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fingo, finxi, fictum, 3, v. a. [Sanscr. dih-, dēhmi, smear; Gr. thig, thinganô, touch; whence figulus, figura, etc.; prop., to handle].

Lit.

To touch, handle, stroke, touch gently (rare):

mulcere alternos, et corpora fingere lingua,

Verg. A. 8, 634:

saepe manus aegras manibus fingebat amicis,

Ov. F. 5, 409.—

Esp., to form, shape, fashion, frame, make (class.), whence also figulus:

esse aliquam vim, quae finxerit, vel, ut tuo verbo utar, quae fabricata sit hominem,

Cic. Ac. 2, 27, 87; cf.:

ab aliquo deo ficti esse videantur,

id. de Or. 1, 25, 115:

fingere et construere nidos,

build, id. ib. 2, 6, 23:

favos,

id. Off. 1, 44, 157:

ut illa bestia fetum ederet informem, lambendo postgea fingeret, etc.,

Gell. 17, 10, 3.—

In partic.

Of the plastic art, to form or fashion by art (in wax, clay, stone, etc.), to mould or model, as a statuary:

quorum alterum fingere opinor e cera solitum esse, alterum esse pictorem,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 13, § 30; cf.:

in ceris aut fictilibus figuris,

id. N. D. 1, 26, 71:

similitudines ex argilla,

Plin. 35, 12, 43, § 151; cf.

, sarcastically: hic homullus, ex argilla et luto fictus Epicurus,

Cic. Pis. 25, 59:

pocula de humo,

Ov. Tr. 2, 489:

Alexander ab Apelle potissimum pingi et a Lysippo fingi volebat... qui neque pictam neque fictam imaginem suam passus est esse, etc.,

Cic. Fam. 5, 12, 7; cf.:

fingendi ars,

of making statues, statuary, id. de Or. 3, 7, 26:

corpora fingendo pingendove efficere,

Quint. 5, 12, 21.—

With the access. notion of arranging, adorning, etc., to set to rights, arrange; to adorn, dress, trim ( poet. syn.:

componere, excolere, ornare): Bene cum lauta est (mulier), tersa, ornata, ficta est: infecta est tamen,

Plaut. Stich. 5, 5, 4:

cum se non finxerit ulli,

Ov. R. Am. 341:

isti ficti, compositi, crispi cincinni,

Plaut. Truc. 2, 2, 32; cf.:

canas fingere comas,

Tib. 1, 2, 92:

comas presso pollice,

Prop. 3, 10 (4, 9), 14; Ov. A. A. 1, 306; Mart. 6, 57; cf.:

comas auro,

Stat. Th. 5, 228:

crinem,

Verg. A. 4, 148; cf. also Phaedr. 2, 2, 9:

vitem putando,

Verg. G. 2, 407 Forbig.—

With the access. notion of untruth, to alter, change, for the purpose of dissembling:

hi neque vultum fingere, neque interdum lacrimas tenere poterant,

Caes. B. G. 1, 39, 4; cf.:

vultus quoque hominum fingit scelus,

i. e. makes men change countenance, Ter. Heaut. 5, 1, 14.

Trop.

In gen., to form, fashion, make: Ly. multa eveniunt homini quae [p. 751] volt, quae nevolt. Ph. Mentire, gnate, nam sapiens quidem pol ipsus fingit fortunam sibi, Plaut. Trin. 2, 2, 84; cf.

the vv. foll.: natura fingit homines et creat imitatores et narratores facetos,

Cic. de Or. 2, 54, 219:

animos fingere, formare,

id. Brut. 38, 142: cf.:

moderari et fingere mentem ac voluntates,

id. Leg. 3, 18, 40:

ea quae nobis non possumus fingere, vultus, facies, sonus,

id. de Or. 1, 28, 127: formam totius rei publicae velim mittas, ex qua me fingere possim, regulate myself, i. e. proceed, act, id. Att. 6, 3, 4; cf.:

ad eorum (qui audiunt) arbitrium et nutum totos se fingunt et accommodant,

id. Or. 8, 24:

ea (verba) nos sicut mollissimam ceram ad nostrum arbitrium formamus et fingimus,

id. de Or. 3, 45, 177; cf.

also: arbitrio fingere,

id. Brut. 79, 274:

fortuna humana fingit artatque ut lubet,

Plaut. Capt. 2, 2, 54; cf.:

vitam subito flecti fingique posse,

shaped, directed, Cic. Sull. 28, 79; cf. id. ib. 25, 69:

jure erat semper idem voltus, cum mentis, a qua is fingitur, nulla fieret mutatio,

id. Tusc. 3, 15, 31; cf.:

circumspexit amictus et finxit vultum,

composed, Ov. M. 4, 318:

lingua vocem immoderate profusam fingit et terminat,

forms, Cic. N. D. 2, 59, 149; cf.:

Peripateticorum institutis commodius fingeretur oratio,

id. Brut. 31, 119: ego apis Matinae more modoque operosa parvus carmina fingo (like the Gr. plattô), make, compose, Hor. C. 4, 2, 32:

carmina,

id. Ep. 2, 1, 227; id. A. P. 331; 240:

versus,

id. ib. 382:

poëmata,

Suet. Tit. 3:

opprobria in quemvis,

Hor. Ep. 1, 15, 30.—

In partic.

