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ăb, ā, abs, prep. with abl. This IndoEuropean particle (Sanscr. apa or ava, Etr. av, Gr. upo, Goth. af, Old Germ. aba, New Germ. ab, Engl. of, off) has in Latin the following forms: ap, af, ab (av), au-, a, a; aps, abs, as-. The existence of the oldest form, ap, is proved by the oldest and best MSS. analogous to the prep. apud, the Sanscr. api, and Gr. epi, and by the weakened form af, which, by the rule of historical grammar and the nature of the Latin letter f, can be derived only from ap, not from ab. The form af, weakened from ap, also very soon became obsolete. There are but five examples of it in inscriptions, at the end of the sixth and in the course of the seventh century B. C., viz.:

AF VOBEIS,

Inscr. Orell. 3114;

AF MVRO,

ib. 6601;

AF CAPVA,

ib. 3308;

AF SOLO,

ib. 589;

AF LYCO,

ib. 3036 ( afuolunt =avolant, Paul. ex Fest. p. 26 Mull., is only a conjecture). In the time of Cicero this form was regarded as archaic, and only here and there used in account-books; v. Cic. Or. 47, 158 (where the correct reading is af, not abs or ab), and cf. Ritschl, Monum. Epigr. p. 7 sq.—The second form of this preposition, changed from ap, was ab, which has become the principal form and the one most generally used through all periods—and indeed the only oue used before all vowels and h; here and there also before some consonants, particularly l, n, r, and s; rarely before c, j, d, t; and almost never before the labials p, b, f, v, or before m, such examples as ab Massiliensibus, Caes. B. C. 1, 35, being of the most rare occurrence.—By changing the b of ab through v into u, the form au originated, which was in use only in the two compounds aufero and aufugio for abfero, ab-fugio; aufuisse for afuisse, in Cod. Medic. of Tac. A. 12, 17, is altogether unusual. Finally, by dropping the b of ab, and lengthening the a, ab was changed into a, which form, together with ab, predominated through all periods of the Latin language, and took its place before all consonants in the later years of Cicero, and after him almoet exclusively.—By dropping the b without lengthening the a, ab occurs in the form a- in the two compounds a-bio and a-perio, q. v.—On the other hand, instead of reducing ap to a and a, a strengthened collateral form, aps, was made by adding to ap the letter s (also used in particles, as in ex, mox, vix). From the first, aps was used only before the letters c, q, t, and was very soon changed into abs (as ap into ab):

abs chorago,

Plaut. Pers. 1, 3, 79 (159 Ritschl):

abs quivis,

Ter. Ad. 2, 3, 1:

abs terra,

Cato, R. R. 51;

and in compounds: aps-cessero,

Plaut. Trin. 3, 1, 24 (625 R.); id. ib. 3, 2, 84 (710 R): abs-condo, abs-que, abs-tineo, etc. The use of abs was confined almost exclusively to the combination abs te during the whole ante-classic period, and with Cicero till about the year 700 A. U. C. (=B. C. 54). After that time Cicero evidently hesitates between abs te and a te, but during the last five or six years of his life a te became predominant in all his writings, even in his letters; consequently abs te appears but rarely in later authors, as in Liv. 10, 19, 8; 26, 15, 12;

and who, perhaps, also used abs conscendentibus,

id. 28, 37, 2; v. Drakenb. ad. h. l. (Weissenb. ab).—Finally abs, in consequence of the following p, lost its b, and became ds- in the three compounds aspello, as-porto, and as-pernor (for asspernor); v. these words.—The late Lat. verb abbrevio may stand for adbrevio, the d of ad being assimilated to the following b.The fundamental signification of ab is departure from some fixed point (opp. to ad. which denotes motion to a point).

In space, and,

Fig., in time and other relations, in which the idea of departure from some point, as from source and origin, is included; Engl. from, away from, out of; down from; since, after; by, at, in, on, etc.

Lit., in space: ab classe ad urbem tendunt, Att. ap. Non. 495, 22 (Trag. Rel. p. 177 Rib.):

Caesar maturat ab urbe proficisci,

Caes. B. G. 1, 7:

fuga ab urbe turpissima,

Cic. Att. 7, 21:

ducite ab urbe domum, ducite Daphnim,

Verg. E. 8, 68. Cicero himself gives the difference between ab and ex thus: si qui mihi praesto fuerit cum armatis hominibus extra meum fundum et me introire prohibuerit, non ex eo, sed ab ( from, away from) eo loco me dejecerit....Unde dejecti Galli? A Capitolio. Unde, qui cum Graccho fucrunt? Ex Capitolio, etc., Cic. Caecin. 30, 87; cf. Diom. p. 408 P., and a similar distinction between ad and in under ad.—Ellipt.: Diogenes Alexandro roganti, ut diceret, si quid opus esset: Nunc quidem paululum, inquit, a sole, a little out of the sun, Cic. Tusc. 5, 32, 92. —Often joined with usque:

illam (mulierem) usque a mari supero Romam proficisci,

all the way from, Cic. Clu. 68, 192; v. usque, I.—And with ad, to denote the space passed over: siderum genus ab ortu ad occasum commeant, from... to, Cic. N. D. 2, 19 init.; cf. ab... in:

venti a laevo latere in dextrum, ut sol, ambiunt,

Plin. 2, 47, 48, § 128.

Sometimes with names of cities and small islands, or with domus (instead of the usual abl.), partie., in militnry and nautieal language, to denote the marching of soldiers, the setting out of a flcet, or the departure of the inhabitants from some place:

oppidum ab Aenea fugiente a Troja conditum,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 33:

quemadmodum (Caesar) a Gergovia discederet,

Caes. B. G. 7, 43 fin.; so id. ib. 7, 80 fin.; Sall. J. 61; 82; 91; Liv. 2, 33, 6 al.; cf.:

ab Arimino M. Antonium cum cohortibus quinque Arretium mittit,

Caes. B. C. 1, 11 fin.; and:

protinus a Corfinio in Siciliam miserat,

id. ib. 1, 25, 2:

profecti a domo,

Liv. 40, 33, 2;

of setting sail: cum exercitus vestri numquam a Brundisio nisi hieme summa transmiserint,

Cic. Imp. Pomp. 12, 32; so id. Fam. 15, 3, 2; Caes. B. C. 3, 23; 3, 24 fin.:

classe qua advecti ab domo fuerant,

Liv. 8, 22, 6;

of citizens: interim ab Roma legatos venisse nuntiatum est,

Liv. 21, 9, 3; cf.:

legati ab Orico ad M. Valerium praetorem venerunt,

id. 24, 40, 2.

Sometimes with names of persons or with pronouns: pestem abige a me, Enn. ap. Cic. Ac. 2, 28, 89 (Trag. v. 50 Vahl.):

Quasi ad adulescentem a patre ex Seleucia veniat,

Plaut. Trin. 3, 3, 41; cf.:

libertus a Fuflis cum litteris ad Hermippum venit,

Cic. Fl. 20, 47:

Nigidium a Domitio Capuam venisse,

id. Att. 7, 24:

cum a vobis discessero,

id. Sen. 22:

multa merces tibi defluat ab Jove Neptunoque,

Hor. C. 1, 28, 29 al. So often of a person instead of his house, lodging, etc.: videat forte hic te a patre aliquis exiens, from the father, i. e. from his house, Ter. Heaut. 2, 2, 6:

so a fratre,

id. Phorm. 5, 1, 5:

a Pontio,

Cic. Att. 5, 3 fin.:

ab ea,

Ter. And. 1, 3, 21; and so often: a me, a nobis, a se, etc., from my, our, his house, etc., Plaut. Stich. 5, 1, 7; Ter. Heaut. 3, 2, 50; Cic. Att. 4, 9, 1 al.

Transf., without the idea of motion. To designate separation or distance, with the verbs abesse, distare, etc., and with the particles longe, procul, prope, etc.

Of separation:

ego te afuisse tam diu a nobis dolui,

Cic. Fam. 2, 1, 2:

abesse a domo paulisper maluit,

id. Verr. 2, 4, 18, § 39:

tum Brutus ab Roma aberat,

Sall. C. 40, 5:

absint lacerti ab stabulis,

Verg. G. 4, 14.—

Of distance:

quot milia fundus suus abesset ab urbe,

Cic. Caecin. 10, 28; cf.:

nos in castra properabamus, quae aberant bidui,

id. Att. 5, 16 fin.; and:

hic locus aequo fere spatio ab castris Ariovisti et Caesaris aberat,

Caes. B. G. 1, 43, 1:

terrae ab hujusce terrae, quam nos incolimus, continuatione distantes,

Cic. N. D. 2, 66, 164:

non amplius pedum milibus duobus ab castris castra distabant,

Caes. B. C. 1, 82, 3; cf. id. lb. 1, 3, 103.—With adverbs: annos multos longinque ab domo bellum gerentes, Enn. ap. Non. 402, 3 (Trag. v. 103 Vahl.):

cum domus patris a foro longe abesset,

Cic. Cael. 7, 18 fin.; cf.:

qui fontes a quibusdam praesidiis aberant longius,

Caes. B. C. 3, 49, 5:

quae procul erant a conspectu imperii,

Cic. Agr. 2, 32, 87; cf.:

procul a castris hostes in collibus constiterunt,

Caes. B. G. 5, 17, 1; and:

tu procul a patria Alpinas nives vides,

Verg. E. 10, 46 (procul often also with simple abl.;

v. procul): cum esset in Italia bellum tam prope a Sicilia, tamen in Sicilia non fuit,

Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 2, § 6; cf.:

tu apud socrum tuam prope a meis aedibus sedebas,

id. Pis. 11, 26; and:

tam prope ab domo detineri,

id. Verr. 2, 2, 3, § 6.—So in Caesar and Livy, with numerals to designate the measure of the distance:

onerariae naves, quae ex eo loco ab milibus passuum octo vento tenebatur,

eight miles distant, Caes. B. G. 4, 22, 4; and without mentioning the terminus a quo: ad castra contenderunt, et ab milibus passunm minus duobus castra posuerunt, less than two miles off or distant, id. ib. 2, 7, 3; so id. ib. 2, 5, 32; 6, 7, 3; id. B. C. 1, 65; Liv. 38, 20, 2 (for which:

duo milia fere et quingentos passus ab hoste posuerunt castra,

id. 37, 38, 5). —

To denote the side or direction from which an object is viewed in its local relations,=a parte, at, on, in: utrum hacin feriam an ab laeva latus? Enn. ap. Plaut. Cist. 3, 10 (Trag. v. 38 Vahl.); cf.:

picus et cornix ab laeva, corvos, parra ab dextera consuadent,

Plaut. As. 2, 1, 12: clamore ab ea parte audito. on this side, Caes. B. G. 3, 26, 4: Gallia Celtica attingit ab Sequanis et Helvetiis flumen Rhenum, on the side of the Sequani, i. e. their country, id. ib. 1, 1, 5:

pleraque Alpium ab Italia sicut breviora ita arrectiora sunt,

on the Italian side, Liv. 21, 35, 11:

non eadem diligentia ab decumuna porta castra munita,

at the main entrance, Caes. B. G. 3, 25 fin.:

erat a septentrionibus collis,

on the north, id. ib. 7, 83, 2; so, ab oriente, a meridie, ab occasu; a fronte, a latere, a tergo, etc. (v. these words).

Fig.

In time.

From a [p. 3] point of time, without reference to the period subsequently elapsed. After:

Exul ab octava Marius bibit,

Juv. 1,40:

mulieres jam ab re divin[adot ] adparebunt domi,

immediately after the sucrifice, Plaut. Poen. 3, 3, 4:

Caesar ab decimae legionis cohortatione ad dextrum cornu profectus,

Caes. B. G. 2, 25, 1:

ab hac contione legati missi sunt,

immediately after, Liv. 24, 22, 6; cf. id. 28, 33, 1; 40, 47, 8; 40, 49, 1 al.:

ab eo magistratu,

after this office, Sall. J. 63, 5:

a summa spe novissima exspectabat,

after the greatest hope, Tac. A. 6, 50 fin. —Strengthened by the adverbs primum, confestim, statim, protinus, or the adj. recens, immediately after, soon after:

ut primum a tuo digressu Romam veni,

Cic. Att. 1, 5, 4; so Suet. Tib. 68:

confestim a proelio expugnatis hostium castris,

Liv. 30, 36, 1:

statim a funere,

Suet. Caes. 85;

and followed by statim: ab itinere statim,

id. ib. 60:

protinus ab adoptione,

Vell. 2, 104, 3:

Homerus qui recens ab illorum actate fuit,

soon after their time, Cic. N. D. 3, 5; so Varr. R. R. 2, 8, 2; Verg. A. 6, 450 al. (v. also primum, confestim, etc.).—

Sometimes with the name of a person or place, instead of an action: ibi mihi tuae litterae binae redditae sunt tertio abs te die,

i. e. after their departure from you, Cic. Att. 5, 3, 1: in Italiam perventum est quinto mense a Carthagine Nov[adot ], i. e. after leaving (=postquam a Carthagine profecti sunt), Liv. 21, 38, 1:

secundo Punico (bello) Scipionis classis XL. die a securi navigavit,

i. e. after its having been built, Plin. 16, 39, 74, § 192. —Hence the poct. expression: ab his, after this (cf. ek toutôn), i. e. after these words, hereupon, Ov. M. 3, 273; 4, 329; 8, 612; 9, 764.

With reference to a subsequent period. From, since, after:

ab hora tertia bibebatur,

from the third hour, Cic. Phil. 2, 41:

infinito ex tempore, non ut antea, ab Sulla et Pompeio consulibus,

since the consulship of, id. Agr. 2, 21, 56:

vixit ab omni aeternitate,

from all eternity, id. Div. 1, 51, 115:

cum quo a condiscipulatu vivebat conjunctissime,

Nep. Att. 5, 3:

in Lycia semper a terrae motu XL. dies serenos esse,

after an earthquake, Plin. 2, 96, 98, § 211 al.:

centesima lux est haec ab interitu P. Clodii,

since the death of, Cic. Mil. 35, 98; cf.:

cujus a morte quintus hic et tricesimus annus est,

id. Sen. 6, 19; and:

ab incenso Capitolio illum esse vigesumiun annum,

since, Sall. C. 47, 2:

diebus triginta, a qua die materia caesa est,

Caes. B. C. 1, 36.—Sometimes joined with usque and inde:

quod augures omnes usque ab Romulo decreverunt,

since the time of, Cic. Vat. 8, 20:

jam inde ab infelici pugna ceciderant animi,

from the very beginning of, Liv. 2, 65 fin. —Hence the adverbial expressions ab initio, a principio, a primo, at, in, or from the beginning, at first; v. initium, principium, primus. Likewise ab integro, anew, afresh; v. integer.—Ab... ad, from (a time)... to:

ab hora octava ad vesperum secreto collocuti sumus,

Cic. Att. 7, 8, 4; cf.:

cum ab hora septima ad vesperum pugnatum sit,

Caes. B. G. 1, 26, 2; and:

a quo tempore ad vos consules anni sunt septingenti octoginta unus,

Vell. 1, 8, 4; and so in Plautus strengthened by usque:

pugnata pugnast usque a mane ad vesperum,

from morning to evening, Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 97; id. Most. 3, 1, 3; 3, 2, 80.—Rarely ab... in: Romani ab sole orto in multum diei stetere in acie, from... till late in the day, Liv. 27, 2, 9; so Col. 2, 10, 17; Plin. 2, 31, 31, § 99; 2, 103, 106, § 229; 4, 12, 26, § 89.

Particularly with nouns denoting a time of life:

qui homo cum animo inde ab ineunte aetate depugnat suo,

from an early age, from early youth, Plaut. Trin. 2, 2, 24; so Cic. Off. 2, 13, 44 al.:

mihi magna cum co jam inde a pueritia fuit semper famillaritas,

Ter. Heaut. 1, 2, 9; so,

a pueritia,

Cic. Tusc. 2, 11, 27 fin.; id. Fam. 5, 8, 4:

jam inde ab adulescentia,

Ter. Ad. 1, 1, 16:

ab adulescentia,

Cic. Rep. 2, 1:

jam a prima adulescentia,

id. Fam. 1, 9, 23:

ab ineunte adulescentia,

id. ib. 13, 21, 1; cf.

followed by ad: usque ad hanc aetatem ab incunte adulescentia,

Plaut. Trin. 2, 2, 20:

a primis temporibus aetatis,

Cic. Fam. 4, 3, 3:

a teneris unguiculis,

from childhood, id. ib. 1, 6, 2:

usque a toga pura,

id. Att. 7, 8, 5:

jam inde ab incunabulis,

Liv. 4, 36, 5:

a prima lanugine,

Suet. Oth. 12:

viridi ab aevo,

Ov. Tr. 4, 10, 17 al.;

rarely of animals: ab infantia,

Plin. 10, 63, 83, § 182.—Instead of the nom. abstr. very often (like the Greek ek paioôn, etc.) with concrete substantives: a pucro, ab adulescente, a parvis, etc., from childhood, etc.:

qui olim a puero parvulo mihi paedagogus fuerat,

Plaut. Merc. 1, 1, 90; so,

a pausillo puero,

id. Stich. 1, 3, 21:

a puero,

Cic. Ac. 2, 36, 115; id. Fam. 13, 16, 4 (twice) al.:

a pueris,

Cic. Tusc. 1, 24, 57; id. de Or. 1, 1, 2 al.:

ab adulescente,

id. Quint. 3, 12:

ab infante,

Col. 1, 8, 2:

a parva virgine,

Cat. 66, 26 al. —Likewise and in the same sense with adject.: a parvo, from a little child, or childhood, Liv. 1, 39, 6 fin.; cf.:

a parvis,

Ter. And. 3, 3, 7; Cic. Leg. 2, 4, 9:

a parvulo,

Ter. And. 1, 1, 8; id. Ad. 1, 1, 23; cf.:

ab parvulis,

Caes. B. G. 6, 21, 3:

ab tenero,

Col. 5, 6, 20;

and rarely of animals: (vacca) a bima aut trima fructum ferre incipit,

Varr. R. R. 2, 1, 13.

In other relations in which the idea of going forth, proceeding, from something is included.

