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21 ad - misceō
ad - misceō scuī, xtus (mīstus), ēre, to add so as to form a mixture, mix with, admix: admixto calore: ille (aër) multo calore admixtus est: aquae calorem. — Fig., to mingle, mix in with: huic generi orationis illud alterum: versūs admisceri orationi. — To add, join, mingle, merge in, scatter through: antesignanos, among the cavalry, Cs.: stirpem admisceri Phrygiam, that a Phrygian stock is mixed (with ours), V.: his Antonianos milites, Cs.—To implicate, mix up: ne me admisceas, T.—With se or pass, to mix oneself up, interfere, meddle: ne te admisce, T.: ad id consilium admiscear? -
22 fraeniger
frēnĭger ( fraen-), gĕra, gĕrum, adj. [frenum-gero], bridle-bearing, bridled:ala,
i. e. the cavalry, Stat. S. 5, 1, 98. -
23 freniger
frēnĭger ( fraen-), gĕra, gĕrum, adj. [frenum-gero], bridle-bearing, bridled:ala,
i. e. the cavalry, Stat. S. 5, 1, 98. -
24 freno
frēno ( fraeno), āvi, ātum, 1 (archaic inf. pres. pass. frenarier, Prud. Psych. 191), v. a. [frenum], to furnish with a bridle, to bridle (mostly in poets).I.Lit.:II. A.frenati equi,
Hirt. B. G. 8, 15, 4:equos,
Verg. A. 5, 554; Hor. Ep. 1, 15, 13; cf. Liv. 21, 27:ora cervi capistris,
Ov. M. 10, 125:colla draconum (Medea),
id. ib. 7, 220; cf.dracones,
id. Tr. 3, 8, 3:frenato delphine sedens Thetis,
id. M. 11, 237; cf.:vecta est frenato pisce Thetis,
Tib. 1, 5, 46: frenata acies, i. e. the cavalry (opp. pedestris), Sil. 11, 266.—Prop.:B.(Aeolus ventos) Imperio premit ac vinclis et carcere frenat,
Verg. A. 1, 54:agmina ductor,
Sil. 9, 418: cum tristis hiems glacie cursus frenaret aquarum, Verg. G. 4, 136:alvum frenat brassica,
Ser. Samm. 29:tussim medicamine,
id. 17.—Trop., to bridle, curb, check, restrain, govern:frenatam tot malis linguam resolvimus,
Plin. Pan. 66, 5:qui eas (voluptates) sua temperantia frenavit ac domuit,
Liv. 30, 14, 7:ejus (Clodii) furores, quos nullis jam legibus, nullis judiciis frenare poteramus,
Cic. Mil. 28, 77:spes avidas,
Sil. 10, 341:impetum (scribendi),
Phaedr. 4, 25, 7:dolores corde,
to shut up, Sil. 8, 290:gentes superbas justitiā (Dido),
Verg. A. 1, 523; cf.:Aemoniam (Pelias),
Val. Fl. 1, 22:ne quis temere frenari eos dicere posset, quominus de eo libere querantur,
Liv. 26, 29, 7. -
25 equitātus
equitātus ūs, dat. uī or ū, m [equito], cavalry: magnus numerus equitatūs, Cs.: nullus: magnos equitatūs exspectare, large bodies of cavalry, Cs.— The equestrian order, knights: ille: in equitatu recensendo, L.* * *cavalry, horse-soldiers; equestrian order; bodies of cavalry (pl.); horsemanship, equitation, riding; creature in heat (mare) (L+S) -
26 eques
eques itis, m [equus], a horseman, rider: equites, qui litteras attulerant, L.: equus docilis Ire viam quā monstret eques, H.: equitem docuere sub armis Insultare solo, i. e. the horse and his rider, V.— A horse - soldier, trooper, cavalryman, horseman: equitum milia erant sex, cavalry (opp. pedites), Cs.: equites virique, L. — Sing collect.: equiti admoti equi, L.— A knight, one of the equestrian order (between the Senate and the Plebs): Romanus: equites Romani: equitum centuriae: turma equitum R., S. — Sing collect.: omnis, the equestrian order, O.: Si discordet eques, the spectators in the knights' seats, H.* * *horseman/cavalryman/rider; horsemen (pl.), cavalry, equestrian order; knight (abb. eq.); (wealthy enough to own his own horse); horse (Bee) -
27 manipulus
mănĭpŭlus (sync. mănīplus, in poets; plur.:I.inter manipula,
Spart. Hadrian. 10), i, m. [manus-pleo, plenus], a handful, a bundle.Lit.:II.de his (herbis) manipulos fieri,
Varr. R. R. 1, 49:manipulos obligare,
Col. 11, 2, 40:vincire,
id. 2, 19, 2:alligari,
Plin. 18, 28, 67, § 262:filicumque maniplis Sternere humum,
Verg. G. 3, 297:nexos deferre maniplos,
Col. 10, 315:maniplos solvere,
the bundles of hay, Juv. 8, 153.—Transf.A.= haltêres, pieces of metal held in the hand during gymnastic exercises, to increase the momentum of a leap or stroke, Cael. Aur. Tard. 5, 2, 38.—B.Because the ancient Romans adopted a pole, with a handful of hay or straw twisted about it, as the standard of a company of soldiers; in milit. lang., a certain number of soldiers belonging to the same standard, a company, maniple; generally applied to infantry, and only by way of exception to cavalry:miles pulcre centuriatus est expuncto in manipulo,
Plaut. Curc. 4, 4, 29:pertica suspensos portabat longa maniplos: Unde maniplaris nomina miles habet,
Ov. F. 3, 117:adeo ut iidem ordines, manipulique constarent,
Caes. B. C. 2, 28:manipulos laxare,
id. B. G. 2, 25:continere ad signa manipulos,
id. ib. 6, 33:in legione sunt manipuli triginta,
Gell. 16, 4, 6.—Of cavalry:infrenati manipli,
Sil. 4, 316: App. M. 9, p. 221, 5.—Comically: manipulus farum, a troop, band, Ter. Eun. 4, 7, 6. -
28 ālāris
ālāris e, adj. [ala], of the wing (for alarius): cohortes, L.* * *Iauxiliary cavalry (pl.) or other troopsIIalaris, alare ADJof/consisting of auxiliary cavalry or other troops -
29 equitatus
1.ĕquĭtātus, ūs, m. [id.].* I.In abstr., = equitatio, a riding:II.atteri equitatu,
Plin. 28, 15, 61, § 218.—In concr.A.Cavalry (very freq.), Caes. B. G. 1, 15, 1; 2; 1, 18, 5;B.1, 24, 1 et saep.: ferreus,
harnessed cavalry, Amm. 19, 1.— Dat. equitatu, Caes. B. G. 1, 18 fin.; 1, 39, 5; 1, 52 fin.; also,equitatui,
id. ib. 1, 42, 5; 7, 4, 9; id. B. C. 3, 89, 3.—In plur., Caes. B. C. 1, 61, 3; 3, 8, 1; Cic. Font. 2; Sall. J. 46, 7; Flor. 3, 11, 8.—The equestrian order (very rare), Plin. 33, 2, 9, § 35; cf. ib. § 36; Aus. Idyll. 11, 78.2.ĕquĭtātus, ūs, m. [equio], a being in heat, of mares (with hinnitus), Lucil. ap. Varr. L. L. 7, § 103 Müll. -
