stadium

stădĭum, ii, n. ( masc. collat. form, acc. plur. stadios, Macr. Somn. Scip. 1, 15 med.; gen. plur. usu. stadium;

but stadiorum,

Plin. 2, 108, 112, § 247; 4, 1, 2, § 5; 4, 12, 24, § 75), = stadion.

In gen., a stade, stadium, a distance of 125 paces, or 625 Roman feet, equal to 606 feet 9 inches English;

it was an eighth part of a milliarium, or somewhat less than an eighth of an English mile,

Plin. 2, 23, 21, § 85; Col. 5, 1, 6; Censor. de Die Nat. 13; Cic. Fin. 5, 1, 1; id. Ac. 2, 31, 100; id. Fam. 16, 2; Sall. Fragm. ap. Non. 496, 1; Plin. 2, 21, 19, § 83; 2, 108, 112, § 247.—

In partic., a racecourse for foot - racing, of a stadium in length (among the Greeks):

qui stadium currit,

Cic. Off. 3, 10, 42:

ut in stadio cursores exclamant,

id. Tusc. 2, 23, 56; cf. Suet. Dom. 5; Eutr. 7, 15.—

Trop., a contest, = contentio (perh. only in the foll. passages):

in stadium artis rhetoricae prodire,

Auct. Her. 4, 3, 4:

in stadio laudis versari,

Rutil. Lup. 2, p. 77 (p. 139 Frotscher; but in Cic. Brut. 64, 230, the correct read. is in studio laudis).

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curro, cŭcurri (old form cĕcurri, acc. to Gell. 7, 9, 14: curri, Varr. Imp. ap. Front. Ep. 2 Mai; Tert. Fug. in Pers. 12; Arn. 4, 4), cursum, 3, v. n. [kindr. with celer, coruscus], to run, to move quickly (on foot, on a horse, ship, etc.), to hasten, fly (very freq. in every period and species of composition).

Lit.

Of living beings:

si ingrederis curre, si curris advola,

Cic. Att. 2, 23, 3:

propere,

Ter. Ad. 3, 2, 56:

per vias,

Plaut. Poen. 3, 1, 24:

per totum conclave pavidi,

Hor. S. 2, 6, 113:

circum loculos,

id. ib. 2, 3, 147:

subsidio,

Cic. Att. 12, 3, 2; Prop. 2 (3), 26, 17 al.:

in nostros toros,

id. 3, 20 (4, 19), 10 et saep.:

ad villam praecipitanter,

Lucr. 3, 1063:

per omne mare nautae,

Hor. S. 1, 1, 30:

trans mare,

id. Ep. 1, 11, 27:

extremos ad Indos mercator,

id. ib. 1, 1, 45; cf.:

injecto ter pulvere curras (nauta),

id. C. 1, 28, 36 al.:

sed neque currentem se nec cognoscit euntem,

his former strength, Verg. A. 12, 903:

ad vocem praeceps amensque cucurri,

Ov. M. 7, 844.—With acc. of distance:

uno die MCCCV. stadia,

Plin. 7, 20, 20, § 84; cf.

in a figure: eosdem cursus,

Cic. Agr. 2, 17, 44; cf. b infra.— Poet., of flight:

medio ut limite curras, Icare, moneo,

Ov. M. 8, 203.—With inf.:

quis illam (dextram) osculari non curreret?

Val. Max. 5, 1, ext. 1.— Impers.:

ad me curritur,

Ter. Heaut. prol. 44:

curritur ad praetorium,

Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 35, § 92:

quo curratur celeriter,

Plaut. Poen. 3, 1, 30 al. —

Rarely with the homogeneous objects iter, stadium, campus, etc.:

qui stadium currit,

who runs a race, Cic. Off. 3, 10, 42:

currimus aequor,

Verg. A. 3, 191; 5, 235 (cf. id. ib. 5, 862).—Hence pass.: unde et campus curritur et mare navigatur, Auct. ap. Quint. 1, 4, 28.—

Prov.: currentem incitare or instigare, etc., to spur a willing horse, i. e. to urge one who needs no urging, Cic. Phil. 3, 8, 19; id. Fam. 15, 15, 3; id. ad Q. Fr. 1, 1, 16, § 45:

facilius est currentem, ut aiunt, incitare quam commovere languentem,

id. de Or. 2, 44, 186; Plin. Ep. 3, 7, 15; cf.

