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  • 1 Summum ius, summa iniuria

    The extreme law is the greatest injustice. (Cicero)

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  • 2 ulter

    ulter, tra, trum, adj. ( comp. ulterior, us; sup. ultimus) [cf.: uls, ollus, olim; and the advv. ultra, ultro], prop. that is beyond or on the other side. The posit. is not found, but the comp. and sup. are very freq.
    I.
    Comp.: ultĕrĭor, ĭus, farther, on the farther side, that is beyond, ulterior:

    quis est ulterior?

    Ter. Phorm. 4, 2, 10:

    quorum alter ulteriorem Galliam decernit cum Syriā, alter citeriorem,

    i. e. transalpine, Cic. Prov. Cons. 15, 36:

    Gallia,

    id. Att. 8, 3, 3; Caes. B. G. 1, 7:

    portus,

    id. ib. 4, 23:

    Hispania,

    Suet. Caes. 7; 18; 56:

    pars urbis,

    Liv. 34, 20, 5:

    ripa,

    Verg. A. 6, 314; Vell. 2, 107, 1:

    ulterius medio spatium sol altus habebat,

    Ov. M. 2, 417.—
    B.
    As subst.
    1.
    ul-tĕrĭōres, um, m. (sc. homines), the more remote, or more distant persons, those beyond:

    cum ab proximis impetrare non possent, ulteriores tentant,

    Caes. B. G. 6, 2: recurritur ex proximis locis;

    ulteriores non inventi,

    Liv. 3, 60, 7:

    proximi ripae neglegenter, ulteriores exquisitius,

    Tac. G. 17.—
    2.
    ultĕrĭōra, um, n. (sc. loca or negotia).
    (α).
    Of places, the more remote parts or regions, the districts beyond:

    Mosellae pons, qui ulteriora coloniae annectit,

    Tac. H. 4, 77.—
    (β).
    In gen., of things, that which is beyond, things beyond, farther, or in addition; things future:

    ulteriora mirari, praesentia sequi,

    Tac. H. 4, 8:

    ut dum proxima dicimus, struere ulteriora possimus,

    things beyond, what is to come, Quint. 10, 7, 8; cf.:

    pudor est ulteriora loqui,

    Ov. F. 5, 532; id. A. A. 3, 769:

    semper et inventis ulteriora petit,

    id. Am. 2, 9, 10.—
    3.
    Rarely sing.: ultĕrĭus, ōris, n., something more, any thing further:

    cujus (fero, tuli) praeteritum perfectum et ulterius non invenitur,

    Quint. 1, 6, 26.—
    II.
    Sup.: ultĭmus, a, um, that is farthest beyond, i. e. the farthest, most distant, most remote, the uttermost, extreme, last; often to be rendered as a subst., the farthest or most distant part of any thing, etc. (opp. to citimus, while extremus is opp. to intimus).
    A.
    Lit., of space:

    illa minima (luna) quae ultima a caeio, citima terris luce lucebat alienā,

    Cic. Rep. 6, 16, 16:

    partes,

    id. ib. 6, 20, 20:

    in ultimam provinciam se conjecit,

    id. Att. 5, 16, 4:

    devehendum in ultimas maris terrarumque oras,

    Liv. 21, 10, 12:

    orae,

    Plaut. Most. 4, 3, 3; Hor. C. 3, 3, 45; Liv. 5, 37, 2:

    campi,

    Plaut. Rud. 4, 3, 95:

    Hesperia,

    Hor. C. 1, 36, 4:

    Africa,

    id. ib. 2, 18, 4:

    Geloni,

    id. ib. 2, 20, 18:

    in plateā ultimā,

    Plaut. Curc. 2, 2, 28; id. Mil. 3, 1, 15:

    in ultimis aedibus,

    Ter. Heaut. 5, 1, 29:

    spelunca draconis,

    Phaedr. 4, 18, 3:

    cauda,

    i. e. the end of, Plin. 9, 5, 4, § 11:

    mors ultima linea rerum est,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 16, 79.—
    2.
    Subst.
    (α).
    ultĭmi, ōrum, m. (sc. homines), the farthest or most remote people:

    recessum primis ultimi non dabant,

    Caes. B. G. 5, 43.—
    (β).
    ultĭma, ōrum, n. (sc. negotia), the farthest or most remote things:

    praeponens ultima primis,

    Hor. S. 1, 4, 59:

    ultima signant,

    the goal, Verg. A. 5, 317.—
    (γ).
    Rarely sing.: ultĭmum, i, n., the last, the end:

    caelum ipsum, quod extremum atque ultimum mundi est,

    Cic. Div. 2, 43, 91.—
    B.
    Transf.
    1.
    Of time or order of succession, the remotest, earliest, oldest, first; the last, latest, final:

    ultimi et proximi temporis recordatio,

    Cic. Prov. Cons. 18, 43:

    tam multis ab ultimā antiquitate repetitis,

    id. Fin. 1, 20, 65:

    tempora,

    id. Leg. 1, 3. 8:

    initium,

    Auct. Her. 1, 9, 14:

    principium,

    Cic. Inv. 2, 2, 5:

    memoria pueritiae,

    id. Arch. 1, 1:

    memoria saeculorum,

    Just. 12, 16, 3:

    vetustas hominum,

    id. 2, 1, 20:

    sanguinis auctor,

    Verg. A. 7, 49:

    ultima quid referam?

    Ov. H. 14, 109: scilicet ultima semper Exspectanda dies homini est, last, id.M. 3, 135:

    aetas est de ferro,

    id. ib. 1, 127:

    vox,

    id. ib. 3, 499:

    dicta,

    id. ib. 9, 126:

    lapis,

    i. e. a gravestone, Prop. 1, 17, 20: cerae, i. e. a last will, testament, Mart. 4, 70, 2:

    aetas,

    Quint. 12, 4, 2:

    senectus,

    id. 11, 1, 10:

    virtute pares, necessitate, quae ultimum ac maximum telum est, superiores estis,

    Liv. 4, 28, 5:

    decurritur ad illud extremum atque ultimum senatus consultum,

    Caes. B. C. 1, 5. —As subst.: ultĭma, ōrum, n.:

    perferto et ultima exspectato,

    final events, the end, Cic. Fam. 7, 17, 2:

    ultima vitae,

    Calp. Ecl. 3, 91.—Rarely sing.:

    matrem ultimo aetatis affectam,

    Aus. Vict. Or. Gent. Rom. 10.—Adverb.:

    si fidem ad ultimum fratri praestitisset,

    to the last, Liv. 45, 19, 17; 3, 64, 8; 3, 64, 11; also (more freq.) at last, lastly, finally, = ad extremum, ad postremum, postremo:

    si qualis in cives, talis ad ultimum in liberos esset,

    Liv. 1, 53, 10; 5, 10, 8; 3, 10, 3:

    ne se ad ultimum perditum irent,

    id. 26, 27, 10; so,

    ultimo,

    Suet. Ner. 32 fin.; Petr. 20, 139;

    and, ultimum,

    for the last time, Liv. 1, 29, 3; Curt. 5, 12, 8; App. M. 2, p. 126.—
    2.
    Of degree or rank, and denoting the highest as well as the lowest extreme of either.
    a.
    The utmost, extreme, the highest, first, greatest, = summus, extremus:

    summum bonum, quod ultimum appello,

    Cic. Fin. 3, 9, 30:

    ultimae perfectaeque naturae,

    id. N. D. 2, 12, 33:

    ut absit ab ultimis vitiis ipse praeceptor ac schola,

    Quint. 2, 2, 15:

    ultimae causae cur perirent, etc.,

    Hor. C. 1, 16, 18:

    scelus,

    Curt. 5, 12, 17:

    rex ad ultimum periculum venit,

    id. 7, 6, 22:

    facinus,

    id. 8, 8, 2; 6, 3, 13; 6, 9, 11:

    necessitas,

    id. 9, 12, 6; Liv. 2, 43, 3; 3, 4, 9; Sen. Clem. 1, 12, 5:

    ad ultimam inopiam adducere,

    Liv. 6, 3, 4; 37, 31, 2:

    ad ultimos casus servari,

    id. 27, 10, 11:

    dedecus,

    Curt. 9, 5, 11:

    exsecrationes,

    Just. 24, 2, 8: ultimum supplicium, extreme (i. e. capital) punishment, Caes. B. C. 1, 84; so,

    poena,

    Liv. 3, 58, 10; Plin. Ep. 2, 11, 8:

    desperatio,

    Tac. H. 2, 48; 2, 44; Curt. 10, 8, 9; Liv. 42, 66, 1; Sen. Contr. 4, 29, 2:

    discrimen ultimum vitae et regni,

    Liv. 37, 53, 16; 23, 21, 2:

    ad ultimam perductus tristitiam,

    Petr. 24.—Esp., as subst.: ultĭ-ma, ōrum, n.:

    omnia ultima pati,

    every extremity, the worst, Liv. 37, 54, 2:

    ultima pati,

    Ov. M. 14, 483; id. Tr. 3, 2, 11; Curt. 3, 1, 6:

    ultima audere,

    Liv. 3, 2, 11:

    priusquam ultima experirentur,

    id. 2, 28, 9.—Rarely sing.:

    paene in ultimum gladiorum erupit impunitas,

    Vell. 2, 125, 2:

    ad ultimum inopiae adducere,

    to the last degree. Liv. 23, 19, 2; 31, 38, 1:

    ad ultimum periculi pervenire,

    Curt. 8, 1, 15.— Trop.:

    ut in pecude, nisi quae vis obstitit, videmus naturam suo quodam itinere ad ultimum pervenire,

    Cic. N. D. 2, 13, 35.—Adverb.:

    ad ultimum pro fide morituri,

    Curt. 3, 1, 7:

    consilium sceleratum, sed non ad ultimum demens,

    in the extreme, utterly, to the last degree, Liv. 28, 28, 8.—
    b.
    The lowest, meanest (very rare):

    qui se Philippum regiaeque stirpis ferebat, cum esset ultimae,

    Vell. 1, 11, 1:

    principibus placuisse viris non ultima laus est,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 17, 35: ultima sit laudes inter ut illa tuas, Auct. Cons. ad Liv. 17:

    ultima pistoris illa uxor,

    the worst, App. M. 9, p. 224, 26.— Subst.:

    ut vigiliis et labore cum ultimis militum certaret (consul),

    Liv. 34, 18, 5:

    in ultimis laudum,

    id. 30, 30, 4:

    in ultimis ponere,

    the lowest, meanest things, Plin. 17, 12, 18, § 91.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > ulter

  • 3 ulteriora

    ulter, tra, trum, adj. ( comp. ulterior, us; sup. ultimus) [cf.: uls, ollus, olim; and the advv. ultra, ultro], prop. that is beyond or on the other side. The posit. is not found, but the comp. and sup. are very freq.
    I.
    Comp.: ultĕrĭor, ĭus, farther, on the farther side, that is beyond, ulterior:

    quis est ulterior?

    Ter. Phorm. 4, 2, 10:

    quorum alter ulteriorem Galliam decernit cum Syriā, alter citeriorem,

    i. e. transalpine, Cic. Prov. Cons. 15, 36:

    Gallia,

    id. Att. 8, 3, 3; Caes. B. G. 1, 7:

    portus,

    id. ib. 4, 23:

    Hispania,

    Suet. Caes. 7; 18; 56:

    pars urbis,

    Liv. 34, 20, 5:

    ripa,

    Verg. A. 6, 314; Vell. 2, 107, 1:

    ulterius medio spatium sol altus habebat,

    Ov. M. 2, 417.—
    B.
    As subst.
    1.
    ul-tĕrĭōres, um, m. (sc. homines), the more remote, or more distant persons, those beyond:

    cum ab proximis impetrare non possent, ulteriores tentant,

    Caes. B. G. 6, 2: recurritur ex proximis locis;

    ulteriores non inventi,

    Liv. 3, 60, 7:

    proximi ripae neglegenter, ulteriores exquisitius,

    Tac. G. 17.—
    2.
    ultĕrĭōra, um, n. (sc. loca or negotia).
    (α).
    Of places, the more remote parts or regions, the districts beyond:

    Mosellae pons, qui ulteriora coloniae annectit,

    Tac. H. 4, 77.—
    (β).
    In gen., of things, that which is beyond, things beyond, farther, or in addition; things future:

    ulteriora mirari, praesentia sequi,

    Tac. H. 4, 8:

    ut dum proxima dicimus, struere ulteriora possimus,

    things beyond, what is to come, Quint. 10, 7, 8; cf.:

    pudor est ulteriora loqui,

    Ov. F. 5, 532; id. A. A. 3, 769:

    semper et inventis ulteriora petit,

    id. Am. 2, 9, 10.—
    3.
    Rarely sing.: ultĕrĭus, ōris, n., something more, any thing further:

    cujus (fero, tuli) praeteritum perfectum et ulterius non invenitur,

    Quint. 1, 6, 26.—
    II.
    Sup.: ultĭmus, a, um, that is farthest beyond, i. e. the farthest, most distant, most remote, the uttermost, extreme, last; often to be rendered as a subst., the farthest or most distant part of any thing, etc. (opp. to citimus, while extremus is opp. to intimus).
    A.
    Lit., of space:

    illa minima (luna) quae ultima a caeio, citima terris luce lucebat alienā,

    Cic. Rep. 6, 16, 16:

    partes,

    id. ib. 6, 20, 20:

    in ultimam provinciam se conjecit,

    id. Att. 5, 16, 4:

    devehendum in ultimas maris terrarumque oras,

    Liv. 21, 10, 12:

    orae,

    Plaut. Most. 4, 3, 3; Hor. C. 3, 3, 45; Liv. 5, 37, 2:

    campi,

    Plaut. Rud. 4, 3, 95:

    Hesperia,

    Hor. C. 1, 36, 4:

    Africa,

    id. ib. 2, 18, 4:

    Geloni,

    id. ib. 2, 20, 18:

    in plateā ultimā,

    Plaut. Curc. 2, 2, 28; id. Mil. 3, 1, 15:

    in ultimis aedibus,

    Ter. Heaut. 5, 1, 29:

    spelunca draconis,

    Phaedr. 4, 18, 3:

    cauda,

    i. e. the end of, Plin. 9, 5, 4, § 11:

    mors ultima linea rerum est,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 16, 79.—
    2.
    Subst.
    (α).
    ultĭmi, ōrum, m. (sc. homines), the farthest or most remote people:

    recessum primis ultimi non dabant,

    Caes. B. G. 5, 43.—
    (β).
    ultĭma, ōrum, n. (sc. negotia), the farthest or most remote things:

    praeponens ultima primis,

    Hor. S. 1, 4, 59:

    ultima signant,

    the goal, Verg. A. 5, 317.—
    (γ).
    Rarely sing.: ultĭmum, i, n., the last, the end:

    caelum ipsum, quod extremum atque ultimum mundi est,

    Cic. Div. 2, 43, 91.—
    B.
    Transf.
    1.
    Of time or order of succession, the remotest, earliest, oldest, first; the last, latest, final:

    ultimi et proximi temporis recordatio,

    Cic. Prov. Cons. 18, 43:

    tam multis ab ultimā antiquitate repetitis,

    id. Fin. 1, 20, 65:

    tempora,

    id. Leg. 1, 3. 8:

    initium,

    Auct. Her. 1, 9, 14:

    principium,

    Cic. Inv. 2, 2, 5:

    memoria pueritiae,

    id. Arch. 1, 1:

    memoria saeculorum,

    Just. 12, 16, 3:

    vetustas hominum,

    id. 2, 1, 20:

    sanguinis auctor,

    Verg. A. 7, 49:

    ultima quid referam?