30 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.:B.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.—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;b.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,Concr., the pupil of the eye, Lucr. 3, 411; cf.c.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.).—A looking at an object with fixed attention, look, aim:2.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).—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.):b.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.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:c.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.—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, 1:3.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.—Acies ferri, steel, Plin. 34, 14, 41.—4. 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):B.(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.—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. -
31 ala
āla, ae, f. [for axla, contr. from axilla, Cic. Or. 45, 153; cf. anchos = ômos (Hesych.) = shoulder = O. H. Germ. Ahsala; Germ. Achsel].I.Lit., a wing, as of a bird: galli plausu premunt alas, Enn. ap. Cic. Div. 2, 26; Verg. A. 3, 226 al.: Me. Vox mihi ad aurīs advolavit. So. Ne ego homo infelix fui, qui non alas intervelli, that I did not pluck off its wings, Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 170.— Poet., of the gods:II.Mors atris circumvolat alis,
Hor. S. 2, 1, 58:volucris Fati Tardavit alas,
id. C. 2, 17, 25:bibulae Cupidinis alae,
Ov. A. A. 1, 233:furvis circumdatus alis Somnus,
Tib. 2, 1, 89:me jocundis Sopor impulit alis,
Prop. 1, 3, 45:Madidis Notus evolat alis,
Ov. M. 1, 264.—Of sails:velorum pandimus alas,
Verg. A. 3, 520.—Of oars:classis centenis remiget alis,
Prop. 4, 6, 47:remigium alarum,
Verg. A. 1, 301 (cf. Hom. Od. 11, 125);so inversely remi is used of wings: super fluctus alarum insistere remis,
Ov. M. 5, 558 (cf. pterois eressei, Eur. Iphig. Taur. 289; Aeschyl. Agam. 52; and cf. Lucr. 6, 743). —Of wind and lightning:Nisus Emicat et ventis et fulminis ocior alis,
Verg. A. 5, 319 al. —Transf.A.In man, the upper and under part of the arm, where it unites with the shoulder; the armpit, Liv. 9, 41; 30, 34:B.aliquid sub alā portare,
Hor. Ep. 1, 13, 12:hirquinae,
Plaut. Poen. 4, 2, 51:hirsutae,
Hor. Epod. 12, 5:halitus oris et alarum vitia,
Plin. 21, 20, 83, § 142:virus alarum et sudores,
id. 35, 15, 52, § 185:sudor alarum,
Petr. 128 (many Romans were accustomed to pluck out the hair from the armpits, Sen. Ep. 114; Juv. 11, 157; v. alipilus).—In animals, the hollow where the foreleg is joined to the shoulder; the shoulder - blade. —Of elephants, Plin. 11, 40, 95, § 324.—Of frogs, Plin. 9, 51, 74, § 159.—C.In trees and plants, the hollow where the branch unites with the stem, Plin. 16, 7, 10, § 29; so id. 22, 18, 21, § 45; 25, 5, 18, § 38 al.—D.In buildings, the wings, the side apartments on the right and left of the court, the side halls or porches, the colonnades; called also in Gr. ptera, Vitr. 6, 4, 137; 4, 7, 92.—E.In milit. lang., the wing of an army (thus conceived of as a bird of prey), commonly composed of the Roman cavalry and the troops of the allies, esp. their horsemen; hence, alarii in contrast with legionarii, and separated from them in enumeration, also having a leader, called praefectus alae, Tac. H. 2, 59 al.; cf. Lips. de Milit. Rom. 1, 10 Manut.; Cic. Fam. 2, 17 fin.; Herz. ad Caes. B. G. 1, 51; Smith, Dict. Antiq.; Cincius ap. Gell. 16, 4, 6; cf. Gell. 10, 9, 1:► Such alae gave names to several towns, since they were either levied from them, quartered in them, or, after the expiration of their time of service, received the lands of such towns.Alae, equites: ob hoc alae dicti, quia pedites tegunt alarum vice,
Serv. ad Verg. A. 4, 121: peditatu, equitibus atque alis cum hostium legionibus pugnavit, Cato ap. Gell. 15, 9, 5; Cic. Off. 2, 13, 45:dextera ala (in alas divisum socialem exercitum habebat) in primā acie locata est,
Liv. 31, 21; Vell. 2, 117 al.—An ala, as a military division, usu. consisted of about 500 men, Liv. 10, 29.—So, Ala Flaviana, Ala Nova, et saep. (cf. castrum, II. 1. fin.). -
32 eques
I.In gen.: it eques et plausu cava concutit ungula terram, Enn. ap. Macr. S. 6, 1 (Ann. v. 419 ed. Vahlen); Liv. 26, 2; 28, 9; Dig. 9, 2, 57; Ov. F. 5, 700 (of Castor; cf. Hor. C. 1, 12, 26; id. S. 2, 1, 26); Hor. C. 4, 11, 27 (of Bellerophon; cf. id. ib. 3, 12, 8); id. Ep. 1, 2, 65; 1, 10, 38 al.— Poet. transf., [p. 653] of horse and rider: quadrupes, Enn. ap. Non. 106, 31; Gell. 18, 5; and Macr. S. 6, 9 (who, like the other ancient grammarians, consider eques = equus); cf. Enn. ed. Vahl. p. 37; imitated by Verg. G. 3, 116 Heyne.— Far more frequently,II.In partic.A.In milit. lang., a horse-soldier, trooper; opp. pedes, a foot-soldier, Caes. B. G. 1, 15, 3 (twice); 1, 18 fin.; 1, 23, 2 et saep.;2.opp. pedites,
id. ib. 1, 48, 5; 2, 24, 1; 4, 33, 3 et saep.;opp. viri or homines, for pedites,
Liv. 21, 27; 9, 19: equites singulares Augusti, v. singularis.—Meton. or collect., horse-soldiers, cavalry:B.plurimum in Aetolis equitibus praesidii fuit: is longe tum optimus eques in Graecia erat,
Liv. 33, 7 fin.; 2, 20; 8, 38; Suet. Galb. 12; Flor. 2, 6, 13; Tac. A. 3, 46; 12, 29; id. H. 2, 89.—Equites, the order of knights, the Equites, who, among the Romans, held a middle rank between the Senate and the Plebs, consisting, under Romulus, of the 300 Celeres, but whose number, as early as the reign of Tullus Hostilius, had increased to 18 centuries. In the last centuries of the republic this order enjoyed great consideration and influence in the conduct of public affairs, in consequence of the wealth they acquired as farmers of the public taxes, as also by reason of the right to the administration of justice held by them after the year 632 A. U. C. (acc. to the lex Sempronia judiciaria), Liv. 1, 15; 30, 43; Cic. Rep. 2, 20; 22; id. Font. 8; id. Verr. 1, 13, 38; id. de Or. 2, 48 fin.; Plin. 33, 1, 7, § 29 sq.; Cic. Clu. 55, 152; id. Rosc. Com. 14 fin.; id. Fl. 2, 4; id. Phil. 7, 6; Caes. B. C. 1, 23, 2; Sall. J. 65, 2; Ov. Am. 1, 3, 8; id. F. 4, 293; Hor. C. 1, 20, 5; 3, 16, 20; id. S. 1, 10, 76 et saep.; cf. Dict. of Antiq., art. Equites. —2.In the sing. collect., the equestrian order:senatores, eques, miles,
