si+insanus

dē-clāmo, āvi, ātum, 1, v. n. and a. — Rhetor. t. t., to exercise one's self in rhetorical delivery, to practise speaking, to declaim. For syn. cf.: dictito, concionor, pronuntio, palam dico, praedico, recito, declamito. (Class., most freq. in Cic. and Quint.)

In a good sense.

Neutr.:

ad fluctum aiunt declamare solitum Demosthenem, ut fremitum assuesceret voce vincere,

Cic. Fin. 5, 2, 5; id. fragm. ap. Quint. 6, 3, 73: dum tu declamas Romae, * Hor. Ep. 1, 2, 2:

declamare doces?

Juv. 7, 150:

haec est sedes orationis, hic laus omnis declamantium,

Quint. 9, 4, 62 (al. declamat) et saep.— Pass. impers.:

in eo, quomodo declametur, positum est etiam, quomodo agatur,

Quint. 9, 2, 81.—

Act. (rare; not in Cic.; cf., on the contrary, declamito, no. I. b):

suasorias,

Quint. 3, 8, 61.—

Poet., in gen., to speak oratorically, to declaim:

quis nisi mentis inops tenerae declamet amicae?

Ov. A. A. 1, 465.—

In a bad sense, to speak as an orator with violence, to declaim, to bluster, bawl:

ille insanus, qui pro isto vehementissime contra me declamasset,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 66 fin.;

so in quemvis,

id. Fam. 3, 11, 2:

aliquid ex alia oratione declamare,

id. Rosc. Am. 29 fin.

dē-mens, entis, adj., out of one's mind or senses; mad, raving; foolish (cf. amens) (class. and very freq.; for syn. cf.: amens, excors, vecors, insanus, vesanus, delirus, alienatus mente): qua perturbatione animi quae, sanus cum esset, timebat ne evenirent, [p. 541] ea demens eventura esse dicebat, Cic. Div. 2, 55 fin.:

summos viros desipere, delirare, dementes esse dicebas,

id. N. D. 1, 34, 94 (for which, delirare et mente esse captum, id. Off. 1, 27, 94):

ego te non vecordem, non furiosum, non mente captum, non tragico illo Oreste aut Athamante dementiorem putem,

id. Pis. 20, 47; cf.

Orestes,

Hor. S. 2, 3, 133 and 135; 1, 6, 97; 1, 10, 74; id. Od. 1, 37, 7; Juv. 15, 1:

Pentheus,

Verg. A. 4, 469:

in tranquillo tempestatem adversam optare dementis est,

Cic. Off. 1, 24, 83; cf. id. Rep. 1, 1:

quem fugis, ah, demens?

Verg. E. 2, 60:

non tacui demens,

id. A. 2, 94 et saep.—

Poet. transf., of inanimate subjects:

manus,

Tib. 1, 10, 56:

somnia,

Prop. 3, 8, 15 (4, 7, 15 M.):

furor,

id. 1, 13, 20:

discordia,

Verg. A. 6, 280:

falx,

id. ib. 3, 7:

strepitus,

Hor. Od. 3, 19, 23:

cura alieni pericli,

Val. Fl. 6, 474: cf.

ratio,

Nep. Paus. 3, 1:

otium,

Plin. 2, 23, 21, § 85.— Sup.:

causa dementissimi consilii,

Cic. Phil. 2, 22, 53; Auct. Harusp. resp. 26.— Adv.: dēmenter, foolishly, madly (rare): tanta res tam dementer credita, * Cic. Cat. 3, 9, 22; Ov. M. 4, 259:

dementissime testabitur,

Sen. Ben. 4, 27 fin.

insānĭa, ae, f. [insanus], unsoundness of mind.

As a disease, madness, insanity, Cels. 3, 18, 2 sqq.—

As a personal quality, madness, frenzy, folly, senselessness:

nomen insaniae significat mentis aegrotationem et morbum,

Cic. Tusc. 3, 4, 8:

sanitatem animorum positam in tranquillitate quadam constantiaque censebant: his rebus mentem vacuam appellarunt insaniam,

id. ib. 3, 4, 9:

furorem esse rati sunt, mentis ad omnia caecitatem: quod cum majus esse videatur, quam insania, tamen ejusmodi est, ut furor in sapientem cadere possit, non possit insania,

id. ib. 3, 4, 11:

concupiscere aliquid ad insaniam,

to madness, id. Verr. 2, 2, 35, § 87:

favere alicui ad insaniam,

Suet. Cal. 55:

adigere ad insaniam,

Ter. Ad. 1, 2, 31:

scelerata belli,

Verg. A. 7, 461:

quae tanta insania, cives?

id. ib. 2, 42:

nudus agas, minus est insania turpis,

Juv. 2, 71 al. —

Plur.:

hunc intem periae insaniaeque agitant senem,

Plaut. Aul. 4, 4, 15:

incideram in hominum pugnandi cupidorum insanias,

Cic. Fam. 4, 1, 1. —

Trop.

Madness, i. e. excess, extravagance in any thing:

villarum,

Cic. Q. Fr. 3, 1, 2, § 5:

libidinum,

id. Sull. 25, 70:

ut appareret, quam ab sano initio res in hanc insaniam venerit, Liv 7, 2, 13: mensarum,

Plin. 13, 15, 29, § 91.—

Of speech:

orationis,

Cic. Brut. 82, 284.—

Poetic enthusiasm, rapture, inspiration:

auditis? an me ludit amabilis Insania?

Hor. C. 3, 4, 6.

insānĭo, īvi and ĭi, ītum ( imperf.:

insanibat,

Ter. Phorm. 4, 3, 37), 4, v. n. [insanus], to be of unsound mind (syn.: furo, deliro, desipio).

Lit.

As a medic. t. t., to be mad, insane, of men, Cels. 3, 18, 66; 2, 7, 69 al.;

of animals,

Plin. 27, 11, 76, § 101.—

To be senseless, without reason, mad, insane:

insanire ex amore,

Plaut. Merc. 2, 2, 53:

homo insanibat (for insaniebat),

Ter. Phorm. 4, 3, 37:

usque eo est commotus, ut insanire omnibus ac furere videretur,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 18, § 39:

insanire tibi videris, quod, etc.,

id. Fam. 9, 21, 1:

nisi ego insanio,

id. Att. 7, 10:

ex injuria,

Ter. Ad. 2, 1, 43; Liv. 7, 39:

cum ratione,

Ter. Eun. 1, 1, 18:

certa ratione modoque,

Hor. S. 2, 3, 271. —

Transf., to act like a madman, to rage, rave:

quid opus fuit hoc, hospes, sumptu tanto, nostra gratia? Insanivisti hercle,

Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 160:

amavi equidem olim in adulescentia: Verum ad hoc exemplum numquam ut nunc insanio,

id. Merc. 2, 1, 40:

insanire libet quoniam tibi,

Verg. E. 3, 36:

manu,

i. e. in battle, Stat. Th. 3, 668.— Of speech;

dicendi genus. quod... specie libertatis insanit,

Quint. 12, 10, 73.—Of a rage for building, Auct. Her. 4, 50, 63.—

With acc.: errorem. Hor. S. 2, 3, 63:

sollemnia,

id. Ep. 1, [p. 962] 1, 101:

amores alicujus,

to be madly in love with one, Prop. 2, 34, 25 (3, 32, 25 M.):

hilarem insaniam insanire,

Sen. Vit. Beat. 12. —

With in and acc.:

in libertinas,

Hor. S. 1, 2, 49.—

With abl.:

qua me stultitia insanire putas?

Hor. S. 2, 3, 302.—

Pass. impers.:

insanitur a patre,

Sen. Contr. 2, 9.

mălus, a, um, adj. [Sanscr. mala, dirt; Gr. melas, black; cf. macula; Germ. mal in Mutter-mal, etc.].— Comp.: pējor, pejus.— Sup.: pessimus, a, um, bad, in the widest sense of the word (opp. bonus), evil, wicked, injurious, destructive, mischievous, hurtful; of personal appearance, ill-looking, ugly, deformed; of weight, bad, light; of fate, evil, unlucky, etc.:

malus et nequam homo,

Plaut. Ps. 4, 7, 1:

pessima puella,

Cat. 36, 9; 55, 10:

delituit mala,

Plaut. Rud. 2, 5, 9:

philosophi minime mali illi quidem, sed non satis acuti,

Cic. Off. 3, 9, 23:

malam opinionem habere de aliquo,

id. Verr. 2, 3, 24, § 59:

consuetudo,

Hor. S. 1, 3, 36:

conscientia,

Quint. 12, 1, 3:

mens,

id. ib.:

mores,

Sall. C. 18:

fures,

Hor. S. 1, 1, 77:

Furiae,

id. ib. 2, 3, 135:

virus,

Verg. G. 1, 129:

cicuta,

Hor. S. 2, 1, 56:

libido,

Liv. 1, 57:

falx,

Verg. E. 3, 11:

gramina,

id. A. 2, 471: carmen, i. e. an incantation, Leg. XII. Tab. ap. Plin. 28, 2, 4, § 17:

abi in malam rem,

go and be hanged! Ter. And. 2, 1, 17:

pugna,

unsuccessful, adverse, Cic. Div. 2, 25, 54; Sall. J. 56:

avis,

i. e. ill-boding, Hor. C. 1, 15, 5; cf. id. ib. 3, 6, 46:

ales,

id. Epod. 10, 1: aetas, burdensome, i. e. senectus, Plaut. Aul. 1, 1, 4:

haud mala est mulier,

not badlooking, id. Bacch. 5, 2, 42:

facies,

Quint. 6, 3, 32; Ter. Eun. 2, 2, 43:

crus,

i. e. deformed, Hor. S. 1, 2, 102:

pondus,

i. e. light, deficient, Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 156.—Of the sick:

in malis aeger est,

in great danger, Cels. 3, 15 fin.:

tempus a quo omnis aeger pejor fiat,

id. 3, 5 med.:

eo tempore fere pessimi sunt qui aegrotant,

id. ib. —In neutr. sing., as adv.:

ne gallina malum responset dura palato,

Hor. S. 2, 4, 18.— Comp.: pejor, worse:

via,

Hor. S. 1, 5, 96.—Hence,

mă-lum, i, n., any thing bad, an evil, mischief, misfortune, calamity, etc.

