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  • 1 asperitās

        asperitās ātis, f    [asper], unevenness, roughness: viarum: locorum, S.: omnis asperitates supervadere, the obstacles, S.: soni, harshness, Ta.: frigorum, severity, Ta.—Fig., roughness, harshness, severity, fierceness, coarseness: naturae: avunculi, N.: verborum, O.: asperitatis corrector, H. — Coarseness, roughness, austerity: (Stoicorum): agrestis, H. — Adversity, difficulty: asperitates rerum: belli, S.—Harshness, rudeness: contentionis: verborum, O.
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    roughness; severity; difficulty; harshness; shrillness, sharpness; fierceness

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  • 2 astipulātor (ads-)

        astipulātor (ads-) ōris, m    [astipulor].—In law, an associate in accepting a verbal contract.— Hence, an assistant, helper (in a trial).—In gen., a follower (in opinion): eorum (Stoicorum).

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  • 3 doctus

        doctus adj. with comp. and sup.    [P. of doceo], learned, skilled, versed, experienced, trained, clever: vir: adulescentes doctissimi: abs te abire doctior, T.: ex disciplinā Stoicorum: mulier litteris, S.: fandi doctissima, V.: Docte sermones utriusque linguae, H.: dulcīs modos, H.: sagittas tendere Sericas, H.: tibiis canere, Ta.: ludere doctior, H.: ad malitiam, T.: ad delinquendum doctior, O.— As subst m.: doctus in se semper divitias habet, Ph.: doctorum est ista consuetudo, the learned: docti sumus, a man of culture, H.— Learned, sage, skilful: manus, O.: frontes, i. e. a poet's, H.: voces Pythagoreorum: ora, O.— Taught: doctā prece blandus, i. e. the prescribed form of supplication, H.
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    docta -um, doctior -or -us, doctissimus -a -um ADJ
    learned, wise; skilled, experienced, expert; trained; clever, cunning, shrewd

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  • 4 dūmēta (dumm-)

        dūmēta (dumm-) ōrum, n    [dumus], thorn bushes, a thorn-hedge, thicket: saeptum dumetis sepulchrum: tondere dumeta, V.—Fig., intricacy, obscurity: Stoicorum: in dumeta conrepere.

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  • 5 inventor

        inventor ōris, m    [in+BA-], a contriver, author, discoverer, inventor: voluptatum, T.: olei: omnium artium, Cs.: scelerum, V.: legis Volero, proposer, L.: Stoicorum, founder.
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    inventor; author; discoverer

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  • 6 laqueus

        laqueus ī, m    [1 LAC-], a noose, snare: saxa laqueis vinciebat, S.: laqueis falces avertebant, Cs.: collum in laqueum inserere: inicere laqueum, throw upon, L.: laqueo gulam fregere, strangled, S.: Fortunae Mandare laqueum, bid go and be hanged, Iu.: laquei, quos callidus abdidit auceps, O.: laqueis captare feras, snares, V.: metuit accipiter Suspectos laqueos, H.: dabit in laqueum vestigia, step into a snare, Iu.—Fig., a snare, gin, trap: Non mortis laqueis expedies caput, H.: iudici laqueos declinans: laquei Stoicorum, subtleties: verbi laqueo capere.
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    noose; snare, trap

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  • 7 nōrma

        nōrma ae, f    [GNA-], a measure, standard: ad istorum (Stoicorum) normam sapientes.— A rule, pattern, precept: vitam ad certam rationis normam dirigere: iuris: loquendi, H.
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    carpenter's square; standard, pattern

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  • 8 pater

        pater tris, m    [1 PA-], a father, sire: Tuus hercle vero et animo et naturā pater, T.: patre certo nasci: captivā natus, patre nullo, matre servā, i. e. by an unknown father, L.—Of a fosterfather, T.—Poet.: Rexque patrem vicit, i. e. paternal love, O.—Rarely of animals: virque paterque gregis, O.—In the phrase, pater familias or pater familiae, the head of the household, father of a family, householder ; see familia.— Plur, fathers, forefathers, ancestors, progenitors: patrum nostrorum aetas: apud patres nostros.—As a title of reverence or respect: ipse pater Fulmina molitur dextrā, i. e. Jupiter, V.: Lemnius, i. e. Vulcan, V.: Lenaeus, i. e. Bacchus, V.: pater Silvane, H.: Tiberine, L.: pater Aeneas, V.: vel aetate vel curae similitudine patres adpellabantur (senatores), S.: patres ab honore appellati, L.: Zeno, pater Stoicorum: Herodotus historiae: cenae, host, H.: esuritionum (of a starving pauper), Ct.—In the phrase, pater patriae, father of his country: quem patrem patriae nominarant: Roma patrem patriae Ciceronem libera dixit, Iu.—For the phrase, pater patratus, see patratus.—For the phrase, patres conscripti, see conscriptus.
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    pater familias, patris familias -- head of family/household

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  • 9 porticus

        porticus ūs, f    [porta], a covered walk between columns, colonnade, piazza, arcade, gallery, porch, portico: Nostin porticum apud macellum? T.: inambulare in porticu: in amplis porticibus, V.: me porticus excepit, H.: porticus, in quā Gestetur dominus, Iu.— Plur, a shed, gallery (to protect soldiers in a siege), Cs.— The Porch, Stoa, school of the Stoics: fulcire porticum Stoicorum, i. e. the Stoic philosophy.
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    colonnade, covered walk; portico; covered gallery atop ampitheater/siege works

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  • 10 pōtō

        pōtō āvī, ātus (pōtūrus, Tb., Pr.), āre    [potus], to drink: potaturus est apud me, T.: si potare velit: aquam, Iu.: poturi (Tantali) deserit unda sitim, Tb.: poturas ire iubebat oves, Pr.—Of things, to drink up, suck in, absorb: potantia vellera fucum, H.: potanda ferens infantibus ubera, Iu.— Fig.: Stoicorum ista magis gustata quam potata delectant.— To drink, tope, tipple: obsonat, potat de meo, T.: ibi insuevit exercitus amare, potare, S.: frui voluptate potandi: potantibus his apud Tarquinium, L.: totos dies potabatur.
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    I
    potare, potavi, potatus V
    drink; drink heavily/convivially, tipple; swallow; absorb, soak up
    II
    potare, potavi, potus V
    drink; drink heavily/convivially, tipple; swallow; absorb, soak up

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  • 11 prīnceps

        prīnceps cipis, adj.    [primus+CAP-], first in order, foremost: se principes ex omnibus bellum facturos pollicentur, Cs.: in fugā postremus, in periculo princeps: princeps Horatius ibat, in front, L.: principes pecuniae pollicendae fuerunt, took the lead in: princeps in haec verba iurat, Cs.: ut principes talem nuntium attulisse viderentur, might be the first, Cs.: matri Qui dederit princeps oscula, O.: Princeps ante omnīs agebat Agmen, first of all, V.: qualitatum aliae sunt principes, original: addere principi Limo particulam, H.— The first, chief, most eminent, most noble: longe omnium gravitate princeps Plato: terrarum populus, L.— Prov.: Principibus placuisse viris non ultima laus est, H.—As subst m., the first man, first person: senatūs, first on the roll, S.: principes sententiarum consulares, who were first asked for their opinion, L.— The first, chief, leader, foremost man: in re p. principes esse: iuventutis, one of the noblest of the Roman knights: trecenti principes iuventutis Romanae, i. e. patrician youths, L.: (pueri) aequalium principes, first among their fellows. —A chief, head, author, founder, originator, leader, contriver: Zeno eorum (Stoicorum): Argonautarum, i. e. Jason: principes inferendi belli, Cs.: sententiae in senatu: eius consili principes, Cs.: equitum, at the head of, Iu.: familiae suae, founder, L.— A prince, ruler, sovereign, emperor: hic ames dici pater atque princeps, H.: principis uxor, Iu.—In the army, plur., orig., the foremost line ; hence, the heavy-armed, second line of soldiers ; cf. totidem princeps habebat Corpora (poet. for principes), O.— A company of the principes: primi principis signum, of the first company of the heavyarmed, L.: octavum principem duxit, was centurion of the eighth maniple.—A centurion of the principes: princeps prior, first captain of the principes, Cs.: tertiae legionis, L.— The office of centurion of the principes, captaincy of the principes: mihi primus princeps prioris centuriae est adsignatus, i. e. centurion of the first century of the first maniple, L.
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    I
    (gen.), principis ADJ
    first, foremost, leading, chief, front; earliest, original; most necessary
    II
    leader/chief, first/leading member/citizen/man; master/expert; founder/proposer; Princeps (non-military title of Roman Emperor); senior Senator; leader of pack

