stīpes

stīpĕs, ĭtis (collat. form stips, stīpis, Petr. 43, 5), m. [root stip-, = Gr. steph-; v. stipo; Sanscr. sthapa-jami, to cause to stand, to fix, place; cf. stipula].

Lit., a log, stock, post, trunk of a tree, etc. (class.;

syn.: palus, sudes),

Cat. 64, 289; Caes. B. G. 7, 73; id. B. C. 1, 27; Tib. 1, 1, 11 (21); Prop. 4 (5), 2, 18; Ov. M. 8, 451; id. F. 2, 642; 5, 506; Verg. A. 7, 524; Curt. 8, 10, 30; 4, 3, 10:

deligare ad stipitem,

to a stake, Suet. Ner. 29.—As a term of contempt, like our log, stock, post, of a stupid person:

in me quidvis harum rerum convenit, Quae sunt dicta in stultum, caudex, stipes, asinus, plumbeus,

Ter. Heaut. 5, 1, 4:

qui, tamquam truncus atque stipes, si stetisset modo, posset sustinere tamen titulum consulatus,

Cic. Pis. 9, 19; cf. id. Har. Resp. 3, 5; id. ap. Senat. 6, 14; Claud. in Eutr. 1, 126.—

Transf., poet.

A tree, Ov. F. 3, 37; id. de Nuce, 32; Verg. A. 4, 444; Claud. Cons. Prob. et Olybr. 179.—

A branch of a tree, Luc. 9, 820; Mart. 13, 19, 2: candelabri, the main stem of the candlestick, Vulg. Exod. 37, 19.

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log, stump, tree trunk, branch, post, club.

stips, stĭpis (nom. does not occur, although stips is assumed by Varr. L. L. 5, § 182 Müll.; Charis. 85 P.; cf. Gloss. stips, eranos), f. [kindr. with stipo, and therefore, orig., small coin in heaps; hence, in partic.], a gift, donation, alms, contribution, given in small coin:

etiam nunc dis cum thesauris asses dant, stipem dicunt,

Varr. L. L. 5, § 182 Müll.: stipem esse nummum signatum testimonio est, quod datur in stipendium militi et cum spondetur pecunia, quod stipulari dicitur, Fest. pp. 296 and 297 Müll.; cf.:

stipendium a stipe appellatum est, quod per stipes, id est modica aera colligatur,

Dig. 50, 16, 27:

stipem Apollini conferre,

Liv. 25, 12; so of religious donations, id. 27, 37; 5, 25; Cic. Leg. 2, 9, 21; 2, 16, 40; Suet. Aug. 57:

quis beneficium dicat quadram panis aut stipem aeris abjecti,

Sen. Ben. 4, 29, 2; so of alms, id. Vit. Beat. 25; Dig. 47, 22, 1; cf. Liv. 38, 45; Suet. Aug. 91 fin.:

ad captandas stipes,

id. Calig. 42; Ov. F. 1, 189:

pastiones non minimam colono stipem conferunt,

bring in no small profit, Col. 8, 1, 2:

suburbanum hortum exiguā colere stipe,

Curt. 4, 1, 19:

parvā cur stipe quaerat opes,

Ov. F. 4, 350; cf. Quint. 1, 12, 18:

e prostitutis ancilla mercenariae stipis,

living by the wages of prostitution, Plin. 10, 63, 83, § 172:

nodosam exsolvite stipem,

penalty, Val. Max. 2, 9, 1.

stips, īpis, v. stipes init.

truncus, a, um, adj [root tark-, truc-, to break, tear; cf. torqueo], maimed, mutilated, mangled, dismembered, disfigured, deprived of some of its parts (mostly poet. and perh. not ante-Aug.; syn.: mutilus, mancus).

