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  • 1 torqueo

    torquĕo, torsi, tortum, 2 (archaic inf. torquerier, Hor. S. 2, 8, 67), v. a. [Gr. trepô, to turn; cf. atrekês; also Sanscr. tarkus; Gr. atraktos, a spindle; and strephô, to twist], to turn, turn about or away; to twist, bend, wind (class.; syn. converto).
    I.
    Lit.
    A.
    In gen.:

    cervices oculosque,

    Cic. Leg. 2, 15, 39:

    oculum,

    to roll, distort, id. Ac. 2, 25, 80:

    ora,

    to twist awry, id. Off. 1, 36, 131:

    ab obscenis sermonibus aurem,

    Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 127:

    oculos ad moenia,

    Verg. A. 4, 220:

    ad sonitum vocis vestigia,

    id. ib. 3, 669:

    serpens squamosos orbes Torquet,

    Ov. M. 3, 42; cf.

    anguis,

    Verg. G. 3, 38:

    capillos ferro,

    i. e. to curl, frizzle, Ov. A. A. 1, 505:

    stamina pollice,

    id. M. 12, 475:

    remis aquas,

    id. F. 5, 644:

    spumas,

    Verg. A. 3, 208:

    taxos in arcus,

    to bend, id. G. 2, 448:

    tegumen torquens immane leonis,

    winding about him, id. A. 7, 666:

    cum terra circum axem se convertat et torqueat,

    Cic. Ac. 2, 39, 123:

    torta circum bracchia vestis,

    Tac. H. 5, 22.—
    B.
    In partic.
    1.
    To whirl around, to whirl in the act of throwing, to wield, brandish, to fling with force, to hurl (mostly poet.):

    torquet nunc lapidem, nunc ingens machina tignum,

    Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 73:

    amnis torquet sonantia saxa,

    Verg. A. 6, 551:

    stuppea torquentem Balearis verbera fundae,

    id. G. 1, 309:

    jaculum in hostem,

    id. A. 10, 585; Ov. M. 12, 323: hastam in hunc, id. ib 5, 137;

    for which: hastam alicui,

    Val. Fl. 3, 193:

    telum aurata ad tempora,

    Verg. A. 12, 536:

    tela manu,

    Ov. M. 12, 99:

    valido pila lacerto,

    id. F. 2, 11:

    glebas, ramos,

    id. M. 11, 30:

    cum fulmina torquet (Juppiter),

    Verg. A. 4, 208;

    and trop.: cum Juppiter horridus austris Torquet aquosam hiemem,

    id. ib. 9, 671; cf.:

    Eurus nubes in occiduum orbem,

    Luc. 4, 63.—In prose:

    torquere amentatas hastas lacertis,

    Cic. de Or. 1, 57, 242.—
    2.
    To twist awry, misplace, turn aside, distort:

    negat sibi umquam, cum oculum torsisset, duas ex lucernā flammulas esse visas,

    Cic. Ac. 2, 25, 80:

    ora Tristia temptantum sensu (sapor) torquebit amaro,

    Verg. G. 2, 247.—
    3.
    To wrench the limbs upon the rack, to put to the rack or to the torture, to rack, torture (class.):

    ita te nervo torquebo, itidem uti catapultae solent,

    Plaut. Curc. 5, 3, 12:

    eculeo torqueri,

    Cic. Fin. 3, 13, 42:

    aliquem servilem in modum,

    Suet. Aug. 27; cf.:

    ira torquentium,

    Tac. A. 15, 57:

    servum in caput domini,

    against his master, Dig. 48, 18, 1: vinctus tortusve, [p. 1880] Suet. Aug. 40 fin. —
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    In gen., to twist, wrest, distort, turn, bend, direct (a favorite expression of Cicero):

    versare suam naturam et regere ad tempus atque huc et illuc torquere ac flectere,

    Cic. Cael. 6, 13:

    torquere et flectere imbecillitatem animorum,

    id. Leg. 1, 10, 29:

    oratio ita flexibilis, ut sequatur, quocumque torqueas,

    id. Or. 16, 52:

    omnia ad suae causae commodum,

    id. Inv. 2, 14, 46:

    verbo ac litterā jus omne torqueri,

    wrested, perverted, id. Caecin. 27, 77:

    sonum,

    to inflect, Auct. Her. 3, 14, 25:

    cuncta tuo qui bella, pater, sub numine torques,

    Verg. A. 12, 180:

    versare sententias, et huc atque illuc torquere,

    Tac. H. 1, 85.—
    B.
    In partic. (acc. to A. 2.), to rack, torment, torture (syn.:

    ango, crucio): tuae libidines te torquent,

    Cic. Par. 2, 18:

    mitto aurum coronarium, quod te diutissime torsit,

    id. Pis. 37, 90: acriter nos tuae supplicationes torserunt, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 11, 1:

    equidem dies noctesque torqueor,

    Cic. Att. 7, 9, 4:

    verbi controversia jam diu torquet Graeculos homines,

    id. de Or. 1, 11, 47; 3, 9, 33:

    stulti malorum memoriā torquentur,

    id. Fin. 1, 17, 57:

    sollicitudine, poenitentia, etc., torquetur mens,

    Quint. 12, 1, 7:

    invidiā vel amore vigil torquebere,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 2, 37; Ov. H. 20, 123:

    torqueor, infesto ne vir ab hoste cadat,

    id. ib. 9, 36; cf. Hor. S. 2, 8, 67:

    Aeacus torquet umbras,

    holds inquisition over, Juv. 1, 9.— Transf.: (reges) dicuntur torquere mero, quem perspexisse laborant, qs. to rack with wine, i. e. to try or test with wine, Hor. A. P. 435; so,

    vino tortus et irā,

    id. Ep. 1, 18, 38.—
    C.
    To hurl, fling (of language):

    curvum sermone rotato enthymema,

    Juv. 6, 449.—Hence, tortus, a, um, P. a., twisted, crooked, contorted, distorted.
    A.
    Lit.:

    via (labyrinthi),

    Prop. 4 (5), 4, 42:

    quercus,

    i. e. a twisted oakgarland, Verg. G. 1, 349.—Hence,
    2.
    Subst.: torta, ae, f., a twisted loaf, a twist, Vulg. 1 Par. 16, 3. —
    * B.
    Trop.:

    condiciones,

    confused, complicated, Plaut. Men. 4, 2, 25. — Adv.: tortē, awry, crookedly:

    torte penitusque remota,

    Lucr. 4, 305 (329).

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  • 2 tormentum

    tormentum, i, n. [torqueo, an instrument with which any thing is turned or twisted].
    I.
    An engine for hurling missiles.
    A.
    Lit.:

    tormenta telorum,

    Cic. Tusc. 2, 24, 57:

    tormentis Mutinam verberavit,

    id. Phil. 8, 7, 20; Caes. B. G. 2, 8; 4, 25; id. B. C. 1, 17; Hirt. B. G. 8, 14, 5:

    machinator bellicorum tormentorum,

    Liv. 24, 34, 2; Sil. 6, 279; Tac. A. 2, 81; id. H. 3, 20; 4, 23; Curt. 4, 3, 13.—
    B.
    Transf., a missile, shot thrown by the engine:

    quod unum genus tegumenti nullo telo neque tormento transici posse,

    Caes. B. C. 2, 9;

    telum tormentumve missum,

    id. ib. 3, 51; 3, 56; Plin. 8, 23, 35, § 85; Stat. Th. 9, 145; Curt. 4, 2, 9.—
    II.
    A (twisted) cord, rope: praesectis [p. 1879] crinibus tormenta effecerunt, Caes. B. C. 3, 9:

    falces tormentis introrsus reducebant,

    id. B. G. 7, 22, 2:

    laxare,

    Quint. Decl. 19, 15; Grat. Cyn. 26; Auct. Priap. 6:

    stuppeum,

    App. Mag. p. 276, 14:

