trabs

trabs, trăbis (ante-class. collat. form of the nom. trăbes, Enn. ap. Cic. N. D. 3, 30, 75; id. Fat. 15, 35; id. Top. 16, 61, or Trag. v. 281 Vahl.; Cic. ap. Varr. L. L. 7, § 33 Müll., or Ann. v. 598 Vahl.), f. [trapêx].

Lit., a beam, a timber:

tigna trabesque,

Lucr. 2, 192 sq.; v. tignum; Caes. B. G. 2, 29; 3, 13; 7, 23; id. B. C. 2, 9; Plin. 16, 38, 73, § 184; Gell. 1, 13, 17; Ov. M. 3, 78.—

Transf.

A tree:

silva frequens trabibus,

Ov. M. 8, 329; cf. id. ib. 14, 360:

securi Saucia trabs ingens,

id. ib. 10, 373; cf. Varr. ap. Non. 178, 31; Prop. 3 (4), 22, 38:

fraxineae,

Verg. A. 6, 181:

lucus trabibus obscurus acernis,

id. ib. 9, 87: Val. Fl. 5, 640. —

Any thing made of beams or timbers.

Very freq., a ship or vessel: abiegna trabes, Enn. ap. Cic. N. D. 3, 30, 75: trabes rostrata per altum, id. ap. Varr. L. L. 7, § 33:

jam mare turbari trabibus... vide bis,

Verg. A. 4, 566:

ut trabe Cypria Myrtoum pavidus nauta secet mare,

Hor. C. 1, 1, 13; Ov. P. 1, 3, 76:

Thessalica,

Sen. Agam. 120.—

A roof:

sub trabe citreā,

Hor. C. 4, 1, 20; so in plur., id. ib. 2, 18, 3; 3, 2, 28. —

A battering - ram, ballista, etc., Val. Fl. 6, 383.—

A javelin, Stat. Th. 5, 566; 9, 124.—

A club, cudgel, Stat. Th. 1, 621.—

A table, Mart. 14, 91, 2.—

A torch, Sen. Herc. Fur. 103. —

In mal. part. = mentula, Cat. 28, 10.—

A fiery phenomenon in the heavens, a meteor: emicant et trabes simili modo, quas dokous vocant, qualis cum Lacedaemonii classe victi imperium Graeciae amisere, Plin. 2, 26, 26, § 96:

trabes et globi et faces et ardores,

Sen. Q. N. 1, 1, 5; 1, 1, 15; 1, 15, 4; 7, 4, 3-5; 7, 5, 21; id. Ep. 94, 56.

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ac-cīdo, cīdi, cīsum, 3, v. a. [caedo], to begin to cut or to cut into [cf.: adamo, addubito, etc.); hence, so to cut a thing that it falls, to fell, to cut (as verb. finit. very rare).

Lit.:

accidunt arbores, tantum ut summa species earum stantium relinquatur,

Caes. B. G. 6, 27, 4:

accisa ornus ferro,

Verg. A. 2, 626; cf.:

velut accisis recrescenti stirpibus,

Liv. 26, 41, 22:

accisis crinibus,

cut close, Tac. G. 19: ab locustis genus omne acciditur frugum, eaten up, Arnob. 1, 3.— Poet., to use up:

fames accisis coget dapibus consumere mensas,

Verg. A. 7, 125.—

Fig., to impair, weaken:

ita proelio uno accidit Vestinorum res, ut, etc.,

Liv. 8, 29, 12; so,

post accisas a Camillo Volscorum res,

id. 6, 5, 2; cf. 6, 12, 6.—Hence, accīsus, a, um, P. a., cut off or down; impaired, ruined: accisae res (opp. integrae), troubled, disordered, or unfortunate state of things:

res,

Cic. Prov. Cons. 14, 34; Liv. 3, 10, 8; 8, 11, 12 al.:

copiae,

Hirt. B. G. 8, 31; Liv. 8, 11, 8:

robur juventutis,

id. 7, 29 fin.:

opes,

Hor. S. 2, 2, 114:

accisae desolataeque gentes,

Sil. 8, 590:

reliquiae (hostium),

Tac. A. 1, 61.

ac-cĭdo, cīdi, no sup., 3, v. n. [cado], to fall upon or down upon a thing, to reach it by falling.

Lit.

In gen. constr. with ad, in, local adverbs, with dat. or absol.: utinam ne accidisset abiegna ad terram trabes, Enn. ap. Auct. Her. 2, 22 (Trag. p. 281 ed. Vahl., where it is: accĕdisset, acc. to the MSS., v. Vahl. N. v.):

signa de caelo ad terram,

Plaut. Rud. prol. 8; so,

tam crebri ad terram accidebant quam pira,

id. Poen. 2, 38: trabs in humum accidens, Varr. ap. Non. 494 fin.; so,

imago aetheris ex oris in terrarum accidat oras,

Lucr. 4, 215:

rosa in mensas,

Ov. F. 5, 360: quo Castalia per struices saxeas lapsu accidit, Liv. Andr. ap. Fest. p. 310 Müll. (Rib. Trag. Rel. p. 5):

ut missa tela gravius acciderent,

fall upon, hit, Caes. B. G. 3, 14; so Liv. 2, 50, 7.—

Esp.: a. ad genua or genibus, of a suppliant, to fall at one's knees: me orat mulier lacrimansque ad genua accidit, Enn. ap. Non. 517, 15 (Com. v. 9 ed. Vahl.); so Ter. Hec. 3, 3, 18; Suet. Caes. 20; id. Claud. 10;

for which: genibus praetoris,

Liv. 44, 31;

also: ad pedes,

Cic. Att. 1, 14, 5, and absol.: quo accĭdam? quo applicem? Enn. ap. Cic. Tusc. 3, 19, 44 (Trag. v. 114 ed. Vahl., where it is accĕdam).—

Transf., to strike the senses, to reach a thing by means of the senses; constr. with ad, the dat. or acc.: vox, sermo accidit ad aurīs (or auribus; also, aurīs alicujus), the voice, the speech falls upon or reaches the ear: nota vox ad aurīs accidit, Att. ap. Non. 39, 5:

nova res molitur ad aurīs accidere,

Lucr. 2, 1024; and:

nihil tam populare ad populi Romani aurīs accidisse,

Cic. Sest. 50, 107:

auribus,

Liv. 24, 46, 5; Quint. 12, 10, 75:

aurīs,

Plaut. Stich. 1, 2, 31; absol., Liv. 10, 5, 2; 27, 15, 16 sq.; Curt. 4, 4, 5 al.; cf.

also: clamor accidit ad aurīs,

Liv. 26, 40, 10; and absol.:

clamor accidit,

id. 4, 33, 9; 40, 32, 2;

likewise: nomen famaque alicujus accidit ad aliquem,

id. 21, 10, 12; v. Fabri ad h. l.—Hence sometimes in Livy: vox or fama accidit (ad aurīs or ad aliquem), with an acc. c. inf.:

ut vox etiam ad hostes accideret captum Cominium esse,

Liv. 10, 41, 7:

quia repente fama accidit classem Punicam adventare,

the report came, id. 27, 29, 7; v. Weissenb. a. h. l.

