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  • 1 posticus

    postīcus, a, um, adj. [post; like anticus from ante].
    I.
    That is behind, hinder, back -, posterior (class., but not in Cic. or Cæs.):

    est etiam hic ostium aliud posticum nostrarum aedium,

    backdoor, Plaut. Stich. 3, 1, 40; cf.: posticum ostium dicitur in posteriore parte aedium. Ceterum antiqui etiam vicinum habitantem ad posteriorem partem aedium sic appellarunt, Paul. ex Fest. p. 220 Müll.:

    locus erat posticis aedium partibus,

    Liv. 23, 8: perrexit in interiores partes domuis posticae, of the backbuilding, out - house, Varr. ap. Non. 217, 7:

    domo posticā egressus,

    Val. Max. 5, 7, 3:

    muri,

    Varr. L. L. 5, § 42 Müll.: vicinus, v. Paul. ex Fest. l. l.: non peperit, verum posticā parte profudit, with the posteriors, Lucil. ap. Non. 217, 17:

    sannae,

    made behind the back, Pers. 1, 62:

    pedes,

    hind feet, Sol. 26:

    pars palatii,

    Suet. Oth. 6:

    posticam lineam in agris dividendis Serv. Sulpicius appellavit, ab exoriente sole ad occidentem quae spectabat,

    Fest. p. 233 Müll.: quae ante nos sunt, antica: et quae post nos sunt, postica dicuntur: et dextram anticam, sinistram posticam dicimus. Sic etiam ea caeli pars, quae sole illustratur ad meridiem, antica nominatur, quae ad septentrionem postica, Paul. ex Fest. p. 220 Müll.; cf.:

    ejus templi partes quattuor dicuntur: sinistra ab oriente, dextra ab occasu, antica ad meridiem, postica ad septentrionem,

    Varr. L. L. 7, § 7 Müll.—
    II.
    Subst.
    A.
    postīca, ae, f., a backdoor (post-class.), App. M. 9, p. 217, 25; Dig. 7, 1, 13.—
    B.
    postīcum, i, n.
    1.
    A backdoor (the prevailing form for this signif.):

    per posticum se conferre,

    Plaut. Most. 3, 3, 27:

    atria servantem postico falle clientem,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 5, 31; Vulg. Dan. 13, 18.—
    2.
    The back part of a building, the rear front, Titin. ap. Non. 217, 19:

    in pronao, et postico,

    Vitr. 3, 1.—
    3.
    A backhouse, privy (anteclass.), Lucil. ap. Non. 217, 20.—
    4.
    The posteriors, the fundament (ante- and postclass.): retrimenta cibi, quae exierunt per posticum, Varr. ap. Non. 217, 24; also in plur., Arn. 2, 54.

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  • 2 prīncipium

        prīncipium ī, n    [princeps], a beginning, commencement, origin: origo principi nulla est: motūs: principio orationis hoc pono, in beginning my speech: omnium rerum magnarum ab dis inmortalibus principia ducuntur: Scribendi recte sapere est principium, H.: Ab Iove principium, V.: imperi, L.: a sanguine Teucri Ducere principium, O.— Abl adverb., at the beginning, in the beginning, at first, in the first place: Principio vementer velim, etc., T.: principio ausus est dicere: Principio... tum, V.—In the phrase, a principio (rarely de principio), from the beginning, from the first: ut a principio dixi: de principio studuit occurrere, etc.— Plur, beginnings, foundations, principles, elements: diligenter explorata principia ponantur: naturalia: principia rerum, e quibus omnia constant, elements.—Prov.: obsta principiis, O.— That which begins, a leader, founder: Faucia curia fuit principium, i. e. was the first to vote, L.: Graecia principium moris fuit, O.—In the army, plur, the foremost ranks, front lines of soldiers, front, van: ero post principia, in the rear, T.: Marium post principia habere, S.: post principia tutus receptus fuit, to the rear, L.—In a camp, the headquarters, principal place, general's quarters (an open space, for councils and assemblies): iura reddere in principiis, L.: in principiis statuit tabernaculum, N.
    * * *

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  • 3 posteriora

    postĕrus or poster (not in use in nom. sing. masc.), a, um, adj.—Comp: posterior, us.— Sup.: postremus or postumus, a, um [post], coming after, following, next, ensuing, future.
    I.
    Posit.:

    cum ibi diem posterum commoraretur,

    Cic. Clu. 13, 37:

    in posterum diem distulit,

    id. Deiot. 7, 21:

    postero die mane,

    id. Verr 2, 2, 17, § 41:

    postero die, Sall J. 75, 9: posterā nocte,

    Nep. Eum. 9, 4:

    postero anno, Cic. Fragm. pro C. Cornel.: postera aetas,

    Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 42:

    lux,

    id. S. 1, 5, 39:

    posterā Crescam laude,

    in the esteem of posterity, id. C. 3, 30, 7:

    posteri dies,

    unlucky, Non. 73, 32.— Hence,
    2.
    Subst.: postĕri, ōrum, m., coming generations, descendants, posterity:

    expetantur eae poenae a liberis, a nepotibus, a posteris,

    Cic. N. D. 3, 38, 90:

    posterūm gloria,

    Tac. A. 3, 72:

    postero, for postero die,

    on the following day, next day, id. ib. 4, 45; cf.:

    quam minimum credula postero,

    Hor. C. 1, 11, 8: in posterum, for in posterum diem, to the following day, till the next day:

    in posterum oppugnationem differt,

    Caes. B. G. 7, 11.—More freq.: in posterum (sc. tempus), in the future, for the future:

    in posterum confirmat,

    Caes. B. C. 1, 3:

    multum in posterum providerunt,

    Cic. Agr. 2, 33, 91; id. Phil. 13, 3, 6; id. Fam. 1, 9, 2:

    longe in posterum prospicere,

    id. ib. 2, 8, 1.—
    B.
    Trop., inferior (post-class.), Mart. Cap. 4, § 333.—
    II.
    Comp.: postĕ-rĭor, postĕrĭus.
    A.
    Lit., that comes or follows after, next in order, time, or place, latter, later, posterior (class.; strictly only when two objects or classes are contrasted in place or time;

    opp.: prior, superior): ut cum priore (dicto) necessario posterius cohaerere videntur,

    Cic. Inv. 1, 46, 86:

    nec acumine posteriorum (oratorum), nec fulmine utens superiorum,

    id. Or. 6, 21:

    ea pertinere ad superiorem divisionem: contra posteriorem nihil dici oportere,

    id. Ac. 2, 31, 99; 2, 30, 96; id. Off. 1, 20, 67:

    posteriores pedes (opp.: pedes priores),

    the hind feet, Plin. 11, 45, 101, § 248; cf.:

    genua,

    id. 11, 45, 102, § 249:

    pars prior apparet, posteriora latent,

    Ov. F. 4, 718:

    posteriores cogitationes,

    afterthoughts, Cic. Phil. 12, 2, 5:

    paria esse debent posteriora superioribus,

    id. de Or. 3, 48, 186:

    Thucy dides paulo aetate posterior,

    id. Brut. 11, 48:

    quod prius ordine verbum est, Posterius facias,

    Hor. S. 1, 4, 59.—Sometimes added to other words of contrast:

    alii... alii... tamen hi quoque posteriores, etc.,

    Cic. Fin. 3, 21, 70:

    cujus est ratio duplex... facilior est haec posterior... sed illa lautior,

    id. Off. 2, 15, 52; cf. superior.—
    2.
    Subst.
    a.
    postĕ-rĭōres, um, m., for posteri, posterity (postclass.):

    quemadmodum omnes cognati supra tritavum, generali appellatione majores vocantur, ita post trinepotem posteriores,

    Dig. 38, 10, 10.—
    b.
    postĕrĭōra, um, n., the posteriors (post-class.), Lampr Elag. 5. — Adv.: postĕrĭus, later, afterwards (class.):

    posterius dicere,

    Plaut. Ep. 2, 2, 76:

    posterius istuc dicis quam credo tibi,

    i. e. I believe you before you speak, id. As. 1, 1, 48:

    jubet posterius ad se reverti,

    Cic. Verr 2, 4, 29, § 66:

    Thucydides si posterius fuisset,

    had he lived at a later period, id. Brut. 83, 288.—
    B.
    Trop., inferior, of less account or value, worse (class.):

    quorum utrique semper patriae salus et dignitas posterior suā dominatione et domesticis commodis fuit,

    Cic. Att. 10, 4, 4; id. Phil. 13, 3, 6:

    suam salutem posteriorem communi salute ducere,

    id. Rab. Perd. 1, 3:

    nihil posterius, nihil nequius,

    id. Pis. 27, 66 (al. protervius):

    omnes res posteriores pono atque operam do tibi,

    I lay every thing aside, Plaut. Mil. 4, 1, 7: non posteriores feram, I will not play the meanest part, I shall not be behindhand, Ter Ad. 5, 4, 26; cf.:

    cujus sic fortuna cum improbitate certavit, ut nemo posset utrum posterior an infelicior esset judicare,

    Cic. Prov Cons. 4, 8 fin. —
    III.
    Sup, in two forms, postrēmus and postŭmus, a, um.
    A.
    postrēmus, a, um, the hindmost, the last (class.):

    alia prima ponet, alia postrema,

    last, Cic. Or 15, 50:

    acies,

    the rear, Sall. J. 101, 5:

    in agmine in primis modo, modo in postremis adesse,

    now in the front, now in the rear, id. ib. 45, 2: postremā in comoediā, at the end of the piece, Plaut. Cist. fin.:

    in postremo libro,

    at the close of the book, Just. 43, 5:

    mense postremo,

    Pall. 7, 2:

    munus, i. e. exsequiae,

    the last honors, Cat. 101, 3:

    nec postrema cura,

    not the last, least, Verg. G. 3, 404; cf.:

    non in postremis, i. e. in primis,

    especially, Cic. Fam. 1, 9, 17.— postrēmō, adv., at last, finally (class.), Caes. B. G. 7, 1:

    omnes urbes, agri, regna denique, postremo etiam vectigalia vestra venierint,

    Cic. Agr. 2, 23, 62:

    primum... deinde... postremo: denique... postremo,

    id. N. D. 1, 37, 104; Hor. S. 2, 2, 132: ad postremum, at last, finally, ultimately:

    sed ad postremum nihil apparet,

    Plaut. Poen. 4, 2, 23; Sall. Fragm. ap. Aug. Civ. Dei, 3, 17; Liv. 38, 16; Hirt. B. G. 8, 43: postremum, for the last time:

    si id facis, hodie postremum me vides, Ter And. 2, 1, 22: in quo (vestigio) ille postremum institisset,

