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  • 81 augeo

    augĕo, auxi, auctum, 2, v. a. and n. ( perf subj. auxitis = auxeritis, Liv. 29, 27: auceta: saepe aucta, Paul. ex Fest. p. 25 Müll.; v. Müll. ad h. l.) [Gr. auxô auxanô; Lith. augu, and augmu = growth; Sanscr. vaksh; Goth. vahsjan, and auka = growth; Germ. wachsen; Engl. wax; also allied to vegeo vegetus, vigeo vigor, vigil [p. 204] v. Curt. pp. 67, 186 sq., and Bopp, Gloss. p. 304 b].
    I.
    Act., to increase, to nourish (orig., to produce, bring forth that not already in existence; in which signification only the derivative auctor is now found).
    A.
    1.. To increase, enlarge, augment, strengthen, advance that which is already in existence (class. in prose and poetry; syn.: adaugeo, amplio, amplifico): Quicquid est hoc, omnia animat, format, alit, auget, Pac. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 57, 131:

    cibus auget corpus alitque,

    Lucr. 1, 859:

    redductum (animale genus) daedala tellus alit atque auget generatim pabula praebens,

    id. 1, 229; 5, 220; 5, 322;

    6, 946: virīs,

    id. 6, 342:

    in augendā re,

    Cic. Rab. Post. 2; 14; so,

    in augendā obruitur re,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 16, 68:

    rem strenuus auge,

    increase your gains, id. ib. 1, 7, 71:

    opes,

    Nep. Thras. 2, 4:

    possessiones,

    id. Att. 12, 2:

    divitias,

    Vulg. Prov 22, 16:

    dotem et munera,

    ib. Gen. 34, 12:

    rem publicam agris,

    Cic. Rosc. Am. 18; so Tac. H 1, 79:

    aerarium,

    id. A. 3, 25:

    vallum et turres,

    id. H. 4, 35:

    classem,

    Suet. Ner. 3:

    tributa,

    id. Vesp. 16:

    pretium,

    Vulg. Ezech. 16, 31:

    numerum,

    Suet. Aug. 37, and Vulg. Deut. 20, 19 al.:

    morbum,

    Ter. Hec. 3, 1, 54:

    suspitionem,

    id. Eun. 3, 1, 46; Suet. Tit. 5:

    industriam,

    Ter. Ad. prol. 25:

    molestiam,

    Cic. Fl. 12:

    dolorem alicui,

    id. Att. 11, 22 vitium ventris, id. Cael. 19:

    peccatum,

    Vulg. Exod. 9, 34:

    furorem,

    ib. Num. 32, 14:

    benevolentiam,

    Cic. Lael. 9, 30: animum alicujus, to increase one ' s courage, id. Att. 10, 14; so,

    animos,

    Stat. Th. 10, 23:

    vocem,

    to strengthen, raise, Suet. Claud. 33; id. Ner. 20' hostias, to increase, multiply, id. Aug. 96:

    ego te augebo et multiplicabo,

    Vulg. Gen. 48, 4 al. — Poet.:

    nuper et istae Auxerunt volucrum victae certamine turbam,

    i. e. have been changed into birds, Ov. M. 5, 301.—
    2.
    Trop., to magnify, to exalt, to extol, embellish, to praise (syn.:

    laudo, laude afficere, verbis extollere, orno): homo tenuis non verbis auget suum munus, sed etiam extenuat,

    Cic. Off. 2, 20, 70:

    aliquid augere atque ornare,

    id. de Or. 1, 21, 94; so,

    rem laudando,

    id. Brut. 12, 47:

    munus principis,

    Plin. Pan. 38 al. —
    B.
    Aliquem (aliquid) aliquā re, to furaish abundantly with something, to heap upon, give to, to enrich, endow, bless, load with: lunae pars ignibus aucta, the part that is entirely filled with fire, Lucr 5, 722: 3. 630: Tantā laetitiā auctus sum, ut nil constet, poët, ap. Cic. Fin. 2, 4, 14 oaque vos omnia bene juvetis, bonis auctibus auxitis, old form of prayer in Liv. 29, 27:

    alter te scientia augere potest, altera exemplis,

    the one can enrich you with learning, the other furnish you with examples, Cic. Off. 1, 1, 1:

    aliquid divitiis,

    id. Agr. 2, 26, 69:

    commodis,

    id. Phil. 11, 14 fin.:

    senectus augeri solet consilio, auctoritate, sententiā,

    id. Sen. 6, 17:

    gratulatione,

    id. Phil. 14, 6:

    honore,

    id. ib. 9, 6:

    honoribus,

    Hor. S. 1, 6, 11; so Tac. A. 6, 8:

    honoribus praemiisque,

    Suet. Caes. 52; id. Vit. 5: augeri damno, to be enriched with a loss (said comically), Ter. Heaut. 4, 1, 15:

    liberalitate,

    Tac. A. 3, 8:

    largitione,

    id. ib. 13, 18:

    nomine imperatorio,

    id. ib. 1, 3:

    cognomento Augustae,

    id. ib. 12, 26 et saep.—Also without abl.:

    Di me equidem omnes adjuvant, augent, amant,

    Plaut. Men. 3, 3, 27, and id. Ep. 2, 2, 8:

    aliquem augere atque ornare,

    to advance, Cic. Fam. 7, 17:

    aut augendi alterius aut minuendi sui causā aliquid dicere,

    id. Part. Or. 6, 22 solum te commendat augetque temporis spatium, honors, Plin. Pan. 24; so id. ib. 26; Suet. Claud. 12.—
    C.
    In the lang. of religion, t. t. (like mactare, adolere, etc.), to honor, reverence, worship by offerings:

    Aliquid cedo, Qui vicini hanc nostram augeam aram [Apoliinis],

    Plaut. Merc. 4, 1, 10:

    si quā ipse meis venatibus auxi, etc.,

    Verg. A. 9, 407.—
    II.
    Neutr., to grow, increase, become greater (rare; syn.: augesco, cresco, incresco; on this use of vbs. com. act., v. Ellis ad Cat. 22, 11): eo res eorum auxit, Cato ap. Gell. 18, 12, 7:

    usque adeo parcunt fetus augentque labore,

    Lucr. 2, 1163:

    ignoscendo populi Romani magnitudinem auxisse,

    Sall. H. 1 (Fragm. Orat. Philipp. contra Lepid. §

    6): O decus eximium magnis virtutibus augens,

    Cat. 64, 323:

    balnea Romae ad infinitum auxere numerum,

    Plin. 36, 15, 24, § 122; 2, 16, 13, § 71:

    veram potentiam augere,

    Tac. A. 4, 41 (Halm, augeri).—Hence, auctus, a, um, P. a., enlarged, increased, great, abundant; in posit. only as subst.:

    auctum vocabatur spatium, quod super definitum modum victoriae adjungitur,

    Paul. Ex Fest. p. 14 Müll. — Comp.:

    tanto mi aegritudo auctior est in animo,

    Plaut. Capt. 4, 2, 2:

    auctior est animi vis,

    Lucr. 3, 450:

    auctior et amplior majestas,

    Liv. 4, 2; 3, 68; 25, 16:

    auctius atque Di melius fecere,

    Hor. S. 2, 6, 3.—
    * Sup.: auctissima basis, Treb. Gall. 18.— Adv. probably not in use, for in App. Met. 4, p. 290 Oud., altius is the correct reading.

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  • 82 cantus

    cantus, ūs, m. [id.], the production of melodious sound, a musical utterance or expression, either with voice or instrument; hence, song, singing, playing, music (while carmen is prop. the contents or substance of the song, etc.; cf.:

    qui enim cantus moderatā oratione dulcior invenire potest? Quod carmen artificiosā conclusione aptius?

    Cic. de Or. 2, 8, 34).
    I.
    In gen.
    A.
    Of persons.
    1.
    With the voice, a singing, song; in full, cantus vocum, Cic. Rosc. Am. 46, 134:

    fit etiam saepe vocum gravitate et cantibus ut pellantur animi, etc.,

    id. Div. 1, 36, 80:

    cantus vocis juvat sociatā nervorum concordiā,

    Quint. 5, 10, 124:

    oris,

    id. 11, 3, [p. 282] 23:

    Sirenum,

    Cic. Fin. 5, 18, 49; Quint. 5, 8, 1; cf. Juv. 9, 150:

    comissationes, cantus, symphoniae,

    Cic. Cael. 15, 35; id. Verr. 2, 5, 13, § 31; id. Fin. 5, 18, 49; Lucr. 5, 1406:

    felices cantus ore sonante dedit,

    Tib. 3, 4, 40:

    cantu tremulo (i.e. voce anili),

    Hor. C. 4, 13, 5:

    praecipe lugubres Cantus,

    id. ib. 1, 24, 3:

    longum cantu solata laborem,

    Verg. G. 1, 293; cf.:

    est etiam in dicendo quidam cantus obscurior,

    musical play of voice, Cic. Or. 17, 57.—
    2.
    With instruments, a playing, music:

    in nervorum vocumque cantibus,

    Cic. Tusc. 1, 2, 4; id. Rosc. Am. 46, 134:

    citharae,

    Hor. C. 3, 1, 20:

    horribili stridebat tibia cantu,

    Cat. 64, 264:

    querulae tibiae,

    Hor. C. 3, 7, 30:

    dulcis tibia cantu,

    Tib. 1, 7, 47:

    bucinarum,

    Cic. Mur. 9, 22:

    simul ac tubarum est auditus cantus,

    Liv. 25, 24, 5:

    lyrae,

    Plin. 34, 8, 19, § 72:

    tibicines, qui fidibus utuntur, suo arbitrio cantus numerosque moderantur,

    Cic. Tusc. 5, 36, 104:

    cantu tubarum convocare concilium, Auct. B. G. 8, 20: raucisonoque mi-nantur cornua cantu,

    Lucr. 2, 619:

    rauco strepuerunt cornua cantu,

    Verg. A. 8, 2.—

    Of an actor: tardiores tibicinis modos et cantus remissiores facere,

    Cic. de Or. 1, 60, 254.—
    B.
    Of birds, etc.:

    raucisoni cantus,

    Lucr. 5, 1084:

    cantus avium et volatus,

    Cic. Div. 1, 42, 94; Hor. C. 3, 1, 20; App. Flor. 2, p. 349:

    volucrum,

    Quint. 10, 3, 24.—Of the nightingale, Phaedr. 3, 18, 2; Plin. 10, 29, 43, § 81.—Of the cock, a crowing: (galli) favent faucibus russis cantu plausuque premunt alas, Enn. ap. Cic. Div. 2, 26, 57 (Trag. Rel. v. 251 Vahl.); Cic. Mur. 9, 22; id. Div. 2, 26, 56:

    sub galli cantum,

    at daybreak, cock-crowing, Hor. S. 1, 1, 10:

    vigil ales cristati cantibus oris Evocat Auroram,

    Ov. M. 11, 597; Plin. 10, 21, 24, § 46; Quint. 11, 3, 51:

    fulix fundens e gutture cantus, Cic. Div, poët. 1, 8, 14: perdix testata gaudia cantu est,

    Ov. M. 8, 238:

    seros exercet noctua cantus,

    Verg. G. 1, 403:

    (cycni) cantus dedere,

    id. A. 1, 398.—
    II.
    Esp.
    A.
    Prophetic or oracular song:

    veridicos Parcae coeperunt edere cantus,

    Cat. 64, 306; cf. Tib. 1, 8, 4.—
    B.
    An incantation, charm, magic song, etc.: cantusque artesque magorum. Ov. M. 7, 195; 7, 201:

    at cantu commotae Erebi de sedibus imis Umbrae ibant,

    Verg. G. 4, 471:

    magici,

    Col. 10, 367:

    Haemoniis agitare cantibus umbras,

    Val. Fl. 6, 448:

    amores Cantibus solvere,

    Tib. 1, 2, 60; 1, 2, 45; 1, 2, 53:

    cantus e curru Lunam deducere tentat,

    id. 1, 8, 19; 4, 1, 63; 4, 4, 10; Ov. H. 12, 167; id. M. 4, 49.

