sē-cūrē

irrĕmĕdĭābĭlis ( inr-), e, adj. [2. inremediabilis], incurable, irremediable, beyond cure (post-Aug.).

Lit.:

in vino cicuta,

Plin. 25, 13, 95, § 152.—

Trop.

In gen.:

scelus,

Plin. 11, 53, 115, § 279:

summa malorum, Salv. Gub. Dei, 4, p. 121: lacrimae,

not to be checked, Vulg. Job, 10, 4. —

Implacable: factio, Maecenas ap. Sen. Ep. 114, 5.

irrĕmĕdĭābĭlis ( inr-), e, adj. [2. inremediabilis], incurable, irremediable, beyond cure (post-Aug.).

Lit.:

in vino cicuta,

Plin. 25, 13, 95, § 152.—

Trop.

In gen.:

scelus,

Plin. 11, 53, 115, § 279:

summa malorum, Salv. Gub. Dei, 4, p. 121: lacrimae,

not to be checked, Vulg. Job, 10, 4. —

Implacable: factio, Maecenas ap. Sen. Ep. 114, 5.

mĕdēla ( mĕdella, Lachm. ad Lucr. p. 204; Schol. Bob. ad Cic. Red. ad Quir. p. 251, 8 Bait.), ae, f. [medeor], a healing, cure, a remedy (post-class.).

Lit.:

facere medelam,

Gell. 12, 5, 3:

facere medelarum miracula,

id. 16, 11, 2:

vulneribus medelas adhibere,

App. M. 8, p. 210, 4.—

Trop., a remedy, means of redress:

legum,

Gell. 20, 1, 22; Aus. Prof. 15:

quibus rebus veluti medela adventus Alexandri fuit,

Just. 11, 1, 7.

mĕdēla ( mĕdella, Lachm. ad Lucr. p. 204; Schol. Bob. ad Cic. Red. ad Quir. p. 251, 8 Bait.), ae, f. [medeor], a healing, cure, a remedy (post-class.).

Lit.:

facere medelam,

Gell. 12, 5, 3:

facere medelarum miracula,

id. 16, 11, 2:

vulneribus medelas adhibere,

App. M. 8, p. 210, 4.—

Trop., a remedy, means of redress:

legum,

Gell. 20, 1, 22; Aus. Prof. 15:

quibus rebus veluti medela adventus Alexandri fuit,

Just. 11, 1, 7.

mĕdĕor, 2, v. dep. n. [root madh, to be wise; Zend, madha, the healing art; cf. mathos, also medicus, re-med-ium], to heal, cure, be good for or against a disease (syn.: medico, sano, curo); constr. with dat., rarely with contra, very rarely with acc. (class.).

Lit.

Of pers. subjects:

medico non solum morbus ejus, cui mederi volet, cognoscendus est,

Cic. de Or. 2, 44, 186.—Prov.:

cum capiti mederi debeam, reduviam curo,

i. e. to neglect matters of importance while attending to trifles, Cic. Rosc. Am. 44, 128.—

Of subjects not personal:

contra serpentium ictus mederi,

Plin. 9, 31, 51, § 99:

oculis herba chelidonia,

id. 8, 27, 41, § 98:

dolori dentium,

id. 20, 1, 2, § 4:

capitis vulneribus,

id. 24, 6, 22, § 36:

medendi ars,

the healing art, art of medicine, Ov. A. A. 2, 735; id. M. 7, 526; Lact. 1, 18 fin. — Pass.:

ut ex vino stomachi dolor medeatur,

Hier. Ep. 22, 4; cf.:

medendae valetudini leniendisque morbis opem adhibere,

Suet. Vesp. 8.—

Trop., to remedy, relieve, amend, correct, restore, etc.

With dat.:

huic malo,

Cic. Agr. 1, 9, 26:

dies stultis quoque mederi solet,

id. Fam. 7, 28, 3:

incommodis omnium,

id. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 10:

afflictae et perditae rei publicae,

id. Sest. 13, 31:

religioni,

id. Verr. 2, 4, 51, § 114:

inopiae rei frumentariae,

Caes. B. G. 5, 24:

tum satietati, tum ignorantiae lectorum,

to provide against, Nep. Pelop. 1, 1:

rei alicui lege aut decreto senatus,

Tac. A. 4, 16.—

With acc.:

quas (cupiditates) mederi possis,

Ter. Phorm. 5, 4, 2; Just. Inst. 2, 7.— Pass.:

aquae medendis corporibus nobiles,

Vell. 2, 25, 4.— Absol.:

aegrescit medendo,

his disorder increases with the remedy, Verg. A. 12, 46.— Impers. pass.:

ut huic vitio medeatur,

Vitr. 6, 11.—Hence, mĕdens, entis ( gen. plur. medentum, Ov. M. 15, 629), subst., a physician ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose):

veluti pueris absinthia tetra medentes cum dare conantur,

Lucr. 1, 936; Ov. H. 21, 14:

Democrates e primis medentium,

Plin. 25, 8, 49, § 87; Plin. Pan. 22.

mĕdĭcīnus, a, um, adj. [1. medicus], of or belonging to a physician or surgeon, medical (as adj. only ante- and post-class.; as subst. class.).

Adj.:

ars,

the healing art, medicine, Varr. L. L. 5, § 93 Müll.; Hyg. Fab. 274; Aug. Conf. 4, 3.—

Subst.: mĕdĭcīna, ae, f.

(Sc. ars.) The healing or medical art, medicine, surgery:

ut medicina (ars est) valetudinis,

Cic. Fin. 5, 6, 16; id. Off. 1, 42, 151:

medicina, quae ex observatione salubrium atque his contrariorum reperta est,

Quint. 2, 17, 9: tertiam esse partem medicinae, quae manu curet, i. e. surgery, Cels. prooem. 7:

medicinam excolere,

id. ib.:

exercere,

Cic. Clu. 63, 178:

facere,

Phaedr. 1, 14, 2:

factitare,

to practise, Quint. 7, 2, 26:

clarus medicinā,

Plin. 25, 2, 5, § 15.—

(Sc. officina.) The shop of a physician or surgeon; the booth in which a physician waited on his patients and vended his medicines (rare;

not in Cic.): in medicinis, in tonstrinis,

Plaut. Am. 4, 1, 6; cf.: veteres absolute dicebant pistrinam et sutrinam et medicinam, Don. Ter. Ad. 4, 2, 45 (the taberna of the physician is mentioned in Plin. 29, 1, 6, § 12).—

(Sc. res.) A remedy, medicine.

Lit.:

si medicus veniat, qui huic morbo facere medicinam potest,

i. e. heal, cure, Plaut. Cist. 1, 1, 76:

accipere medicinam,

Cic. Att. 12, 21, 5.—

Transf.

Like medicamentum, poison, Att. ap. Non. 20, 31 (Trag. Rel. v. 579 Rib.).—

The pruning of vines, Plin. 17, 22, 35, § 191.—

Trop., a remedy, relief, antidote (a favorite word of Cic.):

singulis medicinam consilii atque orationis meae afferam,

Cic. Cat. 2, 8, 17:

sed non egeo medicinā: me ipse consolor,

id. Lael. 3, 10:

sublevatio et medicina,

id. Rep. 2, 34, 59:

temporis,

id. Fam. 5, 16, 6:

doloris,

id. Ac. 1, 3:

laboris,

id. Fin. 5, 19, 54:

calamitatis,

id. Tusc. 3, 22, 54:

quae sanaret vitiosas partes rei publicae,

id. Att. 2, 1, 7:

crede mihi, non ulla tua'st medicina figurae,

i. e. no means of rendering beautiful, Prop. 1, 2, 7:

periculorum,

Cic. Sest. 23, 51:

malorum,

Ov. Tr. 5, 1, 33:

curae,

id. P. 1, 2, 43.—In plur.:

his quatuor causis totidem medicinae opponuntur,

Cic. de Or. 2, 83, 339.

mĕdĭco, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [1. medicus], to heal, cure ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose for the class. medeor).

Lit.

With acc.:

ego istum lepide medicabo metum,

Plaut. Most. 2, 1, 40:

(apes) odore galbani,

Col. 9, 13, 7:

vulneris aestus,

Sil. 6, 98:

furores,

Nemes. Ecl. 2, 28.—

With dat.:

tremulis membris,

Ser. Samm. 48, 902.—

Transf.

To impart the virtue of a remedy, give healing power to:

hoc fusum labris splendentibus amnem Inficit, occulte medicans,

Verg. A. 12, 418.—

To besprinkle with the juice of herbs, to medicate:

semina,

to steep, Verg. G. 1, 193:

semina omnia suco herbae quae sedum appellatur, medicare,

Col. 11, 30, 40:

exigua portione medicatur aqua,

id. 6, 4, 4; 9, 13, 3:

vinum medicatum,

i. e. spurious, adulterated, id. 1, 6, 20:

merum,

Front. 2, 5, 12:

ficus,

Plin. 16, 27, 51, § 118.

