to represent distinctly

prō-fĕro, tŭli, lātum, ferre ( inf. pass. parag. proferrier, Lucr. 1, 207;

proferis for profers,

Firm. Mat. 22, 3), v. a.

Lit.

To carry or bring out, to bring forth (class.; cf.: prodo, produco, adduco): Al. Vin' proferri pateram? Am. Proferri volo. Al. Fiat:

tu, Thessala, intus pateram proferto foras,

Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 137:

arma tormentaque ex oppido,

Caes. B. C. 2, 22:

(nummos) ex arcā,

Cic. Rosc. Com. 11, 29.—

To extend, stretch, or thrust out:

linguam in tussiendo,

Plaut. As. 4, 1, 50:

manum,

id. Ps. 3, 2, 72:

digitum,

Cic. Caecin. 25, 71.—

Se proferre, to raise one's self, show one's self, appear (post-Aug.):

draco e pulvino se proferens,

Suet. Ner. 6.—

To offer, proffer:

alicui minas viginti argenti,

Plaut. As. 3, 3, 60.—Esp.,

Proferre gradum or pedem, to go on, proceed:

gradum proferam, progredi properabo,

Plaut. Men. 5, 2, 2: gradum pedum proferre, Enn ap Fest. p. 249:

passus, Lucr 4, 874: longe pedem,

Quint. 11, 3, 160; cf.: pedem, Hor A. P 135. —

As milit. t. t.: signa proferre, to advance the standards, march on, Liv 4, 32, 10; so,

proferre inde castra,

id. 10, 33, 7:

quidquid ab urbe longius proferrent arma,

id. 7, 32, 6.—Also,

Nautical t t.:

pedibus profatis in contrarium navigare,

to sail close to the wind, Plin. 2, 47, 48; cf.:

prolato pede transversos captare notos,

Sen. Med. 321.—

Transf.

To bring forth, produce, cause to grow, of plants (postAug.):

caelum laurum patitur, atque etiam nitidissimam profert,

Plin. Ep. 5, 6, 4:

semen,

Plin. 17, 13, 20, § 95 (al. perfert). —

Of pronunciation, to utter, pronounce (post-Aug.):

extremas syllabas,

Quint. 11, 3, 33.—

To extend, enlarge (class.):

castra, Caes, B. C. 1, 81: et proferre libet fines,

Juv. 14, 142:

pomoerium,

Gell. 13, 14, 2.—

To put off, defer, adjourn, etc. (class.): rem aliquot dies, Cat. ap. Gell. 7, 3, 14:

auctionis diem laxius proferre,

Cic. Att. 13, 14, 1:

aliquid in diem posterum,

Gell. 1, 23, 5; cf. Liv. 3, 20, 6.—

Of a painter, to bring out, to represent distinctly (post-Aug.);

venas protulit,

Plin. 35, 8, 34, § 56.—

Trop.

With se, to raise, elevate one's self (post-Aug.):

qui se ipsi protulerunt,

who have raised themselves from ignorance, Sen. Ep. 52, 3; Plin. Ep. 1, 13, 1.—

To bring out, make known, produce in public, publish (class.):

ejus (orationis) proferendae arbitrium tuum,

Cic. Att. 15, 13, 1:

artem,

to exhibit publicly, Suet. Ner 25 —

To bring forth, produce, invent, discover, make known, reveal (class.):

artem,

Cic. Ac. 2, 1, 2:

palam proferre aliquid, Ter Ad. 3, 2, 41: cum illa indicia communis exitii indagavi, patefeci, protuli,

Cic. Mil. 37, 102:

aliquid foras,

id. Cael. 23, 57:

rem in medium,

id. Fam. 15, 2, 6:

secreta animi,

Plin. 14, 22, 28, § 141:

