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  • 101 contero

    con-tĕro, trīvi (rarely conterui, App. M. 8, p. 212, 12; Ven. Fort. C. 6, 4, 33), trītum, 3, v. a., to grind, bruise, pound, to crumble, separate into small pieces.
    I.
    Prop. (so freq. in medic. lang.):

    medium scillae cum aquā ad mellis crassitudinem,

    Varr. R. R. 2, 7, 8:

    cornua cervi,

    Ov. Med. Fac. 60:

    horrendis infamia pabula sucis,

    id. M. 14, 44:

    radicem aridam in pulverem,

    Plin. 26, 11, 70, § 113:

    fracta, contrita,

    Lucr. 4, 697.—Far more freq. and class. in prose and poetry,
    II.
    Transf., to diminish by rubbing, to waste, destroy (cf.: conficio, consumo, etc.), to rub off, wear out.
    A.
    Of material objects:

    latera tua,

    Plaut. As. 2, 4, 13:

    boves et vires agricolarum (followed by conficere),

    Lucr. 2, 1161; cf.:

    conteritur ferrum, silices tenuantur ab usu,

    Ov. A. A. 3, 91: superbiter contemptim conterit legiones, Naev. ap. Non. p. 516, 1;

    humorously imitated: ne nos tam contemptim conteras,

    treat contemptuously, Plaut. Poen. 3, 1, 34; and:

    conteris Tu tuā me oratione, mulier,

    you wear me out, id. Cist. 2, 3, 65 (cf. B. 1. b. infra):

    corpora ipsa ac manus silvis ac paludibus emuniendis inter verbera ac contumelias conterunt,

    Tac. Agr. 31:

    heri in tergo meo Tris facile corios contrivisti bubulos,

    Plaut. Poen. 1, 1, 11:

    Viam Sacram,

    to tread upon frequently, Prop. 2 (3), 23, 15: Paideian Kurou legendo, i. e. to wear out with reading, Cic. Fam. 9, 25, 1:

    supellectilem pluribus et diversis officiis,

    to wear out by use, Quint. 2, 4, 29.—In mal. part.:

    aliquas indigno quaestu, i. e. prostituere,

    Plaut. Rud. 3, 4, 44; cf.

    tero.—Prov.: is vel Herculi conterere quaestum possiet,

    squander the greatest possible fortune, Plaut. Most. 4, 2, 68 Lorenz ad loc.—
    B.
    Of immaterial objects.
    1.
    Most freq. (like the simple verb) of time, to waste, consume, spend, pass, employ, in a good and bad sense (cf. Sall. C. 4, 1 Kritz); constr. with in and abl. or the abl. only, with dum, or absol.
    (α).
    With in:

    aetatem in pistrino,

    Plaut. Bacch. 4, 6, 11:

    vitam atque aetatem meam in quaerendo,

    Ter. Ad. 5, 4, 15:

    aetatem in litibus,

    Cic. Leg. 1, 20, 53:

    omne otiosum tempus in studiis,

    id. Lael. 27, 104:

    diem in eā arte,

    Prop. 2, 1, 46.—
    (β).
    With abl.:

    totum hunc diem cursando atque ambulando,

    Ter. Hec. 5, 3, 17:

    majorem aevi partem somno,

    Lucr. 3, 1047:

    tempora spectaculis, etc.,

    Quint. 1, 12, 18:

    diei brevitatem conviviis, longitudinem noctis stupris et flagitiis,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 10, § 26:

    bonum otium socordiā atque desidiā,

    Sall. C. 4, 1.—
    * (γ).
    With dum:

    contrivi diem, Dum asto, etc.,

    Plaut. Cas. 3, 3, 4.—
    (δ).
    Absol.:

    vitae modum,

    Prop. 1, 7, 9.—
    b.
    Transf. to the person:

    se, ut Plato, in musicis, geometriā, etc.,

    Cic. Fin. 1, 21, 72; cf.

    in medial form: cum in causis et in negotiis et in foro conteramur,

    id. de Or. 1, 58, 249; id. Caecin. 5, 14.—
    2.
    In gen.:

    operam,

    Plaut. Most. 3, 1, 54; cf.:

    operam frustra,

    Ter. Phorm. 1, 4, 31:

    quae sunt horum temporum,

    to exhaust, Cic. Att. 9, 4, 1.—
    b.
    Trop.:

    ejus omnis gravissimas injurias quasi voluntariā oblivione,

    to obliterate from the memory, Cic. Fam. 1, 9, 20: quam (dignitatem virtutis) reliquā ex collatione, facile est conterere atque contemnere, to tread under foot by comparison (opp. in caelum efferre), id. Tusc. 5, 30, 85.—Hence, contrītus, a, um, P. a., worn out, trite, common (mostly in Cic.):

    proverbium vetustate,

    Cic. Fin. 2, 16, 52:

    praecepta (connected with communia),

    id. de Or. 1, 31, 138:

    contritum et contemptum praemium,

    id. Sest. 40, 86.

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  • 102 atque or (only before consonants) ac

        atque or (only before consonants) ac conj.    [ad + que], and (like - que, it connects words or thoughts which form a whole, but unlike - que gives prominence rather to what follows, and is rarely repeated).    I. Copulative.    A. Connecting single words and expressions, and, as well as, together with: restituam ac reddam, T.: infamia atque indignitas rei, Cs.: honesta atque inhonesta, S.: parere atque imperare iuxta, L.: acies in speciem simul ac terrorem constiterat, Ta.—Poet. for et... et: Atque deos atque astra vocat crudelia mater, V.—Very rarely after one or more words of its phrase: hederā Gaudere pullā atque myrto, H.—In the phrases: unus atque alter, one and another, one or two, S.: alius atque alius, one and another, successive: aliā atque aliā de causā, L.: etiam atque etiam, again and again, repeatedly: semel atque iterum: iterum atque iterum, V.: huc atque illuc, hither and thither: longe atque late, far and wide.—Adding an emphatic expression, and in fact, and that too, and even, and indeed, and in particular: iter in provinciam nostram atque Italiam, Cs.: dis inmortalibus gratia atque ipsi Iovi: hebeti ingenio atque nullo: res tanta atque tam atrox, S.: Py. cognoscitne? Ch. Ac memoriter, yes, and that too, etc., T.: uno atque eo perexiguo tempore, and that too: atque eo magis, and so much the more: atque id eo magis, and that the more, Cs.: duabus missis cohortibus, atque his primis, etc., Cs. — With adeo or etiam: consilium atque adeo amentia, and in fact: cupide accipiat atque etiam bene dicat, and even, T.: atque adeo etiam, and even, L. —    B. Connecting closely related thoughts, and so, and even, and... too (usu. beginning the clause): atque eccum! and there he is too! T.: Africanus indigens mei? Minime... ac ne ego quidem illius, and I too am not: Punicā religione servata fides est, atque in vincula omnes coniecit, L.—After a word in its clause: funus atque imagines ducant, etc., H.— Adding an emphatic clause: exsules adlicere coepit: ac tantam sibi auctoritatem comparaverat, etc., Cs.: vos pro libertate non... nitemini? atque eo vehementius, quod, etc., S.—With a negative: si fidem habeat... ac non id metuat, ne, etc., and does not rather, T.: quasi nunc id agatur, quis... ac non hoc quaeratur: ut civem, ac non potius ut hostem.—Adding an adversative clause, and yet, and nevertheless: Quibus nunc sollicitor rebus!... atque ex me hic natus non est, T.: non dicere pro nobis possunt; atque haec a nobis petunt omnia: nihil praeterea est magno opere dicendum. ac tamen... pauca etiam nunc dicam. —In transitions, etc.: locum delegerunt. ac primo adventu, etc., Cs.: Atque ea diversa, dum geruntur, V.: Atque hic tantus vir, N.: nomen ei iugo Alpium inditum transgressum, L.—    II. After words of comparison, as, than, than as: nihil aeque atque illam vim requirit: neque mihi par ratio cum Lucilio est ac tecum fuit: pariter ac si hostes adessent, S.: castra movere iuxta ac si hostes adessent, S.: proinde ac de hominum est vitā merita: cum totidem navibus atque erat profectus, N.: similiter atque ipse eram commotus: fit aliud atque existimaris: aliter causam agi atque iste existimaret: non secus ac si meus esset frater: simulacrum contra atque antea fuerat convertere: simul atque adsedisti: haud minus ac iussi faciunt, V.: Non tuus hoc capiet venter plus ac meus, H.

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  • 103 sicut

    sīc-ut and (far less. freq. but class.) sīc-ŭti, adv., so as, just as, as.
    I.
    Lit.
    A.
    With a separate clause.
    (α).
    Form sicut:

    sicut dixi, faciam,

    Plaut. Trin. 3, 2, 59:

    clanculum, sicut praecepi,

    id. ib. 3, 3, 76:

    nempe sicut dicis (shortly after: ita ut dicis),

    id. Aul. 2, 4, 15; so,

    sicut dicis,

    id. Bacch. 4, 4, 67; id. Men. prol. 74:

    hae sunt, sicut praedico,

    id. Most. 3, 2, 84; cf. id. Bacch. 3, 6, 20:

    stultitia magna est, Hominem amatorem ad forum procedere, etc.... sicut ego feci stultus,

    id. Cas. 3, 3, 4:

    si ille huc redibit, sicut confido affore,

    id. Capt. 3, 5, 38:

    sic ut tu huic potes,

    id. ib. 5, 1, 16:

    primum Montem Sacrum, sicut erat in simili causā antea factum, deinde Aventinum (occupasse),

    Cic. Rep. 2, 37, 63; 6, 18, 19:

    sicut ait Ennius,

    id. ib. 1, 41, 64; cf.:

    sicut sapiens poëta dixit,

    id. Par. 5, 1, 34:

    ut se quoque, sicut socios, dignos existimetis,

    id. Imp. Pomp. 5, 13:

    valeant preces apud te meae, sicut pro te hodie valuerunt,

    Liv. 23, 8:

    consules turpissimi, sicut hi recentes rerum exitus declararunt,

    Cic. Planc. 35, 86:

    sicut summarum summa est aeterna,

    Lucr. 5, 361:

    sicut Cicero dicit,

    Quint. 9, 3, 83:

    sicut ostendimus,

    id. 11, 3, 174 al. —
    (β).
    Form sicuti:

    sicuti dixi prius,

    Plaut. Rud. 4, 4, 67:

    habuit ille, sicuti meminisse vos arbitror, permulta signa,

    Cic. Cael. 5, 12:

    sicuti me quoque erroris mei paenitet,

    id. ib. 6, 14:

    urbem Romam, sicuti ego accepi, condidere atque habuere initio Trojani,

    Sall. C. 6, 1:

    sicuti dignum erat,

    Quint. 11, 3, 148.—
    b.
    Corresp. to ita, itidem, sic.
    (α).
    Form sicut:

    sicut tuom vis gnatum tuae Superesse vitae, Ita te obtestor, etc.,

    Plaut. As. 1, 1, 1: sicut verbis nuncupavi, ita pro republicā Quiritium... legiones mecum Dis Manibus devoveo, an old formula in Liv. 8, 9:

    sicut coronatus laureā coronā oraculum adisset, ita, etc.,

    id. 23, 11; 21, 13; Quint. 1, 2, 26; 9, 1, 8; 9, 3, 100;

    10, 1, 1: sicut medico diligenti natura corporis cognoscenda est, sic equidem, etc.,

    Cic. de Or. 2, 44, 186:

    sicut magno accidit casu, ut, etc.... sic magnae fuit fortunae, etc.,

    Caes. B. G. 6, 30:

    sicuti merci pretium statuit... Itidem divos dispertisse vitam humanam aequom fuit,

    Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 131.—
    (β).
    Form sicuti:

    sicuti... ita,

    Caes. B. C. 3, 15; cf. infra, B. b.—
    B.
    Without a separate verb (so most freq.).
    (α).
    Form sicut:

    sicut fortunatorum memorant insulas (is est ager),

    Plaut. Trin. 2, 4, 148:

    sicut familiae,

    id. Men. prol. 74; id. Cas. 2, 6, 46: te esse sapientem, nec sicut vulgus, sed ut eruditi solent appellare sapientem, Cic. Lael. 2, 6:

    Graeciae, sicut apud nos, delubra magnifica,

    id. Rep. 3, 9, 14:

    non debent esse amicitiarum sicut aliarum rerum satietates,

    id. Lael. 19, 67:

    ut tuo judicio uteretur, sicut in rebus omnibus,

    id. Ep. ad Brut. 1, 5, 3; id. Tusc. 1, 17, 40:

    provinciam suam hanc esse Galliam, sicut illam nostram,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 44; 6, 19:

    nihil me, sicut antea, juvat Scribere versiculos,

    Hor. Epod. 11, 1 et saep.:

    hunc, sicut omni vitā, tum petentem premebat nobilitas,

    Liv. 39, 41; 34, 9, 10:

    nec sicut vulnere sanguis,

    Luc. 3, 638 Drak. N. cr. —
    (β).
    Form sicuti:

    me amicissime cottidie magis Caesar amplectitur: familiares quidem ejus, sicuti neminem,