In gen. to denote departure, separation, deterring, avoiding, intermitting, etc., or distance, difference, etc., of inanimate or abstract things. From: jus atque aecum se a malis spernit procul, Enn. ap. Non. 399, 10 (Trag. v. 224 Vahl.):

suspitionem et culpam ut ab se segregent,

Plaut. Trin. 1, 2, 42:

qui discessum animi a corpore putent esse mortem,

Cic. Tusc. 1, 9, 18:

hic ab artificio suo non recessit,

id. ib. 1, 10, 20 al.:

quod si exquiratur usque ab stirpe auctoritas,

Plaut. Trin. 1, 2, 180:

condicionem quam ab te peto,

id. ib. 2, 4, 87; cf.:

mercedem gloriae flagitas ab iis, quorum, etc.,

Cic. Tusc. 1, 15, 34:

si quid ab illo acceperis,

Plaut. Trin. 2, 2, 90:

quae (i. e. antiquitas) quo propius aberat ab ortu et divina progenie,

Cic. Tusc. 1, 12, 26:

ab defensione desistere,

Caes. B. C. 2, 12, 4:

ne quod tempus ab opere intermitteretur,

id. B. G. 7, 24, 2:

ut homines adulescentis a dicendi studio deterream,

Cic. de Or. 1, 25, 117, etc.—Of distance (in order, rank, mind, or feeling):

qui quartus ab Arcesila fuit,

the fourth in succession from, Cic. Ac. 1, 12, 46:

tu nunc eris alter ab illo,

next after him, Verg. E. 5, 49; cf.:

Aiax, heros ab Achille secundus,

next in rank to, Hor. S. 2, 3, 193:

quid hoc ab illo differt,

from, Cic. Caecin. 14, 39; cf.:

hominum vita tantum distat a victu et cultu bestiarum,

id. Off. 2, 4, 15; and:

discrepare ab aequitate sapientiam,

id. Rep. 3, 9 fin. (v. the verbs differo, disto, discrepo, dissideo, dissentio, etc.):

quae non aliena esse ducerem a dignitate,

Cic. Fam. 4, 7:

alieno a te animo fuit,

id. Deiot. 9, 24 (v. alienus). —So the expression ab re (qs. aside from the matter, profit; cf. the opposite, in rem), contrary to one's profit, to a loss, disadvantageous (so in the affirmative very rare and only ante-class.):

subdole ab re consulit,

Plaut. Trin. 2, 1, 12; cf. id. Capt. 2, 2, 88; more frequently and class. (but not with Cicero) in the negative, non, haud, ab re, not without advantage or profit, not useless or unprofitable, adcantageous:

haut est ab re aucupis,

Plaut. As. 1, 3, 71:

non ab re esse Quinctii visum est,

Liv. 35, 32, 6; so Plin. 27, 8, 35; 31, 3, 26; Suet. Aug. 94; id. Dom. 11; Gell. 18, 14 fin.; App. Dogm. Plat. 3, p. 31, 22 al. (but in Ter. Ad. 5, 3, 44, ab re means with respect to the money matter).

In partic.

To denote an agent from whom an action proceeds, or by whom a thing is done or takes place. By, and in archaic and solemn style, of. So most frequently with pass. or intrans. verbs with pass. signif., when the active object is or is considered as a living being: Laudari me abs te, a laudato viro, Naev. ap. Cic. Tusc. 4, 31, 67: injuria abs te afficior, Enn. ap. Auct. Her. 2, 24, 38:

a patre deductus ad Scaevolam,

Cic. Lael. 1, 1:

ut tamquam a praesentibus coram haberi sermo videretur,

id. ib. 1, 3:

disputata ab eo,

id. ib. 1, 4 al.:

illa (i. e. numerorum ac vocum vis) maxime a Graecia vetere celebrata,

id. de Or. 3, 51, 197:

ita generati a natura sumus,

id. Off. 1, 29, 103; cf.:

pars mundi damnata a rerum natura,

Plin. 4, 12, 26, § 88:

niagna adhibita cura est a providentia deorum,

Cic. N. D. 2, 51 al. —With intrans. verbs:

quae (i. e. anima) calescit ab eo spiritu,

is warmed by this breath, Cic. N. D. 2, 55, 138; cf. Ov. M. 1, 417: (mare) qua a sole collucet, Cic. Ac. 2, 105:

salvebis a meo Cicerone,

i. e. young Cicero sends his compliments to you, id. Att. 6, 2 fin.:

a quibus (Atheniensibus) erat profectus,

i. e. by whose command, Nep. Milt. 2, 3:

ne vir ab hoste cadat,

Ov. H. 9, 36 al. —A substantive or adjective often takes the place of the verb (so with de, q. v.):

levior est plaga ab amico quam a debitore,

Cic. Fam. 9, 16, 7; cf.:

a bestiis ictus, morsus, impetus,

id. Off. 2, 6, 19:

si calor est a sole,

id. N. D. 2, 52:

ex iis a te verbis (for a te scriptis),

id. Att. 16, 7, 5:

metu poenae a Romanis,

Liv. 32, 23, 9:

bellum ingens a Volscis et Aequis,

id. 3, 22, 2:

ad exsolvendam fldem a consule,

id. 27, 5, 6.—With an adj.:

lassus ab equo indomito,

Hor. S. 2, 2, 10:

Murus ab ingenic notior ille tuo,

Prop. 5, 1, 126:

tempus a nostris triste malis,

time made sad by our misfortunes, Ov. Tr. 4, 3, 36.—Different from per:

vulgo occidebantur: per quos et a quibus?

by whom and upon whose orders? Cic. Rosc. Am. 29, 80 (cf. id. ib. 34, 97: cujus consilio occisus sit, invenio; cujus manu sit percussus, non laboro); so,

ab hoc destitutus per Thrasybulum (i. e. Thrasybulo auctore),

Nep. Alc. 5, 4.—Ambiguity sometimes arises from the fact that the verb in the pass. would require ab if used in the active:

si postulatur a populo,

if the people demand it, Cic. Off. 2, 17, 58, might also mean, if it is required of the people; on the contrary: quod ab eo (Lucullo) laus imperatoria non admodum exspectabatur, not since he did not expect military renown, but since they did not expect military renown from him, Cic. Ac. 2, 1, 2, and so often; cf. Rudd. II. p. 213. (The use of the active dative, or dative of the agent, instead of ab with the pass., is well known, Zumpt, § 419. It is very seldom found in prose writers of the golden age of Roman liter.; with Cic. sometimes joined with the participles auditus, cognitus, constitutus, perspectus, provisus, susceptus; cf. Halm ad Cic. Imp. Pomp. 24, 71, and ad ejusdem, Cat. 1, 7 fin.; but freq. at a later period; e. g. in Pliny, in Books 2-4 of H. N., more than twenty times; and likewise in Tacitus seventeen times. Vid. the passages in Nipperd. ad Tac. A. 2, 49.) Far more unusual is the simple abl. in the designation of persons:

deseror conjuge,

Ov. H. 12, 161; so id. ib. 5, 75; id. M. 1, 747; Verg. A. 1, 274; Hor. C. 2, 4, 9; 1, 6, 2;

and in prose,

Quint. 3, 4, 2; Sen. Contr. 2, 1; Curt. 6, 7, 8; cf. Rudd. II. p. 212; Zumpt ad Quint. V. p. 122 Spalding.—Hence the adverbial phrase a se=uph heautou, sua sponte, of one's own uccord, spontaneously:

ipsum a se oritur et sua sponte nascitur,

Cic. Fin. 2, 24, 78:

(urna) ab se cantat quoja sit,

Plaut. Rud. 2, 5, 21 (al. eapse; cf. id. Men. 1, 2, 66); so Col. 11, 1, 5; Liv. 44, 33, 6.

With names of towns to denote origin, extraction, instead of gentile adjectives. From, of:

pastores a Pergamide,

Varr. R. R. 2, 2, 1:

Turnus ab Aricia,

Liv. 1, 50, 3 (for which Aricinus, id. 1, 51, 1):

obsides dant trecentos principum a Cora atque Pometia liberos,

Liv. 2, 22, 2; and poet.: O longa mundi servator ab Alba, Auguste, thou who art descended from the old Alban race of kings (=oriundus, or ortus regibus Albanis), Prop. 5, 6, 37.

In giving the etymology of a name: eam rem (sc. legem, Gr. nomon) illi Graeco putant nomine a suum cuique tribuendo appellatam, ego nostro a legendo, Cic. Leg. 1, 6, 19: annum intervallum regni fuit: id ab re... interregnum appellatum, Liv. 1, 17, 6:

(sinus maris) ab nomine propinquae urbis Ambracius appellatus,

id. 38, 4, 3; and so Varro in his Ling. Lat., and Pliny, in Books 1-5 of H. N., on almost every page. (Cf. also the arts. ex and de.)

With verbs of beginning and repeating: a summo bibere, in Plaut. to drink in succession from the one at the head of the table:

da, puere, ab summo,

Plaut. As. 5, 2, 41; so,

da ab Delphio cantharum circum, id Most. 1, 4, 33: ab eo nobis causa ordienda est potissimum,

Cic. Leg. 1, 7, 21:

coepere a fame mala,

Liv. 4, 12, 7:

cornicem a cauda de ovo exire,

tail-foremost, Plin. 10, 16, 18:

a capite repetis, quod quaerimus,

Cic. Leg. 1, 6, 18 al.

With verbs of freeing from, defending, or protecting against any thing:

a foliis et stercore purgato,

Cato, R. R. 65 (66), 1:

tantumne ab re tuast oti tibi?

Ter. Heaut. 1, [p. 4] 1, 23; cf.:

Saguntini ut a proeliis quietem habuerant,

Liv. 21, 11, 5:

expiandum forum ab illis nefarii sceleris vestigiis,

Cic. Rab. Perd. 4, 11:

haec provincia non modo a calamitate, sed etiam a metu calamitatis est defendenda,

id. Imp. Pomp. 6, 14 (v. defendo):

ab incendio urbem vigiliis munitam intellegebat,

Sall. C. 32:

ut neque sustinere se a lapsu possent,

Liv. 21, 35, 12:

ut meam domum metueret atque a me ipso caveret,

Cic. Sest. 64, 133.

With verbs of expecting, fearing, hoping, and the like, ab =a parte, as, Cic. Att. 9, 7, 4: cum eadem metuam ab hac parte, since I fear the same from this side; hence, timere, metuere ab aliquo, not, to be afraid of any one, but, to fear something (proceeding from) from him:

el metul a Chryside,

Ter. And. 1, 1, 79; cf.:

ab Hannibale metuens,

Liv. 23, 36; and:

metus a praetore,

id. 23, 15, 7;

v. Weissenb. ad h. l.: a quo quidem genere, judices, ego numquam timui,

Cic. Sull. 20, 59:

postquam nec ab Romanis robis ulla est spes,

you can expect nothing from the Romans, Liv. 21, 13, 4.

