supellectilis

furniture, apparatus, gear.

sŭpellex (nom. supellectilis, Eutr. 3, 23; Salv. Gub. Dei, 3, 2), lectĭlis (abl. -li or -le; v. Neue, Formenl. 1, 240), f. [superlego], household utensils, stuff, furniture, or goods (class.; only in sing.; cf.:

vasa, utensilia, instrumenta),

Dig. 33, 10 (De supellectile legata), 1; 33, 10, 3; 33, 10, 7; Cato ap. Prisc. p. 782 P.; Varr. R. R. 1, 22, 6; Plaut. Aul. 2, 5, 17; id. Pers. 4, 8, 2; Ter. Phorm. 4, 3, 61; Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 34, § 83; 2, 4, 17, § 37; id. Agr. 2, 13, 32; 2, 15, 38; id. Par. 1, 2, 10; Prop. 4 (5), 8, 37; Hor. S. 1, 6, 118; Curt. 5, 2, 10; Juv. 3, 14:

ad ornanda colla,

ornaments, Vulg. Jud. 5, 30. — Plur. supellectiles (late Lat.), Amm. 22, 8, 42;

for which, class.: plurima Deliaca supellex,

Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 72, § 176.—

Trop., apparatus, furniture, outfit, qualification:

amicos parare, optimam et pulcherrimam vitae, ut ita dicam, supellectilem,

Cic. Lael. 15, 55:

usus oratoriae quasi supellectilis,

id. Or. 24, 80; cf.:

in oratoris instrumento tam lauta supellex,

id. de Or. 1, 36, 165:

qui occupatus est in supervacuā litterarum supellectile,

Sen. Ep. 88, 36:

medicorum,

id. ib. 95, 18:

copiosa verborum supellex,

stock, store, Quint. 8, prooem. §

28: tecum habita, et noris, quam sit tibi curta supellex,

i. e. what an ill-furnished mind you have, Pers. 4, 52:

scientiae,

Macr. S. 1, 1 init.

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dēlĭcĭae, ārum, f. (sing. dēlĭcĭa, ae, f.;

ante-and post-class.,

Plaut. Truc. 5, 29; id. Rud. 2, 4, 13; id. Poen. 1, 2, 152; Inscr. Grut. 1014, 5: dēlĭcĭum, ii, n., Phaedr. 4, 1, 8; Verg. Copa, 26; Mart. 7, 50, 2; 13, 98, 1; Inscr. Orell. 680; 1724; 2679 sq.; 4394; 4958. And dēlĭcĭus, ii, m., Inscr. Don. cl. 1, 132, and ap. Gorium Columb. Liv. p. 73, no. 4) [delicio; that which allures, flatters the senses], delight, pleasure, charm, allurement; deliciousness, luxuriousness, voluptuousness, curiosities of art; sport, frolics, etc. (freq. and class.; for syn. cf.: voluptas, libido, delectatio, oblectatio, delectamentum, oblectamentum).

Prop.:

cogitatio amoenitatum ad delectationem, aut supellectilis ad delicias, aut epularum ad voluptates,

Cic. Par. 1, 2; cf. Hor. Od. 4, 8, 10 et saep.:

deliciarum causa et voluptatis cives Romanos cum mitella saepe vidimus,

Cic. Rab. Post. 10:

multarum deliciarum comes est extrema saltatio,

id. Mur. 6:

deliciis diffluentes,

id. Lael. 15; id. Verr. 2, 4, 57; Sall. C. 31, 3; Hor. Ep. 1, 6, 31 et saep.:

Herodotus Thucydidesque longissime a talibus deliciis vel potius ineptiis afuerunt,

Cic. Or. 12 fin.; cf. Quint. 1, 11, 6; 12, 8, 4: delicias facere, to play tricks, to joke, to make sport of one, Plaut. Men. 2, 3, 30; id. Poen. 1, 2, 68; 83; on the contrary, to sport as lovers, Catull. 45, 24;

72, 2: amores et hae deliciae quae vocantur,

Cic. Cael. 19:

votorum,

a dallying with, fondly prolonging, Juv. 10, 291: ecce aliae deliciae ( pretensions) equitum vix ferendae, Cic. Att. 1, 17, 9:

esse in deliciis alicui,

to be any one's favorite, Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 1 fin.; so id. Vatin. 8 fin.; Lucr. 4, 1152:

aliquid in deliciis habere,

Cic. Div. 1, 34 fin.:

habere aliquem in deliciis,

Suet. Vit. 12:

in deliciis vivere,

Vulg. Apoc. 18, 9. —

Transf., of living beings: delight, darling, sweetheart, beloved:

tu urbanus scurra, deliciae popli,

Plaut. Most. 1, 1, 14:

mea voluptas, meae deliciae, mea vita, mea amoenitas,

id. Poen. 1, 2, 152:

amores ac deliciae tuae Roscius,

Cic. Div. 1, 36, 79; cf. id. Att. 16, 6 fin.; id. Phil. 6, 5;

and the well-known appellation of Titus: amor ac deliciae generis humani,

Suet. Tit. 1: C. Sempronium Rufum mel ac delicias tuas, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 8:

Corydon ardebat Alexim, Delicias domini,

Verg. E. 2, 2; cf. id. ib. 9, 22, Cat. 6, 1:

verba ne Alexandrinis quidem permittenda deliciis,

favorite slaves, Quint. 1, 2, 7:

aegrae solaque libidine fortes Deliciae,

a voluptuary, minion, Juv. 4, 4; Petr. 67; Stat. Silv. 5, 5, 67; cf.

Plutarch, Anton. 59: delicias hominis,

a precious fellow! Juv. 6, 47.

dēlĭcĭae, ārum, f. (sing. dēlĭcĭa, ae, f.;

ante-and post-class.,

Plaut. Truc. 5, 29; id. Rud. 2, 4, 13; id. Poen. 1, 2, 152; Inscr. Grut. 1014, 5: dēlĭcĭum, ii, n., Phaedr. 4, 1, 8; Verg. Copa, 26; Mart. 7, 50, 2; 13, 98, 1; Inscr. Orell. 680; 1724; 2679 sq.; 4394; 4958. And dēlĭcĭus, ii, m., Inscr. Don. cl. 1, 132, and ap. Gorium Columb. Liv. p. 73, no. 4) [delicio; that which allures, flatters the senses], delight, pleasure, charm, allurement; deliciousness, luxuriousness, voluptuousness, curiosities of art; sport, frolics, etc. (freq. and class.; for syn. cf.: voluptas, libido, delectatio, oblectatio, delectamentum, oblectamentum).

Prop.:

cogitatio amoenitatum ad delectationem, aut supellectilis ad delicias, aut epularum ad voluptates,

Cic. Par. 1, 2; cf. Hor. Od. 4, 8, 10 et saep.:

deliciarum causa et voluptatis cives Romanos cum mitella saepe vidimus,

Cic. Rab. Post. 10:

multarum deliciarum comes est extrema saltatio,

id. Mur. 6:

deliciis diffluentes,

id. Lael. 15; id. Verr. 2, 4, 57; Sall. C. 31, 3; Hor. Ep. 1, 6, 31 et saep.:

Herodotus Thucydidesque longissime a talibus deliciis vel potius ineptiis afuerunt,

Cic. Or. 12 fin.; cf. Quint. 1, 11, 6; 12, 8, 4: delicias facere, to play tricks, to joke, to make sport of one, Plaut. Men. 2, 3, 30; id. Poen. 1, 2, 68; 83; on the contrary, to sport as lovers, Catull. 45, 24;

72, 2: amores et hae deliciae quae vocantur,

Cic. Cael. 19:

votorum,

a dallying with, fondly prolonging, Juv. 10, 291: ecce aliae deliciae ( pretensions) equitum vix ferendae, Cic. Att. 1, 17, 9:

esse in deliciis alicui,

to be any one's favorite, Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 1 fin.; so id. Vatin. 8 fin.; Lucr. 4, 1152:

aliquid in deliciis habere,

Cic. Div. 1, 34 fin.:

habere aliquem in deliciis,

Suet. Vit. 12:

in deliciis vivere,

Vulg. Apoc. 18, 9. —

Transf., of living beings: delight, darling, sweetheart, beloved:

tu urbanus scurra, deliciae popli,

Plaut. Most. 1, 1, 14:

mea voluptas, meae deliciae, mea vita, mea amoenitas,

id. Poen. 1, 2, 152:

amores ac deliciae tuae Roscius,

Cic. Div. 1, 36, 79; cf. id. Att. 16, 6 fin.; id. Phil. 6, 5;

and the well-known appellation of Titus: amor ac deliciae generis humani,

Suet. Tit. 1: C. Sempronium Rufum mel ac delicias tuas, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 8:

Corydon ardebat Alexim, Delicias domini,

Verg. E. 2, 2; cf. id. ib. 9, 22, Cat. 6, 1:

verba ne Alexandrinis quidem permittenda deliciis,

favorite slaves, Quint. 1, 2, 7:

aegrae solaque libidine fortes Deliciae,

a voluptuary, minion, Juv. 4, 4; Petr. 67; Stat. Silv. 5, 5, 67; cf.

