the striking together

con-crĕpo, pŭi, pĭtum, 1, v. n. and a.

Neutr., to rattle, creak, grate, sound, resound, clash, make a noise, etc. (class.):

foris concrepuit hinc a vicino sene,

Plaut. Mil. 2, 1, 76:

foris,

id. Bacch. 2, 2, 56; 4, 2, 28:

ostium,

id. Men. 2, 2, 73; 3, 2, 57; * Ter. And. 4, 1, 58: scabilla concrepant, aulaeum [p. 404] tollitur, Cic. Cael. 27, 65:

conclamat omnis multitudo et suo more armis concrepat,

Caes. B. G. 7, 21.—Of the din or clashing of weapons (i. e. of the swords against the shields) when struck together:

simul primo concursu concrepuere arma,

Liv. 6, 24, 1; 28, 8, 2, and 28, 29, 10; Petr. 59, 3;

and of the striking together of the brazen cymbals of the attendants of Bacchus,

Prop. 3 (4), 18, 6; Ov. F. 3, 740.—Of the snapping of the fingers:

concrepuit digitis,

Plaut. Mil. 2, 2, 51: si vir bonus habeat hanc vim, ut, si digitis concrepuerit, possit, etc., by snapping his fingers, i. e. by the smallest effort, Cic. Off. 3, 19, 75; Hier. Ep. 125, 18; so also absol.:

simulac decemviri concrepuerint,

Cic. Agr. 2, 30, 82.—

Act., to cause to sound or rattle, to strike upon (rare):

aera,

Ov. F. 5, 441:

hastis scuta,

Petr. 59, 3:

digitos,

id. 27, 5:

Tartessiaca aera manu,

Mart. 11, 16, 4.

rĕpulsus, a, um, Part. and P. a. of repello.

rĕpulsus, ūs, m. [repello], a driving back, repulsion, rebounding, reflection, reverberation (of light, sound, etc.; poet.; usually in abl. sing.):

(effigies) assiduo crebroque repulsu Rejectae,

Lucr. 4, 106:

lucis,

Claud. Cons. Mall. Theod. 106: stridor adaugescit scopulorum saepe repulsu, reechoing, Cic. poët. Div. 1, 7, 13:

repulsus raucos umbonum,

Claud. B. Gild. 433:

dentium,

i. e. the striking together, Plin. 11, 37, 62, § 164:

durioris materiae,

resistance, id. 8, 43, 68, § 169.

plāga, ae, f. [cf. plango], = plêgê, a blow, stroke, wound, stripe (class.; syn.: ictus, verbera, vulnus).

Lit.

In gen., Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 51, § 134:

(pueris) dant animos plagae,

Verg. A. 7, 382; Ov. M. 12, 487; 13, 119; Gell. 5, 15, 7:

plagae et vulnera,

Tac. G. 7.—Of the shock of atoms striking together, Cic. Fat. 20, 48; cf. id. ib. 10, 22.—

In partic., a blow which wounds or injures; a stroke, cut, thrust; a wound (class.).

Absol.:

plagis costae callent,

Plaut. Ps. 1, 2, 4:

quem irrigatum plagis pistori dabo,

refreshed by a flogging, id. Ep. 1, 2, 18:

plagas pati,

Ter. Eun. 2, 2, 13:

plagas perferre,

to bear, receive blows, Cic. Tusc. 2, 17, 41:

plagam accipere,

id. Sest. 19, 44:

plagam mortiferam infligere,

to inflict a mortal wound, id. Vatin. 8, 20:

plaga mediocris pestifera,

id. Off. 1, 24, 84:

verbera et plagas repraesentare,

stripes and blows, Suet. Vit. 10:

plagis confectus,

Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 54, § 140:

flagelli plaga livorem facit,

Vulg. Ecclus. 28, 21:

plagam curare,

Cels. 5, 26, 24:

suere,

id. 5, 26, 23.—

With gen.:

scorpionum et canum plagas sanare,

Plin. H. N. 23 prooem. 3, § 6.—

Transf., a welt, scar, stripe:

etiam de tergo ducentas plagas praegnatis dabo,

swollen welts, Plaut. As. 2, 2, 10.—

Trop.

