    [STER-].—Of plants, the lower part of the trunk, stock, stem, stalk, root: terra stirpes amplexa: ut tantum modo per stirpīs alantur suas: sceptrum in silvis imo de stirpe recisum, V.: domos avium cum stirpibus imis Eruit, V.— Of hair: vellere ab stirpe capillos, by the roots, Pr., Tb.— A plant, shrub ; usu. plur: stirpium naturae: in seminibus est causa arborum et stirpium. —Of persons, a stem, stock, race, family, lineage: ignoratio stirpis et generis: qui sunt eius stirpis: divina, V.: Herculis stirpe generatus: ab stirpe socius atque amicus populi R., S.— A scion, offspring, descendant, progeny: quibus stirpes deesset, L.: stirps et genus omne futurum, V.: stirpis virilis ex novo matrimonio fuit, a son, L.—Fig., a root, source, origin, foundation, beginning, cause: altae stirpes stultitiae: populum a stirpe repetere: malorum omnium: gentis, L.: Carthago ab stirpe interiit, utterly, S.— Inborn character, nature: non ingenerantur hominibus mores a stirpe generis: nondum exoletā stirpe gentis, L.
    * * *
    I II
    stock, plant; race, lineage; character

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  • 5 curriculum

    currĭcŭlum, i, n. [id.], a running, course, race.
    I.
    Lit.
    A.
    In gen. (mostly ante-class.):

    conicere se in curriculum,

    Plaut. Merc. 5, 2, 91; cf.: pedes in curriculum conferre, Varr. ap. Non. p. 263, 6:

    facere unum curriculum,

    Plaut. Trin. 4, 4, 11; cf.:

    ita celeri curriculo fui propere a portu,

    id. Stich. 2, 2, 13.—
    (β).
    Abl. curriculo adverb., in a quick course, at full speed, swiftly, hastily, Plaut. Ep. 1, 1, 12; id. Most. 2, 1, 15; 3, 3, 26; id. Mil. 2, 6, 43; Ter. Heaut. 4, 4, 11 al.—
    B.
    In partic., a running on a wager, a race:

    athletae se in curriculo exercentes,

    Cic. Sen. 9, 27; id. Leg. 2, 9, 22; id. Mur. 27, 57; Liv. 44, 9; Hor. C. 1, 1, 3; Ov. Tr. 4, 8, 36 al.:

    equorum,

    Liv. 45, 33, 5.—
    II.
    Meton.
    A.
    A race-ground, course, career.
    * 1.
    Lit.: solis et lunae, Cic. Fragm. ap. Non. p. 198, 29.—Far more freq.,
    2.
    Trop.:

    exiguum nobis vitae curriculum natura circumscripsit, immensum gloriae,

    Cic. Rab. Perd. 10, 30; cf.:

    vivendi a naturā datum conficere,

    id. Univ. 12:

    curricula multiplicium variorumque sermonum,

    id. Or. 3, 12:

    me ex constituto spatio defensionis in semihorae curriculum coëgisti,

    id. Rab. Perd. 2, 6; so,

    consuetudinis,

    id. Lael. 12, 40:

    laudis,

    Quint. 12, 2, 31:

    hae sunt exercitationes ingenii, haec curricula mentis,

    Cic. Sen. 11, 38:

    petitionis,

    id. Mur. 22, 46:

    omne industriae nostrae,

    id. Phil. 7, 3, 7; cf.:

    nec in quadrigis eum secundum numeraverim... nec in oratoribus, qui tantum absit a primo, vix ut in eodem curriculo esse videatur,

    id. Brut. 47, 173.—
    b.
    The time of the annual circuit of the sun, a year, Prud. steph. 3 (al. 9), 11.—
    B.
    A race-chariot (post-Aug.), Tac. A. 14, 14; 15, 44 fin.; *Suet. Calig. 19.—
    2.
    For a chariot, in gen.:

    equi turbati in amnem praecipitavere curricula,

    Curt. 8, 14, 8: Mettum Fufetium equis ad curriculum ex utrāque parte deligatum distraxit, Varr. ap. Non. p. 287, 22.

