retinens

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    Retinens, pen. corr. retinentis, Participium, siue Nomen ex participio: vt Dignitatis retinens. Cic. Retenant, Gardant.

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    Retinens libertatis. Cic. Qui garde sa gravité et authorité.

retinēns, entis, PAdi. (v. retineo), an etwas festhaltend, auf etwas haltend, retinens iuris et libertatis, Cic.: sui iuris dignitatisque, Tac.: avitae nobilitatis, Tac.: antiqui moris, Tac. – Sallustius proprietatum in verbis retinentissimus, Gell. 10, 20, 10.

part. praes. к retineo

rĕ-tĭnĕo, ŭi, tentum, 2, v. a. [teneo].

(With the signif. of the re predominating.) To hold or keep back, not let go; to detain, retain; to restrain (class.; cf. restringo).

Lit.: Ep. Asta, abire hinc non sinam. Th. Quid nunc me retines? Plaut. Ep. 1, 1, 61:

quotiens foras ego ire volo, me retines, revocas,

id. Men. 1, 2, 5:

quid, malum, astas? Quin retines altrinsecus?

id. Mil. 2, 5, 36; id. Stich. 2, 3, 11:

te dexterā retinens manu Opsecro,

id. Capt. 2, 3, 82: si magis vis, eam omittam. Py. Nolo;

retine,

id. Mil. 4, 8, 27:

retine me,

id. Curc. 2, 3, 11; Ter. Heaut. 2, 4, 23:

concilium dimittit, Liscum retinet,

Caes. B. G. 1, 18:

homines,

Cic. Att. 13, 14, 1:

ab his fit initium retinendi Silii, etc.,

Caes. B. G. 3, 8; 3, 9; 3, 10 et saep.:

milites,

id. ib. 7, 47; 7, 52; cf.:

milites in loco,

id. B. C. 3, 92:

legiones ad urbem,

id. ib. 1, 2;

1, 9: cohortes apud se,

id. ib. 2, 19:

venit Varro ad me, et quidem id tempus, ut retinendus esset,

when he must be kept, Cic. Att. 13, 33, 4:

biduum tempestate retentus,

detained, Caes. B. C. 3, 102; cf. id. B. G. 7, 1; Plaut. Curc. 2, 1, 12; cf.:

aegre sunt retenti, quin oppidum irrumperent,

Caes. B. C. 2, 13 fin.:

vi me, vi inquam, Plancius et complexu suo retinuit,

Cic. Planc. 41, 100:

nisi jam profecti sunt, retinebis homines,

id. Att. 13, 14, 1:

euntem,

Ov. H. 18, 99:

aliquem vinclis,

id. R. Am. 213:

consulem,

Liv. 37, 51:

morbo retineri,

id. 34, 10;

v. also infra, B.: armorum parte tertiā celatà atque in oppido retentā,

Caes. B. G. 2, 32 fin.; 2, 33:

naves pro bonis Tarquiniorum ab Aristodemo retentae sunt,

i. e. as security, Liv. 2, 34, 4:

vinum portantes naves tempestatibus retentas esse,

id. 37, 27, 2; Plaut. Stich. 5, 4, 45:

mercedem,

to keep back, stop, id. As. 2, 4, 37:

alienum,

Cic. Fl. 23, 56:

lacrimas,

Ov. M. 1, 647:

manus ab ore,

id. ib. 9, 575 et saep.:

mulierem,

to hold, Plaut. Ep. 4, 1, 33; cf.:

mulierem per vim,

id. Bacch. 4, 8, 2:

arcum manu,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 34, § 74:

faculas sagittas,

Prop. 2, 29 (3, 27), 5; cf.:

injectā manu ferreā et retentā utrāque nave,

Caes. B. C. 1, 58:

sudor madidā veste retentus,

Mart. 5, 79, 3.—

Trop., to hold in check, keep within bounds, to restrain, check, repress, etc.: hoc servi esse officium reor, retinere at salutem (erum), Plaut. Aul. 4, 1, 8:

liberos retinere,

Ter. Ad. 1, 1, 33; Cic. Rep. 2, 25, 46; cf.:

moderantem cursum atque in suā potestate retinentem,

id. ib. 1, 29, 45:

gaudia,

Ov. M. 12, 285:

rabiem,

id. ib. 3, 566:

verba dolore,

id. ib. 10, 474:

aliquem in officio,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 25, 70:

animos sociorum in fide,

Liv. 25, 40:

retineri nequeo quin dicam ea, quae promeres,

Plaut. Trin. 3, 2, 15 (cf. supra, A.):

quae (varietas) vehementer animos hominum in legendo tuo scripto retinere possit... ordo ipse annalium mediocriter nos retinet,

binds, enchains, Cic. Fam. 5, 12, 4 and 5:

(picus) Ore suo volucres vagas retinere solebat,

Ov. M. 14, 340:

lingua retenta metu,

id. H. 11, 82:

retinentibus vobis, erumperem,

Curt. 6, 3, 5.—

(With the signif. of the verb predominant.) To hold fast, keep, retain, preserve, maintain, etc. (freq. only since the class. per.; esp. freq. in the trop. signif.; cf. obtineo).

