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căno, cĕcĭni, cantum (ancient imp. cante = canite, Carm. Sal. ap. Varr. L. L. 7, § 37 Müll.; fut. perf. canerit = cecinerit, Lib. Augur. ap. Fest. s. v. rumentum, p. 270 ib.; perf. canui = cecini, acc. to Serv. ad Verg. G. 2, 384, predominant in concino, occino, etc.—Examples of sup. cantum and part. cantus, canturus, a, um, appear not to be in use; the trace of an earlier use is found in Paul. ex Fest. p. 46 Müll.: canta pro cantata ponebant;

once canituri,

Vulg. Apoc. 8, 13), 3, v. n. and a. [cf. kanassô, kanachê, konabos; Germ. Hahn; Engl. chanticleer; kuknos, ciconice; Sanscr. kōkas = duck; Engl. cock], orig. v. n., to produce melodious sounds, whether of men or animals; later, with a designation of the subject-matter of the melody, as v. a., to make something the subject of one ' s singing or playing, to sing of, to celebrate, or make known in song, etc.

Neutr., to utter melodious notes, to sing, sound, play.

Of men:

si absurde canat,

Cic. Tusc. 2, 4, 12; Plin. Ep. 3, 18, 9:

celebrare dapes canendo,

Ov. M. 5, 113:

si velim canere vel voce vel fidibus,

Cic. Div. 2, 59, 122; Quint. 5, 11, 124; 1, 8, 2; Gell. 19, 9, 3:

quemadmodum tibicen sine tibiis canere non possit,

Cic. de Or. 2, 83, 338; cf.:

tibia canentum,

Lucr. 4, 587; 5, 1384; Cic. Tusc. 1, 2, 4; Quint. 1, 10, 14:

curvo calamo,

Cat. 63, 22:

harundine,

Ov. M. 1, 683; Suet. Caes. 32:

cithara,

Tac. A. 14, 14:

lituus quo canitur,

Cic. Div. 1, 17, 30; Verg. E. 2, 31:

movit Amphion lapides canendo,

Hor. C. 3, 11, 2; Serv. ad Verg. G. 2, 417 al.; Cic. Brut. 50, 187.—

Of the faulty delivery of an orator, to speak in a sing-song tone:

inclinată ululantique voce more Asiatico canere,

Cic. Or. 8, 27; cf. canto and canticum.—

Of animals (usu. of birds, but also of frogs), Varr. L. L. 5, § 76 Müll.:

volucres nullă dulcius arte canant,

Prop. 1, 2, 14; Cic. Div. 1, 7, 12:

merula canit aestate, hieme balbutit,

Plin. 10, 29, 42, § 80; 10, 32, 47, § 89:

ranae alio translatae canunt,

id. 8, 58, 83, § 227.—Of the raven, Cic. Div. 1, 7, 12.—Esp., of the crowing of a cock:

galli victi silere solent, canere victores,

to crow, Cic. Div. 2, 26, 56; v. the whole section; id. ib. 2, 26, 56, § 57; Col. 8, 2, 11; Plin. 10, 21, 24, § 49 (cf. also cantus):

gallina cecinit, interdixit hariolus (the crowing of a hen being considered as an auspicium malum),

Ter. Phorm. 4, 4, 27.—

In the lang. of the Pythagoreans, of the heavenly bodies (considered as living beings),

the music of the spheres, Cic. N. D. 3, 11, 27.—

Transf., of the instruments by which, or ( poet.) of the places in which, the sounds are produced, to sound, resound:

canentes tibiae,

Cic. N. D. 2, 8, 22:

maestae cecinere tubae,

Prop. 4 (5), 11, 9:

frondiferasque novis avibus canere undique silvas,

and the leafy forest everywhere resounds with young birds, Lucr. 1, 256; Auct. Aetn. 295.

Act., to make something or some person the subject of one ' s singing or playing.

With carmen, cantilenam, versus, verba, etc., to sing, play, rehearse, recite:

cum Simonides cecinisset, id carmen, quod in Scopam scripsisset,

Cic. de Or. 2, 86, 352:

carmina quae in epulis canuntur,

id. Brut. 18, 71:

in eum (Cossum) milites carmina incondita aequantes eum Romulo canere,

Liv. 4, 20, 2:

Ascraeum cano carmen,

Verg. G. 2, 176; Suet. Caes. 49; Curt. 5, 1, 22: canere versus, Enn. ap. Varr. L. L. 7, § 36 Müll. (Ann. v. 222 Vahl.); Cic. Or. 51, 171; id. Brut. 18, 71:

neniam,

Suet. Aug. 100: idyllia erôtika, Gell. 19, 9, 4, § 10:

verba ad certos modos,

Ov. F. 3, 388:

Phrygium,

Quint. 1, 10, 33 Spald.—The homog. noun is rarely made the subject of the act. voice:

cum in ejus conviviis symphonia caneret,

Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 44, § 105.—

Prov.

Carmen intus canere, to sing for one ' s self, i. e. to consult only one ' s own advantage, Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 20, § 53; id. Agr. 2, 26, 68; v. Aspendius.—

Cantilenam eandem canis, like the Gr. to auto adeis asma, ever the old tune, Ter. Phorm. 3, 2, 10; v. cantilena.—

With definite objects.

