to+lean+upon

in-clīno, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. and n. [clino, clinatus].

Act., to cause to lean, bend, incline, turn a thing in any direction; to bend down, bow a thing.

Lit.

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

vela contrahit malosque inclinat,

Liv. 36, 44, 2:

genua arenis,

Ov. M. 11, 356:

(rector maris) omnes Inclinavit aquas ad avarae litora Trojae,

id. ib. 11, 209:

inclinato in dextrum capite,

Quint. 11, 3, 119; id. ib. 69:

inclinata utrolibet cervix,

id. 1, 11, 9:

pollice intus inclinato,

id. 11, 3, 99:

arbor Inclinat varias pondere nigra comas,

Mart. 1, 77, 8:

sic super Actaeas agilis Cyllenius arces Inclinat cursus,

Ov. M. 2, 721:

at mihi non oculos quisquam inclinavit euntes,

i. e. closed my sinking eyes, Prop. 4 (5), 7, 23 (Müll. inclamavit euntis):

prius sol meridie se inclinavit, quam, etc.,

i. e. declined, Liv. 9, 32, 6; cf.:

inclinato jam in postmeridianum tempus die,

Cic. Tusc. 3, 3, 7.—

Mid.: inclinari ad judicem (opp. reclinari ad suos,

Quint. 11, 3, 132):

(terra) inclinatur retroque recellit,

bends down, Lucr. 6, 573:

saxa inclinatis per humum quaesita lacertis,

Juv. 15, 63.—

In partic.

In milit. lang., to cause to fall back or give way:

ut Hostus cecidit, confestim Romana inclinatur acies,

i. e. loses ground, retreats, Liv. 1, 12, 3:

tum inclinari rem in fugam apparuit,

id. 7, 33, 7:

quasdam acies inclinatas jam et labantes,

Tac. G. 8; cf. under II. —

In gen., to turn back, cause to move backward:

septemtrio inclinatum stagnum eodem quo aestus ferebat,

Liv. 26, 45, 8:

cum primum aestu fretum inclinatum est,

id. 29, 7, 2.—

In mal. part., to lie down, stretch out:

jam inclinabo me cum liberta tua,

Plaut. Pers. 4, 8, 7:

quot discipulos inclinet Hamillus,

Juv. 10, 224:

ipsos maritos,

id. 9, 26.—

Transf., of color, to incline to:

colore ad aurum inclinato,

Plin. 15, 11, 10, § 37:

coloris in luteum inclinati,

id. 24, 15, 86, § 136.—

Of a disease, to abate, diminish:

morbus inclinatus,

Cels. 3, 2:

febris se inclinat,

id. ib. al.—

Trop.

In gen., to turn or incline a person or thing in any direction:

se ad Stoicos,

Cic. Fin. 3, 3, 10:

culpam in aliquem,

to lay the blame upon, Liv. 5, 8, 12:

quo se fortuna, eodem etiam favor hominum inclinat,

Just. 5, 1 fin.:

judicem inclinat miseratio,

moves, Quint. 4, 1, 14:

haec animum inclinant, ut credam, etc.,

Liv. 29, 33, 10.—Mid.:

quamquam inclinari opes ad Sabinos, rege inde sumpto videbantur,

Liv. 1, 18, 5.—

In partic.

To change, alter, and esp. for the worse, to bring down, abase, cause to decline:

se fortuna inclinaverat,

Caes. B. C. 1, 52, 3:

omnia simul inclinante fortuna,

Liv. 33, 18, 1:

ut me paululum inclinari timore viderunt, sic impulerunt,

to give way, yield, Cic. Att. 3, 13, 2:

eloquentiam,

Quint. 10, 1, 80.—

To throw upon, remove, transfer:

haec omnia in dites a pauperibus inclinata onera,

Liv. 1, 43, 9:

omnia onera, quae communia quondam fuerint, inclinasse in primores civitatis,

id. 1, 47, 12.—In gram., to form or inflect a word by a change of termination (postclass.):

(vinosus aut vitiosus) a vocabulis, non a verbo inclinata sunt,

Gell. 3, 12, 3; 4, 9, 12; 18, 5, 9:

partim hoc in loco adverbium est, neque in casus inclinatur,

id. 10, 13, 1.—

Neutr., to bend, turn, incline, decline, sink.

