to+step

gressus, a, um, Part., from gradior.

gressus, ūs, m. [gradior], a stepping, going, step, course, way.

Lit. ( poet. and post-class.; cf.:

gradus, passus, incessus, ingressus): tendere gressum ad moenia,

Verg. A. 1, 410; so in sing., id. ib. 6, 389; 11, 29.—In plur.:

gressus glomerare superbos,

Verg. G. 3, 117; 4, 360; Val. Fl. 1, 183; Plin. 8, 12, 12, § 33; Gell. 1, 11, 6; 11, 13, 10.—

Transf.

Poet., of the course of a vessel:

huc dirige gressum,

Verg. A. 5, 162.—

A pace, as a measure of length, Gromat. Vet. p. 373, 9.

in-cēdo, cessi, cessum ( sync. perf. incesti, Plaut. Cas. 3, 6, 11), 3, v. n. and a., to go, step, or march along at a measured pace (class.).

Lit.

In gen.

Neutr.:

tenero et molli ingressu suspendimus gradum: non ambulamus, sed incedimus,

Sen. Q. N. 7, 31:

per vias,

Plaut. Merc. 2, 3, 71; cf.:

socios per ipsos,

Verg. A. 5, 188:

viā,

Plaut. Curc. 1, 1, 32:

tota in urbe,

Ov. F. 6, 653:

quacumque incederet,

Cic. Div. 1, 24, 49:

quam taeter incedebat, quam truculentus,

id. Sest. 8, 19:

incessit deinde, qua duxit praedae spes, victor exercitus,

Liv. 8, 36, 9:

etiam si pedes incedat, memorabilem fore,

id. 28, 9, 15: servi pedibus, liberi non nisi equis incedunt. i. e. walk... ride, Just. 41, 3, 4; cf.:

incedunt pueri, pariterque ante ora parentum Frenatis lucent in equis,

Verg. A. 5, 553:

a foro domum,

Plaut. Most. 4, 3, 6:

sessum impransum,

id. Poen. prol. 10:

qui huc incedit,

id. Most. 1, 3, 152:

ad me,

id. Am. 1, 1, 179:

huc ad nos,

id. Trin. 5, 2, 27; cf.:

undique nuntii incedunt, qui afferrent, etc.,

Tac. A. 11, 32:

ut ovans praeda onustus incederem,

Plaut. Bacch. 4, 9, 146:

vix incedo inanis, ne ire posse cum onere existumes,

Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 174:

quem modo decoratum ovantemque victoria incedentem vidistis,

Liv. 1, 16, 10; 2, 6, 7:

claro honore,

Lucr. 3, 76:

omnibus laetitiis,

Cic. Fam. 2, 9, 2:

incedunt per ora vestra magnifici,

Sall. J. 31, 10:

ego quae divum incedo regina,

who walk majestic as, who am, Verg. A. 1, 46; cf. Prop. 2, 2, 6:

matrona incedit census induta nepotum,

id. 3, 13, 11 (4, 12):

ut mea Luxuria Nemesis fluat ut que per urbem Incedat donis conspicienda meis,

Tib. 2, 3, 52.—

With acc.:

incedunt maestos locos,

Tac. A. 1, 61:

scaenam,

id. ib. 14, 15:

fontem aquae nando,

id. ib. 14, 22.—

In partic., in milit. lang., to move forwards, advance, march:

barbari in perculsos Romanos acrius incedere,

Sall. J. 101, 7:

in erumpentes,

Liv. 9, 21:

cohortes paulatim incedere jubet,

Sall. C. 60, 1:

munito agmine,

id. J. 46, 6:

agmen reliquum incedere coepit,

Liv. 21, 33, 1:

segnius Hispanorum signa incedebant,

id. 28, 14, 18:

Sabini usque ad portas urbis populantes incessere,

id. 2, 63, 7:

propius incedentes,

Tac. A. 4, 47:

quod gnarum duci incessitque itineri et proelio paratus,

id. ib. 1, 51 (Ritter, but Halm omits paratus).—

Trop.

In gen. (rare):

malitiae lenonis contra incedam,

will encounter, Plaut. Rud. 3, 3, 31:

facilius ad inventionem animus incedet si, etc.,

will proceed to, Cic. Inv. 2, 14, 45 Orell. N. cr. —

In partic.

To triumph over, exult over; with dat.:

meo nunc superbus incedis malo,

Hor. Epod. 15, 18:

ille superbus incedet victis rivalibus,

Juv. 12, 126.—

Of inanim. and abstr. subjects, to come to, happen to, befall, attack, seize one; to approach, arrive, appear, occur (perh. not in Cic.); constr. with dat., acc., in and acc., or absol.

