stream

obvĭus, a, um, adj. [ob-via], in the way, so as to meet, meeting, to meet (class.).

In gen.:

si ille obvius ei futurus omnino non erat,

had no expectation of meeting him, Cic. Mil. 18, 47:

dare se obvium alicui,

to meet a person, Liv. 1, 16:

quo in loco inter se obvii fuissent,

had met each other, Sall. J. 79, 4:

libellus insidiarum ab obvio quodam porrectus,

by one who met him, Suet. Caes. 81; cf. Quint. 10, 3, 29:

cuicumque est obvia,

whomsoever she meets, Juv. 6, 412:

cui mater mediā sese tulit obvia silvā,

met, Verg. A. 1, 314:

obvia cui Camilla Occurrit,

id. ib. 11, 498: esse in obvio alicui, to be in the way of or where one can meet another, Liv. 37, 23; so, with ellips. of dat.:

Brutidius meus ad Martis fuit obvius aram,

Juv. 10, 83:

se gravissimis tempestatibus obvium ferre,

Cic. Rep. 1, 4, 7:

agmen obviorum,

Suet. Calig. 13:

obvii e diverso,

Plin. 8, 50, 76, § 201.—Of things:

neque aranei tenvia fila Obvia sentimus,

Lucr. 3, 384:

simulacra nobis,

id. 4, 37:

obvias mihi litteras mittas,

send to meet, Cic. Att. 6, 5, 1; cf. id. ib. 6, 4, 3:

ultroque ferebant Obvia securis ubera lactis oves,

offered, presented, Tib. 1, 3, 46: montes, qui obvii erant itineri adversariorum, which lay in their way, which they met or fell in with, Nep. Eum. 9:

quaeque,

Val. Fl. 3, 583:

obvia flamina,

Ov. M. 1, 528:

obvius undis,

up the stream, id. ib. 11, 138:

obviaque hospitiis teneat frondentibus arbos,

over against, opposite, Verg. G. 4, 24:

aquilones,

contrary, adverse, Tac. A. 2, 54:

prona cadit lateque et cominus obvia frangens,

every thing in its way, Cat. 64, 109.—

In partic.

In a bad sense, as an enemy, against, to meet or encounter:

si ingredienti cum armatā manu obvius fueris,

Cic. Caecin. 27, 76:

Jugurthae obvius procedit,

Sall. J. 21, 1:

obvii hostibus,

id. ib. 50, 4:

infestā subit obvius hastā,

Verg. A. 10, 877.—

In a good sense.

Easy of access, affable, courteous (perh. not ante-Aug.):

est enim obvius, et expositus, plenusque humanitate,

Plin. Ep. 1, 10, 2.—

Of inanim. and abstr. things, at hand, easy, ready, obvious:

nec se obvias fuisse dicenti, sed conquisitas (figuras),

Quint. 9, 3, 5:

quidquid venerit obvium loquamur,

Mart. 11, 7, 7:

obvias opes deferre deos,

Tac. A. 16, 2:

comitas,

id. ib. 2, 2:

laudes,

common, Gell. 5, 1, 1:

obvia et illaborata virtus,

easy, not difficult of attainment, Quint. 12, 2, 2:

ex obvio fere victus (animalibus),

id. 2, 16, 14.—

Of words, in constant use, common:

est vestibulum in sermonibus celebre atque obvium verbum,

Macr. S. 6, 8, 15:

municipes et municipia sunt verba dictu facilia et usu obvia,

Gell. 16, 13, 1; 18, 12, 10; cf.:

obvium est dicere dimidiā,

id. 3, 14, 12.—

Se dare obvium, to occur to one's mind or memory:

licet omnes (versus) praesens memoria non suggerat, tamen, qui se dederint obvios, annotabo,

Macr. S. 5, 3, 1.—

Lying open, i. e. exposed, obnoxious to an evil ( poet.):

rupes Obvia ventorum furiis expostaque ponto,

Verg. A. 10, 694:

melioribus opto Auspiciis et quae fuerit minus obvia Graiis,

id. ib. 3, 498:

calvitium quoquoversus obvium,

i. e. exposed to the air, App. M. 11, p. 273 fin.