Fig.

In gen., to fall out, come to pass, happen, occur; and with dat. pers., to happen to, to befall one. (The distinction between the syn. evenio, accido, and contingo is this: evenio, i. e. ex-venio, is used of either fortunate or unfortunate events: accido, of occurrences which take us by surprise; hence it is used either of an indifferent, or, which is its general use, of an unfortunate occurrence: contingo, i. e. contango, indicates that an event accords with [p. 17] one's wishes; and hence is generally used of fortunate events. As Isid. says, Differ. 1: Contingunt bona: accidunt mala: eveniunt utraque):

res accidit,

Caes. B. G. 1, 14;

Id acciderat, ut Galli consilium caperent,

ib. 3, 2:

si quid adversi acciderit,

Cic. Ac. 2, 38, 121; cf. ib. 1, 26, 57:

nollem accidisset tempus, in quo, etc.,

id. Fam. 3, 10:

si qua calamitas accidisset,

id. Verr. 2, 3, 55: id. Rosc. Am. 34:

contra opinionem accidit,

Caes. B. G. 3, 9:

pejus Sequanis accidit,

ib. 1, 31:

periculum accidit,

ib. 3, 3:

detrimentum accidit,

ib. 7, 52. Also of fortunate occurrences:

omnia tibi accidisse gratissima,

Cic. Fam. 3, 1; 11, 15:

accidit satis opportune,

Caes. B. G. 4, 22; cf. Brem. Nep. Milt. 1, 1; Herz. Caes. B. G. 7, 3.—Constr. with ut (Zumpt, § 621), sometimes with quod:

accidit perincommode, quod eum nusquam vidisti,

Cic. Att. 1, 17; or with inf.:

nec enim acciderat mihi opus esse,

id. Fam. 6, 11. Pleonast. in narrations: accidit ut, it happened, or came to pass, that: accidit ut una nocte omnes Hermae dejicerentur, it happened that, etc., Nep. Alc. 3, 2; so Cic. Fam. 3, 8, 8; id. Att. 1, 5, 4 al.—

In part.

Si quid cui accidat, or si quid humanitus accidat, euphemist. for to die; if any thing should happen to one (for which Ennius says:

si quid me fuerit humanitus, Ann. v. 128 ed. Vahl.): si quid pupillo accidisset,

Cic. Inv. 2, 21; Caes. B. G. 1, 18;

si quid mihi humanitus accidisset,

Cic. Phil. 1, 4; Dig. 34, 4, 30 § 2 al. (cf. the Greek ei ti pathoi); so, per aposiopesin, sive—quod heu timeo, sive superstes eris, Ov. Her. 13, 164. (But Cic. Mil. 22, 58; Caes. B. G. 2, 35, and similar passages, are to be taken in the usual signif.)—

To turn out (this very rare):

timeo “incertum” hoc quorsum accidat,

Ter. And. 1, 5, 29:

si secus acciderit,

Cic. Fam. 6, 21, 2. —

In gram., to belong to:

plurima huic (verbo) accidunt (i. e. genus, tempora),

Quint. 1, 5, 41 al.

căvus, a, um, adj. [root ku-, kueô, to swell, etc.; cf.: koilos, kenos], hollow, excavated, concave (opp. plenus, full, round; class.).

Prop.:

cava conveniant plenis,

Lucr. 6, 1085:

cicutae,

id. 5, 1383:

tibia,

id. 2, 620:

concha,

Verg. A. 6, 171:

aes,

id. ib. 3, 240:

testudo,

id. G. 4, 464; Hor. Epod. 14, 11:

bucina,

Ov. M. 1, 335 et saep.:

ungula,

Enn. Ann. 419 Vahl.:

fornaces,

Lucr. 7, 202:

montes,

id. 5, 955:

specus,

Enn. Ann. 420 Vahl.:

cavernae,

Verg. A. 2, 53:

trabs,

id. ib. 3, 191 et saep.:

trunci,

Hor. C. 2, 19, 12:

ilex,

id. Epod. 16, 47:

saxa,

id. C. 3, 13, 14 et saep.:

vena,

the hollow vein, Cic. N. D. 2, 55, 138:

nubes,

Lucr. 6, 127; 6, 176; 6, 272; Verg. A. 1, 516; 5, 810 al.—Hence also of a darkness enveloping one as a cloud:

umbra,

Verg. A. 2, 360:

flumina,

the deepchannelled mountain streams, id. G. 1, 326; 4, 427; cf. Luc. 1, 396: luna, waning (cf. cavo), Plin. 8, 54, 80, § 215.—

Subst.: căvum, i, n. (access. form căvus, i, m. (sc. locus), Varr. R. R. 3, 15, 1; Hor. S. 2, 6, 116; id. Ep. 1, 7, 33; Phaedr. 4, 6, 3; Col. 12, 8), a hollow, cavity, hole, Cato, R. R. 128; Plaut. Men. 1, 2, 49; Lucr. 5, 1382; Liv. 24, 34, 9; Verg. G. 1, 184; Hor. S. 2, 3, 173; Plin. 2, 79, 81, § 192; 11, 51, 112, § 266 et saep.:

cava caeli,

Enn. Trag. 131 Vahl.; cf.:

cava caerula,

id. ib. 332 Vahl.; hence, căvum aedĭum (contr. căvae-dĭum, Phn. Ep. 2, 17, 5), the inner court of Roman houses (cf. Vitr. 6, 3 Schneid.;

O. Müll. Etrusk. 1, p. 255, and Archaeol. § 293, III.),

Varr. L. L. 5, § 161; Vitr. 6, 3; Dict. of Antiq.—

In late Lat., trop.: menses, which have only 30 days (opp. menses pleni, which have 31 days), Censor. 20.—

= inanis, vain, empty:

gloria,

Paul. Nol. Carm. 22, 139:

opes,

id. ib. 21, 912.

căvus, a, um, adj. [root ku-, kueô, to swell, etc.; cf.: koilos, kenos], hollow, excavated, concave (opp. plenus, full, round; class.).

