sēnārius

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    Senarius, Adiectiuum. Qui contient six.

sēnārius, a, um (seni), aus sechs Dingen bestehend, numerus, die Sechszahl, Sechs, Macr. u.a.: fistula, deren Blech vor der Krümmung sechs Zoll breit war, Frontin. aqu.: limes, Chalcid. Tim.: sen. versus u. subst. bl. sēnārius, iī, m., ein sechsgliederiger (insgemein jambischer) Vers, ein Sechsfüßler, ein Senar, Cic., Quint. u.a. – nomina, sechs Abwandlungen habende, Prob. inst. 121, 9 K.: forma casuum, Prob. cath. 33, 6 K.

sēnārĭus, a, um, adj. [seni].

In gen., consisting of six each; fistula, six quarter-digits (quadrantes) in diameter, Front. Aquaed. 25:

numerus,

the number six, Macr. Somn. Scip. 1, 6.—

In partic.: versus, a verse consisting of six feet (usu. iambics), Quint. 9, 4, 125; Phaedr. 1, prol. 2.—More freq. as subst.: sēnārĭus, ii, m., Cic. Or. 55, 184; 56, 189; Quint. 9, 4, 72; 9, 4, 140 al.

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pentasēmos, on, u. pentasēmus, um (πεντάσημος), fünfzeitig, als t. t. der Metrik, rein lat. senarius, Diom. 506, 5. Mar. Victorin. 1, 11, 60. p. 49, 14 K. Mart. Cap. 9. § 978.

sēnāriolus, ī, m. (Demin. v. senarius), der kleine-, unbedeutende Senar, Cic. Tusc. 5, 64.

cōmĭcus, a, um, adj., = kômikos, of or pertaining to comedy, comic:

poëta,

Cic. Or. 20, 67:

artificium,

id. Rosc. Com. 10, 18:

levitates,

id. N. D. 3, 29, 72:

res,

the material of comedy, Hor. A. P. 89:

scaenae,

Vitr. 5, 8:

gestus,

Quint. 11, 3, 125:

senarius,

id. 9, 4, 140:

ad morem,

id. 1, 8, 3: virtus (Terentii), C. Caes. ap. Suet. Vit. Ter. 5:

persona,

Quint. 11, 3, 79; Plin. 25, 11, 88, § 137:

auctores,

Quint. 2, 10, 13.—

Esp., represented in comedy:

ut comici servi solent,

Plaut. Capt. 4, 1, 11: stulti senes, Caecil. ap. Cic. Sen. 11, 36, and Lael. 26, 99; so,

adulescens,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 16, 47:

Davus,

Hor. S. 2, 5, 91:

moecha Thais,

Prop. 4 (5), 5, 44:

aurum = lupinum,

lupines, used by comic actors instead of money, Plaut. Poen. 3, 2, 20.—

Subst.: cōmĭcus, i, m.

An actor of comedy, a comedian, Plaut. Poen. 3, 2, 4; id. Pers. 4, 2, 4; Inscr. Grut. 1089, 6. —More freq.,

A comic poet, writer of comedy, Cic. Or. 55, 184; Quint. 1, 7, 22; 2, 16, 3; 9, 3, 14; 10, 1, 72; 11, 1, 38; 12, 2, 22.— Adv.: cōmĭcē, in the manner of comedy:

res tragicas tractare,

Cic. de Or. 3, 8, 30; cf. Sen. Ep. 100, 10.

grăvĭtas, ātis, f. [gravis], weight, heaviness.

Lit., in gen.:

omnibus ejus (terrae) partibus in medium vergentibus nihil interrumpat, quo labefactari possit tanta contentio gravitatis et ponderum,

Cic. N. D. 2, 45, 116; cf.:

per inane moveri gravitate et pondere,

id. Fat. 11, 24; Lucr. 3, 1054; cf.

also: cuncta necesse est Aut gravitate sua ferri primordia rerum, Aut, etc.,

id. 2, 84:

nostros propter gravitatem armorum, quod, etc.,

Caes. B. G. 5, 16, 1:

tum etiam gravitate et tarditate navium impediebantur,

id. B. C. 1, 58, 3:

ignava nequeunt gravitate moveri,

Ov. M. 2, 821:

me mea defendit gravitas (corresp. to moles and pondus),

id. ib. 9, 39.—

Transf.