In gen., to sing, to cause to resound, to celebrate in song, to sing of, Lucr. 5, 328:

laudes mortui,

Varr. L. L. 7, § 70 Müll.:

canere ad tibiam clarorum virorum laudes atque virtutes,

Cic. Tusc. 4, 2, 3; Quint. 1, 10, 10; 1, 10, 31; Liv. 45, 38, 12:

puellis carmine modulato laudes virtutum ejus canentibus,

Suet. Calig. 16 fin.:

dei laudes,

Lact. 6, 21, 9:

deorum laudes,

Val. Max. 1, 8, ext. 8.—So with de:

canere ad tibicinem de clarorum hominum virtutibus,

Cic. Tusc. 1, 2, 3 (cf. cantito):

praecepta,

Hor. S. 2, 4, 11:

jam canit effectos extremus vinitor antes,

Verg. G. 2, 417 Wagn. N. cr.:

nil dignum sermone,

Hor. S. 2, 3, 4:

quin etiam canet indoctum,

id. Ep. 2, 2, 9:

grandia elate, jucunda dulciter, moderata leniter canit,

Quint. 1, 10, 24; Cat. 63, 11:

Io! magna voce, Triumphe, canet,

Tib. 2, 5, 118; Ov. Tr. 4, 2, 52; cf. Hor. C. 4, 2, 47:

haec super arvorum cultu pecorumque canebam,

Verg. G. 4, 559 Wagn.: et veterem in limo ranae cecinere querelam, croaked (according to the ancient pronunciation, kekinere kuerelam, an imitation of the Aristophanic Brekekekex; v. the letter C), id. ib. 1, 378; Lucr. 2, 601:

anser Gallos adesse canebat,

Verg. A. 8, 656:

motibus astrorum nunc quae sit causa, canamus,

Lucr. 5, 510:

sunt tempestates et fulmina clara canenda,

id. 6, 84.—

With pers. objects ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose):

canitur adhuc barbaras apud gentes (Arminius),

Tac. A. 2, 88:

Herculem... ituri in proelia canunt,

id. G. 2:

Dianam,

Cat. 34, 3:

deos regesve,

Hor. C. 4, 2, 13:

Liberum et Musas Veneremque,

id. ib. 1, 32, 10:

rite Latonae puerum,

id. ib. 4, 6, 37;

1, 10, 5: plectro graviore Gigantas, Ov M. 10, 150: reges et proelia,

Verg. E. 6, 3; Hor. C. 4, 15, 32:

arma virumque,

Verg. A. 1, 1:

pugnasque virosque,

Stat. Th. 8, 553:

maxima bella et clarissimos duces,

Quint. 10, 1, 62.—Very rarely, to celebrate, without reference to song or poetry:

Epicurus in quădam epistulă amicitiam tuam et Metrodori grata commemoratione cecinerat,

Sen. Ep. 79, 13.—Esp. of fame, to trumpet abroad:

fama facta atque infecta canit,

Verg. A. 4, 190:

fama digna atque indigna canit,

Val. Fl. 217 al. —And prov., to sing or preach to the deaf:

non canimus surdis,

Verg. E. 10, 8: praeceptorum, quae vereor ne vana surdis auribus cecinerim. Liv. 40, 8, 10.—

Since the responses of oracles were given in verse, to prophesy, foretell, predict.

In poetry:

Sibylla, Abdita quae senis fata canit pedibus,

Tib. 2, 5, 16; cf.:

horrendas ambages,

Verg. A. 6. 99; 3, [p. 280] 444:

fera fata,

Hor. C. 1, 15, 4; cf. id. Epod. 13, 11; id. S. 2, 5, 58; Tib. 1, 7, 1; cf. id. 3, 3, 36; 1, 6, 50; Hor. C. S. 25:

et mihi jam multi crudele canebant Artificis scelus,

Verg. A. 2, 124; Hor. S. 1, 9, 30.—

In prose:

ut haec quae nunc fiunt, canere di inmortales viderentur,

Cic. Cat. 3, 8, 18:

non haec a me tum tamquam fata... canebantur?

id. Sest. 21, 47:

eum, qui ex Thetide natus esset, majorem patre suo futurum cecinisse dicuntur oracula,

Quint. 3, 7, 11; Just. 11, 7, 4; 7, 6, 1; Tac. A. 2, 54; id. H. 4, 54:

cecinere vates, idque carmen pervenerat ad antistitem fani Dianae,

Liv. 1, 45, 5; 5, 15, 4 sq.; 1, 7, 10; Tac. A. 14, 32; Liv. 30, 28, 2; cf. Nep. Att. 16, 4; cf.

of philosophers, etc.: ipsa memor praecepta Canam,

Hor. S. 2, 4, 11 Orell. ad loc.; cf.:

quaeque diu latuere, canam,

Ov. M. 15, 147.

In milit. lang., t. t., both act. and neutr., of signals, to blow, to sound, to give; or to be sounded, resound.

Act.:

bellicum (lit. and trop.) canere, v. bellicus: classicum, v. classicus: signa canere jubet,

to give the signal for battle, Sall. C. 59, 1; id. J. 99, 1:

Pompeius classicum apud eum (sc. Scipionem) cani jubet,

Caes. B. C. 3, 82.— Absol. without signum, etc.: tubicen canere coepit, Auct. B. Afr. 82; cf. Flor. 4, 2, 66.—

Neutr.:

priusquam signa canerent,

Liv. 1, 1, 7:

ut attendant, semel bisne signum canat in castris,

id. 27, 47, 3 and 5; 23, 16, 12;

24, 46 (twice): repente a tergo signa canere,

Sall. J. 94, 5; Liv. 7, 40, 10; Verg. A. 10, 310; Flor. 3, 18, 10:

classicum apud eos cecinit,

Liv. 28, 27, 15.—

Receptui canere, to sound a retreat:

Hasdrubal receptui propere cecinit (i. e. cani jussit),

Liv. 27, 47, 2; Tac. H. 2, 26.— Poet.:

cecinit jussos receptus,

Ov. M. 1, 340.—And in Livy impers.:

nisi receptui cecinisset,

if it had not sounded a counter-march, Liv. 26, 44, 4:

ut referrent pedem, si receptui cecinisset,

id. 3, 22, 6.—

Trop.:

revocante et receptui canente senatu,

Cic. Phil. 12, 3, 8:

ratio abstrahit ab acerbis cogitationibus a quibus cum cecinit receptui,

id. Tusc. 3, 15, 33:

antequam (orator) in has aetatis (sc. senectutis) veniat insidias, receptui canet,

Quint. 12, 11, 4.

to practice magic, to charm, etc., found in the derivv. cantus, canto, etc., are entirely wanting in this verb.

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ăquātĭo, ōnis, f. [aquor].

A getting or fetching of water:

aquationis causā procedere,

Caes. B. G. 4, 11; so, Auct. B. Afr. 51; id. B. Hisp. 8; Plin. 6, 23, 26, § 102.—

Concr.

Watering, water: mutare pabula et aquationes, Col. 7, 5.—Of plants a watering:

salices aquationibus adjuvan dae,

Pall. 4, 17 fin.; 3, 19 fin. —

Water. rains:

ranae multae variaeque per aquationes autumni nascentes,

Plin. 32, 7, 24, § 76. —

A place whence water is brought, a watering-place: hic aquatio, * Cic. Off. 3, 14, 59.

argŭo, ŭi, ūtum (ŭĭtum, hence arguiturus, Sall. Fragm. ap. Prisc. p. 882 P.), 3, v. a. [cf. argês, white; argos, bright; Sanscr. árgunas, bright; ragatas, white; and rag, to shine (v. argentum and argilla); after the same analogy we have clarus, bright; and claro, to make bright, to make evident; and the Engl. clear, adj., and to clear = to make clear; v. Curt. p. 171].

A.. In gen., to make clear, to show, prove, make known, declare, assert, mênuein:

arguo Eam me vidisse intus,

Plaut. Mil. 2, 3, 66:

non ex auditu arguo,

id. Bacch. 3, 3, 65:

M. Valerius Laevinus... speculatores, non legatos, venisse arguebat,

Liv. 30, 23:

degeneres animos timor arguit,

Verg. A. 4, 13:

amantem et languor et silentium Arguit,

Hor. Epod. 11, 9; id. C. 1, 13, 7.— Pass., in a mid. signif.:

apparet virtus arguiturque malis,

makes itself known, Ov. Tr. 4, 3, 80:

laudibus arguitur vini vinosus Homerus,

betrays himself, Hor. Ep. 1, 19, 6.—

Esp.

With aliquem, to attempt to show something, in one's case, against him, to accuse, reprove, censure, charge with: Indicāsse est detulisse;

arguisse accusāsse et convicisse,

Dig. 50, 16, 197 (cf. Fest. p. 22: Argutum iri in discrimen vocari): tu delinquis, ego arguar pro malefactis? Enn. (as transl. of Eurip. Iphig. Aul. 384: Eit egô dikên dô sôn kakôn ho mê sphaleis) ap. Rufin. §

37: servos ipsos neque accuso neque arguo neque purgo,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 41, 120:

Pergin, sceleste, intendere hanc arguere?

Plaut. Mil. 2, 4, 27; 2, 2, 32:

hae tabellae te arguunt,

id. Bacch. 4, 6, 10:

an hunc porro tactum sapor arguet oris?

Lucr. 4, 487:

quod adjeci, non ut arguerem, sed ne arguerer,

Vell. 2, 53, 4:

coram aliquem arguere,

Liv. 43, 5:

apud praefectum,

Tac. A. 14, 41:

(Deus) arguit te heri,

Vulg. Gen. 31, 42; ib. Lev. 19, 17; ib. 2 Tim. 4, 2; ib. Apoc. 3, 19 al.—

With the cause of complaint in the gen.; abl. with or without de; with in with abl.; with acc.; with a clause as object; or with ut (cf. Ramsh. p. 326; Zumpt, § 446).

With gen.:

malorum facinorum,

Plaut. Ps. 2, 4, 56 (cf. infra, argutus, B. 2.):

aliquem probri, Stupri, dedecoris,

id. Am. 3, 2, 2:

viros mortuos summi sceleris,

Cic. Rab. Perd. 9, 26:

aliquem tanti facinoris,

id. Cael. 1:

criminis,

Tac. H. 1, 48:

furti me arguent,

Vulg. Gen. 30, 33; ib. Eccl. 11, 8:

repetundarum,

Tac. A. 3, 33:

occupandae rei publicae,

id. ib. 6, 10:

neglegentiae,

Suet. Caes. 53:

noxae,

id. Aug. 67:

veneni in se comparati,

id. Tib. 49:

socordiae,

id. Claud. 3:

mendacii,

id. Oth. 10:

timoris,

Verg. A. 11, 384:

sceleris arguemur,

Vulg. 4 Reg. 7, 9; ib. Act. 19, 40 al.—

With abl.:

te hoc crimine non arguo,

Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 18; Nep. Paus. 3 fin. —

With de:

de eo crimine, quo de arguatur,

Cic. Inv 2, 11, 37:

de quibus quoniam verbo arguit, etc.,

id. Rosc. Am. 29 fin.:

Quis arguet me de peccato?