Prop.:

cava conveniant plenis,

Lucr. 6, 1085:

cicutae,

id. 5, 1383:

tibia,

id. 2, 620:

concha,

Verg. A. 6, 171:

aes,

id. ib. 3, 240:

testudo,

id. G. 4, 464; Hor. Epod. 14, 11:

bucina,

Ov. M. 1, 335 et saep.:

ungula,

Enn. Ann. 419 Vahl.:

fornaces,

Lucr. 7, 202:

montes,

id. 5, 955:

specus,

Enn. Ann. 420 Vahl.:

cavernae,

Verg. A. 2, 53:

trabs,

id. ib. 3, 191 et saep.:

trunci,

Hor. C. 2, 19, 12:

ilex,

id. Epod. 16, 47:

saxa,

id. C. 3, 13, 14 et saep.:

vena,

the hollow vein, Cic. N. D. 2, 55, 138:

nubes,

Lucr. 6, 127; 6, 176; 6, 272; Verg. A. 1, 516; 5, 810 al.—Hence also of a darkness enveloping one as a cloud:

umbra,

Verg. A. 2, 360:

flumina,

the deepchannelled mountain streams, id. G. 1, 326; 4, 427; cf. Luc. 1, 396: luna, waning (cf. cavo), Plin. 8, 54, 80, § 215.—

Subst.: căvum, i, n. (access. form căvus, i, m. (sc. locus), Varr. R. R. 3, 15, 1; Hor. S. 2, 6, 116; id. Ep. 1, 7, 33; Phaedr. 4, 6, 3; Col. 12, 8), a hollow, cavity, hole, Cato, R. R. 128; Plaut. Men. 1, 2, 49; Lucr. 5, 1382; Liv. 24, 34, 9; Verg. G. 1, 184; Hor. S. 2, 3, 173; Plin. 2, 79, 81, § 192; 11, 51, 112, § 266 et saep.:

cava caeli,

Enn. Trag. 131 Vahl.; cf.:

cava caerula,

id. ib. 332 Vahl.; hence, căvum aedĭum (contr. căvae-dĭum, Phn. Ep. 2, 17, 5), the inner court of Roman houses (cf. Vitr. 6, 3 Schneid.;

O. Müll. Etrusk. 1, p. 255, and Archaeol. § 293, III.),

Varr. L. L. 5, § 161; Vitr. 6, 3; Dict. of Antiq.—

In late Lat., trop.: menses, which have only 30 days (opp. menses pleni, which have 31 days), Censor. 20.—

= inanis, vain, empty:

gloria,

Paul. Nol. Carm. 22, 139:

opes,

id. ib. 21, 912.

cor-rĭpĭo ( conr-), rĭpŭi, reptum, 3, v. a. [rapio], to seize or snatch up, to collect, to seize upon, take hold of (very freq., and class. in prose and poetry).

Lit.

In gen.:

hominem conripi ac suspendi jussit in oleastro,

Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 23, § 57; Caes. B. C. 3, 109; cf. Ov. M. 9, 217 al.:

arcumque manu celeresque sagittas,

Verg. A. 1, 188; cf.:

lora manu,

Ov. M. 2, 145:

fasces,

Sall. C. 18, 5:

arma,

Vell. 2, 110 et saep.: corpus, to rise up quickly, start up:

ex somno,

Lucr. 3, 164; Verg. A. 4, 572:

de terrā,

Lucr. 4, 1000:

e stratis,

Verg. A. 3, 176: se, to get or rise up hastily, to betake one's self somewhere, Plaut. Merc. 3, 4, 76; Ter. Hec. 3, 3, 5; Verg. A. 6, 472.— Poet.: viam, gradum, spatium, etc., to set out quickly, to pursue hastily, to hasten, hasten through or over:

viam,

Verg. A. 1, 418; Ov. M. 2, 158; Plin. Ep. 4, 1, 6:

gradum,

Hor. C. 1, 3, 33:

spatia,

Verg. A. 5, 316:

campum,

id. G. 3, 104:

aequora,

Val. Fl. 1, 132 al.:

correptā luce diei,

collected, Lucr. 4, 81.—

In partic.

Of robbery, etc., to carry off, rob, plunder, take possession of, usurp:

pecunias undique quasi in subsidium,

Tac. A. 13, 18; cf.:

bona vivorum ac mortuorum usquequaque,

Suet. Dom. 12:

pecunias,

Cic. Verr. 1, 2, 5; Tac. A. 13, 31 fin.:

sacram effigiem,

Verg. A. 2, 167:

praefecturas,

Tac. A. 11, 8 al. —

In Tac. freq. of accusations, to bring to trial, accuse, inform against:

Vitellius accusatione corripitur, deferente Junio Lupo senatore,

Tac. A. 12, 42; 2, 28; 3, 49; 6, 40 al.—

Of fire, etc., or of diseases, to attack, seize, sweep, or carry away (freq. after the Aug. per.):

turbine caelesti subito correptus et igni,

Lucr. 6, 395; cf. Verg. A. 1, 45:

flamma Corripuit tabulas,

id. ib. 9, 537; so Ov. M. 2, 210 al.;

and transf. to the person: ipsas ignes corripuere casas,

id. F. 2, 524:

nec singula morbi Corpora corripiunt,

Verg. G. 3, 472; Cels. 6, 18, 9; Plin. 7, 51, 52, § 172:

morbo bis inter res agendas correptus est,

Suet. Caes. 45:

pedum dolore,

Plin. Ep. 1, 12, 4;

rarely of death: subitā morte,

Flor. 3, 17, 2:

(ales) caeco correpta veneno,

Lucr. 6, 823:

(segetes) modo sol nimius, nimius modo corripit imber,

Ov. M. 5, 483.— Absol.:

si (paralytici) correpti non sunt, diutius quidem vivunt, sed, etc.,

Cels. 3, 47, 4.—

With the access. idea of lessening by compressing, to draw together, draw in, contract, shorten, abridge, diminish (rare; mostly post-Aug.): singulos a septenis spatiis ad quina corripuit. Suet. Dom. 4:

impensas,

id. Tib. 34;

of discourse: quae nimium corripientes omnia sequitur obscuritas,

Quint. 4, 2, 44;

of words in the number of syllables (trabs from trabes),

Varr. L. L. 7, § 33 Müll.;

or in the length of syllables,

Quint. 9, 4, 89; 10, 1, 29;

and so of syllables (opp. producere),

id. 1, 5, 18;

opp. porrigere,

id. 1, 6, 32, and later grammarians.—In time:

numina corripiant moras,

shorten, Ov. M. 9, 282:

ut difficiles puerperiorum tricas Juno mulceat corripiatque Lucina?

Arn. 3, 21.—

Trop.

To reproach, reprove, chide, blame (first freq. after the Aug. per.;

not in Cic.): hi omnes convicio L. Lentuli consulis correpti exagitabantur,

Caes. B. C. 1, 2: clamoribus maximis judices corripuerunt, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 2, 1; so with abl., Suet. Aug. 53:

impransi correptus voce magistri,

Hor. S. 2, 3, 257:

hunc cetera turba suorum corripiunt dictis,

Ov. M. 3, 565 al.:

ut eum non inimice corripere, sed paene patrie monere videatur,

Quint. 11, 1, 68; Liv. 2, 28, 5; Suet. Calig. 45; Ov. M. 13, 69 al.:

corripientibus amicis,

Suet. Ner. 35.—As a figure of speech, Cels. ap. Quint. 9, 2, 104.—

Of the passions, emotions, etc., to seize upon, attack (rare, [p. 474] and mostly poet. or in post-Aug. prose):

hunc plausus hiantem... plebisque patrumque Corripuit ( = animum commovit),

Verg. G. 2, 510:

correpta cupidine,

Ov. M. 9, 734; so id. ib. 9, 455:

duplici ardore (sc. amoris et vini),

Prop. 1, 3, 13:

misericordiā,

Suet. Calig. 12:

irā,

Gell. 1, 26, 8: militiā ( poet. for militiae studio), Verg. A. 11, 584:

imagine visae formae,

seized, fascinated, Ov. M. 4, 676.

cor-rĭpĭo ( conr-), rĭpŭi, reptum, 3, v. a. [rapio], to seize or snatch up, to collect, to seize upon, take hold of (very freq., and class. in prose and poetry).

