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  • 61 spatium

    spătĭum, ii, n. [root spa-, to draw; Gr. spaô; span-, to stretch; Gr. spanis, want; cf.: penomai, penês; Germ. spannen; Dor. spadion (=stadion), race-course; cf. Lat. penuria], room, a space (very freq. and class.).
    I.
    Lit.
    A.
    In gen.: est natura loci spatiumque profundi, Quod neque percurrere flumina possint, Nec, etc.... Usque adeo passim patet ingens copia rebus;

    Finibus exemptis,

    Lucr. 1, 1002; 5, 370; 1, 389:

    locus ac spatium, quod inane vocamus,

    id. 1, 426; cf. id. 1, 523:

    per totum caeli spatium diffundere sese (solis lux),

    id. 4, 202; cf.:

    tres pateat caeli spatium non amplius ulnas,

    Verg. E. 3, 105:

    flumen Dubis paene totum oppidum cingit: reliquum spatium, quā flumen intermittit, mons continet,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 38:

    temporibus rerum et spatiis locorum animadversis,

    id. B. C. 3, 61 fin.:

    quod spatium non esset agitandi,

    Nep. Eum. 5, 4:

    spatium loci,

    Quint. 8, 3, 84:

    spatio distante,

    Ov. M. 11, 715.—
    B.
    In partic.
    1.
    A (limited) space, distance, interval (syn. intervallum):

    siderum genus spatiis immutabilibus ab ortu ad occasum commeans,

    Cic. N. D. 2, 19, 49:

    magno spatio paucis diebus confecto,

    Caes. B. G. 3, 29:

    itineris spatium,

    id. B. C. 1, 24 fin.:

    viae spatium,

    the distance, length, Ov. M. 8, 794:

    trabes paribus intermissae spatiis (shortly before: paribus intervallis),

    Caes. B. G. 7, 23; cf.:

    alios ineunt cursus aliosque recursus Adversi spatiis,

    Verg. A. 5, 584 Coningt. ad loc.:

    hic locus aequo fere spatio ab castris utrisque aberat,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 43:

    inter duas acies tantum erat relictum spatii, ut, etc.,

    id. B. C. 3, 92:

    cum Viridorix contra eum duum milium spatio consedisset,

    id. B. G. 3, 17:

    magnum spatium abesse,

    id. ib. 2, 17:

    quo tanta machinatio ab tanto spatio institueretur?

    id. ib. 2, 30:

    tormentorum usum spatio propinquitatis interire,

    id. B. C. 2, 16 fin.:

    jamque tenebat Nox medium caeli spatium,

    Hor. S. 2, 6, 101:

    illi medio in spatio chorus Occurrit,

    Verg. A. 10, 219:

    dimidium fere spatium confecerat, cum, etc.,

    Nep. Eum. 9, 1:

    spatium discrimina fallit,

    the distance, Ov. M. 8, 577.—
    b.
    Size, bulk, extent:

    dum spatium victi considerat hostis (serpentis),

    Ov. M. 3, 95:

    elephantis,

    Luc. 9, 732:

    oris Et colli, ov. M. 2, 672: dat spatium collo,

    id. ib. 3, 195:

    breve lateris,

    Juv. 6, 503; cf.:

    quod sit homini spatium a vestigio ad verticem,

    Plin. 7, 17, 17, § 77:

    spatia montis,

    id. 35, 1, 1, § 2:

    spatium admirabile rhombi,

    very large, Juv. 4, 39:

    vasti corporis,

    Sen. Hippol. 806:

    plantae Herculis,

    Gell. 1, 1, 2: trahit aures in spatium, in length, i. e. lengthens them out, Ov. M. 11, 176; so,

    in spatium,

    id. ib. 2, 197; 7, 783; Sil. 13, 562.—
    2.
    An open space for walking, racing, etc., in.
    a.
    A walk, promenade; a public place or square, etc. (cf. ambulatio):

    urbs delubris distincta spatiisque communibus,

    Cic. Rep. 1, 26, 41:

    templaque et innumeris spatia interstincta columnis,

    i. e. colonnades, porticos, Stat. S. 3, 5, 90:

    quin igitur ad illa spatia nostra sedesque pergimus, ubi cum satis erit deambulatum, requiescemus,

    Cic. Leg. 1, 4, 14:

    spatia silvestria,

    id. ib. 1, 5, 15:

    orator ex Academiae spatiis,

    id. Or. 3, 12 (quoted by Quint. 12, 2, 23, and by Tac. Or. 32):

    Academiae non sine causā nobilitata spatia,

    Cic. Fin. 5, 1, 1: locus planis Porrectus spatiis, in level spaces, i. e. plains, Hor. Ep. 1, 7, 42:

    ille actus habenā Curvatis fertur spatiis,

    Verg. A. 7, 381.—
    b.
    A race-course, track:

    sicut fortis equus, spatio qui saepe supremo Vicit Olympia,

    Enn. Ann. 18, 22:

    nec vero velim quasi decurso spatio a calce ad carceres revocari,

    Cic. Sen. 23, 83:

    amat spatiis obstantia rumpere claustra,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 14, 9:

    cum carceribus sese effudere quadrigae, Addunt in spatia,

    Verg. G. 1, 513 Forbig. ad loc.:

    hic ad Elei metas et maxuma campi Sudabit spatia,

    id. ib. 3, 202: signoque repente Corripiunt spatia [p. 1736] audito, id. A. 5, 316:

    tritumque relinquunt Quadrijugi spatium,

    Ov. M. 2, 168; cf.:

    equi Pulsabant pedibus spatium declivis Olympi,

    id. ib. 6, 487:

    abstulere me velut de spatio Graeciae res immixtae Romanis,

    Liv. 35, 40, 1:

    nobilis equos cursus et spatia probant,

    Tac. Or. 39.—
    c.
    Poet., in gen., room or space in a building:

    Phocus in interius spatium pulchrosque recessus Cecropidas ducit,

    the inner space, the interior, Ov. M. 7, 670.—
    3.
    Transf., the action of walking, a walk, promenade; a turn, course:

    cum in ambulationem ventum esset, Scaevolam, duobus spatiis tribusve factis, dixisse, etc.,

    Cic. de Or. 1, 7, 28; cf. id. Rep. 1, 12, 18; Suet. Aug. 83:

    si interdum ad forum deducimur, si uno basilicae spatio honestamur,

    Cic. Mur. 34, 70:

    septem spatiis circo meruere coronam,

    Ov. Hal. 68:

    (agitatores) septimo spatio palmae appropinquant,

    Sen. Ep. 30, 13.—
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    Of time.
    1.
    In gen., a space of time, interval, period:

    spatia omnis temporis non numero dierum sed noctium finiunt,

    Caes. B. G. 6, 18:

    spatium praeteriti temporis,

    Cic. Arch. 1, 1:

    quantum fuit diei spatium,

    as the portion of the day allowed, Caes. B. G. 2, 11 fin.:

    annuum spatium,

    id. B. C. 3, 3:

    annuum, menstruum, diurnum, nocturnum,

    Cic. Inv. 1, 26, 39:

    dierum triginta,

    id. Verr. 2, 2, 39, § 96:

    parvo dilexit spatio Minoida Theseus,

    Prop. 2, 24, 43 (3, 19, 27):

    spatio brevi,

    Hor. C. 1, 11, 6:

    in brevi spatio mutantur secla animantum,

    Lucr. 2, 77; so,

    in brevi spatio,

    Ter. Heaut. 5, 2, 2:

    aliquid longo spatio tenere,

    Cic. Off. 2, 23, 81:

    me ex comparato et constituto spatio defensionis in semihorae curriculum coëgisti,

    id. Rab. Perd. 2, 6:

    hoc interim spatio conclave illud concidisse,

    id. de Or. 2, 86, 353:

    spatia annorum,

    Prop. 3 (4), 21, 31:

    spatium juventae Transire,

    Ov. M. 15, 225:

    illa dies... incerti spatium mihi finiat aevi,

    id. ib. 15, 874:

    post sexagesimum vitae spatium,

    i. e. after the sixtieth year, Plin. 7, 50, 51, § 170.—
    2.
    In partic.
    a.
    Of a portion of time in which to do any thing, space, time, leisure, opportunity:

    neque, ut celari posset, tempus spatium ullum dabat,

    Ter. Hec. 3, 3, 14:

    nisi tempus et spatium datum sit,

    Cic. Quint. 1, 4:

    irae suae spatium et consilio tempus dare,

    Liv. 8, 32:

    ubicumque datum erat spatium solitudinis,

    Ter. Hec. 1, 2, 55:

    quantum spatii nobis datur,

    Cic. de Or. 1, 59, 252:

    tempus inane peto, requiem spatiumque furori,

    Verg. A. 4, 433: ne properes, oro;

    spatium pro munere posco,

    Ov. R. Am. 277:

    proin quicquid est, da tempus ac spatium tibi. Quod ratio non quit, saepe sanavit mora,

    Sen. Agam. 2, 129.—Esp.: spatium (aliquid, nihil spatii, etc.) alicui faciendi or ad faciendum aliquid, time to do a thing:

    breve spatium'st perferundi quae minitas mihi,

    Plaut. Capt. 3, 5, 85:

    ut Ne esset spatium cogitandi ad disturbandas nuptias,

    Ter. And. 1, 2, 11:

    quam longum spatium amandi amicam tibi dedi!

