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largus, a, um, adj. [perh. for lasgus; Sanscr. root lash, desire; Gr. la- in lilaiomai, lêma; cf. Lat. lascivus], abundant, copious, plentiful, large, much.

In gen. (mostly poet. and in post-Aug. prose):

pabula,

abundant, Lucr. 5, 869:

haustus,

id. 1, 412:

semen,

id. 4, 1238:

imbres,

id. 1, 282; cf.:

undae fluminis,

id. 1, 1031:

lux,

id. 2, 806; cf.:

(sol) cum terras larga luce compleverit,

Cic. N. D. 2, 19, 49:

odores,

Ov. M. 4, 758:

aër,

Lucr. 4, 894 — Comp.:

largior ignis,

Hor. S. 1, 8, 44:

largiore vino usus,

Liv. 40, 14:

largiora stipendia,

Tac. A. 1, 31:

nec potentem amicum Largiora flagito,

Hor. C. 2, 18, 13.— Sup.:

munus largissimum edere,

Suet. Tit. 7 fin.:

vena largissima ferri,

Plin. 34, 14, 43, § 149.—

With gen., abounding in any thing:

largus lacrumarum,

Plaut. As. 3, 1, 30:

opum,

Verg. A. 11, 338: fons largus aquae, Luc. 9, 608:

comae,

Sil. 7, 601:

rapinae,

id. 8, 250.—

With abl.:

audin' hunc, opera ut largus est nocturna?

Plaut. As. 3, 3, 8:

folia larga suco,

Plin. 25, 13, 102, § 161.—

In partic., giving abundantly or much, bountiful, profuse, liberal:

justus, injustus: malignus, largus,

Plaut. Bacch. 3, 2, 17:

duo sunt genera largorum, quorum alteri prodigi, alteri liberales,

Cic. Off. 2, 16, 55:

largissimus esse,

id. Verr. 2, 3, 50, § 118:

largus et exundans ingenii fons,

Juv. 10, 119:

largus animo,

of a generous disposition, Tac. H. 2, 59:

promissis,

liberal in promises, Tac. H. 3, 58:

natura,

Juv. 10, 301.— Comp.:

Quid ego concesso pedibus, linguā largior?

Plaut. As. 2, 2, 24. — Poet.:

largus animae,

prodigal of life, Stat. Th. 3, 603.—With inf.:

spes donare novas largus,

Hor. C. 4, 12, 19.—Hence, adv. in three forms.

largē (class.), abundantly, plentifully, bountifully, liberally:

large blandus,

Plaut. Aul. 2, 2, 19:

large dare,

Cic. Mur. 4, 10:

large effuseque donare,

id. Rosc. Am. 8, 23:

large et copiose aliquid comparare,

id. N. D. 2, 47, 121:

munifice et large dari,

id. ib. 3, 27, 69:

large atque honorifice promittere,

Q. Cic. Petit. Cons. 11, 44:

large liberaliterque aestimare,

Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 88, § 204:

ministrare libertatem alicui,

id. Rep. 1, 43, 66:

senatus consultum large factum,

Tac. A. 6, 15:

large florescens,

Plin. 21, 10, 31, § 56:

large frequentantibus (locum),

in great numbers, id. 5, 17, 15, § 73:

large amplecti,

widely, id. 2, 11, 8, § 50; 17, 19, 30, § 137.— Comp.:

dare largius,

Ter. Eun. 5, 9, 48:

ne potum largius aequo Rideat,

Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 215.— Sup.:

copia quam largissime facta,

Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 61, § 158 Zumpt N. cr. (Klotz, largissima), Plin. 7, 50, 51, § 167.—

largĭter, largely, in abundance, plentifully, much; greatly, far (rare in class. prose;

not used by Cic.),

Plaut. Truc. 5, 11:

peccavisti largiter,

id. Most. 2, 2, 9; cf. id. Ep. 3, 4, 49: apud finitimas civitates largiter posse, to have great weight or influence, Caes. B. G. 1, 18:

distare,

Lucr. 6, 1112:

auferre,

id. 6, 622; Hor. S. 1, 4, 132:

discrepare,

Vitr. 6, 1, 8:

largius a prisca consuetudine movere,

Varr. L. L. 10, p. 583.—

Substantively, with gen. (anteand post-class.):

credo, illic inesse auri et argenti largiter,

Plaut. Rud. 4, 4, 144; cf.:

largiter mercedis indipiscar,

id. ib. 5, 2, 28. —

largĭtus, copiously: quid lacrimas largitus? Afran. ap. Non. 514, 31 (Com. Fragm. v. 212 Rib.).

