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  • 1 reseco

    rĕ-sĕco, cŭi, ctum (resecavi, Symm. Ep. 10, 73:

    resecata,

    Eum. Grat. Act. ad Const. 11 fin.), 1, v. a., to cut loose, cut off (class.; esp. in the trop. signif.; cf. praecido).
    I.
    Lit.:

    ut linguae scalpello resectae liberarentur,

    Cic. Div. 2, 46, 96:

    os,

    id. Leg. 2, 22, 55:

    palpebras,

    id. Pis. 19, 43:

    enodes truncos,

    Verg. G. 2, 78:

    radices,

    Ov. M. 7, 264:

    longos ferro capillos,

    id. ib. 11, 182:

    de tergore partem Exiguam,

    id. ib. 8, 650:

    barba resecta,

    id. Tr. 4, 10, 58:

    alas,

    id. R. Am. 701:

    extremam partem ipsius unguis ad vivum,

    to the quick, Col. 6, 12, 3; 5, 9, 15:

    ungues,

    Val. Max. 3, 2, 15.—
    II.
    Trop., to cut off, curtail; to check, stop, restrain:

    quod aiunt, nimia resecari oportere, naturalia relinqui (shortly after, circumcidere and amputare),

    Cic. Tusc. 4, 26, 57; cf. id. ib. 4, 20, 46:

    quae resecanda erunt, non patiar ad perniciem civitatis manere,

    id. Cat. 2, 5, 11:

    libidinem,

    id. Att. 1, 18, 2:

    audacias et libidines,

    id. Verr. 2, 3, 89, § 208:

    crimina quaedam cum primā barbā,

    Juv. 8, 166:

    spatio brevi Spem longam reseces,

    Hor. C. 1, 11, 7; cf.:

    haec (dicta),

    Plin. Ep. 2, 5, 4; Juv. 8, 166:

    neque id ad vivum reseco, ut illi qui haec subtilius disserunt,

    i. e. nor do I take this in too strict a sense, Cic. Lael. 5, 18 (v. supra, I.):

    de vivo aliquid erat resecandum,

    was to be cut from the quick, id. Verr. 2, 3, 50, § 118.

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  • 2 re-secō

        re-secō cuī, ctus, āre,    to cut loose, cut off: linguae scalpello resectae: palpebras: enodes truncos, V.: ferro capillos, O.: Barba resecta, O.: dapes resectae, cakes cut in squares, O.: resecanda falce humus, to be reaped, O.—Prov.: alqd ad vivum, cut to the quick, i. e. press to an extreme: de vivo aliquid erat resecandum, to be cut from the quick.—Fig., to cut off, curtail, check, stop, restrain: nimia resecari oportere: quae resecanda erunt, non patiar ad perniciem civitatis manere: audacias atque libidines: crimina quaedam cum primā barbā, Iu.: spatio brevi Spem longam, H.

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  • 3 argutiae

    argūtĭae, ārum (the sing. argutia, ae, is rare and only among later writers; cf. Charis. p. 20, and Phocae Ars, p. 1708 P.), f. [argutus].
    I.
    That which is clear to the senses, vigor of expression, liveliness, animation; of works of art: Parrhasius primus symmetriam picturae dedit, primus argutias vultūs, elegantiam capilli, etc., Plin. 35, 10, 36, §

    37: argutiae operum,

    id. 34, 18, 19, § 65.—Of the quick motion of the fingers (cf. argutus):

    nulla mollitia cervicum, nullae argutiae digitorum,

    Cic. Or. 18, 59.—Of the chattering notes of the nightingale, Plin. 10, 29, 43, § 85.—Of chattering discourse, Plaut. Bacch. 1, 2, 19; id. Most. 1, 1, 2.—
    II.
    Transf. to mental qualities.
    A.
    Brightness, acuteness, wit, genius:

    hujus (C. Titii) orationes tantum argutiarum, tantum urbanitatis habent, ut paene Attico stilo scriptae esse videantur. Easdem argutias in tragoedias transtulit,

    Cic. Brut. 45, 167:

    Demosthenes nihil Lysiae subtilitate cedit, nihil argutiis et acumine Hyperidi,

    id. Or. 31, 110. —
    B.
    Slyness, subtlety, cunning, shrewdness in speech or action:

    sed nihil est quod illi (Graeci) non persequantur suis argutiis,

    Cic. Lael. 13, 45:

    cujus loquacitas habet aliquid argutiarum,

    id. Leg. 1, 2, 7.—In this signif. also in the sing.:

    importuna atque audax argutia,

    Gell. 3, 1, 6:

    levis et quasi dicax argutia,

    id. 12, 2 (cf. argutiola); Pall. Insit. prooem. 1; so App. M. 1, 1.

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  • 4 vīvus (-vos)

        vīvus (-vos) adj.    [VIV-], alive, living, having life: illum vix vivum relinquo: Iugurtham vivom aut necatum sibi tradere, S.: duxit uxorem patre vivo, in his father's lifetime: duo ex unā familiā, vivo utroque, magistratūs creari vetare, Cs.: Catc adfirmat, se vivo illum non triumphaturum, while he lived: huic acerbissimum vivo videntique funus ducitur, i. e. before his eyes: Vivos vidensque pereo, i. e. with my eyes open, T.—As subst m., a living man: aeternis suppliciis vivos mortuosque mactabis.—As subst n., that which is alive, the quick, living flesh: calor ad vivum adveniens, i. e. reaching the flesh, L.—Fig.: neque id ad vivum reseco, i. e. press the assertion too literally: dat de lucro: nihil detraxit de vivo, from the capital: de vivo igitur erat aliquid resecandum, ut esset, unde, etc., i. e. the capital must be impaired.—Of things, alive, living, green, fresh, active: Caespes, O.: radix, O.: flumen, running, L.: ros, fresh, O.: lucernae, burning, H.: saxum, unwrought, V.: voltus, i. e. speaking, V.

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  • 5 vive

    vīvus, a, um ( sup. vivissimus, cited without example by Fest. p. 379 Müll.), adj. [vivo], alive, living, that has life.
    I.
    Lit.
    A.
    Adj.
    1.
    Of living beings:

    qui cum tantum ausus sit ustor pro mortuo, quid signifer pro vivo non esset ausus? In curiam potissimum abjecit, ut eam mortuus incenderet, quam vivus everterat,

    Cic. Mil. 33, 90:

    quorum (simulacrorum) contexta viminibus membra vivis hominibus complent,

    Caes. B. G. 6, 16:

    adeo ut Cato vix vivus effugeret,

    Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 2, 5, § 15; id. Verr. 2, 2, 77, § 189; 2, 4, 40, § 87:

    si Jugurtham vivom aut necatum sibi tradidisset,

    Sall. J. 61, 5:

    doctus eris vivam (gallinam) musto mersare Falerno,

    Hor. S. 2, 4, 19:

    quamquam ea Tatio sic erant descripta vivo, tamen eo interfecto multo etiam magis, etc.,

    in the lifetime of Tatius, Cic. Rep. 2, 8, 14:

    tantum illo vivo,

    Hirt. B. G. 8, 21 fin.:

    cum leges duo ex unā familiā, vivo utroque, magistratus creari vetarent,

    Caes. B. G. 7, 33; cf.

    also: Cato affirmat, se vivo illum non triumphaturum,

    as long as he lived, Cic. Att. 4, 16, 2; so,

    me vivo,

    Plaut. Bacch. 3, 3, 15; id. Most. 1, 3, 73:

    vivā me,

    id. Bacch. 3, 4, 17.—So the phrase vivus vidensque, before his very eyes:

    huic acerbissimum vivo videntique funus ducitur,

    Cic. Quint. 15, 50; cf.:

    ille Cyprius miser... vivus (ut aiunt) est et videns cum victu ac vestitu suo publicatus,

    id. Sest. 27, 59; cf.:

    et prudens sciens, Vivos vidensque pereo,

    Ter. Eun. 1, 1, 28.— Subst.: vīvus, i, m., a living man:

    cum is, cui forma mortui, fortunae vivi commendatae sunt, ignominiā mortuum, inopiā vivum adfecerit, is inter honestos homines atque adeo inter vivos numerabitur?

    Cic. Rosc. Am. 39, 113. —
    2.
    Of things concr. and abstr.:

    saepes,

    Col. 11, 3, 3:

    caespes,

    Ov. M. 4, 301:

    harundo,

    id. ib. 13, 891:

    virga,

    id. ib. 4, 744:

    radix,

    id. ib. 14, 713:

    aqua,

    running, Varr. L. L. 5, § 123 Müll.; so,

    flumen,

    Liv. 1, 45; Verg. A. 2, 719:

    lacus,

    id. G. 2, 469:

    ros,

    fresh, Ov. F. 4, 778:

    lucernae,

    burning, Hor. C. 3, 21, 23:

    lapis,

    flint, Plin. 36, 19, 30, § 138:

    sulphur,

    native, id. 35, 15, 50, § 175:

    linum,

    asbestos-cloth, id. 19, 1, 4, § 19; Cels. 5, 18, 13:

    calx,

    unslacked, Vitr. 8, 7; Plin. 29, 3, 11, § 51:

    saxum,

    living, natural, unwrought, Verg. A. 1, 167:

    pumex,

    Ov. F. 2, 315:

    argentum,

    quicksilver, mercury, Plin. 33, 6, 32, § 99: vultus, i. e. alive with expression, or, as we say, speaking, Verg. A. 6, 848.—So of statues and images:

    vidi artes veterumque manus variisque metalla viva modis,

    Stat. S. 1, 3, 48: vox, living, i. e. oral discourse, Cic. Agr. 2, 2, 4; Quint. 2, 2, 8; Sen. Ep. 6, 4; 33, 9; Plin. Ep. 2, 3, 9 al.: cujus facta viva nunc vigent, living, Naev. ap. Gell. 6, 8, 5:

    animus,

    lively, Plin. Ep. 8, 6, 17:

    pectus,

    Arn. 3, 6.—
    B.
    Subst.: vīvum, i, n., lit., that which is alive; hence,
    1.
    Ad vivum resecare, to cut to the quick, cut very deep:

    extrema pars ipsius unguis ad vivum resecatur,

    Col. 6, 12, 3 (cf. in the adj.:

    vulnera circumcidere ad vivas usque partes,

    Plin. 28, 10, 43, § 156):

    calor ad vivum adveniens,

    Liv. 22, 17, 2.— Trop.:

    hoc primum sentio, nisi in bonis amicitiam esse non posse: neque id ad vivum reseco, ut illi, qui haec subtilius disserunt,

    i. e. I do not wish to be understood in too strict a sense, Cic. Lael. 5, 18.—
    2.
    De vivo detrahere or resecare aliquid, to give or take away from the capital:

    dat de lucro: nihil detraxit de vivo,

    Cic. Fl. 37, 91:

    de vivo igitur erat aliquid resecandum, ut esset, unde, etc.,

    id. Verr. 2, 3, 50, § 118.—
    II.
    Transf., lively, ardent (only post-Aug. and very rare):

    vivus et ingenuus animus,

    Plin. Ep. 8, 6, 17:

    vivi pectoris homo,

    Arn. 3, 103.— Adv.: vīvē, in a lively manner, very:

    vive sapis,

    Plaut. Ep. 2, 2, 100 Jacob. (dub.).

