the liquor

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līquor, līqui ( inf. liquier, Att. Trag. Brut. 28), v. dep. n. [liqueo], to be fluid or liquid, to flow, melt, dissolve ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose).

Lit.:

tum toto corpore sudor Liquitur,

Verg. A. 9, 813:

huic (arbori) atro liquuntur sanguine guttae,

id. ib. 3, 28:

liquentia flumina,

id. ib. 9, 679:

mella,

id. ib. 1, 432:

fluvius,

id. G. 4, 442:

ut fraces et amurca liquentur,

Plin. 15, 6, 6, § 22.—

Trop., to melt or waste away:

ilico res foras labitur, liquitur,

Plaut. Trin. 2, 1, 17:

in partem pejorem liquitur aetas,

Lucr. 2, 1132: per poli liquentis axem, Prud. steph. 1, 88.

lĭquor, ōris (lī, Lucr. 1, 454), m. [liqueo], fluidness, fluidity, liquidity.

Lit.: liquor aquai, Lucr. 1, 454; Cic. N. D. 2, 10:

causae, quae vim habent frigoris et caloris, concretionis et liquoris,

id. Univ. 14:

vomica liquoris aeterni argentum vivum appellatur,

Plin. 33, 6, 32, § 99.—

Transf., a fluid, liquid, liquoris vitigeni latex, wine, Lucr, 5, 14:

dulcis flavusque mellis,

id. 1, 938:

liquores amnium,

Cic. N. D. 2, 39, 98:

Stygius,

Ov. Ib. 594: Virgineus, the water of the spring Virgo (v. Virgo), id. P. 1, 8, 38:

aurea tunc pressos pedibus dedit uva liquores,

Tib. 2, 1, 45: fluidus, a corrupt moisture, i. e. putrefaction, = tabes, Verg. G. 3, 484:

(teritur) parvo saepe liquore silex,

Prop. 2, 25 (3, 20), 16:

Assyrius, i. e. amomum,

Stat. S. 3, 3, 212:

niveus lactis,

Sen. Oedip. 565:

oleique,

Plin. 35, 15, 51, § 179. —Of the sea:

qua medius liquor Secernit Europen ab Afro,

Hor. C. 3, 3, 46.

sănĭes, em, e, f. [a weakened form of sanguis].

Diseased or corrupted blood, bloody matter, sanies (cf.:

pus, tabes): ex his (vulneribus ulceribusque) exit sanguis, sanies, pus. Sanguis omnibus notus est: sanies est tenuior hoc, varie crassa et glutinosa et colorata: pus crassissimum albidissimumque, glutinosius et sanguine et sanie, etc.,

Cels. 5, 26, 20: saxa spargens tabo, sanie et sanguine atro, Enn. ap. Cic. Tusc. 1, 44, 107, and id. ap. Cic. Pis. 19 (Trag. v. 414 Vahl.); Cato, R. R. 157, 3; Pac. ap. Cic. Tusc. 1, 44, 106 (Trag. Rel. p. 84 Rib.);

(with tabo),

Verg. A. 8, 487; 3, 618; 3, 625; 3, 632; id. G. 3, 493:

saniem conjecto emittite ferro,

Ov. M. 7, 338; Tac. A. 4, 49 al.—

Transf., of similar fluids ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose): (Laocoon) Perfusus sanie vittas atroque veneno, venomous slaver of the serpent, Verg. A. 2, 221; cf.:

nullā sanie polluta veneni,

Luc. 6, 457; so,

colubrae saniem vomunt,

Ov. M. 4, 493:

serpentis,

Sil. 6, 276; 6, 678; 12, 10.—Of Cerberus, Hor. C. 3, 11, 19.—Of matter flowing from the ear, Plin. 27, 7, 28, § 50.—Of the humor of spiders, Plin. 29, 6, 39, § 138.—Of the liquor of the purple-fish, Plin. 9, 38, 62, § 134; 35, 6, 26, § 44.—Of the watery part of olives, Plin. 15, 3, 3, § 9; cf.

amurcae,

Col. 1, 6 fin. —Of pickle, brine, Manil. 5, 671:

auri, i. e. chrysocolla,

mountain-green, Plin. 33, prooem. 2, § 4.

tābum, i, o, um, n. ( masc.:

tabum fluentem,

Sen. Herc. Oet. 520; cf. Charis. p. 19 P.) [tabes].

Lit., corrupt moisture, matter, corruption, putrid gore, etc. ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose): saxa spargens tabo, sanie et sanguine atro, Enn. ap. Cic. Pis. 19, 43; id. Tusc. 1, 44, 107 (Trag. v. 414 Vahl.); Verg. A. 3, 29; 3, 626; 8, 487; Ov. M. 2, 760; 6, 646; 14, 190; Hor. Epod. 5, 65; Tac. H. 2, 70.— Gen. tabi, Luc. 6, 547. —

Poet., like sanies, of the liquor of the purple-fish, [p. 1833] Stat. S. 1, 2, 125.—

Transf., abstr., an infectious disease, a plague, pest, pestilence (very rare):

turpi dilapsa cadavera tabo,

Verg. G. 3, 557; cf.:

corpora affecta tabo,

Liv. 4, 30, 4:

pallidaque exsangui squalebant corpora tabo,

Ov. M. 15, 627:

infecit pabula tabo,

Verg. G. 3, 481.

sūcus ( succus), i (collat. form, gen. sing. sucūs, Isid. 17, 9, 28; gen. plur. sucuum, App. M. 10, p. 244, 32), m. [sugo], juice, moisture, sap (class.; cf.: liquor, latex).

Lit.

In gen.:

stirpes ex terrā sucum trahunt,

Cic. N. D. 2, 47, 120:

sucus ex intestinis et alvo secretus a reliquo cibo,

id. ib. 2, 55, 137:

cochleae suo sibi suco vivunt,

Plaut. Capt. 1, 1, 13:

ambrosiae suco saturi (equi solis),

Ov. M. 2, 120; so,

ambrosiae,

Verg. A. 12, 419:

uvae,

Tib. 1, 10, 47; 4, 2, 16:

sucus nuci expressus,

Plin. 12, 28, 63, § 135 et saep.:

corpus suci plenum,

i. e. plump, Ter. Eun. 2, 3, 27:

facies suci palaestrici plena,

App. Mag. p. 315, 14.—Of other liquids:

garo (mixtum) de sucis piscis Hiberi,

Hor. S. 2, 8, 46:

corpora suco pinguis olivi Splendescunt,

oil, Ov. M. 10, 176:

aluntur bubuli lactis suco,

Plin. 8, 14, 14, § 37:

inbui lactis sucos,

id. 8, 32, 50, § 112:

ratio faciendi (unguenti) duplex, sucus et corpus: ille olei generibus fere constat, hoc odorum,

id. 13, 1, 2, § 7:

vini,

id. 23, praef. 2, §

2: candidus ovi,

Ser. Samm. 1052. —

In partic., a medicinal liquor, a drink, draught, potion ( poet.):

purgantes pectora suci,

Ov. P. 4, 3, 53; id. A. A. 2, 335; 2, 491; id. H. 12, 181; id. M. 14, 403; Tib. 1, 6, 13; Luc. 6, 581.—

Transf., the taste of any thing, flavor:

sucum sentimus in ore, cibum cum Mandendo exprimimus,

Lucr. 4, 615 sq. (cf. chumos):

ova suci melioris,

Hor. S. 2, 4, 13:

Picenis cedunt pomis Tiburtia suco,

id. ib. 2, 4, 70:

celantia sucum,

id. ib. 2, 8, 28:

cantharus ingratus suco,

Ov. Hal. 103.—

Trop., strength, rigor, energy, spirit:

sucus ac sanguis (civitatis),

Cic. Att. 4, 16, 10: ingenii, Quint. prooem. § 24. —

Esp., of the vigor of [p. 1790] a discourse, spirit, life:

ornatur oratio... suco suo,

Cic. de Or. 3, 25, 96:

sucus ille et sanguis incorruptus usque ad hanc aetatem oratorum fuit,

id. Brut. 9, 36:

orationis subtilitas etsi non plurimi sanguinis est, habeat tamen sucum aliquem oportet,

id. Or. 23, 76:

omnes etiam tum retinebant illum Pericli sucum,

id. de Or. 2, 22, 93:

historia quoque alere orationem quodam uberi jucundoque suco potest,

Quint. 10, 1, 31.

