res+est+magni+operis

1) работа, труд, занятие, деятельность, профессия, функция, задача (rusticum Pl, Ter, Col; militare Su; servile L)

2) строительство, постройка, военное сооружение

3) (тж. o. metallicum или metalli Dig) горнопромышленный труд, рудничная работа (in o. damnari PJ)

4) фортификация, сооружение укреплений (miles in opere occupatus Cs)

5) действие, результат действия ( hastae O)

6) усилие, напряжение

7) ручной труд, человеческое искусство ( locus naturā et opere munītus Cs)

8) стиль, образец, тж. замысел

9) произведение, творение, соз(и)дание, работа, труд ( opera magnifica atque praeclara C)

10) литературное произведение (o. Sophoclēum C)

1. lābor, lāpsus sum, lābī (vgl. griech. ὀ-λιβρός, schlüpfrig u. ahd. slīfan, gleiten), sich auf einer glatten Oberfläche sanft hinbewegen, gleiten, schlüpfen, schweben, hingleiten, hinschlüpfen, hinschweben, u. abwärts = herabgleiten, -schlüpfen, -schweben, u. als Anfang des Fallen = sinken, absol., od. konstr. m. ad, in, inter, per, sub, super, ab, de, ex u. m. bl. Abl., I) im allg.: 1) eig.: α) v. lebl. Subjj., zB. v. Schlangen, non squamoso ventre, Prop.: per sinus crebros et magna volumina, Ov.: circa donaria, Ov.: circum tempora, sich schlängeln, Ov.: inter vestes et levia tempora, Ov.: angues lapsi in diversum, Iul. Obsequ.: populus in diversa labitur, verläust sich nach verschiedenen Richtungen, Iustin.: abwärts, montibus, Val. Flacc. – v. Schwimmenden, per aequora, Ov.: in magno mari, Ov.: medio amne, Ov. – v. Schiffenden, rate per aequora, Ov.: aquā, Prop. – v. Fliegenden, auf Fittichen Schwebenden, per auras, Ov.: pennis, entschweben, von Merkur, Verg.: aufwärts, sub sidera, entschweben, Verg.: abwärts, polo, Verg. – vom auf dem Wagen durch die Lüfte fahrenden Mars, pronum per aëra, Ov. – v. Herabsteigenden, per funem demissum labi, Verg.: im Bilde, labi per iter declive senectae, Ov. – v. Herabsinkenden, semianimem od. moribundum ex equo, Liv., suffosso equo, Tac., u. bl.

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equo, Hor.; vgl. multis labentibus ex equis aut desilientibus, Liv.: labi ex rupe, Curt.: ex arbore, Capit.: per gradus, die Stufen hinabfallen, Liv.: super terram, hinsinken, Liv. – β) v. lebl. Subjj.: quia continenter laberentur et fluerent omnia, Cic.: in vanum manus lapsa, die einen Fehlhieb getan, Curt.: cum tela de testudine laberentur, Curt.: tum (illud iaculum) leni impetu labitur, gleitet sanft (auf dem Wasser) dahin, Min. Fel. – abwärts, lapsa cadunt folia, Verg.: lapsus ab arbore ramus, Ov.: lapsae lacertis, nullo solvente, catenae, Ov. – v. Kleidern und Waffen, soluta ac velut labens undique toga, Quint.: tergo velamina lapsa, Ov.: labentibus super corpus armis, Liv. – v. Sternen u. dgl., vagā et mutabili ratione, Cic.: advorsum nimbos, Lucr.: caelo, dahingleiten am usw., Verg.: abwärts, ab aethere, Ov.: de caelo, Verg.: ignem de caelo lapsurum, Capit. – v. Schiffen, vadis, Verg. – v. Gewässern, gleiten, dahingleiten, fließen, cum labantur assidue flumina, quaedam concitata rapiantur, Sen.: altissima quaeque flumina minimo sono labi, Curt.: altis ripis, dahingleiten, Hor.; aber sinistrā ripā, hinwegströmen über usw., Hor.: per CCC stadia, Curt.: sub terras, sub magna terra, Ov.: abwärts, e fontibus, Curt.: diversis de partibus (al. fontibus), Ov.: vertice silvae, Ov.: quantum aquarum per gradus cum fragore labentium, Sen.: zurück, in caput (Quelle) suum retro, Ov.: prius vasto laben-

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tur flumina ponto, quam etc., Prop.: vado labente, die Flut zurück-, abfloß, Tac. – v. Tränen, rinnen, träufeln, in genas, Hor.: per genas in ensem, Ov.: ex oculis, Ov. – v. anderen Flüssigkeiten, fließen, rinnen, träufeln, in proximum mare (vom flüssigen Bernstein), Tac.: truncis cavis, vom Honig, Hor.: quid sit, quod guttatim faciat pluviam labi, Amob.: pressus pavore sanguis tardius labebatur, floß (hervor), Tac. – vom Feuer, in porticus, hinüberschlagen in usw., Tac. – v. Übeln usw., die allmählich in den Körper dringen, sich verbreiten, frigus per artus labitur, Ov.: dolor lapsus ad artus, Verg.: penitus in viscera lapsum serpentis furiale malum, Verg.: somnus labitur in artus, Ov.

2) übtr.: a) gleiten, rinnen, α) v. leb. Subjj.: sed labor longius, ad propositum revertar, ich gerate, ich verliere mich zu weit (in der Rede), Cic.: u. so quin labebar longius, nisi me retinuissem, Cic. – cadere spe dicuntur, qui levati animo a summo ad inferiora labuntur, Donat. Ter. Andr. 3, 5, 12. – β) v. lebl. Subjj.: ilico res foras labitur, liquitur, rinnt das Geld ihm aus dem Hause und zerfließt, Plaut.: brevitate et celeritate syllabarum labi putat verba proclivius, Cic.: sunt (vitia) in lubrico incitataque semel proclivi labuntur sustinerique nullo modo possunt, Cic. – v. der Rede, oratio sedate placideque labitur, gleitet (fließt) dahin, Cic. or. 92: prosā incipit (sermo eius), versu

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labitur, pedestri oratione finitur, Hieron. epist. 53, 8. – v. Zeit u. Leben, dahingleiten, entrinnen, verfließen, assiduo labuntur tempora motu, non secus ac flumen, Ov.: labitur occulte fallitque volubilis aetas, ut celer admissis labitur amnis aquis, Ov.: cito pede labitur aetas, Ov.: tardo pede lapsa vetustas, Ov.: u. so labuntur tempora, anni, lustra, Hor. u.a. Dichter. – b) mit Angabe des Ziels, zu etwas sich hinneigen, in etw. sinken, auf od. in etw. verfallen, geraten, α) v. leb. Subjj.: labor eo, ut assentiar Epicuro, fühle mich zur Ansicht des E. hingezogen, Cic.: labi ad illos, qui etc., Cic.: veremini, ne labar ad opinionem, möchte dem Wahne verfallen, Cic.: labi in errorem emendabilem, Liv.: in luxuriam, in segnitiam, Iustin.: in vitium, Hor.: in somnum, in soporem, Petron. – β) v. lebl. Subjj.: civitatum mores lapsi ad mollitiem, Cic.: omnia in externum lapsa sunt morem, Curt.

II) prägn.: A) = delabi, abgleiten, abkommen, vorbeigleiten, 1) eig.: si viā lapsus est (bildl.), Sen.: cum superiacta tela de testudine laberentur, Tac.: ne adiectae voces laberentur atque errarent, priusquam sensus (auditus) ab his pulsus esset, Cic. – 2) übtr.: hāc spe lapsus, in der Hoffnung getäuscht, Caes.: labi facultatibus, um sein Vermögen kommen, ICt.

B) = ab- od. ausgleiten, straucheln, ausgleitend, strauchelnd fallen, 1) eig.: agaso pede lapsus, Hor. –

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homini nequam lapso et ut allevaretur roganti, ›Tollat te‹, inquit, ›qui novit‹, Quint. – 2) übtr.: straucheln, a) = irre werden, mente, wahnsinnig werden, Cels.: u. so lapsi mente, wahnsinnig (Ggstz. sui compotes), Cels. – labi memoriā, einen Gedächtnisfehler begehen, Suet. – u. geistig od. moralisch irren, fehlen, sich vergehen, erravit, lapsus est, non putavit, Cic.: opinione labi posse, voluntate a re publica dissidere nullo pacto posse, Cic.: in alqa re consilio od. casu lapsum esse, Cic.: consilio id magis quam furore lapsos fecisse, Liv.: labi per errorem, Cic., od. errore, ICt.: labi propter imprudentiam, Cic.: imprudentiā lapsum aliquid facere (Ggstz. scientem aliquid delinquere), Liv.: labi imperitiā, ICt.: in quo vorbo lapsa consuetudo deflexit de via, Cic.: labi in officio, Cic.: in his labi et cadere, Cic.: qua in re si mediocriter lapsus sum, defendes meum tolerabile erratum, Cic.: numquam labere, si te audies, Cic.: qui sero lapsum revocatis, Prop. – b) straucheln = zum Falle geneigt sein, dem Falle nahe sein (s. Halm Cic. Phil. 2, 51), equitem Romanum non libidine, non turpibus impensis atque iacturis, sed experientiā patrimonii amplificandi labentem excepit, fulsit et sustinuit re, fide, hodieque sustinet, Cic.: cum labentem et prope cadentem rem publicam fulcire cuperetis, Cic.: ferre praesidium labenti et inclinatae paene rei publicae, Cic.: labente deinde paulatim disciplinā, Liv.: labente iam

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causā decem virorum, Liv.: vidi ego labentes (weichenden) acies et tela caduca, Prop.

