shortly+before

glōrĭor, ātus, 1, v. dep. a. and n. [id.], to glory, boast, vaunt, to brag of any thing, pride one's self on any thing (class.); constr. with acc., or an object - or relativeclause, with abl., de, in aliqua re, or absol.

With acc. of pron. ( cognate acc.):

vellem equidem idem posse gloriari quod Cyrus,

Cic. de Sen. 10, 32:

ut de me ipso aliquid more senum glorier,

id. ib. 23, 82:

in eum haec gloriantem impetum facit,

Liv. 1, 12, 9.—With direct object (post-class. and rare; cf. Weissenb. ad Liv. 27, 17, 10;

Krebs, Antibarb. p. 502): rem ineptam,

Vop. Procul. 12, 8: victorem Pacorum. Just. 42, 4, 11.— Hence also in the gerundive:

beata vita glorianda et praedicanda et prae se ferenda est,

Cic. Tusc. 5, 17, 50; cf.: est in aliqua vita praedicabile aliquid et gloriandum ac prae se ferendum, ib. § 49.—

With an object - or relative-clause:

gloriare evenisse ex sententia?

Ter. Heaut. 4, 5, 18:

is mihi etiam gloriabitur, se omnes magistratus sine repulsa assecutum?

Cic. Pis. 1, 2:

omnes provincias se peragrasse,

id. de Or. 2, 64, 258:

in eo multum gloriari, se, etc.,

id. Rep. 1, 6:

seque alterum fore Sullam, inter suos gloriatur,

Caes. B. C. 1, 4, 3: se tenebras offudisse judicibus gloriatus est, Quint. 2, 17, 21; Hor. Epod. 11, 23.—With a rel.clause:

gloriatus est expergefactae somno Caesoniae, quantum egisset, dum ca meridiaret,

Suet. Calig. 38.—

With abl.:

nominibus veterum gloriantur,

Cic. Or. 50, 169:

quibus rebus gloriemini in vobis,

id. Lig. 7, 20:

quod sua victoria tam insolenter gloriarentur,

Caes. B. G. 1, 14, 4:

hic etiam gloriatus sit occiso malo cive,

Quint. 3, 6, 93; 11, 2, 22:

ut nulla re magis gloriarentur quam decepto per indutias rege,

Liv. 42, 47, 1.—

With abl. and clause:

secundis rebus nostris, duos consules ab nobis sub jugum missos,

Liv. 23, 42, 7.— With two ablat.:

socero illo,

in him as father-in-law, Ov. M. 6, 176.—

With de:

de tuis divitiis intolerantissime gloriaris,

Cic. Vat. 12, 29:

de misera vita gloriari,

id. Fin. 3, 8, 28:

de M. Catone, de Ti. Corunciano, etc.,

id. Planc. 8, 20.—

With in:

non pudet philosophum in eo gloriari, quod, etc.,

Cic. Tusc. 1, 21, 48: nobis quoque licet in hoc quodammodo gloriari (shortly before with an object-clause), id. Off. 2, 17, 59:

in virtute recte gloriamur,

id. N. D. 3, 36, 87.—

With adversus:

sed ne adversus te quidem ego gloriabor,

Liv. 22, 39, 16.—

Absol.:

licet mihi, Marce fili, apud te gloriari, ad quem et hereditas hujus gloriae pertinet,

Cic. Off. 1, 22, 78:

tu ipse mihi gloriari videbare,

id. Fin. 2, 16, 51:

ut jure quisquam glorietur,

id. ib. 4, 18, 50:

dicitur eo tempore glorians apud suos Pompeius dixisse, etc.,

Caes. B. C. 3, 45, 6:

defendendi haec causa, non gloriandi loquor,

Cic. Cael. 19, 45:

ait ipse de se, nec mentitur in gloriando,

id. Brut. 18, 71:

(Domitia) haud negatura immo etiam gloriatura,

Suet. Tit. 10 fin.—P. a.: glōriātus, a, um, boastful; comp.:

gloriatior,

Jul. Val. Rer. Gest. Alex. 2, 16.— Adv.: glōrian-ter, exultingly (late Lat.): duci ad carcerem, Ps.-Aug. ad Fratr. Erem. 4.

grăvĭtas, ātis, f. [gravis], weight, heaviness.

Lit., in gen.:

omnibus ejus (terrae) partibus in medium vergentibus nihil interrumpat, quo labefactari possit tanta contentio gravitatis et ponderum,

Cic. N. D. 2, 45, 116; cf.:

per inane moveri gravitate et pondere,

id. Fat. 11, 24; Lucr. 3, 1054; cf.

also: cuncta necesse est Aut gravitate sua ferri primordia rerum, Aut, etc.,

id. 2, 84:

nostros propter gravitatem armorum, quod, etc.,

Caes. B. G. 5, 16, 1:

tum etiam gravitate et tarditate navium impediebantur,

id. B. C. 1, 58, 3:

ignava nequeunt gravitate moveri,

Ov. M. 2, 821:

me mea defendit gravitas (corresp. to moles and pondus),

id. ib. 9, 39.—

Transf.

Of smell, rankness, offensiveness, fetidness:

quorundam odorum suavitati gravitas inest,

Plin. 21, 7, 18, § 37:

a quibusdam vocatur cynozolon propter gravitatem odoris (shortly before: odore gravissimo),

id. 22, 18, 21, § 47:

animae,

id. 20, 9, 35, § 91:

halitus,

id. 30, 6, 15, § 44:

oris,

id. 28, 12, 51, § 190.—

Of bodily condition, health, severity, vehemence, violence, unwholesomeness; heaviness, dulness, faintness, sickness:

corpore vix sustineo gravitatem hujus caeli,

Cic. Att. 11, 22, 2:

caeli aquarumque,

Liv. 23, 34, 11:

loci,

id. 25, 26, 13:

morbi,

Cic. N. D. 3, 31, 76:

pressus gravitate soporis,

Ov. M. 15, 21; cf. id. ib. 11, 618:

an quod corporis gravitatem et dolorem animo judicamus, animi morbum corpore non sentimus?

painful, diseased condition, Cic. Tusc. 3, 1, 2 Kühn.; cf.

membrorum,

id. Fin. 4, 12, 31; and Lucr. 3, 478:

capitis,

Plin. 27, 12, 105, § 130:

aurium,

id. 20, 11, 44, § 115; cf.

auditus,

id. 23, 4, 42, § 85:

audiendi,

id. 28, 11, 48, § 176:

oris et dentium,

id. 37, 10, 54, § 143.—

Pressure of price, dearness:

annonae,

Tac. A. 6, 13; 11, 4.—

The burden of pregnancy:

tendebat gravitas uterum mihi,

Ov. M. 9, 287 (cf. onus, id. ib. 10, 504). —

Trop.

In a bad sense, heaviness, slowness, severity:

gaudere gravitate linguae sonoque vocis agresti,

Cic. de Or. 3, 11, 42: injuria gravitate tutior est, severity, cruelty, Sall. Orat. Licin. (Hist. Fragm. 3, 22 Gerl.):

fessi diuturnitate et gravitate belli,

Liv. 31, 7, 3: crudelitatem quoque gravitati addidit, id. 24, 45, 13 Weissenb. —

In a good sense, weight, dignity, importance, seriousness, gravity (syn.: magnitudo, dignitas, auctoritas, pondus): hos cum Suevi propter amplitudinem gravitatemque civitatis finibus expellere non potuissent, importance, i. e. power, Caes. B. G. 4, 3, 4; cf. Cic. Agr. 2, 32:

omnium sententiarum gravitate, omnium verborum ponderibus est utendum,

importance, weight, id. de Or. 2, 17, 72; cf. id. Tusc. 5, 12, 34:

genus hoc sermonum positum in hominum veterum auctoritate plus videtur habere gravitatis,

id. Lael. 1, 4:

quanta illa, di immortales, fuit gravitas! quanta in oratione majestas!

id. ib. 25, 96:

tristitia et in omni re severitas habet illa quidem gravitatem,

id. ib. 18, 66; cf.:

erat in illo viro comitate condita gravitas,

id. de Sen. 4, 10:

gravitate mixtus lepos,

id. Rep. 2, 1; cf. also id. Q. Fr. 3, 9, 1:

illud me praeclare admones, cum illum videro, ne nimis indulgenter et ut cum gravitate potius loquar,

id. Att. 9, 9, 2; 9, 19, 3; id. Fam. 5, 16, 5:

de virtute et gravitate Caesaris, quam in summo dolore adhibuisset,

id. Q. Fr. 3, 8, 3:

personae gravitatem intuentes,

id. Tusc. 2, 21, 49; cf.:

ego has partes lenitatis et misericordiae semper egi libenter: illam vero gravitatis severitatisque personam non appetivi,

id. Mur. 3, 6:

haec genera dicendi in senibus gravitatem non habent,

id. Brut. 95, 326; id. Rep. 1, 10 fin.:

majestas quam vultus gravitasque oris prae se ferebat,

Liv. 5, 41, 8:

(senarius) quantum accipit celeritatis, tantum gravitatis amittit,

Quint. 9, 4, 140.

haurĭo, hausi, haustum, 4 (archaic imperf. hauribant, Lucr. 5, 1324; perf. subj. haurierint, Varr. ap. Prisc. p. 905 P.; part. perf. haurītus, App. M. 3, p. 139; 6, p. 178; supin. hauritu, id. ib. 2, p. 121; part. fut. hauritura, Juv. in Joh. 2, 253:

hausurus,

Verg. A. 4, 383; Sil. 7, 584; 16, 11:

hausturus,

Sen. Q. N. 4, 2, 1; dep. perf. foramen fama est lucem hausum, Sol. 5, 15), v. a. [perh. for haus-io; cf. hio, hisco; prop. to empty], to draw up or out, to draw (class., esp. freq. in the transf. and trop. signif.; cf. sorbeo).

