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1 auditio

audītĭo, ōnis, f. [audio].
I.
A hearing, a listening to (syn.:
auditus, auscultatio): (pueri) fabellarum auditione ducuntur,
Cic. Fin. 5, 15, 42:
qui est versatus in auditione et cogitatione, quae studio et diligentiā praecurrit aetatem,
id. de Or. 2, 30, 131; Quint. 2, 2, 11; 10, 1, 10: audite auditionem in terrore vocis ejus, hear a hearing (after the Heb.), i. e. hear attentively, Vulg. Job, 37, 2.—
II.
Hearsay:
hoc solum auditione expetere coepit, cum id ipse non vidisset?
Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 46.—Hence, meton.,
(α).
(Abstr. pro concr.) A report, hearsay, news (also in plur.):
si accepissent famā et auditione esse quoddam numen et vim deorum,
Cic. N. D. 2, 37, 95: fictae auditiones, [p. 203] id. Planc. 23, 56: ne tenuissimam quidem auditionem de eā re accepi, not even the slightest inkling, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 1:
His rebus atque auditionibus permoti etc.,
Caes. B. G. 4, 5; 7, 42:
falsae auditiones,
Tac. A. 4, 11 fin.:
ab auditione malā non timebit,
Vulg. Psa. 111, 7; ib. Nah. 3, 19.— And
(β).
Effect for cause, the voice:
Domine, audivi auditionem tuam et timui,
Vulg. Hab. 3, 2.—
III.
The hearing of a pupil (cf. audio, II. A. 2.); hence, meton. (abstr. pro concr.), a lecture, lesson, discourse (perh. only post-Aug.):
Sedere in scholis auditioni operatos,
Plin. 26, 2, 6, § 11:
egressus ex auditione,
Gell. 14, 1; 18, 2; 19, 8.—
* IV.
For auditus, the sense of hearing, the hearing, App. Dogm. Plat. p. 9, 27.

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2 auris

auris (abl., aure, auri), is, f. [v. audio].
I.
Lit., the ear as the organ of hearing, while auricula is the external ear, to ous, Enn. ap. Non. p. 506, 1; Cato, R. R. 157, 16; Lucr. 4, 486; Plaut. Pers. 4, 9, 11; Vulg. Eccl. 1, 8;
v. antestor.—In comic style: Face, sis, vocivas aedīs aurium,
make the chambers of your ears vacant, Plaut. Ps. 1, 5, 52; cf. aedes.—Hence (usu. plur., aures):
adhibere,
to be attentive, to listen to, Plaut. Cas. 2, 8, 41; Cic. Arch. 3, 5:
arrigere,
Ter. And. 5, 4, 30; Verg. A. 1, 152:
erigere,
Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 3; id. Sull. 11:
admovere aurem,
Ter. Phorm. 5, 6, 28; Cic. de Or. 2, 36, 153:
dare,
to lend an ear, listen, id. Att. 1, 4; Sen. Hippol. 413; Val. Fl. 7, 419:
dederet,
Cic. Arch. 10, 26:
applicare,
Hor. C. 3, 11, 8; id. C. S. 72: praebere aures, Liv 38, 52, 11;
40, 8, 3: praebuimus longis ambagibus aures,
Ov. M. 3, 692; 5, 334; 6, 1; 15, 465; and: praebere aurem (esp. in the signif., to incline the ears in order to hear, to listen to), Ov. M. 7, 821; Plin. Ep. 2, 14, 8; Suet. Calig. 22; Hor. S. 1, 1, 22; Prop. 3, 14, 15; Vulg. Job, 6, 28 al.; so,
inclinare aurem,
ib. 4 Reg. 19, 16; ib. Psa. 30, 3:
auribus accipere,
i. e. to hear, Plaut. Trin. 4, 1, 9; Ter. Hec. 3, 3, 3; Lucr. 4, 982; 6, 164; Cic. de Or 1, 50, 218; Ov. M. 10, 62 al.:
auribus percipite,
Vulg. Judith, 5, 3; ib. Psa. 16, 2:
te cupidā captat aure maritus,
Cat. 61, 54; so,
auribus aëra captat,
Verg. A. 3, 514:
auribus haurire,
Ov. M. 13, 787; 14, 309:
bibere aure,
Hor. C. 2, 13, 32 al.:
obtundere,
Plaut. Cist. 1, 1, 120:
tundere,
id. Poen. 1, 3, 25:
lacessere,
Lucr. 4, 597:
tergere,
id. 6, 119:
allicere,
id. 6, 183:
ferire,
Cic. de Or. 2, 84, 344:
implere,
Tac. H. 1, 90 et saep.—Particular phrases: in or ad aurem, also in aure, dicere, admonere, etc., to say something in the ear, softly or in secret, to whisper in the ear: in aurem Pontius, Scipio, inquit, vide quid agas, Cic. Fragm. ap. Macr. S. 3, 12; so Hor. S. 1, 9, 9; Mart. 1, 90; Petr. 28, 5:
ut Voluptati ministrarent et eam tantum ad aurem admonerent,
Cic. Fin. 2, 21, 69: in aure dictare, Juv 11, 59: aurem vellere, to pull, as an admonition:
Cynthius aurem Vellit et admonuit,
i. e. admonished, reminded, Verg. E. 6, 3; so,
pervellere,
Sen. Ben. 4, 36; id. Ep. 94: dare or servire auribus, to gratify the ears, to flatter, Treb. ap. Cic. Fam. 12, 16; Caes. B. C. 2, 27: in [p. 208] utramvis or in dextram aurem dormire, to sleep soundly, i. e. to be unconcerned, Ter. Heaut. 2, 3, 101 (cf. Menaud. ap. Gell. 2, 23: Epamphoteran... mellei katheudêsein); Plaut. Ps. 1, 1, 122; Plin. Ep. 4, 29: aures alicujus aperire (eccl. Lat., after the Heb.), to open one ' s ears, i. e. to restore his hearing, Vulg. Marc. 7, 35.—
II.
Meton.
A. (α).
The hearing, so far as it judges of the euphony of a discourse:
offendent aures, quarum est judicium superbissimum,
Cic. Or. 44, 150; so Auct. ad Her. 4, 23, 32:
Atticorum aures teretes et religiosae,
Cic. Or. 9, 27; so id. Brut. 32, 124; id. Font. 6; Hor. A. P. 387.—
(β).
Hearers, auditors:
Cum tibi sol tepidus plures admoverit aures,
Hor. Ep. 1, 20, 19.—
* B.
Also, from its shape, the ear of a plough, the mould- or earthboard by which the furrow is widened and the earth turned back, Verg. G. 1, 172; cf. Voss ad h. 1.; Smith, Dict. Antiq., and Pall. 1, 43.

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3 audītus

audītus ūs, m [audio], the hearing, sense of hearing: auditu percipi, Her.: semper patet. —A hearing, listening: auditu compertum habere, Cu.: plurium auditu accipi, Ta.
* * *

auditus N M

hearing; listening; act/sense of hearing; hearsay

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4 auditus

1.
audītus, a, um, Part. of audio.
2.
audītus, ūs, m. [audio].
I.
A hearing, listening (so perh. only post-Aug.;
syn.: auditio, auscultatio): ea plurium auditu accipi,
Tac. A. 4, 69:
breviauditu,
id. H. 2, 59:
auditus auris,
Vulg. 2 Reg. 22, 45;
ib. Job, 42, 5: auditu audietis (by Hebraïsm),
ib. Matt. 13, 14.—Hence, the instruction listened to (cf. audio, II. A. 2.):
quis dignior umquam Hoc fuit auditu?
Luc. 10, 183.— Also (like auditio, II.), a rumor, report:
occupaverat animos prior auditus,
Tac. H. 1, 76:
Quis credidit auditui nostro?
Vulg. Joan. 12, 38; ib. Rom. 10, 16.—
II.
The sense of hearing, the hearing (class.):
auditus autem semper patet,
Cic. N. D. 2, 57, 144: num quid aliquo sensu perceptum sit, aspectu, auditu, tactu, odore, gustatu, Auct. ad Her. 2, 5:
aures acerrimi auditūs,
Plin. 8, 32, 50, § 114; 23, 4, 42, § 85:
Si totum corpus oculus, ubi auditus?
Vulg. 1 Cor. 12, 17 bis. al. —In plur.: auditus hominum deorumque mulcens, i. e. aures, App Dogm. Plat. 1.

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5 cerno

cerno, crēvi, crētum ( part. pass. cretus is apparently used only once:
cineris bene creti,
Pall. 12, 22, 3; but freq. in the compounds of cerno; for the simple part., the orig. form certus also is very rarely used:
certā deinde sorte senatus consultum factum est,
Liv. 36, 2, 2; v. under II. C., and cf. certus), 3, v. a. [root car- for scar-, to separate; cf. krinô; hence, skôr, stercus, screo; cf. cera].
I.
To separate, sift (rare):
per cribrum, Cato. R. R. 107, 1: farinam cribro,
Plin. 18, 11, 29, § 115; cf. id. 33, 5, 26, § 87; Pall. Jun. 1; Veg. 3, 28, 6:
in cribris omnia cerne cavis,
Ov. Med. Fac. 62; cf.:
per densa foramina,
id. ib. 89:
cineris bene creti,
well sifted, Pall. Nov. 22.—Far more freq.,
II.
Trop.
A.
To separate, distinguish by the senses, mostly by the eyes, i. e. to perceive, see, discern (syn.: video, conspicio; class. in prose and poetry; most freq. probably in Lucretius, where it is used about a hundred times); rarely by the ears; v. infra: lumen jubarve in caelo cerno? [p. 319] Enn. ap. Varr. L. L. 6, § 81 Müll.;
7, § 76 ib.: sed quis illic est, procul quem video? estne hic Hegio? si satis cerno, is hercle'st,
Ter. Ad. 3, 3, 85:
tum porro varios rerum sentimus odores, nec tamen ad nareis venienteis cernimus umquam: nec voces cernere suemus,
Lucr. 1, 300; 4, 598:
quod nequeunt oculis rerum primordia cerni,
id. 1, 269; v. also id. 2, 314 sq.; 4, 242; cf. id. 2, 837:
acute,
id. 4, 811; cf.:
cerno acutum,
Hor. S. 1, 3, 26:
altaria exhalare vapore,
Lucr. 3, 432; 2, 928 al.—Hence, sometimes opp. to hearing:
ut non solum auribus acciperetur, sed etiam oculis cerneretur,
Nep. Timol. 2, 2;
or to mental perception: quem ego tam video animo, quam ea, quae oculis cernimus,
Cic. Fam. 6, 3, 2:
nos enim ne nunc quidem oculis cernimus ea, quae videmus,
id. Tusc. 1, 20, 46:
quae cernere et videre non possumus,
id. de Or. 3, 40, 161; cf. id. Rep. 6, 20, 21 sq.:
ego Catuli Cumanum ex hoc loco cerno, Pompeianum non cerno,
id. Ac. 2, 25, 80:
ut ea cernimus quae videmus,
id. Mil. 29, 79:
omnia sic aperiam, ut ea cernere oculis videamini,
id. Clu. 24, 66:
coram aliquid,
to witness, Caes. B. G. 6, 8; Verg. A. 2, 538:
aliquem,
Caes. B. G. 6, 21:
acies a nostris cernebatur,
id. B. C. 3, 69:
in sole sidera ipsa desinunt cerni,
Quint. 8, 5, 29:
simile quiddam facientes aves cernimus,
id. 2, 6, 7:
me miserum, turbā quod non ego cernar in illā,
Ov. P. 4, 4, 43:
Constitit alma Venus, nulli cernenda,
id. M. 15, 844; Curt. 8, 13, 16; Tac. A. 1, 59.—With acc. and inf.: sensumque inesse et motum in membris cerno, Canius ap. Varr. L. L. 6, § 81 Müll.:
neque mutari ac misceri omnia cerneres,
Sall. C. 2, 3: quos ad resistendum concucurrisse cernebat, * Suet. Caes. 15 fin.:
cernis ut insultent Rutuli?
Verg. A. 10, 20:
cerne quam tenui vos parte contingat,
Cic. Rep. 6, 20, 21:
cerneres, quanta audacia fuisset, etc.,
Sall. C. 61, 1.— Impers. with acc. and inf.:
cernebatur, novissimos illorum premi vehementer,
Caes. B. C. 1, 64 Herz. N. cr. — So impers. with rel. -clause:
ut non solum auribus acciperetur, sed etiam oculis cerneretur quem detulisset,
Nep. Timol. 2, 2. —Ante-class., of the hearing: vox illius certe est: idem omnes cernimus, Att. ap. Non. p. 261, 11, and perh. also, Titin. ap. Prisc. p. 898 P.—Hence,
b.
Cerni aliquā re or in aliquā re, to become distinguished or known in something:
fortis animus et magnus duabus rebus maxime cernitur,
Cic. Off. 1, 20, 66; so id. Tusc. 5, 8, 22: amicus certus in re incertā cernitur, Enn. ap. Cic. Lael. 17, 64:
atque hae quidem virtutes cernuntur in agendo,
Cic. Part. Or. 23, 78; id. Top. 21, 80 (also in Quint. 3, 5, 18).—
* c.
Have before the mind, have respect to, regard any one:
ubi gratus, si non eum ipsi cernunt grati, cui referunt gratiam?
Cic. Leg. 1, 18, 49.—
B.
Transf. to intellectual objects, to perceive, comprehend, understand (syn.:
intellego, cognosco, perspicio): neque tanta in rebus obscuritas, ut eas (res) non penitus acri vir ingenio cernat, si modo aspexerit,
Cic. de Or. 3, 31, 124:
jam cernam mene an illam potiorem putes, id. poët. Tusc. 2, 9, 20: (antiquitas) hoc melius ea fortasse, quae erant vera, cernebat,
id. ib. 1, 12, 26; id. Fin. 1, 19, 64; id. Top. 5, 27; id. N. D. 1, 19, 49; id. Fam. 5, 12, 2:
quae cum ego non solum suspicarer, sed plane cernerem,
id. Agr. 2, 4, 9; id. de Or. 3, 31, 124:
ut consuetum facile amorem cerneres,
Ter. And. 1, 1, 108.—Hence,
b.
Rarely of future events, to foresee, discern beforehand:
cerno animo sepultā in patriā miseros atque insepultos acervos civium,
Cic. Cat. 4, 6, 11:
cerno jam animo, quanto omnia uberiora atque ornatiora futura sint,
id. Fam. 5, 12, 2.—
C.
To decide something that is contested or doubtful (judicially), to decree, determine (more rare than decernere):
quotcumque senatus creverit populusque jusserit tot sunto,
Cic. Leg. 3, 3, 8:
quodcumque senatus creverit agunto,
id. ib. 3, 3, 8, § 6: jurati cernant. Pac. ap. Non. p. 261, 13:
illum locum tempusque consilio destinatum quid de Armeniā cernerent,
Tac. A. 15, 14:
priusquam id sors cerneret,
Liv. 43, 12, 2:
certā sorte,
after the lot was decided, id. 36, 2, 2.—Hence,
b.
To decide by contending or fighting (more rare than the freq. certare, and even in Seneca's time out of use; cf. Sen. Ep. 58, 3): ferro non auro vitam ( acc. respect = de vitā) cernamus utrique, Enn. ap. Cic. Off. 1, 12, 38; id. ap. Non. p. 261, 19, and ap. Varr. L. L. 6, § 81 Müll.; Pac. ap. Non. p. 261, 21: nisi esset qui armis secum vellet cernere, Att. ap. Non. p. 261, 17:
cernere ferro,
Verg. A. 12, 709 (also ap. Sen. Ep. 58, 3); so,
cernere certamen,
Plaut. Bacch. 3, 2, 15; id. Cas. 3, 1, 2; Lucr. 5, 394: pro patriā, pro liberis, pro aris atque focis suis, * Sall. C. 59, 5 Kritz N. cr. (al. certare):
seu libeat duplicem sejunctim cernere martem,
Tib. 4, 1, 103.—Humorously, Plaut. Trin. 2, 4, 77.—
D.
In gen., to decide for something, to conclude upon, resolve (syn.: constituo, decerno; also rare): praesidium castris educere, Lucil. ap. Non. p. 261, 5:
acribus inter se cum armis confligere,
id. ib. p. 261, 6:
te mihi amicam esse crevi,
Plaut. Cist. 1, 1, 1 (crevi valet constitui, Varr. L. L. 7, § 98 Müll.); Cat. 64, 150.—Hence,
E.
In judic. lang. t. t., of inheritances.
1.
To resolve to enter upon an inheritance, Varr. L. L. 7, § 98 Müll.; cf. Tit. 22, 27, and cretio.—
2.
To make known this determination, Tit. 22, 28 and 30; Cic. Att. 11, 2, 1.—
3.
= adire, to enter upon an inheritance, Cic. Agr. 2, 15, 40; Liv. 24, 25, 3; 40, 8, 17; Plin. Ep. 10, 79, 2; Quint. Decl. 261; Fest. p. 41.—
b.
Trop.:
debet etiam fratris Appii amorem erga me cum reliquā hereditate crevisse,
Cic. Att. 6, 1, 10; so id. Fam. 9, 14, 4; Val. Max. 5, 3, ext. 3.—P. a. v. certus.

