the north

the north wind.

arctŏs (nom. arctos, Verg. G. 1, 246; acc. arcton, Ov. M. 2, 132; 13, 293; id. F. 2, 192; Verg. G. 1, 138:

arctum,

Cic. N. D. 2, 42, 109 (in verse); nom. plur. arctoe (as in Ter. Adelphoe for Adelphi), Cic. N. D. 2, 41, 105, and Arat. Phaen. 441 B. and K.; C. German. Arat. 25 and 63), i, f. (cf. Rudd. I. p. 27; Neue, Formenl. I. pp. 650 sq.; 129; 131), = arktos.

Lit., the Great and the Lesser Bear (Ursa Major et Minor;

syn.: ursa, plaustrum, Septentrio), a double constellation (hence, geminae,

Ov. M. 3, 45; Prop. 3, 15, 25) in the vicinity of the north pole; cf. Hyg. Astr. 2, 1 sq. Among the poets, on account of its place in the north, gelidae arcti, Ov. M. 4, 625; Verg. A. 6, 16; cf. Hor. C. 1, 26, 3;

and since it never sets to our hemisphere, immunis aequoris,

Ov. M. 13, 293:

aequoris expers,

id. ib. 13, 727:

metuens aequore tingui,

Verg. G. 1, 246 (an imitation of the Homeric: ammoros loetrôn Ôkeanoio, Il. 18, 489; Od. 5, 275; cf. also Arat. Phaen. 48: Arktoi kuaneou pephulagmenai Ôkeanoio).—

Metaph.

The north pole, Ov. M. 2, 132.—

The night (cf. luna), Prop. 3, 15, 25.—

The people dwelling in the north, Luc. 3, 74:

post domitas Arctos,

Claud. Laud. Stil. 1, 246; id. VI. Cons. Hon. 336.—

The north wind, Hor. C. 2, 15, 16.

septentrĭōnes ( septemptrĭōnes), um (sing. and tmesis, v. infra), m. [septemtrio; prop. the seven plough-oxen; hence, as a constellation],

Lit., the seven stars near the north pole ( called also the Wain, and the Great or Little Bear): neque se septentriones quoquam in caelo commovent, Plant. Am. 1, 1, 117; Cic. Ac. 2, 20, 66; cf.

in tmesi: quas nostri septem soliti vocitare Triones,

id. Arat. in N. D. 2, 41, 105; so,

gurgite caeruleo septem prohibete triones,

Ov. M. 2, 528.— Sing.:

septentrio non cernitur,

Plin. 6, 22, 24, § 83; so,

major,

the Great Bear, Vitr. 6, 11:

minor,

the Little Bear, Cic. N. D. 2, 43, 111; Vitr. 1. 1.—

Transf.

The northern regions, the north (as a quarter of the heavens).

Plur.:

satis notum est, limites regionesque esse caeli quattuor: exortum, occasum, meridiem, septentriones,

Gell. 2, 22, 3 sq.:

inflectens sol cursum tum ad septentriones, tum ad meridiem, aestates et hiemes efficit,

Cic. N. D. 2, 19, 49; Varr. R. R. 1, 2, 4; Caes. B. G. 1, 1; 1, 16; 4, 20; 5, 13; 7, 83; Mel. 2, 6, 3; 3, 1, 9; 3, 2, 1.—

Sing.:

latus oriens spectat: septentrio a Macedoniā obicitur,

Liv. 32, 13; Mel. 1, 1, 1; 2, 6, 3; Sen. Q. N. 5, 16; Tac. A. 2, 23; 13, 53; id. H. 5, 6 al.—In tmesi:

Hyperboreo septem subjecta trioni Gens,

Verg. G. 3, 381; Ov. M. 1, 64.—

Plur.:

ex eā die fuere septentriones venti,

Cic. Att. 9, 6, 3.—

Sing.:

acer septentrio ortus inclinatum stagnum eodem, quo aestus, ferebat,

Liv. 26, 45:

a septentrionali latere summus est aquilo, medius septentrio, imus thrascias,

Sen. Q. N. 5, 16, 6.—

Sing., northern countries, the north (as territory;

very rare): totum paene Orientem ac Septentrionem ruinā suā involvit,

Flor. 3, 5, 21.

septentrĭōnes ( septemptrĭōnes), um (sing. and tmesis, v. infra), m. [septemtrio; prop. the seven plough-oxen; hence, as a constellation],

Lit., the seven stars near the north pole ( called also the Wain, and the Great or Little Bear): neque se septentriones quoquam in caelo commovent, Plant. Am. 1, 1, 117; Cic. Ac. 2, 20, 66; cf.

in tmesi: quas nostri septem soliti vocitare Triones,

id. Arat. in N. D. 2, 41, 105; so,

gurgite caeruleo septem prohibete triones,

Ov. M. 2, 528.— Sing.:

septentrio non cernitur,

Plin. 6, 22, 24, § 83; so,

major,

the Great Bear, Vitr. 6, 11:

minor,

the Little Bear, Cic. N. D. 2, 43, 111; Vitr. 1. 1.—

Transf.

