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candĭdus, a, um, adj. [candeo], of a shining, dazzling white, white, clear, bright (opp. niger, a glistening black; while albus is a lustreless white, opp. ater, a lustreless black; cf. Serv. ad Verg. G. 3, 82; lsid. Orig. 12, 1, 51; Doed. Syn. III. p. 193 sq.) (class., and in the poets very freq.; in Cic. rare).

Lit.

In gen.

Of shining objects, bright:

stella splendens candida,

Plaut. Rud. prol. 3:

sidera,

Lucr. 5, 1209:

luna,

Verg. A. 7, 8:

lux clara et candida,

Plaut. Am. 1, 3, 49; so,

clarā loco luce,

Lucr. 5, 777:

stellae,

Hor. C. 3, 15, 6:

color candidus Saturni,

Plin. 2, 18, 16, § 79:

flamma,

Val. Fl. 8, 247:

Taurus (the constellation),

Verg. G. 1, 217:

dies,

Ov. Tr. 2, 142: aqua, Mart, 6, 42, 19: lacte, Varr. ap. Non. p. 483, 6; cf. id. ib. p. 169, 14.—

Hence, an epithet of the gods or persons transformed to gods:

Cupido,

radiant, Cat. 68, 134:

Liber,

Tib. 3, 6, 1:

Bassareus,

Hor. C. 1, 18, 11 (cf. id. ib. 1, 2, 31):

Daphnis,

Verg. E. 5, 56 Wagn.—

Of birds, animals, etc., white:

anser,

Lucr. 4, 685:

avis,

i. e. the stork, Verg. G. 2, 320; cf. Ov. M. 6, 96:

ales, i. e. cygnus,

Auct. Aetn. 88:

candidior cygnis,

Verg. E. 7, 38:

aries,

id. G. 3, 387:

agnus,

Tib. 2, 5, 38:

equi,

Tac. G. 10.—

Of the dazzling whiteness of snow:

altā nive candidum Soracte,

Hor. C. 1, 9, 1; 3, 25, 10; Ov. H. 16, 250; id. M. 8, 373.—

Of resplendent beauty of person, splendid, fair, beautiful:

Dido,

Verg. A. 5, 571:

Maia,

id. ib. 8, 138 Serv.; cf. Serv. ad Verg. E. 5, 56:

candidus et pulcher puer,

Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 4:

puella,

Cat. 35, 8; Hor. Epod. 11, 27:

dux,

id. ib. 3, 9:

Lampetie,

Ov. M. 2, 349:

membra,

id. ib. 2, 607:

cutis,

Plin. 2, 78, 80, § 189:

pes,

Hor. C. 4, 1, 27:

umeri,

id. ib. 1, 13, 9:

bracchia,

Prop. 2 (3), 16, 24:

colla,

id. 3 (4), 17, 29:

cervix,

Hor. C. 3, 9, 2:

ora,

Ov. M. 2, 861:

sinus,

Tib. 1, 10, 68:

dentes,

Cat. 39, 1 (cf. candidulus) al.—

Of the hair, hoary, white (more poet. than canus), Plaut. Most. 5, 2, 27:

candidior barba,

Verg. E. 1, 29:

crinis,

Val. Fl. 6, 60; cf.:

inducto candida barba gelu,

Ov. Tr. 3, 10, 22.—

Of trees or plants: pōpulus, the white or silver poplar, Verg. E. 9, 41:

lilia,

id. ib. 6, 708; Prop. 1, 20, 38; Ov. M. 4, 355:

folium nivei ligustri,

id. ib. 13, 789:

piper,

Plin. 12, 7, 14, § 26. —

Of textile fabrics, sails, dress, etc.:

vela,

Cat. 64, 235:

tentoria,

Ov. M. 8, 43:

vestis,

Liv. 9, 40, 9: toga, made brilliant by fulling (cf. Liv. 4, 25, 13;

v. candidatus),

Plin. 7, 34, 34, § 120; cf. Titinn. ap. Non. p. 536, 23.—So Cicero's oration: In Toga Candida, v. the fragments B. and K. vol. xi. p. 20-25; and the commentary of Asconius, Orell. vol. v. 2, p. 82 sq.— Sup.:

candidissimus color,

Vitr. 10, 7; cf. Varr. L. L. 8, § 17 Müll.—

Opp. niger, Lucr. 2, 733; Verg. E. 2, 16; id. G. 3, 387; Plin. 12, 10, 42, § 92.—Prov.:

candida de nigris et de candentibus atra facere,

to make black white, Ov. M. 11, 315; so,

acc. to some: nigrum in candida vertere,

Juv. 3, 30.—

In the neutr. absol.:

ut candido candidius non est adversum,

Quint. 2, 17, 35; and with a gen.:

candidum ovi,

the white of an egg, Plin. 29, 3, 11, § 40 (twice); cf.: album ovi, under album.—

Poet. and causative, of the winds, making clear, cloud-dis-pelling, purifying:

Favonii,

Hor. C. 3, 7, 1. —

Also poet. for candidatus (= albatus), clothed in white:

turba,

Tib. 2, 1, 16:

pompa,

Ov. F. 2, 654; 4, 906:

Roma, i. e. Romani,

Mart. 8, 65, 6.—

Candida sententia = candidi lapilli, Ov. M. 15, 47; v. the pass. in connection, and cf. albus, and calculus, II. D.—

Candidus calculus, v. calculus, II. E.— Subst.: candĭda, ae, f., a game or play exhibited by a candidate for office (late Lat.):

edere candidam,

Ambros. Serm. 81.—

Trop., pure, clear, serene, clean, spotless, etc.

Of the voice, distinct, clear, pure, silver-toned (opp. fuscus), Quint. 11, 3, 15; Plin. 28, 6, 16, § 58; perh. also Cic. N. D. 2, 58, 146 (B. and K. with MSS. canorum; cf. Orell. N cr.).—

Of discourse, clear, perspicuous, flowing, artless, unaffected:

elaborant alii in puro et quasi quodam candido genere dicendi,

Cic. Or. 16, 53. candidum et lene et speciosum dicendi genus, Quint. 10, 1, 121; Gell. 16, 19, 1.—And meton. of the orator himself:

Messala nitidus et candidus,

Quint. 10, 1, 113:

dulcis et candidus et fusus Herodotus,

id. 10, 1, 73:

candidissimum quemque et maxime expositum,

id. 2, 5, 19.—

Of purity of mind, character ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose), unblemished, pure, guileless, honest, upright, sincere, fair, candid, frank, open:

judex,

Hor. Ep. 1, 4, 1 (integer, verax, purus, sine fuco, sine fallaciā, Schol. Crucq.):

Maecenas,

id. Epod. 14, 5:

Furnius,

id. S. 1, 10, 86:

animae,

id. ib. 1, 5, 41:

pectore candidus,

Ov. P. 4, 14, 43:

ingenium,

Hor. Epod. 11, 11:

habet avunculum quo nihil verius, nihil simplicius, nihil candidius novi,

Plin. Ep. 2, 9, 4; Vell. 2, 116, 5:

candidissimus omnium magnorum ingeniorum aestimator,

Sen. Suas. 6, 22:

humanitas,

Petr. 129, 11.—

Of conditions of life, cheerful, joyous, happy, fortunate, prosperous, lucky:

convivia,

joyful, Prop. 4 (5), 6, 71:

nox,

id. 2 (3), 15, 1:

omina,

id. 4 (5), 1, 67:

fata,

Tib. 3, 6, 30, Ov. Tr. 3, 4, 34: dies. id. ib. 2, 142:

pax,

Tib. 1, 10, 45:

natalis,

id. 1, 7, 64; Ov. Tr. 5, 5, 14.—Hence, adv.: candĭdē.

Acc. to I., in dazzling white' vestitus, Plaut. Cas. 4, 1, 10.—

Acc. to II., clearly, candidly, sincerely: candide et simpliciter, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 6, 1; Quint. 12, 11, 8; Petr. 107, 13.—

As adj. propr: Candidum Promontorium, in Zeugitana, now C. Bianco, Mel. 1, 7, 2; Plin. 5, 4, 3, § 23.

lātro, āvi, ātum, 1, v. n. and a. [cf. Gr. loidoreô and latrazein = barbarizein, Hesych.], to bark (cf. baubor).

Lit.:

si canes latrent,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 20, 56; Lucr. 5, 1066:

ne latret canis,

Hor. S. 1, 2, 128: quasi feta canes sine dentibus latrat, Enn. ap. Varr. L. L. 7, § 32 Müll. (Ann. v. 518 Vahl.):

canis timidus vehementius latrat quam mordet,

Curt. 7, 4, 13:

canino rictu,

Juv. 10, 272.— Impers. pass.:

scit cui latretur cum solus obambulet ipse,

Ov. Tr. 2, 459.—

Act. for allatrare, to bark at, bay:

senem adulterum Latrent Suburanae canes,

Hor. Epod. 5, 57:

cervinam pellem,

id. Ep. 1, 2, 66:

nubila,

Stat. Th. 1, 551.—Also in pass.:

latrari a canibus,

Plin. 25, 10, 78, § 126.—

Part. pres. as subst.: lātrans, antis, m., a barker, i. e. a dog ( poet.):

inmeriti fatum latrantis,

Ov. M. 8, 412; plur., id. ib. 8, 344.—

Transf.