Lit.: potius mansuetudine et innocentiā imperatoris provinciam quam vi militum aut benignitate deorum retentam atque conservatam esse, Cato ap. Cic. Fam. 15, 5, 2:

oppidum,

Caes. B. G. 7, 21 fin.:

arces (Minerva),

to preserve, protect, Cat. 64, 8:

id egit, ut amicos observantiā, rem parsimoniā retineret,

Cic. Quint. 18, 59; cf.:

retinere servareque amicos,

Hor. S. 1, 1, 89:

summos cum infimis pari jure,

Cic. Off. 2, 12, 41:

Aegyptum,

Curt. 4, 1, 30:

regionem,

id. 6, 5, 21:

neque virtutem qui habet virtute retinetur in vitā,

Cic. Fin. 3, 18, 61 B. and K.: fortunam citius reperias quam retineas, Publ. Syr. 168 Rib. —

Trop.:

retinete (fidem), post factum ut laetemini,

Plaut. Rud. prol. 30:

existimo jus augurum... rei publicae causā conservatum ac retentum,

Cic. Div. 2, 35, 75; so,

jus suum,

id. Verr. 2, 3, 14, § 37; Caes. B. C. 1, 5:

statum suum,

Cic. Rep. 2, 23, 43:

pristinam virtutem,

Caes. B. G. 5, 48, 91; cf.:

vestigium pristinae dignitatis,

Cic. Sull. 32, 91:

officium,

id. Off. 3, 29, 105:

justitiam (with colere),

id. ib. 2, 12, 42 Beier; id. Inv. 1, 1, 3:

caritatem in pastores,

id. Lael. 19, 70:

utilitatem in amicitiā et fidem,

id. ib. 24, 88:

hunc morem usque adhuc,

id. Rep. 2, 20, 36; cf. id. ib. 2, 9, 16:

de finibus retentae defensaeque sententiae,

id. Tusc. 5, 30, 84:

gravitatem retinere, iracundiam pellere,

id. Off. 1, 38, 137:

ferociam animi in vultu,

Sall. C. 61, 4:

memoriam suae pristinae virtutis, tot secundissimorum proeliorum,

Caes. B. G. 2, 21; 7, 62:

aliquid memoriā,

Cic. Imp. Pomp. 7, 19; id. Rosc. Am. 12, 33:

commissa (aures),

Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 70 et saep.:

ut Palaemo et Telamo et Plato dicerentur, retinuerunt,

Quint. 1, 5, 60.— With ne, Cic. Rep. 2, 32, 56.—

Post-class. for memoriā retinere, to keep in mind, remember:

sive ille Hasdrubal est, sive quis alius, non retineo,

Gell. 17, 9, 16.—With object-clause:

retineo me dixisse,

Dig. 35, 1, 92 init. — Hence, rĕtĭnens, entis, P. a., holding fast, tenacious, observant of any thing (class.; cf. tenax); constr. with gen.:

homo sui juris dignitatisque retinens,

Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 2, 3, § 11:

nimium equestris juris et libertatis,

id. Planc. 23, 55:

avitae nobilitatis,

Tac. A. 2, 38 fin.:

modestiae,

id. ib. 5, 11:

Seleuci conditoris (civitas),

i. e. retaining his institutions, id. ib. 6, 42; cf.:

antiqui moris,

id. ib. 16, 5 et saep. — Sup.:

proprietatum in verbis retinentissimus,

Gell. 10, 20, 10.

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    Continere se in sua pellicula. Martial. Se contenter de son estat et de ce qu'on ha, sans aspirer à plus grande chose.

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    Veterem pelliculam retinens. Pers. Tu has tousjours ta vieille peau, Tu es tousjours tel que tu soulois.

