senis N M

    senex senis, adj. with comp. senior    [SEN-], old, aged, advanced in years: si qui senes ac deformes erant: porci, Iu.: nemo est tam senex qui se annum non putet posse vivere: quo erat nemo fere senior: quae vis senior est quam, etc.: seniores anni, O.: senior quam illa aetas ferebat, oratio, more mature.—As subst m., posit., an old man, aged person, graybeard (usu. of more than sixty years): ut tum ad senem senex de senectute, sic, etc.: senem in patriam revertentem, unde puer profectus sum, L.: Mixta senum ac iuvenum densentur funera, H.: ter aevo functus senex, i. e. Nestor, H.—As subst f., an old woman, Tb.— Comp, an elder, elderly person (usu. between fortyfive and sixty years of age): si quis Forte coheredum senior male tussiet, H.: seniores a iunioribus divisit: centuriae seniorum ac iuniorum, L.: omnium seniorum precibus excitati, Cs.: Vix ea fatus erat senior (i. e. senex), V.: senior Inachus, O. I II

    sēnī ae, a, gen. senūm, num distrib.    [sex], six each: cum in sex partīs divisus exercitus Romanus senis horis in orbem succederet proelio, L.: nt tribuni militum seni deni in quattuor legiones crearentur, i. e. sixteen each, L.: senūm pedum crassitudo, Cs.: pueri annorum senūm septenūmque denūm, of sixteen and seventeen years.—Six (poet. for sex): tradiderat natalibus actis Bis puerum senis, past his twelfth birthday, O.: pedes, i. e. hexameter, H.: senos reddere ictūs (of the senarius), H.

I. II.

    ambiō (imperf. ambibat, O., L., Ta.), īvī and iī, ītus, īre    [ambi + eo], to go round, go about: terram lunae cursus: Siculae fundamina terrae, O.—To surround, encircle, encompass: ambitae litora terrae, O.: Thracam ambiat Hebrus, H.: moenia, Quae flammis ambit amnis, V.: vallum armis, Ta. —Fig., to canvass for votes: singulos ex senatu, S.: ambiuntur, rogantur cives.—To secure by canvassing, win by solicitation, entreat, solicit, court: senis amicos, T.: connubiis Latinum, V.: te prece, H.: nuptiis ambiri, to be sought in marriage, Ta.

    amplius indecl.    [ comp n. of amplus], orig. a neut. adj. used with indef. subj., or substantively; also As adv.; and with numerals, etc., without grammatical construction.    I. adj.—With indef subjj., nihil, quid, hoc, etc., more, further, besides, in addition: quid faciam amplius? T.: Numquid nam amplius tibi cum illā fuit? T.: quid a me amplius dicendum putatis?: Quid tibi mea ars efficere hoc possit amplius? T.: nec rei amplius quicquam fuit, T.: nihil amplius dicam quam victoriam, etc.: et hoc amplius censeo, make this further motion: nihil amplius, that is all: Excedam tectis, an, si nihil amplius, obstem? i. e. if I can do no more, O.—    II. As subst, more, a greater amount, larger sum: aedilis, hoc est paulo amplius quam privatus, something more: nescio an amplius mihi negoti contrahatur: si sit opus liquidi non amplius urnā, H.: at ego amplius dico, make a broader assertion: Segestanis imponere amplius quam ferre possent: amplius frumenti auferre: si amplius obsidum velit, dare pollicentur, Cs.: alii plures (uxores) habent, sed reges eo amplius, i. e. as many more as they are able to have, being kings, S.: at ne quos amplius Rhenum transire pateretur, no more, Cs.—Esp., with comp abl. of space, time, and number: uti... non amplius quinis aut senis milibus passuum interesset, no greater space, Cs.: ab Capsā non amplius duum millium intervallo, S.: cum iam amplius horis sex continenter pugnaretur, longer than, Cs.: amplius uno die morari, S.: non amplius duobus milibus habere, more, S.—    III. As adv., more, further, besides, beyond: ut esset amplius populo cautum, give further security: non luctabor tecum amplius: vadari amplius, to exact additional bail: quoniam amplius arma valuissent, S.: nec amplius armis, sed votis... exposcere pacem, no longer, V.: nec se celare tenebris amplius... potuit, V.: in illo exercitu cuncta fuere et alia amplius, S.: felices ter et amplius, H.: neque amplius potestatem faciundam, nisi de eo indicaret, S.—Esp., in court, in postponing a cause: amplius pronuntiare. —    IV. Idiomat., mostly with numerals, more than: amplius viginti urbes incenduntur, more than twenty, Cs.: amplius annos triginta tribunus fuerat, S.: me non amplius novem annos nato, N.: noctem non amplius unam, V.: non amplius milia passuum decem abesse, Cs.: spatium, quod est non amplius pedum sexcentorum, Cs.: amplius sestertium ducentiens: amplius centum cives: cum mille non amplius equitibus, S.: binas aut amplius domos continuare, i. e. occupy two or more residences each, S.: medium non amplius aequor Puppe secabatur, not more than half-way, O.: ne reiciendi quidem amplius quam trium iudicum... potestas (the phrase amplius quam trium is treated as a num.): non amplius quam terna milia... expensum, N. I II