The northern regions, the north (as a quarter of the heavens).

Plur.:

satis notum est, limites regionesque esse caeli quattuor: exortum, occasum, meridiem, septentriones,

Gell. 2, 22, 3 sq.:

inflectens sol cursum tum ad septentriones, tum ad meridiem, aestates et hiemes efficit,

Cic. N. D. 2, 19, 49; Varr. R. R. 1, 2, 4; Caes. B. G. 1, 1; 1, 16; 4, 20; 5, 13; 7, 83; Mel. 2, 6, 3; 3, 1, 9; 3, 2, 1.—

Sing.:

latus oriens spectat: septentrio a Macedoniā obicitur,

Liv. 32, 13; Mel. 1, 1, 1; 2, 6, 3; Sen. Q. N. 5, 16; Tac. A. 2, 23; 13, 53; id. H. 5, 6 al.—In tmesi:

Hyperboreo septem subjecta trioni Gens,

Verg. G. 3, 381; Ov. M. 1, 64.—

Plur.:

ex eā die fuere septentriones venti,

Cic. Att. 9, 6, 3.—

Sing.:

acer septentrio ortus inclinatum stagnum eodem, quo aestus, ferebat,

Liv. 26, 45:

a septentrionali latere summus est aquilo, medius septentrio, imus thrascias,

Sen. Q. N. 5, 16, 6.—

Sing., northern countries, the north (as territory;

very rare): totum paene Orientem ac Septentrionem ruinā suā involvit,

Flor. 3, 5, 21.

bŏrĕas ( borras, Prud. Psych. 847; Paul. Nol. Carm. 17, 245), ae, m., = Boreas or Borras.

The north wind; pure Lat aquilo, Plin. 2, 47, 46, § 119:

ventus Boreas,

Nep. Milt. 2, 4:

Boreae frigus,

Verg. G. 1, 93:

tellus boreā rigida spirante,

id. ib. 2, 316; id. A. 3, 687:

horrifer,

Ov. M. 1, 65:

praeceps,

id. ib. 2, 185; 13, 418; 15, 471; Col. poët. 10, 288; Stat. S. 5, 1, 82.— Acc. Borean, Ov. M. 15, 471; id. F. 2, 147; Luc. 4, 61; 5, 543; 5, 705; 8, 183; 10, 289; Stat. S. 3, 2, 45; id. Th. 7, 6; Manil. 4, 644:

Boream,

Prop. 2 (3), 26, 51; Claud. Epigr. 9, 3.—

Meton.

The north:

Boreae finitimum latus,

Hor. C. 3, 24, 38.—

Personified, the son of the river-god Strymon, and father of Calais and Zetes by Orithyia, daughter of Erectheus, king of Attica, Ov. M. 6, 682; 6, 711 sq.; Prop. 2, 26, 51 (3, 22, 31).—

Derivv.

bŏrī̆us or bŏrē̆us = boreios, pertaining to the north wind, northern:

sub axe boreo,

Ov. Tr. 4, 8, 41; so Isid. Orig. 3, 32, 1 Lind. N. cr.; 3, 36;

13, 5, 5: frigus,

Prisc. Perieg. 271; 315; 789.— Bŏrīon, ii, n., = BoreioW: promonturium, Boreion akpon, in Cyrenaica, Mel. 1, 7, 5; Plin. 5, 4, 4, § 28.—

bŏrĕālis, e, northern (rare;

perh. only in Avienus): flamina,

the north winds, Avien. Phaen. Arat. 951; id. Perieg. 84 and 292.

bŏrĕas ( borras, Prud. Psych. 847; Paul. Nol. Carm. 17, 245), ae, m., = Boreas or Borras.

The north wind; pure Lat aquilo, Plin. 2, 47, 46, § 119:

ventus Boreas,

Nep. Milt. 2, 4:

Boreae frigus,

Verg. G. 1, 93:

tellus boreā rigida spirante,

id. ib. 2, 316; id. A. 3, 687:

horrifer,

Ov. M. 1, 65:

praeceps,

id. ib. 2, 185; 13, 418; 15, 471; Col. poët. 10, 288; Stat. S. 5, 1, 82.— Acc. Borean, Ov. M. 15, 471; id. F. 2, 147; Luc. 4, 61; 5, 543; 5, 705; 8, 183; 10, 289; Stat. S. 3, 2, 45; id. Th. 7, 6; Manil. 4, 644:

Boream,

Prop. 2 (3), 26, 51; Claud. Epigr. 9, 3.—

Meton.