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  • 6 vivum

    vīvus, a, um ( sup. vivissimus, cited without example by Fest. p. 379 Müll.), adj. [vivo], alive, living, that has life.
    I.
    Lit.
    A.
    Adj.
    1.
    Of living beings:

    qui cum tantum ausus sit ustor pro mortuo, quid signifer pro vivo non esset ausus? In curiam potissimum abjecit, ut eam mortuus incenderet, quam vivus everterat,

    Cic. Mil. 33, 90:

    quorum (simulacrorum) contexta viminibus membra vivis hominibus complent,

    Caes. B. G. 6, 16:

    adeo ut Cato vix vivus effugeret,

    Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 2, 5, § 15; id. Verr. 2, 2, 77, § 189; 2, 4, 40, § 87:

    si Jugurtham vivom aut necatum sibi tradidisset,

    Sall. J. 61, 5:

    doctus eris vivam (gallinam) musto mersare Falerno,

    Hor. S. 2, 4, 19:

    quamquam ea Tatio sic erant descripta vivo, tamen eo interfecto multo etiam magis, etc.,

    in the lifetime of Tatius, Cic. Rep. 2, 8, 14:

    tantum illo vivo,

    Hirt. B. G. 8, 21 fin.:

    cum leges duo ex unā familiā, vivo utroque, magistratus creari vetarent,

    Caes. B. G. 7, 33; cf.

    also: Cato affirmat, se vivo illum non triumphaturum,

    as long as he lived, Cic. Att. 4, 16, 2; so,

    me vivo,

    Plaut. Bacch. 3, 3, 15; id. Most. 1, 3, 73:

    vivā me,

    id. Bacch. 3, 4, 17.—So the phrase vivus vidensque, before his very eyes:

    huic acerbissimum vivo videntique funus ducitur,

    Cic. Quint. 15, 50; cf.:

    ille Cyprius miser... vivus (ut aiunt) est et videns cum victu ac vestitu suo publicatus,

    id. Sest. 27, 59; cf.:

    et prudens sciens, Vivos vidensque pereo,

    Ter. Eun. 1, 1, 28.— Subst.: vīvus, i, m., a living man:

    cum is, cui forma mortui, fortunae vivi commendatae sunt, ignominiā mortuum, inopiā vivum adfecerit, is inter honestos homines atque adeo inter vivos numerabitur?

    Cic. Rosc. Am. 39, 113. —
    2.
    Of things concr. and abstr.:

    saepes,

    Col. 11, 3, 3:

    caespes,

    Ov. M. 4, 301:

    harundo,

    id. ib. 13, 891:

    virga,

    id. ib. 4, 744:

    radix,

    id. ib. 14, 713:

    aqua,

    running, Varr. L. L. 5, § 123 Müll.; so,

    flumen,

    Liv. 1, 45; Verg. A. 2, 719:

    lacus,

    id. G. 2, 469:

    ros,

    fresh, Ov. F. 4, 778:

    lucernae,

    burning, Hor. C. 3, 21, 23:

    lapis,

    flint, Plin. 36, 19, 30, § 138:

    sulphur,

    native, id. 35, 15, 50, § 175:

    linum,

    asbestos-cloth, id. 19, 1, 4, § 19; Cels. 5, 18, 13:

    calx,

    unslacked, Vitr. 8, 7; Plin. 29, 3, 11, § 51:

    saxum,

    living, natural, unwrought, Verg. A. 1, 167:

    pumex,

    Ov. F. 2, 315:

    argentum,

    quicksilver, mercury, Plin. 33, 6, 32, § 99: vultus, i. e. alive with expression, or, as we say, speaking, Verg. A. 6, 848.—So of statues and images:

    vidi artes veterumque manus variisque metalla viva modis,

    Stat. S. 1, 3, 48: vox, living, i. e. oral discourse, Cic. Agr. 2, 2, 4; Quint. 2, 2, 8; Sen. Ep. 6, 4; 33, 9; Plin. Ep. 2, 3, 9 al.: cujus facta viva nunc vigent, living, Naev. ap. Gell. 6, 8, 5:

    animus,

    lively, Plin. Ep. 8, 6, 17:

    pectus,

    Arn. 3, 6.—
    B.
    Subst.: vīvum, i, n., lit., that which is alive; hence,
    1.
    Ad vivum resecare, to cut to the quick, cut very deep:

    extrema pars ipsius unguis ad vivum resecatur,

    Col. 6, 12, 3 (cf. in the adj.:

    vulnera circumcidere ad vivas usque partes,

    Plin. 28, 10, 43, § 156):

    calor ad vivum adveniens,

    Liv. 22, 17, 2.— Trop.:

    hoc primum sentio, nisi in bonis amicitiam esse non posse: neque id ad vivum reseco, ut illi, qui haec subtilius disserunt,

    i. e. I do not wish to be understood in too strict a sense, Cic. Lael. 5, 18.—
    2.
    De vivo detrahere or resecare aliquid, to give or take away from the capital:

    dat de lucro: nihil detraxit de vivo,

    Cic. Fl. 37, 91:

    de vivo igitur erat aliquid resecandum, ut esset, unde, etc.,

    id. Verr. 2, 3, 50, § 118.—
    II.
    Transf., lively, ardent (only post-Aug. and very rare):

    vivus et ingenuus animus,

    Plin. Ep. 8, 6, 17:

    vivi pectoris homo,

    Arn. 3, 103.— Adv.: vīvē, in a lively manner, very:

    vive sapis,

    Plaut. Ep. 2, 2, 100 Jacob. (dub.).

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  • 7 vivus

    vīvus, a, um ( sup. vivissimus, cited without example by Fest. p. 379 Müll.), adj. [vivo], alive, living, that has life.
    I.
    Lit.
    A.
    Adj.
    1.
    Of living beings:

    qui cum tantum ausus sit ustor pro mortuo, quid signifer pro vivo non esset ausus? In curiam potissimum abjecit, ut eam mortuus incenderet, quam vivus everterat,

    Cic. Mil. 33, 90:

    quorum (simulacrorum) contexta viminibus membra vivis hominibus complent,

    Caes. B. G. 6, 16:

    adeo ut Cato vix vivus effugeret,

    Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 2, 5, § 15; id. Verr. 2, 2, 77, § 189; 2, 4, 40, § 87:

    si Jugurtham vivom aut necatum sibi tradidisset,

    Sall. J. 61, 5:

    doctus eris vivam (gallinam) musto mersare Falerno,

    Hor. S. 2, 4, 19:

    quamquam ea Tatio sic erant descripta vivo, tamen eo interfecto multo etiam magis, etc.,

    in the lifetime of Tatius, Cic. Rep. 2, 8, 14:

    tantum illo vivo,

    Hirt. B. G. 8, 21 fin.:

    cum leges duo ex unā familiā, vivo utroque, magistratus creari vetarent,

    Caes. B. G. 7, 33; cf.

    also: Cato affirmat, se vivo illum non triumphaturum,

    as long as he lived, Cic. Att. 4, 16, 2; so,

    me vivo,

    Plaut. Bacch. 3, 3, 15; id. Most. 1, 3, 73:

    vivā me,

    id. Bacch. 3, 4, 17.—So the phrase vivus vidensque, before his very eyes:

    huic acerbissimum vivo videntique funus ducitur,

    Cic. Quint. 15, 50; cf.:

    ille Cyprius miser... vivus (ut aiunt) est et videns cum victu ac vestitu suo publicatus,

    id. Sest. 27, 59; cf.:

    et prudens sciens, Vivos vidensque pereo,

    Ter. Eun. 1, 1, 28.— Subst.: vīvus, i, m., a living man:

    cum is, cui forma mortui, fortunae vivi commendatae sunt, ignominiā mortuum, inopiā vivum adfecerit, is inter honestos homines atque adeo inter vivos numerabitur?

    Cic. Rosc. Am. 39, 113. —
    2.
    Of things concr. and abstr.:

    saepes,

    Col. 11, 3, 3:

    caespes,

    Ov. M. 4, 301:

    harundo,

    id. ib. 13, 891:

    virga,

    id. ib. 4, 744:

    radix,

    id. ib. 14, 713:

    aqua,

    running, Varr. L. L. 5, § 123 Müll.; so,

    flumen,

    Liv. 1, 45; Verg. A. 2, 719:

    lacus,

    id. G. 2, 469:

    ros,

    fresh, Ov. F. 4, 778:

    lucernae,

    burning, Hor. C. 3, 21, 23:

    lapis,

    flint, Plin. 36, 19, 30, § 138:

    sulphur,

    native, id. 35, 15, 50, § 175:

    linum,

    asbestos-cloth, id. 19, 1, 4, § 19; Cels. 5, 18, 13:

    calx,

    unslacked, Vitr. 8, 7; Plin. 29, 3, 11, § 51:

    saxum,

    living, natural, unwrought, Verg. A. 1, 167:

    pumex,

    Ov. F. 2, 315:

    argentum,

    quicksilver, mercury, Plin. 33, 6, 32, § 99: vultus, i. e. alive with expression, or, as we say, speaking, Verg. A. 6, 848.—So of statues and images:

    vidi artes veterumque manus variisque metalla viva modis,

    Stat. S. 1, 3, 48: vox, living, i. e. oral discourse, Cic. Agr. 2, 2, 4; Quint. 2, 2, 8; Sen. Ep. 6, 4; 33, 9; Plin. Ep. 2, 3, 9 al.: cujus facta viva nunc vigent, living, Naev. ap. Gell. 6, 8, 5:

    animus,

    lively, Plin. Ep. 8, 6, 17:

    pectus,

    Arn. 3, 6.—
    B.
    Subst.: vīvum, i, n., lit., that which is alive; hence,
    1.
    Ad vivum resecare, to cut to the quick, cut very deep:

    extrema pars ipsius unguis ad vivum resecatur,

    Col. 6, 12, 3 (cf. in the adj.:

    vulnera circumcidere ad vivas usque partes,

    Plin. 28, 10, 43, § 156):

    calor ad vivum adveniens,

    Liv. 22, 17, 2.— Trop.:

    hoc primum sentio, nisi in bonis amicitiam esse non posse: neque id ad vivum reseco, ut illi, qui haec subtilius disserunt,

    i. e. I do not wish to be understood in too strict a sense, Cic. Lael. 5, 18.—
    2.
    De vivo detrahere or resecare aliquid, to give or take away from the capital:

    dat de lucro: nihil detraxit de vivo,

    Cic. Fl. 37, 91:

    de vivo igitur erat aliquid resecandum, ut esset, unde, etc.,

    id. Verr. 2, 3, 50, § 118.—
    II.
    Transf., lively, ardent (only post-Aug. and very rare):

    vivus et ingenuus animus,

    Plin. Ep. 8, 6, 17:

    vivi pectoris homo,

    Arn. 3, 103.— Adv.: vīvē, in a lively manner, very:

    vive sapis,

    Plaut. Ep. 2, 2, 100 Jacob. (dub.).

