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Crēta, ae (nom. Crētē, Mel. 2, 7, 12; Ov. M. 8, 118; 9, 668; 9, 735; acc. Creten, id. ib. 8, 99; Hor. C. 3, 27, 34 al.;

on the contrary, Cretam,

Verg. A. 3, 129 al.), f., = Krêtê, Crete, an island in the Mediterranean Sea, distinguished in ancient times by its fruitfulness and very early cultivation, now Candia, Mel. l. l.; Plin. 4, 12, 20, § 58; Verg. A. 3, 104; Hor. Epod. 9, 29; Cic. Fl. 13, 30; id. Phil. 2, 38, 97; Vell. 2, 34, 1; Varr. R. R. 1, 7, 6; Plin. 15, 11, 10, § 37.— Hence,

Crēs, Crētis, m., and Cressa, ae, f., = Krês, Krêssa, Cretan; or as subst., a Cretan; a Cretan woman.

Masc. Cres:

Epimenides,

Cic. Div. 1, 18, 34.—In plur. Cretes, the Cretans, Cic. Mur. 35, 74; Ov. Am. 3, 10, 19; gen. Cretum, Cic. Tusc. 2, 14, 34; Cat. 55, 23; Ov. F. 1, 594 al.; acc. Cretăs, Caes. B. G. 2, 7; Mel. 1, 16, 1; Ov. H. 16, 348; Luc. 4, 441 al.—

Fem. Cressa, adj.:

pharetra,

Verg. G. 3, 345: nota, made with Cretan earth or chalk (v. 2. Creta, II.), Hor. C. 1, 36, 10:

herbae, for healing in gen.,

Prop. 2, 1, 61 (acc. to Serv. ad Verg. A. 12, 412, perh. for dictamnus): bos, i. e. Pasiphaë (q. v.), id. 4 (5), 7, 57.—Subst. for Ariadne, Ov. Am. 1, 7, 16; for Aĕrope, id. A. A. 1, 327.—

Crēsĭus (in MSS. and edd. also Cressĭus; cf. Verg. A. 5, 285 Wagn.), a, um, adj., = Krê:sios, Cretan:

nemora,

Verg. A. 4, 70:

prodigia, i. e. taurus (v. C.),

id. ib. 8, 295:

regna,

Ov. H. 16, 299:

tecta,

Stat. Th. 12, 582 al. —

Crētaeus, a, um, adj., Cretan:

Ida,

Verg. A. 12, 412:

urbes,

Ov. M. 9, 666:

ratis,

Prop. 3 (4), 19, 26:

taurus,

the bullock which Neptune sent to Minos, Ov. M. 7, 434.— Subst.: Crētaeus, i, m., the Cretan, for Epimenides, Prop. 2, 34 (25), 29.—

Crētānus, i, m., a Cretan (prob. a word coined in sport), Plaut. Curc. 3, 73.—

Crētensis, e, adj., Cretan:

homo, judex,

Cic. Phil. 5, 5, 13 and 14:

Juppiter,

id. N. D. 3, 21, 53:

sagittarii,

Liv. 37, 41, 9 et saep.—In plur.: Crētenses, ium, m., the Cretans ( renowned as archers), Nep. Hann. 9, 2; Liv. 37, 60, 4; 41, 25, 7 al.—

Crētĭcus

, a, um, adj., Cretan:

mare,

Hor. C. 1, 26, 2:

vinum,

Plin. 14, 9, 11, § 81:

labyrinthus,

id. 36, 13, 19, § 90:

bellum,

Flor. 3, 7:

pes,

an amphimacrus, Diom. p. 475 P. al.: versus, composed of the amphimacrus, id. p. 513 ib. al.—

Subst.

Crētĭcus, i, m., a surname of Q. Metellus, from his subjugation of Crete, Flor. 3, 7 fin.; 3, 8, 1; Vell. 2, 34; Cic. Att. 1, 19, 2; cf. id. Fl. 13, 30; Ov. F. 1, 594.—

Crētĭca, ae, f., a plant, called also clematitis, Plin. 25, 8, 54, § 96.—

In the Gr. form Crētĭcē, ēs, f., a plant, called also hibiscus, App. Herb. 38 and 62.—

Crētis, ĭdis, f., a Cretan (woman):

Nymphae,

Ov. F. 3, 444.

crēta, ae, f. [orig. adj., from 1. Creta], Cretan earth, i. e. chalk, white earth or clay.

Prop., Plin. 35, 17, 57, § 195 sq.; Cato, R. R. 39, 2; Varr. R. R. 1, 7, 8 al.;

esp. used for cleansing garments,

Plaut. Aul. 4, 9, 6.—Hence, trop.:

creta est profecto horum hominum oratio,

i. e. removes all trouble from the mind, Plaut. Poen. 5, 2, 10 sq. —

Also used as a cosmetic,

Hor. Epod. 12, 10; Mart. 6, 93, 9; 8, 33, 17 al.;

for seals,

Cic. Fl. 16, 37; cf. cretula, for marking the goal in a race-course, Plin. 8, 42, 65, § 160;

for the making of earthen vessels,

Col. 3, 11, 9; Plin. 14, 20, 25, § 123 et saep.— Poet.:

rapidus cretae Oaxes,

turbulent, Verg. E. 1, 66 Rib. (dub. al. Cretae; v. Forbig. ad loc.). —

From its whiteness is borrowed the trope for something favorable or lucky (opp. carbo), Hor. S. 2, 3, 246; imitated by Pers. 5, 108.

