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  • 21 caliginosus

    cālīgĭnōsus (post-class. cālīgōsus, Mart. Cap. 8, § 803; cf. Kopp. ad id. 1, § 67; Ven. Fort. Carm. 5, 4, 25), a, um, adj. [id.], full of mist, covered with mist, dark, obscure, gloomy (rare, but class. in prose and poetry):

    caelum et umidum et caliginosum,

    Cic. Tusc. 1, 19, 43:

    obscurior et quasi caliginosa stella (opp. illustris et pellucida),

    id. Div. 1, 57, 130:

    tractus,

    Plin. 17, 22, 35, § 171:

    tenebrae,

    Val. Max. 1, 7, ext. 1.—
    II.
    Trop., dark, uncertain, obscure: nox, i. e. an uncertain future, *Hor. C. 3, 29, 30:

    caliginosissima quaestio,

    Aug. Ep. 7.— Comp. and adv. not in use.

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  • 22 cecus

    1.
    caecus (not coecus; sometimes in MSS. cēcus), a, um, adj. [akin to skia, skotos; Sanscr. khāyā, shadow], having no light, devoid of light.
    I.
    Act., not seeing, blind.
    A.
    Lit.:

    Appius, qui caecus annos multos fuit,

    Cic. Tusc. 5, 38, 112:

    traditum est enim Homerum caecum fuisse,

    id. ib. 5, 39, 114; Lucr. 5, 839:

    catuli, qui jam dispecturi sunt, caeci aeque et hi qui modo nati,

    Cic. Fin. 4, 23, 64:

    si facie miserabili senis, caeci, infantis,

    Quint. 4, 1, 42:

    caecum corpus,

    the blind part of the body, the back, Sall. J. 107, 1:

    perdices caecae impetu,

    Plin. 10, 33, 51, § 102:

    gigni,

    Vell. 1, 5, 2.—
    2.
    Prov.:

    ut si Caecus iter monstrare velit,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 17, 4:

    apparet id quidem etiam caeco,

    even a blind man can see that, Liv. 32, 34, 3:

    caecis hoc, ut aiunt, satis clarum est,

    Quint. 12, 7, 9.—
    B.
    Trop., mentally or morally blind, blinded (freq. in prose and poetry):

    o pectora caeca!

    Lucr. 2, 14:

    non solum ipsa Fortuna caeca est, sed eos etiam plerumque efficit caecos, quos complexa est,

    Cic. Lael. 15, 54; cf.

    casus,

    id. Div. 2, 6, 15:

    caecus atque amens tribunus,

    id. Sest. 7, 17:

    caecum me et praecipitem ferri,

    id. Planc. 3, 6:

    mater caeca crudelitate et scelere,

    id. Clu. 70, 199:

    cupidine,

    Sall. J. 25, 7:

    amentiā,

    Cic. Har. Resp. 23, 48:

    quem mala stultitia Caecum agit,

    Hor. S. 2, 3, 44:

    amatorem amicae Turpia decipiunt caecum vitia,

    id. ib. 1, 3, 39:

    mens,

    Tac. Agr. 43.—With ad:

    caecus ad has belli artes,

    Liv. 21, 54, 3.—With gen.:

    caecus animi,

    Quint. 1, 10, 29; Gell. 12, 13, 4:

    fati futuri,

    ignorant of, Luc. 2, 14; cf. Claud. Rapt. Pros. 1, 138.— Subst.: Caeci, ōrum, m., the blind people, i.e. the people of Chalcedon, according to the oracle at Delphi. Tac. A. 12, 63; cf. Plin. 5, 32, 43, § 149. —
    2.
    Meton. of the passions themselves:

    caeca honorum cupido,

    Lucr. 3, 59; Ov. M. 3, 620:

    ac temeraria dominatrix animi cupiditas,

    Cic. Inv. 1, 2, 2; id. Pis. 24, 57:

    exspectatio,

    id. Agr. 2, 25, 66:

    amor,

    Ov. F. 2, 762:

    amor sui,

    Hor. C. 1, 18, 14:

    festinatio,

    Liv. 22, 39, 22:

    furor,

    Hor. Epod. 7, 13:

    caeca et sopita socordia,

    Quint. 1, 2, 5:

    ambitio,

    Sen. Ben. 7, 26, 4.—
    3.
    Pregn., blind, i.e. at random, vague, indiscriminate, aimless:

    in hac calumniā timoris et caecae suspitionis tormento,

    Cic. Fam. 6, 7, 4:

    caeco quodam timore... quaerebant aliquem ducem,

    id. Lig. 1, 3:

    caecique in nubibus ignes Terrificant animos,

    Verg. A. 4, 209:

    caeca regens filo vestigia,

    id. ib. 6, 30:

    ne sint caecae, pater, exsecrationes tuae,

    Liv. 40, 10, 1:

    et caeco flentque paventque metu,

    Ov. F. 2, 822:

    lymphatis caeco pavore animis,

    Tac. H. 1, 82:

    cervus... Caeco timore proximam villam petit,

    Phaedr. 2, 8, 3:

    timor,

    Ov. Am. 1, 4, 42.—
    C.
    Transf.
    1.
    Of plants, without buds or eyes:

    rami,

    Plin. 16, 30, 54, § 125; cf. caeco and oculus. —
    2.
    Of the large intestine:

    intestinum,

    the cœcum, Cels. 4, 1, 28; 4, 14, 1.—
    II. A.
    Lit.: sunt igitur venti nimirum corpora caeca, winds are accordingly bodies, although invisible, Lucr. 1, 278; 1, 296; 1, 329;

    2, 713: vallum caecum,

    Caes. B. C. 1, 28; cf.: caecum vallum dicitur, in quo praeacuti pali terrae affixi herbis vel frondibus occuluntur, Paul. ex Fest. p. 44 Müll.; so,

    fossae,

    covered, Col. 2, 2, 9; Pall. Mai, 3. 1:

    in vada caeca ferre,

    Verg. A. 1, 536:

    fores,

    private, id. ib. 2, 453:

    spiramenta,

    id. G. 1, 89:

    colubri,

    Col. 10, 231:

    ignis,

    Lucr. 4, 929:

    venenum,

    id. 6, 822:

    tabes,

    Ov. M. 9, 174:

    viae,

    blind ways, Tib. 2, 1, 78:

    insidiae armaque,

    Ov. F 2, 214; cf. Sil. 5, 3:

    saxa,

    Verg. A. 3, 706; 5, 164:

    vulnus,

    a secret wound, Lucr. 4, 1116;

    but also,

    a wound upon the back, Verg. A. 10, 733; cf.

    in the same sense, ictus,

    Liv. 34, 14, 11; Sil. 9, 105 (cf.: caecum corpus, the back, I. A. supra):

    caeca manus, i.e. abscondita,

    Ov. M. 12, 492:

    caecum domūs scelus,

    Verg. A. 1, 356.—
    B.
    Trop.:

    caecas exponere causas,

    Lucr. 3, 317:

    improba navigii ratio, tum caeca jacebat,

    lay still concealed, id. 5, 1004; so,

    venti potestas,

    id. 3, 248; 3, 270: fluctus, Sisenn. ap. Non. p. 449, 10:

    caeca et clandestina natura,

    Lucr. 1, 779:

    res caecae et ab aspectūs judicio remotae,

    Cic. de Or. 2, 87, 357:

    obscurum atque caecum,

    id. Agr. 2, 14, 36:

    fata,

    Hor. C. 2, 13, 16:

    sors,

    id. S. 2, 3, 269:

    tumultus,

    secret conspiracies, Verg. G. 1, 464:

    amor,

    id. ib. 3, 210; cf.:

    stimulos in pectore caecos Condidit,

    Ov. M. 1, 726. In Plaut. once, prob. taken from the vulgar lang.: caecā die emere, upon a concealed ( pay-) day, i.e. to purchase on credit (opp. oculata dies, i.e. for ready money): Ca. Pereo inopiā argentariā. Ba. Emito die caecā hercle olivom, id vendito oculatā die, Plaut. Ps. 1, 3, 67.—
    2.
    By poet. license, transf. to the hearing:

    murmur,

    Verg. A. 12, 591 (as we, by a similar meton., say a hollow sound; cf. on the other hand, in Gr. tuphlos ta ôta); so,

    clamor,

    Val. Fl. 2, 461:

    mugitusterrae,

    Sen. Troad. 171.—
    III.
    Neutr., that obstructs the sight, or trop., the perception; dark, gloomy, thick, dense, obscure.
    A.
    Lit.:

    nox,

    Cic. Mil. 19, 50; Lucr. 1, 1108; Cat. 68, 44; Ov. M. 10, 476; 11, 521:

    caligo,

    Lucr. 3, 305; 4, 457; Cat. 64, 908; Verg. A. 3, 203; 8, 253:

    tenebrae,

    Lucr. 2, 54; 2, 746; 2, 798; 3, 87; 6, 35;

