rising

Arbis, is, f., a town in Gedrosia, on the river Arbis, Plin. 6, 23, 26, § 97.

Arbis, is, m., a river rising in Carmania, running through Gedrosia, and emptying into the Persian Gulf, Plin. 6, 24, 28, § 109.

ascensĭo ( ads-), ōnis, f. [id.], an ascending, ascent (more rare than ascensus).

A.. Lit.:

ad hirundininum nidum ascensionem ut faceret,

Plaut. Rud. 3, 1, 7:

graduum,

Vitr. 9, 1, p. 208 Rode:

via ascensionis,

Vulg. 1 Par. 26, 16: dies ascensionis suae de terrā Aegypti, ib. Osee, 2, 15.—

Trop.: quorum (oratorum) quae fuerit ascensio et quam in omnibus rebus difficilis optimi perfectio, etc., a rising, soaring, * Cic. Brut. 36, 137:

ascensiones in corde suo disposuit,

Vulg. Psa. 83, 6.—

Meton., means of ascent: aedificat in caelo ascensionem, Vulg Amos, 9, 6.

ascensus ( ads-), a, um, Part. of ascendo.

ascensus ( ads-), ūs, m. [ascendo], an ascending, ascent.

A.. Lit.:

primos prohibere ascensu coeperunt,

Caes. B. G. 5, 32:

homines audaces ab ejus templi aditu atque ascensu repulisti,

Cic. Dom. 21:

quod hosti aditum ascensum ve difficilem praeberet,

Liv. 25, 36 summi fastigia tecti Ascensu supero, Verg. A. 2, 303 ascensus muri, Vulg. 2 Esdr. 12, 36. ascensus altaris, ib. Eccli. 50, 12. adscensus siderum, a rising of the stars to our hemisphere, Plin. 29, 4, 15, § 59:

ascensus aurorae,

Vulg. 2 Esdr. 4, 21; ib. Jon. 4, 7.—Also in plur: hostes partim scalis ascensus tentant, Liv 36, 24.—

Trop.:

ollisque ad honoris amplioris gradum is primus ascensus esto,

Cic. Leg. 3, 3;

olla propter quae datur homini ascensus in caelum,

id. ib. 2, 8.—

Meton. (abstr. for concr., cf.. aditus, accessus, etc.), a place by which one ascends, an approach, ascent:

inambulans atque ascensu ingrediens arduo,

Cic. de Or 1, 61, 261 difficilis atque arduus, id. Verr 2, 4, 23:

riget arduus alto Tmolus in ascensu,

Ov. M. 11, 151:

quae aedes tribunal habent et ascensum,

a flight of stairs, ascent, Vitr. 4, 7, p. 93 Rode; so id. 5, 6, p. 111 Rode.—In plur ut obtinerent ascensus montium, Vulg. Judith, 2, 6; ib. 1 Reg. 14, 4.— Trop.. in virtute multi ascensus many degrees, Cic. Planc. 25 Wund.

căpella, ae, f. dim. [caper; cf.: puer, puella], a she-goat.

Lit., Col. 7, 6, 4; Cat. 19, 16; 20, 10; Tib. 1, 1, 31; Verg. E. 7, 3; 10, 7; Hor. Epod. 16, 49; id. S. 1, 1, 110; id. Ep. 1, 7, 86; Ov. M. 13, 691 al.—A piece of statuary, Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 35, § 87.—

As a term of reproach, a dirty fellow, Amm. 17, 12; 24, 8 (cf. canicula).—

A star on the left shoulder of the constellation Auriga (usu. called capra), Plin. 18, 26, 66, § 248; rising in the rainy season; hence, sidus pluviale capellae, Ov. M. 3, 594:

signum pluviale,

id. F. 5, 113.

Căpella. ae, m., a Roman proper name.

An elegiac poet, Ov. P. 4, 16, 36. —

Capella Antistius, a teacher of rhetoric, Lampr. Comm. 1, 6.—

Martianus Mineus Felix Capella, a learned grammarian of Madaura, in Africa, in the second half of the fifth century; his Satyricon treats of the liberal arts.—Hence, Căpel-lĭānus, a um, adj., belonging to a Capella, Mart. 11, 31, 17.

căpella, ae, f. dim. [caper; cf.: puer, puella], a she-goat.

Lit., Col. 7, 6, 4; Cat. 19, 16; 20, 10; Tib. 1, 1, 31; Verg. E. 7, 3; 10, 7; Hor. Epod. 16, 49; id. S. 1, 1, 110; id. Ep. 1, 7, 86; Ov. M. 13, 691 al.—A piece of statuary, Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 35, § 87.—

As a term of reproach, a dirty fellow, Amm. 17, 12; 24, 8 (cf. canicula).—

A star on the left shoulder of the constellation Auriga (usu. called capra), Plin. 18, 26, 66, § 248; rising in the rainy season; hence, sidus pluviale capellae, Ov. M. 3, 594:

signum pluviale,

id. F. 5, 113.

Căpella. ae, m., a Roman proper name.

An elegiac poet, Ov. P. 4, 16, 36. —

Capella Antistius, a teacher of rhetoric, Lampr. Comm. 1, 6.—

Martianus Mineus Felix Capella, a learned grammarian of Madaura, in Africa, in the second half of the fifth century; his Satyricon treats of the liberal arts.—Hence, Căpel-lĭānus, a um, adj., belonging to a Capella, Mart. 11, 31, 17.

căpella, ae, f. dim. [caper; cf.: puer, puella], a she-goat.

Lit., Col. 7, 6, 4; Cat. 19, 16; 20, 10; Tib. 1, 1, 31; Verg. E. 7, 3; 10, 7; Hor. Epod. 16, 49; id. S. 1, 1, 110; id. Ep. 1, 7, 86; Ov. M. 13, 691 al.—A piece of statuary, Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 35, § 87.—

As a term of reproach, a dirty fellow, Amm. 17, 12; 24, 8 (cf. canicula).—

A star on the left shoulder of the constellation Auriga (usu. called capra), Plin. 18, 26, 66, § 248; rising in the rainy season; hence, sidus pluviale capellae, Ov. M. 3, 594:

signum pluviale,

id. F. 5, 113.

Căpella. ae, m., a Roman proper name.

An elegiac poet, Ov. P. 4, 16, 36. —

Capella Antistius, a teacher of rhetoric, Lampr. Comm. 1, 6.—

Martianus Mineus Felix Capella, a learned grammarian of Madaura, in Africa, in the second half of the fifth century; his Satyricon treats of the liberal arts.—Hence, Căpel-lĭānus, a um, adj., belonging to a Capella, Mart. 11, 31, 17.

cīvīlis, e, adj. [civis].

