vĭgĭlans

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vĭgĭlo, āvi, ātum, 1, v. n. and a. [vigil].

Neutr., to watch, i. e. to be or keep awake at night, not to sleep, be wakeful (class.; syn. excubo).

Lit.:

ad multam noctem vigilare,

Cic. Rep. 6, 10, 10:

de nocte,

id. Q. Fr. 2, 15, 2:

proximā nocte,

id. Cat. 3, 3, 6:

usque ad lucem,

Ter. Eun. 2, 2, 46: ad ipsum Mane, Hor. S. 1, 3, 17.—With a homogeneous object: in lectitando... vigilias vigilare, Gell. N. A. praef. § 19.— Impers.:

redeo si vigilatur et hic,

Mart. 12, 68, 6.— Transf.:

vigilat Troicus ignis,

burns continually, Stat. S. 1, 1, 35; so,

flamma,

Flor. 1, 2, 3:

lumina (of a light-house),

Ov. H. 18, 31.—Prov.

Hic vigilans somniat, i. e. builds castles in the air, Plaut. Capt. 4, 2, 68; cf.:

num ille somniat Ea, quae vigilans voluit?

Ter. And. 5, 6, 8.—

Qui imperata effecta reddat, non qui vigilans dormiat, who dreams with his eyes open, goes to sleep over a thing, Plaut. Ps. 1, 3, 152; cf.:

et vigilans stertis,

Lucr. 3, 1048:

vigilanti stertere naso,

Juv. 1, 57.— Impers. pass.:

redeo, si vigilatur et hic,

Mart. 12, 68, 6.—

Trop.

In gen., to be watchful, vigilant:

vigilantes curae,

Cic. Div. 1, 43, 96:

oculi vigilantes,

Verg. A. 5, 438.—

In partic., to keep watch over any thing, to be watchful or vigilant: vigilandum est semper: multae insidiae sunt bonis, Att. ap. Cic. Planc. 24, 59 (Trag. Rel. p. 138 Rib.):

excubabo vigilaboque pro vobis,

Cic. Phil. 6, 7, 18:

vigila, Chrysippe, ne tuam causam deseras,

id. Fat. 6, 12:

ut vivas, vigila,

Hor. S. 2, 3, 152:

studiis vigilare severis,

to engage in, Prop. 2, 3, 7:

janitor ad dantes vigilet,

id. 4 (5), 5, 47: Mars, vigila, an invocation to Mars at the breaking out of a war, acc. to Serv. ad Verg. A. 8, 3.—

Act., to watch through, spend in watching, to do or make while watching ( poet.):

noctes vigilantur amarae,

Ov. H. 12, 169; so,

vigilata nox,

id. F. 4, 167:

ubi jam breviorque dies et mollior aetas, Quae vigilanda viris,

Verg. G. 1, 313:

carmen vigilatum,

Ov. F. 4, 109:

vigilati labores,

id. Tr. 2, 11:

magia occulta noctibus vigilata,

pursued by night, App. Mag. p. 304, 28.—Hence,

vĭgĭlans, antis, P. a. (acc. to I. B. 2.), watchful, anxious, careful, vigilant:

vigilantes et boni et fortes et misericordes,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 48, 139:

vigilans et acutus tribunus plebis,

id. Agr. 1, 1, 3:

vigilans et industrius homo,

id. Att. 8, 11, B, 1:

sentiet in hac urbe esse consules vigilantis,

id. Cat. 2, 12, 27.— Comp.:

nemo paratior, vigilantior, compositior,

Cic. Verr. 1, 11, 32.— Sup.:

dux (Hannibal),

Val. Max. 9, 1, ext. 1.— Adv.: vĭgĭlanter, watchfully, carefully, vigilantly, Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 64, § 144.— Comp.:

vigilantius,

Cic. Rep. 6, 24, 26.— Sup.:

vigilantissime,

Cic. Mur. 15, 32.—

vĭ-gĭlātē, adv., for vigilanter, watchfully, vigilantly, Gell. 3, 14, 12.

