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postis, is ( abl. sing. posti, Ov. M. 5, 120), m. [pono], a post, door-post.

Lit. (class.), Ov. Am. 2, 1, 27:

caput legis in curiae poste figere,

Cic. Att. 3, 15, 6: armis Herculis ad postem fixis, Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 5:

cur invidendis postibus moliar atrium,

id. C. 3, 1, 45:

tenere postem, said of him who consecrates a temple,

Liv. 2, 8; Cic. Dom. 46, 120.—Also of other edifices:

ambulationis postes nemo umquam tenuit in dedicando,

Cic. Dom. 46, 121.—

Poet., transf., a door (usually in plur.):

postes a cardine vellit Aeratos,

Verg. A. 2, 480:

aerati procumbunt cardine postes,

id. ib. 493; Val. Fl. 7, 322:

perunguere postis, ne quid mali medicamenti inferretur,

Plin. 28, 9, 37, § 142.—In sing.:

poste recluso,

Luc. 5, 531.—

Trop. ( poet.): belli ferratos postes portasque refregit, Enn. ap. Serv. ad Verg. A. 7, 622 (Ann. v. 271 Vahl.):

videtur Cernere res animus, sublatis postibus ipsis,

i. e. the eyes, Lucr. 3, 369.

prō-sĕquor, cūtus (quūtus), 3, v. dep. a., to follow (in a friendly or hostile manner), to accompany, attend; to follow after, pursue (class.; cf.: comitor, stipo).

Lit.:

novum maritum volo rus prosequi,

Plaut. Cas. 4, 2, 3:

eum milites electi circiter CXX. sunt prosecuti,

Caes. B. C. 3, 91:

Dianam ture odoribusque incensis prosecutae sunt,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 35, § 77; id. Att. 6, 3, 6:

unum omnes illum prosequebantur,

Nep. Alc. 6, 3:

aliquem in domum,

Gell. 18, 1, 16:

exsequias,

to attend a funeral, Ov. Tr. 1, 8, 14; so,

defunctum in conditorium,

Petr. 111; cf.:

Bassus noster videtur mihi prosequi se,

to attend his own funeral, Sen. Ep. 30, 5:

lacrimis ad saevas prosequor usque fores,

Ov. Am. 1, 4, 62; Cic. Planc. 10, 26:

Aeneas Prosequitur lacrimans longe,

Verg. A. 6, 476; 12, 72.—In a hostile sense, to follow after, pursue:

fugientes prosequi,

Caes. B. C. 2, 41:

hostem,

id. ib. 2, 8:

novissimos multa millia passuum prosecuti,

id. B. G. 2, 11; 5, 9:

iste iratus hominem verbis vehementioribus prosequitur,

i. e. assailed, attacked, Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 29, § 73:

aliquem contumeliosis vocibus,

Caes. B. C. 1, 69:

speculatores, qui prosequerentur agmen, missi,

Liv. 27, 15; 30, 29:

armati qui eos prosequebantur,

Curt. 3, 13, 9:

aliquem lapidibus,

Petr. 90.—Of animals:

eādem cane anxie prosequente,

Just. 1, 4, 11; Sil. 4, 615.—With abl., of following with the eyes:

oculis abeuntem prosequor udis,

Ov. H. 12, 55; 5, 55:

aliquos visu,

Stat. Th. 5, 483.—

Transf., of inanim. and abstr. subjects, to follow, pursue; to accompany, attend:

prosequitur surgens a puppi ventus euntes,

Verg. A. 3, 130:

naves mitterent quae se prosequerentur,

Liv. 30, 25; cf.

exercitus,

id. 7, 33; Curt. 3, 3, 24:

datae duae triremes ad prosequendum,

Tac. H. 2, 9:

Cattos suos saltus Hercynius prosequitur simul atque deponit,

goes as far as their territory extends, and then ceases, id. G. 30:

eadem (existimatio Quintum) usque ad rogum prosequatur,

Cic. Quint. 31, 99; cf.:

(amici) mortui vivunt: tantus eos honos prosequitur amicorum,

id. Lael. 7, 23.—

Trop.