    ferreum,

    i. e. fetters, Plaut. Curc. 2, 1, 12; cf.:

    sine tormentorum injuriā,

    Petr. 102.—
    III. A.
    Lit.:

    verberibus ac tormentis quaestionem habere,

    Cic. Phil. 11, 2, 5; 11, 4, 8; 13, 9, 21:

    quaerere de aliquo tormentis,

    id. Deiot. 1, 3; id. Clu. 63, 176 sq.; id. Mil. 21, 57; 22, 58; id. Sull. 28, 78; id. Off. 3, 9, 39; id. Part. Or. 14, 50; id. Tusc. 5, 28, 80; Caes. B. G. 6, 18; Quint. 2, 20, 10; 3, 5, 10; Suet. Tib. 19; 58; 62 al.:

    tu lene tormentum ingenio admoves,

    a rack of a mild sort, Hor. C. 3, 21, 13.—
    B.
    Transf., in gen., torture, anguish, pain, torment, etc.:

    cruciatus et tormenta pati,

    Plin. Ep. 1, 12, 6; cf.:

    tormento liberari,

    Col. 6, 7, 1; so of the torture or pain of sickness, Cels. 7, 11; Plin. 19, 8, 44, § 155; 20, 4, 13, § 27; 22, 22, 37, § 79:

    tormenta fortunae,

    Cic. Tusc. 5, 1, 1: caecae suspitionis, Caecin. ap. Cic. Fam. 6, 7, 4:

    invidiā Siculi non invenere tyranni Majus tormentum,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 2, 59; Juv. 2, 137:

    esse in tormentis,

    Plin. Ep. 8, 23, 9:

    incredibiles cruciatus et indignissima tormenta pati,

    id. ib. 1, 12, 6:

    tormentum sibi injungere,

    id. Pan. 86, 1:

    bene tormentis secubituque coli,

    Ov. Am. 3, 10, 16; so of the pain of love, Mart. 7, 29, 1:

    tormentis gaudet amantis,

    Juv. 6, 209:

    animi tormenta latentis in aegro Corpore,

    id. 9, 18.—
    IV.
    A clothes-press, mangle, Sen. Tranq. 1, 3.

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  • 3 quaestiō

        quaestiō ōnis, f    [QVAES-], a questioning, examination, inquiry, investigation: exploratā re quaestione captivorum, Cs.: rem in disceptationem quaestionemque vocare, to investigate: res in quaestione versatur, is under investigation: de moribus ultima fiet quaestio, Iu.— A judicial investigation, examination by torture, criminal inquiry, inquisition: cum praetor quaestionem inter sicarios exercuisset, conducted a trial for assassination: mortis paternae de servis paternis quaestionem habere: quaestionem in eum ferre, demand his prosecution: placuit quaestionem ex his haberi, L.: instituta de morte: ad quaestionem abripi, to the torture: illum in quaestionem postulavit: quaestiones severius exercere, L.: quaestioni praeesse, to sit as judge: tabellae quaestionis, records of testimony at an examination: quaestiones perpetuae, standing commissions of criminal investigation: iudex quaestionis (i. e. quaesitor): quaestiones extraordinariae, investigations by special commission, L.: dimittere eo tempore quaestionem, i. e. the court.—A question, subject of investigation, matter, case, cause, dispute, difficulty, inquiry: quae (sententia) viri simillima, magna quaestio est: perdifficilis de naturā deorum: de moribus ultima fiet Quaestio, Iu.: beatos efficiat (sapientia) necne quaestio est, may be disputed.—The record of a judicial inquiry, minutes of evidence: hanc fictam quaestionem conscripisse.
    * * *
    questioning, inquiry; investigation

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  • 4 extorqueo

    ex-torquĕo, si, tum, 2, v. a., to twist out, wrench out, wrest away (class.).
    I.
    Lit.
    A.
    In gen.:

    ferrum e manibus,

    Cic. Cat. 2, 1, 2; id. Planc. 41, 98:

    arma e manibus,

    id. Brut. 2, 7; Curt. 8, 2, 4;

    for which: tibi sica de manibus extorta est,

    Cic. Cat. 1, 6, 16:

    pedem mensulae,

    Petr. 136:

    ut inhaerentem atque incubantem Italiae extorqueret Hannibalem,

    tear away, force away, Flor. 2, 6, 57.—
    B.
    In partic.
    1.
    Of limbs, to wrench out, put out of joint, dislocate (syn. luxo):

    articulum,

    Sen. Ep. 104:

    omnibus membris extortus et fractus,

    crippled, Plin. Ep. 8, 18, 9; cf. Sen. Ep. 66 med.; and:

    prava extortaque puella,

    Juv. 8, 33:

    in servilem modum lacerati atque extorti,

    i. e. dislocated by torture, tortured, Liv. 32, 38, 8; cf. absol.:

    extorque, nisi ita factum'st,

    put me to the torture, Ter. Ad. 3, 4, 37.—
    2.
    To obtain by force, to extort (syn.:

    eripio, exprimo): ut pecunia omnis Stajeno extorta atque erepta sit,

    Cic. Clu. 28 fin.:

    nihil exprimere ab egentibus, nihil ulla vi a miseris extorquere potuit,

    id. Prov. Cons. 3, 5:

    vi et metu extortum,

    id. Pis. 35, 86:

    a Caesare per Herodem talenta Attica quinquaginta extorsistis,

    id. Att. 6, 1, 25:

    obsidibus summa cum contumelia extortis,

    Caes. B. G. 7, 54 fin. —
    II.
    Trop., to wrest out or away, obtain or take away by force, to tear away, to extort (syn.: eripio, demo, aufero, etc.): hoc est vim afferre, Torquate, sensibus: extorquere ex animis cognitiones verborum, quibus imbuti sumus, Cic. Fin. 2, 5, 16; cf.:

    sententias de manibus judicum vi quadam orationis,

    id. de Or. 2, 18, 74:

    suffragium populi per vim,

    Liv. 25, 4, 4:

    extorquebat enim vitam vis morbida membris,

    Lucr. 6, 1225 Lachm.:

    opinionem veritas extorquebit,

    Cic. Clu. 2, 6:

    suam citius abiciet humanitatem quam extorquebit tuam,

    id. Lig. 5, 16:

    patientiam saepe tranquillissimis pectoribus,

    Sen. Clem. 1, 1; cf.:

    mihi hunc errorem,

    Cic. de Sen. 23, 85:

    cui sic extorta voluptas,

    Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 139; cf. ib. 57:

    cum extorta mihi veritas esset,

    Cic. Or. 48, 160.—With ut:

    quoniam extorsisti, ut faterer,

    id. Tusc. 1, 7, 14.

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  • 5 quaestiono

    quaestĭōno, āvi, 1, v. a. [id.], put to the question, i. e. put to the torture, put to the rack (eccl. Lat. and rare): omnes quaestionari, Fragm. Jur. Civ. Ante-Just. p. 109 Mai:

    tot confessores quaestionati et torti,

    Cypr. Ep. 69, n. 6.

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  • 6 ex-torqueō

        ex-torqueō sī, tus, ēre,    to twist out, wrench out, wrest away: ferrum e manibus: horum gladios: dextrae mucronem, V.: in servilem modum extorti, wrenched, L.: extorque, put me to the torture, T.—To obtain by force, extort: ut pecunia Staieno extorta sit: vi et metu extortum: a Caesare per Herodem talenta: obsidibus summā cum contumeliā extortis, Cs.—Fig., to wrest out, force away, obtain by force, tear away, extort: defessis libertatem, S.: suffragium populi per vim, L.: mihi hunc errorem: cui sic extorta voluptas, H.: extorsisti, ut faterer, forced me to: poëmata (of the years), H.

