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  • 1 dimoveo

    dī-mŏvĕo, ōvi, ōtum (DISMOTUM, v. infra), 2, v. a. (in MSS. and edd. often confounded with demoveo, q. v.; not freq. before the Aug. per.; not in Caes. and Quint.; perh. not in Cic., where demovere appears everywhere to be the better reading).
    I.
    To move asunder, to part, put asunder, separate, divide:

    terram aratro,

    Verg. G. 2, 513; cf.:

    glebas aratro,

    Ov. M. 5, 341:

    aera (c. c. dispellere umbras),

    Verg. A. 5, 839; cf.

    auras,

    id. ib. 9, 645:

    cinerem foco,

    Ov. M. 8, 642:

    undas,

    Lucr. 6, 891; Ov. M. 4, 708; cf.

    aquas,

    id. H. 18, 80; 19, 48:

    rubum,

    Hor. C. 1, 23, 7.— Poet.:

    ubi sol radiis terram dimovit abortus (preceded by: ubi roriferis terram nox obruit umbris),

    cleaves the earth, lays it open, Lucr. 6, 869.—
    B.
    Transf.
    1.
    Of a multitude of persons or things, to separate from each other, to scatter, disperse, drive away, dismiss:

    humentem umbram polo,

    Verg. A. 3, 589; 4, 7; cf.:

    gelidam umbram caelo,

    id. ib. 11, 210:

    obstantes propinquos,

    Hor. C. 3, 5, 51:

    turbam,

    Tac. H. 3, 31; 80; Suet. Galb. 19; cf.:

    dimotis omnibus,

    Tac. H. 2, 49; cf.: VTEI EA BACANALIA SEI QVA SVNT... DISMOTA SIENT, i. e. be dissolved, abolished, S. C. de Bacchan. fin. —
    2.
    To separate from something, to remove.
    a.
    Lit.:

    quos (equites) spes societatis a plebe dimoverat,

    Sall. J. 42, 1; Plin. 8, 7, 7, § 23:

    dimovit perfregitque custodias Poena,

    Plin. Pan. 49:

    parietes (al. demotis),

    Tac. A. 6, 24:

    plagulas (lecticae),

    Suet. Tit. 10 al. —
    b.
    Trop.: gaudentem patrios findere sarculo Numquam dimoveas, ut, etc., thou canst never entice away, in order to, etc., Hor. C. 1, 1, 13 (al. demo-).—
    II.
    To move to and fro, to put in motion (cf. dimitto, no. I.—so perh. only in Celsus):

    superiores partes,

    Cels. 3, 27, 3:

    manus,

    id. 2, 14 fin.:

    se inambulatione levi,

    id. 4, 24 al.

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  • 2 agitō

        agitō āvī, ātus, āre, freq.    [ago], to set in violent motion, drive onward, move, impel, urge: (Harena) magnā vi agitata, S.: greges, drive to pasture, V.: equum, V.: iugales (dracones), O.: (triremem) in portu agitari iubet, rowed about, N. — To hunt, chase, pursue: aquila alias avīs agitans: dammas, O.: cervos in retia, O. — Fig., to drive, urge forward, press, support, insist on: agrariam legem: hoc unum agitare, esse, etc., keep pressing this one point: pacem an bellum, S.—To attend, keep, celebrate: Dionysia, T.: festos dies. — To observe, obey, carry out, exercise: praecepta parentis mei, S.: secreta consilia, L.—Of time, to pass, spend vitam sine cupiditate, S.: apud aquam noctem, S. — Absol, to live, abide, be: varius atque incertus agitabat, S.: pro muro dies noctīsque, remain, S. —To move to and fro, stir, agitate, shake, disturb, toss: corpora huc et illuc, S.: hastam, brandish, O.: scintilla agitata (ventis), fanned, O.: habenas manibus, wield, O.: caput, nod, O.: mare ventorum vi agitari: freta incipiant agitata tumescere, V.: Zephyris agitata Tempe, H.: agitata numina Troiae, tossed on the sea, V.: agitantia fumos Nubila, tossing up spray, O. — Fig., to stir, rouse, agitate, stimulate, excite, goad: hunc, T.: plebem, L.: mens agitat molem, animates, V. — To vex, disquiet, disturb, distress: nationes: Furiis agitatus Orestes, V.: rebus agitatis, in times of disorder: metu atque libidine divorsus agitabatur, was distracted by, S.: te agitet cupido, H.: fidem aut gentīs, to disturb the loyalty, etc., V. — To insult, scoff, rail at, deride, revile: rem militarem: mea fastidia verbis, H.: (poemata) expertia frugis, H.: ea belle agitata ridentur, neatly mocked. — To prosecute, occupy oneself with, engage in, keep going, stir: cuncta, keep active, S.: mutas artes, V.: iocos, O.: eo modo agitabat, ut, etc., so conducted himself, S.: scaenis agitatus Orestes, i. e. represented, V.—To pursue, consider, deliberate on, meditate: secum multum, S.: haec mecum, H.: in animo bellum, L.: agitare coepit, si posset, etc., L.: ut mente agitaret, bellum renovare, N. — To discuss, debate, sift, investigate: oratori omnia tractata, agitata, i. e. sifted, discussed: omnia ex tabulis, by the accounts: senatus de secessione plebis agitat, L. — Impers: Romae de facto agitari, there were discussions, S.
    * * *
    agitare, agitavi, agitatus V
    stir/drive/shake/move about; revolve; live; control, ride; consider, pursue

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  • 3 fluctuo

    fluctŭo, āvi, ātum, or (perh. not anteAug.) fluctŭor, ātus, 1 (pleraque utroque modo efferuntur:

    fluctuatur, fluctuat,

    Quint. 9, 3, 7), v. n. [fluctus], to move in the manner of waves, i. e. to wave, rise in waves, undulate, to move to and fro, be driven hither and thither (class.; esp. freq. in the trop. signif.; cf.: fluo, fluito).
    I.
    Lit.
    (α).
    Form fluctuo:

    nunc valide fluctuat mare,

    Plaut. Rud. 2, 1, 14:

    ita fluctuare video vehementer mare,

    id. ib. 4, 1, 12;

    4, 2, 11: quadriremem in salo fluctuantem reliquerat,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 35, § 91:

    quid tam commune quam mare fluctuantibus, litus ejectis?

    id. Rosc. Am. 26, 72:

    agebatur huc illuc Galba vario turbae fluctuantis impulsu,

    Tac. H. 1, 40; cf. Gell. 10, 6, 2:

    fluctuet aër,

    Lucr. 6, 367: directaeque acies ac late fluctuat omnis Aere renidenti tellus, waves (in the light) with gleaming brass, Verg. G. 2, 281:

    fluctuant insulae,

    Plin. 2, 95, 96, § 209:

    seges,

    Sen. Herc. Fur. 699.—In mal. part., Arn. 2, 73; Auct. Priap. 19, 4; cf. fluctus, I. —
    (β).
    Form fluctuor:

    deprehensi in mari Syrtico modo in sicco relinquuntur, modo fluctuantur,

    are driven about by the waves, Sen. Vit. Beat. 14:

    Delos diu fluctuata,

    Plin. 4, 12, 22, § 66:

    quaedam insulae semper fluctuantur,

    id. 2, 94, 95, § 209 Jan.:

    lignum in longitudinem fluctuatur,

    i. e. floats about, id. 16, 38, 73, § 186:

    lapidem e Scyro insula integrum fluctuari tradunt, eundem comminutum mergi,

    id. 36, 16, 26, § 130.—
    II.
    Trop., to be restless, unquiet, uncertain, doubtful; to rage, swell; to waver, hesitate, vacillate, fluctuate.
    (α).
    Form fluctuo: Eu. Potin, ut animo sis tranquillo? Ch. Quid si animus fluctuat? Plaut. Merc. 5, 2, 49; cf.:

    animo nunc huc, nunc fluctuat illuc,

    Verg. A. 10, 680:

    mens animi tantis fluctuat ipsa malis,

    Cat. 65, 4:

    magnis curarum fluctuat undis,

    id. 64, 62; cf.:

    magnoque irarum fluctuat aestu,

    Verg. A. 4, 532; Anthol. Lat. 1, 178, 150:

    fluctuat ira intus,

    Verg. A. 12, 527:

    irarum fluctuat aestu,

    id. ib. 4, 564; so, curarum, 8, 19; Lucr. 4, 1077; Cat. 64, 62:

    ingenti Telamon fluctuat ira,

    Val. Fl. 3, 637:

    fluctuante rege inter spem metumque,

    Liv. 42, 59, 8:

    totam aciem suo pavore fluctuantem, etc.,

    Curt. 3, 10, 6:

    in suo decreto,

    Cic. Ac. 2, 9, 29:

    fluctuantem sententiam confirmare,

    id. Att. 1, 20, 2:

    genus orationis, quod appellamus fluctuans et dissolutum, eo quod sine nervis et articulis fluctuat huc et illuc,

    Auct. Her. 4, 11, 16:

    omnia et citata et fluctuantia,

    Sen. Contr. 3, 19.—
    (β).
    Form fluctuor:

    utrius populi mallet victoriam esse, fluctuatus animo fuerat,

    Liv. 23, 33, 3:

    fluctuatus animo est, utrum, etc.,

    id. 32, 13, 4; 36, 10, 4; Curt. 4, 12, 21; Val. Max. 8, 1, 2: vita fluctuatur per adversa et difficilia, Sen. Ep. [p. 762] 111: semper inter spem et metum fluctuari, Aug. ap. Suet. Claud. 4:

    ambrosia (herba) vagi nominis est et circa alias herbas fluctuati,

    Plin. 27, 4, 11, § 28.

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  • 4 fluctuor

    fluctŭo, āvi, ātum, or (perh. not anteAug.) fluctŭor, ātus, 1 (pleraque utroque modo efferuntur:

    fluctuatur, fluctuat,

    Quint. 9, 3, 7), v. n. [fluctus], to move in the manner of waves, i. e. to wave, rise in waves, undulate, to move to and fro, be driven hither and thither (class.; esp. freq. in the trop. signif.; cf.: fluo, fluito).
    I.
    Lit.
    (α).
    Form fluctuo:

    nunc valide fluctuat mare,

    Plaut. Rud. 2, 1, 14:

    ita fluctuare video vehementer mare,

    id. ib. 4, 1, 12;

    4, 2, 11: quadriremem in salo fluctuantem reliquerat,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 35, § 91:

    quid tam commune quam mare fluctuantibus, litus ejectis?

    id. Rosc. Am. 26, 72:

    agebatur huc illuc Galba vario turbae fluctuantis impulsu,

    Tac. H. 1, 40; cf. Gell. 10, 6, 2:

    fluctuet aër,

    Lucr. 6, 367: directaeque acies ac late fluctuat omnis Aere renidenti tellus, waves (in the light) with gleaming brass, Verg. G. 2, 281:

    fluctuant insulae,

    Plin. 2, 95, 96, § 209:

    seges,

    Sen. Herc. Fur. 699.—In mal. part., Arn. 2, 73; Auct. Priap. 19, 4; cf. fluctus, I. —
    (β).
    Form fluctuor:

    deprehensi in mari Syrtico modo in sicco relinquuntur, modo fluctuantur,

    are driven about by the waves, Sen. Vit. Beat. 14:

    Delos diu fluctuata,

    Plin. 4, 12, 22, § 66:

    quaedam insulae semper fluctuantur,

    id. 2, 94, 95, § 209 Jan.:

    lignum in longitudinem fluctuatur,

    i. e. floats about, id. 16, 38, 73, § 186:

    lapidem e Scyro insula integrum fluctuari tradunt, eundem comminutum mergi,

    id. 36, 16, 26, § 130.—
    II.
    Trop., to be restless, unquiet, uncertain, doubtful; to rage, swell; to waver, hesitate, vacillate, fluctuate.
    (α).
    Form fluctuo: Eu. Potin, ut animo sis tranquillo? Ch. Quid si animus fluctuat? Plaut. Merc. 5, 2, 49; cf.:

    animo nunc huc, nunc fluctuat illuc,

    Verg. A. 10, 680:

    mens animi tantis fluctuat ipsa malis,

    Cat. 65, 4:

    magnis curarum fluctuat undis,

    id. 64, 62; cf.:

    magnoque irarum fluctuat aestu,

    Verg. A. 4, 532; Anthol. Lat. 1, 178, 150:

    fluctuat ira intus,

    Verg. A. 12, 527:

    irarum fluctuat aestu,

    id. ib. 4, 564; so, curarum, 8, 19; Lucr. 4, 1077; Cat. 64, 62:

    ingenti Telamon fluctuat ira,

    Val. Fl. 3, 637:

    fluctuante rege inter spem metumque,

    Liv. 42, 59, 8:

    totam aciem suo pavore fluctuantem, etc.,

    Curt. 3, 10, 6:

    in suo decreto,

    Cic. Ac. 2, 9, 29:

    fluctuantem sententiam confirmare,

    id. Att. 1, 20, 2:

    genus orationis, quod appellamus fluctuans et dissolutum, eo quod sine nervis et articulis fluctuat huc et illuc,

    Auct. Her. 4, 11, 16:

    omnia et citata et fluctuantia,

    Sen. Contr. 3, 19.—
    (β).
    Form fluctuor:

    utrius populi mallet victoriam esse, fluctuatus animo fuerat,

    Liv. 23, 33, 3:

    fluctuatus animo est, utrum, etc.,

    id. 32, 13, 4; 36, 10, 4; Curt. 4, 12, 21; Val. Max. 8, 1, 2: vita fluctuatur per adversa et difficilia, Sen. Ep. [p. 762] 111: semper inter spem et metum fluctuari, Aug. ap. Suet. Claud. 4:

    ambrosia (herba) vagi nominis est et circa alias herbas fluctuati,

    Plin. 27, 4, 11, § 28.

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  • 5 natō

        natō āvī, ātus, āre, freq.    [no], to swim, float: natandi causā venire: natant pisces aequore, O.: Canis per flumen natans, Ph.: natat uncta carina, floats, V.: crura natantia, webbed feet, O.: placidis undis, O.: naufragus natans, tossed about: Nocte natat serus freta, swims, V.: Tiberinum, Iu.: quot piscibus unda natatur, O.— To spread about, broaden: quā Tiberinus campo liberiore natat, O.— To swim, overflow, be overflowed: natabant pavimenta vino: plenis Rura natant fossis, are inundated, V. —Of the eyes, to swim, be feeble, fail: moriens oculis natantibus Circumspexit Athin, O.— To move about, waver, hover, move to and fro: ante oculos natant tenebrae, O.—Fig., to fluctuate, waver, be uncertain: in quo tu mihi natare visus es: pars multa (hominum) natat, H.
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    natare, natavi, natatus V
    swim; float

