the+hand

palmŭla, ae, f. dim. [id.], the palm of the hand.

Lit., Varr. ap. Non.-372, 29:

saevientes,

App. M. 8, p. 105, 17; 3, p. 138, 27.—

Transf.

The blade of an oar, an oar:

palmulae appellantur remi a similitudine manūs humanae,

Fest. p. 220 Müll.; Verg. A. 5, 163.—

The wing of a bird:

color psittaco viridis et intimis plumulis et extimis palmulis (al. parmulis),

App. Flor. p. 348, 31. —

The fruit of the palm-tree, a date, Varr. R. R. 1, 67; 2, 1, 27; Cels. 2, 20; Suet. Aug. 76; Claud. 8.

* * *

haedus (less correctly hoedus, and archaic aedus or ēdus; cf. Quint. 1, 5, 19, and see the letter H; Sabine, fedus, like fircus for hircus, cf. Varr. L.L. 5, § 97 Müll., and see the letter F), i, m. [Sanscr. huda, ram; O. H. Germ. Geiz; cf. Gr. chimaros], a young goat, a kid (cf.: hircus, caper).

Lit., Varr. R. R. 2, 3, 4; 8; Cic. de Sen. 16, 56; Verg. G. 4, 10; Hor. C. 3, 18, 5; id. Epod. 2, 60; Mart. 10, 87, 17.—As a fig. for wantonness:

tenero lascivior haedo,

Ov. M. 13, 791;

as a fig. of weakness,

Lucr. 3, 7.—

Transf., plur.: Haedi, a small double star in the hand of the Waggoner (Auriga), Cic. poët. N. D. 2, 43, 110; so in plur., Varr. R. R. 2, 1, 8; Col. 11, 2, 73:

pluviales Haedi,

Verg. A. 9,668; cf.

nimbosi,

Ov. Tr. 1, 11, 13. —In sing.:

purus et Orion, purus et Haedus erit,

Prop. 2, 26 (3, 22), 56.

haedus (less correctly hoedus, and archaic aedus or ēdus; cf. Quint. 1, 5, 19, and see the letter H; Sabine, fedus, like fircus for hircus, cf. Varr. L.L. 5, § 97 Müll., and see the letter F), i, m. [Sanscr. huda, ram; O. H. Germ. Geiz; cf. Gr. chimaros], a young goat, a kid (cf.: hircus, caper).

Lit., Varr. R. R. 2, 3, 4; 8; Cic. de Sen. 16, 56; Verg. G. 4, 10; Hor. C. 3, 18, 5; id. Epod. 2, 60; Mart. 10, 87, 17.—As a fig. for wantonness:

tenero lascivior haedo,

Ov. M. 13, 791;

as a fig. of weakness,

Lucr. 3, 7.—

Transf., plur.: Haedi, a small double star in the hand of the Waggoner (Auriga), Cic. poët. N. D. 2, 43, 110; so in plur., Varr. R. R. 2, 1, 8; Col. 11, 2, 73:

pluviales Haedi,

Verg. A. 9,668; cf.

nimbosi,

Ov. Tr. 1, 11, 13. —In sing.:

purus et Orion, purus et Haedus erit,

Prop. 2, 26 (3, 22), 56.

fēmĭnĕus, a, um, adj. [id.], of or belonging to a woman, womanly, feminine (rare but class. and mostly poet.) = muliebris.

Prop.:

feminae vir feminea interemor manu,

Cic. Tusc. 2, 8, 20 (in version of Soph. Trachin.):

femineae vocis exilitas,

Quint. 1, 11, 1:

quatuor ille quidem juvenes totidemque crearat Femineae sortis,

i. e. of the female sex, Ov. M. 6, 680:

sors,

id. ib. 13, 651; cf.

sexus,

Plin. 36, 16, 25, § 129:

artus,

Ov. M. 10, 729:

catervae,

Val. Fl. 4, 603:

labor,

Tib. 2, 1, 63; Ov. Am. 1, 13, 23:

dolor,

id. M. 9, 151:

clamor,

id. ib. 12, 226; cf.

vox,

id. ib. 3, 536;

