sacrificed before

praecīdānĕus, a, um, adj. [praecaedo].

Lit., that is slaughtered or sacrificed before (ante and post-class.):

porca praecidanea,

the preliminary sacrifice of a sow, Cato, R. R. 134: quod humatus non sit, heredi porca praecidanea suscipienda Telluri et Cereri: aliter familia pura non est, Varr. ap. Non. 163, 21; cf.:

praecidaneae hostiae dicuntur, quae ante sacrificia sollemnia pridie caeduntur. Porca etiam praecidanea appellata, quam piaculi gratiā, ante fruges novas fieri coeptas immolari Cereri mos fuit, si qui familiam funestam aut non purgaverant, aut aliter eam rem, quam oportuerat, procuraverant,

Gell. 4, 6, 7: praecidanea agna vocabatur, quae ante alias caedebatur. Item porca quae Cereri mactabatur ab eo, qui mortuo justa non fecisset, id est glebam non objecisset, quia mos erat eis id facere, priusquam novas fruges gustarent, Paul. ex Fest. p. 233 Müll.—

Transf.: feriae praecidaneae, a preliminary festival, Atei. Capito ap. Gell. 4, 6, 10.

fĕrĭo, īre (archaic FERINVNT for feriunt; acc. to Fest. s. v. nequinunt, p. 162, 24 Müll.; part. fut. feriturus, Serv. Verg. A. 7, 498. The perf. forms are supplied by percutio, v. Varr. L. L. 9, 55, § 98 Müll.), 4, v. a. [perh. Sanscr. dhūr-, injure, destroy; Lat. ferus, ferox; Gr. thêr; Aeol. phêr; cf. Gr. thourios, impetuous, thorein, to leap; and Lat. furere, furia, etc.], to strike, smite, beat, knock, cut, thrust, hit (class.; syn.: icio, percutio, verbero, vapulo, pulso, tundo, pavio).

Lit.

In gen.:

fores,

to knock, Plaut. Men. 1, 2, 63; cf.

parietem,

Cic. Cael. 24, 59:

murum arietibus,

to batter, shake, Sall. J. 76, 6:

pugiles adversarium,

Cic. Tusc. 2, 23 fin.: jacere telum, voluntatis est;

ferire quem nolueris, fortunae,

to strike, id. Top. 17, 64:

partem corporis sibi,

Lucr. 2, 441:

frontem,

Cic. Att. 1, 1, 1:

femur,

Quint. 11, 3, 123:

pectora solito plangore,

Ov. M. 4, 554; cf.:

calce feritur aselli,

id. F. 3, 755: uvas pede (rusticus), to stamp or tread, Tib. 2, 5, 85:

feriri a serpente,

to be stung, Plin. 29, 4, 22, § 71; cf. Ov. Ib. 481:

cetera (venenata animalia) singulos feriunt,

id. ib. 23:

tabulam malleo,

Cels. 6, 7 fin.: stricto ferit retinacula ferro, cuts to pieces (shortly before:

incidere funes),

Verg. A. 4, 580: certatim socii feriunt mare et aequora verrunt, strike, lash (in rowing), id. ib. 3, 290: ut frontem ferias, that you may beat your brow, i. e. be provoked, Cic. Att. 1, 1, 1.— Poet.:

sublimi feriam sidera vertice,

hit, touch, Hor. C. 1, 1, 36; cf. in the foll. 2.— Absol.:

pugno ferire vel calce,

Quint. 2, 8, 13; cf. Hor. S. 2, 7, 99:

occursare capro, cornu ferit ille, caveto,

pushes, butts, Verg. E. 9, 25.—

Of inanim. and abstr. subjects:

principio omnibus a rebus, quascumque videmus, Perpetuo fluere ac mitti spargique necesse est Corpora, quae feriant oculos visumque lacessant,

strike, touch, Lucr. 6, 923:

oculos (corpora, simulacra),

id. 4, 217; 257:

oculorum acies (res),

id. 4, 691:

speciem colore (res),

id. 4, 243; cf.:

his spectris etiam si oculi possent feriri, etc.,

Cic. Fam. 15, 16, 2:

feriuntque summos fulmina montes,

Hor. C. 2, 10, 11:

nec semper feriet, quodcumque minabitur, arous,

id. A. P. 350; cf.:

si fractus illabatur orbis, Impavidum ferient ruinae,

id. C. 3, 3, 8:

nec levius tabulae laterum feriuntur ab undis, Quam, etc.,

Ov. Tr. 2, 47.— Poet.: ferientia terram corpora, smiting (in falling), Luc. 4, 786:

sole fere radiis foriente cacumina primis,

hitting, touching, Ov. M. 7, 804:

palla imos ferit alba pedes,

touches, reaches to, Val. Fl. 1, 385:

ferit aethera clamor,

Verg. A. 5, 140:

feriat dum maesta remotas Fama procul terras,

extends to, Luc. 5, 774.—

In partic.