Montanum, quia protulerit ingenium, extorrem agi,

displayed his genius, Tac. A. 16, 29 fin. —

To bring forward, quote, cite, mention (class.);

libros,

Cic. N. D. 1, 40, 113:

testes, legatos,

id. Balb. 18, 41:

auctores,

id. de Or 2, 71, 290:

nominatim multos,

id. Rosc. Am 16, 47;

paucos belli duces praestantissimos,

id. de Or 1, 2, 7:

vinolentiam alicujus,

id. Phil. 2, 39, 101:

vim, potentiam, factiones, divitias, clientelas, affinitates adversariorum,

Auct. Her. 1, 5, 8:

aliquid in medium,

Cic. Verr 2, 4, 52, § 115; id. Fin. 2, 23, 76; Plaut. Am. 2, 1, 41:

memoriter Progeniem suam usque ab avo atque atavo, Ter Phorm. 2, 3, 48: exempla omnium nota,

Cic. Div 1, 46, 103.—

To extend, enlarge:

fines officiorum,

Cic. Mur. 31, 65:

memoriam alicujus,

to prolong, Plin. Ep. 5, 12, 2:

ut vita ejus debuerit inmortalitate proferri,

id. ib. 2, 7, 4; 3, 7, 14.—

To impel:

si paulo longius pietas Caecilium protulisset,

Cic. Sull. 23, 64.—With se:

cum se ad clarissimorum civium strages caedesque proferret,

Plin. Pan. 48.—

To lengthen out, prolong (class.):

beatam vitam usque ad rogum proferre,

Cic. Fin. 3, 22, 76:

ut depositi proferret fata parentis,

Verg. A. 12, 395.

= subject, object of study, under study

Ex. Some early codes included recommendations for filing practices and subject headings, but these are usually now the subject of a separate list or set of rules.

Ex. The results show that theses made at the two departments represent two distinctly different approaches to a common object of study.

Ex. Bereday calls this type of comparison 'balanced' and describes it as 'a systematic shuttling back and forth between the areas under study'.

* * *

ex-prĭmo, pressi, pressum, 3, v. a. [premo], to press or squeeze out, to force out (class.).

Lit.:

oleum ex malobathro,

Plin. 12, 26, 59, § 129:

sucum expresso semini,

id. 20, 1, 2, § 3:

sucum flore,

id. 21, 19, 74, § 127:

sucum radici,

id. 27, 13, 109, § 136; cf.: vinum palmis, oleum sesamae (dat.), id. 6, 28, 32, § 161:

oleum amygdalis,

id. 13, 1, 2, § 8:

sudorem de corpore,

Lucr. 5, 487:

lacrimulam oculos terendo,

Ter. Eun. 1, 1, 23:

si nubium conflictu ardor expressus se emiserit, id esse fulmen,

Cic. Div. 2, 19, 44:

liquorem per densa foramina (cribri),

Ov. M. 12, 438; cf.:

aquam in altum,

Plin. 31, 3, 23, § 39:

aquam in altitudinem,

Vitr. 8, 7:

quantum has (turres) quotidianus agger expresserat,

had carried up, raised, Caes. B. G. 7, 22, 4 Oud.:

pecuniam alicui,

Suet. Oth. 5; id. Vesp. 4.—

Transf.

With an object denoting that out of which something is pressed or squeezed, to press, squeeze, wring:

spongiam ex oleo vel aceto,

Cels. 5, 24 med.:

lanam ex vino vel aceto,

Plin. 29, 2, 9, § 31; cf.:

Venus madidas exprimit imbre comas,

Ov. A. A. 3, 224:

spongiae expressae inter duas tabulas,

Plin. 31, 11, 47, § 128:

oleam,

id. 12, 27, 60, § 130:

folia rosae,

id. 21, 18, 73, § 122:

tuberculum,

id. 11, 11, 12, § 29.—

To form by pressure, to represent, form, model, portray, express (mostly poet. and in postAug. prose;

freq. in the elder Pliny): (faber) et ungues exprimet et molles imitabitur aere capillos,

Hor. A. P. 33; cf.:

alicujus furorem... verecundiae ruborem,

Plin. 34, 14, 40, § 140:

expressa in cera ex anulo imago,

Plaut. Ps. 1, 1, 54:

imaginem hominis gypso e facie ipsa,

Plin. 35, 12, 44, § 153; cf.:

effigiem de signis,

id. ib.:

optime Herculem Delphis et Alexandrum, etc.,

id. 34, 8, 19, § 66 et saep.:

vestis stricta et singulos artus exprimens,

exhibiting, showing, Tac. G. 17:

pulcher aspectu sit athleta, cujus lacertos exercitatio expressit,

has well developed, made muscular, Quint. 8, 3, 10.