Vulg. Joan. 8, 46; 16, 8.—

With in with abl. (eccl. Lat.):

non in sacrificiis tuis arguam te,

Vulg. Psa. 49, 8.—

With acc.: quid undas Arguit et liquidam molem camposque natantīs? of what does he impeach the waves? etc., quid being here equivalent to cujus or de quo, Lucr. 6, 405 Munro.—

With an inf.-clause as object:

quae (mulier) me arguit Hanc domo ab se subripuisse,

Plaut. Men. 5, 2, 62; id. Mil. 2, 4, 36:

occidisse patrem Sex. Roscius arguitur,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 13, 37:

auctor illius injuriae fuisse arguebatur?

id. Verr. 2, 1, 33:

qui sibimet vim ferro intulisse arguebatur,

Suet. Claud. 16; id. Ner. 33; id. Galb. 7:

me Arguit incepto rerum accessisse labori,

Ov. M. 13, 297; 15, 504.—

With ut, as in Gr. hôs (post-Aug. and rare), Suet. Ner. 7:

hunc ut dominum et tyrannum, illum ut proditorem arguentes,

as being master and tyrant, Just. 22, 3.—

Transf. to the thing.

To accuse, censure, blame:

ea culpa, quam arguo,

Liv. 1, 28:

peccata coram omnibus argue,

Vulg. 1 Tim. 5, 20:

tribuni plebis dum arguunt in C. Caesare regni voluntatem,

Vell. 2, 68; Suet. Tit. 5 fin.:

taciturnitatem pudoremque quorumdam pro tristitiā et malignitate arguens,

id. Ner. 23; id. Caes. 75:

arguebat et perperam editos census,

he accused of giving a false statement of property, census, id. Calig. 38:

primusque animalia mensis Arguit imponi,

censured, taught that it was wrong, Ov. M. 15, 73:

ut non arguantur opera ejus,

Vulg. Joan. 3, 20.—

Trop., to denounce as false:

quod et ipsum Fenestella arguit,

Suet. Vit. Ter. p. 292 Roth.—With reference to the person, to refute, confute:

aliquem,

Suet. Calig. 8.—Hence, argūtus, a, um, P. a.

Of physical objects, clear.

To the sight, bright, glancing, lively:

manus autem minus arguta, digitis subsequens verba, non exprimens,

not too much in motion, Cic. de Or. 3, 59, 220 (cf. id. Or. 18, 59: nullae argutiae digitorum, and Quint. 11, 3, [p. 160] 119-123):

manus inter agendum argutae admodum et gestuosae,

Gell. 1, 5, 2:

et oculi nimis arguti, quem ad modum animo affecti sumus, loquuntur,

Cic. Leg. 1, 9, 27:

ocelli,

Ov. Am. 3, 3, 9; 3, 2, 83:

argutum caput,

a head graceful in motion, Verg. G. 3, 80 (breve, Servius, but this idea is too prosaic): aures breves et argutae, ears that move quickly (not stiff, rigid), Pall. 4, 13, 2:

argutā in soleā,

in the neat sandal, Cat. 68, 72.—

a.. To the hearing, clear, penetrating, piercing, both of pleasant and disagreeable sounds, clear-sounding, sharp, noisy, rustling, whizzing, rattling, clashing, etc. (mostly poet.): linguae, Naev. ap. Non. p. 9, 24:

aves,

Prop. 1, 18, 30:

hirundo,

chirping, Verg. G. 1, 377:

olores,

tuneful, id. E. 9, 36: ilex, murmuring, rustling (as moved by the wind), id. ib. 7, 1:

nemus,

id. ib. 8, 22 al.—Hence, a poet. epithet of the musician and poet, clear-sounding, melodious:

Neaera,

Hor. C. 3, 14, 21:

poëtae,

id. Ep. 2, 2, 90:

fama est arguti Nemesis formosa Tibullus,

Mart. 8, 73, 7: forum, full of bustle or din, noisy, Ov. A.A. 1, 80:

serra,

grating, Verg. G. 1, 143:

pecten,

rattling, id. ib. 1, 294; id. A. 7, 14 (cf. in Gr. kerkis aoidos, Aristoph. Ranae, v. 1316) al.—Hence, of rattling, prating, verbose discourse:

sine virtute argutum civem mihi habeam pro preaeficā, etc.,

Plaut. Truc. 2, 6, 14:

[Neque mendaciloquom neque adeo argutum magis],

id. Trin. 1, 2, 163 Ritschl.—

Trop., of written communications, rattling, wordy, verbose:

obviam mihi litteras quam argutissimas de omnibus rebus crebro mittas,

Cic. Att. 6, 5: vereor, ne tibi nimium arguta haec sedulitas videatur, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 1. — Transf. to omens, clear, distinct, conclusive, clearly indicative, etc.:

sunt qui vel argutissima haec exta esse dicant,

Cic. Div. 2, 12 fin.:

non tibi candidus argutum sternuit omen Amor?

Prop. 2, 3, 24.—

To the smell; sharp, pungent:

odor argutior,

Plin. 15, 3, 4, § 18.—

To the taste; sharp, keen, pungent:

sapor,

Pall. 3, 25, 4; 4, 10, 26.—

Of mental qualities.

In a good sense, bright, acute, sagacious, witty:

quis illo (sc. Catone) acerbior in vituperando? in sententiis argutior?