Of or pertaining to citizens, civil, civic (class. in prose and poetry, and very freq.): sanguine civili rem conflant, by the blood of citizens, * Lucr. 3, 70; Cic. Fam. 15, 15, 1:

conjuratio,

id. ib. 5, 12, 2:

bellum,

id. Att. 7, 13, 1; id. Imp. Pomp. 10, 28:

bella,

Hor. Epod. 16, 1; Luc. 1, 1:

genus belli,

Cic. Att. 7, 13, 1; Sall. C. 47, 2; Quint. 12, 1, 16; Flor. 3, 22, 10; 3, 23, 7:

facinus,

Cic. Att. 7, 13, 1.—So De Bello Civili, the title of a portion of the Commentaries of Julius Cæsar, Flor. 4, 2, 4:

discordia,

Sall. C. 5, 2:

dissensio,

id. J. 41 fin.:

discidii specie,

Tac. A. 14, 60:

irae,

id. ib. 1, 43:

acies,

Ov. M. 7, 142:

arma,

civil war, Cic. Div. 2, 2, 6; Tac. A. 1, 9:

aestus,

Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 47:

Mars,

Ov. H. 6, 35:

busta,

Prop. 2, 1, 27:

victoria,

Nep. Epam. 10, 3; Sall. J. 95, 4; Tac. H. 4, 38 fin.:

praeda,

id. ib. 3, 15 et saep.:

mos consuetudoque,

Cic. Off. 1, 41,148; cf.

just before: instituta civilia: conciliatio et societas,

id. N. D. 2, 31, 78:

facinus,

id. Att. 7, 13, 1:

clamor,

Liv. 3, 28, 4; cf.

robur,

id. 28, 44, 5:

curae,

Hor. C. 3, 8, 17:

quercus = corona civica (v. civicus, I.),

Verg. A. 6, 772: civilis dies, the civil day ( from midnight to midnight; opp. to the naturalis dies, from the rising to the setting of the sun), Varr. R. R. 1, 28, 1; Plin. 2, 77, 79, § 188; Macr. S. 1, 3:

amor (opp. to naturalis),

between citizens, Gell. 12, 1, 23.—

Esp.: jus civile.

In gen., private rights, the law, as it protects citizens in their status, property, etc.:

jus civile est aequitas constituta iis, qui ejusdem civitatis sunt, ad res suas obtinendas,

Cic. Top. 2, 9:

sit ergo in jure civili finis hic: legitimae atque usitatae in rebus causisque civium aequabilitatis conservatio,

id. de Or. 1, 42, 188:

qui jus civile contemnendum putat, is vincula revellit judiciorum, etc.,

id. Caecin. 25, 70; id. Off. 3, 17, 69; id. Balb. 11, 28; Gai Inst. 1, 1; Just. Inst. 1, 2, 1 sq.;

opp. jus naturale: quodam tempore homines nondum neque naturali neque civili jure descripto fusi, etc.,

Cic. Sest. 42, 91.—

The body of Roman law relating to private rights, the Civil Law:

ut si quis dicat jus civile id esse, quod in legibus, senatūs consultis, rebus judicatis, juris peritorum auctoritate, edictis magistratuum, more, aequitate consistat,

Cic. Top. 5, 28:

hoc civile (jus) quod dicimus (opp. causa universi juris ac legum),

id. Leg. 1, 5, 17:

de jure civili si quis novi quid instituit,

id. Verr. 2, 1, 42, § 109;

opp. jus nationum,

id. Div in Caecil. 5, 18;

opp. jus praetorium, the precedents of decisions by the prætor: nam quod agas mecum ex jure civili ac praetorio non habes,

id. Caecin. 12, 34; 2, 4; cf. Dig. 1, 1, 7 pr. and § 1.—

In narrower sense, the code of procedure, the forms of process in the Roman law:

civile jus, repositum in penetralibus pontificum, evulgavit (Licinius),

Liv. 9, 46, 5 Weissenb. ad loc.:

jus civile per multa saecula inter sacra caerimoniasque deorum abditum, Cn. Flavius vulgavit,

Val. Max. 2, 5, 2; cf. Dig. 1, 2, 2, § 5 sqq.; plur.:

inteream si... novi civilia jura,

Hor. S. 1, 9, 39.—

Relating to public or political life, political, public, state-:

scientia,

politics, political science, Cic. Inv. 1, 5, 6; Quint. 2, 15, 33:

quaestiones,

id. 2, 15, 36:

officia,

id. 2, 15, 36, and 2, 4, 27:

civilium rerum peritus,

Tac. H. 2, 5:

mersor civilibus undis,

Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 16: vir, a statesman, politikos, Quint. prooem. § 10; 11, 10, 15; 12, 2, 7; 12, 2, 21; 11, 1, 35.—

Esp. civil, opp. military (first in Livy):

is gravis annis non militaribus solum sed civilibus quoque abscesserat muneribus,

Liv. 9, 3, 5; cf.:

civilis res haud magnopere obeuntem bella excitabant,

id. 6, 22, 7.—

Trop. (cf. popularis, and the Gr. koinos), demeaning one ' s self as a citizen; hence of distinguished persons, courteous, polite, civil, affable, urbane (so not before the Aug. per.; esp. freq. in Suet.;

in Quint. only once): quid enim civilius illo?

Ov. Tr. 4, 4, 13:

sermo,

Liv. 6, 40, 15:

animus,

id. 45, 32, 5; Tac. A. 1, 72; Suet. Caes. 75; id. Claud. 1; id. Dom. 12; cf. id. Calig. 3; id. Vesp. 12:

parumque id non civile modo sed humanum etiam visum,

unbecoming a private citizen, Liv. 5, 23, 5:

et humano ingressu,

Quint. 3, 8, 59 Spald.:

incessu,

Plin. Pan. 83, 7:

civile ingenium, mira comitas,

Tac. A. 1, 33; cf. id. ib. 2, 82: arma, id. H. 4, 3:

civile rebatur, misceri voluptatibus vulgi,

id. A. 1, 54; cf. id. ib. 2, 34; 3, 22; Plin. Pan. 78, 4; 87, 1:

civilis circa amicos,

Eutr. 7, 13:

in cunctos,

id. 10, 16.— Sup., Eutr. 8, 1; Spart. Had. 20, 1.—As subst.: cīvīle, is, n., courtesy:

si quicquam in vobis non dico civilis sed humani esset,

Liv. 5, 3, 9.—Hence, adv.: cīvīlĭter.

(Acc. to I.) Citizen-like: vivere, Cic. ap. Lact. 3, 14: certare, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 14, 3; Liv. 38, 56, 9; 33, 46, 3; Juv. 5, 112; Gell. praef. § 13.—

In judicial language, civilly (opp. criminally):

agere,

Dig. 47, 2, 92; 11, 6, 1; 47, 10, 37.—

(Acc. to 2.) As becomes a citizen, courteously, kindly, Ov. M. 12, 583; id. Tr. 3, 8, 41; Tac. A. 3, 76; 4, 21; id. H. 2, 91.— Comp.:

civilius,

Plin. Pan. 29, 2; App. M. 9, p. 236, 10.— Sup.:

civilissime,

Eutr. 7, 8.

Cīvīlis, is, m., a proper name, e. g. Julius Civilis, chief of the Batavi, Tac. H. 4, 13 sq.; abl. Civile, id. ib. 4, 35.

cīvīlis, e, adj. [civis].