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  • 7 torqueō

        torqueō (old inf. torquērier, H., Pr.), torsī, tortus, ēre    [TARC-], to turn, turn about, turn away, twist, bend, wind: cervices oculosque: ab obscenis sermonibus aurem, H.: ad sonitum vocis vestigia, V.: ferro capillos, i. e. curl, O.: stamina pollice, spin, O.: tenui praegnatem pollice fusum, Iu.: taxos in arcūs, bend, V.: tegumen torquens inmane leonis, wrapping about him, V.: cum terra circum axem se torqueat.—Poet.: torquet medios nox umida cursūs, i. e. has half-finished, V. — To whirl around, whirl, wield, brandish, fling with force, hurl: hastas lacertis: lapidem, H.: amnis torquet sonantia saxa, V.: in hunc hastam, O.: telum aurata ad tempora, V.: sibila, i. e. hiss, Pr.— To twist awry, misplace, turn aside, distort: quae (festinationes) cum fiant... ora torquentur: ora Tristia temptantum sensu (sapor) torquebit amaro, V.— To wrench on the rack, put to the rack, rack, torture: eculeo torqueri.—Fig., to twist, wrest, distort, turn, bend, direct: suam naturam huc et illuc: oratio ita flexibilis, ut sequatur, quocumque torqueas: verbo ac litterā ius omne.— To rack, torment, torture: te libidines torquent: mitto aurum coronarium, quod te diutissime torsit: equidem dies noctīsque torqueor: Torqueor, infesto ne vir ab hoste cadat, O.: Aeacus torquet umbras, examines, Iu.— To ply, put to the test: (reges) dicuntur torquere mero, quem perspexisse laborant, H.—Of speech, to hurl, fling: curvum sermone rotato enthymema, Iu.
    * * *
    torquere, torsi, tortus V
    turn, twist; hurl; torture; torment; bend, distort; spin, whirl; wind (round)

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  • 8 cruciō

        cruciō āvī, ātus, āre    [crux], to put to the rack, torture, torment: fame cruciari: tribunos cruciando occidit, L.: cum cruciabere Sanguine serpentis, O.—Fig., to afflict, grieve, torment: graviter adulescentulum, T.: se: crucior miser, am on the rack, T.: crucior bolum mihi ereptum, T.
    * * *
    cruciare, cruciavi, cruciatus V
    torment, torture; cause grief/anguish; crucify; suffer torture/agony; grieve

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  • 9 quaestio

    quaestĭo, ōnis, f. [quaero], a seeking.
    I.
    In gen. (Plautin.):

    cave, fuas mi in quaestione,

    lest you suffer yourself to be to seek, lest I have to look after you, Plaut. Pers. 1, 1, 52:

    tibi ne in quaestione essemus,

    id. Capt. 2, 2, 3; id. Ps. 2, 2, 68.—
    II.
    In partic., an inquiry, investigation, a questioning, question, subject of inquiry:

    quaestio est appetitio cognitionis, quaestionisque finis inventio,

    Cic. Ac. 2, 8, 26; 2, 36, 115:

    quae veri simillima (sententia sit), magna quaestio est,

    id. Tusc. 1, 11, 23; id. Fin. 2, 11, 34:

    rem in disceptationem quaestionemque vocare,

    to investigate, id. de Or. 3, 32, 129:

    res in quaestione versatur,

    is under investigation, id. Clu. 58, 159:

    de moribus ultima fiet quaestio,

    Juv. 3, 141:

    res in quaestionem venit,

    comes under investigation, Quint. 5, 14, 16:

    modo aliquam quaestionem poëticam ei proponeret,

    Nep. Att. 20, 2; cf. Cic. Att. 7, 19 fin.; Sen. Ben. 5, 8, 6; id. Ep. 48, 1; Suet. Tib. 56:

    quaestionem instituere,

    to institute an investigation, Quint. 7, 1, 6:

    quaestionem solvere,

    Sen. Ep. 48, 11; Quint. 5, 10, 26.—
    2.
    A public judicial investigation, examination by torture, a criminal inquiry, inquisition; the crime is usu. constr. with de:

    cum praetor quaestionem inter sicarios exercuisset,

    instituted a trial for assassination, Cic. Fin. 2, 16, 54:

    verberibus ac tormentis quaestionem habuit pecuniae publicae,

    id. Phil. 11, 2, 5:

    quaestionem mortis paternae de servis paternis habere,

    id. Rosc. Am. 28, 78:

    quaestionem fugitare,

    id. ib. 28, 78:

    servos in quaestionem polliceri,

    id. ib. 28, 77:

    quaestionem ferre in aliquem,

    to appoint, institute, make a motion for, id. de Or. 1, 53, 227:

    habere ex aliquo,

    Liv. 33, 28:

    facere alicui,

    against any one, Dig. 34, 3, 20:

    quaestionem de furto constituere,

    Cic. Clu. 64, 181:

    quaestionem instituere de morte alicujus,

    id. ib. 64, 181:

    quaestionem de morte viri habere,

    id. ib. 65, 182;

    63, 176: quaestionem habere de servis in caput filii,

    id. ib. 63, 176:

    ad quaestionem abripi,

    to examination by torture, id. ib. 33, 89:

    alicui servum in quaestionem ferre,

    id. ib. 64, 181:

    postulare servum in quaestionem,

    id. ib. 64, 181:

    quaestiones severius exercere,

    Liv. 9, 34:

    quaestioni praeesse,

    to conduct a trial as judge, Cic. Rosc. Am. 4, 11: quaestiones perpetuae, the inquisitions concerning certain crimes (repetundarum, majestatis, de falso, de sicariis, de injuriis, etc.), conducted annually, after 605 A. U. C., by a standing commission, and presided over by the prætor, Cic. Brut. 27, 106:

    judex quaestionis,

    the director of the criminal court under the presidency of the prætor, id. Clu. 54, 148; 33, 89; id. Brut. 76, 264:

    quaestiones extraordinariae,

    trials out of the common course, held under a special commission, Liv. 39, 14; so,

    quaestio nova,

    Cic. Mil. 5, 13:

    A QVAESTIONIBVS,

    an attendant in examinations, a torturer, inquisitor, Inscr. Grut. 545, 6; 560, 1. —
    B.
    Transf.
    1.
    The court, the judges:

    dimittere eo tempore quaestionem,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 30, § 74:

    totam quaestionem a severitate ad clementiam transtulit,

    Val. Max. 8, 1, 6.—
    2.
    The subject of investigation, the matter, case, question:

    perdifficilis et perobscura quaestio est de naturā deorum,

    Cic. N. D. 1, 1, 1:

    dividere totam de dis immortalibus quaestionem in partis quattuor,

    id. ib. 2, 1, 3:

    quaestio proposita,

    Quint. 9, 2, 39.—
    b.
    In partic., in rhet.
    (α).
    The rhetorical subject of debate: quaestionum duo sunt genera: alterum infinitum, alterum definitum. Definitum est, quod hupothesin Graeci, nos causam: infinitum, quod thesin illi appellant, nos propositum possumus nominare, Cic. Top. 21, 79. —
    (β).
    The main point in a disputed matter, the issue in a cause: quaestio est quae ex conflictione causarum gignitur controversia, hoc modo: Non jure fecisti: jure feci. Causarum autem haec est conflictio, in quā constitutio constat;

    ex eā igitur nascitur controversia, quam quaestionem dicimus, hoc modo: jurene fecerit,

    Cic. Inv. 1, 13, 18; cf. id. ib. 1, 6, 8.—
    (γ).
    A question, a disputed point, quaestio est, it is doubtful, may be disputed:

    sapientia efficit sapientis sola per se: beatos efficiat necne sola per se quaestio est,

    Cic. Top. 15, 60; id. Tusc. 4, 13, 29; id. Inv. 2, 20, 60:

    quaestio est, an, etc.,

    Quint. 7, 3, 22; cf.:

    nulla quaestio est,

    Aug. Retract. 1, 19, 6; cf.

    also: in quaestione est,

    Plin. 11, 17, 18, § 57; 10, 22, 27, § 52:

    quaestionis est immensae,

    id. 7, 28, 29, § 101; 28, 2, 3, § 10.