ōs, ōris (no gen. plur.), n. [kindr. with Sanscr. āsya, os, vultus, facies], the mouth (syn. bucca): quam tibi ex ore orationem duriter dictis dedit, Enn. ap. Non. p. 512, 8:

ex ore in ejus os inflato aquam dato palumbo,

Cato, R. R. 90:

ad haec omnia percipienda os est aptissimum,

Cic. N. D. 2, 54, 184:

oris hiatus,

id. ib. 2, 47, 122:

os tenerum pueri,

Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 126:

fetidum,

Cic. Pis. 7, 13:

trilingue,

Hor. C. 2, 19, 31:

os loquentis Opprimere,

Ov. M. 3, 296: in ore omnium esse, to be in everybody's mouth, to be the common talk:

in ore est omni populo,

Ter. Ad. 1, 2, 13:

istius nequitiam in ore vulgi atque in communibus proverbiis esse versatam,

Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 46, § 121:

Harmodius in ore est,

id. Tusc. 1, 49, 116:

in ore omnium,

id. Verr. 2, 2, 23, § 56:

habere aliquid in ore,

to have a thing in one's mouth, be constantly talking of it, id. Fam. 6, 18, 6; id. ib. 5, 16, 2; id. Fin. 3, 11, 37; id. Att. 14, 22, 2:

poscebatur ore vulgi dux Agricola,

with one voice, one consent, unanimously, Tac. Agr. 41.—So, uno ore, unanimously, Ter. Phorm. 4, 3, 20; id. And. 1, 1, 69; Curt. 10, 2, 18; Cic. Lael. 23, 86; Sen. Ep. 81, 31:

uno omnes eadem ore fremebant,

Verg. A. 11, 132: volito vivus per ora virūm, soon become famous, Enn. ap. Cic. Tusc. 1, 15, 34 (Epigr. v. 4 Vahl.):

virūm volitare per ora,

Verg. G 3, 9:

in ora vulgi, or hominum pervenire, or abire,

to get into people's mouths, become the common talk, Cat. 40, 5; Liv. 2, 36, 3:

ire per ora Nomen,

Sil. 3, 135:

hic Graecā doctrinā ore tenus exercitus animum bonis artibus non induerat,

i. e. only as far as his tongue, only so as to talk, Tac. A. 15, 45.—Hence, os suum aperire (eccl. Lat.), to begin to speak, Vulg. Job, 33, 2; id. Ecclus. 51, 33 et saep.:

os alicujus aperire,

to cause to speak, id. Ezech. 33, 22; cf. id. ib. 24, 27;

3, 27.—But: aperuerunt super me os suum, sicut leo,

threatened, Vulg. Psa. 21, 13: os sublinere alicui, to cheat, befool, v. sublino.—

Esp.: pleno ore, i. e. heartily, zealously:

ea nescio quomodo quasi pleniore ore laudamus,

Cic. Off. 1, 18, 61.—

Transf.

In gen.: the face, countenance (syn.:

vultus, facies), acutis oculis, ore rubicundo,

Plaut. Ps. 4, 7, 118:

figura oris,

Ter. Eun. 2, 3, 26: iratorum, [p. 1282] Cic. Off. 1, 29, 102:

in ore sunt omhia, in eo autem ipso dominatus est omnis oculorum,

i. e. every thing depends on the countenance, id. de Or. 3, 59, 221:

in tuo ore vultuque acquiesco,

id. Deiot. 2, 5:

concedas hinc aliquo ab ore eorum aliquantisper,

come out from them, out from their presence, leave them alone, Ter. Heaut. 3, 3, 11. —So of lower animals:

insignis et ore Et rutilis clarus squamis,

Verg. G. 4, 92:

ore rubicundo (gallina),

Plin. 10, 56, 77, § 156:

ales cristati cantibus oris,

Ov. M. 11, 597:

coram in os aliquem laudare,

to praise one to his face, Ter. Ad. 2, 4, 5:

alicui laedere os,

to insult one to his face, id. ib. 5, 4, 10:

praebere os,

to expose one's self to personal insults, id. ib. 2, 2, 7; so,

os praebere ad contumeliam,

Liv. 4, 35:

in ore parentum liberos jugulat,

before their parents' eyes, Sen. Ben. 7, 19, 8:

quae in ore atque in oculis provinciae gesta sunt,

Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 33, § 81:

in ore omnium cotidie versari,

id. Rosc. Am. 6, 16:

ut esset posteris ante os documentum Persarum sceleris sempiternum,

id. Rep. 3, 9, 15:

illos aiunt epulis ante ora positis excruciari fame,

Macr. Somn. Scip. 1, 10, 13:

ante ora conjugum omnia pati,

Liv. 28, 19, 12.—So of the face, front, as indicative of modesty or impudence: os habet, linguam, perfidiam, = Engl. cheek, Plaut. Mil. 2, 2, 33:

os durum!

you brazen face! Ter. Eun. 4, 7, 36:

os durissimum,

very bold, Cic. Quint. 24, 77:

impudens,

Ter. Eun. 3, 5, 49:

quo redibo ore ad eam, quam contempserim?

with what face? id. Phorm. 5, 7, 24; cf. id. ib. 5, 9, 53; id. Heaut. 4, 3, 22; Liv. 26, 32.—Hence, transf., boldness, effrontery, impudence:

quod tandem os est illius patroni, qui, etc.,

Cic. de Or. 1, 38, 175:

nostis os hominis, nostis audaciam,

id. Verr. 2, 2, 20, § 48; id. Rab. Post. 12, 34:

non, si Appii os haberem,

id. Fam. 5, 10, a, 2; id. ib. 9, 8, 1.—On the contrary: os molle, modest, bashful:

nihil erat mollius ore Pompeii,

Sen. Ep. 11, 3.—

The head:

Gorgonis os pulcherrimum, cinctum anguibus,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 56, § 124:

truncis arborum antefixa ora,

Tac. A. 1, 61. —

Speech ( poet.):

ora sono discordia signant,

Verg. A. 2, 423.—

A mouth, opening, entrance, aperture, orifice:

os lenonis aedium,

Plaut. Ps. 4, 1, 41:

porta velut in ore urbis,

Liv. 25, 11 fin.:

ingentem lato dedit ore fenestram,

Verg. A. 2, 482:

Ponti,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 58, § 129:

os atque aditus portus,

id. ib. 2, 5, 12, §

30: specūs,

entrance, Tac. A. 4, 59:

vascula oris angusti,

Quint. 1, 2, 28:

ulceris,

Verg. G. 3, 454:

Tiberis,

Liv. 1, 33:

venarum,

Cels. 2, 7.— Also of the sources of a stream:

fontem superare Timavi, Unde per ora novem, etc.,

Verg. A. 1, 245.—

The beak of a ship:

ora navium Rostrata,

Hor. Epod. 4, 17.—

Os leonis, lion's-mouth, a plant, Col. 10, 98.—

The edge of a sword:

interfecit in ore gladii,

Vulg. 1 Reg. 15, 8; id. 4 Reg. 10, 25 et saep.

ŏs, ossis (collat. form ossum, i, Varr. ap. Charis. p. 112 P.; Att. ap. Prisc. p. 750 ib.; Tert. Carm. adv. Marc. 2, 196: ossu, u, Charis. p. 12 P.—In plur.:

OSSVA for OSSA, freq. in inscrr.,

Inscr. Orell. 2906; 4361; 4806; Inscr. Osann. Syll. p. 497, 1; Cardin. Dipl. Imp. 2, 11: ossuum for ossium, Prud. steph. 5, 111), n. [prop. ossis for ostis, kindred with Sanscr. asthi, os; Gr. osteon; Slav. kostj], a bone (class.).

Lit.:

quid dicam de ossibus?