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  • 12 prope

        prope adv.    with comp. propius (for sup., see proximē); also praep. with acc.—In space, near, nigh: tam prope Italiam videre: adulescentia voluptates prope intuens (opp. procul): prope est spelunca quaedam: bellum tam prope a Siciliā, so near to: prope a meis aedibus, close by: propius accedamus, T.: paulo propius accedere: ubi propius ventum est, S.—With acc, near, near to, hard by: prope oppidum, Cs.: prope amnem, V.: non modo prope me sed plane mecum habitare: nec propius urbem admovere: castra propius hostem movit, L.: hi propius mare Africum agitabant, S.—With dat. (only comp.): propius stabulis armenta tenere, V.: propius Tiberi quam Thermopylis, N.—In time, near, at hand: partus instabat prope, T.: Prope adest, quom alieno more vivendumst mihi, the time is at hand, T.: nox prope diremit conloquium, i. e. the approach of night, L. —With acc, near, in the phrase, prope diem (less correctly, propediem), at an early day, very soon, shortly, presently: vero nuntio hoc prope diem sentiemus: sperabat prope diem se habiturum, etc., S.: similes prope diem exitūs sequerentur, L.—Fig., in degree, nearly, almost, about: filiam amare, Prope iam ut pro uxore haberet, T.: dolor prope maior quam ceterorum: prope funeratus Arboris ictu, H.: annos prope nonaginta natus: cum hostes prope ad portas essent, L.: prope moenibus succedere, almost to the walls, L.: prope desertum oppidum, L.: princeps prope Stoicorum: his prope verbis: iam prope erat, ut ne consulum maiestas coërceret iram, it had almost come to this, L.: nec quicquam propius est factum, quam ut illum persequerentur.—With acc, near to: prope metum res fuerat, almost a panic, L.: ea contentio cum prope seditionem veniret, L.: ut propius periculum fuerint, qui vicerunt, L.—In the phrase, prope modum (less correctly, propemodum), nearly, almost, just about: quid enim sors est! idem prope modum, quod micare: adsentior.
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    I II
    propius, proxime ADV
    near, nearly; close by; almost

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  • 13 ratiō

        ratiō ōnis, f    [RA-], a reckoning, numbering, casting up, account, calculation, computation: ut par sit ratio acceptorum et datorum: quibus in tabulis ratio confecta erat, qui numerus domo exisset, etc., Cs.: auri ratio constat, the account tallies: rationem argenti ducere, reckoning: pecuniae habere rationem, to take an account: ratione initā, on casting up the account, Cs.: mihimet ineunda ratio est: (pecuniam) in rationem inducere, bring into their accounts: aeraria, the rate of exchange (the value of money of one standard in that of another): rationes ad aerarium continuo detuli, rendered accounts: rationes cum publicanis putare: rationes a colono accepit: longis rationibus assem in partīs diducere, calculations, H.— A list, manifest, protocol, report, statement: cedo rationem carceris, quae diligentissime conficitur.— A transaction, business, matter, affair, concern, circumstance: re ac ratione cum aliquo coniunctus: in publicis privatisque rationibus, Cs.: nummaria: popularis: comitiorum: ad omnem rationem humanitatis: meam.—Plur., with pron poss., account, interest, advantage: alquis in meis rationibus tibi adiungendus: alienum suis rationibus existimans, etc., inconsistent with his interests, S.—Fig., a reckoning, account, settlement, computation, explanation: rationem reddere earum rerum: secum has rationes putare, T.: initā subductāque ratione scelera meditantes, i. e. after full deliberation: quod posteaquam iste cognovit, hanc rationem habere coepit, reflection: totius rei consilium his rationibus explicabat, ut si, etc., upon the following calculation, Cs.: ut habere rationem possis, quo loco me convenias, etc., i. e. means of determining: semper ita vivamus, ut rationem reddendam nobis arbitremur, must account to ourselves: si gravius quid acciderit, abs te rationem reposcent, will hold you responsible, Cs.— Relation, reference, respect, connection, community: (agricolae) habent rationem cum terrā, quae, etc., have to do: cum omnibus Musis rationem habere: omnes, quibuscum ratio huic est.— A respect, regard, concern, consideration, care: utriusque (sc. naturae et fortunae) omnino habenda ratio est in deligendo genere vitae: (deos) piorum et impiorum habere rationem: sauciorum et aegrorum habitā ratione, Cs.: propter rationem brevitatis, out of regard for: habeo rationem, quid a populo R. acceperim, consider: neque illud rationis habuisti, provinciam ad summam stultitiam venisse? did you not consider?—Course, conduct, procedure, mode, manner, method, fashion, plan, principle: tua ratio est, ut... mea, ut, etc.: defensionis ratio viaque: itaque in praesentiā Pompei sequendi rationem omittit, Cs.: in philosophiā disserendi: ut, quo primum curreretur, vix ratio iniri possit, Cs.: hoc aditu laudis vitae meae rationes prohibuerunt, plan of life.—Arrangement, relation, condition, kind, fashion, way, manner, style: ratio atque usus belli, the art and practice of war, Cs.: novae bellandi rationes, Cs.: quorum operum haec erat ratio, etc., Cs.: rationem pontis hanc instituit; tigna bina, etc., Cs.: iuris: haec eadem ratio est in summā totius Galliae, Cs.: eādem ratione, quā pridie, ab nostris resistitur, Cs: quid refert, quā me ratione cogatis?: nullā ratione, Cs.: tota ratio talium largitionum genere vitiosa est, principle.—The faculty of computing, judgment, understanding, reason, reasoning, reflection: Ita fit, ut ratio praesit, appetitus obtemperet: homo, quod rationis est particeps, causas rerum videt: lex est ratio summa: ut, quos ratio non posset, eos ad officium religio duceret: si ratio et prudentia curas aufert, H.: mulier abundat audaciā, consilio et ratione deficitur: Arma amens capio, nec sat rationis in armis, V.: ratione fecisti, sensibly.—Ground, motive, reason: quid tandem habuit argumenti aut rationis res, quam ob rem, etc.: nostra confirmare argumentis ac rationibus: noverit orator argumentorum et rationum locos: ad eam sententiam haec ratio eos deduxit, quod, etc., Cs.: rationibus conquisitis de voluptate disputandum putant: Num parva causa aut prava ratiost? reason, excuse, T.— Reasonableness, reason, propriety, law, rule, order: omnia, quae ratione docentur et viā, reasonably and regularly: ut ratione et viā procedat oratio: quae res ratione modoque Tractari non volt, H.: intervallis pro ratā parte ratione distinctis, divided proportionally by rule: vincit ipsa rerum p. natura saepe rationem, system.—A theory, doctrine, system, science: haec nova et ignota ratio, solem lunae oppositum solere deficere: Epicuri, doctrine: Stoicorum: ratio vivendi... ratio civilis, the art of living... statesmanship.—Knowledge, science. si qua (est in me) huiusce rei ratio aliqua.— A view, opinion, conviction: Mea sic est ratio, T.: cum in eam rationem pro suo quisque sensu loqueretur: cuius ratio etsi non valuit, N.
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    account, reckoning; plan; prudence; method; reasoning; rule; regard

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  • 14 angustia

    angustĭae, ārum (rare in class. Lat. in sing angustĭa, ae, Plin. 14, 6, 8, § 61; cf. Charis. p. 20 P.;

    but freq. in eccl. Lat.,

    Vulg. Gen. 42, 21; ib. Psa. 118, 143; ib. Rom. 2, 9; ib. 2 Cor. 2, 4 al.), f. [angustus].
    I.
    Lit., narrowness, straitness; a defile, strait (perhaps only in prose; syn.: fauces, angustum).
    A.
    Of places:

    Corinthus posita in angustiis atque in faucibus Graeciae,

    Cic. Agr. 2, 32; so id. N. D. 2, 7; id. Tusc. 1, 20, 45:

    itineris,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 39: Italia coacta in angustias, Sall. Fragm. H. ap. Serv ad Verg. A. 3, 400 (97, II. p. 250 Gerl.):

    loci,

    id. C. 58, 20: quod intercidit et incuriā coloni locique angustiā. Plin. 14, 6, 8, § 61:

    angustiae locorum,

    Nep. Dat. 8, 4, and Vulg. 2 Macc. 12, 21:

    angustiae saltibus crebris inclusae,

    Liv. 28, 1:

    diu in angustiis pugnatum est,

    id. 34, 46:

    itinerum,

    Tac. A. 15, 43 fin.:

    per angustias Hellesponti,

    Suet. Caes. 63:

    vicorum,

    id. Ner. 38; so id. Aug. 45; id. Claud. 12; id. Oth. 9 al.—
    B.
    Of other things:

    spiritūs,

    shortness of breath, Cic. de Or. 3, 46, 181:

    urinae,

    strangury, Plin. 21, 21, 92, § 160.—
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    Of time, shortness, brevity, want, deficiency:

    in his vel asperitatibus rerum vel angustiis temporis,

    Cic. de Or. 1. 1:

    edidi quae potui, non ut volui, sed ut me temporis angustiae coëgerunt,

    id. ib. 3, 61; id. Verr. 2, 1, 56; Cic. Fil. ad Tir. Fam. 16, 21, 7:

    in angustiā temporum,

    Vulg. Dan. 9, 25.—
    B.
    Of money or other possessions, scarcity, want:

    aerarii,

    Cic. Agr. 2, 14:

    pecuniae publicae,

    id. Fam. 12, 30:

    rei frumentariae,

    Caes. B. C. 2, 17:

    fortunae,

    Tac. A. 2, 38:

    stipendii,

    id. ib. 1, 35:

    ad eas rei familiaris angustias decidit,

    Suet. Claud. 9.— Sometimes absol., want, indigence, poverty:

    ex meis angustiis illius sustento tenuitatem,

    Cic. Fil. ad Tir. Fam. 16, 21, 4:

    paternae,

    Tac. A. 1, 75.—
    C.
    Of external circumstances, condition, etc., difficulty, distress, perplexity, straits:

    in summas angustias adduci,

    Cic. Quint. 5; so id. Fin. 2, 9, 28:

    cum in his angustiis res esset,

    Caes. B. C. 1, 54:

    vereri angustias,

    Cic. Planc. 22:

    angustiae petitionis,

    i. e. the difficulty of obtaining the consular dignity, id. Brut. 47. —So the Vulg. very freq. of external circumstances and of inward state, both in sing. and in plur.: videntes angustiam animi, Gen. 42, 21; so ib. Exod. 6, 9; ib. Rom. 2, 9; and ib. 2 Cor. 2, 4:

    tenent me angustiae,

    ib. 2 Reg. 1, 9; so ib. 2 Cor. 6, 4; 12, 10 al. —
    D.
    Of mind or feeling, narrowness, contractedness:

    non capiunt angustiae pectoris tui,

    Cic. Pis. 11: cujus animus tantis angustiis invidiae continetur, by such meanness of envy, Auct. ad Her. 4, 43.—
    E.
    Of scientific inquiries which go too deeply into details, and lay too much stress upon little things, subtile or minute verbal criticisms:

    me ex campo aequitatis ad istas verborum angustias revocas,

    into a dilemma of verbal subtleties, Cic. Caecin. 29:

    cur eam (orationem) in tantas angustias et in Stoicorum dumeta compellimus?

    straits, id. Ac. 2, 35.—
    F.
    Of discourse, brevity, simplicity: angustia conclusae orationis non facile se ipsa tutatur. Cic. N. D. 2, 7, 20 (v. the context).—So in sing., Non. p. 73, 26.

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  • 15 angustiae

    angustĭae, ārum (rare in class. Lat. in sing angustĭa, ae, Plin. 14, 6, 8, § 61; cf. Charis. p. 20 P.;

    but freq. in eccl. Lat.,

    Vulg. Gen. 42, 21; ib. Psa. 118, 143; ib. Rom. 2, 9; ib. 2 Cor. 2, 4 al.), f. [angustus].
    I.
    Lit., narrowness, straitness; a defile, strait (perhaps only in prose; syn.: fauces, angustum).
    A.
    Of places:

    Corinthus posita in angustiis atque in faucibus Graeciae,

    Cic. Agr. 2, 32; so id. N. D. 2, 7; id. Tusc. 1, 20, 45:

    itineris,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 39: Italia coacta in angustias, Sall. Fragm. H. ap. Serv ad Verg. A. 3, 400 (97, II. p. 250 Gerl.):

    loci,

    id. C. 58, 20: quod intercidit et incuriā coloni locique angustiā. Plin. 14, 6, 8, § 61:

    angustiae locorum,

    Nep. Dat. 8, 4, and Vulg. 2 Macc. 12, 21:

    angustiae saltibus crebris inclusae,

    Liv. 28, 1:

    diu in angustiis pugnatum est,

    id. 34, 46:

    itinerum,

    Tac. A. 15, 43 fin.:

    per angustias Hellesponti,

    Suet. Caes. 63:

    vicorum,

    id. Ner. 38; so id. Aug. 45; id. Claud. 12; id. Oth. 9 al.—
    B.
    Of other things:

    spiritūs,

    shortness of breath, Cic. de Or. 3, 46, 181:

    urinae,

    strangury, Plin. 21, 21, 92, § 160.—
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    Of time, shortness, brevity, want, deficiency:

    in his vel asperitatibus rerum vel angustiis temporis,

    Cic. de Or. 1. 1:

    edidi quae potui, non ut volui, sed ut me temporis angustiae coëgerunt,

    id. ib. 3, 61; id. Verr. 2, 1, 56; Cic. Fil. ad Tir. Fam. 16, 21, 7:

    in angustiā temporum,

    Vulg. Dan. 9, 25.—
    B.
    Of money or other possessions, scarcity, want:

    aerarii,

    Cic. Agr. 2, 14:

    pecuniae publicae,

    id. Fam. 12, 30:

    rei frumentariae,

    Caes. B. C. 2, 17:

    fortunae,

    Tac. A. 2, 38:

    stipendii,

    id. ib. 1, 35:

    ad eas rei familiaris angustias decidit,

    Suet. Claud. 9.— Sometimes absol., want, indigence, poverty:

    ex meis angustiis illius sustento tenuitatem,

    Cic. Fil. ad Tir. Fam. 16, 21, 4:

    paternae,

    Tac. A. 1, 75.—
    C.
    Of external circumstances, condition, etc., difficulty, distress, perplexity, straits:

    in summas angustias adduci,

    Cic. Quint. 5; so id. Fin. 2, 9, 28:

    cum in his angustiis res esset,

    Caes. B. C. 1, 54:

    vereri angustias,

    Cic. Planc. 22:

    angustiae petitionis,

    i. e. the difficulty of obtaining the consular dignity, id. Brut. 47. —So the Vulg. very freq. of external circumstances and of inward state, both in sing. and in plur.: videntes angustiam animi, Gen. 42, 21; so ib. Exod. 6, 9; ib. Rom. 2, 9; and ib. 2 Cor. 2, 4:

    tenent me angustiae,

    ib. 2 Reg. 1, 9; so ib. 2 Cor. 6, 4; 12, 10 al. —
    D.
    Of mind or feeling, narrowness, contractedness:

    non capiunt angustiae pectoris tui,

    Cic. Pis. 11: cujus animus tantis angustiis invidiae continetur, by such meanness of envy, Auct. ad Her. 4, 43.—
    E.
    Of scientific inquiries which go too deeply into details, and lay too much stress upon little things, subtile or minute verbal criticisms:

    me ex campo aequitatis ad istas verborum angustias revocas,

    into a dilemma of verbal subtleties, Cic. Caecin. 29:

    cur eam (orationem) in tantas angustias et in Stoicorum dumeta compellimus?

    straits, id. Ac. 2, 35.—
    F.
    Of discourse, brevity, simplicity: angustia conclusae orationis non facile se ipsa tutatur. Cic. N. D. 2, 7, 20 (v. the context).—So in sing., Non. p. 73, 26.

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  • 16 arx

    arx, arcis, f. [arx ab arcendo, quod is locus munitissimus rubis, a quo facillime possit hostis prohiberi, Varr. L. L. 5, § 151 Müll; cf. Serv. ad Verg. A. 1, 20; Isid. Orig. 15, 2, 32; Doed. Syn. IV. p. 428; v. arceo], a stronghold, castle, citadel, fortress, akropolis; in Rome, the Capitolium.
    I.
    A.. Lit.: arce et urbe orba sum, Enn. ap. Cic. Tusc. 3, 19, 44 (Trag. v. 114 Müll.): optumates, Corinthum quae arcem altam habetis, id. ap. ejusd. Fam. 7, 6: edicite per urbem ut omnes qui arcem astuque accolunt, cives, etc.; Att. ap. Non. p. 357, 14:

    Illa autem in arcem [hinc] abiit,

    Plaut. Bacch. 4, 8, 59; so id. Ps. 4, 6, 2:

    In arcem transcurso opus est,

    Ter. Hec. 3, 4, 17:

    Condere coeperunt urbīs arcemque locare,

    Lucr. 5, 1107:

    arcis servator, candidus anser,

    id. 4, 683:

    munire arcem,

    Cic. Pis. 34 fin.:

    cum Tarento amisso arcem tamen Livius retinuisset,

    id. de Or. 2, 67, 273: arx intra moenia in immanem altitudinem edita; Liv. 45, 28:

    arx Sion,

    Vulg. 2 Reg. 5, 7:

    arx Jerusalem,

    ib. 1 Macc. 13, 49:

    Romana,

    Liv. 1, 12:

    Capitolina,

    id. 6, 20; cf. id. 3, 18:

    Sabinus arcem Capitolii insedit mixto milite,

    Tac. H. 3, 69; Suet. Claud. 44 et saep. As the place on which auguries were received (cf. auguraculum):

    ut cum in arce augurium augures acturi essent,

    Cic. Off. 3, 16, 66; so Liv. 1, 18 and 24.—Hence,
    B.
    Trop., defence, prolection, refuge, bulwark, etc.:

    Castoris templum fuit te consule arx civium perditorum, receptaculum veterum Catilinae militum, castellum forensis latrocinii,

    Cic. Pis. 5, 11:

    haec urbs, lux orbis terrarum atque arx omnium gentium,

    id. Cat. 4, 6; cf. id. Agr. 1, 6, 18:

    Africa arx omnium provinciarum,

    id. Lig. 7, 22:

    Stoicorum,

    id. Div. 1, 6, 10:

    arx finitimorum, Campani,

    Liv. 7, 29; 37, 18:

    tribunicium auxilium et provocationem, duas arces libertatis tuendae,

    id. 3, 45:

    arx ad aliquid faciendum,

    id. 28, 3:

    eam urbem pro arce habiturus Philippus adversus Graeciae civitates,

    id. 33, 14; Flor. 3, 6, 5:

    quasi arx aeternae dominationis,

    Tac. A. 14, 31.—
    C.
    As the abode of tyrants, a poet. designation of tyranny (cf. Ascon. ad Cic. Div. in Caecil. 5), Claud. IV. Cons. Hon. 293 Heins.:

    cupidi arcium,

    Sen. Thyest. 342; cf. id. Contr. 4, 27:

    non dum attigit arcem, Juris et humani culmen,

    Luc. 7, 593 Corte; cf. id. 8, 490, and 4, 800; Tert. Apol. 4.—
    D.
    Prov.:

    arcem facere e cloacā,

    to make a mountain of a mole-hill, Cic. Planc. 40.—
    II.
    Since castles were generally on a height, meton., a height, summit, pinnacle, top, peak (usu. poet. and in Aug. and postAug. prose), lit. and trop.
    A.
    Lit.:

    summā locum sibi legit in arce,

    upon the extreme height, Ov. M. 1, 27; cf. id. ib. 12, 43. —So,
    2.
    In partic.
    a.
    Of mountains:

    Parnasi constitit arce,

    Ov. M. 1, 467:

    arce loci summā,

    id. ib. 11, 393:

    Rhipaeae arces,

    Verg. G. 1, 240:

    flērunt Rhodopeïae arces,

    id. ib. 4, 461:

    septemque unā sibi muro circumdedit arces,

    id. ib. 2, 535:

    primus inexpertas adiit Tirynthius arces, i. e. Alpes,

    Sil. 3, 496; cf. Drak. ad id. 15, 305; Val. Fl. 3, 565:

    impositum arce sublimi oppidum cernimus,

    Petr. 116; cf. id. 123, 205, and 209.—
    b.
    Of houses built on an eminence, Petr. 121, 107, and 293.—
    c.
    Of the citadel of heaven:

    quae pater ut summā vidit Saturnius arce,

    Ov. M. 1, 163:

    summam petit arduus arcem,

    id. ib. 2, 306:

    sideream mundi qui temperat arcem,

    id. Am. 3, 10, 21.—
    d.
    Of the heavens themselves: aetheriae [p. 170] arces, Ov. Tr. 5, 3, 19:

    arces igneae,

    Hor. C. 3, 3, 10:

    caeli quibus adnuis arcem,

    Verg. A. 1, 250; cf. id. ib. 1, 259.—
    e.
    Of temples erected on an eminence:

    dexterā sacras jaculatus arces,

    Hor. C. 1, 2, 3.—
    f.
    Of the head:

    arx corporis,

    Sen. Oedip. 185; Claud. IV. Cons. Hon. 235.—
    B.
    Trop., height, head, summit, etc. (rare):

    celsā mentis ab arce,

    Stat. S. 2, 2, 131:

    summae laudum arces,

    Sil. 13, 771; Sid. Carm. 2, 173:

    ubi Hannibal sit, ibi caput atque arcem totius belli esse,

    head and front, Liv. 28, 42:

    arx eloquentiae,

    Tac. Or. 10.

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  • 17 Asper

    1.
    asper, ĕra, ĕrum, adj. (aspra = aspera, Enn. ap. App. Mag. p. 299, but Vahl. ad Enn. p. 166 reads spissa instead of aspra:

    aspris = asperis,

    Verg. A. 2, 379;

    aspro = aspero,

    Pall. Insit. 67) [etym. dub.; Doed. foll. by Hinter connects it with aspairô, to struggle, to resist; Corssen, Ausspr. II. p. 593, regards asper (i. e. ab spe) as the proper opposite of prosper (i. e. pro spe); thus asper originally meant hopeless, desperate; v. also id. ib. II. p. 870; cf. the use of res asperae as the opposite of res prosperae]; as affecting the sense of touch, rough, uneven (opp. lēvis or lenis; syn.: scaber, acutus, insuavis, acerbus, amarus, mordax, durus).
    I.
    1.. Lit.:

    lingua aspera tactu,

    Lucr. 6, 1150; cf. Verg. G. 3, 508; Ov. M. 7, 556; Luc. 4, 325:

    mixta aspera levibus,

    Lucr. 2, 471:

    in locis (spectatur) plani an montuosi, leves an asperi,

    Cic. Part. Or. 10, 36: Quid judicant sensus? dulce, amarum;

    lene, asperum,

    id. Fin. 2, 12, 36:

    tumulus asperi (sc. saxibus) soli,

    Liv. 25, 36: saxa, Enn. ap. Cic. Pis. 19; Cic. Tusc. 1, 16, 37; Pac. ap. Mar. Vict. p. 2522 P.; Att. ap. Cic. Tusc. 2, 10, 23; Lucr. 4, 147; Ov. M. 6, 76; cf.

    Leucas,

    Luc. 1, 42:

    loca,

    Caes. B. C. 3, 42, and Vulg. Act. 27, 29:

    viae asperae,

    ib. Bar. 4, 26:

    vallis aspera,

    ib. Deut. 21, 4 et saep.: unda, Enn. ap. Macr. S. 6, 2:

    glacies,

    Verg. E. 10, 49:

    hiems,

    Ov. M. 11, 490; Claud. ap. Prob. Cons. 270: Phasis, i. e. frozen, ice-bound, Prob. ap. Rufin. I. 375;

    and of climate: aspera caelo Germania,

    harsh, severe, Tac. G. 2: arteria. the windpipe (v. arteria), Cic. N. D. 2, 54, 136; Cels. 4, 1.—Of raised work (i. e. bas-relief, etc., as being rough), as in Gr. trachus (cf. exaspero):

    aspera signis Pocula,

    Verg. A. 9, 263:

    Cymbiaque argento perfecta atque aspera signis,

    id. ib. 5, 267:

    signis exstantibus asper Antiquus crater,

    Ov. M. 12, 235 (cf.:

    stantem extra pocula caprum,

    Juv. 1, 76):

    Summus inaurato crater erat asper acantho,

    Ov. M. 13, 701:

    aspera pocula,

    Prop. 2, 6, 17:

    ebur,

    Sen. Hippol. 899:

    balteus,

    Val. Fl. 5, 578:

    cingula bacis,

    Claud. Laud. Stil. 2, 89; cf. Drak. ad Sil. 11, 279:

    nummus,

    not worn smooth, new, Suet. Ner. 44; cf. Sen. Ep. 19:

    mare,

    agitated by a storm, rough, tempestuous, Liv. 37, 16.—Of things that have a rough, thorny, prickly exterior:

    barba,

    Tib. 1, 8, 32:

    sentes,

    Verg. A. 2, 379:

    rubus,

    id. E. 3, 89:

    mucro,

    Luc. 7, 139 (cf. Tac. A. 15, 54: pugionem vetustate obtusum asperari saxo jussit; v. aspero).—
    2.
    Meton., of food: He. Asper meus victus sanest. Er. Sentisne essitas? He. My fare is very rough. Er. Do you feed on brambles? Plaut. Capt. 1, 2, 85; cf. id. ib. 3, 1, 37; also of a cough producing hoarseness:

    quas (fauces) aspera vexat Assidue tussis,

    Mart. 11, 86, 1.—
    3.
    Subst.: aspĕrum, i, n., an uneven, rough place:

    latens in asperis radix,

    Hor. Epod. 5, 67:

    aspera maris,

    Tac. A. 4, 6:

    propter aspera et confragosa,

    Plin. 3, 5, 9, § 53:

    per aspera et devia,

    Suet. Tib. 60:

    erunt aspera in vias planas,

    Vulg. Isa. 40, 4; ib. Luc. 3, 5.—Also in the sup. absol.:

    asperrimo hiemis Ticinum usque progressus,

    Tac. A. 3, 5.—
    II.
    Transf.
    1.
    Of taste, rough, harsh, sour, bitter, brackish, acrid, pungent:

    asperum, Pater, hoc (vinum) est: aliud lenius, sodes, vide,

    Ter. Heaut. 3, 1, 49:

    asper sapor maris,

    Plin. 2, 100, 104, § 222: allium asperi saporis;

    quo plures nuclei fuere, hoc est asperius,

    id. 19, 6, 34, § 111:

    asperrimum piper,

    id. 12, 7, 14, § 27:

    acetum quam asperrimum,

    id. 20, 9, 39, § 97.—
    2.
    Of sound, rough, harsh, grating, etc.:

    (pronuntiationis genus) lene, asperum,

    Cic. de Or. 3, 57, 216.—Hence a poet. epithet of the letter R ( also called littera canina), Ov. F. 5, 481.—In rhetoric, rough, rugged, irregular: quidam praefractam et asperam compositionem probant;

    virilem putant et fortem, quae aurem inaequalitate percutiat,

    Sen. Ep. 114; cf. Cic. Or. 16, 53:

    duram potius atque asperam compositionem malim esse quam effeminatam et enervem,

    Quint. 9, 4, 142. And in gram., spiritus asper, the h sound, the aspirate, Prisc. p. 572 P.—
    3.
    Of smell, sharp, pungent:

    herba odoris asperi,

    Plin. 27, 8, 41, § 64.—
    III.
    Trop.
    A.
    a.. Of moral qualities, rough, harsh, hard, violent, unkind, rude (cf.: acerbus, acer, and Wagner ad Verg. A. 1, 14):

    quos naturā putes asperos atque omnibus iniquos,

    Cic. Planc. 16, 40:

    orator truculentus, asper, maledicus,

    id. Brut. 34, 129:

    aspera Juno,

    Verg. A. 1, 279:

    juvenis monitoribus asper,

    Hor. A. P. 163:

    patres vestros, asperrimos illos ad condicionem pacis,

    Liv. 22, 59; cf. id. 2, 27:

    rebus non asper egenis,

    Verg. A. 8, 365:

    cladibus asper,

    exasperated, Ov. M. 14, 485:

    asperaque est illi difficilisque Venus,

    unfriendly, Tib. 1, 9, 20; cf. id. 1, 6, 2:

    (Galatea) acrior igni, Asperior tribulis, fetā truculentior ursā,

    Ov. M. 13, 803:

    Quam aspera est nimium sapientia indoctis hominibus,

    Vulg. Eccli. 6, 21:

    asper contemptor divom Mezentius,

    Verg. A. 7, 647:

    aspera Pholoe,

    coy, Hor. C. 1, 33, 6.—Of a harsh, austere, rigid view of life, or manner of living:

    accessit istuc doctrina (sc. Stoicorum) non moderata nec mitis, sed paulo asperior et durior quam aut veritas aut natura patiatur,

    Cic. Mur. 29:

    (Stoici) horridiores evadunt, asperiores, duriores et oratione et verbis,

    id. Fin. 4, 28, 78 (v. asperitas, II. A.):

    (Cato) asperi animi et linguae acerbae et immodice liberae fuit, sed rigidae innocentiae,

    Liv. 39, 40:

    (Karthago) studiis asperrima belli,

    Verg. A. 1, 14, ubi v. Wagner:

    Camilla aspera,

    id. ib. 11, 664; cf.:

    gens laboribus et bellis asperrima,

    Just. 2, 3:

    virgo aspera,

    i. e. Diana, Sen. Med. 87.—
    b.
    Of animals, wild, savage, fierce:

    (anguis) asper siti atque exterritus aestu,

    Verg. G. 3, 434:

    bos aspera cornu, i. e. minax,

    id. ib. 3, 57; cf. Hor. Epod. 6, 11:

    ille (lupus) asper Saevit,

    Verg. A. 9, 62:

    lupus dulcedine sanguinis asper,

    Ov. M. 11, 402:

    ille (leo) asper retro redit,

    Verg. A. 9, 794:

    tigris aspera,

    Hor. C. 1, 23, 9; 3, 2, 10:

    (equus) asper frena pati,

    Sil. 3, 387.—
    B.
    Of things, rough, harsh, troublesome, adverse, calamitous, cruel, etc. (most freq. in the poets):

    in periculis et asperis temporibus,

    Cic. Balb. 9: qui labores, pericula, dubias atque asperas res facile toleraverant, Sall. C. 10, 2: mala res, spes multo asperior, ( our) circumstances are bad, ( our) prospects still worse, id. ib. 20, 13:

    venatus,

    Verg. A. 8, 318:

    bellum,

    Sall. J. 48, 1; Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 7:

    pugna,

    Verg. A. 11, 635; 12, 124:

    fata,

    id. ib. 6, 882:

    odia,

    id. ib. 2, 96.— Absol.:

    multa aspera,

    Prop. 1, 18, 13; Hor. Ep. 1, 2, 21 al.—Of discourse, severe, abusive:

    asperioribus facetiis perstringere aliquem,

    Cic. Planc. 14; Tac. A. 15, 68:

    verba,

    Tib. 4, 4, 14; Ov. P. 2, 6, 8; Vulg. Psa. 90, 3:

    vox,

    Curt. 7, 1.— Adv.
    a.
    Old form asperĭter, roughly, harshly: cubare, Naev. ap. Non. p. 513, 21; Plaut. ap. Prisc. p. 1010 P.—
    b.
    Class. form aspĕrē (in fig. signif.), roughly, harshly, severely, vehemently, etc.
    1.
    Transf.:

    loqui,

    Cic. de Or. 3, 12, 45; Quint. 6, 5, 5:

    dicere,

    id. 2, 8, 15:

    syllabae aspere coëuntes,

    id. 1, 1, 37.—
    2.
    Trop.:

    aspere accipere aliquid,

    Tac. A. 4, 31:

    aspere et acerbe accusare aliquem,

    Cic. Fam. 1, 5, 6:

    aspere agere aliquid,

    Liv. 3, 50:

    aspere et ferociter et libere dicta,

    Cic. Planc. 13, 33; Quint. 6, 3, 28:

    aspere et vehementer loqui,

    Cic. de Or. 1, 53, 227: ne quid aspere loquaris, * Vulg. Gen. 31, 24.— Comp.:

    asperius loqui aliquid,

    Cic. de Or. 1, 53, 227:

    asperius scribere de aliquo,

    id. Att. 9, 15.— Sup.:

    asperrime loqui in aliquem,

    Cic. Att. 2, 22, 5:

    asperrime pati aliquid,

    Sen. Ira, 3, 37, 1:

    asperrime saevire in aliquem,

    Vell. 2, 7.
    2.
    Asper, eri, m.
    I.
    A cognomen of L. Trebonius:

    L. Trebonius... insectandis patribus, unde Aspero etiam inditum est cognomen, tribunatum gessit,

    Liv. 3, 65, 4. —
    II.
    Asper, Aspri (Prob. p. 201 Keil), m., a Latin grammarian, two of whose treatises have come down to us; v. Teuffel, Rom. Lit. § 474, 4.

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  • 18 asper

    1.
    asper, ĕra, ĕrum, adj. (aspra = aspera, Enn. ap. App. Mag. p. 299, but Vahl. ad Enn. p. 166 reads spissa instead of aspra:

    aspris = asperis,

    Verg. A. 2, 379;

    aspro = aspero,

    Pall. Insit. 67) [etym. dub.; Doed. foll. by Hinter connects it with aspairô, to struggle, to resist; Corssen, Ausspr. II. p. 593, regards asper (i. e. ab spe) as the proper opposite of prosper (i. e. pro spe); thus asper originally meant hopeless, desperate; v. also id. ib. II. p. 870; cf. the use of res asperae as the opposite of res prosperae]; as affecting the sense of touch, rough, uneven (opp. lēvis or lenis; syn.: scaber, acutus, insuavis, acerbus, amarus, mordax, durus).
    I.
    1.. Lit.:

    lingua aspera tactu,

    Lucr. 6, 1150; cf. Verg. G. 3, 508; Ov. M. 7, 556; Luc. 4, 325:

    mixta aspera levibus,

    Lucr. 2, 471:

    in locis (spectatur) plani an montuosi, leves an asperi,

    Cic. Part. Or. 10, 36: Quid judicant sensus? dulce, amarum;

    lene, asperum,

    id. Fin. 2, 12, 36:

    tumulus asperi (sc. saxibus) soli,

    Liv. 25, 36: saxa, Enn. ap. Cic. Pis. 19; Cic. Tusc. 1, 16, 37; Pac. ap. Mar. Vict. p. 2522 P.; Att. ap. Cic. Tusc. 2, 10, 23; Lucr. 4, 147; Ov. M. 6, 76; cf.