The north:

Boreae finitimum latus,

Hor. C. 3, 24, 38.—

Personified, the son of the river-god Strymon, and father of Calais and Zetes by Orithyia, daughter of Erectheus, king of Attica, Ov. M. 6, 682; 6, 711 sq.; Prop. 2, 26, 51 (3, 22, 31).—

Derivv.

bŏrī̆us or bŏrē̆us = boreios, pertaining to the north wind, northern:

sub axe boreo,

Ov. Tr. 4, 8, 41; so Isid. Orig. 3, 32, 1 Lind. N. cr.; 3, 36;

13, 5, 5: frigus,

Prisc. Perieg. 271; 315; 789.— Bŏrīon, ii, n., = BoreioW: promonturium, Boreion akpon, in Cyrenaica, Mel. 1, 7, 5; Plin. 5, 4, 4, § 28.—

bŏrĕālis, e, northern (rare;

perh. only in Avienus): flamina,

the north winds, Avien. Phaen. Arat. 951; id. Perieg. 84 and 292.

bŏrĕas ( borras, Prud. Psych. 847; Paul. Nol. Carm. 17, 245), ae, m., = Boreas or Borras.

The north wind; pure Lat aquilo, Plin. 2, 47, 46, § 119:

ventus Boreas,

Nep. Milt. 2, 4:

Boreae frigus,

Verg. G. 1, 93:

tellus boreā rigida spirante,

id. ib. 2, 316; id. A. 3, 687:

horrifer,

Ov. M. 1, 65:

praeceps,

id. ib. 2, 185; 13, 418; 15, 471; Col. poët. 10, 288; Stat. S. 5, 1, 82.— Acc. Borean, Ov. M. 15, 471; id. F. 2, 147; Luc. 4, 61; 5, 543; 5, 705; 8, 183; 10, 289; Stat. S. 3, 2, 45; id. Th. 7, 6; Manil. 4, 644:

Boream,

Prop. 2 (3), 26, 51; Claud. Epigr. 9, 3.—

Meton.

The north:

Boreae finitimum latus,

Hor. C. 3, 24, 38.—

Personified, the son of the river-god Strymon, and father of Calais and Zetes by Orithyia, daughter of Erectheus, king of Attica, Ov. M. 6, 682; 6, 711 sq.; Prop. 2, 26, 51 (3, 22, 31).—

Derivv.

bŏrī̆us or bŏrē̆us = boreios, pertaining to the north wind, northern:

sub axe boreo,

Ov. Tr. 4, 8, 41; so Isid. Orig. 3, 32, 1 Lind. N. cr.; 3, 36;

13, 5, 5: frigus,

Prisc. Perieg. 271; 315; 789.— Bŏrīon, ii, n., = BoreioW: promonturium, Boreion akpon, in Cyrenaica, Mel. 1, 7, 5; Plin. 5, 4, 4, § 28.—

bŏrĕālis, e, northern (rare;

perh. only in Avienus): flamina,

the north winds, Avien. Phaen. Arat. 951; id. Perieg. 84 and 292.

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ăquĭlo, ōnis, m. [perh. from aqua, as bringing wet weather, or aquilus, dark, as bringing lowering and stormy weather].

A.. Lit., the north wind; Gr. Boreas; plur., Cic. N. D. 2, 10, 26; Ov. M. 2, 132; 5, 285; 10, 77 al.; acc. to accurate nautical designation, north-one-third-east wind, between the septentrio and vulturnus, opp. to Auster Africanus or Libonotus, Sen. Q. N. 5, 16; Plin. 2, 47, 46, § 119 sq.: horrifer Aquilonis stridor gelidas molitur nives, Att. ap. Cic. Tusc. 1, 28, 68:

cum ille vento Aquilone venisset Lemnum,

Nep. Milt. 1, 5:

Aquilo frigidus,

Verg. G. 2, 404:

densus,

id. ib. 3, 196:

stridens Aquilone procella,

id. A. 1, 102:

hiems aquilonibus asperat undas,

id. ib. 3, 285:

impotens,

Hor. C. 3, 30, 3:

clarus,

Verg. G. 1, 460:

Threïcius,

Hor. Epod. 13, 3:

ad aquilonem et ad austrum,

Vulg. 1 Par. 9, 24; ib. Luc. 13, 29:

ad aquilonem et meridiem,

ib. Gen. 13, 14 et persaepe (in the Vulg. only in sing.).— Plur.:

Africum Decertantem aquilonibus,

Hor. C. 1, 3, 13:

Neptunus classes aquilonibus arcet,

id. A. P. 64 al. persaepe.—

Meton. for the north:

spelunca conversa ad aquilonem,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 48.—

Ăquĭlo, ōnis, m.; in mythology, the husband of Orithyia and father of Calais and Zetes, who dwelt in a cave of Hæmus, Cic. Leg. 1, 1, 3; Ov. M. 7, 3; Mel. 3, 5, 1; Val. Fl. 4, 432; Hyg. Fab. 14.

ăquĭlo, ōnis, m. [perh. from aqua, as bringing wet weather, or aquilus, dark, as bringing lowering and stormy weather].

