ubi-nam

nūbo, psi, ptum, 3, v. a. and n. (acc. to Prisc. p. 789 P., the ancients used the construction nubere aliquem; hence part. pass.: nuptus, a, um; v. fin.) [root in Sanscr. nabhas; Germ. Nebei; Gr. nephos, nephelê; Lat.: nubes, nebula, nimbus; cf. numphê], to cover, veil.

In gen. (very rare):

jubet ut udae virgines nubant rosae. Auct. Pervig. Ven. 22: quod aqua nubat terram,

Arn. 3, 118.—

In partic., of a bride: alicui, to cover, veil herself for the bridegroom, i. e. to be married to him; to marry, wed (class. and freq.); constr. with dat. or absol.: nuptam esse; also with cum; post-class. also with apud:

quo illae nubent divites Dotatae?

Plaut. Aul. 3, 5, 15:

virgo nupsit ei, cui Caecilia nupta fuerat,

Cic. Div. 1, 46, 104:

deam homini nubere, Aug. Civ. Dei, 4, 27: locuples quae nupsit avaro,

Juv. 6, 141; 591:

regis Parthorum filius, quocum esset nupta regis Armeniorum soror,

Cic. Fam. 15, 3, 1:

Amphitruo... Quicum Alcumenast nupta,

Plaut. Am. prol. 99:

dum cum illo nupta eris,

id. As. 5, 2, 20:

cum in familiam clarissimam nupsisses,

Cic. Cael. 14, 34:

in familiae luctum,

id. Clu. 66, 188:

ut una apud duos nupta esset,

Gell. 1, 23, 8:

si qua voles apte nubere, nube pari,

Ov. H. 9, 32:

posse ipsam Liviam statuere nubendum post Drusum,

Tac. A. 4, 40:

tu nube atque tace,

Juv. 2, 61.—In the sup.:

nam quo dedisti nuptum, abire nolumus,

Plaut. Stich. 1, 2, 83; cf.:

uxor, invita quae ad virum nuptum datur,

id. ib. 1, 2, 85:

Mamilio filiam nuptum dat,

Liv. 1, 49:

ultro nuptum ire,

Plaut. Cas. prol. 86:

nuptum locare virginem,

Ter. Phorm. 5, 1, 25:

propinquas suas nuptum in alias civitates collocāsse,

Caes. B. G. 1, 18: nuptum mitti, Sall. Fragm. ap. Arus. Mess.— Impers. pass.:

cujusmodi hic cum famā facile nubitur,

Plaut. Pers. 3, 1, 58: praestruxit, hic quidem nubi, ubi sit et mori, Tert. c. Marc. 4, 38.— Pers.:

neque nubent neque nubentur,

Vulg. Matt. 22, 30. —

Transf.

Of a man, to marry, be married ( poet. and in post-class. prose):

pontificem maximum rursus nubere nefas est,

Tert. ad Uxor. 1, 7:

nec filii sine consensu patrum rite et jure nubent,

id. ib. 2, 11; Hier. Ep. 22, n. 19; Vulg. Luc. 20, 34: viri nupti, Varr. ap. Non. 480. 3.—So, comically, of a man who is ruled by his wife, Non. 143, 24 sq.:

uxorem quare locupletem ducere nolim, Quaeritis? uxori nubere nolo meae,

will not be my wife's wife, Mart. 8, 12, 2.—Also of unnatural vice:

nubit amicus, Nec multos adhibet,

Juv. 2, 134; Mart. 12, 42; Lampr. Heliog. 10; Cod. Just. 9, 9, 31.—

In mal. part.:

haec cotidie viro nubit,

Plaut. Cist. 1, 1, 45; cf. id. Cas. 2, 8, 45 sqq.; Mart. 1, 24, 4.—

Of plants, to be wedded, i. e. tied to others:

vites in Campano agro populis nubunt,

Plin. 14, 1, 3, § 10:

et te, Bacche, tuos nubentem junget ad ulmos,

Manil. 5, 238:

populus alba vitibus nupta,

Plin. 18, 28, 68, § 266.—Hence, nuptus, a, um, P. a., married, wedded:

ex quā hic est puer et nupta jam filia,

Cic. Sest. 3, 6.— Subst.: nūpta, ae, f., a married woman, bride, wife:

nova nupta,

Ter. Ad. 4, 7, 33; Juv. 2, 120:

pudica,

Liv. 3, 45, 6; Ov. F. 2, 794:

nupta virum timeat,

id. A. A. 3, 613; Tac. G. 18; Sen. Contr. 3, 21, 9; Juv. 6, 269; 3, 45.—Comically, in the masc.:

novus nuptus, of a man married in jest as a woman to another man,

Plaut. Cas. 5, 1, 6 (cited in Prisc. p. 789 P.).— Transf.: nupta verba, which should not be spoken by the unmarried, Paul. ex Fest. p. 170 Müll.

nullus, a, um, ( gen. m. nulli, Plaut. Ps. 4, 7, 99 Ritschl; Ter. And. 3, 5, 2; Cic. Rosc. Com. 16, 48; gen. f. nullae, Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 207; v. Ritschl ad h. l.; dat. m. nullo, Caes. B. G. 6, 13; dat. f. nullae, Prop. 1, 20, 35; and cf. Cato ap. Prisc. p. 694 P.; Caecil. ib. p. 678; gen. usu. nullīus, but nullĭus, Lucr. 1, 224; 926; 4, 1; Hor. Epod. 16, 61; id. Ep. 1, 1, 14), adj. [ne-ullus], not any, none, no.

