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aequor, ŏris, n. [aequus].

In gen., an even, level surface (ante-Aug. poet.; only once in Cic. and once in Sallust): speculorum aequor, a plane surface, as of a mirror, Lucr. 4, 106; 291:

in summo aequore saxi,

upon the polished, smooth marble surface, id. 3, 905: camporum patentium aequora, * Cic. Div. 1, 42:

campi,

Verg. A. 7, 781;

and without campus: Daren ardens agit aequore toto,

id. ib. 5, 456:

at prius ignotum ferro quam scindimus aequor,

id. G. 1, 50; 1, 97;

of the desert,

id. ib. 2, 105:

immensum spatiis confecimus aequor,

id. ib. 541:

primus in aequore pulvis,

Juv. 8, 61; and once of the heavens: aequora caeli Sensimus sonere, Att. ap. Non. 505, 8 (Trag. Rel. p. 139 Rib.).—

Esp., the even surface of the sea in its quiet state, the calm. smooth sea (“aequor mare appellatum, quod aequatum, cum commotum vento non est,” Varr. L. L. 7, § 23 Müll.: quid tam planum videtur quam mare? ex quo etiam aequor illud poëtae vocant, Cic. Ac. Fragm. ap. Non. 65, 2 (cf. pontou plax, Pind. P. 1, 24).— Also, in gen., the sea, even when agitated by storms, Lucr. 1, 719:

turbantibus aequora ventis,

id. 2, 1:

silvaeque et saeva quiērant aequora,

Verg. A. 4, 523 et saep.:

per undosum aequor,

id. ib. 313:

contracta pisces aequora sentiunt,

Hor. C. 3, 1, 33:

juventus Infecit aequor sanguine Punico,

id. ib. 3, 6, 34 al.—Sometimes pleonast. with mare or pontus:

vastum maris aequor arandum,

Verg. A. 2, 780:

tellus et aequora ponti,

id. G. 1, 469.—Of the surface of the Tiber, Verg. A. 8, 89 and 96 (so, mare of the Timavus, id. ib. 1, 246;

and unda of rivers, as of the Simoïs,

id. ib. 1, 618).—In prose writers after the Aug. per.:

placidum aequor,

Tac. A. 2, 23:

penetrare aequora,

Val. Max. 9, 1, 1; so Curt. 4, 7; Plin. 4, 12, 24, § 76; Mel. 1, 2. Once even in Sallust: aequore et terrā, Sall. Fragm. ap. Don. ad Ter. Phorm. 2, 1, 13 (p. 390, n. 81 Kritz.) dub.

Afrĭca, ae, f. [the Romans received this name from the Carthaginians as designating their country, and in this sense only the Gr. hê Aphrikê occurs].

In a restricted sense, designated by the Greeks hê Libuê, Libya, the territory of Carthage:

Nilus Africam ab Aethiopiā dispescens,

Plin. 5, 9, 10, § 53; 5, 4, 3:

regio, quae sequitur a promontorio Metagonio ad aras Philaenorum, proprie nomen Africae usurpat,

Mel. 1, 7; cf. Cic. Imp. Pomp. 12, and id. Lig. 7.—

In an extended sense, the whole of that quarter of the globe south of the Mediterranean Sea, Mel. 1, 4.—By meton. for its inhabitants: Africa, quae procul a mari incultius agebat, Sall. J. 89, 7 (cf. id. ib. 19, 5: alios incultius vagos agitare).—Hence,

Afrĭcānus, a, um, adj., pertaining to Africa, African:

bellum Africanum,

the war of Cœsar with the partisans of Pompey in Africa, Cic. Deiot. 9:

rumores,

of the African war, id. ib.:

causa,

id. Fam. 6, 13:

possessiones,

in Africa, Nep. Att. 12:

gallina,

a guinea-hen, Varr. R. R. 3, 9; cf. Plin. 10, 26, 38, § 74.— Subst.: Afrĭcānae, ārum, sc. ferae, panthers, Liv. 44, 18; so Plin. 8, 17, 24, § 64; Plin. Ep. 6, 34; Suet. Cat. 18; id. Claud. 21 al.—Esp., Afrĭcā-nus, surname of the two most distinguished Scipios.

Of P. Cornelius Scipio major, who defeated Hannibal at Zama (201 B. C.). —

Of his grandson by adoption, P. Cornelius Scipio Aemilianus minor, who conducted the third Punic war, destroyed Carthage (146 B.C.), and subjected the whole Carthaginian territory to the Romans.—

Afrĭcus, a, um, adj., African (mostly poet. for the prose Africanus): terra, Enn. ap. Cic. de Or. 3, 42, 167; so Liv. 29, 23 fin.:

bella,

Sil. 17, 11:

Vicus,

a place in Rome, on the Esquiline Hill, where the Carthaginian hostages were held in custody, Varr. R. R. 5, 32, 44.—But esp. freq., Afrĭcus ventus, or subst.: Afrĭcus, i, m., the south-west wind, Gr. lips, blowing between Auster and Favonius (libonotos and zephuros), opp. Vulturnus (kaikias), now called, among the Italians, Affrico or gherbino; cf. Plin. 2, 47, 46, § 119, and Sen. Q. N. 5, 16:

creberque procellis Africus,

Verg. A. 1, 86:

praeceps,

Hor. C. 1, 3, 12:

luctans,

id. ib. 1, 1, 15:

pestilens,

id. ib. 3, 23, 5:

protervus,

id. Epod. 16, 22.— Adj.: procellae, the waves or storms caused by the Africus, Hor. C. 3, 29, 57.—In Propert., Africus, as the god of this wind, is called pater, 5, 3, 48, but Müll. here reads Aetheris.

Afrĭca, ae, f. [the Romans received this name from the Carthaginians as designating their country, and in this sense only the Gr. hê Aphrikê occurs].