To resound, roar, of water ( poet.):

latrantes undae,

Sil. 5, 396:

(amnis) Alpibus ortus fertur latrantibus undis,

id. 3, 470; Stat. Ach. 1, 451.—

In speaking, to rant, roar, bluster:

latrant jam quidam oratores, non loquuntur,

Cic. Brut. 15, 58:

rumperis et latras,

Hor. S. 1, 3, 136.—

Act., to bark at:

si quis Obprobriis dignum latraverit,

Hor. S. 2, 1, 85.—

Trop., to bark at, rage, etc.

In gen.:

multa ab animalium vocibus tralata in homines, partim quae sunt aperta, partim obscura. Perspicua, ut Ennii: Animus cum pectore latrat,

Varr. L. L. 7, § 103 Müll. (cf. Ann. v. 570 Vahl.):

admoto latrant praecordia tactu,

rage, Stat. S. 2, 1, 13:

curae latrantes,

Petr. 119.—

Act.:

magnas latrantia pectora curas,

Stat. Th. 2, 338.—

In partic.

To demand vehemently: latrare Ennius pro poscere posuit, Paul. ex Fest. 121 Müll.; cf.

Enn. l. l.: cum sale panis Latrantem stomachum bene leniet,

Hor. S. 2, 2, 17:

nil aliud sibi naturam latrare, nisi ut, etc.,

Lucr. 2, 17.—

Opening the mouth wide, pronounced with a wide mouth:

hanc scripsit Latine Plautus cum latranti nomine,

Plaut. Cas. prol. 34.

lā̆tro, ōnis, m. [Gr. latris, root la-, laW-, in laô, leia; cf. lucrum], a hired servant, hireling, mercenary, satellite, bodyguard, etc. (only ante-class.): haec effatus ibi, latrones dicta facessunt, Enn. ap. Non. 306, 23 (Ann. v. 60 Vahl.).—Of mercenary soldiers:

latrones, quos conduxi,

Plaut. Mil. 4, 1, 3:

nam hic latro in Sparta fuit,

id. Poen. 3, 3, 50:

latronem suam qui auro vitam venditat,

id. Bacch. 1, 1, 20 Fleck.; cf.: fortunas suas coepere latrones Inter se memorare, Enn. ap. Non. 134, 29 (Ann. v. 528 Vahl.); cf. Varr. L. L. 7, p. 141 Müll., and the passage from Paul. ex Fest. infra.—

Transf.

A freebooter, highwayman, robber, bandit, irregular soldier, brigand (opp. justi hostes). Liv. 40, 27, 10: latrones eos antiqui dicebant, qui conducti militabant. apo tês latreias. At nunc viarum obsessores dicuntur, Paul. ex Fest. p. 118 Müll.:

hostes hi sunt, qui nobis, aut quibus nos publice bellum decrevimus: ceteri latrones aut praedones sunt,

Dig. 50, 16, 118:

vos latrones et mendicos homines magni penditis?

Plaut. Stich. 1, 2, 75:

collecti ex praedonibus latronibusque Syriae,

Caes. B. C. 3, 110; 3, 109 fin.; id. B. G. 3, 17:

erat ei vivendum latronum ritu, ut tantum haberet, quantum rapere potuisset,

Cic. Phil. 2, 25, 62:

non semper viator a latrone, non numquam etiam latro a viatore occiditur,

Cic. Mil. 21, 55; cf.:

cantabit vacuus coram latrone viator,

Juv. 10, 22; 13, 145:

ne quis fur esset, neu latro,

Hor. S. 1, 3, 106:

quin etiam leges latronum esse dicuntur, etc.,

Cic. Off. 2, 11, 40:

quaestio latronum,

Paul. Sent. 5, 16, 13:

qui latronem caedem sibi inferentem, occiderit,

id. ib. 5, 23, 8.—Of an assassin, Val. Max. 5, 9, 4.— Poet. of a hunter, Verg. A. 12, 7.—Of a wolf, Phaedr. 1, 1, 4.—

For latrunculus, a chessman, a piece in the game of draughts or chess which represents a soldier; a man, pawn ( poet.):

latronum proelia,

Ov. A. A. 3, 357:

ludere bella latronum,

Mart. 14, 20, 1; cf.

vitreo latrone,

id. 7, 72, 8.

Lā̆tro, ōnis, m., a Roman surname. So M. Porcius Latro, a famous orator from Spain, a friend of the elder Seneca, Sen. Contr. 1 praef.; Quint. 10, 5, 18; 9, 2, 91; Plin. 20, 14, 57, § 160.—Hence,

Lătrō-nĭānus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Latro, Latronian:

color,

Sen. Contr. 1, 7, 16; 1 praef. § 13.

lātro, āvi, ātum, 1, v. n. and a. [cf. Gr. loidoreô and latrazein = barbarizein, Hesych.], to bark (cf. baubor).

Lit.:

si canes latrent,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 20, 56; Lucr. 5, 1066:

ne latret canis,

Hor. S. 1, 2, 128: quasi feta canes sine dentibus latrat, Enn. ap. Varr. L. L. 7, § 32 Müll. (Ann. v. 518 Vahl.):

canis timidus vehementius latrat quam mordet,

Curt. 7, 4, 13:

canino rictu,

Juv. 10, 272.— Impers. pass.:

scit cui latretur cum solus obambulet ipse,

Ov. Tr. 2, 459.—

Act. for allatrare, to bark at, bay:

senem adulterum Latrent Suburanae canes,

Hor. Epod. 5, 57:

cervinam pellem,

id. Ep. 1, 2, 66:

nubila,

Stat. Th. 1, 551.—Also in pass.:

latrari a canibus,

Plin. 25, 10, 78, § 126.—

Part. pres. as subst.: lātrans, antis, m., a barker, i. e. a dog ( poet.):

inmeriti fatum latrantis,

Ov. M. 8, 412; plur., id. ib. 8, 344.—

Transf.

To resound, roar, of water ( poet.):

latrantes undae,

Sil. 5, 396:

(amnis) Alpibus ortus fertur latrantibus undis,

id. 3, 470; Stat. Ach. 1, 451.—

In speaking, to rant, roar, bluster:

latrant jam quidam oratores, non loquuntur,

Cic. Brut. 15, 58:

rumperis et latras,

Hor. S. 1, 3, 136.—

Act., to bark at:

si quis Obprobriis dignum latraverit,

Hor. S. 2, 1, 85.—

Trop., to bark at, rage, etc.

In gen.:

multa ab animalium vocibus tralata in homines, partim quae sunt aperta, partim obscura. Perspicua, ut Ennii: Animus cum pectore latrat,

Varr. L. L. 7, § 103 Müll. (cf. Ann. v. 570 Vahl.):

admoto latrant praecordia tactu,

rage, Stat. S. 2, 1, 13:

curae latrantes,

Petr. 119.—

Act.:

magnas latrantia pectora curas,

Stat. Th. 2, 338.—

In partic.

To demand vehemently: latrare Ennius pro poscere posuit, Paul. ex Fest. 121 Müll.; cf.

Enn. l. l.: cum sale panis Latrantem stomachum bene leniet,

Hor. S. 2, 2, 17:

nil aliud sibi naturam latrare, nisi ut, etc.,

Lucr. 2, 17.—

Opening the mouth wide, pronounced with a wide mouth:

hanc scripsit Latine Plautus cum latranti nomine,

Plaut. Cas. prol. 34.

lā̆tro, ōnis, m. [Gr. latris, root la-, laW-, in laô, leia; cf. lucrum], a hired servant, hireling, mercenary, satellite, bodyguard, etc. (only ante-class.): haec effatus ibi, latrones dicta facessunt, Enn. ap. Non. 306, 23 (Ann. v. 60 Vahl.).—Of mercenary soldiers:

latrones, quos conduxi,

Plaut. Mil. 4, 1, 3:

nam hic latro in Sparta fuit,

id. Poen. 3, 3, 50:

latronem suam qui auro vitam venditat,

id. Bacch. 1, 1, 20 Fleck.; cf.: fortunas suas coepere latrones Inter se memorare, Enn. ap. Non. 134, 29 (Ann. v. 528 Vahl.); cf. Varr. L. L. 7, p. 141 Müll., and the passage from Paul. ex Fest. infra.—

Transf.

A freebooter, highwayman, robber, bandit, irregular soldier, brigand (opp. justi hostes). Liv. 40, 27, 10: latrones eos antiqui dicebant, qui conducti militabant. apo tês latreias. At nunc viarum obsessores dicuntur, Paul. ex Fest. p. 118 Müll.:

hostes hi sunt, qui nobis, aut quibus nos publice bellum decrevimus: ceteri latrones aut praedones sunt,

Dig. 50, 16, 118:

vos latrones et mendicos homines magni penditis?

