the Fishes

piscis, is, m. [etym. dub.; cf. Angl. -Sax. fisk, Germ. Fisch], a fish.

Lit.: ubi lanigerum pecus piscibus pascit, Enn. ap. Paul. ex Fest. s. v. cyprio, p. 59 Müll. (Sat. v. 42 Vahl.); id. ap. App. Mag. p. 299 (Heduph. v. 5 Vahl.); Plaut. As. 1, 3, 26; id. Truc. 2, 3, 1: pisces ut saepe minutos magnu' comest, Varr. ap. Non. 81, 11:

etsi pisces ut aiunt, ova cum genuerunt, relinquunt,

Cic. N. D. 2, 51, 129; Hor. C. 4, 3, 19; Juv. 4, 72.—

Sing. collect.:

pisce vehi quaedam (natarum videntur),

Ov. M. 2, 13; Plin. 11, 53, 116, § 281:

lacus piscem suggerit,

Plin. Ep. 2, 8, 1; so,

piscis femina,

Ov. A. A. 2, 482.—

Transf., as a constellation.

Pisces, the Fishes, a constellation consisting of 34 stars. Acc. to the myth, Cupid and Venus, during the war of the Titans, were carried for safety across the Euphrales by fishes, who were on this account placed among the stars, Ov. F. 2, 458; Hyg. Astr. 2, 30; 3, 29; Col. 11, 2, 24; 63; cf. nodus, I. B. 7.—

Piscis major, Avien. Arat. 806. Prob. the same constellation, in the southern heavens, which Verg. G. 4, 234, calls Piscis aquosus; cf. Manil. 1, 428.

pĕcus, pecŏris, n. [Zend, pacu, cattle; cf. Goth. faihu; Angl.-Sax. feó, cattle; Germ. Vieh; Engl. fee. Fick refers the word to root pag- of pango, etc.], cattle, as a collective, a herd (opp.: pecus, pecudis, a single head of cattle).

Lit.

In gen.:

bubulum pecus,

horned cattle, Varr. R. R. 2, 1, 13; Col. 6, 13, 2:

ovile,

sheep, id. 1 prooem.:

caprile,

id. ib.:

pecus majus et minus... de pecore majore, in quo sunt ad tres species naturā discreti, boves, asini, equi,

Varr. R. R. 2, 1, 12:

equinum,

a stud, Verg. G. 3, 72: setigerum pecus, the bristly herd, i. e. the herd of swine, Ov. M. 14, 288:

flammatum pecus,

the thirsty steeds, Stat. Th. 4, 733:

volatile pecus,

fowls, hens, Col. 8, 4:

ignavum fucos pecus a praesepibus arcent,

i. e. the drones, Verg. G. 4, 168.—So of bees, Col. 9, 8, 6.—Of seals:

omne cum Proteus pecus egit altos Visere montes,

Hor. C. 1, 2, 7; cf.

of fish: aquatile,

Col. 8, 17, 7.—

In partic, of sheep, small cattle, a flock:

pecori et bubus diligenter substernatur. Scabiem pecori et jumentis caveto (shortly after: frondem substernito ovibus bubusque),

Cato, R. R. 5, 7: boni pastoris est pecus tondere non deglubere, Tiber. ap. Suet. Tib. 32:

balatus pecorum,

Verg. G. 3, 554; Plin. 8, 47, 72, § 187.—

Transf.

Of a single animal:

inque pecus magnae subito vertare parentis = pecudem,

the young lion, Ov. Ib. 459; Mos. et Rom. Leg. Coll. 6, 7, 9.—In late and eccl. lat. the distinction [p. 1323] between pecus, f., and pecus, n., nearly disappears, and the latter is found in all senses of the words; cf. Vulg. Lev. 20, 15; id. 2 Par. 14, 15; id. Isa. 66, 3.—

Contemptuously, or as a term of abuse, of persons, cattle:

mutum et turpe pecus,

Hor. S. 1, 3, 100:

o imitatores, servum pecus,

id. Ep. 1, 19, 19:

simul ite, Dindymenae dominae vaga pecora,

Cat. 63, 13:

sed venale pecus Corythae posteritas,

Juv. 8, 62.

pĕcus, ŭdis ( masc.: pecudi marito, Enn. ap. Prisc. p. 659 P. or Trag. v. 336 Vahl.— Nom. sing., Caesar ap. Prisc. p. 719; cf. Charis. p. 72.— Plur. collat. form, neutr., pecuda, Att., Sisenn., and Cic. ap. Non. 159, 11; v. infra), f. [same root with pecu and pecus, ŏris], a single head of cattle, a beast, brute, animal, one of a herd (opp.: pecus, pecŏris, cattle collectively; different from animal, which includes man).

Lit.

In gen.:

Neptuni pecudes terrestres pecudes,

Plaut. Ps. 3, 2, 45:

squammigerum pecudes,

the fishes, Lucr. 2, 343:

genus aequoreum, pecudes pictaeque volucres,

land animals, Verg. G. 3, 243:

genera pecudum ferarum,

Varr. R. R. 2, 1: anates buxeis rostris pecudes, Varr. ap. Non. 460, 9:

quā pecude (sc. sue) nihil genuit natura fecundius,

Cic. N. D. 2, 64, 160:

quantum natura hominis pecudibus reliquisque bestiis antecedat,

domestic animals, id. Off. 1, 30, 105:

ista non modo homines, sed ne pecudes quidem mihi passurae esse videntur,

id. Cat. 2, 9, 20; id. Att. 1, 16, 6.— Plur. neutr. pecuda: vagant, pavore pecuda in tumulis deserunt, Att. ap. Non. 159, 11; Sisenn. ap. Non. 159, 17: cum adhibent in pecuda pastores, Cic. Fragm. ap. Non. 159, 13.—

In partic.

A head of small cattle, one of a flock:

at variae crescunt pecudes armenta feraeque,

Lucr. 5, 228.—

A sheep:

haedi cornigeras norunt matres, agnique petulci balantum pecudes,

Lucr. 2, 369; Ov. F. 4, 903:

pecudem spondere sacello Balantem,

Juv. 13, 232:

pecus et caprae,

Plin. 24, 11, 53, § 90.—

Collectively, = 1. pecus, id genus pecudis, horses, Col. 6, 27, 13.—

Transf., as a term of reproach for an ignorant, stupid, or filthy person, a beast, brute:

istius, pecudis ac putidae carnis consilium,

Cic. Pis. 9, 19:

istius impurissimae atque intemperantissimae pecudis sordes,

id. ib. 29, 72; id. Phil. 8, 3, 9; cf.:

Gaius Caesar pecudem auream eum appellare solitus est,

Tac. A. 13, 1.

pĕcus, ūs, m., i. q. 1. pecus, Lucil. ap. Gell. 20, 8, 4.

ālĕa, ae, f. [of uncer. origin; Curtius asserts an obscure connection with the words for bone; Sanscr. asthi; Zend, açti; Gr. osteon; Lat. os (ossis)].

A game with dice, and in gen., a game of hazard or chance. There were among the Romans two kinds of dice, tesserae and tali, Cic. Sen. 16, 58. The tesserae had six sides, which were marked with I. II. III. IV. V. VI.; the tali were rounded on two sides, and marked only on the other four. Upon one side there was one point, unio, an ace, like the ace on cards, called canis; on the opp. side, six points called senio, six, sice; on the two other sides, three and four points, ternio and quaternio. In playing, four tali were used, but only three tesserae. They were put into a box made in the form of a tower, with a strait neck, and wider below than above, called fritillus, turris, turricula, etc. This box was shaken, and the dice were thrown upon the gaming-board. The highest or most fortunate throw, called Venus, jactus Venereus or basilicus, was, of the tesserae, three sixes, and of the tali when they all came out with different numbers. The worst or lowest throw, called jactus pessimus or damnosus, canis or canicula, was, of the tesserae, three aces, and of the tali when they were all the same. The other throws were valued acc. to the numbers. When one of the tali fell upon the end (in caput) it was said rectus cadere, or assistere, Cic. Fin. 3, 16, 54, and the throw was repeated. While throwing the dice, it was customary for a person to express his wishes, to repeat the name of his mistress, and the like. Games of chance were prohibited by the Lex Titia et Publicia et Cornelia (cf. Hor. C. 3, 24, 58), except in the month of December, during the Saturnalia, Mart. 4, 14, 7; 5, 85; 14, 1; Suet. Aug. 71; Dig. 11, 5. The character of gamesters, aleatores or aleones, was held as infamous in the time of Cicero, cf. Cic. Cat. 2, 5, 10; id. Phil. 2, 23, although there was much playing with aleae, and old men were esp. fond of this game, because it required little physical exertion, Cic. Sen. 16, 58; Suet. Aug. 71; Juv. 14, 4; cf.