To honor, adorn, or present one with a thing, to bestow any thing upon one; constr. with abl., rarely with cum and abl.:

benevolentiā, aut misericordiā prosequi aliquem,

Cic. Brut. 1, 4:

aliquem honorificis verbis,

id. Tusc. 2, 25, 61:

virtutem alicujus gratā memoriā,

id. Phil. 14, 11, 30:

nomen alicujus grato animo,

id. ib. 4, 1, 3:

memoriam cujuspiam clamore et plausu,

id. ib. 10, 4, 8:

aliquem laudibus,

Liv. 9, 8:

aliquem beneficiis ac liberalitate,

Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 41, § 94:

cum me in illo tristi et acerbo luctu atque discessu non lacrimis solum tuis, sed animo, corpore, copiis prosecutus esses,

id. Planc. 30, 73; cf.:

reliquum est ut tuam profectionem amore prosequar, reditum spe exspectem,

id. Fam. 15, 21, 5:

delictum veniā,

Tac. A. 13, 35:

Maximum libenter apud te testimonio prosequar,

Plin. Ep. 10, 85 (17):

prosecuti cum donis legatos sunt,

Liv. 39, 55, 4:

decedentem domum cum favore ac laudibus prosecuti sunt,

id. 2, 31, 11:

Senatus gratias egit Caesari, quod et ipse cum summo honore mentionem ejus prosecutus esset,

Plin. Ep. 8, 6, 5; cf.:

aliquem uberrimo congiario,

Suet. Caes. 27:

milites,

id. Aug. 49.—

To pursue, continue, follow up, to go on or proceed with an idea or theme:

si (rem) non ad extremum, sed usque eo, quo opus erit, prosequemur,

Auct. Her. 1, 9, 14:

non prosequar longius,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 30, 83:

illius vero mortis opportunitatem benevolentiā prosequamur,

id. Brut. 1, 4:

pascua versu,

to describe at length, Verg. G. 3, 340:

stilo munificentiae rationem,

Plin. Ep. 1, 8, 8:

ut latius, quae cujusque adfectus natura sit, prosequamur,

Quint. 5, 8, 2; 2, 6, 1: uno libello carissimam mihi memoriam prosequi, Plin. Ep. 3, 10, 3: ex ordine domesticos motus, to pursue, go through with, describe in order, Flor 3, 12, 14:

similitudinem,

to follow up, Sen. Ep. 13, 3.— Absol., to proceed with one's speaking ( poet.):

prosequitur pavitans, et ficto pectore fatur,

Verg. A. 2, 107.

rāvus, a, um, adj. [root ru-; Sanscr. aru-, to bellow; Lat. rudens, etc.; cf. raucus], hoarse: rava vox rauca et parum liquida, proxime canum latratum sonans, Paul. ex Fest. p. 283 Müll. So in only a single (post-class.) example:

ciere ravos Cantus,

Sid. Ep. 8, 11 in carm. fin.

rāvus, a, um, adj. [for hravus, ghrav-us; root in Sanscr. gar-an; Gr. gerôn, senex; cf.: gêras, graus; O. H. Germ. grā; Engl. gray], gray-yellow, gray, tawny (rare but class.): ravi coloris appellantur, qui sunt inter flavos et caesios, Paul. ex Fest. p. 272 Müll.. (mare illud) nobismet ipsis modo caeruleum videbatur, mane ravum, Cic. Ac. 2, 33, 105 Goer. N. cr. (cited in Non. 164, 14):

fulix, id. poët. Div. 1, 8, 14 (al. cana): lupa,

Hor. C. 3, 27, 3. Said severai times of the eyes, Varr. R. R. 2, 2, 4; 9, 3; cf.:

orbes ravi coloris,

Plin. 11, 37, 55, § 148.