Trop.

To squeeze or wring out, to extort, wrest, elicit: lex, quam ex natura ipsa arripuimus, hausimus, expressimus, qs. pressed out, Cic. Mil. 4, 10:

utilitas expressit nomina rerum,

has imposed, Lucr. 5, 1029: cf.:

cum ab iis saepius quaereret, neque ullam omnino vocem exprimere posset,

Caes. B. G. 1, 32, 3:

expressa est Romanis necessitas obsides dandi,

Liv. 2, 13, 4:

confessionem concessi maris hosti,

id. 37, 31, 5:

confessionem cruciatu,

Suet. Galb. 10:

deditionem ultimā necessitate,

Liv. 8, 2, 6:

pecunia vi expressa et coacta,

Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 69, § 165:

tu si tuis blanditiis a Sicyoniis nummulorum aliquid expresseris,

Cic. Att. 1, 19, 9:

risum magis quam gemitum,

Plin. Ep. 4, 7, 7 et saep.—With ut:

expressi, ut conficere se tabulas negaret,

have constrained, Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 47, § 112:

expressit, ut polliceretur,

Curt. 6, 7. —

Transf. (acc. to I. B. 2.), to imitate, copy, represent, to portray, describe, express, esp. in words (cf. reddo):

cum magnitudine animi tum liberalitate vitam patris et consuetudinem expresserit,

i. e. imitated, Cic. Rab. Post. 2, 4:

lex expressa ad naturam,

id. Leg. 2, 5, 13:

vitia imitatione ex aliquo expressa,

id. de Or. 3, 12, 47:

rem ante oculos ponit, cum exprimit omnia perspicue, ut res prope dicam manu tentari possit,

Auct. Her. 4, 40, 62; cf. id. ib. §

63: hanc speciem Pasiteles caelavit argento et noster expressit Archias versibus,

Cic. Div. 1, 36, 79:

mores alicujus oratione,

id. de Or. 2, 43, 184:

multas nobis imagines fortissimorum virorum expressas scriptores Graeci et Latini reliquerunt,

id. Arch. 6, 14; cf. id. ib. 12, 30:

in Platonis libris omnibus fere Socrates exprimitur,

id. de Or. 3, 4, 15: Mithridaticum bellum magnum atque difficile totum ab hoc expressum est, depicted to the life, id. Arch. 9, 21; cf.:

ut Euryalum exprimat infans,

may resemble, Juv. 6, 81.—With rel.-clause as object:

diligenter, quae vis subjecta sit vocibus,

id. Fin. 2, 2, 6:

exprimere non possum, quanto sim gaudio affectus,

tell, express, Plin. Ep. 5, 15, 2; Vell. 2, 124, 1:

verbis exprimere quid quis sentiat,

Plin. Ep. 5, 16, 7:

quod exprimere dicendo sensa possumus,

Cic. de Or. 1, 8, 32:

mores in scriptis exprimere,

Suet. Vit. Ter. 4.—Of translating into another language, to render, translate:

si modo id exprimere Latine potuero,

Cic. Rep. 1, 43; cf. id. ib. 1, 44: katalêpsin, verbum e verbo exprimentes comprehensionem dicemus, id. Ac. 2, 10, 31:

nec tamen exprimi verbum e verbo necesse erit,

id. Fin. 3, 4, 15; cf.:

verbum de verbo expressum extulit,

Ter. Ad. prol. 11:

fabellae Latinae ad verbum de Graecis expressae,

Cic. Fin. 1, 2, 4; Plin. Ep. 4, 18, 1.—Of words, to pronounce, utter:

nolo exprimi litteras putidius nolo obscurari neglegentius,

with affected distinctness, Cic. de Or. 3, 11, 41:

verba,

Quint. 1, 2, 6; 9, 4, 10; 40 al.—Rarely of a personal object:

oratorem imitando effingere atque exprimere,

Cic. de Or. 2, 22, 90:

moderatorem rei publicae nostris libris diligenter expressimus,

id. Att. 8, 11, 1.—Hence, expressus, a, um, P. a., clearly exhibited, prominent, distinct, visible, manifest, clear, plain, express (syn. solidus, opp. adumbratus).