Lit. (rare, and not in Cic.):

paulum inclinare necesse est corpora,

Lucr. 2, 243:

sol inclinat,

Juv. 3, 316:

inclinare meridiem sentis,

Hor. C. 3, 28, 5 (for which:

sol se inclinavit,

Liv. 9, 32, 6;

v. above I. A. 1.): in vesperam inclinabat dies,

Curt. 6, 11, 9.—

In partic., in milit. lang., to yield, give way:

ita conflixerunt, ut aliquamdin in neutram partem inclinarent acies,

Liv. 7, 33, 7:

in fugam,

id. 34, 28 fin.:

inclinantes jam legiones,

Tac. A. 1, 64; id. H. 3, 83.—

To change for the worse, turn, fail:

si fortuna belli inclinet,

Liv. 3, 61, 5:

inde initia magistratuum nostrum meliora ferme, et finis inclinat,

Tac. A. 15, 21. —

Trop., to incline to, be favorably disposed towards any thing (also in Cic.):

si se dant et sua sponte quo impellimus, inclinant et propendent, etc.,

Cic. de Or. 2, 44, 187:

ecquid inclinent ad meum consilium adjuvandum,

id. Att. 12, 29, 2:

ad voluptatem audientium,

Quint. 2, 10, 10:

in stirpem regiam studiis,

Curt. 10, 7, 12:

amicus dulcis, Cum mea compenset vitiis bona, pluribus hisce... inclinet,

Hor. S. 1, 3, 71:

cum sententia senatus inclinaret ad pacem cum Pyrrho foedusque faciendum,

Cic. de Sen. 6, 16:

color ad crocum inclinans,

Plin. 27, 12, 105, § 128: omnia repente ad Romanos inclinaverunt. turned in favor of, Liv. 26, 40, 14. — With ut:

ut belli causa dictatorem creatum arbitrer, inclinat animus,

Liv. 7, 9, 5:

multorum eo inclinabant sententiae, ut tempus pugnae differretur,

id. 27, 46, 7:

hos ut sequar inclinat animus,

id. 1, 24, 2. — With inf.:

inclinavit sententia, suum in Thessaliam agmen demittere,

Liv. 32, 13, 5:

inclinavit sententia universos ire,

id. 28, 25, 15; cf. id. 22, 57, 11.— Pass.:

consules ad patrum causam inclinati,

Liv. 3, 65, 2; cf.:

inclinatis ad suspicionem mentibus,

Tac. H. 1, 81:

inclinatis ad credendum animis,

Liv. 1, 51, 7; Tac. H. 2, 1:

ad paenitentiam,

id. ib. 2, 45. —

In partic., to change, alter from its former condition (very rare):

inclinant jam fata ducum,

change, Luc. 3, 752. — Hence, in-clīnātus, a, um, P. a.

Bent down, sunken:

senectus,

Calp. 5, 13; of the voice, low, deep:

vox,

Cic. Or. 17, 56; cf.:

inclinata ululantique voce more Asiatico canere,

id. ib. 8, 27. —

Inclined, disposed, prone to any thing:

plebs ante inclinatior ad Poenos fuerat,

Liv. 23, 46, 3:

plebs ad regem Macedonasque,

id. 42, 30, 1:

ipsius imperatoris animus ad pacem inclinatior erat,

id. 34, 33, 9; Tac. H. 1, 81.—

Sunken, fallen, deteriorated:

ab excitata fortuna ad inclinatam et prope jacentem desciscere,

Cic. Fam. 2, 16, 1:

copiae,

Nep. Pelop. 5, 4.—In neutr. plur. subst.:

rerum inclinata ferre,

i. e. troubles, misfortunes, Sil. 6, 119.

immĭnĕo ( inm-), ēre, v. n. [in-mineo], to project over or towards a thing, to bend or lean towards, to hang down over, overhang (syn. impendeo).

