short+a

a-stringo ( ads-, Ritschl, Baiter, Halm, Jahn, Keil; as-, Fleck., Merk., Kayser), inxi, ictum, 3, v. a., to draw close, to draw, bind, or tie together, to bind, to tighten, contract (syn.: constringo, stringo, alligo, obligo, vincio).

Lit.:

(hunc) adstringite ad columnam fortiter,

Plaut. Bacch. 4, 7, 25:

ad statuam astrictus est,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 42:

manus,

Plaut. Capt. 3, 5, 9:

vinculorum, id est aptissimum... quod ex se atque de iis, quae adstringit quam maxume, unum efficit,

Cic. Tim. 4 fin.:

astringit vincula motu,

Ov. M. 11, 75:

laqueos,

Sen. Ira, 3, 16:

artius atque hederā procera adstringitur ilex,

is twined around with ivy, Hor. Epod. 15, 5:

adstringi funibus,

Vulg. Ezech. 27, 24:

aliquem adstringere loris,

ib. Act. 22, 25:

pavidum in jus Cervice adstrictā dominum trahat,

with a halter round his neck, Juv. 10, 88 (Jahn, obstrictā): aspice... Quam non adstricto percurrat pulpita socco, not drawn close, loose; poet. for a negligent style of writing, Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 174:

Ipse rotam adstringit multo sufflamine consul,

checks, Juv. 8, 148:

balteus haud fluxos gemmis adstrinxit amictus,

Luc. 2, 362:

frontem,

to contract, knit, Mart. 11, 40; Sen. Ep. 106:

labra porriguntur et scinduntur et adstringuntur,

Quint. 11, 3, 81:

frondem ferro,

to cut off, clip, Col. 5, 6, 17 al.; so, alvum, to make costive (opp. solvere, q. v.), Cels. 1, 3; 2, 30.—Of the contraction produced by cold:

nivibus quoque molle rotatis astringi corpus,

Ov. M. 9, 222; so id. Tr. 3, 4, 48; id. P. 3, 3, 26:

ventis glacies astricta pependit,

id. M. 1, 120:

Sic stat iners Scythicas adstringens Bosporus undas,

Luc. 5, 436:

vis frigoris (corpora) ita adstringebat,

Curt. 7, 3, 13; 8, 4, 6.—Hence, also, to make colder, to cool, refresh:

ex quo (puteo) possis rursus adstringere,

Plin. Ep. 5, 6, 25: corpus astringes brevi Salone, Mart. 1, 49, 11 (acc. to Varr. in a pass. sense in the perf., adstrinxi for adstrictus sum, Varr. L. L. Fragm. ap. Gell. 2, 25, 7).—Of colors, to deaden:

ita permixtis viribus alterum altero excitatur aut adstringitur,

Plin. 9, 38, 62, § 134 (diff. from alligare, which precedes;

v. alligo, I. B.).—Also of an astringent, harsh taste: radix gustu adstringit,

Plin. 27, 10, 60, § 85.—

Trop., to draw together, draw closer, circumscribe; to bind, put under obligation, oblige, necessitate:

ubi adfinitatem inter nos nostram adstrinxeris,

Plaut. Trin. 3, 2, 73: vellem, suscepisses juvenem regendum;

pater enim nimis indulgens, quicquid ego adstrinxi, relaxat,

Cic. Att. 10, 6; so,

mores disciplinae severitate,

Quint. 2, 2, 4 Spald.:

ad adstringendam fidem,

Cic. Off. 3, 31, 111:

hac lege tibi meam astringo fidem,

Ter. Eun. 1, 2, 22:

quo (jure jurando) se cuncti astrinxerant,

Suet. Caes. 84:

hujus tanti officii servitutem astringebam testimonio sempiterno,

to confirm, secure, Cic. Planc. 30 fin. Wund.:

religione devinctum astrictumque,

id. Verr. 2, 4, 42:

disciplina astricta legibus,

id. Brut. 10, 40; id. ad Q. Fr. 1, 1, 3:

lege et quaestione,

id. Clu. 155:

suis condicionibus,

id. Quinct. 5:

auditor nullā ejus modi adstrictus necessitate,

id. N. D. 1, 7, 17:

orationem numeris astringere,

id. de Or. 3, 44, 173 et saep.:

adstringi sacris,

to be bound to maintain, id. Leg. 2, 19:

inops regio, quae parsimoniā astringeret milites,

Liv. 39, 1:

ad temperantiam,

Plin. Ep. 7, 1:

ad servitutem juris,

Quint. 2, 16, 9:

illa servitus ad certa se verba adstringendi,

id. 7, 3, 16:

milites ad certam stipendiorum formulam,

Suet. Aug. 49; id. Tib. 18:

me astringam verbis in sacra jura tuis,

Ov. H. 16, 320; 20, 28:

magno scelere se astringeret,

Cic. Phil. 4, 4, 9; id. Sest. 50 fin.; so id. Sull. 29, 82; perh. also id. Pis. 39 fin.; instead of this abl. of class. Latin, we sometimes find in comedy apparently the gen.:

et ipsum sese et illum furti adstringeret,

made guilty of, charged himself with, Plaut. Rud. 4, 7, 34:

Homo furti sese adstringet,

id. Poen. 3, 4, 27 (cf.:

Audin tu? hic furti se adligat,

Ter. Eun. 4, 7, 39; Draeger, Hist. Synt. I. § 209, regards this as a vulgar extension of the use of the gen. with verbs of accusing, convicting, etc., but Klotz, s. v. astringo, regards it as really an old dative, furtoi furti; cf. quoi cui).—Of reasoning or discourse, to compress, abridge, bring into short compass:

Stoici breviter adstringere solent argumenta,

Cic. Tusc. 3, 6, 13 (cf. id. ib. 3, 10, 22: Haec sic dicuntur a Stoicis, concludunturque contortius); id. Fat. 14, 32:

premere tumentia, luxuriantia adstringere,

Quint. 10, 4, 1 Frotsch., Halm.—Hence, astrictus ( ads-), a, um, P. a., drawn together, tight, narrow, close.

Lit.:

limen astrictum,

shut, Ov. Am. 3, 1, 50:

alvus fusior aut astrictior,

Cels. 1, 3:

corpus astrictum, i. e. alvus dura,

id. 3, 6:

genus morbi astrictum,

costiveness, id. 1 praef.:

gustu adstricto,

of a harsh, astringent taste, Plin. 27, 12, 96, § 121.—

Trop.

Sparing, parsimonious, covetous (not before the Aug. per.):

astrictus pater,

Prop. 3, 17, 18:

adstricti moris auctor,

Tac. A. 3, 55:

parsimonia,

Just. 44, 2.—

Of discourse, compact, brief, concise, short (opp. remissus):

dialectica quasi contracta et astricta eloquentia putanda est,

Cic. Brut. 90, 309:

verborum astricta comprehensio,

id. ib. 95, 327:

est enim finitimus oratori poëta, numeris astrictior paulo,

id. de Or. 1, 16, 70; 1, 16, 60.— Sup. not used.— Adv.: astrictē ( ads-), concisely, briefly (only of discourse):

astricte numerosa oratio,

Cic. de Or. 3, 48, 184.— Comp.:

astrictius dicere,

Sen. Ep. 8 fin., and Plin. Ep. 1, 20, 20:

scribere,

id. ib. 3, 18, 10:

ille concludit adstrictius, hic latius,

Quint. 10, 1, 106.— Sup. not used.

angustus, a, um. adj. [v. ango], narrow, strait, esp. of local relations, close, contracted, small, not spacious (syn.: artus, brevis, contractus;

opp. latus,

Cic. Ac. 2, 29, 92). [p. 120]

Lit.:

fretus,

Lucr. 1, 720:

Angustum per iter,

id. 5, 1132; so Sall. J. 92, 7, and Vulg. Judith, 4, 6; 7, 5:

pontes angusti,

Cic. Leg. 3, 17:

domus,

id. Fin. 1, 20, 65:

fauces portūs angustissimae,

Caes. B. C. 1, 25:

fines,

id. B. G. 1, 2 Herz.:

cellae,

Hor. S. 1, 8, 8:

rima,

id. Ep. 1, 7, 29:

Principis angustā Caprearum in rupe sedentis,

on the narrow rock, Juv. 10, 93 Herm., where Jahn reads augusta, both readings yielding an apposite sense:

porta,

Vulg. Matt. 7, 13; ib. Luc. 13, 24 al.— Subst.: angustum, i, n., narrowness:

per angustum,

Lucr. 4, 530:

angusta viarum,

Verg. A. 2, 332:

pontes et viarum angusta,

Tac. H. 4, 35.—

Trop.

