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interprĕtor, ātus (in tmesi:

inter quaecumque pretantur,

Lucr. 4, 832), 1, v. dep. [interpres], to explain, expound, interpret, give expression to, translate; to understand, conclude, infer, appreciate, recognize, comprehend.

In gen. (class.):

tuae memoriae interpretari me aequom censes,

Plaut. Ep. 4, 1, 29:

nec quidquam aliud est philosophia, si interpretari velis, quam studium sapientiae,

Cic. Off. 2, 2, 5:

jus,

id. Leg. 1, 4, 14:

monstra aut fulgura,

id. Div. 1, 6, 12:

somnia,

id. ib. 1, 23, 46:

sapienter,

id. Dom. 1, 1:

cetera de genere hoc,

Lucr. 4, 832:

aliquid mitiorem in partem,

id. Mur. 31, 64: felicitatem alicujus grato animo, id. Brut. 1:

male bene dicta,

id. N. D. 3, 31, 77:

grate beneficia,

Plin. Ep. 2, 13:

male beneficium fortunae,

Sen. Ep. 63:

voluntatem alicujus,

Cic. Inv. 2, 47, 139:

sententiam alicujus,

id. Tusc. 3, 17, 37:

epistolam alicujus,

id. Att. 15, 28:

qui scriptum recitet et scriptoris voluntatem non interpretetur,

Auct. Her. 2, 10, 14:

medio responso spem ad voluntatem interpretantibus fecerat,

Liv. 39, 39:

obscure dicta,

Quint. 3, 4, 3:

aenigmata,

id. 8, 6, 53:

leges,

id. 3, 6, 87:

versus,

id. 1, 9, 2: allêgoria, quam inversionem interpretamur, translate, id. 8, 6, 44; 2, 15, 25; Suet. Gramm. 1:

ut plerique... viso aspectoque Agricola quaererent famam, pauci interpretarentur,

few understood him, Tac. Agr. 40:

jussa ducum interpretari quam exsequi malle,

id. H. 2, 39.—With inf.:

reditu enim in castra, liberatum se esse jurejurando, interpretabatur,

Cic. Off. 3, 32, 113:

pomoerium verbi vim solam intuentes postmoerium interpretantur esse,

Liv. 1, 44, 4:

victoriam ut suam,

claimed as his own, Vell. 2, 80, 2:

nolite consilium ex necessitate, nec voluntatem ex vi interpretari,

Cic. Rab. Post. 11, 29:

virtutem ex consuetudine vitae,

id. Lael. 6, 21: Chaldaeos interpretatos imperium Persarum ad eos transiturum, interpret signs, etc., i. e. predict, foretell, Curt. 3, 3, 6; Suet. Aug. 44; id. Galb. 8.—

Esp.

To decide, determine:

neque, recte, an perperam, interpretor,

Liv. 1, 23, 8.—

Memoriae alicujus, to assist one ' s memory, Plaut. Ep. 4, 1, 25.—

To translate:

recte sententiam (v. the context),

Cic. Fin. 2, 7, 20.—

Diabolo, to ascribe to the devil, Tert. Verg. Vel. 15.

sense:

scripturae, quae male de Hebraicis interpretata sunt,

Lact. 4, 7, 7:

ex quo ita illud somnium esse interpretatum, ut, etc.,

Cic. Div. 1, 25, 53:

flumen Naarmalcha, quod amnis regum interpretatur,

Amm. 24, 6.— interprĕtātus, a, um, P. a., explained, translated (class.):

nomen,

Cic. Leg. 2, 12, 29:

haec ex Graeco carmine interpretata recitavit,

Liv. 23, 11, 4; 45, 29, 3.

lectisternĭum, ĭi, n. [2. lectus-sterno], a feast of the gods.