A blow, stroke; an injury, misfortune (class.):

illa plaga est injecta petitioni tuae maxima,

that great blow was given, that great obstacle was presented, Cic. Mur. 23, 48:

sic nec oratio plagam gravem facit, nisi, etc.,

makes a deep impression, id. Or. 68, 228:

levior est plaga ab amico, quam a debitore,

loss, injury, id. Fam. 9, 16, 7:

hac ille perculsus plaga non succubuit,

blow, disaster, Nep. Eum. 5.—

A plague, pestilence, infection (late Lat.):

leprae,

Vulg. Lev. 13, 2; id. 2 Reg. 24, 25.—

An affliction, annoyance (late Lat.), Vulg. Deut. 7, 19:

caecitatis,

id. Tob. 2, 13.—

Slaughter, destruction (late Lat.):

percussit eos plagā magnā,

Vulg. 1 Reg. 23, 5; id. 2 Reg. 17, 9.

plăga, ae, f. [root plak- of Gr. plakous; cf. planca, plancus, plānus].

A region, quarter, tract (mostly poet.; v. Madv. ad Cic. Fin. 2, 4, 12, where de plagis omnibus is the reading of the best MSS., but pagis of the edd.; but cf. Mütz. ad Curt. p. 516 sq.; and Krebs, Antibarb. p. 869;

syn.: regio, tractus, terra): aetheria,

the ethereal regions, the air, Verg. A. 1, 394: caeli scrutantur plagas, Poët. ap. Cic. Div. 2, 13, 30:

et si quem extenta plagarum Quattuor in medio dirimit plaga solis iniqui,

zones, Verg. A. 7, 226:

ardens,

the torrid zone, Sen. Herc. Oet. 67; also called fervida, id ib. 1219: septentrionalis, Plin. 16, 32, 59, § 136:

ea plaga caeli,

Just. 42, 3, 2:

ad orientis plagam,

Curt. 4, 37, 16:

ad orientalem plagam,

on the east, in the eastern quarter, Vulg. Deut. 4, 41:

contra orientalem plagam urbis, id. Josue, 4, 19: ad septentrionalem plagam collis,

side, id. Judic. 7, 1 et saep.—

In partic., a region, district, canton (only in Liv.), Liv. 9, 41, 15.

plăga, ae, f. [root plek-; Gr. plekô, weave, entwine; cf. plecto, plico, du-plex], a hunting-net, snare, gin (class.; syn.: retia, casses).

Lit.:

canes compellunt in plagas lupum,

Plaut. Poen. 3, 3, 35:

tendere plagas,

Cic. Off. 3, 17, 68:

extricata densis Cerva plagis,

Hor. C. 3, 5, 32; Ov. M. 7, 768:

nodosae,

id. F. 6, 110:

inque plagam nullo cervus agente cadit (al. plagas),

id. A. A. 3, 428:

aut trudit... Apros in obstantes plagas,

Hor. Epod. 2, 32.—Of the spider's web:

illa difficile cernuntur, atque ut in plagis liniae offensae praecipitant in sinum,

Plin. 11, 24, 28, § 82.— Sing. (very rare):

sic tu... tabulam tamquam plagam ponas,

Cic. Off. 3, 17, 68.—

Trop., a snare, trap, toil (class.;

syn. pedica): se impedire in plagas,

Plaut. Mil. 4, 9, 11:

se in plagas conicere,

id. Trin. 2, 1, 11:

quas plagas ipsi contra se Stoici texuerunt,

Cic. Ac. 2, 48, 147:

in illas tibi majores plagas incidendum est,

id. Verr. 2, 5, 58, § 151:

Antonium conjeci in Caesaris Octaviani plagas,

id. Fam. 12, 25, 4:

speculabor, ne quis nostro consilio venator assit cum auritis plagis, i. e. arrectis attentisque auribus,

Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 14.— Sing. (rare) hanc ergo plagam effugi, Cic. Att. 7, 1, 5.—

A bedcurtain, a curtain (ante-class.; v. plagula), Varr. ap. Non. 162, 28:

eburneis lectis et plagis sigillatis,

id. ib. 378, 9:

chlamydes, plagae, vela aurea,

id. ib. 537, 23.

plaudo ( plōdo, Varr. ap. Non. 478, 5, and Quint. 6, 1, 52), si, sum, 3, v. a. and n.