Lit.

In gen.:

hominem conripi ac suspendi jussit in oleastro,

Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 23, § 57; Caes. B. C. 3, 109; cf. Ov. M. 9, 217 al.:

arcumque manu celeresque sagittas,

Verg. A. 1, 188; cf.:

lora manu,

Ov. M. 2, 145:

fasces,

Sall. C. 18, 5:

arma,

Vell. 2, 110 et saep.: corpus, to rise up quickly, start up:

ex somno,

Lucr. 3, 164; Verg. A. 4, 572:

de terrā,

Lucr. 4, 1000:

e stratis,

Verg. A. 3, 176: se, to get or rise up hastily, to betake one's self somewhere, Plaut. Merc. 3, 4, 76; Ter. Hec. 3, 3, 5; Verg. A. 6, 472.— Poet.: viam, gradum, spatium, etc., to set out quickly, to pursue hastily, to hasten, hasten through or over:

viam,

Verg. A. 1, 418; Ov. M. 2, 158; Plin. Ep. 4, 1, 6:

gradum,

Hor. C. 1, 3, 33:

spatia,

Verg. A. 5, 316:

campum,

id. G. 3, 104:

aequora,

Val. Fl. 1, 132 al.:

correptā luce diei,

collected, Lucr. 4, 81.—

In partic.

Of robbery, etc., to carry off, rob, plunder, take possession of, usurp:

pecunias undique quasi in subsidium,

Tac. A. 13, 18; cf.:

bona vivorum ac mortuorum usquequaque,

Suet. Dom. 12:

pecunias,

Cic. Verr. 1, 2, 5; Tac. A. 13, 31 fin.:

sacram effigiem,

Verg. A. 2, 167:

praefecturas,

Tac. A. 11, 8 al. —

In Tac. freq. of accusations, to bring to trial, accuse, inform against:

Vitellius accusatione corripitur, deferente Junio Lupo senatore,

Tac. A. 12, 42; 2, 28; 3, 49; 6, 40 al.—

Of fire, etc., or of diseases, to attack, seize, sweep, or carry away (freq. after the Aug. per.):

turbine caelesti subito correptus et igni,

Lucr. 6, 395; cf. Verg. A. 1, 45:

flamma Corripuit tabulas,

id. ib. 9, 537; so Ov. M. 2, 210 al.;

and transf. to the person: ipsas ignes corripuere casas,

id. F. 2, 524:

nec singula morbi Corpora corripiunt,

Verg. G. 3, 472; Cels. 6, 18, 9; Plin. 7, 51, 52, § 172:

morbo bis inter res agendas correptus est,

Suet. Caes. 45:

pedum dolore,

Plin. Ep. 1, 12, 4;

rarely of death: subitā morte,

Flor. 3, 17, 2:

(ales) caeco correpta veneno,

Lucr. 6, 823:

(segetes) modo sol nimius, nimius modo corripit imber,

Ov. M. 5, 483.— Absol.:

si (paralytici) correpti non sunt, diutius quidem vivunt, sed, etc.,

Cels. 3, 47, 4.—

With the access. idea of lessening by compressing, to draw together, draw in, contract, shorten, abridge, diminish (rare; mostly post-Aug.): singulos a septenis spatiis ad quina corripuit. Suet. Dom. 4:

impensas,

id. Tib. 34;

of discourse: quae nimium corripientes omnia sequitur obscuritas,

Quint. 4, 2, 44;

of words in the number of syllables (trabs from trabes),

Varr. L. L. 7, § 33 Müll.;

or in the length of syllables,

Quint. 9, 4, 89; 10, 1, 29;

and so of syllables (opp. producere),

id. 1, 5, 18;

opp. porrigere,

id. 1, 6, 32, and later grammarians.—In time:

numina corripiant moras,

shorten, Ov. M. 9, 282:

ut difficiles puerperiorum tricas Juno mulceat corripiatque Lucina?

Arn. 3, 21.—

Trop.

To reproach, reprove, chide, blame (first freq. after the Aug. per.;

not in Cic.): hi omnes convicio L. Lentuli consulis correpti exagitabantur,

Caes. B. C. 1, 2: clamoribus maximis judices corripuerunt, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 2, 1; so with abl., Suet. Aug. 53:

impransi correptus voce magistri,

Hor. S. 2, 3, 257:

hunc cetera turba suorum corripiunt dictis,

Ov. M. 3, 565 al.:

ut eum non inimice corripere, sed paene patrie monere videatur,

Quint. 11, 1, 68; Liv. 2, 28, 5; Suet. Calig. 45; Ov. M. 13, 69 al.:

corripientibus amicis,

Suet. Ner. 35.—As a figure of speech, Cels. ap. Quint. 9, 2, 104.—

Of the passions, emotions, etc., to seize upon, attack (rare, [p. 474] and mostly poet. or in post-Aug. prose):

hunc plausus hiantem... plebisque patrumque Corripuit ( = animum commovit),

Verg. G. 2, 510:

correpta cupidine,

Ov. M. 9, 734; so id. ib. 9, 455:

duplici ardore (sc. amoris et vini),

Prop. 1, 3, 13:

misericordiā,

Suet. Calig. 12:

irā,

Gell. 1, 26, 8: militiā ( poet. for militiae studio), Verg. A. 11, 584:

imagine visae formae,

seized, fascinated, Ov. M. 4, 676.

Cȳ̆prus ( - ŏs), i, f., = Kupros, an island in the Mediterranean Sea, on the coast of Asia Minor, renowned for its fruitfulness, its rich mines, especially of copper, and for the worship of Venus, Mel. 2, 7, 5; Plin. 5, 31, 35, § 129; Cic. Att. 9, 9, 2; id. Fam. 15, 4, 15; Hor. C. 1, 3, 1; 1, 19, 10; Ov. M. 10, 270 et saep. —

Hence,

Cȳ̆prĭus, a, um, adj., Cyprian:

merces,

Hor. C. 3, 29, 60:

trabs,

id. ib. 1, 1, 13:

tellus,

i. e. Cyprus, Ov. M. 10, 645:

laurus,

Plin. 15, 30, 39, § 127 et saep.— But esp. freq. Cyprium aes, also absol.: Cȳ̆prĭum, ii, n. (late Lat. cuprum, Spart. Carac. 9, hence), Engl. copper, Plin. 34, 8, 20, § 94; Isid. Orig. 16, 20, 2.—Hence,

Cȳ̆prĭus, a, um, adj., of copper, copper-:

in mortariis,

Plin. 33, 5, 29, § 93:

vas,

id. 23, 3, 37, § 74 Jan. and Sillig (al. cypreo):

in pyxide,

id. 28, 8, 27, § 95; cf.:

pyxide aeris Cyprii,

Scrib. Comp. 37:

pes Cyprios, in versification, ˘¯˘˘¯,

Diom. 3, p. 479.—

Prov.: Cyprio bovi merendam Ennius sotadico versu cum dixit significavit id quod solet fieri in insulā Cypro, in quā boves humano stercore pascuntur, Paul. ex Fest. p. 59, 4 Müll.—

Subst.