Lit., to draw water, etc.:

cum vidisset haustam aquam de jugi puteo, terrae motum dixit instare,

Cic. Div. 1, 50, 112:

palmis hausta duabus aqua,

Ov. F. 2, 294:

is neque limo Turbatam haurit aquam,

Hor. S. 1, 1, 60:

ipse manus hausta victrices abluit unda,

Ov. M. 4, 740.— Absol.:

num igitur, si potare velit, de dolio sibi hauriendum putet?

Cic. Brut. 83, 288. —Prov.: de faece haurire, to draw from the dregs, i. e. to choose the worst:

tu quidem de faece hauris,

i. e. speak of the worst orators, id. ib. 69, 244.—

Transf.

To drain, drink up; to spill, shed:

ita vina ex libidine hauriuntur, atque etiam praemio invitatur ebrietas (shortly before and after, bibere),

Plin. 14, 22, 28, § 140; cf. id. ib. § 146; and: cui non audita est obscoenae Salmacis undae Aethiopesque lacus, quos si quis faucibus hausit, Aut furit [p. 843] aut, etc., Ov. M. 15, 320 (for which:

qui ex Clitorio lacu biberint,

Plin. 31, 2, 13, § 16):

quae (pocula) simul arenti sitientes hausimus ore,

i. e. drained, emptied, drunk off, Ov. M. 14, 277; so,

cratera,

id. ib. 8, 680:

spumantem pateram,

Verg. A. 1, 738: statim me perculso ad meum sanguinem hauriendum, et spirante re publica ad ejus spolia detrahenda advolaverunt, to drain, i. e. to spill, shed, Cic. Sest. 24, 54:

cruorem,

Ov. M. 7, 333; 13, 331:

nudantis cervicem jugulumque, et reliquum sanguinem jubentes haurire,

Liv. 22, 51, 7; Lact. 5, 1, 8:

quem (sanguinem) civiles hauserunt,

Luc. 1, 13.—

Of things:

imoque a gurgite pontus Vertitur et canas alveus haurit aquas,

draws in, lets in, Ov. F. 3, 591: jam flammae tulerint, inimicus et hauserit ensis, drunk up, i. e. their blood, Verg. A. 2, 600.—

In gen., to tear up, pluck out, draw out, to take to one's self, take; to swallow, devour, consume, exhaust:

(ventus) Arbusta evolvens radicibus haurit ab imis,

Lucr. 6, 141:

haurit arenas ungula,

Stat. Th. 2, 46; cf.:

humumque Effodit... terraeque immurmurat haustae,

i. e. torn up, dug up, Ov. M. 11, 187:

Actoridae magni rostro femur hausit adunco (= transfodit),

tore open, id. ib. 8, 370:

pectora ferro,

id. ib. 8, 438:

latus alicui,

Lucr. 5, 1324; Ov. M. 5, 126; 9, 412; Verg. A. 10, 314; Luc. 10, 387:

ventrem atque inguina uno alteroque ictu,

Liv. 7, 10, 10; Sil. 5, 524:

tum latus ejus gladio haurit,

Curt. 7, 2, 27:

impresso gladio jugulum ejus hausisse,

Tac. H. 1, 41 fin.:

lumen,

to pluck out the eye, Ov. M. 13, 564:

cineres haustos,

i. e. scraped up, collected, id. ib. 8, 538; so,

cineres,

id. ib. 13, 425 sq.; cf. id. ib. 14, 136:

ille cavis hausto spargit me pulvere palmis,

id. ib. 9, 35:

sumptum haurit ex aerario,

draws, takes, Cic. Agr. 2, 13, 32; cf.:

at suave est ex magno tollere acervo. Dum ex parvo nobis tantundem haurire relinquas, Cur? etc.,

Hor. S. 1, 1, 52:

quia dentibus carent, aut lambunt cibos aut integros hauriunt,

to swallow, Col. 8, 17, 11; cf.:

solidos haurire cervos taurosque,

Plin. 8, 14, 14, § 36: hausisti patrias luxuriosus opes, qs. hast swallowed up, devoured, consumed, Mart. 9, 83, 4:

nos tellus haurit,

Sil. 3, 654; cf.:

sua haurire,

Tac. A. 16, 18; 2, 8; 3, 72:

animam recipere auramque communem haurire,

i. e. inhale, breathe, Quint. 6 praef. §

12: suspiratus,

fetching a deep sigh, Ov. M. 14, 129: hauriat hunc oculis ignem crudelis ab alto Dardanus, may he swallow with his eyes, i. e. greedily look at, Verg. A. 4, 661; so,

aliquid oculis,

ib. 12, 946; Sil. 11, 284;

and without oculis: caelum,

Verg. A. 10, 899; cf.:

lucem (primae pecudes),

i. e. to see the light, be born, Verg. G. 2, 340:

vocemque his auribus hausi,

I received his voice with these ears, id. A. 4, 359; so,

dicta auribus,

Ov. M. 13, 787; cf.:

oculis auribusque tantum gaudium,

Liv. 27, 51:

hauriri urbes terrae hiatibus,

to be swallowed up, Plin. 36, 15, 24, § 119; cf.:

cum praealtis paludibus arma, equi haurirentur,

Tac. H. 5, 15:

altitudine et mollitia nivis hauriebantur,

id. ib. 1, 79:

hauriuntur gurgitibus,

id. A. 1, 70:

aggerem ac vineas incendium hausit,

Liv. 5, 7, 3:

cunctos incendium hausit,

Tac. H. 4, 60:

miratur et haurit Pectore ignes,

imbibes, Ov. M. 10, 253; cf.:

flammasque latentes Hausit,

id. ib. 8, 325:

caelo medium Sol igneus orbem Hauserat,

i. e. had rapidly passed through, finished, Verg. G. 4, 427:

vastum iter,

Stat. Th. 1, 369: bracchia Cancri (Titan), Col. poët. 10, 313: cum spes arrectae juvenum exsultantiaque haurit Corda pavor pulsans, exhausts = exhaurit, Verg. G. 3, 105:

pariter pallorque ruborque Purpureas hausere genas,

Stat. Th. 1, 538.—

Trop., to draw, borrow, take, drink in, derive:

sequimur potissimum Stoicos, non ut interpretes, sed, ut solemus, e fontibus eorum judicio arbitrioque nostro, quantum quoque modo videbitur, hauriemus,

Cic. Off. 1, 2, 6; cf.:

fontes, unde hauriretis,

id. de Or. 1, 46, 203:

a fontibus potius haurire quam rivulos consectari,

id. Ac. 1, 2, 8:

reconditis atque abditis e fontibus haurire,

id. de Or. 1, 3, 12:

omnia dixi hausta e fonte naturae,

id. Fin. 1, 21, 71:

eodem fonte haurire laudes suas,

id. Fam. 6, 6, 9; id. Caecin. 27, 78:

quam (legem) non didicimus, accepimus, legimus, verum ex natura ipsa arripuimus, hausimus, expressimus,

id. Mil. 4, 10 (quoted in Cic. Or. 49, 165):

quas (artes) cum domo haurire non posses, arcessivisti ex urbe ea (i. e. Athenis), quae, etc.,

id. Brut. 97, 332:

ex divinitate, unde omnes animos haustos aut acceptos aut libatos haberemus,

id. Div. 2, 11, 26; cf.:

animos hominum quadam ex parte extrinsecus esse tractos et haustos,

id. ib. 1, 32, 70:

quid enim non sorbere animo, quid non haurire cogitatione, cujus sanguinem non bibere censetis?

id. Phil. 11, 5, 10; cf.:

libertatem sitiens hausit,

id. Rep. 1, 43:

voluptates undique,

id. Tusc. 5, 6, 16:

dolorem,

id. Cael. 24, 59:

calamitates,

id. Tusc. 1, 35, 86:

luctum,

id. Sest. 29, 63:

unde laboris Plus haurire mali est quam ex re decerpere fructus,

Hor. S. 1, 2, 79:

animo spem turbidus hausit inanem,

drank in illusive hope, Verg. A. 10, 648:

expugnationes urbium, populationes agrorum, raptus Penatium hauserant animo,

had thought of, intended, Tac. H. 1, 51:

supplicia,

to suffer, Verg. A. 4, 383:

(Thessali) velut ex diutina siti nimis avide meram haurientes libertatem,

indulging, revelling in, Liv. 39, 26, 7; cf.:

studium philosophiae acriter hausisse,

Tac. Agr. 4.

hŏnestus, a um, adj. [honos, honor, qs. furnished or clothed with honor], full of honor, honorable.