Plutarch, Anton. 59: delicias hominis,

a precious fellow! Juv. 6, 47.

ex-pendo, di, sum, 3, v. a., to weigh out, weigh.

Lit.

In gen. (very rare):

aliquem,

Plaut. As. 2, 2, 34:

ut jam expendantur, non numerentur pecuniae,

Cic. Phil. 2, 38, 97:

bacam, nucem,

Cels. 5, 19, 12.—With abl. of that against which any thing is weighed:

hunc hominem decet auro expendi,

i. e. is worth his weight in gold, Plaut. Bacch. 4, 4, 1.— Poet.:

ibat et expenso planta morata gradu,

measured, Prop. 2, 4, 6 (16).—

In partic., to weigh out money in payment, to pay out, pay; to lay out, expend (class.;

syn.: pendo, impendo, pondero, solvo, luo): ante pedes praetoris in foro expensum est auri pondo centum,

Cic. Fl. 28, 68:

nummos nominibus certis,

Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 105:

usuras gravissimas,

Dig. 19, 1, 47:

viginti milia talenta in hos sumptus,

Just. 12, 11.—With abl.:

aurum auro expendetur, argentum argento exaequabitur,

Plaut. Rud. 4, 4, 43. —

In the part. perf. as a neutr. subst.: expensum, i, money paid, a payment:

bene igitur ratio accepti atque expensi inter nos convenit,

of debt and credit, Plaut. Most. 1, 3, 146; id. Truc. 1, 1, 54:

in codicem expensum et receptum referre,

Cic. Rosc. Com. 3:

probari debere pecuniam datam consuetis modis, expensi latione, mensae rationibus, chirographi exhibitione, etc.,

Gell. 14, 2, 7.—Esp. freq.: ferre alicui expensum or pecuniam expensam, to set down, enter, charge, reckon, account a sum as paid (opp. accipio):

quod minus Dolabella Verri acceptum retulit quam Verres illi expensum tulerit... quid proderat tibi te expensum illis non tulisse?

Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 39, §§

100 and 102: haec pecunia necesse est aut data aut expensa lata aut stipulata sit,

id. Rosc. Com. 5, 14: pecunias ferre (opp. acceptas referre), Auct. B. Alex. 56, 3: homines prope quadringentos produxisse dicitur, quibus sine fenore pecunias expensas tulisset, had set down, i. e. lent, Liv. 5, 20, 6.—Rarely transf., of other things: legio, quam expensam tulit C. Caesari Pompeius, i. e. transferred, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 4, 4; for which also: expenso ferre vestem supellectilis nomine, Dig. 33, 10, 19.

Trop.

(Acc. to I. A.) To weigh mentally, to ponder, estimate, consider, judge, decide (class.):

equidem cum colligo argumenta causarum, non tam ea numerare soleo quam expendere,

Cic. de Or. 2, 76 fin.; cf.:

in dissensione civili... expendendos cives non numerandos puto,

id. Rep. 6, 1:

omnia expendet ac seliget,

id. Or. 15, 47:

vos in privatis minimarum rerum judiciis testem diligenter expenditis,

id. Fl. 5, 12:

singula animo suo,

Ov. Am. 3, 5, 34:

haec arte aliqua,

Cic. Brut. 50, 186; cf.:

verba arte,

Tac. A. 13, 3:

omnes casus,

Verg. A. 12, 21:

belli consilia,

Tac. H. 1, 87:

causam meritis,

to decide, Ov. M. 13, 150 et saep.:

quae contemplantes expendere oportebit, quid quisque habeat sui,

Cic. Off. 1, 31, 113:

Hannibalem,

Juv. 10, 147:

quid conveniat nobis,

id. 10, 347.—

(Acc. to I. B. 1.) To pay a penalty, suffer a punishment ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose): poenas Jovi expendisse (shortly after, in prose, poenas pendens), Att. ap. Cic. Tusc. 2, 10, 23; cf.:

infanda per orbem Supplicia et scelerum poenas expendimus omnes,

Verg. A. 11, 258:

dignas poenas pro talibus ausis,

Sil. 13, 698:

poenas capite,

Tac. A. 12, 19:

dura supplicia,

Sil. 6, 588.—Hence, to pay for, expiate:

scelus,

Verg. A. 2, 229:

dignum pretium Poeno,

Sil. 7, 713.—

(Cf. I. B. 2.) Ipsam facilitati suae expensum ferre debere, i. e. have to ascribe to, Dig. 36, 4, 3:

creditores suae negligentiae expensum ferre debeant,

ib. 42, 8, 24.—

* expense, adv., largely, very much (late Lat.), Theod. Prisc. de Diaeta, 13.

instrūmentum, i, n. [id.], an implement of any kind, a utensil, tool, instrument (class.).