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    Curare pelliculam. Horat. Se bien traicter, et faire grand chere.

sēmen, inis, n. (zu Wz. *se- in 2. sero), das Mittel, um ein Säen, Pflanzen, Fortpflanzen hervorzubringen, der Same, der Setzling, I) eig., übtr. u. meton.: A) eig.: u. übtr. 1) der Same, a) des Getreides und anderer Gewächse, semen optimum, Varro: terra semen genitale retinens, Lact.: tritici semen, Augustin.: semina feni, Colum.: herbarum semina quaedam, Hieron.: semen manu spargere, Cic., mandare terrae, Colum.: in semen abire, in Samen gehen, Plin.: ad semen reservare, Colum.: separatim ex optima spica semen reponere, Colum. – u. vorzugsw. = Speltsame, Spelt, Colum. u. Plin. – b) übtr.: α) der Menschen u. Tiere, Lucr. u. Varro: creatae semine Saturni, von Saturnus gezeugt, Ov. – β) v. den Grundstoffen anderer Körper (des Wassers, Feuers, der Steine usw.), Lucr., Verg. u.a. – 2) der Setzling, a) der zur Fortpflanzung gebrauchte Pflänzling, das Setzholz, der Fechser, Varro u.a. – b) übtr., die zur Fortpflanzung in Fischteiche gesetzte junge Brut der Fische, der Satz, die Setzlinge, marina semina, Colum. 8, 16, 2. – B) meton., der Same = 1) der Stamm, das Geschlecht, Romanum, Cic.: regio semine orta, von königlichem Geblüte, -Geschlechte, Liv. – v. Tieren, pecus boni seminis, Rasse, Varro. – 2) poet., Sprößling, Nachkomme, Kind, caelestia semina partu ediderat, gebar zwei Kinder göttl. Ur-

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sprunges, Ov.: semina Phoebi, Äskulap, des Phöbus Sohn, Ov.: matrum, Ov. – II) bildl., der Same = die Ursache, Grundursache, Grundlage, Veranlassung, der Stoff (Zündstoff), Urheber, stirps ac semen malorum omnium, Cic.: huius belli semen fuisti, Cic.: sed eius seminis generisque sint, ex quo etc., die Bildungskraft u. Art in sich tragen, Gell. – Plur., bellorum civilium semen et causa, Cic.: in animis quasi virtutum igniculi ac semina, Cic.: tribuni semina discordiarum, Liv.: semina veteris eloquentiae, Tac.: semina discordiae praebere, Tac.

statio, ōnis, f. (sto), I) das Stehen, Stillstehen, Feststehen, 1) eig.: statio significat permansionem, sessio humilitatem, Augustin. serm. 179, 3: statio terrae, Manil.: manere in statione, stillstehen, sich nicht bewegen, Lucr.: tenui a pectore varas in statione (Kämpferstellung) manus paravi, Ov.: solus immobilem stationis gradum retinens, unbeweglich standhaltend, Val. Max.: dah. der (scheinbare) Stillstand der Himmelskörper (Planeten usw.), griech. στηριγμός, Plin. u. Chalcid. Tim.: stationem facere, stillstehen, Vitr. – 2) bildl., das durch Gewohnheit u. Gebrauch Festgesetzte, das Positive (Ggstz. natura, das Natürliche), als Übersetzung von θεματισμός, Vitr. 1, 2, 5. – II) übtr., jeder Ort des Aufenthaltes, der Standort, Aufenthalt, 1) im allg., der Ort, die Stelle, alternā fratrem statione redemit, Ov. fast. 5, 719: Termine... quā positus fueris statione, mane, Ov. fast. 2, 674. – Plur., stationes umoris hiberni, Pallad. 1, 43, 1. – 2) insbes.: a) der Soldaten: α) der Posten, sowohl der Ort als die Soldaten, die Wache, der Wachtposten, die Feldwache, statio hostium, quae pro castris erat, Liv.: statio segnis, Liv.: tuta, Liv.: equites ex statione, Caes.: custodiae stationesque, Schildwachen und Vorposten, Liv.: u. so stationes et vigiliae (Schildwachen), Sall. fr.: mos stationum vigiliarumque, Liv.: stationes portis disposuit, Liv.: equi-