C) = elabi, herausfallen, 1) eig.: viscera lapsa, Ov. u. Lucan.: forte lapsa vox, entschlüpfte, entfallene, Tac. – v. Pers., entgleiten, entschlüpfen, e manibus custodientium, Curt.: custodiā, Tac. – 2) übtr.: quam nostro illius labatur pectore vultus, entschwindet, Verg. ecl. 1, 63.

D) herabgleiten, -sinken = schlapp herabhängen, lapsa catena, schleppende, Prop.: tenuata de nexibus membra labuntur, Ps. Quint. decl. – bes. v. Gliedern Sterbender, caput labens et iam languentia colla levat, Lucan.: malae labentes, herabsinkende Kinnladen, Suet.: lapsae genae, Sen. poët. – neutr. pl. subst., firmamenta fluidorum ac labentium, des Schlotterigen u. Schlappen, Sen. ep. 102, 25.

E) sinken, hinsinken, zusammensinken, 1) eig.: α) v. Pers.: calor ossa reliquit, labitur, Verg.: sub onere labitur, erliegt der Last, Petron.: multi sine morte labuntur, Petron. – β) v. lebl. Subjj., u. zwar v. Gebäuden usw., zusammen-, einsinken, vor Alter verfallen, lapso fundamento, Curt.: lapsura domus, Ov.: donec labentes deorum aedes refeceris, Hor. – v. den Augen Schlafender, zufallen, zusinken, labentes ocelli, Prop.: lapsi somno ocelli, Prop. – u. Sterbender, brechen, labuntur frigida leto lumina, Verg.: labentes oculos condere (zudrücken), Ov.: dum laben-

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tes oculi ad nostras exclamationes nostrosque planctus admissā paulatim luce laxantur, Ps. Quint. decl. Vgl. Burmann Ov. am. 3, 5, 1; trist. 3, 3, 44.

2) übtr.: a) sinken = hinschwinden, vom Lebensatem, labens anima, Tac.: labi spiritum nec ultra biduum duraturum, Tac. – dah. v. Sterbenden, denen die Sinne vergehen, in den Tod sinken, sterben, laberis Oebalide, primā fraudate iuventā, Verg.: labimur (mir schwinden die Sinne), i, miseram solare parentem, Stat.: ille oculis extremo errore solutis labitur, Stat. – b) sinken = verfallen, in Verfall geraten, miserere domus labentis, Verg.: u. so labens regia, Iustin.: lapsum genus, Verg.: labente paulatim disciplinā, Liv.: ut magis magisque mores lapsi sint, tum ire coeperint praecipites, Liv.: fides lapsa, Ov. – ⇒ Parag. Infin. labier, Cic. Arat. 226. Lucr. 4, 443. Hor. ep. 2, 1, 94. – Partic, labundus, a, um, hinstürzend, unda sub undis labunda, Acc. tr. 570.

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2. labor, ōris, m. (zu labāre; eigentl. »das Wanken unter einer Last«), die Anstrengung, I) die Anstrengung, etw. zu vollbringen, die Bemühung, Mühe, Arbeit, Strapaze, 1) eig.: a) übh.: labor forensis, Cic.: irritus, Quint. u. Ov.: labor itineris, Cic.: labor viae, Liv.: labores militum, Caes.: labor corporis, animi, Cic.: labor manuum, Hieron.: labor domesticus, Colum.: militiae, Cic. aut belli aut fugae, Caes.: operis (der Belagerung), Caes.: labores belli, Cic.: labores defensionum, Cic. – parvulo labore, Cic.: nullo labore, Cic.: nullo labore tuo, ohne daß es dir Mühe macht, Cic.: sine labore, sine ullo labore, Cic.: sine ullo labore et contentione, Cic.: sine labore ac periculo, Cic.: cum labore, summo cum labore, Cic.: res est magni laboris, Cic.: tot adire labores, Verg.: affecta labore et vigiliis corpora, Liv.: capere tantum laborem, sich so sehr bemühen, Cic.: laborem inanem capere, sich vergeblich abmühen, Ter.: in ea (arte) plus operae laborisque consumpsisse, Cic.: nec animi neque corporis laboribus defatigari, Cic.: demere (alci) laborem militiae, Cic.: unius mensis labor alci detrahitur, Cic.: exanclare talem laborem, Cic., omnes labores, Cic.: exanclatis itinerum laboribus, Amm.: exercere se tantis laboribus, Cic.: apes exercet sub sole labor, Verg.: tot per annos terrā marique tanta pericula ac labores exhausisse, Liv.: inter labo-

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res exhaustos aut mox exhauriendos, Liv.: frustra labore exhausto, Lucan.: magnos esse experiundos et subeundos labores, Cic.: dum adulescentis dextera irrito se labore fatigat, Val. Max.: frangere se tantis laboribus, Cic.: qui partis honoribus eosdem in foro gessi (habe mich unterzogen) labores, quos petendis, Cic.: impenditur labor et sumptus ad incertum casum et eventum quotannis, Cic.: suum laborem hominum periculis sublevandis impertire, Cic.: non plus alci laboris imponere quam sibi sumere, Cic.: eis laborem etiam novum pro portione iniungi, Liv.: quid sumptus in eam rem aut laboris insumpserit, Cic.: operam, studium, laborem interponere pro alqo, Cic.: pugnando fessis laxatur labor, Liv.: ut sibi pro re gesta aliquid laxaret laboris, Liv.: levare alci laborem, Cic.: defensionum laboribus aut omnino aut magna ex parte liberari, Cic.: obire pericula ac labores pariter, Liv.: non parcere labori, Cic. (u. so ne labori suo neu periculo parceret, Caes.): et honoribus amplissimis et laboribus maximis perfunctum esse, Cic.: Hercules perfunctus iam laboribus, Cic.: laborem viae pati posse, Liv.: multis laboribus (unter v. Str.) quaerere alqm. Plaut.: reficere se ex labore, Caes.: ab parvulis labori ac duritiae studere, Caes.: succumbere labori, Caes.: istos labores, quos nunc in naufragiis nostris suscipis, non subisses, Cic.: frustra tantum laborem sumere, Caes.: supersedere hoc labore itineris, Cic.: suscipere labo-

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rem, labores, Cic.: frustra suscipere laborem, sich vergeblich abmühen, Cic.: sustinere forensem laborem propter ambitionem, Cic.: labores, pericula facile tolerare, Sall.: non vitandi laboris mei causā, Cic. – labor est m. Infin., es kostet Mühe (Arbeit), es hat Schwierigkeit, Liv. 39, 1, 5. Plin. 26, 118: u. so maior aliquanto labor est m. Infin., Flor. 2, 2, 4: proximus huic labor est placitam exorare puellam, Ov. art. am. 1, 37: nec magnus prohibere labor, Verg. georg. 4, 106. – b) insbes., Anstrengung, angestrengte Tätigkeit, Arbeitsamkeit (Ggstz. inertia, desidia, requies, quies, otium), verb. industria et labor, summus labor in publicis privatisque rebus, Cic.: vivere in studiis laboribusque, Cic.: labor quaerendi, Erwerbsfleiß, Iustin.: rei militaris labor, Leistungen im Kriegswesen, Nep.: animi labor, geistige Anstrengung, Nep. – als Fähigkeit, Arbeitsfähigkeit, Ausdauer in Arbeit u. Anstrengung, M. Messala magni laboris, Cic.: homo magni laboris summaeque industriae, Cic.: magni formica laboris, die arbeitsame, emsige, Hor.: (iumenta) summi ut sint laboris efficiunt, Caes. – 2) meton.: a) Arbeit, Werk, ita multorum mensium labor hostium perfidiā et vi tempestatis puncto temporis interiit, Caes. b. c. 2, 14, 4: sternuntur segetes longique perit labor irritus anni, Ov.: et pluviā ingenti sata laeta boumque labores diluit, Verg.: artificum manus (verschiedenen Malereien)