Plaut. Stich. 1, 2, 75:

collecti ex praedonibus latronibusque Syriae,

Caes. B. C. 3, 110; 3, 109 fin.; id. B. G. 3, 17:

erat ei vivendum latronum ritu, ut tantum haberet, quantum rapere potuisset,

Cic. Phil. 2, 25, 62:

non semper viator a latrone, non numquam etiam latro a viatore occiditur,

Cic. Mil. 21, 55; cf.:

cantabit vacuus coram latrone viator,

Juv. 10, 22; 13, 145:

ne quis fur esset, neu latro,

Hor. S. 1, 3, 106:

quin etiam leges latronum esse dicuntur, etc.,

Cic. Off. 2, 11, 40:

quaestio latronum,

Paul. Sent. 5, 16, 13:

qui latronem caedem sibi inferentem, occiderit,

id. ib. 5, 23, 8.—Of an assassin, Val. Max. 5, 9, 4.— Poet. of a hunter, Verg. A. 12, 7.—Of a wolf, Phaedr. 1, 1, 4.—

For latrunculus, a chessman, a piece in the game of draughts or chess which represents a soldier; a man, pawn ( poet.):

latronum proelia,

Ov. A. A. 3, 357:

ludere bella latronum,

Mart. 14, 20, 1; cf.

vitreo latrone,

id. 7, 72, 8.

Lā̆tro, ōnis, m., a Roman surname. So M. Porcius Latro, a famous orator from Spain, a friend of the elder Seneca, Sen. Contr. 1 praef.; Quint. 10, 5, 18; 9, 2, 91; Plin. 20, 14, 57, § 160.—Hence,

Lătrō-nĭānus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Latro, Latronian:

color,

Sen. Contr. 1, 7, 16; 1 praef. § 13.

lātro, āvi, ātum, 1, v. n. and a. [cf. Gr. loidoreô and latrazein = barbarizein, Hesych.], to bark (cf. baubor).

Lit.:

si canes latrent,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 20, 56; Lucr. 5, 1066:

ne latret canis,

Hor. S. 1, 2, 128: quasi feta canes sine dentibus latrat, Enn. ap. Varr. L. L. 7, § 32 Müll. (Ann. v. 518 Vahl.):

canis timidus vehementius latrat quam mordet,

Curt. 7, 4, 13:

canino rictu,

Juv. 10, 272.— Impers. pass.:

scit cui latretur cum solus obambulet ipse,

Ov. Tr. 2, 459.—

Act. for allatrare, to bark at, bay:

senem adulterum Latrent Suburanae canes,

Hor. Epod. 5, 57:

cervinam pellem,

id. Ep. 1, 2, 66:

nubila,

Stat. Th. 1, 551.—Also in pass.:

latrari a canibus,

Plin. 25, 10, 78, § 126.—

Part. pres. as subst.: lātrans, antis, m., a barker, i. e. a dog ( poet.):

inmeriti fatum latrantis,

Ov. M. 8, 412; plur., id. ib. 8, 344.—

Transf.

To resound, roar, of water ( poet.):

latrantes undae,

Sil. 5, 396:

(amnis) Alpibus ortus fertur latrantibus undis,

id. 3, 470; Stat. Ach. 1, 451.—

In speaking, to rant, roar, bluster:

latrant jam quidam oratores, non loquuntur,

Cic. Brut. 15, 58:

rumperis et latras,

Hor. S. 1, 3, 136.—

Act., to bark at:

si quis Obprobriis dignum latraverit,

Hor. S. 2, 1, 85.—

Trop., to bark at, rage, etc.

In gen.:

multa ab animalium vocibus tralata in homines, partim quae sunt aperta, partim obscura. Perspicua, ut Ennii: Animus cum pectore latrat,

Varr. L. L. 7, § 103 Müll. (cf. Ann. v. 570 Vahl.):

admoto latrant praecordia tactu,

rage, Stat. S. 2, 1, 13:

curae latrantes,

Petr. 119.—

Act.:

magnas latrantia pectora curas,

Stat. Th. 2, 338.—

In partic.

To demand vehemently: latrare Ennius pro poscere posuit, Paul. ex Fest. 121 Müll.; cf.

Enn. l. l.: cum sale panis Latrantem stomachum bene leniet,

Hor. S. 2, 2, 17:

nil aliud sibi naturam latrare, nisi ut, etc.,

Lucr. 2, 17.—

Opening the mouth wide, pronounced with a wide mouth:

hanc scripsit Latine Plautus cum latranti nomine,

Plaut. Cas. prol. 34.

lā̆tro, ōnis, m. [Gr. latris, root la-, laW-, in laô, leia; cf. lucrum], a hired servant, hireling, mercenary, satellite, bodyguard, etc. (only ante-class.): haec effatus ibi, latrones dicta facessunt, Enn. ap. Non. 306, 23 (Ann. v. 60 Vahl.).—Of mercenary soldiers:

latrones, quos conduxi,

Plaut. Mil. 4, 1, 3:

nam hic latro in Sparta fuit,

id. Poen. 3, 3, 50:

latronem suam qui auro vitam venditat,

id. Bacch. 1, 1, 20 Fleck.; cf.: fortunas suas coepere latrones Inter se memorare, Enn. ap. Non. 134, 29 (Ann. v. 528 Vahl.); cf. Varr. L. L. 7, p. 141 Müll., and the passage from Paul. ex Fest. infra.—

Transf.

A freebooter, highwayman, robber, bandit, irregular soldier, brigand (opp. justi hostes). Liv. 40, 27, 10: latrones eos antiqui dicebant, qui conducti militabant. apo tês latreias. At nunc viarum obsessores dicuntur, Paul. ex Fest. p. 118 Müll.:

hostes hi sunt, qui nobis, aut quibus nos publice bellum decrevimus: ceteri latrones aut praedones sunt,

Dig. 50, 16, 118:

vos latrones et mendicos homines magni penditis?

Plaut. Stich. 1, 2, 75:

collecti ex praedonibus latronibusque Syriae,

Caes. B. C. 3, 110; 3, 109 fin.; id. B. G. 3, 17:

erat ei vivendum latronum ritu, ut tantum haberet, quantum rapere potuisset,

Cic. Phil. 2, 25, 62:

non semper viator a latrone, non numquam etiam latro a viatore occiditur,

Cic. Mil. 21, 55; cf.:

cantabit vacuus coram latrone viator,

Juv. 10, 22; 13, 145:

ne quis fur esset, neu latro,

Hor. S. 1, 3, 106:

quin etiam leges latronum esse dicuntur, etc.,

Cic. Off. 2, 11, 40:

quaestio latronum,

Paul. Sent. 5, 16, 13:

qui latronem caedem sibi inferentem, occiderit,

id. ib. 5, 23, 8.—Of an assassin, Val. Max. 5, 9, 4.— Poet. of a hunter, Verg. A. 12, 7.—Of a wolf, Phaedr. 1, 1, 4.—

For latrunculus, a chessman, a piece in the game of draughts or chess which represents a soldier; a man, pawn ( poet.):

latronum proelia,

Ov. A. A. 3, 357:

ludere bella latronum,

Mart. 14, 20, 1; cf.

vitreo latrone,

id. 7, 72, 8.

Lā̆tro, ōnis, m., a Roman surname. So M. Porcius Latro, a famous orator from Spain, a friend of the elder Seneca, Sen. Contr. 1 praef.; Quint. 10, 5, 18; 9, 2, 91; Plin. 20, 14, 57, § 160.—Hence,

Lătrō-nĭānus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Latro, Latronian:

color,

Sen. Contr. 1, 7, 16; 1 praef. § 13.

lĕpus, ŏris, m. (com., Varr. R. R. 3, 12; Plin. 8, 55, 81, § 217; v. infra) [cf. Aeol. and Sicil. leporis, collat. form of lagôs, Varr. L. L. 5, § 101 Müll.; id. R. R. 3, 12; but Curt. compares lepor, lepidus, root in Gr. lampô], a hare, Varr. R. R. 3, 12; Plin. 8, 55, 81, § 217: lepus multum somni affert, qui illum edit, Cato ap. Diomed. p. 358 P.; Plaut. Pers. 3, 3, 31:

auritosque sequi lepores,

Verg. G. 1, 308:

pavidus,

Hor. Epod. 2, 35; id. C. 1, 37, 18:

dare semesum leporem,

Juv. 5, 167.—Of the she-hare:

lepus cum praegnans sit,

Varr. R. R. 3, 12; Plin. 8, 55, 81, § 219; cf.:

fecundae leporis,

Hor. S. 2, 4, 44 (fecundi, Keller).—Prov.: aliis leporem exagitare, to hunt the hare for others, i. e. to do something of which others reap the advantage, Petr. 131; cf. Ov. A. A. 3, 661: lepus tute es et pulpamentum quaeris? What! you a hare, and hunting for game? —In mal. part., Liv. Andron. ap. Ter. Eun. 3, 1, 36; cf. Don. ad h. l. and Vop. Num. 13. —As a term of endearment:

mens pullus passer, mea columba, mi lepus,

Plaut. Cas. 1, 50.—

Transf.