With a double predicate, to form, make into something or in a certain manner:

finxit te ipsa natura ad honestatem, gravitatem... ad omnes denique virtutes magnum hominem et excelsum,

Cic. Mur. 29, 60:

nec, si miserum fortuna Sinonem Finxit, vanum etiam mendacemque improba finget,

Verg. A. 2, 79:

(illum) spissae nemorum comae Fingent Aeolio carmine nobilem,

Hor. C. 4, 3, 12:

di bene fecerunt, inopis me quodque pusilli Finxerunt animi,

id. S. 1, 4, 18: timui, mea me finxisse minora putarer Dissimulator opis propriae, to have lessened, i. e. purposely disparaged it, id. Ep. 1, 9, 8.—

To form by instruction, to instruct, teach, train:

idem mire finxit filium,

i. e. caused him to play his part, Ter. Heaut. 5, 1, 25; cf.:

voce paterna Fingeris ad rectum,

Hor. A. P. 367:

fingitur artibus,

id. C. 3, 6, 22:

fingit equum tenera docilem cervice magister Ire viam, qua monstret eques,

id. Ep. 1, 2, 64.—

To form mentally or in speech, to represent in thought, to imagine, conceive, think, suppose; to sketch out:

fingite animis... fingite cogitatione imaginem hujus condicionis meae, etc.,

Cic. Mil. 29, 79; cf.:

omnia quae cogitatione nobismet ipsi possumus fingere,

id. N. D. 3, 18, 47:

fingere animo,

id. de Sen. 12, 41: cf.

also: animo et cogitatione,

id. Tusc. 5, 24, 68:

ex sua natura ceteros,

to conceive of, id. Rosc. Am. 9, 26:

quid magis exercitum dici aut fingi potest?

id. Mil. 2, 5:

maleficium,

id. Rosc. Am. 40, 116:

tu, stulta, deos, tu fingis inania vera,

Prop. 3, 20 (4, 19), 5:

qui utilitatum causa fingunt amicitias,

suppose, Cic. Lael. 14, 51:

principatum sibi ipse opinionis errore finxerat,

had imagined to himself, id. Off. 1, 8, 26:

in summo oratore fingendo,

in representing, sketching out, id. Or. 2, 7:

finge tamen te improbulum,

Juv. 5, 72.—

With double acc.:

quod si qui me astutiorem fingit,

Cic. Fam. 3, 8, 6:

Tiresiam sapientem fingunt poetae... at vero Polyphemum Homerus immanem finxit,

id. Tusc. 5, 39, 115.—

With an object-clause, and in pass., with a subject-clause:

finge, aliquem nunc fierisapientem, nondum esse,

suppose, Cic. Ac. 2, 36, 117:

finge solum natum nothum,

Quint. 3, 6, 100.—Ellipt.: interfecti aliqui sunt;

finge a nobis,

assume, grant, Liv. 39, 37, 11:

fingamus Alexandrum dari nobis,

Quint. 1, 1, 24:

non omnia corpora fingunt in medium niti,

Lucr. 1, 1083; cf. id. 2, 175:

qui naufragus fingitur se suspendisse,

Quint. 8, 5, 22:

qui suos artus morsu lacerasset, fingitur in scholis supra se cubasse,

id. 8, 2, 20.—

Pregn., with the access. notion of creating by thinking, to contrive, devise, invent, feign something (esp. untrue):

argento comparando fingere fallaciam,

Plaut. As. 2, 1, 2; 4:

fallacias,

Ter. Heaut. 3, 2, 22:

fallaciam,

id. And. 1, 3, 15; cf.: nonne ad senem aliquam fabricam fingit? id. Heaut. 3, 2, 34:

fingit causas, ne det, sedulo,

id. Eun. 1, 2, 58:

falsas causas ad discordiam,

id. Hec. 4, 4, 71:

si mihi aliquam (rem publicam), ut apud Platonem Socrates, ipse finxero,

Cic. Rep. 2, 1 fin.; cf. id. ib. 2, 11:

ex eventis fingere,

id. Fam. 6, 6, 4:

(crimina) in istum fingere,

id. Verr. 1, 5, 15:

ea quae sunt in usu vitaque communi, non ea, quae finguntur aut optantur,

id. Lael. 5, 18:

in faciem moresque meos nova crimina fingis,

Ov. H. 12, 177:

fingere qui non visa potest, commissa tacere Qui nequit,

Hor. S. 1, 4, 84:

quaelibet in quemvis opprobria fingere,

id. Ep. 1, 15, 30:

finguntur et testamenta,

Quint. 7, 4, 39:

nemo dolorem fingit in hoc casu,

Juv. 13, 132: qui sub obtentu monituum deorum scientes eos fingunt, Mos. et Rom. Leg. Coll. 15, 2, 6. —With double acc.:

bonois se ac liberales,

Sen. Ben. 4, 17, 3.—With inf.:

ignorare fingit,

Claud. in Eutrop. 2, 306.—Hence, fic-tus, a, um, P. a., feigned, fictitious, false:

in amicitia nihil fictum est, nihil simulatum,

Cic. Lael. 8, 26; cf. id. ib. 18, 65:

ficto officio et simulata sedultiate conjunctus,

id. Caecin. 5, 14:

in re ficta (opp. in vera),

id. Lael. 7, 24:

falsum est id totum neque solum fictum, sed etiam imperite absurdeque fictum,

id. Rep. 2, 15:

commenticii et ficti dii,

id. N. D. 2, 28, 70:

fabula,

id. Off. 3, 9, 39:

in rebus fictis et adumbratis,

id. Lael. 26, 97:

amor,

Lucr. 4, 1192:

gemitus,

Ov. M. 6, 565:

cunctatio,

Tac. A. 1, 46:

ficto pectore fatur,

Verg. A. 2, 107.— Poet. and in post-Aug. prose also, of persons:

pro bene sano Ac non incauto fictum astutumque vocamus,

dissembling, false, Hor. S. 1, 3, 62:

alii fictum (eum), ingratum, immemorem loquuntur,

Plin. Ep. 8, 18, 3;

but: ficta pellice plorat,

imaginary, Juv. 6, 272.— Poet., subst.: fictum, i, n., deception, fiction:

ficti pravique tenax,

Verg. A. 4, 188:

jam consumpserat omnem Materiam ficti,

Ov. M. 9, 767.—Adverb.:

fictumque in colla minatus, Crura subit,

Stat. Th. 6, 876.— Adv.: ficte, feignedly, fictitiously:

ficte et simulate quaestus causa insusurrare,

Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 4, § 13:

ficte reconciliata gratia,

id. Fam. 3, 12, 4.

fingo, finxi, fictum, 3, v. a. [Sanscr. dih-, dēhmi, smear; Gr. thig, thinganô, touch; whence figulus, figura, etc.; prop., to handle].