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inter se operumque laborem (Bauwerk) miratur, Verg.: hic labor ille domus et inextricabilis error, v. Labyrinthe, Verg.: cari uteri labores, v. Kindern, Claud. rapt. Pros. 1, 194. – b) Unternehmung, Tat, belli, Verg.: von den Kampfspielen, wie πόνος, μόχθος, Hor.: u. von den großen Unternehmungen des Herkules, Hor.: strenui labores (im Kriege), Eutr. – II) Anstrengung, etwas zu überwinden, zu ertragen, Plage, Pein, Not, Ungemach, Drangsal, Mühseligkeit, Unglück, Beschwerlichkeit, a) übh.: scis amorem, scis laborem, scis egestatem meam, Plaut.: cuius erga me benevolentiam vel in labore meo vel in honore perspexi, Cic.: multis variisque perfunctus laboribus, Nep.: quoniam in tantum luctum et laborem detrusus es, quantum nemo umquam, Cic.: breviter Troiae supremum audire laborem, Verg. – poet., labores solis, lunae, Sonnenfinsternis, Mondfinsternis, Verg.: labores Lucinae, die Wehen, Verg. – b) Beschwerde, α) = Krankheit, nervorum, Nervenkrankheit, Vitr.: annuus earum (apium) labor est initio veris, Colum.: mox et frumentis labor additus, ut mala culmos esset robigo, Verg.: valetudo decrescit, accrescit labor, Plaut. – β) = phys. Schmerz, cor de labore pectus tundit, Plaut. Cas. 415: hoc medicamentum sine magno labore circa septimum diem cadere cogit haemorrhoidas, Scrib. Larg. 227. – γ) gemütl. Schmerz, Betrübnis, Kummer (s. Spengel Ter. Andr.

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720. Wagner Ter. heaut. 82), quamquam ibi animo labos grandis capitur, Plaut.: verum ex eo misera quam capit laborem! Ter. – c) eine Last, lapides laborem sustinent od. tolerant, tragen Lasten, sind von dauerhafter Beschaffenheit, Vitr. 2, 7, 2. Plin. 36, 167. – ⇒ Archaist. Nbf. labōs, ōris, m., *Pacuv. tr. 290. Plaut. merc. 72; trin. 271; truc. 521. Ter. Hec. 286. Lucil. 215. Varro sat. Men. 247. Sall. hist. fr. 2, 41 (50), 1 u. 3, 61 (82), 18. Catull. 55, 13. Plin. 6, 60 u. Spät. (s. Neue-Wagener Formenl.³ 1, 265). – personif., Labōs, ōris, m., die Mühsal, eine unterirdische Gottheit, Verg. Aen. 6, 277.

lābor, lapsus ( inf. parag. labier, Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 94; part. labundus, Att. ap. Non. 504, 31; Trag. Fragm. v. 570 Rib.), 3, v. dep. n. [cf. lăbo; Sanscr. lamb- (ramb-), to glide, fall], to move gently along a smooth surface, to fall, slide; to slide, slip, or glide down, to fall down, to sink as the beginning of a fall; constr. absol., or with ad, in, inter, per, sub, super, ab, de, ex, or with abl. alone.

Lit.

In gen.

Of living beings:

non squamoso labuntur ventre cerastae,

Prop. 3 (4), 22, 27:

per sinus crebros et magna volumina labens,

Ov. M. 15, 721:

pigraque labatur circa donaria serpens,

Ov. Am. 2, 13, 13:

ille inter vestes et levia pectora lapsus volvitur,

Verg. A. 7, 349: (angues) in diversum lapsi, Jul. Obseq. 119.—Of floating:

ut rate felice pacata per aequora labar,

Ov. H. 10, 65:

dum Stygio gurgite labor,

id. M. 5, 504:

tua labens navita aqua,

Prop. 2, 26 (3, 21), 8.—Of flying:

tollunt se celeres, liquidumque per aera lapsae,

Verg. A. 6, 202:

vade, age, nate, voca Zephyros et labere pennis,

id. ib. 4, 223:

pennis lapsa per auras,

Ov. M. 8, 51:

labere, nympha, polo,

Verg. A. 11, 588.—Of sinking, slipping down:

labor, io! cara lumina conde manu,

Ov. A. A. 7, 342:

labitur infelix (equus),

Verg. G. 3, 498; cf. Luc. 5, 799:

labitur exsanguis,

Verg. A. 11, 818; 5, 181:

super terram,

Ov. M. 13, 477:

equo,

Hor. S. 2, 1, 15:

temone,

Verg. A. 12, 470 [p. 1024] limite, Luc. 9, 712:

in vulnera,

id. 7, 604:

in colla mariti,

Val. Fl. 2, 425:

alieno vulnere,

Luc. 2, 265:

in rivo,

Cic. Fat. 3, 5:

pondere lapsi pectoris arma sonant,

Luc. 7, 572.—

Of gliding upwards: celeri fuga sub sidera,

Verg. A. 3, 243.—

Of things:

splendida signa videntur labier,

Lucr. 4, 445; Cic. Tusc. 4, 18, 42:

umor in genas Furtim labitur,

Hor. C. 1, 13, 7:

stellas Praecipites caelo labi,

Verg. G. 1, 366:

perque genas lacrimae labuntur,

Ov. H. 7, 185; id. M. 2, 656:

lapsi de fontibus amnes,

id. ib. 13, 954; cf.:

catenae lapsae lacertis sponte sua,

id. ib. 3, 699:

lapsuram domum subire,

about to tumble down, id. Ib. 511; Luc. 1, 25; cf.

with cado: multa in silvis Lapsa cadunt folia,

Verg. A. 6, 310:

ipsaque in Oceanum sidera lapsa cadunt,

Prop. 4 (5), 4, 64:

lapsis repente saxis,

Tac. A. 4, 59:

ab arbore ramus,

Ov. M. 3, 410.—Of the eyes, to fall, close:

labentes, oculos condere,

Ov. Tr. 3, 3, 44:

lumina,

Verg. A. 11, 818; Prop. 1, 10, 7; 2, 5, 17.—

Transf.

To glide away, glide along, slip or haste away: labitur uncta carina: volat super impetus undas, Enn. ap. Macr. S. 6, 1 (Ann. v. 379 Vahl.); so id. ap. Isid. Orig. 19, 1 (Ann. v. 476 Vahl.); cf.:

labitur uncta vadis abies,

Verg. A. 8, 91; Cic. Ac. 1, 8, 31:

sidera, quae vaga et mutabili ratione labuntur,

id. Univ. 10.—Esp., of a transition in discourse, to pass:

a dispositione ad elocutionis praecepta labor,

Quint. 7, 10, 17.—

To slip away, escape:

lapsus custodiā,

Tac. A. 5, 10; 11, 31:

e manibus custodientium lapsus,

Curt. 3, 13, 3; Prop. 1, 11, 5; Amm. 26, 3, 3.—

Trop.

In gen., to come or go gently or insensibly, to glide, glide or pass away:

ilico res foras labitur,

Plaut. Trin. 2, 1, 21:

brevitate et celeritate syllabarum labi putat verba proclivius,

Cic. Or. 57; 56:

sed labor longius, ad propositum revertor,

id. Div. 2, 37, 79; id. Leg. 1, 19, 52:

labitur occulte fallitque volubilis aetas,

Ov. Am. 1, 8, 49:

labi somnum sensit in artus,

id. M. 11, 631:

nostro illius labatur pectore vultus,

Verg. E. 1, 64.—

In partic.