Lit., an offering in which the images of the gods, lying on pillows, were placed in the streets, and food of all kinds set before them;

these banquets were prepared by the Epulones, and consumed by them,

Liv. 5, 13, 6; 7, 2, 27; 8, 25; 21, 62; 22, 1; 10 et saep.; cf.:

lecti sternebantur in honorem deorum, unde hoc sacrum, vel potius sacrilegium nomen accepit,

Aug. C. D. 3, 17, 2; cf. also Paul. ex Fest. p. 351 Müll.—

Transf., in the Christian age, a feast held in memory of a deceased person, or at the consecration of a chapel dedicated to him, a feast of the dead, Sid. Ep. 4, 15; Inscr. Grut. 753, 4.

mĕmĭni, isse, v. n. [Sanscr. man, think; upaman = Gr. hupomenein, await; Gr. men- in menô, Mentôr; man- in mainomai, mantis; mna- in mimnêskô, etc.; cf.: maneo, moneo, reminiscor, mens, Minerva, etc.], to remember, recollect, to think of, be mindful of a thing; not to have forgotten a person or thing, to bear in mind (syn.: reminiscor, recordor); constr. with gen., with acc. of the person and of the thing, with de, with a rel.-clause, with ut, with cum; with the acc. and inf. (usually the inf. pres., sometimes the inf. perf.; class.).

With gen.:

vivorum memini,

Cic. Fin. 5, 1, 3:

constantiae tuae,

id. Fam. 13, 75, 1:

leti paterni,

to be mindful of, not forget to revenge, Val. Fl. 1, 773.—

With acc.:

suam quisque homo rem meminit,

Plaut. Merc. 5, 4, 51:

praecepta facito ut memineris,

id. Mil. 4, 4, 1:

officium suum,

id. Trin. 3, 2, 71:

omnia meminit,

Cic. Ac. 2, 33, 106:

Cinnam memini,

id. Phil. 5, 6, 17:

numeros,

Verg. E. 9, 45.—With ellips. of acc.:

neque adeo edepol flocci facio, quando egomet memini mihi (sc. nomen),

Plaut. Trin. 4, 2, 73.—

With de:

de pallā memento,

Plaut. As. 5, 2, 84:

de Herode,

Cic. Att. 15, 27, 3; Juv. 11, 81.—

With a rel.-clause:

meministi, quanta hominum esset admiratio,

Cic. Lael. 1, 2.—

With ut:

meministin', olim ut fuerit vestra oratio?

Ter. Phorm. 1, 4, 47; Col. 11, 2, 55.—

With cum:

memini, cum mihi desipere videbare,

Cic. Fam. 7, 28, 1.—

With acc. and inf.

With pres. inf. (so usually of the direct memory of an eyewitness): memini me fiere pavum, Enn. ap. Don. ad Ter. And. 2, 5, 18 (Ann. v. 15 Vahl.):

memini Catonem mecum disserere,

Cic. Lael. 3, 11:

memini Pamphylum mihi narrare,

id. Verr. 2, 2, 4, § 32:

memini te mihi Phameae cenam narrare,

id. Fam. 9, 16, 8; id. Deiot. 14, 38:

meministis fieri senatusconsultum referente me,

id. Mur. 25, 57:

mementote hos esse pertimescendos,

id. Cat. 2, 3, 5:

memento mihi suppetias ferre,

Plaut. Ep. 5, 1, 51.—So impers. memento with inf., remember to, i. e. be sure to, do not fail to:

memento ergo dimidium mihi istinc de praeda dare,

Plaut. Ps. 4, 7, 66:

ei et hoc memento (sc. dicere),

id. Merc. 2, 2, 11:

dextram cohibere memento,

Juv. 5, 71.—

With inf. perf. (so usu. when the subject is not an eye-witness;

esp. with second and third persons of memini): peto, ut memineris. te omnia mihi cumulate recepisse,

