the+household

actor, ōris, m. [id.].

One who drives or moves something:

pecoris actor,

Ov. H. 1, 95:

habenae,

a slinger, Stat. Ach. 2, 419.—

In gen., he who does any thing, a doer or performer (cf. ago, II.).

In gen. of every kind of action:

ut illum efficeret oratorem verborum actoremque rerum,

Cic. de Or. 3, 15, 57 (a translation of the Homer. prêktêra ergôn, Il. 9, 443):

Cato dux, auctor, actor rerum illarum fuit,

id. Sest. 28 fin.; so Caes. B. C. 1, 26; Nep. Att. 3, 2 al.—

In judicial lang., one who brings an action, a plaintiff:

accusatorem pro omni actore et petitore appello,

Cic. Part. 32;

esp. of lawyers: Moloni Rhodio et actori summo causarum et magistro,

id. Brut. 89 fin.; so Hor. A. P. 369 al.—Also, one who conducts a suit, an advocate, Cic. Caec. 1.—Hence,

At a later period, an agent or attorney; in gen., an administrator or manager or steward, overseer of property or an estate.—So in Tac.: actor publicus, he who administers the public property, Ann. 2, 30; 3, 67: actor summarum, a keeper of accounts or cashier, Suet. Dom. 11, and so often in the Dig.: sub actoribus, overseers (of a household), Vulg. Gal. 4, 2.—

In rhetor. lang., one who delivers any oral discourse; and esp. one who delivers an oration, an orator:

inventor, compositor, actor,

Cic. Or. 19.—

A player, an actor:

actores secundarum et tertiarum partium,

Cic. Div. in Caecil. 15; so id. de Or. 1, 26; id. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 16 (cf. ago, II., and actio, II. C.).

Actor, ŏris, m.

A companion of Aeneas, Verg. A. 9, 500.—

An Auruncan, ib. 12, 94; 96.—Hence, Actŏ-rĭdes, ae, patron. m., son or grandson of Actor: his son, Menoetius, Ov. F. 2, 39; his grandson, Patroclus, Ov. Tr. 1, 9, 29; id. M. 13, 273; Erithos, id. ib. 5, 79.—In plur.: Actŏrĭdae, i. e. Eurytus and Cleatus, sons of Actor, King of Phthia, id. ib. 8, 308.

actor, ōris, m. [id.].

One who drives or moves something:

pecoris actor,

Ov. H. 1, 95:

habenae,

a slinger, Stat. Ach. 2, 419.—

In gen., he who does any thing, a doer or performer (cf. ago, II.).

In gen. of every kind of action:

ut illum efficeret oratorem verborum actoremque rerum,

Cic. de Or. 3, 15, 57 (a translation of the Homer. prêktêra ergôn, Il. 9, 443):

Cato dux, auctor, actor rerum illarum fuit,

id. Sest. 28 fin.; so Caes. B. C. 1, 26; Nep. Att. 3, 2 al.—

In judicial lang., one who brings an action, a plaintiff:

accusatorem pro omni actore et petitore appello,

Cic. Part. 32;

esp. of lawyers: Moloni Rhodio et actori summo causarum et magistro,

id. Brut. 89 fin.; so Hor. A. P. 369 al.—Also, one who conducts a suit, an advocate, Cic. Caec. 1.—Hence,

At a later period, an agent or attorney; in gen., an administrator or manager or steward, overseer of property or an estate.—So in Tac.: actor publicus, he who administers the public property, Ann. 2, 30; 3, 67: actor summarum, a keeper of accounts or cashier, Suet. Dom. 11, and so often in the Dig.: sub actoribus, overseers (of a household), Vulg. Gal. 4, 2.—

In rhetor. lang., one who delivers any oral discourse; and esp. one who delivers an oration, an orator:

inventor, compositor, actor,

Cic. Or. 19.—

A player, an actor:

actores secundarum et tertiarum partium,

Cic. Div. in Caecil. 15; so id. de Or. 1, 26; id. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 16 (cf. ago, II., and actio, II. C.).

Actor, ŏris, m.