A.. Lit., the north wind; Gr. Boreas; plur., Cic. N. D. 2, 10, 26; Ov. M. 2, 132; 5, 285; 10, 77 al.; acc. to accurate nautical designation, north-one-third-east wind, between the septentrio and vulturnus, opp. to Auster Africanus or Libonotus, Sen. Q. N. 5, 16; Plin. 2, 47, 46, § 119 sq.: horrifer Aquilonis stridor gelidas molitur nives, Att. ap. Cic. Tusc. 1, 28, 68:

cum ille vento Aquilone venisset Lemnum,

Nep. Milt. 1, 5:

Aquilo frigidus,

Verg. G. 2, 404:

densus,

id. ib. 3, 196:

stridens Aquilone procella,

id. A. 1, 102:

hiems aquilonibus asperat undas,

id. ib. 3, 285:

impotens,

Hor. C. 3, 30, 3:

clarus,

Verg. G. 1, 460:

Threïcius,

Hor. Epod. 13, 3:

ad aquilonem et ad austrum,

Vulg. 1 Par. 9, 24; ib. Luc. 13, 29:

ad aquilonem et meridiem,

ib. Gen. 13, 14 et persaepe (in the Vulg. only in sing.).— Plur.:

Africum Decertantem aquilonibus,

Hor. C. 1, 3, 13:

Neptunus classes aquilonibus arcet,

id. A. P. 64 al. persaepe.—

Meton. for the north:

spelunca conversa ad aquilonem,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 48.—

Ăquĭlo, ōnis, m.; in mythology, the husband of Orithyia and father of Calais and Zetes, who dwelt in a cave of Hæmus, Cic. Leg. 1, 1, 3; Ov. M. 7, 3; Mel. 3, 5, 1; Val. Fl. 4, 432; Hyg. Fab. 14.

Alpes, ĭum (rare in sing., Alpis, is, = hê Alpis; cf. Rudd. I. p. 157, n. 78), f., = hai Alpeis [v. albus], High mountains; and kat exochên, the high mountains of Switzerland, the Alps, unknown to the Romans, in their whole extent, until the time of Augustus. The three principal ranges, running S.W. and N.E., are,

The western division between Italy and France.

Alpes Maritimae, the Maritime Alps, extending from the sources of the Var, in a S.E. direction, to the sea, between the present Nice and Piedmont. North of these are,

Alpes Cottiae (so called from Cottius, a prefect in that region under Augustus), the Cottian Alps, west of Augusta Taurinorum, whose highest peak was Alpis Cottia, now Mont Genevre. Next to these, on the north.

Alpes Graiae (Graiae, a Celtic word of uncertain signif., sometimes falsely referred to Hercules Graius, Nep. Hann. 3, 4), the Graian Alps, extending to Mont Blanc (Alpis Graia is the Little St. Bernard).—

East of these, the middle division, as the northern boundary of Italy.

Alpes Penninae (so called from the deity Penninus, worshipped there; acc. to some, with the orthog. Poeninae, erroneously, with reference to Hannibal), the Pennine or Vallisian Alps, between Vallais and Upper Italy, whose highest peak, Mons Penninus, the Great St. Bernard, seems to have been out little known even in the time of Cæsar; v. Caes. B. G. 3, 1.—Connected with these on the N.E. are,

Alpes Lepontinae, the Lepontine Alps, the eastern continuation of which are,

Alpes Rhaeticae, the Rhœtian or Tyrolese Alps, extending to the Great Glockner.—

The eastern division.

Alpes Noricae, the Noric or Salzburg Alps. —

Alpes Carnicae, the Carnic Alps. —

Alpes Juliae (prob. so callea from the Forum Julii, situated near), the Julian Alps, extending to the Adriatic Sea and Illyria.—Cf. Mann Ital. I. p. 31 sq.; I p. 263; I. p. 271; I. p. 192; I. p. 189; id. Germ. p. 546:

Alpes aëriae,

Verg. G. 3, 474:

hibernae,

Hor. S. 2, 5, 41: gelidae. Luc. 1, 183: saevae Juv. 10, 166 al.—In sing.: quot in Alpe ferae. Ov. A. A. 3, 150: Alpis nubiferae colles. Luc. 1, 688:

opposuit natura Alpemque nivemque. Juv 10, 152: emissus ab Alpe,

Claud. B. Gild. 82; id. Cons. Stil. 3, 285.—

Appel. for any high mountain (only poet.):

gemmae Alpes,

the Alps and Pyrenees, Sil. 2, 833; Sid. Apol. 5, 593; Prud. steph. 3, 538.—Of Athos, Sid. Apol. 2, 510; 9, 43.

cardo, ĭnis, m. [cf. kradê, a swing; kradainô, to swing, wave; Sanscr. kurd, a spring, a leap; old Germ. hrad, lively, and Germ. reit in bereit, ready] (f., Gracch. ap. Prisc. p. 683 P.; Graius ap. Non. p. 202, 20; cf. infra in Vitr.), the pivot and socket, upon which a door was made to swing at the lintel and the threshold, the hinge of a door or gate, Enn. Trag. 119 Vahl.:

paene ecfregisti foribus cardines,

Plaut. Am. 4, 2, 6; id. As. 2, 3, 8:

postis a cardine vellit Aeratos,

Verg. A. 2, 480:

cardo stridebat,

id. ib. 1, 449; cf. id. Cir. 222:

num muttit cardo?