With dat. (so most freq.):

exercitui omni tantus incessit ex incommodo dolor, ut, etc.,

Caes. B. C. 3, 74, 1:

magnus omnium incessit timor animis,

id. ib. 2, 29, 1:

mulieres, quibus belli timor insolitus incesserat, etc.,

Sall. C. 31, 3 Kritz N. cr.; id. H. 2, 60:

gravior cura patribus incessit,

Liv. 4, 57, 10:

incedebat enim deterrimo cuique licentia,

Tac. A. 3, 36:

cupido incessit animo,

Curt. 7, 11, 4; 3, 1, 16:

si sterilitas annorum incessit hominibus,

Col. 2, 10, 1; Val. Max. 1, 8, 5.—

With acc.:

ipsum ingens cupido incesserat Tarenti potiundi,

Liv. 24, 13, 5:

timor patres incessit, ne, etc.,

id. 1, 17, 4; 2, 7, 1; 2, 32, 1;

7, 39, 4 et saep.: indignatio hostes incessit,

id. 3, 60:

adversa valetudo aliquem,

Tac. A. 3, 71:

ingens animos desperatio incessit,

Curt. 4, 2, 16; 3, 8, 25:

stupor omnes et admiratio incessit,

Just. 22, 6, 11: cupido incessit aliquem (with acc. and inf.), Sulp. Sev. Chron. 1, 38, 6; 2, 16, 3.—

With in and acc.:

vis morbi, pestilentia incedit in castra, in Poenos Romanosque,

Liv. 29, 10, 3: pestilentia incesserat pari clade in Romanos [p. 918] Poenosque, id. 28, 46, 15.—

Absol.:

nova nunc religio unde istaec incessit?

Ter. And. 4, 3, 15:

tantus eo facto timor incessit,

Caes. B. C. 3, 101;

Auct. B. Alex. 7: postquam tenebrae incedebant,

Tac. A. 15, 37; cf.:

ubi crepusculum incesserit,

Col. 11, 1, 18:

ubi tempestas incessit,

id. 12, 2, 5:

frigora,

id. 12, 52, 12:

siccitates,

id. 5, 9, 11:

lascivia atque superbia incessere,

Sall. J. 41, 3:

ubi Romam legati venere, tanta commutatio incessit, uti, etc.,

id. ib. 13, 7:

religio deinde incessit, vitio eos creatos,

Liv. 8, 17, 4:

ubi pro modestia ac pudore ambitio et vis incedebat,

Tac. A. 3, 26:

haud invito imperatore ea fieri occultus rumor incedebat,

went abroad, spread about, id. ib. 2, 55 fin.

ingressus, ūs, m. [id.], a going into, entering, an entrance.

Lit.:

Antonii in castra,

Vell. 2, 63, 2:

turba ad ingressum tuum te consalutavit,

Plin. Pan. 5, 4; 22 fin.:

haec in ipso ingressu meo (sc. in provinciam) scripsi,

Plin. Ep. ad Traj. 17, 4.— Esp.

A hostile entrance, inroad:

ingressus hostiles,

Tac. A. 15, 3.—

A going, walking, gait:

ingressus, cursus, accubitio, etc.,

Cic. N. D. 1, 34, 94:

prohiberi ingressu,

were prevented from moving, could not stir a step, Caes. B. C. 1, 84; cf.:

instabilemque ingressum praebere,

Liv. 24, 34, 15; so,

praebere ingressum,

Front. Stat. 3, 7, 4:

quaedam terrae ad ingressus tremunt,

Plin. 2, 94, 96, § 209:

celsior,

id. 11, 16, 16, § 51. —

Transf., the way into a place, entrance, passage:

trini ingressus,

Prud. Psych. 843; cf.:

vulgus quod Horatius arcet ingressu,

Aus. Edyll. 6 ep. —

Trop., an entering upon any thing, beginning, commencement:

in ingressu,

Quint. 9, 4, 72:

in ingressu (causae) ac fine,

id. 8 prooem. §

7: in ingresssu operis,

id. 10, 1, 48:

ingressus capere,

Verg. G. 4, 316:

Cannensis pugnae temerarius ingressus,

Val. Max. 4, 5, 2.