Lit.

To touch, handle, stroke, touch gently (rare):

mulcere alternos, et corpora fingere lingua,

Verg. A. 8, 634:

saepe manus aegras manibus fingebat amicis,

Ov. F. 5, 409.—

Esp., to form, shape, fashion, frame, make (class.), whence also figulus:

esse aliquam vim, quae finxerit, vel, ut tuo verbo utar, quae fabricata sit hominem,

Cic. Ac. 2, 27, 87; cf.:

ab aliquo deo ficti esse videantur,

id. de Or. 1, 25, 115:

fingere et construere nidos,

build, id. ib. 2, 6, 23:

favos,

id. Off. 1, 44, 157:

ut illa bestia fetum ederet informem, lambendo postgea fingeret, etc.,

Gell. 17, 10, 3.—

In partic.

Of the plastic art, to form or fashion by art (in wax, clay, stone, etc.), to mould or model, as a statuary:

quorum alterum fingere opinor e cera solitum esse, alterum esse pictorem,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 13, § 30; cf.:

in ceris aut fictilibus figuris,

id. N. D. 1, 26, 71:

similitudines ex argilla,

Plin. 35, 12, 43, § 151; cf.

, sarcastically: hic homullus, ex argilla et luto fictus Epicurus,

Cic. Pis. 25, 59:

pocula de humo,

Ov. Tr. 2, 489:

Alexander ab Apelle potissimum pingi et a Lysippo fingi volebat... qui neque pictam neque fictam imaginem suam passus est esse, etc.,

Cic. Fam. 5, 12, 7; cf.:

fingendi ars,

of making statues, statuary, id. de Or. 3, 7, 26:

corpora fingendo pingendove efficere,

Quint. 5, 12, 21.—

With the access. notion of arranging, adorning, etc., to set to rights, arrange; to adorn, dress, trim ( poet. syn.:

componere, excolere, ornare): Bene cum lauta est (mulier), tersa, ornata, ficta est: infecta est tamen,

Plaut. Stich. 5, 5, 4:

cum se non finxerit ulli,

Ov. R. Am. 341:

isti ficti, compositi, crispi cincinni,

Plaut. Truc. 2, 2, 32; cf.:

canas fingere comas,

Tib. 1, 2, 92:

comas presso pollice,

Prop. 3, 10 (4, 9), 14; Ov. A. A. 1, 306; Mart. 6, 57; cf.:

comas auro,

Stat. Th. 5, 228:

crinem,

Verg. A. 4, 148; cf. also Phaedr. 2, 2, 9:

vitem putando,

Verg. G. 2, 407 Forbig.—

With the access. notion of untruth, to alter, change, for the purpose of dissembling:

hi neque vultum fingere, neque interdum lacrimas tenere poterant,

Caes. B. G. 1, 39, 4; cf.:

vultus quoque hominum fingit scelus,

i. e. makes men change countenance, Ter. Heaut. 5, 1, 14.

Trop.

In gen., to form, fashion, make: Ly. multa eveniunt homini quae [p. 751] volt, quae nevolt. Ph. Mentire, gnate, nam sapiens quidem pol ipsus fingit fortunam sibi, Plaut. Trin. 2, 2, 84; cf.

the vv. foll.: natura fingit homines et creat imitatores et narratores facetos,

Cic. de Or. 2, 54, 219:

animos fingere, formare,

id. Brut. 38, 142: cf.:

moderari et fingere mentem ac voluntates,

id. Leg. 3, 18, 40:

ea quae nobis non possumus fingere, vultus, facies, sonus,

id. de Or. 1, 28, 127: formam totius rei publicae velim mittas, ex qua me fingere possim, regulate myself, i. e. proceed, act, id. Att. 6, 3, 4; cf.:

ad eorum (qui audiunt) arbitrium et nutum totos se fingunt et accommodant,

id. Or. 8, 24:

ea (verba) nos sicut mollissimam ceram ad nostrum arbitrium formamus et fingimus,

id. de Or. 3, 45, 177; cf.

also: arbitrio fingere,

id. Brut. 79, 274:

fortuna humana fingit artatque ut lubet,

Plaut. Capt. 2, 2, 54; cf.:

vitam subito flecti fingique posse,

shaped, directed, Cic. Sull. 28, 79; cf. id. ib. 25, 69:

jure erat semper idem voltus, cum mentis, a qua is fingitur, nulla fieret mutatio,

id. Tusc. 3, 15, 31; cf.:

circumspexit amictus et finxit vultum,

composed, Ov. M. 4, 318:

lingua vocem immoderate profusam fingit et terminat,

forms, Cic. N. D. 2, 59, 149; cf.:

Peripateticorum institutis commodius fingeretur oratio,

id. Brut. 31, 119: ego apis Matinae more modoque operosa parvus carmina fingo (like the Gr. plattô), make, compose, Hor. C. 4, 2, 32:

carmina,

id. Ep. 2, 1, 227; id. A. P. 331; 240:

versus,

id. ib. 382:

poëmata,

Suet. Tit. 3:

opprobria in quemvis,

Hor. Ep. 1, 15, 30.—

In partic.

With a double predicate, to form, make into something or in a certain manner:

finxit te ipsa natura ad honestatem, gravitatem... ad omnes denique virtutes magnum hominem et excelsum,

Cic. Mur. 29, 60:

nec, si miserum fortuna Sinonem Finxit, vanum etiam mendacemque improba finget,

Verg. A. 2, 79:

(illum) spissae nemorum comae Fingent Aeolio carmine nobilem,

Hor. C. 4, 3, 12:

di bene fecerunt, inopis me quodque pusilli Finxerunt animi,

id. S. 1, 4, 18: timui, mea me finxisse minora putarer Dissimulator opis propriae, to have lessened, i. e. purposely disparaged it, id. Ep. 1, 9, 8.—