    Ov. H. 14, 109: scilicet ultima semper Exspectanda dies homini est, last, id.M. 3, 135:

    aetas est de ferro,

    id. ib. 1, 127:

    vox,

    id. ib. 3, 499:

    dicta,

    id. ib. 9, 126:

    lapis,

    i. e. a gravestone, Prop. 1, 17, 20: cerae, i. e. a last will, testament, Mart. 4, 70, 2:

    aetas,

    Quint. 12, 4, 2:

    senectus,

    id. 11, 1, 10:

    virtute pares, necessitate, quae ultimum ac maximum telum est, superiores estis,

    Liv. 4, 28, 5:

    decurritur ad illud extremum atque ultimum senatus consultum,

    Caes. B. C. 1, 5. —As subst.: ultĭma, ōrum, n.:

    perferto et ultima exspectato,

    final events, the end, Cic. Fam. 7, 17, 2:

    ultima vitae,

    Calp. Ecl. 3, 91.—Rarely sing.:

    matrem ultimo aetatis affectam,

    Aus. Vict. Or. Gent. Rom. 10.—Adverb.:

    si fidem ad ultimum fratri praestitisset,

    to the last, Liv. 45, 19, 17; 3, 64, 8; 3, 64, 11; also (more freq.) at last, lastly, finally, = ad extremum, ad postremum, postremo:

    si qualis in cives, talis ad ultimum in liberos esset,

    Liv. 1, 53, 10; 5, 10, 8; 3, 10, 3:

    ne se ad ultimum perditum irent,

    id. 26, 27, 10; so,

    ultimo,

    Suet. Ner. 32 fin.; Petr. 20, 139;

    and, ultimum,

    for the last time, Liv. 1, 29, 3; Curt. 5, 12, 8; App. M. 2, p. 126.—
    2.
    Of degree or rank, and denoting the highest as well as the lowest extreme of either.
    a.
    The utmost, extreme, the highest, first, greatest, = summus, extremus:

    summum bonum, quod ultimum appello,

    Cic. Fin. 3, 9, 30:

    ultimae perfectaeque naturae,

    id. N. D. 2, 12, 33:

    ut absit ab ultimis vitiis ipse praeceptor ac schola,

    Quint. 2, 2, 15:

    ultimae causae cur perirent, etc.,

    Hor. C. 1, 16, 18:

    scelus,

    Curt. 5, 12, 17:

    rex ad ultimum periculum venit,

    id. 7, 6, 22:

    facinus,

    id. 8, 8, 2; 6, 3, 13; 6, 9, 11:

    necessitas,

    id. 9, 12, 6; Liv. 2, 43, 3; 3, 4, 9; Sen. Clem. 1, 12, 5:

    ad ultimam inopiam adducere,

    Liv. 6, 3, 4; 37, 31, 2:

    ad ultimos casus servari,

    id. 27, 10, 11:

    dedecus,

    Curt. 9, 5, 11:

    exsecrationes,

    Just. 24, 2, 8: ultimum supplicium, extreme (i. e. capital) punishment, Caes. B. C. 1, 84; so,

    poena,

    Liv. 3, 58, 10; Plin. Ep. 2, 11, 8:

    desperatio,

    Tac. H. 2, 48; 2, 44; Curt. 10, 8, 9; Liv. 42, 66, 1; Sen. Contr. 4, 29, 2:

    discrimen ultimum vitae et regni,

    Liv. 37, 53, 16; 23, 21, 2:

    ad ultimam perductus tristitiam,

    Petr. 24.—Esp., as subst.: ultĭ-ma, ōrum, n.:

    omnia ultima pati,

    every extremity, the worst, Liv. 37, 54, 2:

    ultima pati,

    Ov. M. 14, 483; id. Tr. 3, 2, 11; Curt. 3, 1, 6:

    ultima audere,

    Liv. 3, 2, 11:

    priusquam ultima experirentur,

    id. 2, 28, 9.—Rarely sing.:

    paene in ultimum gladiorum erupit impunitas,

    Vell. 2, 125, 2:

    ad ultimum inopiae adducere,

    to the last degree. Liv. 23, 19, 2; 31, 38, 1:

    ad ultimum periculi pervenire,

    Curt. 8, 1, 15.— Trop.:

    ut in pecude, nisi quae vis obstitit, videmus naturam suo quodam itinere ad ultimum pervenire,

    Cic. N. D. 2, 13, 35.—Adverb.:

    ad ultimum pro fide morituri,

    Curt. 3, 1, 7:

    consilium sceleratum, sed non ad ultimum demens,

    in the extreme, utterly, to the last degree, Liv. 28, 28, 8.—
    b.
    The lowest, meanest (very rare):

    qui se Philippum regiaeque stirpis ferebat, cum esset ultimae,

    Vell. 1, 11, 1:

    principibus placuisse viris non ultima laus est,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 17, 35: ultima sit laudes inter ut illa tuas, Auct. Cons. ad Liv. 17:

    ultima pistoris illa uxor,

    the worst, App. M. 9, p. 224, 26.— Subst.:

    ut vigiliis et labore cum ultimis militum certaret (consul),

    Liv. 34, 18, 5:

    in ultimis laudum,

    id. 30, 30, 4:

    in ultimis ponere,

    the lowest, meanest things, Plin. 17, 12, 18, § 91.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > ulteriora

  • 4 ulteriores

    ulter, tra, trum, adj. ( comp. ulterior, us; sup. ultimus) [cf.: uls, ollus, olim; and the advv. ultra, ultro], prop. that is beyond or on the other side. The posit. is not found, but the comp. and sup. are very freq.
    I.
    Comp.: ultĕrĭor, ĭus, farther, on the farther side, that is beyond, ulterior:

    quis est ulterior?

    Ter. Phorm. 4, 2, 10:

    quorum alter ulteriorem Galliam decernit cum Syriā, alter citeriorem,

    i. e. transalpine, Cic. Prov. Cons. 15, 36:

    Gallia,

    id. Att. 8, 3, 3; Caes. B. G. 1, 7:

    portus,

    id. ib. 4, 23:

    Hispania,

    Suet. Caes. 7; 18; 56:

    pars urbis,

    Liv. 34, 20, 5:

    ripa,

    Verg. A. 6, 314; Vell. 2, 107, 1:

    ulterius medio spatium sol altus habebat,

    Ov. M. 2, 417.—
    B.
    As subst.
    1.
    ul-tĕrĭōres, um, m. (sc. homines), the more remote, or more distant persons, those beyond:

    cum ab proximis impetrare non possent, ulteriores tentant,

    Caes. B. G. 6, 2: recurritur ex proximis locis;

    ulteriores non inventi,

    Liv. 3, 60, 7:

    proximi ripae neglegenter, ulteriores exquisitius,

    Tac. G. 17.—
    2.
    ultĕrĭōra, um, n. (sc. loca or negotia).
    (α).
    Of places, the more remote parts or regions, the districts beyond:

    Mosellae pons, qui ulteriora coloniae annectit,

    Tac. H. 4, 77.—
    (β).
    In gen., of things, that which is beyond, things beyond, farther, or in addition; things future:

    ulteriora mirari, praesentia sequi,

    Tac. H. 4, 8:

    ut dum proxima dicimus, struere ulteriora possimus,

    things beyond, what is to come, Quint. 10, 7, 8; cf.:

    pudor est ulteriora loqui,

    Ov. F. 5, 532; id. A. A. 3, 769:

    semper et inventis ulteriora petit,

    id. Am. 2, 9, 10.—
    3.
    Rarely sing.: ultĕrĭus, ōris, n., something more, any thing further:

    cujus (fero, tuli) praeteritum perfectum et ulterius non invenitur,

    Quint. 1, 6, 26.—
    II.
    Sup.: ultĭmus, a, um, that is farthest beyond, i. e. the farthest, most distant, most remote, the uttermost, extreme, last; often to be rendered as a subst., the farthest or most distant part of any thing, etc. (opp. to citimus, while extremus is opp. to intimus).
    A.
    Lit., of space:

    illa minima (luna) quae ultima a caeio, citima terris luce lucebat alienā,

    Cic. Rep. 6, 16, 16:

    partes,

    id. ib. 6, 20, 20:

    in ultimam provinciam se conjecit,

    id. Att. 5, 16, 4:

    devehendum in ultimas maris terrarumque oras,

    Liv. 21, 10, 12:

    orae,

    Plaut. Most. 4, 3, 3; Hor. C. 3, 3, 45; Liv. 5, 37, 2:

    campi,

    Plaut. Rud. 4, 3, 95:

    Hesperia,

    Hor. C. 1, 36, 4:

    Africa,

    id. ib. 2, 18, 4:

    Geloni,

    id. ib. 2, 20, 18:

    in plateā ultimā,

    Plaut. Curc. 2, 2, 28; id. Mil. 3, 1, 15:

    in ultimis aedibus,

    Ter. Heaut. 5, 1, 29:

    spelunca draconis,

    Phaedr. 4, 18, 3:

    cauda,

    i. e. the end of, Plin. 9, 5, 4, § 11:

    mors ultima linea rerum est,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 16, 79.—
    2.
    Subst.
    (α).
    ultĭmi, ōrum, m. (sc. homines), the farthest or most remote people:

    recessum primis ultimi non dabant,

    Caes. B. G. 5, 43.—
    (β).
    ultĭma, ōrum, n. (sc. negotia), the farthest or most remote things:

    praeponens ultima primis,

    Hor. S. 1, 4, 59:

    ultima signant,

    the goal, Verg. A. 5, 317.—
    (γ).
    Rarely sing.: ultĭmum, i, n., the last, the end:

    caelum ipsum, quod extremum atque ultimum mundi est,

    Cic. Div. 2, 43, 91.—
    B.
    Transf.
    1.
    Of time or order of succession, the remotest, earliest, oldest, first; the last, latest, final:

    ultimi et proximi temporis recordatio,

    Cic. Prov. Cons. 18, 43:

    tam multis ab ultimā antiquitate repetitis,

    id. Fin. 1, 20, 65:

    tempora,

    id. Leg. 1, 3. 8:

    initium,

    Auct. Her. 1, 9, 14:

    principium,

    Cic. Inv. 2, 2, 5:

    memoria pueritiae,

    id. Arch. 1, 1:

    memoria saeculorum,

    Just. 12, 16, 3:

    vetustas hominum,

    id. 2, 1, 20:

    sanguinis auctor,

    Verg. A. 7, 49:

    ultima quid referam?

    Ov. H. 14, 109: scilicet ultima semper Exspectanda dies homini est, last, id.M. 3, 135:

    aetas est de ferro,

    id. ib. 1, 127:

    vox,

    id. ib. 3, 499:

    dicta,

    id. ib. 9, 126:

    lapis,

    i. e. a gravestone, Prop. 1, 17, 20: cerae, i. e. a last will, testament, Mart. 4, 70, 2:

    aetas,

    Quint. 12, 4, 2:

    senectus,

    id. 11, 1, 10:

    virtute pares, necessitate, quae ultimum ac maximum telum est, superiores estis,

    Liv. 4, 28, 5:

    decurritur ad illud extremum atque ultimum senatus consultum,

    Caes. B. C. 1, 5. —As subst.: ultĭma, ōrum, n.:

    perferto et ultima exspectato,

    final events, the end, Cic. Fam. 7, 17, 2:

    ultima vitae,

    Calp. Ecl. 3, 91.—Rarely sing.:

    matrem ultimo aetatis affectam,

    Aus. Vict. Or. Gent. Rom. 10.—Adverb.:

    si fidem ad ultimum fratri praestitisset,

    to the last, Liv. 45, 19, 17; 3, 64, 8; 3, 64, 11; also (more freq.) at last, lastly, finally, = ad extremum, ad postremum, postremo:

    si qualis in cives, talis ad ultimum in liberos esset,

    Liv. 1, 53, 10; 5, 10, 8; 3, 10, 3:

    ne se ad ultimum perditum irent,

    id. 26, 27, 10; so,

    ultimo,

    Suet. Ner. 32 fin.; Petr. 20, 139;

    and, ultimum,

    for the last time, Liv. 1, 29, 3; Curt. 5, 12, 8; App. M. 2, p. 126.—
    2.
    Of degree or rank, and denoting the highest as well as the lowest extreme of either.
    a.
    The utmost, extreme, the highest, first, greatest, = summus, extremus:

    summum bonum, quod ultimum appello,

    Cic. Fin. 3, 9, 30:

    ultimae perfectaeque naturae,

    id. N. D. 2, 12, 33:

    ut absit ab ultimis vitiis ipse praeceptor ac schola,

    Quint. 2, 2, 15:

    ultimae causae cur perirent, etc.,

    Hor. C. 1, 16, 18:

    scelus,

    Curt. 5, 12, 17:

    rex ad ultimum periculum venit,

    id. 7, 6, 22:

    facinus,

    id. 8, 8, 2; 6, 3, 13; 6, 9, 11:

    necessitas,

    id. 9, 12, 6; Liv. 2, 43, 3; 3, 4, 9; Sen. Clem. 1, 12, 5:

    ad ultimam inopiam adducere,

    Liv. 6, 3, 4; 37, 31, 2:

    ad ultimos casus servari,

    id. 27, 10, 11:

    dedecus,

    Curt. 9, 5, 11:

    exsecrationes,

    Just. 24, 2, 8: ultimum supplicium, extreme (i. e. capital) punishment, Caes. B. C. 1, 84; so,

    poena,

    Liv. 3, 58, 10; Plin. Ep. 2, 11, 8:

    desperatio,

    Tac. H. 2, 48; 2, 44; Curt. 10, 8, 9; Liv. 42, 66, 1; Sen. Contr. 4, 29, 2:

    discrimen ultimum vitae et regni,

    Liv. 37, 53, 16; 23, 21, 2:

    ad ultimam perductus tristitiam,

    Petr. 24.—Esp., as subst.: ultĭ-ma, ōrum, n.:

    omnia ultima pati,

    every extremity, the worst, Liv. 37, 54, 2:

    ultima pati,

    Ov. M. 14, 483; id. Tr. 3, 2, 11; Curt. 3, 1, 6:

    ultima audere,

    Liv. 3, 2, 11:

    priusquam ultima experirentur,

    id. 2, 28, 9.—Rarely sing.:

    paene in ultimum gladiorum erupit impunitas,

    Vell. 2, 125, 2:

    ad ultimum inopiae adducere,

    to the last degree. Liv. 23, 19, 2; 31, 38, 1:

    ad ultimum periculi pervenire,

    Curt. 8, 1, 15.— Trop.:

    ut in pecude, nisi quae vis obstitit, videmus naturam suo quodam itinere ad ultimum pervenire,

    Cic. N. D. 2, 13, 35.—Adverb.:

    ad ultimum pro fide morituri,

    Curt. 3, 1, 7:

    consilium sceleratum, sed non ad ultimum demens,

    in the extreme, utterly, to the last degree, Liv. 28, 28, 8.—
    b.
    The lowest, meanest (very rare):

    qui se Philippum regiaeque stirpis ferebat, cum esset ultimae,

    Vell. 1, 11, 1:

    principibus placuisse viris non ultima laus est,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 17, 35: ultima sit laudes inter ut illa tuas, Auct. Cons. ad Liv. 17:

    ultima pistoris illa uxor,

    the worst, App. M. 9, p. 224, 26.— Subst.:

    ut vigiliis et labore cum ultimis militum certaret (consul),

    Liv. 34, 18, 5:

    in ultimis laudum,

    id. 30, 30, 4:

    in ultimis ponere,

    the lowest, meanest things, Plin. 17, 12, 18, § 91.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > ulteriores

  • 5 ultima

    ulter, tra, trum, adj. ( comp. ulterior, us; sup. ultimus) [cf.: uls, ollus, olim; and the advv. ultra, ultro], prop. that is beyond or on the other side. The posit. is not found, but the comp. and sup. are very freq.
    I.
    Comp.: ultĕrĭor, ĭus, farther, on the farther side, that is beyond, ulterior:

    quis est ulterior?

