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  • 1 calliditās

        calliditās ātis, f    [callidus], shrewdness, skill, readiness, aptness (rare): ingeni, N.: fori, Ta.— Cunning, craft, slyness, artfulness: calliditas potius quam sapientia: calliditate Poenos superare: Graeca, L.: servi Calliditates, rogueries, T.
    * * *
    shrewdness, skillfulness, skill; craftiness, cunning; subtle tricks (pl.)

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  • 2 sagācitās

        sagācitās ātis, f    [sagax].—Of the senses, keenness, acuteness: ad investigandum narium.— Fig., keenness of perception, acuteness, shrewdness, sagacity: istius: erat eā sagacitate, ut, etc., N.
    * * *
    keenness (of scent/senses); acuteness/instinct/flair; sagacity/shrewdness (L+S)

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  • 3 sollertia

        sollertia (not sōlert-), ae, f    [sollers], skill, shrewdness, ingenuity, dexterity, adroitness, expertness: data est quibusdam (bestiis) quaedam sollertia: Chaldaei sollertiā ingeniorum antecellunt: hominum adhibitā sollertiā, Cs.: ingeni, shrewdness, S.: in omni est re fugienda talis sollertia, such subtlety: agendi cogitandique, adroitness and ingenuity.
    * * *
    skill, cleverness; resourcefulness

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  • 4 sollertia

    sollertĭa ( sōlert-), ae, f. [sollers], skill, shrewdness, quickness of mind, ingenuity, dexterity, adroitness, expertness, etc. (class.;

    syn.: acumen, subtilitas, scientia): data est quibusdam bestiis machinatio quaedam atque sollertia,

    Cic. N. D. 2, 48, 123:

    nulla ars imitari sollertiam naturae potest,

    id. ib. 1, 33, 92:

    Chaldaei sollertiā ingeniorum antecellunt,

    id. Div. 1, 41, 91; cf.:

    est genus (Gallorum) summae sollertiae,

    Caes. B. G. 7, 22:

    hominum adhibita sollertia,

    id. B. C. 2, 8 fin.:

    ingenii sollertia,

    shrewdness, Sall. J. 7, 7:

    in hac re tanta inest ratio atque sollertia,

    knowledge and skill, Cic. Rep. 1, 16, 25; so (with ratio) Tac. G. 30:

    ut artis pariat sollertia,

    Claud. Rapt. Pros. 3, 33:

    in omni re fugienda est talis sollertia,

    such subtlety, Cic. Off. 1, 10, 33:

    mirari non modo diligentiam sed enim sollertiam ejus,

    id. Sen. 17, 59:

    quae tua formosos cepit sollertia?

    Tib. 1, 4, 3:

    omnia conando docilis sollertia vicit,

    Manil. 1, 95; Luc. 8, 283:

    placuit sollertia tempore etiam adjuta,

    the ingenious plan, Tac. A. 14, 4.— Plur.:

    egregiis ingeniorum sollertiis ex aevo collocatis,

    Vitr. 7 praef. med. —
    (β).
    With gen. obj.:

    (honestum) aut in perspicientiā veri sollertiāque versatur, aut, etc. (shortly after: perspicere et explicare rationem),

    the perception and intelligent development of the true, Cic. Off. 1, 5, 14:

    agendi cogitandique sollertia,

    adroitness, quickness, id. ib. 1, 44, 157:

    judicandi,

    id. Opt. Gen. 4, 11:

    belli,

    Sil. 6, 309.

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  • 5 acētum

        acētum ī, n    [2 AC-], vinegar: acre, H.: vetus, spoiled, H.: saxa infuso aceto putrefaciunt, L. — Fig., wit, shrewdness: Graecus Italo perfusus aceto, H.
    * * *
    vinegar, sour wine; tang of vinegar; sourness of disposition; sharpness of wit

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  • 6 argūtiae

        argūtiae ārum, f    [argutus], liveliness, animation: digitorum, lively movements. — Fig., brightness, acuteness, subtlety, wit: Hyperidi. — Shrewdness, cunning: alqd persequi suis argutiis.