In gen.: semita nulla. Enn. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 20, 40 (Ann. v. 44 Vahl.):

nulla videbatur aptior persona,

Cic. Lael. 1, 4:

praecepta,

id. Off. 1, 37, 132:

lites,

id. de Or. 1, 26, 118:

elephanto beluarum nulla prudentior,

id. N. D. 1, 35, 97:

nullo pacto,

id. Mur. 13, 28:

nullo certo ordine,

Caes. B. G. 2, 11:

nullo discrimine,

Verg. A. 1, 574:

aliter sine populi jussu nulli earum rerum consuli jus est,

no consul has the right, Sall. C. 29, 3 (al. nullius):

nulla verius quam ubi ea cogitentur, hostium castra esse,

Liv. 22, 53, 8 Weissenb. (al. nullo):

nullum meum minimum dictum,

not the slightest word on my part, id. Fam. 1, 9, 21: nullusdum, none as yet:

nulladum via,

Liv. 5, 34; 29, 11: nulli rei esse, to be good for nothing:

nequam hominem dixerunt nulli rei, neque frugis bonae,

Gell. 7, 11, 1; 13, 30, 3: nullius partis esse, on neither side, Asin. Poll. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 31, 2.—

Subst.: nullus, īus, m., for nemo, no one, nobody (rare in Cic.): Pi. Qui scire possum? Chry. Nullus plus, Plaut. Bacch. 2, 2, 12:

sunt nulli,

Cic. Off. 1, 37, 132:

ut nullo egeat,

id. Lael. 9, 30:

ego quidem nulli vestrum deero,

Liv. 6, 18, 8:

nulli ea placere sententia,

id. 37, 15, 1:

ab nullo repetere beneficia,

Sall. J. 96, 2:

aut nullo aut quam paucissimis praesentibus,

id. ib. 109, 1:

nullo poscente,

Verg. G. 1, 128:

nullo hostium sustinente novum ac velut infernum aspectum,

Tac. G. 43:

a nullo ante nos prodita,

Plin. 18, 28, 69, § 279:

nullus denique tam abjectae condicionis fuit, cujus, etc.,

Suet. Calig. 35:

hoc nullus nisi arte assequi potest,

Quint. 8 prooem. §

16: nulli non parta libertas est,

Curt. 5, 8, 14.— Fem.: nulla, īus, Plaut. Aul. 3, 5, 24; Ter. Heaut. 5, 3, 20; Prop. 2, 3, 1; 3, 24 (31), 41; Ov. R. Am. 747; Just. 28, 4, 4.—In plur. (rare):

nam, reor, nullis, si vita longior daretur, posset esse jucundior,

Cic. Tusc. 1, 39, 93:

nullis adversus Romanos auxilia denegabant,

Hirt. B. G. 8, 45, 1:

nullis defendentibus,

Nep. Them. 4, 1:

nullis magis opus esse magistris vivendi quam plerisque qui, etc.,

Lact. 3, 15, 10; Verg. G. 2, 10; Sen. Ep. 73, 1; Tac. A. 2, 77 fin.; id. H. 2, 20: nulli duo, not two, no two:

nullas duas in tot milibus hominum indiscretas effigies exsistere,

Plin. 7, 1, 1, § 8; so,

ita fit, ut nulli duo concinant,

id. 3, 1, 3, § 16: nullus alter, nullus unus, no other, no one:

scelestiorem nullum illuxere alterum,

Plaut. Bacch. 2, 3, 22:

nullā re unā magis oratorem commendari, quam, etc.,

Cic. Brut. 59, 216; cf.:

ut unum signum Byzantii ex maximo numero nullum haberent,

id. Prov. Cons. 4, 7: nullus non, every:

nullā rerum suarum non relictā inter hostes,

Liv. 8, 26:

nullo non se die extulit,

Sen. Ep. 12, 8; Suet. Caes. 76: non nullus; v. nonnullus.—In the neutr., nul-lum, nullīus, nothing (rare for nihil):

Grai praeter laudem nullius avari,

Hor. A. P. 324:

nullius acrior custos, quam libertatis fuit,

Flor. 1, 26:

nullo sibi relicto praeter querelas, etc.,

Amm. 14, 1, 4:

nullum magnum quod extremum est,

Sen. Ep. 4, 3:

nullo magis studia, quam spe gaudent,

Quint. 2, 4, 43.— Abl. nullo, for nullā re (post-Aug.):

nullo magis exterritus est quam quod, etc.,

Tac. A. 3, 15:

nullo magis Caesarem Augustum demeruit,

Sen. Ben. 2, 25, 1:

deus nullo magis hominem separavit a ceteris animalibus quam dicendi facultate,

Quint. 2, 16, 12; 2, 4, 13; 5, 14, 14.—

(Mostly conversational.) Nullus, = non, not, not at all:

at tu edepol nullus creduas,

Plaut. Trin. 3, 1, 5; id. Rud. 4, 4, 91:

is nullus venit,

id. As. 2, 4, 2:

memini, tametsi nullus moneas,

Ter. Eun. 2, 1, 10; id. Hec. 1, 2, 3 (cf. II. C. infra):

Philotimus non modo nullus venit, sed, etc.,

Cic. Att. 11, 24, 4:

Sextus ab armis nullus discedit,

id. ib. 15, 22; cf. id. ib. 15, 29, 1:

nolite arbitrari, me, cum a vobis discessero, nusquam aut nullum fore,

id. Sen. 22, 79:

hereditas quae nulla debetur,

id. Verr. 2, 2, 17, § 44; id. Rosc. Am. 44, 128.—

In partic.