Regarded with honor, enjoying respect or consideration, honored, distinguished, honorable, respectable, noble, = honoratus:

qui me honore honestiorem fecit,

Plaut. Capt. 2, 3, 32: cum honos sit praemium virtutis judicio studioque civium delatum ad aliquem;

qui eum sententiis, qui suffragiis adeptus est, is mihi et honestus et honoratus videtur, etc.,

Cic. Brut. 81, 281:

satis honestam honoratamque imaginem fore,

Liv. 36, 40, 9: magnus atque honestus, Brut. et Cass. ap. Cic. Fam. 11, 3, 4; cf.:

salvi et honesti,

id. ib. 11, 2, 2:

honestus homo et nobilis,

Cic. Mur. 36, 75:

cum honesto aliquo homine,

id. Fam. 16, 9, 4:

amplae et honestae familiae,

illustrious and honorable families, id. Mur. 7, 15; cf.: homines honestis parentibus ac majoribus nati, id. Fragm. ap. Quint. 11, 1, 85:

bonis parentibus atque honesto loco natus,

id. Tusc. 5, 20, 58:

cum Sabinas honesto ortas loco virgines rapi jussit,

id. Rep. 2, 7:

loco natus honesto,

Caes. B. G. 5, 45, 2:

Polla, Nursiae honesto genere orta,

Suet. Vesp. 1:

equite Romano in primis honesto et ornato,

distinguished, eminent, Cic. Fam. 13, 14, 1; 13, 31, 1:

eques Romanus,

id. ib. 13, 62; cf.:

erant complures honesti adulescentes, senatorum filii et ordinis equestris,

Caes. B. C. 1, 51, 3:

publicani, homines honestissimi atque ornatissimi,

Cic. de Imp. Pomp. 7, 17:

homo honestissimus,

Caes. B. G. 1, 53, 6:

milites honestissimi sui generis,

id. B. C. 1, 20, 1:

virginis honestae vaticinatione,

Suet. Galb. 9 et saep.:

quia deus auctor culpae honestior erat,

Liv. 1, 4, 2:

tam grave, tam firmum, tam honestum municipium,

Cic. Fam. 13, 4, 2:

honestissimus conventus,

Quint. 1, 2, 9:

ut honestiore judicio conflictere?

more honorable, Cic. Quint. 13, 44:

dies honestissimus nobis,

id. Fam. 1, 2, 2:

atque erit illa mihi mortis honesta dies,

Prop. 3 (4), 21, 34:

honesta paupertas,

Vell. 129, 3:

omnium honestarum rerum egens,

not able to live suitably to his rank, Sall. J. 14, 17: honestis manibus omnia laetius proveniunt, i. e. of generals (cf. shortly before:

ipsorum tunc manibus imperatorum colebantur agri),

Plin. 18, 3, 4, § 19.—As substt.

hŏnestĭōres, um, m., men of noble birth:

qui hominem castraverit... sive is servus sive liber sit, capite punitur: honestiores publicatis bonis in insulam deportantur,

Paul. Sent. 5, 23, 13; 1, 21, 4 sq.;

opp. humiliores,

id. ib. 5, 25, 1 sq.; Mos. et Rom. Leg. Coll. 1, 2, 2; 8, 4, 2.—

hŏnestum, i, n., honorable conduct, morality, virtue:

nec honesto quicquam honestius,

Cic. Fin. 4, 7, 25:

rigidi servator honesti (Cato),

Luc. 2, 389.

Bringing or deserving of honor, honorable, respectable, creditable, worthy, virtuous, decent, proper, becoming.

In gen.:

ut (civium vita) opibus firma, copiis locuples, gloria ampla, virtute honesta sit,

Cic. Att. 8, 11, 1:

in convivio moderato atque honesto,

id. Mur. 6, 13:

aequa et honesta postulatio,

id. Rosc. Am. 2, 7:

honestum ac probabile nomen,

id. Caecin. 25, 71; cf.:

ut honesta praescriptione rem turpissimam tegerent,

Caes. B. C. 3, 32, 4:

causas abeundi quaerat honestas,

Lucr. 4, 1181:

certatio,

Cic. Lael. 9, 32:

honestam rem actionemve aut non suscipere aut, etc.,

id. ib. 13, 47:

res, causa (opp. turpis),

Auct. Her. 1, 3, 5; cf.:

honesta res dividitur in rectum et laudabile,

id. 3, 2, 3:

hominum honestissimorum testimoniis non credere,

Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 49, § 128; id. Rosc. Am. 6, 16:

homines honestissimi,

id. ib. 17, 49:

quod omnium sit votum parentum, ut honestiores quam sint ipsi, liberos habeant,

Quint. 1, 1, 82:

soror,

virtuous, chaste, Hor. S. 2, 3, 58:

vita honestissima,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 17, 48; so in sup.:

labor,

Quint. 12, 7, 10:

praecepta,

id. 12, 2, 27:

testimonia,

id. 5, 11, 37:

vitae instituta sic distant, ut Cretes et Aetoli latrocinari honestum putent,

Cic. Rep. 3, 9:

honestum quibusdam rapto vivere,

Quint. 3, 7, 24:

honestius est de amicorum pecunia laborare quam de sua,

Cic. Fam. 13, 14, 2:

ut neque rectum neque honestum sit, nec fieri possit, ut, etc.,

id. Lael. 21, 76:

honestum et rectum,

id. ib. 22, 82:

honestum id intellegimus, quod tale est, ut, detracta omni utilitate, sine ullis praemiis fructibusve per se ipsum possit jure laudari,

id. Fin. 2, 14, 45; cf. id. Inv. 2, 53, 159; id. Leg. 1, 18, 48:

si maritus uxorem suam in adulterio deprehensam occidit... non inique aliquid ejus honestissimo calori permittitur, Mos. et Rom. Leg. Coll. 4, 10, 1: mores honestos tradere,

Juv. 6, 239.—As subst.: hŏnestum, i, n., honesty, integrity, virtue (cf.:

honor, virtus, etc.): quandoquidem honestum aut ipsa virtus est aut res gesta virtute,

id. Fin. 5, 23, 66; cf.:

sive honestum solum bonum est, ut Stoicis placet, sive quod honestum est, id ita summum bonum est, ut, etc.,

id. Off. 3, 3, 13; 1, 4, 14:

formam quidem ipsam et tamquam faciem honesti vides,

id. ib. 1, 5, 14:

omnis honesti justique disciplina,

Quint. 12, 2, 1:

honesti praesens imago,

id. 12, 1, 28:

quo (honesto) detracto quid poterit beatum intellegi?

Cic. Tusc. 5, 15, 45:

de honesto ac bono,

Quint. 2, 2, 5:

honesta ac turpia,

Cic. Leg. 1, 16, 44; 1, 17, 46:

honestis similia sunt quaedam non honesta,

id. Ac. 2, 16, 50:

in eodem pectore nullum est honestorum turpiumque consortium,

Quint. 12, 1, 4:

de honestis, justis, utilibus quaestiones,

id. 3, 6, 41.—Prov.:

honesta mors turpi vita potior,

Tac. Agr. 33:

imponit finem sapiens et rebus honestis,

Juv. 6, 444:

honestus rumor alterum est patrimonium,

Pub. Syr. 217 Rib.—

In partic., of personal appearance, noble, fine, handsome, beautiful (mostly poet.):

ille erat honesta facie et liberali,

Ter. Eun. 4, 4, 15; 2, 1, 24; cf.: ita me di ament, honestus est. id. ib. 3, 2, 21:

erat forma praeter ceteras honesta,

id. And. 1, 1, 96:

facies,

Suet. Tib. 68:

caput,

Verg. A. 10, 133; id. G. 2, 392:

asini,

Varr. R. R. 2, 6, 2:

(equi),

Verg. G. 3, 81:

ager honestior,

Varr. R. R. 1, 4, 2:

tunc ora rigantur honestis Imbribus (i. e. lacrimis),

Stat. Th. 2, 234.—As subst.: hŏnestum, i, n., beauty:

nec, si quid honesti est, jactat habetque palam, quaerit, quo turpia celet, = si quid pulchri habent,

Hor. S. 1, 2, 84.—Hence, adv.: hŏ-nestē.

(Acc. to I.) Honorably, nobly (very rare):

honeste natus,

of noble birth, Suet. Aug. 43.—Far more freq. and class.,

(Acc. to II.) Decently, becomingly, properly, creditably, virtuously:

neque illa matrem satis honeste tuam sequi poterit comes,

Plaut. Merc. 2, 3, 69; id. Rud. 2, 3, 77:

sic volo Te ferre (aquam) honeste, ut ego fero,

id. ib. 2, 5, 7:

unde Mundior exiret vix libertinus honeste,

Hor. S. 2, 7, 12:

ut videamur vestiti esse honeste,

Varr. L. L. 8, § 31 Müll.:

(Lucretia) tum quoque jam moriens, ne non procumbat honeste, Respicit,

Ov. F. 2, 833:

(Caesar) sinum ad ima crura deduxit, quo honestius caderet,

Suet. Caes. 82; Lucil. ap. Non. 427, 26:

valde se honeste gerunt,

Cic. Att. 6, 1, 13:

honestius hic, quam Q. Pompeius,

id. Off. 3, 30, 109:

quae in nostris rebus non satis honeste, in amicorum fiunt honestissime,

id. Lael. 16, 57:

aliquid recte honesteque dicere,

id. Rep. 1, 2:

beate et honeste vivere,

id. ib. 4, 3:

honeste vivere (opp. turpiter),

Quint. 5, 10, 24:

facere ac dicere (opp. turpiter),

id. 11, 1, 14; 10, 5, 13:

tam jejuna fames, cum possit honestius tremere, etc.,

Juv. 5, 10. iste quidem veteres inter ponetur honeste, fairly, properly, Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 43:

fastigium nunc honeste vergit in tectum inferioris porticus,

Cic. Q. Fr. 3, 1, 4, 14.

hŏnestus, a um, adj. [honos, honor, qs. furnished or clothed with honor], full of honor, honorable.

