time of September

aestas, ātis, f. [akin to aithô = to burn, Varr. L. L. 6, § 9; cf.: aestus, aether, aethra; Sanscr. indh = to kindle, iddhas = kindled; O. H. Germ. eiten = to heat; Germ. Hitze = heat], in an extended sense, the summer season, as one half of the year, from March twenty-second to September twenty-second (the other half was hiems, the winter season); cf. Dig. 43, 19:

aestas et hiems, nox et dies,

Vulg. Gen. 8, 22: in a restricted sense, the summer, the three months from the entrance of the sun into Cancer to the autumnal equinox (the entrance into Libra):

Arabes campos et montes hieme et aestate peragrantes,

Cic. Div. 1, 42:

(formica) parat in aestate cibum sibi,

Vulg. Prov. 6, 8:

aestate ineunte,

at the beginning of summer, Cic. Att. 4, 2:

nova,

Verg. A. 1, 430:

media,

midsummer, Cic. Imp. Pomp. 12, 35:

jam adulta,

Tac. A. 2, 23; so Aur. Vict. Caes. 32, 3 Arntz.:

summa,

the height of summer, Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 31:

exacta,

Sall. J. 65:

finita,

Vulg. Jer. 8, 20: cum affecta jam prope aestate uvas a sole mitescere tempus est, Cic. Oecon. ap. Non. 161, 2.—

With anni,

summer-time, Gell. 2, 21:

aestate anni flagrantissima,

id. 19, 5.—Since war among the ancients was carried on only in summer, aestas is sometimes (like theros in Gr.) used by the histt. for,

A year, Vell. 2, 47; 82:

quae duabus aestatibus gesta,

Tac. A. 6, 39;

so. te jam septuma portat omnibus errantem terris aestas,

Verg. A. 1, 756.—

Summer air:

per aestatem liquidam,

Verg. G. 4, 59; id. A. 6, 707.—

Summer heat:

ignea,

Hor. C. 1, 17, 3.—

Freckles as caused by heat:

aestates,

Plin. 28, 12, 50, § 185, where Jan. reads testas.

clāvus, i, m. [root klu-, v. claudo; prop. that which shuts or fastens].

A nail, usually of metal.

Lit.:

offerumentas habebis pluris Quam ulla navis longa clavos,

Plaut. Rud. 3, 4, 48:

(leges) ad parietem fixae clavis ferreis,

id. Trin. 4, 3, 32; so,

clavi ferrei,

Cato, R. R. 18 fin.; Caes. B. G. 3, 13; Vitr. 7, 3 al.—Sometimes of hard wood:

clavis corneis occludere,

Cato, R. R. 18 fin.:

cornus... lignum utile, si quid cuneandum sit in ligno clavisve figendum ceu ferreis,

Plin. 16, 40, 76, § 206:

clavis religare tigna,

Caes. B. C. 2, 10:

clavos per modica intervalla figentes,

Liv. 28, 20, 4.—

Acc. to a Tuscan usage the ancient Romans designated the number of the year by nails, which the highest magistrate annually, at the Ides of September, drove into the wall of Jupiter's temple: clavo ab dictatore fixo,

Liv. 7, 3, 3 sqq.; 8, 18, 12 sq.; 9, 28, 6: clavus annalis, Paul. ex Fest. p. 56, 10 Müll.; cf.

O. Müll. Etrusk. 2, p. 329 sq., and Dict. of Antiq. p. 263. Also, in a later age, country people seem to have kept an account of the years in this way,

Petr. 135, 8, 9.—Prov.: clavo clavum eicere, to drive out one nail by another (Gr. hêlôi ton hêlon, pattalôi ton pattalon, sc. dei exelaunein):

novo quidam amore veterem amorem tamquam clavo clavum eiciendum putant,

Cic. Tusc. 4, 35, 75: aliquid trabali clavo figere, to fasten with a large nail, to clinch a matter, id. Verr. 2, 5, 21, § 53; Arn. 2, p. 51.—

As a symbol of immovable firmness:

Necessitas Clavos trabales Gestans,

Hor. C. 1, 35, 18:

si figit adamantinos Necessitas Clavos,

id. ib. 3, 24, 7; cf. O. Müll. as above cit., p. 331.—Hence,

Trop.:

ex hoc die clavum anni movebis,

i. e. reckon the beginning of the year, Cic. Att. 5, 15, 1:

fixus animus clavo Cupidinis,

Plaut. As. 1, 3, 4.—Prov.:

beneficium trabali clavo figere (v. trabalis),

Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 21, § 53 Zumpt; cf. Arn. 2, p. 51.—

Meton. of objects of like form.