In angustum concludere, adducere, deducere, etc., to reduce to a strait, i. e. to restrain, confine, etc.:

ab illā immensā societate humani generis in exiguum angustumque concluditur,

Cic. Off. 1, 17:

amicitia ex infinitā societate generis humani ita contracta est et adducta in angustum, ut, etc.,

id. Am. 5.—Of the passions, to curb, restrain, moderate:

perturbationes animi contrahere et in angustum deducere,

Cic. Ac. 1, 10.—

Of other things: clavus angustus, the narrow purple stripe upon the tunic, v. clavus:

spiritus,

short, difficult, Cic. de Or. 1, 61:

odor rosae,

not diffused far, Plin. 21, 4, 10, § 14.—Once also of the point of an arrow = acutus, Cels. 7, 5, n. 2.—

Of time, short, brief:

angustus dies,

Ov. Tr. 5, 10, 8; Stat. Th. 1, 442:

nox,

Ov. Am. 3, 7, 25:

tempus,

Luc. 4, 447.—

Of means of living, and the like, pinching, scanty, needy:

pauperies,

Hor. C. 3, 2, 1:

res angusta domi,

Juv. 3, 164:

mensa,

Sen. Thyest. 452: domus, poor, i. e. built without much expense, Tac. A. 2, 33.—

Of other external relations of life, difficult, critical, uncertain:

rebus angustis animosus atque Fortis adpare,

Hor. C. 2, 10, 21:

cum fides totā Italiā esset angustior,

was weakened, Caes. B. C. 3, 1.— Subst.: angustum, i, n., a difficult, critical, condition, danger: in angustum cogi, * Ter. Heaut. 4, 2, 2:

res est in angusto,

the condition is perilous, Caes. B. G. 2, 25:

spes est in angusto,

hope is feeble, Cels. 8, 4.—

Of mind or character, narrow, base, low, mean-spirited:

nihil est tam angusti animi, tam parvi, quam amare divitias,

Cic. Off. 1, 20, 68:

animi angusti et demissi,

id. Pis. 24, 57:

ecce autem alii minuti et angusti, aut omnia semper desperantes, aut malevoli, invidi, etc.,

id. Fin. 1, 18, 61.—

Of learned investigations that lay too much stress upon little things, subtle, hair-splitting:

minutae angustaeque concertationes,

Cic. de Or. 3, 31:

pungunt (Stoici) quasi aculeis, interrogatiunculis angustis,

id. Fin. 4, 3, 7.—

Of discourse, brief, simple:

et angusta quaedam et concisa, et alia est dilatata et fusa oratio,

Cic. Or. 56, 187:

Intonet angusto pectore Callimachus,

i.e. in simple style, Prop. 2, 1, 40.— Adv.: angustē.

Lit., of space, quantity, or number, within narrow limits, closely, hardly: recepissem te, nisi anguste sederem, if I were not in close quarters, Cic. ap. Macr. S. 2, 3:

anguste putare vitem,

to prune close, Col. 4, 16, 1; so,

anguste aliquid deputare,

id. 4, 22, 3:

quā (re frumentariā) anguste utebatur,

in small quantity, Caes. B. C. 3, 16:

tantum navium repperit, ut anguste quindecim milia militum, quingentos equites transportare possent, = vix,

scarcely fifteen thousand, id. ib. 3, 2.— Comp.:

angustius pabulabantur,

within narrower range, Caes. B. C. 1, 59:

aliae (arbores) radices angustius diffundunt,

Varr. R. R. 1, 37, 5:

quanto sit angustius imperitatum,

Tac. A. 4, 4:

eo anno frumentum propter siccitates angustius provenerat,

more scantily, Caes. B. G. 5, 24.— Sup.:

Caesar (nitebatur) ut quam angustissime Pompeium contineret,

Caes. B. C. 3, 45:

furunculus angustissime praecisus,

Col. 4, 24, 17. —

Trop.

In gen., within narrow limits:

anguste intraque civiles actiones coërcere rhetoricam,

Quint. 2, 15, 36.— Comp.: haud scio an recte ea virtus frugalitas appellari possit, quod angustius apud Graecos valet, qui frugi homines chrêsimous appellant, id est tantum modo utiles, has a narrower meaning, Cic. Tusc. 3, 8, 16:

Reliqui habere se videntur angustius, enatant tamen etc.,

seem to be more hampered, id. ib. 5, 31, 87.—

Esp. of speaking or writing, closely, briefly, concisely, without diffuseness: anguste scribere, Cic. Mur. 13, 28:

anguste et exiliter dicere,

id. Brut. 84, 289:

anguste disserere,

id. Part. Or. 41, 139:

presse et anguste rem definire,

id. Or. 33, 117:

anguste materiem terminare,

Quint. 7, 4, 40.— Comp.:

Pergit idem et urget angustius,

Cic. N. D. 2, 8, 22:

concludere brevius angustiusque,

id. ib. 2, 7, 20.

angustus, a, um. adj. [v. ango], narrow, strait, esp. of local relations, close, contracted, small, not spacious (syn.: artus, brevis, contractus;

opp. latus,

Cic. Ac. 2, 29, 92). [p. 120]

Lit.:

fretus,

Lucr. 1, 720:

Angustum per iter,

id. 5, 1132; so Sall. J. 92, 7, and Vulg. Judith, 4, 6; 7, 5:

pontes angusti,

Cic. Leg. 3, 17:

domus,

id. Fin. 1, 20, 65:

fauces portūs angustissimae,

Caes. B. C. 1, 25:

fines,

id. B. G. 1, 2 Herz.:

cellae,

Hor. S. 1, 8, 8:

rima,

id. Ep. 1, 7, 29:

Principis angustā Caprearum in rupe sedentis,

on the narrow rock, Juv. 10, 93 Herm., where Jahn reads augusta, both readings yielding an apposite sense:

porta,

Vulg. Matt. 7, 13; ib. Luc. 13, 24 al.— Subst.: angustum, i, n., narrowness:

per angustum,

Lucr. 4, 530:

angusta viarum,

Verg. A. 2, 332:

pontes et viarum angusta,

Tac. H. 4, 35.—

Trop.

