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tignum, i, n. ( masc. collat. form, plur. tigni, Liv. 44, 5, 4; but Weissenb. reads tigno) [root tek-; Gr. etekon, tiktô, whence technê, tektôn, texo], building-stuff, building-materials (syn. trabs).

In gen. (ante-class. and in jurid. lang.):

tigni appellatione in lege duodecim tabularum omne genus materiae, ex quā aedificia constant, significatur,

Dig. 50, 16, 62; cf.:

tigni autem appellatione continetur omnis materia, ex quā aedificium constat vineaeque necessaria. Unde quidam aiunt, tegulam quoque et lapidem et testam ceteraque, si qua aedificiis sunt utilia (tigna enim a tegendo dicta sunt) hoc amplius et calcem et harenam tignorum appellatione contineri,

ib. 47, 3 (de tigno juncto), 1.—

In partic., a piece or stick of timber, a trunk of a tree, a log, beam (class.):

venit imber... Tigna putrefacit,

Plaut. Most. 1, 2, 31:

tigna trabesque,

Lucr. 2, 192; so,

with trabes,

id. 6, 241:

supra eum locum duo tigna transversa injecerunt,

Caes. B. C. 2, 9:

et levia radere tigna Et terebrare etiam ac pertundere perque forare,

Lucr. 5, 1266:

tigna bina sesquipedalia in flumen defixerat,

Caes. B. G. 4, 17; cf. id. B. C. 2, 10; 2, 15:

torquet ingens machina tignum,

Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 73; id. A. P. 279:

summo quae pendet aranea tigno,

Ov. M. 4, 179; 8, 648; Sen. Ep. 120, 7:

cava,

i. e. ships, Prop. 4 (5), 6, 50.

tŏga, ae, f. [tego], a covering, garment.

In gen. (ante-class. and rare): praeterea quod in lecto togas ante habebant; ante enim olim fuit commune vestimentum et diurnum et nocturnum et muliebre et virile, Varr. ap. Non. 541, 2:

incinctā togā,

Afran. ib. 540, 33; cf.

comic.: ne toga cordylis, ne paenula desit olivis,

Mart. 13, 1, 1. —

A roofing, roof:

(toga) dicitur et tectum,

Non. 406, 21. —

In partic., the outer garment of a Roman citizen in time of peace, long, broad, and flowing, and consisting of a single piece of stuff; the toga or gown.

Lit.:

sed quod pacis est insigne et otii toga,

Cic. Pis. 30, 73:

quem tenues decuere togae,

Hor. Ep. 1, 14, 32:

ima,

Quint. 11, 3, 139:

pexa,

Mart. 2, 44, 1:

rasa,

id. 2, 88, 4: toga praetexta, the toga of magistrates and free-born children, ornamented with purple; v. praetexo: toga pura, the unornamented toga of youth who had laid aside the praetexta:

Ciceroni meo togam puram cum dare Arpini vellem,

Cic. Att. 9, 6, 1; 5, 20, 9; 7, 8, 5;

called more freq. virilis,

id. Sest. 69, 144; id. Phil. 2, 18, 44; Liv. 26, 19, 5; Plin. Ep. 1, 9, 2; and:

toga libera,

Prop. 4 (5), 1, 132; Ov. F. 3, 771; cf.:

a patre ita eram deductus ad Scaevolam sumptā virili togā,

Cic. Lael. 1, 1:

toga picta,

worn by a victor in his triumph, Liv. 10, 7, 9; 30, 15, 11; Flor. 1, 5, 6:

purpurea,

worn by kings, Liv. 27, 4, 11; 31, 11, 12: candida, the toga worn by candidates for office, made of white fulled cloth; v. candidus: pulla, the dark-gray toga of mourners; v. pullus; cf. Becker, Gallus, 3, p. 107 sq.; 2, pp. 55 and 74 sq. (2d edit.).—

Transf.

