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viscus, ĕris, and more freq. in the plur.: viscĕra, um, n. [prop. the soft parts; cf.: viscum, viscidus], the inner parts of the animal body, the internal organs, the inwards, viscera (the nobler parts, the heart, lungs, liver, as well as the ignobler, the stomach, entrails, etc.; cf.: ilia, intestina, exta).

Sing.: mortui praecordia et viscus omne, Cels. praef. med.; Lucr. 1, 837; 3, 719; Tib. 1, 3, 76; Ov. M. 6, 290; 15, 365; Luc. 3, 658; Quint. Decl. 1, 14; Nemes. Cyn. 139.—

Plur. (only so in class. prose), Cels. 4, 11; 7, 9, 2; Lucr. 2, 669; 3, 249; 3, 375 al.; Ov. M. 7, 601; 8, 846; 12, 390; 15, 314; id. F. 4, 205 al.—Of the uterus, Quint. 10, 3, 4; Dig. 48, 8, 8.—Of the testicles, Petr. 119; Plin. 20, 13, 51, § 142.—

Transf.

The flesh, as lying under the skin:

cum Herculi Dejanira sanguine Centauri tinctam tunicam induisset, inhaesissetque ea visceribus,

Cic. Tusc. 2, 8, 20: ut multus e visceribus sanguis exeat, Poët. ap. Cic. Tusc. 2, 14, 34:

heu quantum scelus est, in viscera viscera condi!

Ov. M. 15, 88:

boum,

Cic. N. D. 2, 63, 159:

taurorum,

Verg. A. 6, 253; 8, 180.—

The fruit of the womb, offspring, child ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose):

(Tereus) in suam sua viscera congerit alvum,

Ov. M. 6, 651; 8, 478; 10, 465; id. H. 11, 118; cf. Curt. 4, 14, 22:

viscera sua flammis inicere,

i. e. one's own writings, Quint. 6, praef. § 3 Spald.—

Trop., like our bowels, for the interior, inward or inmost part:

itum est in viscera terrae,

Ov. M. 1, 138:

montis (Aetnae),

Verg. A. 3, 575:

in medullis populi Romani ac visceribus haerebant,

Cic. Phil. 1, 15, 36:

in venis atque in visceribus rei publicae,

id. Cat. 1, 13, 31; cf. id. Tusc. 4, 11, 24:

haec in dicendo non extrinsecus alicunde quaerenda, sed ex ipsis visceribus causae sumenda sunt,

id. de Or. 2, 78, 318: quae (enkeleusmata) mihi in visceribus haerent, id. Att. 6, 1, 8:

neu patriae validas in viscera vertite vires,

i. e. her own citizens, Verg. A. 6, 833:

de visceribus tuis,

i. e. from your means, property, Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 3, 7; so,

aerarii,

id. Dom. 47 fin.: magnarum domuum, the heart, i. e. the favorite, Juv. 3, 72.

viscus, i, v. viscum init.

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priscus, a, um, adj. [for prius-cus, like pris-tinus for prius-tinus, and magis for magius, a comparative form], of or belonging to former times, of many years ago, old, olden, ancient, primitive, antique. Like the Greek archaios, it denotes that which existed before our time, while pristinus is applied also to those things which have existed in our day (class.; cf.: vetus, antiquus).

Lit.:

credendum est veteribus et priscis viris,

Cic. Univ. 11:

prisca illa et antiqua rei publicae forma,

Vell. 2, 89, 3:

illud erat insitum priscis illis, quos cascos appellat Ennius,

Cic. Tusc. 1, 12, 27:

nam Joves pluris in priscis Graecorum litteris invenimus,

id. N. D. 3, 16, 42:

severitas,

id. Har. Resp. 13, 27:

et illud quod loquitur priscum visum iri putat,

id. de Or. 3, 11, 42:

priscae sanctimoniae virgo,

Tac. A. 3, 69: prisci Latini proprie appellati sunt ii, qui prius quam conderetur Roma, fuerunt, Paul. ex Fest. p. 226 Müll.: priscae Latinae coloniae appellatae sunt, ut distinguerent a novis, quae postea a populo dabantur, Fest. p. 241 Müll.:

tempus,

Ov. F. 1, 197.— Priscus has the accessory idea of venerable, and from the Augustan period is frequently applied to whatever dates from the earliest times, the golden age of Rome:

prisca gens mortalium,

Hor. Epod. 2, 2:

priscus Inachus,

id. C. 2, 3, 21:

Pudor,

id. C. S. 57:

prisco more,

Ov. F. 2, 282:

prisco ritu,

Plin. 12, 1, 2, § 3:

priscum illud acumen, Brute, tuum,

Juv. 4, 102:

fides,

Verg. A. 9, 79; Mart. 1, 40, 2.— Subst.: prisci, ōrum, m., the ancients:

cum colerent prisci studiosius agros,

Ov. F. 3, 779.—

Transf.

Former, previous ( poet.):

quid si prisca redit Venus?

Hor. C. 3, 9, 17:

nomen,

Ov. M. 14, 850; Spart. Hadr. 5.—

Old-fashioned, i. e. strict, severe ( poet.):

prisci praecepta parentis,

Cat. 64, 159: Cato, Hor. C. 3, 21, 11:

prisca supercilia,

Verg. Cop. 34.—Hence, adv.: priscē, in the old-fashioned manner, strictly, severely (class. but rare):

utrum me secum severe, et graviter, et prisce agere malit, an remisse, ac leniter, et urbane,

Cic. Cael. 14, 33.

Priscus, i, m., a Roman surname, the elder.

Of the first Tarquin: Priscus Tarquinius est dictus, quia prius fuit quam Superbus Tarquinius, Paul. ex Fest. p. 226 Müll.; Liv. 1, 34.—

Tarquinius Numicius Priscus, Liv. 2, 63.—

Helvidius Priscus, Suet. Vesp. 15.—

Two Latin poets:

Priscus uterque,

Ov. P. 4, 16, 10 Burm. ad loc.

priscus, a, um, adj. [for prius-cus, like pris-tinus for prius-tinus, and magis for magius, a comparative form], of or belonging to former times, of many years ago, old, olden, ancient, primitive, antique. Like the Greek archaios, it denotes that which existed before our time, while pristinus is applied also to those things which have existed in our day (class.; cf.: vetus, antiquus).

Lit.:

credendum est veteribus et priscis viris,

Cic. Univ. 11:

prisca illa et antiqua rei publicae forma,

Vell. 2, 89, 3:

illud erat insitum priscis illis, quos cascos appellat Ennius,

Cic. Tusc. 1, 12, 27:

nam Joves pluris in priscis Graecorum litteris invenimus,

id. N. D. 3, 16, 42:

severitas,

id. Har. Resp. 13, 27:

et illud quod loquitur priscum visum iri putat,

id. de Or. 3, 11, 42:

priscae sanctimoniae virgo,

Tac. A. 3, 69: prisci Latini proprie appellati sunt ii, qui prius quam conderetur Roma, fuerunt, Paul. ex Fest. p. 226 Müll.: priscae Latinae coloniae appellatae sunt, ut distinguerent a novis, quae postea a populo dabantur, Fest. p. 241 Müll.:

tempus,

Ov. F. 1, 197.— Priscus has the accessory idea of venerable, and from the Augustan period is frequently applied to whatever dates from the earliest times, the golden age of Rome:

prisca gens mortalium,

Hor. Epod. 2, 2:

priscus Inachus,

id. C. 2, 3, 21:

Pudor,

id. C. S. 57:

prisco more,

Ov. F. 2, 282:

prisco ritu,

Plin. 12, 1, 2, § 3:

priscum illud acumen, Brute, tuum,

Juv. 4, 102:

fides,

Verg. A. 9, 79; Mart. 1, 40, 2.— Subst.: prisci, ōrum, m., the ancients:

cum colerent prisci studiosius agros,

Ov. F. 3, 779.—

Transf.