In angustum concludere, adducere, deducere, etc., to reduce to a strait, i. e. to restrain, confine, etc.:

ab illā immensā societate humani generis in exiguum angustumque concluditur,

Cic. Off. 1, 17:

amicitia ex infinitā societate generis humani ita contracta est et adducta in angustum, ut, etc.,

id. Am. 5.—Of the passions, to curb, restrain, moderate:

perturbationes animi contrahere et in angustum deducere,

Cic. Ac. 1, 10.—

Of other things: clavus angustus, the narrow purple stripe upon the tunic, v. clavus:

spiritus,

short, difficult, Cic. de Or. 1, 61:

odor rosae,

not diffused far, Plin. 21, 4, 10, § 14.—Once also of the point of an arrow = acutus, Cels. 7, 5, n. 2.—

Of time, short, brief:

angustus dies,

Ov. Tr. 5, 10, 8; Stat. Th. 1, 442:

nox,

Ov. Am. 3, 7, 25:

tempus,

Luc. 4, 447.—

Of means of living, and the like, pinching, scanty, needy:

pauperies,

Hor. C. 3, 2, 1:

res angusta domi,

Juv. 3, 164:

mensa,

Sen. Thyest. 452: domus, poor, i. e. built without much expense, Tac. A. 2, 33.—

Of other external relations of life, difficult, critical, uncertain:

rebus angustis animosus atque Fortis adpare,

Hor. C. 2, 10, 21:

cum fides totā Italiā esset angustior,

was weakened, Caes. B. C. 3, 1.— Subst.: angustum, i, n., a difficult, critical, condition, danger: in angustum cogi, * Ter. Heaut. 4, 2, 2:

res est in angusto,

the condition is perilous, Caes. B. G. 2, 25:

spes est in angusto,

hope is feeble, Cels. 8, 4.—

Of mind or character, narrow, base, low, mean-spirited:

nihil est tam angusti animi, tam parvi, quam amare divitias,

Cic. Off. 1, 20, 68:

animi angusti et demissi,

id. Pis. 24, 57:

ecce autem alii minuti et angusti, aut omnia semper desperantes, aut malevoli, invidi, etc.,

id. Fin. 1, 18, 61.—

Of learned investigations that lay too much stress upon little things, subtle, hair-splitting:

minutae angustaeque concertationes,

Cic. de Or. 3, 31:

pungunt (Stoici) quasi aculeis, interrogatiunculis angustis,

id. Fin. 4, 3, 7.—

Of discourse, brief, simple:

et angusta quaedam et concisa, et alia est dilatata et fusa oratio,

Cic. Or. 56, 187:

Intonet angusto pectore Callimachus,

i.e. in simple style, Prop. 2, 1, 40.— Adv.: angustē.

Lit., of space, quantity, or number, within narrow limits, closely, hardly: recepissem te, nisi anguste sederem, if I were not in close quarters, Cic. ap. Macr. S. 2, 3:

anguste putare vitem,

to prune close, Col. 4, 16, 1; so,

anguste aliquid deputare,

id. 4, 22, 3:

quā (re frumentariā) anguste utebatur,

in small quantity, Caes. B. C. 3, 16:

tantum navium repperit, ut anguste quindecim milia militum, quingentos equites transportare possent, = vix,

scarcely fifteen thousand, id. ib. 3, 2.— Comp.:

angustius pabulabantur,

within narrower range, Caes. B. C. 1, 59:

aliae (arbores) radices angustius diffundunt,

Varr. R. R. 1, 37, 5:

quanto sit angustius imperitatum,

Tac. A. 4, 4:

eo anno frumentum propter siccitates angustius provenerat,

more scantily, Caes. B. G. 5, 24.— Sup.:

Caesar (nitebatur) ut quam angustissime Pompeium contineret,

Caes. B. C. 3, 45:

furunculus angustissime praecisus,

Col. 4, 24, 17. —

Trop.

In gen., within narrow limits:

anguste intraque civiles actiones coërcere rhetoricam,

Quint. 2, 15, 36.— Comp.: haud scio an recte ea virtus frugalitas appellari possit, quod angustius apud Graecos valet, qui frugi homines chrêsimous appellant, id est tantum modo utiles, has a narrower meaning, Cic. Tusc. 3, 8, 16:

Reliqui habere se videntur angustius, enatant tamen etc.,

seem to be more hampered, id. ib. 5, 31, 87.—

Esp. of speaking or writing, closely, briefly, concisely, without diffuseness: anguste scribere, Cic. Mur. 13, 28:

anguste et exiliter dicere,

id. Brut. 84, 289:

anguste disserere,

id. Part. Or. 41, 139:

presse et anguste rem definire,

id. Or. 33, 117:

anguste materiem terminare,

Quint. 7, 4, 40.— Comp.:

Pergit idem et urget angustius,

Cic. N. D. 2, 8, 22:

concludere brevius angustiusque,

id. ib. 2, 7, 20.

a-stringo ( ads-, Ritschl, Baiter, Halm, Jahn, Keil; as-, Fleck., Merk., Kayser), inxi, ictum, 3, v. a., to draw close, to draw, bind, or tie together, to bind, to tighten, contract (syn.: constringo, stringo, alligo, obligo, vincio).

Lit.:

(hunc) adstringite ad columnam fortiter,

Plaut. Bacch. 4, 7, 25:

ad statuam astrictus est,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 42:

manus,

Plaut. Capt. 3, 5, 9:

vinculorum, id est aptissimum... quod ex se atque de iis, quae adstringit quam maxume, unum efficit,

Cic. Tim. 4 fin.:

astringit vincula motu,

Ov. M. 11, 75:

laqueos,

Sen. Ira, 3, 16:

artius atque hederā procera adstringitur ilex,

is twined around with ivy, Hor. Epod. 15, 5:

adstringi funibus,

Vulg. Ezech. 27, 24:

aliquem adstringere loris,

ib. Act. 22, 25:

pavidum in jus Cervice adstrictā dominum trahat,

with a halter round his neck, Juv. 10, 88 (Jahn, obstrictā): aspice... Quam non adstricto percurrat pulpita socco, not drawn close, loose; poet. for a negligent style of writing, Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 174:

Ipse rotam adstringit multo sufflamine consul,

checks, Juv. 8, 148:

balteus haud fluxos gemmis adstrinxit amictus,

Luc. 2, 362:

frontem,

to contract, knit, Mart. 11, 40; Sen. Ep. 106:

labra porriguntur et scinduntur et adstringuntur,

Quint. 11, 3, 81:

frondem ferro,

to cut off, clip, Col. 5, 6, 17 al.; so, alvum, to make costive (opp. solvere, q. v.), Cels. 1, 3; 2, 30.—Of the contraction produced by cold:

nivibus quoque molle rotatis astringi corpus,

Ov. M. 9, 222; so id. Tr. 3, 4, 48; id. P. 3, 3, 26:

ventis glacies astricta pependit,

id. M. 1, 120:

Sic stat iners Scythicas adstringens Bosporus undas,

Luc. 5, 436:

vis frigoris (corpora) ita adstringebat,

Curt. 7, 3, 13; 8, 4, 6.—Hence, also, to make colder, to cool, refresh:

ex quo (puteo) possis rursus adstringere,

Plin. Ep. 5, 6, 25: corpus astringes brevi Salone, Mart. 1, 49, 11 (acc. to Varr. in a pass. sense in the perf., adstrinxi for adstrictus sum, Varr. L. L. Fragm. ap. Gell. 2, 25, 7).—Of colors, to deaden:

ita permixtis viribus alterum altero excitatur aut adstringitur,

Plin. 9, 38, 62, § 134 (diff. from alligare, which precedes;

v. alligo, I. B.).—Also of an astringent, harsh taste: radix gustu adstringit,

Plin. 27, 10, 60, § 85.—

Trop., to draw together, draw closer, circumscribe; to bind, put under obligation, oblige, necessitate:

ubi adfinitatem inter nos nostram adstrinxeris,

Plaut. Trin. 3, 2, 73: vellem, suscepisses juvenem regendum;

pater enim nimis indulgens, quicquid ego adstrinxi, relaxat,

Cic. Att. 10, 6; so,

mores disciplinae severitate,

Quint. 2, 2, 4 Spald.:

ad adstringendam fidem,

Cic. Off. 3, 31, 111:

hac lege tibi meam astringo fidem,

Ter. Eun. 1, 2, 22:

quo (jure jurando) se cuncti astrinxerant,

Suet. Caes. 84:

hujus tanti officii servitutem astringebam testimonio sempiterno,

to confirm, secure, Cic. Planc. 30 fin. Wund.:

religione devinctum astrictumque,

id. Verr. 2, 4, 42:

disciplina astricta legibus,

id. Brut. 10, 40; id. ad Q. Fr. 1, 1, 3:

lege et quaestione,

id. Clu. 155:

suis condicionibus,

id. Quinct. 5:

auditor nullā ejus modi adstrictus necessitate,

id. N. D. 1, 7, 17:

orationem numeris astringere,

id. de Or. 3, 44, 173 et saep.:

adstringi sacris,

to be bound to maintain, id. Leg. 2, 19:

inops regio, quae parsimoniā astringeret milites,

Liv. 39, 1:

ad temperantiam,

Plin. Ep. 7, 1:

ad servitutem juris,

Quint. 2, 16, 9:

illa servitus ad certa se verba adstringendi,

id. 7, 3, 16:

milites ad certam stipendiorum formulam,

Suet. Aug. 49; id. Tib. 18:

me astringam verbis in sacra jura tuis,

Ov. H. 16, 320; 20, 28:

magno scelere se astringeret,

Cic. Phil. 4, 4, 9; id. Sest. 50 fin.; so id. Sull. 29, 82; perh. also id. Pis. 39 fin.; instead of this abl. of class. Latin, we sometimes find in comedy apparently the gen.:

et ipsum sese et illum furti adstringeret,

made guilty of, charged himself with, Plaut. Rud. 4, 7, 34:

Homo furti sese adstringet,

id. Poen. 3, 4, 27 (cf.:

Audin tu? hic furti se adligat,

Ter. Eun. 4, 7, 39; Draeger, Hist. Synt. I. § 209, regards this as a vulgar extension of the use of the gen. with verbs of accusing, convicting, etc., but Klotz, s. v. astringo, regards it as really an old dative, furtoi furti; cf. quoi cui).—Of reasoning or discourse, to compress, abridge, bring into short compass:

Stoici breviter adstringere solent argumenta,

Cic. Tusc. 3, 6, 13 (cf. id. ib. 3, 10, 22: Haec sic dicuntur a Stoicis, concludunturque contortius); id. Fat. 14, 32:

premere tumentia, luxuriantia adstringere,

Quint. 10, 4, 1 Frotsch., Halm.—Hence, astrictus ( ads-), a, um, P. a., drawn together, tight, narrow, close.

Lit.:

limen astrictum,

shut, Ov. Am. 3, 1, 50:

alvus fusior aut astrictior,

Cels. 1, 3:

corpus astrictum, i. e. alvus dura,

id. 3, 6:

genus morbi astrictum,

costiveness, id. 1 praef.:

gustu adstricto,

of a harsh, astringent taste, Plin. 27, 12, 96, § 121.—

Trop.

Sparing, parsimonious, covetous (not before the Aug. per.):

astrictus pater,

Prop. 3, 17, 18:

adstricti moris auctor,

Tac. A. 3, 55:

parsimonia,

Just. 44, 2.—

Of discourse, compact, brief, concise, short (opp. remissus):

dialectica quasi contracta et astricta eloquentia putanda est,

Cic. Brut. 90, 309:

verborum astricta comprehensio,

id. ib. 95, 327:

est enim finitimus oratori poëta, numeris astrictior paulo,

id. de Or. 1, 16, 70; 1, 16, 60.— Sup. not used.— Adv.: astrictē ( ads-), concisely, briefly (only of discourse):

astricte numerosa oratio,

Cic. de Or. 3, 48, 184.— Comp.:

astrictius dicere,

Sen. Ep. 8 fin., and Plin. Ep. 1, 20, 20:

scribere,

id. ib. 3, 18, 10:

ille concludit adstrictius, hic latius,

Quint. 10, 1, 106.— Sup. not used.

brĕvĭcŭlus, a, um, adj. dim. [brevis], somewhat short or small (rare):

homo,

Plaut. Merc. 3, 4, 54:

pinnae, Fronto, Eloq.: grabatulus,

App. M. 1, p. 107, 18.—

Subst.: brĕvĭcŭlus, i, m. (sc. liber), a short writing, a summary, Cod. Just. 1, 7, tit. 44, and Cod. Th. 1, 4, tit. 17 dub.—

Transf., of time:

tempus,

App. M. 6, p. 183, 35.

compendĭārĭus, a, um, adj. [compendium], short, compendious, only a few times of ways or roads: via ad gloriam proxima et quasi compendiaria, * Cic. Off. 2, 12, 43; cf. Val. Max. 7, 2, ext. 1.—

Subst.

compendĭārĭa, ae, f. (sc. via), a short way or method; fig., Varr. ap. Non. p. 202, 5; Petr. 2, 9; Sen. Ep. 119, 1; cf. id. ib. 27, 5:

breviores etiamnum quaedam picturae compendiariae,

Plin. 35, 10, 36, § 110.—

compendĭārĭum, ii, n. (sc. iter), the same, Sen. Ep. 73, 11.

compendĭārĭus, a, um, adj. [compendium], short, compendious, only a few times of ways or roads: via ad gloriam proxima et quasi compendiaria, * Cic. Off. 2, 12, 43; cf. Val. Max. 7, 2, ext. 1.—

Subst.

compendĭārĭa, ae, f. (sc. via), a short way or method; fig., Varr. ap. Non. p. 202, 5; Petr. 2, 9; Sen. Ep. 119, 1; cf. id. ib. 27, 5:

breviores etiamnum quaedam picturae compendiariae,

Plin. 35, 10, 36, § 110.—

compendĭārĭum, ii, n. (sc. iter), the same, Sen. Ep. 73, 11.

compendĭārĭus, a, um, adj. [compendium], short, compendious, only a few times of ways or roads: via ad gloriam proxima et quasi compendiaria, * Cic. Off. 2, 12, 43; cf. Val. Max. 7, 2, ext. 1.—

Subst.

compendĭārĭa, ae, f. (sc. via), a short way or method; fig., Varr. ap. Non. p. 202, 5; Petr. 2, 9; Sen. Ep. 119, 1; cf. id. ib. 27, 5:

breviores etiamnum quaedam picturae compendiariae,

Plin. 35, 10, 36, § 110.—

compendĭārĭum, ii, n. (sc. iter), the same, Sen. Ep. 73, 11.

ē-lŏgĭum, ii, n. [logus; cf. Rost. Opusc. Plaut. I. p. 93 sq.], an utterance, short saying, sentence. —In partic.