    id. Hec. 4, 4, 62:

    dare alicui spatium ad se colligendum,

    Cic. Caecin. 2, 6:

    ad scribendum,

    id. Fam. 15, 17, 1:

    pila in hostes coniciendi,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 52; 4, 13; Ov. M. 10, 163:

    nec fuit spatium ad contrahenda castra,

    Caes. B. G. 7, 40:

    cum erit spatium, utrumque praestabo,

    Cic. Att. 5, 14, 1:

    si spatium ad dicendum habuissemus,

    id. Verr. 1, 18, 56:

    spatium sumamus ad cogitandum,

    id. Fin. 4, 1, 1; id. de Or. 1, 33, 150:

    sex dies ad eam rem conficiendam spatii postulant,

    Caes. B. C. 1, 3 fin.:

    vix explicandi ordines spatium Etruscis fuit,

    Liv. 2, 46, 3:

    spatium Vitellianis datum refugiendi,

    Tac. H. 2, 25.—Rarely with dat.:

    spatium quidem tandem adparandis nuptiis, vocandi, sacruficandi dabitur paululum,

    Ter. Phorm. 4, 4, 20.—
    b.
    A year of life:

    quosdam (morbos) post sexagesimum vitae spatium non accidere,

    Plin. 7, 50, 51, § 170. —
    c.
    Metrical time, measure, quantity:

    trochaeus, qui est eodem spatio quo choreus,

    Cic. Or. 57, 193; cf. Quint. 1, 5, 18:

    neu sermo subsultet imparibus spatiis ac sonis, miscens longa brevibus, etc.,

    id. 11, 3, 43; cf. id. 11, 3, 40; 11, 3, 17 al.—
    B.
    (Acc. to I. B.) A path, course, race, track:

    ut eadem spatia quinque stellae dispari motu cursuque conficiant,

    Cic. de Or. 3, 45, 178:

    quid mihi opu'st, decurso aetatis spatio, cum meis gerere bellum?

    Plaut. Stich. 1, 2, 14:

    prope jam excurso spatio,

    Ter. Ad. 5, 4, 6:

    te vero, mea quem spatiis propioribus aetas Insequitur,

    Verg. A. 9, 275: deflexit jam aliquantulum de spatio curriculoque consuetudo majorum, Cic. Lael. 12, 40; cf.:

    quemadmodum simus in spatio Q. Hortensium ipsius vestigiis persecuti,

    id. Brut. 90, 307:

    currenti spatium praemonstra,

    Lucr. 6, 93:

    pede inoffenso spatium decurrere vitae,

    Ov. Tr. 3, 4, 33; Sen. Troad. 398.

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  • 62 vis

    vīs, vis, f., plur. vīres, ĭum (class. only in nom., acc. and abl. sing. and in plur.; gen. sing. very rare; Tac. Or. 26; Dig. 4, 2, 1; Paul. Sent. 5, 30; dat. sing. vi, Auct. B. Afr. 69, 2; C. I. L. 5, 837; collat. form of the nom. and acc. plur. vis, Lucr. 3, 265; 2, 586; Sall. ap. Prisc. p. 707, or H. 3, 62 Dietsch; Messala ap. Macr. S. 1, 9, 14) [Gr. is, Wis, sinew, force; iphi, with might], strength, physical or mental; force, vigor, power, energy, virtue (cf. robur).
    I.
    Lit.
    1.
    In gen.
    (α).
    Sing.:

    celeritas et vis equorum,

    Cic. Div. 1, 70, 144:

    magna vis eorum (urorum) et magna velocitas,

    Caes. B. G. 6, 28:

    contra vim atque impetum fluminis,

    id. ib. 4, 17:

    tempestatis,

    id. B. C. 2, 14:

    venti,

    Lucr. 1, 271:

    solis,

    id. 4, 326 (301):

    horrida teli,

    id. 3, 170:

    acris vini,

    id. 3, 476:

    ferri aerisque,

    id. 5, 1286:

    veneni,

    Cic. Cael. 24, 58 et saep.—
    (β).
    Plur. (most freq. of physical strength):

    non viribus aut velocitatibus aut celeritate corporum res magnae geruntur,

    Cic. Sen. 6, 17:

    nec nunc vires desidero adulescentis, non plus quam adulescens tauri aut elephanti desiderabam,

    id. ib. 9, 27:

    hoc ali vires nervosque confirmari putant,

    Caes. B. G. 6, 21:

    me jam sanguis viresque deficiunt,

    id. ib. 7, 50 fin.:

    perpauci viribus confisi transnatare contenderunt,

    id. ib. 1, 53:

    nostri integris viribus fortiter repugnare,

    id. ib. 3, 4:

    lacertis et viribus pugnare,

    Cic. Fam. 4, 7, 2:

    omnibus viribus atque opibus repugnare,

    id. Tusc. 3, 11, 25:

    non animi solum vigore sed etiam corporis viribus excellens,

    Liv. 9, 16, 12:

    validis viribus hastam contorquere,

    Verg. A. 2, 50:

    quicquid agas, decet agere pro viribus,

    with all your might, Cic. Sen. 9, 27; so,

    supra vires,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 22:

    et neglecta solent incendia sumere vires,

    id. ib. 1, 18, 85:

    seu virium vi seu exercitatione multā cibi vinique capacissimus,

    Liv. 9, 16, 13; cf.:

    in proelii concursu abit res a Consilio ad vires vimque pugnantium,

    Nep. Thras. 1, 4 dub. (Siebel. vires usumque).— Poet., with inf.:

    nec mihi sunt vires inimicos pellere tectis,

    Ov. H. 1, 109.—
    2.
    In partic.
    a.
    Energy, virtue, potency (of herbs, drugs, etc.):

    in radices vires oleae abibunt,

    Cato, R. R. 61, 1:

    vires habet herba?

    Ov. M. 13, 942:

    egregius fons Viribus occultis adjuvat,

    Juv. 12, 42. —
    b.
    Vis, personified, the same as Juno, Aus. Idyll. de Deis; cf. Verg. A. 7, 432 Serv. —
    c.
    Hostile strength, force, violence, = bia: EA POENA, QVAE EST DE VI, S. C. ap. Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 3, 5:

    cum vi vis illata defenditur,

    Cic. Mil. 4, 9; cf.:

    celeri rumore dilato Dioni vim allatam,

    Nep. Dion, 10, 1:

    ne vim facias ullam in illam,

    Ter. Eun. 4, 7, 37:

    sine vi facere,

    id. ib. 4, 7, 20:

    vim afferre alicui,

    Cic. Caecin. 21, 61; id. Verr. 2, 1, 24, § 62; 2, 4, 66, § 148:

    adhibere,

    id. Off. 3, 30, 110; id. Cat. 1, 8, 19:

    praesidio tam valido et armato vim adferre,

    Liv. 9, 16, 4:

    iter per vim tentare,

    by force, forcibly, Caes. B. G. 1, 14; so,

    per vim,

    id. B. C. 2, 13; Cic. Att. 7, 9, 4:

    ne id quidem satis est, nisi docet, ita se possedisse nec vi nec clam nec precario possederit,

    id. Caecin. 32, 92; so the jurid. formula in Lex Thoria ap. Grut. 202, 18; Dig. 41, 1, 22; Ter. Eun. 2, 3, 28:

    vis haec quidem hercle est, et trahi et trudi simul,

    Plaut. Capt. 3, 5, 92; Ter. Ad. 5, 8, 20:

    naves totae factae ex robore ad quamvis vim et contumeliam perferendam (shortly afterwards: tantas tempestates Oceani tantosque impetus ventorum sustineri),

    violence, shock, Caes. B. G. 3, 13:

    caeli,

    a storm, tempest, Plin. 18, 28, 69, § 278.—To avoid the gen. form (v. supra):

    de vi condemnati sunt,

    Cic. Phil. 2, 2, 4: de vi reus; id. Sest. 35, 75; id. Vatin. 17, 41:

    ei qui de vi itemque ei qui majestatis damnatus sit,

    id. Phil. 1, 9, 23; cf. id. ib. 1, 9, 21 sq. Halm ad loc.; Tac. A. 4, 13.—
    d.
    In mal. part., force, violence: pudicitiam cum eriperet militi tribunus militaris... interfectus ab eo est, cui vim adferebat, Cic. Mil. 4, 9:

    matribus familias vim attulisse,

    id. Verr. 2, 1, 24, § 62:

    vis allata sorori,

    Ov. A. A. 1, 679:

    victa nitore dei vim passa est,

    id. M. 4, 233:

    vim passa est Phoebe,

    id. A. A. 1, 679.—
    B.
    Transf., concr.
    1.
    Quantity, number, abundance (cf.: copia, multitudo); with gen.:

    quasi retruderet hominum me vis invitum,

    Plaut. Ep. 2, 2, 66:

    innumerabilis servorum,

    Cic. Har. Resp. 11, 22:

    in pompā cum magna vis auri argentique ferretur,

    Cic. Tusc. 5, 32, 91:

    vis magna pulveris,

    Caes. B. C. 2, 26:

    vis maxima ranunculorum,

    Cic. Fam. 7, 18, 3:

    argenti,

    id. Prov. Cons. 2, 4:

    vim lacrimarum profudi,

    id. Rep. 6, 14, 14:

    odora canum vis,

    Verg. A. 4, 132; cf. absol.:

    et nescio quomodo is, qui auctoritatem minimam habet, maximam vim, populus cum illis facit,