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  • 8 celeritās

        celeritās ātis, f    [celer], swiftness, quickness, speed, celerity: horum (equitum), Cs.: reditūs eius: belli celeritatem morari: in re gerundā: in castris capiendis, Cs.: veneni, the quick effect: incredibili celeritate fama perfertur, Cs.: celeritate uti, N.: celeritate opus est: ne suscipiamus nimias celeritates: animorum: calliditas et celeritas ingeni, quickness of device, N.: orationis: dicendi.
    * * *
    speed, quickness, rapidity; speed of action, dispatch; haste; early date

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  • 9 celeritas

    cĕlĕrĭtas, ātis, f. [celer], swiftness, quickness, speed, celerity (in good prose; syn.: velocitas, pernicitas;

    opp. tarditas): velocitas corporis celeritas appellatur, quae eadem ingenii laus habetur, etc.,

    Cic. Tusc. 4, 13, 31:

    celeritas et vis equorum,

    id. Div. 2, 70, 144; cf.

    equitum,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 48 fin.:

    navis,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 34, § 88:

    pedum,

    id. Ac. 1, 5, 19:

    in capiendis castris,

    Caes. B. G. 7, 46:

    veneni,

    the quick effect, Cic. Cael. 24, 60:

    incredibili celeritate de victoriā Caesaris fama perfertur,

    Caes. B. G. 5, 53:

    celeritati studere,

    id. B. C. 3, 79:

    Favonio Scipionis celeritas salutem attulit,

    id. ib. 3, 36 fin.:

    maximum bonum in celeritate putabat,

    Sall. C. 43, 4:

    celeritate uti,

    to employ speed, Nep. Ages. 2, 2; 4, 4.—In plur. absol.: cavendum est ne in festinationibus suscipiamus nimias celeritates, Cic. Off. 1, 36, 131.—
    2.
    Of intellectual and abstract objects:

    animorum,

    Cic. Sen. 21, 78: inge nii, v. supra; cf.:

    calliditas et celeritas ingenii,

    quickness of device, Nep. Eum. 1, 3:

    cogitationis,

    Quint. 10, 3, 19:

    consilii,

    Nep. Ages. 6, 2:

    orationis,

    Cic. Or. 16, 53; Quint. 11, 3, 111:

    dicendi,

    Cic. Fl. 20, 48:

    syllabarum,

    id. Or. 57, 191; Quint. 9, 4, 91; 9, 4, 88; 9, 4, 140; 11, 3, 107.

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  • 10 cito

    1.
    cĭtŏ, adv., v. cieo, P. a. fin.
    2.
    cĭto, āvi, ātum ( part. perf. gen. plur. citatūm, Att. ap. Non. p. 485; inf. pass. citarier, Cat. 61, 42), 1, v. freq. a. [cieo].
    I.
    To put into quick motion, to move or drive violently or rapidly, to hurl, shake, rouse, excite, provoke, incite, stimulate, promote, etc. (mostly post-Aug. and poet.; in earlier authors usu. only in P. a.):

    citat hastam,

    Sil. 4, 583:

    arma,

    Stat. Th. 8, 124:

    gradum,

    Claud. VI. Cons. Hon. 510:

    urinam,

    Cels. 2, 19:

    pus,

    id. 5, 28, n. 13:

    umorem illuc,

    id. 4, 6:

    alvum,

    Col. 7, 9, 9:

    ubi luctandi juvenes animosa citavit gloria,

    Stat. Th. 6, 834. —
    2.
    Of plants, to put or shoot forth:

    virgam,

    Col. 3, 6, 2; 4, 15, 2:

    radices,

    id. 5, 5, 5; id. Arb. 10, 3; Pall. Feb. 9, 6.—
    B.
    Trop.:

    isque motus (animi) aut boni aut mali opinione citetur,

    be called forth, Cic. Tusc. 3, 11, 24 Orell. N. cr. (cf.:

    motus cieri,

    id. ib. 1, 10, 20).—
    II.
    (Like cieo, 2.) With reference to the termination ad quem, to urge to, call or summon to (class.; esp. freq. in lang. of business;

    syn.: voco, adesse jubeo): patres in curiam per praeconem ad regem Tarquinium citari jussit,

    Liv. 1, 47, 8; id. 3, 38, 6 and 12:

    senatum,

    id. 9, 30, 2:

    in fora citatis senatoribus,

    id. 27, 24, 2:

    tribus ad sacramentum,

    Suet. Ner. 44; cf. Cat. 61, 43:

    judices citati in hunc reum consedistis,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 7, § 19:

    citari nominatim unum ex iis, etc., i. e. for enrollment for milit. service,

    Liv. 2, 29, 2; id. Epit. libr. 14; Val. Max. 6, 3, 4.—
    B.
    Esp.
    1.
    In law, to call the parties, to see whether they are present (syn.:

    in jus vocare, evocare): citat reum: non respondet. Citat accusatorem... citatus accusator non respondit, non affuit,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 40, § 98; 2, 2, 38, § 92; id. Div. in Caecil. 13, 41;

    so of those accused,

    id. Verr. 2, 2, 38, § 92; id. Mil. 19, 50; Suet. Tib. 11; 61.—And of the roll of a gang of slaves:

    mancipia ergastuli cottidie per nomina,

    Col. 11, 1, 22 al. —Hence, to accuse:

    cum equester ordo reus a consulibus citaretur,

    Cic. Sest. 15, 35; Vitr. 7 praef.;

    and facetiously,

    Plaut. Curc. 1, 3, 6.—With gen. of the charge or penalty:

    omnes ii... abs te capitis C. Rabirii nomine citantur,

    Cic. Rab. Perd. 11, 31; cf.:

    ne proditi mysterii reus a philosophis citaretur,

    Lact. 3, 16, 5.—Of witnesses:

    in hanc rem testem totam Siciliam citabo,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 59, § 146; Suet. Caes. 74; Quint. 6, 4, 7.—
    b.
    Beyond the sphere of judicial proceedings: testem, auctorem, to call one to witness, to call upon, appeal to, quote, cite:

    quamvis citetur Salamis clarissimae testis victoriae,

    Cic. Off. 1, 22, 75:

    quos ego testes citaturus fui rerum a me gestarum,

    Liv. 38, 47, 4:

    poëtas ad testimonium,

    Petr. 2, 5:

    libri, quos Macer Licinius citat identidem auctores,

    Liv. 4, 20, 8.— To call for votes or opinions in the senate, haec illi, quo quisque ordine citabantur, Plin. Ep. 9, 13, 18.—Of an appeal to a god for aid, etc., Ov. F. 5, 683; Cat. 61, 42.—
    2.
    (Like cieo, II. C.) In gen., to mention any person or thing by name, to name, mention, call out, proclaim, announce (rare but class.;

    syn. laudo): omnes Danai reliquique Graeci, qui hoc anapaesto citantur,

    Cic. Fin. 2, 6, 18: victorem Olympiae citari; cf. Nep. praef. § 5; Liv. 29, 37, 9; Stat. Th. 6, 922:

    paeanem,

    to rehearse, recite, Cic. de Or. 1, 59, 251:

    io Bacche,

    to call, Hor. S. 1, 3, 7 (cf.:

    triumphum ciere,

    Liv. 45, 38, 12, infra cieo, II. C. 2.); Col. 11, 1, 22.—Hence, cĭtātus, a, um, part., driven, urged on, hastened, hurried; and P a., quick, rapid, speedy, swift (opp. tardus; class.).
    A.
    Prop., freq.:

    citato equo,

    at full gallop, Caes. B. C. 3, 96; Liv. 1, 27, 7; 3, 46, 6; so,

    equis,

    id. 1, 5, 8; cf. Verg. A. 12, 373 al.:

    jumentis,

    Suet. Ner. 5:

    pede,

    Cat. 63, 2:

    tripudiis,

    id. 63, 26:

    citato gradu,

    Liv. 28, 14, 17:

    passibus,

    Sen. Hippol. 9:

    axe,

    Juv. 1, 60:

    citatum agmen,

    Liv. 35, 30, 1:

    citatiore agmine ad stativa sua pervenit,

    id. 27, 50, 1; so,

    citatissimo agmine,

    id. 22, 6, 10 al.:

    amnis citatior,

    id. 23, 19, 11:

    flumen,

    Sen. Herc. Fur. 178:

    nautae,

    Prop. 1, 8, 23:

    rates,

    Sen. Hippol. 1048; Luc. 8, 456:

    currus,

    Sil. 8, 663:

    Euro citatior,

    Sil. 4, 6:

    alvus citatior,

    Plin. 7, 15, 13, § 63.—Also instead of an adv. (cf. citus, B.):

    Rhenus per fines Trevirorum citatus fertur,

    Caes. B. G. 4, 10:

    ferunt citati signa,

    Liv. 41, 3, 8:

    penna citatior ibat,

    Sil. 10, 11.—
    B.
    Trop., quick, rapid, vehement, impetuous:

    argumenta acria et citata,

    Quint. 9, 4, 135;

    and transf. to persons: in argumentis citati atque ipso etiam motu celeres sumus,

    id. 9, 4, 138:

    Roscius citatior, Aesopus gravior fuit,

    id. 11, 3, 111; 11, [p. 346] 3, 17:

    pronuntiatio (opp. pressa),

    id. 11, 3, 111:

    citatior manus (opp. lenior),

    id. 11, 3, 102:

    soni tum placidi tum citati,

    Gell. 1, 11, 15.— Adv.: cĭtātē, quickly, speedily, nimbly, rapidly (perh. only in the two foll. examples):

    piscatores citatius moventur,

    Quint. 11, 3, 112:

    ut versus quam citatissime volvant,

    id. 1, 1, 37.

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  • 11 agilis

    agĭlis, e, adj. [ago].
    I.
    Pass., that can be easily moved, easily movable (mostly poet.;

    not in Cic.): qui restitissent agili classi naves tormenta machinasque portantes?