Cic. Brut. 17, 65:

orator,

id. ib. 70, 247:

poëma facit ita festivum, ita concinnum, ita elegans, nihil ut fieri possit argutius,

id. Pis. 29; so,

dicta argutissima,

id. de Or. 2, 61, 250:

sententiae,

id. Opt. Gen. 2:

acumen,

Hor. A. P. 364:

arguto ficta dolore queri,

dexterously-feigned pain, Prop. 1, 18, 26 al. —

In a bad sense, sly, artful, cunning:

meretrix,

Hor. S. 1, 10, 40: calo. id. Ep. 1, 14, 42:

milites,

Veg. Mil. 3, 6.—As a pun: ecquid argutus est? is he cunning? Ch. Malorum facinorum saepissime (i.e. has been accused of), Plaut. Ps. 2, 4, 56 (v. supra, I. B. a.).—Hence, adv.: argūtē (only in the signif. of B.).

Subtly, acutely:

respondere,

Cic. Cael. 8:

conicere,

id. Brut. 14, 53:

dicere,

id. Or. 28, 98.— Comp.:

dicere,

Cic. Brut. 11, 42.— Sup.:

de re argutissime disputare,

Cic. de Or. 2, 4, 18.—

Craftily:

obrepere,

Plaut. Trin. 4, 2, 132; Arn. 5, p. 181.

garrĭo, īvi or ĭi, ītum, 4, v. a. [Sanscr. gir, speech; Gr. gêrus, voice; Germ. girren, to coo; Engl. call; v. Curt. Gr. Etym. p. 177], to chatter, prate, chat, talk (cf. blatero).

Lit. (class.):

cum coram sumus et garrimus quicquid in buccam,

Cic. Att. 12, 1, 2:

cupiebam etiam nunc plura garrire,

id. ib. 6, 2, 10:

nugas,

Plaut. Aul. 5, 21; id. Curc. 5, 2, 6:

quidlibet,

Hor. S. 1, 9, 13:

aniles fabellas,

id. ib. 2, 6, 77:

libellos,

id. ib. 1, 10, 41:

aliquid in aurem,

Mart. 5, 61, 3:

garriet quoi neque pes umquam neque caput conpareat,

will chatter nonsense, Plaut. Capt. 3, 4, 81.— Absol.:

garris,

Ter. Eun. 2, 3, 86; id. Heaut. 3, 2, 25; 4, 6, 19; id. Phorm. 1, 4, 33:

garri modo,

id. ib. 3, 2, 11:

saeculis multis ante gymnasia inventa sunt, quam in his philosophi garrire coeperunt,

Cic. de Or. 2, 5, 21; cf.:

tanta est impunitas garriendi,

id. N. D. 1, 38, 108.—

Transf., of frogs:

meliusque ranae garriunt Ravennates,

Mart. 3, 93, 8. Of the nightingale:

lusciniae canticum adolescentiae garriunt,

App. Flor. p. 258 (3, 17 fin.).

lŏquax, ācis, adj. [loquor], talkative, prating, chattering, loquacious, full of words.

Lit.:

quae (ars) in excogitandis argumentis muta nimium est, in judicandis nimium loquax,

Cic. de Or. 2, 38, 160:

senectus est naturā loquacior,

id. de Sen. 16, 55:

homo loquacissimus obmutuit,

id. Fl. 20, 48:

loquacem esse de aliquo,

Prop. 3, 23, 22 (4, 25, 2).—With gen.:

mendaciorum loquacissimus,

Tert. Apol. 16.—

Transf.:

ranae,

croaking, Verg. G. 3, 431:

nidus,

i. e. in which the young birds chatter, id. A. 12, 475; cf.

, of young children: ipse (pater) loquaci gaudebit nido,

Juv. 5, 142:

stagna (on account of the frogs in them),

Verg. A. 11, 458:

nutus,

Tib. 1, 2, 21:

oculi,

expressive, speaking, id. 2, 7, 25 (2, 6, 43):

vultus,

Ov. Am. 1, 4, 17:

manu,

Petr. Fragm. 24:

lymphae,

murmuring, babbling, Hor. C. 3, 13, 15:

fama,

Ov. P. 2, 9, 3.— Comp.:

avium loquaciores quae minores,

Plin. 11, 51, 112, § 268.—Hence, adv.: lŏquācĭter, talkatively, loquaciously:

loquaciter litigiosus,

Cic. Mur. 12, 26:

scribetur tibi forma loquaciter et situs agri,

i. e. at large, with all the particulars, Hor. Ep. 1, 16, 4.— Comp.:

loquacius,

Paul. Nol. Ep. 39, 8.

nĕgo, āvi, ātum, 1 ( perf. subj. negāssim for negaverim, Plaut. As. 2, 4, 96.—Lengthened collat. form negumo: negumate in carmine Cn. Marci vatis significat negate, Paul. ex Fest. p. 165 Müll.; cf. Herm. Doct. Metr. p. 614), v. n. and a. [for ne-igo, ne and ajo, q. v.], to say no, to deny, refuse (opp. ajo, to say yes; v. ajo; cf.: abnuo, diffiteor, infitior).