Former, previous ( poet.):

quid si prisca redit Venus?

Hor. C. 3, 9, 17:

nomen,

Ov. M. 14, 850; Spart. Hadr. 5.—

Old-fashioned, i. e. strict, severe ( poet.):

prisci praecepta parentis,

Cat. 64, 159: Cato, Hor. C. 3, 21, 11:

prisca supercilia,

Verg. Cop. 34.—Hence, adv.: priscē, in the old-fashioned manner, strictly, severely (class. but rare):

utrum me secum severe, et graviter, et prisce agere malit, an remisse, ac leniter, et urbane,

Cic. Cael. 14, 33.

Priscus, i, m., a Roman surname, the elder.

Of the first Tarquin: Priscus Tarquinius est dictus, quia prius fuit quam Superbus Tarquinius, Paul. ex Fest. p. 226 Müll.; Liv. 1, 34.—

Tarquinius Numicius Priscus, Liv. 2, 63.—

Helvidius Priscus, Suet. Vesp. 15.—

Two Latin poets:

Priscus uterque,

Ov. P. 4, 16, 10 Burm. ad loc.

priscus, a, um, adj. [for prius-cus, like pris-tinus for prius-tinus, and magis for magius, a comparative form], of or belonging to former times, of many years ago, old, olden, ancient, primitive, antique. Like the Greek archaios, it denotes that which existed before our time, while pristinus is applied also to those things which have existed in our day (class.; cf.: vetus, antiquus).

Lit.:

credendum est veteribus et priscis viris,

Cic. Univ. 11:

prisca illa et antiqua rei publicae forma,

Vell. 2, 89, 3:

illud erat insitum priscis illis, quos cascos appellat Ennius,

Cic. Tusc. 1, 12, 27:

nam Joves pluris in priscis Graecorum litteris invenimus,

id. N. D. 3, 16, 42:

severitas,

id. Har. Resp. 13, 27:

et illud quod loquitur priscum visum iri putat,

id. de Or. 3, 11, 42:

priscae sanctimoniae virgo,

Tac. A. 3, 69: prisci Latini proprie appellati sunt ii, qui prius quam conderetur Roma, fuerunt, Paul. ex Fest. p. 226 Müll.: priscae Latinae coloniae appellatae sunt, ut distinguerent a novis, quae postea a populo dabantur, Fest. p. 241 Müll.:

tempus,

Ov. F. 1, 197.— Priscus has the accessory idea of venerable, and from the Augustan period is frequently applied to whatever dates from the earliest times, the golden age of Rome:

prisca gens mortalium,

Hor. Epod. 2, 2:

priscus Inachus,

id. C. 2, 3, 21:

Pudor,

id. C. S. 57:

prisco more,

Ov. F. 2, 282:

prisco ritu,

Plin. 12, 1, 2, § 3:

priscum illud acumen, Brute, tuum,

Juv. 4, 102:

fides,

Verg. A. 9, 79; Mart. 1, 40, 2.— Subst.: prisci, ōrum, m., the ancients:

cum colerent prisci studiosius agros,

Ov. F. 3, 779.—

Transf.

Former, previous ( poet.):

quid si prisca redit Venus?

Hor. C. 3, 9, 17:

nomen,

Ov. M. 14, 850; Spart. Hadr. 5.—

Old-fashioned, i. e. strict, severe ( poet.):

prisci praecepta parentis,

Cat. 64, 159: Cato, Hor. C. 3, 21, 11:

prisca supercilia,

Verg. Cop. 34.—Hence, adv.: priscē, in the old-fashioned manner, strictly, severely (class. but rare):

utrum me secum severe, et graviter, et prisce agere malit, an remisse, ac leniter, et urbane,

Cic. Cael. 14, 33.