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6 clarus

clārus, a, um, adj. [kindr. with Germ. klar; Engl. clear; cf. clamo], clear, bright (opp. obscurus, caecus; very freq. in all periods, and in all kinds of composition).
I.
Lit.
A.
Relating to the sight, clear, bright, shining, brilliant, etc.
(α).
Absol.:
luce clarā et candidā,
Plaut. Am. 1, 3, 49:
ut mulierum famam multorum oculis lux clara custodiat,
open day, Cic. Leg. 2, 15, 37; cf.:
frequentissimā celebritate et clarissimā luce laetari,
id. Cael. 20, 47:
lumen,
Lucr. 3, 1:
oculorum lumina,
id. 4, 825; cf.:
mundi lumina (i.e. sol et luna),
Verg. G. 1, 5:
oculi,
Cato, R. R. 157, 10:
incendia,
Verg. A. 2, 569:
lucerna,
Hor. S. 2, 7, 48:
scintillae ignis,
Lucr. 6, 163:
fulmina,
id. 6, 84:
vestis splendor,
id. 2, 52:
color,
id. 5, 1258; cf.:
color clarissimus,
id. 2, 830:
candor,
id. 4, 232:
loca,
id. 5, 779 al.:
caelum,
Tac. A. 1, 28:
nox,
id. Agr. 12:
pater omnipotens clarus intonat,
in the clear sky, Verg. A. 7, 141 Serv.; cf. Cic. Arat. 4:
sidus,
Hor. C. 4, 8, 31:
clarissimae gemmae,
Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 27, § 62; cf.
lapides,
Hor. C. 4, 13, 14:
vitrum,
Ov. M. 4, 355:
purpurarum sidere clarior usus,
Hor. C. 3, 1, 42.—
(β).
With abl.:
speculo,
Plaut. Most. 3, 1, 112 dub.:
argento clari delphines,
Verg. A. 8, 673:
rutilis squamis,
id. G. 4, 93:
ferrugine,
id. A. 9, 582; cf. id. ib. 11, 772 Wagn.:
auro gemmisque corona,
Ov. M. 13, 704; 2, 2; 11, 359:
albo Lucifer exit Clarus equo,
id. ib. 15, 190:
claraeque coruscis Fulguribus taedae,
Lucr. 5, 295 al. —
* 2.
Poet., of the wind (cf.: albus, candidus, and in Gr. lampros anemos; v. Lidd. and Scott under lampros), making clear, i. e. bringing fair weather:
aquilo,
Verg. G. 1, 460 Forbig. ad loc.—
B.
Relating to the hearing, clear, loud, distinct:
clarā voce vocare,
Lucr. 4, 711; Cic. Clu. 48, 134; id. Caecin. 8, 22; Liv. 7, 31, 12; 42, 25, 12; Ov. M. 3, 703:
lectio,
Cels. 1, 2:
clariore voce,
Caes. B. G. 5, 30; cf. Cic. Tusc. 5, 7, 19:
sonor,
Lucr. 4, 567:
clamor,
Plaut. Poen. 5, 3, 27:
plausus,
id. As. Grex. 6:
plangor,
Ov. M. 4, 138:
latratus,
id. ib. 13, 806:
ictus,
id. ib. 2, 625:
strepitus, Suet. Vit. Luc.: vox (opp. obtusa),
Quint. 11, 3, 15; 9, 4, 136 Spald.:
spiritus,
id. 11, 3, 55; cf. id. 11, 3, 41 and 82:
syllabae clariores,
id. 8, 3, 16.—
II.
Trop.
A.
Clear, manifest, plain, evident, intelligible (syn.:
planus, apertus, perspicuus, dilucidus, etc.): vide ut mi haec certa et clara attuleris,
Ter. Hec. 5, 4, 1 Ruhnk.; cf.:
omnia non properanti clara certaque erunt,
Liv. 22, 39, 22:
clara res est, quam dicturus sum, totā Siciliā celeberrima atque notissima,
Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 25, § 61; 2, 5, 38, § 101; id. Tusc. 1, 32, 78:
luce sunt clariora nobis tua consilia,
id. Cat. 1, 3, 6:
id quod est luce clarius,
id. Tusc. 1, 37, 90:
si ea, quae dixi, sole ipso inlustriora et clariora sunt,
id. Fin. 1, 21, 71; id. Div. 1, 3, 6:
caecis hoc satis clarum est,
Quint. 12, 7, 9:
lumen eloquentiae,
id. 3, 8, 65; cf. id. 12, 10, 15; 11, 1, 75:
in narrando (T. Livius) clarissimi candoris,
id. 10, 1, 101 Spald. and Frotsch.:
Massinissam regem post LXXXVI. annum generasse filium clarum est,
Plin. 7, 14, 12, § 61:
somno clarius,
Ov. F. 3, 28:
exempla,
Tac. Or. 8; id. A. 4, 11:
documenta,
id. ib. 6, 22.—
B.
Brilliant, celebrated, renowned, illustrious, honorable, famous, glorious, etc. (cf.: illustris, insignis, eximius, egregius, praestans, nobilis; a favorite epithet, esp. in the sup., like fortissimus, designating the highest praise of the honor-loving Roman; hence, a standing title, at all times, of distinguished public characters, as consuls, proconsuls, pontifices, senators, etc.):
nobilitas,
Plaut. Rud. 4, 2, 28;
opp. to obscurus,
Lucr. 1, 639; so Quint. 5, 10, 26: clari viri atque magni, Cato ap. Cic. Planc. 27, 66; Cic. Sest. 69, 144:
certe non tulit ullos haec civitas aut gloriā clariores, aut auctoritate graviores,
Cic. de Or. 2, 37, 154:
vir fortissimus et clarissimus,
id. Verr. 1, 15, 44; cf. id. ib. 2, 5, 58, § 153; id. de Or. 1, 45, 198; id. Clu. 48, 134:
exempla clara et inlustria,
id. Div. 2, 3, 8:
pugna clara et commemorabilis,
Plaut. Ps. 1, 5, 111:
pax clarior majorque quam bellum fuerat,
Liv. 10, 37, 4:
animus abunde pollens potensque et clarus,
Sall. J. 1, 3; so,
facundia clara pollensque,
id. ib. 30, 4:
clara et magnifica,
id. ib. 4, 8:
clari potentesque fieri,
id. C. 38, 1:
familia,
Tac. A. 2, 37; 3, 76:
majores,
id. ib. 4, 61: pater si in Equestri gradu clarus, clarior vitricus, Plin. [p. 350] Ep. 2, 13, 4:
clarissimi consules,
id. ib. 7, 33, 8:
generis clarissimus auctor,
Ov. P. 2, 9, 19:
clarissima civitas,
Nep. Thras. 2, 1:
apud Germanicos quoque (Titus),
Tac. H. 2, 77:
scriptores,
id. A. 1, 1.—
(β).
With abl.:
clariores gloriā,
Cic. de Or. 2, 37, 154; v. supra:
arte medicinae,
Quint. 3, 6, 64:
eloquendi suavitate,
id. 10, 1, 83:
sententiis,
id. 10, 1, 90:
Juppiter giganteo triumpho,
Hor. C. 3, 1, 7:
agendis causis,
id. Ep. 1, 7, 47:
Ajax toties servatis Achivis,
id. S. 2, 3, 194:
bello,
Tac. Agr. 29; id. H. 3, 44:
gens memoriā nominis,
id. ib. 1, 67:
Cluvius Rufus eloquentiā,
id. ib. 4, 43.—
(γ).
With in:
in arte tibiarum,
Quint. 2, 3, 3; cf.:
clarissimi in eā scientiā,
Plin. 36, 5, 4, § 11:
in litteris,
Quint. 1, 6, 35:
in agendo,
id. 12, 10, 49:
in foro,
id. 10, 5, 14:
in contionibus,
id. 12, 2, 7; 12, 10, 49.—
* (δ).
With ex:
ex doctrinā nobilis et clarus,
Cic. Rab. Post. 9, 23.—
(ε).
With ob:
ob obscuram linguam,
Lucr. 1, 639:
ob id factum,
Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 32; cf.:
urbs clara ob insignem munimento naturali locum,
Liv. 24, 39, 8.—
(ζ).
With ab:
Trojanoque a sanguine clarus Acestes,
Verg. A. 1, 550.—
(η).
With gen.:
artis ejus,
Plin. 37, 1, 4, § 8.—
2.
As a title:
clarissimus vir,
Cic. Att. 15, 20, 2; cf. id. ib. 14, 11, 1:
clarissimi consules,
Plin. Ep. 7, 33, 8; cf. Dig. 49, 14, 18; Lampr. Elag. 4;
Alex. Sev. 21 al.: permitto tibi vir clarissime Veiento (a senator), dicere,
Plin. Ep. 9, 13, 19; so,
ordo = senatorius,
Vop. Aur. 18 fin.; cf. also Isid. Orig. 9, 4, 12.—
b.
Meton., of the wives of such distinguished public characters:
clarissimae feminae,
Dig. 1, 9, 8.—
c.
In a bad sense, notorious:
minus clarum putavit fore quod de armario quam quod de sacrario esset ablatum,
Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 12, § 27; 2, 1, 19, § 50; 2, 4, 12, § 29:
ecquid hoc totā Siciliā clarius, ecquid indignius? etc.,
id. ib. 2, 5, 7, §
16: populus (sc. Campanus), luxuriā superbiāque clarus,
Liv. 7, 31, 6.—Hence, adv.: clārē (freq. and class.).
I.
Lit.
1.
Of sight (acc. to I. A.), brightly, clearly:
clare oculis video,
Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 35:
clare fulgens caesaries,
Cat. 66, 9:
occidere,
of a star, Col. 11, 2, 52.— Comp.:
clarius micare,
Plin. 10, 20, 22, § 43:
nitere,
Stat. S. 4, 1, 4. — Sup.:
clarissime lucere,
Vitr. 9, 4.—
2.
Of hearing (acc. to I. B.), clearly, distinctly, plainly, aloud:
clare recitare,
Plaut. Pers. 4, 3, 30: plaudite, id. Am. fin.; cf. id. Bacch. fin.:
dic,
Ter. And. 4, 4, 15 Ruhnk.:
gemere,
Cic. Att. 2, 20, 3:
res clare enuntiare,
Quint. 8, 3, 62:
sonare,
id. 11, 3, 55:
exscreare,
id. 11, 3, 160:
maledicere,
Suet. Vit. 14 et saep.:
palam et clare,
id. Claud. 3; cf. Mart. 7, 92, 5.— Comp.:
clarius fabulari,
Suet. Calig. 22.— Sup.:
pisces clarissime audiunt,
Plin. 10, 70, 89, § 193; Vitr. 5, 3.—
II.
Trop.
1.
Mentally (acc. to II. A.), distinctly, intelligibly, clearly:
clare atque evidenter ostendere,
Quint. 8, 3, 86; cf. id. 4, 1, 1:
aliquid intellegere,
Plin. 37, 2, 6, § 16. — Comp.: eo clarius id periculum apparet, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 14, 2; so,
clarius intellegi,
Quint. 2, 5, 7:
clarius elucebit,
id. 12, 1, 26:
clarius ostendemus,
id. 2, 17, 25 al. — Sup., Quint. 9, 1, 19.—
2.
Morally (acc. to II. B.), illustriously, honorably (very rare):
clarius exsplendescebat,
Nep. Att. 1, 3.