    Cic. Fin. 2, 14, 44.—
    2.
    Vires, military forces, troops:

    praeesse exercitui, ut praeter auctoritatem vires quoque ad coërcendum haberet,

    Caes. B. C. 3, 57:

    satis virium ad certamen,

    Liv. 3, 60, 4:

    undique contractis viribus signa cum Papirio conferre,

    id. 9, 13, 12:

    robur omne virium ejus regni,

    the flower, id. 33, 4, 4:

    concitet et vires Graecia magna suas,

    Ov. H. 15 (16), 340.—
    3.
    Vires, the virile forces or organs, Arn. 5, 158; 5, 163; Inscr. Orell. 2322; 2332:

    veluti castratis viribus,

    Plin. 11, 18, 19, § 60; cf.:

    vis (= vires) multas possidere in se,

    Lucr. 2, 586.—Rarely sing.:

    vis genitalis,

    Tac. A. 6, 18.—
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    Mental strength, power, force, vigor:

    vis illa divina et virtus oratoris,

    Cic. de Or. 2, 27, 120:

    vis ac facultas oratoris,

    id. ib. 1, 31, 142:

    suavitatem Isocrates... sonitum Aeschines, vim Demosthenes habuit,

    id. ib. 3, 7, 28:

    summa ingenii,

    id. Phil. 5, 18, 49:

    magna vis est conscientiae in utramque partem,

    id. Mil. 23, 61:

    magna vis est in fortunā in utramque partem,

    id. Off. 2, 6, 19:

    patriae,

    id. de Or. 1, 44, 196:

    quod ostentum habuit hanc vim, ut, etc.,

    power, effect, id. Div. 1, 33, 73:

    qui indignitate suā vim ac jus magistratui quem gerebat dempsisset,

    Liv. 26, 12, 8:

    hujus conventionis,

    Dig. 43, 25, 12.— Plur. (post-Aug.):

    eloquentiae,

    Quint. 5, 1, 2:

    facilitatis,

    id. 12, 9, 20:

    ingenii,

    id. 1, 2, 23; 12, 1, 32:

    orationis,

    id. 8, 3, 87.—
    B.
    Transf., of abstr. things, force, notion, meaning, sense, import, nature, essence (cf. significatio):

    id, in quo est omnis vis amicitiae,

    Cic. Lael. 4, 15:

    eloquentiae vis et natura,

    id. Or. 31, 112:

    vis honesti (with natura),

    id. Off. 1, 6, 18; cf. id. Fin. 1, 16, 50:

    virtutis,

    id. Fam. 9, 16, 5:

    quae est alia vis legis?

    id. Dom. 20, 53:

    vis, natura, genera verborum et simplicium et copulatorum,

    i.e. the sense, signification, id. Or. 32, 115:

    vis verbi,

    id. Inv. 1, 13, 17; id. Balb. 8, 21:

    quae vis insit in his paucis verbis, si attendes, si attendes, intelleges,

    id. Fam. 6, 2, 3:

    quae vis subjecta sit vocibus,

    id. Fin. 2, 2, 6:

    nominis,

    id. Top. 8, 35: metônumia, cujus vis est, pro eo, quod dicitur, causam, propter quam dicitur, ponere, Quint. 8, 6, 23.

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  • 63 profundum

    prŏ-fundus, a, um, adj., deep, profound, vast (class.; syn. altus).
    I.
    Lit.:

    mare profundum et immensum,

    Cic. Planc. 6, 15; Curt. 9, 4, 18:

    per inane profundum,

    Lucr. 1, 1108:

    pontus,

    Verg. A. 5, 614:

    Acheron,

    Lucr. 3, 978:

    Danubius,

    Hor. C. 4, 15, 21:

    fornax,

    Ov. M. 2, 229:

    valles,

    Stat. Th. 10, 95:

    terrae foramen,

    Just. 24, 6, 9:

    atque hiavit humus multa, vasta, et profunda,

    Sall. H. 4, 37 Dietsch:

    vulnera,

    Eum. Pan. Constant. 14.— Sup.:

    profundissimus libidinum gurges,

    Cic. Sest. 43, 93.—
    2.
    Subst.: prŏfundum, i, n., depth.
    a.
    In gen.:

    esse in profundo (aquae),

    Cic. Fin. 3, 14, 48 [p. 1460] 4, 23, 64:

    maris,

    Suet. Tib. 40; Ov. Hal. 84:

    immensa ac profunda camporum,

    Just. 41, 1, 11.—
    b.
    In partic.
    (α).
    The depths of the sea, the deep, the sea (class.): ex profundo molem ad caelum erigit, Att. ap. Cic. N. D. 2, 35, 89:

    jecissem ipse me potius in profundum, ut ceteros conservarem, quam, etc.,

    Cic. Sest. 20, 45:

    profundo Vela dabit,

    Verg. A. 12, 263:

    vastum,

    Val. Fl. 8, 314; Sil. 4, 246:

    summum,

    Ov. M. 2, 267:

    indomitum,

    id. Tr. 1, 11, 39:

    pater ipse profundi,

    i.e. Neptune, Val. Fl. 2, 606:

    genitor profundi,

    Ov. M. 11, 202:

    Pamphylium,

    Col. 8, 16, 9:

    profundi imperium,

    Juv. 13, 49; Hor. C. 4, 4, 65; Ov. H. 18, 89; id. M. 5, 439; 11, 197.—
    (β).
    In comic. lang., an abyss, meaning the stomach, in a lusus verbb. with fundus, Plaut. Capt. 1, 2, 79.—
    B.
    Transf.
    1.
    Thick, dense ( poet. and in post - class. prose):

    Erebi nox,

    Verg. A. 4, 26:

    silvae,

    Lucr. 5, 41; Curt. 7, 7, 4:

    ursi villis profundioribus,

    Sol. 26.—
    2.
    Like altus, high ( poet.):

    caelum profundum,

    Verg. G. 4, 222:

    caelum,

    id. E. 4, 51; id. A. 1, 58; Val. Fl. 7, 478:

    altitudo,

    Liv. 38, 23; Tac. A. 2, 61.—
    b.
    Subst.: prŏfundum, i, n., height:

    altum caeli,

    Manil. 5, 719.—
    3.
    In a great quantity, copious, unlimited, without stint ( poet.):

    merum,

    Stat. Th. 5, 262.—
    4.
    Of the underworld, infernal ( poet.):

    Manes,

    Verg. G. 1, 243:

    Chaos,

    Val. Fl. 7, 401:

    Juppiter, i. e. Pluto,

    Stat. Th. 1, 615:

    Juno, = Proserpina,

    Claud. Rapt. Pros. 1, 2.—
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    Deep, bottomless, profound, boundless, immoderate (class.):

    profundae libidines,

    Cic. Pis. 21, 48:

    avaritia,

    Sall. J. 81, 1:

    cupido imperii et divitiarum,

    id. H. 4, 61, 5:

    vitia animi,

    Plin. 30, 2, 5, § 14:

    cupiditas confundendi omnia,

    Vell. 2, 125, 2:

    securitas,

    Gell. 1, 15, 2:

    otium,

    Nazar. Pan. Constant. 35:

    profundissimā pace florere (=summā),

    Mamert. Pan. Maxim. 14:

    caedes,

    Stat. Th. 10, 831:

    tempestas,

    id. Achill. 1, 45:

    gula,

    Suet. Vit. 13:

    venter,

    Curt. 10, 2, 26:

    immensusque ruit profundo Pindarus ore,

    i.e. with inexhaustible copiousness of expression, Hor. C. 4, 2, 7:

    scientia,

    Macr. S. 3, 2, 7:

    cum me somnus profundus in imum barathrum demergit,

    App. M. 2, p. 125 fin.:

    in profundam ruinam cupidinis se praecipitare,

    id. ib. 8, p. 202, 1.—
    B.
    Deep, obscure, unknown (post-Aug.):

    in profundo esse,

    to be unknown, Dig. 32, 15.—
    C.
    Subst.: prŏfun-dum, i, n., a depth, abyss (class.):

    in profundo veritatem penitus abstrudere,

    Cic. Ac. 2, 10, 32:

    Democritus (dixit) in profundo veritatem esse demersam,

    id. ib. 1, 12, 44:

    in profundum ultimarum miseriarum abjectus,

    Val. Max. 2, 10, 6:

    immergere aliquem miserabiliter profundo cladium,

    id. 2, 6, 9, ext. 7:

    in profundum injuriarum et turpitudinis decidere,

    id. 2, 9, 1, ext. 2; cf.:

    de profundis clamavi ad te,

    Vulg. Psa. 129, 1.—Hence, adv.: prŏfun-dē, deeply (post-Aug.):

    in bibendo profundius nares mergere,

    Plin. 8, 42, 66, § 165; Vulg. Osee, 9, 9.