Of speech, to die away, be lost, not be heard (very rare):

ne adjectae voces laberentur atque errarent,

Cic. N. D. 2, 57, 114; cf. Sil. 7, 745.—

Of time, to glide, pass away, elapse:

eheu fugaces labuntur anni,

Hor. C. 2, 14, 2:

anni tacite labentis origo,

Ov. F. 1, 65:

labentia tempora,

id. Tr. 3, 11; id. F. 6, 771; id. Tr. 4, 10, 27:

aetas labitur,

Tib. 1, 8, 48; cf.: labente officio, when the attendance or service is ended, Juv. 6, 203.—

Pregn., to sink, incline, begin to fall, go to ruin, perish: quantis opibus, quibus de rebus lapsa fortuna accidat, Enn. ap. Cic. Tusc. 3, 19, 44 (Trag. v. 396 Vahl.); cf.:

cetera nasci, occidere, fluere, labi,

Cic. Or. 3, 10:

labentem et prope cadentem rem publicam fulcire,

id. Phil. 2, 21, 51:

equitem Romanum labentem excepit, fulsit, sustinuit,

id. Rab. Post. 16, 43; id. Ep. ad Brut. 1, 18, 2:

sustinuit labentem aciem Antonius,

Tac. H. 3, 23:

vidi labentes acies,

Prop. 4 (5), 2, 53:

eo citius lapsa res est,

Liv. 3, 33: mores lapsi sunt, id. praef.; Tac. A. 6, 50:

fides lapsa,

Ov. H. 2, 102:

labentur opes,

will be lost, Tib. 1, 6, 53:

res,

Lucr. 4, 1117:

hereditas lapsa est,

Dig. 4, 4, 11, § 5.—

To slip or fall away from a thing, to lose it: hac spe lapsus, deceived or disappointed in this hope, Caes. B. G. 5, 55, 3:

hoc munere,

Sil. 7, 740:

facultatibus,

to lose one's property, become poor, Dig. 27, 8, 2, § 11; 26, 7, 9, § 1:

mente,

to lose one's senses, go mad, Cels. 5, 26, 13; Suet. Aug. 48; cf.:

lapsae mentis error,

Val. Max. 5, 3, 2.—Hence, lapsus, a, um, ruined, unfortunate, Prop. 1, 1, 25. —

To fall into or upon, to come or turn to:

labor eo, ut assentiar Epicuro,

Cic. Ac. 2, 45, 139; id. Att. 4, 5, 2:

ad opinionem,

id. Ac. 2, 45, 138:

in adulationem,

Tac. A. 4, 6:

in gaudia,

Val. Fl. 6, 662:

in vitium,

Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 94.—

To fall into error, to be mistaken, to err, mistake, commit a fault:

labi, errare, nescire, decipi et malum et turpe ducimus,

Cic. Off. 1, 6, 18:

in aliqua re labi et cadere,

id. Brut. 49, 185:

in minimis tenuissimisque rebus,

id. de Or. 1, 37, 169; id. Fam. 2, 7, 1:

lapsus est per errorem suum,

id. Q. Fr. 3, 9, 8:

consilio,... casu,

id. Agr. 2, 3, 6:

propter inprudentiam,

Caes. B. G. 5, 3:

in officio,

Cic. Tusc. 2, 4, 12:

in verbo,

Ov. Am. 2, 8, 7:

ne verbo quidem labi,

Plin. Ep. 2, 3:

it vera ratione,

Lucr. 2, 176.—

Esp., to fall away from the true faith, to become apostate (eccl. Lat.):

lapsorum fratrum petulantia,

Cypr. Ep. 30, 1 al.

lăbor (old form lăbos, like arbos, honos, etc., Plaut. Trin. 2, 1, 35; id. Truc. 2, 6, 40; Ter. Hec. 3, 1, 6; Varr. ap. Non. 487, 13; Cat. 55, 13; Sall. C. 7, 5; id. J. 100, 4; cf. Quint. 1, 4, 13), ōris, m. [Sanscr. root rabh, to grasp, ā-rabh, to undertake; Gr. alph- in êlphon, earned, alphêma, wages; Germ. Arbeit], labor, toil, exertion (cf.: contentio, opera).

Lit.:

ut ingenium est omnium Hominum a labore proclive ad libidinem,

Ter. And. 1, 1, 51:

haud existimans quanto labore partum,

id. Phorm. 1, 1, 12:

interest aliquid inter laborem et dolorem: sunt finitima omnino, sed tamen differt aliquid. Labor est functio quaedam vel animi vel corporis, gravioris operis et muneris: dolor autem motus asper in corpore alienus a sensibus,

Cic. Tusc. 2, 15, 35:

corporis,

id. Cael. 17, 39:

res est magni laboris,

id. de Or. 1, 33, 150:

laborem sibi sumere et alteri imponere,

id. Mur. 18, 38:

sumptum et laborem insumere in rem aliquam,

id. Inv. 2, 38, 113; cf. id. Verr. 2, 3, 98, § 227:

multum operae laborisque consumere,

id. de Or. 1, 55, 234:

laborem sustinere,

id. Att. 1, 17, 6:

exantlare,

id. Ac. 2, 34, 108:

suscipere,

id. Opt. Gen. Or. 5, 13:

subire,

id. Att. 3, 15, 7:

capere,

id. Rosc. Com. 16, 49:

labores magnos excipere,

id. Brut. 69, 243:

se in magnis laboribus exercere,

id. Arch. 11, 28:

summi laboris esse,

capable of great exertion, Caes. B. G. 4, 2, 2:

laborem levare alicui,

Cic. Or. 34, 120:

detrahere,

id. Fam. 3, 6, 5:

ex labore se reficere,

Caes. B. G. 3, 5; 5, 11:

victus suppeditabatur sine labore,

Cic. Sest. 48, 103:

non est quod existumes, ullam esse sine labore virtutem,

Sen. Vit. Beat. 25, 5; Suet. Ner. 52; Quint. 2, 12, 12; cf.:

nullo labore,

Cic. Dom. 34, 91; id. Sest. 40, 87; id. Tusc. 2, 22, 51:

quantum meruit labor,

Juv. 7, 216:

reddere sua dona labori,

id. 16, 57:

numerenter labores,

be valued, id. 9, 42.—

In partic.

Pregn., drudgery, hardship, fatigue, distress, trouble, pain, suffering (mostly poet. and late Lat.; syn. aerumna): decet id pati animo aequo;

si id facietis, levior labos erit,

Plaut. Capt. 2, 1, 2:

propter meum caput labores homini evenisse optumo,

id. ib. 5, 1, 25:

cum labore magno et misere vivere,

id. Aul. prol. 14; id. Ps. 2, 4, 2:

hoc evenit in labore atque in dolore,

id. ib. 2, 3, 20:

vel in labore meo vel in honore,

Cic. Fam. 15, 18:

Iliacos audire labores,

Verg. A. 4, 78:

mox et frumentis labor additus, ut mala culmos Esset rubigo,

id. G. 1, 150:

belli labores,

id. A. 11, 126; cf. id. ib. 2, 619;

12, 727: labor militiae,

Juv. 16, 52:

castrorum labores,

id. 14, 198:

Lucinae labores,

Verg. G. 4, 340:

cor de labore pectus tundit,

Plaut. Cas. 2, 6, 63:

hoc medicamentum sine magno labore cadere cogit haemorrhoidas,

Scrib. 227:

litterarius, = opus,

Aug. Conf. 9, 2;

id. cont. Jul. 6, 21: meos labores legere,

id. de Don. Pers. 68.—Of sickness: valetudo crescit, accrescit labor. Plaut. Curc. 2, 1, 4:

sulphurosi fontes labores nervorum reficiunt,

Vitr. 8, 3, 4.—Of danger:

maximus autem earum (apium) labor est initio veris,

Col. 9, 13, 2.—Prov.:

jucundi acti labores,

Cic. Fin. 2, 32, 105:

suavis laborum est praeteritorum memoria,

id. ib. —

Poet.

Labores solis, eclipses of the sun, Verg. A. 1, 742 Forbig. ad loc.; so,

defectus solis varios lunaeque labores,

id. G. 1, 478; Sil. 14, 378. —

Of plants:

hunc laborem perferre,

i. e. growth, Verg. G. 2, 343.—

Personified: Lăbos, toil, in the lower world, Verg. A. 6, 277.—

Meton., of the products of labor.

Work, workmanship of an artist ( poet.):

operum,

Verg. A. 1, 455:

hic labor ille domūs,

id. ib. 6, 27:

nec non Polycleti multus ubique labor,

Juv. 8, 104. —

Of cultivated plants, crops, etc.:

ruit arduus aether et pluvia ingenti sata laeta boumque labores Diluit,

Verg. G. 1, 325; cf.:

haec cum sint hominumque boumque labores,

id. ib. 1, 118: Juppiter Grandine dilapidans hominumque boumque labores, Col. poët. 10, 330; Verg. A. 2, 284; 306.—

Labores uteri, i. e. children, Claud. Rapt. Pros. 1, 193.

lābor, lapsus ( inf. parag. labier, Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 94; part. labundus, Att. ap. Non. 504, 31; Trag. Fragm. v. 570 Rib.), 3, v. dep. n. [cf. lăbo; Sanscr. lamb- (ramb-), to glide, fall], to move gently along a smooth surface, to fall, slide; to slide, slip, or glide down, to fall down, to sink as the beginning of a fall; constr. absol., or with ad, in, inter, per, sub, super, ab, de, ex, or with abl. alone.

Lit.

In gen.