    Cic. de Or. 3, 2, 6: postremum, at last:

    postremum mel et acetum superfundes,

    Pall. 12, 22.—
    2.
    Trop., the last, lowest, basest, meanest, worst (class.):

    postremum genus,

    Cic. Cat. 2, 10, 22: ut homines postremi pecuniis alienis locupletarentur, id. Rosc. Am. 47, 137:

    servitus postremum malorum omnium,

    id. Phil. 2, 44, 113.—Hence, ante- and post-class., a new comp. postremior, and sup. postremissimus:

    ut possit videri nullum animal in terris homine postremius,

    App. de Deo Socr. p. 43 fin.: omnium nationum postremissimum nequissimumque existimatote, C. Gracch. ap. Gell. 15, 12, 3:

    cum adulescentulis postremissimis,

    App. Mag. p. 336.—
    B.
    po-stŭmus (acc. to an erroneous derivation, from post - humus, sometimes also post-humus), a, um, the last, said esp. of the youngest children, or of those born after the father's death, or after he had made his will, late-born, posthumous:

    Silvius... tua postuma proles, Quem tibi longaevo serum Lavinia conjux Educet silvis,

    late-born son, Verg. A. 6, 763; cf. with this passage: postuma proles non eum significat, qui patre mortuo, sed qui postremo loco natus est, sicuti Silvius, qui Aeneā jam sene, tardo seroque partu est editus, Caesellius Vindex ap. Gell. 2, 16, 5.—On the other hand:

    is, qui post patris mortem natus est, dicitur postumus,

    Varr. L. L. 9, § 60 Müll.; and:

    postumus cognominatur post patris mortem natus,

    Fest. p. 238 Müll.; Plaut. ap. Fest. l. l.—As subst.: postŭmus, i, m., a posthumous child:

    non minus postumis quam jam natis testamento tutores dari posse,

    Gai. Inst. 1, 147:

    si quis postumis dederit tutores, hique vivo eo nascantur, an datio valeat?

    Dig. 26, 2, 16 fin.:

    postuma spes,

    the last, App. M. 4, p. 144, 26:

    suscipit doctrinam seram plane et postumam,

    id. Mag. p. 297, 23:

    cena quam postumā diligentiā praeparaverat,

    with extreme care, id. M. 6, p. 186, 25.—
    * 2.
    Subst.: postŭmum, i, n., that which is last, the end, extremity:

    de postumo corporis,

    Tert. adv. Gnost. 1.

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  • 4 posteriores

    postĕrus or poster (not in use in nom. sing. masc.), a, um, adj.—Comp: posterior, us.— Sup.: postremus or postumus, a, um [post], coming after, following, next, ensuing, future.
    I.
    Posit.:

    cum ibi diem posterum commoraretur,

    Cic. Clu. 13, 37:

    in posterum diem distulit,

    id. Deiot. 7, 21:

    postero die mane,

    id. Verr 2, 2, 17, § 41:

    postero die, Sall J. 75, 9: posterā nocte,

    Nep. Eum. 9, 4:

    postero anno, Cic. Fragm. pro C. Cornel.: postera aetas,

    Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 42:

    lux,

    id. S. 1, 5, 39:

    posterā Crescam laude,

    in the esteem of posterity, id. C. 3, 30, 7:

    posteri dies,

    unlucky, Non. 73, 32.— Hence,
    2.
    Subst.: postĕri, ōrum, m., coming generations, descendants, posterity:

    expetantur eae poenae a liberis, a nepotibus, a posteris,

    Cic. N. D. 3, 38, 90:

    posterūm gloria,

    Tac. A. 3, 72:

    postero, for postero die,

    on the following day, next day, id. ib. 4, 45; cf.:

    quam minimum credula postero,

    Hor. C. 1, 11, 8: in posterum, for in posterum diem, to the following day, till the next day:

    in posterum oppugnationem differt,

    Caes. B. G. 7, 11.—More freq.: in posterum (sc. tempus), in the future, for the future:

    in posterum confirmat,

    Caes. B. C. 1, 3:

    multum in posterum providerunt,

    Cic. Agr. 2, 33, 91; id. Phil. 13, 3, 6; id. Fam. 1, 9, 2:

    longe in posterum prospicere,

    id. ib. 2, 8, 1.—
    B.
    Trop., inferior (post-class.), Mart. Cap. 4, § 333.—
    II.
    Comp.: postĕ-rĭor, postĕrĭus.
    A.
    Lit., that comes or follows after, next in order, time, or place, latter, later, posterior (class.; strictly only when two objects or classes are contrasted in place or time;

    opp.: prior, superior): ut cum priore (dicto) necessario posterius cohaerere videntur,

    Cic. Inv. 1, 46, 86:

    nec acumine posteriorum (oratorum), nec fulmine utens superiorum,

    id. Or. 6, 21:

    ea pertinere ad superiorem divisionem: contra posteriorem nihil dici oportere,

    id. Ac. 2, 31, 99; 2, 30, 96; id. Off. 1, 20, 67:

    posteriores pedes (opp.: pedes priores),

    the hind feet, Plin. 11, 45, 101, § 248; cf.:

    genua,

    id. 11, 45, 102, § 249:

    pars prior apparet, posteriora latent,

    Ov. F. 4, 718:

    posteriores cogitationes,

    afterthoughts, Cic. Phil. 12, 2, 5:

    paria esse debent posteriora superioribus,

    id. de Or. 3, 48, 186:

    Thucy dides paulo aetate posterior,

    id. Brut. 11, 48:

    quod prius ordine verbum est, Posterius facias,

    Hor. S. 1, 4, 59.—Sometimes added to other words of contrast:

    alii... alii... tamen hi quoque posteriores, etc.,

    Cic. Fin. 3, 21, 70:

    cujus est ratio duplex... facilior est haec posterior... sed illa lautior,

    id. Off. 2, 15, 52; cf. superior.—
    2.
    Subst.
    a.
    postĕ-rĭōres, um, m., for posteri, posterity (postclass.):

    quemadmodum omnes cognati supra tritavum, generali appellatione majores vocantur, ita post trinepotem posteriores,

    Dig. 38, 10, 10.—
    b.
    postĕrĭōra, um, n., the posteriors (post-class.), Lampr Elag. 5. — Adv.: postĕrĭus, later, afterwards (class.):

    posterius dicere,

    Plaut. Ep. 2, 2, 76:

    posterius istuc dicis quam credo tibi,

    i. e. I believe you before you speak, id. As. 1, 1, 48:

    jubet posterius ad se reverti,

    Cic. Verr 2, 4, 29, § 66:

    Thucydides si posterius fuisset,

    had he lived at a later period, id. Brut. 83, 288.—
    B.
    Trop., inferior, of less account or value, worse (class.):

    quorum utrique semper patriae salus et dignitas posterior suā dominatione et domesticis commodis fuit,

    Cic. Att. 10, 4, 4; id. Phil. 13, 3, 6:

    suam salutem posteriorem communi salute ducere,

    id. Rab. Perd. 1, 3:

    nihil posterius, nihil nequius,

    id. Pis. 27, 66 (al. protervius):

    omnes res posteriores pono atque operam do tibi,

    I lay every thing aside, Plaut. Mil. 4, 1, 7: non posteriores feram, I will not play the meanest part, I shall not be behindhand, Ter Ad. 5, 4, 26; cf.:

    cujus sic fortuna cum improbitate certavit, ut nemo posset utrum posterior an infelicior esset judicare,

    Cic. Prov Cons. 4, 8 fin. —
    III.
    Sup, in two forms, postrēmus and postŭmus, a, um.
    A.
    postrēmus, a, um, the hindmost, the last (class.):

    alia prima ponet, alia postrema,

    last, Cic. Or 15, 50:

    acies,

    the rear, Sall. J. 101, 5:

    in agmine in primis modo, modo in postremis adesse,

    now in the front, now in the rear, id. ib. 45, 2: postremā in comoediā, at the end of the piece, Plaut. Cist. fin.:

    in postremo libro,

    at the close of the book, Just. 43, 5:

    mense postremo,

    Pall. 7, 2:

    munus, i. e. exsequiae,

    the last honors, Cat. 101, 3:

    nec postrema cura,

    not the last, least, Verg. G. 3, 404; cf.:

    non in postremis, i. e. in primis,

    especially, Cic. Fam. 1, 9, 17.— postrēmō, adv., at last, finally (class.), Caes. B. G. 7, 1:

    omnes urbes, agri, regna denique, postremo etiam vectigalia vestra venierint,

    Cic. Agr. 2, 23, 62:

    primum... deinde... postremo: denique... postremo,

    id. N. D. 1, 37, 104; Hor. S. 2, 2, 132: ad postremum, at last, finally, ultimately:

    sed ad postremum nihil apparet,

    Plaut. Poen. 4, 2, 23; Sall. Fragm. ap. Aug. Civ. Dei, 3, 17; Liv. 38, 16; Hirt. B. G. 8, 43: postremum, for the last time:

    si id facis, hodie postremum me vides, Ter And. 2, 1, 22: in quo (vestigio) ille postremum institisset,

    Cic. de Or. 3, 2, 6: postremum, at last:

    postremum mel et acetum superfundes,

    Pall. 12, 22.—
    2.
    Trop., the last, lowest, basest, meanest, worst (class.):

    postremum genus,

    Cic. Cat. 2, 10, 22: ut homines postremi pecuniis alienis locupletarentur, id. Rosc. Am. 47, 137:

    servitus postremum malorum omnium,

    id. Phil. 2, 44, 113.—Hence, ante- and post-class., a new comp. postremior, and sup. postremissimus:

    ut possit videri nullum animal in terris homine postremius,

    App. de Deo Socr. p. 43 fin.: omnium nationum postremissimum nequissimumque existimatote, C. Gracch. ap. Gell. 15, 12, 3:

    cum adulescentulis postremissimis,

    App. Mag. p. 336.—
    B.
    po-stŭmus (acc. to an erroneous derivation, from post - humus, sometimes also post-humus), a, um, the last, said esp. of the youngest children, or of those born after the father's death, or after he had made his will, late-born, posthumous:

    Silvius... tua postuma proles, Quem tibi longaevo serum Lavinia conjux Educet silvis,

    late-born son, Verg. A. 6, 763; cf. with this passage: postuma proles non eum significat, qui patre mortuo, sed qui postremo loco natus est, sicuti Silvius, qui Aeneā jam sene, tardo seroque partu est editus, Caesellius Vindex ap. Gell. 2, 16, 5.—On the other hand:

    is, qui post patris mortem natus est, dicitur postumus,

    Varr. L. L. 9, § 60 Müll.; and:

    postumus cognominatur post patris mortem natus,

    Fest. p. 238 Müll.; Plaut. ap. Fest. l. l.—As subst.: postŭmus, i, m., a posthumous child:

    non minus postumis quam jam natis testamento tutores dari posse,

    Gai. Inst. 1, 147:

    si quis postumis dederit tutores, hique vivo eo nascantur, an datio valeat?