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  • 7 astūtia

        astūtia ae, f    [astutus], adroitness, shrewdness, craft, cunning: intellegendi, Pac. ap. C.: ad rem, T.: confidens. — Plur, tricks, cunning devices: Hem astutias, T.: tollendae.
    * * *
    cunning, cleverness, astuteness; cunning procedure/method, trick, stratagem

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  • 8 sāl

        sāl salis    [1 SAL-], salt water, brine, the sea: sale tabentes artūs, V.: aequorei unda salis, O.: Hypanis salibus vitiatur amaris, O.— Salt: praebere ligna salemque, H.: multos modios salis: aquae et salis copia, Cs.: sale invecto uti, L.— Fig., intellectual acuteness, good sense, shrewdness, cunning, wit, facetiousness, sarcasm: habere salem, T.: aliquid salis a mimā uxore trahere: sale vicit omnīs: salis satis est, sannionum parum: (Lucilius) sale multo Urbem defricuit, H.: delectatur sale nigro, i. e. biting sarcasm, H.— Plur, witticisms, jests, smart sayings, sarcasms: Romani veteres atque urbani sales: Plautinos laudare sales, H.: salibus vehemens intra pomoeria natis, Iu.— Good taste, elegance: tectum plus salis quam sumptūs habebat, N.
    * * *
    I II
    salt; wit

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  • 9 acetum

    ăcētum, i, n. [orig. P. a. fr. aceo, become sour, hence sc. vinum], sour wine, wine-vinegar, or simply vinegar (acc. to Varr. L. L. 9, § 66 Müll., only in the sing.).
    I.
    Lit.:

    cum aceto pransurus est et sale,

    Plaut. Rud. 4, 2, 32; Verg. M. 113:

    acre,

    Hor. S. 2, 3, 117:

    vetus,

    i. e. spoiled, id. ib. 2, 2, 62: Liv. 21, 37; Cels. 2, 18; 2, 21; Vulg. Joan. 19, 29 al.: mulsum aceti, vinegarmead, v. mulsus.—
    II.
    Trop., of acuteness of mind, sense, wit, shrewdness, sagacity (like sal, sales, wit, witty sayings, witticisms, fr. sal, salt): Ps. Ecquid habet is homo aceti in pectore? Char. Atque acidissumi, Plaut. Ps. 2, 4, 49; id. Bacch. 3, 3, 1; Hor. S. 1, 7, 32; Pers. 5, 86 al.

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  • 10 acumen

    ăcūmĕn, ĭnis, n. [acuo], a point to prick or sting with; diff. fr. cacumen, which designates merely the summit or extremity of a thing, Doed. Syn. 2, 108.
    I.
    Lit.: tum clupei resonunt et ferri stridit acumen, Enn. ap. Prisc. p. 838 P. (Ann. v. 369 ed. Vahl.):

    coni,

    Lucr. 4, 431:

    nasi,

    id. 6, 1193 (i.e. the pointed contraction of the nose before death; cf. Bentl. ad Hor. S. 1, 3, 29):

    stili,

    Cic. de Or. 1, 33:

    ferrum Diana volanti abstulerat jaculo: lignum sine acumine venit,

    Ov. M. 8, 353; 3, 84.—Hence, also, the sting of an animal:

    scorpii,

    Cic. Arat. 685:—auspicium ex acuminibus, a military omen of victory, when the spears stuck in the ground suddenly begin to burn or shine at the points, Cic. Div. 2, 36, 77, and id. N. D. 2, 3; cf. Liv. 22, 1; 43, 13.—In Plin., of the taste: sharpness or pungency, 14, 20, 25.—
    II.
    Fig., of the mind, like acies.
    A.
    Acuteness, shrewdness, keenness, acumen:

    sermonis leporem, ingeniorum acumen, dicendi copiam,

    Cic. Fl. 4; so Nep. Alc. 11; Plin. 2, 27, 27, § 97.—Also without a gen.:

    ubi est acumen tuum?