Tac. A. 15, 48; 1, 7; 4, 74; Suet. Aug. 34; id. Calig. 26; id. Vesp. 9; Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 185; Mart. 8, 15 al. -
33 pes
pēs, pĕdis, m. [kindr. with Sanscr. pād, foot, from root pad, ire; Gr. pod-, pous; Goth. fōt; old Germ. vuoz; Engl. foot], a foot of man or beast.I.Lit.:B.si pes condoluit,
Cic. Tusc. 2, 22, 52:calcei apti ad pedem,
id. de Or. 1, 54, 231:nec manus, nec pedes, nec alia membra,
id. Univ. 6:pede tellurem pulsare,
i. e. to dance, Hor. C. 1, 37, 1; cf.:alterno pede terram quatere,
id. ib. 1, 4, 7;4, 1, 27: pedis aptissima forma,
Ov. Am. 3, 3, 7:aves omnes in pedes nascuntur,
are born feet first, Plin. 10, 53, 74, § 149:cycnum pedibus Jovis armiger uncis Sustulit,
Verg. A. 9, 564; cf. id. ib. 11, 723: pedem ferre, to go or come, id. G. 1, 11:si in fundo pedem posuisses,
set foot, Cic. Caecin. 11, 31: pedem efferre, to step or go out, Plaut. Bacch. 3, 3, 19:qui pedem portā non extulit,
Cic. Att. 8, 2, 4; 6, 8, 5:pedem portā non plus extulit quam domo suā,
id. ib. 8, 2, 4: pedem limine efferre, id. Cael. 14, 34: pedem referre, revocare, retrahere, to go or come back, to return:profugum referre pedem,
Ov. H. 15, 186; id. M. 2, 439.—Said even of streams:revocatque pedem Tiberinus ab alto,
Verg. A. 9, 125:retrahitque pedes simul unda relabens,
id. ib. 10, 307; cf. infra, II. H.: pedibus, on foot, afoot:cum ingressus iter pedibus sit,
Cic. Sen. 10, 34; Suet. Aug. 53.—Esp. in phrase: pedibus ire, venire, etc.: pedibus proficisci,
Liv. 26, 19:pedibus iter conficere,
id. 44, 5:quod flumen uno omnino loco pedibus transire potest,
Caes. B. G. 5, 18:(Caesar) pedibus Narbonem pervenit,
id. B. C. 2, 21:ut neque pedibus aditum haberent,
id. B. G. 3, 12 init. —Rarely pede ire ( poet. and late Lat.):quo bene coepisti, sic pede semper eas,
Ov. Tr. 1, 9, 66:Jordanem transmiserunt pede,
Ambros. in Psa. 118, 165, n. 16.— Trop.:Bacchus flueret pede suo,
i. e. wine unmixed with water, Auct. Aetn. 13; cf.:musta sub adducto si pede nulla fluant,
Ov. P. 2, 9, 32, and II. H. infra.—Pregn., by land:cum illud iter Hispaniense pedibus fere confici soleat: aut si quis navigare velit, etc.,
Cic. Vatin. 5, 12:seu pedibus Parthos sequimur, seu classe Britannos,
Prop. 2, 20, 63 (3, 23, 5):ego me in pedes (conicio),
take to my heels, make off, Ter. Eun. 5, 2, 5.— Esp.: ad pedes alicui or alicujus, accidere, procidere, jacere, se abicere, se proicere, procumbere, etc., to approach as a suppliant, to fall at one's feet:ad pedes omnium singillatim accidente Clodio,
Cic. Att. 1, 14, 5:abjectā togā se ad generi pedes abiecit,
id. ib. 4, 2, 4:rex procidit ad pedes Achillei,
Hor. Epod. 17, 14:vos ad pedes lenonis proiecistis,
Cic. Sest. 11, 26:filius se ad pedes meos prosternens,
id. Phil. 2, 18, 45:tibi sum supplex, Nec moror ante tuos procubuisse pedes,
Ov. H. 12, 186:cui cum se moesta turba ad pedes provolvisset,
Liv. 6, 3, 4:ad pedes Caesaris provoluta regina,
Flor. 4, 11, 9:(mater una) mihi ad pedes misera jacuit,
Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 49, § 129; cf.:amplecti pedes potui,
Ov. M. 9, 605:complector, regina, pedes,
Luc. 10, 89:servus a pedibus,
a footman, lackey, Cic. Att. 8, 5, 1: sub pedibus, under one's feet, i. e. in one's power, Verg. A. 7, 100; Liv. 34, 32: sub pedibus esse or jacere, to be or lie under one's feet, i. e. to be disregarded ( poet.):sors ubi pessima rerum, Sub pedibus timor est,
Ov. M. 14, 490:amicitiae nomen Re tibi pro vili sub pedibusque jacet,
id. Tr. 1, 8, 16: pedem opponere, to put one's foot against, i. e. to withstand, resist, oppose ( poet.), id. P. 4, 6, 8: pedem trahere, to drag one's foot, i. e. to halt, limp; said of scazontic verse, id. R. Am. 378: trahantur haec pedibus, may be dragged by the heels, i. e. may go to the dogs (class.):fratrem mecum et te si habebo, per me ista pedibus trahantur,
Cic. Att. 4, 16, 10; id. Fam. 7, 32, 2: ante pedes esse or ante pedes posita esse, to lie before one's feet, i. e. before one's eyes, to be evident, palpable, glaring:istuc est sapere, non quod ante pedes modo est, Videre, sed etiam illa, quae futura sunt, Prospicere,
Ter. Ad. 3, 3, 32:transilire ante pedes posita, et alia longe repetita sumere,
Cic. de Or. 3, 40, 160:omni pede stare,
i. e. to use every effort, make every exertion, Quint. 12, 9, 18: nec caput nec pes, neither head nor foot, beginning nor end, no part:nec caput nec pes sermonum apparet,
Plaut. As. 3, 3, 139:garriet quoi neque pes neque caput conpareat,
id. Capt. 3, 4, 81: tuas res ita contractas, ut, quemadmodum scribis, nec caput nec pedes, Curio ap. Cic. Fam. 7, 31, 2:ut nec pes nec caput uni Reddatur formae,
Hor. A. P. 8:dixit Cato, eam legationem nec caput, nec pedes, nec cor habere,
Liv. Epit. 50: pes felix, secundus, i. e. a happy or fortunate arrival:adi pede secundo,
Verg. A. 8, 302:felix,
Ov. F. 1, 514; cf.:boni pedis homo, id est cujus adventus afferat aliquid felicitatis,
Aug. Ep. ad Max. Gram. 44.—So esp. pes dexter, because it was of good omen to move the right foot first;temples had an uneven number of steps, that the same foot might touch the first step and first enter the temple,
Vitr. 3, 3; cf. Petr. 30:quove pede ingressi?