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  • 64 profundus

    prŏ-fundus, a, um, adj., deep, profound, vast (class.; syn. altus).
    I.
    Lit.:

    mare profundum et immensum,

    Cic. Planc. 6, 15; Curt. 9, 4, 18:

    per inane profundum,

    Lucr. 1, 1108:

    pontus,

    Verg. A. 5, 614:

    Acheron,

    Lucr. 3, 978:

    Danubius,

    Hor. C. 4, 15, 21:

    fornax,

    Ov. M. 2, 229:

    valles,

    Stat. Th. 10, 95:

    terrae foramen,

    Just. 24, 6, 9:

    atque hiavit humus multa, vasta, et profunda,

    Sall. H. 4, 37 Dietsch:

    vulnera,

    Eum. Pan. Constant. 14.— Sup.:

    profundissimus libidinum gurges,

    Cic. Sest. 43, 93.—
    2.
    Subst.: prŏfundum, i, n., depth.
    a.
    In gen.:

    esse in profundo (aquae),

    Cic. Fin. 3, 14, 48 [p. 1460] 4, 23, 64:

    maris,

    Suet. Tib. 40; Ov. Hal. 84:

    immensa ac profunda camporum,

    Just. 41, 1, 11.—
    b.
    In partic.
    (α).
    The depths of the sea, the deep, the sea (class.): ex profundo molem ad caelum erigit, Att. ap. Cic. N. D. 2, 35, 89:

    jecissem ipse me potius in profundum, ut ceteros conservarem, quam, etc.,

    Cic. Sest. 20, 45:

    profundo Vela dabit,

    Verg. A. 12, 263:

    vastum,

    Val. Fl. 8, 314; Sil. 4, 246:

    summum,

    Ov. M. 2, 267:

    indomitum,

    id. Tr. 1, 11, 39:

    pater ipse profundi,

    i.e. Neptune, Val. Fl. 2, 606:

    genitor profundi,

    Ov. M. 11, 202:

    Pamphylium,

    Col. 8, 16, 9:

    profundi imperium,

    Juv. 13, 49; Hor. C. 4, 4, 65; Ov. H. 18, 89; id. M. 5, 439; 11, 197.—
    (β).
    In comic. lang., an abyss, meaning the stomach, in a lusus verbb. with fundus, Plaut. Capt. 1, 2, 79.—
    B.
    Transf.
    1.
    Thick, dense ( poet. and in post - class. prose):

    Erebi nox,

    Verg. A. 4, 26:

    silvae,

    Lucr. 5, 41; Curt. 7, 7, 4:

    ursi villis profundioribus,

    Sol. 26.—
    2.
    Like altus, high ( poet.):

    caelum profundum,

    Verg. G. 4, 222:

    caelum,

    id. E. 4, 51; id. A. 1, 58; Val. Fl. 7, 478:

    altitudo,

    Liv. 38, 23; Tac. A. 2, 61.—
    b.
    Subst.: prŏfundum, i, n., height:

    altum caeli,

    Manil. 5, 719.—
    3.
    In a great quantity, copious, unlimited, without stint ( poet.):

    merum,

    Stat. Th. 5, 262.—
    4.
    Of the underworld, infernal ( poet.):

    Manes,

    Verg. G. 1, 243:

    Chaos,

    Val. Fl. 7, 401:

    Juppiter, i. e. Pluto,

    Stat. Th. 1, 615:

    Juno, = Proserpina,

    Claud. Rapt. Pros. 1, 2.—
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    Deep, bottomless, profound, boundless, immoderate (class.):

    profundae libidines,

    Cic. Pis. 21, 48:

    avaritia,

    Sall. J. 81, 1:

    cupido imperii et divitiarum,

    id. H. 4, 61, 5:

    vitia animi,

    Plin. 30, 2, 5, § 14:

    cupiditas confundendi omnia,

    Vell. 2, 125, 2:

    securitas,

    Gell. 1, 15, 2:

    otium,

    Nazar. Pan. Constant. 35:

    profundissimā pace florere (=summā),

    Mamert. Pan. Maxim. 14:

    caedes,

    Stat. Th. 10, 831:

    tempestas,

    id. Achill. 1, 45:

    gula,

    Suet. Vit. 13:

    venter,

    Curt. 10, 2, 26:

    immensusque ruit profundo Pindarus ore,

    i.e. with inexhaustible copiousness of expression, Hor. C. 4, 2, 7:

    scientia,

    Macr. S. 3, 2, 7:

    cum me somnus profundus in imum barathrum demergit,

    App. M. 2, p. 125 fin.:

    in profundam ruinam cupidinis se praecipitare,

    id. ib. 8, p. 202, 1.—
    B.
    Deep, obscure, unknown (post-Aug.):

    in profundo esse,

    to be unknown, Dig. 32, 15.—
    C.
    Subst.: prŏfun-dum, i, n., a depth, abyss (class.):

    in profundo veritatem penitus abstrudere,

    Cic. Ac. 2, 10, 32:

    Democritus (dixit) in profundo veritatem esse demersam,

    id. ib. 1, 12, 44:

    in profundum ultimarum miseriarum abjectus,

    Val. Max. 2, 10, 6:

    immergere aliquem miserabiliter profundo cladium,

    id. 2, 6, 9, ext. 7:

    in profundum injuriarum et turpitudinis decidere,

    id. 2, 9, 1, ext. 2; cf.:

    de profundis clamavi ad te,

    Vulg. Psa. 129, 1.—Hence, adv.: prŏfun-dē, deeply (post-Aug.):

    in bibendo profundius nares mergere,

    Plin. 8, 42, 66, § 165; Vulg. Osee, 9, 9.

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  • 65 mensura

    mensūra. ae, f. [metior], a measuring, measure (class.).
    I.
    Lit.:

    mensuram facere alicujus, Ov A. A. 3, 265: agere,

    to measure, survey, Plin. Ep. 10, 28, 5:

    inire. Col 5, 3: res (quae) pondere numero mensura constant,

    Gai. Inst. 2, 196.—
    II.
    Transf., a measure, by which any thing is measured:

    majore mensurā reddere,

    Cic. Off. 1, 15, 48:

    qui modus mensurae medimnus appellatur,

    kind of measure, Nep. Att. 2, 6:

    mensuras et pondera invenit Phidon Argivus, aut Palamedes,

    Plin. 7, 56, 57, § 198:

    ex aquā, i. e. clepsydra,

    Caes. B. G. 5, 13:

    quicquid sub aurium mensuram aliquam cadit, numerus vocatur,

    Cic. Or 20, 67:

    de mensura jus dicere,

    Juv. 10, 101. —
    B.
    Trop., measure, quantity, proportion, capacity, power, extent, degree, etc.:

    dare alicui mensuram bibendi,

    to prescribe how much one may drink, Ov. A. A. 1, 589:

    nostri orbis,

    Tac. Agr. 12:

    beneficii,

    Plin. Ep. 10, 12, 2:

    qui tanti mensuram nominis imples,

    i. e. who answerest to its meaning, art worthy of it, Ov. P. 1, 2, 1:

    ficti crescit,

    measure, size, id. M. 12, 57: sui, one's own measure, i. e. capacity, Juv. 11, 35:

    sed deerat pisci patinae mensura,

    was too small, Juv. 4, 72: nuribus Argolicis fui Mensura voti, I was the measure of their wishes, i. e. they desired to have as much as I possessed, Sen. Herc. Oet. 400:

    submittere se ad mensuram discentis,

    to accommodate one's self to the capacity of the learner, Quint. 2, 3, 7: legati, character, standing. Tac. H. 1, 52:

    mensura tamen quae sufficiat census,

    how large a fortune, Juv. 14. 316.—In painting:

    Apelles cedebat Asclepiodoro de mensuris, hoc est quanto quid a quoque distare deberet,

    the degree of prominence, and relative distances, of parts of a picture, Plin. 35, 10, 36, § 80.—In gram.:

    mensurae verborum,

    the quantities of their syllables, Quint. 10, 1, 10.

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  • 66 nimbus

    nimbus, i ( gen. plur. nimbūm, Pac. ap. Trag. Rel. 412 Rib.), m. [Sanscr. nabhas, cloud, vapor; Gr. nephos, nephelê; cf.: nubes, nebula], a violent or pouring rain, a rain-storm.
    I.
    Lit.: terra abit in nimbos imbremque, Lucil. ap. Varr. L. L. 5, § 24 Müll.:

    nec nubila nimbis aspergunt,

    Lucr. 3, 19:

    terrere animos fulminibus, tempestatibus, nimbis, nivibus, grandinibus,

    Cic. N. D. 2, 5, 14:

    denso regem operuit nimbo,

    Liv. 1, 16:

    cum multo stillaret paenula nimbo,

    Juv. 5, 79.—
    B.
    Transf.
    1.
    A black rain-cloud, a thunder-cloud: noctisque et nimbūm occaecat nigror, Pac. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 14, 24, and de Or. 3, 39, 157:

    involvere diem nimbi,

    Verg. A. 3, 198; so id. ib. 3, 587; Stat. Th. 1, 97.—
    b.
    A cloud in general. So the bright cloud or cloudshaped splendor which enveloped the gods when they appeared on earth:

    proprie nimbus est, qui deorum vel imperantium capita quasi clara nebula ambire fingitur,

    Serv. Verg. A. 3, 585:

    nimbo succincta,

    Verg. A. 10, 634:

    nimbo effulgens,

    id. ib. 2, 616:

    nube candentes umeros amictus Augur Apollo,

    Hor. C. 1, 2, 31.—Hence, in eccl. Lat., of a saint's aureole, Isid. 19, 31, 2.—
    (β).
    A cloud of smoke, dust, etc.:

    respiciunt atram in nimbo volitare favillam,

    Verg. A. 5, 666:

    fulvae nimbus harenae,

    id. G. 3, 110:

    pulveris,

    Claud. in Rufin. 2, 176.—
    2.
    A head-band, frontlet, worn by females to make the forehead appear small, acc. to Isid. Orig. 19, 31 (in Arn. 2, 72, the correct reading is not nimbis, but limbis; v. limbus).—
    3.
    Like the Engl. cloud, of a multitude of things which spread out like a cloud:

    nimbus peditum,

    Verg. A. 7, 793:

    pilorum,

    Sil. 5, 215:

    telorum,

    Luc. 4, 776:

    velut nimbum glandis et sagittas ingerebant,

    Liv. 36, 18, 5:

    lapidum saxorumque,

    Flor. 3, 8, 4:

    Corycius,

    i. e. of saffron, Mart. 9, 39, 5:

    et Cilices nimbis hic maduere suis,

    id. Spect. 3, 8:

    lucerna nimbis ebria Nicerotianis,

    full of perfumed unguents, id. ib. 10, 38, 8: purpureus, a great quantity of flowers, Claud. Nupt. Honor. et Mar. 298.—
    4.
    A vessel with many holes in it, used at public shows and at entertainments for sprinkling liquid perfumes:

    nimbus vitreus,

    Mart. 14, 112 in lemm. —
    * II.
    Trop., a storm, tempest, i. e. sudden misfortune:

    hunc quidem nimbum cito transisse laetor,

    Cic. Att. 15, 9, 2.