    3, 87: silentia, i.e. nox,

    Sil. 7, 350:

    latebrae,

    Lucr. 1, 409:

    iter,

    Ov. M. 10, 456:

    loca,

    Prop. 1, 19, 8:

    cavernae,

    Ov. M. 15, 299; Sil. 7, 372:

    latus,

    Verg. A. 2, 19:

    cubiculum si fenestram non habet, dicitur caecum,

    Varr. L. L. 9, § 58 Müll.; so,

    domus,

    without windows, Cic. Or. 67, 224:

    parietes,

    Verg. A. 5, 589:

    pulvis,

    id. ib. 12, 444:

    carcer,

    id. ib. 6, 734:

    sardonyches,

    not transparent, opaque, Plin. 37, 6, 23, § 86:

    smaragdi,

    id. 37, 5, 18, § 68: acervus (of chaos), chaotic, confused, Ov M. 1, 24; Col. 4, 32, 4' chaos, Sen. Med. 741, Sil. 11, 456.—
    B.
    Trop., uncertain, doubtful: obscurā spe et caecā exspectatione pendere, i.e. of an uncertain consequence or result, Cic. Agr. 2, 25, 66:

    quod temere fit caeco casu,

    id. Div. 2, 6, 15. cursus (Fortunae), Luc. 2, 567:

    eventus,

    Verg. A. 6, 157:

    caeci morbi, quorum causas ne medici quidem perspicere queunt,

    Col. 1, 5, 6; so,

    dolores,

    Plin. 29, 2, 10, § 38; 29, 3, 13, § 55:

    crimen,

    that cannot be proved, Liv. 45, 31, 11.— Subst.: caecum, i, n., uncertainty, obscurity ( poet.):

    verum in caeco esse,

    Manil. 4, 304.—
    * Comp., Hor. S. 1, 2, 91.— Sup. and adv. not in. use.
    2.
    Caecus, i, m.; agnomen of Appius Claudius Crassus, as being blind, Cic. Brut. 14, 55; cf. Liv. 9, 29, 11; Cic. Sen. 6, 16.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > cecus

  • 23 coecus

    1.
    caecus (not coecus; sometimes in MSS. cēcus), a, um, adj. [akin to skia, skotos; Sanscr. khāyā, shadow], having no light, devoid of light.
    I.
    Act., not seeing, blind.
    A.
    Lit.:

    Appius, qui caecus annos multos fuit,

    Cic. Tusc. 5, 38, 112:

    traditum est enim Homerum caecum fuisse,

    id. ib. 5, 39, 114; Lucr. 5, 839:

    catuli, qui jam dispecturi sunt, caeci aeque et hi qui modo nati,

    Cic. Fin. 4, 23, 64:

    si facie miserabili senis, caeci, infantis,

    Quint. 4, 1, 42:

    caecum corpus,

    the blind part of the body, the back, Sall. J. 107, 1:

    perdices caecae impetu,

    Plin. 10, 33, 51, § 102:

    gigni,

    Vell. 1, 5, 2.—
    2.
    Prov.:

    ut si Caecus iter monstrare velit,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 17, 4:

    apparet id quidem etiam caeco,

    even a blind man can see that, Liv. 32, 34, 3:

    caecis hoc, ut aiunt, satis clarum est,

    Quint. 12, 7, 9.—
    B.
    Trop., mentally or morally blind, blinded (freq. in prose and poetry):

    o pectora caeca!

    Lucr. 2, 14:

    non solum ipsa Fortuna caeca est, sed eos etiam plerumque efficit caecos, quos complexa est,

    Cic. Lael. 15, 54; cf.

    casus,

    id. Div. 2, 6, 15:

    caecus atque amens tribunus,

    id. Sest. 7, 17:

    caecum me et praecipitem ferri,

    id. Planc. 3, 6:

    mater caeca crudelitate et scelere,

    id. Clu. 70, 199:

    cupidine,

    Sall. J. 25, 7:

    amentiā,

    Cic. Har. Resp. 23, 48:

    quem mala stultitia Caecum agit,

    Hor. S. 2, 3, 44:

    amatorem amicae Turpia decipiunt caecum vitia,

    id. ib. 1, 3, 39:

    mens,

    Tac. Agr. 43.—With ad:

    caecus ad has belli artes,

    Liv. 21, 54, 3.—With gen.:

    caecus animi,

    Quint. 1, 10, 29; Gell. 12, 13, 4:

    fati futuri,

    ignorant of, Luc. 2, 14; cf. Claud. Rapt. Pros. 1, 138.— Subst.: Caeci, ōrum, m., the blind people, i.e. the people of Chalcedon, according to the oracle at Delphi. Tac. A. 12, 63; cf. Plin. 5, 32, 43, § 149. —
    2.
    Meton. of the passions themselves:

    caeca honorum cupido,

    Lucr. 3, 59; Ov. M. 3, 620:

    ac temeraria dominatrix animi cupiditas,

    Cic. Inv. 1, 2, 2; id. Pis. 24, 57:

    exspectatio,

    id. Agr. 2, 25, 66:

    amor,

    Ov. F. 2, 762:

    amor sui,

    Hor. C. 1, 18, 14:

    festinatio,

    Liv. 22, 39, 22:

    furor,

    Hor. Epod. 7, 13:

    caeca et sopita socordia,

    Quint. 1, 2, 5:

    ambitio,

    Sen. Ben. 7, 26, 4.—
    3.
    Pregn., blind, i.e. at random, vague, indiscriminate, aimless:

    in hac calumniā timoris et caecae suspitionis tormento,

    Cic. Fam. 6, 7, 4:

    caeco quodam timore... quaerebant aliquem ducem,

    id. Lig. 1, 3:

    caecique in nubibus ignes Terrificant animos,

    Verg. A. 4, 209:

    caeca regens filo vestigia,

    id. ib. 6, 30:

    ne sint caecae, pater, exsecrationes tuae,

    Liv. 40, 10, 1:

    et caeco flentque paventque metu,

    Ov. F. 2, 822:

    lymphatis caeco pavore animis,

    Tac. H. 1, 82:

    cervus... Caeco timore proximam villam petit,

    Phaedr. 2, 8, 3:

    timor,

    Ov. Am. 1, 4, 42.—
    C.
    Transf.
    1.
    Of plants, without buds or eyes:

    rami,

    Plin. 16, 30, 54, § 125; cf. caeco and oculus. —
    2.
    Of the large intestine:

    intestinum,

    the cœcum, Cels. 4, 1, 28; 4, 14, 1.—
    II. A.
    Lit.: sunt igitur venti nimirum corpora caeca, winds are accordingly bodies, although invisible, Lucr. 1, 278; 1, 296; 1, 329;

    2, 713: vallum caecum,

    Caes. B. C. 1, 28; cf.: caecum vallum dicitur, in quo praeacuti pali terrae affixi herbis vel frondibus occuluntur, Paul. ex Fest. p. 44 Müll.; so,

    fossae,

    covered, Col. 2, 2, 9; Pall. Mai, 3. 1:

    in vada caeca ferre,

    Verg. A. 1, 536:

    fores,

    private, id. ib. 2, 453:

    spiramenta,

    id. G. 1, 89:

    colubri,

    Col. 10, 231:

    ignis,

    Lucr. 4, 929:

    venenum,

    id. 6, 822:

    tabes,

    Ov. M. 9, 174:

    viae,

    blind ways, Tib. 2, 1, 78:

    insidiae armaque,

    Ov. F 2, 214; cf. Sil. 5, 3:

    saxa,

    Verg. A. 3, 706; 5, 164:

    vulnus,

    a secret wound, Lucr. 4, 1116;

    but also,

    a wound upon the back, Verg. A. 10, 733; cf.

