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1 caecus
caecus adj. with (once in H.) comp. [SCA-], not seeing, blind: qui caecus annos multos fuit: corpus, the blind part, back, S. — Prov.: ut si Caecus iter monstrare velit, H.: apparet id quidem etiam caeco, a blind man can see that, L.— Fig., of persons, mentally or morally blind, blinded: non solum ipsa Fortuna caeca est, sed eos efficit caecos, etc.: mater caeca crudelitate: cupidine, S.: amentiā: quem mala stultitia Caecum agit, H.: mens, Ta.: ad has belli artes, L.: Hypsaeā caecior, H.—Of wolves: quos ventris Exegit caecos rabies, blind to danger, V.—Meton., of passions: avaritia: praedae cupido, O.: amor sui, H.: festinatio, L.: timor, Ph. — Praegn., blind, at random, vague, indiscriminate, aimless: caecae suspitionis tormentum: caeca regens filo vestigia, V.: consilium, rash: casus.—Not seen, not discernible, invisible, concealed, hidden, obscure, dark: vallum, Cs.: fores, private, V.: tabes, O.: volnus, in the back, V.: domūs scelus, V.: viae, blind ways, Tb.: res caecae et ab aspectūs iudicio remotae: fata, H.: eventus, V.: tumultus, secret conspiracies, V.: stimuli in pectore, O.: murmur, muffled, V. — Obstructing the sight, dark, gloomy, thick, dense, obscure: nox, Ct.: caligo, V.: in nubibus ignes, i. e. deepening the gloom, V.: domus, without windows: pulvis, V.: acervus, chaotic, O.: quantum mortalia pectora caecae Noctis habent! i. e. dissimulation, O.: exspectatio, i. e. of an uncertain result: crimen, that cannot be proved, L.* * *Icaeca -um, caecior -or -us, caecissimus -a -um ADJblind; unseeing; dark, gloomy, hidden, secret; aimless, confused, random; rashII -
2 passim
passim. adv. [passus, from pando] (lit., spread or scattered about; hence), at or to different places, hither and thither, in every direction, at random.I.Lit. (class.): ille iit passim, ego ordinatim, Brut. ap. Cic. Fam. 11, 13, 2: sive pilatim sive passim iter facere volebat, Asellio ap. Serv. Verg. A. 12, 121:II.Numidae quādam barbarā consuetudine nullis ordinibus passim consederant,
Caes. B. C. 2, 38:Tyrii comites passim... diversa per agros Tecta metu petiere,
Verg. A. 4, 162:plurima perque vias sternuntur inertia passim Corpora,
id. ib. 2, 364;3, 510: volucres passim ac libere solutas opere volitare,
Cic. de Or 2, 6, 23; cf.:volucres huc et illuc passim vagantes,
id. Div. 2, 38, 80:passim per forum volitat,
id. Rosc. Am. 46, 135; id. Sull. 15, 42:passim carpere, colligere undique,
id. de Or. 1, 42, 91: sparsi enim toto passim campo se diffuderunt, Liv 40, 33, 7;41, 3, 7: quin etiam passim nostris in versibus ipsis Multa elementa vides, etc.,
Lucr. 1, 823; 2, 688; 6, 29.—Transf.A.Far and wide, everywhere, nearly = ubique (not ante-Aug.):B.passim omnes clamoribus agunt,
Liv. 2, 45, 11:pabula et ligna nec pauci petebant, nec passim,
id. 22, 12, 8:non tamen haec. quia possunt bene aliquando fieri, passim facienda sunt,
Quint. 4, 1, 70; 6, 3, 4; 12, 10, 13:passim et in quācumque parte nascuntur qui furunculi vocantur,
Plin. 26, 12, 77, § 125.—Without order, promiscuously, indiscriminately:scribimus indocti doctique poëmata passim,
Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 117:veteres passim semper amarunt,
Tib. 2, 3, 69 Dissen.: ut Saturnalibus exaequato omnium jure passim in conviviis servi cum dominis recumbant. Just. 43, 1, 4:hunc puto effudisse hoc passim,
without discrimination, heedlessly, Lact. 3, 9, 5: atomi passim cohaerentes, without a plan, at random, id. de Ira, 10, 27. -
3 temere
tĕmĕrē (ante-class. collat. form tĕ-mĕrĭter, Enn. ap. Prisc. p. 1010 p.; Att. ap. Non. 516, 5; Trag. Fragm. v. 96 Rib.), adv. [Sanscr. tamra, darkening; timira, dark; hence, blindly; cf.: timor, temeritas], by chance, by accident, at random, without design, intent, or purpose, casually, fortuitously, rashly, heedlessly, thoughtlessly, inconsiderately, indiscreetly, etc. (cf.: forte, fortuito).I.In gen.A.With forte (cf. Hand, Turs. II. p. 731 sq.):B.quam saepe forte temere Eveniunt, quae non audeas optare,
Ter. Phorm. 5, 1, 30; cf. Liv. 41, 2, 7:pepulere ut forte temere in adversos montes agmen erigeret,
id. 2, 31, 5:rideant licet quibus forte temere humana negotia agi persuasum est,
Curt. 5, 11, 10:nisi ista casu nonnumquam forte temere concurrerent,
Cic. Div. 2, 68, 141; Liv. 23, 3, 3; 39, 15, 11:forte, temere, casu aut pleraque fierent aut omnia, etc.,
Cic. Fat. 3, 6.—With casu, fortuito, etc.:C.ex corporibus huc et illuc casu et temere cursitantibus,
Cic. N. D. 2, 44, 115; cf.:id evenit non temere nec casu,
id. ib. 2, 2, 6:non enim temere nec fortuito sati et creati sumus,
id. Tusc. 1, 49, 118:temere ac fortuito,
id. Or. 55, 186:ne quid temere ac fortuito, inconsiderate neglegenterque agamus,
id. Off. 1, 29, 103; cf.: omnia [p. 1848] temere ac fortuito agere, Liv. 2, 28, 1; Tac. G 10: te nihil temere, nihil imprudenter facturum judicaram, Caes. ap. Cic. Att. 10, 8, B, 1 inconsulte ac temere dicere, Cic. N D. 1, 16, 43. temere ac nullā ratione causas dicere, id. de Or. 2, 8, 32; cf.:domus, quae temere et nullo consilio administratur (opp. quae ratione regitur),
id. Inv. 1, 34, 58.—Alone:II.non temere confirmare,
Cic. Font. 1, 1:non temere scribere,
id. Fam. 4, 13, 5:(oracula) partim effutita temere,
id. Div 2, 55, 113;ne quid de se temere crederent,
Sall. C. 31, 7:numquam temere tinniit tintinnabulum,
Plaut. Trin 4, 2, 162. sub pinu jacentes sic temere, Hor. C. 2, 11, 14, cf.:temere insecutae Orphea silvae,
id. ib. 1, 12, 7:temere errare in vallibus,
at random, Ov. F 6, 327: saxa temere jacentia, Liv 9, 24, 6.— Comp.: temerius, Att. ap. Non 178, 23. —In partic.A.Non or haud temere est, it is not mere chance, it is not for nothing, there is a meaning in it:B.non temere est, quod corvus cantat mihi nunc ab laevā manu,
Plaut. Aul. 4, 3, 1; so,non temere est,
Ter. Heaut. 4, 1, 7; id. Eun. 2, 2, 59; id. Phorm. 5, 8 (9), 9: haud temere est, Enn. ap. Serv ad Verg. A. 9, 329 (Ann. v. 473); Verg. A. 9, 375; Liv. 1, 59, 6.—Non temere, not easily, = non facile:rapidus fluvius est hic, non hac temere transiri potest,
Plaut. Bacch. 1, 1, 52;hoc temere numquam amittam ego a me, Ter Phorm. 4, 5, 2: an temere quicquam Parmeno praetereat, quod facto usus sit?