Of or pertaining to citizens, civil, civic (class. in prose and poetry, and very freq.): sanguine civili rem conflant, by the blood of citizens, * Lucr. 3, 70; Cic. Fam. 15, 15, 1:

conjuratio,

id. ib. 5, 12, 2:

bellum,

id. Att. 7, 13, 1; id. Imp. Pomp. 10, 28:

bella,

Hor. Epod. 16, 1; Luc. 1, 1:

genus belli,

Cic. Att. 7, 13, 1; Sall. C. 47, 2; Quint. 12, 1, 16; Flor. 3, 22, 10; 3, 23, 7:

facinus,

Cic. Att. 7, 13, 1.—So De Bello Civili, the title of a portion of the Commentaries of Julius Cæsar, Flor. 4, 2, 4:

discordia,

Sall. C. 5, 2:

dissensio,

id. J. 41 fin.:

discidii specie,

Tac. A. 14, 60:

irae,

id. ib. 1, 43:

acies,

Ov. M. 7, 142:

arma,

civil war, Cic. Div. 2, 2, 6; Tac. A. 1, 9:

aestus,

Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 47:

Mars,

Ov. H. 6, 35:

busta,

Prop. 2, 1, 27:

victoria,

Nep. Epam. 10, 3; Sall. J. 95, 4; Tac. H. 4, 38 fin.:

praeda,

id. ib. 3, 15 et saep.:

mos consuetudoque,

Cic. Off. 1, 41,148; cf.

just before: instituta civilia: conciliatio et societas,

id. N. D. 2, 31, 78:

facinus,

id. Att. 7, 13, 1:

clamor,

Liv. 3, 28, 4; cf.

robur,

id. 28, 44, 5:

curae,

Hor. C. 3, 8, 17:

quercus = corona civica (v. civicus, I.),

Verg. A. 6, 772: civilis dies, the civil day ( from midnight to midnight; opp. to the naturalis dies, from the rising to the setting of the sun), Varr. R. R. 1, 28, 1; Plin. 2, 77, 79, § 188; Macr. S. 1, 3:

amor (opp. to naturalis),

between citizens, Gell. 12, 1, 23.—

Esp.: jus civile.

In gen., private rights, the law, as it protects citizens in their status, property, etc.:

jus civile est aequitas constituta iis, qui ejusdem civitatis sunt, ad res suas obtinendas,

Cic. Top. 2, 9:

sit ergo in jure civili finis hic: legitimae atque usitatae in rebus causisque civium aequabilitatis conservatio,

id. de Or. 1, 42, 188:

qui jus civile contemnendum putat, is vincula revellit judiciorum, etc.,

id. Caecin. 25, 70; id. Off. 3, 17, 69; id. Balb. 11, 28; Gai Inst. 1, 1; Just. Inst. 1, 2, 1 sq.;

opp. jus naturale: quodam tempore homines nondum neque naturali neque civili jure descripto fusi, etc.,

Cic. Sest. 42, 91.—

The body of Roman law relating to private rights, the Civil Law:

ut si quis dicat jus civile id esse, quod in legibus, senatūs consultis, rebus judicatis, juris peritorum auctoritate, edictis magistratuum, more, aequitate consistat,

Cic. Top. 5, 28:

hoc civile (jus) quod dicimus (opp. causa universi juris ac legum),

id. Leg. 1, 5, 17:

de jure civili si quis novi quid instituit,

id. Verr. 2, 1, 42, § 109;

opp. jus nationum,

id. Div in Caecil. 5, 18;

opp. jus praetorium, the precedents of decisions by the prætor: nam quod agas mecum ex jure civili ac praetorio non habes,

id. Caecin. 12, 34; 2, 4; cf. Dig. 1, 1, 7 pr. and § 1.—

In narrower sense, the code of procedure, the forms of process in the Roman law:

civile jus, repositum in penetralibus pontificum, evulgavit (Licinius),

Liv. 9, 46, 5 Weissenb. ad loc.:

jus civile per multa saecula inter sacra caerimoniasque deorum abditum, Cn. Flavius vulgavit,

Val. Max. 2, 5, 2; cf. Dig. 1, 2, 2, § 5 sqq.; plur.:

inteream si... novi civilia jura,

Hor. S. 1, 9, 39.—

Relating to public or political life, political, public, state-:

scientia,

politics, political science, Cic. Inv. 1, 5, 6; Quint. 2, 15, 33:

quaestiones,

id. 2, 15, 36:

officia,

id. 2, 15, 36, and 2, 4, 27:

civilium rerum peritus,

Tac. H. 2, 5:

mersor civilibus undis,

Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 16: vir, a statesman, politikos, Quint. prooem. § 10; 11, 10, 15; 12, 2, 7; 12, 2, 21; 11, 1, 35.—

Esp. civil, opp. military (first in Livy):

is gravis annis non militaribus solum sed civilibus quoque abscesserat muneribus,

Liv. 9, 3, 5; cf.:

civilis res haud magnopere obeuntem bella excitabant,

id. 6, 22, 7.—

Trop. (cf. popularis, and the Gr. koinos), demeaning one ' s self as a citizen; hence of distinguished persons, courteous, polite, civil, affable, urbane (so not before the Aug. per.; esp. freq. in Suet.;

in Quint. only once): quid enim civilius illo?

Ov. Tr. 4, 4, 13:

sermo,

Liv. 6, 40, 15:

animus,

id. 45, 32, 5; Tac. A. 1, 72; Suet. Caes. 75; id. Claud. 1; id. Dom. 12; cf. id. Calig. 3; id. Vesp. 12:

parumque id non civile modo sed humanum etiam visum,

unbecoming a private citizen, Liv. 5, 23, 5:

et humano ingressu,

Quint. 3, 8, 59 Spald.:

incessu,

Plin. Pan. 83, 7:

civile ingenium, mira comitas,

Tac. A. 1, 33; cf. id. ib. 2, 82: arma, id. H. 4, 3:

civile rebatur, misceri voluptatibus vulgi,

id. A. 1, 54; cf. id. ib. 2, 34; 3, 22; Plin. Pan. 78, 4; 87, 1:

civilis circa amicos,

Eutr. 7, 13:

in cunctos,

id. 10, 16.— Sup., Eutr. 8, 1; Spart. Had. 20, 1.—As subst.: cīvīle, is, n., courtesy:

si quicquam in vobis non dico civilis sed humani esset,

Liv. 5, 3, 9.—Hence, adv.: cīvīlĭter.

(Acc. to I.) Citizen-like: vivere, Cic. ap. Lact. 3, 14: certare, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 14, 3; Liv. 38, 56, 9; 33, 46, 3; Juv. 5, 112; Gell. praef. § 13.—

In judicial language, civilly (opp. criminally):

agere,

Dig. 47, 2, 92; 11, 6, 1; 47, 10, 37.—

(Acc. to 2.) As becomes a citizen, courteously, kindly, Ov. M. 12, 583; id. Tr. 3, 8, 41; Tac. A. 3, 76; 4, 21; id. H. 2, 91.— Comp.:

civilius,

Plin. Pan. 29, 2; App. M. 9, p. 236, 10.— Sup.:

civilissime,

Eutr. 7, 8.