Of living beings:

non squamoso labuntur ventre cerastae,

Prop. 3 (4), 22, 27:

per sinus crebros et magna volumina labens,

Ov. M. 15, 721:

pigraque labatur circa donaria serpens,

Ov. Am. 2, 13, 13:

ille inter vestes et levia pectora lapsus volvitur,

Verg. A. 7, 349: (angues) in diversum lapsi, Jul. Obseq. 119.—Of floating:

ut rate felice pacata per aequora labar,

Ov. H. 10, 65:

dum Stygio gurgite labor,

id. M. 5, 504:

tua labens navita aqua,

Prop. 2, 26 (3, 21), 8.—Of flying:

tollunt se celeres, liquidumque per aera lapsae,

Verg. A. 6, 202:

vade, age, nate, voca Zephyros et labere pennis,

id. ib. 4, 223:

pennis lapsa per auras,

Ov. M. 8, 51:

labere, nympha, polo,

Verg. A. 11, 588.—Of sinking, slipping down:

labor, io! cara lumina conde manu,

Ov. A. A. 7, 342:

labitur infelix (equus),

Verg. G. 3, 498; cf. Luc. 5, 799:

labitur exsanguis,

Verg. A. 11, 818; 5, 181:

super terram,

Ov. M. 13, 477:

equo,

Hor. S. 2, 1, 15:

temone,

Verg. A. 12, 470 [p. 1024] limite, Luc. 9, 712:

in vulnera,

id. 7, 604:

in colla mariti,

Val. Fl. 2, 425:

alieno vulnere,

Luc. 2, 265:

in rivo,

Cic. Fat. 3, 5:

pondere lapsi pectoris arma sonant,

Luc. 7, 572.—

Of gliding upwards: celeri fuga sub sidera,

Verg. A. 3, 243.—

Of things:

splendida signa videntur labier,

Lucr. 4, 445; Cic. Tusc. 4, 18, 42:

umor in genas Furtim labitur,

Hor. C. 1, 13, 7:

stellas Praecipites caelo labi,

Verg. G. 1, 366:

perque genas lacrimae labuntur,

Ov. H. 7, 185; id. M. 2, 656:

lapsi de fontibus amnes,

id. ib. 13, 954; cf.:

catenae lapsae lacertis sponte sua,

id. ib. 3, 699:

lapsuram domum subire,

about to tumble down, id. Ib. 511; Luc. 1, 25; cf.

with cado: multa in silvis Lapsa cadunt folia,

Verg. A. 6, 310:

ipsaque in Oceanum sidera lapsa cadunt,

Prop. 4 (5), 4, 64:

lapsis repente saxis,

Tac. A. 4, 59:

ab arbore ramus,

Ov. M. 3, 410.—Of the eyes, to fall, close:

labentes, oculos condere,

Ov. Tr. 3, 3, 44:

lumina,

Verg. A. 11, 818; Prop. 1, 10, 7; 2, 5, 17.—

Transf.

To glide away, glide along, slip or haste away: labitur uncta carina: volat super impetus undas, Enn. ap. Macr. S. 6, 1 (Ann. v. 379 Vahl.); so id. ap. Isid. Orig. 19, 1 (Ann. v. 476 Vahl.); cf.:

labitur uncta vadis abies,

Verg. A. 8, 91; Cic. Ac. 1, 8, 31:

sidera, quae vaga et mutabili ratione labuntur,

id. Univ. 10.—Esp., of a transition in discourse, to pass:

a dispositione ad elocutionis praecepta labor,

Quint. 7, 10, 17.—

To slip away, escape:

lapsus custodiā,

Tac. A. 5, 10; 11, 31:

e manibus custodientium lapsus,

Curt. 3, 13, 3; Prop. 1, 11, 5; Amm. 26, 3, 3.—

Trop.

In gen., to come or go gently or insensibly, to glide, glide or pass away:

ilico res foras labitur,

Plaut. Trin. 2, 1, 21:

brevitate et celeritate syllabarum labi putat verba proclivius,

Cic. Or. 57; 56:

sed labor longius, ad propositum revertor,

id. Div. 2, 37, 79; id. Leg. 1, 19, 52:

labitur occulte fallitque volubilis aetas,

Ov. Am. 1, 8, 49:

labi somnum sensit in artus,

id. M. 11, 631:

nostro illius labatur pectore vultus,

Verg. E. 1, 64.—

In partic.

Of speech, to die away, be lost, not be heard (very rare):

ne adjectae voces laberentur atque errarent,

Cic. N. D. 2, 57, 114; cf. Sil. 7, 745.—

Of time, to glide, pass away, elapse:

eheu fugaces labuntur anni,

Hor. C. 2, 14, 2:

anni tacite labentis origo,

Ov. F. 1, 65:

labentia tempora,

id. Tr. 3, 11; id. F. 6, 771; id. Tr. 4, 10, 27:

aetas labitur,

Tib. 1, 8, 48; cf.: labente officio, when the attendance or service is ended, Juv. 6, 203.—

Pregn., to sink, incline, begin to fall, go to ruin, perish: quantis opibus, quibus de rebus lapsa fortuna accidat, Enn. ap. Cic. Tusc. 3, 19, 44 (Trag. v. 396 Vahl.); cf.:

cetera nasci, occidere, fluere, labi,

Cic. Or. 3, 10:

labentem et prope cadentem rem publicam fulcire,

id. Phil. 2, 21, 51:

equitem Romanum labentem excepit, fulsit, sustinuit,

id. Rab. Post. 16, 43; id. Ep. ad Brut. 1, 18, 2:

sustinuit labentem aciem Antonius,

Tac. H. 3, 23:

vidi labentes acies,

Prop. 4 (5), 2, 53:

eo citius lapsa res est,

Liv. 3, 33: mores lapsi sunt, id. praef.; Tac. A. 6, 50:

fides lapsa,

Ov. H. 2, 102:

labentur opes,

will be lost, Tib. 1, 6, 53:

res,

Lucr. 4, 1117:

hereditas lapsa est,

Dig. 4, 4, 11, § 5.—

To slip or fall away from a thing, to lose it: hac spe lapsus, deceived or disappointed in this hope, Caes. B. G. 5, 55, 3:

hoc munere,

Sil. 7, 740:

facultatibus,

to lose one's property, become poor, Dig. 27, 8, 2, § 11; 26, 7, 9, § 1:

mente,

to lose one's senses, go mad, Cels. 5, 26, 13; Suet. Aug. 48; cf.:

lapsae mentis error,

Val. Max. 5, 3, 2.—Hence, lapsus, a, um, ruined, unfortunate, Prop. 1, 1, 25. —

To fall into or upon, to come or turn to:

labor eo, ut assentiar Epicuro,

Cic. Ac. 2, 45, 139; id. Att. 4, 5, 2:

ad opinionem,

id. Ac. 2, 45, 138:

in adulationem,

Tac. A. 4, 6:

in gaudia,

Val. Fl. 6, 662:

in vitium,

Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 94.—

To fall into error, to be mistaken, to err, mistake, commit a fault:

labi, errare, nescire, decipi et malum et turpe ducimus,

Cic. Off. 1, 6, 18:

in aliqua re labi et cadere,

id. Brut. 49, 185:

in minimis tenuissimisque rebus,

id. de Or. 1, 37, 169; id. Fam. 2, 7, 1:

lapsus est per errorem suum,

id. Q. Fr. 3, 9, 8:

consilio,... casu,

id. Agr. 2, 3, 6:

propter inprudentiam,

Caes. B. G. 5, 3:

in officio,

Cic. Tusc. 2, 4, 12:

in verbo,

Ov. Am. 2, 8, 7:

ne verbo quidem labi,

Plin. Ep. 2, 3:

it vera ratione,

Lucr. 2, 176.—

Esp., to fall away from the true faith, to become apostate (eccl. Lat.):

lapsorum fratrum petulantia,

Cypr. Ep. 30, 1 al.

lăbor (old form lăbos, like arbos, honos, etc., Plaut. Trin. 2, 1, 35; id. Truc. 2, 6, 40; Ter. Hec. 3, 1, 6; Varr. ap. Non. 487, 13; Cat. 55, 13; Sall. C. 7, 5; id. J. 100, 4; cf. Quint. 1, 4, 13), ōris, m. [Sanscr. root rabh, to grasp, ā-rabh, to undertake; Gr. alph- in êlphon, earned, alphêma, wages; Germ. Arbeit], labor, toil, exertion (cf.: contentio, opera).

