toxĭcum

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toxĭcum, i, n., = toxikon; orig.,

Lit., a poison in which arrows were dipped, Caecil. and Afran. ap. Fest. p. 355 Müll.; Ov. P. 4, 7, 11; cf. Plin. 16, 10, 20, § 51. —

Transf., poison, in gen. (syn. venenum); sing., Plaut. Merc. 2, 4, 4:

miscere,

Hor. Epod. 17, 61; Suet. Claud. 44; id. Ner. 35. — Plur.:

bibere,

Prop. 1, 5, 6; Ov. Am. 2, 2, 64; Luc. 9, 820; Mart. 1, 19, 6; Col. 10, 18.

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miscĕo, miscŭi, mixtum (mistum is found in many MSS. and edd., but is probably a corruption of copyists, representing the weakened sound of x in later times; v. Neue, Formenl. 2, p. 556), 2, v. a. [root mik-, mig-; Sanscr. micras, mixed; Gr. misgô, mignumi; cf. miscellus], to mix, mingle, to intermingle, blend (for the difference between this word and temperare, v. below, II. A.; cf. confundo).

Lit.

In gen.; with abl.:

(sortes) pueri manu miscentur,

Cic. Div. 2, 41, 86:

toxicum antidoto,

Phaedr. 1, 14, 8:

mella Falerno,

Hor. S. 2, 4, 24:

vina Surrentina faece Falernā,

id. ib. 2, 4, 55:

pabula sale,

Col. 6, 4:

nectare aquas,

Ov. H. 16, 198.— With dat.:

dulce amarumque mihi,

Plaut. Ps. 1, 1, 61:

fletum cruori,

Ov. M. 4, 140; Col. 7, 5:

inter curalium virides miscere smaragdos,

Lucr. 2, 805:

cumque meis lacrimis miscuit usque suas,

Ov. P. 1, 9, 20. —

In partic.

To join one's self to, have carnal intercourse with one:

corpus cum aliquā,

Cic. Div. 1, 29, 60.—With dat.:

sic se tibi misceat,

Ov. M. 13, 866:

cum aliquo misceri in Venerem,

App. M. 9, p. 228, 16:

sanguinem et genus,

to intermarry, Liv. 1, 9, 4.—

To mix, prepare a drink:

alteri miscere mulsum,

Cic. Fin. 2, 5, 17; Ov. Am. 1, 4, 29:

Veientana mihi misces,

Mart. 3, 49, 1:

pocula alicui,

Ov. M. 10, 160:

lurida terribiles miscent aconita novercae,

id. ib. 1, 147; cf.: miscenda Cum Styge vina bibas, = you shall die, id. ib. 12, 321:

nullis aconita propinquis miscuit (Orestes),

Juv. 8, 219.—

Miscere se, or misceri, to mingle with others, to unite, assemble:

miscet (se) viris,

Verg. A. 1, 440:

se partibus alicujus,

Vell. 2, 86, 3:

ipsa ad praetoria densae Miscentur,

assemble, Verg. G. 4, 75.—

Miscere manus or proelia, to join battle, engage ( poet.):

miscere manus,

Prop. 2, 20, 66:

proelia dura,

id. 4, 1, 28;

hence, vulnera,

to inflict wounds on each other, Verg. A. 12, 720.—

Of storms, to throw into confusion, to disturb, confound, embroil ( poet.):

caelum terramque,

Verg. A. 1, 134:

magno misceri murmure pontum,

id. ib. 1, 124:

miscent se maria,

id. ib. 9, 714.—Hence, of persons, to raise a great commotion, make a prodigious disturbance, to move heaven and earth:

caelum ac terras,

Liv. 4, 3, 6:

quis caelum terris non misceat et mare caelo,

Juv. 2, 25; cf.:

mare caelo confundere,

id. 6, 282. —

Trop.

