slowly

mănus, ūs (dat. manu for manui:

alternae manu,

Prop. 1, 11, 12; 2, 1, 60), f. [root man-, ma-, to measure; Sanscr. ma, measure, moon; cf. Germ. Mond, moon, and O. H. Germ. mund, hand; Angl.-Sax. mund], a hand.

Lit.:

quam vero aptas, quamque multarum artium ministras manus natura homini dedit!

Cic. N. D. 2, 60, 150:

vas in manus sumere,

id. Verr. 2, 4, 27, § 62:

Epicurum in manus sumere, i. e. scripta Epicuri,

id. Tusc. 2, 3, 8:

pyxidem in manu tenere,

id. Cael. 26, 63:

manum porrigere ad tradendum aliquid,

id. ib.:

de manibus deponere,

to lay out of one's hands, lay down, id. Ac. 1, 1, 2. ponere, id. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 8:

extorquere,

to wrest from one's hands, id. Cat. 1, 6, 13:

e manibus dimittere,

to let go out of one's hands, id. Or. 30, 105: manum ad os apponere, i. e. to lay the finger on the lips in token of secrecy, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 1, 4: alicui in manu esse, to be obvious, clear:

neque mihi in manu Jugurtha qualis foret,

Sall. J. 14, 4:

(feminas) in manu esse parentium, fratrum, virorum,

subject to, Liv. 34, 2, 11; cf.:

minus filiae uxores sorores quibusdam in manu erunt,

id. 34, 7, 11: in manibus esse, to be in everybody's hands, to be well known:

est in manibus oratio,

Cic. Lael. 25, 96:

est in manibus laudatio,

id. Sen. 4, 12; id. Brut. 33, 125.—Also, to be near:

hostes sunt in manibus,

near to us, close by us, upon us, Caes. B. G. 2, 19, 7; also, to be present: attendere, quae in manibus sunt, Brut. ap. Cic. Fam. 11, 13, 1; Verg. A. 10, 280: in manibus habere, to have in hand, to be engaged on a thing:

omnia, quae in manibus habebam, abjeci,

Cic. Att. 13, 47, 1:

habeo opus magnum in manibus,

id. Ac. 1, 1, 2:

philosophi quamcunque rem habent in manibus, in eam, etc.,

id. Tusc. 5, 7, 18; id. Sen. 7, 22; id. Cael. 27, 65:

milites bellum illud, quod erat in manibus, reliquisse,

id. Rep. 2, 37, 63; cf.:

dum occasio in manibus esset,

Liv. 7, 36, 10:

inimicorum in manibus mortuus est,

among, Cic. Inv. 1, 55, 108:

manu tenere,

to know for certain, id. Brut. 80, 277.— Pass.:

manibus teneri,

to be certain, evident, Cic. Sest. 32, 69: habere in manibus, to fondle, caress, make much of:

sic in manibus (inimicum meum) habebant, sic fovebant, etc.,

id. Fam. 1, 9, 10:

in manus venire,

to come to hand, id. Q. Fr. 2, 15, b, 1:

proelium in manibus facere,

to fight at close quarters, Sall. J. 57, 4:

ad manum habere,

to have at hand, have in readiness, Quint. 12, 5, 1:

ad manum esse,

at hand, in hand, near, Liv. 9, 19: ad manum venire or accedere, to come hand to hand, come to close quarters:

nonnumquam etiam res ad manus, atque ad pugnam veniebat,

Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 11, § 28; Nep. Eum. 5, 2; Liv. 2, 30:

ut venere in manus,

Tac. A. 2, 80:

ut ventum in manus,

id. H. 4, 71:

adire manum alicui, v. 1. adeo: ad manum intueri aliquid,

at hand, close by, hard by, Plin. 35, 10, 36, § 97:

prae manu or manibus,

at hand, in readiness, in hand, Plaut. Bacch. 4, 3, 10; App. M. 6, p. 180, 32; Ter. Ad. 5, 9, 23; Gell. 19, 8:

quem servum ille habuit ad manum,

Cic. de Or. 3, 60, 225:

servus a manu,

i. e. a scribe, secretary, Suet. Caes. 74:

de manu dare,

to give with one's own hand, Lampr. Alex. Sev. 37: de manu in manum quippiam tradere, to deliver from hand to hand, i. e. with great care, Cic. Fam. 7, 5, 2: manum ferulae subducere, to take the hand from the rod, i. e. to be too old for the rod, Juv. 1, 15: e manu (for eminus; opp. cominus), from a distance: quae mea cominus machaera atque hasta hostibit e manu, Enn. ap. Fest. s. v. redhostire, p. 270 Müll. (Trag. v. 212 Vahl.): plenā manu, with a full or plentiful hand, bountifully, liberally:

plenā manu dare,

abundantly, Sen. Ben. 1, 7, 2; id. Ep. 120, 10; id. ad Polyb. 9, 7;

so trop.: Hortalus, quam plenā manu nostras laudes in astra sustulit,

Cic. Att. 2, 25, 1; so,

plenis manibus pecuniam largiri,

Lact. 3, 16, 15; cf.:

quemquam vacuis a se manibus abire pati,

Sen. Brev. Vit. 14, 5: manibus pedibusque aliquid facere (Greek pux kai lax), with hands and feet, i. e. with all one's power, with might and main, Ter. And. 1, 1, 134:

per manus,

with the hands, Caes. B. G. 6, 37:

per manus servulae,

by her assistance, Cic. Att. 1, 12, 3: per manus tradere, to deliver from hand to hand, from mouth to mouth, to hand down from father to son:

traditae per manus religiones,

Liv. 5, 51: per manus, also, by force, by main force, forcibly:

per manus libertatem retinere,

Sall. J. 31, 22: inter manus, in one's hands, under one's hands:

agger inter manus proferebatur,

Caes. B. C. 2, 2:

villa crescit inter manus,

Sen. Ep. 12, 1:

nihil adhuc inter manus habui cui majorem sollicitudinem praestare deberem,

Plin. Ep. 2, 5, 2:

scripta quae inter manus habes,

are occupied with, id. ib. 5, 5, 7.— Trop., palpable, evident:

ante oculos interque manus sunt omnia vestras,

Verg. A. 11, 311; cf.:

manus inter parentum,

id. ib. 2, 681: inter manus, also, in one's hands, in one's arms:

abripite hunc intro actutum inter manus,

Plaut. Most. 2, 1, 38:

e convivio auferri,

Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 11, § 28: sub manu and sub manum, at hand, near, readily, immediately, on the instant: Vocontii sub manu ut essent, Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 23, 2:

quo celerius, ac sub manum annuntiari cognoscique posset, quid in provincia quāque gereretur, etc.,

