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prŏcul, adv. [procello, to drive away], in the distance, at a distance, a great way off, far, afar off, from afar.

Lit., of place (class.; cf.: longe, eminus); constr. absol.; with adv. of place; with ab and abl. (not in Cic., Cæs., or Sall.); with abl. alone:

cuja vox sonat procul?

Plaut. Curc. 1, 2, 18:

sequi procul,

id. Poen. 3, 3, 6:

non jam procul, sed hic praesentes sua templa dii defendunt,

Cic. Cat. 2, 13. 29:

ubi turrim constitui procul viderunt,

Caes. B. G. 2, 30:

jubet, ut procul tela coniciant, neu propius accedant,

id. ib. 5, 34:

procul attendere,

Cic. de Or. 2, 36, 153:

procul e fluctu Trinacria,

Verg. A. 3, 554:

est procul in pelago saxum,

id. ib. 5, 124:

procul et e longinquo,

Plin. 27, 3, 2, § 9:

omnibus arbitris procul amotis,

Sall. C. 20, 1:

procul o, procul este, profani,

keep aloof! Verg. A. 6, 258:

cui procul astanti, Pettalus irridens dixit,

Ov. M. 5, 114; cf.:

adstans non procul,

App. M. 7, p. 183, 14.—With other particles of place, as hinc, inde, alicunde, longe, etc.:

procul hinc stans,

at a distance from this place, Ter. Hec. 4, 3, 1; Plaut. Truc. 4, 1, 11:

istic procul,

id. Mil. 4, 4, 33:

istinc procul,

id. Rud. 4, 4, 104:

procul inde,

Ov. Am. 3, 14, 18:

procul alicunde,

Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 20, § 48:

procul longe,

Plaut. Curc. 2, 2, 10.— With a or ab, far from, far away from (class.):

procul a terrā abripi,

Cic. de Or. 3, 36, 145:

esse procul a conspectu,

far out of sight, id. Agr. 2, 32, 87:

a castris,

Caes. B. G. 5, 17:

a portā,

Liv. 1, 12, 8:

ab Ariciā,

id. 2, 26, 5:

ab hoste,

id. 7, 37, 6:

a domo,

id. 4, 18, 1; 5, 4, 11:

a patriā,

id. 23, 29, 7; Verg. E. 10, 46:

a mari,

Plin. 2, 103, 106, § 227:

a Pado,

id. 3, 17, 21, § 124:

a litore,

Quint. 12, prooem. §

2: ab ore,

id. 11, 3, 96:

a fratre,

Plin. Ep. 5, 9, 3:

a mari,

Sen. Q. N. 6, 7 fin. —With simple abl., far from, far away from: patriā procul, Enn. ap. Cic. Fam. 7, 6, 1 (Trag. v. 295 Vahl.):

urbe,

Ov. P. 1, 5, 73:

ripā Tiberis,

Liv. 2, 13, 6:

oppido,

id. 3, 22, 4:

moenibus,

id. 4, 10, 5:

Nomento,

id. 4, 22, 2:

mari,

Liv. 38, 16, 15:

haud procul castris,

Tac. H. 4, 22:

Teutoburgiensi Saltu,

id. A. 1, 60:

regno,

id. ib. 2, 67:

non procul Euripidis poëtae sepulcro,

Plin. 31, 2, 19, § 28:

urbe Romā,

id. 2, 94, 96, § 209:

oppido,

id. 3, 3, 4, § 21.—

Trop., far, distant, remote; constr, with ab, the abl., or absol.:

conscia mihi sum a me culpam hanc esse procul,

Ter. Ad. 3, 2, 50:

procul ab omni metu,

Cic. Tusc. 5, 14, 41:

viri, qui sunt procul ab aetatis hujus memoriā,

id. Rep. 1, 1, 1:

caelestia procul sunt a nostrā cognitione,

id. Ac. 1, 4, 15:

res procul ab ostentatione positae,

Quint. 1, prooem. §

4: quis tam procul a litteris, quin sic incipiat,

so unacquainted with letters, so unlettered, id. 7, 1, 46; 8, 3, 23:

ab odio, ab irā,

id. 6, 2, 14:

a sapiente,

Sen. Ira, 1, 6, 4:

ab omni negotio,

id. Brev. Vit. 11, 2:

a praesenti modestiā,

Tac. A. 12, 6.— With simple abl.:

liber invidiā, procul contentionibus,

Quint. 12, 11, 7:

eam (plebem) procul urbe haberi,

out of public affairs, Liv. 4, 58, 12:

procul negotiis,

Hor. Epod. 2, 1:

ambitione,

id. S. 1, 6, 52:

voluptatibus habere aliquem,

to keep one aloof from enjoyments, deprive him of them, Tac. A. 4, 62:

tali more,

id. ib. 4, 28:

procul dubio,

without doubt, Quint. 1, 5, 14; 9, 1, 27; Plin. 9, 61, 87, § 184; Liv. 39, 40, 10; Suet. Ner. 3;

for which: dubio procul,

Flor. 2, 6; Lucr. 1, 812:

procul vero est,

far from the truth, untrue, Col. 1 praef. fin.—Absol.:

assentatio vitiorum adjutrix procul amoveatur,

Cic. Lael. 24, 89:

homines superbissimi procul errant,

err widely, greatly, Sall. J. 85, 38:

pauperies immunda domus procul absit, i.e. pauperies domestica procul absit,

Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 199:

durabisne procul dominoque legere superstes, Thebai?

Stat. Th. 12, 810: non procul est quin, it does not want much of, etc., almost, nearly, Sil. 2, 335:

haud procul est quin Romam agnosceret,

Liv. 1, 5, 6.—

In partic. (post-Aug. and very rare), in estimation of value, far removed from, much inferior to: aes suo colore pretiosum, procul a Corinthio (est), is far beneath or inferior to, much poorer than, Plin. 34, 2, 3, § 8.

arcĕo, cui, ctum (arcitum, acc. to Prisc. p. 1265 P.) [cf. arkeô = to keep off, to suffice; arkios = sufficient, safe; arx = a stronghold; arca = a strong-box, chest; alalkein = to keep off; alkê = defence, strength. Curt.].

To shut up, to enclose.

Lit.: arcere est continere, Paul. ex Fest. p. 15 Müll.:

alvus arcet et continet quod recipit,

Cic. N. D. 2, 54, 136: orbis caelestis arcens et continens ceteros, id. Rep. 6, 17:

nos flumina arcemus, dirigimus, avertimus,

id. N. D. 2, 60, 152:

hos quidem ut famulos vinclis prope ac custodiā arceamus,

shut in, confine, id. Tusc. 2, 21, 48 (cf. Doed. Syn. II. p. 426).—

Trop.:

videbam audaciam tam immanem non posse arceri otii finibus,

Cic. Har. Resp. 3.—Also, to keep in order: arcendae familiae gratiā, Paul. ex Fest. s. v. noverca, p. 175 Müll.—

To keep or hold off, to prevent from approaching, to keep at a distance: arcere prohibere est, Paul. ex Fest. p. 15 Müll.; constr. absol. aliquem, with ab, the simple abl., poet. also with dat.

Absol. aliquem:

ille tenet et scit ut hostium copiae, tu ut aquae pluviae arceantur,

Cic. Mur. 9, 22; so,

aquam pluviam, aquas pluvias arcere,

Cic. Top. 10, 43, and Dig. 39, 3:

platanus solem arcet,

Plin. 12, 1, 5, § 11:

somnos ducere et arcere,

Ov. M. 2, 735:

Odi profanum vulgus et arceo,

Hor. C. 3, 1, 1.—

With an abstr. object: transitum hostis,

to arrest, hinder, Liv. 26, 41.— Poet. and in postAug. prose, with inf. as object, to hinder, prevent:

quae (dicta) clamor ad aures Arcuit ire meas,

Ov. M. 12, 427:

plagamque sedere Cedendo arcebat,

id. ib. 3, 89; so id. P. 3, 3, 56; Stat. S. 2, 1, 34; id. Th. 1, 455; Sen. Hippol. 805; Sil. 13, 341 al.; Tac. A. 3, 72.—