Regarded with honor, enjoying respect or consideration, honored, distinguished, honorable, respectable, noble, = honoratus:

qui me honore honestiorem fecit,

Plaut. Capt. 2, 3, 32: cum honos sit praemium virtutis judicio studioque civium delatum ad aliquem;

qui eum sententiis, qui suffragiis adeptus est, is mihi et honestus et honoratus videtur, etc.,

Cic. Brut. 81, 281:

satis honestam honoratamque imaginem fore,

Liv. 36, 40, 9: magnus atque honestus, Brut. et Cass. ap. Cic. Fam. 11, 3, 4; cf.:

salvi et honesti,

id. ib. 11, 2, 2:

honestus homo et nobilis,

Cic. Mur. 36, 75:

cum honesto aliquo homine,

id. Fam. 16, 9, 4:

amplae et honestae familiae,

illustrious and honorable families, id. Mur. 7, 15; cf.: homines honestis parentibus ac majoribus nati, id. Fragm. ap. Quint. 11, 1, 85:

bonis parentibus atque honesto loco natus,

id. Tusc. 5, 20, 58:

cum Sabinas honesto ortas loco virgines rapi jussit,

id. Rep. 2, 7:

loco natus honesto,

Caes. B. G. 5, 45, 2:

Polla, Nursiae honesto genere orta,

Suet. Vesp. 1:

equite Romano in primis honesto et ornato,

distinguished, eminent, Cic. Fam. 13, 14, 1; 13, 31, 1:

eques Romanus,

id. ib. 13, 62; cf.:

erant complures honesti adulescentes, senatorum filii et ordinis equestris,

Caes. B. C. 1, 51, 3:

publicani, homines honestissimi atque ornatissimi,

Cic. de Imp. Pomp. 7, 17:

homo honestissimus,

Caes. B. G. 1, 53, 6:

milites honestissimi sui generis,

id. B. C. 1, 20, 1:

virginis honestae vaticinatione,

Suet. Galb. 9 et saep.:

quia deus auctor culpae honestior erat,

Liv. 1, 4, 2:

tam grave, tam firmum, tam honestum municipium,

Cic. Fam. 13, 4, 2:

honestissimus conventus,

Quint. 1, 2, 9:

ut honestiore judicio conflictere?

more honorable, Cic. Quint. 13, 44:

dies honestissimus nobis,

id. Fam. 1, 2, 2:

atque erit illa mihi mortis honesta dies,

Prop. 3 (4), 21, 34:

honesta paupertas,

Vell. 129, 3:

omnium honestarum rerum egens,

not able to live suitably to his rank, Sall. J. 14, 17: honestis manibus omnia laetius proveniunt, i. e. of generals (cf. shortly before:

ipsorum tunc manibus imperatorum colebantur agri),

Plin. 18, 3, 4, § 19.—As substt.

hŏnestĭōres, um, m., men of noble birth:

qui hominem castraverit... sive is servus sive liber sit, capite punitur: honestiores publicatis bonis in insulam deportantur,

Paul. Sent. 5, 23, 13; 1, 21, 4 sq.;

opp. humiliores,

id. ib. 5, 25, 1 sq.; Mos. et Rom. Leg. Coll. 1, 2, 2; 8, 4, 2.—

hŏnestum, i, n., honorable conduct, morality, virtue:

nec honesto quicquam honestius,

Cic. Fin. 4, 7, 25:

rigidi servator honesti (Cato),

Luc. 2, 389.

Bringing or deserving of honor, honorable, respectable, creditable, worthy, virtuous, decent, proper, becoming.

In gen.:

ut (civium vita) opibus firma, copiis locuples, gloria ampla, virtute honesta sit,

Cic. Att. 8, 11, 1:

in convivio moderato atque honesto,

id. Mur. 6, 13:

aequa et honesta postulatio,

id. Rosc. Am. 2, 7:

honestum ac probabile nomen,

id. Caecin. 25, 71; cf.:

ut honesta praescriptione rem turpissimam tegerent,

Caes. B. C. 3, 32, 4:

causas abeundi quaerat honestas,

Lucr. 4, 1181:

certatio,

Cic. Lael. 9, 32:

honestam rem actionemve aut non suscipere aut, etc.,

id. ib. 13, 47:

res, causa (opp. turpis),

Auct. Her. 1, 3, 5; cf.:

honesta res dividitur in rectum et laudabile,

id. 3, 2, 3:

hominum honestissimorum testimoniis non credere,

Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 49, § 128; id. Rosc. Am. 6, 16:

homines honestissimi,

id. ib. 17, 49:

quod omnium sit votum parentum, ut honestiores quam sint ipsi, liberos habeant,

Quint. 1, 1, 82:

soror,

virtuous, chaste, Hor. S. 2, 3, 58:

vita honestissima,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 17, 48; so in sup.:

labor,

Quint. 12, 7, 10:

praecepta,

id. 12, 2, 27:

testimonia,

id. 5, 11, 37:

vitae instituta sic distant, ut Cretes et Aetoli latrocinari honestum putent,

Cic. Rep. 3, 9:

honestum quibusdam rapto vivere,

Quint. 3, 7, 24:

honestius est de amicorum pecunia laborare quam de sua,

Cic. Fam. 13, 14, 2:

ut neque rectum neque honestum sit, nec fieri possit, ut, etc.,

id. Lael. 21, 76:

honestum et rectum,

id. ib. 22, 82:

honestum id intellegimus, quod tale est, ut, detracta omni utilitate, sine ullis praemiis fructibusve per se ipsum possit jure laudari,

id. Fin. 2, 14, 45; cf. id. Inv. 2, 53, 159; id. Leg. 1, 18, 48:

si maritus uxorem suam in adulterio deprehensam occidit... non inique aliquid ejus honestissimo calori permittitur, Mos. et Rom. Leg. Coll. 4, 10, 1: mores honestos tradere,

Juv. 6, 239.—As subst.: hŏnestum, i, n., honesty, integrity, virtue (cf.:

honor, virtus, etc.): quandoquidem honestum aut ipsa virtus est aut res gesta virtute,

id. Fin. 5, 23, 66; cf.:

sive honestum solum bonum est, ut Stoicis placet, sive quod honestum est, id ita summum bonum est, ut, etc.,

id. Off. 3, 3, 13; 1, 4, 14:

formam quidem ipsam et tamquam faciem honesti vides,

id. ib. 1, 5, 14:

omnis honesti justique disciplina,

Quint. 12, 2, 1:

honesti praesens imago,

id. 12, 1, 28:

quo (honesto) detracto quid poterit beatum intellegi?

Cic. Tusc. 5, 15, 45:

de honesto ac bono,

Quint. 2, 2, 5:

honesta ac turpia,

Cic. Leg. 1, 16, 44; 1, 17, 46:

honestis similia sunt quaedam non honesta,

id. Ac. 2, 16, 50:

in eodem pectore nullum est honestorum turpiumque consortium,

Quint. 12, 1, 4:

de honestis, justis, utilibus quaestiones,

id. 3, 6, 41.—Prov.:

honesta mors turpi vita potior,

Tac. Agr. 33:

imponit finem sapiens et rebus honestis,

Juv. 6, 444:

honestus rumor alterum est patrimonium,

Pub. Syr. 217 Rib.—

In partic., of personal appearance, noble, fine, handsome, beautiful (mostly poet.):

ille erat honesta facie et liberali,

Ter. Eun. 4, 4, 15; 2, 1, 24; cf.: ita me di ament, honestus est. id. ib. 3, 2, 21:

erat forma praeter ceteras honesta,

id. And. 1, 1, 96:

facies,

Suet. Tib. 68:

caput,

Verg. A. 10, 133; id. G. 2, 392:

asini,

Varr. R. R. 2, 6, 2:

(equi),

Verg. G. 3, 81:

ager honestior,

Varr. R. R. 1, 4, 2:

tunc ora rigantur honestis Imbribus (i. e. lacrimis),

Stat. Th. 2, 234.—As subst.: hŏnestum, i, n., beauty:

nec, si quid honesti est, jactat habetque palam, quaerit, quo turpia celet, = si quid pulchri habent,

Hor. S. 1, 2, 84.—Hence, adv.: hŏ-nestē.

(Acc. to I.) Honorably, nobly (very rare):

honeste natus,

of noble birth, Suet. Aug. 43.—Far more freq. and class.,

(Acc. to II.) Decently, becomingly, properly, creditably, virtuously:

neque illa matrem satis honeste tuam sequi poterit comes,

Plaut. Merc. 2, 3, 69; id. Rud. 2, 3, 77:

sic volo Te ferre (aquam) honeste, ut ego fero,

id. ib. 2, 5, 7:

unde Mundior exiret vix libertinus honeste,

Hor. S. 2, 7, 12:

ut videamur vestiti esse honeste,

Varr. L. L. 8, § 31 Müll.:

(Lucretia) tum quoque jam moriens, ne non procumbat honeste, Respicit,

Ov. F. 2, 833:

(Caesar) sinum ad ima crura deduxit, quo honestius caderet,

Suet. Caes. 82; Lucil. ap. Non. 427, 26:

valde se honeste gerunt,

Cic. Att. 6, 1, 13:

honestius hic, quam Q. Pompeius,

id. Off. 3, 30, 109:

quae in nostris rebus non satis honeste, in amicorum fiunt honestissime,

id. Lael. 16, 57:

aliquid recte honesteque dicere,

id. Rep. 1, 2:

beate et honeste vivere,

id. ib. 4, 3:

honeste vivere (opp. turpiter),

Quint. 5, 10, 24:

facere ac dicere (opp. turpiter),

id. 11, 1, 14; 10, 5, 13:

tam jejuna fames, cum possit honestius tremere, etc.,

Juv. 5, 10. iste quidem veteres inter ponetur honeste, fairly, properly, Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 43:

fastigium nunc honeste vergit in tectum inferioris porticus,

Cic. Q. Fr. 3, 1, 4, 14.

hŏnestus, a um, adj. [honos, honor, qs. furnished or clothed with honor], full of honor, honorable.