Largus, i, m., a Roman surname, esp. in the gens Scribonia, Cic. Fam. 6, 8, 1; id. de Or. 2, 59, 240:

P. Largus Caecina,

Tac. A. 11, 33.—Hence,

Largĭānus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to a Largus, Largian:

senatusconsultum,

Just. Inst. 3, 7 fin.

largus, a, um, adj. [perh. for lasgus; Sanscr. root lash, desire; Gr. la- in lilaiomai, lêma; cf. Lat. lascivus], abundant, copious, plentiful, large, much.

In gen. (mostly poet. and in post-Aug. prose):

pabula,

abundant, Lucr. 5, 869:

haustus,

id. 1, 412:

semen,

id. 4, 1238:

imbres,

id. 1, 282; cf.:

undae fluminis,

id. 1, 1031:

lux,

id. 2, 806; cf.:

(sol) cum terras larga luce compleverit,

Cic. N. D. 2, 19, 49:

odores,

Ov. M. 4, 758:

aër,

Lucr. 4, 894 — Comp.:

largior ignis,

Hor. S. 1, 8, 44:

largiore vino usus,

Liv. 40, 14:

largiora stipendia,

Tac. A. 1, 31:

nec potentem amicum Largiora flagito,

Hor. C. 2, 18, 13.— Sup.:

munus largissimum edere,

Suet. Tit. 7 fin.:

vena largissima ferri,

Plin. 34, 14, 43, § 149.—

With gen., abounding in any thing:

largus lacrumarum,

Plaut. As. 3, 1, 30:

opum,

Verg. A. 11, 338: fons largus aquae, Luc. 9, 608:

comae,

Sil. 7, 601:

rapinae,

id. 8, 250.—

With abl.:

audin' hunc, opera ut largus est nocturna?

Plaut. As. 3, 3, 8:

folia larga suco,

Plin. 25, 13, 102, § 161.—

In partic., giving abundantly or much, bountiful, profuse, liberal:

justus, injustus: malignus, largus,

Plaut. Bacch. 3, 2, 17:

duo sunt genera largorum, quorum alteri prodigi, alteri liberales,

Cic. Off. 2, 16, 55:

largissimus esse,

id. Verr. 2, 3, 50, § 118:

largus et exundans ingenii fons,

Juv. 10, 119:

largus animo,

of a generous disposition, Tac. H. 2, 59:

promissis,

liberal in promises, Tac. H. 3, 58:

natura,

Juv. 10, 301.— Comp.:

Quid ego concesso pedibus, linguā largior?

Plaut. As. 2, 2, 24. — Poet.:

largus animae,

prodigal of life, Stat. Th. 3, 603.—With inf.:

spes donare novas largus,

Hor. C. 4, 12, 19.—Hence, adv. in three forms.

largē (class.), abundantly, plentifully, bountifully, liberally:

large blandus,

Plaut. Aul. 2, 2, 19:

large dare,

Cic. Mur. 4, 10:

large effuseque donare,

id. Rosc. Am. 8, 23:

large et copiose aliquid comparare,

id. N. D. 2, 47, 121:

munifice et large dari,

id. ib. 3, 27, 69:

large atque honorifice promittere,

Q. Cic. Petit. Cons. 11, 44:

large liberaliterque aestimare,

Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 88, § 204:

ministrare libertatem alicui,

id. Rep. 1, 43, 66:

senatus consultum large factum,

Tac. A. 6, 15:

large florescens,

Plin. 21, 10, 31, § 56:

large frequentantibus (locum),

in great numbers, id. 5, 17, 15, § 73:

large amplecti,

widely, id. 2, 11, 8, § 50; 17, 19, 30, § 137.— Comp.:

dare largius,

Ter. Eun. 5, 9, 48:

ne potum largius aequo Rideat,

Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 215.— Sup.:

copia quam largissime facta,

Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 61, § 158 Zumpt N. cr. (Klotz, largissima), Plin. 7, 50, 51, § 167.—

largĭter, largely, in abundance, plentifully, much; greatly, far (rare in class. prose;

not used by Cic.),

Plaut. Truc. 5, 11:

peccavisti largiter,

id. Most. 2, 2, 9; cf. id. Ep. 3, 4, 49: apud finitimas civitates largiter posse, to have great weight or influence, Caes. B. G. 1, 18:

distare,

Lucr. 6, 1112:

auferre,

id. 6, 622; Hor. S. 1, 4, 132:

discrepare,

Vitr. 6, 1, 8:

largius a prisca consuetudine movere,

Varr. L. L. 10, p. 583.—

Substantively, with gen. (anteand post-class.):

credo, illic inesse auri et argenti largiter,

Plaut. Rud. 4, 4, 144; cf.:

largiter mercedis indipiscar,

id. ib. 5, 2, 28. —

largĭtus, copiously: quid lacrimas largitus? Afran. ap. Non. 514, 31 (Com. Fragm. v. 212 Rib.).