And without object: arcuit Omnipotens,

Ov. M. 2, 505.—

With ab:

tu, Juppiter, hunc a tuis aris ceterisque templis arcebis,

Cic. Cat. 1, 13 fin.:

homines ab injuriā, etc.,

id. Leg. 1, 14:

haec aetas a libidinibus arcenda est,

id. Off. 1, 34, 122:

homines ab improbitate,

id. Par. 3, 2, 23:

famulas a limine templi,

Ov. F. 6, 482:

aliquem ab amplexu,

id. M. 9, 751:

ignavum, fucos, pecus a praesepibus arcent,

Verg. G. 4, 168.—

With the simple abl. (not with persons):

primordia genitali concilio arceri tempore iniquo,

Lucr. 1, 183:

illum ut hostem arcuit Galliā,

Cic. Phil. 5, 13 fin.:

te dominus illis sedibus arcebit,

id. ib. 2, 40 fin.; so id. Tusc. 1, 37, 89:

Virginiam matronae sacris arcuerant,

Liv. 10, 23:

aliquem aditu,

id. 42, 6; so Suet. Ner. 46; Luc. 10, 499:

aquā atque igni arcebatur,

Tac. A. 3, 23; so id. ib. 3, 50 (cf. aqua, I. B. 3.) al.:

arceor aris,

Ov. M. 6, 209:

patriis penatibus,

id. ib. 9, 446 al.:

aliquem funesto veterno,

i. e. to protect, guard, Hor. Ep. 1, 8, 10:

classes aquilonibus,

id. A. P. 64 et saep.—

With dat., to keep off something from:

oestrum pecori,

Verg. G. 3, 155 (cf.:

Solstitium pecori defendite,

id. E. 7, 47:

mortem fratri depulit,

Ov. H. 14, 130; and the Gr. amunein nêusi thoêisi pur, Hom. Il. 9, 435; 9, 347; v. also Rudd. II. p. 150).

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dis-clūdo, si, sum, 3, v. a. [claudo] (rare but classical; already obsolete in the [p. 588] time of Macrobius, v. Macr. S. 6, 4).

To shut up separately, to keep separate; orig. belonging to household lang.:

dispares disclusos habere pisces,

Varr. R. R. 3, 17, 4.—

With the notion of dis predominant, to keep apart, to separate, divide:

pares cum paribus jungi res, et discludere mundum,

Lucr. 5, 438;

so of the act of creation, imitated by Vergil: discludere Nerea ponto,

to separate, cut off, Verg. E. 6, 35:

paludibus mons erat ab reliquis disclusus,

Varr. L. L. 5, § 43 Müll.; cf.:

mons Cevenna, qui Arvernos ab Helviis discludit,

Caes. B. G. 7, 8, 2:

ossibus ac nervis disclusis,

Lucr. 3, 171; cf.:

turres (with disturbare domos),

id. 6, 240:

quibus (sc. tignis) disclusis atque in contrariam partem revinctis,

kept asunder, kept at the proper distance apart, Caes. B. G. 4, 17, 7:

ut restis, ad ingluviem adstricta, spiritus officia discluderet,

i. e. might prevent, choke off, App. M. 1, p. 109, 27.—

Of abstr. objects:

Plato iram et cupiditatem locis disclusit: iram in pectore, cupiditatem subter praecordia locavit,

Cic. Tusc. 1, 10, 20:

quae semotae a mente et disclusae,

id. ib. 1, 33, 80:

morsus roboris,

to part, to open, Verg. A. 12, 782.

abs-tĭnĕo, ŭi, tentum, 2, v. a and n. [teneo], to keep off or away, to hold back, to hold at a distance. In the comic writers and Cic. this verb is in most cases purely active, hence constr. with aliquem (or se) re or ab re; the neuter signif. first became prevalent in the Aug. per. = se abstinere.