A short maxim, saying:

Solonis,

Cic. de Sen. 20, 73.—

An inscription on a tombstone (so most freq.), Cato ap. Gell. 3, 7, 19; Cic. de Sen. 17, 61; id. Fin. 2, 35; id. Tusc. 1, 14, 31; id. Pis. 29 fin.; Suet. Claud. 1 al. (Vide old examples of such Elogia in Orell. Inscr. 534 sq.) Also on doors, Plaut. Merc. 2, 3, 74;

on the images of ancestors,

Suet. Galb. 3;

on votive tablets,

id. Calig. 24.—

A clause in a will (especially which disinherits one), Cic. Clu. 48, 135; cf. Quint. 7, 4, 20; Dig. 28, 2, 14 fin.; 37, 10, 1, § 9; Suet. Vita Hor. sub init.; hence, in the Cod. Just., ultima elogia, for last will or testament in gen., Cod. 3, 28, 37, § 1 al.—

A judicial statement, record, abstract in criminal cases (respecting the criminal's offence, punishment, etc.), Suet. Calig. 27; Spart. Sever. 2; Lampr. Alex. Sever. 33; Amm. 7, 2; 19, 12:

vertices sub uno elogio jussit occidi,

a single warrant, id. 14, 7, 1;

so the jurid. expression: mittere aliquem cum elogio,

to send a criminal before the proper magistrates, with a specification of his offence, Dig. 48, 3, 11; 49, 16, 3 al.

exĭgŭus, a, um, adj. [exigo, II. B. 5.; cf. contiguus, from contingo; lit., weighed, exact; hence opp. to abundant, beyond measure; cf.: parvus, pusillus, minutus], scanty in measure or number, small, little, petty, short, poor, mean.

Adj. (freq. [p. 687] and class.):

exile et exiguum et vietum cor et dissimile cordis fuisse,

Cic. Div. 2, 16, 37; cf.:

me corporis exigui, etc.,

Hor. Ep. 1, 20, 24;

and, mus,

Verg. G. 1, 181:

oratorem ex immenso campo in exiguum sane gyrum compellitis,

Cic. de Or. 3, 19, 70; cf.:

quoniam exiguis quibusdam finibus totum oratoris munus circumdedisti,

id. ib. 1, 62, 264:

finis,

Hor. C. 1, 18, 10:

alteram partem nimis exiguam atque angustam esse voluisti,

Cic. Rab. Perd. 3, 9:

litterae tuae exiguam significationem tuae erga me voluntatis habebant,

id. Fam. 5, 7, 2;

exigua et infirma civitas,

Caes. B. G. 7, 17, 2; cf.:

pars terrae,

Cic. Rep. 1, 17:

campi,

Hor. C. 2, 9, 24:

castra,

Caes. B. G. 5, 49, 7:

aedificia,

Hirt. B. G. 8, 5, 1:

locus eloquentiae,

Quint. 2, 17, 28:

toga,

Hor. Ep. 1, 19, 13; cf.:

torques,

id. C. 3, 6, 12:

elegi,

id. A. P. 77 et saep.:

numerus oratorum,

Cic. de Or. 1, 4, 16; cf.:

copiae amicorum,

id. Quint. 1, 2:

malorum particula,

Juv. 13, 13:

copiae,

Caes. B. C. 2, 39, 3:

fructus,

Cic. Par. 6, 3, 49:

cibus,

Juv. 14, 301:

animus,

id. 13, 190:

facultates,

Caes. B. C. 1, 78, 2:

census,

Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 43:

pulvis,

id. C. 1, 28, 3:

tempus,

Cic. de Or. 1, 20, 92; cf.:

pars unius anni,

id. Rep. 6, 23:

pars aestatis,

Caes. B. G. 4, 20, 1:

laus,

Cic. Agr. 2, 2, 5:

grandis aut exigua (vox),

Quint. 11, 3, 15; so,

vox,

Suet. Ner. 20.—With gen.: abundans corporis exiguusque animi, Claud. ap. Eutr. 2, 381.— Comp.:

aqua exiguior facta,

Dig. 43, 11, 1, § 15; ib. 29, 5, 1, § 27; Front. Aquaed. 32:

cytisum aridum si dabis, exiguius dato,

Col. Arb. 28; Dig. 30, 1, 14 fin.—Sup.:

pars exiguissima,

Ov. H. 14, 115:

legata,

Plin. Ep. 7, 24, 7.

Subst.

exĭgŭum, i, n., a little, a trifle (post-Aug.).—With gen.:

exiguum campi ante castra erat,

Liv. 27, 27, 13:

exiguum spatii,

id. 22, 24, 8:

aquae,

Ov. Tr. 5, 2, 20:

mellis,

Plin. 28, 9, 37, § 139:

temporis,

id. Ep. 7, 27, 13:

salutis,

Sil. 4, 248:

exiguum de naturae patriaeque veneno,

Juv. 3, 123: exiguo (sc. tempore) post obitum ipsius, a short time after, etc., Plin. 31, 2, 3, § 7; cf.:

perquam exiguum sapere,

Plin. Ep. 3, 6, 1.— Plur.:

res hodie minor est here quam fuit, atque eadem cras Deteret exiguis aliquid,

Juv. 3, 23 sq. —

exĭgŭus, i, m., a poor man:

exiguo conceditur misericordia,

Vulg. Sap. 6, 7.— Adv., shortly, briefly; slightly, scantily, sparingly.

Form exĭgŭe (class.):

hoc quidem est nimis exigue et exiliter ad calculos revocare amicitiam,

too narrowly, Cic. Lael. 16, 58:

exigue sumptum praebent (parentes),

Ter. Heaut. 1, 2, 33; cf.:

ratione inita frumentum se exigue dierum XXX. habere,

hardly, Caes. B. G. 7, 71, 4:

celeriter exigueque dicere,

slightly, briefly, Cic. de Or. 3, 36, 144; cf.:

epistola exigue scripta,

id. Att. 11, 16, 1:

exigue atque frigide laudari,

Gell. 19, 3, 1: Vergilius hunc Homeri versum exigue secutus est, to a slight degree, i. e. not closely, id. 9, 9, 16.—

Form exĭgŭum (post-Aug.):

dormire,

Plin. 10, 77, 97, § 209:

sapere,

Plin. Ep. 3, 6, 1:

tument vela,

Luc. 5, 431.—

Form exĭgŭo:

tangere aliquid,

Scrib. Comp. 240.

exĭgŭus, a, um, adj. [exigo, II. B. 5.; cf. contiguus, from contingo; lit., weighed, exact; hence opp. to abundant, beyond measure; cf.: parvus, pusillus, minutus], scanty in measure or number, small, little, petty, short, poor, mean.

Adj. (freq. [p. 687] and class.):

exile et exiguum et vietum cor et dissimile cordis fuisse,

Cic. Div. 2, 16, 37; cf.:

me corporis exigui, etc.,

Hor. Ep. 1, 20, 24;

and, mus,

Verg. G. 1, 181:

oratorem ex immenso campo in exiguum sane gyrum compellitis,

Cic. de Or. 3, 19, 70; cf.:

quoniam exiguis quibusdam finibus totum oratoris munus circumdedisti,

id. ib. 1, 62, 264:

finis,

Hor. C. 1, 18, 10:

alteram partem nimis exiguam atque angustam esse voluisti,

Cic. Rab. Perd. 3, 9:

litterae tuae exiguam significationem tuae erga me voluntatis habebant,

id. Fam. 5, 7, 2;

exigua et infirma civitas,

Caes. B. G. 7, 17, 2; cf.:

pars terrae,

Cic. Rep. 1, 17:

campi,

Hor. C. 2, 9, 24:

castra,

Caes. B. G. 5, 49, 7:

aedificia,

Hirt. B. G. 8, 5, 1:

locus eloquentiae,

Quint. 2, 17, 28:

toga,

Hor. Ep. 1, 19, 13; cf.:

torques,

id. C. 3, 6, 12:

elegi,

id. A. P. 77 et saep.:

numerus oratorum,

Cic. de Or. 1, 4, 16; cf.:

copiae amicorum,

id. Quint. 1, 2:

malorum particula,

Juv. 13, 13:

copiae,

Caes. B. C. 2, 39, 3:

fructus,

Cic. Par. 6, 3, 49:

cibus,

Juv. 14, 301:

animus,

id. 13, 190:

facultates,

Caes. B. C. 1, 78, 2:

census,

Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 43:

pulvis,

id. C. 1, 28, 3:

tempus,

Cic. de Or. 1, 20, 92; cf.:

pars unius anni,

id. Rep. 6, 23:

pars aestatis,

Caes. B. G. 4, 20, 1:

laus,

Cic. Agr. 2, 2, 5:

grandis aut exigua (vox),

Quint. 11, 3, 15; so,

vox,

Suet. Ner. 20.—With gen.: abundans corporis exiguusque animi, Claud. ap. Eutr. 2, 381.— Comp.:

aqua exiguior facta,

Dig. 43, 11, 1, § 15; ib. 29, 5, 1, § 27; Front. Aquaed. 32:

cytisum aridum si dabis, exiguius dato,

Col. Arb. 28; Dig. 30, 1, 14 fin.—Sup.:

pars exiguissima,

Ov. H. 14, 115:

legata,

Plin. Ep. 7, 24, 7.

Subst.

exĭgŭum, i, n., a little, a trifle (post-Aug.).—With gen.:

exiguum campi ante castra erat,

Liv. 27, 27, 13:

exiguum spatii,

id. 22, 24, 8:

aquae,

Ov. Tr. 5, 2, 20:

mellis,

Plin. 28, 9, 37, § 139:

temporis,

id. Ep. 7, 27, 13:

salutis,

Sil. 4, 248:

exiguum de naturae patriaeque veneno,

Juv. 3, 123: exiguo (sc. tempore) post obitum ipsius, a short time after, etc., Plin. 31, 2, 3, § 7; cf.:

perquam exiguum sapere,

Plin. Ep. 3, 6, 1.— Plur.:

res hodie minor est here quam fuit, atque eadem cras Deteret exiguis aliquid,

Juv. 3, 23 sq. —

exĭgŭus, i, m., a poor man:

exiguo conceditur misericordia,

Vulg. Sap. 6, 7.— Adv., shortly, briefly; slightly, scantily, sparingly.

Form exĭgŭe (class.):

hoc quidem est nimis exigue et exiliter ad calculos revocare amicitiam,

too narrowly, Cic. Lael. 16, 58:

exigue sumptum praebent (parentes),

Ter. Heaut. 1, 2, 33; cf.:

ratione inita frumentum se exigue dierum XXX. habere,

hardly, Caes. B. G. 7, 71, 4:

celeriter exigueque dicere,

slightly, briefly, Cic. de Or. 3, 36, 144; cf.:

epistola exigue scripta,

id. Att. 11, 16, 1:

exigue atque frigide laudari,

Gell. 19, 3, 1: Vergilius hunc Homeri versum exigue secutus est, to a slight degree, i. e. not closely, id. 9, 9, 16.—

Form exĭgŭum (post-Aug.):

dormire,

Plin. 10, 77, 97, § 209:

sapere,

Plin. Ep. 3, 6, 1:

tument vela,

Luc. 5, 431.—

Form exĭgŭo:

tangere aliquid,

Scrib. Comp. 240.

exĭgŭus, a, um, adj. [exigo, II. B. 5.; cf. contiguus, from contingo; lit., weighed, exact; hence opp. to abundant, beyond measure; cf.: parvus, pusillus, minutus], scanty in measure or number, small, little, petty, short, poor, mean.

Adj. (freq. [p. 687] and class.):

exile et exiguum et vietum cor et dissimile cordis fuisse,

Cic. Div. 2, 16, 37; cf.:

me corporis exigui, etc.,

Hor. Ep. 1, 20, 24;

and, mus,

Verg. G. 1, 181:

oratorem ex immenso campo in exiguum sane gyrum compellitis,

Cic. de Or. 3, 19, 70; cf.:

quoniam exiguis quibusdam finibus totum oratoris munus circumdedisti,

id. ib. 1, 62, 264:

finis,

Hor. C. 1, 18, 10:

alteram partem nimis exiguam atque angustam esse voluisti,

Cic. Rab. Perd. 3, 9:

litterae tuae exiguam significationem tuae erga me voluntatis habebant,

id. Fam. 5, 7, 2;

exigua et infirma civitas,

Caes. B. G. 7, 17, 2; cf.:

pars terrae,

Cic. Rep. 1, 17:

campi,

Hor. C. 2, 9, 24:

castra,

Caes. B. G. 5, 49, 7:

aedificia,

Hirt. B. G. 8, 5, 1:

locus eloquentiae,

Quint. 2, 17, 28:

toga,

Hor. Ep. 1, 19, 13; cf.:

torques,

id. C. 3, 6, 12:

elegi,

id. A. P. 77 et saep.:

numerus oratorum,

Cic. de Or. 1, 4, 16; cf.:

copiae amicorum,

id. Quint. 1, 2:

malorum particula,

Juv. 13, 13:

copiae,

Caes. B. C. 2, 39, 3:

fructus,

Cic. Par. 6, 3, 49:

cibus,

Juv. 14, 301:

animus,

id. 13, 190:

facultates,

Caes. B. C. 1, 78, 2:

census,

Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 43:

pulvis,

id. C. 1, 28, 3:

tempus,

Cic. de Or. 1, 20, 92; cf.:

pars unius anni,

id. Rep. 6, 23:

pars aestatis,

Caes. B. G. 4, 20, 1:

laus,

Cic. Agr. 2, 2, 5:

grandis aut exigua (vox),

Quint. 11, 3, 15; so,

vox,

Suet. Ner. 20.—With gen.: abundans corporis exiguusque animi, Claud. ap. Eutr. 2, 381.— Comp.:

aqua exiguior facta,

Dig. 43, 11, 1, § 15; ib. 29, 5, 1, § 27; Front. Aquaed. 32:

cytisum aridum si dabis, exiguius dato,

Col. Arb. 28; Dig. 30, 1, 14 fin.—Sup.:

pars exiguissima,

Ov. H. 14, 115:

legata,

Plin. Ep. 7, 24, 7.

Subst.

exĭgŭum, i, n., a little, a trifle (post-Aug.).—With gen.:

exiguum campi ante castra erat,

Liv. 27, 27, 13:

exiguum spatii,

id. 22, 24, 8:

aquae,

Ov. Tr. 5, 2, 20:

mellis,

Plin. 28, 9, 37, § 139:

temporis,

id. Ep. 7, 27, 13:

salutis,

Sil. 4, 248:

exiguum de naturae patriaeque veneno,

Juv. 3, 123: exiguo (sc. tempore) post obitum ipsius, a short time after, etc., Plin. 31, 2, 3, § 7; cf.:

perquam exiguum sapere,

Plin. Ep. 3, 6, 1.— Plur.:

res hodie minor est here quam fuit, atque eadem cras Deteret exiguis aliquid,

Juv. 3, 23 sq. —

exĭgŭus, i, m., a poor man:

exiguo conceditur misericordia,

Vulg. Sap. 6, 7.— Adv., shortly, briefly; slightly, scantily, sparingly.