īnō, ūs, f. ( Ino, ōnis, Hyg. Fab. 2), daughter of Cadmus and Harmonia, sister of Semele, wife of Athamas king of Thebes, nurse of Bacchus, mother of Learchus and Melicerta, and step-mother of Phrixus and Helle. Being pursued by Athamas, who had become raving mad, she threw herself with Melicerta into the sea, whereupon they were both changed into sea-deities. Ino, as such, was called Matuta (Gr. Leucothea), and Melicerta Palaemon or Portumnus, Cic. Tusc. 1, 12, 28; Ov. M. 4, 416 sq.; id. F. 6, 485; Hor. A. P. 123 al.; cf. Preller's Gr. Mythol. 1, p. 377 sq.—Hence,

Īnōŭs, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Ino:

Melicerta,

Verg. G. 1, 437; cf.

Palaemon,

id. A. 5, 823:

sinus,

Ov. M. 4, 497:

pectus,

Stat. S. 2, 1, 98:

doli,

Ov. A. A. 3, 176:

arae,

where Ino wished to sacrifice Phrixus, Val. Fl. 1, 521:

undae,

where Ino threw herself into the sea, id. ib. 2, 608:

Isthmus,

where games were celebrated by Athamas in honor of Ino, Stat. S. 4, 3, 60:

Lechaeum,

a promontory of the isthmus just mentioned, id. ib. 2, 2, 35.

īnō, ūs, f. ( Ino, ōnis, Hyg. Fab. 2), daughter of Cadmus and Harmonia, sister of Semele, wife of Athamas king of Thebes, nurse of Bacchus, mother of Learchus and Melicerta, and step-mother of Phrixus and Helle. Being pursued by Athamas, who had become raving mad, she threw herself with Melicerta into the sea, whereupon they were both changed into sea-deities. Ino, as such, was called Matuta (Gr. Leucothea), and Melicerta Palaemon or Portumnus, Cic. Tusc. 1, 12, 28; Ov. M. 4, 416 sq.; id. F. 6, 485; Hor. A. P. 123 al.; cf. Preller's Gr. Mythol. 1, p. 377 sq.—Hence,

Īnōŭs, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Ino:

Melicerta,

Verg. G. 1, 437; cf.

Palaemon,

id. A. 5, 823:

sinus,

Ov. M. 4, 497:

pectus,

Stat. S. 2, 1, 98:

doli,

Ov. A. A. 3, 176:

arae,

where Ino wished to sacrifice Phrixus, Val. Fl. 1, 521:

undae,

where Ino threw herself into the sea, id. ib. 2, 608:

Isthmus,

where games were celebrated by Athamas in honor of Ino, Stat. S. 4, 3, 60:

Lechaeum,

a promontory of the isthmus just mentioned, id. ib. 2, 2, 35.

inscendo, scendi, scensum, 3, v. n. and a. [in-scando], to step into or upon, to climb up, mount, ascend.

Lit.:

cum inscenderet in rogum ardentem,

Cic. Div. 1, 23, 47:

supra pilam inscendat,

Cato, R. R. 127, 2:

quadrigas Jovis,

Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 294:

in arborem,

id. Aul. 4, 6, 12:

in currum,

id. Men. 5, 2, 10:

equum,

Suet. Ner. 48:

haud se inscendi ab alio (Bucephalus) nisi a rege passus est,

Gell. 5, 2, 3:

grabatulo inscenso,

App. M. 2, p. 122, 16.— Absol.:

ubi amicam avectam scio, Inscendo,

I go on board ship, embark, Plaut. Mil. 2, 1, 37.—

Transf., in mal. part.:

matronam,

App. M. 7, p. 197, 21; 10, p. 249, 7.

in-sisto, stĭti, 3, v. n., to set foot upon, to stand, tread, or press upon; constr. mostly with dat., also with in and abl. or acc., or the simple acc. (class.).

Lit.

In gen.

With dat.:

nec desunt villae quae secutae fluminis amoenitatem margini insistunt,

Plin. Ep. 8, 8, 6:

ut proximi jacentibus insisterent,

stepped upon them, Caes. B. G. 2, 27:

alternis pedibus,

Quint. 11, 3, 128:

volucres metuunt insistere ramis,

Luc. 3, 407:

vestigiis,

Liv. 25, 33 fin.:

huic (saxo) institerat frustra,

Ov. F. 5, 150:

plantis,

Juv. 6, 96:

clamoso circo,

occupy a place in, id. 9, 144.—

With in and abl.:

insistebat in manu Cereris dextra simulacrum Victoriae,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 49, § 110:

cingulus australis, in quo qui insistunt,

id. Rep. 6, 20:

in jugo,

Caes. B. G. 4, 33:

ipse non insistere in terra poterat,

Curt. 7, 7, 6.—

With in and acc.:

in sinistrum pedem,

Quint. 11, 3, 125; cf.:

corvus repente super galeam insistit,

lights, Gell. 9, 11, 7.—

With the simple acc.:

plantam,

Plaut. Cas. 4, 4, 21:

limen,

to step upon, to tread the threshold, Verg. A. 6, 563:

vestigia nuda sinistri pedis,

id. ib. 7, 690:

primis infans vestigia plantis,

id. ib. 11, 574:

cineres,

Hor. Epod. 16, 11.—

Esp.

To enter on or pursue a way, path, or journey:

cum semel institerunt vestigia certa viaï,

Lucr. 1, 407:

huc an illuc iter,

Plaut. Cist. 4, 2, 11:

omnes itinera insistant sua,

id. Capt. 4, 2, 14:

quam insistam viam,

Ter. Eun. 2, 3, 3; id. Phorm. 1, 4, 14; Liv. 37, 7, 8.—

In hostile sense, to follow, pursue, press on; with dat.:

effusis hostibus,

Liv. 26, 44, 4:

fugientibus,

id. 27, 13, 4:

contenti non institere cedentibus,

Curt. 8, 11, 18; Nep. Eum. 4.— Pass. impers.:

ut fracto jam Maroboduo, usque in exitium insisteretur,

Tac. A. 2, 62.—

Trop.

In gen., to follow, pursue.

With acc.:

viam domandi,

Verg. G. 3, 164:

rationem pugnae,

plan, Caes. B. G. 3, 14, 3.—

With dat.:

vestigiis laudum suarum,

Liv. 5, 30, 2:

honoribus,

Plin. Ep. 4, 8, 4.—

Esp.

To follow up, pursue an object or enterprise; to press vigorously, apply one ' s self to:

in dolos,

Plaut. Mil. 2, 4, 4:

totus et mente et animo in bellum,

Caes. B. G. 6, 5. — With acc.:

hoc negotium,

Plaut. Mil. 3, 3, 54:

manus,

Cic. de Or. 3, 45, 176.—With dat.:

rebus magnis,

Tib. 4, 1, 135:

perdomandae Campaniae,

Tac. H. 3, 77.—

To set about, devote one's self to, to begin with zeal; with inf.: tribuni orare dictatorem insistunt, ut, etc., Liv. 8, 35, 2:

Appium institit sequi,

id. 25, 19, 8; 24, 26, 11; 24, 46, 1; cf.:

postero die ad spolia legenda foedamque spectandam stragem insistunt,

id. 22, 51, 5:

flagitare senatus institit Coruntum, ut,

Cic. Fam. 10, 16, 1. — Absol.:

sic institit ore,

i. e. began to speak, Verg. A. 12, 47; cf.:

sic insistit secumque corde volutat,

i. e. to reflect, think, id. ib. 4, 533.—

To persevere, continue, persist in; with inf.:

credere,

Plaut. Capt. 3, 4, 53:

tueri,

Nep. Att. 11.—With dat.:

sin crudelitati insisteret,

Tac. A. 16, 25:

spei,

id. H. 2, 46:

caedibus,

id. A. 2, 21:

studiis,

to pursue diligently, Quint. 1, 12, 10:

obsidioni,

Curt. 7, 6, 23:

curae rerum,

Plin. 28, 1, 1, § 2:

funeri,

to set forward, id. 7, 52, 53, § 177. — Absol.:

importune,

to persist, Cic. Ac. 2, 25, 80; Tac. A. 4, 60.—

To press upon, urge; with dat.:

atriensibus ut supellectilem exponant,

Col. 12, 3, 9:

id bellum ipsis institit moenibus,

was at, Liv. 2, 51, 2.— Absol.:

dilataque tempora taedae Institerant,

were at hand, Ov. M. 9, 769:

institit quantum potuit ut illum ex eorum manibus liberaret,

urged, insisted, Aug. in Psa. 63, 4. —

To press upon, repress; and hence, to halt, pause, stop, stand still:

stellarum motus insistunt,

Cic. N. D. 2, 40, 103:

ut non referat pedem, insistet certe,

id. Phil. 12, 3, 8; Tac. A. 4, 60:

quae cum dixisset paulumque institisset,

Cic. Fin. 5, 25, 75; id. Or. 56, 187:

saepe accidit, ut aut citius insistendum sit, aut longius procedendum,

id. ib. 66, 221; so, to pause in thought, hesitate, doubt:

ille in reliquis rebus non poterit eodem modo insistere?