Crēta, ae (nom. Crētē, Mel. 2, 7, 12; Ov. M. 8, 118; 9, 668; 9, 735; acc. Creten, id. ib. 8, 99; Hor. C. 3, 27, 34 al.;

on the contrary, Cretam,

Verg. A. 3, 129 al.), f., = Krêtê, Crete, an island in the Mediterranean Sea, distinguished in ancient times by its fruitfulness and very early cultivation, now Candia, Mel. l. l.; Plin. 4, 12, 20, § 58; Verg. A. 3, 104; Hor. Epod. 9, 29; Cic. Fl. 13, 30; id. Phil. 2, 38, 97; Vell. 2, 34, 1; Varr. R. R. 1, 7, 6; Plin. 15, 11, 10, § 37.— Hence,

Crēs, Crētis, m., and Cressa, ae, f., = Krês, Krêssa, Cretan; or as subst., a Cretan; a Cretan woman.

Masc. Cres:

Epimenides,

Cic. Div. 1, 18, 34.—In plur. Cretes, the Cretans, Cic. Mur. 35, 74; Ov. Am. 3, 10, 19; gen. Cretum, Cic. Tusc. 2, 14, 34; Cat. 55, 23; Ov. F. 1, 594 al.; acc. Cretăs, Caes. B. G. 2, 7; Mel. 1, 16, 1; Ov. H. 16, 348; Luc. 4, 441 al.—

Fem. Cressa, adj.:

pharetra,

Verg. G. 3, 345: nota, made with Cretan earth or chalk (v. 2. Creta, II.), Hor. C. 1, 36, 10:

herbae, for healing in gen.,

Prop. 2, 1, 61 (acc. to Serv. ad Verg. A. 12, 412, perh. for dictamnus): bos, i. e. Pasiphaë (q. v.), id. 4 (5), 7, 57.—Subst. for Ariadne, Ov. Am. 1, 7, 16; for Aĕrope, id. A. A. 1, 327.—

Crēsĭus (in MSS. and edd. also Cressĭus; cf. Verg. A. 5, 285 Wagn.), a, um, adj., = Krê:sios, Cretan:

nemora,

Verg. A. 4, 70:

prodigia, i. e. taurus (v. C.),

id. ib. 8, 295:

regna,

Ov. H. 16, 299:

tecta,

Stat. Th. 12, 582 al. —

Crētaeus, a, um, adj., Cretan:

Ida,

Verg. A. 12, 412:

urbes,

Ov. M. 9, 666:

ratis,

Prop. 3 (4), 19, 26:

taurus,

the bullock which Neptune sent to Minos, Ov. M. 7, 434.— Subst.: Crētaeus, i, m., the Cretan, for Epimenides, Prop. 2, 34 (25), 29.—

Crētānus, i, m., a Cretan (prob. a word coined in sport), Plaut. Curc. 3, 73.—

Crētensis, e, adj., Cretan:

homo, judex,

Cic. Phil. 5, 5, 13 and 14:

Juppiter,

id. N. D. 3, 21, 53:

sagittarii,

Liv. 37, 41, 9 et saep.—In plur.: Crētenses, ium, m., the Cretans ( renowned as archers), Nep. Hann. 9, 2; Liv. 37, 60, 4; 41, 25, 7 al.—

Crētĭcus

, a, um, adj., Cretan:

mare,

Hor. C. 1, 26, 2:

vinum,

Plin. 14, 9, 11, § 81:

labyrinthus,

id. 36, 13, 19, § 90:

bellum,

Flor. 3, 7:

pes,

an amphimacrus, Diom. p. 475 P. al.: versus, composed of the amphimacrus, id. p. 513 ib. al.—

Subst.

Crētĭcus, i, m., a surname of Q. Metellus, from his subjugation of Crete, Flor. 3, 7 fin.; 3, 8, 1; Vell. 2, 34; Cic. Att. 1, 19, 2; cf. id. Fl. 13, 30; Ov. F. 1, 594.—

Crētĭca, ae, f., a plant, called also clematitis, Plin. 25, 8, 54, § 96.—

In the Gr. form Crētĭcē, ēs, f., a plant, called also hibiscus, App. Herb. 38 and 62.—

Crētis, ĭdis, f., a Cretan (woman):

Nymphae,

Ov. F. 3, 444.

crēta, ae, f. [orig. adj., from 1. Creta], Cretan earth, i. e. chalk, white earth or clay.