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  • 67 pondus

    pondus, ĕris, n. [pendo], a weight.
    I.
    Lit.
    A.
    In gen., a weight used in a scale, Cic. Tusc. 5, 24, 69:

    pondera ab Gallis allata iniqua,

    Liv. 5, 48 fin.:

    utuntur taleis ferreis ad certum pondus examinatis pro numo,

    Caes. B. G. 5, 12; Dig. 19, 1, 32: pondera publica, Paul. ex Fest. p. 246 Müll.—
    2.
    In partic., the weight of a pound, a pound (very rare for the usual pondo):

    dupondius a duobus ponderibus, quod unum pondus assipondium dicebatur. Id ideo, quod as erat libra pondus,

    Varr. L. L. 5, § 169 Müll.:

    argenti pondera quinque,

    Mart. 7, 53, 12.—
    B.
    Transf.
    1.
    In abstr.
    a.
    Heaviness, weight of a body:

    moveri gravitate et pondere,

    Cic. Fat. 11, 24; 10, 22; 20, 46; id. Tusc. 1, 17, 40:

    magni ponderis saxa,

    Caes. B. G. 2, 29; 7, 22:

    emere aliquid pondere,

    by weight, Plin. 12, 7, 14, § 29; 35, 17, 57, § 197; Tac. A. 6, 26; cf.:

    in his quae pondere constant,

    Dig. 18, 1, 35 med.; Gai. Inst. 2, 196:

    id, quod pondere continetur,

    Dig. 30, 1, 47.—
    b.
    In plur.: pondera, balance, equipoise, equilibrium:

    pendebat in aëre tellus Ponderibus librata suis,

    Ov. M. 1, 13; so Luc. 1, 57; cf. Lucr. 2, 218 and 6, 574:

    trans pondera (corporis) dextram Porrigere (= ultra libramentum sive aequilibrium corporis),

    out of balance, Hor. Ep. 1, 6, 51; cf. Lachm. ad Lucr. II. p. 380 sq.; cf.

    also: quis libravit in pondere montes et colles in staterā?

    Vulg. Isa. 40, 12.—
    2.
    In concr.
    a.
    A heavy body, a weight, mass, load, burden:

    in terram feruntur omnia suo nutu pondera,

    Cic. Rep. 6, 17, 17:

    grande auri pondus,

    id. Verr. 2, 1, 17, § 45; so,

    innumerabile pondus auri,

    id. Sest. 43, 93:

    magnum argenti pondus expositum,

    Caes. B. C. 3, 96:

    aeris magnum pondus,

    id. ib. 3, 103; Stat. Th. 6, 648:

    immania pondera baltei,

    Verg. A. 10, 496:

    Spartani pondera disci,

    Mart. 14, 164, 1.— Poet., of the fruit of the womb, Ov. M. 9, 684; id. Am. 2, 14, 14; Prop. 4, 1, 96 (5, 1, 100); Mart. 14, 151;

    of the privy parts,

    Cat. 63, 5; Stat. S. 3, 4, 77.—
    b.
    A quantity, number, multitude (anteclass. and very rare): magnum pondus omnium artificum, Varr. ap. Non. 466, 5.—
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    Weight, consequence, importance, consideration, influence, authority, etc. (class.; cf.

    momentum): persona non qualiscumque testimonii pondus habet,

    Cic. Top. 19, 73:

    grave ipsius conscientiae pondus est,

    id. N. D. 3, 35, 85; cf.:

    (honestas) aut sola expetenda est... aut certe omni pondere gravior habenda quam reliqua omnia,

    id. Off. 3, 8, 35:

    id est maximi momenti et ponderis,

    id. Vatin. 4, 9:

    qui pondus habent,

    id. Att. 11, 6, 1: habet vim in ingenio [p. 1396] et pondus in vitā, id. de Or. 2, 74, 302:

    magnum pondus accessit ad tollendum dubitationem, judicium et consilium tuum,

    id. Fam. 11, 29, 1:

    ut is intellegat, hanc meam commendationem magnum apud te pondus habuisse,

    id. ib. 13, 25; cf.:

    ut is intellegat meas apud te litteras maximum pondus habuisse,

    id. Fam. 12, 27; 13, 35, 2:

    tuae litterae maximi sunt apud me ponderis,

    id. ib. 2, 19, 2:

    ejus filius eodem est apud me pondere, quo fuit ille,

    id. Att. 10, 1. 1.—Of style:

    omnium verborum ponderibus est utendum,

    Cic. de Or. 2, 17, 72:

    fabula sine pondere et arte,

    Hor. A. P. 320; cf.:

    nugis addere pondus,

    id. Ep. 1, 19, 42.—
    B.
    Oppressive weight, burden ( poet. for onus):

    curarum,

    Luc. 9, 951; Stat. Th. 4, 39:

    rerum,

    Ov. Tr. 2, 237; Mart. 6, 64, 14:

    tauri ruentis In Venerem tolerare pondus,

    Hor. C. 2, 5, 4:

    amara senectae Pondera,

    Ov. M. 9, 438:

    Constantius, insolentiae pondera gravius librans,

    Amm. 14, 5, 1.—
    C.
    Weight of character, i. e. firmness, constancy ( poet.):

    nulla diu femina pondus habet,

    Prop. 2, 25 (3, 20), 22:

    nostri reverentia ponderis obstat,

    Stat. Th. 1, 289:

    hilaris, tamen cum pondere, virtus,

    id. S. 2, 3, 65; cf. id. ib. 5, 3, 246.

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  • 68 cōpia

        cōpia ae, f    [com-+ops], an abundance, ample supply, plenty: frumenti, Cs.: navium magna, Cs.: bona librorum, H.: nullā ferramentorum copiā, in the scarcity of, Cs.—Resources, wealth, supplies, riches, prosperity: domesticis copiis ornare convivium: (civitas) copiis locupletior: circumfluere omnibus copiis: se eorum copiis alere, Cs.: Fastidiosam desere copiam, H.: inopem me copia fecit, O.: bonam copiam eiurare, i. e. to claim exemption as poor: (milites) mixti copiis et laetitiā, sharing supplies, Ta.: copia narium (i. e. luxus odorum), H.: copia ruris honorum opulenta, H.—Person., the goddess of plenty: beata pleno cornu, H.: dives meo bona Copia cornu est, O.—A multitude, number, plenty, abundance, throng: (principum) in castris, Cs.: virorum fortium: latronum in eā regione, S.: quae sit me circum copia, lustro, V.—A force, army, body of men: eā copiā civitatem oppressurus: ex omni copiā singulos deligere, Cs.— Usu. plur, forces, troops, an army, men: armare quam maximas copias, S.: cum omnibus copiis exire, in a body, Cs.: pedestres, N.: omnibus copiis contendere, with the whole army, Cs.—Fig., fulness, copiousness, multitude, abundance: rerum copia verborum copiam gignit: dicendi copiā valere: ubertas et copia, fulness in expression.—Ability, power, might, opportunity, facilities, means: facere civibus consili sui copiam: qui spectandi faciunt copiam, T.: fandi, V.: societatis coniungendae, S.: Ut sibi eius faciat copiam, give access to, T.: sit tibi copia nostri, power over, O.: facta est copia mundi, the world was open, O.: quibus in otio vivere copia erat, S.: nec te Adfari data copia matri, V.: tecum sine metu ut sit copiast, T.: si copia detur, veniam, O.: dona pro copiā portantes, as each is able, L.: pro rei copiā, S.: ludi additi pro copiā provinciali, L.
    * * *
    plenty, abundance, supply; troops (pl.), supplies; forces; resources; wealth; number/amount/quantity; sum/whole amount; means, opportunity; access, admission copy

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  • 69 modus

        modus ī, m    [3 MA-], a measure, extent, quantity: agri: numerum modumque carinis Praecipiant, V.: trunci, girth, O.: longo nullus lateri modus (sit), i. e. be the flank excessively long, V.— A proper measure, due measure: suus cuique (rei) modus est: modum haberi nullum placet, moderation: servare modum, V.: vox quasi extra modum absona, immoderately: cum lacus praeter modum crevisset, excessively: in dicendo: sine modo modestiāque, S.— A measure, rhythm, melody, harmony, time: vocum: fidibus Latinis Thebanos aptare modos, H.: saltare ad tibicinis modos, the music of the flute, L.: modum Voce dabat remis, time, O.: verae numerosque modosque ediscere vitae, moral harmonies, H.— A measure, bound, limit, end, restriction: sumptūs Cotidianos fieri nec fieri modum, T.: lubidini modum facere, S.: modum aliquem et finem orationi facere, bounds: cum modum irae nullum faceret, L.: modum transire: modum Exit, O.: modum lugendi aliquando facere, make an end.—A way, manner, mode, method, fashion, style: Sine meo me vivere modo, T.: oratoris modo mandata deferre, as an ambassador, Cs.: vitae, way of life: id quibus modis adsequeretur, i. e. by what means, S.: Haud ignara modi, i. e. well knowing how, V.: si quis modus (est), i. e. if it is possible, V.: servorum modo, like slaves, L.: mirum in modum, wonderfully, Cs.: ad hunc modum distributis legionibus, thus, Cs.: si humano modo peccasset, after the manner of men: multa Carneadeo more et modo disputata: apis Matinae More modoque, H.: tali modo, in such wise, N.: nullo modo, by no means: omni modo egi cum rege, in every way, i. e. urgently: omnibus modis miser sum, every way, T.: laudare miris modis, extravagantly, L.: modis inolescere miris, wondrously, V.: eum tibi commendo in maiorem modum, very greatly: Nec modus inserere atque oculos imponere simplex, V.—In genit. with eius or cuius: eius modi, of that sort, of such a kind, such (often written eiusmodi): in eius modi casu, Cs.: eius modi litteras misit: cuiusque modi genus hominum, S.: cuius modi, of what sort: cuicuimodi, of what sort soever: huius modi casūs, such, Cs.: illius modi, of that kind.
    * * *
    manner, mode, way, method; rule, rhythm, beat, measure, size; bound, limit