In gen.:

orarem, ut ei, quod posses mali facere, faceres,

Plaut. Bacch. 3, 6, 25:

quam sit bellum, cavere malum,

Cic. de Or. 1, 58, 247:

nihil enim mali accidisse Scipioni puto,

id. Lael. 3, 10:

hostes inopinato malo turbati,

Caes. B. C. 2, 12:

externum, i. e. bellum,

Nep. Hamilc. 21:

ne in cotidianam id malum vertat, i. e. febris,

Cels. 3, 15:

hoc malo domitos potius cultores agrorum fore, quam, etc.,

Liv. 2, 34, 11.—

In partic.

Punishment; hurt, harm, severity, injury:

malo domandam tribuniciam potestatem,

Liv. 2, 54, 10:

malo exercitum coërcere,

Sall. J. 100, 5:

sine malo,

Plaut. Rud. 4, 4, 81; so Ter. Eun. 4, 4, 45; Liv. 4, 49, 11:

vi, malo, plagis adductus est, ut frumenti daret,

ill-usage, Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 23, § 56:

amanti amoenitas malo est: nobis lucro est,

is hurtful, injurious, Plaut. Men. 2, 3, 5:

clementiam illi malo fuisse,

was injurious, unfortunate, Cic. Att. 14, 22, 1: malo hercle magno suo convivat sine modo, to his own [p. 1105] hurt, Enn. ap. Non. 474, 23 (Sat. v. 1 Vahl.):

olet homo quidam malo suo,

Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 165:

male merenti bona es: at malo cum tuo,

to your own hurt, id. As. 1, 3, 3.—

Wrong-doing:

causae, quae numquam malo defuturae sunt, Sen. de Ira, 1, 16, 3: sperans famam exstingui veterum sic posse malorum,

Verg. A. 6, 527; Anthol. Lat. 1, 178.—

As a term of abuse, plague, mischief, torment:

quid tu, malum, me sequere?

Plaut. Cas. 1, 3:

qui, malum, alii?

Ter. Eun. 4, 7, 10:

quae, malum, est ista tanta audacia?

Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 20, § 54; so id. Off. 2, 15, 53; Curt. 8, 14, 41.—

As an exclamation, alas! misery! Plaut. Capt. 3, 3, 16; id. Men. 2, 3, 37 Brix ad loc.—

măle, adv., badly, ill, wrongly, wickedly, unfortunately, erroneously, improperly, etc.: dubitas, quin lubenter tuo ero meus, quod possiet facere, faciat male? will do all the harm to him, etc., Plaut. Poen. 4, 2, 66: si iste Italiam relinquet, faciet omnino male, et, ut ego existimo, alogistôs, will act altogether unwisely, Attic. ap. Cic. Att. 9, 10:

di isti Segulio male faciant,

do harm to him, punish him, Cic. Fam. 11, 21, 1:

o factum male de Alexione!

id. Att. 15, 1, 1:

male velle alicui,

to wish ill, Plaut. As. 5, 1, 13:

Karthagini male jamdiu cogitanti bellum multo ante denuntio, cogitare de aliquo,

Cic. Sen. 6, 18:

male loqui,

id. Rosc. Am. 48:

male loqui alicui, for maledicere,

Ter. Phorm. 2, 3, 25:

male accipere verbis aliquem,

Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 54, § 140:

equitatu agmen adversariorum, male habere,

to harass, annoy, Caes. B. C. 1, 63:

hoc male habet virum,

annoys, vexes him, Ter. And. 2, 6, 5:

male se habere,

to feel ill, dejected, low-spirited, id. Eun. 4, 2, 6:

male est animo,

it vexes me, id. Ad. 4, 5, 21:

male est animo,

I feel unwell, Plaut. Curc. 2, 3, 33:

male fit animo,

I am beginning to feel bad, am getting unwell, id. Rud. 2, 6, 26: L. Antonio male sit, si quidem, etc., evil betide him! (a formula of imprecation), Cic. Att. 15, 15, 1:

quae res tibi vertat male,

much harm may it do you! Ter. Ad. 2, 1, 37:

male tibi esse malo quam molliter,

I would rather you should be unfortunate than effeminate, Sen. Ep. 82, 1:

proelium male pugnatum,

unsuccessfully, Sall. J. 54, 7:

ea quae male empta sunt,

at a bad bargain, Cic. Att. 2, 4, 1:

male vendere,

at a sacrifice, id. Verr. 2, 3, 98, § 227:

male reprehendunt praemeditationem rerum futurarum,

id. Tusc. 3, 16, 34:

male tegere mutationem fortunae,

Tac. H. 1, 66:

male sustinere arma,

unskilfully, Liv. 1, 25, 12: non dubito, quin me male oderit, i. e. very much, intensely, Caes. ap. Cic. Att. 14, 1, 2:

male metuo, ne, etc.,

exceedingly, much, Ter. Hec. 3, 2, 2:

rauci,

miserably, Hor. S. 1, 4, 66.—

When attached to an adjective, it freq. gives it the opposite meaning: male sanus = insanus,

insane, deranged, Cic. Att. 9, 15, 5:

male sana,

with mind disturbed, Verg. A. 4, 8:

gratus,

i. e. ungrateful, Ov. H. 7, 27:

male fidas provincias,

unfaithful, Tac. H. 1, 17:

statio male fida carinis,

unsafe, Verg. A. 2, 23.— Comp.:

oderam multo pejus hunc quam illum ipsum Clodium,

Cic. Fam. 7, 2, 3; cf.:

pejusque leto flagitium timet,

Hor. C. 4, 9, 50; and:

cane pejus vitabit chlamydem,

id. Ep. 1, 17, 30.

mālus, i, f., Gr. mêlea, an appletree:

malus bifera,

Varr. R. R. 1, 7:

et steriles platani malos gessere valentes,

Verg. G. 2, 70:

malus granata,

the pomegranate, Isid. 17, 7, 6:

felices arbores putantur esse quercus...malus, etc.,

Macr. S. 3, 20, 2.

mālus, i, m. [by some referred to root mac-; Gr. makros; Lat. magnus; but perh. the same word with 2. malus], an upright mast, pole, or beam.

In gen.:

malos exaequantes altitudinem jugi surrexit,

Front. Strat. 3, 8, 3.—

Esp.

A mast of a ship:

ut si qui gubernatorem in navigando agere nihil dicant, cum alii malos scandant, etc.,

Cic. Sen. 6, 17:

malum erigi, vela fieri imperavit,

id. Verr. 2, 5, 34, § 88:

attolli malos,

Verg. A. 5, 829:

malo suspendit ab alto,

id. ib. 5, 489:

saucius,

injured, Hor. C. 1, 14, 5.—

A standard or pole, to which the awnings spread over the theatre were attached, Lucr. 6, 110; Liv. 39, 7, 8.—

The beam in the middle of a wine-press, Plin. 18, 31, 74, § 317.—

The corner beams of a tower:

turrium mali,

Caes. B. G. 7, 22, 4.

prō-dūco, xi, ctum, 3 (produxe, for produxisse, Ter Ad. 4, 2, 22), v. a., to lead or bring forth, to lead forward or out.

Lit. (class.):

fidicinam intus,

Plaut. Ep. 3, 4, 40:

aliquem foras ante aedes,

id. Capt. 2, 2, 2:

aliquem e latebris,

Petr. 126:

castris omnem exercitum,

Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 62:

copias pro castris,

Caes. B. G. 1, 48.—Esp.

To bring before the people, senate, or a court:

aliquem in conspectum populi Romani,

Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 47, § 122:

quempiam in contionem,

id. Pis. 6, 14: cum tribunis [p. 1456] plebis Curionem et Octavium consules produxisset, id. Brut. 60, 217; Liv. 27, 7, 4:

harum rerum omnium auctores testesque,

Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 50, § 131:

productus pro rostris,

to give evidence, Suet. Jul. 20 fin.:

producti in circo Flaminio in contionem,

Cic. Sest. 14, 33:

in judicium,

to bring before a court, id. Verr. 2, 1, 43, § 113:

aliquem in Sestium,

id. Q. Fr. 2, 4, 1:

aliquem ad necem,

id. Verr. 2, 5, 60, § 157.—

Of an actor, to represent, perform:

nihil ab hoc (Roscio) pravum et perversum produci posse arbitrabantur,

Cic. Rosc. Com. 10, 30. —

To expose for sale:

ancillam produxit, vendidit,

Ter. Eun. 1, 2, 54:

servos,

id. Heaut. 1, 1, 92; Suet. Gram. 4.—

To draw or place one thing before another ( poet.):

producere malo aliquam moram,

Ter. And. 3, 5, 9:

scamnum lecto,

Ov. A. A. 2, 211:

nubila menti,

Stat. S. 5, 3, 13.—

To draw or stretch out, to lengthen out, extend ( poet. and post-Aug.):

pelles dentibus,

Mart. 9, 74, 1:

ferrum incude,

Juv. 15, 165:

supercilium madidā fuligine tactum,

id. 2, 94:

lineas ex argento nigras,

Plin. 33, 6, 31, § 98.—

To conduct to a place:

non tu eum rus hinc modo Produxe aiebas?

Ter. Ad. 4, 2, 22.—

To conduct to the grave, sc. a corpse or a funeral procession ( poet.):

nec te, tua funera, mater Produxi,

Verg. A. 9, 486:

longum funus ad tumulos,

Luc. 2, 298.—

To lead or bring along, to bring away:

qui et procurrentem retrahat, et cunctantem producat,

to drag forward, Col. 6, 2, 9.—

To bring to light, disclose, expose:

occulta ad patres produxit crimina servus,

Juv. 8, 266. —

In partic.