Prop. 3 (4), 1, 6.—So the left foot was associated with bad omens; cf. Suet. Aug. 92 init.:pessimo pede domum nostram accessit,
App. M. 6, 26, p. 184, 1; hence, dextro pede, auspiciously: quid tam dextro [p. 1363] pede concipis, etc., Juv. 10, 5: pedibus pecunia compensatur, said proverbially of distant lands purchased at a cheap rate, but which it costs a great deal to reach, Cato ap. Cic. Fl. 29, 72: a pedibus usque ad caput, from head to foot, all over (late Lat.; cf.:ab imis unguibus usque ad verticem summum,
Cic. Rosc. Com. 7, 20), Aug. in Psa. 55, 20; 90, 1, 2 et saep.; cf.:a vestigio pedis usque ad verticem,
Ambros. Offic. Min. 2, 22, 114.—In partic.1.Milit. t. t.: descendere ad pedes, to alight, dismount, of cavalry, Liv. 9, 22:2.pedibus merere,
to serve on foot, as a foot-soldier, id. 24, 18:ad pedes pugna ierat,
they fought on foot, id. 21, 46: pedem conferre, to come to close quarters:collato pede rem gerere,
id. 26, 39; Cic. Planc. 19, 48.—Publicist's t. t.: pedibus ire in sententiam alicujus, to adopt one's opinion, take sides with one:3.cum omnes in sententiam ejus pedibus irent,
Liv. 9, 8, 13; 5, 9, 2.—In mal. part.:II.pedem or pedes tollere, extollere (ad concubitum),
Mart. 10, 81, 4; 11, 71, 8;hence the lusus verbb. with pedem dare and tollere,
Cic. Att. 2, 1, 5. —Transf.A.A foot of a table, stool, bench, etc., Ter. Ad. 4, 2, 46:B.mensae sed erat pes tertius impar,
Ov. M. 8, 661; cf.:pedem et nostrum dicimus, et lecti, et veli, ut carminis (v. in the foll.),
Sen. Ben. 2, 34, 2:tricliniorum,
Plin. 34, 2, 4, § 9:subsellii,
Auct. Her. 4, 55, 68:pes argenteus (mensae),
Juv. 11, 128.—Pes veli, a rope attached to a sail for the purpose of setting it to the wind, a sheet:C.sive utrumque Juppiter Simul secundus incidisset in pedem,
Cat. 4, 19:pede labitur aequo,
i. e. before the wind, with the wind right aft, Ov. F. 3, 565:pedibus aequis,
Cic. Att. 16, 6 init.; cf. also the passage quoted above from Sen. Ben. 2, 34, 2; and:prolato pede, transversos captare Notos,
id. Med. 322.— Hence, facere pedem, to veer out one sheet, to take advantage of a side wind, to haul the wind: una omnes fecere pedem;pariterque sinistros, Nunc dextros solvere sinus,
Verg. A. 5, 830:prolatis pedibus,
Plin. 2, 47, 48, § 128.—The foot of a mountain (post-class.):D.Orontes imos pedes Casii montis praetermeans,
Amm. 14, 8, 10 al. —Ground, soil, territory (post-class.):E.in Caesariensis pede,
Sol. 3, 2:omnis Africa Zeugitano pede incipit,
id. 27, 1; cf.:quamvis angustum pedem dispositio fecit habitabilem,
Sen. Tranq. An. 10, 4.—The stalk or pedicle of a fruit, esp. of the grape, together with the husk:F. G.vinaceorum pes proruitur,
Col. 12, 43; so id. 12, 36.—Of the olive, Plin. 15, 1, 2, § 5: pes milvinus or milvi, the stalk or stem of the plant batis, Col. 12, 7.—Hence, as a name for several plants: pedes gallinacei, a plant:Capnos trunca, quam pedes gallinaceos vocant,
Plin. 25, 13, 98, § 155:pedes betacei,
beetroots, Varr. R. R. 1, 27.—The barrow of a litter, Cat. 10, 22.—H.Poet., of fountains and rivers: inde super terras fluit agmine dulci, Quā via secta semel liquido pede detulit undas, Lucr, 5, 272;K.6, 638: crepante lympha desilit pede,
Hor. Epod. 16, 47:liquido pede labitur unda,
Verg. Cul. 17:lento pede sulcat harenas Bagrada,
Sil. 6, 140.—A metrical foot:2.ad heroum nos dactyli et anapaesti et spondei pedem invitas,
Cic. de Or. 3, 47, 82:pedibus claudere verba,
to make verses, Hor. S. 2, 1, 28:musa per undenos emodulanda pedes,
in hexameters and pentameters, Ov. Am. 1, 1, 30:inque suos volui cogere verba pedes,
id. Tr. 5, 12, 34.—A kind of verse, measure:L.et pede, quo debent fortia bella geri,
Ov. Ib. 646:Lesbius,
Hor. C. 4, 6, 35.—In music, time (postAug.), Plin. 29, 1, 5, § 6.—M.A foot, as a measure of length (class.):N.ne iste hercle ab istā non pedem discedat,
Plaut. As. 3, 3, 13:ab aliquo pedem discessisse,
Cic. Deiot. 15, 42:pedem e villā adhuc egressi non sumus,
id. Att. 13, 16, 1:pes justus,
Plin. 18, 31, 74, § 317.—Hence, transf.: pede suo se metiri, to measure one's self by one's own foot-rule, i. e. by one's own powers or abilities, Hor. Ep. 1, 7, 98.—Pedes, lice; v. pedis.—O.The leg (late Lat.), in phrase: pedem frangere, Aug. Civ. Dei, 22, 22, 3; id. Serm. 273, 7. -
34 suus
suus (suae, monosyl., T.; gen plur. suūm, T.), pron poss. 3d pers. [cf. sui, ἕοσ]. I. In gen. A. With reflex reference, of oneself, belonging to oneself, his own, her own, his, her, its, their.—Referring to a subst. expressed or understood, in any gender or case: Caesar copias suas divisit, his, Cs.: in suā sententiā perseverat, Cs.: anteposuit suam salutem meae: suos parentes reperire, T.: omne animal et se ipsum et omnīs partīs suas diligit, its: (legiones) si consulem suum reliquerunt, their: naves cum suis oneribus, with their several cargoes, L.: suae causae confidere: hunc sui cives e civitate eiecerunt, was exiled by his fellow-citizens: ipsum suo nomine diligere, for his own sake: suis flammis delete Fidenas, i. e. the flames kindled by the Fidenates, L.: (Siculis ereptae sunt) suae leges: Scipio suas res Syracusanis restituit, L.: inimicissimus suus: Clodius, suus atque illius familiaris, Cs.: diffidens rebus suis: Caesar, primum suo deinde omnium ex conspectu remotis equis, etc., Cs.: doloris sui de me declarandi potestas.—Rarely with a subj clause as antecedent: secutum suā sponte est, ut, etc., of course, L.—Without a grammatical antecedent, one's, one's own: si quidem est atrocius, patriae parentem quam suum occidere: in suā civitate vivere: levius est sua decreta tollere quam aliorum, L.—Referring to an antecedent determined by the context, and conceived as authority for the statement, or as entertaining the thought, his, her, its, their: (Clodius) Caesaris potentiam suam esse dicebat: hostes viderunt... suorum tormentorum usum spatio propinquitatis interire, Cs.: ne ea quae rei p. causā egerit (Pompeius) in suam (i. e. Caesaris) contumeliam vertat, Cs.: mulieres viros orantes, ne parricidio macularent partūs suos (i. e. mulierum), L.