Of no account or moment, insignificant, trifling:

igitur tu Titias et Appuleias leges nullas putas?

Cic. Leg. 2, 6, 14:

nullum vero id quidem argumentum est,

id. Tusc. 2, 5, 13:

sed vides nullam esse rem publicam, nullum senatum, etc.,

id. Q. Fr. 3, 4, 1; Nep. Phoc. 1, 2:

in his tam parvis atque tam nullis,

Plin. 11, 2, 2, § 2:

alia fuere, quae illos magnos fecere, quae nobis nulla sunt,

Sall. C. 52, 21.—

Null, of no value:

ut sine his studiis vitam nullam esse ducamus,

Cic. de Or. 2, 5, 20; Luc. 1, 589.—

Nullus sum, I am lost, undone, it's all over with me (ante-class.):

si id factum est, ecce me nullum senem,

Plaut. Cas. 2, 4, 26; cf. id. Most. 2, 1, 41; id. Merc. 1, 2, 52; 104:

nullu's, Geta, nisi, etc.,

Ter. Phorm. 1, 4, 1; cf. id. And. 3, 4, 20.

nullus, a, um, ( gen. m. nulli, Plaut. Ps. 4, 7, 99 Ritschl; Ter. And. 3, 5, 2; Cic. Rosc. Com. 16, 48; gen. f. nullae, Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 207; v. Ritschl ad h. l.; dat. m. nullo, Caes. B. G. 6, 13; dat. f. nullae, Prop. 1, 20, 35; and cf. Cato ap. Prisc. p. 694 P.; Caecil. ib. p. 678; gen. usu. nullīus, but nullĭus, Lucr. 1, 224; 926; 4, 1; Hor. Epod. 16, 61; id. Ep. 1, 1, 14), adj. [ne-ullus], not any, none, no.

In gen.: semita nulla. Enn. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 20, 40 (Ann. v. 44 Vahl.):

nulla videbatur aptior persona,

Cic. Lael. 1, 4:

praecepta,

id. Off. 1, 37, 132:

lites,

id. de Or. 1, 26, 118:

elephanto beluarum nulla prudentior,

id. N. D. 1, 35, 97:

nullo pacto,

id. Mur. 13, 28:

nullo certo ordine,

Caes. B. G. 2, 11:

nullo discrimine,

Verg. A. 1, 574:

aliter sine populi jussu nulli earum rerum consuli jus est,

no consul has the right, Sall. C. 29, 3 (al. nullius):

nulla verius quam ubi ea cogitentur, hostium castra esse,

Liv. 22, 53, 8 Weissenb. (al. nullo):

nullum meum minimum dictum,

not the slightest word on my part, id. Fam. 1, 9, 21: nullusdum, none as yet:

nulladum via,

Liv. 5, 34; 29, 11: nulli rei esse, to be good for nothing:

nequam hominem dixerunt nulli rei, neque frugis bonae,

Gell. 7, 11, 1; 13, 30, 3: nullius partis esse, on neither side, Asin. Poll. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 31, 2.—

Subst.: nullus, īus, m., for nemo, no one, nobody (rare in Cic.): Pi. Qui scire possum? Chry. Nullus plus, Plaut. Bacch. 2, 2, 12:

sunt nulli,

Cic. Off. 1, 37, 132:

ut nullo egeat,

id. Lael. 9, 30:

ego quidem nulli vestrum deero,

Liv. 6, 18, 8:

nulli ea placere sententia,

id. 37, 15, 1:

ab nullo repetere beneficia,

Sall. J. 96, 2:

aut nullo aut quam paucissimis praesentibus,

id. ib. 109, 1:

nullo poscente,

Verg. G. 1, 128:

nullo hostium sustinente novum ac velut infernum aspectum,

Tac. G. 43:

a nullo ante nos prodita,

Plin. 18, 28, 69, § 279:

nullus denique tam abjectae condicionis fuit, cujus, etc.,

Suet. Calig. 35:

hoc nullus nisi arte assequi potest,

Quint. 8 prooem. §

16: nulli non parta libertas est,

Curt. 5, 8, 14.— Fem.: nulla, īus, Plaut. Aul. 3, 5, 24; Ter. Heaut. 5, 3, 20; Prop. 2, 3, 1; 3, 24 (31), 41; Ov. R. Am. 747; Just. 28, 4, 4.—In plur. (rare):

nam, reor, nullis, si vita longior daretur, posset esse jucundior,

Cic. Tusc. 1, 39, 93:

nullis adversus Romanos auxilia denegabant,

Hirt. B. G. 8, 45, 1:

nullis defendentibus,

Nep. Them. 4, 1:

nullis magis opus esse magistris vivendi quam plerisque qui, etc.,

Lact. 3, 15, 10; Verg. G. 2, 10; Sen. Ep. 73, 1; Tac. A. 2, 77 fin.; id. H. 2, 20: nulli duo, not two, no two:

nullas duas in tot milibus hominum indiscretas effigies exsistere,

Plin. 7, 1, 1, § 8; so,

ita fit, ut nulli duo concinant,

id. 3, 1, 3, § 16: nullus alter, nullus unus, no other, no one:

scelestiorem nullum illuxere alterum,

Plaut. Bacch. 2, 3, 22:

nullā re unā magis oratorem commendari, quam, etc.,

Cic. Brut. 59, 216; cf.:

ut unum signum Byzantii ex maximo numero nullum haberent,

id. Prov. Cons. 4, 7: nullus non, every:

nullā rerum suarum non relictā inter hostes,

Liv. 8, 26:

nullo non se die extulit,

Sen. Ep. 12, 8; Suet. Caes. 76: non nullus; v. nonnullus.—In the neutr., nul-lum, nullīus, nothing (rare for nihil):

Grai praeter laudem nullius avari,

Hor. A. P. 324:

nullius acrior custos, quam libertatis fuit,

Flor. 1, 26:

nullo sibi relicto praeter querelas, etc.,

Amm. 14, 1, 4:

nullum magnum quod extremum est,

Sen. Ep. 4, 3:

nullo magis studia, quam spe gaudent,

Quint. 2, 4, 43.— Abl. nullo, for nullā re (post-Aug.):

nullo magis exterritus est quam quod, etc.,

Tac. A. 3, 15:

nullo magis Caesarem Augustum demeruit,

Sen. Ben. 2, 25, 1:

deus nullo magis hominem separavit a ceteris animalibus quam dicendi facultate,

Quint. 2, 16, 12; 2, 4, 13; 5, 14, 14.—

(Mostly conversational.) Nullus, = non, not, not at all:

at tu edepol nullus creduas,

Plaut. Trin. 3, 1, 5; id. Rud. 4, 4, 91:

is nullus venit,

id. As. 2, 4, 2:

memini, tametsi nullus moneas,

Ter. Eun. 2, 1, 10; id. Hec. 1, 2, 3 (cf. II. C. infra):

Philotimus non modo nullus venit, sed, etc.,

Cic. Att. 11, 24, 4:

Sextus ab armis nullus discedit,

id. ib. 15, 22; cf. id. ib. 15, 29, 1:

nolite arbitrari, me, cum a vobis discessero, nusquam aut nullum fore,

id. Sen. 22, 79:

hereditas quae nulla debetur,

id. Verr. 2, 2, 17, § 44; id. Rosc. Am. 44, 128.—

In partic.

Of no account or moment, insignificant, trifling:

igitur tu Titias et Appuleias leges nullas putas?

Cic. Leg. 2, 6, 14:

nullum vero id quidem argumentum est,

id. Tusc. 2, 5, 13:

sed vides nullam esse rem publicam, nullum senatum, etc.,

id. Q. Fr. 3, 4, 1; Nep. Phoc. 1, 2:

in his tam parvis atque tam nullis,

Plin. 11, 2, 2, § 2:

alia fuere, quae illos magnos fecere, quae nobis nulla sunt,

Sall. C. 52, 21.—

Null, of no value:

ut sine his studiis vitam nullam esse ducamus,

Cic. de Or. 2, 5, 20; Luc. 1, 589.—

Nullus sum, I am lost, undone, it's all over with me (ante-class.):

si id factum est, ecce me nullum senem,

Plaut. Cas. 2, 4, 26; cf. id. Most. 2, 1, 41; id. Merc. 1, 2, 52; 104:

nullu's, Geta, nisi, etc.,

Ter. Phorm. 1, 4, 1; cf. id. And. 3, 4, 20.

nullus, a, um, ( gen. m. nulli, Plaut. Ps. 4, 7, 99 Ritschl; Ter. And. 3, 5, 2; Cic. Rosc. Com. 16, 48; gen. f. nullae, Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 207; v. Ritschl ad h. l.; dat. m. nullo, Caes. B. G. 6, 13; dat. f. nullae, Prop. 1, 20, 35; and cf. Cato ap. Prisc. p. 694 P.; Caecil. ib. p. 678; gen. usu. nullīus, but nullĭus, Lucr. 1, 224; 926; 4, 1; Hor. Epod. 16, 61; id. Ep. 1, 1, 14), adj. [ne-ullus], not any, none, no.