Lit.:

trunca manu pinus regit (Polyphemum),

i. e. the trunk of a pinetree, Verg. A. 3, 659:

trunca illa et retorrida manus Mucii,

Sen. Ep. 66, 51:

nemora,

i. e. trees stripped of their branches, Stat. Th. 4, 455:

truncas mhonesto vulnere nares,

Verg. A. 6, 497:

vultus naribus auribusque,

Mart. 2, 83, 3:

frons,

deprived of its horn, Ov. M. 9, 1; 9, 86; Sil. 3, 42:

frontem lumina truncam,

deprived of its eyes, id. 9, 400:

bracchia non habuit, truncoque repandus in undas Corpore desiluit,

deprived of its limbs, Ov. M. 3, 680; cf. Just. 2, 9, 19:

puerum trunci corporis in agro Romano natum,

Liv. 41, 9, 5:

varie ex integris truncos gigni, ex truncis integros,

Plin. 7, 11, 10, § 50:

tela,

i.e. broken in pieces, Verg. A. 11, 9; cf.:

trunci enses et fractae hastae,

Stat. Th. 2, 711:

truncum lignum, i. e. hasta fracta,

Val. Fl. 6, 251: membra carmae, Ov M. 11, 560; cf.

alnus,

without oars, Val. Fl. 2, 300:

truncae atque mutilae litterae,

Gell. 17, 9, 12:

exta,

Val. Max. 1, 6, 9.—

Poet., with gen.:

animalia trunca pedum,

without feet, Verg. G. 4, 310: truncus capitis, Sil 10, 311.—

Transf.

Of things, not developed, imperfect, or wanting in their parts:

quaedam imperfecta (animalia) suisque Trunca vident numeris,

Ov. M. 1, 428:

ranae pedibus,

id. ib. 15, 376:

ipse (nanus) jactabat truncas manus,

Prop. 4 (5), 8, 42—

Of members cut off:

bracchia,

Val. Fl. 4, 181:

manus,

Sen. Contr 1, 4.—

Trop., maimed, mutilated:

(Capua) urbs trunca, sine senatu, sine plebe, sine magistratibus,

Liv. 31, 29, 11:

pecus,

without a leader, Stat. Th. 5, 333:

manus vero, sine quibus trunca esset actio ac debilis, vix dici potest, quot motus habeant,

Quint. 11, 3, 85:

trunca et debilis medicina (sine rerum naturae cognitione), Cels. praef.: sermo (volucrum),

Stat. Th. 12, 478:

trunca quaedam ex Menandro,

fragments, Gell. 2, 23, 21.—Hence, subst.:

truncus, i, m., the stem, stock, bole, or trunk of a tree (without regard to its branches).

Lit.:

cibus... Per truncos ac per ramos diffunditur omnes,

Lucr. 1, 353:

quid? in arboribus, in quibus non truncus, non rami, non folia sunt denique, nisi, etc.,

Cic. de Or. 3, 46, 179; cf. id. Sen. 15, 52; id. N. D. 2, 47, 120; id. Lael. 13, 48; Caes. B. G. 4, 17; 7, 73, Verg. G. 2, 78; 3, 233; Hor S. 1, 8, 1; id. C. 2, 17, 27; 3, 4, 55; Ov. M. 2, 358; 8, 346; id. H. 9, 93; Col. Arb. 17, 1; Sen. Ep. 86, 17.—

Transf.

Of the human body, the trunk, the body, apart from the limbs:

status erectus et celsus, nullā mollitiā cervicum: trunco magis toto se ipse moderans,

Cic. Or. 18, 59:

nemo illum ex trunco corporis spectabat,

id. Rosc. Com. 10, 28:

recto pugnat se attollere trunco,

Ov. M. 2, 822; cf. id. ib. 7, 640:

et caput abscisum calido viventeque trunco,

Lucr. 3, 654: jacet litore truncus. Verg. A. 2, 557.—

Of a column.

The shaft, Vitr. 4, 1 med. —

The cubical trunk of a pedestal, the die or dado, Vitr. 3, 3; cf. Plin. 16, 40, 76, § 201.—

A piece cut off, as a branch of a tree for an our:

frondentes,

Val. Fl. 8, 287;

a piece of flesh for smoking (cf. trunculus),

Verg. M. 57.—

Like caudex, stipes, and the Engl. stock, for blockhead, dunce, dolt:

quī potest esse in ejusmodi trunco sapientia?

Cic. N. D. 1, 30, 84:

tamquam truncus atque stipes,

id. Pis. 9, 19. —

Trop., a trunk, stem:

quae (stirpes aegritudinis) ipso trunco everso omnes eligendae (elidendae, Kühn.) sunt,

Cic. Tusc. 3, 34, 83.