    Leucas,

    Luc. 1, 42:

    loca,

    Caes. B. C. 3, 42, and Vulg. Act. 27, 29:

    viae asperae,

    ib. Bar. 4, 26:

    vallis aspera,

    ib. Deut. 21, 4 et saep.: unda, Enn. ap. Macr. S. 6, 2:

    glacies,

    Verg. E. 10, 49:

    hiems,

    Ov. M. 11, 490; Claud. ap. Prob. Cons. 270: Phasis, i. e. frozen, ice-bound, Prob. ap. Rufin. I. 375;

    and of climate: aspera caelo Germania,

    harsh, severe, Tac. G. 2: arteria. the windpipe (v. arteria), Cic. N. D. 2, 54, 136; Cels. 4, 1.—Of raised work (i. e. bas-relief, etc., as being rough), as in Gr. trachus (cf. exaspero):

    aspera signis Pocula,

    Verg. A. 9, 263:

    Cymbiaque argento perfecta atque aspera signis,

    id. ib. 5, 267:

    signis exstantibus asper Antiquus crater,

    Ov. M. 12, 235 (cf.:

    stantem extra pocula caprum,

    Juv. 1, 76):

    Summus inaurato crater erat asper acantho,

    Ov. M. 13, 701:

    aspera pocula,

    Prop. 2, 6, 17:

    ebur,

    Sen. Hippol. 899:

    balteus,

    Val. Fl. 5, 578:

    cingula bacis,

    Claud. Laud. Stil. 2, 89; cf. Drak. ad Sil. 11, 279:

    nummus,

    not worn smooth, new, Suet. Ner. 44; cf. Sen. Ep. 19:

    mare,

    agitated by a storm, rough, tempestuous, Liv. 37, 16.—Of things that have a rough, thorny, prickly exterior:

    barba,

    Tib. 1, 8, 32:

    sentes,

    Verg. A. 2, 379:

    rubus,

    id. E. 3, 89:

    mucro,

    Luc. 7, 139 (cf. Tac. A. 15, 54: pugionem vetustate obtusum asperari saxo jussit; v. aspero).—
    2.
    Meton., of food: He. Asper meus victus sanest. Er. Sentisne essitas? He. My fare is very rough. Er. Do you feed on brambles? Plaut. Capt. 1, 2, 85; cf. id. ib. 3, 1, 37; also of a cough producing hoarseness:

    quas (fauces) aspera vexat Assidue tussis,

    Mart. 11, 86, 1.—
    3.
    Subst.: aspĕrum, i, n., an uneven, rough place:

    latens in asperis radix,

    Hor. Epod. 5, 67:

    aspera maris,

    Tac. A. 4, 6:

    propter aspera et confragosa,

    Plin. 3, 5, 9, § 53:

    per aspera et devia,

    Suet. Tib. 60:

    erunt aspera in vias planas,

    Vulg. Isa. 40, 4; ib. Luc. 3, 5.—Also in the sup. absol.:

    asperrimo hiemis Ticinum usque progressus,

    Tac. A. 3, 5.—
    II.
    Transf.
    1.
    Of taste, rough, harsh, sour, bitter, brackish, acrid, pungent:

    asperum, Pater, hoc (vinum) est: aliud lenius, sodes, vide,

    Ter. Heaut. 3, 1, 49:

    asper sapor maris,

    Plin. 2, 100, 104, § 222: allium asperi saporis;

    quo plures nuclei fuere, hoc est asperius,

    id. 19, 6, 34, § 111:

    asperrimum piper,

    id. 12, 7, 14, § 27:

    acetum quam asperrimum,

    id. 20, 9, 39, § 97.—
    2.
    Of sound, rough, harsh, grating, etc.:

    (pronuntiationis genus) lene, asperum,

    Cic. de Or. 3, 57, 216.—Hence a poet. epithet of the letter R ( also called littera canina), Ov. F. 5, 481.—In rhetoric, rough, rugged, irregular: quidam praefractam et asperam compositionem probant;

    virilem putant et fortem, quae aurem inaequalitate percutiat,

    Sen. Ep. 114; cf. Cic. Or. 16, 53:

    duram potius atque asperam compositionem malim esse quam effeminatam et enervem,

    Quint. 9, 4, 142. And in gram., spiritus asper, the h sound, the aspirate, Prisc. p. 572 P.—
    3.
    Of smell, sharp, pungent:

    herba odoris asperi,

    Plin. 27, 8, 41, § 64.—
    III.
    Trop.
    A.
    a.. Of moral qualities, rough, harsh, hard, violent, unkind, rude (cf.: acerbus, acer, and Wagner ad Verg. A. 1, 14):

    quos naturā putes asperos atque omnibus iniquos,

    Cic. Planc. 16, 40:

    orator truculentus, asper, maledicus,

    id. Brut. 34, 129:

    aspera Juno,

    Verg. A. 1, 279:

    juvenis monitoribus asper,

    Hor. A. P. 163:

    patres vestros, asperrimos illos ad condicionem pacis,

    Liv. 22, 59; cf. id. 2, 27:

    rebus non asper egenis,

    Verg. A. 8, 365:

    cladibus asper,

    exasperated, Ov. M. 14, 485:

    asperaque est illi difficilisque Venus,

    unfriendly, Tib. 1, 9, 20; cf. id. 1, 6, 2:

    (Galatea) acrior igni, Asperior tribulis, fetā truculentior ursā,

    Ov. M. 13, 803:

    Quam aspera est nimium sapientia indoctis hominibus,

    Vulg. Eccli. 6, 21:

    asper contemptor divom Mezentius,

    Verg. A. 7, 647:

    aspera Pholoe,

    coy, Hor. C. 1, 33, 6.—Of a harsh, austere, rigid view of life, or manner of living:

    accessit istuc doctrina (sc. Stoicorum) non moderata nec mitis, sed paulo asperior et durior quam aut veritas aut natura patiatur,

    Cic. Mur. 29:

    (Stoici) horridiores evadunt, asperiores, duriores et oratione et verbis,

    id. Fin. 4, 28, 78 (v. asperitas, II. A.):

    (Cato) asperi animi et linguae acerbae et immodice liberae fuit, sed rigidae innocentiae,

    Liv. 39, 40:

    (Karthago) studiis asperrima belli,

    Verg. A. 1, 14, ubi v. Wagner:

    Camilla aspera,

    id. ib. 11, 664; cf.:

    gens laboribus et bellis asperrima,

    Just. 2, 3:

    virgo aspera,

    i. e. Diana, Sen. Med. 87.—
    b.
    Of animals, wild, savage, fierce:

    (anguis) asper siti atque exterritus aestu,

    Verg. G. 3, 434:

    bos aspera cornu, i. e. minax,

    id. ib. 3, 57; cf. Hor. Epod. 6, 11:

    ille (lupus) asper Saevit,

    Verg. A. 9, 62:

    lupus dulcedine sanguinis asper,

    Ov. M. 11, 402:

    ille (leo) asper retro redit,

    Verg. A. 9, 794:

    tigris aspera,

    Hor. C. 1, 23, 9; 3, 2, 10:

    (equus) asper frena pati,

    Sil. 3, 387.—
    B.
    Of things, rough, harsh, troublesome, adverse, calamitous, cruel, etc. (most freq. in the poets):

    in periculis et asperis temporibus,

    Cic. Balb. 9: qui labores, pericula, dubias atque asperas res facile toleraverant, Sall. C. 10, 2: mala res, spes multo asperior, ( our) circumstances are bad, ( our) prospects still worse, id. ib. 20, 13:

    venatus,

    Verg. A. 8, 318:

    bellum,

    Sall. J. 48, 1; Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 7:

    pugna,

    Verg. A. 11, 635; 12, 124:

    fata,

    id. ib. 6, 882:

    odia,

    id. ib. 2, 96.— Absol.:

    multa aspera,

    Prop. 1, 18, 13; Hor. Ep. 1, 2, 21 al.—Of discourse, severe, abusive:

    asperioribus facetiis perstringere aliquem,

    Cic. Planc. 14; Tac. A. 15, 68:

    verba,

    Tib. 4, 4, 14; Ov. P. 2, 6, 8; Vulg. Psa. 90, 3:

    vox,

    Curt. 7, 1.— Adv.
    a.
    Old form asperĭter, roughly, harshly: cubare, Naev. ap. Non. p. 513, 21; Plaut. ap. Prisc. p. 1010 P.—
    b.
    Class. form aspĕrē (in fig. signif.), roughly, harshly, severely, vehemently, etc.
    1.
    Transf.:

    loqui,

    Cic. de Or. 3, 12, 45; Quint. 6, 5, 5:

    dicere,

    id. 2, 8, 15:

    syllabae aspere coëuntes,

    id. 1, 1, 37.—
    2.
    Trop.:

    aspere accipere aliquid,

    Tac. A. 4, 31:

    aspere et acerbe accusare aliquem,

    Cic. Fam. 1, 5, 6:

    aspere agere aliquid,

    Liv. 3, 50:

    aspere et ferociter et libere dicta,

    Cic. Planc. 13, 33; Quint. 6, 3, 28:

    aspere et vehementer loqui,

    Cic. de Or. 1, 53, 227: ne quid aspere loquaris, * Vulg. Gen. 31, 24.— Comp.:

    asperius loqui aliquid,

    Cic. de Or. 1, 53, 227:

    asperius scribere de aliquo,

    id. Att. 9, 15.— Sup.:

    asperrime loqui in aliquem,

    Cic. Att. 2, 22, 5:

    asperrime pati aliquid,

    Sen. Ira, 3, 37, 1:

    asperrime saevire in aliquem,

    Vell. 2, 7.
    2.
    Asper, eri, m.
    I.
    A cognomen of L. Trebonius:

    L. Trebonius... insectandis patribus, unde Aspero etiam inditum est cognomen, tribunatum gessit,

    Liv. 3, 65, 4. —
    II.
    Asper, Aspri (Prob. p. 201 Keil), m., a Latin grammarian, two of whose treatises have come down to us; v. Teuffel, Rom. Lit. § 474, 4.

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  • 19 asperitas

    aspĕrĭtas, ātis, f. [asper], the quality of asper, unevenness, roughness (opp. 2. levitas).
    I.
    Lit.:

    saxorum asperitates,

    Cic. N. D. 2, 39, 98:

    asperitas viarum,

    id. Phil. 9, 1, 2:

    locorum,

    Sall. J. 75, 2:

    angustiae locorumque asperitas,

    Liv. 32, 12 fin.; 43, 21; 44, 5 al.:

    linguae,

    Plin. 11, 37, 65, § 172:

    ventris,

    id. 11, 37, 79, § 201:

    squamarum,

    Gell. 2, 6:

    faucium,

    Plin. 30, 4, 11, § 32:

    animi asperitas seu potius animae,

    hoarseness, id. 22, 24, 51, § 111:

    ob asperitatem hiemis,

    roughness, severity, Tac. A. 4, 56:

    asperitas frigorum abest,

    id. Agr. 12:

    densaque cedit Frigoris asperitas,

    Ov. F. 4, 88 al.:

    asperitas luti,

    dryness, barrenness of the clay, Vitr. 2, 3.—Of raised work (cf. 1. asper, I., and exaspero):

    vasa anaglypta in asperitatemque excisa,

    with figures in basrelief, Plin. 33, 11, 49, § 139.—
    B.
    Transf.
    1.
    Of taste, harshness, sharpness, acidity, tartness:

    vini,

    Plin. 14, 19, 24, § 120:

    pomi,

    id. 12, 10, 21, § 38:

    aceti,

    id. 9, 35, 58, § 120:

    aquarum,

    the brackish taste of water, id. 12, 9, 20, § 37 al. —
    2.
    Of hearing, roughness, harshness of tone:

    vocis,

    Lucr. 4, 542:

    soni,

    Tac. G. 3.—
    3.
    Of sight, inequality, contrast:

    cum aspectus ejus scaenae propter asperitatem eblandiretur omnium visus,

    on account of the contrast of light and shade, Vitr. 7, 5:

    intercolumniorum,

    id. 3, 3.—
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    Of moral qualities, roughness, harshness, severity, fierceness, asperity:

    si quis eā asperitate est et immanitate naturae, congressus ut hominum fugiat atque oderit, etc.,

    Cic. Lael. 23, 87:

    avunculi,

    Nep. Att. 5, 1:

    patris,

    Ov. M. 9, 752:

    artibus ingenuis Pectora mollescunt, asperitasque fugit,

    id. P. 1, 6, 8:

    asperitatis et invidiae corrector,

    Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 129.—Of a rigid, austere manner of life: quam illorum (Stoicorum) tristitiam atque asperitatem fugiens Panaetius nec acerbitatem sententiarum nec disserendi spinas probavit, Cic. Fin. 4, 28, 79; cf. 1. asper, II. A.—And of rudeness in external appearance, opp. to a polished, cultivated bearing:

    asperitas agrestis,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 6.—
    B.
    Of things, adversity, reverse of fortune, trouble, severity, difficulty (cf. 1. asper, II. B., and acerbitas):

    in his vel asperitatibus rerum vel angustiis temporis obsequar studiis nostris,

    Cic. de Or. 1, 1, 3:

    asperitas belli,

    Sall. J. 29, 1:

    remedii,

    Tac. A. 1, 44.—Of style, roughness, harshness, trachutês (cf. 1. asper, II. B.):

    oratio in quā asperitas contentionis oratoris ipsius humanitate conditur,

    Cic. de Or. 2, 53, 212. judicialis asperitas, id. ib. 2, 15, 64; so Quint. 1, 8, 11; 10, 5, 14 (cf. id. 11, 3, 23):

    verborum,

    Ov. M. 14, 526.

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  • 20 asperum

    1.
    asper, ĕra, ĕrum, adj. (aspra = aspera, Enn. ap. App. Mag. p. 299, but Vahl. ad Enn. p. 166 reads spissa instead of aspra:

    aspris = asperis,

    Verg. A. 2, 379;

    aspro = aspero,

    Pall. Insit. 67) [etym. dub.; Doed. foll. by Hinter connects it with aspairô, to struggle, to resist; Corssen, Ausspr. II. p. 593, regards asper (i. e. ab spe) as the proper opposite of prosper (i. e. pro spe); thus asper originally meant hopeless, desperate; v. also id. ib. II. p. 870; cf. the use of res asperae as the opposite of res prosperae]; as affecting the sense of touch, rough, uneven (opp. lēvis or lenis; syn.: scaber, acutus, insuavis, acerbus, amarus, mordax, durus).
    I.
    1.. Lit.:

    lingua aspera tactu,

    Lucr. 6, 1150; cf. Verg. G. 3, 508; Ov. M. 7, 556; Luc. 4, 325:

    mixta aspera levibus,

    Lucr. 2, 471:

    in locis (spectatur) plani an montuosi, leves an asperi,

    Cic. Part. Or. 10, 36: Quid judicant sensus? dulce, amarum;

    lene, asperum,

    id. Fin. 2, 12, 36:

    tumulus asperi (sc. saxibus) soli,

    Liv. 25, 36: saxa, Enn. ap. Cic. Pis. 19; Cic. Tusc. 1, 16, 37; Pac. ap. Mar. Vict. p. 2522 P.; Att. ap. Cic. Tusc. 2, 10, 23; Lucr. 4, 147; Ov. M. 6, 76; cf.

    Leucas,

    Luc. 1, 42:

    loca,

    Caes. B. C. 3, 42, and Vulg. Act. 27, 29:

    viae asperae,

    ib. Bar. 4, 26:

    vallis aspera,

    ib. Deut. 21, 4 et saep.: unda, Enn. ap. Macr. S. 6, 2:

    glacies,

    Verg. E. 10, 49:

    hiems,

    Ov. M. 11, 490; Claud. ap. Prob. Cons. 270: Phasis, i. e. frozen, ice-bound, Prob. ap. Rufin. I. 375;

    and of climate: aspera caelo Germania,

    harsh, severe, Tac. G. 2: arteria. the windpipe (v. arteria), Cic. N. D. 2, 54, 136; Cels. 4, 1.—Of raised work (i. e. bas-relief, etc., as being rough), as in Gr. trachus (cf. exaspero):

    aspera signis Pocula,

    Verg. A. 9, 263:

    Cymbiaque argento perfecta atque aspera signis,

    id. ib. 5, 267:

    signis exstantibus asper Antiquus crater,

    Ov. M. 12, 235 (cf.:

    stantem extra pocula caprum,

    Juv. 1, 76):