Cȳ̆prĭa, ae, f., the Cyprian, i. e. Venus, Tib. 3, 3, 34; cf. Paul. ex Fest. p. 52, 6 Müll.—

In plur.: Cȳ̆prii, ōrum, m., the Cyprians, Plin. 7, 56, 57, § 208; Curt. 4, 3, 11.—

Cȳ̆prĭcus, a, um, adj., Cyprian:

laurus,

Cato, R. R. 8, 2.—

Cȳ̆prĭăcus, a, um, adj., the same:

expeditio,

Val. Max. 4, 3, n. 2:

tauri,

Capitol. Gord. 3 fin. —

Cȳ̆pris, ĭdis, f., the Cyprian, i. e. Venus (in post-class. poetry), Aus. Epigr. 57; 106 al.

cȳ̆prus or cȳ̆prŏs, i, f., = kupros, a tree growing in Cyprus and Egypt; the flower of which yielded the cyprinum: Lawsonia alba, Linn.; Plin. 12, 24, 51, § 109; 23, 4, 46, § 90. ††

cȳ̆prus, a Sabine word, = bonus, v. 1. Cyprius.

Cȳ̆prus ( - ŏs), i, f., = Kupros, an island in the Mediterranean Sea, on the coast of Asia Minor, renowned for its fruitfulness, its rich mines, especially of copper, and for the worship of Venus, Mel. 2, 7, 5; Plin. 5, 31, 35, § 129; Cic. Att. 9, 9, 2; id. Fam. 15, 4, 15; Hor. C. 1, 3, 1; 1, 19, 10; Ov. M. 10, 270 et saep. —

Hence,

Cȳ̆prĭus, a, um, adj., Cyprian:

merces,

Hor. C. 3, 29, 60:

trabs,

id. ib. 1, 1, 13:

tellus,

i. e. Cyprus, Ov. M. 10, 645:

laurus,

Plin. 15, 30, 39, § 127 et saep.— But esp. freq. Cyprium aes, also absol.: Cȳ̆prĭum, ii, n. (late Lat. cuprum, Spart. Carac. 9, hence), Engl. copper, Plin. 34, 8, 20, § 94; Isid. Orig. 16, 20, 2.—Hence,

Cȳ̆prĭus, a, um, adj., of copper, copper-:

in mortariis,

Plin. 33, 5, 29, § 93:

vas,

id. 23, 3, 37, § 74 Jan. and Sillig (al. cypreo):

in pyxide,

id. 28, 8, 27, § 95; cf.:

pyxide aeris Cyprii,

Scrib. Comp. 37:

pes Cyprios, in versification, ˘¯˘˘¯,

Diom. 3, p. 479.—

Prov.: Cyprio bovi merendam Ennius sotadico versu cum dixit significavit id quod solet fieri in insulā Cypro, in quā boves humano stercore pascuntur, Paul. ex Fest. p. 59, 4 Müll.—

Subst.

Cȳ̆prĭa, ae, f., the Cyprian, i. e. Venus, Tib. 3, 3, 34; cf. Paul. ex Fest. p. 52, 6 Müll.—

In plur.: Cȳ̆prii, ōrum, m., the Cyprians, Plin. 7, 56, 57, § 208; Curt. 4, 3, 11.—

Cȳ̆prĭcus, a, um, adj., Cyprian:

laurus,

Cato, R. R. 8, 2.—

Cȳ̆prĭăcus, a, um, adj., the same:

expeditio,

Val. Max. 4, 3, n. 2:

tauri,

Capitol. Gord. 3 fin. —

Cȳ̆pris, ĭdis, f., the Cyprian, i. e. Venus (in post-class. poetry), Aus. Epigr. 57; 106 al.

cȳ̆prus or cȳ̆prŏs, i, f., = kupros, a tree growing in Cyprus and Egypt; the flower of which yielded the cyprinum: Lawsonia alba, Linn.; Plin. 12, 24, 51, § 109; 23, 4, 46, § 90. ††

cȳ̆prus, a Sabine word, = bonus, v. 1. Cyprius.

Cȳ̆prus ( - ŏs), i, f., = Kupros, an island in the Mediterranean Sea, on the coast of Asia Minor, renowned for its fruitfulness, its rich mines, especially of copper, and for the worship of Venus, Mel. 2, 7, 5; Plin. 5, 31, 35, § 129; Cic. Att. 9, 9, 2; id. Fam. 15, 4, 15; Hor. C. 1, 3, 1; 1, 19, 10; Ov. M. 10, 270 et saep. —

Hence,

Cȳ̆prĭus, a, um, adj., Cyprian:

merces,

Hor. C. 3, 29, 60:

trabs,

id. ib. 1, 1, 13:

tellus,

i. e. Cyprus, Ov. M. 10, 645:

laurus,

Plin. 15, 30, 39, § 127 et saep.— But esp. freq. Cyprium aes, also absol.: Cȳ̆prĭum, ii, n. (late Lat. cuprum, Spart. Carac. 9, hence), Engl. copper, Plin. 34, 8, 20, § 94; Isid. Orig. 16, 20, 2.—Hence,

Cȳ̆prĭus, a, um, adj., of copper, copper-:

in mortariis,

Plin. 33, 5, 29, § 93:

vas,

id. 23, 3, 37, § 74 Jan. and Sillig (al. cypreo):

in pyxide,

id. 28, 8, 27, § 95; cf.:

pyxide aeris Cyprii,

Scrib. Comp. 37:

pes Cyprios, in versification, ˘¯˘˘¯,

Diom. 3, p. 479.—

Prov.: Cyprio bovi merendam Ennius sotadico versu cum dixit significavit id quod solet fieri in insulā Cypro, in quā boves humano stercore pascuntur, Paul. ex Fest. p. 59, 4 Müll.—

Subst.