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dē-sĕro, no perf., sĭtum, 3, v. a., to sow, plant:

desitis seminibus,

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

dē-sĕro, rŭi, rtum, 3, v. a. Lit., to undo or sever one's connection with another; hence, with esp. reference to the latter, to leave, forsake, abandon, desert, give up (cf. derelinquere; more restricted in signif. than relinquere, which denotes, in general, to depart from, to leave any one. Deserere, orig. in milit. lang., implies a cowardly running away; frequently used with prodere; also in the flg. phrase: deserere vitam; and later, absol. in the sense of to desert, etc.; cf. also: linquere, destituere, deficere, discedere—freq. and class.).

Lit.

In gen.:

ut jurent omnes, se exercitum ducesque non deserturos neque prodituros,

Caes. B. C. 1, 76, 2; cf. id. ib. 2, 32, 7:

deseritur a suis Varus,

id. ib. 1, 13, 3; cf. id. ib. 1, 15, 3; id. B. G. 5, 3, 6 al.:

pignus,

Plaut. Capt. 2, 3, 75 et saep.:

te amantem non deseram,

id. Ps. 1, 1, 101; cf. id. Mil. 4, 8, 53 et saep.:

cum amici partim deseruerint me, partim etiam prodiderint,

Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 3, 5:

me deseruisti ac dereliquisti,

id. Planc. 5, 13; cf. id. Verr. 2, 3, 51, and v. the foll.:

Avaricum,

Caes. B. G. 7, 30, 2; cf.:

cunctis oppidis castellisque desertis,

id. ib. 2, 29:

fratrem ne desere frater,

Verg. A. 10, 600:

thalamos ne desere pactos,

id. ib. 10, 649:

bellum,

Just. 5, 2, 10:

victoriam,

id. 14, 3, 6:

milites insepultos,

Curt. 5, 13, 3:

metu locum,

Tac. A. 1, 65 et saep.—

Absol., in milit. lang., to desert, Nep. Eum. 5, 1; Sen. de Ira, 2, 10, 1; Tac. A. 13, 35; Quint. 9, 2, 85; Amm. Marc. 31, 7, 4; Dig. 49, 16, 3, § 7 sq. al.—

Trop., to leave, desert, abandon:

Petreius non deserit sese, armat familiam, etc.,

Caes. B. C. 1, 75, 2:

suum jus,

Cic. Caecin. 35 fin.; cf.:

desertarum derelictarumque rerum patrocinium suscipere,

id. N. D. 1, 5, 11:

preces, promissa, spem, obsecrationem et fideles litteras alicujus,

id. Att. 3, 19, 2:

causam,

id. Sull. 20, 58; cf.:

desertam ac proditam causam queri,

Liv. 2, 54:

ullam officii partem,

Cic. Fin. 1, 7, 24; cf.

officium (with praetermittere defensionem),

id. Off. 1, 9: susceptum officium, Caes. B. C. 3, 18:

vitam,

Cic. Sest. 22 fin.; cf. id. de Sen. 20, 72:

deditionem,

Sall. J. 70, 1:

studia sapientiae,

Quint. 12, 2, 8:

viam virtutis,

Hor. Od. 3, 24, 44:

vestigia Graeca,

id. A. P. 287:

fastidiosam copiam,

id. Od. 3, 29, 9.—

Esp., leg. t. t.:

vadimonia deserere,

to forfeit recognizance, fail to appear, Cic. Cat. 2, 3, 5; id. Quint. 23, 75 et saep.—So absol.:

deserui, tempestatibus impeditus,

Quint. 3, 6, 78.—

Of subjects not personal, to fail, forsake, etc.:

genua hunc cursorem deserunt,

Plaut. Merc. 1, 2, 13; cf.:

aliquem corpus, vires,

Tac. A. 6, 50:

donec te deseret aetas,

Hor. Ep. 1, 20, 10:

me lucerna,

Cic. Att. 7, 7 fin.:

fama Curium Fabricium,

id. Tusc. 1, 46, § 110; cf.:

nec facundia deseret hunc nec lucidus ordo,

Hor. A. P. 41 et saep.— Poet.:

mensa deserit toros,

is removed from, Ov. H. 12, 52.— Pass.:

deseremur potius a re familiari, quam a republica,

Cic. Att. 16, 3; cf. Caes. B. G. 5, 34, 2; Cic. Att. 3, 15:

a tribunitia voce,

id. Clu. 40, 110; Vell. 2, 80; Just. 2, 4, 29 al.; and poet. with simple abl.:

deseror conjuge,

Ov. H. 12, 161; Prop. 2, 7, 17:

desertus viribus leo,

Phaedr. 1, 21, 3; Stat. Th. 4, 707; cf.

suis,

Tac. A. 3, 20 fin.; Suet. Cal. 12.— With gen.:

deserta natorum,

Stat. Th. 5, 608.—Hence, dēsertus, a, um, P. a., deserted; esp. of places, desert, solitary, waste.