    in the same sense, ictus,

    Liv. 34, 14, 11; Sil. 9, 105 (cf.: caecum corpus, the back, I. A. supra):

    caeca manus, i.e. abscondita,

    Ov. M. 12, 492:

    caecum domūs scelus,

    Verg. A. 1, 356.—
    B.
    Trop.:

    caecas exponere causas,

    Lucr. 3, 317:

    improba navigii ratio, tum caeca jacebat,

    lay still concealed, id. 5, 1004; so,

    venti potestas,

    id. 3, 248; 3, 270: fluctus, Sisenn. ap. Non. p. 449, 10:

    caeca et clandestina natura,

    Lucr. 1, 779:

    res caecae et ab aspectūs judicio remotae,

    Cic. de Or. 2, 87, 357:

    obscurum atque caecum,

    id. Agr. 2, 14, 36:

    fata,

    Hor. C. 2, 13, 16:

    sors,

    id. S. 2, 3, 269:

    tumultus,

    secret conspiracies, Verg. G. 1, 464:

    amor,

    id. ib. 3, 210; cf.:

    stimulos in pectore caecos Condidit,

    Ov. M. 1, 726. In Plaut. once, prob. taken from the vulgar lang.: caecā die emere, upon a concealed ( pay-) day, i.e. to purchase on credit (opp. oculata dies, i.e. for ready money): Ca. Pereo inopiā argentariā. Ba. Emito die caecā hercle olivom, id vendito oculatā die, Plaut. Ps. 1, 3, 67.—
    2.
    By poet. license, transf. to the hearing:

    murmur,

    Verg. A. 12, 591 (as we, by a similar meton., say a hollow sound; cf. on the other hand, in Gr. tuphlos ta ôta); so,

    clamor,

    Val. Fl. 2, 461:

    mugitusterrae,

    Sen. Troad. 171.—
    III.
    Neutr., that obstructs the sight, or trop., the perception; dark, gloomy, thick, dense, obscure.
    A.
    Lit.:

    nox,

    Cic. Mil. 19, 50; Lucr. 1, 1108; Cat. 68, 44; Ov. M. 10, 476; 11, 521:

    caligo,

    Lucr. 3, 305; 4, 457; Cat. 64, 908; Verg. A. 3, 203; 8, 253:

    tenebrae,

    Lucr. 2, 54; 2, 746; 2, 798; 3, 87; 6, 35;

    3, 87: silentia, i.e. nox,

    Sil. 7, 350:

    latebrae,

    Lucr. 1, 409:

    iter,

    Ov. M. 10, 456:

    loca,

    Prop. 1, 19, 8:

    cavernae,

    Ov. M. 15, 299; Sil. 7, 372:

    latus,

    Verg. A. 2, 19:

    cubiculum si fenestram non habet, dicitur caecum,

    Varr. L. L. 9, § 58 Müll.; so,

    domus,

    without windows, Cic. Or. 67, 224:

    parietes,

    Verg. A. 5, 589:

    pulvis,

    id. ib. 12, 444:

    carcer,

    id. ib. 6, 734:

    sardonyches,

    not transparent, opaque, Plin. 37, 6, 23, § 86:

    smaragdi,

    id. 37, 5, 18, § 68: acervus (of chaos), chaotic, confused, Ov M. 1, 24; Col. 4, 32, 4' chaos, Sen. Med. 741, Sil. 11, 456.—
    B.
    Trop., uncertain, doubtful: obscurā spe et caecā exspectatione pendere, i.e. of an uncertain consequence or result, Cic. Agr. 2, 25, 66:

    quod temere fit caeco casu,

    id. Div. 2, 6, 15. cursus (Fortunae), Luc. 2, 567:

    eventus,

    Verg. A. 6, 157:

    caeci morbi, quorum causas ne medici quidem perspicere queunt,

    Col. 1, 5, 6; so,

    dolores,

    Plin. 29, 2, 10, § 38; 29, 3, 13, § 55:

    crimen,

    that cannot be proved, Liv. 45, 31, 11.— Subst.: caecum, i, n., uncertainty, obscurity ( poet.):

    verum in caeco esse,

    Manil. 4, 304.—
    * Comp., Hor. S. 1, 2, 91.— Sup. and adv. not in. use.
    2.
    Caecus, i, m.; agnomen of Appius Claudius Crassus, as being blind, Cic. Brut. 14, 55; cf. Liv. 9, 29, 11; Cic. Sen. 6, 16.

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  • 24 dubito

    dŭbĭto, āvi, ātum, 1, v. freq. n. and a. [for duhibitare, freq. from duhibeo, i. e. duohabeo (cf. habitare from habeo), to have or hold, as two, v. dubius; cf. also Gr. doiazô from doioi; Germ. zweifeln from zwei], to vibrate from one side to the other, to and fro, in one's opinions or in coming to a conclusion (freq. in all periods and sorts of composition; in class. prose usually with negations or in a negative interrogation, as: non dubito, haud dubito, quis dubitat? etc.
    I. (α).
    Absol. (rare but class.): ne vinolenti quidem quae faciunt eadem approbatione faciunt qua sobrii;

    dubitant, haesitant, revocant se interdum,

    Cic. Ac. 2, 17, 52; cf. id. ib. 2, 23, 72:

    et interrogamus et dubitamus et affirmamus,

    Quint. 6, 3, 70; cf. id. 10, 1, 19; 10, 3, 19:

    Livius frequentissime dubitat,

    id. 2, 4, 19; 9, 2, 20: vivo equidem, ne dubita;

    nam vera vides,

    Verg. A. 3, 316:

    ut jam liceat una comprehensione omnia complecti non dubitantemque (= sine ulla dubitatione) dicere,

    Cic. Fin. 5, 9, 26; id. Fam. 5, 16, 4 Madv.; so id. Div. 1, 55, 125.—
    (β).
    With de (class.):

    de indicando dubitat,

    Cic. Sull. 18, 52; id. Fam. 12, 17; Quint. 1, 10, 29; 4, 5, 13.—With a negation:

    nec vero de hoc quisquam dubitare posset, nisi, etc.,

    Cic. Tusc. 1, 30, 73:

    de aliqua re,

    id. N. D. 1, 8:

    de divina ratione,

    id. ib. 2, 39, 99:

    de tua erga me voluntate,

    id. Fam. 13, 45 fin.; cf. id. Att. 12, 26:

    de ejus fide,

    Caes. B. G. 7, 21, 1: cf. id. ib. 7, 77, 10; 1, 40 fin.:

    de carminibus,

    Quint. 10, 5, 4:

    de ultima illa (parte),

    id. 12, 2, 10: de se, Pompei ap. Cic. Att. 8, 12 A et saep.— Pass. impers.:

    de armis dubitatum est,

    Cic. Caecin. 13, 38:

    de judicio Panaetii dubitari non potest,

    id. Off. 3, 3; so, de auctore, Quint. 7, 2, 8:

    de hac (virtute) nihil dubitabitur,

    id. 2, 20, 7.—
    (γ).
    With acc. (in class. prose only with a neutr. pron.):

    haec non turpe est dubitare philosophos, quae ne rustici quidem dubitant?

    Cic. Off. 3, 19, 77; Quint. 2, 17, 2; Plaut. Ps. 2, 1, 2; Ov. H. 17, 37; id. M. 6, 194; id. Tr. 2, 331.—In the pass.:

    causa prorsus, quod dubitari posset, nihil habebat,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 22; cf. id. ib. 28; Liv. 5, 3:

    dubitati tecta parentis,

    Ov. M. 2, 20:

    sidera,

    Stat. S. 1, 4, 2:

    ne auctor dubitaretur,

    Tac. A. 14, 7; cf. infra, e:

    dicta haud dubitanda,

    Verg. A. 3, 170.—
    (δ).
    With an interrog. pron. (good prose, but rare):

    ubi tu dubites, quid sumas potissimum,

    Ter. Ph. 2, 2, 29:

    non dubito, quid nobis agendum putes,

    Cic. Att. 10, 1, 2; id. Fam. 11, 17, 2; 15, 9; Caes. B. C. 2, 32, 10:

    cur dubitas, quid de re publica sentias?