Lit.:

species deorum, quae nihil concreti habeat, nihil solidi, nihil expressi, nihil eminentis,

Cic. N. D. 1, 27, 75; cf.:

litterae lituraeque omnes assimulatae, expressae,

id. Verr. 2, 2, 77, § 189:

corpora lacertis expressa,

powerful, muscular, Quint. 8 praef. §

19: protinus omnibus membris, expressus infans,

fully formed, id. 2, 4, 6.—

Trop.

In gen.:

habuit Catilina permulta maximarum non expressa signa, sed adumbrata virtutum,

Cic. Cael. 5, 12; cf.:

est gloria solida quaedam res et expressa, non adumbrata,

id. Tusc. 3, 2, 3 (v. Madv. ad Cic. Fin. 5, 22, 62, p. 723 sq.):

indicia solida et expressa,

id. Planc. 12; cf.:

veri juris germanaeque justitiae solida et expressa effigies,

id. Off. 3, 17, 69:

expressa sceleris vestigia,

id. Rosc. Am. 22, 62:

expressiora et illustriora,

id. Fam. 1, 7, 9; cf. Plin. Ep. 5, 15, 3; and:

quid expressius atque signatius in hanc causam?

Tert. Res. Carn. 3.—

Expressa carmina Battiadae, translated, Cat. 65, 16.—Of distinct pronunciation:

vitia oris emendet, ut expressa sint verba, ut suis quaeque litterae sonis enuntientur,

Quint. 1, 11, 4:

expressior sermo,

id. 1, 1, 37:

expressior loquacitas generi picarum est,

Plin. 10, 42, 59, § 118. —In a bad sense, of a too emphatic, affected pronunciation: sonus erat dulcis: litterae neque expressae neque oppressae, ne aut obscurum esset aut putidum, Cic Off. 1, 37, 133.—Hence, adv.: expressē.

Lit., with pressure, strongly:

artus expressius fricare,

Scrib. Comp. 198.—

Trop., expressly, distinctly, clearly:

conscripta exempla,

Auct. Her. 4, 7, 10:

quod ipsum expressius Hesiodus hoc versu significavit,

Col. 11, 1, 29.—Of pronunciation, distinctly:

ut ea (R littera) a nullo expressius efferretur,

Val. Max. 8, 7, 1 ext.

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dē-scrībo, psi, ptum (in MSS. and edd. often confounded with discribo, q. v.), 3, v. a.

To copy off, transcribe any thing from an original (freq. in Cic.;

elsewh. rare): scripsit Balbus ad me, se a te (i. e. e tuo exemplo) quintum de Finibus librum descripsisse,

Cic. Att. 13, 21; cf. id. Ac. 2, 4, 11:

epistolam,

id. Att. 8, 9; id. Fam. 12, 17, 2;

12, 7, 22: legem,

Suet. Cal. 41; id. Dom. 20; so, to write down, write out:

carmina in foliis,

Verg. A. 3, 445;

in carved letters: in viridi cortice carmina,

id. E. 5, 14.— Class. and far more freq.,

To sketch off, to describe in painting, writing, etc.: delineare, definire.

Lit.:

non potuit pictor rectius describere ejus formam,

Plaut. As. 2, 3, 22; so,

geometricas formas in harena,

Cic. Rep. 1, 17 fin.:

formas in pulvere,

Liv. 25, 31; cf. Cic. Fin. 5, 19; id. Clu. 32, 87; id. Sen. 14, 49:

sphaeram,

id. Rep. 1, 14; cf.

caelum,

Varr. R. R. 2, 1, 7:

caeli meatus radio,

Verg. A. 6, 851; cf. id. E. 3, 41:

vitam votivā tabellā,

Hor. S. 2, 1, 33 et saep.—

Trop.