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  • 83 Aper

    1.
    ăper, pri, m. [cf. old Germ. Ebar; Germ. Eber; Angl.-Sax. bār = aper, verres; Engl. boar; cf. Lat. caper, with change of meaning, and the Gr. kapros], a wild boar.
    I.
    A.. Lit., Ov. M. 8, 282; 9, 192; 10, 550; 10, 715; Verg. E. 7, 29; 10, 56; id. A. 1, 324 al.:

    aper Erymanthius,

    Cic. Tusc. 4, 22, 50:

    Arcadius,

    the Erymanthian boar slain by Her cules, Mart. 9, 104:

    aper de silvā,

    Vulg. Psa. 79, 14.—Among the Romans a delicacy, Juv. 1, 140.— Masc. form used of the female in Varr. L. L. 8, 47, p. 183 Müll., though Pliny had formed apra, q. v.—
    B.
    Prov.
    1.
    Uno saltu duos apros capere, to kill two birds with one stone, Plaut. Cas. 2, 8, 40.—
    2.
    Apros immittere liquidis fontibus, for something perverse, inconsiderate, Verg. E. 2, 59.—
    II.
    Transf.
    A.
    A standard of the Roman legions, Plin. 10, 4, 5, § 16.—
    B.
    A kind of fish, Enn. ap. App. p. 486:

    is, qui aper vocatur in Acheloo amne, grunnitum habet,

    Plin. 11, 51, 112, § 267 Jan.
    2.
    Ăper, pri, m., a Roman cognomen, Tac. Or. 2; Lampr. Commod. 2; Inscr. Grut. 692, 8.

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  • 84 aper

    1.
    ăper, pri, m. [cf. old Germ. Ebar; Germ. Eber; Angl.-Sax. bār = aper, verres; Engl. boar; cf. Lat. caper, with change of meaning, and the Gr. kapros], a wild boar.
    I.
    A.. Lit., Ov. M. 8, 282; 9, 192; 10, 550; 10, 715; Verg. E. 7, 29; 10, 56; id. A. 1, 324 al.:

    aper Erymanthius,

    Cic. Tusc. 4, 22, 50:

    Arcadius,

    the Erymanthian boar slain by Her cules, Mart. 9, 104:

    aper de silvā,

    Vulg. Psa. 79, 14.—Among the Romans a delicacy, Juv. 1, 140.— Masc. form used of the female in Varr. L. L. 8, 47, p. 183 Müll., though Pliny had formed apra, q. v.—
    B.
    Prov.
    1.
    Uno saltu duos apros capere, to kill two birds with one stone, Plaut. Cas. 2, 8, 40.—
    2.
    Apros immittere liquidis fontibus, for something perverse, inconsiderate, Verg. E. 2, 59.—
    II.
    Transf.
    A.
    A standard of the Roman legions, Plin. 10, 4, 5, § 16.—
    B.
    A kind of fish, Enn. ap. App. p. 486:

    is, qui aper vocatur in Acheloo amne, grunnitum habet,

    Plin. 11, 51, 112, § 267 Jan.
    2.
    Ăper, pri, m., a Roman cognomen, Tac. Or. 2; Lampr. Commod. 2; Inscr. Grut. 692, 8.

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  • 85 ad-mittō

        ad-mittō mīsī, missus, ere    (admittier, old for admitti, V.), to send to, let go, let loose, let come, admit, give access: te ad meas capsas admisero: domum ad se filium, N.: Iovis arcanis Minos admissus, H. — Esp., to give access, grant an audience, admit, receive: domus in quam admittenda multitudo: admissus est nemo: spectatum admissi, H.: vetuit quemquam ad eum admitti, N.—Alqm ad consilium, to take into conference, consult: neque ad consilium casus admittitur. — In numerum alqm, to enroll among: horum in numerum nemo admittebatur nisi qui, etc., N.—Alqm ad officium, to admit to: nemo ad id officium admittitur, nisi, etc., N.—Of a horse, to let go, give reins: admisso equo inruere: equo admisso accurrit, at full speed, Cs.: per colla admissa volvitur, i. e. over the neck of the galloping steed, O.: admisso passu, with quickened pace, O.: ubi se admiserat unda, had gathered force, O.—Fig., of words or thoughts, to let come, grant admittance, receive: nec... ad animum admittebat (with acc. and inf.), did not entertain the notion, L.: animi nihil auribus (abl.) admittebant, L.: si placidi rationem admittitis, hear calmly, Iu.—Of an act or event, to let be done, allow, permit: sed tu quod cavere possis stultum admittere est, T.: non admittere litem.—Hence, of birds which give a favorable omen, to be propitious, favor: ubi aves non admisissent, L.—Of an unlawful act, to incur the blame of, become guilty of, perpetrate, commit: ea in te admisisti quae, etc.: Tu nihil admittes in te formidine poenae, H.: quantum in se facinus, Cs.: dedecus: flagitium: pessimum facinus peiore exemplo, L.