Adj. (cf.:

vastus, inanis, solitarius): in locis desertis,

Caes. B. G. 5, 53, 4:

urbes dirutae ac pene desertae,

Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 8:

deserta via et inculta,

id. Cael. 18:

frequens an desertus locus,

Quint. 5, 10, 37:

terra,

Vulg. Lev. 26, 33 et saep.—Of objects in solitary places:

stipes,

Tib. 1, 1, 12 (21 M.):

arbores,

Prop. 1, 20, 36.— Subst.: dē-serta, ae, f., the abandoned wife:

multi filii desertae,

Vulg. Gal. 4, 27.— Comp.:

reditus desertior,

Cic. Pis. 23, 55:

nihil turpius ac desertius,

id. Q. Fr. 3, 1, 5.— Sup.:

orae desertissimae,

id. Sest. 22, 50:

solitudo,

id. Verr. 2, 5, 67 al. —

Since the Aug. per. subst.: dēserta, ōrum, n., desert places, deserts, wastes, Verg. E. 6, 81; id. G. 3, 342; Plin. 5, 4, 4, § 26 al.—With gen.:

Libyae deserta,

Verg. A. 1, 384; so id. G. 3, 291; Front. Strat. 1, 7, 7; Vulg. Isa. 52, 9 al.—In sing.: dēsertum, i, n. (eccl. Lat.):

in deserto,

Prud. Apoth. 774; Hier. Ep. 125, 2; Vulg. Num. 1, 1; Luc. 3, 2 et saep.

dē-sĕro, no perf., sĭtum, 3, v. a., to sow, plant:

desitis seminibus,

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

dē-sĕro, rŭi, rtum, 3, v. a. Lit., to undo or sever one's connection with another; hence, with esp. reference to the latter, to leave, forsake, abandon, desert, give up (cf. derelinquere; more restricted in signif. than relinquere, which denotes, in general, to depart from, to leave any one. Deserere, orig. in milit. lang., implies a cowardly running away; frequently used with prodere; also in the flg. phrase: deserere vitam; and later, absol. in the sense of to desert, etc.; cf. also: linquere, destituere, deficere, discedere—freq. and class.).

Lit.

In gen.:

ut jurent omnes, se exercitum ducesque non deserturos neque prodituros,

Caes. B. C. 1, 76, 2; cf. id. ib. 2, 32, 7:

deseritur a suis Varus,

id. ib. 1, 13, 3; cf. id. ib. 1, 15, 3; id. B. G. 5, 3, 6 al.:

pignus,

Plaut. Capt. 2, 3, 75 et saep.:

te amantem non deseram,

id. Ps. 1, 1, 101; cf. id. Mil. 4, 8, 53 et saep.:

cum amici partim deseruerint me, partim etiam prodiderint,

Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 3, 5:

me deseruisti ac dereliquisti,

id. Planc. 5, 13; cf. id. Verr. 2, 3, 51, and v. the foll.:

Avaricum,

Caes. B. G. 7, 30, 2; cf.:

cunctis oppidis castellisque desertis,

id. ib. 2, 29:

fratrem ne desere frater,

Verg. A. 10, 600:

thalamos ne desere pactos,

id. ib. 10, 649:

bellum,

Just. 5, 2, 10:

victoriam,

id. 14, 3, 6:

milites insepultos,

Curt. 5, 13, 3:

metu locum,

Tac. A. 1, 65 et saep.—

Absol., in milit. lang., to desert, Nep. Eum. 5, 1; Sen. de Ira, 2, 10, 1; Tac. A. 13, 35; Quint. 9, 2, 85; Amm. Marc. 31, 7, 4; Dig. 49, 16, 3, § 7 sq. al.—

Trop., to leave, desert, abandon:

Petreius non deserit sese, armat familiam, etc.,

Caes. B. C. 1, 75, 2:

suum jus,

Cic. Caecin. 35 fin.; cf.:

desertarum derelictarumque rerum patrocinium suscipere,

id. N. D. 1, 5, 11:

preces, promissa, spem, obsecrationem et fideles litteras alicujus,

id. Att. 3, 19, 2:

causam,

id. Sull. 20, 58; cf.:

desertam ac proditam causam queri,

Liv. 2, 54:

ullam officii partem,

Cic. Fin. 1, 7, 24; cf.

