ripe

fīcus, i and ūs ( dat. sing., gen., dat., and abl. plur., always of second decl.; in other cases of second or fourth; v. Neue, Formenl. 1, 532 sq.— Masc., Mart. 1, 65, 4; 7, 71, 6; Macr. S. 2, 16. The declension and gender were disputed even among the ancients; cf. Varr. L. L. 9, § 80 Müll.; Charis. p. 103 P.; Prisc. p. 713 ib.), f. [etym. dub.; cf. sukon, sWukon], a fig-tree.

Lit.:

cortex levis fico,

Plin. 16, 31, 55, § 126 sqq.:

fici, quarum radices longissimae,

id. 16, 31, 56, § 130:

exceptā fico,

id. 16, 26, 49, § 113:

ficos mariscas in loco cretoso serito,

Cato, R. R. 8, 1, v. marisca:

homini Phrygi, qui arborem fici numquam vidisset, fiscinam ficorum objecisti,

Cic. Fl. 17, 41: Ruminalis and Rumina, v. 1. Rumina, II. A. and B.:

quod diceret, uxorem suam suspendisse se de ficu,

Cic. de Or. 2, 69, 278 (for which Quintilian, in making the same statement:

quod uxor sua e fico se suspendisset,

Quint. 6, 3, 88):

sub una ficu,

Plin. 7, 2, 2, § 21.— Poet.:

pepedi diffissa nate ficus, i. e. ut ficus (cuius lignum magnopere fissile),

Hor. S. 1, 8, 47.—

Transf.

The fruit of the fig-tree, a fig: fici dulciferae, Enn. ap. Charis. p. 103 P. (Ann. v. 71 ed. Vahl.):

ficis victitamus aridis,

Plaut. Rud. 3, 4, 59:

Zacyntho ficos fieri non malas,

id. Merc. 5, 2, 102:

per ficos, quas edimus,

Varr. R. R. 1, 41, 5:

ex fici tantulo grano,

Cic. de Sen. 15, 52:

suamque pulla ficus ornat arborem,

Hor. Epod. 16, 46: dum ficus prima calorque, etc., the first ripe figs (denoting the beginning of autumn), id. Ep. 1, 7, 5:

pinguibus ficis pastum jecur anseris,

id. S. 2, 8, 88:

nux ornabat mensas cum duplice ficu,

a split fig, id. ib. 2, 2, 122, v. also in the foll.—Ante- and post-class. in masc.: sicuti cum primos ficus propola recentes Protulit, Lucil. ap. Non. 154, 27:

grossi,

Macr. S. 2, 16.—

The piles (from their shape):

cum dixi ficus, rides quasi barbara verba, Et dici ficos, Caeciliane, jubes. Dicemus ficus, quas scimus in arbore nasci: Dicemus ficos, Caeciliane, tuas (al. tuos, v. the commentators, ad loc.),

Mart. 1, 65, 4 (cf. the same sort of pun in another place, Mart. 7, 71).—Hence poet. transf., of one who has the piles, Mart. 4, 52, 2.

flōs, ōris, m. [root fla-; Gr. ek-phlainô, to stream forth; cf. phlasmos; Lat. flare, flamen, etc., v. flo], a blossom, flower.

Lit.:

suaves flores,

Lucr. 1, 8:

juvat novos decerpere flores,

id. 1, 928:

novi,

Hor. C. 4, 1, 32:

recentes,

id. ib. 3, 27, 44:

verni,

id. ib. 2, 11, 9:

florum omnium varietas,

Cic. de Sen. 15, 54:

suavitas odorum, qui afflarentur e floribus,

id. ib. 17, 59:

laetissimi flores,

id. Verr. 2, 4, 48, § 107:

ninguntque rosarum Floribus,

Lucr. 2, 628:

flores rosae, rosarum,

Hor. C. 2, 3, 14; 3, 29, 3; 4, 10, 4:

piabunt floribus et vino Genium,

id. Ep. 2, 1, 144; cf.:

fons Bandusiae, dulci digne mero non sine floribus,

id. C. 3, 13, 2:

nitidum caput impedire myrto Aut flore,

id. ib. 1, 4, 10:

recte necne crocum floresque perambulet Attae Fabula, si dubitem, etc.,

the stage strewed with flowers, id. Ep. 2, 1, 79:

carduus florem purpureum mittit inter medios aculeos,

puts forth, Plin. 20, 23, 99, § 262; cf. id. 21, 6, 17, § 31:

legere,

Ov. M. 4, 315.—

Transf.