Marcĭus, a, the name of a Roman gens.

Ancus Marcius, the fourth king of Rome, Liv. 1, 32; Cic. Rep. 2, 18, 33; 2, 20, 35.—

L. Marcius,

a Roman knight, who commanded the army in Spain after the death of the Scipios, Liv. 25, 37 sq. —

Two brothers Marcii, Roman soothsayers in very ancient times, Cic. Div. 1, 40, 84; 1, 50, 115; 2, 55, 113.—In fem.: Marcĭa, a vestal virgin, Ascon. Cic. Mil. p. 46 Orell.—Hence,

Marcĭus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to a Marcius, Marcian: Marcia aqua, brought into Rome first by king Ancus Marcius, and afterwards by the prætor Q. Marcius Rex, Plin. 31, 3, 24, § 41;

called also: Marcius liquor,

Prop. 4, 1, 52:

umor,

id. 4, 22, 24:

lympha,

Tib. 3, 6, 58; and:

frigora,

Stat. S. 1, 5, 25: Marcius saltus, in Liguria, where the consul Q. Marcius suffered a defeat, Liv. 39, 20.—

Marcĭānus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to a Marcius:

carmina,

of the soothsayer Marcius, Liv. 25, 12: foedus, made by L. Marcius with the inhabitants of Gades, Cic. Balb. 17, 39.—Silva Marciana, a mountain-range in western Germany, the Schwarzwald, Amm. 21, 8, 2.— Hence, adv.: Marcĭānē, in the manner of Marcius, Prisc. vol. 2, p. 528, 25 Hertz.

Marcĭus, a, the name of a Roman gens.

Ancus Marcius, the fourth king of Rome, Liv. 1, 32; Cic. Rep. 2, 18, 33; 2, 20, 35.—

L. Marcius,

a Roman knight, who commanded the army in Spain after the death of the Scipios, Liv. 25, 37 sq. —

Two brothers Marcii, Roman soothsayers in very ancient times, Cic. Div. 1, 40, 84; 1, 50, 115; 2, 55, 113.—In fem.: Marcĭa, a vestal virgin, Ascon. Cic. Mil. p. 46 Orell.—Hence,

Marcĭus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to a Marcius, Marcian: Marcia aqua, brought into Rome first by king Ancus Marcius, and afterwards by the prætor Q. Marcius Rex, Plin. 31, 3, 24, § 41;

called also: Marcius liquor,

Prop. 4, 1, 52:

umor,

id. 4, 22, 24:

lympha,

Tib. 3, 6, 58; and:

frigora,

Stat. S. 1, 5, 25: Marcius saltus, in Liguria, where the consul Q. Marcius suffered a defeat, Liv. 39, 20.—

Marcĭānus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to a Marcius:

carmina,

of the soothsayer Marcius, Liv. 25, 12: foedus, made by L. Marcius with the inhabitants of Gades, Cic. Balb. 17, 39.—Silva Marciana, a mountain-range in western Germany, the Schwarzwald, Amm. 21, 8, 2.— Hence, adv.: Marcĭānē, in the manner of Marcius, Prisc. vol. 2, p. 528, 25 Hertz.

Marcĭus, a, the name of a Roman gens.

Ancus Marcius, the fourth king of Rome, Liv. 1, 32; Cic. Rep. 2, 18, 33; 2, 20, 35.—

L. Marcius,

a Roman knight, who commanded the army in Spain after the death of the Scipios, Liv. 25, 37 sq. —

Two brothers Marcii, Roman soothsayers in very ancient times, Cic. Div. 1, 40, 84; 1, 50, 115; 2, 55, 113.—In fem.: Marcĭa, a vestal virgin, Ascon. Cic. Mil. p. 46 Orell.—Hence,

Marcĭus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to a Marcius, Marcian: Marcia aqua, brought into Rome first by king Ancus Marcius, and afterwards by the prætor Q. Marcius Rex, Plin. 31, 3, 24, § 41;

called also: Marcius liquor,

Prop. 4, 1, 52:

umor,

id. 4, 22, 24:

lympha,

Tib. 3, 6, 58; and:

frigora,

Stat. S. 1, 5, 25: Marcius saltus, in Liguria, where the consul Q. Marcius suffered a defeat, Liv. 39, 20.—

Marcĭānus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to a Marcius:

carmina,

of the soothsayer Marcius, Liv. 25, 12: foedus, made by L. Marcius with the inhabitants of Gades, Cic. Balb. 17, 39.—Silva Marciana, a mountain-range in western Germany, the Schwarzwald, Amm. 21, 8, 2.— Hence, adv.: Marcĭānē, in the manner of Marcius, Prisc. vol. 2, p. 528, 25 Hertz.

sē-cerno, crēvi, crētum, 3 (old inf. secernier, Lucr. 3, 263), v. a.

Lit., to put apart, to sunder, sever, separate (freq. and class.; not in Cæs.; cf.: sepono, sejungo, secludo); constr. with simple acc., or with ab aliquā re; less freq. ex aliquā re; poet. with abl.

With simple acc.:

quae non animalia solum Corpora sejungunt, sed terras ac mare totum Secernunt,

Lucr. 2, 729:

seorsum partem utramque,

id. 3, 637:

arietes, quibus sis usurus ad feturam, bimestri tempore ante secernendum,

Varr. R. R. 2, 2, 13 (cf. infra, b):

stamen secernit harundo,

Ov. M. 6, 55:

sparsos sine ordine flores Secernunt calathis,

separate in baskets, id. ib. 14, 267:

nihil (praedae) in publicum secernendo augenti rem privatam militi favit,

setting apart for the public treasury, Liv. 7, 16; cf.:

Juppiter illa piae secrevit litora genti,

hath set apart for the pious race, Hor. Epod. 16, 63:

inde pares centum denos secrevit in orbes Romulus,

separated, divided, Ov. F. 3, 127.—

With ab or (less freq.) with ex, and poet. with abl.:

a terris altum secernere caelum,

Lucr. 5, 446:

ab aëre caelum,

Ov. M. 1, 23:

Europen ab Afro (medius liquor),

Hor. C. 3, 3, 47:

muro denique secernantur a nobis,

Cic. Cat. 1, 13, 32:

inermes ab armatis,

Liv. 41, 3:

militem a populo (in spectaculis),

Suet. Aug. 44:

se a bonis,

Cic. Cat. 1, 13, 32; cf.:

se ab Etruscis,

Liv. 6, 10.—In the part. perf.:

antequam incipiat admissura fieri, mares a feminis secretos habeant,

Varr. R. R. 2, 1, 18 (cf. supra, a); so,

saepta ab aliis,

id. ib. 2, 2, 8:

manus a nobis,

Lucr. 2, 912; 3, 552:

sphaera ab aethereā conjunctione,

Cic. N. D. 2, 21, 55:

sucus a reliquo cibo,

id. ib. 2, 55, 137:

bilis ab eo cibo,

id. ib. al.:

secreti ab aliis ad tribunos adducuntur,

Liv. 6, 25; 25, 30:

secretis alterius ab altero criminibus,

id. 40, 8 fin.; 39, 10:

se e grege imperatorum,

id. 35, 14 fin.:

unum e praetextatis compluribus,

Suet. Aug. 94 med.:

monile ex omni gazā,

id. Galb. 18:

me gelidum nemus Nympharumque leves chori Secernunt populo,

separate, distinguish, Hor. C. 1, 1, 32.—

Trop., to separate, disjoin, part, dissociate (syn.: internosco, distinguo).