Cic. N. D. 2, 55, 139:

cur hunc dolorem cineri ejus atque ossibus inussisti? (i. e. mortuo),

id. Verr. 2, 1, 44, § 113; id. ib. 2, 5, 49, § 128: ossa legere, to gather up the bones that remain after burning a corpse, Verg. A. 6, 228; Sen. Ira, 2, 33, 6:

condere,

to bury, Verg. A. 5, 47: ossa legere, to extract fragments of bone from a wound, Sen. Ben. 5, 24, 3; id. Prov. 3; Quint. 6, 1, 30: tum vero exarsit juveni dolor ossibus ingens, in his bones, i. e. in his inmost part, in his soul, Verg. A. 5, 172:

cui versat in ossibus Durus amor,

id. G. 3, 258; id. A. 6, 55; cf. Vulg. Job, 4, 14.—

Transf., the hard or innermost part of trees or fruits:

arborum ossa,

i. e. the inside wood, the heart, Plin. 17, 27, 43, § 252:

olearum ac palmularum,

i. e. the stones, Suet. Claud. 8.—

Trop., the bones, the solid parts or outlines of a discourse:

utinam imitarentur (Atticos dicendo), nec ossa solum, sed etiam sanguinem,

Cic. Brut. 17, 68; cf. id. Fin. 4, 3, 6; Quint. 1, p. 34.

ōs, ōris (no gen. plur.), n. [kindr. with Sanscr. āsya, os, vultus, facies], the mouth (syn. bucca): quam tibi ex ore orationem duriter dictis dedit, Enn. ap. Non. p. 512, 8:

ex ore in ejus os inflato aquam dato palumbo,

Cato, R. R. 90:

ad haec omnia percipienda os est aptissimum,

Cic. N. D. 2, 54, 184:

oris hiatus,

id. ib. 2, 47, 122:

os tenerum pueri,

Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 126:

fetidum,

Cic. Pis. 7, 13:

trilingue,

Hor. C. 2, 19, 31:

os loquentis Opprimere,

Ov. M. 3, 296: in ore omnium esse, to be in everybody's mouth, to be the common talk:

in ore est omni populo,

Ter. Ad. 1, 2, 13:

istius nequitiam in ore vulgi atque in communibus proverbiis esse versatam,

Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 46, § 121:

Harmodius in ore est,

id. Tusc. 1, 49, 116:

in ore omnium,

id. Verr. 2, 2, 23, § 56:

habere aliquid in ore,

to have a thing in one's mouth, be constantly talking of it, id. Fam. 6, 18, 6; id. ib. 5, 16, 2; id. Fin. 3, 11, 37; id. Att. 14, 22, 2:

poscebatur ore vulgi dux Agricola,

with one voice, one consent, unanimously, Tac. Agr. 41.—So, uno ore, unanimously, Ter. Phorm. 4, 3, 20; id. And. 1, 1, 69; Curt. 10, 2, 18; Cic. Lael. 23, 86; Sen. Ep. 81, 31:

uno omnes eadem ore fremebant,

Verg. A. 11, 132: volito vivus per ora virūm, soon become famous, Enn. ap. Cic. Tusc. 1, 15, 34 (Epigr. v. 4 Vahl.):

virūm volitare per ora,

Verg. G 3, 9:

in ora vulgi, or hominum pervenire, or abire,

to get into people's mouths, become the common talk, Cat. 40, 5; Liv. 2, 36, 3:

ire per ora Nomen,

Sil. 3, 135:

hic Graecā doctrinā ore tenus exercitus animum bonis artibus non induerat,

i. e. only as far as his tongue, only so as to talk, Tac. A. 15, 45.—Hence, os suum aperire (eccl. Lat.), to begin to speak, Vulg. Job, 33, 2; id. Ecclus. 51, 33 et saep.:

os alicujus aperire,

to cause to speak, id. Ezech. 33, 22; cf. id. ib. 24, 27;

3, 27.—But: aperuerunt super me os suum, sicut leo,

threatened, Vulg. Psa. 21, 13: os sublinere alicui, to cheat, befool, v. sublino.—

Esp.: pleno ore, i. e. heartily, zealously:

ea nescio quomodo quasi pleniore ore laudamus,

Cic. Off. 1, 18, 61.—

Transf.