Suet. Aug. 49; Sen. Ep. 71, 1: sub manus succedere, according to one's wish, [p. 1112] Plaut. Mil. 3, 2, 59: alicujus manu esse, to be from or by one's hand:

epistulae quae quidem erant tua manu,

Cic. Att. 7, 2, 3; cf. id. ib. 8, 13, 1 (cf. II. C. infra): manu, with the hand, by hand, i. e. artificially, opp. to naturally, by nature: manu sata, i. e. by the hand of man, opp. to what grows wild. Caes. B. C. 3, 44:

urbs manu munitissima,

Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 2, § 4:

quaedam ingenia manu, quod aiunt, facienda sunt,

Sen. Ep. 52, 1:

quidam et liberos ejurent et orbitatem manu faciant,

id. ad Marc. 19, 2: morbi, quos manu fecimus, i. e. which we produce by our own fault (e. g. by intemperance), Sen. Brev. Vit. 3, 3: oratio manu facta, artificial, elaborate, opp. to natural, simple, id. Ep. 115, 2: manu mederi, to be a surgeon, Cels. praef. 1: manibus aequis or manu aequā, with equal advantage:

manibus aequis abscessum est,

Tac. A. 1, 63:

aequā manu discedere,

to come off with equal advantage, Sall. C. 39, 4: manus afferre, to lay hands on; trop., to destroy or weaken:

qui diutius torqueri patitur, quem protinus potest liberare, beneficio suo manus affert,

Sen. Ben. 2, 5, 3:

manum inicere alicui,

to lay the hand on one, to detain, arrest him, Cic. Rosc. Com. 16, 48: manum dare, to give or lend a hand, to help, assist, Quint. 2, 3, 7: manus dare or dedere, to give the hands to be bound; hence, in gen., to give up, yield, surrender:

perpende, et, si tibi vera videntur, Dede manus, aut, si falsum est, accingere contra,

Lucr. 2, 1043:

fateor, manus vobis do,

Plaut. Pers. 5, 2, 72:

donicum aut certe vicissent, aut victi manum dedissent,

Nep. Ham. 1; cf. Caes. B. G. 5, 31; Cic. Att. 2, 22, 2; Ov. H. 4, 14; 17, 260; Verg. A. 11, 568; Lact. 5, 1, 3:

brevi manu,

immediately, without delay, Dig. 23, 3, 43, § 1:

longā manu,

slowly, tediously, ib. 46, 3, 79: manum tollere, to raise the hand in token of an intention to yield, to yield, submit: cedo et tollo manum, Cic. Fragm. ap. Lact. 3, 28: manus tollere, to raise the hands in token of admiration or astonishment, Cic. Ac. 2, 19, 63: manus tendere ad aliquem, less freq. alicui, to stretch out the hands to one to implore assistance, Caes. B. G. 2, 13; Cic. Font. 17, 38:

quae Romanis manus tendebant,

Caes. B. G. 7, 48:

dextram Italiae,

Cic. Phil. 10, 4, 9:

manu sternere aliquem,

with the sword, Verg. A. 9, 702: utrāque manu, with both hands, i. e. willingly, readily, Mart. 1, 16, 9:

manus manum lavat,

one hand washes the other, one helps the other, Sen. Apoc. 9 fin.; Petr. c. 45, 13; Plin. 35, 10, 36, § 80: manum non vertere, not to turn the hand, prov. for to take no pains, make no effort:

qui se fatentur virtutis causā ne manum quidem versuros fuisse,

Cic. Fin. 5, 31, 93; cf. App. Mag. p. 311.

Transf.

The hand as the instrument used in fight; hence, personal valor, bravery:

ne usu manuque reliquorum opinionem fallent,

Caes. B. C. 3, 86:

manu fortissimus,

Liv. 39, 40:

manu fortis,

Nep. Dat. 1, 3:

manu vincere,

Ov. M. 1, 448:

manu capere urbes,

by force of arms, Sall. J. 5, 5:

manum committere Teucris,

to fight, Verg. A. 12, 60; so,

conserere manum,

Liv. 21, 39; 25, 11; 27, 33:

conferre manum,

Liv. 10, 43; Verg. A. 12, 345:

in proelia Ferre manum,

id. ib. 5, 403; cf.:

et vice teli saevit nuda manus,

Juv. 15, 54.—

Force, violence, fighting, close combat:

res venit ad manus atque ad pugnam,

Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 11, § 28:

venire ad manum,

Liv. 2, 30:

accedere ad manum,

Nep. Eum. 5:

in manus venire,

to come to an engagement, come to close quarters, Sall. J. 89, 2:

pugna jam ad manus venerat,

Liv. 2, 46:

non manu, neque vi,

force, violence, Sall. J. 31, 18; so Tac. Agr. 9.—

Of the hand of an artist:

manus extrema non accessit ejus operibus,

the last hand, the finishing touch, Cic. Brut. 33, 126: aptius a summā conspiciare manu, when you have given yourself the finishing touch, i. e. have completed your toilet, Ov. A. A. 3, 225:

carmen nondum recepit ultimam manum,

has not yet received the last polish, Petr. 118.—Hence, extremam bello Imponere manum, to put the finishing hand to the war, to bring it to a close, Verg. A. 7, 573.—Prov.: manum de tabula, lit., the hand from the picture, i. e. enough, Cic. Fam. 7, 25, 1.—