Prop., Plin. 35, 17, 57, § 195 sq.; Cato, R. R. 39, 2; Varr. R. R. 1, 7, 8 al.;

esp. used for cleansing garments,

Plaut. Aul. 4, 9, 6.—Hence, trop.:

creta est profecto horum hominum oratio,

i. e. removes all trouble from the mind, Plaut. Poen. 5, 2, 10 sq. —

Also used as a cosmetic,

Hor. Epod. 12, 10; Mart. 6, 93, 9; 8, 33, 17 al.;

for seals,

Cic. Fl. 16, 37; cf. cretula, for marking the goal in a race-course, Plin. 8, 42, 65, § 160;

for the making of earthen vessels,

Col. 3, 11, 9; Plin. 14, 20, 25, § 123 et saep.— Poet.:

rapidus cretae Oaxes,

turbulent, Verg. E. 1, 66 Rib. (dub. al. Cretae; v. Forbig. ad loc.). —

From its whiteness is borrowed the trope for something favorable or lucky (opp. carbo), Hor. S. 2, 3, 246; imitated by Pers. 5, 108.

fētus ( foet-), a, um, adj. [Part., from ‡ FEO, whence also: fecundus, femina, fenus, felix], that is or was filled with young (syn.: gravidus, praegnans).

Pregnant, breeding (mostly poet.).

Lit.:

lenta salix feto pecori,

Verg. E. 3, 83; 1, 50:

vulpes,

Hor. C. 3, 27, 5.—

Transf.

Of land, fruitful, productive:

(terra) feta parit nitidas fruges, etc.,

Lucr. 2, 994; cf.: terra feta frugibus et vario leguminum genere, * Cic. N. D. 2, 62, 156:

loca palustribus ulvis,

Ov. M. 14, 103:

regio nec pomo nec uvis,

id. P. 1, 7, 13; id. F. 1, 662.—Also of plants:

palmites,

Col. 3, 21, 3.—

In gen., filled with any thing, full:

machina armis,

Verg. A. 2, 238:

loca furentibus austris,

id. ib. 1, 51:

colla serpentis veneno,

Sil. 17, 448.—

Trop., full of. —With abl.:

feta furore Megaera,

Sil. 13, 592:

praecordia bello,

id. 17, 380:

praecordia irā,

id. 11, 203. —With gen.:

fetas novales Martis,

Claud. Bell. Get. 25;

and in a Gr. construction: fetus Gradivo mentem,

id. 10, 14.—

That has brought forth, newly delivered: veniebant fetam amicae gratulatum, Varr. ap. Non. 312, 12:

agiles et fetae (opp. tardiores et gravidae),

Col. 7, 3 fin.:

ursa,

Ov. M. 13, 803:

lupa,

Verg. A. 8, 630:

ovis,

id. E. 1, 50; Ov. F. 2, 413:

qua feta jacebat uxor et infantes ludebant,

Juv. 14, 167.— Absol.:

insueta gravis temptabunt pabula fetas,

Verg. E. 1, 49.

fētus ( foet-), ūs ( heteroclit. abl. plur.: fetis, Att. ap. Non. 489, 6, v. in the foll.), m. [‡ feo, v. the preced. art.]..

Abstr., a bringing forth, bearing, dropping, hatching of young (rare but class.):

pater (Juppiter) curavit, uno ut fetu fieret,

at one birth, Plaut. Am. 1, 2, 25:

quarum (bestiarum) in fetu et in educatione laborem cum cernimus,

Cic. Fin. 3, 19, 63:

cornix inauspicatissima fetus tempore,

Plin. 10, 12, 14, § 30:

secundi fetus pecudes signari oportet,

Col. 11, 2, 38.—

Transf., of plants, a bearing, producing:

quae frugibus atque bacis terrae fetu profunduntur,

Cic. Leg. 1, 8, 25:

periti rerum adseverant, non ferre (Arabiam) tantum annuo fetu (casiae), quantum, etc.,

Plin. 12, 18, 41, § 83. —

Concr., young, offspring, progeny, brood (the predom. signif. of the word, in sing. and plur.; esp. freq. in poets; cf.:

catulus, pullus, hinnus, hinnuleus): quae (bestiae) multiplices fetus procreant, ut sues, ut canes, his mammarum data est multitudo,

Cic. N. D. 2, 51, 128:

facile illa (piscium ova) aqua et sustinentur et fetum fundunt,

id. ib.:

fetus ventri exsecti,

Plin. 8, 55, 81, § 217:

cervae lactens fetus,

a fawn, Ov. M. 6, 637:

melliferarum apium,

id. ib. 15, 382:

ex die emptionis, et fetus pecorum et ancillarum partus ad emptorem pertinent,

Paul. Sent. 2, 17, 7:

quis (paveat), Germania quos horrida parturit Fetus?

the German brood, Hor. C. 4, 5, 27.—So very rarely of human beings:

si vitium factum esset, ut (mulier) concipere fetus non posset,

Gell. 4, 2, 10.—

Transf., of plants, fruit, produce:

ager novatus et iteratus, quo meliores fetus possit et grandiores edere,

Cic. de Or. 2, 30, 131; cf.:

nutriant fetus et aquae salubres Et Jovis aurae,

Hor. Carm. Sec. 31:

(arbores) crescunt ipsae fetuque gravantur,

Lucr. 1, 253; cf. id. 1, 351: Cithaeron frondet viridantibus fetis, Att. ap. Non. 489, 6:

arborei,

Verg. G. 1, 55:

mutatis requiescunt fetibus arva,

id. ib. 1, 82;

4, 231: silvae dant alios aliae fetus,

id. ib. 2, 442:

triticei,

Ov. F. 1, 693: gravidi ( of grapes), id. M. 8, 294:

nucis, i. e. surculus, auricomi,

the golden-bough, id. Am. 6, 141; Verg. G. 2, 69:

omnis fetus repressus exustusque flos,

Cic. Brut. 4, 16.—Of veins of metals:

atros fetus chalybis,

Sil. 1, 230.—

Trop.:

nec ulla aetate uberior oratorum fetus fuit,

progeny, growth, Cic. Brut. 49, 182:

animi,

production, id. Tusc. 5, 24, 68:

dulces Musarum expromere fetus,

Cat. 65, 3.

mălĕdīco (or separately, mălĕ dīco;

rarely in reverse order: qui bonis dicunt male,

Plaut. Bacch. 1, 2, 10; cf. id. Trin. 4, 2, 79), xi. ctum, 3, v. n. and a. [male-dico], to speak ill of, to abuse, revile, slander, asperse; constr. absol., or with a dat. (so class.) or acc. (post-Aug.).

Absol.:

aliud est maledicere, aliud accusare,

Cic. Cael. 3, 6.—

With dat.:

optimo viro maledicere,

Cic. Deiot. 10, 28:

turpissime alicui,

id. N. D. 1, 33, 93:

petulanter alicui,

id. Cael. 3, 8:

utrique,

Hor. S. 2, 3, 140:

Christo,

Plin. Ep. 10, 97, 5; Sen. Contr. 1, 4, 1.— Impers. pass.:

indignis si maledicitur, maledictum id esse dico,

Plaut. Curc. 4, 2, 27; Ter. Hec. 4, 2, 14. —

With acc.:

si me amas, maledic illam,

Petr. 96; v. id. 74.—

Esp., to curse, utter a curse upon (eccl. Lat.):

populo huic,

Vulg. Num. 22, 6 al. —Hence,

mălĕdī-cens, entis, P. a., evil - speaking, foulmouthed, abusive, scurrilous (syn. maledi cus):

maledicentes homines,

Plaut. Merc. 2, 3, 75.— Comp.:

maledicentior,

Plaut. Merc. 1, 2, 31.— Sup.:

in maledicentissimā civitate,

Cic. Fl. 3, 7:

carmina,

Suet. Caes. 23; Nep. Alc. 11, 1.—

mălĕdictus, a, um, P. a., accursed (post-class. for exsecrabilis):

maledicte parricida,

Spart. Get. 3, 3:

maledictus es inter omnia animantia,

Vulg. Gen. 3, 14: omnes incesti, Mos. et Rom. Leg. Coll. 6, 7 praef.—Hence, as subst.: mălĕ-dictum, i, n., a foul or abusive word.

In gen. (class.):

maledicta in aliquem dicere,

Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 3, 2:

in vitam alicujus conicere,

id. Planc. 12, 31:

maledictis figere aliquem,

id. N. D. 1, 34, 93:

maledicta in aliquem conferre,

id. Att. 11, 8, 2:

quod crimen (i. e. majestatis) non solum facto, sed et verbis impiis ac maledictis maxime exacerbatur,

Paul. Sent. 5, 29, 1.—

In partic., a curse, imprecation:

esse in maledictis jam antiquis strigem, convenit,

Plin. 11, 39, 95, § 232:

scribere maledicta,

Vulg. Num. 5, 23.—

Transf., a cursed thing:

Christus factus pro nobis maledictum,

Vulg. Gal. 3, 13:

maledictum non erit amplius,

id. Apoc. 22, 3.

mălĕdīco (or separately, mălĕ dīco;

rarely in reverse order: qui bonis dicunt male,

Plaut. Bacch. 1, 2, 10; cf. id. Trin. 4, 2, 79), xi. ctum, 3, v. n. and a. [male-dico], to speak ill of, to abuse, revile, slander, asperse; constr. absol., or with a dat. (so class.) or acc. (post-Aug.).