Lewis & Short latin dictionary > clarus
7 acer

1.
ăcer, ĕris, n. [kindred with Germ. Ahorn] (f. Serv. ap. Prisc. p. 698 P.), the maple-tree, Plin. 16, 15, 26, § 66 sq.—
II.
Transf., the wood of the maple-tree, maplewood, used, on account of its hardness and firmness, for writing-tablets, Plin. 33, 11, 52, § 146; Ov. Am. 1, 11, 28.
2.
ācer, cris, cre, adj. (m. acris, Enn.; f. acer, Naev. and Enn.; acrus, a um, Pall.; Veg.; cf. Charis. 63 and 93 P.) [cf. akis, akôn, akmê, akros, ôkus, oxus; Sanscr. acan = dart, acus = swift; Germ. Ecke; Engl. edge, to egg; and with change of quantity, ăcus, acuo, ăceo, ăcies, ăcerbus], sharp, pointed, piercing, and the like.
I.
Prop., of the senses and things affecting them, sharp, dazzling, stinging, pungent, fine, piercing:
praestans valetudine, viribus, formā, acerrimis integerrimisque sensibus,
Cic. Tusc. 5, 15, 45. So,
a.
Of the sight:
acerrimus sensus videndi,
Cic. de Or. 2, 87, 357:
acres oculi,
id. Planc. 27:
splendor,
Lucr. 4, 304:
quidam colores ruboris acerrimi,
Sen. Q. N. 1, 14 al. —
b.
Of the hearing:
voce increpet acri?
Lucr. 3, 953:
aurium mensura, quod est acrius judicium et certius,
Cic. de Or. 3, 47:
acrem flammae sonitum,
Verg. G. 4, 409:
acri tibiā,
Hor. C. 1, 12, 1.—
c.
Of smell, Lucr. 4, 122:
exstinctum lumen acri nidore offendit nares,
id. 6, 792; cf. ib. 1216:
unguentis minus diu delectemur summa et acerrima suavitate conditis, quam his moderatis,
Cic. de Or. 3, 25, 99:
odor,
Plin. 12, 17, 40.—
d.
Of taste: ut vitet acria, ut est sinapi, cepa, allium, Var. ap. Non. 201, 13:
acres humores,
sharp juices, Cic. N. D. 2, 23:
lactuca innatat acri stomacho,
an acid stomach, Hor. S. 2, 4, 59; cf. ib. 2, 8, 7:
dulcibus cibis acres acutosque miscere,
Plin. Ep. 7, 3 al. —
e.
Of sensation in its widest extent: aestatem auctumnus sequitur, post acer hiems fit, sharp, severe, Enn. ap. Prisc. p. 647 P. (Ann. v. 406 ed. Vahl.—cf. Lucr. 3, 20; 4, 261); and so Hor.: solvitur acris hiems, C. 1. 4, 1. —
B.
Of the internal states of the human system, violent, sharp, severe, gnawing:
fames, Naev. ap. Prisc. l. l. (B. Punic. p. 18 ed. Vahl.): somnus, Enn. ap. Prisc. l. l. (Ann. v. 369): morbus,
Plaut. Men. 5, 2, 119:
dolor,
Lucr. 6, 650:
sitis,
Tib. 1, 3, 77 al.
II.
Of the states of mind: violent, vehement, passionate, consuming: mors amici subigit, quae mihi est senium multo acerrimum, Att. ap. Non. 2, 22:
acri ira percitus,
Lucr. 5, 400: cf. 3, 312;
6, 754 (on the contrary, 5, 1194: iras acerbas): acres curae,
Lucr. 3, 463, and Var. ap. Non. 241:
luctus,
ib. 87:
dolor,
Verg. A. 7, 291:
metus,
Lucr. 6, 1211; Verg. A. 1, 362:
amor,
Tib. 2, 6, 15:
acrior ad Venerem cupido,
Curt. 6, 5 al. (Among unpleasant sensations, acer designates a piercing, wounding by sharpness; but acerbus the rough, harsh, repugnant, repulsive.)—
B.
Applied to the intellectual qualities, subtle, acute, penetrating, sagacious, shrewd:
acrem irritat virtutem animi,
Lucr. 1, 70:
acri judicio perpende,
id. 2, 1041:
memoria,
strong, retentive, Cic. de Or. 2, 87:
vir acri ingenio,
id. Or. 5; cf. id. Sest. 20 al. —
C.
Applied to moral qualities.
1.
In a good sense, active, ardent, eager, spirited, brave, zealous:
milites,
Cic. Cat. 2, 10:
civis acerrimus,
an ardent patriot, id. Fam. 10, 28:
defensor,
id. ib. 1, 1:
studio acriore esse,
id. de Or. 1, 21:
jam tum acer curas venientem extendit in annum rusticus,
Verg. G. 2, 405 al. —
2.
In a bad sense, violent, hasty, hot, passionate, fierce, severe (very freq.):
uxor acerrima,
enraged, angry, Plaut. Merc. 4, 4, 56; Ter. Ph. 2, 1, 32:
dominos acres,
Lucr. 6, 63; Nep. Tim. 3, 5; cf. Bremi Nep. Eum. 11, 1. Also, of animals, Lucr. 4, 421; 5, 860; Verg. A. 4, 156; Hor. Epod. 12, 6; 2, 31; Nep. Eum. 11, 1. —
D.
Of abstract things (mostly poet.), Ter. Ph. 2, 2, 32:
egestas,
Lucr. 3, 65:
poenas,
id. 6, 72:
impetus,
ib. 128; 392:
acerrimum bellum,
Cic. Balb. 6:
nox acerrima atque acerbissima,
id. Sull. 18:
acrius supplicium,
id. Cat. 1, 1; in Quint.: acres syllabae, which proceed from short to long, 9, 4.—Acer is constr. with abl., and also (esp. in the histt. of the silv. age) with gen., Vell. 1, 13; Tac. H. 2, 5 al.; cf. Ramsh. § 107, 6 note. With in, Cic. Fam. 8, 15; with inf., Sil. 3, 338.— Adv.: ācrĭter, sharply, strongly, vehemently, eagerly, zealously, etc., in all the signif. of the adj., Plaut. Cist. 1, 1, 110; id. Ps. 1, 3, 39; Lucr. 6, 783; Cic. Tusc. 1, 30 al.— Comp., Lucr. 3, 54; 5, 1147; Hor. S. 2, 3, 92; Tac. A. 6, 45; 13, 3.— Sup., Cic. Fl. 11; id. Fam. 10, 28; 15, 4.—Also, ācre, Sall. Fragm. ap. Non. p. 132, 25; App. M. 10, 32; and perh. Pers. 4, 34.

Lewis & Short latin dictionary > acer
8 Caeci

1.
caecus (not coecus; sometimes in MSS. cēcus), a, um, adj. [akin to skia, skotos; Sanscr. khāyā, shadow], having no light, devoid of light.
I.
Act., not seeing, blind.
A.
Lit.:
Appius, qui caecus annos multos fuit,
Cic. Tusc. 5, 38, 112:
traditum est enim Homerum caecum fuisse,
id. ib. 5, 39, 114; Lucr. 5, 839:
catuli, qui jam dispecturi sunt, caeci aeque et hi qui modo nati,
Cic. Fin. 4, 23, 64:
si facie miserabili senis, caeci, infantis,
Quint. 4, 1, 42:
caecum corpus,
the blind part of the body, the back, Sall. J. 107, 1:
perdices caecae impetu,
Plin. 10, 33, 51, § 102:
gigni,
Vell. 1, 5, 2.—
2.
Prov.:
ut si Caecus iter monstrare velit,
Hor. Ep. 1, 17, 4:
apparet id quidem etiam caeco,
even a blind man can see that, Liv. 32, 34, 3:
caecis hoc, ut aiunt, satis clarum est,
Quint. 12, 7, 9.—
B.
Trop., mentally or morally blind, blinded (freq. in prose and poetry):
o pectora caeca!
Lucr. 2, 14:
non solum ipsa Fortuna caeca est, sed eos etiam plerumque efficit caecos, quos complexa est,
Cic. Lael. 15, 54; cf.
casus,
id. Div. 2, 6, 15:
caecus atque amens tribunus,
id. Sest. 7, 17:
caecum me et praecipitem ferri,
id. Planc. 3, 6:
mater caeca crudelitate et scelere,
id. Clu. 70, 199:
cupidine,
Sall. J. 25, 7:
amentiā,
Cic. Har. Resp. 23, 48:
quem mala stultitia Caecum agit,
Hor. S. 2, 3, 44:
amatorem amicae Turpia decipiunt caecum vitia,
id. ib. 1, 3, 39:
mens,
Tac. Agr. 43.—With ad:
caecus ad has belli artes,
Liv. 21, 54, 3.—With gen.:
caecus animi,
Quint. 1, 10, 29; Gell. 12, 13, 4:
fati futuri,
ignorant of, Luc. 2, 14; cf. Claud. Rapt. Pros. 1, 138.— Subst.: Caeci, ōrum, m., the blind people, i.e. the people of Chalcedon, according to the oracle at Delphi. Tac. A. 12, 63; cf. Plin. 5, 32, 43, § 149. —
2.
Meton. of the passions themselves:
caeca honorum cupido,
Lucr. 3, 59; Ov. M. 3, 620:
ac temeraria dominatrix animi cupiditas,
Cic. Inv. 1, 2, 2; id. Pis. 24, 57:
exspectatio,
id. Agr. 2, 25, 66:
amor,
Ov. F. 2, 762:
amor sui,
Hor. C. 1, 18, 14:
festinatio,
Liv. 22, 39, 22:
furor,
Hor. Epod. 7, 13:
caeca et sopita socordia,
Quint. 1, 2, 5:
ambitio,
Sen. Ben. 7, 26, 4.—
3.
Pregn., blind, i.e. at random, vague, indiscriminate, aimless:
in hac calumniā timoris et caecae suspitionis tormento,
Cic. Fam. 6, 7, 4:
caeco quodam timore... quaerebant aliquem ducem,
id. Lig. 1, 3:
caecique in nubibus ignes Terrificant animos,
Verg. A. 4, 209:
caeca regens filo vestigia,
id. ib. 6, 30:
ne sint caecae, pater, exsecrationes tuae,
Liv. 40, 10, 1:
et caeco flentque paventque metu,
Ov. F. 2, 822:
lymphatis caeco pavore animis,
Tac. H. 1, 82:
cervus... Caeco timore proximam villam petit,
Phaedr. 2, 8, 3:
timor,
Ov. Am. 1, 4, 42.—
C.
Transf.
1.
Of plants, without buds or eyes:
rami,
Plin. 16, 30, 54, § 125; cf. caeco and oculus. —
2.
Of the large intestine:
intestinum,
the cœcum, Cels. 4, 1, 28; 4, 14, 1.—
II.
Pass., that cannot be seen, or trop., that cannot be known, invisible, concealed, hidden, secret, obscure, dark.
A.
Lit.: sunt igitur venti nimirum corpora caeca, winds are accordingly bodies, although invisible, Lucr. 1, 278; 1, 296; 1, 329;
2, 713: vallum caecum,
Caes. B. C. 1, 28; cf.: caecum vallum dicitur, in quo praeacuti pali terrae affixi herbis vel frondibus occuluntur, Paul. ex Fest. p. 44 Müll.; so,
fossae,
covered, Col. 2, 2, 9; Pall. Mai, 3. 1:
in vada caeca ferre,
Verg. A. 1, 536:
fores,
private, id. ib. 2, 453:
spiramenta,
id. G. 1, 89:
colubri,
Col. 10, 231:
ignis,
Lucr. 4, 929:
venenum,
id. 6, 822:
tabes,
Ov. M. 9, 174:
viae,
blind ways, Tib. 2, 1, 78:
insidiae armaque,
Ov. F 2, 214; cf. Sil. 5, 3:
saxa,
Verg. A. 3, 706; 5, 164:
vulnus,
a secret wound, Lucr. 4, 1116;
but also,
a wound upon the back, Verg. A. 10, 733; cf.
in the same sense, ictus,
Liv. 34, 14, 11; Sil. 9, 105 (cf.: caecum corpus, the back, I. A. supra):
caeca manus, i.e. abscondita,
Ov. M. 12, 492:
caecum domūs scelus,
Verg. A. 1, 356.—
B.
Trop.:
caecas exponere causas,
Lucr. 3, 317:
improba navigii ratio, tum caeca jacebat,
lay still concealed, id. 5, 1004; so,
venti potestas,
id. 3, 248; 3, 270: fluctus, Sisenn. ap. Non. p. 449, 10:
caeca et clandestina natura,
Lucr. 1, 779:
res caecae et ab aspectūs judicio remotae,
Cic. de Or. 2, 87, 357:
obscurum atque caecum,
id. Agr. 2, 14, 36:
fata,
Hor. C. 2, 13, 16:
sors,
id. S. 2, 3, 269:
tumultus,
secret conspiracies, Verg. G. 1, 464:
amor,
id. ib. 3, 210; cf.:
stimulos in pectore caecos Condidit,
Ov. M. 1, 726. In Plaut. once, prob. taken from the vulgar lang.: caecā die emere, upon a concealed ( pay-) day, i.e. to purchase on credit (opp. oculata dies, i.e. for ready money): Ca. Pereo inopiā argentariā. Ba. Emito die caecā hercle olivom, id vendito oculatā die, Plaut. Ps. 1, 3, 67.—
2.
By poet. license, transf. to the hearing:
murmur,
Verg. A. 12, 591 (as we, by a similar meton., say a hollow sound; cf. on the other hand, in Gr. tuphlos ta ôta); so,
clamor,
Val. Fl. 2, 461:
mugitusterrae,
Sen. Troad. 171.—
III.
Neutr., that obstructs the sight, or trop., the perception; dark, gloomy, thick, dense, obscure.
A.
Lit.:
nox,
Cic. Mil. 19, 50; Lucr. 1, 1108; Cat. 68, 44; Ov. M. 10, 476; 11, 521:
caligo,
Lucr. 3, 305; 4, 457; Cat. 64, 908; Verg. A. 3, 203; 8, 253:
tenebrae,
Lucr. 2, 54; 2, 746; 2, 798; 3, 87; 6, 35;
3, 87: silentia, i.e. nox,
Sil. 7, 350:
latebrae,
Lucr. 1, 409:
iter,
Ov. M. 10, 456:
loca,
Prop. 1, 19, 8:
cavernae,
Ov. M. 15, 299; Sil. 7, 372:
latus,
Verg. A. 2, 19:
cubiculum si fenestram non habet, dicitur caecum,
Varr. L. L. 9, § 58 Müll.; so,
domus,
without windows, Cic. Or. 67, 224:
parietes,
Verg. A. 5, 589:
pulvis,
id. ib. 12, 444:
carcer,
id. ib. 6, 734:
sardonyches,
not transparent, opaque, Plin. 37, 6, 23, § 86:
smaragdi,
id. 37, 5, 18, § 68: acervus (of chaos), chaotic, confused, Ov M. 1, 24; Col. 4, 32, 4' chaos, Sen. Med. 741, Sil. 11, 456.—
B.
Trop., uncertain, doubtful: obscurā spe et caecā exspectatione pendere, i.e. of an uncertain consequence or result, Cic. Agr. 2, 25, 66:
quod temere fit caeco casu,
id. Div. 2, 6, 15. cursus (Fortunae), Luc. 2, 567:
eventus,
Verg. A. 6, 157:
caeci morbi, quorum causas ne medici quidem perspicere queunt,
Col. 1, 5, 6; so,
dolores,
Plin. 29, 2, 10, § 38; 29, 3, 13, § 55:
crimen,
that cannot be proved, Liv. 45, 31, 11.— Subst.: caecum, i, n., uncertainty, obscurity ( poet.):
verum in caeco esse,
Manil. 4, 304.—

* Comp., Hor. S. 1, 2, 91.— Sup. and adv. not in. use.
2.
Caecus, i, m.; agnomen of Appius Claudius Crassus, as being blind, Cic. Brut. 14, 55; cf. Liv. 9, 29, 11; Cic. Sen. 6, 16.