Lit.:

ut ingenium est omnium Hominum a labore proclive ad libidinem,

Ter. And. 1, 1, 51:

haud existimans quanto labore partum,

id. Phorm. 1, 1, 12:

interest aliquid inter laborem et dolorem: sunt finitima omnino, sed tamen differt aliquid. Labor est functio quaedam vel animi vel corporis, gravioris operis et muneris: dolor autem motus asper in corpore alienus a sensibus,

Cic. Tusc. 2, 15, 35:

corporis,

id. Cael. 17, 39:

res est magni laboris,

id. de Or. 1, 33, 150:

laborem sibi sumere et alteri imponere,

id. Mur. 18, 38:

sumptum et laborem insumere in rem aliquam,

id. Inv. 2, 38, 113; cf. id. Verr. 2, 3, 98, § 227:

multum operae laborisque consumere,

id. de Or. 1, 55, 234:

laborem sustinere,

id. Att. 1, 17, 6:

exantlare,

id. Ac. 2, 34, 108:

suscipere,

id. Opt. Gen. Or. 5, 13:

subire,

id. Att. 3, 15, 7:

capere,

id. Rosc. Com. 16, 49:

labores magnos excipere,

id. Brut. 69, 243:

se in magnis laboribus exercere,

id. Arch. 11, 28:

summi laboris esse,

capable of great exertion, Caes. B. G. 4, 2, 2:

laborem levare alicui,

Cic. Or. 34, 120:

detrahere,

id. Fam. 3, 6, 5:

ex labore se reficere,

Caes. B. G. 3, 5; 5, 11:

victus suppeditabatur sine labore,

Cic. Sest. 48, 103:

non est quod existumes, ullam esse sine labore virtutem,

Sen. Vit. Beat. 25, 5; Suet. Ner. 52; Quint. 2, 12, 12; cf.:

nullo labore,

Cic. Dom. 34, 91; id. Sest. 40, 87; id. Tusc. 2, 22, 51:

quantum meruit labor,

Juv. 7, 216:

reddere sua dona labori,

id. 16, 57:

numerenter labores,

be valued, id. 9, 42.—

In partic.

Pregn., drudgery, hardship, fatigue, distress, trouble, pain, suffering (mostly poet. and late Lat.; syn. aerumna): decet id pati animo aequo;

si id facietis, levior labos erit,

Plaut. Capt. 2, 1, 2:

propter meum caput labores homini evenisse optumo,

id. ib. 5, 1, 25:

cum labore magno et misere vivere,

id. Aul. prol. 14; id. Ps. 2, 4, 2:

hoc evenit in labore atque in dolore,

id. ib. 2, 3, 20:

vel in labore meo vel in honore,

Cic. Fam. 15, 18:

Iliacos audire labores,

Verg. A. 4, 78:

mox et frumentis labor additus, ut mala culmos Esset rubigo,

id. G. 1, 150:

belli labores,

id. A. 11, 126; cf. id. ib. 2, 619;

12, 727: labor militiae,

Juv. 16, 52:

castrorum labores,

id. 14, 198:

Lucinae labores,

Verg. G. 4, 340:

cor de labore pectus tundit,

Plaut. Cas. 2, 6, 63:

hoc medicamentum sine magno labore cadere cogit haemorrhoidas,

Scrib. 227:

litterarius, = opus,

Aug. Conf. 9, 2;

id. cont. Jul. 6, 21: meos labores legere,

id. de Don. Pers. 68.—Of sickness: valetudo crescit, accrescit labor. Plaut. Curc. 2, 1, 4:

sulphurosi fontes labores nervorum reficiunt,

Vitr. 8, 3, 4.—Of danger:

maximus autem earum (apium) labor est initio veris,

Col. 9, 13, 2.—Prov.:

jucundi acti labores,

Cic. Fin. 2, 32, 105:

suavis laborum est praeteritorum memoria,

id. ib. —

Poet.

Labores solis, eclipses of the sun, Verg. A. 1, 742 Forbig. ad loc.; so,

defectus solis varios lunaeque labores,

id. G. 1, 478; Sil. 14, 378. —

Of plants:

hunc laborem perferre,

i. e. growth, Verg. G. 2, 343.—

Personified: Lăbos, toil, in the lower world, Verg. A. 6, 277.—

Meton., of the products of labor.

Work, workmanship of an artist ( poet.):

operum,

Verg. A. 1, 455:

hic labor ille domūs,

id. ib. 6, 27:

nec non Polycleti multus ubique labor,

Juv. 8, 104. —

Of cultivated plants, crops, etc.:

ruit arduus aether et pluvia ingenti sata laeta boumque labores Diluit,

Verg. G. 1, 325; cf.:

haec cum sint hominumque boumque labores,

id. ib. 1, 118: Juppiter Grandine dilapidans hominumque boumque labores, Col. poët. 10, 330; Verg. A. 2, 284; 306.—

Labores uteri, i. e. children, Claud. Rapt. Pros. 1, 193.

pendo, pĕpendi, pensum, 3 (pendissent, for pependissent, Liv. 45, 26 fin.:

penderit for pependerit,

Paul. Nol. Carm. 14, 122), v. a. and n. [etym. dub.; cf. root sphad-, sphendonê, a sling; Lat. funda].— Lit., to cause to hang down, to suspend; esp. of scales in weighing.

Act., to weigh, weigh out.

Lit. (very rare: syn. penso, expendo): unumquodque verbum staterā aurariā pendere, Varr. ap. Non. 455, 21: da pensam lanam, Titin. ap. Non. 369, 21; Plin. 19, 3, 15, § 39, read repensum: aere gravi cum uterentur Romani, penso eo, non numerato debitum solvebant, Fest. s. v. pendere, p. 208 Müll.:

pensas examinat herbas,

Ov. M. 14, 270.—

Transf., to pay, pay out (because, in the earliest times, payments were made by weighing out the metals; v. in the preced. the passage from Fest.;

class.): militis stipendia ideo, quod eam stipem pendebant,

Varr. L. L. 5, § 182 Müll.:

Achaei ingentem pecuniam pendunt L. Pisoni quotannis,

Cic. Prov. Cons. 3, 5; id. Att. 12, 25, 1:

vectigal populo Romano,

Caes. B. G. 5, 23:

vectigal,

Liv. 25, 8:

tributum pro navibus,

Tac. A. 13, 51:

pretium,

id. ib. 2, 87:

coria boum in usus militares,

id. ib. 4, 72:

mercedem alicui,

Juv. 3, 15.— Absol.:

pro pabulo pendunt,

pay, Plin. 12, 14, 32, § 65.— Impers. pass.:

iterumque imperii nostri publicanis penditur,

Plin. 12, 14, 32, § 65.—As punishments consisted of fines in money or cattle: pendere poenas, supplicia, etc., signified to pay, suffer, undergo a penalty:

pendere poenas solvere significat,

Fest. p. 268 Müll.:

Syrus mihi tergo poenas pendet,

Ter. Heaut. 4, 4, 6:

maximas poenas pendo temeritatis meae,

Cic. Att. 11, 8, 1:

satis pro temeritate unius hominis suppliciorum pensum esse,

Liv. 34, 61:

capitis poenas,

Ov. F. 3, 845:

poenas violatae religionis sanguine et caedibus,

Just. 8, 2, 4:

magna supplicia perfidiae,

id. 11, 4, 2:

crimen, culpam,

Val. Fl. 4, 477.—Rarely in this signif. absol., to suffer any thing ( poet.):

tuis nam pendit in arvis Delius,

Val. Fl. 1, 445.—

Trop.

To weigh mentally, to ponder, consider, deliberate upon, decide (class.;

syn.: pensito, trutinor): vos eam (rem) suo, non nominis pondere penditote,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 1, § 1:

in philosophiā res spectatur, non verba penduntur,

id. Or. 16, 51:

causam ex veritate,

id. Quint. 1, 5:

rem levi conjecturā,

id. Rosc. Am. 22, 62.—

To value, esteem, regard a thing; with gen. of the value (mostly ante-class. and poet.):

neque cum me magni pendere visum'st,

Plaut. Curc. 2, 2, 12:

aliquem,

Ter. Ad. 5, 4, 25:

quem tu vidisse beatus Non magni pendis,

Hor. S. 2, 4, 93:

nec jam religio divum neque numina magni Pendebantur,

Lucr. 6, 1277:

unice unum plurimi pendit,

Plaut. Bacch. 2, 2, 29:

te volturium vocant: Hostisne an civis comedis, parvi pendere,

id. Trin. 1, 2, 64 sq.:

nequam hominis ego parvi pendo gratiam,

lightly esteem, id. Bacch. 3, 6, 29; so,

parvi,

Ter. And. 3, 2, 46; id. Heaut. 4, 3, 37; id. Hec. 3, 5, 63:

minoris pendo tergum illorum, quam meum,

care less for, Plaut. Most. 4, 1, 29:

aliquem minoris,

id. ib. 1, 3, 58:

aliquem nihili,

id. ib. 1, 3, 88:

nihili,

id. Men. 5, 7, 4; id. Trin. 3, 1, 6; Ter. Ad. 3, 4, 6; cf.:

non flocci pendere,

Ter. Eun. 3, 1, 21:

sese experturum, quanti sese penderem,

Plaut. Truc. 2, 4, 44:

tu illum numquam ostendisti quanti penderes,

Ter. Heaut. 1, 1, 103.—

(Acc. to A. 2.) To pay, render ( poet.):

dignas pendere grates,

Stat. Th. 11, 223.—

Neutr., to weigh ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose):

tantundem pendere par est,

Lucr. 1, 361:

talentum ne minus pondo octoginta Romanis ponderibus pendat,

Liv. 38, 38, 13; Plin. 9, 15, 17, § 44; id. 30, 48 fin., § 93; id. 18, 7, 12, § 66; id. 31, 6, 31, § 58 (in Sen. Ep. 66, 30, read pendent).—Hence, pensus, a, um, P. a., lit. weighed; hence, trop., esteemed, valued, prized, dear (as P. a. not in Cic. or Cæs.):

utra condicio pensior, Virginemne an viduam habere?