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  • 70 supra

    sū̆prā (orig. form sŭpĕrā, Lucr. 1, 429; 4, 672; 5, 1407; Cic. poët. N. D. 2, 42, 106; cf. Prisc. pp. 980 and 1001 P.), adv. and prep. [superus].
    I. A.
    Lit., of place:

    omnia haec, quae supra et subter, unum esse dixerunt,

    Cic. de Or. 3, 5, 20:

    partes eae, quae sunt infra quam id, quod devoratur, dilatantur, quae autem supra, contrahuntur,

    id. N. D. 2, 54, 135:

    magno numero jumentorum in flumine supra atquo infra constituto,

    Caes. B. C. 1, 64; and:

    et mare, quod supra, teneant, quodque alluit infra,

    Verg. A. 8, 149:

    oleum supra siet,

    Cato, R. R. 119; 101:

    cotem illam et novaculam defossam in comitio supraque impositum puteal accepimus,

    Cic. Div. 1, 17, 33:

    toto vertice supra est,

    i. e. is taller, Verg. A. 11, 683: ut letata corpora vidit Victoremque supra hostem, i. e. lying or stretched over them, Ov. M. 3, 56; cf.:

    stupet inscia supra,

    Verg. A. 7, 381.— Comp.:

    alia superius rapiuntur,

    upward, on high, Sen. Q. N. 5, 8, 3: piscina superius construenda, Pall. 1, 34, 2 (opp. subterius, Isid. 16, 8, 4).—
    B.
    Trop.
    1.
    Of time, before, formerly, previously (esp. of any thing previously said or written):

    quae supra scripta est,

    Cato, R. R. 157, 2:

    quod jam supra tibi ostendimus,

    Lucr. 1, 429:

    quae supra dixi,

    Cic. de Or. 3, 55, 208:

    quae supra scripsi,

    id. Fam. 6, 10, 2:

    quem supra deformavi,

    id. Caecin. 5, 14:

    uti supra demonstravimus,

    Caes. B. G. 2, 1:

    ut supra dixi,

    Cic. Rep. 2, 4, 9; id. Lael. 4, 15; 14, 48:

    ut supra scripsi,

    Plin. Ep. 6, 27, 5:

    de quo (filio) commemoravi supra,

    Nep. Dion, 6, 2:

    supra repetere,

    farther back, from past times, Sall. C. 5, 9; id. J. 5, 3; Tac. A. 16, 18.— Comp.:

    quantum valerent inter homines litterae, Dixi superius,

    before, farther back, Phaedr. 4, 23, 2: ut superius demonstravimus, Auct. B. Hisp. 28, 4; 34, 5.—
    2.
    Of number or measure, beyond, over, more:

    supra adjecit Aeschrio,

    offered higher, more, Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 33, § 77:

    amor tantus ut nihil supra possit,

    id. Fam. 14, 1, 4:

    ita accurate, ut nihil posset supra,

    id. Att. 13, 19, 3:

    nihil pote supra,

    Ter. Ad. 2, 3, 11:

    voltu Adeo modesto, ut nihil supra,

    id. And. 1, 1, 93; id. Eun. 3, 1, 37:

    nihil supra Deos lacesso,

    Hor. C. 2, 18, 11.—After et or aut ( poet. and post-class.):

    agrum fortasse trecentis Aut etiam supra nummorum milibus emptum,

    Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 165:

    quot illum putas annos secum tulisse? Septuaginta et supra,

    Petr. 43 fin.:

    tricena aut supra stipendia numerantes,

    Tac. A. 1, 35:

    a triginta annis et supra,

    Vulg. Num. 4, 23; 4, 30; 4, 35 (cf. II. B. 2. infra).—
    b.
    With quam, less freq. quod, above or beyond what, more than:

    saepe supra feret, quam fieri possit,

    Cic. Or. 40, 139:

    corpus patiens inediae, algoris, vigiliae, supra quam cuiquam credibile est,

    Sall. C. 5, 3; id. J. 24, 5:

    dominandi supra quam aestimari potest avidissimus,

    Aur. Vict. Epit. 1 med.:

    supra quam optari potuit,

    Amm. 17, 1, 12:

    supra quod capere possum,

    Dig. 32, 1, 28.—
    II.
    Prep. with acc., above, over.
    A.
    Lit., of place:

    si essent, qui sub terrā semper habitavissent... nec exissent umquam supra terram,

    Cic. N. D. 2, 37, 95:

    ille qui supra nos habitat,

    Plaut. Pers. 5, 2, 38:

    supra tribunal et supra praetoris caput,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 33, § 77:

    supra eum locum,

    Caes. B. C. 2, 9:

    supra se in summo jugo,

    id. B. G. 1, 24:

    accubueram horā nonā... et quidem supra me Atticus, infra Verrius,

    Cic. Fam. 9, 26, 1:

    saltu supra venabula fertur,

    Verg. A. 9, 553:

    supra segetes Navigat,

    over the cornfields, Ov. M. 1, 295:

    attolli supra ceteros mortales,

    Plin. 34, 6, 12, § 27 (dub.;

    Jahn, super): supra lignum turba insilit,

    Phaedr. 1, 2, 20:

    ecce supra caput homo levis ac sordidus,

    i. e. burdensome, annoying, Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 2, 2, § 6; so,

    supra caput esse,

    to be close at hand, Sall. C. 52, 24; cf. Verg. A. 3, 194; Liv. 3, 17, 4; 4, 22, 6; Tac. H. 4, 69; Sen. Ep 108;

    rarely supra capita,

    Liv. 42, 42, 6.—
    2.
    In partic., of geographical position, above, beyond: supra Maeotis paludes, Enn. ap. Cic. Tusc. 5, 17, 49 (Epigr. v. 7, p. 163 Vahl.):

    supra Suessulam,

    Liv. 23, 32, 2:

    Syene oppidum, quod est supra Alexandriam quinque millibus stadiorum,

    Plin. 2, 73, 75, § 183;

    supra Britanniam,

    id. 2, 97, 99, § 217. —
    B.
    Trop.
    1.
    Of time, before:

    paulo supra hanc memoriam,

    Caes. B. G. 6, 19; supra septingentesimum annum, Liv. praef. § 4.—
    2.
    Of number, degree, or quantity.
    (α).
    With numbers, = plus, amplius (not in Cic. or Cæs.), over, above, beyond, more than:

    supra quattuor milia hominum orabunt ut, etc.,

    Liv. 43, 3, 2:

    caesa eo die supra milia viginti,

    id. 30, 35, 3; 3, 31, 4:

    supra septem milia hominum domos remisit,

    id. 21, 23, 6; 23, 17, 2; 23, 37, 11 sq.; 23, 49, 13; Varr. R. R. 3, 2, 17; 3, 6, 1; 3, 7, 11:

    supra duos menses sapor ejus non permanet integer,

    Col. 12, 49, 3:

    tres (cyathos),

    Hor. C. 3, 19, 15.—
    (β).
    In gen.:

    quibus solida ungula, nec supra geminos fetus,

    Plin. 11, 40, 95, § 233; cf.:

    de floribus supra dictus scripsit Theophrastus,

    besides, id. 21, 3, 9, § 13:

    hominis fortunam,

    Cic. Leg. 2, 16, 41:

    ratio supra hominem putanda est deoque tribuenda,

    id. N. D. 2, 13, 34:

    potentia, quae supra leges se esse velit,

    id. Ep. ad Brut. 1, 17, 6:

    humanam supra fortunam,

    Phaedr. 4, 24, 24:

    supra Coclites Muciosque id facinus esse,

    Liv. 2, 13, 8:

    modum,

    id. 21, 7, 7; Col. 4, 27, 4:

    vires,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 22: humanam fidem Plin. 34, 7, 17, § 38: morem, Verg. G. 2, 227; Sall. C. 3, 2:

    supra belli Latini metum id quoque accesserat, quod,

    besides, Liv. 2, 18, 3.—Prov.:

    supra homines, supra ire deos pietate,

    i. e. to attain the highest degree, Verg. A. 12, 839 Heyne ad loc.—
    3.
    Sometimes to indicate that over which one is placed as superintendent (mostly postclass.):

    dispositi, quos supra somnum habebat,

    watchers, Curt. 6, 11, 3:

    qui supra bibliothecam fuerunt,

    Vitr. 7, praef. §

    5: servus supra rationes positus,

    Pseudo Quint. Decl. 353:

    SVPRA INSVLAS,

    Inscr. Orell. 721 and 2927:

    SVPRA IVMENTA,

    ib. 2870:

    SVPRA VELARIOS,

    ib. 2967:

    SVPRA COCOS,

    ib. 2827; Inscr. Grut. p. 1111, 1.—
    III.
    Compounds formed with supra are extremely rare. In late Lat. supradictus, suprafatus, suprafundo, suprajacio, supranatans, suprasedeo, etc., are found, but here supra is properly written separately as an adv.; only suprascando (v. h. v.), on account of its signif., is to be written as one word.