    Dig. 26, 2, 16 fin.:

    postuma spes,

    the last, App. M. 4, p. 144, 26:

    suscipit doctrinam seram plane et postumam,

    id. Mag. p. 297, 23:

    cena quam postumā diligentiā praeparaverat,

    with extreme care, id. M. 6, p. 186, 25.—
    * 2.
    Subst.: postŭmum, i, n., that which is last, the end, extremity:

    de postumo corporis,

    Tert. adv. Gnost. 1.

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  • 5 posterius

    postĕrus or poster (not in use in nom. sing. masc.), a, um, adj.—Comp: posterior, us.— Sup.: postremus or postumus, a, um [post], coming after, following, next, ensuing, future.
    I.
    Posit.:

    cum ibi diem posterum commoraretur,

    Cic. Clu. 13, 37:

    in posterum diem distulit,

    id. Deiot. 7, 21:

    postero die mane,

    id. Verr 2, 2, 17, § 41:

    postero die, Sall J. 75, 9: posterā nocte,

    Nep. Eum. 9, 4:

    postero anno, Cic. Fragm. pro C. Cornel.: postera aetas,

    Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 42:

    lux,

    id. S. 1, 5, 39:

    posterā Crescam laude,

    in the esteem of posterity, id. C. 3, 30, 7:

    posteri dies,

    unlucky, Non. 73, 32.— Hence,
    2.
    Subst.: postĕri, ōrum, m., coming generations, descendants, posterity:

    expetantur eae poenae a liberis, a nepotibus, a posteris,

    Cic. N. D. 3, 38, 90:

    posterūm gloria,

    Tac. A. 3, 72:

    postero, for postero die,

    on the following day, next day, id. ib. 4, 45; cf.:

    quam minimum credula postero,

    Hor. C. 1, 11, 8: in posterum, for in posterum diem, to the following day, till the next day:

    in posterum oppugnationem differt,

    Caes. B. G. 7, 11.—More freq.: in posterum (sc. tempus), in the future, for the future:

    in posterum confirmat,

    Caes. B. C. 1, 3:

    multum in posterum providerunt,

    Cic. Agr. 2, 33, 91; id. Phil. 13, 3, 6; id. Fam. 1, 9, 2:

    longe in posterum prospicere,

    id. ib. 2, 8, 1.—
    B.
    Trop., inferior (post-class.), Mart. Cap. 4, § 333.—
    II.
    Comp.: postĕ-rĭor, postĕrĭus.
    A.
    Lit., that comes or follows after, next in order, time, or place, latter, later, posterior (class.; strictly only when two objects or classes are contrasted in place or time;

    opp.: prior, superior): ut cum priore (dicto) necessario posterius cohaerere videntur,

    Cic. Inv. 1, 46, 86:

    nec acumine posteriorum (oratorum), nec fulmine utens superiorum,

    id. Or. 6, 21:

    ea pertinere ad superiorem divisionem: contra posteriorem nihil dici oportere,

    id. Ac. 2, 31, 99; 2, 30, 96; id. Off. 1, 20, 67:

    posteriores pedes (opp.: pedes priores),

    the hind feet, Plin. 11, 45, 101, § 248; cf.:

    genua,

    id. 11, 45, 102, § 249:

    pars prior apparet, posteriora latent,

    Ov. F. 4, 718:

    posteriores cogitationes,

    afterthoughts, Cic. Phil. 12, 2, 5:

    paria esse debent posteriora superioribus,

    id. de Or. 3, 48, 186:

    Thucy dides paulo aetate posterior,

    id. Brut. 11, 48:

    quod prius ordine verbum est, Posterius facias,

    Hor. S. 1, 4, 59.—Sometimes added to other words of contrast:

    alii... alii... tamen hi quoque posteriores, etc.,

    Cic. Fin. 3, 21, 70:

    cujus est ratio duplex... facilior est haec posterior... sed illa lautior,

    id. Off. 2, 15, 52; cf. superior.—
    2.
    Subst.
    a.
    postĕ-rĭōres, um, m., for posteri, posterity (postclass.):

    quemadmodum omnes cognati supra tritavum, generali appellatione majores vocantur, ita post trinepotem posteriores,

    Dig. 38, 10, 10.—
    b.
    postĕrĭōra, um, n., the posteriors (post-class.), Lampr Elag. 5. — Adv.: postĕrĭus, later, afterwards (class.):

    posterius dicere,

    Plaut. Ep. 2, 2, 76:

    posterius istuc dicis quam credo tibi,

    i. e. I believe you before you speak, id. As. 1, 1, 48:

    jubet posterius ad se reverti,

    Cic. Verr 2, 4, 29, § 66:

    Thucydides si posterius fuisset,

    had he lived at a later period, id. Brut. 83, 288.—
    B.
    Trop., inferior, of less account or value, worse (class.):

    quorum utrique semper patriae salus et dignitas posterior suā dominatione et domesticis commodis fuit,

    Cic. Att. 10, 4, 4; id. Phil. 13, 3, 6:

    suam salutem posteriorem communi salute ducere,

    id. Rab. Perd. 1, 3:

    nihil posterius, nihil nequius,

    id. Pis. 27, 66 (al. protervius):

    omnes res posteriores pono atque operam do tibi,

    I lay every thing aside, Plaut. Mil. 4, 1, 7: non posteriores feram, I will not play the meanest part, I shall not be behindhand, Ter Ad. 5, 4, 26; cf.:

    cujus sic fortuna cum improbitate certavit, ut nemo posset utrum posterior an infelicior esset judicare,

    Cic. Prov Cons. 4, 8 fin. —
    III.
    Sup, in two forms, postrēmus and postŭmus, a, um.
    A.
    postrēmus, a, um, the hindmost, the last (class.):

    alia prima ponet, alia postrema,

    last, Cic. Or 15, 50:

    acies,

    the rear, Sall. J. 101, 5:

    in agmine in primis modo, modo in postremis adesse,

    now in the front, now in the rear, id. ib. 45, 2: postremā in comoediā, at the end of the piece, Plaut. Cist. fin.:

    in postremo libro,

    at the close of the book, Just. 43, 5:

    mense postremo,

    Pall. 7, 2:

    munus, i. e. exsequiae,

    the last honors, Cat. 101, 3:

    nec postrema cura,

    not the last, least, Verg. G. 3, 404; cf.:

    non in postremis, i. e. in primis,

    especially, Cic. Fam. 1, 9, 17.— postrēmō, adv., at last, finally (class.), Caes. B. G. 7, 1:

    omnes urbes, agri, regna denique, postremo etiam vectigalia vestra venierint,

    Cic. Agr. 2, 23, 62:

    primum... deinde... postremo: denique... postremo,

    id. N. D. 1, 37, 104; Hor. S. 2, 2, 132: ad postremum, at last, finally, ultimately:

    sed ad postremum nihil apparet,

    Plaut. Poen. 4, 2, 23; Sall. Fragm. ap. Aug. Civ. Dei, 3, 17; Liv. 38, 16; Hirt. B. G. 8, 43: postremum, for the last time:

    si id facis, hodie postremum me vides, Ter And. 2, 1, 22: in quo (vestigio) ille postremum institisset,

    Cic. de Or. 3, 2, 6: postremum, at last:

    postremum mel et acetum superfundes,

    Pall. 12, 22.—
    2.
    Trop., the last, lowest, basest, meanest, worst (class.):

    postremum genus,

    Cic. Cat. 2, 10, 22: ut homines postremi pecuniis alienis locupletarentur, id. Rosc. Am. 47, 137:

    servitus postremum malorum omnium,

    id. Phil. 2, 44, 113.—Hence, ante- and post-class., a new comp. postremior, and sup. postremissimus:

    ut possit videri nullum animal in terris homine postremius,

    App. de Deo Socr. p. 43 fin.: omnium nationum postremissimum nequissimumque existimatote, C. Gracch. ap. Gell. 15, 12, 3:

    cum adulescentulis postremissimis,

    App. Mag. p. 336.—
    B.
    po-stŭmus (acc. to an erroneous derivation, from post - humus, sometimes also post-humus), a, um, the last, said esp. of the youngest children, or of those born after the father's death, or after he had made his will, late-born, posthumous:

    Silvius... tua postuma proles, Quem tibi longaevo serum Lavinia conjux Educet silvis,

    late-born son, Verg. A. 6, 763; cf. with this passage: postuma proles non eum significat, qui patre mortuo, sed qui postremo loco natus est, sicuti Silvius, qui Aeneā jam sene, tardo seroque partu est editus, Caesellius Vindex ap. Gell. 2, 16, 5.—On the other hand:

    is, qui post patris mortem natus est, dicitur postumus,

    Varr. L. L. 9, § 60 Müll.; and:

    postumus cognominatur post patris mortem natus,

    Fest. p. 238 Müll.; Plaut. ap. Fest. l. l.—As subst.: postŭmus, i, m., a posthumous child:

    non minus postumis quam jam natis testamento tutores dari posse,

    Gai. Inst. 1, 147:

    si quis postumis dederit tutores, hique vivo eo nascantur, an datio valeat?

    Dig. 26, 2, 16 fin.:

    postuma spes,

    the last, App. M. 4, p. 144, 26:

    suscipit doctrinam seram plane et postumam,

    id. Mag. p. 297, 23:

    cena quam postumā diligentiā praeparaverat,

    with extreme care, id. M. 6, p. 186, 25.—
    * 2.
    Subst.: postŭmum, i, n., that which is last, the end, extremity:

    de postumo corporis,

    Tert. adv. Gnost. 1.