To form by instruction, to instruct, teach, train:

idem mire finxit filium,

i. e. caused him to play his part, Ter. Heaut. 5, 1, 25; cf.:

voce paterna Fingeris ad rectum,

Hor. A. P. 367:

fingitur artibus,

id. C. 3, 6, 22:

fingit equum tenera docilem cervice magister Ire viam, qua monstret eques,

id. Ep. 1, 2, 64.—

To form mentally or in speech, to represent in thought, to imagine, conceive, think, suppose; to sketch out:

fingite animis... fingite cogitatione imaginem hujus condicionis meae, etc.,

Cic. Mil. 29, 79; cf.:

omnia quae cogitatione nobismet ipsi possumus fingere,

id. N. D. 3, 18, 47:

fingere animo,

id. de Sen. 12, 41: cf.

also: animo et cogitatione,

id. Tusc. 5, 24, 68:

ex sua natura ceteros,

to conceive of, id. Rosc. Am. 9, 26:

quid magis exercitum dici aut fingi potest?

id. Mil. 2, 5:

maleficium,

id. Rosc. Am. 40, 116:

tu, stulta, deos, tu fingis inania vera,

Prop. 3, 20 (4, 19), 5:

qui utilitatum causa fingunt amicitias,

suppose, Cic. Lael. 14, 51:

principatum sibi ipse opinionis errore finxerat,

had imagined to himself, id. Off. 1, 8, 26:

in summo oratore fingendo,

in representing, sketching out, id. Or. 2, 7:

finge tamen te improbulum,

Juv. 5, 72.—

With double acc.:

quod si qui me astutiorem fingit,

Cic. Fam. 3, 8, 6:

Tiresiam sapientem fingunt poetae... at vero Polyphemum Homerus immanem finxit,

id. Tusc. 5, 39, 115.—

With an object-clause, and in pass., with a subject-clause:

finge, aliquem nunc fierisapientem, nondum esse,

suppose, Cic. Ac. 2, 36, 117:

finge solum natum nothum,

Quint. 3, 6, 100.—Ellipt.: interfecti aliqui sunt;

finge a nobis,

assume, grant, Liv. 39, 37, 11:

fingamus Alexandrum dari nobis,

Quint. 1, 1, 24:

non omnia corpora fingunt in medium niti,

Lucr. 1, 1083; cf. id. 2, 175:

qui naufragus fingitur se suspendisse,

Quint. 8, 5, 22:

qui suos artus morsu lacerasset, fingitur in scholis supra se cubasse,

id. 8, 2, 20.—

Pregn., with the access. notion of creating by thinking, to contrive, devise, invent, feign something (esp. untrue):

argento comparando fingere fallaciam,

Plaut. As. 2, 1, 2; 4:

fallacias,

Ter. Heaut. 3, 2, 22:

fallaciam,

id. And. 1, 3, 15; cf.: nonne ad senem aliquam fabricam fingit? id. Heaut. 3, 2, 34:

fingit causas, ne det, sedulo,

id. Eun. 1, 2, 58:

falsas causas ad discordiam,

id. Hec. 4, 4, 71:

si mihi aliquam (rem publicam), ut apud Platonem Socrates, ipse finxero,

Cic. Rep. 2, 1 fin.; cf. id. ib. 2, 11:

ex eventis fingere,

id. Fam. 6, 6, 4:

(crimina) in istum fingere,

id. Verr. 1, 5, 15:

ea quae sunt in usu vitaque communi, non ea, quae finguntur aut optantur,

id. Lael. 5, 18:

in faciem moresque meos nova crimina fingis,

Ov. H. 12, 177:

fingere qui non visa potest, commissa tacere Qui nequit,

Hor. S. 1, 4, 84:

quaelibet in quemvis opprobria fingere,

id. Ep. 1, 15, 30:

finguntur et testamenta,

Quint. 7, 4, 39:

nemo dolorem fingit in hoc casu,

Juv. 13, 132: qui sub obtentu monituum deorum scientes eos fingunt, Mos. et Rom. Leg. Coll. 15, 2, 6. —With double acc.:

bonois se ac liberales,

Sen. Ben. 4, 17, 3.—With inf.:

ignorare fingit,

Claud. in Eutrop. 2, 306.—Hence, fic-tus, a, um, P. a., feigned, fictitious, false:

in amicitia nihil fictum est, nihil simulatum,

Cic. Lael. 8, 26; cf. id. ib. 18, 65:

ficto officio et simulata sedultiate conjunctus,

id. Caecin. 5, 14:

in re ficta (opp. in vera),

id. Lael. 7, 24:

falsum est id totum neque solum fictum, sed etiam imperite absurdeque fictum,

id. Rep. 2, 15:

commenticii et ficti dii,

id. N. D. 2, 28, 70:

fabula,

id. Off. 3, 9, 39:

in rebus fictis et adumbratis,

id. Lael. 26, 97:

amor,

Lucr. 4, 1192:

gemitus,

Ov. M. 6, 565:

cunctatio,

Tac. A. 1, 46:

ficto pectore fatur,

Verg. A. 2, 107.— Poet. and in post-Aug. prose also, of persons:

pro bene sano Ac non incauto fictum astutumque vocamus,

dissembling, false, Hor. S. 1, 3, 62:

alii fictum (eum), ingratum, immemorem loquuntur,

Plin. Ep. 8, 18, 3;

but: ficta pellice plorat,

imaginary, Juv. 6, 272.— Poet., subst.: fictum, i, n., deception, fiction:

ficti pravique tenax,

Verg. A. 4, 188:

jam consumpserat omnem Materiam ficti,

Ov. M. 9, 767.—Adverb.:

fictumque in colla minatus, Crura subit,

Stat. Th. 6, 876.— Adv.: ficte, feignedly, fictitiously:

ficte et simulate quaestus causa insusurrare,

Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 4, § 13:

ficte reconciliata gratia,

id. Fam. 3, 12, 4.

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dē-scrībo, psi, ptum (in MSS. and edd. often confounded with discribo, q. v.), 3, v. a.

