situs

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assĭtus ( ads-), a, um, Part., v. 1. assero.

as-sĭtus ( ads-), a, um, adj. [sino], situated near (post-class.):

atria viridantibus adsita pratis,

Aus. Mos. 335:

neque longule dissita neque proxime adsita,

App. Flor. 1.

ărānĕōsus, a, um, adj. [araneum].

Lit., full of spiders' webs:

situs,

Cat. 25, 3. —

Meton., similar to cobwebs:

fila,

Plin. 11, 19, 21, § 65:

caulis araneosus in mandendo,

id. 21, 15, 51, § 87:

lanugo,

id. 24, 12, 66, § 108 al.

assĭtus ( ads-), a, um, Part., v. 1. assero.

as-sĭtus ( ads-), a, um, adj. [sino], situated near (post-class.):

atria viridantibus adsita pratis,

Aus. Mos. 335:

neque longule dissita neque proxime adsita,

App. Flor. 1.

campester ( campestris, Cato ap. Prisc. p. 696 P.; Col. 3, 13, 8; 7, 2, 3; 3, 14, 1, is suspicious; v. Schneid. ad h. l.), tris, tre, adj. [id.].

Of or pertaining to a level field, even, flat, level, champaign, opp. montanus and collinus; cf. Liv. 10, 2, 5; 40, 38, 2;

40, 53, 3 al.: tria genera simplicia agrorum campestre, collinum et montanum,

Varr. R. R. 1, 6, 2:

campester locus,

id. ib. § 6; cf.:

vineae collinae et campestres,

Col. 12, 21, 1:

resina,

Plin. 24, 6, 22, § 34:

acer,

id. 16, 15, 26, § 67 al.:

locus,

Col. 3, 13, 8:

pars,

id. 1, 2, 3. situs, id. 7, 2, 3:

sationes,

id. 11, 3, 21:

positio,

id. 1, 2, 4:

culta,

Plin. 25, 5, 18, § 39:

campestres ac demissi loci,

Caes. B. G. 7, 72:

iter,

id. B. C. 1, 66; Liv. 21, 32, 6:

vici,

id. 40, 58, 2:

urbs,

id. 23, 45, 10. oppidum, id. 27, 39, 12:

barbari,

dwelling in plains, id. 39, 53, 13; cf.

Scythae, Hor C. 3, 24, 9: hostis,

fighting on a plain, Liv. 22, 18, 3 al. —

Subst.: campe-strĭa, ĭum, n., a plain, flat land, level ground, Tac. G. 43:

in campestribus,

Plin. 6, 26, 30, § 118.—

Of the athletic exercises held there:

ludus,

Cic. Cael. 5, 11:

proelia,

contests in the Campus, Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 54:

exercitationes,

Suet. Aug. 83; id. Ner. 10:

decursio,

id. Galb. 6 fin.:

arma,

used in the contests held there, Hor. A. P 379.— Hence,

Subst.

campestre, is, n. (sc. velamentum), a leather apron worn about the loins, a wrestling-apron (orig. of the combatants in the Field of Mars; hence the name): campestria Latinum verbum est, sed ex eo dictum, quod juvenes, qui exercebantur in Campo, pudenda operiebant;

unde qui ita succincti sunt campestratos vulgus appellat, Aug. Civ Dei, 14, 17.—Also worn in hot weather under the toga, in place of the tunic,

Hor. Ep. 1, 11, 18; Vulcat. Avid. Cass. 4 al.—

campe-stres, ĭum, m., the deities who presided over contests, Inscr. Orell. 1358; 1794; 2101; Inscr. Don. 59, 5.—

Pertaining to the comitia held in the Campus Martius:

quaestus,

Cic. Har. Resp. 20, 42: gratia. Liv. 7, 1, 2:

res ex campestri certamine in senatum pervenit,

id. 32, 7, 11:

operae,

Suet. Aug. 3:

temeritas,

Val. Max. 4, 1, n 14.

campester ( campestris, Cato ap. Prisc. p. 696 P.; Col. 3, 13, 8; 7, 2, 3; 3, 14, 1, is suspicious; v. Schneid. ad h. l.), tris, tre, adj. [id.].

Of or pertaining to a level field, even, flat, level, champaign, opp. montanus and collinus; cf. Liv. 10, 2, 5; 40, 38, 2;

40, 53, 3 al.: tria genera simplicia agrorum campestre, collinum et montanum,

Varr. R. R. 1, 6, 2:

campester locus,

id. ib. § 6; cf.:

vineae collinae et campestres,

Col. 12, 21, 1:

resina,

Plin. 24, 6, 22, § 34:

acer,

id. 16, 15, 26, § 67 al.:

locus,

Col. 3, 13, 8:

pars,

id. 1, 2, 3. situs, id. 7, 2, 3:

sationes,

id. 11, 3, 21:

positio,

id. 1, 2, 4:

culta,

Plin. 25, 5, 18, § 39:

campestres ac demissi loci,

Caes. B. G. 7, 72:

iter,

id. B. C. 1, 66; Liv. 21, 32, 6:

vici,

id. 40, 58, 2:

urbs,

id. 23, 45, 10. oppidum, id. 27, 39, 12:

barbari,

dwelling in plains, id. 39, 53, 13; cf.