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  • 10 cruciatus

    crŭcĭātus, ūs, m., torture, torment, a torturing, execution, etc. (often syn. with supplicium; freq. and class. in sing. and plur.).
    I.
    Lit., of the body:

    dedisti hodie in cruciatum Chrusalum,

    Plaut. Bacch. 4, 4, 36; id. Ep. 5, 1, 5; id. Ps. 3, 1, 12; Ter. And. 4, 4, 47; id. Hec. 5, 2, 7; Caes. B. G. 1, 31, 12; Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 4, § 9; 2, 5, 63, § 163; id. Rosc. Am. 41, 119; Sall. C. 51, 15; id. J. 24, 10; Liv. 29, 18, 14 Drak. N. cr.; Quint. 5, 4, 2; Ov. M. 9, 179 et saep.:

    cruciatu malo dignus,

    Plaut. Bacch. 4, 9, 132; id. Rud. 2, 6, 11.—
    2.
    Of the mind:

    animi,

    Cic. Div. 2, 9, 23; cf.:

    omnes animi cruciatus et corporis,

    id. Cat. 4, 5, 10:

    confectus jam cruciatu summorum dolorum,

    id. Att. 11, 11, 1; Cic. Fil. ap. Cic. Fam. 16, 21, 2.—
    B.
    In gen., ruin, calamity, misfortune (esp. in curses, etc.):

    maximum in malum cruciatumque insiliamus,

    into utter ruin, Plaut. Mil. 2, 3, 8:

    cum cruciatu tuo istaec hodie verba funditas,

    i. e. to thy ruin, misfortune, id. Am. 4, 2, 13; 2, 2, 161; id. Capt. 3, 5, 23:

    abi in malum cruciatum,

    go to the gallows, go hang, id. Aul. 3, 3, 11; id. Pers. 4, 4, 25; cf. crux, II.—
    II.
    Transf., instruments of torture:

    cum ignes ardentesque laminae ceterique cruciatus admovebantur,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 63, § 163.

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  • 11 excrucio

    ex-crŭcĭo, āvi, ātum, 1 (archaic inf. praes. excruciarier, Ter. Heaut. 3, 1, 4), v. a., to torment greatly, to torture, rack, plague (class.).
    I.
    Physically:

    perii! excruciabit me herus,

    Plaut. Mil. 3, 2, 45:

    servos fame vinculisque,

    Caes. B. G. 7, 19, 9; cf.:

    (uxores) igni atque omnibus tormentis excruciatae,

    id. ib. 6, 19, 3:

    aliquem vinculis ac verberibus atque omni supplicio excruciatum necare,

    Cic. de Imp. Pomp 5, 11; cf.

    also: hominem ingenuum fumo excruciatum semivivum reliquit,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 17, § 45:

    excruciatus inopiā, Plaut Bacch. 3, 4, 24: ipsos crudeliter excruciatos interficit,

    Caes. B. G. 7, 38, 9:

    frigus nudos excruciabat,

    Lucr. 5, 1426 et saep.—Comic. Ep. Hunc tibi dedo diem. St. Meam culpam habeto, nisi probe excruciavero, qs. thoroughly torture it, i. e. use it up, make the most of it, Plaut. Stich. 3, 1, 32.—
    B.
    Transf., to force out by torturing, to extort:

    re excruciatā,

    Tert. ad Uxor. 2, 5 fin. —
    II.
    Mentally, to afflict, distress, harass, vex, torment: conficior maerore, mea Terentia;

    nec meae me miseriae magis excruciant quam tuae,

    Cic. Fam. 14, 3, 1; cf.:

    non loquor plura, ne te quoque excruciem,

    id. Att. 10, 18, 3:

    haec sunt, quae me excruciant,

    Plaut. Trin. 2, 2, 9.—In imprecations:

    di deaeque te excrucient,

    Plaut. Pers. 5, 2, 50:

    temeritas et libido et ignavia semper animum excruciant et semper sollicitant,

    Cic. Fin. 1, 16, 50:

    se,

    Plaut. Curc. 1, 3, 14:

    quid illam miseram animi excrucias?

    id. Mil. 4, 2, 76; cf.:

    se animi,

    id. Rud. 2, 3, 68:

    tum Antipho me excruciat animi,

    Ter. Phorm. 1, 4, 10; v. also in the foll.—In the pass.:

    excrucior,

    Plaut. Cist. 1, 1, 61; id. Trin. 1, 2, 66:

    id ego excrucior,

    id. Ep. 2, 2, 8; cf.:

    hoc sese excruciat animi, Quia, etc.,

    id. Rud. 2, 3, 57.

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  • 12 cruciarius

    I
    crucified person; one deserving crucifixion/fit for the gallows, gallows-bird
    II
    cruciaria, cruciarium ADJ
    of/pertaining to the cross/torture; full of torture (L+S)

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  • 13 cruciarius

    crŭcĭārĭus, a, um, adj. [crux], of or pertaining to the cross, or, in gen., to torture.
    I.
    Adj.:

    exitus,

    full of torture, Tert. Praescr. Haeret. 2 dub. (al. cruciatorios):

    poenae,

    Sid. Ep. 8, 6.—
    II.
    Subst., one who is crucified, Petr. 112; Sen. Contr. 3, 21.—Hence,
    B.
    As a term of reproach, one fit for the gallows, a gallows-bird, App. M. 10, p. 242:

    longum est quae cruciarius ille conflavit,

    Amm. 29, 2, 9.

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  • 14 confessio

    confessĭo, ōnis, f. [confiteor], a confession, acknowledgment.
    I.
    In gen. (in good prose; esp. freq. in Cic. and Quint.), with gen. obj.:

    errati sui,

    Cic. Div. 1, 17, 33:

    ignorationis,

    id. Ac. 1, 12, 44; cf.:

    inscitiae suae,

    Quint. 2, 11, 2:

    captae pecuniae,

    Cic. Clu. 53, 148:

    culpae,

    Liv. 21, 18, 5; 36, 27, 6:

    paenitentiae,

    Quint. 11, 1, 76:

    vitiorum,

    Tac. A. 2, 33:

    facinoris,

    Suet. Tib. 19. —In plur.:

    cum ad vos indicia, litteras, confessiohes communis exitii detuli,

    Cic. Sest. 69, 145.—With acc. and inf.:

    ea erat confessio caput rerum Romam esse,

    Liv. 1, 45, 3; so id. 2, 7, 7; 42, 47, 8 al.—With pron. pers.:

    sua,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 47, § 104; 2, 5, 64, § 166;

    Liv 28, 40, 11: confessionibus suis,

    Cic. Cat. 3, 6, 15.—With gen. subj.:

    illorum,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 40, § 103:

    inimicorum,

    id. Red. Quir. 1, 1:

    omnium,

    Vell. 2, 43:

    illa Ciceronis,

    Quint. 11, 1, 44:

    adversarii,

    id. 4, 4, 4; cf.

    ipsorum,

    Plin. 9, 7, 6, § 18 al.: extera corporum indubitatas confessiones habent, i. e. proofs of the healing power (of assafœtida), id. 22, 23, 49, § 103.—With de and abl.: immo si actionem stultissimasque de se, nefarias de patre confessiones audisses? Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 8, 2:

    ipsorum de somno piscium confessio,

    Plin. 9, 7, 6, § 18.—With abstr. subjects: ea confessionem faciunt, non defensionem, Cato ap. Gell. 7, 3, 15.—
    II.
    Esp.
    A.
    As a fig. of speech, Quint. 9, 2, 17; 12, 1, 33.—
    B.
    In eccl. Lat.
    1.
    A creed, avowal of belief:

    fidei, Greg. M. Ep. 7, 5: nostra,

    Vulg. Heb. 3, 1.—
    2. (α).
    In gen., Vulg. Rom. 10, 10.—
    (β).
    Esp., an acknowledgment of Christ under torture; and hence, transf., torture, suffering for religion's sake, Lact. Mort. Pers. 1 init.