Cic. Fam. 13, 72, 2:

meministis me ita distribuisse initio causam,

id. Rosc. Am. 42, 112:

memineram... divinum virum... senile corpus paludibus occultasse demersum,

id. Sest. 22, 50:

memini gloriari solitum esse Q. Hortensium, quod, etc.,

id. Fam. 2, 16, 3: memento me, [p. 1130] son de meā, sed de oratoris facultate dixisse, id. de Or. 1, 17, 78.— Poet., of inanim. things:

meminit lēvor praestare salutem,

Lucr. 4, 153, Luc. 5, 109.—

Absol., memini et scio, Plaut. Curc. 3, 1, 14:

recte meministi,

your recollection is accurate, id. Ps. 4, 7, 57.—

Transf., to make mention of, to mention a thing, either in speaking or writing (rare but class.):

meministi ipse de exsulibus,

Cic. Phil. 2, 36, 91:

neque omnino hujus rei meminit us quam poëta ipse,

Quint. 11, 2, 16: Achillam, cujus supra meminimus. Caes. B. C. 3, 108, 1:

sed tu, qui hujus judicii meministi, cur oblitus es illius,

Plin. Ep. 1, 5, 13; Col. 1, 1, 13: meminerunt hujus conjurationis Janusius Geminus in historia. M. Bibulus in edictis. Suet. Caes. 9; id. Gram. 11.—Hence. mĕmĭnens, entis, P. a., mindful (ante- and post-class.): meminens corde volutat, Liv Andr ap Prisc. p. 922 P.:

aevi, quod periit. meminens,

Aus. Prof. 2, 4:

meminens naturae et professionis oblitus,

Sid. Ep. 4, 12.

mĕmŏrĭālis, e, adj. [memoria], of or belonging to memory or remembrance, memorial (post-Aug.): libellus. a memoran dum-book, Suet. Caes. 56.—

Subst.

Mĕmŏrĭālis, is, m., a historiographer Cod. Just. 12, 29, 1.—

mĕmŏrĭāle, is, n. [p. 1131] memorial, that which keeps in remembrance:

Domine, tuum,

Vulg. Psa. 135, 13; Arn. in Psa. 135.—

mĕmŏrĭālia, ĭum, n. plur., memoirs, Dig. 50, 16, 44; Macr. S. 3. 6, 11.—

The title of a book by Sabinus Masurius,

Gell. 6 (7), 7, 8. Sabinus in septimo memoriall, id. 4, 20, 11

mĕmŏrĭālis, e, adj. [memoria], of or belonging to memory or remembrance, memorial (post-Aug.): libellus. a memoran dum-book, Suet. Caes. 56.—

Subst.

Mĕmŏrĭālis, is, m., a historiographer Cod. Just. 12, 29, 1.—

mĕmŏrĭāle, is, n. [p. 1131] memorial, that which keeps in remembrance:

Domine, tuum,

Vulg. Psa. 135, 13; Arn. in Psa. 135.—

mĕmŏrĭālia, ĭum, n. plur., memoirs, Dig. 50, 16, 44; Macr. S. 3. 6, 11.—

The title of a book by Sabinus Masurius,

Gell. 6 (7), 7, 8. Sabinus in septimo memoriall, id. 4, 20, 11

mĕmŏrĭālis, e, adj. [memoria], of or belonging to memory or remembrance, memorial (post-Aug.): libellus. a memoran dum-book, Suet. Caes. 56.—

Subst.

Mĕmŏrĭālis, is, m., a historiographer Cod. Just. 12, 29, 1.—

mĕmŏrĭāle, is, n. [p. 1131] memorial, that which keeps in remembrance:

Domine, tuum,

Vulg. Psa. 135, 13; Arn. in Psa. 135.—

mĕmŏrĭālia, ĭum, n. plur., memoirs, Dig. 50, 16, 44; Macr. S. 3. 6, 11.—

The title of a book by Sabinus Masurius,

Gell. 6 (7), 7, 8. Sabinus in septimo memoriall, id. 4, 20, 11

mĕmŏrĭālis, e, adj. [memoria], of or belonging to memory or remembrance, memorial (post-Aug.): libellus. a memoran dum-book, Suet. Caes. 56.—

Subst.