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cō-nīvĕo (less correctly con-nī-vĕo; cf. Ritschl, Opusc. II. 448 sq.), nīvi (Cassius ap. Prisc. p. 866 P.; cf. Prob. II. p. 1482 ib.) or nixi (Turp. ap. Prisc. p. 866 P.;

perh. also connipsi, connipseram,

App. M. 11, p. 146 Hildebr. Min.), 2 (access. form of inf. conivĕre, Calvus ap. Prisc. l. l.), v. n. [niveo, kindr. with nico and nicto], to close or shut. *

In gen.:

cava ventris ac stomachi inanitate diutinā contrahuntur et conivent,

Gell. 16, 3, 3.—More freq.,

Esp., to close or shut the eyes (in sleep, from the light, from fear, etc.), to blink; or of the eyes, to close, shut, to half close when heavy with sleep (class. in prose and poetry).

Lit.: dum ego conixi somno, hic sibi prospexit vigilans virginem, Turp. l. l.; so Cic. Tusc. 1, 49, 117; Tac. A. 16, 5:

coniventes illi oculi abavi tui,

Cic. Har. Resp. 18, 38:

conivent solemque pavent agnoscere visu,

Sil. 7, 729; cf. Plin. 10, 3, 3, § 10:

ad tonitrua et fulgura,

Suet. Calig. 51:

contra conminationem aliquam (gladiatores),

Plin. 11, 37, 54, § 144.—With acc. Gr.:

nam non conivi oculos ego deinde sopore, Cassius, l. l.: (oculis) somno coniventibus,

Cic. N. D. 2, 57, 143; Col. 10, 259.—

Poet., transf., of the sun and moon, to be darkened, obscured, eclipsed, Lucr. 5, 776.—

Trop.

In gen., to be dull, drowsy, or languid:

certa sunt enim pleraque et nisi coniveamus, in oculos incurrunt,

Quint. 10, 3, 16:

multa nobis blandimenta natura ipsa genuit, quibus sopita virtus coniveret,

Cic. Cael. 17, 41:

animus atque mens viri prudentis in sollicitis numquam conivens, nusquam aciem suam flectens, etc.,

Gell. 13, 27, 4; cf. id. 2, 2, 9.—

(Like our phrase to wink at.) To leave an error or crime unnoticed or uncensured, to overlook, connive at, wink at, etc.:

haec ipsa concedo: quibusdam etiam in rebus coniveo,

Cic. Phil. 1, 7, 18:

pro di immortales! cur interdum in hominum sceleribus maxumis aut conivetis aut... poenas in diem reservetis?

id. Cael. 24, 59:

qui ob eam causam in tot tantisque sceleribus conivebant,

id. Har. Resp. 24, 52; id. Agr. 2, 28, 77;

Fragm. ap. Prob. II. p. 1482 P.: seditiosorum punitor acerrimus, conivebat in ceteris,

Suet. Caes. 67; Pers. 6, 50.

cō-nīvĕo (less correctly con-nī-vĕo; cf. Ritschl, Opusc. II. 448 sq.), nīvi (Cassius ap. Prisc. p. 866 P.; cf. Prob. II. p. 1482 ib.) or nixi (Turp. ap. Prisc. p. 866 P.;

perh. also connipsi, connipseram,

App. M. 11, p. 146 Hildebr. Min.), 2 (access. form of inf. conivĕre, Calvus ap. Prisc. l. l.), v. n. [niveo, kindr. with nico and nicto], to close or shut. *

In gen.:

cava ventris ac stomachi inanitate diutinā contrahuntur et conivent,

Gell. 16, 3, 3.—More freq.,

Esp., to close or shut the eyes (in sleep, from the light, from fear, etc.), to blink; or of the eyes, to close, shut, to half close when heavy with sleep (class. in prose and poetry).

Lit.: dum ego conixi somno, hic sibi prospexit vigilans virginem, Turp. l. l.; so Cic. Tusc. 1, 49, 117; Tac. A. 16, 5:

coniventes illi oculi abavi tui,

Cic. Har. Resp. 18, 38:

conivent solemque pavent agnoscere visu,

Sil. 7, 729; cf. Plin. 10, 3, 3, § 10:

ad tonitrua et fulgura,

Suet. Calig. 51:

contra conminationem aliquam (gladiatores),

Plin. 11, 37, 54, § 144.—With acc. Gr.:

nam non conivi oculos ego deinde sopore, Cassius, l. l.: (oculis) somno coniventibus,

Cic. N. D. 2, 57, 143; Col. 10, 259.—

Poet., transf., of the sun and moon, to be darkened, obscured, eclipsed, Lucr. 5, 776.—

Trop.