Cīvīlis, is, m., a proper name, e. g. Julius Civilis, chief of the Batavi, Tac. H. 4, 13 sq.; abl. Civile, id. ib. 4, 35.

cīvīlis, e, adj. [civis].

Of or pertaining to citizens, civil, civic (class. in prose and poetry, and very freq.): sanguine civili rem conflant, by the blood of citizens, * Lucr. 3, 70; Cic. Fam. 15, 15, 1:

conjuratio,

id. ib. 5, 12, 2:

bellum,

id. Att. 7, 13, 1; id. Imp. Pomp. 10, 28:

bella,

Hor. Epod. 16, 1; Luc. 1, 1:

genus belli,

Cic. Att. 7, 13, 1; Sall. C. 47, 2; Quint. 12, 1, 16; Flor. 3, 22, 10; 3, 23, 7:

facinus,

Cic. Att. 7, 13, 1.—So De Bello Civili, the title of a portion of the Commentaries of Julius Cæsar, Flor. 4, 2, 4:

discordia,

Sall. C. 5, 2:

dissensio,

id. J. 41 fin.:

discidii specie,

Tac. A. 14, 60:

irae,

id. ib. 1, 43:

acies,

Ov. M. 7, 142:

arma,

civil war, Cic. Div. 2, 2, 6; Tac. A. 1, 9:

aestus,

Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 47:

Mars,

Ov. H. 6, 35:

busta,

Prop. 2, 1, 27:

victoria,

Nep. Epam. 10, 3; Sall. J. 95, 4; Tac. H. 4, 38 fin.:

praeda,

id. ib. 3, 15 et saep.:

mos consuetudoque,

Cic. Off. 1, 41,148; cf.

just before: instituta civilia: conciliatio et societas,

id. N. D. 2, 31, 78:

facinus,

id. Att. 7, 13, 1:

clamor,

Liv. 3, 28, 4; cf.

robur,

id. 28, 44, 5:

curae,

Hor. C. 3, 8, 17:

quercus = corona civica (v. civicus, I.),

Verg. A. 6, 772: civilis dies, the civil day ( from midnight to midnight; opp. to the naturalis dies, from the rising to the setting of the sun), Varr. R. R. 1, 28, 1; Plin. 2, 77, 79, § 188; Macr. S. 1, 3:

amor (opp. to naturalis),

between citizens, Gell. 12, 1, 23.—

Esp.: jus civile.

In gen., private rights, the law, as it protects citizens in their status, property, etc.:

jus civile est aequitas constituta iis, qui ejusdem civitatis sunt, ad res suas obtinendas,

Cic. Top. 2, 9:

sit ergo in jure civili finis hic: legitimae atque usitatae in rebus causisque civium aequabilitatis conservatio,

id. de Or. 1, 42, 188:

qui jus civile contemnendum putat, is vincula revellit judiciorum, etc.,

id. Caecin. 25, 70; id. Off. 3, 17, 69; id. Balb. 11, 28; Gai Inst. 1, 1; Just. Inst. 1, 2, 1 sq.;

opp. jus naturale: quodam tempore homines nondum neque naturali neque civili jure descripto fusi, etc.,

Cic. Sest. 42, 91.—

The body of Roman law relating to private rights, the Civil Law:

ut si quis dicat jus civile id esse, quod in legibus, senatūs consultis, rebus judicatis, juris peritorum auctoritate, edictis magistratuum, more, aequitate consistat,

Cic. Top. 5, 28:

hoc civile (jus) quod dicimus (opp. causa universi juris ac legum),

id. Leg. 1, 5, 17:

de jure civili si quis novi quid instituit,

id. Verr. 2, 1, 42, § 109;

opp. jus nationum,

id. Div in Caecil. 5, 18;

opp. jus praetorium, the precedents of decisions by the prætor: nam quod agas mecum ex jure civili ac praetorio non habes,

id. Caecin. 12, 34; 2, 4; cf. Dig. 1, 1, 7 pr. and § 1.—

In narrower sense, the code of procedure, the forms of process in the Roman law:

civile jus, repositum in penetralibus pontificum, evulgavit (Licinius),

Liv. 9, 46, 5 Weissenb. ad loc.:

jus civile per multa saecula inter sacra caerimoniasque deorum abditum, Cn. Flavius vulgavit,

Val. Max. 2, 5, 2; cf. Dig. 1, 2, 2, § 5 sqq.; plur.:

inteream si... novi civilia jura,

Hor. S. 1, 9, 39.—

Relating to public or political life, political, public, state-:

scientia,

politics, political science, Cic. Inv. 1, 5, 6; Quint. 2, 15, 33:

quaestiones,

id. 2, 15, 36:

officia,

id. 2, 15, 36, and 2, 4, 27:

civilium rerum peritus,

Tac. H. 2, 5:

mersor civilibus undis,

Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 16: vir, a statesman, politikos, Quint. prooem. § 10; 11, 10, 15; 12, 2, 7; 12, 2, 21; 11, 1, 35.—

Esp. civil, opp. military (first in Livy):

is gravis annis non militaribus solum sed civilibus quoque abscesserat muneribus,

Liv. 9, 3, 5; cf.:

civilis res haud magnopere obeuntem bella excitabant,

id. 6, 22, 7.—

Trop. (cf. popularis, and the Gr. koinos), demeaning one ' s self as a citizen; hence of distinguished persons, courteous, polite, civil, affable, urbane (so not before the Aug. per.; esp. freq. in Suet.;

in Quint. only once): quid enim civilius illo?

Ov. Tr. 4, 4, 13:

sermo,

Liv. 6, 40, 15:

animus,

id. 45, 32, 5; Tac. A. 1, 72; Suet. Caes. 75; id. Claud. 1; id. Dom. 12; cf. id. Calig. 3; id. Vesp. 12:

parumque id non civile modo sed humanum etiam visum,

unbecoming a private citizen, Liv. 5, 23, 5:

et humano ingressu,

Quint. 3, 8, 59 Spald.:

incessu,

Plin. Pan. 83, 7:

civile ingenium, mira comitas,

Tac. A. 1, 33; cf. id. ib. 2, 82: arma, id. H. 4, 3:

civile rebatur, misceri voluptatibus vulgi,

id. A. 1, 54; cf. id. ib. 2, 34; 3, 22; Plin. Pan. 78, 4; 87, 1:

civilis circa amicos,

Eutr. 7, 13:

in cunctos,

id. 10, 16.— Sup., Eutr. 8, 1; Spart. Had. 20, 1.—As subst.: cīvīle, is, n., courtesy:

si quicquam in vobis non dico civilis sed humani esset,

Liv. 5, 3, 9.—Hence, adv.: cīvīlĭter.