Cic. Ac. 2, 33, 107; 2, 29, 94.—

To dwell upon, delay at, treat or consider at length:

ut si singulis insistere velim, progredi iste non possit,

Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 74, § 172:

insistendum ei (arbori) paulum,

Plin. 13, 16, 30, § 100:

profuit adsidue vitiis insistere amicae,

Ov. R. Am. 315.

inter-curro, curri, rsum, 3, v. n. and a. (tmesis in Lucr. 5, 1374: inter plaga currere).

Neutr., to run between.

Lit.

In gen.:

latitudine intercurrentis freti,

Plin. 3, 11, 16, § 100.—

In partic., to hasten in the meantime anywhere:

indicto delectu in diem certam, ipse interim Veios intercurrit,

Liv. 5, 19, 4.—

Trop.

To run along with, mingle with, be among:

intercurrit quaedam distantia formis,

Lucr. 2, 373:

his laboriosis exercitationibus dolor intercurrit,

Cic. Tusc. 2, 15, 36:

alterum genus intercurrit nonnumquam, etc.,

Auct. Her. 1, 8, 12:

gemma candida intercurrentibus sanguineis venis,

Plin. 37, 10, 59, § 162:

quibusdam intercurrit umbra,

a dark vein, id. 37, 5, 18, § 67.—

To step between, to intercede:

pugnatur acerrime: qui intercurrerent, misimus tres principes civitatis,

Cic. Phil. 8, 6, 17.—

Act., to run through, traverse (late Lat.;

for percurrebat is the true reading,

Liv. 44, 2, 12):

intercurso spatio maris,

Amm. 15, 10, 26.

lăquĕus, i, m. [cf. Gr. helkô, draw, holkos; Lat. lacio; perh. Germ. locken], a noose, snare (class.; cf. tendicula).

Lit., Plaut. Truc. 2, 4, 41:

saxa laqueis vinciebat,

Sall. J. 94:

laqueis falces avertebant,

Caes. B. G. 7, 22:

collum in laqueum inserere,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 17, § 37: inicere laqueum, to throw over any one, Liv. 1, 26:

inicere cervicibus laqueum,

Suet. Vit. 17:

laqueo gulam alicui frangere,

to throttle, strangle, Sall. C. 55, 4:

ad laqueum compellere aliquem,

to the halter, Plin. 36, 5, 4, § 12:

alicui mandare laqueum,

to bid go and be hanged, Juv. 10, 53:

neque carcer neque laqueus,

a halter, gallows, Tac. A. 3, 50; 5, 9:

faucesque jam exanimis laqueo vexatae,

id. ib. 6, 40.—Of a snare, trap or lasso used by hunters:

laqueis captare feras,

Verg. G. 1, 139:

metuit foveam lupus accipiterque Suspectos laqueos,

Hor. Ep. 1, 16, 51:

laqueos et muscipula effugere,

Phaedr. 4, 2, 8; cf.:

impliciti laqueis nudus uterque jacent,

Ov. A. A. 2, 580:

dare in laqueum vestigia,

to step into a snare, Juv. 13, 244.—

Trop., a snare, gin, trap.

In gen.:

judicii laqueos declinans,

Cic. Mil. 15, 40; cf.:

interrogationum laqueis aliquem irretire,

id. de Or. 1, 10, 43:

laquei Stoicorum,

subtleties, id. Tusc. 5, 27, 76:

Chrysippi laquei,

id. Fat. 4, 7:

legum et condicionum,

id. Clu. 55, 150: verbi laqueo capere, id. Caecin. 29, 83.—Without a gen.:

in hos inexplicabiles laqueos inciderunt,

Quint. 5, 10, 101:

(testes) inducuntur in laqueos,

id. 5, 7, 11:

sciens in hoc se laqueos induxit,

Lact. 6, 12, 13.—

Fetters, chains, hinderances:

tibi fortuna laqueum impegit, quem nec solvere posses nec erumpere,

Sen. Tranq. 10, 1:

nunquamne hos artissimos laqueos abrumpam,

Plin. Ep. 2, 8, 3.