    Ter. Phorm. 4, 2, 10:

    quorum alter ulteriorem Galliam decernit cum Syriā, alter citeriorem,

    i. e. transalpine, Cic. Prov. Cons. 15, 36:

    Gallia,

    id. Att. 8, 3, 3; Caes. B. G. 1, 7:

    portus,

    id. ib. 4, 23:

    Hispania,

    Suet. Caes. 7; 18; 56:

    pars urbis,

    Liv. 34, 20, 5:

    ripa,

    Verg. A. 6, 314; Vell. 2, 107, 1:

    ulterius medio spatium sol altus habebat,

    Ov. M. 2, 417.—
    B.
    As subst.
    1.
    ul-tĕrĭōres, um, m. (sc. homines), the more remote, or more distant persons, those beyond:

    cum ab proximis impetrare non possent, ulteriores tentant,

    Caes. B. G. 6, 2: recurritur ex proximis locis;

    ulteriores non inventi,

    Liv. 3, 60, 7:

    proximi ripae neglegenter, ulteriores exquisitius,

    Tac. G. 17.—
    2.
    ultĕrĭōra, um, n. (sc. loca or negotia).
    (α).
    Of places, the more remote parts or regions, the districts beyond:

    Mosellae pons, qui ulteriora coloniae annectit,

    Tac. H. 4, 77.—
    (β).
    In gen., of things, that which is beyond, things beyond, farther, or in addition; things future:

    ulteriora mirari, praesentia sequi,

    Tac. H. 4, 8:

    ut dum proxima dicimus, struere ulteriora possimus,

    things beyond, what is to come, Quint. 10, 7, 8; cf.:

    pudor est ulteriora loqui,

    Ov. F. 5, 532; id. A. A. 3, 769:

    semper et inventis ulteriora petit,

    id. Am. 2, 9, 10.—
    3.
    Rarely sing.: ultĕrĭus, ōris, n., something more, any thing further:

    cujus (fero, tuli) praeteritum perfectum et ulterius non invenitur,

    Quint. 1, 6, 26.—
    II.
    Sup.: ultĭmus, a, um, that is farthest beyond, i. e. the farthest, most distant, most remote, the uttermost, extreme, last; often to be rendered as a subst., the farthest or most distant part of any thing, etc. (opp. to citimus, while extremus is opp. to intimus).
    A.
    Lit., of space:

    illa minima (luna) quae ultima a caeio, citima terris luce lucebat alienā,

    Cic. Rep. 6, 16, 16:

    partes,

    id. ib. 6, 20, 20:

    in ultimam provinciam se conjecit,

    id. Att. 5, 16, 4:

    devehendum in ultimas maris terrarumque oras,

    Liv. 21, 10, 12:

    orae,

    Plaut. Most. 4, 3, 3; Hor. C. 3, 3, 45; Liv. 5, 37, 2:

    campi,

    Plaut. Rud. 4, 3, 95:

    Hesperia,

    Hor. C. 1, 36, 4:

    Africa,

    id. ib. 2, 18, 4:

    Geloni,

    id. ib. 2, 20, 18:

    in plateā ultimā,

    Plaut. Curc. 2, 2, 28; id. Mil. 3, 1, 15:

    in ultimis aedibus,

    Ter. Heaut. 5, 1, 29:

    spelunca draconis,

    Phaedr. 4, 18, 3:

    cauda,

    i. e. the end of, Plin. 9, 5, 4, § 11:

    mors ultima linea rerum est,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 16, 79.—
    2.
    Subst.
    (α).
    ultĭmi, ōrum, m. (sc. homines), the farthest or most remote people:

    recessum primis ultimi non dabant,

    Caes. B. G. 5, 43.—
    (β).
    ultĭma, ōrum, n. (sc. negotia), the farthest or most remote things:

    praeponens ultima primis,

    Hor. S. 1, 4, 59:

    ultima signant,

    the goal, Verg. A. 5, 317.—
    (γ).
    Rarely sing.: ultĭmum, i, n., the last, the end:

    caelum ipsum, quod extremum atque ultimum mundi est,

    Cic. Div. 2, 43, 91.—
    B.
    Transf.
    1.
    Of time or order of succession, the remotest, earliest, oldest, first; the last, latest, final:

    ultimi et proximi temporis recordatio,

    Cic. Prov. Cons. 18, 43:

    tam multis ab ultimā antiquitate repetitis,

    id. Fin. 1, 20, 65:

    tempora,

    id. Leg. 1, 3. 8:

    initium,

    Auct. Her. 1, 9, 14:

    principium,

    Cic. Inv. 2, 2, 5:

    memoria pueritiae,

    id. Arch. 1, 1:

    memoria saeculorum,

    Just. 12, 16, 3:

    vetustas hominum,

    id. 2, 1, 20:

    sanguinis auctor,

    Verg. A. 7, 49:

    ultima quid referam?

    Ov. H. 14, 109: scilicet ultima semper Exspectanda dies homini est, last, id.M. 3, 135:

    aetas est de ferro,

    id. ib. 1, 127:

    vox,

    id. ib. 3, 499:

    dicta,

    id. ib. 9, 126:

    lapis,

    i. e. a gravestone, Prop. 1, 17, 20: cerae, i. e. a last will, testament, Mart. 4, 70, 2:

    aetas,

    Quint. 12, 4, 2:

    senectus,

    id. 11, 1, 10:

    virtute pares, necessitate, quae ultimum ac maximum telum est, superiores estis,

    Liv. 4, 28, 5:

    decurritur ad illud extremum atque ultimum senatus consultum,

    Caes. B. C. 1, 5. —As subst.: ultĭma, ōrum, n.:

    perferto et ultima exspectato,

    final events, the end, Cic. Fam. 7, 17, 2:

    ultima vitae,

    Calp. Ecl. 3, 91.—Rarely sing.:

    matrem ultimo aetatis affectam,

    Aus. Vict. Or. Gent. Rom. 10.—Adverb.:

    si fidem ad ultimum fratri praestitisset,

    to the last, Liv. 45, 19, 17; 3, 64, 8; 3, 64, 11; also (more freq.) at last, lastly, finally, = ad extremum, ad postremum, postremo:

    si qualis in cives, talis ad ultimum in liberos esset,

    Liv. 1, 53, 10; 5, 10, 8; 3, 10, 3:

    ne se ad ultimum perditum irent,

    id. 26, 27, 10; so,

    ultimo,

    Suet. Ner. 32 fin.; Petr. 20, 139;

    and, ultimum,

    for the last time, Liv. 1, 29, 3; Curt. 5, 12, 8; App. M. 2, p. 126.—
    2.
    Of degree or rank, and denoting the highest as well as the lowest extreme of either.
    a.
    The utmost, extreme, the highest, first, greatest, = summus, extremus:

    summum bonum, quod ultimum appello,

    Cic. Fin. 3, 9, 30:

    ultimae perfectaeque naturae,

    id. N. D. 2, 12, 33:

    ut absit ab ultimis vitiis ipse praeceptor ac schola,

    Quint. 2, 2, 15:

    ultimae causae cur perirent, etc.,

    Hor. C. 1, 16, 18:

    scelus,

    Curt. 5, 12, 17:

    rex ad ultimum periculum venit,

    id. 7, 6, 22:

    facinus,

    id. 8, 8, 2; 6, 3, 13; 6, 9, 11:

    necessitas,

    id. 9, 12, 6; Liv. 2, 43, 3; 3, 4, 9; Sen. Clem. 1, 12, 5:

    ad ultimam inopiam adducere,

    Liv. 6, 3, 4; 37, 31, 2:

    ad ultimos casus servari,

    id. 27, 10, 11:

    dedecus,

    Curt. 9, 5, 11:

    exsecrationes,

    Just. 24, 2, 8: ultimum supplicium, extreme (i. e. capital) punishment, Caes. B. C. 1, 84; so,

    poena,

    Liv. 3, 58, 10; Plin. Ep. 2, 11, 8:

    desperatio,

    Tac. H. 2, 48; 2, 44; Curt. 10, 8, 9; Liv. 42, 66, 1; Sen. Contr. 4, 29, 2:

    discrimen ultimum vitae et regni,

    Liv. 37, 53, 16; 23, 21, 2:

    ad ultimam perductus tristitiam,

    Petr. 24.—Esp., as subst.: ultĭ-ma, ōrum, n.:

    omnia ultima pati,

    every extremity, the worst, Liv. 37, 54, 2:

    ultima pati,

    Ov. M. 14, 483; id. Tr. 3, 2, 11; Curt. 3, 1, 6:

    ultima audere,

    Liv. 3, 2, 11:

    priusquam ultima experirentur,

    id. 2, 28, 9.—Rarely sing.:

    paene in ultimum gladiorum erupit impunitas,

    Vell. 2, 125, 2:

    ad ultimum inopiae adducere,

    to the last degree. Liv. 23, 19, 2; 31, 38, 1:

    ad ultimum periculi pervenire,

    Curt. 8, 1, 15.— Trop.:

    ut in pecude, nisi quae vis obstitit, videmus naturam suo quodam itinere ad ultimum pervenire,

    Cic. N. D. 2, 13, 35.—Adverb.:

    ad ultimum pro fide morituri,

    Curt. 3, 1, 7:

    consilium sceleratum, sed non ad ultimum demens,

    in the extreme, utterly, to the last degree, Liv. 28, 28, 8.—
    b.
    The lowest, meanest (very rare):

    qui se Philippum regiaeque stirpis ferebat, cum esset ultimae,

    Vell. 1, 11, 1:

    principibus placuisse viris non ultima laus est,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 17, 35: ultima sit laudes inter ut illa tuas, Auct. Cons. ad Liv. 17:

    ultima pistoris illa uxor,

    the worst, App. M. 9, p. 224, 26.— Subst.:

    ut vigiliis et labore cum ultimis militum certaret (consul),

    Liv. 34, 18, 5:

    in ultimis laudum,

    id. 30, 30, 4:

    in ultimis ponere,

    the lowest, meanest things, Plin. 17, 12, 18, § 91.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > ultima

  • 6 ultimi

    ulter, tra, trum, adj. ( comp. ulterior, us; sup. ultimus) [cf.: uls, ollus, olim; and the advv. ultra, ultro], prop. that is beyond or on the other side. The posit. is not found, but the comp. and sup. are very freq.
    I.
    Comp.: ultĕrĭor, ĭus, farther, on the farther side, that is beyond, ulterior:

    quis est ulterior?

    Ter. Phorm. 4, 2, 10:

    quorum alter ulteriorem Galliam decernit cum Syriā, alter citeriorem,

    i. e. transalpine, Cic. Prov. Cons. 15, 36:

    Gallia,

    id. Att. 8, 3, 3; Caes. B. G. 1, 7:

    portus,

    id. ib. 4, 23:

    Hispania,

    Suet. Caes. 7; 18; 56:

    pars urbis,

    Liv. 34, 20, 5:

    ripa,

    Verg. A. 6, 314; Vell. 2, 107, 1:

    ulterius medio spatium sol altus habebat,

    Ov. M. 2, 417.—
    B.
    As subst.
    1.
    ul-tĕrĭōres, um, m. (sc. homines), the more remote, or more distant persons, those beyond:

    cum ab proximis impetrare non possent, ulteriores tentant,

    Caes. B. G. 6, 2: recurritur ex proximis locis;

    ulteriores non inventi,

    Liv. 3, 60, 7:

    proximi ripae neglegenter, ulteriores exquisitius,

    Tac. G. 17.—
    2.
    ultĕrĭōra, um, n. (sc. loca or negotia).
    (α).
    Of places, the more remote parts or regions, the districts beyond:

    Mosellae pons, qui ulteriora coloniae annectit,

    Tac. H. 4, 77.—
    (β).
    In gen., of things, that which is beyond, things beyond, farther, or in addition; things future:

    ulteriora mirari, praesentia sequi,

    Tac. H. 4, 8:

    ut dum proxima dicimus, struere ulteriora possimus,

    things beyond, what is to come, Quint. 10, 7, 8; cf.:

    pudor est ulteriora loqui,

    Ov. F. 5, 532; id. A. A. 3, 769:

    semper et inventis ulteriora petit,

    id. Am. 2, 9, 10.—
    3.
    Rarely sing.: ultĕrĭus, ōris, n., something more, any thing further:

    cujus (fero, tuli) praeteritum perfectum et ulterius non invenitur,

    Quint. 1, 6, 26.—
    II.
    Sup.: ultĭmus, a, um, that is farthest beyond, i. e. the farthest, most distant, most remote, the uttermost, extreme, last; often to be rendered as a subst., the farthest or most distant part of any thing, etc. (opp. to citimus, while extremus is opp. to intimus).
    A.
    Lit., of space:

    illa minima (luna) quae ultima a caeio, citima terris luce lucebat alienā,

    Cic. Rep. 6, 16, 16:

    partes,

    id. ib. 6, 20, 20:

    in ultimam provinciam se conjecit,

    id. Att. 5, 16, 4:

    devehendum in ultimas maris terrarumque oras,

    Liv. 21, 10, 12:

    orae,

    Plaut. Most. 4, 3, 3; Hor. C. 3, 3, 45; Liv. 5, 37, 2:

    campi,

    Plaut. Rud. 4, 3, 95:

    Hesperia,

    Hor. C. 1, 36, 4:

    Africa,

    id. ib. 2, 18, 4:

    Geloni,

    id. ib. 2, 20, 18:

    in plateā ultimā,

    Plaut. Curc. 2, 2, 28; id. Mil. 3, 1, 15:

    in ultimis aedibus,

    Ter. Heaut. 5, 1, 29:

    spelunca draconis,

    Phaedr. 4, 18, 3:

    cauda,

    i. e. the end of, Plin. 9, 5, 4, § 11:

    mors ultima linea rerum est,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 16, 79.—
    2.
    Subst.
    (α).
    ultĭmi, ōrum, m. (sc. homines), the farthest or most remote people:

    recessum primis ultimi non dabant,

    Caes. B. G. 5, 43.—
    (β).
    ultĭma, ōrum, n. (sc. negotia), the farthest or most remote things:

    praeponens ultima primis,

    Hor. S. 1, 4, 59:

    ultima signant,

    the goal, Verg. A. 5, 317.—
    (γ).
    Rarely sing.: ultĭmum, i, n., the last, the end:

    caelum ipsum, quod extremum atque ultimum mundi est,

    Cic. Div. 2, 43, 91.—
    B.
    Transf.
    1.
    Of time or order of succession, the remotest, earliest, oldest, first; the last, latest, final:

    ultimi et proximi temporis recordatio,

    Cic. Prov. Cons. 18, 43:

    tam multis ab ultimā antiquitate repetitis,

    id. Fin. 1, 20, 65:

    tempora,

    id. Leg. 1, 3. 8:

    initium,

    Auct. Her. 1, 9, 14:

    principium,

    Cic. Inv. 2, 2, 5:

    memoria pueritiae,

    id. Arch. 1, 1:

    memoria saeculorum,

    Just. 12, 16, 3:

    vetustas hominum,

    id. 2, 1, 20:

    sanguinis auctor,

    Verg. A. 7, 49:

    ultima quid referam?