In gen., to be dull, drowsy, or languid:

certa sunt enim pleraque et nisi coniveamus, in oculos incurrunt,

Quint. 10, 3, 16:

multa nobis blandimenta natura ipsa genuit, quibus sopita virtus coniveret,

Cic. Cael. 17, 41:

animus atque mens viri prudentis in sollicitis numquam conivens, nusquam aciem suam flectens, etc.,

Gell. 13, 27, 4; cf. id. 2, 2, 9.—

(Like our phrase to wink at.) To leave an error or crime unnoticed or uncensured, to overlook, connive at, wink at, etc.:

haec ipsa concedo: quibusdam etiam in rebus coniveo,

Cic. Phil. 1, 7, 18:

pro di immortales! cur interdum in hominum sceleribus maxumis aut conivetis aut... poenas in diem reservetis?

id. Cael. 24, 59:

qui ob eam causam in tot tantisque sceleribus conivebant,

id. Har. Resp. 24, 52; id. Agr. 2, 28, 77;

Fragm. ap. Prob. II. p. 1482 P.: seditiosorum punitor acerrimus, conivebat in ceteris,

Suet. Caes. 67; Pers. 6, 50.

incertus, a, um (archaic gen. plur. incertūm, Pac. ap. Non. 495, 27), adj. [2. incertus; hence, acc. to certus].

Object., of things whose (external or internal) qualities are not firmly established, uncertain, unsettled, doubtful, untrustworthy, not fast, not firm (class.): amicus certus in re incerta cernitur, Enn. ap. Cic. Lael. 17, 64 (Trag. v. 428 Vahl.); cf. id. ap. Non. 166, 22 (Trag. v. 12 Vahl.):

incerti socii an hostes essent,

Liv. 30, 35, 9:

incertus (infans) masculus an femina esset,

id. 31, 12, 6; cf. Sall. J. 49, 5:

cum incerta bellum an pax cum Celtiberis essent,

Liv. 34, 19, 8 Weissenb.: spe incerta certum mihi laborem sustuli, Ter. Hec. prol. alt. 9; id. And. 2, 3, 16:

nuptiae,

id. ib. 5, 1, 11:

aetas (puerilis) maxime lubrica atque incerta,

Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 52, § 137:

itinera,

Caes. B. G. 5, 37 fin.:

dominatus,

Cic. Rep. 1, 17:

status,

id. ib. 1, 26:

sedes,

Sall. C. 6, 1:

ambiguae testis incertaeque rei,

Juv. 8, 81:

comarum Anulus incertā non bene fixus acu,

not fast, Mart. 2, 66, 2:

colligere incertos et in ordine ponere crines,

dishevelled, Ov. Am. 1, 11, 1:

per incertam lunam sub luce maligna,

not clearly visible, dim, Verg. A. 6, 270:

soles,

id. ib. 3, 203:

securis,

that did not strike with a sure blow, id. ib. 2, 224:

vultus,

disturbed, uneasy, Sall. J. 106, 2:

ille vitam suam ad incertissimam spem reservavit,

Cic. Sest. 22, 50: arbori incertae nullam prudentia cani Rectoris cum ferret opem, the ship uncertain in her course, because no longer obeying the helm, Juv. 12, 32 Halm. — In neutr. ellipt.:

clauserant portas incertum vi an voluntate,

Liv. 31, 41, 2; 31, 43, 7 al. — Neutr. as adv. ( poet.):

incertum vigilans,

Ov. H. 10, 9; Stat. Th. 5, 212. —

Subject., as respects one's perceptions or convictions, not firmly established, uncertain, undetermined, doubtful, dubious (so most freq. in prose and poetry):

nihil est incertius vulgo,

Cic. Mur. 17, 36:

casus,

id. Or. 28, 98:

ut alia certa, alia incerta esse dicunt,

id. Off. 2, 2, 7; cf.: est igitur ridiculum, quod est dubium, id relinquere incertum, id. Mur. 32, 68; and:

incerta atque dubia,

Plin. 17, 1, 1, § 9 fin.:

ut incertis temporibus diversisque itineribus iretur,

Caes. B. G. 7, 16 fin.; so,

eventus reliqui temporis,

Cic. Quint. 26, 83:

exitus pugnarum,

id. Mil. 21, 56:

adulterium,

Quint. 7, 2, 52:

auctor,

id. 5, 11, 41:

cujus ora puellares faciunt incerta capilli,

make the sex doubtful, Juv. 15, 137:

incerta persona heres institui non potest,

Ulp. Fragm. 22, 4; Gai. Inst. 2, 242; cf. 2, 238.—

With rel. or interrog.-clause:

nunc mihi incertumst, abeam an maneam,

Plaut. Aul. 4, 9, 19:

moriendum certe est, et id incertum, an hoc ipso die,

Cic. Sen. 20, 74; cf. Quint. 1, 6, 27:

(Gallus) avem, an gentem, an nomen, an fortunam corporis significet, incertum est,

id. 7, 9, 2:

confessus est quidem sed incertum, utrum quia verum erat, an quia, etc.,

Plin. Ep. 4, 11, 5:

neque plane occultati humilitate arborum et tamen incerti, quidnam esset,

Sall. J. 49, 5 Kritz.— Abl. absol.:

multi annantes navibus incerto prae tenebris, quid aut peterent aut vitarent, foede interierunt,

Liv. 28, 36, 12.—

Subst.: incer-tum, i, n., an uncertainty:

quicquid incerti mihi in animo prius aut ambiguum fuit, Nunc liquet, nunc defaecatum est,

Plaut. Ps. 2, 4, 69:

ne cujus incerti vanique auctor esset,

Liv. 4, 13, 9:

incerta maris et tempestatum,

Tac. A. 3, 54:

incerta fortunae experiri,

Plin. Ep. 3, 19, 4:

incerta belli,

Liv. 30, 2:

bona, fortunae possessionesque omnium in dubium incertumque revocabuntur,

Cic. Caecin. 27, 76; cf. id. ib. 13, 38:

Minucius praefectus annonae in incertum creatus,

for an indefinite time, Liv. 4, 13, 7:

postremo fugere an manere tutius foret, in incerto erat,

Sall. J. 38, 5:

Allobroges diu in incerto habuere, quidnam consilii caperent,

id. C. 41, 1; cf. id. J. 46, 8:

imperia ducum in incerto reliquerat,

Tac. H. 2, 33 fin. —

Transf., of a person who is in a state of uncertainty respecting any thing, uncertain, in uncertainty, hesitating, doubtful: quo ego ope mea Pro incertis certos compotesque consili Dimitto, Enn. ap. Cic. de Or. 1, 45, 199 (Trag. v. 188 Vahl.):

nolo suspensam et incertam plebem Romanam obscura spe et caeca exspectatione pendere,

Cic. Agr. 2, 25, 66; so,

varius incertusque agitabat,

Sall. J. 74, 1; Plaut. Ep. 3, 4, 3:

ego certe me incerto scio hoc daturum nemini homini,

id. As. 2, 4, 60.—

With rel.-clause:

quid dicam hisce, incertus sum,

Ter. Hec. 3, 4, 36:

cum incertus essem, ubi esses,

Cic. Att. 1, 9, 1:

incerti ignarique, quid potissimum facerent,

Sall. J. 67, 1:

incerti quidnam esset,

id. ib. 49, 5:

incertus, quonam modo aciem instrueret,

id. ib. 101, 2:

incerti, quo fata ferant, ubi sistere detur,

Verg. A. 3, 7:

incertus, Geniumne loci famulumne parentis Esse putet,

id. ib. 5, 95:

faber, incertus scamnum faceretne Priapum,

Hor. S. 1, 8, 2.—

With gen. (not in Cic.): summarum rerum incerti, Enn. ap. Cic. de Or. 1, 45, 199 (Trag. v. 187 Vahl.):

incertusque meae paene salutis eram,

Ov. Tr. 3, 3, 4:

sententiae,

Liv. 4, 57, 3:

veri,

id. 4, 23, 3; 1, 27, 6:

rerum,

id. 24, 24, 9:

ultionis,

Tac. A. 2, 75:

sui,

Stat. Th. 5, 525:

naves incertae locorum, Auct. B. Afr. 7: mox incertus animi, fesso corpore, etc.,

Tac. A. 6, 46; id. H. 3, 55 fin.:

futurorum,

Plin. Ep. 9, 13, 11:

consilii,

Curt. 8, 10, 27.—

With abl.:

incerti metu,

Val. Fl. 3, 602.—

With de and abl.:

incertus de salute alicujus,

Plin. Ep. 6, 20, 10.—Hence, adv. in two forms: incertē and incerto (both ante-class.), uncertainly, not certainly, dubiously: incerte errat animus, Enn. ap. Gell. 19, 10, 12 (Trag. v. 259 Vahl.): vagat exsul, Pac. ap. Non. 467, 25 (Trag. Rel. p. 87 Rib.):

ubi Habitet dum incerto scio,

Plaut. Ep. 3, 4, 69:

incerto scio,

id. Ps. 4, 2, 7:

incerto autumo,

id. Ep. 4, 1, 18.

saepe, adv. [old acc. n. of saepis].