The honey of flowers sucked out by the bees:

rure levis verno flores apis ingerit alveo, Conpleat ut dulci sedula melle favos,

Tib. 2, 1, 49; Verg. G. 4, 39; Plin. 11, 7, 7, § 17.—

In gen., like the Gr. anthos, for whatever forms either the best part or the highest part of a thing (mostly poet. and in postAug. prose).—

The flower of any thing, i. e. the prime or best part, also the best kind of any thing: postquam est honoratus frugum et floris Liberi, the bouquet or flavor of wine, Pac. ap. Non. 498, 12; so,

vini (Bacchi),

Plaut. Curc. 1, 2, 1; id. Cas. 3, 5, 16; Lucr. 3, 221.— The best kind of oil, Plin. 15, 6, 6, § 23; of wax, id. 21, 14, 49, § 84; of rosin, id. 14, 20, 25, § 124; of salt, id. 13, 1, 2, § 14; Cato, R. R. 88, 2; of meal, Plin. 18, 9, 20, § 86 et saep.; of cream, Vitr. 8, 3; of the finest dish: cenae, Favorin. ap. Gell. 15, 8, 2.—

The highest part, the top, crown, head of a thing.—Of the froth of wine, Cato, R. R. 11, 2; Col. 12, 30; Plin. 14, 21, 27, § 136.—The blisters, scales that are formed in smelting metals, id. 34, 11, 24, § 107; the upper dust of marble or gypsum, Col. 12, 20, 8.— Poet. of the first downy hairs of the beard: nunc primum opacat flore lanugo genas, Pac. ap. Paul. ex Fest. s. v. genas, p. 94 Müll. N. cr.; Verg. A. 8, 160; Luc. 6, 562:

ante genas dulces quam flos juvenilis inumbret,

Claud. in Prob. Cons. Pan. 69.—Donec flammai fulserunt flore coorto, a tip or flash of flame, Lucr. 1, 900.—

In archit., carved flowers placed as ornaments on a Corinthian capital, Vitr. 4, 1, 12; on a cupola, id. 4, 8.

Trop., the flower, crown, ornament of any thing (class.; a favorite flg. of Cic.).

In gen.:

ea tempestate flos poëtarum fuit (Plautus),

Plaut. Cas. prol. 18:

sic omnis fetus repressus, exustusque siti flos veteris ubertatis exaruit,

Cic. Brut. 4, 16:

(Ennius) flos delibatus populi... qua (eloquentia) virum excellentem praeclare tum illi homines florem populi esse dixerunt,

id. ib. 15, 58 sq. (cf. Enn. Ann. v. 309 ed. Vahl.):

flos nobilitatis ac juventutis,

id. Phil. 2, 15, 37; so, legatorum, id. Fl. 26, 61:

versaris in optimorum civium vel flore vel robore,

id. Or. 10, 34; cf.:

quod floris, quod roboris in juventute fuerat, amiserant,

Liv. 37, 12, 7:

ex morbo velut renovatus flos juventae,

id. 28, 35, 7; 26, 2, 6; Curt. 3, 5, 8:

provincia Galliae... ille flos Italiae, illud firmamentum imperii populi Romani, illud ornamentum dignitatis,

Cic. Phil. 3, 5, 13:

flos dignitatis,

id. Balb. 6, 15; cf.:

ego te, Crasse, cum vitae flore, tum mortis opportunitate, divino consilio et ortum et exstinctum esse arbitror,

splendor, glory, id. de Or. 3, 3, 12:

in ipso Graeciae flore,

in the very flower, the most flourishing condition, id. N. D. 3, 33, 82:

flos aetatis,

the flower of one's age, the prime of life, Lucr. 3, 770; 5, 847; cf.:

non venirem contra gratiam, non virtutis spe, sed aetatis flore collectam,

Cic. Phil. 2, 2, 3.— Without aetas: Pa. Anni? Ch. Anni? Sedecim. Pa. Flos ipse, Ter. Eun. 2, 3, 28:

viridissimo flore puella,

Cat. 17, 14:

in flore primo tantae indolis juvenis exstinctus est,

Plin. Ep. 5, 9, 5:

in flore virium se credens esse,

Liv. 42, 15, 2:

primus flos animi,

youthful vigor, Stat. Ach. 1, 625;

but also: flos animi,

ripe age, Sen. Ep. 26:

videmus Vergilium ea de causa hortorum dotes fugisse, et e tantis, quae retulit, flores modo rerum decerpsisse,

i. e. the choicest, best, Plin. H. N. 14 praef. § 7.—

Transf.: flos aetatis, maidenly or youthful innocence (of girls or boys), virginity:

(virgo) cum castum amisit polluto corpore florem,

Cat. 62, 46:

Hasdrubal flore aetatis, uti ferunt, primo Hamilcari conciliatus,

Liv. 21, 2, 3; cf. id. 21, 3, 4:

florem aetatis (Caesaris) in Bithynia contaminatum,

Suet. Caes. 49.—

In partic., of speech, a flower, embellishment, ornament:

ut porro conspersa sit (oratio) quasi verborum sententiarumque floribus, etc.,

Cic. de Or. 3, 25, 96:

flos aut lumen eloquentiae,

id. Brut. 17, 66; cf.:

nullus flos tamen neque lumen ullum (in M. Crassi oratione),

id. ib. 66, 233:

florem et colorem defuisse,

id. ib. 87, 298:

alia copia locuples, alia floribus laeta,

Quint. 8, 3, 87:

male audire... nimiis floribus et ingenii affluentia,

id. 12, 10, 13.

hordĕārĭus (also ordearius and hordĭarius), a, um, adj. [id.], of or relat. ing to barley, barley-: pira, barley-pears, i. e. pears that are ripe at barley-harvest, Plin. 15, 15, 16, § 55 (also called hordeacea pira, Col. 5, 10, 18); so,

pruna,

Plin. 15, 13, 12, § 41: hordiarium aes, quod pro hordeo equiti Romano dabatur, Paul. ex Fest. p. 102 Müll.; cf. Liv. 1, 43, 9 (Weissenb. ad loc.): Gai. Inst. 4, 27:

antiquissimum in cibis hordeum, sicut Atheniensium ritu apparet et gladiatorum cognomine, qui hordearii vocabantur,

Plin. 18, 7, 14, § 72:

pecunia ex qua hordeum equis erat comparandum... dicebatur aes hordiarium,

Gai. Inst. 4, 27. —

Like barley, i. e. inflated:

hunc eundem M. Coelius hordearium rhetorem appellat, deridens ut inflatum ac levem et sordidum,

Suet. Rhet. 2.

lippus, a, um, adj. [Sanscr. lip, to smear; Gr. lipa, lipos, fat; aleipha, salve; whence adeps], blear-eyed, bleared, inflamed.

Lit.:

num tibi lippus videor,

Plaut. Mil. 2, 3, 21:

(matrem) cubare in navi lippam atque oculis turgidis,

id. ib. 4, 3, 15 lippi illic oculi seruos est simillimus, id. Bacch. 4, 8, 72; id. Pers. 1, 1, 11; Vitr. 8, 4, 4:

non tamen idcirco contemnas lippus inungi,

Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 29; cf.:

lippus Illinere,

id. S. 1, 5, 30.—Prov.:

omnibus et lippis notum et tonsoribus,

i. e. to everybody, Hor. S. 1, 7, 3.—

Transf.

Dim-sighted, nearly blind, half-blind, purblind:

fuligine lippus,

Juv. 10, 130:

patres,

Pers. 1, 79.—

Dropping, running:

lippa sub attrita fronte lacuna putet, of an empty eye-socket,

Mart. 8, 59, 2:

ficus,

an over-ripe fig, dropping with juice, id. 7, 20, 12.—

Trop., blind to one's own faults:

vappa et lippus,

Pers. 5, 76; cf. Hor. S. 1, 3, 25.

mātūresco, rŭi, 3, v. inch. n. [maturus], to become ripe, ripen, to come to maturity (class.).

Lit., of fruits:

cum maturescere frumenta inciperent,

Caes. B. G. 6, 29, 4; id. B. C. 3, 49:

fructus maturescens,

Plin. 16, 26, 44, § 107.—

Transf.: partus maturescunt... novem lunae cursibus, * Cic. N. D. 2, 27, 69: nubilibus maturuit annis, ripened to marriageable years, i. e. a marriageable age, Ov. M. 14, 335:

libros opinabar nondum satis maturuisse,

Quint. Inst. Ep. ad Tryph. 1:

si virtutes ejus maturuissent,

had come to maturity, to perfection, Plin. Ep. 5, 9, 5.

mītĭgo, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [mitis-ago], to make mild, soft, or tender, make ripe or mellow; to make tame, to tame (class.).