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tes in stationibus locis idoneis posuerat, Liv.: progressus ante stationes, quae pro porta stabant, vocari Crispinum iussit, Liv.: ab statione clamor ortus, Liv.: stationem habere, Liv.: so auch in statione u. (v. mehreren Kohorten usw.) in stationibus esse, Caes.: stationem agere, den Wachdienst haben, in castris (v. einem Tribunen), Tac., in Palatio (v. einer Kohorte), Tac.: cum auxiliaribus et equitatu stationem agere pro vallo (v. Befehlshaber), Liv.: stationes nocturnas agere ac vigilias, Amm.: noctu diuque stationes et vigilias temptare, Sall. fr.: in stationem succedere, die Wache ablösen, Caes.: stationem relinquere (im guten Sinne), Verg., deserere (im üblen Sinne), Suet.: inter stationes evadere, Liv.: per medias hostium stationes egredi, Liv.: fore, ut minus intentae in custodiam urbis diurnae stationes ac nocturnae vigiliae essent, Liv. – β) der Standort, das Quartier der Soldaten, stationes hibernae, Winterquartiere, Amm. 14, 1, 1. – bildl., imperii, Ov.: de praesidio et statione vitae decedere, von dem Posten seines L. abtreten, Cic.: in hac statione, quā positus est (magnus animus), Sen. ep.: in statione manebant (oculi), Ov. – b) der Posten im Staatsdienste, die Stellung, Würde (s. Heß u. Pabst Tac. dial. 17), imperatoria, augusta, regia, Scriptt. hist. Aug.: laeta et prospera stationis istius, Plin. pan.: suscipere hanc stationem, Fronto: stationi paternae succedere, Vell. – c) der Leute auf der

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Gasse, wo sie stehen od. sitzen, um zu schwatzen, öffentlicher Platz u. vgl., Plin. ep. u. ICt. – d) Versammlungsort der Leute, um sich Unterricht in Rechtssachen zu holen, Gell. 13, 13 in. e) stationes municipiorum, Sammelplätze der Munizipalen, wahrsch. Hallen, unter denen sich die Bürger der Munizipien versammelten, um nachher in den Tribus abzustimmen, Plin. 16, 236. – f) der Gesandten der Städte, die Station, das Quartier, Plin.: u. die Station der Staatsbehörde in den Provinzen, dah. auch diese Behörde selbst, Cod. Theod. 12, 6, 19. Corp. inscr. Lat. 10, 3878. – g) übh. Standort, Aufenthalt, Quartier, Ov.: sedes apibus statioque petenda, Verg.: in arce Athenis statio mea nunc placet, Cic. ad Att. 6, 9 extr. – h) Ort der Christen, wo sie stehend sich versammelten, Tert. de or. 29 u.a. – i) der Standort od. Aufenthalt des Viehes, der Stall, Pallad. u. ICt. – k) die Poststation, Corp. inscr. Lat. 14, 4120, 3. – l) die Faktorei, Corp. inscr. Graec. 14, 830. lin. 10. Vgl. Mommsen Epigr. Anal. 6 (Verichte der Sächs. Ges. der W. II. 1850. S. 57 u.S. 60). – m) der Standort der Schiffe, die Bai, Bucht, Anfahrt, der Landungsplatz, die Reede, Cic. u.a.: im Bilde, fluctibus eiectum tutā statione recepi, Hafen, Zufluchtsort, Ov. – n) der Standort, gehörige Ort, die gehörige Lage lebl. Ggstde., comas ponere in statione, Ov.: permutatā rerum statione, Petron.

vīcīnitās, ātis, f. (vicinus), die Nachbarschaft, I) eig. u. meton.: 1) eig.: in ea vicinitate, Cic.: quorum vicinitas propinqua esset, Hirt. b.G.: Plur., Nachbarschaftsverhältnisse, Cic. de off. 2, 64. – 2) meton. die Nachbarschaft = die Nachbarn, Bewohner der Umgegend, signum quod erat notum vicinitati, Cic.: laudanda est vel etiam amanda vicinitas retinens veterem illum officii morem, Cic.: dum vicinitatem armis exornat, Sall.: clam vicinitati dant negotium, ut etc., Nep. – Plur. vicinitates, Cic. de fin. 5, 65. Q. Cic. de petit. cons. 24: haec loca vicinitatibus erant nota, Caes. b.G. 6, 34, 3. – II) bildl., die Verwandtschaft mit etw., die Ähnlichkeit, est quaedam virtutibus ac vitiis vicinitas, Quint.: nominis, Plin.

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dē-stĭno, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [obs. stanare; a particip. stem from root STA, v. sto; and cf.: dono, digno, etc., Corss. 2, 416], to make fast, make firm, bind (class.; esp. freq. in the trop. sense—for syn. cf.: decerno, scisco, statuo, jubeo, constituo, sancio, definio).

Lit.:

antemnas ad malos,

Caes. B. G. 3, 14, 6:

rates ancoris,

id. B. C. 1, 25, 7:

falces (laqueis),

id. B. G. 7, 22, 2:

arcas,

Vitr. 5, 12, 3; dub., v. destina.—

Trop., to establish, determine, resolve, consider; to design, intend, devote, destine; to appoint, choose, elect (syn.: definire, describere, designare, etc.).

