serpentes

immītis ( inm-), e, adj. [in-mitis], not soft or mellow, harsh, rough, sour (mostly poet. and in post-Aug. prose; not in Cic. or Cæs.).

Lit., of fruit:

uva,

Hor. C. 2, 5, 10:

fructus (opp. dulcis),

Plin. 13, 4, 6, § 26. —More freq.,

Transf., in gen., rough, rude, harsh, hard, severe, stern, fierce, savage, inexorable (syn.:

barbarus, trux, torvus, immanis, ferox, crudelis, saevus): naturā et moribus immitis ferusque,

Liv. 23, 5, 12; cf.

asper et immitis,

Suet. Tib. 59:

arrogans, profusus, immitis,

id. Ner. 4:

tyrannus (i. e. Pluto),

Verg. G. 4, 492:

Parcae,

Prop. 4 (5), 11, 13:

Glycera,

Hor. C. 1, 33, 2:

immitibus et desertis locis,

Plin. 17, 16, 26, § 120:

insulam Gyarum immitem et sine cultu hominum esse,

Tac. A. 1, 69:

immite et turbidum caelum,

Plin. Ep. 8, 17, 1:

venti,

Tib. 1, 1, 45:

oculi,

Ov. M. 6, 621:

nidi (i. e. hirundinum apibus infestarum),

Verg. G. 4, 17:

ara (on which human beings are offered),

Ov. P. 3, 2, 71:

claustra,

id. Am. 1, 6, 17:

vulnera,

id. de Nuce 69:

fata,

id. M. 13, 260:

mandata,

Tac. A. 15, 27:

rescriptum,

id. ib. 6, 9:

mors,

Tib. 1, 3, 55:

caedes pariter fugientium ac resistentium,

Liv. 4, 59, 6.—As subst.: immītĭa, ium, n., barbarous acts:

ausae immitia nuptae (i. e. abortus),

Ov. F. 1, 625.— Comp.:

vetus operis ac laboris, et eo immitior, quia toleraverat,

Tac. A. 1, 20; Plaut. Bacch. 3, 4, 1:

calcato immitior hydro,

Ov. M. 13, 804.— Sup.:

serpentes immitissimum animalium genus,

Plin. 10, 74, 96, § 207.— Adv.: im-mīte, rudely, harshly:

stridorque immite rudentum Sibilat,

Sil. 17, 257.

immītis ( inm-), e, adj. [in-mitis], not soft or mellow, harsh, rough, sour (mostly poet. and in post-Aug. prose; not in Cic. or Cæs.).

Lit., of fruit:

uva,

Hor. C. 2, 5, 10:

fructus (opp. dulcis),

Plin. 13, 4, 6, § 26. —More freq.,

Transf., in gen., rough, rude, harsh, hard, severe, stern, fierce, savage, inexorable (syn.:

barbarus, trux, torvus, immanis, ferox, crudelis, saevus): naturā et moribus immitis ferusque,

Liv. 23, 5, 12; cf.

asper et immitis,

Suet. Tib. 59:

arrogans, profusus, immitis,

id. Ner. 4:

tyrannus (i. e. Pluto),

Verg. G. 4, 492:

Parcae,

Prop. 4 (5), 11, 13:

Glycera,

Hor. C. 1, 33, 2:

immitibus et desertis locis,

Plin. 17, 16, 26, § 120:

insulam Gyarum immitem et sine cultu hominum esse,

Tac. A. 1, 69:

immite et turbidum caelum,

Plin. Ep. 8, 17, 1:

venti,

Tib. 1, 1, 45:

oculi,

Ov. M. 6, 621:

nidi (i. e. hirundinum apibus infestarum),

Verg. G. 4, 17:

ara (on which human beings are offered),

Ov. P. 3, 2, 71:

claustra,

id. Am. 1, 6, 17:

vulnera,

id. de Nuce 69:

fata,

id. M. 13, 260:

mandata,

Tac. A. 15, 27:

rescriptum,

id. ib. 6, 9:

mors,

Tib. 1, 3, 55:

caedes pariter fugientium ac resistentium,

Liv. 4, 59, 6.—As subst.: immītĭa, ium, n., barbarous acts:

ausae immitia nuptae (i. e. abortus),

Ov. F. 1, 625.— Comp.:

vetus operis ac laboris, et eo immitior, quia toleraverat,

Tac. A. 1, 20; Plaut. Bacch. 3, 4, 1:

calcato immitior hydro,

Ov. M. 13, 804.— Sup.:

serpentes immitissimum animalium genus,

Plin. 10, 74, 96, § 207.— Adv.: im-mīte, rudely, harshly:

stridorque immite rudentum Sibilat,

Sil. 17, 257.

immītis ( inm-), e, adj. [in-mitis], not soft or mellow, harsh, rough, sour (mostly poet. and in post-Aug. prose; not in Cic. or Cæs.).

Lit., of fruit:

uva,

Hor. C. 2, 5, 10:

fructus (opp. dulcis),

Plin. 13, 4, 6, § 26. —More freq.,

Transf., in gen., rough, rude, harsh, hard, severe, stern, fierce, savage, inexorable (syn.:

barbarus, trux, torvus, immanis, ferox, crudelis, saevus): naturā et moribus immitis ferusque,

Liv. 23, 5, 12; cf.

asper et immitis,

Suet. Tib. 59:

arrogans, profusus, immitis,

id. Ner. 4:

tyrannus (i. e. Pluto),

Verg. G. 4, 492:

Parcae,

Prop. 4 (5), 11, 13:

Glycera,

Hor. C. 1, 33, 2:

immitibus et desertis locis,

Plin. 17, 16, 26, § 120:

insulam Gyarum immitem et sine cultu hominum esse,

Tac. A. 1, 69:

immite et turbidum caelum,

Plin. Ep. 8, 17, 1:

venti,

Tib. 1, 1, 45:

oculi,

Ov. M. 6, 621:

nidi (i. e. hirundinum apibus infestarum),

Verg. G. 4, 17:

ara (on which human beings are offered),

Ov. P. 3, 2, 71:

claustra,

id. Am. 1, 6, 17:

vulnera,

id. de Nuce 69:

fata,

id. M. 13, 260:

mandata,

Tac. A. 15, 27:

rescriptum,

id. ib. 6, 9:

mors,

Tib. 1, 3, 55:

caedes pariter fugientium ac resistentium,

Liv. 4, 59, 6.—As subst.: immītĭa, ium, n., barbarous acts:

ausae immitia nuptae (i. e. abortus),

Ov. F. 1, 625.— Comp.:

vetus operis ac laboris, et eo immitior, quia toleraverat,

Tac. A. 1, 20; Plaut. Bacch. 3, 4, 1:

calcato immitior hydro,

Ov. M. 13, 804.— Sup.:

serpentes immitissimum animalium genus,

Plin. 10, 74, 96, § 207.— Adv.: im-mīte, rudely, harshly:

stridorque immite rudentum Sibilat,

Sil. 17, 257.

laudo, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [laus], to praise, laud, commend, extol, eulogize, approve (cf.: celebro, praed co).

Lit.

In gen.: omnes mortales sese laudarier optant, Enn. ap. Aug. Trin. 13, 6 (Ann. v. 551 Vahl.):

coram in os te laudare,

to praise to one's face, Ter. Ad. 2, 4, 5; cf.:

in faciem,

Lact. 3, 14, 7:

vituperare improbos asperius, laudare bonos ornatius,

Cic. de Or. 2, [p. 1043] 9, 35:

et efferre aliquid,

id. ib. 2, 75, 304:

rationem,

id. Fam. 5, 20, 4:

sententiam alicujus,

id. Sest. 34, 74:

laudantur exquisitissimis verbis legiones,

id. Phil. 4, 3, 6:

legem ipsam,

id. Leg. 3, 1, 2:

magnifice,

id. Brut. 73, 254:

agricolam laudat juris peritus,

praises him as happy, extols his happiness, Hor. S. 1, 1, 9; so,

diversa sequentes,

id. ib. 1, 1, 3; 109: volucrem laudamus equum, praise as swift, i. e. for swiftness, Juv. 8, 57:

laudatur dis aequa potestas,

id. 4, 71.—Part. as subst.:

prava laudantium sermo,

Sen. Ep. 123, 9.— Pass. with dat.:

numquam praestantibus viris laudata est in una sententia perpetua permansio,

Cic. Fam. 1, 9, 21:

Germanicus cunctis laudatus,

by all, Tac. A. 4, 57 fin.:

herba laudata Eratostheni,

Plin. 22, 22, 43, § 86:

laudataque quondam ora Jovi,

Ov. M. 2, 480.—

Poet., with object.-gen.:

laudabat leti juvenem,

pronounced him happy on account of his death, Sil. 4, 260.—

With in and abl.:

in quo tuum consilium nemo potest non maxime laudare,

Cic. Fam. 4, 7, 2:

juvenes laudari in bonis gaudent,

Quint. 5, 12, 22:

scriptores iamborum saepe in illis laudantur,

id. 10, 1, 9.—

Pass. with inf. ( poet.):

extinxisse nefas Laudabor,

Verg. A. 2, 585.—

With quod:

quod viris fortibus honos habitus est, laudo,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 47, 137:

laudat Africanum Panaetius, quod fuerit abstinens,

id. Off. 2, 22, 76:

jamne igitur laudas, quod de sapientibus alter Ridebat, etc.,

Juv. 10, 28:

non laudans, quod non in melius, sed in deterius, convenitis,

Vulg. 1 Cor. 11, 17.—

With quoniam:

utrumque laudemus, quoniam per illos ne haec quidem genera laude caruerunt,

Cic. Brut. 30, 116.—

With cum (very rare):

te quidem, cum isto animo es, satis laudare non possum,

Cic. Mil. 36, 99:

jam id ipsum consul laudare, cum initiatam se (Hispala) non infitiaretur,

Liv. 39, 12, 7.—

With si:

consilium laudo artificis, si munere tanto Praecipuam in tabulis ceram senis abstulit orbi,

Juv. 4, 18.—

In partic.

To pronounce a funeral oration over a person:

quem cum supremo ejus die Maximus laudaret,

Cic. Mur. 36, 75; id. Q. Fr. 3, 8, 5.—

In medicine, to recommend as a remedy:

apri cerebrum contra serpentes laudatur,

Plin. 28, 10, 42, § 152; 29, 3, 12, § 54.—

To praise, compliment, i. e. dismiss with a compliment, leave, turn from ( poet.):

laudato ingentia rura, Exiguum colito,

Verg. G. 2, 412: cf.:

probitas laudatur et alget,

Juv. 1, 74 —

Transf., to adduce, name, quote, cite a person as any thing:

laudare significat priscā linguā nominare appellareque,

Gell. 2, 6, 16; cf.: laudare ponebatur apud antiquos pro nominare, Paul. ex Fest. p. 118 Müll.:

id ut scias, Jovem supremum testem laudo,

Plaut. Capt. 2, 3, 66:

quem rerum Romanarum auctorem laudare possum religiosissimum,

Cic. Brut. 11, 44:

auctores,

id. de Or. 3, 18, 68; cf.:

ut auctoribus laudandis ineptiarum crimen effugiam,

id. ib. 3, 49, 187: auctore laudato, Cod. 8, 45, 7.—Hence, laudātus, a, um, P. a., extolled, praiseworthy, esteemed, excellent:

laudari a laudato viro,

Cic. Fam. 5, 12, 7; Naev. ap. Cic. Fam. 15, 6, 1:

omnium laudatarum artium procreatrix,

Cic. de Or. 1, 3, 9:

hunc ubi laudatos jactantem in sanguine vultus videt,

Ov. M. 5, 59:

olus laudatum in cibis,

Plin. 22, 22, 33, § 74.— Comp.:

saccharon et Arabia fert, sed laudatius India,

Plin. 12, 8, 17, § 32.— Sup.:

laudatissimus caseus,

Plin. 11, 42, 97, § 241:

virgo laudatissima formae dote,

Ov. M. 9, 715.—Hence, adv.: laudātē, laudably, admirably:

regias domos laudatissime ebore adornans,

Plin. 36, 6, 5, § 46 (al. lautissime).

nītor, nīsus and nixus ( inf. nitier, Lucr. 1, 1059; old form of the part. perf.: gnitus et gnixus a genibus prisci dixerunt, Paul. ex Fest. p. 96 Müll.), 3, v. dep. n. [from gnitor; root gnic- or gnig-; cf.: nico, conivere], to bear or rest upon something.

Lit.

With abl.: ambae te obsecramus genibus nixae, we implore thee upon our knees, i. e. kneeling, Plaut. Rud. 3, 3, 33:

stirpibus suis niti,

Cic. Tusc. 5, 13, 37:

herbescens viriditas, quae nixa fibris stirpium sensim adulescit,

id. Sen. 15, 51:

hastili nixus,

id. Rab. Perd. 7, 21:

mulierculā nixus,

id. Verr. 2, 5, 33, § 86:

juvenis, qui nititur hastā,

Verg. A. 6, 760:

paribus nitens Cyllenius alis Constitit,

id. ib. 4, 252:

nixus baculo,

Ov. P. 1, 8, 52.—

With in and acc.:

nixus in hastam,

Verg. A. 12, 398.—

With de:

de quā pariens arbore nixa dea est,

Ov. H. 21, 100.—

With gen. of place:

humi nitens,

Verg. A. 2, 380.—

Absol.: Sisiphu' versat Saxum sudans nitendo, Poët. ap. Cic. Tusc. 1, 5, 10:

niti modo ac statim concidere,

to strive to rise, Sall. J. 101, 11.—

Transf.

To make one's way with an effort, to press forward, advance; and, with respect to the goal, to mount, climb, fly, etc. (mostly poet.):

quaedam serpentes ortae extra aquam simul ac primum niti possunt, aquam persequuntur,

Cic. N. D. 2, 48, 124:

nituntur gradibus,

Verg. A. 2, 442:

in altas rupes,

Luc. 4, 37:

ad sidera,

Verg. G. 2, 427:

in aëra,

Ov. P. 2, 7, 27:

in adversum,

id. M. 2, 72:

sursum nitier,

Lucr. 1, 1059.—Of violent bodily motion:

niti corporibus et ea huc illuc, quasi vitabundi aut jacientes tela agitare,

to struggle, Sall. J. 60, 4.—

To strain in giving birth, to bring forth, Plin. 9, 35, 54, § 107 (al. eniti):

nitor,

I am in labor, Ov. M. 9, 302; Pseud.-Ov. Her. 21, 100.—

To strain for a stool, Suet. Vesp. 20.—

Trop.

To strive, to exert one's self, make an effort, labor, endeavor:

moderatio modo virium adsit et tantum, quantum potest, quisque nitatur,

Cic. Sen. 10, 33; Nep. Att. 15, 2:

nisurus contra regem,

Caes. B. C. 2, 37; Sall. C. 38, 2:

pro aliquo,

Liv. 35, 10; cf.:

pro libertate summā ope niti,

Sall. J. 31, 17:

nitebantur, ne gravius in eum consuleretur,

Sall. J. 13, 8; cf.:

unus Miltiades maxime nitebatur, ut, etc.,

Nep. Milt. 4, 2. — Inf.:

summā vi Cirtam irrumpere nititur,

Sall. J. 25, 9:

patriam recuperare niti,

Nep. Pelop. 2:

ingenio nitor non periisse meo,

Ov. P. 3, 5, 34; id. M. 8, 694.— Absol., of soldiers hard pressed in battle:

tamen virtute et patientia nitebantur atque omnia vulnera sustinebant,

Caes. B. C. 1, 45.—

To strive after a thing:

ad immortalitatem gloriae niti,

Cic. Sen. 23, 82:

ad summa, Quint. prooem. § 20: in vetitum,

Ov. Am. 3, 4, 17.—

To try to prove, contend in argument, argue, with acc. and inf.:

nitamur igitur nihil posse percipi,

Cic. Ac. 2, 21, 68.—

To rest, rely, depend upon a thing.

With in and abl.:

nixus in nomine inani,

Lucr. 5, 909:

conjectura in quā nititur divinatio,

Cic. Div. 2, 26, 55:

ea, in quibus causa nititur,

id. Cael. 10, 25:

cujus in vitā nitebatur salus civitatis,

id. Mil. 7, 19.—

With abl.:

spe niti,

Cic. Att. 3, 9, 2:

consilio atque auctoritate alicujus,

id. Off. 1, 34, 122; id. Fam. 1, 5, a, 2:

si quis hoc uno nititur quod sit ignobilis,

id. Clu. 40, 112.—

With ubi:

quo confugies? ubi nitere?

Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 64, § 155.—Hence, P. a., as subst., Nixus, i, m., only plur., Nixi, ōrum, m., three guardian deities of women in labor, the statues of whom, representing them in a kneeling posture, stood on the Capitol before the chapel of Minerva, Paul. ex Fest. p. 174 Müll.:

magno Lucinam Nixosque patres clamore vocabam,

Ov. M. 9, 294.

nĭtor, ōris, m. [niteo], brightness, splendor, lustre, sheen.

Lit.:

nitor exoriens aurorae,

Lucr. 4, 538:

diurnus,

the daylight, Ov. H. 18, 78:

herbarum viridis,

Lucr. 5, 783:

argenti et auri,

Ov. P. 3, 4, 23:

eboris,

Plin. 7, 15, 13, § 64:

materiae,

of the wood, id. 16, 40, 79, § 215:

speculi,

id. 11, 37, 64, § 170:

gladii,

id. 2, 25, 22, § 89:

nigerrimus gemmae,

id. 37, 10, 69, § 184:

nitorem cutis facit sal,

id. 31, 7, 41, § 84.— Plur.:

nitores splendoresque auri,

Gell. 2, 6, 4.—

Transf.

Sleekness, plumpness, good looks, beauty:

nitor corporis,

Ter. Eun. 2, 2, 10:

urit me Glycerae nitor,

Hor. C. 1, 19, 5:

Liparei nitor Hebri,

id. ib. 3, 12, 6:

nullus totā nitor in cute,

Juv. 9, 13.—

Neatness, elegance, brilliancy of external appearance:

si quem... aliquid offendit, si purpurae genus, si amicorum catervae, si splendor, si nitor,

Cic. Cael. 31, 77:

habitus,

Juv. 3, 180:

oppidum praecipui nitoris,

Plin. 4, 12, 26, § 85.—

In gen., color, Lucr. 2, 819:

ludis et externo tincta nitore caput,

Prop. 2, 14, 26 (3, 11, 2).—

Trop., of speech, splendor, elegance, grace of style. —With gen.:

adhibendus erit in eis explicandis quidam orationis nitor,

Cic. Or. 32, 115:

domesticus eloquii,

Ov. P. 2, 2, 51:

nitor et cultus descriptionum,

Tac. Or. 20:

translationum,

Quint. 12, 10, 36.— Absol.:

sublimitas et magnificentia et nitor,

Quint. 8, 3, 3:

eruditione ac nitore praestare,

id. 10, 1, 98:

scripsit non sine cultu ac nitore,

id. 10, 1, 124.—

Of character, dignity, excellence:

generis,

Ov. P. 2, 9, 17; splendid liberality, Stat. S. 3, 3, 149.

nītor, nīsus and nixus ( inf. nitier, Lucr. 1, 1059; old form of the part. perf.: gnitus et gnixus a genibus prisci dixerunt, Paul. ex Fest. p. 96 Müll.), 3, v. dep. n. [from gnitor; root gnic- or gnig-; cf.: nico, conivere], to bear or rest upon something.

Lit.

With abl.: ambae te obsecramus genibus nixae, we implore thee upon our knees, i. e. kneeling, Plaut. Rud. 3, 3, 33:

stirpibus suis niti,

Cic. Tusc. 5, 13, 37:

herbescens viriditas, quae nixa fibris stirpium sensim adulescit,

id. Sen. 15, 51:

hastili nixus,

id. Rab. Perd. 7, 21:

mulierculā nixus,

id. Verr. 2, 5, 33, § 86:

juvenis, qui nititur hastā,

Verg. A. 6, 760:

paribus nitens Cyllenius alis Constitit,

id. ib. 4, 252:

nixus baculo,

Ov. P. 1, 8, 52.—

With in and acc.:

nixus in hastam,

Verg. A. 12, 398.—

With de:

de quā pariens arbore nixa dea est,

Ov. H. 21, 100.—

With gen. of place:

humi nitens,

Verg. A. 2, 380.—

Absol.: Sisiphu' versat Saxum sudans nitendo, Poët. ap. Cic. Tusc. 1, 5, 10:

niti modo ac statim concidere,

to strive to rise, Sall. J. 101, 11.—

Transf.

To make one's way with an effort, to press forward, advance; and, with respect to the goal, to mount, climb, fly, etc. (mostly poet.):

quaedam serpentes ortae extra aquam simul ac primum niti possunt, aquam persequuntur,

Cic. N. D. 2, 48, 124:

nituntur gradibus,

Verg. A. 2, 442:

in altas rupes,

Luc. 4, 37:

ad sidera,

Verg. G. 2, 427:

in aëra,

Ov. P. 2, 7, 27:

in adversum,

id. M. 2, 72:

sursum nitier,

Lucr. 1, 1059.—Of violent bodily motion:

niti corporibus et ea huc illuc, quasi vitabundi aut jacientes tela agitare,

to struggle, Sall. J. 60, 4.—

To strain in giving birth, to bring forth, Plin. 9, 35, 54, § 107 (al. eniti):

nitor,

I am in labor, Ov. M. 9, 302; Pseud.-Ov. Her. 21, 100.—

To strain for a stool, Suet. Vesp. 20.—

Trop.

To strive, to exert one's self, make an effort, labor, endeavor:

moderatio modo virium adsit et tantum, quantum potest, quisque nitatur,

Cic. Sen. 10, 33; Nep. Att. 15, 2:

nisurus contra regem,

Caes. B. C. 2, 37; Sall. C. 38, 2:

pro aliquo,

Liv. 35, 10; cf.:

pro libertate summā ope niti,

Sall. J. 31, 17:

nitebantur, ne gravius in eum consuleretur,

Sall. J. 13, 8; cf.:

unus Miltiades maxime nitebatur, ut, etc.,

Nep. Milt. 4, 2. — Inf.:

summā vi Cirtam irrumpere nititur,

Sall. J. 25, 9:

patriam recuperare niti,

Nep. Pelop. 2:

ingenio nitor non periisse meo,

Ov. P. 3, 5, 34; id. M. 8, 694.— Absol., of soldiers hard pressed in battle:

tamen virtute et patientia nitebantur atque omnia vulnera sustinebant,

Caes. B. C. 1, 45.—

To strive after a thing:

ad immortalitatem gloriae niti,

Cic. Sen. 23, 82:

ad summa, Quint. prooem. § 20: in vetitum,

Ov. Am. 3, 4, 17.—

To try to prove, contend in argument, argue, with acc. and inf.:

nitamur igitur nihil posse percipi,

Cic. Ac. 2, 21, 68.—

To rest, rely, depend upon a thing.

With in and abl.:

nixus in nomine inani,

Lucr. 5, 909:

conjectura in quā nititur divinatio,

Cic. Div. 2, 26, 55:

ea, in quibus causa nititur,

id. Cael. 10, 25:

cujus in vitā nitebatur salus civitatis,

id. Mil. 7, 19.—

With abl.:

spe niti,

Cic. Att. 3, 9, 2:

consilio atque auctoritate alicujus,

id. Off. 1, 34, 122; id. Fam. 1, 5, a, 2:

si quis hoc uno nititur quod sit ignobilis,

id. Clu. 40, 112.—

With ubi:

quo confugies? ubi nitere?

Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 64, § 155.—Hence, P. a., as subst., Nixus, i, m., only plur., Nixi, ōrum, m., three guardian deities of women in labor, the statues of whom, representing them in a kneeling posture, stood on the Capitol before the chapel of Minerva, Paul. ex Fest. p. 174 Müll.:

magno Lucinam Nixosque patres clamore vocabam,

Ov. M. 9, 294.

nĭtor, ōris, m. [niteo], brightness, splendor, lustre, sheen.

Lit.:

nitor exoriens aurorae,

Lucr. 4, 538:

diurnus,

the daylight, Ov. H. 18, 78:

herbarum viridis,

Lucr. 5, 783:

argenti et auri,

Ov. P. 3, 4, 23:

eboris,

Plin. 7, 15, 13, § 64:

materiae,

of the wood, id. 16, 40, 79, § 215:

speculi,

id. 11, 37, 64, § 170:

gladii,

id. 2, 25, 22, § 89:

nigerrimus gemmae,

id. 37, 10, 69, § 184:

nitorem cutis facit sal,

id. 31, 7, 41, § 84.— Plur.:

nitores splendoresque auri,

Gell. 2, 6, 4.—

Transf.