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  • 6 aestuo

    aestŭo, āvi, ātum, 1, v. n. [aestus], to be in agilation or in violent commotion, to move to and fro, to rage, to toss, to boil up.
    I.
    Lit.
    A.
    Of fire, to rage, burn:

    aestuat ut clausis rapidus fornacibus ignis,

    as the fire heaves and roars in the closed furnaces, Verg. G. 4, 263:

    tectus magis aestuat ignis,

    Ov. M. 4, 64.—Hence,
    2.
    Of the effect of fire, to be warm or hot, to burn, glow; both objectively, I am warm (Fr. je suis chaud), and subjectively, it is warm to me, I feel warm (Fr. j'ai chaud).
    a.
    Object.: nunc dum occasio est, dum scribilitae aestuant ( while the cakes are warm) occurrite, Plaut. Poen. prol. 43; Verg. G. 1, 107:

    torridus aestuat aër,

    glows, Prop. 3, 24, 3; Luc. 1, 16. —
    b.
    Subject., to feel warmth or heat (weaker than sudare, to sweat, and opp. algere, to be cold, to feel cold;

    v. Doed. Syn. 3, 89): Lycurgi leges erudiunt juventutem esuriendo, sitiendo, algendo, aestuando,

    Cic. Tusc. 2, 14, 34:

    ille cum aestuaret, umbram secutus est,

    id. Ac. 2, 22:

    sub pondere,

    Ov. M. 12, 514; Juv. 3, 103.—
    B.
    Of the undulating, heaving motion of the sea, to rise in waves or billows (cf. aestus):

    Maura unda,

    Hor. C. 2, 6, 4:

    gurges,

    Verg. A. 6, 296.—
    C.
    Of other things, to have an undulating, waving motion, to be tossed, to heave:

    in ossibus umor,

    Verg. G. 4, 308:

    ventis pulsa aestuat arbor,

    Lucr. 5, 1097; Gell. 17, 11, 5. —Of an agitated crowd, Prud. 11, 228.—
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    Of the passions, love, desire, envy, jealousy, etc., to burn with desire, to be in violent, passionate excitement, to be agitated or excited, to be inflamed:

    quod ubi auditum est, aestuare (hist. inf.) illi, qui dederant pecuniam,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 23:

    quae cum dies noctesque aestuans agitaret,

    Sall. J. 93:

    desiderio alicujus,

    Cic. Fam. 7, 18:

    invidiā,

    Sall. C. 23:

    ingens in corde pudor,

    Verg. A. 12, 666:

    at rex Odrysius in illa Aestuat,

    Ov. M. 6, 490 (cf. uri in id. ib. 7, 22;

    and ardere in id,

    ib. 9, 724); Mart. 9, 23:

    aestuat (Alexander) infelix angusto limite mundi (the figure is derived from the swelling and raging of the sea when confined),

    Juv. 10, 169; so Luc. 6, 63.—
    B.
    Esp. in prose, to waver, to vacillate, to hesitate, to be uncertain or in doubt, to be undecided:

    dubitatione,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 30: quod petiit, spernit; repetit quod nuper omisit;

    Aestuat et vitae disconvenit ordine toto,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 99:

    sic anceps inter utramque animus aestuat,

    Quint. 10, 7, 33; Suet. Claud. 4:

    aestuante rege,

    Just. 1, 10.

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  • 7 natantes

    năto, āvi, ātum, 1, v. freq. n. and a. [no], to swim, to float.
    I.
    Lit.:

    qui neque in Oceano natare volueris studiosissimus homo natandi,

    Cic. Fam. 7, 10, 2:

    natant pisces aequore,

    Ov. P. 2, 7, 28: canis, per flumen, carnem dum ferret, natans, Phaedr. 1, 4, 2:

    natat uncta carina,

    floats, Verg. A. 4, 398:

    crura natantia,

    palmated feet, Ov. M. 14, 551; cf.:

    apta natando crura,

    id. ib. 15, 376.—Of storm-tossed or shipwrecked persons, to float about, be tossed about:

    naufragus natans,

    Cic. Inv. 2, 51, 163; cf.

    trop.: et natat exuviis Graecia pressa tuis,

    Prop. 4 (5), 1, 115:

    cum saepe in portu fracta carina natet,

    id. 2, 25, 24 (3, 20, 24):

    Ithacum lugere natantem,

    Juv. 10, 257.—
    (β).
    Poet., with acc.:

    nocte natat caecā serus freta,

    swims across, Verg. G. 3, 260:

    aquas,

    to swim in, Mart. 14, 196, 2:

    Tiberinum,

    to swim across, Juv. 8, 265.—Hence, also, pass.:

    quot piscibus unda natatur,

    Ov. Tr. 5, 2, 25. —
    B.
    Transf.
    1.
    To swim or spread about ( poet.):

    quā Tiberinus campo liberiore natat,

    Ov. F. 4, 291:

    natantibus radicibus,

    Col. Arb. 6; Prop. 2, 12, 52 (3, 7, 52):

    ingens medio natat umbra profundo,

    Stat. Th. 2, 42:

    niveo natat ignis in ore,

    id. Achill. 1, 161.—
    2.
    To swim or overflow with any thing, to be overflowed (mostly poet.).
    (α).
    With abl.:

    natabant pavimenta vino,

    Cic. Phil. 2, 41, 105:

    plenis Rura natant fossis,

    are inundated, Verg. G. 1, 372:

    sanieque aspersa natarent Limina,

    id. A. 3, 625:

    fletibus ora natant,

    Stat. Th. 2, 337:

    carmina in ipse ore natant,

    id. S. 2, 1, 18.—
    (β).
    Absol.:

    exspectant imbres, quorum modo cuncta natabant Impulsu,

    Luc. 4, 330:

    plana natant,

    Sil. 4, 751.—
    3.
    Of the eyes, to swim (of drunken or dying persons), to be feeble, failing ( poet.):

    vinis oculique animique natabant,

    Ov. F. 6, 673:

    moriens oculis natantibus Circumspexit Athin,

    id. M. 5, 72; Sil. 2, 122; cf.:

    ante oculos natant tenebrae,

    Ov. M. 12, 136:

    oculi natantes et quādam voluptate suffusi,

    Quint. 4, 3, 76.—
    4.
    To move to and fro, not stand still:

    nec vagus in laxā pes tibi pelle (i. e. calceo) natet,

    Ov. A. A. 1, 516; Calp. Ecl. 6, 43; Nemes. Cyn. 170.—
    5.
    Of birds, to fly:

    ardea sublimis pennae confisa natanti,

    Luc. 5, 554.—
    II.
    Trop., to fluctuate, waver, be uncertain ( = titubare, huc atque illuc ferri):

    in quo quidem magis tu mihi natare visus es quam ipse Neptunus,

    Cic. N. D. 3, 24, 62:

    mutatio voluntatis indicat animum natare,

    Sen. Ep. 35, 4:

    pars multa (hominum) natat, modo recta capessens, Interdum pravis obnoxia,

    Hor. S. 2, 7, 6; Sil. 7, 726; Manil. 4, 256: vitreoque natant praetoria ponto, float or waver reflected in the water, Stat. S. 2, 2, 49.—Hence, nătans, antis, P. a., swimming; hence, nătantes, ūm, poet. for fishes:

    genus omne natantum,

    Verg. G. 3, 541; Cael. Aur. Tard. 3, 2, § 31.