    Cic. Tusc. 1, 6; so Lucr. ap. Cic. Fam. 5, 14, 2: Empedocles an Stertinium deliret acumen, Hor. Ep. 1, 12, 20.— Poet. also in plur.:

    serus Graecis admovit acumina chartis,

    Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 161.—
    B.
    Cunning, subtlety:

    argutiae et acumen Hyperidis,

    Cic. Or. 31; so id. de Or. 2, 63.—Also in plur.:

    dialectici ipsi se compungunt suis acuminibus,

    id. de Or. 2, 38:

    meretricis acumina,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 17, 55. —Hence,

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  • 11 argutiae

    argūtĭae, ārum (the sing. argutia, ae, is rare and only among later writers; cf. Charis. p. 20, and Phocae Ars, p. 1708 P.), f. [argutus].
    I.
    That which is clear to the senses, vigor of expression, liveliness, animation; of works of art: Parrhasius primus symmetriam picturae dedit, primus argutias vultūs, elegantiam capilli, etc., Plin. 35, 10, 36, §

    37: argutiae operum,

    id. 34, 18, 19, § 65.—Of the quick motion of the fingers (cf. argutus):

    nulla mollitia cervicum, nullae argutiae digitorum,

    Cic. Or. 18, 59.—Of the chattering notes of the nightingale, Plin. 10, 29, 43, § 85.—Of chattering discourse, Plaut. Bacch. 1, 2, 19; id. Most. 1, 1, 2.—
    II.
    Transf. to mental qualities.
    A.
    Brightness, acuteness, wit, genius:

    hujus (C. Titii) orationes tantum argutiarum, tantum urbanitatis habent, ut paene Attico stilo scriptae esse videantur. Easdem argutias in tragoedias transtulit,

    Cic. Brut. 45, 167:

    Demosthenes nihil Lysiae subtilitate cedit, nihil argutiis et acumine Hyperidi,

    id. Or. 31, 110. —
    B.
    Slyness, subtlety, cunning, shrewdness in speech or action:

    sed nihil est quod illi (Graeci) non persequantur suis argutiis,

    Cic. Lael. 13, 45:

    cujus loquacitas habet aliquid argutiarum,

    id. Leg. 1, 2, 7.—In this signif. also in the sing.:

    importuna atque audax argutia,

    Gell. 3, 1, 6:

    levis et quasi dicax argutia,

    id. 12, 2 (cf. argutiola); Pall. Insit. prooem. 1; so App. M. 1, 1.

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  • 12 calliditas

    callĭdĭtas, ātis, f. [callidus], the being callidus, in a good or bad sense.
    I.
    In a good sense, shrewdness, skill, skilfulness, readiness, aptness (so several times after the Aug. period):

    calliditas ingenii,

    Nep. Eum. 1, 3; Ov. F. 3, 380; Plin. 37, 12, 74, § 195; Tac. Agr. 9; Flor. 2, 17, 15; Cic. Har. Resp. 9, 19.—Far more freq. and class.,
    II.
    In a bad sense, cunning, craft, slyness, artfulness:

    scientia, quae est remota ab justitiā, calliditas potius quam sapientia est appellanda,

    Cic. Off. 1, 19, 63; 3, 32, 113; id. Rosc. Com. 7, 20; id. Har. Resp. 9, 19; id. Or. 39, 137; Quint. 2, 5, 7; 4, 2, 126; Ov. H. 16, 300; 20, 126; Mart. 11, 50, 2 al.—Of stratagem in war, Liv. 42, 47, 7:

    calliditas ad robur accesserat,

    Flor. 3, 4, 3.— Trop., of oratorical artifice:

    genus ejusmodi calliditatis atque calumniae,

    Cic. Part. Or. 39, 137.—In plur.:

    servi venere in mentem Syri Calliditates,

    Ter. Heaut. 5, 1, 14; Lact. 2, 12, 17.