To copy off, transcribe any thing from an original (freq. in Cic.;

elsewh. rare): scripsit Balbus ad me, se a te (i. e. e tuo exemplo) quintum de Finibus librum descripsisse,

Cic. Att. 13, 21; cf. id. Ac. 2, 4, 11:

epistolam,

id. Att. 8, 9; id. Fam. 12, 17, 2;

12, 7, 22: legem,

Suet. Cal. 41; id. Dom. 20; so, to write down, write out:

carmina in foliis,

Verg. A. 3, 445;

in carved letters: in viridi cortice carmina,

id. E. 5, 14.— Class. and far more freq.,

To sketch off, to describe in painting, writing, etc.: delineare, definire.

Lit.:

non potuit pictor rectius describere ejus formam,

Plaut. As. 2, 3, 22; so,

geometricas formas in harena,

Cic. Rep. 1, 17 fin.:

formas in pulvere,

Liv. 25, 31; cf. Cic. Fin. 5, 19; id. Clu. 32, 87; id. Sen. 14, 49:

sphaeram,

id. Rep. 1, 14; cf.

caelum,

Varr. R. R. 2, 1, 7:

caeli meatus radio,

Verg. A. 6, 851; cf. id. E. 3, 41:

vitam votivā tabellā,

Hor. S. 2, 1, 33 et saep.—

Trop.

To represent, delineate, describe:

malos mores,

Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 165; cf.:

hominum sermones moresque,

Cic. Or. 40, 138:

definienda res erit verbis et breviter describenda,

id. Inv. 1, 8 fin:

qualem (mulierem) ego paulo ante descripsi,

id. Cael. 20, 50; id. Phil. 2, 44; id. Sull. 29 fin.:

me latronem ac sicarium,

id. Mil. 18, 47:

si quis erat dignus describi, quod malus ac fur, etc.,

Hor. S. 1, 4, 3:

malo carmine,

id. Ep. 2, 1, 154; Quint. 3, 4, 3:

vulnera Parthi,

Hor. S. 2, 1, 15:

lucum, aram Dianae, flumen Rhenum, pluvium arcum,

id. A. P. 18 et saep.:

praecepta,

id. S. 2, 3, 34:

facta versibus,

Nep. Att. 18, 6. —Rarely

with acc. and inf.:

nec qui descripsit corrumpi semina matrum,

Ov. Tr. 2, 415; Gell. 9, 1.— Part. subst.: dēscrip-ta, ōrum, n.:

recitari factorum dictorumque ejus descripta per dies jussit,

the diary, Tac. A. 6, 24.—

To mark off, define, divide, distribute into parts. (But whenever the notion of distribution or division is implied, the form discribo seems to have been used by class. writers; and is now restored where de-scr. is found in earlier edd., e.g. Cic. Rep. 2, 8; id. de Or. 2, 71, 288; id. Sest. 30, 66 et saep.) Cf.:

libertinos in quatuor urbanas tribus,

Liv. 45, 15:

annum in duodecim menses,

Liv. 1, 19; Flor. 1, 2, 2. —Without in.:

commode omnes descripti, aetates, classes, equitatus,

Cic. Rep. 4, 2; and:

classes centuriasque et hunc ordinem ex censu descripsit,

Liv. 1, 42:

terram,

Vulg. Jos. 18, 6 al. et saep.—

Aliquid (alicui), to ascribe, apportion, appoint, assign to any one (cf. remark, no. 2 supra); cf.: vecturas frumenti finitimis civitatibus, * Caes. B. C. 3, 42, 4; Liv. 1, 32 al.:

officia,

to define, Cic. Ac. 2, 36; id. Fam. 12, 1:

vices (poetae),

Hor. A. P. 86:

munera pugnae,

Sil. 9, 267 et saep.—Hence, dēscrip-tus, a, um, P. a., qs. marked out, i. e. precisely ordered, properly arranged (ap. Cic.):

materies orationis omnibus locis descripta, instructa ornataque,

Cic. de Or. 2, 34, 145; cf.:

ordo verborum,

id. Or. 59, 200:

natura nihil est aptius, nihil descriptius,

id. Fin. 3, 22, 74.— Neutr. plur. as subst.: dēscrip-ta, orum, things recorded, writings, Tac. A. 6, 24.— Sup. does not occur.—

* Adv.: dē-scriptē, distinctly, precisely:

descripte et electe digerere, opp. confuse et permixte dispergere,

Cic. Inv. 1, 30, 49.

dē-scrībo, psi, ptum (in MSS. and edd. often confounded with discribo, q. v.), 3, v. a.

To copy off, transcribe any thing from an original (freq. in Cic.;

elsewh. rare): scripsit Balbus ad me, se a te (i. e. e tuo exemplo) quintum de Finibus librum descripsisse,

Cic. Att. 13, 21; cf. id. Ac. 2, 4, 11:

epistolam,

id. Att. 8, 9; id. Fam. 12, 17, 2;

12, 7, 22: legem,

Suet. Cal. 41; id. Dom. 20; so, to write down, write out:

carmina in foliis,

Verg. A. 3, 445;

in carved letters: in viridi cortice carmina,

id. E. 5, 14.— Class. and far more freq.,

To sketch off, to describe in painting, writing, etc.: delineare, definire.

Lit.:

non potuit pictor rectius describere ejus formam,

Plaut. As. 2, 3, 22; so,

geometricas formas in harena,

Cic. Rep. 1, 17 fin.:

formas in pulvere,

Liv. 25, 31; cf. Cic. Fin. 5, 19; id. Clu. 32, 87; id. Sen. 14, 49:

sphaeram,

id. Rep. 1, 14; cf.

caelum,

Varr. R. R. 2, 1, 7:

caeli meatus radio,

Verg. A. 6, 851; cf. id. E. 3, 41:

vitam votivā tabellā,

Hor. S. 2, 1, 33 et saep.—

Trop.