In gen., to mix, mingle, unite, etc.:

dulce amarumque una nunc misces mihi,

Plaut. Ps. 1, 1, 63: miscent inter sese inimicitiam agitantes, Enn. ap. Gell. 20, 10 (Ann. v. 275 Vahl.):

animum alicujus cum suo miscere,

Cic. Lael. 21, 81:

gravitate mixtus lepos,

id. Rep. 2, 1, 1:

misce Ergo aliquid de nostris moribus,

Juv. 14, 322:

ex dissimillimis rebus misceri et temperari,

Cic. Off. 3, 33, 119; cf.

, joined with temperare,

id. Or. 58, 197;

also opp. to temperare, since miscere signifies merely to mix, but temperare to mix in due proportion: haec ita mixta fuerunt, ut temperata nullo fuerint modo,

Cic. Rep. 2, 23, 42.—

In partic.

To share with, impart to another; to take part in, share in a thing (rare and perhaps not ante-Aug.):

cum amico omnes curas, omnes cogitationes tuas misce,

share, Sen. Ep. 3, 3:

se negotiis,

to take part in, engage in, Dig. 26, 7, 39, § 11:

administrationi,

ib. 27, 1, 17, § 5:

paternae hereditati,

ib. 29, 2, 42, § 3. —

(Acc. to I. B. 5.).

To throw into confusion, to embroil, disturb (class.): om [p. 1150] nia infima summis paria fecit, turbavit, miscuit, Cic. Leg. 3, 9, 19:

rem publicam malis concionibus,

id. Agr. 2, 33, 91:

coetus,

Tac. A. 1, 16:

animorum motus dicendo,

Cic. de Or. 1, 51, 220:

anima, quae res humanas miscuit olim,

Juv. 10, 163.—

To stir up, occasion, excite, rouse:

ego nova quaedam misceri et concitari mala jam pridem videbam,

stirred up, devised, Cic. Cat. 4, 3, 6:

seditiones,

Tac. H. 4, 68 fin. —

Misceri aliquo, to be changed into:

mixtus Enipeo Taenarius deus,

Prop. 1, 13, 21.

vēlox, ōcis, adj. [akin to volare; cf. veles], swift, quick, fleet, rapid, speedy (class.; syn.: celer, pernix, praepes).

Lit.:

juvenes,

Liv. 26, 4, 4:

pedites velocissimi ac fortissimi,

Caes. B. G. 1, 48:

velocissimus quisque,

Quint. 2, 3, 7:

Breuni,

Hor. C. 4, 14, 11:

cervi,

Verg. A. 5, 253:

catuli,

id. G. 3, 405:

Pristis,

id. A. 5, 116:

pes,

Ov. M. 1, 551:

flamma,

Lucr. 6, 688:

jaculum,

Verg. G. 2, 530:

procella,

Hor. C. 3, 27, 63:

arbores,

rapidly growing, Plin. 17, 13, 20, § 95:

toxicum,

quickly working, Hor. Epod. 17, 61; so,

genus herbae ad mortem, etiam opio velocius,

Plin. 21, 31, 105, § 180:

horae,

Ov. M. 2, 118:

anni,

Mart. 8, 8, 1:

navigatio,

Quint. 12, 2, 24:

celeritas,

Plin. 10, 24, 35, § 73:

Victoria,

Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 64:

moenia (thermae),

quickly built, Mart. Spect. 2, 7.— Poet., for the adv.:

ille velox... Desilit in latices,

Ov. M. 4, 352; Hor. C. 4, 12, 22; Luc. 9, 829.—With inf.:

nec jam hic absistere velox,

Stat. Th. 6, 797.—With ad and acc.:

piger ad poenas princeps, ad praemia velox,

Ov. P. 1, 2, 123.—

Trop.:

nihil est animo velocius,

Cic. Tusc. 1, 19, 43:

ingenio veloci ac mobili,

Quint. 6, 4, 8:

natura humani ingenii agilis ac velox,

id. 1, 12, 2:

velox ingenio,

Tac. Agr. 13:

animus,

Hor. Ep. 1, 12, 13:

acutior atque velocior in urbanitate brevitas,

Quint. 6, 3, 45; cf.:

decurrere materiam stilo quam velocissimo,

id. 10, 3, 17:

velocior (in conjectando),

Phaedr. 3, 3, 1.— Adv.: vēlōcĭter, swiftly, quickly, speedily, Ov. M. 4, 509; 11, 586; Quint. 1, 1, 28; 2, 4, 28; 8, 3, 81; Plin. 16, 44, 90, § 241.— Comp., Cic. Rep. 6, 26, 29. — Sup., Cic. Univ. 9; Caes. B. G. 5, 35; Suet. Tit. 3.

vĕnēnum, i, n., orig., like pharmakon, any thing, esp. any liquid substance, that powerfully affects or changes the condition of the body, a potion, juice, drug (cf. virus).

