supplex (subpl-)

supplex ( subpl-), ĭcis (abl. supplĭci, but also -ĭce freq. in dactyl. and anap. verse, Hor. C. 3, 14, 8; Tib. 1, 2, 14; Ov. M. 2, 396 al.;

and always when used subst.,

Verg. A. 3, 667; Ov. M. 8, 261; Curt. 5, 3, 14;

or to denote a temporary attitude or relation, not a permanent characteristic,

Cic. Scaur. 2, 35; Luc. 8, 287; 8, 346; cf. Neue, Formenl. 2, 46; gen. plur. supplicium, Liv. 24, 30; 29, 16; 35, 34), adj. [sup-plico, bending the knees, kneeling down; hence], humbly begging or entreating; humble, submissive, beseeching, suppliant, supplicant (class.; syn.: humilis, submissus).

Absol.:

supplex te ad pedes abiciebas,

Cic. Phil. 2, 34, 86; cf. id. Lig. 5, 13:

ad alios se reges supplicem contulisse,

id. Imp. Pomp. 8, 21:

et genua amplectens effatur talia supplex,

Verg. A. 10, 523:

vobis supplex manus tendit patria communis,

Cic. Cat. 4, 9, 18; cf.

infra II.: se supplicem pro aliquo profiteri,

id. Pis. 32, 80:

supplex ad aliquem venire,

id. Att. 16, 16, C, §

10: ad opem judicum supplices confugere,

id. Font. 15, 33 (11, 23):

do manus Supplex,

Hor. Epod. 17, 2:

supplex populi suffragia capto,

id. Ep. 2, 2, 103:

tibi quo die Portus Alexandrea supplex patefecit,

id. C. 4, 14, 35:

supplex rogabo,

Stat. Achill. 1, 50.—

With dat.:

ut tibi fierem supplex,

Plaut. Ps. 5, 2, 20:

judicibus supplex,

Cic. Tusc. 1, 29, 71; id. de Or. 1, 53, 229:

ego me plurimis pro te supplicem abjeci,

id. Mil. 36, 100; Plaut. Bacch. 4, 9, 101; id. Cist. 1, 1, 34; id. Pers. 2, 3, 18; id. Stich. 2, 1, 18; Ter. Phorm. 5, 6, 47; Cic. Planc. 8, 21; Ov. H. 12, 185 al.:

cum Alcibiades Socrati supplex esset, ut, etc.,

Cic. Tusc. 3, 32, 77.—

As subst.: supplex, ĭcis, m., a suppliant, humble petitioner:

in miseros ac supplices misericordiā uti,

Caes. B. G. 2, 28:

et nos jacentis ad pedes supplicum voce prohibebis?

Cic. Lig. 5, 13:

tu supplice digno dignior,

Val. Fl. 7, 290:

paternus,

Sen. Troad. 315; so with a pron. possess. or gen.:

vester est supplex, judices,

Cic. Mur. 40, 86; so,

vester,

id. Clu. 70, 200:

tuus,

Hor. C. 3, 10, 16:

supplex vestrae misericordiae,

Cic. Cael. 32, 79:

dei,

Nep. Paus. 4, 5; id. Ages. 4, 8:

tui numinis,

Sen. Agam. 343:

domus inimicae,

Quint. Decl. 9, 1.—

Transf., of things:

manus supplices,

Cic. Font. 21, 48 (17, 38):

manu supplice,

Ov. M. 11, 279:

dextra,

Val. Fl. 4, 11:

vitta,

Hor. C. 3, 14, 8:

dona,

Verg. A. 3, 439:

libelli,

Mart. 8, 31, 3:

vota,

Verg. A. 8, 61:

verba,

Cic. Att. 12, 32, 1:

vox,

Sall. C. 31, 7; Ov. M. 2, 396; Liv. 30, 12; Curt. 4, 6, 28:

voce supplex,

Tac. A. 1, 57:

oliva,

Val. Fl. 3, 424:

querelae,

Tib. 1, 4, 72:

lacrimae,

Prop. 1, 16, 4:

causa,

Quint. 11, 1, 3.—Hence, adv.: sup-plĭcĭter, humbly, submissively, suppliantly:

suppliciter demisseque respondere,

Cic. Fl. 10, 21; id. de Or. 1, 20, 90; Caes. B. G. 1, 27; Suet. Aug. 13; id. Tib. 10; Verg. A. 1, 481; 12, 220; Hor. S. 1, 8, 32; Ov. F. 2, 438; id. P. 1, 10, 44.