Jahn,

Ov. Tr. 2, 471; Rupert. ad Tac. G. 24, 5:

provocat me in aleam, ut ego ludam,

Plaut. Curc. 2, 3, 75.—Ludere aleā or aleam, also sometimes in aleā:

in foro aleā ludere,

Cic. Phil. 2, 23, 56; Dig. 11, 5, 1: ludit assidue aleam, Poët. ap. Suet. Aug. 70:

aleam studiosissime lusit,

Suet. Claud. 33; so id. Ner. 30; Juv. 8, 10:

repetitio ejus, quod in aleā lusum est,

Dig. 11, 5, 4.—Hence, in aleā aliquid perdere, Cic. Phil. 2, 13:

exercere aleam,

Tac. G. 24:

indulgere aleae,

Suet. Aug. 70:

oblectare se aleā,

id. Dom. 21:

prosperiore aleā uti,

to play fortunately, id. Calig. 41.— Trop.: Jacta alea esto, Let the die be cast! Let the game be ventured! the memorable exclamation of Cæsar when, at the Rubicon, after long hesitation, he finally decided to march to Rome, Suet. Caes. 32, ubi v. Casaub. and Ruhnk.—

Transf., any thing uncertain or contingent, an accident, chance, hazard, venture, risk:

alea domini vitae ac rei familiaris,

Varr. R. R. 1, 4:

sequentes non aleam, sed rationem aliquam,

id. ib. 1, 18:

aleam inesse hostiis deligendis,

Cic. Div. 2, 15:

dare summam rerum in aleam,

to risk, Liv. 42, 59:

in dubiam imperii servitiique aleam ire,

fortune, chance, id. 1, 23:

alea belli,

id. 37, 36:

talibus admissis alea grandis inest,

Ov. A. A. 1, 376:

periculosae plenum opus aleae,

Hor. C. 2, 1, 6: M. Tullius extra omnem ingenii aleam positus, raised above all doubt of his talents, Plin. praef. § 7: emere aleam, in the Pandects, to purchase any thing uncertain, contingent, e. g. a draught of fishes, Dig. 18, 1, 8; so ib. 18, 4, 7.

ac-cēdo, cessi, cessum, 3, v. n. ( perf. sync., accēstis, Verg. A. 1, 201), to go or come to or near, to approach (class.).

Lit.

In gen., constr. with ad, in, the local adverbs, the acc., dat., infin., or absol.

With ad:

accedam ad hominem,

Plaut. Mil. 2, 6, 14; so,

ad aedīs,

id. Amph. 1, 1, 108:

ad flammam,

Ter. Andr. 1, 1, 103:

omnīs ad aras,

to beset every altar, Lucr. 5, 1199:

ad oppidum,

Caes. B. G. 2, 13:

ad ludos,

Cic. Pis. 27, 65:

ad Caesarem supplex,

id. Fam. 4, 4, 3: ad manum, to come to their hands (of fishes), id. Att. 2, 1, 7:

ad Aquinum,

id. Phil. 2, 41, 106; so,

ad Heracleam,

id. Verr. 2, 5, 49, § 129.— Impers.:

ad eas (oleas) cum accederetur,

Cic. Caecin. 8, 22.—

With in:

ne in aedīs accederes,

Cic. Caecin. 13, 36:

in senatum,

id. Att. 7, 4, 1:

in Macedoniam,

id. Phil. 10, 6:

in funus aliorum,

to join a funeral procession, id. Leg. 2, 26, 66 al. —

With local adv.:

eodem pacto, quo huc accessi, abscessero,

Plaut. Trin. 3, 2, 84:

illo,

Cic. Caecin. 16, 46:

quo,

Sall. J. 14, 17.—

With acc. (so, except the names of localities, only in poets and historians, but not in Caesar and Livy):

juvat integros accedere fontīs atque haurire,

Lucr. 1, 927, and 4, 2:

Scyllaeam rabiem scopulosque,

Verg. A. 1, 201:

Sicanios portus,

Sil. 14, 3; cf. id. 6, 604:

Africam,

Nep. Hann. 8:

aliquem,

Sall. J. 18, 9; 62, 1; Tac. H. 3, 24:

classis Ostia cum magno commeatu accessit,

Liv. 22, 37, 1:

Carthaginem,

Plin. Ep. 7, 27, 3.—

With dat. ( poet.):

delubris,

Ov. M. 15, 745:

silvis,

id. ib. 5, 674: caelo (i. e. to become a god), id. ib. 15, 818, and 870.—

With inf.:

dum constanter accedo decerpere (rosas),

App. M. 4, p. 143 med. —

Absol.:

accedam atque hanc appellabo,

Plaut. Am. 1, 3, 17:

deici nullo modo potuisse qui non accesserit,

Cic. Caecin. 13, 36:

accessit propius,

ib. 8, 22:

quoties voluit blandis accedere dictis,

Ov. M. 3, 375 al. — Impers.: non potis accedi, Enn. ap. Cic. Tusc. 2, 16, 38 (Trag. v. 17 ed. Vahl.):

quod eā proxime accedi poterat,

Cic. Caecin. 8, 21.

In partic.

To approach a thing in a hostilemanner (like aggredior, adorior), to attack:

acie instructa usque ad castra hostium accessit,

Caes. B. G. 1, 51:

sese propediem cum magno exercitu ad urbem accessurum,

Sall. C. 32 fin.:

ad manum,

to fight hand to hand, to engage in close combat, Nep. Eum. 5, 2; Liv. 2, 30, 12:

ad corpus alicujus,

Cic. Q. Fr. 3, 2, 2: Atque accedit muros Romana juventus, Enn. ap. Gell. 10, 29 (Ann. v. 527 ed. Vahl.): hostīs accedere ventis navibus velivolis, id. ap. Macr. S. 6, 5 (Ann. v. 380 ib.);

and, in malam part.,

Ter. Heaut. 3, 3, 22.—

Mercant. t. t.:

accedere ad hastam,

to attend an auction, Nep. Att. 6, 3; Liv. 43, 16, 2.—

In late Lat.: ad manus (different from ad manum, B. 1), to be admitted to kiss hands, Capit. Maxim. 5.

Fig.

In gen., to come near to, to approach:

haud invito ad aurīs sermo mi accessit,

Ter. Hec. 3, 5, 32; so,

clemens quidam sonus aurīs ejus accedit,

App. M. 5, p. 160:

si somnus non accessit,

Cels. 3, 18; cf.:

febris accedit,

id. 3, 3 sq.:

ubi accedent anni,

Hor. S. 2, 2, 85; cf.:

accedente senectā,

id. Ep. 2, 2, 211.

In partic.

To come to or upon one, to happen to, to befall (a meaning in which it approaches so near to accĭdo that in many passages it has been proposed to change it to the latter; cf. Ruhnk. Rut. Lup. 1, p. 3; 2, p. 96; Dictat. in Ter. p. 222 and 225); constr. with ad or (more usually) with dat.:

voluntas vostra si ad poëtam accesserit,

Ter. Phorm. prol. 29:

num tibi stultitia accessit?

have you become a fool? Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 77:

paulum vobis accessit pecuniae,

Ter. Hec. 3, 5, 56:

dolor accessit bonis viris, virtus non est imminuta,

Cic. Att. 1, 16, 9:

quo plus sibi aetatis accederet,

id. de Or. 1, 60, 254 al.