    Cic. Fam. 6, 6, 13: sicuti te, Lucil. ap. Non. p. 174, 33.—
    b.
    Corresp. to ita, item, sic, etc. (cf. supra, A. b.):

    praecipuum lumen sicut eloquentiae, ita praeceptis quoque ejus, dedit M. Tullius,

    Quint. 3, 1, 20; so id. 8, prooem. § 29; 9, 1, 18;

    10, 1, 14: sicut in foro non bonos oratores, item in theatro actores malos perpeti,

    Cic. de Or. 1, 26, 118:

    illi, sicut Campani Capuam, sic Rhegium habituri perpetuam sedem erant,

    Liv. 28, 28:

    sicut in vitā, in causis quoque,

    Quint. 12, 1, 13; cf. Liv. 9, 17 Drak. N. cr. —
    II.
    In partic.
    A.
    With an accessory idea of cause, inasmuch as, since (perh. only in the two foll. passages):

    nunc occasio'st faciundi, prius quam in urbem advenerit, sicut cras hic aderit, hodie non venerit,

    Plaut. Ep. 2, 2, 87:

    quo lubet, sicut soror Ejus huc gemina advenit Ephesum,

    id. Mil. 4, 1, 28 Brix ad loc.; cf. id. Pers. 1, 3, 57.—
    B.
    Pregn.: sicut est, erat, etc., in confirmation of a former proposition, as indeed it is ( was), as it really is ( was), as is ( was) the fact (class.;

    a favorite expression with Cic.): sint nobis isti, qui de ratione vivendi disserunt, magni homines, ut sunt,

    Cic. Rep. 3, 3, 4:

    huc accedit, quod, quamvis ille felix sit, sicut est, tamen, etc.,

    id. Rosc. Am. 8, 22:

    sit ista res magna, sicut est,

    id. Leg. 1, 5, 17; Liv. 7, 35:

    sit licet, sicut est, ab omni ambitione longe remotus,

    Plin. Ep. 5, 15, 2:

    illa, quamvis ridicula essent, sicut erant, mihi tamen risum non moverunt,

    Cic. Fam. 7, 32, 3:

    secundam eam Paulus, sicut erat, victoriam ratus,

    Liv. 45, 7:

    poteratque viri vox illa videri, sicuti erat,

    Ov. M. 12, 205:

    quamvis scelerati illi fuissent, sicuti fuerunt, pestiferi cives tamen, etc.,

    Cic. de Or. 1, 53, 230.—Less freq. with other verbs:

    quamvis enim multis locis dicat Epicurus, sicut dicit, satis fortiter de dolore, tamen, etc.,

    Cic. Off. 3, 33, 117 Beier:

    quamquam in consuetudine cottidianā perspexisses, sicuti perspicies,

    id. Fam. 3, 10, 2:

    quod fore, sicut accidit, videbat,

    Caes. B. G. 5, 58:

    terrendi magis hostes erant quam fallendi, sicut territi sunt,

    Liv. 25, 24.— Strengthened by re verā:

    apud nos, re verā sicut sunt, mercenarii scribae existimantur,

    Nep. Eum. 1, 5.—
    C.
    For introducing a term of comparison, as it were, like, as, as if, = tamquam (class.):

    ut sese splendore animi et vitae suae sicut speculum praebeat civibus,

    Cic. Rep. 2, 42, 69:

    qui, sicut unus paterfamilias, loquor,

    id. Inv. 2, 5, 19:

    quod me sicut alterum parentem et observat et diligit,

    id. Fam. 5, 8, 4:

    (natura) rationem in capite sicut in arce posuit,

    id. Tusc. 1, 10, 20; id. de Or. 1, 29, 132:

    ex his duabus diversis sicuti familiis unum quoddam est conflatum genus,

    id. Inv. 2, 3, 8:

    ab ejus (cornus) summo, sicut palmae, rami quam late diffunduntur,

    Caes. B. G. 6, 26 fin.:

    multi mortales vitam sicut peregrinantes transegere,

    Sall. C. 2, 8; 31, 5; 38, 3; id. J. 60, 4; Liv. 7, 11.—
    D.
    For introducing an example, as, as for instance, etc. (class.):

    quibus in causis omnibus, sicut in ipsā M.' Curii... fuit summa de jure dissensio,

    Cic. de Or. 1, 56, 238; Nep. Dat. 9:

    omnibus periculis, sicut cum Spartam oppugnavit,

    id. Pel. 4: sicuti cum, Lucil. ap. Non. p. 154, 27: sicuti si, Enn. ap. Gell. 3, 14, 5 (Ann. v. 344 Vahl.); Quint. 9, 3, 89; so id. 9, 3, 16; 9, 3, 91; 7, 2, 17; 8, 3, 51; Suet. Aug. 56; 85 al.—
    E.
    Sicut eram, erat, etc., like the Gr. hôs eichon, to denote an unchanged condition of the subject in a new state of action, just as I ( he, etc.) was ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose):

    sicut eram, fugio sine vestibus,

    Ov. M. 5, 601; 6, 657:

    sicut erat, rectos defert in Tartara currus,

    Stat. Th. 7, 820; so, sicut erat, id. ib. 3, 680; 4, 803; 10, 37; Luc. 2, 365:

    ille, sicut nudatus erat, pervenit ad Graecos,

    Curt. 9, 7, 10; 10, 4, 2:

    sicut erat togatus,

    Suet. Claud. 34; Just. 14, 4, 1; 26, 2, 4 al.:

    sicut erant,

    Ov. M. 3, 178; Suet. Calig. 45; id. Oth. 8:

    sicut erit,

    Tib. 3, 1, 18.—Less freq. with another verb:

    sicut curru eminebat, oculos circumferens,

    Curt. 4, 14, 9:

    praecipitatum in flumen, sicut vestitus advenerat,

    Suet. Claud. 9.—Form sicuti:

    sicuti erat, cruentā veste, in castra pervenit,

    Curt. 8, 3, 10 —
    F.
    A few times in Sallust with an accessory hypothetical signif., as if, just as if, = quasi:

    alii sicuti populi jura defenderent, pars, etc.,

    Sall. C. 38, 3:

    sicuti jurgio lacessitus foret, in Senatum venit,

    id. ib. 31, 5:

    sicuti audiri a suis aut cerni possent, etc.,

    id. J. 60, 4:

    sicuti salutatum introire ad Ciceronem,

    id. C. 28, 1.—
    G.
    Of time, as soon as, after (very rare):

    sicut adulescit, terram inde colligimus,

    Pall. Apr. 2, 3.

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  • 104 eō

       eō adv.    [old dat. and abl. of pron. stem I-].    I. Locat. and abl. uses, there, in that place: cum tu eo quinque legiones haberes.—Fig.: res erat eo iam loci, ut, etc., in such a condition.—Therefore, on that account, for that reason: lassam aibant tum esse; eo ad eam non admissa sum, T.: dederam litteras ad te: eo nunc ero brevior: quod eo volo, quia mihi utile est: quin eo sit occisus, quod non potuerit, etc.: eo scripsi, quo plus auctoritatis haberem: hoc eo facit, ut ille abesset: quod ego non eo vereor, ne mihi noceat.—With words of comparison, so much, by so much: quae quo plura sunt, eo meliore mente: quanto longius abscederent, eo, etc., L.: eo Mors atrocior erit, quod sit interfectus, etc.: eo libentius dixit, ut, etc.: quod quo studiosius absconditur, eo magis eminet: eo minus veritus navibus, quod in littore molli, etc., Cs.: ego illa extuli et eo quidem magis, ne putaret, etc.—    II. Dat. uses, to that place, thither: eo se recipere coeperunt, Cs.: eo respectum habere, a refuge in that quarter: ubi colonia esset, eo coloniam deducere: Ibit eo quo vis, etc., H.— Thereto, in addition, besides: eo accessit studium doctrinae: eo accedebat, quod, etc.— To that end, with that purpose, to this result: res eo spectat, ut, etc.: eo maxime incumbis: hoc eo valebat, ut, etc., N.— To that degree, to such an extent, so far, to such a point: usque eo commotus est, ut, etc.: eo magnitudinis procedere, S.: ubi iam eo consuetudinis adducta res est, ut, etc., L.: eo inopiae venere, ut vescerentur, etc. — Of time, up to the time, until, so long: bibitur usque eo, dum, etc.: usque eo se tenuit, quoad legati venerunt.
    * * *
    I
    there, to/toward that place; in that direction; to that object/point/stage
    II
    therefore, for that reason, consequently; by that degree; so much the more/less
    III
    eare, evi, etus V
    go, walk; march, advance; pass; flow; pass (time); ride; be in the middle
    IV
    ire, ivi(ii), itus V
    go, walk; march, advance; pass; flow; pass (time); ride; sail

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  • 105 tantus

        tantus adj.    [1 TA-].—Followed by a clause of comparison, of such size, of such a measure, so great, such: nullam (contionem) umquam vidi tantam, quanta nunc vestrum est: quanta cuiusque animo audacia naturā inest, tanta in bello patere solet, S.: tantā modestiā dicto audiens fuit, ut si privatus esset, N.: maria aspera iuro, Non ullum pro me tantum cepisse timorem, Quam, etc., V.—With ellips. of comparative clause, so great, so very great, so important: neque solum in tantis rebus, sed etiam in mediocribus studiis: ne tantae nationes coniungantur, Cs.: quae faceres in hominem tantum et talem.—Followed by a clause of result, so great, such: tanta erat operis firmitudo, ut, etc., Cs.: non fuit tantus homo Sex. Roscius in civitate, ut, etc.: nulla est tanta vis, quae non ferro frangi possit.—As subst n., so much, so many: habere tantum molestiae quantum gloriae: tantum complectitur, quod satis sit modicae palestrae: tantum hostium intra muros est, L.— Colloq.: tantum est, that is all, nothing more: Tantumne est? Ba. tantum, T.—In genit. of price, of such value, worth so much: frumentum tanti fuit, quanti iste aestimavit: Ubi me dixero dare tanti, T.: tanti eius apud se gratiam esse ostendit, uti, etc., was of such weight, Cs.—In abl. of difference, by so much, so much the: quanto erat in dies gravior oppugnatio, tanto crebriores litterae ad Caesarem mittebantur, Cs.: reperietis quinquiens tanto amplius istum quam quantum, etc.: si Cleomenes non tanto ante fugisset: post tanto, V.: tanto praestitit ceteros imperatores, quanto populus R. antecedit fortitudine cunctas nationes, N. — Colloq.: tanto melior! so much the better! well done! good! excellent! bravo! Ph.: tanto nequior! so much the worse! T.—Praegn., of such a quantity, such, so small, so slight, so trivial: ceterarum provinciarum vectigalia tanta sunt, ut iis vix contenti esse possimus.—As subst n., so little, so small a number: praesidi tantum est, ut ne murus quidem cingi possit, Cs.—In genit. of price, of little account, not so important: est mihi tanti, Quirites, huius invidiae tempestatem subire, i. e. it is a trifle to me: sunt o sunt iurgia tanti, i. e. are not too much to undergo, O.
    * * *
    tanta, tantum ADJ
    of such size; so great, so much

    tantus... quantus -- as much... as

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  • 106 metior

    mētĭor, mensus (post-class. metītus, Dig. 32, 1, 52), 4, v. dep. [Sanscr. ma, to measure; cf. Gr. me-tron, Lat. modus], to measure, mete (lands, corn); also, to measure or mete out, to deal out, distribute by measure (class.).
    I.
    Lit.:

    metiri agrum,

    Cic. Fam. 9, 17, 2:

    frumentum,

    id. Verr. 2, 3, 83, § 192:

    sol, quem metiri non possunt,

    id. Ac. 2, 41, 128:

    magnitudinem mundi,

    id. Off. 1, 43, 154: nummos, to measure one's money, i. e. to have a great abundance of it, Hor. S. 1, 1, 95:

    nummos modio,

    Petr. S. 37:

    se ad candelabrum,

    id. ib. 75:

    pedes syllabis,

    to measure by syllables, Cic. Or. 57, 194:

    frumentum militibus metiri,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 16:

    cum exercitu frumentum metiri oporteret,

    id. ib. 1, 23;

    7, 71: Caecubum,

    Hor. Epod. 9, 36:

    quis mensus est pugillo aquas?