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  • 13 sagacitas

    I.
    Lit.
    A.
    Keenness of scent in dogs:

    canum tam incredibilis ad investigandum sagacitas narium,

    Cic. N. D. 2, 63, 158; so,

    canum,

    Plin. 9, 30, 48, § 92.—
    * 2.
    Transf., of hunters:

    ut domitas feras mentita sagacitate colligerent,

    Plin. Pan. 81, 3.—
    * B.
    Keenness, acuteness of the other senses:

    sensuum,

    Sen. Ep. 95, 58.—
    II.
    Trop., intellectual keenness of perception, acuteness, shrewdness, sagacity (good prose;

    syn.: sollertia, acumen): utrum admonitus ac tentatus, an, quā est ipse sagacitate in his rebus, sine duce ullo, sine indice, pervenerit ad hanc improbitatem, nescio,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 41, § 105:

    tuam tantam fuisse sagacitatem,

    id. ib. 2, 4, 12, §

    29: erat eā sagacitate, ut decipi non posset,

    Nep. Alc. 5, 2:

    consilii,

    Val. Max. 7, 3, 3:

    Hipparchi sagacitate compertum est, lunae defectum, etc.,

    Plin. 2, 13, 10, § 57.

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  • 14 sal

    sal, sălis ( neutr. collat. form of the nom. sălĕ, Enn. ap. Gell. 2, 26, or Ann. v. 378 Vahl.; Varr. ap. Non. 223, 17; also, in the regular form sometimes neutr. in sing., v. infra, I.; but plur. always sales, m.; cf. Neue, Formenl. 1, 697 sq.; dat. plur.: infusis salis, Fabian. ap. Charis. p. 82 P.), m. [root sal-, to stream, flow; cf. hals; perh. also found in insula, salix].
    I.
    Lit., salt.
    a.
    Sing.
    (α).
    Masc.: ex sale, qui apud Carthaginienses fit, Cato ap. Prisc. p. 659 P.:

    salem candidum sic facito,

    id. R. R. 88; Varr. R. R. 1, 7, 8; Col. 6, 17, 7; 8, 6 Schneid. N. cr.; 12, 6, 2; 12, 21, 2 al.; Plin. 31, 7, 39, § 73; Plaut. Merc. 1, 2, 95; id. Curc. 4, 4, 6; id. Pers. 3, 3, 25; Sall. Fragm. ap. Charis. p. 82 P., and ap. Prisc. p. 644 ib.; Hor. S. 1, 5, 46 et saep.—Prov.:

    salem cum pane edit,

    Plin. 31, 8, 41, § 89.—
    (β).
    Neutr.: nunc vides in conviviis ita poni et sal et mel, Varr. ap. Charis. p. 82 P.; so, aliud, Fabian. ib. p. 82 P.;

    tritum,

    Veg. 2, 24, 4 al.; v. also infra, II.—
    (γ).
    Doubtful gen.:

    multos modios salis,

    Cic. Lael. 19, 67:

    (caseum) parco sale reponunt,

    Verg. G. 3, 403; Caes. B. C. 2, 37:

    salis vendendi arbitrium,

    Liv. 29, 6; 45, 29; Hor. S. 1, 3, 14; 2, 2, 17; 2, 4, 74; Col. 7, 8, 5; Cels. 2, 24; Plin. 31, 7, 42, § 91.—
    b.
    Plur.:

    quin aspergi solent sales: melior fossilis quam marinus,

    Varr. R. R. 2, 11, 6; Col. 7, 4, 8; 8, 6, 1; Pall. 9, 2 Mai; id. Nov. 19; Fabian. ap. Charis. p. 82 P.; Ov. M. 15, 286.—
    B.
    Meton.
    1.
    Poet., the salt water, brine, sea.
    a.
    Sing., Enn. 1. 1.:

    supra rorem salis edita pars est remorum,

    Lucr. 4, 438:

    et sale tabentes artus in litore ponunt,

    Verg. A. 1, 173; 1, 35; 3, 385; 5, 848; 5, 866; 6, 697; 10, 214; Ov. P. 1, 1, 70; Val. Fl. 4, 722.—
    b.
    Plur.:

    sales amari,

    Ov. M. 15, 286:

    aequorei,

    Luc. 10, 257.—
    2.
    A speck on precious stones shaped like a grain of salt. — Sing.:

    sal,

    Plin. 37, 6, 22, § 83; 37, 8, 37, § 117; 37, 2, 10, § 28.— Plur.:

    sales,

    Plin. 37, 2, 8, § 22.—
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    Intellectual acuteness, good sense, shrewdness, cunning, wit, facetiousness, sarcasm, a witticism, witty saying (class. in sing. and plur.;

    syn.: lepos, facetiae, festivitas): (sal) adeo necessarium elementum est, ut transierit intellectus ad voluptates animi quoque. Nam ita sales appellantur, omnisque vitae lepos et summa hilaritas laborumque requies non alio magis vocabulo constat,