    Cic. Rep. 1, 38 fin.; cf. id. ib. 3, 17 fin.; id. de Imp. Pomp. 16 fin. —
    (ε).
    With interrog. particles (very freq. and class.):

    si me non improbissime tractasset, dubitassem fortasse utrum, etc.,

    Cic. Att. 16, 15, 1:

    desinite dubitare, utrum sit utilius, etc.... an, etc.,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 89; cf. impers., id. Att. 4, 15, 7; Liv. 5, 3:

    honestumne factu sit an turpe dubitant,

    Cic. Off. 1, 3, 9:

    dubitavi, hos homines emerem, an non emerem,

    Plaut. Capt. 2, 3, 95; cf. Sall. J. 74, 2; Hor. C. 1, 12, 35:

    recte necne, etc.,

    id. Ep. 2, 1, 80:

    licet et dubitare num quid nos fugerit,

    Quint. 6, 1, 3:

    dubito, num, etc.,

    Plin. Ep. 6, 27, 1; Tac. H. 2, 37;

    de L. Bruto fortasse dubitarim, an, etc.,

    Cic. Tusc. 4, 22, 50 et saep.—Cf. respecting the expression dubito an, the art. an, II., and Zumpt, Gramm. § 354.— Poet. in pass. (cf. supra, g):

    an dea sim, dubitor,

    Ov. M. 6, 208.—
    (ζ).
    Non dubito, quin (very freq. and class.):

    non hercle dubito, quin tibi ingenio nemo praestiterit,

    Cic. Rep. 1, 23; id. Div. 1, 57, 129; id. de Sen. 10, 31; id. Att. 6, 2, 3; id. Fam. 13, 73 fin.; id. Verr. 2, 1, 40: numquid tu dubitas quin ego nunc perpetuo perierim? Have you a doubt? etc., Ter. Eun. 5, 8, 13; Caes. B. G. 1, 17, 4; 1, 31, 15; Quint. 12, 1, 42; Suet. Tib. 17; Ov. H. 17, 11; 245; id. Tr. 5, 7, 59 et saep.; cf. pass. impers.:

    dubitari (non) potest, quin, etc.,

    Cic. Ac. 2, 23 fin.; id. Off. 3, 2, 9; Quint. 10, 2, 1:

    dubitari potest quin usque eo eicienda sit,

    Sen. Contr. 1, 3, 1:

    illud cave dubites, quin, etc.,

    Cic. Fam. 5, 20, 6;

    quid dubitas, quin sit, etc.,

    Plaut. Aul. 2, 1, 42;

    so in an interrog.,

    id. Poen. 1, 1, 55; 4, 2, 59; Quint. 7, 6, 10; cf. Cic. N. D. 2, 38, 97; Caes. B. G. 7, 38, 8.—
    (η).
    With acc. and inf. (freq. only since the Aug. period, and in gen. only negatively; not found in Plaut., Ter., or Cic.;

    but usual in Nepos): neque humorem dubitavi aurasque perire,

    Lucr. 5, 249:

    gratos tibi esse qui de me rumores afferuntur, non dubito,

    Cic. Fil. Fam. 16, 21, 2 (cf., on the contrary, §

    7: noli dubitare, quin te sublevaturus sim): ignorabant aut dubitabant animas hominum immortales esse,

    Lact. 6, 3, 5: non dubito, fore plerosque qui, etc., Nep. praef. § 1; id. Milt. 3, 6; id. Lys. 3, 5; id. Alcib. 9, 5; id. Ages. 3, 1; id. Eum. 2, 3; id. Hann. 11, 2; Liv. 2, 64; 22, 55 Drak. et saep.; Quint. 3, 7, 5; 5, 10, 76; 9, 4, 114; Suet. Claud. 35 et saep.; cf.

    in an interrog.: an est quisquam qui dubitet, tribunos offensos esse?

    Liv. 5, 3; so,

    quis dubitat,

    Quint. 9, 4, 68; 130; 10, 1, 81. — Pass. impers.: an dubitabitur, ibi partes oratoris esse praecipuas? id. prooem. § 12. —Affirm.: piraticam ut musicam, fabricam dici adhuc dubitabant mei praeceptores, Quint. 8, 3, 34.—
    2.
    Transf., of inan. and abstr. subjects, to be uncertain, doubtful:

    si tardior manus dubitet,

    Quint. 5, 10, 124:

    suspensa ac velut dubitans oratio,

    id. 10, 7, 22:

    aut vincere aut, si fortuna dubitabit (= adversabit), etc.,

    Liv. 21, 44 fin.:

    nec mox fama dubitavit, cum, etc.,

    Flor. 1, 1, 2.—
    B.
    Meton., to reflect upon, to ponder, consider, deliberate:

    in utramque partem cogitare, deliberare, etc. (very rare): haec dum dubitas, menses abierunt decem,

    Ter. Ad. 4, 5, 57:

    restat, judices, ut hoc dubitemus, uter, etc.,

    Cic. Rosc. Am. 31, 88:

    percipe porro, quid dubitem,

    Verg. A. 9, 191:

    dubitaverat Augustus Germanicum rei Romanae imponere,

    had considered whether he should, Tac. A. 4, 57.
    II.
    To waver in coming to a conclusion, to be irresolute; to hesitate, delay.
    (α).
    With inf. (so most commonly): non dubitaverim [p. 614] me gravissimis tempestatibus obvium ferre, Cic. Rep. 1, 4;

    so with a negation,

    id. ib. 1, 15; id. Lael. 1; id. de Or. 1, 40 et saep.; Caes. B. G. 2, 23, 2: flumen transire, 6, 8, 1; id. B. C. 1, 71, 2; 2, 33, 2 and fin.; Verg. A. 7, 311; 8, 614 et saep.:

    quid dubitamus pultare atque huc evocare ambos foras?

    Plaut. Bacch. 5, 1, 29;

    so in an interrog.,

    id. Mil. 4, 2, 17; id. Ps. 2, 2, 30; id. Poen. 3, 5, 44; Caes. B. C. 2, 34, 4; Quint. 12, 5, 3; 12, 10, 63; Verg. A. 6, 807 al.—Very seldom affirmatively:

    quod ea illi nubere dubitabat,

    Sall. C. 15, 2:

    accusat fratrem, quod dubitet omnia quae ad beatam vitam pertineant ventre metiri,

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

    dubitat agnoscere matrem,

    Stat. Achill. 1, 250:

    si forte dubitaret quod afferretur accipere,

    Curt. 4, 5:

    isdem mandatum ut occiderent, si venire dubitaret,

    id. 10, 8.—Ellipt.:

    quod dubitas, ne feceris,

    Plin. Ep. 1, 18, 5.—
    (β).
    Non dubito quin (rare in Cic. and Caes.):

    nemo dubitabat, quin, etc.,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 13; id. Mil. 23, 63; id. Agr. 2, 26, 69:

    tum dubitandum non existimavit, quin proficisceretur,

    Caes. B. G. 2, 2, 5; id. B. C. 3, 71, 1; cf.:

    nolite dubitare, quin huic uni credatis omnia,

    Cic. de Imp. Pomp. 23, 68;

    and in an interrog.: dubitabitis, judices, quin? etc.,

    id. Fl. 17, 40; id. de Imp. Pomp. 16, 49.—
    (γ).
    Absol. (rare):

    te neque umquam dubitasse, neque timuisse,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 41, 3:

    sed mora damnosa est, nec res dubitare remittit,

    Ov. M. 11, 377:

    quid igitur ego dubito?

    Plaut. Am. 1, 2, 283;

    so in an interrog.,

    id. Men. 5, 7, 6; Caes. B. G. 5, 44, 3; Verg. A. 9, 12:

    magnitudine supplicii dubitantes cogit,

    Caes. B. G. 7, 4, 9; id. ib. 7, 63, 3; Sall. C. 28, 1 al.:

    dubitantia lumina,

    failing, Sil. 10, 154. —Hence,
    A. * 1.
    Doubtingly:

    sine ulla affirmatione, dubitanter unum quodque dicemus,

    Cic. Inv. 2, 3, 10.—
    2.
    Hesitatingly, with hesitancy (very rare):

    illum verecunde et dubitanter recepisse,

    Cic. Brut. 22, 87; cf. Asin. Pollio ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 31, 2.—
    B.
    dŭbĭ-tātim, adv. (i. q. dubitanter, 2.), hesitatingly, with hesitation (only in the foll. passages), Sisenn. ap. Non. 98, 33; so Cael. Ann. ib.