Mĕmŏrĭālis, is, m., a historiographer Cod. Just. 12, 29, 1.—

mĕmŏrĭāle, is, n. [p. 1131] memorial, that which keeps in remembrance:

Domine, tuum,

Vulg. Psa. 135, 13; Arn. in Psa. 135.—

mĕmŏrĭālia, ĭum, n. plur., memoirs, Dig. 50, 16, 44; Macr. S. 3. 6, 11.—

The title of a book by Sabinus Masurius,

Gell. 6 (7), 7, 8. Sabinus in septimo memoriall, id. 4, 20, 11

mĕmŏrĭŏla, ae, f. dim. [memoria].

Memory:

memoriolā vacillare,

Cic. Att. 12, 1, 2.—

A monument, tomb, Inscr. Fabr. p. 85, 155; Inscr. Murat. 994, 7.

mendax, dācis, adj. [mentior], given to lying, mendacious; subst., a liar.

Lit.:

mendacem esse adversus aliquem,

Plaut. Poen. 1, 2, 188:

cum mendaci homini, ne verum quidem dicenti, credere soleamus,

Cic. Div. 2, 71, 146:

Carthaginienses fraudulenti et mendaces,

id. Agr. 2, 35, 95:

aretalogus,

Juv. 15, 16.—As subst.: mendax, dācis, m., a liar.—Prov.:

mendacem memorem esse oportet,

a liar should have a good memory, Quint. 4, 2, 91.— Comp.:

Parthis mendacior,

Hor. Ep 2, 1, 112.— Sup.:

mendacissimus,

the greatest liar, Plaut. Rud. 3, 4, 48.—With gen.:

si hujus rei me mendacem esse inveneris,

Plaut. As. 5, 2, 4.—With dat.:

saepe fui mendax pro te mihi,

Ov. H. 2, 11.—With in and acc.:

in parentem,

Hor. C. 3, 11, 35; for which adversum, Plaut. Poen. 1, 2, 188.— With in and abl.:

in tenui farragine,

Pers. 5, 77.—

Transf., of inanim, and abstr. things, lying, false, deceptive; feigned, fictitious, counterfeit, not real, etc. (mostly poet.):

mendacia visa,

Cic. Div. 2, 62, 127:

speculum,

Ov. Tr. 3, 7, 38:

fundus,

that does not yield the expected fruits, Hor. C. 3, 1, 30:

damnum,

Ov. A. A. 1, 431:

infamia,

Hor. Ep. 1, 16, 39:

os,

Tib. 3, 6, 35:

pennae,

Ov. M. 10, 159:

quidquid Graecia mendax audet in historia,

Juv. 10, 174.—Hence, adv.: mendācĭter, falsely, mendaciously (post-class.):

praedicare,

Sol. 1, 87.— Sup.:

mendacissime dicere,

Aug. Mor. Eccl. 1, 17.

Mētrŏdōrus, i, m., = Mêtrodôros.

Metrodorus Lampsacenus or Atheniensis, an Epicurean, Cic. Tusc. 2, 3, 8; 2, 6, 17; 5, 9, 27.—

M. Scepsius (from Scepsis, a city of Mysia), a rhetorical and Academic philosopher, famous for his memory, Cic. de Or. 2, 88, 360; 3, 20, 75; Plin. 34, 7, 16, § 34.—

M. Stratonicēus (from Stratonice, a city of Caria), a pupil of Carneades, and an excellent orator, Cic. de Or. 1, 11, 45; id. Ac. 2, 6, 16.—

Metrodorus Chius, a pupil of Democritus and teacher of Anaxarchus and of the fourth Hippocrates (about B. C. 330), Cic. Ac. 2, 23, 73.—

A freedman of Cicero, Cic. Att. 15, 1, B, 2; id. Fam. 16, 20, 1.

