suppuration

mātĕrĭa, ae ( gen. materiāi, Lucr. 1, 1051), and mātĕrĭes, ēi (only in nom. and acc. sing., and once gen. plur. materierum, Lact. 2, 12, 1; v. Neue, Formenl. 1, p. 383), f. [from same root with mater, q. v.], stuff, matter, materials of which any thing is composed; so the wood of a tree, vine, etc., timber for building (opp. lignum, wood for fuel); nutritive matter or substance for food (class.).

Lit.

In gen.:

materia rerum, ex qua et in qua sunt omnia,

Cic. N. D. 3, 39, 92; cf. id. Ac. 1, 6, 7:

materiam superabat opus,

Ov. M. 2, 5:

materiae apparatio,

Vitr. 2, 8, 7:

rudis,

i. e. chaos, Luc. 2, 8; cf.: omnis fere materia nondum formata rudis appellatur, Cinc. ap. Paul. ex Fest. p. 265 Müll.:

(arbor) inter corticem et materiem,

Col. 5, 11, 4:

crispa,

Plin. 16, 28, 51, § 119:

materiae longitudo,

Col. 4, 24, 3:

vitis in materiam, frondemque effunditur,

id. 4, 21, 2:

si nihil valet materies,

Cic. de Or. 2, 21, 88:

in eam insulam materiam, calcem, caementa, atque arma convexit,

id. Mil. 27, 74:

caesa,

Col. 11, 2, 11; cf. Caes. B. G. 4, 17; 5, 39:

cornus non potest videri materies propter exilitatem, sed lignum,

Plin. 16, 40, 76, § 206:

materiae, lignorum aggestus,

Tac. A. 1, 35:

videndum est ut materies suppetat scutariis,

Plaut. Ep. 1, 1, 35:

proba materies est, si probum adhibes fabrum,

id. Poen. 4, 2, 93: imprimebatur sculptura materiae anuli, sive ex ferro sive ex auro foret, Macr. S. 7, 13, 11. — Plur.:

deūm imagines mortalibus materiis in species hominum effingere,

Tac. H. 5, 5.—Of food:

imbecillissimam materiam esse omnem caulem oleris,

Cels. 2, 18, 39 sqq.; cf. of the means of subsistence:

consumere omnem materiam,

Ov. M. 8, 876; matter, in gen.:

materies aliqua mala erat,

Aug. Conf. 7, 5, 2.—In abstract, matter, the material universe:

Deus ex materia ortus est, aut materia ex Deo,

Lact. 2, 8.—

Esp., matter of suppuration, pus, Cels. 3, 27, 4.—

Transf., a stock, race, breed:

quod ex vetere materia nascitur, plerumque congeneratum parentis senium refert,

Col. 7, 3, 15:

generosa (equorum),

id. 6, 27 init. —

Trop.

The matter, subjectmatter, subject, topic, ground, theme of any exertion of the mental powers, as of an art or science, an oration, etc.: materiam artis eam dicimus in qua omnis ars et facultas, quae conficitur ex arte, versatur. Ut si medicinae materiam dicamus morbos ac vulnera, quod in his omnis medicina versetur;

item quibus in rebus versatur ars et facultas oratoria, eas res materiam artis rhetoricae nominamus,

Cic. Inv. 1, 5, 17:

quasi materia, quam tractet, et in qua versetur, subjecta est veritas,

id. Off. 1, 5, 16:

est enim deformitatis et corporis vitiorum satis bella materies ad jocandum,

id. de Or. 2, 59, 239; 1, 11, 49; id. Rosc. Com. 32, 89; id. Div. 2, 4, 12:

sermonum,

id. Q. Fr 1, 2, 1: materies crescit mihi, my matter (for writing about) increases, id. Att. 2, 12, 3: rei. id. Q. Fr. 2, 1, 1:

aequa viribus,

a subject suited to your powers, Hor. A. P. 38:

infames,

Gell. 17, 12, 1:

extra materiam juris,

the province, Gai. Inst. 2, 191.—

A cause, occasion, source, opportunity (cf. mater, II.):

quid enim odisset Clodium Milo segetem ac materiam suae gloriae?

Cic. Mil. 13, 35 (for which shortly before:

fons perennis gloriae suae): materies ingentis decoris,

Liv. 1, 39, 3:

non praebiturum se illi eo die materiam,

id. 3, 46, 3:

major orationis,

id. 35, 12, 10:

criminandi,

id. 3, 31, 4:

omnium malorum,

Sall. C. 10:

materiam invidiae dare,

Cic. Phil. 11, 9, 21:

materiam bonitati dare,

id. de Or. 2, 84, 342:

scelerum,

Just. 3, 2, 12:

seditionis,

id. 11, 5, 3:

laudis,

Luc. 8, 16:

benefaciendi,

Plin. Pan. 38:

ne quid materiae praeberet Neroni,

occasion of jealousy, Suet. Galb. 9:

epistolae, quae materiam sermonibus praebuere,

Tac. H. 4, 4:

praebere materiam causasque jocorum,

Juv. 3, 147:

materiamque sibi ducis indulgentia quaerit,

id. 7, 21.—

Natural abilities, talents, genius, disposition:

fac, fuisse in isto C. Laelii, M. Catonis materiem atque indolem,

Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 68, § 160:

in animis humanis,

id. Inv. 1, 2, 2:

materiam ingentis publice privatimade decoris omni indulgentia nostra nutriamus,

Liv. 1, 39, 3:

ad cupiditatem,

id. 1, 46; Quint. 2, 4, 7.—Hence, one's nature, natural character:

non sum materia digna perire tua,

thy unfeeling disposition, Ov. H. 4, 86.—

A subject, argument, course of thought, topic (post-Aug.):

tertium diem esse, quod omni labore materiae ad scribendum destinatae non inveniret exordium,