    Liv. 30, 10:

    haec querulas agili percurrit pollice chordas,

    Ov. Am. 2, 4, 27:

    factus inops agili peragit freta caerula remo,

    id. H. 15, 65; so,

    agilis rota,

    id. P. 2, 10, 34:

    aër agilior et tenuior,

    Sen. Q. N. 2, 10 al. —
    II.
    Act.
    A.
    That moves easily or quickly; nimble, agile, quick, rapid: sic tibi secretis agilis dea saltibus adsit, swift or fleet-footed Diana, Ov. H. 4, 169:

    sic super agilis Cyllenius,

    swift-flying, id. M. 2, 720.—Also of things, quick, sudden: agilem dari facilemque victoriam, Sisenn. ap. Non. 58, 1:

    argumentatio agilior et acrior et instantior,

    Quint. 11, 3, 164 al. —
    B.
    With the accessory idea of activity, quick, hasty, or precipitate in action; prompt, active, busy (with direct reference to the action, and hence used of inanimate things; while sedulus, diligent, assiduous, regards more the state of mind; both, however, refer to the simple idea of mobility, Doed. Syn. 1, 122; cf. Front. Differ. 2203 P.):

    Nunc agilis fio et mersor civilibus undis,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 16 (= negotiosus, praktikos, Schol.):

    oderunt Sedatum celeres, agilem gnavumque remissi,

    id. ib. 1, 18, 90:

    ipse quid audes? Quae circumvolitas agilis thyma,

    busy, id. ib. 1, 3, 21:

    vir navus, agilis, providus,

    Vell. 2, 105; Ov. F. 2, 516 (opp. ignavus); id. Am. 1, 9, 45:

    animus agilis et pronus ad motus,

    Sen. Tranq. 2.— Comp., Sen. Ep. 74.— Sup., as given by Prisc. p. 606 P., and Charis. p. 89, is agillĭmus; but Charis. p. 162, agilissĭmus; both forms, however, are given without examples; cf. Rudd. I. p. 171, n. 12.— Adv.: ăgĭlĭter, Amm. 14, 2; 28, 2.— Comp., Col. 2, 2.

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  • 12 maturi

    mātūrus, a, um ( sup. usually maturissimus;

    less freq. maturrimus,

    Tac. A. 12, 65; cf. the adv.), adj. [root, Sanscr. ma-, measure, time, whence mane, matutinus; cf.: manus, modus; hence, timely, ready in time], ripe, mature (class.).
    I.
    Lit., of fruits:

    poma matura et cocta (opp. cruda),

    Cic. Sen. 19, 71:

    uva,

    Verg. E. 10, 36:

    fruges,

    id. ib. 3, 80:

    maturissimae ficus,

    Col. 12, 17, 2.—With dat.:

    seges matura messi,

    ripe for harvesting, Liv. 2, 5.— Neutr. as subst.:

    quod maturi erat (opp. viride),

    Liv. 34, 26, 8. —
    II.
    Transf.
    A.
    Ripe, mature, of the proper age, proper, fit, seasonable, timely, etc.—With dat.:

    filia matura viro,

    ripe for marriage, marriageable, Verg. A. 7, 53:

    maturus bello,

    Juv. 8, 169:

    vitulus templis maturus et arae,

    old enough for sacrifice, id. 12, 7:

    virgo,

    Hor. C. 3, 6, 22:

    ovis,

    fit for bearing, Col. 7, 3, 1:

    Roxane matura ex Alexandro,

    Just. 13, 2, 5; cf.

    venter,

    ripe for delivery, ready to bring forth, Ov. M. 11, 311:

    infans,

    id. ib. 7, 127:

    aetas,

    mature, fit for action, Verg. A. 12, 438:

    progenies matura militiae,

    Liv. 42, 52: L. Caesar viris, of the proper age for assuming the toga virilis, Vell. 2, 99.— Piur. subst.: mātūri, adults (opp. pueri), Lact. 5, 13, 3:

    omnia matura sunt, victoria, praeda, laus,

    ready to be seized, Sall. J. 85, 48.—With ad:

    ad arma,

    Sil. 16, 657.—Of mental qualities:

    ipse enim Thucydides, si posterius fuisset, multo maturior ac mitior fuisset,

    Cic. Brut. 83, 288:

    annis gravis atque animi maturus Aletes,

    mature in judgment, Verg. A. 9, 246:

    aevi,

    ripe in years, id. ib. 5, 73:

    centuriones,

    who had served out their time, Suet. Calig. 44:

    imperia,

    old, antiquated, Just. 11, 5, 7:

    scribendi tempus maturius,

    more seasonable, more favorable, Cic. Att. 15, 4, 3: mihi vero ad nonas bene maturum videtur fore, just [p. 1121] at the right time, id. Fam. 9, 5, 1:

    se maturam oppetere mortem,

    in good old age, id. Div. 1, 18, 36:

    senex,

    Hor. A. P. 115.—
    2.
    Powerful, vigorous:

    glaebasque jacentis Pulverolenter coquat maturis solibus aestas,

    Verg. G. 1, 66:

    lux,

    id. A. 10, 257:

    ignes (anni),

    Grat. Cyn. 59:

    maturae mala nequitiae,

    full-grown depravity, Juv. 14, 216.—
    B.
    That takes place early, early, speedy, quick:

    mittam hodie huic suo die natali malam rem magnam et maturam,

    Plaut. Ps. 1, 3, 5: matura faba, the early bean (opp. to the late bean), Col. 2, 10:

    satio (opp. to late sowing),

    id. ib.: fenum, the first hay (opp. to the after-math), id. 7, 3:

    hiemes,

    early, Caes. B. G. 4, 20:

    decessio,

    Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 1:

    honores,

    Ov. P. 2, 1, 59:

    judicium,

    quick, Cic. Caecin. 3, 7:

    robur aetatis quam maturrimum precari,

    Tac. A. 12, 65:

    aetas maturissima,

    early life, Auct. Her. 4, 17, 25:

    si mora pro culpa est, ego sum maturior illo,

    was there earlier, Ov. M. 13, 300.—Hence, adv.: mātūrē ( sup. maturissime and maturrime; v. the foll.).
    A.
    Seasonably, opportunely, at the proper time (class.):

    custodes mature sentiunt,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 44, § 96:

    satis mature occurrit,

    Caes. B. C. 3, 7:

    ubi consulueris, mature facto opus est,

    Sall. C. 1 fin. —
    B.
    Betimes, early, speedily, quickly, soon:

    mature fieri senem,

    Cic. Sen. 10, 32:

    proficisci,

    id. Fam. 3, 3, 1:

    Romam venire,

    id. Q. Fr. 3, 1, 4.— Comp.:

    maturius proficiscitur,

    Caes. B. G. 4, 6:

    maturius pervenire,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 24, § 60:

    tempus quam res maturius me deserat,

    Sall. J. 42, 5:

    maturius ad Epulas ire,

    Juv. 11, 88:

    voluerunt veteres maturius hereditates adiri,

    Gai. Inst. 2, 55.— Sup.: maximos tumultus maturissime disjeci, Cato ap. Charis. p. 184 P.:

    res maturissime vindicanda est,

    as quickly, as early as possible, Cic. Caecin. 2, 7:

    quippe qui omnium maturrime ad publicas causas accesserim,

    id. de Or. 3, 20, 74:

    perge qua coeptas, ut quam maturrime merita invenias,

    Sall. H. 1, 48, 16 Dietsch.:

    quibus rebus quam maturrime occurrendum putabat,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 33 fin. —
    C.
    Prematurely, untimely:

    pater mature decessit,

    Nep. Att. 2, 1.—With a play upon the three meanings of the word (A., B., and C.):

    qui homo mature quaesivit pecuniam, Nisi eam mature parsit, mature esurit,

    he who has made money at the right time, if he is not soon sparing of it, will too soon suffer hunger, Plaut. Curc. 3, 10.

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  • 13 maturus

    mātūrus, a, um ( sup. usually maturissimus;

    less freq. maturrimus,

    Tac. A. 12, 65; cf. the adv.), adj. [root, Sanscr. ma-, measure, time, whence mane, matutinus; cf.: manus, modus; hence, timely, ready in time], ripe, mature (class.).
    I.
    Lit., of fruits:

    poma matura et cocta (opp. cruda),

    Cic. Sen. 19, 71:

    uva,

    Verg. E. 10, 36:

    fruges,

    id. ib. 3, 80:

    maturissimae ficus,

    Col. 12, 17, 2.—With dat.:

    seges matura messi,

    ripe for harvesting, Liv. 2, 5.— Neutr. as subst.:

    quod maturi erat (opp. viride),

    Liv. 34, 26, 8. —
    II.
    Transf.
    A.
    Ripe, mature, of the proper age, proper, fit, seasonable, timely, etc.—With dat.:

    filia matura viro,

    ripe for marriage, marriageable, Verg. A. 7, 53:

    maturus bello,

    Juv. 8, 169:

    vitulus templis maturus et arae,

    old enough for sacrifice, id. 12, 7:

    virgo,

    Hor. C. 3, 6, 22:

    ovis,

    fit for bearing, Col. 7, 3, 1:

    Roxane matura ex Alexandro,

    Just. 13, 2, 5; cf.