With the accessory idea of increase, to be added = addi; constr. with ad or dat.: primum facie (i. e. faciei) quod honestas accedit, Lucil. ap. Gell. 1, 14; so ap. Non. 35, 20:

ad virtutis summam accedere nihil potest,

Cic. Fin. 4, 24:

Cassio animus accessit,

id. Att. 5, 20; 7, 3; id. Clu. 60 al.:

pretium agris,

the price increases, advances, Plin. Ep. 6, 19, 1.— Absol.:

plura accedere debent,

Lucr. 2, 1129:

accedit mors,

Cic. Fin. 1, 18, 60; id. de Or. 2, 17, 73:

quae jacerent in tenebris omnia, nisi litterarum lumen accederet,

id. Arch. 6, 14 (so, not accenderet, is to be read).—If a new thought is to be added, it is expressed by accedit with quod ( add to this, that, etc.) when it implies a logical reason, but with ut ( beside this, it happens that, or it occurs that) when it implies an historical fact (cf. Zumpt, §

621 and 626): accedit enim, quod patrem amo,

Cic. Att. 13, 21: so Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 2; Cic. Rosc. Am. 8, 22; id. Att. 1, 92 al.; Caes. B. G. 3, 2; 4, 16; Sall. C. 11, 5;

on the other hand: huc accedit uti, etc.,

Lucr. 1, 192, 215, 265 al.:

ad App. Claudii senectutem accedebat etiam ut caecus esset,

Cic. de Sen. 6, 16; so id. Tusc. 1, 19, 43; id. Rosc. Am. 31, 86; id. Deiot. 1, 2; Caes. B. G. 3, 13; 5, 16 al. When several new ideas are added, they are introduced by res in the plur.: cum ad has suspiciones certissimae res accederent: quod per fines Sequanorum Helvetios transduxisset; quod obsides inter eos dandos curāsset;

quod ea omnia, etc.,

Caes. B. G. 1, 19. Sometimes the historical idea follows accedit, without ut:

ad haec mala hoc mihi accedit etiam: haec Andria... gravida e Pamphilo est,

Ter. Andr. 1, 3, 11:

accedit illud: si maneo... cadendum est in unius potestatem,

Cic. Att. 8, 3, 1.

To give assent to, accede to, assent to, to agree with, to approve of; constr. with ad or dat. (with persons only, with dat.):

accessit animus ad meam sententiam,

Plaut. Aul. 2, 7, 13; so Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 28, § 69; Nep. Milt. 3, 5:

Galba speciosiora suadentibus accessit,

Tac. H. 1, 34; so Quint. 9, 4, 2 al.

To come near to in resemblance, to resemble, be like; with ad or dat. (the latter most freq., esp. after Cic.):

homines ad Deos nulla re propius accedunt quam salutem hominibus dando,

Cic. Lig. 12:

Antonio Philippus proximus accedebat,

id. Brut. 147; cf. id. Verr. 2, 2, 3; id. de Or. 1, 62, 263; id. Ac. 2, 11, 36 al.

To enter upon, to undertake; constr. with ad or in:

in eandem infamiam,

Plaut. Trin. 1, 2, 84:

ad bellorum pericula,

Cic. Balb. 10:

ad poenam,

to undertake the infliction of punishment, id. Off. 1, 25, 89:

ad amicitiam Caesaris,

Caes. B. C. 1, 48:

ad vectiǵalia,

to undertake their collection as contractor, Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 42:

ad causam,

the direction of a lawsuit, id. ib. 2, 2, 38; id. de Or. 1, 38, 175 al. But esp.:

ad rem publicam,

to enter upon the service of the state, Cic. Off. 1, 9, 28; id. Rosc. Am. 1 al.,‡

ărista, ae, f. [perh. for acrista and akin to ācer, q. v., or perh. to aro, q. v.; cf. Germ. Aehre; Engl. ear (of corn); Germ. Ernte, harvest; Engl. earnest, fruit, pledge].

The awn or beard of grain: arista, quae ut acus tenuis longa eminete glumā;

proinde ut granitheca sit gluma, et apex arista,

Varr. R. R. 1, 48; * Cic. Sen. 15, 51; Ov. H. 5, 111; id. Tr. 4, 1, 57.—

Meton. (pars pro toto).

The ear itself:

maturae aristae,

Ov. F. 5, 357:

pinguis arista,

Verg. G. 1, 8; 1, 111; id. A. 7, 720.—Also, an ear of spikenard, Ov. M. 15, 398.—Hence,

Poet., summer:

Post aliquot, mea regna videns, mirabor aristas,

after some harvests, Verg. E. 1, 70:

necdum decimas emensus aristas Aggrederis metuenda viris,

having measured ten summers, Claud. IV. Cons. Hon. 371 (cf. at the next grass, for next summer, an expression still common in the north of England; so, seven years old at the next grass, Sylvester's Dubartas; just fifteen, coming summer's grass, Swift).—

Poet. transf.,

Of the hair of men, Pers. 3, 115. —

Of the bones of fishes, Aus. Mos. 85; 119.—

Of plants in gen., Val. Fl. 6, 365.

bŏlus, i, m., = bolos, a throw or cast (ante- and post-class.; cf. jactus).

Lit.

Of dice in gaming, a throw: si vis tribus bolis... Th. Quin tu in malam crucem cum bolis, cum bulbis, Plaut. Curc. 5, 2, 13:

nimis lepide jecisti bolum,

id. Rud. 2, 2, 30:

enumerare bolos,

Aus. Prof. 1, 26.—

A cast of the net in fishing; and meton., the cast, i. e. the draught of fishes, the haul:

bolum emere,

Suet. Rhet. 1.—

Trop., gain, profit, advantage; a haul, winning, piece of fortune, etc.: primumdum merces annua: is primus bolu'st, that ' s her first haul, Plaut. Truc. 1, 1, 10:

intus bolos dat,

id. ib. 4, 2, 12:

dabit haec tibi grandis bolos,

id. Pers. 4, 4, 106; Lucil. ap. Non. p. 46, 13:

magnum bolum deferunt aeris,

Varr. R. R. 3, 14, 5; 3, 2, 16.—Esp.: aliquem tangere bolo, to cozen, wheedle of gain:

quia amare cernit, tangere hominem volt bolo,

Plaut. Poen. prol. 101; cf.:

verum hoc te multabo bolo,

id. Truc. 4, 3, 70.—

A choice bit, nice morsel:

cracior bolum mihi tantum ereptum tam desubito e faucibus,

Ter. Heaut. 4, 2, 6 Wagn. ad loc.—(In some or all the passages under II. al. refer the word to Gr. hê bôlos, a clod; cf.: bolus apud Graecos si per o scribitur, signficat jactum retis; si per ô, glaebam terrae, vel frustum cujusque rei, Don. ad Ter. Heaut. 4, 2, 6; cf. Speng. ad Plaut. Truc. 1, 1, 10.— But bolus is always masc. in Plaut. and Ter., and is scanned bŏlus; v. esp. Plaut. Truc. 4, 3, 70; id. Poen. prol. 101).

pulpāmentum, i, n. [id.].