Scythae, Hor C. 3, 24, 9: hostis,

fighting on a plain, Liv. 22, 18, 3 al. —

Subst.: campe-strĭa, ĭum, n., a plain, flat land, level ground, Tac. G. 43:

in campestribus,

Plin. 6, 26, 30, § 118.—

Of the athletic exercises held there:

ludus,

Cic. Cael. 5, 11:

proelia,

contests in the Campus, Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 54:

exercitationes,

Suet. Aug. 83; id. Ner. 10:

decursio,

id. Galb. 6 fin.:

arma,

used in the contests held there, Hor. A. P 379.— Hence,

Subst.

campestre, is, n. (sc. velamentum), a leather apron worn about the loins, a wrestling-apron (orig. of the combatants in the Field of Mars; hence the name): campestria Latinum verbum est, sed ex eo dictum, quod juvenes, qui exercebantur in Campo, pudenda operiebant;

unde qui ita succincti sunt campestratos vulgus appellat, Aug. Civ Dei, 14, 17.—Also worn in hot weather under the toga, in place of the tunic,

Hor. Ep. 1, 11, 18; Vulcat. Avid. Cass. 4 al.—

campe-stres, ĭum, m., the deities who presided over contests, Inscr. Orell. 1358; 1794; 2101; Inscr. Don. 59, 5.—

Pertaining to the comitia held in the Campus Martius:

quaestus,

Cic. Har. Resp. 20, 42: gratia. Liv. 7, 1, 2:

res ex campestri certamine in senatum pervenit,

id. 32, 7, 11:

operae,

Suet. Aug. 3:

temeritas,

Val. Max. 4, 1, n 14.

campester ( campestris, Cato ap. Prisc. p. 696 P.; Col. 3, 13, 8; 7, 2, 3; 3, 14, 1, is suspicious; v. Schneid. ad h. l.), tris, tre, adj. [id.].

Of or pertaining to a level field, even, flat, level, champaign, opp. montanus and collinus; cf. Liv. 10, 2, 5; 40, 38, 2;

40, 53, 3 al.: tria genera simplicia agrorum campestre, collinum et montanum,

Varr. R. R. 1, 6, 2:

campester locus,

id. ib. § 6; cf.:

vineae collinae et campestres,

Col. 12, 21, 1:

resina,

Plin. 24, 6, 22, § 34:

acer,

id. 16, 15, 26, § 67 al.:

locus,

Col. 3, 13, 8:

pars,

id. 1, 2, 3. situs, id. 7, 2, 3:

sationes,

id. 11, 3, 21:

positio,

id. 1, 2, 4:

culta,

Plin. 25, 5, 18, § 39:

campestres ac demissi loci,

Caes. B. G. 7, 72:

iter,

id. B. C. 1, 66; Liv. 21, 32, 6:

vici,

id. 40, 58, 2:

urbs,

id. 23, 45, 10. oppidum, id. 27, 39, 12:

barbari,

dwelling in plains, id. 39, 53, 13; cf.

Scythae, Hor C. 3, 24, 9: hostis,

fighting on a plain, Liv. 22, 18, 3 al. —

Subst.: campe-strĭa, ĭum, n., a plain, flat land, level ground, Tac. G. 43:

in campestribus,

Plin. 6, 26, 30, § 118.—

Of the athletic exercises held there:

ludus,

Cic. Cael. 5, 11:

proelia,

contests in the Campus, Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 54:

exercitationes,

Suet. Aug. 83; id. Ner. 10:

decursio,

id. Galb. 6 fin.:

arma,

used in the contests held there, Hor. A. P 379.— Hence,

Subst.

campestre, is, n. (sc. velamentum), a leather apron worn about the loins, a wrestling-apron (orig. of the combatants in the Field of Mars; hence the name): campestria Latinum verbum est, sed ex eo dictum, quod juvenes, qui exercebantur in Campo, pudenda operiebant;

unde qui ita succincti sunt campestratos vulgus appellat, Aug. Civ Dei, 14, 17.—Also worn in hot weather under the toga, in place of the tunic,

Hor. Ep. 1, 11, 18; Vulcat. Avid. Cass. 4 al.—

campe-stres, ĭum, m., the deities who presided over contests, Inscr. Orell. 1358; 1794; 2101; Inscr. Don. 59, 5.—

Pertaining to the comitia held in the Campus Martius:

quaestus,

Cic. Har. Resp. 20, 42: gratia. Liv. 7, 1, 2:

res ex campestri certamine in senatum pervenit,

id. 32, 7, 11:

operae,

Suet. Aug. 3:

temeritas,

Val. Max. 4, 1, n 14.

campester ( campestris, Cato ap. Prisc. p. 696 P.; Col. 3, 13, 8; 7, 2, 3; 3, 14, 1, is suspicious; v. Schneid. ad h. l.), tris, tre, adj. [id.].

Of or pertaining to a level field, even, flat, level, champaign, opp. montanus and collinus; cf. Liv. 10, 2, 5; 40, 38, 2;

40, 53, 3 al.: tria genera simplicia agrorum campestre, collinum et montanum,

Varr. R. R. 1, 6, 2:

campester locus,

id. ib. § 6; cf.:

vineae collinae et campestres,

Col. 12, 21, 1:

resina,

Plin. 24, 6, 22, § 34:

acer,

id. 16, 15, 26, § 67 al.:

locus,

Col. 3, 13, 8:

pars,

id. 1, 2, 3. situs, id. 7, 2, 3:

sationes,

id. 11, 3, 21:

positio,

id. 1, 2, 4:

culta,

Plin. 25, 5, 18, § 39:

campestres ac demissi loci,

Caes. B. G. 7, 72:

iter,

id. B. C. 1, 66; Liv. 21, 32, 6:

vici,

id. 40, 58, 2:

urbs,

id. 23, 45, 10. oppidum, id. 27, 39, 12:

barbari,

dwelling in plains, id. 39, 53, 13; cf.