mŏdĭus, ii ( gen. plur. modiūm:

qui CCCC. modium quinque milia,

Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 36, § 83:

modiorum,

Plaut. Mil. 4, 2, 72), m. ( neutr. collat. form: mŏdĭum, ii, n., Cato, R. R. 58; so in plur.:

modia vicena,

Plin. 18, 16, 43, § 145) [modus], the Roman corn-measure, a measure, peck, containing sixteen sextarii, or the sixth part of a Greek medimnus (class.):

salis modium,

Cato, R. R. 58: tritici modius, Cic. Div. in Caecil. 10, 30:

siligneae farinae modius,

Plin. 18, 9, 20, § 88:

modium populo dare asse,

Cic. Off. 2, 17, 58:

agri Leontini decumae tertio anno venierunt tritici medimnum XXXVI., hoc est tritici modium CC. et XVI. milibus,

id. Verr. 2, 3, 46, § 110:

non minorem quam decem milium modiorum navem fabricare,

Ulp. Fragm. 3, 6.—

Prov.: verum illud est, quod dicitur, multos modios salis simul edendos esse, ut amicitiae munus expletum sit,

Cic. Lael. 19, 67: modio nummos metiri, to measure one's money by the peck, said of a rich woman, Petr. 37; cf.:

dives, ut metiretur nummos,

Hor. S. 1, 1, 95:

ego nunc mihi modium mille esse argenti velim,

Plaut. Stich. 4, 2, 9; Juv. 3, 220:

pleno modio,

in full measure, abundantly, Cic. Att. 6, 1, 16; cf.:

argumentum vobis demensum dabo, non modo neque trimodio, verum ipso horreo,

Plaut. Men. prol. 15:

servorum ventres modio castigat iniquo,

with short measure, Juv. 14, 126.—Also as a measure for other things, a peck:

metiri modio oleario,

Cato, R. R. 144:

ut metientibus dimidium (anulorum aureorum) super tres modios explesse,

Liv. 23, 12; Pall. 6, 4, 1.—

Transf.

Among surveyors, the third part of a jugerum, Auct. de Limit. p. 264 and 312 Goes.; Pall. Mai. 4 al. —

The socket, step, shoe in which the mast of a ship stands, Isid. Orig. 19, 2, 8.

nīsus, a, um, Part., from nitor.

nīsus, ūs, m. [nitor], a pressing or resting upon or against, a pressure; a striving, exertion, labor, effort (mostly poet.; nixus in good prose, v. h. v.): pedetentim et sedato nisu, a tread, step, Pac. ap. Cic. Tusc. 2, 21, 48:

pinnarum nisus inanis,

a flight, Lucr. 6, 834; so,

insolitos docuere nisus,

Hor. C. 4, 4, 8:

hic dea se primum rapido pulcherrima nisu Sistit,

Verg. A. 11, 852:

stat gravis Entellus nisuque immotus eodem, etc.,

in the same posture, id. ib. 5, 437: hunc stirps Oceani maturis nisibus Aethra Edidit, pains, throes, labor of parturition (v. 2. nixus), Ov. F. 5, 171.—In prose:

tamquam nisus evomentis adjuvaret,

retchings, Tac. A. 12, 67:

uti prospectus nisusque per saxa facilius foret,

Sall. J. 94, 1 Dietsch:

quae dubia nisu videbantur,

id. ib. 94, 2 Dietsch:

non pervenit nisu sed impetu,

Quint. 8, 4, 9; 1, 12, 10.

Nīsus, i, m., = Nisos

A king of Megara, father of Scylla, who, in order to gain the love of Minos, cut off her father's purple hair, on which the safety of his kingdom depended, whereupon Nisus was changed into a sparrow-hawk, and Scylla into the bird ciris, Verg. G. 1, 404 sq.; Ov. M. 8, 8 sqq.; v. Scylla.—

Hence,

Nī-saeus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Nisus, Nisæan:

et vos Nisaei, naufraga monstra, canes,

i. e. Scylla, the daughter of Phorcus, Ov. F. 4, 500; cf. id. A. A. 1, 331.—

Nīsēis, ĭdis, f., the daughter of Nisus, Scylla (q. v.), confounded with the daughter of Phorcus:

praeterita cautus Niseide navita gaudet,

Ov. R. Am. 737.—

Nī-sēĭus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Nisus, Nisæan: per mare caeruleum trahitur Niseia virgo, Verg. Cir. 390; Ov. M. 8, 35.—

Nīsĭas, ădis, f., Nisæan, i. e. Megarian: Nisiades matres Nisiadesque nurus, of Megaris, in Sicily (a colony of Megara, in Greece), Ov. H. 15, 54.—