In gen.: the face, countenance (syn.:

vultus, facies), acutis oculis, ore rubicundo,

Plaut. Ps. 4, 7, 118:

figura oris,

Ter. Eun. 2, 3, 26: iratorum, [p. 1282] Cic. Off. 1, 29, 102:

in ore sunt omhia, in eo autem ipso dominatus est omnis oculorum,

i. e. every thing depends on the countenance, id. de Or. 3, 59, 221:

in tuo ore vultuque acquiesco,

id. Deiot. 2, 5:

concedas hinc aliquo ab ore eorum aliquantisper,

come out from them, out from their presence, leave them alone, Ter. Heaut. 3, 3, 11. —So of lower animals:

insignis et ore Et rutilis clarus squamis,

Verg. G. 4, 92:

ore rubicundo (gallina),

Plin. 10, 56, 77, § 156:

ales cristati cantibus oris,

Ov. M. 11, 597:

coram in os aliquem laudare,

to praise one to his face, Ter. Ad. 2, 4, 5:

alicui laedere os,

to insult one to his face, id. ib. 5, 4, 10:

praebere os,

to expose one's self to personal insults, id. ib. 2, 2, 7; so,

os praebere ad contumeliam,

Liv. 4, 35:

in ore parentum liberos jugulat,

before their parents' eyes, Sen. Ben. 7, 19, 8:

quae in ore atque in oculis provinciae gesta sunt,

Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 33, § 81:

in ore omnium cotidie versari,

id. Rosc. Am. 6, 16:

ut esset posteris ante os documentum Persarum sceleris sempiternum,

id. Rep. 3, 9, 15:

illos aiunt epulis ante ora positis excruciari fame,

Macr. Somn. Scip. 1, 10, 13:

ante ora conjugum omnia pati,

Liv. 28, 19, 12.—So of the face, front, as indicative of modesty or impudence: os habet, linguam, perfidiam, = Engl. cheek, Plaut. Mil. 2, 2, 33:

os durum!

you brazen face! Ter. Eun. 4, 7, 36:

os durissimum,

very bold, Cic. Quint. 24, 77:

impudens,

Ter. Eun. 3, 5, 49:

quo redibo ore ad eam, quam contempserim?

with what face? id. Phorm. 5, 7, 24; cf. id. ib. 5, 9, 53; id. Heaut. 4, 3, 22; Liv. 26, 32.—Hence, transf., boldness, effrontery, impudence:

quod tandem os est illius patroni, qui, etc.,

Cic. de Or. 1, 38, 175:

nostis os hominis, nostis audaciam,

id. Verr. 2, 2, 20, § 48; id. Rab. Post. 12, 34:

non, si Appii os haberem,

id. Fam. 5, 10, a, 2; id. ib. 9, 8, 1.—On the contrary: os molle, modest, bashful:

nihil erat mollius ore Pompeii,

Sen. Ep. 11, 3.—

The head:

Gorgonis os pulcherrimum, cinctum anguibus,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 56, § 124:

truncis arborum antefixa ora,

Tac. A. 1, 61. —

Speech ( poet.):

ora sono discordia signant,

Verg. A. 2, 423.—

A mouth, opening, entrance, aperture, orifice:

os lenonis aedium,

Plaut. Ps. 4, 1, 41:

porta velut in ore urbis,

Liv. 25, 11 fin.:

ingentem lato dedit ore fenestram,

Verg. A. 2, 482:

Ponti,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 58, § 129:

os atque aditus portus,

id. ib. 2, 5, 12, §

30: specūs,

entrance, Tac. A. 4, 59:

vascula oris angusti,

Quint. 1, 2, 28:

ulceris,

Verg. G. 3, 454:

Tiberis,

Liv. 1, 33:

venarum,

Cels. 2, 7.— Also of the sources of a stream:

fontem superare Timavi, Unde per ora novem, etc.,

Verg. A. 1, 245.—

The beak of a ship:

ora navium Rostrata,

Hor. Epod. 4, 17.—

Os leonis, lion's-mouth, a plant, Col. 10, 98.—

The edge of a sword:

interfecit in ore gladii,

Vulg. 1 Reg. 15, 8; id. 4 Reg. 10, 25 et saep.