To color, dye, with tingere:

capillos,

Ov. Am. 1, 14, 6.—Hence, mĕdĭcātus, a, um, P. a.

Besprinkled with juices, sprinkled, medicated ( poet. and post-Aug.):

semina suco herbae sedi,

Col. 1, 3:

sedes,

places sprinkled with the juice of herbs, Verg. G. 4, 65: somnus, produced by a juice or a charm, Ov. H. 12, 107:

fruges,

Verg. A. 6, 420:

lana medicata fuco,

stained, dyed, Hor. C. 3, 5, 28:

Amyclaeis medicatum vellus ahenis,

Ov. R. Am. 707.— To poison:

boletum medicatum,

i. e. poisoned, Suet. Claud. 44:

herbae,

Col. 11, 3, 64; cf.:

medicata veneno tela,

Sil. 7, 453:

medicatae cuspidis ictus,

id. 13, 197:

mortui,

embalmed, Mel. 1, 57.—

Useful or good for healing, medicinal:

aquae medicatae,

Sen. Q. N. 3, 25, 9:

sapor aquae,

Plin. Ep. 8, 20, 4:

fontes,

Cels. 4, 5; Sen. Prov. 2, 1; Plin. 2, 93, 95, § 207:

potio,

Curt. 3, 6, 2:

inguen,

Juv. 12, 36.— Comp.:

lac bubulum medicatius,

Plin. 28, 9, 33, § 124.— Sup.:

res medicatissimae,

Plin. 28, 7, 23, § 78.

pā̆tro, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [etym. dub.; prob. from root pat- of pateo, q. v.; cf. Gr. patos], to bring to pass, execute, perform, achieve, accomplish, bring about, effect, finish, conclude (rarely used by Cic., by Cæs. not at all; syn.: conficio, perago, perpetro).

In gen.:

ubi sementim patraveris,

Cato, R. R. 54:

conata,

Lucr. 5, 385:

operibus patratis,

Cic. Leg. 2, 8, 19:

promissa,

id. Att. 1, 14, 7:

bellum,

to bring the war to an end, Sall. J. 75, 2; Vell. 2, 79, 3; 123; Tac. A. 2, 26; Flor. 2, 15, 1; cf. Quint. 8, 3, 44:

incepta,

Sall. J. 70, 5:

facinus,

id. C. 18, 8; Liv. 23, 8 fin.:

consilia,

Sall. J 13, 5:

cuncta,

id. C. 53, 4:

pacem,

to conclude a peace, Liv. 44, 25:

jusjurandum, as pater patratus (v. infra),

to pronounce the customary form of oath in making a treaty, id. 1, 24, 6:

jussa,

to execute, Tac. H. 4, 83:

patrata victoria,

obtained, gained, id. A. 13, 41 fin.:

patrati remedii gloria,

the glory of the effected cure, id. H. 4, 81 multas mortes jussu Messalinae patratas, id. A. 11, 28.—

In partic., in mal. part.: patranti fractus ocello. i. e. with a lascivious eye, Pers. 1, 18:

sunt lusci oculi atque patrantes,

Anthol. Lat. 3, 160, 3. (Cf., respecting the accessory notion of patrare, Quint. 8, 3, 44.)— Part. perf.: pā̆trātus, act. (as if from patror, āri), in the phrase pater patratus, the fetial priest, who ratified a treaty with religious rites: pater patratus ad jusjurandum patrandum, id est sanciendum fit foedus, Liv 1, 24, 6; cf. Serv. ad Verg. A. 9, 53; 10, 14; 12, 206.

per-cūro, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a., to heal thoroughly, cure completely (perh. not anteAug.).

Lit.:

percurato vulnere,

Liv. 21, 57; Curt. 4, 6, 21; 7, 6, 23:

tarde percurabitur,

Col. 6, 12, 2:

donec strumae percurentur,

Plin. 32, 8, 28, § 88:

desperata a medicis vitia,

Sen. Q. N. 3, 1, 3.—

Trop.:

mentem aegram,

Sen. Ep. 94, 13.

prae-sum, fūi, esse, v. n., to be before a thing; hence, to be set over, to preside or rule over, to have the charge or command of, to superintend (class.).