Absol.:

aliud est maledicere, aliud accusare,

Cic. Cael. 3, 6.—

With dat.:

optimo viro maledicere,

Cic. Deiot. 10, 28:

turpissime alicui,

id. N. D. 1, 33, 93:

petulanter alicui,

id. Cael. 3, 8:

utrique,

Hor. S. 2, 3, 140:

Christo,

Plin. Ep. 10, 97, 5; Sen. Contr. 1, 4, 1.— Impers. pass.:

indignis si maledicitur, maledictum id esse dico,

Plaut. Curc. 4, 2, 27; Ter. Hec. 4, 2, 14. —

With acc.:

si me amas, maledic illam,

Petr. 96; v. id. 74.—

Esp., to curse, utter a curse upon (eccl. Lat.):

populo huic,

Vulg. Num. 22, 6 al. —Hence,

mălĕdī-cens, entis, P. a., evil - speaking, foulmouthed, abusive, scurrilous (syn. maledi cus):

maledicentes homines,

Plaut. Merc. 2, 3, 75.— Comp.:

maledicentior,

Plaut. Merc. 1, 2, 31.— Sup.:

in maledicentissimā civitate,

Cic. Fl. 3, 7:

carmina,

Suet. Caes. 23; Nep. Alc. 11, 1.—

mălĕdictus, a, um, P. a., accursed (post-class. for exsecrabilis):

maledicte parricida,

Spart. Get. 3, 3:

maledictus es inter omnia animantia,

Vulg. Gen. 3, 14: omnes incesti, Mos. et Rom. Leg. Coll. 6, 7 praef.—Hence, as subst.: mălĕ-dictum, i, n., a foul or abusive word.

In gen. (class.):

maledicta in aliquem dicere,

Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 3, 2:

in vitam alicujus conicere,

id. Planc. 12, 31:

maledictis figere aliquem,

id. N. D. 1, 34, 93:

maledicta in aliquem conferre,

id. Att. 11, 8, 2:

quod crimen (i. e. majestatis) non solum facto, sed et verbis impiis ac maledictis maxime exacerbatur,

Paul. Sent. 5, 29, 1.—

In partic., a curse, imprecation:

esse in maledictis jam antiquis strigem, convenit,

Plin. 11, 39, 95, § 232:

scribere maledicta,

Vulg. Num. 5, 23.—

Transf., a cursed thing:

Christus factus pro nobis maledictum,

Vulg. Gal. 3, 13:

maledictum non erit amplius,

id. Apoc. 22, 3.

pessum, adv. [prob. contr. from pedis-versum, pexa, pedon, towards the feet; like susum, sursum, from sub-versum; hence, in gen.], to the ground, to the bottom, down (mostly ante-class. and postAug.; esp. freq. in the connection pessum ire and pessum dare).

Lit.:

nunc eam (cistellulam) cum navi scilicet abisse pessum in altum,

Plaut. Rud. 2, 3, 64:

quando abiit rete pessum,

id. Truc. 1, 1, 15; and:

ne pessum abeat (ratis),

id. Aul. 4, 1, 12:

multae per mare pessum Subsedere urbes,

have gone to the bottom, been swallowed up, Lucr. 6, 589:

ubi dulcem caseum demiseris in eam (muriam), si pessum ibit, etc. (opp. si innatabit),

goes to the bottom, sinks, Col. 12, 6, 2 (cf. also the fig. taken from a ship, in II.):

ut (lacus) folia non innatantia ferat, sed pessum et penitus accipiat,

Mel. 3, 9, 2:

sidentia pessum Corpora caesa tenent,

Luc. 3, 674:

quam celsa cacumina pessum Tellus victa dedit,

sent to the bottom, id. 5, 616: pessum mergere pedes, Prud. praef. ap. Symm. 2, 36.—

Trop.

Pessum ire, and rarely pessum sidere, to fall to the ground, go to ruin; to sink, perish:

quia miser non eo pessum, etc.,

Plaut. Cist. 2, 1, 12:

pessum ituros fecundissimos Italiae campos, si, etc.,

Tac. A. 1, 79:

pessum iere vitae pretia,

Plin. H. N. 14 prooem. §

5: vitia civitatis degenerantis et pessum suā mole sidentis,

Sen. Const. Sap. 2, 3.—

Pessum dare (less correctly, in one word, pessumdare or pessundare), rarely pessum premere, agere, deicere, to send to the bottom, to sink, ruin, destroy, undo; to put out of the world, put an end to: pessum dare aliquem verbis, Cic. Fragm. ap. Quint. 8, 6, 47:

pessum dedisti me blandimentis tuis,

Plaut. Rud. 2, 6, 23; id. Merc. 5, 2, 6:

exemplum pessumum pessum date,

do away with, remove, id. Rud. 3, 2, 3:

quae res plerumque magnas civitates pessum dedit,

Sall. J. 42, 4:

quae, si non astu providentur, me aut erum pessum dabunt,

Ter. And. 1, 3, 3:

multos etiam bonos pessum dedit,

Tac. A. 3, 66 fin.:

ingentes hostium copias,

Val. Max. 4, 4, 5:

sin (animus) ad inertiam et voluptates corporis pessumdatus est,

has sunk into indolence, Sall. J. 1, 4:

aliquem pro suis factis pessumis pessum premere,

Plaut. Most. 5, 2, 49: aetate pessum actā, i. e. brought to an end, Auct. ap. Lact. 1, 11:

nec sum mulier, nisi eam pessum de tantis opibus dejecero,

App. M. 5, p. 161, 22; cf. id. ib. 5, p. 163, 22.