In gen.: vel ai, vel nega, say yes or no, Naev. ap. Prisc. p. 473 P.:

vel tu mihi aias vel neges,

Plaut. Rud. 2, 4, 14:

negat quis? nego. Ait? aio,

Ter. Eun. 2, 2, 21:

Diogenes ait, Antipater negat,

Cic. Off. 3, 23, 91:

quasi ego id curem, quid ille aiat aut neget,

id. Fin. 2, 22, 70:

quia nunc aiunt, quod tunc negabant,

id. Rab. Post. 12, 35.— With acc. and inf., to say or affirm that not, to deny that, etc.:

Demosthenes negat, in eo positas esse fortunas Graeciae, hoc, etc.,

Cic. Or. 8 fin.:

Stoici negant quidquam esse bonum, nisi quod honestum sit,

id. Fin. 2, 21, 68; id. de Or. 3, 14, 54:

nego, ullam picturam fuisse, quin abstulerit,

id. Verr. 2, 4, 1, § 1; Caes. B. G. 6, 31.—With quoniam (eccl. Lat.):

negat quoniam Jesus est Christus,

Vulg. 1 Joann. 2, 22.—Sometimes two propositions depend upon nego, with the latter of which an affirmative verb (dico, etc.) is to be supplied:

plerique negant Caesarem in condicione mansurum: postulataque haec ab eo interposita esse, etc.,

Cic. Att. 7, 15, 3:

negabat cessandum et utique prius confligendum,

Liv. 35, 1:

ille negat se Numidam pertimescere, virtuti suorum credere,

Sall. J. 106, 3; Vell. 2, 118, 5; Ter. Phorm. 2, 3, 6.—Sometimes another negation follows, which, however, does not destroy the first:

negat nec suspicari,

Cic. Ac. 1, 2, 7:

negato esse nec mu, nec mutuum,

Plaut. Stich. 1, 3, 101:

tu autem te negas infracto remo, neque columbae collo, commoveri,

Cic. Ac. 2, 25, 79.—

Pass. with inf., they say I am not, etc.:

casta negor (sc. esse),

Ov. F. 4, 321:

saepe domi non es, cum sis quoque saepe negaris,

Mart. 2, 5, 5:

ex eo negantur ibi ranae coaxare,

Suet. Aug. 94:

ciconiae pullum qui ederit, negatur annis continuis lippiturus,

Plin. 29, 6, 38, § 128.—

In partic.

To deny a thing;

factum est: non nego,

Ter. Ad. 5, 3, 12;

opp. fateri,

Cic. Brut. 19, 76:

sed posthac omnia, quae certa non erunt, pro certo negato,

id. Att. 5, 21, 5:

negaturum aut me pro M. Fulvio, aut ipsum M. Fulvium censetis?

Liv. 38, 43:

negando minuendove,

Suet. Caes. 66:

mitto enim domestica, quae negari possunt,

i. e. the proof of which can be suppressed, Cic. Pis. 5, 11:

videant servi ne quis neget,

Juv. 10, 87.— With quin:

negare non posse, quin rectius sit, etc.,

Liv. 40, 36:

quod si negari non potest, quin, etc.,

Lact. 5, 23 init. —

To deny, refuse: quicquam quisquam cuiquam, quod ei conveniat, neget, Enn. ap. Auct. Her. 4, 12, 18 (Trag. v. 448 Vahl.):

numquam reo cuiquam tam praecise negavi, quam hic mihi,

Cic. Att. 8, 4, 2:

postquam id obstinate sibi negari videt,

Caes. B. G. 5, 6:

alicui impune negare,

Ov. M. 13, 741:

patriae opem,

id. H. 3, 96:

miseris,

id. Tr. 5, 8, 13:

civitatem alicui,

Suet. Aug. 40:

non ego me vinclis verberibusque nego,

Tib. 2, 3, 80; Luc. 8, 3:

exstingui primordia tanta negabam,

Sil. 9, 532:

neque enim negare tibi quidquam potest,

Vulg. 3 Reg. 2, 17.—

Se, to refuse (ante class.):

obsecrat, Ut sibi ejus faciat copiam: illa enim se negat,

Ter. Phorm. 1, 2, 63; id. Hec. 1, 2, 45.—

E s p., to decline an invitation:

invitatus ad haec aliquis de ponte negabit,

Juv. 14, 135.—

Transf., of inanim. things ( poet.):

poma negat regio,

i. e. does not yield, produce, Ov. Tr. 3, 10, 73:

nec mihi materiam bellatrix Roma negabat,

id. ib. 2, 321:

pars ventis vela negare,

i. e. to furl the sails, Ov. M. 11, 487:

si dextra neget,

Stat. Th. 6, 553:

saxa negantia ferro,

opposing, id. Silv. 3, 1:

illi membra negant,

his limbs fail him, id. Th. 2, 668.—

To deny any knowledge of, to reject (with acc. of persons;

eccl. Lat.): negaverunt Dominum,

Vulg. Jer. 5, 12:

qui me negaverit,

ib. Matt. 10, 33: Christum negantes, ib. Judae, 4.

nĕgo, āvi, ātum, 1 ( perf. subj. negāssim for negaverim, Plaut. As. 2, 4, 96.—Lengthened collat. form negumo: negumate in carmine Cn. Marci vatis significat negate, Paul. ex Fest. p. 165 Müll.; cf. Herm. Doct. Metr. p. 614), v. n. and a. [for ne-igo, ne and ajo, q. v.], to say no, to deny, refuse (opp. ajo, to say yes; v. ajo; cf.: abnuo, diffiteor, infitior).