In a restricted sense, designated by the Greeks hê Libuê, Libya, the territory of Carthage:

Nilus Africam ab Aethiopiā dispescens,

Plin. 5, 9, 10, § 53; 5, 4, 3:

regio, quae sequitur a promontorio Metagonio ad aras Philaenorum, proprie nomen Africae usurpat,

Mel. 1, 7; cf. Cic. Imp. Pomp. 12, and id. Lig. 7.—

In an extended sense, the whole of that quarter of the globe south of the Mediterranean Sea, Mel. 1, 4.—By meton. for its inhabitants: Africa, quae procul a mari incultius agebat, Sall. J. 89, 7 (cf. id. ib. 19, 5: alios incultius vagos agitare).—Hence,

Afrĭcānus, a, um, adj., pertaining to Africa, African:

bellum Africanum,

the war of Cœsar with the partisans of Pompey in Africa, Cic. Deiot. 9:

rumores,

of the African war, id. ib.:

causa,

id. Fam. 6, 13:

possessiones,

in Africa, Nep. Att. 12:

gallina,

a guinea-hen, Varr. R. R. 3, 9; cf. Plin. 10, 26, 38, § 74.— Subst.: Afrĭcānae, ārum, sc. ferae, panthers, Liv. 44, 18; so Plin. 8, 17, 24, § 64; Plin. Ep. 6, 34; Suet. Cat. 18; id. Claud. 21 al.—Esp., Afrĭcā-nus, surname of the two most distinguished Scipios.

Of P. Cornelius Scipio major, who defeated Hannibal at Zama (201 B. C.). —

Of his grandson by adoption, P. Cornelius Scipio Aemilianus minor, who conducted the third Punic war, destroyed Carthage (146 B.C.), and subjected the whole Carthaginian territory to the Romans.—

Afrĭcus, a, um, adj., African (mostly poet. for the prose Africanus): terra, Enn. ap. Cic. de Or. 3, 42, 167; so Liv. 29, 23 fin.:

bella,

Sil. 17, 11:

Vicus,

a place in Rome, on the Esquiline Hill, where the Carthaginian hostages were held in custody, Varr. R. R. 5, 32, 44.—But esp. freq., Afrĭcus ventus, or subst.: Afrĭcus, i, m., the south-west wind, Gr. lips, blowing between Auster and Favonius (libonotos and zephuros), opp. Vulturnus (kaikias), now called, among the Italians, Affrico or gherbino; cf. Plin. 2, 47, 46, § 119, and Sen. Q. N. 5, 16:

creberque procellis Africus,

Verg. A. 1, 86:

praeceps,

Hor. C. 1, 3, 12:

luctans,

id. ib. 1, 1, 15:

pestilens,

id. ib. 3, 23, 5:

protervus,

id. Epod. 16, 22.— Adj.: procellae, the waves or storms caused by the Africus, Hor. C. 3, 29, 57.—In Propert., Africus, as the god of this wind, is called pater, 5, 3, 48, but Müll. here reads Aetheris.

Afrĭca, ae, f. [the Romans received this name from the Carthaginians as designating their country, and in this sense only the Gr. hê Aphrikê occurs].

In a restricted sense, designated by the Greeks hê Libuê, Libya, the territory of Carthage:

Nilus Africam ab Aethiopiā dispescens,

Plin. 5, 9, 10, § 53; 5, 4, 3:

regio, quae sequitur a promontorio Metagonio ad aras Philaenorum, proprie nomen Africae usurpat,

Mel. 1, 7; cf. Cic. Imp. Pomp. 12, and id. Lig. 7.—

In an extended sense, the whole of that quarter of the globe south of the Mediterranean Sea, Mel. 1, 4.—By meton. for its inhabitants: Africa, quae procul a mari incultius agebat, Sall. J. 89, 7 (cf. id. ib. 19, 5: alios incultius vagos agitare).—Hence,

Afrĭcānus, a, um, adj., pertaining to Africa, African:

bellum Africanum,

the war of Cœsar with the partisans of Pompey in Africa, Cic. Deiot. 9:

rumores,

of the African war, id. ib.:

causa,

id. Fam. 6, 13:

possessiones,

in Africa, Nep. Att. 12:

gallina,

a guinea-hen, Varr. R. R. 3, 9; cf. Plin. 10, 26, 38, § 74.— Subst.: Afrĭcānae, ārum, sc. ferae, panthers, Liv. 44, 18; so Plin. 8, 17, 24, § 64; Plin. Ep. 6, 34; Suet. Cat. 18; id. Claud. 21 al.—Esp., Afrĭcā-nus, surname of the two most distinguished Scipios.

Of P. Cornelius Scipio major, who defeated Hannibal at Zama (201 B. C.). —

Of his grandson by adoption, P. Cornelius Scipio Aemilianus minor, who conducted the third Punic war, destroyed Carthage (146 B.C.), and subjected the whole Carthaginian territory to the Romans.—

Afrĭcus, a, um, adj., African (mostly poet. for the prose Africanus): terra, Enn. ap. Cic. de Or. 3, 42, 167; so Liv. 29, 23 fin.:

bella,

Sil. 17, 11:

Vicus,

a place in Rome, on the Esquiline Hill, where the Carthaginian hostages were held in custody, Varr. R. R. 5, 32, 44.—But esp. freq., Afrĭcus ventus, or subst.: Afrĭcus, i, m., the south-west wind, Gr. lips, blowing between Auster and Favonius (libonotos and zephuros), opp. Vulturnus (kaikias), now called, among the Italians, Affrico or gherbino; cf. Plin. 2, 47, 46, § 119, and Sen. Q. N. 5, 16:

creberque procellis Africus,

Verg. A. 1, 86:

praeceps,

Hor. C. 1, 3, 12:

luctans,

id. ib. 1, 1, 15:

pestilens,

id. ib. 3, 23, 5:

protervus,

id. Epod. 16, 22.— Adj.: procellae, the waves or storms caused by the Africus, Hor. C. 3, 29, 57.—In Propert., Africus, as the god of this wind, is called pater, 5, 3, 48, but Müll. here reads Aetheris.

Afrĭca, ae, f. [the Romans received this name from the Carthaginians as designating their country, and in this sense only the Gr. hê Aphrikê occurs].