With dat.:

omnibus Druidibus praeest unus,

Caes. B. G. 6, 12:

qui oppido praeerat,

id. ib. 2, 6:

regionibus,

id. ib. 5, 22:

provinciae,

Sall. C. 42, 3:

censor factus, severe praefuit ei potestati,

Nep. Cat. 2, 3:

classi,

to have the command of the fleet, Caes. B. C. 3, 25:

exercitui,

id. ib. 3, 57:

alicui negotio,

to have charge of it, to carry it on, id. ib. 3, 61:

ei studio,

Cic. de Or. 1, 55, 235:

artificio,

id. Fin. 4, 27, 76:

vigiliis,

to superintend, Sall. C. 30, 6:

regiis opibus,

Nep. Con. 4, 3:

rebus regiis,

id. Phoc. 3, 4:

statuis faciendis,

Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 59, § 144:

aedibus, i. e. aedilem esse,

Dig. 1, 2, 2: mercimoniis, Cod. 5, 5, 7.—

Absol.:

praeesse in provinciā,

to be governor, Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 77, § 180.—

Transf.

To be the chief person, to take the lead in any thing:

non enim paruit ille Ti. Gracchi temeritati, sed praefuit,

Cic. Lael. 11, 37:

qui non solum interfuit his rebus, sed etiam praefuit,

id. Fam. 1, 8, 1:

illi crudelitati non solum praeesse, verum etiam interesse,

id. Att. 9, 6, 7.—

To protect, defend ( poet.):

stant quoque pro nobis, et praesunt moenibus Urbis,

Ov. F. 5, 135.—Hence, praesens, entis ( abl. sing. of persons usually praesente; of things, praesenti), adj.

That is before one, in sight or at hand, present, in person (rarely of the immediate presence of the speaker or writer, for which the proper case of hic is used; cf. Krebs, Antibarb. p. 908, and v. infra):

assum praesens praesenti tibi,

I am with you, Plaut. Most. 5, 1, 27: non quia ades praesens, dico hoc, because you happen to be present, Ter. Ad. 3, 3, 39:

quo praesente,

in whose presence, Cic. de Or. 1, 24, 112:

quod adest quodque praesens est,

id. Off. 1, 4, 11; so,

nihil nisi praesens et quod adest,

id. Fin. 1, 17, 55:

vivi atque praesentes,

id. Off. 1, 44, 156:

praesens tecum egi,

myself, in person, id. Fam. 2, 7, 4:

perinde ac si ipse interfuerit, et praesens viderit,

id. Inv. 1, 54, 104:

praesens sermo,

communication by word of mouth, id. Q. Fr. 2, 8, 1:

praesens in praesentem multa dixerat,

id. Att. 11, 12, 1; Ter. Ad. 4, 5, 34: praesente for praesentibus (ante-class.): praesente amicis, Pompon. ap. Don. ad Ter. Eun. 4, 3, 7; so, testibus, id. ap. Non. 154, 17:

his,

Att. ib. 154, 19:

suis,

Fenest. ib. 154, 20:

omnibus,

Nov. ib. 154, 23: legatis, Varr. ap. Don. Ter. Eun. 4, 3, 7: nobis, Ter. ib.—

Esp., of time:

narratio praeteritarum rerum aut praesentium,

Cic. Part. Or. 4, 13:

non solum inopia praesentis, sed etiam futuri temporis,

Caes. B. C. 1, 52 init.:

praesens tempus futuri metu perdere,

Sen. Ep. 24, 1:

tempus enim tribus partibus constat, praeterito, praesente, futuro,

id. ib. 124, 17.—Esp. in opp. to other times referred to:

quanta tempestas invidiae nobis si minus in praesens tempus... at in posteritatem impendeat,

Cic. Cat. 1, 9, 22:

et reliqui temporis recuperandi ratio, et praesentis tuendi,

id. Att. 8, 9, 3:

et consiliorum superiorum conscientiā et praesentis temporis moderatione me consoler,

id. Fam. 9, 16, 6; id. Fl. 1, 3.—Very rarely alone, of the times of the writer or speaker. as opp. to the times of which he speaks:

quod pietas principis nostri praesentium quoque temporum decus fecit,

Quint. 3, 7, 9:

vive moribus praeteritis, loquere verbis praesentibus,

now in use, Gell. 1, 10, 4.—Also of a time spoken of, present to the mind, existing:

movit Scipionem cum fortuna pristina viri, praesenti fortunae conlata,

Liv. 30, 13, 8:

populo erat persuasum, et adversas superiores et praesentes secundas res accidisse, etc.,