With verbs of fastening and holding:

funiculus a puppi religatus,

Cic. Inv. 2, 51, 154:

cum sinistra capillum ejus a vertice teneret,

Q. Cic. Pet. Cons. 3.

Ulcisci se ab aliquo, to take vengeance on one:

a ferro sanguis humanus se ulciscitur,

Plin. 34, 14, 41 fin.

Cognoscere ab aliqua re to knoio or learn by means of something (different from ab aliquo, to learn from some one):

id se a Gallicis armis atque insignibus cognovisse,

Caes. B. G. 1, 22.

Dolere, laborare, valere ab, instead of the simple abl.:

doleo ab animo, doleo ab oculis, doleo ab aegritudine,

Plaut. Cist. 1, 1, 62:

a morbo valui, ab animo aeger fui,

id. Ep. 1, 2, 26; cf. id. Aul. 2, 2, 9:

a frigore et aestu ne quid laborent,

Varr. R. R. 2, 2, 17; so,

a frigore laborantibus,

Plin. 32, 10, 46, § 133; cf.:

laborare ab re frumentaria,

Caes. B. G. 7, 10, 1; id. B. C. 3, 9; v. laboro.

Where verbs and adjectives are joined with ab, instead of the simple abl., ab defines more exactly the respect in which that which is expressed by the verb or adj. is to be understood, in relation to, with regard to, in respect to, on the part of:

ab ingenio improbus,

Plaut. Truc. 4, 3, 59:

a me pudica'st,

id. Curc. 1, 1, 51:

orba ab optimatibus contio,

Cic. Fl. 23, 54; ro Ov. H. 6,156: securos vos ab hac parte reddemus, Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 24 fin. (v. securus):

locus copiosus a frumento,

Cic. Att. 5, 18, 2; cf.:

sumus imparati cum a militibas tum a pecunia,

id. ib. 7, 15 fin.:

ille Graecus ab omni laude felicior,

id. Brut. 16, 63:

ab una parte haud satis prosperuin,

Liv. 1, 32, 2 al.;

so often in poets ab arte=arte,

artfully, Tib. 1, 5, 4; 1, 9, 66; Ov. Am. 2, 4, 30.

In the statement of the motive instead of ex, propter, or the simple abl. causae, from, out of, on account of, in consequence of: ab singulari amore scribo, Balb. ap. Cic. Att. 9, 7, B fin.:

linguam ab irrisu exserentem,

thrusting out the tongue in derision, Liv. 7, 10, 5:

ab honore,

id. 1, 8; so, ab ira, a spe, ab odio, v. Drak. ad Liv. 24, 30, 1: 26, 1, 3; cf. also Kritz and Fabri ad Sall. J. 31, 3, and Fabri ad Liv. 21, 36, 7.

Especially in the poets instead of the gen.:

ab illo injuria,

Ter. And. 1, 1, 129:

fulgor ab auro,

Lucr. 2, 5:

dulces a fontibus undae,

Verg. G. 2, 243.

In indicating a part of the whole, for the more usual ex, of, out of:

scuto ab novissimis uni militi detracto,

Caes. B. G. 2, 25, 1:

nonnuill ab novissimis,

id. ib.; Cic. Sest. 65, 137; cf. id. ib. 59 fin.: a quibus (captivis) ad Senatum missus (Regulus).

In marking that from which any thing proceeds, and to which it belongs:

qui sunt ab ea disciplina,

Cic. Tusc. 2, 3, 7:

ab eo qui sunt,

id. Fin. 4, 3, 7:

nostri illi a Platone et Aristotele aiunt,

id. Mur. 30, 63 (in imitation of oi upo tinos).

To designate an office or dignity (with or without servus; so not freq. till after the Aug. period;

in Cic. only once): Pollex, servus a pedibus meus,

one of my couriers, Cic. Att. 8, 5, 1; so,

a manu servus,

a secretary, Suet. Caes. 74: Narcissum ab eplstulis ( secretary) et Pallantem a rationibus ( accountant), id. Claud. 28; and so, ab actis, ab admissione, ab aegris, ab apotheca, ab argento, a balneis, a bibliotheca, a codicillis, a jumentis, a potione, etc. (v. these words and Inscr. Orell. vol. 3, Ind. xi. p. 181 sq.).

The use of ab before adverbs is for the most part peculiar to later Latinity:

a peregre,

Vitr. 5, 7 (6), 8:

a foris,

Plin. 17, 24, 37; Vulg. Gen, 7, 16; ib. Matt. 23, 27:

ab intus,

ib. ib. 7, 15:

ab invicem,

App. Herb. 112; Vulg. Matt. 25, 32; Cypr. Ep. 63, 9: Hier. Ep. 18:

a longe,

Hyg. Fab. 257; Vulg. Gen. 22, 4; ib. Matt. 26, 58:

a modo,

ib. ib. 23, 39;

Hier. Vit. Hilar.: a nune,

Vulg. Luc. 1, 48:

a sursum,

ib. Marc. 15, 38.

Ab is not repeated like most other prepositions (v. ad, ex, in, etc.) with pron. interrog. or relat. after subst. and pron. demonstr. with ab:

Arsinoen, Stratum, Naupactum...fateris ab hostibus esse captas. Quibus autem hostibus? Nempe iis, quos, etc.,

Cic. Pis. 37, 91:

a rebus gerendis senectus abstrahit. Quibus? An iis, quae in juventute geruntur et viribus?

id. Sen. 6:

a Jove incipiendum putat. Quo Jove?

id. Rep. 1, 36, 56:

res publica, quascumque vires habebit, ab iis ipsis, quibus tenetur, de te propediem impetrabit,

id. Fam. 4, 13, 5.—

Ab in Plantus is once put after the word which it governs: quo ab, As. 1, 1, 106.—

It is in various ways separated from the word which it governs:

a vitae periculo,

Cic. Brut. 91, 313:

a nullius umquam me tempore aut commodo,

id. Arch. 6, 12:

a minus bono,

Sall. C. 2, 6:

a satis miti principio,

Liv. 1, 6, 4:

damnis dives ab ipsa suis,

Ov. H. 9, 96; so id. ib. 12, 18; 13, 116.—

The poets join a and que, making aque; but in good prose que is annexed to the following abl. (a meque, abs teque, etc.):

aque Chao,

Verg. G. 4, 347:

aque mero,

Ov. M. 3, 631:

aque viro,

id. H. 6, 156:

aque suis,

id. Tr. 5, 2, 74 al. But:

a meque,

Cic. Fam. 2, 16, 1:

abs teque,

id. Att. 3, 15, 4:

a teque,

id. ib. 8, 11, §

7: a primaque adulescentia,

id. Brut. 91, 315 al. —

A Greek noun joined with ab stands in the dat.: a parte negotiati, hoc est pragmatikê, removisse, Quint. 3, 7, 1.

In composition ab,

Retains its original signif.: abducere, to take or carry away from some place: abstrahere, to draw auay; also, downward: abicere, to throw down; and denoting a departure from the idea of the simple word, it has an effect apparently privative: absimilis, departing from the similar, unlike: abnormis, departing from the rule, unusual (different from dissimilis, enormis); and so also in amens=a mente remotus, alienus ( out of one's senses, without self-control, insane): absurdus, missounding, then incongruous, irrational: abutor (in one of its senses), to misuse: aborior, abortus, to miscarry: abludo; for the privative force the Latin regularly employs in-, v. 2. in.—

It more rarely designates completeness, as in absorbere, abutor ( to use up). (The designation of the fourth generation in the ascending or descending line by ab belongs here only in appearance; as abavus for quartus pater, great-great-grandfather, although the Greeks introduced upopappos; for the immutability of the syllable ab in abpatrnus and abmatertera, as well as the signif. Of the word abavus, grandfather's grandfather, imitated in abnepos, grandchild's grandchild, seems to point to a derivation from avi avus, as Festus, p. 13 Mull., explains atavus, by atta avi, or, rather, attae avus.)

in-testātus, a, um, adj.

That has made no will, intestate:

si intestata esset mortua,

Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 22, § 53: cives, Trajan. ap. Plin. Ep. 10, 88:

ad cenam si intestatus eas,

Juv. 3, 274:

senectus,

id. 1, 144:

mori,

Dig. 25, 4, 4; cf. ib. 50, 16, 64.—

Not convicted by witnesses:

indemnatus atque intestatus,

Plaut. Curc. 5, 3, 17; so id. ib. 5, 2, 24.—

Not trustworthy: servus, Pompon. ap. Non. 323, 28.— Hence,

Subst.: intestātus, i, m.; intestā-ta, ae, f., one who has not made a will: virgo vestalis neque heres est cuiquam intestato neque intestatae quisquam, Lab. ap. Gell. 1, 12, 18.— Plur., Gai. 3, 1 sqq.; Mos. et Rom. Leg. Coll. 16, 3; 1 sq.—

As adv.: intestātō or ab intestātō, without a will, intestate:

paterfamilias cum mortuus esset intestato,

Cic. de Or. 1, 40, 183; id. Inv. 2, 50, 148:

ab intestato heres,

Dig. 37, 7, 1, § 8; 5, 2, 6, § 1; 29, 2, 93 al.

in-testātus, a, um, [2. testis], emasculated:

si intestatus non abeo hinc,

Plaut. Mil. 5, 1, 23.

abs-trăho, xi, ctum, 3, v. a. (abstraxe = abstraxisse, Lucr. 3, 650), to draw away from a place or person, to drag or pull away.

Lit.