Act., to clap, strike, beat any thing ( poet.; cf.

plango),

Verg. Cir. 179:

pectora manu,

Ov. M. 2, 866:

clipeum pectore,

Stat. Th. 7, 134:

aquas,

id. S. 1, 3, 74:

choreas pedibus,

to execute a choral dance, stamping with the feet, Verg. A. 6, 644:

plausis alis,

Ov. M. 14, 507; 14, 577.—

Neutr., to clap, strike, beat (of two bodies striking together).

In gen. ( poet. and in postAug. prose):

alis Plaudentem figit sub nube columbam,

Verg. A. 5, 515:

pennis,

with her wings, Ov. M. 8, 238:

rostro,

id. ib. 6, 97. — Absol.:

aversas inter se manus collide, non plaudent,

Sen. Q. N. 2, 28.—

In partic.

To clap the hands in token of approbation, to applaud, clap (class.):

manus suas in plaudendo consumere,

Cic. Att. 16, 2, 3:

huic ita plausum est, ut salvā re publicā Pompeio plaudi solebat,

id. ib. 2, 19, 3.—In the theatre, at the close of the piece: nunc, spectatores, Jovis summi causā clare plaudite, Plaut. Am. fin.; id. Ep. fin.; cf.:

usque Sessuri, donec cantor, vos plaudite, dicat,

Hor. A. P. 155; and:

cum ventum est ad ipsum illud. quo veteres tragoediae comoediaeque clauduntur, Plodite,

Quint. 6, 1, 52 Spald. N. cr.; cf. also: manibus clare, Plaut. Cas. fin.:

spectavi ego pridem comicos ad istum modum Sapienter dicta dicere atque is plaudier,

id. Rud. 4, 7, 24: in aliquem, to express disapprobation of any one by clapping, pounding, stamping, i. e. to hiss him off, Min. Fel. Octav. 14.—

Transf., in gen., to express approbation, to approve, applaud:

plaudit sepultis,

Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 88:

dis hominibusque plaudentibus,

Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 4, 1; Juv. 3, 157:

funus,

id. 1, 146: sibi, to applaud one's self, to be satisfied or well contented with one's self:

populus me sibilat: at mihi plaudo Ipse domi,

Hor. S. 1, 1, 66:

nec ipse tibi plaudis,

Plin. Ep. 9, 14.—

To strike hands in completing a bargain:

stultus homo plaudet manibus,

Vulg. Prov. 17, 18.

plausus, a, um, Part., from plaudo.

plausus, i, v. 3. plausus init.

plausus ( plōsus, Macr. S. 6, 1), ūs (a later collat. form, plausus, i, Cod. Th. 15, 9, 2), m. [plaudo], a clapping sound, the noise that arises from the beating or striking together of two bodies.

In gen. ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose): it eques et plausu cava concutit ungula terram, Enn. ap. Macr. S. 6, 1 (Ann. v. 419 Vahl.),—Of cocks: plausu premunt alas, Enn. ap. Cic. Div. 2, 26, 57 (Trag. v. 251 Vahl.).—Of doves:

plausumque exterrita pennis Dat tecto ingentem,

Verg. A. 5, 215:

laterum,

Plin. 10, 21, 24, § 46:

aeris,

id. 11, 20, 22, § 68:

palma cum palmā collata plausum facit,

Sen. Q. N. 2, 28, 1.—

In partic., a clapping of hands in token of approbation, applause (class. and very freq.):

si voletis plausum fabulae huic clarum dare,

Plaut. Rud. 5, 3, 65; cf. v. 67 and plaudo, II. B.; Cic. Sest. 58, 123:

a plebe plausu maximo est mihi gratulatio significata,

id. Att. 4, 1, 5:

tantis plausibus, tantā approbatione infimorum,

id. ib. 14, 16, 2:

a cuncto consessu plausum multiplex datus,

id. Sen. 18, 64:

alicui plausus impertire,

id. Att. 2, 18, 1:

plausus quaerere in aliquā re,

id. ib. 8, 9, 3; id. Clu. 47:

captare,

id. Tusc. 2, 26, 64: petere. Quint. 4, 1, 77.

conflictātĭo, ōnis, f. [conflicto] (postAug.), a striking together, a collision, conflict, struggle: exercituum duorum, Gell 15, 18, 3;

for a place in the theatre,

Quint. 3, 8, 29 Halm:

improbissimae,

Cod. Just. 1, 3, 33, § 8.—In plur.:

membrorum,

App. Mag. p. 302, 11.—

Of verbal strife, a dispute:

hominum,

Vulg. 1 Tim. 6, 5.—

A punishing, Cypr. Ep. 7, 5.

conflictus, a, um, Part., from confligo.

conflictus, ūs, m. [confligo], a striking together (rare, and mostly in the abl. sing.).