Lewis & Short latin dictionary > Caeci
9 caecum

1.
caecus (not coecus; sometimes in MSS. cēcus), a, um, adj. [akin to skia, skotos; Sanscr. khāyā, shadow], having no light, devoid of light.
I.
Act., not seeing, blind.
A.
Lit.:
Appius, qui caecus annos multos fuit,
Cic. Tusc. 5, 38, 112:
traditum est enim Homerum caecum fuisse,
id. ib. 5, 39, 114; Lucr. 5, 839:
catuli, qui jam dispecturi sunt, caeci aeque et hi qui modo nati,
Cic. Fin. 4, 23, 64:
si facie miserabili senis, caeci, infantis,
Quint. 4, 1, 42:
caecum corpus,
the blind part of the body, the back, Sall. J. 107, 1:
perdices caecae impetu,
Plin. 10, 33, 51, § 102:
gigni,
Vell. 1, 5, 2.—
2.
Prov.:
ut si Caecus iter monstrare velit,
Hor. Ep. 1, 17, 4:
apparet id quidem etiam caeco,
even a blind man can see that, Liv. 32, 34, 3:
caecis hoc, ut aiunt, satis clarum est,
Quint. 12, 7, 9.—
B.
Trop., mentally or morally blind, blinded (freq. in prose and poetry):
o pectora caeca!
Lucr. 2, 14:
non solum ipsa Fortuna caeca est, sed eos etiam plerumque efficit caecos, quos complexa est,
Cic. Lael. 15, 54; cf.
casus,
id. Div. 2, 6, 15:
caecus atque amens tribunus,
id. Sest. 7, 17:
caecum me et praecipitem ferri,
id. Planc. 3, 6:
mater caeca crudelitate et scelere,
id. Clu. 70, 199:
cupidine,
Sall. J. 25, 7:
amentiā,
Cic. Har. Resp. 23, 48:
quem mala stultitia Caecum agit,
Hor. S. 2, 3, 44:
amatorem amicae Turpia decipiunt caecum vitia,
id. ib. 1, 3, 39:
mens,
Tac. Agr. 43.—With ad:
caecus ad has belli artes,
Liv. 21, 54, 3.—With gen.:
caecus animi,
Quint. 1, 10, 29; Gell. 12, 13, 4:
fati futuri,
ignorant of, Luc. 2, 14; cf. Claud. Rapt. Pros. 1, 138.— Subst.: Caeci, ōrum, m., the blind people, i.e. the people of Chalcedon, according to the oracle at Delphi. Tac. A. 12, 63; cf. Plin. 5, 32, 43, § 149. —
2.
Meton. of the passions themselves:
caeca honorum cupido,
Lucr. 3, 59; Ov. M. 3, 620:
ac temeraria dominatrix animi cupiditas,
Cic. Inv. 1, 2, 2; id. Pis. 24, 57:
exspectatio,
id. Agr. 2, 25, 66:
amor,
Ov. F. 2, 762:
amor sui,
Hor. C. 1, 18, 14:
festinatio,
Liv. 22, 39, 22:
furor,
Hor. Epod. 7, 13:
caeca et sopita socordia,
Quint. 1, 2, 5:
ambitio,
Sen. Ben. 7, 26, 4.—
3.
Pregn., blind, i.e. at random, vague, indiscriminate, aimless:
in hac calumniā timoris et caecae suspitionis tormento,
Cic. Fam. 6, 7, 4:
caeco quodam timore... quaerebant aliquem ducem,
id. Lig. 1, 3:
caecique in nubibus ignes Terrificant animos,
Verg. A. 4, 209:
caeca regens filo vestigia,
id. ib. 6, 30:
ne sint caecae, pater, exsecrationes tuae,
Liv. 40, 10, 1:
et caeco flentque paventque metu,
Ov. F. 2, 822:
lymphatis caeco pavore animis,
Tac. H. 1, 82:
cervus... Caeco timore proximam villam petit,
Phaedr. 2, 8, 3:
timor,
Ov. Am. 1, 4, 42.—
C.
Transf.
1.
Of plants, without buds or eyes:
rami,
Plin. 16, 30, 54, § 125; cf. caeco and oculus. —
2.
Of the large intestine:
intestinum,
the cœcum, Cels. 4, 1, 28; 4, 14, 1.—
II.
Pass., that cannot be seen, or trop., that cannot be known, invisible, concealed, hidden, secret, obscure, dark.
A.
Lit.: sunt igitur venti nimirum corpora caeca, winds are accordingly bodies, although invisible, Lucr. 1, 278; 1, 296; 1, 329;
2, 713: vallum caecum,
Caes. B. C. 1, 28; cf.: caecum vallum dicitur, in quo praeacuti pali terrae affixi herbis vel frondibus occuluntur, Paul. ex Fest. p. 44 Müll.; so,
fossae,
covered, Col. 2, 2, 9; Pall. Mai, 3. 1:
in vada caeca ferre,
Verg. A. 1, 536:
fores,
private, id. ib. 2, 453:
spiramenta,
id. G. 1, 89:
colubri,
Col. 10, 231:
ignis,
Lucr. 4, 929:
venenum,
id. 6, 822:
tabes,
Ov. M. 9, 174:
viae,
blind ways, Tib. 2, 1, 78:
insidiae armaque,
Ov. F 2, 214; cf. Sil. 5, 3:
saxa,
Verg. A. 3, 706; 5, 164:
vulnus,
a secret wound, Lucr. 4, 1116;
but also,
a wound upon the back, Verg. A. 10, 733; cf.
in the same sense, ictus,
Liv. 34, 14, 11; Sil. 9, 105 (cf.: caecum corpus, the back, I. A. supra):
caeca manus, i.e. abscondita,
Ov. M. 12, 492:
caecum domūs scelus,
Verg. A. 1, 356.—
B.
Trop.:
caecas exponere causas,
Lucr. 3, 317:
improba navigii ratio, tum caeca jacebat,
lay still concealed, id. 5, 1004; so,
venti potestas,
id. 3, 248; 3, 270: fluctus, Sisenn. ap. Non. p. 449, 10:
caeca et clandestina natura,
Lucr. 1, 779:
res caecae et ab aspectūs judicio remotae,
Cic. de Or. 2, 87, 357:
obscurum atque caecum,
id. Agr. 2, 14, 36:
fata,
Hor. C. 2, 13, 16:
sors,
id. S. 2, 3, 269:
tumultus,
secret conspiracies, Verg. G. 1, 464:
amor,
id. ib. 3, 210; cf.:
stimulos in pectore caecos Condidit,
Ov. M. 1, 726. In Plaut. once, prob. taken from the vulgar lang.: caecā die emere, upon a concealed ( pay-) day, i.e. to purchase on credit (opp. oculata dies, i.e. for ready money): Ca. Pereo inopiā argentariā. Ba. Emito die caecā hercle olivom, id vendito oculatā die, Plaut. Ps. 1, 3, 67.—
2.
By poet. license, transf. to the hearing:
murmur,
Verg. A. 12, 591 (as we, by a similar meton., say a hollow sound; cf. on the other hand, in Gr. tuphlos ta ôta); so,
clamor,
Val. Fl. 2, 461:
mugitusterrae,
Sen. Troad. 171.—
III.
Neutr., that obstructs the sight, or trop., the perception; dark, gloomy, thick, dense, obscure.
A.
Lit.:
nox,
Cic. Mil. 19, 50; Lucr. 1, 1108; Cat. 68, 44; Ov. M. 10, 476; 11, 521:
caligo,
Lucr. 3, 305; 4, 457; Cat. 64, 908; Verg. A. 3, 203; 8, 253:
tenebrae,
Lucr. 2, 54; 2, 746; 2, 798; 3, 87; 6, 35;
3, 87: silentia, i.e. nox,
Sil. 7, 350:
latebrae,
Lucr. 1, 409:
iter,
Ov. M. 10, 456:
loca,
Prop. 1, 19, 8:
cavernae,
Ov. M. 15, 299; Sil. 7, 372:
latus,
Verg. A. 2, 19:
cubiculum si fenestram non habet, dicitur caecum,
Varr. L. L. 9, § 58 Müll.; so,
domus,
without windows, Cic. Or. 67, 224:
parietes,
Verg. A. 5, 589:
pulvis,
id. ib. 12, 444:
carcer,
id. ib. 6, 734:
sardonyches,
not transparent, opaque, Plin. 37, 6, 23, § 86:
smaragdi,
id. 37, 5, 18, § 68: acervus (of chaos), chaotic, confused, Ov M. 1, 24; Col. 4, 32, 4' chaos, Sen. Med. 741, Sil. 11, 456.—
B.
Trop., uncertain, doubtful: obscurā spe et caecā exspectatione pendere, i.e. of an uncertain consequence or result, Cic. Agr. 2, 25, 66:
quod temere fit caeco casu,
id. Div. 2, 6, 15. cursus (Fortunae), Luc. 2, 567:
eventus,
Verg. A. 6, 157:
caeci morbi, quorum causas ne medici quidem perspicere queunt,
Col. 1, 5, 6; so,
dolores,
Plin. 29, 2, 10, § 38; 29, 3, 13, § 55:
crimen,
that cannot be proved, Liv. 45, 31, 11.— Subst.: caecum, i, n., uncertainty, obscurity ( poet.):
verum in caeco esse,
Manil. 4, 304.—

* Comp., Hor. S. 1, 2, 91.— Sup. and adv. not in. use.
2.
Caecus, i, m.; agnomen of Appius Claudius Crassus, as being blind, Cic. Brut. 14, 55; cf. Liv. 9, 29, 11; Cic. Sen. 6, 16.

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10 Caecus

1.
caecus (not coecus; sometimes in MSS. cēcus), a, um, adj. [akin to skia, skotos; Sanscr. khāyā, shadow], having no light, devoid of light.
I.
Act., not seeing, blind.
A.
Lit.:
Appius, qui caecus annos multos fuit,
Cic. Tusc. 5, 38, 112:
traditum est enim Homerum caecum fuisse,
id. ib. 5, 39, 114; Lucr. 5, 839:
catuli, qui jam dispecturi sunt, caeci aeque et hi qui modo nati,
Cic. Fin. 4, 23, 64:
si facie miserabili senis, caeci, infantis,
Quint. 4, 1, 42:
caecum corpus,
the blind part of the body, the back, Sall. J. 107, 1:
perdices caecae impetu,
Plin. 10, 33, 51, § 102:
gigni,
Vell. 1, 5, 2.—
2.
Prov.:
ut si Caecus iter monstrare velit,
Hor. Ep. 1, 17, 4:
apparet id quidem etiam caeco,
even a blind man can see that, Liv. 32, 34, 3:
caecis hoc, ut aiunt, satis clarum est,
Quint. 12, 7, 9.—
B.
Trop., mentally or morally blind, blinded (freq. in prose and poetry):
o pectora caeca!
Lucr. 2, 14:
non solum ipsa Fortuna caeca est, sed eos etiam plerumque efficit caecos, quos complexa est,
Cic. Lael. 15, 54; cf.
casus,
id. Div. 2, 6, 15:
caecus atque amens tribunus,
id. Sest. 7, 17:
caecum me et praecipitem ferri,
id. Planc. 3, 6:
mater caeca crudelitate et scelere,
id. Clu. 70, 199:
cupidine,
Sall. J. 25, 7:
amentiā,
Cic. Har. Resp. 23, 48:
quem mala stultitia Caecum agit,
Hor. S. 2, 3, 44:
amatorem amicae Turpia decipiunt caecum vitia,
id. ib. 1, 3, 39:
mens,
Tac. Agr. 43.—With ad:
caecus ad has belli artes,
Liv. 21, 54, 3.—With gen.:
caecus animi,
Quint. 1, 10, 29; Gell. 12, 13, 4:
fati futuri,
ignorant of, Luc. 2, 14; cf. Claud. Rapt. Pros. 1, 138.— Subst.: Caeci, ōrum, m., the blind people, i.e. the people of Chalcedon, according to the oracle at Delphi. Tac. A. 12, 63; cf. Plin. 5, 32, 43, § 149. —
2.
Meton. of the passions themselves:
caeca honorum cupido,
Lucr. 3, 59; Ov. M. 3, 620:
ac temeraria dominatrix animi cupiditas,
Cic. Inv. 1, 2, 2; id. Pis. 24, 57:
exspectatio,
id. Agr. 2, 25, 66:
amor,
Ov. F. 2, 762:
amor sui,
Hor. C. 1, 18, 14:
festinatio,
Liv. 22, 39, 22:
furor,
Hor. Epod. 7, 13:
caeca et sopita socordia,
Quint. 1, 2, 5:
ambitio,
Sen. Ben. 7, 26, 4.—
3.
Pregn., blind, i.e. at random, vague, indiscriminate, aimless:
in hac calumniā timoris et caecae suspitionis tormento,
Cic. Fam. 6, 7, 4:
caeco quodam timore... quaerebant aliquem ducem,
id. Lig. 1, 3:
caecique in nubibus ignes Terrificant animos,
Verg. A. 4, 209:
caeca regens filo vestigia,
id. ib. 6, 30:
ne sint caecae, pater, exsecrationes tuae,
Liv. 40, 10, 1:
et caeco flentque paventque metu,
Ov. F. 2, 822:
lymphatis caeco pavore animis,
Tac. H. 1, 82:
cervus... Caeco timore proximam villam petit,
Phaedr. 2, 8, 3:
timor,
Ov. Am. 1, 4, 42.—
C.
Transf.
1.
Of plants, without buds or eyes:
rami,
Plin. 16, 30, 54, § 125; cf. caeco and oculus. —
2.
Of the large intestine:
intestinum,
the cœcum, Cels. 4, 1, 28; 4, 14, 1.—
II.
Pass., that cannot be seen, or trop., that cannot be known, invisible, concealed, hidden, secret, obscure, dark.
A.
Lit.: sunt igitur venti nimirum corpora caeca, winds are accordingly bodies, although invisible, Lucr. 1, 278; 1, 296; 1, 329;
2, 713: vallum caecum,
Caes. B. C. 1, 28; cf.: caecum vallum dicitur, in quo praeacuti pali terrae affixi herbis vel frondibus occuluntur, Paul. ex Fest. p. 44 Müll.; so,
fossae,
covered, Col. 2, 2, 9; Pall. Mai, 3. 1:
in vada caeca ferre,
Verg. A. 1, 536:
fores,
private, id. ib. 2, 453:
spiramenta,
id. G. 1, 89:
colubri,
Col. 10, 231:
ignis,
Lucr. 4, 929:
venenum,
id. 6, 822:
tabes,
Ov. M. 9, 174:
viae,
blind ways, Tib. 2, 1, 78:
insidiae armaque,
Ov. F 2, 214; cf. Sil. 5, 3:
saxa,
Verg. A. 3, 706; 5, 164:
vulnus,
a secret wound, Lucr. 4, 1116;
but also,
a wound upon the back, Verg. A. 10, 733; cf.
in the same sense, ictus,
Liv. 34, 14, 11; Sil. 9, 105 (cf.: caecum corpus, the back, I. A. supra):
caeca manus, i.e. abscondita,
Ov. M. 12, 492:
caecum domūs scelus,
Verg. A. 1, 356.—
B.
Trop.:
caecas exponere causas,
Lucr. 3, 317:
improba navigii ratio, tum caeca jacebat,
lay still concealed, id. 5, 1004; so,
venti potestas,
id. 3, 248; 3, 270: fluctus, Sisenn. ap. Non. p. 449, 10:
caeca et clandestina natura,
Lucr. 1, 779:
res caecae et ab aspectūs judicio remotae,
Cic. de Or. 2, 87, 357:
obscurum atque caecum,
id. Agr. 2, 14, 36:
fata,
Hor. C. 2, 13, 16:
sors,
id. S. 2, 3, 269:
tumultus,
secret conspiracies, Verg. G. 1, 464:
amor,
id. ib. 3, 210; cf.:
stimulos in pectore caecos Condidit,
Ov. M. 1, 726. In Plaut. once, prob. taken from the vulgar lang.: caecā die emere, upon a concealed ( pay-) day, i.e. to purchase on credit (opp. oculata dies, i.e. for ready money): Ca. Pereo inopiā argentariā. Ba. Emito die caecā hercle olivom, id vendito oculatā die, Plaut. Ps. 1, 3, 67.—
2.
By poet. license, transf. to the hearing:
murmur,
Verg. A. 12, 591 (as we, by a similar meton., say a hollow sound; cf. on the other hand, in Gr. tuphlos ta ôta); so,
clamor,
Val. Fl. 2, 461:
mugitusterrae,
Sen. Troad. 171.—
III.
Neutr., that obstructs the sight, or trop., the perception; dark, gloomy, thick, dense, obscure.
A.
Lit.:
nox,
Cic. Mil. 19, 50; Lucr. 1, 1108; Cat. 68, 44; Ov. M. 10, 476; 11, 521:
caligo,
Lucr. 3, 305; 4, 457; Cat. 64, 908; Verg. A. 3, 203; 8, 253:
tenebrae,
Lucr. 2, 54; 2, 746; 2, 798; 3, 87; 6, 35;
3, 87: silentia, i.e. nox,
Sil. 7, 350:
latebrae,
Lucr. 1, 409:
iter,
Ov. M. 10, 456:
loca,
Prop. 1, 19, 8:
cavernae,
Ov. M. 15, 299; Sil. 7, 372:
latus,
Verg. A. 2, 19:
cubiculum si fenestram non habet, dicitur caecum,
Varr. L. L. 9, § 58 Müll.; so,
domus,
without windows, Cic. Or. 67, 224:
parietes,
Verg. A. 5, 589:
pulvis,
id. ib. 12, 444:
carcer,
id. ib. 6, 734:
sardonyches,
not transparent, opaque, Plin. 37, 6, 23, § 86:
smaragdi,
id. 37, 5, 18, § 68: acervus (of chaos), chaotic, confused, Ov M. 1, 24; Col. 4, 32, 4' chaos, Sen. Med. 741, Sil. 11, 456.—
B.
Trop., uncertain, doubtful: obscurā spe et caecā exspectatione pendere, i.e. of an uncertain consequence or result, Cic. Agr. 2, 25, 66:
quod temere fit caeco casu,
id. Div. 2, 6, 15. cursus (Fortunae), Luc. 2, 567:
eventus,
Verg. A. 6, 157:
caeci morbi, quorum causas ne medici quidem perspicere queunt,
Col. 1, 5, 6; so,
dolores,
Plin. 29, 2, 10, § 38; 29, 3, 13, § 55:
crimen,
that cannot be proved, Liv. 45, 31, 11.— Subst.: caecum, i, n., uncertainty, obscurity ( poet.):
verum in caeco esse,
Manil. 4, 304.—

* Comp., Hor. S. 1, 2, 91.— Sup. and adv. not in. use.
2.
Caecus, i, m.; agnomen of Appius Claudius Crassus, as being blind, Cic. Brut. 14, 55; cf. Liv. 9, 29, 11; Cic. Sen. 6, 16.