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  • 86 āles

        āles ālitis, gen plur. ālitum, and poet. ālituum, adj. and subst.    [ala].    I. Adj, winged: avis: deus, i. e. Mercury, O.: minister fulminis (i. e. aquila), H.: (Venus) purpureis ales oloribus, borne on the wings of bright swans, H. — Quick, hasty, rapid, swift: rutili tres ignis et alitis Austri, V.: passus, O.—    II. Subst m. and f a bird: fulvus Iovis, i. e. aquila, V.: Phoebeïus, the raven, O.: albus, the swan, H.: Aetheriā lapsa plagā Iovis ales, V.: regia, O.—Esp., in augury, alites are birds whose flight is significant (cf. oscen, a bird whose song is regarded in augury). — Hence, augury, omen, sign: lugubris, H.: potiore alite, H.—Ales canorus, a swan (of a poet), H.: Maeonii carminis, i. e. the singer of a Maeonian (Homeric) song, H.
    * * *
    I
    (gen.), alitis ADJ
    winged, having wings; swift/quick

    ales deus -- Mercury; ales puer -- Cupid

    II
    bird; (esp. large); winged god/monster; omen/augury

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  • 87 canō

        canō cecinī, —, ere (P. perf. supplied by canto)    [1 CAN-].    I. Intrans, to utter melodious notes, make music, sing, sound, play.—Of men: celebrare dapes canendo, O.: tibicen sine tibiis canere non possit: harundine, O.: imitari Pana canendo, V.: Movit Amphion lapides canendo, H.: ad tibicinem de virtutibus, etc.: ululanti voce more Asiatic<*> canere, to chant, use sing-song.—Prov.: non canimus surdis, preach to the deaf, V.—Of birds, etc.: galli victi silere solent, canere victores, to crow: gallina cecinit, interdixit hariolus (a bad omen), T.—Of the owl, to hoot, V.—Meton., of instruments or a piece of music, to sound, resound, be played: canentes tibiae: cum in conviviis symphonia caneret: maestae tubae, Pr.—Of signals, to sound, be sounded, resound: semel bisne signum canat in castris, L.: repente a tergo signa canere, S.: Signa canunt, V.: classicum apud eos cecinit, L.: receptui canere, to sound a retreat, Cs.: Hasdrubal receptui propere cecinit, L.: nisi receptui cecinisset, sounded a counter-march, L.—Fig.: revocante et receptui canente senatu.—    II. Trans. with cognate acc., to sing, play, rehearse, recite, compose: id carmen: in eum carmina incondita, L.: versūs: verba ad certos modos, O.: praecepta, H.: indoctum, H.: Haec super arvorum cultu, V. — Of frogs: veterem querellam, croaked, V. — Prov.: Cantilenam eandem canis, ever the old tune, T.—With definite obj, to sing, celebrate in song, sing of, praise: virorum laudes: suas laudes, L.: reges et proelia, V.: Quas strages Turnus Ediderit, V.: Herculem, Ta.: Liberum et Musas, H.: plectro graviore Gigantas, O.: arma virumque, V.: (fama) facta atque infecta canit, trumpets, V.—Prov.: vana surdis auribus, L.—Of oracles or diviners, to give response (in verse), prophesy, foretell, predict, utter: horrendas ambages, V.: fera fata, H.: Artificis scelus, V.: haec quae nunc fiunt: Sibylla quae senis fata canit pedibus, Tb.: te mater aucturum caelestium numerum cecinit, L.: quae nunc usu veniunt, N.: Hoc signum cecinit missuram creatrix (sc. se), V.: quaeque diu latuere, O.: cecinere vates, idque carmen pervenerat, etc., L. — Of signals, to blow, sound, give: tubicines signa canere, give the signal for battle, S.: classicum apud eum cani iubet, Cs.: bellicum, call to arms: Gallos adesse, signalled, V.—Poet.: (bucina) cecinit iussos receptūs, O.
    * * *
    I
    canere, cani, canitus V
    sing, celebrate, chant; crow; recite; play (music)/sound (horn); foretell
    II
    canere, cecini, cantus V
    sing, celebrate, chant; crow; recite; play (music)/sound (horn); foretell

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  • 88 aliger

    ālĭger, gĕra, gĕrum ( gen. plur. aligerūm, Val. Fl. 7, 171), adj. [ala-gero], bearing wings, winged (a poet. word of the Aug. per.).
    I.
    Adj.:

    amor,

    Verg. A. 1, 663:

    agmen,

    i. e. of birds, id. ib. 12, 249: aligero tollitur axe Ceres, upon the winged chariot (i. e. drawn by dragons), Ov. F. 4, 562:

    Jovis Nuntius,

    i. e. Mercury, Stat. S. 3, 3, 80:

    genus,

    Sen. Hippol. 338 al. —In the prose of Pliny, like many other poet. words:

    aligeri serpentes,

    Plin. 12, 19, 42, § 85:

    Cupidines,

    id. 36, 5, 4, § 41.—
    * II.
    Ālĭgĕri, subst., the winged gods of love, Cupids, Sil. 7, 458.

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  • 89 Aligeri

    ālĭger, gĕra, gĕrum ( gen. plur. aligerūm, Val. Fl. 7, 171), adj. [ala-gero], bearing wings, winged (a poet. word of the Aug. per.).
    I.
    Adj.:

    amor,

    Verg. A. 1, 663:

    agmen,

    i. e. of birds, id. ib. 12, 249: aligero tollitur axe Ceres, upon the winged chariot (i. e. drawn by dragons), Ov. F. 4, 562:

    Jovis Nuntius,

    i. e. Mercury, Stat. S. 3, 3, 80:

    genus,

    Sen. Hippol. 338 al. —In the prose of Pliny, like many other poet. words:

    aligeri serpentes,

    Plin. 12, 19, 42, § 85:

    Cupidines,

    id. 36, 5, 4, § 41.—
    * II.
    Ālĭgĕri, subst., the winged gods of love, Cupids, Sil. 7, 458.