pessum, i, n. (collat. form pes-sus, i, m., Plin. Val. 1, 5 fin.; Theod. Prisc. 2, 5), = pesson, pessos, in medic. lang., a pessary, App. Herb. 121; Theod. Prisc. 3, 5 (in Cels. 5, 21, written as Greek).

prĭor and prĭus (old form also in neutr. prior, Val. Antias and Quadrig. ap. Prisc. p. 767), ōris, adj. comp. [from obsol. prep. pri; v. primus init. ], former, previous, prior, freq. to be translated first; cf. superior; Cicero nearly always uses prior, opp. to posterior, in time; superior in sense of former, in gen. relation to the present, when no other time is expressed; v. Krebs, Antibarb. p. 921 sq.

Lit.:

ita priori posterius, posteriori superius non jungitur,

Cic. Ac. 2, 14, 44:

me quaestorem in primis, aedilem priorem, praetorem primum populus Romanus faciebat,

id. Pis. 1, 2:

qui prior has angustias occupaverit,

first, Caes. B. C. 1, 66:

prior proelio lacessere,

id. ib. 1, 82:

etsi utrique primas, priores tamen libenter deferunt Laelio,

Cic. Brut. 21, 84:

priore loco causam dicere,

first, id. Quint. 9, 32:

priore aestate,

in the former summer, last summer, id. Fam. 1, 9, 24:

priore nocte,

id. Cat. 1, 4, 8:

factum est enim meā culpā, ut priore anno non succederetur,

id. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 1, § 2:

prioribus comitiis,

id. Planc. 22, 54:

priore anno,

the year before, Liv. 3, 9, 7; 3, 10, 14; 4, 56, 5:

prioris anni consules,

id. 4, 13, 10; 4, 17, 9:

Dionysius prior,

the elder, Nep. Dion, 1, 3:

vinum,

of last year, Plin. 14, 19, 24, § 120:

priore libro,

in the previous book, Col. 4, 22, 9:

pedes,

the forefeet, Nep. Eum. 5, 5; Plin. 8, 45, 70, § 181:

canities homini semper a priori parte capitis, tum deinde ab aversā,

the forepart, Plin. 11, 37, 47, § 131.—Pleon.:

cum prior Romanus exercitus praevenisset,

Liv. 9, 23, 2:

prius praecepta res erat,

id. 21, 32, 7; cf. id. 9, 23, 2.— Old neutr. prior: hoc senatusconsultum prior factum est, Val. Antias ap. Prisc. p. 767 P.:

prior bellum, Quadrig. ib.: foedus prior,

id. ib. (cf.: bellum Punicum posterior, Cass. Hem. ib.).—

Former, i. e. deceased (late Lat.):

inter prieres fratres,

Amm. 21, 6, 2.—

Subst.: prĭōres, um, m., forefathers, ancestors, the ancients ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose):

abiturus illuc, quo priores abierunt,

Phaedr. 4, 18, 16:

nomen dixere priores Ortygiam,

Verg. A. 3, 693:

nec ingeniis investigata priorum,

Ov. M. 15, 146; 332:

priores tradiderunt,

Col. 1, 4, 3:

nostri,

Plin. Ep. 3, 4:

more priorum,

Ov. M. 10, 218; Sen. Ep. 52, 2.—

Trop., better, superior, preferable, more excellent or important (not in Cic. and Cæs.):

bellante prior,

Hor. C. S. 51:

color puniceae flore prior rosae,

id. C. 4, 10, 4; Ov. H. 18, 69:

ut nemo haberetur prior,

Liv. 27, 8:

aetate et sapientiā,

Sall. J. 10, 7:

consilio et manu,

id. ib. 96, 3:

neque prius, neque antiquius quidquam habuit, quam, etc.,

Vell. 2, 52, 4.—Esp. with potior:

potius quanto prius potiusque est Philippum nobis conjungere quam hos,

Vell. 36, 7, 6:

nulla (res) prior potiorque visa est,

id. 8, 29, 2:

nihil prius nec potius visum,

id. 39, 47, 4: unus Plinius est mihi priores, i. e. worth more than they all, Sent. Augur. ap. Plin. Ep. 4, 27, 4:

artium multitudine prior omnibus, eloquentiā nulli secundus,

App. Flor. 2, p. 346.—Hence, adv. comp.: prĭus.

Before, sooner, first, previously (class.).

Alone:

quem fuit aequius, ut prius introieram in vitam, sic prius exire de vitā,

Cic. Lael. 4, 15:

regem prius Europā, post et Asiā, expellere,

Liv. 37, 52, 4:

ut vos prius experti estis, nunc Antiochus experitur,

id. 36, 17, 8; so,

prius... nunc,

Verg. G. 3, 362:

prius... tum,

Cato, R. R. 135; Liv. 34, 55, 5:

prius.... postea,

id. 29, 12, 11.—

With quam, and often joined in one word, priusquam.