    Plin. 31, 7, 41, § 88.
    a.
    Sing.:

    qui habet salem, quod in te est,

    Ter. Eun. 3, 1, 10; cf.:

    nulla venustas, Nulla in tam magno est corpore mica salis,

    Cat. 86, 4:

    Caesar inusitatum nostris oratoribus leporem quendam et salem est consecutus,

    Cic. de Or. 2, 23, 98; cf. id. N. D. 2, 29, 74:

    sale vero et facetiis Caesar vicit omnis,

    id. Off. 1, 37, 133:

    (litterae) tum humanitatis sparsae sale,

    id. Att. 1, 13, 1:

    qui (versus) dum denique habent salem ac leporem,

    Cat. 16, 7:

    P. Scipio omnes sale facetiisque superabat,

    Cic. Brut. 34, 128; cf.:

    argutiae facetissimi salis,

    Plin. 35, 10, 37, § 117:

    salis satis est, sannionum parum, Cic Fam. 9, 16, 10: in quo mihi videtur specimen fuisse humanitatis, salis, suavitatis, leporis,

    id. Tusc. 5, 19, 55:

    (Lucilius) sale multo Urbem defricuit,

    Hor. S. 1, 10, 3; cf.

    of the same: acerbitas et abundantia salis,

    Quint. 10, 1, 94:

    hic delectatur iambis, Ille Bioneïs sermonibus et sale nigro,

    i. e. biting wit, sarcasm, Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 60; Cat. 13, 5:

    qui plurimum in scribendo et salis haberet et fellis nec candoris minus,

    Plin. Ep. 3, 21, 1. —
    (β).
    Neutr. (ante-class.): quicquid loquitur, sal merum est, Afran. ap. Prisc. p. 659 P.; so, (puella) Charitôn mia, tota merum sal, Lucr. 4, 1162.—
    b.
    Plur.:

    Romani veteres atque urbani sales,

    Cic. Fam. 9, 15, 2:

    vestri proavi Plautinos Laudavere sales,

    Hor. A. P. 271; Sen. Vit. Beat. 27, 2:

    periculosi sales,

    id. Tranq. 1, 4:

    libaboque tuos, scite Menandre, sales,

    Prop. 3 (4), 21, 28:

    huic generi orationis aspergentur etiam sales, qui in dicendo minimum quantum valent: quorum duo genera sunt, unum facetiarum, alterum dicacitatis,

    Cic. Or. 26, 87; cf. Quint. 6, 3, 15; 10, 1, 117:

    (Ciceronem) in salibus aliquando frigidum,

    id. 12, 10, 12:

    a salibus suffusis felle refugi,

    Ov. Tr. 2, 565:

    protervi sales,

    Stat. S. 1, 6, 6:

    salibus vehemens intra pomoeria natis,

    Juv. 9, 11.—
    * B.
    (Borrowed from the use of salt as a relish.) Good taste, elegance:

    tectum antiquitus constitutum plus salis quam sumptūs habebat,

    Nep. Att. 13, 2.—
    C.
    Sharpness, pungency, stimulus, incentive:

    quae (sc. calor, sanguis) aviditatem naturali sale augent,

    Plin. 10, 72, 93, § 198.