— B. Without reflex reference, his, her, its, their.—To avoid ambiguity: petunt rationes illius (Catilinae), ut orbetur auxilio res p., ut minuatur contra suum furorem imperatorum copia (for eius, which might be referred to res p.).—For emphasis, instead of eius, own, peculiar: mira erant in civitatibus ipsorum furta Graecorum quae magistratūs sui fecerant, their own magistrates.—Rarely for eius without emphasis (poet. or late): Cimon incidit in eandem invidiam quam pater suus, N.: Ipse sub Esquiliis, ubi erat sua regia Concidit, O. II. Esp. A. Plur m. as subst., of intimates or partisans, one's people, their own friends: Cupio abducere ut reddam suis, to her family, T.: mulier praecepit suis, omnia Caelio pollicerentur, her slaves: vellem hanc contemptionem pecuniae suis reliquisset, to his posterity: naviculam conscendit cum paucis suis, a few of his followers, Cs.: inprimis inter suos nobilis, his associates: subsidio suorum proelium restituere, comrades, L.: bestias ad opem suis ferendam avertas, their young, L.— Sing f., a sweetheart, mistress: illam suam suas res sibi habere iussit.—Sing. and plur n., one's own things, one's property: ad suum pervenire: sui nihil deperdere, Cs.: meum mihi placebat, illi suum, his own work: expendere quid quisque habeat sui, what peculiarities: tibi omnia sua tradere, all he had: se suaque transvehere, their baggage, L.: Aliena melius diiudicare Quam sua, their own business, T.— B. Predicative uses, under one's own control, self-possessed, composed: semper esse in disputando suus: Vix sua, vix sanae compos Mentis, O.—In gen., under one's control, his property, his own: causam dicere aurum quā re sit suum, T.: qui suam rem nullam habent, nothing of their own: ut (Caesar) magnam partem Italiae suam fecerit, has made subject, Cs.: exercitum senatūs populique R. esse, non suum: ne quis quem civitatis mutandae causā suum faceret, made any one his slave, L.: eduxit mater pro suā, as her own, T.: arbitrantur Suam Thaidem esse, devoted to them, T.: Vota suos habuere deos, had the gods on their side, O.— C. In phrases, suā sponte, of one's own accord, voluntarily, by oneself, spontaneously, without aid, unprompted: bellum suā sponte suscipere: omne honestum suā sponte expetendum, for its own sake ; see (spons).—Suus locus, one's own ground: restitit suo loco Romana acies, in its own lines, L.: aciem instruxit suis locis, Cs.— D. Praegn., characteristic, peculiar voluptatem suis se finibus tenere iubeamus, within the limits assigned to it.—Intrinsic, original. (Platoni) duo placet esse motūs, unum suum, alterum externum, etc.— Private: in suis rebus luxuriosus militibus agros ex suis possessionibus pollicetur, i. e. his private property, Cs.— Just, due, appropriate: imperatori exercituique honos suus redditus, due to them, L.: is mensibus suis dimisit legionem, i. e. in which each soldier's term ended, L.: suo iure, by his own right: lacrimae sua verba sequuntur, i. e. appropriate (to tears), O.— Own, peculiar, exclusive, special: mentio inlata est, rem suo proprio magistratu egere, i. e. a special officer, L.: ni suo proprio eum proelio equites exceptum tenuissent, i. e. in which they alone fought, L.: quae est ei (animo) natura? Propria, puto, et sua: equitem suo alienoque Marte pugnare, i. e. both as cavalry and as infantry, L.: Miraturque (arbos) novas frondes et non sua poma (of engrafted fruit), V.— Own, devoted, friendly, dear: habere suos consules, after his own heart: conlegit ipse se contra suum Clodium, his dear Clodius.—Own, chosen by himself, favorable, advantageous: suo loco pugnam facere, S.: suis locis bellum in hiemem ducere, Cs.: numquam nostris locis laboravimus, L.: suam occasionem hosti dare, L.: aestuque suo Locros traiecit, a favorable tide, L.: Ventis ire non suis, H.— Proper, right, regular, normal: si suum numerum naves haberent, their regular complement: numerum non habet illa (ratis) suum, its full number, O.: cum suo iusto equitatu, L.: cessit e vitā suo magis quam suorum civium tempore, the right time for himself: sua tempora exspectare, L.— Own, independent: ut suae leges, sui magistratūs Capuae essent, L.: in suā potestate sunt, suo iure utuntur.— E. In particular connections, strengthened by ipse (agreeing with the antecedent): valet ipsum (ingenium eius) suis viribus, by its own strength: legio Martia non ipsa suis decretis hostem iudicavit Antonium? by its own resolutions: suāmet ipsae fraude omnes interierunt, L.: alios sua ipsos invidia interemit, L. —Distributively, with quisque, each... his own, severally... their own: suum quisque noscat ingenium, let every man understand his own mind: celeriter ad suos quisque ordines rediit, Cs.: ut omnes in suis quisque centuriis primā luce adessent, each in his own centuria, L.: sua cuiusque animantis natura est: ne suus cuique domi hostis esset, L.: trahit sua quemque voluptas, V.: in tribuendo suum cuique: clarissimorum suae cuiusque gentis virorum mors, L.: hospitibus quisque suis scribebant, L.—With quisque in the same case (by attraction): in sensibus sui cuiusque generis iudicium (i. e. suum cuiusque generis iudicium): equites suae cuique parti post principia conlocat (i. e. equites suos cuique parti), L.: pecunia, quae suo quoque anno penderetur (i. e. suo quaeque anno), each instalment in the year when due, L.—With uterque, distributively (of two subjects): suas uterque legiones reducit in castra, Cs.: cum sui utrosque adhortarentur, L.—Strengthened by sibi, own (colloq.): Suo sibi gladio hunc iugulo, his own sword, T.; cf. idem lege sibi suā curationem petet, for himself.—Strengthened by unius: ut sua unius in his gratia esset, that the credit of it should belong to him alone, L.: qui de suā unius sententiā omnia gerat, L.