the+heart

dif-fundo, fūdi, fūsum, 3, v. a., to spread by pouring, to pour out, pour forth (very freq. and class.).

Lit.:

(glacies) liquefacta se diffunderet,

Cic. N. D. 2, 10:

sanguis per venas in omne corpus diffunditur,

id. ib. 2, 55, 138:

(unda) diffunditur Hellesponto,

Cat. 64, 359; cf.:

tum freta diffundi jussit,

to pour themselves forth, Ov. M. 1, 36:

vinum de doliis,

to draw off, bottle off; to fill, Col. 12, 28, 3; so of racking off wine, id. 3, 2, 26; Hor. Ep. 1, 5, 4 Krüg. ad loc.; Ov. F. 5, 517; Juv. 5, 30; Plin. 14, 14, 16, § 94 et saep.—

Transf., of objects not liquid, to spread, scatter, diffuse:

nitet diffuso lumine caelum,

Lucr. 1, 9; 3, 22; cf.:

luce diffusa toto caelo,

Cic. N. D. 2, 37 fin.; 2, 10, 26: ab ejus summo rami late diffunduntur, * Caes. B. G. 6, 26 fin.; cf. under P. a.:

dederatque comam diffundere ventis,

Verg. A. 1, 319; so,

comam,

Ov. F. 3, 538; cf.

capillos,

id. H. 10, 47:

signa (i. e. astra) caelo,

Hor. S. 1, 5, 10:

equitem latis campis,

Verg. A. 11, 465.—Mid.:

modo via coartatur, modo latissimis pratis diffunditur et patescit,

opens, Plin. Ep. 2, 17, 3 et saep.:

cibus in totas usque ab radicibus imis, per truncos ac per ramos, diffunditur,

Lucr. 1, 354; cf.:

partem vocum per aures,

id. 4, 571:

vim mali Herculeos per artus,

Ov. M. 9, 162:

medicamentum se diffudit in venas,

Curt. 3, 6, 16:

aethera late in omnes partes,

Lucr. 5, 470:

flammam in omne latus,

Ov. M. 9, 239; 10, 24 et saep.

Trop., to spread, diffuse, scatter:

di vim suam longe lateque diffundunt,

Cic. Div. 1, 36, 79; cf. in the part. perf.:

error longe lateque diffusus,

id. Fin. 2, 34, 115; so,

late longeque,

id. Leg. 1, 12, 34:

laus alicujus late longeque diffusa,

id. Balb. 5, 13:

late et varie diffusus,

id. Sest. 45, 97:

flendo diffundimus iram,

we moderate, temper, Ov. H. 8, 61:

dolorem suum flendo,

to give vent to, id. M. 9, 143:

tantam oblivionem sensibus,

Hor. Epod. 14, 1 et saep.—Mid.:

Claudia nunc a quo diffunditur et tribus et gens Per Latium,

spreads itself out, branches out, Verg. A. 7, 703:

diffunditur mare iterumque contrahitur,

Mart. Cap. 6, § 606:

crede animam quoque diffundi multoque perire Ocius, et citius dissolvi in corpora,

Lucr. 3, 437:

affectus per totam actionem,

Quint. 7, 10, 12:

bella et paces longum in aevum,

Hor. Ep. 1, 3, 8:

haec in ora virum,

Verg. A. 4, 195:

animam in arma cruore,

id. ib. 10, 908:

crimen paucarum in omnes,

Ov. A. A. 3, 9:

prope in immensum oratio mea,

Plin. Pan. 56, 2 et saep.:

inde doctrina se diffudit per ceteras Graeciae partes,

August. Serm. 150, 2.—

In partic. (like dissolvere, solvere, remittere, etc., and opp. contrahere, adducere, etc.), with the accessory idea of non-restraint, freedom, qs, to let the heart, countenance, etc., flow freely, without constraint, i. e. to cheer up, gladden, exhilarate: diffundet animos omnibus ista dies, Ov. A. A. 1, 218; so,

animos,

id. M. 4, 766:

vultum,

id. Pont. 4, 4, 9; id. M. 14, 272; Sen. Ep. 106.—

Of the persons themselves: ut ex bonis amici quas diffundantur et incommodis contrahantur. Cic. Lael. 13 fin.:

Jovem memorant, diffusum nectare, curas Seposuisse graves,

Ov. M. 3, 318, imitated by Stat. S. 4, 2, 54; cf.:

diffusus in risum,

Petr. 10, 3; id. 71, 1 al.— Hence, diffūsus, a, um, P. a., spread abroad, spread out, extended, wide (a favorite expression of the post-Aug. prosaists).