ellipt.: quod me hortaris... currentem tu quidem,

Cic. Att. 13, 45, 2; so,

currentem hortari,

id. ib. 5, 9, 1;

6, 7, 1: currenti calcaria addere,

Plin. Ep. 1, 8, 1:

asellum currere doceas,

i. e. you labor to no purpose, Hor. S. 1, 1, 91:

per flammam,

to go through fire, Cic. Tusc. 2, 26, 62.—

Transf., of inanimate objects (mostly poet.):

sol currens,

Lucr. 5, 682;

of liquids: amnes in aequora currunt,

Verg. A. 12, 524; id. ib. 1, 607; Ov. M. 8, 597;

Auct. B. Hisp. 29 al.: currente rotā,

Hor. C. 3, 10, 10; id. A. P. 22; Ov. P. 4, 9, 10:

quam (chlamydem) circum Purpura cucurrit,

Verg. A. 5, 250; cf. Stat. Th. 2, 98:

rubor per ora,

Verg. A. 12, 66 et saep.:

linea per medium,

Plin. 18, 34, 77, § 331:

limes per agrum,

id. 18, 33, 76, § 326; 2, 108, 112, §§

243 and 245: vox currit conchato parietum spatio,

id. 11, 51, 112, § 270:

varius per ora cucurrit Ausonidum turbata fremor,

Verg. A. 11, 296:

carmina dulci modulatione currentia,

Lact. 5, 1, 10;

of the eyes: oculi currentes, huc illucque directi et furiose respicientes,

Cassiod. Hist. Eccl. 7, 2, p. 281 Garet.—

Trop.:

non quo multa parum communis littera currat,

not but that they have many letters in common, Lucr. 2, 692:

proclivi currit oratio, venit ad extremum, haeret in salebrā,

runs, Cic. Fin. 5, 28, 84:

historia currere debet ac ferri,

Quint. 9, 4, 18:

cum debeant sublimia ingredi, acria currere,

id. 9, 4, 139:

numeri,

id. 9, 4, 31; cf.

rhythmi,

id. 9, 4, 50:

versus incomposito pede,

Hor. S. 1, 10, 1:

sententia,

id. ib. 1, 10, 9:

currit ferox Aetas,

flies away, passes, id. C. 2, 5, 13.—

With acc., to run, traverse (cf. I. b. supra):

eosdem cursus currere,

to adopt the same policy, Cic. Agr. 2, 17, 44:

talia saecla, suis dixerunt, currite, fusis Concordes Parcae,

Verg. E. 4, 46 (al. regard saecla as voc.; al. take currite as transitive, produce such ages, cause them to be such, as ye run; cf. Forbig ad loc.).

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bōs, bŏvis (prob. orig. form of nom. bŏ-vis, like bovare for boare, Petr. 62, 13; cf. Varr L. L. 8, § 74 Müll., where, acc. to Cod. B., the read. should be: nunc in consuetudine aliter dicere pro Jovis Juppiter, pro Bovis Bos, pro Strus Strues.—Hence, gen. plur. bŏvĕrum, Cato, R. R. 62 Schneid. N. cr.; cf. Varr. L. L. l. l.: alios dicere Boum greges, alios Boverum; v. Juppiter, nux, rex, sus, and Schneid. Gr. 2, p. 171.— Regular gen. boum very freq.;

uncontracted form bovum,

Cic. Rep. 2, 9, 16 Halm; Cod. Sang. Colum. 6, 17, 6; 6, 37, 11, and Cod. Reg. ib. 6, 38, 4; cf. Prisc. p. 773 P.— Dat. plur. contr. bōbus, Hor. C. 3, 6, 43; id. C. S. 49; id. Epod. 2, 3; Cic. N. D. 2, 63, 159, twice; cf. Prisc. p. 773 sq. P.; but more freq. and class. būbus, even Cato, R. R. 6, 3; 54, 1; 54, 60; 54, 70; 54, 73;

once bŭbŭs,

Aus. Epigr. 62, 2; cf.

on the other hand,

Serv. ad Verg. E. 8, 86.—Exs. of the uncontracted form bovibus are entirely. wanting; v. Neue, Formenl. 1, 280 sqq.; 1, 289), comm.; generally masc. in prose (hence, femina bos, Varr. R. R. 2, 1, 17; Liv. 25, 12, 13; 27, 37, 11; Col. 6, 24, 3; Plin. 8, 46, 71, § 186; Tac. G. 40) [from the root bo-, prop. the roaring, kindr. with Gr. bous, bôs; Sanscr. gō, gu].