A companion of Aeneas, Verg. A. 9, 500.—

An Auruncan, ib. 12, 94; 96.—Hence, Actŏ-rĭdes, ae, patron. m., son or grandson of Actor: his son, Menoetius, Ov. F. 2, 39; his grandson, Patroclus, Ov. Tr. 1, 9, 29; id. M. 13, 273; Erithos, id. ib. 5, 79.—In plur.: Actŏrĭdae, i. e. Eurytus and Cleatus, sons of Actor, King of Phthia, id. ib. 8, 308.

cī̆trus, i [prob. a mutilation of kedros, cedrus].

The citrus, an African tree (hence Atlantis silva, Luc. 10, 144, and Massyla robora, Stat. S. 3, 3, 94), whose very fragrant wood (v. citrum) was used in making household furniture, and was prized very highly, Plin. 13, 15, 29, § 91 sq.; 13, 16, 30, § 100; Varr R. R. 3, 2, 4; Luc. 9, 428; cf. citreus, I. and citrum.—

The citrontree (also called malus Medica, Persica, etc.), Citrus Medica, Linn., whose fruit and leaves were laid between the folds of clothing to preserve it from worms;

and also used as a counter-poison,

Plin. 12, 3, 7, § 14 sq.; cf. id. 13, 16, 31, § 103; Cloat. and Opp. ap. Macr. S. 2, 15; Pall. Mart. 10, 16; cf. Serv. ad Verg. G. 2, 126.

dis-penso, āvi, ātum, 1, v. freq. a.

Orig. of money, to distribute by weight, to [p. 592] disburse, pay out (for syn. cf.:

partior, impertio, distribuo, divido): ducentos nummos (sc. inter milites),

Plaut. Bacch. 4, 9, 47.—

In gen., to manage, regulate household expenses:

domesticas res,

Cic. Att. 11, 1; cf. Juv. 7, 219:

eligere aliquem ad dispensandam pecuniam,

to have charge of the military chest, Nep. Con. 4.— Absol.:

dispensat pueris vilicus,

distributes rations, Mart. 12, 18, 22.—

Transf., of other things, to dispense, distribute, arrange (for syn. cf.: dispono, digero, ordino, compono).

Lit.:

(fons) certis horarum spatiis dispensatur inter incolas,

Plin. 18, 22, 51, § 188; Front. Aquaed. 9; Plin. 13, 13, 27, § 89:

vitis aequa portione sucum proli suae dispensat,

Col. 4, 24, 9:

oscula suprema natos per omnes,

Ov. M. 6, 278 (cf.:

dividit oscula,

Hor. C. 1, 36, 6):

filum candelae,

Juv. 3, 287:

quem (annum) intercalaribus mensibus interponendis ita dispensavit (Numa), ut, etc.,

Liv. 1, 19 fin. —

Trop., to manage, regulate, control, distribute:

inventa non solum ordine, sed etiam momento quodam atque judicio dispensare atque componere,

Cic. de Or. 1, 31, 142:

quasi dispensare rem publicam et in ea quodam modo vilicare,

id. Rep. 5, 3, 5; Just. 7, 6, 4:

laetitiam inter impotentes populi animos,

i. e. to impart to them by degrees, Liv. 27, 50 fin.:

male dispensata libertas,

Sen. Ben. 1, 10:

quae dispensant mortalia fata sorores,

Ov. H. 12, 3 et saep.: consilium dispensandae cohonestandaeque victoriae imperatoribus majores dederunt nostri (qs. to arrange as the general's manager; the fig. acc. to I. B., v. also dispensator), Liv. 38, 47.— Absol.: si modo recte dispensare velis, to dispense, arrange ( = administrare), Hor. S. 1, 2, 75.

in-vĕho, vexi, vectum, 3, v. a., to carry, bear, or bring to or into a place, in one's hands, on a horse, by water, etc.

Lit.