Form exĭgŭe (class.):

hoc quidem est nimis exigue et exiliter ad calculos revocare amicitiam,

too narrowly, Cic. Lael. 16, 58:

exigue sumptum praebent (parentes),

Ter. Heaut. 1, 2, 33; cf.:

ratione inita frumentum se exigue dierum XXX. habere,

hardly, Caes. B. G. 7, 71, 4:

celeriter exigueque dicere,

slightly, briefly, Cic. de Or. 3, 36, 144; cf.:

epistola exigue scripta,

id. Att. 11, 16, 1:

exigue atque frigide laudari,

Gell. 19, 3, 1: Vergilius hunc Homeri versum exigue secutus est, to a slight degree, i. e. not closely, id. 9, 9, 16.—

Form exĭgŭum (post-Aug.):

dormire,

Plin. 10, 77, 97, § 209:

sapere,

Plin. Ep. 3, 6, 1:

tument vela,

Luc. 5, 431.—

Form exĭgŭo:

tangere aliquid,

Scrib. Comp. 240.

hĕri or hĕre (in here neque e plane neque i auditur, Quint. 1, 4, 7:

here nunc e littera terminamus: at veterum comicorum adhuc libris invenio: Heri ad me venit, quod idem in epistulis Augusti, quas sua manu scripsit aut emendavit, deprehenditur,

id. 1, 7, 22; cf. Charis. p. 180 P.; Prisc. p. 1011 ib.; v. esp. Neue, Formenl. 2, p. 685), adv. [for hesi; cf. hes in hesternus; v. the letter R; kindred with Sanscr. hyas; Goth. gis-tra; Germ. gestern; Engl. yesterday; Gr. chthes, orig. ches], yesterday.

Lit.

Form heri (perh. only so in Cic.): Septembris heri Calendae, hodie ater dies, Afran. ap. Non. 73, 33; cf.:

hoc heri effecit: hodie autem, etc.,

Cic. Att. 10, 13, 1 (al. here):

ubi est hodie, quae Lyra fulsit heri?

Ov. F. 2, 76:

heri jam edixeram omnibus,

Plaut. Ps. 1, 2, 15:

quemne ego heri vidi ad vos afferri vesperi?

Ter. And. 4, 4, 29:

heri vesperi apud me Hirtius fuit,

Cic. Fam. 11, 1, 1:

heri vesperi,

id. Att. 13, 47, 2; 15, 11, 4:

ut heri dicebam,

id. Rep. 3, 31 fin.; cf.:

cum heri ipsi dixeris, te, etc.,

id. ib. 3, 21:

heri,

Ter. And. 1, 1, 58; id. Eun. 1, 2, 3; 89; id. Heaut. 3, 2, 8; id. Hec. 1, 2, 115; id. Phorm. 1, 1, 2; Afran. ap. Charis. p. 180 et saep.—

Form here (a few times in Plaut., once in Cic., and after the Aug. per. most freq.):

hoc here effecit,

Cic. Att. 10, 13, 1:

res hodie minor est, here quam fuit, ac eadem cras, etc.,

Juv. 3, 23:

here venisti mediā nocte,

Plaut. Am. 1, 3, 16; id. Truc. 2, 6, 28; id. Mil. 1, 1, 59:

mihi quaerenti convivam dictus here illic De medio potare die,

Hor. S. 2, 8, 2:

hic here Phrixeae vellera pressit ovis,

Ov. F. 3, 852: dura, anime, dura, here fortior fuisti, Gallio ap. Quint. 9, 2, 91; Mart. 1, 44, 2; 3, 12, 2; 4, 7, 5.—

Transf., of time just past, a short time ago, lately (very rare):

Papias leges heri Severus exclusit,

Tert. Apol. 4; Dig. 47, 10, 7, § 2: sordebant tibi villicae, Concubine, hodie atque heri, Nunc, etc., but a short time ago, the other day (an imitation of the Gr. chthes kai prôên), Cat. 61, 133; Prop. 3, 15, 1.

līlĭum, ĭi, n. [leirion], a lily:

lilium rosae nobilitate promixum est,

Plin. 21, 5, 11, § 22; 21, 19, 74, § 126; Varr. R. R. 1, 35; Pall. Febr. 21, 3:

candida,

Verg. A. 6, 709:

lucida,

Prop. 3, 11 (4, 12), 30:

argentea,

id. 4, 4, 23:

hiantia,

Ov. A. A. 2, 115:

breve,

short-lived, that blooms but for a short time, Hor. C. 1, 36, 16: rubens, = krinon, a reddish kind of lily, Plin. 21, 5, 11, § 24.—

Transf., a sort of defence, consisting of several rows of pits, in which stakes were planted, rising only four inches above the surface of the ground, Caes. B. G. 7, 73, 8.

lī̆quĭdus, a, um (the first syll. usually short; long in Lucr. 1, 349; 3, 427; while in the line id. 4, 1259 it is used both as long and short; v. infra), adj. [liqueo], flowing, fluid, liquid.

Lit.:

aqua bona et liquida,

Cato, R. R. 73:

crassaque conveniant liquidis et liquida crassis,

Lucr. 4, 1259:

liquida moles,

the sea, id. 6, 405:

iter,

a voyage, Prop. 3, 20 (4, 21), 14:

palaestra (because there liquid unguents were used),

Luc. 9, 661:

odores,

liquid unguents, Hor. C. 1, 5, 2: sorores, fountain-nymphs, Ov. M. 1, 704:

venter,

loose, Cels. 2, 8:

alvus,

watery, loose, id. 2, 6.— Subst.: lī̆quĭdum, i, n., a liquid, water:

tibi si sit opus liquidi non amplius urna,

Hor. S. 1, 1, 54:

cum liquido mixtā polentā,

Ov. M. 5, 454.—

Transf., clear, bright, transparent, limpid, pure:

lumen,

Lucr. 5, 281:

fontes,

Verg. E. 2, 59:

ignis,

id. ib. 6, 33:

aër,

id. G. 1, 404:

aether,

id. A. 7, 65; Hor. C. 2, 20, 2:

Baiae,

id. ib. 3, 4, 24:

color,

id. ib. 4, 8, 7:

liquidior lux,

Curt. 7, 11, 22:

liquidissima caeli tempestas,

Lucr. 4, 168:

nox,

Verg. A. 10, 272:

aestas,

id. G. 4, 59: iter, serene way (through the air), id. A. 5, 217.—

Esp. of sounds.

Of the voice: vox, a clear voice or song:

variae volucres liquidis loca vocibus opplent,

Lucr. 2, 146; Verg. G. 1, 410:

cui liquidam pater Vocem cum cithara dedit,

Hor. C. 1, 24, 3:

carmen citharae,

Lucr. 4, 981.—

Liquidae consonantes, the liquids, i. e. the letters l, m, n, r, Prisc. 1, 2, 11; 2, 2, 13: liquidae dictae sunt (litterae) quia liquescunt in metro aliquoties et pereunt, Cledon. p. 1882 P. al.; cf. liquesco, I. B. 2.—

Trop.

Flowing, continuing without interruption:

genus sermonis,

Cic. de Or. 2, 38, 159.—

Clear, calm, serene, peaceful:

tam liquidus est, quam liquida esse tempestas solet,

Plaut. Most. 3, 2, 64:

animo liquido et tranquillo es,

id. Ep. 5, 1, 36:

liquido's animo,

id. Ps. 1, 3, 3:

mens,

Cat. 63, 46:

somnus,

Val. Fl. 4, 16.—

Unmixed, unadulterated:

ut quicquid inde haurias, purum liquidumque te haurire sentias,

Cic. Caecin. 27, 78:

voluptas liquida puraque,

Lucr. 3, 40; cf.:

voluptas et libera,

Cic. Fin. 1, 18, 58.—

Clear, evident, certain:

auspicium,

Plaut. Ps. 2, 4, 72.—Hence, lī̆quĭdum, i, n., clearness, certainty:

redigere aliquid ad liquidum,

Sen. Ep. 71, 32:

ad liquidum confessumque perducere aliquid,

Quint. 5, 14, 28:

res ad liquidum ratione perducta,

Vell. 1, 16, 1.—Hence, adv., in two forms: lĭquĭdō and lĭquĭdē, clearly.