To represent, delineate, describe:

malos mores,

Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 165; cf.:

hominum sermones moresque,

Cic. Or. 40, 138:

definienda res erit verbis et breviter describenda,

id. Inv. 1, 8 fin:

qualem (mulierem) ego paulo ante descripsi,

id. Cael. 20, 50; id. Phil. 2, 44; id. Sull. 29 fin.:

me latronem ac sicarium,

id. Mil. 18, 47:

si quis erat dignus describi, quod malus ac fur, etc.,

Hor. S. 1, 4, 3:

malo carmine,

id. Ep. 2, 1, 154; Quint. 3, 4, 3:

vulnera Parthi,

Hor. S. 2, 1, 15:

lucum, aram Dianae, flumen Rhenum, pluvium arcum,

id. A. P. 18 et saep.:

praecepta,

id. S. 2, 3, 34:

facta versibus,

Nep. Att. 18, 6. —Rarely

with acc. and inf.:

nec qui descripsit corrumpi semina matrum,

Ov. Tr. 2, 415; Gell. 9, 1.— Part. subst.: dēscrip-ta, ōrum, n.:

recitari factorum dictorumque ejus descripta per dies jussit,

the diary, Tac. A. 6, 24.—

To mark off, define, divide, distribute into parts. (But whenever the notion of distribution or division is implied, the form discribo seems to have been used by class. writers; and is now restored where de-scr. is found in earlier edd., e.g. Cic. Rep. 2, 8; id. de Or. 2, 71, 288; id. Sest. 30, 66 et saep.) Cf.:

libertinos in quatuor urbanas tribus,

Liv. 45, 15:

annum in duodecim menses,

Liv. 1, 19; Flor. 1, 2, 2. —Without in.:

commode omnes descripti, aetates, classes, equitatus,

Cic. Rep. 4, 2; and:

classes centuriasque et hunc ordinem ex censu descripsit,

Liv. 1, 42:

terram,

Vulg. Jos. 18, 6 al. et saep.—

Aliquid (alicui), to ascribe, apportion, appoint, assign to any one (cf. remark, no. 2 supra); cf.: vecturas frumenti finitimis civitatibus, * Caes. B. C. 3, 42, 4; Liv. 1, 32 al.:

officia,

to define, Cic. Ac. 2, 36; id. Fam. 12, 1:

vices (poetae),

Hor. A. P. 86:

munera pugnae,

Sil. 9, 267 et saep.—Hence, dēscrip-tus, a, um, P. a., qs. marked out, i. e. precisely ordered, properly arranged (ap. Cic.):

materies orationis omnibus locis descripta, instructa ornataque,

Cic. de Or. 2, 34, 145; cf.:

ordo verborum,

id. Or. 59, 200:

natura nihil est aptius, nihil descriptius,

id. Fin. 3, 22, 74.— Neutr. plur. as subst.: dēscrip-ta, orum, things recorded, writings, Tac. A. 6, 24.— Sup. does not occur.—

* Adv.: dē-scriptē, distinctly, precisely:

descripte et electe digerere, opp. confuse et permixte dispergere,

Cic. Inv. 1, 30, 49.

dē-scrībo, psi, ptum (in MSS. and edd. often confounded with discribo, q. v.), 3, v. a.

To copy off, transcribe any thing from an original (freq. in Cic.;

elsewh. rare): scripsit Balbus ad me, se a te (i. e. e tuo exemplo) quintum de Finibus librum descripsisse,

Cic. Att. 13, 21; cf. id. Ac. 2, 4, 11:

epistolam,

id. Att. 8, 9; id. Fam. 12, 17, 2;

12, 7, 22: legem,

Suet. Cal. 41; id. Dom. 20; so, to write down, write out:

carmina in foliis,

Verg. A. 3, 445;

in carved letters: in viridi cortice carmina,

id. E. 5, 14.— Class. and far more freq.,

To sketch off, to describe in painting, writing, etc.: delineare, definire.

Lit.:

non potuit pictor rectius describere ejus formam,

Plaut. As. 2, 3, 22; so,

geometricas formas in harena,

Cic. Rep. 1, 17 fin.:

formas in pulvere,

Liv. 25, 31; cf. Cic. Fin. 5, 19; id. Clu. 32, 87; id. Sen. 14, 49:

sphaeram,

id. Rep. 1, 14; cf.

caelum,

Varr. R. R. 2, 1, 7:

caeli meatus radio,

Verg. A. 6, 851; cf. id. E. 3, 41:

vitam votivā tabellā,

Hor. S. 2, 1, 33 et saep.—

Trop.

To represent, delineate, describe:

malos mores,

Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 165; cf.:

hominum sermones moresque,

Cic. Or. 40, 138:

definienda res erit verbis et breviter describenda,

id. Inv. 1, 8 fin:

qualem (mulierem) ego paulo ante descripsi,

id. Cael. 20, 50; id. Phil. 2, 44; id. Sull. 29 fin.:

me latronem ac sicarium,

id. Mil. 18, 47:

si quis erat dignus describi, quod malus ac fur, etc.,

Hor. S. 1, 4, 3:

malo carmine,

id. Ep. 2, 1, 154; Quint. 3, 4, 3:

vulnera Parthi,

Hor. S. 2, 1, 15:

lucum, aram Dianae, flumen Rhenum, pluvium arcum,

id. A. P. 18 et saep.:

praecepta,

id. S. 2, 3, 34:

facta versibus,

Nep. Att. 18, 6. —Rarely

with acc. and inf.:

nec qui descripsit corrumpi semina matrum,

Ov. Tr. 2, 415; Gell. 9, 1.— Part. subst.: dēscrip-ta, ōrum, n.:

recitari factorum dictorumque ejus descripta per dies jussit,

the diary, Tac. A. 6, 24.—

To mark off, define, divide, distribute into parts. (But whenever the notion of distribution or division is implied, the form discribo seems to have been used by class. writers; and is now restored where de-scr. is found in earlier edd., e.g. Cic. Rep. 2, 8; id. de Or. 2, 71, 288; id. Sest. 30, 66 et saep.) Cf.:

libertinos in quatuor urbanas tribus,

Liv. 45, 15:

annum in duodecim menses,

Liv. 1, 19; Flor. 1, 2, 2. —Without in.:

commode omnes descripti, aetates, classes, equitatus,

Cic. Rep. 4, 2; and:

classes centuriasque et hunc ordinem ex censu descripsit,

Liv. 1, 42:

terram,

Vulg. Jos. 18, 6 al. et saep.—

Aliquid (alicui), to ascribe, apportion, appoint, assign to any one (cf. remark, no. 2 supra); cf.: vecturas frumenti finitimis civitatibus, * Caes. B. C. 3, 42, 4; Liv. 1, 32 al.:

officia,

to define, Cic. Ac. 2, 36; id. Fam. 12, 1:

vices (poetae),

Hor. A. P. 86:

munera pugnae,

Sil. 9, 267 et saep.—Hence, dēscrip-tus, a, um, P. a., qs. marked out, i. e. precisely ordered, properly arranged (ap. Cic.):

materies orationis omnibus locis descripta, instructa ornataque,

Cic. de Or. 2, 34, 145; cf.:

ordo verborum,

id. Or. 59, 200:

natura nihil est aptius, nihil descriptius,

id. Fin. 3, 22, 74.— Neutr. plur. as subst.: dēscrip-ta, orum, things recorded, writings, Tac. A. 6, 24.— Sup. does not occur.—

* Adv.: dē-scriptē, distinctly, precisely:

descripte et electe digerere, opp. confuse et permixte dispergere,

Cic. Inv. 1, 30, 49.

dē-formo, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a., to bring into form or shape; to form, fashion; to design, delineate, describe (class.).

Lit.:

areas,

Cato R. R. 161; Varr. R. R. 3, 5, 10:

marmora prima manu,

Quint. 5, 11, 30:

non flosculos sed certos ac deformatos fructus ostenderat,

full-formed, perfect, id. 6 prooem. §

9: tragicae (scenae) deformantur columnis et fastigiis et signis,

are delineated, represented, Vitr. 5, 8; cf.:

operis speciem exemplaribus pictis,

to represent in outline, to sketch, id. 1, 1.—

Trop.:

quae ita a fortuna deformata sunt, ut tamen a natura inchoata compareant,

Cic. Sull. 26, 73; cf. Plaut. Ps. 2, 3, 11:

ille, quem supra deformavi,

have depicted, described, Cic. Caecin. 5, 14; Sen. Ben. 7, 2:

ministratio deformata litteris,

Vulg. 2 Cor. 3, 7.

dē-formo, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [forma; cf. deformis], to bring out of shape; to deform, disfigure; to spoil, mar (class.).

Lit.:

deformatus corpore, fractus animo,

Cic. Att. 2, 21, 3 sq.; cf.:

aerumnis deformatus,

Sall. J. 14, 7:

vultum macies deformat,

Verg. G. 4, 254:

membra veneno,

Sil. 2, 707:

capillos tonsura,

Ov. A. A. 1, 517; cf.:

canitiem multo pulvere,

Verg. A. 10, 844 (for which, id. ib. 12, 611, turpare; and Catull. 64, 224; and Ov. M. 8, 530, foedare):

parietes nudos ac deformatos reliquit,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 55; cf. Liv. 37, 3: patriam turpissimis incendiis et ruinis, Auct. B. Alex. 24, 3; cf. Italiam, Auct. (Cicero?) ap. Quint. 9, 3, 31.—

Trop., to mar, disgrace, dishonor:

quae accusatores deformandi hujus causa dixerunt,

Cic. Cael. 2; cf.:

(rusticana illa parsimonia) deformata atque ornamentis omnibus spoliata,

id. Quint. 30, 92:

ordinem prava lectione (senatus),

Liv. 9, 30:

victoriam clade,

id. 33, 36 fin.; cf. id. 3, 71:

multa bona uno vitio,

id. 30, 14 fin.:

orationem (with lacerare),

Quint. 10, 7, 32:

domum,

Verg. A. 12, 805.

exemplum, i, n. [eximo], orig., what is taken out as a sample (cf. eximius, from eximo), a sample.

Prop. (cf. exemplar, specimen):

purpurae, tritici,

Auct. Her. 4, 6, 9.—Hence,

Transf.

An imitation, image, portrait taken from something; a draught, transcript, copy.

Hic quoque exemplum reliquit, Plaut. Ps. 2, 2, 56; cf.:

o Apella, o Zeuxis pictor, Cur numero estis mortui? hinc exemplum ut pingeretis: Nam alios pictores nihil moror hujusmodi tractare exempla,

id. Poen. 5, 4, 102 sq.; and in a pun with the follg. signif. under B.: Th. Exempla edepol faciam ego in te. Tr. Quia placeo, exemplum expetis, id. Most. 5, 1, 67:

aedes probant: sibi quisque Inde exemplum expetunt,

a sketch, draught, id. ib. 1, 2, 21; cf. id. ib. 3, 2, 75 sq.:

Pompeii litterarum ad consulem exemplum attulit: Litterae mihi a L. Domitio allatae sunt: earum exemplum infra scripsi... Deinde supposuit exemplum epistolae Domitii, quod ego ad te pridie miseram,

a transcript, copy, Cic. Att. 8, 6, 1 sq.; 8, 11, 6; 7, 23, 3; id. Fam. 9, 26, 3; Ov. Tr. 1, 7, 23 al.—

An equal, parallel:

clarissimum Homeri inluxit ingenium, sine exemplo maximum,

Vell. 1, 5, 1.—

A sample for imitation, instruction, proof, a pattern, model, original, example, precedent, case (the predominant meaning of the word).