Act.:

dum ted abstineas nuptā, viduā, virgine, etc.,

Plaut. Curc. 1, 1, 37:

urbanis rebus te,

id. Cas. 1, 1, 13; id. Men. 5, 6, 20; Ter. Heaut. 2, 3, 132: manus a muliere, Lucil. ap. Non. 325, 32; cf.:

manus abstineant,

Plaut. Trin. 2, 2, 11:

amor abstinendust (apstandust, R.),

id. ib. 2, 1, 30:

me ostreis et muraenis facile abstinebam,

Cic. Fam. 7, 26:

ab alienis mentes, oculos, manus, de Or. 1, 43: manus animosque ab hoc scelere,

id. Verr. 1, 12 fin.:

se nullo dedecore,

id. Fin. 3, 11, 38:

se cibo,

Caes. B. C. 8, 44:

ne ab obsidibus quidem iram belli hostis abstinuit,

Liv. 2, 16:

aliquos ab legatis violandis,

id. 2, 22:

se armis,

id. 8, 2 al. —Hence:

manum a se,

to abstain from suicide, Cic. Tusc. 4, 37 al.

Neutr.: abstinere, to abstain from a thing; constr. with abl., ab, inf., quin or quominus, the gen., or absol.

With abl.:

haud abstinent culpā,

Plaut. Men. 5, 2, 18 Ritschl:

injuriā,

Cic. Off. 3, 17, 72:

fabā (Pythagorei),

id. Div. 2, 58, 119:

proelio,

Caes. B. G. 1, 22, 3:

pugnā,

Liv. 2, 45, 8:

senatorio ambitu,

Tac. A. 4, 2:

manibus,

id. Hist. 2, 44:

auribus principis,

to spare them, id. Ann. 13, 14:

sermone Graeco,

Suet. Tib. 71:

publico abstinuit,

did not go out, id. Claud. 36 al. — Impers.:

ne a me quidem abstinuit,

Cic. de Or. 3, 43, 171:

ut seditionibus abstineretur,

Liv. 3, 10, 7; so id. 5, 50, 7.—

With ab:

ut ne a mulieribus quidem atque infantibus abstinerent,

Caes. B. G. 7, 47, 5.—

With inf.:

dum mi abstineant invidere,

if they only cease to envy me, Plaut. Curc. 1, 3, 2; so Suet. Tib. 23.—

With quin or quominus:

aegre abstinent, quin castra oppugnent,

Liv. 2, 45, 10: ut ne clarissimi quidem viri abstinuerint, quominus et ipsi aliquid de eā scriberent, Suet. Gram. 3.—( * e) With the gen. (in Greek construction like the Greek apechesthai tinos):

abstineto irarum calidaeque rixae,

Hor. C. 3, 27, 69 (cf. infra, abstinens).—

Absol.:

te scio facile abstinere posse,

Plaut. Aul. 2, 5, 19:

non tamen abstinuit,

Verg. A. 2, 534.—Esp. in med., to abstain from food:

abstinere debet aeger,

Cels. 2, 12, 2.—Hence, abstĭnens, entis, P. a., abstaining from (that which is unlawful), abstinent, temperate; constr absol. with abl., or poet. with gen.:

esse abstinentem, continere omnes cupiditates praeclarum est,

Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 11:

praetorem decet non solum manus, sed etiam oculos abstinentes habere,

id. Off. 1, 40, 144:

impubi aut certe abstinentissime rebus venereis,

Col. 12, 4, 3:

animus abstinens pecuniae,

Hor. C. 4, 9, 37; so,

alieni abstinentissimus,

Plin. Ep. 6, 8, 5; and:

somni et vini sit abstinentissimus,

Col. 11, 1, 3.— Comp., Auson. Grat. Act. 28.— Sup., Col. and Plin. l. l.— Adv.: abstĭnenter, unselfishly, Cic. Sest. 16, 37.— Comp., Augustin. Mor. Manich. 2, 13.

ălĭēno, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [id.] (purely prosaic, but class.).