    venter,

    ripe for delivery, ready to bring forth, Ov. M. 11, 311:

    infans,

    id. ib. 7, 127:

    aetas,

    mature, fit for action, Verg. A. 12, 438:

    progenies matura militiae,

    Liv. 42, 52: L. Caesar viris, of the proper age for assuming the toga virilis, Vell. 2, 99.— Piur. subst.: mātūri, adults (opp. pueri), Lact. 5, 13, 3:

    omnia matura sunt, victoria, praeda, laus,

    ready to be seized, Sall. J. 85, 48.—With ad:

    ad arma,

    Sil. 16, 657.—Of mental qualities:

    ipse enim Thucydides, si posterius fuisset, multo maturior ac mitior fuisset,

    Cic. Brut. 83, 288:

    annis gravis atque animi maturus Aletes,

    mature in judgment, Verg. A. 9, 246:

    aevi,

    ripe in years, id. ib. 5, 73:

    centuriones,

    who had served out their time, Suet. Calig. 44:

    imperia,

    old, antiquated, Just. 11, 5, 7:

    scribendi tempus maturius,

    more seasonable, more favorable, Cic. Att. 15, 4, 3: mihi vero ad nonas bene maturum videtur fore, just [p. 1121] at the right time, id. Fam. 9, 5, 1:

    se maturam oppetere mortem,

    in good old age, id. Div. 1, 18, 36:

    senex,

    Hor. A. P. 115.—
    2.
    Powerful, vigorous:

    glaebasque jacentis Pulverolenter coquat maturis solibus aestas,

    Verg. G. 1, 66:

    lux,

    id. A. 10, 257:

    ignes (anni),

    Grat. Cyn. 59:

    maturae mala nequitiae,

    full-grown depravity, Juv. 14, 216.—
    B.
    That takes place early, early, speedy, quick:

    mittam hodie huic suo die natali malam rem magnam et maturam,

    Plaut. Ps. 1, 3, 5: matura faba, the early bean (opp. to the late bean), Col. 2, 10:

    satio (opp. to late sowing),

    id. ib.: fenum, the first hay (opp. to the after-math), id. 7, 3:

    hiemes,

    early, Caes. B. G. 4, 20:

    decessio,

    Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 1:

    honores,

    Ov. P. 2, 1, 59:

    judicium,

    quick, Cic. Caecin. 3, 7:

    robur aetatis quam maturrimum precari,

    Tac. A. 12, 65:

    aetas maturissima,

    early life, Auct. Her. 4, 17, 25:

    si mora pro culpa est, ego sum maturior illo,

    was there earlier, Ov. M. 13, 300.—Hence, adv.: mātūrē ( sup. maturissime and maturrime; v. the foll.).
    A.
    Seasonably, opportunely, at the proper time (class.):

    custodes mature sentiunt,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 44, § 96:

    satis mature occurrit,

    Caes. B. C. 3, 7:

    ubi consulueris, mature facto opus est,

    Sall. C. 1 fin. —
    B.
    Betimes, early, speedily, quickly, soon:

    mature fieri senem,

    Cic. Sen. 10, 32:

    proficisci,

    id. Fam. 3, 3, 1:

    Romam venire,

    id. Q. Fr. 3, 1, 4.— Comp.:

    maturius proficiscitur,

    Caes. B. G. 4, 6:

    maturius pervenire,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 24, § 60:

    tempus quam res maturius me deserat,

    Sall. J. 42, 5:

    maturius ad Epulas ire,

    Juv. 11, 88:

    voluerunt veteres maturius hereditates adiri,

    Gai. Inst. 2, 55.— Sup.: maximos tumultus maturissime disjeci, Cato ap. Charis. p. 184 P.:

    res maturissime vindicanda est,

    as quickly, as early as possible, Cic. Caecin. 2, 7:

    quippe qui omnium maturrime ad publicas causas accesserim,

    id. de Or. 3, 20, 74:

    perge qua coeptas, ut quam maturrime merita invenias,

    Sall. H. 1, 48, 16 Dietsch.:

    quibus rebus quam maturrime occurrendum putabat,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 33 fin. —
    C.
    Prematurely, untimely:

    pater mature decessit,

    Nep. Att. 2, 1.—With a play upon the three meanings of the word (A., B., and C.):

    qui homo mature quaesivit pecuniam, Nisi eam mature parsit, mature esurit,

    he who has made money at the right time, if he is not soon sparing of it, will too soon suffer hunger, Plaut. Curc. 3, 10.

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  • 14 levis

    1.
    lĕvis, e, adj. [for leg-vis; Sanscr. laghu-s, little; cf. O. H. Germ. ring-i; Germ. gering; Gr. elachus], light in weight, not heavy (opp. gravis).
    I.
    Lit.:

    leviora corpora (opp. graviora),

    Lucr. 2, 227:

    aether,

    id. 5, 459:

    aura,

    id. 3, 196:

    levior quam pluma,

    Plaut. Men. 3, 2, 23:

    stipulae,

    Verg. G. 1, 289: armatura, light armor:

    levis armaturae Numidae,

    the light-armed Numidians, Caes. B. G. 2, 10; also, by metonymy, lightarmed troops; v. armatura, and cf.:

    sed haec fuerit nobis tamquam levis armaturae prima orationis excursio,

    Cic. Div. 2, 10 fin.; so,

    miles,

    a light-armed soldier, Liv. 8, 8; cf.

    of clothing: nudi, aut sagulo leves,

    Tac. G. 6:

    flebis in solo levis angiportu,

    Hor. C. 1, 25, 10.—Of the earth upon the dead:

    terraque securae sit super ossa levis,

    Tib. 2, 4, 50;

    esp. freq. on tombstones: sit tibi terra levis (abbreviated, S. T. T. L.): per leves populos,

    the shades, bodiless persons, Ov. M. 10, 14:

    virgaque levem coerces aurea turbam,

    Hor. C. 1, 10, 18.— Poet. with inf.: fessis leviora tolli Pergama Grais, a lighter burden, i. e. easier to be destroyed, Hor. C. 2, 4, 11.—
    B.
    Transf.
    1.
    Light of digestion, easy to digest (mostly poet. and post-Aug.):

    quae in aqua degunt, leviorem cibum praestant. Inter domesticas quadrupedes levissima suilla est, gravissima bubula,

    lightest of digestion, Cels. 1, 18:

    leves malvae,

    Hor. C. 1, 31, 16 (cf.:

    gravi Malvae salubres corpori,

    id. Epod. 2, 57).—
    2.
    Light in motion, swift, quick, fleet, nimble, rapid (syn.:

    agilis, alacer, pernix): ipsa (diva) levi fecit volitantem flamine currum (i. e. Argo),

    a quick, favorable wind, Cat. 64, 9; cf.:

    leves venti,

    Ov. M. 15, 346:

    flatus,

    Sil. 15, 162:

    currus,

    light, swift, Ov. M. 2, 150:

    levi deducens pollice filum,

    light, nimble, id. ib. 4, 36; so,

    pollex,

    id. ib. 6, 22:

    saltus,

    id. ib. 7, 767;

    3, 599: peltam pro parma fecit, ut ad motus concursusque essent leviores,

    Nep. Iphicr. 1:

    Messapus levis cursu,

    Verg. A. 12, 489:

    leves Parthi,

    id. G. 4, 314:

    equus,

    Val. Fl. 1, 389:

    Nympharumque leves cum Satyris chori,

    Hor. C. 1, 1, 31:

    quaere modos leviore plectro,

    nimbler, gayer, id. ib. 2, 1, 40:

    et levis erecta consurgit ad oscula plantā,

    Juv. 6, 507.—With inf. ( poet.):

    omnes ire leves,

    Sil. 16, 488:

    exsultare levis,

    id. 10, 605:

    levior discurrere,

    id. 4, 549:

    nullo levis terrore moveri,

    Claud. IV. Cons. Hon. 514:

    hora,

    fleeting, Ov. M. 15, 181:

    terra,

    light, thin soil, Verg. G. 2, 92:

    et ubi montana (loca) quod leviora et ideo salubriora,

    Varr. R. R. 1, 6, 3;

    so (opp graviora),

    id. ib. —
    3.
    Slight, trifling, small (mostly poet.): ignis, Ov. M. 3, 488:

    tactus,

    a slight, gentle touch, id. ib. 4, 180:

    strepitus,

    id. ib. 7, 840:

    stridor,

    id. ib. 4, 413.
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    Without weight, i. e. of no consequence; hence, in gen., light, trifling, unimportant, inconsiderable, trivial, slight, little, petty, easy (class.):

    nunquam erit alienis gravis qui suis se concinnat levem,

    Plaut. Trin. 3, 2, 58:

    grave est nomen imperii atque id etiam in levi persona pertimescitur,

    Cic. Agr. 2, 17, 45:

    leve et infirmum,

    id. Rosc. Com. 2, 6: quae mihi ad spem obtinendae veritatis gravissima sunt;

    ad motum animi... leviora,

    id. Deiot. 2, 5:

    quod alia quaedam inania et levia conquiras,

    id. Planc. 26, 63:

    auditio,

    a light, unfounded report, Caes. B. G. 7, 42:

    cui res et pecunia levissima et existimatio sanctissima fuit semper,

    something very insignificant, Cic. Rosc. Com. 5, 15:

    dolor,

    id. Fin. 1, 12, 40:

    proelium,

    Caes. B. G. 7, 36:

    periculum,

    id. B. C. 3, 26:

    in aliquem merita,

    id. ib. 2, 32, 10:

    leviore de causa,

    id. B. G. 7, 4 fin.:

    praecordia levibus flagrantia causis,

    Juv. 13, 182:

    effutire leves indigna tragoedia versus,

    Hor. A. P. 231.—As subst.:

    in levi habitum,

    was made little of, was regarded as a trifle, Tac. H. 2, 21; id. A. 3, 54:

    levia sed nimium queror,

    Sen. Herc. Fur. 63:

    quid leviora loquor? Petr. poët. 134, 12: non est leve tot puerorum observare manus,

    no easy matter, Juv. 7, 240:

    quidquid levius putaris,

    easier, id. 10, 344.—
    (β).
    With gen. ( poet.):

    opum levior,

    Sil. 2, 102.—
    B.
    In disposition or character.
    1.
    Light, light-minded, capricious, fickle, inconstant, unreliable, false:

    homo levior quam pluma,

    Plaut. Men. 3, 2, 23:

    ne me leviorem erga te putes,

    id. Trin. 5, 2, 34:

    tu levior cortice,

    Hor. C. 3, 9, 22:

    vitium levium hominum atque fallacium,

    Cic. Lael. 25, 91:

    quidam saepe in parva pecunia perspiciuntur quam sint leves,

    id. ib. 17, 63:

    leves ac nummarii judices,

    id. Clu. 28, 75:

    sit precor illa levis,

    Tib. 1, 6, 56:

    levi brachio aliquid agere,

    Cic. Att. 4, 16, 6:

    quid levius aut turpius,

    Caes. B. G. 5, 28 fin.:

    auctor,

    Liv. 5, 15:

    leves amicitiae,

    Cic. Lael. 26, 100:

    spes,

    vain, empty, Hor. Ep. 1, 5, 8:

    leviores mores,

    Ulp. Fragm. 6, 12.—
    2.
    Mild, gentle, pleasant (rare):

    quos qui leviore nomine appellant, percussores vocant,

    Cic. Rosc. Am. 33, 93; and:

    levior reprehensio,

    id. Ac. 2, 32, 102:

    tandem eo, quod levissimum videbatur, decursum est,

    the gentlest, mildest, Liv. 5, 23 fin.:

    nec leves somnos timor aut cupido Sordidus aufert,

    Hor. C. 2, 16, 15; id. Epod. 2, 28:

    exsilium,

    mild, tolerable, Suet. Aug. 51.—Hence, adv.: lĕ-vĭter, lightly, not heavily.
    1.
    Lit. (rare):

    armati,

    light-armed, Curt. 4, 13.—Of the blow of a weapon:

    levius casura pila sperabat,

    Caes. B. C. 3, 92, 2.—
    2.
    Trop.
    a.
    Slightly, a little, not much, somewhat:

    leviter densae nubes,

    Lucr. 6, 248:

    inflexum bacillum,

    Cic. Div. 1, 17, 30:

    genae leviter eminentes (al. leniter),

    id. N. D. 2, 57, 143:

    qui (medici) leviter aegrotantes leniter curant, gravioribus autem morbis, etc.,

    id. Off. 1, 24, 83:

    saucius,

    id. Inv. 2, 51, 154:

    non leviter lucra liguriens,

    id. Verr. 2, 3, 76, § 177:

    agnoscere aliquid,

    id. Fin. 2, 11, 33:

    eruditus,

    id. de Or. 3, 6, 24.— Comp.:

    quanto constantior idem In vitiis, tanto levius miser,

    so much less, Hor. S. 2, 7, 18:

    dolere,

    Ov. P. 1, 9, 30.— Sup.:

    ut levissime dicam,

    to express it in the mildest manner, Cic. Cat. 3, 7 fin. —
    b.
    Easily, lightly, without difficulty, with equanimity:

    id eo levius ferendum est, quod, etc.,

    Cic. Fam. 4, 3, 2; cf.:

    sed levissime feram, si, etc.,

    id. Prov. Cons. 20, 47; Liv. 29, 9.— Comp.:

    levius torquetis Arachne,

    more dexterously, Juv. 2, 56.
    2.
    lēvis (erroneously laevis), e, adj. [Gr. leios, leuros], smooth, smoothed, not rough, opp. asper (class.).
    I.
    Lit.
    A.
    In gen.:

    corpuscula quaedam levia, alia aspera, etc.,

    Cic. N. D. 1, 24, 66:

    in locis (spectatur): leves an asperi,

    id. Part. Or. 10, 36:

    Deus levem eum (mundum) fecit et undique aequabilem,

    id. Univ. 6:

    pocula,

    smooth, shining, Verg. A. 5, 91:

    pharetrae,

    id. ib. 5, 558:

    brassica,

    Cato, R. R. 15, 7:

    levissima corpora,

    Lucr. 4, 659:

    coma pectine levis,

    Ov. M. 12, 409:

    nascunturque leves per digitos umerosque plumae,

    Hor. C. 2, 20, 11:

    levior assiduo detritis aequore conchis,

    Ov. M. 13, 792: inimicus pumice levis, rubbed (cf. pumicatus), Juv. 9, 95.— Poet.: levi cum sanguine Nisus labitur infelix, slippery, [p. 1055] Verg. A. 5, 328:

    levis Juventas ( = imberbis),

    smooth, without hair, beardless, Hor. C. 2, 11, 6; so,

    ora,

    Tib. 1, 9 (8), 31:

    crura,

    Juv. 8, 115:

    sponsus,

    id. 3, 111:

    caput,

    id. 10, 199; 2, 12; hence, also, poet. for youthful, delicate, beautiful:

    pectus,

    Verg. A. 11, 40:

    frons,

    id. E. 6, 51:

    umeri,

    id. A. 7, 815:

    colla,

    Ov. M. 10, 698.—Also, finely dressed, spruce, effeminate:

    vir,

    Ov. A. A. 3, 437; Pers. 1, 82: argentum, smooth, not engraved or chased, Juv. 14, 62.—In neutr. absol.:

    externi ne quid valeat per leve morari,

    smoothness, Hor. S. 2, 7, 87; so,

    per leve,

    Pers. 1, 64:

    per levia,

    Aus. Idyll. 16, 4.—
    B.
    Transf., rubbed smooth, ground down, softened, soft (rare), Scrib. Comp. 228; Cels. 2, 8.—
    II.
    Trop., of speech, smooth, flowing (rare but class.):

    oratio (opp. aspera),

    Cic. Or. 5 fin.; so,

    levis verborum concursus (opp. asper),

    id. de Or. 3, 43, 171:

    levis et aspera (vox),

    Quint. 11, 3, 15:

    levis et quadrata compositio,

    id. 2, 5, 9:

    levia ac nitida,

    id. 5, 12, 18:

    (aures) fragosis offenduntur et levibus mulcentur,

    id. 9, 4, 116.— Adv. does not occur.

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  • 15 Calidae Aquae

    călĭdus and caldus, a, um, adj. (contr. access. form caldus in the anteAug. per. is freq. only in Cato and Varr.; Lucr. and Cic. use only calidus; acc. to Quint. 1, 6, 19, caldus appears to have been predom. in the Aug. per., though used by Aug. poets only when demanded by the rules of prosody, as comp. caldior, Hor. S. 1, 3, 53) [caleo, like fervidus, frigidus, from ferveo, etc., aridus from areo, etc.], warm, hot.
    I.
    Lit.:

    fons luce diurnă Frigidus, et calidus nocturno tempore,

    Lucr. 6, 850; 6, 749; 6, 888:

    corpora secreta omnino calidi vaporis,

    devoid of warmth, id. 2, 844; 2, 858; 3, 127; 3, 216; 5, 568; 5, 595; 5, 796; 6, 859;

    6, 949 al.: fervor,

    id. 6, 657; 5, 604:

    fornaces,

    id. 6, 148:

    lavacra,

    id. 6, 800:

    corpus,

    id. 6, 856:

    febres,

    id. 2, 34.—As epitheton ornans with ignis, Lucr. 1, 648; 1, 1087; 2, 431; 6, 516; 6, 689;

    with flamma,

    id. 3, 903:

    omne quod est calidum et igneum, etc.,

    Cic. N. D. 2, 9, 23:

    calidior est enim, vel potius ardentior, animus, quam hic aër,

    id. Tusc. 1, 18, 42:

    calidissimae hiemes,

    Vitr. 2, 1:

    aestas,

    Sen. Hippol. 765:

    dies,

    Plin. 10, 54, 75, § 152; Quint. 11, 3, 27.—Contr. form in agro caldo, Cato, R. R. 6, 1; 6, 2:

    sole caldo,

    Varr. R. R. 3, 2, 1:

    calda puls,

    id. L. L. 5, § 127 Müll.— Comp.:

    caldior est,

    Hor. S. 1, 3, 53.— Prop. nom.: Călĭdae Ăquae, = /(gdata Therma, Hot Springs, a bathing place in Zeugitana, now Hammam Gurbos, Liv. 30, 24, 9.—
    B.
    Subst.
    1.
    călĭda ( calda), ae, f. (sc. aqua), warm water, Cato, R. R. 156, 3; Plin. 25, 7, 38, § 77; Tac. G. 22; cf. Just. 44, 2, 6;

    contr. calda,

    Col. 6, 13 fin.; 6, 30, 5; Plin. 23, 4, 41, § 83; Sen. Ep. 77, 9; 83, 5; Mart. 1, 12.—
    2.
    călĭ-dum ( caldum), i, n., = to thermon (sc. hudôr), a hot drink (a mixture of wine and boiling hot water), Plaut. Curc. 2, 3, 14:

    calix a caldo, quod in eo calda puls apponebatur et caldum eo bibebant,

    Varr. L. L. 5, § 127 Müll.—
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    In gen., fiery, rash, eager, spirited, fierce, impassioned, vehement (of living beings, only in the poets):

    equus calidus animis,

    of a fiery spirit, Verg. G. 3, 119:

    redemptor,

    eager, active, Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 72:

    calidus juventă,

    id. C. 3, 14, 27:

    caldior est,

    id. S. 1, 3, 53:

    rixa,

    id. C. 3, 27, 70.—
    2.
    Esp. freq. (also in prose): consilium, of a conclusion made under excitement, inconsiderate, hasty, rash = temerarium, praeceps (v. Ruhnk. ad Ter. Eun. 2, 3, 89; Doed. Syn. II. p. 124; cf. also Lidd. and Scott under thermos):

    reperias multos, quibus periculosa et calida consilia quietis et cogitatis et splendidiora et majora videantur,

    Cic. Off. 1, 24, 82; Hirt. ap. Cic. Att. 15, 6, 2:

    agitabanturque pro ingenio ducis consilia calidiora,

    Liv. 22, 24, 2:

    consilia calida et audacia primă specie laeta, tractatu dura, eventu tristia esse,

    id. 35, 32, 13; Ter. Eun. 2, 3, 89; cf.:

    calidoque habitata Gradivo Pectora,

    Sil. 15, 337 Drak. ad loc.—Hence,
    3.
    As a Roman proper name, Caldus ( hot-head):

    idcirco aliquem Caldum (al. Calidium) vocari, quod temerario et repentino consilio sit,

    Cic. Inv. 2, 9, 28.—So C. Caelius Caldus, Cic. Fam. 2, 19.—
    B.
    With the prevailing idea of haste, quick, ready, prompt (rare;

    perh. only anteclass.): huic homini opus est quadraginta minis celeriter calidis,

    quickly procured, Plaut. Ep. 1, 2, 39: pedes, Varr. ap. Non. p. 263, 20.—Esp.: consilium, quick, ready device or plan:

    reperiamus aliquid calidi conducibilis consili,

    Plaut. Ep. 2, 2, 73:

    reperi, comminiscere, cedo calidum consilium cito,

    id. Mil. 2, 2, 73 Brix. ad loc.; cf.:

    calidum hercle audivi esse optumum mendacium,

    id. Most. 3, 1, 136.—Hence, * adv.: călĭdē, quickly, promptly, etc.:

    calide quicquid acturus,

    Plaut. Ep. 2, 2, 99.