4, 29: plangores,

Verg. A. 2, 488:

Marte cadendum,

i. e. by the hand of a woman, Ov. M. 12, 610:

amor,

i. e. love for a woman, id. Am. 3, 2, 40:

cupido,

id. M. 9, 734:

venus,

id. ib. 10, 80:

poena,

i. e. executed on a woman, Verg. A. 2, 584: Calendae, i. e. the first of March (on which the Matronalia were celebrated), Juv. 9, 53:

ceroma,

for women's use, id. 6, 246.—

Transf., with an accessory notion of contempt, womanish, effeminate, unmanly: vox, Quint, 1, 11, 1; cf. Ov. A. A. 3, 286:

pectus,

Ov. M. 13, 693:

amor praedae,

Verg. A. 11, 782:

lunae femineum et molle sidus,

Plin. 2, 101, 104, § 223.

haedus (less correctly hoedus, and archaic aedus or ēdus; cf. Quint. 1, 5, 19, and see the letter H; Sabine, fedus, like fircus for hircus, cf. Varr. L.L. 5, § 97 Müll., and see the letter F), i, m. [Sanscr. huda, ram; O. H. Germ. Geiz; cf. Gr. chimaros], a young goat, a kid (cf.: hircus, caper).

Lit., Varr. R. R. 2, 3, 4; 8; Cic. de Sen. 16, 56; Verg. G. 4, 10; Hor. C. 3, 18, 5; id. Epod. 2, 60; Mart. 10, 87, 17.—As a fig. for wantonness:

tenero lascivior haedo,

Ov. M. 13, 791;

as a fig. of weakness,

Lucr. 3, 7.—

Transf., plur.: Haedi, a small double star in the hand of the Waggoner (Auriga), Cic. poët. N. D. 2, 43, 110; so in plur., Varr. R. R. 2, 1, 8; Col. 11, 2, 73:

pluviales Haedi,

Verg. A. 9,668; cf.

nimbosi,

Ov. Tr. 1, 11, 13. —In sing.:

purus et Orion, purus et Haedus erit,

Prop. 2, 26 (3, 22), 56.

incīsūra, ae, f. [2. incīdo], a cutting into, incision, incisure (post-Aug.).

In gen., Col. 12, 54, 1; Plin. 11, 39, 94, § 231. — Plur., Vulg. Lev. 21, 5.—

In partic.

A natural incision, indentation; as in the palm of the hand, the bodies of insects, in leaves, etc., Plin. 11, 52, 114, § 274; 11, 1, 1, § 1; 15, 11, 11, § 37; 26, 8, 29, § 46.—

In painting, a division between the light and shade, Plin. 33, 13, 57, § 163.

sphaera (post-class. sphēra; once sphĕra, Prud. Apoth. 278), ae, f., = sphaira, a ball, globe, sphere (pure Lat. globus, Cic. N. D. 2, 18, 47).

In gen.:

sphaeras pugnum altas facito,

Cato, R. R. 82; Cic. Fat. 8, 15:

habent suam sphaeram stellae inerrantes,

id. N. D. 2, 21, 55.—

In partic.

A globe or sphere made to represent the heavenly bodies, Cic. Rep. 1, 14, 21 sq.; 1, 17, 28; id. Tusc. 1, 25, 63; 5, 23, 64; id. N. D. 2, 35, 88; id. de Or. 3, 40, 162.—

A globe, one of the great bodies of the universe, Macr. Somn. Scip. 2, 4, 8; Mart. Cap. 7, § 741.—

A ball for playing with (syn. follis), Cael. Aur. Tard. 3, 6, 88; 5, 11, 134; Amm. 21, 14, 1;

in the hand of a statue,

id. 25, 10, 2.

sphaera (post-class. sphēra; once sphĕra, Prud. Apoth. 278), ae, f., = sphaira, a ball, globe, sphere (pure Lat. globus, Cic. N. D. 2, 18, 47).

In gen.:

sphaeras pugnum altas facito,

Cato, R. R. 82; Cic. Fat. 8, 15:

habent suam sphaeram stellae inerrantes,

id. N. D. 2, 21, 55.—

In partic.