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  • 25 erro

    1.
    erro, āvi, ātum, 1, v. n. and a. [root er-, to go; desiderative forms, erchomai (ersk-); and Lat. (ers-o) erro, to seek to reach; hence, to wander; cf. Germ. irren; Engl. err, etc., v. Curt. Gr. Etym. p. 546 sq.].
    I.
    Neutr.
    A.
    In gen.
    1.
    Prop., to wander, to wander or stray about, to wander up and down, to rove (freq. and class.; cf.

    vagor, palor): propter te errans patria careo,

    Ter. Heaut. 2, 3, 16; cf.:

    cum vagus et exsul erraret,

    Cic. Clu. 62, 175:

    ignari hominumque locorumque Erramus vento huc et vastis fluctibus acti,

    Verg. A. 1, 333; cf. id. ib. 1, 32; 3, 200; Ov. M. 3, 175; id. F. 2, 335 et saep.:

    circum villulas nostras,

    Cic. Att. 8, 9, 3:

    pios per lucos,

    Hor. C. 3, 4, 7:

    inter audaces lupus errat agnos,

    id. ib. 3, 18, 13; cf.

    of beasts,

    id. S. 1, 8, 35; id. Epod. 2, 12; Verg. E. 1, 9; 2, 21; 6, 40; id. G. 4, 11 et saep.— Pass. impers.:

    male tum Libyae solis erratur in agris,

    Verg. G. 3, 249.—Prov.:

    in media luce errare,

    Sen. Ben. 5, 6, 3.—
    b.
    Transf., of inanimate things:

    (stellae) quae errantes et quasi vagae nominantur,

    Cic. Rep. 1, 14;

    so of the planets,

    id. N. D. 2, 20; 3, 20; id. Tusc. 1, 25, 62; Plin. 2, 6, 4, § 12; Vulg. Jud. 13; cf.

    of the motion of the stars in gen.,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 12, 17:

    Cocytus errans flumine languido,

    id. C. 2, 14, 18; cf. Verg. G. 3, 14:

    errantesque per altum Cyaneae,

    Val. Fl. 4, 561:

    hic lintres errare videres,

    Ov. F. 2, 391:

    vidi ad frontem sparsos errare capillos,

    i. e. flying about, Prop. 2, 1, 7; cf. id. 2, 22, 9:

    errantia lumina,

    i. e. moving fitfully about, Prop. 3, 14, 27 (4, 13, 27 M.); cf. Stat. Th. 10, 150:

    pulmonibus errat Ignis edax,

    i. e. spreads, runs about, Ov. M. 9, 201 et saep.—
    2.
    Trop., to wander, stray at random: ne vagari et errare cogatur oratio, Cic. de Or., 48, 209; cf.: erraus et vaga sententia (opp. stabilis certaque), id. N. D. 2, 1, 2:

    eo fit, ut errem et vager latius,

    id. Ac. 2, 20, 66:

    ut ingredi libere, non ut licenter videatur errare,

    id. Or. 23, 77:

    errans opinio (opp. stabilis conscientia),

    id. Fin. 2, 22, 71:

    dubiis affectibus errat,

    Ov. M. 8, 473:

    ne tuus erret honos,

    be in doubt, uncertain, id. F. 1, 468; cf. id. ib. 3, 543.— Poet., with a rel.-clause:

    erro, quam insistas viam,

    I am uncertain, in doubt, Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 197; cf.:

    inter recens et vetus sacramentum,

    i. e. to hesitate, vacillate, Tac. H. 4, 58.—
    B.
    In partic., to miss the right way, to lose one's self, go astray (in the literal sense rarely, but in the trop. freq. and class.).
    1.
    Lit.: homo qui erranti comiter monstrat viam, Enn. ap. Cic. Off. 1, 16, 51:

    errare viā,

    Verg. A. 2, 739:

    maledictus qui errare facit caecum in itinere,

    Vulg. Deut. 27, 18.—
    2.
    Trop., to wander from the truth, to err, mistake:

    avius errat Saepe animus,

    Lucr. 3, 463; cf. id. 2, 740:

    totā erras viā,

    Ter. Eun. 2, 2, 14; cf.:

    in eo non tu quidem totà re, sed temporibus errasti,

    Cic. Phil. 2, 9 fin.:

    longe,

    Ter. Ad. 1, 1, 40; cf.

    procul,

    Sall. J. 85, 38 Kritz. N. cr.:

    errant probe,

    Plaut. Am. 3, 3, 20:

    vehementer,

    Cic. Ac. 2, 32, 103:

    valde,

    id. de Or. 2, 19, 83 et saep.:

    errare malo cum Platone quam cum istis vera sentire,

    Cic. Tusc. 1, 17, 39; cf. id. Balb. 28, 64:

    erras, si id credis,

    Ter. Heaut. 1, 1, 53; so with si, id. Hec. 4, 4, 60; Caes. B. G. 5, 41, 5; 7, 29, 2 et saep.:

    de nostris verbis errat,

    Ter. Heaut. 2, 3, 22:

    in aliqua re,

    Quint. 6, 3, 112; 10, 2, 21; 11, 1, 81 al.:

    in alteram partem,

    id. 10, 1, 26; cf.:

    in alienos fetus,

    Liv. 31, 12, 8.—Less freq. with acc. of a neutr. pronoun:

    mone, quaeso, si quid erro,

    Plaut. Most. 1, 3, 30; so with quid, Ter. And. 3, 2, 18; Quint. 2, 5, 16; 2, 3, 11; 2, 6, 6:

    hoc,

    Ter. Phorm. 5, 3, 21.— Poet. also with the acc. of a noun:

    errabant tempora,

    i. e. in chronology, Ov. F. 3, 155.— Pass. impers.:

    si fuit errandum,

    Ov. H. 7, 109:

    si nihil esset erratum,

    Quint. 6, 5, 7:

    si erratur in nomine,

    Cic. Fin. 4, 20 fin.; cf.:

    tutius circa priores erratur,

    Quint. 2, 5, 26:

    uno verbo esse erratum,

    id. 7, 3, 17. —Sometimes, in a palliative manner, of moral error, to err through mistake:

    pariter te errantem et illum sceleratissimum persequi,

    Sall. J. 102, 5; cf. id. ib. 104, 4. —Hence,
    b.
    errātum, i, n., an error, mistake, fault:

    illud de Flavio et fastis, si secus est, commune erratum est,

    Cic. Att. 6, 1, 18; cf. id. ib. 13, 44 fin.:

    cujus errato nulla venia, recte facto exigua laus proponitur,

    id. Agr. 2, 2, 5; id. Fam. 5, 20, 8:

    nullum ob totius vitae non dicam vitium, sed erratum,

    id. Clu. 48; cf. id. Lig. 1; id. Sull. 23; and in plur., id. Fam. 16, 21, 2; Sall. J. 102, 10; Ov. Pont. 2, 3, 66.—
    II.
    Act. in Aug. poets (only in part. perf.), to wander over or through:

    immensum est erratas dicere terras,

    Ov. F. 4, 573:

    ager,

    id. ib. 3, 655:

    orbis,

    Val. Fl. 4, 447:

    litora,

    Verg. A. 3, 690.
    2.
    erro, ōnis, m. [1. erro], a wanderer, vagabond, vagrant, Tib. 2, 6, 6; Ov. H. 15, 53.—Used esp. of slaves:

    ut errones aliquem cujus dicantur invenient,

    Plin. Ep. 2, 10, 5; Edict. Aedil. ap. Gell. 4, 2, 1; Dig. 21, 1, 17, § 14; 49, 16, 4 fin.; Hor. S. 2, 7, 113.—Of the queen-bee:

    dux,

    Col. 9, 10 fin. —Of the planets, Nigid. ap. Gell. 3, 10, 2; 14, 1, 11.— Of vagabond soldiers:

    nec nostros servire sinant errorribus agros,

    Verg. Dir. 70 Rib.