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  • 15 ango

    ango, xi, ctum, and anxum, 3, v. a. ( perf. and sup. rest only on the assertion in Prisc. p. 895 P.; Diom. p. 366 P.; part. anctus, Paul. ex Fest. p. 24 Müll.; acc. to Prisc. l. c., the sup. is sometimes anxum; cf. Struve, 214) [the root of this word is widely diffused: ankos, a bend, hollow; whence, valley, ravine; from the notion of closeness, come anchô = to press tight, to strangle, throttle; ango; Germ. hangen, hängen; Engl. hang; angustus, anxius, anxietas; old Germ. Angust; Germ. Angst = Engl. anguish; from the notion of being bent, come ancus anculus, a crouching slave, ancora = Gr. ankura; angulus = Germ. Angel, Engl. angle; old Germ. Angul, a hook; Gael. ingle = nook for the fire, fireplace; ancale = ankalê, Engl. ankle; ancon, and the pr. names Ancon and Ancona; uncus, curved, crooked; ungula, claw; unguis, claw, nail; cf. Sanscr. ahus, close; ahas, anguish; ankāmi, to bend; ankas, the lap (sinus), a hook; for the other Greek words belonging to this group, v. L. and S. s. vv. ankos and anchô].
    I.
    Lit., to bind, draw, or press together; of the throat, to throttle, strangle (so anchô; in this signif. antiquated; hence, in class. perh. only in the poets; in prose, instead of it, suffocare; cf. Diom. p. 361 P.):

    angit inhaerens Elisos oculos et siccum sanguine guttur,

    Verg. A. 8, 260; so id. G. 3, 497:

    cum colla minantia monstri Angeret,

    Stat. Th. 4, 828; 6, 270; Sil. 13, 584.—Hence, of plants, to choke, Col. 4, 2, 2; 6, 27, 7 al.—
    II.
    Metaph.
    A.
    To cause (physical) pain; hence, angi, to feel or suffer pain, Plin. 10, 60, 79, § 164. —
    B.
    Most freq. of the mind, to distress, torment, torture, vex, trouble; and angi, to feel distressed, to suffer torment, etc.:

    illum incommodis dictis angam,

    Plaut. Cas. 2, 1, 11: cura angit hominem, * Ter. Phorm. 1, 3, 8; * Lucr. 4, 1134:

    cruciatu timoris angi?

    Cic. Off. 2, 7, 25:

    multa sunt, quae me sollicitant anguntque,

    id. Att. 1, 18:

    angebar singularum horarum exspectatio ne,

    id. ib. 9, 1 et saep.; Liv. 2, 7; 21, 1 al.:

    ne munere te parvo beet aut incommodus angat (cruciet, cum non vult dare quod poscis, Cruqu.),

    Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 75:

    ad humum maerore gravi deducit et angit,

    id. A. P. 110:

    poëta, meum qui pectus inaniter angit,

    puts in torturing suspense, id. Ep. 2, 1, 211 al.:

    Pompeius... curis animum mordacibus angit,

    Luc. 2, 680 sq.:

    Ea res animum illius anxit,

    Gell. 1, 3:

    (aemula eam) vehementer angebat,

    Vulg. 1 Reg. 1, 6.—With de (in respect to):

    de Statio manumisso et non nullis aliis rebus angor,

    Cic. Att. 2, 18 fin.:

    de quo angor et crucior,

    id. ib. 7, 22.—Sometimes with gen. (on this const. cf. Roby, II. §

    1321): absurde facis, qui angas te animi,

    Plaut. Ep. 3, 1, 6:

    (Sthenius) angebatur animi necessario, quod etc.,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 34, 84. But Cic. also uses the abl.:

    angor animo,

    Brut. 2, 7: audio te animo angi, Fam. 16, 142; and acc. to some edd. Tusc. 1, 40, 96 Seyff. (v. further on this gen. s. v. animus).

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  • 16 obcido

    1.
    occīdo ( obc-), cīdi, cīsum, 3 (occisit for occiderit, Lex Num. Pompil. ap. Paul. ex Fest. s. v. occisum. pp. 178 and 179; also Lex XII. Tab. ap. Macr. S. 1, 4), v. a. [ob-caedo], to strike down, strike to the ground; to beat, smash, crush.
    I.
    Lit.
    A.
    In gen. (very rare):

    aliquem pugnis,

    Ter. Ad. 4, 2, 20:

    occare id est comminuere, ne sit glaeba: quod ita occidunt, occare dictum,

    to crush, Varr. R. R. 1, 31, 1:

    occisum ad mortem,

    wounded to death, Vulg. Apoc. 13, 3.—
    B.
    In partic., to strike or cut down; to cut off, kill, slay (class. and very freq.; syn.: interficio, trucido, obtrunco): summus ibi capitur meddix: occiditur alter, Enn. ap. Paul. ex Fest. p. 123 Müll. (Ann. v. 296 Vahl.):

    L. Virginius filiam suā manu occidit,

    Cic. Fin. 2, 20, 66:

    ejus copias,

    id. Phil. 14, 14, 36:

    ipse pro castris fortissime pugnans occiditur,

    Caes. B. G. 5, 36: occidione occidere, to completely cut off, destroy; v. occidio:

    ad unum omnes,

    to cut off all to the last man, Liv. 3, 23:

    aliquem veneno,

    to destroy with poison, Suet. Claud. 44; Just. 3, 2, 1:

    occisus videtur non tantum qui per vim aut per caedem interfectus est, velut jugulatus... sed et is qui veneno Necatus dicitur,

    Paul. Sent. 3, 5, 2 sqq.; cf.:

    et occidet eum lingua viperae,

    Vulg. Job, 20, 16:

    occisa sunt in terrae motu,

    id. Apoc. 11, 13:

    dedistine ei gladium qui se occideret?

    Plaut. Trin. 1, 2, 92: cum ipse se conaretur occidere, Cic. ap. Quint. 5, 10, 69; so,

    se occidere,

    Curt. 6, 10, 18; Quint. 7, 3, 7; Suet. Vit. 10; Eutr. 1, 8; 6, 24; Lact. 3, 18, 8; cf.:

    occidit, adversariumne? immo vero aiunt se et eum, quem defendit,

    Cic. de Or. 2, 74, 302.—
    II.
    Transf.
    A.
    To plague to death; to torture, torment, pester (cf. exanimo, II. B.; very rare;

    not in Cic. or Cæs.): occidis me, cum istuc rogitas,

    Plaut. Ps. 4, 1, 21:

    aliā occidis fabulā,

    id. Men. 5, 5, 23:

    occidis saepe rogando,

    Hor. Epod. 14, 5:

    legendo,

    id. A. P. 475.—
    B.
    To ruin, undo:

    occidisti me tuis fallaciis,

    Ter. Phorm. 4, 3, 67.—Hence, oc-cīsus, a, um, P. a., ruined, lost, unfortunate, undone (Plautin.):

    occisa est haec res, nisi, etc.,

    Plaut. Capt. 3, 4, 7.— Sup.:

    occisissimus sum omnium, qui vivunt,

    I am the most unfortunate, Plaut. Cas. 3, 5, 53.
    2.
    occĭdo, cĭdi, cāsum, 3, v. n. [obcado], to fall down, fall.
    I.
    Lit.
    A.
    In gen. (rare):

    et alia Signa de caelo ad terram occidunt,

    Plaut. Rud. prol. 8: ut alii [p. 1251] super alios occiderent, Liv. 21, 35:

    arbores ita inciderant, ut momento levi impulsae occiderent,

    id. 23, 24.—
    B.
    In partic.
    1.
    Of the heavenly bodies, to go down, set (class.): prope jam occidente sole, Pac. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 14, 24:

    soles occidere, et redire possunt: Nobis, cum semel occidit brevis lux, Nox est perpetua una dormienda,