Lit. (mostly poet.):

collis plurimus urbi Imminet,

commands, Verg. A. 1, 420; cf.:

imminens prope ipsis moenibus tumulus,

Liv. 29, 35, 7:

imminens villae tua pinus esto,

Hor. C. 3, 22, 5:

candida populus antro Imminet,

Verg. E. 9, 41:

aër his,

Ov. M. 1, 52:

caelumque quod imminet orbi,

id. ib. 2, 7:

scopulus aequoribus,

id. ib. 4, 525:

apex collis subjectis arvis,

id. ib. 7, 779:

nemus desuper,

Verg. A. 1, 165:

arbos,

Ov. M. 4, 459:

imminet e celsis audentius improba muris Virgo,

Val. Fl. 6, 681; Quint. 11, 3, 130:

choros ducit Venus imminente luna,

shining overhead, Hor. C. 1, 4, 5: cum ageretur togata, simulans, caterva tota clarissima concentione in ore impuri hominis imminens contionata est: Huic vitae tuae, etc., bending or turning towards, Cic. Sest. 55, 118; cf.:

gestu omni imminenti,

bent towards him, id. de Or. 2, 55, 225.—

Transf., to be near to a thing, to touch on, border upon.

In gen. (rare):

imminet hic, sequiturque parem, similisque tenenti Non tenet,

Ov. M. 7, 785:

tergo fugacis,

id. ib. 1, 542:

carcer imminens foro,

adjoining, Liv. 1, 33, 8:

imminentia muro aedificia,

id. 2, 33, 7.—

In partic. (like impendere and instare), in an inimical sense, to threaten, menace, by nearness or commanding position (class.):

nimis imminebat propter propinquitatem Aegina Piraeeo,

Cic. Off. 3, 11, 46; cf.:

Carthago imminere jam fructuosissimis insulis populi Romani videbatur,

id. Agr. 2, 32, 87:

certior sum factus, Parthos... Ciliciae magis imminere,

id. Att. 5, 20, 2:

imminent duo reges toti Asiae,

id. de Imp. Pomp. 5, 12:

circum insulas Italiae inminentes,

Liv. 21, 49, 1:

Mithridates Italiae quoque,

Vell. 2, 18, 4:

Parthi Latio,

Hor. C. 1, 12, 53:

Germaniae et Britanniae,

Suet. Calig. 19:

bello subegit gentem rebus populi Romani imminentem,

Cic. Rep. 2, 20:

instabat agmen Caesaris atque universum imminebat,

Caes. B. G. 1, 80 fin.:

imbrium divina avis imminentŭm,

Hor. C. 3, 27, 10:

turris ingens inminebat,

Liv. 21, 7, 7; 21, 11, 10:

inminentes tumuli,

id. 3, 7, 2. —

Trop. (class.).

To strive eagerly ofter a thing, to be eager for, to long for, be intent upon:

hujus mendicitas aviditate conjuncta in nostras fortunas imminebat,

Cic. Phil. 5, 7, 20; Liv. 30, 28, 9:

in alterius ducis exercitusque opprimendi occasionem imminebat,

id. 25, 20, 5:

huc imminet: om nes Dirigit huc sensus,

Verg. Cul. 89:

alieno imminere,

Sen. Ep. 2 fin.:

rebus,

Tac. A. 16, 14:

quod imminere emptioni publicanos videbat,

Suet. Aug. 24:

peritus rerum popularium imminensque ei potestati,

Liv. 3, 51, 9:

spei majoris honoris,

id. 4, 25, 9:

occasioni alloquendi regem,

Curt. 5, 11:

exitio conjugis,

Ov. M. 1, 146:

Verres avaritia semper hiante atque imminenti fuit,

Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 54, § 134.—

Transf. (acc. to I. B.), to be near at hand, to impend.