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  • 8 nato

    năto, āvi, ātum, 1, v. freq. n. and a. [no], to swim, to float.
    I.
    Lit.:

    qui neque in Oceano natare volueris studiosissimus homo natandi,

    Cic. Fam. 7, 10, 2:

    natant pisces aequore,

    Ov. P. 2, 7, 28: canis, per flumen, carnem dum ferret, natans, Phaedr. 1, 4, 2:

    natat uncta carina,

    floats, Verg. A. 4, 398:

    crura natantia,

    palmated feet, Ov. M. 14, 551; cf.:

    apta natando crura,

    id. ib. 15, 376.—Of storm-tossed or shipwrecked persons, to float about, be tossed about:

    naufragus natans,

    Cic. Inv. 2, 51, 163; cf.

    trop.: et natat exuviis Graecia pressa tuis,

    Prop. 4 (5), 1, 115:

    cum saepe in portu fracta carina natet,

    id. 2, 25, 24 (3, 20, 24):

    Ithacum lugere natantem,

    Juv. 10, 257.—
    (β).
    Poet., with acc.:

    nocte natat caecā serus freta,

    swims across, Verg. G. 3, 260:

    aquas,

    to swim in, Mart. 14, 196, 2:

    Tiberinum,

    to swim across, Juv. 8, 265.—Hence, also, pass.:

    quot piscibus unda natatur,

    Ov. Tr. 5, 2, 25. —
    B.
    Transf.
    1.
    To swim or spread about ( poet.):

    quā Tiberinus campo liberiore natat,

    Ov. F. 4, 291:

    natantibus radicibus,

    Col. Arb. 6; Prop. 2, 12, 52 (3, 7, 52):

    ingens medio natat umbra profundo,

    Stat. Th. 2, 42:

    niveo natat ignis in ore,

    id. Achill. 1, 161.—
    2.
    To swim or overflow with any thing, to be overflowed (mostly poet.).
    (α).
    With abl.:

    natabant pavimenta vino,

    Cic. Phil. 2, 41, 105:

    plenis Rura natant fossis,

    are inundated, Verg. G. 1, 372:

    sanieque aspersa natarent Limina,

    id. A. 3, 625:

    fletibus ora natant,

    Stat. Th. 2, 337:

    carmina in ipse ore natant,

    id. S. 2, 1, 18.—
    (β).
    Absol.:

    exspectant imbres, quorum modo cuncta natabant Impulsu,

    Luc. 4, 330:

    plana natant,

    Sil. 4, 751.—
    3.
    Of the eyes, to swim (of drunken or dying persons), to be feeble, failing ( poet.):

    vinis oculique animique natabant,

    Ov. F. 6, 673:

    moriens oculis natantibus Circumspexit Athin,

    id. M. 5, 72; Sil. 2, 122; cf.:

    ante oculos natant tenebrae,

    Ov. M. 12, 136:

    oculi natantes et quādam voluptate suffusi,

    Quint. 4, 3, 76.—
    4.
    To move to and fro, not stand still:

    nec vagus in laxā pes tibi pelle (i. e. calceo) natet,

    Ov. A. A. 1, 516; Calp. Ecl. 6, 43; Nemes. Cyn. 170.—
    5.
    Of birds, to fly:

    ardea sublimis pennae confisa natanti,

    Luc. 5, 554.—
    II.
    Trop., to fluctuate, waver, be uncertain ( = titubare, huc atque illuc ferri):

    in quo quidem magis tu mihi natare visus es quam ipse Neptunus,

    Cic. N. D. 3, 24, 62:

    mutatio voluntatis indicat animum natare,

    Sen. Ep. 35, 4:

    pars multa (hominum) natat, modo recta capessens, Interdum pravis obnoxia,

    Hor. S. 2, 7, 6; Sil. 7, 726; Manil. 4, 256: vitreoque natant praetoria ponto, float or waver reflected in the water, Stat. S. 2, 2, 49.—Hence, nătans, antis, P. a., swimming; hence, nătantes, ūm, poet. for fishes:

    genus omne natantum,

    Verg. G. 3, 541; Cael. Aur. Tard. 3, 2, § 31.

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  • 9 vibrō

        vibrō āvī, ātus, āre,    to set in tremulous motion, move to and fro, brandish, shake, agitate: hastas ante pugnam: vibrabant flamina vestes, to cause to flutter, O.: crines Vibrati, i. e. curled, V.—To wield, brandish, throw, launch, hurl: sicas: tela, Cu.: fulmina (Iuppiter), O.: vibratus ab aethere fulgor, V.: truces vibrare iambos, Ct.—To be in tremulous motion, quiver, vibrate, tremble: Tresque vibrant linguae, O.—To glimmer, glitter, gleam, scintillate: mare, qua a sole conlucet, vibrat: Tela lato vibrantia ferro, O.: clipeum Vibranti cuspis medium transverberat ictu, V.—Fig., in speech, to gleam, dazzle: oratio incitata et vibrans.
    * * *
    vibrare, vibravi, vibratus V
    brandish, wave, crimp, corrugate; rock; propel suddenly; flash; dart; glitter

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  • 10 reciproco

    rĕcī̆prŏco, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. and n. [reciprocus].
    I.
    Act., to move backwards or back and forth (rare but class.; cf.: meo, remeo).
    A.
    Lit.: rursus prorsus reciprocat fluctus feram, bears to and fro, Enn. ap. Non. 165, 11, and 384 fin. (Trag. v. 143 Vahl.):

    refluusque reciprocat aestus,

    Sil. 15, 225:

    (ventus) cum jam spiritum includeret nec reciprocare animam sineret,

    to breathe, fetch their breath, Liv. 21, 58, 4:

    spiritum per fistulam,

    Gell. 17, 11, 4:

    aurae per anhelitum reciprocatae,

    Arn. 2, 54:

    manu telum reciprocans,

    brandishing, Gell. 9, 11, 5:

    quid Chalcidico Euripo in motu identidem reciprocando putas fieri posse constantius?

    Cic. N. D. 3, 10, 24; cf.

    under II.: serram,

    to draw back and forth, Tert. Cor. Mil. 3: circulos, Prud. steph. 10, 573:

    quinqueremem in adversum aestum reciprocari non posse,

    would not be able to tack about, Liv. 28, 30; cf.:

    quoniam aestus semper e Ponto profluens nunquam reciprocetur,

    flow back, Plin. 4, 13, 27, § 93:

    reciprocari mare coepit,

    Curt. 9, 9, 20.—
    * B.
    Trop., to reverse, convert a proposition:

    si quidem ista sic reciprocantur, ut et, si divinatio sit, dii sint, et si dii sint, sit divinatio,

    Cic. Div. 1, 6, 10.—
    II.
    Neutr., to move backwards, go back; to move back and forth, to come and go, reciprocate (perh. only since the Aug. per.):

    fretum ipsum Euripi non septies die temporibus statis reciprocat,

    rises and falls, Liv. 28, 6;

    so of the ebb and flow: Euripus,

    Plin. 2, 97, 100, § 219:

    mare,

    Curt. 9, 9, 20:

    aquae,

    Flor. 2, 8, 9;

    and of the ebb (opp. accedere),

    Plin. 2, 97, 89, § 212.—

    Of stars: saepe citra eos ad solem reciprocent,

    Plin. 2, 17, 14, § 72:

    nubem eos arcentem a reciprocando,

    from going back, id. 9, 46, 70, § 151.
    ► Reciprocare pro ultro citroque poscere usi sunt antiqui, quia procare est poscere, Fest.
    p. 229 Müll.