    Cat. 5, 4:

    Capra, Aquila, Canicula,

    Col. 11, 2, 94:

    occasura pars caeli,

    i. e. western, Plin. 2, 25, 23, § 92: SOL OCCASVS SVPREMA TEMPESTAS ESTO, i. e. sundown, sunset, Lex XII. Tab.; cf. Gell. 17, 2, 10 (Varr. L. L. 6, § 5 Müll., gives, instead of it, OCCASVS SOLIS; v. 2. occasus); so,

    ante solem obcasum,

    before sunset, Plaut. Ep. 1, 2, 41:

    donec lux occidat,

    Juv. 13, 158.—Fig.:

    non occidet ultra sol tuus,

    Vulg. Isa. 60, 20.—
    2.
    Pregn., to fall, perish, die (class.;

    syn.: obeo, pereo, intereo): exstincto calore, occidimus ipsi et extinguimur,

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

    in bello,

    id. Fam. 9, 5, 2:

    Eudemus proelians ad Syracusas occidit,

    id. Div. 1, 25, 53:

    sperans hostium saevitiā facile eum occasurum,

    Sall. J. 7, 2:

    occiderit ferro Priamus?

    Verg. A. 2, 581: dextrā suā, to die by one's own hand (by suicide), id. ib. 12, 659:

    minimo vulnere,

    Ov. M. 6, 265.—
    II.
    Transf., to perish, be ruined, lost, etc.
    A.
    Of persons:

    sin plane occidimus,

    Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 4, 4.—So, esp., occidi, an exclamation of despair, I am lost, undone, Plaut. Stich. 2, 3, 75; Ter. And. 3, 4, 26:

    nulla sum, nulla sum: tota tota occidi,

    Plaut. Cas. 3, 5, 1:

    occidimus funditus,

    Verg. A. 11, 413.—
    B.
    Of things:

    non hercle occiderunt mihi etiam fundique atque aedes,

    I have not yet lost, Plaut. Truc. 1, 2, 72:

    occidit spes nostra,

    is gone, id. Most. 2, 1, 2:

    lumen (oculorum),

    Lucr. 3, 414:

    dolus,

    Plaut. Truc. 2, 5, 6:

    causa,

    Lucr. 2, 790:

    rem publicam occidere,

    Cic. Dom. 30, 96:

    vita,

    id. Tusc. 1, 45, 109:

    occidit ornatus (mundi),

    perishes, id. Ac. 2, 38, 119:

    vestra beneficia occasura esse,

    id. Mil. 36, 100.—Hence, occĭdens, entis, P. a.; as subst., m., the quarter of the setting sun, the west, the occident (class.):

    ab oriente ad occidentem,

    Cic. N. D. 2, 66, 164:

    vel occidentis usque ad ultimum sinum,

    Hor. Epod. 1, 13:

    cui se oriens occidensque submiserat,

    Plin. 7, 30, 31, § 112:

    validissima in se civium arma viribus occidentis coepta,

    Tac. H. 2, 6: partes mundi, Paul. ex Fest. p. 339 Müll.
    3.
    occīdo, for occedo, q. v.

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  • 17 occido

    1.
    occīdo ( obc-), cīdi, cīsum, 3 (occisit for occiderit, Lex Num. Pompil. ap. Paul. ex Fest. s. v. occisum. pp. 178 and 179; also Lex XII. Tab. ap. Macr. S. 1, 4), v. a. [ob-caedo], to strike down, strike to the ground; to beat, smash, crush.
    I.
    Lit.
    A.
    In gen. (very rare):

    aliquem pugnis,

    Ter. Ad. 4, 2, 20:

    occare id est comminuere, ne sit glaeba: quod ita occidunt, occare dictum,

    to crush, Varr. R. R. 1, 31, 1:

    occisum ad mortem,

    wounded to death, Vulg. Apoc. 13, 3.—
    B.
    In partic., to strike or cut down; to cut off, kill, slay (class. and very freq.; syn.: interficio, trucido, obtrunco): summus ibi capitur meddix: occiditur alter, Enn. ap. Paul. ex Fest. p. 123 Müll. (Ann. v. 296 Vahl.):

    L. Virginius filiam suā manu occidit,

    Cic. Fin. 2, 20, 66:

    ejus copias,

    id. Phil. 14, 14, 36:

    ipse pro castris fortissime pugnans occiditur,

    Caes. B. G. 5, 36: occidione occidere, to completely cut off, destroy; v. occidio:

    ad unum omnes,

    to cut off all to the last man, Liv. 3, 23:

    aliquem veneno,

    to destroy with poison, Suet. Claud. 44; Just. 3, 2, 1:

    occisus videtur non tantum qui per vim aut per caedem interfectus est, velut jugulatus... sed et is qui veneno Necatus dicitur,

    Paul. Sent. 3, 5, 2 sqq.; cf.:

    et occidet eum lingua viperae,

    Vulg. Job, 20, 16:

    occisa sunt in terrae motu,

    id. Apoc. 11, 13:

    dedistine ei gladium qui se occideret?

    Plaut. Trin. 1, 2, 92: cum ipse se conaretur occidere, Cic. ap. Quint. 5, 10, 69; so,

    se occidere,

    Curt. 6, 10, 18; Quint. 7, 3, 7; Suet. Vit. 10; Eutr. 1, 8; 6, 24; Lact. 3, 18, 8; cf.:

    occidit, adversariumne? immo vero aiunt se et eum, quem defendit,

    Cic. de Or. 2, 74, 302.—
    II.
    Transf.
    A.
    To plague to death; to torture, torment, pester (cf. exanimo, II. B.; very rare;

    not in Cic. or Cæs.): occidis me, cum istuc rogitas,

    Plaut. Ps. 4, 1, 21:

    aliā occidis fabulā,

    id. Men. 5, 5, 23:

    occidis saepe rogando,

    Hor. Epod. 14, 5:

    legendo,

    id. A. P. 475.—
    B.
    To ruin, undo:

    occidisti me tuis fallaciis,

    Ter. Phorm. 4, 3, 67.—Hence, oc-cīsus, a, um, P. a., ruined, lost, unfortunate, undone (Plautin.):

    occisa est haec res, nisi, etc.,

    Plaut. Capt. 3, 4, 7.— Sup.:

    occisissimus sum omnium, qui vivunt,

    I am the most unfortunate, Plaut. Cas. 3, 5, 53.
    2.
    occĭdo, cĭdi, cāsum, 3, v. n. [obcado], to fall down, fall.
    I.
    Lit.
    A.
    In gen. (rare):

    et alia Signa de caelo ad terram occidunt,

    Plaut. Rud. prol. 8: ut alii [p. 1251] super alios occiderent, Liv. 21, 35:

    arbores ita inciderant, ut momento levi impulsae occiderent,

    id. 23, 24.—
    B.
    In partic.
    1.
    Of the heavenly bodies, to go down, set (class.): prope jam occidente sole, Pac. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 14, 24:

    soles occidere, et redire possunt: Nobis, cum semel occidit brevis lux, Nox est perpetua una dormienda,

    Cat. 5, 4:

    Capra, Aquila, Canicula,

    Col. 11, 2, 94:

    occasura pars caeli,

    i. e. western, Plin. 2, 25, 23, § 92: SOL OCCASVS SVPREMA TEMPESTAS ESTO, i. e. sundown, sunset, Lex XII. Tab.; cf. Gell. 17, 2, 10 (Varr. L. L. 6, § 5 Müll., gives, instead of it, OCCASVS SOLIS; v. 2. occasus); so,

    ante solem obcasum,

    before sunset, Plaut. Ep. 1, 2, 41:

    donec lux occidat,

    Juv. 13, 158.—Fig.:

    non occidet ultra sol tuus,

    Vulg. Isa. 60, 20.—
    2.
    Pregn., to fall, perish, die (class.;

    syn.: obeo, pereo, intereo): exstincto calore, occidimus ipsi et extinguimur,

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

    in bello,

    id. Fam. 9, 5, 2:

    Eudemus proelians ad Syracusas occidit,

    id. Div. 1, 25, 53:

    sperans hostium saevitiā facile eum occasurum,

    Sall. J. 7, 2:

    occiderit ferro Priamus?