Largus, i, m., a Roman surname, esp. in the gens Scribonia, Cic. Fam. 6, 8, 1; id. de Or. 2, 59, 240:

P. Largus Caecina,

Tac. A. 11, 33.—Hence,

Largĭānus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to a Largus, Largian:

senatusconsultum,

Just. Inst. 3, 7 fin.

lascīvus, a, um, adj. [Sanscr. lash-āmi, desire; las-āmi, play; Gr. la- in laô, lilaiomai; cf. Goth. lustus; also Lat. largus], wanton, petulant, sportive, playful, frolicsome, frisky, (syn.: petulans, procax).

In a good sense: nova proles, * Lucr. 1, 260:

capella,

Verg. E. 2, 64:

puella,

id. ib. 3, 64:

pueri,

Hor. S. 1, 3, 134:

Amores,

id. C. 2, 11, 7:

currumque sequuntur matris lascivo sidera fulva choro,

Tib. 2, 1, 88:

tenero lascivior haedo,

Ov. M. 13, 791:

aetas,

Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 216:

hederae,

wanton, luxuriant, id. C. 1, 36, 20:

acus,

for ornamenting the hair, a hair-pin, Mart. 11, 45, 6; cf. Tert. Verg. Vel. 12:

tristia maestum Vultum verba decent.... Ludentem lasciva,

sportive, playful, Hor. A. P. 107; cf.:

quod dicitur, aut est lascivum et hilare aut contumeliosum,

Quint. 6, 3, 27:

ad quod (caput aselli) lascivi ludebant ruris alumni,

Juv. 11, 98. —

In a bad sense, licentious, lewd, lustful, lascivious, Varr. R. R. 1, 14: Siculi, ut sunt lascivi et dicaces, Cael. ap. Quint. 6, 3, 41:

puellae,

lascivious, Ov. A. A. 1, 523:

femur,

id. Am. 3, 7, 10:

libelli,

lewd, Mart. 5, 2, 5; cf.:

tabellis ac sigillis lascivissimarum picturarum et figurarum,

Suet. Tib. 43.—

Trop., of style, licentious, luxuriant, overloaded with ornament; oratio, Gell. 12, 2, 9; cf.: illud lascivum zôê kai psuchê, Juv. 6, 194.—Hence, adv. in two forms.

lascīvē, wantonly, lasciviously (post-class.):

loqui,

licentiously, Mart. 8 init.:

versus facere,

App. Mag. p. 278, 31. — Comp.:

lascivius,

Avien. Arat. 514.—

lascīvĭter, wantonly, petulantly: ludere, Laev. ap. Charis. p. 183 P.

lōrum, i ( lōrus, i, m., Petr. 57, 8; App. M. 3, p. 135, 13; Schol. ap. Juv. 6, 480), n. [for vlorum, from a ground-form vlārom; Gr. eulêra, reins; root perh. val-; cf. volvo], a thong.

Lit.:

vincire vis? en ostendo manus: tu habes lora,

Plaut. Ep. 5, 2, 18: vis subigit verum fateri;

ita lora laedunt brachia,

id. Truc. 4, 3, 9; Liv. 9, 10:

celsa lorum cervice ferentem,

a leash, Grat. Cyn. 213; Plin. 8, 40, 61, § 147:

sella loris intenta,

Quint. 6, 3, 25:

arcano sacra ferens nutantia loro,

Juv. 2, 125.—

In gen., leather:

signum de paupere loro,

Juv. 5, 165.—

Transf., plur.: lōra, the reins of a bridle:

loris ducere equos,

Liv. 35, 34:

lora dare,

to give the reins to the horses, slacken the reins, Verg. G. 3, 107:

lora tende,

draw the reins tight, Ov. Am. 3, 2, 72:

fortius uti loris,

id. M. 2, 127:

lora remisit,

id. ib. 2, 200:

Automedon lora tenebat,

Juv. 1, 61.—

A whip, lash, scourge:

quin loris caedite, si lubet,

Plaut. Merc. 5, 4, 42; id. Ps. 1, 2, 12:

loris uri,

Hor. Ep. 1, 16, 47:

loris caedere aliquem,

Cic. Phil. 8, 8; Quint. 5, 10, 88:

loris rumpere aliquem,

Dig. 47, 10, 15; Juv. 6, 414.—

The girdle of Venus:

dixit et arcano percussit pectora loro,

Mart. 6, 21, 9.—

The leathern bulla, worn by children of the poorer class, Juv. 5, 165; v. bulla.—

= membrum virile, Petr. 13; Mart. 7, 58, 3; 10, 55, 5.—

A slender vinebranch, Plin. 14, 1, 3, § 11.—

Lorum vomitorium, a thong thrust into the throat to produce vomiting, Scrib. Comp. 180.

lōrum, i ( lōrus, i, m., Petr. 57, 8; App. M. 3, p. 135, 13; Schol. ap. Juv. 6, 480), n. [for vlorum, from a ground-form vlārom; Gr. eulêra, reins; root perh. val-; cf. volvo], a thong.

Lit.:

vincire vis? en ostendo manus: tu habes lora,

Plaut. Ep. 5, 2, 18: vis subigit verum fateri;

ita lora laedunt brachia,

id. Truc. 4, 3, 9; Liv. 9, 10:

celsa lorum cervice ferentem,

a leash, Grat. Cyn. 213; Plin. 8, 40, 61, § 147:

sella loris intenta,

Quint. 6, 3, 25:

arcano sacra ferens nutantia loro,

Juv. 2, 125.—

In gen., leather:

signum de paupere loro,

Juv. 5, 165.—

Transf., plur.: lōra, the reins of a bridle:

loris ducere equos,

Liv. 35, 34:

lora dare,

to give the reins to the horses, slacken the reins, Verg. G. 3, 107:

lora tende,

draw the reins tight, Ov. Am. 3, 2, 72:

fortius uti loris,

id. M. 2, 127:

lora remisit,

id. ib. 2, 200:

Automedon lora tenebat,

Juv. 1, 61.—

A whip, lash, scourge:

quin loris caedite, si lubet,

Plaut. Merc. 5, 4, 42; id. Ps. 1, 2, 12:

loris uri,

Hor. Ep. 1, 16, 47:

loris caedere aliquem,

Cic. Phil. 8, 8; Quint. 5, 10, 88:

loris rumpere aliquem,

Dig. 47, 10, 15; Juv. 6, 414.—

The girdle of Venus:

dixit et arcano percussit pectora loro,

Mart. 6, 21, 9.—

The leathern bulla, worn by children of the poorer class, Juv. 5, 165; v. bulla.—

= membrum virile, Petr. 13; Mart. 7, 58, 3; 10, 55, 5.—

A slender vinebranch, Plin. 14, 1, 3, § 11.—

Lorum vomitorium, a thong thrust into the throat to produce vomiting, Scrib. Comp. 180.

lūdĭfĭcor, ātus sum, 1, v. dep. n. and a. [id.] ( inf. ludificarier, Plaut. Mil. 4, 4, 25), to make game, to mock; to make game of, make sport of, turn into ridicule; to delude, deceive.

Lit.

Neutr.:

aperte ludificari et calumniari,

to mock, ridicule, Cic. Rosc. Am. 20, 55.—With acc. of kindred signif.:

nugas ludificabitur,

will make game of you in trifles, Plaut. Capt. 3, 4, 80.—

Act.:

Potin' ut hominem mihi des?... ni ludificata ero lepide, etc.,

Plaut. Mil. 3, 3, 53:

tun me, verbero, audes erum ludificari?

id. Am. 2, 1, 15:

me ludificatus est,

id. Most. 5, 2, 25:

virginem,

Ter. Eun. 4, 3, 3:

siquidem tu me hic etiam, nebulo, ludificabere,

id. ib. 4, 4, 49:

patres et plebem cunctatione fictā,

Tac. A. 1, 46:

aliena mala,

to make sport of, Plin. Ep. 6, 20.—

Transf., to thwart, frustrate, by tricks or contrivances:

locationem,

Liv. 39. 44:

ea, quae hostes agerent,

id. 24, 34:

rostra fuga,

Flor. 2, 2, 8:

hostis impune Romanum ludificabatur,

Tac. A. 3, 21.— Pass. part.:

ludificato incerto proelio,

Sall. J. 50, 4.—

Trop.:

Quojus ego hodie ludificabor corium, si vivo, probe,

i. e. cut up, lash, Plaut. Most. 5, 1, 19 Lorenz.