    Vulg. Isa. 40, 12:

    tantus acervus fuit, ut metientibus dimidium super tres modios explesse, sint quidam auctores,

    Liv. 23, 12.—
    B.
    Poet. transf., to measure a distance, i. e. to pass, walk, or sail through or over, to traverse:

    Sacram metiente te viam (of the measured pace of a proud person),

    Hor. Epod. 4, 7:

    aequor curru,

    to sail through, Verg. G. 4, 389:

    aquas carinā,

    Ov. M. 9, 446:

    tu, cursu, dea menstruo metiens iter annuom,

    to go through complete, Cat. 34, 17:

    instabili gressu metitur litora cornix,

    Luc. 5, 556.—Also absol.:

    quin hic metimur gradibus militariis,

    to walk, Plaut. Ps. 4, 4, 11.—
    II.
    Trop., to measure, estimate, judge one thing by another; also simply to measure, estimate, judge of, set a value on a thing.
    (α).
    With abl. of the standard of comparison, or the means of judgment:

    sonantia metiri auribus,

    Cic. Or. 68, 227:

    oculo latus,

    Hor. S. 1, 2, 103:

    omnia quaestu,

    by profit, Cic. Phil. 2, 43, 111:

    qui nihil alterius causa faciet et metietur suis commodis omnia,

    id. Leg. 1, 14, 41:

    vides igitur, si amicitiam sua caritate metiare, nihil esse praestantius,

    id. Fin. 2, 26, 85:

    vim eloquentiae sua facultate non rei natura,

    id. Opt. Gen. Or. 4, 10:

    omnia voluptate,

    id. Fam. 7, 12, 2:

    studia utilitate,

    Quint. 12, 11, 29:

    magnos homines virtute, non fortuna,

    Nep. Eum. 1:

    usum pecuniae non magnitudine, sed ratione,

    Cic. Att. 14:

    officia utilitate,

    Lact. 6, 11, 12:

    odium in se aliorum suo in eos metiens odio,

    Liv. 3, 54:

    pericula suo metu,

    Sall. C. 31, 2:

    peccata vitiis,

    Cic. Par. 3, 1, 20:

    aetatem nostram non spatio senectutis, sed tempore adulescentiae,

    Quint. 12, 11, 13.—
    (β).
    With ex (very rare):

    fidelitas, quam ego ex mea conscientiā metior,

    Cic. Fam. 10, 4, 2: ex eo, quantum cuique satis est, metiuntur homines divitiarum modum, id. Par. 6, 1, 14.—
    (γ).
    With ad:

    nec se metitur ad illum quem dedit haec (paupertas) posuitque modum,

    i. e. accommodates herself, Juv. 6, 358.—
    (δ).
    Absol. (post-Aug.):

    metiri ac diligenter aestimare vires suas,

    Quint. 6, 1, 45:

    pondera sua,

    Mart. 12, 100, 8:

    sua regna,

    Luc. 8, 527. —
    (ε).
    With quod:

    quanto metiris pretio, quod, etc.,

    Juv. 9, 72.—
    B.
    To traverse. go over, pass through:

    late Aequora prospectu metior alta meo,

    Ov. H. 10, 28:

    tot casus, tot avia,

    Val. Fl. 5, 476:

    jamque duas lucis partes Hyperione menso,

    Ov. M. 8, 564.—
    C.
    To measure out, deal to any one, treat one well or ill:

    mensurā quā mensi fueritis, remetietur vobis,

    Vulg. Luc. 6, 38; cf. id. Matt. 7, 2.
    ► In pass.
    signif., to be measured:

    agri glebatim metiebantur,

    Lact. Mort. Persec. 23, 2:

    an sol pedis unius latitudine metiatur,

    Arn. 2, 86.— Part. perf.: mensus, a, um, measured off:

    mensa spatia conficere,

    Cic. N. D. 2, 27, 69.—As subst.:

    bene mensum dabo,

    good measure, Sen. Q. N. 4, 4, 1.

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  • 107 alibī

        alibī adv.,    elsewhere, somewhere else, at another place (cf. alio loco): Catulo alibi reponamus, find another place for: alibi servaturi auferuntur, Ta. —Esp., alibi... alibi, in one place... in another; here... there: alibi preces, alibi minae audiebantur, L.; cf. Hic segetes, illic veniunt felicius uvae, Arborei fetūs alibi, V.: alibi... deinde, Cu.— With alius or aliter, one here, another there; one in this, the other in that manner: exprobrantes suam quisque alius alibi militiam, L.: pecora diversos alium alibi pascere iubet, L.: alias... cetera, in some parts... the rest, Cu.—With a negative, nowhere else, in no other place: Nec tam praesentes alibi cognoscere divos, V.: nusquam alibi. — Alibi quam, indicating comparison, elsewhere than, commonly with a neg., nowhere else than: ne alibi quam in armis, L.: nusquam alibi quam in armis, L. — With interrog.: num alibi quam in Capitolio? L. — Meton., otherwise, in something else, in another matter, in other things, in other respects: nec spem salutis alibi quam in pace, L.: alibi quam in innocentiā spem habere, L.—Elsewhere, with some other person: alibi animus amori deditus, T.: alibi... alibi... invenio, in some authors... in others, L.
    * * *
    elsewhere, in another place; in other respects, otherwise; in another matter

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  • 108 item

        item adv.,    likewise, besides, also, further, moreover, too, as well: Unus et item alter, T.: Lentulus, itemque ceteri, S.: Romulus augur cum fratre item augure: Contemplator item, cum, etc., V.— In the phrase, non item, but not, but by no means: maxumas Mihi agebat (gratias); aliis non item, T.: corporum offensiones sine culpā accidere possunt, animorum non item.—In comparison, just so, in like manner, after the same manner, likewise, also: si sis Natus item ut aiunt Minervam esse, T.: fecisti item uti praedones solent: uti optio item esset, quasi dedisset, etc., L.
    * * *
    likewise; besides, also, similarly

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  • 109 red-dō

        red-dō didī, ditus, ere.    I. To give back, return, restore: scripsit ad te, ut redderes: alqd tibi, T.: Accipe quod numquam reddas mihi, H.: si quid ab omnibus conceditur, id reddo ac remitto, I give it back and renounce it: vobis amissa, L.: obsides, Cs.: follibus auras Accipiunt redduntque, take in and expel, V.: mulieri hereditatem: Redditus Cyri solio Phraates, H.: oculis nostris, V.: non reddere (beneficium) viro bono non licet: se convivio, return, L.: se catenis, H.: Teucrūm se reddat in arma, exposes, V.: Sic modo conbibitur, modo... Redditur ingens Erasinus, is swallowed up... reappears, O.: (Daedalus) Redditus his terris, on his return, V.—To utter in response, make in answer: veras audire et reddere voces, return, V.: Aeneas contra cui talia reddit, answered, V.: responsum, L.—To render, translate, interpret: quae legeram Graece, Latine reddere: verbum pro verbo: verbum verbo, H.—To render, represent, imitate, express, resemble: faciem locorum, O.: et qui te nomine reddet Silvius Aeneas, i. e. shall bear your name, V.—To make to be, cause to appear, render, make: quam (civitatem) ille inlustrem reddidit: itinera infesta, Cs.: Quem insignem reddidit arte, V.: obscuraque moto Reddita forma lacu est, made indistinct, O.: omnīs Catillinas Acidinos postea reddidit, made patriots in comparison: dictum ac factum reddidi, i. e. no sooner said than done, T.: hic reddes omnia ei consilia incerta ut sient, T.: fasciculum sibi aquā madidum r<*>itum esse.—To pay back, revenge, requite, p<*>sh, take satisfaction for: per eum stare quo minus accepta ad Cannas redderetur hosti clades, L.: reddidit hosti cladem, L.    II. To give up, hand over, deliver, impart, assign, yield, render, give, grant, bestow, surrender, relinquish, resign: mihi epistulam: litteris a Caesare consulibus redditis, Cs.: ut primi Salio reddantur honores, V.: reddita gratia (i. e. relata), S.: reddunt ova columbae, Iu.: obligatam Iovi dapem, H.: mors pro patriā reddita: morbo naturae debitum, i. e. to die by disease, N.: hanc animam vacuas in auras, O.: caute vota reddunto, pay: fumantia exta, V.: gravīs poenas, i. e. suffer, S.: reddi viro promissa iubebant, to be awarded, V.: rationem, render an account: animam a pulmonibus reddere, exhale: sonum, give forth, H.: vox reddita, uttered, V: catulum partu, O.: Fructum, quem reddunt praedia, produce, T.: Una superstitio, superis quae reddita divis, which belongs to the gods, V.: tunicam servo, Iu.: neque his petentibus ius redditur, is granted, Cs.: quod reliquum vitae virium, id ferro potissimum reddere volebant, sacrifice: Thermitanis urbem, agros, i. e. leave unforfeited: (civitati) iura legesque, home-rule, Cs.: tribus populis suae leges redditae, independence was recognized, L.: conubia, to grant, L.: Peccatis veniam, H.: Nomina facto vera, call by the right name, O.: magistratūs adi, Iudicium ut reddant tibi, grant you a trial, T.: iudicia in privatos reddebat, assumed jurisdiction in civil actions, Cs.: ius, to give judgment, Ta.—To repeat, report, narrate, recite, rehearse: ea sine scripto verbis eisdem: sive paribus paria (verba) redduntur, sive opponuntur contraria: dictata, rehearse, H.: carmen, recite, H.: causam, O.

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  • 110 sīc-ut or sīc-utī

        sīc-ut or sīc-utī adv.    —With a verb, so as, just as, as: sicut ait Ennius: valeant preces apud te meae, sicut pro te hodie valuerunt, L.: urbem Romam, sicuti ego accepi, condidere Troiani, S.: sicut verbis nuncupavi, ita... legiones mecum Dis Manibus devoveo, L.: sicut medico diligenti natura corporis cognoscenda est, sic equidem, etc. —In abridged clauses, just as, like, in the same way as: nec sicut volgus, sed ut eruditi solent appellare sapientem: nihil me, sicut antea, iuvat Scribere versiculos, H.: hunc, sicut omni vitā, tum prensantem premebat nobilitas, L.: sicut in foro non bonos oratores, item in theatro actores malos perpeti: illi, sicut Campani Capuam, sic Regium habituri perpetuam sedem erant, L.—With a verb repeated in emphatic confirmation: dum modo sit haec res, sicut est, minime contemnenda, as it certainly is: si nox opportuna est eruptioni, sicut est, L.: illa, quamvis ridicula essent, sicut erant, tamen, etc., as no doubt they were: poteratque viri vox illa videri, Sicut erat, O.: quod fore, sicut accidit, videbat, Cs.—Introducing a term of comparison, as it were, like, as, as if: ut sese splendore animi sicut speculum praebeat civibus: ab eius (cornūs) summo, sicut palmae, ramique late diffunduntur, Cs.: fugā Tibur sicut arcem belli petunt, L.—Introducing an example, as, for instance: quibus in causis omnibus, sicut in ipsā M.' Curi... fuit dissensio: omnibus periculis, sicut cum Spartam oppugnavit, N.—Of condition, as, in the same condition as: Sicut eram, fugio sine vestibus, O.: ille, sicut nudatus erat, pervenit ad Graecos, Cu.: sicuti erat, cruentā veste, in castra pervenit, Cu.—Of a pretence, as if, just as if: alii sicuti populi iura defenderent, pars, etc., under pretence of defending, S.

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  • 111 ceu

    ceu, adv. [contr. from ce-ve, like neu and seu, from neve and sive], a particle of equality or comparison, as, like as, just as (in the ante-Aug. per., peculiar to more elevated poetry;

    later also in prose, in Seneca and Suet., and esp. freq. in Plin. H. N.): pars vertere terga, ceu quondam petiere rates,

    Verg. A. 6, 492:

    ceu talpae,

    Plin. 9, 6, 7, § 17:

    ceu notamus in muscis,

    id. 11, 48, 108, § 258; so id. 9, 37, 61, § 132; Suet. Vit. 17; Plin. 19, 12, 62, § 187.—
    II.
    In poet. comparisons (hence, haud aliter follows in a corresponding clause, Verg. A. 9, 797; 10, 360, or sic, id. ib. 10, 729), like, as, like as:

    tenuis fugit ceu fumus in auras,

    Verg. A. 5, 740; so id. G. 3, 542; * Cat. 64, 239:

    Hecuba et natae... Praecipites atrā ceu tempestate columbae,... sedebant,

    Verg. A. 2, 516; * Hor. C. 4, 4, 43:

    ceu nubibus arcus Mille jacit varios adverso sole colores,

    Verg. A. 5, 88; so id. ib. 5, 527.—
    b.
    With cum, as when, Verg. G. 1, 303: 4, 96; id. A. 7, 673; 9, 30; 9, 792; 10, 97; Sen. Q. N. 6, 24, 4.—
    c.
    With si (twice in Lucr.), Lucr. 4, 620; 6, 161.—
    B.
    Sometimes in a conditional sense, as if, as it were, like as if, etc., Enn. ap. Non. p. 483, 2:

    Thesea ceu pulsae ventorum flamine nubes Aërium nivei montis liquere cacumen,

    Cat. 64, 239:

    per aperta volans, ceu liber habenis, Aequora,

    Verg. G. 3, 194; Plin. 2, 28, 28, § 98; 9, 37, 61, § 132; 34, 18, 54, § 175; Suet. Tib. 52; Stat. Th. 1, 320.— Hence, with a subj.:

    ceu cetera nusquam Bella forent,

    Verg. A. 2, 438; Sil. 2, 378; Stat. S. 3, 1, 6; id. Th. 2, 417; Plin. 16, 10, 18. § 41; 31, 1, 1, § 2; 34, 6, 13, § 28 al.—
    C.
    In the Nat. Hist. of Pliny sometimes ceu vero = quasi vero, in refuting another's opinion, as if, just as if: ceu vero nesciam adversus Theophrastum scripsisse etiam feminam, Plin. praef. § 29; 7, 55, 56, § 188; 11, 39, 92, § 226; 12, 1, 5, § 11 al.; cf. upon this word, Hand, Turs. II. pp. 45-49.