In gen.:

sunt qui ea, quae quotidie imminent, non videant,

Cic. Cat. 1, 12, 30:

mors, quae propter incertos casus quotidie imminet,

id. Tusc. 1, 38, 91.—

In partic., to threaten by nearness, to be imminent:

periculum, quod imminere ipsi portenderetur,

Suet. Claud. 29:

periculum ambobus,

id. Tit. 9:

imminentes undique insidiae,

id. Caes. 86:

discrimina undique,

id. Tib. 25:

summum discrimen,

Quint. 8, 4, 22:

bellum,

id. 12, 1, 43:

taedio praesentium et imminentium metu,

Suet. Vit. 15.

nixor, āri, dep. n. [1. nitor], to lean or rest upon; to strive, endeavor ( poet.).

Lit., Lucr. 6, 836; 3, 1001:

pars vulnere clauda retentat Nixantem (serpentem),

Verg. A. 5, 279 Wagner N. cr. —

Trop., to depend upon:

fundamenta, quibus nixatur vita salusque,

Lucr. 4, 506.

* * *

brillance, brightness, glow, elegance, splendor.

to rest, lean, support oneself / trust in, depend upon.

to strive, exert oneself, make an effort, persevere.

splendor, glow, elegance, brilliance, brightness.

corpus, ŏris, n. [cf. Sanscr. kar-, to make; Lat. creo], any object composed of materials perceptible by the senses, body, substance (opp. anima and animus; cf. the definition in Dig. 41, 3, 30 pr.).

Lit. (very frequent in every period and species of composition).

In gen., a body, whether living or lifeless:

tangere aut tangi nisi corpus nulla potest res,

Lucr. 1, 305:

animi voluptates et dolores nasci fatemur e corporis voluptatibus et doloribus, etc.,

Cic. Fin. 1, 17, 55; cf. id. Tusc. 4, 10, 23:

vita, quae corpore et spiritu continetur,

id. Marcell. 9, 28:

parvissima quaeque Corpora constabunt ex partibus infinitis,

Lucr. 1, 617:

ignea rerum,

id. 1, 680:

terraï,

id. 5, 236:

acerbum Neptuni,

id. 2, 472:

aquae,

id. 2, 232 et saep.— Poet., plur. for sing.:

nudabant corpora (nymphae) venti,

Ov. M. 1, 527; Tib. 1, 8, 52 (cf. sômata, Soph. Elec. 1232).—

In partic.

The flesh of animal bodies:

ossa subjecta corpori,

Cic. N. D. 2, 55, 139; cf. Quint. 1, prooem. § 24;

12, 10, 5: amittere,

to become poor, lean, Lucr. 1, 1038; Cic. Fam. 7, 26, 2 fin.; cf.:

abiit corpusque colorque,

Ov. H. 3, 141;

and the opp. facere,

to become fat, to thrive, Cels. 7, 3 fin.; cf.:

quo cibo fecisti tantum corporis,

Phaedr. 3, 7, 5.—In a play upon words:

inque omni nusquam corpore corpus erat,

Mart. Spect. 7, 6.—

Transf., the wood under the bark of a tree, Plin. 17, 24, 37, § 234.—Of discourse:

nervis illis, quibus causa continetur, adiciunt superinducti corporis speciem,

the covering, integument, Quint. 5, 8, 2; 2, 10, 5:

corpus eloquentiae facere,

the substance, the most essential part, id. 10, 1, 87; cf.:

corpus orationis enervatur,

Petr. 2.—

A lifeless body, a corpse, Caes. B. G. 2, 10; 2, 27; Liv. 32, 13, 8 et saep.; Ov. M. 7, 548; id. F. 2, 835 al.—In a double sense, Cic. Sull. 31, 89 Halm.— Poet., the souls of the dead, the shades or departed spirits, Verg. A. 6, 303; 6, 306.—