—With a pron, of his, of hers, of theirs: postulat ut ad hanc suam praedam adiutores vos profiteamini, to this booty of his: cum illo suo pari: nullo suo merito, from no fault of theirs, L.—With an adj. (suus usu. emphatic, preceding the adj.): suis amplissimis fortunis: simili ratione Pompeius in suis veteribus castris consedit, Cs.: propter summam suam humanitatem: in illo ardenti tribunatu suo.—For the gen obj. (rare): neque cuiquam mortalium iniuriae suae parvae videntur (i. e. sibi inlatae), S.: te a cognitione suā reppulerunt (i. e. a se cognoscendo).— Abl sing. fem., with refert or interest, for gen. of the pers. pron: neminem esse qui quo modo se habeat nihil suā censeat interesse; see intersum, rēfert.—Strengthened by the suffix - pte (affixed to suā or suo; never with ipse): ferri suopte pondere: locus suāpte naturā infestus, L. —Strengthened by the suffix - met (affixed to sua, sui, suo, suā, suos and suis; usu. followed by ipse): suomet ipsi more, S.: intra suamet ipsum moenia, L.: suosmet ipsi cives, L.* * *Isua, suum ADJhis/one's (own), her (own), hers, its (own); (pl.) their (own), theirsIIhis men (pl.), his friends -
35 decurio
1.dĕcŭrĭo, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [decuria], to divide into decuriae.I.Prop.:* II.equites decuriati, centuriati pedites,
Liv. 22, 38, v. preced. art.—Esp. to divide the people into companies or clubs for purposes of bribery and corruption:servorum delectus habebatur... cum vicatim homines conscriberentur, decuriarentur,
Cic. Sest. 15:decuriasse Plancium, conscripsisse, etc.,
id. Planc. 18, 45; cf. ib. 19, 47; id. Phil. 7, 6, 18; id. Q. Fr. 2, 3, 5, and v. decuriatio.—Trop.:2.vertex incrementis lustralibus decuriatus,
i. e. of a man ten lustres old, Mart. Cap. 1, p. 1.dĕcŭrĭo, ōnis (also DECURES decuriones, Paul. ex Fest. p. 71, 22, and 75, 9 Müll.;and DECVRIONVS, the same,
ib. 49, 16), m. [id.], the head or chief of a decuria, a decurion. The name was first given by Romulus to the head of the tenth part of a curia (cf. Nieb. Röm. Gesch. 1, p. 354). In the army, the commander of a decuria of cavalry, Varr. L. L. 5, § 91 Müll.; Veget. Mil. 2, 14; Caes. B. C. 1, 23; 1, 13; Tac. A. 13, 40; id. H. 2, 29. After the extension of the Roman dominion, the members of the senate of the municipia and the colonies were called decuriones, Dig. 50, 16, 239; 50, 2; Cod. Just. 10, 31; Cic. Sest. 4, 10; id. Rosc. Am. 9, 25; id. Clu. 14, 41; Vulg. Marc. 15, 43.—Sometimes i. q. praefectus, applied to the overseer of the persons employed in any duty about the court, e. g. a head-chamberlain:cubiculariorum,
Suet. Dom. 17, PROCVLVS DECVRIO GERMANORVM (i. e. custodum corporis) TI. GERMANICI, Inscr. Orell. 2923. -
36 homo
hŏmo, ĭnis (archaic form hemonem hominem dicebant, Paul. ex Fest. p. 100 Müll.; cf. humanus init., and nēmo, from nĕ-hĕmo: homōnem, Enn. ap. Prisc. p. 683 P. = [p. 860] Ann. v. 141 Vahl.:I.hŏmōnes,
Naev. 1, 1), comm. [root in humus, Gr. chamai; cf. Germ. -gam in Bräutigam; O. H. Germ. gomo; Goth. guma; Old Engl. goom; Engl. groom; cf. also Gr. epichthonioi; Hebr. Adam], a human being, man.Lit.A.In gen.:2.animal hoc providum, sagax, multiplex, acutum, memor, plenum rationis et consilii quem vocamus hominem, praeclara quadam condicione generatum esse a summo deo, etc.,
Cic. Leg. 1, 7, 22; cf., on the natural history of man,
Plin. 7 praef. sq.; § 5 sq.: decem hominibus vitam eripis, indictā causā, Cato ap. Gell. 13, 25 (24), 12: dum quidem unus homo Romanus toga superescit, Enn. ap. Fest. p. 302 Müll. (Ann. v. 486 Vahl.); cf.: unus homo nobis cunctando restituit rem, id. ap. Macr. S. 6, 1 (Ann. v. 313 ib.): navus repertus homo Graio patre Graius homo rex, id. ap. Fest. p. 169 Müll. (Ann. v. 183 ib.):homo jam grandior,
Ter. Phorm. 2, 3, 15:homo amicus nobis... homo antiqua virtute ac fide,
id. Ad. 3, 3, 86 sq.; cf.:bonus homo et nobis amicus,
Cic. Fam. 16, 18 fin.: quid est, quod homo masculus lubentius videre debeat bella uxore? Varr. ap. Non. 248, 16:infelix,
Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 169:homo omni doctrina eruditus,
Cic. Fin. 1, 5, 13; cf.:homo summā prudentiā, multā etiam doctrinā,
id. Fam. 3, 7, 5:de hujus hominis (i. e. Pompei) felicitate, etc.,
id. de Imp. Pomp. 16, 47:iners atque inutilis,
id. Off. 3, 6, 31; cf.:contemptus et abjectus,
id. Agr. 2, 34, 93:insulsus,
id. Tusc. 1, 8, 15; cf.also: hominum homo stultissime,
Ter. Ad. 2, 2, 10:quid hoc homine faciatis?
Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 16, § 42:consulere generi hominum,
the human race, mankind, id. Rep. 3, 12:genus hominum,
id. ib. 2, 26; id. de Or. 1, 9, 36; Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 7 et saep. (more freq., genus humanum; v. humanus and genus); cf.:natura hominem conciliat homini... hominum coetus et celebrationes,
Cic. Off. 1, 4, 12:placet Stoicis, quae in terris gignantur, ad usum hominum omnia creari, homines autem hominum causa esse generatos,
id. ib. 1, 7, 22:homines plurimum hominibus et prosunt et obsunt,
id. ib. 2, 5, 17: is dictus popularibus olim, Qui tum vivebant homines, Enn. ap. Cic. Brut. 15, 58 (Ann. v. 308 Vahl.):homines Romani,
Cic. de Imp. Pomp. 14, 41:lege conciliati homines cum dis putandi sunt,
id. Leg. 1, 7, 23:pro deum atque hominum fidem!
Plaut. Curc. 5, 3, 16 et saep.: divumque hominumque pater, Enn. ap. Varr. L. L. 5, § 65 Müll. (Ann. v. 566 Vahl.); so, id. ap. Cic. N. D. 2, 2, 4 (Ann. v. 567) and ap. Gell. 12, 4 (Ann. v. 254); but homo, sing., is used of the human race, mankind (= homines, genus humanum), when it has no predicate joined with it:qua haud scio an quidquam melius sit homini datum,
Cic. Lael. 6, 20; 3, 11:taces, Monstrum hominis?
Ter. Eun. 4, 4, 29; cf.:odium illud hominis impuri,
Cic. Fam. 12, 1, 1:quid hoc sit hominis?
Plaut. Am. 2, 1, 26; cf.:quid illuc hominus est?