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  • 90 auguraculum

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  • 91 calamus

    călămus, i, m., = kalamos.
    I.
    Lit., a reed, cane (pure Lat. harundo; cf.

    canna),

    Plin. 16, 36, 65, § 159 sq.; 16, 21, 33, § 80; Col. 3, 15, 1; 4, 4, 1; Pall. Nov. 22, 3 al.:

    aromaticus (found in Syria and Arabia),

    sweet calamus, Col. 12, 52, 2:

    odoratus,

    Plin. 12, 22, 48, § 104; Veg. 6, 13, 3.—Also absol.:

    calamus,

    Cato, R. R. 105, 2; Plin. 13, 1, 2, § 8 sq.:

    Syriacus,

    Veg. 4, 13, 4.—
    II.
    Meton.
    A.
    For objects made of reeds (cf. harundo, and Liddell and Scott, under kalamos).
    1.
    A reed-pen (cf. Dict. of Antiq.;

    class.): quicumque calamus in manus meas inciderit, eo utar tamquam bono,

    Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 14 (15 b), 1:

    sumere,

    id. Att. 6, 8, 1: calamo et atramento militare, Cato ap. Ruf. p. 199:

    quoad intinguntur calami,

    Quint. 10, 3, 31:

    transversus,

    Hor. A. P. 447:

    scriptorius,

    Cels. 7, 11; 7, 27; Scrib. 10, 47.—
    2.
    A reed-pipe, reed (cf. Lucr. 5, 1380 sq.; the form is described in Tib. 2, 5, 32; Ov. M. 1, 711):

    unco saepe labro calamos percurrit hiantes,

    with curved lip runs over the open reeds, Lucr. 4, 590; 5, 1382; 5, 1407; Verg. E. 2, 34; 5, 48; 1, 10; 2, 32; 5, 2; Cat. 63, 22; Prop. 3 (4), 17, 34; 4 (5), 1, 24; Ov. M. 11, 161 al.—
    3.
    An arrow:

    hastas et calami spicula Gnosii,

    Hor. C. 1, 15, 17; Verg. E. 3, 13; Prop. 2 (3), 19, 24; Ov. M. 7, 778; 8, 30; Juv. 13, 80; cf. Plin. 16, 36, 65, § 159 sq.—
    4.
    An angling-rod, fishing-rod:

    calamo salientes ducere pisces,

    Ov. M. 3, 587.—
    5.
    A lime-twig for snaring birds, Prop. 3 (4), 13, 46; Mart. 13, 68; 14, 218; Sen. Oct. 411.—
    6.
    A signal-pole or rod, Col. 3, 15, 1 sq.—
    7.
    A measuring-rod, Vulg. Ezech. 40, 5 al.—
    B.
    Transf. to things of a similar form.
    1.
    In gen., any straw of grain, a stalk, stem, blade:

    lupini calamus,

    Verg. G. 1, 76:

    calamus altior frumento quam hordeo,

    Plin. 18, 7, 10, § 61.—
    2.
    A graft, a scion, Plin. 17, 14, 24, § 102 sq.; 17, 18. 30, § 129; 24, 14, 75, § 123; Col. 4, 29, 9.—
    3. 4.
    The hollow arm of a candelabra, Vulg. Exod. 25, 31 sq. [p. 267]

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  • 92 claudico

    claudĭco ( clōdĭco, Cic. de Or. 2, 61, 249, like Claudius and Clodius, codex and caudex, etc., v. au), āre, v. n. [claudeo; like albico, candico from albeo, candeo], to limp, halt, be lame (class.).
    I.
    Prop.:

    Carvilio graviter claudicanti ex vulnere,

    Cic. de Or. 2, 61, 249; Ov. F. 3, 758; Col. 6, 12, 3; Suet. Aug. 80; Just. 6, 2, 6.—
    B.
    In Lucretius, meton., of other irregular or unbalanced motions, to waver, wabble, halt; of the lame wings of birds, Lucr. 6, 834;

    of the wavering of balances or scales,

    id. 4, 515; and of the earth's axis, id: 6, 1107.—
    II.
    Trop., to halt, waver, to be wanting, incomplete or defective:

    claudicat ingenium,

    Lucr. 3, 453:

    tota res vacillat et claudicat, Cic. N. D, 1, 38, 107: vereri ne tota amicitia quasi claudicare videatur,

    id. Fin. 1, 20, 69; so id. Brut. 63, 227; Liv. 22, 39, 3 (al. leg. claudo); Col. 4, 2, 1; Just. 6, 2, 5 and 6:

    ut constare possimus nobismet ipsis nec in ullo officio claudicare,

    Cic. Off. 1, 33, 119; cf.:

    in comoediā, claudicamus,

    Quint. 10, 1, 99.—So of discourse:

    ne sermo in aequalitate horum omnium sicut pedum claudicet,

    Quint. 11, 3, 43:

    si quid in nostrā oratione claudicat,

    Cic. de Or. 3, 51, 198.—And once of the measure of a verse: claudicat hic versus;

    haec, inquit, syllaba nutat,

    Claud. Epigr. 79, 3.

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  • 93 pendeo

    pendĕo, pĕpendi, 2, v. n. [ intr. of pendo, q. v.], to hang, hang down, be suspended.
    I.
    Lit., constr. with ab, ex, or in and abl.; also ( poet.), with abl. alone, or with de: pendent peniculamenta, Enn. ap. Non. 149, 32 (Ann. v. 363 Vahl.): in candelabro pendet strigilis, Varr. ap. Non. 223, 7:

    in arbore,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 23, § 57:

    sagittae pende, bant ab umero,

    id. ib. 2, 4, 34, §

    74: ex arbore,

    id. ib. 2, 3, 26, §

    66: ubera circum (pueri),

    Verg. A. 8, 632:

    horrida pendebant molles super ora capilli,

    Ov. P. 3, 3, 17:

    capiti patiar sacros pendere corymbos,

    Prop. 2, 23, 35 (3, 28, 39):

    telum... summo clipei nequiquam umbone pependit,

    Verg. A. 2, 544:

    deque viri collo dulce pependit onus,

    Ov. F. 2, 760.—Of garments:

    chlamydemque ut pendeat apte, Collocat,

    Ov. M. 2, 733:

    tigridis exuviae per dorsum a vertice pendent,

    Verg. A. 11, 577.—Of slaves, who were strung up to be flogged, Plaut. As. 3, 3, 27:

    quando pendes per pedes,

    id. ib. 2, 2, 35:

    ibi pendentem ferit,

    id. Trin. 2, 1, 19; id. Truc. 4, 3, 3; cf. id. Men. 5, 5, 48: quid me fiet nunciam? Theo. Verberibus caedere pendens, id. Most. 5, 2, 45:

    ego plectar pendens, nisi, etc.,

    Ter. Phorm. 1, 4, 43; id. Eun. 5, 6, 20.— Poet., of suspended votive offerings:

    omnibus heu portis pendent mea noxia vota,

    Prop. 4 (5), 3, 17; Tib. 1, 1, 16 (24):

    pendebatque vagi pastoris in arbore votum,

    id. 2, 5, 29:

    pendebit fistula pinu,

    Verg. E. 7, 24:

    multaque praeterea sacris in postibus arma, Captivi pendent currus, etc.,

    id. A. 7, 184.—Of one who hangs himself, Mart. 8, 61, 2:

    e trabe sublimi triste pependit onus,

    Ov. R. Am. 18:

    pendentem volo Zoilum videre,

    Mart. 4, 77, 5.—Of any thing hung up for public notice;

    of the names of persons accused,

    Suet. Dom. 9, Plin. Ep. 4, 9, 1;

    of goods hung up, exposed for sale,

    Phaedr. 3, 4, 1;

    transf., of a debtor whose goods are exposed for sale,

    Suet. Claud. 9 fin. —Prov.: pendere filo or tenui filo, to hang by a thread, i. e. to be in great danger: hac noctu filo pendebit Etruria tota, Enn. ap. Macr. S. 1, 4 (Ann. v. 153 Vahl.):

    omnia sunt hominum tenui pendentia filo,

    Ov. P. 4, 3, 35; Val. Max. 6, 4, 1.—
    B.
    Transf. (mostly poet.; cf. immineo).
    1.
    To hang in the air, be suspended, to float, hover, overhang: per speluncas saxis structas asperis, pendentibus, Poët. ap. Cic. Tusc. 1, 16, 37 (Trag. Rel. p. 245 Rib.);

    imitated,

    Lucr. 6, 195:

    hinc scopulus raucis pendet adesus aquis,

    Ov. H. 10, 26:

    dum siccā tellure licet, dum nubila pendent,

    Verg. G. 1, 214:

    hi summo in fluctu pendent,

    id. A. 1, 106:

    illisaque prora pependit,

    id. ib. 5, 206; Curt. 4, 2, 9:

    dumosā pendere procul de rupe videbo (capros),

    Verg. E. 1, 77:

    pendentes rupe capellae,

    Ov. P. 1, 8, 51.—So of birds, which float or hover in the air:

    olor niveis pendebat in aëra pennis,

    Ov. M. 7, 379; 8, 145:

    et supra vatem multa pependit avis,

    Mart. Spect. 21.—

    Of a rapid course: raraque non fracto vestigia pulvere pendent,

    Stat. Th. 6, 638.—
    2.
    To hang loosely together, be unstable, movable:

    opertum (litus) pendeat algā,

    Ov. M. 11, 233.—
    3.
    To hang about, loiter, tarry, linger anywhere:

    nostroque in limine pendes,

    Verg. A. 6, 151.—
    4.
    To hang down, be flabby or flaccid, weak, without strength:

    fluidos pendere lacertos,

    Ov. M. 15, 231:

    pendentesque genas et aniles aspice rugas,

    Juv. 10, 193.—
    5.
    To weigh:

    offula cum duabus costis quae penderet III. et XX. pondo,

    Varr. R. R. 2, 4, 11:

    cyathus pendet drachmas X., mna pendet drachmas Atticas centum,

    Plin. 21, 34, 109, § 185:

    Lucio Titio modios centum, qui singuli pondo centum pendeant, heres dato,

    Dig. 33, 6, 7.—
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    To hang, rest, or depend upon a person or thing (class.); constr. with ex, in, ab, the simple abl., or de:

    tuorum, qui ex te pendent,

    Cic. Fam. 6, 22, 2:

    spes pendet ex fortunā,

    id. Par. 2, 17:

    ex quo verbo tota causa pendebat,

    id. de Or. 2, 25, 107; id. Fam. 5, 13, 1:

    hinc omnis pendet Lucilius,

    Hor. S. 1, 4, 6:

    an ignoratis. vectigalia perlevi saepe momento fortunae pendere?

    Cic. Agr. 2, 29, 80:

    salus nostra, quae spe exiguā extremāque pendet,

    Cic. Fl. 2, 4:

    tam levi momento mea apud vos fama pendet,

    Liv. 2, 7, 10:

    pendere ex alterius vultu ac nutu,

    id. 39, 5, 3:

    oblite, tuā nostram pendere salutem,

    Sil. 3, 109: in sententiis [p. 1328] omnium civium famam nostram fortunamque pendere, Cic. Pis. 41, 98:

    ex ancipiti temporum mutatione pendere,

    Curt. 4, 1, 27; Luc. 5, 686:

    deque tuis pendentia Dardana fatis,

    Sil. 13, 504; Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 105:

    tyrannus, cum quo fatum pendebat amici,

    Juv. 4, 88.—
    B.
    To hang upon a person's words, to gaze fixedly, listen attentively to ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose; cf.

    haereo): (Dido) pendet iterum narrantis ab ore,

    Verg. A. 4, 79:

    narrantis conjux pendet ab ore viri,

    Ov. H. 1, 30:

    ab imagine pendet,

    Sil. 8, 93; cf. Quint. 11, 3, 72:

    pervigil Arcadio Tiphys pendebat ab astro,

    Val. Fl. 1, 481:

    attentus et pendens,

    Plin. Ep. 1, 10, 7:

    ex vultu dicentis pendent omnium vultus,

    Sen. Contr. 9, 23, 5.— Poet., with a terminal clause:

    e summo pendent cupida agmina vallo, Noscere quisque suos,

    Stat. Th. 10, 457.—
    C.
    To be suspended, interrupted, discontinued ( poet. and in post-class. prose):

    pendent opera interrupta,

    Verg. A. 4, 88:

    mutui datio interdum pendet,

    Dig. 12, 1, 8:

    condictio pendet,

    ib. 7, 1, 12 fin.:

    actio negotiorum gestorum pendeat,

    ib. 3, 5, 8; 24, 1, 11:

    pendet jus liberorum, propter jus postliminii,

    Just. Inst. 1, 12, 5.—
    D.
    To hang suspended, be ready to fall:

    nec amicum pendentem corruere patitur,

    Cic. Rab. Post. 16, 43.—
    E.
    To be in suspense, to be uncertain, doubiful, irresolute, perplexed (cf. haesito):

    animus tibi pendet?