To bring forth, bring into the world, to bear or beget:

ego is sum qui te produxi pater,

Plaut. Rud. 4, 4, 129:

liberos,

id. Capt. 3, 5, 105; Lucil. ap. Non. 373, 2:

magnanimos nos natura produxit,

Sen. Ep. 104, 23:

quam te Thersitae similem producat Achilles,

Juv. 8, 271.— Of other subjects, to produce, make (postAug.):

cibis utendum est carnem producentibus,

Cels. 8, 7, 7:

cum folia producere incipiunt fici,

Pall. 4, 10, 30.—

= adduco in indicium, to bring forth to trial, Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 12, § 32 (Zumpt); Quint. 11, 3, 174.—

To make to grow, to advance, promote ( poet.): subolem. Hor. C. S. 17.—

In pronunciation, to lengthen, prolong (class.):

inclitus dicimus brevi primā litterā, insanus productā,

Cic. Or. 48, 159:

syllabam,

Ov. P. 4, 12, 13; Quint. 1, 5, 18.—

Trop.

To bring forward (to distinction), to raise, promote, advance (class.): producere aliquem ad aliquam dignitatem. Cic. Fin. 3, 16, 52:

aliquem omni genere honoris,

Liv. 40, 56:

quem tu non pro illius dignitate produxeras,

Cic. Dom. 9, 21:

a quibus producti sunt, exsistunt eorum ipsorum tyranni,

advanced to power, id. Rep. 1, 44, 68:

beneficia, quae non producunt, nec honestiorem faciunt,

Sen. Ben. 2, 9, 2.—

To lead, induce one to do any thing:

producti sumus, ut loqueremur,

Auct. Her. 1, 3, 5:

productus ad aliquid faciendum,

Plin. 9, 35, 59, § 122.—

To draw or drag out, to lengthen out, prolong, protract (class.):

producere pauperi vitam ad miseriam,

Plaut. Trin. 2, 2, 59:

cenam,

Hor. S. 1, 5, 70:

convivium ad multam noctem vario sermone,

Cic. Sen. 14, 46:

sermonem in multam noctem,

id. Rep. 6, 10, 10:

sermonem longius,

id. Brut. 71, 251:

Varro.. vitam Naevii producit longius,

i. e. represents him as having lived longer, id. ib. 15, 60:

somnum ultra primam lucem,

Suet. Aug. 78:

rem in hiemem,

Caes. B. G. 4, 30:

animas,

lives, Juv. 15, 94.—

To put off, to amuse, delude one with fallacious promises:

aliquem falsā spe producere,

Ter. And. 4, 1, 25:

aliquem conditionibus,

Cic. Quint. 8, 30.—

Of time, to pass, spend ( poet.):

cyathos sorbillans diem,

Ter. Ad. 4, 2, 52.—

To bring up, educate:

audientem dicto, mater, produxisti filiam,

Plaut. As. 3, 1, 40:

principes liberos,

Tac. Or. 28:

laevo monitu pueros avaros,

Juv. 14, 228.—

To make, devise, produce, bring into use:

nova (vocabula) quae genitor produxerit usus,

Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 119.—

To plant, cultivate:

quicunque primum te produxit, arbor,

Hor. C. 2, 13, 3.—Hence, prōductus, a, um, P. a., lengthened, long, prolonged, protracted, etc. (class.):

productiore cornu sinistro,

drawn out, extended, Tac. A. 13, 40 Halm:

productissimum flagellum,

Col. 3, 10: commoditates corporis tam productae temporibus, Cic. Fin. 4, 12, 29:

dolores longinquitate producti,

id. Tusc. 5, 40, 117:

exitus (orationis),

id. de Or. 2. 53, 213:

productiora alia, et quasi immoderatius excurrentia,

too long, id. Or. 53, 178; so,

producta syllaba (opp. short),

id. ib. 48, 159:

nomen,

formed by prolongation, id. N. D. 2, 26, 66:

neve minor, neu sit quinto productior actu Fabula,

longer, Hor. A. P. 189.—

Subst.: prōducta, ōrum, n., preferable things (a transl. of the Gr. tha proêgmena): in vitā non ea, quae primario loco sunt, sed ea, quae secundum locum obtinent, proêgmena, id est producta nominantur; quae vel ita appellemus (id erit verbum e verbo), vel promota, et remota, vel, ut dudum diximus, praeposita, vel praecipua;

et illa rejecta,

Cic. Fin. 3, 16, 52; cf. Sen. Ep. 74, 17.—Hence, adv.: prōductē, in a lengthened manner, long (class.):

producte dicere litteram, opp. breviter,

Cic. Or. 48, 159:

producte dicere syllabam, opp. correpte,

Gell. 2, 17, 5.— Comp.:

syllaba productius pronunciata,

Gell. 4, 17, 8.

prō-dūco, xi, ctum, 3 (produxe, for produxisse, Ter Ad. 4, 2, 22), v. a., to lead or bring forth, to lead forward or out.

Lit. (class.):

fidicinam intus,

Plaut. Ep. 3, 4, 40:

aliquem foras ante aedes,

id. Capt. 2, 2, 2:

aliquem e latebris,

Petr. 126:

castris omnem exercitum,

Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 62:

copias pro castris,

Caes. B. G. 1, 48.—Esp.

To bring before the people, senate, or a court:

aliquem in conspectum populi Romani,

Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 47, § 122:

quempiam in contionem,

id. Pis. 6, 14: cum tribunis [p. 1456] plebis Curionem et Octavium consules produxisset, id. Brut. 60, 217; Liv. 27, 7, 4:

harum rerum omnium auctores testesque,

Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 50, § 131:

productus pro rostris,

to give evidence, Suet. Jul. 20 fin.:

producti in circo Flaminio in contionem,

Cic. Sest. 14, 33:

in judicium,

to bring before a court, id. Verr. 2, 1, 43, § 113:

aliquem in Sestium,

id. Q. Fr. 2, 4, 1:

aliquem ad necem,

id. Verr. 2, 5, 60, § 157.—

Of an actor, to represent, perform:

nihil ab hoc (Roscio) pravum et perversum produci posse arbitrabantur,

Cic. Rosc. Com. 10, 30. —

To expose for sale:

ancillam produxit, vendidit,

Ter. Eun. 1, 2, 54:

servos,

id. Heaut. 1, 1, 92; Suet. Gram. 4.—

To draw or place one thing before another ( poet.):

producere malo aliquam moram,

Ter. And. 3, 5, 9:

scamnum lecto,

Ov. A. A. 2, 211:

nubila menti,

Stat. S. 5, 3, 13.—

To draw or stretch out, to lengthen out, extend ( poet. and post-Aug.):

pelles dentibus,

Mart. 9, 74, 1:

ferrum incude,

Juv. 15, 165:

supercilium madidā fuligine tactum,

id. 2, 94:

lineas ex argento nigras,

Plin. 33, 6, 31, § 98.—

To conduct to a place:

non tu eum rus hinc modo Produxe aiebas?

Ter. Ad. 4, 2, 22.—

To conduct to the grave, sc. a corpse or a funeral procession ( poet.):

nec te, tua funera, mater Produxi,

Verg. A. 9, 486:

longum funus ad tumulos,

Luc. 2, 298.—

To lead or bring along, to bring away:

qui et procurrentem retrahat, et cunctantem producat,

to drag forward, Col. 6, 2, 9.—

To bring to light, disclose, expose:

occulta ad patres produxit crimina servus,

Juv. 8, 266. —

In partic.

To bring forth, bring into the world, to bear or beget:

ego is sum qui te produxi pater,

Plaut. Rud. 4, 4, 129:

liberos,

id. Capt. 3, 5, 105; Lucil. ap. Non. 373, 2:

magnanimos nos natura produxit,

Sen. Ep. 104, 23:

quam te Thersitae similem producat Achilles,

Juv. 8, 271.— Of other subjects, to produce, make (postAug.):

cibis utendum est carnem producentibus,

Cels. 8, 7, 7:

cum folia producere incipiunt fici,

Pall. 4, 10, 30.—

= adduco in indicium, to bring forth to trial, Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 12, § 32 (Zumpt); Quint. 11, 3, 174.—

To make to grow, to advance, promote ( poet.): subolem. Hor. C. S. 17.—

In pronunciation, to lengthen, prolong (class.):

inclitus dicimus brevi primā litterā, insanus productā,

Cic. Or. 48, 159:

syllabam,

Ov. P. 4, 12, 13; Quint. 1, 5, 18.—

Trop.

To bring forward (to distinction), to raise, promote, advance (class.): producere aliquem ad aliquam dignitatem. Cic. Fin. 3, 16, 52:

aliquem omni genere honoris,

Liv. 40, 56:

quem tu non pro illius dignitate produxeras,

Cic. Dom. 9, 21:

a quibus producti sunt, exsistunt eorum ipsorum tyranni,

advanced to power, id. Rep. 1, 44, 68:

beneficia, quae non producunt, nec honestiorem faciunt,

Sen. Ben. 2, 9, 2.—

To lead, induce one to do any thing:

producti sumus, ut loqueremur,

Auct. Her. 1, 3, 5:

productus ad aliquid faciendum,

Plin. 9, 35, 59, § 122.—

To draw or drag out, to lengthen out, prolong, protract (class.):

producere pauperi vitam ad miseriam,

Plaut. Trin. 2, 2, 59:

cenam,

Hor. S. 1, 5, 70:

convivium ad multam noctem vario sermone,

Cic. Sen. 14, 46:

sermonem in multam noctem,

id. Rep. 6, 10, 10:

sermonem longius,

id. Brut. 71, 251:

Varro.. vitam Naevii producit longius,

i. e. represents him as having lived longer, id. ib. 15, 60:

somnum ultra primam lucem,

Suet. Aug. 78:

rem in hiemem,

Caes. B. G. 4, 30:

animas,

lives, Juv. 15, 94.—

To put off, to amuse, delude one with fallacious promises:

aliquem falsā spe producere,

Ter. And. 4, 1, 25:

aliquem conditionibus,

Cic. Quint. 8, 30.—

Of time, to pass, spend ( poet.):

cyathos sorbillans diem,

Ter. Ad. 4, 2, 52.—

To bring up, educate:

audientem dicto, mater, produxisti filiam,

Plaut. As. 3, 1, 40:

principes liberos,

Tac. Or. 28:

laevo monitu pueros avaros,

Juv. 14, 228.—

To make, devise, produce, bring into use:

nova (vocabula) quae genitor produxerit usus,

Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 119.—

To plant, cultivate:

quicunque primum te produxit, arbor,

Hor. C. 2, 13, 3.—Hence, prōductus, a, um, P. a., lengthened, long, prolonged, protracted, etc. (class.):

productiore cornu sinistro,

drawn out, extended, Tac. A. 13, 40 Halm:

productissimum flagellum,

Col. 3, 10: commoditates corporis tam productae temporibus, Cic. Fin. 4, 12, 29:

dolores longinquitate producti,

id. Tusc. 5, 40, 117:

exitus (orationis),

id. de Or. 2. 53, 213:

productiora alia, et quasi immoderatius excurrentia,

too long, id. Or. 53, 178; so,

producta syllaba (opp. short),

id. ib. 48, 159:

nomen,

formed by prolongation, id. N. D. 2, 26, 66:

neve minor, neu sit quinto productior actu Fabula,

longer, Hor. A. P. 189.—

Subst.: prōducta, ōrum, n., preferable things (a transl. of the Gr. tha proêgmena): in vitā non ea, quae primario loco sunt, sed ea, quae secundum locum obtinent, proêgmena, id est producta nominantur; quae vel ita appellemus (id erit verbum e verbo), vel promota, et remota, vel, ut dudum diximus, praeposita, vel praecipua;

et illa rejecta,

Cic. Fin. 3, 16, 52; cf. Sen. Ep. 74, 17.—Hence, adv.: prōductē, in a lengthened manner, long (class.):

producte dicere litteram, opp. breviter,

Cic. Or. 48, 159:

producte dicere syllabam, opp. correpte,

Gell. 2, 17, 5.— Comp.:

syllaba productius pronunciata,

Gell. 4, 17, 8.

prō-dūco, xi, ctum, 3 (produxe, for produxisse, Ter Ad. 4, 2, 22), v. a., to lead or bring forth, to lead forward or out.

Lit. (class.):

fidicinam intus,

Plaut. Ep. 3, 4, 40:

aliquem foras ante aedes,

id. Capt. 2, 2, 2:

aliquem e latebris,

Petr. 126:

castris omnem exercitum,

Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 62:

copias pro castris,

Caes. B. G. 1, 48.—Esp.

To bring before the people, senate, or a court:

aliquem in conspectum populi Romani,

Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 47, § 122:

quempiam in contionem,

id. Pis. 6, 14: cum tribunis [p. 1456] plebis Curionem et Octavium consules produxisset, id. Brut. 60, 217; Liv. 27, 7, 4:

harum rerum omnium auctores testesque,

Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 50, § 131:

productus pro rostris,

to give evidence, Suet. Jul. 20 fin.:

producti in circo Flaminio in contionem,

Cic. Sest. 14, 33:

in judicium,

to bring before a court, id. Verr. 2, 1, 43, § 113:

aliquem in Sestium,

id. Q. Fr. 2, 4, 1:

aliquem ad necem,

id. Verr. 2, 5, 60, § 157.—

Of an actor, to represent, perform:

nihil ab hoc (Roscio) pravum et perversum produci posse arbitrabantur,

Cic. Rosc. Com. 10, 30. —

To expose for sale:

ancillam produxit, vendidit,

Ter. Eun. 1, 2, 54:

servos,

id. Heaut. 1, 1, 92; Suet. Gram. 4.—

To draw or place one thing before another ( poet.):

producere malo aliquam moram,

Ter. And. 3, 5, 9:

scamnum lecto,

Ov. A. A. 2, 211:

nubila menti,

Stat. S. 5, 3, 13.—

To draw or stretch out, to lengthen out, extend ( poet. and post-Aug.):

pelles dentibus,

Mart. 9, 74, 1:

ferrum incude,

Juv. 15, 165:

supercilium madidā fuligine tactum,

id. 2, 94:

lineas ex argento nigras,

Plin. 33, 6, 31, § 98.—

To conduct to a place:

non tu eum rus hinc modo Produxe aiebas?

Ter. Ad. 4, 2, 22.—

To conduct to the grave, sc. a corpse or a funeral procession ( poet.):

nec te, tua funera, mater Produxi,

Verg. A. 9, 486:

longum funus ad tumulos,

Luc. 2, 298.—

To lead or bring along, to bring away:

qui et procurrentem retrahat, et cunctantem producat,

to drag forward, Col. 6, 2, 9.—

To bring to light, disclose, expose:

occulta ad patres produxit crimina servus,

Juv. 8, 266. —

In partic.

To bring forth, bring into the world, to bear or beget:

ego is sum qui te produxi pater,

Plaut. Rud. 4, 4, 129:

liberos,

id. Capt. 3, 5, 105; Lucil. ap. Non. 373, 2:

magnanimos nos natura produxit,

Sen. Ep. 104, 23:

quam te Thersitae similem producat Achilles,

Juv. 8, 271.— Of other subjects, to produce, make (postAug.):

cibis utendum est carnem producentibus,

Cels. 8, 7, 7:

cum folia producere incipiunt fici,

Pall. 4, 10, 30.—

= adduco in indicium, to bring forth to trial, Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 12, § 32 (Zumpt); Quint. 11, 3, 174.—

To make to grow, to advance, promote ( poet.): subolem. Hor. C. S. 17.—

In pronunciation, to lengthen, prolong (class.):

inclitus dicimus brevi primā litterā, insanus productā,

Cic. Or. 48, 159:

syllabam,

Ov. P. 4, 12, 13; Quint. 1, 5, 18.—

Trop.

To bring forward (to distinction), to raise, promote, advance (class.): producere aliquem ad aliquam dignitatem. Cic. Fin. 3, 16, 52:

aliquem omni genere honoris,

Liv. 40, 56:

quem tu non pro illius dignitate produxeras,

Cic. Dom. 9, 21:

a quibus producti sunt, exsistunt eorum ipsorum tyranni,

advanced to power, id. Rep. 1, 44, 68:

beneficia, quae non producunt, nec honestiorem faciunt,

Sen. Ben. 2, 9, 2.—

To lead, induce one to do any thing:

producti sumus, ut loqueremur,

Auct. Her. 1, 3, 5:

productus ad aliquid faciendum,

Plin. 9, 35, 59, § 122.—

To draw or drag out, to lengthen out, prolong, protract (class.):

producere pauperi vitam ad miseriam,

Plaut. Trin. 2, 2, 59:

cenam,

Hor. S. 1, 5, 70:

convivium ad multam noctem vario sermone,

Cic. Sen. 14, 46:

sermonem in multam noctem,

id. Rep. 6, 10, 10:

sermonem longius,

id. Brut. 71, 251:

Varro.. vitam Naevii producit longius,

i. e. represents him as having lived longer, id. ib. 15, 60:

somnum ultra primam lucem,

Suet. Aug. 78:

rem in hiemem,

Caes. B. G. 4, 30:

animas,

lives, Juv. 15, 94.—

To put off, to amuse, delude one with fallacious promises:

aliquem falsā spe producere,

Ter. And. 4, 1, 25:

aliquem conditionibus,

Cic. Quint. 8, 30.—

Of time, to pass, spend ( poet.):

cyathos sorbillans diem,

Ter. Ad. 4, 2, 52.—

To bring up, educate:

audientem dicto, mater, produxisti filiam,

Plaut. As. 3, 1, 40:

principes liberos,

Tac. Or. 28:

laevo monitu pueros avaros,

Juv. 14, 228.—

To make, devise, produce, bring into use:

nova (vocabula) quae genitor produxerit usus,

Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 119.—

To plant, cultivate:

quicunque primum te produxit, arbor,

Hor. C. 2, 13, 3.—Hence, prōductus, a, um, P. a., lengthened, long, prolonged, protracted, etc. (class.):

productiore cornu sinistro,

drawn out, extended, Tac. A. 13, 40 Halm:

productissimum flagellum,

Col. 3, 10: commoditates corporis tam productae temporibus, Cic. Fin. 4, 12, 29:

dolores longinquitate producti,

id. Tusc. 5, 40, 117:

exitus (orationis),

id. de Or. 2. 53, 213:

productiora alia, et quasi immoderatius excurrentia,

too long, id. Or. 53, 178; so,

producta syllaba (opp. short),

id. ib. 48, 159:

nomen,

formed by prolongation, id. N. D. 2, 26, 66:

neve minor, neu sit quinto productior actu Fabula,

longer, Hor. A. P. 189.—

Subst.: prōducta, ōrum, n., preferable things (a transl. of the Gr. tha proêgmena): in vitā non ea, quae primario loco sunt, sed ea, quae secundum locum obtinent, proêgmena, id est producta nominantur; quae vel ita appellemus (id erit verbum e verbo), vel promota, et remota, vel, ut dudum diximus, praeposita, vel praecipua;

et illa rejecta,

Cic. Fin. 3, 16, 52; cf. Sen. Ep. 74, 17.—Hence, adv.: prōductē, in a lengthened manner, long (class.):

producte dicere litteram, opp. breviter,

Cic. Or. 48, 159:

producte dicere syllabam, opp. correpte,

Gell. 2, 17, 5.— Comp.:

syllaba productius pronunciata,

Gell. 4, 17, 8.

quorsum and quorsus, adv. [quovorsus or -um], to what place, whitherward, whither,

Lit.: nescio hercle, neque unde eam, neque quorsum eam, Ter. Eun. 2, 3, 14:

quaerit quorsus potissimum in praedam superne sese ruat,

App. Flor. 1, p. 341, 6.—

Trop., whither:

tenes, quorsum haec tendant, quae loquor?

Plaut. Pers. 1, 2, 81:

sane curae est, quorsum eventurum hoc siet,

where this may go to, how it may turn out, Ter. Hec. 1, 2, 118; so,

eri semper lenitas Verebar quorsum evaderet,

id. And. 1, 2, 5:

sed quorsus haec pertinent?