A hand, handwriting; in gen., work, workmanship:

librarii manus,

Cic. Att. 8, 13, 1: Alexidis manum amabam, quod tam prope accedebat ad similitudinem tuae litterae, id. ib. 7, 2, 3:

manum suam cognovit,

id. Cat. 3, 5, 12:

propter emissam ab eis manum,

Dig. 22, 3, 15:

Praxitelis manus, Scopaeque,

Mart. 4, 39, 3:

artificum,

Verg. A. 1, 455.—

For pars, a side:

est ad hanc manum sacellum,

Ter. Ad. 4, 2, 37:

a laeva conspicienda manu,

Ov. A. A. 3, 307. —

In throwing dice, a stake: quas manus remisi, to throw up the stakes, Aug. ap. Suet. Aug. 71.—

In fencing, a thrust, hit, blow:

rectae, aversae, tectaeque manus,

Quint. 9, 1, 20:

prima, secunda, tertia, quarta,

the prime, second, tierce, quart, id. 5, 13, 54.—

The trunk of an elephant:

manus etiam data elephantis,

Cic. N. D. 2, 47, 120; Curt. 8, 14, 27; Sil. 9, 628.—

The fore-paws of bears, Plin. 8, 36, 54, § 130.—

The branches on a tree:

(platanus) cui lnnumerae manus,

Stat. S. 2, 3, 39:

fraxineae,

Pall. Insit. 60.—

In milit. lang.: ferreae manus, iron hooks with which an enemy's ship was grappled, grappling-irons:

manus ferreas atque harpagones paraverant,

Caes. B. C. 1, 57:

in advenientes hostium naves ferreas manus inicere,

Liv. 36, 44 fin.:

manus ferreas excogitare,

Front. Strat. 2, 3, 24; Plin. 7, 56, 57, § 209; Curt. 4, 9, 2; Aur. Vict. Vir. Ill. 38; Luc. 3, 635.—

Also milit., an armed force, corps of soldiers:

si nova manus cum veteribus copiis se conjunxisset,

Caes. B. G. 1, 37:

magnam manum conducere,

id. ib. 5, 27:

Hasdrubalem propediem affore cum manu haudquaquam contemnenda,

Liv. 30, 7 fin.; id. 44, 27.—

Beyond the milit. sphere, in gen., a body, host, number, company, multitude:

Romam veniet cum magna manu,

Cic. Att. 16, 11, 6:

evocatorum,

id. Fam. 15, 4, 3:

manus ad Quirinalia paratur,

id. Q. Fr. 2, 3, 4; cf.:

manum facere, copias parare,

id. Caecin. 12, 33:

manus bonorum,

id. Q. Fr. 1, 2, 5, § 16:

Judaeorum,

id. Fl. 28, 66:

conjuratorum,

id. Cat. 1, 5, 12:

bicorpor,

i. e. the Centaurs, id. Tusc. 2, 9, 22:

purpuratorum et satellitum,

Liv. 42, 51:

magna clientium,

Suet. Tib. 1:

comitum,

Stat. S. 5, 3, 262:

juvenum,

Verg. A. 6, 5.—

Labor, hands, i. e. workmen:

nos aera, manus, navalia demus,

Verg. A. 11, 329:

quale manus addunt ebori decus,

id. ib. 1, 592.—

Power:

haec non sunt in nostra manu,

Cic. Fam. 14, 2, 3; cf.: in tua manu est, it rests with you, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 6, 1:

juxta deos in tua manu positum est,

Tac. H. 2, 76:

victoria in manu nobis est,

depends on, Sall. C. 20, 10:

in vostra manu situm,

id. J. 31; Plaut. Merc. 3, 4, 43:

in manu esse mihi,

id. Trin. 1, 2, 67. —

In partic., in jurid. lang., the legal power of a husband over his wife, the manus:

in potestate quidem et masculi et feminae esse solent: in manum autem feminae tantum conveniunt. Olim itaque tribus modis in manum conveniebant: usu, farreo, coëmptione, etc.,

Gai. Inst. 1, 108 sq.; Cic. Fl. 34, 84 al.—

Law t. t., manūs injectio, i. e. an arrest: per manus injectionem agebatur, Gai Inst. 4, 21: ob eam rem ego tibi sestertium X. milium judicati manus inicio, Vet. Form. ap. Gai. ib.

mānus, i. q. bonus, Varr. L. L. 6, 2, 4; Macr. S. 1, 3, 13; Isid. 5, 30, 14; Serv. Verg. A. 1, 139; 2, 286; v. ‡ cerus manus.

mŏdĕror, ātus, 1 ( inf. moderarier for moderari, Lucr. 5, 1298), v. dep. [modus], to set a measure, set bounds to a thing (syn.: tempero, rego, guberno).

Lit., to moderate, mitigate, restrain, allay, temper, qualify; with dat. (class.):

moderari linguae,

Plaut. Curc. 4, 1, 25:

moderare animo, ne sis cupidus,

id. Mil. 4, 5, 16:

dictis,

id. Curc. 1, 3, 39:

alicui,

Cic. Att. 5, 20, 9; cf.:

moderari uxoribus,

id. Rep. 4, 6, 16 (also ap. Non. 499, 15):

quis illi finem statuet aut quis moderabitur,

Sall. C. 51, 36:

irae,

Hor. Ep. 1, 2, 59:

fortunae suae,

Liv. 37, 35, 5:

animo et orationi,

Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 13:

cursui,

to sail slowly, Tac. A. 2, 70.—

With acc. (post-Aug.):

gaudium moderans,

Tac. A. 2, 75:

duritiam legum,

Suet. Claud. 14:

pretia,

id. Dom. 7.—

Transf., to manage, regulate, rule, guide, govern, direct (class. with acc.):

senatum servire populo, cui populus ipse moderandi et regendi sui potestatem tradidisset?