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  • 11 agito

    ăgĭto, āvi, ātum, 1, v. freq. a. [ago], as if the supine were agitu; cf.: quaero quaerito.
    I.
    Lit., to put a thing in motion, to drive or impel (mostly poet., or in more elevated prose; from poetry it passed, after the Aug. per., into common prose).
    A.
    Of cattle, to drive, conduct (cf. ago):

    calcari quadrupedem agitabo advorsum clivom,

    Plaut. As. 3, 3, 118:

    stimulo boves agitat,

    Vulg. Eccli. 38, 26:

    hanc in curru bijugos agitare leones,

    drives her span of lions, Lucr. 2, 602:

    agitantur quadrigae,

    Varr. L. L. 6, § 41 Müll.:

    ad flumina currus,

    Verg. G. 3, 18:

    jussit agitari currum suum,

    Vulg. 2 Macc. 9, 4: lanigeros greges hirtasque capellas, to drive, poet. for to tend, Verg. G. 3, 287:

    sacros jugales (dracones),

    Ov. M. 5, 661:

    quadrigas bigasque et equos desultorios,

    Suet. Caes. 39.—
    B.
    Of the motion of other things, to move, impel, shake:

    triremem in portu,

    Nep. Dion, 9, 2:

    alas,

    Ov. Tr. 3, 4, 21:

    manibusque leves agitavit habenas,

    id. M. 7, 221:

    hastam,

    id. ib. 3, 667: caput, to move the head ( in token of assent = annuere), id. ib. 1, 567:

    arundinem vento agitatam,

    Vulg. Matt. 11, 7.—Esp., of animals, to hunt, chase, pursue: etiamsi excitaturus [p. 72] non sis nec agitaturus feras, Cic. Off. 3, 17:

    aquila insectans alias aves atque agitans,

    id. Div. 2, 70:

    trepidas columbas,

    Ov. M. 5, 606; 11, 300:

    damas,

    id. ib. 10, 539:

    cursu timidos onagros,

    Verg. G. 3, 409 al. —
    C.
    Of the motion caused by the wind, to drive to and fro, toss about, agitate, disturb:

    ventus enim fit, ubi est agitando percitus aër,

    when the air is violently agitated and driven, Lucr. 6, 686:

    mare ventorum vi agitari atque turbari,

    Cic. Clu. 49 fin.; id. Univ. 3, 7:

    freta ponti Incipiunt agitata tumescere,

    Verg. G. 1, 357:

    aristas,

    Ov. A. A. 1, 553:

    Zephyris agitata Tempe,

    Hor. C. 3, 1, 24:

    ventis agitatur pinus,

    id. ib. 2, 10, 9:

    veteres agitantur orni,

    id. ib. 1, 9, 12:

    agitaret aura capillos,

    id. Epod. 15, 9.—
    D.
    Of the motion caused by the water: agitata numina Trojae, tossed or driven about upon the sea, Verg. A. 6, 68; Prop. 3, 21, 5.—
    E.
    In gen., of the motion caused by other things:

    magnes (lapis) agitat (ferri ramenta) per aes,

    Lucr. 6, 1054:

    agitari inter se concursu,

    Cic. N. D. 1, 39: pulsu externo agitari, Macr Somn. Scip. 9.— Poet. of mist, to produce it by motion or agitation: dejectuque (Peneus) gravi tenues agitantia fumos Nubila conducit, and by its impetuous descent (into the valley) raises clouds producing mist, Ov. M. 1, 571—
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    To rouse up, excite, move, urge, drive, impel one to something: aliquem, sometimes in aliquid (so in Florus very freq.):

    in furias agitantur equae,

    are excited to fury, Ov. A. A. 2, 487:

    agitare plebem,

    to stir up, rouse, Liv. 3, 11:

    populum,

    Flor. 2, 12, 2; so id. 11, 6, 2 al.:

    agitatus cupiditate regni,

    id. 3, 1:

    gens sacratis legibus agitata in exitium urbis,

    id. 1, 16, 7.—
    B.
    To disquiet, disturb, to drive hither and thither, to vex, trouble, torment (the fig. taken from the sea agitated by storm; cf. Gernh. and Beier upon Cic. Off. 1, 24, 82):

    dii deaeque te agitant irati,

    Plaut. Pers. 4, 4, 115:

    atra bilis agitat hominem,

    id. Capt. 3, 4, 64; so id. Curc. 1, 1, 92; 2, 1, 24:

    ut eos agitent furiae, neque usquam consistere patiantur,

    Cic. Rosc. Am. 24 (cf. Verg. A. 3, 331:

    scelerum furiis agitatus Orestes,

    id. ib. 4, 471):

    suum quemque scelus agitat amentiaque afficit,

    id. ib. 24:

    agitare et insequi poëtas,

    Tac. Or. 4; 25 and 41:

    multis injuriis jactata atque agita ta,

    Cic. Quint. 2:

    est magni viri, rebus agitatis (= perturbatis, Beier) punire sontes,

    id. Off. 1, 24, 82:

    agitabatur animus inopiā rei familiaris et conscientiā scelerum,

    Sall. C. 5, 7:

    quos conscientia defectionis agitabat,

    Tac. Agr. 16:

    commotus metu atque libidine diversus agitabatur,

    was drawn in different directions, Sall. J 25, 6; Liv. 22, 12. ne te semper inops agitet vexetque cupido, Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 98:

    quos agitabat timor,

    Tac. Agr. 16:

    timore et metu agitati,

    Vulg. Judith, 15, 1:

    injuriis agitatus,

    Flor. 1, 8, 7:

    seditionibus,

    Just. 12, 4, 12.—
    C.
    To assail with reproach, derision, insult; to reprove, blame, scoff, deride, insult, mock:

    agitat rem militarem, insectatur totam legationem,

    attacks, ridicules, Cic. Mur. 9, 21; id. Brut. 28, 109: mea saevis agitat fastidia verbis, Hor Epod. 12, 13; without verbis:

    agitant expertia frugis,

    id. A. P. 341:

    vesanum poëtam agitant pueri,

    id. ib. 456.—
    D.
    In gen., to drive or urge on a thing, to accomplish or do, to drive at, to be employed in, be engaged in, to have, hold, keep, to celebrate; v. ago, II. D. (in the historians, esp. Sallust, very freq.):

    Haec ego non agitem?

    should I not drive at? Juv. 1, 52:

    vigilias,

    to keep, Plaut. Trin. 4, 2, 27; so,

    custodiam,

    id. Rud. 3, 6, 20; so Tac. A. 11, 18:

    hoc agitemus convivium vino et sermone suavi,

    let us celebrate, Plaut. As. 5, 1, 7:

    Dionysia,

    Ter. Heaut. 4, 4, 11; so id. Hec. 1, 2, 18:

    convivia,

    Ov. M. 7, 431; Suet. Claud. 32 festa gaudia, Sil. 15, 423:

    meum natalem,

    Plaut. Pers. 5, 1, 16;

    so festos dies,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 63:

    jocos,

    Ov. M. 3, 319:

    agraria lex a Flavio tribuno plebis vehementer agitabatur,

    was powerfully urged, supportcd, Cic. Att. 1, 19:

    quae cum praecepta parentis mei agitarem,

    was striving to comply with, Sall. J. 14, 2 (modestius dictum pro:

    studere, ut agerem, Cort.): laeti pacem agitabamus,

    were at peace, enjoyed the delights of peace, id. ib. 14, 10:

    dicit se missum a consule venisse quaesitum ab eo, pacem an bellum agitaturus foret,

    id. ib. 109, 2:

    quoniam deditionis morā induciae agitabantur,

    there was a truce, id. ib. 29, 4; id. C. 24, 2.— Poet.:

    ceu primas agitant acies, certamina miscent,

    as if they formed the front rank, Sil. 9, 330.—Hence of time, esp. life, to pass, spend (cf. ago, II. D 5.):

    vita hominum sine cupiditate agitabatur,

    Sall. C. 2, 1:

    agitare aevum,

    Verg. G. 4, 154; id. A. 10, 235:

    festos dies,

    Tac. H. 3, 78.—In Sall., Tac., Flor., et al., agitare absol., to live, dwell, abide, sojourn, be:

    hi propius mare Africum agitabant,

    Sall. J 18, 9; cf id. ib. 19, 5; id. Fragm. H. 3, 11; so id. J. 54, 2; 59, 1; 94, 4:

    laeti Germant agitabant,

    Tac. A. 1, 50:

    secretus agitat,

    id. ib. 11, 21:

    montium editis sine cultu atque eo ferocius agitabant,

    id. ib. 4, 46; Flor. 4, 12, 48.—
    E.
    Of the mind: agitare aliquid or de aliquā re (in corde, in mente, animo, cum animo, secum, etc.), to drive at a thing in the mind, i. e. to turn over, revolve, to weigh, consider, meditate upon, and with the idea of action to be performed or a conclusion to be made, to deliberate upon, to devise, contrive, plot, to be occupied with, to design, intend, etc.: id ego semper mecum sic agito et comparo, Att ap. Non. 256, 20:

    quom eam rem in corde agito,

    Plaut. Truc 2, 5, 3:

    id agitans mecum,

    Ter. Phorm. 4, 3, 10; so Sall. J. 113, 3:

    habet nihil aliud quod agitet in mente,

    Cic. N. D. 1, 41:

    est tuum sic agitare animo, ut, etc.,

    id. Fam. 6, 1:

    quae omnes animo agitabant,

    Tac. A. 6, 9:

    provincias secretis imaginationibus agitans,

    id. ib. 15, 36 in animo bellum, Liv 21, 2; Vell. 1, 16; Quint. 12, 2, 28.—With inf., as object:

    ut mente agitaret bellum renovare,

    Nep. Ham. 1, 4.— Poet.:

    aliquid jamdudum invadere magnum Mens agitat mihi,

    Verg. A 9, 187. —Sometimes also without mente, animo, and the like, agitare aliquid, in the same signif:

    quodsi ille hoc unum agitare coeperit, esse, etc.,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 96:

    rem a me saepe deliberatam et multum agitatam requiris,

    id. Ac. 1, 2: oratori omnia quaesita, disputata, tractata, agitata ( well considered or weighed) esse debent, id. de Or. 3, 14:

    fugam,

    Verg. A. 2, 640.—So esp. freq. in Tac.:

    Britanni agitare inter se mala servitutis, Agr 15: bellum adversus patrem agitare,

    id. H. 4, 86, id. A. 1, 5; 1, 12.—With de:

    de bello,

    Tac. H. 2, 1:

    agitanti de Claudio,

    id. A. 6, 46:

    de tempore ac loco caedis agitabant,

    id. ib. 15, 50; 1, 12; id. H. 4, 59.—With num:

    agitavere, num Messalinam depellerent amore Silli,

    Tac. A. 11, 29; id. H. 1, 19.— With - ne:

    agitavere placeretne, etc.,

    Tac. H. 3, 1.—With an:

    an Artaxata pergeret, agitavit,

    Tac. A. 13, 41 —With quomodo, Tac. A. 2, 12.—With ut (of purpose):

    ut Neronem pudor caperet, insita spe agitari,

    Tac. A. 16, 26.—
    F.
    To treat or speak of or concerning a thing, to confer about, deliberate upon. Romae per omnīs locos et conventus de facto consulis agitart ( impers., for agitabatur), discussions were had, Sall. J 30, 1;

    cum de foedere victor agitaret,

    Liv. 9, 5; 30, 3.—
    * G.
    Sat agitare, with gen., in Plaut., = sat agere, to have enough to do, to have trouble with: nunc agitas sat tute tuarum rerum, Bacch. 4, 3, 23.

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  • 12 re-ferō

        re-ferō rettulī    (not retulī), relātus (rellātus, T.), referre, to bear back, bring back, drive back, carry back: nihil domum praeter os: ut naves eodem, unde erant profectae, referrentur, Cs.: me referunt pedes in Tusculanum, i. e. I feel a strong impulse to go: in decimum vestigia rettulit annum (victoria), V.: Ad nomen caput ille refert, looks back, O.: suumque Rettulit os in se, drew back, O.: ad Tyneta rursus castra refert, L: digitos ad frontem saepe, O.: pecunias in templum, Cs.: frumentum omne ad se referri iubet, Cs.: Caesaris capite relato, Cs.: cum sanguine mixta Vina refert moriens, spits out, V.—With pron reflex., to go back, return: Romam se rettulit: sese in castra, Cs.: se ad philosophiam: domum me Ad porri catinum, H.: se ob ora Fert refertque, flits to and fro, V.: causa, cur se sol referat. — Pass reflex., to return, arrive: sin reiciemur, tamen eodem paulo tardius referamur necesse est: classem relatam Nuntio, V.: a primā acie ad triarios sensim referebantur, L.—With pedem or (rarely) gradum, to go back, draw back, retire, withdraw, retreat: volneribus defessi pedem referre coeperunt, Cs.: ut paulatim cedant ac pedem referant, Cs.: cum pedes referret gradum, L.: fertque refertque pedes, paces to and fro, O.: pedem referens, V.: Feroque viso retulit retro pedem (viator), Ph.—To give back, give up, return, restore, pay back, pay in return, repay: pateram (subreptam): Par pro pari, tit for tat, T.: Ut puto, non poteras ipsa referre vicem, O.: pannum, H.—Of sound, to bring back, give back, return, answer, echo: (Saxum) eiulata Resonando mutum flebilīs voces refert, Att. ap. C.: ex locis inclusis (soni) referuntur ampliores: referunt quem (sonum) nostra theatra, H.: ‘coëamus’ rettulit Echo, O.—Fig., to bring back, restore, renew, revive, repeat: in suam domum ignominiam: pro re certā spem falsam domum: consuetudo longo intervallo repetita ac relata: Multa labor... rettulit in melius, has improved, V.: quasdam ex magno intervallo caerimonias, L.: rem iudicatam, i. e. cause to be reconsidered: idem illud responsum, repeated, L.: veterem Valeriae gentis in liberandā patriā laudem, restore: neque amissos colores Lana refert, H.—Of the mind or look, to bring back, direct, turn: e cursu populari referre aspectum in curiam, turn towards: animum ad veritatem.—Of time, to bring back, bring again, cause to return, renew: mihi praeteritos annos, V.: Saeculo festas referente luces, H.—In the phrase, referre gratiam (rarely gratias), to return thanks, show gratitude, recompense, requite: Inveniam, parem ubi referam gratiam, a way to pay him off, T.: Et habetur et referetur tibi gratia, T.: pro eo mihi ac mereor relaturos esse gratiam: Caesari pro eius meritis gratiam referre, Cs.: gratiam factis, O.: pro tantis eorum in rem p. meritis eis gratiae referantur. —To present again, set forth anew, represent, repeat: Hecyram ad vos, T.: Actia pugna per pueros refertur, is rehearsed, H.: parentis sui speciem, L.: robora parentum liberi referunt, Ta.: (Tellus) figuras Rettulit antiquas, O.: parvulus Aeneas, qui te tamen ore referret, V.: Marsigni sermone Suevos referunt, recall, Ta.—To say in return, rejoin, answer, reply, respond: id me illorum defensioni rettulisse: ego tibi refero, I reply to you: retices, nec mutua nostris Dicta refers, O.: Anna refert, V.: Tandem pauca refert, V.—To repeat, report, announce, relate, recount, assert, tell, say: quantum, inquam, debetis? respondent CVI; refero ad Scaptium, report it: saepe aliter est dictum, aliter ad nos relatum: abi, quaere, et refer, H.: talīs miserrima fletūs Fertque refertque soror (sc. ad Aeneam), V.: pugnam referunt, O.: factum dictumve, L.: Aut agitur res in scaenis aut acta refertur, or related, H.: multum referens de Maecenate, Iu.: inveni qui se vidisse referret, O.: pugnatum (esse) in annalīs referre, L.—To repeat to oneself, call to mind, think over: tacitāque recentia mente Visa refert, O.: Haec refer, O.: Mente memor refero, O.—To make known officially, report, announce, notify: haec ad suos, Cs.: legationem Romam, L.: capitum numerus ad eum relatus est, Cs.: rumores excipere et ad se referre. —To submit for consideration, propose for decision, make a motion, offer a proposition, consult, refer, move, bring forward, propose: de consularibus provinciis ad senatum referre, lay before the senate the question of, etc.: de quo legando consules spero ad senatum relaturos: de eā re postulant uti referatur, S.: tunc relata de integro res ad senatum, L.: referunt consules de re p., Cs.: de signo dedicando ad pontificum collegium: eam rem ad consilium, L.: referre se dixit, quid de Nabidis bello placeret, put the question, L.: id postea referendum ad populum non arbitrari, should be referred again: tu non ad Lucilium rettulisti, did not consult.—To note down, enter, inscribe, register, record, enroll: ut nec triumviri accipiundo nec scribae referundo sufficerent, L.: in tabulas quodcumque commodum est: nomen in codicem accepti et expensi relatum: tuas epistulas in volumina, i. e. admit: in reos, in proscriptos referri, to be registered: senatūs consulta pecuniā acceptā falsa referebat, recorded: cum ex CXXV iudicibus reus L referret (opp. reicere), i. e. accepted.— Of accounts: rationes totidem verbis referre ad aerarium, to account to the treasury: in rationibus referendis, in accounting: relatis ad eum publicis cum fide rationibus, faithful accounts, Cs.: si hanc ex faenore pecuniam populo non rettuleris, reddas societati, account for this money to the people: (pecuniam) in aerarium, pay in, L.: pecuniam operi publico, charge as expended for a public building; cf. octonis referentes idibus aera, i. e. paying the school-fees, H.—With acceptum, to credit, see accipio.—To account, reckon, regard, consider: imagines in deorum numero: terram et caelum in deos: libri in eundem librorum numerum referendi: hi tamen inter Germanos referuntur, Ta.: refert inter meritorum maxima, demptos Aesonis esse sitūs, O.: eodem Q. Caepionem referrem, should place in the same category.—To ascribe, refer, attribute: pecudum ritu ad voluptatem omnia: omnia ad igneam vim: tuum est, quid mihi nunc animi sit, ad te ipsum referre: id, quo omnia, quae recte fierent, referrentur: origines suas ad deos referre auctores, L.: Hinc omne principium, huc refer exitum, H.: eius, in quem referet crimen, culpa: alius in alium culpam referebant, imputed, Cu.