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  • 6 posterus

    postĕrus or poster (not in use in nom. sing. masc.), a, um, adj.—Comp: posterior, us.— Sup.: postremus or postumus, a, um [post], coming after, following, next, ensuing, future.
    I.
    Posit.:

    cum ibi diem posterum commoraretur,

    Cic. Clu. 13, 37:

    in posterum diem distulit,

    id. Deiot. 7, 21:

    postero die mane,

    id. Verr 2, 2, 17, § 41:

    postero die, Sall J. 75, 9: posterā nocte,

    Nep. Eum. 9, 4:

    postero anno, Cic. Fragm. pro C. Cornel.: postera aetas,

    Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 42:

    lux,

    id. S. 1, 5, 39:

    posterā Crescam laude,

    in the esteem of posterity, id. C. 3, 30, 7:

    posteri dies,

    unlucky, Non. 73, 32.— Hence,
    2.
    Subst.: postĕri, ōrum, m., coming generations, descendants, posterity:

    expetantur eae poenae a liberis, a nepotibus, a posteris,

    Cic. N. D. 3, 38, 90:

    posterūm gloria,

    Tac. A. 3, 72:

    postero, for postero die,

    on the following day, next day, id. ib. 4, 45; cf.:

    quam minimum credula postero,

    Hor. C. 1, 11, 8: in posterum, for in posterum diem, to the following day, till the next day:

    in posterum oppugnationem differt,

    Caes. B. G. 7, 11.—More freq.: in posterum (sc. tempus), in the future, for the future:

    in posterum confirmat,

    Caes. B. C. 1, 3:

    multum in posterum providerunt,

    Cic. Agr. 2, 33, 91; id. Phil. 13, 3, 6; id. Fam. 1, 9, 2:

    longe in posterum prospicere,

    id. ib. 2, 8, 1.—
    B.
    Trop., inferior (post-class.), Mart. Cap. 4, § 333.—
    II.
    Comp.: postĕ-rĭor, postĕrĭus.
    A.
    Lit., that comes or follows after, next in order, time, or place, latter, later, posterior (class.; strictly only when two objects or classes are contrasted in place or time;

    opp.: prior, superior): ut cum priore (dicto) necessario posterius cohaerere videntur,

    Cic. Inv. 1, 46, 86:

    nec acumine posteriorum (oratorum), nec fulmine utens superiorum,

    id. Or. 6, 21:

    ea pertinere ad superiorem divisionem: contra posteriorem nihil dici oportere,

    id. Ac. 2, 31, 99; 2, 30, 96; id. Off. 1, 20, 67:

    posteriores pedes (opp.: pedes priores),

    the hind feet, Plin. 11, 45, 101, § 248; cf.:

    genua,

    id. 11, 45, 102, § 249:

    pars prior apparet, posteriora latent,

    Ov. F. 4, 718:

    posteriores cogitationes,

    afterthoughts, Cic. Phil. 12, 2, 5:

    paria esse debent posteriora superioribus,

    id. de Or. 3, 48, 186:

    Thucy dides paulo aetate posterior,

    id. Brut. 11, 48:

    quod prius ordine verbum est, Posterius facias,

    Hor. S. 1, 4, 59.—Sometimes added to other words of contrast:

    alii... alii... tamen hi quoque posteriores, etc.,

    Cic. Fin. 3, 21, 70:

    cujus est ratio duplex... facilior est haec posterior... sed illa lautior,

    id. Off. 2, 15, 52; cf. superior.—
    2.
    Subst.
    a.
    postĕ-rĭōres, um, m., for posteri, posterity (postclass.):

    quemadmodum omnes cognati supra tritavum, generali appellatione majores vocantur, ita post trinepotem posteriores,

    Dig. 38, 10, 10.—
    b.
    postĕrĭōra, um, n., the posteriors (post-class.), Lampr Elag. 5. — Adv.: postĕrĭus, later, afterwards (class.):

    posterius dicere,

    Plaut. Ep. 2, 2, 76:

    posterius istuc dicis quam credo tibi,

    i. e. I believe you before you speak, id. As. 1, 1, 48:

    jubet posterius ad se reverti,

    Cic. Verr 2, 4, 29, § 66:

    Thucydides si posterius fuisset,

    had he lived at a later period, id. Brut. 83, 288.—
    B.
    Trop., inferior, of less account or value, worse (class.):

    quorum utrique semper patriae salus et dignitas posterior suā dominatione et domesticis commodis fuit,

    Cic. Att. 10, 4, 4; id. Phil. 13, 3, 6:

    suam salutem posteriorem communi salute ducere,

    id. Rab. Perd. 1, 3:

    nihil posterius, nihil nequius,

    id. Pis. 27, 66 (al. protervius):

    omnes res posteriores pono atque operam do tibi,

    I lay every thing aside, Plaut. Mil. 4, 1, 7: non posteriores feram, I will not play the meanest part, I shall not be behindhand, Ter Ad. 5, 4, 26; cf.:

    cujus sic fortuna cum improbitate certavit, ut nemo posset utrum posterior an infelicior esset judicare,

    Cic. Prov Cons. 4, 8 fin. —
    III.
    Sup, in two forms, postrēmus and postŭmus, a, um.
    A.
    postrēmus, a, um, the hindmost, the last (class.):

    alia prima ponet, alia postrema,

    last, Cic. Or 15, 50:

    acies,

    the rear, Sall. J. 101, 5:

    in agmine in primis modo, modo in postremis adesse,

    now in the front, now in the rear, id. ib. 45, 2: postremā in comoediā, at the end of the piece, Plaut. Cist. fin.:

    in postremo libro,

    at the close of the book, Just. 43, 5:

    mense postremo,

    Pall. 7, 2:

    munus, i. e. exsequiae,

    the last honors, Cat. 101, 3:

    nec postrema cura,

    not the last, least, Verg. G. 3, 404; cf.:

    non in postremis, i. e. in primis,

    especially, Cic. Fam. 1, 9, 17.— postrēmō, adv., at last, finally (class.), Caes. B. G. 7, 1:

    omnes urbes, agri, regna denique, postremo etiam vectigalia vestra venierint,

    Cic. Agr. 2, 23, 62:

    primum... deinde... postremo: denique... postremo,

    id. N. D. 1, 37, 104; Hor. S. 2, 2, 132: ad postremum, at last, finally, ultimately:

    sed ad postremum nihil apparet,

    Plaut. Poen. 4, 2, 23; Sall. Fragm. ap. Aug. Civ. Dei, 3, 17; Liv. 38, 16; Hirt. B. G. 8, 43: postremum, for the last time:

    si id facis, hodie postremum me vides, Ter And. 2, 1, 22: in quo (vestigio) ille postremum institisset,

    Cic. de Or. 3, 2, 6: postremum, at last:

    postremum mel et acetum superfundes,

    Pall. 12, 22.—
    2.
    Trop., the last, lowest, basest, meanest, worst (class.):

    postremum genus,

    Cic. Cat. 2, 10, 22: ut homines postremi pecuniis alienis locupletarentur, id. Rosc. Am. 47, 137:

    servitus postremum malorum omnium,

    id. Phil. 2, 44, 113.—Hence, ante- and post-class., a new comp. postremior, and sup. postremissimus:

    ut possit videri nullum animal in terris homine postremius,

    App. de Deo Socr. p. 43 fin.: omnium nationum postremissimum nequissimumque existimatote, C. Gracch. ap. Gell. 15, 12, 3:

    cum adulescentulis postremissimis,

    App. Mag. p. 336.—
    B.
    po-stŭmus (acc. to an erroneous derivation, from post - humus, sometimes also post-humus), a, um, the last, said esp. of the youngest children, or of those born after the father's death, or after he had made his will, late-born, posthumous:

    Silvius... tua postuma proles, Quem tibi longaevo serum Lavinia conjux Educet silvis,

    late-born son, Verg. A. 6, 763; cf. with this passage: postuma proles non eum significat, qui patre mortuo, sed qui postremo loco natus est, sicuti Silvius, qui Aeneā jam sene, tardo seroque partu est editus, Caesellius Vindex ap. Gell. 2, 16, 5.—On the other hand:

    is, qui post patris mortem natus est, dicitur postumus,

    Varr. L. L. 9, § 60 Müll.; and:

    postumus cognominatur post patris mortem natus,

    Fest. p. 238 Müll.; Plaut. ap. Fest. l. l.—As subst.: postŭmus, i, m., a posthumous child:

    non minus postumis quam jam natis testamento tutores dari posse,

    Gai. Inst. 1, 147:

    si quis postumis dederit tutores, hique vivo eo nascantur, an datio valeat?

    Dig. 26, 2, 16 fin.:

    postuma spes,

    the last, App. M. 4, p. 144, 26:

    suscipit doctrinam seram plane et postumam,

    id. Mag. p. 297, 23:

    cena quam postumā diligentiā praeparaverat,

    with extreme care, id. M. 6, p. 186, 25.—
    * 2.
    Subst.: postŭmum, i, n., that which is last, the end, extremity:

    de postumo corporis,

    Tert. adv. Gnost. 1.

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  • 7 postremus

    postĕrus or poster (not in use in nom. sing. masc.), a, um, adj.—Comp: posterior, us.— Sup.: postremus or postumus, a, um [post], coming after, following, next, ensuing, future.
    I.
    Posit.:

    cum ibi diem posterum commoraretur,

    Cic. Clu. 13, 37:

    in posterum diem distulit,

    id. Deiot. 7, 21:

    postero die mane,

    id. Verr 2, 2, 17, § 41:

    postero die, Sall J. 75, 9: posterā nocte,

    Nep. Eum. 9, 4:

    postero anno, Cic. Fragm. pro C. Cornel.: postera aetas,

    Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 42:

    lux,

    id. S. 1, 5, 39:

    posterā Crescam laude,

    in the esteem of posterity, id. C. 3, 30, 7:

    posteri dies,

    unlucky, Non. 73, 32.— Hence,
    2.
    Subst.: postĕri, ōrum, m., coming generations, descendants, posterity:

    expetantur eae poenae a liberis, a nepotibus, a posteris,

    Cic. N. D. 3, 38, 90:

    posterūm gloria,

    Tac. A. 3, 72:

    postero, for postero die,

    on the following day, next day, id. ib. 4, 45; cf.:

    quam minimum credula postero,

    Hor. C. 1, 11, 8: in posterum, for in posterum diem, to the following day, till the next day:

    in posterum oppugnationem differt,

    Caes. B. G. 7, 11.—More freq.: in posterum (sc. tempus), in the future, for the future:

    in posterum confirmat,

    Caes. B. C. 1, 3:

    multum in posterum providerunt,

    Cic. Agr. 2, 33, 91; id. Phil. 13, 3, 6; id. Fam. 1, 9, 2:

    longe in posterum prospicere,

    id. ib. 2, 8, 1.—
    B.
    Trop., inferior (post-class.), Mart. Cap. 4, § 333.—
    II.
    Comp.: postĕ-rĭor, postĕrĭus.
    A.
    Lit., that comes or follows after, next in order, time, or place, latter, later, posterior (class.; strictly only when two objects or classes are contrasted in place or time;

    opp.: prior, superior): ut cum priore (dicto) necessario posterius cohaerere videntur,