Nep. Alcib. 6, 2:

praetor factus non solum praesenti bello,

id. Them. 2, 1:

et praesens aetas et posteritas deinde mirata est,

Curt. 9, 10, 28:

praesentem saevitiam melioris olim fortunae recordatione allevabant,

Tac. A. 14, 63: in praesens tempus, and more freq. absol., in praesens, for the present:

pleraque differat, et praesens in tempus omittat,

Hor. A. P. 44; so (opp. in posteritatem) Cic. Cat 1, 9, 22:

si fortuna in praesens deseruit,

Tac. H. 4, 58; cf.:

laetus in praesens animus,

Hor. C. 2, 16, 25: ad praesens tempus, or simply ad praesens, for the present:

Harpagus ad praesens tempus dissimulato dolore,

for the moment, Just. 1, 5, 7:

quod factum aspere acceptum ad praesens, mox, etc.,

at the time, Tac. A. 4, 31; 40:

munimentum ad praesens, in posterum ultionem,

id. H. 1, 44; Suet. Tit. 6:

vocem adimere ad praesens,

for a short time, Plin. 8, 22, 34, § 80: praesenti tempore and in praesenti, at present, now:

praesenti tempore,

Ov. F. 3, 478:

haec ad te in praesenti scripsi, ut speres,

Cic. Fam. 2, 10, 4:

in praesenti,

Nep. Att. 12, 5; Liv. 34, 35, 11.—Prov.: praesenti fortuna pejor est futuri metus, Ps.-Quint. Decl. 12, 15.— Subst.: praesentĭa, ĭum, n., present circumstances, the present state of affairs:

cum hortatur ferenda esse praesentia,

Suet. Aug. 87:

praesentia sequi,

Tac. H. 4, 59:

ex praeteritis enim aestimari solent praesentia,

Quint. 5, 10, 28:

sed penitus haerens amor fastidio praesentium accensus est,

Curt. 8, 3, 6.—Esp., in phrase in praesentia (sc. tempora), for the present, at this time, under present circumstances:

hoc video in praesentia opus esse,

Cic. Att. 15, 20, 4:

providere quid oneris in praesentia tollant,

id. Verr. 2, 3, 1, § 1:

quae in praesentia in mentem mihi venerunt,

id. Fam. 4, 5, 1; id. Fin. 5, 8, 21; Liv. 31, 22, 8; 33, 27, 10; 33, 28, 6; Tac. Agr. 31; 39; Suet. Tib. 22; id. Claud. 4; Ter. Phorm. 5, 2, 14; Plin. 12, 3, 7, § 14.—Very rarely in praesentia, at hand, on hand, on the spot:

id quod in praesentia vestimentorum fuit, arripuit,

Nep. Alcib. 10, 5; cf.: in re praesenti, infra: in rem praesentem venire, to go to the place itself, go to the very spot, for the sake of a closer examination, Cic. de Or. 1, 58, 250:

in rem praesentem venias oportet, quia homines amplius oculis quam auribus credunt,

Sen. Ep. 6, 5: in rem praesentem perducere audientes, to transport one's hearers to the very spot, Quint. 4, 2, 123: in re praesenti, in the place itself, on the spot:

in re praesenti, ex copiā piscariā consulere, quid emam, aequom est,

when I am on the spot, Plaut. Cas. 2, 8, 65; Liv. 40, 9:

eodem anno inter populum Carthaginiensem et regem Masinissam in re praesenti disceptatores Romani de agro fuerunt,

id. 40, 17; Quint. 6, 2, 31:

praesenti bello,

while war is raging, Nep. Them. 2, 1; so sup.:

quod praesentissimis quibusque periculis desit,

Quint. 10, 7, 1; and comp.:

jam praesentior res erat,

Liv. 2, 36, 5.—

That happens or is done immediately, immediate, instant, prompt, ready, direct:

praesens poena sit,

the punishment might be instant, Cic. Div. 2, 59, 122:

preces,

immediate, not delayed, Prop. 2, 23, 64 (3, 28, 12):

mercari praesenti pecuniā,

with ready money, cash, Plaut. Capt. 2, 2, 8; Cic. Clu. 12, 34:

numerare praesentes denarios ducentos,

Petr. 109:

nummi,

id. 137:

supplicium,

instant execution, Tac. A. 1, 38:

Maelium praesenti morte multavit,

Flor. 1, 26:

praesens debitum,

Dig. 12, 1, 9; 20, 1, 13: praesenti die dari, in ready money:

quoties in obligationibus dies non ponitur, praesenti die pecunia debetur,

ib. 45, 1, 41:

libertatem aut praesenti die, aut sub condicione dare,

ib. 28, 7, 22.—Hence, adv.: prae-sens (opp. in diem), forthwith, immediately:

si, cum in diem mihi deberetur, fraudator praesens solverit,

in ready money, in cash, Dig. 42, 9, 10:

quod vel praesens vel ex die dari potest,

ib. 7, 1, 4.—

That operates immediately or quickly, instant, prompt, efficacious, powerful (i. q. valens):

praesens auxilium oblatum est,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 49, § 107:

non ulla magis praesens fortuna laborum est,

no more effective cure for their troubles, Verg. G. 3, 452:

quo non praesentius ullum, Pocula si quando saevae infecere novercae,

id. ib. 2, 127:

si quid praesentius audes,

more effective, bolder, id. A. 12, 152:

praesentissimum remedium,

Col. 6, 14; Plin. 28, 5, 14, § 53.—With objectclause:

o diva... Praesens vel imo tollere de gradu Mortale corpus, vel, etc.,

mighty, able, Hor. C. 1, 35, 2.—

Of disposition or character, present, collected, resolute:

animo virili praesentique ut sis, para,

Ter. Phorm. 5, 8, 64:

si cui virtus animusque in pectore praesens,

Verg. A. 5, 363:

animus acer et praesens,

Cic. de Or. 2, 20, 84:

non plures, sed etiam praesentioribus animis,

Liv. 31, 46:

praesentissimo animo pugnare, Auct. B. Alex. 40: Crassus, ut praesens ingenio semper respondit,

Plin. 17, 1, 1, § 4.—

Present, aiding, favoring, propitious:

Hercules tantus, et tam praesens habetur deus,

Cic. Tusc. 1, 12, 28; id. N. D. 2, 2, 6; 3, 5, 11:

deus,

Ter. Phorm. 2, 2, 31; cf.:

tu dea, tu praesens, nostro succurre labori,

Verg. A. 9, 404:

modo diva triformis Adjuvet, et praesens ingentibus adnuat ausis,

Ov. M. 7, 178.— Comp.:

nihil illo (praesagio) praesentius,

Flor. 4, 7, 9.—

Appropriate, pertinent, timely:

praesens hic quidemst apologus,

Plaut. Stich. 4, 1, 38; cf.:

en hercle praesens somnium,

id. Mil. 2, 4, 41.

purgo, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [contr. for purigo, from purum ago], to make clean or pure, to clean, cleanse, purify (class.).

Lit.:

oleam a foliis et stercore purgato,

Cato, R. R. 65, 1: cum falcibus purgarunt locum, cleared the place, freed it from bushes, etc., Cic. Tusc. 5, 23, 65; Liv. 24, 19:

arva longis ligonibus,

Ov. P. 1, 8, 59:

domum muribus,

Phaedr. 1, 22, 3:

fossas,

Plin. 18, 26, 64, § 236:

proprios leniter ungues cultello,

Hor. Ep. 1, 7, 51: cana labra, i. e. to clear or free from beard, Mart. 9, 28, 5:

pisces,

Ter. Ad. 3, 3, 22:

segetes,

Plin. 18, 26, 65, § 241.— Absol.:

levi sarculo purgare,

Plin. 18, 26, 65, § 241.—Mid.:

purgor in amni,

wash, Sil. 8, 125.—

In partic., in medic. lang., to cleanse by stool, vomiting, etc., to purge:

quid scammoneae radix ad purgandum possit,

Cic. Div. 1, 10, 16; Cato, R. R. 157, 3:

si is, qui saepe purgatus est, subito habet alvum suppressam,

Cels. 2, 12:

qui purgor bilem sub verni temporis horam,

Hor. A. P. 302:

se helleboro,

Val. Max. 8, 7, 5 fin.:

se per inferna aut vomitione,

Plin. 25, 5, 21, § 51.—

Transf.