A poisonous seafish, of the color of a hare, the Aplysia depilans, Linn.; Plin. 9, 48, 72, § 155; 32, 1, 3, § 8.—

The constellation Lepus, Cic. Arat. 365; id. N. D. 2, 44, 114; Hyg. Astr. 3, 22; Manil. 5, 159.

pīla, ae, f. [perh. for pisula, from root pis-; v. pinso, piso], a mortar (syn. mortarium):

pila, ubi triticum pinsant,

Cato, R. R. 14; Ov. Ib. 573:

zeae granum tunditur in pilā ligneā,

Plin. 18, 11, 29, § 112:

si contuderis stultum in pilā,

Vulg. Prov. 27, 22: sal sordidum in pilā pisatum, Paul. ex Fest. p. 158 Müll.

pīlă, ae, f. [for pigla, from root pag-, pig-, of pango, pe-pig-i, q. v.], a pillar (syn. columna): pila, quae parietem sustentat, ab opponendo dicta est, Paul. ex Fest. p. 204 Müll.:

locavit pilas pontis in Tiberim,

Liv. 40, 51:

salax taberna a pileatis nona fratribus pila, of the temple of Castor and Pollux,

Cat. 37, 1: nulla taberna meos habeat neque pila libellos, i. e. they are not to be publicly sold (as the booksellers had their stalls around the pillars of public buildings), Hor. S. 1, 4, 71; Vitr. 6, 11:

pilas operibus subdere,

Sen. Q. N. 6, 302; Plin. 11, 10, 10, § 23; Mart. 7, 61, 5.—

Transf., a pier or mole of stone:

saxea,

Verg. A. 9, 711; Vitr. 5, 12; Suet. Claud. 20; Sil. 4, 297.

pĭla, ae ( gen. sing. pilaï, Lucr. 5, 713; 720; 726), f. [etym. dub.; perh. akin to Gr. pallô, brandish; Lat. pellere, drive; v. Corss. 1, 525 sqq.], a ball, playing-ball (syn. follis).

Lit.: pilā expulsim ludere, Varr. ap. Non. 104, 29:

di nos quasi pilas homines habent,

Plaut. Capt. prol. 22; id. Most. 1, 2, 73:

pilae studio teneri,

Cic. de Or. 3, 23, 88; Hor. S. 1, 5, 49:

cum lapsa e manibus fugit pila,

Verg. Cir. 149, Prop. 3, 12 (4, 13), 5:

pila cadit aut mittentis vitio, aut accipientis... (pila) jactata et excepta,

Sen. Ben. 2, 17, 3:

pilam scite et diligenter excipere... apte et expedite remittere,

id. ib. 2, 32, 1:

pilam repetere, quae terram contigit,

Petr. 27:

reddere pilam,

Mart. 14, 46, 2. There were four sorts of pilæ:

trigonalis, paganica, follis, harpastum.—Prov.: mea pila est,

I have the ball, I have caught it, I've won, Plaut. Truc. 4, 1, 7:

claudus pilam,

Cic. Pis. 28, 69;

v. claudus: Fortunae pila,

the foot-ball of fortune, Aur. Vict. Epit. 18.—

Transf.

The game of ball:

quantum alii tribuunt alveolo, quantum pilae,

Cic. Arch. 6, 13.—

Of any thing round, a ball or globe of any material:

pilae lanuginis,

Plin. 12, 10, 21, § 38:

scarabaei e fimo ingentes pilas aversi pedibus volutant,

id. 11, 28, 34, § 98.—Of the globe of the earth (ante-class.): in terrae pila, Varr. ap. Non. 333, 25.—The ancients made use of a glass or crystal ball filled with water as a burning-glass:

cum addită aquā vitreae pilae sole adverso in tantum excandescunt, ut vestes exurant,

Plin. 36, 26, 67, § 199; 37, 2, 10, § 28.—The Roman ladies carried a crystal or amber ball to keep their hands cool, Prop. 2, 18, 60 (3, 18, 12); Mart. 11, 8.—Of the ball or lump of earth which adheres to the roots of a bush when torn up, Col. 5, 9. —Of the ballots or bails used by judges in voting, Prop. 4 (5), 11, 19; Ascon. Argum. Milon. fin. —Of stuffed balls or human figures: pilae et effigies viriles et muliebres ex lanā Compitalibus suspendebantur in compitis. quod hunc diem festum esse deorum inferorum quos vocant Lares, putarent: quibus tot pilae, quot capita servorum; tot effigies, quot essent liberi. ponebantur, ut vivis parcerent et essent his pilis et simulacris contenti, Paul. ex Fest. p. 239 Müll. Bulls were baited by throwing similar stuffed figures at their heads, Mart. Spect. 19, 2:

quantus erat cornu, cui pila taurus erat!

id. ib. 9;

hence, sed cui primus erat lusor dum floruit aetas, Nunc postquam desiit ludere prima pila est,

id. ib. 10, 86. As these effigies were usually torn by the throwing, the term is also applied to a torn toga, Mart. 2, 43, 6.—

In partic.:

pilae Nursicae, i. e. rapae rotundae,

Mart. 13, 20, 2.

scrībo, psi, ptum, 3 ( perf. sync. scripsti, Plaut. As. 4, 1, 57: scripstis, Enn. ap. Non. 153, 28, or Trag. v. 239 Vahl.; inf. scripse, Aus. Sept. Sap. Lud. 1; cf. 2. dico init.), v. a. [root skrabh-, to dig; whence, Gr. graphô; Lat. scrobis, scrofa; cf. Germ. schreiben], prop., to scratch, grave, engrave with a sharp point; hence,

In gen.

Lit., to write, draw, or otherwise make lines, letters, figures, etc. (cf. scalpo):

in libro cum scribuntur calamo litterae,

Plaut. Ps. 1, 5, 131; cf. id. Bacch. 4, 4, 76 sq.:

litteras, tabellas,

id. Ps. 1, 1, 28:

(littera M) etiamsi scribitur, tamen parum exprimitur,

Quint. 9, 4, 40; cf. id. 1, 7, 28:

nostri praeceptores cervum servumque u et o litteris scripserunt,

id. 1, 7, 26; cf. id. 1, 7, 4; 1, 7, 20; 1, 7, 30; 12, 10, 28;

12, 10, 30: terra in augurum libris scripta cum r uno,

Varr. L. L. 5, § 21 Müll.:

hic carmen mediā scribe columnā,

Prop. 4 (5), 7, 83; cf.:

scribitur vestris Cynthia corticibus,

id. 1, 18, 22; Ov. M. 9, 527; Luc. 2, 343:

in aquā,

Cat. 68, 4; cf.

also: fac lapis his scriptus stet super ossa notis: hic jacet, etc.,

Tib. 1, 3, 54 (but the better reading is inscriptis):

scribere decore,

to write a good hand, Amm. 30, 9, 4:

erat scriptum ipsius manu,

Cic. Cat. 3, 5, 10:

suā manu scripsit,

Liv. 37, 10.—Of drawing, etc.:

si quis fugitivo stigmata scripserit,

has branded a runaway, Quint. 7, 4, 14; cf.: charaxat ambas ungulis scribentibus genas, Prud. steph. 10, 557:

totius vobis Frontem tabernae scipionibus scribam,

Cat. 37, 10:

(Diodotus Stoicus) geometriae munus tuebatur, verbis praecipiens discentibus, unde, quo quamque lineam scriberent,

Cic. Tusc. 5, 39, 113:

ut formam (porticus) secundum rationem loci scribas,

draw, design, Plin. Ep. 9, 39, 5; Stat. S. 1, 3, 9:

quae Attalicis variata per artem Aulaeis scribuntur acu,

i. e. are embroidered, Sil. 14, 660:

scripto radiat Germanicus auro, i. e. sculpto,

Juv. 6, 205; cf. Mart. 11, 5, 3.—

Trop.: memor essem? etiam nunc mihi Scripta illa dicta sunt in animo Chrysidis De Glycerio, graven, imprinted (syn.:

inscripta, insculpta),

Ter. And. 1, 5, 48:

arva sanguineo scribit rutilantia gyro,

Stat. Th. 11, 514.—

In partic., with the accessory idea of intellectual action, of written composition of every kind, to write, write down, compose, describe, depict; to draw up, communicate, announce in writing (syn.: compono, perscribo).