Before that, before:

prius quam lucet, assunt,

before dawn, Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 115:

prius illi erimus quam tu,

id. Ps. 2, 4, 68:

prius quam plane aspexit ilico eum esse dixit,

id. Rud. 4, 4, 87:

nihil prius mihi faciendum putavi, quam ut, etc.,

Cic. Att. 4, 1, 1:

cui prius quam de ceteris rebus respondeo, de amicitiā pauca dicam,

before, id. Phil. 2, 1, 3:

quod ego, prius quam loqui coepisti, sensi,

id. Vatin. 2, 4:

neque prius fugere destiterunt, quam ad flumen Rhenum pervenerunt,

Caes. B. G. 1, 53:

quid potius faciam, prius quam me dormitum conferam, non reperio,

Cic. Fam. 9, 26, 1:

priusquam aggrediar, etc.,

id. Balb. 7, 18:

prius quam ad portam venias,

Ter. Ad. 4, 2, 44.—

Sooner, rather:

Aegyptii quamvis carnificinam prius subierint, quam ibin aut aspidem violent,

Cic. Tusc. 5, 27, 78; id. Lig. 12, 34; Caes. B. C. 3, 1.—Sometimes in an inverted order:

ad hoc genus hominum duravi, quam prius me ad plures penetravi,

Plaut. Trin. 2, 2, 13; Prop. 2, 14, 11 (3, 10, 10); v. Zumpt, Gram. § 576.—

In gen., formerly, in former times ( poet.), Cat. 51, 13:

sed haec prius fuere: nunc, etc.,

id. 4, 25; Prop. 1, 1, 18.

prĭor and prĭus (old form also in neutr. prior, Val. Antias and Quadrig. ap. Prisc. p. 767), ōris, adj. comp. [from obsol. prep. pri; v. primus init. ], former, previous, prior, freq. to be translated first; cf. superior; Cicero nearly always uses prior, opp. to posterior, in time; superior in sense of former, in gen. relation to the present, when no other time is expressed; v. Krebs, Antibarb. p. 921 sq.

Lit.:

ita priori posterius, posteriori superius non jungitur,

Cic. Ac. 2, 14, 44:

me quaestorem in primis, aedilem priorem, praetorem primum populus Romanus faciebat,

id. Pis. 1, 2:

qui prior has angustias occupaverit,

first, Caes. B. C. 1, 66:

prior proelio lacessere,

id. ib. 1, 82:

etsi utrique primas, priores tamen libenter deferunt Laelio,

Cic. Brut. 21, 84:

priore loco causam dicere,

first, id. Quint. 9, 32:

priore aestate,

in the former summer, last summer, id. Fam. 1, 9, 24:

priore nocte,

id. Cat. 1, 4, 8:

factum est enim meā culpā, ut priore anno non succederetur,

id. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 1, § 2:

prioribus comitiis,

id. Planc. 22, 54:

priore anno,

the year before, Liv. 3, 9, 7; 3, 10, 14; 4, 56, 5:

prioris anni consules,

id. 4, 13, 10; 4, 17, 9:

Dionysius prior,

the elder, Nep. Dion, 1, 3:

vinum,

of last year, Plin. 14, 19, 24, § 120:

priore libro,

in the previous book, Col. 4, 22, 9:

pedes,

the forefeet, Nep. Eum. 5, 5; Plin. 8, 45, 70, § 181:

canities homini semper a priori parte capitis, tum deinde ab aversā,

the forepart, Plin. 11, 37, 47, § 131.—Pleon.:

cum prior Romanus exercitus praevenisset,

Liv. 9, 23, 2:

prius praecepta res erat,

id. 21, 32, 7; cf. id. 9, 23, 2.— Old neutr. prior: hoc senatusconsultum prior factum est, Val. Antias ap. Prisc. p. 767 P.:

prior bellum, Quadrig. ib.: foedus prior,

id. ib. (cf.: bellum Punicum posterior, Cass. Hem. ib.).—

Former, i. e. deceased (late Lat.):

inter prieres fratres,

Amm. 21, 6, 2.—

Subst.: prĭōres, um, m., forefathers, ancestors, the ancients ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose):

abiturus illuc, quo priores abierunt,

Phaedr. 4, 18, 16:

nomen dixere priores Ortygiam,

Verg. A. 3, 693:

nec ingeniis investigata priorum,

Ov. M. 15, 146; 332:

priores tradiderunt,

Col. 1, 4, 3:

nostri,

Plin. Ep. 3, 4:

more priorum,

Ov. M. 10, 218; Sen. Ep. 52, 2.—

Trop., better, superior, preferable, more excellent or important (not in Cic. and Cæs.):

bellante prior,

Hor. C. S. 51:

color puniceae flore prior rosae,

id. C. 4, 10, 4; Ov. H. 18, 69:

ut nemo haberetur prior,

Liv. 27, 8:

aetate et sapientiā,

Sall. J. 10, 7:

consilio et manu,

id. ib. 96, 3:

neque prius, neque antiquius quidquam habuit, quam, etc.,

Vell. 2, 52, 4.—Esp. with potior:

potius quanto prius potiusque est Philippum nobis conjungere quam hos,

Vell. 36, 7, 6:

nulla (res) prior potiorque visa est,

id. 8, 29, 2:

nihil prius nec potius visum,

id. 39, 47, 4: unus Plinius est mihi priores, i. e. worth more than they all, Sent. Augur. ap. Plin. Ep. 4, 27, 4:

artium multitudine prior omnibus, eloquentiā nulli secundus,

App. Flor. 2, p. 346.—Hence, adv. comp.: prĭus.