id. Hec. 5, 4, 38. qui hoc non temere nisi libertis suis deferebant, Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 4, § 13 non temere adire, Caes. B. G. 4, 20 patres quoque non temere pro ullo aeque adnisi sunt, Liv. 2, 61, 4;non temere incerta casuum reputat, quem fortuna numquam decepit,
id. 30, 30, 11; Quint. 1, 3, 3:si negabimus temere famam nasci solere,
Auct. Her. 2, 8, 12:non temere a me Quivis ferret idem,
Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 13;vatis avarus Non temere est animus,
id. ib. 2, 1, 120:nec sibi quivis temere arroget artem,
id. S. 2, 4, 35; Suet. Tit. 6; 8; Dig. 50, 17, 64;so also: nullus dies temere intercessit, quo non ad eum scriberet,
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4 cadō
cadō cecidī, casūrus, ere [CAD-], to fall, fall down, descend: lucrumae cadunt gaudio, T.: (apes) praecipites cadunt, V.: caelo ceciderunt sereno Fulgura, V.: a mento cadit manus, O.: de manibus arma cecidissent: vela cadunt, are furled, V.: Altius atque cadant imbres, from a greater height, V.—To fall, fall down, fall prostrate, fall over: ne ille ceciderit, has had a fall, T.: velut si prolapsus cecidisset, L.: prolapsa in volnus moribunda cecidit, L.: in pectus pronus, O.: casura moenia Troum, O.: casurae arces, V.—Of heavenly bodies, to set, go down, fall, sink: iuxta solem cadentem, V.: quā (nocte) Orion cadit, H.: oriens mediusve cadensve Phoebus, O.: primis cadentibus astris, fading, i. e. at dawn, V.—To fall off, fall away, fall out, drop off, be shed: barba, V.: Prima (folia) cadunt, H.: gregibus lanae cadunt, O.: poma ramis, O.: elapsae manibus cecidere tabellae, O.—Of a stream, to fall, empty itself: in sinum maris, L.—Of dice, to be thrown, fall, turn up: illud, quod cecidit forte, T.—Of shadows, to be thrown, fall (poet.): cadunt de montibus umbrae, V.—To fall dead, fall, die, be slain: in acie: Civili acie, O.: pauci de nostris cadunt, Cs.: plures Saguntini cadebant quam Poeni, L.: ante diem, prematurely, V.: suo Marte (i. e. suā manu), O.: iustā Morte, H.: femineo Marte, O.: a tanto viro, O.: a centurione, Ta.: In pio officio, O.: in patriā cadendum est, we must perish.—Of victims, to be slain, be offered, be sacrificed, fall (poet.): Multa tibi cadet hostia, V.: Si tener cadit haedus, H.: Victima vota cadit, O.—Of a woman, to yield, Tb. —Fig., to come, fall under, fall, be subject, be exposed: sub sensum: in conspectum, to become visible: si regnum ad servitia caderet, into servile hands, L.: sub imperium Romanorum: in deliberationem: in suspicionem alicuius, N.—To belong, be in accordance, agree, refer, be suitable, apply, fit, suit, become: non cadit in hos mores ista suspitio: cadit ergo in bonum virum mentiri?: Heu, cadit in quemquam tantum scelus? V.: sub eandem rationem.—Of time, to fall upon: in alienissimum tempus: in hanc aetatem.— To fall due: in eam diem cadere nummos.—To befall, fall to the lot of, happen, come to pass, occur, result, turn out, fall out: mihi peropportune: insperanti mihi cecidit, ut, etc.: Sunt quibus ad portas cecidit custodia sorti, V.: Ut illis... voluptas cadat, H.: verba cadentia, uttered at random, H.: verba si Graeco fonte cadent, be derived from, H.: verebar quorsum id casurum esset, how it would turn out: praeter opinionem, N.: si quid adversi caderet, L.: fortuito in melius casura, Ta.: curare Quo promissa cadent, how fulfilled, H.: Vota cadunt, are fulfilled, Tb.: tibi pro vano benigna cadant, Pr.: Quo res cumque cadent, V.: si non omnia caderent secunda, Cs.: ut inrita promissa eius caderent, L.: libertas in servitutem cadit: in hunc hominem ista suspitio: ad inritum cadens spes, turning out to be vain, L.—To lose strength, fall, perish, be overthrown, drop, decline, vanish, decay, cease: cadentem rem p. fulcire: tua laus pariter cum re p. cecidit: virtute Neronis Armenius cecidit, H.: non tibi ira cecidit, L.: animus, to fail. L.: cadere animis, to lose courage: cecidere illis animi, O.— To fail (in speaking), falter: orator cadet.—Causā cadere, to lose the cause: cadere in iudicio: Ut cecidit fortuna Phrygum, O.— Of the countenance or features: tibi tamen oculi, voltus, verba cecidissent, i. e. expressed terror.— Of words: Multa renascentur, quae iam cecidere, fallen into disuse, H.—Of theatrical representations, to fail, be condemned: cadat an recto stet fabula talo, H.—Of the wind, to abate, subside, die away: cadit Eurus, O.: venti vis omnis cecidit, L.—Of words and clauses, to be terminated, end, close: verba melius in syllabas longiores cadunt: similiter cadentia, having the same endings.* * *cadere, cecidi, casus V INTRANSfall, sink, drop, plummet, topple; be slain, die; end, cease, abate; decay -
5 effūsē
effūsē adv. with comp. [effusus], far spread, in disorder, at random: ire, S.: fugientes, L.: sequi, L.: effusius praedari, L. — Fig., profusely, lavishly, extravagantly: donare: vivere: animus exsultat: hospitiis effusius indulgere, Ta.* * *effusius, effusissime ADVover a wide area, extensively; freely, in a disorderly manner; lavishly -
6 errābundus
errābundus adj. [1 erro], wandering about, vagrant, at random: errabundi domos pervagarentur, L.: vestigia bovis, V.: agmen, Cu.* * *errabunda, errabundum ADJ -
7 errātiō
errātiō ōnis, f [1 erro], a wandering, roving about: hac minor est erratio, T.: nulla in caelo est, nothing moves at random. -
8 errō
errō āvī, ātus, āre, to wander, stray, rove, roam: cum vagus et exsul erraret: non certis passibus, O.: circum villulas nostras: per urbem, L.— Pass impers.: solis erratur in agris, V.—Of things: quae (stellae) errantes nominarentur, planets: Stellae sponte suā iussaene errent, H.: ubi flexibus errat Mincius, V.: pulmonibus errat Ignis edax, spreads, O.: extremus si quis super halitus errat, flutters, V.: errantibus oculis, wavering, V.: relegens errata retrorsus Litora, V.: erratas dicere terras, O.—To miss the way, lose oneself, go astray: qui erranti monstrat viam, Enn. ap. C.: errare viā, V.—Fig., to wander, stray at random: ne errare cogatur oratio: errans sententia: dubiis adfectibus errat, O.: ne tuus erret honos, be in doubt, O.—To be in error, err, mistake, go wrong, go astray: de nostris verbis, T.: totā viā, T.: non totā re, sed temporibus: procul, S.: valde: cum Platone: errare, si sperent, etc., Cs.: te errantem persequi, S.: errans in ahenos fetūs natura, producing monsters, L.: Teneo quid erret, T.: errabant tempora, in chronology, O.— Pass impers.: si fuit errandum, O.: si erratur in nomine: et in cognomine erratum sit, L.* * *Ierrare, erravi, erratus Vwander, go astray; make a mistake, err; vacillateIItruant; vagabond, wanderer -
9 passim
passim adv. [1 passus], spread, scattered about far and wide, at different places, generally, in every direction, at random: vagari, S.: per forum volitare: fugere, Cs.: perque vias sternuntur inertia passim Corpora, V.: Palantes, H.: pervastatis passim agris, L.: sparsi enim toto passim campo se diffuderunt, L.: pabula et ligna nec pauci petebant, nec passim, L.— Without order, promiscuously, indiscriminately: Scribimus indocti doctique poëmata passim, H.: amare, Tb.* * *here and there; everywhere -
10 quī-libet (-lubet)
quī-libet (-lubet) quaelibet, quodlibet, and (as subst.) quidlibet, pron. indef, any one, any without distinction, whom you will, no matter who, the first that comes, all: quaelibet minima res, any trifling circumstance: quemlubet, modo aliquem: quālubet condicione transigere: nomen, the first name that occurs, H.: quibuslibet temporibus, at all times, L.: quilibet unus, any one, L.—As subst n., anything, everything: quidlubet faciat, what he will: Quidlubet indutus, dressed as it happened, H.: cum quidlibet ille Garriret, at random, H. -
11 satura