(Acc. to I.) Citizen-like: vivere, Cic. ap. Lact. 3, 14: certare, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 14, 3; Liv. 38, 56, 9; 33, 46, 3; Juv. 5, 112; Gell. praef. § 13.—

In judicial language, civilly (opp. criminally):

agere,

Dig. 47, 2, 92; 11, 6, 1; 47, 10, 37.—

(Acc. to 2.) As becomes a citizen, courteously, kindly, Ov. M. 12, 583; id. Tr. 3, 8, 41; Tac. A. 3, 76; 4, 21; id. H. 2, 91.— Comp.:

civilius,

Plin. Pan. 29, 2; App. M. 9, p. 236, 10.— Sup.:

civilissime,

Eutr. 7, 8.

Cīvīlis, is, m., a proper name, e. g. Julius Civilis, chief of the Batavi, Tac. H. 4, 13 sq.; abl. Civile, id. ib. 4, 35.

cŏ-ŏrĭor, ortus, 4, v. dep., to come forth, stand up, arise, appear, rise, break forth (class. in prose and poetry; most freq. in Lucr. and the hist., esp. Liv.; in Cic. rare, perh. only once).

In gen.:

ubi materiaï Ex infinito sunt corpora plura coorta,

Lucr. 5, 408; cf. id. 5, 367; 5, 414; 5, 838 al.:

ignes pluribus simul locis,

Liv. 26, 27, 5 et saep.:

bellum,

Caes. B. G. 3, 7:

de integro coörtum est bellum,

Liv. 21, 8, 2; cf.:

foedum certamen,

id. 1, 6, 4:

seditio intestina coörta,

id. 5, 12, 7:

risus omnium cum hilaritate,

Nep. Epam. 8, 5:

dolores,

Plaut. Pers. 2, 5, 12; Liv. 40, 24, 6; cf. Lucr. 6, 1091:

accipere febrim calido fervore coortam,

id. 6, 656.—

In partic.

Of natural phenomena, storms, etc., to arise, break out, begin, etc.:

saeva tempestas,

Lucr. 6, 458; so,

tempestas,

Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 18, § 46; Caes. B. G. 4, 28; 5, 10; id. B. C. 1, 48; Liv. 1, 16, 1 et saep.:

ventus,

Caes. B. G. 5, 43; Sall. J. 79, 6; Ov. M. 11, 512; Plin. 2, 36, 36, § 100 al.:

taetra nimborum nox,

Lucr. 4, 170; 6, 253.— Poet., of events, to happen:

quasi naufragiis magnis multisque coörtis,

Lucr. 2, 552.—

Of a hostile rising, to stand up, rise, to break forth, etc.

Absol.:

Romani velut tum primum signo dato coorti pugnam integram ediderunt,

Liv. 8, 9, 13; cf. id. 6, 18, 3; 9, 37, 11; Tac. A. 2, 11; id. H. 2, 70; 4, 60 al.:

insidiae,

id. ib. 2, 24; Liv. 3, 41, 1; cf. id. 2, 35, 3:

tum libero conquestu coortae voces sunt,

id. 8, 7, 22:

magno in populo, cum seditio coorta est,

Verg. A. 1, 148.—

With prep.:

coorti in pugnam,

Liv. 21, 32, 8:

in nos Sarmatarum ac Suevorum gentes,

Tac. H. 1, 2; Liv. 7, 3, 9:

in has rogationes nostras,

id. 4, 3, 2:

ad bellum,

id. 4, 56,:

adversus quos infestior coorta optimatium acies,

id. 4, 9, 8.

cŏortus, a, um, Part., from coorior.

cŏortus, ūs, m. [coorior], a rising, originating:

maris et terrae solisque,

Lucr. 2, 1106:

graviore coortu,

id. 6, 672.

curvus ( - vŏs), a, um, adj. [root kar-, whence korônê; cf.: circus, varus], crooked, curved, bent (opp. rectus; mostly poet.).

Prop.:

aratrum,

Lucr. 5, 933; 6, 1253; Verg. G. 1, 170:

rastri,

Cat. 64, 39:

culter,

Sen. Hippol. 53:

falces,

Verg. G. 1, 508:

calamus,

Cat. 63, 22:

arbor,

Ov. M. 5, 536:

arcus,

id. ib. 9, 114:

dens,

id. Am. 3, 10, 14:

ungues,

Varr. R. R. 2, 9, 4; Hor. Epod. 5, 93:

lyra,

id. C. 1, 10, 6; 3, 28, 11:

crinale,

Ov. M. 5, 53:

(equi) alvus,

Verg. A. 2, 51:

carinae,

id. G. 1, 360:

cavernae,

id. A. 3, 674:

rates,

Prop. 3 (4), 7, 29:

litora,

Cat. 64, 74; Verg. A. 3, 223; Hor. C. 4, 5, 14; id. Epod. 10, 21; Ov. M. 11, 352; cf.

spatium,

Sall. H. 4, 20 Dietsch:

flumen,

winding, crooked, Verg. G. 2, 12; Ov. M. 3, 342:

aquae,

id. F. 3, 520:

aequor,

rising on high, boisterous, id. M. 11, 505 al. —Of persons:

ita te adgerundā curvom aquā faciam, ut, etc.,

Plaut. Cas. 1, 1, 36:

arator,

bent, stooping, Verg. E. 3, 42; and of one bent by age:

anus,

Prop. 2 (3), 18, 20:

membra,

Ov. M. 3, 276:

senecta,

id. A. A. 2, 670:

caelator,

Juv. 9, 145:

vel gibberosi vel curvi,

Dig. 21, 1, 3.—

Trop., crooked, wrong, perverse:

mores,

Pers. 3, 52.— Subst.: curvum, i, n., that which is crooked or wrong (opp. rectum):

scilicet ut possem curvo dignoscere rectum,

Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 44:

rectum discernis, ubi inter Curva subit,

Pers. 4, 12:

invenimus qui curva corrigeret,

set every thing right, Plin. Ep. 5, 8 (21), 6:

hic nobis curva corriget?

Sen. Apoc. 8 fin.

curvus ( - vŏs), a, um, adj. [root kar-, whence korônê; cf.: circus, varus], crooked, curved, bent (opp. rectus; mostly poet.).

Prop.:

aratrum,

Lucr. 5, 933; 6, 1253; Verg. G. 1, 170:

rastri,

Cat. 64, 39:

culter,

Sen. Hippol. 53:

falces,

Verg. G. 1, 508:

calamus,

Cat. 63, 22:

arbor,

Ov. M. 5, 536:

arcus,

id. ib. 9, 114:

dens,

id. Am. 3, 10, 14:

ungues,

Varr. R. R. 2, 9, 4; Hor. Epod. 5, 93:

lyra,

id. C. 1, 10, 6; 3, 28, 11:

crinale,

Ov. M. 5, 53:

(equi) alvus,

Verg. A. 2, 51:

carinae,

id. G. 1, 360:

cavernae,

id. A. 3, 674:

rates,

Prop. 3 (4), 7, 29:

litora,

Cat. 64, 74; Verg. A. 3, 223; Hor. C. 4, 5, 14; id. Epod. 10, 21; Ov. M. 11, 352; cf.

spatium,

Sall. H. 4, 20 Dietsch:

flumen,

winding, crooked, Verg. G. 2, 12; Ov. M. 3, 342:

aquae,

id. F. 3, 520:

aequor,

rising on high, boisterous, id. M. 11, 505 al. —Of persons:

ita te adgerundā curvom aquā faciam, ut, etc.,

Plaut. Cas. 1, 1, 36:

arator,

bent, stooping, Verg. E. 3, 42; and of one bent by age:

anus,

Prop. 2 (3), 18, 20:

membra,

Ov. M. 3, 276:

senecta,

id. A. A. 2, 670:

caelator,

Juv. 9, 145:

vel gibberosi vel curvi,

Dig. 21, 1, 3.—

Trop., crooked, wrong, perverse:

mores,

Pers. 3, 52.— Subst.: curvum, i, n., that which is crooked or wrong (opp. rectum):

scilicet ut possem curvo dignoscere rectum,

Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 44:

rectum discernis, ubi inter Curva subit,

Pers. 4, 12:

invenimus qui curva corrigeret,

set every thing right, Plin. Ep. 5, 8 (21), 6:

hic nobis curva corriget?