supplex ( subpl-), ĭcis (abl. supplĭci, but also -ĭce freq. in dactyl. and anap. verse, Hor. C. 3, 14, 8; Tib. 1, 2, 14; Ov. M. 2, 396 al.;

and always when used subst.,

Verg. A. 3, 667; Ov. M. 8, 261; Curt. 5, 3, 14;

or to denote a temporary attitude or relation, not a permanent characteristic,

Cic. Scaur. 2, 35; Luc. 8, 287; 8, 346; cf. Neue, Formenl. 2, 46; gen. plur. supplicium, Liv. 24, 30; 29, 16; 35, 34), adj. [sup-plico, bending the knees, kneeling down; hence], humbly begging or entreating; humble, submissive, beseeching, suppliant, supplicant (class.; syn.: humilis, submissus).

Absol.:

supplex te ad pedes abiciebas,

Cic. Phil. 2, 34, 86; cf. id. Lig. 5, 13:

ad alios se reges supplicem contulisse,

id. Imp. Pomp. 8, 21:

et genua amplectens effatur talia supplex,

Verg. A. 10, 523:

vobis supplex manus tendit patria communis,

Cic. Cat. 4, 9, 18; cf.

infra II.: se supplicem pro aliquo profiteri,

id. Pis. 32, 80:

supplex ad aliquem venire,

id. Att. 16, 16, C, §

10: ad opem judicum supplices confugere,

id. Font. 15, 33 (11, 23):

do manus Supplex,

Hor. Epod. 17, 2:

supplex populi suffragia capto,

id. Ep. 2, 2, 103:

tibi quo die Portus Alexandrea supplex patefecit,

id. C. 4, 14, 35:

supplex rogabo,

Stat. Achill. 1, 50.—

With dat.:

ut tibi fierem supplex,

Plaut. Ps. 5, 2, 20:

judicibus supplex,

Cic. Tusc. 1, 29, 71; id. de Or. 1, 53, 229:

ego me plurimis pro te supplicem abjeci,

id. Mil. 36, 100; Plaut. Bacch. 4, 9, 101; id. Cist. 1, 1, 34; id. Pers. 2, 3, 18; id. Stich. 2, 1, 18; Ter. Phorm. 5, 6, 47; Cic. Planc. 8, 21; Ov. H. 12, 185 al.:

cum Alcibiades Socrati supplex esset, ut, etc.,

Cic. Tusc. 3, 32, 77.—

As subst.: supplex, ĭcis, m., a suppliant, humble petitioner:

in miseros ac supplices misericordiā uti,

Caes. B. G. 2, 28:

et nos jacentis ad pedes supplicum voce prohibebis?

Cic. Lig. 5, 13:

tu supplice digno dignior,

Val. Fl. 7, 290:

paternus,

Sen. Troad. 315; so with a pron. possess. or gen.:

vester est supplex, judices,

Cic. Mur. 40, 86; so,

vester,

id. Clu. 70, 200:

tuus,

Hor. C. 3, 10, 16:

supplex vestrae misericordiae,

Cic. Cael. 32, 79:

dei,

Nep. Paus. 4, 5; id. Ages. 4, 8:

tui numinis,

Sen. Agam. 343:

domus inimicae,

Quint. Decl. 9, 1.—

Transf., of things:

manus supplices,

Cic. Font. 21, 48 (17, 38):

manu supplice,

Ov. M. 11, 279:

dextra,

Val. Fl. 4, 11:

vitta,

Hor. C. 3, 14, 8:

dona,

Verg. A. 3, 439:

libelli,

Mart. 8, 31, 3:

vota,

Verg. A. 8, 61:

verba,

Cic. Att. 12, 32, 1:

vox,

Sall. C. 31, 7; Ov. M. 2, 396; Liv. 30, 12; Curt. 4, 6, 28:

voce supplex,

Tac. A. 1, 57:

oliva,

Val. Fl. 3, 424:

querelae,

Tib. 1, 4, 72:

lacrimae,

Prop. 1, 16, 4:

causa,

Quint. 11, 1, 3.—Hence, adv.: sup-plĭcĭter, humbly, submissively, suppliantly:

suppliciter demisseque respondere,

Cic. Fl. 10, 21; id. de Or. 1, 20, 90; Caes. B. G. 1, 27; Suet. Aug. 13; id. Tib. 10; Verg. A. 1, 481; 12, 220; Hor. S. 1, 8, 32; Ov. F. 2, 438; id. P. 1, 10, 44.