Sleekness, plumpness, good looks, beauty:

nitor corporis,

Ter. Eun. 2, 2, 10:

urit me Glycerae nitor,

Hor. C. 1, 19, 5:

Liparei nitor Hebri,

id. ib. 3, 12, 6:

nullus totā nitor in cute,

Juv. 9, 13.—

Neatness, elegance, brilliancy of external appearance:

si quem... aliquid offendit, si purpurae genus, si amicorum catervae, si splendor, si nitor,

Cic. Cael. 31, 77:

habitus,

Juv. 3, 180:

oppidum praecipui nitoris,

Plin. 4, 12, 26, § 85.—

In gen., color, Lucr. 2, 819:

ludis et externo tincta nitore caput,

Prop. 2, 14, 26 (3, 11, 2).—

Trop., of speech, splendor, elegance, grace of style. —With gen.:

adhibendus erit in eis explicandis quidam orationis nitor,

Cic. Or. 32, 115:

domesticus eloquii,

Ov. P. 2, 2, 51:

nitor et cultus descriptionum,

Tac. Or. 20:

translationum,

Quint. 12, 10, 36.— Absol.:

sublimitas et magnificentia et nitor,

Quint. 8, 3, 3:

eruditione ac nitore praestare,

id. 10, 1, 98:

scripsit non sine cultu ac nitore,

id. 10, 1, 124.—

Of character, dignity, excellence:

generis,

Ov. P. 2, 9, 17; splendid liberality, Stat. S. 3, 3, 149.

nītor, nīsus and nixus ( inf. nitier, Lucr. 1, 1059; old form of the part. perf.: gnitus et gnixus a genibus prisci dixerunt, Paul. ex Fest. p. 96 Müll.), 3, v. dep. n. [from gnitor; root gnic- or gnig-; cf.: nico, conivere], to bear or rest upon something.

Lit.

With abl.: ambae te obsecramus genibus nixae, we implore thee upon our knees, i. e. kneeling, Plaut. Rud. 3, 3, 33:

stirpibus suis niti,

Cic. Tusc. 5, 13, 37:

herbescens viriditas, quae nixa fibris stirpium sensim adulescit,

id. Sen. 15, 51:

hastili nixus,

id. Rab. Perd. 7, 21:

mulierculā nixus,

id. Verr. 2, 5, 33, § 86:

juvenis, qui nititur hastā,

Verg. A. 6, 760:

paribus nitens Cyllenius alis Constitit,

id. ib. 4, 252:

nixus baculo,

Ov. P. 1, 8, 52.—

With in and acc.:

nixus in hastam,

Verg. A. 12, 398.—

With de:

de quā pariens arbore nixa dea est,

Ov. H. 21, 100.—

With gen. of place:

humi nitens,

Verg. A. 2, 380.—

Absol.: Sisiphu' versat Saxum sudans nitendo, Poët. ap. Cic. Tusc. 1, 5, 10:

niti modo ac statim concidere,

to strive to rise, Sall. J. 101, 11.—

Transf.

To make one's way with an effort, to press forward, advance; and, with respect to the goal, to mount, climb, fly, etc. (mostly poet.):

quaedam serpentes ortae extra aquam simul ac primum niti possunt, aquam persequuntur,

Cic. N. D. 2, 48, 124:

nituntur gradibus,

Verg. A. 2, 442:

in altas rupes,

Luc. 4, 37:

ad sidera,

Verg. G. 2, 427:

in aëra,

Ov. P. 2, 7, 27:

in adversum,

id. M. 2, 72:

sursum nitier,

Lucr. 1, 1059.—Of violent bodily motion:

niti corporibus et ea huc illuc, quasi vitabundi aut jacientes tela agitare,

to struggle, Sall. J. 60, 4.—

To strain in giving birth, to bring forth, Plin. 9, 35, 54, § 107 (al. eniti):

nitor,

I am in labor, Ov. M. 9, 302; Pseud.-Ov. Her. 21, 100.—

To strain for a stool, Suet. Vesp. 20.—

Trop.

To strive, to exert one's self, make an effort, labor, endeavor:

moderatio modo virium adsit et tantum, quantum potest, quisque nitatur,

Cic. Sen. 10, 33; Nep. Att. 15, 2:

nisurus contra regem,

Caes. B. C. 2, 37; Sall. C. 38, 2:

pro aliquo,

Liv. 35, 10; cf.:

pro libertate summā ope niti,

Sall. J. 31, 17:

nitebantur, ne gravius in eum consuleretur,

Sall. J. 13, 8; cf.:

unus Miltiades maxime nitebatur, ut, etc.,

Nep. Milt. 4, 2. — Inf.:

summā vi Cirtam irrumpere nititur,

Sall. J. 25, 9:

patriam recuperare niti,

Nep. Pelop. 2:

ingenio nitor non periisse meo,

Ov. P. 3, 5, 34; id. M. 8, 694.— Absol., of soldiers hard pressed in battle:

tamen virtute et patientia nitebantur atque omnia vulnera sustinebant,

Caes. B. C. 1, 45.—

To strive after a thing:

ad immortalitatem gloriae niti,

Cic. Sen. 23, 82:

ad summa, Quint. prooem. § 20: in vetitum,

Ov. Am. 3, 4, 17.—

To try to prove, contend in argument, argue, with acc. and inf.:

nitamur igitur nihil posse percipi,

Cic. Ac. 2, 21, 68.—

To rest, rely, depend upon a thing.

With in and abl.:

nixus in nomine inani,

Lucr. 5, 909:

conjectura in quā nititur divinatio,

Cic. Div. 2, 26, 55:

ea, in quibus causa nititur,

id. Cael. 10, 25:

cujus in vitā nitebatur salus civitatis,

id. Mil. 7, 19.—

With abl.:

spe niti,

Cic. Att. 3, 9, 2:

consilio atque auctoritate alicujus,

id. Off. 1, 34, 122; id. Fam. 1, 5, a, 2:

si quis hoc uno nititur quod sit ignobilis,

id. Clu. 40, 112.—

With ubi:

quo confugies? ubi nitere?

Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 64, § 155.—Hence, P. a., as subst., Nixus, i, m., only plur., Nixi, ōrum, m., three guardian deities of women in labor, the statues of whom, representing them in a kneeling posture, stood on the Capitol before the chapel of Minerva, Paul. ex Fest. p. 174 Müll.:

magno Lucinam Nixosque patres clamore vocabam,

Ov. M. 9, 294.

nĭtor, ōris, m. [niteo], brightness, splendor, lustre, sheen.

Lit.:

nitor exoriens aurorae,

Lucr. 4, 538:

diurnus,

the daylight, Ov. H. 18, 78:

herbarum viridis,

Lucr. 5, 783:

argenti et auri,

Ov. P. 3, 4, 23:

eboris,

Plin. 7, 15, 13, § 64:

materiae,

of the wood, id. 16, 40, 79, § 215:

speculi,

id. 11, 37, 64, § 170:

gladii,

id. 2, 25, 22, § 89:

nigerrimus gemmae,

id. 37, 10, 69, § 184:

nitorem cutis facit sal,

id. 31, 7, 41, § 84.— Plur.:

nitores splendoresque auri,

Gell. 2, 6, 4.—

Transf.

Sleekness, plumpness, good looks, beauty:

nitor corporis,

Ter. Eun. 2, 2, 10:

urit me Glycerae nitor,

Hor. C. 1, 19, 5:

Liparei nitor Hebri,

id. ib. 3, 12, 6:

nullus totā nitor in cute,

Juv. 9, 13.—

Neatness, elegance, brilliancy of external appearance:

si quem... aliquid offendit, si purpurae genus, si amicorum catervae, si splendor, si nitor,

Cic. Cael. 31, 77:

habitus,

Juv. 3, 180:

oppidum praecipui nitoris,

Plin. 4, 12, 26, § 85.—

In gen., color, Lucr. 2, 819:

ludis et externo tincta nitore caput,

Prop. 2, 14, 26 (3, 11, 2).—

Trop., of speech, splendor, elegance, grace of style. —With gen.:

adhibendus erit in eis explicandis quidam orationis nitor,

Cic. Or. 32, 115:

domesticus eloquii,

Ov. P. 2, 2, 51:

nitor et cultus descriptionum,

Tac. Or. 20:

translationum,

Quint. 12, 10, 36.— Absol.:

sublimitas et magnificentia et nitor,

Quint. 8, 3, 3:

eruditione ac nitore praestare,

id. 10, 1, 98:

scripsit non sine cultu ac nitore,

id. 10, 1, 124.—

Of character, dignity, excellence:

generis,

Ov. P. 2, 9, 17; splendid liberality, Stat. S. 3, 3, 149.

pābŭlum, i, n. [from the root pa, whence also pa-sco], food, nourishment.