As opposed to the head, the trunk, Ov. M. 11, 794.—

In mal. part., the body, person:

usuram ejus corporis cepit sibi,

Plaut. Am. prol. 108:

illa quae corpus puplicat volgo suum,

id. Bacch. 4, 8, 22; id. Cist. 2, 3, 21; cf.:

corpore quaestum facere,

id. Poen. 5, 3, 21 al.;

v. quaestus.— Hence also,

the testicles, Phaedr. 3, 11, 3; Hor. S. 1, 2, 43.—

Periphrastically for the individual, the person (esp. poet., to suggest that which is physically admirable or excellent;

also freq. in the histt.): delecta virum corpora,

Verg. A. 2, 18; cf.:

lectissima matrum,

id. ib. 9, 272:

quo pulchrior alter non fuit, excepto corpore Turni,

id. ib. 7, 650;

11, 690: septena quot annis Corpora natorum,

id. ib. 6, 22:

ultor vestrae, fidissima corpora, mortis,

Ov. M. 3, 58; 7, 655:

sororum,

Sil. 14, 105; Val. Fl. 2, 653:

conjugum vestraque ac liberorum vestrorum,

Liv. 21, 13, 7; Tac. A. 4, 72 et saep.:

uti corpora nostra ab injuriā tuta forent,

Sall. C. 33, 2; Liv. 9, 8, 5; 31, 46, 16:

qui liberum corpus (sc. Virginiam) in servitutem addixissent,

id. 3, 56, 8; so,

liberum,

Sall. C. 33, 2; Liv. 5, 22, 1; 29, 21, 6; Plin. Pan. 33, 1.—Of animals: corpora [p. 473] magna boum, heads, Verg. G. 3, 369:

seu quis Pascit equos... Corpora praecipue matrum legat,

id. ib. 3, 51; id. A. 1, 193:

pro tribus corporibus triginta milia talentum auri precatur accipias,

Curt. 4, 11, 6.—

Meton., a whole composed of parts united, a body, frame, system, structure, community, corporation, etc.;

of ships,

the framework, Caes. B. C. 1, 54.—Of fortifications:

totum corpus coronā militum cingere,

Caes. B. G. 7, 72.—Of a land:

Sicilia dirempta velut a corpore majore,

Just. 4, 1, 1.—Of the state:

alterum (praeceptum Platonis), ut totum corpus rei publicae curent, nec dum partem aliquam tuentur, reliquas deserant,

Cic. Off. 1, 25, 85:

quae (multitudo) coalescere in populi unius corpus poterat,

Liv. 1, 8, 1; cf. id. 34, 9, 3; and:

nullum civitatis,

a political body, id. 26, 16, 9; 38, 9, 12; Tac. G. 39; Just. 3, 2, 2:

totum corpus Macedoniae,

id. 7, 1, 12; Liv. 26, 16, 9:

sui corporis regem creari,

id. 1, 17, 2:

corpus mercatorum,

guild, Ambros. Ep. 20, 6:

corpori valido caput deerat (sc. exercitui dux),

Liv. 5, 46, 5:

oriundi ab Sabinis sui corporis creari regem volebant,

id. 1, 17, 2; cf. id. 4, 9, 4; 6, 34, 5 al.:

fabrorum et naviculariorum,

Dig. 50, 6, 5:

utros ejus habueris libros... duo enim sunt corpora... an utrosque, nescio,

Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 11 (13), 4; so of a book, id. Fam. 5, 12, 4; Sen. Tranq. 9, 6; Suet. Gram. 6; Dig. 32, 50 al.; cf.:

corpus omnis Romani juris,

Liv. 3, 34, 7;

hence, Corpus Juris,

title of a Roman collection of laws, Cod. Just. 5, 13:

rationum,

Dig. 40, 5, 37:

patrimonii,

ib. 4, 2, 20:

omnia maternae hereditatis,

ib. 4, 31, 79.

cūrĭōsus, a, um, adj. [cura].

(Acc. to cura, I.) Bestowing care or pains upon a thing, applying one's self assiduously, careful, diligent, thoughtful, devoted (class.; esp. freq. in Cic.).