satura (less correctly satira, not satyra), ae, f [fem. of satur; sc. lanx], a mixture, hotchpotch ; only in the phrase, per saturam, at random, confusedly, pell-mell: quasi per saturam sententiis exquisitis, S.— A satire, poetic medley set to music and sung on the stage: inpletae modis saturae, L.: ab saturis, i. e. after the appearance of satires, L.— A satire, poem of manners, didactic poem: in saturā nimis acer, H.* * * -
12 temerē
temerē adv. [2 TEM-], by chance, by accident, at random, without design, casually, fortuitously, rashly, heedlessly, thoughtlessly, inconsiderately, indiscreetly: evenire, T.: forte temere in adversos montīs agmen erigere, L.: nisi ista casu non numquam forte temere concurrerent: corpora huc et illuc casu et temere cursantia: non temere nec fortuito sati: inconsulte ac temere dicere: alquid de se credere, S.: sub Pinu iacentes sic temere, H.: saxa iacentia, L.—Esp., with a negative, not for nothing, not easily, hardly, scarcely: non temerest; timeo quid sit, it means something, T.: quidquid sit, haud temere esse rentur, that it is something of moment, L.: Haud temere est visum, V.: Hoc temere numquam amittam ego a me, T.: irasci amicis: adire, Cs.: patres quoque non temere pro ullo aeque adnisi sunt, L.: vatis avarus Non temere est animus, H.: nullus dies temere intercessit, quo non ad eum scriberet, N.* * *rashly, blindly -
13 turbulentus
turbulentus adj. with comp. and sup. [turba], full of commotion, disturbed, boisterous, stormy, tempestuous: tempestas, stormy: Aqua, turbid, Ph.: atomorum concursio, at random.—Fig., restless, troubled, confused, disordered: est igitur quiddam turbulentum in hominibus singulis: animi, excited: turbulentior inde annus excepit, L.: turbulentissimum tempus (opp. tranquillissimum).— Making trouble, troublesome, turbulent, factious, seditious: ut vitā sic oratione: cives: turbulentissimi tribuni plebis, Cs.* * *turbulenta -um, turbulentior -or -us, turbulentissimus -a -um ADJviolently disturbed, stormy, turbulent; unruly, riotous; w/violent unrest -
14 vagē
vagē adv. [vagus], here and there, far and wide, at random: effusi per agros, L.* * * -
15 passivus
Ipassiva, passivum ADJIIpassiva, passivum ADJrandom, indiscriminate; passive, being acted on (Latham) -
16 cado
cădo, cĕcĭdi, cāsum, 3 ( part. pres. gen. plur. cadentūm, Verg. A. 10, 674; 12, 410), v. n. [cf. Sanscr. çad-, to fall away].I.Lit.A.In an extended sense, to be driven or carried by one ' s weight from a higher to a lower point, to fall down, be precipitated, sink down, go down, sink, fall (so mostly poet.; in prose, in place of it, the compounds decĭdo, occĭdo, excĭdo, etc.; cf. also ruo, labor;2.opp. surgo, sto): tum arbores in te cadent,
Plaut. Men. 2, 3, 25: (aves) praecipites cadunt in terram aut in aquam, fall headlong to the earth or into the water, Lucr. 6, 745; cf. id. 6, 828;imitated by Verg.: (apes) praecipites cadunt,
Verg. G. 4, 80:nimbus, Ut picis e caelo demissum flumen, in undas Sic cadit, etc.,
Lucr. 6, 258:cadit in terras vis flammea,
id. 2, 215; so with in, id. 2, 209; 4, 1282; 6, 1006; 6, 1125; Prop. 4 (5), 4, 64:in patrios pedes,
Ov. F. 2, 832.—With a different meaning:omnes plerumque cadunt in vulnus,
in the direction of, towards their wound, Lucr. 4, 1049; cf.:prolapsa in vulnus moribunda cecidit,
Liv. 1, 58, 11:cadit in vultus,
Ov. M. 5, 292:in pectus,
id. ib. 4, 579.—Less freq. with ad:ad terras,
Plin. 2, 97, 99, § 216:ad terram,
Quint. 5, 10, 84.—The place from which is designated by ab, ex, de:a summo cadere,
Plaut. Mil. 4, 4, 15:a mento cadit manus,
Ov. F. 3, 20:aves ab alto,
Plin. 10, 38, 54, § 112:ut cadat (avis) e regione loci,
Lucr. 6, 824:ex arbore,
Plin. 17, 20, 34, § 148; Dig. 50, 16, 30, § 4; 18, 1, 80, § 2:cecidisse de equo dicitur,
Cic. Clu. 62, 175:cadere de equo,
Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 125 (for which Cæsar, Nepos, and Pliny employ decidere):de manibus arma cecidissent,
Cic. Phil. 14, 7, 21; cf.:de manibus civium delapsa arma ipsa ceciderunt,
id. Off. 1, 22, 77:cadunt altis de montibus umbrae,
Verg. E. 1, 84:de caelo,
Lucr. 5, 791; Ov. M. 2, 322:de matre (i. e. nasci),
Claud. in Rufin. 1, 92.—With per:per inane profundum,
Lucr. 2, 222:per aquas,
id. 2, 230:per salebras altaque saxa,
Mart. 11, 91; cf.:imbre per indignas usque cadente genas,
Ov. Tr. 1, 3, 18.—With the adverb altius: altius atque cadant summotis nubibus imbres, and poured forth from a greater height, etc., Verg. E. 6, 38.—And absol.:folia nunc cadunt,
Plaut. Men. 2, 3, 24; Ter. Ad. 1, 1, 12; Lucr. 6, 297:ut pluere in multis regionibus et cadere imbres,
id. 6, 415:cadens nix,
id. 3, 21; 3, 402:velut si prolapsus cecidisset,
Liv. 1, 56, 12: quaeque ita concus [p. 259] sa est, ut jam casura putetur, Ov. P. 2, 3, 59:cadentem Sustinuisse,
id. M. 8, 148:saepius, of epileptics,
Plin. Val. 12, 58:casuri, si leviter excutiantur, flosculi,
Quint. 12, 10, 73.—Esp.a.Of heavenly bodies, to decline, set (opp. orior), Ov. F. 1, 295:b.oceani finem juxta solemque cadentem,
Verg. A. 4, 480; 8, 59; Tac. G. 45:soli subjecta cadenti arva,
Avien. Descr. Orb. 273; cf. Tac. Agr. 12:quā (nocte) tristis Orion cadit,
Hor. Epod. 10, 10:Arcturus cadens,
id. C. 3, 1, 27.—To separate from something by falling, to fall off or away, fall out, to drop off, be shed, etc.:c.nam tum dentes mihi cadebant primulum,
Plaut. Men. 5, 9, 57:dentes cadere imperat aetas,
Lucr. 5, 671; Sen. Ep. 12, 3; 83, 3:pueri qui primus ceciderit dens,
Plin. 28, 4, 9, § 41:barba,
Verg. E. 1, 29:quam multa in silvis autumni frigore primo Lapsa cadunt folia,
id. A. 6, 310; cf. Cat. 11, 22; Hor. A. P. 61:lanigeris gregibus Sponte suā lanae cadunt,
Ov. M. 7, 541:saetae,
id. ib. 14, 303:quadrupedibus pilum cadere,
Plin. 11, 39, 94, § 231:poma,
Ov. M. 7, 586:cecidere manu quas legerat, herbae,
id. ib. 14, 350:elapsae manibus cecidere tabellae,
id. ib. 9, 571:et colus et fusus digitis cecidere remissis,
id. ib. 4, 229.—Of a stream, to fall, empty itself:d.amnis Aretho cadit in sinum maris,
Liv. 38, 4, 3; 38, 13, 6; 44, 31, 4:flumina in pontum cadent,
Sen. Med. 406:flumina in Hebrum cadentia,
Plin. 4, 11, 18, § 50:tandem in alterum amnem cadit,
Curt. 6, 4, 6.—Of dice, to be thrown or cast; to turn up:e.illud, quod cecidit forte,
Ter. Ad. 4, 7, 23 sq.; Liv. 2, 12, 16.—Alicui (alicujus) ad pedes, to fall at one ' s feet in supplication, etc. (post-class. for abicio, proicio), Sen. Contr. 1, 1, 19; Eutr. 4, 7; Aug. Serm. 143, 4; Vulg. Joan. 11, 32 al.—f.Super collum allcujus, to embrace (late Lat.), Vulg. Luc. 15, 20.—B.In a more restricted sense.1.To fall, to fall down, drop, fall to, be precipitated, etc.; to sink down, to sink, settle (the usual class. signif. in prose and poetry):2.cadere in plano,
Ov. Tr. 3, 4, 17 sq.:deorsum,
Plaut. Rud. 1, 2, 89:uspiam,
Ter. Ad. 1, 1, 12:Brutus, velut si prolapsus cecidisset,
Liv. 1, 56, 12; cf. id. 5, 21, 16; 1, 58, 12:dum timent, ne aliquando cadant, semper jacent,
Quint. 8, 5, 32:sinistrā manu sinum ad ima crura deduxit (Caesar), quo honestius caderet,
Suet. Caes. 82:cadere supinus,
id. Aug. 43 fin.:in pectus pronus,
Ov. M. 4, 579:cadunt toti montes,
Lucr. 6, 546:radicitus exturbata (pinus) prona cadit,
Cat. 64, 109:concussae cadunt urbes,
Lucr. 5, 1236:casura moenia Troum,
Ov. M. 13, 375; id. H. 13, 71:multaque praeterea ceciderunt moenia magnis motibus in terris,
Lucr. 6, 588: languescunt omnia membra;bracchia palpebraeque cadunt,
their arms and eyelids fall, id. 4, 953; 3, 596; so,ceciderunt artus,
id. 3, 453:sed tibi tamen oculi, voltus, verba cecidissent,
Cic. Dom. 52, 133; cf.:oculos vigiliā fatigatos cadentesque in opere detineo,
Sen. Ep. 8, 1:patriae cecidere manus,
Verg. A. 6, 33:cur facunda parum decoro Inter verba cadit lingua silentio?