    Ter. Ad. 2, 2, 18:

    nolo suspensam et incertam plebem Romanam obscurā spe et caecā exspectatione pendere,

    Cic. Agr. 2, 25, 66:

    ne diutius pendeas,

    id. Att. 4, 15, 6:

    quia quam diu futurum hoc sit, non nimis pendeo,

    Sen. Ep. 61, 2:

    mortales pavidis cum pendent mentibus,

    Lucr. 6, 51.—Esp. freq.:

    pendere animi (locative case, v. Kühnast,

    Liv. Synt. p. 39):

    Clitipho cum spe pendebit animi,

    Ter. Heaut. 4, 4, 5:

    exanimatus pendet animi,

    Cic. Tusc. 4, 16, 35:

    pendeo animi exspectatione Corfiniensi,

    id. Att. 8, 5, 2:

    animi pendeo et de te et de me,

    id. ib. 16, 12.—With rel.-clause:

    ego animi pendeo, quid illud sit negotii,

    Plaut. Merc. 1, 2, 18:

    ostendis te pendere animi, quamnam rationem, etc.,

    Cic. Att. 11, 12, 1; id. Leg. 1, 3, 9.—Less freq.: pendere animo: atque animo noctu pendens eventa timebat, Cic. poët. ap. Non. 204, 8.—In plur.:

    animis: quodsi exspectando et desiderando pendemus animis, cruciamur, angimur,

    Cic. Tusc. 1, 40, 96:

    sollicitis ac pendentibus animis,

    Liv. 7, 30 fin. dub. (al. animi, v. Drak. ad loc.).—With cum:

    plebs innumera mentibus cum dimicationum curulium eventu pendentem,

    Amm. 14, 6, 26.—Law t. t., to be undetermined, to await decision:

    pendente condicione,

    Gai. Inst. 2, 200; 1, 186; 3, 179.—
    F.
    To have weight or value:

    bona vera idem pendent,

    Sen. Ep. 66, 30 (Haas; al. pendunt).—Hence, pendens, entis, P. a.
    A.
    Hanging; in econom. lang., of fruits not yet plucked or gathered:

    vinum,

    Cato, R. R. 147:

    vindemia,

    Dig. 19, 1, 25:

    olea,

    Cato, R. R. 146:

    fructus,

    Dig. 6, 1, 44. —
    B.
    Pending; hence, in jurid, Lat., in pendenti esse, to be pending, undecided, uncertain:

    quando in pendenti est, an, etc.,

    Dig. 38, 17, 10:

    in pendenti est posterior solutio ac prior,

    ib. 46, 3, 58; 7, 1, 25:

    in pendenti habere aliquid,

    to regard a thing as uncertain, doubtful, Dig. 49, 17, 19 fin.

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  • 94 queror

    quĕror, questus, 3, v. dep. a. and n. [Sanscr. root, çvas-, to sigh].
    I.
    Lit.
    A.
    In gen., to complain, lament, bewail (class.).
    (α).
    With acc.: suas fortunas, to bewail one ' s fate, Plaut. As. 3, 1, 12:

    suum fatum,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 39, 4:

    injuriam,

    Cic. Att. 5, 8, 2:

    omnia,

    id. Fl. 24:

    fortunam,

    Ov. M. 15, 493:

    nova monstra,

    Hor. C. 1, 2, 6 al.:

    labem atque ignominiam rei publicae,

    Cic. Imp. Pomp. 12, 33.—
    (β).
    With de:

    queritur de Milone per vim expulso,

    Cic. Att. 9, 14, 2:

    de injuriis alicujus,

    id. Fam. 1, 4, 3.—
    (γ).
    With cum:

    quererer tecum, atque expostularem, ni,

    I would complain to you, Cic. Fam. 3, 10, 7:

    cum patribus conscriptis,

    Liv. 35, 8:

    cum deo, quod,

    Cic. Ac. 2, 25, 81; Vell. 2, 130, 3:

    tecum inconsideratae pietatis queror,

    Sen. Contr. 4, 27, 2.—
    (δ).
    With apud:

    apud novercam,

    Plaut. Ps. 1, 3, 80:

    apud aliquem per litteras,

    Cic. Att. 5, 21, 13.—
    (ε).
    With dat.:

    nec quereris patri?

    nor complain to your father? Juv. 2, 131.—
    (ζ).
    With obj.-clause:

    ne querantur se relictas esse,

    Cic. Tusc. 5, 5, 14.—
    (η).
    With quod:

    legatos miserunt Athenas questum, quod, etc.,

    Nep. Chabr. 3, 1:

    queri libet, quod in secreta nostra non inquirant principes,

    Plin. Pan. 68, 8; cf.:

    quereris super hoc, quod non mittam carmina,

    Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 24. —
    (θ).
    With pro:

    haec pro re publicā,

    in behalf of, in the name of the State, Cic. de Or. 2, 48, 198.—
    (ι).
    Absol.:

    nisi omni tempore, quod mihi lege concessum est, abusus ero, querere,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 9, § 25:

    non injuste,

    Vell. 2, 40, 6.—
    B.
    In partic., to make a complaint before a court:

    de proconsulatu alicujus,

    Plin. Ep. 3, 4, 2.—
    II.
    Transf., of animals and things that utter a plaintive sound. Of apes:

    queri rauco stridore,

    Ov. M. 14, 100.—

    Of the owl,

    Verg. A. 4, 463. —

    In gen., of the song of birds,

    to complain, lament, to coo, warble, sing, Hor. Epod. 2, 26:

    dulce queruntur aves,

    Ov. Am. 3, 1, 4.—Of a musical instrument:

    flebile nescio quid queritur lyra,

    Ov. M. 11, 52; Hor. C. 2, 13, 24.