In gen.

Prop.:

conflictu atque tritu lapidum elici ignem,

Cic. N. D. 2, 9, 25:

nubium,

id. Div. 2, 19, 44:

corporum (in conflict),

id. Caecin. 15, 43.—

Trop., impulse, impression, necessity:

fatalis incommodi conflictu urgeri,

Gell. 6, 2, 8.—

Esp., a fight, contest, Pacat. Pau. ad Theod. 31.

quassātĭo, ōnis, f. [id.], a shaking:

capitum,

Liv. 22, 17, 3:

cymbalorum,

a striking together, beating, Arn. 7, 237:

quassationes,

shakings of the body, Macr. S. 7, 15, 9. —

A disturbance, affliction:

cessavit quassatio,

Vulg. Psa. 105, 30.

con-cinnus, a, um, adj. [etym. dub.; acc. to Non. p. 43, 21, and p. 59, 30, from cinnus], fitly, skilfully put together or joined, well adjusted, beautiful (class.; esp. freq. in Cic. of discourse).

Object.

Prop.:

sat edepol concinna est (virgo) facie,

Plaut. Pers. 4, 3, 77:

Samos ( = venusta, elegans),

pretty, Hor. Ep. 1, 11, 2:

tectorium,

Cic. Q. Fr. 3, 1, 1, § 1: helicis folia angulosa et concinniora (for euruthmotera, in Theophr. H. P. 3, 18), Plin. 16, 34, 62, § 148:

heluo,

elegant, Cic. Pis. 10, 22.—

Trop., of discourse, beautiful, elegant, polishcd, neat, striking, etc.:

(oratio) concinna, distincta, ornata, festiva, etc.,

Cic. de Or. 3, 25, 100:

sententiae non tam graves et severae quam concinnae et venustae,

id. Brut. 95, 325; cf.:

concinnae sententiae (opp. probabiles),

id. Or. 19, 65; and:

concinnae acutaeque sententiae,

id. Brut. 78, 272:

versus,

Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 74:

sermo,

id. S. 1, 10, 23:

reditus ad rem aptus et concinnus,

Cic. de Or. 3, 53, 203:

transgressio verborum, id est hyperbaton,

Quint. 9, 3, 91.—

Transf. to the person:

alii in eādem jejunitate concinniores, id est, faceti, florentes etiam et leviter ornati,

Cic. Or. 6, 20; Nep. Epam. 5, 1:

concinnus et elegans Aristo,

Cic. Fin. 5, 5, 13; cf.

also of the painter Nicophanes: elegans et concinnus (pictor),

Plin. 35, 10, 36, § 111. —

Subject. ( = commodus, II.): concinnus alicui, suited to, fit, appropriate for; of persons, suiting one's self to, courteous, pleasing, etc. (rare): viris Venus ut concinnior esset, * Lucr. 4, 1276:

concinnus amicis,

Hor. S. 1, 3, 50.—

Concinnum est = commodum est:

age, age, ut tibi maxime concinnum est,

it is pleasing, agreeable, Plaut. Mil. 4, 2, 33.— Adv.

In the form concinnē, fitly, beautifully:

concinne et lepide vestita,

Plaut. Ep. 2, 2, 38. —Of discourse, elegantly, neatly, etc., Cic. de Or. 2, 19, 81; id. N. D. 2, 27, 69; id. Rosc. Com. 16, 49.— Comp.:

eloqui,

Aus. Grat. Act. ad Gratian. 8: saliunt aquae, Fronto de Orat. 1, p. 242 Mai.— Sup. of the adj. and adv. apparently not in use.—

In the form concinnĭter, Gell. 18, 2.