superintendent

mŏnĭtor, ōris, m. [id.], one who reminds one of any thing, an admonisher, monitor (syn.: hortator, auctor).

In gen.:

nil opus fuit monitore,

Ter. Heaut. 1, 1, 119:

monitor et praemonstrator,

id. ib. 5, 1, 2:

est enim (hoc praeceptum) non tam acutum quam necessarium, magisque monitoris non fatui quam eruditi magistri,

Cic. de Or. 2, 24, 99: stet ad latus monitor, Sen. Ep. 94, 72:

officii,

Sall. J. 85, 10:

monitoris egere,

Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 67.—

In partic.

The counsellor who furnishes an orator with his points of law, a remembrancer, an assistant:

video mihi non te sed hunc librum esse responsurum, quem monitor tuus hic tenet,

Cic. Div. in Caecil. 16, 52.—

He who reminds one of people's names, a nomenclator:

per monitorem appellandi sunt,

Cic. Mur. 36, 77; Plin. Pan. 23.—

An overseer, superintendent, e. g. of youth; an instructor, guide, teacher:

juvenis monitoribus asper,

Hor. A. P. 163:

generosa pubes Te monitore regi, mores et facta priorum Discere,

Stat. S. 5, 3, 147; id. Th. 12, 205.—Of farm-slaves, Col. 1, 9, 4; 7, Paul. Sent. 3, 6, 35; Dig. 33, 7, 8; leader, general of troops, Sil. 8, 370.—

A prompter in the theatre: monitores qui monent histriones in scenā, Paul. ex Fest. p. 138 Müll.; Inscr. Orell. 4916.—

In relig. lang., one who leads in praying:

MONITOR AVGVR, Inscr. Don. cl. 1, 44: sine monitore, quia de pectore oramus, precantes sumus,

Tert. Apol. 30.

pastor (PAASTOR, Inscr. Orell. 3308), ōris, m. [pasco], a herdsman, esp. a shepherd (syn. opilio):

Mars pater... pastores pecuaque salva servassis,

Cato, R. R. 141, 3:

servos pastores armat,

Caes. B. C. 1, 24:

jam pastor umbras... quaerit,

Hor. C. 3, 29, 21:

pastor durus,

Juv. 11, 151:

boni pastoris esse tondere pecus, non deglubere,

Suet. Tib. 32.—

Trop., a shepherd: populi (transl. of the Gr. poimena laôn, Hom. Il. 2, 243), Quint. 8, 6, 18.—

Transf.

A keeper:

pavonum, Varr R. R. 3, 6, 5: columbarius,

id. ib. 3, 7, 5:

gallinarum,

Col. 8, 2, 7: anserum, Dlg. 32, 1, 66.—

The minister or superintendent of a church or congregation (eccl. Lat.):

pastores Israel,

Vulg. Ezech. 34. 2:

pastores et doctores,

id. Eph. 4, 11.—Esp., of Christ:

Ego sum pastor bonus,

Vulg. Johan. 10, 11:

eduxit de mortuis Pastorem magnum,

id. Heb. 13, 20; cf. 1 Pet. 2, 25; 5, 4.

pōtōrĭus, a, um, adj. [potor], of or belonging to drinking, drinking - (post-Aug.):

potoria vasa,

Plin. 36, 7, 12, § 59:

argentum,

silver drinking-vessels, Dig. 34, 2, 22: sil, i. e. liquidum, Pelag. Veter. 21: PRAEPOSITVS AVRI POTORII, superintendent of the golden drinking-vessels, an officer at court, Inscr. Grut. 1111, 13:

AB ARGENTO POTORIO,

ib. 582, 9; Inscr. Murat. 895, 2.—

Subst.: pōtōrĭum, ii, n., a drinking-vessel, goblet (post-Aug.):

potoria gemmata,

Plin. 37, 2, 6, § 17:

aurea,

id. 33, 10, 47, § 136:

parvula,

id. 33, 12, 55, § 157.