To represent, delineate, describe:

malos mores,

Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 165; cf.:

hominum sermones moresque,

Cic. Or. 40, 138:

definienda res erit verbis et breviter describenda,

id. Inv. 1, 8 fin:

qualem (mulierem) ego paulo ante descripsi,

id. Cael. 20, 50; id. Phil. 2, 44; id. Sull. 29 fin.:

me latronem ac sicarium,

id. Mil. 18, 47:

si quis erat dignus describi, quod malus ac fur, etc.,

Hor. S. 1, 4, 3:

malo carmine,

id. Ep. 2, 1, 154; Quint. 3, 4, 3:

vulnera Parthi,

Hor. S. 2, 1, 15:

lucum, aram Dianae, flumen Rhenum, pluvium arcum,

id. A. P. 18 et saep.:

praecepta,

id. S. 2, 3, 34:

facta versibus,

Nep. Att. 18, 6. —Rarely

with acc. and inf.:

nec qui descripsit corrumpi semina matrum,

Ov. Tr. 2, 415; Gell. 9, 1.— Part. subst.: dēscrip-ta, ōrum, n.:

recitari factorum dictorumque ejus descripta per dies jussit,

the diary, Tac. A. 6, 24.—

To mark off, define, divide, distribute into parts. (But whenever the notion of distribution or division is implied, the form discribo seems to have been used by class. writers; and is now restored where de-scr. is found in earlier edd., e.g. Cic. Rep. 2, 8; id. de Or. 2, 71, 288; id. Sest. 30, 66 et saep.) Cf.:

libertinos in quatuor urbanas tribus,

Liv. 45, 15:

annum in duodecim menses,

Liv. 1, 19; Flor. 1, 2, 2. —Without in.:

commode omnes descripti, aetates, classes, equitatus,

Cic. Rep. 4, 2; and:

classes centuriasque et hunc ordinem ex censu descripsit,

Liv. 1, 42:

terram,

Vulg. Jos. 18, 6 al. et saep.—

Aliquid (alicui), to ascribe, apportion, appoint, assign to any one (cf. remark, no. 2 supra); cf.: vecturas frumenti finitimis civitatibus, * Caes. B. C. 3, 42, 4; Liv. 1, 32 al.:

officia,

to define, Cic. Ac. 2, 36; id. Fam. 12, 1:

vices (poetae),

Hor. A. P. 86:

munera pugnae,

Sil. 9, 267 et saep.—Hence, dēscrip-tus, a, um, P. a., qs. marked out, i. e. precisely ordered, properly arranged (ap. Cic.):

materies orationis omnibus locis descripta, instructa ornataque,

Cic. de Or. 2, 34, 145; cf.:

ordo verborum,

id. Or. 59, 200:

natura nihil est aptius, nihil descriptius,

id. Fin. 3, 22, 74.— Neutr. plur. as subst.: dēscrip-ta, orum, things recorded, writings, Tac. A. 6, 24.— Sup. does not occur.—

* Adv.: dē-scriptē, distinctly, precisely:

descripte et electe digerere, opp. confuse et permixte dispergere,

Cic. Inv. 1, 30, 49.

dē-scrībo, psi, ptum (in MSS. and edd. often confounded with discribo, q. v.), 3, v. a.

To copy off, transcribe any thing from an original (freq. in Cic.;

elsewh. rare): scripsit Balbus ad me, se a te (i. e. e tuo exemplo) quintum de Finibus librum descripsisse,

Cic. Att. 13, 21; cf. id. Ac. 2, 4, 11:

epistolam,

id. Att. 8, 9; id. Fam. 12, 17, 2;

12, 7, 22: legem,

Suet. Cal. 41; id. Dom. 20; so, to write down, write out:

carmina in foliis,

Verg. A. 3, 445;

in carved letters: in viridi cortice carmina,

id. E. 5, 14.— Class. and far more freq.,

To sketch off, to describe in painting, writing, etc.: delineare, definire.