In gen. (in Livy freq. connected with animis, v. the foll.).

With double acc.:

aliquem consulem,

Liv. 10, 22; cf. Tac. A. 1, 3:

Papirium parem destinant animis Magno Alexandro ducem, si, etc.,

Liv. 9, 16 fin.; cf.:

animis auctorem caedis,

id. 33, 28:

aliquem regem,

Just. 42, 4, 14 et saep.—

With inf. or a clause:

infectis iis, quae agere destinaverat,

Caes. B. C. 1, 33 fin.; cf. Suet. Caes. 84; id. Aug. 53 al.:

potiorem populi Romani quam regis Persei amicitiam habere,

Liv. 43, 7; 7, 33; Quint. 5, 1, 3; Phaedr. 4, 27, 1; Ov. M. 8, 157 al.—

With dat.:

sibi aliquid,

i. e. to intend purchasing, Plaut. Most. 3, 1, 113; Cic. Fam. 7, 23, 3:

operi destinati possent,

Caes. B. G. 7, 72, 2:

aliquem foro,

Quint. 2, 8, 8:

me arae,

Verg. A 2, 129:

diem necis alicui,

Cic. Off. 3, 10, 45:

domos publicis usibus,

Vell. 2, 81 fin.: quod signum cuique loco, Quint. 11, 2, 29:

Anticyram omnem illis,

Hor. S. 2, 3, 83:

cados tibi,

id. Od. 2, 7, 20 et saep.—

With ad:

tempore locoque ad certamen destinatis,

Liv. 33, 37:

aliquem ad mortem,

id. 2, 54:

consilia ad bellum,

id. 42, 48:

materiam ad scribendum,

Quint. 5, 10, 9 al.:

ad omne obsequium destinati,

Curt. 5, 28, 5.—

With in:

saxo aurove in aliud destinato,

Tac. H. 4, 53 fin.:

legati in provinciam destinati,

Dig. 5, 1, 2:

noctem proximam in fugam,

Amm. 29, 6.—

In partic.

In the lang. of archers, slingers, etc., to fix upon as a mark, to aim at ( = designare scopum):

locum oris,

Liv. 38, 29, 7; so id. 21, 54, 6.— Transf.:

sagittas,

to shoot at the mark, Aur. Vict. Caes. 42.—

In the lang. of trade: sibi aliquid, to fix upon for one's self, to intend to buy:

minis triginta sibi puellam destinat,

Plaut. Rud. prol. 45; id. Most. 3, 1, 113; id. Pers. 4, 3, 72; Lucil. ap. Non. 289, 31; Cic. Fam. 7, 23, 3 al.— Hence, dēstĭnātus, a, um, destined, fixed (syn.: fixus, certus).

Adj.:

certis quibusdam destinatisque sententiis quasi addicti,

Cic. Tusc. 2, 2, 5:

ad horam mortis destinatam,

id. ib. 5, 22, 63:

si hoc bene fixum omnibus destinatumque in animo est,

Liv. 21, 44 fin.:

persona (coupled with certus),

Quint. 3, 6, 57; cf. Cic. Rep. 4, 3.—Destinatum est alicui, with inf. = certum est, it is one's decision, will; he has determined, Liv. 6, 6, 7; Suet. Tib. 13; Plin. Ep. 9, 13, 5 al.—

Subst.

dēstĭnāta, ae, f., = sponsa, a betrothed female, bride, Suet. Caes. 27; cf. Plin. Ep. 5, 16, 6.—

dēs-tĭnātum, i, n.

A mark or aim, Liv. 38, 26 fin.; Curt. 7, 5 fin. —

An intended, determined object, design, intention:

neque tuis neque Liviae destinatis adversabor,

Tac. A. 4, 40 fin.; cf.:

destinata retinens,

id. ib. 6, 32; so id. H. 4, 18:

antequam destinata componam,

the intended narration, id. ib. 1, 4:

ad destinatum persequor,

the goal of life, Vulg. Philip. 3, 14: destinata dare, the intentions, dispositions of a will, Phaedr. 4, 5, 27; so,

ex destinato,

adv., designedly, intentionally, Sen. Clem. 1, 6; id. Ben. 6, 10 fin.; Suet. Cal. 43;

and in a like sense merely destinato,

Suet. Caes. 60.— dēstĭ-nātē, adv. (perh. only in Ammianus), resolutely, obstinately:

certare,

Amm. 18, 2.— Comp., id. 20, 4; 7; 23, 1; 27, 3.

dē-stĭno, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [obs. stanare; a particip. stem from root STA, v. sto; and cf.: dono, digno, etc., Corss. 2, 416], to make fast, make firm, bind (class.; esp. freq. in the trop. sense—for syn. cf.: decerno, scisco, statuo, jubeo, constituo, sancio, definio).