An ox, a bull, a cow; described by Plin. 8, 45, 70, § 176 sq.; Cato, R. R. 70 sq.; Varr. R. R. 1, 20, 1; 2, 1, 12 sq.; 2, 5, 7.—In gen.: quia boves bini hic sunt in crumenā, [p. 248] i. e. the price of them, Plaut. Pers. 2, 5, 16:

Olympiae per stadium ingressus esse Milo dicitur, cum umeris sustineret bovem,

Cic. Sen. 10, 33:

consimili ratione venit bubus quoque saepe Pestilitas,

Lucr. 6, 1131:

quae cura boum, qui cultus habendo Sit pecori,

Verg. G. 1, 3:

bos est enectus arando,

Hor. Ep. 1, 7, 87; Verg. G. 3, 50 sq.; Col. lib. 6; Pall. Mart. 11, 1 sq.—In fem.:

actae boves,

Liv. 1, 7, 6:

bove eximiā captā de grege,

id. 1, 7, 12; Ov. M. 8, 873; so,

torva,

Verg. G. 3, 52:

cruda,

Hor. Epod. 8, 6:

intactae,

id. ib. 9, 22:

formosa,

Ov. M. 1, 612:

incustoditae,

id. ib. 2, 684:

vidisti si quas Boves,

id. ib. 2, 700:

forda, fecunda,

id. F. 4, 630 and 631 al. —Prov.: bovi clitellas imponere, to put a pack - saddle upon an ox, i. e. to assign one a duty for which he is not qualified, old Poët. ap. Cic. Att. 5, 15, 3 (in the form non nostrum onus:

bos clitellas (sc. portabat),

Quint. 5, 11, 21 Spald.); cf.:

optat ephippia bos, piger optat arare caballus,

Hor. Ep. 1, 14, 43; and Amm. 16, 5, 10.—Humorously, for a whip cut from neat ' s leather, a raw hide:

ubi vivos homines mortui incursant boves,

Plaut. As. 1, 1, 20: bos Lucas, the elephant; v. Lucani, D.—

A kind of sea-fish of the genus of the turbot, Plin. 9, 24, 40, § 78; Ov. Hal. 94; cf. Plin. 32, 11, 54, § 152.

in-grĕdĭor, essus 3, (in tmesi:

ut velit ire inque gredi,

Lucr. 4, 888), v. dep. n. and a. [1. in-gradior]

Prop., to go into, to enter (class.; syn. intro, introeo).

With in and acc.:

in stadium,

Cic. de Or. 1, 32, 147:

in templum,

id. Phil. 14, 5, 12:

in navem,

id. Verr. 2, 5, 62, § 160:

cum in antiquum fundum ingredi vellet, frequentes armati obstiterunt,

id. Caecin. 8, 21; 11, 31:

in castra,

Liv. 38, 27, 5:

in urbem,

id. 9, 7, 10.—

With acc.:

iter pedibus,

Cic. Sen. 10, 34:

domum,

id. Phil. 2, 27, 68:

pontem Mulvium,

id. Cat. 3, 2, 6:

via, quam nobis quoque ingrediendum sit,

id. Sen. 2, 6:

hoc mare,

Quint. 12 prooem. §

4: mare,

Sall. H. 3, 77:

regnum,

id. ib. 2, 45:

curiam,

Liv. 44, 19, 7; 40, 8, 1; Curt. 4, 7, 6; 9, 10, 1 al.—

With intra:

ingrediens intra finem ejus loci,

Cic. Caecin. 8, 22:

ingredi intra munitiones,

Caes. B. G. 5, 9, 6:

intra fines,

id. ib. 2, 4, 2.—

With dat.:

castris ingressus Etruscis,

Verg. A. 10, 148. —

With ad:

ad quos (sc. deos penates) paulo ante ingressus hospitaliter fecerat,

Just. 8, 3, 4.—

To enter upon, engage in, apply one ' s self to a thing.