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  • 13 volitō

        volitō āvī, ātus, āre, freq.    [2 volo], to fly to and fro, fly around, flit about, flutter: aves volitare: (volucris) Propter humum volitat, O.: aquila cum magno clamore volitans, L.—To fly about, flutter, float around, hover, wander: volitans totā acie, L.: mediis in milibus Ductores, V.: totā Asiā vagatur, volitat ut rex: volitant per mare navitae, cruise, H.: stellae: litora circum, V.: et tenues animae volitare silentum, O.: si nostri animi... volitare cupiant vacui curā, to wander about.— Fig., to fly, flutter about, fly to and fro, move: volito vivu' per ora virūm, Enn. ap. C.: speremus nostrum nomen volitare latissime.—To aspire, rise, be elevated, be elated: nec volitabo in hoc insolentius: (Clodius) volitat, furit.
    * * *
    volitare, volitavi, volitatus V
    fly about, hover over

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  • 14 ventilo

    ventĭlo, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [ventulus], to toss, swing, brandish in the air; to fan. [p. 1970]
    I.
    Lit.
    A.
    In gen.:

    facem,

    Prop. 4 (5), 3, 50:

    arma,

    Mart. 5, 31, 4:

    aureos nummos manu,

    App. M. 2, p. 126, 14.— Absol.:

    quam stultum est, cum signum pugnae acceperis, ventilare!

    Sen. Ep. 117, 25:

    aliud est pugnare, aliud ventilare,

    id. Excerpt. Contr. 3 praef. med.:

    cubitum utrumque in diversum latus,

    Quint. 11, 3, 118:

    populeas ventilat aura comas,

    fans, sways, agitates, Ov. Am. 1, 7, 54:

    incendia (flatus),

    i. e. to fan, inflame, kindle, Sil. 17, 507: frigus, fans coolness upon him, i. e. cools him with fanning, Mart. 3, 82, 10.— Absol.:

    aestate apertis foribus atque etiam aliquo ventilante cubabat,

    Suet. Aug. 82: ventilat aestivum digitis sudantibus aurum, i. e. tosses to and fro (as it were) in order to cool it, Juv. 1, 28:

    alis,

    Claud. in Eutr. 1, 109.—Mid.:

    alio atque alio positu ventilari,

    to move one's self, Sen. Tranq. 2, 10.—
    B.
    In partic., econom. t. t., to toss grain into the air, in order to cleanse it from chaff, to winnow, Varr. R. R. 1, 55, 6; Col. 12, 30, 1; 1, 6, 16; Plin. 18, 30, 73, § 302; 18, 32, 75, § 322.—
    II.
    Trop., to set in motion, to move, disturo, agitate, disquiet: cujus lingua quasi flabello seditionis illa tum est egentium contio ventilata, * Cic. Fl. 23, 54:

    nomen alicujus pro tribunalibus,

    i. e. to bring forward, App. Mag. p. 337, 30: vitam insontium Manibus accitis, Cod. Th. 9, 16, 5; Cod. Just. 9, 18, 6.

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  • 15 com-meō (conm-)

        com-meō (conm-) āvī, ātus, āre,    to go and come, pass to and fro, move back and forth, go about: ultro citro: tuto ab hostium incursu, Cs.: quā viā omnes commeabant, N.: illo mari, Ta.: ad ea furta quae reliquisses.—To come, have recourse, make frequent visits, frequent: huc raro in urbem, T.: minime ad eos, Cs.: quo omnes cum mercibus commeabant: illius litterae ad nos.

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  • 16 mico

    mĭco, ŭi ( pf. subj. micaverit, Sol. 53), 1, v. n. [Sanscr. mish-, to wink], to move quickly to and fro, to have a vibrating or tremulous motion, to quiver, shake, tremble, e. g. of the pulse; to beat, palpitate; to spring forth, of fountains; of the tremulous rays of the stars, to twinkle, sparkle, glitter, gleam, flash (class.).
    I.
    In gen.:

    venae et arteriae micare non desinunt,

    Cic. N. D. 2, 9, 24:

    linguis micat ore trisulcis,

    Verg. G. 3, 439:

    gladii,

    Liv. 6, 12, 9:

    corque timore micat,

    beats, palpitates, Ov. F. 3, 36:

    nec audissem corde micante tubam,

    for the beating, Prop. 1, 10, 12:

    metu micuere sinus,

    Ov. H. 1, 45:

    et modo cervicem, modo crura micantia captat,

    id. M. 9, 37:

    noctuarum genus, quibus pluma aurium modo micat,

    Plin. 29, 6, 38, § 117: semianimesque micant (culi (of a head cut off), twitch, Enn. ap. Serv. Verg. A. 10, 396 (Ann. v. 463 Vahl.):

    digiti (of a hand cut off),

    Verg. A. 10, 396:

    auribus (of a horse),

    id. G. 3, 84:

    micuere fontes,

    spring forth, Luc. 4, 300:

    citatus vulnere angusto micat (cruor),

    Sen. Oedip. 345:

    fulmina etiam sic undique micabant, ut peti viderentur corpora,

    flashed in every direction, Liv. 40, 58, 5:

    inter horrendos fragores micare ignes,

    id. 21, 58, 5:

    tum micent gladii,

    id. 6, 12, 9:

    eo ferocior inlatus hostis urgere scutis, micare gladiis,

    id. 4, 37, 10.—
    II.
    In partic.
    A.
    To raise suddenly some of the fingers and let another instantly guess their number, which was practised both as a game of chance (called in Italy mora) and as a mode of deciding doubtful matters:

    micare est sortiri digitis,

    Non. 347, 27: micandum erit cum Graeco, utrum... an, Varr. ap. Non. 347, 30:

    quid enim sors est? item propemodum, quod micare, quod talos jacere,

    Cic. Div. 2, 41, 85:

    quasi sorte, aut micando,

    id. Off. 3, 23, 90:

    patrem et filium pro vita rogantes sortiri vel micare jussisse,

    Suet. Aug. 13.—Prov.:

    dignus est, quicum in tenebris mices, said of a thoroughly honest man, since it would be easy to cheat in the dark,