Mnēmon, ŏnis, m., = Mnêmôn (having a good memory).

A surname of king Artaxerxes, Nep. Reg. 1, 3.—

A Roman surname, Inscr. Mur. 819, 2.

mŭlĭĕbris, e, adj. [mulier], of or belonging to a woman, womanly, female, feminine.

Adj. (class.):

loci muliebres, ubi nascendi initia consistunt,

Varr. L. L. 5, 3:

facinus,

Plaut. Truc. 4, 3, 35:

comitatus,

Cic. Mil. 10, 28:

vox,

id. de Or. 3, 11, 41:

vestis,

Nep. Alc. 10, 6:

venustas,

Cic. Off. 1, 36, 130:

fraus,

Tac. A. 2, 71:

impotentia,

id. ib. 1, 4:

certamen, i. e. de mulieribus,

Liv. 1, 57:

jura,

id. 34, 3:

Fortuna Muliebris, worshipped in memory of the wife and mother of Coriolanus, who persuaded him to retreat,

Val. Max. 1, 8, 4; Liv. 2, 40.—

In a reproachful sense, womanish, effeminate, unmanly: parce muliebri supellectili. Mi. Quae ea est supellex? Ha. Clarus clamor sine modo, Plaut. Poen. 5, 3, 26 sq.: animum geritis muliebrem, Poët. ap. Cic. Off. 1, 18, 61 (Trag. Rel. p. 227 Rib.):

muliebris enervataque sententia,

Cic. Tusc. 2, 6, 15.—Gram. t. t., feminine (opp. virilis):

vocabulum,

Varr. L. L. 9, § 40 sq. Müll.—

Subst.: mŭlĭĕbrĭa, ĭum, n.

= pu denda muliebria, Tac. A. 14, 60:

muliebria pati,

to let one's self be used as a woman, id. ib. 11, 36.—

Womanish things:

muliebria cetera,

Plin. 37, 2, 6, § 17 = menstrua:

desierant Sarae fieri muliebria,

Vulg. Gen. 18, 11.—Hence, adv.: mŭlĭĕ-brĭter.

In the manner of a woman, like a woman:

nec muliebriter Expavit ensem,

Hor. C. 1, 37, 22:

ingemiscens,

Plin. 35, 11, 40, § 140:

flere,

Spart. Hadr. 14, 5:

Hunni equis muliebriter insidentes,

in the manner of women, Amm. 31, 2, 6.—

Womanishly, effeminately: si se lamentis muliebriter lacrimisque dedet. Cic. Tusc. 2, 21, 48:

ne quid serviliter muliebriterve faciamus,

id. ib. 2, 23, 55:

Antinăum suum muliebriter flere,

Spart. Hadr. 14, 5.

mŭlĭĕbris, e, adj. [mulier], of or belonging to a woman, womanly, female, feminine.

Adj. (class.):

loci muliebres, ubi nascendi initia consistunt,

Varr. L. L. 5, 3:

facinus,

Plaut. Truc. 4, 3, 35:

comitatus,

Cic. Mil. 10, 28:

vox,

id. de Or. 3, 11, 41:

vestis,

Nep. Alc. 10, 6:

venustas,

Cic. Off. 1, 36, 130:

fraus,

Tac. A. 2, 71:

impotentia,

id. ib. 1, 4:

certamen, i. e. de mulieribus,

Liv. 1, 57:

jura,

id. 34, 3:

Fortuna Muliebris, worshipped in memory of the wife and mother of Coriolanus, who persuaded him to retreat,

Val. Max. 1, 8, 4; Liv. 2, 40.—

In a reproachful sense, womanish, effeminate, unmanly: parce muliebri supellectili. Mi. Quae ea est supellex? Ha. Clarus clamor sine modo, Plaut. Poen. 5, 3, 26 sq.: animum geritis muliebrem, Poët. ap. Cic. Off. 1, 18, 61 (Trag. Rel. p. 227 Rib.):

muliebris enervataque sententia,

Cic. Tusc. 2, 6, 15.—Gram. t. t., feminine (opp. virilis):

vocabulum,

Varr. L. L. 9, § 40 sq. Müll.—

Subst.: mŭlĭĕbrĭa, ĭum, n.