    Summus inaurato crater erat asper acantho,

    Ov. M. 13, 701:

    aspera pocula,

    Prop. 2, 6, 17:

    ebur,

    Sen. Hippol. 899:

    balteus,

    Val. Fl. 5, 578:

    cingula bacis,

    Claud. Laud. Stil. 2, 89; cf. Drak. ad Sil. 11, 279:

    nummus,

    not worn smooth, new, Suet. Ner. 44; cf. Sen. Ep. 19:

    mare,

    agitated by a storm, rough, tempestuous, Liv. 37, 16.—Of things that have a rough, thorny, prickly exterior:

    barba,

    Tib. 1, 8, 32:

    sentes,

    Verg. A. 2, 379:

    rubus,

    id. E. 3, 89:

    mucro,

    Luc. 7, 139 (cf. Tac. A. 15, 54: pugionem vetustate obtusum asperari saxo jussit; v. aspero).—
    2.
    Meton., of food: He. Asper meus victus sanest. Er. Sentisne essitas? He. My fare is very rough. Er. Do you feed on brambles? Plaut. Capt. 1, 2, 85; cf. id. ib. 3, 1, 37; also of a cough producing hoarseness:

    quas (fauces) aspera vexat Assidue tussis,

    Mart. 11, 86, 1.—
    3.
    Subst.: aspĕrum, i, n., an uneven, rough place:

    latens in asperis radix,

    Hor. Epod. 5, 67:

    aspera maris,

    Tac. A. 4, 6:

    propter aspera et confragosa,

    Plin. 3, 5, 9, § 53:

    per aspera et devia,

    Suet. Tib. 60:

    erunt aspera in vias planas,

    Vulg. Isa. 40, 4; ib. Luc. 3, 5.—Also in the sup. absol.:

    asperrimo hiemis Ticinum usque progressus,

    Tac. A. 3, 5.—
    II.
    Transf.
    1.
    Of taste, rough, harsh, sour, bitter, brackish, acrid, pungent:

    asperum, Pater, hoc (vinum) est: aliud lenius, sodes, vide,

    Ter. Heaut. 3, 1, 49:

    asper sapor maris,

    Plin. 2, 100, 104, § 222: allium asperi saporis;

    quo plures nuclei fuere, hoc est asperius,

    id. 19, 6, 34, § 111:

    asperrimum piper,

    id. 12, 7, 14, § 27:

    acetum quam asperrimum,

    id. 20, 9, 39, § 97.—
    2.
    Of sound, rough, harsh, grating, etc.:

    (pronuntiationis genus) lene, asperum,

    Cic. de Or. 3, 57, 216.—Hence a poet. epithet of the letter R ( also called littera canina), Ov. F. 5, 481.—In rhetoric, rough, rugged, irregular: quidam praefractam et asperam compositionem probant;

    virilem putant et fortem, quae aurem inaequalitate percutiat,

    Sen. Ep. 114; cf. Cic. Or. 16, 53:

    duram potius atque asperam compositionem malim esse quam effeminatam et enervem,

    Quint. 9, 4, 142. And in gram., spiritus asper, the h sound, the aspirate, Prisc. p. 572 P.—
    3.
    Of smell, sharp, pungent:

    herba odoris asperi,

    Plin. 27, 8, 41, § 64.—
    III.
    Trop.
    A.
    a.. Of moral qualities, rough, harsh, hard, violent, unkind, rude (cf.: acerbus, acer, and Wagner ad Verg. A. 1, 14):

    quos naturā putes asperos atque omnibus iniquos,

    Cic. Planc. 16, 40:

    orator truculentus, asper, maledicus,

    id. Brut. 34, 129:

    aspera Juno,

    Verg. A. 1, 279:

    juvenis monitoribus asper,

    Hor. A. P. 163:

    patres vestros, asperrimos illos ad condicionem pacis,

    Liv. 22, 59; cf. id. 2, 27:

    rebus non asper egenis,

    Verg. A. 8, 365:

    cladibus asper,

    exasperated, Ov. M. 14, 485:

    asperaque est illi difficilisque Venus,

    unfriendly, Tib. 1, 9, 20; cf. id. 1, 6, 2:

    (Galatea) acrior igni, Asperior tribulis, fetā truculentior ursā,

    Ov. M. 13, 803:

    Quam aspera est nimium sapientia indoctis hominibus,

    Vulg. Eccli. 6, 21:

    asper contemptor divom Mezentius,

    Verg. A. 7, 647:

    aspera Pholoe,

    coy, Hor. C. 1, 33, 6.—Of a harsh, austere, rigid view of life, or manner of living:

    accessit istuc doctrina (sc. Stoicorum) non moderata nec mitis, sed paulo asperior et durior quam aut veritas aut natura patiatur,

    Cic. Mur. 29:

    (Stoici) horridiores evadunt, asperiores, duriores et oratione et verbis,

    id. Fin. 4, 28, 78 (v. asperitas, II. A.):

    (Cato) asperi animi et linguae acerbae et immodice liberae fuit, sed rigidae innocentiae,

    Liv. 39, 40:

    (Karthago) studiis asperrima belli,

    Verg. A. 1, 14, ubi v. Wagner:

    Camilla aspera,

    id. ib. 11, 664; cf.:

    gens laboribus et bellis asperrima,

    Just. 2, 3:

    virgo aspera,

    i. e. Diana, Sen. Med. 87.—
    b.
    Of animals, wild, savage, fierce:

    (anguis) asper siti atque exterritus aestu,

    Verg. G. 3, 434:

    bos aspera cornu, i. e. minax,

    id. ib. 3, 57; cf. Hor. Epod. 6, 11:

    ille (lupus) asper Saevit,

    Verg. A. 9, 62:

    lupus dulcedine sanguinis asper,

    Ov. M. 11, 402:

    ille (leo) asper retro redit,

    Verg. A. 9, 794:

    tigris aspera,

    Hor. C. 1, 23, 9; 3, 2, 10:

    (equus) asper frena pati,

    Sil. 3, 387.—
    B.
    Of things, rough, harsh, troublesome, adverse, calamitous, cruel, etc. (most freq. in the poets):

    in periculis et asperis temporibus,

    Cic. Balb. 9: qui labores, pericula, dubias atque asperas res facile toleraverant, Sall. C. 10, 2: mala res, spes multo asperior, ( our) circumstances are bad, ( our) prospects still worse, id. ib. 20, 13:

    venatus,

    Verg. A. 8, 318:

    bellum,

    Sall. J. 48, 1; Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 7:

    pugna,

    Verg. A. 11, 635; 12, 124:

    fata,

    id. ib. 6, 882:

    odia,

    id. ib. 2, 96.— Absol.:

    multa aspera,

    Prop. 1, 18, 13; Hor. Ep. 1, 2, 21 al.—Of discourse, severe, abusive:

    asperioribus facetiis perstringere aliquem,

    Cic. Planc. 14; Tac. A. 15, 68:

    verba,

    Tib. 4, 4, 14; Ov. P. 2, 6, 8; Vulg. Psa. 90, 3:

    vox,

    Curt. 7, 1.— Adv.
    a.
    Old form asperĭter, roughly, harshly: cubare, Naev. ap. Non. p. 513, 21; Plaut. ap. Prisc. p. 1010 P.—
    b.
    Class. form aspĕrē (in fig. signif.), roughly, harshly, severely, vehemently, etc.
    1.
    Transf.:

    loqui,

    Cic. de Or. 3, 12, 45; Quint. 6, 5, 5:

    dicere,

    id. 2, 8, 15:

    syllabae aspere coëuntes,

    id. 1, 1, 37.—
    2.
    Trop.:

    aspere accipere aliquid,

    Tac. A. 4, 31:

    aspere et acerbe accusare aliquem,

    Cic. Fam. 1, 5, 6:

    aspere agere aliquid,

    Liv. 3, 50:

    aspere et ferociter et libere dicta,

    Cic. Planc. 13, 33; Quint. 6, 3, 28:

    aspere et vehementer loqui,

    Cic. de Or. 1, 53, 227: ne quid aspere loquaris, * Vulg. Gen. 31, 24.— Comp.:

    asperius loqui aliquid,

    Cic. de Or. 1, 53, 227:

    asperius scribere de aliquo,

    id. Att. 9, 15.— Sup.:

    asperrime loqui in aliquem,

    Cic. Att. 2, 22, 5:

    asperrime pati aliquid,

    Sen. Ira, 3, 37, 1:

    asperrime saevire in aliquem,

    Vell. 2, 7.
    2.
    Asper, eri, m.
    I.
    A cognomen of L. Trebonius:

    L. Trebonius... insectandis patribus, unde Aspero etiam inditum est cognomen, tribunatum gessit,

    Liv. 3, 65, 4. —
    II.
    Asper, Aspri (Prob. p. 201 Keil), m., a Latin grammarian, two of whose treatises have come down to us; v. Teuffel, Rom. Lit. § 474, 4.

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