In gen.:

ut mutum in simulacrum ex animali exemplo veritas transferatur,

from a living model, original, Cic. Inv. 2, 1, 2; cf.:

feruntur enim ex optimis naturae et veritatis exemplis,

id. Off. 3, 17, 69:

propones illi exempla ad imitandum,

id. Phil. 10, 2, 5; cf.:

habere exemplum ad imitandum (corresp. to exemplar),

id. Mur. 31, 66; and:

nostris exemplo fuit ad imitandum,

Suet. Gramm. 2:

exposita ad exemplum nostra re publica,

Cic. Rep. 1, 46 fin.; cf. id. ib. 2, 31 fin.:

loquimur de iis amicis, qui ante oculos sunt... Ex hoc numero nobis exempla sumenda sunt,

id. Lael. 11, 38:

aliquem ex barbatis illis exemplum imperii veteris, imaginem antiquitatis,

id. Sest. 8, 19:

a sapiente petitur exemplum,

id. Off. 3, 4, 16:

exemplum a me petere,

Liv. 7, 32, 12:

ab eodem Pompeio omnium rerum egregiarum exempla sumantur,

Cic. de Imp. Pomp. 15, 44:

ab se ipso exemplum capi posse,

Liv. 1, 49, 2; cf.:

cum et ipse sis quasi unicum exemplum antiquae probitatis et fidei,

Cic. Rep. 3, 5:

quod in juventute habemus illustrius exemplum veteris sanctitatis?

id. Phil. 3, 6, 15:

innocentiae,

id. de Or. 1, 53, 229:

qua in muliere etiam nunc quasi exempli causa vestigia antiqui officii remanent,

as a pattern, example, id. Rosc. Am. 10, 27 (cf. infra, 2.):

eum virum, unde pudoris pudicitiaeque exempla peterentur,

id. Deiot. 10, 28:

firmare animum constantibus exemplis (for constantiae),

Tac. A. 16, 35; cf.:

exemplum modestum,

id. H. 2, 64:

vitiosi principes plus exemplo quam peccato nocent,

by their example, Cic. Leg. 3, 14, 32:

(Tullus Hostilius) de imperio suo, exemplo Pompilii, populum consuluit curiatim,

id. Rep. 2, 17:

quod autem exemplo nostrae civitatis usus sum, etc.,

id. ib. 2, 39: atrox videbatur Appi sententia;

rursus Vergini Larciique exemplo haud salubres,

i. e. judged by the precedent, Liv. 2, 30 init.:

divinare morientes etiam illo exemplo confirmat Posidonius, quo affert, etc.,

by that example, that case, Cic. Div. 1, 30, 64; id. Inv. 1, 30, 49; cf.:

hinc illa et apud Graecos exempla... levitatis Atheniensium crudelitatisque in amplissimos cives exempla,

id. Rep. 1, 3:

datum in omnes provincias exemplum,

Tac. A. 1, 78; so,

dare exemplum,

to set the example, id. ib. 4, 50:

tertia legio exemplum ceteris praebuit,

id. H. 2, 85; 4, 52; Val. Max. 3, 6, 5.—

Esp. in phrase: exempli causā or gratiā, for instance, for an example (cf. Krebs, Antibarb. p. 437):

exempli causa paucos nominavi,

for example's sake, Cic. Phil. 13, 2, 2; cf.:

quia in alicujus libris exempli causa id nomen invenerant, putarunt, etc.,

id. Mur. 12, 27; id. Inv. 1, 37, 66:

haec exempli gratia sufficient,

Quint. 9, 2, 56; cf.:

pauca exempli gratia ponam,

id. 6, 5, 6; 5, 10, 110; cf.:

ex quibus in exemplum pauca subjeci,

Suet. Tib. 21 et saep.:

venit in exemplum furor,

teaches, Ov. F. 4, 243; cf. Just. 23, 3.—

In partic., a warning example, an example, warning, punishment (rare):

exemplum statuite in me, ut adolescentuli vobis placere studeant potius quam sibi,

Ter. Heaut. prol. 51; cf.:

quibus liberi sunt, statuite exemplum, quantae poenae in civitate sint hominibus istiusmodi comparatae,

Auct. Her. 4, 35, 47:

simile in superiore parte provinciae edere exemplum severitatis tuae,

Cic. ad Q. Fr. 1, 2, 5; cf. Tac. A. 3, 36 fin.; so,

edere exempla in aliquem,

Ter. Eun. 5, 7, 21; Caes. B. G. 1, 31, 12; Liv. 29, 27, 4:

ut ne viderem, quae futura exempla dicunt in eum indigna,

Ter. Eun. 5, 4, 24:

habet aliquid ex iniquo omne magnum exemplum,

Tac. A. 14, 44:

meritum quidem novissima exempla Mithridatem,

i. e. the punishment of death, id. ib. 12, 20:

esse in exemplo,

to serve as a warning, Ov. M. 9, 454; cf. Vulg. Judae, 7 al.:

exemplo supplicii reliquos deterrere,

Hirt. B. G. 8, 44, 1.—

Law t. t., a precedent:

ad exemplum trahere,

Just. Inst. 1, 2, 6:

alicui sine exemplo subvenire,

id. ib. —

A way, manner, kind, nature:

multi more isto atque exemplo vivunt,

Plaut. Bacch. 3, 6, 11; cf.:

negat se more et exemplo populi Romani posse iter ulli per provinciam dare,

Caes. B. G. 1, 8, 3:

uno exemplo ne omnes vitam viverent,

Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 132:

istoc exemplo,

id. ib. 2, 4, 6:

quot me exemplis ludificatust,

id. Ep. 5, 2, 6:

eodem exemplo, quo,

Liv. 31, 12, 3:

ad hoc exemplum,

Plaut. Mil. 2, 4, 6:

quod ad exemplum,

id. Trin. 4, 2, 76 et saep.—Hence often of methods or examples of punishment (cf. 3. supra):

quando ego te exemplis pessumis cruciavero,

Plaut. Capt. 3, 5, 33:

omnibus exemplis crucior,

id. Bacch. 5, 1, 6; cf. id. Most. 1, 3, 35; 55; 5, 1, 67.—Freq. of the tenor, purport, contents of a letter, etc.:

litterae uno exemplo,

i. e. of the same tenor, Cic. Fam. 4, 4, 1; 10, 5, 1:

scribere bis eodem exemplo,

id. ib. 9, 16, 1:

testamentum duplex... sed eodem exemplo,

Suet. Tib. 76:

Capua litterae sunt allatae hoc exemplo: Pompeius mare transiit, etc.,

Cic. Att. 9, 6, 3:

(litterarum) exemplum componere,

id. Agr. 2, 20, 53; Suet. Calig. 55.