= pu denda muliebria, Tac. A. 14, 60:

muliebria pati,

to let one's self be used as a woman, id. ib. 11, 36.—

Womanish things:

muliebria cetera,

Plin. 37, 2, 6, § 17 = menstrua:

desierant Sarae fieri muliebria,

Vulg. Gen. 18, 11.—Hence, adv.: mŭlĭĕ-brĭter.

In the manner of a woman, like a woman:

nec muliebriter Expavit ensem,

Hor. C. 1, 37, 22:

ingemiscens,

Plin. 35, 11, 40, § 140:

flere,

Spart. Hadr. 14, 5:

Hunni equis muliebriter insidentes,

in the manner of women, Amm. 31, 2, 6.—

Womanishly, effeminately: si se lamentis muliebriter lacrimisque dedet. Cic. Tusc. 2, 21, 48:

ne quid serviliter muliebriterve faciamus,

id. ib. 2, 23, 55:

Antinăum suum muliebriter flere,

Spart. Hadr. 14, 5.

oblīvĭo, ōnis, f. [obliviscor].

Lit., a being forgotten, forgetfulness, oblivion (class.):

oblivio veteris belli,

Cic. Imp. Pomp. 4 init.:

laudem alicujus ab oblivione atque a silentio vindicare,

to rescue from oblivion, id. de Or. 2, 2, 7:

meam tuorum erga me meritorum memoriam nulla umquam delebit oblivio,

id. Fam. 2, 1, 2:

dare aliquid oblivioni,

to consign to oblivion, Liv. 1, 31, 3:

oblivione obruere,

Cic. Brut. 15, 60; for which (late Lat.): oblivioni tradere, Aug. Civ. Dei, 18, 31, 2; Hier. in Psa. 68, 1 al.:

omnes ejus injurias voluntariā quādam oblivione contriveram,

had consigned to oblivion, Cic. Fam. 1, 9, 20:

in oblivionem negoti venire,

to forget, id. Verr. 2, 4, 35, § 79:

satius erat ista in oblivionem ire,

to be forgotten, Sen. Brev. Vit. 13, 7 init.:

in oblivionem diuturnitate adduci,

Cic. Verr. 1, 17, 54:

capit me oblivio alicujus rei,

I forget something, id. Off. 1, 8, 26:

per oblivionem,

through forgetfulness, Suet. Caes. 28:

in oblivione est,

is forgotten, Vulg. Luc. 12, 6.—In plur.:

carpere lividas Obliviones,

Hor. C. 4, 9, 34; Gell. 9, 5, 6; Quint. Decl. 306.—

Transf.

Subject., a forgetting, forgetfulness (post-Aug.):

in eo (Claudio) mirati sunt homines et oblivionem et inconsiderantiam,

Suet. Claud. 39, Tac. A. 11, 38.—

Concr

Oblivio litterarum, a poet. designation of Orbilius Pupillus, a grammarian, who lost his memory in his old age, Bibacul. ap. Suet. Gram. 9.—

Flumen Oblivionis, an appellation of the river Limia, in Hispania Tarraconensis, acc. to the Gr. ho tês lêthês, Mel. 3, 1, 8; Flor. 2, 17, 12; called flumen Oblivio, Liv Epit. 55.

oblīviscor, lītus (archaic inf. obliscier. Att. Tr. 190; 488), 3, v. dep. [ob and livor, q. v.; livēre, to become dark; hence, to have the mind darkened, forget], to forget; constr. with gen. of pers. and with gen. or acc. of thing; less freq. with inf. or a rel.clause (class.; cf. dedisco).