    Cic. Inv. 1, 46, 86:

    nec acumine posteriorum (oratorum), nec fulmine utens superiorum,

    id. Or. 6, 21:

    ea pertinere ad superiorem divisionem: contra posteriorem nihil dici oportere,

    id. Ac. 2, 31, 99; 2, 30, 96; id. Off. 1, 20, 67:

    posteriores pedes (opp.: pedes priores),

    the hind feet, Plin. 11, 45, 101, § 248; cf.:

    genua,

    id. 11, 45, 102, § 249:

    pars prior apparet, posteriora latent,

    Ov. F. 4, 718:

    posteriores cogitationes,

    afterthoughts, Cic. Phil. 12, 2, 5:

    paria esse debent posteriora superioribus,

    id. de Or. 3, 48, 186:

    Thucy dides paulo aetate posterior,

    id. Brut. 11, 48:

    quod prius ordine verbum est, Posterius facias,

    Hor. S. 1, 4, 59.—Sometimes added to other words of contrast:

    alii... alii... tamen hi quoque posteriores, etc.,

    Cic. Fin. 3, 21, 70:

    cujus est ratio duplex... facilior est haec posterior... sed illa lautior,

    id. Off. 2, 15, 52; cf. superior.—
    2.
    Subst.
    a.
    postĕ-rĭōres, um, m., for posteri, posterity (postclass.):

    quemadmodum omnes cognati supra tritavum, generali appellatione majores vocantur, ita post trinepotem posteriores,

    Dig. 38, 10, 10.—
    b.
    postĕrĭōra, um, n., the posteriors (post-class.), Lampr Elag. 5. — Adv.: postĕrĭus, later, afterwards (class.):

    posterius dicere,

    Plaut. Ep. 2, 2, 76:

    posterius istuc dicis quam credo tibi,

    i. e. I believe you before you speak, id. As. 1, 1, 48:

    jubet posterius ad se reverti,

    Cic. Verr 2, 4, 29, § 66:

    Thucydides si posterius fuisset,

    had he lived at a later period, id. Brut. 83, 288.—
    B.
    Trop., inferior, of less account or value, worse (class.):

    quorum utrique semper patriae salus et dignitas posterior suā dominatione et domesticis commodis fuit,

    Cic. Att. 10, 4, 4; id. Phil. 13, 3, 6:

    suam salutem posteriorem communi salute ducere,

    id. Rab. Perd. 1, 3:

    nihil posterius, nihil nequius,

    id. Pis. 27, 66 (al. protervius):

    omnes res posteriores pono atque operam do tibi,

    I lay every thing aside, Plaut. Mil. 4, 1, 7: non posteriores feram, I will not play the meanest part, I shall not be behindhand, Ter Ad. 5, 4, 26; cf.:

    cujus sic fortuna cum improbitate certavit, ut nemo posset utrum posterior an infelicior esset judicare,

    Cic. Prov Cons. 4, 8 fin. —
    III.
    Sup, in two forms, postrēmus and postŭmus, a, um.
    A.
    postrēmus, a, um, the hindmost, the last (class.):

    alia prima ponet, alia postrema,

    last, Cic. Or 15, 50:

    acies,

    the rear, Sall. J. 101, 5:

    in agmine in primis modo, modo in postremis adesse,

    now in the front, now in the rear, id. ib. 45, 2: postremā in comoediā, at the end of the piece, Plaut. Cist. fin.:

    in postremo libro,

    at the close of the book, Just. 43, 5:

    mense postremo,

    Pall. 7, 2:

    munus, i. e. exsequiae,

    the last honors, Cat. 101, 3:

    nec postrema cura,

    not the last, least, Verg. G. 3, 404; cf.:

    non in postremis, i. e. in primis,

    especially, Cic. Fam. 1, 9, 17.— postrēmō, adv., at last, finally (class.), Caes. B. G. 7, 1:

    omnes urbes, agri, regna denique, postremo etiam vectigalia vestra venierint,

    Cic. Agr. 2, 23, 62:

    primum... deinde... postremo: denique... postremo,

    id. N. D. 1, 37, 104; Hor. S. 2, 2, 132: ad postremum, at last, finally, ultimately:

    sed ad postremum nihil apparet,

    Plaut. Poen. 4, 2, 23; Sall. Fragm. ap. Aug. Civ. Dei, 3, 17; Liv. 38, 16; Hirt. B. G. 8, 43: postremum, for the last time:

    si id facis, hodie postremum me vides, Ter And. 2, 1, 22: in quo (vestigio) ille postremum institisset,

    Cic. de Or. 3, 2, 6: postremum, at last:

    postremum mel et acetum superfundes,

    Pall. 12, 22.—
    2.
    Trop., the last, lowest, basest, meanest, worst (class.):

    postremum genus,

    Cic. Cat. 2, 10, 22: ut homines postremi pecuniis alienis locupletarentur, id. Rosc. Am. 47, 137:

    servitus postremum malorum omnium,

    id. Phil. 2, 44, 113.—Hence, ante- and post-class., a new comp. postremior, and sup. postremissimus:

    ut possit videri nullum animal in terris homine postremius,

    App. de Deo Socr. p. 43 fin.: omnium nationum postremissimum nequissimumque existimatote, C. Gracch. ap. Gell. 15, 12, 3:

    cum adulescentulis postremissimis,

    App. Mag. p. 336.—
    B.
    po-stŭmus (acc. to an erroneous derivation, from post - humus, sometimes also post-humus), a, um, the last, said esp. of the youngest children, or of those born after the father's death, or after he had made his will, late-born, posthumous:

    Silvius... tua postuma proles, Quem tibi longaevo serum Lavinia conjux Educet silvis,

    late-born son, Verg. A. 6, 763; cf. with this passage: postuma proles non eum significat, qui patre mortuo, sed qui postremo loco natus est, sicuti Silvius, qui Aeneā jam sene, tardo seroque partu est editus, Caesellius Vindex ap. Gell. 2, 16, 5.—On the other hand:

    is, qui post patris mortem natus est, dicitur postumus,

    Varr. L. L. 9, § 60 Müll.; and:

    postumus cognominatur post patris mortem natus,

    Fest. p. 238 Müll.; Plaut. ap. Fest. l. l.—As subst.: postŭmus, i, m., a posthumous child:

    non minus postumis quam jam natis testamento tutores dari posse,

    Gai. Inst. 1, 147:

    si quis postumis dederit tutores, hique vivo eo nascantur, an datio valeat?

    Dig. 26, 2, 16 fin.:

    postuma spes,

    the last, App. M. 4, p. 144, 26:

    suscipit doctrinam seram plane et postumam,

    id. Mag. p. 297, 23:

    cena quam postumā diligentiā praeparaverat,

    with extreme care, id. M. 6, p. 186, 25.—
    * 2.
    Subst.: postŭmum, i, n., that which is last, the end, extremity:

    de postumo corporis,

    Tert. adv. Gnost. 1.

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  • 8 postumum

    postĕrus or poster (not in use in nom. sing. masc.), a, um, adj.—Comp: posterior, us.— Sup.: postremus or postumus, a, um [post], coming after, following, next, ensuing, future.
    I.
    Posit.:

    cum ibi diem posterum commoraretur,

    Cic. Clu. 13, 37:

    in posterum diem distulit,

    id. Deiot. 7, 21:

    postero die mane,

    id. Verr 2, 2, 17, § 41:

    postero die, Sall J. 75, 9: posterā nocte,

    Nep. Eum. 9, 4:

    postero anno, Cic. Fragm. pro C. Cornel.: postera aetas,

    Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 42:

    lux,

    id. S. 1, 5, 39:

    posterā Crescam laude,

    in the esteem of posterity, id. C. 3, 30, 7:

    posteri dies,

    unlucky, Non. 73, 32.— Hence,
    2.
    Subst.: postĕri, ōrum, m., coming generations, descendants, posterity:

    expetantur eae poenae a liberis, a nepotibus, a posteris,

    Cic. N. D. 3, 38, 90:

    posterūm gloria,

    Tac. A. 3, 72:

    postero, for postero die,

    on the following day, next day, id. ib. 4, 45; cf.:

    quam minimum credula postero,

    Hor. C. 1, 11, 8: in posterum, for in posterum diem, to the following day, till the next day:

    in posterum oppugnationem differt,

    Caes. B. G. 7, 11.—More freq.: in posterum (sc. tempus), in the future, for the future:

    in posterum confirmat,

    Caes. B. C. 1, 3:

    multum in posterum providerunt,

    Cic. Agr. 2, 33, 91; id. Phil. 13, 3, 6; id. Fam. 1, 9, 2:

    longe in posterum prospicere,

    id. ib. 2, 8, 1.—
    B.
    Trop., inferior (post-class.), Mart. Cap. 4, § 333.—
    II.
    Comp.: postĕ-rĭor, postĕrĭus.
    A.
    Lit., that comes or follows after, next in order, time, or place, latter, later, posterior (class.; strictly only when two objects or classes are contrasted in place or time;

    opp.: prior, superior): ut cum priore (dicto) necessario posterius cohaerere videntur,

    Cic. Inv. 1, 46, 86:

    nec acumine posteriorum (oratorum), nec fulmine utens superiorum,

    id. Or. 6, 21:

    ea pertinere ad superiorem divisionem: contra posteriorem nihil dici oportere,

    id. Ac. 2, 31, 99; 2, 30, 96; id. Off. 1, 20, 67:

    posteriores pedes (opp.: pedes priores),

    the hind feet, Plin. 11, 45, 101, § 248; cf.:

    genua,

    id. 11, 45, 102, § 249:

    pars prior apparet, posteriora latent,

    Ov. F. 4, 718:

    posteriores cogitationes,

    afterthoughts, Cic. Phil. 12, 2, 5:

    paria esse debent posteriora superioribus,

    id. de Or. 3, 48, 186:

    Thucy dides paulo aetate posterior,

    id. Brut. 11, 48:

    quod prius ordine verbum est, Posterius facias,

    Hor. S. 1, 4, 59.—Sometimes added to other words of contrast:

    alii... alii... tamen hi quoque posteriores, etc.,

    Cic. Fin. 3, 21, 70:

    cujus est ratio duplex... facilior est haec posterior... sed illa lautior,

    id. Off. 2, 15, 52; cf. superior.—
    2.
    Subst.
    a.
    postĕ-rĭōres, um, m., for posteri, posterity (postclass.):

    quemadmodum omnes cognati supra tritavum, generali appellatione majores vocantur, ita post trinepotem posteriores,