In a restricted sense, designated by the Greeks hê Libuê, Libya, the territory of Carthage:

Nilus Africam ab Aethiopiā dispescens,

Plin. 5, 9, 10, § 53; 5, 4, 3:

regio, quae sequitur a promontorio Metagonio ad aras Philaenorum, proprie nomen Africae usurpat,

Mel. 1, 7; cf. Cic. Imp. Pomp. 12, and id. Lig. 7.—

In an extended sense, the whole of that quarter of the globe south of the Mediterranean Sea, Mel. 1, 4.—By meton. for its inhabitants: Africa, quae procul a mari incultius agebat, Sall. J. 89, 7 (cf. id. ib. 19, 5: alios incultius vagos agitare).—Hence,

Afrĭcānus, a, um, adj., pertaining to Africa, African:

bellum Africanum,

the war of Cœsar with the partisans of Pompey in Africa, Cic. Deiot. 9:

rumores,

of the African war, id. ib.:

causa,

id. Fam. 6, 13:

possessiones,

in Africa, Nep. Att. 12:

gallina,

a guinea-hen, Varr. R. R. 3, 9; cf. Plin. 10, 26, 38, § 74.— Subst.: Afrĭcānae, ārum, sc. ferae, panthers, Liv. 44, 18; so Plin. 8, 17, 24, § 64; Plin. Ep. 6, 34; Suet. Cat. 18; id. Claud. 21 al.—Esp., Afrĭcā-nus, surname of the two most distinguished Scipios.

Of P. Cornelius Scipio major, who defeated Hannibal at Zama (201 B. C.). —

Of his grandson by adoption, P. Cornelius Scipio Aemilianus minor, who conducted the third Punic war, destroyed Carthage (146 B.C.), and subjected the whole Carthaginian territory to the Romans.—

Afrĭcus, a, um, adj., African (mostly poet. for the prose Africanus): terra, Enn. ap. Cic. de Or. 3, 42, 167; so Liv. 29, 23 fin.:

bella,

Sil. 17, 11:

Vicus,

a place in Rome, on the Esquiline Hill, where the Carthaginian hostages were held in custody, Varr. R. R. 5, 32, 44.—But esp. freq., Afrĭcus ventus, or subst.: Afrĭcus, i, m., the south-west wind, Gr. lips, blowing between Auster and Favonius (libonotos and zephuros), opp. Vulturnus (kaikias), now called, among the Italians, Affrico or gherbino; cf. Plin. 2, 47, 46, § 119, and Sen. Q. N. 5, 16:

creberque procellis Africus,

Verg. A. 1, 86:

praeceps,

Hor. C. 1, 3, 12:

luctans,

id. ib. 1, 1, 15:

pestilens,

id. ib. 3, 23, 5:

protervus,

id. Epod. 16, 22.— Adj.: procellae, the waves or storms caused by the Africus, Hor. C. 3, 29, 57.—In Propert., Africus, as the god of this wind, is called pater, 5, 3, 48, but Müll. here reads Aetheris.

Afrĭca, ae, f. [the Romans received this name from the Carthaginians as designating their country, and in this sense only the Gr. hê Aphrikê occurs].

In a restricted sense, designated by the Greeks hê Libuê, Libya, the territory of Carthage:

Nilus Africam ab Aethiopiā dispescens,

Plin. 5, 9, 10, § 53; 5, 4, 3:

regio, quae sequitur a promontorio Metagonio ad aras Philaenorum, proprie nomen Africae usurpat,

Mel. 1, 7; cf. Cic. Imp. Pomp. 12, and id. Lig. 7.—

In an extended sense, the whole of that quarter of the globe south of the Mediterranean Sea, Mel. 1, 4.—By meton. for its inhabitants: Africa, quae procul a mari incultius agebat, Sall. J. 89, 7 (cf. id. ib. 19, 5: alios incultius vagos agitare).—Hence,

Afrĭcānus, a, um, adj., pertaining to Africa, African:

bellum Africanum,

the war of Cœsar with the partisans of Pompey in Africa, Cic. Deiot. 9:

rumores,

of the African war, id. ib.:

causa,

id. Fam. 6, 13:

possessiones,

in Africa, Nep. Att. 12:

gallina,

a guinea-hen, Varr. R. R. 3, 9; cf. Plin. 10, 26, 38, § 74.— Subst.: Afrĭcānae, ārum, sc. ferae, panthers, Liv. 44, 18; so Plin. 8, 17, 24, § 64; Plin. Ep. 6, 34; Suet. Cat. 18; id. Claud. 21 al.—Esp., Afrĭcā-nus, surname of the two most distinguished Scipios.

Of P. Cornelius Scipio major, who defeated Hannibal at Zama (201 B. C.). —

Of his grandson by adoption, P. Cornelius Scipio Aemilianus minor, who conducted the third Punic war, destroyed Carthage (146 B.C.), and subjected the whole Carthaginian territory to the Romans.—

Afrĭcus, a, um, adj., African (mostly poet. for the prose Africanus): terra, Enn. ap. Cic. de Or. 3, 42, 167; so Liv. 29, 23 fin.:

bella,

Sil. 17, 11:

Vicus,

a place in Rome, on the Esquiline Hill, where the Carthaginian hostages were held in custody, Varr. R. R. 5, 32, 44.—But esp. freq., Afrĭcus ventus, or subst.: Afrĭcus, i, m., the south-west wind, Gr. lips, blowing between Auster and Favonius (libonotos and zephuros), opp. Vulturnus (kaikias), now called, among the Italians, Affrico or gherbino; cf. Plin. 2, 47, 46, § 119, and Sen. Q. N. 5, 16:

creberque procellis Africus,

Verg. A. 1, 86:

praeceps,

Hor. C. 1, 3, 12:

luctans,

id. ib. 1, 1, 15:

pestilens,

id. ib. 3, 23, 5:

protervus,

id. Epod. 16, 22.— Adj.: procellae, the waves or storms caused by the Africus, Hor. C. 3, 29, 57.—In Propert., Africus, as the god of this wind, is called pater, 5, 3, 48, but Müll. here reads Aetheris.

cŏ-ŏrĭor, ortus, 4, v. dep., to come forth, stand up, arise, appear, rise, break forth (class. in prose and poetry; most freq. in Lucr. and the hist., esp. Liv.; in Cic. rare, perh. only once).