Lit.

Of men (only poet.):

dura mundi,

Lucr. 5, 944:

dira (of the human food of Polyphemus),

Val. Fl. 4, 105; Stat. Th. 12, 566.—

Of animals, food, fodder (very freq. and class.):

bubus pabulum parare,

Cato, R. R. 54, 1:

pabulo pecoris student (Numidae),

Sall. J. 90, 1:

secare pabulum,

Caes. B. G. 7, 14:

supportare,

id. B. C. 3, 58:

consumere,

id. B. G. 7, 18:

conquirere,

Hirt. B. G. 8, 10:

comparare,

Nep. Eum. 8:

hirundo Pabula parva legens,

Verg. A. 12, 475:

pabula decerpere,

Ov. M. 13, 943:

pabula carpsit ovis,

id. F. 4, 750; id. P. 1, 2, 122:

praebere feris,

Lucr. 4, 685; 5, 991:

pabula laeta,

id. 2, 364; 875:

luna feras ducit ad pabula,

Petr. 100:

viciam conserere in pabulum,

Col. 11, 2, 71:

cervi noctu procedunt ad pabula,

Plin. 8, 32, 50, § 117:

subus serpentes in pabulo sunt,

id. 11, 53, 115, § 279:

ager frugum pabulique laetus,

i. e. food for men and beasts, Sall. H. 2, 91 Dietsch; id. J. 90, 1.—

Trop., food, nourishment, sustenance (class.): Acheruntis pabulum, food for Acheron (said of one who deserves to die), Plaut. Cas. 2, 1, 11:

piscibus in alto credo praehibent pabulum,

id. Rud. 2, 6, 29:

amoris,

Lucr. 4, 1063: est [p. 1287] enim animorum ingeniorumque naturale quoddam quasi pabulum consideratio contemplatioque naturae, Cic. Ac. 2, 41, 127:

studii atque doctrinae,

id. Sen. 14, 49:

dederatque gravi nova pabula morbo,

Ov. M. 8, 876.—Of manure:

pabula fesso praebere novali,

Col. 10, 84; 2, 5, 1.—Of nourishment for the mind:

quasi pabula quaedam animo ad sublimiora scandendi conquirens,

Amm. 14, 5, 6.

păvĕo, pāvi ( part. pres. gen. plur. paventūm, Ov. M. 14, 412), 2, v. n. and a. [etym. dub.; perh. akin with pavio].

Neutr., to be struck with fear or terror, to tremble or quake with fear, to be afraid, be terrified (perh. not used by Cic.; not in Cæs.;

syn.: tremo, trepido, timeo, metuo): nam et intus paveo et foris formido,

Plaut. Cist. 4, 2, 20:

mihi paveo,

Ter. Phorm. 1, 4, 10; Plaut. Curc. 2, 1, 10:

ne pave,

id. Am. 5, 1, 58; id. Mil. 3, 3, 21:

quaeres, quando iterum paveas,

Hor. S. 2, 7, 69:

paventes ad omnia,

Liv. 5, 42, 4:

repente Maurus incerto vultu pavens ad Sullam accurrit,

in great fear, Sall. J. 106, 2; Ov. M. 8, 89:

admiratione paventibus cunctis,

seized with astonishment, Liv. 7, 34, 7; cf.:

speque metuque pavent,

Ov. F. 3, 362:

in alieno discrimine sibi pavens, ne adlevasse videretur,

Tac. H. 2, 63; cf.

venae,

id. ib. 5, 6:

hoc sermone pavent,

i. e. express their fears, Juv. 6, 189.—With prepp. (eccl. Lat.):

pavete ad sanctuarium meum,

Vulg. Lev. 26, 2; cf. id. Deut. 31, 6:

pavens pro arcā Dei,

id. 1 Reg. 4, 13:

pavebit a facie consilii Domini,

id. Isa. 19, 17; cf. id. ib. 30, 31;

31, 4: super quo pavet anima,

id. Ezech. 24, 21.—

Act., to fear, dread, be terrified at:

et illud paveo et hoc formido,

Plaut. Cist. 2, 1, 59;

so with a general object: ad hoc mulieres... miserari parvos liberos, rogitare, omnia pavere,

Sall. C. 31, 3: noctem paventes, Poët. ap. Cic. Tusc. 2, 10, 23:

quis Parthum paveat, quis gelidum Scythen?

Hor. C. 4, 5, 25:

ut pavet acres Agna lupos capreaeque leones!

id. Epod. 12, 25:

tristiorem casum,

Tac. H. 1, 29:

mores alicujus,

id. ib. 1, 50:

saturam serpentibus ibin,

Juv. 15, 3:

mortem,

Plin. 2, 12, 9, § 54:

funera,

Hor. C. 4, 14, 49:

(Castanea) pavet novitatem,

Plin. 17, 20, 34, § 149.— Pass. (in Plin. 31, 9, 45, § 104, read batuerentur):

nec pedibus tantum pavendas serpentes,

Plin. 8, 23, 35, § 85.—Perh. here too belongs: paveri frumenta dicebant antiqui, quae de vaginā non bene exibant, Fest. p 251 and 253 Müll.; v. Müll. ad loc.—

With inf. ( poet.):

pavetque Laedere jactatis maternas ossibus umbras,

Ov. M. 1, 386:

nec illae numerare aut exigere plagas pavent,

Tac. G. 7.

pennātus ( pinn-), a, um, adj. [penna], furnished with wings, winged ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose):

hic Jovis altisoni subito pennata (al. pinnata) satelles, Cic. poët. Div. 1, 47, 106: apes,

Plin. 11, 1, 1, § 1:

serpentes,

Ov. M. 7, 350:

pennati equi, quos pegasos vocant,

Plin. 8, 21, 30, § 72:

Zephyrus,

Lucr. 5, 738:

ferrum,

an arrow, Plin. 34, 14, 39, § 138.— Subst.: pennāta, ōrum, n. (sc. animalia), winged creatures, birds:

pennatorum infecunda sunt, quae aduncos habent ungues,

Plin. 10, 52, 73, § 143.—Prov.:

Frustra jacitur rete ante oculos pennatorum,

Vulg. Prov. 1, 17.— Comp.: voto pennatior, Auct. Itin. Alex. 69.—

Transf.: pennatas impennatasque agnas in Saliari carmine spicas significat cum aristis, et alias sine aristis... (Aelius oves veteres et) agnas novas voluit intellegi, Paul. ex Fest. p. 211 Müll.

pennātus ( pinn-), a, um, adj. [penna], furnished with wings, winged ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose):

hic Jovis altisoni subito pennata (al. pinnata) satelles, Cic. poët. Div. 1, 47, 106: apes,

Plin. 11, 1, 1, § 1:

serpentes,

Ov. M. 7, 350:

pennati equi, quos pegasos vocant,

Plin. 8, 21, 30, § 72:

Zephyrus,

Lucr. 5, 738:

ferrum,

an arrow, Plin. 34, 14, 39, § 138.— Subst.: pennāta, ōrum, n. (sc. animalia), winged creatures, birds:

pennatorum infecunda sunt, quae aduncos habent ungues,

Plin. 10, 52, 73, § 143.—Prov.:

Frustra jacitur rete ante oculos pennatorum,

Vulg. Prov. 1, 17.— Comp.: voto pennatior, Auct. Itin. Alex. 69.—

Transf.: pennatas impennatasque agnas in Saliari carmine spicas significat cum aristis, et alias sine aristis... (Aelius oves veteres et) agnas novas voluit intellegi, Paul. ex Fest. p. 211 Müll.

per-dŏmo, ŭi, ĭtum, āre, v. a.