In gen.:

ut me a Glycerio miserum abstrahat,

Ter. And. 1, 5, 8; so,

liberos ab aliquo,

Caes. B. G. 3, 2, 5:

aliquem de matris complexu avellere atque abstrahere,

Cic. Font. 21 (17):

aliquem e gremio e sinuque patriae,

id. Cael. 24, 59;

for which, aliquem gremio,

Ov. M. 13, 658:

aliquem raptim ex oculis hominum,

Liv. 39, 49, 12:

naves e portu,

id. 37, 27, 6 (al. a portu):

aliquem a conspectu omnium in altum,

Cic. de Or. 3, 36, 145 (corresp. with, a terra abripuit).— Absol.:

bona civium Romanorum diripiunt... in servitutem abstrahunt,

Caes. B. G. 7, 42, 3:

navem remulco abstraxit,

id. B. C. 2, 23. —

Esp., to withdraw, alienate from a party:

copias a Lepido,

Cic. Fam. 10, 18, 3:

Germanicum suetis legionibus,

Tac. A. 2, 5.

Trop., to draw away, withdraw, divert:

animus se a corpore abstrahet,

Cic. Rep. 6, 26:

a rebus gerendis senectus abstrahit (for which in the preced., avocare),

id. de Sen. 6:

me a nullius commodo,

id. Arch. 6, 12:

aliquem a malis, non a bonis,

id. Tusc. 1, 34 fin. al.:

magnitudine pecuniae a bono honestoque in pravum abstractus est,

Sall. J. 29, 2:

omnia in duas partes abstracta sunt, respublica, quae media fuerat, dilacerata,

id. ib. 41, 5.—Hence, abstractus, a, um, P. a.; in the later philosophers and grammarians, abstract (opp. concrete):

quantitas,

Isid. Or. 2, 24, 14.

af-fīgo (better adf-), ixi, ixum, 3, v. a. (affixet for affixisset, Sil. 14, 536), to fix or fasten to or upon, to affix, annex, attach to; constr. with ad or dat.

Lit.:

sidera aetherieis adfixa caverneis,

Lucr. 4, 392:

corpus,

id. 4, 1104; 4, 1238:

litteram ad caput,

to affix as a brand, Cic. Rosc. Am. 20 fin.:

Minerva, cui pinnarum talaria adfigunt,

id. N. D. 3, 23:

Prometheus adfixus Caucaso,

id. Tusc. 5, 3, 8: aliquem patibulo, Sall. Fragm. ap. Non. 4, 355:

aliquem cuspide ad terram,

Liv. 4, 19:

aliquem cruci adfigere,

id. 28, 37:

signa Punicis Adfixa delubris,

Hor. C. 3, 5, 19:

lecto te adfixit,

id. S. 1, 1, 81 (cf. Sen. Ep. 67:

senectus me lectulo adfixit): radicem terrae,

Verg. G. 2, 318:

flammam lateri (turris),

id. A. 9, 536 al. —

Trop., to fix on, imprint or impress on:

aliquid animo,

to impress upon the mind, Quint. 2, 7, 18, and Sen. Ep. 11:

litteras pueris,

to imprint on their memory, Quint. 1, 1, 25.—Hence, adfixus, a, um, P. a.

Fastened to a person or thing, joined to; constr. alicui or ad rem:

jubes eum mihi esse adfixum tamquam magistro,

Cic. Q. Fr. 3, 1, 6:

me sibi ille adfixum habebit,

id. Fam. 1, 8:

nos in exiguā parte terrae adfixi,

id. Rep. 1, 17:

anus adfixa foribus,

Tib. 1, 6, 61:

Tarraconensis adfixa Pyrenaeo,

situated close to, Plin. 3, 2, § 6. — Trop., impressed on, fixed to:

causa in animo sensuque meo penitus adfixa atque insita,

Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 53:

quae semper adfixa esse videntur ad rem neque ab eā possunt separari,

id. Inv. 1, 26 al. —

In the Latin of the Pandects: adfixa, ōrum, n., the appendages or appurtenances belonging to a possession:

domum instructam legavit cum omnibus adfixis,

with all pertaining thereto, all the fixtures, Dig. 33, 7, 18 fin.

af-fīgo (better adf-), ixi, ixum, 3, v. a. (affixet for affixisset, Sil. 14, 536), to fix or fasten to or upon, to affix, annex, attach to; constr. with ad or dat.

Lit.:

sidera aetherieis adfixa caverneis,

Lucr. 4, 392:

corpus,

id. 4, 1104; 4, 1238:

litteram ad caput,

to affix as a brand, Cic. Rosc. Am. 20 fin.:

Minerva, cui pinnarum talaria adfigunt,

id. N. D. 3, 23:

Prometheus adfixus Caucaso,

id. Tusc. 5, 3, 8: aliquem patibulo, Sall. Fragm. ap. Non. 4, 355:

aliquem cuspide ad terram,

Liv. 4, 19:

aliquem cruci adfigere,

id. 28, 37:

signa Punicis Adfixa delubris,

Hor. C. 3, 5, 19:

lecto te adfixit,

id. S. 1, 1, 81 (cf. Sen. Ep. 67:

senectus me lectulo adfixit): radicem terrae,

Verg. G. 2, 318:

flammam lateri (turris),

id. A. 9, 536 al. —

Trop., to fix on, imprint or impress on:

aliquid animo,

to impress upon the mind, Quint. 2, 7, 18, and Sen. Ep. 11:

litteras pueris,

to imprint on their memory, Quint. 1, 1, 25.—Hence, adfixus, a, um, P. a.

Fastened to a person or thing, joined to; constr. alicui or ad rem:

jubes eum mihi esse adfixum tamquam magistro,

Cic. Q. Fr. 3, 1, 6:

me sibi ille adfixum habebit,

id. Fam. 1, 8:

nos in exiguā parte terrae adfixi,

id. Rep. 1, 17:

anus adfixa foribus,

Tib. 1, 6, 61:

Tarraconensis adfixa Pyrenaeo,

situated close to, Plin. 3, 2, § 6. — Trop., impressed on, fixed to:

causa in animo sensuque meo penitus adfixa atque insita,

Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 53:

quae semper adfixa esse videntur ad rem neque ab eā possunt separari,

id. Inv. 1, 26 al. —

In the Latin of the Pandects: adfixa, ōrum, n., the appendages or appurtenances belonging to a possession:

domum instructam legavit cum omnibus adfixis,

with all pertaining thereto, all the fixtures, Dig. 33, 7, 18 fin.

af-fīgo (better adf-), ixi, ixum, 3, v. a. (affixet for affixisset, Sil. 14, 536), to fix or fasten to or upon, to affix, annex, attach to; constr. with ad or dat.

Lit.:

sidera aetherieis adfixa caverneis,

Lucr. 4, 392:

corpus,

id. 4, 1104; 4, 1238:

litteram ad caput,

to affix as a brand, Cic. Rosc. Am. 20 fin.:

Minerva, cui pinnarum talaria adfigunt,

id. N. D. 3, 23:

Prometheus adfixus Caucaso,

id. Tusc. 5, 3, 8: aliquem patibulo, Sall. Fragm. ap. Non. 4, 355:

aliquem cuspide ad terram,

Liv. 4, 19:

aliquem cruci adfigere,

id. 28, 37:

signa Punicis Adfixa delubris,

Hor. C. 3, 5, 19:

lecto te adfixit,

id. S. 1, 1, 81 (cf. Sen. Ep. 67:

senectus me lectulo adfixit): radicem terrae,

Verg. G. 2, 318:

flammam lateri (turris),

id. A. 9, 536 al. —

Trop., to fix on, imprint or impress on:

aliquid animo,

to impress upon the mind, Quint. 2, 7, 18, and Sen. Ep. 11:

litteras pueris,

to imprint on their memory, Quint. 1, 1, 25.—Hence, adfixus, a, um, P. a.

Fastened to a person or thing, joined to; constr. alicui or ad rem:

jubes eum mihi esse adfixum tamquam magistro,

Cic. Q. Fr. 3, 1, 6:

me sibi ille adfixum habebit,

id. Fam. 1, 8:

nos in exiguā parte terrae adfixi,

id. Rep. 1, 17:

anus adfixa foribus,

Tib. 1, 6, 61:

Tarraconensis adfixa Pyrenaeo,

situated close to, Plin. 3, 2, § 6. — Trop., impressed on, fixed to:

causa in animo sensuque meo penitus adfixa atque insita,

Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 53:

quae semper adfixa esse videntur ad rem neque ab eā possunt separari,

id. Inv. 1, 26 al. —

In the Latin of the Pandects: adfixa, ōrum, n., the appendages or appurtenances belonging to a possession:

domum instructam legavit cum omnibus adfixis,

with all pertaining thereto, all the fixtures, Dig. 33, 7, 18 fin.

af-flīgo (better adf-), ixi, ictum, 3, v. a. (afflixint = afflixerint, Front. ad M. Caes. 3, 3).

Lit., to strike or beat a thing to some point, to cast or throw down or against, to dash, somewhere by striking; esp. of ships which are driven or cast away by the wind. —Constr. with ad or dat.:

te ad terram, scelus, adfligam,

I will dash thee to the earth, Plaut. Pers. 5, 2, 15, and id. Rud. 4, 3, 71:

nolo equidem te adfligi,

id. Most. 1, 4, 19:

statuam,

to throw down, overthrow, Cic. Pis. 38; so,

monumentum,

id. Cael. 32: domum, id. pro Dom. 40: (alces) si quo adflictae casu conciderint, Caes. B. G. 6, 27:

infirmas arbores pondere adfligunt,

id. ib.:

tempestas naves Rhodias adflixit, ita ut, etc.,

dashed them about, shattered them, id. B. C. 3, 27.—So in descriptions of a battle:

equi atque viri adflicti, etc.,

Sall. J.101,11:

ubi scalae comminutae, qui supersteterant, adflicti sunt,

were thrown down, id. ib. 60, 7:

ubi Mars communis et victum saepe erigeret et adfligeret victorem,

Liv. 28, 19:

imaginem solo,

Tac. H. 1, 41:

caput saxo,

to dash against, id. A. 4, 45:

aquila duos corvos adflixit et ad terram dedit,

Suet. Aug. 96 Ruhnk.; so id. Dom. 23.— Poet., Ov. M. 12, 139; 14, 206; Sil. 9, 631.—

Fig.