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  • 112 conjectura

    conjectūra, ae, f. [conicio, I. B. 2.], a putting together of facts or indications; hence an opinion founded on a comparison of facts, a conjecture, guess, conjectural inference.
    I.
    In gen. (very freq., and class.):

    quod ad exemplum'st? Conjecturā si reperire possumus,

    Plaut. Trin. 4, 2, 76:

    hanc ego de me conjecturam domi facic,

    id. Cist. 2, 1, 2; id. Cas. 2, 3, 8; Cic. de Or. 2, 74, 299:

    conjecturam facere (ex re or re),

    Plaut. Poen. prol. 91; id. Rud. 3, 4, 66; Ter. And. 3, 2, 32; id. Heaut. 2, 3, 25; Cic. Mur. 21, 44; id. Verr. 2, 2, 74, § 183:

    attendite num aberret a conjecturā suspitio periculi mei,

    i. e. reasonable inference, id. Phil. 12, 9, 23; Quint. 8, 4, 26; Plin. Pan. 20 fin.:

    capere ex re,

    Varr. R. R. 3, 16, 32:

    capere,

    Cic. Rosc. Am. 35, 98:

    hoc videre licet ex aliquot rebus,

    Varr. R. R. 1, 7, 3:

    conjecturā uti,

    Quint. 3, 6, 15:

    judicare aliquid,

    Cic. Fl. 3, 6:

    coarguere aliquid,

    id. Agr. 1, 6, 18:

    quaerere aliquid,

    id. Or. 36, 126; cf.:

    quaeritur per conjecturam,

    Quint. 7, 2, 6:

    conjecturā aberrare,

    Cic. Att. 14, 22, 1:

    in conjecturam quantitas cadit,

    Quint. 7, 4, 43:

    aliquid conjecturā animi scrutari,

    Plin. 2, 11, 8, § 49; cf.:

    animi mei,

    Quint. 1, 2, 25: si qua conjectura mentis divinae sit ( gen. object.), Liv. 10, 39, 15; so,

    mentis,

    Quint. 7, 3, 25:

    animi,

    id. 7, 2, 6; 7, 2, 45:

    voluntatis,

    id. 12, 2, 19:

    veritatis,

    Suet. Galb. 7 et saep.—
    II.
    In partic.
    A.
    T. t. of the lang. of augury, a conclusion drawn from signs or omens, a divining, an interpreting of dreams, soothsaying, prophesying, Plaut. Rud. 3, 1, 20; id. Curc. 2, 1, 31; Cic. Div. 2, 31, 66; 1, 36, 78; 2, 63, 129; Ov. Tr. 1, 9, 51; Suet. Vit. 18.—
    B.
    An element of rhetorical representation founded on conjecture, Cic. Inv. 2, 5, 16; id. Part. Or. 9, 33 sq.; id. Div.. 2, 26, 55; Quint. 7, 2, 1; 3, 6, 50; cf.:

    in his omnibus conjecturam inducere,

    the form of conjecture, Cic. Inv. 2, 32, 99.

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  • 113 decolor

    dē-cŏlor, ōris ( acc. plur. heterocl. decoloros, Prud. steph. 1, 113), adj., deprived of it's natural color, discolored, defaced, faded, etc. ( poet., and in post-Aug. prose): decolorem sanguinem omnem exsorbuit, Cic. poet. Tusc. 2, 8 (transl. from Sophoc. Trach. 1058: ek de chlôron haima mou Pepôken êdê):

    Indus,

    swarthy, Prop. 4, 3, 10; Ov. Tr. 5, 3, 24;

    and India,

    id. M. 4, 21;

    so heres, (sc. Aethiope genitus),

    Juv. 6, 600:

    decolor fuligine,

    id. 7, 226:

    decolor sanguine,

    stained, Ov. Tr. 4, 2, 42; cf. Stat. Th. 12, 410:

    ara,

    id. Pont. 3, 2, 54:

    seges,

    Luc. 7, 851:

    uniones,

    Plin. 9, 35, 57, § 116:

    resina,

    id. 16, 12, 23, § 59.—
    II.
    Poet., of abstract subjects: deterior ac decolor aetas (i. e. the brazen and iron age, in comparison with the golden), depraved, degenerate, * Verg. A. 8, 326:

    fama,

    Ov. H. 9, 4.

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  • 114 diu

    dĭū (old form dĭūs, Orell. Inscr. 8206), adv. [old acc. form of duration of time; root in dies; v. Corss. Ausspr. 1, 232 sqq.].
    1.
    (Acc. to dies, I. B. 2.) By day (very rare), Manil. 4, 823;

    usually with noctu: noctuque et diu,

    Plaut. Cas. 4, 4, 5: noctu diuque, Titin. and Sall. H. Fragm. ap. Charis. p. 185 P. (Sall. H. 2, 54 Dietsch); Sall. J. 38, 3; 44, 5; 70, 1: nec noctu, nec diu, Plaut. Fragm. ap. Non. 98, 27:

    diu noctuque iter properabunt,

    Tac. A. 15, 12 fin.:

    noctu diuque hostibus obniti,

    id. H. 2, 5.—
    2.
    (Acc. to dies, II. A. 3.; lit., a space of time, a while; hence, with intens. signif.) A long time, long while, long (freq. in all periods; cf.:

    pridem, dudum): nimis diu et longum loquor,

    Plaut. Ps. 2, 3, 21; cf.

    so with longum,

    id. Ep. 3, 2, 40:

    diu multumque scriptitare,

    Cic. de Or. 1, 33, 152; so,

    diu multumque,

    id. Or. 1; id. Phil. 13, 5; id. Sull. 26, 73; Sall. J. 94, 3; Flor. 2, 3, 5;

    also: multum diuque,

    Cic. de Sen. 3 fin.:

    multum et diu,

    id. Agr. 2, 32, 88; id. Inv. 2, 19, 58:

    multum ac diu,

    App. M. 2, p. 126, 6; cf.

    also: recordatus multum et diu cogitavi... Eam rem volutavi et diu disputavi,

    Plaut. Most. 1, 2, 1 and 4:

    saepe et diu,

    Cic. Quint. 31, 96; cf.:

    saepe diuque,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 13, 1;

    diu diuque,

    App. M. 5, p. 167, 16; 12, p. 266, 16:

    diu atque acriter pugnatum est,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 26; 3, 21 et saep.:

    diu ego hunc cruciabo,

    Plaut. Capt. 3, 5, 73:

    Stoici diu mansuros aiunt animos: semper, negant,

    Cic. Tusc. 1. 31 fin.: [p. 600] diu princeps oratorum, aliquando aemulus Ciceronis, Quint. 11, 3, 8:

    tam diu restitisti,

    Plaut. Most. 3, 2, 100:

    tam diu,

    id. Mil. 3, 1, 34; id. ib. 4, 2, 89; Ter. Ad. 2, 2, 27; id. Hec. 4, 4, 23; id. Phorm. 1, 3, 13:

    eo, quo jam diu Sum judicatus,

    Plaut. Men. 1, 1, 20; so,

    jam diu,

    id. Capt. 4, 2, 102; id. Most. 1, 3, 144; id. Poen. 5, 4, 29; cf.:

    diu est jam,

    id. Most. 1, 4, 25:

    ille vult diu vivere, hic diu vixit: quamquam, O di boni! quid est in hominis vita diu?

    Cic. de Sen. 19, 68 and 69; cf.:

    sat diu vixisse,

    Plaut. Capt. 4, 2, 12:

    nimis diu maceror,

    id. Ep. 3, 1, 2; so,

    nimis diu,

    id. Merc. 1, 54; id. Pers. 4, 4, 105:

    non diu apud hunc servies,

    id. Pers. 4, 4, 65; cf.:

    haud diu,

    id. Mil. 2, 1, 17; Ter. Eun. 2, 3, 67.—Followed by dum, donec:

    diu expectare, dum, etc.,

    Suet. de Rhet. 1:

    diu jacere donec, etc.,

    Tac. G. 45.— Comp.: diūtius, longer [the t inserted, as in sectius and setius from secus, being a remnant of adv. ending -ter or -tus]:

    nolo te jactari diutius,

    Plaut. Trin. 3, 2, 59; id. Rud. 1, 2, 5; Ter. Heaut. 1, 1, 50; id. ib. 3, 1, 15; Cic. Lael. 27, 104; id. Rosc. Am. 7 fin.; Caes. B. G. 1, 16, 5; id. ib. 1, 26, 1 et saep.: cf.:

    minus diu quam,

    Cic. Att. 7, 3, 1.—In the historians freq. = a long while, very long, no comparison being intended:

    ne diutius commeatu prohiberetur,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 49; 3, 9, 5; 3, 29, 2; 4, 35, 2;

    7, 20, 5 et saep.: neque illis, qui victoriam adepti forent, diutius ea uti licuisset,

    Sall. C. 39, 4:

    legiones diutius sine consulari fuere,

    Tac. H. 1, 9.— Sup.:

    (Cato) qui senex diutissime fuisset,

    Cic. Lael. 1, 4; so id. Pis. 37; id. de Imp. Pomp. 5 fin.; Caes. B. G. 6, 21, 4; Suet. Vit. 14 al.:

    ut quam diutissime te jucunda opinione oblectarem,

    Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 1;

    so with quam,

    Caes. B. C. 3, 102, 3.—
    B.
    Long since, a great while ago (mostly ante-class.): quod arci, diu facti, celeriter corruissent, Varr. ap. Non. 77, 14; cf.:

    scelus, inquam, factum'st jam diu antiquom et vetus,

    Plaut. Most. 2, 2, 45; so,

    jam diu,

    id. Ep. 1, 1, 9; id. Men. 2, 3, 28; id. Ps. 1, 3, 4; Ter. Eun. 5, 6, 1; Cic. Att. 1, 19, 9 al.;

    for which: diu jam,

    Plin. 25, 1, 1, § 2; id. 19, 4, 15, § 40:

    is ex Anactorio... huc commigravit in Calydonem haud diu,

    not long ago, a short time ago, Ter. Ad. 4, 5, 15:

    nec loci gnara sum, nec diu hic fui,

    it is not long since I was here, Plaut. Rud. 1, 3, 28:

    jam diu est factum, quom discesti ab hero,

    id. As. 2, 1, 3.—With foll. quom, id. Merc. 3, 1, 44.—

    With postquam,

    id. Pers. 5, 2, 41.—With quod, id. Am. 1, 1, 146; August. Retract. 1 Prol.—
    C.
    In Mela repeatedly of place, a long way:

    Italia... inter superum mare et inferum excurrit diu solida,

    Mel. 2, 4, 1; so id. 1, 2, 3; id. 1, 3, 5. Cf. Hand Turs. II. pp. 285-291.

