tips

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atta, like the Gr. atta, a salutation used to old men, father; taken from the lang. of children (cf. Eust. ad Il. 1, 603), Paul. ex Fest. p. 11 Müll.

Atta, ae, m., a surname for persons who walk upon the tips of their shoes, Paul. ex Fest. p. 11 Müll. (prob. from aittô = aissô, to spring, to hop). So the comic poet, C. Quintius Atta († 652 A.U.C.), of whose writings fragments yet remain; cf. Bähr, Lit. Gesch. p. 71; Teuffel, Rom. Lit. § 120; Both. Fragm. Poet. Scen. II. p. 97 sq.;

Fest. l. l. Upon the signif. of the name Horace plays with the words: Recte necne crocum floresque perambulet Attae Fabula, si dubitem, etc.,

Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 79; cf. Weich. Poet. Lat. p. 345 sq.—The ancestor of the Gens Claudia was an Atta, Suet. Tib. 1.

atta, like the Gr. atta, a salutation used to old men, father; taken from the lang. of children (cf. Eust. ad Il. 1, 603), Paul. ex Fest. p. 11 Müll.

Atta, ae, m., a surname for persons who walk upon the tips of their shoes, Paul. ex Fest. p. 11 Müll. (prob. from aittô = aissô, to spring, to hop). So the comic poet, C. Quintius Atta († 652 A.U.C.), of whose writings fragments yet remain; cf. Bähr, Lit. Gesch. p. 71; Teuffel, Rom. Lit. § 120; Both. Fragm. Poet. Scen. II. p. 97 sq.;

Fest. l. l. Upon the signif. of the name Horace plays with the words: Recte necne crocum floresque perambulet Attae Fabula, si dubitem, etc.,

Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 79; cf. Weich. Poet. Lat. p. 345 sq.—The ancestor of the Gens Claudia was an Atta, Suet. Tib. 1.

dĭgĭtus, i, m. [Gr. daktulos; cf. Germ. Zehe, Eng. toe; from root dek(dechomai), to grasp, receive; cf.

Germ. Finger, from fangen,

Curt. Gr. Etym. 133. Corssen, however, still refers digitus to root dik-, dico, deiknumi, as the pointer, indicator, Ausspr. 1, 380; cf. dico], a finger.

Prop.:

tot (cyathos bibimus), quot digiti sunt tibi in manu,

Plaut. Stich. 5, 4, 24; id. Most. 5, 1, 69; id. Mil. 2, 2, 47; 4, 2, 57 et saep.—The special designations: pollex, the thumb; index or salutaris, the forefinger; medius, also infamis and impudicus, the middle finger; minimo proximus or medicinalis, the ring-finger; minimus, the little finger, v. under those words.—

Special connections:

attingere aliquem digito (uno),

to touch one lightly, gently, Plaut. Pers. 5, 2, 15; Ter. Eun. 4, 6, 2 Ruhnk.; Licinius ap. Gell. 19, 9, 13; Cic. Tusc. 5, 19, 55; cf.

with tangere,

Plaut. Rud. 3, 5, 30; id. Poen. 5, 5, 29:

attingere aliquid extremis digitis (with primoribus labris gustare),

to touch lightly, to enjoy slightly, Cic. Cael. 12:

attingere caelum digito,

to be exceedingly happy, id. Att. 2, 1, 7: colere summis digitis, to adore (to touch the offering or consecrated gift) with the tips of the fingers, Lact. 1, 20; 5, 19 fin.; cf. Ov. F. 2, 573:

computare digitis,

to count on the fingers, to reckon up, Plaut. Mil. 2, 2, 51; Plin. 34, 8, 19, no. 29, § 88; cf.:

numerare per digitos,

Ov. F. 3, 123:

in digitis suis singulas partis causae constituere,

Cic. Div. in Caec. 14, 45.—Hence, venire ad digitos, to be reckoned, Plin. 2, 23, 21, § 87; and:

si tuos digitos novi,

thy skill in reckoning, Cic. Att. 5, 21, 13; cf.

also: digerere argumenta in digitos,

to count on the fingers, Quint. 11, 3, 114: concrepare digitos or digitis, to snap the fingers, as a signal of command, Petr. 27, 5; Plaut. Mil. 2, 2, 53; Cic. Off. 3, 19; v. concrepo; cf.