Cic. Leg. 1, 24, 63:

non dices hodie, quorsum haec tam putida tendant,

whither this tends, Hor. S. 2, 7, 21:

quorsum pertinuit,

id. ib. 2, 3, 11:

quorsum abeant,

id. ib. 2, 3, 246:

quorsum igitur haec spectat tam longa, tam alte repetita oratio?

at what does it aim? Cic. de Or. 3, 24, 91.—

In partic., to what purpose? to what end? with what view? for what? quorsum igitur haec disputo? quorsum? ut intellegere possitis, Cic. Red. ad Quir. 2, 5:

quorsum tandem, aut cur ista quaeris?

id. Leg. 1, 1, 4:

quorsus, inquam, istuc?

id. Brut. 85, 292:

quor sum est opus?

for what is it needed? Hor. S. 2, 7, 116.—

* From what cause? why? quorsum insanus? Hor. S. 2, 3, 201; Acron. ad loc. (but K. and H. read cursum; cf. Orell. ad loc.).

quorsum and quorsus, adv. [quovorsus or -um], to what place, whitherward, whither,

Lit.: nescio hercle, neque unde eam, neque quorsum eam, Ter. Eun. 2, 3, 14:

quaerit quorsus potissimum in praedam superne sese ruat,

App. Flor. 1, p. 341, 6.—

Trop., whither:

tenes, quorsum haec tendant, quae loquor?

Plaut. Pers. 1, 2, 81:

sane curae est, quorsum eventurum hoc siet,

where this may go to, how it may turn out, Ter. Hec. 1, 2, 118; so,

eri semper lenitas Verebar quorsum evaderet,

id. And. 1, 2, 5:

sed quorsus haec pertinent?

Cic. Leg. 1, 24, 63:

non dices hodie, quorsum haec tam putida tendant,

whither this tends, Hor. S. 2, 7, 21:

quorsum pertinuit,

id. ib. 2, 3, 11:

quorsum abeant,

id. ib. 2, 3, 246:

quorsum igitur haec spectat tam longa, tam alte repetita oratio?

at what does it aim? Cic. de Or. 3, 24, 91.—

In partic., to what purpose? to what end? with what view? for what? quorsum igitur haec disputo? quorsum? ut intellegere possitis, Cic. Red. ad Quir. 2, 5:

quorsum tandem, aut cur ista quaeris?

id. Leg. 1, 1, 4:

quorsus, inquam, istuc?

id. Brut. 85, 292:

quor sum est opus?

for what is it needed? Hor. S. 2, 7, 116.—

* From what cause? why? quorsum insanus? Hor. S. 2, 3, 201; Acron. ad loc. (but K. and H. read cursum; cf. Orell. ad loc.).

răbĭdus, a, um, adj. [1. rabo], raving, furious, enraged, savage, fierce, mad, rabid (as adj. mostly poet. and in post-Aug. prose; cf.:

furens, furiosus, insanus): canes,

Lucr. 5, 892; Plin. 29, 5, 32, § 98; Sen. Ira, 1, 1, 6; 1, 15, 2; 3, 30, 1; id. Ep. 99, 24:

catuli,

Sil. 10, 127:

corpus (Canis),

Cic. Arat. 110:

tigres,

Verg. G. 2, 151; cf.

leones,

Lucr. 4, 712; Hor. A. P. 393:

lupa, Ov A. A. 3, 8: bimembres,

id. M. 12, 494:

alios age incitatos, alios age rabidos,

Cat. 63, 93:

non impulsus et rabidus,

Sen. Ira, 1, 12, 4. —

Transf., of things:

Pelorum (on account of the neighboring Scylla),

Luc. 6, 66 Cort. N. cr.:

lingua,

Prop. 3, 8 (4, 7), 11; cf.

murmur,

Val. Fl. 4, 239:

ut rabida ora quierunt,

Verg. A. 6, 102; cf. id. ib. 6, 80:

aspectus (draconis),

Auct. Her. 4, 49, 62:

certamen,

Sil. 16, 410; cf.

arma,

id. 7, 253:

fames (Cerberi),

Verg. A. 6, 421; cf.:

sitis (Tantali),

Sen. Herc. Oet. 1077:

rabies,

Cat. 63, 44.—

Trop., impulsive, passionate, impetuous:

impulsus et rabidus,

Sen. Ira, 1, 12, 5:

adfectus,

id. ib. 3, 16, 2:

furor animi,

Cat. 63, 38:

mores,

Ov. A. A. 3, 501:

rabida et jurgiosa facundia,

Gell. 19, 9, 7.— Adv.: răbĭ-dē, ravingly, madly, furiously, rabidly:

omnia rabide appetentem,

Cic. Tusc. 5, 6, 16. — Comp.:

raptari,

Aug. Mor. Manich. 2, 14.

rīdĭcŭlus, a, um, adj. [rideo], that excites laughter.

In a good sense, laughable, droll, funny, amusing, facetious (freq. and class.; syn.: jocularis, jocosus).

Adj.:

quamvis ridiculus est,

Plaut. Men. 2, 2, 43; cf.:

quando adbibero, alludiabo, tum sum ridiculissimus,

id. Stich. 2, 2, 58:

si ridiculum hominem quaeret quispiam,

id. ib. 1, 3, 17:

cavillator facie magis quam facetiis ridiculus,

Cic. Att. 1, 13, 2:

homines,

id. Verr. 2, 1, 46, § 121; id. de Or. 2, 54, 221; Juv. 3, 153:

mus,

a funny little mouse, Hor. A. P. 139:

inest lepos ludusque in hac comoediā: ridicula res est,

Plaut. As. prol. 14:

ridicula et jocosa res,

Cat. 56, 1 and 4:

dico unum ridiculum dictum de dictis melioribus... nemo ridet,

Plaut. Capt. 3, 1, 22; so,

dictum,

Quint. 6, 3, 6:

logos ridiculos vendo,

Plaut. Stich. 1, 3, 68:

vultus gestusque,

Quint. 6, 3, 26 et saep.: ridiculum est, with subject-clause:

ridiculum est, te istuc me admonere,

Ter. Heaut. 2, 3, 112; so Quint. 6, 3, 94.— Absol.:

hui, tam cito? ridiculum!

how comical! Ter. And. 3, 1, 16; so id. ib. 4, 2, 29; id. Eun. 3, 1, 62; id. Phorm. 5, 7, 8.— Poet. with inf.:

(Porcius) Ridiculus totas simul obsorbere placentas,

Hor. S. 2, 8, 24.—

rīdĭcŭ-lus, i, m., a jester, buffoon:

Gelasimo nomen mihi indidit parvo pater. Quia inde jam a pauxillo puero ridiculus fui, etc.,

Plaut. Stich. 1, 3, 21 sq.; so id. ib. 17 and 64; [p. 1595] 4, 2, 54; id. Capt. 3, 1, 10; 17; Ter. Eun. 2, 2, 13; Vulg. Hab. 1, 10.—

rīdĭcŭlum, i, or plur.: rīdĭcŭla, ōrum, n., something laughable, a laughing matter; a jest, joke, etc.: proprium materiae, de quā nunc loquimur, est ridiculum, ideoque haec tota disputatio a Graecis peri geloiou inscribitur, Quint. 6, 3, 22; cf. Cic. de Or. 2, 58, 235 sq. (v. the whole chapter on laughter, when and how it should be excited, etc., Cic. l. l.; and:

de risu,

Quint. 6, 3):

in jaciendo mittendoque ridiculo genera plura sunt... illud admonemus, ridiculo sic usurum oratorem, ut, etc.,

Cic. Or. 26, 87:

per ridiculum dicere (opp. severe),

id. Off. 1, 37, 134:

ridiculi causā (with joco),

Plaut. Am. 3, 2, 36:

mihi solae ridiculo fuit,

I had the joke all to myself, Ter. Eun. 5, 6, 3:

quatenus sint ridicula tractanda oratori, perquam diligenter videndum est... materies omnis ridiculorum est in istis vitiis, quae, etc.,

Cic. de Or. 2, 58, 237 sq.; Plaut. Stich. 3, 2, 2:

saepe etiam sententiose ridicula dicuntur,

Cic. de Or. 2, 71, 286:

facetum non tantum circa ridicula consistere,

Quint. 6, 3, 19:

ridicula aut facimus aut dicimus, etc.,

id. 6, 3, 25.—

In a bad sense, laughable, silly, absurd, ridiculous (not freq. till after the Aug. per.; cf.

rideo, II. B. 2.): hujus insania, quae ridiaula est aliis, mihi tum molesta sane fuit, etc.,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 66, § 148:

ludibria,

Lucr. 2, 47:

qui ridiculus minus illo (es)?

Hor. S. 2, 3, 311:

stulta reprehendere facillimum est, nam per se sunt ridicula,

Quint. 6, 3, 71; cf.

(with stulta),

id. 2, 10, 6:

poëma (shortly before: inculti versus et male nati),

Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 238:

pudor,

Juv. 11, 55.— Ridiculum est, with subject-clause:

est ridiculum, ad ea quae habemus nihil dicere, quaerere, quae habere non possumus,

Cic. Arch. 4, 8; so,

putare,

id. Div. in Caecil. 18, 59:

de confessis praecipere,

Quint. 5, 13, 7.— Adv.: rīdĭ-cŭlē.

(Acc. to I.) Laughably, jokingly, humorously:

rogitas,

Plaut. Trin. 4, 2, 60; Ter. Hec. 4, 4, 46:

non modo acute, sed etiam ridicule ac facete,

Cic. de Or. 1, 57, 243; 2, 71, 289; id. Fam. 9, 22, 4; Domit. Mars. ap. Quint. 6, 3, 105:

ridicule magis hoc dictum quam vere,

Phaedr. 3, 4, 5.—

(Acc. to II.) Ridiculously:

insanus,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 66, § 148; id. Rosc. Com. 6, 19.

rīdĭcŭlus, a, um, adj. [rideo], that excites laughter.

In a good sense, laughable, droll, funny, amusing, facetious (freq. and class.; syn.: jocularis, jocosus).