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  • 115 obpono

    oppōno ( obp-), pŏsŭi (in Plaut pŏsīvi), sĭtum, 3 ( sync.:

    oppostus for oppositus,

    Lucr. 4, 150), v. a. [ob-pono], to set or place against, to set or station before or opposite, to oppose (class., cf.: obicio, offero, adversor).
    I.
    Lit.
    A.
    In gen.:

    se venientibus in itinere,

    Caes. B. C 3, 30:

    huic equites,

    id. ib. 3, 75:

    turrim ad introitum portūs,

    id. ib. 3, 39: armatos homines ad omnes introitus. Cic. Caecin. 8, 27:

    Eumenem adversariis,

    Nep. Eum. 3, 2: (Hannibali) opposuit natura Alpemque nivemque, Juv 10, 152.— To place or put before, to hold before:

    ante oculos opposuit manum, Ov F. 4, 178: oculis manūs,

    id. ib. 3, 46:

    manum fronti,

    id. M. 2, 276:

    gallinae se opponant (pullis),

    Cic. N. D. 2, 52, 130:

    foramini oculos,

    to keep before the opening, Petr. 96:

    eos opponi omnibus contionibus auctores ad perniciem meam,

    represented, held up as, Cic. Sest. 19, 42:

    licet antestari? ego vero Oppono auriculam,

    offer, present, Hor. S. 1, 9, 76:

    oppositas habere fores,

    i. e. closed, Ov. H. 17, 8. — To apply, as a remedy:

    brassicam,

    Cato, R. R. 157.—
    B.
    In partic., to set against as a pledge, to pledge, wager, mortgage:

    pono pallium: ille suum anulum opposivit,

    Plaut. Curc. 2, 3, 77: potes mutuam drachumam me dare? Ps. Vix hercle opino, etsi me opponam pignori, id. Ps. 1, 1, 84: ager oppositus est, pignori ob decem minas, Ter. Phorm. 4, 3, 56; Vulg. 2 Esdr. 5, 3.—So, with a play upon both meanings:

    villula nostra non ad Austri flatus opposita est, verum ad milia quindecim,

    mortgaged, Cat. 26, 1 sq. —
    C.
    To expose, lay bare or open, abandon:

    opponere se periculis pro re publicā,

    Cic. Balb. 10, 26:

    Saguntinis pro nudatā moenibus patriā corpora opponentibus,

    Liv. 21, 8:

    nudatas radices hiberno frigori,

    Plin. 17, 28, 47, § 262.—
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    In gen., to set before, bring forward, set before the eyes or mind, to oppose, adduce, allege:

    pericula intendantur, formidines opponantur,

    Cic. Quint. 14, 47:

    ut ante occupet (orator), quod videat opponi,

    id. Or. 40, 138; id. Top. 24, 92; 25, 96:

    auctoritatem suam,

    id. Ac. 2, 20, 64:

    his quattuor causis totidem medicinae opponuntur,

    id. de Or. 2, 83, 339:

    opposuisti semel Ciceronis nostri valetudinem: conticui,

    id. Q. Fr. 2, 8 (10), 1:

    muri causam,

    id. Off. 3, 10, 41.—
    B.
    In partic.
    1.
    To speak against, oppose, object, reply, adduce in contradiction:

    quid opponas, si negem,

    Cic. Phil. 2, 4, 8:

    non minorem auctoritatem,

    id. Ac. 2, 20, 6:

    iis opposuit sese Socrates,

    id. Brut. 8, 31:

    quid habes quod mihi opponas?

    id. Phil. 2, 4, 8 sq.:

    ut opponeret Stoicis, summum bonum esse frui iis rebus,

    id. Ac. 2, 42, 131.—
    2.
    To set against, oppose, by way of comparison:

    multis secundis proeliis unum adversum, et id mediocre, opponerent,

    Caes. B. C. 3, 73; Phaedr. Epil. 2:

    rationibus labores,

    Cic. Rep. 1, 3, 4:

    quotiens quis dixerit, occidit Alexander Persarum multa milia, opponetur et Callisthenem,

    Sen. Q. N. 6, 23, 2; id. Ep. 117, 5; 118, 8 sq.; cf.:

    felicia tempora, quae te Moribus opponunt!

    Juv. 2, 39.—
    C.
    Jusjurandum alicui, to impose an oath on one, Dig. 37, 14, 6.—Hence. oppŏsĭtus, a, um, P a., placed or standing against or opposite, lying over against, opposed to, opposite (class.):

    moles oppositae fluctibus,

    Cic. Off. 2, 4, 14:

    luna opposita soli,

    id. Div. 2, 6, 17:

    oppositam petens contra Zancleia saxa Rhegion,

    Ov. M. 14, 47.— Trop.:

    Narbo propugnaculum istis ipsis nationibus oppositum,

    Cic. Font. 1, 3.—
    2.
    Subst.: oppŏsĭta, ōrum, n. plur., opposite, i. e. contradictory propositions, opposites (postclass.): opposita (antikeimena Graeci dicunt), Geil. 16, 8, 13.

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  • 116 oppono

    oppōno ( obp-), pŏsŭi (in Plaut pŏsīvi), sĭtum, 3 ( sync.:

    oppostus for oppositus,

    Lucr. 4, 150), v. a. [ob-pono], to set or place against, to set or station before or opposite, to oppose (class., cf.: obicio, offero, adversor).
    I.
    Lit.
    A.
    In gen.:

    se venientibus in itinere,

    Caes. B. C 3, 30:

    huic equites,

    id. ib. 3, 75:

    turrim ad introitum portūs,

    id. ib. 3, 39: armatos homines ad omnes introitus. Cic. Caecin. 8, 27:

    Eumenem adversariis,

    Nep. Eum. 3, 2: (Hannibali) opposuit natura Alpemque nivemque, Juv 10, 152.— To place or put before, to hold before:

    ante oculos opposuit manum, Ov F. 4, 178: oculis manūs,

    id. ib. 3, 46:

    manum fronti,

    id. M. 2, 276:

    gallinae se opponant (pullis),

    Cic. N. D. 2, 52, 130:

    foramini oculos,

    to keep before the opening, Petr. 96:

    eos opponi omnibus contionibus auctores ad perniciem meam,

    represented, held up as, Cic. Sest. 19, 42:

    licet antestari? ego vero Oppono auriculam,

    offer, present, Hor. S. 1, 9, 76:

    oppositas habere fores,

    i. e. closed, Ov. H. 17, 8. — To apply, as a remedy:

    brassicam,

    Cato, R. R. 157.—
    B.
    In partic., to set against as a pledge, to pledge, wager, mortgage:

    pono pallium: ille suum anulum opposivit,

    Plaut. Curc. 2, 3, 77: potes mutuam drachumam me dare? Ps. Vix hercle opino, etsi me opponam pignori, id. Ps. 1, 1, 84: ager oppositus est, pignori ob decem minas, Ter. Phorm. 4, 3, 56; Vulg. 2 Esdr. 5, 3.—So, with a play upon both meanings:

    villula nostra non ad Austri flatus opposita est, verum ad milia quindecim,

    mortgaged, Cat. 26, 1 sq. —
    C.
    To expose, lay bare or open, abandon:

    opponere se periculis pro re publicā,

    Cic. Balb. 10, 26:

    Saguntinis pro nudatā moenibus patriā corpora opponentibus,

    Liv. 21, 8:

    nudatas radices hiberno frigori,

    Plin. 17, 28, 47, § 262.—
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    In gen., to set before, bring forward, set before the eyes or mind, to oppose, adduce, allege:

    pericula intendantur, formidines opponantur,

    Cic. Quint. 14, 47:

    ut ante occupet (orator), quod videat opponi,

    id. Or. 40, 138; id. Top. 24, 92; 25, 96:

    auctoritatem suam,

    id. Ac. 2, 20, 64:

    his quattuor causis totidem medicinae opponuntur,

    id. de Or. 2, 83, 339:

    opposuisti semel Ciceronis nostri valetudinem: conticui,

    id. Q. Fr. 2, 8 (10), 1:

    muri causam,

    id. Off. 3, 10, 41.—
    B.
    In partic.
    1.
    To speak against, oppose, object, reply, adduce in contradiction:

    quid opponas, si negem,

    Cic. Phil. 2, 4, 8:

    non minorem auctoritatem,

    id. Ac. 2, 20, 6:

    iis opposuit sese Socrates,

    id. Brut. 8, 31:

    quid habes quod mihi opponas?

    id. Phil. 2, 4, 8 sq.:

    ut opponeret Stoicis, summum bonum esse frui iis rebus,

    id. Ac. 2, 42, 131.—
    2.
    To set against, oppose, by way of comparison:

    multis secundis proeliis unum adversum, et id mediocre, opponerent,

    Caes. B. C. 3, 73; Phaedr. Epil. 2:

    rationibus labores,

    Cic. Rep. 1, 3, 4:

    quotiens quis dixerit, occidit Alexander Persarum multa milia, opponetur et Callisthenem,

    Sen. Q. N. 6, 23, 2; id. Ep. 117, 5; 118, 8 sq.; cf.:

    felicia tempora, quae te Moribus opponunt!

    Juv. 2, 39.—
    C.
    Jusjurandum alicui, to impose an oath on one, Dig. 37, 14, 6.—Hence. oppŏsĭtus, a, um, P a., placed or standing against or opposite, lying over against, opposed to, opposite (class.):

    moles oppositae fluctibus,

    Cic. Off. 2, 4, 14:

    luna opposita soli,

    id. Div. 2, 6, 17:

    oppositam petens contra Zancleia saxa Rhegion,

    Ov. M. 14, 47.— Trop.:

    Narbo propugnaculum istis ipsis nationibus oppositum,

    Cic. Font. 1, 3.—
    2.
    Subst.: oppŏsĭta, ōrum, n. plur., opposite, i. e. contradictory propositions, opposites (postclass.): opposita (antikeimena Graeci dicunt), Geil. 16, 8, 13.

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  • 117 opposita

    oppōno ( obp-), pŏsŭi (in Plaut pŏsīvi), sĭtum, 3 ( sync.:

    oppostus for oppositus,

    Lucr. 4, 150), v. a. [ob-pono], to set or place against, to set or station before or opposite, to oppose (class., cf.: obicio, offero, adversor).
    I.
    Lit.
    A.
    In gen.:

    se venientibus in itinere,

    Caes. B. C 3, 30:

    huic equites,

    id. ib. 3, 75:

    turrim ad introitum portūs,

    id. ib. 3, 39: armatos homines ad omnes introitus. Cic. Caecin. 8, 27:

    Eumenem adversariis,

    Nep. Eum. 3, 2: (Hannibali) opposuit natura Alpemque nivemque, Juv 10, 152.— To place or put before, to hold before:

    ante oculos opposuit manum, Ov F. 4, 178: oculis manūs,

    id. ib. 3, 46:

    manum fronti,

    id. M. 2, 276:

    gallinae se opponant (pullis),

    Cic. N. D. 2, 52, 130:

    foramini oculos,

    to keep before the opening, Petr. 96:

    eos opponi omnibus contionibus auctores ad perniciem meam,

    represented, held up as, Cic. Sest. 19, 42:

    licet antestari? ego vero Oppono auriculam,

    offer, present, Hor. S. 1, 9, 76:

    oppositas habere fores,

    i. e. closed, Ov. H. 17, 8. — To apply, as a remedy:

    brassicam,

    Cato, R. R. 157.—
    B.
    In partic., to set against as a pledge, to pledge, wager, mortgage:

    pono pallium: ille suum anulum opposivit,

    Plaut. Curc. 2, 3, 77: potes mutuam drachumam me dare? Ps. Vix hercle opino, etsi me opponam pignori, id. Ps. 1, 1, 84: ager oppositus est, pignori ob decem minas, Ter. Phorm. 4, 3, 56; Vulg. 2 Esdr. 5, 3.—So, with a play upon both meanings:

    villula nostra non ad Austri flatus opposita est, verum ad milia quindecim,

    mortgaged, Cat. 26, 1 sq. —
    C.
    To expose, lay bare or open, abandon:

    opponere se periculis pro re publicā,

    Cic. Balb. 10, 26:

    Saguntinis pro nudatā moenibus patriā corpora opponentibus,

    Liv. 21, 8:

    nudatas radices hiberno frigori,

    Plin. 17, 28, 47, § 262.—
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    In gen., to set before, bring forward, set before the eyes or mind, to oppose, adduce, allege:

    pericula intendantur, formidines opponantur,

    Cic. Quint. 14, 47:

    ut ante occupet (orator), quod videat opponi,

    id. Or. 40, 138; id. Top. 24, 92; 25, 96:

    auctoritatem suam,

    id. Ac. 2, 20, 64:

    his quattuor causis totidem medicinae opponuntur,

    id. de Or. 2, 83, 339:

    opposuisti semel Ciceronis nostri valetudinem: conticui,

    id. Q. Fr. 2, 8 (10), 1:

    muri causam,

    id. Off. 3, 10, 41.—
    B.
    In partic.
    1.
    To speak against, oppose, object, reply, adduce in contradiction:

    quid opponas, si negem,

    Cic. Phil. 2, 4, 8:

    non minorem auctoritatem,

    id. Ac. 2, 20, 6:

    iis opposuit sese Socrates,

    id. Brut. 8, 31:

    quid habes quod mihi opponas?

    id. Phil. 2, 4, 8 sq.:

    ut opponeret Stoicis, summum bonum esse frui iis rebus,

    id. Ac. 2, 42, 131.—
    2.
    To set against, oppose, by way of comparison:

    multis secundis proeliis unum adversum, et id mediocre, opponerent,

    Caes. B. C. 3, 73; Phaedr. Epil. 2:

    rationibus labores,

    Cic. Rep. 1, 3, 4:

    quotiens quis dixerit, occidit Alexander Persarum multa milia, opponetur et Callisthenem,

    Sen. Q. N. 6, 23, 2; id. Ep. 117, 5; 118, 8 sq.; cf.:

    felicia tempora, quae te Moribus opponunt!