    Dig. 38, 10, 10.—
    b.
    postĕrĭōra, um, n., the posteriors (post-class.), Lampr Elag. 5. — Adv.: postĕrĭus, later, afterwards (class.):

    posterius dicere,

    Plaut. Ep. 2, 2, 76:

    posterius istuc dicis quam credo tibi,

    i. e. I believe you before you speak, id. As. 1, 1, 48:

    jubet posterius ad se reverti,

    Cic. Verr 2, 4, 29, § 66:

    Thucydides si posterius fuisset,

    had he lived at a later period, id. Brut. 83, 288.—
    B.
    Trop., inferior, of less account or value, worse (class.):

    quorum utrique semper patriae salus et dignitas posterior suā dominatione et domesticis commodis fuit,

    Cic. Att. 10, 4, 4; id. Phil. 13, 3, 6:

    suam salutem posteriorem communi salute ducere,

    id. Rab. Perd. 1, 3:

    nihil posterius, nihil nequius,

    id. Pis. 27, 66 (al. protervius):

    omnes res posteriores pono atque operam do tibi,

    I lay every thing aside, Plaut. Mil. 4, 1, 7: non posteriores feram, I will not play the meanest part, I shall not be behindhand, Ter Ad. 5, 4, 26; cf.:

    cujus sic fortuna cum improbitate certavit, ut nemo posset utrum posterior an infelicior esset judicare,

    Cic. Prov Cons. 4, 8 fin. —
    III.
    Sup, in two forms, postrēmus and postŭmus, a, um.
    A.
    postrēmus, a, um, the hindmost, the last (class.):

    alia prima ponet, alia postrema,

    last, Cic. Or 15, 50:

    acies,

    the rear, Sall. J. 101, 5:

    in agmine in primis modo, modo in postremis adesse,

    now in the front, now in the rear, id. ib. 45, 2: postremā in comoediā, at the end of the piece, Plaut. Cist. fin.:

    in postremo libro,

    at the close of the book, Just. 43, 5:

    mense postremo,

    Pall. 7, 2:

    munus, i. e. exsequiae,

    the last honors, Cat. 101, 3:

    nec postrema cura,

    not the last, least, Verg. G. 3, 404; cf.:

    non in postremis, i. e. in primis,

    especially, Cic. Fam. 1, 9, 17.— postrēmō, adv., at last, finally (class.), Caes. B. G. 7, 1:

    omnes urbes, agri, regna denique, postremo etiam vectigalia vestra venierint,

    Cic. Agr. 2, 23, 62:

    primum... deinde... postremo: denique... postremo,

    id. N. D. 1, 37, 104; Hor. S. 2, 2, 132: ad postremum, at last, finally, ultimately:

    sed ad postremum nihil apparet,

    Plaut. Poen. 4, 2, 23; Sall. Fragm. ap. Aug. Civ. Dei, 3, 17; Liv. 38, 16; Hirt. B. G. 8, 43: postremum, for the last time:

    si id facis, hodie postremum me vides, Ter And. 2, 1, 22: in quo (vestigio) ille postremum institisset,

    Cic. de Or. 3, 2, 6: postremum, at last:

    postremum mel et acetum superfundes,

    Pall. 12, 22.—
    2.
    Trop., the last, lowest, basest, meanest, worst (class.):

    postremum genus,

    Cic. Cat. 2, 10, 22: ut homines postremi pecuniis alienis locupletarentur, id. Rosc. Am. 47, 137:

    servitus postremum malorum omnium,

    id. Phil. 2, 44, 113.—Hence, ante- and post-class., a new comp. postremior, and sup. postremissimus:

    ut possit videri nullum animal in terris homine postremius,

    App. de Deo Socr. p. 43 fin.: omnium nationum postremissimum nequissimumque existimatote, C. Gracch. ap. Gell. 15, 12, 3:

    cum adulescentulis postremissimis,

    App. Mag. p. 336.—
    B.
    po-stŭmus (acc. to an erroneous derivation, from post - humus, sometimes also post-humus), a, um, the last, said esp. of the youngest children, or of those born after the father's death, or after he had made his will, late-born, posthumous:

    Silvius... tua postuma proles, Quem tibi longaevo serum Lavinia conjux Educet silvis,

    late-born son, Verg. A. 6, 763; cf. with this passage: postuma proles non eum significat, qui patre mortuo, sed qui postremo loco natus est, sicuti Silvius, qui Aeneā jam sene, tardo seroque partu est editus, Caesellius Vindex ap. Gell. 2, 16, 5.—On the other hand:

    is, qui post patris mortem natus est, dicitur postumus,

    Varr. L. L. 9, § 60 Müll.; and:

    postumus cognominatur post patris mortem natus,

    Fest. p. 238 Müll.; Plaut. ap. Fest. l. l.—As subst.: postŭmus, i, m., a posthumous child:

    non minus postumis quam jam natis testamento tutores dari posse,

    Gai. Inst. 1, 147:

    si quis postumis dederit tutores, hique vivo eo nascantur, an datio valeat?

    Dig. 26, 2, 16 fin.:

    postuma spes,

    the last, App. M. 4, p. 144, 26:

    suscipit doctrinam seram plane et postumam,

    id. Mag. p. 297, 23:

    cena quam postumā diligentiā praeparaverat,

    with extreme care, id. M. 6, p. 186, 25.—
    * 2.
    Subst.: postŭmum, i, n., that which is last, the end, extremity:

    de postumo corporis,

    Tert. adv. Gnost. 1.

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  • 9 acies

    ăcĭēs, ēi, f. [v. 2. acer] ( gen. acii and [p. 23] acie, like dii and die, facii and facie, fr. dies, facies, Cn. Mat. ap. Gell. 9, 14; Caes. B. G. 2, 23; Sall. ap. Serv. ad Verg. G. 1, 208, or Sall. Fragm. ed. Kritz. p. 118; cf. Prisc. p. 780 P.), a sharp edge or point.
    I.
    Lit., of a sword, dagger, sickle, etc.:

    gladiorum,

    Plaut. Truc. 2, 6, 11: Vulg. Heb. 11, 34:

    securium,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 43, § 113:

    falcis,

    Verg. G. 2, 365:

    hastae,

    Ov. M. 3, 107:

    ferri,

    Plin. 7, 15, 13.—
    B.
    Transf.
    1.
    Of the sense or faculty of sight,
    a.
    Keenness of look or glance, sharpness of vision or sight: oculorum, Lucil. ap. Non. 34, 32; cf. Plaut. Mil. 1, 1, 4; Lucr. 1, 324;

    also acies alone,

    id. 2, 420; and in plur., id. 4, 693:

    ne vultum quidem atque aciem oculorum ferre potuisse,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 39:

    pupula ad te dirigit aciem,

    Cat. 63, 56:

    tanta tenuitas, ut fugiat aciem,

    Cic. Tusc. 1, 22:

    bonum incolumis acies, misera caecitas,

    id. Fin. 5, 28, 84; so ib. 4, 24; Verg. A. 12, 558 al.—Hence,
    b.
    Concr., the pupil of the eye, Lucr. 3, 411; cf.

    with 414: acies ipsa, quā cernimus, quae pupula vocatur,

    Cic. N. D. 2, 57:

    in Albania gigni quosdam glaucā oculorum acie,

    Plin. 7, 2, 2 (cf. ib.: glaucis oculis); and poet. (as pars pro toto) for the eye, Lucr. 3, 363; 4, 249; 281; 358;

    720: huc geminas nunc flecte acies,

    Verg. A. 6, 789; 12, 658 (hence the word is also used in the plur., cf. below, 2.).—
    c.
    A looking at an object with fixed attention, look, aim:

    ad eam rem habeo omnem aciem,

    Plaut. Mil. 4, 2, 38.—On the contr., prima acie, at the first glance, Lucr. 2, 448 (cf. primo aspectu, Cic. de Or. 3, 25, 98).—
    2.
    In milit. lang., the front of an army (conceived of as the edge of a sword), line of battle, battle-array.
    a.
    In abstr. (cf. Vitr. praef. 1. 7, p. 154 Rod.):

    quibus ego si aciem exercitus nostri ostendero,

    Cic. Cat. 2, 3, 5:

    aciem instruere,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 22:

    dirigere,

    id. ib. 6, 8:

    extra aciem procurrere,

    id. B. C. 1, 55:

    statuit non proeliis, neque in acie, sed alio more bellum gerendum,

    Sall. J. 54; cf. Liv. 5, 41, 4;

    also of the arrangement of ships for a naval engagement,

    Nep. Hann. 11; cf. Caes. B. C. 1, 58.—Hence, metaph.
    b.
    The battlearray; in concr., an army drawn up in order of battle: acies est instructa a nobis decem cohortium, Galba ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 30:

    hostium acies cernebatur,

    Caes. B. G. 7, 62: altera pars acii vitassent fluminis undas, Matius ap. Gell. 9, 14 (as transl. of Il. 21 init.):

    dubitavit acie pars, Sall. Fragm. l. l.: stabit ante aciem,

    Vulg. Deut. 20, 2; 1 Par. 12, 33:

    prima acies hastati erant,

    the van, the first line, Liv. 8, 8:

    tertiam aciem laborantibus subsidio mittere,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 52: ab novissima acie, from the rear:

    ante signa procedere,

    Liv. 8, 10:

    dextra acies (= dextrum cornu),

    the right wing, Liv. 27, 48, 8:

    agmina magis quam acies pugnabant,

    in marching order, rather than in order of battle, id. 25, 34 (acies is here, and in similar cases, considered as the sing. used collectively; v. Oud. and Herz. Caes. B. G. 7, 62; yet the plur. is more than probable). Rarely of cavalry, Liv. 8, 39; Vell. 2, 112.— Poet.: acies Vulcania, of a long line of fire, Verg. A. 10, 408.—
    c.
    The action of the troops drawn up in battlearray, a battle, engagement, = pugna: in acie celebri objectans vitam, Pac. ap. Non. 234, 25; Plaut. Mil. 1, 1, 4: mea facta in acie obliti, Att. ap. Non. 502, 1:

    in acie Pharsalica,

    Cic. Lig. 3; so id. Fam. 6, 3:

    in acie vincere,

    Caes. B. G. 7, 29:

    dimicare,

    ib. 7, 64:

    copias in aciem ducere,

    Liv. 31, 34:

    producere in aciem,

    Nep. Milt. 5:

    excedere acie,

    Caes. B. C. 2, 41; Liv. 31, 17:

    direxerunt aciem contra eos,

    Vulg. Gen. 14, 8; 2 Par. 18, 33.—
    3.
    Acies ferri, steel, Plin. 34, 14, 41.—
    4.
    Poet., sheen, brightness:

    obtunsa stellarum,

    Verg. G. 1, 395.
    II.
    Fig.
    A.
    (Acc. to I. B.) (like acumen.) Acuteness of the mind, sharpness, force, power (so very often in Cicero, but always with the gen. mentis, animi, ingenii):

    (cum animus) exacuerit illam, ut oculorum, sic ingenii aciem ad bona eligenda, etc.,

    Cic. Leg. 1, 23, 60; so,

    ingenii,

    id. Ac. 2, 39, 122:

    mentis,

    id. N. D. 2, 17, 45; id. Tusc. 1, 30, 73:

    animi,

    id. Sen. 23, 83; id. Phil. 12, 2; Vell. 2, 118, 4; cf.:

    rerum diversitas aciem intentionis abrumpit,

    Flor. 1 prol., § 3.—
    B.
    A verbal contest, disputation, discussion, debate:

    orationis aciem contra conferam,

    Plaut. Ep. 4, 1, 20: ad philosophos me revocas, qui in aciem non saepe prodeunt, Cic. Tusc. 2, 25, 60:

    nos jam in aciem dimicationemque veniamus,

    id. Or. 13 fin.; cf. id. Opt. Gen. Or. 5, 17; Quint. 2, 10, 8; 6, 4, 17; 10, 1, 29.