Hor. C. 4, 1, 36:cecidere illis animique manusque,
Ov. M. 7, 347; Val. Fl. 1, 300; cf. II. F. infra.—In a pregn. signif. (as in most langg., to fall in battle, to die), to fall so as to be unable to rise, to fall dead, to fall, die (opp. vivere), Prop. 2 (3), 28, 42 (usu. of those who die in battle;b.hence most freq. in the histt.): hostes crebri cadunt,
Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 79 sq.:aut in acie cadendum fuit aut in aliquas insidias incidendum,
Cic. Fam. 7, 3, 3; Curt. 4, 1, 28; Ov. M. 7, 142:ut cum dignitate potius cadamus quam cum ignominiā serviamus,
Cic. Phil. 3, 14, 35:pauci de nostris cadunt,
Caes. B. G. 1, 15; id. B. C. 3, 53:optimus quisque cadere aut sauciari,
Sall. J. 92, 8; so id. C. 60, 6; id. J. 54, 10; Nep. Paus. 1, 2; id. Thras. 2, 7; id. Dat. 1, 2; 6, 1; 8, 3; Liv. 10, 35, 15 and 19; 21, 7, 10; 23, 21, 7; 29, 14, 8; Tac. G. 33; Hor. Ep. 1, 12, 27; Ov. M. 7, 142:per acies,
Tac. A. 1, 2:pro patriā,
Quint. 2, 15, 29:ante diem,
Verg. A. 4, 620:bipenni,
Ov. M. 12, 611:ense,
Val. Fl. 1, 812.—Not in battle:inque pio cadit officio,
Ov. M. 6, 250.—With abl. of means or instrument:suoque Marte (i. e. suā manu) cadunt,
Ov. M. 3, 123; cf. Tac. A. 3, 42 fin.:suā manu cecidit,
fell by his own hand, id. ib. 15, 71:exitu voluntario,
id. H. 1, 40:muliebri fraude cadere,
id. A. 2, 71: cecidere justā Morte Centauri, cecidit tremendae Flamma Chimaerae, Hor. C. 4, 2, 14 sq.:manu femineā,
Sen. Herc. Oet. 1179:femineo Marte,
Ov. M. 12, 610.—With abl. of agent with ab:torqueor, infesto ne vir ab hoste cadat,
should be slain by, Ov. H. 9, 36; so id. M. 5, 192; Suet. Oth. 5:a centurione volneribus adversis tamquam in pugnā,
Tac. A. 16, 9.—And without ab:barbarae postquam cecidere turmae Thessalo victore,
Hor. C. 2, 4, 9; imitated by Claudian, IV. Cons. Hon. 89; Grat. Cyn. 315.—Of victims, to be slain or offered, to be sacrificed, to fall ( poet.):3.multa tibi ante aras nostrā cadet hostia dextrā,
Verg. A. 1, 334:si tener pleno cadit haedus anno,
Hor. C. 3, 18, 5; Tib. 1, 1, 23; 4, 1, 15; Ov. M. 7, 162; 13, 615; id. F. 4, 653.—In mal. part., = succumbo, to yield to, Plaut. Pers. 4, 4, 104; Tib. 4, 10, 2; Sen. Contr. 1, 3, 7.—4.Matre cadens, just born ( poet.), Val. Fl. 1, 355; cf. of the custom of laying the new-born child at the father's feet: tellure cadens. Stat. S. 1, 2, 209; 5, 5, 69.II.Trop.A.To come or fall under, to fall, to be subject or exposed to something (more rare than its compound incidere, but class.); constr. usually with sub or in, sometimes with ad:B.sub sensus cadere nostros,
i. e. to be perceived by the senses, Lucr. 1, 448:sub sensum,
Cic. Inv. 1, 30, 48: in cernendi sensum. id. Tim. 3:sub oculos,
id. Or. 3, 9:in conspectum,
to become visible, id. Tusc. 1, 22, 50:sub aurium mensuram,
id. Or. 20, 67:sponte suā (genus humanum) cecidit sub leges artaque jura,
subjected itself to law and the force of right, Lucr. 5, 1146; so id. 3, 848:ad servitia,
Liv. 1, 40, 3:utrorum ad regna,
Lucr. 3, 836; so,sub imperium dicionemque Romanorum,
Cic. Font. 5, 12 (1, 2):in potestatem unius,
id. Att. 8, 3, 2:in cogitationem,
to suggest itself to the thoughts, id. N. D. 1, 9, 21:in hominum disceptationem,
id. de Or. 2, 2, 5:in deliberationem,
id. Off. 1, 3, 9:in offensionem alicujus,
id. N. D. 1, 30, 85:in morbum,
id. Tusc. 1, 32, 79:in suspitionem alicujus,
Nep. Paus. 2, 6:in calumniam,
Quint. 9, 4, 57:abrupte cadere in narrationem,
id. 4, 1, 79:in peccatum,
Aug. in Psa. 65, 13.—In gen.: in or sub aliquem or aliquid, to belong to any object, to be in accordance with, agree with, refer to, be suitable to, to fit, suit, become (so esp. freq. in philos. and rhet. lang.):C.non cadit in hos mores, non in hunc pudorem, non in hanc vitam, non in hunc hominem ista suspitio,
Cic. Sull. 27, 75:cadit ergo in bonum virum mentiri, emolumenti sui causā?
id. Off. 3, 20, 81; so id. Cael. 29, 69; id. Har. Resp. 26, 56:haec Academica... in personas non cadebant,
id. Att. 13, 19, 5:qui pedes in orationem non cadere quī possunt?
id. Or. 56, 188:neque in unam formam cadunt omnia,
id. ib. 11, 37; 57, 191; 27, 95; id. de Or. 3, 47, 182; Quint. 3, 7, 6; 4, 2, 37; 4, 2, 93; 6, prooem. § 5; 7, 2, 30 and 31; Plin. 35, 10, 36, § 82:heu, cadit in quemquam tantum scelus?
Verg. E. 9, 17; Cic. Or. 27, 95; 11, 37; Quint. 3, 5, 16; 3, 6, 91; 5, 10, 30; 6, 3, 52; 7, 2, 31; 9, 1, 7;9, 3, 92: hoc quoque in rerum naturam cadit, ut, etc.,
id. 2, 17, 32:in iis rebus, quae sub eandem rationem cadunt,
Cic. Inv. 1, 30, 47; Quint. 8, 3, 56.—To fall upon a definite time (rare):D.considera, ne in alienissimum tempus cadat adventus tuus,
Cic. Fam. 15, 14, 4:in id saeculum Romuli cecidit aetas, cum, etc.,
id. Rep. 2, 10, 18.—Hence, in mercantile lang., of payments, to fall due: in eam diem cadere ( were due) nummos, qui a Quinto debentur, Cic. Att. 15, 20, 4.—(Acc. to I. 1. e.) Alicui, to fall to one (as by lot), fall to one ' s lot, happen to one, befall; and absol. (for accidere), to happen, come to pass, occur, result, turn out, fall out (esp. in an unexpected manner; cf. accido; very freq. in prose and poetry).1.Alicui:2.nihil ipsis jure incommodi cadere possit,
Cic. Quint. 16, 51:hoc cecidit mihi peropportune, quod, etc.,
id. de Or. 2, 4, 15; id. Att. 3, 1:insperanti mihi, cecidit, ut, etc.,
id. de Or. 1, 21, 96; id. Att. 8, 3, 6; id. Mil. 30, 81:mihi omnia semper honesta et jucunda ceciderunt,
id. Q. Fr. 1, 3, 1:sunt, quibus ad portas cecidit custodia sorti,
Verg. G. 4, 165:haec aliis maledicta cadant,
Tib. 1, 6, 85:neu tibi pro vano verba benigna cadunt,
Prop. 1, 10, 24:ut illis... voluptas cadat dura inter saepe pericla,
Hor. S. 1, 2, 40: verba cadentia, uttered at random, id. Ep. 1, 18, 12.—Ab sol., Afran. ap. Charis. p. 195 P.;3.Cic. Leg.2, 13, 33: verebar quorsum id casurum esset,
how it would turn out, id. Att. 3, 24:aliorsum vota ceciderunt,
Flor. 2, 4, 5:cum aliter res cecidisset ac putasses,
had turned out differently from what was expected, Cic. Fam. 5, 19, 1:sane ita cadebat ut vellem,
id. Att. 3, 7, 1; id. Div. 2, 52, 107; Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 12, 3; Cic. Verr. 1, 2, 5; Caes. B. C. 3, 73, Nep. Milt. 2, 5 Dähne:cum, quae tum maxime acciderant, casura praemonens, a furioso incepto eos deterreret,
Liv. 36, 34, 3; 22, 40, 3; 35, 13, 9; 38, 46, 6; Plin. Pan. 31, 1; Tac. A. 2, 80; 6, 8; Suet. Tib. 14 al.; Verg. A. 2, 709:ut omnia fortiter fiant, feliciter cadant,
Sen. Suas. 2, p. 14:multa. fortuito in melius casura,
Tac. A. 2, 77.—With adj.:si non omnia caderent secunda,
Caes. B. C. 3, 73:vota cadunt, i.e. rata sunt,
are fulfilled, realized, Tib. 2, 2, 17 (diff. from Prop. 1, 17, 4; v. under F.).—With in and acc.: nimia illa libertas et populis et privatis in nimiam servitutem cadit (cf. metaballei), Cic. Rep. 1, 44, 68.—Esp.: in (ad) irritum or cassum, to be frustrated, fail, be or remain fruitless:E.omnia in cassum cadunt,
Plaut. Poen. 1, 2, 147; Lucr. 2, 1166:ad irritum cadens spes,
Liv. 2, 6, 1; so Tac. H. 3, 26:in irritum,
id. A. 15, 39; cf. with irritus, adj.:ut irrita promissa ejus caderent,
Liv. 2, 31, 5:haud irritae cecidere minae,
id. 6, 35, 10.—To fall, to become less (in strength, power, worth, etc.), to decrease, diminish, lessen:F. 1.cadunt vires,
Lucr. 5, 410:mercenarii milites pretia militiae casura in pace aegre ferebant,
Liv. 34, 36, 7.—More freq. in an extended signif. (acc. to I. B. 2.),In gen.: pellis item cecidit, vestis contempta ferina. declined in value, Lucr. 5, 1417:2.turpius est enim privatim cadere (i. e. fortunis everti) quam publice,
Cic. Att. 16, 15, 6; so id. Fam. 6, 10, 2:atque ea quidem tua laus pariter cum re publicā cecidit,
id. Off. 2, 13, 45:tanta civitas, si cadet,
id. Har. Resp. 20, 42:huc cecidisse Germanici exercitus gloriam, ut, etc.,
Tac. H. 3, 13:non tibi ingredienti fines ira cecidit?