Often, oft, oftentimes, many times, frequently (at indefinite intervals, while crebro denotes in close succession):

aperitur ostium, unde saturitate saepe ego exii ebrius,

Plaut. Capt. 1, 1, 35:

multis damno et mihi lucro saepe eris,

id. Cist. 1, 1, 52:

audivi saepe hoc vulgo dicier,

id. Stich. 1, 3, 13:

saepe ex te audivi pater,

id. Merc. 2, 3, 40; cf. Cic. Rep. 1, 30, 46:

saepe hoc de majoribus natu audivimus,

id. ib. 2, 15, 28:

cum saepe mecum ageres, ut, etc.,

id. Lael. 1, 4:

sed... saepe enim redeo ad Scipionem, etc.,

id. ib. 17, 62; cf. comp.:

quocirca... dicendum est enim saepius, etc.,

id. ib. 22, 85:

licet lascivire, dum nihil metuas, ut in navi ac saepe etiam in morbo levi,

id. Rep. 1, 40, 63; so,

saepe etiam,

id. ib. 1, 17, 26:

in hoc statu rei publicae, quem dixi jam saepe non posse esse diuturnum,

id. ib. 2, 37:

minime saepe,

least frequently, Caes. B. G. 1, 1:

haud saepe,

Plaut. Curc. 1, 2, 33:

non saepe,

id. Ps. 2, 4, 37:

solet jocari saepe mecum illo modo,

id. Men. 2, 2, 42; cf. id. ib. 5, 2, 18; so (with solere) Cic. Rep. 3, 5, 9; cf. sup.:

de quo (Homero) saepissime vigilans (Ennius) solebat cogitare et loqui,

id. ib. 6, 10; id. Lael. 8, 26:

vidi ego multa saepe picta, quae Acherunti fierent cruciamenta,

Plaut. Capt. 5, 4, 1; so (with multus) id. ib. 2, 2, 78; id. Cas. 2, 5, 41; id. Mil. 3, 3, 12; id. Poen. 1, 1, 1; Cic. Rep. 3, 30, 42; id. Lael. 1, 2; id. Off. 2, 6, 20; Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 219; cf.:

saepe et multum hoc mecum cogitavi,

Cic. Inv. 1, 1, 1:

in hac (causā) multum et saepe versatus,

id. Quint. 1, 3:

quorum saepe et diu ad pedes jacuit stratus,

id. ib. 31, 96; Plaut. Cist. 2, 1, 28:

nullus (piscis) minus saepe ad terram venit,

id. Rud. 4, 3, 56: illos (inimicos) saepe verum dicere, hos (amicos) numquam, Cato ap. Cic. Lael. 24, 90:

quod vos nimium saepe dicitis,

Cic. Fin. 2, 13, 41: bene saepe, Enn. ap. Gell. 12, 4, 3 (Ann. v. 241 Vahl.):

saepe antea (ante),

Sall. J. 107, 1; 112, 2.—

Comp.:

ibi eos conspicias quam praetorem saepius,

Plaut. Poen. 3, 2, 8; cf.:

ego saepius quam vellem,

Cic. Rep. 1, 38, 59.— More usu. without quam:

quod, etsi saepe dictum est, dicendum est tamen saepius, etc.,

Cic. Off. 3, 17, 69; cf. Caes. ap. Cic. Att. 9, 6, A:

semel atque iterum ac saepius,

Cic. Font. 12, 26 (16):

semel et saepius,

id. Inv. 2, 4, 14:

bis ac saepius,

Quint. 10, 5, 7:

iterum et saepius te rogo,

Cic. Fam. 13, 42, 2; id. Imp. Pomp. 11, 30:

iterum ac saepius,

Quint. 12, 8, 8:

quo quidem schemate utuntur poëtae saepius, sed ne oratores quidem raro,

id. 9, 3, 44:

quo magis novi, tanto saepius,

Ter. Phorm. 2, 2, 14:

propterea saepius te, ut memineris, moneo,

Plaut. Capt. 2, 1, 43:

ut verbis, quid sit... definiam saepius,

Cic. Rep. 1, 24, 38:

quasi ipsos induxi loquentes, ne inquam et inquit saepius interponeretur,

id. Lael. 1, 3:

quae potestas si mihi saepius sine meo vestroque periculo fiet, utar,

id. Phil. 1, 15, 38:

si saepius decertandum sit,

id. ib. 2, 17, 43.—

Sup.:

tibi saepissime Cyathisso,

Plaut. Men. 2, 2, 28; id. Ps. 2, 4, 56:

optare ut quam saepissime peccet amicus,

Cic. Lael. 16, 59:

ut vinum aegrotis, qui prodest raro, nocet saepissime,

id. N. D. 3, 27, 69:

de quo (avo tuo) audisti multa ex me, eaque saepissime,

id. Phil. 1, 14, 34.—

In general propositions stating the results of experience, to denote that which is wont to take place frequently, Plaut. Capt. prol. 44:

illud saepe fit, tempestas venit, etc.,

id. Most. 1, 2, 27; cf.:

nam saepe est, quibus in rebus alius ne iratus quidem est, Cum, etc.,

Ter. Hec. 3, 1, 28:

saepe ex hujusmodi re quāpiam... magna familiaritas Conflatast,

id. Eun. 5, 2, 34:

non licet hominem esse saepe ita ut volt,

id. Heaut. 4, 1, 53:

in quo defuit fortasse ratio, sed tamen vincit ipsa rerum publicarum natura saepe rationem,

Cic. Rep. 2, 33, 57;

repeated: saepe... saepe,

Hor. C. 1, 8, 11; id. Ep. 1, 19, 19; Liv. 23, 15:

saepe, five times in succession,

Cic. Lael. 10, 33 sq.; cf.:

saepe... persaepe... saepe... saepe... saepe... modo... modo,

Hor. S. 1, 3, 9:

modo... saepe... modo... interdum,

id. ib. 1, 10, 11:

saepe... modo,

id. ib. 2, 7, 8.— Sup.:

bonum consilium subripitur saepissime, si, etc.,

Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 8.—

Sometimes with numero, and also joined in one word with it, saepenumero, to strengthen the main idea, like our oftentimes, again and again (perh. not before the class. per.):

Aeduos fratres consanguineosque saepenumero a senatu appellatos,

Caes. B. G. 1, 33; 1, 39; 1, 40; 6, 8; 7, 62; Cic. de Or. 1, 1, 1; id. Sen. 2, 4; id. Rosc. Am. 24, 67; 41, 119; id. Fam. 16, 21, 3; Sall. C. 52, 7; 53, 3; Auct. B. Afr. 35, 4 al.—Once also in comp.:

gigni hominem saepe nono, saepiusnumero decimo mense,

Gell. 3, 16, 1.

sōbrĭus ( sōbrĕus), a, um ( comp. sobrior, Laber. ap. Charis. p. 64; elsewhere not compared), adj. [cf. Gr. sôphrôn, saos; Lat. sanus], not drunk, sober (freq. and class.).

Lit., opp. vinolentus, Cic. Ac. 2, 17, 52; so id. Or. 28, 99;

opp. vino madens,

Plaut. Truc. 4, 4, 2;

opp. madidus,

id. Am. 3, 4, 18; cf. Hor. S. 2, 3, 5; Cato Utic. ap. Suet. Caes. 53; and ap. Quint. 8, 2, 9;

opp. ebrius,

Sen. Ep. 18, 4 (with siccus); Mart. 3, 16, 3;

opp. temulentus,

Tac. A. 13, 15 et saep.:

male sobrius, i. e. ebrius,

Tib. 1, 10, 51; Ov. F. 6, 785.—

Transf., of things ( poet. and post-Aug. prose; cf.

ebrius): pocula,

Tib. 1, 6, 28 (24):

lympha mixta mero,

id. 2, 1, 46:

nox,

in which there was no drinking, Prop. 3, 17 (4, 16), 11; cf.