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  • 6 proles

    prōles, is ( gen. plur. prolum, Mart. Cap. 3, § 301), f. [pro and root al- of alo, to nourish, whence olesco in ad-olesco, etc.; cf.: suboles, indoles].
    I.
    Lit., that which grows forth; esp. of human beings, offspring, progeny, child, descendant; and collect., descendants, race, progeny, posterity (mostly poet.;

    but cf.: nec fugerim dicere prolem, aut subolem aut effari, etc.,

    Cic. de Or. 3, 38, 153; cf. Quint. 8, 3, 26, and v. in the foll. the passages from Cic.; syn. progenies). — Poet.:

    propagando procudere prolem,

    to bring forth, produce children, Lucr. 5, 856:

    prolem est enixa gemellam,

    Ov. M. 9, 452:

    laudantur simili prole puerperae,

    Hor. C. 4, 5, 23; id. C. S. 19:

    di Romulae genti date remque prolemque,

    id. ib. 47:

    et pulchrā faciat te prole parentem,

    Verg. A. 1, 75:

    felix prole parens,

    Val. Fl. 5, 384:

    tua postuma proles,

    Verg. A. 6, 763: ferrea proles, the iron race, Poët. ap. Cic. N. D. 2, 63, 159:

    aënea,

    Ov. M. 1, 125:

    argentea,

    id. ib. 1, 114:

    proles Ausonia,

    the Ausonian race, Verg. A. 4, 236:

    dic mihi, Teucrorum proles,

    Juv. 8, 56.—In prose:

    praeclara Brutorum atque Aemiliorum proles,

    Sall. H. 1, 41, 2 Dietsch; Cic. Rep. 2, 22, 40:

    proles illa futurorum hominum,

    race, id. ib. 6, 21, 23.—Of individuals ( poet.):

    Ulixi,

    i. e. Telemachus, Hor. Ep. 1, 7, 40:

    proles tertia Phorcus,

    Ov. M. 7, 477:

    Clymeneïa,

    i. e. Phaëton, id. ib. 2, 19:

    Apollinea,

    i. e. Æsculapius, id. ib. 15, 533:

    deūm certissima proles,

    Verg. A. 6, 322:

    egomet Neptunia proles,

    Val. Fl. 4, 213.—Of deities:

    Saturni altera proles,

    Verg. A. 12, 830:

    Bacchi rustica proles,

    i. e. Priapus, Tib. 1, 4, 7:

    Cyllenia proles,

    Verg. A. 4, 268:

    fulminis,

    i. e. Bacchus, Sen. Med. 24; cf. Verg. A. 6, 25:

    Jovis,

    Vulg. Act. 19, 35.—Of animals:

    hinc nova proles per herbas Ludit,

    Lucr. 1, 259:

    duellica equorum,

    id. 2, 661; Phaedr. 2, 4, 19; Verg. G. 3, 65:

    jam maris immensi prolem, genus omne natantum,

    id. ib. 3, 541; Col. 7, 6, 7. — Poet., of plants:

    et prolem tarde crescentis olivae,

    i. e. the fruit, Verg. G. 2, 3; cf.: naturae contenta manu Zephyrique favore [p. 1463] Parturit (tellus), et tantā natorum prole superbit, Alan. Anti-Claud. 1, 79.—In plur.: privignasque rogat proles, Col. poët. 10, 163.—
    II.
    Transf.
    A.
    Youth, young men, Cic. Leg. 3, 3, 7:

    sternitur Arcadiae proles,

    Verg. A. 10, 429.—
    B.
    The testicles (post-class.):

    polimina sunt ea, quae nos proles verecundius dicimus,

    Arn. 7, 230; 5, 172.

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  • 7 curriculum

        curriculum ī, n dim.    [currus], a small car, chariot, racing car: quadrigarum curriculum: curriculo pulverem Collegisse, H.: effundit habenas Curriculo, Iu.— A wagon: in amnem praecipitare curricula, Cu.—A running, course: Curriculo percurre, at full speed, T. — A race: se in curriculo exercentes: equorum, L. — A raceground, race-course: in eodem curriculo esse.— Fig., a course, career: vitae: noctis, V.: consuetudinis: haec curricula mentis.
    * * *
    act of running; race; lap, track; chariot; course of action/heavenly bodies