Lit.:

cum aestivā maturitate alia mitigaverit, alia torruerit,

Cic. Rep. 4, 1, 6 (cited ap. Non. 343, 21):

mitiget auctumnus, quod maturaverit aestas,

Aus. Idyll. 8: cibum, to make soft or tender, to soften by boiling or roasting, Cic. N. D. 2, 60, 151.—Comically: misero mihi mitigabat sandalio caput, mellowed, broke, Turp. ap. Non. l. l.:

hic, qui dura sedens porrecto saxa leone Mitigat,

i. e. makes soft for sitting on by spreading over them a lion's skin, Mart. 9, 44, 2:

Indus agros, laetificat et mitigat,

to make fruitful, Cic. N. D. 2, 52, 130:

vina diluendo,

Plin. 14, 22, 29, § 149:

silvestres arbores,

id. 17, 10, 12, § 66:

amaritudinem frugum,

to soften, mitigate, id. 18, 16, 40, § 141:

cervicum duritias,

id. 20, 22, 92, § 250:

rabiem suum,

id. 10, 63, 83, § 182:

pilos,

to thin, id. 35, 6, 19, § 37:

animal,

to tame, Sen. Ben. 1, 3:

valetudinem temperantia,

to mitigate, Plin. Ep. 1, 12, 9.—

Trop., to make mild or gentle, to pacify, soothe, calm, assuage, appease, mitigate:

animum alicujus,

Cic. Balb. 26, 57:

te aetas mitigabit,

id. Mur. 31, 65:

iras,

Ov. Tr. 4, 6, 15:

querimonias, Col. praef.: tristitiam ac severitatem,

Cic. de Or. 2, 58, 236; cf.:

acerbam severitatem condimentis humanitatis,

id. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 7:

dolores,

id. Att. 3, 15, 2:

labores,

id. de Or. 3, 4, 14:

aliquem pecuniā,

Tac. H. 1, 66:

temporum atrocitatem,

Suet. Tib. 48:

acrimonia mitigabitur laude,

Auct. Her. 4, 37, 50: aures, to soothe with explanatory representations, Quint. 12, 1, 14:

metus,

id. 12, 2, 28:

feritatem animalium,

Plin. 24, 17, 102, § 167: alicui aliquem, to reconcile:

Hannibalem Romanis,

Just. 31, 4, 4; cf.:

vix revocanti patri mitigatus est,

id. 9, 7, 6.—Hence, mītĭganter, adv., in a soothing manner; in order to soothe, Cael. Aur. Tard. 5, 1, 13; 4, 3, 62; id. Acut. 1, 11, 76.

mītis, e, adj. [etym. dub.; cf. Sanscr. mith-, to associate; Lat. mutuus], mild, mellow, mature, ripe; of the soil, mellow, light, kindly, fruitful; of a river, calm, gentle, placid (class.; syn.: lenis, placidus, comis).

Lit.:

sunt nobis mitia poma,

Verg. E. 1, 81:

uva,

id. G. 1, 448:

Bacchus (i. e. vinum),

mellow, id. ib. 1, 344:

suci,

Ov. M. 14, 690:

mite solum Tiburis,

Hor. C. 1, 18, 2:

mitis (fluvius) in morem stagni,

Verg. A. 8, 88:

flamma,

harmless, innoxious, Sil. 16, 120.—

Trop., mild, soft, gentle.

In gen.:

nihil tam vidi mite, nihil tam placatum, quam tum meus frater erat in sororem tuam,

Cic. Att. 5, 1, 3:

mitis tranquillusque homo,

Plaut. Truc. 4, 3, 2:

homo mitissimus atque lenissimus,

Cic. Cat. 4, 5, 10:

ex feris et immanibus, mites reddidit et mansuetos,

id. Inv. 1, 2, 2.— Poet., with acc., in respect of:

nec Mauris animum mitior anguibus,

Hor. C. 3, 10, 18. —With dat.:

mites hostibus,

Ov. P. 2, 1, 48:

poenitentiae mitior,

towards the penitent, Tac. Agr. 16.—

Of things:

mitis et misericors animus,

Cic. Inv. 1, 55, 106:

consilium,

Ov. Tr. 1, 5, 5:

doctrina,

Cic. Mur. 29, 160: malum, blandum atque dolosum, Lucil. ap. Non. 343, 9:

mitius exsilium,

Ov. Tr. 2, 185:

servitium,

Prop. 3, 13, 20:

opes,

acquired through a long peace, Sil. 14, 653:

affectus mitiores,

Quint. 5, 13, 2:

ingenium,

Juv. 4, 82; 13, 184:

animus,

id. 14, 15.—

Of speech:

Thucydides si posterius fuisset, multo maturior fuisset et mitior,

riper and mellower, more palalable, Cic. Brut. 83, 288:

mitis et compta oratio,

id. Sen. 9, 28:

non hac tam atroci, sed illa lege mitissima, causam dicere,

id. Verr. 2, 1, 9, § 26.—

Comically, made soft, mellow with beating:

mitis sum equidem fustibus,

Plaut. Mil. 5, 31; cf. Ter. Ad. 2, 4, 12.—Hence, adv.: mīte, mildly, soflly, gently (rare;

not in Cic.): mite connivere,

App. M. 10, p. 285, 4.— Comp.:

mitius ille perit,

Ov. P. 3, 7, 27. — Sup.:

mitissime legatos appellare,

Caes. B. G. 7, 43.

ōcĭor, ōcĭus ( sup. ocissimus), adj. comp. [kindr. with Gr. ôkus, Sanscr. ācu, from the root ac, sharp; cf.: acer, acutus, akôkê], swifter, fleeter ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose).

Lit.:

et ventis, et fulminis ocior alis,

Verg. A. 5, 319; 10, 248:

ocior cervis, Ocior Euro,

Hor. C. 2, 16, 23; 24:

aurā,

id. ib. 1, 2, 48;

2, 20, 13: fugit ocior aurā,

Ov. M. 1, 502:

verbere,

Luc. 1, 230:

Tigris ocior remeat,

Plin. 8, 18, 25, § 66:

ociore ambitu,

id. 2, 8, 6, § 39:

ociore spatio,

id. 2, 19, 17, § 81.—

Transf., of time, quicker, sooner, earlier; sup.:

ficorum ocissima senectus,

Plin. 16, 31, 56, § 130:

pira,

the soonest ripe, id. 15, 15, 16, § 53:

venenum,

id. 27, 2, 2, § 4.—Hence, adv.: ōcĭ-ter; comp. ōcĭus; sup. ocissĭme (old collat. form oxime, Paul. ex Fest. p. 195 Müll.); quickly, swiftly, speedily (class. only in the comp. and sup.; cf.: ocius secundae collationis et deinde tertiae ocissime frequentata sunt, etc., Paul. ex Fest. p. 181 Müll.).

Posit. (ante- and post-class.): ociter serva cives, Enn. ap. Non. 277, 21, acc. to Vahl. ad Enn. Trag. v. 1:

profer ociter,

App. M. 1, p. 113, 32; p. 125, 8.—

Comp., more quickly or speedily, sooner, etc.:

idque ocius faciet, si, etc.,

Cic. Rep. 6, 26, 29:

ut ocius ad tuum pervenias,

id. Quint. 13, 43:

recreantur ocius,

id. Tusc. 4, 14, 32: omnium Versatur urna, serius ocius Sors exitura, sooner or later, Hor. C. 2, 3, 26:

angulus iste feret piper et tus ocius uvā,

sooner than, rather than, id. Ep. 1, 14, 23:

ocius illud extorquebis,

i. e. more easily, Juv. 6, 53.—

Sometimes the comp. is used in gen. for quickly, speedily:

sequere hac me ocius, Ter Heaut. 4, 7, 4: gladio occursat,

Caes. B. G. 5, 43:

nemon' oleum fert ocius?

quickly, Hor. S. 2, 7, 34; Juv. 14, 252; Verg. A. 5, 828:

heus Phaedrome, exi, exi, exi, inquam, ocius,

Plaut. Curc. 2, 2, 26.—

Sup., very quickly or speedily: ocissime nos liberi possumus fieri, Plaut. Fragm. ap. Paul. ex Fest. p. 181 Müll.:

quam ocissume ad provinciam accedat,

as speedily as possible, Sall. J. 25, 5:

ferre,

Plin. 17, 11, 16, § 87:

sanant ulcera,

id. 34, 10, 22, § 100.

ōcĭor, ōcĭus ( sup. ocissimus), adj. comp. [kindr. with Gr. ôkus, Sanscr. ācu, from the root ac, sharp; cf.: acer, acutus, akôkê], swifter, fleeter ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose).