The fleshy part of animals, etc., the meat, e. g. of fishes, Plin 9, 15, 18, § 48.—

Transf., food prepared mainly from bits of meat, tidbits:

nimis vellem aliquid pulpamenti,

Plaut. Stich. 5, 4, 31; id. Curc. 1, 1, 90:

mihi... cubile est terra, pulpamentum fames,

Cic. Tusc. 5, 32, 90.—Prov.:

lepus tute es et pulpamentum quaeris?

you are a hare yourself, and are you hunting game? Ter. Eun. 3, 1, 36; v. lepus: ego semper apros occido, sed alter semper utitur pulpamento, I do the shooting, but he gets the game; I shake the bush, but another catches the bird, Diocl. ap. Vop. Numer. fin. [p. 1490]

Nēreus (dissyl.), i and ĕos, m., = Nêreus, the son of Oceanus and Tethys, a seagod, the husband of Doris, and father of the Nereids, Ov. M. 13, 742; Prop. 3, 5, 33 (4, 6, 67); Verg. A. 8, 383: Nerei filii, sea-monsters, Enn. ap. Prisc. p. 733 P. (Trag. v. 138 Vahl.); Ov. Am. 2, 11, 39; Verg. A. 2, 418 Forbig. ad loc.; Petr. 139.—

Transf. ( poet.), the sea:

placidum per Nerea,

Tib. 4, 1, 58: quā totum Nereus circumtonat orbem. Ov. M. 1, 187; Val. Fl. 1, 450; Luc. 2, 713.—

Hence,

Nērē̆is, ĭdis, f., a daughter of Nereus, a sea-nymph, Nereia:

virides Nereides,

Ov. H. 5, 57:

Nereida colligit orbam,

id. M. 11, 380:

aequoreae Nereides,

Cat. 64, 15:

Nereis caerula Thetis,

Tib. 1, 6, 9 (5, 45).—Acc. to Hyg. Fab. praef. there were fifty of them; acc. to Prop. 3, 5, 33 (4, 6, 67), a hundred.—

Nērēĭus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Nereus:

genetrix Nereia,

Ov. M. 13, 162:

juvenis,

Phocus, grandson of Nereus, id. ib. 7, 685:

Nereia Doto,

daughter of Nereus, Verg. A. 9, 102:

Nereia turba,

the Nereids, Sil. 7, 416:

Nereia bacca,

pearls, Claud. IV. Cons. Hon. 591 —

Nērīnē, ēs, f., = Nereis, Nerine:

Nerine Galatea, thymo mihi dulcior Hyblae,

Verg. E. 7, 37. —

Nērīnus, a, um, adj., = Nereïus, of or belonging to Nereus, Nerine:

Nerinae aquae,

sea-water, Nemes. Ecl. 4, 52:

animantia Nerina,

fishes, Aus. Ep. 4, 55.

Nēreus (dissyl.), i and ĕos, m., = Nêreus, the son of Oceanus and Tethys, a seagod, the husband of Doris, and father of the Nereids, Ov. M. 13, 742; Prop. 3, 5, 33 (4, 6, 67); Verg. A. 8, 383: Nerei filii, sea-monsters, Enn. ap. Prisc. p. 733 P. (Trag. v. 138 Vahl.); Ov. Am. 2, 11, 39; Verg. A. 2, 418 Forbig. ad loc.; Petr. 139.—

Transf. ( poet.), the sea:

placidum per Nerea,

Tib. 4, 1, 58: quā totum Nereus circumtonat orbem. Ov. M. 1, 187; Val. Fl. 1, 450; Luc. 2, 713.—

Hence,

Nērē̆is, ĭdis, f., a daughter of Nereus, a sea-nymph, Nereia:

virides Nereides,

Ov. H. 5, 57:

Nereida colligit orbam,

id. M. 11, 380:

aequoreae Nereides,

Cat. 64, 15:

Nereis caerula Thetis,

Tib. 1, 6, 9 (5, 45).—Acc. to Hyg. Fab. praef. there were fifty of them; acc. to Prop. 3, 5, 33 (4, 6, 67), a hundred.—

Nērēĭus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Nereus:

genetrix Nereia,

Ov. M. 13, 162:

juvenis,

Phocus, grandson of Nereus, id. ib. 7, 685:

Nereia Doto,

daughter of Nereus, Verg. A. 9, 102:

Nereia turba,

the Nereids, Sil. 7, 416:

Nereia bacca,

pearls, Claud. IV. Cons. Hon. 591 —

Nērīnē, ēs, f., = Nereis, Nerine:

Nerine Galatea, thymo mihi dulcior Hyblae,

Verg. E. 7, 37. —

Nērīnus, a, um, adj., = Nereïus, of or belonging to Nereus, Nerine:

Nerinae aquae,

sea-water, Nemes. Ecl. 4, 52:

animantia Nerina,

fishes, Aus. Ep. 4, 55.

mollis, e, adj. [Gr. malakos, amalos, môlus; cf. blêchros, perh. Lat. mulier (mollior)], easily movable, pliant, flexible, supple; soft, tender, delicate, gentle, mild, pleasant (class.; syn.: tener, facilis, flexibilis, lentus).

Lit.:

mollis juncus,

Verg. E. 2, 72:

comam mollis... hyacinthi,

id. G. 4, 137:

aurum,

flexible, id. A. 10, 818:

tiliae,

Ov. M. 10, 92:

crura,

Verg. G. 3, 76:

colla,

id. A. 11, 622:

bracchia,

Ov. A. A. 1, 595:

cervix,

id. F. 4, 185:

commissurae,

Cic. N. D. 2, 60:

molle litus,

of soft sand, Caes. B. G. 5, 9:

harena,

Ov. M. 2, 577:

aqua,

id. A. A. 1, 476:

fraga,

id. M. 13, 816:

castaneae,

Verg. E. 1, 82:

mollissima vina ( = mitissima, lenissima),

id. G. 1, 341; cf.:

molli mero,

Hor. C. 1, 7, 19; and:

molle Calenum,

Juv. 1, 69:

alvus,

relaxed, open bowels, Cels. 3, 12:

cibus,

mild, not sharp, id. 4, 4, 4:

ovum,

soft, id. 4, 4, 5:

prata,

Verg. G. 2, 384:

gramen,

Ov. F. 6, 328:

humus,

id. A. A. 3, 688:

lana,

id. F. 2, 742:

torus,

id. Am. 2, 4, 14:

arcus,

slack, unbent, unstrung, id. H. 4, 92:

feretrum,

made soft by a layer of leaves, Verg. A. 11, 64:

mollissima cera,

Cic. de Or. 3, 45, 177:

mollia panis,

the soft part of bread, the crumb, id. 13, 12, 26, § 82:

molles genae,

soft, delicate, Ov. H. 10, 44:

capilli,

id. P. 3, 3, 17:

manus,

id. Am. 1, 4, 24:

latus,

id. M. 14, 710:

molles Zephyri,

soft, gentle, id. A. A. 3, 728; so,

hiems,

Stat. S. 3, 5, 83:

aestas,

Verg. G. 1, 312:

caelum,

Flor. 1, 16, 3; 4, 12, 27:

Euphrates mollior undis,

gentler, calmer, Verg. A. 8, 726:

aditus,

easy, Sil. 4, 491; so,

iter,

Quint. 4, 2, 46:

via,

id. 1, 6, 22:

fastigium,

gentle, not steep, Caes. B. C. 2, 10:

clivus,

Verg. E. 9, 8:

modicis et mollibus clivis,

Curt. 8, 39, 6:

jugum montis,

Tac. G. 1:

trames,

Ov. F. 3, 13.—Prov.: molli bracchio objurgare aliquem, with a gentle arm, i. e. in a forbearing manner, Cic. Att. 2, 1, 6:

in molli carne vermes nascuntur,

it is the soft flesh that breeds the worms, Petr. 57.— Subst.: mollia, ĭum, n., a kind of fishes, mollusks, Plin. 11, 51, 112, § 267.—

Trop.