    Verg. A. 2, 581: dextrā suā, to die by one's own hand (by suicide), id. ib. 12, 659:

    minimo vulnere,

    Ov. M. 6, 265.—
    II.
    Transf., to perish, be ruined, lost, etc.
    A.
    Of persons:

    sin plane occidimus,

    Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 4, 4.—So, esp., occidi, an exclamation of despair, I am lost, undone, Plaut. Stich. 2, 3, 75; Ter. And. 3, 4, 26:

    nulla sum, nulla sum: tota tota occidi,

    Plaut. Cas. 3, 5, 1:

    occidimus funditus,

    Verg. A. 11, 413.—
    B.
    Of things:

    non hercle occiderunt mihi etiam fundique atque aedes,

    I have not yet lost, Plaut. Truc. 1, 2, 72:

    occidit spes nostra,

    is gone, id. Most. 2, 1, 2:

    lumen (oculorum),

    Lucr. 3, 414:

    dolus,

    Plaut. Truc. 2, 5, 6:

    causa,

    Lucr. 2, 790:

    rem publicam occidere,

    Cic. Dom. 30, 96:

    vita,

    id. Tusc. 1, 45, 109:

    occidit ornatus (mundi),

    perishes, id. Ac. 2, 38, 119:

    vestra beneficia occasura esse,

    id. Mil. 36, 100.—Hence, occĭdens, entis, P. a.; as subst., m., the quarter of the setting sun, the west, the occident (class.):

    ab oriente ad occidentem,

    Cic. N. D. 2, 66, 164:

    vel occidentis usque ad ultimum sinum,

    Hor. Epod. 1, 13:

    cui se oriens occidensque submiserat,

    Plin. 7, 30, 31, § 112:

    validissima in se civium arma viribus occidentis coepta,

    Tac. H. 2, 6: partes mundi, Paul. ex Fest. p. 339 Müll.
    3.
    occīdo, for occedo, q. v.

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  • 18 quaero

    quaero (old orthogr. QVAIRO, Epitaphs of the Scipios, 6; for the original form and etym. quaeso, ĕre, v. quaeso), sīvi or sĭi, sītum, 3, v. a., to seek.
    I.
    Lit.
    A.
    In gen.: aliquem, Enn. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 20, 40 (Ann. v. 43 Vahl.); Plaut. Mil. 2, 3, 3:

    te ipsum quaerebam,

    Ter. Heaut. 4, 8, 3:

    escam in sterquilinio,

    Phaedr. 3, 12 init. —
    B.
    In partic.
    1.
    To seek to get or procure, to seek or search for a thing, Ter. Heaut. 3, 1, 38:

    rem mercaturis faciendis,

    Cic. Par. 6, 2, 46.— Absol.:

    contrivi in quaerendo vitam atque aetatem meam,

    Ter. Ad. 5, 4, 15; 5, 3, 27; Hor. Ep. 1, 7, 57; id. A. P. 170.—
    b.
    Transf., to get, procure, obtain, acquire a thing:

    uxores liberorum quaerendorum causā ducere,

    Suet. Caes. 52:

    liberorum quaerundorum causā ei uxor data est,

    Plaut. Capt. 4, 2, 109; cf.:

    quaerunt litterae hae sibi liberos,

    id. Ps. 1, 1, 21.—
    2.
    To seek for something missing, to miss:

    Siciliam in uberrimā Siciliae parte,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 18, § 47:

    optatos Tyndaridas,

    Prop. 1, 17, 18:

    Phoebi comam,

    Tib. 2, 3, 20:

    amnes,

    Stat. Th. 4, 703.—
    3.
    To ask, desire, with ut and subj.:

    quaeris ut suscipiam cogitationem quidnam istis agendum putem,

    Cic. Att. 14, 20, 4.—
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    In gen., to seek, i. e. to think over, meditate, aim at, plan a thing:

    dum id quaero, tibi qui filium restituerem,

    Ter. Heaut. 3, 1, 83:

    quonam modo maxime ulti sanguinem nostrum pereamus,

    Sall. C. 33,5:

    fugam,

    Cic. Att. 7, 17, 1; id. Mur. 37, 80:

    sibi remedium ad rem aliquam,

    id. Clu. 9, 27:

    de gratiā quid significares, mecum ipse quaerebam,

    id. Att. 9, 11, A, 1.—With inf.:

    tristitiae causam si quis cognoscere quaerit,

    seeks, strives, endeavors, Ov. Tr. 5, 4, 7; id. Am. 1, 8, 51; Hor. C. 3, 4, 39; id. Ep. 1, 1, 2 al.—
    B.
    In partic.
    1.
    To look for, seek to gain any thing; to get, acquire, obtain, procure:

    laudem sibi,

    Ter. Heaut. 2, 3, 74:

    salutem alicui malo,

    id. Ad. 3, 2, 2:

    negabant ullā aliā in re nisi in naturā quaerendum esse illud summum bonum,

    Cic. Ac. 1, 5, 19:

    pudentem exitum suae impudentiae,

    id. Verr. 2, 1, 1, § 2:

    invidiam in aliquem,

    id. Rab. Post. 17, 46. —
    2.
    Of inanim. and abstr. subjects, to demand, need, require, = requirere:

    quod cujusquam oratoris eloquentiam quaereret,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 10, § 29:

    lites ex limitibus judicem quaerant,

    Varr. R. R. 1, 15, 1:

    bellum dictatoriam majestatem quaesivisset,

    Liv. 8, 30:

    quaerit Boeotia Dircen,

    Ov. M. 2, 239. —
    3.
    To seek to learn from any one; to ask, inquire, interrogate (cf.: interrogo, percontor).
    (α).
    With ab:

    cum ab iis saepius quaereret,

    made inquiries, Caes. B. G. 1, 32:

    quaero abs te nunc, Hortensi, cum, etc.,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 83, § 191:

    quaesivit a medicis, quemadmodum se haberet,

    Nep. Dion, 2, 4:

    a quo cum quaesisset, quo se deduci vellet,

    id. Epam. 4, 5; cf. Cic. N. D. 1, 22, 60. —
    (β).
    With de:

    quaerebat paulo ante de me, quid, etc.,

    Cic. Pis. 9, 18:

    de te ipso quaero, Vatini, utrum, etc.,

    id. Vatin. 4, 10:

    quaero de te, arbitrerisne, etc.,

    Liv. 4, 40:

    cura tibi de quo quaerere nulla fuit,

    Ov. P. 4, 3, 18.—
    (γ).
    With ex:

    quaesivi ex Phaniā, quam in partem provinciae putaret, etc.,

    Cic. Fam. 3, 6, 1:

    quaerit ex solo ea, quae, etc.,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 18.—
    (δ).
    With a rel.-clause:

    ille baro te putabat quaesiturum, unum caelum esset an innumerabilia,

    Cic. Fam. 9, 26, 3:

    natura fieret laudabile carmen, an arte, Quaesitum est,

    Hor. A. P. 409:

    quaeritur inter medicos, cujus generis aquae sint utilissimae,

    Plin. 31, 3, 21, § 31.—
    4. a.
    With inf. (post-Aug.):

    e monte aliquo in alium transilire quaerens,

    Plin. 8, 53, 79, § 214:

    qui mutare sedes quaerebant,

    Tac. G. 2.—
    b.
    Transf., of animals, plants, etc., to desire, prefer, seek:

    salictum et harundinetum... umidum locum quaerunt,

    Varr. R. R. 1, 23, 5:

    glires aridum locum quaerunt,

    id. ib. 3, 15, 2; Col. 1, praef. §

    26: lupinum quaerit maxime sabulosa,

    Plin. 18, 14, 36, § 134;

    so of the soil: ager aquosus plus stercoris quaerit,

    demands, Pall. 1, 6, 15.—
    5.
    To examine or inquire into judicially, to investigate, institute an investigation; with [p. 1502] acc. (rare):

    hunc abduce, vinci, rem quaere,

    Ter. Ad. 3 (4), 36:

    non dubitabat Minucius, quin iste (Verres) illo die rem illam quaesiturus non esset,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 29, § 72. —With de and abl. (class.; cf.