Lit.:

et ventis, et fulminis ocior alis,

Verg. A. 5, 319; 10, 248:

ocior cervis, Ocior Euro,

Hor. C. 2, 16, 23; 24:

aurā,

id. ib. 1, 2, 48;

2, 20, 13: fugit ocior aurā,

Ov. M. 1, 502:

verbere,

Luc. 1, 230:

Tigris ocior remeat,

Plin. 8, 18, 25, § 66:

ociore ambitu,

id. 2, 8, 6, § 39:

ociore spatio,

id. 2, 19, 17, § 81.—

Transf., of time, quicker, sooner, earlier; sup.:

ficorum ocissima senectus,

Plin. 16, 31, 56, § 130:

pira,

the soonest ripe, id. 15, 15, 16, § 53:

venenum,

id. 27, 2, 2, § 4.—Hence, adv.: ōcĭ-ter; comp. ōcĭus; sup. ocissĭme (old collat. form oxime, Paul. ex Fest. p. 195 Müll.); quickly, swiftly, speedily (class. only in the comp. and sup.; cf.: ocius secundae collationis et deinde tertiae ocissime frequentata sunt, etc., Paul. ex Fest. p. 181 Müll.).

Posit. (ante- and post-class.): ociter serva cives, Enn. ap. Non. 277, 21, acc. to Vahl. ad Enn. Trag. v. 1:

profer ociter,

App. M. 1, p. 113, 32; p. 125, 8.—

Comp., more quickly or speedily, sooner, etc.:

idque ocius faciet, si, etc.,

Cic. Rep. 6, 26, 29:

ut ocius ad tuum pervenias,

id. Quint. 13, 43:

recreantur ocius,

id. Tusc. 4, 14, 32: omnium Versatur urna, serius ocius Sors exitura, sooner or later, Hor. C. 2, 3, 26:

angulus iste feret piper et tus ocius uvā,

sooner than, rather than, id. Ep. 1, 14, 23:

ocius illud extorquebis,

i. e. more easily, Juv. 6, 53.—

Sometimes the comp. is used in gen. for quickly, speedily:

sequere hac me ocius, Ter Heaut. 4, 7, 4: gladio occursat,

Caes. B. G. 5, 43:

nemon' oleum fert ocius?

quickly, Hor. S. 2, 7, 34; Juv. 14, 252; Verg. A. 5, 828:

heus Phaedrome, exi, exi, exi, inquam, ocius,

Plaut. Curc. 2, 2, 26.—

Sup., very quickly or speedily: ocissime nos liberi possumus fieri, Plaut. Fragm. ap. Paul. ex Fest. p. 181 Müll.:

quam ocissume ad provinciam accedat,

as speedily as possible, Sall. J. 25, 5:

ferre,

Plin. 17, 11, 16, § 87:

sanant ulcera,

id. 34, 10, 22, § 100.

hordĕārĭus (also ordearius and hordĭarius), a, um, adj. [id.], of or relat. ing to barley, barley-: pira, barley-pears, i. e. pears that are ripe at barley-harvest, Plin. 15, 15, 16, § 55 (also called hordeacea pira, Col. 5, 10, 18); so,

pruna,

Plin. 15, 13, 12, § 41: hordiarium aes, quod pro hordeo equiti Romano dabatur, Paul. ex Fest. p. 102 Müll.; cf. Liv. 1, 43, 9 (Weissenb. ad loc.): Gai. Inst. 4, 27:

antiquissimum in cibis hordeum, sicut Atheniensium ritu apparet et gladiatorum cognomine, qui hordearii vocabantur,

Plin. 18, 7, 14, § 72:

pecunia ex qua hordeum equis erat comparandum... dicebatur aes hordiarium,

Gai. Inst. 4, 27. —

Like barley, i. e. inflated:

hunc eundem M. Coelius hordearium rhetorem appellat, deridens ut inflatum ac levem et sordidum,

Suet. Rhet. 2.

ordĭnārĭus, a, um, adj. [ordo], of or belonging to order, orderly; according to the usual order, usual, customary, regular, ordinary (not in Cic. or Cæs.).

Of persons.

In gen.: ordinarii consules, regular, elected in the usual manner at the beginning of the year (opp. suffecti), Liv. 41, 18:

pugiles (with legitimi),

Suet. Aug. 45; cf.

consulatus,

id. Galb. 6:

gladiatores,

Sen. Ep. 7, 3:

ordinarium hominem Oppius ait dici solitum scurram et improbum... At Aelius Stilo, qui minime ordine viveret... Sunt quidam etiam, qui manipularem, quia infimi sit ordinis, appellatum credant ordinarium,

Fest. p. 182 Müll.—

In partic., subst.: ordĭnārĭus, i, m.