In gen.

With in or ad:

in omni historiā curiosus,

Cic. Tusc. 1, 45, 108:

si me nihilo minus nosti curiosum in re publicā quam te,

id. Att. 5, 14, 3:

ad investigandum curiosior,

id. Fam. 4, 13, 5.—

With gen. (post-Aug.):

medicinae,

Plin. 25, 2, 3, § 7:

memoriae,

Aur. Vict. Caes. 20 fin.:

curiosissimus famae suae,

Capitol. Anton. Philos. 20.—

With circa:

circa uxoris pudicitiam minus curiosus fuit,

Capitol. Pert. 13, 8.—

Absol.:

non quidem doctus, sed curiosus,

Petr. 46, 6; so,

pictor,

id. 29, 4:

felicitas Horatii,

id. 118, 5:

manus,

id. 13, 1:

consilia,

Quint. 7, 5, 2:

interpolatione,

Plin. 13, 12, 23, § 75 al. —

With the access. idea of excess, too eager:

est etiam supervacua (ut sic dixerim) operositas, ut a diligenti curiosus et a religione superstitio distat,

Quint. 8, 3, 55.—

In partic., inquiring eagerly or anxiously about a thing, inquiring into, in a good or bad sense; curious, inquisitive.

In gen.:

ne curiosissimi quidem homines exquirendo audire tam multa possunt, quam, etc.,

Cic. N. D. 1, 35, 97; id. Fam. 3, 1, 1; Varr. R. R. 2, 3, 5; Quint. 1, 8, 21; 11, 3, 143; * Hor. Epod. 17, 77 al.:

curiosis oculis perspici non possit,

Cic. Sest. 9, 22.—

Implying censure ( = polupragmôn), meddlesome, officious, curious, prying, inquisitive:

primum patere me esse curiosum,

Cic. Fl. 29, 70; id. Fin. 2, 9, 28 Madv.; 1, 1, 3; id. Att. 15, 26, 5; cf.:

quare ut homini curioso ita perscribe ad me,

id. ib. 4, 11, 2:

curiosum aliquem extimescere,

Petr. 127:

Quae (basia) nec pernumerare curiosi Possint,

Cat. 7, 11 Ellis ad loc.—

Post-Aug., subst.: cūrĭōsus, i, m., of one who is prying, a spy, scout:

curiosum ac speculatorem ratus,

Suet. Aug. 27.—Later, a class of secret spies, secret police, an informer, etc.; cf. Cod. Just. 12, tit. 23: De Curiosis et Stationariis al.—

(Acc. to cura, II.) Lit., that injures himself by care; hence, transf., emaciated, wasted, lean:

belua,

Plaut. Aul. 3, 6, 26 (v. the passage in connection); cf.: nempe ille vivit carie curiosior, Afran. ap. Non. p. 21, 28 (Com. Rel. v. 250 Rib.).— Adv.: cūrĭŏsē.

(Acc. to I. A.) With care, carefully:

involvendus vestimentis,

Cels. 2, 17; cf. Petr. 63, 6; Col. 12, 55, 2:

cavere,

Suet. Aug. 40 al. — Comp., Vitr. 7, 4.— Sup., Col. 11, 2, 18.—

Too nicely, carefully, or particularly:

curiose potius quam Latine loqui,

Quint. 8, 1, 2.—

(Acc. to I. B. 2.) Inquisitively, curiously:

inquirerem,

Suet. Vesp. 1.— Comp.:

curiosius conquiram,

Cic. Brut. 35, 133:

facere aliquid,

id. N. D. 1, 5, 10:

animadvertunt ea, quae domi fiunt (pueri),

id. Fin. 5, 15, 42.

nixŭrĭo, īre, v. a. desid. [nixus, from nitor], to wish to lean or rest upon:

nixurit qui niti vult et in conatu saepius aliquā re perpellitur,

Nigid. 144, 20.—

Transf., for parturio, to wish to bring forth: nixurio, philotokeô, Gloss. Philox.