Lit.:

platanus patulis diffusa ramis,

Cic. de Or. 1, 7, 28; cf.:

diffusiora consepta,

Col. 1, 4, 7; Plin. 16, 16, 28, § 70; Mart. 3, 31:

latior scena et corona diffusior,

Plin. Ep. 7, 17, 9:

sus (opp. angusta),

stout, fat, Plin. 16, 6, 8, § 25.—

Trop.:

jus civile, quod nunc diffusum et dissipatum est, in certa genera coacturum,

diffuse, prolix, Cic. de Or. 2, 33, 142; cf. Col. 11, 1, 10:

opus diffusum,

Plin. Ep. 3, 5, 6;

and transf. to the writers: Diophanes totum Dionysium, per multa diffusum volumina, sex epitomis circumscripsit,

id. 1, 1, 10:

amplius ac diffusius meritum,

Plin. Pan. 53, 3.— Adv.: diffūsē, in a scattered manner; copiously:

res disperse et diffuse dictae unum in locum coguntur,

Cic. Inv. 1, 52, 98; cf.:

haec latius aliquando dicenda sunt et diffusius,

more amply, more in full, id. Tusc. 3, 10, 22.— Sup. of the adj. and adv. do not occur.

dif-fundo, fūdi, fūsum, 3, v. a., to spread by pouring, to pour out, pour forth (very freq. and class.).

Lit.:

(glacies) liquefacta se diffunderet,

Cic. N. D. 2, 10:

sanguis per venas in omne corpus diffunditur,

id. ib. 2, 55, 138:

(unda) diffunditur Hellesponto,

Cat. 64, 359; cf.:

tum freta diffundi jussit,

to pour themselves forth, Ov. M. 1, 36:

vinum de doliis,

to draw off, bottle off; to fill, Col. 12, 28, 3; so of racking off wine, id. 3, 2, 26; Hor. Ep. 1, 5, 4 Krüg. ad loc.; Ov. F. 5, 517; Juv. 5, 30; Plin. 14, 14, 16, § 94 et saep.—

Transf., of objects not liquid, to spread, scatter, diffuse:

nitet diffuso lumine caelum,

Lucr. 1, 9; 3, 22; cf.:

luce diffusa toto caelo,

Cic. N. D. 2, 37 fin.; 2, 10, 26: ab ejus summo rami late diffunduntur, * Caes. B. G. 6, 26 fin.; cf. under P. a.:

dederatque comam diffundere ventis,

Verg. A. 1, 319; so,

comam,

Ov. F. 3, 538; cf.

capillos,

id. H. 10, 47:

signa (i. e. astra) caelo,

Hor. S. 1, 5, 10:

equitem latis campis,

Verg. A. 11, 465.—Mid.:

modo via coartatur, modo latissimis pratis diffunditur et patescit,

opens, Plin. Ep. 2, 17, 3 et saep.:

cibus in totas usque ab radicibus imis, per truncos ac per ramos, diffunditur,

Lucr. 1, 354; cf.:

partem vocum per aures,

id. 4, 571:

vim mali Herculeos per artus,

Ov. M. 9, 162:

medicamentum se diffudit in venas,

Curt. 3, 6, 16:

aethera late in omnes partes,

Lucr. 5, 470:

flammam in omne latus,

Ov. M. 9, 239; 10, 24 et saep.