With simple acc.:

hosce ego homines excipio et secerno libenter,

set apart, Cic. Cat. 4, 7, 15.—

With ab, or poet. with abl.: ut venustas et pulchritudo corporis secerni non potest a valetudine;

sic, etc.,

Cic. Off. 1, 27, 95:

animum a corpore,

id. Tusc. 1, 31, 75:

tertium genus (laudationum) a praeceptis nostris,

id. de Or. 2, 84, 341; cf.:

ipsam pronuntiationem ab oratore,

Quint. 1, 11, 17: dicendi facultatem a majore vitae laude, id. 2, 15, 2:

sua a publicis consiliis,

Liv. 4, 57:

haec a probris ac sceleribus ejus,

Suet. Ner. 19 et saep.:

cur me a ceteris clarissimis viris in hoc officio secernas,

Cic. Sull. 1, 3:

publica privatis, sacra profanis,

Hor. A. P. 397.—

To distinguish, discern:

blandum amicum a vero,

Cic. Lael. 25, 95:

non satis acute, quae sunt secernenda, distinguit,

id. Top. 7, 31:

nec natura potest justo secernere iniquum, Dividit ut bona diversis, fugienda petendis,

Hor. S. 1, 3, 113:

turpi honestum,

id. ib. 1, 6, 63.—

To set aside, reject:

cum reus frugalissimum quemque secerneret,

Cic. Att. 1, 16, 3:

minus idoneos senatores,

Suet. Vit. 2.—Hence, sēcrē-tus, a, um, P. a., severed, separated; hence, separate, apart (as an adj. not freq. till after the Aug. period; not in Cic.; syn.: sejunctus, seclusus).

In gen.:

ne ducem suum, neve secretum imperium propriave signa haberent, miscuit manipulos, etc.,

Liv. 1, 52:

electa (uva defertur) in secretam corbulam,

Varr. R. R. 1, 54, 2:

arva,

Verg. A. 6, 478; Varr. L. L. 9, § 57 Müll.—

In partic.

Of places or things pertaining to them, out of the way, retired, remote, lonely, solitary, secret (syn.:

solus, remotus, arcanus): secreta petit loca, balnea vitat,

Hor. A. P. 298:

locus (opp. celeber),

Quint. 11, 1, 47:

montes,

Ov. M. 11, 765:

silva,

id. ib. 7, 75:

litora,

id. ib. 12, 196:

pars domus (the gynaeceum),

id. ib. 2, 737; cf. in sup.:

secretissimus locus (navis),

Petr. 100, 6: vastum ubique silentium, secreti colles, solitary, i. e. abandoned, deserted by the enemy, = deserti, Tac. Agr. 38:

iter (with semita),

solitary, Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 103; cf.

quies,

Mart. 7, 32, 4.—Of persons and transactions, private, secret:

invadit secretissimos tumultus,

Sen. Ep. 91, 5:

vacuis porticibus secretus agitat,

Tac. A. 11, 21:

est aliquis ex secretis studiis fructus,

private studies, Quint. 2, 18, 4; so,

studia (opp. forum),

id. 12, 6, 4:

disputationes,

id. 12, 2, 7:

contentio,

Plin. Ep. 7, 9, 4 et saep. —Hence,

Subst.: sēcrētum, i, n., retirement, solitude, secrecy; a solitude, solitary place, retreat (syn.: solitudo, secessus); sing.:

cum stilus secreto gaudeat atque omnes arbitros reformidet,

Quint. 10, 7, 16:

secreti longi causā,

Ov. H. 21, 21:

altum abditumque secretum, Phn. Ep. 2, 17, 22: dulce,

id. ib. 3, 1, 6; Quint. 10, 3, 30; 12, 5, 2; Tac. A. 4, 57; 14, 53; id. Agr. 39 fin.; Phaedr. 3, 10, 11; 4, 23, 6; Luc. 3, 314.— Plur.:

se a vulgo et scaenā in secreta removere,

Hor. S. 2, 1, 71:

horrendaeque procul secreta Sibyllae,

Verg. A. 6, 10; Ov. M. 1, 594; Tac. H. 3, 63; Quint. 1, 2, 18:

dulcis secretorum comes (eloquentia),

id. 1, 4, 5:

cameli solitudines aut secreta certe petunt,

Plin. 10, 63, 83, § 173.— Comp.:

haec pars Suevorum in secretiora Germaniae porrigitur,

into the more remote parts, Tac. G. 41. —

Absol.: in secreto, in a secret place, secretly:

tempus in secreto lbi tereret,

Liv. 26, 19, 5:

reus in secreto agebatur,

Curt. 10, 4, 29.—

That is removed from acquaintance (cf. abditus), hidden, concealed, secret:

secreta ducis pectora,

Mart. 5, 5, 4:

secretas advocat artes,

Ov. M. 7, 138:

ars,

Petr. 3:

litterae (with familiares),

Quint. 1, 1, 29:

carmina (the Sibylline odes),

Luc. 1, 599:

libidines,

Tac. A. 1, 4 fin.:

quaedam imperii pignora,

Flor. 1, 2, 3.—With ab:

nec quicquam secretum alter ab altero haberent,

Liv. 39, 10, 1.— Comp.:

libertus ex secretioribus ministeriis,

Tac. Agr. 40:

praemia (opp. publica largitio),

id. H. 1, 24:

aliud (nomen),

Quint. 1, 4, 25:

vitium stomachi,

Mart. 3, 77, 9.— Poet. for the adv. secreto:

tu (Anna) secreta pyram tecto interiore Erige,

in secret, secretly, Verg. A. 4, 494; cf.:

stridere secreta divisos aure susurros,

secretly in each one's ear, Hor. S. 2, 8, 78.—Hence,

Subst.: sēcrētum, i, n., something secret, secret conversation; a mystery, secret:

secretum petenti non nisi adhibito filio dedit,

Suet. Tib. 25 fin.; id. Calig. 23:

illuc me persecutus secretum petit,

a secret interview, Plin. Ep. 1, 5, 11:

petito secreto futura aperit,

Tac. H. 2, 4.— Piur.:

crebra cum amicis secreta habere,

Tac. A. 13, 18:

animi secreta proferuntur,

Plin. 14, 22, 28, § 141:

nulla lex jubet amicorum secreta non eloqui,

Sen. Ben. 5, 21, 1:

omnium secreta rimari,

Tac. A. 6, 3:

horribile secretum,

Petr. 21, 3; Tac. H. 1, 17 fin.; id. Agr. 25; Suet. Aug. 66:

uxor omnis secreti capacissima,

Plin. Ep. 1, 12, 7; Quint. 12, 9, 5 al.—Concr.:

lucos ac nemora consecrant deorumque nominibus appellant secretum illud, quod solā reverentiā vident,

that mysterious being, Tac. G. 9 fin.—Plur.:

introitus, aperta, secreta velut in annales referebat,

Tac. A. 4, 67; cf.:

gens non astuta aperit adhuc secreta pectoris licentia joci,

id. G. 22:

oratio animi secreta detegit,

Quint. 11, 1, 30; Tac. A. 1, 6; 4, 7 fin.; 6, 3; id. G. 19; Plin. Pan. 68, 6; Suet. Tib. 52; id. Oth. 3 et saep.—Concr.:

(Minerva) hanc legem dederat, sua ne secreta viderent,

i. e. the mysteries, Ov. M. 2, 556; 2, 749; cf.:

secretiora quaedam,

magic arts, Amm. 14, 6, 14:

in secretis ejus reperti sunt duo libelli,

among his private papers, Suet. Calig. 49.—

Pregn., separate from what is common, i. e. uncommon, rare, recondite (perh. only in the two foll. passages of Quint.):

(figurae) secretae et extra vulgarem usum positae, etc.,

Quint. 9, 3, 5: interpretatio linguae secretioris, quas Graeci glôssas vocant, i. e. of the more uncommon words, id. 1, 1, 35 (for which:

glossemata id est voces minus usitatas,

id. 1, 8, 15).—

In Lucr., of any thing separated from what belongs to it, i. e. wanting, deprived of, without something; with abl. or gen.:

nec porro secreta cibo natura animantum Propagare genus possit (corresp. to sine imbribus),

Lucr. 1, 194:

(corpora) secreta teporis Sunt ac frigoris omnino calidique vaporis (corresp. to spoliata colore),

id. 2, 843. —Hence, adv., in three forms: secreto (class.), secrete (post-class.), and secretim (late Lat. and very rare).

(Acc. to A.) Apart, by itself, separately:

de quibus (hortis) suo loco dicam secretius,

Col. 11, 2, 25. —

(Acc. to B. 2.) In secret, secretly; without witnesses; in private.

sēcrē-tō:

mirum, quid solus secum secreto ille agat,

Plaut. Am. 3, 2, 73:

secreto illum adjutabo,

id. Truc. 2, 7, 7:

secreto hoc audi,

Cic. Fam. 7, 25, 2:

nescio quid secreto velle loqui te Aiebas mecum,

Hor. S. 1, 9, 67:

secreto te huc seduxi,

Plaut. Aul. 2, 1, 14:

facere,

id. Bacch. 5, 2, 30; 5, 2, 35; Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 45, § 100; id. Att. 7, 8, 4; Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 1, 4:

secreto ab aliis,

Liv. 3, 36:

secreto agere cum aliquo,

Caes. B. G. 1, 31, 1; Quint. 5, 13, 16; 9, 2, 79; Plin. Ep. 3, 20, 8; Curt. 7, 2, 13.—

sēcrētē, Tert. Or. 1 med.; id. Pall. 4 fin. —

Comp.:

secretius emittitur inflatio,

Sen. Q. N. 5, 4, 1. —

sēcrētim, Amm. 29, 1, 6.

sē-cerno, crēvi, crētum, 3 (old inf. secernier, Lucr. 3, 263), v. a.

Lit., to put apart, to sunder, sever, separate (freq. and class.; not in Cæs.; cf.: sepono, sejungo, secludo); constr. with simple acc., or with ab aliquā re; less freq. ex aliquā re; poet. with abl.

With simple acc.:

quae non animalia solum Corpora sejungunt, sed terras ac mare totum Secernunt,

Lucr. 2, 729:

seorsum partem utramque,

id. 3, 637:

arietes, quibus sis usurus ad feturam, bimestri tempore ante secernendum,

Varr. R. R. 2, 2, 13 (cf. infra, b):

stamen secernit harundo,

Ov. M. 6, 55:

sparsos sine ordine flores Secernunt calathis,

separate in baskets, id. ib. 14, 267:

nihil (praedae) in publicum secernendo augenti rem privatam militi favit,

setting apart for the public treasury, Liv. 7, 16; cf.:

Juppiter illa piae secrevit litora genti,

hath set apart for the pious race, Hor. Epod. 16, 63:

inde pares centum denos secrevit in orbes Romulus,

separated, divided, Ov. F. 3, 127.—

With ab or (less freq.) with ex, and poet. with abl.:

a terris altum secernere caelum,

Lucr. 5, 446:

ab aëre caelum,

Ov. M. 1, 23:

Europen ab Afro (medius liquor),

Hor. C. 3, 3, 47:

muro denique secernantur a nobis,

Cic. Cat. 1, 13, 32:

inermes ab armatis,

Liv. 41, 3:

militem a populo (in spectaculis),

Suet. Aug. 44:

se a bonis,

Cic. Cat. 1, 13, 32; cf.:

se ab Etruscis,

Liv. 6, 10.—In the part. perf.:

antequam incipiat admissura fieri, mares a feminis secretos habeant,

Varr. R. R. 2, 1, 18 (cf. supra, a); so,

saepta ab aliis,

id. ib. 2, 2, 8:

manus a nobis,

Lucr. 2, 912; 3, 552:

sphaera ab aethereā conjunctione,

Cic. N. D. 2, 21, 55:

sucus a reliquo cibo,

id. ib. 2, 55, 137:

bilis ab eo cibo,

id. ib. al.:

secreti ab aliis ad tribunos adducuntur,

Liv. 6, 25; 25, 30:

secretis alterius ab altero criminibus,

id. 40, 8 fin.; 39, 10:

se e grege imperatorum,

id. 35, 14 fin.:

unum e praetextatis compluribus,

Suet. Aug. 94 med.:

monile ex omni gazā,

id. Galb. 18:

me gelidum nemus Nympharumque leves chori Secernunt populo,

separate, distinguish, Hor. C. 1, 1, 32.—

Trop., to separate, disjoin, part, dissociate (syn.: internosco, distinguo).

With simple acc.:

hosce ego homines excipio et secerno libenter,

set apart, Cic. Cat. 4, 7, 15.—

With ab, or poet. with abl.: ut venustas et pulchritudo corporis secerni non potest a valetudine;

sic, etc.,

Cic. Off. 1, 27, 95:

animum a corpore,

id. Tusc. 1, 31, 75:

tertium genus (laudationum) a praeceptis nostris,

id. de Or. 2, 84, 341; cf.:

ipsam pronuntiationem ab oratore,

Quint. 1, 11, 17: dicendi facultatem a majore vitae laude, id. 2, 15, 2:

sua a publicis consiliis,

Liv. 4, 57:

haec a probris ac sceleribus ejus,

Suet. Ner. 19 et saep.:

cur me a ceteris clarissimis viris in hoc officio secernas,

Cic. Sull. 1, 3:

publica privatis, sacra profanis,

Hor. A. P. 397.—

To distinguish, discern:

blandum amicum a vero,

Cic. Lael. 25, 95:

non satis acute, quae sunt secernenda, distinguit,

id. Top. 7, 31:

nec natura potest justo secernere iniquum, Dividit ut bona diversis, fugienda petendis,

Hor. S. 1, 3, 113:

turpi honestum,

id. ib. 1, 6, 63.—

To set aside, reject:

cum reus frugalissimum quemque secerneret,

Cic. Att. 1, 16, 3:

minus idoneos senatores,

Suet. Vit. 2.—Hence, sēcrē-tus, a, um, P. a., severed, separated; hence, separate, apart (as an adj. not freq. till after the Aug. period; not in Cic.; syn.: sejunctus, seclusus).

In gen.:

ne ducem suum, neve secretum imperium propriave signa haberent, miscuit manipulos, etc.,

Liv. 1, 52:

electa (uva defertur) in secretam corbulam,

Varr. R. R. 1, 54, 2:

arva,

Verg. A. 6, 478; Varr. L. L. 9, § 57 Müll.—

In partic.