Before, sooner, first, previously (class.).

Alone:

quem fuit aequius, ut prius introieram in vitam, sic prius exire de vitā,

Cic. Lael. 4, 15:

regem prius Europā, post et Asiā, expellere,

Liv. 37, 52, 4:

ut vos prius experti estis, nunc Antiochus experitur,

id. 36, 17, 8; so,

prius... nunc,

Verg. G. 3, 362:

prius... tum,

Cato, R. R. 135; Liv. 34, 55, 5:

prius.... postea,

id. 29, 12, 11.—

With quam, and often joined in one word, priusquam.

Before that, before:

prius quam lucet, assunt,

before dawn, Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 115:

prius illi erimus quam tu,

id. Ps. 2, 4, 68:

prius quam plane aspexit ilico eum esse dixit,

id. Rud. 4, 4, 87:

nihil prius mihi faciendum putavi, quam ut, etc.,

Cic. Att. 4, 1, 1:

cui prius quam de ceteris rebus respondeo, de amicitiā pauca dicam,

before, id. Phil. 2, 1, 3:

quod ego, prius quam loqui coepisti, sensi,

id. Vatin. 2, 4:

neque prius fugere destiterunt, quam ad flumen Rhenum pervenerunt,

Caes. B. G. 1, 53:

quid potius faciam, prius quam me dormitum conferam, non reperio,

Cic. Fam. 9, 26, 1:

priusquam aggrediar, etc.,

id. Balb. 7, 18:

prius quam ad portam venias,

Ter. Ad. 4, 2, 44.—

Sooner, rather:

Aegyptii quamvis carnificinam prius subierint, quam ibin aut aspidem violent,

Cic. Tusc. 5, 27, 78; id. Lig. 12, 34; Caes. B. C. 3, 1.—Sometimes in an inverted order:

ad hoc genus hominum duravi, quam prius me ad plures penetravi,

Plaut. Trin. 2, 2, 13; Prop. 2, 14, 11 (3, 10, 10); v. Zumpt, Gram. § 576.—

In gen., formerly, in former times ( poet.), Cat. 51, 13:

sed haec prius fuere: nunc, etc.,

id. 4, 25; Prop. 1, 1, 18.

termĭnālis, e, adj. [terminus].

Of or belonging to boundaries, boundary-, terminal:

pali,

Tert. Jejun. 11 fin.:

lapides,

Amm. 18, 2, 15:

arbores,

Paul. Sent. 5, 22, 2:

plagarum terminalium accolae,

Amm. 31, 10, 3.—Hence,

Subst.: Termĭna-lĭa, ĭum, n., the festival of Terminus (the god of boundaries), held on the 23d of Feb., Varr. L. L. 6, § 13 Müll.; Ov. F. 2, 639 sq.; Cic. Att. 6, 1, 1; id. Phil. 12, 10, 24; Liv. 43, 11, 13; 45, 44, 3; Hor. Epod. 2, 59; Macr. S. 1, 13; Lact. Mort. Persec. 12.—

Of or belonging to the end, final, concluding:

sententia,

final decision, Cod. Just. 4, 31, 14:

tuba,

announcing the conclusion of the play, App. M. 10, p. 253, 22:

o (littera),

i. e. at the end of the word, Prisc. p. 1010 P.

termĭnālis, e, adj. [terminus].

Of or belonging to boundaries, boundary-, terminal:

pali,

Tert. Jejun. 11 fin.:

lapides,

Amm. 18, 2, 15:

arbores,

Paul. Sent. 5, 22, 2:

plagarum terminalium accolae,

Amm. 31, 10, 3.—Hence,

Subst.: Termĭna-lĭa, ĭum, n., the festival of Terminus (the god of boundaries), held on the 23d of Feb., Varr. L. L. 6, § 13 Müll.; Ov. F. 2, 639 sq.; Cic. Att. 6, 1, 1; id. Phil. 12, 10, 24; Liv. 43, 11, 13; 45, 44, 3; Hor. Epod. 2, 59; Macr. S. 1, 13; Lact. Mort. Persec. 12.—

Of or belonging to the end, final, concluding:

sententia,

final decision, Cod. Just. 4, 31, 14:

tuba,

announcing the conclusion of the play, App. M. 10, p. 253, 22:

o (littera),

i. e. at the end of the word, Prisc. p. 1010 P.