Son of Hyrtacus and friend of Euryalus, Verg. A. 5, 294; 9, 176 sq.

nīsus, a, um, Part., from nitor.

nīsus, ūs, m. [nitor], a pressing or resting upon or against, a pressure; a striving, exertion, labor, effort (mostly poet.; nixus in good prose, v. h. v.): pedetentim et sedato nisu, a tread, step, Pac. ap. Cic. Tusc. 2, 21, 48:

pinnarum nisus inanis,

a flight, Lucr. 6, 834; so,

insolitos docuere nisus,

Hor. C. 4, 4, 8:

hic dea se primum rapido pulcherrima nisu Sistit,

Verg. A. 11, 852:

stat gravis Entellus nisuque immotus eodem, etc.,

in the same posture, id. ib. 5, 437: hunc stirps Oceani maturis nisibus Aethra Edidit, pains, throes, labor of parturition (v. 2. nixus), Ov. F. 5, 171.—In prose:

tamquam nisus evomentis adjuvaret,

retchings, Tac. A. 12, 67:

uti prospectus nisusque per saxa facilius foret,

Sall. J. 94, 1 Dietsch:

quae dubia nisu videbantur,

id. ib. 94, 2 Dietsch:

non pervenit nisu sed impetu,

Quint. 8, 4, 9; 1, 12, 10.

Nīsus, i, m., = Nisos

A king of Megara, father of Scylla, who, in order to gain the love of Minos, cut off her father's purple hair, on which the safety of his kingdom depended, whereupon Nisus was changed into a sparrow-hawk, and Scylla into the bird ciris, Verg. G. 1, 404 sq.; Ov. M. 8, 8 sqq.; v. Scylla.—

Hence,

Nī-saeus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Nisus, Nisæan:

et vos Nisaei, naufraga monstra, canes,

i. e. Scylla, the daughter of Phorcus, Ov. F. 4, 500; cf. id. A. A. 1, 331.—

Nīsēis, ĭdis, f., the daughter of Nisus, Scylla (q. v.), confounded with the daughter of Phorcus:

praeterita cautus Niseide navita gaudet,

Ov. R. Am. 737.—

Nī-sēĭus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Nisus, Nisæan: per mare caeruleum trahitur Niseia virgo, Verg. Cir. 390; Ov. M. 8, 35.—

Nīsĭas, ădis, f., Nisæan, i. e. Megarian: Nisiades matres Nisiadesque nurus, of Megaris, in Sicily (a colony of Megara, in Greece), Ov. H. 15, 54.—

Son of Hyrtacus and friend of Euryalus, Verg. A. 5, 294; 9, 176 sq.

passus, a, um, Part. and P. a. of 2. pando.

passus, a, um, Part. of patior.

passus, ūs, m. [from the root pat], a step, pace (cf.: gressus, gradus).

Lit.: hinc campos celerl passu permensa parumper, Enn. ap. Non. 378, 20 (Ann. v. 74 Vahl.); Plaut. Bacch. 4, 7, 34; Lucr 4, 827; 877; Cic. Leg. 1, 21, 54:

sequiturque patrem non passibus aequis,

Verg. A. 2, 724:

nec longis inter se passibus absunt,

id. ib. 11, 907:

rapidis ferri Passibus,

id. ib. 7, 156; Ov. M. 11, 64:

per litora lentis Passibus spatiari,

id. ib. 2, 572:

passu anili procedere,

id. ib. 13, 533 et saep.:

passibus ambiguis Fortuna errat,

id. Tr. 5, 8, 15:

caelestis (of glory),

Plin. 2, 7, 5, § 18.—

Transf.

A footstep, track, trace:

si sint in litore passus,

Ov. H. 19, 27; id. P 2, 6, 21.—

A pace, as a measure of length, consisting of five Roman feet:

stadium centum viginti quinque nostros officit passus, hoc est pedes sexcentos viginti quinque,

Plin. 2, 23, 21, § 85:

nec exercitum propius urbem millia passuum ducenta admoverit,

Cic. Phil. 7, 9, 26; id. Quint. 25, 79; id. Sest. 12, 29.