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  • 95 bēstia

        bēstia ae, f    a beast, animal: fera bestia, N.: tametsi bestiae sunt (canes): bestiae volucres, birds: mutae, L.: ad bestias mittere alqm, to fight with (in the public spectacles): mala, the odor of the armpits (cf. capra), Ct.
    * * *
    beast, animal, creature; wild beast/animal, beast of prey in arena

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  • 96 accipiter

    accĭpĭter, tris (earlier also tĕris, Prisc. p. 695 P.), m. (f. Lucr. 4, 1006) [com. deriv. from accipio; see 2. acceptor; but cf. ôkupteros, swift-winged], a general name for birds of prey, esp. those of the falcon kind, Plin. 10, 8, 9, § 21; Ter. Ph. 2, 2, 16; Lucr. 5, 107; Cic. N. D. 3, 19; Hor. Ep. 1, 16, 50 al.—
    B.
    In partic.
    1.
    The common hawk, Falco Palumbarius, Linn.; Hor. C. 1, 37, 17 sq.; Ov. M. 5, 605 sq.; Col. 8, 4, 6; 3, 8, 4 al.:

    sacer, because auguries were taken from it,

    Verg. A. 11, 721 (cf. Hom. Od. 15, 525 sq.).—
    2.
    The sparrowhawk, Falco Nisus, Linn., used in fowling; Mart. 14, 216.—
    II.
    Transf., of a rapacious man:

    labes populi, pecuniai accipiter,

    Plaut. Pers. 3, 3, 5.

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  • 97 cirrus

    cirrus, i, m. (used mostly in plur.), a (natural) lock, curl, ringlet, or tuft of hair (rare): cirri, Varr. ap. Non. p. 94, 21; Mart. 10, 83.— Sing.:

    cirrus,

    Juv. 13, 165.—Also, the hair on the forehead of a horse, Veg. 2, 28, 34; 6, 2, 1.—
    II.
    Transf.
    A.
    A tuft of feathers or crest of birds, Plin. 11, 37, 44, § 122.—
    B.
    The arms of polypi, Plin. 9, 28, 44, § 83; 25, 7, 33, § 70; 26, 8, 37, § 58.—
    C.
    Filaments of plants similar to tufts of hair, Plin. 26, 7, 20, § 36; 27, 4, 9, § 25.—
    D.
    A fringe upon a tunic, Phaedr. 2, 5, 13; cf. cirratus, II.

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  • 98 culcita

    culcĭta (in MSS. also culcĭtra), ae, f. [etym. dub.; acc. to Varr. L. L. 5, § 167 Müll.; Paul. ex Fest. p. 50, 8, from calco], a sack filled with feathers, wool, hair, etc., for lying upon, warming, etc.; a bed, cushion, mattress, pillow, Cato, R. R. 10 fin.; 11 fin.; Varr. ap. Non. p. 86, 5 sq.; Cic. Tusc. 3, 19, 46; Sen. Ep. 87, 2; 108, 23; Suet. Tib. 54 al. —Of a little cushion or patch for the eye, Plaut. Mil. 4, 4, 42.—Of a resting-place in a conservatory of birds, Varr. R. R. 3, 5, 14.— In the lang. of comedy: gladium faciam culcitam Eumque incumbam, I will make the sword my couch, i. e. I will make away with myself, Plaut. Cas. 2, 4, 28.

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  • 99 culcitra

    culcĭta (in MSS. also culcĭtra), ae, f. [etym. dub.; acc. to Varr. L. L. 5, § 167 Müll.; Paul. ex Fest. p. 50, 8, from calco], a sack filled with feathers, wool, hair, etc., for lying upon, warming, etc.; a bed, cushion, mattress, pillow, Cato, R. R. 10 fin.; 11 fin.; Varr. ap. Non. p. 86, 5 sq.; Cic. Tusc. 3, 19, 46; Sen. Ep. 87, 2; 108, 23; Suet. Tib. 54 al. —Of a little cushion or patch for the eye, Plaut. Mil. 4, 4, 42.—Of a resting-place in a conservatory of birds, Varr. R. R. 3, 5, 14.— In the lang. of comedy: gladium faciam culcitam Eumque incumbam, I will make the sword my couch, i. e. I will make away with myself, Plaut. Cas. 2, 4, 28.

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  • 100 loquax

    lŏquax, ācis, adj. [loquor], talkative, prating, chattering, loquacious, full of words.
    I.
    Lit.:

    quae (ars) in excogitandis argumentis muta nimium est, in judicandis nimium loquax,

    Cic. de Or. 2, 38, 160:

    senectus est naturā loquacior,

    id. de Sen. 16, 55:

    homo loquacissimus obmutuit,

    id. Fl. 20, 48:

    loquacem esse de aliquo,

    Prop. 3, 23, 22 (4, 25, 2).—With gen.:

    mendaciorum loquacissimus,

    Tert. Apol. 16.—
    II.
    Transf.:

    ranae,

    croaking, Verg. G. 3, 431:

    nidus,

    i. e. in which the young birds chatter, id. A. 12, 475; cf.

    , of young children: ipse (pater) loquaci gaudebit nido,

    Juv. 5, 142:

    stagna (on account of the frogs in them),

    Verg. A. 11, 458:

    nutus,

    Tib. 1, 2, 21:

    oculi,

    expressive, speaking, id. 2, 7, 25 (2, 6, 43):

    vultus,

    Ov. Am. 1, 4, 17:

    manu,

    Petr. Fragm. 24:

    lymphae,

    murmuring, babbling, Hor. C. 3, 13, 15:

    fama,

    Ov. P. 2, 9, 3.— Comp.:

    avium loquaciores quae minores,

    Plin. 11, 51, 112, § 268.—Hence, adv.: lŏquācĭter, talkatively, loquaciously:

    loquaciter litigiosus,

    Cic. Mur. 12, 26:

    scribetur tibi forma loquaciter et situs agri,

    i. e. at large, with all the particulars, Hor. Ep. 1, 16, 4.— Comp.:

    loquacius,

    Paul. Nol. Ep. 39, 8.

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