In gen.: vel ai, vel nega, say yes or no, Naev. ap. Prisc. p. 473 P.:

vel tu mihi aias vel neges,

Plaut. Rud. 2, 4, 14:

negat quis? nego. Ait? aio,

Ter. Eun. 2, 2, 21:

Diogenes ait, Antipater negat,

Cic. Off. 3, 23, 91:

quasi ego id curem, quid ille aiat aut neget,

id. Fin. 2, 22, 70:

quia nunc aiunt, quod tunc negabant,

id. Rab. Post. 12, 35.— With acc. and inf., to say or affirm that not, to deny that, etc.:

Demosthenes negat, in eo positas esse fortunas Graeciae, hoc, etc.,

Cic. Or. 8 fin.:

Stoici negant quidquam esse bonum, nisi quod honestum sit,

id. Fin. 2, 21, 68; id. de Or. 3, 14, 54:

nego, ullam picturam fuisse, quin abstulerit,

id. Verr. 2, 4, 1, § 1; Caes. B. G. 6, 31.—With quoniam (eccl. Lat.):

negat quoniam Jesus est Christus,

Vulg. 1 Joann. 2, 22.—Sometimes two propositions depend upon nego, with the latter of which an affirmative verb (dico, etc.) is to be supplied:

plerique negant Caesarem in condicione mansurum: postulataque haec ab eo interposita esse, etc.,

Cic. Att. 7, 15, 3:

negabat cessandum et utique prius confligendum,

Liv. 35, 1:

ille negat se Numidam pertimescere, virtuti suorum credere,

Sall. J. 106, 3; Vell. 2, 118, 5; Ter. Phorm. 2, 3, 6.—Sometimes another negation follows, which, however, does not destroy the first:

negat nec suspicari,

Cic. Ac. 1, 2, 7:

negato esse nec mu, nec mutuum,

Plaut. Stich. 1, 3, 101:

tu autem te negas infracto remo, neque columbae collo, commoveri,

Cic. Ac. 2, 25, 79.—

Pass. with inf., they say I am not, etc.:

casta negor (sc. esse),

Ov. F. 4, 321:

saepe domi non es, cum sis quoque saepe negaris,

Mart. 2, 5, 5:

ex eo negantur ibi ranae coaxare,

Suet. Aug. 94:

ciconiae pullum qui ederit, negatur annis continuis lippiturus,

Plin. 29, 6, 38, § 128.—

In partic.

To deny a thing;

factum est: non nego,

Ter. Ad. 5, 3, 12;

opp. fateri,

Cic. Brut. 19, 76:

sed posthac omnia, quae certa non erunt, pro certo negato,

id. Att. 5, 21, 5:

negaturum aut me pro M. Fulvio, aut ipsum M. Fulvium censetis?

Liv. 38, 43:

negando minuendove,

Suet. Caes. 66:

mitto enim domestica, quae negari possunt,

i. e. the proof of which can be suppressed, Cic. Pis. 5, 11:

videant servi ne quis neget,

Juv. 10, 87.— With quin:

negare non posse, quin rectius sit, etc.,

Liv. 40, 36:

quod si negari non potest, quin, etc.,

Lact. 5, 23 init. —

To deny, refuse: quicquam quisquam cuiquam, quod ei conveniat, neget, Enn. ap. Auct. Her. 4, 12, 18 (Trag. v. 448 Vahl.):

numquam reo cuiquam tam praecise negavi, quam hic mihi,

Cic. Att. 8, 4, 2:

postquam id obstinate sibi negari videt,

Caes. B. G. 5, 6:

alicui impune negare,

Ov. M. 13, 741:

patriae opem,

id. H. 3, 96:

miseris,

id. Tr. 5, 8, 13:

civitatem alicui,

Suet. Aug. 40:

non ego me vinclis verberibusque nego,

Tib. 2, 3, 80; Luc. 8, 3:

exstingui primordia tanta negabam,

Sil. 9, 532:

neque enim negare tibi quidquam potest,

Vulg. 3 Reg. 2, 17.—

Se, to refuse (ante class.):

obsecrat, Ut sibi ejus faciat copiam: illa enim se negat,

Ter. Phorm. 1, 2, 63; id. Hec. 1, 2, 45.—

E s p., to decline an invitation:

invitatus ad haec aliquis de ponte negabit,

Juv. 14, 135.—

Transf., of inanim. things ( poet.):

poma negat regio,

i. e. does not yield, produce, Ov. Tr. 3, 10, 73:

nec mihi materiam bellatrix Roma negabat,

id. ib. 2, 321:

pars ventis vela negare,

i. e. to furl the sails, Ov. M. 11, 487:

si dextra neget,

Stat. Th. 6, 553:

saxa negantia ferro,

opposing, id. Silv. 3, 1:

illi membra negant,

his limbs fail him, id. Th. 2, 668.—

To deny any knowledge of, to reject (with acc. of persons;

eccl. Lat.): negaverunt Dominum,

Vulg. Jer. 5, 12:

qui me negaverit,

ib. Matt. 10, 33: Christum negantes, ib. Judae, 4.

ob-rŭo, ŭi, ŭtum, 3 ( inf. pres. pass. OBRI for obrui, Inscr. Marin. Fratr. Arv. p. 341; v. in the foll. I. B. 1.), v. a. (n. Lucr. 3, 775; v. infra), to overwhelm, overthrow, strike down; to cover, cover over with any thing; also to hide in the ground, bury by heaping over (class.; cf.: opprimo, subruo).

Lit.