In gen.: qui venenum dicit, adicere debet, utrum malum an bonum; nam et medicamenta venena sunt: quia eo nomine omne continetur, quod adhibitum naturam ejus, cui adhibitum esset, mutat. Cum id quod nos venenum appellamus, Graeci pharmakon dicunt, apud illos quoque tam medicamenta, quam quae nocent hoc nomine continentur, etc., Dig. 50, 16, 236; cf. ib. 48, 8, 3.—Obsolete, however, in this general signif.: qui venenum malum fecit fecerit, an old legal formula in Cic. Clu. 54, 148:

avaritia pecuniae studium habet: ea quasi venenis malis imbuta corpus animum que virilem effeminat,

Sall. C. 11, 3.—

In partic.

In a bad sense, like pharmakon (freq. and class.).

A potion that destroys life, poison, venom (cf. toxicum).

Lit.:

ipsius veneni quae ratio fingitur? ubi quaesitum est? quem ad modum paratum? cui, quo in loco traditum?

Cic. Cael. 24, 58; 21, 51; id. Clu. 60, 165; 61, 169; id. Phil. 11, 6, 13; id. N. D. 3, 33, 81; id. Tusc. 1, 40, 96:

nobis veratrum est acre venenum,

Lucr. 4, 638; Verg. A. 4, 514; Hor. C. 1, 37, 28; id. Epod. 3, 5; 5, 22; id. S. 2, 3, 131:

dare,

Liv. 40, 24, 5.—

Trop., mischief, evil, destruction (rare, and not in Cic.):

discordia ordinum est venenum urbis hujus,

Liv. 3, 67, 6: regis Rupili pus atque venenum, i e. [p. 1968] virulence, Hor. S. 1, 7, 1.—Of bad poems, Cat. 44, 12; 77, 5; cf.:

humili veneno laedere aliquem,

Stat. Th. 1, 171:

venena linguarum, Treb. Poll. Trig. Tyr. 30: lingua est suffusa veneno,

Ov. M. 2, 777.—

Lit., a magical potion, charm:

item ut Medea Peliam concoxit senem: Quem medicamento et suis venenis dicitur Fecisse rursus ex sene adulescentulum,

Plaut. Ps. 3, 2, 81:

dira Medeae,

Hor. Epod. 5, 62:

Colcha,

id. C. 2, 13, 8:

Colchica,

id. Epod. 17, 35; Cic. Or. 37, 129; Hor. C. 1, 27, 22; id. Epod. 5, 22; 5, 87; id. S. 1, 8, 19; 2, 1, 48; Ov. M. 7, 209; 14, 55; 14, 403:

qui quodam quasi veneno perficiat, ut veros heredes moveat,

Cic. Off. 3, 19, 76:

id quod amatorium appellatur, venenum est,

Dig. 48, 8, 3.—

Trop., charm, seduction: aetas et corpus tenerum et morigeratio, Haec sunt venena formosarum mulierum, Afran. ap. Non. 2, 7:

intactos isto satius tentare veneno (i. e. amore),

Prop. 2, 12 (3, 3), 19:

blandum,

Sil. 7, 453; 11, 309:

occultum inspires ignem fallasque veneno (i. e. amoris),

Verg. A. 1, 688.—

In a good sense.

A coloring material, a color, dye, paint ( poet.):

alba nec Assyrio fucatur lana veneno,

Verg. G. 2, 465; Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 207; Ov. R. Am. 351.—

A drug used in embalming, Luc. 8, 691.