    canō cecinī, —, ere (P. perf. supplied by canto)    [1 CAN-].    I. Intrans, to utter melodious notes, make music, sing, sound, play.—Of men: celebrare dapes canendo, O.: tibicen sine tibiis canere non possit: harundine, O.: imitari Pana canendo, V.: Movit Amphion lapides canendo, H.: ad tibicinem de virtutibus, etc.: ululanti voce more Asiatic<*> canere, to chant, use sing-song.—Prov.: non canimus surdis, preach to the deaf, V.—Of birds, etc.: galli victi silere solent, canere victores, to crow: gallina cecinit, interdixit hariolus (a bad omen), T.—Of the owl, to hoot, V.—Meton., of instruments or a piece of music, to sound, resound, be played: canentes tibiae: cum in conviviis symphonia caneret: maestae tubae, Pr.—Of signals, to sound, be sounded, resound: semel bisne signum canat in castris, L.: repente a tergo signa canere, S.: Signa canunt, V.: classicum apud eos cecinit, L.: receptui canere, to sound a retreat, Cs.: Hasdrubal receptui propere cecinit, L.: nisi receptui cecinisset, sounded a counter-march, L.—Fig.: revocante et receptui canente senatu.—    II. Trans. with cognate acc., to sing, play, rehearse, recite, compose: id carmen: in eum carmina incondita, L.: versūs: verba ad certos modos, O.: praecepta, H.: indoctum, H.: Haec super arvorum cultu, V. — Of frogs: veterem querellam, croaked, V. — Prov.: Cantilenam eandem canis, ever the old tune, T.—With definite obj, to sing, celebrate in song, sing of, praise: virorum laudes: suas laudes, L.: reges et proelia, V.: Quas strages Turnus Ediderit, V.: Herculem, Ta.: Liberum et Musas, H.: plectro graviore Gigantas, O.: arma virumque, V.: (fama) facta atque infecta canit, trumpets, V.—Prov.: vana surdis auribus, L.—Of oracles or diviners, to give response (in verse), prophesy, foretell, predict, utter: horrendas ambages, V.: fera fata, H.: Artificis scelus, V.: haec quae nunc fiunt: Sibylla quae senis fata canit pedibus, Tb.: te mater aucturum caelestium numerum cecinit, L.: quae nunc usu veniunt, N.: Hoc signum cecinit missuram creatrix (sc. se), V.: quaeque diu latuere, O.: cecinere vates, idque carmen pervenerat, etc., L. — Of signals, to blow, sound, give: tubicines signa canere, give the signal for battle, S.: classicum apud eum cani iubet, Cs.: bellicum, call to arms: Gallos adesse, signalled, V.—Poet.: (bucina) cecinit iussos receptūs, O. I II

    curvō āvī, ātus, āre    [curvus], to crook, bend, bow, curve, round: Curvari manūs et crescere in unguīs, O.: flexile cornu, O.: lances, i. e. by its weight, H.: Fronte curvatos imitatus ignīs lunae, the flaming sickle, H.: curvata in montis faciem unda, rolling, V.: curvato gurgite, arched, V.: Nec curvarent Aeacon anni, cause to stoop, O.: curvata senis membra, Ta.—Fig., to make to yield, bend, move: te, H.