In gen.:

aliquem caestu,

Stat. Achill. 1, 191:

concidit, et totis fratrem gravis obruit armis,

id. Th. 11, 573; Verg. A. 5, 692:

confossus undique obruitur,

Curt. 8, 11:

ranae marinae dicuntur obruere sese harenā solere,

bury themselves in the sand, Cic. N. D. 2, 49, 125:

thesaurum,

to bury, id. Sen. 7, 21:

ova,

to hide in the earth, id. N. D. 2, 52, 129:

aegros veste,

to cover, Plin. 26, 3, 8, § 16: oceanum rubra tractim obruit aethra, covered, Enn. ap. Macr. S. 6, 4 (Ann. v. 418 Vahl.); so,

terram nox obruit umbris,

Lucr. 6, 864.—

In partic., to bury, inter a dead body (perh. only post-Aug.), Tac. A. 1, 29 fin.:

cadaver levi caespite obrutum est,

Suet. Calig. 59: cujus ossa in Vulcanali obruta sunt, Paul. ex Fest. s. v. statua, p. 290 Müll.: QVOD SE VOLVIT OBRI. Inscr. Marin. Fratr. Arv. p. 341.—

To sink in the sea, cover with water:

puppes,

Verg. A. 1, 69:

quos Obruit Auster,

overwhelmed, sunk, id. ib. 6, 336:

navem,

Dig. 9, 2, 29:

obrutus adulter aquis,

Ov. Her. 1, 6:

obruerit cum tot deus aequoris undis,

id. P. 3, 6, 29:

vultus,

id. Tr. 1, 2, 34:

Aegyptum Nilus,

Cic. N. D. 2, 52.—

To sow seed; cover with earth:

semina terrā,

Ov. R. Am. 173:

milium,

Col. 11, 2, 72:

lupinum,

id. 11, 2, 81:

betam,

id. 11, 3, 42.—

To overload, surfeit with any thing:

se vino,

Cic. Deiot. 9. —

Trop.

To overwhelm, bury, conceal, put out of sight, abolish, consign to oblivion:

ut adversā quasi perpetuā oblivione obruamus,

Cic. Fin. 1, 17, 57; cf.:

ea quae umquam vetustas obruet aut quae tanta delebit oblivio?

id. Deiot. 13, 37; and:

(sermo) nec umquam de ullo perennis fuit, et obruitur hominum interitu,

id. Rep. 6, 23, 25:

talis viri interitu sex suos obruere consulatus,

to dim, cloud, destroy the glory of six consulships, id. Tusc. 5, 19, 56.—

Neutr.:

et domus aetatis spatio ne fessa vetusto obruat,

i. e. fall to ruin, Lucr. 3, 775.—

To overwhelm, overload, weigh down, oppress with any thing:

criminibus obrutus atque oppressus,

Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 7, § 20; so,

copiā sententiarum atque verborum,

id. Tusc. 2, 1, 3:

ambitione, et foro,

id. de Or. 1, 21, 94:

aere alieno,

id. Att. 2, 1, 11; cf.

faenore,

Liv. 6, 14; 35, 7:

magnitudine negotii,

Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 1, § 4.—

To overcome, overpower, surpass, eclipse, obscure:

famam alicujus,

Tac. Agr. 17:

obruimur numero,

are outnumbered, Verg. A. 2, 424:

obruit Idaeam quantum tuba Martia buxum,

Val. Fl. 1, 320:

M. Brutus Vatinium dignatione obruerat,

Vell. 2, 69:

Venus Nymphas obruit,

Stat. Achill. 1, 293.

ob-sĭdĕo, ēdi, essum, 2, v. n. and a. [sedeo].

Neutr., to sit, stay, remain, abide anywhere (only poet.):

servi ne obsideant, liberis ut sit locus,

Plaut. Poen. prol. 23:

domi obsidere,

Ter. Ad. 4, 6, 6:

in limine,

Val. Fl. 2, 237.—

Act., to sit at, on, or in, to remain on or in, to haunt, inhabit, frequent a place.

In gen.:

aram,

Plaut. Rud. 3, 3, 36:

ranae stagna et rivos obsident,

frequent marshes, Plin. 11, 18, 19, § 62:

obsedit limina bubo,

Sil. 8, 636:

Apollo umbilicum terrarum obsidet,

Cic. Div. 2, 56.—

In partic.

Milit. t. t., to sit down before, to hem in, beset, besiege, invest, blockade a place (cf. oppugno):

cum omnes aditus armati obsiderent,

Cic. Phil. 2, 35, 89:

Curio Uticam obsidere instituit,

Caes. B. C. 2, 36:

consiliis ab oppugnandā urbe ad obsidendam versis,

Liv. 2, 11:

propius inopiam erant obsidentes quam obsessi,

id. 25, 11:

ut Carthaginem crederent extemplo Scipionem obsessurum,

id. 30, 7:

totam Italiam,

Cic. Agr. 2, 28, 75:

vias,

Caes. B. G. 3, 23:

vallis obsessa,

Verg. A. 10, 120:

egregias Lateranorum aedīs,

Juv. 10, 17.—

To occupy, fill, possess:

corporibus omnis obsidetur locus,

is filled, Cic. N. D. 1, 23, 65:

senatum armis,

id. Phil. 7, 5, 15:

palus obsessa salictis,

full of osier-thickets, Ov. M. 11, 363:

Trachasque obsessa palude,

i. e. surrounded, id. ib. 15, 717.—

Trop., to occupy, possess, take possession of:

alicujus animum,

Just. 42, 4, 21:

qui meum tempus obsideret,

who took up my time, Cic. Verr. 1, 2, 6; id. Or. 62, 210:

cum obsideri aures a fratre cerneret,

that they were continually besieged by his brother, Liv. 40, 20 fin. —

To have one's eye upon, to watch closely, be on the look-out for:

jacere humi... ad obsidendum stuprum,

Cic. Cat. 1, 10, 26:

rostra,

id. Fl. 24, 57.