In gen.: semita nulla. Enn. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 20, 40 (Ann. v. 44 Vahl.):

nulla videbatur aptior persona,

Cic. Lael. 1, 4:

praecepta,

id. Off. 1, 37, 132:

lites,

id. de Or. 1, 26, 118:

elephanto beluarum nulla prudentior,

id. N. D. 1, 35, 97:

nullo pacto,

id. Mur. 13, 28:

nullo certo ordine,

Caes. B. G. 2, 11:

nullo discrimine,

Verg. A. 1, 574:

aliter sine populi jussu nulli earum rerum consuli jus est,

no consul has the right, Sall. C. 29, 3 (al. nullius):

nulla verius quam ubi ea cogitentur, hostium castra esse,

Liv. 22, 53, 8 Weissenb. (al. nullo):

nullum meum minimum dictum,

not the slightest word on my part, id. Fam. 1, 9, 21: nullusdum, none as yet:

nulladum via,

Liv. 5, 34; 29, 11: nulli rei esse, to be good for nothing:

nequam hominem dixerunt nulli rei, neque frugis bonae,

Gell. 7, 11, 1; 13, 30, 3: nullius partis esse, on neither side, Asin. Poll. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 31, 2.—

Subst.: nullus, īus, m., for nemo, no one, nobody (rare in Cic.): Pi. Qui scire possum? Chry. Nullus plus, Plaut. Bacch. 2, 2, 12:

sunt nulli,

Cic. Off. 1, 37, 132:

ut nullo egeat,

id. Lael. 9, 30:

ego quidem nulli vestrum deero,

Liv. 6, 18, 8:

nulli ea placere sententia,

id. 37, 15, 1:

ab nullo repetere beneficia,

Sall. J. 96, 2:

aut nullo aut quam paucissimis praesentibus,

id. ib. 109, 1:

nullo poscente,

Verg. G. 1, 128:

nullo hostium sustinente novum ac velut infernum aspectum,

Tac. G. 43:

a nullo ante nos prodita,

Plin. 18, 28, 69, § 279:

nullus denique tam abjectae condicionis fuit, cujus, etc.,

Suet. Calig. 35:

hoc nullus nisi arte assequi potest,

Quint. 8 prooem. §

16: nulli non parta libertas est,

Curt. 5, 8, 14.— Fem.: nulla, īus, Plaut. Aul. 3, 5, 24; Ter. Heaut. 5, 3, 20; Prop. 2, 3, 1; 3, 24 (31), 41; Ov. R. Am. 747; Just. 28, 4, 4.—In plur. (rare):

nam, reor, nullis, si vita longior daretur, posset esse jucundior,

Cic. Tusc. 1, 39, 93:

nullis adversus Romanos auxilia denegabant,

Hirt. B. G. 8, 45, 1:

nullis defendentibus,

Nep. Them. 4, 1:

nullis magis opus esse magistris vivendi quam plerisque qui, etc.,

Lact. 3, 15, 10; Verg. G. 2, 10; Sen. Ep. 73, 1; Tac. A. 2, 77 fin.; id. H. 2, 20: nulli duo, not two, no two:

nullas duas in tot milibus hominum indiscretas effigies exsistere,

Plin. 7, 1, 1, § 8; so,

ita fit, ut nulli duo concinant,

id. 3, 1, 3, § 16: nullus alter, nullus unus, no other, no one:

scelestiorem nullum illuxere alterum,

Plaut. Bacch. 2, 3, 22:

nullā re unā magis oratorem commendari, quam, etc.,

Cic. Brut. 59, 216; cf.:

ut unum signum Byzantii ex maximo numero nullum haberent,

id. Prov. Cons. 4, 7: nullus non, every:

nullā rerum suarum non relictā inter hostes,

Liv. 8, 26:

nullo non se die extulit,

Sen. Ep. 12, 8; Suet. Caes. 76: non nullus; v. nonnullus.—In the neutr., nul-lum, nullīus, nothing (rare for nihil):

Grai praeter laudem nullius avari,

Hor. A. P. 324:

nullius acrior custos, quam libertatis fuit,

Flor. 1, 26:

nullo sibi relicto praeter querelas, etc.,

Amm. 14, 1, 4:

nullum magnum quod extremum est,

Sen. Ep. 4, 3:

nullo magis studia, quam spe gaudent,

Quint. 2, 4, 43.— Abl. nullo, for nullā re (post-Aug.):

nullo magis exterritus est quam quod, etc.,

Tac. A. 3, 15:

nullo magis Caesarem Augustum demeruit,

Sen. Ben. 2, 25, 1:

deus nullo magis hominem separavit a ceteris animalibus quam dicendi facultate,

Quint. 2, 16, 12; 2, 4, 13; 5, 14, 14.—

(Mostly conversational.) Nullus, = non, not, not at all:

at tu edepol nullus creduas,

Plaut. Trin. 3, 1, 5; id. Rud. 4, 4, 91:

is nullus venit,

id. As. 2, 4, 2:

memini, tametsi nullus moneas,

Ter. Eun. 2, 1, 10; id. Hec. 1, 2, 3 (cf. II. C. infra):

Philotimus non modo nullus venit, sed, etc.,

Cic. Att. 11, 24, 4:

Sextus ab armis nullus discedit,

id. ib. 15, 22; cf. id. ib. 15, 29, 1:

nolite arbitrari, me, cum a vobis discessero, nusquam aut nullum fore,

id. Sen. 22, 79:

hereditas quae nulla debetur,

id. Verr. 2, 2, 17, § 44; id. Rosc. Am. 44, 128.—

In partic.

Of no account or moment, insignificant, trifling:

igitur tu Titias et Appuleias leges nullas putas?