Cic. de Or. 1, 52, 226:

deus, qui regit et moderatur et movet id corpus,

id. Rep. 6, 24, 26:

linguam,

Sall. J. 82, 2:

moderari equos ac flectere,

Caes. B. G. 4, 33:

habenas,

Ov. M. 6, 223:

hocine fieri, ut inmodestis te hic moderere moribus? i. e. immodeste te geras,

Plaut. Curc. 1, 3, 44:

res rusticas,

Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 98, § 227:

officio consilia,

id. Fin. 2, 25, 81:

fidem blandius Orpheo,

to strike more harmoniously, Hor. C. 1, 24, 14:

mens quae omnia moderetur,

Cic. Ac. 2, 37, 119:

cantus numerosque,

id. Tusc. 5, 36, 104.—With dat.:

ego inscitus sum, qui ero me postulem moderarier,

Plaut. Men. 2, 3, 88:

non vinum hominibus moderari, sed homines vino solent,

id. Truc. 4, 3, 57:

pleni moderari frena theatri,

Juv. 10, 128:

funiculo navi moderari,

Cic. Inv. 2, 51, 154.— Absol.:

in utroque magis studia partium quam bona aut mala sua moderata (sunt),

Sall. J. 73, 4:

fortuna, cujus libido gentibus moderatur,

id. C. 51, 25.

mŏror, ātus, 1, v. dep. n. and a. [mora].

Neutr., to delay, tarry, stay, wait, remain, linger, loiter (syn.: cesso, cunctor, haesito; class.); eamus ergo ad cenam: quid stas? Thr. Ubi vis:

non moror,

i. e. I have no objection, Ter. Eun. 3, 2, 6:

Lucceius narravit, Brutum valde morari, non tergiversantem, sed exspectantem, si qui forte casus, etc.,

Cic. Att. 16, 5, 3:

quid moror?

Hor. C. 2, 17, 6:

quid multis moror?

why do I linger long? why make a long story of it? Ter. And. 1, 1, 87:

ne multis morer,

to be brief, in short, Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 46, § 104:

paulum morandum in his intervallis,

Quint. 11, 3, 39:

quod adhuc Brundisii moratus es,

have tarried, remained, Cic. Fam. 15, 17, 2:

in provinciā,

id. Att. 7, 1, 5:

haud multa moratus,

i. e. without delaying long, Verg. A. 3, 610:

nec plura moratus,

without tarrying any longer, id. ib. 5, 381:

rosa quo locorum Sera moretur,

may linger, may be, Hor. C. 1, 38, 3:

Corycia semper qui puppe moraris,

Juv. 14, 267.—With cum:

ubi, et cum quibus moreris,

stay, reside, Sen. Ep. 32, 1.—With quin:

nec morati sunt quin decurrerent ad castra,

Liv. 40, 31, 8.—In the part. perf. subst.:

ad sexcentos moratorum in citeriore ripā cepit,

Liv. 21, 47, 3; 21, 48, 6; cf.:

ad duo milia aut moratorum aut palantium per agros interfecta,

id. 24, 41, 4; v. Drakenb. ad h. 1.—

Act., to delay, retard, detain, cause to wait, hinder:

ne affinem morer, Quin, etc.,

delay, Plaut. Aul. 4, 2, 5:

argentum non morabor quin feras,

id. As. 2, 2, 88:

morari ac sustinere impetum hostium,

Caes. B. C. 2, 26:

conanti dexteram manum,

id. ib. 5, 44, 8:

eum,

Cic. Fam. 6, 20, 28:

iter,

Caes. B. G. 7, 40:

naves,

Plin. 9, 25, 41, § 80:

morari ab itinere proposito hostem,

Liv. 23, 28, 9:

morantur pauci Ridiculum et fugientem ex urbe pudorem,

Juv. 11, 54.—

To fix the attention of, to delight, amuse, entertain: morata recte Fabula Valdius oblectat, populum meliusque moratur, Quam, etc., delays, i. e. entertains, Hor. A. P. 321:

carmina, quae possint oculos auresque morari Caesaris,

arrest, id. Ep. 1, 13, 17:

tardior stilus cogitationem moratur,

Quint. 1, 1, 28: profecto non plus biduum aut— Ph. Aut? nihil moror, I will wait no longer, will bear no delay, Ter. Eun. 1, 2, 104:

egomet convivas moror,

keep them waiting, Ter. Heaut. 1, 1, 120.—

In partic.: nihil morari aliquem, not to detain a person, to let him go, to dismiss. Thus the consul said when he dismissed the Senate:

Nihil amplius vos moramur,

I will detain you no longer, you are dismissed, Capitol. M. Aurel. 10. This is the customary formula for abandoning an accusation and dismissing an accused person:

C. Sempronium nihil moror,

i. e. I withdraw my accusation against, Liv. 4, 42, 8:

cum se nihil morari magistrum equitum pronuntiasset,

id. 8, 35, 8:

negavit, se Gracchum morari,

id. 43, 16, 16.—Hence,

Trop.: nihil morari (with acc., an object-clause, or quo minus), to let a thing go, i. e. not to value or regard, to care nothing about it, to have nothing to say against it, etc.:

nam vina nihil moror illius orae,

care nothing for it, am not fond of it, Hor. Ep. 1, 15, 16:

officium,

id. ib. 2, 1, 264:

nec dona moror,

Verg. A. 5, 400:

nil ego istos moror faeceos mores,

Plaut. Trin. 2, 2, 18 Brix ad loc.—With object-clauses:

alieno uti nihil moror,

I do not want to, Plaut. Capt. prol. 16: nihil moror, eos salvos esse, et ire quo jubetis, am not opposed to it, have nothing to say against it, Ant. ap. Cic. Phil. 13, 17, 35:

nil moror eum tibi esse amicum,

Plaut. Trin. 2, 2, 56.— With quominus:

nihil ego quidem moror, quominus decemviratu abeam,

I do not hesitate to, I will immediately, Liv. 3, 54, 4. —Hence, * mŏrātē, adv., lingeringly, slowly:

moratius,

Sen. Q. N. 6, 14, 3.