Orig., to make one person or thing another:

facere, ut aliquis alius sit. Thus, in Plaut., Sosia says to Mercury, who represented himself as Sosia: certe edepol tu me alienabis numquam, quin noster siem,

Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 243. So also Pliny:

sacopenium, quod apud nos gignitur, in totum transmarino alienatur,

is entirely other than, different from, the transmarine one, Plin. 20, 18, 75, § 197.—Hence, of things, a t. t. in the Roman lang. of business, to make something the property of another, to alienate, to transfer by sale (in the jurid. sense, diff. from vendere: Alienatum non proprie dicitur, quod adhuc in dominio venditoris manet? venditum tamen recte dicetur, Dig. 50, 16, 67; the former, therefore, includes the idea of a complete transfer of the thing sold):

pretio parvo ea, quae accepissent a majoribus, vendidisse atque alienāsse,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 60:

venire vestras res proprias atque in perpetuum a vobis alienari,

id. Agr. 2, 21, 54:

vectigalia (opp. frui),

id. ib. 2, 13, 33; so Varr. R. R. 2, 1; Dig. 4, 7, 4.—Esp., to remove, separate, make foreign:

urbs maxuma alienata,

Sall. J. 48, 1.—

Transf. to mental objects, and with esp. reference to that from which any person or thing is separated or removed, to cast off, to alienate, estrange, set at variance, render averse, make enemies ( Abalienatus dicitur, quem quis a se removerit; alienatus, qui alienus est factus, Paul. ex Fest. p. 25 Müll.; class., esp. freq. in the part. alienatus).

In gen.:

eum omnibus eadem res publica reconciliavit, quae alienārat,

Cic. Prov. Cons. 9:

legati alienati,

id. Pis. 96:

alienati sunt peccatores,

Vulg. Psa. 51, 4; ib. Col. 1, 21:

alienari a Senatu,

Cic. Att. 1, 14:

studium ab aliquo,

id. Pis. 76:

si alienatus fuerit a me,

Vulg. Ezech. 14, 7:

alienati a viā Dei,

ib. Eph. 4, 18:

voluntatem ab aliquo,

Cic. Phil. 2, 38; id. Fam. 3, 6:

tantā contumeliā acceptā omnium suorum voluntates alienare (sc. a se),

Caes. B. G. 7, 10:

voluntate alienati,

Sall. J. 66, 2; Nep. Alcib. 5, 1:

falsā suspitione alienatum esse,

neglected, discarded, Sall. C. 35, 3:

animos eorum alienare a causā,

Cic. Prov. Cons. 21:

a dictatore animos,

Liv. 8, 35:

sibi animum alicujus,

Vell. 2, 112; Tac. H. 1, 59; Just. 1, 7, 18.—

Esp.

Mentem alienare alicui, to take away or deprive of reason, to make crazy, insane, to drive mad (not before the Aug. per., perh. first by Livy):

erat opinio Flaccum minus compotem fuisse sui: vulgo Junonis iram alienāsse mentem ferebant,

Liv. 42, 28:

signum alienatae mentis,

of insanity, Suet. Aug. 99:

alienata mens,

Sall. Rep. Ord. 2, 12, 6 (cf. Liv. 25, 39: alienatus sensibus).—And absol.:

odor sulfuris saepius haustus alienat,

deprives of reason, Sen. Q. N. 2, 53.—Hence, pass.:

alienari mente,

to be insane, Plin. 28, 8, 27, § 93:

ita alienatus mente Antiochus (erat),

Vulg. 2 Macc. 5, 17.—

In medic. lang.: alienari, of parts of the body, to die, perish:

intestina momento alienantur,

Cels. 7, 16; 8, 10; 5, 26, n. 23:

in corpore alienato,

Sen. Ep. 89:

(spodium) alienata explet,

Plin. 23, 4, 38, § 76.—

Alienari ab aliquā re, to keep at a distance from something, i. e. to be disinclined to, have an aversion for, to avoid = abhorrere (only in Cic.):

a falsā assensione magis nos alienatos esse quam a ceteris rebus,

Cic. Fin. 3, 5, 18:

alienari ab interitu iisque rebus, quae interitum videantur afferre,

id. ib. 3, 5, 16.