As a designation for peace:

ex quo genere haec sunt, Liberum appellare pro vino, campum pro comitiis, togam pro pace, arma ac tela pro bello,

Cic. de Or. 3, 42, 167: cedant arma togae, id. poët. Off. 1, 22, 77; id. Pis. 30, 73:

vir omnibus belli ac togae dotibus eminens,

Vell. 1, 12, 3; Tert. Pall. 5.—Also of the Roman national character; hence, togae oblitus, forgetful of Rome, Hor. C. 3, 5, 10.—

As, in the times of the emperors, the toga went more and more out of use, and became almost exclusively the garment of clients, poet. for a client:

eheu quam fatuae sunt tibi Roma togae,

Mart. 10, 18, 4; 10, 47, 5; cf. Plin. Pan. 65; Flor. 4, 12, 32. —

As women of loose character were not allowed to wear the proper female garment (the stola), and assumed the toga, poet. for a prostitute: si tibi cura togae est [p. 1876] potior pressumque quasillo Scortum, Tib. 4, 10, 3.

trīcae, ārum, f. [acc. to Plin. 3, 11, 16, § 104, orig. Trīca, ae, f., like Apina, the name of a small town in Apulia; but cf. Sanscr. trkvan, thief; and Lat. tricor, extricare, etc.; hence, prov.], trifles, toys, trumpery, stuff, nonsense.

Lit.:

sunt apinae tricaeque et siquid vilius istis,

Mart. 14, 1, 7: Gri. Quid dare velis? Eloquere propere. La. Nummos trecentos. Gri. Tricas. La. Quadringentos. Gri. Tramas putridas, Plaut. Rud. 5, 2, 36.—

Transf., hinderances, vexations, perplexities, subterfuges, quirks, wiles, tricks: judicia, lites, turbas, tricas, Turp. ap. Non. 8, 26; cf.:

quomodo illa (Tullia) fert publicam cladem, quomodo domesticas tricas!

Cic. Att. 10, 8, 9:

nihil mihi opus est litibus neque tricis,

Plaut. Pers. 4, 3, 62; 5, 2, 18:

quas tu mihi tricas narras?

id. Curc. 5, 2, 15:

quin tu istas mittis tricas,

id. Most. 3, 1, 45; Varr. ap. Non. 8, 29; Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 5, 2; cf.: trico, tricor, and tricosus.

trīcae, ārum, f. [acc. to Plin. 3, 11, 16, § 104, orig. Trīca, ae, f., like Apina, the name of a small town in Apulia; but cf. Sanscr. trkvan, thief; and Lat. tricor, extricare, etc.; hence, prov.], trifles, toys, trumpery, stuff, nonsense.

Lit.:

sunt apinae tricaeque et siquid vilius istis,

Mart. 14, 1, 7: Gri. Quid dare velis? Eloquere propere. La. Nummos trecentos. Gri. Tricas. La. Quadringentos. Gri. Tramas putridas, Plaut. Rud. 5, 2, 36.—

Transf., hinderances, vexations, perplexities, subterfuges, quirks, wiles, tricks: judicia, lites, turbas, tricas, Turp. ap. Non. 8, 26; cf.:

quomodo illa (Tullia) fert publicam cladem, quomodo domesticas tricas!

Cic. Att. 10, 8, 9:

nihil mihi opus est litibus neque tricis,

Plaut. Pers. 4, 3, 62; 5, 2, 18:

quas tu mihi tricas narras?

id. Curc. 5, 2, 15:

quin tu istas mittis tricas,

id. Most. 3, 1, 45; Varr. ap. Non. 8, 29; Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 5, 2; cf.: trico, tricor, and tricosus.

vātĭcĭnor, ātus, 1, v. dep. n. and a. [vates], to foretell, predict, prophesy, forebode, vaticinate (syn.: ominor, divino).

Lit.:

furor vera vaticinatur,

Cic. Div. 1, 31, 67:

quod et somniantibus saepe contingit et vaticinantibus per furorem,

id. ib. 1, 18, 34:

haec duce praedico vaticinorque deo,

Ov. P. 3, 4, 94; cf. Liv. 2, 41, 5; 5, 15, 4; Quint. 4, 2, 3; Ov. H. 16, 278; id. Ib. 268 al.—With object-clause:

saevam laesi fore numinis iram Vaticinatus erat,

Ov. M. 4, 9; 8, 773.— Poet.:

parcite, vaticinor, cognatas caede nefandā Exturbare animas,

i.e. I warn you as a prophet, Ov. M. 15, 174; cf.:

venturi praescia Manto Per medias fuerat... Vaticinata vias,

id. ib. 6, 159:

vaticinor moneoque,

id. P. 1, 1, 47.—

Transf.