Act. collat. form mŏro, āre: quid moras? Naev. ap. Diom. p. 395 P.: morares Enn. ib.: moraret, Pac. ib. (cf. Enn. p. 154, v. 11 Vahl.; Trag. Rel. p. 82 Rib.; Com. Rel. p. 16 ib.).—

Pass. impers.: ita diu, ut plus biennium in his tricis moretur, be spent, lost, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 5, 2.

mōror, 1, v. dep. n. [môros], to be foolish, be a fool (post-Aug.), in the lusus verbb.:

morari eum (Claudium) inter homines desiisse, productā primā syllabā, jocabatur,

Suet. Ner. 33.

nŏverca, ae, f. [for noverica, qs. nearikê, the new one], a step-mother, step-dame.

Lit., Afran. ap. Non. 393, 26:

uxor generi, noverca filii, filiae paelex,

Cic. Clu. 70, 199:

cum is (Hippolytus) patri suspectus esset de novercā,

id. Off. 3, 25, 94:

saeviores tragicis novercas,

Quint. 2, 10, 5 Spald.:

injusta,

Verg. E. 3, 33:

saeva,

id. G. 2, 128:

scelerata,

Ov. F. 3, 853:

lurida terribiles miscent aconita novercae,

id. M. 1, 147; Gai. Inst. 1, 63; 3, 14; Juv. 6, 403.—Prov.:

apud novercain queri,

i. e. in vain, Plaut. Ps. 1, 3, 80.—

Trop.:

rerum ipsa natura in eo... non parens sed noverca fuerit, si, etc.,

Quint. 12, 1, 2:

quorum noverca est Italia,

i. e. who are not natives of Italy, Vell. 2, 4, 4; so, viles operae, quorum est mea Roma noverca, Petr. poët. Sat. 122, 166.—

Transf.: nŏvercae, ārum, f.

Ditches which drain off the waler imperfectly and slowly, Agrim. ap. Goes. 119; 142; 143 al.—

A rough piece of land (so called in allusion to the iniquitas novercae), Hyg. Mun. Castr. § 57 Lange.

nŏverca, ae, f. [for noverica, qs. nearikê, the new one], a step-mother, step-dame.

Lit., Afran. ap. Non. 393, 26:

uxor generi, noverca filii, filiae paelex,

Cic. Clu. 70, 199:

cum is (Hippolytus) patri suspectus esset de novercā,

id. Off. 3, 25, 94:

saeviores tragicis novercas,

Quint. 2, 10, 5 Spald.:

injusta,

Verg. E. 3, 33:

saeva,

id. G. 2, 128:

scelerata,

Ov. F. 3, 853:

lurida terribiles miscent aconita novercae,

id. M. 1, 147; Gai. Inst. 1, 63; 3, 14; Juv. 6, 403.—Prov.:

apud novercain queri,

i. e. in vain, Plaut. Ps. 1, 3, 80.—

Trop.:

rerum ipsa natura in eo... non parens sed noverca fuerit, si, etc.,

Quint. 12, 1, 2:

quorum noverca est Italia,

i. e. who are not natives of Italy, Vell. 2, 4, 4; so, viles operae, quorum est mea Roma noverca, Petr. poët. Sat. 122, 166.—

Transf.: nŏvercae, ārum, f.

Ditches which drain off the waler imperfectly and slowly, Agrim. ap. Goes. 119; 142; 143 al.—

A rough piece of land (so called in allusion to the iniquitas novercae), Hyg. Mun. Castr. § 57 Lange.

pĕdĕtemptim or pĕdĕtentim, adv. [pes-tendo; qs. by stretching out the feet; cf. Doed. Syn. 3, p. 98; hence], step by step, slowly (syn.: paulatim, sensim).

Lit.: expectando excrucior. Pa. Pedetemptim, Plaut. Mil. 4, 2, 32: pedetemptim et sedato nisu, Pac. ap. Cic. Tusc. 2, 21, 48 (Trag. Rel. p. 91 Rib.).—Of elephants:

quaerendis pedetentim vadis, in terram evasere,

Liv. 21, 28 fin. —

Trop., by degrees, gradually, cautiously (class.): sensim et pedetemptim, Lucil. ap. Non. 29, 7; cf. Cic. Off. 1, 33, 120:

pedetemptim et gradatim accessus,

id. Fam. 9, 14, 7; cf.:

paulatim et ut dicitur pedetentim interrogando,

Quint. 5, 7, 20:

timide et pedetemptim istuc descendunt,

Cic. Quint. 16; cf.:

caute pedetemptimque omnia dicere,

id. Clu. 42: viam tentare, Cato ap. Charis. p. 190 P.:

di bene vortant quod agas! pedetemptim tamen,

Ter. Phorm. 3, 3, 19.— Comp.: pedetemptius tibi consulam, M. Aur. ap. Front. Ep. ad M. Caes. 3, 2.

pĕdĕtemptim or pĕdĕtentim, adv. [pes-tendo; qs. by stretching out the feet; cf. Doed. Syn. 3, p. 98; hence], step by step, slowly (syn.: paulatim, sensim).

Lit.: expectando excrucior. Pa. Pedetemptim, Plaut. Mil. 4, 2, 32: pedetemptim et sedato nisu, Pac. ap. Cic. Tusc. 2, 21, 48 (Trag. Rel. p. 91 Rib.).—Of elephants:

quaerendis pedetentim vadis, in terram evasere,

Liv. 21, 28 fin. —

Trop., by degrees, gradually, cautiously (class.): sensim et pedetemptim, Lucil. ap. Non. 29, 7; cf. Cic. Off. 1, 33, 120:

pedetemptim et gradatim accessus,

id. Fam. 9, 14, 7; cf.:

paulatim et ut dicitur pedetentim interrogando,

Quint. 5, 7, 20:

timide et pedetemptim istuc descendunt,

Cic. Quint. 16; cf.:

caute pedetemptimque omnia dicere,

id. Clu. 42: viam tentare, Cato ap. Charis. p. 190 P.:

di bene vortant quod agas! pedetemptim tamen,

Ter. Phorm. 3, 3, 19.— Comp.: pedetemptius tibi consulam, M. Aur. ap. Front. Ep. ad M. Caes. 3, 2.

repto, āvi, ātum, 1, v. freq. n. and a. [id.], to creep, crawl (mostly poet. and postAug.; a favorite word with Claud.).