To kill by striking, to give a deathblow, to slay, kill: hostem, Enn. ap. Cic. Balb. 22, 51 (Ann. v. 284 ed. Vahl.); Sall. C. 7, 6; 60, 4; id. J. 85, 33; cf.:

aliquem securi feriri,

to be beheaded, Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 30, § 75:

aliquem telo trabali,

Verg. A. 12, 295:

retiarium (mirmillo),

Quint. 6, 3, 61:

te (maritum),

Hor. C. 3, 11, 43:

leonem atque alias feras primus aut in primis ferire,

Sall. J. 6, 1:

aprum,

Ov. M. 3, 715.—

Of the animals for sacrifice, to kill, slaughter; and hence, to offer, sacrifice:

nos humilem feriemus agnam,

Hor. C. 2, 17, 32:

vaccam Proserpinae,

Verg. A. 6, 251; cf. the form of oath in making a compact (when a swine was sacrificed): SI PRIOR DEFEXIT [p. 737] (populus Romanus) PVBLICO CONSILIO DOLO MALO, TV ILLO DIE IVPPITER, POPVLVM ROMANVM SIC FERITO, VT EGO HVNC PORCVM HIC HODIE FERIAM:

TANTOQVE MAGIS FERITO, QVANTO MAGIS POTES POLLESQVE,

Liv. 1, 24, 8:

Quid aut sponsoribus in foedere opus esset aut obsidibus, ubi precatione res transigitur? per quem populum fiat, quo minus legibus dictis stetur, ut eum ita Juppiter feriat, quemadmodum a Fetialibus porcus feriatur,

id. 9, 5, 3. (Cf. also:

Jovis ante aram Stabant et caesā jungebant foedera porcă,

Verg. A. 8, 641).— Hence,

Transf., foedus ferire, to make a compact, covenant, or treaty (in Hebrew in precisely the same manner,): accipe daque fidem, foedusque feri bene firmum, Enn. ap. Macr. S. 6, 1 (Ann. v. 33 ed. Vahl.):

is, quicum foedus feriri in Capitolio viderat,

Cic. Rab. Post. 3, 6:

videret ut satis honestum foedus feriretur,

id. Inv. 2, 30, 92:

amorum turpissimorum foedera ferire,

to form illicit connections, id. Cael. 14, 34:

Tarchon jungit opes foedusque ferit,

Verg. A. 10, 154 al. —

Of money, to strike, stamp, coin:

asses sextantario pondere,

Plin. 33, 3, 13, § 44. Thus the designation of a triumvir monetalis is III. VIR. A. A. A. F. F., i. e. Triumvir auro argento aeri flando feriundo, Inscr. Orell. 569.

Trop.

In gen.:

quae faciliora sunt philosophis, quo minus multa patent in eorum vita, quae fortuna feriat,

reaches, affects, Cic. Off. 1, 21, 73:

accidit, ut ictu simili (i. e. morte propinqui) ferirer,

was struck with a similar blow, Quint. 6 praef. §

3: verba palato,

to bring out, utter, speak, Hor. S. 2, 3, 274; cf.:

sonat vox, ut feritur,

Quint. 11, 3, 61:

feriunt animum (sententiae),

id. 12, 10, 48:

ut omnis sensus in fine sermonis feriat aurem,

id. 8, 5, 13; cf. id. 9, 3, 4.— Absol.:

binis aut ternis ferire verbis,

Cic. Or. 67, 226:

videtur Chrysippus medium ferire voluisse,

i. e. to avoid extremes, id. Fat. 17, 39.—

In partic., to cozen, cheat, gull, trick (mostly in vulg. lang.;

not in Cic.): ubi illa pendentem ferit, jam amplius orat,

Plaut. Trin. 2, 1, 19; Ter. Ph. 1, 1, 13:

cum ferit astutos comica moecha Getas,

Prop. 4 (5), 5, 44:

austeros arte ferire viros,

id. 3, 3 (4, 2), 50.—

To punish, inflict punishment: aliquem condemnatione centum librarum auri, Cod. 11, 11, 1.

hostĭa (also fostia), ae, f. [2. hostio, acc. to Paul. ex Fest. p. 102 Müll.], an animal sacrificed, a victim, sacrifice (cf.: victima).