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11 caecus

1.
caecus (not coecus; sometimes in MSS. cēcus), a, um, adj. [akin to skia, skotos; Sanscr. khāyā, shadow], having no light, devoid of light.
I.
Act., not seeing, blind.
A.
Lit.:
Appius, qui caecus annos multos fuit,
Cic. Tusc. 5, 38, 112:
traditum est enim Homerum caecum fuisse,
id. ib. 5, 39, 114; Lucr. 5, 839:
catuli, qui jam dispecturi sunt, caeci aeque et hi qui modo nati,
Cic. Fin. 4, 23, 64:
si facie miserabili senis, caeci, infantis,
Quint. 4, 1, 42:
caecum corpus,
the blind part of the body, the back, Sall. J. 107, 1:
perdices caecae impetu,
Plin. 10, 33, 51, § 102:
gigni,
Vell. 1, 5, 2.—
2.
Prov.:
ut si Caecus iter monstrare velit,
Hor. Ep. 1, 17, 4:
apparet id quidem etiam caeco,
even a blind man can see that, Liv. 32, 34, 3:
caecis hoc, ut aiunt, satis clarum est,
Quint. 12, 7, 9.—
B.
Trop., mentally or morally blind, blinded (freq. in prose and poetry):
o pectora caeca!
Lucr. 2, 14:
non solum ipsa Fortuna caeca est, sed eos etiam plerumque efficit caecos, quos complexa est,
Cic. Lael. 15, 54; cf.
casus,
id. Div. 2, 6, 15:
caecus atque amens tribunus,
id. Sest. 7, 17:
caecum me et praecipitem ferri,
id. Planc. 3, 6:
mater caeca crudelitate et scelere,
id. Clu. 70, 199:
cupidine,
Sall. J. 25, 7:
amentiā,
Cic. Har. Resp. 23, 48:
quem mala stultitia Caecum agit,
Hor. S. 2, 3, 44:
amatorem amicae Turpia decipiunt caecum vitia,
id. ib. 1, 3, 39:
mens,
Tac. Agr. 43.—With ad:
caecus ad has belli artes,
Liv. 21, 54, 3.—With gen.:
caecus animi,
Quint. 1, 10, 29; Gell. 12, 13, 4:
fati futuri,
ignorant of, Luc. 2, 14; cf. Claud. Rapt. Pros. 1, 138.— Subst.: Caeci, ōrum, m., the blind people, i.e. the people of Chalcedon, according to the oracle at Delphi. Tac. A. 12, 63; cf. Plin. 5, 32, 43, § 149. —
2.
Meton. of the passions themselves:
caeca honorum cupido,
Lucr. 3, 59; Ov. M. 3, 620:
ac temeraria dominatrix animi cupiditas,
Cic. Inv. 1, 2, 2; id. Pis. 24, 57:
exspectatio,
id. Agr. 2, 25, 66:
amor,
Ov. F. 2, 762:
amor sui,
Hor. C. 1, 18, 14:
festinatio,
Liv. 22, 39, 22:
furor,
Hor. Epod. 7, 13:
caeca et sopita socordia,
Quint. 1, 2, 5:
ambitio,
Sen. Ben. 7, 26, 4.—
3.
Pregn., blind, i.e. at random, vague, indiscriminate, aimless:
in hac calumniā timoris et caecae suspitionis tormento,
Cic. Fam. 6, 7, 4:
caeco quodam timore... quaerebant aliquem ducem,
id. Lig. 1, 3:
caecique in nubibus ignes Terrificant animos,
Verg. A. 4, 209:
caeca regens filo vestigia,
id. ib. 6, 30:
ne sint caecae, pater, exsecrationes tuae,
Liv. 40, 10, 1:
et caeco flentque paventque metu,
Ov. F. 2, 822:
lymphatis caeco pavore animis,
Tac. H. 1, 82:
cervus... Caeco timore proximam villam petit,
Phaedr. 2, 8, 3:
timor,
Ov. Am. 1, 4, 42.—
C.
Transf.
1.
Of plants, without buds or eyes:
rami,
Plin. 16, 30, 54, § 125; cf. caeco and oculus. —
2.
Of the large intestine:
intestinum,
the cœcum, Cels. 4, 1, 28; 4, 14, 1.—
II.
Pass., that cannot be seen, or trop., that cannot be known, invisible, concealed, hidden, secret, obscure, dark.
A.
Lit.: sunt igitur venti nimirum corpora caeca, winds are accordingly bodies, although invisible, Lucr. 1, 278; 1, 296; 1, 329;
2, 713: vallum caecum,
Caes. B. C. 1, 28; cf.: caecum vallum dicitur, in quo praeacuti pali terrae affixi herbis vel frondibus occuluntur, Paul. ex Fest. p. 44 Müll.; so,
fossae,
covered, Col. 2, 2, 9; Pall. Mai, 3. 1:
in vada caeca ferre,
Verg. A. 1, 536:
fores,
private, id. ib. 2, 453:
spiramenta,
id. G. 1, 89:
colubri,
Col. 10, 231:
ignis,
Lucr. 4, 929:
venenum,
id. 6, 822:
tabes,
Ov. M. 9, 174:
viae,
blind ways, Tib. 2, 1, 78:
insidiae armaque,
Ov. F 2, 214; cf. Sil. 5, 3:
saxa,
Verg. A. 3, 706; 5, 164:
vulnus,
a secret wound, Lucr. 4, 1116;
but also,
a wound upon the back, Verg. A. 10, 733; cf.
in the same sense, ictus,
Liv. 34, 14, 11; Sil. 9, 105 (cf.: caecum corpus, the back, I. A. supra):
caeca manus, i.e. abscondita,
Ov. M. 12, 492:
caecum domūs scelus,
Verg. A. 1, 356.—
B.
Trop.:
caecas exponere causas,
Lucr. 3, 317:
improba navigii ratio, tum caeca jacebat,
lay still concealed, id. 5, 1004; so,
venti potestas,
id. 3, 248; 3, 270: fluctus, Sisenn. ap. Non. p. 449, 10:
caeca et clandestina natura,
Lucr. 1, 779:
res caecae et ab aspectūs judicio remotae,
Cic. de Or. 2, 87, 357:
obscurum atque caecum,
id. Agr. 2, 14, 36:
fata,
Hor. C. 2, 13, 16:
sors,
id. S. 2, 3, 269:
tumultus,
secret conspiracies, Verg. G. 1, 464:
amor,
id. ib. 3, 210; cf.:
stimulos in pectore caecos Condidit,
Ov. M. 1, 726. In Plaut. once, prob. taken from the vulgar lang.: caecā die emere, upon a concealed ( pay-) day, i.e. to purchase on credit (opp. oculata dies, i.e. for ready money): Ca. Pereo inopiā argentariā. Ba. Emito die caecā hercle olivom, id vendito oculatā die, Plaut. Ps. 1, 3, 67.—
2.
By poet. license, transf. to the hearing:
murmur,
Verg. A. 12, 591 (as we, by a similar meton., say a hollow sound; cf. on the other hand, in Gr. tuphlos ta ôta); so,
clamor,
Val. Fl. 2, 461:
mugitusterrae,
Sen. Troad. 171.—
III.
Neutr., that obstructs the sight, or trop., the perception; dark, gloomy, thick, dense, obscure.
A.
Lit.:
nox,
Cic. Mil. 19, 50; Lucr. 1, 1108; Cat. 68, 44; Ov. M. 10, 476; 11, 521:
caligo,
Lucr. 3, 305; 4, 457; Cat. 64, 908; Verg. A. 3, 203; 8, 253:
tenebrae,
Lucr. 2, 54; 2, 746; 2, 798; 3, 87; 6, 35;
3, 87: silentia, i.e. nox,
Sil. 7, 350:
latebrae,
Lucr. 1, 409:
iter,
Ov. M. 10, 456:
loca,
Prop. 1, 19, 8:
cavernae,
Ov. M. 15, 299; Sil. 7, 372:
latus,
Verg. A. 2, 19:
cubiculum si fenestram non habet, dicitur caecum,
Varr. L. L. 9, § 58 Müll.; so,
domus,
without windows, Cic. Or. 67, 224:
parietes,
Verg. A. 5, 589:
pulvis,
id. ib. 12, 444:
carcer,
id. ib. 6, 734:
sardonyches,
not transparent, opaque, Plin. 37, 6, 23, § 86:
smaragdi,
id. 37, 5, 18, § 68: acervus (of chaos), chaotic, confused, Ov M. 1, 24; Col. 4, 32, 4' chaos, Sen. Med. 741, Sil. 11, 456.—
B.
Trop., uncertain, doubtful: obscurā spe et caecā exspectatione pendere, i.e. of an uncertain consequence or result, Cic. Agr. 2, 25, 66:
quod temere fit caeco casu,
id. Div. 2, 6, 15. cursus (Fortunae), Luc. 2, 567:
eventus,
Verg. A. 6, 157:
caeci morbi, quorum causas ne medici quidem perspicere queunt,
Col. 1, 5, 6; so,
dolores,
Plin. 29, 2, 10, § 38; 29, 3, 13, § 55:
crimen,
that cannot be proved, Liv. 45, 31, 11.— Subst.: caecum, i, n., uncertainty, obscurity ( poet.):
verum in caeco esse,
Manil. 4, 304.—

* Comp., Hor. S. 1, 2, 91.— Sup. and adv. not in. use.
2.
Caecus, i, m.; agnomen of Appius Claudius Crassus, as being blind, Cic. Brut. 14, 55; cf. Liv. 9, 29, 11; Cic. Sen. 6, 16.

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12 cecus

1.
caecus (not coecus; sometimes in MSS. cēcus), a, um, adj. [akin to skia, skotos; Sanscr. khāyā, shadow], having no light, devoid of light.
I.
Act., not seeing, blind.
A.
Lit.:
Appius, qui caecus annos multos fuit,
Cic. Tusc. 5, 38, 112:
traditum est enim Homerum caecum fuisse,
id. ib. 5, 39, 114; Lucr. 5, 839:
catuli, qui jam dispecturi sunt, caeci aeque et hi qui modo nati,
Cic. Fin. 4, 23, 64:
si facie miserabili senis, caeci, infantis,
Quint. 4, 1, 42:
caecum corpus,
the blind part of the body, the back, Sall. J. 107, 1:
perdices caecae impetu,
Plin. 10, 33, 51, § 102:
gigni,
Vell. 1, 5, 2.—
2.
Prov.:
ut si Caecus iter monstrare velit,
Hor. Ep. 1, 17, 4:
apparet id quidem etiam caeco,
even a blind man can see that, Liv. 32, 34, 3:
caecis hoc, ut aiunt, satis clarum est,
Quint. 12, 7, 9.—
B.
Trop., mentally or morally blind, blinded (freq. in prose and poetry):
o pectora caeca!
Lucr. 2, 14:
non solum ipsa Fortuna caeca est, sed eos etiam plerumque efficit caecos, quos complexa est,
Cic. Lael. 15, 54; cf.
casus,
id. Div. 2, 6, 15:
caecus atque amens tribunus,
id. Sest. 7, 17:
caecum me et praecipitem ferri,
id. Planc. 3, 6:
mater caeca crudelitate et scelere,
id. Clu. 70, 199:
cupidine,
Sall. J. 25, 7:
amentiā,
Cic. Har. Resp. 23, 48:
quem mala stultitia Caecum agit,
Hor. S. 2, 3, 44:
amatorem amicae Turpia decipiunt caecum vitia,
id. ib. 1, 3, 39:
mens,
Tac. Agr. 43.—With ad:
caecus ad has belli artes,
Liv. 21, 54, 3.—With gen.:
caecus animi,
Quint. 1, 10, 29; Gell. 12, 13, 4:
fati futuri,
ignorant of, Luc. 2, 14; cf. Claud. Rapt. Pros. 1, 138.— Subst.: Caeci, ōrum, m., the blind people, i.e. the people of Chalcedon, according to the oracle at Delphi. Tac. A. 12, 63; cf. Plin. 5, 32, 43, § 149. —
2.
Meton. of the passions themselves:
caeca honorum cupido,
Lucr. 3, 59; Ov. M. 3, 620:
ac temeraria dominatrix animi cupiditas,
Cic. Inv. 1, 2, 2; id. Pis. 24, 57:
exspectatio,
id. Agr. 2, 25, 66:
amor,
Ov. F. 2, 762:
amor sui,
Hor. C. 1, 18, 14:
festinatio,
Liv. 22, 39, 22:
furor,
Hor. Epod. 7, 13:
caeca et sopita socordia,
Quint. 1, 2, 5:
ambitio,
Sen. Ben. 7, 26, 4.—
3.
Pregn., blind, i.e. at random, vague, indiscriminate, aimless:
in hac calumniā timoris et caecae suspitionis tormento,
Cic. Fam. 6, 7, 4:
caeco quodam timore... quaerebant aliquem ducem,
id. Lig. 1, 3:
caecique in nubibus ignes Terrificant animos,
Verg. A. 4, 209:
caeca regens filo vestigia,
id. ib. 6, 30:
ne sint caecae, pater, exsecrationes tuae,
Liv. 40, 10, 1:
et caeco flentque paventque metu,
Ov. F. 2, 822:
lymphatis caeco pavore animis,
Tac. H. 1, 82:
cervus... Caeco timore proximam villam petit,
Phaedr. 2, 8, 3:
timor,
Ov. Am. 1, 4, 42.—
C.
Transf.
1.
Of plants, without buds or eyes:
rami,
Plin. 16, 30, 54, § 125; cf. caeco and oculus. —
2.
Of the large intestine:
intestinum,
the cœcum, Cels. 4, 1, 28; 4, 14, 1.—
II.
Pass., that cannot be seen, or trop., that cannot be known, invisible, concealed, hidden, secret, obscure, dark.
A.
Lit.: sunt igitur venti nimirum corpora caeca, winds are accordingly bodies, although invisible, Lucr. 1, 278; 1, 296; 1, 329;
2, 713: vallum caecum,
Caes. B. C. 1, 28; cf.: caecum vallum dicitur, in quo praeacuti pali terrae affixi herbis vel frondibus occuluntur, Paul. ex Fest. p. 44 Müll.; so,
fossae,
covered, Col. 2, 2, 9; Pall. Mai, 3. 1:
in vada caeca ferre,
Verg. A. 1, 536:
fores,
private, id. ib. 2, 453:
spiramenta,
id. G. 1, 89:
colubri,
Col. 10, 231:
ignis,
Lucr. 4, 929:
venenum,
id. 6, 822:
tabes,
Ov. M. 9, 174:
viae,
blind ways, Tib. 2, 1, 78:
insidiae armaque,
Ov. F 2, 214; cf. Sil. 5, 3:
saxa,
Verg. A. 3, 706; 5, 164:
vulnus,
a secret wound, Lucr. 4, 1116;
but also,
a wound upon the back, Verg. A. 10, 733; cf.
in the same sense, ictus,
Liv. 34, 14, 11; Sil. 9, 105 (cf.: caecum corpus, the back, I. A. supra):
caeca manus, i.e. abscondita,
Ov. M. 12, 492:
caecum domūs scelus,
Verg. A. 1, 356.—
B.
Trop.:
caecas exponere causas,
Lucr. 3, 317:
improba navigii ratio, tum caeca jacebat,
lay still concealed, id. 5, 1004; so,
venti potestas,
id. 3, 248; 3, 270: fluctus, Sisenn. ap. Non. p. 449, 10:
caeca et clandestina natura,
Lucr. 1, 779:
res caecae et ab aspectūs judicio remotae,
Cic. de Or. 2, 87, 357:
obscurum atque caecum,
id. Agr. 2, 14, 36:
fata,
Hor. C. 2, 13, 16:
sors,
id. S. 2, 3, 269:
tumultus,
secret conspiracies, Verg. G. 1, 464:
amor,
id. ib. 3, 210; cf.:
stimulos in pectore caecos Condidit,
Ov. M. 1, 726. In Plaut. once, prob. taken from the vulgar lang.: caecā die emere, upon a concealed ( pay-) day, i.e. to purchase on credit (opp. oculata dies, i.e. for ready money): Ca. Pereo inopiā argentariā. Ba. Emito die caecā hercle olivom, id vendito oculatā die, Plaut. Ps. 1, 3, 67.—
2.
By poet. license, transf. to the hearing:
murmur,
Verg. A. 12, 591 (as we, by a similar meton., say a hollow sound; cf. on the other hand, in Gr. tuphlos ta ôta); so,
clamor,
Val. Fl. 2, 461:
mugitusterrae,
Sen. Troad. 171.—
III.
Neutr., that obstructs the sight, or trop., the perception; dark, gloomy, thick, dense, obscure.
A.
Lit.:
nox,
Cic. Mil. 19, 50; Lucr. 1, 1108; Cat. 68, 44; Ov. M. 10, 476; 11, 521:
caligo,
Lucr. 3, 305; 4, 457; Cat. 64, 908; Verg. A. 3, 203; 8, 253:
tenebrae,
Lucr. 2, 54; 2, 746; 2, 798; 3, 87; 6, 35;
3, 87: silentia, i.e. nox,
Sil. 7, 350:
latebrae,
Lucr. 1, 409:
iter,
Ov. M. 10, 456:
loca,
Prop. 1, 19, 8:
cavernae,
Ov. M. 15, 299; Sil. 7, 372:
latus,
Verg. A. 2, 19:
cubiculum si fenestram non habet, dicitur caecum,
Varr. L. L. 9, § 58 Müll.; so,
domus,
without windows, Cic. Or. 67, 224:
parietes,
Verg. A. 5, 589:
pulvis,
id. ib. 12, 444:
carcer,
id. ib. 6, 734:
sardonyches,
not transparent, opaque, Plin. 37, 6, 23, § 86:
smaragdi,
id. 37, 5, 18, § 68: acervus (of chaos), chaotic, confused, Ov M. 1, 24; Col. 4, 32, 4' chaos, Sen. Med. 741, Sil. 11, 456.—
B.
Trop., uncertain, doubtful: obscurā spe et caecā exspectatione pendere, i.e. of an uncertain consequence or result, Cic. Agr. 2, 25, 66:
quod temere fit caeco casu,
id. Div. 2, 6, 15. cursus (Fortunae), Luc. 2, 567:
eventus,
Verg. A. 6, 157:
caeci morbi, quorum causas ne medici quidem perspicere queunt,
Col. 1, 5, 6; so,
dolores,
Plin. 29, 2, 10, § 38; 29, 3, 13, § 55:
crimen,
that cannot be proved, Liv. 45, 31, 11.— Subst.: caecum, i, n., uncertainty, obscurity ( poet.):
verum in caeco esse,
Manil. 4, 304.—