With gen. of person:

vivorum memini, nec tamen Epicuri licet oblivisci,

Cic. Fin. 5, 1, 3: nescio hercule, neque unde eam, neque quorsum eam;

ita prorsum oblitus sum mei,

I have so completely forgotten myself, been lost in thought, Ter. Eun. 2, 3, 15:

regisque ducumque meique,

Ov. M. 13, 276:

dum tu ades, sunt oblitae sui,

Cic. Fam. 9, 12, 1:

nec oblitus sui est Ithacus discrimine tanto,

was not forgetful of himself, untrue to his nature, Verg. A. 3, 629; cf. Val. Fl. 3, 664: sui, to forget one's self, know nothing of one's former self, sc. after death, Sen. Herc. Fur. 292; also, to forget one's self in a character represented or assumed:

tamquam in eo tragoediae argumento sui oblitus tantum Catonem cogitāsset,

Tac. Or. 2. —

With gen. of thing:

meminens naturae et professionis oblitus,

Sid. Ep. 4, 12:

nec umquam obliviscar noctis illius, etc.,

Cic. Planc. 42, 101; cf.:

oblivisci temporum meorum,

id. Fam. 1, 9, 8:

ut nostrae dignitatis simus obliti,

id. ib. 1, 7, 7:

veterumque oblitus honorum,

Ov. M. 7, 543; Just. 4, 2, 5:

oblivisci veteris contumeliae, recentium injuriarum,

Caes. B. G. 1, 14:

controversiarum ac dissensionum,

id. ib. 7, 34:

pristini instituti,

id. B. C. 3, 57:

offensarum,

Tac. H. 2, 1:

tot exemplorum,

Quint. 9, 2, 86.—

With acc. of thing:

qui quod dedit id ob litust datum,

Plaut. Truc. 2, 1, 24:

officium meum,

id. Cas. 1, 1, 16:

injurias,

Cic. Cael. 20, 50; cf.:

artificium obliviscatur,

id. Rosc. Am. 17, 49:

res praeclarissimas,

id. Mil. 23, 63:

totam causam,

id. Brut. 60, 218:

haec tam crebra Etruriae concilia,

Liv. 5, 5, Drak. N. cr.:

ut alia obliviscar,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 31, 87.—With acc. of person:

obliti sunt Deum,

Vulg. Psa. 105, 21; 49, 22.—

With inf.:

oblita pharetram tollere,

Ov. M. 2, 439:

suas quatere pennas,

id. ib. 4, 676: dicere aliquid. Ter. And. 5, 1, 22:

obliviscor, Roscium et Cluvium viros esse primarios,

Cic. Rosc. Com. 17, 50.—

With a rel.clause:

in scriptis obliviscebatur, quid paulo ante posuisset,

Cic. Brut. 60, 218.—

Poet., transf., of things:

saeclis obliviscentibus,

i. e. causing forgetfulness, Cat. 68, 43:

oblito pectore,

id. 64, 207: pomaque degenerant sucos oblita priores, forgetting, i. e. being deprived of losing, Verg. G. 2, 59; imitated by Col. poët. 10, 408.—

Prov.:

oblivisci nomen suum,

to forget one's own name, to have a bad memory, Petr. 66.—

Part. fut. pass.:

oblitusque meorum, obliviscendus et illis,

Hor. Ep. 1, 11, 9:

obliviscendi stratiotici,

Plaut. Mil. 4, 8, 49.

signif. ( poet. and late Lat.):

post emancipationem in totum adoptivae familiae obliviscuntur,

Dig. 23, 2, 60, § 6:

oblita carmina,

Verg. E. 9, 53; Val. Fl. 2, 388:

oblitos superūm dolores,

id. 1, 791:

suis hominibus oblitus,

August. Mus. 4, 4.

obvĭus, a, um, adj. [ob-via], in the way, so as to meet, meeting, to meet (class.).