With in and acc.:

tantum in aerarium pecuniae invexit, ut,

Cic. Off. 2, 22, 76:

Euphrates in Mesopotamiam quasi novos agros invehit,

id. N. D. 2, 52, 130.—

With acc. of place ( poet., except with names of towns, etc.):

marmor Romam,

Plin. 36, 6, 8, § 49; 18, 7, 12, § 66:

Iamque mare (lyra et lingua) invectae flumen relinquunt,

Ov. M. 11, 54. —

With dat.:

Caesar legiones per flumen Oceano invexit,

Tac. A. 2, 23:

gazam urbi,

Suet. Aug. 41:

quas (opes) mare litoribus invehit,

Curt. 9, 2, 27. —

Absol. (sc. frumenta), into the barns, Plin. 18, 30, 73, § 303:

peregrinas mercis,

id. 29, 1, 8, § 24. —

To ride, drive, sail, fly to or into a place:

dictator triumphans urbem invehitur,

i. e. enters, Liv. 2, 31; 35, 8; 36, 39:

invecta corpori patris nefando vehiculo filia,

id. 1, 59, 10:

at Caesar triplici invectus Romano triumpho moenia,

Verg. A. 8, 714:

invehitur celeri barbarus hostis equo,

Ov. Tr. 3, 10, 54; cf.:

equitum acies invecta in dissipatos,

Liv. 8, 39; so id. 25, 34, 4; 38, 18, 6 al.:

equo,

Verg. A. 5, 571; Liv. 8, 9; Sil. 15, 436:

curru,

Verg. A. 6, 785:

invectus mare,

carried into the sea, Ov. M. 11, 54:

in portum ex alto invehi,

Cic. Mur. 2, 4; Vell. 2, 42, 2:

portum invectus,

Plin. 6, 22, 24, § 84; cf.:

ab invectis portum audit,

Liv. 44, 7. —With dat.:

classes invectas Tibridis alveo,

Verg. A. 7, 436; Just. 32, 3, 14:

ostio fluminis,

id. 12, 10, 5.—

To enter, penetrate:

cum utrimque invehi hostem nunciaretur,

Liv. 5, 8:

Alexander ordines... multa caede hostium invehitur,

Curt. 4, 15, 20.—

Invehere se, or invehi, to attack, assail, fall upon, assault; to force one ' s way in, penetrate. —With se:

invehebant se hostes,

Liv. 40, 39 fin.; 6, 32:

cum eo ipso acrius victores se undique inveherent,

Curt. 8, 14, 18. — Pass.:

Valerius temere invectus in aciem,

Liv. 2, 20;

equites in laevum cornu invecti sunt,

Curt. 3, 11, 1; 4, 15, 2; 8, 14, 15:

belua invehebatur ordinibus,

id. 8, 14, 33:

levi agmine,

id. 8, 14, 5:

currus in phalangem invecti erant,

id. 4, 15, 14 et saep.—

Trop.

Act., to introduce, bring in, bring upon:

quae (mala) tibi casus invexerit,

Cic. Tusc. 3, 12, 26:

partem incommodorum,

id. Inv. 1, 1, 1:

ut quemcumque casum fortuna invexerit,

brings with it, id. Tusc. 4, 17, 38: divitiae avaritiam invexere, Liv. praef. § 12.—

Pass., to attack with words, inveigh against:

in homines caros,

Cic. de Or. 2, 75, 304:

quod consul in eum ordinem essct invectus,

id. ib. 3, 1, 2:

acerbius in aliquem, id, Lael. 16, 57: in adversarios,

Quint. 12, 9, 11; 2, 15, 29:

in Philotam,

Curt. 6, 9, 30:

aliquid inclementius in te,

Liv. 3, 48:

vehementius in causam principum,

Cic. de Or. 1, 7, 24:

in eam artem,

Quint. 2, 16, 1.— Act.:

* de quo Caesar in senatu aperte in te invehens questus est,

Cic. Phil. 2, 29, 74.— With Gr. acc.:

cum nonnulla inveheretur in Timoleonta,

Nep. Timol. 5:

multa in Thebanos,

id. Ep. 6. — Hence, invectus, a, um, P. a., brought in: invecta et illata (or without et): invecta illata, things brought into a house by the tenant, i. e. his movables, household stuff, furniture: placet, in urbanis habitationibus locandis, invecta illata, pignori esse locatori, Dig. 2, 14, 4:

invecta et illata pignori erunt obligata,

ib. 20, 2, 2.