Regarded with honor, enjoying respect or consideration, honored, distinguished, honorable, respectable, noble, = honoratus:

qui me honore honestiorem fecit,

Plaut. Capt. 2, 3, 32: cum honos sit praemium virtutis judicio studioque civium delatum ad aliquem;

qui eum sententiis, qui suffragiis adeptus est, is mihi et honestus et honoratus videtur, etc.,

Cic. Brut. 81, 281:

satis honestam honoratamque imaginem fore,

Liv. 36, 40, 9: magnus atque honestus, Brut. et Cass. ap. Cic. Fam. 11, 3, 4; cf.:

salvi et honesti,

id. ib. 11, 2, 2:

honestus homo et nobilis,

Cic. Mur. 36, 75:

cum honesto aliquo homine,

id. Fam. 16, 9, 4:

amplae et honestae familiae,

illustrious and honorable families, id. Mur. 7, 15; cf.: homines honestis parentibus ac majoribus nati, id. Fragm. ap. Quint. 11, 1, 85:

bonis parentibus atque honesto loco natus,

id. Tusc. 5, 20, 58:

cum Sabinas honesto ortas loco virgines rapi jussit,

id. Rep. 2, 7:

loco natus honesto,

Caes. B. G. 5, 45, 2:

Polla, Nursiae honesto genere orta,

Suet. Vesp. 1:

equite Romano in primis honesto et ornato,

distinguished, eminent, Cic. Fam. 13, 14, 1; 13, 31, 1:

eques Romanus,

id. ib. 13, 62; cf.:

erant complures honesti adulescentes, senatorum filii et ordinis equestris,

Caes. B. C. 1, 51, 3:

publicani, homines honestissimi atque ornatissimi,

Cic. de Imp. Pomp. 7, 17:

homo honestissimus,

Caes. B. G. 1, 53, 6:

milites honestissimi sui generis,

id. B. C. 1, 20, 1:

virginis honestae vaticinatione,

Suet. Galb. 9 et saep.:

quia deus auctor culpae honestior erat,

Liv. 1, 4, 2:

tam grave, tam firmum, tam honestum municipium,

Cic. Fam. 13, 4, 2:

honestissimus conventus,

Quint. 1, 2, 9:

ut honestiore judicio conflictere?

more honorable, Cic. Quint. 13, 44:

dies honestissimus nobis,

id. Fam. 1, 2, 2:

atque erit illa mihi mortis honesta dies,

Prop. 3 (4), 21, 34:

honesta paupertas,

Vell. 129, 3:

omnium honestarum rerum egens,

not able to live suitably to his rank, Sall. J. 14, 17: honestis manibus omnia laetius proveniunt, i. e. of generals (cf. shortly before:

ipsorum tunc manibus imperatorum colebantur agri),

Plin. 18, 3, 4, § 19.—As substt.

hŏnestĭōres, um, m., men of noble birth:

qui hominem castraverit... sive is servus sive liber sit, capite punitur: honestiores publicatis bonis in insulam deportantur,

Paul. Sent. 5, 23, 13; 1, 21, 4 sq.;

opp. humiliores,

id. ib. 5, 25, 1 sq.; Mos. et Rom. Leg. Coll. 1, 2, 2; 8, 4, 2.—

hŏnestum, i, n., honorable conduct, morality, virtue:

nec honesto quicquam honestius,

Cic. Fin. 4, 7, 25:

rigidi servator honesti (Cato),

Luc. 2, 389.

Bringing or deserving of honor, honorable, respectable, creditable, worthy, virtuous, decent, proper, becoming.

In gen.:

ut (civium vita) opibus firma, copiis locuples, gloria ampla, virtute honesta sit,

Cic. Att. 8, 11, 1:

in convivio moderato atque honesto,

id. Mur. 6, 13:

aequa et honesta postulatio,

id. Rosc. Am. 2, 7:

honestum ac probabile nomen,

id. Caecin. 25, 71; cf.:

ut honesta praescriptione rem turpissimam tegerent,

Caes. B. C. 3, 32, 4:

causas abeundi quaerat honestas,

Lucr. 4, 1181:

certatio,

Cic. Lael. 9, 32:

honestam rem actionemve aut non suscipere aut, etc.,

id. ib. 13, 47:

res, causa (opp. turpis),

Auct. Her. 1, 3, 5; cf.:

honesta res dividitur in rectum et laudabile,

id. 3, 2, 3:

hominum honestissimorum testimoniis non credere,

Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 49, § 128; id. Rosc. Am. 6, 16:

homines honestissimi,

id. ib. 17, 49:

quod omnium sit votum parentum, ut honestiores quam sint ipsi, liberos habeant,

Quint. 1, 1, 82:

soror,

virtuous, chaste, Hor. S. 2, 3, 58:

vita honestissima,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 17, 48; so in sup.:

labor,

Quint. 12, 7, 10:

praecepta,

id. 12, 2, 27:

testimonia,

id. 5, 11, 37:

vitae instituta sic distant, ut Cretes et Aetoli latrocinari honestum putent,

Cic. Rep. 3, 9:

honestum quibusdam rapto vivere,

Quint. 3, 7, 24:

honestius est de amicorum pecunia laborare quam de sua,

Cic. Fam. 13, 14, 2:

ut neque rectum neque honestum sit, nec fieri possit, ut, etc.,

id. Lael. 21, 76:

honestum et rectum,

id. ib. 22, 82:

honestum id intellegimus, quod tale est, ut, detracta omni utilitate, sine ullis praemiis fructibusve per se ipsum possit jure laudari,

id. Fin. 2, 14, 45; cf. id. Inv. 2, 53, 159; id. Leg. 1, 18, 48:

si maritus uxorem suam in adulterio deprehensam occidit... non inique aliquid ejus honestissimo calori permittitur, Mos. et Rom. Leg. Coll. 4, 10, 1: mores honestos tradere,

Juv. 6, 239.—As subst.: hŏnestum, i, n., honesty, integrity, virtue (cf.:

honor, virtus, etc.): quandoquidem honestum aut ipsa virtus est aut res gesta virtute,

id. Fin. 5, 23, 66; cf.:

sive honestum solum bonum est, ut Stoicis placet, sive quod honestum est, id ita summum bonum est, ut, etc.,

id. Off. 3, 3, 13; 1, 4, 14:

formam quidem ipsam et tamquam faciem honesti vides,

id. ib. 1, 5, 14:

omnis honesti justique disciplina,

Quint. 12, 2, 1:

honesti praesens imago,

id. 12, 1, 28:

quo (honesto) detracto quid poterit beatum intellegi?

Cic. Tusc. 5, 15, 45:

de honesto ac bono,

Quint. 2, 2, 5:

honesta ac turpia,

Cic. Leg. 1, 16, 44; 1, 17, 46:

honestis similia sunt quaedam non honesta,

id. Ac. 2, 16, 50:

in eodem pectore nullum est honestorum turpiumque consortium,

Quint. 12, 1, 4:

de honestis, justis, utilibus quaestiones,

id. 3, 6, 41.—Prov.:

honesta mors turpi vita potior,

Tac. Agr. 33:

imponit finem sapiens et rebus honestis,

Juv. 6, 444:

honestus rumor alterum est patrimonium,

Pub. Syr. 217 Rib.—

In partic., of personal appearance, noble, fine, handsome, beautiful (mostly poet.):

ille erat honesta facie et liberali,

Ter. Eun. 4, 4, 15; 2, 1, 24; cf.: ita me di ament, honestus est. id. ib. 3, 2, 21:

erat forma praeter ceteras honesta,

id. And. 1, 1, 96:

facies,

Suet. Tib. 68:

caput,

Verg. A. 10, 133; id. G. 2, 392:

asini,

Varr. R. R. 2, 6, 2:

(equi),

Verg. G. 3, 81:

ager honestior,

Varr. R. R. 1, 4, 2:

tunc ora rigantur honestis Imbribus (i. e. lacrimis),

Stat. Th. 2, 234.—As subst.: hŏnestum, i, n., beauty:

nec, si quid honesti est, jactat habetque palam, quaerit, quo turpia celet, = si quid pulchri habent,

Hor. S. 1, 2, 84.—Hence, adv.: hŏ-nestē.

(Acc. to I.) Honorably, nobly (very rare):

honeste natus,

of noble birth, Suet. Aug. 43.—Far more freq. and class.,

(Acc. to II.) Decently, becomingly, properly, creditably, virtuously:

neque illa matrem satis honeste tuam sequi poterit comes,

Plaut. Merc. 2, 3, 69; id. Rud. 2, 3, 77:

sic volo Te ferre (aquam) honeste, ut ego fero,

id. ib. 2, 5, 7:

unde Mundior exiret vix libertinus honeste,

Hor. S. 2, 7, 12:

ut videamur vestiti esse honeste,

Varr. L. L. 8, § 31 Müll.:

(Lucretia) tum quoque jam moriens, ne non procumbat honeste, Respicit,

Ov. F. 2, 833:

(Caesar) sinum ad ima crura deduxit, quo honestius caderet,

Suet. Caes. 82; Lucil. ap. Non. 427, 26:

valde se honeste gerunt,

Cic. Att. 6, 1, 13:

honestius hic, quam Q. Pompeius,

id. Off. 3, 30, 109:

quae in nostris rebus non satis honeste, in amicorum fiunt honestissime,

id. Lael. 16, 57:

aliquid recte honesteque dicere,

id. Rep. 1, 2:

beate et honeste vivere,

id. ib. 4, 3:

honeste vivere (opp. turpiter),

Quint. 5, 10, 24:

facere ac dicere (opp. turpiter),

id. 11, 1, 14; 10, 5, 13:

tam jejuna fames, cum possit honestius tremere, etc.,

Juv. 5, 10. iste quidem veteres inter ponetur honeste, fairly, properly, Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 43:

fastigium nunc honeste vergit in tectum inferioris porticus,

Cic. Q. Fr. 3, 1, 4, 14.

hostĭa (also fostia), ae, f. [2. hostio, acc. to Paul. ex Fest. p. 102 Müll.], an animal sacrificed, a victim, sacrifice (cf.: victima).