    Ov. H. 14, 109: scilicet ultima semper Exspectanda dies homini est, last, id.M. 3, 135:

    aetas est de ferro,

    id. ib. 1, 127:

    vox,

    id. ib. 3, 499:

    dicta,

    id. ib. 9, 126:

    lapis,

    i. e. a gravestone, Prop. 1, 17, 20: cerae, i. e. a last will, testament, Mart. 4, 70, 2:

    aetas,

    Quint. 12, 4, 2:

    senectus,

    id. 11, 1, 10:

    virtute pares, necessitate, quae ultimum ac maximum telum est, superiores estis,

    Liv. 4, 28, 5:

    decurritur ad illud extremum atque ultimum senatus consultum,

    Caes. B. C. 1, 5. —As subst.: ultĭma, ōrum, n.:

    perferto et ultima exspectato,

    final events, the end, Cic. Fam. 7, 17, 2:

    ultima vitae,

    Calp. Ecl. 3, 91.—Rarely sing.:

    matrem ultimo aetatis affectam,

    Aus. Vict. Or. Gent. Rom. 10.—Adverb.:

    si fidem ad ultimum fratri praestitisset,

    to the last, Liv. 45, 19, 17; 3, 64, 8; 3, 64, 11; also (more freq.) at last, lastly, finally, = ad extremum, ad postremum, postremo:

    si qualis in cives, talis ad ultimum in liberos esset,

    Liv. 1, 53, 10; 5, 10, 8; 3, 10, 3:

    ne se ad ultimum perditum irent,

    id. 26, 27, 10; so,

    ultimo,

    Suet. Ner. 32 fin.; Petr. 20, 139;

    and, ultimum,

    for the last time, Liv. 1, 29, 3; Curt. 5, 12, 8; App. M. 2, p. 126.—
    2.
    Of degree or rank, and denoting the highest as well as the lowest extreme of either.
    a.
    The utmost, extreme, the highest, first, greatest, = summus, extremus:

    summum bonum, quod ultimum appello,

    Cic. Fin. 3, 9, 30:

    ultimae perfectaeque naturae,

    id. N. D. 2, 12, 33:

    ut absit ab ultimis vitiis ipse praeceptor ac schola,

    Quint. 2, 2, 15:

    ultimae causae cur perirent, etc.,

    Hor. C. 1, 16, 18:

    scelus,

    Curt. 5, 12, 17:

    rex ad ultimum periculum venit,

    id. 7, 6, 22:

    facinus,

    id. 8, 8, 2; 6, 3, 13; 6, 9, 11:

    necessitas,

    id. 9, 12, 6; Liv. 2, 43, 3; 3, 4, 9; Sen. Clem. 1, 12, 5:

    ad ultimam inopiam adducere,

    Liv. 6, 3, 4; 37, 31, 2:

    ad ultimos casus servari,

    id. 27, 10, 11:

    dedecus,

    Curt. 9, 5, 11:

    exsecrationes,

    Just. 24, 2, 8: ultimum supplicium, extreme (i. e. capital) punishment, Caes. B. C. 1, 84; so,

    poena,

    Liv. 3, 58, 10; Plin. Ep. 2, 11, 8:

    desperatio,

    Tac. H. 2, 48; 2, 44; Curt. 10, 8, 9; Liv. 42, 66, 1; Sen. Contr. 4, 29, 2:

    discrimen ultimum vitae et regni,

    Liv. 37, 53, 16; 23, 21, 2:

    ad ultimam perductus tristitiam,

    Petr. 24.—Esp., as subst.: ultĭ-ma, ōrum, n.:

    omnia ultima pati,

    every extremity, the worst, Liv. 37, 54, 2:

    ultima pati,

    Ov. M. 14, 483; id. Tr. 3, 2, 11; Curt. 3, 1, 6:

    ultima audere,

    Liv. 3, 2, 11:

    priusquam ultima experirentur,

    id. 2, 28, 9.—Rarely sing.:

    paene in ultimum gladiorum erupit impunitas,

    Vell. 2, 125, 2:

    ad ultimum inopiae adducere,

    to the last degree. Liv. 23, 19, 2; 31, 38, 1:

    ad ultimum periculi pervenire,

    Curt. 8, 1, 15.— Trop.:

    ut in pecude, nisi quae vis obstitit, videmus naturam suo quodam itinere ad ultimum pervenire,

    Cic. N. D. 2, 13, 35.—Adverb.:

    ad ultimum pro fide morituri,

    Curt. 3, 1, 7:

    consilium sceleratum, sed non ad ultimum demens,

    in the extreme, utterly, to the last degree, Liv. 28, 28, 8.—
    b.
    The lowest, meanest (very rare):

    qui se Philippum regiaeque stirpis ferebat, cum esset ultimae,

    Vell. 1, 11, 1:

    principibus placuisse viris non ultima laus est,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 17, 35: ultima sit laudes inter ut illa tuas, Auct. Cons. ad Liv. 17:

    ultima pistoris illa uxor,

    the worst, App. M. 9, p. 224, 26.— Subst.:

    ut vigiliis et labore cum ultimis militum certaret (consul),

    Liv. 34, 18, 5:

    in ultimis laudum,

    id. 30, 30, 4:

    in ultimis ponere,

    the lowest, meanest things, Plin. 17, 12, 18, § 91.

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  • 7 ūltimus (ūltumus)

        ūltimus (ūltumus) adj. sup.    [cf. ulterior].— In space, farthest, most distant, most remote, uttermost, extreme, last: (luna) quae ultima a caelo lucebat: in ultimam provinciam se coniecit, the most remote part of the province: maris terrarumque orae, L.: Africa, farthest Africa, H.: quā terrarum ultimas finit Oceanus, L.— Plur m. as subst, the most remote people, those farthest on: recessum primis ultimi non dabant.—As subst n., what is farthest, the most remote, the last, the end: praeponens ultima primis, H.: ultima signant, the goal, V.: extremum atque ultimum mundi.—Of time or order, remotest, earliest, oldest, first, last, latest, final: ultimi temporis recordatio: memoria pueritiae: sanguinis auctor, V.: dies, last, O.: de duro est ultima ferro, O.: necessitate, quae ultimum ac maximum telum est, superiores estis, L.: senatūs consultum, Cs.— Plur n. as subst: perferto et ultima exspectato, the end.—In the phrase, ad ultimum, to the end, at last, lastly, finally: si qualis in cives, talis ad ultimum in liberos esset, L.— Rarely with illud: domos suas ultimum illud visuri, now for the last time, L.—Of degrees or rank, utmost, extreme, highest, first, greatest: summum bonum, quod ultimum appello: ultimae causae cur perirent, etc., H.: periculum, Cu.: inopia, L.: supplicium, i. e. capital punishment, Cs.: discrimen vitae, L.—As subst n.: omnia ultima pati, any extremity, L.—In the phrase, ad ultimum, to the extreme, in the highest degree: fidem ad ultimum fratri praestare, L.: consilium ad ultimum demens, utterly, L.: ad ultimum inopiae adducere, to the last degree, L.: ad ultimum periculi pervenire, Cu.— Lowest, meanest: non ultima laus, H.: vigiliis et labore cum ultimis militum certare, L.

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  • 8 novissima

    nŏvus, a, um, adj. [Sanscr. navas; Gr. neos, i. e. neWos; cf.: noverca, nuntius, denuo, nuper; Germ. neu; Engl. new], new, not old, young, fresh, recent, etc. (v. antiquus init.; cf.: recens, novellus).
    I.
    Lit.
    A.
    In gen.:

    civitates condere novas,

    Cic. Rep. 1, 7, 12:

    nova et a nobis inventa ratio,

    id. ib. 1, 8, 13; cf.:

    nihil novi vobis afferam neque quod a me sit cogitatum aut inventum,

    id. ib. 1, 14, 21:

    novus veteri exercitus jungitur,

    Liv. 7, 7; cf.

    miles,

    Sall. J. 87, 2:

    imperator,

    id. ib. 44, 2:

    novum de integro proelium,

    Liv. 24, 16:

    Camillus,

    id. 22, 14:

    consules,

    Suet. Caes. 15:

    serpens,

    which has cast its old skin, Ov. M. 9, 266:

    caro,

    fresh meat, Juv. 11, 85.—Special phrases.
    1.
    Novae tabernae, or simply Novae (sub Novis), the new shops; many of the shops of the money-changers in the Forum were burned down A. U. C. 543, and those built on their sites were called Novae, those which remained standing Veteres (v. vetus), Liv. 26, 27; 3, 48:

    sub Novis,

    Cic. de Or. 2, 66, 266; cf.: sub Novis dicta pars in foro aedificiorum, quod vocabulum ei pervetustum, Varr. L. L. 6, § 59 Müll.—
    2.
    Novae tabulae, new account-books, by making which old debts were cancelled, Cic. Off. 2, 23, 84; id. Phil. 6, 4, 11; id. Att. 5, 21, 13; 14, 21, 4; Caes. B. C. 3, 1; 3, 21:

    tum Catilina polliceri tabulas novas, proscriptionem locupletium,

    Sall. C. 21, 2.—Hence, trop.:

    beneficiorum novae tabulae,

    i. e. forgetfulness of benefits, Sen. Ben. 1, 4, 6.—
    3.
    Novus homo, or homo novus, the first of his family who obtained a curule office, a man newly ennobled, an upstart, Cic. Off. 1, 39, 138:

    adeptus es, quod non multi homines novi,

    Cic. Fam. 5, 18, 1; cf.:

    in Q. Pompeio, novo homine et fortissimo viro,

    id. Mur. 7, 16 sq.:

    M. Catoni, homini ignoto et novo,

    id. Rep. 1, 1, 1; cf.:

    hic novus Arpinas, ignobilis, et modo Romae Municipalis eques,

    Juv. 8, 237:

    nova nupta,

    a bride, Juv. 2, 120.— Plur. subst.: nŏvi, ōrum, m., recent writers: est et quod appellatur a novis noêma, Quint. 8, 5, 12:

    novorum lectio,

    id. 2, 5, 26; 5, 4, 1.—
    4.
    Novae res, new things, novelties:

    nihil te ad me postea scripsisse demiror, praesertim tam novis rebus,

    Cic. Fam. 7, 18, 4.—Also subst.: nŏvum, i, n., a new thing, a novelty; news:

    novum attulerint, quod fit nusquam gentium,

    Plaut. Cas. prol. 70:

    num quidnam inquit novi?

    Cic. de Or. 2, 3, 13:

    si quid novi vel sero invenissem,

    Quint. 2, 5, 3.— Plur.:

    novorum interpositione priora confundere,

    Quint. 10, 3, 32; 8, 3, 60.—But, in gen., novae res signifies political innovations, a revolution:

    Q. Servilius Ahala Sp. Maelium novis rebus studentem manu suā occidit,

    Cic. Cat. 1, 1, 3:

    rerum novarum causam quaerere,

    id. Agr. 2, 33, 91:

    plebes novarum rerum cupida,

    Sall. C. 28, 4:

    cuncta plebes novarum rerum studio Catilinae incepta probabat,

    id. ib. 37, 1:

    novarum rerum avidi,

    id. J. 19, 1.—In a double sense: Segulium neglegamus, qui res novas quaerit: non quo veterem comederit—nullam enim habuit—sed hanc ipsam recentem novam devorārit, innovations and new wealth, Cic. Fam. 11, 21, 2.—
    B.
    In partic.
    1.
    New, novel, strange, singular, unusual, unheard of:

    flagitia ingentia, nova, capitalia,

    Ter. Ad. 4, 7, 3:

    nihil dicam aut inauditum vobis aut cuiquam novum,

    Cic. de Or. 1, 31, 137; cf.:

    novum crimen et ante hunc diem inauditum,

    id. Lig. 1, 1:

    nova tibi haec sunt et inopinata?

    id. Verr. 2, 2, 8, § 24; id. Att. 6, 1, 5:

    novam in feminā virtutem novo genere honoris donavere,

    Liv. 2, 13; Verg. A. 3, 591:

    nova monstra,

    Hor. C. 1, 2, 6:

    si res agi videtur nova, magna, atrox,

    Quint. 4, 1, 33.—
    2.
    New in any thing, unused, unaccustomed, inexperienced ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose):

    et rudis ad partus et nova miles oram,

    Ov. H. 11, 48.—
    (β).
    With dat.:

    novus dolori,

    Sil. 6, 254; Tac. Agr. 16.—
    * (γ).
    With inf.:

    nova ferre jugum cervix,

    Sil. 16, 332.—
    3.
    Nova Via structa esse dicitur regnante Ser. Tullio, Paul. ex Fest. p. 174 Mull.; v. Müll. ib. p. 389, a; cf.:

    vocabulum pervetustum ut Novae viae, quae via jam diu vetus,

    Varr. L. L. 6, § 59 Müll.—
    4.
    Recent:

    tu cognovisti omnia, novissima et antiqua,

    Vulg. Psa. 138, 5.—
    C.
    In eccl. Lat., renewed by grace:

    nova creatura,

    Vulg. 2 Cor. 5, 17:

    induite novum hominem,

    ib. Eph. 4, 24.—
    II.
    Transf., in the sup.: nŏvissĭmus, a, um, the latest, last, hindermost, extreme (syn.:

    extremus, proximus, recentissimus): a quo (sc. novo) etiam extremum novissimum quoque dici coeptum vulgo, quod meā memoriā ut Aelius sic senes aliquot, nimium novum verbum quod esset, vitabant,

    Varr. L. L. 6, § 59 Müll.:

    histriones,

    Cic. Rosc. Com. 11, 30; Brut. ap. Cic. Fam. 11, 1, 3; Cass. ib. 12, 13, 1:

    qui ex iis novissimus venit, necatur,

    Caes. B. G. 5, 56:

    novissimum agmen,

    the rear, id. ib. 1, 15; 7, 68. —So as subst.: nŏvissĭmi, ōrum, the rear of an army, the soldiers in the last line:

    novissimis praesidio esse,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 20:

    novissimos adorti magnam multitudinem conciderunt,

    id. ib. 2, 11:

    dixitque novissima verba,

    Verg. A. 4, 650:

    novissima cauda,

    i. e. the end of, Ov. M. 3, 681; 13, 963:

    luna,

    Plin. 2, 13, 10, § 56.—
    2.
    Like Engl. last, extreme, highest:

    exempla,

    the extreme penalty, the penalty of death, Tac. A. 12, 20; 15, 44; and absol.:

    a summā spe, novissima exspectabat,

    id. ib. 6, 50:

    novissimum casum experitur,

    id. ib. 12, 33.—
    B.
    Esp. in eccl. Lat.
    1.
    Youngest:

    liberorum,

    Vulg. Jos. 6, 26.—
    2.
    Lowest in rank or fortune:

    de novissimis populi,

    Vulg. 3 Reg. 13, 33.—
    3.
    As subst.
    a.
    Sing.: nŏvissĭmum, i, n., the end.
    (α).
    Of place:

    terrae,

    Vulg. 1 Macc. 3, 9:

    a summo ad novissimum,

    the bottom, id. Isa. 56, 11.—
    (β).
    Of time:

    habent spem in novissimo,

    Vulg. Prov. 23, 18.—
    b.
    Plur.: nŏvissĭma, ōrum, n.
    (α).
    Of place, the bottom, depths:

    abyssi,

    Vulg. Job. 38, 16.—
    (β).
    Of time:

    habebis in novissimis spem,

    Vulg. Prov. 24, 14; cf.:

    novissima hominis illius,

    the end, id. Luc. 11, 26.—Hence, adv. (not in Cic.) in two forms.
    (α).
    Form nŏvē, newly, in a new or unusual manner:

    ornata ut lepide! ut concinne! ut nove!