Scythae, Hor C. 3, 24, 9: hostis,

fighting on a plain, Liv. 22, 18, 3 al. —

Subst.: campe-strĭa, ĭum, n., a plain, flat land, level ground, Tac. G. 43:

in campestribus,

Plin. 6, 26, 30, § 118.—

Of the athletic exercises held there:

ludus,

Cic. Cael. 5, 11:

proelia,

contests in the Campus, Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 54:

exercitationes,

Suet. Aug. 83; id. Ner. 10:

decursio,

id. Galb. 6 fin.:

arma,

used in the contests held there, Hor. A. P 379.— Hence,

Subst.

campestre, is, n. (sc. velamentum), a leather apron worn about the loins, a wrestling-apron (orig. of the combatants in the Field of Mars; hence the name): campestria Latinum verbum est, sed ex eo dictum, quod juvenes, qui exercebantur in Campo, pudenda operiebant;

unde qui ita succincti sunt campestratos vulgus appellat, Aug. Civ Dei, 14, 17.—Also worn in hot weather under the toga, in place of the tunic,

Hor. Ep. 1, 11, 18; Vulcat. Avid. Cass. 4 al.—

campe-stres, ĭum, m., the deities who presided over contests, Inscr. Orell. 1358; 1794; 2101; Inscr. Don. 59, 5.—

Pertaining to the comitia held in the Campus Martius:

quaestus,

Cic. Har. Resp. 20, 42: gratia. Liv. 7, 1, 2:

res ex campestri certamine in senatum pervenit,

id. 32, 7, 11:

operae,

Suet. Aug. 3:

temeritas,

Val. Max. 4, 1, n 14.

campester ( campestris, Cato ap. Prisc. p. 696 P.; Col. 3, 13, 8; 7, 2, 3; 3, 14, 1, is suspicious; v. Schneid. ad h. l.), tris, tre, adj. [id.].

Of or pertaining to a level field, even, flat, level, champaign, opp. montanus and collinus; cf. Liv. 10, 2, 5; 40, 38, 2;

40, 53, 3 al.: tria genera simplicia agrorum campestre, collinum et montanum,

Varr. R. R. 1, 6, 2:

campester locus,

id. ib. § 6; cf.:

vineae collinae et campestres,

Col. 12, 21, 1:

resina,

Plin. 24, 6, 22, § 34:

acer,

id. 16, 15, 26, § 67 al.:

locus,

Col. 3, 13, 8:

pars,

id. 1, 2, 3. situs, id. 7, 2, 3:

sationes,

id. 11, 3, 21:

positio,

id. 1, 2, 4:

culta,

Plin. 25, 5, 18, § 39:

campestres ac demissi loci,

Caes. B. G. 7, 72:

iter,

id. B. C. 1, 66; Liv. 21, 32, 6:

vici,

id. 40, 58, 2:

urbs,

id. 23, 45, 10. oppidum, id. 27, 39, 12:

barbari,

dwelling in plains, id. 39, 53, 13; cf.

Scythae, Hor C. 3, 24, 9: hostis,

fighting on a plain, Liv. 22, 18, 3 al. —

Subst.: campe-strĭa, ĭum, n., a plain, flat land, level ground, Tac. G. 43:

in campestribus,

Plin. 6, 26, 30, § 118.—

Of the athletic exercises held there:

ludus,

Cic. Cael. 5, 11:

proelia,

contests in the Campus, Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 54:

exercitationes,

Suet. Aug. 83; id. Ner. 10:

decursio,

id. Galb. 6 fin.:

arma,

used in the contests held there, Hor. A. P 379.— Hence,

Subst.

campestre, is, n. (sc. velamentum), a leather apron worn about the loins, a wrestling-apron (orig. of the combatants in the Field of Mars; hence the name): campestria Latinum verbum est, sed ex eo dictum, quod juvenes, qui exercebantur in Campo, pudenda operiebant;

unde qui ita succincti sunt campestratos vulgus appellat, Aug. Civ Dei, 14, 17.—Also worn in hot weather under the toga, in place of the tunic,

Hor. Ep. 1, 11, 18; Vulcat. Avid. Cass. 4 al.—

campe-stres, ĭum, m., the deities who presided over contests, Inscr. Orell. 1358; 1794; 2101; Inscr. Don. 59, 5.—

Pertaining to the comitia held in the Campus Martius:

quaestus,

Cic. Har. Resp. 20, 42: gratia. Liv. 7, 1, 2:

res ex campestri certamine in senatum pervenit,

id. 32, 7, 11:

operae,

Suet. Aug. 3:

temeritas,

Val. Max. 4, 1, n 14.

cānus, a, um, adj. [Sanscr. Kas-, to shine; cf. cascus], white, hoary (mostly poet.).