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  • 71 thensaurum

    thēsaurus (old form thensaurus, Plaut. Trin. prol. p. ciii. Ritschl; cf. Marin. Fratr. Arv. p. 590; collat. form thensau-rum, n., Petr. 46, 8), i, m., = thêsauros.
    I. A.
    Lit.:

    TABVLARIVS THENSAVRORVM,

    Inscr. Orell. 3247:

    thensaurum effodere,

    Plaut. Trin. 3, 3, 53; 4, 4, 8; id. Ps. 2, 2, 33; id. Aul. prol. 7:

    thesaurum defodere... invenire,

    Cic. Div. 2, 65, 134:

    nec vero quemquam senem audivi oblitum, quo loco thesaurum obruisset,

    id. Sen. 7, 21:

    non exercitus neque thensauri praesidia regni sunt, verum amici,

    Sall. J. 10, 4:

    intactis opulentior Thesauris Arabum,

    Hor. C. 3, 24, 2.—
    2.
    Law t. t., treasure trove:

    thensaurus est vetus quaedam depositio pecuniae, cujus non exstat memoria, ut jam dominum non habeat,

    Dig. 41, 1, 31, § 1; 41, 2, 3, § 3; Cod. 10, 15, 1.—
    B.
    Trop. (very rare):

    thesaurus mali,

    a great quantity, Plaut. Merc. 1, 2, 54: stupri, id. Fragm. ap. Non. 456, 19; cf.: augent ex pauxillo;

    thensaurum inde pariunt,

    id. Most. 4, 1, 8:

    thesauros penitus abditae fraudis vultu laeto tegentes,

    App. M. 5, p. 165, 15. —
    2.
    Of persons, a treasure, loved one, a valued or dear object: Di. Quid, amator novos quispiam? Ast. Integrum et plenum adortust thensaurum, Plaut. Truc. 4, 2, 13; cf. id. ib. 2, 1, 34:

    eccum lenonem, incedit, thensaurum meum,

    id. Curc. 5, 2, 76; cf.:

    thensaurus copiarum,

    id. As. 3, 3, 67.—
    II. A.
    Lit.:

    monedula condens semina in thesauros cavernarum,

    id. 17, 14, 22, § 99; cf. poet., of the cells of bees, Verg. G. 4, 229:

    admonent quidam, esse thesaurum publicum sub terrā saxo quadrato septum,

    Liv. 39, 50, 3:

    Proserpinae,

    id. 29, 8, 9; 29, 18, 4; 31, 12, 1; cf. poet. of the Lower World: postquam est Orcino traditus thesauro, Naev. ap. Gell. 1, 24, 2.—
    2.
    Esp., a strong-box, treasure-chest:

    cum thesaurum effregisset heres,

    Plin. 34, 7, 17, § 37:

    apertis thesauris suis,

    Vulg. Matt. 2, 11.—
    B.
    Trop., a repository, conservatory, magazine, collection, Plaut. Poen. 3, 3, 12:

    quid dicam de thesauro rerum omnium, memoria?

    Cic. de Or. 1, 5, 18; Quint. 11, 2, 1; cf.:

    thesauri argumentorum,

    Cic. Part. Or. 31, 109:

    suppeditat nobis Atticus noster de thesauris suis quos et quantos viros,

    id. Fin. 2, 21, 67: thesauros oportet esse non libros, Plin. praef. § 17; cf.:

    mihi quoties aliquid abditum quaero, ille thesaurus est,

    a literary storehouse, Plin. Ep. 1, 22, 2.—
    III.

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  • 72 thesaurus

    thēsaurus (old form thensaurus, Plaut. Trin. prol. p. ciii. Ritschl; cf. Marin. Fratr. Arv. p. 590; collat. form thensau-rum, n., Petr. 46, 8), i, m., = thêsauros.
    I. A.
    Lit.:

    TABVLARIVS THENSAVRORVM,

    Inscr. Orell. 3247:

    thensaurum effodere,

    Plaut. Trin. 3, 3, 53; 4, 4, 8; id. Ps. 2, 2, 33; id. Aul. prol. 7:

    thesaurum defodere... invenire,

    Cic. Div. 2, 65, 134:

    nec vero quemquam senem audivi oblitum, quo loco thesaurum obruisset,

    id. Sen. 7, 21:

    non exercitus neque thensauri praesidia regni sunt, verum amici,

    Sall. J. 10, 4:

    intactis opulentior Thesauris Arabum,

    Hor. C. 3, 24, 2.—
    2.
    Law t. t., treasure trove:

    thensaurus est vetus quaedam depositio pecuniae, cujus non exstat memoria, ut jam dominum non habeat,

    Dig. 41, 1, 31, § 1; 41, 2, 3, § 3; Cod. 10, 15, 1.—
    B.
    Trop. (very rare):

    thesaurus mali,

    a great quantity, Plaut. Merc. 1, 2, 54: stupri, id. Fragm. ap. Non. 456, 19; cf.: augent ex pauxillo;

    thensaurum inde pariunt,

    id. Most. 4, 1, 8:

    thesauros penitus abditae fraudis vultu laeto tegentes,

    App. M. 5, p. 165, 15. —
    2.
    Of persons, a treasure, loved one, a valued or dear object: Di. Quid, amator novos quispiam? Ast. Integrum et plenum adortust thensaurum, Plaut. Truc. 4, 2, 13; cf. id. ib. 2, 1, 34:

    eccum lenonem, incedit, thensaurum meum,

    id. Curc. 5, 2, 76; cf.:

    thensaurus copiarum,

    id. As. 3, 3, 67.—
    II. A.
    Lit.:

    monedula condens semina in thesauros cavernarum,

    id. 17, 14, 22, § 99; cf. poet., of the cells of bees, Verg. G. 4, 229:

    admonent quidam, esse thesaurum publicum sub terrā saxo quadrato septum,

    Liv. 39, 50, 3:

    Proserpinae,

    id. 29, 8, 9; 29, 18, 4; 31, 12, 1; cf. poet. of the Lower World: postquam est Orcino traditus thesauro, Naev. ap. Gell. 1, 24, 2.—
    2.
    Esp., a strong-box, treasure-chest:

    cum thesaurum effregisset heres,

    Plin. 34, 7, 17, § 37:

    apertis thesauris suis,

    Vulg. Matt. 2, 11.—
    B.
    Trop., a repository, conservatory, magazine, collection, Plaut. Poen. 3, 3, 12:

    quid dicam de thesauro rerum omnium, memoria?

    Cic. de Or. 1, 5, 18; Quint. 11, 2, 1; cf.:

    thesauri argumentorum,

    Cic. Part. Or. 31, 109:

    suppeditat nobis Atticus noster de thesauris suis quos et quantos viros,

    id. Fin. 2, 21, 67: thesauros oportet esse non libros, Plin. praef. § 17; cf.:

    mihi quoties aliquid abditum quaero, ille thesaurus est,

    a literary storehouse, Plin. Ep. 1, 22, 2.—
    III.

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  • 73 moror

        moror ātus, ārī, dep.    [mora], to delay, tarry, stay, wait, remain, linger, loiter: Eamus... Ubi vis; non moror, i. e. I have no objection, T.: Brundisi: amplius morando, S.: apud oppidum, Cs.: in quā (commemoratione) diutius non morabor: faciem capere morando, i. e. by slow degrees, O.: quid moror? H.: quid multis moror? why make a long story? T.: ne multis morer, to be brief: haud multa moratus, i. e. without long delay, V.: paulum lacrimis et mente morata, in tearful thought, V.: rosa quo locorum Sera moretur, may linger, H.: nec morati sunt quin decurrerent ad castra, L.: nihil ego moror quo minus decemviratu abeam, i. e. I will immediately, L.: cui bellum moremur inferre: in conubio natae, brood, V.— To delay, retard, impede, detain, cause to wait, hinder: impetum hostium, Cs.: eum: ab itinere hostem, L.: absiste morari, detain (me) not, V.: convivas, keep waiting, T.— To fix the attention of, delight, delay, amuse, entertain: Fabula populum moratur, H.: oculos aurīsque Caesaris, arrest, H.— P. pass.: novitate morandus spectator, H.— To hinder, prevent, impede: non moror quo minus in civitatem redeant, L.: moratus sit nemo, quo minus abeant, L.—In the phrase, nihil morari, with acc. of person, not to detain, let go, dismiss, release: C. Sempronium nihil moror, i. e. withdraw my accusation against, L.: negavit, se Gracchum morari, said he had nothing against, L.—In the phrase, nihil morari, with acc. of thing, or an obj clause, to let go, not value, disregard, care nothing for, have nothing to say against: profecto non plus biduom aut— Ph. Aut? nil moror, I don't care for that, T.: nam vina nihil moror illius orae, H.: nihil moror, eos salvos esse: invisum quem tibi esse Nil moror, I care not, V.: ut multum (sc. scripserit), nil moror, attach no value to quantity, H.
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    morari, moratus sum V DEP
    delay; stay, stay behind; devote attention to