Of places or things pertaining to them, out of the way, retired, remote, lonely, solitary, secret (syn.:

solus, remotus, arcanus): secreta petit loca, balnea vitat,

Hor. A. P. 298:

locus (opp. celeber),

Quint. 11, 1, 47:

montes,

Ov. M. 11, 765:

silva,

id. ib. 7, 75:

litora,

id. ib. 12, 196:

pars domus (the gynaeceum),

id. ib. 2, 737; cf. in sup.:

secretissimus locus (navis),

Petr. 100, 6: vastum ubique silentium, secreti colles, solitary, i. e. abandoned, deserted by the enemy, = deserti, Tac. Agr. 38:

iter (with semita),

solitary, Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 103; cf.

quies,

Mart. 7, 32, 4.—Of persons and transactions, private, secret:

invadit secretissimos tumultus,

Sen. Ep. 91, 5:

vacuis porticibus secretus agitat,

Tac. A. 11, 21:

est aliquis ex secretis studiis fructus,

private studies, Quint. 2, 18, 4; so,

studia (opp. forum),

id. 12, 6, 4:

disputationes,

id. 12, 2, 7:

contentio,

Plin. Ep. 7, 9, 4 et saep. —Hence,

Subst.: sēcrētum, i, n., retirement, solitude, secrecy; a solitude, solitary place, retreat (syn.: solitudo, secessus); sing.:

cum stilus secreto gaudeat atque omnes arbitros reformidet,

Quint. 10, 7, 16:

secreti longi causā,

Ov. H. 21, 21:

altum abditumque secretum, Phn. Ep. 2, 17, 22: dulce,

id. ib. 3, 1, 6; Quint. 10, 3, 30; 12, 5, 2; Tac. A. 4, 57; 14, 53; id. Agr. 39 fin.; Phaedr. 3, 10, 11; 4, 23, 6; Luc. 3, 314.— Plur.:

se a vulgo et scaenā in secreta removere,

Hor. S. 2, 1, 71:

horrendaeque procul secreta Sibyllae,

Verg. A. 6, 10; Ov. M. 1, 594; Tac. H. 3, 63; Quint. 1, 2, 18:

dulcis secretorum comes (eloquentia),

id. 1, 4, 5:

cameli solitudines aut secreta certe petunt,

Plin. 10, 63, 83, § 173.— Comp.:

haec pars Suevorum in secretiora Germaniae porrigitur,

into the more remote parts, Tac. G. 41. —

Absol.: in secreto, in a secret place, secretly:

tempus in secreto lbi tereret,

Liv. 26, 19, 5:

reus in secreto agebatur,

Curt. 10, 4, 29.—

That is removed from acquaintance (cf. abditus), hidden, concealed, secret:

secreta ducis pectora,

Mart. 5, 5, 4:

secretas advocat artes,

Ov. M. 7, 138:

ars,

Petr. 3:

litterae (with familiares),

Quint. 1, 1, 29:

carmina (the Sibylline odes),

Luc. 1, 599:

libidines,

Tac. A. 1, 4 fin.:

quaedam imperii pignora,

Flor. 1, 2, 3.—With ab:

nec quicquam secretum alter ab altero haberent,

Liv. 39, 10, 1.— Comp.:

libertus ex secretioribus ministeriis,

Tac. Agr. 40:

praemia (opp. publica largitio),

id. H. 1, 24:

aliud (nomen),

Quint. 1, 4, 25:

vitium stomachi,

Mart. 3, 77, 9.— Poet. for the adv. secreto:

tu (Anna) secreta pyram tecto interiore Erige,

in secret, secretly, Verg. A. 4, 494; cf.:

stridere secreta divisos aure susurros,

secretly in each one's ear, Hor. S. 2, 8, 78.—Hence,

Subst.: sēcrētum, i, n., something secret, secret conversation; a mystery, secret:

secretum petenti non nisi adhibito filio dedit,

Suet. Tib. 25 fin.; id. Calig. 23:

illuc me persecutus secretum petit,

a secret interview, Plin. Ep. 1, 5, 11:

petito secreto futura aperit,

Tac. H. 2, 4.— Piur.:

crebra cum amicis secreta habere,

Tac. A. 13, 18:

animi secreta proferuntur,

Plin. 14, 22, 28, § 141:

nulla lex jubet amicorum secreta non eloqui,

Sen. Ben. 5, 21, 1:

omnium secreta rimari,

Tac. A. 6, 3:

horribile secretum,

Petr. 21, 3; Tac. H. 1, 17 fin.; id. Agr. 25; Suet. Aug. 66:

uxor omnis secreti capacissima,

Plin. Ep. 1, 12, 7; Quint. 12, 9, 5 al.—Concr.:

lucos ac nemora consecrant deorumque nominibus appellant secretum illud, quod solā reverentiā vident,

that mysterious being, Tac. G. 9 fin.—Plur.:

introitus, aperta, secreta velut in annales referebat,

Tac. A. 4, 67; cf.:

gens non astuta aperit adhuc secreta pectoris licentia joci,

id. G. 22:

oratio animi secreta detegit,

Quint. 11, 1, 30; Tac. A. 1, 6; 4, 7 fin.; 6, 3; id. G. 19; Plin. Pan. 68, 6; Suet. Tib. 52; id. Oth. 3 et saep.—Concr.:

(Minerva) hanc legem dederat, sua ne secreta viderent,

i. e. the mysteries, Ov. M. 2, 556; 2, 749; cf.:

secretiora quaedam,

magic arts, Amm. 14, 6, 14:

in secretis ejus reperti sunt duo libelli,

among his private papers, Suet. Calig. 49.—

Pregn., separate from what is common, i. e. uncommon, rare, recondite (perh. only in the two foll. passages of Quint.):

(figurae) secretae et extra vulgarem usum positae, etc.,

Quint. 9, 3, 5: interpretatio linguae secretioris, quas Graeci glôssas vocant, i. e. of the more uncommon words, id. 1, 1, 35 (for which:

glossemata id est voces minus usitatas,

id. 1, 8, 15).—

In Lucr., of any thing separated from what belongs to it, i. e. wanting, deprived of, without something; with abl. or gen.:

nec porro secreta cibo natura animantum Propagare genus possit (corresp. to sine imbribus),

Lucr. 1, 194:

(corpora) secreta teporis Sunt ac frigoris omnino calidique vaporis (corresp. to spoliata colore),

id. 2, 843. —Hence, adv., in three forms: secreto (class.), secrete (post-class.), and secretim (late Lat. and very rare).

(Acc. to A.) Apart, by itself, separately:

de quibus (hortis) suo loco dicam secretius,

Col. 11, 2, 25. —

(Acc. to B. 2.) In secret, secretly; without witnesses; in private.

sēcrē-tō:

mirum, quid solus secum secreto ille agat,

Plaut. Am. 3, 2, 73:

secreto illum adjutabo,

id. Truc. 2, 7, 7:

secreto hoc audi,

Cic. Fam. 7, 25, 2:

nescio quid secreto velle loqui te Aiebas mecum,

Hor. S. 1, 9, 67:

secreto te huc seduxi,

Plaut. Aul. 2, 1, 14:

facere,

id. Bacch. 5, 2, 30; 5, 2, 35; Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 45, § 100; id. Att. 7, 8, 4; Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 1, 4:

secreto ab aliis,

Liv. 3, 36:

secreto agere cum aliquo,

Caes. B. G. 1, 31, 1; Quint. 5, 13, 16; 9, 2, 79; Plin. Ep. 3, 20, 8; Curt. 7, 2, 13.—

sēcrētē, Tert. Or. 1 med.; id. Pall. 4 fin. —

Comp.:

secretius emittitur inflatio,

Sen. Q. N. 5, 4, 1. —

sēcrētim, Amm. 29, 1, 6.

a-spergo ( adsp-, Ritschl, Jan; asp-, others; in MSS. sometimes aspar-go, v. Cort. ad Luc. 1, 384, and Wagner ad Verg. G. 3, 419, and infra examples from Lucr. and Hor.; cf. 2. aspergo), ersi, ersum, 3, v. a. [spargo].