Liv. 2, 40, 7; Pers. 5, 91:amicitia nec debilitari animos aut cadere patitur,
Cic. Lael. 7, 23:animus,
to fail, Liv. 1, 11, 3; Ov. M. 11, 537; cf. id. ib. 7, 347:non debemus ita cadere animis, etc.,
to lose courage, be disheartened, Cic. Fam. 6, 1, 4:tam graviter,
id. Off. 1, 21, 73; cf. Sen. Ep. 8, 3.—Esp., to fail in speaking:magnus orator est... minimeque in lubrico versabitur, et si semel constiterit numquam cadet,
Cic. Or. 28, 98:alte enim cadere non potest,
id. ib. —So in the lang. of the jurists, causā or formulā, to lose one ' s cause or suit:causā cadere,
Cic. Inv. 2, 19, 57; so id. de Or. 1, 36, 166 sq.; id. Fam. 7, 14, 1; Quint. 7, 3, 17; Luc. 2, 554; Suet. Calig. 39:formulā cadere,
Sen. Ep. 48, 10; Quint. 3, 6, 69.—With in:ita quemquam cadere in judicio, ut, etc.,
Cic. Mur. 28, 58.—Also absol.:cadere,
Tac. H. 4, 6; and:criminibus repetundarum,
id. ib. 1, 77:conjurationis crimine,
id. A. 6, 14:ut cecidit Fortuna Phrygum,
Ov. M. 13, 435:omniaque ingrato litore vota cadunt, i. e. irrita sunt,
remain unfulfilled, unaccomplished, Prop. 1, 17, 4 (diff. from Tib. 2, 2, 17; v. above, D. 2.); cf.:at mea nocturno verba cadunt zephyro,
Prop. 1, 16, 34:multa renascentur, quae jam cecidere, cadentque Quae nunc sunt in honore vocabula,
to fall into disuse, grow out of date, Hor. A. P. 70 —Hence of theatrical representations, to fall through, to fail, be condemned (opp. stare, to win applause;the fig. derived from combatants): securus cadat an recto stet fabula talo,
Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 176.— Impers.. periculum est, ne cadatur, Aug. Don. Persev. 1.—Esp. of the wind (opp. surgo), to abate, subside, die away, etc.:G.cadit Eurus et umida surgunt Nubila,
Ov. M. 8, 2:ventus premente nebulā cecidit,
Liv. 29, 27, 10:cadente jam Euro,
id. 25, 27, 11:venti vis omnis cecidit,
id. 26, 39, 8:ubi primum aquilones ceciderunt,
id. 36, 43, 11; cf.:sic cunctus pelagi cecidit fragor,
Verg. A. 1, 154:ventosi ceciderunt murmuris aurae,
id. E. 9, 58; id. G. 1, 354 Serv. and Wagn.—Rhet. and gram. t. t. of words, syllables, clauses, etc., to be terminated, end, close:verba melius in syllabas longiores cadunt,
Cic. Or. 57, 194; 67, 223: qua (littera [p. 260] sc. m) nullum Graece verbum cadit, Quint. 12, 10, 31:plerique censent cadere tantum numerose oportere terminarique sententiam,
Cic. Or. 59, 199; so id. Brut. 8, 34:apto cadens oratio,
Quint. 9, 4, 32:numerus opportune cadens,
id. 9, 4, 27:ultima syllaba in gravem vel duas graves cadit semper,
id. 12, 10, 33 Spald.: similiter cadentia = omoioptôta, the ending of words with the same cases or verbal forms, diff. from similiter desinentia = omoioteleuta, similar endings of any kind, Cic. de Or. 3, 54, 206; id. Or. 34, 135; Auct. Her. 4, 20, 28; Quint. 9, 4, 42; cf. id. 9, 4, 18; 9, 3, 78; 9, 3, 79; 1, 7, 23; Aquil. Rom. Figur. §§ 25 and 26. -
17 Caeci
1.caecus (not coecus; sometimes in MSS. cēcus), a, um, adj. [akin to skia, skotos; Sanscr. khāyā, shadow], having no light, devoid of light.I. A.Lit.:2.Appius, qui caecus annos multos fuit,
Cic. Tusc. 5, 38, 112:traditum est enim Homerum caecum fuisse,
id. ib. 5, 39, 114; Lucr. 5, 839:catuli, qui jam dispecturi sunt, caeci aeque et hi qui modo nati,
Cic. Fin. 4, 23, 64:si facie miserabili senis, caeci, infantis,
Quint. 4, 1, 42:caecum corpus,
the blind part of the body, the back, Sall. J. 107, 1:perdices caecae impetu,
Plin. 10, 33, 51, § 102:gigni,
Vell. 1, 5, 2.—Prov.:B.ut si Caecus iter monstrare velit,
Hor. Ep. 1, 17, 4:apparet id quidem etiam caeco,
even a blind man can see that, Liv. 32, 34, 3:caecis hoc, ut aiunt, satis clarum est,
Quint. 12, 7, 9.—Trop., mentally or morally blind, blinded (freq. in prose and poetry):2.o pectora caeca!
Lucr. 2, 14:non solum ipsa Fortuna caeca est, sed eos etiam plerumque efficit caecos, quos complexa est,
Cic. Lael. 15, 54; cf.casus,
id. Div. 2, 6, 15:caecus atque amens tribunus,
id. Sest. 7, 17:caecum me et praecipitem ferri,
id. Planc. 3, 6:mater caeca crudelitate et scelere,
id. Clu. 70, 199:cupidine,
Sall. J. 25, 7:amentiā,
Cic. Har. Resp. 23, 48:quem mala stultitia Caecum agit,
Hor. S. 2, 3, 44:amatorem amicae Turpia decipiunt caecum vitia,
id. ib. 1, 3, 39:mens,
Tac. Agr. 43.—With ad:caecus ad has belli artes,
Liv. 21, 54, 3.—With gen.:caecus animi,
Quint. 1, 10, 29; Gell. 12, 13, 4:fati futuri,
ignorant of, Luc. 2, 14; cf. Claud. Rapt. Pros. 1, 138.— Subst.: Caeci, ōrum, m., the blind people, i.e. the people of Chalcedon, according to the oracle at Delphi. Tac. A. 12, 63; cf. Plin. 5, 32, 43, § 149. —Meton. of the passions themselves:3.caeca honorum cupido,
Lucr. 3, 59; Ov. M. 3, 620:ac temeraria dominatrix animi cupiditas,
Cic. Inv. 1, 2, 2; id. Pis. 24, 57:exspectatio,
id. Agr. 2, 25, 66:amor,
Ov. F. 2, 762:amor sui,
Hor. C. 1, 18, 14:festinatio,
Liv. 22, 39, 22:furor,
Hor. Epod. 7, 13:caeca et sopita socordia,
Quint. 1, 2, 5:ambitio,
Sen. Ben. 7, 26, 4.—Pregn., blind, i.e. at random, vague, indiscriminate, aimless:C.in hac calumniā timoris et caecae suspitionis tormento,
Cic. Fam. 6, 7, 4:caeco quodam timore... quaerebant aliquem ducem,
id. Lig. 1, 3:caecique in nubibus ignes Terrificant animos,
Verg. A. 4, 209:caeca regens filo vestigia,
id. ib. 6, 30:ne sint caecae, pater, exsecrationes tuae,
Liv. 40, 10, 1:et caeco flentque paventque metu,
Ov. F. 2, 822:lymphatis caeco pavore animis,
Tac. H. 1, 82:cervus... Caeco timore proximam villam petit,
Phaedr. 2, 8, 3:timor,
Ov. Am. 1, 4, 42.—Transf.1. 2.Of the large intestine:II.intestinum,
the cœcum, Cels. 4, 1, 28; 4, 14, 1.—Pass., that cannot be seen, or trop., that cannot be known, invisible, concealed, hidden, secret, obscure, dark.A.Lit.: sunt igitur venti nimirum corpora caeca, winds are accordingly bodies, although invisible, Lucr. 1, 278; 1, 296; 1, 329;B.2, 713: vallum caecum,
Caes. B. C. 1, 28; cf.: caecum vallum dicitur, in quo praeacuti pali terrae affixi herbis vel frondibus occuluntur, Paul. ex Fest. p. 44 Müll.; so,fossae,
covered, Col. 2, 2, 9; Pall. Mai, 3. 1:in vada caeca ferre,
Verg. A. 1, 536:fores,
private, id. ib. 2, 453:spiramenta,
id. G. 1, 89:colubri,
Col. 10, 231:ignis,
Lucr. 4, 929:venenum,
id. 6, 822:tabes,
Ov. M. 9, 174:viae,
blind ways, Tib. 2, 1, 78:insidiae armaque,
Ov. F 2, 214; cf. Sil. 5, 3:saxa,
Verg. A. 3, 706; 5, 164:vulnus,
a secret wound, Lucr. 4, 1116;but also,
a wound upon the back, Verg. A. 10, 733; cf.in the same sense, ictus,
Liv. 34, 14, 11; Sil. 9, 105 (cf.: caecum corpus, the back, I. A. supra):caeca manus, i.e. abscondita,
Ov. M. 12, 492:caecum domūs scelus,
Verg. A. 1, 356.—Trop.:2.caecas exponere causas,
Lucr. 3, 317:improba navigii ratio, tum caeca jacebat,
lay still concealed, id. 5, 1004; so,venti potestas,
id. 3, 248; 3, 270: fluctus, Sisenn. ap. Non. p. 449, 10:caeca et clandestina natura,
Lucr. 1, 779:res caecae et ab aspectūs judicio remotae,
Cic. de Or. 2, 87, 357:obscurum atque caecum,
id. Agr. 2, 14, 36:fata,
Hor. C. 2, 13, 16:sors,
id. S. 2, 3, 269:tumultus,
secret conspiracies, Verg. G. 1, 464:amor,
id. ib. 3, 210; cf.:stimulos in pectore caecos Condidit,
Ov. M. 1, 726. In Plaut. once, prob. taken from the vulgar lang.: caecā die emere, upon a concealed ( pay-) day, i.e. to purchase on credit (opp. oculata dies, i.e. for ready money): Ca. Pereo inopiā argentariā. Ba. Emito die caecā hercle olivom, id vendito oculatā die, Plaut. Ps. 1, 3, 67.—By poet. license, transf. to the hearing:III. A.murmur,
Verg. A. 12, 591 (as we, by a similar meton., say a hollow sound; cf. on the other hand, in Gr. tuphlos ta ôta); so,clamor,
Val. Fl. 2, 461:mugitusterrae,
Sen. Troad. 171.—Lit.:B.nox,
Cic. Mil. 19, 50; Lucr. 1, 1108; Cat. 68, 44; Ov. M. 10, 476; 11, 521:caligo,
Lucr. 3, 305; 4, 457; Cat. 64, 908; Verg. A. 3, 203; 8, 253:tenebrae,
Lucr. 2, 54; 2, 746; 2, 798; 3, 87; 6, 35;3, 87: silentia, i.e. nox,
Sil. 7, 350:latebrae,
Lucr. 1, 409:iter,
Ov. M. 10, 456:loca,
Prop. 1, 19, 8:cavernae,
Ov. M. 15, 299; Sil. 7, 372:latus,
Verg. A. 2, 19:cubiculum si fenestram non habet, dicitur caecum,
Varr. L. L. 9, § 58 Müll.; so,domus,
without windows, Cic. Or. 67, 224:parietes,
Verg. A. 5, 589:pulvis,
id. ib. 12, 444:carcer,
id. ib. 6, 734:sardonyches,
not transparent, opaque, Plin. 37, 6, 23, § 86:smaragdi,
id. 37, 5, 18, § 68: acervus (of chaos), chaotic, confused, Ov M. 1, 24; Col. 4, 32, 4' chaos, Sen. Med. 741, Sil. 11, 456.—Trop., uncertain, doubtful: obscurā spe et caecā exspectatione pendere, i.e. of an uncertain consequence or result, Cic. Agr. 2, 25, 66:quod temere fit caeco casu,
id. Div. 2, 6, 15. cursus (Fortunae), Luc. 2, 567:eventus,
Verg. A. 6, 157:caeci morbi, quorum causas ne medici quidem perspicere queunt,
Col. 1, 5, 6; so,dolores,
Plin. 29, 2, 10, § 38; 29, 3, 13, § 55:crimen,
that cannot be proved, Liv. 45, 31, 11.— Subst.: caecum, i, n., uncertainty, obscurity ( poet.):verum in caeco esse,
Manil. 4, 304.—* Comp., Hor. S. 1, 2, 91.— Sup. and adv. not in. use.2. -
18 caecum
1.caecus (not coecus; sometimes in MSS. cēcus), a, um, adj. [akin to skia, skotos; Sanscr. khāyā, shadow], having no light, devoid of light.I. A.Lit.:2.Appius, qui caecus annos multos fuit,
Cic. Tusc. 5, 38, 112:traditum est enim Homerum caecum fuisse,
id. ib. 5, 39, 114; Lucr. 5, 839:catuli, qui jam dispecturi sunt, caeci aeque et hi qui modo nati,
Cic. Fin. 4, 23, 64:si facie miserabili senis, caeci, infantis,
Quint. 4, 1, 42:caecum corpus,
the blind part of the body, the back, Sall. J. 107, 1:perdices caecae impetu,
Plin. 10, 33, 51, § 102:gigni,
Vell. 1, 5, 2.—Prov.:B.ut si Caecus iter monstrare velit,
Hor. Ep. 1, 17, 4:apparet id quidem etiam caeco,
even a blind man can see that, Liv. 32, 34, 3:caecis hoc, ut aiunt, satis clarum est,
Quint. 12, 7, 9.—Trop., mentally or morally blind, blinded (freq. in prose and poetry):2.o pectora caeca!