pōtōrĭus, a, um, adj. [potor], of or belonging to drinking, drinking - (post-Aug.):

potoria vasa,

Plin. 36, 7, 12, § 59:

argentum,

silver drinking-vessels, Dig. 34, 2, 22: sil, i. e. liquidum, Pelag. Veter. 21: PRAEPOSITVS AVRI POTORII, superintendent of the golden drinking-vessels, an officer at court, Inscr. Grut. 1111, 13:

AB ARGENTO POTORIO,

ib. 582, 9; Inscr. Murat. 895, 2.—

Subst.: pōtōrĭum, ii, n., a drinking-vessel, goblet (post-Aug.):

potoria gemmata,

Plin. 37, 2, 6, § 17:

aurea,

id. 33, 10, 47, § 136:

parvula,

id. 33, 12, 55, § 157.

praesĕs, ĭdis ( gen. plur. praesidium, Flor. 2, 17, 16), adj. and subst. [praesideo].

Sitting before a thing, to guard, take care of, or direct it; presiding, protecting, guarding, defending:

locus,

a place of refuge, Plaut. Cas. 5, 1, 11 dub.:

dextra,

Sen. Med. 247:

di praesides imperii,

protecting deities, Tac. H. 4, 53.—

Subst.: praesĕs, ĭdis, comm.

A protector, guard, guardian, defender:

ite nunc jam ex praesidio praesides,

Plaut. Rud. 4, 4, 7:

senatus rei publicae custos, praeses, propugnator,

Cic. Sest. 65, 137:

patrii Penates, qui huic urbi et rei publicae praesides estis,

Cic. Dom. 57, 144:

tribunus plebis, quem majores praesidem libertatis custodemque esse voluerunt,

id. Agr. 2, 6, 15; Liv. 6, 16.—

Transf., in gen., one that presides over, a president, superintendent, head, chief, ruler:

praeses belli,

i. e. Minerva, Verg. A. 11, 483:

vobis per suffragia uti praesides olim, nunc dominos destinatis,

Sall. H. 3, 61, 6 Dietsch:

provinciarum,

governors, Suet. Aug. 23: quorum (praetorum) in provinciis jurisdictionem praesides earum habent, Gai. Inst. 1, 6; cf.:

praesidis nomen generale est, eo quod et proconsules et legati Caesaris, et omnes provincias regentes (licet senatores sint) praesides appellentur,

Dig. 1, tit. 18.

princĭpālis, e, adj. [princeps].

In gen., first, original, primitive (class.):

causae,

Cic. Fat. 5, 9:

est igitur tropus sermo a naturali et principali significatione translatus ad aliam,

Quint. 9, 1, 4:

verba,

Gell. 11, 15, 5.—

In partic.

In rank, first in rank, station, or esteem, chief, principal:

viri,

App. Flor. p. 363, 38.—Of things abstr. and concr.:

pici principales in auguriis,

Plin. 10, 18, 20, § 41:

principalia in Arabiā tus, et myrrha,

id. 12, 13, 30, § 51:

principalia aquatilium,

id. 31, 6, 38, § 72:

causarum aliae sunt perfectae et principales, aliae adjuvantes et proximae,

Cic. Fat. 18, 41:

quaestio,

Quint. 4, 4, 1:

post haec duo principalia subjungebat illa non minus intuenda,

after these two principal points, Col. 1, 3, 3:

principali studio (i. e. praecipuo),

Gell. 13, 10, 1:

principalia verba,

primitive, id. 11, 15, 5:

de culturā agri praecipere, principale fuit et apud exteros,

a principal thing, Plin. 18, 3, 5, § 22:

principalis obligatio, res (opp. accessio),

Gai. Inst. 3, 126.— Comp.:

principalior,

Tert. Anim. 43: principaliora quaeque, id. cont. Marc. 4, 36.—As subst.: princĭpālis, is, m.