Trop., to spread, diffuse, scatter:

di vim suam longe lateque diffundunt,

Cic. Div. 1, 36, 79; cf. in the part. perf.:

error longe lateque diffusus,

id. Fin. 2, 34, 115; so,

late longeque,

id. Leg. 1, 12, 34:

laus alicujus late longeque diffusa,

id. Balb. 5, 13:

late et varie diffusus,

id. Sest. 45, 97:

flendo diffundimus iram,

we moderate, temper, Ov. H. 8, 61:

dolorem suum flendo,

to give vent to, id. M. 9, 143:

tantam oblivionem sensibus,

Hor. Epod. 14, 1 et saep.—Mid.:

Claudia nunc a quo diffunditur et tribus et gens Per Latium,

spreads itself out, branches out, Verg. A. 7, 703:

diffunditur mare iterumque contrahitur,

Mart. Cap. 6, § 606:

crede animam quoque diffundi multoque perire Ocius, et citius dissolvi in corpora,

Lucr. 3, 437:

affectus per totam actionem,

Quint. 7, 10, 12:

bella et paces longum in aevum,

Hor. Ep. 1, 3, 8:

haec in ora virum,

Verg. A. 4, 195:

animam in arma cruore,

id. ib. 10, 908:

crimen paucarum in omnes,

Ov. A. A. 3, 9:

prope in immensum oratio mea,

Plin. Pan. 56, 2 et saep.:

inde doctrina se diffudit per ceteras Graeciae partes,

August. Serm. 150, 2.—

In partic. (like dissolvere, solvere, remittere, etc., and opp. contrahere, adducere, etc.), with the accessory idea of non-restraint, freedom, qs, to let the heart, countenance, etc., flow freely, without constraint, i. e. to cheer up, gladden, exhilarate: diffundet animos omnibus ista dies, Ov. A. A. 1, 218; so,

animos,

id. M. 4, 766:

vultum,

id. Pont. 4, 4, 9; id. M. 14, 272; Sen. Ep. 106.—

Of the persons themselves: ut ex bonis amici quas diffundantur et incommodis contrahantur. Cic. Lael. 13 fin.:

Jovem memorant, diffusum nectare, curas Seposuisse graves,

Ov. M. 3, 318, imitated by Stat. S. 4, 2, 54; cf.:

diffusus in risum,

Petr. 10, 3; id. 71, 1 al.— Hence, diffūsus, a, um, P. a., spread abroad, spread out, extended, wide (a favorite expression of the post-Aug. prosaists).

Lit.:

platanus patulis diffusa ramis,

Cic. de Or. 1, 7, 28; cf.:

diffusiora consepta,

Col. 1, 4, 7; Plin. 16, 16, 28, § 70; Mart. 3, 31:

latior scena et corona diffusior,

Plin. Ep. 7, 17, 9:

sus (opp. angusta),

stout, fat, Plin. 16, 6, 8, § 25.—

Trop.:

jus civile, quod nunc diffusum et dissipatum est, in certa genera coacturum,

diffuse, prolix, Cic. de Or. 2, 33, 142; cf. Col. 11, 1, 10:

opus diffusum,

Plin. Ep. 3, 5, 6;

and transf. to the writers: Diophanes totum Dionysium, per multa diffusum volumina, sex epitomis circumscripsit,

id. 1, 1, 10:

amplius ac diffusius meritum,

Plin. Pan. 53, 3.— Adv.: diffūsē, in a scattered manner; copiously:

res disperse et diffuse dictae unum in locum coguntur,

Cic. Inv. 1, 52, 98; cf.:

haec latius aliquando dicenda sunt et diffusius,

more amply, more in full, id. Tusc. 3, 10, 22.— Sup. of the adj. and adv. do not occur.

mĕdullĭtus, adv. [medulla], in the marrow, to the very marrow, in the inmost part (ante- and post-class.).

Lit.: medullitus aquiloniam intus servat frigedinem, Varr. ap. Non. 139, 9.—

Trop., inwardly, from the heart, thoroughly: qui mortalibus Versus propinas flammeos medullitus, Enn. ap. Non. 33, 7, and 139, 14 (Sat. v. 7 Vahl.):

ut videas eam medullitus me amare,

heartily, in one's inmost soul, Plaut. Most. 1, 3, 86:

ostendit sese jam mihi medullitus,

id. Truc. 2, 4, 85:

gemens,

Amm. 14, 1, 9:

dolore commotus,

App. M. 10, p. 251.

• From the bottom of the chest. (from the heart) (Julius Caesar)

• From the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks

consultō, adv., v. consulo, P. a. fin.

consulto, āvi, ātum, 1, v. freq. a. [consulo].