In gen.:

ubi materiaï Ex infinito sunt corpora plura coorta,

Lucr. 5, 408; cf. id. 5, 367; 5, 414; 5, 838 al.:

ignes pluribus simul locis,

Liv. 26, 27, 5 et saep.:

bellum,

Caes. B. G. 3, 7:

de integro coörtum est bellum,

Liv. 21, 8, 2; cf.:

foedum certamen,

id. 1, 6, 4:

seditio intestina coörta,

id. 5, 12, 7:

risus omnium cum hilaritate,

Nep. Epam. 8, 5:

dolores,

Plaut. Pers. 2, 5, 12; Liv. 40, 24, 6; cf. Lucr. 6, 1091:

accipere febrim calido fervore coortam,

id. 6, 656.—

In partic.

Of natural phenomena, storms, etc., to arise, break out, begin, etc.:

saeva tempestas,

Lucr. 6, 458; so,

tempestas,

Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 18, § 46; Caes. B. G. 4, 28; 5, 10; id. B. C. 1, 48; Liv. 1, 16, 1 et saep.:

ventus,

Caes. B. G. 5, 43; Sall. J. 79, 6; Ov. M. 11, 512; Plin. 2, 36, 36, § 100 al.:

taetra nimborum nox,

Lucr. 4, 170; 6, 253.— Poet., of events, to happen:

quasi naufragiis magnis multisque coörtis,

Lucr. 2, 552.—

Of a hostile rising, to stand up, rise, to break forth, etc.

Absol.:

Romani velut tum primum signo dato coorti pugnam integram ediderunt,

Liv. 8, 9, 13; cf. id. 6, 18, 3; 9, 37, 11; Tac. A. 2, 11; id. H. 2, 70; 4, 60 al.:

insidiae,

id. ib. 2, 24; Liv. 3, 41, 1; cf. id. 2, 35, 3:

tum libero conquestu coortae voces sunt,

id. 8, 7, 22:

magno in populo, cum seditio coorta est,

Verg. A. 1, 148.—

With prep.:

coorti in pugnam,

Liv. 21, 32, 8:

in nos Sarmatarum ac Suevorum gentes,

Tac. H. 1, 2; Liv. 7, 3, 9:

in has rogationes nostras,

id. 4, 3, 2:

ad bellum,

id. 4, 56,:

adversus quos infestior coorta optimatium acies,

id. 4, 9, 8.

dē-prĕhendo or dēprendo (v. prehendo; cf. Quint. 9, 4, 59), di, sum, 3, v. a.

To take or snatch away, esp. any thing which is in motion; to seize upon, catch (freq. and class.—For syn. cf.: invenio, reperio, nanciscor; offendo, aperio, patefacio, detego; incido, consequor, assequor, etc.).

Lit.:

deprehensus ex itinere Cn. Magius,

Caes. B. C. 1, 24, 4:

in ipso fluminis vado deprehensus,

id. B. G. 5, 58, 6:

in agris,

id. ib. 6, 30:

in ponte,

Sall. C. 45:

nuntiorum pars deprehensa,

Caes. B. G. 5, 45; cf.:

deprehensis internuntiis,

id. B. C. 3, 112 fin.: tabellarios deprendere litterasque intercipere, Cassius ap. Cic. Fam. 12, 12; and:

litterae deprehensae,

intercepted, Liv. 2, 4:

onerarias naves,

to seize, take possession of, Caes. B. C. 1, 36, 2; so id. B. G. 7, 58, 4; id. B. C. 1, 26 al.:

volucres jaculis,

Sil. 16, 566:

cursu deprendere telum,

Stat. Th. 6, 568:

subito deprehensus locutus est,

taken by surprise, Sen. Ep. 11, 1.—

Transf. of inanimate subjects. So, esp. freq. of storms:

deprensa navigia,

caught, overtaken by, Lucr. 6, 429; cf. Catull. 25, 13; Verg. A. 5, 52; id. G. 4, 421; Ov. M. 11, 663; Curt. 7, 4 et saep.—

In a wider sense, to catch, overtake, surprise, apprehend, detect, find out, discover any one, esp. in doing any thing wrong.

Lit.:

deprehendi in aliquo manifesto scelere,

Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 43; so,

in maximo scelere,

Sall. C. 46, 2; 50, 4:

in facinore manifesto,

Cic. Brut. 68 fin.:

in alio maleficio,

id. Inv. 2, 4, 14:

in adulterio,

id. de Or. 2, 68, 275; Vulg. Johan. 8, 3 et saep.:

dolis deprehensus,

Plaut. Bac. 4, 9, 26:

nocte ferro deprehensus,

Quint. 7, 6, 8:

sine duce et sine equitatu deprehensis hostibus,

Caes. B. G. 7, 52, 2:

(mulier) deprensa,

caught in the act, Hor. S. 1, 2, 131; 134; 1, 4, 114:

in mendacio,

Quint. 5, 7, 30:

aliquos flentes,

id. ib. 7, 9, 11: agendi subita necessitate deprehensi, id. 1, 12, 4; 1, 8, 21:

aliquem occisum, Suet,

Caes. 35 et saep.—

Of inanimate objects:

venenum,

Cic. Clu. 7, 20; cf. id. ib. 16, 47 sq.; Liv. 42, 17:

res furtiva in domo deprehensa,

Quint. 5, 13, 49; cf.

sacrilegium,

id. 8, 6, 26.—

Trop.

To comprehend, perceive, understand, detect, discover, discern, observe (chiefly post-Aug. in prose, esp. in Quint.):

cujus ego facinora oculis prius quam opinione, manibus ante quam suspicione deprehendi,

Cic. Cael. 6 fin.:

quid si me stultior ipso deprenderis?