With in and acc. (so most freq.):

in vitam paulo serius, tanquam in viam, ingressus,

Cic. Brut. 96, 330:

jam ingrediar in disputationem,

id. Rep. 1, 24, 38: in eam rationem, id. de Or. 2, 53, 213:

in spem libertatis,

id. Fam. 12, 25:

in orationem,

id. Phil. 7, 3:

in bellum,

id. Cat. 2, 6:

in causam,

id. Div. in Caecin. 12, 40; id. Fam. 6, 1, 4; id. Planc. 3, 8:

in sermonem,

Caes. B. C. 3, 18:

in rem publicam,

to engage in public affairs, Hirt. B. Afr. 22.—

With simple acc.:

quam quisque viam vivendi sit ingressurus,

Cic. Off. 1, 32, 118:

disputationem mecum,

id. Caecin. 28, 79:

vitam,

id. Off. 3, 2, 6; id. Ac. 2, 36, 114:

magistratum,

Sall. J. 43, 2:

consulatum,

Quint. 6, 1, 35:

eadem pericula,

Cic. Mur. 2, 4:

hanc partem,

Quint. 4, 3, 1:

studia,

id. 1, 10, 2:

hunc video mihi principem ad ingrediendam rationem horum studiorum exstitisse,

Cic. Arch. 1, 1:

eloquendi rationem,

Quint. 12 prooem. § 3.—

With ad:

ad discendum,

Cic. de Or. 1, 21, 94.—

To enter upon, begin, commence an action, speech, etc.

With inf.:

posteaquam sum ingressus eas res mandare monumentis,

Cic. Ac. 1, 1, 3:

dicere,

id. Att. 15, 11, 2:

describere aliquid,

id. de Sen. 14, 49:

scribere,

id. Div. 2, 1, 3; Quint. 1, 3, 18:

versare dolos,

Verg. A. 11, 704.—

Absol.: sic contra est ingressa Venus, thus began Venus (to speak), Verg. A. 4, 107:

Anchises lacrimis ingressus obortis,

id. ib. 6, 867.—

With acc.:

quam orationem cum ingressus essem,

Cic. Att. 15, 11, 1:

tibi res antiquae laudis et artis Ingredior,

Verg. G. 2, 175:

longinquam profectionem,

Suet. Aug. 92.—

With in and acc.:

quem ingressum in sermonem Pompeius interpellavit,

at the beginning of his speech, Caes. B. C. 3, 18, 3; cf. 1, 2, 2.—

Of time, to enter upon, begin, commence:

Caesar decimum nonum annum ingressus,

Vell. 2, 61, 1: ingresso vere, when spring has begun or arrived, Luc. 10, 224.—

Transf., = incedo.— Prop., to go along, advance, proceed, march.

Absol.: si stas, ingredere;

si ingrederis, curre,

Cic. Att. 2, 23, 3.—

With per:

rex pedes per nivem et glaciem ingredi coepit,

Curt. 5, 7, 8.—

With adv.:

tardius,

Cic. Tusc. 1, 31, 75:

quacumque,

Ov. F. 4, 481:

elephanti gregatim ingrediuntur,

Plin. 8, 5, 5, § 11.—

With abl.:

campo,

Verg. A. 10, 763:

solo,

id. ib. 4, 177; 10, 767.—

Fig., to walk, go.

With abl.:

vestigiis patris,

Cic. Rep. 6, 24, 26; for which,

With acc.:

vestigia patris,

to follow, walk in, Liv. 37, 53, 11.—

With per:

per titulos ingredimurque tuos,

Ov. F. 2, 16.—

Absol.:

sublimia debent ingredi, lenia duci, acria currere, delicata fluere,

to march majestically, Quint. 9, 4, 139:

nec tragoedia socco ingreditur,

id. 10, 2, 22.

mētor, ātus, 1, v. dep. [meta], to measure, mete; to measure off, mark out (not in Cic.).

In gen.:

stadium Hercules pedibus suis metatus est,

Gell. 1, 1, 2:

caelum,

Ov. F. 1, 309:

Indiam,

Plin. 6, 17, 21, § 57. — Poet., to traverse, pass through:

nunc nemoris alti densa metatur loca,

Sen. Hippol. 505:

agros,

Sil. 6, 58.—

In partic.