To sing or celebrate as a poet:

Agrigentinum quidem doctum quendam virum carminibus Graecis vaticinatum ferunt, quae in rerum naturā totoque mundo constarent quaeque moverentur, ea contrahere amicitiam, dissipare discordiam,

Cic. Lael. 7, 24: Ps. Parricida... Sacrilege... Perjure. Ba. Vetera vaticinamini, you're singing the old song, Plaut. Ps. 1, 3, 129.—

To rave, rant, talk foolish stuff:

vaticinari atque insanire,

Cic. Sest. 10, 23:

sed ego fortasse vaticinor, et haec omnia meliores habebunt exitus,

id. Fam. 2, 16, 6.

ventus, i, m. [Sanscr. vā, blow; vatas, wind; Gr. root aW-, aô, aêmi, to blow; whence aêr, aura, etc.; Goth. vaia, to breathe; vinds, wind], wind (syn.: aura, flamen).

Lit.:

ventus est aëris fluens unda cum incerta motus redundantia, etc.,

Vitr. 1, 6; cf. Quint. 12, 10, 67; Plin. 2, 47, 46, § 120; Sen. Q. N. 5, 16 sq.; Isid. Orig. 13, 11: istic est is Juppiter quem dico, quem Graeci vocant Aera, qui ventus est et nubes, imber postea, Atque ex imbre frigus, ventus post fit, aër denuo, Varr. L. L. 5, § 65 Müll.; cf.:

(aër) effluens huc et illuc ventos efficit,

Cic. N. D. 2, 39, 101:

deturbavit ventus tectum et tegulas,

Plaut. Rud. prol. 78:

mare ventorum vi agitari atque turbari,

Cic. Clu. 49, 138:

qui (divi) simul Stravere ventos,

Hor. C. 1, 9, 10:

remissior,

Caes. B. C. 3, 26:

prosper,

Liv. 25, 27, 4:

ventum exspectare,

Cic. Phil. 1, 3, 8; id. Att. 10, 15, 2; 16, 7, 1:

secundus, adversus, v. h. vv.—In apposition: Africus,

Cic. N. D. 1, 36, 101:

Atabalus,

Quint. 8, 2, 13:

Corus,

Caes. B. G. 5, 7:

Septentriones,

Cic. Att. 9, 6, 3:

turbo,

Plaut. Curc. 5, 2, 47; id. Trin. 4, 1, 16.—Prov.

Of labor lost:

in vento et aquā scribere,

Cat. 70, 4; so,

profundere verba ventis,

to talk to the wind, Lucr. 4, 931 (928); cf.:

verba dare in ventos,

Ov. Am. 1, 6, 42:

ventis loqui,

Amm. 15, 5, 8.—

Rem tradere ventis, to oblivion, Hor. C. 1, 26, 3. —

Ventis verba dare, i. q. not to keep one's word or promise, Ov. H. 2, 25 Ruhnk. —

Vento vivere, to live upon wind or air, Cod. Just. 5, 50, 2 fin. —

Ventis remis facere aliquid, with all one's might; v. remus. —

Plur., personified as deities, the winds: te, Apollo sancte, fer opem; teque, omnipotens Neptune, invoco; Vosque adeo, Venti! Turpil. ap. Cic. Tusc. 4, 34, 73 (Com. Rel. v. 119 Rib.); Lucr. 5, 1230 (1228); cf. Ov. H. 17 (18), 37.—

Transf.

Windiness, flatulence, Col. 6, 30, 8.—

A light stuff: textilis, Poët. ap. Petr. 55 fin. —

Trop., the wind, as a symbol of fortune (favorable or unfavorable), fame, applause, etc.: quicumque venti erunt, ars certe nostra non aberit, however the winds may blow, i. e. whatever circumstances may arise, Cic. Fam. 12, 25, 5: alios ego vidi ventos;

alias prospexi animo procellas,

id. Pis. 9, 21; cf.:

cujus (Caesaris) nunc venti valde sunt secundi,

id. Att. 2, 1, 6; so,

secundi,

Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 102:

vento aliquo in optimum quemque excitato,

by raising a storm, Cic. Sull. 14, 41:

eorum ventorum, quos proposui, moderator quidam et quasi gubernator (opus est),

i. e. of the plans, designs, id. Fam. 2, 6, 4: loqui est coeptus, quo vento proicitur Appius minor, ut indicet, etc., Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 8, 2; cf.:

rumorum et contionum ventos colligere,

Cic. Clu. 28, 77: omnes intellegimus in istis subscriptionibus ventum quendam popularem esse quaesitum, id. ib. 47, 130.