The foremost, overseer, superintendent:

officiorum, i. e. of attendants,

Cod. Just. 9, 51, 1.—

The chief magistrate of a municipality, Symm. Ep. 9, 1; Dig. 48, 19, 27; Isid. Orig. 9, 4:

principalis aut decurio,

Cod. Just. 10, 31, 33; 10, 34, 2, § 1.—

An inferior officer, Dig. 49, 16, 13.—

Of or belonging to a prince or ruler, princely, imperial, the emperor's (post-Aug.):

principalis quies,

Vell. 2, 56, 3:

fastigium,

id. 1, 11, 6:

opera,

id. 2, 124, 3:

curae,

Plin. Pan. 79:

copiae,

id. ib. 82:

apparatus arrogantiae principalis,

id. ib. 76:

beneficia,

id. ib. 36:

matrimonium,

Tac. H. 1, 22:

commentarii,

id. ib. 4, 40:

fortuna,

id. ib. 2, 81:

scortum,

id. ib. 1, 13:

majestas,

Suet. Claud. 17:

res,

id. Calig. 39:

bonum,

Plin. 13, 3, 4, § 22: vox, Just. Inst. prooem. 3.—

Of or belonging to the principes, i. e. to the second line in the order of battle (post-class.), Cod. Th. 12, 1, 151; Veg. Mil. 2, 15, 1.—

Of or belonging to the principium in a camp: principalis castrorum porta nominatur, quod in eo loco est, in quo principes ordines tendunt, Paul. ex Fest. p. 224 Müll.:

manipulos legionum principali viā inducit,

Liv. 10, 33:

porta principalis dextra,

id. 4, 19; cf. id. 40, 27. — Adv.: princĭpālĭter.

In gen., chiefly, principally (post-class.):

plurimae bestiae, sed principaliter leones,

Sol. 27:

negotium gerere,

Dig. 3, 2, 4.—

In partic., like a prince, imperially (post-Aug.):

gaudere,

Sen. Cons. ad Polyb. 36:

mores juventutis quam principaliter formas!

Plin. Pan. 47:

institutae leges,

Arn. 1, 2, 2: non principaliter, incidentally, Mos. et Rom. Leg. Coll. 12, 7, 5.

prōcūrātor (the first o short, Ov. A. A. 1, 587), ōris, m. [procuro], a manager, overseer, superintendent, agent, administrator, deputy, procurator, keeper.

In gen. (class.):

procurator peni,

Plaut. Ps. 2, 2, 14:

procurator, alieni juris vicarius,

Cic. Caecin. 20, 57:

agere aliquid per procuratorem,

id. Att. 4, 16, 9 (15):

regni,

a viceroy, Caes. B. C. 3, 112:

curatori aquarum procuratorem subicit,

Front. Aquaed. 105:

aviarii,

Varr. R. R. 3, 6:

procurator nimium procurat,

Ov. A. A. 1, 587:

esse procuratorem in rem alicujus,

Dig. 3, 3, 29:

procuratorem facere,

ib. 4, 4, 24.—

In partic.

A manager of an estate, a steward, bailiff (class.; cf.

villicus),

Cic. de Or. 1, 58, 249:

procurator rationes accipiebat,

Petr. 30; Paul. Sent. 1, 2, 3; Vulg. Matt. 20, 8.—

In the time of the emperors, one who had charge of the imperial revenues, an imperial collector, Tac. A. 12, 60; Suet. Claud. 12; id. Calig. 47; id. Vesp. 16; Plin. Pan. 36, 3.—Esp., in a province:

Judeae,

Tac. A. 15, 44:

Asiae,

id. ib. 4, 15:

Aegypti,

Suet. Ner. 35:

Galliae,

id. Galb. 12;

or in a city: urbis,

id. Caes. 79:

ludi,

Tac. A. 11, 35.—

An agent or attorney to conduct an action at law, Just. Inst. 1, 6, 5; Gai. Inst. 4, 82; 84.

sū̆prā (orig. form sŭpĕrā, Lucr. 1, 429; 4, 672; 5, 1407; Cic. poët. N. D. 2, 42, 106; cf. Prisc. pp. 980 and 1001 P.), adv. and prep. [superus].