Cȳ̆prĭa, ae, f., the Cyprian, i. e. Venus, Tib. 3, 3, 34; cf. Paul. ex Fest. p. 52, 6 Müll.—

In plur.: Cȳ̆prii, ōrum, m., the Cyprians, Plin. 7, 56, 57, § 208; Curt. 4, 3, 11.—

Cȳ̆prĭcus, a, um, adj., Cyprian:

laurus,

Cato, R. R. 8, 2.—

Cȳ̆prĭăcus, a, um, adj., the same:

expeditio,

Val. Max. 4, 3, n. 2:

tauri,

Capitol. Gord. 3 fin. —

Cȳ̆pris, ĭdis, f., the Cyprian, i. e. Venus (in post-class. poetry), Aus. Epigr. 57; 106 al.

cȳ̆prus or cȳ̆prŏs, i, f., = kupros, a tree growing in Cyprus and Egypt; the flower of which yielded the cyprinum: Lawsonia alba, Linn.; Plin. 12, 24, 51, § 109; 23, 4, 46, § 90. ††

cȳ̆prus, a Sabine word, = bonus, v. 1. Cyprius.

Cȳ̆prus ( - ŏs), i, f., = Kupros, an island in the Mediterranean Sea, on the coast of Asia Minor, renowned for its fruitfulness, its rich mines, especially of copper, and for the worship of Venus, Mel. 2, 7, 5; Plin. 5, 31, 35, § 129; Cic. Att. 9, 9, 2; id. Fam. 15, 4, 15; Hor. C. 1, 3, 1; 1, 19, 10; Ov. M. 10, 270 et saep. —

Hence,

Cȳ̆prĭus, a, um, adj., Cyprian:

merces,

Hor. C. 3, 29, 60:

trabs,

id. ib. 1, 1, 13:

tellus,

i. e. Cyprus, Ov. M. 10, 645:

laurus,

Plin. 15, 30, 39, § 127 et saep.— But esp. freq. Cyprium aes, also absol.: Cȳ̆prĭum, ii, n. (late Lat. cuprum, Spart. Carac. 9, hence), Engl. copper, Plin. 34, 8, 20, § 94; Isid. Orig. 16, 20, 2.—Hence,

Cȳ̆prĭus, a, um, adj., of copper, copper-:

in mortariis,

Plin. 33, 5, 29, § 93:

vas,

id. 23, 3, 37, § 74 Jan. and Sillig (al. cypreo):

in pyxide,

id. 28, 8, 27, § 95; cf.:

pyxide aeris Cyprii,

Scrib. Comp. 37:

pes Cyprios, in versification, ˘¯˘˘¯,

Diom. 3, p. 479.—

Prov.: Cyprio bovi merendam Ennius sotadico versu cum dixit significavit id quod solet fieri in insulā Cypro, in quā boves humano stercore pascuntur, Paul. ex Fest. p. 59, 4 Müll.—

Subst.

Cȳ̆prĭa, ae, f., the Cyprian, i. e. Venus, Tib. 3, 3, 34; cf. Paul. ex Fest. p. 52, 6 Müll.—

In plur.: Cȳ̆prii, ōrum, m., the Cyprians, Plin. 7, 56, 57, § 208; Curt. 4, 3, 11.—

Cȳ̆prĭcus, a, um, adj., Cyprian:

laurus,

Cato, R. R. 8, 2.—

Cȳ̆prĭăcus, a, um, adj., the same:

expeditio,

Val. Max. 4, 3, n. 2:

tauri,

Capitol. Gord. 3 fin. —

Cȳ̆pris, ĭdis, f., the Cyprian, i. e. Venus (in post-class. poetry), Aus. Epigr. 57; 106 al.

cȳ̆prus or cȳ̆prŏs, i, f., = kupros, a tree growing in Cyprus and Egypt; the flower of which yielded the cyprinum: Lawsonia alba, Linn.; Plin. 12, 24, 51, § 109; 23, 4, 46, § 90. ††

cȳ̆prus, a Sabine word, = bonus, v. 1. Cyprius.

Cȳ̆prus ( - ŏs), i, f., = Kupros, an island in the Mediterranean Sea, on the coast of Asia Minor, renowned for its fruitfulness, its rich mines, especially of copper, and for the worship of Venus, Mel. 2, 7, 5; Plin. 5, 31, 35, § 129; Cic. Att. 9, 9, 2; id. Fam. 15, 4, 15; Hor. C. 1, 3, 1; 1, 19, 10; Ov. M. 10, 270 et saep. —

Hence,

Cȳ̆prĭus, a, um, adj., Cyprian:

merces,

Hor. C. 3, 29, 60:

trabs,

id. ib. 1, 1, 13:

tellus,

i. e. Cyprus, Ov. M. 10, 645:

laurus,

Plin. 15, 30, 39, § 127 et saep.— But esp. freq. Cyprium aes, also absol.: Cȳ̆prĭum, ii, n. (late Lat. cuprum, Spart. Carac. 9, hence), Engl. copper, Plin. 34, 8, 20, § 94; Isid. Orig. 16, 20, 2.—Hence,

Cȳ̆prĭus, a, um, adj., of copper, copper-:

in mortariis,

Plin. 33, 5, 29, § 93:

vas,

id. 23, 3, 37, § 74 Jan. and Sillig (al. cypreo):

in pyxide,

id. 28, 8, 27, § 95; cf.:

pyxide aeris Cyprii,

Scrib. Comp. 37:

pes Cyprios, in versification, ˘¯˘˘¯,

Diom. 3, p. 479.—

Prov.: Cyprio bovi merendam Ennius sotadico versu cum dixit significavit id quod solet fieri in insulā Cypro, in quā boves humano stercore pascuntur, Paul. ex Fest. p. 59, 4 Müll.—

Subst.

Cȳ̆prĭa, ae, f., the Cyprian, i. e. Venus, Tib. 3, 3, 34; cf. Paul. ex Fest. p. 52, 6 Müll.—

In plur.: Cȳ̆prii, ōrum, m., the Cyprians, Plin. 7, 56, 57, § 208; Curt. 4, 3, 11.—

Cȳ̆prĭcus, a, um, adj., Cyprian:

laurus,

Cato, R. R. 8, 2.—

Cȳ̆prĭăcus, a, um, adj., the same:

expeditio,

Val. Max. 4, 3, n. 2:

tauri,

Capitol. Gord. 3 fin. —

Cȳ̆pris, ĭdis, f., the Cyprian, i. e. Venus (in post-class. poetry), Aus. Epigr. 57; 106 al.

cȳ̆prus or cȳ̆prŏs, i, f., = kupros, a tree growing in Cyprus and Egypt; the flower of which yielded the cyprinum: Lawsonia alba, Linn.; Plin. 12, 24, 51, § 109; 23, 4, 46, § 90. ††

cȳ̆prus, a Sabine word, = bonus, v. 1. Cyprius.