Sen. Apoc. 8 fin.

curvus ( - vŏs), a, um, adj. [root kar-, whence korônê; cf.: circus, varus], crooked, curved, bent (opp. rectus; mostly poet.).

Prop.:

aratrum,

Lucr. 5, 933; 6, 1253; Verg. G. 1, 170:

rastri,

Cat. 64, 39:

culter,

Sen. Hippol. 53:

falces,

Verg. G. 1, 508:

calamus,

Cat. 63, 22:

arbor,

Ov. M. 5, 536:

arcus,

id. ib. 9, 114:

dens,

id. Am. 3, 10, 14:

ungues,

Varr. R. R. 2, 9, 4; Hor. Epod. 5, 93:

lyra,

id. C. 1, 10, 6; 3, 28, 11:

crinale,

Ov. M. 5, 53:

(equi) alvus,

Verg. A. 2, 51:

carinae,

id. G. 1, 360:

cavernae,

id. A. 3, 674:

rates,

Prop. 3 (4), 7, 29:

litora,

Cat. 64, 74; Verg. A. 3, 223; Hor. C. 4, 5, 14; id. Epod. 10, 21; Ov. M. 11, 352; cf.

spatium,

Sall. H. 4, 20 Dietsch:

flumen,

winding, crooked, Verg. G. 2, 12; Ov. M. 3, 342:

aquae,

id. F. 3, 520:

aequor,

rising on high, boisterous, id. M. 11, 505 al. —Of persons:

ita te adgerundā curvom aquā faciam, ut, etc.,

Plaut. Cas. 1, 1, 36:

arator,

bent, stooping, Verg. E. 3, 42; and of one bent by age:

anus,

Prop. 2 (3), 18, 20:

membra,

Ov. M. 3, 276:

senecta,

id. A. A. 2, 670:

caelator,

Juv. 9, 145:

vel gibberosi vel curvi,

Dig. 21, 1, 3.—

Trop., crooked, wrong, perverse:

mores,

Pers. 3, 52.— Subst.: curvum, i, n., that which is crooked or wrong (opp. rectum):

scilicet ut possem curvo dignoscere rectum,

Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 44:

rectum discernis, ubi inter Curva subit,

Pers. 4, 12:

invenimus qui curva corrigeret,

set every thing right, Plin. Ep. 5, 8 (21), 6:

hic nobis curva corriget?

Sen. Apoc. 8 fin.

ē-lĕvo, no perf., ātum, 1, v. a.

Lit., to lift up, raise (very rare):

contabulationem,

Caes. B. C. 2, 9, 5 and 7:

lumbos in altum,

App. M. 4, p. 143:

arcam,

Vulg. Gen. 7, 17.— Poet.:

elevat hunc pluma,

i. e. turns into a bird, Claud. Eutr. 1, 295: aura preces, i. e. carry away, disperse, = auferat, dissipet, Prop. 1, 8, 12:

fructum,

to gather in, Col. 3, 21, 5: statura elevata, i. e. tall, Capit. Ant. Phil. 13.—More freq.,

Trop.

To lighten, alleviate:

aegritudinem (with obtundere),

Cic. Tusc. 3, 16, 34; cf. sollicitudines (opp. duplicare), Luccei. in Cic. Fam. 5, 14, 2.—Esp. freq.,

(In allusion to the rising of the lighter scale.) To make light of, to lessen, diminish, impair, weaken; to disparage, detract from:

causas suspicionum offensionumque tum evitare, tum elevare, tum ferre,

Cic. Lael. 24; so,

objectum ab adversario,

id. de Or. 2, 56 fin.; cf. id. Inv. 1, 42; Quint. 6, 3, 75 sq.; 11, 3, 176:

perspicuitatem,

Cic. N. D. 3, 4:

auctoritatem,

Liv. 3, 21; 37, 57 fin.:

res gestas (opp. verbis extollere),

id. 28, 43; cf. ib. 44 fin.:

noxam multitudinis,

id. 45, 10:

non si quid turbida Roma Elevet,

Pers. 1, 6 et saep.—With personal objects:

est plane oratoris movere risum, quod frangit adversarium, quod impedit, quod elevat, quod deterret, quod refutat,

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

elevabatur index indiciumque,

Liv. 26, 27:

Samnitium bella extollit, elevat Etruscos,

id. 9, 37:

assiduos viros (copia),

Prop. 2, 33, 44 (3, 31, 44 M.); cf. id. 2, 34, 58 (3, 32, 58 M.).—

Of the voice, to lift up, raise (late Lat.):

vocem,

Vulg. Judic. 2, 4 al.

ē-rĭgo, rexi, rectum, 3, v. a. [rego], to raise or set up, to erect (very freq. and class.).

Lit.

In gen.:

rubrum jubar,

Lucr. 4, 404:

caput,

id. 5, 1208:

ar borem (with extollere),

Cic. Fin. 5, 14, 39:

hominem,

to form erect, id. Leg. 1, 9, 26:

os,

id. ib. 3, 85;

jacentem,

Curt. 7, 3, 17:

hastas,

Liv. 1, 27, 8; 33, 10:

digitum,

Quint. 11, 3, 120:

manus ad tectum,

id. 11, 3, 118; cf.:

scalas ad moenia,

Liv. 32, 14:

agmen in adversum clivum,

to lead up, id. 9, 31 fin.: cf. id. 3, 18; 9, 43; 10, 26; Tac. Agr. 36:

aciem in collem,

id. H. 4, 71:

oculos,

i. e. to raise. Cic. Sest. 31, 68.—

With se, [p. 656] or (more freq., esp. since the Aug. per.) mid., to set one's self up, to rise:

connituntur (pueri), ut sese erigant,

Cic. Fin. 5, 15, 42; so,

sese aut sublevare (Alces),

Caes. B. G. 6, 27, 2:

statura breves in digitos eriguntur,

i. e. raise themselves on tiptoe, Quint. 2, 3, 8; cf.:

in ungues,

id. 11, 3, 120:

in armos (equus),

Stat. Th. 6, 502:

in auras,

Ov. M. 3, 43; 15, 512:

sub auras,

Verg. A. 8, 25:

ad sidera (fumus),

id. ib. 9, 214 et saep.— Said of rising ground, Verg. A. 8, 417; Tac. G. 46; cf. under P. a.—

In partic.