ŏs, ossis (collat. form ossum, i, Varr. ap. Charis. p. 112 P.; Att. ap. Prisc. p. 750 ib.; Tert. Carm. adv. Marc. 2, 196: ossu, u, Charis. p. 12 P.—In plur.:

OSSVA for OSSA, freq. in inscrr.,

Inscr. Orell. 2906; 4361; 4806; Inscr. Osann. Syll. p. 497, 1; Cardin. Dipl. Imp. 2, 11: ossuum for ossium, Prud. steph. 5, 111), n. [prop. ossis for ostis, kindred with Sanscr. asthi, os; Gr. osteon; Slav. kostj], a bone (class.).

Lit.:

quid dicam de ossibus?

Cic. N. D. 2, 55, 139:

cur hunc dolorem cineri ejus atque ossibus inussisti? (i. e. mortuo),

id. Verr. 2, 1, 44, § 113; id. ib. 2, 5, 49, § 128: ossa legere, to gather up the bones that remain after burning a corpse, Verg. A. 6, 228; Sen. Ira, 2, 33, 6:

condere,

to bury, Verg. A. 5, 47: ossa legere, to extract fragments of bone from a wound, Sen. Ben. 5, 24, 3; id. Prov. 3; Quint. 6, 1, 30: tum vero exarsit juveni dolor ossibus ingens, in his bones, i. e. in his inmost part, in his soul, Verg. A. 5, 172:

cui versat in ossibus Durus amor,

id. G. 3, 258; id. A. 6, 55; cf. Vulg. Job, 4, 14.—

Transf., the hard or innermost part of trees or fruits:

arborum ossa,

i. e. the inside wood, the heart, Plin. 17, 27, 43, § 252:

olearum ac palmularum,

i. e. the stones, Suet. Claud. 8.—

Trop., the bones, the solid parts or outlines of a discourse:

utinam imitarentur (Atticos dicendo), nec ossa solum, sed etiam sanguinem,

Cic. Brut. 17, 68; cf. id. Fin. 4, 3, 6; Quint. 1, p. 34.

pons, ntis, m. [kindred with Sanscr. pathi, a path; Gr. patos; old Germ. phat, pfat; mod. Germ. Pfad; Angl.-Sax. padh; hence prop. a board across a ditch, brook, etc.], a bridge across a river, ditch, or marsh, between towers, etc.

In gen.:

pars oppidi mari disjuncta angusto, ponte rursus adjungitur et continetur,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 52, §

117: pontem in Arare faciendum curat,

to throw a bridge over the stream, Caes. B. G. 1, 13: in Isarā, flumine maximo, ponte uno die facto, Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 15, 3:

in Histro flumine,

Nep. Milt. 3, 1; so,

inicere pontem,

Liv. 26, 6; Tac. A. 15, 19:

flumen ponte jungere,

Liv. 21, 45; Curt. 3, 7, 1:

amnem ponte junxit,

id. 4, 9, 9:

imponere pontem flumini,

id. 5, 1, 22:

pontibus palude constratā,

Hirt. B. G. 8, 14:

pontem navibus efficere,

Tac. A. 6, 37:

ponte flumen transgredi,

id. ib. 13, 39;

also: ponte flumen transmittere,

Plin. Ep. 8, 8; and:

ponte flumen traicere,

Flor. 4, 12, 22:

interscindere pontem,

to break down, Cic. Leg. 2, 4, 10; also,

rescindere,

Nep. Milt. 3, 4:

interrumpere,

Plaut. Cas. prol. 66; Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 23, 3:

rumpere,

Quint. 2, 13, 16; Tac. A. 2, 68:

abrumpere,

id. H. 3, 6:

recidere,

Curt. 4, 16, 8:

solvere,

Tac. A. 1, 69:

dissolvere,

Nep. Them. 5, 1:

vellere,

Verg. A. 8, 650:

partem pontis rescindere,

Caes. B. G. 6, 29.—Esp., as a stand for beggars, Juv. 5, 8; cf. id. 4, 116:

aliquis de ponte,

i. e. a beggar, id. 14, 134.— Plur.:

plures dies efficiendis pontibus absumpti,

a bridge of several spans, Tac. A. 2, 8; 11, 13; Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 23, 3; cf. id. ib. 10, 18, 4.—

In partic.