A globe or sphere made to represent the heavenly bodies, Cic. Rep. 1, 14, 21 sq.; 1, 17, 28; id. Tusc. 1, 25, 63; 5, 23, 64; id. N. D. 2, 35, 88; id. de Or. 3, 40, 162.—

A globe, one of the great bodies of the universe, Macr. Somn. Scip. 2, 4, 8; Mart. Cap. 7, § 741.—

A ball for playing with (syn. follis), Cael. Aur. Tard. 3, 6, 88; 5, 11, 134; Amm. 21, 14, 1;

in the hand of a statue,

id. 25, 10, 2.

abs-cīdo, cīdi, cīsum, 3, v. a. [caedo], to cut off with a sharp instrument (diff. from ab-scindo, to break or tear off as with the hand); the former corresponds to praecidere, the latter to avellere, v. Liv. 31, 34, 4 Drak.

Lit.:

caput,

Cic. Phil. 11, 2, 5; Liv. 4, 19; Verg. A. 12, 511 al.; so,

membra,

Lucr. 3, 642:

bracchium,

Liv. 4, 28, 8:

collum,

Sil. 15, 473:

dextram,

Suet. Caes. 68:

linguam,

Plaut. Am. 2, 1, 7; Suet. Calig. 27 al.:

comas alicui,

Luc. 6, 568:

truncos arborum et ramos,

Caes. B. G. 7, 73, 2.—

Trop., to cut off, deprive of; to detract:

spem (alicui),

Liv. 4, 10, 4; 24, 30, 12; 35, 45, 6:

orationem alicui,

id. 45, 37, 9:

omnium rerum respectum sibi,

id. 9, 23, 12:

omnia praesidia,

Tac. H. 3, 78:

vocem,

Vell. 2, 66; cf. Quint. 8, 3, 85.— Absol.:

quarum (orationum) alteram non libebat mihi scribere, quia abscideram,

had broken off, Cic. Att. 2, 7.—Hence, abscīsus, a, um, P. a., cut off.

Of places, steep, precipitous (cf. abruptus):

saxum undique abscisum,

Liv. 32, 4, 5; so id. 32, 25, 36:

rupes,

id. 32, 5, 12.—

Of speech, abrupt, concise, short:

in voce aut omnino suppressā, aut etiam abscisā,

Quint. 8, 3, 85; 9, 4, 118 Halm (al. abscissa):

asperum et abscisum castigationis genus,

Val. Max. 2, 7, 14:

responsum,

id. 3, 8, 3:

sententia,

id. 6, 3, 10; cf. in comp.:

praefractior atque abscisior justitia,

id. 6, 5, ext. 4.— Sup. prob. not used.— Adv.: abscīsē, cut off; hence, of speech, concisely, shortly, distinctly, Val. Max. 3, 7, ext. 6; Dig. 50, 6, 5, § 2.

ap-prĕhendo ( adp-, Fleck., Baiter, Halm; app-, Kayser) ( poet. sometimes apprendo: adprendas, Caecil. ap. Gell. 15, 9;

apprensus,

Tac. A. 4, 8; Stat. S. 3, 4, 43;

apprendere,

Sil. 13, 653), di, sum, 3, v. a., to lay hold upon, to seize, take hold of (class., esp. in prose; syn.: prehendo, comprehendo, cupio, arripio, corripio).

In gen.

Lit.:

Alterum alterā adprehendit eos manu,

Plaut. Am. 5, 1, 64, where Fleck. reads prehendit: Pone (me) apprendit pallio, * Ter. Phorm. 5, 6, 23:

adprehendens pallium suum,

Vulg. 3 Reg. 11, 30:

atomi aliae alias adprehendentes continuantur,

Cic. N. D. 1, 20, 54:

adprehendit cornu altaris,

Vulg. 3 Reg. 2, 28:

vites sic claviculis adminicula tamquam manibus adprehendunt,

Cic. N. D. 2, 47, 120:

morsu,

Plin. 11, 24, 28, § 84:

quantum adprehenderint tres digiti,

Quint. 1, 2, 26.—So of seizing hold of the hand, or embracing the person:

manum osculandi causā,

Suet. Tib. 72 (prehendere manum is found in Cic. Quint. 31, and id. de Or. 1, 56, 240):

manum adprehendere,

Vulg. Gen. 19, 16; id. Isa. 41, 13; ib. Marc. 1, 31; ib. Act. 3, 7:

quibus adprensis,

Tac. A. 4, 8 al.:

adprehensum deosculatur,

Vulg. Prov. 7, 13.—Also in entreaty:

conscientiā exter ritus adprehendit Caecilium, etc.,

Plin. Ep. 1, 5, 8.—

Trop.

Of discourse:

quidquid ego apprehenderam statim accusator extorquebat e manibus,

whatever I had brought forward, alleged, Cic. Clu. 19, 52:

nisi caute adprehenditur,

is laid hold of, employed, Quint. 10, 2, 3.—

To grasp with the mind, to understand, comprehend:

passio apprehensa,

Cael. Aur. Tard. 3, 5, 70; Tert. adv. Val. 11.—

For complector, to embrace, include:

casum testamento,

Dig. 28, 2, 10:

personam filii (sc. in stipulatione),

ib. 45, 1, 56.—

Esp., to seize, to take, or lay hold of, to apprehend:

a militibus adprehensus,

Gell. 5, 14, 26:

furem adprehendere,

Dig. 13, 7, 11:

fugitivum,

ib. 11, 4, 1.—Hence,

lang., to take possession of:

adprehendere Hispanias,

Cic. Att. 10, 8 init. (cf. Caes. B. C. 3, 112: Pharon prehendit); and in gen. to lay hold of, to get, secure, obtain (eccl. Lat.):

adprehende vitam aeternam,

Vulg. 1 Tim. 6, 12;

6, 19: justitiam,

righteousness, ib. Rom. 9, 30.—

As med. t., of disease, to seize:

Ubi libido veniet nauseae eumque adprehendit, decumbat etc.,

Cato, R. R. 156, 4.—So in gen. of fear, pain, trouble (eccl. Lat.):

tremor adprehendit eam,

Vulg. Jer. 49, 24:

dolor,

ib. 2 Macc. 9, 5:

angustia,

ib. Jer. 50, 43:

stupor,

ib. Luc. 5, 26:

tentatio,

ib. 1 Cor. 10, 13.

ap-prĕhendo ( adp-, Fleck., Baiter, Halm; app-, Kayser) ( poet. sometimes apprendo: adprendas, Caecil. ap. Gell. 15, 9;

apprensus,

Tac. A. 4, 8; Stat. S. 3, 4, 43;

apprendere,

Sil. 13, 653), di, sum, 3, v. a., to lay hold upon, to seize, take hold of (class., esp. in prose; syn.: prehendo, comprehendo, cupio, arripio, corripio).

In gen.

Lit.:

Alterum alterā adprehendit eos manu,

Plaut. Am. 5, 1, 64, where Fleck. reads prehendit: Pone (me) apprendit pallio, * Ter. Phorm. 5, 6, 23:

adprehendens pallium suum,

Vulg. 3 Reg. 11, 30:

atomi aliae alias adprehendentes continuantur,

Cic. N. D. 1, 20, 54:

adprehendit cornu altaris,

Vulg. 3 Reg. 2, 28:

vites sic claviculis adminicula tamquam manibus adprehendunt,

Cic. N. D. 2, 47, 120:

morsu,

Plin. 11, 24, 28, § 84:

quantum adprehenderint tres digiti,

Quint. 1, 2, 26.—So of seizing hold of the hand, or embracing the person:

manum osculandi causā,

Suet. Tib. 72 (prehendere manum is found in Cic. Quint. 31, and id. de Or. 1, 56, 240):

manum adprehendere,

Vulg. Gen. 19, 16; id. Isa. 41, 13; ib. Marc. 1, 31; ib. Act. 3, 7:

quibus adprensis,

Tac. A. 4, 8 al.:

adprehensum deosculatur,

Vulg. Prov. 7, 13.—Also in entreaty:

conscientiā exter ritus adprehendit Caecilium, etc.,

Plin. Ep. 1, 5, 8.—

Trop.