( Lit. the handle of the rudder, the tiller; hence, pars pro toto.) The rudder, helm, in gen. (only sing.): ut clavum rectum teneam, Enn. ap. Isid. Orig. 19, 2, 12 (Ann. v. 472 Vahl.):

clavum ad litora torquere,

Verg. A. 5, 177 Serv.; 10, 218.—

Trop.:

clavum tanti imperii tenere et gubernacula rei publicae tractare,

Cic. Sest. 9, 20:

abicere,

to leave off the care of a thing, Arn. 3, 106: dum clavum rectum teneam, if I keep a steady helm, am not negligent (as in Gr. orthan tan naun), Quint. 2, 17, 24 Spald.; cf. the passage of Enn. supra. —

In medic. lang., a painful tumor or excrescence, a wart, a corn; on the feet, Cels. 5, 28, 14. clavis in pedibus mederi, Plin. 20, 17, 71, § 184; 22, 23, 49, § 101 sq.; 26, 11, 66, § 106; 28, 16, 62, § 222;

on the eye,

Cels. 6, 7, 12;

in the nose,

Plin. 24, 14, 77, § 126;

upon the neck of cattle,

Col. 6, 14, 6;

in sheep,

id. 7, 5, 11.—Also a disease of the olive-tree, Plin. 17, 24, 37, § 223.—

A kind of abortion of bees, Plin. 11, 16, 16, § 50.—

A purple stripe on the tunica, which, for senators, was broad (latus, cf. laticlavius); for the equites, narrow (angustus; cf.

angusticlavius). In the time of the emperors, however, the sons of the senators and equites also, who were preparing for civil office, wore the latus clavus,

Liv. 9, 7, 9; Varr. L. L. 9, § 79 Müll.; Ov. Tr. 4, 10, 29 Jahn; cf. Hor. S. 1, 5, 36; 1, 6, 28; Quint. 11, 3, 138; Vell. 2, 88, 2; Suet. Aug. 94: tunicam ita consuere, ut altera plagula sit angustis clavis, altera latis, Varr L. L. 9, § 47 Müll.—Hence the phrase: latum clavum ab Caesare impetravi, i. e. I have become senator, Plin. Ep. 2, 9, 2; cf.:

clavum alicui tribuere,

Suet. Claud. 24:

impetrare,

id. Vesp. 4:

adimere,

id. Tib. 35:

adipisci,

id. Vesp. 2.—Rarely a purple stripe on bed or table cloths, Amm. 16, 8, 8.—

Poet., a tunic, in gen., either wide or narrow striped:

mutare in horas,

Hor. S. 2, 7, 10:

sumere depositum,

id. ib. 1, 6, 25.

inter-cēdo, cessi, cessum, 3, v. n., to go or come between, to intervene, to be between (syn. intervenio).

Lit.

In gen.:

si quis intercedat tertius,

Plaut. Most. 5, 1, 56:

intercedente lunā,

Plin. 2, 11, 8, § 49:

palus intercedebat,

Caes. B. G. 7, 26:

sylvae paludesque intercedebant,

id. ib. 5, 52:

inter singulas legiones impedimentorum magnum numerum intercedere,

id. ib. 2, 17, 2.—

In partic.

To occur, happen, come to pass:

saepe in bello parvis momentis magni casus intercedunt,

Caes. B. C. 1, 21:

inter bellorum curas res parva intercessit,

Liv. 34, 1:

nullum dictum intercessit,

Cic. Fam. 1, 9.—

Trop.

Of time, to intervene, pass:

vix annus intercesserat, cum, etc.,

Cic. de Or. 2, 21:

intercessere pauci dies,

Liv. 2, 64:

nox nulla intercessit,

Cic. Cat. 1, 2:

una nox intercesserat,

id. Verr. 2, 2, 36; id. Clu. 20.—

To be, exist, or come between persons.

In order or rank:

etsi nemo intercedebat, etc.,

Cic. Brut. 47, 173.—

In feelings or conduct:

ira inter eas intercessit,

Ter. Hec. 3, 1, 25:

tacebit dum intercedat familiaritas,

as long as our friendship lasts, id. Phorm. 4, 1, 17:

inter nosmetipsos vetus usus intercedit,

Cic. Fam. 13, 23, 1:

ut ei cum genere humano quasi civile jus intercederet,

id. Fin. 3, 20:

nisi intercederent mihi inimicitiae cum istius mulieris viro,

id. Cael. 13:

inter nos officia paria intercedunt,

id. Fam. 13, 65, 1; Nep. Att. 20:

huic cum reliquis... bella intercesserant,

Caes. B. G. 5, 11.—

To interpose one ' s credit, become surety for a person:

promisit, intercessit, dedit,

Cic. Att. 1, 16:

pro aliquo,

id. Phil. 2, [p. 978] 18, 45:

pro aliquo magnam pecuniam,

to procure for a person by becoming surety for him, id. Att. 6, 1, 5:

in omni genere negotiorum et obligationum... intercedere mulieres prohibentur,

Paul. Sent. 2, 11, 1. —

To oppose, withstand, protest against; of the tribunes of the people, who interposed their veto against a decree of the senate:

cum intercedere vellent rogationi,

Cic. Or. 2, 47:

nisi mihi levissimus tribunus plebis intercessisset,

id. Leg. 3, 8:

ea lege, qua intercedi de provinciis non licebit,

id. Prov. Cons. 8:

ea quae de reductione regis scripta est auctoritas, cui scis intercessum esse,

id. Fam. 1, 7:

praetori,

Liv. 38, 60:

tribuni plebis intercedentes pro se (Caesare),

Suet. Caes. 30; cf. At. Cap. ap. Gell. 4, 14, 6. This right of protest was also possessed by other magistrates; v. Varr. ap. Gell. 14, 7; Ascon. ap. Pis. 26; Liv. 5, 9.—So fig.:

si status condictus cum hoste intercedit dies, tamen est eundum,

Plaut. Curc. 1, 1, 7.—

In gen., to interpose, interfere.

For or in behalf of a person, to intercede, interpose:

cum enim vestra auctoritas intercessisset, ut ego regem tuerer,

Cic. Fam. 15, 2, 4; Suet. Dom. 11.—

To obstruct, hinder, interrupt:

si nulla aegritudo huic gaudio intercesserit,

Ter. And. 5, 5, 5:

intercessit et, quominus in acta sua juraretur, ut ne mensis September Tiberius vocaretur,

Suet. Tib. 26:

de cognomine intercessit Augustus,

id. ib. 17:

non quia intercedendum putem imaginibus,

Tac. Agr. 46:

consilio,

id. H. 1, 19:

parens noster privatas gratiarum actiones cohibet, intercessurus etiam publicis,

Plin. Pan. 4:

intercedere casibus, occursare fortunae,

id. ib. 25 fin.:

iniquitatibus magistratuum,

id. ib. 80, 4; Plin. 32, 1, 1, § 4.

Kălendae ( Cal-; v. the letter K), ārum, f. [root kal-, cal-; Gr. kaleô; Lat. calāre, clamo; cf. Varr. L. L. 6, § 27 Müll.; prop., the day when the order of days was proclaimed; hence], the Calends, the first day of the month: primi dies nominati Kalendae, ab eo quod his diebus calantur ejus mensis nonae a pontificibus, quintanae an septimanae sint futurae, Varr. L. L. l. l.; Macr. S. 1, 15:

sed heus tu, ecquid vides Kalendas venire, Antonium non venire?

Cic. Att. 2, 2, 3:

litteras accepi datas pridie Kalendas Maias,

on the last day of April, id. ib. 13, 20, 1.—Interest was due on the first day of each month;

hence: tristes Kalendae,

Hor. S. 1, 3, 87:

celeres,

Ov. R. Am. 561.—This reckoning of time was Roman only;

hence: Kalendae Ausoniae,

Ov. F. 1, 55.—Prov.: ad Kalendas Graecas solvere, i. e. never, August. ap. Suet. Aug. 87.—

The Kalends were sacred to Juno,

Ov. F. 1, 55; Macr. S. 1, 15;

hence the first day of the year, Kalendae Martiae, was celebrated as a festival of married women, the Matronalia: dabat, sicut Saturnalibus viris apophoreta, ita per Kalendas Martias feminis,

Suet. Vesp. 19:

Martiis caelebs quid agam Kalendis,

Hor. C. 3, 8, 1:

scis certe, puto, vestra jam venire Saturnalia, Martias Kalendas,

Mart. 5, 84, 10; Dig. 24, 1, 31, § 8;

hence: femineae Kalendae = Kal. Mart.,

Juv. 9, 53:

Kalendae Sextae,

the Calends of June, Ov. F. 6, 181:

Kalendae Germanicae,

the Calends of September, Inscr. Orell. 4949 (cf.:

in memoriam patris Septembrem mensem Germanicum appellavit,

Suet. Calig. 15):

Kalendae Januariae primae,

of next January, Cato, R. R. 147 sq.; Inscr. Orell. 3121.—

Transf., a month:

nec totidem veteres, quot nunc, habuere Kalendas,

Ov. F. 3, 99:

intra septimas Kalendas,

Mart. 1, 100, 6; 10, 75, 7; Dig. 45, 1, 46.