supplĭcĭum ( subpl-), ii, n. [supplex; prop. a kneeling down, either as a suppliant or to receive punishment].

As a suppliant.

In relig. lang., humiliation, a public prayer or supplication, an act of worship (mostly ante-Aug. and in prose after the Aug. period; not in Cic. or Cæs.; syn.: supplicatio, obsecratio): nunc pergam, ut suppliciis placans caelitum aras expleam, Att. ap. Non. 398, 19; cf.:

deos suppliciis, sumptu, votis, donis, Precibus plorans, obsecrans,

Afran. ib. 398, 22:

suppliciis votisque fatigare deos,

Liv. 27, 50, 5:

non votis neque suppliciis muliebribus auxilia deorum parantur,

Sall. C. 52, 29.—

Esp., a sacrificing, offering:

nihil ei (Jovi) acceptum est a perjuris supplicii,

offering, sacrifice, Plaut. Rud. prol. 25:

in suppliciis deorum magnifici,

Sall. C. 9, 2; id. J. 55, 1:

precibus suppliciisque deos placare,

Liv. 22, 57, 5; cf.:

quos (boves) ad deorum servant supplicia,

Varr. R. R. 2, 5, 10:

tum supplicia dis ludique magni ab senatu decernuntur,

Tac. A. 3, 64 Nipperd. ad loc.:

vannos onustas aromatis et hujuscemodi suppliciis congerunt,

App. M. 11, p. 265, 3; id. Dogm. Plat. 2, p. 16, 5: supplicia veteres quaedam sacrificia a supplicando vocabant, Fest. pp. 308 and 309 Müll. —

Transf., out of the relig. sphere, an humble entreaty or petition, a supplication in gen. (very rare):

Vagenses fatigati regis suppliciis,

Sall. J. 66, 2:

igitur legatos ad consulem cum suppliciis mittit, qui tantummodo ipsi liberisque vitam peterent,

id. ib. 46, 2.—

To receive punishment; hence, punishment, penalty, torture, torment, pain, distress, suffering (class. and freq.; usu. of the penalty of death; syn. poena).

Sing.:

dabitur pol supplicium mihi de tergo vestro,

Plaut. As. 2, 4, 75 sq.; cf.:

illi de me supplicium dabo,

Ter. Heaut. 1, 1, 86; id. Eun. 1, 1, 24; Cat. 116, 8; Nep. Paus. 5, 5:

de homine nobili virgis supplicium crudelissime sumere,

Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 37, § 91; 2, 5, 45, § 117:

sumere (de aliquo),

Plaut. Pers. 5, 2, 72; id. Merc. 5, 4, 31; Ter. And. 3, 5, 17; Cic. Inv. 2, 28, 84; id. Rep. 3, 33, 45; Caes. B. G. 1, 39; Liv. 2, 5, 5; 3, 18, 10:

aliquem hostibus ad supplicium dedere,

Caes. B. G. 7, 26:

aliquem tradi ad supplicium jubere,

Tac. A. 11, 35:

rapi,

Cic. de Or. 2, 59, 138:

supplicio affici,

to be put to death, Caes. B. G. 1, 27:

ne ad ultimum supplicium progredi necesse habeant,

to take their own lives, id. B. C. 1, 84:

aliquem vinculis ac verberibus atque omni supplicio excruciatum necare,

Cic. Imp. Pomp. 5, 11:

summo cruciatu supplicioque perire,

id. N. D. 3, 33, 81:

gravissimum ei rei supplicium cum cruciatu constitutum est,

Caes. B. G. 6, 17: [p. 1815] talis improborum consensio supplicio omni vindicanda (est), Cic. Lael. 12, 43:

satis supplicii tulisse,

Caes. B. C. 1, 84:

supplicio culpa reciditur,

Hor. C. 3, 24, 34:

suā manu supplicium persolvere,

Tac. A. 6, 32 (26):

luere,

Just. 2, 5, 6; Tac. A. 15, 60:

supplicium redimere opimā mercede,

Amm. 26, 3, 4.—

Plur.:

ad exquisita supplicia proficisci,

Cic. Off. 3, 27, 100:

semper iis (improbis) ante oculos judicia et supplicia versentur,

id. Rep. 3, 16, 26:

ad innocentum supplicia descendunt,

Caes. B. G. 6, 17:

supplicia annua pendere,

Plin. 29, 4, 14, § 57:

subire,

Cic. Ep. ad Brut. 1, 12, 1:

suppliciis delicta coërcere,

Hor. S. 1, 3, 79:

subplicia in post futuros conposuit,

Sall. H. 1, 41, 6 Dietsch:

domant impios saeva supplicia,

Sen. Herc. Fur. 749:

supplicia haurire,

Verg. A. 4, 383.

supplĭco ( subpl-), āvi, ātum, 1 ( perf. subj. supplicassis, Plaut. As. 2, 4, 61; in tmesi: sub vos placo, Auct. ap. Fest. s. v. sub, p. 309, and s. v. ob, p. 190 Müll.), v. n. and a. [supplex], to kneel down or humble one ' s self, to pray or beg humbly, to beseech, implore, supplicate (class.; cf.: oro, adoro, precor).

In gen.

With dat.:

cui irato supplicet,

Plaut. As. 1, 2, 24:

nec quoiquam supplico,

id. Bacch. 2, 2, 47:

ipsum hunc orabo: huic supplicabo,

Ter. And. 2, 1, 12:

is sibi me supplicaturum putat,

id. Hec. 3, 5, 50:

populo Romano supplicare,

Cic. Planc. 20, 50:

alicui summisse,

id. ib. 5, 12:

neque Caesari solum, sed etiam amicis ejus omnibus pro te libentissime supplicabo,

id. Fam. 6, 14, 3; cf. id. ib. 6, 13, 2; id. Font. 15, 35 (11, 25):

cum tot res sint, quae vestris animis supplicent,

id. ib. 14, 31:

supplicare indignis,

Ov. M. 6, 367. — Pass. impers.:

ut, si tui nobis potestas saepius fieret, non multum Graecis supplicandum putarem,

Cic. Fin. 5, 25, 75. —

Absol.:

supplicabo, exobsecrabo, ut quemque amicum videro,

Plaut. As. 1, 3, 93:

venire domum ad eum, precari, denique supplicare,

Cic. Par. 5, 3, 40:

precari ab indigno, supplicare, etc.,

id. Lael. 16, 57:

nemo rem publicam imploravit, nemo supplicavit,

id. de Or. 1, 53, 230:

missitare supplicantes legatos, Sall J. 38, 1: Pompeiani querentes supplicavere,

Plin. 8, 7, 7, § 21; Suet. Claud. 1.—

With acc. (ante- and post-class.):

quod domi'st, numquam ulli supplicabo,

Plaut. Rud. 5, 2, 48:

sub vos placo, Auct. ap. Fest. l. l.: imperatores nostros,

Dig. 28, 5, 92:

contrarios,

Amm. 30, 8, 10.—

In partic., to pray to or supplicate as a god; to pray, worship:

vilica Lari familiari pro copia supplicet,

Cato, R. R. 143, 2; cf. Plaut. Aul. prol. 24:

in fano supplicare,

id. Curc. 4, 2, 41:

a dis supplicans invenire veniam sibi,

id. Rud. prol. 26:

per hostias diis supplicare,

Sall. J. 63, 1:

populus frequens iit supplicatum,

Liv. 3, 63, 5; 10, 23, 2:

circa fana deorum,

id. 24, 23, 1:

molā salsā supplicare,

Plin. 12, 18, 41, § 83:

sacrificio supplicari,

Capitol. Max. 24. — Impers. pass.: Metello venienti ture, quasi deo, supplicabatur, Sall. Fragm. ap. Macr. S. 2, 9:

ut, cujus sepulcrum usquam exstet... ei publice supplicetur,

Cic. Phil. 1, 6, 13:

supplicatum totā urbe est,

Liv. 27, 23, 7:

ture nec supplicabatur,

Plin. 13, 1, 1, § 2.

supplĭcĭum ( subpl-), ii, n. [supplex; prop. a kneeling down, either as a suppliant or to receive punishment].