Lit.:

fluctus,

Lucr. 2, 767; Cic. Arat. 71;

hence aqua,

foamy, frothy, Ov. H. 2, 16:

nix,

white, Lucr. 3, 21; Hor. S. 2, 5, 41:

gelu,

Verg. G. 3, 442:

montes,

id. ib. 1, 43:

pruina,

hoar-frost, Hor. C. 1, 4, 4:

grandine canus Athos,

Ov. Ib. 200:

salicta,

id. M. 5, 590:

segetes,

id. ib. 10, 655:

aristae,

id. ib. 6, 456:

lupus,

id. ib. 6, 527;

7, 550: favilla,

id. ib. 8, 524:

color equi,

Pall. Mart. 14, 4:

arborum villi,

Plin. 12, 23, 50, § 108:

situs,

id. 12, 25, 55, § 125.—

Esp. freq. of the gray hair of the aged:

cano capite atque albā barbā,

Plaut. Bacch. 5, 1, 15; id. As. 5, 2, 84; Cat. 68, 124; Tib. 1, 1, 72; Ov. F. 5, 57:

capilli,

Hor. C. 2, 11, 15; Ov. M. 1, 266; 2, 30; 4, 474; Phaedr. 2, 2, 10:

crinis,

Cat. 64, 350; Ov. M. 13, 427:

barba,

Mart. 4, 36 al. —Hence, subst. in plur.: cāni, ōrum, m. (sc. capilli), gray hairs:

non cani, non rugae repente auctoritatem arripere possunt,

Cic. Sen. 18, 62; Ov. M. 3, 275; in Aug. and post-Aug. poets (esp. freq. in Ovid) with adjj.:

falsi,

Ov. M. 6, 26:

honorati,

id. ib. 8, 9:

positi,

id. ib. 14, 655:

rari,

id. ib. 8, 567:

sui,

id. ib. 10, 391:

miseri,

Pers. 5, 65: venerandi. Sen. Herc. Fur. 1249.—Hence,

Transf., of age and of aged persons. old, aged:

senectus,

hoary, Cat. 108, 1:

anilitas,

id. 61, 162:

amator,

Tib. 1, 8, 29: cana veritas, venerable, Varr. ap. Non. p. 243, 1:

Fides,

Verg. A. 1, 292:

Vesta,

id. ib. 5, 744.

cānus, a, um, adj. [Sanscr. Kas-, to shine; cf. cascus], white, hoary (mostly poet.).

Lit.:

fluctus,

Lucr. 2, 767; Cic. Arat. 71;

hence aqua,

foamy, frothy, Ov. H. 2, 16:

nix,

white, Lucr. 3, 21; Hor. S. 2, 5, 41:

gelu,

Verg. G. 3, 442:

montes,

id. ib. 1, 43:

pruina,

hoar-frost, Hor. C. 1, 4, 4:

grandine canus Athos,

Ov. Ib. 200:

salicta,

id. M. 5, 590:

segetes,

id. ib. 10, 655:

aristae,

id. ib. 6, 456:

lupus,

id. ib. 6, 527;

7, 550: favilla,

id. ib. 8, 524:

color equi,

Pall. Mart. 14, 4:

arborum villi,

Plin. 12, 23, 50, § 108:

situs,

id. 12, 25, 55, § 125.—

Esp. freq. of the gray hair of the aged:

cano capite atque albā barbā,

Plaut. Bacch. 5, 1, 15; id. As. 5, 2, 84; Cat. 68, 124; Tib. 1, 1, 72; Ov. F. 5, 57:

capilli,

Hor. C. 2, 11, 15; Ov. M. 1, 266; 2, 30; 4, 474; Phaedr. 2, 2, 10:

crinis,

Cat. 64, 350; Ov. M. 13, 427:

barba,

Mart. 4, 36 al. —Hence, subst. in plur.: cāni, ōrum, m. (sc. capilli), gray hairs:

non cani, non rugae repente auctoritatem arripere possunt,

Cic. Sen. 18, 62; Ov. M. 3, 275; in Aug. and post-Aug. poets (esp. freq. in Ovid) with adjj.:

falsi,

Ov. M. 6, 26:

honorati,

id. ib. 8, 9:

positi,

id. ib. 14, 655:

rari,

id. ib. 8, 567:

sui,

id. ib. 10, 391:

miseri,

Pers. 5, 65: venerandi. Sen. Herc. Fur. 1249.—Hence,

Transf., of age and of aged persons. old, aged:

senectus,

hoary, Cat. 108, 1:

anilitas,

id. 61, 162:

amator,

Tib. 1, 8, 29: cana veritas, venerable, Varr. ap. Non. p. 243, 1:

Fides,

Verg. A. 1, 292:

Vesta,

id. ib. 5, 744.

com-pĕto ( conp-), īvi or ii, ītum, 3, v. a. and n. (first common since the Aug. per.; very rare before that time; not found in Cic., and perh. not in the poets).

Act., to strive after something in company or together (post-class. and very rare):

unum locum,

Just. 13, 2, 1:

unam speciosam (puellam),

Aur. Vict. Vir. Ill. 59: bona, Cod. Th. 10, 10, 27, § 6.—

Neutr., to meet or come together.

Lit. (very rare):

ubi viae competunt, tum in compitis sacrificatur,

Varr. L. L. 6, § 25 Müll.:

ubi recti angulorum conpetant ictuus,

Plin. 2, 18, 16, § 80:

si cacumina harundinum in unum competunt,

Col. 4, 17, 1; cf. id. 2, 2, 9.—

Trop.

