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  • 1 Pons

    1.
    pons, ntis, m. [kindred with Sanscr. pathi, a path; Gr. patos; old Germ. phat, pfat; mod. Germ. Pfad; Angl.-Sax. padh; hence prop. a board across a ditch, brook, etc.], a bridge across a river, ditch, or marsh, between towers, etc.
    I.
    In gen.:

    pars oppidi mari disjuncta angusto, ponte rursus adjungitur et continetur,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 52, §

    117: pontem in Arare faciendum curat,

    to throw a bridge over the stream, Caes. B. G. 1, 13: in Isarā, flumine maximo, ponte uno die facto, Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 15, 3:

    in Histro flumine,

    Nep. Milt. 3, 1; so,

    inicere pontem,

    Liv. 26, 6; Tac. A. 15, 19:

    flumen ponte jungere,

    Liv. 21, 45; Curt. 3, 7, 1:

    amnem ponte junxit,

    id. 4, 9, 9:

    imponere pontem flumini,

    id. 5, 1, 22:

    pontibus palude constratā,

    Hirt. B. G. 8, 14:

    pontem navibus efficere,

    Tac. A. 6, 37:

    ponte flumen transgredi,

    id. ib. 13, 39;

    also: ponte flumen transmittere,

    Plin. Ep. 8, 8; and:

    ponte flumen traicere,

    Flor. 4, 12, 22:

    interscindere pontem,

    to break down, Cic. Leg. 2, 4, 10; also,

    rescindere,

    Nep. Milt. 3, 4:

    interrumpere,

    Plaut. Cas. prol. 66; Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 23, 3:

    rumpere,

    Quint. 2, 13, 16; Tac. A. 2, 68:

    abrumpere,

    id. H. 3, 6:

    recidere,

    Curt. 4, 16, 8:

    solvere,

    Tac. A. 1, 69:

    dissolvere,

    Nep. Them. 5, 1:

    vellere,

    Verg. A. 8, 650:

    partem pontis rescindere,

    Caes. B. G. 6, 29.—Esp., as a stand for beggars, Juv. 5, 8; cf. id. 4, 116:

    aliquis de ponte,

    i. e. a beggar, id. 14, 134.— Plur.:

    plures dies efficiendis pontibus absumpti,

    a bridge of several spans, Tac. A. 2, 8; 11, 13; Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 23, 3; cf. id. ib. 10, 18, 4.—
    II.
    In partic.
    A.
    The bridge at the Comitia, over which the voters passed one by one to the septum, to deposit their votes, Cic. Att. 1, 14, 5; Auct. Her. 1, 12, 21; Ov. F. 5, 634. Hence the proverb: sexagenarios de ponte; v. sexagenarius.—
    B. C.
    A plank bridge thrown from a vessel to the shore, Verg. A. 10, 288 and 654; Liv. 21, 28.—
    D. E.
    A floor of a tower, Verg. A. 9, 530; 12, 675.—
    F. 2.
    Pons, ntis, m., a geographical proper name.
    I.
    Pons Argenteus, the modern Argens, Lepid. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 34, 2; 10, 35.—
    II.
    Pons Campanus, Hor. S. 1, 5, 45; Plin. 14, 6, 8, § 62.—
    III.
    Aureoli, the modern Pontiruolo, Trebell. XXX. Tyr. Aureol. al.

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  • 2 pons

    1.
    pons, ntis, m. [kindred with Sanscr. pathi, a path; Gr. patos; old Germ. phat, pfat; mod. Germ. Pfad; Angl.-Sax. padh; hence prop. a board across a ditch, brook, etc.], a bridge across a river, ditch, or marsh, between towers, etc.
    I.
    In gen.:

    pars oppidi mari disjuncta angusto, ponte rursus adjungitur et continetur,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 52, §

    117: pontem in Arare faciendum curat,

    to throw a bridge over the stream, Caes. B. G. 1, 13: in Isarā, flumine maximo, ponte uno die facto, Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 15, 3:

    in Histro flumine,

    Nep. Milt. 3, 1; so,

    inicere pontem,

    Liv. 26, 6; Tac. A. 15, 19:

    flumen ponte jungere,

    Liv. 21, 45; Curt. 3, 7, 1:

    amnem ponte junxit,

    id. 4, 9, 9:

    imponere pontem flumini,

    id. 5, 1, 22:

    pontibus palude constratā,

    Hirt. B. G. 8, 14:

    pontem navibus efficere,

    Tac. A. 6, 37:

    ponte flumen transgredi,

    id. ib. 13, 39;

    also: ponte flumen transmittere,

    Plin. Ep. 8, 8; and:

    ponte flumen traicere,

    Flor. 4, 12, 22:

    interscindere pontem,

    to break down, Cic. Leg. 2, 4, 10; also,

    rescindere,

    Nep. Milt. 3, 4:

    interrumpere,

    Plaut. Cas. prol. 66; Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 23, 3:

    rumpere,

    Quint. 2, 13, 16; Tac. A. 2, 68:

    abrumpere,

    id. H. 3, 6:

    recidere,

    Curt. 4, 16, 8:

    solvere,

    Tac. A. 1, 69:

    dissolvere,

    Nep. Them. 5, 1:

    vellere,

    Verg. A. 8, 650:

    partem pontis rescindere,

    Caes. B. G. 6, 29.—Esp., as a stand for beggars, Juv. 5, 8; cf. id. 4, 116:

    aliquis de ponte,

    i. e. a beggar, id. 14, 134.— Plur.:

    plures dies efficiendis pontibus absumpti,

    a bridge of several spans, Tac. A. 2, 8; 11, 13; Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 23, 3; cf. id. ib. 10, 18, 4.—
    II.
    In partic.
    A.
    The bridge at the Comitia, over which the voters passed one by one to the septum, to deposit their votes, Cic. Att. 1, 14, 5; Auct. Her. 1, 12, 21; Ov. F. 5, 634. Hence the proverb: sexagenarios de ponte; v. sexagenarius.—
    B. C.
    A plank bridge thrown from a vessel to the shore, Verg. A. 10, 288 and 654; Liv. 21, 28.—
    D. E.
    A floor of a tower, Verg. A. 9, 530; 12, 675.—
    F. 2.
    Pons, ntis, m., a geographical proper name.
    I.
    Pons Argenteus, the modern Argens, Lepid. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 34, 2; 10, 35.—
    II.
    Pons Campanus, Hor. S. 1, 5, 45; Plin. 14, 6, 8, § 62.—
    III.
    Aureoli, the modern Pontiruolo, Trebell. XXX. Tyr. Aureol. al.

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  • 3 turrītus

        turrītus adj.    [turris], furnished with towers, towered, turreted, castled, castellated: moenia, O.: puppes, V.— Fem., as an epithet of Cybele, towercrowned, turreted: Berecyntia mater, V., O.— Towering, lofty: scopuli, V.
    * * *
    turrita, turritum ADJ
    crowned with towers, tower-shaped

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  • 4 caput

        caput itis, n    [CAP-], the head: Capillus circum caput Reiectus, T.: caput obnubito, L.: capitis nives, H.: capite operto: aperire: velare, L.: abscindere cervicibus: capite demisso: attollere, O.: extollere, to become bold: breve (equi), H.: coronatum (bovis), Tb.: per caput pedesque ire, heels over head, Ct.: dux cum exercitu supra caput est, i. e. is ready to fall upon us, S.: capita conferre, to lay heads together, i. e. to confer in secret, L.: caput aut collum petere, strike at the vital parts: haec alias inter caput extulit urbes, towers, i. e. excels, V.: aliena negotia Per caput saliunt, run through the head, i. e. the mind, H.: capitis labor, mental exertion, H. — Meton., the head, top, summit, point, end, extremity: iocur sine capite (of a sacrifice), L.: in extis, O.: tignorum, Cs.: cornu duxit, donec curvata coirent capita, the ends, V. — The origin, source, spring, head (of a river), L.: caput unde erumpit Enipeus, V.: celsis caput urbibus exit, my source springs among great cities, V.—The mouth, embouchure (rare): multis capitibus in Oceanum influit, Cs.—Of plants: diducere terram ad capita, the roots, V.: papavera demisere caput, the heads, V.: capitum iugatio, branches (of the vine). — Of mountains, the summit: capita aspera montis, V. — Of persons, a head, person: ridiculum caput! T.: carum, V.: duo haec capita taeterrima: ignota, L.: di capiti ipsius reservent, for himself, V.: capiti cane talia Dardanio rebusque tuis, i. e. for Aeneas and yourself, V.: Perfidum, H.: de sacrando cum bonis capite alcuius, L.: ut caput Iovi sacraretur, L.—With numerals: capitum Helvetiorum milia CCLXIII, souls, Cs.: nullum caput Proserpina fugit, H.: in capita, to each person, L.; cf. sus Triginta capitum fetūs enixa, V.—Fig., life, physical life: Capitis periculum adire, to risk life, T.: caput obiectare periclis, V.: capitis poena, capital punishment, Cs.: certamen capitis et famae: ut capite dimices tuo, L.: caput offerre pro patriā: patrium tibi crede caput (i. e. patris vitam), O.: accusatus capitis absolvitur, of a capital crime, N.: Sthenium capite damnare.—Civil life, personality, civil rights, liberty and citizenship: capitis causae, involving citizenship: iudicium capitis: capitis deminutio, loss of civil rights, Cs.—Poet.: capitis minor, H.—Of persons, a leader, chief, guide: concitandorum Graecorum: capita nominis Latini, heads, chiefs, L.: ut se Suevorum caput credant, chief tribe, Ta.: capita coniurationis securi percussi, L.: illic est huic rei caput, author, contriver, T.: ab illo fonte et capite Socrate: corpori valido caput deerat, leader, L.: ipsum Expugnare caput, the great man himself, H. —A head, chief, capital: Thebae totius Graeciae, first city, N.: Roma, orbis terrarum, L.: castellum eius regionis, principal place, L.: Romam caput Latio esse, L.: ius nigrum, cenae caput, principal dish: fundus, vestrae pecuniae, chief source of income: caput esse artis, decere, the note, characteristic: ad consilium de re p. dandum caput est nosse rem p., first qualification: caput litterarum cum alquo, reason for corresponding: Epicuri, chief dogma: caput belli et summa, V.—In writings, a division, paragraph, chapter: legis: caput Annianum de hereditatibus, passage in the will of A.— Of money, the principal sum, capital, stock: quibus ille de capite dempsisset, reduced their debts: de capite deducite alqd, L.: Quinas hic capiti mercedes exsecet, extort sixty per centum, H.
    * * *
    head; person; life; leader; top; source/mouth (river); capital (punishment); heading; chapter, principal division