Cic. Leg. 2, 6, 14:

nullum vero id quidem argumentum est,

id. Tusc. 2, 5, 13:

sed vides nullam esse rem publicam, nullum senatum, etc.,

id. Q. Fr. 3, 4, 1; Nep. Phoc. 1, 2:

in his tam parvis atque tam nullis,

Plin. 11, 2, 2, § 2:

alia fuere, quae illos magnos fecere, quae nobis nulla sunt,

Sall. C. 52, 21.—

Null, of no value:

ut sine his studiis vitam nullam esse ducamus,

Cic. de Or. 2, 5, 20; Luc. 1, 589.—

Nullus sum, I am lost, undone, it's all over with me (ante-class.):

si id factum est, ecce me nullum senem,

Plaut. Cas. 2, 4, 26; cf. id. Most. 2, 1, 41; id. Merc. 1, 2, 52; 104:

nullu's, Geta, nisi, etc.,

Ter. Phorm. 1, 4, 1; cf. id. And. 3, 4, 20.

ŏpĕra, ae, f. [opus], service, pains, exertion, work, labor (opus is used mostly of the mechanical activity of work, as that of animals, slaves, and soldiers; opera supposes a free will and desire to serve).

Lit.

In gen.:

omnes, quorum operae, non quorum artes emuntur,

Cic. Off. 1, 42, 150:

sine hominum manu atque operā,

id. ib. 2, 4, 14:

operam exigere,

id. ib. 1, 13:

perdere,

id. de Or. 1, 28, 126:

praebere amicis,

id. Brut. 47, 174:

in re ponere,

id. Clu. 57, 157:

curamque in rebus honestis ponere,

id. Off. 1, 6, 19:

et laborem consumere in aliquā re,

to bestow labor and pains on any thing, id. de Or. 1, 55, 234:

studiumque in res obscuras conferre,

id. Off. 1, 6, 19:

tribuere rei publicae,

id. Div. 2, 2, 7;

sumere,

id. Verr. 2, 4, 31, § 69:

impendere,

id. ib. 2, 2, 30, §

68: polliceri,

Sall. C. 28, 1; 40, 6:

insumere,

Liv. 10, 18:

dicare alicui,

Ter. Phorm. 1, 2, 12: interponere, to bestow, employ, Cic. Div. in. Caecil. 19, 63: ipse dabat purpuram tantum, amici operas, gave their work thereto, i. e. wrought it, id. Verr. 2, 4, 26, § 59:

pleraque sunt hominum operis effecta,

id. Off. 2, 3, 12:

ibo, atque illam adducam, Quam propter opera est mihi,

on whose behalf I am engaged, Plaut. Mil. 4, 2, 93:

operam navare,

Cic. Fam. 15, 12, 2; Liv. 25, 6, 15.—

In partic., a service, rendering of service: Cn. Pupius, qui est in operis ejus societatis, in the service of the society or company, Cic. Fam. 13, 9, 3:

operae forenses,

id. Fin. 1, 4, 10:

P. Terentius, qui operas in portu et scripturā pro magistro dat,

serves as director, id. ib. 13, 65, 11:

ferrum istud bonas edet operas,

will do good service, Sen. Prov. 2, 10:

musis operas reddere,

to do service to, to serve, Cic. Fam. 16, 10, 2:

dare operas alicui,

Plaut. Bacch. 1, 1, 11.—

Transf.

Care, attention, exertion bestowed on any thing:

deditā operā,

seriously, with a purpose, Plaut. Trin. 1, 2, 29.—So esp. freq.,

Operam dare, to bestow care or pains on, to give attention to any thing.—Constr. with dat., with ut or ne ( = studere).

With dat.: dant operam simul auspicio augurioque, Enn. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 48, 107 (Ann. v. 81 Vahl.):

dare operam funeri,

to attend, Cic. Att. 15, 1, 1:

bellis, Sive foro,

Ov. R. Am. 165:

amori,

Ter. Heaut. 1, 1, 58: liberis ( to the begetting of children), Cic. Fam. 9, 22, 3: memoriae alicujus, to attend to what brings a person to mind, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 1, 1:

tonsori,

to get shaved, Suet. Aug. 79:

alicui,

to attend to one, listen to him, Plaut. Trin. 4, 2, 52:

sermoni,

Cic. Leg. 2, 1, 4:

amico,

to serve, Plaut. Merc. 2, 2, 17: me huic dedisse operam malam, that I have done him an ill turn, id. Capt. 3, 5, 43.—For dat. the acc. with ad occurs:

benigne operam detis ad nostrum gregem,

Plaut. Cas. prol. 21.—

With ut and subj.:

da operam, ut valeas,

Cic. Att. 16, 16, A, 5:

omnem operam do, ut cognoscam,

Sen. Contr. 4, 24, 15; id. Vit. Beat. 3, 2.—

With ne:

dent operam consules, ne quid respublica detrimenti capiat,

Caes. B. C. 1, 5:

ego omnem operam dabo, ne pervenire ad me erubescat,

Sen. Polyb. 13, 3:

studiose te operam dare, ut ne quid meorum tibi esset ignotum,

Cic. Fam. 13, 11, 1.—

With subj. alone: dabo operam, quoad exercitus huc summittatis, etc., Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 21, 6.—