Lit., of animals and men, Plin. 9, 30, 50, § 95:

chamaeleon humi reptans,

Gell. 10, 12, 2:

anguis reptans,

Claud. III. Cons. Stil. 172; id. III. Cons. Hon. 22; id. Rufin. 1, 93; id. Eutr. 2, 443 al.—

Transf., of persons walking slowly or lazily: major pars populi aridi reptant fame, Plaut. Fragm. ap. Gell. 3, 3, 5.—

Of beasts: pecudes,

Lucr. 2, 318:

an tacitum silvas inter reptare salubris,

Hor. Ep. 1, 4, 4:

per limitem,

Plin. Ep. 1, 24, 4; 9, 26, 2.—

Of plants,

Plin. 19, 5, 24, § 69.—

Act., to creep or crawl through. So only in part. perf.: rep-tātus, a, um, crept or crawled through:

ager (ab angue),

Stat. Th. 5, 581:

Creta tenero Tonanti,

Claud. IV. Cons. Hon. 134; cf.:

amnis tenero Achilli,

id. Rufin. 2, 180:

Delos geminis numinibus,

Pac. Pan. Theod. 4 fin.

sērus, a, um, adj. [cf. series; Sanscr. sărat, thread; that which is long drawn out], late (freq. and class.; cf.: tardus, lentus): nescis quid vesper serus vehat (the title of a work by Varro), Varr. ap. Gell. 1, 22, 4; 13, 11, 1:

sero a vespere,

Ov. M. 4, 415:

serā nocte,

Liv. 1, 57, 9; Col. 1 praef.; Prop. 1, 3, 10; Val. Fl. 7, 400:

crepuscula,

Ov. M. 1, 219:

lux,

id. ib. 15, 651:

dies,

Tac. H. 3, 82 (cf. infra, B.):

hiems,

Liv. 32, 28, 6:

anni,

i. e. ripe years, age, Ov. M. 6, 29; 9, 434; id. F. 5, 63; cf.

aetas,

id. A. A. 1, 65; Plaut. Aul. 4, 1, 4:

gratulatio,

Cic. Fam. 2, 7, 1:

portenta deūm Tarda et sera nimis, id. poët. Div. 2, 30, 64: nepotes,

Ov. M. 6, 138:

posteritas,

id. P. 1, 4, 24: sera eruditio, quam Graeci opsimathian appellant, Gell. 11, 7, 3; cf. poet., of persons, with gen.: o seri studiorum! ye late-learned, opsimatheis (i. e. backward, ignorant), Hor. S. 1, 10, 21 (v. infra, b. a): ulmus, late - or slowly-growing (acc. to others, old), Verg. G. 4, 144; so,

ficus,

late in bearing, Col. 5, 10, 10; cf. serotinus, and v. the foll. under sup.—Comp. (rare; not in Cic. or Cæs.; cf. adv. infra fin.):

serior mors (opp. maturior),

Cels. 2, 6 med.:

senectus,

Mart. 5, 6, 3:

spe omnium serius bellum,

Liv. 2, 3, 1:

serior putatio,

Col. 4, 23, 1; 2, 10, 15.— Poet., for posterior:

serior aetas,

Ov. Tr. 5, 9, 7; Tib. 1, 4, 33:

hora,

Ov. H. 19, 14.— Sup.:

successores quam serissimi,

Vell. 2, 131, 2:

serissima omnium (pirorum) Amerina, etc.,

ripening the latest, Plin. 15, 15, 16, § 55; cf. supra.—

Poet.

For the adv. sero, of one who does any thing late:

serus in caelum redeas,

Hor. C. 1, 2, 45:

serus Graecis admovit acumina chartis,

id. Ep. 2, 1, 161:

jusserit ad se Maecenas serum sub lumina prima venire Convivam,

late in the day, id. S. 2, 7, 33:

nec nisi serus abi,

Ov. A. A. 2, 224:

poena tamen tacitis sera venit pedibus,

Tib. 1, 10, 3:

(me) Arguit incepto serum accessisse labori,

Ov. M. 13, 297.—So with things as subjects:

sera rubens accendit lumina Vesper,

Verg. G. 1, 251:

imposita est sero tandem manus ultima bello,

Ov. M. 13, 403:

seros pedes assumere,

id. ib. 15, 384:

Cantaber serā domitus catenā,

Hor. C. 3, 8, 22:

serum ut veniamus ad amnem Phasidos,

Val. Fl. 4, 708.—With gen.:

o seri studiorum!

Hor. S. 1, 10, 21 (v. supra); so,

belli serus,

Sil. 3, 255.—With inf.:

cur serus versare boves et plaustra Bootes?