also: digitus crepans,

Mart. 3, 82, 15:

digitorum crepitus,

id. 14, 119:

digitorum percussio,

Cic. Off. 3, 19, 78:

intendere digitum ad aliquid,

to point the finger at any thing, Cic. de Or. 1, 46 fin.:

liceri digito,

to hold up the finger in bidding at an auction, Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 11;

for which also: tollere digitum,

id. ib. 2, 1, 54. The latter phrase also signifies, to raise the finger in token of submission, said of a combatant, Sid. Ep. 5, 7; cf. Mart. Spect. 29, 5;

and Schol,

Pers. 5, 119:

loqui digitis nutuque,

to talk by signs, Ov. Tr. 2, 453;

different is: postquam fuerant digiti cum voce locuti,

i. e. playing as an accompaniment to singing, Tib. 3, 4, 41; cf.:

ad digiti sonum,

id. 1, 2, 31; cf. also Lucr. 4, 587; 5, 1384:

digito compesce labellum,

hold your tongue, Juv. 1, 160.—For the various modes of employing the fingers in oratorical delivery, cf. Quint. 1, 10, 35; 11, 3, 92 sq.; 103; 120 al.: monstrari digito, i. e. to be pointed out, to become distinguished, famous, Hor. C. 4, 3, 22; Pers. 1, 28;

for which: demonstrari digito,

Tac. Or. 7 fin.; Cic. de Or. 2, 66, 266; id. Rep. 6, 24; Nep. Datam. 11, 5; Suet. Aug. 45.—Prov. phrases:

nescit, quot digitos habeat in manu, of one who knows nothing at all,

Plaut. Pers. 2, 2, 5:

in digitis hodie percoquam quod ceperit,

i. e. he has caught nothing, id. Rud. 4, 1, 11: ne digitum quidem porrigere, not to stretch out a finger, like the Gr. daktulon mê proteinai, ekteinai, for not to give one's self the least trouble, Cic. Fin. 3, 17, 57; cf.:

exserere digitum,

Pers. 5, 119 Scal.;

and in like manner: proferre digitum,

to move a finger, to make any exertion, Cic. Caecin. 25, 71:

scalpere caput digito, of effeminate men fearful of disarranging their hair,

Juv. 9, 133; cf. Sen. Ep. 52 fin.; a habit of Pompey's, acc. to Calvus ap. Schol. Luc. 7, 726, and Sen. Contr. 3, 19; Amm. 17, 11. (Cf. Echtermeyer's Ueber Namen und symbolische Bedeutung der Finger bei den Griechen und Römern, Progr. d. Hall. Pädagogiums, v. 1835.)

Transf.

A toe (cf. Heb., Gr. daktulos, Fr. doigt), Lucr. 3, 527; Verg. A. 5, 426; Petr. 132, 14; Sen. Ep. 111; Quint. 2, 3, 8 et saep.; also of the toes of animals, Varr. R. R. 3, 9, 4; Col. 8, 2, 8; Plin. 10, 42, 59, § 119 al.—

A small bough, a twig, Plin. 14, 1, 3, § 12; 17, 24, 37, § 224.—

As a measure of length, an inch, the sixteenth part of a Roman foot (pes), Front. Aquaed. 24 sq.; Caes. B. G. 7, 73, 6; id. B. C. 2, 10, 4; Juv. 12, 59 al.: digiti primores, finger-ends, as a measure, Cato R. R. 21, 2;

digitus transversus,

a fingerbreadth, id. ib. 45 fin.;

48, 2.—Prov.: digitum transversum non discedere ab aliqua re,

not to swerve a finger's breadth, Cic. Ac. 2, 18, 58; cf.

without transversum: nusquam ab argento digitum discedere,

id. Verr. 2, 4, 15;

and ellipt.: ab honestissima sententia digitum nusquam,

id. Att. 7, 3, 11.

Dĭgĭtus, i, m., a proper name; in plur.: Digiti Idaei = Daktuloi Idaioi, the priests of Cybele, Cic. N. D. 3, 16, 42; cf. Arn. 3, 41 and 43, and v. Dactylus.

dĭgĭtus, i, m. [Gr. daktulos; cf. Germ. Zehe, Eng. toe; from root dek(dechomai), to grasp, receive; cf.

Germ. Finger, from fangen,

Curt. Gr. Etym. 133. Corssen, however, still refers digitus to root dik-, dico, deiknumi, as the pointer, indicator, Ausspr. 1, 380; cf. dico], a finger.