With inf.:

id scire,

Ter. Hec. 4, 1, 38.—

In abl.: operā meā, tuā, etc., through my ( thy, etc.) means, agency, fault:

fateor Abiisse eum abs te, meā operā atque astutiā,

Plaut. Capt. 3, 5, 21:

quid mihi nisi malum vostra opera'st?

id. Ps. 1, 2, 50:

non meā operā, neque pol culpā evenit,

Ter. Hec. 2, 1, 31:

meā operā, Q. Fabi, Tarentum recepisti,

Cic. Sen. 4, 11.—

Unā or eādem operā, in the same manner, at the same time (ante-class.):

unā operā mihi sunt sodales, quā iste,

Plaut. Capt. 3, 4, 31:

eādem operā a praetore sumam syngrapham,

id. ib. 2, 3, 89.—

Operā, by experience (ante-class.):

nam te omnes saevom commemorant... ego contra operā expertus,

Plaut. Trin. 4, 1, 7:

id operā expertus sum esse ita,

id. Bacch. 3, 2, 3:

magis non factum possum velle quam operā experiar persequi,

id. Capt. 2, 3, 65.—

Operae pretium, v. pretium, II. B.—

Leisure, spare time for any thing (class., but in the phrase operae est, only ante-class. and Livian):

operae ubi mihi erit, ad te venero,

as soon as I can spare the time, Plaut. Truc. 4, 4, 30:

si operae illi esset,

if he had time, Liv. 5, 15; 4, 8; 44, 36:

dicam, si tibi videam esse operam, aut otium,

Plaut. Merc. 2, 2, 15:

operae non est,

id. ib. 5, 2, 77:

quos tu operam gravare mihi,

id. Rud. 2, 4, 21: de versibus, quos tibi a me scribi vis, deest mihi quidem opera, I have not time or leisure, Cic. Q. Fr. 3, 4, 4.—

In concr.

A day's work or labor (usu. in plur.):

quaternis operis singula jugera confodere,

Varr. R. R. 1, 18:

puerilis una opera,

Col. 11, 2, 44:

bubulcorum operae quatuor,

id. 2, 13:

operae (filiorum) locari possunt,

Paul. Sent. 5, 1, 1.—

A day-laborer, journeyman; also, in gen., a laborer, workman (usu. in plur.):

ipse dominus dives operis et laboris expers,

Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 16:

plures operas conducere,

Col. 3, 21: nona, a ninth laborer (on his farm), Hor. S. 2, 7, 118; Suet. Oct. 3.—Hence, transf., in a bad sense: operae, hired aiders, abettors, tools, etc. (of political or theatrical parties):

mercenariae (corresp. to multitudo conducta),

Cic. Phil. 1, 9, 22; cf.:

erat mihi contentio cum operis conductis et ad diripiendam urbem concitatis,

id. Sest. 17, 38:

Claudianae,

id. Q. Fr. 2, 3, 2; cf. id. Att. 4, 3, 3:

theatrales,

parties for the purpose of applauding, theatrical factions, Tac. A. 1, 16:

VETERES A SCENA,

Inscr. Grut. 467, 7.—

That which is wrought or produced, a work:

operae aranearum,

i. e. spiders' webs, Plaut. As. 2, 4, 19:

exstabit opera peregrinationis hujus,

Cic. Att. 15, 13, 6.

pĭo, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [pius].

To seek to appease, to appease, propitiate by sacrifice (syn. place).—

Lit.:

Silvanum lacte piabant,

Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 143:

ossa,

Verg. A. 6, 379:

busta (i.e. Manes),

Ov. M. 13, 515:

Janus Agonali luce piandus erit,

id. F. 1, 318.—

Transf.

To honor with religious rites, to celebrate:

ubi piem Pietatem,

Plaut. As. 3, 1, 3:

aras ture,

Prop. 3, 10 (4, 9), 19:

in magicis astra piare focis,

to perform sacred rites, id. 1, 1, 20.—

To purify with sacred rites (syn.:

procuro, lustro): si quid tibi piandum fuisset,

Cic. Dom. 51.—

To make or seek to make good, to atone for, expiate:

damna,

Ov. A. A. 3, 160:

mors morte pianda est,

id. M. 8, 483:

fulmen,

to avert by sacrifice the misfortune portended by lightning, id. F. 3, 291:

nefas triste,

to atone for, avert the penalty, Verg. A. 2, 184; Ov. H. 19, 194:

cometes terrificum sidus, ac non leviter piatum,

Plin. 2, 25, 23, § 92.—

To punish, avenge:

culpam morte,

Verg. A. 2, 140:

grande nefas et morte piandum,

Juv. 13, 54.—

To free from madness, Fest. p. 213 Müll.:

jube te piari de meā pecuniā: nam ego quidem insanum te esse certo scio,

Plaut. Men. 2, 2, 17; so id. ib. 3, 2, 51.

prŏfĭtĕor, fessus, v (old form of the inf. PROFITEREI, and of the imper. PROFITEMINO, several times in the Tab. Her, in Haubold, Mon. Leg. p. 99 sq.), v. dep. a. [pro-fateor], to declare publicly, to own freely, to acknowledge, avow, confess openly, profess (class.).

In gen.