Priscus, i, m., a Roman surname, the elder.

Of the first Tarquin: Priscus Tarquinius est dictus, quia prius fuit quam Superbus Tarquinius, Paul. ex Fest. p. 226 Müll.; Liv. 1, 34.—

Tarquinius Numicius Priscus, Liv. 2, 63.—

Helvidius Priscus, Suet. Vesp. 15.—

Two Latin poets:

Priscus uterque,

Ov. P. 4, 16, 10 Burm. ad loc.

sŭperfĭcĭes, ēi, f. [super-facies], the upper side of a thing, the top, surface.

In gen. (post-Aug.):

testudinum,

the upper shell, Plin. 6, 22, 24, § 91; 6, 24, 28, § 109; 9, 10, 12, § 35:

sardonychum,

id. 37, 6, 23, § 89:

aquae,

the surface, Col. 8, 15, 3:

arborum,

the part that grows above ground, id. 4, 11, 1; Plin. 16, 31, 56, § 130; 19, 4, 19, § 56; Col. 11, 3, 21:

vitis,

id. Arb. 10, 2; 4, 29, 13; 4, 11, 2:

aedis,

the roof, Plin. 34, 3, 7, § 13: Huperôion superficies, cenaculum, percula, Gloss. Philox.:

candelabri,

the upper part, in which the light is placed, Plin. 34, 3, 6, § 11:

terrae,

Vulg. Gen. 2, 6 et saep.—

In partic.

Jurid. Lat., a building, as standing above the ground:

cum aedes ex duabus rebus constent ex solo et superficie,

Dig. 41, 3, 23:

De superficiebus,

ib. 43, 18:

superficiem consules ex senatusconsulto aestimabunt,

Cic. Att. 4, 1, 7; 4, 2, 5; Liv. 5, 54, 2; Dig. 23, 3, 32; 43, 17, 3, § 5; Col. 1, 5, 9; Inscr. Orell. 3286 al.—

Also in the collat. form SVPERFICIVM,

Inscr. Grut. 608, 8; Dig. 31, 3, 39; Kalend. Farnes. ap. Grut. 137, 2; 138, 2.—

In math., a superficies (only length and breadth), Plin. 11, 48, 108, § 260; Rhem. Fann. Pond. 107; Macr. Somn. Scip. 2, 2, 6.

mens, mentis ( nom. sing. mentis: terra corpus est, at mentis ignis est, Enn. ap. Prisc. p. 764 P.; so too, istic est de sole sumptus; isque totus mentis est, Enn. ap. Varr. L. L. 5, § 59 Müll.; cf. Enn. p. 168, v. 6 and 7 Vahl.), f. [from the root men, whence memini, q. v., and comminiscor], the mind, disposition; the heart, soul (class.).

In gen.: fusi sine mente ac sine sensu ullo jaceant, Enn. ap. Non. 312, 26 (Ann. v. 134 Vahl.):

nubilam mentem Animi habeo,

Plaut. Cist. 2, 1, 6:

mens animi,

Cat. 65, 4:

mens animi vigilat,

Lucr. 4, 758:

mala mens, malus animus,

bad disposition, bad heart, Ter. And. 1, 1, 137:

hominum erga se mentes,

feelings, sentiments, Suet. Calig. 60:

mens mollis ad calamitates perferendas,

Caes. B. G. 3, 19:

humanae mentis vitium... saeva cupido,

Juv. 14, 175.—

In partic.