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  • 5 castellum

        castellum ī, n dim.    [castrum], a castle, fort, citadel, fortress, stronghold: crebra, Cs.: castellis ab ingressione propulsari: multa capere, S.: montana castella, V.: castella communit, towers (on a wall), Cs.: castella facta, posts (for guards), Cs.— Poet.: Norica Castella in tumulis, i. e. mountain homes, V.—Fig., a shelter, stronghold, defence, refuge: latrocinii: castellum omnium scelerum, L.
    * * *
    redoubt, fortress, stronghold, fortified settlement, refuge; garrison, citadel; structure in which water from aqueduct is collected for distribution, reservoir town, village; (medieval)

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  • 6 con-tabulō

        con-tabulō āvī, ātus, āre,    to floor over, build in stories: turrīs, Cs.: turres contabulatae, L.: murum turribus, cover with towers in stories, Cs.: mare molibus, bridge over, Cu.

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  • 7 prōpūgnāculum

        prōpūgnāculum ī, n    [propugno], a bulwark, tower, rampart, fortress, defence: ut propugnaculo ceteris (navis) esset: pontīs et propugnacula iungunt, V.: Siciliae, i. e. the fleet: navium, i. e. ships furnished with towers, H.: oppositum barbaris, N.: moenium, Ta.—Fig., a bulwark, protection, defence: lex Aelia et Fufia propugnacula tranquillitatis: tyrannidis propugnacula, N.: firmissimo propugnaculo uti, quod, etc., as his strongest plea, L.
    * * *
    bulwark, rampart; defence

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  • 8 ambulatorius

    ambŭlātōrĭus, a, um, adj. [ambulator], that moves about (rare; never in Cic.); hence,
    I.
    Of machines which can be moved to and fro. movable: praeterea alias (so. turres) ambulatorias totidem tabulatorum [p. 104] confixerant, movable towers with an equal number of stories, Auct. B. Alex. 2 Moeb.; Vitr. 10, 19; Plin. 21, 14, 47, § 80.—Hence, trop., of the will, wavering, fickle, changeable:

    voluntas,

    Dig. 24, 1, 32;

    and of other things: actio,

    a cause that passes from one to another, Cod. Just. 6, 2, 22.—
    * II.
    Suitable for walking in:

    porticus,

    Dig. 8, 5, 8.

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  • 9 interturrium

    interturrĭum, ĭi, n. [inter-turris], a wall between two towers, Inscr. ap. Don. 220, 3.

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  • 10 muralis

    mūrālis, e, adj. [murus], of or belonging to a wall, wall-, mural (class.):

    muralis herba,

    the pellitory of the wall, parietary, Plin. 21, 30, 104, § 176:

    pila,

    used in fighting from walls, Caes. B. G. 5, 39:

    tormentum,

    for battering walls, Verg. A. 12, 921:

    fossa,

    under the walls, Sil. 8, 555:

    falces,

    hooks for pulling down walls, Caes. B. G. 3, 14: corona, a mural crown, given as a reward to him who first scaled the enemy's walls, Liv. 23, 18; also,

    corona,

    the crown on the head of Cybele, adorned with walls and towers, Lucr. 2, 606.