With acc.:

quoniam de re publicā multa quaesierint et scripserint,

Cic. Rep. 1, 7, 12:

Cn. Aufidius praetorius (caecus) Graecam scribebat historiam,

id. Tusc. 5, 38, 112; so,

historiam,

id. de Or. 2, 12, 51; id. Brut. 75, 262:

bellum,

Liv. 21, 1:

res gestas,

Hor. A. P. 74; id. Ep. 1, 3, 7 al.:

librum de rebus rusticis,

Cic. Sen. 15, 54:

scripsi etiam versibus tres libros de temporibus meis,

id. Fam. 1, 9, 23:

in Catone Majore, qui est scriptus ad te de senectute,

id. Lael. 1, 4:

carmen in aliquem,

id. de Or. 2, 86, 352:

Furius defensionem causae suae scripsit,

id. Verr. 2, 5, 43, § 112; cf. Quint. 2, 15, 29:

libellos,

Ov. Tr. 5, 12, 61; id. P. 4, 13, 19:

notas,

id. ib. 3, 2, 90:

Diphilus Hanc (fabulam) Graece scripsit,

Plaut. Cas. prol. 33; Ter. Heaut. prol. 43; id. Hec. prol. 6 (cf. also infra, d):

versus,

Lucr. 1, 24; Hor. S. 1, 9, 23; 1, 10, 60:

carmina,

id. ib. 2, 5, 74; id. Ep. 1, 19, 3:

poëmata,

id. ib. 2, 2, 66 et saep.; cf.: scripsere alii rem Versibus, Enn. ap. Cic. Brut. 19, 76 (Ann. v. 221 Vahl.):

formam et situm agri alicui,

to describe, Hor. Ep. 1, 16, 4 et saep.—Of written communications, letters, etc.:

epistulis tuis perdiligenter scriptis,

Cic. Att. 1, 11, 1; cf. Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 4, 1:

haec scripsi properans,

Cic. Att. 2, 19, 5:

litteras, quas ad Pompeium scripsi, tibi misi,

id. ib. 3, 9, 3:

litterae extemplo Romam scriptae,

Liv. 41, 16:

plura ad te scribam, si, etc.,

Cic. Att. 11, 10, 3:

scriberem ad te de hoc plura, si Romae esses,

id. ib. 6, 4, 11:

haec ad te scripsi verbosius,

id. Fam. 7, 3, 5:

scriptā jam epistulā superiore,

id. ib. 1, 9, 26:

non quo haberem, quod tibi scriberem,

id. Att. 4, 4, a:

epistulam,

Plin. Ep. 7, 9, 8 et saep.:

scribere salutem,

to send a greeting, Plaut. Bacch. 4, 9, 77; cf.:

laudes atque gratias populo Romano,

Gell. 3, 8, 5.—With a personal object:

nullos habeo scriptos (homines), memini tamen,

written down, Plaut. Mil. 1, 1, 48:

per eum Marium, quem scripsissem,

Cic. Att. 12, 49, 1: quis Martem digne scripserit aut...Merionem aut...Tydiden? who could depict, represent, etc., Hor. C. 1, 6, 14; id. S. 2, 1, 16; cf. in the pass.:

scriberis Vario fortis et hostium Victor,

id. C. 1, 6, 1.—With two acc.: cum auctor pugnae se A. Cornelium Cossum consulem scripserit, subscribed himself, declared himself in the inscription to be, Liv. 4, 20, 11.—

With object-clause:

in foribus scribat occupatum esse se,

Plaut. As. 4, 1, 15:

ut Africanum avum meum scribit Cato solitum esse dicere,

Cic. Rep. 1, 17, 27; id. Att. 1, 8, 1; cf.:

Romae quod scribis sileri, ita putabam,

id. ib. 2, 13, 2:

quod ad te scripseram me in Epiro futurum,

id. ib. 3, 13, 1:

Graeceius ad me scripsit, C. Cassium sibi scripsisse, homines comparari, qui, etc.,

id. ib. 15, 8, 2:

Cicero quodam loco scribit, id esse optimum, etc.,

Quint. 11, 1, 92:

post paulo scribit, sibi millia quinque Esse domi chlamydum,

Hor. Ep. 1, 6, 43 et saep.—In pass., with nom. or acc.:

eadem haec avis scribitur conchis se solere complere, etc.,

Cic. N. D. 2, 49, 125: scribitur nobis, magnam veteranorum multitudinem Romam convenisse jam, etc., Brut. et Cass. ap. Cic. Fam. 11, 2, 1:

scriptum est item, quaesivisse (Socratem), quid esset,

Cic. Div. 1, 54, 123.—

With rel.-clause:

nec scribis, quam ad diem te exspectemus,

Cic. Att. 3, 7, 1:

scribe aliquando ad nos, quid agas,

id. Fam. 7, 12, 2:

ad me Valerius scripsit... quem ad modum ducta esses, etc.,

id. ib. 14, 2, 2.—

Absol.:

quo (Platone) nemo in scribendo praestantior fuit,

Cic. Rep. 2, 11, 21; cf. id. ib. 3, 8, 13:

Demophilus scripsit, Marcus vortit barbare,

Plaut. As. prol. 11; id. Trin. prol. 19:

poëta quom primum ad scribendum animum appulit,

Ter. And. prol. 1; id. Heaut. prol. 7:

sumite materiem vestris, qui scribitis, aequam Viribus,

Hor. A. P. 38:

sic raro scribis, ut toto non quater anno Membranam poscas,

id. S. 2, 3, 1 et saep.:

Samiae, ut ibi (i. e. in oratione) scribit Laelius, capedines,

Cic. Rep. 6, 2, 11; cf. id. ib. 1, 16, 25:

ut, quemadmodum scribit ille, cottidiano, etc.,

id. ib. 6, 2, 8:

denique non video de tot scribentibus unum,

Ov. Tr. 2, 495.—So freq. of written communications, letters; usually with ad aliquem (less freq. alicui) or de aliquā re:

tv si, ut scribis, Kal. Jun. Romā profectus es, etc.,

Cic. Att. 3, 9, 3:

ego te, ut scribis, cito videbo,

id. ib. 3, 27:

nihil habeo, quod ad te scribam, scribo tamen, non ut te delectem, etc.,

id. ib. 14, 12, 3:

senatusconsultum si erit factum, scribes ad me,

id. ib. 5, 4, 2; cf.:

scripsi etiam ad Camillum, ad Lamiam,

id. ib. 5, 8, 3:

in quā (epistulā) de agro Campano scribis,

id. ib. 2, 16, 11:

ut nuper me scis scripsisse ad te de Varronis erga me officio, etc.,

id. ib. 2, 25, 1; cf.:

Hermae tui Pentelici, de quibus ad me scripsisti,

id. ib. 1, 8, 2; 1, 9, 2 et saep.— With ut, ne, etc.:

velim domum ad te scribas, ut mihi tui libri pateant,

Cic. Att. 4, 14, 1:

ad me scriberet, ut in Italiam quam primum venirem,

id. ib. 11, 7, 2; 5, 11, 6.— With dat.:

consules Fulvio, ut ex Falisco, Postumio, ut ex Vaticano exercitum ad Clusium admoveant, scribunt,

Liv. 10, 27; 42, 27; Tac. A. 1, 29.—With ne:

Scipioni scribendum, ne bellum remitteret,

Liv. 30, 23.—With simple subj.:

scribit Labieno, si rei publicae commodo facere posset, cum legione ad fines Nerviorum veniat,

Caes. B. G. 5, 46 fin. —In Tac. also, with inf.:

scribitur tetrarchis ac regibus, jussis Corbulonis obsequi,

Tac. A. 15, 25 fin. —In eccl. Lat. as a formula of quotation from the Scriptures:

scriptum est,

i. e. it is said in Holy Writ, Vulg. Matt. 4, 4; id. Luc. 19, 46; id. Rom. 11, 8 et saep.—

Publicists', milit., jurid., and business t. t., of written plans, drafts, and other writings of various import.

Publicists' t. t., to draw up, draught a law, decree, treaty, etc.:

quod proditum memoria est, X. viros, qui leges scripserint, etc.,

Cic. Rep. 2, 31, 54; so,

leges,

id. ib. 2, 36, 61; 2, 10, 18; id. Rosc. Am. 25, 70; id. de Or. 1, 19, 86; id. Inv. 1, 38, 68 al.; cf.

in a transf. signif.: cui non apparet, inopiam et miseriam civitatis istam legem scripsisse, etc.,

Liv. 34, 6 fin.; and:

testamentum, quod pietas, fides, pudor scripsit,

Plin. Ep. 8, 18, 7:

haec senatusconsulta non ignoro ab amicissimis ejus, cujus de honore agitur, scribi solere,

Cic. Fam. 15, 6, 2.—So very freq.: senatusconsulto scribendo, or simply scribendo adesse, or also, ad scribendum esse, to witness the drawing up of a decree of the Senate; to subscribe it: erat nobis dictum, te existimare, alicui senatusconsulto, quod contra dignitatem tuam fieret, scribendo Lamiam [p. 1648] affuisse, qui omnino consulibus illis numquam fuit ad scribendum, Cic. Fam. 12, 29, 2 Orell. N. cr.; cf.: senatusconsulta scribuntur apud familiarem meum (i. e. Caesarem). Et quidem cum in mentem venit (Caesari), ponor ad scribendum (i. e. he adds my signature to it), id. ib. 9, 15, 4:

quod me esse ad scribendum vides,

id. Att. 1, 19, 9; id. Fam. 9, 15, 3: S. C. auctoritas. Pridie Kal. Octob. in aede Apollinis scrib. affuerunt L. Domitius, etc., an official formula ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 8, 5 sq. (v. assum):