Lit.:

caelum liquide serenum,

Gell. 2, 21, 2.— Comp.:

liquidius audiunt talpae,

Plin. 10, 69, 88, § 191.—

Clearly, plainly, evidently, certainly:

aliquid liquido audire,

Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 59, § 136; so,

confirmare,

id. ib. 2, 4, 56, §

124: negare,

id. Fam. 11, 27, 7:

si liquido appareat,

Dig. 44, 5, 1:

si liquido constiterit,

ib. 29, 4, 4.—In the form liquide:

consistere,

Gell. 14, 1, 7.— Comp.:

liquidius judicare,

Cic. Fam. 10, 10, 1:

liquidius facere,

id. Fin. 2, 12, 38:

aliquid liquidius absolvere,

Macr. Somn. Scip. 1, 20.— Sup.:

liquidissime atque invictissime defendere,

Aug. Ep. 28 fin.

lī̆quĭdus, a, um (the first syll. usually short; long in Lucr. 1, 349; 3, 427; while in the line id. 4, 1259 it is used both as long and short; v. infra), adj. [liqueo], flowing, fluid, liquid.

Lit.:

aqua bona et liquida,

Cato, R. R. 73:

crassaque conveniant liquidis et liquida crassis,

Lucr. 4, 1259:

liquida moles,

the sea, id. 6, 405:

iter,

a voyage, Prop. 3, 20 (4, 21), 14:

palaestra (because there liquid unguents were used),

Luc. 9, 661:

odores,

liquid unguents, Hor. C. 1, 5, 2: sorores, fountain-nymphs, Ov. M. 1, 704:

venter,

loose, Cels. 2, 8:

alvus,

watery, loose, id. 2, 6.— Subst.: lī̆quĭdum, i, n., a liquid, water:

tibi si sit opus liquidi non amplius urna,

Hor. S. 1, 1, 54:

cum liquido mixtā polentā,

Ov. M. 5, 454.—

Transf., clear, bright, transparent, limpid, pure:

lumen,

Lucr. 5, 281:

fontes,

Verg. E. 2, 59:

ignis,

id. ib. 6, 33:

aër,

id. G. 1, 404:

aether,

id. A. 7, 65; Hor. C. 2, 20, 2:

Baiae,

id. ib. 3, 4, 24:

color,

id. ib. 4, 8, 7:

liquidior lux,

Curt. 7, 11, 22:

liquidissima caeli tempestas,

Lucr. 4, 168:

nox,

Verg. A. 10, 272:

aestas,

id. G. 4, 59: iter, serene way (through the air), id. A. 5, 217.—

Esp. of sounds.

Of the voice: vox, a clear voice or song:

variae volucres liquidis loca vocibus opplent,

Lucr. 2, 146; Verg. G. 1, 410:

cui liquidam pater Vocem cum cithara dedit,

Hor. C. 1, 24, 3:

carmen citharae,

Lucr. 4, 981.—

Liquidae consonantes, the liquids, i. e. the letters l, m, n, r, Prisc. 1, 2, 11; 2, 2, 13: liquidae dictae sunt (litterae) quia liquescunt in metro aliquoties et pereunt, Cledon. p. 1882 P. al.; cf. liquesco, I. B. 2.—

Trop.

Flowing, continuing without interruption:

genus sermonis,

Cic. de Or. 2, 38, 159.—

Clear, calm, serene, peaceful:

tam liquidus est, quam liquida esse tempestas solet,

Plaut. Most. 3, 2, 64:

animo liquido et tranquillo es,

id. Ep. 5, 1, 36:

liquido's animo,

id. Ps. 1, 3, 3:

mens,

Cat. 63, 46:

somnus,

Val. Fl. 4, 16.—

Unmixed, unadulterated:

ut quicquid inde haurias, purum liquidumque te haurire sentias,

Cic. Caecin. 27, 78:

voluptas liquida puraque,

Lucr. 3, 40; cf.:

voluptas et libera,

Cic. Fin. 1, 18, 58.—

Clear, evident, certain:

auspicium,

Plaut. Ps. 2, 4, 72.—Hence, lī̆quĭdum, i, n., clearness, certainty:

redigere aliquid ad liquidum,

Sen. Ep. 71, 32:

ad liquidum confessumque perducere aliquid,

Quint. 5, 14, 28:

res ad liquidum ratione perducta,

Vell. 1, 16, 1.—Hence, adv., in two forms: lĭquĭdō and lĭquĭdē, clearly.

Lit.:

caelum liquide serenum,

Gell. 2, 21, 2.— Comp.:

liquidius audiunt talpae,

Plin. 10, 69, 88, § 191.—

Clearly, plainly, evidently, certainly:

aliquid liquido audire,

Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 59, § 136; so,

confirmare,

id. ib. 2, 4, 56, §

124: negare,

id. Fam. 11, 27, 7:

si liquido appareat,

Dig. 44, 5, 1:

si liquido constiterit,

ib. 29, 4, 4.—In the form liquide:

consistere,

Gell. 14, 1, 7.— Comp.:

liquidius judicare,

Cic. Fam. 10, 10, 1:

liquidius facere,

id. Fin. 2, 12, 38:

aliquid liquidius absolvere,

Macr. Somn. Scip. 1, 20.— Sup.:

liquidissime atque invictissime defendere,

Aug. Ep. 28 fin.

mĕrĭtōrĭus, a, um, adj. [id.], of or belonging to the earning of money, by which money is earned, for which money is paid, that brings in money (class.).

In gen.:

vehicula,

Suet. Calig. 39:

balinea,

Plin. Ep. 2, 17:

cenaculum,

Suet. Vit. 7:

artificia,

Sen. Ep. 88, 1:

salutatio,

by which one hopes to obtain money, interested, id. Brev. Vit. 14, 3:

in meritorio stabulo,

Paul. Sent. 2, 31, 16.—

Subst.: mĕrĭtōria, ōrum, n., places or rooms which are let out for a short time, Juv. 3, 234: facere, to let out rooms for a short time (opp. locare, to rent by the year), Dig. 7, 1, 13.—

In partic., of or belonging to the earning of money by prostitution, that earns money by prostitution:

pueri,

Cic. Phil. 2, 41, 105:

scorta,

Suet. Claud. 15.—

Subst.: mĕrĭtōrium, ii, n., a bawdy-house, brothel (post-class.), Firm. Math. 6, 31.

mĕrĭtōrĭus, a, um, adj. [id.], of or belonging to the earning of money, by which money is earned, for which money is paid, that brings in money (class.).

In gen.:

vehicula,

Suet. Calig. 39:

balinea,

Plin. Ep. 2, 17:

cenaculum,

Suet. Vit. 7:

artificia,

Sen. Ep. 88, 1:

salutatio,

by which one hopes to obtain money, interested, id. Brev. Vit. 14, 3:

in meritorio stabulo,

Paul. Sent. 2, 31, 16.—

Subst.: mĕrĭtōria, ōrum, n., places or rooms which are let out for a short time, Juv. 3, 234: facere, to let out rooms for a short time (opp. locare, to rent by the year), Dig. 7, 1, 13.—

In partic., of or belonging to the earning of money by prostitution, that earns money by prostitution:

pueri,

Cic. Phil. 2, 41, 105:

scorta,

Suet. Claud. 15.—

Subst.: mĕrĭtōrium, ii, n., a bawdy-house, brothel (post-class.), Firm. Math. 6, 31.