Of time, to coincide, agree, meet, to happen, etc.; constr. with cum, the dat., in, or absol.:

tempora reputantibus initium finemque miraculi cum Othonis exitu competisse,

Tac. H. 2, 50 fin.:

fasti adeo turbati, ut neque messium feriae aestati, neque vindemiarum auctumno competerent,

Suet. Caes. 40:

si competant coitus lunae in novissimum diem brumae,

Plin. 16, 39, 74, § 191; 18, 26, 63, § 232; cf. impers.:

si ita competit, ut idem ille, qui sanare potest, disserat,

Sen. Ep. 75, 6.—

Of other things, to agree or coincide with something, to answer to it:

tanto Othonis animo nequaquam corpus aut habitus competiit,

Suet. Oth. 12.—Hence, absol., to be qualified, competent, appropriate, fit, suitable, to correspond:

neque animo neque auribus aut linguā conpetere,

Sall. H. 1, 88 Dietsch; Tac. A. 3, 46:

dux velut captus animi non linguā, non auribus competere,

id. H. 3, 73:

aut assumere in causam naturas, quā competent, aut mitigare, quā repugnabunt,

Quint. 4, 1, 17:

ut vix ad arma capienda aptandaque pugnae competeret animus,

Liv. 22, 5, 3:

ei loci situs ita competit,

Col. 8, 17, 3; cf. id. 9, 1, 1; 9, 5, 1:

si cujusquam neptium suarum competeret aetas,

Suet. Aug. 31; Col. 1, 6, 23; cf. id. 2, 8, 4; 2, 18, 2; 2, 20, 4; 4, 29 fin. —

To belong, be due to:

actionem competere in equitem Romanum,

Quint. 3, 6, 11:

mihi adversus te actio competit,

Dig. 19, 1, 25:

poena competit in aliquem,

App. M. 10, p. 243, 40:

hereditas competit, alicui,

Eum. Pan. Const. 4:

libertas servo competere potest,

Just. Inst. 1, 5, 1.—Hence,

com-pĕtens, entis, P. a.

Corresponding to:

personae rebus,

App. Flor. 16:

ratio etymologiae cum sententiā vocabuli,

Gell. 19, 13, 3.— Comp., Auct. Pan. Maxim. et Const. 7.—

Competent, legal:

judex,

Dig. 2, 1, 19:

tribunal,

ib. 3, 3, 35, § 2.—

compĕten-ter, adv., suitably, properly, becomingly (post-class.):

consulere alicui,

Dig. 24, 3, 22:

punire,

ib. 22, 5, 16.—

* Comp.: disserere, Hier. adv. Helv. 2.—

* Sup.:

uti Platone,

App. Mag. p. 316, 22.

com-pĕto ( conp-), īvi or ii, ītum, 3, v. a. and n. (first common since the Aug. per.; very rare before that time; not found in Cic., and perh. not in the poets).

Act., to strive after something in company or together (post-class. and very rare):

unum locum,

Just. 13, 2, 1:

unam speciosam (puellam),

Aur. Vict. Vir. Ill. 59: bona, Cod. Th. 10, 10, 27, § 6.—

Neutr., to meet or come together.

Lit. (very rare):

ubi viae competunt, tum in compitis sacrificatur,

Varr. L. L. 6, § 25 Müll.:

ubi recti angulorum conpetant ictuus,

Plin. 2, 18, 16, § 80:

si cacumina harundinum in unum competunt,

Col. 4, 17, 1; cf. id. 2, 2, 9.—

Trop.

Of time, to coincide, agree, meet, to happen, etc.; constr. with cum, the dat., in, or absol.:

tempora reputantibus initium finemque miraculi cum Othonis exitu competisse,

Tac. H. 2, 50 fin.:

fasti adeo turbati, ut neque messium feriae aestati, neque vindemiarum auctumno competerent,

Suet. Caes. 40:

si competant coitus lunae in novissimum diem brumae,

Plin. 16, 39, 74, § 191; 18, 26, 63, § 232; cf. impers.:

si ita competit, ut idem ille, qui sanare potest, disserat,

Sen. Ep. 75, 6.—

Of other things, to agree or coincide with something, to answer to it:

tanto Othonis animo nequaquam corpus aut habitus competiit,

Suet. Oth. 12.—Hence, absol., to be qualified, competent, appropriate, fit, suitable, to correspond:

neque animo neque auribus aut linguā conpetere,

Sall. H. 1, 88 Dietsch; Tac. A. 3, 46:

dux velut captus animi non linguā, non auribus competere,

id. H. 3, 73:

aut assumere in causam naturas, quā competent, aut mitigare, quā repugnabunt,

Quint. 4, 1, 17:

ut vix ad arma capienda aptandaque pugnae competeret animus,

Liv. 22, 5, 3:

ei loci situs ita competit,

Col. 8, 17, 3; cf. id. 9, 1, 1; 9, 5, 1:

si cujusquam neptium suarum competeret aetas,

Suet. Aug. 31; Col. 1, 6, 23; cf. id. 2, 8, 4; 2, 18, 2; 2, 20, 4; 4, 29 fin. —

To belong, be due to:

actionem competere in equitem Romanum,

Quint. 3, 6, 11:

mihi adversus te actio competit,

Dig. 19, 1, 25:

poena competit in aliquem,

App. M. 10, p. 243, 40:

hereditas competit, alicui,

Eum. Pan. Const. 4:

libertas servo competere potest,

Just. Inst. 1, 5, 1.—Hence,

com-pĕtens, entis, P. a.