Of smell, rankness, offensiveness, fetidness:

quorundam odorum suavitati gravitas inest,

Plin. 21, 7, 18, § 37:

a quibusdam vocatur cynozolon propter gravitatem odoris (shortly before: odore gravissimo),

id. 22, 18, 21, § 47:

animae,

id. 20, 9, 35, § 91:

halitus,

id. 30, 6, 15, § 44:

oris,

id. 28, 12, 51, § 190.—

Of bodily condition, health, severity, vehemence, violence, unwholesomeness; heaviness, dulness, faintness, sickness:

corpore vix sustineo gravitatem hujus caeli,

Cic. Att. 11, 22, 2:

caeli aquarumque,

Liv. 23, 34, 11:

loci,

id. 25, 26, 13:

morbi,

Cic. N. D. 3, 31, 76:

pressus gravitate soporis,

Ov. M. 15, 21; cf. id. ib. 11, 618:

an quod corporis gravitatem et dolorem animo judicamus, animi morbum corpore non sentimus?

painful, diseased condition, Cic. Tusc. 3, 1, 2 Kühn.; cf.

membrorum,

id. Fin. 4, 12, 31; and Lucr. 3, 478:

capitis,

Plin. 27, 12, 105, § 130:

aurium,

id. 20, 11, 44, § 115; cf.

auditus,

id. 23, 4, 42, § 85:

audiendi,

id. 28, 11, 48, § 176:

oris et dentium,

id. 37, 10, 54, § 143.—

Pressure of price, dearness:

annonae,

Tac. A. 6, 13; 11, 4.—

The burden of pregnancy:

tendebat gravitas uterum mihi,

Ov. M. 9, 287 (cf. onus, id. ib. 10, 504). —

Trop.

In a bad sense, heaviness, slowness, severity:

gaudere gravitate linguae sonoque vocis agresti,

Cic. de Or. 3, 11, 42: injuria gravitate tutior est, severity, cruelty, Sall. Orat. Licin. (Hist. Fragm. 3, 22 Gerl.):

fessi diuturnitate et gravitate belli,

Liv. 31, 7, 3: crudelitatem quoque gravitati addidit, id. 24, 45, 13 Weissenb. —

In a good sense, weight, dignity, importance, seriousness, gravity (syn.: magnitudo, dignitas, auctoritas, pondus): hos cum Suevi propter amplitudinem gravitatemque civitatis finibus expellere non potuissent, importance, i. e. power, Caes. B. G. 4, 3, 4; cf. Cic. Agr. 2, 32:

omnium sententiarum gravitate, omnium verborum ponderibus est utendum,

importance, weight, id. de Or. 2, 17, 72; cf. id. Tusc. 5, 12, 34:

genus hoc sermonum positum in hominum veterum auctoritate plus videtur habere gravitatis,

id. Lael. 1, 4:

quanta illa, di immortales, fuit gravitas! quanta in oratione majestas!

id. ib. 25, 96:

tristitia et in omni re severitas habet illa quidem gravitatem,

id. ib. 18, 66; cf.:

erat in illo viro comitate condita gravitas,

id. de Sen. 4, 10:

gravitate mixtus lepos,

id. Rep. 2, 1; cf. also id. Q. Fr. 3, 9, 1:

illud me praeclare admones, cum illum videro, ne nimis indulgenter et ut cum gravitate potius loquar,

id. Att. 9, 9, 2; 9, 19, 3; id. Fam. 5, 16, 5:

de virtute et gravitate Caesaris, quam in summo dolore adhibuisset,

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

personae gravitatem intuentes,

id. Tusc. 2, 21, 49; cf.:

ego has partes lenitatis et misericordiae semper egi libenter: illam vero gravitatis severitatisque personam non appetivi,

id. Mur. 3, 6:

haec genera dicendi in senibus gravitatem non habent,

id. Brut. 95, 326; id. Rep. 1, 10 fin.:

majestas quam vultus gravitasque oris prae se ferebat,

Liv. 5, 41, 8:

(senarius) quantum accipit celeritatis, tantum gravitatis amittit,

Quint. 9, 4, 140.

sēni, ae, a ( gen. plur. senūm, Cic. Verr. 2, 49, 122; Caes. B. C. 2, 15), num. distrib. [sex].

Lit., six each:

cum in sex partes divisus exercitus Romanus senis horis in orbem succederet proelio,

Liv. 6, 4:

senos viros singuli currus vehebant,

Curt. 8, 14, 3:

ut tribuni militum seni deni (by many written in one word, senideni) in quattuor legiones crearentur,

Liv. 9, 30; so,

sena dena (or senadena) stipendia,

Tac. A. 1, 36 fin.:

senūm pedum crassitudo,

Caes. B. C. 2, 15; cf.:

pueri annorum senūm septenūmque denūm,

sixteen and seventeen years old, Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 49, § 122.—

Transf., for sex, six:

tradiderat natalibus actis Bis puerum senis,

past his twelfth birthday, Ov. M. 8, 243:

sena vellera,

id. ib. 12, 429:

pedes,

i. e. hexameter, Hor. S. 1, 10, 59:

ictus (of the senarius),

id. A. P. 253:

latitudo ejus ne minus pedum senūm denūm (or senumdenum),

Vitr. 6, 9.