    Plaut. Ep. 2, 2, 38: ne quid ambigue, ne quid nove dicamus, * Auct. Her. 1, 9, 15:

    verba nove aut insigniter dicta,

    Gell. 19, 7, 2; cf. id. 17, 2, 13; Sen. Contr. 1, 4 fin.
    (β).
    Form nŏvĭter, newly:

    BASILICA IVLIA A SE NOVITER REPARATA,

    Inscr. Orell. 24 (A. D. 377):

    amor noviter venit,

    Fulg. Myth. 3, 1 med.Sup.: nŏvissĭmē.
    a.
    Of time, recently, lately, a short time ago: mater cum novissime aegrotāsset, Val. Antias. ap. Charis. p. 186 P.:

    quod novissime nobiscum foedus fecissent,

    id. ib.:

    novissime, memoriā nostrā, argentum aere solutum est,

    Sall. C. 33, 2:

    liber quem novissime tibi misi,

    Plin. Ep. 8, 3, 1:

    eloquendi rationem novissime repertam,

    Quint. 12 praef. § 3.—
    b.
    Of succession, lastly, last of all, finally:

    dicam primum... deinde... novissime,

    Sen. Ira, 3, 5, 2:

    primum... post haec... novissime,

    Quint. 3, 6, 24; cf.:

    primum... post haec... novissime,

    id. 11, 2, 41:

    vel... vel... vel novissime,

    id. 7, 1, 37:

    et... et... et novissime,

    id. 2, 4, 10:

    cum plura interrogāsset... novissime id inferebat,

    id. 5, 11, 3:

    novissime cum, etc. (= postremo),

    in the last fight, Hirt. B. G. 8, 48, 3.

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  • 9 novissimi

    nŏvus, a, um, adj. [Sanscr. navas; Gr. neos, i. e. neWos; cf.: noverca, nuntius, denuo, nuper; Germ. neu; Engl. new], new, not old, young, fresh, recent, etc. (v. antiquus init.; cf.: recens, novellus).
    I.
    Lit.
    A.
    In gen.:

    civitates condere novas,

    Cic. Rep. 1, 7, 12:

    nova et a nobis inventa ratio,

    id. ib. 1, 8, 13; cf.:

    nihil novi vobis afferam neque quod a me sit cogitatum aut inventum,

    id. ib. 1, 14, 21:

    novus veteri exercitus jungitur,

    Liv. 7, 7; cf.

    miles,

    Sall. J. 87, 2:

    imperator,

    id. ib. 44, 2:

    novum de integro proelium,

    Liv. 24, 16:

    Camillus,

    id. 22, 14:

    consules,

    Suet. Caes. 15:

    serpens,

    which has cast its old skin, Ov. M. 9, 266:

    caro,

    fresh meat, Juv. 11, 85.—Special phrases.
    1.
    Novae tabernae, or simply Novae (sub Novis), the new shops; many of the shops of the money-changers in the Forum were burned down A. U. C. 543, and those built on their sites were called Novae, those which remained standing Veteres (v. vetus), Liv. 26, 27; 3, 48:

    sub Novis,

    Cic. de Or. 2, 66, 266; cf.: sub Novis dicta pars in foro aedificiorum, quod vocabulum ei pervetustum, Varr. L. L. 6, § 59 Müll.—
    2.
    Novae tabulae, new account-books, by making which old debts were cancelled, Cic. Off. 2, 23, 84; id. Phil. 6, 4, 11; id. Att. 5, 21, 13; 14, 21, 4; Caes. B. C. 3, 1; 3, 21:

    tum Catilina polliceri tabulas novas, proscriptionem locupletium,

    Sall. C. 21, 2.—Hence, trop.:

    beneficiorum novae tabulae,

    i. e. forgetfulness of benefits, Sen. Ben. 1, 4, 6.—
    3.
    Novus homo, or homo novus, the first of his family who obtained a curule office, a man newly ennobled, an upstart, Cic. Off. 1, 39, 138:

    adeptus es, quod non multi homines novi,

    Cic. Fam. 5, 18, 1; cf.:

    in Q. Pompeio, novo homine et fortissimo viro,

    id. Mur. 7, 16 sq.:

    M. Catoni, homini ignoto et novo,

    id. Rep. 1, 1, 1; cf.:

    hic novus Arpinas, ignobilis, et modo Romae Municipalis eques,

    Juv. 8, 237:

    nova nupta,

    a bride, Juv. 2, 120.— Plur. subst.: nŏvi, ōrum, m., recent writers: est et quod appellatur a novis noêma, Quint. 8, 5, 12:

    novorum lectio,

    id. 2, 5, 26; 5, 4, 1.—
    4.
    Novae res, new things, novelties:

    nihil te ad me postea scripsisse demiror, praesertim tam novis rebus,

    Cic. Fam. 7, 18, 4.—Also subst.: nŏvum, i, n., a new thing, a novelty; news:

    novum attulerint, quod fit nusquam gentium,

    Plaut. Cas. prol. 70:

    num quidnam inquit novi?

    Cic. de Or. 2, 3, 13:

    si quid novi vel sero invenissem,

    Quint. 2, 5, 3.— Plur.:

    novorum interpositione priora confundere,

    Quint. 10, 3, 32; 8, 3, 60.—But, in gen., novae res signifies political innovations, a revolution:

    Q. Servilius Ahala Sp. Maelium novis rebus studentem manu suā occidit,

    Cic. Cat. 1, 1, 3:

    rerum novarum causam quaerere,

    id. Agr. 2, 33, 91:

    plebes novarum rerum cupida,

    Sall. C. 28, 4:

    cuncta plebes novarum rerum studio Catilinae incepta probabat,

    id. ib. 37, 1:

    novarum rerum avidi,

    id. J. 19, 1.—In a double sense: Segulium neglegamus, qui res novas quaerit: non quo veterem comederit—nullam enim habuit—sed hanc ipsam recentem novam devorārit, innovations and new wealth, Cic. Fam. 11, 21, 2.—
    B.
    In partic.
    1.
    New, novel, strange, singular, unusual, unheard of:

    flagitia ingentia, nova, capitalia,

    Ter. Ad. 4, 7, 3:

    nihil dicam aut inauditum vobis aut cuiquam novum,

    Cic. de Or. 1, 31, 137; cf.:

    novum crimen et ante hunc diem inauditum,

    id. Lig. 1, 1:

    nova tibi haec sunt et inopinata?

    id. Verr. 2, 2, 8, § 24; id. Att. 6, 1, 5:

    novam in feminā virtutem novo genere honoris donavere,

    Liv. 2, 13; Verg. A. 3, 591:

    nova monstra,

    Hor. C. 1, 2, 6:

    si res agi videtur nova, magna, atrox,

    Quint. 4, 1, 33.—
    2.
    New in any thing, unused, unaccustomed, inexperienced ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose):

    et rudis ad partus et nova miles oram,

    Ov. H. 11, 48.—
    (β).
    With dat.:

    novus dolori,

    Sil. 6, 254; Tac. Agr. 16.—
    * (γ).
    With inf.:

    nova ferre jugum cervix,

    Sil. 16, 332.—
    3.
    Nova Via structa esse dicitur regnante Ser. Tullio, Paul. ex Fest. p. 174 Mull.; v. Müll. ib. p. 389, a; cf.:

    vocabulum pervetustum ut Novae viae, quae via jam diu vetus,

    Varr. L. L. 6, § 59 Müll.—
    4.
    Recent:

    tu cognovisti omnia, novissima et antiqua,

    Vulg. Psa. 138, 5.—
    C.
    In eccl. Lat., renewed by grace:

    nova creatura,

    Vulg. 2 Cor. 5, 17:

    induite novum hominem,

    ib. Eph. 4, 24.—
    II.
    Transf., in the sup.: nŏvissĭmus, a, um, the latest, last, hindermost, extreme (syn.:

    extremus, proximus, recentissimus): a quo (sc. novo) etiam extremum novissimum quoque dici coeptum vulgo, quod meā memoriā ut Aelius sic senes aliquot, nimium novum verbum quod esset, vitabant,

    Varr. L. L. 6, § 59 Müll.:

    histriones,

    Cic. Rosc. Com. 11, 30; Brut. ap. Cic. Fam. 11, 1, 3; Cass. ib. 12, 13, 1:

    qui ex iis novissimus venit, necatur,

    Caes. B. G. 5, 56:

    novissimum agmen,

    the rear, id. ib. 1, 15; 7, 68. —So as subst.: nŏvissĭmi, ōrum, the rear of an army, the soldiers in the last line:

    novissimis praesidio esse,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 20:

    novissimos adorti magnam multitudinem conciderunt,

    id. ib. 2, 11:

    dixitque novissima verba,

    Verg. A. 4, 650:

    novissima cauda,

    i. e. the end of, Ov. M. 3, 681; 13, 963:

    luna,

    Plin. 2, 13, 10, § 56.—
    2.
    Like Engl. last, extreme, highest:

    exempla,

    the extreme penalty, the penalty of death, Tac. A. 12, 20; 15, 44; and absol.:

    a summā spe, novissima exspectabat,

    id. ib. 6, 50:

    novissimum casum experitur,

    id. ib. 12, 33.—
    B.
    Esp. in eccl. Lat.
    1.
    Youngest:

    liberorum,

    Vulg. Jos. 6, 26.—
    2.
    Lowest in rank or fortune:

    de novissimis populi,

    Vulg. 3 Reg. 13, 33.—
    3.
    As subst.
    a.
    Sing.: nŏvissĭmum, i, n., the end.
    (α).
    Of place:

    terrae,

    Vulg. 1 Macc. 3, 9:

    a summo ad novissimum,

    the bottom, id. Isa. 56, 11.—
    (β).
    Of time:

    habent spem in novissimo,

    Vulg. Prov. 23, 18.—
    b.
    Plur.: nŏvissĭma, ōrum, n.
    (α).
    Of place, the bottom, depths:

    abyssi,

    Vulg. Job. 38, 16.—
    (β).
    Of time:

    habebis in novissimis spem,

    Vulg. Prov. 24, 14; cf.:

    novissima hominis illius,

    the end, id. Luc. 11, 26.—Hence, adv. (not in Cic.) in two forms.
    (α).
    Form nŏvē, newly, in a new or unusual manner:

    ornata ut lepide! ut concinne! ut nove!

    Plaut. Ep. 2, 2, 38: ne quid ambigue, ne quid nove dicamus, * Auct. Her. 1, 9, 15:

    verba nove aut insigniter dicta,

    Gell. 19, 7, 2; cf. id. 17, 2, 13; Sen. Contr. 1, 4 fin.
    (β).
    Form nŏvĭter, newly:

    BASILICA IVLIA A SE NOVITER REPARATA,

    Inscr. Orell. 24 (A. D. 377):

    amor noviter venit,

    Fulg. Myth. 3, 1 med.Sup.: nŏvissĭmē.
    a.
    Of time, recently, lately, a short time ago: mater cum novissime aegrotāsset, Val. Antias. ap. Charis. p. 186 P.:

    quod novissime nobiscum foedus fecissent,

    id. ib.:

    novissime, memoriā nostrā, argentum aere solutum est,

    Sall. C. 33, 2:

    liber quem novissime tibi misi,

    Plin. Ep. 8, 3, 1:

    eloquendi rationem novissime repertam,

    Quint. 12 praef. § 3.—
    b.
    Of succession, lastly, last of all, finally:

    dicam primum... deinde... novissime,

    Sen. Ira, 3, 5, 2:

    primum... post haec... novissime,

    Quint. 3, 6, 24; cf.:

    primum... post haec... novissime,

    id. 11, 2, 41:

    vel... vel... vel novissime,

    id. 7, 1, 37:

    et... et... et novissime,

    id. 2, 4, 10:

    cum plura interrogāsset... novissime id inferebat,

    id. 5, 11, 3:

    novissime cum, etc. (= postremo),

    in the last fight, Hirt. B. G. 8, 48, 3.

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  • 10 novissimum

    nŏvus, a, um, adj. [Sanscr. navas; Gr. neos, i. e. neWos; cf.: noverca, nuntius, denuo, nuper; Germ. neu; Engl. new], new, not old, young, fresh, recent, etc. (v. antiquus init.; cf.: recens, novellus).
    I.
    Lit.
    A.
    In gen.:

    civitates condere novas,

    Cic. Rep. 1, 7, 12:

    nova et a nobis inventa ratio,

    id. ib. 1, 8, 13; cf.:

    nihil novi vobis afferam neque quod a me sit cogitatum aut inventum,

    id. ib. 1, 14, 21:

    novus veteri exercitus jungitur,

    Liv. 7, 7; cf.

    miles,

    Sall. J. 87, 2:

    imperator,

    id. ib. 44, 2:

    novum de integro proelium,

    Liv. 24, 16:

    Camillus,

    id. 22, 14:

    consules,

    Suet. Caes. 15:

    serpens,

    which has cast its old skin, Ov. M. 9, 266:

    caro,

    fresh meat, Juv. 11, 85.—Special phrases.
    1.
    Novae tabernae, or simply Novae (sub Novis), the new shops; many of the shops of the money-changers in the Forum were burned down A. U. C. 543, and those built on their sites were called Novae, those which remained standing Veteres (v. vetus), Liv. 26, 27; 3, 48:

    sub Novis,

    Cic. de Or. 2, 66, 266; cf.: sub Novis dicta pars in foro aedificiorum, quod vocabulum ei pervetustum, Varr. L. L. 6, § 59 Müll.—
    2.
    Novae tabulae, new account-books, by making which old debts were cancelled, Cic. Off. 2, 23, 84; id. Phil. 6, 4, 11; id. Att. 5, 21, 13; 14, 21, 4; Caes. B. C. 3, 1; 3, 21:

    tum Catilina polliceri tabulas novas, proscriptionem locupletium,

    Sall. C. 21, 2.—Hence, trop.:

    beneficiorum novae tabulae,

    i. e. forgetfulness of benefits, Sen. Ben. 1, 4, 6.—
    3.
    Novus homo, or homo novus, the first of his family who obtained a curule office, a man newly ennobled, an upstart, Cic. Off. 1, 39, 138:

    adeptus es, quod non multi homines novi,

    Cic. Fam. 5, 18, 1; cf.:

    in Q. Pompeio, novo homine et fortissimo viro,

    id. Mur. 7, 16 sq.:

    M. Catoni, homini ignoto et novo,

    id. Rep. 1, 1, 1; cf.:

    hic novus Arpinas, ignobilis, et modo Romae Municipalis eques,

    Juv. 8, 237:

    nova nupta,

    a bride, Juv. 2, 120.— Plur. subst.: nŏvi, ōrum, m., recent writers: est et quod appellatur a novis noêma, Quint. 8, 5, 12:

    novorum lectio,

    id. 2, 5, 26; 5, 4, 1.—
    4.
    Novae res, new things, novelties:

    nihil te ad me postea scripsisse demiror, praesertim tam novis rebus,

    Cic. Fam. 7, 18, 4.—Also subst.: nŏvum, i, n., a new thing, a novelty; news:

    novum attulerint, quod fit nusquam gentium,

    Plaut. Cas. prol. 70:

    num quidnam inquit novi?

