tormĭna

tormĭna, um, n. ( masc. collat. form tormĭnes, acc. to Non. 32, 11) [torqueo], a griping of the bowels, the gripes, colic.

Lit.: proxima his, inter intestinorum mala, tormina esse consueverunt: dusenteria Graece vocatur, etc., Cels. 4, 15; cf. Cato, R. R. 156, 5; 157, 9; Cic. Tusc. 2, 19, 45; Col. 6, 7, 1; Plin. 22, 25, 72, § 148; 26, 8, 47, § 74; 29, 5, 33, § 103 al.—

Transf.:

tormina urinae,

strangury, Plin. 20, 8, 30, § 74; 30, 15, 50, § 144.

tormĭna, um, n. ( masc. collat. form tormĭnes, acc. to Non. 32, 11) [torqueo], a griping of the bowels, the gripes, colic.

Lit.: proxima his, inter intestinorum mala, tormina esse consueverunt: dusenteria Graece vocatur, etc., Cels. 4, 15; cf. Cato, R. R. 156, 5; 157, 9; Cic. Tusc. 2, 19, 45; Col. 6, 7, 1; Plin. 22, 25, 72, § 148; 26, 8, 47, § 74; 29, 5, 33, § 103 al.—

Transf.:

tormina urinae,

strangury, Plin. 20, 8, 30, § 74; 30, 15, 50, § 144.

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ordĭor, orsus, 4 ( fut. ordibor for ordiar: non parvam rem ordibor, Att. ap. Non. 39, 22; part. perf. orditus, Sid. Ep. 2, 9; Vulg. Isa. 25, 7), v. dep., lit., to begin a web, to lay the warp; hence, also, in gen., to begin, undertake a thing:

ordiri est rei principium facere, unde et togae vocantur exordiae,

Fest. p. 185 Müll.; cf. Isid. 19, 29, 7:

telam,

Hier. in Isa. 9, 30, v. 1; Vulg. Isa. 25, 7.

Lit., to begin to weave a web, to weave, spin:

araneus orditur telas,

Plin. 11, 24, 28, § 80.—So of the Fates:

Lachesis plenā orditur manu,

Sen. Apoc. 4:

(Parca) hominis vitam orditur,

Lact. 2, 10, 20.—

In gen., to begin, commence, set about, undertake (class.; syn.: incipio, incoho, infit); constr. with acc., de, inf., or absol.

With acc.:

reliquas res,

Cic. Fam. 5, 12, 2:

alterius vitae quoddam initium ordimur,

id. Att. 4, 1:

reliquos,

to relate, describe, Nep. Alc. 11, 6:

querelae ab initio tantae ordiendae rei absint. Liv. praef. § 12: majorem orsa furorem,

Verg. A. 7, 386.—

With de:

paulo altius de re ordiri,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 47, § 105.—

With inf.:

ea, de quā disputare ordimur,

Cic. Brut. 6, 22:

cum adulescens orsus esset in foro dicere,

id. ib. 88, 301:

cum sic orsa loqui vates,

Verg. A. 6, 125:

et orsa est Dicere Leuconoë,

Ov. M. 4, 167:

tunc sic orsa loqui,

id. ib. 4, 320.—

Absol., to begin, commence, set out, take or have a beginning:

unde est orsa, in eodem terminetur oratio,

Cic. Marcell. 11, 33: Veneris contra sic filius orsus, thus began (to speak), Verg. A. 1, 325:

sic Juppiter orsus,

id. ib. 12, 806; so commonly with specification of the point from which:

unde ordiri rectius possumus quam a naturā?

Cic. Tusc. 5, 13, 37 init.:

a principio,

id. Phil. 2, 18, 44:

a facillimis,

id. Fin. 1, 5, 13:

a capite,

Plin. 25, 11, 83, § 132.—

Of things or subjects, to begin, to be begun (where the verb may be taken in pass. sense):

tormina ab atrā bile orsa mortifera sunt,

Cels. 2, 8:

cum ex depressiore loco fuerint orsa fundamenta,

Col. 1, 5, 9: sed ab initio est ordiendus (Themistocles), i. e. I must begin ( his life) at the beginning, Nep. Them. 1, 2; cf.:

ab eo nobis causa ordienda est,

Cic. Leg. 1, 7, 21.

prō-sum, fŭi, prōdesse, v. n., to be useful or of use, to do good, benefit, profit.

In gen., constr. with dat., a subjectclause, or absol., rarely with ad or in and acc.: sibi prodesse, Enn. ap. Cic. Fam. 7, 6, 2 (Trag. v. 310 Vahl.); cf.:

qui nec sibi nec alteri prosunt,

Cic. Off. 2, 10, 36:

multis,

id. Lael. 1, 4:

nihil tibi litterae meae proderunt,

id. Fam. 2, 17, 7.—With subj.-clause:

multum prodest ea quae metuuntur ipsa contemnere,

Cic. Tusc. 4, 30, 64:

iis carum et jucundum esse maxime prodest,

Q. Cic. Petit. Cons. 5, 16; cf. id. ib. 11, 43:

quid mihi fingere prodest?

Ov. M. 13, 935:

nec quicquam tibi prodest Aërias tentasse domos,

Hor. C. 1, 28, 4; id. Epod. 17, 60; id. S. 1, 2, 113:

quae scire magis juvat quam prodest,

Sen. Ep. 106, 3.— Absol.:

prodesse aequom est,

Ter. Ad. 5, 9, 11:

quorum altera prosunt, Cin. Fin. 3, 21, 69: studia aliena ac nihil profutura,

Sall. J. 1, 5:

magis tamen Menenianum profuit judicium,

Liv. 2, 52; Quint. 4, 1, 3; 11, 1, 9:

quae nocuere sequar, fugiam quae profore credam,

Hor. Ep. 1, 8, 11:

aut prodesse volunt aut delectare poëtae,

id. A. P. 333:

tu tantum corpore prodes, Nos animo,

Ov. M. 13, 365.— With ad or in and acc.:

id mirum, quantum profuit ad concordiam civitatis,

Liv. 2, 1:

in id quoque prodest, ut, etc.,

Quint. 8, 3, 9:

in commune,

id. 6, 1, 7.—With abl.:

constantia multum prodest in amore,

Prop. 2, 26, 27.—

In partic., of medicines, to be good, be beneficial:

fabam voci prodesse,

Plin. 22, 25, 69, § 141:

balineum assumo, quia prodest,

Plin. Ep. 7, 21, 3:

ad tormina,

Plin. 22, 25, 63, § 131:

contra ignem sacrum,

id. 20, 7, 25, § 59.—With inf.:

contra anginas tritum in poscā gargarizare prodest,

Plin. 20, 6, 23, § 52.

prōsum, = prorsum, q. v.

tortūra, ae, f. [torqueo] (post-class.).

A twisting, wreathing:

sarmenti,

Pall. Febr. 9, 8.—

Torment, torture: ventris, the gripes. colic. = tormina:

tortura et extensio ventris dolorque,

Veg. Vet. 1, 40 fin.; 2, 55.