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  • 8 gēns

        gēns gentis, f    [GEN-], a race, clan, house (of families having a name and certain religious rites in common): Minucia: clarissima Corneliorum, S.: patres maiorum gentium: minorum gentium patres, L.: gentis enuptio, the right of marrying out of her gens, L.: periurus, sine gente, i. e. of no family, H.: maiorum gentium di, of the highest rank: dii minorum gentium, of the inferior orders: maiorum gentium Stoicus, i. e. eminent.—A descendant, offspring, representative: deūm gens, Aenea, V.; cf. heroës, deūm gens, Ct.: (equos) in spem submittere gentis, V.— A tribe, brood, crew: ista Clodiana.— A race, species, breed: human<*>, C., H.: haec (i. e. volpes), O.— A race, tribe, people: eiusdem gentis (esse): Suebi, quorum non una gens, Ta.: exterae gentes: exercitus compositus ex variis gentibus, S.: Nerviorum, Cs.: oppidum Thessaliae, quae gens miserat, etc., community, Cs.: omnes eius gentis cives, N.: ius gentium: ubicumque terrarum et gentium, in the world: ubinam gentium sumus? on earth: nusquam gentium, T.: tu autem longe gentium, far away in the world: minime gentium, by no means, T.— Plur, foreign nations, foreigners: duretque gentibus amor nostri, Ta.— A region, country: qui Cataoniam tenebat: quae gens iacet, etc.
    * * *
    tribe, clan; nation, people; Gentiles

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  • 9 nātiō

        nātiō ōnis, f    [GEN-], a birth, origin: pater natione Car, N.—Person., the goddess of birth, C.— A breed, stock, kind, species, race, tribe, set: optimatium: vestra (Epicureorum): ardelionum, Ph.— A race of people, nation, people: omnes nationes servitutem ferre possunt: eruditissima Graecorum.
    * * *
    nation, people; birth; race, class, set; gentiles; heathens

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  • 10 prōlēs

        prōlēs is, f    [pro+1 OL-], a growth, offshoot, offspring, progeny, children, descendants, race, posterity: futurorum hominum: gemella, O.: di Romulae genti date prolem, H.: pulchra, V.: ferrea, the iron race, C. poët.: argentea, O.: Dic mihi, Teucrorum proles, Iu.: escā replevit (feles) prolem suam, Ph.: maris inmensi proles, V.: olivae, i. e. the fruit, V.—Of one person, a son, child, offspring, descendant: Ulixi, i. e. Telemachus, H.: Apollinea, i. e. Æsculapius, O.: deūm certissima, V.— Youth, young men: equitum peditumque: Arcadiae, V.
    * * *
    offspring, descendant; that springs by birth/descent; generation; race, breed

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  • 11 spatium

        spatium ī, n    [SPA-], a space, room, extent: Trīs pateat caeli spatium non amplius ulnas, V.: spatiis locorum animadversis, Cs.: quod spatium non esset agitandi, N.: spatio distante, O.— A space, distance, interval: magno spatio paucis diebus confecto, Cs.: viae, length, O.: tantum erat relictum spati, ut, etc., Cs.: tormentorum usum spatio propinquitatis interire, Cs.: medium caeli, H.: spatium discrimina fallit, the distance, O.— Size, bulk, extent: spatium victi hostis (serpentis), O.: Dat spatium collo, O.: admirabile rhombi, very large, Iu.: trahit (aurīs) in spatium, i. e. lengthens out, O.— A walking, walk, promenade, turn, course: duobus spatiis tribusve factis: septem spatiis circo meruere coronam, O.— A space for recreation, walk, promenade, public place, square: urbs distincta spatiis communibus: spatia silvestria: Academiae nobilitata spatia: locus planis Porrectus spatiis, in levels, H.: Curvatis fertur spatiis, V.— A prescribed path, race-course, track: quasi decurso spatio ad carceres a calce revocari: amat spatiis obstantia rumpere claustra, H.: Addunt in spatia, V.: tritum, O.: Phocus in interius spatium Cecropidas ducit, the interior, O. —Fig., a path, course, race, track: eadem: Prope iam excurso spatio, T.: Te mea quem spatiis propioribus aetas Insequitur, V.: in spatio Q. Hortensium ipsius vestigiis persecuti: vitae, O.— A portion of time, space, interval, period: spatia omnis temporis non numero dierum sed noctium finiunt, Cs.: spatium praeteriti temporis: diei, the length, Cs.: dierum triginta: spatio brevi, H.: me ex constituto spatio defensionis in semihorae curriculum coëgisti: trochaeus, qui est eodem spatio quo choreus, i. e. of the same metrical length: spatia annorum, Pr.: spatio pugnae defatigati, Cs.— Space, time, leisure, opportunity: neque, ut celari posset, tempus spatium ullum dabat, T.: irae suae spatium et consilio tempus dare, L.: Ne properes, oro; spatium pro munere posco, O.: cum erit spatium, praestabo, etc.: illi spatium ad sese conligendum dedisse: sex dics ad eam rem conficien<*> dam spati postulant, Cs.: Ut ne esset spatium cogitandi, T.: pila coniciendi, Cs.: Spatium adparandis nuptiis dabitur, T.
    * * *
    space; area/expanse, room (for); intervening space, gap/interval; length/width; race course, lap, circuit; closed way/walk, turn; track (planet); act of play; interval, time, extent, period, term; duration; distance; area; size; bulk