Tender, delicate, susceptible:

mollibus annis,

in tender youth, Ov. H. 1, 111:

os molle,

easily blushing, id. Tr. 4, 3, 70:

mollissima corda,

Juv. 15, 131:

mollissimae aures,

modest, Plin. Pan. 68.—

In a bad sense, soft, effeminate, unmanly, weak (syn. effeminatus):

philosophus tam mollis, tam languidus, tam enervatus,

Cic. de Or. 1, 52, 226:

Sabaei,

Verg. G. 1, 57:

viri molles, i. e. pathici,

Liv. 33, 28; Sen. Ep. 87:

disciplina,

effeminate, Cic. Fin. 1, 11, 37:

delicatior... molliorque ratio,

id. ib. 5, 5, 12:

vita,

Ov. Tr. 5, 3, 9: desine mollium querellarum, Hor. C. 2, 9, 17:

mollis teneraque vox,

Quint. 11, 3, 23:

educatio,

id. 1, 2, 6:

actio,

id. 11, 3, 128:

Gallorum mens est mollis ac minime resistens ad calamitates perferendas,

Caes. B. G. 3, 19:

sententiae,

Cic. Cat. 1, 12, 30:

si taedio laboris longaeque viae, ut est mollis ad talia gens (Gallorum), dilaberentur,

Liv. 22, 2, 4:

Romanos molliores facere ad paciscendum,

id. 42, 62, 6; cf.:

sunt qui in rebus contrariis parum sibi constent, voluptatem severissime contemnant, in dolore sint molliores, etc.,

Cic. Off. 1, 21, 71:

molles in aure fenestrae,

Juv. 1, 104.—

Soft, pleasant, mild, easy:

orationem mollem teneramque reddidit,

soft, pleasant, Cic. Brut. 9, 38:

mollis et jucunda senectus,

id. Sen. 1, 2:

ita eum placidum mollemque reddidi, ut, etc.,

calm and gentle, id. Caecil. 10, 28:

verba,

Hor. Epod. 5, 83:

mollia jussa,

mild, easy, Verg. G. 3, 41:

vincuntur molli pectora dura prece,

soft, tender, touching, Tib. 3, 4, 76:

sic accensum sed molliora referre jussum dimittit,

to return a gentler answer, Tac. H. 4, 32 fin.:

saepius molliora respondens,

id. A. 12, 46: mollis versus, an elegiac or amatory poem, Ov. Tr. 2, 307; Prop. 1, 7, 19 (opp. durus versus, a heroic poem, id. 2, 1, 41):

ridere mollia,

to smile gently, Ov. A. A. 3, 513:

cuncta tamen ad imperatorem in mollius relata,

in a milder, more favorable light, Tac. A. 14, 39:

pilenta,

having a gentle motion, Verg. A. 8, 666; id. G. 2, 389:

mollissima fandi tempora,

id. A. 4, 293:

hora mollior,

more favorable, Ov. P. 3, 3, 84:

signa,

Cic. Brut. 18, 70:

duriora Callon, jam minus rigida Calamis, molliora adhuc supra dictis Myron fecit,

more agreeable, Quint. 12, 10, 7:

mollis animus et ad accipiendam et ad deponendam offensionem,

Cic. Att. 1, 17, 2:

in inimicitiis auricula infima mollior,

id. Q. Fr. 2, 13 (15), 4.— Subst.: molle, is, n., softness, smoothness:

molle atque facetum Vergilio adnuerunt Camenae,

Hor. S. 1, 10, 45.—

Weak, untrustworthy:

nihil est tam molle, tam tenerum, tam aut fragile aut flexibile quam voluntas erga nos civium,

Cic. Mil. 16, 42.—Hence, adv.: mollĭter.

Lit., softly, gently, agreeably (class.):

molliter sustine me,

Plaut. Ps. 5, 2, 7:

aves nidos mollissime substernunt,

Cic. N. D. 2, 52, 129:

recubans,

id. de Or. 3, 17, 63:

ossa cubent,

Ov. Tr. 3, 3, 76:

excudent alii spirantia mollius aera,

more easily, agreeably, Verg. A. 6, 847:

cura molliter semina conlocandi,

Plin. 15, 10, 9, § 35:

colles ad orientem molliter devexi,

gently, gradually, Col. 1, 2, 3 sq. —

Trop.:

quod ferendum est molliter sapienti,

calmly, patiently, Cic. Sen. 2, 5:

abnuere,

Liv. 30, 3:

delicate et molliter vivere,

voluptuously, Cic. Off. 1, 30, 106:

aegritudinem pati,

sensitively, weakly, Sall. J. 82, 2:

ne quid per metum, mollius consuleretur,

too compliantly, Liv. 30, 7, 3:

interpretari mollius aliquid,

rather mildly, favorably, Tac. H. 2, 96.

mollis, e, adj. [Gr. malakos, amalos, môlus; cf. blêchros, perh. Lat. mulier (mollior)], easily movable, pliant, flexible, supple; soft, tender, delicate, gentle, mild, pleasant (class.; syn.: tener, facilis, flexibilis, lentus).

Lit.:

mollis juncus,

Verg. E. 2, 72:

comam mollis... hyacinthi,

id. G. 4, 137:

aurum,

flexible, id. A. 10, 818:

tiliae,

Ov. M. 10, 92:

crura,

Verg. G. 3, 76:

colla,

id. A. 11, 622:

bracchia,

Ov. A. A. 1, 595:

cervix,

id. F. 4, 185:

commissurae,

Cic. N. D. 2, 60:

molle litus,

of soft sand, Caes. B. G. 5, 9:

harena,

Ov. M. 2, 577:

aqua,

id. A. A. 1, 476:

fraga,

id. M. 13, 816:

castaneae,

Verg. E. 1, 82:

mollissima vina ( = mitissima, lenissima),

id. G. 1, 341; cf.:

molli mero,

Hor. C. 1, 7, 19; and:

molle Calenum,

Juv. 1, 69:

alvus,

relaxed, open bowels, Cels. 3, 12:

cibus,

mild, not sharp, id. 4, 4, 4:

ovum,

soft, id. 4, 4, 5:

prata,

Verg. G. 2, 384:

gramen,

Ov. F. 6, 328:

humus,

id. A. A. 3, 688:

lana,

id. F. 2, 742:

torus,

id. Am. 2, 4, 14:

arcus,

slack, unbent, unstrung, id. H. 4, 92:

feretrum,

made soft by a layer of leaves, Verg. A. 11, 64:

mollissima cera,

Cic. de Or. 3, 45, 177:

mollia panis,

the soft part of bread, the crumb, id. 13, 12, 26, § 82:

molles genae,

soft, delicate, Ov. H. 10, 44:

capilli,

id. P. 3, 3, 17:

manus,

id. Am. 1, 4, 24:

latus,

id. M. 14, 710:

molles Zephyri,

soft, gentle, id. A. A. 3, 728; so,

hiems,

Stat. S. 3, 5, 83:

aestas,

Verg. G. 1, 312:

caelum,

Flor. 1, 16, 3; 4, 12, 27:

Euphrates mollior undis,

gentler, calmer, Verg. A. 8, 726:

aditus,

easy, Sil. 4, 491; so,

iter,

Quint. 4, 2, 46:

via,

id. 1, 6, 22:

fastigium,

gentle, not steep, Caes. B. C. 2, 10:

clivus,

Verg. E. 9, 8:

modicis et mollibus clivis,

Curt. 8, 39, 6:

jugum montis,

Tac. G. 1:

trames,

Ov. F. 3, 13.—Prov.: molli bracchio objurgare aliquem, with a gentle arm, i. e. in a forbearing manner, Cic. Att. 2, 1, 6:

in molli carne vermes nascuntur,

it is the soft flesh that breeds the worms, Petr. 57.— Subst.: mollia, ĭum, n., a kind of fishes, mollusks, Plin. 11, 51, 112, § 267.—

Trop.