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  • 15 Sisipus

    Sīsyphus (anciently Sīsŭpus and Sīsĭpus; the last in Inscr. R. N. 4472 Momms.; cf. Ritschl, Monum. Epigr. Tria, p. 26), i, m., = Sisuphos.
    I.
    Son of Æolus, king of Corinth, famous for his cunning and robberies. He was killed by Theseus. His punishment in the infernal regions was to roll a stone up hill which constantly rolled back again, Hyg. Fab. 60; Serv. Verg. A. 6, 616; Poët. ap. Cic. Tusc. 1, 5, 10; Ov. M. 4, 459; 4, 465; 13, 26; Prop. 4 (5), 11, 23; Hor. C. 2, 14, 20; id. Epod. 17, 68 al.:

    Ulixi Sisyphique prudentia,

    Cic. Tusc. 1, 41, 98; cf. vafer, Hor. S. 2, 3, 21.—Hence,
    1.
    Sīsyphĭus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Sisyphus:

    labores,

    Prop. 2, 17 (3, 9), 7;

    2, 20 (3, 13), 32: cervix,

    Sen. Herc. Oet. 942:

    portus,

    i. e. Corinth, Stat. Th. 2, 380:

    Isthmus,

    of Corinth, Sil. 14, 51: opes, i. e. of Creusa (as daughter of Creon, king of Corinth), Ov. H. 12, 204:

    Ulixes sanguine cretus Sisyphio (because Sisyphus seduced Anticlea, the mother of Ulysses, before her marriage with Laertes),

    id. M. 13, 32; cf. Serv. Verg. A. 6, 529.—
    * 2.
    Sĭsyphēïus, a, um, adj., of Sisyphus: vincla, i. e. the marriage with Sisyphus (of his wife Merope), Avien. Arat. 597.—
    3.
    Sīsyphĭdes, ae, m., offspring of Sisyphus:

    Ulysses (v. supra, 1.),

    Ov. A. A. 3, 313.—
    II.
    A dwarf of M. Antony, so named by him because of his shrewdness. Hor. S. 1, 3, 47 Schol.

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  • 16 Sisupus

    Sīsyphus (anciently Sīsŭpus and Sīsĭpus; the last in Inscr. R. N. 4472 Momms.; cf. Ritschl, Monum. Epigr. Tria, p. 26), i, m., = Sisuphos.
    I.
    Son of Æolus, king of Corinth, famous for his cunning and robberies. He was killed by Theseus. His punishment in the infernal regions was to roll a stone up hill which constantly rolled back again, Hyg. Fab. 60; Serv. Verg. A. 6, 616; Poët. ap. Cic. Tusc. 1, 5, 10; Ov. M. 4, 459; 4, 465; 13, 26; Prop. 4 (5), 11, 23; Hor. C. 2, 14, 20; id. Epod. 17, 68 al.:

    Ulixi Sisyphique prudentia,

    Cic. Tusc. 1, 41, 98; cf. vafer, Hor. S. 2, 3, 21.—Hence,
    1.
    Sīsyphĭus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Sisyphus:

    labores,

    Prop. 2, 17 (3, 9), 7;

    2, 20 (3, 13), 32: cervix,

    Sen. Herc. Oet. 942:

    portus,

    i. e. Corinth, Stat. Th. 2, 380:

    Isthmus,

    of Corinth, Sil. 14, 51: opes, i. e. of Creusa (as daughter of Creon, king of Corinth), Ov. H. 12, 204:

    Ulixes sanguine cretus Sisyphio (because Sisyphus seduced Anticlea, the mother of Ulysses, before her marriage with Laertes),

    id. M. 13, 32; cf. Serv. Verg. A. 6, 529.—
    * 2.
    Sĭsyphēïus, a, um, adj., of Sisyphus: vincla, i. e. the marriage with Sisyphus (of his wife Merope), Avien. Arat. 597.—
    3.
    Sīsyphĭdes, ae, m., offspring of Sisyphus:

    Ulysses (v. supra, 1.),

    Ov. A. A. 3, 313.—
    II.
    A dwarf of M. Antony, so named by him because of his shrewdness. Hor. S. 1, 3, 47 Schol.