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  • 12 subolēs

        subolēs (not sobo-), is, f    [sub+1 OL-], a sprout, shoot ; hence, fig., offspring, progeny, posterity, issue, stock, race, lineage: censores populi suboles, familias censento: propaganda (est tibi) suboles: priori Dissimilis populo, O.: Cara deum, V.: patris matura, L.: stirpis, L.: Diva (Lucina), producas subolem, H.: Romae suboles, race, H.: gregis, H.: de te suscepta, V.
    * * *
    shoot, sucker; race; offspring; progeny

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  • 13 cursus

    a race, a running, race course, race track, course.

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  • 14 natio

    nātĭo, ōnis, f. [nascor], a being born, birth; hence, transf.
    I.
    Personified, Natio, the goddess of birth:

    Natio quoque dea putanda est, quae, quia partus matronarum tueatur, a nascentibus Natio nominata est,

    Cic. N. D. 3, 18, 47 (al. Nascio).—
    II.
    A breed, stock, kind, species, race (rare but class.;

    syn.: genus, stirps, familia): in hominibus emendis si natione alter est melior, emimus pluris, etc.,

    Varr. L. L. 9, § 93 Müll.;

    Auct. B. Alex. 7, 3: natio optimatium,

    Cic. Sest. 44, 96:

    officiosissima candidatorum,

    id. Pis. 23, 55.—Also in a contemptuous sense, a race, tribe, set:

    salvete, fures maritimi, Famelica hominum natio, quid agitis?

    Plaut. Rud. 2, 2, 6:

    vestra natio (Epicureorum),

    Cic. N. D. 2, 29, 74:

    ardelionum,

    Phaedr. 2, 5, 1.—Of animals:

    praegnantes opere levant: venter enim labore nationem reddit deteriorem,

    Varr. R. R. 2, 6, 4; cf. id. L. L. 9, § 92 Müll.; and: in pecoribus quoque bonus proventus feturae bona natio dicitur, Paul. ex Fest. p. 167 Müll.— Transf., of things, a sort, kind (post-Aug.):

    nationes in apium naturā diximus,

    Plin. 22, 24, 50, § 109:

    cera natione Pontica,

    id. 21, 14, 49, § 83; cf. id. 12, 25, 55, § 125.—
    B.
    In a more restricted sense, a race of people, nation, people (used commonly in a more limited sense than gens, and sometimes as identical with it; cf.: gens, populus; usually applied by Cicero to distant and barbarous people): nam itast haec hominum natio;

    in Epidamniis Voluptarii, etc.,

    Plaut. Men. 2, 1, 34:

    omnes nationes servitutem ferre possunt: nostra civitas non potest,

    Cic. Phil. 10, 10, 20; cf.:

    exteris nationibus ac gentibus ostendere, etc.,

    id. Font. 11, 25:

    ne nationes quidem et gentes,

    id. N. D. 3, 39, 93; cf.

    , in the reverse order: omnes exterae gentes ac nationes,

    id. Imp. Pomp. 11, 31:

    per omnes gentes nationesque,

    Quint. 11, 3, 87:

    eruditissima Graecorum natio,

    Cic. de Or. 2, 4, 18:

    Judaei et Syri, nationes natae servituti,

    id. Prov. Cons. 5, 10:

    immanes ac barbarae nationes,

    id. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 9, § 27:

    quod eas quoque nationes adire volebat,

    Caes. B. G. 3, 7:

    Suevi majorem Germaniae partem obtinent, propriis adhuc nationibus nominibusque discreti,

    Tac. G. 38:

    Gannascus, natione Canninefas,

    id. A. 11, 18:

    patre Camissare, natione Care, matre Scythissā natus,

    Nep. Dat. 1, 1:

    NATIONE CILIX,

    Inscr. Fabr. p. 495, n. 189; so in connection with names of cities: NATIONE ARRETIO, Inscr. Don. cl. 6, n. 181.—
    2.
    Ad Nationes, the name of a portico in Rome, built by Augustus, where the images of all known nations were set up:

    ante aditum porticūs Ad Nationes,

    Plin. 36, 5, 4, § 39; cf. Serv. Verg. A. 8, 721.—
    3.
    In eccl. Lat., like gens, and the Gr. ethnos, opp. to Christians, the heathen:

    per deos nationum,

    Tert. de Idol. 22.

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  • 15 spatium

    spătĭum, ii, n. [root spa-, to draw; Gr. spaô; span-, to stretch; Gr. spanis, want; cf.: penomai, penês; Germ. spannen; Dor. spadion (=stadion), race-course; cf. Lat. penuria], room, a space (very freq. and class.).
    I.
    Lit.
    A.
    In gen.: est natura loci spatiumque profundi, Quod neque percurrere flumina possint, Nec, etc.... Usque adeo passim patet ingens copia rebus;

    Finibus exemptis,

    Lucr. 1, 1002; 5, 370; 1, 389:

    locus ac spatium, quod inane vocamus,

    id. 1, 426; cf. id. 1, 523:

    per totum caeli spatium diffundere sese (solis lux),

    id. 4, 202; cf.:

    tres pateat caeli spatium non amplius ulnas,

    Verg. E. 3, 105:

    flumen Dubis paene totum oppidum cingit: reliquum spatium, quā flumen intermittit, mons continet,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 38:

    temporibus rerum et spatiis locorum animadversis,

    id. B. C. 3, 61 fin.:

    quod spatium non esset agitandi,

    Nep. Eum. 5, 4:

    spatium loci,

    Quint. 8, 3, 84:

    spatio distante,

    Ov. M. 11, 715.—
    B.
    In partic.
    1.
    A (limited) space, distance, interval (syn. intervallum):

    siderum genus spatiis immutabilibus ab ortu ad occasum commeans,

    Cic. N. D. 2, 19, 49:

    magno spatio paucis diebus confecto,

    Caes. B. G. 3, 29:

    itineris spatium,

    id. B. C. 1, 24 fin.:

    viae spatium,

    the distance, length, Ov. M. 8, 794:

    trabes paribus intermissae spatiis (shortly before: paribus intervallis),

    Caes. B. G. 7, 23; cf.:

    alios ineunt cursus aliosque recursus Adversi spatiis,

    Verg. A. 5, 584 Coningt. ad loc.:

    hic locus aequo fere spatio ab castris utrisque aberat,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 43:

    inter duas acies tantum erat relictum spatii, ut, etc.,

    id. B. C. 3, 92:

    cum Viridorix contra eum duum milium spatio consedisset,

    id. B. G. 3, 17:

    magnum spatium abesse,

    id. ib. 2, 17:

    quo tanta machinatio ab tanto spatio institueretur?

    id. ib. 2, 30:

    tormentorum usum spatio propinquitatis interire,

    id. B. C. 2, 16 fin.:

    jamque tenebat Nox medium caeli spatium,

    Hor. S. 2, 6, 101:

    illi medio in spatio chorus Occurrit,

    Verg. A. 10, 219:

    dimidium fere spatium confecerat, cum, etc.,

    Nep. Eum. 9, 1:

    spatium discrimina fallit,

    the distance, Ov. M. 8, 577.—
    b.
    Size, bulk, extent:

    dum spatium victi considerat hostis (serpentis),

    Ov. M. 3, 95:

    elephantis,

    Luc. 9, 732:

    oris Et colli, ov. M. 2, 672: dat spatium collo,

    id. ib. 3, 195:

    breve lateris,

    Juv. 6, 503; cf.:

    quod sit homini spatium a vestigio ad verticem,

    Plin. 7, 17, 17, § 77:

    spatia montis,

    id. 35, 1, 1, § 2:

    spatium admirabile rhombi,

    very large, Juv. 4, 39:

    vasti corporis,

    Sen. Hippol. 806:

    plantae Herculis,

    Gell. 1, 1, 2: trahit aures in spatium, in length, i. e. lengthens them out, Ov. M. 11, 176; so,

    in spatium,

    id. ib. 2, 197; 7, 783; Sil. 13, 562.—
    2.
    An open space for walking, racing, etc., in.
    a.
    A walk, promenade; a public place or square, etc. (cf. ambulatio):

    urbs delubris distincta spatiisque communibus,

    Cic. Rep. 1, 26, 41:

    templaque et innumeris spatia interstincta columnis,

    i. e. colonnades, porticos, Stat. S. 3, 5, 90:

    quin igitur ad illa spatia nostra sedesque pergimus, ubi cum satis erit deambulatum, requiescemus,