Ter. Eun. 5, 1, 17;in addresses: nisi caves tu homo, etc.,
id. Heaut. 5, 3, 1:tu homo adigis me ad insaniam,
id. Ad. 1, 2, 31.—In apposition:mares homines,
Plaut. Poen. 5, 5, 32:amanti homini adulescenti,
id. Trin. 1, 2, 94; cf.:filius homo adulescens,
Ter. Phorm. 5, 8, 52;v. adulescens: verberare hominem senem,
id. Ad. 4, 2, 23:servom hominem,
id. Phorm. 2, 1, 62:oculi hominis histrionis,
Cic. de Or. 2, 46, 193:nemo homo,
Plaut. Pers. 2, 2, 29; cf.:ut homo nemo velit nisi hominis similis esse,
Cic. N. D. 1, 28, 78;v. nemo. —Of females: mater, cujus ea stultitia est, ut eam nemo hominem appellare possit,
Cic. Clu. 70, 199:quae (Io) bos ex homine est,
Ov. F. 5, 620; Juv. 6, 284:dulcissimum ab hominis camelinum lac,
Plin. 28, 9, 33, § 123: homines feminae (opp. mares homines), Aug. Civ. Dei, 3, 3.—Prov.a.Quot homines, tot sententiae, many men, many minds, i. e. every one has his own opinion, Ter. Phorm. 2, 4, 14; Cic. Fin. 1, 5, 15.—b.Ut homo est, ita morem geras, Ter. Ad. 3, 3, 77 (but in Plaut. Most. 3, 2, 36 spurious, v. Ritschl ad h. l.).—c.Homines, dum docent, discunt, Sen. Ep. 7, 8 fin. —d.Aiunt homines plus in alieno negotio videre quam in suo, the lookers-on see farther in the game than the players, id. ib. 109, 16. —e.Homo nulli coloris, neither fish nor flesh, Plaut. Ps. 4, 7, 99.—f.Homo sum; humani nihil a me alienum puto, Ter. Heaut. 1, 1, 25; cf.:g.homo ego sum, homo tu es,
Plaut. Trin. 2, 4, 46.—Lupus homo homini, non homo, quom qualis sit non novit, Plaut. As. 2, 4, 88.—B.In partic.1.Pregn., in a good or a bad sense.a.In a good sense (cf. vir), a man, as a reasonable or moral being:b.homo es, qui me emunxisti mucidum,
Plaut. Ep. 3, 4, 57:si homo esset, eum potius legeret,
Cic. Att. 2, 2, 2:nox te expolivit hominemque reddidit,
id. de Or. 2, 10, 40:si vis homo esse,
id. Att. 4, 15, 2:homines visi sumus,
id. ib. 13, 52, 2:nos quod simus, quod habeamus, quod homines existimemur, id omne abs te habere,
id. Fam. 7, 29, 1:si tu sis homo,
Ter. Ad. 5, 8, 11:et tu illum tuom, si esses homo, sineres, etc.,
if you had a man's sense, id. ib. 1, 2, 27:exuens hominem ex homine,
Cic. Fin. 5, 12, 35: cum Socrates Alcibiadi persuasisset, eum nihil hominis esse, that he was nothing of a man (i. e. in no respect such as a man should be), id. Tusc. 3, 32, 77:(Nero) dicebat se quasi hominem tandem habitare coepisse,
like a human being, Suet. Ner. 31:me hominem inter homines voluit esse,
Petr. 39. —In a bad sense, a man, as a weak, mortal being, subject to error, of low condition (rare):2.fateor me saepe peccasse, nam et homo sum et adhuc juvenis,
Petr. 130: cf.homines sumus, non dei,
id. 75:(Demosthenes, Homerus) summi sunt, homines tamen,
Quint. 10, 1, 25.—In fem.: quae si hoc tempore non diem suum obiisset, paucis post annis tamen ei moriendum fuit, quoniam homo nata fuerat, Sulp. ap. Cic. Fam. 4, 5, 4.—Also of servants (as distinguished from a free Roman): homo P. Quinti, Quintus's man, i. e. his slave, servant, Cic. Quint. 19, 61:vinum familiae... Saturnalibus et Compitalibus in singulos homines congios,
Cato, R. R. 57, 2; Cat. 10, 16.—In opp. to a woman, a man (anteand post-class., and very rare):* 3.mi homo et mea mulier, vos saluto,
Plaut. Cist. 4, 2, 57; Lact. 2, 12; Dig. 48, 19, 38.—In milit. lang., homines, opp. to cavalry, foot-soldiers, infantry:4.capti homines equitesque producebantur,
Caes. B. C. 2, 39, 5; cf. vir. —Homo novus, v. novus.—5.Bodies, corpses:6.jam pigritia singulos sepeliendi promisce acervatos cumulos hominum urebant,
Liv. 5, 48, 3.—Particular phrases.a.Paucorum hominum esse, to have but few intimates, be choice in one's company: (Maecenas) paucorum hominum et mentis bene sanae. Hor. S. 1, 9, 44:b.homo est Perpaucorum hominum,
Ter. Eun. 3, 1, 19.— Hence, comically, of the favorite but rare fish, acipenser: Scipio vide, quid agas: acipenser iste paucorum hominum est, Cic. Fragm. ap. Macr. S. 2, 12 (see the anecdote in connection).—Inter homines esse (agere).(α).To be among the living, to be alive, to live (very rare):(β). II.Hercules numquam abiisset ad deos, nisi cum inter homines esset, eam sibi viam munivisset,
Cic. Tusc. 1, 14, 32:inter homines esse desinere,
i. e. to die, Dig. 31, 1, 59; so,agere inter homines desinere,
Tac. A. 15, 74 fin.:ab hominibus ereptus est,
Dig. 31, 1, 58.—Transf., esp. in familiar lang., the man, the fellow, instead of the pron. he, his, him:B.haben argentum ab homine?
Plaut. Ps. 4, 7, 65:ibi homo coepit me obsecrare, ut, etc.,
Ter. Eun. 2, 2, 30:itast homo,
id. Ad. 1, 2, 63:dixit, se senatui roganti de Marcello ne hominis quidem causa negaturum,
Cic. Fam. 4, 4, 3:ei medico imperasti, ut venas hominis incideret,
id. Pis. 34, 83:tantum esse in homine sceleris,
id. Sest. 9, 22 Halm.; 41, 89; id. Verr. 2, 4, 27, § 62:persuasit homini,
Nep. Dat. 10, 3:aut insanit homo aut versus facit,
Hor. S. 2, 7, 117:agnoscit hominem Caesar,
Phaedr. 2, 5, 19 Burm. ad loc.; al.— -
37 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 -
38 equus
ĕquus, i ( gen. plur. equūm, Verg. G. 2, 542; Stat. Th. 4, 409 al.), m. [Sanscr. acvas; Gr. hippos (ikkos); cf. Epŏna; root, ak-, to be sharp or swift; cf. Gr. akros, ôkus; Lat. acus, ocior], a horse, steed, charger.I.Prop.A.In gen. (cf.:B.caballus, canterius, mannus),
Varr. R. R. 2, 7; Col. 6, 27 sq.; Plin. 8, 42, 64, § 154 sq.; Pall. Mart. 13; Enn. ap. Cic. de Sen. 5, 14 (Ann. v. 441 ed. Vahlen); Plaut. Bacch. 1, 1, 39; id. Men. 5, 2, 109; Cic. Rep. 1, 43; 1, 7, 9 et saep.:equus = equa,
Varr. R. R. 2, 7, 11.—Offered as a sacrifice to Mars, Paul. ex Fest. p. 81, 16, and p. 178, 24 sq. Müll.; cf. Prop. 4 (5), 1, 20; and v. October: EQVO PVBLICO ORNATVS, EXORNATVS, HONORATVS, etc.; or, ellipt., EQVO PVBLICO, very often [p. 654] in inscriptions; v. Inscr. Momms. 73; 459; 445; 1952; 2456;2865 al.—In another sense: equi publici,