Hor. S. 2, 7, 43:

hominum erga se mentes,

Suet. Calig. 60:

falsas gemmas,

Plin. 37, 13, 76, § 198:

quam naturam ejus Pythagoras Samius primus deprehendit,

id. 2, 8, 6, § 37; 2, 9, 6, § 43; 9, 28, 44, § 86; Cels. 3, 18; 7 praef.; Plin. Ep. 4, 20, 3:

falsa facilius deprehendere et refellere,

Quint. 12, 1, 34:

quod vix a lectore deprehenditur,

id. 4, 2, 59:

in Livio Patavinitatem,

id. 1, 5, 56; cf. id. 3, 8, 69; 5, 13, 23 et saep.—

With acc. et inf.:

species diversas esse facile est deprehendere,

Quint. 9, 2, 44:

quosdam mitti,

Suet. Aug. 44:

deprehenditur vitiose loqui,

Quint. 1, 6, 7.—

To overtake, equal, imitate:

juvenemque puer deprehende parentem,

Stat. S. 4, 4, 74.—

To find, discover, come upon (always implying mental action, post-Aug.):

extra carmen non deprendas,

Quint. 1, 5, 18:

quod in epistolis Augusti deprehenditur,

id. 1, 7, 22; 8, 6, 71:

apud Ciceronem mira figurarum mixtura deprehenditur,

id. 9, 3, 40.—

With the predominant idea of restricting the free movement of an object, to impede, to check, to bring into a strait.

Lit.:

inter quas (latebras) deprehensus hostis,

Curt. 7, 4, 4:

in fovea,

id. 5, 3, 19:

flamina deprensa silvis,

i. e. impeded, confined, Verg. A. 10, 98:

viae deprensus in aggere serpens,

id. ib. 5, 273; cf. id. ib. 8, 247; Quint. 12, 2, 14. —

Trop., to bring into a strait, to embarrass:

deprehensum me plane video atque sentio,

Cic. de Or. 1, 48; id. Verr. 2, 4, 12 fin.:

deprensi pudorem explicant,

Quint. 6, 3, 100:

(testes) plus deprehensi nocent, quam firmi et interriti profuissent,

id. 5, 7, 11 al.

dē-prĕhendo or dēprendo (v. prehendo; cf. Quint. 9, 4, 59), di, sum, 3, v. a.

To take or snatch away, esp. any thing which is in motion; to seize upon, catch (freq. and class.—For syn. cf.: invenio, reperio, nanciscor; offendo, aperio, patefacio, detego; incido, consequor, assequor, etc.).

Lit.:

deprehensus ex itinere Cn. Magius,

Caes. B. C. 1, 24, 4:

in ipso fluminis vado deprehensus,

id. B. G. 5, 58, 6:

in agris,

id. ib. 6, 30:

in ponte,

Sall. C. 45:

nuntiorum pars deprehensa,

Caes. B. G. 5, 45; cf.:

deprehensis internuntiis,

id. B. C. 3, 112 fin.: tabellarios deprendere litterasque intercipere, Cassius ap. Cic. Fam. 12, 12; and:

litterae deprehensae,

intercepted, Liv. 2, 4:

onerarias naves,

to seize, take possession of, Caes. B. C. 1, 36, 2; so id. B. G. 7, 58, 4; id. B. C. 1, 26 al.:

volucres jaculis,

Sil. 16, 566:

cursu deprendere telum,

Stat. Th. 6, 568:

subito deprehensus locutus est,

taken by surprise, Sen. Ep. 11, 1.—

Transf. of inanimate subjects. So, esp. freq. of storms:

deprensa navigia,

caught, overtaken by, Lucr. 6, 429; cf. Catull. 25, 13; Verg. A. 5, 52; id. G. 4, 421; Ov. M. 11, 663; Curt. 7, 4 et saep.—

In a wider sense, to catch, overtake, surprise, apprehend, detect, find out, discover any one, esp. in doing any thing wrong.

Lit.:

deprehendi in aliquo manifesto scelere,

Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 43; so,

in maximo scelere,

Sall. C. 46, 2; 50, 4:

in facinore manifesto,

Cic. Brut. 68 fin.:

in alio maleficio,

id. Inv. 2, 4, 14:

in adulterio,

id. de Or. 2, 68, 275; Vulg. Johan. 8, 3 et saep.:

dolis deprehensus,

Plaut. Bac. 4, 9, 26:

nocte ferro deprehensus,

Quint. 7, 6, 8:

sine duce et sine equitatu deprehensis hostibus,

Caes. B. G. 7, 52, 2:

(mulier) deprensa,

caught in the act, Hor. S. 1, 2, 131; 134; 1, 4, 114:

in mendacio,

Quint. 5, 7, 30:

aliquos flentes,

id. ib. 7, 9, 11: agendi subita necessitate deprehensi, id. 1, 12, 4; 1, 8, 21:

aliquem occisum, Suet,

Caes. 35 et saep.—

Of inanimate objects:

venenum,

Cic. Clu. 7, 20; cf. id. ib. 16, 47 sq.; Liv. 42, 17:

res furtiva in domo deprehensa,

Quint. 5, 13, 49; cf.

sacrilegium,

id. 8, 6, 26.—

Trop.

To comprehend, perceive, understand, detect, discover, discern, observe (chiefly post-Aug. in prose, esp. in Quint.):

cujus ego facinora oculis prius quam opinione, manibus ante quam suspicione deprehendi,

Cic. Cael. 6 fin.:

quid si me stultior ipso deprenderis?

Hor. S. 2, 7, 43:

hominum erga se mentes,

Suet. Calig. 60:

falsas gemmas,

Plin. 37, 13, 76, § 198:

quam naturam ejus Pythagoras Samius primus deprehendit,

id. 2, 8, 6, § 37; 2, 9, 6, § 43; 9, 28, 44, § 86; Cels. 3, 18; 7 praef.; Plin. Ep. 4, 20, 3:

falsa facilius deprehendere et refellere,

Quint. 12, 1, 34:

quod vix a lectore deprehenditur,

id. 4, 2, 59:

in Livio Patavinitatem,

id. 1, 5, 56; cf. id. 3, 8, 69; 5, 13, 23 et saep.—

With acc. et inf.:

species diversas esse facile est deprehendere,

Quint. 9, 2, 44:

quosdam mitti,

Suet. Aug. 44:

deprehenditur vitiose loqui,

Quint. 1, 6, 7.—

To overtake, equal, imitate:

juvenemque puer deprehende parentem,

Stat. S. 4, 4, 74.—

To find, discover, come upon (always implying mental action, post-Aug.):

extra carmen non deprendas,

Quint. 1, 5, 18:

quod in epistolis Augusti deprehenditur,

id. 1, 7, 22; 8, 6, 71:

apud Ciceronem mira figurarum mixtura deprehenditur,

id. 9, 3, 40.—

With the predominant idea of restricting the free movement of an object, to impede, to check, to bring into a strait.