Boeotorum gentem numquam ad scribendum amicitiae foedus adduci potuisse,

to make, enter into, conclude, Liv. 42, 12.—

Milit. t. t.: scribere milites (legiones, supplementum, etc.), to enlist, enroll, levy:

milites,

Sall. J. 43, 3:

legiones,

id. C. 32, 1:

exercitui supplementum,

id. J. 39, 2:

supplementum legionibus,

Cic. Fam. 3, 3, 1; Liv. 8, 8:

exercitum,

id. 4, 43; 9, 8; 9, 19:

equites,

id. 10, 25; 21, 40; 35, 20:

socios navales,

id. 37, 2; so, too: sex milia colonorum Albam in Aequos, to enroll for the purpose of sending, to send, id. 10, 1:

socios scribere in urbem,

id. 4, 11, 4.—

Poet., transf.:

scribe tui gregis hunc,

enroll him among your retinue, Hor. Ep. 1, 9, 13.—

Jurid. and business t. t.: dicam scribere (alicui), like dikên graphein tini, to bring an action in writing against any one (v. dica); of a lawyer, to draw up legal instruments (complaints or charges, contracts, wills, etc.):

Servius hanc urbanam militiam respondendi, scribendi, cavendi secutus est,

Cic. Mur. 9, 19; id. Fam. 7, 14 Manut.; cf. id. Leg. 1, 4, 14:

omnia testamenta tu scribes unus,

id. de Or. 2, 6, 24; Dig. 28, 2, 25.—Hence, transf., with a personal object: aliquem heredem, to appoint or designate any one as heir:

testamentum palam fecerat et illum heredem et me scripserat,

Cic. Mil. 18, 48; cf.:

in testamento Ptolemaei patris heredes erant scripti, etc.,

Caes. B. C. 3, 108:

quem Micipsa testamento secundum heredem scripsit,

Sall. J. 65, 1; Auct. B. Alex. 33; Plin. Pan. 43, 1 sq.; Tac. A. 14, 31; Hor. S. 2, 5, 48; Juv. 3, 161; 9, 87:

aliquem coheredem,

Tac. Agr. 43 fin.:

aliquem exheredem,

to disinherit any one by will, Dig. 37, 4, 8, §§

1 and 6: aliquem tutorem liberis suis,

to appoint as guardian by will, Cic. Clu. 14, 41:

libertatem servo,

to bequeath to a slave his freedom, Dig. 29, 2, 71.—Of contracts, notes, drafts, etc.:

pulchre scripsti: scitum syngraphum!

Plaut. As. 4, 1, 57: nummos, usuras, etc. (alicui), to give a note or bond for:

scribit nummos,

id. ib. 2, 4, 34:

sibi creditam pecuniam,

Dig. 26, 7, 9, § 7:

genero usuras praestandas quasi ex dotis promissione,

ib. 4, 4, 17:

lecta est cautio hujusmodi: Lutius Titius scripsi, me accepisse a Publio Maevio quindecim mutua numerata mihi de domo, etc.,

ib. 12, 1, 40: scribe decem (tabulas) a Nerio, give ten notes or bonds drawn up by the usurer Nerius, Hor. S. 2, 3, 69. scriptos expendere nummos, v. l. ap. Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 105 (Hold. cautos); cf. rescribo.—Hence, scriptum, i, n., something written, viz.,

(Acc. to I.) A line; so only: duodecim scripta, a game played with colored stones (calculi) on a draught-board marked into spaces by twelve oblique lines: tibi concedo, quod in duodecim scriptis olim, ut calculum reducas, si te alicujus dati poenitet, Cic. Fragm. ap. Non. 170, 30; cf.:

in lusu duodecim scriptorum cum prior calculum promovisset essetque victus, etc.,

Quint. 11, 2, 38;

v. also scriptula, and Becker, Gall. 3, pp. 261 and 264 sq.: duodecim scriptis ludere,

Cic. de Or. 1, 50, 217.—

(Acc. to II.) A written composition, writing, treatise, book, work, etc. (most freq. in plur.):

ex scripto et sententiā controversia nascitur cum videtur scriptoris voluntas cum scripto ipso dissentire,

the writing, the written expression, Auct. Her. 1, 11, 19:

incredibile dictu est, quam multi Graeci de harum valvarum pulchritudine scriptum reliquerunt,

have left something written concerning it, speak of it in their writings, Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 56, § 124; so Quint. 6, 1, 7; cf. in plur., Cic. Rep. 1, 22, 36:

quod a Democrito et Platone in scriptis relictum esse dicunt,

id. de Or. 2, 46, 194:

utinam exstarent illa carmina, quae multis saeculis ante suam aetatem in epulis esse cantata, in Originibus scriptum reliquit Cato!

id. Brut. 19, 75: ut ipsis scriptis non ea mandaremus, id. Off. 2, 1, 3:

in quo libro scriptum hoc invenitur,

Quint. 1, 1, 15:

Hortensius erat memoriā tantā, ut quae secum commentatus esset, ea sine scripto verbis eisdem redderet, quibus cogitavisset,

without notes, Cic. Brut. 88, 301; cf. on the contrary: de scripto dicere, to speak or read from a written paper:

recitetur oratio, quae propter rei magnitudinem dicta de scripto est,

id. Planc. 30, 74; id. Phil. 10, 2, 5; id. Brut. 12, 46; id. Att. 4, 3, 3; id. Fam. 10, 13, 1:

laudavit pater scripto meo,

in a speech composed by me, id. Q. Fr. 3, 8, 5:

adire aliquem scripto,

Tac. H. 4, 39:

cum eorum inventis scriptisque se oblectent,

writings, Cic. Rep. 1, 17, 28:

ardeo cupiditate...nomen ut nostrum scriptis illustretur et celebretur tuis,

id. Fam. 5, 12, 1:

scripta recitare,

Hor. S. 1, 4, 75:

nosmet Lucili scripta legentes,

id. ib. 1, 10, 56:

Graecorum Scripta optima,

id. Ep. 2, 1, 29:

si non accipiet scriptum,

Ov. A. A. 1, 469:

debueram scripto certior esse tuo,

id. H. 6, 4.—

(Acc. to II. B. 1.) Scriptum legis, and simply scriptum, a written ordinance, a law:

quam tu mihi ex ordine recita de legis scripto populi Romani auctionem,

Cic. Agr. 2, 18, 48:

(Crassus) ita multa tum contra scriptum pro aequo et bono dixit, ut, etc.,

id. Brut. 39, 145; cf. id. Inv. 2, 46, 135; 2, 47, 138; cf.:

(senatus) scripto illo istius sententiam dicere vetabatur,

rescript, id. Dom. 26, 69.

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a pit, trap for game, pitfall

com-mĭnus (less correctly cōmĭ-nus), adv. [manus; cf. Beda, Orth. p. 2331 P.; Fronto, Diff. p. 2193 ib.]; orig. belonging to milit. lang., of conflict, in close contest, hand to hand (with the sword, etc.), Gr. sustadon; opp. eminus, also to missilia, sagittae, etc. (class.; most freq. in the histt.): quae mea comminus machaera atque hasta hostibit e manu, Enn. ap. Fest. p. 270, 29 Müll.:

nec eminus hastis aut comminus gladiis uteretur,

Cic. Sen. 6, 19; Ov. M. 3, 119:

undique ex insidiis barbari a fronte ab tergo coörti comminus eminus petunt,

Liv. 21, 34, 6; 31, 24, 15; Tac. A. 6, 35; 15, 4; App. M. 5, p. 164, 1:

neque ictu comminus neque conjectione telorum (pulsi),

Cic. Caecin. 15, 43:

jacula inutilia esse... gladio comminus geri rem,

Liv. 44, 35, 12:

dum locus comminus pugnandi daretur,

Caes. B. C. 1, 58:

veterani... comminus acriter instare,

Sall. C. 60, 3; Liv. 27, 18, 14:

conferre signa,

id. 1, 33, 4:

conferre vires,

id. 42, 47, 8:

adversus resistentes niti,

Tac. A. 4, 51:

trucidato hostium duce,

Suet. Tib. 3.—

Poet., of copulation, Lucr. 4, 1051;

of fighting,

Stat. Th. 10, 213; App. M. 2, p. 122, 14.—

Trop.:

sed haec fuerit nobis tamquam levis armaturae prima orationis excursio: nunc comminus agamus,