Cȳ̆prus ( - ŏs), i, f., = Kupros, an island in the Mediterranean Sea, on the coast of Asia Minor, renowned for its fruitfulness, its rich mines, especially of copper, and for the worship of Venus, Mel. 2, 7, 5; Plin. 5, 31, 35, § 129; Cic. Att. 9, 9, 2; id. Fam. 15, 4, 15; Hor. C. 1, 3, 1; 1, 19, 10; Ov. M. 10, 270 et saep. —

Hence,

Cȳ̆prĭus, a, um, adj., Cyprian:

merces,

Hor. C. 3, 29, 60:

trabs,

id. ib. 1, 1, 13:

tellus,

i. e. Cyprus, Ov. M. 10, 645:

laurus,

Plin. 15, 30, 39, § 127 et saep.— But esp. freq. Cyprium aes, also absol.: Cȳ̆prĭum, ii, n. (late Lat. cuprum, Spart. Carac. 9, hence), Engl. copper, Plin. 34, 8, 20, § 94; Isid. Orig. 16, 20, 2.—Hence,

Cȳ̆prĭus, a, um, adj., of copper, copper-:

in mortariis,

Plin. 33, 5, 29, § 93:

vas,

id. 23, 3, 37, § 74 Jan. and Sillig (al. cypreo):

in pyxide,

id. 28, 8, 27, § 95; cf.:

pyxide aeris Cyprii,

Scrib. Comp. 37:

pes Cyprios, in versification, ˘¯˘˘¯,

Diom. 3, p. 479.—

Prov.: Cyprio bovi merendam Ennius sotadico versu cum dixit significavit id quod solet fieri in insulā Cypro, in quā boves humano stercore pascuntur, Paul. ex Fest. p. 59, 4 Müll.—

Subst.

Cȳ̆prĭa, ae, f., the Cyprian, i. e. Venus, Tib. 3, 3, 34; cf. Paul. ex Fest. p. 52, 6 Müll.—

In plur.: Cȳ̆prii, ōrum, m., the Cyprians, Plin. 7, 56, 57, § 208; Curt. 4, 3, 11.—

Cȳ̆prĭcus, a, um, adj., Cyprian:

laurus,

Cato, R. R. 8, 2.—

Cȳ̆prĭăcus, a, um, adj., the same:

expeditio,

Val. Max. 4, 3, n. 2:

tauri,

Capitol. Gord. 3 fin. —

Cȳ̆pris, ĭdis, f., the Cyprian, i. e. Venus (in post-class. poetry), Aus. Epigr. 57; 106 al.

cȳ̆prus or cȳ̆prŏs, i, f., = kupros, a tree growing in Cyprus and Egypt; the flower of which yielded the cyprinum: Lawsonia alba, Linn.; Plin. 12, 24, 51, § 109; 23, 4, 46, § 90. ††

cȳ̆prus, a Sabine word, = bonus, v. 1. Cyprius.

Cȳ̆prus ( - ŏs), i, f., = Kupros, an island in the Mediterranean Sea, on the coast of Asia Minor, renowned for its fruitfulness, its rich mines, especially of copper, and for the worship of Venus, Mel. 2, 7, 5; Plin. 5, 31, 35, § 129; Cic. Att. 9, 9, 2; id. Fam. 15, 4, 15; Hor. C. 1, 3, 1; 1, 19, 10; Ov. M. 10, 270 et saep. —

Hence,

Cȳ̆prĭus, a, um, adj., Cyprian:

merces,

Hor. C. 3, 29, 60:

trabs,

id. ib. 1, 1, 13:

tellus,

i. e. Cyprus, Ov. M. 10, 645:

laurus,

Plin. 15, 30, 39, § 127 et saep.— But esp. freq. Cyprium aes, also absol.: Cȳ̆prĭum, ii, n. (late Lat. cuprum, Spart. Carac. 9, hence), Engl. copper, Plin. 34, 8, 20, § 94; Isid. Orig. 16, 20, 2.—Hence,

Cȳ̆prĭus, a, um, adj., of copper, copper-:

in mortariis,

Plin. 33, 5, 29, § 93:

vas,

id. 23, 3, 37, § 74 Jan. and Sillig (al. cypreo):

in pyxide,

id. 28, 8, 27, § 95; cf.:

pyxide aeris Cyprii,

Scrib. Comp. 37:

pes Cyprios, in versification, ˘¯˘˘¯,

Diom. 3, p. 479.—

Prov.: Cyprio bovi merendam Ennius sotadico versu cum dixit significavit id quod solet fieri in insulā Cypro, in quā boves humano stercore pascuntur, Paul. ex Fest. p. 59, 4 Müll.—

Subst.

Cȳ̆prĭa, ae, f., the Cyprian, i. e. Venus, Tib. 3, 3, 34; cf. Paul. ex Fest. p. 52, 6 Müll.—

In plur.: Cȳ̆prii, ōrum, m., the Cyprians, Plin. 7, 56, 57, § 208; Curt. 4, 3, 11.—

Cȳ̆prĭcus, a, um, adj., Cyprian:

laurus,

Cato, R. R. 8, 2.—

Cȳ̆prĭăcus, a, um, adj., the same:

expeditio,

Val. Max. 4, 3, n. 2:

tauri,

Capitol. Gord. 3 fin. —

Cȳ̆pris, ĭdis, f., the Cyprian, i. e. Venus (in post-class. poetry), Aus. Epigr. 57; 106 al.

cȳ̆prus or cȳ̆prŏs, i, f., = kupros, a tree growing in Cyprus and Egypt; the flower of which yielded the cyprinum: Lawsonia alba, Linn.; Plin. 12, 24, 51, § 109; 23, 4, 46, § 90. ††

cȳ̆prus, a Sabine word, = bonus, v. 1. Cyprius.

dīrus, a, um, adj. [Sanscr. root dī, to flee; Gr. deos, deidô, deinos], fearful, awful (for syn. cf.: saevus, atrox, ferox, crudelis, trux, furens, furiosus, immitis).

Orig. belonging to the lang. of augurs; of fate, ill-omened, ominous, boding, portentous:

QVAE AVGVR INIVSTA, NEFASTA VITIOSA DIRA DEFIXERIT, IRRITA INFECTAQVE SVNTO,

Cic. Leg. 2, 8 fin.; cf. id. Div. 1, 16:

tristissima exta sine capite fuerunt, quibus nihil videtur esse dirius,

id. ib. 2, 15 fin.; cf.:

bubo, dirum mortalibus omen,

Ov. M. 5, 550:

omen,

Tac. H. 3, 56; Suet. Aug. 92; id. Tib. 1, 3, 17:

aves,

Tac. A. 12, 43; Suet. Claud. 22:

alites,

Plin. 18, 1, 1, § 4:

somnia,

Val. Fl. 3, 59:

tempus, Cic. Poët. Div. 1, 11, 18: exsecrationes,

Liv. 40, 56; 28, 22; Suet. Claud. 12; cf.

deprecationes,

Plin. 28, 2, 4, § 19:

detestatio,

Hor. Epod. 5, 89:

ritus sacrorum,

Tac. A. 16, 8:

religio loci,

Verg. A. 8, 350 et saep.—Hence, as subst.:

dīrae, ārum, f.