Plaut. Stich. 1, 2, 61: ut nihil quicquam esset carius pensiusque nobis quam nosmetipsi, Taurus ap. Gell. 12, 5, 7.—Esp., as subst.: pensum, i, n., something weighed.

Weight, consideration, scruple, importance, only in gen. sing.: nihil pensi habere aliquid, to lay no weight or stress upon a thing, to attach no value to, be indifferent to, care nothing about:

sua parvi pendere, aliena cupere,... nihil pensi neque moderati habere,

Sall. C. 12, 2:

nihil pensi neque sancti habere,

id. J. 41, 9:

neque id quibus modis assequeretur, quicquam pensi habebat,

id. C. 5, 6:

prorsus neque dicere, neque facere quicquam pensi habebat,

id. ib. 23, 2:

nihil pensi habuit, quin, etc.,

Suet. Dom. 12; id. Ner. 34:

ut neque fas neque fidem pensi haberet,

Tac. A. 13, 15: aliquid ratum pensumque habere, Att. Capitol. ap. Gell. 13, 12, 2. —So, non pensi ducere (very rare), Val. Max. 2, 9, 3.—Also, non adest or est alicui pensi: nec mihi adest tantillum pensi jam, quos capiam calceos, I don't care in the least, am perfectly indifferent, Plaut. Truc. 4, 2, 52:

sed illis nec quid dicerent, nec quid facerent, quicquam umquam pensi fuisse,

they never cared at all, Liv. 34, 49:

quibus si quicquam pensi umquam fuisset, non ea consilia de republicā habuissent,

if they had ever had regard for any considerations, Sall. C. 52, 34. —

Prop., the wool weighed out to a slave to spin in a day; hence, a day's work in spinning, and, in gen., spinning, a spinner's task.

Lit. (mostly ante-class. and poet.):

pensum facere,

Plaut. Merc. 2, 3, 63; id. Men. 5, 2, 45:

nocturna carpentes pensa puellae,

Verg. G. 1, 391:

carmine quo captae dum fusis mollia pensa Devolvunt, etc.,

id. ib. 4, 348:

famulasque ad lumina longo Exercet penso,

id. A. 8, 412; Prop. 3, 15, (4, 14), 15:

castrensia,

i. e. for military garments, id. 4 (5), 3, 33:

pensa manu ducunt,

Juv. 12, 65:

lanificam revocas ad sua pensa manum,

Ov. Am. 1, 13, 24; id. H. 3, 75; Just. 1, 3, 2.— Poet., a thread spun by the Fates:

durae peragunt pensa sorores,

Sen. Herc. Fur. 181:

jamque in fine dies et inexorabile pensum Deficit,

Stat. S. 3, 3, 172: mortale resolvere, to unbind his mortal thread, i. e. to make him immortal, Calp. Ecl. 4, 137.—

Trop., a charge, duty, office (so in Cic.; cf.:

ministerium, munus, officium): pensum meum lepide accurabo,

Plaut. Bacch. 5, 2, 33; cf.:

meum confeci,

id. Pers. 2, 4, 1:

absolvere,

to perform one's duty, Varr. R. R. 2, 2:

me ad meum munus pensumque revocabo,

Cic. de Or. 3, 30, 119; id. Verr. 2, 3, 46, § 109:

nominis familiaeque,

Liv. 4, 52:

operis sui peragere,

Col. 3, 10, 7.—Hence, adv.: pensē, carefully, considerately (post-class.): pensius, Flav. ap. Symm. Ep. 2, 34.

spīrĭtus, ūs (scanned spĭrĭtus, Sedul. Hymn. 1 fin.; dat. SPIRITO, Inscr. Orell. 3030; gen., dat., and abl. plur. only eccl. and late Lat., e. g. spirituum, Vulg. Marc. 6, 7:

spiritibus,

Aug. Serm. 216, 11 fin.; Vulg. Luc. 8, 2), m. [spiro], a breathing or gentle blowing of air, a breath, breeze (syn.: aura, flatus).

Lit.

In gen.:

spiritum a vento modus separat: vehementior enim spiritus ventus est, invicem spiritus leviter fluens aër,

Sen. Q. N. 5, 13, 4; cf. Plin. Ep. 5, 6, 5: spiritus Austri Imbricitor, Enn. ap. Macr. S. 6, 2 (Ann. v. 423 Vahl.), Cic. poët. N. D. 2, 44, 114:

Boreae,

Verg. A. 12, 365:

quo spiritus non pervenit,

Varr. R. R. 1, 57, 2; cf.:

silentis vel placidi spiritus dies,

Col. 3, 19 fin.:

alvus cum multo spiritu redditur,

Cels. 2, 7 med. —

In partic.

The air: imber et ignis, spiritus et gravis terra, Enn. ap. Varr. L. L. 7, § 37 Müll. (Ann. v. 511 Vahl.):

proximum (igni) spiritus, quem Graeci nostrique eodem vocabulo aëra appellant,

Plin. 2, 5, 4, § 10:

quid tam est commune quam spiritus vivis?

Cic. Rosc. Am. 26, 72; cf. Quint. 12, 11, 13:

potestne tibi haec lux, Catilina, aut hujus caeli spiritus esse jucundus?

Cic. Cat. 1, 6, 15.—

An exhalation, smell, odor:

spiritus unguenti suavis,

Lucr. 3, 222:

foedi odoris,

Cels. 5, 26, 31 fin.:

florum,

Gell. 9, 4, 10:

sulfuris,

Pall. Aug. 9, 1; cf. Hor. C. 3, 11, 19.—

Breathed air, a breath:

quojus tu legiones difflavisti spiritu,

Plaut. Mil. 1, 1, 17.— Absol.: (equus) saepe jubam quassit simul altam: Spiritus ex animā calida spumas agit albas, Enn. ap. Macr. S. 6, 3 (Ann. v. 507 Vahl.):

creber spiritus,

Lucr. 6, 1186:

ardentes oculi atque attractus ab alto Spiritus,

Verg. G. 3, 505:

petitus imo spiritus,

Hor. Epod. 11, 10:

in pulmonibus inest raritas... ad hauriendum spiritum aptissima,

Cic. N. D. 2, 55, 136:

diffunditur spiritus per arterias,

id. ib. 2, 55, 138:

animantium vita tenetur, cibo, potione, spiritu,

id. ib. 2, 54, 134:

si spiritum ducit, vivit,

id. Inv. 1, 46, 86:

tranquillum atque otiosum spiritum ducere,

id. Arch. 12, 30:

longissima est complexio verborum, quae volvi uno spiritu potest,

id. de Or. 3, 47, 182:

versus multos uno spiritu pronuntiare,

id. ib. 1, 61, 261:

spiritus nec crebro receptus concidat sententiam, nec eo usque trahatur, donec deficiat,

Quint. 11, 3, 53:

lusit vir egregius (Socrates) extremo spiritu,

Cic. Tusc. 1, 40, 96; cf. id. Sest. 37, 79: quorum usque ad extremum spiritum est provecta prudentia, id. Sen. 9, 27:

quos idem Deus de suis spiritibus figuravit,

Lact. Epit. 42, 3.—With gen.:

ut filiorum suorum postremum spiritum ore excipere liceret,

Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 45, § 118; Cels. 4, 4; 3, 27; Col. 6, 9, 3; Quint. 9, 4, 68; 11, 3, 32; 11, 3, 53 sq.—

Transf.