Lit.:

militare,

Caes. B. G. 6, 30:

culinarum argentea,

Just. 38, 10, 4:

crudelia jussae instrumenta necis,

Ov. M. 3, 698.—

Esp., sing. collect., instruments, apparatus, material, stock, furniture (freq. and class.):

instrumentum ac ornamenta villae,

Cic. Dom. 24, 62:

orationes magna impensā magnoque instrumento tueri,

id. Verr. 2, 3, 21, § 53:

belli instrumentum et apparatus,

id. Ac. 2, 1, 3: rusticum, Phaedr. 4, 4, 24; Val. Max. 4, 4, 6:

hostium spolia, monumenta imperatorum, decora atque ornamenta fanorum, in instrumento atque in supellectile Verris nominabuntur,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 44, § 97; cf. Pall. 1, 43, 1:

hibernorum,

Caes. B. C. 5, 31:

bellicum,

Liv. 42, 53, 4:

nauticum,

id. 30, 10, 3:

venatorium,

Plin. Ep. 3, 19, 3:

piscationis,

Paul. Sent. 3, 6, 41.—Esp., in law, the personalty, chattels, or stock of a farm, business, trade, etc.:

fundo legato, neque instrumentum fundi... ad legatarium pertinet,

Paul. Sent. 3, 6, 34:

instrumento cauponio legato, ea debentur, quae in cauponis usum parata sunt, velut vasa,

id. ib. 3, 6, 61:

pistoris,

id. ib. §

64: medici,

Dig. 33, 7, 18, § 10; cf.:

in fanis alia vasorum sunt et sacrae supellectilis, alia ornamentorum, quae vasorum sunt instrumenti instar habent, quibus sacrificia conficiuntur,

apparatus, Macr. S. 3, 11, 5. —

Trop.

Of writings, an instrument, document, record:

opus est intueri omne litis instrumentum,

Quint. 12, 8, 12:

aerearum tabularum tria milia... instrumentum imperii pulcherrimum ac vetustissimum,

Suet. Vesp. 8:

publici instrumenti auctoritas,

id. Calig. 8:

emtionis,

Dig. 24, 1, 58:

si scriptum fuerit instrumento, promisisse aliquem,

Paul. Sent. 5, 7, 2:

instrumentorum obligatio desideratur,

id. ib. 2, 17, 13. —

Store, provision, supply, means, assistance, furtherance, etc.:

oratoris,

provision, supply, Cic. de Or. 1, 36, 165:

causarum,

id. ib. 2, 34, 146.— Absol.:

quid viatici, quid instrumenti satis sit,

i. e. for a journey, Cic. Att. 12, 32, 2:

instrumenta ad obtinendam sapientiam,

means, id. Leg. 1, 22, 59:

virtutis,

id. Cat. 2, 5, 9:

naturae,

id. Brut. 77, 268:

graviorum artium,

id. ib. 97:

dicendi,

Quint. 12, 11, 24:

ciborum,

i. e. organs of digestion, Plin. 7, 50, 51, § 168.—

Ornament, embellishment:

felices ornent haec instrumenta libellos,

Ov. Tr. 1, 1, 9:

anilia,

apparel, dress, id. M. 14, 766; Suet. Aug. 73.

parsĭmōnĭa ( parcĭmōnĭa), ae (collat. form, PARCIMONIVM, Inscr. Donat. 35, 4), f. [parco], sparingness, frugality, thrift, parsimony.

Lit.:

dies noctesque estur, bibitur, neque quisquam parsimoniam adhibet,

Plaut. Most. 1, 3, 78:

parsimonia et duritia,

id. ib. 1, 2, 75; id. Truc. 2, 2, 55; Ter. Heaut. 3, 1, 32; Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 3, § 7:

res familiaris conservatur diligentiā et parsimoniā,

id. Off. 2, 24, 87:

non intellegunt homines, quam magnum vectigal sit parsimonia,

id. Par. 6, 3, 49:

instrumenti et supellectilis,

Suet. Aug. 73.—In plur. (anteand post-class.):

veteres mores veteresque parsimoniae,

Plaut. Trin. 4, 3, 21:

adesto castis, Christe, parsimoniis,

i. e. at the fasts, Prud. Cath. 7, 3:

sine parsimoniā,

lavishly, Amm. 15, 4, 8.—Prov.:

sera parsimonia in fundo est,

it is too late to spare when all is spent, Sen. Ep. 1, 5 (cf. the Gr. deinê d eWi puthmeni pheidô, Hesiod. Erg. 369).—

Trop.:

sunt pleraeque aptae hujus ipsius orationis parsimoniae,

Cic. Or. 25, 84 (v. the passage in connection).