Cic. Div. 2, 10, 26:

qui me epistulā petivit, ad te, ut video, comminus accessit,

has approached you in person, id. Att. 2, 2, 2:

in apros ire,

Ov. F. 5, 176; cf.:

agrestes comminus ire sues (for in sues),

Prop. 2 (3), 19, 22;

and so also of game: cervos obtruncant ferro,

Verg. G. 3, 374;

and of the preparation of the soil (considered as a contest with the same): jacto qui semine comminus arva Insequitur, i. e. manu sive rastro urget, exercet,

id. ib. 1, 104; cf. App. M. 2, p. 117, 16; Hand, Turs. II. p. 96.—

In gen., without the access. idea of contest, nigh at hand, near to, near, = prope, in or ex propinquo (not freq. before the Aug. per.):

prius Eminus ardescunt quam comminus imbuat ignis,

Lucr. 6, 904:

aspicit hirsutos comminus ursa Getas,

Ov. P. 1, 5, 74; Tac. A. 12, 12:

viso comminus armatorum agmine,

id. H. 1, 41; id. G. 8:

sole per eos dies comminus facto,

Plin. 5, 9, 10, § 55: aliquid comminus judicantur, near at hand, i.e. by the eyesight, Plin. 11, 42, 97, § 240; 35, 3, 6, § 17:

recipere a debitore suo pecuniam,

Dig. 13, 7, 3.—

Transf., of time, immediately, = statim, sine intermissione; a very common provincialism in Cisalpine Gaul, acc. to Serv. ad Verg. G. 1, 104.—

In postAug. poetry sometimes = ad manus, at hand:

comminus arma habere,

Val. Fl. 5, 583.

con-cĭdo, cĭdi, 3, v. n. [cado], to fall together, to fall down, to tumble to the ground (class. in prose and poetry).

In gen., of buildings:

conclave illud concidit,

Cic. de Or. 2, 86, 353:

navis veluti terrestre machinamentum,

Tac. A. 14, 6:

turris terrae motu,

Suet. Tib. 74; cf.:

urbs acerbissimo concidat incendio conflagrata,

Auct. Her. 4, 8, 12.—Of other objects:

omne caelum,

Cic. Rep. 6, 25, 27:

ipse et equus ejus ante signum Jovis concidit,

id. Div. 1, 35, 77:

(alces) infirmas arbores pondere adfligunt atque unā ipsae concidunt,

Caes. B. G. 6, 27:

pinus bipenni Thessalā,

Phaedr. 4, 7, 7:

ad terram pondere vasto,

Verg. A. 5, 448:

sub onere,

Liv. 24, 8, 17:

pronus in fimo,

Verg. A. 5, 333 al. —

Pregn.

To fall down faint or lifeless, to fall in battle or combat (cf. cado, I. B. 2.): concidit, et sonitum simul insuper arma dederunt, Enn. ap. Macr. S. 6, 1 (Ann. v. 396 Vahl.):

paene in cursu concidi,

Plaut. Ep. 2, 2, 16:

vi morbi coactus concidere,

Lucr. 3, 488; cf.:

accesserat ad religionem, quod consul concidit, et parte membrorum captus, etc.,

Liv. 41, 16, 3; 10, 29, 7; cf. Lucr. 6, 759:

Entellus concidit, ut quondam cava concidit... pinus,

Verg. A. 5, 448; Ov. M. 7, 538:

sanus bibit, statim concidit,

Quint. 4, 2, 54; cf.:

concidere epoto poculo,

id. 5, 13, 15; and:

ad primum gustum,

Suet. Ner. 33:

deficientibus viribus,

id. Tib. 73:

par quoddam (gladiatorum) mutuis ictibus,

id. Claud. 34; cf. Ov. M. 5, 77:

Dido usa manu,

id. H. 7, 196:

sparo percussus,

Nep. Epam. 9, 1:

in proelio,

Cic. Tusc. 1, 37, 89:

vitio adversariorum,

Nep. Ages. 5, 2.—Of game:

multaeque per herbas Conciderant illo percutiente ferae,

Ov. H. 4, 94.—Of victims, to be slaughtered or slain, to fall:

vitulus... propter mactatus concidit aras,

Lucr. 2, 353; Tib. 1, 2, 62; Ov. M. 8, 764; 10, 272;

hence also of Iphigenia,

Lucr. 1, 99.—

Trop. (cf. cado, II.), to lose strength, value, etc., to fall to the earth, to be overthrown, to fail, be defeated, to decay, perish, fall, to go to ruin, waste away, cease; of the wind, to fall, subside, go down:

concidunt venti,

Hor. C. 1, 12, 30; Lucr. 4, 509. —Of a flame:

jam illa flamma, quae magnā congerie convaluerat, diductis quibus alebatur, concidet,

Quint. 5, 13, 13; cf. in a figure: nonne, ut ignis in aquam conjectus continuo restinguitur et refrigeratur, sic refervens falsum crimen in purissimam et castissimam vitam collatum statim concidit et restinguitur? Cic. Rosc. Com. 6, 17:

macie,

to shrink together, shrivel up, Ov. H. 21, 215:

illas assumere robora gentes, Concidere has,

id. M. 15, 422; cf.:

concidit auguris Argivi domus,

Hor. C. 3, 16, 11:

quā concidit Ilia tellus,

Verg. A. 11, 245:

eodem anno, quo Carthago concidit,

Vell. 1, 13:

judicum vocibus fractus reus et unā patroni omnes conciderunt,

Cic. Att. 1, 16, 5; cf. id. ib. §

10: ecquis umquam tam ex amplo statu concidit?

id. ib. 3, 10, 2:

malas causas semper obtinuit, in optimā concidit,

id. ib. 7, 25 med.:

concidit (Phocion) maxime uno crimine, quod, etc.,

Nep. Phoc. 2, 4; Tac. A. 16, 21; cf.:

Tiberii saevitiā,

id. ib. 16, 29:

hostes concidunt animis,

are disheartened, Hirt. B. G. 8, 19; cf. Cic. Div. 2, 58, 119:

scimus Romae solutione impeditā fidem concidisse,

failed, was prostrated, id. Imp. Pomp. 7, 19; cf. id. ib. 7, 19 fin.:

opes Persarum,

Tac. A. 12, 13:

senatūs auctoritas,

Cic. Att. 1, 16, 7; cf.:

imperii majestas,

Nep. Pelop. 2, 4; Cic. Or. 43, 148:

artificia,

id. Ac. 2, 47, 146:

praeclara nomina artificum,

id. Verr. 2, 4, 6, § 12:

omnis ferocia,

Liv. 28, 26, 14:

bellum,

Tac. H. 2, 57 al.

con-cīdo, cīdi, cīsum, 3, v. a. [caedo], to cut up, cut through, cut away, cut to pieces, to bring to ruin, destroy, etc. (class. in prose and poetry).

Prop.

In gen.:

nervos,

Cic. Fl. 30, 73:

corpus in partes,

Petr. 141, 2:

vitulum Ajax,

id. 59 fin.:

ligna,

Ov. F. 2, 647:

agrum umidiorem fossis,

Plin. 18, 6, 8, § 47:

concidere et cremare naves,

to break up, Liv. 38, 39, 2:

essedum argenteum,

Suet. Claud. 16:

haec minute,

Col. 12, 22.—

In partic.

To cut to pieces, for to beat severely, cudgel soundly:

aliquem virgis,

Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 47, § 122:

loris,

Juv. 6, 413:

pugnis,

id. 3, 300.—

To cut to pieces in war, to cut down, destroy, kill:

hi novissimos adorti magnam multitudinem eorum fugientium conciderunt,

Caes. B. G. 2, 11:

eos inopinantes adgressus magnam partem eorum concidit,

id. ib. 1, 12; so Cic. Prov. Cons. 4, 9; id. Att. 5, 16, 4; Nep. Dion, 10, 1; id. Dat. 6, 6; id. Hann. 3, 4.—

In mal. part. (cf. caedo, I. B. 3.), to lie with, Pompon. ap. Non. p. 166, 2;

hence caede, concide, in a double sense as an address to gladiators,

Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 66, § 155 Zumpt; cf. Lampr. Elag. 10. —

Trop.