Lit.:

antemnas ad malos,

Caes. B. G. 3, 14, 6:

rates ancoris,

id. B. C. 1, 25, 7:

falces (laqueis),

id. B. G. 7, 22, 2:

arcas,

Vitr. 5, 12, 3; dub., v. destina.—

Trop., to establish, determine, resolve, consider; to design, intend, devote, destine; to appoint, choose, elect (syn.: definire, describere, designare, etc.).

In gen. (in Livy freq. connected with animis, v. the foll.).

With double acc.:

aliquem consulem,

Liv. 10, 22; cf. Tac. A. 1, 3:

Papirium parem destinant animis Magno Alexandro ducem, si, etc.,

Liv. 9, 16 fin.; cf.:

animis auctorem caedis,

id. 33, 28:

aliquem regem,

Just. 42, 4, 14 et saep.—

With inf. or a clause:

infectis iis, quae agere destinaverat,

Caes. B. C. 1, 33 fin.; cf. Suet. Caes. 84; id. Aug. 53 al.:

potiorem populi Romani quam regis Persei amicitiam habere,

Liv. 43, 7; 7, 33; Quint. 5, 1, 3; Phaedr. 4, 27, 1; Ov. M. 8, 157 al.—

With dat.:

sibi aliquid,

i. e. to intend purchasing, Plaut. Most. 3, 1, 113; Cic. Fam. 7, 23, 3:

operi destinati possent,

Caes. B. G. 7, 72, 2:

aliquem foro,

Quint. 2, 8, 8:

me arae,

Verg. A 2, 129:

diem necis alicui,

Cic. Off. 3, 10, 45:

domos publicis usibus,

Vell. 2, 81 fin.: quod signum cuique loco, Quint. 11, 2, 29:

Anticyram omnem illis,

Hor. S. 2, 3, 83:

cados tibi,

id. Od. 2, 7, 20 et saep.—

With ad:

tempore locoque ad certamen destinatis,

Liv. 33, 37:

aliquem ad mortem,

id. 2, 54:

consilia ad bellum,

id. 42, 48:

materiam ad scribendum,

Quint. 5, 10, 9 al.:

ad omne obsequium destinati,

Curt. 5, 28, 5.—

With in:

saxo aurove in aliud destinato,

Tac. H. 4, 53 fin.:

legati in provinciam destinati,

Dig. 5, 1, 2:

noctem proximam in fugam,

Amm. 29, 6.—

In partic.

In the lang. of archers, slingers, etc., to fix upon as a mark, to aim at ( = designare scopum):

locum oris,

Liv. 38, 29, 7; so id. 21, 54, 6.— Transf.:

sagittas,

to shoot at the mark, Aur. Vict. Caes. 42.—

In the lang. of trade: sibi aliquid, to fix upon for one's self, to intend to buy:

minis triginta sibi puellam destinat,

Plaut. Rud. prol. 45; id. Most. 3, 1, 113; id. Pers. 4, 3, 72; Lucil. ap. Non. 289, 31; Cic. Fam. 7, 23, 3 al.— Hence, dēstĭnātus, a, um, destined, fixed (syn.: fixus, certus).

Adj.:

certis quibusdam destinatisque sententiis quasi addicti,

Cic. Tusc. 2, 2, 5:

ad horam mortis destinatam,

id. ib. 5, 22, 63:

si hoc bene fixum omnibus destinatumque in animo est,

Liv. 21, 44 fin.:

persona (coupled with certus),

Quint. 3, 6, 57; cf. Cic. Rep. 4, 3.—Destinatum est alicui, with inf. = certum est, it is one's decision, will; he has determined, Liv. 6, 6, 7; Suet. Tib. 13; Plin. Ep. 9, 13, 5 al.—

Subst.

dēstĭnāta, ae, f., = sponsa, a betrothed female, bride, Suet. Caes. 27; cf. Plin. Ep. 5, 16, 6.—

dēs-tĭnātum, i, n.