    Cic. Off. 3, 19, 77:

    cum quo audacter posses in tenebris micare,

    Petr. 44.—Also in contracts: RATIO DOCVIT, CONSVETVDINE MICANDI SVMMOTA, SVB EXAGIO POTIVS PECORA VENDERE, QVAM DIGITIS CONCLVDENTIBVS TRADERE, Edict. in Inscr. Orell. 3166.—
    B.
    Poet. of the brilliancy of the stars, of the eyes, etc., to flash, gleam, beam, shine, be bright:

    micat inter omnes Julium sidus,

    Hor. C. 1, 12, 46:

    micat ignibus aether,

    Verg. A. 1, 90. oculis micat ignis, fire flashes from his eyes, id. ib. 12, 102:

    ex oculis micat acrius ardor,

    Lucr. 3, 289:

    micant ardorem orbes luminis,

    Verg. Cul. 220:

    genitor circum caput omne micantes Deposuit radios,

    Ov. M. 2, 40:

    celeri micuerunt nubila flamma,

    id. Tr. 1, 2, 45.—Hence, mĭcans, antis, P. a., twinkling, sparkling, glittering, gleaming, flashing, glowing:

    stella micans radiis Arcturus, Cic. Div. Poët. 2, 42, 110: micantes stellae,

    Ov. M. 7, 100; Vulg. Job, 38, 31:

    oculos circumtulit igne micantes,

    Ov. M. 15, 674:

    vultus,

    Liv. 6, 13.— Comp.:

    radius sole micantior,

    Prud. Cath. 5, 44.

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  • 17 vibro

    vī̆bro, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. and n. [cf. Sanscr. vip, to tremble].
    I. A.
    Lit.:

    hastas ante pugnam,

    Cic. de Or. 2, 80, 325:

    hastam,

    id. Off. 2, 8, 29:

    flamina vestes,

    to cause to flutter, Ov. M. 1, 528:

    faces,

    Claud. Epith. 97:

    multifidas linguas (draco),

    Val. Fl. 1, 61:

    tremor vibrat ossa,

    makes tremble, Claud. Rapt. Pros. 3, 152:

    viscera vibrantur (equitando),

    are shaken about, Tac. A. 12, 51:

    impositus scuto more gentis et sustinentium umeris vibratus, dux eligitur,

    id. H. 4, 15:

    digitis vibratis jactare sententias,

    Quint. 11, 3, 120:

    thyrsum manu,

    Sen. Oedip. 420:

    serpens squalidum crista caput vibrans,

    id. Herc. Oet. 1254.— Poet.:

    vibrata flammis aequora,

    i. e. glimmering, sparkling, Val. Fl. 8, 306:

    crines vibrati,

    i. e. curled, frizzled, Verg. A. 12, 100; Plin. 2, 78, 80, § 189.—

    Mid.: sic mea vibrari pallentia membra videres,

    Ov. H. 11, 77.—
    2.
    Transf., to throw with a vibratory motion, to launch, hurl:

    sicas et spargere venena,

    Cic. Cat. 2, 10, 23:

    conferti et quasi cohaerentes tela vibrare non poterant,

    Curt. 3, 11, 4:

    tremulum excusso jaculum lacerto,

    Ov. H. 4, 43:

    per auras spicula,

    id. M. 8, 374:

    fulmina (Juppiter),

    id. ib. 2, 308; cf.:

    vibratus ab aethere fulgor,

    Verg. A. 8, 524:

    jaculum ex arborum ramis vibrari,

    Plin. 8, 23, 35, § 85. —
    B.
    Trop.
    1.
    Of language, to fling, hurl, launch:

    truces vibrare iambos,

    Cat. 36, 5; cf. 2. vibratus, II.—
    2.
    To threaten:

    tela undique mortem vibrantia,

    Amm. 31, 13, 2. —
    II. A.
    Lit.
    1.
    In gen., to shake, quiver, vibrate, tremble:

    linguā vibrante (serpentis),

    Lucr. 3, 657; Ov. M. 3, 34:

    terrae motus non simplici modo quatitur, sed tremit vibratque,

    Plin. 2, 80, 82, § 194.—
    2.
    Of the voice or sounds, to tremble:

    (haec vox) sonat adhuc et vibrat in auribus meis,

    Sen. Prov. 3, 3; cf.:

    sonus lusciniae vibrans,

    Plin. 10, 29, 43, § 82:

    querelā adhuc vibrante,

    Val. Max. 5, 3, 2:

    ejusmodi fabulae vibrabant,

    Petr. 47.—
    3.
    To glimmer, glitter, gleam, scintillate, etc.:

    mare, quā a sole collucet, albescit et vibrat,

    Cic. Ac. 2, 33, 105: signa, Flor. 3, 11:

    in tremulo vibrant incendia ponto,

    Sil. 2, 664; Val. Fl. 2, 583; 2, 342; Claud. Rapt. Pros. 2, 2.—Of bright weapons:

    juvenes Tela tenent dextrā lato vibrantia ferro,

    Ov. M. 8, 342:

    gladius,

    Verg. A. 9, 769; cf.:

    clipeum Vibranti medium cuspis transverberat ictu,

    id. ib. 10, 484.—
    B.
    Trop., of language:

    cujus (Demosthenis) non tam vibrarent fulmina illa, nisi numeris contorta ferrentur,

    would not have been hurled with such vigor, Cic. Or. 70, 234; cf.:

    oratio incitata et vibrans,

    id. Brut. 95, 326:

    sententiae,

    Quint. 10, 1, 60; 11, 3, 120. —Hence, vĭbrātus, a, um, P. a., impetuous, forcible:

    iambus flammis fulminis vibratior,

    Aus. Ep. 21, 5.

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  • 18 micō

        micō uī, —, āre,    to move quickly to and fro, vibrate, quiver, shake, tremble, beat, palpitate: venae et arteriae micare non desinunt: linguis micat ore trisulcis, V.: corque timore micat, palpitates, O.: micant digiti, twitch, V.—In the finger game (Ital. mora), suddenly to stretch out fingers, the number to be instantly guessed by the other player: quasi sorte, aut micando.—Prov.: dignus est, quicum in tenebris mices, i. e. perfectly honest.— To flash, gleam, glitter, beam, shine, be bright: fulmina etiam sic undique micabant, flashed in every direction, L.: tum micent gladii, L.: micat inter omnes Iulium sidus, H.: oculis micat ignis, fire flashes from his eyes, V.: nubila flammā, O.
    * * *
    micare, micui, - V
    vibrate, quiver, twinkle; tremble, throb; beat (pulse); dart, flash, glitter

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