sublimis

sublīmĭtas, ātis, f. [sublimis], height, loftiness (post-Aug.; cf. altitudo).

Lit.:

corporis,

Quint. 12, 5, 5:

cellarum,

Col. 8, 3, 3:

cucurbitarum,

Plin. 19, 5, 24, § 69.—In plur.:

lunae,

Plin. 2, 16, 13, § 68.—

Trop.

In gen.:

sublimitas incomparabilis invicti animi,

Plin. 7, 25, 26, § 94:

in picturā,

id. 35, 10, 36, § 67.—

In partic., of language, loftiness, elevation, sublimity (while elevatio means disparagement):

heroici carminis,

Quint. 1, 8, 5; cf.:

ab his (poëtis) in verbis sublimitas petitur,

id. 10, 1, 27:

sublimitas et magnificentia et nitor,

id. 8, 3, 3:

narrandi (with splendor),

Plin. Ep. 1, 16, 4:

Platonica illa sublimitas,

id. ib. 1, 10, 5.

texo, xui, xtum ( inf. paragog. texier, Plaut. Trin. 3, 3, 69), 3, v. a. [root tek-; Gr. etekon, tiktô, to beget; Sanscr. takman, child; taksh, to make], to weave (class.; syn. neo).

Lit.:

texens telam,

Ter. Heaut. 2, 3, 44:

vestes,

Tib. 2, 3, 54:

tegumenta corporum vel texta vel suta,

Cic. N. D. 2, 60, 150:

in araneolis aliae quasi rete texunt,

id. ib. 2, 48, 123:

tenuem texens sublimis aranea telam,

Cat. 68, 49:

in vacuo texetur aranea lecto,

Prop. 3, 6 (4, 5), 33:

chlamydem,

Val. Fl. 2, 499.— Absol., Plin. 11, 24, 28, § 79.—

Transf., in gen., to join or fit together any thing; to plait, braid, interweave, interlace, intertwine; to construct, make, fabricate, build, etc. (mostly poet.):

rubeā texatur fiscina virgā,

Verg. G. 1, 266:

molle feretrum texunt virgis et vimine querno,

id. A. 11, 65:

parietem lento vimine,

Ov. F. 6, 262; and:

domum vimine querno,

Stat. Th. 1, 583. saepes, Verg. G. 2, 371:

crates,

Hor. Epod. 2, 45:

rosam,

Prop. 3, 3 (4, 2), 36; cf.:

coronam rosis,

Mart. 13, 51, 1:

varios flores,

Ov. M. 10, 123:

tegetes,

Plin. 21, 18, 69, § 112:

harundinibus textae casae,

id. 30, 10, 27, § 89:

navigia ex papyro,

id. 13, 11, 22, § 72:

nidos,

Quint. 2, 16, 16:

basilicam,

Cic. Att. 4, 16, 14:

robore naves,

Verg. A. 11, 326:

harundine texta hibernacula,

Liv. 30, 3, 9: pyram pinu aridā, Prud. steph. 10, 846:

Labyrinthus Parietibus textum caecis iter,

Verg. A. 5, 589. —

Trop., to weave, compose:

quamquam ea tela texitur et ea incitatur in civitate ratio vivendi, ut, etc.,

is devised, contrived, Cic. de Or. 3, 60, 226; cf.:

amor patriae Quod tua texuerunt scripta retexit opus,

i. e. had wrought, produced, Ov. P. 1, 3, 30:

quamquam sermones possunt longi texier,

Plaut. Trin. 3, 3, 68:

epistulas cottidianis verbis,

Cic. Fam. 9, 21, 1; cf.:

opus luculente,

id. Q. Fr. 3, 5, 1.—Hence, textum, i, n., that which is woven, a web ( poet. and in postAug. prose).

Lit.:

pretiosa texta,

Ov. H. 17, 223:

illita texta veneno,

id. ib. 9, 163:

rude,

id. M. 8, 640; Mart. 8, 28, 18:

pepli,

Stat. Th. 10, 56.—

Transf., that which is plaited, braided, or fitted together, a plait, texture, fabric:

pinea carinae,

Cat. 64, 10; Ov. M. 11, 524; 14, 531; id. F. 1, 506:

non enarrabile clipei,

Verg. A. 8, 625:

ferrea,

Lucr. 6, 1052; cf.

talia,

id. 5, 95:

Lolliam vidi, zmaragdis margaritisque opertam, alterno texto fulgentibus toto capite,

in alternate structures, layers, Plin. 9, 35, 58, § 117. —

Trop., of literary composition, tissue, texture, style:

dicendi textum tenue,

Quint. 9, 4, 17.

tŏrus, i, m. (also tŏrum, i, n., Varr. ap. Non. 11, 14; Lact. 6, 23, 15) [for storus; root ster-, stra-, of sterno, stramen; Gr. storennumi, to spread, scatter], prop., a round, swelling, or bulging place, an elevation, protuberance, prominence; hence,

A knot, bulge: (funis) Cato, R. R. 135, 4:

funiculorum,

Col. 11, 3, 6; cf.:

vitis toris ad arborem religetur,

id. 5, 6, 25:

firmi vitis,

id. Arb. 16, 4.—

The muscular or fleshy part, the muscle, brawn of animal bodies (mostly poet. and in post-Aug. prose): o lacertorum tori! Cic. poët. Tusc. 2, 9, 22; Ov. M. 2, 854; 9, 82; 12, 402; 14, 283; 15, 230; id. H. 9, 60:

leo gaudet comantes Excutiens cervice toros,

Verg. A. 12, 7:

luxuriatque toris animosum pectus,

id. G. 3, 81; Plin. 18, 7, 18, § 78; Sen. Hippol. 1042; Val. Fl. 4, 245; Tac. Or. 21:

venarum tori,

varicose dilatations of the veins, Cels. 7, 18 fin. —

Transf., the bulge, thickness of trees:

utile toros futuri draconis pasci,

Plin. 17, 23, 35, § 211; cf.:

(asparagus) in toros striatur,

id. 19, 8, 42, § 146; App. Flor. p. 363, 31.—

A raised ornament, a knot, on a garland;

trop., of language: isque (stilus mediocris) uno tenore fluit, aut addit aliquos, ut in coronā, toros omnemque orationem ornamentis modicis verborum sententiarumque distinguit,

Cic. Or. 6, 21.—

A bolster, cushion, so named from its protuberances; hence, a couch, sofa, bed (mostly poet.;

syn.: stratum, lectus): antiquis torus e stramento erat, qualiter etiam nunc in castris,

Plin. 8, 48, 73, § 193:

viridante toro consederat herbae,

Verg. A. 5, 388; cf.:

praebuit herba torum,

Ov. H. 5, 14; id. M. 8, 655:

datque torum caespes,

id. ib. 10, 556:

gramine vestitis accubuere toris,

id. F. 1, 402:

silvestrem montana torum cum sterneret uxor Frondibus,

Juv. 6, 5:

discumbere toris,

Ov. M. 8, 565.—So of a sofa:

toro sic orsus ab alto,

Verg. A. 2, 2; Ov. M. 12, 579.—Of a bed:

ambierantque torum,

Ov. M. 7, 332:

concutiuntque torum de molli fluminis ulvā Impositum lecto,

id. ib. 8, 655:

ebeno sublimis in atrā,

id. ib. 11, 610; Suet. Aug. 73. — Of a corpse-bed, Ov. M. 9, 503; id. F. 6, 668:

membra toro defleta reponunt,

Verg. A. 6, 220.—Of a bridalbed, Ov. M. 6, 431:

(lectica) sive illa toro resupina feretur,

Ov. A. A. 1, 487; cf. Becker, Gallus, 2, p. 240 (2d ed.).—

Transf., like thalamus, as a designation for marriage:

Deucalion... Cum consorte tori,

with his consort, spouse, Ov. M. 1, 319; cf.:

socia tori,

id. ib. 1, 620; so id. ib. 7, 91; 7, 332; id. F. 3, 511; id. P. 3, 3, 50; id. H. 2, 41:

genialis,

Tac. A. 15, 37; Val. Max. 2, 6, 14:

obscenus,

i. e. illicit connection, Ov. Tr. 2, 378; cf.

illiciti (with stupra),

Sen. Hippol. 97:

receptus in torum,

Plin. 34, 2, 6, § 12.—Hence, also, for a mistress:

torum donare alicui,

Plin. 35, 10, 36, § 87.—

An elevation, bank of earth:

riparum,

Verg. A. 6, 674; Stat. Th. 4, 819:

pulvinorum,

Plin. 19, 4, 20, § 60; 22, 22, 34, § 76.—

In architecture, a large, round moulding at the base of a column, a torus, Vitr. 3, 3, 8.