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  • 16 calidum

    călĭdus and caldus, a, um, adj. (contr. access. form caldus in the anteAug. per. is freq. only in Cato and Varr.; Lucr. and Cic. use only calidus; acc. to Quint. 1, 6, 19, caldus appears to have been predom. in the Aug. per., though used by Aug. poets only when demanded by the rules of prosody, as comp. caldior, Hor. S. 1, 3, 53) [caleo, like fervidus, frigidus, from ferveo, etc., aridus from areo, etc.], warm, hot.
    I.
    Lit.:

    fons luce diurnă Frigidus, et calidus nocturno tempore,

    Lucr. 6, 850; 6, 749; 6, 888:

    corpora secreta omnino calidi vaporis,

    devoid of warmth, id. 2, 844; 2, 858; 3, 127; 3, 216; 5, 568; 5, 595; 5, 796; 6, 859;

    6, 949 al.: fervor,

    id. 6, 657; 5, 604:

    fornaces,

    id. 6, 148:

    lavacra,

    id. 6, 800:

    corpus,

    id. 6, 856:

    febres,

    id. 2, 34.—As epitheton ornans with ignis, Lucr. 1, 648; 1, 1087; 2, 431; 6, 516; 6, 689;

    with flamma,

    id. 3, 903:

    omne quod est calidum et igneum, etc.,

    Cic. N. D. 2, 9, 23:

    calidior est enim, vel potius ardentior, animus, quam hic aër,

    id. Tusc. 1, 18, 42:

    calidissimae hiemes,

    Vitr. 2, 1:

    aestas,

    Sen. Hippol. 765:

    dies,

    Plin. 10, 54, 75, § 152; Quint. 11, 3, 27.—Contr. form in agro caldo, Cato, R. R. 6, 1; 6, 2:

    sole caldo,

    Varr. R. R. 3, 2, 1:

    calda puls,

    id. L. L. 5, § 127 Müll.— Comp.:

    caldior est,

    Hor. S. 1, 3, 53.— Prop. nom.: Călĭdae Ăquae, = /(gdata Therma, Hot Springs, a bathing place in Zeugitana, now Hammam Gurbos, Liv. 30, 24, 9.—
    B.
    Subst.
    1.
    călĭda ( calda), ae, f. (sc. aqua), warm water, Cato, R. R. 156, 3; Plin. 25, 7, 38, § 77; Tac. G. 22; cf. Just. 44, 2, 6;

    contr. calda,

    Col. 6, 13 fin.; 6, 30, 5; Plin. 23, 4, 41, § 83; Sen. Ep. 77, 9; 83, 5; Mart. 1, 12.—
    2.
    călĭ-dum ( caldum), i, n., = to thermon (sc. hudôr), a hot drink (a mixture of wine and boiling hot water), Plaut. Curc. 2, 3, 14:

    calix a caldo, quod in eo calda puls apponebatur et caldum eo bibebant,

    Varr. L. L. 5, § 127 Müll.—
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    In gen., fiery, rash, eager, spirited, fierce, impassioned, vehement (of living beings, only in the poets):

    equus calidus animis,

    of a fiery spirit, Verg. G. 3, 119:

    redemptor,

    eager, active, Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 72:

    calidus juventă,

    id. C. 3, 14, 27:

    caldior est,

    id. S. 1, 3, 53:

    rixa,

    id. C. 3, 27, 70.—
    2.
    Esp. freq. (also in prose): consilium, of a conclusion made under excitement, inconsiderate, hasty, rash = temerarium, praeceps (v. Ruhnk. ad Ter. Eun. 2, 3, 89; Doed. Syn. II. p. 124; cf. also Lidd. and Scott under thermos):

    reperias multos, quibus periculosa et calida consilia quietis et cogitatis et splendidiora et majora videantur,

    Cic. Off. 1, 24, 82; Hirt. ap. Cic. Att. 15, 6, 2:

    agitabanturque pro ingenio ducis consilia calidiora,

    Liv. 22, 24, 2:

    consilia calida et audacia primă specie laeta, tractatu dura, eventu tristia esse,

    id. 35, 32, 13; Ter. Eun. 2, 3, 89; cf.:

    calidoque habitata Gradivo Pectora,

    Sil. 15, 337 Drak. ad loc.—Hence,
    3.
    As a Roman proper name, Caldus ( hot-head):

    idcirco aliquem Caldum (al. Calidium) vocari, quod temerario et repentino consilio sit,

    Cic. Inv. 2, 9, 28.—So C. Caelius Caldus, Cic. Fam. 2, 19.—
    B.
    With the prevailing idea of haste, quick, ready, prompt (rare;

    perh. only anteclass.): huic homini opus est quadraginta minis celeriter calidis,

    quickly procured, Plaut. Ep. 1, 2, 39: pedes, Varr. ap. Non. p. 263, 20.—Esp.: consilium, quick, ready device or plan:

    reperiamus aliquid calidi conducibilis consili,

    Plaut. Ep. 2, 2, 73:

    reperi, comminiscere, cedo calidum consilium cito,

    id. Mil. 2, 2, 73 Brix. ad loc.; cf.:

    calidum hercle audivi esse optumum mendacium,

    id. Most. 3, 1, 136.—Hence, * adv.: călĭdē, quickly, promptly, etc.:

    calide quicquid acturus,

    Plaut. Ep. 2, 2, 99.

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  • 17 calidus

    călĭdus and caldus, a, um, adj. (contr. access. form caldus in the anteAug. per. is freq. only in Cato and Varr.; Lucr. and Cic. use only calidus; acc. to Quint. 1, 6, 19, caldus appears to have been predom. in the Aug. per., though used by Aug. poets only when demanded by the rules of prosody, as comp. caldior, Hor. S. 1, 3, 53) [caleo, like fervidus, frigidus, from ferveo, etc., aridus from areo, etc.], warm, hot.
    I.
    Lit.:

    fons luce diurnă Frigidus, et calidus nocturno tempore,

    Lucr. 6, 850; 6, 749; 6, 888:

    corpora secreta omnino calidi vaporis,

    devoid of warmth, id. 2, 844; 2, 858; 3, 127; 3, 216; 5, 568; 5, 595; 5, 796; 6, 859;

    6, 949 al.: fervor,

    id. 6, 657; 5, 604:

    fornaces,

    id. 6, 148:

    lavacra,

    id. 6, 800:

    corpus,

    id. 6, 856:

    febres,

    id. 2, 34.—As epitheton ornans with ignis, Lucr. 1, 648; 1, 1087; 2, 431; 6, 516; 6, 689;

    with flamma,

    id. 3, 903:

    omne quod est calidum et igneum, etc.,

    Cic. N. D. 2, 9, 23:

    calidior est enim, vel potius ardentior, animus, quam hic aër,

    id. Tusc. 1, 18, 42:

    calidissimae hiemes,

    Vitr. 2, 1:

    aestas,

    Sen. Hippol. 765:

    dies,

    Plin. 10, 54, 75, § 152; Quint. 11, 3, 27.—Contr. form in agro caldo, Cato, R. R. 6, 1; 6, 2:

    sole caldo,

    Varr. R. R. 3, 2, 1:

    calda puls,

    id. L. L. 5, § 127 Müll.— Comp.:

    caldior est,

    Hor. S. 1, 3, 53.— Prop. nom.: Călĭdae Ăquae, = /(gdata Therma, Hot Springs, a bathing place in Zeugitana, now Hammam Gurbos, Liv. 30, 24, 9.—
    B.
    Subst.
    1.
    călĭda ( calda), ae, f. (sc. aqua), warm water, Cato, R. R. 156, 3; Plin. 25, 7, 38, § 77; Tac. G. 22; cf. Just. 44, 2, 6;

    contr. calda,

    Col. 6, 13 fin.; 6, 30, 5; Plin. 23, 4, 41, § 83; Sen. Ep. 77, 9; 83, 5; Mart. 1, 12.—
    2.
    călĭ-dum ( caldum), i, n., = to thermon (sc. hudôr), a hot drink (a mixture of wine and boiling hot water), Plaut. Curc. 2, 3, 14:

    calix a caldo, quod in eo calda puls apponebatur et caldum eo bibebant,

    Varr. L. L. 5, § 127 Müll.—
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    In gen., fiery, rash, eager, spirited, fierce, impassioned, vehement (of living beings, only in the poets):

    equus calidus animis,

    of a fiery spirit, Verg. G. 3, 119:

    redemptor,

    eager, active, Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 72:

    calidus juventă,

    id. C. 3, 14, 27:

    caldior est,

    id. S. 1, 3, 53:

    rixa,

    id. C. 3, 27, 70.—
    2.
    Esp. freq. (also in prose): consilium, of a conclusion made under excitement, inconsiderate, hasty, rash = temerarium, praeceps (v. Ruhnk. ad Ter. Eun. 2, 3, 89; Doed. Syn. II. p. 124; cf. also Lidd. and Scott under thermos):

    reperias multos, quibus periculosa et calida consilia quietis et cogitatis et splendidiora et majora videantur,

    Cic. Off. 1, 24, 82; Hirt. ap. Cic. Att. 15, 6, 2:

    agitabanturque pro ingenio ducis consilia calidiora,

    Liv. 22, 24, 2:

    consilia calida et audacia primă specie laeta, tractatu dura, eventu tristia esse,

    id. 35, 32, 13; Ter. Eun. 2, 3, 89; cf.:

    calidoque habitata Gradivo Pectora,

    Sil. 15, 337 Drak. ad loc.—Hence,
    3.
    As a Roman proper name, Caldus ( hot-head):

    idcirco aliquem Caldum (al. Calidium) vocari, quod temerario et repentino consilio sit,

    Cic. Inv. 2, 9, 28.—So C. Caelius Caldus, Cic. Fam. 2, 19.—
    B.
    With the prevailing idea of haste, quick, ready, prompt (rare;

    perh. only anteclass.): huic homini opus est quadraginta minis celeriter calidis,

    quickly procured, Plaut. Ep. 1, 2, 39: pedes, Varr. ap. Non. p. 263, 20.—Esp.: consilium, quick, ready device or plan:

    reperiamus aliquid calidi conducibilis consili,

    Plaut. Ep. 2, 2, 73:

    reperi, comminiscere, cedo calidum consilium cito,

    id. Mil. 2, 2, 73 Brix. ad loc.; cf.:

    calidum hercle audivi esse optumum mendacium,

    id. Most. 3, 1, 136.—Hence, * adv.: călĭdē, quickly, promptly, etc.:

    calide quicquid acturus,

    Plaut. Ep. 2, 2, 99.