Prop.:

tot (cyathos bibimus), quot digiti sunt tibi in manu,

Plaut. Stich. 5, 4, 24; id. Most. 5, 1, 69; id. Mil. 2, 2, 47; 4, 2, 57 et saep.—The special designations: pollex, the thumb; index or salutaris, the forefinger; medius, also infamis and impudicus, the middle finger; minimo proximus or medicinalis, the ring-finger; minimus, the little finger, v. under those words.—

Special connections:

attingere aliquem digito (uno),

to touch one lightly, gently, Plaut. Pers. 5, 2, 15; Ter. Eun. 4, 6, 2 Ruhnk.; Licinius ap. Gell. 19, 9, 13; Cic. Tusc. 5, 19, 55; cf.

with tangere,

Plaut. Rud. 3, 5, 30; id. Poen. 5, 5, 29:

attingere aliquid extremis digitis (with primoribus labris gustare),

to touch lightly, to enjoy slightly, Cic. Cael. 12:

attingere caelum digito,

to be exceedingly happy, id. Att. 2, 1, 7: colere summis digitis, to adore (to touch the offering or consecrated gift) with the tips of the fingers, Lact. 1, 20; 5, 19 fin.; cf. Ov. F. 2, 573:

computare digitis,

to count on the fingers, to reckon up, Plaut. Mil. 2, 2, 51; Plin. 34, 8, 19, no. 29, § 88; cf.:

numerare per digitos,

Ov. F. 3, 123:

in digitis suis singulas partis causae constituere,

Cic. Div. in Caec. 14, 45.—Hence, venire ad digitos, to be reckoned, Plin. 2, 23, 21, § 87; and:

si tuos digitos novi,

thy skill in reckoning, Cic. Att. 5, 21, 13; cf.

also: digerere argumenta in digitos,

to count on the fingers, Quint. 11, 3, 114: concrepare digitos or digitis, to snap the fingers, as a signal of command, Petr. 27, 5; Plaut. Mil. 2, 2, 53; Cic. Off. 3, 19; v. concrepo; cf.

also: digitus crepans,

Mart. 3, 82, 15:

digitorum crepitus,

id. 14, 119:

digitorum percussio,

Cic. Off. 3, 19, 78:

intendere digitum ad aliquid,

to point the finger at any thing, Cic. de Or. 1, 46 fin.:

liceri digito,

to hold up the finger in bidding at an auction, Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 11;

for which also: tollere digitum,

id. ib. 2, 1, 54. The latter phrase also signifies, to raise the finger in token of submission, said of a combatant, Sid. Ep. 5, 7; cf. Mart. Spect. 29, 5;

and Schol,

Pers. 5, 119:

loqui digitis nutuque,

to talk by signs, Ov. Tr. 2, 453;

different is: postquam fuerant digiti cum voce locuti,

i. e. playing as an accompaniment to singing, Tib. 3, 4, 41; cf.:

ad digiti sonum,

id. 1, 2, 31; cf. also Lucr. 4, 587; 5, 1384:

digito compesce labellum,

hold your tongue, Juv. 1, 160.—For the various modes of employing the fingers in oratorical delivery, cf. Quint. 1, 10, 35; 11, 3, 92 sq.; 103; 120 al.: monstrari digito, i. e. to be pointed out, to become distinguished, famous, Hor. C. 4, 3, 22; Pers. 1, 28;

for which: demonstrari digito,

Tac. Or. 7 fin.; Cic. de Or. 2, 66, 266; id. Rep. 6, 24; Nep. Datam. 11, 5; Suet. Aug. 45.—Prov. phrases:

nescit, quot digitos habeat in manu, of one who knows nothing at all,

Plaut. Pers. 2, 2, 5:

in digitis hodie percoquam quod ceperit,

i. e. he has caught nothing, id. Rud. 4, 1, 11: ne digitum quidem porrigere, not to stretch out a finger, like the Gr. daktulon mê proteinai, ekteinai, for not to give one's self the least trouble, Cic. Fin. 3, 17, 57; cf.:

exserere digitum,

Pers. 5, 119 Scal.;

and in like manner: proferre digitum,

to move a finger, to make any exertion, Cic. Caecin. 25, 71:

scalpere caput digito, of effeminate men fearful of disarranging their hair,

Juv. 9, 133; cf. Sen. Ep. 52 fin.; a habit of Pompey's, acc. to Calvus ap. Schol. Luc. 7, 726, and Sen. Contr. 3, 19; Amm. 17, 11. (Cf. Echtermeyer's Ueber Namen und symbolische Bedeutung der Finger bei den Griechen und Römern, Progr. d. Hall. Pädagogiums, v. 1835.)

Transf.