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  • 11 murus

    mūrus (archaic orthogr. moerus, Varr. L. L. 5, 32, § 41 Müll.; Enn. ap. Serv. Verg. G. 1, 18, or Ann. v. 376 Vahl.; Verg. A. 10, 24:

    moirus,

    Inscr. Orell. 566), i, m. [from root mū-; cf.: moenia, munis], a wall; esp. a city wall; mostly in plur. (class.; cf.: moenia, paries, maceria).
    I.
    Lit.:

    muri urbis,

    Cic. N. D. 3, 40, 94:

    Helvii intra oppida murosque compelluntur,

    Caes. B. G. 7, 65:

    instruere,

    Nep. Th. 6, 4:

    ducere,

    Verg. A. 1, 423:

    aedificare,

    Ov. M. 11, 204:

    marmoreus,

    a balcony, Calp. Ecl. 7, 48.—Also, the wall of a building, Cic. Att. 2, 4, 7:

    sanctae res, veluti muri et portae, quodammodo divini juris sunt,

    Gai. Inst. 2, 9.—
    B.
    Transf.
    1.
    A bank, mound, dam, Varr. R. R. 1, 14, 3.—
    2.
    The rim or side of a pot or boiler:

    quae tenui muro spatiosum colligat orbem,

    Juv. 4, 132.—
    3.
    The wooden tower of an elephant, Sil. 9, 601.—
    4.
    The head-dress of Cybele, ornamented with towers: crinalis, Claud. in. Eutr. 2, 284.—
    II.
    Trop., a wall, a safeguard, protection, defence (rare but class.):

    lex Aelia et Fufia, propugnacula murique tranquillitatis,

    Cic. Pis. 4, 9:

    Graiūm murus Achilles,

    Ov. M. 13, 280:

    cor munitum costarum et pectoris muro,

    Plin. 11, 37, 69, § 181:

    hic murus aëneus esto,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 60.

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  • 12 peto

    pĕto, īvi and ĭi, ītum, 3 ( perf. petīt, Verg. A. 9, 9;

    Ov F. 1, 109: petisti,

    Cic. Cat. 1, 5, 11; Verg. A. 4, 100; 12, 359:

    petistis,

    Auct. Her. 4, 15, 22:

    petissem,

    Cic. Verr. 1, 55, 145; Ov. M. 5, 26; Liv. 30, 25, 2:

    petisse,

    Cic. Quint. 11, 37; id. Verr. 2, 4, 63, § 140; Ov. [p. 1365] M. 9, 623; cf. Neue, Formenl. 2, 516 sq.), v. a. [Sanscr. root pat-, to fall upon, fly, find; Gr. pet- in piptô (pi-petô), to fall; cf. Lat. impetus and in petomai, to fly; cf. Lat. penna, acci-pit-er, etc.; the root of piptô, and therefore orig. to fall, fall upon; hence, to endeavor to reach or attain any thing].
    I.
    To fall upon any thing.
    A.
    Lit.
    1.
    In a hostile sense, to rush at, attack, assault, assail; to let fly at, aim a blow at, thrust at, etc. (class.; cf.:

    invado, aggredior): gladiatores et vitando caute, et petendo vehementer,

    Cic. Or. 68, 228:

    cujus latus mucro ille petebat,

    id. Lig. 3, 9:

    non latus aut ventrem, sed caput et collum petere,

    to thrust at, id. Mur. 26, 52:

    aliquem spiculo infeste,

    Liv. 2, 20:

    aliquem mālo,

    to throw an apple at any one, Verg. E. 3, 64:

    alicui ungue genas,

    Ov. A. A. 2, 452:

    aliquem saxis, id. de Nuce, 2: aprum jaculis,

    Suet. Tib. 72:

    aëra disco,

    Hor. S. 2, 2, 13:

    bello Penatìs,

    Verg. A. 3, 603:

    armis patriam,

    Vell. 2, 68, 3.—
    2.
    Without the notion of hostility: petere collum alicujus amplexu, to fall upon one's neck, to embrace one, M. Cael. ap. Quint. 4, 2, 124.—Esp. freq., to seek, to direct one's course to, to go or repair to, to make for, travel to a place:

    grues loca calidiora petentes,

    Cic. N. D. 2, 49, 125:

    Cyzicum,

    id. Fam. 14, 4, 3:

    Dyrrhachium,

    id. Planc. 41, 97:

    naves,

    to seek, take refuge in their ships, Nep. Milt. 5, 5:

    caelum pennis,

    to fly, Ov. F. 3, 457:

    Graiis Phasi petite viris,

    visited by the Greeks, id. P. 4, 10, 52:

    Metellus Postumium ad bellum gerendum Africam petentem,... urbem egredi passus non est,

    attempting to go, starting, Val. Max. 1, 1, 2.— Transf., of things, to proceed or go towards:

    campum petit amnis,

    Verg. G. 3, 522:

    mons petit astra,

    towers toward the stars, Ov. M. 1, 316: aliquem, to seek, go to a person:

    reginam,

    Verg. A. 1, 717:

    ut te supplex peterem, et tua limina adirem,

    id. ib. 6, 115: aliquid in locum or ad aliquem, to go to a place or person for something, to go in quest of, go to fetch:

    visum est tanti in extremam Italiam petere Brundisium ostreas,

    to go to Brundisium for oysters, Plin. 9, 54, 79, § 169:

    myrrham ad Troglodytas,

    id. 12, 15, 33, § 66:

    harena ad Aethiopas usque petitur,

    id. 36, 6, 9, § 51:

    collis, in quem vimina petebantur,

    id. 16, 10, 15, § 37:

    quaeque trans maria petimus,

    fetch, id. 19, 4, 19, §§ 58, 52.—
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    To attack, assail one with any thing (class.):

    aiiquem epistulā,

    Cic. Att. 2, 2, 2:

    aliquem fraude et insidiis,

    Liv. 40, 55:

    aliquem falsis criminibus,

    Tac. A. 4, 31.—
    B.
    To demand, seek, require (cf. posco).
    1.
    In gen.:

    ita petit asparagus,

    Varr. R. R. 1, 23:

    ex iis tantum, quantum res petet, hauriemus,

    Cic. de Or. 3, 31, 123:

    aliquem in vincula,

    Quint. 7, 1, 55:

    aliquem ad supplicium,

    id. 7, 6, 6: poenas ab aliquo, to seek satisfaction from or revenge one's self on any one. ut poenas ab optimo quoque peteret sui doloris, Cic. Att. 1, 16, 7:

    ut merito ab eā poenas liberi sui petere debuerint,

    Quint. 3, 11, 12.—
    2.
    In partic.
    a.
    To demand or claim at law, to bring an action to recover, to sue for any thing (syn.:

    postulo): causam dicere Prius unde petitur... Quam ille qui petit,

    Ter. Eun. prol. 11:

    qui per se litem contestatur, sibi soli petit,

    Cic. Rosc Com. 18, 53: aliquando cum servis Habiti furti egit;

    nuper ab ipso Habito petere coepit,

    id. Clu. 59, 163:

    qui non calumniā litium alienos fundos, sed castris, exercitu, signis inferendis petebat,

    id. Mil. 27, 74.—
    b.
    To beg, beseech, ask, request, desire, entreat (syn.: rogo, flagito, obsecro); constr with ab and abl. of pers. (cf. infra); ante- and postclass., with acc. of pers.:

    vos volo, vos peto atque obsecro,

    Plaut. Curc. 1, 2, 60; freq. with ut:

    a te etiam atque etiam peto atque contendo, ut, etc.,

    Cic. Fam. 13, 1, 5:

    peto quaesoque, ut, etc.,

    id. ib. 5, 4, 2:

    peto igitur a te, vel, si pateris, oro, ut,

    id. ib. 9, 13, 3:

    petere in beneficii loco et gratiae, ut,

    id. Verr 2, 3, 82, § 189:

    petere precibus per litteras ab aliquo, ut,

    id. Sull. 19, 55:

    pacem ab aliquo,

    Caes. B. G. 2, 13:

    opem ab aliquo,

    Cic. Tusc. 5, 2, 5:

    vitam nocenti,

    Tac. A. 2, 31:

    petito, ut intrare urbem liceret,

    Just. 43, 5, 6.—Also, with id or illud, and ut, etc.: illud autem te peto, ut, etc., Dolab. ap. Cic. Fam. 9, 9, 2.—With obj.-clause (mostly poet.):

    arma umeris arcumque animosa petebat Ferre,

    Stat. Achill. 1, 352; cf.: cum peteret (solum) donari quasi proprio suo deo, Suet. Aug. 5: petit aes sibi dari eis artous, Gell. 9, 2, 1.—De aliquo (for ab aliquo), to beg or request of one (post-class.):

    si de me petisses, ut, etc.,

    Dig. 13, 6, 5.—Ab aliquo aliquid alicui, to beg a thing of one person for another (class.):