post-horses, Amm. 14, 6.—Equo vehi, advehi, ire, desilire, equum conscendere, flectere, in equum ascendere, equo citato, concitato, etc., see under these verbs.—In partic.1.Of cavalry, in the phrase, equis virisque (viri = pedites; cf. eques and vir), adverb., with horse and foot, i. e. with might and main, with tooth and nail, Liv. 5, 37; Flor. 2, 7, 8;2.also: equis, viris,
Cic. Phil. 8, 7, 21; id. Fam. 9, 7; cf. Nep. Hamilc. 4;and in the order, viris equisque,
Cic. Off. 3, 33.—Transf., of race-horses:C.ego cursu corrigam tarditatem tum equis, tum vero, quoniam scribis poëma ab eo nostrum probari, quadrigis poeticis,
i. e. in prose and poetry, Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 15, a (see the passage in connection).—Transf.1.In plur. (like hippoi in Homer), a chariot, Verg. A. 9, 777.—2.The wind, Cat. 66, 54; Val. Fl. 1, 611.—3.In mal. part., Hor. S. 2, 7, 50; Petr. 24, 4; App. M. 2, p. 122; Mart. 11, 104, 14.—D.Prov.: equi donati dentes non inspiciuntur, we don't look a gift horse in the mouth, Hier. Ep. ad Ephes. prooem.—II.Meton.A.Equus bipes, a sea-horse, Verg. G. 4, 389;B.Auct. Pervig. Ven. 10: fluviatilis,
a river-horse, hippopotamus, Plin. 8, 21, 30, § 73.—Equus ligneus, like the Homeric halos hippos, a ship, Plaut. Rud. 1, 5, 10.—C.The Trojan horse, Verg. A. 2, 112 sq.; Hyg. Fab. 108; Plaut. Bacch. 4, 9, 12; Prop. 3 (4), 1, 25; Hor. C. 4, 6, 13 al.—* 2.Trop., of a secret conspiracy, Cic. Mur. 37, 78.—D.A battering-ram, because shaped like a horse;E.afterwards called aries,
Plin. 7, 56, 57, § 202.—The constellation Pegasus, Cic. N. D. 2, 43, 111 sq.; Col. 11, 2, 31; Hyg. Astr. 2, 18; 3, 17.—F.Equus Trojanus, the title of a play of Livius Andronicus, Cic. Fam. 7, 1, 2 al. -
39 legio
lĕgĭo, ōnis, f. [2. lego] (prop., a selecting, choosing; hence), transf., a body of soldiers:I.legio, quod leguntur milites in delectu,
Varr. L. L. 5, § 87 Müll.Lit., a Roman legion. It consisted of 10 cohorts of foot-soldiers and 300 cavalry, making together between 4200 and 6000 men. As a general rule, the legion was composed of Roman citizens; it was only on the most pressing occasions that slaves were taken into it. The standard was a silver eagle. The legions were usually designated by numerals, according to the order in which they were levied;II.though sometimes they were named after the emperor who raised them, or after their leader, after a deity, after some exploit performed by them, etc.: cum legionibus secunda ac tertia,
Liv. 10, 18:undevicesima,
id. 27, 14:vicesima,
id. 27, 38:Claudiana,
Tac. H. 2, 84:Galbiana,
id. ib. 2, 86:Martia,
Cic. Phil. 4, 2:adjutrix,
Tac. H. 2, 43:rapax,
id. ib.:in legione sunt centuriae sexaginta, manipuli triginta, cohortes decem,
Gell. 16, 4, 6; cf. Inscr. Orell. Index rerum, s. v. legio.—Transf.A.Plur., of the troops of other nations, legions, soldiers:B.Bruttiae Lucanaeque legiones,
Liv. 8, 24:Latinae,
id. 6, 32; cf.of the troops of the Samnites,
id. 10, 17;of the Gauls,
id. 22, 14;of the Carthaginians,
id. 26, 6:Teleboae ex oppido Legiones educunt suas,
Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 62:in quorum (i. e. Thebanorum) sulcis legiones dentibus anguis nascuntur,
Juv. 14, 241.—In gen., an army, a large body of troops: legio rediit, Enn. ap. Non. 385, 17 (Ann. v. 535 Vahl.):C.quia cotidie ipse ad me ab legione epistolas mittebat,
Plaut. Ep. 1, 1, 56; 83; 2, 2, 22; id. Most. 1, 2, 48:si tu ad legionem bellator cluis, at ego in culina clueo,
id. Truc. 2, 7, 53:cetera dum legio campis instructa tenetur,
Verg. A. 9, 368:de colle videri poterat legio,
id. ib. 8, 605;10, 120: horruit Argoae legio ratis,
Val. Fl. 7, 573.—Of a large body of men:2.idem istuc aliis adscriptivis fieri ad legionem solet,
Plaut. Men. 1, 3, 2; cf.:legio mihi nomen est, quod multi sumus,
Vulg. Marc. 5, 9; id. Luc. 8, 30; 36:duodecim legiones angelorum,
id. Matt. 26, 53.—Trop.:sibi nunc uterque contra legiones parat,
his troops, forces, expedients, Plaut. Cas. prol. 50. -
40 cohors
cŏhors (or cors; cf. Non. p. 83, 14 sq.; later aspirated orthog. of MSS. chors; cf. the letter C, and Schneid. ad Varr. R. R. 1, 13, 3), rtis, f. [Sanscr. root har, rapio; cf. [p. 364] Gr. choros].I. (α).Cohors, Varr. R. R. 1, 13, 2 sq.; 2, 2, 9; Cato ap. Fest. p. 146, 29 Müll.; Col. 8, 3, 8; 7, 3, 8; Ov. F. 4, 704.—(β).Cors, Varr. ap. Non. l. l.; Glaucia ap. Cic. de Or. 2, 65 fin.; Col. 2, 14, 18; Vitr. 6, 9; Mart. 3, 58, 12; 13, 45, 2; Pall. 1, 22.—II.Meton. (cf. chorus).A.Lit., the multitude enclosed, fenced in; hence, in milit. lang., a company of soldiers, a division of an army, a cohort, the tenth part of a legion, comprising three manipuli or six centuriae (always written cohors), Varr. L. L. 5, § 88; Cincius ap. Gell. 16, 4, 6; Veg. Mil. 2, 6; so Caes. B. G. 3, 1; id. B. C. 1, 73; Sall. J. 90, 2; 105, 2; Verg. G. 2, 279; id. A. 11, 500 al.: praetoria, the prœtorian or bodyguard of the general, Caes. B. G. 1, 40; Sall. C. 61, 3 al.—Hence, trop.:2.habere scortorum cohortem praetoriam,
Cic. Cat. 2, 11, 24.—Opp. legiones, auxiliary troops, allies, Sall. J. 46, 7; Vell. 2, 112, 5; Tac. H. 4, 19; Flor. 3, 21, 18.—3.A troop of cavalry:4.centurio cohortis sextae equestris,
Plin. Ep. 10, 106 (107) sq.—Per synecdochen, an army in gen.:B.cohors Inachiae servatrix,
Stat. Th. 5, 672.—Specif., the train or retinue of the prœtor in a province:C.praetoria,
Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 14, § 36; cf. id. ib. 2, 2, 27, § 66; Cat. 10, 10; Tib. 1, 3, 2; Hor. Ep. 1, 3, 6; 1, 8, 14.—In gen., a crowd, multitude, company, throng, attendants (mostly poet. or in post-Aug. prose):vaga,
Cat. 63, 25:gigantum,
Hor. C. 2, 19, 22:fratrum stipata,
Verg. A. 10, 328; cf. Ov. M. 11, 89; Hor. Epod. 16, 60; Tac. A. 6, 9:amicarum,
of courtiers, Suet. Calig. 19; id. Ner. 5; id. Galb. 7 al.:canum,
Plin. 8, 40, 61, § 143:oratorum,
Gell. 19, 8, 15:sectatorum,
id. 13, 5, 1.—Of things:febrium,
Hor. C. 1, 3, 31.
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