Lit.:

inter quas (latebras) deprehensus hostis,

Curt. 7, 4, 4:

in fovea,

id. 5, 3, 19:

flamina deprensa silvis,

i. e. impeded, confined, Verg. A. 10, 98:

viae deprensus in aggere serpens,

id. ib. 5, 273; cf. id. ib. 8, 247; Quint. 12, 2, 14. —

Trop., to bring into a strait, to embarrass:

deprehensum me plane video atque sentio,

Cic. de Or. 1, 48; id. Verr. 2, 4, 12 fin.:

deprensi pudorem explicant,

Quint. 6, 3, 100:

(testes) plus deprehensi nocent, quam firmi et interriti profuissent,

id. 5, 7, 11 al.

fūror, ātus, 1, v. dep. a. ( act. inf. furasse, Fulg. Myth. 2, 6; sup. furatum, Plaut. Rud. 1, 2, 23; id. Trin. 4, 2, 22: furatus, in pass. signif., App. M. 10, p. 220) [fur], to steal, purloin, pilfer (syn.: latrocinor, clepo, rapio).

Lit. (class.):

solet haec, quae rapuit et furatus est dicere se emisse,

Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 22, § 60:

furatur aliquid aut eripit,

id. Off. 2, 11, 40; id. N. D. 2, 63, 157:

pecuniam ex templo,

Quint. 3, 6, 41; Suet. Caes. 54.— Absol.:

ad furandum venire,

Plaut. Ps. 3, 2, 61; so of pillaging, military raids:

ille robore exercitus inpar, furandi melior,

Tac. A. 3, 74 init.;

of literary theft: ut iste in furando manibus suis uteretur,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 15, § 33:

si ego tuum (librum) ante legissem, furatum me abs te esse diceres,

id. Att. 2, 1, 1; cf. Poët. ap. Quint. 8, 3, 29.—

Transf., in gen., to take away by stealth, remove secretly, to withdraw:

pone caput, fessosque oculos furare labori,

Verg. A. 5, 845:

membra,

Sil. 10, 74:

sese,

id. 14, 561:

vultus veste,

i. e. to hide, Sen. Agam. 914:

non enim furatus esse civitatem, non genus suum ementitus dicitur,

Cic. Balb. 2, 5:

speciem furabor Iacchi,

will represent, personate, Prop. 4 (5), 2, 31:

audiendi facultatem,

to obtain by stealth, Amm. 14, 11, 15.

fŭror, ōris, m. [furo], a raging, raving (in sickness or violent passion), rage, madness, fury.

Prop.: hanc insaniam (manian), quae juncta stultitiae patet latius, a furore disjungimus... Quem nos furorem, melancholian illi (Graeci) vocant... Qui ita sit affectus, eum dominum esse rerum suarum vetant duodecim tabulae. Itaque non est scriptum:

Si INSANVS, sed: SI FVRIOSVS ESCIT. Stultitiam enim censuerunt insaniam, constantiā, id est sanitate vacantem... furorem autem esse rati sunt mentis ad omnia caecitatem: quod cum majus esse videatur quam insania, tamen ejusmodi est, ut furor in sapientem cadere possit, non possit insania,

Cic. Tusc. 3, 5, 11; id. Ac. 2, 27, 88:

ira furor brevis est,

Hor. Ep. 1, 2, 62; cf.:

fere ira et concitatio furori sunt similia,

Quint. 7, 4, 31:

hic si mentis esset suae, nisi poenas patriae furore atque insania penderet,

Cic. Pis. 21, 50; cf.:

furore atque amentiā impulsus,

Caes. B. G. 1, 40, 4; cf. id. ib. 7, 42:

Catilinae,

Sall. C. 24, 2:

versatur mihi ante oculos aspectus Cethegi et furor in vestra caede bacchantis,

Cic. Cat. 4, 6, 11:

caeci furore,

Liv. 28, 22, 14; cf. Cat. 64, 197:

rabidus,

id. 63, 38:

caecus,

Hor. Epod. 7, 13:

nec se comitem illius furoris, sed ducem praebuit,

Cic. Lael. 11, 37; cf. id. Rep. 1, 28 fin.: si decima legio ad eundem furorem redierit, Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 11, 2;

so of political excitement,

Caes. B. G. 2, 3, 5; Liv. 2, 29, 11; 25, 4, 5; 28, 25, 12; Hor. C. 4, 15, 17; of the fierce passion of love, Prop. 1, 13, 20; Verg. A. 4, 101; Ov. H. 9, 145.—In plur.:

mille puellarum, puerorum mille furores,

Hor. S. 2, 3, 325; of the inspired frenzy of prophets and poets (as translation of the Gr. mania):

ea (praesagitio) si exarsit acrius, furor appellatur, cum a corpore animus abstractus divino instinctu concitatur,

Cic. Div. 1, 31, 66:

negat sine furore Democritus quemquam poëtam magnum esse posse,

id. ib. 1, 37, 88:

ille furor (Cassandrae) patriae fuit utilis,

Prop. 3, 13 (4, 12), 65.—In plur.:

fatidicos concepit mente furores,

Ov. M. 2, 640:

ad hunc impendiorum furorem,

Suet. Ner. 31.—Prov.:

furor fit laesa saepius patientia,

Pub. Syr. 178 Rib.— Poet. also in a good sense:

vidi animos, mortesque virŭm, decorisque furorem,

vehement desire, Sil. 2, 324.—In plur.:

nec tamen incautos laudum exhorresce furores,

Sil. 3, 146.— Poet., of things:

caeli furor aequinoctialis,

the raging storms, Cat. 46, 2.—

Furor est, it is madness or folly; with inf. ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose):

quis furor est, census corpore ferre suo?