To make even by clearing away, to level, Inscr. Murat. 582 fin.; cf.:

purgare viam proprie dicitur ad libramentum proprium redigere, sublato eo quod supra eam esset,

Dig. 43, 11, 1, § 1.—

To clear away, remove:

rudera,

Suet. Vesp. 8:

vermes clavo aëneo,

Pall. 4, 10, 4:

lapides,

id. 3, 6:

sordes,

Claud. in Eutr. 1, 383; cf.:

scindit se nubes et in aethera purgat apertum,

melts away, Verg. A. 1, 587.—

In partic., in medicine, to remove or expel by purging, rinsing, etc., to heal, cure:

purgatum te illius morbi,

Hor. S. 2, 3, 27:

pituitas,

Plin. 20, 17, 73, § 188:

fastidium lauri folio,

id. 8, 27, 41, § 101:

suppurationes,

id. 23, 1, 16, § 24:

tarditatem aurium,

id. 23, 2, 28, § 59:

succus purgat cicatrices et nubeculas (oculorum),

id. 27, 12, 85, § 109.—

Trop., to cleanse, purify (syn. lustro).

In gen.:

pectora,

Lucr. 6, 24:

urbem,

Cic. Cat. 1, 5, 10:

amplissimos ordines contaminatos veteri neglegentiā purgavit,

Suet. Vesp. 9:

rationes,

to clear up, settle, pay, id. Calig. 29.—

To clear away, remove:

metum doloris,

Quint. 12, 2, 3.—

In partic.

To clear from accusation, to excuse, exculpate, justify (syn. excuso):

ut me purgarem tibi,

Plaut. Am. 3, 2, 28:

QVIBVS DE REBVS VOS PVRGAVISTIS... QVOMQVE DE EIEIS REBVS SENATVEI PVRGATI ESTIS, S. C. de Tiburt. lin. 3 and 12 (ap. Grut. 499, 12): quod te mihi de Sempronio purgas, accipio excusationem,

Cic. Fam. 12, 25, 3:

cui se purgat,

id. Or. 29, 230:

ego me tibi purgo,

id. Fam. 15, 17, 1; so,

Caesarem de interitu Marcelli,

id. Att. 13, 10, 3:

si quis tibi se purgare volet, quod, etc.,

Q. Cic. Petit. Cons. 9, 35:

si parum vobis essem purgatus,

Cic. Phil. 14, 6, 17:

velle Pompeium se Caesari purgatum, ne, etc.,

Caes. B. C. 1, 8; cf. id. B. G. 1, 28:

ea pars epistulae tuae, per quam te ac mores tuos mihi purgatos ac probatos esse voluisti,

Cic. Att. 1, 17, 7; Ter. Hec. 2, 2, 12:

accedebant blanditiae virorum factum purgantium cupiditate atque amore,

Liv. 1, 9 fin.:

factum,

Ov. P. 3, 2, 24:

facinus,

Curt. 7, 5, 39; 5, 12, 8:

crimina,

to disprove, Cic. Clu. 1, 3; Liv. 38, 48, 14; cf.

probra,

Tac. A. 4, 42:

adulescentem crimine civilis belli,

to acquit, id. ib. 3, 17:

innocentiam suam,

to vindicate, Liv. 9, 26:

suspicionem,

to remove, id. 28, 43:

ea, quae ipsis obicerentur,

to refute, id. 8, 23:

purget miles, quod vicerit hostem,

Sil. 7, 510:

aliquem alicujus rei,

Liv. 37, 28:

se adversus alicujus criminationes purgare,

Suet. Caes. 55:

illi lacrimantes nunc purgare se,

Curt. 5, 10, 11.—With acc. and inf.:

laborare regem, ut purganti se nihil hostile dixisse aut fecisse, fides habeatur,

Liv. 42, 14:

qui purgarent nec accitos ab eo Bastarnas nec auctore eo quidquam facere,

id. 41, 19.—

To cleanse or purge from a crime or sin with religious rites, to make expiation or atonement for, to expiate, purify, atone for, lustrate, = expiare, lustrare ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose):

di patrii, purgamus agros, purgamus agrestes,

Tib. 2, 1, 17:

populos,

Ov. F. 4, 640:

myrtea verbena Romanos Sabinosque,

Plin. 15, 29, 36, § 119:

pontifices purgantes moenia,

Luc. 1, 593:

domus purgantur lustranturque,

Plin. 25, 9, 59, § 105. —With the crime or act as an object: nefas, Ov. M. 13, 952:

crimen gladio,

Luc. 8, 518; Vulg. Ecclus. 47, 13.—Hence, purgā-tus, a, um, P. a.