Of discourse, to divide minutely, dismember, render feeble:

nec minutos numeros sequens concidat delumbetque sententias,

Cic. Or. 69, 231; cf.:

(sunt qui) infringendis concidendisque numeris in quoddam genus abjectum incidant,

id. ib. 69, 230; so also Quint. praef. § 24; cf. id. 3, 11, 21; 5, 10, 91; 11, 3, 53 al.—

To strike down, to prostrate, ruin, destroy, annul, by word or deed:

omnem auctoritatem universi ordinis,

Cic. de Or. 3, 1, 4:

Antonium decretis vestris,

id. Phil. 5, 11, 28:

Vatinium arbitratu nostro,

to annihilate, id. Q. Fr. 2, 4, 1; cf.:

Sevius adlisus est, ceteri conciduntur,

are condemned, id. ib. 2, 4, 6:

Timocraten totis voluminibus,

to confute, id. N. D. 1, 33, 93:

testamentum,

to revoke, Dig. 28, 4, 1.—

In Plaut., to deceive, cheat, defraud:

em istic homo te articulatim concidit,

Plaut. Ep. 3, 4, 52 Ritschl.—Hence, concīsus, a, um, P. a. (in acc. with II. A.), divided, broken up, short, concise:

sententiae,

Cic. Brut. 17, 66:

concisae et angustae disputationes,

id. de Or. 2, 14, 61:

brevitas,

id. ib. 3, 53, 202:

brevia illa atque concisa,

Quint. 10, 7, 10; cf.

thus with brevis,

id. 6, 4, 2; and (opp. perpetuus) id. 2, 20, 7; 2, 21, 13; Cic. de Or. 2, 80, 327.— Transf. of the orator Thrasymachus, Cic. Or. 13, 40.— Comp.:

insonuerit vox tubae longior atque concisior,

Vulg. Jos. 6, 5.— Adv.: concīsē, briefly, concisely:

(philosophia) non tam est minute atque concise in actionibus utendum, etc.,

Quint. 12, 2, 11:

ululare,

Vulg. Num. 10, 7.

lăbĭa or lăbĕa, ae, f., and lăbĭum, ii, n. [Gr. laptô; Lat. lambo, labrum, labeo; cf. Germ. Lippe; Engl. lip], a lip (form labia, ante- and post-class. for labrum;

labium, also post-Aug.: Verrius Flaccus sic distinxit, modica esse labra, labia immodica et inde labiones dici,

Charis. p. 79 P.):

dejecta labia,

App. M. 3, p. 140.—In neutr.: labium, Seren. ap. Non. 210, 21.—More freq. in plur.:

age tibicen: refer ad labias tibias,

Plaut. Stich. 5, 4, 41:

tremulus labeis demissis,

Ter. Eun. 2, 3, 44; Nigid. ap. Gell. 10, 4, 4:

labiae pendulae,

App. M. 3, p. 140. —Form labea, Pompon. ap. Non. 456, 43:

labearum ductu,

Gell. 18, 4, 6.—In neutr.:

salivosa labia,

App. Mag. p. 313:

labiorum fissuris mederi,

Plin. 29, 3, 11, § 46:

ulcera labiorum,

id. 34, 11, 27, § 115; Quint. 11, 3, 160 dub.; Lact. Opif. D. 10, 13; Just. 1, 10, 15; 15, 3, 4.—Prov.:

labiis ductare aliquem,

to ridicule, make game of one, Plaut. Mil. 2, 1, 15.—

Transf., the axle or some other part of an oil-press:

labiam bifariam facito,

Cato, R. R. 20, 2.

lā̆trōcĭnĭum, ĭi, n. [id.].

Military service for pay: apud regem in latrocinio fuisti, Plaut. ap. Non. 134, 28.—

Transf.

Freebooting, robbery, highway-robbery, piracy (class.):

cum illum ex occultis insidiis in apertum latrocinium conjecimus,

Cic. Cat. 2, 1, 1:

fines suos ab latrociniis tueri,

id. Deiot. 8, 22:

pugna latrocinio magis, quam proelio similis,

a contest with robbers, Sall. J. 97:

latrociniis magis quam justo bello gerebantur res,

Liv. 29, 6:

latrocinium potius quam bellum,

Cic. Cat. 1, 10, 26:

latrociniis ac praedationibus infestatum mare,

piracies, Vell. 2, 73, 3; Just. 43, 3:

latrocinia nullam habent infamiam (apud Germanos),

Caes. B. G. 6, 23, 6:

qui in furto aut in latrocinio aut aliqua noxa comprehensi,

in robbery, id. ib. 6, 16 fin. —

In gen., villany, roguery, fraud:

furtim et per latrocinia potius, quam bonis artibus, ad imperia et honores nituntur,

Sall. J. 4, 7; cf. Cic. Rosc. Am. 22, 61.—

Abstr. pro concreto, a band of robbers:

si ex tanto latrocinio unus tolletur,

Cic. Cat. 1, 13, 31.—

Latrocinii imago, the semblance of freebooting, i. e. the game of draughts or chess, which imitates freebooting:

sive latrocinii sub imagine calculus ibit,

Ov. A. A. 2, 207.

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

In gen.:

venae et arteriae micare non desinunt,

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

linguis micat ore trisulcis,

Verg. G. 3, 439:

gladii,

Liv. 6, 12, 9:

corque timore micat,

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

nec audissem corde micante tubam,

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

metu micuere sinus,

Ov. H. 1, 45:

et modo cervicem, modo crura micantia captat,

id. M. 9, 37:

noctuarum genus, quibus pluma aurium modo micat,

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

digiti (of a hand cut off),

Verg. A. 10, 396:

auribus (of a horse),

id. G. 3, 84:

micuere fontes,

spring forth, Luc. 4, 300:

citatus vulnere angusto micat (cruor),

Sen. Oedip. 345:

fulmina etiam sic undique micabant, ut peti viderentur corpora,

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

inter horrendos fragores micare ignes,

id. 21, 58, 5:

tum micent gladii,

id. 6, 12, 9:

eo ferocior inlatus hostis urgere scutis, micare gladiis,

id. 4, 37, 10.—

In partic.

To raise suddenly some of the fingers and let another instantly guess their number, which was practised both as a game of chance (called in Italy mora) and as a mode of deciding doubtful matters:

micare est sortiri digitis,

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

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

Cic. Div. 2, 41, 85:

quasi sorte, aut micando,

id. Off. 3, 23, 90:

patrem et filium pro vita rogantes sortiri vel micare jussisse,

Suet. Aug. 13.—Prov.:

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

Cic. Off. 3, 19, 77:

cum quo audacter posses in tenebris micare,

Petr. 44.—Also in contracts: RATIO DOCVIT, CONSVETVDINE MICANDI SVMMOTA, SVB EXAGIO POTIVS PECORA VENDERE, QVAM DIGITIS CONCLVDENTIBVS TRADERE, Edict. in Inscr. Orell. 3166.—

Poet. of the brilliancy of the stars, of the eyes, etc., to flash, gleam, beam, shine, be bright:

micat inter omnes Julium sidus,

Hor. C. 1, 12, 46:

micat ignibus aether,

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

ex oculis micat acrius ardor,

Lucr. 3, 289:

micant ardorem orbes luminis,

Verg. Cul. 220:

genitor circum caput omne micantes Deposuit radios,

Ov. M. 2, 40:

celeri micuerunt nubila flamma,

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

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

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

oculos circumtulit igne micantes,

Ov. M. 15, 674:

vultus,

Liv. 6, 13.— Comp.:

radius sole micantior,

Prud. Cath. 5, 44.

mīlĕs (MEILES, Inscr. Mur. 582; late form, milex, Gromat. Vet. p. 246, 19), ĭtis, comm. [Sanscr root mil-, to unite, combine; cf.:

mille, milites, quod trium millium primo legio fiebat, ac singulae tribus Titiensium, Ramnium, Lucerum milia singula militum mittebant,

Varr. L. L. 5, § 89 Müll.], a soldier.

Lit.

In gen.:

miles, qui locum non tenuit,

Cic. Clu. 46, 128: legere milites, to levy, raise, Pompei, ap. Cic. Att. 8, 12 a, 3:

scribere,

to enlist, enroll, Sall. J. 43, 3:

deligere,

Liv. 29, 1:

ordinare,

to form into companies, id. ib.:

mercede conducere,

to hire, take into one's pay, id. ib. 29, 5:

dimittere,

to dismiss, Cic. Fam. 3, 3, 2:

miles tremulus,

i. e. Priam, Juv. 10, 267:

miles cum die, qui prodictus sit, aberat, neque excusatus erat, infrequens dabatur,

Gell. 16, 4, 5.—

In partic., of foot-soldiers, infantry, in opp. to eques:

tripartito milites equitesque in expeditionem inisit,

Caes. B. G. 5, 10: v. eques.—Opp. to the general: miles gregarius, or miles alone, a common soldier, private:

strenui militis et boni imperatoris officia simul exsequebatur,

Sall. C. 60, 4; id. J. 62; Vell. 2, 18, 1 volgus militum, Liv. 22, 30, 7:

maritim as,

a soldier in sea-service, marine, Plaut. Capt. 1, 2, 61.—

Transf.

Collect., the soldiery, the army (esp. freq. in the postAug. per.), Liv. 22, 57 fin.; Verg. A. 2, 495; Vell. 1, 15, 1; 2, 78, 2; Tac. A. 1, 2; 24; 2, 16; Juv. 10, 155; 16, 18 et saep.—

Under the emperors, an armed servant of the emperor, court-official, Cod. Th. 11, 1, 34; Dig. 4, 6, 10.—

A chessman, pawn, in the game of chess:

discolor ut recto grassetur limite miles,

Ov. Tr. 2, 477.—

Fem., of a woman who is in childbed for the first time:

et rudis ad partūs et nova miles eram,

Ov. H. 11, 48.—Of a nymph in the train of Diana:

miles erat Phoebes,

Ov. M. 2, 415.—

(Eccl. Lat.) Of a servant of God or of Christ, struggling against sin, etc.:

bonus Christi,

Vulg. 2 Tim. 2, 3.