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  • 26 haesito

    haesĭto, āvi, ātum, 1, v. freq. n. [haereo], to stick fast, remain fixed in a place.
    I.
    Lit. (rare;

    not in Cic.): ut, si eam paludem Romani perrumpere conarentur, haesitantes premerent ex loco superiore,

    Caes. B. G. 7, 19, 2:

    ita in vadis haesitantis frumenti acervos sedisse illitos limo,

    Liv. 2, 5, 3; Lucr. 6, 334; 5, 697.—
    b.
    Prov.:

    haesitare in eodem luto,

    i. e. to be exposed to the same danger, Ter. Phorm. 5, 2, 15.—
    II.
    Trop. (opp. firmness), to be uncertain, hesitating. *
    A.
    In speech:

    linguā haesitantes,

    hesitating, stammering, Cic. de Or. 1, 25, 115.—
    B.
    In mind, to be uncertain, undecided, to be at a loss, to hesitate (so most freq.; cf.:

    cunctor, moror, tardo): dubitant, haesitant, revocant se interdum,

    Cic. Ac. 2, 17, 52:

    cum haesitaret, cum teneretur, quaesivi, etc.,

    id. Cat. 2, 6, 13:

    in novis rebus haesitare,

    id. Ac. 2, 5, 15; cf.:

    Carbo ignarus legum, haesitans in majorum institutis,

    not well versed in, id. de Or. 1, 10, 40:

    num in eo, qui sint hi testes, haesitatis? id. Fragm. Or. p. Corn. 2, p. 453 Orell.: haesitavit ob eam causam, quod nesciret,

    id. de Or. 1, 51, 220; id. Fin. 2, 6, 18:

    itaque non haesitans respondebo,

    id. Ac. 1, 2, 4:

    ubi ad pecuniae mentionem ventum erat, haesitabat,

    Liv. 44, 25, 9:

    ut deliberare, non haesitare videamur,

    Quint. 10, 7, 22.— Impers. pass.:

    de mutando rei publicae statu haesitatum erat,

    Suet. Claud. 11.

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  • 27 precarius

    prĕcārĭus, a, um, adj. [id.], obtained by begging, entreaty, or prayer (opp. debitus and pro imperio; not freq. till the Aug. per.; perh. used by Cic. only adverbially; v. infra).
    I.
    Lit.:

    non orare solum precariam opem, sed pro debitā petere,

    obtained by entreaty, from mere favor, Liv. 3, 47, 2; cf.:

    tribunicia potestas, precarium, non justum auxilium ferens,

    id. 8, 35:

    vita,

    Tac. H. 4, 76:

    precariam animam inter infensos trahere,

    id. A. 1, 42:

    imperium (quasi precibus concessum, ac propterea, quandocumque lubeat, rursus adimendum, Orell.),

    id. H. 1, 52. —Hence, as subst.: prĕcārĭum, ii, n., any thing granted or lent upon request and at the will of the grantor:

    precarium est, quod precibus petenti utendum conceditur tam diu, quamdiu is qui concessit patitur: quod genus liberalitatis ex jure gentium descendit, et distat a donatione eo, quod qui donat sic dat, ne recipiat: qui precario concedit sic dat, quasi tunc recepturus, cum sibi libuerit precarium solvere,

    Dig. 43, 26, 1.—
    II.
    Transf., depending on the will of another, doubtful, uncertain, transient, precarious:

    forma,

    Ov. M. 9, 76:

    sapiens corpus suum, seque ipsum inter precaria numerat,

    precarious, uncertain, transitory things, Sen. Tranq. 11, 1: fulgor, passing quickly by, very transient, Symm. Or. ap. Val. 1, 6.— Hence, adv.: prĕcārĭō, by entreaty or request (class.):

    hoc petere me precario a vobis jussit,

    Plaut. Am. prol. 24:

    cum aliquo agere precario,

    id. Truc. 4, 1, 12:

    vel vi vel clam vel precario,

    Ter. Eun. 2, 3, 28:

    si precario essent rogandi,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 23, § 59:

    exegit,

    Suet. Claud. 12:

    praefuit,

    on sufferance, Tac. Agr. 16:

    precario studeo,

    am obliged, as it were, to beg time for study, Plin. Ep. 7, 30, 4:

    precario possidere,

    by sufferance, Paul. Sent. 5, 6, 11:

    ancillam quis precario rogaverit,

    Dig. 43, 26, 10.

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  • 28 suspendo

    suspendo, di, sum, 3, v. a. [sus, from subs, for sub; v. sub, III., and pendo], to hang up, hang, suspend (freq. and class.).
    I.
    Lit.
    A.
    In gen.:

    pernas suspendito in vento biduum... suspendito in fumo biduum... suspendito in carnario,

    Cato, R. R. 162, 3:

    aliquid in fumo,

    Plin. 30, 4, 11, § 31:

    suspensae in litore vestes,

    Lucr. 1, 305:

    religata ad pinnam muri reste suspensus,

    Liv. 8, 16, 9:

    oscilla ex altā pinu,

    Verg. G. 2, 389:

    columbam malo ab alto,

    id. A. 5, 489:

    tignis nidum suspendat hirundo,

    id. G. 4, 307:

    habilem arcum umeris,

    id. A. 1, 318:

    stamina telā,

    Ov. M. 6, 576:

    aliquid collo,

    Plin. 37, 9, 40, § 124:

    (ranae) suspensae pedibus,

    id. 32, 8, 29, § 92; Col. 7, 10, 3:

    aliquid e collo,

    Plin. 23, 7, 63, § 125:

    allium super prunas,

    id. 19, 6, 34, § 115:

    vitem sub ramo,

    id. 17, 23, 35, § 209:

    cocleam in fumo,

    id. 30, 4, 11, § 31: aliquid lance, to weigh, Pert. 4, 10; cf.:

    in trutinā Homerum,

    Juv. 6, 438:

    suspendi a jugulis suis gladios obsecrantes,

    Amm. 17, 12, 16:

    se suspendit fenestrā,

    i. e. to look out, App. M. p. 148, 6.— Poet.:

    nec sua credulitas piscem suspenderat hamo,

    had hung, caught, Ov. M. 15, 101.—In a Greek construction: [p. 1820] (pueri) laevo suspensi loculos tabulamque lacerto, with their satchels hanging on their arms, Hor. S. 1, 6, 74; id. Ep. 1, 1, 56.—
    B.
    In partic.
    1.
    Pregn., of persons.
    a.
    To choke to death by hanging, to hang (cf.:

    suffoco, strangulo): capias restim ac te suspendas,

    Plaut. Poen. 1, 2, 184; cf. id. Pers. 5, 2, 34:

    nisi me suspendo, occidi,

    id. Rud. 5, 3 59:

    se suspendere,

    id. Trin. 2, 4, 135; Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 56, § 129; id. Att. 13, 40, 1: caput obnubito: arbori infelici suspendito, Lex. ap. Cic. Rab. Perd. 4, 13; Liv. 1, 26, 6:

    uxorem suam suspendisse se de ficu,

    Cic. de Or. 2, 69, 278:

    se e ficu,

    Quint. 6, 3, 88:

    hominem in oleastro,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 23, § 57:

    more vel intereas capti suspensus Achaei,

    Ov. Ib. 297:

    aliquem in furcā,

    Dig. 48, 13, 6; cf.:

    virgines, quae corporibus suspensis demortuae forent,

    Gell. 15, 10, 2.—
    b.
    To hang at the whipping-post; pass., to be flogged, Amm. 15, 7, 4.—
    2.
    Of offerings in a temple, to hang up, dedicate, consecrate:

    votas vestes,

    Verg. A. 12, 769; cf. id. ib. 9, 408:

    arma capta patri Quirino,

    id. ib. 6, 859:

    vestimenta maris deo,

    Hor. C. 1, 5, 15:

    insignia,

    Tib. 2, 4, 23.—
    3.
    Esp., of buildings, to build upon arches or vaults, to arch or vault: primus balneola suspendit, Cic. Fragm. ap. Non. 194, 14; cf. id. Top. 4, 22:

    pavimenta,

    Pall. 1, 20, 2:

    cameras harundinibus,

    to arch over, Plin. 16, 36, 64, § 156:

    castra saxis praeruptis,

    to build on, Sil. 3, 556:

    velabra,

    Amm. 14, 6, 25:

    duo tigna... suspenderent eam contignationem,

    propped up, supported, Caes. B. C. 2, 9, 2; cf. id. ib. § 5.—
    b.
    Transf. (with esp. reference to the thing beneath), to prop up, hold up, support:

    muro suspenso furculis,

    Liv. 38, 7, 9:

    agentem ex imo rimas insulam,

    Sen. Ben. 6, 15, 5:

    tellus ligneis columnis suspenditur,

    Plin. 33, 4, 21, § 68:

    dolia subjectis parvis tribus lapidibus suspenduntur,

    Col. 12, 18, 6; cf. id. 2, 15, 6; 3, 13, 8:

    orbis Libycos Indis dentibus,

    tables with ivory feet, Mart. 2, 43, 9:

    cum terra levis virgultaque molem suspendant,

    Luc. 3, 397; Petr. 135:

    pes summis digitis suspenditur,

    is raised on tiptoe, Quint. 11, 3, 125.—
    c.
    Esp., of ploughing, etc., to lift up, raise:

    si non fuerit tellus fecunda... tenui sat erit suspendere sulco,

    Verg. G. 1, 68:

    ripas... litora multo vomere suspendere,

    Stat. Th. 4, 181; cf.:

    vineam in summā terrā suspendere,

    Col. 3, 13.—
    II.
    Trop.; pass. suspendi, to depend, rest, etc.
    A.
    In gen. (very rare):

    extrinsecus aut bene aut male vivendi suspensas habere rationes,

    dependent upon externals, Cic. Fam. 5, 13, 1:

    cui viro ex se ipso apta sunt omnia, nec suspensa aliorum aut bono casu aut contrario pendere, etc.,

    id. Tusc. 5, 12, 36:

    genus, ex quo ceterae species suspensae sunt,

    Sen. Ep. 58, 7:

    numquam crediderim felicem ex felicitate suspensum,

    id. ib. 98, 1.—
    B.
    In partic., to cause to be suspended, i. e.,
    1.
    To make uncertain or doubtful, to keep in suspense:

    medio responso rem suspenderunt,

    Liv. 39, 29, 1:

    illa Suspendit animos fictā gravitate rogantum,

    Ov. M. 7, 308:

    ea res omnium animos exspectatione suspenderat,

    Curt. 9, 7, 20:

    aliquem exspectatione,

    Plin. Ep. 2, 20, 3:

    diu judicum animos,

    Quint. 9, 2, 22; cf.:

    senatum ambiguis responsis,

    Suet. Tib. 24:

    suspensa ac velut dubitans oratio,

    Quint. 10, 7, 22:

    exspectationem,

    Curt. 7, 4, 14; cf. infra, in the P. a. —
    2.
    To stay, stop, check, interrupt, suspend (syn. supprimo):

    nec jam suspendere fletum Sustinet,

    Ov. F. 4, 849:

    lacrimas,

    id. Am. 1, 7, 57:

    spiritum,

    Quint. 1, 8, 1:

    sermonem,

    Quint. 11, 3, 35 sq.:

    fluxiones oculorum,

    Plin. 28, 7, 21, § 73:

    epiphoras,

    id. 25, 12, 91, § 143:

    causas morbi,

    Veg. Vet. 3, 65, 5:

    gressum,

    id. ib. 2, 55, 3:

    manum tuam,

    id. ib. 2, 40, 3; cf. P. a. 2. infra. —
    * 3.
    To hang or fix upon something:

    suspendit pictā vultum mentemque tabellā,

    Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 97.—
    4.
    Aliquem or aliquid naso (adunco), to turn up one ' s nose at, to sneer at a person or thing (Horatian):

    naso suspendis adunco Ignotos,

    Hor. S. 1, 6, 5:

    Balatro suspendens omnia naso,

    id. ib. 2, 8, 64.—
    5.
    Of a temporary removal from office, to suspend:

    duobus hunc (episcopum) mensibus, Greg. M. Ep. 3, 46: ab officio suspensus,

    id. ib. —Hence, suspen-sus, a, um, P. a.
    A.
    Lit. (mostly poet. and in post-Aug-prose).
    1.
    Raised, elerated, suspended: Roma cenaculis sublata atque suspensa, Cic. Agr. 2, 35, 96; so,

    saxis suspensam hanc aspice rupem,

    Verg. A. 8, 190: equi illi Neptunii, qui per undas currus suspensos rapuisse dicuntur, Poët. ap. Cic. Tusc. 2, 27, 67; cf.:

    vel mare per medium fluctu suspensa tumenti Ferret iter,

    skimming lightly over the waters, Verg. A. 7, 810:

    (corus) suspensum in terras portat mare,

    raised on high, Sil. 1, 470:

    suspensis auribus,

    Prop. 3, 6 (4, 5), 8:

    aura suspensa levisque,

    Lucr. 3, 196:

    terra,

    loosened, loose, Col. 11, 3, 54:

    suspensissimum pastinatum,

    id. 3, 13, 7:

    (oliva) inicitur quam mundissimis molis suspensis ne nucleus frangatur,

    id. 12, 51, 2, and 54, 2:

    radix suspensa pariter et mersa,

    Plin. Ep. 8, 20, 6:

    suspensum inter nubila corpus,

    Sil. 12, 94; 1, 470:

    loco ab umore suspenso,

    Pall. 1, 40, 1:

    alituum suspensa cohors,

    Sen. Phoen. 77.—
    2.
    Transf., suspended, i. e. pressing or touching lightly, light:

    suspenso gradu placide ire perrexi,

    on tiptoe, Ter. Phorm. 5, 6, 28; so,

    gradu,

    Ov. F. 1, 426; 6, 338; cf.:

    evagata noctu suspenso pede,

    Phaedr. 2, 4, 18:

    pedes,

    Sen. Contr. 1 praef. fin.:

    suspensa levans digitis vestigia primis,

    Verg. Cir. 212:

    vestigia,

    Sil. 15, 617:

    suspensā manu commendare aliquem,

    slightly, Plin. Ep. 6, 12, 1:

    suspensis dentibus,

    Lucr. 5, 1069:

    suspensis passibus,

    Amm. 14, 2, 31:

    molis suspensis,

    Col. 12, 51, 2; 12, 54, 2.—
    B.
    Trop.
    1.
    Uncertain, hovering, doubtful, wavering, hesitating, in suspense, undetermined, anxious (the predom. and class. signif.;

    syn.: incertus, dubius): nolo suspensam et incertam plebem Romanam obscurā spe et caecā exspectatione pendere,

    Cic. Agr. 2, 25, 66; cf.:

    civitas suspensa metu,

    id. ib. 1, 8, 23:

    suspensum me tenes,

    id. Att. 10, 1, 2:

    maneo Thessalonicae suspensus,

    id. ib. 3, 8, 2; Hirt. B. G. 8, 43:

    tot populos inter spem metumque suspensos animi habetis,

    Liv. 8, 13:

    suspensus animus et sollicitus,

    Cic. Att. 2, 18, 1:

    suspenso animo exspectare, quod quis agat,

    id. ib. 4, 15, 10:

    animus,

    id. de Or. 1, 56, 239; id. Fam. 16, 3, 2; id. Verr. 2, 5, 6, § 14:

    animus suspensus curis majoribus,

    id. Phil. 7, 1, 1:

    auditā inspectāque re, omnia suspensa neutro inclinatis sententiis reliquere,

    Liv. 34, 62, 16:

    dimissis suspensā re legatis,

    id. 31, 32, 5.— Comp.:

    exercitus suspensiore animo, Auct. B. Afr. 48, 3: suspensus incertusque vultus, coloris mutatio,

    Cic. Clu. 19, 54; 3, 8; cf.: hominum exspectationem et spem rei publicae suspensam tenere, Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 8, 1; Cic. Fam. 11, 8, 1:

    suspensam dubiamque noctem spe ac metu exegimus,

    Plin. Ep. 6, 20, 19:

    pro homine amicissimo,

    id. ib. 8, 5, 3:

    munera suspensi plena timoris,

    Ov. H. 16, 84 Ruhnk.:

    suspensa et obscura verba,

    Tac. A. 1, 11.— Neutr. absol.:

    quare non semper illam (nequitiam) in suspenso relinquam?