To tame or subdue thoroughly, to subjugate completely, to conquer, vanquish, overcome, etc. (Aug.;

syn. subigo): ad perdomandum Latium exercitum circumducere,

Liv. 8, 13:

Hispaniam,

id. 28, 12:

Apulia perdomita,

id. 9, 20:

gentes,

Vell. 2, 95, 2:

regionem,

Just. 2, 3, 15:

urbes,

Luc. 2, 644:

serpentes, tauros feroces,

to tame, subdue, Ov. H. 12, 163; id. M. 1, 447:

boves,

Col. 6, 2.—

Transf., to work thoroughly, to knead:

farinam assiduā tractatione,

Sen. Ep. 90, 23; cf.: perdomitam saxo Cererem, prepared, i. e. ground, Stat. Th. 1, 524.—

Trop.:

ut nono demum sulco (solum) perdometur,

Plin. Ep. 5, 6, 10.

praesĭdĭum, ii, n. [praeses].

Lit., a presiding over; hence, defence, protection, help, aid, assistance; esp. of soldiers who are to serve as a guard, garrison, escort, or convoy:

proficisci praesidio suis,

Nep. Ages. 3:

praesidio esse alicui,

id. ib. 7: Caes. B. G. 1, 44:

hanc sibi rem praesidio sperant futuram,

Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 65, § 167:

tectus praesidio firmo amicorum,

id. Sull. 18, 51:

absque me foret et meo praesidio, etc.,

Plaut. Pers. 5, 2, 61:

ut meae stultitiae in justitiā tuā sit aliquid praesidii,

Ter. Heaut. 4, 1, 33:

in tutelā ac praesidio bellicae virtutis,

Cic. Mur. 10, 22:

Veneris praesidio ferox,

Hor. C. 1, 15, 13.—Esp. of soldiers acting as a guard, convoy, escort:

legiones, quae praesidio impedimentis erant,

Caes. B. G. 2, 19:

regale,

Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 30.—

Transf.

That which aids, defends, or protects, defence, assistance, protection:

ad hoc ipsum judicium cum praesidio venit,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 5, 13:

armatorum,

id. Phil. 2, 44, 112; cf.:

O et praesidium,

protector, Hor. C. 1, 1, 2:

quantum praesidium perdis,

Verg. A. 11, 58.—

In partic., in milit. lang., those who by their presence protect a place, a camp, or a supply of arms or provisions, a guard, garrison, convoy, escort, troops, soldiers, etc.:

praesidium est dictum, quia extra castra praesidebant loco aliquo, quo tutior regio esset,

Varr. L. L. 5, § 90 Müll.:

occupatoque oppido, ibi praesidium collocat,

garrison, Caes. B. G. 1, 38:

(turres) praesidiis firmare,

with a garrison, with troops, Sall. J. 23, 1:

quam (Italiam) praesidiis confirmaretis,

Cic. Agr. 1, 5, 16:

obsidere atque occupare,

id. ib. 2, 28, 75:

ex oppido educere,

Caes. B. C. 1, 13:

dimittere,

Cic. Fam. 2, 17, 3:

oppido imponere,

Liv. 24, 7:

praesidium dedit, ut eo tuto perveniret,

an escort, Nep. Ep. 4, 5:

praesidium ex arce expellere,

a garrison, id. ib. 10, 3:

praesidium ex regionibus depellere,

id. Paus. 2, 1:

praesidia interficere,

troops, id. Milt. 4, 1:

praesidia custodiasque disponere,

posts, pickets, Caes. B. G. 7, 55:

Italia tota armis praesidiisque tenetur,

troops, Cic. Att. 9, 3, 1:

praesidia deducere,

Caes. B. G. 2, 33:

galeatum ponit ubique Praesidium,

Juv. 8, 239.—

Any place occupied by troops, as a hill, a camp, etc.; a post, station, intrenchment, fortification, camp:

qui propter metum praesidium relinquit,

leaves his post, Cic. Tusc. 3, 8, 17:

praesidio decedere,

Liv. 4, 29:

procul in praesidio esse,

Nep. Timol. 1, 4:

praesidium occupare et munire,

Caes. B. C. 3, 45:

cohortes ex proximis praesidiis deductae,

id. B. G. 7, 87:

milites in praesidiis disponere,

id. ib. 7, 34:

in praesidiis esse,

in the camp, with the army, Cic. Lig. 9, 28:

in adversariorum praesidiis,

id. Rosc. Am. 43, 126:

posito castello super vestigia paterni praesidii,

fort, Tac. A. 1, 56:

obsidium coepit per praesidia,

redoubts, id. ib. 4, 49.— Trop.:

de praesidio et statione vitae decedere,

Cic. Sen. 26, 73.—

In gen., aid, help, assistance of any kind, Plaut. Pers. 1, 3, 45:

quod satis esset praesidii, dedit,

every thing needful for his support and safety, Nep. Them. 8, 5:

quaerere sibi praesidia periculis, et adjumenta honoribus,

Cic. Imp. Pomp. 24, 70:

magnum sibi praesidium ad beatam vitam comparare,

id. Tusc. 2, 1, 2:

omnibus vel naturae, vel doctrinae praesidiis ad dicendum parati,

id. de Or. 1, 9, 38:

me biremis praesidio scaphae tutum aura feret,

Hor. C. 3, 29, 62:

ad praesidium aquae calidae decurritur,

Col. 12, 50:

praesidia afferre navem factura minorem,

Juv. 12, 56.— Trop., defence, protection, help:

fortissimum praesidium pudoris,

Cic. Sull. 28, 77:

insigne maestis praesidium reis,

Hor. C. 2, 1, 13:

si qua aliunde putas rerum exspectanda tuarum, Praesidia,

Juv. 7, 23.—

In partic., a remedy against diseases:

aurium morbis praesidium est,

Plin. 22, 22, 44, § 90:

contra serpentes praesidio esse,

id. 28, 4, 7, § 35.

rĕ-căno, ĕre, v. a. (Plinian).

To sing back, i. e. call back by singing:

ut illa (perdix) recanat revocetque (marem),

Plin. 10, 33, 51, § 102:

Phoebus... recanente lyrā fautor,

Verg. Cul. 13.—

To charm back again, to undo a charm:

pauci etiam credunt serpentes ipsas recanere,

Plin. 28, 2, 4, § 19 (perh. also id. 29, 4, 21, § 69, where Jan. reads praecanere. The form recĭno has another signif., v. recino).

rĕ-pello, reppuli (less correctly repuli), rĕpulsum, 3, v. a., to drive, crowd, or thrust back; to reject, repulse, repel, etc., = reicere (freq. and class.; syn.: reicio, repono, removeo).

Lit.:

eum ego meis Dictis malis his foribus atque hac reppuli, rejeci hominem,

Plaut. Bacch. 4, 3, 19:

aliquem foribus,

Hor. S. 2, 7, 90:

foribus tam saepe repulsus,

Ov. Am. 3, 11, 9:

homines inermos armis,

Cic. Caecin. 12, 33:

adversarius, qui sit et feriendus et repellendus,

id. de Or. 2, 17, 72:

aliquem ab hoc templo,

id. Phil. 14, 3, 8:

homines a templi aditu,

id. Dom. 21, 54:

Sabinos a moenibus urbis,

id. Rep. 2, 20, 36:

hostes a ponte,

Caes. B. C. 1, 16;

ab castris,

id. ib. 1, 75:

a citeriore ripā,

Front. Strat. 1, 4, 10:

aliquem inde,

Cic. de Or. 3, 17, 63:

hostes in silvas,

Caes. B. G. 3, 28 fin.:

in oppidum,

id. ib. 3, 22 fin.; id. B. C. 2, 14 fin.— Absol.:

nostri acriter in eos impetu facto, repulerunt,

Caes. B. G. 5, 17. —Of impersonal objects (mostly poet.):

reppulit mihi manum,

Plaut. Cas. 5, 2, 14; cf. Plin. 7, 16, 15, § 72:

telum aere repulsum,

repelled, Verg. A. 2, 545:

mensas,

to push back, Ov. M. 6, 661; cf.

aras,

id. ib. 9, 164:

repagula,

to shove back, id. ib. 2, 157:

tellurem mediā undā,

crowds back, id. ib. 15, 292:

navem a terrā, Auct. B. Alex. 20: serpentes,

Amm. 14, 2, 5. — Poet., of the apparent pushing back or away of the starting-point, in flying up or sailing away:

Oceani spretos pede reppulit amnes,

Verg. G. 4, 233; cf.:

cum subito juvenis, pedibus tellure repulsā, Arduus in nubes abiit,

spurning the ground, Ov. M. 4, 710:

impressā tellurem reppulit hastā,

id. ib. 2, 786;