* Comp., Hor. S. 1, 2, 91.— Sup. and adv. not in. use.
2.
Caecus, i, m.; agnomen of Appius Claudius Crassus, as being blind, Cic. Brut. 14, 55; cf. Liv. 9, 29, 11; Cic. Sen. 6, 16.

Lewis & Short latin dictionary > cecus
13 coecus

1.
caecus (not coecus; sometimes in MSS. cēcus), a, um, adj. [akin to skia, skotos; Sanscr. khāyā, shadow], having no light, devoid of light.
I.
Act., not seeing, blind.
A.
Lit.:
Appius, qui caecus annos multos fuit,
Cic. Tusc. 5, 38, 112:
traditum est enim Homerum caecum fuisse,
id. ib. 5, 39, 114; Lucr. 5, 839:
catuli, qui jam dispecturi sunt, caeci aeque et hi qui modo nati,
Cic. Fin. 4, 23, 64:
si facie miserabili senis, caeci, infantis,
Quint. 4, 1, 42:
caecum corpus,
the blind part of the body, the back, Sall. J. 107, 1:
perdices caecae impetu,
Plin. 10, 33, 51, § 102:
gigni,
Vell. 1, 5, 2.—
2.
Prov.:
ut si Caecus iter monstrare velit,
Hor. Ep. 1, 17, 4:
apparet id quidem etiam caeco,
even a blind man can see that, Liv. 32, 34, 3:
caecis hoc, ut aiunt, satis clarum est,
Quint. 12, 7, 9.—
B.
Trop., mentally or morally blind, blinded (freq. in prose and poetry):
o pectora caeca!
Lucr. 2, 14:
non solum ipsa Fortuna caeca est, sed eos etiam plerumque efficit caecos, quos complexa est,
Cic. Lael. 15, 54; cf.
casus,
id. Div. 2, 6, 15:
caecus atque amens tribunus,
id. Sest. 7, 17:
caecum me et praecipitem ferri,
id. Planc. 3, 6:
mater caeca crudelitate et scelere,
id. Clu. 70, 199:
cupidine,
Sall. J. 25, 7:
amentiā,
Cic. Har. Resp. 23, 48:
quem mala stultitia Caecum agit,
Hor. S. 2, 3, 44:
amatorem amicae Turpia decipiunt caecum vitia,
id. ib. 1, 3, 39:
mens,
Tac. Agr. 43.—With ad:
caecus ad has belli artes,
Liv. 21, 54, 3.—With gen.:
caecus animi,
Quint. 1, 10, 29; Gell. 12, 13, 4:
fati futuri,
ignorant of, Luc. 2, 14; cf. Claud. Rapt. Pros. 1, 138.— Subst.: Caeci, ōrum, m., the blind people, i.e. the people of Chalcedon, according to the oracle at Delphi. Tac. A. 12, 63; cf. Plin. 5, 32, 43, § 149. —
2.
Meton. of the passions themselves:
caeca honorum cupido,
Lucr. 3, 59; Ov. M. 3, 620:
ac temeraria dominatrix animi cupiditas,
Cic. Inv. 1, 2, 2; id. Pis. 24, 57:
exspectatio,
id. Agr. 2, 25, 66:
amor,
Ov. F. 2, 762:
amor sui,
Hor. C. 1, 18, 14:
festinatio,
Liv. 22, 39, 22:
furor,
Hor. Epod. 7, 13:
caeca et sopita socordia,
Quint. 1, 2, 5:
ambitio,
Sen. Ben. 7, 26, 4.—
3.
Pregn., blind, i.e. at random, vague, indiscriminate, aimless:
in hac calumniā timoris et caecae suspitionis tormento,
Cic. Fam. 6, 7, 4:
caeco quodam timore... quaerebant aliquem ducem,
id. Lig. 1, 3:
caecique in nubibus ignes Terrificant animos,
Verg. A. 4, 209:
caeca regens filo vestigia,
id. ib. 6, 30:
ne sint caecae, pater, exsecrationes tuae,
Liv. 40, 10, 1:
et caeco flentque paventque metu,
Ov. F. 2, 822:
lymphatis caeco pavore animis,
Tac. H. 1, 82:
cervus... Caeco timore proximam villam petit,
Phaedr. 2, 8, 3:
timor,
Ov. Am. 1, 4, 42.—
C.
Transf.
1.
Of plants, without buds or eyes:
rami,
Plin. 16, 30, 54, § 125; cf. caeco and oculus. —
2.
Of the large intestine:
intestinum,
the cœcum, Cels. 4, 1, 28; 4, 14, 1.—
II.
Pass., that cannot be seen, or trop., that cannot be known, invisible, concealed, hidden, secret, obscure, dark.
A.
Lit.: sunt igitur venti nimirum corpora caeca, winds are accordingly bodies, although invisible, Lucr. 1, 278; 1, 296; 1, 329;
2, 713: vallum caecum,
Caes. B. C. 1, 28; cf.: caecum vallum dicitur, in quo praeacuti pali terrae affixi herbis vel frondibus occuluntur, Paul. ex Fest. p. 44 Müll.; so,
fossae,
covered, Col. 2, 2, 9; Pall. Mai, 3. 1:
in vada caeca ferre,
Verg. A. 1, 536:
fores,
private, id. ib. 2, 453:
spiramenta,
id. G. 1, 89:
colubri,
Col. 10, 231:
ignis,
Lucr. 4, 929:
venenum,
id. 6, 822:
tabes,
Ov. M. 9, 174:
viae,
blind ways, Tib. 2, 1, 78:
insidiae armaque,
Ov. F 2, 214; cf. Sil. 5, 3:
saxa,
Verg. A. 3, 706; 5, 164:
vulnus,
a secret wound, Lucr. 4, 1116;
but also,
a wound upon the back, Verg. A. 10, 733; cf.
in the same sense, ictus,
Liv. 34, 14, 11; Sil. 9, 105 (cf.: caecum corpus, the back, I. A. supra):
caeca manus, i.e. abscondita,
Ov. M. 12, 492:
caecum domūs scelus,
Verg. A. 1, 356.—
B.
Trop.:
caecas exponere causas,
Lucr. 3, 317:
improba navigii ratio, tum caeca jacebat,
lay still concealed, id. 5, 1004; so,
venti potestas,
id. 3, 248; 3, 270: fluctus, Sisenn. ap. Non. p. 449, 10:
caeca et clandestina natura,
Lucr. 1, 779:
res caecae et ab aspectūs judicio remotae,
Cic. de Or. 2, 87, 357:
obscurum atque caecum,
id. Agr. 2, 14, 36:
fata,
Hor. C. 2, 13, 16:
sors,
id. S. 2, 3, 269:
tumultus,
secret conspiracies, Verg. G. 1, 464:
amor,
id. ib. 3, 210; cf.:
stimulos in pectore caecos Condidit,
Ov. M. 1, 726. In Plaut. once, prob. taken from the vulgar lang.: caecā die emere, upon a concealed ( pay-) day, i.e. to purchase on credit (opp. oculata dies, i.e. for ready money): Ca. Pereo inopiā argentariā. Ba. Emito die caecā hercle olivom, id vendito oculatā die, Plaut. Ps. 1, 3, 67.—
2.
By poet. license, transf. to the hearing:
murmur,
Verg. A. 12, 591 (as we, by a similar meton., say a hollow sound; cf. on the other hand, in Gr. tuphlos ta ôta); so,
clamor,
Val. Fl. 2, 461:
mugitusterrae,
Sen. Troad. 171.—
III.
Neutr., that obstructs the sight, or trop., the perception; dark, gloomy, thick, dense, obscure.
A.
Lit.:
nox,
Cic. Mil. 19, 50; Lucr. 1, 1108; Cat. 68, 44; Ov. M. 10, 476; 11, 521:
caligo,
Lucr. 3, 305; 4, 457; Cat. 64, 908; Verg. A. 3, 203; 8, 253:
tenebrae,
Lucr. 2, 54; 2, 746; 2, 798; 3, 87; 6, 35;
3, 87: silentia, i.e. nox,
Sil. 7, 350:
latebrae,
Lucr. 1, 409:
iter,
Ov. M. 10, 456:
loca,
Prop. 1, 19, 8:
cavernae,
Ov. M. 15, 299; Sil. 7, 372:
latus,
Verg. A. 2, 19:
cubiculum si fenestram non habet, dicitur caecum,
Varr. L. L. 9, § 58 Müll.; so,
domus,
without windows, Cic. Or. 67, 224:
parietes,
Verg. A. 5, 589:
pulvis,
id. ib. 12, 444:
carcer,
id. ib. 6, 734:
sardonyches,
not transparent, opaque, Plin. 37, 6, 23, § 86:
smaragdi,
id. 37, 5, 18, § 68: acervus (of chaos), chaotic, confused, Ov M. 1, 24; Col. 4, 32, 4' chaos, Sen. Med. 741, Sil. 11, 456.—
B.
Trop., uncertain, doubtful: obscurā spe et caecā exspectatione pendere, i.e. of an uncertain consequence or result, Cic. Agr. 2, 25, 66:
quod temere fit caeco casu,
id. Div. 2, 6, 15. cursus (Fortunae), Luc. 2, 567:
eventus,
Verg. A. 6, 157:
caeci morbi, quorum causas ne medici quidem perspicere queunt,
Col. 1, 5, 6; so,
dolores,
Plin. 29, 2, 10, § 38; 29, 3, 13, § 55:
crimen,
that cannot be proved, Liv. 45, 31, 11.— Subst.: caecum, i, n., uncertainty, obscurity ( poet.):
verum in caeco esse,
Manil. 4, 304.—

* Comp., Hor. S. 1, 2, 91.— Sup. and adv. not in. use.
2.
Caecus, i, m.; agnomen of Appius Claudius Crassus, as being blind, Cic. Brut. 14, 55; cf. Liv. 9, 29, 11; Cic. Sen. 6, 16.