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  • 18 āles

        āles ālitis, gen plur. ālitum, and poet. ālituum, adj. and subst.    [ala].    I. Adj, winged: avis: deus, i. e. Mercury, O.: minister fulminis (i. e. aquila), H.: (Venus) purpureis ales oloribus, borne on the wings of bright swans, H. — Quick, hasty, rapid, swift: rutili tres ignis et alitis Austri, V.: passus, O.—    II. Subst m. and f a bird: fulvus Iovis, i. e. aquila, V.: Phoebeïus, the raven, O.: albus, the swan, H.: Aetheriā lapsa plagā Iovis ales, V.: regia, O.—Esp., in augury, alites are birds whose flight is significant (cf. oscen, a bird whose song is regarded in augury). — Hence, augury, omen, sign: lugubris, H.: potiore alite, H.—Ales canorus, a swan (of a poet), H.: Maeonii carminis, i. e. the singer of a Maeonian (Homeric) song, H.
    * * *
    I
    (gen.), alitis ADJ
    winged, having wings; swift/quick

    ales deus -- Mercury; ales puer -- Cupid

    II
    bird; (esp. large); winged god/monster; omen/augury

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  • 19 alacer

    ălăcer, cris, e, adj. (also in masc. alacris, Enn., v. below; Ter. Eun. 2, 3, 13, and Verg. A. 5, 380; cf. Charis. p. 63 P.—In more ancient times, alacer comm.; cf. Serv. ad Verg. A. 6, 685, and 2. acer) [perh. akin to alere = to nourish, and olēre = to grow; cf. Cic. Verr. 1, 6, 17; Auct. ad Her. 2, 19, 29], lively, brisk, quick, eager, active; glad, happy, cheerful (opp. languidus; cf. Doed. Syn. 3, 247, and 4, 450.—In the class. per., esp. in Cicero, with the access. idea of joyous activity).
    I.
    Lit.
    A.
    Of men: ignotus juvenum coetus, alternā vice Inibat alacris, Bacchio insultans modo, Enn. ap. Charis. p. 214 P.:

    quid tu es tristis? quidve es alacris?

    why are you so disturbed? or why so excited? Ter. Eun. 2, 3, 13 ( = incitatus, commotus, Ruhnk.):

    videbant Catilinam alacrem atque laetum,

    active and joyous, Cic. Mur. 24, 49:

    valentes imbecillum, alacres perterritum superare,

    id. Cael. 28:

    Aman laetus et alacer,

    Vulg. Esth. 5, 9:

    alacres animo sumus,

    are eager in mind, Cic. Fam. 5, 12 fin. Manut.; Verg. A. 6, 685 al.—With ad: alacriores ad reliquum perficiendum, Auct. ad Her. 2, 31:

    ad maleficia,

    id. ib. 2, 30:

    ad bella suscipienda alacer et promptus animus,

    Caes. B. G. 3, 19; so Sall. C. 21, 5:

    ad rem gerendam,

    Nep. Paus. 2, 6.—With super:

    alacri corde super omnibus,

    Vulg. 3 Reg. 8, 66.—In Sall. once for nimble, active: cum alacribus saltu, cum velocibus cursu certabat, Fragm. 62, p. 248 Gerl.—
    B.
    Of animals:

    equus,

    Cic. Div. 33, 73: bestiae, Auct. ad Her. 2, 19. —
    II.
    Transf., poet., of concrete and abstract things:

    alacris voluptas,

    a lively pleasure, Verg. E. 5, 58; so, alacres enses, quick, ready to cut, Claud. Eutr. 2, 280:

    involant (in pugnam) impetu alacri,

    with a spirited, vigorous onset, Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 90. — Sup. not used; cf. Charis. 88 P.; Rudd. I. p. 177, n. 48.— Adv.: ălăcrĭter, briskly, eagerly, Amm. 14, 2.— Comp., Just. 1, 6, 10.

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  • 20 concito

    concĭto, āvi, ātum, 1, v. freq. a. [concieo], to move violently, to put in violent or quick motion, to stir up, rouse up, excite, incite, shake.
    I.
    Prop. (thus most freq. in the poets and histt.):

    artus,

    Lucr. 3, 292; 3, 301:

    equum calcaribus,

    Liv. 2, 6, 8; cf.:

    equum in aliquem,

    Nep. Pelop. 5, 4:

    concitant equos permittuntque in hostem,

    Liv. 3, 61, 8:

    equos adversos,

    id. 8, 7, 9; cf. also under P. a.:

    naves quantā maximā celeritate poterat,

    id. 36, 44, 4; cf.:

    classem concitatam remis,

    id. 30, 25, 8; 37, 11, 10:

    navem remis,

    Curt. 4, 3, 2:

    in alteram (navem) quinqueremis eadem concitata,

    id. 4, 4, 7:

    agmen,

    Ov. M. 14, 239:

    omne nemus,

    id. F. 1, 436:

    feras,

    id. ib. 2, 286:

    tela,

    Liv. 34, 39, 3:

    eversas Eurus aquas,

    Ov. H. 7, 42; cf.:

    mare aeriore vento,

    Curt. 4, 3, 17:

    graves pluvias,

    Ov. F. 2, 72:

    se in hostem,

    Liv. 8, 39, 7; cf.:

    se in Teucros alis (Alecto),

    Verg. A. 7, 476:

    se in fugam,

    to take to flight, Liv. 22, 17, 6; cf.:

    se fugā in aliquem locum,

    Val. Fl. 3, 383.—
    II.
    Trop. (class. and very freq. in prose and poetry).
    A.
    Aliquem, to rouse, urge, impel one to any act, feeling, etc., to move strongly, to influence, stir up, instigate, etc.; constr. with acc. pers. and ad, in, adversus, the inf. and absol.
    (α).
    With ad and a subst., gerund, or gerundive:

    concitari ad studium cognoscendae percipiendaeque virtutis,

    Cic. de Or. 1, 47, 204; cf.:

    concitatus ad philosophiam studio,

    id. Brut. 89, 306:

    judicem ad fortiter judicandum,

    Quint. 6, 1, 20:

    victum ad depellendam ignominiam,

    id. 1, 2, 24:

    nos ad quaerendum,

    id. 10, 2, 5:

    omnem Galliam ad nostrum auxilium,

    Caes. B. G. 7, 77:

    multitudinem ad arma,

    id. ib. 7, 42 fin.; cf.: cessantes ad arma, * Hor. C. 1, 35, 16: colonias ad audendum aliquid, Suet. Caes. 8:

    ad convicia,

    id. Tib. 54:

    ad despiciendam vitam,

    id. Oth. 10.—
    (β).
    With in:

    qui in iram concitat se,

    Quint. 6, 2, 27; cf. Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 3, § 6.—
    (γ).
    With adversus:

    Etruriam omnem adversus nos,

    Liv. 5, 4, 14:

    exercitum adversus regem,

    id. 1, 59, 12.—
    * (δ).
    With inf.:

    quae vos dementia concitat captam dimittere Trojam?

    Ov. M. 13, 226.—
    (ε).
    Absol., both with and without abl.:

    te ipsum animi quodam impetu concitatum,

    Cic. Mur. 31, 65; so,

    uxorem dolore,

    id. Scaur. 6, 9 (Fragm. ap. Prisc. p. 689 P.):

    aliquem injuriis,

    Sall. C. 35, 3:

    multitudinem fallaci spe,

    Liv. 6, 15, 6:

    familiam seditionibus,

    Col. 1, 8, 18:

    aliquem aliquo adfectu,

    Quint. 10, 7, 15:

    irā,

    Liv. 23, 7, 7; 42, 59, 2; Quint. 6, 3, 46; Liv. 7, 8, 3:

    aspectu pignorum suorum concitari,

    Tac. Agr. 38; Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 3, § 6:

    quo enim spectat illud... nisi ut opifices concitentur?

    should be excited to sedition, id. Ac. 2, 47, 144; cf. id. Fl. 8, 18 sq.; Asin. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 33, 4; cf.

    servitia,

    Sall. C. 46, 3:

    multitudinem,

    Nep. Arist. 1, 3:

    suos,

    Caes. B. G. 5, 26:

    judices (opp. flectere),

    Quint. 6, 1, 9; cf.

    (opp. placare),

    id. 11, 3, 170;

    (opp. mitigare),

    id. 3, 4, 3; 4, 2, 9; 6, 2, 12:

    concitare animos ac remittere,

    id. 9, 4, 11:

    tuas aures de nobis,

    Prop. 3 (4), 15, 45.—
    B.
    Aliquid, to rouse, excite, cause, occasion, produce any action, passion, evil, etc.:

    bellum,

    Cic. Fam. 15, 4, 6; Hirt. B. G. 8, 22; Nep. Ham. 4, 3; Liv. 5, 5, 11; Flor. 4, 5, 1 al.; cf.:

    bellum Romanis,

    Liv. 35, 12, 18:

    quantas turbas mihi,

    Sall. H. 3, 61, 11 Dietsch; cf.:

    quantam pugnam mihi,

    Quint. 10, 1, 105:

    lacrimas totius populi Romani,

    id. 11, 3,:

    misericordiam populi,

    Cic. de Or. 1, 53, 227:

    odium (just before, commovere odium),

    id. Inv. 1, 54, 105; cf. id. ib. 1, 53, 100:

    invidiam in te ex illis rebus,

    id. Verr. 2, 5, 8, § 21:

    invidiam, odium, iram,

    Quint. 6, 1, 14:

    iram (opp. lenire),

    id. 3, 8, 12:

    risum,

    Cic. de Or. 2, 58, 235:

    seditionem ac discordiam,

    id. Mur. 39, 83:

    tumultum,

    Caes. B. C. 3, 18; Liv. 38, 33, 7:

    aspera iambis maxime concitantur,

    Quint. 9, 4, 136:

    error vanis concitatus imaginibus,

    Val. Max. 9, 9 init.:

    morbos,

    Cels. 2, 13:

    pituitam,

    id. 6, 6, 15:

    somnum,

    Plin. 20, 17, 73, § 189.—Hence, concĭtātus, a, um, P. a.
    A.
    (Acc. to I.) Violently moved, i. e. rapid, swift, quick:

    equo concitato ad hostem vehitur,

    at full speed, Nep. Dat. 4 fin. (more freq. citato equo; v. 2. cito, P. a.):

    quam concitatissimos equos immittere jubet,

    Liv. 35, 5, 8:

    conversio caeli concitatior,

    Cic. Rep. 6, 18, 18; so,

    cursu,

    Liv. 35, 29, 6:

    concitatissimus corporis motus,

    Quint. 2, 11, 4.—
    B.
    (Acc. to II.) Roused up, excited, vehement, ardent (freq. in Quint.):

    testimonia non concitatae contionis sed jurati senatūs,

    Cic. Fl. 7, 17:

    (in comoediis pater) interim concitatus, interim lenis est,

    Quint. 11, 3, 74:

    adfectus (opp. mites atque compositi),

    id. 6, 2, 9; cf.

    opp. flebiles,

    id. 11, 3, 162:

    animus an remissus,

    id. 3, 9, 7:

    causae,

    id. 11, 1, 3:

    oratio,

    id. 3, 8, 58 and 60:

    sententiae,

    id. 12, 9, 3; 10, 1, 44:

    erectā et concitatā voce (opp. summissā atque contractā),

    id. 11, 3, 175:

    Lucanus ardens et concitatus,

    id. 10, 1, 91.— Comp.:

    concitatior accidens clamor,

    Liv. 10, 5, 2; Quint. 2, 15, 28; 8, 3, 14.—Hence, concĭtātē, adv. (not in Cic.).
    1.
    (Acc. to 1.) Quickly, rapidly:

    agitur pecus,

    Col. 6, 6, 4.—
    2.
    (Acc. to 2.) Impetuously, ardently (most freq. in Quint.):

    dicere,

    Quint. 8, 3, 40; 10, 2, 23; 11, 3, 23;

    12, 10, 71: itur,

    id. 11, 3, 133.— Comp.:

    dicere,

    Quint. 1, 8, 1; 3, 8, 68; 9, 4, 130:

    movere adfectus,

    id. 12, 10, 26.—
    * Sup.: raperet ventus, Aug. Civ. Dei, 5, 26.

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