officium (with praetermittere defensionem),

id. Off. 1, 9: susceptum officium, Caes. B. C. 3, 18:

vitam,

Cic. Sest. 22 fin.; cf. id. de Sen. 20, 72:

deditionem,

Sall. J. 70, 1:

studia sapientiae,

Quint. 12, 2, 8:

viam virtutis,

Hor. Od. 3, 24, 44:

vestigia Graeca,

id. A. P. 287:

fastidiosam copiam,

id. Od. 3, 29, 9.—

Esp., leg. t. t.:

vadimonia deserere,

to forfeit recognizance, fail to appear, Cic. Cat. 2, 3, 5; id. Quint. 23, 75 et saep.—So absol.:

deserui, tempestatibus impeditus,

Quint. 3, 6, 78.—

Of subjects not personal, to fail, forsake, etc.:

genua hunc cursorem deserunt,

Plaut. Merc. 1, 2, 13; cf.:

aliquem corpus, vires,

Tac. A. 6, 50:

donec te deseret aetas,

Hor. Ep. 1, 20, 10:

me lucerna,

Cic. Att. 7, 7 fin.:

fama Curium Fabricium,

id. Tusc. 1, 46, § 110; cf.:

nec facundia deseret hunc nec lucidus ordo,

Hor. A. P. 41 et saep.— Poet.:

mensa deserit toros,

is removed from, Ov. H. 12, 52.— Pass.:

deseremur potius a re familiari, quam a republica,

Cic. Att. 16, 3; cf. Caes. B. G. 5, 34, 2; Cic. Att. 3, 15:

a tribunitia voce,

id. Clu. 40, 110; Vell. 2, 80; Just. 2, 4, 29 al.; and poet. with simple abl.:

deseror conjuge,

Ov. H. 12, 161; Prop. 2, 7, 17:

desertus viribus leo,

Phaedr. 1, 21, 3; Stat. Th. 4, 707; cf.

suis,

Tac. A. 3, 20 fin.; Suet. Cal. 12.— With gen.:

deserta natorum,

Stat. Th. 5, 608.—Hence, dēsertus, a, um, P. a., deserted; esp. of places, desert, solitary, waste.

Adj. (cf.:

vastus, inanis, solitarius): in locis desertis,

Caes. B. G. 5, 53, 4:

urbes dirutae ac pene desertae,

Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 8:

deserta via et inculta,

id. Cael. 18:

frequens an desertus locus,

Quint. 5, 10, 37:

terra,

Vulg. Lev. 26, 33 et saep.—Of objects in solitary places:

stipes,

Tib. 1, 1, 12 (21 M.):

arbores,

Prop. 1, 20, 36.— Subst.: dē-serta, ae, f., the abandoned wife:

multi filii desertae,

Vulg. Gal. 4, 27.— Comp.:

reditus desertior,

Cic. Pis. 23, 55:

nihil turpius ac desertius,

id. Q. Fr. 3, 1, 5.— Sup.:

orae desertissimae,

id. Sest. 22, 50:

solitudo,

id. Verr. 2, 5, 67 al. —

Since the Aug. per. subst.: dēserta, ōrum, n., desert places, deserts, wastes, Verg. E. 6, 81; id. G. 3, 342; Plin. 5, 4, 4, § 26 al.—With gen.:

Libyae deserta,

Verg. A. 1, 384; so id. G. 3, 291; Front. Strat. 1, 7, 7; Vulg. Isa. 52, 9 al.—In sing.: dēsertum, i, n. (eccl. Lat.):

in deserto,

Prud. Apoth. 774; Hier. Ep. 125, 2; Vulg. Num. 1, 1; Luc. 3, 2 et saep.

dŏlo, āvi, ātum, 1 (access. form of the part. pass. dolītus, Varr. ap. Non. 99, 17, and 436, 15), v. a. [cf. Sanscr. dar-, dal-, to tear apart; whence doleo; Lat. dolium], to chip with an axe, to hew.