ŏpĕrĭo, ŭi, ertum, 4 (archaic fut. operibo: ego operibo caput, Pompon. ap. Non. 507, 33; imperf. operibat, Prop. 4, 12, 35), v. a. [pario, whence the opp. aperio, to uncover; cf. paro], to cover, cover over any thing (class.; syn.: tego, velo, induo).

Lit.

Operire capita, Plaut. Poen. 3, 4, 34; cf.:

capite operto esse,

Cic. Sen. 10, 34:

operiri umerum cum toto jugulo,

Quint. 11, 3, 141; id. praef. § 24.—Esp., of clothing:

aeger multā veste operiendus est,

Cels. 3, 7 fin.; so in Vulg. Isa. 58, 7; id. Ezech. 18, 7 et saep.:

fons fluctu totus operiretur, nisi,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 53, § 118:

summas amphoras auro et argento,

Nep. Hann. 9, 3:

mons nubibus,

Ov. P. 4, 5, 5:

(rhombos) quos operit glacies Maeotica,

Juv. 4, 42.—Comically: aliquem loris, to cover over, i. e. to lash soundly, Ter. Ad. 2, 1, 28:

reliquias malae pugnae,

i. e. to bury, Tac. A. 15, 28:

operiet eos formido,

Vulg. Ezech. 7, 18; id. Jer. 3, 25.—

Transf., to shut, close (syn.:

claudo, praecludo, obsero): fores,

Plaut. Men. 2, 3, 1:

ostium,

Ter. Heaut. 5, 1, 33:

iste opertā lecticā latus est,

Cic. Phil. 2, 41, 106: oculos, to shut, close (opp. patefacere), Plin. 11, 37, 55, § 150; cf.:

opertos compressosve (oculos),

Quint. 11, 2, 76.—

Trop.

To hide, conceal, keep from observation, dissemble:

quo pacto hoc operiam?

Ter. Hec. 4, 4, 6 Bentl. (al. aperiam):

non in oratione operiendā sunt quaedam,

Quint. 2, 13, 12:

quotiens dictu deformia operit,

id. 8, 6, 59; cf. id. 5, 12, 18:

luctum,

Plin. Ep. 3, 16, 6:

domestica mala tristitia,

Tac. A. 3, 18.—

To overwhelm, burden, [p. 1268] as with shame, etc. (only in part. perf. pass.):

contumeliis opertus,

loaded, overwhelmed, Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 50, § 111; cf.:

judicia operta dedecore et infamiā,

id. Clu. 22, 61:

infamiā,

Tac. H. 3, 69.—

Of sin, to atone for, cover, cause to be forgotten (eccl. Lat.):

qui converti fecerit peccatorem, operiet multitudinem peccatorum,

Vulg. Jac. 5, 20; id. 1 Pet. 4, 8.— ŏpertus, a, um, P. a., hidden, concealed (class.):

operta quae fuere, aperta sunt,

Plaut. Capt. 3, 3, 9:

res,

Cic. Fin. 2, 2, 5:

operta bella,

Verg. G. 1, 465:

cineres,

Hor. C. 2, 8, 9:

hamum,

id. S. 1, 16, 50.—As subst.: ŏpertum, i, n., a secret place or thing, a secret; an ambiguous answer, dark oracle, etc.:

Apollinis operta,

the dark, ambiguous oracles, Cic. Div. 1, 50, 115:

telluris operta subire,

the depths, Verg. A. 6, 140: opertum Bonae Deae, the secret place or secret service, Cic. Par. 4, 2, 32:

litterarum,

a secret, Gell. 17, 9, 22.— Adv.: ŏpertē, covertly, figuratively (post-class.):

operte et symbolice,

Gell. 4, 11, 10.

rādo, si, sum, 3, v. a., to scrape, scratch, shave, rub, or smooth; of the hair, to shave off with a razor (while tondere is to cut off with shears; mostly poet. and in post-Aug. prose; cf. scabo).