Lewis & Short latin dictionary > coecus
14 arguo

argŭo, ŭi, ūtum (ŭĭtum, hence arguiturus, Sall. Fragm. ap. Prisc. p. 882 P.), 3, v. a. [cf. argês, white; argos, bright; Sanscr. árgunas, bright; ragatas, white; and rag, to shine (v. argentum and argilla); after the same analogy we have clarus, bright; and claro, to make bright, to make evident; and the Engl. clear, adj., and to clear = to make clear; v. Curt. p. 171].
I.
A.. In gen., to make clear, to show, prove, make known, declare, assert, mênuein:
arguo Eam me vidisse intus,
Plaut. Mil. 2, 3, 66:
non ex auditu arguo,
id. Bacch. 3, 3, 65:
M. Valerius Laevinus... speculatores, non legatos, venisse arguebat,
Liv. 30, 23:
degeneres animos timor arguit,
Verg. A. 4, 13:
amantem et languor et silentium Arguit,
Hor. Epod. 11, 9; id. C. 1, 13, 7.— Pass., in a mid. signif.:
apparet virtus arguiturque malis,
makes itself known, Ov. Tr. 4, 3, 80:
laudibus arguitur vini vinosus Homerus,
betrays himself, Hor. Ep. 1, 19, 6.—
B.
Esp.
a.
With aliquem, to attempt to show something, in one's case, against him, to accuse, reprove, censure, charge with: Indicāsse est detulisse;
arguisse accusāsse et convicisse,
Dig. 50, 16, 197 (cf. Fest. p. 22: Argutum iri in discrimen vocari): tu delinquis, ego arguar pro malefactis? Enn. (as transl. of Eurip. Iphig. Aul. 384: Eit egô dikên dô sôn kakôn ho mê sphaleis) ap. Rufin. §
37: servos ipsos neque accuso neque arguo neque purgo,
Cic. Rosc. Am. 41, 120:
Pergin, sceleste, intendere hanc arguere?
Plaut. Mil. 2, 4, 27; 2, 2, 32:
hae tabellae te arguunt,
id. Bacch. 4, 6, 10:
an hunc porro tactum sapor arguet oris?
Lucr. 4, 487:
quod adjeci, non ut arguerem, sed ne arguerer,
Vell. 2, 53, 4:
coram aliquem arguere,
Liv. 43, 5:
apud praefectum,
Tac. A. 14, 41:
(Deus) arguit te heri,
Vulg. Gen. 31, 42; ib. Lev. 19, 17; ib. 2 Tim. 4, 2; ib. Apoc. 3, 19 al.—
b.
With the cause of complaint in the gen.; abl. with or without de; with in with abl.; with acc.; with a clause as object; or with ut (cf. Ramsh. p. 326; Zumpt, § 446).
(α).
With gen.:
malorum facinorum,
Plaut. Ps. 2, 4, 56 (cf. infra, argutus, B. 2.):
aliquem probri, Stupri, dedecoris,
id. Am. 3, 2, 2:
viros mortuos summi sceleris,
Cic. Rab. Perd. 9, 26:
aliquem tanti facinoris,
id. Cael. 1:
criminis,
Tac. H. 1, 48:
furti me arguent,
Vulg. Gen. 30, 33; ib. Eccl. 11, 8:
repetundarum,
Tac. A. 3, 33:
occupandae rei publicae,
id. ib. 6, 10:
neglegentiae,
Suet. Caes. 53:
noxae,
id. Aug. 67:
veneni in se comparati,
id. Tib. 49:
socordiae,
id. Claud. 3:
mendacii,
id. Oth. 10:
timoris,
Verg. A. 11, 384:
sceleris arguemur,
Vulg. 4 Reg. 7, 9; ib. Act. 19, 40 al.—
(β).
With abl.:
te hoc crimine non arguo,
Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 18; Nep. Paus. 3 fin. —
(γ).
With de:
de eo crimine, quo de arguatur,
Cic. Inv 2, 11, 37:
de quibus quoniam verbo arguit, etc.,
id. Rosc. Am. 29 fin.:
Quis arguet me de peccato?
Vulg. Joan. 8, 46; 16, 8.—
(δ).
With in with abl. (eccl. Lat.):
non in sacrificiis tuis arguam te,
Vulg. Psa. 49, 8.—
(ε).
With acc.: quid undas Arguit et liquidam molem camposque natantīs? of what does he impeach the waves? etc., quid being here equivalent to cujus or de quo, Lucr. 6, 405 Munro.—
(ζ).
With an inf.-clause as object:
quae (mulier) me arguit Hanc domo ab se subripuisse,
Plaut. Men. 5, 2, 62; id. Mil. 2, 4, 36:
occidisse patrem Sex. Roscius arguitur,
Cic. Rosc. Am. 13, 37:
auctor illius injuriae fuisse arguebatur?
id. Verr. 2, 1, 33:
qui sibimet vim ferro intulisse arguebatur,
Suet. Claud. 16; id. Ner. 33; id. Galb. 7:
me Arguit incepto rerum accessisse labori,
Ov. M. 13, 297; 15, 504.—
(η).
With ut, as in Gr. hôs (post-Aug. and rare), Suet. Ner. 7:
hunc ut dominum et tyrannum, illum ut proditorem arguentes,
as being master and tyrant, Just. 22, 3.—
II.
Transf. to the thing.
1.
To accuse, censure, blame:
ea culpa, quam arguo,
Liv. 1, 28:
peccata coram omnibus argue,
Vulg. 1 Tim. 5, 20:
tribuni plebis dum arguunt in C. Caesare regni voluntatem,
Vell. 2, 68; Suet. Tit. 5 fin.:
taciturnitatem pudoremque quorumdam pro tristitiā et malignitate arguens,
id. Ner. 23; id. Caes. 75:
arguebat et perperam editos census,
he accused of giving a false statement of property, census, id. Calig. 38:
primusque animalia mensis Arguit imponi,
censured, taught that it was wrong, Ov. M. 15, 73:
ut non arguantur opera ejus,
Vulg. Joan. 3, 20.—
2.
Trop., to denounce as false:
quod et ipsum Fenestella arguit,
Suet. Vit. Ter. p. 292 Roth.—With reference to the person, to refute, confute:
aliquem,
Suet. Calig. 8.—Hence, argūtus, a, um, P. a.
A.
Of physical objects, clear.
1.
To the sight, bright, glancing, lively:
manus autem minus arguta, digitis subsequens verba, non exprimens,
not too much in motion, Cic. de Or. 3, 59, 220 (cf. id. Or. 18, 59: nullae argutiae digitorum, and Quint. 11, 3, [p. 160] 119-123):
manus inter agendum argutae admodum et gestuosae,
Gell. 1, 5, 2:
et oculi nimis arguti, quem ad modum animo affecti sumus, loquuntur,
Cic. Leg. 1, 9, 27:
ocelli,
Ov. Am. 3, 3, 9; 3, 2, 83:
argutum caput,
a head graceful in motion, Verg. G. 3, 80 (breve, Servius, but this idea is too prosaic): aures breves et argutae, ears that move quickly (not stiff, rigid), Pall. 4, 13, 2:
argutā in soleā,
in the neat sandal, Cat. 68, 72.—
2.
a.. To the hearing, clear, penetrating, piercing, both of pleasant and disagreeable sounds, clear-sounding, sharp, noisy, rustling, whizzing, rattling, clashing, etc. (mostly poet.): linguae, Naev. ap. Non. p. 9, 24:
aves,
Prop. 1, 18, 30:
hirundo,
chirping, Verg. G. 1, 377:
olores,
tuneful, id. E. 9, 36: ilex, murmuring, rustling (as moved by the wind), id. ib. 7, 1:
nemus,
id. ib. 8, 22 al.—Hence, a poet. epithet of the musician and poet, clear-sounding, melodious:
Neaera,
Hor. C. 3, 14, 21:
poëtae,
id. Ep. 2, 2, 90:
fama est arguti Nemesis formosa Tibullus,
Mart. 8, 73, 7: forum, full of bustle or din, noisy, Ov. A.A. 1, 80:
serra,
grating, Verg. G. 1, 143:
pecten,
rattling, id. ib. 1, 294; id. A. 7, 14 (cf. in Gr. kerkis aoidos, Aristoph. Ranae, v. 1316) al.—Hence, of rattling, prating, verbose discourse:
sine virtute argutum civem mihi habeam pro preaeficā, etc.,
Plaut. Truc. 2, 6, 14:
[Neque mendaciloquom neque adeo argutum magis],
id. Trin. 1, 2, 163 Ritschl.—
b.
Trop., of written communications, rattling, wordy, verbose:
obviam mihi litteras quam argutissimas de omnibus rebus crebro mittas,
Cic. Att. 6, 5: vereor, ne tibi nimium arguta haec sedulitas videatur, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 1. — Transf. to omens, clear, distinct, conclusive, clearly indicative, etc.:
sunt qui vel argutissima haec exta esse dicant,
Cic. Div. 2, 12 fin.:
non tibi candidus argutum sternuit omen Amor?
Prop. 2, 3, 24.—
3.
To the smell; sharp, pungent:
odor argutior,
Plin. 15, 3, 4, § 18.—
4.
To the taste; sharp, keen, pungent:
sapor,
Pall. 3, 25, 4; 4, 10, 26.—
B.
Of mental qualities.
1.
In a good sense, bright, acute, sagacious, witty:
quis illo (sc. Catone) acerbior in vituperando? in sententiis argutior?
Cic. Brut. 17, 65:
orator,
id. ib. 70, 247:
poëma facit ita festivum, ita concinnum, ita elegans, nihil ut fieri possit argutius,
id. Pis. 29; so,
dicta argutissima,
id. de Or. 2, 61, 250:
sententiae,
id. Opt. Gen. 2:
acumen,
Hor. A. P. 364:
arguto ficta dolore queri,
dexterously-feigned pain, Prop. 1, 18, 26 al. —
2.
In a bad sense, sly, artful, cunning:
meretrix,
Hor. S. 1, 10, 40: calo. id. Ep. 1, 14, 42:
milites,
Veg. Mil. 3, 6.—As a pun: ecquid argutus est? is he cunning? Ch. Malorum facinorum saepissime (i.e. has been accused of), Plaut. Ps. 2, 4, 56 (v. supra, I. B. a.).—Hence, adv.: argūtē (only in the signif. of B.).
a.
Subtly, acutely:
respondere,
Cic. Cael. 8:
conicere,
id. Brut. 14, 53:
dicere,
id. Or. 28, 98.— Comp.:
dicere,
Cic. Brut. 11, 42.— Sup.:
de re argutissime disputare,
Cic. de Or. 2, 4, 18.—
b.
Craftily:
obrepere,
Plaut. Trin. 4, 2, 132; Arn. 5, p. 181.

Lewis & Short latin dictionary > arguo
15 causa (caussa)

causa (caussa) ae, f [1 CAV-], a cause, reason, motive, inducement, occasion, opportunity: te causae inpellebant leves, T.: obscura: accedit illa quoque causa: causa, quam ob rem, etc., T.: satis esse causa, quā re, etc., Cs.: si causa nulla est, cur, etc.: causa quod, etc.: ea est causa, ut cloacae subeant, etc., L.: quid causae est quin: nulla causa est quin: causa quo minus, S.: is, qui causa mortis fuit: morbi, V.: nos causa belli sumus, L.: rerum cognoscere causas, V.: Vera obiurgandi causa, T.—Poet.: Bacchus et ad culpam causas dedit (i. e. culparum causa fuit), V.: consurgere in arma, V.: quae rebus sit causa novandis, V.: meo subscribi causa sepulchro, i. e. of my death, O. — In phrases: cum causā, with good reason: sine causā, without good reason: sine ullā apertā causā: his de causis, Cs.: quā de causā: quā ex causa: eā causā, S.: ob eam causam, Cs.: ob eam ipsam causam: quam ob causam, N.: propter eam quam dixi causam: in causā haec sunt, are responsible: vim morbi in causā esse, quo, etc., L.: non paucitatem... causae fuisse cogitabant, to have been the cause, Cs.—Esp., abl. with gen. or possess. adj., on account of, for the sake of: alqm honoris causā nominare, with due respect: omnium nostrum causā: vitandae suspitionis causā: meā causā, T.: meāpte causā, T.: vestrā reique p. causā: vestrarum sedum templorumque causā; cf. quod illi semper sui causā fecerant: additur illius hoc iam causā, quicum agitur.—Meton., an apology, excuse: non causam dico quin ferat, etc., T.: causas nequiquam nectis inanīs, V.—Poet.: Et geminas, causam lacrimis, sacraverat aras, i. e. a place to weep, V.—A feigned cause, pretext, pretence: fingit causas ne det, T.: morae causas facere, reasons for the delay, S.: causas innecte morandi, V.: inferre causam, Cs.: bellandi, N.: per causam exercendorum remigum, under the pretext, Cs.: per causam renovati belli, L.: gratiam per hanc causam conciliare.—In law, a cause, judicial process, lawsuit: causam agere: publicam dicere: proferre: perdere: tenere, O.: causae actor accessi: causam dicere, to defend (oneself or as advocate): linguam causis acuere, for pleading, H.: extra causam esse, not to the point: plura extra causam dixisse: atque peracta est causa prior, i. e. the hearing before the decision, O.—A side, party, faction, cause: condemnare causam illam: et causam et hominem probare, Cs.: publica, the common weal, O.—A relation of friendship, connection: omnes causae et necessitudines veteres: quae mihi sit causa cum Caesare. —A condition, state, situation, relation, position: num enim aliā in causā M. Cato fuit, aliā ceteri, etc.: in eādem causā fuerunt, Cs.: in meliore causā. — A commission, business undertaken, employment: cui senatus dederat publice causam, ut mihi gratias ageret: super tali causā eodem missi, N.—In rhet., a concrete question, case for discussion.

Latin-English dictionary > causa (caussa)
16 adsero

1.
as-sĕro ( ads-, K. and H., Müller), sēvi, situm, 3, v. a., to sow, plant, or set near something (very rare;
not in Cic.), Agroet. de Orthogr. p. 2274 P.: vites,
Cato, R. R. 32 fin.:
vitis adsita ad olus,
Varr. R. R. 1, 16 fin.:
vites propter cupressos,
id. ib. 1, 26: Lenta quin velut adsitas Vitis implicat arbores, * Cat. 61, 102: populus adsita certis Limitibus, * Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 170 (quippe quae vitibus maritaretur, Agroet. l. c.).
2.
as-sĕro ( ads-, Ritschl, Fleckeisen, Merk., Halm, Weissenb.), sĕrŭi, sertum, 3, v. a., to join some person or thing to one's self; hence,
I.
As a jurid. t. t. (so this word is most freq. found; cf. assertor and assertio).
A.
Aliquem manu, in libertatem or liberali causā (also merely manu, and finally absol. adserere), to declare one (a slave) to be free by laying hands upon him, to set free, to liberate:
adserere manu in libertatem...,
Varr. L. L. 6, § 64 Müll.:
qui in libertatem adserebant,
Suet. Vit. 10:
se adserit in libertatem,
Dig. 47, 10, 11 fin.:
in iis qui adserantur in libertatem, quia quivis lege agere possit, id juris esse,
Liv. 3, 45; so,
in ingenuitatem,
Suet. Aug. 74:
se ingenuitati,
Dig. 40, 14, 2:
manu eas adserat Suas populares liberali causā,
Plaut. Poen. 4, 2, 83:
manuque liberali causā ambas adseras,
id. ib. 5, 2, 142: si quisquam hanc liberali adseruisset manu, id. Curc. 5, 2, 68:
ego liberali illam adsero causā manu,
Ter. Ad. 2, 1, 40: cum in causā liberali eum, qui adserebatur cognatum, suum esse diceret, * Cic. Fl. 17, 40:
neminem venire, qui istas adsereret manu,
Plaut. Poen. 5, 6, 11:
illam a lenone adserito manu,
id. Pers. 1, 3, 83;
and transf.: pisces manu adserere,
id. Rud. 4, 3, 34:
adserui jam me fugique catenas,
Ov. Am. 3, 11, 3 Merk.; Suet. Vesp. 3; id. Gram. 21.—
B.
Aliquem in servitutem, to declare one to be a slave by laying the hand upon him, to claim as a slave:
M. Claudio clienti negotium dedit (Ap. Claudius), ut virginem in servitutem adsereret,
Liv. 3, 44; so Suet. Tib. 2; Liv. 34, 18; 35, 16 fin. —
II.
After the poets of the Aug. per., transf. from the judicial sphere to common life.
A.
(Acc. to I. A.) To free from, to protect, defend, defend against (esp. freq. in Flor. and Suet.):
habe ante oculos mortalitatem, a quā adserere te hoc uno munimento potes,
Plin. Ep. 2, 10, 4:
se ab injuriā oblivionis,
id. ib. 3, 5, 9:
liberatae Italiae adsertique imperii nuntius,
Flor. 3, 3, 19:
post adsertam a Manlio, restitutam a Camillo urbem,
id. 1, 13, 19:
Latini quoque Tarquinios adserebant,
id. 1, 11, 1:
Gracchanas leges,
id. 3, 16, 1:
easdem leges,
id. 3, 17, 1; so id. 2, 18, 16; 3, 3, 19; 3, 17, 4:
dignitatem,
Suet. Caes. 16 (cf. Caes. B. C. 1, 7, and Suet. Caes. 33:
defendere dignitatem,
id. ib. 72:
tueri dignitatem): senatus in adserendā libertate consensit,
in the restoring of freedom, Suet. Calig. 60; id. Claud. 10:
namque adserit urbes sola fames (liberas facit urbes contra dominos, Schol.),
Luc. 3, 56:
hoc focale tuas adserat auriculas,
i. e. guard against the hearing of bad verses, Mart. 14, 142:
non te cucullis adseret caput tectum (sc. a basiis),
id. 11, 99.—
B.
(Acc. to I. B.) Aliquid sibi, to appropriate something to one's self, to claim, declare it one's own possession: nec laudes adsere nostras, claim not for yourself, etc., Ov. M. 1, 462:
haec (gaudia) utrāque manu complexuque adsere toto,
Mart. 1, 16, 9; and (per hypallagen): me adsere caelo, appoint me to the skies, i. e. declare me to be of celestial origin, Ov. M. 1, 761.—In prose, Vell. 2, 60 Runhk.; cf. Val. Max. 4, 4, 4:
Unus hominum ad hoc aevi Felicis sibi cognomen adseruit L. Sulla,
Plin. 7, 43, 44, § 137:
sapientis sibi nomen adseruit,
Quint. 12, 1, 20:
sibi artem figurarum,
id. 9, 3, 64:
ipse te in alto isto pinguique secessu studiis adseris?
are you devoting yourself? Plin. Ep. 1, 3, 3:
dominationem sibi,
Suet. Oth. 9:
divinam majestatem sibi,
id. Calig. 22:
Gallaeci Graecam sibi originem adserunt,
Just. 44, 3.—
C.
In gen., to maintain, affirm, assert, declare; diabebaioumai, Gloss.:
non haec Colchidos adserit furorem, Diri prandia nec refert Thyestae,
Mart. 10, 35:
Epicharmus testium malis hanc utilissime imponi adserit,
Plin. 20, 9, 34, § 89, where Jan conjectures ait:
mollissimum quemque beatum fore adserebant,
Aur. Vict. Caes. 28, 8; so id. ib. 3, 5:
non vacat adserere quae finxeris,
Quint. Decl. 7, 6; Pall. 1, 19, 3; so Veg. 1, 17, 4; 1, 17, 5; 5, 25, 1 al.