    Cic. Leg. 1, 4, 14:

    spatia silvestria,

    id. ib. 1, 5, 15:

    orator ex Academiae spatiis,

    id. Or. 3, 12 (quoted by Quint. 12, 2, 23, and by Tac. Or. 32):

    Academiae non sine causā nobilitata spatia,

    Cic. Fin. 5, 1, 1: locus planis Porrectus spatiis, in level spaces, i. e. plains, Hor. Ep. 1, 7, 42:

    ille actus habenā Curvatis fertur spatiis,

    Verg. A. 7, 381.—
    b.
    A race-course, track:

    sicut fortis equus, spatio qui saepe supremo Vicit Olympia,

    Enn. Ann. 18, 22:

    nec vero velim quasi decurso spatio a calce ad carceres revocari,

    Cic. Sen. 23, 83:

    amat spatiis obstantia rumpere claustra,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 14, 9:

    cum carceribus sese effudere quadrigae, Addunt in spatia,

    Verg. G. 1, 513 Forbig. ad loc.:

    hic ad Elei metas et maxuma campi Sudabit spatia,

    id. ib. 3, 202: signoque repente Corripiunt spatia [p. 1736] audito, id. A. 5, 316:

    tritumque relinquunt Quadrijugi spatium,

    Ov. M. 2, 168; cf.:

    equi Pulsabant pedibus spatium declivis Olympi,

    id. ib. 6, 487:

    abstulere me velut de spatio Graeciae res immixtae Romanis,

    Liv. 35, 40, 1:

    nobilis equos cursus et spatia probant,

    Tac. Or. 39.—
    c.
    Poet., in gen., room or space in a building:

    Phocus in interius spatium pulchrosque recessus Cecropidas ducit,

    the inner space, the interior, Ov. M. 7, 670.—
    3.
    Transf., the action of walking, a walk, promenade; a turn, course:

    cum in ambulationem ventum esset, Scaevolam, duobus spatiis tribusve factis, dixisse, etc.,

    Cic. de Or. 1, 7, 28; cf. id. Rep. 1, 12, 18; Suet. Aug. 83:

    si interdum ad forum deducimur, si uno basilicae spatio honestamur,

    Cic. Mur. 34, 70:

    septem spatiis circo meruere coronam,

    Ov. Hal. 68:

    (agitatores) septimo spatio palmae appropinquant,

    Sen. Ep. 30, 13.—
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    Of time.
    1.
    In gen., a space of time, interval, period:

    spatia omnis temporis non numero dierum sed noctium finiunt,

    Caes. B. G. 6, 18:

    spatium praeteriti temporis,

    Cic. Arch. 1, 1:

    quantum fuit diei spatium,

    as the portion of the day allowed, Caes. B. G. 2, 11 fin.:

    annuum spatium,

    id. B. C. 3, 3:

    annuum, menstruum, diurnum, nocturnum,

    Cic. Inv. 1, 26, 39:

    dierum triginta,

    id. Verr. 2, 2, 39, § 96:

    parvo dilexit spatio Minoida Theseus,

    Prop. 2, 24, 43 (3, 19, 27):

    spatio brevi,

    Hor. C. 1, 11, 6:

    in brevi spatio mutantur secla animantum,

    Lucr. 2, 77; so,

    in brevi spatio,

    Ter. Heaut. 5, 2, 2:

    aliquid longo spatio tenere,

    Cic. Off. 2, 23, 81:

    me ex comparato et constituto spatio defensionis in semihorae curriculum coëgisti,

    id. Rab. Perd. 2, 6:

    hoc interim spatio conclave illud concidisse,

    id. de Or. 2, 86, 353:

    spatia annorum,

    Prop. 3 (4), 21, 31:

    spatium juventae Transire,

    Ov. M. 15, 225:

    illa dies... incerti spatium mihi finiat aevi,

    id. ib. 15, 874:

    post sexagesimum vitae spatium,

    i. e. after the sixtieth year, Plin. 7, 50, 51, § 170.—
    2.
    In partic.
    a.
    Of a portion of time in which to do any thing, space, time, leisure, opportunity:

    neque, ut celari posset, tempus spatium ullum dabat,

    Ter. Hec. 3, 3, 14:

    nisi tempus et spatium datum sit,

    Cic. Quint. 1, 4:

    irae suae spatium et consilio tempus dare,

    Liv. 8, 32:

    ubicumque datum erat spatium solitudinis,

    Ter. Hec. 1, 2, 55:

    quantum spatii nobis datur,

    Cic. de Or. 1, 59, 252:

    tempus inane peto, requiem spatiumque furori,

    Verg. A. 4, 433: ne properes, oro;

    spatium pro munere posco,

    Ov. R. Am. 277:

    proin quicquid est, da tempus ac spatium tibi. Quod ratio non quit, saepe sanavit mora,

    Sen. Agam. 2, 129.—Esp.: spatium (aliquid, nihil spatii, etc.) alicui faciendi or ad faciendum aliquid, time to do a thing:

    breve spatium'st perferundi quae minitas mihi,

    Plaut. Capt. 3, 5, 85:

    ut Ne esset spatium cogitandi ad disturbandas nuptias,

    Ter. And. 1, 2, 11:

    quam longum spatium amandi amicam tibi dedi!

    id. Hec. 4, 4, 62:

    dare alicui spatium ad se colligendum,

    Cic. Caecin. 2, 6:

    ad scribendum,

    id. Fam. 15, 17, 1:

    pila in hostes coniciendi,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 52; 4, 13; Ov. M. 10, 163:

    nec fuit spatium ad contrahenda castra,

    Caes. B. G. 7, 40:

    cum erit spatium, utrumque praestabo,

    Cic. Att. 5, 14, 1:

    si spatium ad dicendum habuissemus,

    id. Verr. 1, 18, 56:

    spatium sumamus ad cogitandum,

    id. Fin. 4, 1, 1; id. de Or. 1, 33, 150:

    sex dies ad eam rem conficiendam spatii postulant,

    Caes. B. C. 1, 3 fin.:

    vix explicandi ordines spatium Etruscis fuit,

    Liv. 2, 46, 3:

    spatium Vitellianis datum refugiendi,

    Tac. H. 2, 25.—Rarely with dat.:

    spatium quidem tandem adparandis nuptiis, vocandi, sacruficandi dabitur paululum,

    Ter. Phorm. 4, 4, 20.—
    b.
    A year of life:

    quosdam (morbos) post sexagesimum vitae spatium non accidere,

    Plin. 7, 50, 51, § 170. —
    c.
    Metrical time, measure, quantity:

    trochaeus, qui est eodem spatio quo choreus,

    Cic. Or. 57, 193; cf. Quint. 1, 5, 18:

    neu sermo subsultet imparibus spatiis ac sonis, miscens longa brevibus, etc.,

    id. 11, 3, 43; cf. id. 11, 3, 40; 11, 3, 17 al.—
    B.
    (Acc. to I. B.) A path, course, race, track:

    ut eadem spatia quinque stellae dispari motu cursuque conficiant,

    Cic. de Or. 3, 45, 178:

    quid mihi opu'st, decurso aetatis spatio, cum meis gerere bellum?

    Plaut. Stich. 1, 2, 14:

    prope jam excurso spatio,

    Ter. Ad. 5, 4, 6:

    te vero, mea quem spatiis propioribus aetas Insequitur,

    Verg. A. 9, 275: deflexit jam aliquantulum de spatio curriculoque consuetudo majorum, Cic. Lael. 12, 40; cf.:

    quemadmodum simus in spatio Q. Hortensium ipsius vestigiis persecuti,

    id. Brut. 90, 307:

    currenti spatium praemonstra,

    Lucr. 6, 93:

    pede inoffenso spatium decurrere vitae,

    Ov. Tr. 3, 4, 33; Sen. Troad. 398.