Tender, delicate, susceptible:

mollibus annis,

in tender youth, Ov. H. 1, 111:

os molle,

easily blushing, id. Tr. 4, 3, 70:

mollissima corda,

Juv. 15, 131:

mollissimae aures,

modest, Plin. Pan. 68.—

In a bad sense, soft, effeminate, unmanly, weak (syn. effeminatus):

philosophus tam mollis, tam languidus, tam enervatus,

Cic. de Or. 1, 52, 226:

Sabaei,

Verg. G. 1, 57:

viri molles, i. e. pathici,

Liv. 33, 28; Sen. Ep. 87:

disciplina,

effeminate, Cic. Fin. 1, 11, 37:

delicatior... molliorque ratio,

id. ib. 5, 5, 12:

vita,

Ov. Tr. 5, 3, 9: desine mollium querellarum, Hor. C. 2, 9, 17:

mollis teneraque vox,

Quint. 11, 3, 23:

educatio,

id. 1, 2, 6:

actio,

id. 11, 3, 128:

Gallorum mens est mollis ac minime resistens ad calamitates perferendas,

Caes. B. G. 3, 19:

sententiae,

Cic. Cat. 1, 12, 30:

si taedio laboris longaeque viae, ut est mollis ad talia gens (Gallorum), dilaberentur,

Liv. 22, 2, 4:

Romanos molliores facere ad paciscendum,

id. 42, 62, 6; cf.:

sunt qui in rebus contrariis parum sibi constent, voluptatem severissime contemnant, in dolore sint molliores, etc.,

Cic. Off. 1, 21, 71:

molles in aure fenestrae,

Juv. 1, 104.—

Soft, pleasant, mild, easy:

orationem mollem teneramque reddidit,

soft, pleasant, Cic. Brut. 9, 38:

mollis et jucunda senectus,

id. Sen. 1, 2:

ita eum placidum mollemque reddidi, ut, etc.,

calm and gentle, id. Caecil. 10, 28:

verba,

Hor. Epod. 5, 83:

mollia jussa,

mild, easy, Verg. G. 3, 41:

vincuntur molli pectora dura prece,

soft, tender, touching, Tib. 3, 4, 76:

sic accensum sed molliora referre jussum dimittit,

to return a gentler answer, Tac. H. 4, 32 fin.:

saepius molliora respondens,

id. A. 12, 46: mollis versus, an elegiac or amatory poem, Ov. Tr. 2, 307; Prop. 1, 7, 19 (opp. durus versus, a heroic poem, id. 2, 1, 41):

ridere mollia,

to smile gently, Ov. A. A. 3, 513:

cuncta tamen ad imperatorem in mollius relata,

in a milder, more favorable light, Tac. A. 14, 39:

pilenta,

having a gentle motion, Verg. A. 8, 666; id. G. 2, 389:

mollissima fandi tempora,

id. A. 4, 293:

hora mollior,

more favorable, Ov. P. 3, 3, 84:

signa,

Cic. Brut. 18, 70:

duriora Callon, jam minus rigida Calamis, molliora adhuc supra dictis Myron fecit,

more agreeable, Quint. 12, 10, 7:

mollis animus et ad accipiendam et ad deponendam offensionem,

Cic. Att. 1, 17, 2:

in inimicitiis auricula infima mollior,

id. Q. Fr. 2, 13 (15), 4.— Subst.: molle, is, n., softness, smoothness:

molle atque facetum Vergilio adnuerunt Camenae,

Hor. S. 1, 10, 45.—

Weak, untrustworthy:

nihil est tam molle, tam tenerum, tam aut fragile aut flexibile quam voluntas erga nos civium,

Cic. Mil. 16, 42.—Hence, adv.: mollĭter.

Lit., softly, gently, agreeably (class.):

molliter sustine me,

Plaut. Ps. 5, 2, 7:

aves nidos mollissime substernunt,

Cic. N. D. 2, 52, 129:

recubans,

id. de Or. 3, 17, 63:

ossa cubent,

Ov. Tr. 3, 3, 76:

excudent alii spirantia mollius aera,

more easily, agreeably, Verg. A. 6, 847:

cura molliter semina conlocandi,

Plin. 15, 10, 9, § 35:

colles ad orientem molliter devexi,

gently, gradually, Col. 1, 2, 3 sq. —

Trop.:

quod ferendum est molliter sapienti,

calmly, patiently, Cic. Sen. 2, 5:

abnuere,

Liv. 30, 3:

delicate et molliter vivere,

voluptuously, Cic. Off. 1, 30, 106:

aegritudinem pati,

sensitively, weakly, Sall. J. 82, 2:

ne quid per metum, mollius consuleretur,

too compliantly, Liv. 30, 7, 3:

interpretari mollius aliquid,

rather mildly, favorably, Tac. H. 2, 96.

mollis, e, adj. [Gr. malakos, amalos, môlus; cf. blêchros, perh. Lat. mulier (mollior)], easily movable, pliant, flexible, supple; soft, tender, delicate, gentle, mild, pleasant (class.; syn.: tener, facilis, flexibilis, lentus).

Lit.:

mollis juncus,

Verg. E. 2, 72:

comam mollis... hyacinthi,

id. G. 4, 137:

aurum,

flexible, id. A. 10, 818:

tiliae,

Ov. M. 10, 92:

crura,

Verg. G. 3, 76:

colla,

id. A. 11, 622:

bracchia,

Ov. A. A. 1, 595:

cervix,

id. F. 4, 185:

commissurae,

Cic. N. D. 2, 60:

molle litus,

of soft sand, Caes. B. G. 5, 9:

harena,

Ov. M. 2, 577:

aqua,

id. A. A. 1, 476:

fraga,

id. M. 13, 816:

castaneae,

Verg. E. 1, 82:

mollissima vina ( = mitissima, lenissima),

id. G. 1, 341; cf.:

molli mero,

Hor. C. 1, 7, 19; and:

molle Calenum,

Juv. 1, 69:

alvus,

relaxed, open bowels, Cels. 3, 12:

cibus,

mild, not sharp, id. 4, 4, 4:

ovum,

soft, id. 4, 4, 5:

prata,

Verg. G. 2, 384:

gramen,

Ov. F. 6, 328:

humus,

id. A. A. 3, 688:

lana,

id. F. 2, 742:

torus,

id. Am. 2, 4, 14:

arcus,

slack, unbent, unstrung, id. H. 4, 92:

feretrum,

made soft by a layer of leaves, Verg. A. 11, 64:

mollissima cera,

Cic. de Or. 3, 45, 177:

mollia panis,

the soft part of bread, the crumb, id. 13, 12, 26, § 82:

molles genae,

soft, delicate, Ov. H. 10, 44:

capilli,

id. P. 3, 3, 17:

manus,

id. Am. 1, 4, 24:

latus,

id. M. 14, 710:

molles Zephyri,

soft, gentle, id. A. A. 3, 728; so,

hiems,

Stat. S. 3, 5, 83:

aestas,

Verg. G. 1, 312:

caelum,

Flor. 1, 16, 3; 4, 12, 27:

Euphrates mollior undis,

gentler, calmer, Verg. A. 8, 726:

aditus,

easy, Sil. 4, 491; so,

iter,

Quint. 4, 2, 46:

via,

id. 1, 6, 22:

fastigium,

gentle, not steep, Caes. B. C. 2, 10:

clivus,

Verg. E. 9, 8:

modicis et mollibus clivis,

Curt. 8, 39, 6:

jugum montis,

Tac. G. 1:

trames,

Ov. F. 3, 13.—Prov.: molli bracchio objurgare aliquem, with a gentle arm, i. e. in a forbearing manner, Cic. Att. 2, 1, 6:

in molli carne vermes nascuntur,

it is the soft flesh that breeds the worms, Petr. 57.— Subst.: mollia, ĭum, n., a kind of fishes, mollusks, Plin. 11, 51, 112, § 267.—

Trop.