Lit.:

cum Trebatius doceat, hostiarum genera esse duo, unum in quo voluntas dei per exta disquiritur, alterum, in quo sola anima deo sacratur, unde etiam haruspices animales has hostias vocant,

Macr. S. 3, 5, 1:

illud ex institutis pontificum et haruspicum non mutandum est, quibus hostiis immolandum cuique deo,

Cic. Leg. 2, 12, 29:

ea prodigia partim majoribus hostiis partim lactentibus procurarentur,

Liv. 22, 1, 15:

majoribus hostiis rem divinam facere,

id. 31, 5, 3:

Veneri immolare hostiam,

Plaut. Poen. 2, 2:

hostiis propitiare Venerem,

id. ib. 4, 2, 25; cf.

v. 27: Pseudole, arcesse hostias, Victimas, lanios, ut ego huic sacrificem summo Jovi,

id. Ps. 1, 3, 93:

hostias immolare,

Cic. Div. 1, 42, 93:

hostias ad sacrificium praebere... hostias redimere (used interchangeably with victimae),

id. Inv. 2, 31, 96 sq.:

hostiae omnibus locis immolabantur,

Hirt. B. G. 8, 51, 3:

C. Mario per hostias dis supplicanti,

Sall. J. 63, 1:

nondum cum sanguine sacro Hostia caelestes pacificasset heros,

Cat. 68, 76:

ad scelus perficiendum caesis hostiis (shortly before: nocturna sacrificia),

Cic. Clu. 68, 194:

mactata hostia,

Hor. C. 1, 19, 16:

non sumptuosa blandior hostia Mollivit aversos Penates Farre pio et saliente mica,

id. ib. 3, 23, 18:

quadraginta hostiis sacrificare,

Liv. 41, 19, 2:

hostiis piare prodigia,

Tac. H. 5, 13:

si primis hostiis litatum non est,

Gell. 4, 6, 6:

ruminalis,

Plin. 8, 51, 77, § 206: maximam hostiam ovilli pecoris appellabant, non ab amplitudine corporis sed ab animo placidiore, Paul. ex Fest. p. 126 Müll.:

(Galli) humanis hostiis aras ac templa funestant,

Cic. Font. 10, 21 (for which:

Galli pro victimis homines immolant,

Caes. B. G. 6, 16, 2); cf.:

humanis hostiis litare,

Tac. G. 9:

humana,

Plin. 8, 22, 34, § 82.—Collect., Verg. A. 1, 334.—

Transf., Hostia, a group of stars belonging to the constellation Centaurus, Hyg. Astr. 3, 37.

hŭmĭlĭtas, ātis, f. [humilis], lowness (acc. to humilis, I.).

Lit.:

naves omnes actuarias imperat fieri, quam ad rem humilitas multum adjuvat (shortly before: naves paulo facit humiliores),

Caes. B. G. 5, 1, 3:

arborum,

Sall. J. 49, 5:

aliorum animalium ea est humilitas, ut cibum terrestrem rostris facile contingant,

low stature, Cic. N. D. 2 47, 122:

sidera multum inter se aut altitudine aut humilitate distantia,

id. Tusc. 5, 24, 69:

quanta humilitate luna feratur, terram paene contingens,

id. Div. 2, 43, 91.—

Trop.

Of rank, birth, or influence, lowness, meanness, insignificance: malorum turba quaedam, paupertas, ignobilitas, humilitas, solitudo, etc., Cic. Tusc. 5, 10, 29:

propter humilitatem et obscuritatem,

id. Off. 2, 13, 45:

humilitatem cum dignitate contendere,

id. Rosc. Am. 47, 136:

alicujus despicere,

id. Phil. 13, 10, 23:

obicere humilitatem alicui,

Liv. 26, 31, 4:

ex humilitate sua,

Caes. B. G. 5, 25:

infima natalium,

Plin. 18, 6, 7, § 37:

generis,

Sall. J. 73, 4:

generis ac nominis,

Suet. Vesp. 4:

obliterata quoque scrutabimur, nec deterrebit quarundam rerum humilitas,

Plin. 14, 1, 1, § 7.—

Littleness of mind, meanness, baseness, abjectness:

habet levitatem laetitia gestiens, humilitatem metus,

Cic. Tusc. 3, 13, 27; id. de Or. 1, 53, 228:

et dejecto (capite) humilitas et supino arrogantia ostenditur,

Quint. 11, 3, 69; so,

opp. arrogantia,

Caes. B. C. 1, 85, 5:

saepe virtus et magnificentia plus proficit ad misericordiam commovendam quam humilitas et obsecratio,

Cic. Inv. 1, 56, 109:

summittere se in humilitatem causam dicentium,

Liv. 38, 52, 2:

asinorum,

Plin. 10, 63, 83, § 180.—

In eccl. Lat., in a good sense, opp. to pride, lowness, humility, Lact. 5, 15; Sulp. Sever. Vit. S. Mart. 2 fin. et saep.

impĕrātōrĭus ( inp-), a, um, adj. [imperator].

Of or belonging to a general (class.):

quod ipse honos laborem leviorem faceret imperatorium,

Cic. Tusc. 2, 26, 62:

jus,

id. Verr. 2, 1, 21, § 57; cf.

partes (shortly before: imperatoris partes),

Caes. B. C. 3, 51, 5:

nomen,

Cic. Fam. 11, 4, 1; [p. 900] Tac. A. 1, 3:

consilium,

Cic. N. D. 3, 6, 15:

laus,

id. Ac. 2, 1, 2:

virtus,

Quint. 7, 10, 13; 8, 2, 11:

ars,

id. 2, 17, 34:

manubiae,

Cic. de Or. 3, 3, 10:

pulvis sudorque (opp. campestris meditatio),

Plin. Pan. 13, 1:

navis,

an admiral's ship, Plin. 19, 1, 5, § 22.—

* Adv.: impĕrātōrĭē, like a general: dum se ad id bellum imperatorie instruit, Treb. Claud. 6.—

(Acc. to imperator, II. B. 3.) Imperial:

genesis,

Suet. Dom. 10:

munera,

id. Vesp. 24:

onera,

id. Calig. 42.

imprōvīsus ( inpr-), a, um, adj. [2. in-provisus], not foreseen, unforeseen, unexpected (class.):

sapienti nihil improvisum accidere potest, nihil inopinatum, nihil omnino novum,

Cic. Tusc. 4, 15, 37; id. Verr. 2, 2, 28, § 69; id. de Or. 1, 22, 103:

unde iste amor tam improvisus ac tam repentinus?

id. Agr. 2, 22, 60:

cum tot bella subito atque improvisa nascantur,

id. Font. 15, 32:

mala,

id. Tusc. 3, 14, 30:

improvisior pestis,

Tac. A. 2, 47:

castella munita improviso adventu capta,

Cic. Fam. 2, 10, 3:

pericula,

id. Mur. 27, 55:

vis leti,

Hor. C. 2, 13, 19:

species,

id. Ep. 1, 6, 11:

pelagoque remenso Improvisi aderunt,

Verg. A. 2, 182:

cunctisque repente Improvisus ait,

id. ib. 1, 595. —

As subst.: imprōvīsum, i, n., that which is unforeseen, an emergency:

dux sibi delectos retinuerat ad improvisa,

Tac. H. 5, 16.—Mostly in abl., with de, adverbially, unexpectedly, suddenly:

quasi de improviso respice ad eum,

Ter. And. 2, 5, 6; cf. Trabea ap. Cic. Tusc. 4, 31, 67; Cic. Rosc. Am. 52, 151; cf. also Caes. B. C. 2, 6, 3:

de improviso,

Ter. And. 2, 2, 23; id. Heaut. 2, 3, 40; id. Ad. 3, 3, 53; 4, 4, 1; id. Phorm. 5, 6, 44; Caes. B. G. 2, 3, 1; 5, 22, 1; 5, 39, 1; 6, 3, 1 et saep. — Less freq. with ex:

ex improviso filiam inveni meam,

Plaut. Rud. 4, 5, 2; Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 43, § 112.— Hence, adv., in two forms, imprōvīso (class.) and imprōvīsē (post-class.), on a sudden, unexpectedly:

improviso filiam inveni (for which, shortly before: ex improviso filiam inveni),

Plaut. Rud. 4, 5, 6:

sane homini praeter opinionem improviso incidi,

Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 74, § 182:

improviso eos in castra irrupisse,

id. Div. 1, 24, 50:

tantum adest boni improviso,

Plaut. As. 2, 2, 44:

cum mihi nihil improviso evenisset,

Cic. Rep. 1, 4; id. Att. 15, 1, A, 1:

scalae improviso, subitusque apparuit ignis,

Verg. A. 12, 576; 8, 524: improvise necans incautos morte suprema, Tert. poët. adv. Marc. 2, 12.

imprōvīsus ( inpr-), a, um, adj. [2. in-provisus], not foreseen, unforeseen, unexpected (class.):

sapienti nihil improvisum accidere potest, nihil inopinatum, nihil omnino novum,

Cic. Tusc. 4, 15, 37; id. Verr. 2, 2, 28, § 69; id. de Or. 1, 22, 103:

unde iste amor tam improvisus ac tam repentinus?