Of discourse:

quidquid ego apprehenderam statim accusator extorquebat e manibus,

whatever I had brought forward, alleged, Cic. Clu. 19, 52:

nisi caute adprehenditur,

is laid hold of, employed, Quint. 10, 2, 3.—

To grasp with the mind, to understand, comprehend:

passio apprehensa,

Cael. Aur. Tard. 3, 5, 70; Tert. adv. Val. 11.—

For complector, to embrace, include:

casum testamento,

Dig. 28, 2, 10:

personam filii (sc. in stipulatione),

ib. 45, 1, 56.—

Esp., to seize, to take, or lay hold of, to apprehend:

a militibus adprehensus,

Gell. 5, 14, 26:

furem adprehendere,

Dig. 13, 7, 11:

fugitivum,

ib. 11, 4, 1.—Hence,

lang., to take possession of:

adprehendere Hispanias,

Cic. Att. 10, 8 init. (cf. Caes. B. C. 3, 112: Pharon prehendit); and in gen. to lay hold of, to get, secure, obtain (eccl. Lat.):

adprehende vitam aeternam,

Vulg. 1 Tim. 6, 12;

6, 19: justitiam,

righteousness, ib. Rom. 9, 30.—

As med. t., of disease, to seize:

Ubi libido veniet nauseae eumque adprehendit, decumbat etc.,

Cato, R. R. 156, 4.—So in gen. of fear, pain, trouble (eccl. Lat.):

tremor adprehendit eam,

Vulg. Jer. 49, 24:

dolor,

ib. 2 Macc. 9, 5:

angustia,

ib. Jer. 50, 43:

stupor,

ib. Luc. 5, 26:

tentatio,

ib. 1 Cor. 10, 13.

mănĭcae, ārum, f. [manus], the long sleeve of a tunic, reaching to the hand, and which therefore supplied the place of our glove.

Lit.:

et tunicae manicas (habent),

Verg. A. 9, 616:

partem vestitus superioris in manicas non extendunt,

Tac. 17:

notarius, cujus manus hieme manicis muniebantur,

Plin. Ep. 3, 5, 15: de pellibus, sleeves of skins or fur, Pall. 1, 43, 4: miror, tamdiu morari Antonium: solet enim accipere ipse manicas, fur-gloves or a muff, Cic. Phil. 11, 11, 26.—For soldiers in battle, as a protector against an enemy's weapon, an armlet, gauntlet, Juv. 6, 255.—

Transf.

A handcuff, manacle (cf. pedicae): quid si manus manicis restringantur? quid si pedes pedicis coarctentur? App Flor. 3, p. 357; Hor. Ep. 1, 16, 76:

ubi manus manicae complexae sunt,

Plaut. As. 2, 2, 35:

manicas alicui inicere,

id. Capt. 3, 5, 1:

conectere,

id. Most. 5, 1, 17:

manicisque jacentem Occupat,

Verg. G. 4, 439.—

Trop., manacles, fetters: sic laqueis, manicis, pedicis mens irretita est, Lucil. ap. Non. 350, 25.—

A grappling-iron, with which an enemy's ship was held fast (usu. harpago), Luc. 3, 565.

mansŭesco, sŭēvi, sŭētum, 3, v. inch. a. and n. [manus-suesco; lit., to accustom to the hand; hence],

Act., to tame, to make tame (in the verb. finit. ante- and post-class.; but cf. infra, mansuetus).

Lit.:

silvestria animalia,

Varr. R. R. 2, 1, 4:

tigres, Coripp. Johann. 6, 253: fructus feros,

Lucr. 5, 1368; v. Lachm. ad h. l.—

Trop., to render mild, gentle, or peaceable: gentes, Coripp. Johann. 6, 484.—

Neutr. ( = mansuetum fieri), to become or grow tame (in the verb. finit. only poet. and in post-Aug. prose).