6, 512: aera repulsa,

i. e. cymbals struck together, Tib. 1, 3, 24; 1, 8, 22; cf.:

aera Aere repulsa,

Ov. M. 3, 533.—

Trop., to drive away, reject, remove; to keep off, hold back, ward off, repulse, etc.:

repelli oratorem a gubernaculis civitatum,

Cic. de Or. 1, 11, 46:

aliquem a consulatu,

id. Cat. 1, 10, 27:

ab hoc conatu,

id. Or. 11, 36:

a cognitione legum,

id. Balb. 14, 32:

ab impediendo ac laedendo,

Q. Cic. Petit. Cons. 14, 55:

ab hac spe repulsi Nervii,

Caes. B. G. 5, 42:

repulsum ab amicitiā,

Sall. J. 102, 13:

fracti bello fatisque repulsi,

Verg. A. 2, 13:

repulsus ille veritatis viribus,

Phaedr. 1, 1, 9:

hinc quoque repulsus,

Nep. Lys. 3:

per colloquia repulsus a Lepido,

Vell. 2, 63, 1. —

Of suitors for office,

Cic. Planc. 21, 51:

haud repulsus abibis,

Sall. J. 110, 8; Liv. 39, 32. —

Of lovers: saepe roges aliquid, saepe repulsus eas,

Prop. 2, 4, 2 (12):

proci repulsi,

Ov. M. 13, 735:

aliquam ad meretricium quaestum,

to drive, Plaut. Cist. 1, 1, 43.—

Of abstract objects: dolorem a se repellere,

Cic. Fin. 1, 9, 30:

furores Clodii a cervicibus vestris,

id. Mil. 28, 77:

illius alterum consulatum a re publicā,

id. Att. 7, 18, 2:

quod tamen a verā longe ratione repulsum'st,

removed, Lucr. 1, 880; cf. id. 2, 645; 5, 406:

tegimenta ad defendendos ictus ac repellendos,

Caes. B. C. 2, 9; 6, 767: cute ictus, Ov. M. 3, 64:

pericula,

Cic. Mur. 14, 30; Caes. B. C. 1, 79, 2:

vim (opp. inferre),

Cic. Mil. 19, 51:

crimen (with transferre),

Quint. 4, 2, 26:

temptamina,

Ov. M. 7, 735:

facinus,

id. ib. 15, 777:

fraudem,

id. A. A. 3, 491:

verba,

id. P. 4, 1, 19:

ver hiemem repellit,

id. M. 10, 165:

conubia nostra,

to reject, disdain, Verg. A. 4, 214 amorem, Ov. Am. 1, 8, 76:

preces,

id. M. 14, 377:

diadema,

to refuse, reject, Vell. 2, 56, 4; Suet. Caes. 79; cf.

dictaturam,

Vell. 2, 89, 5:

ut contumelia repellatur,

be discarded, Cic. Off. 1, 37, 137.— Hence, rĕpulsus, a, um, P. a., removed, remote; once in Cato: ecquis incultior, religiosior, desertior, publicis negotiis repulsior, Cato ap. Fest. p. 286, and ap. Paul. ex Fest. p. 287 Müll.

sălūtāris, e, adj. [salus], of or belonging to well-being, healthful, wholesome, salutary, serviceable, beneficial, advantageous (in the most general sense, while the predominant meaning of salubris, in class. lang., is healthy in a medical sense; very freq. and class.).

In gen.

Absol.:

ut quae mala perniciosaque sunt, habeantur pro bonis ac salutaribus,

Cic. Leg. 1, 16, 44:

pro salutaribus mortifera conscribere,

id. ib. 2, 5, 13:

res salutares (opp. pestiferae),

id. N. D. 2, 12, 34:

res utiles et salutares,

id. ib. 1, 15, 38:

salutaris et vitalis calor,

id. ib. 2, 10, 27:

sine quo nihil nec laudabile nec salutare est,

Quint. 12, 10, 79:

tuta et salutaria capessere (opp. praecipitia),

Tac. A. 15, 29:

salutares litterae,

Cic. Att. 9, 7, 2; cf.:

Apollonides orationem salutarem habuit,

Liv. 24, 28:

portus eloquentiae,

Quint. 12, 7, 4; cf. Plin. Ep. 6, 31, 17:

salutaris ars,

of healing, Hor. C. S. 63:

herbae,

Ov. R. Am. 45:

amurca,

Col. 6, 4, 4.—

Rarely of persons: civis,

Cic. Mil. 8, 20: bonus et salutaris Princeps, Tiber. ap. Suet. Tib. 29.—

With dat., ad, contra aliquid, etc. (the first very freq. in Cic.):

ratio quoniam pestifera sit multis, admodum paucis salutaris,

Cic. N. D. 3, 27, 69; Plaut. Aul. 2, 1, 26:

hominum generi universo cultura agrorum est salutaris,

Cic. Sen. 16, 56; id. Fam. 6, 6, 4; id. Brut. 4, 15:

corporibus tot res, animis nulla,

id. Tusc. 4, 27, 58:

vox petentibus,

Quint. 10, 7, 2; cf.:

radicem decoctam bibere, spasticis, etc.... salutare ost,

Plin. 21, 19, 77, § 132.—Once also in the comp.:

nihil est nobis salutarius,

Cic. N. D. 3, 9, 23:

stella Jovis aut Veneris conjuncta cum Lunā ad ortus puerorum salutaris sit,

id. Div. 1, 39, 85:

decoctum ad dentium dolorem,

Plin. 24, 9, 42, § 71:

herba Britannica non nervis modo salutaris sed contra anginas quoque et contra serpentes,

id. 25, 3, 6, § 20:

dicunt radicem et in pestilentiā salutarem esse in cibis,

id. 24, 16, 92, § 148. —

As subst.: sălūtāre, is, n., salvation, deliverance, health (late Lat.), Vulg. Gen. 49, 18; id. Psa. 41, 5 et saep.— Plur.: bibere salutaria alicui, to drink one ' s health, App. M. 2, p. 128, 25.—

In partic.

As an appellative: salutaris littera, i. e. the letter A, written on the voting tablets as an abbreviation for absolvo, Cic. Mil. 6, 15 (opp. littera tristis, i. e. C, for condemno): digitus, i. e. the index-finger (perh. as used in greeting), Suet. Aug. 80; Mart. Cap. 1, § 90.—

Subst.: sălūtāre, is, n., i. q. salus, welfare, prosperity, Vulg. Psa. 115, 13 (4) (for the Heb.).— Adj. prop.: Collis Salutaris, one of the four summits of the Quirinal (so called from the temple of Salus, which stood on it), Varr. L. L. 5, § 52 Müll.; cf. Salus, II.;

and v. Becker, Antiq. 1, pp. 568 and 578 sq.: Salutaris porta appellata est ab aede Salutis, quae ei proxima fuit,

Fest. p. 326 Müll.: Jovem cum Optimum et Maximum dicimus, cumque eundem Salutarem Hospitalem. Statorem: hoc intellegi volumus, salutem hominum in ejus esse tutelā (corresp. to the Gr. Zeus Sôtêr), Cic. Fin. 3, 20, 66:

qui (Jesus) Latine dicitur salutaris sive salvator,

Lact. 4, 12, 6.—Hence, adv.: sălūtārĭter, profitably, beneficially, salutarily:

uti armis,

Cic. Brut. 2, 8: se recipere, Plancus ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 23, 2:

cogitare aliquid,

id. ib. 10, 24, 2:

quinque consulatus salutariter rei publicae administrati,

Val. Max. 5, 2, 3:

haec salutariter scripsi,

Amm. 20, 8, 17.— Comp. and sup. of the adv., and sup. of the adj. do not occur.

sălūtāris, e, adj. [salus], of or belonging to well-being, healthful, wholesome, salutary, serviceable, beneficial, advantageous (in the most general sense, while the predominant meaning of salubris, in class. lang., is healthy in a medical sense; very freq. and class.).

In gen.