Lucr. 2, 14:non solum ipsa Fortuna caeca est, sed eos etiam plerumque efficit caecos, quos complexa est,
Cic. Lael. 15, 54; cf.casus,
id. Div. 2, 6, 15:caecus atque amens tribunus,
id. Sest. 7, 17:caecum me et praecipitem ferri,
id. Planc. 3, 6:mater caeca crudelitate et scelere,
id. Clu. 70, 199:cupidine,
Sall. J. 25, 7:amentiā,
Cic. Har. Resp. 23, 48:quem mala stultitia Caecum agit,
Hor. S. 2, 3, 44:amatorem amicae Turpia decipiunt caecum vitia,
id. ib. 1, 3, 39:mens,
Tac. Agr. 43.—With ad:caecus ad has belli artes,
Liv. 21, 54, 3.—With gen.:caecus animi,
Quint. 1, 10, 29; Gell. 12, 13, 4:fati futuri,
ignorant of, Luc. 2, 14; cf. Claud. Rapt. Pros. 1, 138.— Subst.: Caeci, ōrum, m., the blind people, i.e. the people of Chalcedon, according to the oracle at Delphi. Tac. A. 12, 63; cf. Plin. 5, 32, 43, § 149. —Meton. of the passions themselves:3.caeca honorum cupido,
Lucr. 3, 59; Ov. M. 3, 620:ac temeraria dominatrix animi cupiditas,
Cic. Inv. 1, 2, 2; id. Pis. 24, 57:exspectatio,
id. Agr. 2, 25, 66:amor,
Ov. F. 2, 762:amor sui,
Hor. C. 1, 18, 14:festinatio,
Liv. 22, 39, 22:furor,
Hor. Epod. 7, 13:caeca et sopita socordia,
Quint. 1, 2, 5:ambitio,
Sen. Ben. 7, 26, 4.—Pregn., blind, i.e. at random, vague, indiscriminate, aimless:C.in hac calumniā timoris et caecae suspitionis tormento,
Cic. Fam. 6, 7, 4:caeco quodam timore... quaerebant aliquem ducem,
id. Lig. 1, 3:caecique in nubibus ignes Terrificant animos,
Verg. A. 4, 209:caeca regens filo vestigia,
id. ib. 6, 30:ne sint caecae, pater, exsecrationes tuae,
Liv. 40, 10, 1:et caeco flentque paventque metu,
Ov. F. 2, 822:lymphatis caeco pavore animis,
Tac. H. 1, 82:cervus... Caeco timore proximam villam petit,
Phaedr. 2, 8, 3:timor,
Ov. Am. 1, 4, 42.—Transf.1. 2.Of the large intestine:II.intestinum,
the cœcum, Cels. 4, 1, 28; 4, 14, 1.—Pass., that cannot be seen, or trop., that cannot be known, invisible, concealed, hidden, secret, obscure, dark.A.Lit.: sunt igitur venti nimirum corpora caeca, winds are accordingly bodies, although invisible, Lucr. 1, 278; 1, 296; 1, 329;B.2, 713: vallum caecum,
Caes. B. C. 1, 28; cf.: caecum vallum dicitur, in quo praeacuti pali terrae affixi herbis vel frondibus occuluntur, Paul. ex Fest. p. 44 Müll.; so,fossae,
covered, Col. 2, 2, 9; Pall. Mai, 3. 1:in vada caeca ferre,
Verg. A. 1, 536:fores,
private, id. ib. 2, 453:spiramenta,
id. G. 1, 89:colubri,
Col. 10, 231:ignis,
Lucr. 4, 929:venenum,
id. 6, 822:tabes,
Ov. M. 9, 174:viae,
blind ways, Tib. 2, 1, 78:insidiae armaque,
Ov. F 2, 214; cf. Sil. 5, 3:saxa,
Verg. A. 3, 706; 5, 164:vulnus,
a secret wound, Lucr. 4, 1116;but also,
a wound upon the back, Verg. A. 10, 733; cf.in the same sense, ictus,
Liv. 34, 14, 11; Sil. 9, 105 (cf.: caecum corpus, the back, I. A. supra):caeca manus, i.e. abscondita,
Ov. M. 12, 492:caecum domūs scelus,
Verg. A. 1, 356.—Trop.:2.caecas exponere causas,
Lucr. 3, 317:improba navigii ratio, tum caeca jacebat,
lay still concealed, id. 5, 1004; so,venti potestas,
id. 3, 248; 3, 270: fluctus, Sisenn. ap. Non. p. 449, 10:caeca et clandestina natura,
Lucr. 1, 779:res caecae et ab aspectūs judicio remotae,
Cic. de Or. 2, 87, 357:obscurum atque caecum,
id. Agr. 2, 14, 36:fata,
Hor. C. 2, 13, 16:sors,
id. S. 2, 3, 269:tumultus,
secret conspiracies, Verg. G. 1, 464:amor,
id. ib. 3, 210; cf.:stimulos in pectore caecos Condidit,
Ov. M. 1, 726. In Plaut. once, prob. taken from the vulgar lang.: caecā die emere, upon a concealed ( pay-) day, i.e. to purchase on credit (opp. oculata dies, i.e. for ready money): Ca. Pereo inopiā argentariā. Ba. Emito die caecā hercle olivom, id vendito oculatā die, Plaut. Ps. 1, 3, 67.—By poet. license, transf. to the hearing:III. A.murmur,
Verg. A. 12, 591 (as we, by a similar meton., say a hollow sound; cf. on the other hand, in Gr. tuphlos ta ôta); so,clamor,
Val. Fl. 2, 461:mugitusterrae,
Sen. Troad. 171.—Lit.:B.nox,
Cic. Mil. 19, 50; Lucr. 1, 1108; Cat. 68, 44; Ov. M. 10, 476; 11, 521:caligo,
Lucr. 3, 305; 4, 457; Cat. 64, 908; Verg. A. 3, 203; 8, 253:tenebrae,
Lucr. 2, 54; 2, 746; 2, 798; 3, 87; 6, 35;3, 87: silentia, i.e. nox,
Sil. 7, 350:latebrae,
Lucr. 1, 409:iter,
Ov. M. 10, 456:loca,
Prop. 1, 19, 8:cavernae,
Ov. M. 15, 299; Sil. 7, 372:latus,
Verg. A. 2, 19:cubiculum si fenestram non habet, dicitur caecum,
Varr. L. L. 9, § 58 Müll.; so,domus,
without windows, Cic. Or. 67, 224:parietes,
Verg. A. 5, 589:pulvis,
id. ib. 12, 444:carcer,
id. ib. 6, 734:sardonyches,
not transparent, opaque, Plin. 37, 6, 23, § 86:smaragdi,
id. 37, 5, 18, § 68: acervus (of chaos), chaotic, confused, Ov M. 1, 24; Col. 4, 32, 4' chaos, Sen. Med. 741, Sil. 11, 456.—Trop., uncertain, doubtful: obscurā spe et caecā exspectatione pendere, i.e. of an uncertain consequence or result, Cic. Agr. 2, 25, 66:quod temere fit caeco casu,
id. Div. 2, 6, 15. cursus (Fortunae), Luc. 2, 567:eventus,
Verg. A. 6, 157:caeci morbi, quorum causas ne medici quidem perspicere queunt,
Col. 1, 5, 6; so,dolores,
Plin. 29, 2, 10, § 38; 29, 3, 13, § 55:crimen,
that cannot be proved, Liv. 45, 31, 11.— Subst.: caecum, i, n., uncertainty, obscurity ( poet.):verum in caeco esse,
Manil. 4, 304.—* Comp., Hor. S. 1, 2, 91.— Sup. and adv. not in. use.2. -
19 Caecus
1.caecus (not coecus; sometimes in MSS. cēcus), a, um, adj. [akin to skia, skotos; Sanscr. khāyā, shadow], having no light, devoid of light.I. A.Lit.:2.Appius, qui caecus annos multos fuit,
Cic. Tusc. 5, 38, 112:traditum est enim Homerum caecum fuisse,
id. ib. 5, 39, 114; Lucr. 5, 839:catuli, qui jam dispecturi sunt, caeci aeque et hi qui modo nati,
Cic. Fin. 4, 23, 64:si facie miserabili senis, caeci, infantis,
Quint. 4, 1, 42:caecum corpus,
the blind part of the body, the back, Sall. J. 107, 1:perdices caecae impetu,
Plin. 10, 33, 51, § 102:gigni,
Vell. 1, 5, 2.—Prov.:B.ut si Caecus iter monstrare velit,
Hor. Ep. 1, 17, 4:apparet id quidem etiam caeco,
even a blind man can see that, Liv. 32, 34, 3:caecis hoc, ut aiunt, satis clarum est,
Quint. 12, 7, 9.—Trop., mentally or morally blind, blinded (freq. in prose and poetry):2.o pectora caeca!