    Juv. 2, 39.—
    C.
    Jusjurandum alicui, to impose an oath on one, Dig. 37, 14, 6.—Hence. oppŏsĭtus, a, um, P a., placed or standing against or opposite, lying over against, opposed to, opposite (class.):

    moles oppositae fluctibus,

    Cic. Off. 2, 4, 14:

    luna opposita soli,

    id. Div. 2, 6, 17:

    oppositam petens contra Zancleia saxa Rhegion,

    Ov. M. 14, 47.— Trop.:

    Narbo propugnaculum istis ipsis nationibus oppositum,

    Cic. Font. 1, 3.—
    2.
    Subst.: oppŏsĭta, ōrum, n. plur., opposite, i. e. contradictory propositions, opposites (postclass.): opposita (antikeimena Graeci dicunt), Geil. 16, 8, 13.

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  • 118 simile

    sĭmĭlis, e, adj. [Sanscr. samā, together; Gr. hama, omoios; Lat. simul, simulare; cf. simia], like, resembling, similar (cf. par); constr. with gen. (so usu. in ante-Aug. Lat.), with dat. (rare in Cic., except with neuter nouns), with inter, atque, and absol.
    (α).
    With gen. (mostly ante - Aug.; so always in Plaut. and Ter.; cf. Brix ad Plaut. Capt. 1, 2, 7; but in Cic. almost exclusively of living beings; yet always veri simile; v. Madv. ad Cic. Fin. 5, 5, 12);

    of persons: similes avorum,

    Lucr. 4, 1218:

    nimis simili'st mei,

    Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 286; cf. id. ib. 2, 2, 226:

    ecquid mei similist (puer)?

    id. Truc. 2, 6, 24 Speng.:

    omnis inveniri similis tui vis,

    id. Capt. 3, 4, 50 Brix:

    ita est istaec (amica) hujus similis nostrae tua,

    id. Mil. 2, 6, 39:

    alia ejus similis,

    id. ib. 2, 5, 38:

    similis est Sagaristionis,

    id. Pers. 1, 1, 14:

    hominis similis,

    Cic. N. D. 1, 28, 78; Val. Max. 9, 14, 2:

    symbolum ejus similem,

    Plaut. Ps. 1, 1, 55:

    sui similem speciem,

    Cic. Tusc. 1, 15, 34:

    sui similis res,

    Lucr. 5, 830:

    volo me patris mei similem,

    Plaut. As. 1, 1, 53: patris similem esse. Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 12, § 30:

    non tam potuit patris similis esse, quam ille fuerat sui,

    id. Off. 1, 33, 121: quaererem ex eo, cujus suorum similis fuisset Africani fratris nepos; facie vel patris, vitā omnium perditorum ita similis, ut esset facile deterrimus;

    cujus etiam similis P. Crassi nepos, etc.,

    id. Tusc. 1, 33, 81:

    tui similis est probe,

    Ter. Heaut. 5, 3, 18:

    est similis majorum suorum,

    id. Ad. 3, 3, 57:

    haud similis virgo est virginum nostrarum,

    id. Eun. 2, 3, 22: haud parasitorum aliorum simil'est, Naev. ap. Non. 224, 26:

    virum non similem furis hujus,

    Plaut. As. 3, 3, 91:

    domini similis es,

    Ter. Eun. 3, 2, 43:

    in magistratu privatorum similes,

    Cic. Rep. 1, 43, 67:

    multi Gnathonum similes cum sint,

    id. Lael. 25, 94:

    plures Romuli quam Numae similes reges,

    Liv. 1, 20:

    ut sis tu similis Coeli Byrrhique latronum, Non ego sim Capri neque Sulci,

    Hor. S. 1, 4, 69 et saep.:

    deos esse tui similes putas?

    Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 128; so,

    tui,

    id. Rud. 2, 6, 16; Liv. 22, 39:

    nostri similes,

    id. 26, 50:

    sui similis,

    Plaut. Trin. 2, 2, 7; cf.:

    alterum similem sui quaerere,

    Cic. Lael. 22, 82:

    nihil est appetentius similium sui quam natura,

    id. ib. 14, 50:

    quam uterque est similis sui!

    Ter. Phorm. 3, 2, 16:

    tui similem esse,

    Cic. Fam. 9, 14, 6:

    sui similis gens,

    Tac. G. 4.—Of things:

    tam similem quam lacte lactist (i. e. lactis est, Brix ad loc.),

    Plaut. Mil. 2, 2, 85:

    haec atque hujus similia alia damna,

    id. ib. 3, 1, 105:

    perpulchra credo dona aut nostri similia,

    Ter. Eun. 3, 2, 15 Umpfenb.:

    quid habet illius carminis simile haec oratio,

    Cic. Rep. 1, 36, 56:

    si fabularum similia didicimus,

    id. ib.:

    paupertatem, ignominiam, similia horum,

    id. Fin. 3, 15, 51:

    similes meorum versus,

    Hor. S. 2, 1, 3:

    nonne hoc monstri simile'st?

    Ter. Eun. 2, 3, 43; so,

    monstri,

    id. Phorm. 5, 7 (8), 61:

    prodigii,

    Cic. Lig. 4, 11:

    narrationem veri similem,

    id. de Or. 2, 19, 83; cf.

    Cels. ap. Cuint. 2, 15, 32: simile veri,

    Cic. Fam. 12, 5, 1:

    quae similia veri sint,

    Liv. 5, 21 Drak. N. cr.; v. verus, and cf. also in the foll.—In comparing persons with things:

    hominem quojus rei Similem esse arbitrarer simulacrumque habere... Novarum aedium esse arbitror similem ego hominem,

    Plaut. Most. 1, 2, 6 sq.:

    amator simil'est oppidi hostilis,

    id. Truc. 1, 2, 68:

    meretricem esse similem sentis condecet,

    id. ib. 2, 1, 16: tu pueri pausilli simili'es, Nov. ap. Non. 224, 28:

    equi te Esse feri similem dico,

    Hor. S. 1, 5, 57.— Comp.: hominem hominis similiorem numquam vid: ego alterum, Neque aqua aquae, neque lac [p. 1701] test lactis usquam similius, Plaut. Men. 5, 9, 29 sq. Brix ad loc.:

    Rhodii Atticorum similiores,

    Cic. Brut. 13, 52.— Sup.:

    hic noster quaestus aucupii simillimu'st,

    Plaut. As. 1, 3, 63; id. Bacch. 4, 8, 72:

    meretrix fortunati oppidi,

    id. Cist. 1, 1, 82:

    tener et lactens puerique simillimus aevo,

    Ov. M. 15, 201:

    simillima societas hereditatis,

    Cic. Rosc. Com. 18, 55:

    quid esset simillimum veri,

    id. Tusc. 5, 4, 11.—
    (β).
    With dat. (of both persons and things; freq., and in post-Aug. writers almost always; not in Plaut. or Ter. acc. to Ritschl, Opusc. 2, 570 sq.; 579 sq.; but contra, v. Ussing ad Plaut. Am. v. 595): simia quam similis nobis, Enn. ap. Cic. N. D. 1, 35, 97 (Sat. v. 45 Vahl.):

    patri suo,

    Cat. 61, 221; cf.:

    similis quidem (genitos) alios avo et ex geminis quoque alterum patri, alterum matri, annoque post genitum majori similem fuisse ut geminum. Quasdam sibi similis semper parere, quasdam viro, quasdam nulli, quasdam feminam patri, marem sibi,

    Plin. 7, 12, 10, § 51:

    similis malo est,

    Plaut. Poen. 3, 2, 36: Terentio non similem dices quempiam, Afran. ap. Suet. Vit. Ter. fin.:

    filius patri similis,

    Cic. Fin. 5, 5, 12 Madv. N. cr.:

    sit suo similis patri,

    Cat. 61, 217:

    patri,

    Ov. M. 6, 622:

    parentibus ac majoribus suis,

    Quint. 5, 10, 24:

    par similisque ceteris,

    Sall. C. 14, 4:

    huic in hoc similis,

    Cic. Ac. 2, 37, 118:

    similes Icilio,

    Liv. 3, 65:

    hinnuleo,

    Hor. C. 1, 23, 1:

    puro te similem vespero petit Rhode,

    id. ib. 3, 19, 26:

    multum similis metuenti,

    id. S. 2, 5, 92:

    fluctuanti,

    Liv. 6, 13 Drak.:

    flenti,

    Ov. M. 3, 652:

    cognoscenti,

    id. ib. 2, 501:

    roganti,

    id. ib. 3, 240:

    cogitantibus et dubitantibus,

    Quint. 11, 2, 47:

    ediscenti,

    id. 11, 2, 46:

    legenti,

    id. 11, 2, 32 et saep.—Of things:

    res similis nostris rebus,

    Lucr. 5, 435:

    quid simile habet epistula aut judicio aut contioni?

    Cic. Fam. 9, 21, 1:

    quid illi simile bello fuit?

    Caes. B. G. 7, 77:

    qui non Fescennino versu (i. e. versui) similem jaciebant,

    Liv. 7, 2 Drak. N. cr.:

    argumentum vero simile comoediae,

    Quint. 2, 4, 2; cf.:

    similia veris erant,

    Liv. 10, 20, 5:

    partim vera partim mixta eoque similia veris,

    id. 29, 20, 1; 8, 20, 5:

    cui vitio simile sit schema, ut, etc.,

    Quint. 9, 3, 10:

    primus (iambus) ad extremum similis sibi,

    Hor. A. P. 254:

    versus sibi,

    Quint. 9, 4, 60:

    oratio fuit precibus quam jurgio similis, similior,

    Liv. 3, 40 Drak. N. cr.—Comp.:

    flunt omnia castris quam urbi similiora,

    Liv. 4, 31 fin.:

    similius vero facit ipsos in amicitiam redisse,

    id. 8, 26, 6; 10, 26, 13; Quint. 3, 8, 31.— Sup.:

    puro simillimus amni,

    Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 120:

    media simillima veris sunt,

    Liv. 26, 49:

    simillimum id vero fecit,

    id. 44, 30, 4.—
    (γ).
    With gen. and dat. together:

    tum similes matrum materno semine fiunt, Ut patribus patrio,

    Lucr. 4, 1211:

    neque lac lacti magis est simile quam ille ego similis est mei,

    Plaut. Am. 2, 1, 54 Ussing ad loc.:

    deos hominum quam homines deorum, hoc illi, illud huic,

    Cic. N. D. 1, 32, 90:

    itaque plectri similem linguam nostri solent dicere, chordarum dentis, naris cornibus iis, qui, etc.,

    id. ib. 2, 59, 149; cf. under e.—
    (δ).
    In a doubtful construction. On account of the form:

    fugae similis profectio,

    Caes. B. G. 5, 47; 6, 7; 7, 43 fin.; id. B. C. 3, 13 et saep.—Because of an unsettled reading:

    similem Caesaris (or Caesari),

    Suet. Caes. 52.—
    (ε).
    With in and acc.:

    in speciem Junonis,

    App. M. 10, p. 253 fin. —
    (ζ).
    With inter:

    homines inter se cum formā tum moribus similes,

    Cic. Clu. 16, 46; so,

    homines inter se (opp. differentes),

    Quint. 12, 10, 22:

    (catulos) Inter se similes,

    Ov. M. 13, 835:

    quae sunt inter se similia,

    Cic. de Or. 3, 54, 206:

    res inter se similes,

    Quint. 9, 2, 51.—In a twofold construction:

    nihil est unum uni tam simile, tam par, quam omnes inter nosmetipsos sumus,

    Cic. Leg. 1, 10, 29:

    sunt inter se similia, sed non etiam prioribus,

    Quint. 9, 3, 49.—
    (η).
    With atque ( ac), et, ut si, tamquam si:

    si quid docere vis, aliquid ab isto simile in aestimatione atque a ceteris esse factum,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 83, § 193:

    ut simili ratione atque ipse fecerit suas injurias persequantur,

    Caes. B. G. 7, 38 fin.:

    nec similem habeat vultum, et si ampullam perdidisset,

    Cic. Fin. 4, 12, 31;

    v. Madv. ad h. l.: similes sunt, ut si qui dicant, etc.,

    id. Sen. 6, 17:

    similes sunt di, tamquam si Poeni, etc.,

    id. Div. 2, 64, 131.—
    (θ).
    Absol.:

    decet facta moresque hujus habere me similes,

    Plaut. Am 1, 1, 114:

    ex uno puteo similior numquam potis Aqua aeque sumi, quam haec est atque ista,

    id. Mil. 2, 6, 68 Brix ad loc.:

    ita formā simili pueri (gemini), ut, etc.,

    id. Men. prol. 19:

    meus est (puer), nimium quidem simili'st,

    id. Truc. 2, 6, 26:

    laudantur simili prole puerperae,

    i. e. that look like their fathers, Hor. C. 4, 5, 23:

    ecce similia omnia,

    Ter. Phorm. 2, 1, 34:

    par est avaritia, similis improbitas,

    Cic. Rosc. Am. 40, 118;

    but cf., in a more restricted sense: similia omnia magis quam paria,

    Liv. 45, 43:

    ad quam (amicitiam) se similis animus applicet,

    Cic. Lael. 14, 48:

    sicut erat in simili causā antea factum,

    id. Rep. 2, 37, 63:

    quod in simili culpā versabantur,

    Caes. B. C. 3, 110:

    simili ratione,

    id. B. G. 7, 4; id. B. C. 3, 76 al.:

    similem esse te volo quomodo filium, non quomodo imaginem,

    Sen. Ep. 84, 8:

    ecce aliud simile, dissimile,

    Cic. Fin. 4, 27, 76:

    si quis Aristotelem similem emit,

    a likeness of Aristotle, Juv. 2, 6; cf.:

    tabella, in quā tam similem videbis Issam, ut sit tam similis sibi nec ipsa,

    Mart. 1, 109, 19 sq.; 7, 87, 4:

    te similem,

    your likeness, Stat. S. 3, 3, 201; 5, 1, 1.— Poet., adverb. (=similiter):

    similis medios Juturna per hostīs Fertur,

    Verg. A. 12, 477.— Comp.:

    similiorem mulierem Magisque eandem non reor deos facere posse,

    Plaut. Mil. 2, 6, 48:

    nihil hoc simile est similius,

    id. Am. 1, 1, 290. — Sup.:

    simillimos dicito esse,

    Plaut. Mil. 2, 2, 91.—Hence, subst.: sĭmĭle, is, n.
    1.
    A comparison, likeness, parallel case, or example:

    quo facilius res perspici possit hoc simile ponitur,

    Cic. Fin. 3, 16, 54:

    utuntur simili,

    id. ib. 3, 14, 46:

    nec improbum sit pro simili accipi, quod plus sit,

    Quint. 7, 1, 61:

    qui memoriam ab aliquo simili transferunt ad id, quod, etc.,

    id. 11, 2, 30 et saep.:

    ignavi et erepti et similia,

    id. 1, 5, 69; 1, 6, 2; 2, 4, 26; 3, 5, 16 et saep.; cf.:

    latitatio, metus, similia,

    id. 7, 2, 46:

    de philosophiā, de republicā, similibus,

    id. 9, 4, 19; 11, 3, 153.—
    2.
    Resemblance, simile et majus est et par et minus, Quint. 7, 8, 7.— Adv. in two forms, simulter (ante-class.) and similiter (class.).
    * a.
    sĭmulter, in like manner, similarly:

    exossabo ego illum simulter itidem ut muraenam coquos,

    Plaut. Ps. 1, 3, 148 (cited ap. Non. 170, 25: simulter pro similiter); v. Ritschl ad Plaut. 1. 1.—
    b. (α).
    Absol. (so most freq.):

    ecquid adsimulo similiter?

    Plaut. Men. 1, 2, 37:

    similiter atque uno modo,

    Cic. Brut. 66, 233:

    illa quae similiter desinunt aut quae cadunt similiter,

    id. de Or. 3, 54, 206; id. Tusc. 4, 11, 25:

    si non similiter semper ingrediamur in argumentationem,

    id. Inv. 1, 41, 76:

    addunt etiam C. Marium... Similiter vos, cum, etc.,

    id. Ac. 2, 5, 14:

    quorum non similiter fides est nec justitia laudata,

    id. Rep. 2, 36, 61 et saep.— Comp.: scurram multo similius imitatum, more perfectly or naturally, Phaedr. 5, 5, 34.— Sup.:

    ut, etc.... simillime, etc.,

    just so, Cic. Tusc. 2, 23, 54.—
    (β).
    With atque ( ac), et, ut si:

    neque vero illum similiter, atque ipse eram, commotum esse vidi,

    Cic. Phil. 1, 4, 9; id. Ac. 2, 23, 72; Quint. 3, 7, 26:

    similiter facis, ac si me roges, cur, etc.,

    Cic. N. D. 3, 3, 8:

    similiter facere eos... ut si nautae certarent, etc.,

    id. Off. 1, 25, 87:

    similiter facit ut si posse putet,

    id. Tusc. 4, 18, 41:

    similiter et si dicat, etc.,

    id. Fin. 2, 7, 21; v. Madv. ad h. l.— Sup.:

    hic excipit Pompeium, simillime atque ut illā lege Glaucippus excipitur,

    Cic. Agr. 1, 4, 13.—
    * (γ).
    With dat.:

    similiter his, etc.,

    Plin. 11, 25, 30, § 86.

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  • 119 similis

    sĭmĭlis, e, adj. [Sanscr. samā, together; Gr. hama, omoios; Lat. simul, simulare; cf. simia], like, resembling, similar (cf. par); constr. with gen. (so usu. in ante-Aug. Lat.), with dat. (rare in Cic., except with neuter nouns), with inter, atque, and absol.
    (α).
    With gen. (mostly ante - Aug.; so always in Plaut. and Ter.; cf. Brix ad Plaut. Capt. 1, 2, 7; but in Cic. almost exclusively of living beings; yet always veri simile; v. Madv. ad Cic. Fin. 5, 5, 12);

    of persons: similes avorum,

    Lucr. 4, 1218:

    nimis simili'st mei,

    Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 286; cf. id. ib. 2, 2, 226:

    ecquid mei similist (puer)?

    id. Truc. 2, 6, 24 Speng.:

    omnis inveniri similis tui vis,

    id. Capt. 3, 4, 50 Brix:

    ita est istaec (amica) hujus similis nostrae tua,

    id. Mil. 2, 6, 39:

    alia ejus similis,

    id. ib. 2, 5, 38:

    similis est Sagaristionis,

    id. Pers. 1, 1, 14:

    hominis similis,

    Cic. N. D. 1, 28, 78; Val. Max. 9, 14, 2:

    symbolum ejus similem,

    Plaut. Ps. 1, 1, 55:

    sui similem speciem,

    Cic. Tusc. 1, 15, 34:

    sui similis res,

    Lucr. 5, 830:

    volo me patris mei similem,

    Plaut. As. 1, 1, 53: patris similem esse. Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 12, § 30:

    non tam potuit patris similis esse, quam ille fuerat sui,

    id. Off. 1, 33, 121: quaererem ex eo, cujus suorum similis fuisset Africani fratris nepos; facie vel patris, vitā omnium perditorum ita similis, ut esset facile deterrimus;

    cujus etiam similis P. Crassi nepos, etc.,

    id. Tusc. 1, 33, 81:

    tui similis est probe,

    Ter. Heaut. 5, 3, 18:

    est similis majorum suorum,

    id. Ad. 3, 3, 57:

    haud similis virgo est virginum nostrarum,

    id. Eun. 2, 3, 22: haud parasitorum aliorum simil'est, Naev. ap. Non. 224, 26:

    virum non similem furis hujus,

    Plaut. As. 3, 3, 91:

    domini similis es,

    Ter. Eun. 3, 2, 43:

    in magistratu privatorum similes,

    Cic. Rep. 1, 43, 67:

    multi Gnathonum similes cum sint,

    id. Lael. 25, 94:

    plures Romuli quam Numae similes reges,

    Liv. 1, 20:

    ut sis tu similis Coeli Byrrhique latronum, Non ego sim Capri neque Sulci,

    Hor. S. 1, 4, 69 et saep.:

    deos esse tui similes putas?

    Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 128; so,

    tui,

    id. Rud. 2, 6, 16; Liv. 22, 39:

    nostri similes,

    id. 26, 50:

    sui similis,

    Plaut. Trin. 2, 2, 7; cf.:

    alterum similem sui quaerere,

    Cic. Lael. 22, 82:

    nihil est appetentius similium sui quam natura,

    id. ib. 14, 50:

    quam uterque est similis sui!

    Ter. Phorm. 3, 2, 16:

    tui similem esse,

    Cic. Fam. 9, 14, 6:

    sui similis gens,

    Tac. G. 4.—Of things:

    tam similem quam lacte lactist (i. e. lactis est, Brix ad loc.),

    Plaut. Mil. 2, 2, 85:

    haec atque hujus similia alia damna,

    id. ib. 3, 1, 105:

    perpulchra credo dona aut nostri similia,

    Ter. Eun. 3, 2, 15 Umpfenb.:

    quid habet illius carminis simile haec oratio,

    Cic. Rep. 1, 36, 56:

    si fabularum similia didicimus,

    id. ib.:

    paupertatem, ignominiam, similia horum,

    id. Fin. 3, 15, 51:

    similes meorum versus,

    Hor. S. 2, 1, 3:

    nonne hoc monstri simile'st?

    Ter. Eun. 2, 3, 43; so,

    monstri,

    id. Phorm. 5, 7 (8), 61:

    prodigii,

    Cic. Lig. 4, 11:

    narrationem veri similem,

    id. de Or. 2, 19, 83; cf.

    Cels. ap. Cuint. 2, 15, 32: simile veri,

    Cic. Fam. 12, 5, 1:

    quae similia veri sint,

    Liv. 5, 21 Drak. N. cr.; v. verus, and cf. also in the foll.—In comparing persons with things:

    hominem quojus rei Similem esse arbitrarer simulacrumque habere... Novarum aedium esse arbitror similem ego hominem,

    Plaut. Most. 1, 2, 6 sq.:

    amator simil'est oppidi hostilis,

    id. Truc. 1, 2, 68:

    meretricem esse similem sentis condecet,

    id. ib. 2, 1, 16: tu pueri pausilli simili'es, Nov. ap. Non. 224, 28:

    equi te Esse feri similem dico,

    Hor. S. 1, 5, 57.— Comp.: hominem hominis similiorem numquam vid: ego alterum, Neque aqua aquae, neque lac [p. 1701] test lactis usquam similius, Plaut. Men. 5, 9, 29 sq. Brix ad loc.:

    Rhodii Atticorum similiores,

    Cic. Brut. 13, 52.— Sup.:

    hic noster quaestus aucupii simillimu'st,

    Plaut. As. 1, 3, 63; id. Bacch. 4, 8, 72:

    meretrix fortunati oppidi,

    id. Cist. 1, 1, 82:

    tener et lactens puerique simillimus aevo,

    Ov. M. 15, 201:

    simillima societas hereditatis,

    Cic. Rosc. Com. 18, 55:

    quid esset simillimum veri,

    id. Tusc. 5, 4, 11.—
    (β).
    With dat. (of both persons and things; freq., and in post-Aug. writers almost always; not in Plaut. or Ter. acc. to Ritschl, Opusc. 2, 570 sq.; 579 sq.; but contra, v. Ussing ad Plaut. Am. v. 595): simia quam similis nobis, Enn. ap. Cic. N. D. 1, 35, 97 (Sat. v. 45 Vahl.):

    patri suo,

    Cat. 61, 221; cf.:

    similis quidem (genitos) alios avo et ex geminis quoque alterum patri, alterum matri, annoque post genitum majori similem fuisse ut geminum. Quasdam sibi similis semper parere, quasdam viro, quasdam nulli, quasdam feminam patri, marem sibi,

    Plin. 7, 12, 10, § 51:

    similis malo est,

    Plaut. Poen. 3, 2, 36: Terentio non similem dices quempiam, Afran. ap. Suet. Vit. Ter. fin.:

    filius patri similis,

    Cic. Fin. 5, 5, 12 Madv. N. cr.:

    sit suo similis patri,

    Cat. 61, 217:

    patri,

    Ov. M. 6, 622:

    parentibus ac majoribus suis,

    Quint. 5, 10, 24:

    par similisque ceteris,

    Sall. C. 14, 4:

    huic in hoc similis,

    Cic. Ac. 2, 37, 118:

    similes Icilio,

    Liv. 3, 65:

    hinnuleo,

    Hor. C. 1, 23, 1:

    puro te similem vespero petit Rhode,

    id. ib. 3, 19, 26:

    multum similis metuenti,

    id. S. 2, 5, 92:

    fluctuanti,

    Liv. 6, 13 Drak.:

    flenti,

    Ov. M. 3, 652:

    cognoscenti,

    id. ib. 2, 501:

    roganti,

    id. ib. 3, 240:

    cogitantibus et dubitantibus,

    Quint. 11, 2, 47:

    ediscenti,

    id. 11, 2, 46:

    legenti,

    id. 11, 2, 32 et saep.—Of things:

    res similis nostris rebus,

    Lucr. 5, 435:

    quid simile habet epistula aut judicio aut contioni?