    Cic. de Or. 2, 3, 13:

    si quid novi vel sero invenissem,

    Quint. 2, 5, 3.— Plur.:

    novorum interpositione priora confundere,

    Quint. 10, 3, 32; 8, 3, 60.—But, in gen., novae res signifies political innovations, a revolution:

    Q. Servilius Ahala Sp. Maelium novis rebus studentem manu suā occidit,

    Cic. Cat. 1, 1, 3:

    rerum novarum causam quaerere,

    id. Agr. 2, 33, 91:

    plebes novarum rerum cupida,

    Sall. C. 28, 4:

    cuncta plebes novarum rerum studio Catilinae incepta probabat,

    id. ib. 37, 1:

    novarum rerum avidi,

    id. J. 19, 1.—In a double sense: Segulium neglegamus, qui res novas quaerit: non quo veterem comederit—nullam enim habuit—sed hanc ipsam recentem novam devorārit, innovations and new wealth, Cic. Fam. 11, 21, 2.—
    B.
    In partic.
    1.
    New, novel, strange, singular, unusual, unheard of:

    flagitia ingentia, nova, capitalia,

    Ter. Ad. 4, 7, 3:

    nihil dicam aut inauditum vobis aut cuiquam novum,

    Cic. de Or. 1, 31, 137; cf.:

    novum crimen et ante hunc diem inauditum,

    id. Lig. 1, 1:

    nova tibi haec sunt et inopinata?

    id. Verr. 2, 2, 8, § 24; id. Att. 6, 1, 5:

    novam in feminā virtutem novo genere honoris donavere,

    Liv. 2, 13; Verg. A. 3, 591:

    nova monstra,

    Hor. C. 1, 2, 6:

    si res agi videtur nova, magna, atrox,

    Quint. 4, 1, 33.—
    2.
    New in any thing, unused, unaccustomed, inexperienced ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose):

    et rudis ad partus et nova miles oram,

    Ov. H. 11, 48.—
    (β).
    With dat.:

    novus dolori,

    Sil. 6, 254; Tac. Agr. 16.—
    * (γ).
    With inf.:

    nova ferre jugum cervix,

    Sil. 16, 332.—
    3.
    Nova Via structa esse dicitur regnante Ser. Tullio, Paul. ex Fest. p. 174 Mull.; v. Müll. ib. p. 389, a; cf.:

    vocabulum pervetustum ut Novae viae, quae via jam diu vetus,

    Varr. L. L. 6, § 59 Müll.—
    4.
    Recent:

    tu cognovisti omnia, novissima et antiqua,

    Vulg. Psa. 138, 5.—
    C.
    In eccl. Lat., renewed by grace:

    nova creatura,

    Vulg. 2 Cor. 5, 17:

    induite novum hominem,

    ib. Eph. 4, 24.—
    II.
    Transf., in the sup.: nŏvissĭmus, a, um, the latest, last, hindermost, extreme (syn.:

    extremus, proximus, recentissimus): a quo (sc. novo) etiam extremum novissimum quoque dici coeptum vulgo, quod meā memoriā ut Aelius sic senes aliquot, nimium novum verbum quod esset, vitabant,

    Varr. L. L. 6, § 59 Müll.:

    histriones,

    Cic. Rosc. Com. 11, 30; Brut. ap. Cic. Fam. 11, 1, 3; Cass. ib. 12, 13, 1:

    qui ex iis novissimus venit, necatur,

    Caes. B. G. 5, 56:

    novissimum agmen,

    the rear, id. ib. 1, 15; 7, 68. —So as subst.: nŏvissĭmi, ōrum, the rear of an army, the soldiers in the last line:

    novissimis praesidio esse,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 20:

    novissimos adorti magnam multitudinem conciderunt,

    id. ib. 2, 11:

    dixitque novissima verba,

    Verg. A. 4, 650:

    novissima cauda,

    i. e. the end of, Ov. M. 3, 681; 13, 963:

    luna,

    Plin. 2, 13, 10, § 56.—
    2.
    Like Engl. last, extreme, highest:

    exempla,

    the extreme penalty, the penalty of death, Tac. A. 12, 20; 15, 44; and absol.:

    a summā spe, novissima exspectabat,

    id. ib. 6, 50:

    novissimum casum experitur,

    id. ib. 12, 33.—
    B.
    Esp. in eccl. Lat.
    1.
    Youngest:

    liberorum,

    Vulg. Jos. 6, 26.—
    2.
    Lowest in rank or fortune:

    de novissimis populi,

    Vulg. 3 Reg. 13, 33.—
    3.
    As subst.
    a.
    Sing.: nŏvissĭmum, i, n., the end.
    (α).
    Of place:

    terrae,

    Vulg. 1 Macc. 3, 9:

    a summo ad novissimum,

    the bottom, id. Isa. 56, 11.—
    (β).
    Of time:

    habent spem in novissimo,

    Vulg. Prov. 23, 18.—
    b.
    Plur.: nŏvissĭma, ōrum, n.
    (α).
    Of place, the bottom, depths:

    abyssi,

    Vulg. Job. 38, 16.—
    (β).
    Of time:

    habebis in novissimis spem,

    Vulg. Prov. 24, 14; cf.:

    novissima hominis illius,

    the end, id. Luc. 11, 26.—Hence, adv. (not in Cic.) in two forms.
    (α).
    Form nŏvē, newly, in a new or unusual manner:

    ornata ut lepide! ut concinne! ut nove!

    Plaut. Ep. 2, 2, 38: ne quid ambigue, ne quid nove dicamus, * Auct. Her. 1, 9, 15:

    verba nove aut insigniter dicta,

    Gell. 19, 7, 2; cf. id. 17, 2, 13; Sen. Contr. 1, 4 fin.
    (β).
    Form nŏvĭter, newly:

    BASILICA IVLIA A SE NOVITER REPARATA,

    Inscr. Orell. 24 (A. D. 377):

    amor noviter venit,

    Fulg. Myth. 3, 1 med.Sup.: nŏvissĭmē.
    a.
    Of time, recently, lately, a short time ago: mater cum novissime aegrotāsset, Val. Antias. ap. Charis. p. 186 P.:

    quod novissime nobiscum foedus fecissent,

    id. ib.:

    novissime, memoriā nostrā, argentum aere solutum est,

    Sall. C. 33, 2:

    liber quem novissime tibi misi,

    Plin. Ep. 8, 3, 1:

    eloquendi rationem novissime repertam,

    Quint. 12 praef. § 3.—
    b.
    Of succession, lastly, last of all, finally:

    dicam primum... deinde... novissime,

    Sen. Ira, 3, 5, 2:

    primum... post haec... novissime,

    Quint. 3, 6, 24; cf.:

    primum... post haec... novissime,

    id. 11, 2, 41:

    vel... vel... vel novissime,

    id. 7, 1, 37:

    et... et... et novissime,

    id. 2, 4, 10:

    cum plura interrogāsset... novissime id inferebat,

    id. 5, 11, 3:

    novissime cum, etc. (= postremo),

    in the last fight, Hirt. B. G. 8, 48, 3.

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  • 11 novum

    nŏvus, a, um, adj. [Sanscr. navas; Gr. neos, i. e. neWos; cf.: noverca, nuntius, denuo, nuper; Germ. neu; Engl. new], new, not old, young, fresh, recent, etc. (v. antiquus init.; cf.: recens, novellus).
    I.
    Lit.
    A.
    In gen.:

    civitates condere novas,

    Cic. Rep. 1, 7, 12:

    nova et a nobis inventa ratio,

    id. ib. 1, 8, 13; cf.:

    nihil novi vobis afferam neque quod a me sit cogitatum aut inventum,

    id. ib. 1, 14, 21:

    novus veteri exercitus jungitur,

    Liv. 7, 7; cf.

    miles,

    Sall. J. 87, 2:

    imperator,

    id. ib. 44, 2:

    novum de integro proelium,

    Liv. 24, 16:

    Camillus,

    id. 22, 14:

    consules,

    Suet. Caes. 15:

    serpens,

    which has cast its old skin, Ov. M. 9, 266:

    caro,

    fresh meat, Juv. 11, 85.—Special phrases.
    1.
    Novae tabernae, or simply Novae (sub Novis), the new shops; many of the shops of the money-changers in the Forum were burned down A. U. C. 543, and those built on their sites were called Novae, those which remained standing Veteres (v. vetus), Liv. 26, 27; 3, 48:

    sub Novis,

    Cic. de Or. 2, 66, 266; cf.: sub Novis dicta pars in foro aedificiorum, quod vocabulum ei pervetustum, Varr. L. L. 6, § 59 Müll.—
    2.
    Novae tabulae, new account-books, by making which old debts were cancelled, Cic. Off. 2, 23, 84; id. Phil. 6, 4, 11; id. Att. 5, 21, 13; 14, 21, 4; Caes. B. C. 3, 1; 3, 21:

    tum Catilina polliceri tabulas novas, proscriptionem locupletium,

    Sall. C. 21, 2.—Hence, trop.:

    beneficiorum novae tabulae,

    i. e. forgetfulness of benefits, Sen. Ben. 1, 4, 6.—
    3.
    Novus homo, or homo novus, the first of his family who obtained a curule office, a man newly ennobled, an upstart, Cic. Off. 1, 39, 138:

    adeptus es, quod non multi homines novi,

    Cic. Fam. 5, 18, 1; cf.:

    in Q. Pompeio, novo homine et fortissimo viro,

    id. Mur. 7, 16 sq.:

    M. Catoni, homini ignoto et novo,

    id. Rep. 1, 1, 1; cf.:

    hic novus Arpinas, ignobilis, et modo Romae Municipalis eques,

    Juv. 8, 237:

    nova nupta,

    a bride, Juv. 2, 120.— Plur. subst.: nŏvi, ōrum, m., recent writers: est et quod appellatur a novis noêma, Quint. 8, 5, 12:

    novorum lectio,

    id. 2, 5, 26; 5, 4, 1.—
    4.
    Novae res, new things, novelties:

    nihil te ad me postea scripsisse demiror, praesertim tam novis rebus,

    Cic. Fam. 7, 18, 4.—Also subst.: nŏvum, i, n., a new thing, a novelty; news:

    novum attulerint, quod fit nusquam gentium,

    Plaut. Cas. prol. 70:

    num quidnam inquit novi?

    Cic. de Or. 2, 3, 13:

    si quid novi vel sero invenissem,

    Quint. 2, 5, 3.— Plur.:

    novorum interpositione priora confundere,

    Quint. 10, 3, 32; 8, 3, 60.—But, in gen., novae res signifies political innovations, a revolution:

    Q. Servilius Ahala Sp. Maelium novis rebus studentem manu suā occidit,

    Cic. Cat. 1, 1, 3:

    rerum novarum causam quaerere,

    id. Agr. 2, 33, 91:

    plebes novarum rerum cupida,

    Sall. C. 28, 4:

    cuncta plebes novarum rerum studio Catilinae incepta probabat,

    id. ib. 37, 1:

    novarum rerum avidi,

    id. J. 19, 1.—In a double sense: Segulium neglegamus, qui res novas quaerit: non quo veterem comederit—nullam enim habuit—sed hanc ipsam recentem novam devorārit, innovations and new wealth, Cic. Fam. 11, 21, 2.—
    B.
    In partic.
    1.
    New, novel, strange, singular, unusual, unheard of:

    flagitia ingentia, nova, capitalia,

    Ter. Ad. 4, 7, 3:

    nihil dicam aut inauditum vobis aut cuiquam novum,

    Cic. de Or. 1, 31, 137; cf.:

    novum crimen et ante hunc diem inauditum,

    id. Lig. 1, 1:

    nova tibi haec sunt et inopinata?

    id. Verr. 2, 2, 8, § 24; id. Att. 6, 1, 5:

    novam in feminā virtutem novo genere honoris donavere,

    Liv. 2, 13; Verg. A. 3, 591:

    nova monstra,

    Hor. C. 1, 2, 6:

    si res agi videtur nova, magna, atrox,

    Quint. 4, 1, 33.—
    2.
    New in any thing, unused, unaccustomed, inexperienced ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose):

    et rudis ad partus et nova miles oram,

    Ov. H. 11, 48.—
    (β).
    With dat.:

    novus dolori,

    Sil. 6, 254; Tac. Agr. 16.—
    * (γ).
    With inf.:

    nova ferre jugum cervix,

    Sil. 16, 332.—
    3.
    Nova Via structa esse dicitur regnante Ser. Tullio, Paul. ex Fest. p. 174 Mull.; v. Müll. ib. p. 389, a; cf.:

    vocabulum pervetustum ut Novae viae, quae via jam diu vetus,

    Varr. L. L. 6, § 59 Müll.—
    4.
    Recent:

    tu cognovisti omnia, novissima et antiqua,

    Vulg. Psa. 138, 5.—
    C.
    In eccl. Lat., renewed by grace:

    nova creatura,

    Vulg. 2 Cor. 5, 17:

    induite novum hominem,

    ib. Eph. 4, 24.—
    II.
    Transf., in the sup.: nŏvissĭmus, a, um, the latest, last, hindermost, extreme (syn.:

    extremus, proximus, recentissimus): a quo (sc. novo) etiam extremum novissimum quoque dici coeptum vulgo, quod meā memoriā ut Aelius sic senes aliquot, nimium novum verbum quod esset, vitabant,

    Varr. L. L. 6, § 59 Müll.:

    histriones,

    Cic. Rosc. Com. 11, 30; Brut. ap. Cic. Fam. 11, 1, 3; Cass. ib. 12, 13, 1:

    qui ex iis novissimus venit, necatur,

    Caes. B. G. 5, 56:

    novissimum agmen,

    the rear, id. ib. 1, 15; 7, 68. —So as subst.: nŏvissĭmi, ōrum, the rear of an army, the soldiers in the last line:

    novissimis praesidio esse,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 20:

    novissimos adorti magnam multitudinem conciderunt,

    id. ib. 2, 11:

    dixitque novissima verba,

    Verg. A. 4, 650:

    novissima cauda,

    i. e. the end of, Ov. M. 3, 681; 13, 963:

    luna,

    Plin. 2, 13, 10, § 56.—
    2.
    Like Engl. last, extreme, highest:

    exempla,

    the extreme penalty, the penalty of death, Tac. A. 12, 20; 15, 44; and absol.:

    a summā spe, novissima exspectabat,

    id. ib. 6, 50:

    novissimum casum experitur,

    id. ib. 12, 33.—
    B.
    Esp. in eccl. Lat.
    1.
    Youngest:

    liberorum,

    Vulg. Jos. 6, 26.—
    2.
    Lowest in rank or fortune:

    de novissimis populi,

    Vulg. 3 Reg. 13, 33.—
    3.
    As subst.
    a.
    Sing.: nŏvissĭmum, i, n., the end.
    (α).
    Of place:

    terrae,

    Vulg. 1 Macc. 3, 9:

    a summo ad novissimum,

    the bottom, id. Isa. 56, 11.—
    (β).
    Of time:

    habent spem in novissimo,

    Vulg. Prov. 23, 18.—
    b.
    Plur.: nŏvissĭma, ōrum, n.
    (α).
    Of place, the bottom, depths:

    abyssi,

    Vulg. Job. 38, 16.—
    (β).
    Of time:

    habebis in novissimis spem,

    Vulg. Prov. 24, 14; cf.:

    novissima hominis illius,

    the end, id. Luc. 11, 26.—Hence, adv. (not in Cic.) in two forms.
    (α).
    Form nŏvē, newly, in a new or unusual manner:

    ornata ut lepide! ut concinne! ut nove!

    Plaut. Ep. 2, 2, 38: ne quid ambigue, ne quid nove dicamus, * Auct. Her. 1, 9, 15:

    verba nove aut insigniter dicta,

    Gell. 19, 7, 2; cf. id. 17, 2, 13; Sen. Contr. 1, 4 fin.
    (β).
    Form nŏvĭter, newly:

    BASILICA IVLIA A SE NOVITER REPARATA,

    Inscr. Orell. 24 (A. D. 377):

    amor noviter venit,

    Fulg. Myth. 3, 1 med.Sup.: nŏvissĭmē.
    a.
    Of time, recently, lately, a short time ago: mater cum novissime aegrotāsset, Val. Antias. ap. Charis. p. 186 P.:

    quod novissime nobiscum foedus fecissent,

    id. ib.:

    novissime, memoriā nostrā, argentum aere solutum est,

    Sall. C. 33, 2:

    liber quem novissime tibi misi,

    Plin. Ep. 8, 3, 1:

    eloquendi rationem novissime repertam,

    Quint. 12 praef. § 3.—
    b.
    Of succession, lastly, last of all, finally:

    dicam primum... deinde... novissime,

    Sen. Ira, 3, 5, 2:

    primum... post haec... novissime,

    Quint. 3, 6, 24; cf.:

    primum... post haec... novissime,

    id. 11, 2, 41:

    vel... vel... vel novissime,

    id. 7, 1, 37:

    et... et... et novissime,

    id. 2, 4, 10:

    cum plura interrogāsset... novissime id inferebat,

    id. 5, 11, 3:

    novissime cum, etc. (= postremo),

    in the last fight, Hirt. B. G. 8, 48, 3.