As a suppliant.

In relig. lang., humiliation, a public prayer or supplication, an act of worship (mostly ante-Aug. and in prose after the Aug. period; not in Cic. or Cæs.; syn.: supplicatio, obsecratio): nunc pergam, ut suppliciis placans caelitum aras expleam, Att. ap. Non. 398, 19; cf.:

deos suppliciis, sumptu, votis, donis, Precibus plorans, obsecrans,

Afran. ib. 398, 22:

suppliciis votisque fatigare deos,

Liv. 27, 50, 5:

non votis neque suppliciis muliebribus auxilia deorum parantur,

Sall. C. 52, 29.—

Esp., a sacrificing, offering:

nihil ei (Jovi) acceptum est a perjuris supplicii,

offering, sacrifice, Plaut. Rud. prol. 25:

in suppliciis deorum magnifici,

Sall. C. 9, 2; id. J. 55, 1:

precibus suppliciisque deos placare,

Liv. 22, 57, 5; cf.:

quos (boves) ad deorum servant supplicia,

Varr. R. R. 2, 5, 10:

tum supplicia dis ludique magni ab senatu decernuntur,

Tac. A. 3, 64 Nipperd. ad loc.:

vannos onustas aromatis et hujuscemodi suppliciis congerunt,

App. M. 11, p. 265, 3; id. Dogm. Plat. 2, p. 16, 5: supplicia veteres quaedam sacrificia a supplicando vocabant, Fest. pp. 308 and 309 Müll. —

Transf., out of the relig. sphere, an humble entreaty or petition, a supplication in gen. (very rare):

Vagenses fatigati regis suppliciis,

Sall. J. 66, 2:

igitur legatos ad consulem cum suppliciis mittit, qui tantummodo ipsi liberisque vitam peterent,

id. ib. 46, 2.—

To receive punishment; hence, punishment, penalty, torture, torment, pain, distress, suffering (class. and freq.; usu. of the penalty of death; syn. poena).

Sing.:

dabitur pol supplicium mihi de tergo vestro,

Plaut. As. 2, 4, 75 sq.; cf.:

illi de me supplicium dabo,

Ter. Heaut. 1, 1, 86; id. Eun. 1, 1, 24; Cat. 116, 8; Nep. Paus. 5, 5:

de homine nobili virgis supplicium crudelissime sumere,

Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 37, § 91; 2, 5, 45, § 117:

sumere (de aliquo),

Plaut. Pers. 5, 2, 72; id. Merc. 5, 4, 31; Ter. And. 3, 5, 17; Cic. Inv. 2, 28, 84; id. Rep. 3, 33, 45; Caes. B. G. 1, 39; Liv. 2, 5, 5; 3, 18, 10:

aliquem hostibus ad supplicium dedere,

Caes. B. G. 7, 26:

aliquem tradi ad supplicium jubere,

Tac. A. 11, 35:

rapi,

Cic. de Or. 2, 59, 138:

supplicio affici,

to be put to death, Caes. B. G. 1, 27:

ne ad ultimum supplicium progredi necesse habeant,

to take their own lives, id. B. C. 1, 84:

aliquem vinculis ac verberibus atque omni supplicio excruciatum necare,

Cic. Imp. Pomp. 5, 11:

summo cruciatu supplicioque perire,

id. N. D. 3, 33, 81:

gravissimum ei rei supplicium cum cruciatu constitutum est,

Caes. B. G. 6, 17: [p. 1815] talis improborum consensio supplicio omni vindicanda (est), Cic. Lael. 12, 43:

satis supplicii tulisse,

Caes. B. C. 1, 84:

supplicio culpa reciditur,

Hor. C. 3, 24, 34:

suā manu supplicium persolvere,

Tac. A. 6, 32 (26):