Adv., on the upper side, on the top, above.

Lit., of place:

omnia haec, quae supra et subter, unum esse dixerunt,

Cic. de Or. 3, 5, 20:

partes eae, quae sunt infra quam id, quod devoratur, dilatantur, quae autem supra, contrahuntur,

id. N. D. 2, 54, 135:

magno numero jumentorum in flumine supra atquo infra constituto,

Caes. B. C. 1, 64; and:

et mare, quod supra, teneant, quodque alluit infra,

Verg. A. 8, 149:

oleum supra siet,

Cato, R. R. 119; 101:

cotem illam et novaculam defossam in comitio supraque impositum puteal accepimus,

Cic. Div. 1, 17, 33:

toto vertice supra est,

i. e. is taller, Verg. A. 11, 683: ut letata corpora vidit Victoremque supra hostem, i. e. lying or stretched over them, Ov. M. 3, 56; cf.:

stupet inscia supra,

Verg. A. 7, 381.— Comp.:

alia superius rapiuntur,

upward, on high, Sen. Q. N. 5, 8, 3: piscina superius construenda, Pall. 1, 34, 2 (opp. subterius, Isid. 16, 8, 4).—

Trop.

Of time, before, formerly, previously (esp. of any thing previously said or written):

quae supra scripta est,

Cato, R. R. 157, 2:

quod jam supra tibi ostendimus,

Lucr. 1, 429:

quae supra dixi,

Cic. de Or. 3, 55, 208:

quae supra scripsi,

id. Fam. 6, 10, 2:

quem supra deformavi,

id. Caecin. 5, 14:

uti supra demonstravimus,

Caes. B. G. 2, 1:

ut supra dixi,

Cic. Rep. 2, 4, 9; id. Lael. 4, 15; 14, 48:

ut supra scripsi,

Plin. Ep. 6, 27, 5:

de quo (filio) commemoravi supra,

Nep. Dion, 6, 2:

supra repetere,

farther back, from past times, Sall. C. 5, 9; id. J. 5, 3; Tac. A. 16, 18.— Comp.:

quantum valerent inter homines litterae, Dixi superius,

before, farther back, Phaedr. 4, 23, 2: ut superius demonstravimus, Auct. B. Hisp. 28, 4; 34, 5.—

Of number or measure, beyond, over, more:

supra adjecit Aeschrio,

offered higher, more, Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 33, § 77:

amor tantus ut nihil supra possit,

id. Fam. 14, 1, 4:

ita accurate, ut nihil posset supra,

id. Att. 13, 19, 3:

nihil pote supra,

Ter. Ad. 2, 3, 11:

voltu Adeo modesto, ut nihil supra,

id. And. 1, 1, 93; id. Eun. 3, 1, 37:

nihil supra Deos lacesso,

Hor. C. 2, 18, 11.—After et or aut ( poet. and post-class.):

agrum fortasse trecentis Aut etiam supra nummorum milibus emptum,

Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 165:

quot illum putas annos secum tulisse? Septuaginta et supra,

Petr. 43 fin.:

tricena aut supra stipendia numerantes,

Tac. A. 1, 35:

a triginta annis et supra,

Vulg. Num. 4, 23; 4, 30; 4, 35 (cf. II. B. 2. infra).—

With quam, less freq. quod, above or beyond what, more than:

saepe supra feret, quam fieri possit,

Cic. Or. 40, 139:

corpus patiens inediae, algoris, vigiliae, supra quam cuiquam credibile est,

Sall. C. 5, 3; id. J. 24, 5:

dominandi supra quam aestimari potest avidissimus,

Aur. Vict. Epit. 1 med.:

supra quam optari potuit,

Amm. 17, 1, 12:

supra quod capere possum,

Dig. 32, 1, 28.—

Prep. with acc., above, over.