Lucr. 2, 14:non solum ipsa Fortuna caeca est, sed eos etiam plerumque efficit caecos, quos complexa est,
Cic. Lael. 15, 54; cf.casus,
id. Div. 2, 6, 15:caecus atque amens tribunus,
id. Sest. 7, 17:caecum me et praecipitem ferri,
id. Planc. 3, 6:mater caeca crudelitate et scelere,
id. Clu. 70, 199:cupidine,
Sall. J. 25, 7:amentiā,
Cic. Har. Resp. 23, 48:quem mala stultitia Caecum agit,
Hor. S. 2, 3, 44:amatorem amicae Turpia decipiunt caecum vitia,
id. ib. 1, 3, 39:mens,
Tac. Agr. 43.—With ad:caecus ad has belli artes,
Liv. 21, 54, 3.—With gen.:caecus animi,
Quint. 1, 10, 29; Gell. 12, 13, 4:fati futuri,
ignorant of, Luc. 2, 14; cf. Claud. Rapt. Pros. 1, 138.— Subst.: Caeci, ōrum, m., the blind people, i.e. the people of Chalcedon, according to the oracle at Delphi. Tac. A. 12, 63; cf. Plin. 5, 32, 43, § 149. —Meton. of the passions themselves:3.caeca honorum cupido,
Lucr. 3, 59; Ov. M. 3, 620:ac temeraria dominatrix animi cupiditas,
Cic. Inv. 1, 2, 2; id. Pis. 24, 57:exspectatio,
id. Agr. 2, 25, 66:amor,
Ov. F. 2, 762:amor sui,
Hor. C. 1, 18, 14:festinatio,
Liv. 22, 39, 22:furor,
Hor. Epod. 7, 13:caeca et sopita socordia,
Quint. 1, 2, 5:ambitio,
Sen. Ben. 7, 26, 4.—Pregn., blind, i.e. at random, vague, indiscriminate, aimless:C.in hac calumniā timoris et caecae suspitionis tormento,
Cic. Fam. 6, 7, 4:caeco quodam timore... quaerebant aliquem ducem,
id. Lig. 1, 3:caecique in nubibus ignes Terrificant animos,
Verg. A. 4, 209:caeca regens filo vestigia,
id. ib. 6, 30:ne sint caecae, pater, exsecrationes tuae,
Liv. 40, 10, 1:et caeco flentque paventque metu,
Ov. F. 2, 822:lymphatis caeco pavore animis,
Tac. H. 1, 82:cervus... Caeco timore proximam villam petit,
Phaedr. 2, 8, 3:timor,
Ov. Am. 1, 4, 42.—Transf.1. 2.Of the large intestine:II.intestinum,
the cœcum, Cels. 4, 1, 28; 4, 14, 1.—Pass., that cannot be seen, or trop., that cannot be known, invisible, concealed, hidden, secret, obscure, dark.A.Lit.: sunt igitur venti nimirum corpora caeca, winds are accordingly bodies, although invisible, Lucr. 1, 278; 1, 296; 1, 329;B.2, 713: vallum caecum,
Caes. B. C. 1, 28; cf.: caecum vallum dicitur, in quo praeacuti pali terrae affixi herbis vel frondibus occuluntur, Paul. ex Fest. p. 44 Müll.; so,fossae,
covered, Col. 2, 2, 9; Pall. Mai, 3. 1:in vada caeca ferre,
Verg. A. 1, 536:fores,
private, id. ib. 2, 453:spiramenta,
id. G. 1, 89:colubri,
Col. 10, 231:ignis,
Lucr. 4, 929:venenum,
id. 6, 822:tabes,
Ov. M. 9, 174:viae,
blind ways, Tib. 2, 1, 78:insidiae armaque,
Ov. F 2, 214; cf. Sil. 5, 3:saxa,
Verg. A. 3, 706; 5, 164:vulnus,
a secret wound, Lucr. 4, 1116;but also,
a wound upon the back, Verg. A. 10, 733; cf.in the same sense, ictus,
Liv. 34, 14, 11; Sil. 9, 105 (cf.: caecum corpus, the back, I. A. supra):caeca manus, i.e. abscondita,
Ov. M. 12, 492:caecum domūs scelus,
Verg. A. 1, 356.—Trop.:2.caecas exponere causas,
Lucr. 3, 317:improba navigii ratio, tum caeca jacebat,
lay still concealed, id. 5, 1004; so,venti potestas,
id. 3, 248; 3, 270: fluctus, Sisenn. ap. Non. p. 449, 10:caeca et clandestina natura,
Lucr. 1, 779:res caecae et ab aspectūs judicio remotae,
Cic. de Or. 2, 87, 357:obscurum atque caecum,
id. Agr. 2, 14, 36:fata,
Hor. C. 2, 13, 16:sors,
id. S. 2, 3, 269:tumultus,
secret conspiracies, Verg. G. 1, 464:amor,
id. ib. 3, 210; cf.:stimulos in pectore caecos Condidit,
Ov. M. 1, 726. In Plaut. once, prob. taken from the vulgar lang.: caecā die emere, upon a concealed ( pay-) day, i.e. to purchase on credit (opp. oculata dies, i.e. for ready money): Ca. Pereo inopiā argentariā. Ba. Emito die caecā hercle olivom, id vendito oculatā die, Plaut. Ps. 1, 3, 67.—By poet. license, transf. to the hearing:III. A.murmur,
Verg. A. 12, 591 (as we, by a similar meton., say a hollow sound; cf. on the other hand, in Gr. tuphlos ta ôta); so,clamor,
Val. Fl. 2, 461:mugitusterrae,
Sen. Troad. 171.—Lit.:B.nox,
Cic. Mil. 19, 50; Lucr. 1, 1108; Cat. 68, 44; Ov. M. 10, 476; 11, 521:caligo,
Lucr. 3, 305; 4, 457; Cat. 64, 908; Verg. A. 3, 203; 8, 253:tenebrae,
Lucr. 2, 54; 2, 746; 2, 798; 3, 87; 6, 35;3, 87: silentia, i.e. nox,
Sil. 7, 350:latebrae,
Lucr. 1, 409:iter,
Ov. M. 10, 456:loca,
Prop. 1, 19, 8:cavernae,
Ov. M. 15, 299; Sil. 7, 372:latus,
Verg. A. 2, 19:cubiculum si fenestram non habet, dicitur caecum,
Varr. L. L. 9, § 58 Müll.; so,domus,
without windows, Cic. Or. 67, 224:parietes,
Verg. A. 5, 589:pulvis,
id. ib. 12, 444:carcer,
id. ib. 6, 734:sardonyches,
not transparent, opaque, Plin. 37, 6, 23, § 86:smaragdi,
id. 37, 5, 18, § 68: acervus (of chaos), chaotic, confused, Ov M. 1, 24; Col. 4, 32, 4' chaos, Sen. Med. 741, Sil. 11, 456.—Trop., uncertain, doubtful: obscurā spe et caecā exspectatione pendere, i.e. of an uncertain consequence or result, Cic. Agr. 2, 25, 66:quod temere fit caeco casu,
id. Div. 2, 6, 15. cursus (Fortunae), Luc. 2, 567:eventus,
Verg. A. 6, 157:caeci morbi, quorum causas ne medici quidem perspicere queunt,
Col. 1, 5, 6; so,dolores,
Plin. 29, 2, 10, § 38; 29, 3, 13, § 55:crimen,
that cannot be proved, Liv. 45, 31, 11.— Subst.: caecum, i, n., uncertainty, obscurity ( poet.):verum in caeco esse,
Manil. 4, 304.—* Comp., Hor. S. 1, 2, 91.— Sup. and adv. not in. use.2. -
20 caecus
1.caecus (not coecus; sometimes in MSS. cēcus), a, um, adj. [akin to skia, skotos; Sanscr. khāyā, shadow], having no light, devoid of light.I. A.Lit.:2.Appius, qui caecus annos multos fuit,
Cic. Tusc. 5, 38, 112:traditum est enim Homerum caecum fuisse,
id. ib. 5, 39, 114; Lucr. 5, 839:catuli, qui jam dispecturi sunt, caeci aeque et hi qui modo nati,
Cic. Fin. 4, 23, 64:si facie miserabili senis, caeci, infantis,
Quint. 4, 1, 42:caecum corpus,
the blind part of the body, the back, Sall. J. 107, 1:perdices caecae impetu,
Plin. 10, 33, 51, § 102:gigni,
Vell. 1, 5, 2.—Prov.:B.ut si Caecus iter monstrare velit,
Hor. Ep. 1, 17, 4:apparet id quidem etiam caeco,
even a blind man can see that, Liv. 32, 34, 3:caecis hoc, ut aiunt, satis clarum est,
Quint. 12, 7, 9.—Trop., mentally or morally blind, blinded (freq. in prose and poetry):2.o pectora caeca!