A mark or aim, Liv. 38, 26 fin.; Curt. 7, 5 fin. —

An intended, determined object, design, intention:

neque tuis neque Liviae destinatis adversabor,

Tac. A. 4, 40 fin.; cf.:

destinata retinens,

id. ib. 6, 32; so id. H. 4, 18:

antequam destinata componam,

the intended narration, id. ib. 1, 4:

ad destinatum persequor,

the goal of life, Vulg. Philip. 3, 14: destinata dare, the intentions, dispositions of a will, Phaedr. 4, 5, 27; so,

ex destinato,

adv., designedly, intentionally, Sen. Clem. 1, 6; id. Ben. 6, 10 fin.; Suet. Cal. 43;

and in a like sense merely destinato,

Suet. Caes. 60.— dēstĭ-nātē, adv. (perh. only in Ammianus), resolutely, obstinately:

certare,

Amm. 18, 2.— Comp., id. 20, 4; 7; 23, 1; 27, 3.

fauces, ium ( sing. nom. faux only in Cael. Aur. Tard. 2, 11, 127, =arteria aspera; cf. Varr. L. L. 10, § 78 Müll.; Charis. p. 72 P. —The abl. sing. fauce sometimes in poets: Ov. H. 9, 98; id. M. 14, 738; Hor. Epod. 14, 4; Phaedr. 1, 1, 3; 1, 8, 4; Mart. 7, 37, 6 al.), f. [cf. Sanscr. bhūka, hole, opening], the upper part of the throat, from the root of the tongue to the entrance of the gullet, the pharynx, throat, gullet (syn.: gula, guttur, jugulum).

Lit.: summum gulae fauces vocantur, extremum stomachus;

quibus fauces non sunt, ne stomachus quidem est,

Plin. 11, 37, 68, § 179:

exigua in arteria sub ipsis faucibus lingula est, quae, cum spiramus, attollitur,

Cels. 4, 1: (galli) favent faucibus russis cantu, Enn. ap. Cic. Div. 2, 26, 57 (Trag. v. 250 ed. Vahl.):

sitis fauces tenet,

Plaut. Most. 2, 1, 34:

sitis fauces urit,

Hor. S. 1, 2, 214:

lippiunt fauces fame,

Plaut. Curc. 2, 3, 39; 1, 2, 36:

fauces tussientes,

Cels. 5, 25, 11:

nuces videntur fauces exasperare,

Plin. 23, 8, 74, § 142:

fauces tumentes strangulant vocem, etc.,

Quint. 11, 3, 20:

infirmatis faucibus, praeconis voce concionatus est,

Suet. Aug. 84 fin.:

propino tibi salutem plenis faucibus,

Plaut. Stich. 3, 2, 16:

merum ingurgitare faucibus plenis,

id. Curc. 1, 2, 39:

exscrea usque ex penitis faucibus,

from the bottom of your throat, id. As. 1, 1, 28:

alicui fauces prehendere,

id. Most. 1, 3, 62; cf.:

qui sacerdoti scelestus fauces interpresserit,

id. Rud. 3, 2, 41:

laqueo innectere fauces,

to strangle, Ov. M. 10, 378; cf.

also: ad necem secandasque novacula fauces,

Suet. Calig. 23:

fauces manu sua oppressit,

id. ib. 12:

retinens singulos et contortis faucibus convertens,

id. Caes. 62.— Trop.:

faucibus teneor,

I am caught by the throat, I feel the knife at my throat, Plaut. Cas. 5, 3, 4; cf.:

cum faucibus premeretur,

Cic. Clu. 31, 84:

Timarchides premit fauces defensionis tuae,

id. Verr. 2, 3, 76, § 176: eripite nos ex faucibus eorum, quorum crudelitas, etc., from the jaws, Crass. ap. Cic. de Or. 1, 52, 225; cf. Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 6, § 19:

urbem totius belli ore ac faucibus ereptam esse,

id. Arch. 9, 21:

e mediis Orci faucibus ad hunc evasi modum,

App. M. 7, p. 191:

cum inexplebiles populi fauces exaruerunt libertatis siti,

Cic. Rep. 1, 43:

lupus fauce improba incitatus,

i. e. voracity, Phaedr. 1, 2, 3.—

Transf., of places:

A narrow way, narrow inlet or outlet, an entrance, defile, pass (cf. angustiae): Corinthus posita in angustiis atque in faucibus Graeciae, in the mouth or entrance, Cic. Agr. 2, 32, 87:

in Ciliciae angustissimis faucibus,

Curt. 7, 4; cf.:

qua fauces erant angustissimae portus,

Caes. B. C. 1, 25, 5:

portus,

id. ib. 3, 24, 1;

3, 39, 2: Masinissam persecutus in valle arta, faucibus utrimque obsessis, inclusit,

Liv. 29, 32, 4:

Aemilius sedens in faucibus macelli,

Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 62, § 145; so,

macelli,

id. Quint. 6, 25:

per fauces montis ut Aetnae Exspirent ignes,

the crater, Lucr. 6, 630:

cava flumina siccis faucibus, etc.,

Verg. G. 4, 428:

altae montis,

Lucr. 6, 697:

Nilus multis faucibus in Aegyptium mare se evomit,

through many mouths, Plin. 5, 9, 10, § 54:

Bospori,

the Dardanelles, id. 6, 1, 1, § 4; Sil. 12, 127:

cum fornacem facies, fauces praecipites deorsum facito,

Cato, R. R. 38, 3: pictis e faucibus currus emittere, from the barriers, Enn. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 48, 107 (Ann. v. 89 ed. Vahl.).—

The jaws of the earth, gulf, abyss:

patefactis terrae faucibus,

Cic. N. D. 2, 37, 95.

fĕrōcĭa, ae, f. [ferox], a wild or untamed spirit, fierceness, in a good or bad sense (class.).

In a good sense, spirit, courage, bravery:

infirmitas puerorum et ferocitas juvenum et gravitas jam constantis aetatis et senectutis maturitas naturale quiddam habet,

Cic. de Sen. 10, 33:

Romana virtus et ferocia,

Liv. 9, 6 fin.:

ferociam animi in vultu retinens,

Sall. C. 61, 4:

si quid ardoris ac ferociae miles habuit,

Tac. H. 2, 76 fin.:

plus tamen ferociae Britanni praeferunt, ut quos nondum longa pax emollierit,

id. Agr. 11 fin.; cf.:

virtus ac ferocia,

id. ib. 31:

ardor ac ferocia,

id. H. 2, 76:

ferociā verborum militem incendebat,

id. ib. 4, 71.—

In a bad sense, savageness, ferocity.

Prop.: ferocitate atque ferocia, Pac. ap. Non. 490, 19: qui comperit ejus vim et effrenatam illam ferociam, Cic. Fragm. ap. Non. 492, 3 (Rep. 5, 8 ed. Mos.):

arrogans atque intoleranda ferocia,

id. Agr. 2, 33, 91; 2, 35, 96:

per communes liberos oravit exueret ferociam,

Tac. A. 2, 72:

ingeniorum,

Vell. 2, 115, 3:

stolida mentis,

Ov. Hal. 58.—

Transf., of wine, harshness, roughness:

vini,

Plin. 14, 19, 24, § 121.

scaena, ae (falsely scēna, v. Prol. in Verg. p. 387 Rib.), f., = skênê.

Lit., the stage, boards, scene of a theatre:

dum histrio in scaenă siet,

Plaut. Poen. prol. 20:

in scaenă esse Roscium intellegat,

Cic. Brut. 84, 290:

foris hic extra scaenam fient proelia,

Plaut. Capt. prol. 60:

cum scaena croco Cilici perfusa recens est,

Lucr. 2, 416:

scaenaique simul varios splendere decores,

id. 4, 983:

scaenae magnificentia,

Cic. Mur. 19, 38:

nec vero scaena solum referta est his sceleribus,

id. N. D. 3, 27, 69:

vel scaena ut versis discedat frontibus,

Verg. G. 3, 24; Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 205 et saep.— Plur.:

columnas excidunt, scaenis decora alta futuris,

a theatre, Verg. A. 1, 429: aut Agamemnonius scaenis agitatus Orestes, on the stage, i. e. in tragedies, Verg. A. 4, 471:

aut agitur res in scaenis,

Hor. A. P. 179.—

Transf.

Of a place like a scene of a theatre, Verg. A. 1, 164.—

(Post-Aug.) Of the schools of rhetoric, as scenes for the display of eloquence:

at nunc adulescentuli deducuntur in scaenas scholasticorum, qui rhetores vocantur,

Tac. Or. 35; cf. Plin Ep. 7, 17, 9.—

Trop.

The public stage, the public:

quia maxima quasi oratori scaena videatur contionis,

Cic. de Or. 2, 83, 338; id. Planc. 12, 29:

ubi se a vulgo et scaena in secreta remorant Virtus Scipiadae et mitis sapientia Laeli,

Hor. S. 2, 1, 71.—Prov.: scaenae servire, to show one ' s self, live in the public eye, Cic. Ep. ad Brut. 8, 2.—

Outward show, parade, pretext: scaena rei totius haec: Pompeius, tamquam Caesarem non impugnet, etc., Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 11, 3; cf.:

ne quid scaenae deesset,

Petr. 117, 10; Suet. Calig. 15:

scaenam ultro criminis parat,

Tac. A. 14, 7 fin. —

Appearance, character:

scaenam quam sponte sumpserat cum animă retinens,

App. M. 4, 20, p. 151, 29.