Lewis & Short latin dictionary > adsero
17 assero

1.
as-sĕro ( ads-, K. and H., Müller), sēvi, situm, 3, v. a., to sow, plant, or set near something (very rare;
not in Cic.), Agroet. de Orthogr. p. 2274 P.: vites,
Cato, R. R. 32 fin.:
vitis adsita ad olus,
Varr. R. R. 1, 16 fin.:
vites propter cupressos,
id. ib. 1, 26: Lenta quin velut adsitas Vitis implicat arbores, * Cat. 61, 102: populus adsita certis Limitibus, * Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 170 (quippe quae vitibus maritaretur, Agroet. l. c.).
2.
as-sĕro ( ads-, Ritschl, Fleckeisen, Merk., Halm, Weissenb.), sĕrŭi, sertum, 3, v. a., to join some person or thing to one's self; hence,
I.
As a jurid. t. t. (so this word is most freq. found; cf. assertor and assertio).
A.
Aliquem manu, in libertatem or liberali causā (also merely manu, and finally absol. adserere), to declare one (a slave) to be free by laying hands upon him, to set free, to liberate:
adserere manu in libertatem...,
Varr. L. L. 6, § 64 Müll.:
qui in libertatem adserebant,
Suet. Vit. 10:
se adserit in libertatem,
Dig. 47, 10, 11 fin.:
in iis qui adserantur in libertatem, quia quivis lege agere possit, id juris esse,
Liv. 3, 45; so,
in ingenuitatem,
Suet. Aug. 74:
se ingenuitati,
Dig. 40, 14, 2:
manu eas adserat Suas populares liberali causā,
Plaut. Poen. 4, 2, 83:
manuque liberali causā ambas adseras,
id. ib. 5, 2, 142: si quisquam hanc liberali adseruisset manu, id. Curc. 5, 2, 68:
ego liberali illam adsero causā manu,
Ter. Ad. 2, 1, 40: cum in causā liberali eum, qui adserebatur cognatum, suum esse diceret, * Cic. Fl. 17, 40:
neminem venire, qui istas adsereret manu,
Plaut. Poen. 5, 6, 11:
illam a lenone adserito manu,
id. Pers. 1, 3, 83;
and transf.: pisces manu adserere,
id. Rud. 4, 3, 34:
adserui jam me fugique catenas,
Ov. Am. 3, 11, 3 Merk.; Suet. Vesp. 3; id. Gram. 21.—
B.
Aliquem in servitutem, to declare one to be a slave by laying the hand upon him, to claim as a slave:
M. Claudio clienti negotium dedit (Ap. Claudius), ut virginem in servitutem adsereret,
Liv. 3, 44; so Suet. Tib. 2; Liv. 34, 18; 35, 16 fin. —
II.
After the poets of the Aug. per., transf. from the judicial sphere to common life.
A.
(Acc. to I. A.) To free from, to protect, defend, defend against (esp. freq. in Flor. and Suet.):
habe ante oculos mortalitatem, a quā adserere te hoc uno munimento potes,
Plin. Ep. 2, 10, 4:
se ab injuriā oblivionis,
id. ib. 3, 5, 9:
liberatae Italiae adsertique imperii nuntius,
Flor. 3, 3, 19:
post adsertam a Manlio, restitutam a Camillo urbem,
id. 1, 13, 19:
Latini quoque Tarquinios adserebant,
id. 1, 11, 1:
Gracchanas leges,
id. 3, 16, 1:
easdem leges,
id. 3, 17, 1; so id. 2, 18, 16; 3, 3, 19; 3, 17, 4:
dignitatem,
Suet. Caes. 16 (cf. Caes. B. C. 1, 7, and Suet. Caes. 33:
defendere dignitatem,
id. ib. 72:
tueri dignitatem): senatus in adserendā libertate consensit,
in the restoring of freedom, Suet. Calig. 60; id. Claud. 10:
namque adserit urbes sola fames (liberas facit urbes contra dominos, Schol.),
Luc. 3, 56:
hoc focale tuas adserat auriculas,
i. e. guard against the hearing of bad verses, Mart. 14, 142:
non te cucullis adseret caput tectum (sc. a basiis),
id. 11, 99.—
B.
(Acc. to I. B.) Aliquid sibi, to appropriate something to one's self, to claim, declare it one's own possession: nec laudes adsere nostras, claim not for yourself, etc., Ov. M. 1, 462:
haec (gaudia) utrāque manu complexuque adsere toto,
Mart. 1, 16, 9; and (per hypallagen): me adsere caelo, appoint me to the skies, i. e. declare me to be of celestial origin, Ov. M. 1, 761.—In prose, Vell. 2, 60 Runhk.; cf. Val. Max. 4, 4, 4:
Unus hominum ad hoc aevi Felicis sibi cognomen adseruit L. Sulla,
Plin. 7, 43, 44, § 137:
sapientis sibi nomen adseruit,
Quint. 12, 1, 20:
sibi artem figurarum,
id. 9, 3, 64:
ipse te in alto isto pinguique secessu studiis adseris?
are you devoting yourself? Plin. Ep. 1, 3, 3:
dominationem sibi,
Suet. Oth. 9:
divinam majestatem sibi,
id. Calig. 22:
Gallaeci Graecam sibi originem adserunt,
Just. 44, 3.—
C.
In gen., to maintain, affirm, assert, declare; diabebaioumai, Gloss.:
non haec Colchidos adserit furorem, Diri prandia nec refert Thyestae,
Mart. 10, 35:
Epicharmus testium malis hanc utilissime imponi adserit,
Plin. 20, 9, 34, § 89, where Jan conjectures ait:
mollissimum quemque beatum fore adserebant,
Aur. Vict. Caes. 28, 8; so id. ib. 3, 5:
non vacat adserere quae finxeris,
Quint. Decl. 7, 6; Pall. 1, 19, 3; so Veg. 1, 17, 4; 1, 17, 5; 5, 25, 1 al.

Lewis & Short latin dictionary > assero
18 claritas

clārĭtas, ātis, f. [clarus], clearness, brightness, splendor (in good prose, most freq. in the post-Aug. per.).
I.
Prop.
A.
Of objects affecting the sight (so for the most part only in Pliny the elder):
sidus Veneris claritatis tantae (est), ut, etc.,
Plin. 2, 8, 6, § 37; cf. id. 2, 8, 6, § 30; 23, 4, 41, § 84: matutina, id. 9, 35, 54, § 107:
visus,
id. 31, 10, 46, § 116; cf.
oculorum,
id. 18, 11, 29, § 114; 20, 10, 42, § 108: AD CLARITATEM (sc. oculorum), for clearness of sight (label of an ointment box), Inscr. Orell. 4234.—
B.
Of objects affecting the hearing, distinctness, clearness:
claritas in voce,
Cic. Ac. 1, 5, 19:
sonituum chordarum,
Vitr. 5, 3, 8:
vocis,
Quint. 6, prooem. §
11: vocalium,
id. 9, 4, 131; 11, 3, 41.—
II.
Trop.
A.
Intellectually, clearness, distinctness, perspicuity (rare):
pulchritudinem rerum claritas orationis illuminat,
Quint. 2, 16, 10; so id. 8, 3, 70; Cod. Th. 1, 1, 6, § 1.—
B.
Morally, celebrity, renown, reputation, splendor, high estimation (so most freq.; several times in Cicero, who never uses claritudo, while in Sallust only claritudo is found, q. v.; cf.
also amplitudo, splendor, nobilitas, gloria): num te fortunae tuae, num amplitudinis, num claritatis, num gloriae poenitebat?
Cic. Phil. 1, 13, 38, id. Div. 2, 31, 66:
quae ex multis pro tuā claritate audiam,
id. Fam. 13, 68, 1, cf. Quint. 3, 7, 11:
viri claritate praestantes,
Nep. Eum. 3, 3:
nominis, Auct. B. Afr. 22: generis,
Quint. 8, 6, 7; cf. id. 5, 11, 5; 3, 7, 11:
natalium,
Tac. H. 1, 49:
personarum,
Plin. Ep. 2, 14, 1:
Herculis,
Tac. G. 34 fin.:
vino Maroneo antiquissima claritas,
Plin. 14, 4, 6, § 53:
litterarum,
id. 14, 4, 5, § 44:
herbarum (i.e. nobiliores herbae),
id. 24, 19, 120, § 188.—In plur.:
claritates operum,
Plin. 35, 8, 34, § 53:
ingeniorum,
id. 37, 13, 77, § 201.

Lewis & Short latin dictionary > claritas
19 catus

1.
cătus, a, um, adj. [root ka-; Sanscr. ça-, to whet, sharpen; cf. cos, cautes, cuneus; Sabine, = acutus, acc. to Varr. L. L. 7, § 46, p. 90 Bip.].
* I.
Sharp to the hearing, clear-sounding, shrill (cf. acutus, 2.): jam cata signa fere sonitum dare voce parabant, Enn. ap. Varr. l. l. (Ann. 447 Vahl.). —
II.
Transf. to intellectual objects, in a good and bad sense.
A.
In a good sense, clear-sighted, intelligent, sagacious, wise, opp. stultus (in prose probably never naturalized; hence Cic., in prose, adds ut ita dicam; v. the foll.): catus Aelius Sextus, Enn. ap. Cic. Tusc. 1, 9, 18 (Ann. v. 335 Vahl.); Plaut. Most. 1, 3, 29; id. Ps. 2, 3, 15; Ter. And. 5, 2, 14 Don. and Ruhnk.; Hor. C. 1, 10, 3:
prudens et, ut ita dicam, catus,
Cic. Leg. 1, 16, 45.—Constr. with inf.:
jaculari,
Hor. C. 3, 12, 10.—With gen.:
legum,
Aus. Mos. 400.—Of abstract things:
dicta,
Enn. Ann. 519 Vahl.:
consilium,
Plaut. Ep. 2, 2, 75.—
B.
In a bad sense, sly, crafty, cunning, artful ( = callidus, astutus):
cata est et callida,
Plaut. Pers. 4, 4, 71; so id. Poen. 5, 2, 147; id. Most. 5, 2, 21; id. Trin. 3, 2, 51; Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 39.— Adv.: cătē, conform. to II. A.:
sapienter, docte et cordate et cate,
Plaut. Poen. 1, 1, 3; id. Men. 2, 3, 61; Cic. Arat. 304.— Comp. and sup. not in use in the adj. or in the adv.
2.
cătus, i, m., a male cat (post-class.), Pall. Mart. 9, 4; scanned, cātus, Poët. ap. Anth. Lat. 5, p. 162, 3 al.

Lewis & Short latin dictionary > catus
20 amarum

ămārus, a, um, adj. [cf. ômos; Sanscr. āmas = raw, amlas = sour; Germ. Ampfer = sorrel, Curtius; cf. Heb., mar = bitter], bitter (syn. acerbus).
I.
Lit., of tasto (opp. dulcis):
absinthi latex,
Lucr. 1, 941; 4, [p. 101] 15:
amara atque aspera,
id. 2, 404:
sensusjudicat dulce, amarum,
Cic. Fin. 2, 12; so id. N. D. 3, 13:
salices,
pungent, Verg. E. 1, 79: Doris amara, brackish, i. e. the sea, id. ib. 10, 5:
os,
bitter taste in the mouth, Cels. 1, 3:
calices amariores,
i. e. harsh wine, Cat. 27, 2:
aquae amarissimae,
Vulg. Num. 5, 18.—
B.
Transf.
1.
Of the hearing, rough, sharp, shrill (cf. acer):
sonitus,
Stat. Th. 10, 553, and,
2.
Of smell, disagreeable, offensive:
fructus amarus odore,
Plin. 18, 12, 30, § 122.—
II.
Trop.
A.
Calamitous, unpleasant, sad (mostly poet.):
amara dies et nectis amarior umbra,
Tib. 2, 4, 11:
casus,
Ov. Tr. 5, 4, 15; so,
amara mors,
Vulg. 1 Reg. 15, 32:
amores dulces aut amari,
Verg. E. 3, 110:
amarissimae leges necessitatis,
Val. Max. 7, 6:
amaritudo mea amarissima,
Vulg. Isa. 38, 17.— Subst. plur., bitterness, bitter things:
et amara laeto Temperet risu,
Hor. C. 2, 16, 26:
amara curarum,
id. ib. 4, 12, 19.—
B.
Of speech, bitter, biting, acrimonious, sarcastic, caustic, severe:
dictis amaris,
Ov. Tr. 3, 11, 31; so,
scriptis,
id. P. 4, 14, 37:
hostis,
Verg. A. 10, 900:
sales,
Quint. 10, 1, 117.—
C.
Of conduct, morose, ill - natured, sour, irritable: mulieres, * Ter. Hec. 4, 4, 88:
amariorem me senectus facit,
Cic. Att. 14, 21.— Adv., bitterly, in three forms:
a.
ămārē, Plaut. Truc. 1, 2, 78; Sen. Ben. 5, 23; Vulg. Isa. 22, 4; ib. Matt. 26, 75.— Comp., Macr. Somn. Scip. 2, 1.— Sup., Suet. Tib. 54.—
* b.
ămā-rĭter, Hier. Ep. 23.—
c.
ămārum, App. M. 6, p. 178, 26; Amm. 21, 9 fin.

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