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  • 12 novus

    nŏvus, a, um, adj. [Sanscr. navas; Gr. neos, i. e. neWos; cf.: noverca, nuntius, denuo, nuper; Germ. neu; Engl. new], new, not old, young, fresh, recent, etc. (v. antiquus init.; cf.: recens, novellus).
    I.
    Lit.
    A.
    In gen.:

    civitates condere novas,

    Cic. Rep. 1, 7, 12:

    nova et a nobis inventa ratio,

    id. ib. 1, 8, 13; cf.:

    nihil novi vobis afferam neque quod a me sit cogitatum aut inventum,

    id. ib. 1, 14, 21:

    novus veteri exercitus jungitur,

    Liv. 7, 7; cf.

    miles,

    Sall. J. 87, 2:

    imperator,

    id. ib. 44, 2:

    novum de integro proelium,

    Liv. 24, 16:

    Camillus,

    id. 22, 14:

    consules,

    Suet. Caes. 15:

    serpens,

    which has cast its old skin, Ov. M. 9, 266:

    caro,

    fresh meat, Juv. 11, 85.—Special phrases.
    1.
    Novae tabernae, or simply Novae (sub Novis), the new shops; many of the shops of the money-changers in the Forum were burned down A. U. C. 543, and those built on their sites were called Novae, those which remained standing Veteres (v. vetus), Liv. 26, 27; 3, 48:

    sub Novis,

    Cic. de Or. 2, 66, 266; cf.: sub Novis dicta pars in foro aedificiorum, quod vocabulum ei pervetustum, Varr. L. L. 6, § 59 Müll.—
    2.
    Novae tabulae, new account-books, by making which old debts were cancelled, Cic. Off. 2, 23, 84; id. Phil. 6, 4, 11; id. Att. 5, 21, 13; 14, 21, 4; Caes. B. C. 3, 1; 3, 21:

    tum Catilina polliceri tabulas novas, proscriptionem locupletium,

    Sall. C. 21, 2.—Hence, trop.:

    beneficiorum novae tabulae,

    i. e. forgetfulness of benefits, Sen. Ben. 1, 4, 6.—
    3.
    Novus homo, or homo novus, the first of his family who obtained a curule office, a man newly ennobled, an upstart, Cic. Off. 1, 39, 138:

    adeptus es, quod non multi homines novi,

    Cic. Fam. 5, 18, 1; cf.:

    in Q. Pompeio, novo homine et fortissimo viro,

    id. Mur. 7, 16 sq.:

    M. Catoni, homini ignoto et novo,

    id. Rep. 1, 1, 1; cf.:

    hic novus Arpinas, ignobilis, et modo Romae Municipalis eques,

    Juv. 8, 237:

    nova nupta,

    a bride, Juv. 2, 120.— Plur. subst.: nŏvi, ōrum, m., recent writers: est et quod appellatur a novis noêma, Quint. 8, 5, 12:

    novorum lectio,

    id. 2, 5, 26; 5, 4, 1.—
    4.
    Novae res, new things, novelties:

    nihil te ad me postea scripsisse demiror, praesertim tam novis rebus,

    Cic. Fam. 7, 18, 4.—Also subst.: nŏvum, i, n., a new thing, a novelty; news:

    novum attulerint, quod fit nusquam gentium,

    Plaut. Cas. prol. 70:

    num quidnam inquit novi?

    Cic. de Or. 2, 3, 13:

    si quid novi vel sero invenissem,

    Quint. 2, 5, 3.— Plur.:

    novorum interpositione priora confundere,

    Quint. 10, 3, 32; 8, 3, 60.—But, in gen., novae res signifies political innovations, a revolution:

    Q. Servilius Ahala Sp. Maelium novis rebus studentem manu suā occidit,

    Cic. Cat. 1, 1, 3:

    rerum novarum causam quaerere,

    id. Agr. 2, 33, 91:

    plebes novarum rerum cupida,

    Sall. C. 28, 4:

    cuncta plebes novarum rerum studio Catilinae incepta probabat,

    id. ib. 37, 1:

    novarum rerum avidi,

    id. J. 19, 1.—In a double sense: Segulium neglegamus, qui res novas quaerit: non quo veterem comederit—nullam enim habuit—sed hanc ipsam recentem novam devorārit, innovations and new wealth, Cic. Fam. 11, 21, 2.—
    B.
    In partic.
    1.
    New, novel, strange, singular, unusual, unheard of:

    flagitia ingentia, nova, capitalia,

    Ter. Ad. 4, 7, 3:

    nihil dicam aut inauditum vobis aut cuiquam novum,

    Cic. de Or. 1, 31, 137; cf.:

    novum crimen et ante hunc diem inauditum,

    id. Lig. 1, 1:

    nova tibi haec sunt et inopinata?

    id. Verr. 2, 2, 8, § 24; id. Att. 6, 1, 5:

    novam in feminā virtutem novo genere honoris donavere,

    Liv. 2, 13; Verg. A. 3, 591:

    nova monstra,

    Hor. C. 1, 2, 6:

    si res agi videtur nova, magna, atrox,

    Quint. 4, 1, 33.—
    2.
    New in any thing, unused, unaccustomed, inexperienced ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose):

    et rudis ad partus et nova miles oram,

    Ov. H. 11, 48.—
    (β).
    With dat.:

    novus dolori,

    Sil. 6, 254; Tac. Agr. 16.—
    * (γ).
    With inf.:

    nova ferre jugum cervix,

    Sil. 16, 332.—
    3.
    Nova Via structa esse dicitur regnante Ser. Tullio, Paul. ex Fest. p. 174 Mull.; v. Müll. ib. p. 389, a; cf.:

    vocabulum pervetustum ut Novae viae, quae via jam diu vetus,

    Varr. L. L. 6, § 59 Müll.—
    4.
    Recent:

    tu cognovisti omnia, novissima et antiqua,

    Vulg. Psa. 138, 5.—
    C.
    In eccl. Lat., renewed by grace:

    nova creatura,

    Vulg. 2 Cor. 5, 17:

    induite novum hominem,

    ib. Eph. 4, 24.—
    II.
    Transf., in the sup.: nŏvissĭmus, a, um, the latest, last, hindermost, extreme (syn.:

    extremus, proximus, recentissimus): a quo (sc. novo) etiam extremum novissimum quoque dici coeptum vulgo, quod meā memoriā ut Aelius sic senes aliquot, nimium novum verbum quod esset, vitabant,

    Varr. L. L. 6, § 59 Müll.:

    histriones,

    Cic. Rosc. Com. 11, 30; Brut. ap. Cic. Fam. 11, 1, 3; Cass. ib. 12, 13, 1:

    qui ex iis novissimus venit, necatur,

    Caes. B. G. 5, 56:

    novissimum agmen,

    the rear, id. ib. 1, 15; 7, 68. —So as subst.: nŏvissĭmi, ōrum, the rear of an army, the soldiers in the last line:

    novissimis praesidio esse,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 20:

    novissimos adorti magnam multitudinem conciderunt,

    id. ib. 2, 11:

    dixitque novissima verba,

    Verg. A. 4, 650:

    novissima cauda,

    i. e. the end of, Ov. M. 3, 681; 13, 963:

    luna,

    Plin. 2, 13, 10, § 56.—
    2.
    Like Engl. last, extreme, highest:

    exempla,

    the extreme penalty, the penalty of death, Tac. A. 12, 20; 15, 44; and absol.:

    a summā spe, novissima exspectabat,

    id. ib. 6, 50:

    novissimum casum experitur,

    id. ib. 12, 33.—
    B.
    Esp. in eccl. Lat.
    1.
    Youngest:

    liberorum,

    Vulg. Jos. 6, 26.—
    2.
    Lowest in rank or fortune:

    de novissimis populi,

    Vulg. 3 Reg. 13, 33.—
    3.
    As subst.
    a.
    Sing.: nŏvissĭmum, i, n., the end.
    (α).
    Of place:

    terrae,

    Vulg. 1 Macc. 3, 9:

    a summo ad novissimum,

    the bottom, id. Isa. 56, 11.—
    (β).
    Of time:

    habent spem in novissimo,

    Vulg. Prov. 23, 18.—
    b.
    Plur.: nŏvissĭma, ōrum, n.
    (α).
    Of place, the bottom, depths:

    abyssi,

    Vulg. Job. 38, 16.—
    (β).
    Of time:

    habebis in novissimis spem,

    Vulg. Prov. 24, 14; cf.:

    novissima hominis illius,

    the end, id. Luc. 11, 26.—Hence, adv. (not in Cic.) in two forms.
    (α).
    Form nŏvē, newly, in a new or unusual manner:

    ornata ut lepide! ut concinne! ut nove!

    Plaut. Ep. 2, 2, 38: ne quid ambigue, ne quid nove dicamus, * Auct. Her. 1, 9, 15:

    verba nove aut insigniter dicta,

    Gell. 19, 7, 2; cf. id. 17, 2, 13; Sen. Contr. 1, 4 fin.
    (β).
    Form nŏvĭter, newly:

    BASILICA IVLIA A SE NOVITER REPARATA,

    Inscr. Orell. 24 (A. D. 377):

    amor noviter venit,

    Fulg. Myth. 3, 1 med.Sup.: nŏvissĭmē.
    a.
    Of time, recently, lately, a short time ago: mater cum novissime aegrotāsset, Val. Antias. ap. Charis. p. 186 P.:

    quod novissime nobiscum foedus fecissent,

    id. ib.:

    novissime, memoriā nostrā, argentum aere solutum est,

    Sall. C. 33, 2:

    liber quem novissime tibi misi,

    Plin. Ep. 8, 3, 1:

    eloquendi rationem novissime repertam,

    Quint. 12 praef. § 3.—
    b.
    Of succession, lastly, last of all, finally:

    dicam primum... deinde... novissime,

    Sen. Ira, 3, 5, 2:

    primum... post haec... novissime,

    Quint. 3, 6, 24; cf.:

    primum... post haec... novissime,

    id. 11, 2, 41:

    vel... vel... vel novissime,

    id. 7, 1, 37:

    et... et... et novissime,

    id. 2, 4, 10:

    cum plura interrogāsset... novissime id inferebat,

    id. 5, 11, 3:

    novissime cum, etc. (= postremo),

    in the last fight, Hirt. B. G. 8, 48, 3.

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  • 13 cacumen

    căcūmen, ĭnis, n. [etym. dub.], the extreme end, extremity, or point of a thing; the peak, top, utmost point.
    I.
    Lit. (whether horizontal or perpendicular; while culmen is an extremity projecting in height; v. Doed. Syn.; in the poets freq.; in prose rare before the Aug. per.;

    not in Cic.): ut altis Arboribus vicina cacumina summa terantur Inter se,

    the extreme top, Lucr. 1, 898. —So of tree-tops:

    umbrosa cacumina,

    Verg. E. 2, 3:

    fracta,

    id. ib. 9, 9; 6, 28; id. G. 2, 29; 2, 307; Ov. M. 1, 346; 1, 552; 1, 567; 8, 257; 8, 716; 8, 756; 9, 389; 10, 140; 10, 193; 13, 833; 15, 396; Quint. 8, 3, 10; 1, 2, 26:

    arborum cacumina,

    Plin. 10, 53, 74, § 147:

    ficorum, pirorum, malorum,

    Col. 3, 21, 11:

    olivae,

    id. 5, 11, 14 and 15; 11, 3, 37; Pall. Jan. 15, 15; id. Febr. 25, 28; id. Mart. 10, 23; 10, 35; id. Apr. 4, 1; Veg. 4, 4, 9 al.:

    harundinis,

    Plin. 16, 36, 64, § 158.—Of grass, the points of the blades, Ov. Tr. 3, 12, 12:

    praeacutis (ramorum) cacuminibus,

    Caes. B. G. 7, 73; Lucr. 6, 459.— Of the summits, peaks of mountains, Liv. 7, 34, 4; Lucr. 6, 464; Cat. 64, 240; Verg. A. 3, 274; Hor. Epod. 16, 28; Ov. M. 1, 310; 1, 317; 1, 666; 6, 311; 8, 797; 7, 804; 9, 93; Luc. 7, 75, Plin. 3, 16, 20, § 117; 6, 7, 7, § 20 al.—Of other things:

    pilorum, Auct. B. Afr. 47: atomi,

    Lucr. 1, 600:

    cujusque rei,

    id. 1, 750:

    ovi,

    Plin. 10, 52, 74, § 145; 10. 54, 75, §

    151: metae,

    id. 36, 5, 4, § 31:

    pyramidis,

    id. 36, 12, 17, § 79:

    membrorum,

    id. 11, 37. 88, §

    219: ignis,

    Luc. 1, 551:

    incurvum, of the elephant's back,

    Sil. 9, 584.—
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    The end, limit: donec alescundi summum tetigere cacumen, until they have completely attained the limit of their growth, Lucr. 2, 1130:

    ad summum donec venere cacumen,

    to the height of perfection, id. 5, 1456: famae, Laber. ap. Macr. S. 2, 7.—
    B.
    As a gram. t. t., the mark of accent placed over a letter, Mart. Cap. 3, § 273.

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  • 14 angulus

    angŭlus, i, m. [cf. ankulos, crooked, bent, angular, Paul. ex Fest. p. 11 Müll.; v. ango], an angle, a corner.
    I.
    Lit.
    A.
    Math. t. t., an angle:

    angulus optusus,

    Lucr. 4, 355:

    angulus acutus,

    Plin. 12, 3, 29, § 50:

    meridianus circulus horizonta rectis angulis secat,

    Sen. Q. N. 5, 17; so,

    ad pares angulos ad terram ferri,

    at right angles, perpendicularly, Cic. Tusc. 1, 17, 40:

    Hoc ubi suffugit sensum simul angulus omnis,

    Lucr. 4, 360:

    figura, quae nihil habet incisum angulis, nihil anfractibus,

    Cic. N. D. 2, 18.—
    B.
    A corner:

    hujus lateris alter angulus qui est ad Cantium,

    Caes. B. G. 5, 13:

    extremus,

    the extreme point, corner, Ov. M. 13, 884; Hor. S. 2, 6, 8; Plin. 37, 10, 66, § 178:

    arcae anguli,

    Vulg. Exod. 25, 12:

    quattuor anguli pallii,

    ib. Deut. 22, 12:

    hic factus est in caput anguli,

    the corner-stone, ib. Matt. 21, 42:

    anguli oculorum,

    the corners of the eyes, Cels. 6, 6, 31; Plin. 24, 14, 77, § 126:

    anguli parietum,

    the angles of walls, id. 2, 82, 84, § 197; so,

    murorum,

    Vulg. 2 Par. 26, 13:

    in angulis platearum,

    ib. Matt. 6, 5:

    quattuor anguli terrae,

    the four quarters of the earth, ib. Apoc. 7, 1.—
    II.
    Transf.
    A.
    A retired, unfrequented place, a nook, corner, lurking-place: in angulum abire, * Ter. Ad. 5, 2, 10:

    nemo non modo Romae, sed nec ullo in angulo totius Italiae oppressus aere alieno fuit, quem etc.,

    Cic. Cat. 2, 4 fin.:

    ille terrarum mihi praeter omnes Angulus ridet,

    Hor. C. 2, 6, 14:

    angulus hic mundi nunc me accipit,

    Prop. 5, 9, 65:

    gratus puellae risus ab angulo,

    Hor. C. 1, 9, 22; Vell. 2, 102, 3.—Contemptuously, of the schools or places of private discussion, in contrast with public, practical life:

    quibus ego, ut de his rebus in angulis consumendi otii causā disserant, cum concessero, etc.,

    Cic. de Or. 1, 13, 57:

    earum ipsarum rerum, quas isti in angulis personant, reapse, non oratione perfectio,

    id. Rep. 1, 2; Lact. 3, 16.—On the contr. without contempt, in Seneca, Ep. 95.—So also, detractingly, of a little country-seat, in opp. to the city: quod Angulus iste feret piper, that hole, said by the discontented steward, Hor. Ep. 1, 14, 23 (so without detraction:

    recessus,

    Juv. 3, 230).—
    * Trop.
    : me ex hoc, ut ita dicam, campo aequitatis ad istas verborum angustias et ad omnes litterarum angulos revocas, into every strait, embarrassment (the figure is taken from a contest or game, in which one strives to get his antagonist into a corner), Cic. Caecin. 29.—
    B.
    A projection of the sea into the land, a bay, gulf: Gallicus, Cato ap. Charis. p. 185 P.