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  • 74 multus

        multus adj.    (for comp. and sup. in use see plūs, plūrimus).    I. Plur., with subst., or with adjec. used as subst, many, a great number: multi alii, T.: multae sunt artes eximiae: tam multis verbis scribere, at such length: Quid multa verba? in short, T.: multa acerba habuit ille annus.—With other adjj., many: multae et magnae contentiones: multis magnisque praesidiis perditis, S.: multi et varii timores, L.: vectigalīs multos ac stipendiarios liberavit: multae liberae civitates, republics: multa libera capita, freemen, L.: multa secunda proelia, victories, L.: multa maiores magna et gravia bella gesserunt: multis suppliciis iustis: utebatur hominibus improbis multis: prodigia multa foeda, L.—As subst m., many men, many: multi pecunias coëgerunt: alter multos fefellit: pro multis dicere.—The multitude, mass, common people, vulgar: unus de multis esse: orator unus e multis, commonplace: numerari in multis, in the herd (of orators): e multis una sit tibi, no better than others, O.: sum unus Multorum, H. —As subst n. (only nom. and acc.), many things, much: quam multa te deficiant vides: quid multis moror? many words, T.: ne multa, in short: quid multa? H.—    II. Sing., distributive, many a (poet.): trudit multā cane Apros in plagas, H.: multā victimā, V.: multā prece prosequi, H.—Of quantity, much, abundant, large, considerable, extensive: exstructa mensa multā carne: multum pro re p. sanguinem effudistis: multa et lauta supellex: lingua Gallica, quā multā utebatur, spoke fluently, Cs.: multus fluens, glibly, H.—In excess, superfluous: supellex modica, non multa, N.: qui in aliquo genere multus est, prolix.—Frequent, frequently, engaged, busy, diligent: ad vigilias multus adesse, S.: cum Timaeo multum fuisse: Multa viri virtus animo recursat, V.—Strong, influential: adeo teneris consuescere multum est, so strong is habit, V.—Of time, full, late: ad multum diem, till late in the day: multa iam dies erat, L.: multā nocte, late at night: multo mane, very early.
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    multa -um, -, plurimus -a -um ADJ
    much, many, great, many a; large, intense, assiduous; tedious

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  • 75 tantus

        tantus adj.    [1 TA-].—Followed by a clause of comparison, of such size, of such a measure, so great, such: nullam (contionem) umquam vidi tantam, quanta nunc vestrum est: quanta cuiusque animo audacia naturā inest, tanta in bello patere solet, S.: tantā modestiā dicto audiens fuit, ut si privatus esset, N.: maria aspera iuro, Non ullum pro me tantum cepisse timorem, Quam, etc., V.—With ellips. of comparative clause, so great, so very great, so important: neque solum in tantis rebus, sed etiam in mediocribus studiis: ne tantae nationes coniungantur, Cs.: quae faceres in hominem tantum et talem.—Followed by a clause of result, so great, such: tanta erat operis firmitudo, ut, etc., Cs.: non fuit tantus homo Sex. Roscius in civitate, ut, etc.: nulla est tanta vis, quae non ferro frangi possit.—As subst n., so much, so many: habere tantum molestiae quantum gloriae: tantum complectitur, quod satis sit modicae palestrae: tantum hostium intra muros est, L.— Colloq.: tantum est, that is all, nothing more: Tantumne est? Ba. tantum, T.—In genit. of price, of such value, worth so much: frumentum tanti fuit, quanti iste aestimavit: Ubi me dixero dare tanti, T.: tanti eius apud se gratiam esse ostendit, uti, etc., was of such weight, Cs.—In abl. of difference, by so much, so much the: quanto erat in dies gravior oppugnatio, tanto crebriores litterae ad Caesarem mittebantur, Cs.: reperietis quinquiens tanto amplius istum quam quantum, etc.: si Cleomenes non tanto ante fugisset: post tanto, V.: tanto praestitit ceteros imperatores, quanto populus R. antecedit fortitudine cunctas nationes, N. — Colloq.: tanto melior! so much the better! well done! good! excellent! bravo! Ph.: tanto nequior! so much the worse! T.—Praegn., of such a quantity, such, so small, so slight, so trivial: ceterarum provinciarum vectigalia tanta sunt, ut iis vix contenti esse possimus.—As subst n., so little, so small a number: praesidi tantum est, ut ne murus quidem cingi possit, Cs.—In genit. of price, of little account, not so important: est mihi tanti, Quirites, huius invidiae tempestatem subire, i. e. it is a trifle to me: sunt o sunt iurgia tanti, i. e. are not too much to undergo, O.
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    tanta, tantum ADJ
    of such size; so great, so much

    tantus... quantus -- as much... as

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  • 76 magnitudo

    magnĭtūdo, ĭnis, f. [id.], greatness, size, bulk, magnitude (class.).
    I.
    Lit.
    A.
    Silvestres apes minores sunt magnitudine, in size, Varr. R. R. 3, 16, 19:

    mundi,

    Cic. Off. 1, 43, 154:

    maris Aegaei,

    id. Fin. 3, 14, 45:

    fluminis,

    Caes. B. C. 1, 49:

    corporum,

    id. B. G. 1, 39:

    ad fabae magnitudinem,

    of the size of, as large as, Cels. 5, 25, 4:

    habebat ursos ferociae ac magnitudini suae simillimos,

    Lact. Mort. Pers. 21, 5:

    Goliath quidam, vir mirae magnitudinis et roboris,

    Sulp. Sev. Chron. 1, 34, 3:

    elephantus ferus infinitae magnitudinis ultro se obtulit,

    Just. 15, 4, 19.— Plur.:

    magnitudines regionum,

    Cic. Phil. 13, 3, 5.—
    B.
    Of number and amount, a great number, great quantity, abundance, great amount:

    copiarum,

    Nep. Dat. 1:

    fructuum,

    Cic. Agr. 2, 35, 95:

    pecuniae,

    id. Rosc. Am. 7, 20:

    quaestus,

    id. Verr. 2, 5, 9, § 22.—
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    In gen., greatness, vastness, extent:

    magnitudo et vis amoris,

    Cic. Fam. 2, 7, 2:

    acerbitatis et odii,

    id. Deiot. 11, 30:

    beneficii,

    id. Fam. 1, 7, 2:

    periculi,

    id. Quint. 2, 6:

    doloris,

    Plin. 25, 3, 7, § 24:

    ingenii,

    id. 25, 2, 3, § 7:

    animi,

    greatness of soul, Cic. Part. 23, 81.— Rhetorically: vocis, the strength or compass of the voice, Auct. Her. 3, 11, 20.— Of time: dierum ac noctium magnitudines, length, Plin 36, 10, 15, § 72.—
    B.
    In partic., rank, dignity (post-Aug.):

    imperatoria,

    Tac. A. 16, 23:

    infra tuam magnitudinem,

    beneath your dignity, id. ib. 14, 54. —Hence, in late Lat., as a title of honor, highness, excellency:

    magnitudo tua,

    Cassiod. Var. 9, 13; Cod. Just. 1, 27, 2.

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  • 77 patrimus

    pătrīmus (quantity of the penult uncertain;

    v. matrimus), a, um (collat. form: MATRIMES ac PATRIMES dicuntur, quibus matres et patres adhuc vivunt,

    Fest. p. 126 Müll.), adj. [id.], that has a father living: decem ingenui, decem virgines, patrimi omnes matrimique (Gr. amphithaleis), Liv. 37, 3, 6; Cic. Har. Resp. 11, 23; Tac. H. 4, 53; Gell. 1, 12, 2; Cic. Lael. ap. Macr. S. 1, 6, 13; Fest. s. v. patrimi, p. 245 Müll.; cf. Mercklin in Zeitschr. f. Alterth. Wiss. 12. Jahrg., Heft 2. pp. 97- 122. (The remark of Servius, ad Verg. G. 1, 31, that patrimi and matrimi were names applied to the children that sprung from a marriage contracted by confarreatio, appears to be unfounded.)

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  • 78 sesque

    sesquĭ ( sesque), num. adv. [perh. contr. from semis-qui], one half more, more by a half. As a separate word it occurs only once:

    ut necesse sit partem pedis aut aequalem alteri parti aut altero tanto aut sesqui esse majorem (just after, sesquiplex),

    Cic. Or. 56, 188. But freq. joined in one word with designations of number or quantity, with the signif. of once and a half. Joined with numerals (octavus and tertius), like the Gr. epi (in epogdoos, epitritos, etc.), it denotes an integer and such a fraction over as the numeral designates; v. sesquioctavus, etc.

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  • 79 sesqui

    sesquĭ ( sesque), num. adv. [perh. contr. from semis-qui], one half more, more by a half. As a separate word it occurs only once:

    ut necesse sit partem pedis aut aequalem alteri parti aut altero tanto aut sesqui esse majorem (just after, sesquiplex),

    Cic. Or. 56, 188. But freq. joined in one word with designations of number or quantity, with the signif. of once and a half. Joined with numerals (octavus and tertius), like the Gr. epi (in epogdoos, epitritos, etc.), it denotes an integer and such a fraction over as the numeral designates; v. sesquioctavus, etc.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > sesqui

  • 80 polus

        polus ī, m, πόλοσ, an end of an axis, pole: rotatis polis, O.: glacialis, the north pole, O.: australis, O.—The heavens, sky, celestial vault: lucidus, V.: rotundus, H.: inmensus, O.
    * * *
    I
    pola, polum ADJ
    little; small; (only a) small amount/quantity of/little bit of
    II
    pole (e.g., north pole), end of an axis; heaven, sky, celestial vault

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