id. Agr. 2, 22, 60:

cum tot bella subito atque improvisa nascantur,

id. Font. 15, 32:

mala,

id. Tusc. 3, 14, 30:

improvisior pestis,

Tac. A. 2, 47:

castella munita improviso adventu capta,

Cic. Fam. 2, 10, 3:

pericula,

id. Mur. 27, 55:

vis leti,

Hor. C. 2, 13, 19:

species,

id. Ep. 1, 6, 11:

pelagoque remenso Improvisi aderunt,

Verg. A. 2, 182:

cunctisque repente Improvisus ait,

id. ib. 1, 595. —

As subst.: imprōvīsum, i, n., that which is unforeseen, an emergency:

dux sibi delectos retinuerat ad improvisa,

Tac. H. 5, 16.—Mostly in abl., with de, adverbially, unexpectedly, suddenly:

quasi de improviso respice ad eum,

Ter. And. 2, 5, 6; cf. Trabea ap. Cic. Tusc. 4, 31, 67; Cic. Rosc. Am. 52, 151; cf. also Caes. B. C. 2, 6, 3:

de improviso,

Ter. And. 2, 2, 23; id. Heaut. 2, 3, 40; id. Ad. 3, 3, 53; 4, 4, 1; id. Phorm. 5, 6, 44; Caes. B. G. 2, 3, 1; 5, 22, 1; 5, 39, 1; 6, 3, 1 et saep. — Less freq. with ex:

ex improviso filiam inveni meam,

Plaut. Rud. 4, 5, 2; Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 43, § 112.— Hence, adv., in two forms, imprōvīso (class.) and imprōvīsē (post-class.), on a sudden, unexpectedly:

improviso filiam inveni (for which, shortly before: ex improviso filiam inveni),

Plaut. Rud. 4, 5, 6:

sane homini praeter opinionem improviso incidi,

Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 74, § 182:

improviso eos in castra irrupisse,

id. Div. 1, 24, 50:

tantum adest boni improviso,

Plaut. As. 2, 2, 44:

cum mihi nihil improviso evenisset,

Cic. Rep. 1, 4; id. Att. 15, 1, A, 1:

scalae improviso, subitusque apparuit ignis,

Verg. A. 12, 576; 8, 524: improvise necans incautos morte suprema, Tert. poët. adv. Marc. 2, 12.

imprōvīsus ( inpr-), a, um, adj. [2. in-provisus], not foreseen, unforeseen, unexpected (class.):

sapienti nihil improvisum accidere potest, nihil inopinatum, nihil omnino novum,

Cic. Tusc. 4, 15, 37; id. Verr. 2, 2, 28, § 69; id. de Or. 1, 22, 103:

unde iste amor tam improvisus ac tam repentinus?

id. Agr. 2, 22, 60:

cum tot bella subito atque improvisa nascantur,

id. Font. 15, 32:

mala,

id. Tusc. 3, 14, 30:

improvisior pestis,

Tac. A. 2, 47:

castella munita improviso adventu capta,

Cic. Fam. 2, 10, 3:

pericula,

id. Mur. 27, 55:

vis leti,

Hor. C. 2, 13, 19:

species,

id. Ep. 1, 6, 11:

pelagoque remenso Improvisi aderunt,

Verg. A. 2, 182:

cunctisque repente Improvisus ait,

id. ib. 1, 595. —

As subst.: imprōvīsum, i, n., that which is unforeseen, an emergency:

dux sibi delectos retinuerat ad improvisa,

Tac. H. 5, 16.—Mostly in abl., with de, adverbially, unexpectedly, suddenly:

quasi de improviso respice ad eum,

Ter. And. 2, 5, 6; cf. Trabea ap. Cic. Tusc. 4, 31, 67; Cic. Rosc. Am. 52, 151; cf. also Caes. B. C. 2, 6, 3:

de improviso,

Ter. And. 2, 2, 23; id. Heaut. 2, 3, 40; id. Ad. 3, 3, 53; 4, 4, 1; id. Phorm. 5, 6, 44; Caes. B. G. 2, 3, 1; 5, 22, 1; 5, 39, 1; 6, 3, 1 et saep. — Less freq. with ex:

ex improviso filiam inveni meam,

Plaut. Rud. 4, 5, 2; Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 43, § 112.— Hence, adv., in two forms, imprōvīso (class.) and imprōvīsē (post-class.), on a sudden, unexpectedly:

improviso filiam inveni (for which, shortly before: ex improviso filiam inveni),

Plaut. Rud. 4, 5, 6:

sane homini praeter opinionem improviso incidi,

Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 74, § 182:

improviso eos in castra irrupisse,

id. Div. 1, 24, 50:

tantum adest boni improviso,

Plaut. As. 2, 2, 44:

cum mihi nihil improviso evenisset,

Cic. Rep. 1, 4; id. Att. 15, 1, A, 1:

scalae improviso, subitusque apparuit ignis,

Verg. A. 12, 576; 8, 524: improvise necans incautos morte suprema, Tert. poët. adv. Marc. 2, 12.

incendo, di, sum, 3 (archaic form of the perf. subj. incensit = incenderit, sicut incepsit = inceperit, Paul. ex Fest. p. 107 Müll.), v. a. [in-candeo; cf.: accendo and succendo], to set fire to, to kindle, burn (freq. and class.; syn. inflammare).

Lit.:

cupas taedā ac pice refertas incendunt,

Caes. B. C. 2, 11, 2:

tus et odores,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 37, § 77; cf.

odores,

id. Tusc. 3, 18, 43:

lychnos,

Verg. A. 1, 727:

oppida sua omnia, vicos, reliqua privata aedificia incendunt,

Caes. B. G. 1, 5, 2:

aedificia vicosque,

id. ib. 6, 6, 1:

tabularium,

Cic. N. D. 3, 30, 74:

Capitolium,

Sall. C. 47, 2:

naves omnes,

Cic. Att. 9, 6, 3:

tamquam ipse suas incenderit aedes,

Juv. 3, 222:

classem inflammari incendique jussit,

id. Verr. 2, 5, 35, § 91:

urbem,

id. Cat. 3, 4, 10; cf. Liv. 9, 9, 6:

quod primo incendendum Avaricum censuerat,

Caes. B. G. 7, 3, 2:

agros,

Verg. G. 1, 84:

vepres,

id. ib. 1, 271:

cum ipse circumsessus paene incenderere,

wast consumed, Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 33, § 85.— Absol.:

nec incendit nisi ignis,

Quint. 6, 2, 28.—

Transf.

To light up with fire, to make a fire upon:

aras votis,

i. e. in pursuance of vows, Verg. A. 3, 279:

altaria,

id. ib. 8, 285.—

To heat, make hot:

diem,

Luc. 4, 68:

igne et tenuibus lignis fornacem incendemus,

will heat, warm, Col. 12, 19, 3.—

To make bright or shining, to brighten, illumine:

ejusdem (solis) incensa radiis luna,

Cic. N. D. 1, 31, 87; Ov. P. 2, 1, 41:

maculosus et auro Squamam incendebat fulgor,

Verg. A. 5, 88: vivis digitos incendere gemmis, to make brilliant, i. e. to adorn, Stat. S. 2, 1, 134.—

Trop.

To kindle, inflame, set on fire; to fire, rouse, incite, excite; to irritate, incense (esp. freq. in pass.):

ut mihi non solum tu incendere judicem, sed ipse ardere videaris,

Cic. de Or. 2, 45, 188:

iidem hominem perustum etiamnum gloria volunt incendere,

id. Fam. 13, 15, 2:

me ita vel cepit vel incendit, ut cuperem, etc.,

id. ib. 5, 12, 1:

aliquem morando,

Sall. J. 25, 10:

(aliquem) querelis,

Verg. A. 4, 360:

in minime gratum spectaculum animo incenduntur,

Liv. 1, 25, 2:

Tyndariden incendit amor,

Val. Fl. 6, 207:

plebem largiundo atque pollicitando,

Sall. C. 38, 1:

juventutem ad facinora,

id. ib. 13, 4:

bonorum animos,

Cic. Att. 2, 16, 1:

animum cupidum inopiā,

Ter. Heaut. 2, 3, 126:

cupiditatem alicujus,

Cic. Fam. 15, 21, 1:

odia improborum in nos,

id. Att. 9, 1, 3:

tum pudor incendit vires et conscia virtus,

inflames, Verg. A. 5, 455:

illam incendentem luctus,

id. ib. 9, 500: clamore incendunt caelum, set on fire with, i. e. fill with, id. ib. 10, 895:

regiam repentino luctu,

Just. 38, 8 fin.:

rabie jecur incendente feruntur Praecipites,

Juv. 7, 648:

quibus incendi jam frigidus, aevo Laomedontiades possit,

id. 6, 325.—In pass.:

nimis sermone hujus irā incendor,

Plaut. Ps. 1, 2, 66; id. As. 2, 4, 14; cf.:

incendor irā, esse ausam facere haec te injussu meo,

Ter. Hec. 4, 1, 47:

hisce ego illam dictis ita tibi incensam dabo, ut, etc.,

id. Phorm. 5, 7, 81:

amore sum incensus,

Cic. Q. Fr. 3, 1, 5, § 18:

(mulier) incensa odio pristino,

id. Clu. 64, 181:

incendor quotidie magis non desiderio solum sed etiam incredibili fama virtutum admirabilium,

id. Or. 10, 33:

incensus studio,

id. Rosc. Am. 17, 48:

iratus iste vehementer Sthenio et incensus hospitium renuntiat,

id. Verr. 2, 2, 36, § 89:

omnes incenduntur ad studia gloriā,

id. Tusc. 1, 2, 4; cf. id. ib. 1, 19, 44:

imperator incensus ad rem publicam bene gerendam,

id. Prov. Cons. 14, 35:

Caesar ab eo (Crasso) in me esset incensus,

id. Fam. 1, 9, 9:

nulla mens est tam ad comprehendendam vim oratoris parata, quae possit incendi, nisi inflammatus ipse ad eam et ardens accesseris,

id. de Or. 2, 45, 190 fin.:

inimicitiis incensa contentio,

id. Opt. Gen. Or. 7, 22:

incensus calcaribus equus,

Hirt. B. G. 8, 48, 5.— Absol.: loquarne? incendam;

taceam? instigem,

Ter. Phorm. 1, 4, 9:

dumque petit petitur pariterque incendit et ardet,

Ov. M. 3, 425.—

To enhance, raise: annonam ( the price of corn), to produce a dearness or scarcity (shortly before:

excandefaciebant),

Varr. R. R. 3, 2, 16 (cf. incendium, II. A.).—

To destroy, ruin, lay waste:

si istuc conare... tuum incendes genus,

Plaut. Trin. 3, 2, 49:

campos,

Stat. Th. 1, 631. — Hence, incensus, a, um, P. a., inflamed, burning, hot:

profuit incensos aestus avertere ( = vehementissimos ardores febris),

Verg. G. 3, 469 Forbig. ad loc.— In comp.:

aether,

Claud. Rapt. Pros. 3, 201.

in-commŏdus, a, um, adj., inconvenient, unsuitable, unfit, unseasonable, troublesome, disagreeable.