A toe (cf. Heb., Gr. daktulos, Fr. doigt), Lucr. 3, 527; Verg. A. 5, 426; Petr. 132, 14; Sen. Ep. 111; Quint. 2, 3, 8 et saep.; also of the toes of animals, Varr. R. R. 3, 9, 4; Col. 8, 2, 8; Plin. 10, 42, 59, § 119 al.—

A small bough, a twig, Plin. 14, 1, 3, § 12; 17, 24, 37, § 224.—

As a measure of length, an inch, the sixteenth part of a Roman foot (pes), Front. Aquaed. 24 sq.; Caes. B. G. 7, 73, 6; id. B. C. 2, 10, 4; Juv. 12, 59 al.: digiti primores, finger-ends, as a measure, Cato R. R. 21, 2;

digitus transversus,

a fingerbreadth, id. ib. 45 fin.;

48, 2.—Prov.: digitum transversum non discedere ab aliqua re,

not to swerve a finger's breadth, Cic. Ac. 2, 18, 58; cf.

without transversum: nusquam ab argento digitum discedere,

id. Verr. 2, 4, 15;

and ellipt.: ab honestissima sententia digitum nusquam,

id. Att. 7, 3, 11.

Dĭgĭtus, i, m., a proper name; in plur.: Digiti Idaei = Daktuloi Idaioi, the priests of Cybele, Cic. N. D. 3, 16, 42; cf. Arn. 3, 41 and 43, and v. Dactylus.

fĕnestra, ae (also contr. festra, Enn. ap. Macr. S. 3, 12; Petr. Fragm. p. 872 Burm.; cf. Paul. ex Fest. p. 91, 6 Müll.), f. [root PHAN, in phainô, phaneros], an opening in the wall to admit the light, a window (orig. closed by two wooden shutters or by curtains, and not till the empire by sheets of mica, lapis specularis; cf.

Dict. of Antiq. p. 520 sq.): neque fenestra, nisi clatrata,

Plaut. Mil. 2, 4, 26:

fenestras indere,

id. Rud. 1, 1, 6:

fenestrarum angustias quod reprehendis,

Cic. Att. 2, 3, 2:

bifores,

Ov. P. 3, 3, 5: juncta, closed, * Hor. C. 1, 25, 1; cf.

patulae,

Ov. M. 14, 752:

reticulatae,

Varr. R. R. 3, 7, 3:

se plena per insertas fundebat luna fenestras,

Verg. A. 3, 152:

diversas percurrens luna fenestras,

Prop. 1, 3, 31 Burm. ad loc.:

fenestram in arca facies,

Vulg. Gen. 6, 16 et saep.—

Transf.

A loop-hole for arrows, etc.:

(in turri) fenestras ad tormenta mittenda, in struendo reliquerunt,

Caes. B. C. 2, 9 fin. —

The recess of a window:

concludere in fenestram firmiter,

Plaut. Cas. 1, 44.—

A breach made by besiegers in a wall:

excisa trabe firma cavavit Robora et ingentem lato dedit ore fenestram,

Verg. A. 2, 482.—

Of the senses, windows for intelligence:

ut facile intelligi possit, animum et videre et audire, non eas partes, quae quasi fenestrae sint animi,

Cic. Tusc. 1, 20, 46 —

Poet., transf., of holes through the tips of the ears:

natus ad Euphraten, molles quod in aure fenestrae Arguerint,

Juv. 1, 104.—

Trop., an entrance, admission, opportunity, inlet, occasion [p. 735] (very seldom):

hui quantam fenestram ad nequitiam patefeceris!

Ter. Heaut. 3, 1, 72: si hanc fenestram aperueritis, nihil aliud agi sinetis, Tiber. ap. Suet. Tib. 28.

prīmōris, e ( nom. sing. not in use), adj. [primus], the first, first (class. in plur.).

In gen. (rare):

imbres,

Varr. R. R. 2, 2:

dentes,

the front teeth, Plin. 7, 16, 15, § 70:

in primore pueritiā,

in earliest childhood, Gell. 10, 19, 3:

anni,

first, earliest, Sil. 1, 511: primori Marte, in the first part or beginning of the war, id. 11, 143:

primore aspectu,

at first sight, Gell. 2, 7, 6.—

In partic.