Aliquid (alicui rei), to scatter, strew something on something; or of liquids, to sprinkle, spatter over (syn.: adfundo, inicio; never in Ovid, but he often uses the simple spargo).

Lit.:

aequor Ionium glaucis aspargit virus ab undis,

Lucr. 1, 719 Lachm.:

Ah! adspersisti aquam, Jam rediit animus,

you have dashed water on me, have revived me, Plaut. Truc. 2, 4, 15:

Euax, adspersisti aquam,

id. Bacch. 2, 3, 13:

guttam bulbo (with a play upon the names Gutta and Bulbus),

Cic. Clu. 26, 71:

pigmenta in tabulā,

id. Div. 1, 13, 23:

corpus ejus adustum adspergunt aliis carnibus,

Plin. 8, 38, 57, § 136:

liquor adspersus oculis,

id. 12, 8, 18, § 34:

Bubus glandem tum adspergi convenit,

id. 18, 26, 63, § 232:

corpus floribus aspersis veneratus est,

Suet. Aug. 18:

pecori virus aspergere,

to infect, poison, Verg. G. 3, 419:

aspergens cinerem capiti,

Vulg. 2 Reg. 13, 15:

huc tu jussos asperge sapores,

Verg. G. 4, 62:

Non nihil aspersis gaudet Amor lacrimis,

Prop. 1, 12, 16:

sanguinem aspergere,

Vulg. 2 Par. 29, 24:

nivem,

ib. Eccli. 43, 19.—

Trop.:

cum clarissimo viro non nullam laudatione tuā labeculam aspergas,

fasten upon, Cic. Vatin. 17, 41:

ne qua ex tuā summā indignitate labes illius dignitati aspersa videatur,

id. ib. 6, 15:

notam alicui,

Dig. 37, 14, 17 fin. (cf.:

allinere notam,

Cic. Verr. 1, 6, 17).—So of an inheritance, to bestow, bequeath something to, to set apart for:

Aebutio sextulam aspergit,

Cic. Caecin. 6, 17.— Poet.:

alas: lacteus extentas aspergit circulus alas,

Claud. VI. Cons. Hon. 175.—In gen., to add to, to join, = adjungere:

si illius (sc. Catonis majoris) comitatem et facilitatem tuae gravitati severitatique asperseris,

Cic. Mur. 31 fin.:

huic generi orationis aspergentur etiam sales,

id. Or. 26, 87; id. ad Q. Fr. 2, 10:

hos aspersi, ut scires etc.,

id. Fam. 2, 16 fin. —

Aliquem or aliquid aliquā re (cf. Ramsh. Gr. p. 362; Zumpt, Gr. § 418), to strew some person or thing with something, to splash over, besprinkle, bespatter, bedew, lit. and trop.

Lit.:

ah, guttulā Pectus ardens mihi adspersisti (cf. supra, aquam),

Plaut. Ep. 4, 1, 28:

quas (sedes) nec nubila nimbis Aspergunt,

Lucr. 3, 20:

ne aram sanguine aspergeret,

Cic. N. D. 3, 36, 88; so Vulg. 4 Reg. 9, [p. 175] 33; ib. Apoc. 19, 13:

sanguine mensas,

Ov. M. 5, 40; and with de:

asperget de sanguine ejus (turturis) parietem altaris,

Vulg. Lev. 5, 9:

vaccam semine,

Liv. 41, 13:

Vinxit et aspersas altera vitta comas,

the sprinkled hair, Prop. 5, 11, 34 (Müller, † acceptas):

imbre lutoque Aspersus,

Hor. Ep. 1, 11, 12 K. and H.; Claud. B. Gild. 494:

aquā,

Vulg. Num. 8, 7; ib. 2 Macc. 1, 21:

hyssopo,

ib. Psa. 50, 9:

cinere,

ib. Jer. 25, 34:

terrā,

ib. 2 Macc. 10, 25 al.—

Trop.:

(Mons Idae) primo parvis urbibus aspersus erat,

dotted over with, Mel. 1, 18, 2:

aures gemitu,

to fill, Val. Max. 3, 3, ext. 1:

auditiunculā quādam aspersus, i. e. imbutus,

instructed, Gell. 13, 19, 5:

aspersi corda a conscientiā malā,

Vulg. Heb. 10, 22.—Esp., to spot, stain, sully, defile, asperse:

hunc tu vitae splendorem maculis aspergis istis?

Cic. Planc. 12, 30; so also absol.:

leviter aspersus,

id. Fam. 6, 6, 9:

istius facti non modo suspitione, sed ne infamiā quidem est aspersus,

id. Cael. 10; so Liv. 23, 30:

aspergebatur etiam infamiā, quod, etc.,

Nep. Alcib. 3 fin.; so Suet. Ner. 3: aliquem linguā, Auct. ad Her. 4, 49, 62:

e quibus unus amet quāvis aspargere cunctos, i. e. quibusvis dicteriis perstringere, laedere,

Hor. S. 1, 4, 87 K. and H.

aspergo (Merk., Müller, Strüb.; in MSS. sometimes aspargo, Lachm., Rib., e. g. Verg. A. 3, 534, acc. to Non. p. 405, 5, and Vel. Long. p. 2234 P.; v. 1. aspergo), ĭnis, f. (in the ante-class. per. com. acc. to Prisc. p. 658 P.) [1. aspergo].

A sprinkling, besprinkling (most freq. in the poets, never in Cic., who uses aspersio, q. v.):

aspergo aquarum,

Ov. M. 7, 108:

aquae,

Petr. 102, 15:

(Peneus) Nubila conducit, summasque aspergine silvas Impluit,

Ov. M. 1, 572:

sanguis virides aspergine tinxerat herbas,

id. ib. 3, 86;

3, 683 al.: Aspergine et gelu pruinisque (lapides) rumpuntur,

Plin. 36, 22, 48, § 167:

parietum,

the moisture, sweat, upon walls, Cato, R. R. 128; so Vitr. 5, 11, 1, and Plin. 22, 21, 30, § 63.— Trop.:

omni culparum aspergine liber,

Prud. Apoth. 1005.—

Meton. (abstr. for concr.), that which is sprinkled, drops:

hic ubi sol radiis.... Adversa fulsit nimborum aspargine contra,

opposite to the falling rain, Lucr. 6, 525 Lachm.:

Objectae salsā spumant aspargine cautes,

the spray, Verg. A. 3, 534:

Flammiferā gemini fumant aspergine postes,

Ov. M. 14, 796:

maduere graves aspergine pennae,

id. ib. 4, 729:

arborei fetus aspergine caedis in atram Vertuntur faciem,

by means of the sprinkled blood, id. ib. 4, 125 al.

a-spergo ( adsp-, Ritschl, Jan; asp-, others; in MSS. sometimes aspar-go, v. Cort. ad Luc. 1, 384, and Wagner ad Verg. G. 3, 419, and infra examples from Lucr. and Hor.; cf. 2. aspergo), ersi, ersum, 3, v. a. [spargo].

Aliquid (alicui rei), to scatter, strew something on something; or of liquids, to sprinkle, spatter over (syn.: adfundo, inicio; never in Ovid, but he often uses the simple spargo).