Lit.:

non potuit pictor rectius describere ejus formam,

Plaut. As. 2, 3, 22; so,

geometricas formas in harena,

Cic. Rep. 1, 17 fin.:

formas in pulvere,

Liv. 25, 31; cf. Cic. Fin. 5, 19; id. Clu. 32, 87; id. Sen. 14, 49:

sphaeram,

id. Rep. 1, 14; cf.

caelum,

Varr. R. R. 2, 1, 7:

caeli meatus radio,

Verg. A. 6, 851; cf. id. E. 3, 41:

vitam votivā tabellā,

Hor. S. 2, 1, 33 et saep.—

Trop.

To represent, delineate, describe:

malos mores,

Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 165; cf.:

hominum sermones moresque,

Cic. Or. 40, 138:

definienda res erit verbis et breviter describenda,

id. Inv. 1, 8 fin:

qualem (mulierem) ego paulo ante descripsi,

id. Cael. 20, 50; id. Phil. 2, 44; id. Sull. 29 fin.:

me latronem ac sicarium,

id. Mil. 18, 47:

si quis erat dignus describi, quod malus ac fur, etc.,

Hor. S. 1, 4, 3:

malo carmine,

id. Ep. 2, 1, 154; Quint. 3, 4, 3:

vulnera Parthi,

Hor. S. 2, 1, 15:

lucum, aram Dianae, flumen Rhenum, pluvium arcum,

id. A. P. 18 et saep.:

praecepta,

id. S. 2, 3, 34:

facta versibus,

Nep. Att. 18, 6. —Rarely

with acc. and inf.:

nec qui descripsit corrumpi semina matrum,

Ov. Tr. 2, 415; Gell. 9, 1.— Part. subst.: dēscrip-ta, ōrum, n.:

recitari factorum dictorumque ejus descripta per dies jussit,

the diary, Tac. A. 6, 24.—

To mark off, define, divide, distribute into parts. (But whenever the notion of distribution or division is implied, the form discribo seems to have been used by class. writers; and is now restored where de-scr. is found in earlier edd., e.g. Cic. Rep. 2, 8; id. de Or. 2, 71, 288; id. Sest. 30, 66 et saep.) Cf.:

libertinos in quatuor urbanas tribus,

Liv. 45, 15:

annum in duodecim menses,

Liv. 1, 19; Flor. 1, 2, 2. —Without in.:

commode omnes descripti, aetates, classes, equitatus,

Cic. Rep. 4, 2; and:

classes centuriasque et hunc ordinem ex censu descripsit,

Liv. 1, 42:

terram,

Vulg. Jos. 18, 6 al. et saep.—

Aliquid (alicui), to ascribe, apportion, appoint, assign to any one (cf. remark, no. 2 supra); cf.: vecturas frumenti finitimis civitatibus, * Caes. B. C. 3, 42, 4; Liv. 1, 32 al.:

officia,

to define, Cic. Ac. 2, 36; id. Fam. 12, 1:

vices (poetae),

Hor. A. P. 86:

munera pugnae,

Sil. 9, 267 et saep.—Hence, dēscrip-tus, a, um, P. a., qs. marked out, i. e. precisely ordered, properly arranged (ap. Cic.):

materies orationis omnibus locis descripta, instructa ornataque,

Cic. de Or. 2, 34, 145; cf.:

ordo verborum,

id. Or. 59, 200:

natura nihil est aptius, nihil descriptius,

id. Fin. 3, 22, 74.— Neutr. plur. as subst.: dēscrip-ta, orum, things recorded, writings, Tac. A. 6, 24.— Sup. does not occur.—

* Adv.: dē-scriptē, distinctly, precisely:

descripte et electe digerere, opp. confuse et permixte dispergere,

Cic. Inv. 1, 30, 49.

dē-scrībo, psi, ptum (in MSS. and edd. often confounded with discribo, q. v.), 3, v. a.

To copy off, transcribe any thing from an original (freq. in Cic.;

elsewh. rare): scripsit Balbus ad me, se a te (i. e. e tuo exemplo) quintum de Finibus librum descripsisse,

Cic. Att. 13, 21; cf. id. Ac. 2, 4, 11:

epistolam,

id. Att. 8, 9; id. Fam. 12, 17, 2;

12, 7, 22: legem,

Suet. Cal. 41; id. Dom. 20; so, to write down, write out:

carmina in foliis,

Verg. A. 3, 445;

in carved letters: in viridi cortice carmina,

id. E. 5, 14.— Class. and far more freq.,

To sketch off, to describe in painting, writing, etc.: delineare, definire.