Cleansed, purified, pure ( poet.):

auris,

Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 7:

somnia pituitā purgatissima,

Pers. 2, 57:

purgatioris auri vena,

Mart. Cap. 1, § 7 (cf. Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 179).—

Excused, exculpated: ita fiducia quam argumentis purgatiores dimittuntur, Sall. Fragm. ap. Non. 310, 22, and ap. Don. Ter. Phorm. 1, 4, 28.—

Pure, freed from sin (eccl. Lat.):

vota purgatiora, Aug. Civ. Dei, 6, 2: purgatissima ecclesia,

id. Doctr. Christ. 2, 16:

pietas,

id. Ver. Rel. 1. —Hence, adv.: purgātē, purely:

enucleate dicitur purgate, exquisite,

Non. 60, 5.

quĭes, ētis (abl. quie, Naev. ap. Prisc. p. 703 P.), f. [Sanscr. çi = jacēre; Gr. keimai, to lie; cf. Lat. cīvis], rest, quiet.

Lit., rest, repose, cessation from labor, from cares, etc.:

locus quietis et tranquillitatis plenissimus,

Cic. de Or. 1, 1, 2:

senectutis,

id. Deiot. 13, 38:

quem non quies, non remissio delectarent,

id. Cael. 17, 39:

mors laborum ac miseriarum quies est,

a state of rest, id. Cat. 4, 4, 7:

ex diutino labore quieti se dare,

Caes. B. C. 2, 14:

quietem capere,

to take repose, id. B. G. 6, 27:

tribus horis exercitui ad quietem datis,

id. ib. 7, 41:

quietem pati,

Sall. J. 101, 11:

nulla metuentibus quies,

Just. 2, 13, 11.— In plur.:

uti somno et quietibus ceteris,

recreations, Cic. Off. 1, 29, 103. —

In partic.

A quiet life, a keeping still, neutrality between political parties:

Attici quies tantopere Caesari fuit grata, ut,

Nep. Att. 7, 3; Suet. Tib. 15; Tac. A. 14, 47.—

Quiet, peace:

quae diuturna quies pepererat,

Sall. C. 31, 1:

quieti Subdita montanae bracchia Dalmatiae,

Ov. P. 2, 2, 77:

ingrata genti quies,

Tac. G. 14:

atrox clamor et repente quies,

id. A. 1, 25:

longa,

id. Agr. 11. — Transf., of inanim. things:

si non tanta quies iret frigusque caloremque Inter,

i. e. the repose of spring, Verg. G. 2, 344:

ventorum,

Plin. 18, 26, 62, § 231:

pelagi,

Stat. S. 2, 2, 26:

lenis materiae,

evenness, smoothness, Plin. 16, 16, 28, § 70.—

The rest of sleep, repose, sleep, Plaut. Cure. 2, 2, 22:

capere quietem,

to fall asleep, go to sleep, Ov. F. 1, 205:

alta,

deep sleep, Verg. A. 6, 522:

ire ad quietem,

to go to rest, go to sleep, Cic. Div. 1, 29, 60:

quieti se tradere,

id. ib. 1, 29, 61:

secundum quietem,

in sleep, id. ib. 2, 66, 135:

per quietem,

Suet. Caes. 81:

neque vigiliis neque quietibus,

Sall. C. 15, 4.—

The sleep of death, death:

olli dura quies oculos et ferreus urget Somnus,

Verg. A. 10, 745:

quod si forte tibi properarint fata quietem,

Prop. 2, 28 (3, 24), 25. —

Transf.

A dream:

vanae nec monstra quietis, Nec somno comperta loquor,

Stat. Th. 10, 205:

praesaga,

id. ib. 10, 324; Vell. 2, 70, 1:

ducem terruit dira quies, nam Varum cernere visus est, etc.,

Tac. A. 1, 65.—

A resting-place, lair of a wild beast ( poet.):

intectae fronde quietes,

Lucr. 1, 405.—

Personified:

Quies,

the goddess of rest, Liv. 4, 41, 8; Stat. Th. 10, 89.

quĭes, ētis, adj., for quietus, a, um (cf. inquies), quiet, peaceful (ante-class.): mens, Naev. ap. Prisc. p. 704 P.: milites quietes, Licin. Macer. ib.