Lit.: MVLIERES GENAS NE RADVNTO, tear, lacerate by scratching, in mourning, XII. Tab. ap. Cic. Leg. 2, 23, 59; Plin. 11, 37, 58, § 157;

and Fest. s. v. radere, p. 227: fauces,

to irritate, Lucr. 4, 528; Quint. 11, 3, 13 Spald.;

11, 3, 20: terram pedibus (corvus),

Plaut. Aul. 4, 3, 2:

caput et supercilia,

to shave, Cic. Rosc. Com. 7, 20 (just before, abrasa); Petr. 103:

caput, as a token of slavery,

Liv. 34, 52 fin.;

in mourning,

Suet. Calig. 5;

and in execution of a vow made in times of peril,

Juv. 12, 81 (cf. Petr. 103 sqq.):

barbam,

Suet. Aug. 79.— Transf., of the person himself:

ut tonderetur diligenter ac raderetur,

Suet. Caes. 45; Plin. 7, 59, 59, § 211:

tigna,

to smooth off, Lucr. 5, 1267:

virgae,

Verg. G. 2, 358; cf.

lapides,

to sweep the mosaic ground, Hor. S. 2, 4, 83:

parietes,

to scratch, Plin. 28, 4, 13, § 52:

aream,

i. e. to clear of bushes, Col. 2, 19; cf.:

medicam marris ad solum,

to weed out, Plin. 18, 16, 43, § 147:

arva imbribus (Eurus),

to strip, lay waste, sweep, ravage, Hor. Epod. 16, 54; cf.:

terras (Aquilo),

id. S. 2, 6, 25:

nomen fastis,

to scratch out, erase, Tac. A. 3, 17 fin.:

margine in extremo littera rasa,

Ov. Am. 1, 11, 22:

tabellae rasae,

id. A. A. 1, 437.—

Poet., transf.

To touch in passing, touch upon, brush along, graze; of streams:

ripas radentia flumina rodunt,

Lucr. 5, 256; Ov. F. 1, 242; Luc. 2, 425; Sen. Hippol. 16.—

Of sailors: hinc altas cautes projectaque saxa Pachyni Radimus (in sailing by),

Verg. A. 3, 700; 5, 170; 7, 10; Val. Fl. 5, 108; Luc. 5, 425; 8, 246 al.: sicco freta radere passu (with percurrere;

of horses running past),

Ov. M. 10, 654:

terra rasa squamis (serpentis),

id. ib. 3, 75:

arva radens serpens,

Stat. Th. 5, 525; cf. Verg. A. 5, 217:

trajectos surculus rasit,

crept through, Suet. Ner. 48.—

To strip off, nip off:

damnosa canicula quantum raderet,

Pers. 3, 50: ista tonstrix radit, i. e. shaves her customers (sc. of their money), Mart. 2, 17, 5.—

Trop., to grate upon, hurt, offend:

aures delicatas radere,

Quint. 3, 1, 3:

teneras auriculas mordaci vero,

Pers. 1, 107:

pallentes mores,

to lash, satirize, id. 5, 15.

sĕco, cŭi, ctum ( part. fut. secaturus, Col. 5, 9, 2), 1, v. a. [root sak-, to cut; whence securis, sĕcula, serra (secra), segmen, sexus, saxum, etc.; cf. sīca, and Gr. keiô, keazô, schizô], to cut, cut off, cut up (class.; syn.: caedo, scindo).

Lit.

In gen.:

leges duodecim tabularum, si plures forent, quibus rens esset judicatus, secare, si vellent, atque partiri corpus addicti sibi hominis permiserunt,

Gell. 20, 1, 48 sq.; cf.:

et judicatos in partes secari a creditoribus leges erant,

Tert. Apol. 4:

cape cultrum, seca Digitum vel aurem,

Plaut. Merc. 2, 2, 38 sq.:

omne animal secari ac dividi potest, nullum est eorum individuum,

Cic. N. D. 3, 12, 29: pabulum secari non posse, be cut, mown, * Caes. B. G. 7, 14; so,

sectae herbae,

Hor. S. 2, 4, 67:

gallinam,

to cut to pieces, Juv. 5, 124:

placenta,

Mart. 3, 77, 3:

alicui collum gladio suā dexterā,

Q. Cic. Petit. Cons. 3, 10:

palatum,

to divide, Cels. 8, 1:

tergora in frusta,

Verg. A. 1, 212: dona auro gravia sectoque elephanto, i. e. of carved, wrought ivory (an imitation of the Homeric pristos elephas, Od. 18, 196), Verg. A. 3, 464:

marmora,

Hor. C. 2, 18, 17: sectis nitebat marmoribus, Luc. 10, 114; so absol.:

nec ideo ferrum secandi vim non perdidit,

Sen. Ben. 5, 5, 1:

prave sectus unguis,

Hor. Ep. 1, 104:

secti lapides,

Vulg. Exod. 20, 25. —

In partic.