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  • 17 Sisypheius

    Sīsyphus (anciently Sīsŭpus and Sīsĭpus; the last in Inscr. R. N. 4472 Momms.; cf. Ritschl, Monum. Epigr. Tria, p. 26), i, m., = Sisuphos.
    I.
    Son of Æolus, king of Corinth, famous for his cunning and robberies. He was killed by Theseus. His punishment in the infernal regions was to roll a stone up hill which constantly rolled back again, Hyg. Fab. 60; Serv. Verg. A. 6, 616; Poët. ap. Cic. Tusc. 1, 5, 10; Ov. M. 4, 459; 4, 465; 13, 26; Prop. 4 (5), 11, 23; Hor. C. 2, 14, 20; id. Epod. 17, 68 al.:

    Ulixi Sisyphique prudentia,

    Cic. Tusc. 1, 41, 98; cf. vafer, Hor. S. 2, 3, 21.—Hence,
    1.
    Sīsyphĭus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Sisyphus:

    labores,

    Prop. 2, 17 (3, 9), 7;

    2, 20 (3, 13), 32: cervix,

    Sen. Herc. Oet. 942:

    portus,

    i. e. Corinth, Stat. Th. 2, 380:

    Isthmus,

    of Corinth, Sil. 14, 51: opes, i. e. of Creusa (as daughter of Creon, king of Corinth), Ov. H. 12, 204:

    Ulixes sanguine cretus Sisyphio (because Sisyphus seduced Anticlea, the mother of Ulysses, before her marriage with Laertes),

    id. M. 13, 32; cf. Serv. Verg. A. 6, 529.—
    * 2.
    Sĭsyphēïus, a, um, adj., of Sisyphus: vincla, i. e. the marriage with Sisyphus (of his wife Merope), Avien. Arat. 597.—
    3.
    Sīsyphĭdes, ae, m., offspring of Sisyphus:

    Ulysses (v. supra, 1.),

    Ov. A. A. 3, 313.—
    II.
    A dwarf of M. Antony, so named by him because of his shrewdness. Hor. S. 1, 3, 47 Schol.

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  • 18 Sisyphides

    Sīsyphus (anciently Sīsŭpus and Sīsĭpus; the last in Inscr. R. N. 4472 Momms.; cf. Ritschl, Monum. Epigr. Tria, p. 26), i, m., = Sisuphos.
    I.
    Son of Æolus, king of Corinth, famous for his cunning and robberies. He was killed by Theseus. His punishment in the infernal regions was to roll a stone up hill which constantly rolled back again, Hyg. Fab. 60; Serv. Verg. A. 6, 616; Poët. ap. Cic. Tusc. 1, 5, 10; Ov. M. 4, 459; 4, 465; 13, 26; Prop. 4 (5), 11, 23; Hor. C. 2, 14, 20; id. Epod. 17, 68 al.:

    Ulixi Sisyphique prudentia,

    Cic. Tusc. 1, 41, 98; cf. vafer, Hor. S. 2, 3, 21.—Hence,
    1.
    Sīsyphĭus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Sisyphus:

    labores,

    Prop. 2, 17 (3, 9), 7;

    2, 20 (3, 13), 32: cervix,

    Sen. Herc. Oet. 942:

    portus,

    i. e. Corinth, Stat. Th. 2, 380:

    Isthmus,

    of Corinth, Sil. 14, 51: opes, i. e. of Creusa (as daughter of Creon, king of Corinth), Ov. H. 12, 204:

    Ulixes sanguine cretus Sisyphio (because Sisyphus seduced Anticlea, the mother of Ulysses, before her marriage with Laertes),

    id. M. 13, 32; cf. Serv. Verg. A. 6, 529.—
    * 2.
    Sĭsyphēïus, a, um, adj., of Sisyphus: vincla, i. e. the marriage with Sisyphus (of his wife Merope), Avien. Arat. 597.—
    3.
    Sīsyphĭdes, ae, m., offspring of Sisyphus:

    Ulysses (v. supra, 1.),

    Ov. A. A. 3, 313.—
    II.
    A dwarf of M. Antony, so named by him because of his shrewdness. Hor. S. 1, 3, 47 Schol.