The conscience:

cum vero jurato sententia dicenda est, meminerit, deum se adhibere testem, id est ut ego arbitror, mentem suam,

Cic. Off. 3, 10, 44:

auditor, cui frigida mens est crimi nibus,

Juv. 1, 166:

quos diri conscia fact, Mens habet attonitos et surdo verbere caedit,

id. 13, 194.—

The intellectual faculties, the mind, understanding, intellect, reason, judgment, discernment, consideration, reflection, etc.: mens, cui regnum totius animi ( soul) a naturā tributum est, Cic. Tusc. 3, 5, 11:

animus ita est constitutus, ut habeat praestantiam mentis,

id. Fin. 5, 12, 34:

deorum mente atque ratione omnem mundum administrari et regi,

id. N. D. 1, 2, 4:

mente complecti aliquid,

to comprehend, understand, id. Tusc. 1, 16, 37:

sanum mentis esse,

to be of sound mind, Plaut. Trin. 2, 4, 53:

mens sana in corpore sano, Juv 10, 356: mentis suae esse,

to be in one's right mind, in one's senses, Cic. Pis. 21, 50; so,

mentis compotem esse,

id. ib. 20, 48: captus mente, out of his senses, beside himself, mad (cf. menceps), id. Ac. 2, 17, 53; Paul. Sent. 3, 4, a, 11:

mentem amittere,

to lose one's mind, Cic. Har. Resp. 15. 31:

mentis inops,

Ov. H. 15, 139:

huic ex tempore dicenti effluit mens,

his recollection vanished, Cic. Brut. 61, 218:

quis est tam vecors, qui ea, quae tanta mente fiunt, casu putet posse fieri?

id. Har. Resp. 9, 19:

vobis dent mentem oportet (di), ut prohibeatis, sicut mihi dederunt, ut, etc.,

Liv. 6, 18:

quid tibi istuc in mentem venit?

what comes into your mind? what are you thinking of? Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 34:

modo hercle in mentem venit,

id. As. 3, 2, 42:

venit hoc mihi in mentem, te, etc.,

id. Aul. 2, 2, 49:

venit in mentem, ut, etc.,

id. Curc. 4, 4, 2.—With inf., Plaut. Bacch. 4, 7, 31.—With nom.:

miserae ubi venit in mentem mortis metus,

Plaut. Rud. 3, 3, 23:

servi venere in mentem calliditates,

Ter. Heaut. 5, 1, 13:

quotiescumque patria in mentem veniret,

Liv. 5, 54, 3; 8, 5, 10; Quint. 12, 9, 13; cf.:

numquam ea res tibi tam belle in mentem venire potuisset,

Cic. Att. 12, 37, 2; id. Har. Resp. 26, 55.—With gen. (so mostly in Cic.):

non minus saepe ei venit in mentem potestatis, quam aequitatis tuae,

he bethought himself of, Cic. Quint. 2, 6:

tibi tuarum virtutum veniat in mentem,

id. de Or 2, 61, 249:

venit mihi Platonis in mentem,

id. Fin. 5, 1, 2:

solet mihi in mentem venire illius temporis,

id. Fam. 7, 3, 1.—

Mind, thought, plan, purpose, intention, design. quā facere id possis, nostram nunc accipe mentem, Verg. A. 1, 676: ut nemini dubium esse debeat, quin reliquo tempore eādem mente sim futurus, [p. 1133] Nep. Hann. 2, 5:

Dolabella classem eā mente comparavit, ut,

Cic. Fam. 12, 14, 1:

mentes deorum scrutari in fibris,

Ov. M. 15, 136:

ferro percussit, sed non occidendi mente, Mos. et Rom. Leg. Coll. 1, 6, 3: poenae modus ex mente facientis statui potest,

ib. 13, 3, 2:

in mente est mihi dormire,

I have a mind to, Petr. 21.—

Spirit, boldness, courage: addere mentem, to give courage to, Hor Ep. 2, 2, 36:

demittunt mentes,

lose courage, Verg. A. 12, 609 (cf. animus).—

Personified: Mens, the goddess of thought, whose festival was held on the eighth of June, Cic. Leg. 2, 8, 19:

Menti aedem T. Octacilius praetor vovit,

Liv. 22, 10; cf. Ov. F. 6, 241.