    M. Curtio tribunatum a Caesare petivi,

    Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 15, 3: ab aliquo pro aliquo petere, to intercede for:

    in eorum studiis, qui a te pro Ligario petunt,

    Cic. Lig. 10, 31.—With ex and abl. pers. (v. infra d.):

    eum petit litteris, ut ad Britanniam proficisceretur,

    Capitol. Pertin. 3, 5; Eutr. 2, 24.—Hence, pĕtītum, i, n., a prayer, desire, request, entreaty, Cat. 68, 39.—
    (β).
    Polit. t. t., to apply or solicit for an office, to be a candidate for office (different from ambire, to go about among the people to collect their votes, to canvass, which took place after the petitio):

    nemo est ex iis, qui nunc petunt, qui, etc.,

    Cic. Att. 1, 1, 2:

    consulatum,

    id. Phil. 2, 30, 76:

    praeturam,

    id. Verr. 1, 8, 23; Liv. 1, 35.—
    c.
    To solicit a person, to seek to possess, to woo:

    libidine sic accensa (Sempronia) ut viros saepius peteret quam peteretur,

    Sall. C. 25, 3:

    cum te tam multi peterent, tu me una petisti,

    Prop. 3, 13, 27:

    formosam quisque petit,

    id. 3, 32, 4:

    multi illam petiere,

    Ov. M. 1, 478; cf.: quae tuus Vir petet, cave, ne neges;

    Ne petitum aliunde eat,

    Cat. 61, 151.—
    d.
    To endeavor to obtain or pursue, to seek, strive after any thing, Plaut. Ep. 1, 2, 40:

    fugā salutem petere,

    Nep. Hann. 11, 4:

    praedam pedibus,

    Ov. M. 1, 534:

    gloriam,

    Sall. C. 54, 5:

    eloquentiae principatum,

    Cic. Or. 17, 56:

    sanguinis profusio vel fortuita vel petita,

    intentional, designed, produced by artificial means, Cels. 2, 8.—With inf.:

    bene vivere,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 11, 29:

    victricemque petunt dextrae conjungere dextram,

    Ov. M. 8, 421; 14, 571:

    conubiis natam sociare Latinis,

    Verg. A. 7, 96:

    aliquem transfigere ferro,

    Mart. 5, 51, 3.—With ex and abl., over, in the case of:

    ex hostibus victoriam petere,

    Liv. 8, 33, 13:

    supplicium ex se, non victoriam peti,

    id. 28, 19, 11:

    imperium ex victis hostibus populum Romanum petere,

    id. 30, 16, 7.—
    e.
    To fetch any thing:

    qui argentum petit,

    Plaut. Ep. 1, 1, 53:

    cibum e flammā,

    Ter. Eun, 3, 2, 38:

    altius initium rei demonstrandae,

    Cic. Caecin. 4, 10:

    aliquid a Graecis,

    id. Ac. 1, 2, 8:

    a litteris exiguam doloris oblivionem,

    to obtain, id. Fam. 5, 15, 4:

    suspirium alte,

    to fetch a deep sigh, Plaut. Cist. 1, 1, 57; cf.:

    latere petitus imo spiritus,

    Hor. Epod. 11, 10; and:

    gemitus alto de corde petiti,

    Ov. M. 2, 622:

    haec ex veteri memoriā petita,

    Tac. H. 3, 5, 1.—
    f.
    To take, betake one's self to any thing:

    iter a Vibone Brundisium terrā petere contendi,

    Cic. Planc. 40, 96:

    diversas vias,

    Val. Fl. 1, 91:

    alium cursum,

    to take another route, Cic. Att. 3, 8, 2:

    aliam in partem petebant fugam,

    betook themselves to flight, fled, Caes. B. G. 2, 24.—
    g.
    To refer to, relate to ( poet.):

    Trojanos haec monstra petunt,

    Verg. A. 9, 128.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > peto

  • 13 pluteum

    plŭtĕus, i, m., less freq. plŭtĕum, i, n.
    I.
    A penthouse, shed, or mantlet, made of hurdles covered with raw hides, and used to protect besiegers (cf. vineae): plutei crates corio crudo intentae, quae solebant opponi militibus opus facientibus, et appellabantur militares. Nunc etiam tabulae, quibus quid praesepitur, eodem nomine dicuntur, Paul. ex Fest. p. 231 Müll.; cf. Veg. Mil. 4, 15:

    pluteos praeferre,

    Amm. 21, 12, 6; so Caes. B. C. 2, 9; Liv. 21, 61, 10 al.— Transf.:

    ad aliquem vineam pluteosque agere,

    i. e. to turn all one's weapons against him, Plaut. Mil. 2, 2, 111.—
    II.
    A permanent breastwork, a parapet, on towers, etc.:

    pluteos vallo addere,

    Caes. B. G. 7, 41:

    plutei turrium,

    id. ib. 7, 25; id. B. C. 3, 24:

    rates a fronte atque ab utroque latere, cratibus ac pluteis protegebat,

    id. ib. 1, 25, 9;

    2, 15, 3: viminei,

    Amm. 19, 5, 1:

    locus consaeptus cratibus pluteisque,

    Liv. 10, 38, 5.—
    III.
    The back-board, back, of a settee or couch, Suet. Calig. 26;

    so of the couch on which guests reclined at table: somni post vina petuntur,... puer pluteo vindice tutus erat,

    Mart. 3, 91, 10.—
    2.
    Meton., a couch, dining-couch, Prop. 4 (5), 8, 68.—
    IV. V.
    A book-shelf, bookcase, desk, Pers. 1, 106;

    with busts upon it,

    Juv. 2, 7; cf. Dig. 29, 1, 17, § 4; Sid. Ep. 2, 9.—
    VI.