To ruin, weaken, cast down, prostrate: cum prospero flatu ejus (fortunae) utimur, ad exitus pervehimur optatos;

et cum reflavit, adfligimur,

Cic. Off. 2, 6:

virtus nostra nos adflixit,

has ruined, id. Fam. 14, 4; id. Sest. 7:

Pompeius ipse se adflixit,

id. Att. 2, 19:

senectus enervat et adfligit homines,

id. Sen. 70:

opes hostium,

Liv. 2, 16:

aliquem bello,

id. 28, 39:

Othonianas partes,

Tac. H. 2, 33:

amicitias,

Suet. Tib. 51; so id. Aug. 66 et saep.—

To reduce, lower, or lessen in value (syn. minuo):

hoc oratoris esse maxime proprium, rem augere posse laudando, vituperandoque rursus adfligere,

to bring down, Cic. Brut. 12.— Trop., of courage, to cast down, dishearten, to diminish, lessen, impair:

animos adfligere et debilitare metu,

Cic. Tusc. 4, 15, 34.—

Adfligere causam susceptam, to let a lawsuit which has been undertaken fall through, to give up, abandon, Cic. Sest. 41, 89.—Hence, afflictus ( adf-), a, um, P. a.

Cast down, ill used, wretched, miserable, unfortunate, distressed; lit. and trop.:

naves,

damaged, shattered, Caes. B. G. 4, 31:

Graecia perculsa et adflicta et perdita,

Cic. Fl. 7:

ab adflictā amicitiā transfugere et ad florentem aliam devolare,

id. Quint. 30:

non integra fortuna, at adflicta,

id. Sull. 31:

adflictum erigere,

id. Imp. Pomp. 29.— Comp.:

adflictiore condicione esse,

id. Fam. 6,1;

hence: res adflictae (like accisae and adfectae),

disordered, embarrassed, ruined circumstances, affairs in a bad state, ill condition, Sall. J. 76, 6; so Luc. 1, 496; Just. 4, 5:

copiae,

Suet. Oth. 9.—

Fig.

Of the mind: cast down, dejected, discouraged, desponding:

aegritudine adflictus, debilitatus, jacens,

Cic. Tusc. 4, 16:

luctu,

id. Phil. 9, 5:

maerore,

id. Cat. 2, 1:

adflictus vitam in tenebris luctuque trahebam,

Verg. A. 2, 92; Suet. Oth. 9.—

Of character, like abjectus, abandoned, outcast, depraved, low, mean, base, vile:

homo adflictus et perditus,

Cic. Phil. 3, 10:

nemo tam adflictis est moribus, quin, etc.,

Macr. S. 6, 7.— Sup. and adv. not used.

attendo ( adt-, Dietsch), tendi, tentum, 3, v. a., orig., to stretch something (e. g. the bow) toward something; so only in Appul.: arcum, Met. 2, p. 122, 5.—Hence,

In gen., to direct or turn toward, = advertere, admovere: aurem, Att. ap. Non. p. 238, 10; Trag. Rel. p. 173 Rib. (cf. infra, P. a.):

attendere signa ad aliquid,

i. e. to affix, Quint. 11, 2, 29 (Halm, aptare); so, manus caelo, to stretch or extend toward, App. Met. 11, p. 263, 5:

caput eodem attentum,

Hyg. Astr. 3, 20.—Far more freq.,

Trop.

Animum or animos attendere, or absol. attendere, also animo attendere, to direct the attention, apply the mind to something, to attend to, consider, mind, give heed to (cf.: advertere animum, and animadvertere; freq. and class.)

With animum or animos: animum ad quaerendum quid siet, Pac. ap. Non. p. 238, 15:

dictis animum, Lucil. ib.: animum coepi attendere,

Ter. Phorm. 5, 6, 28:

quo tempore aures judex erigeret animumque attenderet?

Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 10:

si, cum animum attenderis, turpitudinem videas, etc.,

id. Off. 3, 8, 35:

animum ad cavendum, Nep Alcib 5, 2: jubet peritos linguae attendere animum, pastorum sermo agresti an urbano propior esset,

Liv. 10, 4: praeterea et nostris animos attendere dictis atque adhibere velis, Lucil. ap. Non. p. 238, 11:

attendite animos ad ea, quae consequuntur,

Cic. Agr. 2, 15.—With a rel.-clause as object:

nunc quid velim, animum attendite,

Ter. Phorm. prol. 24.—

Absol.:

postquam attendi Magis et vi coepi cogere, ut etc.,

Ter. Hec. 2, 2, 25:

rem gestam vobis dum breviter expono, quaeso, diligenter attendite,

Cic. Mil. 9:

audi, audi atque attende,

id. Planc. 41, 98; so id. de Or. 3, 13, 50; Phaedr. 2, 5, 6; Juv. 6, 66; 11, 16 al.—With acc. of the thing or person to which the attention is directed:

Glaucia solebat populum monere, ut, cum lex aliqua recitaretur, primum versum attenderet,

Cic. Rab. Post. 6, 14:

sed stuporem hominis attendite,

mark the stupidity, id. Phil. 2, 12, 30; so id. de Or. 1, 35, 161; Sall. J. 88, 2; Plin. Ep 6, 8, 8; Luc. 8, 623 al.: me de invidiosis rebus dicentem attendite. Cic. Sull 11, 33; id. Verr. 2, 1, 10:

Quā re attendo te studiose,

id. Fin. 3, 12, 40:

non attenderunt mandata,

Vulg. 2 Esdr. 9, 34; ib. Job, 21, 5; ib. Isa. 28, 23.— Pass.:

versūs aeque prima et media et extrema pars attenditur,

Cic. de Or. 3, 50, 192. —With inf. or acc. and inf. as object: quid futurum est, si pol ego hanc discere artem attenderim? Pompon. ap. Non. p. 238, 17:

non attendere superius illud eā re a se esse concessum,

Cic. Ac. 2, 34, 111.—With a rel.clause or a subjunct. with a particle:

cum attendo, quā prudentiā sit Hortensius,

Cic. Quinct. 20, 63:

Hermagoras nec, quid dicat, attendere nec... videatur,

id. Inv. 1, 6, 8:

forte lubuit adtendere, quae res maxume tanta negotia sustinuisset,

Sall. C. 53, 2:

Oro, parumper Attendas, quantum de legibus queratur etc.,

Juv. 10, 251:

attende, cur, etc.,

Phaedr. 2, prol. 14:

attendite ut sciatis prudentiam,

Vulg. Prov. 4, 1:

Attendite, ne justitiam vestram faciatis etc.,

ib. Matt. 6, 1; ib. Eccli. 1, 38; 13, 10; 28, 30.— With de:

cum de necessitate attendemus,

Cic. Part. Or. 24, 84.—With dat. (post-Aug.):

sermonibus malignis,

Plin. Ep. 7, 26:

cui magis quam Caesari attendant?

id. Pan. 65, 2; Sil. 8, 591:

attendit mandatis,

Vulg. Eccli. 32, 28; ib. Prov. 7, 24:

attendite vobis,

take heed to yourselves, ib. Luc. 17, 3; ib. Act. 5, 35; ib. 1 Tim. 4, 16.—So in Suet. several times in the signif. to devote attention to, to study, = studere:

eloquentiae plurimum attendit,

Suet. Calig. 53:

juri,

id. Galb. 5:

extispicio,

id. Ner. 56.—With abl. with ab (after the Gr. prosechein apo tinos;

eccl. Lat.): attende tibi a pestifero,

beware of, Vulg. Eccli. 11, 35:

attendite ab omni iniquo,

ib. ib. 17, 11; ib. Matt. 7, 15; ib. Luc. 12, 1; 20, 46.—

With animo (ante- and post-class. and rare):

cum animo attendi ad quaerendum, Pac., Trag. Rel. p. 79 Rib.: nunc quid petam, aequo animo attendite,

Ter. Hec. prol. 20:

quid istud sit, animo attendatis,

App. Flor. 9: ut magis magisque attendant animo, Vulg. Eccli. prol.; so,

in verbis meis attende in corde tuo,

ib. ib. 16, 25.—

To strive eagerly for something, long for: puer, ne attenderis Petere a me id quod nefas sit concedi tibi, Att. ap. Non. p. 238, 19 (Trag. Rel. p. 173 Rib.).—Hence, attentus, a, um, P. a.