Corresponding to:

personae rebus,

App. Flor. 16:

ratio etymologiae cum sententiā vocabuli,

Gell. 19, 13, 3.— Comp., Auct. Pan. Maxim. et Const. 7.—

Competent, legal:

judex,

Dig. 2, 1, 19:

tribunal,

ib. 3, 3, 35, § 2.—

compĕten-ter, adv., suitably, properly, becomingly (post-class.):

consulere alicui,

Dig. 24, 3, 22:

punire,

ib. 22, 5, 16.—

* Comp.: disserere, Hier. adv. Helv. 2.—

* Sup.:

uti Platone,

App. Mag. p. 316, 22.

dēsĭtus, a, um, Part., from desino.

dē-sĭtus, a, um, Part. [1. sero], sown or planted deep:

semina,

Varr. R. R. 1, 23, 6.

dēsĭtus, ūs, m. [desino], a ceasing: spiritus, Jul. Valer. rer. gest. Alex. M. 3, 87.

dissĭtus, a, um, Part., from 1. dissero.

dis-sĭtus, a, um, adj., lying apart, remote (an Appuleian word), opp. assitus, App. Flor. init. p. 340:

femora, i. q. divaricata,

id. M. 7, p. 198, 13.

flūmen, ĭnis, n. [id.], a flowing of water; and concr., a flood, stream, flowing or running water (syn.: fluvius, amnis, rivus).

In gen. (mostly poet.): Romane, aquam Albanam cave lacu contineri, cave in mare manare suo flumine sinas, an old prophetic formula ap. Liv. 5, 16, 9:

rapidus montano flumine torrens,

Verg. A. 2, 305; cf. Ov. R. Am. 651:

visendus ater flumine languido Cocytos errans,

Hor. C. 2, 14, 17:

inde sequemur Ipsius amnis iter, donec nos flumine certo Perferat,

Val. Fl. 8, 189: et Tiberis flumen vomit in mare salsum, Enn. ap. Macr. S. 6, 4 (Ann. v. 453 ed. Vahl.); cf.:

teque pater Tiberine tuo cum flumine sancto,

id. ib. 6, 1 (Ann. v. 55 ib.):

donec me flumine vivo Abluero,

in a living, running stream, Verg. A. 2, 719; cf.: quin tu ante vivo perfunderis flumine? Auct. ap. Liv. 1, 45, 6 (for which:

aqua viva,

Varr. L. L. 5, § 123 Müll.).—In plur.:

nymphae venas et flumina fontis Elicuere sui,

streams, Ov. M. 14, 788:

frigida Scamandri,

Hor. Epod. 13, 14:

Symaethia circum Flumina,

Verg. A. 9, 585:

limosa potat,

Ov. M. 1, 634; cf.:

Tantalus a labris sitiens fugientia captat Flumina,

Hor. S. 1, 1, 69:

maritima immittere in piscinas,

Varr. R. R. 3, 17, 9.

In partic., a river.

Lit. (the predominant signif. of the word both in prose and poetry): quod per amoenam urbem leni fluit agmine flumen, Enn. ap. Macr. S. 6, 4 (Ann. v. 177 ed. Vahl.); cf.:

ut flumina in contrarias partes fluxerint,

Cic. Div. 1, 35, 78:

Scipio biduum moratus ad flumen, quod inter eum et Domitii castra fluebat,

Caes. B. C. 3, 37, 1:

aurea flumina,

Lucr. 5, 911:

habet non tantum venas aquarum terra, ex quibus corrivatis flumina effici possunt, sed et amnes magnitudinis vastae, etc.,

Sen. Q. N. 3, 19; cf. Cic. Rep. 2, 5:

nec ullum hoc frigidius flumen attigi,

id. Leg. 2, 3, 6:

nos flumina arcemus, dirigimus, avertimus,

id. N. D. 2, 60, 152:

una pars (Galliae) initium capit a flumine Rhodano, continetur Garumna flumine... attingit etiam flumen Rhenum, etc.,

Caes. B. G. 1, 1, 6 sq.; 1, 2, 7:

inter montem Juram et flumen Rhodanum,

id. ib. 1, 6, 1:

flumen est Arar, quod, etc.,

id. ib. 1, 12, 1:

flumen Dubis,

id. ib. 1, 38, 4:

non Seres, non Tanain prope flumen orti,

Hor. C. 4, 15, 24:

Veliternos ad Asturae flumen Maenius fudit,

Liv. 8, 13, 5 Drak. N. cr.:

terrarum situs et flumina dicere,

Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 252:

secundo flumine ad Lutetiam iter facere coepit,

with the stream, Caes. B. G. 7, 58, 5 (cf. secundus, 2. a.):

magnum ire agmen adverso flumine,

against the stream, Caes. B. G. 7, 60, 3; cf. Verg. G. 1, 201; Liv. 24, 40. —Prov.:

flumine vicino stultus sitit, like,

starves in the midst of plenty, Petr. Fragm. p. 899 Burm.—

Transf., of other things which flow in streams or like streams, a stream, flood ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose):

sanguinis,

Lucr. 2, 354; 4, 1029:

largoque humectat flumine vultum,

flood of tears, Verg. A. 1, 465:

laeta magis pressis manabunt flumina mammis,

streams of milk, id. G. 3, 310:

flumina jam lactis, jam flumina nectaris,

Ov. M. 1, 111: rigido concussae flumine nubes Exonerabantur, a torrent of rain, Petr. poët. Sat. 123; cf.:

ut picis e caelo demissum flumen,

a stream of pitch, Lucr. 6, 257:

magnesia flumine saxa,

in the magnetic stream, id. 6, 1064:

effusaeque ruunt inopino flumine turbae,

i. e. in a vast stream, Sil. 12, 185; cf. Verg. A. 11, 236:

aëris,

a current of air, App. de Mund. p. 61, 33 Elm. p. 258 Bip.—

Trop., of expression, a flow, fluency, stream:

orationis flumine reprehensoris convicia diluuntur,

Cic. N. D. 2, 7, 20:

flumen orationis aureum,

id. Ac. 2, 38, 119:

orationis,

id. de Or. 2, 15, 62; cf.:

flumen verborum volubili tasque,

id. Or. 16, 53:

gravissimorum op timorumque verborum,

id. de Or. 2, 45, 188:

inanium verborum,

id. N. D. 2, 1, 1:

Lysias... puro fonti quam magno flumini propior,

Quint. 10, 1, 78; 9, 4, 61; cf. id. 10, 1, 61; Petr. 5 fin. —And fig.:

neque concipere neque edere partum mens potest, nisi ingenti flumine litterarum inundata,

Petr. 118.

forma, ae, f. [Sanscr. dhar-, dhar-āmi, bear; dhar-i-man, figure; Gr. thra- in thrênus, thronos; cf. Lat. frētus, frēnum, fortis, etc.], form, in the most comprehensive sense of the word, contour, figure, shape, appearance (syn.: species, frons, facies, vultus; figura).

Lit.

In gen.: Ha. Earum nutrix, qua sit facie, mihi expedi. Mi. Statura haud magna, corpore aquilo. Ha. Ipsa ea'st. Mi. Specie venusta, ore parvo, atque oculis pernigris. Ha. Formam quidem hercle verbis depinxti mihi, Plaut. Poen. 5, 2, 154; cf.:

quia semper eorum suppeditabatur facies et forma manebat,

Lucr. 5, 1175:

corporis nostri partes totaque figura et forma et statura, quam apta ad naturam sit, apparet,

Cic. Fin. 5, 12, 35; cf. Auct. Her. 4, 47, 60:

si omnium animantium formam vincit hominis figura, etc.,

Cic. N. D. 1, 18, 48:

forma ac species liberalis,

id. Cael. 3, 6; cf. id. N. D. 1, 14, 37; 1, 27, 76 sqq.; id. Verr. 2, 4, 58, § 129; id. N. D. 1, 10, 26: aspicite, o cives, senis Enni imagini' formam, Enn. ap. Cic. Tusc. 1, 15, 34 (Epigr. 1 ed. Vahl.):

hoc dico, non ab hominibus formae figuram venisse ad deos... Non ergo illorum humana forma, sed nostra divina dicenda est, etc.,

id. N. D. 1, 32, 90:

formaï servare figuram,

Lucr. 4, 69; cf.:

Homeri picturam, non poesin videmus. Quae regio, quae species formaque pugnae, qui motus hominum non ita expictus est, ut, etc.,

Cic. Tusc. 5, 39, 114 (v. Moser ad h. l.):

eximia forma pueri,

id. ib. 5, 21, 61:

virgines formā excellente,

Liv. 1, 9, 11:

formā praestante puellae,

Ov. H. 3, 35:

forma viros neglecta decet,

id. A. A. 1, 509; cf.:

ut excellentem muliebris formae pulchritudinem muta in sese imago contineret,

Cic. Inv. 2, 1, 1:

illa aetate venerabilis, haec formae pulchrituline,

Curt. 3, 11, 24:

virginem adultam, formā excellentem,

Liv. 3, 44, 4:

virginem maxime formā notam,

id. 4, 9, 4:

una et viginti formae litterarum,

Cic. N. D. 2, 37, 93:

solis,

Lucr. 5, 571:

muralium falcium,

Caes. B. G. 3, 14, 5:

lanceae novae formae,

Suet. Dom. 10:

nova aedificiorum Urbis,

id. Ner. 16:

porticus,

Plin. Ep. 9, 39, 5:

forma et situs agri,

Hor. Ep. 1, 16, 4:

eādem cerā aliae atque aliae formae duci solent,

Quint. 10, 5, 9:

geometricae formae,

Cic. Rep. 1, 17; cf. id. de Or. 1, 42, 187:

cum sit geometria divisa in numeros atque formas,

Quint. 1, 10, 35; cf.

also: Archimedes intentus formis, quas in pulvere descripserat,

Liv. 25, 31, 9:

dimidia circuli,

Plin. 2, 59, 60, § 150:

clarissimorum virorum formae,

figures, images, Cic. Mil. 32, 86:

ille artifex, cum faceret Jovis formam aut Minervae, etc.,

id. Or. 2, 9:

igneae formae,

i. e. fiery bodies, id. N. D. 2, 40, 101:

inque tori formam molles sternentur arenae,

in the shape, form, Ov. Am. 2, 11, 47:

(sacellum) crudis laterculis ad formam camini,

Plin. 30, 7, 20, § 63:

ut haec mulier praeter formam nihil ad similitudinem hominis reservarit,

Cic. Clu. 70, 199.—In poet. circumlocution with gen.: astra tenent caeleste solum formaeque deorum, the forms of gods, for gods, Ov. M. 1, 73:

formae ferarum,

id. ib. 2, 78:

ursi ac formae magnorum luporum,

Verg. A. 7, 18:

formae ingentis leo,

of great size, Just. 15, 4, 17; Tac. A. 4, 72.—

In partic.