Adj.

Of things (class. and freq.):

iter,

Ter. Hec. 3, 4, 1:

res,

id. ib. 4, 2, 27: valetudo, Cic. Brut. 34, 130:

colloquium pro re nata non incommodum,

id. Att. 14, 6, 1:

ne voce quidem incommodā,

Liv. 3, 14, 6:

severitas morum,

id. 27, 31, 7:

conflictatio turbae,

Quint. 3, 8, 29; 1, 7, 16:

eorum controversiam non incommodum videtur cum utrorumque ratione exponere,

Cic. Inv. 1, 34, 57:

naves propugnatoribus incommodae,

Liv. 30, 10, 15.— Comp.:

ut actori incommodior esset exhibitio,

Dig. 10, 4, 11: incommodioris condicionis homines, Mos. et Rom. Leg. Coll. 15, 3, 1. — Sup.:

in rebus ejus incommodissimis,

Cic. Clu. 59, 161. —

Of persons, troublesome (rare but class.):

aliquid huic responde, commode, ne incommodus nobis sit,

Plaut. Poen. 1, 2, 189 (but not in Bacch. 3, 2, 17;

v. Ritschl ad h. l.): idem facilem et liberalem patrem incommodum esse amanti filio disputat,

Cic. N. D. 3, 29, 73.—

Subst.: incommŏdum, i, n., inconvenience, trouble, disadvantage, detriment, injury, misfortune (freq. and class.):

quom ejus incommodum tam aegre feras,

Plaut. Capt. 1, 2, 43:

nostro incommodo detrimentoque, si est ita necesse, doleamus,

Cic. Brut. 1, 4:

qui locus est talis, ut plus habeat adjumenti quam incommodi,

id. de Or. 2, 24, 102:

non modo incommodi nihil ceperunt, sed etiam... in quaestu sunt versati,

id. Verr. 2, 3, 46, § 109:

timet, ne ipse aliquo afficiatur incommodo,

id. Off. 1, 7, 24:

accidit repentinum incommodum: tanta enim tempestas cooritur, ut, etc.,

Caes. B. C. 1, 48, 1:

ab officio abduci incommodo,

Cic. Lael. 2, 8; cf.

ellipt.: nec id incommodo tuo (sc. feceris),

id. Att. 12, 47, 1:

quae res magnum nostris attulit incommodum,

Caes. B. C. 3, 63, 5:

quid iniquitas loci habeat incommodi,

id. B. G. 7, 45, 9:

si quid importetur nobis incommodi,

Cic. Off. 2, 5, 18:

ex eo concursu navium magnum esse incommodum acceptum,

Caes. B. G. 5, 10 fin.; cf.:

ut acceptum incommodum virtute sarciretur (shortly before: detrimentum acceptum),

id. B. C. 3, 73, 4:

reiciendi, deminuendi, devitandive incommodi causa,

Cic. Inv. 2, 5, 18: incommodum inter eos (socios) commune est, loss (opp. lucrum), Gai. Inst. 3, 150.—Rarely with gen. rei:

commoveri incommodo valetudinis,

Cic. Att. 7, 7, 3; cf.

morbi,

id. Mur. 23, 47.—In plur.:

multis incommodis difficultatibusque affectus,

id. Div. in Caecil. 3, 8; id. N. D. 1, 9 fin.; id. Lael. 13, 48:

tot incommodis conflictati,

Caes. B. G. 5, 35, 5; id. B. C. 3, 10, 6.— With gen.:

corporum,

i. e. diseases, Plin. 24, 17, 102, § 162:

pulmonum,

id. 28, 7, 21, § 75:

vesicae,

id. 27, 12, 101, § 126:

ferre incommoda vitae,

Juv. 13, 21. —

Adv.: incommŏdē, inconveniently, incommodiously, unfortunately, unseasonably:

fores Hae sonitu suo moram mihi obiciunt incommode,

Plaut. Trin. 5, 1, 8; Ter. Eun. 2, 3, 37:

posse pro re nata te non incommode ad me in Albanum venire,

Cic. Att. 7, 8, 2:

accidit,

Caes. B. G. 5, 33, 4:

adversari,

Liv. 4, 8, 6.— Comp.:

cum illo quidem actum optime est: mecum incommodius,

Cic. Lael. 4, 15.— Sup.:

incommodissime navigare,

Cic. Att. 5, 9, 1.

impĕrātōrĭus ( inp-), a, um, adj. [imperator].

Of or belonging to a general (class.):

quod ipse honos laborem leviorem faceret imperatorium,

Cic. Tusc. 2, 26, 62:

jus,

id. Verr. 2, 1, 21, § 57; cf.

partes (shortly before: imperatoris partes),

Caes. B. C. 3, 51, 5:

nomen,

Cic. Fam. 11, 4, 1; [p. 900] Tac. A. 1, 3:

consilium,

Cic. N. D. 3, 6, 15:

laus,

id. Ac. 2, 1, 2:

virtus,

Quint. 7, 10, 13; 8, 2, 11:

ars,

id. 2, 17, 34:

manubiae,

Cic. de Or. 3, 3, 10:

pulvis sudorque (opp. campestris meditatio),

Plin. Pan. 13, 1:

navis,

an admiral's ship, Plin. 19, 1, 5, § 22.—

* Adv.: impĕrātōrĭē, like a general: dum se ad id bellum imperatorie instruit, Treb. Claud. 6.—

(Acc. to imperator, II. B. 3.) Imperial:

genesis,

Suet. Dom. 10:

munera,

id. Vesp. 24:

onera,

id. Calig. 42.

imprōvīsus ( inpr-), a, um, adj. [2. in-provisus], not foreseen, unforeseen, unexpected (class.):

sapienti nihil improvisum accidere potest, nihil inopinatum, nihil omnino novum,

Cic. Tusc. 4, 15, 37; id. Verr. 2, 2, 28, § 69; id. de Or. 1, 22, 103:

unde iste amor tam improvisus ac tam repentinus?

id. Agr. 2, 22, 60:

cum tot bella subito atque improvisa nascantur,

id. Font. 15, 32:

mala,

id. Tusc. 3, 14, 30:

improvisior pestis,

Tac. A. 2, 47:

castella munita improviso adventu capta,

Cic. Fam. 2, 10, 3:

pericula,

id. Mur. 27, 55:

vis leti,

Hor. C. 2, 13, 19:

species,

id. Ep. 1, 6, 11:

pelagoque remenso Improvisi aderunt,

Verg. A. 2, 182:

cunctisque repente Improvisus ait,

id. ib. 1, 595. —

As subst.: imprōvīsum, i, n., that which is unforeseen, an emergency:

dux sibi delectos retinuerat ad improvisa,

Tac. H. 5, 16.—Mostly in abl., with de, adverbially, unexpectedly, suddenly:

quasi de improviso respice ad eum,

Ter. And. 2, 5, 6; cf. Trabea ap. Cic. Tusc. 4, 31, 67; Cic. Rosc. Am. 52, 151; cf. also Caes. B. C. 2, 6, 3:

de improviso,

Ter. And. 2, 2, 23; id. Heaut. 2, 3, 40; id. Ad. 3, 3, 53; 4, 4, 1; id. Phorm. 5, 6, 44; Caes. B. G. 2, 3, 1; 5, 22, 1; 5, 39, 1; 6, 3, 1 et saep. — Less freq. with ex:

ex improviso filiam inveni meam,

Plaut. Rud. 4, 5, 2; Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 43, § 112.— Hence, adv., in two forms, imprōvīso (class.) and imprōvīsē (post-class.), on a sudden, unexpectedly:

improviso filiam inveni (for which, shortly before: ex improviso filiam inveni),

Plaut. Rud. 4, 5, 6:

sane homini praeter opinionem improviso incidi,

Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 74, § 182:

improviso eos in castra irrupisse,

id. Div. 1, 24, 50:

tantum adest boni improviso,

Plaut. As. 2, 2, 44:

cum mihi nihil improviso evenisset,

Cic. Rep. 1, 4; id. Att. 15, 1, A, 1:

scalae improviso, subitusque apparuit ignis,

Verg. A. 12, 576; 8, 524: improvise necans incautos morte suprema, Tert. poët. adv. Marc. 2, 12.

in-sculpo ( inscalp-), psi, ptum, 3, v. a., to cut or carve in or upon, to engrave.

Lit.

With dat. ( poet. and in postAug. prose):

summam patrimonii saxo (shortly before, incidere),

Hor. S. 2, 3, 90:

litteras tabellae,

Quint. 1, 1, 27:

elogium tumulo,

Suet. Claud. 1:

incisa et insculpta sunt publicis aeternisque monumentis praetoria ornamenta Pallantis,

Plin. Ep. 8, 6, 14:

usus luxuriantis aetatis signaturas pretiosis gemmis coepit insculpere,

Macr. S. 7, 13, 11.—

With abl. (very rare):

columna aenea insculptum,

Liv. 2, 33, 9.—

Absol. (with abl. of manner):

ara cum ingenti titulo Punicis Graecisque litteris insculpto,

Liv. 28, 46, 16. —

Trop., to engrave, imprint:

natura insculpsit in mentibus, ut deos aeternos et beatos haberemus,

Cic. N. D. 1, 17, 45:

omnibus enim innatum est et in animo quasi insculptum, esse deos,

id. ib. 1, 4, 12:

in animo,

id. Ac. 2, 1, 2.