An overseer who keeps order, Dig. 14, 4, 5. —

In milit. lang., a centurion of the first cohort, Inscr. Grut. 542, 8; Veg. Mil. 2, 15; cf. Mommsen, Tribus, p. 123; Anmerk. 112. —

Of inanim. and abstr. things: oleum, oil obtained in the usual manner from sound, ripe olives (opp. to oleum cibarium, made of bad olives picked up from the ground), Col. 12, 50, 22:

vites,

standing in regular order, id. 3, 16, 1:

silices,

stones so laid that those of each row cover the joints of the row beneath it, Vitr. 2, 8:

consulatus,

regular, Suet. Galb. 6:

consilia,

usual, ordinary, Liv. 27, 43: oratio, regular, connected (opp. to breviarium or summarium), Sen. Ep. 39, 1:

philosophia non est res succisiva: ordinaria est, domina est,

it must be constantly practised, must govern all the relations of life, id. ib. 53, 9:

fuit ordinarium, loqui, etc.,

it was usual, customary, Dig. 38, 6, 1:

jus (opp. to extraordinarium),

ib. 14, 4, 5.— Hence, adv.: ordĭnārĭē, in order, orderly, methodically (eccl. Lat. for ordine, ordinatim), Tert. Res. Carn. 2.

per-fĭcĭo, fēci, fectum, 3, v. a. [facio], to achieve, execute, carry out, accomplish, perform, despatch, bring to an end or conclusion, finish, complete (class.; syn.: absolvo, conficio, exsequor).

Lit.:

comitiis perficiendis undecim dies tribuit,

Caes. B. C. 3, 2:

iis comitiis perfectis,

Liv. 24, 43, 9:

bellum,

id. 22, 38, 7:

aliquid absolvi et perfici,

Cic. N. D. 2, 13, 35:

multa,

id. Or. 30, 105:

scelus,

to perpetrate, id. Clu. 68, 194:

cogitata,

id. Deiot. 7, 21:

instituta,

id. Div. 2, 5:

poëma,

id. Q. Fr. 2, 8:

conata,

Caes. B. G. 1, 3:

nihil est simul et inventum et perfectum,

Cic. Brut. 18, 71:

centum annos,

to complete, live, Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 39.—So of commissions, orders, to execute:

munus,

Verg. A. 6, 629; 6, 637; Cic. Fam. 6, 7:

jussa,

Val. Fl. 7, 61:

mandata,

Sil. 13, 343.—

Transf.

To bring to completion, finish, perfect (opp. inchoare):

candelabrum perfectum e gemmis clarissimis,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 28, § 64:

murum,

Liv. 25, 11:

loricam,

Sil. 2, 403:

aedem,

Suet. Aug. 60:

cibos ambulatione,

to digest, Plin. 11, 53, 118, § 283:

cucumeres,

id. 19, 5, 23, § 65: coria, to dress or curry, id. 23, 1, 16, § 22:

lanas,

id. 35, 15, 52, § 190:

minium,

id. 33, 7, 40, § 118.—

To make perfect, to perfect:

aliquem citharā,

Ov. A. A. 1, 11: expleta et perfecta forma honestatis, Cic. Fin. 2, 15, 48:

artem,

Suet. Ner. 41.—

To bring about, to cause, effect; with ut, Ter. Eun. 5, 8, 24; Cic. Agr. 1, 9, 127:

perfice ut putem,

convince me, id. Tusc. 1, 8, 15; id. Fam. 11, 27, 2:

eloquentia perfecit, ut, etc.,

Nep. Ep. 6, 4.—With ne and subj.:

omnia perfecit, quae senatus salvā re publicā ne fieri possent perfecerat,

Cic. Phil. 2, 22, 55. —

In mal. part., = energein, Mart. 3, 79, 2; cf. Ov. A. A. 1, 389; Capitol. Max. 4, 7.— perfectus, a, um, P. a., finished, complete, perfect, excellent, exquisite (class.).