Quint. 10, 3, 14:

argumentum plura significat... omnem ad scribendum destinatam materiam ita appellari,

id. 5, 10, 9:

video non futurum finem in ista materia ullum, nisi quem ipse mihi fecero,

Sen. Ep. 87, 11:

pulcritudinem materiae considerare,

Plin. Ep. 3, 13, 2; 2, 5, 5:

materiam ex titulo cognosces,

id. ib. 5, 13, 3 al. (materies animi est, materia arboris;

et materies qualitas ingenii, materia fabris apta,

Front. II. p. 481 Mai.; but this distinction is not observed by class. writers).

sup-pūro ( subp-), āvi, ātum, 1, v. n. and a. [pus].

Neutr., to gather matter, form pus, come to a head, suppurate.

Lit.:

(cancer) fistulosus subtus suppurat sub carne,

Cato, R. R. 157, 3; Col. 6, 12, 2; Plin. 22, 14, 16, § 38; 22, 25, 70, § 142; 22, 25, 73, § 152.—Also part. as subst.: suppŭ-rantĭa, ĭum, n., gatherings, suppurating sores, Plin. 22, 24, 58, § 122. —

Trop. (post-Aug.):

cum voluptates angusto corpori ingestae suppurare coeperunt,

Sen. Ep. 59, 17:

quos hasta praetoris infami lucro et quandoque suppuraturo exercet,

i. e. to become noxious, id. Brev. Vit. 12, 1. —

Act., to bring to a head, cause to suppurate (post-Aug.).

Lit. (only in part. perf.), suppurated, full of matter or sores:

aures,

Plin. 29, 2, 9, § 33.— Subst.: suppurāta, ōrum, n., matter, pus, Plin. 21, 19, 76, § 131; 23, 3, 35, § 72; 20, 4, 14, § 29; 22, 25, 58, § 124.—

Trop.: magnum de modico malum, scorpium terra suppurat, i. e. brings forth, produces, as if by suppuration, Tert. adv. Gnost. 1:

aestum,

Paul. Nol. Carm. 20, 261:

gravis et suppurata tristitia,

deepseated, festering, Sen. Ep. 80, 6.

sup-pūro ( subp-), āvi, ātum, 1, v. n. and a. [pus].

Neutr., to gather matter, form pus, come to a head, suppurate.

Lit.:

(cancer) fistulosus subtus suppurat sub carne,

Cato, R. R. 157, 3; Col. 6, 12, 2; Plin. 22, 14, 16, § 38; 22, 25, 70, § 142; 22, 25, 73, § 152.—Also part. as subst.: suppŭ-rantĭa, ĭum, n., gatherings, suppurating sores, Plin. 22, 24, 58, § 122. —

Trop. (post-Aug.):

cum voluptates angusto corpori ingestae suppurare coeperunt,

Sen. Ep. 59, 17:

quos hasta praetoris infami lucro et quandoque suppuraturo exercet,

i. e. to become noxious, id. Brev. Vit. 12, 1. —

Act., to bring to a head, cause to suppurate (post-Aug.).

Lit. (only in part. perf.), suppurated, full of matter or sores:

aures,

Plin. 29, 2, 9, § 33.— Subst.: suppurāta, ōrum, n., matter, pus, Plin. 21, 19, 76, § 131; 23, 3, 35, § 72; 20, 4, 14, § 29; 22, 25, 58, § 124.—

Trop.: magnum de modico malum, scorpium terra suppurat, i. e. brings forth, produces, as if by suppuration, Tert. adv. Gnost. 1:

aestum,

Paul. Nol. Carm. 20, 261:

gravis et suppurata tristitia,

deepseated, festering, Sen. Ep. 80, 6.

sup-pūro ( subp-), āvi, ātum, 1, v. n. and a. [pus].

Neutr., to gather matter, form pus, come to a head, suppurate.

Lit.:

(cancer) fistulosus subtus suppurat sub carne,

Cato, R. R. 157, 3; Col. 6, 12, 2; Plin. 22, 14, 16, § 38; 22, 25, 70, § 142; 22, 25, 73, § 152.—Also part. as subst.: suppŭ-rantĭa, ĭum, n., gatherings, suppurating sores, Plin. 22, 24, 58, § 122. —

Trop. (post-Aug.):

cum voluptates angusto corpori ingestae suppurare coeperunt,

Sen. Ep. 59, 17:

quos hasta praetoris infami lucro et quandoque suppuraturo exercet,

i. e. to become noxious, id. Brev. Vit. 12, 1. —

Act., to bring to a head, cause to suppurate (post-Aug.).

Lit. (only in part. perf.), suppurated, full of matter or sores:

aures,

Plin. 29, 2, 9, § 33.— Subst.: suppurāta, ōrum, n., matter, pus, Plin. 21, 19, 76, § 131; 23, 3, 35, § 72; 20, 4, 14, § 29; 22, 25, 58, § 124.—

Trop.: magnum de modico malum, scorpium terra suppurat, i. e. brings forth, produces, as if by suppuration, Tert. adv. Gnost. 1:

aestum,

Paul. Nol. Carm. 20, 261:

gravis et suppurata tristitia,

deepseated, festering, Sen. Ep. 80, 6.