Lit.:

cum Trebatius doceat, hostiarum genera esse duo, unum in quo voluntas dei per exta disquiritur, alterum, in quo sola anima deo sacratur, unde etiam haruspices animales has hostias vocant,

Macr. S. 3, 5, 1:

illud ex institutis pontificum et haruspicum non mutandum est, quibus hostiis immolandum cuique deo,

Cic. Leg. 2, 12, 29:

ea prodigia partim majoribus hostiis partim lactentibus procurarentur,

Liv. 22, 1, 15:

majoribus hostiis rem divinam facere,

id. 31, 5, 3:

Veneri immolare hostiam,

Plaut. Poen. 2, 2:

hostiis propitiare Venerem,

id. ib. 4, 2, 25; cf.

v. 27: Pseudole, arcesse hostias, Victimas, lanios, ut ego huic sacrificem summo Jovi,

id. Ps. 1, 3, 93:

hostias immolare,

Cic. Div. 1, 42, 93:

hostias ad sacrificium praebere... hostias redimere (used interchangeably with victimae),

id. Inv. 2, 31, 96 sq.:

hostiae omnibus locis immolabantur,

Hirt. B. G. 8, 51, 3:

C. Mario per hostias dis supplicanti,

Sall. J. 63, 1:

nondum cum sanguine sacro Hostia caelestes pacificasset heros,

Cat. 68, 76:

ad scelus perficiendum caesis hostiis (shortly before: nocturna sacrificia),

Cic. Clu. 68, 194:

mactata hostia,

Hor. C. 1, 19, 16:

non sumptuosa blandior hostia Mollivit aversos Penates Farre pio et saliente mica,

id. ib. 3, 23, 18:

quadraginta hostiis sacrificare,

Liv. 41, 19, 2:

hostiis piare prodigia,

Tac. H. 5, 13:

si primis hostiis litatum non est,

Gell. 4, 6, 6:

ruminalis,

Plin. 8, 51, 77, § 206: maximam hostiam ovilli pecoris appellabant, non ab amplitudine corporis sed ab animo placidiore, Paul. ex Fest. p. 126 Müll.:

(Galli) humanis hostiis aras ac templa funestant,

Cic. Font. 10, 21 (for which:

Galli pro victimis homines immolant,

Caes. B. G. 6, 16, 2); cf.:

humanis hostiis litare,

Tac. G. 9:

humana,

Plin. 8, 22, 34, § 82.—Collect., Verg. A. 1, 334.—

Transf., Hostia, a group of stars belonging to the constellation Centaurus, Hyg. Astr. 3, 37.

prō-sĕco, cŭi, ctum (old inf. pass. parag. prosecarier, Plaut. Poen. 2, 1, 8), 1, v. a., to cut off from before, cut away or off.

In gen. (post-class.):

prosectis naso prius ac mox auribus,

App. M. 2, p. 128, 11.—

In partic.

In agriculture, to cut up, break up with the plough (post-Aug.):

solum,

Plin. Ep. 5, 6, 10.—

In relig. lang., to cut off the parts to be sacrificed:

vetui exta prosecarier,

Plaut. Poen. 2, 1, 8:

ubi exta prosecta erunt,

Cato, R. R. 134:

hostiae exta,

Liv. 5, 21:

exta prosecuit,

Suet. Aug. 1:

prosecta pectora,

Val. Fl. 3, 439.—

In gen., to sacrifice (eccl. Lat.):

Aesculapio gallinaceum,

Tert. Apol. 46.—Hence, prō-sectum, i, n., that which is cut off for sacrifice, the entrails, Varr. L. L. 5, § 110 Müll.; in plur., Ov. M. 12, 152; id. F. 6, 163; Stat. Th. 5, 641; Licin. Macer. ap. Non. 220, 20.—Collat. form prōsecta, ae, f., Lucil. ap. Non. 220, 22 dub. (al. prosicies).