Lit.:

buculi triduo fere mansuescunt,

Col. 6, 2, 4:

ferae,

Luc. 4, 237.—

Trop., to grow tame, gentle, mild, soft:

nesciaque humanis precibus mansuescere corda,

Verg. G. 4, 470:

umor,

Lucr. 2, 475:

tellus,

Verg. G. 2, 239:

radii,

Petr. 122:

fera mansuescere jussa,

Juv. 11, 104.—Hence, mansŭētus (MASVETA, Inscr. Grut. 688, 2), a, um, P. a., tamed, tame.

Lit.:

juvenci diebus paucis erunt mansueti,

Varr. R. R. 1, 20, 2:

sus,

Liv. 35, 49:

cum (apes) sint neque mansueti generis, neque feri,

Plin. 11, 5, 4, § 12:

stabula, i. e. mansuetarum pecudum,

Grat. Cyn. 164.—

Trop., mild, soft, gentle, quiet, etc. (syn. mitis;

opp. ferus): illud quaero, cur tam subito mansuetus in senatu fuerit, cum in edictis tam fuisset ferus,

Cic. Phil. 3, 9, 23:

amor,

Prop. 1, 9, 12:

manus,

id. 3, 14, 10:

malum,

Liv. 3, 16:

litora,

tranquil, not stormy, Prop. 1, 17, 28.— Comp.: ut mitior mansuetiorque fiat, Asellio ap. Prisc. p. 668 P.:

nam me jam ab orationibus dijungo fere, referoque ad mansuetiores Musas,

Cic. Fam. 1, 9, 23:

ira,

Ov. Tr. 3, 6, 23.— Sup.:

ut mansuetissimus viderer,

Cic. de Or. 2, 49, 201:

ingenium,

Val. Max. 2, 7, 11.—Hence, adv.: mansŭētē (acc. to B.), gently, mildly, calmly, quietly, etc.:

clementer, mansuete factum,

Cic. Marcell. 3, 9:

adeo tum imperio meliori animus mansuete obediens erat,

Liv. 3, 29, 3:

ferre fortunam,

Auct. Her. 4, 52, 65.— Comp.:

mansuetius versari,

App. M. 9, p. 236, 10.

mănŭlĕa (al. leg. ap. Vitr. mănucŭla or mănucla), ae, f. [1. manus].

A long sleeve reaching to the hand, i. q. manica: quid tu amicam times ne te manulea cajet? Plaut. Fragm. ap. Fulg. Contin. Verg. p. 163 Muncker; v. cajo, and cf. manuleus.—

The trigger of a catapult, which held the cord in tension, Vitr. 10, 15, 4.

mortālis, e, adj. [mors], subject to death, liable to die, mortal (class.).

Lit.:

quid in iis mortale et caducum, quid divinum aeternumque sit,

Cic. Leg. 1, 23, 61:

animal,

id. N. D. 3, 13, 32.—

Transf.

Human, mortal:

mucro,

of human workmanship, Verg. A. 12, 740:

condicio vitae,

Cic. Phil. 14, 12, 33:

opera,

Liv. 1, 2:

acta,

Ov. Tr. 1, 2, 97:

mortalin' decuit violari vulnere divum?

from the hand of a mortal, Verg. A. 12, 797:

haud tibi vultus Mortalis,

id. ib. 1, 328:

nec mortale sonans,

like a human voice, id. ib. 6, 50:

si mortalis idem nemo sciat,

Juv. 13, 76.— Comp.:

aliquid ipso homine mortalius,

more perishable, Plin. 36, 15, 24, § 110.—Hence, subst.: mortālis, is, comm., a man, mortal, human being (in sing. mostly ante-class.):

lepidus ecastor mortalis est Strabax,

Plaut. Truc. 5, 57:

edepol, mortalis malos,

id. Bacch. 2, 3, 59; id. Truc. 2, 1, 36; id. Aul. 2, 4, 40:

ego, quantum mortalis deum possum, te ac tua vestigia sequar,

Liv. 3, 17, 6.—Usually pīur.: mortales, like the Gr. thnêtoi, mortals, men, mankind:

quod ad immortales attinet haec: deinceps quod ad mortales attinet, videamus,

Varr. L. L. 5, § 75 Müll.: est locus Hesperiam quam mortales perhibebant, Enn. ap. Macr. S. 6, 1 (Ann. v. 23 Vahl.); cf.: omnes mortales sese laudarier optant, id. ap. Aug. de Trin. 13, 6 (Ann. v. 551 Vahl.):

omnes mortales hunc aiebant Calliclem vivere, etc.,

Plaut. Trin. 1, 2, 175:

diu magnum inter mortales certamen fuit, etc.,

Sall. C. 1, 5:

omnes mortales omnium generum, aetatum, ordinum,

Cic. Pis. 40, 96:

defendo multos mortales,

id. Div. in Caecil. 25:

plus debuisse fortunae, quam solus omnium mortalium in potestate habuit (Alexander),

Curt. 10, 5, 35.— mortālĭa, ĭum, n., human affairs, Verg. A. 1, 462; Tac. A. 14, 54.—

Temporary, transient (opp. immortalis, imperishable, eternal;

v. immortalis): neque me vero paenitet, mortales inimicitias, sempiternas amicitias habere,

Cic. Rab. Post. 12, 32; Liv. 34, 6.— Hence, adv.: mortālĭter, mortally, in the manner of mortals (eccl. Lat.):

mortaliter vivere,

Aug. Enchir. 64.

mortālis, e, adj. [mors], subject to death, liable to die, mortal (class.).

Lit.:

quid in iis mortale et caducum, quid divinum aeternumque sit,

Cic. Leg. 1, 23, 61:

animal,

id. N. D. 3, 13, 32.—

Transf.

Human, mortal:

mucro,

of human workmanship, Verg. A. 12, 740:

condicio vitae,

Cic. Phil. 14, 12, 33:

opera,

Liv. 1, 2:

acta,

Ov. Tr. 1, 2, 97:

mortalin' decuit violari vulnere divum?

from the hand of a mortal, Verg. A. 12, 797:

haud tibi vultus Mortalis,

id. ib. 1, 328:

nec mortale sonans,

like a human voice, id. ib. 6, 50:

si mortalis idem nemo sciat,

Juv. 13, 76.— Comp.:

aliquid ipso homine mortalius,

more perishable, Plin. 36, 15, 24, § 110.—Hence, subst.: mortālis, is, comm., a man, mortal, human being (in sing. mostly ante-class.):

lepidus ecastor mortalis est Strabax,

Plaut. Truc. 5, 57:

edepol, mortalis malos,

id. Bacch. 2, 3, 59; id. Truc. 2, 1, 36; id. Aul. 2, 4, 40:

ego, quantum mortalis deum possum, te ac tua vestigia sequar,

Liv. 3, 17, 6.—Usually pīur.: mortales, like the Gr. thnêtoi, mortals, men, mankind:

quod ad immortales attinet haec: deinceps quod ad mortales attinet, videamus,

Varr. L. L. 5, § 75 Müll.: est locus Hesperiam quam mortales perhibebant, Enn. ap. Macr. S. 6, 1 (Ann. v. 23 Vahl.); cf.: omnes mortales sese laudarier optant, id. ap. Aug. de Trin. 13, 6 (Ann. v. 551 Vahl.):

omnes mortales hunc aiebant Calliclem vivere, etc.,

Plaut. Trin. 1, 2, 175:

diu magnum inter mortales certamen fuit, etc.,

Sall. C. 1, 5:

omnes mortales omnium generum, aetatum, ordinum,

Cic. Pis. 40, 96:

defendo multos mortales,

id. Div. in Caecil. 25:

plus debuisse fortunae, quam solus omnium mortalium in potestate habuit (Alexander),

Curt. 10, 5, 35.— mortālĭa, ĭum, n., human affairs, Verg. A. 1, 462; Tac. A. 14, 54.—

Temporary, transient (opp. immortalis, imperishable, eternal;

v. immortalis): neque me vero paenitet, mortales inimicitias, sempiternas amicitias habere,

Cic. Rab. Post. 12, 32; Liv. 34, 6.— Hence, adv.: mortālĭter, mortally, in the manner of mortals (eccl. Lat.):

mortaliter vivere,

Aug. Enchir. 64.

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