    Krebs, Autibarb. p. 962 sq.): de pecuniis repetundis,

    Cic. Verr. 1, 9, 27:

    de morte alicujus,

    id. Rosc. Am. 41, 119:

    de servo in dominum,

    to question by torture, put to the rack, id. Mil. 22, 59:

    aliquid per tormenta,

    Suet. Tib. 58:

    legibus,

    to investigate according to the laws, impartially, Plin. Ep. 5, 21, 3. —
    b.
    Transf.: si quaeris, si quaerimus (prop., if we, or you, look well into the matter; if we, or you, would know the truth), to say the truth, in fact, to speak honestly:

    omnino, si quaeris, ludi apparatissimi,

    Cic. Fam. 7, 1, 2:

    at sunt morosi, et anxii, et difficiles senes: si quaerimus, etiam avari,

    id. Sen. 18, 65:

    si quaeritis,

    id. de Or. 2, 62, 254; so,

    too, si verum quaeris,

    id. Fam. 12, 8, 1:

    si verum quaeritis,

    id. de Or. 2, 34, 146:

    si verum quaerimus,

    id. Tusc. 2, 23, 55: noli quaerere or quid quaeris? in short, in one word:

    noli quaerere: ita mihi pulcher hic dies visus est,

    id. Fam. 4, 4, 3:

    quid quaeris? biduo factus est mihi familiaris,

    id. ib. 3, 1, 2.— Hence, quaesītus, a, um, P. a., sought out.
    A.
    In a good sense, select, special, extraordinary (mostly post-Aug.): epulae quaesitissumae, Sall. ap. Macr. S. 2, 9, 9 (Sall. H. 2, 23, 4 Dietsch); comp.:

    leges quaesitiores (opp. simplices),

    Tac. A. 3, 26:

    quaesitior adulatio,

    id. ib. 3, 57.— Sup.:

    quaesitissimi honores,

    Tac. A. 2, 53.—
    B.
    In a bad sense (opp. to what is natural), far-fetched, studied, affected, assumed (class.):

    vitabit etiam quaesita nec ex tempore ficta, sed domo allata, quae plerumque sunt frigida,

    Cic. Or. 26, 89:

    ut numerus non quaesitus, sed ipse secutus esse videatur,

    id. ib. 65, 219:

    comitas,

    Tac. A. 6, 50:

    asperitas,

    id. ib. 5, 3.—
    C.
    Subst.: quaesītum, i, n.
    1.
    A question ( poet.):

    accipe quaesiti causam,

    Ov. M. 4, 793; id. F. 1, 278; Hor. S. 2, 6, 82.—
    2.
    A question as a rhetorical figure, = pusma, Mart. Cap. 5, § 524.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > quaero

  • 19 scorpio

    scorpĭo, ōnis ( poet. collat. forms scorpĭus and - ŏs, i, corresp. to the Greek), m., = skorpiôn, skorpios, a scorpion.
    I.
    Lit., Plin. 11, 37, 62, § 86; 28, 2, 5, § 24; 29, 4, 29, § 91; Vulg. Deut. 8, 15. —In the form scorpius, Ov. M. 15, 371 scorpios, id. F. 4, 164; acc. scorpion, id. ib. 5, 541.—
    II.
    Transf.
    A.
    The Scorpion, one of the signs of the zodiac.—Form Scorpios, Cic. poët. N. D. 2, 44, 113; id. Arat. 208 and 430; Ov. M. 2, 196; Hyg. Astr. 2, 26; acc. Scorpion, Ov. M. 2, 83.—Form Scorpio, Petr. 39, 11; 35, 4:

    Scorpionis ascensus,

    Vulg. Num. 34, 4.—
    B.
    A kind of prickly sea-fish: Cottus scorpio, Linn.; Plin. 32, 11, 53, § 151; cf. Petr. 35, 4;

    in the form scorpios,

    Ov. Hal. 116.—
    C.
    A prickly plant, scorpion - wort, scorpion - grass: Spartium scorpius, Linn.; Plin. 22, 15, 17, § 39.—
    D.
    A shrub, also called tragos, Plin. 27, 13, 116, § 142; 13, 21, 37, § 116.—
    E.
    A military engine for throwing darts, stones, and other missiles, a scorpion, Veg. Mil. 4, 22; Amm. 23, 4, 4; Caes. B. G. 7, 25; Sall. Fragm. ap. Non. 553, 24 (Hist. 3, 36 Dietsch); Liv. 26, 47; 26, 49; Vitr. 10, 1; in the form scorpius, Sisenn. ap. Non. 553, 25; Vulg. 1 Macc. 6, 51.—
    F.
    In the agrimensores, a heap of stones terminating in a point, and used as a boundary-mark, Sic. Fl. pp. 4 and 6 Goes. —
    G.
    An instrument of torture, Isid. 5, 27, 18; cf. Vulg. 3 Reg. 12, 14; id. 2 Par. 10, 11.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > scorpio

  • 20 Taurus

    1.
    taurus, i, m. [ = Gr. tauros; Sanscr. sthūrus; Goth. stiur; Germ. Stier], a bull, bullock, ox, steer.
    I.
    Lit., Varr. R. R. 2, 5; Col. 6, 20; Plin. 8, 45, 70, § 176; Plaut. Ps. 1, 2, 66; Cic. Div. 2, 16, 36 sq.; Caes. B. G. 6, 28; Verg. G. 3, 212; Hor. S. 1, 3, 110 al. —
    II.
    Transf.
    A.
    A brazen bull made by Perillus, that Phalaris used as an instrument of torture, Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 33, § 73; Ov. A. A. 1, 653; id. Tr. 3, 11, 41 sq.; Plin. 34, 8, 19, § 89.—
    B.
    The Bull, a constellation in the zodiac, Hyg. Astr. 2, 21; 3, 20; Verg. G. 1, 218; Plin. 2, 41, 41, § 110.—
    C.
    A small bird that imitates the lowing of oxen, perh. the bittern, Plin. 10, 42, 57, § 116.—
    D.
    A kind of beetle:

    tauri vocantur scaribaei terrestres ricino similes,

    Plin. 30, 5, 12, § 39. —
    E.
    A root of a tree, acc. to Quint. 8, 2, 13. —
    F.
    The surface of the body between the anus and the privy parts, Gr. orros, Fest. s. v. solitaurilia, p. 293 Müll.; cf. Diom. p. 444 P.
    2.
    Taurus, i, m., a high mountainrange in the south-eastern part of Asia Minor, now Allah Dagh, Bulghar Dagh, etc., Mel. 1, 15, 2; Plin. 5, 27, 27, § 97; Varr. R. R. 2, 1, 8; Cic. Fam. 15, 1, 3; 15, 2, 2 al.:

    Tauri Pylae,

    a defile between Cappadocia and Cilicia, id. Att. 5, 20, 2.
    3.
    Taurus, i, m., a Roman proper name:

    M. Taurus,

    Cic. Q. Fr. 3, 1.

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