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  • 14 pluteus

    plŭtĕus, i, m., less freq. plŭtĕum, i, n.
    I.
    A penthouse, shed, or mantlet, made of hurdles covered with raw hides, and used to protect besiegers (cf. vineae): plutei crates corio crudo intentae, quae solebant opponi militibus opus facientibus, et appellabantur militares. Nunc etiam tabulae, quibus quid praesepitur, eodem nomine dicuntur, Paul. ex Fest. p. 231 Müll.; cf. Veg. Mil. 4, 15:

    pluteos praeferre,

    Amm. 21, 12, 6; so Caes. B. C. 2, 9; Liv. 21, 61, 10 al.— Transf.:

    ad aliquem vineam pluteosque agere,

    i. e. to turn all one's weapons against him, Plaut. Mil. 2, 2, 111.—
    II.
    A permanent breastwork, a parapet, on towers, etc.:

    pluteos vallo addere,

    Caes. B. G. 7, 41:

    plutei turrium,

    id. ib. 7, 25; id. B. C. 3, 24:

    rates a fronte atque ab utroque latere, cratibus ac pluteis protegebat,

    id. ib. 1, 25, 9;

    2, 15, 3: viminei,

    Amm. 19, 5, 1:

    locus consaeptus cratibus pluteisque,

    Liv. 10, 38, 5.—
    III.
    The back-board, back, of a settee or couch, Suet. Calig. 26;

    so of the couch on which guests reclined at table: somni post vina petuntur,... puer pluteo vindice tutus erat,

    Mart. 3, 91, 10.—
    2.
    Meton., a couch, dining-couch, Prop. 4 (5), 8, 68.—
    IV. V.
    A book-shelf, bookcase, desk, Pers. 1, 106;

    with busts upon it,

    Juv. 2, 7; cf. Dig. 29, 1, 17, § 4; Sid. Ep. 2, 9.—
    VI.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > pluteus

  • 15 propugnaculum

    prōpugnācŭlum, i, n. [propugno], a bulwark, tower, rampart, fortress, defence (class.).
    I.
    Lit.:

    pontes et propugnacula jungunt,

    Verg. A. 9, 170; Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 34, § 88:

    Siciliae,

    i. e. the fleet, id. ib. 2, 3, 80, §

    186: solidati muri, propugnacula addita,

    Tac. H. 2, 19:

    moenium,

    id. ib. 3, 84:

    navium,

    i. e. ships furnished with towers, Hor. Epod. 1, 2; cf.:

    armatae classes imponunt sibi turrium propugnacula,

    Plin. 32, 1, 1, § 3:

    oppositum barbaris,

    Nep. Them. 6, 5:

    domus ut propugnacula habeat,

    Cic. Fam. 14, 18, 2: propugnacula aequoris, dams or dikes, Stat. S. 3, 3, 101:

    Cremona propugnaculum adversus Gallos,

    Tac. H. 3, 54.—
    II.
    Trop., a bulwark, protection, defence (class.):

    lex Aelia et Fufia propugnacula tranquillitatis,

    Cic. Pis. 4, 9; cf. id. Verr. 2, 3, 16, § 40:

    tyrannidis propugnacula,

    Nep. Timol. 3, 3; Gell. 7, 3, 47; Liv. 34, 61.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > propugnaculum

  • 16 quinquevir

    quinquĕvir ( V.), i, m., usu. in plur.: quinquĕ-vĭri, ōrum, m. [vir], board of five, the quinquevirs, a board or commission of five men for any official function. Thus, five commissioners,
    1.
    For the apportionment of lands, Cic. Agr. 2, 7, 7:

    quinqueviros Pomptino agro dividendo creaverunt,

    Liv. 6, 21, 4.—
    2.
    For regulating indebtedness (quinqueviri mensarii), Liv. 7, 21, 5.—
    3.
    For repairing walls and towers, Liv. 25, 7, 5.—
    4.
    As assistants to the tresviri for the watch by night, Liv. 39, 14; Dig. 1, 2, 2, § 31 al.—
    5.
    Under the emperors, a commission to control the public expenditures:

    collegium quinquevirorum publicis sumptibus minuendis,

    Plin. Ep. 2, 1, 9.— In sing., a member of the board of five, a quinquevir:

    quinquevir,

    Cic. Ac. 2, 44, 136:

    scriba ex quinqueviro,

    Hor. S. 2, 5, 56.