Plaut. Curc. 1, 1, 94:

immoti,

Plin. 16, 43, 84, § 230:

singuli,

id. 36, 15, 24, § 117:

facili patuerunt cardine valvae,

Juv. 4, 63:

versato cardine Thisbe Egreditur,

opening the door, Ov. M. 4, 93; cf. Verg. A. 3, 448:

nec strepitum verso Saturnia cardine fecit,

Ov. M. 14, 782 al. —

Meton.

Cardines, in mechanics, beams that were fitted together; and specifically, cardo masculus, a tenon, Vitr. 9, 6, and cardo femina, a socket, a mortise, id. 9, 6:

cardo securiclatus,

axeshaped tenon, a dovetail, id. 10, 15, 3.— Hence,

In garlands, the place where the two ends meet, Plin. 21, 4, 10, § 18.—

In astron., the point about which something turns, a pole. So of the North pole:

caeli,

Varr. R. R. 1, 2, 4:

mundi,

Plin. 4, 12, 26, § 89; cf.: extremusque adeo duplici de cardine vertex Dicitur esse polus, Cic. poët. N. D. 2, 41, 105; Ov. P. 2, 10, 45; Stat. Th. 1, 349:

cardo glacialis ursae,

Sen. Herc. Fur. 1139:

Arctoae cardo portae,

Stat. Th. 7, 35;

hence anal. to this, with the agrimensores,

the line limiting the field, drawn through from north to south, Plin. 18, 33, 76, § 326; 17, 22, 35, § 169; cf. Fest. s. v. decimanus, p. 71 Müll., and accordingly the mountain Taurus is called cardo, i. e. line or limit, Liv. 37, 54, 23; cf. id. 40, 18, 8; 41, 1, 3.—Of the four cardinal points of the world, Quint. 12, 10, 67; so, Hesperius Eous, Luc. 5, 71; Stat. Th. 1, 157:

occiduus,

Luc. 4, 672:

medius,

id. 4, 673.— Of the earth as the centre of the universe, acc. to the belief of the ancients, Plin. 2, 64, 64, § 160; 2, 9, 6, § 44.—Of the intersection of inclined surfaces:

reperiuntur (aquae)... quodam convexitatis cardine aut montium radicibus,

Plin. 31, 3, 26, § 43.—Of the summer solstice:

anni,

Plin. 18, 28, 68, § 264; and so of the epochs of the different seasons:

temporum,

id. 18, 25, 58, § 218; 18, 25, 59, § 220.—Hence, of the time of life:

extremus,

old age, Luc. 7, 381.—

Trop., that on which every thing else turns or depends, the chief point or circumstance (so not before the Aug. per.):

haud tanto cessabit cardine rerum,

at such a turn of affairs, so great a crisis, in so critical a moment, decisive, Verg. A. 1, 672 (hoc est in articulo, Serv.; cf. Isid. Orig. 15, 7, 6; Gr. akmê):

fatorum in cardine summo,

Stat. Th. 10, 853: litium. Quint. 12, 8, 2:

causae,

id. 5, 12, 3:

satellitem in quo totius dominationis summa quasi quodam cardine continetur,

Val. Max. 3, 3, ext. 5:

unum eligamus in quo est summum ac principale, in quo totius sapientiae cardo versatur,

Lact. 3, 7, 6.

axis, is, m. [kindred with Gr. axôn; Sanscr. akshas = axle, wheel; old Germ. Ahsa; mod. Germ. Achse; Engl. axle, Bopp, Gloss. p. 2, a; cf. Aufrecht, Zeitschr. für vergl. Sprachf. 8, p. 71].

Lit., an axletree, about which a round body, e.g. a wheel, turns:

faginus axis,

Verg. G. 3, 172:

axes aerii,

Vulg. 3 Reg. 7, 30;

7, 33: axis versatilis,

ib. Eccli. 33, 5 al. — Meton. (pars pro toto), a chariot, car, wagon, Ov. M. 2, 59; id. H. 4, 160; Sen. Herc. Oet. 1442; Sil. 16, 360 al.— Plur., Ov. M. 2, 148; 4, 634.—

Transf.

The axle of a water-clock, Vitr. 9, 6.—

The axis of the earth: mundum versari circum axem caeli, Cic. N. D. 1, 20, 52; so id. Ac. 2, 39, 123; id. Tim. 10; Lucr. 6, 1107.—Hence, meton.

The pole, Luc. 7, 422:

axis inocciduus,

id. 8, 175:

meridianus,

Vitr. 6, 1.—

Esp., the north pole, Lucr. 6, 720; Cic. Tusc. 1, 28, 68; Verg. G. 2, 271; 3, 351; Ov. P. 4, 7, 2; Manil. 4, 589.—

The whole heavens:

maximus Atlas Axem umero torquet stellis ardentibus aptum,

Verg. A. 4, 482; 6, 536; Ov. M. 1, 255; 2, 75; 2, 297; 6, 175; id. Tr. 1, 2, 46; Stat. Th. 5, 86; id. S. 3, 3, 76 al.—Hence, sub axe, under the open heaven, Verg. A. 2, 512; 8, 28.—

A region of the heavens, a clime:

boreus,

the north, Ov. Tr. 4, 8, 41:

hesperius,

the west, id. M. 4, 214; Luc. 3, 359.—

A pin or hook on which a hinge turns, Stat. Th. 1, 346.—

The valve of a pipe, Vitr. 10, 12.—

Axes volutarum, in archit., the axes of a volute, Vitr. 3, 3.—

A board, plank, Caes. B. C. 2, 9; Vitr. 4, 2; 7, 1; Col. 6, 30, 2; Plin. 36, 25, 62, § 187; Luc. 3, 455; Gell. 2, 12 al.—

An unknown wild animal in India, Plin. 8, 21, 31, § 76.

ex-cĭpĭo, cēpi, ceptum, 3, v. a. [capio].