Med. t. t., to cut surgically; to operate on; to cut off or out, amputate, excise, etc.:

in corpore si quid ejusmodi est, quod reliquo corpori noceat, id uri secarique patimur,

Cic. Phil. 8, 5, 15; cf.:

saevitia secandi,

Plin. 29, 1, 6, § 13; so,

membra,

id. 26, 11, 69, § 112:

vomicam,

Plaut. Pers. 2, 5, 13:

varices Mario,

Cic. Tusc. 2, 15, 35 (for which, exciditur, Cels. 7, 31); cf. of the same: C. Marius cum secaretur, ut supra dixi, principio vetuit se alligari;

nec quisquam ante Marium solutus dicitur esse sectus,

was cut, operated upon, Cic. Tusc. 2, 22, 53:

servum,

Just. Inst. 4, 3, 6.—

To cut, castrate (very rare):

puer avari sectus arte mangonis,

Mart. 9, 7, 4; so,

sectus Gallus (corresp. to eviratus),

id. 5, 41, 3.—

Transf. (mostly poet. and in post-Aug. prose).

To scratch, tear, wound, hurt, injure (cf. caedo, II.):

ambo (postes) ab infimo tarmes secat,

the worms are gnawing them, they are wormeaten, Plaut. Most. 3, 2, 140:

luctantis acuto ne secer ungui,

lest I should be torn, Hor. Ep. 1, 19, 47; cf.:

rigido sectas invenit ungue genas,

Ov. F. 6, 148:

teneras plantas tibi (glacies),

Verg. E. 10, 49:

corpora vepres,

id. G. 3, 444:

crura (sentes),

Ov. M. 1, 509:

pete ferro Corpus et intorto verbere terga seca,

cut, lacerate, Tib. 1, 9, 22; so,

sectus flagellis,

Hor. Epod. 4, 11:

loris,

Mart. 10, 5, 14 al.:

si quem podagra secat,

gnaws, torments, Cat. 71, 2;

imitated by Martial: podagra cheragraque secatur Gaius,

Mart. 9, 92, 9.—

Like the Gr. temnein, and our to cut, i. e.,

To divide, cleave, separate ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose):

quos (populos) secans interluit Allia,

Verg. A. 7, 717:

medios Aethiopas (Nilus),

Plin. 5, 9, 10, § 53:

medios agros (Tiberis),

Plin. Ep. 5, 6, 12:

medium agmen (Turnus),

Verg. A. 10, 440:

agrum (limes),

Plin. 18, 34, 77, § 331:

caelum (zonae),

Ov. M. 1, 46:

sectus orbis,

Hor. C. 3, 27, 75; cf.:

in longas orbem qui secuere vias,

Ov. Am. 2, 16, 16.—

With the idea of motion, to cut through, i. e. to run, sail, fly, swim, go, etc., through:

delphinum similes, qui per maria umida nando Carpathium Libycumque secant,

cut through, cleave, Verg. A.5, 595:

aequor,

id. ib. 5, 218:

pontum,

id. ib. 9, 103:

aequor Puppe,

Ov. M. 11, 479:

fretum puppe,

id. ib. 7, 1; cf.:

vada nota (amnis),

id. ib. 1, 370:

ales avis... geminis secat aëra pennis,

Cic. Arat. 48:

aethera pennis (avis),

Verg. G. 1, 406; 1, 409:

auras (cornus),

id. A. 12, 268:

ventos (Cyllenia proles),

ib. ib. 4, 257:

sub nubibus arcum (Iris),

id. ib. 9, 15 et saep.— Secare viam (vias), the Gr. temnein hodon, to take one's way, to travel a road:

ille viam secat ad naves,

Verg. A. 6, 899:

hinc velut diversae secari coeperunt viae,

Quint. 3, 1, 14.—

Trop. (acc. to I. C. 1. and 2.).