    decōrus adj.    [decor], becoming, fitting, seemly, proper, suitable, decorous: color deo: virginitati, L.: ad ornatum: decorus est senis sermo: silentium, H.: Dulce et decorum est pro patria mori, H.: decorum erat ipsis capessere pugnam, L.— Ornamented, adorned, fine, beautiful, handsome: aedes, H.: galeae ensesque, V.: arma, S.: palaestra, noble, skilful, H.: ductores ostro, V.: Medi pharetrā, H.: dea formā, O.

    dērīvō āvī, ātus, āre    [de + rivus], to lead off, turn away: aqua ex flumine derivata, Cs.—Fig., to draw, derive, bring: nihil in suam domum inde: Hoc fonte derivata clades, H.— To divert, turn aside, transfer: in me iram senis, T.: derivandi criminis causā: partem in Asiam curae: alio responsionem suam.

    dē-scrībō īpsī, īptus, ere    (often confounded with discribo), to copy off, transcribe, write out, write down: a te librum (i. e. a tuo exemplo): descriptam legem adferunt, the draf<*> in foliis carmina, V.: in cortice Carmina, carve, V.: ius ab antiquā gente, copy, adopt, L.—To sketch, describe, draw, depict, represent: formas in harenā: caeli meatūs radio, V.—Fig., to represent, delineate, describe: res verbis describenda: dignus describi, quod malus ac fur, etc., H.: volnera Parthi, H.: cum pluvius describitur arcus, H.: facta versibus, N.: Votivā descripta tabellā Vita senis, H.—To define, prescribe, fix, assign: iura finium: rationem totius belli: classīs ex censu, L.: vices (poetae), H.: in quattuor urbanas tribūs libertinos, L.: in duodecim mensīs annum, L.: vecturas frumenti finitimis civitatibus, Cs.: suum cuique munus.

    dis-cēdō cessī, cessus, ere,    to go apart, part asunder, divide, separate, disperse, scatter: ex hac fugā auxilia discesserunt, Cs.: lignationis causā in silvas, Cs.: ut sodalitates decuriatique discederent: cum discedere populum iussissent tribuni, L.: in duas partīs, S.: cum terra discessisset: caelum, opens: scaena ut versis discedat frontibus, open, V.—To go away, depart, leave: petebat ut discedere liceret, Cs.: misere discedere quaerens, H.: ab exercitu, Cs.: a senis latere: e Galliā: ex contione, Cs.: de foro: templo, O.: longius ab agmine discedi, Cs.: de colloquio discessum, L.: in loca occulta, S.: ad urbem, V.: ex castris domum, Cs.: domos suas, N.—Of troops, to march off, march away, decamp: discessit a Brundisio, Cs.: ex hibernis, Cs.: Tarracone, Cs.: ab signis, to leave the standard, Cs.: exercitus ab signis discessit, disbanded, L.: ab armis, to lay down their arms, Cs.: in itinere ab eo, desert, Cs. — From a battle, to get away, come away, come off, be left, remain: se superiores discessisse existimare, Cs.: victor discessit ab hoste, H.: victus, S.: graviter volneratus, S.: ut inanes discederent: aequā manu, S.: aequo Marte, L.: sine detrimento, Cs. —From a trial or struggle, to come off, get off, be left, remain: ut spoliis ex hoc iudicio ornati discedant: se superiorem discessurum: liberatus, N.: si istius haec iniuria inpunita discesserit: pulchre, T.: turpissime: a iudicio capitis maximā gloriā, N.: Discedo Alcaeus puncto illius, he votes me an Alcaeus, H.—Fig., to depart, deviate, swerve from, leave, forsake, give up, abandon: nihil a statu naturae: a fide: a suā sententiā, Cs.: ab amicis in magnā re peccantibus.—To pass away, vanish, cease: audivi quartanam a te discessisse: ex animo illius memoria: hostibus spes potiundi oppidi discessit, Cs.: ubi hae sollicitudines discessere, L.—In the phrase, in sententiam discedere, to adopt a view, pass over to a party, vote for a measure: senatus in Catonis sententiam discessit, S.: senatus in alia omnia discessit: in hanc sententiam ut discederetur, L.: illud SC, quo numquam ante discessum est, Cs.—To leave in thought, depart: cum a vobis discesserim, i. e. except you: ut cum ab illo discesserint, me habeant proximum.