Act., to measure out, mark, or lay out: castra metati signa statuunt, Cael. ap. Non. 137, 18: castra, * Caes. B. C. 3, 13, 3:

cum ortu solis castra metabatur,

measured out the ground for a camp, encamped, pitched his camp, Sall. J. 106, 5:

agrum,

Liv. 21, 25:

agros,

Verg. G. 2, 274:

eam (i. e. Alexandriam),

Plin. 5, 10, 11, § 62:

regiones (for a temple),

Liv. 1, 10, 6:

castra,

Vulg. 3 Reg. 20, 27.—

Neutr., to encamp, pitch one's tent:

metarique sub ipso templo... jussit,

Liv. 44, 7, 2:

post tabernaculum,

Vulg. Num. 3, 23.—Hence, transf., to erect, pitch, set up:

tabernacula ciliciis,

Plin. 6, 28, 32, § 143.— Act. collat. form, mēto, āre, to measure, measure out, etc.:

loca,

Verg. Cul. 172.— Pass.:

locus metatur,

Sen. Thyest. 462.—Often in part. perf.:

castris eo loco metatis,

Hirt. B. G. 8, 15; so,

castra,

Liv. 44, 37, 1:

porticus,

Hor. C. 2, 15, 15:

agellus,

id. S. 2, 2, 114:

prope Beroeam vallo metato,

Amm. 31, 9, 1.

passus, a, um, Part. and P. a. of 2. pando.

passus, a, um, Part. of patior.

passus, ūs, m. [from the root pat], a step, pace (cf.: gressus, gradus).

Lit.: hinc campos celerl passu permensa parumper, Enn. ap. Non. 378, 20 (Ann. v. 74 Vahl.); Plaut. Bacch. 4, 7, 34; Lucr 4, 827; 877; Cic. Leg. 1, 21, 54:

sequiturque patrem non passibus aequis,

Verg. A. 2, 724:

nec longis inter se passibus absunt,

id. ib. 11, 907:

rapidis ferri Passibus,

id. ib. 7, 156; Ov. M. 11, 64:

per litora lentis Passibus spatiari,

id. ib. 2, 572:

passu anili procedere,

id. ib. 13, 533 et saep.:

passibus ambiguis Fortuna errat,

id. Tr. 5, 8, 15:

caelestis (of glory),

Plin. 2, 7, 5, § 18.—

Transf.

A footstep, track, trace:

si sint in litore passus,

Ov. H. 19, 27; id. P 2, 6, 21.—

A pace, as a measure of length, consisting of five Roman feet:

stadium centum viginti quinque nostros officit passus, hoc est pedes sexcentos viginti quinque,

Plin. 2, 23, 21, § 85:

nec exercitum propius urbem millia passuum ducenta admoverit,

Cic. Phil. 7, 9, 26; id. Quint. 25, 79; id. Sest. 12, 29.

sup-planto ( subpl-), āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [planta], to trip up one ' s heels, to throw down, huposkelizô.

Lit.:

supplantare dictum est pedem supponere, Lucilius: supplantare aiunt Graeci,

Non. 36, 3: qui stadium currit, supplantare eum, quīcum certet nullo modo debet, * Cic. Off. 3, 10, 42:

athleta supplantatus,

Sen. Ep. 13, 2. —

Transf., in gen., to throw down, throw to the ground, overthrow:

vitem,

Col. Arb. 7, 4:

vites in terram,

Plin. 17, 23, 35, § 212:

uvas,

id. 17, 22, 35, § 192:

fulturas (vehemens aquae vis),

Vitr. 10, 22.— Poet.: tenero supplantat verba palato, trips up, i. e. distorts, minces, Pers. 1, 35:

judicium,

to overturn, Quint. Decl. 7.

sup-planto ( subpl-), āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [planta], to trip up one ' s heels, to throw down, huposkelizô.

Lit.:

supplantare dictum est pedem supponere, Lucilius: supplantare aiunt Graeci,

Non. 36, 3: qui stadium currit, supplantare eum, quīcum certet nullo modo debet, * Cic. Off. 3, 10, 42:

athleta supplantatus,

Sen. Ep. 13, 2. —

Transf., in gen., to throw down, throw to the ground, overthrow:

vitem,

Col. Arb. 7, 4:

vites in terram,

Plin. 17, 23, 35, § 212:

uvas,

id. 17, 22, 35, § 192:

fulturas (vehemens aquae vis),

Vitr. 10, 22.— Poet.: tenero supplantat verba palato, trips up, i. e. distorts, minces, Pers. 1, 35:

judicium,

to overturn, Quint. Decl. 7.