Lit.:

non potuit pictor rectius describere ejus formam,

Plaut. As. 2, 3, 22; so,

geometricas formas in harena,

Cic. Rep. 1, 17 fin.:

formas in pulvere,

Liv. 25, 31; cf. Cic. Fin. 5, 19; id. Clu. 32, 87; id. Sen. 14, 49:

sphaeram,

id. Rep. 1, 14; cf.

caelum,

Varr. R. R. 2, 1, 7:

caeli meatus radio,

Verg. A. 6, 851; cf. id. E. 3, 41:

vitam votivā tabellā,

Hor. S. 2, 1, 33 et saep.—

Trop.

To represent, delineate, describe:

malos mores,

Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 165; cf.:

hominum sermones moresque,

Cic. Or. 40, 138:

definienda res erit verbis et breviter describenda,

id. Inv. 1, 8 fin:

qualem (mulierem) ego paulo ante descripsi,

id. Cael. 20, 50; id. Phil. 2, 44; id. Sull. 29 fin.:

me latronem ac sicarium,

id. Mil. 18, 47:

si quis erat dignus describi, quod malus ac fur, etc.,

Hor. S. 1, 4, 3:

malo carmine,

id. Ep. 2, 1, 154; Quint. 3, 4, 3:

vulnera Parthi,

Hor. S. 2, 1, 15:

lucum, aram Dianae, flumen Rhenum, pluvium arcum,

id. A. P. 18 et saep.:

praecepta,

id. S. 2, 3, 34:

facta versibus,

Nep. Att. 18, 6. —Rarely

with acc. and inf.:

nec qui descripsit corrumpi semina matrum,

Ov. Tr. 2, 415; Gell. 9, 1.— Part. subst.: dēscrip-ta, ōrum, n.:

recitari factorum dictorumque ejus descripta per dies jussit,

the diary, Tac. A. 6, 24.—

To mark off, define, divide, distribute into parts. (But whenever the notion of distribution or division is implied, the form discribo seems to have been used by class. writers; and is now restored where de-scr. is found in earlier edd., e.g. Cic. Rep. 2, 8; id. de Or. 2, 71, 288; id. Sest. 30, 66 et saep.) Cf.:

libertinos in quatuor urbanas tribus,

Liv. 45, 15:

annum in duodecim menses,

Liv. 1, 19; Flor. 1, 2, 2. —Without in.:

commode omnes descripti, aetates, classes, equitatus,

Cic. Rep. 4, 2; and:

classes centuriasque et hunc ordinem ex censu descripsit,

Liv. 1, 42:

terram,

Vulg. Jos. 18, 6 al. et saep.—

Aliquid (alicui), to ascribe, apportion, appoint, assign to any one (cf. remark, no. 2 supra); cf.: vecturas frumenti finitimis civitatibus, * Caes. B. C. 3, 42, 4; Liv. 1, 32 al.:

officia,

to define, Cic. Ac. 2, 36; id. Fam. 12, 1:

vices (poetae),

Hor. A. P. 86:

munera pugnae,

Sil. 9, 267 et saep.—Hence, dēscrip-tus, a, um, P. a., qs. marked out, i. e. precisely ordered, properly arranged (ap. Cic.):

materies orationis omnibus locis descripta, instructa ornataque,

Cic. de Or. 2, 34, 145; cf.:

ordo verborum,

id. Or. 59, 200:

natura nihil est aptius, nihil descriptius,

id. Fin. 3, 22, 74.— Neutr. plur. as subst.: dēscrip-ta, orum, things recorded, writings, Tac. A. 6, 24.— Sup. does not occur.—

* Adv.: dē-scriptē, distinctly, precisely:

descripte et electe digerere, opp. confuse et permixte dispergere,

Cic. Inv. 1, 30, 49.