    latus eris, n    [PLAT-], the side, flank: cuius latus mucro petebat: lateri adcommodat ensem, V.: si tetigit latus acrior, nudged, Iu.: lateris dolore consumptus, pleurisy: lateris vigili cum febre dolor, Iu.: utne tegam Damae latus, walk beside, H.: servi claudit latus, gives the wall to, Iu.: negotia circa saliunt latus, encompass, H.: a senis latere numquam discedere, never leave his side.—The side, body, person: latere tecto abscedere, unharmed, T.: Penna latus vestit, tenet, O.: fessum longā militiā, H.—Of speakers, the lungs: nobilitatus ex lateribus et lacertis tuis: legem bonis lateribus suadere.—Of things, the side, flank, lateral surface: terra angusta verticibus, lateribus latior: latus unum castrorum, Cs.: Illyricum, coast, Iu.: castelli, S.: tum prora avertit et undis Dat latus, the ship's side, V.: ubi pulsarunt acres latera ardua fluctūs, O.: Nudum remigio, H.—Of an army, the flank, wing, side: equites ad latera disponit, on the wings, Cs.: latere tecto abscedere, with flank protected, i. e. safely, T.: latere aperto, the flank exposed, Cs.: ne in frontem simul et latera pugnaretur, Ta.: latere inde sinistro petit, farther to the left, O.: a tergo, a fronte, a lateribus tenebitur, on the sides: ab utroque latere, Cs.: ab latere adgredi, L.: ex lateribus ceteros adgreditur, S.—Fig., the person, life: regi latus cingebant, attached themselves closely, L.: lateri adhaerere gravem dominum, was pressing upon them, L.: addit eos ab latere tyranni, the intimates, L. I II

    nātālis e, adj.    [natus], of birth, birth-, natal: ubi erit puero natalis dies, T.: dies vere natalis huius urbis: astrum, H.: lux, O.: Delos Apollinis, birthplace, H.—As subst m. (sc. dies; abl. nātālī), a birthday: ad urbem (veni) tertio Non., natali meo: natalīs grate numeras? H.: meus, V.: natalibus actis Bis senis, O.— The god of birth, Tb., O.— Plur m., birth, origin, lineage, family: tuis natalibus Inveniet quisquam sublimius? Iu.: mulier natalibus clara, O.

    praecordia ōrum, n    [prae+cor], the muscle which parts the chest from the abdomen, midriff, diaphragm: subter praecordia: praecordia pressit senis, i. e. stopped his breath, Iu.— The entrails, stomach: anulus in praecordiis piscis inventus est: quid veneni saevit in praecordiis, H.— The breast, heart: in terrā ponunt praecordia, lay their breasts upon, O.: spiritu remanente in praecordiis, L.: frigidus coit in praecordia sanguis, V.: verax aperit praecordia Liber, H.: tacitā sudant praecordia culpā, Iu.: stolidae mentis, i. e. folly, O.

    prae-sāgus adj.,    perceiving beforehand, divining, prophetic, presaging: pectora, O.: mali mens, V.: luctūs suspiria, O.—Prophetic, indicating beforehand: Verba senis, O.: fulminis ignes, V.