    Cic. Fam. 9, 21, 1:

    quid illi simile bello fuit?

    Caes. B. G. 7, 77:

    qui non Fescennino versu (i. e. versui) similem jaciebant,

    Liv. 7, 2 Drak. N. cr.:

    argumentum vero simile comoediae,

    Quint. 2, 4, 2; cf.:

    similia veris erant,

    Liv. 10, 20, 5:

    partim vera partim mixta eoque similia veris,

    id. 29, 20, 1; 8, 20, 5:

    cui vitio simile sit schema, ut, etc.,

    Quint. 9, 3, 10:

    primus (iambus) ad extremum similis sibi,

    Hor. A. P. 254:

    versus sibi,

    Quint. 9, 4, 60:

    oratio fuit precibus quam jurgio similis, similior,

    Liv. 3, 40 Drak. N. cr.—Comp.:

    flunt omnia castris quam urbi similiora,

    Liv. 4, 31 fin.:

    similius vero facit ipsos in amicitiam redisse,

    id. 8, 26, 6; 10, 26, 13; Quint. 3, 8, 31.— Sup.:

    puro simillimus amni,

    Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 120:

    media simillima veris sunt,

    Liv. 26, 49:

    simillimum id vero fecit,

    id. 44, 30, 4.—
    (γ).
    With gen. and dat. together:

    tum similes matrum materno semine fiunt, Ut patribus patrio,

    Lucr. 4, 1211:

    neque lac lacti magis est simile quam ille ego similis est mei,

    Plaut. Am. 2, 1, 54 Ussing ad loc.:

    deos hominum quam homines deorum, hoc illi, illud huic,

    Cic. N. D. 1, 32, 90:

    itaque plectri similem linguam nostri solent dicere, chordarum dentis, naris cornibus iis, qui, etc.,

    id. ib. 2, 59, 149; cf. under e.—
    (δ).
    In a doubtful construction. On account of the form:

    fugae similis profectio,

    Caes. B. G. 5, 47; 6, 7; 7, 43 fin.; id. B. C. 3, 13 et saep.—Because of an unsettled reading:

    similem Caesaris (or Caesari),

    Suet. Caes. 52.—
    (ε).
    With in and acc.:

    in speciem Junonis,

    App. M. 10, p. 253 fin. —
    (ζ).
    With inter:

    homines inter se cum formā tum moribus similes,

    Cic. Clu. 16, 46; so,

    homines inter se (opp. differentes),

    Quint. 12, 10, 22:

    (catulos) Inter se similes,

    Ov. M. 13, 835:

    quae sunt inter se similia,

    Cic. de Or. 3, 54, 206:

    res inter se similes,

    Quint. 9, 2, 51.—In a twofold construction:

    nihil est unum uni tam simile, tam par, quam omnes inter nosmetipsos sumus,

    Cic. Leg. 1, 10, 29:

    sunt inter se similia, sed non etiam prioribus,

    Quint. 9, 3, 49.—
    (η).
    With atque ( ac), et, ut si, tamquam si:

    si quid docere vis, aliquid ab isto simile in aestimatione atque a ceteris esse factum,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 83, § 193:

    ut simili ratione atque ipse fecerit suas injurias persequantur,

    Caes. B. G. 7, 38 fin.:

    nec similem habeat vultum, et si ampullam perdidisset,

    Cic. Fin. 4, 12, 31;

    v. Madv. ad h. l.: similes sunt, ut si qui dicant, etc.,

    id. Sen. 6, 17:

    similes sunt di, tamquam si Poeni, etc.,

    id. Div. 2, 64, 131.—
    (θ).
    Absol.:

    decet facta moresque hujus habere me similes,

    Plaut. Am 1, 1, 114:

    ex uno puteo similior numquam potis Aqua aeque sumi, quam haec est atque ista,

    id. Mil. 2, 6, 68 Brix ad loc.:

    ita formā simili pueri (gemini), ut, etc.,

    id. Men. prol. 19:

    meus est (puer), nimium quidem simili'st,

    id. Truc. 2, 6, 26:

    laudantur simili prole puerperae,

    i. e. that look like their fathers, Hor. C. 4, 5, 23:

    ecce similia omnia,

    Ter. Phorm. 2, 1, 34:

    par est avaritia, similis improbitas,

    Cic. Rosc. Am. 40, 118;

    but cf., in a more restricted sense: similia omnia magis quam paria,

    Liv. 45, 43:

    ad quam (amicitiam) se similis animus applicet,

    Cic. Lael. 14, 48:

    sicut erat in simili causā antea factum,

    id. Rep. 2, 37, 63:

    quod in simili culpā versabantur,

    Caes. B. C. 3, 110:

    simili ratione,

    id. B. G. 7, 4; id. B. C. 3, 76 al.:

    similem esse te volo quomodo filium, non quomodo imaginem,

    Sen. Ep. 84, 8:

    ecce aliud simile, dissimile,

    Cic. Fin. 4, 27, 76:

    si quis Aristotelem similem emit,

    a likeness of Aristotle, Juv. 2, 6; cf.:

    tabella, in quā tam similem videbis Issam, ut sit tam similis sibi nec ipsa,

    Mart. 1, 109, 19 sq.; 7, 87, 4:

    te similem,

    your likeness, Stat. S. 3, 3, 201; 5, 1, 1.— Poet., adverb. (=similiter):

    similis medios Juturna per hostīs Fertur,

    Verg. A. 12, 477.— Comp.:

    similiorem mulierem Magisque eandem non reor deos facere posse,

    Plaut. Mil. 2, 6, 48:

    nihil hoc simile est similius,

    id. Am. 1, 1, 290. — Sup.:

    simillimos dicito esse,

    Plaut. Mil. 2, 2, 91.—Hence, subst.: sĭmĭle, is, n.
    1.
    A comparison, likeness, parallel case, or example:

    quo facilius res perspici possit hoc simile ponitur,

    Cic. Fin. 3, 16, 54:

    utuntur simili,

    id. ib. 3, 14, 46:

    nec improbum sit pro simili accipi, quod plus sit,

    Quint. 7, 1, 61:

    qui memoriam ab aliquo simili transferunt ad id, quod, etc.,

    id. 11, 2, 30 et saep.:

    ignavi et erepti et similia,

    id. 1, 5, 69; 1, 6, 2; 2, 4, 26; 3, 5, 16 et saep.; cf.:

    latitatio, metus, similia,

    id. 7, 2, 46:

    de philosophiā, de republicā, similibus,

    id. 9, 4, 19; 11, 3, 153.—
    2.
    Resemblance, simile et majus est et par et minus, Quint. 7, 8, 7.— Adv. in two forms, simulter (ante-class.) and similiter (class.).
    * a.
    sĭmulter, in like manner, similarly:

    exossabo ego illum simulter itidem ut muraenam coquos,

    Plaut. Ps. 1, 3, 148 (cited ap. Non. 170, 25: simulter pro similiter); v. Ritschl ad Plaut. 1. 1.—
    b. (α).
    Absol. (so most freq.):

    ecquid adsimulo similiter?

    Plaut. Men. 1, 2, 37:

    similiter atque uno modo,

    Cic. Brut. 66, 233:

    illa quae similiter desinunt aut quae cadunt similiter,

    id. de Or. 3, 54, 206; id. Tusc. 4, 11, 25:

    si non similiter semper ingrediamur in argumentationem,

    id. Inv. 1, 41, 76:

    addunt etiam C. Marium... Similiter vos, cum, etc.,

    id. Ac. 2, 5, 14:

    quorum non similiter fides est nec justitia laudata,

    id. Rep. 2, 36, 61 et saep.— Comp.: scurram multo similius imitatum, more perfectly or naturally, Phaedr. 5, 5, 34.— Sup.:

    ut, etc.... simillime, etc.,

    just so, Cic. Tusc. 2, 23, 54.—
    (β).
    With atque ( ac), et, ut si:

    neque vero illum similiter, atque ipse eram, commotum esse vidi,

    Cic. Phil. 1, 4, 9; id. Ac. 2, 23, 72; Quint. 3, 7, 26:

    similiter facis, ac si me roges, cur, etc.,

    Cic. N. D. 3, 3, 8:

    similiter facere eos... ut si nautae certarent, etc.,

    id. Off. 1, 25, 87:

    similiter facit ut si posse putet,

    id. Tusc. 4, 18, 41:

    similiter et si dicat, etc.,

    id. Fin. 2, 7, 21; v. Madv. ad h. l.— Sup.:

    hic excipit Pompeium, simillime atque ut illā lege Glaucippus excipitur,

    Cic. Agr. 1, 4, 13.—
    * (γ).
    With dat.:

    similiter his, etc.,

    Plin. 11, 25, 30, § 86.

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  • 120 similitudo

    sĭmĭlĭtūdo, ĭnis, f. [similis].
    I.
    In gen., likeness, resemblance, similitude (class.).
    (α).
    With gen.:

    id ex similitudine floris lilium appellabant,

    Caes. B. G. 7, 73:

    id ad similitudinem panis efficiebant,

    id. B. C. 3, 48; cf.:

    umor ex hordeo aut frumento in quandam similitudinem vini corruptus,

    Tac. G. 23:

    armorum,

    Caes. B. G. 7, 50:

    coronae,

    Cic. N. D. 1, 11, 28:

    similitudo speciesque sapientium,

    id. Off. 3, 4, 16:

    studiorum societas similitudoque,

    id. Phil. 7, 2, 6: artis imago et similitudo. id. de Or. 2, 87, 356: similitudo servitutis, id. Rep. 1, 27, 43:

    domini,

    id. ib. 3, 34, 46; cf. id. ib. 1, 28, 44:

    regum,

    id. ib. 1, 41, 64:

    quorum (virorum),

    id. Tusc. 1, 46, 110:

    amoris humani,

    id. Lael. 21, 81:

    quae (gloria) habet speciem honestatis et similitudinem,

    id. Fin. 5, 24, 69:

    si cupis in te conparebit similitudo,

    Sen. Ep. 84, 8:

    exemplum deorum hominisve similitudinis expressae,

    Plin. 34, 7, 17, § 38.—
    (β).
    Absol.:

    nec vero ille artifex (Phidias), cum faceret Jovis formam aut Minervae, contemplabatur aliquem, e quo similitudinem duceret,

    Cic. Or. 2, 9:

    quam intuens ad illius similitudinem artem et manum dirigebat,

    id. ib.; so of a likeness in a portrait or image:

    nemo, quamvis paratos habeat colores, similitudinem reddet,

    Sen. Ep. 71, 2; Plin. 34, 7, 17, § 38; 35, 10, 36, § 88; and in the plur., id. 35, 12, 43, § 151:

    nihil est, quod ad se rem ullam tam alliciat, quam ad amicitiam similitudo,

    Cic. Lael. 14, 50; id. de Or. 2, 23, 96;

    so of mind or character: est igitur homini cum deo similitudo,

    id. Leg. 1, 8, 25:

    est nonnulla in his etiam inter ipsos similitudo,

    id. Brut. 16, 63:

    ad similitudinem deo propius accedebat humana virtus quam, etc.,

    comes nearer in likeness, bears a nearer resemblance, id. N. D. 1, 34, 96:

    hanc similitudinem qui imitatione adsequi volet,

    id. de Or. 2, 23, 96:

    genus imperii proximum similitudini regiae,

    bearing a very close resemblance to the royal power, id. Rep. 2, 32, 56:

    contrahit celeriter similitudo eos,

    Liv. 1, 46, 7.— Plur.:

    ut omittam similitudines,

    Cic. Rep. 1, 40, 62:

    sunt quaedam animi similitudines cum corpore,

    id. Tusc. 2, 23, 54:

    per rationem similitudines conparare,

    id. Off. 1, 4, 11.—
    II.
    Transf.
    A.
    Imitation:

    esse multos qui neminem imitentur, et suāpte naturā, quod velint, sine cujusquam similitudine consequantur,

    Cic. de Or. 2, 23, 98.—
    B.
    Analogy, application to similar cases:

    deduxisti totam hanc rem in duo genera solum causarum, cetera innumerabilia exercitationi et similitudini reliquisti,

    Cic. de Or. 2, 17, 71.—
    C.
    Sameness, uniformity, monotony: variare autem orationem magno opere oportebit;

    nam omnibus in rebus similitudo est satietatis mater,

    Cic. Inv. 1, 41, 76.—
    D.
    In partic., rhetor. t. t., a comparison, simile, similitude:

    similitudo est oratio traducens ad rem quampiam aliquid ex re dispari simile,

    Auct. Her. 4, 45, 59; Cic. de Or. 2, 40, 168; id. Top. 10, 41:

    argumentorum et similitudinum copia,

    id. Brut. 38, 143 fin.; Quint. 9, 1, 31; 9, 2, 2; 8, 3, 72 et saep.

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