In gen. (class.).

With acc.:

quid illaec illic in consilio duae secreto consultant?

Plaut. Bacch. 5, 2, 38:

ad haec consultanda procurandaque,

Liv. 1, 21, 1:

ad eam rem consultandam,

id. 1, 55, 6; 28, 26, 1; 5, 25, 8 al.:

cum in senatu res major quaepiam consultata est,

Gell. 1, 23, 5.—

With a rel.-clause:

anquirunt aut consultant, conducat id necne de quo deliberant,

Cic. Off. 1, 3, 9; so with utrum, an, etc., id. Att. 16, 8, 2:

quid in illis statuamus consultare,

Sall. C. 52, 3:

decemviri consultant quid opus facto sit,

Liv. 3, 38, 4; 4, 31, 8; 6, 19, 4; 36, 8, 6 al.—

With de or super, in, etc.:

deliberare et consultare de officio,

Cic. Off. 3, 2, 7;

de summā rerum,

Liv. 10, 25, 11; Suet. Ner. 2 al.:

de exitu fortunarum suarum consultabant,

Caes. B. G. 7, 77:

de bello,

id. ib. 5, 53; id. B. C. 1, 71:

de rebus dubiis,

Sall. C. 51, 1; Liv. 22, 53, 4; 23, 25, 4; 36, 14, 6;

44, 35, 6: consultandum super re magnā et atroci,

Tac. A. 2, 28 fin.:

in medium,

Sall. H. 4, 12 Dietsch; Tac. H. 2, 37:

in commune,

Plin. Ep. 6, 16, 15:

propter ipsam rem, de quā sententiae rogantur, consultabitur,

Quint. 3, 8, 18.—

Absol.: [p. 443] male corde consultare, to meditate evil in the heart, Plaut. Truc. 2, 1, 15:

nimium consultas diu,

id. Curc. 1, 3, 51:

si ex re consultas tuā,

for your own good, id. As. 3, 1, 35; Sall. H. 4, 12; Liv. 2, 4, 3; 2, 57, 2; 9, 3, 1; 24, 22, 10; Quint. 3, 8, 15; 3, 8, 37; Suet. Ner. 15 al.—

Transf., of language used in counsel:

pars deliberativa de tempore futuro consultat, quaerit etiam de praeterito,

Quint. 3, 8, 6.—

Esp.: consultare alicui, to take care of one, have a care for (rare):

delecti (sc. Patres) reipublicae consultabant,

Sall. C. 6, 6; Aur. Vict. Caes. 15 fin. —

Meton., to take a resolution, resolve: Phron. Abi, abi. Strab. Consultavi istuc mihi,. Plaut. Truc. 5, 50 Weise ( loc. corrupt.; alii aliter).—

Consultare aliquem, to consult one, to go to for counsel, to ask counsel of, etc. (rare):

quid me consultas, quid agas?

Plaut. Mil. 4, 3, 4; cf.:

senes ab domo ad consultandum arcessunt,

Liv. 9, 9, 12:

me (amantes),

Tib. 1, 4, 78:

aves,

Plin. Pan. 76, 7:

astrologos,

Tert. Apol. 35. In this sense also in the form consultor, āri, 1, v. dep. a., Tert. adv. Herm. 18, acc. to Isa. 40, 14 (in Heb. the Niph.).—P. a. as subst.

consultātum, i, n., a resolution, decision, = consultum ( poet. and late Lat.) senatus consultata, Sil. 6, 455:

Christi,

Tert. Pudic. 18.—

consultantes, ium, m., they who seek advice; of a lawyer, etc., clients, Liv. Epit. 54;

of an oracle,

Plin. 32, 2, 8, § 17.

consultō, adv., v. consulo, P. a. fin.

consulto, āvi, ātum, 1, v. freq. a. [consulo].

In gen. (class.).

With acc.:

quid illaec illic in consilio duae secreto consultant?