    Sen. Ep. 97, 14:

    est suspensum et anxium, de eo, quem ardentissime diligas, interdum nihil scire,

    Plin. Ep. 6, 4, 3:

    rem totam in suspenso reliqui,

    id. ib. 10, 31 (40), 4:

    ipse in suspenso tenuit,

    Tac. H. 1, 78 fin.:

    si adhuc in suspenso sit statuta libertas,

    Dig. 9, 4, 15; Just. Inst. 1, 12, 5.—
    2.
    Of goods held under a lien or judgment:

    suspensis amici bonis libellum deicio creditoribus ejus me obligaturus,

    Sen. Ben. 4, 12, 3.—
    3.
    Dependent:

    qui fideles nobis socii, qui dubii suspensaeque ex fortunā fidei,

    Liv. 44, 18, 4:

    animos ex tam levibus momentis fortunae suspensos,

    id. 4, 32, 2.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > suspendo

  • 29 ad-dubitō

        ad-dubitō āvī, ātus, āre,    to entertain a doubt, incline to doubt, hesitate, be uncertain: paulisper addubitavit, an, etc., was in doubt whether, etc., L.: illud addubitat, utrum, etc, leaves in doubt, N.: parumper, an, etc., Cu.: re addubitatā, left undecided.

    Latin-English dictionary > ad-dubitō

  • 30 ambigō

        ambigō ere, only present stem    [ambi + ago], to go about, go around, avoid: patriam, Ta.—Fig., to hesitate, waver, doubt, be in doubt about: ius. quod ambigitur, of which there is a doubt: Quale quid sit, ambigitur, is uncertain: adspici volucrem, non ambigitur, cannot be doubted, Ta.: ne quis ambigat decus eam habere, Ta.—To argue, dispute, contend, debate: de vero: cum eo: de quo (fundo) nihil ambigebatur, there was no dispute.
    * * *
    ambigere, -, - V
    hesitate, be in doubt; argue, dispute, contend; call in question; be at issue

    Latin-English dictionary > ambigō

  • 31 ambiguē

        ambiguē adv.    [ambiguus], equivocally, doubtfully: loqui: scribere: nec ambigue victus, decisively, L.: certare, Ta.
    * * *
    ambiguously, equivocally; with uncertain meaning/outcome; unreliably

    Latin-English dictionary > ambiguē

  • 32 caecus

        caecus adj. with (once in H.) comp.    [SCA-], not seeing, blind: qui caecus annos multos fuit: corpus, the blind part, back, S. — Prov.: ut si Caecus iter monstrare velit, H.: apparet id quidem etiam caeco, a blind man can see that, L.— Fig., of persons, mentally or morally blind, blinded: non solum ipsa Fortuna caeca est, sed eos efficit caecos, etc.: mater caeca crudelitate: cupidine, S.: amentiā: quem mala stultitia Caecum agit, H.: mens, Ta.: ad has belli artes, L.: Hypsaeā caecior, H.—Of wolves: quos ventris Exegit caecos rabies, blind to danger, V.—Meton., of passions: avaritia: praedae cupido, O.: amor sui, H.: festinatio, L.: timor, Ph. — Praegn., blind, at random, vague, indiscriminate, aimless: caecae suspitionis tormentum: caeca regens filo vestigia, V.: consilium, rash: casus.—Not seen, not discernible, invisible, concealed, hidden, obscure, dark: vallum, Cs.: fores, private, V.: tabes, O.: volnus, in the back, V.: domūs scelus, V.: viae, blind ways, Tb.: res caecae et ab aspectūs iudicio remotae: fata, H.: eventus, V.: tumultus, secret conspiracies, V.: stimuli in pectore, O.: murmur, muffled, V. — Obstructing the sight, dark, gloomy, thick, dense, obscure: nox, Ct.: caligo, V.: in nubibus ignes, i. e. deepening the gloom, V.: domus, without windows: pulvis, V.: acervus, chaotic, O.: quantum mortalia pectora caecae Noctis habent! i. e. dissimulation, O.: exspectatio, i. e. of an uncertain result: crimen, that cannot be proved, L.
    * * *
    I
    caeca -um, caecior -or -us, caecissimus -a -um ADJ
    blind; unseeing; dark, gloomy, hidden, secret; aimless, confused, random; rash
    II

    Latin-English dictionary > caecus

  • 33 cālīginōsus

        cālīginōsus adj.    [caligo], misty, dark, obscure, gloomy: caelum: stella. — Fig., dark, obscure: nox, H.
    * * *
    caliginosa, caliginosum ADJ
    foggy, misty; covered with mist; obscure, dark, gloomy; uncertain

    Latin-English dictionary > cālīginōsus

  • 34 claudus

        claudus adj.    [CLAV-], limping, halting, lame: deus: altero pede, N.: pes, H.: pars serpentis, V. —Prov.: claudus pilam, the lame man (holds fast) the ball.—Fig., crippled, imperfect, defective: naves, L.—Of language: carmina alterno versu, i. e. elegies (the alternate verses short), O.— Wavering, untrustworthy: pars officii tui, O.
    * * *
    clauda, claudum ADJ
    limping, lame; defective/crippled/imperfect; uneven/halting/wavering/uncertain

    Latin-English dictionary > claudus

  • 35 flaccus

        flaccus adj.    [uncertain], flabby, flap-eared.
    * * *
    Flaccus, Roman cognomen; Q. Horatius Flaccus, the poet Horace

    Latin-English dictionary > flaccus

  • 36 fluitō

        fluitō āvī, —, āre, freq.    [fluo], to float, flow: Fusile per rictūs aurum fluitare videres, O.— P. praes.: rei p. navem fluitantem in alto tempestatibus, tossed: alveus, L.: transtra, V.: corpora, Ta.— To wave, undulate: funes fluitabant, i. e. were slack, Ta.— P. praes.: vela summo fluitantia malo, O.: vestis, flowing, Ta.—Fig., to be uncertain, waver: neu fluitem dubiae spe pendulus horae, H.— P. praes.: creditur Caecinae fides fluitasse, Ta.: haec (mala) caecā fluitantia sorte, H.
    * * *
    fluitare, fluitavi, fluitatus V
    float; flow; waver

    Latin-English dictionary > fluitō

  • 37 īgnōtus

        īgnōtus adj. with comp. and sup.    [in+ (g)notus], unknown, strange, unrecognized, unfamiliar: locus, T.: ignotior gens, L.: adversus ignotos inter se, L.: bella, of uncertain result, V.: favos ignotus adedit Stellio, unnoticed, V.: mortes, inglorious, H.: alter (dies) in volgus ignotus: militibus loca, Cs.: nomen populo.—As subst m.: tamquam ignoto lacrimam daret, a stranger, O.: notum ignotumque discernere, Ta.—As subst n.: Haud ignota loquor, V.: si proferres ignota, unfamiliar themes, H.: Omne ignotum pro magnifico est, Ta.—Unknown, obscure, without repute, mean: hic ignotissimus Phryx: homo.—Of low birth, ignoble, low-born, base, vulgar: ignotā matre inhonestus, H.: naso suspendis adunco Ignotos, H.: Achivi, O.—Unacquainted with, ignorant of: producere ad ignotos (alquem): ignotos fallit, notis est derisui, Ph.: ignoti contemnebant, N.
    * * *
    ignota, ignotum ADJ
    unknown, strange; unacquainted with, ignorant of

    Latin-English dictionary > īgnōtus

  • 38 lūbricō

        lūbricō —, —, āre    [lubricus], to make slippery, lubricate: Lacedaemonium orbem, Iu.
    * * *
    lubricare, lubricavi, lubricatus V TRANS
    make slippery; slip (especially morally) (Souter); render uncertain

    Latin-English dictionary > lūbricō

  • 39 lūbricus

        lūbricus adj.    [GLA-], slippery: fastigium, L.: terga (colubri), V.: conchylia, slimy, H.— Plur n. as subst: per lubrica surgens, slippery ground, V. — Easily moved, sliding, gliding: (natura) lubricos oculos fecit: anguis, V.: amnis, gliding, O.—Fig., slippery, uncertain, hazardous, dangerous, critical: via (vitae): cupiditas dominandi: defensionis ratio: annus, fleeting, O.: patrias tentasti lubricus artīs, tricky, V.: Voltus nimium lubricus adspici, seductive, H.—As subst n.: in lubrico versari, in danger.
    * * *
    lubrica, lubricum ADJ
    slippery; sinuous; inconstant; hazardous, ticklish; deceitful

    Latin-English dictionary > lūbricus

  • 40 natō

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

    Latin-English dictionary > natō

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