luere,

Just. 2, 5, 6; Tac. A. 15, 60:

supplicium redimere opimā mercede,

Amm. 26, 3, 4.—

Plur.:

ad exquisita supplicia proficisci,

Cic. Off. 3, 27, 100:

semper iis (improbis) ante oculos judicia et supplicia versentur,

id. Rep. 3, 16, 26:

ad innocentum supplicia descendunt,

Caes. B. G. 6, 17:

supplicia annua pendere,

Plin. 29, 4, 14, § 57:

subire,

Cic. Ep. ad Brut. 1, 12, 1:

suppliciis delicta coërcere,

Hor. S. 1, 3, 79:

subplicia in post futuros conposuit,

Sall. H. 1, 41, 6 Dietsch:

domant impios saeva supplicia,

Sen. Herc. Fur. 749:

supplicia haurire,

Verg. A. 4, 383.

supplĭco ( subpl-), āvi, ātum, 1 ( perf. subj. supplicassis, Plaut. As. 2, 4, 61; in tmesi: sub vos placo, Auct. ap. Fest. s. v. sub, p. 309, and s. v. ob, p. 190 Müll.), v. n. and a. [supplex], to kneel down or humble one ' s self, to pray or beg humbly, to beseech, implore, supplicate (class.; cf.: oro, adoro, precor).

In gen.

With dat.:

cui irato supplicet,

Plaut. As. 1, 2, 24:

nec quoiquam supplico,

id. Bacch. 2, 2, 47:

ipsum hunc orabo: huic supplicabo,

Ter. And. 2, 1, 12:

is sibi me supplicaturum putat,

id. Hec. 3, 5, 50:

populo Romano supplicare,

Cic. Planc. 20, 50:

alicui summisse,

id. ib. 5, 12:

neque Caesari solum, sed etiam amicis ejus omnibus pro te libentissime supplicabo,

id. Fam. 6, 14, 3; cf. id. ib. 6, 13, 2; id. Font. 15, 35 (11, 25):

cum tot res sint, quae vestris animis supplicent,

id. ib. 14, 31:

supplicare indignis,

Ov. M. 6, 367. — Pass. impers.:

ut, si tui nobis potestas saepius fieret, non multum Graecis supplicandum putarem,

Cic. Fin. 5, 25, 75. —

Absol.:

supplicabo, exobsecrabo, ut quemque amicum videro,

Plaut. As. 1, 3, 93:

venire domum ad eum, precari, denique supplicare,

Cic. Par. 5, 3, 40:

precari ab indigno, supplicare, etc.,

id. Lael. 16, 57:

nemo rem publicam imploravit, nemo supplicavit,

id. de Or. 1, 53, 230:

missitare supplicantes legatos, Sall J. 38, 1: Pompeiani querentes supplicavere,

Plin. 8, 7, 7, § 21; Suet. Claud. 1.—

With acc. (ante- and post-class.):

quod domi'st, numquam ulli supplicabo,

Plaut. Rud. 5, 2, 48:

sub vos placo, Auct. ap. Fest. l. l.: imperatores nostros,

Dig. 28, 5, 92:

contrarios,

Amm. 30, 8, 10.—

In partic., to pray to or supplicate as a god; to pray, worship:

vilica Lari familiari pro copia supplicet,

Cato, R. R. 143, 2; cf. Plaut. Aul. prol. 24:

in fano supplicare,

id. Curc. 4, 2, 41:

a dis supplicans invenire veniam sibi,

id. Rud. prol. 26:

per hostias diis supplicare,

Sall. J. 63, 1:

populus frequens iit supplicatum,

Liv. 3, 63, 5; 10, 23, 2:

circa fana deorum,

id. 24, 23, 1:

molā salsā supplicare,

Plin. 12, 18, 41, § 83:

sacrificio supplicari,

Capitol. Max. 24. — Impers. pass.: Metello venienti ture, quasi deo, supplicabatur, Sall. Fragm. ap. Macr. S. 2, 9:

ut, cujus sepulcrum usquam exstet... ei publice supplicetur,

Cic. Phil. 1, 6, 13:

supplicatum totā urbe est,

Liv. 27, 23, 7:

ture nec supplicabatur,

Plin. 13, 1, 1, § 2.