To cut up, lash in speaking, i.e. to censure, satirize:

secuit Lucilius Urbem,

Pers. 1, 114.—

To divide (not freq. till after the Aug. per.):

cum causas in plura genera secuerunt,

Cic. de Or. 2, 27, 117:

haec in plures partes,

Quint. 8, 6, 13; cf.:

scrupulose in partes sectā divisionis diligentiā,

id. 4, 5, 6:

quae natura singularia sunt secant (corresp. to divido),

id. 4, 5, 25:

sectae ad tenuitatem suam vires (just before: distinguendo. dividendo),

id. 12, 2, 13.—Hence, in Hor., like dirimo (II.), of disputes, to cut off, i.e. to decide them:

quo multae magnaeque secantur judice lites,

Hor. Ep. 1, 16, 42: magnas res, to cure (as it were, by a light operation), id. S. 1, 10, 15.—And once in Verg.: secare spem (the figure borrowed from the phrases secare mare, auras, viam): quae cuique est fortuna hodie, quam quisque secat spem, whatever hope each follows, i. e. indulges in, entertains, Verg. A. 10, 107 (secat, sequitur, tenet, habet;

ut: Ille viam secat ad naves,

id. ib. 6, 899: unde et sectas dicimus, habitus animorum et instituta philosophiae circa disciplinam, Serv.).

verber, ĕris (nom., dat., and acc. sing. do not occur, and the sing. in gen. very rarely; Neue, Formenl. 1, p. 476), n., a lash, whip, scourge, rod (syn.: scutica, flagrum),

Lit. (rare; perh. not in Cic., but cf. in II. B.).

Plur.: Tr. Quid me fiet nunc jam? Th. Verberibus caedere, lutum, pendens, Plaut. Most. 5, 2, 45:

verberibus caedere,

id. Pers. 2, 3, 17; Ter. And. 1, 2, 28:

adulescentem nudari jubet verberaque adferri,

Liv. 8, 28, 4:

verbera saetosa movebat arator,

Prop. 4 (5), 1, 25; Verg. A. 5, 147; Quint. Decl. 19, 3.—

Sing.:

illi instant verbere torto,

Verg. G. 3, 106:

Phoebus equos stimuloque domans et verbere Saevit,

Ov. M. 2, 399:

conscendit equos Gradivus et ictu Verberis increpuit,

id. ib. 14, 821:

pecora verbere domantur,

Sen. Const. 12, 3;

of a top: volitans sub verbere turbo,

Verg. A. 7, 378.—

Transf.

Concr., a thong of a sling and other similar missile weapons ( poet.;

syn. lorum),

Verg. G. 1, 309; Sil. 1, 314; Luc. 3, 469.—

Abstr., a lashing, scourging, flogging, etc. (class.; syn. plaga).

Lit.

Plur.:

dignus es verberibus multis,

Plaut. Mil. 2, 3, 71:

tibi erunt parata verba, huic homini verbera,

Ter. Heaut. 2, 3, 115:

mitto vincla, mitto carcerem, mitto verbera, mitto secures,

Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 24, § 59:

aliquem vinculis ac verberibus atque omni supplicio excruciare,

id. Imp. Pomp. 5, 11; id. Phil. 11, 2, 5; id. Rep. 1, 38, 59; 2, 37, 62; id. Fin. 5, 20, 55; id. Tusc. 3, 27, 64; XII. Tab. ap. Cic. Leg. 3, 3, 6; Quint. 1, 3, 15; 4, 2, 113; 11, 1, 40; 11, 3, 90; 11, 3, 117; Hor. S. 1, 3, 121:

cum positā stares ad verbera veste,

Ov. Am. 1, 6, 19:

saeva,

id. ib. 1, 13, 18:

tergum foedum vestigiis verberum,

Liv. 2, 23, 7:

post verbere,

Stat. Th. 2, 143; 2, 172.—

Sing.:

percutimur caput conversae verbere virgae,

Ov. M. 14, 300; Sen. Herc. Fur. 801.—

Of inanim. things, a stripe, stroke, blow (mostly [p. 1972] poet.).

Plur.:

turgentis caudae,

Hor. S. 2, 7, 49:

ventorum,

Lucr. 5, 957; 6, 115:

radiorum (solis),

id. 5, 485; 5, 1104:

aquarum,

Claud. Laud. Stil. 1, 288.—Of the strokes of oars:

puppis Verberibus senis agitur,

Luc. 3, 536; Sil. 11, 493; cf. Ov. H. 18, 23.—

Sing.:

remorum in verbere perstant,

Ov. M. 3, 662:

trementes Verbere ripae,

Hor. C. 3, 27, 24:

adverso siderum,

Plin. 2, 8, 6, § 33.—

Trop., plur., lashes, strokes:

contumeliarum verbera subire,

Cic. Rep. 1, 5, 9:

verbera linguae,

i. e. chidings, Hor. C. 3, 12, 3 (cf.:

verberari verbis, convicio, etc., under verbero): fortunae verbera,

the strokes of fate, Gell. 13, 27, 4.