The bridge at the Comitia, over which the voters passed one by one to the septum, to deposit their votes, Cic. Att. 1, 14, 5; Auct. Her. 1, 12, 21; Ov. F. 5, 634. Hence the proverb: sexagenarios de ponte; v. sexagenarius.—

A wooden drawbridge, to be let down from besieging towers to the walls of a town or fortress, Tac. A. 4, 51; Suet. Aug. 20.—

A plank bridge thrown from a vessel to the shore, Verg. A. 10, 288 and 654; Liv. 21, 28.—

The deck of a ship on which the military engines were placed, Tac. A. 2, 6.—

A floor of a tower, Verg. A. 9, 530; 12, 675.—

A wooden bridge on a narrow wall between two towers, Verg. A. 9, 170.

Pons, ntis, m., a geographical proper name.

Pons Argenteus, the modern Argens, Lepid. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 34, 2; 10, 35.—

Pons Campanus, Hor. S. 1, 5, 45; Plin. 14, 6, 8, § 62.—

Aureoli, the modern Pontiruolo, Trebell. XXX. Tyr. Aureol. al.

pons, ntis, m. [kindred with Sanscr. pathi, a path; Gr. patos; old Germ. phat, pfat; mod. Germ. Pfad; Angl.-Sax. padh; hence prop. a board across a ditch, brook, etc.], a bridge across a river, ditch, or marsh, between towers, etc.

In gen.:

pars oppidi mari disjuncta angusto, ponte rursus adjungitur et continetur,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 52, §

117: pontem in Arare faciendum curat,

to throw a bridge over the stream, Caes. B. G. 1, 13: in Isarā, flumine maximo, ponte uno die facto, Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 15, 3:

in Histro flumine,

Nep. Milt. 3, 1; so,

inicere pontem,

Liv. 26, 6; Tac. A. 15, 19:

flumen ponte jungere,

Liv. 21, 45; Curt. 3, 7, 1:

amnem ponte junxit,

id. 4, 9, 9:

imponere pontem flumini,

id. 5, 1, 22:

pontibus palude constratā,

Hirt. B. G. 8, 14:

pontem navibus efficere,

Tac. A. 6, 37:

ponte flumen transgredi,

id. ib. 13, 39;

also: ponte flumen transmittere,

Plin. Ep. 8, 8; and:

ponte flumen traicere,

Flor. 4, 12, 22:

interscindere pontem,

to break down, Cic. Leg. 2, 4, 10; also,

rescindere,

Nep. Milt. 3, 4:

interrumpere,

Plaut. Cas. prol. 66; Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 23, 3:

rumpere,

Quint. 2, 13, 16; Tac. A. 2, 68:

abrumpere,

id. H. 3, 6:

recidere,

Curt. 4, 16, 8:

solvere,

Tac. A. 1, 69:

dissolvere,

Nep. Them. 5, 1:

vellere,

Verg. A. 8, 650:

partem pontis rescindere,

Caes. B. G. 6, 29.—Esp., as a stand for beggars, Juv. 5, 8; cf. id. 4, 116:

aliquis de ponte,

i. e. a beggar, id. 14, 134.— Plur.:

plures dies efficiendis pontibus absumpti,

a bridge of several spans, Tac. A. 2, 8; 11, 13; Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 23, 3; cf. id. ib. 10, 18, 4.—

In partic.