Lit., of place:

si essent, qui sub terrā semper habitavissent... nec exissent umquam supra terram,

Cic. N. D. 2, 37, 95:

ille qui supra nos habitat,

Plaut. Pers. 5, 2, 38:

supra tribunal et supra praetoris caput,

Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 33, § 77:

supra eum locum,

Caes. B. C. 2, 9:

supra se in summo jugo,

id. B. G. 1, 24:

accubueram horā nonā... et quidem supra me Atticus, infra Verrius,

Cic. Fam. 9, 26, 1:

saltu supra venabula fertur,

Verg. A. 9, 553:

supra segetes Navigat,

over the cornfields, Ov. M. 1, 295:

attolli supra ceteros mortales,

Plin. 34, 6, 12, § 27 (dub.;

Jahn, super): supra lignum turba insilit,

Phaedr. 1, 2, 20:

ecce supra caput homo levis ac sordidus,

i. e. burdensome, annoying, Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 2, 2, § 6; so,

supra caput esse,

to be close at hand, Sall. C. 52, 24; cf. Verg. A. 3, 194; Liv. 3, 17, 4; 4, 22, 6; Tac. H. 4, 69; Sen. Ep 108;

rarely supra capita,

Liv. 42, 42, 6.—

In partic., of geographical position, above, beyond: supra Maeotis paludes, Enn. ap. Cic. Tusc. 5, 17, 49 (Epigr. v. 7, p. 163 Vahl.):

supra Suessulam,

Liv. 23, 32, 2:

Syene oppidum, quod est supra Alexandriam quinque millibus stadiorum,

Plin. 2, 73, 75, § 183;

supra Britanniam,

id. 2, 97, 99, § 217. —

Trop.

Of time, before:

paulo supra hanc memoriam,

Caes. B. G. 6, 19; supra septingentesimum annum, Liv. praef. § 4.—

Of number, degree, or quantity.

With numbers, = plus, amplius (not in Cic. or Cæs.), over, above, beyond, more than:

supra quattuor milia hominum orabunt ut, etc.,

Liv. 43, 3, 2:

caesa eo die supra milia viginti,

id. 30, 35, 3; 3, 31, 4:

supra septem milia hominum domos remisit,

id. 21, 23, 6; 23, 17, 2; 23, 37, 11 sq.; 23, 49, 13; Varr. R. R. 3, 2, 17; 3, 6, 1; 3, 7, 11:

supra duos menses sapor ejus non permanet integer,

Col. 12, 49, 3:

tres (cyathos),

Hor. C. 3, 19, 15.—

In gen.:

quibus solida ungula, nec supra geminos fetus,

Plin. 11, 40, 95, § 233; cf.:

de floribus supra dictus scripsit Theophrastus,

besides, id. 21, 3, 9, § 13:

hominis fortunam,

Cic. Leg. 2, 16, 41:

ratio supra hominem putanda est deoque tribuenda,

id. N. D. 2, 13, 34:

potentia, quae supra leges se esse velit,

id. Ep. ad Brut. 1, 17, 6:

humanam supra fortunam,

Phaedr. 4, 24, 24:

supra Coclites Muciosque id facinus esse,

Liv. 2, 13, 8:

modum,

id. 21, 7, 7; Col. 4, 27, 4:

vires,

Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 22: humanam fidem Plin. 34, 7, 17, § 38: morem, Verg. G. 2, 227; Sall. C. 3, 2:

supra belli Latini metum id quoque accesserat, quod,

besides, Liv. 2, 18, 3.—Prov.:

supra homines, supra ire deos pietate,

i. e. to attain the highest degree, Verg. A. 12, 839 Heyne ad loc.—

Sometimes to indicate that over which one is placed as superintendent (mostly postclass.):

dispositi, quos supra somnum habebat,

watchers, Curt. 6, 11, 3:

qui supra bibliothecam fuerunt,

Vitr. 7, praef. §

5: servus supra rationes positus,

Pseudo Quint. Decl. 353:

SVPRA INSVLAS,

Inscr. Orell. 721 and 2927:

SVPRA IVMENTA,

ib. 2870:

SVPRA VELARIOS,

ib. 2967:

SVPRA COCOS,

ib. 2827; Inscr. Grut. p. 1111, 1.—

Compounds formed with supra are extremely rare. In late Lat. supradictus, suprafatus, suprafundo, suprajacio, supranatans, suprasedeo, etc., are found, but here supra is properly written separately as an adv.; only suprascando (v. h. v.), on account of its signif., is to be written as one word.

vīlĭcus (less correctly villĭcus), a, um, adj. [villa], of or belonging to a countryhouse or villa (very rare):

nomina lini,

Aus. Ep. 4, 56.—As substt.

vīlĭcus, i, m. (sc. homo).

An overseer of a farm or estate, a steward, bailiff; absol., Cato, R. R. 5, 1 sq.; 5, 142; id. ap. Col. 11, 1, 4; Varr. R. R. 1, 2, 14; Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 50, § 119; id. Rep. 5, 3, 5; 1, 38, 59; 1, 39, 61; Hor. Ep. 1, 14, 15.—With gen.:

vilice silvarum et mihi me reddentis agelli,

Hor. Ep. 1, 14, 1:

vilicus Orbi,

id. ib. 2, 2, 160.—

Transf., an overseer, superintendent, director:

Pegasus attonitae positus modo vilicus urbi,

Juv. 4, 77:

vilici (sc. aquaeductum),

Front. Aquaed. 117:

malum vilicum esse imperatorem,

Lampr. Alex. Sev. 15.—With gen.:

aerarii,

Auct. Priap. 82, 1:

AMPHITHEATRI,

Inscr. Fabr. 5, n. 3.—With ab:

A PLVMBO,

Inscr. Orell. 2859:

AB ALIMENTIS,

Inscr. Grut. 1033, 9.—

vīlĭca, ae, f. (sc. mulier), a female overseer; the wife of an overseer, Cato, R. R. 143, 1; Col. 12, praef. 8; Mart. 1, 56, 11; Juv. 11, 69; Cat. 61, 136.

vīlĭcus (less correctly villĭcus), a, um, adj. [villa], of or belonging to a countryhouse or villa (very rare):

nomina lini,

Aus. Ep. 4, 56.—As substt.

vīlĭcus, i, m. (sc. homo).

An overseer of a farm or estate, a steward, bailiff; absol., Cato, R. R. 5, 1 sq.; 5, 142; id. ap. Col. 11, 1, 4; Varr. R. R. 1, 2, 14; Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 50, § 119; id. Rep. 5, 3, 5; 1, 38, 59; 1, 39, 61; Hor. Ep. 1, 14, 15.—With gen.:

vilice silvarum et mihi me reddentis agelli,

Hor. Ep. 1, 14, 1:

vilicus Orbi,

id. ib. 2, 2, 160.—

Transf., an overseer, superintendent, director:

Pegasus attonitae positus modo vilicus urbi,

Juv. 4, 77:

vilici (sc. aquaeductum),

Front. Aquaed. 117:

malum vilicum esse imperatorem,

Lampr. Alex. Sev. 15.—With gen.:

aerarii,

Auct. Priap. 82, 1:

AMPHITHEATRI,

Inscr. Fabr. 5, n. 3.—With ab:

A PLVMBO,

Inscr. Orell. 2859:

AB ALIMENTIS,

Inscr. Grut. 1033, 9.—

vīlĭca, ae, f. (sc. mulier), a female overseer; the wife of an overseer, Cato, R. R. 143, 1; Col. 12, praef. 8; Mart. 1, 56, 11; Juv. 11, 69; Cat. 61, 136.