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  • 10 aciēs

        aciēs ēī (old form ē; acc. aciem, disyl. V.; plur. only nom. and acc.), f    [2 AC-], a sharp edge, point, cutting part: securium: falcis, V.—Fig.: horum auctoritatis, the edge, i. e. efficiency. — Meton., of sight, sharpness of vision, keen look: aciem oculorum ferre, Cs.: fugere aciem: cum stupet acies fulgoribus, the sight, H. — Brilliancy, brightness: neque tum stellis acies obtunsa videtur, V. — Concr., the pupil of the eye: acies ipsa, quā cernimus.—Poet., the eye: huc geminas nunc flecte acies, V.: huc atque huc acies circumtulit, V.—In war, the front of an army, line of battle, battle-array: triplex, i. e. the legion in three ranks, Cs.: duplex, Cs.: mediā acie, Cs.: exercitūs nostri: aciem instruere, Cs.: extra aciem procurrere, Cs.: neque in acie, sed alio more bellum gerendum, S. — Of a line of ships: productā longius acie (navium), Cs.—The battle-array, an army in order of battle: hostium acies cernebatur, Cs.: unius corporis duae acies dimicantes, two divisions of an army: prima, the van, L.: tertia, Cs.: novissima the rear, L. — Of cavalry: equitum acies, L. — Poet.: Volcania, a line of fire, V.—A battle, engagement: in acie Pharsalicā: in acie vincere, Cs. —Fig., of mind, acuteness, sharpness, force, power: mentis: animi.—A verbal contest, disputation, discussion, debate: in aciem prodire.
    * * *
    sharpness, sharp edge, point; battle line/array; sight, glance; pupil of eye

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  • 11 anceps

    anceps (once ancipes, Plaut. Rud. 4, 4, 114; cf. Charis, pp. 67 and 96 P.; Prisc. p. 754 P.; with this form cf. procapis, Paul. ex Fest. p. 225 Müll., and Corss. Ausspr. II. pp. 398, 591; abl. sing. always ancipiti), cĭpĭtis, adj. [an-caput; cf. Paul. ex Fest. p. 19 Müll.].
    I.
    Lit., that has two heads, twoheaded (cf.: biceps, praeceps, etc.;

    so only in the poets): Janus,

    Ov. M. 14, 334; so id. F. 1, 95 (cf.:

    Janus bifrons,

    Verg. A. 7, 180). —Hence also of a mountain which has two summits, two-peaked:

    acumen,

    Ov. M. 12, 337.—
    II.
    In gen.
    A.
    1.. Of an object whose qualities have significance in two respects, double, that extends on two opposite sides (while duplex is an object that exists in separate forms, twice. Thus anceps sententia is an opinion which wavers, fluctuates between two decisions, while duplex sententia is a twofold opinion):

    Post altrinsecus ancipes securiculast,

    the axe cuts on two sides, is two-edged, Plaut. Rud. 4, 4, 114; so, ferrum, Lucil. ap. Non. p. 245, 17, and Lucr. 6, 168:

    securis,

    Ov. M. 8, 397 al. —Also, poet., of the contrast between great heat and cold: Ancipiti quoniam mucroni utrimque notantur, since things are marked by double point, i. e. one at one, another at the other end, Lucr. 2, 520:

    bestiae quasi ancipites in utrāque sede viventes,

    amphibious animals, Cic. N. D. 1, 37;

    so in the histt. freq. of an attack, a contest, etc., on two different sides,

    Caes. B. G. 7, 76: ita ancipiti proelio diu atque acriter pugnatum est, double, because contending with enemies both in front and in the rear, id. ib. 1, 26 Herz.; so id. B. C. 3, 63; Nep. Them. 3, 3:

    periculum,

    Sall. J. 38, 5: ancipitem pugnam hostibus facere, double, as given by horse and foot, Tac. A. 6, 35:

    ancipiti metu et ab cive et ab hoste,

    twofold, Liv. 2, 24; so,

    anceps terror,

    id. 34, 21; Tac. Agr. 26:

    tumultus,

    Liv. 32, 30: tela, shot or hurled from both sides, id. 37, 11:

    ancipitia munimenta,

    on two sides, id. 5, 1 al. —
    2.
    Trop., twofold:

    propter ancipitem faciendi dicendique sapientiam,

    Cic. de Or. 3, 16:

    ancipites viae rationesque et pro omnibus et contra omnia disputandi,

    id. ib. 3, 36:

    adferre ancipitem curam cogitandi,

    a twofold care of thought, id. Off. 1, 3, 9; so Tac. A. 2, 40:

    jus anceps,

    the uncertainties of law, Hor. S. 2, 5, 34 al. —
    B.
    Wavering, doubtful, uncertain, unfixed, undecided (the prevalent signif. in Cic.):

    anceps fatorum via,

    Cic. Somn. Scip. 2:

    incertus exitus et anceps fortuna belli,

    id. Marcell. 5:

    anceps proelii fortuna,

    Tac. H. 3, 18:

    oraculum,

    Liv. 9, 3:

    proelium,

    id. 2, 62, and Tac. H. 3, 22;

    so esp. freq.: ancipiti Marte pugnare,

    to contend without deciding the contest, Liv. 7, 29; 21, 1 al.:

    causa anceps,

    Cic. de Or. 2, 44:

    genus causarum anceps,

    id. Inv. 1, 15, 20 (cf.: genus causarum dubium, Auct. ad Her. 1, 3:

    dubium vel anceps,

    Quint. 4, 1, 10):

    fides,

    uncertain, wavering, fidelity, Curt. 3, 8;

    so also, ancipites animi,

    Luc. 9, 46.—Also ellipt.: Lucanus an Apulus, anceps, doubtful whether, etc., * Hor. S. 2, 1, 34.—
    C.
    Dangerous, hazaraous, perilous, critical (post-Aug.; esp. freq. in Tac.;

    never in Cic.): viae,

    Ov. M. 14, 438:

    loca,

    Nep. Dat. 7, 3:

    dubiā et interdum ancipiti fortunā,

    Vell. 2, 79:

    anceps periculum,

    Tac. A. 4, 59:

    ancipites morbi corporis,

    Plin. 7, 45, 46, § 149:

    cujus (Antonii) operā ex ancipiti morbo convaluerat,

    Suet. Aug. 59:

    Ideo et purgationibus (labruscum) ancipitem putant,

    Plin. 23, 1, 14, § 20:

    vox pro re publicā honesta, ipsi anceps,

    pernicious, Tac. H. 1, 5:

    adulatio anceps si nulla et ubi nimia est,

    id. A. 4, 17.—So subst., danger, hazard, peril, = periculum, discrimen:

    dubiā suorum re in anceps tractus vim legionum implorabat,

    Tac. A. 4, 73:

    seu nihil militi seu omnia concederentur, in ancipiti res publica,

    id. ib. 1, 36:

    scelus inter ancipitia probatum,

    id. ib. 11, 26;

    14, 22: facilius inter ancipitia clarescunt,

    id. G. 14:

    nova ambigua ancipitia malebat,

    id. H. 2, 86:

    inter ancipitia deterrimum est media sequi,

    id. ib. 3, 40.
    ► Comp., sup., and adv. not used.

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  • 12 anceps

        anceps cipitis, abl. cipitī, adj.    [an- (for ambi-) + CAP-], that has two heads, two-headed: Ianus, O.: acumen, two-peaked, O.—Meton., double, twosided: securis, two-edged, O.: bestiae quasi ancipites in utrāque sede viventes, amphibious: ancipiti contentione districti, on both sides: ancipiti proelio pugnatum est, i. e. both in front and in the rear, Cs.: ancipiti premi periculo, N.: periculum anceps (erat), S.: ancipitem pugnam hostibus facere, i. e. by horse and foot, Ta.: metus, et ab cive et ab hoste, twofold, L.: munimenta, facing both ways, L.—Fig., double, twofold propter ancipitem faciendi dicendique sapientiam: ius, the uncertainty of the law, H.—Wavering, doubtful, uncertain, unfixed, ambiguous, undecided: fortuna belli: oraculum, L.: proelium, L.: Mars, indecisive, L.: bellum ancipiti Marte gestum, L.: fides, Cu.— Ellipt.: sequor hunc, Lucanus an Apulus, anceps (sc. ego), i. e. of uncertain origin, H.—Dangerous, hazardous, perilous, critical: locus: viae, O.: periculum, Ta.: quia revocare eos anceps erat, L.—As subst n., danger, hazard, peril: facilius inter ancipitia clarescunt, Ta.
    * * *
    (gen.), ancipitis ADJ
    two headed/fold/edged/meanings; faces two directions/fronts; doubtful; double

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  • 13 educo

    1.
    ē-dūco, xi, ctum, 3 ( imper., educe, Plaut. Pers. 4, 1, 11; id. Stich. 5, 6, 1:

    educ,

    Cic. Cat. 1, 5, 10; Alcim. 5, 248 al.— Inf. pass. parag., educier, Plaut. Truc. 5, 16), v. a., to lead forth, draw out, bring away (very freq. and class.).
    I.
    In gen.:

    novam nuptam foras,

    Plaut. Cas. 4, 3, 1;

    so with personal objects, fidicinam,

    id. Ep. 3, 4, 36 (opp. introducere):

    eram,

    id. Mil. 4, 6, 53:

    virginem,

    id. Pers. 4, 1, 11; Cic. Q. Fr. 3, 3 fin. al.; cf.