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  • 16 carcer

        carcer eris, m    a prison, jail: in carcerem duci: carcerem refringere, L.: effundere: privatus, L.: vindex scelerum: vincla carceris rumpere, i. e. of the body.—Poet., of the cave of Aeolus, V., O. — Esp., the Roman state-prison: inferior carcer, L.; cf. Tullianum.—Meton., as a term of reproach, jail-bird, scape-gallows, T.—The barrier, starting-place in the race-course: effusi carcere currūs, V.: cum carcere uterque Emicat, O. — Usu. plur: cum carceribus sese effudere quadrigae, V.: carceribus missi currūs, H.—Fig.: ad carceres a calce revocari, i. e. to begin life anew.
    * * *
    prison, jail; jailbird; starting barriers at race-course, traps; beginning

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  • 17 circus

        circus ī, m    [CVR-], a circular line, circle: lacteus, the Milky Way.—An enclosure for athletic games, race-course, ring: longo decedere circo, V.: munera circo locantur In medio, V.: maritimus (at Anagnia), L. — Esp.: Circus Maximus, an oval circus between the Palatine and Aventine hills, with room for 100,000, C., L., O.; often called Circus, C.: Fallax (as the resort of soothsayers and jugglers), H. — The Circus Flaminius, C.; called Circus, O.
    * * *
    race course; circus in Rome, celebration of games; circle; orbit

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  • 18 cursus

        cursus ūs, m    [1 CEL-], a running, course, way, march, passage, voyage, journey: cursum quom institeris, T.: navium, Cs.: ingressus, cursus, accubitio: cursu cum aequalibus certare, S.: cursu contingere metam, H.: se cursu miratur in ipso, O.: quique pedum cursu valet, V.: huc magno cursu intenderunt, at full speed, Cs.: cursu Troas agebat, V.: cursu in hostem feruntur, advance at a run, L.: cursum in medios dedit, rushed, V.: effuso cursu, L.: eodem cursu contendere, right onward, Cs.: tam brevi tempore tantos cursūs conficere: cursum direxit, quo tendebat, N.: iterare cursūs relictos, H.: Hunc morem cursūs docuit, sort of race, V.: Cursibus decernere, in racing, V.: Quo cursu deserta petiverit, flight, V.: in hoc medio cursu, i. e. half-way across, Cs.: secundissimo vento cursum tenere.—Of things, a course, way, flow: stellarum: mutata suos flumina cursūs, movement, V.: Cursibus obliquis fluens, O. — A passage: cursum exspectare, i. e. a fair wind.—Poet.: et vi cursus in altum Vela vocet, V.—Fig., a course, progress, direction, way, passage, access, succession: rerum: vitae: quem dederat cursum fortuna, V.: temporum: continuus proeliorum, Ta.: vocis per omnīs sonos: invectus contexere cursu, i. e. in a breath, Iu.: In cursu meus dolor est, i. e. is permanent, O.: recto depellere cursu, from virtue, H.
    * * *
    running; speed/zeal; charge, onrush; forward movement/march; revolution (wheel); course/direction, line of advance, orbit; voyage/passage; race; career; series; lesson

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  • 19 orīgō

        orīgō inis, f    [orior], a beginning, commencement, source, start, descent, lineage, birth, origin: originem rerum quaerere: tyranni: principii nulla est origo, nam e principio oriuntur omnia: ab origine gentem (conripiunt morbi), V.: fontium qui celat origines Nilus, source, H.: Auctore ab illo ducis originem, are descended from, H.: Mentis malae est origo penes te, Iu.—Plur. (as a title), a work by Cato upon the early history of the Italian cities, C., N.—A race, stock, family: Ille tamen nostrā deducit origine nomen, V.: ab origine ultimā stirpis Romanae generatus, one of the oldest families, N.—An ancestor, progenitor, founder: Aeneas, Romanae stirpis origo, V.: gentis, Ta.: mundi melioris origo, creator, O.: (urbes)... pars originibus suis praesidio fuere, their mother-cities, S.
    * * *
    origin, source; birth, family; race; ancestry

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  • 20 prōgeniēs

        prōgeniēs —, acc. em, abl. ē, f    [pro+GEN-], descent, lineage, race, family: Progeniem vostram ab atavo proferens, T.: divina: Progeniem Troiano a sanguine duci, V.— Descendants, posterity, offspring, progeny, child: se progeniem deorum esse dicere: mea, Claudia: Bacchum Progeniem negat esse Iovis, O.: liberūm, L.: Progeniem nidosque fovent (apes), their young, V.—Of poems: haec progenies mea est, offspring, O.
    * * *
    race, family, progeny

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