In gen.:

si ille obvius ei futurus omnino non erat,

had no expectation of meeting him, Cic. Mil. 18, 47:

dare se obvium alicui,

to meet a person, Liv. 1, 16:

quo in loco inter se obvii fuissent,

had met each other, Sall. J. 79, 4:

libellus insidiarum ab obvio quodam porrectus,

by one who met him, Suet. Caes. 81; cf. Quint. 10, 3, 29:

cuicumque est obvia,

whomsoever she meets, Juv. 6, 412:

cui mater mediā sese tulit obvia silvā,

met, Verg. A. 1, 314:

obvia cui Camilla Occurrit,

id. ib. 11, 498: esse in obvio alicui, to be in the way of or where one can meet another, Liv. 37, 23; so, with ellips. of dat.:

Brutidius meus ad Martis fuit obvius aram,

Juv. 10, 83:

se gravissimis tempestatibus obvium ferre,

Cic. Rep. 1, 4, 7:

agmen obviorum,

Suet. Calig. 13:

obvii e diverso,

Plin. 8, 50, 76, § 201.—Of things:

neque aranei tenvia fila Obvia sentimus,

Lucr. 3, 384:

simulacra nobis,

id. 4, 37:

obvias mihi litteras mittas,

send to meet, Cic. Att. 6, 5, 1; cf. id. ib. 6, 4, 3:

ultroque ferebant Obvia securis ubera lactis oves,

offered, presented, Tib. 1, 3, 46: montes, qui obvii erant itineri adversariorum, which lay in their way, which they met or fell in with, Nep. Eum. 9:

quaeque,

Val. Fl. 3, 583:

obvia flamina,

Ov. M. 1, 528:

obvius undis,

up the stream, id. ib. 11, 138:

obviaque hospitiis teneat frondentibus arbos,

over against, opposite, Verg. G. 4, 24:

aquilones,

contrary, adverse, Tac. A. 2, 54:

prona cadit lateque et cominus obvia frangens,

every thing in its way, Cat. 64, 109.—

In partic.

In a bad sense, as an enemy, against, to meet or encounter:

si ingredienti cum armatā manu obvius fueris,

Cic. Caecin. 27, 76:

Jugurthae obvius procedit,

Sall. J. 21, 1:

obvii hostibus,

id. ib. 50, 4:

infestā subit obvius hastā,

Verg. A. 10, 877.—

In a good sense.

Easy of access, affable, courteous (perh. not ante-Aug.):

est enim obvius, et expositus, plenusque humanitate,

Plin. Ep. 1, 10, 2.—

Of inanim. and abstr. things, at hand, easy, ready, obvious:

nec se obvias fuisse dicenti, sed conquisitas (figuras),

Quint. 9, 3, 5:

quidquid venerit obvium loquamur,

Mart. 11, 7, 7:

obvias opes deferre deos,

Tac. A. 16, 2:

comitas,

id. ib. 2, 2:

laudes,

common, Gell. 5, 1, 1:

obvia et illaborata virtus,

easy, not difficult of attainment, Quint. 12, 2, 2:

ex obvio fere victus (animalibus),

id. 2, 16, 14.—

Of words, in constant use, common:

est vestibulum in sermonibus celebre atque obvium verbum,

Macr. S. 6, 8, 15:

municipes et municipia sunt verba dictu facilia et usu obvia,

Gell. 16, 13, 1; 18, 12, 10; cf.:

obvium est dicere dimidiā,

id. 3, 14, 12.—

Se dare obvium, to occur to one's mind or memory:

licet omnes (versus) praesens memoria non suggerat, tamen, qui se dederint obvios, annotabo,

Macr. S. 5, 3, 1.—

Lying open, i. e. exposed, obnoxious to an evil ( poet.):

rupes Obvia ventorum furiis expostaque ponto,

Verg. A. 10, 694:

melioribus opto Auspiciis et quae fuerit minus obvia Graiis,

id. ib. 3, 498:

calvitium quoquoversus obvium,

i. e. exposed to the air, App. M. 11, p. 273 fin.