Plaut. Bacch. 5, 2, 38:

ad haec consultanda procurandaque,

Liv. 1, 21, 1:

ad eam rem consultandam,

id. 1, 55, 6; 28, 26, 1; 5, 25, 8 al.:

cum in senatu res major quaepiam consultata est,

Gell. 1, 23, 5.—

With a rel.-clause:

anquirunt aut consultant, conducat id necne de quo deliberant,

Cic. Off. 1, 3, 9; so with utrum, an, etc., id. Att. 16, 8, 2:

quid in illis statuamus consultare,

Sall. C. 52, 3:

decemviri consultant quid opus facto sit,

Liv. 3, 38, 4; 4, 31, 8; 6, 19, 4; 36, 8, 6 al.—

With de or super, in, etc.:

deliberare et consultare de officio,

Cic. Off. 3, 2, 7;

de summā rerum,

Liv. 10, 25, 11; Suet. Ner. 2 al.:

de exitu fortunarum suarum consultabant,

Caes. B. G. 7, 77:

de bello,

id. ib. 5, 53; id. B. C. 1, 71:

de rebus dubiis,

Sall. C. 51, 1; Liv. 22, 53, 4; 23, 25, 4; 36, 14, 6;

44, 35, 6: consultandum super re magnā et atroci,

Tac. A. 2, 28 fin.:

in medium,

Sall. H. 4, 12 Dietsch; Tac. H. 2, 37:

in commune,

Plin. Ep. 6, 16, 15:

propter ipsam rem, de quā sententiae rogantur, consultabitur,

Quint. 3, 8, 18.—

Absol.: [p. 443] male corde consultare, to meditate evil in the heart, Plaut. Truc. 2, 1, 15:

nimium consultas diu,

id. Curc. 1, 3, 51:

si ex re consultas tuā,

for your own good, id. As. 3, 1, 35; Sall. H. 4, 12; Liv. 2, 4, 3; 2, 57, 2; 9, 3, 1; 24, 22, 10; Quint. 3, 8, 15; 3, 8, 37; Suet. Ner. 15 al.—

Transf., of language used in counsel:

pars deliberativa de tempore futuro consultat, quaerit etiam de praeterito,

Quint. 3, 8, 6.—

Esp.: consultare alicui, to take care of one, have a care for (rare):

delecti (sc. Patres) reipublicae consultabant,

Sall. C. 6, 6; Aur. Vict. Caes. 15 fin. —

Meton., to take a resolution, resolve: Phron. Abi, abi. Strab. Consultavi istuc mihi,. Plaut. Truc. 5, 50 Weise ( loc. corrupt.; alii aliter).—

Consultare aliquem, to consult one, to go to for counsel, to ask counsel of, etc. (rare):

quid me consultas, quid agas?

Plaut. Mil. 4, 3, 4; cf.:

senes ab domo ad consultandum arcessunt,

Liv. 9, 9, 12:

me (amantes),

Tib. 1, 4, 78:

aves,

Plin. Pan. 76, 7:

astrologos,

Tert. Apol. 35. In this sense also in the form consultor, āri, 1, v. dep. a., Tert. adv. Herm. 18, acc. to Isa. 40, 14 (in Heb. the Niph.).—P. a. as subst.

consultātum, i, n., a resolution, decision, = consultum ( poet. and late Lat.) senatus consultata, Sil. 6, 455:

Christi,

Tert. Pudic. 18.—

consultantes, ium, m., they who seek advice; of a lawyer, etc., clients, Liv. Epit. 54;

of an oracle,

Plin. 32, 2, 8, § 17.

consultō, adv., v. consulo, P. a. fin.

consulto, āvi, ātum, 1, v. freq. a. [consulo].

In gen. (class.).

With acc.:

quid illaec illic in consilio duae secreto consultant?