Pēgăsus ( - os), i, m., = Pêgasos, the winged horse of the Muses, who sprang from the blood of Medusa when she was slain, and with a blow of his hoof caused the fountain of the Muses ( Hippocrene) to spring from Mount Helicon. Bellerophon afterwards caught him at the fountain of Pirene, near Corinth, and, with the aid of his hoofs, destroyed the Chimœra. But when Bellerophon wished to fly on the back of Pegasus to heaven, the latter threw him off and ascended to the skies alone, where he was changed into a constellation, Ov. M. 4, 785; 5, 262 sq.; id. F. 3, 458:

ales,

Hor. C. 4, 11, 27; Hyg. Fab. 151; id. Astr. 2, 18.—Applied in jest to a swift messenger, Cic. Quint. 25, 80. —Of winged horses in gen., Plin. 8, 21, 30, § 72; cf.:

sunt mirae aves cornutae (in Africā) et equinis auribus Pegasi,

Mel. 3, 9.— Hence,

Pēgăsēïus, a, um, adj., Pegasean, i. e. poetic: melos, Pers. praef. 14. —

Pēgăsĕus ( Pēgăsēus, Mart. Cap. 9 fin.), a, um, adj., of or belonging to Pegasus, Pegasean:

volatus,

Cat. 55, 24:

habenae,

Claud. in Ruf. 3, 262:

aquae,

Hippocrene, id. Epigr. 5, 4.—Pegaseum stagnum, a lake in lonia, Plin. 5, 27, 31, § 115:

aetas Pegaseo corripiet gradu,

i. e. with rapid step, Sen. Troad. 385.—

Pēgăsis, ĭdis, f. adj., of Pegasus:

Pegasides undae,

the waters of Hippocrene, the fountain of the Muses, Ov. Tr. 3, 7, 15:

unda,

Mart. 9, 59, 6.— Subst.: Pēgăsĭdes, the Muses, Ov. H. 15, 27; Prop. 3 (4), 1, 19.— Pēgăsis, ĭdis, f., = Pêgê, a fountain-nymph:

Pegasis Oenone Phrygiis celeberrima silvis,

Ov. H. 5, 3.

Pēgăsus, i, m., a celebrated jurist in the reign of the emperor Vespasian, Dig. 1, 2, 2, § 47; Juv. 4, 77.—Hence,

Pē-găsĭānus, a, um, adj., Pegasian:

senatus consultum,

Just. Inst. 2, tit. 23.

Pēgăsus ( - os), i, m., = Pêgasos, the winged horse of the Muses, who sprang from the blood of Medusa when she was slain, and with a blow of his hoof caused the fountain of the Muses ( Hippocrene) to spring from Mount Helicon. Bellerophon afterwards caught him at the fountain of Pirene, near Corinth, and, with the aid of his hoofs, destroyed the Chimœra. But when Bellerophon wished to fly on the back of Pegasus to heaven, the latter threw him off and ascended to the skies alone, where he was changed into a constellation, Ov. M. 4, 785; 5, 262 sq.; id. F. 3, 458:

ales,

Hor. C. 4, 11, 27; Hyg. Fab. 151; id. Astr. 2, 18.—Applied in jest to a swift messenger, Cic. Quint. 25, 80. —Of winged horses in gen., Plin. 8, 21, 30, § 72; cf.:

sunt mirae aves cornutae (in Africā) et equinis auribus Pegasi,

Mel. 3, 9.— Hence,

Pēgăsēïus, a, um, adj., Pegasean, i. e. poetic: melos, Pers. praef. 14. —

Pēgăsĕus ( Pēgăsēus, Mart. Cap. 9 fin.), a, um, adj., of or belonging to Pegasus, Pegasean:

volatus,

Cat. 55, 24:

habenae,

Claud. in Ruf. 3, 262:

aquae,

Hippocrene, id. Epigr. 5, 4.—Pegaseum stagnum, a lake in lonia, Plin. 5, 27, 31, § 115:

aetas Pegaseo corripiet gradu,

i. e. with rapid step, Sen. Troad. 385.—

Pēgăsis, ĭdis, f. adj., of Pegasus:

Pegasides undae,

the waters of Hippocrene, the fountain of the Muses, Ov. Tr. 3, 7, 15:

unda,

Mart. 9, 59, 6.— Subst.: Pēgăsĭdes, the Muses, Ov. H. 15, 27; Prop. 3 (4), 1, 19.— Pēgăsis, ĭdis, f., = Pêgê, a fountain-nymph:

Pegasis Oenone Phrygiis celeberrima silvis,

Ov. H. 5, 3.

Pēgăsus, i, m., a celebrated jurist in the reign of the emperor Vespasian, Dig. 1, 2, 2, § 47; Juv. 4, 77.—Hence,

Pē-găsĭānus, a, um, adj., Pegasian:

senatus consultum,

Just. Inst. 2, tit. 23.