(With the notion of the ex predominating.) To take or draw out.

Lit. (rarely): aliquem e mari, to draw out, fish out, Cic. Fragm. ap. Non. 293, 26 (Rep. 4, 8, 8 Baiter):

vidulum (e mari),

Plaut. Rud. 4, 4, 140 sq.:

dens manu, forcipe,

Cels. 7, 12, 1:

telum (e vulnere),

id. 7, 5, 1:

clipeum cristasque rubentes Excipiam sorti,

to withdraw, exempt, Verg. A. 9, 271.—

Trop.

In gen.: servitute exceptus, withdrawn, i. e. rescued from slavery, Liv. 33, 23, 2:

nihil jam cupiditati, nihil libidini exceptum,

exempt, Tac. Agr. 15.—

In partic.

To except, make an exception of (freq. and class.):

hosce ego homines excipio et secerno libenter,

Cic. Cat. 4, 7, 15:

qui (Democritus) ita sit ausus ordiri: Haec loquor de universis. Nihil excipit, de quo non profiteatur,

id. Ac. 2, 23, 73; cf. id. ib. 2, 9, 28:

Lacedaemonii ipsi, cum omnia concedunt in amore juvenum praeter stuprum, tenui sane muro dissaepiunt id, quod excipiunt,

id. Rep. 4, 4:

senex talos elidi jussit conservis meis: sed me excepit,

Plaut. Mil. 2, 2, 13.—With ne:

Licinia lex, quae non modo eum, qui, etc.... sed etiam collegas ejus, cognatos, affines excipit, ne eis ea potestas curatiove mandetur,

Cic. Agr. 2, 8, 21;

so in legal limitations,

id. ib. 2, 9, 24; id. Balb. 14, 32; see also exceptio.—With ut, Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 9, 26:

excepi de antiquis praeter Xenophanem neminem,

id. Div. 1, 39, 87:

ut in summis tuis laudibus excipiant unam iracundiam,

id. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 13, 37:

dolia, in horreis defossa, si non sint nominatim in venditione excepta, etc.,

Dig. 18, 1, 76; so ib. 77.—In the abl. absol.:

omnium mihi videor, exceptis, Crasse, vobis duobus, eloquentissimos audisse Ti. et C. Sempronios,

you two excepted, Cic. de Or. 1, 9, 38; cf.:

vos hortor, ut ita virtutem locetis, ut eā exceptā nihil amicitia praestabilius esse putetis,

id. Lael. 27 fin.:

exceptā sapientiā,

id. ib. 6, 20. — Neutr. absol.:

excepto, quod non simul esses, cetera laetus,

Hor. Ep. 1, 10, 50:

excepto, si obscena nudis nominibus enuntientur,

Quint. 8, 3, 38; Pers. 5, 90; Aug. Serm. 17, 3; 46, 2.—Hence,

Jurid. t. t., said of the defendant, to except, to make a legal exception to the plaintiff's statement:

verum est, quod qui excipit, probare debeat, quod excipitur,

Dig. 22, 3, 9; so ib. 18:

adversus aliquem,

ib. 16, 1, 17 et saep.; cf. exceptio and the authorities there cited.—

In an oration, a law, etc., to express by name, to make particular mention of, to state expressly (rare, and perh. not anteAug.):

cum Graecos Italia pellerent, excepisse medicos,

Plin. 29, 1, 8, § 16: vites in tantum sublimes, ut vindemitor auctoratus rogum ac tumulum excipiat, expressly stipulates for (in case he should fall and break his neck), id. 14, 1, 3, § 10.

(With the notion of the verb predominating.) To take a thing to one's self (in a good or bad sense), to catch, capture, take, receive.

Lit.

In gen.:

sanguinem paterā,

Cic. Brut. 11, 43; cf. Col. 9, 15, 9:

e longinquo sucum,

Plin. 25, 7, 38, § 78:

labentem excepit,

Cic. Rab. Post. 16, 43: se in pedes, to take to one's feet, i. e. spring to the ground, Liv. 4, 19, 4:

filiorum extremum spiritum ore,

Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 45, § 118; cf.:

tunicis fluentibus auras,

Ov. A. A. 3, 301:

omnium tela,

Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 72, § 177; so,

tela,

Caes. B. G. 3, 5, 3:

vulnera,

Cic. Sest. 10, 23; cf.:

vulnus ore,

Quint. 6, 3, 75; and:

plagae genus in se,

Lucr. 2, 810:

o terram illam beatam, quae hunc virum exceperit!