To build, construct, erect (rarely):

turres,

Caes. B. C. 1, 26, 1:

saxeas turres,

Flor. 3, 2 fin.:

quis totidem erexit villas,

Juv. 1, 94. —

Milit. t. t., to cause to halt, stop, because of the erect posture assumed:

Albanus erigit totam aciem,

Liv. 1, 27, 6.—

Trop.

In gen., to arouse, excite:

erigite mentes auresque vestras et me attendite,

Cic. Sull. 11, 33; cf.

aures (with animum attendere),

id. Verr. 2, 1, 10:

animos ad audiendum,

id. Ac. 2, 4, 10:

cum res relata exspectatione certaminis senatum erexisset,

had aroused, excited, Liv. 37, 1; cf. under P.a. B. 2.:

aculeos severitatis in rem, etc.,

Cic. Cael. 12, 29:

libertas malis oppressa civilibus extollere jam caput et aliquando se erigere debebat,

id. Planc. 13 fin.:

paululum se erexit et addidit historiae majorem sonum vocis,

id. de Or. 2, 12 fin. —

In partic., to raise up, cheer up, encourage:

erigebat animum jam demissum et oppressum Oppianicus,

Cic. Clu. 21, 58; cf. id. ib. 70, 200; id. Att. 1, 16, 9:

spem,

Tac. H. 4, 71:

illam tu provinciam afflictam et perditam erexisti atque recreasti,

id. Verr. 2, 3, 91; cf.: rempublicam, Pompeius ap. Cic. Att. 8, 12, C fin.:

rempublicam ex tam gravi casu,

Liv. 6, 2, 1:

multos populos ad cupidinem novae fortunae,

id. 21, 19:

Germanos ad spem belli, Caesarem ad coercendum,

Tac. A. 2, 25; cf. id. ib. 2, 71; Flor. 3, 18, 3:

Lusitanos,

id. 2, 17, 15:

fiduciam Pori,

Curt. 8, 13, 16:

animos ad spem,

id. 4, 7, 1 et saep.:

non dubito quin tuis litteris se magis etiam erexerit ab omnique sollicitudine abstraxerit,

Cic. Deiot. 14; so,

se,

id. Brut. 3, 12; id. Agr. 2, 32, 87; id. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 1; 1, 3, 5; cf.:

se in spem,

Liv. 3, 1, 2:

se ad spem libertatis,

Just. 11, 1, 2:

se ad imitationem,

Quint. 2, 3, 10.—Mid., Just. 6, 4, 4; 23, 1, 14; Tac. H. 2, 74 fin.; id. A. 2, 71.—Hence, ērectus, a, um, P. a., set up; upright; elevated, lofty.

Prop.:

primum eos (homines) humo excitatos celsos et erectos constituit,

Cic. N. D. 2, 56; cf.:

erectus et celsus status,

ib. Or. 18, 59:

incessus,

Tac. H. 1, 53:

vultus,

Ov. M. 1, 86; and in the comp.:

coxae,

Cels. 7, 16:

viriditas culmo geniculato,

Cic. de Sen. 15:

prorae,

Caes. B. G. 3, 13, 2; cf.:

petra in metae modum,

Curt. 8, 11; and in the comp., Claud. Idyll. 6, 11.— Sup., Jul. Valer. Res Gest. Alex. M. 1, 31.—

Trop.

Elevated, lofty, noble:

celsus et erectus et ea quae homini accidere possunt omnia parva ducens,

Cic. Tusc. 5, 14, 42; cf.

animus (with magnus),

id. Deiot. 13, 36; in the comp.:

erectior homo,

id. Off. 1, 30:

habet mens nostra natura sublime quiddam et erectum et impatiens superioris,

Quint. 11, 1, 16; cf. Tac. Agr. 4.—

In a bad sense, haughty, lofty, Cic. de Or. 1, 40 fin.; cf. id. Font. 11.—

Intent, attentive, on the stretch:

judices,

Cic. Brut. 54, 200; cf.:

suspensique (Horatii),

Liv. 1, 25:

plebs, civitas exspectatione,

id. 2, 54; 3, 47:

vos ad libertatem recuperandam (with ardentes),

Cic. Phil. 4, 5:

mens circa studia,

Quint. 1, 3, 10:

studium in legendo,

Cic. Fam. 5, 12, 5:

multitudo,

Tac. H. 4, 81; cf.:

erecta in Othonem studia,

lively sympathies, id. ib. 2, 11.— Comp.:

ad agendum erectiores,

Quint. 9, 4, 12.—

Animated, encouraged, resolute:

legiones nostrae in eum saepe locum profectae alacri animo et erecto, unde, etc.,

Cic. de Sen. 20, 75:

nunc vero multo sum erectior,

id. Phil. 4, 1, 2:

erectis animis,

Tac. A. 3, 7.— Adv.: ērectē (acc. to B. 3.), boldly, courageously (late Lat.); in the comp.:

judicare,

Gell. 7, 3 fin.:

loqui,

Amm. 15, 5.

ex-cello, cellŭi, celsum, 3 (also acc. to the 2d conj., praes. indic. excellet, Aem. Mac. ap. Diom. p. 371 P., and subj. excelleat, Cic. Fragm. ap. Prisc. p. 838 and 896 P.), v. a. and n. [cello].

Act., to raise up, elevate; only:

recellere reclinare, et excellere in altum extollere,

Fest. p. 274, 31; and Paul. ib. 275, 11 Müll.; cf. the P. a. excelsus, below.—

Neut., to rise, elevate itself (cf.: antecello, praesto, antecedo, emineo, floreo, vigeo).

Lit., only in the P. a. excellens, q. v. A.—

Trop.

In gen., to exult, be elated: animus excellit rebus secundis, Cato ap. Gell. 7, 3, 14; 13, 24, 14.—Far more freq. (but not in Plaut. and Ter.; and in the verb. finit. not in Aug. poets),