The bridge at the Comitia, over which the voters passed one by one to the septum, to deposit their votes, Cic. Att. 1, 14, 5; Auct. Her. 1, 12, 21; Ov. F. 5, 634. Hence the proverb: sexagenarios de ponte; v. sexagenarius.—

A wooden drawbridge, to be let down from besieging towers to the walls of a town or fortress, Tac. A. 4, 51; Suet. Aug. 20.—

A plank bridge thrown from a vessel to the shore, Verg. A. 10, 288 and 654; Liv. 21, 28.—

The deck of a ship on which the military engines were placed, Tac. A. 2, 6.—

A floor of a tower, Verg. A. 9, 530; 12, 675.—

A wooden bridge on a narrow wall between two towers, Verg. A. 9, 170.

Pons, ntis, m., a geographical proper name.

Pons Argenteus, the modern Argens, Lepid. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 34, 2; 10, 35.—

Pons Campanus, Hor. S. 1, 5, 45; Plin. 14, 6, 8, § 62.—

Aureoli, the modern Pontiruolo, Trebell. XXX. Tyr. Aureol. al.

pōto, āvi, ātum, or pōtum, 1, v. a. and n. [root po; Gr. pinô, pepôka, to drink; Lat. potus, potor, poculum, etc.].

Act., to drink (ante-class. and post-Aug.; syn. bibo), Caecil. ap. Gell. 2, 23, 13:

aquam,

Suet. Ner. 48; Juv. 5, 52:

vinum,

Plin. 14, 5, 7, § 58:

ut edormiscam hanc crapulam, quam potavi,

this intoxication which I have drunk myself into, Plaut. Rud. 2, 7, 28.—

Transf.

Poet.

Potare flumen aliquod, to drink from a stream, i. q. to dwell by it:

fera, quae gelidum potat Araxen,

Sen. Hippol. 57:

stagna Tagi,

Claud. Cons. Mall. Theod. 286.—

Of inanim. subjects, [p. 1410] to drink up, to suck or draw in, to absorb moisture ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose):

vestis sudorem potat,

Lucr. 4, 1128:

potantia vellera fucum,

Hor. Ep. 1, 10, 27:

potanda ferens infantibus ubera,

Juv. 6, 9; Plin. 9, 38, 62, § 134.—

Causative (late Lat.), to give to drink, to cause to drink:

potasti nos vino,

Vulg. Psa. 59, 5:

potaverunt me aceto,

id. ib. 68, 22; id. Ecclus. 15, 3; id. Isa. 49, 10; id. Apoc. 14, 8.—

Neutr., to drink.

In gen. (class.):

redi simul mecum potatum,

Plaut. Ps. 5, 2, 28:

potaturus est apud me,

Ter. Phorm. 5, 5, 9:

si potare velit,

Cic. Brut. 83, 288: potare dilutius, id. Fragm. ap. Amm. 15, 12, 4:

potum veniunt juvenci,

Verg. E. 7, 11: cornibus, from or out of horns, Plin. 11, 37, 45, § 126.—Part.: potatus, caused to drink, furnished with drink:

felle et aceto potatus,

Tert. Spect. 30:

et omnes in spiritu potati sunt,

Vulg. 1 Cor. 12, 13.—

In partic., to drink, tope, tipple (class.):

obsonat, potat, olet unguenta de meo,

Ter. Ad. 1, 2, 37:

ibi primum insuevit exercitus populi Romani amare, potare,

Sall. C. 11, 6:

frui voluptate potandi,

Cic. Tusc. 5, 41, 118:

totos dies potabatur,

id. Phil. 2, 27, 67:

potantibus his apud Sex. Tarquinium,

Liv. 1, 57, 6 al. — Hence, pōtus, a, um, P. a.

Act., that has drunk: et pransus sum, et potus sum, dicamus, Varr. ap. Gell. 2, 25, 7; but usually, drunken, intoxicated (class.):

domum bene potus redire,

Cic. Fam. 7, 22:

inscitia pransi, poti, oscitantis ducis,

id. Mil. 21, 56:

anus,

Hor. C. 4, 13, 5; id. S. 1, 3, 90. —

Pass., that has been drunk, drunk, drunk up, drunk out, drained (class.):

sanguine tauri poto,

Cic. Brut. 11, 43:

poti faece tenus cadi,

Hor. C. 3, 15, 16:

amygdalae ex aquā potae,

Plin. 23, 8, 75, § 144.