Lucr. 2, 14:non solum ipsa Fortuna caeca est, sed eos etiam plerumque efficit caecos, quos complexa est,
Cic. Lael. 15, 54; cf.casus,
id. Div. 2, 6, 15:caecus atque amens tribunus,
id. Sest. 7, 17:caecum me et praecipitem ferri,
id. Planc. 3, 6:mater caeca crudelitate et scelere,
id. Clu. 70, 199:cupidine,
Sall. J. 25, 7:amentiā,
Cic. Har. Resp. 23, 48:quem mala stultitia Caecum agit,
Hor. S. 2, 3, 44:amatorem amicae Turpia decipiunt caecum vitia,
id. ib. 1, 3, 39:mens,
Tac. Agr. 43.—With ad:caecus ad has belli artes,
Liv. 21, 54, 3.—With gen.:caecus animi,
Quint. 1, 10, 29; Gell. 12, 13, 4:fati futuri,
ignorant of, Luc. 2, 14; cf. Claud. Rapt. Pros. 1, 138.— Subst.: Caeci, ōrum, m., the blind people, i.e. the people of Chalcedon, according to the oracle at Delphi. Tac. A. 12, 63; cf. Plin. 5, 32, 43, § 149. —Meton. of the passions themselves:3.caeca honorum cupido,
Lucr. 3, 59; Ov. M. 3, 620:ac temeraria dominatrix animi cupiditas,
Cic. Inv. 1, 2, 2; id. Pis. 24, 57:exspectatio,
id. Agr. 2, 25, 66:amor,
Ov. F. 2, 762:amor sui,
Hor. C. 1, 18, 14:festinatio,
Liv. 22, 39, 22:furor,
Hor. Epod. 7, 13:caeca et sopita socordia,
Quint. 1, 2, 5:ambitio,
Sen. Ben. 7, 26, 4.—Pregn., blind, i.e. at random, vague, indiscriminate, aimless:C.in hac calumniā timoris et caecae suspitionis tormento,
Cic. Fam. 6, 7, 4:caeco quodam timore... quaerebant aliquem ducem,
id. Lig. 1, 3:caecique in nubibus ignes Terrificant animos,
Verg. A. 4, 209:caeca regens filo vestigia,
id. ib. 6, 30:ne sint caecae, pater, exsecrationes tuae,
Liv. 40, 10, 1:et caeco flentque paventque metu,
Ov. F. 2, 822:lymphatis caeco pavore animis,
Tac. H. 1, 82:cervus... Caeco timore proximam villam petit,
Phaedr. 2, 8, 3:timor,
Ov. Am. 1, 4, 42.—Transf.1. 2.Of the large intestine:II.intestinum,
the cœcum, Cels. 4, 1, 28; 4, 14, 1.—Pass., that cannot be seen, or trop., that cannot be known, invisible, concealed, hidden, secret, obscure, dark.A.Lit.: sunt igitur venti nimirum corpora caeca, winds are accordingly bodies, although invisible, Lucr. 1, 278; 1, 296; 1, 329;B.2, 713: vallum caecum,
Caes. B. C. 1, 28; cf.: caecum vallum dicitur, in quo praeacuti pali terrae affixi herbis vel frondibus occuluntur, Paul. ex Fest. p. 44 Müll.; so,fossae,
covered, Col. 2, 2, 9; Pall. Mai, 3. 1:in vada caeca ferre,
Verg. A. 1, 536:fores,
private, id. ib. 2, 453:spiramenta,
id. G. 1, 89:colubri,
Col. 10, 231:ignis,
Lucr. 4, 929:venenum,
id. 6, 822:tabes,
Ov. M. 9, 174:viae,
blind ways, Tib. 2, 1, 78:insidiae armaque,
Ov. F 2, 214; cf. Sil. 5, 3:saxa,
Verg. A. 3, 706; 5, 164:vulnus,
a secret wound, Lucr. 4, 1116;but also,
a wound upon the back, Verg. A. 10, 733; cf.in the same sense, ictus,
Liv. 34, 14, 11; Sil. 9, 105 (cf.: caecum corpus, the back, I. A. supra):caeca manus, i.e. abscondita,
Ov. M. 12, 492:caecum domūs scelus,
Verg. A. 1, 356.—Trop.:2.caecas exponere causas,
Lucr. 3, 317:improba navigii ratio, tum caeca jacebat,
lay still concealed, id. 5, 1004; so,venti potestas,
id. 3, 248; 3, 270: fluctus, Sisenn. ap. Non. p. 449, 10:caeca et clandestina natura,
Lucr. 1, 779:res caecae et ab aspectūs judicio remotae,
Cic. de Or. 2, 87, 357:obscurum atque caecum,
id. Agr. 2, 14, 36:fata,
Hor. C. 2, 13, 16:sors,
id. S. 2, 3, 269:tumultus,
secret conspiracies, Verg. G. 1, 464:amor,
id. ib. 3, 210; cf.:stimulos in pectore caecos Condidit,
Ov. M. 1, 726. In Plaut. once, prob. taken from the vulgar lang.: caecā die emere, upon a concealed ( pay-) day, i.e. to purchase on credit (opp. oculata dies, i.e. for ready money): Ca. Pereo inopiā argentariā. Ba. Emito die caecā hercle olivom, id vendito oculatā die, Plaut. Ps. 1, 3, 67.—By poet. license, transf. to the hearing:III. A.murmur,
Verg. A. 12, 591 (as we, by a similar meton., say a hollow sound; cf. on the other hand, in Gr. tuphlos ta ôta); so,clamor,
Val. Fl. 2, 461:mugitusterrae,
Sen. Troad. 171.—Lit.:B.nox,
Cic. Mil. 19, 50; Lucr. 1, 1108; Cat. 68, 44; Ov. M. 10, 476; 11, 521:caligo,
Lucr. 3, 305; 4, 457; Cat. 64, 908; Verg. A. 3, 203; 8, 253:tenebrae,
Lucr. 2, 54; 2, 746; 2, 798; 3, 87; 6, 35;3, 87: silentia, i.e. nox,
Sil. 7, 350:latebrae,
Lucr. 1, 409:iter,
Ov. M. 10, 456:loca,
Prop. 1, 19, 8:cavernae,
Ov. M. 15, 299; Sil. 7, 372:latus,
Verg. A. 2, 19:cubiculum si fenestram non habet, dicitur caecum,
Varr. L. L. 9, § 58 Müll.; so,domus,
without windows, Cic. Or. 67, 224:parietes,
Verg. A. 5, 589:pulvis,
id. ib. 12, 444:carcer,
id. ib. 6, 734:sardonyches,
not transparent, opaque, Plin. 37, 6, 23, § 86:smaragdi,
id. 37, 5, 18, § 68: acervus (of chaos), chaotic, confused, Ov M. 1, 24; Col. 4, 32, 4' chaos, Sen. Med. 741, Sil. 11, 456.—Trop., uncertain, doubtful: obscurā spe et caecā exspectatione pendere, i.e. of an uncertain consequence or result, Cic. Agr. 2, 25, 66:quod temere fit caeco casu,
id. Div. 2, 6, 15. cursus (Fortunae), Luc. 2, 567:eventus,
Verg. A. 6, 157:caeci morbi, quorum causas ne medici quidem perspicere queunt,
Col. 1, 5, 6; so,dolores,
Plin. 29, 2, 10, § 38; 29, 3, 13, § 55:crimen,
that cannot be proved, Liv. 45, 31, 11.— Subst.: caecum, i, n., uncertainty, obscurity ( poet.):verum in caeco esse,
Manil. 4, 304.—* Comp., Hor. S. 1, 2, 91.— Sup. and adv. not in. use.2.
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random — (adj.) having no definite aim or purpose, 1650s, from at random (1560s), at great speed (thus, carelessly, haphazardly ), alteration of M.E. randon impetuosity, speed (c.1300), from O.Fr. randon rush, disorder, force, impetuosity, from randir to… … Etymology dictionary
random — / rændəm/, it. / random/ agg. ingl. (propriam. casuale ). (inform., stat.) [che è privo di regolarità: accesso r. alla memoria di un elaboratore ] ▶◀ casuale. ‖ aleatorio … Enciclopedia Italiana
random — I adjective accidental, aimless, blind, casual, chance, cursory, designless, desultory, done without reason, fortuitous, haphazard, immethodical, incidental, indiscriminate, irregular, orderless, promiscuous, purposeless, stray, unaimed,… … Law dictionary