Prop. 3, 5 (4, 4), 35.—

For adverb. use of sera and serum, v. adv. infra.—

Substt. ‡

sēra, ae, f. (sc. hora), a late hour, the evening hour, hespera, sera, vespra, crepusculum, Gloss. Vet.—

sērum, i, n., late time, late hour (of the day or night; first in Liv.;

esp. in the historians): serum erat diei,

Liv. 7, 8, 4:

quia serum diei fuerit,

id. 26, 3, 1:

jamque sero diei subducit ex acie legionem,

Tac. A. 2, 21 fin.:

extrahebatur in quam maxime serum diei certamen,

Liv. 10, 28, 2 Drak. N. cr.:

in serum noctis convivium productum,

id. 33, 48; cf.: ad serum [p. 1682] usque diem, Tac. H. 3, 82.— Absol., in Sueton., of a late hour of the day:

in serum dimicatione protractā,

Suet. Aug. 17; id. Ner. 22:

in serum usque patente cubiculo,

id. Oth. 11.—

Pregn., too late (class.):

ut magis exoptatae Kalendae Januariae quam serae esse videantur,

Cic. Phil. 5, 1:

neque rectae voluntati serum est tempus ullum, etc.,

Quint. 12, 1, 31:

tempus cavendi,

Sen. Thyest. 487: bellum, Sall. Fragm. ap. Philarg. Verg. G. 4, 144:

Antiates serum auxilium post proelium venerant,

Liv. 3, 5 fin.; 31, 24:

auxilia,

Val. Fl. 3, 562:

improbum consilium serum, ut debuit, fuit: et jam profectus Virginius erat, etc.,

Liv. 3, 46 fin.:

redit Alcidae jam sera cupido,

Val. Fl. 4, 247:

seras conditiones pacis tentare,

Suet. Aug. 17:

cum tandem ex somno surrexissent, in quod serum erat, aliquot horas remis in naves collocandis absumpserunt,

which was too late, Liv. 33, 48, 8:

hoc serum est,

Mart. 8, 44, 1; and with a subj.-clause:

dum deliberamus, quando incipiendum sit, incipere jam serum est,

Quint. 12, 6, 3; so,

serum est, advocare iis rebus affectum, etc.,

id. 4, 2, 115.—

Poet. for the adverb (cf. supra, I. b. a):

tum decuit metuisse tuis: nunc sera querelis Haud justis assurgis,

too late, Verg. A. 10, 94:

ad possessa venis praeceptaque gaudia serus,

Ov. H. 17, 107:

Herculeas jam serus opes spretique vocabis Arma viri,

Val. Fl. 3, 713:

serā ope vincere fata Nititur,

Ov. M. 2, 617:

auxilia ciere,

Val. Fl. 3, 562.—Hence, adv., in three forms.

sēră, late ( poet. and very rare):

sera comans Narcissus,

late in flowering, Verg. G. 4, 122.—

sērum, late at night ( poet. and very rare):

quae nocte sedens serum canit,

Verg. A. 12, 864.—

sērō̆.

(Acc. to I.) Late.

Late, at a late hour of the day or night (rare but class.):

eo die Lentulus venit sero,

Cic. Att. 7, 21, 1 (cf. infra, B.):

domum sero redire,

id. Fam. 7, 22.—

Late, at a late period of time, in gen. (freq. and class.):

res rustica sic est: si unam rem sero feceris omnia opera sero facies,

Cato, R. R. 5, 7; Cic. Brut. 10, 39; Quint. 6, 3, 103:

doctores artis sero repertos,

id. 2, 17, 7; 2, 5, 3.— Comp.:

modo surgis Eoo Temperius caelo, modo serius incidis undis,

Ov. M. 4, 198; Liv. 31, 11, 10:

serius, quam ratio postulat,

Quint. 2, 1, 1:

scripsi ad Pompeium serius quam oportuit,

Cic. Fam. 14, 10; 15, 1, 4; id. Sest. 31, 67; Liv. 37, 45, 18; 42, 28, 1:

itaque serius aliquanto notatus et cognitus (numerus),

Cic. Or. 56, 186:

serius egressus vestigia vidit in alto Pulvere,

Ov. M. 4, 105:

ipse salutabo decimā vel serius horā,

Mart. 1, 109, 9: omnium Versatur urna serius ocius Sors exitura, later or earlier (or, as we say, inverting the order, sooner or later), Hor. C. 2, 3, 26; so,

serius aut citius sedem properamus ad unam,

Ov. M. 10, 33:

serius ei triumphandi causa fuit, ne, etc.,

Liv. 39, 6, 4; 38, 27, 4:

in acutis morbis serius aeger alendus est,

Cels. 3, 2.— Sup.:

ut quam serissime ejus profectio cognosceretur,

Caes. B. C. 3, 75 (Scaliger ex conj.); so,

legi pira Tarentina,

Plin. 15, 17, 18, § 61 (al. serissima).—

(Acc to II.) Too late (freq. and class.):

abi stultus, sero post tempus venis,

Plaut. Capt. 4, 2, 90:

idem, quando illaec occasio periit, post sero cupit,

id. Aul. 2, 2, 71; id. Am. 2, 2, 34; id. Men. 5, 6, 31; id. Pers. 5, 1, 16 (Opp. temperi); id. Trin. 2, 4, 14; 2, 4, 167; 4, 2, 147; Ter. Heaut. 2, 3, 103; id. Ad. 2, 4, 8. (Scipio) factus est consul bis:

primum ante tempus: iterum sibi suo tempore, rei publicae paene sero,

Cic. Lael. 3, 11; id. Q. Fr. 1, 2, 3, § 9:

sero resistimus ei, quem per annos decem aluimus contra nos,

id. Att. 7, 5, 5; id. Verr. 2, 5, 63, § 164 et saep.:

ne nimis sero ad extrema veniamus,

far too late, id. Phil. 2, 19, 47; Liv. 21, 3, 5.—Hence, in a double sense, alluding to the signif. A. a.:

cum interrogaret (accusator), quo tempore Clodius occisus esset? respondit (Milo), Sero,

Quint. 6, 3, 49.—Prov.: sero sapiunt Phryges, are wise too late, are troubled with after-wit; v. sapio.— Comp., in the same sense:

possumus audire aliquid, an serius venimus?

Cic. Rep. 1, 13, 20:

ad quae (mysteria) biduo serius veneram,

id. de Or. 3, 20, 75:

doleo me in vitam paulo serius tamquam in viam ingressum,

id. Brut. 96, 330: erit verendum mihi, ne non hoc potius omnes boni serius a me, quam quisquam crudelius factum esse dicat, id. Cat. 1, 2, 5:

serius a terrā provectae naves,

Caes. B. C. 3, 8; Suet. Tib. 52.

sur-rēpo ( subr-), psi, ptum, 3 (sync. form of perf. surrepsti, Cat. 77, 3), v. n. and a., to creep under, to creep or steal along, creep softly on, steal upon, to come on unawares, insensibly, or by degrees, etc. (not freq. till after the Aug. per.).