In abstr., a breathing:

aspera arteria excipiat animam eam, quae ducta sit spiritu,

Cic. N. D. 2, 54, 136; cf. id. ib. 2, 55, 138:

aër spiritu ductus alit et sustentat animantes,

id. ib. 2, 39, 101:

crevit onus neque habet quas ducat spiritus auras,

Ov. M. 12, 517.—Esp.: spiritum intercludere (includere), to stop the breath, suffocate, choke, etc.:

lacrimae spiritum et vocem intercluserunt,

Liv. 40, 16, 1; 40, 24, 7; so,

includere,

id. 21, 58, 4.—

The breath of a god, inspiration:

haec fieri non possent, nisi ea uno divino et continuato spiritu continerentur,

by a divine inspiration, Cic. N. D. 2, 7, 19; 3, 11, 28; cf.:

poëtam quasi divino quodam spiritu inflari,

id. Arch. 8, 18.—

The breath of life, life:

eum spiritum, quem naturae debeat, patriae reddere,

Cic. Phil. 10, 10, 20:

vos vero qui extremum spiritum in victoriā effudistis,

id. ib. 14, 12, 32:

dum spiritus hos regit artus,

Verg. A. 4, 336; cf. Hor. C. 4, 8, 14:

ne cum sensu doloris aliquo spiritus auferatur,

Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 45, § 118:

aliquem spiritu privare,

Vell. 2, 87, 2:

merula spiritum reddidit,

to expire, die, id. 2, 22, 2:

spiritus tenues vanescat in auras,

Ov. H. 12, 85:

non effundere mihi spiritum videbar, sed tradere,

Sen. Ep. 78, 4:

novissimum spiritum per ludibrium effundere,

Tac. H. 3, 66 fin.; cf. supra, I. B.—

Poet.,= suspirium, a sigh, Prop. 1, 16, 32; 2, 29 (3, 27), 38.—

In gram., a breathing or aspiration (asper and lenis), Prisc. p. 572 P.; Aus. Idyll. 12 de Monos. Graec. et Lat. 19. —

The hiss of a snake, Verg. Cul. 180.—

Trop.

(Class.) A haughty spirit, haughtiness, pride, arrogance; also, spirit, high spirit, energy, courage (esp. freq. in the plur.; syn. animi).

Sing. (in the best prose only in gen. and abl., which are wanting in plur.):

regio spiritu,

Cic. Agr. 2, 34, 93:

quem hominem! quā irā! quo spiritu!

id. Q. Fr. 1, 2, 2, § 6:

illos ejus spiritus Siciliensis,

id. Verr. 2, 3, 9, § 22:

tantum fiduciae ac spiritūs,

Caes. B. C. 3, 72:

filia Hieronis, inflata adhuc regiis animis ac muliebri spiritu,

Liv. 24, 22:

patricii spiritūs animus,

id. 4, 42, 5:

ex magnitudine rerum spiritum ducat,

Quint. 1, 8, 5:

corpore majorem rides Turbonis in armis Spiritum et incessum,

Hor. S. 2, 3, 311:

cecidit spiritus ille tuus,

Prop. 2, 3, 2:

spiritu divino tactus,

Liv. 5, 22, 5:

non negaverim fuisse alti spiritūs viros,

Sen. Ep. 90, 14.—

Plur.:

res gestae, credo, meae me nimis extulerunt ac mihi nescio quos spiritus attulerunt,

Cic. Sull. 9, 27:

noratis animos ejus ac spiritus tribunicios, etc.,

id. Clu. 39, 109; cf.:

unius tribuni militum animos ac spiritus,

id. Imp. Pomp. 22, 66:

tantos sibi spiritus, sumpserat, ut ferendus non videretur,

Caes. B. G. 1, 33 fin. in re militari sumere, id. ib. 2, 4:

nam Dion regios spiritus repressit,

Nep. Dion, 5, 5:

cum spiritus plebes sumpsisset,

Liv. 4, 54:

si cui honores subdere spiritus potuerunt,

id. 7, 40:

remittant spiritus, comprimant animos suos, sedent arrogantiam, etc.,

Cic. Fl. 22, 53:

spiritus feroces,

Liv. 1, 31:

quorum se vim ac spiritus fregisse,

id. 26, 24:

cohibuit spiritus ejus Thrasea,

Tac. A. 16, 26:

Antipater, qui probe nosset spiritus ejus,

Curt. 6, 1, 19.—

(Mostly poet. and in post-Aug. prose.) Spirit, soul, mind.

Sing.:

quoslibet occupat artus Spiritus,

Ov. M. 15, 167; Tac. A. 16, 34: spiritum Phoebus mihi, Phoebus artem Carminis dedit, poetic spirit or inspiration, Hor. C. 4, 6, 29; cf.:

mihi Spiritum Graiae tenuem Camenae Parca non mendax dedit,

id. ib. 2, 16, 38:

qualis Pindarico spiritus ore tonat,

Prop. 3, 17 (4, 16), 40:

imperator generosi spiritŭs,

Plin. 8, 40, 61, § 149: avidus (i. e. to epithumêtikon, the desiring, coveting soul), Hor. C. 2, 2, 10:

quidam comoedia necne poëma Esset, quaesivere: quod acer spiritus ac vis Nec verbis nec rebus inest,

Hor. S. 1, 4, 46:

majoris operis ac spiritūs,

Quint. 1, 9, 15:

alti spiritūs plena,

id. 10, 1, 44:

virtus magni spiritus est et recti,

Sen. Ep. 74, 29:

qui spiritus illi, Quis vultus vocisque sonus,

Verg. A. 5, 648.—

Plur.: Coriolanus hostiles jam tum spiritus gerens, Liv. 2, 35; Curt. 5, 8, 17.—

Transf. (like anima, and the Engl. soul), a beloved object, Vell. 2, 123 fin. —

Spiritus, personified, a spirit (late Lat.); so,

esp., Spiritus Sanctus or simply Spiritus,

the Holy Ghost, Holy Spirit, Cod. Just. 1, 1, 1; Aus. Ephem. 2, 18:

jurare per Deum et per Christum et per Spiritum Sanctum,

Veg. 2, 5:

nocens ille Spiritus,

an evil spirit, Lact. 4, 27, 12:

Spiritus nigri,

evil spirits, Sedul. Carm. 3, 41.

1. prōrsus (altlat. prossus, prōsus), Adv. (pro u. versus), vorwärts gekehrt, I) eig.: a) vorwärts (Ggstz. rursus, rūsus, rückwärts), non prorsus, sed transvorsus cedit, quasi cancer solet, Plaut. Pseud. 955: rursus prorsus reciprocat fluctus, Enn. fr. scen. 116: mortales multi rursus ac prorsus meant, Varro sat. Men. 28: bildl., prorsus ibat res, die Sache kam in guten Zug, Cic. ad Att. 14, 20, 4. – b) geradeswegs, geradezu, vide ne ille huc prorsus se inruat, Ter. adelph. 550. – II) übtr.: a) zeitlich vorwärts, naturae prorsus ac retro aeviternae, Apul. de deo Socr. 3. – b) hinfort, qui invident, ne umquam eorum quisquam invideat prosus commodis, Plaut. most. 307. – c) geradezu, α) = gewiß sehr, durchaus, ganz und gar, gänzlich, pr. perii, Plaut.: pr. tacere nequeo, Ter.: ita pr. existimo, Cic.: pr. ita sentio, Cic.: prorsus assentior, Cic.: pr. aequum est petere, Trag. vet.: verbum pr. nullum intellego, Cic.: nam tu poëta es prossus ad eam rem unicus, Plaut.: sed ea prorsus opportuna Catilinae, die Umstände waren K. durchaus günstig, Sall.: pr. rem magni et animi et operis aggressus, eines gewiß sehr gr. usw., Iustin.: ironisch, grati prorsus (recht schön willkommen) coniugibus, quas iuvenes duximus, revertemur! Curt. 5, 5 (18), 13. – non prorsus, nullo modo prorsus, durchaus nicht, ganz und gar nicht, non prorsus (verst. video), inquit, Cic.: nullo modo

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2. prōrsus, a, um, Adi. (pro u. versus), I) vor sich hin-, geradeaus gekehrt (Ggstz. transvorsus), prorsi limites, von Westen nach Osten gehende (Ggstz. transvorsi limites, von Norden nach Süden gehende), Fest. p. 234 (a), 1 u. Paul. ex Fest 235, 1. Gromat. vet 29, 9 u. 16; 167, 16 a. – subst., Prōrsa, ae, f., die Göttin der regelmäßigen, mit dem Kopfe voran erfolgenden Geburten (Ggstz. Postverta, w. s.), Varro b. Gell. 16, 16, 4. – II) übtr., v. der Rede, die gerade od. schlicht ist, ungebunden, im Ggstz. zum Verse, prorsa et vorsa facundia, in Prosa u. Versen, Apul. flor. 18. p. 32, 1 Kr. – Aus diesem Worte scheint entstanden zu sein das Adi. prōsus, a, um, prosaisch, oratio prosa od. subst. bl. prōsa, ae, f., die ungebundene Schreibart, die Prosa, Sen., Colum. u.a.: prosā incipit, versu labitur, pedestri sermone finitur, Hieron. epist. 53, 9 (Plin. 5, 112 jetzt mit den besten Hdschrn. prorsa oratio).