Absol.:

neque vis tuā voluntate ipse profiteri,

Plaut. Men. 4, 2, 80:

ita libenter confitetur, ut non solum fateri, sed etiam profiteri videatur,

Cic. Caecin. 9, 24:

fateor atque etiam profiteor et prae me fero,

id. Rab. Perd. 5, 17.—

With acc.:

profiteri et in medium proferre aliquid,

Cic. Fin. 2, 23, 76:

cur ea non profitenda putabas?

Ov. H. 21, 129.—

With obj. clause:

profitentur Carnutes, se nullum periculum recusare,

Caes. B. G. 7, 2; Cic. N D. 1, 5, 12.—

With de:

de parricidio professum,

Suet. Calig. 12:

de semet professo,

id. Dom. 8.—

In partic.

Profiteri se aliquem, to declare one's self or profess to be something:

profiteri se grammaticum,

Cic. Tusc. 2, 4, 12; Poët. ap. Auct. Her. 2, 26, 42;

profiteri se patrem infantis,

Suet. Calig. 25:

se legatum,

id. Galb. 10:

se candidatum consulatūs,

id. Aug. 4:

professus amicum,

Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 2.—With esse:

triduo me jure consultum esse profitebor,

Cic. Mur. 13, 28:

me omnium provinciarum defensorem esse profitebor,

id. Verr. 2, 3, 93, § 217.—

Profiteri aliquid, to profess an art, science, etc.:

profiteri philosophiam,

to declare one's self a philosopher, Cic. Pis. 29, 71; medicinam, to profess medicine, to practise as a physician, Cels. praef.; Suet. Caes. 42;

jus,

Ov. A. A. 3, 531.—In pass.:

rem non professam apud nos tenemus,

Quint. Decl. 341. — Absol.: profiteri, to be a teacher or professor (post-Aug.):

cum omnes qui profitentur, audiero,

Plin. Ep 2, 18, 3:

translatus est in Siciliam, ubi nunc profitetur,

id. ib. 4, 11, 14.—

Profiteri indicium, to give evidence, make a deposition against accomplices:

multis hortantibus indicium profitetur,

Sall. J. 35, 6; Hirt. B. Afr 55, Curt. 8, 6, 23; Plin. Ep. 3, 16, 9:

summum supplicium decernebatur, ni professus indicium foret,

Tac. A. 6, 3.—

To offer freely, propose voluntarily, to promise: quis profitetur? who volunteers? Plaut Capt. 3, 1, 20:

se ad eam rem adjutorem,

Caes. B. G. 5, 38:

ego vero tibi profiteor atque polliceor eximium et singulare meum studium in omni genere officii,

Cic. Fam. 5, 8, 4:

si vos in eam rem operam vestram profitemini,

id. Rosc. Am. 53, 153:

Varro profitetur se alterā die ad colloquium venturum,

Caes. B. C. 3, 19:

sumunt gentiles arma professa manus,

arms that promise a combat, Ov. F. 2, 198: magna, Hor A. P. 14; Ov. F. 5, 351:

grandia,

Hor. A. P. 27.—

To disclose, show, display, make a show of; dolorem, Just. 8, 5, 11:

sola Jovem Semele vidit Jovis ora professum,

Nemes. Ecl. 3, 22:

vitate viros cultum formamque professos,

Ov. A A. 3, 433.—

To make a public statement or return of any thing (as of one's name, property, business, etc.):

censum (one's estate),

Ulp. Fragm. 1, 8;

Tab. Her. in Haubold, Mon. Leg. p. 99 sq. (q. v.): ut aratores jugera sationum suarum profiterentur,

Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 15, § 38:

apud decemviros, quantum habeat praedae,

id. Agr. 2, 22, 59:

greges ovium ad publicanum,

Varr. R. R. 2, 1:

frumentum, Liv 4, 12: furtum,

Quint. Decl. 341:

rem alienam,

id. ib. 341:

rem apud publicanum,

id. ib. 359; Dig. 39, 4, 16, § 12.— Absol.:

ne decipiat (publicanus) profiteri volentes,

Dig. 39, 4, 19, § 6; Vulg. Luc. 2, 3 and 5:

nomen,

to give in one's name, announce one's self, Liv. 26, 18; also without nomen:

Catilina prohibitus erat petere consulatum, quod intra legitimos dies profiteri nequiverit,

Sall. C. 18, 3:

nam et quaesturam petentes, quos indignos judicavit, profiteri vetuit,

Vell. 2, 92, 3: professae (sc. feminae), i. e. common prostitutes, who had to give in their names to the aedile, Ov. F. 4, 866.— Trop.:

in his nomen suum profitetur,

among these he reckons himself, Ter. Eun. prol. 3.—Hence, prŏ-fessus, a, um, P. a., in passive signif., known, manifest, confessed ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose):

culpa professa,

Ov. Am. 3, 14, 6:

dux,

Just. 8, 4, 4.—Ex or de professo, openly, avowedly, intentionally, professedly:

non ex professo eam (potentiam) non petere,

Sen. Ep. 14, 8:

vir ex professo mollis, Macr S. 2, 9.—De professo (postclass.): ac ne id quidem de professo audet,

openly, App. Mag. p. 274, 11.