Adj.:

quamvis ridiculus est,

Plaut. Men. 2, 2, 43; cf.:

quando adbibero, alludiabo, tum sum ridiculissimus,

id. Stich. 2, 2, 58:

si ridiculum hominem quaeret quispiam,

id. ib. 1, 3, 17:

cavillator facie magis quam facetiis ridiculus,

Cic. Att. 1, 13, 2:

homines,

id. Verr. 2, 1, 46, § 121; id. de Or. 2, 54, 221; Juv. 3, 153:

mus,

a funny little mouse, Hor. A. P. 139:

inest lepos ludusque in hac comoediā: ridicula res est,

Plaut. As. prol. 14:

ridicula et jocosa res,

Cat. 56, 1 and 4:

dico unum ridiculum dictum de dictis melioribus... nemo ridet,

Plaut. Capt. 3, 1, 22; so,

dictum,

Quint. 6, 3, 6:

logos ridiculos vendo,

Plaut. Stich. 1, 3, 68:

vultus gestusque,

Quint. 6, 3, 26 et saep.: ridiculum est, with subject-clause:

ridiculum est, te istuc me admonere,

Ter. Heaut. 2, 3, 112; so Quint. 6, 3, 94.— Absol.:

hui, tam cito? ridiculum!

how comical! Ter. And. 3, 1, 16; so id. ib. 4, 2, 29; id. Eun. 3, 1, 62; id. Phorm. 5, 7, 8.— Poet. with inf.:

(Porcius) Ridiculus totas simul obsorbere placentas,

Hor. S. 2, 8, 24.—

rīdĭcŭ-lus, i, m., a jester, buffoon:

Gelasimo nomen mihi indidit parvo pater. Quia inde jam a pauxillo puero ridiculus fui, etc.,

Plaut. Stich. 1, 3, 21 sq.; so id. ib. 17 and 64; [p. 1595] 4, 2, 54; id. Capt. 3, 1, 10; 17; Ter. Eun. 2, 2, 13; Vulg. Hab. 1, 10.—

rīdĭcŭlum, i, or plur.: rīdĭcŭla, ōrum, n., something laughable, a laughing matter; a jest, joke, etc.: proprium materiae, de quā nunc loquimur, est ridiculum, ideoque haec tota disputatio a Graecis peri geloiou inscribitur, Quint. 6, 3, 22; cf. Cic. de Or. 2, 58, 235 sq. (v. the whole chapter on laughter, when and how it should be excited, etc., Cic. l. l.; and:

de risu,

Quint. 6, 3):

in jaciendo mittendoque ridiculo genera plura sunt... illud admonemus, ridiculo sic usurum oratorem, ut, etc.,

Cic. Or. 26, 87:

per ridiculum dicere (opp. severe),

id. Off. 1, 37, 134:

ridiculi causā (with joco),

Plaut. Am. 3, 2, 36:

mihi solae ridiculo fuit,

I had the joke all to myself, Ter. Eun. 5, 6, 3:

quatenus sint ridicula tractanda oratori, perquam diligenter videndum est... materies omnis ridiculorum est in istis vitiis, quae, etc.,

Cic. de Or. 2, 58, 237 sq.; Plaut. Stich. 3, 2, 2:

saepe etiam sententiose ridicula dicuntur,

Cic. de Or. 2, 71, 286:

facetum non tantum circa ridicula consistere,

Quint. 6, 3, 19:

ridicula aut facimus aut dicimus, etc.,

id. 6, 3, 25.—

In a bad sense, laughable, silly, absurd, ridiculous (not freq. till after the Aug. per.; cf.

rideo, II. B. 2.): hujus insania, quae ridiaula est aliis, mihi tum molesta sane fuit, etc.,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 66, § 148:

ludibria,

Lucr. 2, 47:

qui ridiculus minus illo (es)?

Hor. S. 2, 3, 311:

stulta reprehendere facillimum est, nam per se sunt ridicula,

Quint. 6, 3, 71; cf.

(with stulta),

id. 2, 10, 6:

poëma (shortly before: inculti versus et male nati),

Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 238:

pudor,

Juv. 11, 55.— Ridiculum est, with subject-clause:

est ridiculum, ad ea quae habemus nihil dicere, quaerere, quae habere non possumus,

Cic. Arch. 4, 8; so,

putare,

id. Div. in Caecil. 18, 59:

de confessis praecipere,

Quint. 5, 13, 7.— Adv.: rīdĭ-cŭlē.

(Acc. to I.) Laughably, jokingly, humorously:

rogitas,

Plaut. Trin. 4, 2, 60; Ter. Hec. 4, 4, 46:

non modo acute, sed etiam ridicule ac facete,

Cic. de Or. 1, 57, 243; 2, 71, 289; id. Fam. 9, 22, 4; Domit. Mars. ap. Quint. 6, 3, 105:

ridicule magis hoc dictum quam vere,

Phaedr. 3, 4, 5.—

(Acc. to II.) Ridiculously:

insanus,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 66, § 148; id. Rosc. Com. 6, 19.

sector, ōris, m. [id.], one who cuts or cuts off, a cutter (rare but class.).

Lit.:

zonarius,

a cutpurse, Plaut. Trin. 4, 2, 20:

collorum,

a cutthroat, Cic. Rosc. Am. 29, 80 (v. II.); so id. ib. 31 fin.:

feni,

a haycutter, mower, Col. 11, 1, 12.—

Publicists' t. t., a bidder, purchaser at a public sale of goods captured or confiscated by the State (cf. quadruplator):

sectores vocantur qui publica bona mercantur,

Dig. 4, 146:

cum de bonis et de caede agatur, testimonium dicturus est is, qui et sector est et sicarius: hoc est, qui et illorum ipsorum bonorum, de quibus agitur, emptor atque possessor est et eum hominem occidendum curavit, de cujus morte quaeritur,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 36, 103:

sector sis,

id. Phil. 2, 26, 65:

Pompeii (sc. bonorum),

id. ib. 13, 14, 30; Crassus ap. Cic. Fam. 15, 19, 3:

ubique hasta et sector,

Tac. H. 1, 20:

hastae subjecit tabernas, nec sector inventus est,

Flor. 2, 6, 48; Pacat. Pan. Theod. 25, 28; Claud. IV. Cons. Hon. 496; cf. Ps.-Ascon. ap. Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 20, § 52, p. 172, and 2, 1, 23, §

61, p. 177 Orell.—In a double sense, with the signif. I.: nescimus per ista tempora eosdem fere sectores fuisse collorum et bonorum?

cutthroats and cutpurses, Cic. Rosc. Am. 29, 80. —

Trop.:

hinc rapti pretio fasces sectorque favoris Ipse sui populus,

seller of his favor, Luc. 1, 178.—

Geometrical t. t., the sector of a circle, that part of a circle included between any two radii and an arc, Boëth. Art. Geom. p. 379, 13.

sector, ātus, 1 ( inf. sectarier, Plaut. Mil. 2, 1, 13; id. Rud. 1, 2, 57; Hor. S. 1, 2, 78), v. dep. freq. a. [sequor], to follow continually or eagerly, in a good or bad sense; to run after, attend, accompany; to follow after, chase, pursue (freq. and class.).

Lit.

In gen.:

equidem te jam sector quintum hunc annum,

Plaut. Pers. 2, 1, 5:

servum misi, qui sectari solet meum gnatum,

id. Ep. 3, 4, 50: Chrysogonum (servi), Cic. Rosc. Am. 28, 77:

praetorem circum omnia fora,

id. Verr. 2, 2, 70, § 169:

si mercede conducti obviam candidatis issent, si conducti sectarentur,

id. Mur. 32, 67:

at sectabuntur multi,

id. ib. 33, 70:

neque te quisquam stipator Praeter Crispinum sectabitur,

Hor. S. 1, 3, 139:

equitum manus quae regem ex more sectatur,

Tac. A. 15, 2; 15, 33 fin.; Gell. 20, 6, 1 et saep.:

mulieres sectarier,

to run after, Plaut. Mil. 2, 1, 13; 3, 1, 183; cf.:

desine matronas sectarier,

Hor. S. 1, 2, 78:

ipse suas sectatur oves, at filius agnos,

accompanies, guards, Tib. 1, 10, 41:

aratrum,

to follow the plough, id. 2, 3, 7: canes, to follow the hounds (that hunt on before), Prop. 3, 14 (4, 13), 14:

aliquem,

to run after, pursue, Plaut. Cist. 2, 2, 1: servum, Cato ap. Gell. 17, 6, 3:

homo ridicule insanus, qui ejusmodi est, ut eum pueri sectentur,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 66, § 148:

ne scuticā dignum horribili sectere flagello,

Hor. S. 1, 3, 119:

exagitet nostros Manes sectetur et umbras, etc.,

Prop. 2, 8, 19 (2, 8 b, 19).— To visit a place gladly, to frequent:

gymnasia,

Plin. Ep. 1, 22, 6.— Absol.:

homo coepit me obsecrare, Ut sibi liceret discere id de me: sectari jussi (alluding to the train of followers who accompanied the ancient philosophers),

Ter. Eun. 2, 2, 31; id. Phorm. 1, 2, 36: at sectabantur multi... Quid opus est sectatoribus? (of the train of a candidate) Cic. Mur. 34, 71.—

In partic., to pursue, chase, hunt animals: sues silvaticos in montibus, Varr. ap. Non. 555, 31:

sectaris apros,

Verg. E. 3, 75:

gallinam,

Plaut. Mil. 2, 2, 7:

simiam,

id. ib. 2, 2, 24; 2, 2, 106; 2, 3, 13 sq.;

2, 6, 25: leporem,

Hor. S. 1, 2, 106; 2, 2, 9 et saep.:

cervam videre fugere, sectari canes,

Ter. Phorm. prol. 7.—

Trop., to follow or strive after; to pursue eagerly (not freq. till after the Aug. per.; not in Cic.): quid vos hanc miseram ac tenuem sectamini praedam? * Caes. B. G. 6, 35; so,

praedam,

Tac. A. 1, 65:

facinora,

Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 28:

lites,

Ter. Phorm. 2, 3, 61:

nomina tironum,

Hor. S. 1, 2, 16:

sectantem levia nervi Deficiunt,

id. A. P. 26:

gymnasia aut porticus,

Plin. Ep. 1, 22, 6:

omnes dicendi Veneres,

Quint. 10, 1, 79; cf.:

quas figuras,

id. 9, 3, 100:

voluptatem,

id. 10, 1, 28:

eminentes virtutes,

to seek out, Tac. A. 1, 80:

contumaciam sententiarum, habitum vultumque ejus,

to seek to imitate, id. ib. 16, 22:

praecepta salubria,

Suet. Aug. 89:

commoda,

id. ib. 25:

luxuriosa convivia,

Just. 11, 10, 2:

in alienis eripiendis vitam sectari,

id. 27, 2, 8. —

With a rel. or subj.-clause, to hunt or track out, busy one's self:

mitte sectari, rosa quo locorum Sera moretur,

Hor. C. 1, 38, 3:

non ut omnia dicerem sectatus, sed ut maxime necessaria,

Quint. 1, 10, 1.

signif.:

qui vellet se a cane sectari,

Varr. R. R. 2, 9, 6.

sŭperstĭtĭo, ōnis, f. [super-sto; orig a standing still over or by a thing; hence, amazement, wonder, dread, esp. of the divine or supernatural].