Lit.: sub tabulas, * Cic. Sest. 59, 126:

clathris facile,

Col. 9, 1, 9:

urbis moenia,

Hor. S. 2, 6, 100:

surrepens lacerta,

Plin. 34, 8, 19, § 70: in aulam, Claud. ap. Ruf. 1, 177.— Poet., of inanim. subjects:

mediis surrepit vinea muris,

advances slowly, Luc. 2, 506:

surrepit crinibus umor,

Claud. Rapt. Pros. 3, 251:

ars mea cogit, Insita praecoquibus surrepere persica prunis,

to grow out, Calp. Ecl. 2, 43.—

Trop.:

alicui,

Cat. 77, 3: vide, quam non subrepam tibi. Sen. Cons. ad Marc. 1, 5:

blanda quies furtim surrepit ocellis,

Ov. F. 3, 19:

surrepsit fratribus horror,

Stat. Th. 11, 476: surrepet iners aetasTib. [p. 1818] 1, 1, 71:

insinuatio surrepat animis,

Quint. 4, 1, 42:

dissimulata actio,

id. 4, 1, 60:

oblivio cibi huic,

Plin. 8, 22, 34, § 84:

paulatimque et Romae subrepsit appellatio,

id. 21, 2, 3, § 5:

vitia,

Sen. Ep. 90, 5:

terror pectora,

Sil. 15, 136:

nullosque Catonis in actus surrepsit voluptas,

Luc. 2, 391.— Impers. pass.:

ita surrepetur animo judicis,

Quint. 4, 5, 20. — Hence, P. a. as subst.: subreptum, i, n., only adverb.:

scandentes in subreptum felium modo,

stealthily, Plin. 10, 18, 20, § 40.

sur-rēpo ( subr-), psi, ptum, 3 (sync. form of perf. surrepsti, Cat. 77, 3), v. n. and a., to creep under, to creep or steal along, creep softly on, steal upon, to come on unawares, insensibly, or by degrees, etc. (not freq. till after the Aug. per.).

Lit.: sub tabulas, * Cic. Sest. 59, 126:

clathris facile,

Col. 9, 1, 9:

urbis moenia,

Hor. S. 2, 6, 100:

surrepens lacerta,

Plin. 34, 8, 19, § 70: in aulam, Claud. ap. Ruf. 1, 177.— Poet., of inanim. subjects:

mediis surrepit vinea muris,

advances slowly, Luc. 2, 506:

surrepit crinibus umor,

Claud. Rapt. Pros. 3, 251:

ars mea cogit, Insita praecoquibus surrepere persica prunis,

to grow out, Calp. Ecl. 2, 43.—

Trop.:

alicui,

Cat. 77, 3: vide, quam non subrepam tibi. Sen. Cons. ad Marc. 1, 5:

blanda quies furtim surrepit ocellis,

Ov. F. 3, 19:

surrepsit fratribus horror,

Stat. Th. 11, 476: surrepet iners aetasTib. [p. 1818] 1, 1, 71:

insinuatio surrepat animis,

Quint. 4, 1, 42:

dissimulata actio,

id. 4, 1, 60:

oblivio cibi huic,

Plin. 8, 22, 34, § 84:

paulatimque et Romae subrepsit appellatio,

id. 21, 2, 3, § 5:

vitia,

Sen. Ep. 90, 5:

terror pectora,

Sil. 15, 136:

nullosque Catonis in actus surrepsit voluptas,

Luc. 2, 391.— Impers. pass.:

ita surrepetur animo judicis,

Quint. 4, 5, 20. — Hence, P. a. as subst.: subreptum, i, n., only adverb.:

scandentes in subreptum felium modo,

stealthily, Plin. 10, 18, 20, § 40.

sur-rēpo ( subr-), psi, ptum, 3 (sync. form of perf. surrepsti, Cat. 77, 3), v. n. and a., to creep under, to creep or steal along, creep softly on, steal upon, to come on unawares, insensibly, or by degrees, etc. (not freq. till after the Aug. per.).

Lit.: sub tabulas, * Cic. Sest. 59, 126:

clathris facile,

Col. 9, 1, 9:

urbis moenia,

Hor. S. 2, 6, 100:

surrepens lacerta,

Plin. 34, 8, 19, § 70: in aulam, Claud. ap. Ruf. 1, 177.— Poet., of inanim. subjects:

mediis surrepit vinea muris,

advances slowly, Luc. 2, 506:

surrepit crinibus umor,

Claud. Rapt. Pros. 3, 251:

ars mea cogit, Insita praecoquibus surrepere persica prunis,

to grow out, Calp. Ecl. 2, 43.—

Trop.:

alicui,

Cat. 77, 3: vide, quam non subrepam tibi. Sen. Cons. ad Marc. 1, 5:

blanda quies furtim surrepit ocellis,

Ov. F. 3, 19:

surrepsit fratribus horror,

Stat. Th. 11, 476: surrepet iners aetasTib. [p. 1818] 1, 1, 71:

insinuatio surrepat animis,

Quint. 4, 1, 42:

dissimulata actio,

id. 4, 1, 60:

oblivio cibi huic,

Plin. 8, 22, 34, § 84:

paulatimque et Romae subrepsit appellatio,

id. 21, 2, 3, § 5:

vitia,

Sen. Ep. 90, 5:

terror pectora,

Sil. 15, 136:

nullosque Catonis in actus surrepsit voluptas,

Luc. 2, 391.— Impers. pass.:

ita surrepetur animo judicis,

Quint. 4, 5, 20. — Hence, P. a. as subst.: subreptum, i, n., only adverb.:

scandentes in subreptum felium modo,

stealthily, Plin. 10, 18, 20, § 40.