Lit.:

aequor Ionium glaucis aspargit virus ab undis,

Lucr. 1, 719 Lachm.:

Ah! adspersisti aquam, Jam rediit animus,

you have dashed water on me, have revived me, Plaut. Truc. 2, 4, 15:

Euax, adspersisti aquam,

id. Bacch. 2, 3, 13:

guttam bulbo (with a play upon the names Gutta and Bulbus),

Cic. Clu. 26, 71:

pigmenta in tabulā,

id. Div. 1, 13, 23:

corpus ejus adustum adspergunt aliis carnibus,

Plin. 8, 38, 57, § 136:

liquor adspersus oculis,

id. 12, 8, 18, § 34:

Bubus glandem tum adspergi convenit,

id. 18, 26, 63, § 232:

corpus floribus aspersis veneratus est,

Suet. Aug. 18:

pecori virus aspergere,

to infect, poison, Verg. G. 3, 419:

aspergens cinerem capiti,

Vulg. 2 Reg. 13, 15:

huc tu jussos asperge sapores,

Verg. G. 4, 62:

Non nihil aspersis gaudet Amor lacrimis,

Prop. 1, 12, 16:

sanguinem aspergere,

Vulg. 2 Par. 29, 24:

nivem,

ib. Eccli. 43, 19.—

Trop.:

cum clarissimo viro non nullam laudatione tuā labeculam aspergas,

fasten upon, Cic. Vatin. 17, 41:

ne qua ex tuā summā indignitate labes illius dignitati aspersa videatur,

id. ib. 6, 15:

notam alicui,

Dig. 37, 14, 17 fin. (cf.:

allinere notam,

Cic. Verr. 1, 6, 17).—So of an inheritance, to bestow, bequeath something to, to set apart for:

Aebutio sextulam aspergit,

Cic. Caecin. 6, 17.— Poet.:

alas: lacteus extentas aspergit circulus alas,

Claud. VI. Cons. Hon. 175.—In gen., to add to, to join, = adjungere:

si illius (sc. Catonis majoris) comitatem et facilitatem tuae gravitati severitatique asperseris,

Cic. Mur. 31 fin.:

huic generi orationis aspergentur etiam sales,

id. Or. 26, 87; id. ad Q. Fr. 2, 10:

hos aspersi, ut scires etc.,

id. Fam. 2, 16 fin. —

Aliquem or aliquid aliquā re (cf. Ramsh. Gr. p. 362; Zumpt, Gr. § 418), to strew some person or thing with something, to splash over, besprinkle, bespatter, bedew, lit. and trop.

Lit.:

ah, guttulā Pectus ardens mihi adspersisti (cf. supra, aquam),

Plaut. Ep. 4, 1, 28:

quas (sedes) nec nubila nimbis Aspergunt,

Lucr. 3, 20:

ne aram sanguine aspergeret,

Cic. N. D. 3, 36, 88; so Vulg. 4 Reg. 9, [p. 175] 33; ib. Apoc. 19, 13:

sanguine mensas,

Ov. M. 5, 40; and with de:

asperget de sanguine ejus (turturis) parietem altaris,

Vulg. Lev. 5, 9:

vaccam semine,

Liv. 41, 13:

Vinxit et aspersas altera vitta comas,

the sprinkled hair, Prop. 5, 11, 34 (Müller, † acceptas):

imbre lutoque Aspersus,

Hor. Ep. 1, 11, 12 K. and H.; Claud. B. Gild. 494:

aquā,

Vulg. Num. 8, 7; ib. 2 Macc. 1, 21:

hyssopo,

ib. Psa. 50, 9:

cinere,

ib. Jer. 25, 34:

terrā,

ib. 2 Macc. 10, 25 al.—

Trop.:

(Mons Idae) primo parvis urbibus aspersus erat,

dotted over with, Mel. 1, 18, 2:

aures gemitu,

to fill, Val. Max. 3, 3, ext. 1:

auditiunculā quādam aspersus, i. e. imbutus,

instructed, Gell. 13, 19, 5:

aspersi corda a conscientiā malā,

Vulg. Heb. 10, 22.—Esp., to spot, stain, sully, defile, asperse:

hunc tu vitae splendorem maculis aspergis istis?

Cic. Planc. 12, 30; so also absol.:

leviter aspersus,

id. Fam. 6, 6, 9:

istius facti non modo suspitione, sed ne infamiā quidem est aspersus,

id. Cael. 10; so Liv. 23, 30:

aspergebatur etiam infamiā, quod, etc.,

Nep. Alcib. 3 fin.; so Suet. Ner. 3: aliquem linguā, Auct. ad Her. 4, 49, 62:

e quibus unus amet quāvis aspargere cunctos, i. e. quibusvis dicteriis perstringere, laedere,

Hor. S. 1, 4, 87 K. and H.

aspergo (Merk., Müller, Strüb.; in MSS. sometimes aspargo, Lachm., Rib., e. g. Verg. A. 3, 534, acc. to Non. p. 405, 5, and Vel. Long. p. 2234 P.; v. 1. aspergo), ĭnis, f. (in the ante-class. per. com. acc. to Prisc. p. 658 P.) [1. aspergo].

A sprinkling, besprinkling (most freq. in the poets, never in Cic., who uses aspersio, q. v.):

aspergo aquarum,

Ov. M. 7, 108:

aquae,

Petr. 102, 15:

(Peneus) Nubila conducit, summasque aspergine silvas Impluit,

Ov. M. 1, 572:

sanguis virides aspergine tinxerat herbas,

id. ib. 3, 86;

3, 683 al.: Aspergine et gelu pruinisque (lapides) rumpuntur,

Plin. 36, 22, 48, § 167:

parietum,

the moisture, sweat, upon walls, Cato, R. R. 128; so Vitr. 5, 11, 1, and Plin. 22, 21, 30, § 63.— Trop.:

omni culparum aspergine liber,

Prud. Apoth. 1005.—

Meton. (abstr. for concr.), that which is sprinkled, drops:

hic ubi sol radiis.... Adversa fulsit nimborum aspargine contra,

opposite to the falling rain, Lucr. 6, 525 Lachm.:

Objectae salsā spumant aspargine cautes,

the spray, Verg. A. 3, 534:

Flammiferā gemini fumant aspergine postes,

Ov. M. 14, 796:

maduere graves aspergine pennae,

id. ib. 4, 729:

arborei fetus aspergine caedis in atram Vertuntur faciem,

by means of the sprinkled blood, id. ib. 4, 125 al.

Chĭmaera, ae, f., = Chimaira (lit. a goat), a fabulous monster in Lycia, which vomited fire; in front a lion, in the hinder part a dragon, and in the middle a goat; slain by Bellerophon, Cic. N. D. 1, 38, 108; 2, 2, 5; Lucr. 5, 903; 2, 705; Tib. 3, 4, 86; Verg. A. 6, 288; Hor. C. 1, 27, 24; 2, 17, 13; 4, 2, 16; Ov. Tr. 4, 7, 13; 2, 397; Sen. Ep. 113, 8; Hyg. Fab. 57; Serv. ad Verg. A. 5, 118; 6, 288; its figure, used to adorn a helmet, Verg. A. 7, 785.—

A mountain in Lycia that sent forth flames, and is said to have given rise to the preceding fable, Plin. 2, 106, 110, § 236; 5, 27, 28, § 100; cf. Serv. ad Verg. A. 6, 288.—Deriv.,

Chĭmaerēus, a, um, adj., of or pertaining to the mountain Chimœra:

liquor,

Verg. Cul. 14 Wagn.—

One of the ships of the companions of Æneas, Verg. A. 5, 118 and 223; cf. Sil. 14, 498.