Directed to something, attentive, intent on:

Ut animus in spe attentus fuit,

Ter. And. 2, 1, 3:

Quo magis attentas aurīs animumque reposco,

Lucr. 6, 920:

Verba per attentam non ibunt Caesaris aurem,

Hor. S. 2, 1, 19:

si attentos animos ad decoris conservationem tenebimus,

Cic. Off. 1, 37, 131:

cum respiceremus attenti ad gentem,

Vulg. Thren. 4, 17:

eaque dum animis attentis admirantes excipiunt,

Cic. Or. 58, 197:

acerrima atque attentissima cogitatio,

a very acute and close manner of thinking, id. de Or. 3, 5, 17:

et attentum monent Graeci a principio faciamus judicem et docilem,

id. ib. 2, 79, 323; 2, 19, 80; id. Inv. 1, 16, 23; Auct. ad Her. 1, 4:

Ut patris attenti, lenonis ut insidiosi,

Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 172:

judex circa jus attentior,

Quint. 4, 5, 21.—

Intent on, striving after something, careful, frugal, industrious:

unum hoc vitium fert senectus hominibus: Attentiores sumus ad rem omnes quam sat est,

Ter. Ad. 5, 3, 48:

nimium ad rem in senectā attente sumus,

id. ib. 5, 8, 31:

tum enim cum rem habebas, quaesticulus te faciebat attentiorem,

Cic. Fam. 9, 16, 7:

paterfamilias et prudens et attentus,

id. Quinct. 3:

Durus, ait, Voltei, nimis attentusque videris Esse mihi,

Hor. Ep. 1, 7, 91:

asper et attentus quaesitis,

id. S. 2, 6, 82:

vita,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 15, 44 Matth.:

qui in re adventiciā et hereditariā tam diligens, tam attentus esset,

id. Verr. 2, 2, 48:

antiqui attenti continentiae,

Val. Max. 2, 5, 5.— Comp.: hortor vos attentiori studio lectionem facere, * Vulg. Eccli. prol.—Hence, adv.: atten-tē, attentively, carefully, etc.:

attente officia servorum fungi,

Ter. Heaut. 1, 1, 14;

audire,

Cic. Phil. 2, 5; id. Clu. 3 fin.; id. de Or. 2, 35, 148; id. Brut. 54, 200:

legere,

id. Fam. 7, 19:

parum attente dicere,

Gell. 4, 15:

custodire attente,

Vulg. Jos. 22, 5.— Comp.:

attentius audire,

Cic. Clu. 23:

acrius et attentius cogitare,

id. Fin. 5, 2, 4:

attentius agere aliquid,

Sall. C. 52, 18:

spectare,

Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 197:

invicem diligere,

Vulg. 1 Pet 1, 22.— Sup.:

attentissime audire,

Cic. de Or. 1, 61, 259.

at-tŏno (better than adt-), ŭi, ĭtum, 1, v. a., to thunder at; hence, to stun, stupefy (a poet. word of the Aug. per.; most frequent as P. a.; syn.: percello, perturbo, terreo): altitudo attonat, Maecen. ap. Sen. Ep. 19:

quis furor vestras attonuit mentes!

Ov. M. 3, 532; id. H. 4, 50.—Hence, attŏnĭtus ( adt-), a, um, P. a., thundered at; hence trop. as in Gr. embrontêtheis, embrontêtos.

Thunderstruck, stunned, terrified, stupefied, astonished, amazed, confounded:

attonitus est stupefactus. Nam proprie attonitus dicitur, cui casus vicini fulminis et sonitus tonitruum dant stuporem,

Serv. ad Verg. A. 3, 172:

quo fragore edito concidunt homines, exanimantur, quidam vero vivi stupent, et in totum sibi excidunt, quos vocamus attonitos, quorum mentes sonus ille caelestis loco pepulit,

Sen. Q. N. 2, 27:

aures,

Curt. 8, 4, 2; Petr. 101:

talibus attonitus visis ac voce deorum,

Verg. A. 3, 172:

attonitus tanto miserarum turbine rerum,

Ov. M. 7, 614; 4, 802; 8, 777; 9, 409 and 574; 11, 127; 8, 681 al.: alii novitate ac miraculo attoniti, Liv 1, 47; 2, 12; 5, 46; 3, 68 fin.; 7, 36; 30, 30; 39, 15;

44, 10: subitae rei miraculo attoniti,

Tac. H. 4, 49; so id. ib. 2, 42; 3, 13. —With de:

mentis de lodice parandā Attonitae,

crazed, bewildered about getting a bed-blanket, Juv. 7, 67.—Also without an abl.:

Attonitae manibusque uterum celare volenti, Ov M. 2, 463: mater... Attonitae diu similis fuit,

id. ib. 5, 510; 6, 600;

12, 498: ut integris corporibus attoniti conciderent,

Liv. 10, 29:

attoniti vultus,

Tac. H. 1, 40:

circumspectare inter se attoniti,

id. ib. 2, 29:

attonitis etiam victoribus,

id. ib. 4, 72:

attonitā magis quam quietā contione,

id. A. 1, 39:

attonitis jam omnibus,

Suet. Caes. 28; id. Claud. 38; id. Dom. 17:

attonitos habes oculos,

Vulg. Job, 15, 12; ib. Prov 16, 30.— Poet., with gen.:

attonitus serpentis equus,

Sil. 6, 231.—Also poet. transf. to inanimate things:

neque enim ante dehiscent Attonitae magna ora domūs,

Verg. A. 6, 53 (but acc. to Serv. in an act. sense, syn. with attonitos facientes, stupendae, stunning, terrifying, as pallida senectus, etc.):

mensa,

Val. Fl. 1, 45:

arces,

Sil. 4, 7 Drak.:

quorundam persuasiones,

Plin. 29, 1, 8, § 28. —

Seized with inspiration, smitten with prophetic fury, inspired, frantic:

attonitae Baccho matres,

Verg. A. 7, 580:

Bacchus attonitae tribuit vexilla catervae,

Stat. S. 5, 1, 116: Vates, * Hor. C. 3, 19, 14.—

* Adv.: attŏnĭtē, frantically, etc.:

Britannia hodieque eum attonite celebrat etc.,

Plin. 30, 1, 4, § 13 (Jan, attonita).

ădŭlescens (only ădŏl- in the verb and part. proper), entis ( gen. plur. usu. adulescentium, e. g. Cic. Tusc. 5, 27 al.:

adulescentum,

Plaut. Ps. 1, 3, 130).

P. a., growing up, not yet come to full growth, young:

eodem ut jure uti senem liceat, quo jure sum usus adulescentior, Ter. Hec. prol. alt. 3: uti adulescentior aetati concederet, etc.,

Sall. H. 1, 11 (Fragm. ap. Prisc. 902).— Trop., of the new Academic philosophy:

adulescentior Academia,

Cic. Fam. 9, 8, 1.— Sup. and adv. not used.—

Subst. comm. gen., one who has not yet attained maturity, a youth, a young man; a young woman, a maiden (between the puer and juvenis, from the 15th or 17th until past the 30th year, often even until near the 40th; but the same person is often called in one place adulescens, and in another juvenis, e. g. Cic. Fam. 2, 1, with Att. 2, 12; cf. id. Top. 7; often the adulescentia passes beyond the period of manhood, even to senectus; while in other cases adulescentia is limited to 25 years, Cic. Tusc. 2, 1, 2 Goer.: “Primo gradu usque ad annum XV. pueros dictos, quod sint puri, i. e. impubes. Secundo ad XXX. annum ab adolescendo sic nominatos,” Varr. ap. Censor. cap. 14. “Tertia (aetas) adulescentia ad gignendum adulta, quae porrigitur (ab anno XIV.) usque ad vigesimum octavum annum,” Isid. Orig. 11, 2, 4. Thus Cicero, in de Or. 2, 2, calls Crassus adulescens, though he was 34 years old; in id. Phil. 2, 44, Brutus and Cassius, when in their 40th year, are called adulescentes; and in id. ib. 46, Cicero calls himself, at the time of his consulship, i. e. in his 44th year, adulescens; cf. Manut. ap. Cic. Fam. 2, 1, p. 146):

tute me ut fateare faciam esse adulescentem moribus,

Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 67:

bonus adulescens,

Ter. And. 4, 7, 4:

adulescentes bonā indole praediti,

Cic. Sen. 8, 26:

adulescens luxu perditus,

Ter. Ad. 4, 7, 42:

adulescens perditus et dissolutus,

Cic. Tusc. 4, 25; Vulg. Gen. 34, 19; ib. Matt. 19, 20.—Homo and adulescens are often used together:

amanti homini adulescenti,

Plaut. Trin. 4, 2, 94; Ter. Phorm. 5, 9, 53; Cic. Fam. 2, 15:

hoc se labore durant homines adulescentes,

Caes. B. G. 6, 28; Sall. C. 38; id. J. 6; Liv. 2, 6.— Fem.:

optimae adulescenti facere injuriam,

Ter. And. 3, 2, 8:

Africani filia adulescens,

Cic. Div. 1, 18 fin. The young Romans who attended the proconsuls and propraetors in the provinces were sometimes called adulescentes (commonly contubernales), Caes. B. C. 1, 23; 1, 51. Sometimes adulescens serves to distinguish the younger of two persons of the same name:

Brutus adulescens,

Caes. B. G. 7, 87: P. Crassus adulescens, id. ib. 1, 52, and 3, 7:

L. Caesar adulescens,

id. B. C. 1, 8.

advento, āvi, ātum, 1, v. freq. [id.], to come continually nearer to a point (cotidianis itineribus accedere et appropinquare, Manut. ad Cic. Fam. 2, 6 init.), to come on, to approach, to arrive at or come to (esp. with the access. idea of speed, haste; only a few times in Cic., and never in his orations; in the histt. used esp. of the advance of the enemy's army in military order, and the like, cf. Herz. ad Auct. B. G. 8, 20; hence without the signif. of a hostile attack, which adoriri and aggredi have); constr. absol., with adv., prepp., the dat., or acc., cf. Rudd. II. p. 136.