Excessive fear of the goas, unreasonable religious belief, superstition (different from religio, a proper, reasonable awe of the gods; cf.:

religio veri dei cultus est, superstitio falsi,

Lact. 4, 28, 11):

horum sententiae omnium non modo superstitionem tollunt, in quā inest timor inanis deorum, sed etiam religionem, quae deorum cultu pio continetur,

Cic. N. D. 1, 42, 117:

majores nostri superstitionem a religione separaverunt,

id. ib. 2, 28, 71; cf.:

contaminata superstitio,

id. Clu. 68, 194:

nec vero superstitione tollendā religio tollitur,

id. Div. 2, 72, 148:

superstitio error insanus est,

Sen. Ep. 123, 16:

superstitiones aniles,

Cic. N. D. 2, 28, 70:

sagarum superstitio,

id. Div. 2, 63, 129:

tristis,

Hor. S. 2, 3, 79:

vana,

Sil. 5, 125:

magicas superstitiones objectabat,

Tac. A. 12, 59:

exitialis,

id. ib. 15, 44:

quam multi, qui contemnant (somnia) eamque superstitionem imbecilli animi atque anilis putent!

Cic. Div. 2, 60, 125:

barbara superstitio,

id. Fl. 28, 67; id. Div. 1, 4, 7:

quā (superstitione) qui est imbutus,

id. Fin. 1, 18, 60; Quint. 3, 1, 22:

victi superstitione animi,

Liv. 7, 2, 3:

captus quādam superstitione animus,

id. 26, 19, 4:

magna superstitio natalis amicae,

Ov. A. A. 1, 417:

quod novas superstitiones introduceret,

Quint. 4, 4, 5:

superstitio est timor superfluus et delirus,

Serv. Verg. A. 8, 187:

superstitionem mihi excute,

Sen. Ep. 121, 4.—

Transf., in gen.:

superstitio praeceptorum,

an excessive regard, scrupulous observance, Quint. 4, 2, 85.—

Objectively, an object that inspires dread: adjuro Stygii caput implacabile fontis, Una superstitio superis quae reddita divis, Verg A. 12, 817.—

In post-Aug. prose sometimes for religio, religious awe, sanctity; a religious rite:

hujus (virtutis) quādam superstitione teneantur, hanc ament,

Sen. Ep. 95, 35:

templi,

Just. 39, 3, 9:

superstitiones atque cura deorum,

id. 41, 3, 6.

vĕrĕor, ĭtus ( part. pres. verens; rare in histt.; not in Cæs., Liv., Sall., or Curt., veritus being used instead; but freq. in Cic., Nep., and Just.; cf. Krebs, Antibarb. p. 1192), 2, v. dep. a. and n. [Greek root or-, Wor; ouros, epiouros, guardian; horaô, to see; O. H. Germ. warten, to see; Engl. ward], to feel awe of, to reverence, revere, respect; to fear, be afraid of any thing (good or bad); to fear or be afraid to do a thing, etc. (not so strong as metuo, v. Cic. Quint. 1, 1 infra; cf. also timeo); constr. with acc., with an inf., the gen., a foll. ne, ut, a rel.-clause, or absol.

With acc.:

vereri aliquem,

Plaut. Am. prol. 23; so,

vereri et metuere Junonem,

id. ib. 2, 2, 202: contra nos ambae faciunt, summa gratia et eloquentia;

quarum alteram vereor, alteram metuo,

Cic. Quint. 1, 1:

metuebant eum servi, verebantur liberi,

id. Sen. 11, 37; cf.:

quid? veteranos non veremur? nam timeri se ne ipsi quidem volunt,

id. Phil. 12, 12, 29:

veremur vos, Romani, et, si ita vultis, etiam timemus,

Liv. 39, 37, 17:

ut majorem fratrem vereri,

Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 3, 3:

quem discipuli et amant et verentur,

Quint. 2, 2, 8 Spald. N. cr.:

non se hostem vereri, sed angustias itineris et magnitudinem silvarum,

Caes. B. G. 1, 39:

patris conspectum,

Ter. Phorm. 2, 2, 1:

reprehensionem doctorum atque prudentium,

Cic. Or. 1, 1:

Gallica bella,

id. Att. 14, 4, 1:

periculum,

Caes. B. G. 5, 48; id. B. C. 3, 21; Hirt. B. G. 8, 39:

desidiam in hoc,

Quint. 1, 3, 7:

opinionem jactantiae,

id. 9, 2, 74:

pauperiem,

Hor. Ep. 1, 10, 39:

majus,

id. S. 2, 8, 57:

supplicium ab aliquo,

Auct. Her. 2, 19, 28:

hoc verens in hanc tarditatem incidi,

Cic. Att. 10, 8, 5:

quae verens Epicurus... commentus est, etc.,

id. N. D. 2, 23, 59:

invidiam verens,

Nep. Eum. 7, 1.—

With inf.:

vereri introire in alienam domum,

Plaut. Mil. 4, 4, 32:

vereor dicere,

Ter. And. 2, 1, 23:

vereor committere, ut, etc.,

Cic. Leg. 1, 13, 37:

quos interficere,

Caes. B. G. 5, 6:

insanos qui inter vereare insanus haberi,

Hor. S. 2, 3, 40:

verear magis, Me amoris causā hoc ornatu incedere,

Plaut. Mil. 4, 7, 2:

judex verebar non omnes causam vincere posse suam,

Ov. H. 16, 75 sq. — Impers.:

Cyrenaici, quos non est veritum in voluptate summum bonum ponere,

Cic. Fin. 2, 13, 39.—

With gen. (mostly ante-class.): uxor, quae non vereatur viri, Afran. ap. Non. 496, 29:

tui progenitoris,

Att. ib. 497, 2:

feminae primariae,

Ter. Phorm. 5, 7, 78:

tui testimonii,

Cic. Att. 8, 4, 1.— Impers.: nihilne te populi veretur, Pac. ap. Non. 497, 2.—

With dat. (very rare):

eo minus veritus navibus, quod, etc.,

for the ships, Caes. B. G. 5, 9.—

With ne, lest or that:

sed vereor, ne videatur oratio mea, etc.,

Cic. Rep. 1, 46, 70; 3, 5, 70; id. de Or. 1, 55, 234; id. Sull. 23, 66; Caes. B. G. 1, 19; 1, 42; 2, 1; Sall. J. 14, 20; Hor. S. 1, 2, 127; id. Ep. 1, 16, 19:

veritus, ne licentia invidiam adcenderet,

Sall. J. 15, 3:

agebamus verentes ne quid accideret,

Cic. Fam. 13, 19, 2:

tum me inquit collegi, verens ne... noceret,

id. Att. 15, 21, 1; id. Fam. 9, 16, 1; id. de Or 2, 3, 14; 3, 9, 33; Nep. Dion, 4, 1; 8, 5; id. Them. 5, 1.—To introduce an expression of opinion, like dubito an:

si, ut Graeci dicunt, omnes aut Graios esse aut barbaros, vereor ne barbarorum rex fuerit (Romulus),

then I am afraid that, I suspect that, Cic. Rep. 1, 37, 58:

non vereor, ne assentatiunculā quādam aucupari tuam gratiam videar,

id. Fam. 5, 12, 6; Plaut. Capt. 2, 2, 58; id. Mil. 3, 3, 68; Cic. Fam. 2, 7, 1; Matius ap. Cic. Fam. 11, 28, 8.—

With ne... non:

accepi tuas litteras, quibus intellexi te vereri ne superiores mihi redditae non essent,

Cic. Fam. 14, 5, 1.—So usu. after non vereor, ne non is used instead of ut (cf. ê, infra):

non vereor ne hoc officium meum P. Servilio non probem,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 38, § 82; 2, 2, 47, § 118:

non vereor, ne non scribendo te expleam,

id. Fam. 2, 1, 1; 2, 5, 2; 2, 6, 2; 11, 28, 8; Cels. 5, 28, 12.—

So after questions implying a negative: quid est cur verear ne ad eam non possim accommodare Torquatos nostros?