Chĭmaera, ae, f., = Chimaira (lit. a goat), a fabulous monster in Lycia, which vomited fire; in front a lion, in the hinder part a dragon, and in the middle a goat; slain by Bellerophon, Cic. N. D. 1, 38, 108; 2, 2, 5; Lucr. 5, 903; 2, 705; Tib. 3, 4, 86; Verg. A. 6, 288; Hor. C. 1, 27, 24; 2, 17, 13; 4, 2, 16; Ov. Tr. 4, 7, 13; 2, 397; Sen. Ep. 113, 8; Hyg. Fab. 57; Serv. ad Verg. A. 5, 118; 6, 288; its figure, used to adorn a helmet, Verg. A. 7, 785.—

A mountain in Lycia that sent forth flames, and is said to have given rise to the preceding fable, Plin. 2, 106, 110, § 236; 5, 27, 28, § 100; cf. Serv. ad Verg. A. 6, 288.—Deriv.,

Chĭmaerēus, a, um, adj., of or pertaining to the mountain Chimœra:

liquor,

Verg. Cul. 14 Wagn.—

One of the ships of the companions of Æneas, Verg. A. 5, 118 and 223; cf. Sil. 14, 498.

ē-grĕdĭor, gressus, 3 ( inf. egredier, Plaut. Poen. 3, 4, 32), v. dep. n. and a.

Neutr., to go or come out, come forth (class.).

Lit.

In gen., with e or ex:

foras e fano,

Plaut. Rud. 2, 3, 4; cf.:

e fano huc,

id. ib. 3, 2, 49:

e cubiculo,

Cic. Rep. 1, 12:

ex oppido,

Caes. B. G. 2, 13, 2; 7, 11, 7:

ex suis finibus,

id. ib. 6, 31, 4:

ex castris,

id. ib. 6, 36, 2:

e curia,

Liv. 2, 48; 7, 31 et saep.—With a or ab:

ab sese,

Plaut. Truc. 4, 3, 78; id. Epid. 3, 2, 44; Ter. And. 1, 3, 21; id. Ph. 5, 1, 5; Suet. Claud. 23; cf.:

a nobis foras,

Ter. Heaut. 3, 2, 50. —With simple abl.:

domo,

Plaut. Aul. 1, 2, 1:

portă,

Cic. Tusc. 1, 7; Caes. B. G. 7, 28, 3; Liv. 9, 16:

Romă,

Cic. Quint. 6, 24; Hor. S. 1, 5, 1; cf. Suet. Aug. 53; id. Tib. 40:

tabernaculo,

id. Aug. 91:

triclinio,

id. Calig. 36 et saep.; cf.:

domo foras,

Plaut. Merc. 4, 6, 5.—With adv.:

hinc,

Plaut. Men. 2, 2, 74:

intus,

id. Pers. 2, 4, 30:

unde,

Caes. B. G. 5, 37, 4 et saep.— Absol.:

placide egredere,

Plaut. Curc. 1, 3, 1; so id. Cas. 3, 2, 6; id. Mil. 2, 6, 59; id. Poen. 3, 2, 36 sq. et saep.:

foras,

Plaut. Am. 5, 1, 27; id. Curc. 4, 1, 5; id. Cas. 2, 1, 15; id. Mil. 4, 1, 40; 4, 5, 16 et saep.:

obviam,

Liv. 9, 16:

per medias hostium stationes,

id. 5, 46; cf. poet.:

per Veneris res,

Lucr. 2, 437:

extra munitiones,

Caes. B. G. 6, 35, 9; 6, 36, 1; id. B. C. 3, 65, 4:

extra fines, terminos, cancellos,

Cic. Quint. 10, 35 sq.:

extra portam,

Liv. 3, 68; cf.: ad portam, i. e. out to the gate. id. [p. 634] 33, 47 fin.:

in vadum,

id. 8, 24 et saep.—

In an upward direction, to go up, climb, mount, ascend:

scalis egressi,

Sall. J. 60, 6 Kritz.; cf.:

ad summum montis,

id. ib. 93, 2:

in tumulum,

Liv. 26, 44:

in altitudinem,

id. 40, 22:

in vallum,

Tac. H. 3, 29:

in tectum,

id. ib. 3, 71:

in moenia,

id. ib. 4, 29:

in sublime (liquor),

Plin. 2, 42, 42, § 111:

altius,

Ov. M. 2, 136.—

In partic.

Milit. t. t.

To step out, leave:

ne quispiam ordine egrederetur,

Sall. J. 45, 2.—

To move out, march out:

e castris,

Caes. B. G. 7, 36, 7; 7, 58, 2 al.:

castris,

id. ib. 2, 11, 1; Sall. J. 91, 3.— Absol., Caes. B. C. 3, 77, 1; Sall. J. 91, 2; 106, 4; cf.

also: in pacata,

Liv. 10, 32:

ad proelium,

Caes. B. C. 2, 35, 5:

ad oppugnandum,

Sall. J. 59, 1.—

Naut. t. t.

(Ex) navi or absol., to disembark from a vessel, to land:

ex navi,

Cic. Vatin. 5, 12; Caes. B. G. 4, 26, 2; id. B. C. 3, 106, 4:

navi,

id. B. G. 4, 21, 9; Liv. 45, 13; cf.

ratibus,

Ov. M. 8, 153; and absol., Caes. B. G. 4, 23, 4; Liv. 1, 1; Ov. H. 21, 91; cf.:

in terram,

Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 51; Front. Strat. 2, 5, 44:

in litus,

id. ib. 1, 5, 7.—

E portu, or absol., to set sail, Cic. Att. 6, 8, 4; Quint. 10, 7, 23; Ov. Tr. 1, 10, 6.—

Trop. in speaking, to digress, depart, deviate, wander (rarely):

a proposito ornandi causa,

Cic. Brut. 21, 82; cf.:

ex quibus,

Quint. 3, 9, 4.— Absol., Quint. 4, 3, 15:

extra praescriptum,

id. 1, 1, 27.

Act., to go beyond, to pass out of, to leave (freq. in the historians, partic. since the Aug. per.; not ante-class., nor in Cic.).

Lit.:

fines,

Caes. B. G. 1, 44, 7:

munitiones nostras,

id. B. C. 3, 52 fin.:

flumen Mulucham,

Sall. J. 110 fin.:

urbem,

Liv. 1, 29 fin.; 3, 57 fin.; 22, 55 fin. al.:

tecta,

Plin. Ep. 6, 20, 8:

tentoria,

Tac. A. 1, 30; Luc. 5, 510 et saep.:

navem,

Front. Strat. 1, 12, 1 Oud. N. cr.:

portum (navis),

Quint. 4, 1, 61. —

Trop., to overstep, surpass, exceed:

per omnia fortunam hominis egressus,

Vell. 2, 40, 2; so,

vetus familia neque tamen praeturam egressa,

yet had attained no higher honor than, Tac. A. 3, 30:

quintum annum,

Quint. 6 prooem. §

6: modum,

id. 8, 6, 16; 9, 4, 146; Tac. A. 13, 2:

sexum,

id. ib. 16, 10 fin.:

clementiam majorum suasque leges,

id. ib. 3, 24:

relationem,

id. ib. 2, 38:

medios metus,

Val. Fl. 2, 277 et saep.:

tecta altitudinem moenium egressa,

Tac. H. 3, 30 fin.

fermentum, i, n. [contr. for fervimentum, from fervo, ferveo], that which causes fermentation, leaven, yeast, ferment.

Lit., Plin. 18, 11, 26, § 102; 18, 7, 12, § 68:

panis sine fermento,

unleavened bread, Cels. 2, 24; 30; Vulg. Levit. 2, 4.—

Transf.

That which loosens the soil, Plin. 17, 21, 35, § 159; cf. Col. 4, 1, 7.—

A drink made of fermented barley, malt liquor, beer, Verg. G. 3, 380.—

Trop., anger, passion ( poet. and very rare):

(uxor) nunc in fermento tota est, ita turget mihi,

Plaut. Cas. 2, 5, 17; id. Merc. 5, 3, 3.— Poet. transf., of the cause of anger or vexation:

accipe et istud Fermentum tibi habe,

Juv. 3, 188.