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  • 19 Sisyphius

    Sīsyphus (anciently Sīsŭpus and Sīsĭpus; the last in Inscr. R. N. 4472 Momms.; cf. Ritschl, Monum. Epigr. Tria, p. 26), i, m., = Sisuphos.
    I.
    Son of Æolus, king of Corinth, famous for his cunning and robberies. He was killed by Theseus. His punishment in the infernal regions was to roll a stone up hill which constantly rolled back again, Hyg. Fab. 60; Serv. Verg. A. 6, 616; Poët. ap. Cic. Tusc. 1, 5, 10; Ov. M. 4, 459; 4, 465; 13, 26; Prop. 4 (5), 11, 23; Hor. C. 2, 14, 20; id. Epod. 17, 68 al.:

    Ulixi Sisyphique prudentia,

    Cic. Tusc. 1, 41, 98; cf. vafer, Hor. S. 2, 3, 21.—Hence,
    1.
    Sīsyphĭus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Sisyphus:

    labores,

    Prop. 2, 17 (3, 9), 7;

    2, 20 (3, 13), 32: cervix,

    Sen. Herc. Oet. 942:

    portus,

    i. e. Corinth, Stat. Th. 2, 380:

    Isthmus,

    of Corinth, Sil. 14, 51: opes, i. e. of Creusa (as daughter of Creon, king of Corinth), Ov. H. 12, 204:

    Ulixes sanguine cretus Sisyphio (because Sisyphus seduced Anticlea, the mother of Ulysses, before her marriage with Laertes),

    id. M. 13, 32; cf. Serv. Verg. A. 6, 529.—
    * 2.
    Sĭsyphēïus, a, um, adj., of Sisyphus: vincla, i. e. the marriage with Sisyphus (of his wife Merope), Avien. Arat. 597.—
    3.
    Sīsyphĭdes, ae, m., offspring of Sisyphus:

    Ulysses (v. supra, 1.),

    Ov. A. A. 3, 313.—
    II.
    A dwarf of M. Antony, so named by him because of his shrewdness. Hor. S. 1, 3, 47 Schol.

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  • 20 Sisyphus

    Sīsyphus (anciently Sīsŭpus and Sīsĭpus; the last in Inscr. R. N. 4472 Momms.; cf. Ritschl, Monum. Epigr. Tria, p. 26), i, m., = Sisuphos.
    I.
    Son of Æolus, king of Corinth, famous for his cunning and robberies. He was killed by Theseus. His punishment in the infernal regions was to roll a stone up hill which constantly rolled back again, Hyg. Fab. 60; Serv. Verg. A. 6, 616; Poët. ap. Cic. Tusc. 1, 5, 10; Ov. M. 4, 459; 4, 465; 13, 26; Prop. 4 (5), 11, 23; Hor. C. 2, 14, 20; id. Epod. 17, 68 al.:

    Ulixi Sisyphique prudentia,

    Cic. Tusc. 1, 41, 98; cf. vafer, Hor. S. 2, 3, 21.—Hence,
    1.
    Sīsyphĭus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Sisyphus:

    labores,

    Prop. 2, 17 (3, 9), 7;

    2, 20 (3, 13), 32: cervix,

    Sen. Herc. Oet. 942:

    portus,

    i. e. Corinth, Stat. Th. 2, 380:

    Isthmus,

    of Corinth, Sil. 14, 51: opes, i. e. of Creusa (as daughter of Creon, king of Corinth), Ov. H. 12, 204:

    Ulixes sanguine cretus Sisyphio (because Sisyphus seduced Anticlea, the mother of Ulysses, before her marriage with Laertes),

    id. M. 13, 32; cf. Serv. Verg. A. 6, 529.—
    * 2.
    Sĭsyphēïus, a, um, adj., of Sisyphus: vincla, i. e. the marriage with Sisyphus (of his wife Merope), Avien. Arat. 597.—
    3.
    Sīsyphĭdes, ae, m., offspring of Sisyphus:

    Ulysses (v. supra, 1.),

    Ov. A. A. 3, 313.—
    II.
    A dwarf of M. Antony, so named by him because of his shrewdness. Hor. S. 1, 3, 47 Schol.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > Sisyphus

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