Absol.: multi alii adventant, Enn. ap. Macr. 6, 15 (Trag. v. 73 Vahl.):

te id admonitum advento,

Plaut. Aul. 2, 1, 24:

quod jam tempus adventat,

advances with rapid strides, Cic. de Or. 1, 45, 199:

adventans senectus,

id. Sen. 1, 2:

tu adventare ac prope adesse jam debes,

id. Att. 4. 17:

Caesar adventare, jam jamque adesse ejus equites falso nuntiabantur,

Caes. B. C. 1, 14; Auct. B. G. 8, 20.—

With adv. of place: quo cum adventaret, etc., Auct. B. G. 8, 26.—

With prepp.:

ad Italiam,

Cic. Fam. 2, 6, 1:

ad urbem,

Verg. A. 11, 514:

sub ipsam finem,

id. ib. 5, 428: in subsidium, Tac. A. 14, 32.—

With dat.:

adventante fatali urbi clade,

Liv. 5, 33:

accipiendo Armeniae regno adventabat,

Tac. A. 16, 23:

portis,

Stat. Th. 11, 20, 2.—

With acc. (cf. advenio):

propinqua Seleuciae adventabat,

Tac. A. 6, 44:

barbaricos pagos ad ventans,

Amm. 14, 10;

so of name of town: postquam Romam adventabant,

Sall. J. 28.

af-fīgo (better adf-), ixi, ixum, 3, v. a. (affixet for affixisset, Sil. 14, 536), to fix or fasten to or upon, to affix, annex, attach to; constr. with ad or dat.

Lit.:

sidera aetherieis adfixa caverneis,

Lucr. 4, 392:

corpus,

id. 4, 1104; 4, 1238:

litteram ad caput,

to affix as a brand, Cic. Rosc. Am. 20 fin.:

Minerva, cui pinnarum talaria adfigunt,

id. N. D. 3, 23:

Prometheus adfixus Caucaso,

id. Tusc. 5, 3, 8: aliquem patibulo, Sall. Fragm. ap. Non. 4, 355:

aliquem cuspide ad terram,

Liv. 4, 19:

aliquem cruci adfigere,

id. 28, 37:

signa Punicis Adfixa delubris,

Hor. C. 3, 5, 19:

lecto te adfixit,

id. S. 1, 1, 81 (cf. Sen. Ep. 67:

senectus me lectulo adfixit): radicem terrae,

Verg. G. 2, 318:

flammam lateri (turris),

id. A. 9, 536 al. —

Trop., to fix on, imprint or impress on:

aliquid animo,

to impress upon the mind, Quint. 2, 7, 18, and Sen. Ep. 11:

litteras pueris,

to imprint on their memory, Quint. 1, 1, 25.—Hence, adfixus, a, um, P. a.

Fastened to a person or thing, joined to; constr. alicui or ad rem:

jubes eum mihi esse adfixum tamquam magistro,

Cic. Q. Fr. 3, 1, 6:

me sibi ille adfixum habebit,

id. Fam. 1, 8:

nos in exiguā parte terrae adfixi,

id. Rep. 1, 17:

anus adfixa foribus,

Tib. 1, 6, 61:

Tarraconensis adfixa Pyrenaeo,

situated close to, Plin. 3, 2, § 6. — Trop., impressed on, fixed to:

causa in animo sensuque meo penitus adfixa atque insita,

Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 53:

quae semper adfixa esse videntur ad rem neque ab eā possunt separari,

id. Inv. 1, 26 al. —

In the Latin of the Pandects: adfixa, ōrum, n., the appendages or appurtenances belonging to a possession:

domum instructam legavit cum omnibus adfixis,

with all pertaining thereto, all the fixtures, Dig. 33, 7, 18 fin.

af-flīgo (better adf-), ixi, ictum, 3, v. a. (afflixint = afflixerint, Front. ad M. Caes. 3, 3).

Lit., to strike or beat a thing to some point, to cast or throw down or against, to dash, somewhere by striking; esp. of ships which are driven or cast away by the wind. —Constr. with ad or dat.:

te ad terram, scelus, adfligam,

I will dash thee to the earth, Plaut. Pers. 5, 2, 15, and id. Rud. 4, 3, 71:

nolo equidem te adfligi,

id. Most. 1, 4, 19:

statuam,

to throw down, overthrow, Cic. Pis. 38; so,

monumentum,

id. Cael. 32: domum, id. pro Dom. 40: (alces) si quo adflictae casu conciderint, Caes. B. G. 6, 27:

infirmas arbores pondere adfligunt,

id. ib.:

tempestas naves Rhodias adflixit, ita ut, etc.,

dashed them about, shattered them, id. B. C. 3, 27.—So in descriptions of a battle:

equi atque viri adflicti, etc.,

Sall. J.101,11:

ubi scalae comminutae, qui supersteterant, adflicti sunt,

were thrown down, id. ib. 60, 7:

ubi Mars communis et victum saepe erigeret et adfligeret victorem,

Liv. 28, 19:

imaginem solo,

Tac. H. 1, 41:

caput saxo,

to dash against, id. A. 4, 45:

aquila duos corvos adflixit et ad terram dedit,

Suet. Aug. 96 Ruhnk.; so id. Dom. 23.— Poet., Ov. M. 12, 139; 14, 206; Sil. 9, 631.—

Fig.

To ruin, weaken, cast down, prostrate: cum prospero flatu ejus (fortunae) utimur, ad exitus pervehimur optatos;

et cum reflavit, adfligimur,

Cic. Off. 2, 6:

virtus nostra nos adflixit,

has ruined, id. Fam. 14, 4; id. Sest. 7:

Pompeius ipse se adflixit,

id. Att. 2, 19:

senectus enervat et adfligit homines,

id. Sen. 70:

opes hostium,

Liv. 2, 16:

aliquem bello,

id. 28, 39:

Othonianas partes,

Tac. H. 2, 33:

amicitias,

Suet. Tib. 51; so id. Aug. 66 et saep.—

To reduce, lower, or lessen in value (syn. minuo):

hoc oratoris esse maxime proprium, rem augere posse laudando, vituperandoque rursus adfligere,

to bring down, Cic. Brut. 12.— Trop., of courage, to cast down, dishearten, to diminish, lessen, impair:

animos adfligere et debilitare metu,

Cic. Tusc. 4, 15, 34.—

Adfligere causam susceptam, to let a lawsuit which has been undertaken fall through, to give up, abandon, Cic. Sest. 41, 89.—Hence, afflictus ( adf-), a, um, P. a.

Cast down, ill used, wretched, miserable, unfortunate, distressed; lit. and trop.:

naves,

damaged, shattered, Caes. B. G. 4, 31:

Graecia perculsa et adflicta et perdita,

Cic. Fl. 7:

ab adflictā amicitiā transfugere et ad florentem aliam devolare,

id. Quint. 30:

non integra fortuna, at adflicta,

id. Sull. 31:

adflictum erigere,

id. Imp. Pomp. 29.— Comp.:

adflictiore condicione esse,

id. Fam. 6,1;

hence: res adflictae (like accisae and adfectae),

disordered, embarrassed, ruined circumstances, affairs in a bad state, ill condition, Sall. J. 76, 6; so Luc. 1, 496; Just. 4, 5:

copiae,

Suet. Oth. 9.—

Fig.

Of the mind: cast down, dejected, discouraged, desponding:

aegritudine adflictus, debilitatus, jacens,

Cic. Tusc. 4, 16:

luctu,

id. Phil. 9, 5:

maerore,

id. Cat. 2, 1:

adflictus vitam in tenebris luctuque trahebam,

Verg. A. 2, 92; Suet. Oth. 9.—

Of character, like abjectus, abandoned, outcast, depraved, low, mean, base, vile:

homo adflictus et perditus,

Cic. Phil. 3, 10:

nemo tam adflictis est moribus, quin, etc.,

Macr. S. 6, 7.— Sup. and adv. not used.

ămārus, a, um, adj. [cf. ômos; Sanscr. āmas = raw, amlas = sour; Germ. Ampfer = sorrel, Curtius; cf. Heb., mar = bitter], bitter (syn. acerbus).

Lit., of tasto (opp. dulcis):

absinthi latex,

Lucr. 1, 941; 4, [p. 101] 15:

amara atque aspera,

id. 2, 404:

sensusjudicat dulce, amarum,

Cic. Fin. 2, 12; so id. N. D. 3, 13:

salices,

pungent, Verg. E. 1, 79: Doris amara, brackish, i. e. the sea, id. ib. 10, 5:

os,

bitter taste in the mouth, Cels. 1, 3:

calices amariores,

i. e. harsh wine, Cat. 27, 2:

aquae amarissimae,

Vulg. Num. 5, 18.—

Transf.

Of the hearing, rough, sharp, shrill (cf. acer):

sonitus,

Stat. Th. 10, 553, and,

Of smell, disagreeable, offensive:

fructus amarus odore,

Plin. 18, 12, 30, § 122.—

Trop.

Calamitous, unpleasant, sad (mostly poet.):

amara dies et nectis amarior umbra,

Tib. 2, 4, 11:

casus,

Ov. Tr. 5, 4, 15; so,

amara mors,

Vulg. 1 Reg. 15, 32:

amores dulces aut amari,

Verg. E. 3, 110:

amarissimae leges necessitatis,

Val. Max. 7, 6:

amaritudo mea amarissima,

Vulg. Isa. 38, 17.— Subst. plur., bitterness, bitter things:

et amara laeto Temperet risu,

Hor. C. 2, 16, 26:

amara curarum,

id. ib. 4, 12, 19.—

Of speech, bitter, biting, acrimonious, sarcastic, caustic, severe:

dictis amaris,

Ov. Tr. 3, 11, 31; so,

scriptis,

id. P. 4, 14, 37:

hostis,

Verg. A. 10, 900:

sales,

Quint. 10, 1, 117.—

Of conduct, morose, ill - natured, sour, irritable: mulieres, * Ter. Hec. 4, 4, 88:

amariorem me senectus facit,

Cic. Att. 14, 21.— Adv., bitterly, in three forms:

ămārē, Plaut. Truc. 1, 2, 78; Sen. Ben. 5, 23; Vulg. Isa. 22, 4; ib. Matt. 26, 75.— Comp., Macr. Somn. Scip. 2, 1.— Sup., Suet. Tib. 54.—

ămā-rĭter, Hier. Ep. 23.—

ămārum, App. M. 6, p. 178, 26; Amm. 21, 9 fin.