Tender, delicate, susceptible:

mollibus annis,

in tender youth, Ov. H. 1, 111:

os molle,

easily blushing, id. Tr. 4, 3, 70:

mollissima corda,

Juv. 15, 131:

mollissimae aures,

modest, Plin. Pan. 68.—

In a bad sense, soft, effeminate, unmanly, weak (syn. effeminatus):

philosophus tam mollis, tam languidus, tam enervatus,

Cic. de Or. 1, 52, 226:

Sabaei,

Verg. G. 1, 57:

viri molles, i. e. pathici,

Liv. 33, 28; Sen. Ep. 87:

disciplina,

effeminate, Cic. Fin. 1, 11, 37:

delicatior... molliorque ratio,

id. ib. 5, 5, 12:

vita,

Ov. Tr. 5, 3, 9: desine mollium querellarum, Hor. C. 2, 9, 17:

mollis teneraque vox,

Quint. 11, 3, 23:

educatio,

id. 1, 2, 6:

actio,

id. 11, 3, 128:

Gallorum mens est mollis ac minime resistens ad calamitates perferendas,

Caes. B. G. 3, 19:

sententiae,

Cic. Cat. 1, 12, 30:

si taedio laboris longaeque viae, ut est mollis ad talia gens (Gallorum), dilaberentur,

Liv. 22, 2, 4:

Romanos molliores facere ad paciscendum,

id. 42, 62, 6; cf.:

sunt qui in rebus contrariis parum sibi constent, voluptatem severissime contemnant, in dolore sint molliores, etc.,

Cic. Off. 1, 21, 71:

molles in aure fenestrae,

Juv. 1, 104.—

Soft, pleasant, mild, easy:

orationem mollem teneramque reddidit,

soft, pleasant, Cic. Brut. 9, 38:

mollis et jucunda senectus,

id. Sen. 1, 2:

ita eum placidum mollemque reddidi, ut, etc.,

calm and gentle, id. Caecil. 10, 28:

verba,

Hor. Epod. 5, 83:

mollia jussa,

mild, easy, Verg. G. 3, 41:

vincuntur molli pectora dura prece,

soft, tender, touching, Tib. 3, 4, 76:

sic accensum sed molliora referre jussum dimittit,

to return a gentler answer, Tac. H. 4, 32 fin.:

saepius molliora respondens,

id. A. 12, 46: mollis versus, an elegiac or amatory poem, Ov. Tr. 2, 307; Prop. 1, 7, 19 (opp. durus versus, a heroic poem, id. 2, 1, 41):

ridere mollia,

to smile gently, Ov. A. A. 3, 513:

cuncta tamen ad imperatorem in mollius relata,

in a milder, more favorable light, Tac. A. 14, 39:

pilenta,

having a gentle motion, Verg. A. 8, 666; id. G. 2, 389:

mollissima fandi tempora,

id. A. 4, 293:

hora mollior,

more favorable, Ov. P. 3, 3, 84:

signa,

Cic. Brut. 18, 70:

duriora Callon, jam minus rigida Calamis, molliora adhuc supra dictis Myron fecit,

more agreeable, Quint. 12, 10, 7:

mollis animus et ad accipiendam et ad deponendam offensionem,

Cic. Att. 1, 17, 2:

in inimicitiis auricula infima mollior,

id. Q. Fr. 2, 13 (15), 4.— Subst.: molle, is, n., softness, smoothness:

molle atque facetum Vergilio adnuerunt Camenae,

Hor. S. 1, 10, 45.—

Weak, untrustworthy:

nihil est tam molle, tam tenerum, tam aut fragile aut flexibile quam voluntas erga nos civium,

Cic. Mil. 16, 42.—Hence, adv.: mollĭter.

Lit., softly, gently, agreeably (class.):

molliter sustine me,

Plaut. Ps. 5, 2, 7:

aves nidos mollissime substernunt,

Cic. N. D. 2, 52, 129:

recubans,

id. de Or. 3, 17, 63:

ossa cubent,

Ov. Tr. 3, 3, 76:

excudent alii spirantia mollius aera,

more easily, agreeably, Verg. A. 6, 847:

cura molliter semina conlocandi,

Plin. 15, 10, 9, § 35:

colles ad orientem molliter devexi,

gently, gradually, Col. 1, 2, 3 sq. —

Trop.:

quod ferendum est molliter sapienti,

calmly, patiently, Cic. Sen. 2, 5:

abnuere,

Liv. 30, 3:

delicate et molliter vivere,

voluptuously, Cic. Off. 1, 30, 106:

aegritudinem pati,

sensitively, weakly, Sall. J. 82, 2:

ne quid per metum, mollius consuleretur,

too compliantly, Liv. 30, 7, 3:

interpretari mollius aliquid,

rather mildly, favorably, Tac. H. 2, 96.

mollis, e, adj. [Gr. malakos, amalos, môlus; cf. blêchros, perh. Lat. mulier (mollior)], easily movable, pliant, flexible, supple; soft, tender, delicate, gentle, mild, pleasant (class.; syn.: tener, facilis, flexibilis, lentus).

Lit.:

mollis juncus,

Verg. E. 2, 72:

comam mollis... hyacinthi,

id. G. 4, 137:

aurum,

flexible, id. A. 10, 818:

tiliae,

Ov. M. 10, 92:

crura,

Verg. G. 3, 76:

colla,

id. A. 11, 622:

bracchia,

Ov. A. A. 1, 595:

cervix,

id. F. 4, 185:

commissurae,

Cic. N. D. 2, 60:

molle litus,

of soft sand, Caes. B. G. 5, 9:

harena,

Ov. M. 2, 577:

aqua,

id. A. A. 1, 476:

fraga,

id. M. 13, 816:

castaneae,

Verg. E. 1, 82:

mollissima vina ( = mitissima, lenissima),

id. G. 1, 341; cf.:

molli mero,

Hor. C. 1, 7, 19; and:

molle Calenum,

Juv. 1, 69:

alvus,

relaxed, open bowels, Cels. 3, 12:

cibus,

mild, not sharp, id. 4, 4, 4:

ovum,

soft, id. 4, 4, 5:

prata,

Verg. G. 2, 384:

gramen,

Ov. F. 6, 328:

humus,

id. A. A. 3, 688:

lana,

id. F. 2, 742:

torus,

id. Am. 2, 4, 14:

arcus,

slack, unbent, unstrung, id. H. 4, 92:

feretrum,

made soft by a layer of leaves, Verg. A. 11, 64:

mollissima cera,

Cic. de Or. 3, 45, 177:

mollia panis,

the soft part of bread, the crumb, id. 13, 12, 26, § 82:

molles genae,

soft, delicate, Ov. H. 10, 44:

capilli,

id. P. 3, 3, 17:

manus,

id. Am. 1, 4, 24:

latus,

id. M. 14, 710:

molles Zephyri,

soft, gentle, id. A. A. 3, 728; so,

hiems,

Stat. S. 3, 5, 83:

aestas,

Verg. G. 1, 312:

caelum,

Flor. 1, 16, 3; 4, 12, 27:

Euphrates mollior undis,

gentler, calmer, Verg. A. 8, 726:

aditus,

easy, Sil. 4, 491; so,

iter,

Quint. 4, 2, 46:

via,

id. 1, 6, 22:

fastigium,

gentle, not steep, Caes. B. C. 2, 10:

clivus,

Verg. E. 9, 8:

modicis et mollibus clivis,

Curt. 8, 39, 6:

jugum montis,

Tac. G. 1:

trames,

Ov. F. 3, 13.—Prov.: molli bracchio objurgare aliquem, with a gentle arm, i. e. in a forbearing manner, Cic. Att. 2, 1, 6:

in molli carne vermes nascuntur,

it is the soft flesh that breeds the worms, Petr. 57.— Subst.: mollia, ĭum, n., a kind of fishes, mollusks, Plin. 11, 51, 112, § 267.—

Trop.

Tender, delicate, susceptible:

mollibus annis,

in tender youth, Ov. H. 1, 111:

os molle,

easily blushing, id. Tr. 4, 3, 70:

mollissima corda,

Juv. 15, 131:

mollissimae aures,

modest, Plin. Pan. 68.—

In a bad sense, soft, effeminate, unmanly, weak (syn. effeminatus):

philosophus tam mollis, tam languidus, tam enervatus,

Cic. de Or. 1, 52, 226:

Sabaei,

Verg. G. 1, 57:

viri molles, i. e. pathici,

Liv. 33, 28; Sen. Ep. 87:

disciplina,

effeminate, Cic. Fin. 1, 11, 37:

delicatior... molliorque ratio,

id. ib. 5, 5, 12:

vita,

Ov. Tr. 5, 3, 9: desine mollium querellarum, Hor. C. 2, 9, 17:

mollis teneraque vox,

Quint. 11, 3, 23:

educatio,

id. 1, 2, 6:

actio,

id. 11, 3, 128:

Gallorum mens est mollis ac minime resistens ad calamitates perferendas,

Caes. B. G. 3, 19:

sententiae,

Cic. Cat. 1, 12, 30:

si taedio laboris longaeque viae, ut est mollis ad talia gens (Gallorum), dilaberentur,

Liv. 22, 2, 4:

Romanos molliores facere ad paciscendum,

id. 42, 62, 6; cf.:

sunt qui in rebus contrariis parum sibi constent, voluptatem severissime contemnant, in dolore sint molliores, etc.,

Cic. Off. 1, 21, 71:

molles in aure fenestrae,

Juv. 1, 104.—

Soft, pleasant, mild, easy:

orationem mollem teneramque reddidit,

soft, pleasant, Cic. Brut. 9, 38:

mollis et jucunda senectus,

id. Sen. 1, 2:

ita eum placidum mollemque reddidi, ut, etc.,

calm and gentle, id. Caecil. 10, 28:

verba,

Hor. Epod. 5, 83:

mollia jussa,

mild, easy, Verg. G. 3, 41:

vincuntur molli pectora dura prece,

soft, tender, touching, Tib. 3, 4, 76:

sic accensum sed molliora referre jussum dimittit,

to return a gentler answer, Tac. H. 4, 32 fin.:

saepius molliora respondens,

id. A. 12, 46: mollis versus, an elegiac or amatory poem, Ov. Tr. 2, 307; Prop. 1, 7, 19 (opp. durus versus, a heroic poem, id. 2, 1, 41):

ridere mollia,

to smile gently, Ov. A. A. 3, 513:

cuncta tamen ad imperatorem in mollius relata,

in a milder, more favorable light, Tac. A. 14, 39:

pilenta,

having a gentle motion, Verg. A. 8, 666; id. G. 2, 389:

mollissima fandi tempora,

id. A. 4, 293:

hora mollior,

more favorable, Ov. P. 3, 3, 84:

signa,

Cic. Brut. 18, 70:

duriora Callon, jam minus rigida Calamis, molliora adhuc supra dictis Myron fecit,

more agreeable, Quint. 12, 10, 7:

mollis animus et ad accipiendam et ad deponendam offensionem,

Cic. Att. 1, 17, 2:

in inimicitiis auricula infima mollior,

id. Q. Fr. 2, 13 (15), 4.— Subst.: molle, is, n., softness, smoothness:

molle atque facetum Vergilio adnuerunt Camenae,

Hor. S. 1, 10, 45.—

Weak, untrustworthy:

nihil est tam molle, tam tenerum, tam aut fragile aut flexibile quam voluntas erga nos civium,

Cic. Mil. 16, 42.—Hence, adv.: mollĭter.

Lit., softly, gently, agreeably (class.):

molliter sustine me,

Plaut. Ps. 5, 2, 7:

aves nidos mollissime substernunt,

Cic. N. D. 2, 52, 129:

recubans,

id. de Or. 3, 17, 63:

ossa cubent,

Ov. Tr. 3, 3, 76:

excudent alii spirantia mollius aera,

more easily, agreeably, Verg. A. 6, 847:

cura molliter semina conlocandi,

Plin. 15, 10, 9, § 35:

colles ad orientem molliter devexi,

gently, gradually, Col. 1, 2, 3 sq. —

Trop.:

quod ferendum est molliter sapienti,

calmly, patiently, Cic. Sen. 2, 5:

abnuere,

Liv. 30, 3:

delicate et molliter vivere,

voluptuously, Cic. Off. 1, 30, 106:

aegritudinem pati,

sensitively, weakly, Sall. J. 82, 2:

ne quid per metum, mollius consuleretur,

too compliantly, Liv. 30, 7, 3:

interpretari mollius aliquid,

rather mildly, favorably, Tac. H. 2, 96.

Neptūnus, i, m. [Zend, nāpita, wet; Sanscr. nepa, water; Gr. root, nip-, nib-, niphô, chernips; cf. nimbus, rain-cloud], Neptune, the god of the sea and of other waters, brother of Jupiter and husband of Amphitrite:

Neptuno gratis habeo et tempestatibus,

Plaut. Stich. 3, 1, 2:

allocutus summi deum regis fratrem Neptunum, regnatorem Marum,

Naev. 3, 2; 2, 21: omnipotens Neptune, Turp. ap. Cic. Tusc. 4, 34, 72 (Com. Rel. v. 118 Rib.):

Neptunus salsipotens et multipotens,

Plaut. Trin. 4, 1, 1:

ut Portumnus a portu, sic Neptunus a nando, paulum primis litteris immutatis,

Cic. N. D. 2, 26, 66; 3, 24, 62:

Neptunum deum numeras,

id. ib. 3, 17, 43;

3, 20, 52: caeruleos oculos esse Neptuni,

id. ib. 1, 30, 83; Verg. A. 3, 74:

uterque,

who presides over the salt and fresh waters, Cat. 31, 3:

Neptunus pater,

Gell. 5, 12, 5:

haec ad Neptuni pecudes condimenta sunt,

food for fishes, Plaut. Ps. 3, 2, 44.—

Transf.

The sea ( poet.):

credere se Neptuno,

Plaut. Rud. 2, 6, 2; 2, 3, 42:

Neptuni corpus acerbum,

Lucr. 2, 472; Verg. G. 4, 29:

hibernus,

Hor. Epod. 17, 55.—

A fish, Naev. ap. Paul. ex Fest. p. 58 Müll. (Com. Rel. v. 121 Rib.).

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barbātus, a, um, adj. [barba].

Having a beard, bearded.

Of men:

dicere licebit Jovem semper barbatum, Apollinem semper imberbem,

Cic. N. D. 1, 30, 83; 1, 36, 100:

quos aut imberbes aut bene barbatos videtis,

id. Cat. 2, 10, 22.— Poet. as a designation of age, Plaut. Cas. 2, 8, 25: equitare in harundine longā, Si quem delectet barbatum, i. e. an adult, * Hor. S. 2, 3, 249:

sub Jove, sed Jove nondum barbato,

i. e. in the earliest time, when Jupiter was yet young, Juv. 6, 16; 13, 56.—Hence,

Meton.

For a Roman of the olden time (in which the beard was not shaved, v. barba):

aliquis mihi ab inferis excitandus est ex barbatis illis, non hac barbulā, sed illā horridā, quam in statuis antiquis et imaginibus videmus,

Cic. Cael. 14, 33:

unus aliquis ex barbatis illis, exemplum imperii veteris, imago antiquitatis, etc.,

id. Sest 8, 19:

haec jam tum apud illos barbatos ridicula, credo, videbantur,

id. Mur. 12, 26; id. Fin. 4, 23, 62: hic mos jam apud illos antiquos et barbatos fuit, id. Fragm. Or. II. pro Cornel. 18; Juv. 4, 103.—

A philosopher (since they wore long beards), Pers. 4, 1; Juv. 14, 12; cf. Hor. S. 1, 3, 133; and as subst. barbatus nudus, Mart. 14, 81.—

Of animals, fishes, etc., bearded:

hirculus,

Cat. 19, 16; also absol. barbatus, a goat, Phaedr. 4, 9, 10:

mulli,

Cic. Att. 2, 1, 7 (cf. id. Par. 5, 2, 28, and Plin. 9, 17, 30, § 64): aquila, a species of eagle, also called ossifraga, Plin. 10, 3, 3, § 11.—

Transf.

Of plants (cf. barba, II. A.), woolly, downy:

nux,

Plin. 19, 1, 2, § 14.—

Of other things:

ne toga barbatos faciat vel paenula libros,

i. e. wear out, make bearded, Mart. 14, 84.—

A cognomen of Lucius Corn. Scipio, Inscr.

ēverrĭcŭlum, i, n. [everro], a sweepnet, drag-net.

Prop., for taking a large number of fishes, Varr. R. R. 3, 17, 7; App. Mag. p. 294; cf. Non. p. 34; and: everriculum, quod Graece sagênê dicitur, Dig. 47, 10, 13, § 7.—

Trop.: everriculum malitiarum omnium, the drag-net, i. e. the sweeperaway of all basenesses, Cic. N. D. 3, 30, 74: quod umquam hujuscemodi everriculum ulla in provincia fuit? i. e. a plunderer, sarcastically applied to Verres, id. Verr. 2, 4, 24, 53; cf. everro, II.