Plaut. Bacch. 5, 2, 38:

ad haec consultanda procurandaque,

Liv. 1, 21, 1:

ad eam rem consultandam,

id. 1, 55, 6; 28, 26, 1; 5, 25, 8 al.:

cum in senatu res major quaepiam consultata est,

Gell. 1, 23, 5.—

With a rel.-clause:

anquirunt aut consultant, conducat id necne de quo deliberant,

Cic. Off. 1, 3, 9; so with utrum, an, etc., id. Att. 16, 8, 2:

quid in illis statuamus consultare,

Sall. C. 52, 3:

decemviri consultant quid opus facto sit,

Liv. 3, 38, 4; 4, 31, 8; 6, 19, 4; 36, 8, 6 al.—

With de or super, in, etc.:

deliberare et consultare de officio,

Cic. Off. 3, 2, 7;

de summā rerum,

Liv. 10, 25, 11; Suet. Ner. 2 al.:

de exitu fortunarum suarum consultabant,

Caes. B. G. 7, 77:

de bello,

id. ib. 5, 53; id. B. C. 1, 71:

de rebus dubiis,

Sall. C. 51, 1; Liv. 22, 53, 4; 23, 25, 4; 36, 14, 6;

44, 35, 6: consultandum super re magnā et atroci,

Tac. A. 2, 28 fin.:

in medium,

Sall. H. 4, 12 Dietsch; Tac. H. 2, 37:

in commune,

Plin. Ep. 6, 16, 15:

propter ipsam rem, de quā sententiae rogantur, consultabitur,

Quint. 3, 8, 18.—

Absol.: [p. 443] male corde consultare, to meditate evil in the heart, Plaut. Truc. 2, 1, 15:

nimium consultas diu,

id. Curc. 1, 3, 51:

si ex re consultas tuā,

for your own good, id. As. 3, 1, 35; Sall. H. 4, 12; Liv. 2, 4, 3; 2, 57, 2; 9, 3, 1; 24, 22, 10; Quint. 3, 8, 15; 3, 8, 37; Suet. Ner. 15 al.—

Transf., of language used in counsel:

pars deliberativa de tempore futuro consultat, quaerit etiam de praeterito,

Quint. 3, 8, 6.—

Esp.: consultare alicui, to take care of one, have a care for (rare):

delecti (sc. Patres) reipublicae consultabant,

Sall. C. 6, 6; Aur. Vict. Caes. 15 fin. —

Meton., to take a resolution, resolve: Phron. Abi, abi. Strab. Consultavi istuc mihi,. Plaut. Truc. 5, 50 Weise ( loc. corrupt.; alii aliter).—

Consultare aliquem, to consult one, to go to for counsel, to ask counsel of, etc. (rare):

quid me consultas, quid agas?

Plaut. Mil. 4, 3, 4; cf.:

senes ab domo ad consultandum arcessunt,

Liv. 9, 9, 12:

me (amantes),

Tib. 1, 4, 78:

aves,

Plin. Pan. 76, 7:

astrologos,

Tert. Apol. 35. In this sense also in the form consultor, āri, 1, v. dep. a., Tert. adv. Herm. 18, acc. to Isa. 40, 14 (in Heb. the Niph.).—P. a. as subst.

consultātum, i, n., a resolution, decision, = consultum ( poet. and late Lat.) senatus consultata, Sil. 6, 455:

Christi,

Tert. Pudic. 18.—

consultantes, ium, m., they who seek advice; of a lawyer, etc., clients, Liv. Epit. 54;

of an oracle,

Plin. 32, 2, 8, § 17.

grĕmĭum, ii, n. [Sanscr. garbh-as, child; cf. germen], the lap, bosom (freq. and class.; cf. sinus).

Lit.:

in gremium imbrem aureum (mittere),

Ter. Eun. 3, 5, 37:

(Juppiter) puer lactens Fortunae in gremio sedens, mammam appetens,

Cic. Div. 2, 41, 86; id. Brut. 58, 211; id. Leg. 2, 25, 63; Cat. 45, 2; Verg. A. 11, 744 al.— Poet.:

quiipse sui gnati minxerit in gremium,

i. e. has dishonored his son's wife, Cat. 67, 30.—

Transf.:

terra gremio mollito et subacto semen sparsum excipit,

Cic. de Sen. 15, 51:

Aetolia medio fere Graeciae gremio continetur,

i. e. in the heart, centre, id. Pis. 37, 91:

in gremio Thebes,

Sil. 3, 678:

e gremio Capuae,

id. 12, 204; cf.:

Padus gremio Vesuli montis profluens,

from the bowels, Plin. 3, 16, 20, § 117:

molarum,

Verg. M. 23:

fluminis,

Sil. 8, 192:

excusso in mediam curiam togae gremio,

Flor. 2, 6, 7:

haec sunt, o carnifex, in gremio sepulta consulatus tui,

Cic. Pis. 5, 11:

abstrahi e sinu gremioque patriae,

id. Cael. 24, 59:

in fratris gremio,

id. Clu. 5, 13:

quaecumque mihi fortuna fidesque est, In vestris pono gremiis,

Verg. A. 9, 261:

fingamus igitur Alexandrum dari nobis impositum gremio,

i. e. under our guidance, Quint. 1, 1, 24; 1, 2, 1; 2, 4, 15;

2, 5, 5: quis gremio Enceladi affert quantum meruit labor?

Juv. 7, 215.

ventrĭcŭlus (collat. form ventrĭ-cŭlum, i, n., Cassiod. in Psa. 150, 5), i, m. dim. [venter], the belly.

Lit., Aug. ap. Suet. Vit. Aug.; Juv. 3, 97.—

Transf.

The stomach, Cels. 4, 1, 12; 5, 26, 16; Plin. 11, 37, 79, § 200.—

Cordis, a ventricle of the heart, Cic. N. D. 2, 55, 138.

ventrĭcŭlus (collat. form ventrĭ-cŭlum, i, n., Cassiod. in Psa. 150, 5), i, m. dim. [venter], the belly.

Lit., Aug. ap. Suet. Vit. Aug.; Juv. 3, 97.—

Transf.

The stomach, Cels. 4, 1, 12; 5, 26, 16; Plin. 11, 37, 79, § 200.—

Cordis, a ventricle of the heart, Cic. N. D. 2, 55, 138.

• These are the tears of things, and our mortality cuts to the heart. (Vergil)

dis-sĕco ( dissĭc-), ŭi, ctum, 1, v. a., to cut asunder, cut in pieces, cut up, dissect (post-Aug.;

esp. freq. in Pliny the elder— cf.: seco, meto, findo, scindo): unionem,

Plin. 9, 35, 58, § 121:

pectus,

id. 11, 37, 70, § 185:

caput viperae,

id. 29, 4, 21, § 69:

mures,

id. 30, 9, 23, § 76:

ranas,

id. 32, 9, 36, § 111:

multos medios serra,

Suet. Calig. 27; App. M. 8, p. 214.—

Trop.:

dissecari cordibus suis,

to be cut to the heart, Vulg. Act. 7, 54 al.

dis-sĕco ( dissĭc-), ŭi, ctum, 1, v. a., to cut asunder, cut in pieces, cut up, dissect (post-Aug.;

esp. freq. in Pliny the elder— cf.: seco, meto, findo, scindo): unionem,

Plin. 9, 35, 58, § 121:

pectus,

id. 11, 37, 70, § 185:

caput viperae,

id. 29, 4, 21, § 69:

mures,

id. 30, 9, 23, § 76:

ranas,

id. 32, 9, 36, § 111:

multos medios serra,

Suet. Calig. 27; App. M. 8, p. 214.—

Trop.:

dissecari cordibus suis,

to be cut to the heart, Vulg. Act. 7, 54 al.

ob-dūro, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. and n.

Act., to harden, render hard (only postclass.);

in the trop. signif.: obdurare se contra manifestam veritatem,

Lact. 1, 1, 23:

obdurata patientia,

Nazar. Pan. ad Const. 13:

obdurata nequitia,

Cod. Just. 10, 19, 2:

obdurata verecundia,

Capitol. Pert. 9.—Esp., to harden the heart against God (eccl. Lat.):

obdurare corda,

Vulg. Heb. 3, 8; id. Psa. 94, 8; id. Deut. 15, 7.— Pass.:

ut non obduretur quis vestrum,

Vulg. Heb. 3, 13.—

Neutr., to be hard or hardened; only trop., to hold out, persist, endure:

pernegabo atque obdurabo,

Plaut. As. 2, 2, 56:

persta, atque obdura,

Hor. S. 2, 5, 39; Cat. 8, 11:

perfer et obdura,

Ov. Tr. 5, 11, 7.— Impers. pass.: quare obduretur hoc triduum, * Cic. Att. 12, 3.

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• From the heart (sincerely)