    premō essī, essus, ere    [PREM-], to press: ad pectora natos, V.: anguem humi, to tread on, V.: membra paterna rotis, i. e. drove her chariot over the body, O.: trabes Premunt columnas, press upon, H.: ubera plena, i. e. milk, O.: frena manu, grasp, O.: dente frena, champ, O.: grana ore suo, chew, O.: presso molari, with compressed teeth, Iu.: pressum lac, i. e. cheese, V.: quod surgente die mulsere, Nocte premunt, make into cheese, V.: litus, hug the shore, H.— To press out, express, obtain by pressing: pressa tuis balanus capillis, i. e. balsam, H.: oleum, express, H.— To press upon, lie on, rest on, be upon: humum, O.: toros, O.: hoc quod premis habeto, O.: pharetram cervice, O.— To cover, bury, suppress, hide: alqd terrā, H.: Omne lucrum tenebris premebat humus, O.: ossa male pressa, i. e. buried, O.: Conlectum sub naribus ignem, repressing (of a horse), V.— To cover, crown, adorn: ut premerer sacrā lauro, H.: Fronde crinem, V.— To press hard, bear upon, crowd, throng, pursue closely: Hac fugerent Grai, premeret Troiana iuventus, thronged, V.: Hinc Rutulus premit, V.: hostīs ex loco superiore, Cs.: naves cum adversarios premerent acrius, N.: Trīs famulos, i. e. kill., V.: ad retia cervom, chase, V.— To press down, burden, load, freight: Nescia quem premeret, on whose back she sat, O.: pressae carinae, loaded, V.— To press down, depress, cause to sink: sors, quae tollit eosdem, Et premit, O.: mundus ut ad Scythiam Consurgit, premitur, etc., is depressed, V.: dentīs in vite, O.: presso sub vomere, V.: cubito remanete presso, i. e. rest on your couches, H.— To mark, impress: littera articulo pressa tremente, written, O.: multā via pressa rotā, O.— To set out, plant: virgulta per agros, V.: pressae propaginis arcūs, layers, V.— To press down, make deep, impress: vestigio leviter presso: sulcum, draw a furrow, V.: cavernae in altitudinem pressae, Cu.— To press close, compress, close, shut: oculos, V.: fauces, O.: laqueo collum, strangle, H.: praecordia senis, stop the breath, Iu.: quibus illa premetur Per somnum digitis, choked, Iu. — To shorten, keep down, prune: falce vitem, H.: luxuriem falce, O.— To check, arrest: vestigia, V. — To visit frequently, frequent: forum.—Fig., to press, be pressing, burden, oppress, overwhelm, weigh down: necessitas eum premebat: aerumnae, quae me premunt, S.: pressus gravitate soporis, O.: aere alieno premi, Cs.: premi periculis.— To press, press upon, urge, drive, importune, pursue, press hard: cum a me premeretur: Criminibus premunt veris, urge, O.: a plerisque ad exeundum premi, to be importuned, N.: Numina nulla premunt, V.: (deus) Os rabidum fingit premendo, i. e. by his inspiration, V.— To follow up, press home, urge, dwell upon: argumentum etiam atque etiam: (vocem) pressit, i. e. laid to heart, V.— To cover, hide, conceal: dum nocte premuntur, V.: iam te premet nox, H.— To lower, pull down, humble, degrade, disparage, depreciate: premebat eum factio, kept him down, L.: hunc prensantem premebat nobilitas, opposed his candidacy, L.: arma Latini, V.: opuscula (opp. laudet ametque), H.— To compress, abridge, condense: haec Zeno sic premebat.— To check, arrest, repress, restrain: cursum ingeni tui, Brute, premit haec clades: vocem, to be silent, V. — To surpass, exceed, overshadow: Facta premant annos, O.: ne prisca vetustas Laude pudicitiae saecula nostra premat, O.— To keep down, rule: ventos imperio, V.: Mycenas servitio, V.

    Rōsciānus adj.,     of Roscius: imitatio senis, Roscius's.

    torpeō —, —, ēre    [TORP-], to be stiff, be numb, be inactive, be torpid: torpentes gelu, numb, L.: torpent infractae ad proelia vires, V.: torpente palato, Iu.—Fig., to be stupid, be stupefied, be dull, be inactive: torpentibus metu qui aderant, L.: deum volumus cessatione torpere: Defixis oculis animoque et corpore torpet, H.: cum Pausiacā torpes tabellā, are lost in admiration, H.: frigere ac torpere senis consilia, are feeble, L.: si tua re subitā consilia torpent, i. e. if you are surprised out of your self-possession, L.: Tyrii desperatione torpebant, Cu.