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  • 15 apex

    ăpex, ĭcis, m. [etym. acc. to Serv. ad Verg. A. 10, 270, and Paul. ex Fest. p. 18 Müll., from apo, to join to, whence aptus; cf. Van. Etym. p. 33], the extreme end of a thing, the point, summit, top (syn.: cacumen, summa, fastigium, culmen, vertex); hence,
    I.
    Lit., the small rod at the top of the flamen's cap, wound round with wool, Serv. ad Verg. A. 2, 683; 10, 270.—Hence,
    II.
    Transf.
    A.
    (As pars pro toto.) The conical cap of the flamen, ornamented with this rod:

    QVEI. APICEM. INSIGNE. DIALIS. FLAMINIS. GESISTEI, Epitaph. Scip. Grotef. 2, 299: apicem dialem,

    Liv. 6, 41:

    apex e capite prolapsus,

    Val. Max. 1, 1, n. 4.—Hence, of the priesthood itself: homo honestus non apice insignis, Sen. ap. Lact. 17, 6.—
    B.
    Any hat or helmet, a crown:

    ab aquilā Tarquinio apicem impositum putent,

    Cic. Leg. 1, 1:

    regum apices,

    Hor. C. 3, 21, 20:

    ardet apex capiti,

    Verg. A. 10, 270; 2, 683.—Of birds, the crest, Plin. 11, 37, 44, § 121.—
    C.
    A projecting point or summit.
    1.
    Lit., of trees:

    lauri,

    Verg. A. 7, 66.—Of a headland:

    sublimis,

    Juv. 12, 72:

    montis apex,

    Sil. 12, 709; so Vulg. Judith, 7, 3.—Of the point of a sickle, Col. 4, 25, 1.—Of the summit of a flame, Ov. M. 10, 279 et saep.—
    2.
    Trop., the highest ornament or honor, the crown of a thing:

    apex est senectutis auctoritas,

    Cic. Sen. 17, 60:

    hinc apicem Fortuna sustulit, hic posuisse gaudet,

    Hor. C. 1, 34, 14.—
    D.
    1.. In gram., the long mark over a vowel, Quint. 1, 7, 2; 1, 4, 10; 1, 5, 23;

    Victor. p. 2469 P.—Hence, trop.: nullum apicem quaestionis praetermittere,

    Arn. 3 init.
    2.
    The forms or outlines of the letters:

    litterarum apices,

    Gell. 13, 30, 10; 17, 9, 12.—Hence (per synecdochen),
    E.
    A letter or any other writing:

    apicum oblator,

    Sid. Ep. 6, 8:

    Augusti apices,

    i. e. rescripts, Cod. Just. 2, 8, 6 fin.
    F.
    Of the point or apex of a Hebrew letter, put fig. for the least particle, tittle (eccl. Lat.; Gr. hê keraia):

    iota unum aut unus apex non praeteribit a lege,

    Vulg. Matt. 5, 18; ib. Luc. 16, 17.

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  • 16 fastigium

    fastīgĭum, ii, n. [cf. Sanscr. bhrshtīs, corner, rim; Gr. a-phlaston, aplustria, the ornamented stern of a ship; O. H. Germ. brort, the prow], the top of a gable, a gable end, pediment (syn.: cacumen, culmen, vertex, apex).
    I.
    Prop.:

    Capitolii fastigium illud et ceterarum aedium non venustas, sed necessitas ipsa fabricata est... utilitatem templi fastigii dignitas consecuta est,

    Cic. de Or. 3, 46, 180; cf.:

    fastigia aliquot templorum a culminibus abrupta,

    Liv. 40, 2, 3:

    evado ad summi fastigia culminis,

    Verg. A. 2, 458; Cic. Q. Fr. 3, 1, 4, § 14.—Hence, meton., the roof of a house, Verg. A. 8, 491; 9, 568; Val. Fl. 2, 235:

    habere pulvinar, simulacrum, fastigium, flaminem,

    id. Phil. 2, 43, 110; cf.

    of the same: omnes unum in principem congesti honores: circa templa imagines... suggestus in curia, fastigium in domo, mensis in caelo,

    Flor. 4, 2 fin.:

    Romae signa eorum sunt in Palatina aede Apollinis in fastigio,

    Plin. 36, 5, 4, § 13; cf. id. 35, 12, 43, § 152; Vitr. 3, 2.— Transf.:

    operi tamquam fastigium imponere,

    Cic. Off. 3, 7, 33.—
    B.
    Transf.
    1.
    The extreme part, extremity of a thing, whether above or below.
    a.
    Top, height, summit:

    colles... pari altitudinis fastigio oppidum cingebant,

    Caes. B. G. 7, 69, 4:

    opus nondum aquae fastigium aequabat,

    Curt. 4, 2, 19:

    summi operis,

    id. 4, 2, 8:

    jamque agger aequaverat summae fastigia terrae,

    id. 8, 10, 31:

    aquatilium ova rotunda, reliqua fere fastigio acuminata,

    Plin. 10, 52, 74, § 145:

    gracilitas (arundinis) nodis distincta leni fastigio tenuatur in cacumina,

    id. 16, 36, 64, § 158; cf.:

    cornua in leve fastigium exacuta,

    id. 11, 37, 45, § 124; 16, 33, 60, § 141; Vulg. 2 Reg. 18, 24.—In plur., Lucr. 4, 827:

    muri,

    Val. Fl. 2, 553:

    fontis fastigium,

    i. e. the height on which the fountain sprang up, Hirt. B. G. 8, 41, 5.—
    b.
    The lower part, depth: forsitan et scrobibus quae sint fastigia, quaeres, [p. 728] what should be the depth of the trenches, Verg. G. 2, 288.—
    2.
    (From the sloping form of the gable.) A slope, declivity, descent:

    ab oppido declivis locus tenui fastigio vergebat,

    Caes. B. C. 1, 45, 5:

    jugum paulo leniore fastigio,

    id. ib. 2, 24, 3:

    iniquum loci ad declivitatem fastigium,

    id. B. G. 7, 85, 4:

    rupes leniore submissa fastigio,

    Curt. 6, 6, 11:

    capreoli molli fastigio,

    Caes. B. C. 2, 10, 3; 2, 24, 3:

    musculi,

    id. ib. 2, 11, 1:

    scrobes paulatim angustiore ad infimum fastigio,

    i. e. gradually narrowing from top to bottom, id. B. G. 7, 73, 5; cf.:

    si (fossa) fastigium habet, ut (aqua) exeat e fundo,

    Varr. R. R. 1, 14, 2.—
    3.
    In the later grammarians, an accent placed over a word, Mart. Cap. 3, § 264; § 268 al.; Diom. p. 428 P.
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    The highest part, summit, the highest degree, most exalted rank or dignity (perh. only since the Aug. per.):

    quicquid numinum hanc Romani imperii molem in amplissimum terrarum orbis fastigium extulit,

    Vell. 2, 131, 1; cf.:

    sic fit, ut dei summum inter homines fastigium servent,

    Plin. Pan. 52, 2:

    et quoad usque ad memoriam nostram tribuniciis consularibusque certatum viribus est, dictaturae semper altius fastigium fuit,

    Liv. 6, 38 fin.; cf.:

    in consulare fastigium vehi,

    Vell. 2, 69, 1:

    ad regium fastigium evehere aliquem,

    Val. Max. 1, 6, 1:

    alii cives ejusdem fastigii,

    Liv. 3, 35, 9:

    stare in fastigio eloquentiae,

    Quint. 12, 1, 20:

    rhetoricen in tam sublime fastigium sine arte venisse,

    id. 2, 17, 3:

    et poësis ab Homero et Vergilio tantum fastigium accepit, et eloquentia a Demosthene,

    id. 12, 11, 26; cf.:

    magice in tantum fastigii adolevit, ut, etc.,

    grew into such esteem, Plin. 30, 1, 1, § 2.—
    2.
    In gen., dignity, rank, condition:

    (M. Laetorio) curatio altior fastigio suo data est,

    Liv. 2, 27, 6; cf.:

    ampliora etiam humano fastigio decerni sibi passus est,

    Suet. Caes. 76:

    tamquam mortale fastigium egressus,

    Tac. A. 15, 74:

    animus super humanum fastigium elatus,

    Curt. 9, 10 med.:

    quales ex humili magna ad fastigia rerum extollit Fortuna,

    Juv. 3, 39.—
    B.
    A leading or chief point, head in a discourse; a principal sort or kind (rare):

    summa sequar fastigia rerum,

    Verg. A. 1, 342:

    e quibus tribus fastigiis (agrorum) simplicibus,

    sorts, kinds, Varr. R. R. 1, 6, 2:

    propter haec tria fastigia formae discrimina quaedam fiunt sationum,

    id. ib. 1, 5:

    haec atque hujuscemodi tria fastigia agri, etc.,

    id. ib. 1, 6, 6; cf.

    also: quo fastigio sit fundus,

    id. ib. 1, 20 fin. (and v. Lachm. ad Lucr. p. 223):

    laudem relego fastigia summa,

    Prisc. Laud. Anast. 148.

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  • 17 Cuneus

    1.
    cŭnĕus, i, m. [cf. Sanscr. çā, çān, to sharpen; Lat. cos, cautes], a wedge.
    I.
    Prop., Cato, R. R. 10, 3; 11, 4; Att. ap. Cic. Tusc. 2, 10, 23; Verg. G. 1, 144; Hor. C. 1, 35, 18: jamque labant cunei, i. e. the plugs or wedges by which the ship's hull was made tight, Ov. M. 11, 514:

    Britannia in cuneum tenuatur,

    is shaped like a wedge, Tac. Agr. 10; cf. cuneo, II.—
    * B.
    Trop.:

    hoc cuneo veritatis omnis extruditur haeresis,

    Tert. adv. Marc. 1, 21 fin.
    II.
    Meton.
    A.
    Troops drawn up for battle in the form of a wedge, Caes. B. G. 6, 39; Liv. 2, 50, 9; 10, 29, 7 al.; Tac. A. 1, 51; id. H. 2, 42; id. G. 6 sq.; Quint. 2, 13, 4; Verg. A. 12, 269; 12, 575 al.; cf. Veg. Mil. 1, 26; 3, 19;

    of the Macedonian phalanx: cohortes invicem sub signis, quae cuneum Macedonicum (phalangem ipsi vocant) si possent, vi perrumperent, emittebat,

    Liv. 32, 17, 11;

    and Dict. of Antiq.—So of a mob: turbandae rei causā publicani cuneo inruperunt,

    Liv. 25, 3, 18;

    of a flight of geese,

    Plin. 10, 23, 32, § 63.—
    B.
    The wedge-form division of the rows of seats in a theatre, Vitr. 5, 6:

    ad tumulum cuneosque theatri perferre, etc.,

    Verg. A. 5, 664; Suet. Aug. 44; Juv. 6, 61; cf. Dict. of Antiq.—Hence, *
    2.
    Transf., the spectators:

    ut vero cuneis notuit res omnibus,

    all the boxes, Phaedr. 5, 8, 35.—
    C. 2.
    Cŭnĕus, i, m., a promontory in Lusitania, now Cabo St. Maria, the extreme southern point of Portugal, Mel. 3, 1, 6; Plin. 4, 21, 35, § 116.

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  • 18 cuneus

    1.
    cŭnĕus, i, m. [cf. Sanscr. çā, çān, to sharpen; Lat. cos, cautes], a wedge.
    I.
    Prop., Cato, R. R. 10, 3; 11, 4; Att. ap. Cic. Tusc. 2, 10, 23; Verg. G. 1, 144; Hor. C. 1, 35, 18: jamque labant cunei, i. e. the plugs or wedges by which the ship's hull was made tight, Ov. M. 11, 514:

    Britannia in cuneum tenuatur,

    is shaped like a wedge, Tac. Agr. 10; cf. cuneo, II.—
    * B.
    Trop.:

    hoc cuneo veritatis omnis extruditur haeresis,

    Tert. adv. Marc. 1, 21 fin.
    II.
    Meton.
    A.
    Troops drawn up for battle in the form of a wedge, Caes. B. G. 6, 39; Liv. 2, 50, 9; 10, 29, 7 al.; Tac. A. 1, 51; id. H. 2, 42; id. G. 6 sq.; Quint. 2, 13, 4; Verg. A. 12, 269; 12, 575 al.; cf. Veg. Mil. 1, 26; 3, 19;

    of the Macedonian phalanx: cohortes invicem sub signis, quae cuneum Macedonicum (phalangem ipsi vocant) si possent, vi perrumperent, emittebat,

    Liv. 32, 17, 11;

    and Dict. of Antiq.—So of a mob: turbandae rei causā publicani cuneo inruperunt,

    Liv. 25, 3, 18;

    of a flight of geese,

    Plin. 10, 23, 32, § 63.—
    B.
    The wedge-form division of the rows of seats in a theatre, Vitr. 5, 6:

    ad tumulum cuneosque theatri perferre, etc.,

    Verg. A. 5, 664; Suet. Aug. 44; Juv. 6, 61; cf. Dict. of Antiq.—Hence, *
    2.
    Transf., the spectators:

    ut vero cuneis notuit res omnibus,

    all the boxes, Phaedr. 5, 8, 35.—
    C. 2.
    Cŭnĕus, i, m., a promontory in Lusitania, now Cabo St. Maria, the extreme southern point of Portugal, Mel. 3, 1, 6; Plin. 4, 21, 35, § 116.

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  • 19 apex

        apex icis, m    [1 AP-], the extreme end, point, summit, top: lauri, V.: montis, O.: sublimis (of a headland), Iu.: levis, a tongue of flame, V.—A hat, helmet, crown: regum apices, H.: summus, the top of the helmet, V.: hinc apicem Fortuna Sustulit, the crown, H.: dialis, the flamen's hat, i. e. the priestly office, L. — Fig., the highest ornament: apex est senectutis auctoritas.
    * * *
    point, top, summit; cap, crown; conical priest cap; highest honor; long mark over vowel; outlines of letters, letter; least particle, speck

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  • 20 dexter

        dexter tera, terum, and tra, trum, adj.    with comp. dexterior and sup. dextimus, to the right, on the right side, right (opp. laevus, sinister): manus: umeri, Cs.: latus, H.: hostium, Cs.: cornum, T.: cornu, Cs.: acies, L.: dextris adducor litora remis, rowing to the right, O.: Quo tantum dexter abis? so far to the right, V.: Lyncea dexter Occupat, on the right, V.: Dextera Sigaei ara est sacrata, on the right, O.: dexteriore parte, O.: Neu te dexterior (rota) declinet, O.: apud dextimos, on the extreme right, S.—Handy, dexterous, skilful, opportune, suitable: Marius scripti dexter in omne genus, O.: quīs rebus dexter modus, V.: tempus, H.—Of good omen, favorable, propitious: dexter stetit, H.: dexter adi, V.: tempus, H.
    * * *
    dextra -um, dexterior -or -us, dextimus -a -um ADJ
    skillful, dexterous; favorable, fortunate; right, on the right hand

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