The foremost part, forepart, tip, end, extremity (class.;

syn. primus): sumere aliquid digitulis primoribus,

with the tips of one's fingers, Plaut. Bacch. 4, 4, 24:

versabatur mihi (nomen) in labris primoribus,

is at my tongue's end, id. Trin. 4, 2, 65:

aliquid primoribus labris attingere,

to touch slightly, Cic. de Or. 1, 19, 87; cf. id. Cael. 12, 28; id. Fragm. ap. Non. 428, 3:

surculum primorem praeacuito obliquum primores digitos duos,

Cato, R. R. 40, 3; Lucil. ap. Non. 427, 27:

eduxique animam in primoribu' naribus,

id. ib. 427, 32:

nasi primoris acumen,

Lucr. 6, 1193:

(pilo) primori inest pyxis ferrea,

Plin. 18, 11, 29, § 112; 10, 33, 51, § 99:

cauda late fusa primori parte,

id. 8, 54, 80, § 216:

vestibulum esse partem domus primorem,

Gell. 16, 5, 2:

in primore libro,

at the beginning of the book, Gell. 1, 18, 3:

usque in primores manus ac prope in digitos,

as far as the forepart of the hands, id. 7, 12:

primori in acie versari,

Tac. H. 3, 21.—

The first in rank or dignity, chief, principal ( poet. and postclass.—In Liv. 24, 20, 13, Weissenb. reads: inpigre conscriptā; v. also Madvig. ad Cic. Fin. 3, 16, 52):

Argivorum viri,

Cat. 68, 87:

feminae,

Tac. A. 2, 29:

venti,

chief, cardinal, Gell. 2, 22.—Hence, subst.: prīmō-res, um, m.

The front rank in battle, etc.:

dum inter primores promptius dimicat, sagittā ictus est,

Curt. 4, 6, 17.—

The men of the first rank, the chiefs, nobles, patricians (cf. princeps):

Amphitruo delegit viros primorum principes,

Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 49:

odio alienae honestatis ereptus primoribus ager,

Liv. 1, 47, 11:

primores populi arripuit,

Hor. S. 2, 1, 69:

civitatum primores atque optimates,

Col. 12, 3, 10:

primores, ac duces,

Juv. 15, 40:

ex primoribus,

Tac. A. 13, 30; 4, 33; Vulg. 2 Macc. 8, 9.

prīmōris, e ( nom. sing. not in use), adj. [primus], the first, first (class. in plur.).

In gen. (rare):

imbres,

Varr. R. R. 2, 2:

dentes,

the front teeth, Plin. 7, 16, 15, § 70:

in primore pueritiā,

in earliest childhood, Gell. 10, 19, 3:

anni,

first, earliest, Sil. 1, 511: primori Marte, in the first part or beginning of the war, id. 11, 143:

primore aspectu,

at first sight, Gell. 2, 7, 6.—

In partic.

The foremost part, forepart, tip, end, extremity (class.;

syn. primus): sumere aliquid digitulis primoribus,

with the tips of one's fingers, Plaut. Bacch. 4, 4, 24:

versabatur mihi (nomen) in labris primoribus,

is at my tongue's end, id. Trin. 4, 2, 65:

aliquid primoribus labris attingere,

to touch slightly, Cic. de Or. 1, 19, 87; cf. id. Cael. 12, 28; id. Fragm. ap. Non. 428, 3:

surculum primorem praeacuito obliquum primores digitos duos,

Cato, R. R. 40, 3; Lucil. ap. Non. 427, 27:

eduxique animam in primoribu' naribus,

id. ib. 427, 32:

nasi primoris acumen,

Lucr. 6, 1193:

(pilo) primori inest pyxis ferrea,

Plin. 18, 11, 29, § 112; 10, 33, 51, § 99:

cauda late fusa primori parte,

id. 8, 54, 80, § 216:

vestibulum esse partem domus primorem,

Gell. 16, 5, 2:

in primore libro,

at the beginning of the book, Gell. 1, 18, 3:

usque in primores manus ac prope in digitos,

as far as the forepart of the hands, id. 7, 12:

primori in acie versari,

Tac. H. 3, 21.—

The first in rank or dignity, chief, principal ( poet. and postclass.—In Liv. 24, 20, 13, Weissenb. reads: inpigre conscriptā; v. also Madvig. ad Cic. Fin. 3, 16, 52):

Argivorum viri,

Cat. 68, 87:

feminae,

Tac. A. 2, 29:

venti,

chief, cardinal, Gell. 2, 22.—Hence, subst.: prīmō-res, um, m.

The front rank in battle, etc.:

dum inter primores promptius dimicat, sagittā ictus est,

Curt. 4, 6, 17.—

The men of the first rank, the chiefs, nobles, patricians (cf. princeps):

Amphitruo delegit viros primorum principes,

Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 49:

odio alienae honestatis ereptus primoribus ager,

Liv. 1, 47, 11:

primores populi arripuit,

Hor. S. 2, 1, 69:

civitatum primores atque optimates,

Col. 12, 3, 10:

primores, ac duces,

Juv. 15, 40:

ex primoribus,

Tac. A. 13, 30; 4, 33; Vulg. 2 Macc. 8, 9.