In partic., to be eminent, to distinguish one's self for any quality above others; to surpass, excel, in a good or (less freq.) in a bad sense:

ut is, qui dignitate principibus excellit facilitate infimis par esse videatur,

Cic. de Imp. Pomp. 14, 41:

ut inter quos posset excellere, cum iis, etc.,

Cic. Inv. 1, 2 fin.:

inter omnes,

id. Or. 2, 6:

super ceteros,

Liv. 28, 43:

ante ceteros,

App. Flor. 16.—With dat.:

qui longe ceteris excellere pictoribus existimabatur,

Cic. Inv. 2, 1, 1:

quae una ceteris excellebat,

id. Tusc. 2, 18, 43; id. Fin. 3, 2, 8; id. de Or. 2, 54, 216; id. de Imp. Pomp. 13, 39 al.:

ceteris,

Quint. 2, 20, 9.—With abl.:

bonā famā,

Lucr. 6, 13:

ingenio scientiāque,

Cic. Ac. 2, 2, 4:

animi magnitudine,

id. Off. 1, 18 fin.:

actione,

id. Brut. 59, 215:

hoc genere virtutis,

id. Fam. 11, 21, 4:

dignitate,

Caes. B. G. 6, 13, 9:

altitudine,

Plin. 16, 6, 18, § 24:

candore,

id. 37, 6, 23, § 88 et saep.—With in and abl.:

in arte,

Cic. Rep. 1, 13:

in aliqua arte et facultate,

id. de Or. 1, 50, 217:

in alia parte orationis,

id. Brut. 59, 215:

maxime in amicitiis expetendis colendisque,

id. Lael. 9, 30; id. de Or. 2, 54, 217 et saep.— Absol.:

excellit atque eminet vis, potestas nomenque regium,

Cic. Rep. 2, 28; 2, 23; 1, 22; id. Div. 1, 19, 38; 1, 41, 91; id. Fam. 4, 3 fin.; Tac. Or. 32 (with eminere) et saep. —In a bad sense:

vitiis,

Cic. Leg. 1, 19, 51:

cum haec (flagitia), quae excellunt, me nosse videas,

id. Pis. 38 fin. —Hence,

excellens, entis, P. a., rising, overtopping.

Lit., high, lofty (very rare;

not in Cic.): oppida excellentibus locis constituta, Auct. B. Hisp. 8, 4: corpore excellens,

Vell. 2, 107.—Far more freq. and class.,

Trop., distinguishing himself, distinguished, superior, surpassing, excellent:

deos rerum omnium praestantia excellentes,

Cic. Div. 2, 63:

Brutus noster excellens omni genere laudis,

id. Ac. 1, 3 fin.;

for which also: in omni genere,

id. Tusc. 1, 1, 2; id. de Or. 2, 54, 220:

cujus excellens in re militari gloria,

id. Rep. 2, 17:

Galba fuit inter tot aequales unus excellens,

id. Brut. 97, 333:

natura excellens atque praestans,

id. N. D. 1, 20 fin.:

scientia excellens atque singularis,

id. Fam. 4, 3 fin.:

vir excellenti providentia,

id. Rep. 2, 3;

for which: excellente ingenii magnitudine,

id. Off. 1, 33 (al. excellenti and excellentis, v. Orell. ad h. l.):

studium,

Caes. B. C. 3, 34 fin.:

pulchritudo muliebris formae,

Cic. Inv. 2, 1, 1: cygnus, * Verg. A. 12, 250 et saep.— Subst.: excellentia, ōrum, n., exceptional instances: nec excellentia, sed quotidiana tractabo, Aus. Grat. Act. § 62.— Comp.:

ova excellentiora,

Plin. 29, 3, 11, § 50:

nihil illo (sc. Alcibiade) fuisse excellentius, vel in vitiis, vel in virtutibus,

Nep. Alcib. 1.— Sup.:

excellentissima virtus,

Caes. B. C. 3, 99, 2; Sen. Vit. Beat. 14:

cultus,

Suet. Ner. 20:

triumphus,

id. Caes. 37:

aurum,

Plin. 37, 4, 15, § 56 et saep.— Adv.: excellon-ter, excellently, Cic. Off. 1, 18, 61; Nep. Att. 1, 3.— Comp., Cic. Sest. 45.— Sup.:

excellentissime,

Aug. Civ. D. 17, 8.—

ex-celsus, a, um, P. a., elevated, lofty, high (freq. and class.; cf.: celsus, editus, altus, sublimis, procerus, arduus).

Lit.:

mons,

Caes. B. C. 1, 80, 2; cf.: vertex montis, * Verg. A. 5, 35:

locus,

Cic. Rep. 6, 11:

porticus,

id. Att. 4, 16, 14:

basis (statuae),

id. Verr. 2, 4, 34; cf.

signum,

id. ib.:

statura,

Suet. Caes. 45:

aves (Ibes),

Cic. N. D. 1, 36, 101:

altitudo vineae,

Plin. 17, 22, 35, § 184 et saep.— Comp.:

in excelsiore loco,

Cic. Rep. 2, 31:

cornu (bovis),

Caes. B. G. 6, 26, 1; cf.:

crura chamaeleonis,

Plin. 8, 33, 51, § 120.— Sup.:

mons,

Caes. B. C. 1, 70, 4; cf.

locus,

Hirt. B. G. 8, 33 fin.:

rupes,

Plin. 10, 6, 7, § 19:

aegilops,

id. 16, 6, 8, § 22; 11, 37, 49, § 135.—

Subst.

excelsum, i, n., a height:

simulacrum Jovis in excelso collocare,

Cic. Cat. 3, 8, 20; id. Att. 6, 1, 17:

Phoebus ab excelso, quantum patet, aspicit aequor,

Ov. H. 15, 165; so,

ab excelso,

id. F. 2, 369:

prohibebit in excelsum emicare (vitem),

Plin. 17, 22, 35, § 184.—

Ex-celsus, i, m., the Highest, the Most High, i. e. God (eccl. Lat.), Vulg. Psa. 72, 11 al.—

Trop.

In gen., high, lofty, distinguished, excellent, noble:

te natura excelsum quendam videlicet et altum et humana despicientem genuit,

Cic. Tusc. 2, 4, 11; cf.:

magnus homo et excelsus,

id. Mur. 29:

animus excelsus magnificusque,

id. Off. 1, 23; cf. id. Opt. Gen. 4, 12:

excelso et illustri loco sita est laus tua,

id. Fam. 2, 5; cf.:

te in excelsissimo humani generis fastigio positum, Plin. H. N. praef. § 11: species magnae excelsaeque gloriac,

Tac. Agr. 4 fin. et saep.— Comp.:

(orator) grandior et quodammodo excelsior,

Cic. Or. 34; cf. Quint. 12, 10, 23; Plin. Pan. 94, 3:

quo tua in me humanitas fuerit excelsior quam in te mea,

Cic. Att. 3, 20 fin.—Sup.:

excelsissimae victoriae,

Vell. 2, 96 fin.:

duces,

id. 2, 114 fin.—Subst.

, m. plur.: excelsi, ōrum, the lofty; prov.:

excelsis multo facilius casus nocet,

Pub. Syr. 162 (Rib.).—

Neut.: excelsum, i, an elevated station or position:

in excelso aetatem agere,

i. e. in a high station, Sall. C. 51, 12.—Esp. (eccl. Lat.): in excelsis, in the highest, in ascriptions of praise, Vulg. Psa. 148, 1 al.—

Esp., in the later period of the empire, a title of high official dignitaries, e. g. of the praefectus praetorio, etc.— Adv.: excelsē, highly, on high, loftily.

Lit.:

si vitis scandit excelsius,

Col. 4, 1, 5.—

Trop., in an elevated manner, highly:

ornat excelse,

Plin. Ep. 2, 3, 3:

excelsius magnificentiusque et dicet et sentiet,

Cic. Or. 34, 119:

excelsissime floruit (Sparta),

exceedingly, Vell. 1, 6, 3.