Cic. Mil. 38, 105; cf.: hunc (Mithridatem) in timore et fuga Tigranes excepit, id de. Imp. Pomp. 9, 23:

aliquem benigno vultu,

Liv. 30, 14, 3; cf.

also: hic te polenta excipiet,

Sen. Ep. 21 med.:

aliquem epulis,

Tac. G. 21:

multos ex fuga dispersos excipiunt,

Caes. B. G. 6, 35, 6. alios vagos per hiberna milites excipiebant, Liv. 33, 29, 2: speculator, exceptus a juvenibus mulcatur, id. 40, 7, 4: cf. Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 23, 5:

servos in pabulatione,

Caes. B. G. 7, 20, 9:

incautum,

Verg. A. 3, 332:

(uri) mansuefieri ne parvuli quidem excepti possunt,

Caes. B. G. 6, 28, 4:

aprum latitantem,

Hor. C. 3, 12, 10:

caprum insidiis,

Verg. E. 3, 18:

fugientes feras,

Phaedr. 1, 11, 6:

aprum, feram venabulo,

Quint. 4, 2, 17; Sen. Prov. 2 et saep.—

Of inanimate subjects:

postero die patenti itinere Priaticus campus eos excepit,

received them, Liv. 38, 41, 8:

silva tum excepit ferum,

Phaedr. 1, 12, 9; Quint. 2, 12, 2. —

In partic.

To come next to, to follow after, succeed a thing:

linguam ad radices ejus haerens excipit stomachus,

Cic. N. D. 2, 54, 135: quinque milia passuum proxima intercedere itineris campestris;

inde excipere loca aspera et montuosa,

Caes. B. C. 1, 66 fin.:

alios alii deinceps,

id. B. G. 5, 16 fin. — Poet.:

porticus excipiebat Arcton,

i. e. was turned to the north, looked towards the north, Hor. C. 2, 15, 16.—

In medic. lang.: aliquid aliqua re, to take something in something, i. e. mixed with something:

quae (medicamenta) excipiuntur cerato ex rosa facto,

Cels. 5, 18, 20; 5, 25, 5; 6; 12 et saep.—

Trop.

In gen., to take or catch up, to intercept:

genus divinationis naturale, quod animus arripit aut excipit extrinsecus ex divinitate,

Cic. Div. 2, 11, 26; cf.:

posteaquam vidit, illum excepisse laudem ex eo, quod,

i. e. obtained, id. Att. 1, 14, 3: subire coëgit et excipere pericula, to take upon one's self, to receive, support, sustain (the figure being taken from the reception of an enemy's blows or shots), Cic. Prov. Cons. 9, 23; cf.:

Germani celeriter phalange facta impetus gladiorum exceperunt,

Caes. B. G. 1, 52, 4; so,

impetus,

id. B. C. 1, 58, 1:

vim frigorum hiememque,

Cic. Rab. Post. 15, 42:

labores magnos,

id. Brut. 69, 243 et saep.:

excipimus nova illa cum favore et sollicitudine,

receive, Quint. 10, 1, 15:

verba risu,

id. 1, 2, 7:

praecepta ad excipiendas hominum voluntates,

for taking captive, Cic. de Or. 2, 8, 32:

invidiam,

to draw upon one's self, Nep. Dat. 5, 2.—

Of inanim. or abstr. subjects:

quae (sublicae) cum omni opere conjunctae vim fluminis exciperent,

Caes. B. G. 4, 17, 9; 3, 13, 1:

quid reliquis accideret, qui quosque eventus exciperent,

i. e. would befall, overtake them, Caes. B. C. 1, 21 fin.; Verg. A. 3, 318; Liv. 1, 53, 4.—

In partic.

To catch with the ear, esp. eagerly or secretly, to catch up, listen to, overhear:

maledicto nihil facilius emittitur, nihil citius excipitur,

Cic. Planc. 23, 57; id. Sest. 48, 102:

assensu populi excepta vox consulis,

Liv. 8, 6, 7:

ad has excipiendas voces speculator missus,

id. 40, 7, 4; 2, 4, 5; 4, 30, 3:

laudem avidissimis auribus excipit,

Plin. Ep. 4, 19, 3:

notis quoque excipere velocissime solitum,

i. e. to write down in shorthand, Suet. Tit. 3:

rumores,

Cic. Deiot. 9, 25; cf.

voces,

Liv. 40, 7, 4:

sermonem eorum,

id. 2, 4, 5:

furtivas notas,

Ov. Am. 1, 4, 18.—

To follow after, to succeed a thing in time or the order of succession (cf. above, A. 2. a.):

tristem hiemem pestilens aestas excepit,

Liv. 5, 13, 4:

Herculis vitam et virtutem immortalitas excepisse dicitur,

Cic. Sest. 68, 143:

violis succedit rosa: rosam cyanus excipit, cyanum amarantus,

Plin. 21, 11, 39, § 68:

excipit Pompilium Numam Tullus Hostilius,

Flor. 1, 3, 1:

hunc (locutum) Labienus excepit,

Caes. B. C. 3, 87, 1.— Absol.:

turbulentior inde annus excepit,

succeeded, followed, Liv. 2, 61, 1; Caes. B. G. 7, 88, 2:

re cognita tantus luctus excepit, ut, etc.,

id. B. C. 2, 7, 3.—Hence,

Transf.: aliquid, to continue, prolong a thing:

memoriam illius viri excipient omnes anni consequentes,

Cic. de Sen. 6, 19; Liv. 38, 22, 3:

vices alicujus,

Just. 11, 5.— Poet. with inf., Sil. 13, 687.