Of persons:

oratorem plenum atque perfectum esse, etc.,

Cic. de Or. 1, 13, 59:

homines in dicendo,

id. ib. 1, 13, 58:

perfectis et absoluti philosophi,

id. Div. 2, 72, 150:

homines,

id. Off. 1, 15, 46; id. Brut. 30, 114:

in geometriā,

id. Fin. 1, 6, 20:

in arte,

Ov. A. A. 2, 547.—In a religious sense, righteous (eccl. Lat.):

cor perfectum,

Vulg. 3 Reg. 11, 4; id. Matt. 5, 48.—Perfectissimus, a title of honor under the later emperors, Cod. Const. 12, tit. 33; Am. 21, 16 init.; Lact. 5, 14, 18.—

Of inanim. and abstr. things:

naturae,

Cic. N. D. 2, 12, 33:

ratio,

id. ib. 13, 34:

pulchriora etiam Polycliti et iam plane perfecta (signa),

id. Brut. 18, 70:

perfectum atque absolutum officium,

id. Off. 3, 3, 14:

perfecta cumulataque virtus,

id. Sest. 40, 86: aetas, full or ripe age, the age of fiveand-twenty, Dig. 4, 4, 32 init.—Comp.:

valvae perfectiores,

Cic. Verr. 2, 56:

aliquid perfectius,

id. de Or. 1, 2, 5; id. Brut. 18, 69; Hor. Epod. 5, 59; Quint. 12, 1, 21:

ad perfectiora,

Vulg. Heb. 6, 1.— Sup.:

quod ego summum et perfectissimum judicem,

Cic. Or. 1, 3; 15, 47; id. Brut. 31, 118; Juv. 2, 5.— Adv.: perfectē, fully, completely, perfectly (class.):

eruditus,

Cic. Brut. 81, 282; id. de Or. 1, 28, 130:

veritatem imitari,

id. Div. 1, 13, 23.— Comp., App. Flor. p. 357, 1; Tert. Apol. 45.— Sup., Gell. 11, 16 fin.

plăcĭdus, a, um, adj. [placeo, qs. pleasing, mild; hence], gentle, quiet, still, calm, mild, peaceful, placid (class.; syn.: quietus, mollis, lenis).

In gen.

Of persons:

clemens, placidus,

Ter. Ad. 5, 4, 10:

reddere aliquem placidum,

Plaut. Curc. 4, 3, 49; Ter. Ad. 4, 1, 18; Cic. Caecin. 10.—

Of things:

caelum,

Sil. 12, 667:

placidus et serenus dies,

Plin. Ep. 5, 6, 14:

mare,

id. ib. 9, 26:

pontus,

Lucr. 5, 1004:

amnis,

Ov. M. 1, 702:

placida quietaque constantia,

Cic. Tusc. 4, 5, 10:

placida ac lenis senectus,

id. Sen. 5, 13:

oratio,

id. de Or. 2, 43, 183:

vita,

Lucr. 5, 1122:

mors,

Verg. A. 6, 522:

somnus,

Ov. F. 3, 185:

urbs,

Verg. A. 7, 46:

nec quidquam magnum est nisi quod simul placidum,

Sen. Ira, 1, 21, 4:

re placidā atque otiosā,

i. e. in quiet times, Plaut. Truc. 1, 1, 56.— Comp.:

nihil illis placidius, aut quietius erat,

Liv. 3, 14:

loca placidiora,

less visited with unfavorable weather, Pall. 1, 6.— Sup.:

placidissima pax,

Cic. Tusc. 5, 16, 48:

tellus placidissima,

Verg. A. 3, 78.—

In partic.

Of fruits, ripe, mellow:

uva,

Sedul. 1, 29.—

Of plants, trees, etc., not wild, fruitful:

arbores placidiores,

Plin. 16, 5, 6, § 16.—Hence, adv.: plă-cĭdē, softly, gently, quietly, calmly, peacefully, placidly (class.):

forem aperire,

Plaut. Bacch. 4, 7, 35:

placide volo,

id. Merc. 1, 2, 47:

propere hoc, non placide decet (sc. agi),

id. Mil. 2, 2, 65:

ire,

gently, lightly, Ter. Phorm. 5, 6, 27:

progredi,

Caes. B. G. 6, 7:

placide et sedate ferre dolorem,

Cic. Tusc. 2, 24, 58:

placide et sedate loqui,

id. Or. 27, 92:

placide et benigne verba facere,

Sall. J. 102, 12:

placide et comiter (inquit),

Gell. 19, 1, 13.— Comp.:

plebem in magistratu placidius tractare,

Sall. C. 39, 2.— Sup.:

placidissime respondit,

Aug. Conf. 6, 1.