Pregn., a fine form, beauty:

di tibi formam, di tibi divitias dederant,

Hor. Ep. 1, 4, 6; cf.:

et genus et formam regina pecunia donat,

id. ib. 1, 6, 37:

movit Ajacem forma captivae Tecmessae,

id. C. 2, 4, 6; Quint. 2, 5, 12:

neque, ut laudanda, quae pecuniam suam pluribus largitur, ita quae formam,

id. 5, 11, 26; 5, 12, 17.—Prov.:

forma bonum fragile est,

Ov. A. A. 2, 113.—

An outline, plan, design (of an architect, etc.):

cum formam videro, quale aedificium futurum sit, scire possum,

Cic. Fam. 2, 8, 1: domus erit egregia;

magis enim cerni jam poterat, quam quantum ex forma judicabamus,

id. Q. Fr. 2, 5, 3 (2, 6, 2):

qua ludum gladiatorium aedificaturus erat,

Suet. Caes. 31.—

A model after which any thing is made, a pattern, stamp, last (of a shoemaker), etc.:

utendum plane sermone, ut numo, cui publica forma est,

Quint. 1, 6, 3:

denarius formae publicae,

Sen. Ben. 5, 29; cf.: formas quasdam nostrae pecuniae agnoscunt, Tac. G. 5:

formas binarias, ternarias et quaternarias, et denarias etiam resolvi praecepit neque in usu cujusquam versari,

stamped money, coins, Lampr. Alex. Sev. 39; cf. Curt. 5, 2, 11:

si scalpra et formas non sutor (emat),

Hor. S. 2, 3, 106; cf.:

forma calcei,

Dig. 9, 2, 5, § 3.—

A mould which gives form to something:

(caseus) vel manu figuratur vel buxeis formis exprimitur,

Col. 7, 8 fin.:

formae in quibus aera funduntur,

Plin. 36, 22, 49, § 168; hence, a frame, case, enclosure:

opus tectorium propter excellentiam picturae ligneis formis inclusum,

id. 35, 14, 49, § 173:

formas rivorum perforare,

i. e. the conduits, pipes, Front. Aquaed. 75:

aquaeductus,

Dig. 7, 1, 27.—Hence,

Transf., the aqueduct itself, Front. Aquaed. 126.—

A rescript, formulary (post-class., whereas the dimin. formula is predominant in this signif.):

ex eorum (amicorum) sententia formas composuit,

Capitol. Anton. 6; so Cod. Just. 1, 2, 20.—

Item forma appellatur puls miliacea ex melle, Paul. ex Fest. p. 83 Müll.

Trop.

In gen., shape, form, nature, manner, kind:

ad me quasi formam communium temporum et totius rei publicae misisti expressam,

Cic. Fam. 3, 11, 4; cf.:

formam quidem ipsam et tamquam faciem honesti vides,

id. Off. 1, 5, 14:

innumerabiles quasi formae figuraeque dicendi,

id. Or. 3, 9, 34:

cum, quae forma et quasi naturalis nota cujusque sit, describitur, ut, si quaeratur avari species, seditiosi, gloriosi,

id. de Or. 3, 29, 115; cf.:

quae sit in ea species et forma et notio viri boni,

id. Off. 3, 20, 81:

forma ingenii,

id. Brut. 85, 294:

rei publicae,

id. Fam. 2, 8, 1; cf.:

exemplar formaque rei publicae,

id. Rep. 2, 11:

forma et species et origo tyranni,

id. ib. 2, 29:

forma rerum publicarum,

id. Tusc. 2, 15, 36; cf. id. Rep. 1, 34 fin.:

officii,

id. Off. 1, 29, 103:

propositi,

Vell. 1, 16:

sollicitudinum,

Tac. A. 4, 60:

formam vitae inire,

id. ib. 1, 74:

secundum vulgarem formam juris,

Dig. 30, 1, 111:

scelerum formae,

Verg. A. 6, 626:

poenae,

id. ib. 615.—

In partic.

In philos. lang., like species, a sort, kind: nolim, ne si Latine quidem dici possit, specierum et speciebus dicere; et saepe his casibus utendum est: at formis et formarum velim... Genus et formam definiunt hoc modo: genus est notio ad plures differentias pertinens;

forma est notio, cujus differentia ad caput generis et quasi fontem referri potest. Formae igitur sunt hae, in quas genus sine ullius praetermissione dividitur, ut si quis jus in legem, morem, aequitatem dividat, etc.,

Cic. Top. 7, 31; cf.:

genus et species, quam eandem formam Cicero vocat,

Quint. 5, 10, 62: a forma generis, quam interdum, quo planius accipiatur, partem licet nominare, hoc modo, etc.... Genus enim est uxor;

ejus duae formae: una matrumfamilias, altera earum, quae tantummodo uxores habentur,

Cic. Top. 4, 14:

quod haec (partitio) sit totius in partes, illa (divisio) generis in formas,

Quint. 5, 10, 63:

duae formae matrimoniorum,

id. 5, 10, 62.—

In gram.

The grammatical quality, condition of a word:

in quo animadvertito, natura quadruplicem esse formam, ad quam in declinando accommodari debeant verba, etc.,

Varr. L. L. 9, § 37 sq.; 101 sq. Müll.; Quint. 10, 1, 10.—

The grammatical form of a word:

utrum in secunda forma verbum temporale habeat in extrema syllaba AS an IS, ad discernendas dissimilitudines interest,

Varr. L. L. 9, § 109 Müll.:

aeditimus ea forma dictum, qua finitimus,

Gell. 12, 10, 1.