Lit.:

materiem,

Cato R. R. 31 fin.:

taleas,

Cat. 45:

robur,

Cic. Div. 2, 41, 86: scyphum caelo, Varr. ap. Non. 99, 18:

perticas in quadrum,

Col. 8, 3, 7:

stipes falce dolatus,

Prop. 4 (5), 2, 59:

dolato confisus ligno,

Juv. 12, 57; cf.:

non est e robore dolatus,

Cic. Ac. 2, 31, 100:

de lapidibus dolatis,

Vulg. 3 Reg. 6, 7.—

Transf.:

fuste,

i. e. to cudgel soundly, belabor, drub, Hor. S. 1, 5, 23.—In mal. part.: uxorem, Pompon. ap. Non. 166, 1. Cf. dedolo.—

Trop., to shape, construct:

(historiam) sicut potuit, dolavit,

Cic. de Or. 2, 13, 54.—And in an alliteration:

hodie hunc dolum dolamus,

i. e. to fashion, contrive, devise, Plaut. Mil. 3, 3, 64.

† dŏlo or dŏlon, ōnis, m., = dolôn, a staff with a short sharp iron point; a pike, sword-stick (cf.: lancea, spiculum, gaesum, hastile, sarissa, sparus): ingens contus cum ferro brevissimo, Varr. ap. Serv. Verg. A. 7, 664. So Verg. l. l.; Sil. 3, 250.—

A small sword-cane, hidden dagger, Suet. Claud. 13; id. Dom. 17; Dig. 9, 2, 52; cf. Isid. Orig. 18, 9, 4; Serv. Verg. l. l.—

Transf., of a fly's sting, Phaedr. 3, 6, 3.—

The fore-topsail, Liv. 36, 44; 45; 37, 30; cf. Isid. Orig. 19, 3, 3.

Dŏlo, ōnis, m. nom. propr., = Dolôn.

A spy of the Trojans in the Trojan war, Ov. M. 13, 98, Verg. A. 12, 347 Serv, Macr S. 5, 16 al.—

A son of Priam, Hyg. Fab 90.

dŏlo, āvi, ātum, 1 (access. form of the part. pass. dolītus, Varr. ap. Non. 99, 17, and 436, 15), v. a. [cf. Sanscr. dar-, dal-, to tear apart; whence doleo; Lat. dolium], to chip with an axe, to hew.

Lit.:

materiem,

Cato R. R. 31 fin.:

taleas,

Cat. 45:

robur,

Cic. Div. 2, 41, 86: scyphum caelo, Varr. ap. Non. 99, 18:

perticas in quadrum,

Col. 8, 3, 7:

stipes falce dolatus,

Prop. 4 (5), 2, 59:

dolato confisus ligno,

Juv. 12, 57; cf.:

non est e robore dolatus,

Cic. Ac. 2, 31, 100:

de lapidibus dolatis,

Vulg. 3 Reg. 6, 7.—

Transf.:

fuste,

i. e. to cudgel soundly, belabor, drub, Hor. S. 1, 5, 23.—In mal. part.: uxorem, Pompon. ap. Non. 166, 1. Cf. dedolo.—

Trop., to shape, construct:

(historiam) sicut potuit, dolavit,

Cic. de Or. 2, 13, 54.—And in an alliteration:

hodie hunc dolum dolamus,

i. e. to fashion, contrive, devise, Plaut. Mil. 3, 3, 64.

† dŏlo or dŏlon, ōnis, m., = dolôn, a staff with a short sharp iron point; a pike, sword-stick (cf.: lancea, spiculum, gaesum, hastile, sarissa, sparus): ingens contus cum ferro brevissimo, Varr. ap. Serv. Verg. A. 7, 664. So Verg. l. l.; Sil. 3, 250.—

A small sword-cane, hidden dagger, Suet. Claud. 13; id. Dom. 17; Dig. 9, 2, 52; cf. Isid. Orig. 18, 9, 4; Serv. Verg. l. l.—

Transf., of a fly's sting, Phaedr. 3, 6, 3.—

The fore-topsail, Liv. 36, 44; 45; 37, 30; cf. Isid. Orig. 19, 3, 3.

Dŏlo, ōnis, m. nom. propr., = Dolôn.

A spy of the Trojans in the Trojan war, Ov. M. 13, 98, Verg. A. 12, 347 Serv, Macr S. 5, 16 al.—

A son of Priam, Hyg. Fab 90.

dŏlo, āvi, ātum, 1 (access. form of the part. pass. dolītus, Varr. ap. Non. 99, 17, and 436, 15), v. a. [cf. Sanscr. dar-, dal-, to tear apart; whence doleo; Lat. dolium], to chip with an axe, to hew.