Belgae, ārum, m., = Belgai [Balge, in Lower Germany, a low, swampy region], the Belgians, a warlike people, of German and Celtic origin, in the north of Gaul, Caes. B. G. 1, 1; 2, 4; Mel. 3, 2, 4; Tac. A. 1, 43; 3, 40; id. H. 4, 17; 4, 76 al.—In sing.: Bel-ga, ae, m., a Belgian, Luc. 1, 426; Claud. Laud. Stil. 1, 226.—

Deriv.: Belgĭ-cus, a, um, adj., Belgic:

esseda,

Verg. G. 3, 204:

color,

Prop. 2 (3), 18, 26:

calami,

Plin. 16, 36, 65, § 161:

canis,

Sil. 10, 80.—Hence, Gallia Belgica, or absol. Belgica, the northern part of Gaul, between the Rhine, Seine, Marne, and the North Sea, inhabited by the Belgians, Plin. 4, 17, 31, § 105; 7, 16, 17, § 76. — Absol., Plin. 15, 25, 30, § 103; Tac. H. 1, 12; 1, 58 al.

Belgae, ārum, m., = Belgai [Balge, in Lower Germany, a low, swampy region], the Belgians, a warlike people, of German and Celtic origin, in the north of Gaul, Caes. B. G. 1, 1; 2, 4; Mel. 3, 2, 4; Tac. A. 1, 43; 3, 40; id. H. 4, 17; 4, 76 al.—In sing.: Bel-ga, ae, m., a Belgian, Luc. 1, 426; Claud. Laud. Stil. 1, 226.—

Deriv.: Belgĭ-cus, a, um, adj., Belgic:

esseda,

Verg. G. 3, 204:

color,

Prop. 2 (3), 18, 26:

calami,

Plin. 16, 36, 65, § 161:

canis,

Sil. 10, 80.—Hence, Gallia Belgica, or absol. Belgica, the northern part of Gaul, between the Rhine, Seine, Marne, and the North Sea, inhabited by the Belgians, Plin. 4, 17, 31, § 105; 7, 16, 17, § 76. — Absol., Plin. 15, 25, 30, § 103; Tac. H. 1, 12; 1, 58 al.

Belgae, ārum, m., = Belgai [Balge, in Lower Germany, a low, swampy region], the Belgians, a warlike people, of German and Celtic origin, in the north of Gaul, Caes. B. G. 1, 1; 2, 4; Mel. 3, 2, 4; Tac. A. 1, 43; 3, 40; id. H. 4, 17; 4, 76 al.—In sing.: Bel-ga, ae, m., a Belgian, Luc. 1, 426; Claud. Laud. Stil. 1, 226.—

Deriv.: Belgĭ-cus, a, um, adj., Belgic:

esseda,

Verg. G. 3, 204:

color,

Prop. 2 (3), 18, 26:

calami,

Plin. 16, 36, 65, § 161:

canis,

Sil. 10, 80.—Hence, Gallia Belgica, or absol. Belgica, the northern part of Gaul, between the Rhine, Seine, Marne, and the North Sea, inhabited by the Belgians, Plin. 4, 17, 31, § 105; 7, 16, 17, § 76. — Absol., Plin. 15, 25, 30, § 103; Tac. H. 1, 12; 1, 58 al.

pŏlus, i, m., = polos.

Lit., the end of an axis, a pole ( poet. and postAug.):

terra a verticibus duobus, quos appellaverunt polos, centrum caeli est, nec non Signiferi oblique inter eos siti,

Plin. 2, 15, 13, § 63; 2, 70, 71, § 179; Ov. M. 2, 75; id. P. 2, 7, 64:

polus glacialis,

the north pole, id. M. 2, 173;

or, gelidus,

id. H. 18, 152; also absol., the north pole, id. Tr. 4, 3, 15:

polus australis,

id. M. 2, 131;

or, austrinus,

the south pole, Plin. 5, 9, 10, § 56.—

Transf.

The polar star, Vitr. 9, 6 fin. —

The heavens, Att. ap. Varr. L. L. 7, § 14 (Trag. Rel. p. 190 Rib.); Verg. A. 3, 586; 5, 721; Hor. C. 1, 28, 6; 3, 29, 44; id. Epod. 17, 77; Val. Fl. 1, 622:

immensi parva figura poli,

Ov. F. 6, 278.

Pŏlus, i, m., a celebrated Greek tragic actor, Gell. 7, 5, 2.