justĭtĭum, ii, n. [2. jus-sisto], a cessation from business in the courts of justice, a legal vacation, Cic. Phil. 5, 12, 31:

justitium per aliquot dies servatum est,

Liv. 3, 5:

justitiumque in foro sua sponte coeptum prius quam indictum,

id. 9, 7:

prope justitium omnium rerum futurum videbatur,

id. 26, 26, 9:

remittere,

to put an end to a suspension of legal proceedings, to cause the courts to resume their business, id. 10, 21. —

In gen., a cessation of public business, a public mourning:

hos mors (Germanici) adeo incendit, ut, sumpto justitio, deserentur foro,

Tac. A. 2, 82:

arcis triste tyrannicae,

Prud. Cath. 5, 80; so, in a household, a suspension of business for mourning the dead, Sid. Ep. 2, 8.

dīlĭgentĭa, ae, f. [diligens], carefulness, attentiveness, earnestness, diligence (freq. and class.; cf.: labor, aerumna, opera, industria, assiduitas, sedulitas, studium, cura).

In gen.: reliqua sunt in cura, attentione animi, cogitatione, vigilantia, assiduitate, labore;

complectar uno verbo, quo saepe jam usi sumus, diligentia, qua una virtute omnes virtutes reliquae continentur,

Cic. de Or. 2, 35, 150 (v. the whole chapter in connection).

With praepp.:

pro mea summa in re publica diligentia,

Cic. Mur. 40, 86:

in controversia,

id. Att. 2, 15, 4:

in verbis,

Quint. 4, 2, 117:

diligentia tua in retractandis operibus,

Plin. Ep. 9, 35, 2:

circa proprietatem,

Quint. 8, 3, 87: circa istum lacum, Traj. ap. Plin. Ep. 10, 62:

erga pecuniam alienam,

Tac. A. 4, 20:

diligentiam adhibere ad rem,

Cic. Fam. 16, 9, 3:

in rem,

id. ib. 16, 6, 1; 16, 9, 4; cf. id. ib. 16, 4, 4.—

Absol., Plaut. Capt. 1, 2, 6; id. Rud. 3, 5, 40; Ter. Hec. 2, 2, 21; Cic. Planc. 4, 9; id. Att. 2, 15 fin.; id. de Or. 1, 61, 260; id. Rep. 1, 22 fin.; id. Lael. 16, 60 et saep.; Caes. B. G. 1, 40, 4; 3, 20, 1 et saep.:

obscura,

Ter. And. prol. 21; cf.

inanis,

Quint. 5, 11, 30:

nimium sollicita,

id. 3, 11, 22; 12, 1, 6:

sinistra,

Plin. Ep. 7, 28 fin. —

Rarely with gen.: sacrorum, the care of, etc., Cic. Rep. 2, 14; cf.:

dignitatis commoditatisque,

id. Off. 1, 39:

mandatorum tuorum,

id. Top. 1 fin.:

tenuis illa divisionis,

Quint. 4, 5, 6:

nostri,

i. e. affection for us, Symm. Ep. 1, 41:

Ecclesiae Dei,

Vulg. 1 Tim. 3, 5.—

In partic., carefulness in household affairs, i. e. economy, frugality, Cic. Off. 2, 24 fin.; Auct. Her. 4, 22, 25; Suet. Galb. 12 fin. — Plur. (very rare):

maritorum inefficaces diligentiae,

precautions, App. M. 9, p. 224, 17.

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fămŭlĭtĭum, ii, n. [id.] (ante- and post-class.).

Abstr., servitude, slavery: famulitium (al. famuletium) dicebatur, quod nunc servitium, Paul. ex Fest. p. 87, 3 Müll.—

Concr., the servants or slaves of a household:

unus e famulitio,

Macr. S. 1, 7:

Veneris,

Mart. Cap. 8, § 804; Spart. Sever. 6; App. M. 8, p. 179, 36; id. Mag. p. 285, 1.