Lit.:

materiem,

Cato R. R. 31 fin.:

taleas,

Cat. 45:

robur,

Cic. Div. 2, 41, 86: scyphum caelo, Varr. ap. Non. 99, 18:

perticas in quadrum,

Col. 8, 3, 7:

stipes falce dolatus,

Prop. 4 (5), 2, 59:

dolato confisus ligno,

Juv. 12, 57; cf.:

non est e robore dolatus,

Cic. Ac. 2, 31, 100:

de lapidibus dolatis,

Vulg. 3 Reg. 6, 7.—

Transf.:

fuste,

i. e. to cudgel soundly, belabor, drub, Hor. S. 1, 5, 23.—In mal. part.: uxorem, Pompon. ap. Non. 166, 1. Cf. dedolo.—

Trop., to shape, construct:

(historiam) sicut potuit, dolavit,

Cic. de Or. 2, 13, 54.—And in an alliteration:

hodie hunc dolum dolamus,

i. e. to fashion, contrive, devise, Plaut. Mil. 3, 3, 64.

† dŏlo or dŏlon, ōnis, m., = dolôn, a staff with a short sharp iron point; a pike, sword-stick (cf.: lancea, spiculum, gaesum, hastile, sarissa, sparus): ingens contus cum ferro brevissimo, Varr. ap. Serv. Verg. A. 7, 664. So Verg. l. l.; Sil. 3, 250.—

A small sword-cane, hidden dagger, Suet. Claud. 13; id. Dom. 17; Dig. 9, 2, 52; cf. Isid. Orig. 18, 9, 4; Serv. Verg. l. l.—

Transf., of a fly's sting, Phaedr. 3, 6, 3.—

The fore-topsail, Liv. 36, 44; 45; 37, 30; cf. Isid. Orig. 19, 3, 3.

Dŏlo, ōnis, m. nom. propr., = Dolôn.

A spy of the Trojans in the Trojan war, Ov. M. 13, 98, Verg. A. 12, 347 Serv, Macr S. 5, 16 al.—

A son of Priam, Hyg. Fab 90.

fissĭlis, e, adj. [findo].

That may be cleft or split, fissile (rare;

not in Cic. or Caes.): robur,

Verg. A. 6, 181;

lignum,

id. G. 1, 144; Plin. 16, 39, 73, § 187:

arundo,

id. 16, 36, 64, § 157:

vena lapidis,

id. 36, 17, 27, § 131.—

Cleft, split:

stipes,

Col. 9, 1, 3. —Comically transf.:

ad focum si adesses, Non fissile haberes caput,

you would not have had your crown cracked, Plaut. Aul. 3, 2, 26.

frŭtex, ĭcis, m. ( fem.:

Nilotica,

Mart. Cap. 3, § 225) [prob. kindr. with bruô, to sprout forth], a shrub, bush (cf. arbor).

Lit.: ex surculo vel arbor procedit, ut olea, ficus, pirus; vel frutex, ut violae, rosae, arundines;

vel tertium quiddam, quod neque arborem neque fruticem proprie dixerimus, sicuti est vitis,

Col. Arb. 1, 2; Col. 8, 15, 5; Plin. 16, 36, 64, § 156; Ov. A. A. 3, 249; Petr. 135:

numerosus,

Plin. 18, 24, 55, § 199:

olerum,

Col. 11, 3, 63:

lupini,

id. 2, 14, 5:

sucus fruticis recentis,

Plin. 23, 3, 35, § 71:

frutices inter membra condebant,

Lucr. 5, 956:

his genus omne silvarum fruticumque viret,

Verg. G. 2, 21:

in montuosis locis et fruticibus,

Varr. R. R. 2, 1, 16; collect. in the sing.:

venari asello comite cum vellet leo, Contexit illum frutice,

Phaedr. 1, 11, 4.—

Transf.

Perh., the lower part of the stem of a tree, the trunk:

quercus antiqua singulos repente ramos a frutice dedit,

Suet. Vesp. 5 (al. radice).—

As a term of reproach, like caudex, stipes, blockhead:

nec veri simile loquere nec verum, frutex,

Plaut. Mil. 1, 1, 13 Lorenz (Ritschl, rupex); App. Mag. p. 317; v. Oud. ad h. l.