Cic. Fin. 1, 10, 34;

and in ironical concessions or assumptions: si meis horis in accusando uti voluissem, vererer ne mihi crimina non suppeterent,

id. Verr. 2, 1, 11, § 31; id. ap. Quint. 9, 3, 19.—

With ut, that not:

veritus ut hostium impetum sustinere posset,

Caes. B. G. 5, 47:

illa duo, Crasse, vereor, ut tibi possim concedere,

Cic. de Or. 1, 9, 35; id. Fam. 14, 14, 1; id. Agr. 2, 22, 58; Auct. Her. 3, 6, 11:

ut ferulā caedas meritum majora subire Verbera non vereor,

Hor. S. 1, 3, 121.—

With a rel.-clause, to await with fear, to fear, dread:

heri semper lenitas verebar quorsum evaderet,

Ter. And. 1, 2, 5:

Pomptinum quod scribis in urbem introisse, vereor, quid sit,

Cic. Att. 7, 7, 3: hoc quomodo acciperent homines, vereor etiam nunc, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 10, 1:

vereor, num hic aliud sit dicendum,

Dig. 20, 4, 11.—

With de and abl. (very rare):

de quā (Carthagine) vereri non ante desinam quam illam excisam esse cognovero,

Cic. Sen. 6, 18.—

Absol.:

hic vereri perdidit,

i. e. he has lost all sense of shame, Plaut. Bacch. 1, 2, 50:

ne vereamini, Quia bellum Aetolis esse dixi cum Aliis,

id. Capt. prol. 58: ne vereare;

meo periculo hujus ego experiar fidem,

id. ib. 2, 2, 99.—Hence,

vĕrenter, adv., with reverence, reverently, Sedul. 1, 8.—

vĕrendus, a, um, P. a., that is to be feared or reverenced, awful, venerable; fearful, terrible ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose).

Adj.:

majestas,

Ov. M. 4, 540:

patres,

id. P. 3, 1, 143; cf. id. Tr. 5, 6, 31:

ossa (viri),

id. H. 3, 104:

Alexander Partho verendus,

Luc. 10, 46:

fluctus classibus,

id. 5, 502.—

Subst.: vĕrenda, ōrum, m., the private parts, Plin. 28, 15, 60, § 213; 32, 9, 34, § 107; 36, 21, 42, § 156; Plin. Ep. 3, 18, 14;

called also partes verendae,

Veg. Vet. 1, 7.

signif.: ubi malunt metui quam vereri se ab suis, Afran. ap. Gell. 15, 13, 3; cf. also the impersonal use above, b and g.

vĕrĕor, ĭtus ( part. pres. verens; rare in histt.; not in Cæs., Liv., Sall., or Curt., veritus being used instead; but freq. in Cic., Nep., and Just.; cf. Krebs, Antibarb. p. 1192), 2, v. dep. a. and n. [Greek root or-, Wor; ouros, epiouros, guardian; horaô, to see; O. H. Germ. warten, to see; Engl. ward], to feel awe of, to reverence, revere, respect; to fear, be afraid of any thing (good or bad); to fear or be afraid to do a thing, etc. (not so strong as metuo, v. Cic. Quint. 1, 1 infra; cf. also timeo); constr. with acc., with an inf., the gen., a foll. ne, ut, a rel.-clause, or absol.

With acc.:

vereri aliquem,

Plaut. Am. prol. 23; so,

vereri et metuere Junonem,

id. ib. 2, 2, 202: contra nos ambae faciunt, summa gratia et eloquentia;

quarum alteram vereor, alteram metuo,

Cic. Quint. 1, 1:

metuebant eum servi, verebantur liberi,

id. Sen. 11, 37; cf.:

quid? veteranos non veremur? nam timeri se ne ipsi quidem volunt,

id. Phil. 12, 12, 29:

veremur vos, Romani, et, si ita vultis, etiam timemus,

Liv. 39, 37, 17:

ut majorem fratrem vereri,

Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 3, 3:

quem discipuli et amant et verentur,

Quint. 2, 2, 8 Spald. N. cr.:

non se hostem vereri, sed angustias itineris et magnitudinem silvarum,

Caes. B. G. 1, 39:

patris conspectum,

Ter. Phorm. 2, 2, 1:

reprehensionem doctorum atque prudentium,

Cic. Or. 1, 1:

Gallica bella,

id. Att. 14, 4, 1:

periculum,

Caes. B. G. 5, 48; id. B. C. 3, 21; Hirt. B. G. 8, 39:

desidiam in hoc,

Quint. 1, 3, 7:

opinionem jactantiae,

id. 9, 2, 74:

pauperiem,

Hor. Ep. 1, 10, 39:

majus,

id. S. 2, 8, 57:

supplicium ab aliquo,

Auct. Her. 2, 19, 28:

hoc verens in hanc tarditatem incidi,

Cic. Att. 10, 8, 5:

quae verens Epicurus... commentus est, etc.,

id. N. D. 2, 23, 59:

invidiam verens,

Nep. Eum. 7, 1.—

With inf.:

vereri introire in alienam domum,

Plaut. Mil. 4, 4, 32:

vereor dicere,

Ter. And. 2, 1, 23:

vereor committere, ut, etc.,

Cic. Leg. 1, 13, 37:

quos interficere,

Caes. B. G. 5, 6:

insanos qui inter vereare insanus haberi,

Hor. S. 2, 3, 40:

verear magis, Me amoris causā hoc ornatu incedere,

Plaut. Mil. 4, 7, 2:

judex verebar non omnes causam vincere posse suam,

Ov. H. 16, 75 sq. — Impers.:

Cyrenaici, quos non est veritum in voluptate summum bonum ponere,

Cic. Fin. 2, 13, 39.—

With gen. (mostly ante-class.): uxor, quae non vereatur viri, Afran. ap. Non. 496, 29:

tui progenitoris,

Att. ib. 497, 2:

feminae primariae,

Ter. Phorm. 5, 7, 78:

tui testimonii,

Cic. Att. 8, 4, 1.— Impers.: nihilne te populi veretur, Pac. ap. Non. 497, 2.—

With dat. (very rare):

eo minus veritus navibus, quod, etc.,

for the ships, Caes. B. G. 5, 9.—

With ne, lest or that:

sed vereor, ne videatur oratio mea, etc.,

Cic. Rep. 1, 46, 70; 3, 5, 70; id. de Or. 1, 55, 234; id. Sull. 23, 66; Caes. B. G. 1, 19; 1, 42; 2, 1; Sall. J. 14, 20; Hor. S. 1, 2, 127; id. Ep. 1, 16, 19:

veritus, ne licentia invidiam adcenderet,

Sall. J. 15, 3:

agebamus verentes ne quid accideret,

Cic. Fam. 13, 19, 2:

tum me inquit collegi, verens ne... noceret,

id. Att. 15, 21, 1; id. Fam. 9, 16, 1; id. de Or 2, 3, 14; 3, 9, 33; Nep. Dion, 4, 1; 8, 5; id. Them. 5, 1.—To introduce an expression of opinion, like dubito an:

si, ut Graeci dicunt, omnes aut Graios esse aut barbaros, vereor ne barbarorum rex fuerit (Romulus),

then I am afraid that, I suspect that, Cic. Rep. 1, 37, 58:

non vereor, ne assentatiunculā quādam aucupari tuam gratiam videar,

id. Fam. 5, 12, 6; Plaut. Capt. 2, 2, 58; id. Mil. 3, 3, 68; Cic. Fam. 2, 7, 1; Matius ap. Cic. Fam. 11, 28, 8.—

With ne... non:

accepi tuas litteras, quibus intellexi te vereri ne superiores mihi redditae non essent,

Cic. Fam. 14, 5, 1.—So usu. after non vereor, ne non is used instead of ut (cf. ê, infra):

non vereor ne hoc officium meum P. Servilio non probem,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 38, § 82; 2, 2, 47, § 118:

non vereor, ne non scribendo te expleam,

id. Fam. 2, 1, 1; 2, 5, 2; 2, 6, 2; 11, 28, 8; Cels. 5, 28, 12.—

So after questions implying a negative: quid est cur verear ne ad eam non possim accommodare Torquatos nostros?

Cic. Fin. 1, 10, 34;

and in ironical concessions or assumptions: si meis horis in accusando uti voluissem, vererer ne mihi crimina non suppeterent,

id. Verr. 2, 1, 11, § 31; id. ap. Quint. 9, 3, 19.—

With ut, that not:

veritus ut hostium impetum sustinere posset,

Caes. B. G. 5, 47:

illa duo, Crasse, vereor, ut tibi possim concedere,

Cic. de Or. 1, 9, 35; id. Fam. 14, 14, 1; id. Agr. 2, 22, 58; Auct. Her. 3, 6, 11:

ut ferulā caedas meritum majora subire Verbera non vereor,

Hor. S. 1, 3, 121.—

With a rel.-clause, to await with fear, to fear, dread:

heri semper lenitas verebar quorsum evaderet,

Ter. And. 1, 2, 5:

Pomptinum quod scribis in urbem introisse, vereor, quid sit,

Cic. Att. 7, 7, 3: hoc quomodo acciperent homines, vereor etiam nunc, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 10, 1:

vereor, num hic aliud sit dicendum,

Dig. 20, 4, 11.—

With de and abl. (very rare):

de quā (Carthagine) vereri non ante desinam quam illam excisam esse cognovero,

Cic. Sen. 6, 18.—

Absol.:

hic vereri perdidit,

i. e. he has lost all sense of shame, Plaut. Bacch. 1, 2, 50:

ne vereamini, Quia bellum Aetolis esse dixi cum Aliis,

id. Capt. prol. 58: ne vereare;

meo periculo hujus ego experiar fidem,

id. ib. 2, 2, 99.—Hence,

vĕrenter, adv., with reverence, reverently, Sedul. 1, 8.—

vĕrendus, a, um, P. a., that is to be feared or reverenced, awful, venerable; fearful, terrible ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose).

Adj.:

majestas,

Ov. M. 4, 540:

patres,

id. P. 3, 1, 143; cf. id. Tr. 5, 6, 31:

ossa (viri),

id. H. 3, 104:

Alexander Partho verendus,

Luc. 10, 46:

fluctus classibus,

id. 5, 502.—

Subst.: vĕrenda, ōrum, m., the private parts, Plin. 28, 15, 60, § 213; 32, 9, 34, § 107; 36, 21, 42, § 156; Plin. Ep. 3, 18, 14;

called also partes verendae,

Veg. Vet. 1, 7.

signif.: ubi malunt metui quam vereri se ab suis, Afran. ap. Gell. 15, 13, 3; cf. also the impersonal use above, b and g.