(sc. res), ill-boding things, portents, unlucky signs:

dirarum obnuntiatio,

id. ib.; Plin. 28, 2, 4, § 17; 28, 2, 5, § 26; Tac. A. 6, 24 al.; Hor. Epod. 5, 89; Müll. Etrusk. 2, p. 117.—

As a nom. propr., Dīrae, the Furies, Verg. A. 12, 845 sq.; 4, 473; Val. Fl. 1, 804; Aur. Vict. Epit. 21 al.;

called also Dirae deae, sorores,

Verg. A. 7, 324 and 454.—

dīra, ōrum, n., fearful things, ill-boding events:

in dira et in vitiosa incurrimus,

Cic. Div. 1, 16, 29; id. Leg. 2, 8, 21; cf.:

me mihi dira precari cogis,

to curse, invoke curses on, Tib. 2, 6, 17:

dira passus,

Vulg. Sirach, 38, 16.

Transf., of character, dreadful, horrible, terrible, abominable, detestable (so almost exclusively poet.; a very favorite expression with the Aug. poets; in the Ciceron. per. not at all; but cf. diritas, II.): senex dirissimus, Varr. Poët. ap. Non. 100, 30:

Dea,

i. e. Circe, Ov. M. 14, 278:

Ulixes,

Verg. A. 2, 261; 762:

Hannibal,

Hor. C. 2, 12, 2 al.:

durum,

id. ib. 3, 6, 36 (also ap. Quint. 8, 2, 9):

Afer,

Hor. C. 4, 4, 42:

Amulius,

Ov. F. 4, 53:

noverca,

id. H. 12, 188:

pellex,

id. ib. 5, 60 et saep.:

hydra,

Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 10:

serpens,

Ov. M. 2, 651:

victima,

id. A. A. 1, 334:

parens,

fell, cruel, id. ib. 2, 383:

soror,

Stat. S. 5, 3, 84:

parentes,

Manil. 5, 541.—

Of inanimate and abstr. subjects:

regio,

Ov. Tr. 3, 3, 5:

facies,

id. F. 1, 553:

dapes,

id. ib. 6, 663:

venena,

Hor. Epod. 5, 61; id. S. 1, 9, 31:

Asphaltites lacus,

Plin. 5, 15, 15, § 71:

scopulus,

id. 4, 11, 18, § 51:

duarum Syrtium vadoso mari diri sinus,

id. 5, 4, 4, § 26 et saep.:

bellum,

Verg. A. 11, 217:

nefas,

id. ib. 4, 563:

sollicitudines,

Hor. Epod. 13, 10:

amores,

Ov. M. 10, 426:

superbia,

id. ib. 3, 354:

quies,

Tac. A. 1, 65 et saep.— Poet., answering to the Gr. deinos, with inf.:

dira portas quassare trabs,

Sil. 4, 284.—

Skilful:

in complicandis negotiis,

Amm. 14, 5, 8.

dīrus, a, um, adj. [Sanscr. root dī, to flee; Gr. deos, deidô, deinos], fearful, awful (for syn. cf.: saevus, atrox, ferox, crudelis, trux, furens, furiosus, immitis).

Orig. belonging to the lang. of augurs; of fate, ill-omened, ominous, boding, portentous:

QVAE AVGVR INIVSTA, NEFASTA VITIOSA DIRA DEFIXERIT, IRRITA INFECTAQVE SVNTO,

Cic. Leg. 2, 8 fin.; cf. id. Div. 1, 16:

tristissima exta sine capite fuerunt, quibus nihil videtur esse dirius,

id. ib. 2, 15 fin.; cf.:

bubo, dirum mortalibus omen,

Ov. M. 5, 550:

omen,

Tac. H. 3, 56; Suet. Aug. 92; id. Tib. 1, 3, 17:

aves,

Tac. A. 12, 43; Suet. Claud. 22:

alites,

Plin. 18, 1, 1, § 4:

somnia,

Val. Fl. 3, 59:

tempus, Cic. Poët. Div. 1, 11, 18: exsecrationes,

Liv. 40, 56; 28, 22; Suet. Claud. 12; cf.

deprecationes,

Plin. 28, 2, 4, § 19:

detestatio,

Hor. Epod. 5, 89:

ritus sacrorum,

Tac. A. 16, 8:

religio loci,

Verg. A. 8, 350 et saep.—Hence, as subst.:

dīrae, ārum, f.

(sc. res), ill-boding things, portents, unlucky signs:

dirarum obnuntiatio,

id. ib.; Plin. 28, 2, 4, § 17; 28, 2, 5, § 26; Tac. A. 6, 24 al.; Hor. Epod. 5, 89; Müll. Etrusk. 2, p. 117.—

As a nom. propr., Dīrae, the Furies, Verg. A. 12, 845 sq.; 4, 473; Val. Fl. 1, 804; Aur. Vict. Epit. 21 al.;

called also Dirae deae, sorores,

Verg. A. 7, 324 and 454.—

dīra, ōrum, n., fearful things, ill-boding events:

in dira et in vitiosa incurrimus,

Cic. Div. 1, 16, 29; id. Leg. 2, 8, 21; cf.:

me mihi dira precari cogis,

to curse, invoke curses on, Tib. 2, 6, 17:

dira passus,

Vulg. Sirach, 38, 16.

Transf., of character, dreadful, horrible, terrible, abominable, detestable (so almost exclusively poet.; a very favorite expression with the Aug. poets; in the Ciceron. per. not at all; but cf. diritas, II.): senex dirissimus, Varr. Poët. ap. Non. 100, 30:

Dea,

i. e. Circe, Ov. M. 14, 278:

Ulixes,

Verg. A. 2, 261; 762:

Hannibal,

Hor. C. 2, 12, 2 al.:

durum,

id. ib. 3, 6, 36 (also ap. Quint. 8, 2, 9):

Afer,

Hor. C. 4, 4, 42:

Amulius,

Ov. F. 4, 53:

noverca,

id. H. 12, 188:

pellex,

id. ib. 5, 60 et saep.:

hydra,

Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 10:

serpens,

Ov. M. 2, 651:

victima,

id. A. A. 1, 334:

parens,

fell, cruel, id. ib. 2, 383:

soror,

Stat. S. 5, 3, 84:

parentes,

Manil. 5, 541.—

Of inanimate and abstr. subjects:

regio,

Ov. Tr. 3, 3, 5:

facies,

id. F. 1, 553:

dapes,

id. ib. 6, 663:

venena,

Hor. Epod. 5, 61; id. S. 1, 9, 31:

Asphaltites lacus,

Plin. 5, 15, 15, § 71:

scopulus,

id. 4, 11, 18, § 51:

duarum Syrtium vadoso mari diri sinus,

id. 5, 4, 4, § 26 et saep.:

bellum,

Verg. A. 11, 217:

nefas,

id. ib. 4, 563:

sollicitudines,

Hor. Epod. 13, 10:

amores,

Ov. M. 10, 426:

superbia,

id. ib. 3, 354:

quies,

Tac. A. 1, 65 et saep.— Poet., answering to the Gr. deinos, with inf.:

dira portas quassare trabs,

Sil. 4, 284.—

Skilful:

in complicandis negotiis,

Amm. 14, 5, 8.