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  • 17 quinqueviri

    quinquĕvir ( V.), i, m., usu. in plur.: quinquĕ-vĭri, ōrum, m. [vir], board of five, the quinquevirs, a board or commission of five men for any official function. Thus, five commissioners,
    1.
    For the apportionment of lands, Cic. Agr. 2, 7, 7:

    quinqueviros Pomptino agro dividendo creaverunt,

    Liv. 6, 21, 4.—
    2.
    For regulating indebtedness (quinqueviri mensarii), Liv. 7, 21, 5.—
    3.
    For repairing walls and towers, Liv. 25, 7, 5.—
    4.
    As assistants to the tresviri for the watch by night, Liv. 39, 14; Dig. 1, 2, 2, § 31 al.—
    5.
    Under the emperors, a commission to control the public expenditures:

    collegium quinquevirorum publicis sumptibus minuendis,

    Plin. Ep. 2, 1, 9.— In sing., a member of the board of five, a quinquevir:

    quinquevir,

    Cic. Ac. 2, 44, 136:

    scriba ex quinqueviro,

    Hor. S. 2, 5, 56.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > quinqueviri

  • 18 repo

    rēpo, psi, ptum, 3, v. n. [Gr. herpô; Sanscr. root sarp-, creep; cf. Lat. serpo, serpens], to creep, crawl (cf. serpo).
    I.
    Lit.
    1.
    Of animals:

    repens animans,

    Lucr. 3, 388:

    cochleae inter saxa,

    Sall. J. 93, 2:

    millipeda,

    Plin. 29, 6, 39, § 136:

    formica,

    id. 37, 11, 72, § 187:

    muraenae,

    id. 9, 20, 37, § 73:

    volpecula,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 7, 29 dub.:

    elephas genibus in catervas,

    Plin. 8, 7, 7, § 20 et saep.—
    2.
    Of creeping children, Quint. 1, 2, 6; Stat. Th. 9, 427.—
    3.
    Of other persons in gen.:

    quā unus homo inermis vix poterat repere,

    Nep. Hann. 3 fin.:

    super altitudinem fastigii (templi),

    Plin. 22, 17, 20, § 44:

    Pyrrho regi, quo die periit, praecisa hostiarum capita repsisse,

    id. 11, 37, 77, § 197.—
    B.
    Transf., to creep, crawl, of persons travelling slowly:

    milia tum pransi tria repimus,

    Hor. S. 1, 5, 25.—Of persons swimming:

    qui flumen repunt,

    Arn. 1, 20.— Of cranes slowly stalking, Enn. ap. Serv. Verg. G. 3, 76 (Ann. v. 545 Vahl.).—Of boats moving slowly along: aequore in alto ratibus repentibus, Poet. (Enn.?) ap. Varr. L. L. 7, § 23 Müll. (cf. Enn. p. 87 Vahl.;

    Trag. Rel. p. 292 Rib.).—Of water flowing slowly: aqua palustris, quae pigro lapsu repit,

    Col. 1, 5, 3.—

    Of clouds,

    Lucr. 6, 1121.—

    Of fire: ignis per artus,

    Lucr. 6, 661.—Of plants, Col. Arb. 4 fin.; 16, 4: genus cucurbitarum, quod humi repit, Plin. 19, 5, 24, § 70; 22, 22, 39, § 82.—Of movable towers, Luc. 3, 458.—Of the stealthy advance of a snare, Stat. S. 1, 2, 60.—
    II.
    Trop.:

    sermones Repentes per humum,

    i. e. low, common, mean, Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 251.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > repo

  • 19 saxatiles

    saxātĭlis, e, adj. [saxum], that dwells or is found among rocks, saxatile:

    columbae,

    i. e. which inhabit towers, Varr. R. R. 3, 7, 1:

    pisces,

    that frequent rocks, Col. 8, 16, 8:

    piscatus (opp. hamatilis),

    Plaut. Rud. 2, 1, 10.—As subst.: saxātĭles, fishes that frequent rocks, Cels. 2, 18; Plin. 9, 15, 20, § 52; 32, 9, 31, § 94; Ov. Hal. 109.

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  • 20 saxatilis

    saxātĭlis, e, adj. [saxum], that dwells or is found among rocks, saxatile:

    columbae,

    i. e. which inhabit towers, Varr. R. R. 3, 7, 1:

    pisces,

    that frequent rocks, Col. 8, 16, 8:

    piscatus (opp. hamatilis),

    Plaut. Rud. 2, 1, 10.—As subst.: saxātĭles, fishes that frequent rocks, Cels. 2, 18; Plin. 9, 15, 20, § 52; 32, 9, 31, § 94; Ov. Hal. 109.

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