Ov. A. A. 3, 172:

furor est, mensuram ejus (mundi) animo quosdam agitasse atque prodere ausos... furor est, profecto furor, egredi ex eo, etc.,

Plin. 2, 1, 1, § 3:

magno furor (leonis) est in sanguine mergi,

raging desire, Stat. Th. 8, 596:

simplexne furor (est) sestertia centum perdere et, etc.,

is it not worse than folly, Juv. 1, 92.—

Transf., the cause of wrath ( poet.):

non ita saeva ira mea ut tibi sim merito semper furor,

Prop. 1, 18, 15.—

Fŭror, personified, Verg. A. 1, 294; cf. v. 348; as a deity, the companion of Mars, Sil. 4, 327; Stat. Th. 3, 424; 7, 52; cf. Petr. S. 124.

fūror, ātus, 1, v. dep. a. ( act. inf. furasse, Fulg. Myth. 2, 6; sup. furatum, Plaut. Rud. 1, 2, 23; id. Trin. 4, 2, 22: furatus, in pass. signif., App. M. 10, p. 220) [fur], to steal, purloin, pilfer (syn.: latrocinor, clepo, rapio).

Lit. (class.):

solet haec, quae rapuit et furatus est dicere se emisse,

Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 22, § 60:

furatur aliquid aut eripit,

id. Off. 2, 11, 40; id. N. D. 2, 63, 157:

pecuniam ex templo,

Quint. 3, 6, 41; Suet. Caes. 54.— Absol.:

ad furandum venire,

Plaut. Ps. 3, 2, 61; so of pillaging, military raids:

ille robore exercitus inpar, furandi melior,

Tac. A. 3, 74 init.;

of literary theft: ut iste in furando manibus suis uteretur,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 15, § 33:

si ego tuum (librum) ante legissem, furatum me abs te esse diceres,

id. Att. 2, 1, 1; cf. Poët. ap. Quint. 8, 3, 29.—

Transf., in gen., to take away by stealth, remove secretly, to withdraw:

pone caput, fessosque oculos furare labori,

Verg. A. 5, 845:

membra,

Sil. 10, 74:

sese,

id. 14, 561:

vultus veste,

i. e. to hide, Sen. Agam. 914:

non enim furatus esse civitatem, non genus suum ementitus dicitur,

Cic. Balb. 2, 5:

speciem furabor Iacchi,

will represent, personate, Prop. 4 (5), 2, 31:

audiendi facultatem,

to obtain by stealth, Amm. 14, 11, 15.

fŭror, ōris, m. [furo], a raging, raving (in sickness or violent passion), rage, madness, fury.

Prop.: hanc insaniam (manian), quae juncta stultitiae patet latius, a furore disjungimus... Quem nos furorem, melancholian illi (Graeci) vocant... Qui ita sit affectus, eum dominum esse rerum suarum vetant duodecim tabulae. Itaque non est scriptum:

Si INSANVS, sed: SI FVRIOSVS ESCIT. Stultitiam enim censuerunt insaniam, constantiā, id est sanitate vacantem... furorem autem esse rati sunt mentis ad omnia caecitatem: quod cum majus esse videatur quam insania, tamen ejusmodi est, ut furor in sapientem cadere possit, non possit insania,

Cic. Tusc. 3, 5, 11; id. Ac. 2, 27, 88:

ira furor brevis est,

Hor. Ep. 1, 2, 62; cf.:

fere ira et concitatio furori sunt similia,

Quint. 7, 4, 31:

hic si mentis esset suae, nisi poenas patriae furore atque insania penderet,

Cic. Pis. 21, 50; cf.:

furore atque amentiā impulsus,

Caes. B. G. 1, 40, 4; cf. id. ib. 7, 42:

Catilinae,

Sall. C. 24, 2:

versatur mihi ante oculos aspectus Cethegi et furor in vestra caede bacchantis,

Cic. Cat. 4, 6, 11:

caeci furore,

Liv. 28, 22, 14; cf. Cat. 64, 197:

rabidus,

id. 63, 38:

caecus,

Hor. Epod. 7, 13:

nec se comitem illius furoris, sed ducem praebuit,

Cic. Lael. 11, 37; cf. id. Rep. 1, 28 fin.: si decima legio ad eundem furorem redierit, Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 11, 2;

so of political excitement,

Caes. B. G. 2, 3, 5; Liv. 2, 29, 11; 25, 4, 5; 28, 25, 12; Hor. C. 4, 15, 17; of the fierce passion of love, Prop. 1, 13, 20; Verg. A. 4, 101; Ov. H. 9, 145.—In plur.:

mille puellarum, puerorum mille furores,

Hor. S. 2, 3, 325; of the inspired frenzy of prophets and poets (as translation of the Gr. mania):

ea (praesagitio) si exarsit acrius, furor appellatur, cum a corpore animus abstractus divino instinctu concitatur,

Cic. Div. 1, 31, 66:

negat sine furore Democritus quemquam poëtam magnum esse posse,

id. ib. 1, 37, 88:

ille furor (Cassandrae) patriae fuit utilis,

Prop. 3, 13 (4, 12), 65.—In plur.:

fatidicos concepit mente furores,

Ov. M. 2, 640:

ad hunc impendiorum furorem,

Suet. Ner. 31.—Prov.:

furor fit laesa saepius patientia,

Pub. Syr. 178 Rib.— Poet. also in a good sense:

vidi animos, mortesque virŭm, decorisque furorem,

vehement desire, Sil. 2, 324.—In plur.:

nec tamen incautos laudum exhorresce furores,

Sil. 3, 146.— Poet., of things:

caeli furor aequinoctialis,

the raging storms, Cat. 46, 2.—

Furor est, it is madness or folly; with inf. ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose):

quis furor est, census corpore ferre suo?

Ov. A. A. 3, 172:

furor est, mensuram ejus (mundi) animo quosdam agitasse atque prodere ausos... furor est, profecto furor, egredi ex eo, etc.,

Plin. 2, 1, 1, § 3:

magno furor (leonis) est in sanguine mergi,

raging desire, Stat. Th. 8, 596:

simplexne furor (est) sestertia centum perdere et, etc.,

is it not worse than folly, Juv. 1, 92.—

Transf., the cause of wrath ( poet.):

non ita saeva ira mea ut tibi sim merito semper furor,

Prop. 1, 18, 15.—

Fŭror, personified, Verg. A. 1, 294; cf. v. 348; as a deity, the companion of Mars, Sil. 4, 327; Stat. Th. 3, 424; 7, 52; cf. Petr. S. 124.