    also: populum e comitio,

    Varr. R. R. 1, 2, 9:

    mulierem ab domo secum,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 53, 4:

    rete foras,

    Plaut. Truc. 1, 1, 18; cf.:

    pisces everriculo in litus,

    Varr. R. R. 3, 17, 7:

    radicem e terra,

    id. ib. 3, 10, 5:

    gladium,

    Caes. B. G. 5, 44, 8; Sall. C. 51, 36; cf.:

    gladium e vagina,

    Cic. Inv. 2, 4, 14:

    gladium,

    Vulg. Marc. 14, 47 al.:

    sortem,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 51 fin.; cf.:

    aliquos ex urna,

    id. ib. 2, 2, 17:

    tribus,

    id. Agr. 2, 8, 21:

    telum corpore,

    Verg. A. 10, 744; cf. Plin. 7, 20, 19, § 83 et saep.:

    lacum (with emittere),

    Cic. Div. 1, 44, 100; cf.

    fistulam,

    Varr. R. R. 3, 14, 2:

    aquam in fossas,

    Plin. 18, 19, 49, § 179; Dig. 8, 3, 29:

    se foras,

    to go out, Ter. Hec. 3, 3, 4 Ruhnk. ad loc.; cf.:

    se multitudini,

    to withdraw one's self from the multitude, Sen. Vit. Beat. 2 fin. —
    II.
    In partic.
    A.
    In all periods.
    1.
    Pub. law t. t.
    a.
    To bring, summon before court (cf. duco, I. B. 1.):

    cum in jus ipsum eduxi,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 47; cf.:

    ex domo in jus,

    Quint. 7, 8, 6: SI. QVIS. EORVM. AD. ME. EDVCTVS. FVERIT., Edict. Praet. ap. Gell. 11, 17, 2:

    aliquem ad consules,

    Cic. Planc. 23;

    and simply aliquem,

    id. Verr. 2, 2, 26 Zumpt N. cr.; 2, 2, 37; 2, 3, 65.—Once also, to bring up or lead away for punishment (for which more commonly duco; v. Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 26):

    ad tintinnaculos educi viros,

    Plaut. Truc. 4, 3, 8.—
    b.
    Of persons in office, to take out with one to one's province: quos educere invitos in provinciam non potuit, eos retinere qui potuit? Cic. Fragm. ap. Quint. 5, 10, 76; so,

    medicum secum,

    id. Pis. 34.—
    2.
    Milit. t. t., to lead forth, march out troops (very freq. in Caes.):

    Teleboae ex oppido Legiones educunt suas,

    Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 63:

    praesidium ex oppido (opp introducere),

    Caes. B. C. 1, 13, 2:

    cohortes ex urbe,

    id. ib. 1, 12, 2:

    exercitum ab urbe,

    Liv. 3, 21:

    copias e castris,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 50, 1; 2, 8 fin.; 7, 13, 1; 7, 80, 1; id. B. C. 1, 43, 3 et saep.; Liv. 31, 37 al.;

    for which also: copias castris,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 51, 2; 4, 13 fin.; id. B. C. 1, 68, 1; Verg. A. 11, 20;

    legiones ex hibernis,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 10, 3; 5, 27, 9; 7, 10, 1; Liv. 40, 39:

    ex finibus,

    Caes. B. G. 4, 1, 4 et saep.; cf.

    also: impedimenta ex castris,

    id. ib. 7, 68, 1.—Without designating the term. a quo:

    cohortes,

    Caes. B. G. 3, 26, 2; id. B. C. 1, 41, 2; 1, 64, 6; Sall. J. 68, 2; Liv. 39, 15; Front. Strat. 1, 5, 22 et saep.; cf.: exercitum foras, Cato ap. Gell. 15, 13, 5:

    exercitum in expeditionem,

    Cic. Div. 1, 33, 72:

    copias adversus Afranium,

    Front. Strat. 1, 5, 9; 2, 2, 5 et saep.—And absol. of the general himself, to move out, march out (so mostly in Liv.; cf.

    duco): ex hibernis,

    Caes. B. G. 7, 10, 1:

    ex oppido,

    id. ib. 7, 81, 3; cf.:

    tribus simul portis,

    Liv. 41, 26:

    ad legionem Pompeii duplici acie eduxit,

    Caes. B. G. 3, 67, 3:

    in aciem,

    Liv. 1, 23; 8, 9; 21, 39; Front. Strat. 2, 1, 5, al. —
    3.
    Naut. t. t., to bring out a ship from the harbor, to put to sea:

    naves ex portu,

    Caes. B. C. 1, 57, 2; 2, 22, 5; 3, 26, 2;

    also: classem portu,

    Plin. 2, 12, 9, § 55.—Hence,
    b.
    Transf., of goods, to export:

    equos ex Italia,

    Liv. 43, 5, 9 (cf.:

    extra provinciam ducere,

    Dig. 49, 16, 12, § 1).—
    4.
    In midwifery, t. t., to assist at birth:

    attractus infantem educit,

    Cels. 7, 29 med.:

    per ipsas manus (infans) commode educitur,

    id. ib. — So of birds, to bring out of the egg, to hatch:

    pullos suos,

    Plaut. Poen. 1, 2, 143; so,

    fetum,

    Plin. 10, 54, 75, § 152 (with excludere); 9, 10, 12, § 37.—Hence,
    b.
    Transf.
    (α).
    To bring up, rear, a child (usually with reference to bodily nurture and support; while 2. educo refers usually to the mind; but the distinction is not strictly observed; cf. Krebs, Antibarb. p. 395), to educate:

    non possunt militares pueri setanio educier,

    Plaut. Truc. 5, 16:

    bene ego istam eduxi meae domi et pudice,

    id. Curc. 4, 2, 32; id. Most. 1, 3, 29; id. Rud. 1, 3, 38; Ter. And. 5, 4, 8; id. Heaut. 2, 1, 14 al.; Cic. de Or. 2, 28, 124; Liv. 1, 39 fin.; 21, 43 Drak.; Tac. A. 1, 4; 41; Prop. 3, 9, 51 (4, 8, 51 M.); Verg. A. 7, 763; 8, 413; Col. 3, 10, 16; Curt. 3, 12, 16 al.— Trop.:

    senex plane eductus in nutricatu Venerio,

    Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 55.—
    (β).
    In gen., to bear, to produce = edere, Verg. A. 6, 765; 779: aura educit colores, * Cat. 64, 90.—
    5.
    In vulg. lang., to drink off, toss off, Plaut. Stich. 5, 5, 18; 5, 6, 1.—With a punning allusion to the signif. 4. b. a, Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 274.—
    B.
    Since the Aug. period.
    1.
    Of motion in an upward direction (cf. effero and erigo), to draw up, to raise:

    (Ortygia me) superas eduxit sub auras,

    Ov. M. 5, 641; 3, 113; cf.

    trop.: (Pindarus) vires animumque moresque aureos educit in astra,

    Hor. C. 4, 2, 23 (cf.:

    sustulit in astra,

    Cic. Att. 2, 25).—
    b.
    With the accessory idea of making, to rear, erect, build up:

    turrim summis sub astra Eductam tectis,

    Verg. A. 2, 461; cf.:

    aram sepulcri caelo,

    id. ib. 6, 178; imitated by Sil. 15, 388:

    molem caelo,

    Verg. A. 2, 186:

    turres altius,

    Tac. A. 12, 16; id. H. 4, 30:

    pyramides instar montium,

    id. A. 2, 61:

    moenia caminis Cyclopum,

    Verg. A. 6, 630; cf.:

    moles quam eductam in Rhenum retulimus,

    Tac. H. 5, 18.—
    2.
    Of time, to pass, spend (cf. duco, II. B. 3. b.):

    pios annos,

    Prop. 2, 9, 47:

    insomnem noctem ludo,

    Stat. Th. 2, 74:

    somnos sub hiberno caelo,

    Sil. 11, 405:

    nimbos luxu,

    Val. Fl. 2, 371.
    2.
    ēdŭco, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [1. educo, II. A. 4. b.], to bring up a child physically or mentally, to rear, to educate (very freq. and class.): educit obstetrix, educat nutrix, instituit paedagogus, docet magister, Varr. ap. Non. 447, 33 (but this distinction is not strictly observed; see the foll. and 1. educo, II. A. 4. b.).
    I.
    Prop.:

    hera educavit (puellam) magna industria,

    Plaut. Cas. prol. 44 sq.:

    Athenis natus altusque educatusque Atticis,

    id. Rud. 3, 4, 36:

    bene pudiceque educatu'st usque ad adolescentiam,

    id. Capt. 5, 3, 16 et saep.; cf. id. Men. 5, 5, 7; id. Trin. 2, 4, 111 al.; Att. ap. Non. 422, 14; Ter. Eun. 1, 2, 37; id. Ad. 3, 4, 49; Cic. Lael. 20, 75; id. Rep. 2, 21; id. de Or. 1, 31; Ov. F. 6, 487; id. M. 3, 314; Vulg. Psa. 22, 2. —
    II.
    Transf., to bring up, rear, foster, train, educate:

    neque enim hac nos patria lege genuit aut educavit, ut, etc.,

    Cic. Rep. 1, 4; id. Or. 13 fin.; cf.:

    ars dicendi ea, quae sunt orta jam in nobis et procreata, educat atque confirmat,

    id. de Or. 2, 87, 356:

    in his (scholis) educatur orator,

    Quint. 9, 2, 81:

    oratorem, id. prooem. § 5: illos in disciplina,

    Vulg. Ephes. 6, 4.—
    B.
    Poet. and in post-Aug. prose, of plants or animals, to nourish, support, produce:

    quod pontus, quod terra, quod educat aër Poscit,

    Ov. M. 8, 832; cf. id. Pont. 1, 10, 9:

    vitis mitem uvam,

    Cat. 62, 50:

    pomum, non uvas (ager),

    Ov. Pont. 1, 3, 51:

    herbas (humus),

    id. M. 15, 97:

    Caecuba,

    Plin. 16, 37, 67, § 173:

    florem (imber),

    Cat. 62, 41 al.:

    lepores, apros,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 15, 22.—
    C.
    To possess, hold (cf. nutrire = trephein), Verg. Cul. 13.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > educo

  • 14 amphiprostylos

    amphĭprostylos, i, m., = amphiprostulos (with pillars before and behind), a temple which had pillars in front and rear, but not at the sides, Vitr. 3, 1.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > amphiprostylos

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