Absol.:

ut quae mala perniciosaque sunt, habeantur pro bonis ac salutaribus,

Cic. Leg. 1, 16, 44:

pro salutaribus mortifera conscribere,

id. ib. 2, 5, 13:

res salutares (opp. pestiferae),

id. N. D. 2, 12, 34:

res utiles et salutares,

id. ib. 1, 15, 38:

salutaris et vitalis calor,

id. ib. 2, 10, 27:

sine quo nihil nec laudabile nec salutare est,

Quint. 12, 10, 79:

tuta et salutaria capessere (opp. praecipitia),

Tac. A. 15, 29:

salutares litterae,

Cic. Att. 9, 7, 2; cf.:

Apollonides orationem salutarem habuit,

Liv. 24, 28:

portus eloquentiae,

Quint. 12, 7, 4; cf. Plin. Ep. 6, 31, 17:

salutaris ars,

of healing, Hor. C. S. 63:

herbae,

Ov. R. Am. 45:

amurca,

Col. 6, 4, 4.—

Rarely of persons: civis,

Cic. Mil. 8, 20: bonus et salutaris Princeps, Tiber. ap. Suet. Tib. 29.—

With dat., ad, contra aliquid, etc. (the first very freq. in Cic.):

ratio quoniam pestifera sit multis, admodum paucis salutaris,

Cic. N. D. 3, 27, 69; Plaut. Aul. 2, 1, 26:

hominum generi universo cultura agrorum est salutaris,

Cic. Sen. 16, 56; id. Fam. 6, 6, 4; id. Brut. 4, 15:

corporibus tot res, animis nulla,

id. Tusc. 4, 27, 58:

vox petentibus,

Quint. 10, 7, 2; cf.:

radicem decoctam bibere, spasticis, etc.... salutare ost,

Plin. 21, 19, 77, § 132.—Once also in the comp.:

nihil est nobis salutarius,

Cic. N. D. 3, 9, 23:

stella Jovis aut Veneris conjuncta cum Lunā ad ortus puerorum salutaris sit,

id. Div. 1, 39, 85:

decoctum ad dentium dolorem,

Plin. 24, 9, 42, § 71:

herba Britannica non nervis modo salutaris sed contra anginas quoque et contra serpentes,

id. 25, 3, 6, § 20:

dicunt radicem et in pestilentiā salutarem esse in cibis,

id. 24, 16, 92, § 148. —

As subst.: sălūtāre, is, n., salvation, deliverance, health (late Lat.), Vulg. Gen. 49, 18; id. Psa. 41, 5 et saep.— Plur.: bibere salutaria alicui, to drink one ' s health, App. M. 2, p. 128, 25.—

In partic.

As an appellative: salutaris littera, i. e. the letter A, written on the voting tablets as an abbreviation for absolvo, Cic. Mil. 6, 15 (opp. littera tristis, i. e. C, for condemno): digitus, i. e. the index-finger (perh. as used in greeting), Suet. Aug. 80; Mart. Cap. 1, § 90.—

Subst.: sălūtāre, is, n., i. q. salus, welfare, prosperity, Vulg. Psa. 115, 13 (4) (for the Heb.).— Adj. prop.: Collis Salutaris, one of the four summits of the Quirinal (so called from the temple of Salus, which stood on it), Varr. L. L. 5, § 52 Müll.; cf. Salus, II.;

and v. Becker, Antiq. 1, pp. 568 and 578 sq.: Salutaris porta appellata est ab aede Salutis, quae ei proxima fuit,

Fest. p. 326 Müll.: Jovem cum Optimum et Maximum dicimus, cumque eundem Salutarem Hospitalem. Statorem: hoc intellegi volumus, salutem hominum in ejus esse tutelā (corresp. to the Gr. Zeus Sôtêr), Cic. Fin. 3, 20, 66:

qui (Jesus) Latine dicitur salutaris sive salvator,

Lact. 4, 12, 6.—Hence, adv.: sălūtārĭter, profitably, beneficially, salutarily:

uti armis,

Cic. Brut. 2, 8: se recipere, Plancus ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 23, 2:

cogitare aliquid,

id. ib. 10, 24, 2:

quinque consulatus salutariter rei publicae administrati,

Val. Max. 5, 2, 3:

haec salutariter scripsi,

Amm. 20, 8, 17.— Comp. and sup. of the adv., and sup. of the adj. do not occur.

sălūtāris, e, adj. [salus], of or belonging to well-being, healthful, wholesome, salutary, serviceable, beneficial, advantageous (in the most general sense, while the predominant meaning of salubris, in class. lang., is healthy in a medical sense; very freq. and class.).

In gen.

Absol.:

ut quae mala perniciosaque sunt, habeantur pro bonis ac salutaribus,

Cic. Leg. 1, 16, 44:

pro salutaribus mortifera conscribere,

id. ib. 2, 5, 13:

res salutares (opp. pestiferae),

id. N. D. 2, 12, 34:

res utiles et salutares,

id. ib. 1, 15, 38:

salutaris et vitalis calor,

id. ib. 2, 10, 27:

sine quo nihil nec laudabile nec salutare est,

Quint. 12, 10, 79:

tuta et salutaria capessere (opp. praecipitia),

Tac. A. 15, 29:

salutares litterae,

Cic. Att. 9, 7, 2; cf.:

Apollonides orationem salutarem habuit,

Liv. 24, 28:

portus eloquentiae,

Quint. 12, 7, 4; cf. Plin. Ep. 6, 31, 17:

salutaris ars,

of healing, Hor. C. S. 63:

herbae,

Ov. R. Am. 45:

amurca,

Col. 6, 4, 4.—

Rarely of persons: civis,

Cic. Mil. 8, 20: bonus et salutaris Princeps, Tiber. ap. Suet. Tib. 29.—

With dat., ad, contra aliquid, etc. (the first very freq. in Cic.):

ratio quoniam pestifera sit multis, admodum paucis salutaris,

Cic. N. D. 3, 27, 69; Plaut. Aul. 2, 1, 26:

hominum generi universo cultura agrorum est salutaris,

Cic. Sen. 16, 56; id. Fam. 6, 6, 4; id. Brut. 4, 15:

corporibus tot res, animis nulla,

id. Tusc. 4, 27, 58:

vox petentibus,

Quint. 10, 7, 2; cf.:

radicem decoctam bibere, spasticis, etc.... salutare ost,

Plin. 21, 19, 77, § 132.—Once also in the comp.:

nihil est nobis salutarius,

Cic. N. D. 3, 9, 23:

stella Jovis aut Veneris conjuncta cum Lunā ad ortus puerorum salutaris sit,

id. Div. 1, 39, 85:

decoctum ad dentium dolorem,

Plin. 24, 9, 42, § 71:

herba Britannica non nervis modo salutaris sed contra anginas quoque et contra serpentes,

id. 25, 3, 6, § 20:

dicunt radicem et in pestilentiā salutarem esse in cibis,

id. 24, 16, 92, § 148. —

As subst.: sălūtāre, is, n., salvation, deliverance, health (late Lat.), Vulg. Gen. 49, 18; id. Psa. 41, 5 et saep.— Plur.: bibere salutaria alicui, to drink one ' s health, App. M. 2, p. 128, 25.—

In partic.

As an appellative: salutaris littera, i. e. the letter A, written on the voting tablets as an abbreviation for absolvo, Cic. Mil. 6, 15 (opp. littera tristis, i. e. C, for condemno): digitus, i. e. the index-finger (perh. as used in greeting), Suet. Aug. 80; Mart. Cap. 1, § 90.—

Subst.: sălūtāre, is, n., i. q. salus, welfare, prosperity, Vulg. Psa. 115, 13 (4) (for the Heb.).— Adj. prop.: Collis Salutaris, one of the four summits of the Quirinal (so called from the temple of Salus, which stood on it), Varr. L. L. 5, § 52 Müll.; cf. Salus, II.;

and v. Becker, Antiq. 1, pp. 568 and 578 sq.: Salutaris porta appellata est ab aede Salutis, quae ei proxima fuit,

Fest. p. 326 Müll.: Jovem cum Optimum et Maximum dicimus, cumque eundem Salutarem Hospitalem. Statorem: hoc intellegi volumus, salutem hominum in ejus esse tutelā (corresp. to the Gr. Zeus Sôtêr), Cic. Fin. 3, 20, 66:

qui (Jesus) Latine dicitur salutaris sive salvator,

Lact. 4, 12, 6.—Hence, adv.: sălūtārĭter, profitably, beneficially, salutarily:

uti armis,

Cic. Brut. 2, 8: se recipere, Plancus ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 23, 2:

cogitare aliquid,

id. ib. 10, 24, 2:

quinque consulatus salutariter rei publicae administrati,

Val. Max. 5, 2, 3:

haec salutariter scripsi,

Amm. 20, 8, 17.— Comp. and sup. of the adv., and sup. of the adj. do not occur.