Gargānus, i, m., a mountain ridge in Apulia on which storms are frequent, now Monte Gargano, Mel. 2, 4, 6; Plin. 3, 13, 18, § 111 al.; Hor. C. 2, 9, 7; Verg. A. 11, 247; Luc. 5, 380 al.—

Deriv. Gargānus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Garganus, Gargan:

nemus,

Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 202:

cacumina,

Sil. 9, 34.

hĭĕmo, āvi, ātum, 1, v. n. and a. [hiems].

Of persons, to pass the winter, to winter; of soldiers, to keep in winter-quarters:

ubi piratae quotannis hiemare soleant,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 47, § 104:

naviget ac mediis hiemet mercator in undis,

Hor. Ep. 1, 16, 71:

assidue in Urbe,

Suet. Aug. 72:

tres (legiones), quae circum Aquileiam hiemabant, ex hibernis educit,

Caes. B. G. 1, 10, 3:

legionem hiemandi causa collocaret,

id. ib. 3, 1:

cupio scire quid agas et ubi sis hiematurus,

Cic. Fam. 7, 9, 1:

facies me certiorem, quomodo hiemaris,

id. Att. 6, 1 fin. —

Of things, to be wintry, frozen, cold, stormy (freq. since the Aug. per.; not in Cic.): hiemantes aquae, Sall. Fragm. ap. Sen. Ep. 114:

atrum Defendens pisces hiemat mare,

storms, Hor. S. 2, 2, 17; Plin. 2, 47, 47, § 125; cf.: repente hiemavit tempestas... totus hiemavit annus... hiemante Aquilone, Arrunt. ap. Sen. Ep. 114:

delphini vespertino occasu continui dies hiemant Italiae,

Plin. 18, 26, 64, § 235.—

Impers., hiemat, it is winter weather, wintry, cold, frosty (post-Aug.):

decimo sexto Cal. Febr. Cancer desinit occidere: hiemat,

Col. 11, 2, 4:

vehementer hiemat,

id. ib. 20:

hiemat cum frigore et gelicidiis,

id. ib. 78; Plin. 18, 35, 79, § 348.—

Act., to congeal, freeze, turn to ice (post-Aug.):

decoquunt alii aquas, mox et illas hiemant,

Plin. 19, 4, 19, § 55 (for which:

decoquere aquam vitroque demissam in nives refrigerare,

id. 31, 3, 23, § 40):

hiemato lacu,

id. 9, 22, 38, § 75.

imber, bris (abl. imbri, Cic. Att. 7, 20, 1; Verg. E. 7, 60; id. A. 4, 249; Hor. S. 1, 5, 95; Lucr. 1, 715 et saep.;

more freq. imbre,

Plaut. Most. 1, 2, 62; Cic. de Sen. 10, 34; Liv. 21, 58, 6; Hor. Ep. 1, 11, 11; Ov. Am. 3, 6. 68; id. M. 13, 889; cf. Neue, Formenl. 1, 239 sq.), m. [kindr. to Sanscr. abhra, a cloud; cf. Lat. umbra; Gr. ombros], rain, heavy or violent rain, a rain-storm, shower of rain, pelting or pouring rain (cf.: pluvia, nimbus).

Lit. (class.):

imbres fluctusque atque procellae infensae,

Plaut. Trin. 4, 1, 17:

venit imber, lavit parietes,

id. Most. 1, 2, 30:

erat hiems summa, tempestas perfrigida, imber maximus,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 40, § 86:

ita magnos et assiduos imbres habebamus,

id. Att. 13, 16, 1; Lucr. 6, 107:

maximo imbri Capuam veni,

Cic. Att. 7, 20, 1:

in imbri, in frigore,

id. Verr. 2, 4, 40, § 87:

iter factum corruptius imbri,

Hor. S. 1, 5, 95; so,

imbre lutoque Aspersus,

id. Ep. 1, 11, 11:

quae opera per imbrem fieri potuerint,

Cato, R. R. 2, 3: lapideus aut sanguineus imber, Civ. Div. 2, 28, 60; cf.:

quid cum saepe lapidum, sanguinis nonnumquam, terrae interdum, quondam etiam lactis imber defluxit?

id. ib. 1, 43, 98:

imbri lapidavit,

Liv. 43, 13:

tamquam lapides effuderit imber,

Juv. 13, 67.—

Prov.

Imbrem in cribrum gerere, i. e. to attempt an impossibility, Plaut. Ps. 1, 1, 100.—

Tam hoc tibi in proclivi est quam imber est quando pluit, i. e. exceedingly easy, Plaut. Capt. 2, 2, 86.—

Transf., in gen.

A rain-cloud, stormcloud:

caeruleus supra caput astitit imber,

Verg. A. 3, 194; 5, 10:

grandinis imbres,

hail-storms, Lucr. 6, 107.—

Rain-water:

piscinae cisternaeque servandis imbribus,

Tac. H. 5, 12.—

Water or liquid in gen. ( poet.): cui par imber et ignis, Enn. ap. Varr. L. L. 7, § 37 Müll. (Ann. v. 511 Vahl.);

so of water as an element: ex igni, terra atque anima procrescere et imbri,

Lucr. 1, 715:

ut ferrum Stridit, ubi in gelidum propere demersimus imbrem,

id. 6, 149:

calidi,

Ov. Am. 2, 15, 23: ratibusque fremebat Imber Neptuni, i. e. the sea, Enn. ap. Serv. ad Verg. A. 11, 299 (Ann. v. 490 Vahl.); so of the sea, Verg. A. 1, 123; Ov. H. 18, 104; Val. Fl. 4, 665:

amicos irriget imbres,

Verg. G. 4, 115:

imbre per indignas usque cadente genas,

a shower of tears, Ov. Tr. 1, 3, 18:

sanguineus,

stream of blood, Stat. Th. 1, 437; cf.:

cruentus,

Luc. 6, 224:

nectaris,

Claud. Nupt. Hon. 101.—

Like the Engl. word shower, of things that fall like rain:

ferreus ingruit imber,

Verg. A. 12, 284; cf.:

quo pacto Danaae misisse aiunt quondam in gremium imbrem aureum,

Ter. Eun. 3, 5, 37.