convictus,

Tac. A. 13, 15:

uva,

not intoxicating, Plin. 14, 3, 4, § 31:

rura,

that furnish no wine, Stat. S. 4, 2, 37; cf. Suet. Dom. 7:

sobrium vicum Romae dictum putant, vel quod in eo nulla taberna fuerit, vel quod in eo Mercurio lacte, non vino supplicabatur, Fest. pp. 296 and 297 Müll.: non sobria verba,

i. e. of a drunken person, Mart. 1, 28, 5:

paupertas,

Claud. IV. Cons. Hon. 411:

lares pauperes nostros, sed plane sobrios revisamus,

App. M. 5, p. 163, 31.—

In gen., sober, moderate, temperate, continent:

parcus ac sobrius,

Ter. Ad. 1, 2, 15: vigilans ac sollers, sicca, sana, sobria, Afran. ap. Non. 21, 33 (Com. Rel. p. 148 Rib.):

homines frugi ac sobrii,

Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 27, § 67:

auream quisquis mediocritatem Diligit... caret invidendā Sobrius aulā,

Hor. C. 2, 10, 8; Vell. 2, 63, 1:

non aestimatur voluptas illa Epicuri, quam sobria et sicca sit,

Sen. Vit. Beat. 12, 4:

corda,

Stat. S. 5, 1, 78:

vetus illa Romana virtus et sobria,

Amm. 15, 4, 3;

opp. libidinosus,

Lact. 3, 26, 7.—

Trop., of the mind, sober, even-minded, clever, sensible, prudent, reasonable, cautious (syn.:

mentis compos, sanus): satin' sanus es aut sobrius?

Ter. Heaut. 4, 3, 29; cf.:

satis credis sobriam esse,

id. Eun. 4, 4, 36:

tu homo non es sobrius,

id. And. 4, 4, 39:

vigilantes homines, sobrii, industrii,

Cic. Cael. 31, 74: [p. 1715] diligentes et memores et sobrii oratores, id. de Or. 2, 32, 140;

opp. iracundus,

Vell. 2, 41, 1:

alte sobria ferre pedem,

prudently, Ov. Am. 1, 12, 6.—Of things:

opera Proba et sapiens et sobria,

Plaut. Pers. 4, 5, 2:

ingenium siccum ac sobrium,

Sen. Ep. 114, 3:

violenta et rapida Carneades dicebat, modesta Diogenes et sobria,

Gell. 7, 14, 10.—Hence, adv.: sōbrĭē (acc. to II. A. and B.).

Moderately, temperately, frugally: vivere (with parce, continenter, severe;

opp. diffluere luxuriā),

Cic. Off. 1, 30, 106.—

Prudently, sensibly, circumspectly, = prudenter:

ut hoc sobrie agatur,

Plaut. Capt. 2, 1, 29:

curare aliquid,

id. Mil. 3, 1, 215:

hanc rem accurare,

id. Ps. 4, 1, 29; id. Pers. 4, 1, 1.

sollers ( sōlers), tis (abl. regularly sollerti;

sollerte,

Ov. P. 4, 14, 35), adj. [sollus, i. e. totus - ars, and therefore qs. all art; hence, in gen.], skilled, skilful, clever, dexterous, adroit, expert (class.; syn.; sagax, subtilis, expertus).

Of persons:

quae liberum Scire aequom est adulescentem, solertem dabo,

to make ready, accomplished, Ter. Eun. 3, 2, 25: vigilans ac sollers, sicca, sana, sobria sum, Afran. ap. Non. 21, 33:

in omni vel officio vel sermone sollers,

Cic. Rep. 2, 21, 37:

pictor sollers in arte,

Plin. 35, 11, 40, § 142:

sollertem tu me facis,

Ov. H. 20, 26:

ancilla,

id. Am. 1, 8, 87:

vir,

id. Ib. 279:

Ulixes,

id. P. 4, 14, 35:

agricola,

Nep. Cat. 3, 1.— Comp.:

sollertior et ingeniosior,

Cic. Rosc. Com. 11, 31.— Sup.:

Sulla, rudis antea et ignarus belli, sollertissimus omnium factus est,

Sall. J. 96, 1:

hostis,

Suet. Caes. 35.— Poet., with inf.:

coloribus Sollers nunc hominem ponere nunc deum,

Hor. C. 4, 8, 8; Ov. Am. 2, 7, 17; Sil. 1, 79; 8, 260.—With gen.:

Musa lyrae sollers,

Hor. A. P. 407:

sollers cunctandi Fabius,

Sil. 7, 126.—With ad and acc.:

cum esset deus ad excogitandum providentissimus, ad faciendum sollertissimus,

Lact. 2, 8, 3.—

Transf., of things, ingenious, sagacious, intelligent, inventive:

opera providae sollertisque naturae,

Cic. N. D. 2, 51, 128: animus, [p. 1721] Liv. 7, 14; cf.:

sollerti corde Prometheus,

Cat. 64, 295:

sollerti astu,

Ov. M. 4, 776:

sollers subtilisque descriptio partium,

Cic. N. D. 2, 47, 121:

frugum et pecudum custodia sollers,

Verg. G. 4, 327:

genus acuminis in reprehendendis verbis versutum et sollers,

Cic. Brut. 67, 236:

ingenium,

Ov. F. 3, 840:

hominum natura,

id. Am. 3, 8, 45:

manus,

Tib. 1, 8, 29.— Comp.:

nihil sollertius,

Cic. Sen. 15, 54:

sollertius est multo genus virile,

Lucr. 5, 1356.— Sup.: fundus sollertissimus, qs. most creative, i. e. most productive, fruitful, Cato, R. R. 8 fin. — Hence, adv.: sollerter ( sōlert-), skilfully, dexterously, shrewdly, sagaciously, ingeniously:

aliquid consequi,

Cic. Leg. 1, 8, 26:

patefacere futura,

Tac. A. 6, 21:

explorans,

Spart. Hadr. 10.— Comp.:

simulata sollertius,

Cic. N. D. 2, 35, 88:

exprimere incessus, vultum, etc.,

Ov. M. 11, 635:

colere hortos,

id. ib. 14, 624: imperare, Treb. Poll. Gall. 13.— Sup.:

aliquid sollertissime perspicere,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 44, § 98:

tempora persequi,

Vop. Car. 4.

sollers ( sōlers), tis (abl. regularly sollerti;

sollerte,

Ov. P. 4, 14, 35), adj. [sollus, i. e. totus - ars, and therefore qs. all art; hence, in gen.], skilled, skilful, clever, dexterous, adroit, expert (class.; syn.; sagax, subtilis, expertus).

Of persons:

quae liberum Scire aequom est adulescentem, solertem dabo,

to make ready, accomplished, Ter. Eun. 3, 2, 25: vigilans ac sollers, sicca, sana, sobria sum, Afran. ap. Non. 21, 33:

in omni vel officio vel sermone sollers,

Cic. Rep. 2, 21, 37:

pictor sollers in arte,

Plin. 35, 11, 40, § 142:

sollertem tu me facis,

Ov. H. 20, 26:

ancilla,

id. Am. 1, 8, 87:

vir,

id. Ib. 279:

Ulixes,

id. P. 4, 14, 35:

agricola,

Nep. Cat. 3, 1.— Comp.:

sollertior et ingeniosior,

Cic. Rosc. Com. 11, 31.— Sup.:

Sulla, rudis antea et ignarus belli, sollertissimus omnium factus est,

Sall. J. 96, 1:

hostis,

Suet. Caes. 35.— Poet., with inf.:

coloribus Sollers nunc hominem ponere nunc deum,

Hor. C. 4, 8, 8; Ov. Am. 2, 7, 17; Sil. 1, 79; 8, 260.—With gen.:

Musa lyrae sollers,

Hor. A. P. 407:

sollers cunctandi Fabius,

Sil. 7, 126.—With ad and acc.:

cum esset deus ad excogitandum providentissimus, ad faciendum sollertissimus,

Lact. 2, 8, 3.—

Transf., of things, ingenious, sagacious, intelligent, inventive:

opera providae sollertisque naturae,

Cic. N. D. 2, 51, 128: animus, [p. 1721] Liv. 7, 14; cf.:

sollerti corde Prometheus,

Cat. 64, 295:

sollerti astu,

Ov. M. 4, 776:

sollers subtilisque descriptio partium,

Cic. N. D. 2, 47, 121:

frugum et pecudum custodia sollers,

Verg. G. 4, 327:

genus acuminis in reprehendendis verbis versutum et sollers,

Cic. Brut. 67, 236:

ingenium,

Ov. F. 3, 840:

hominum natura,

id. Am. 3, 8, 45:

manus,

Tib. 1, 8, 29.— Comp.:

nihil sollertius,

Cic. Sen. 15, 54:

sollertius est multo genus virile,

Lucr. 5, 1356.— Sup.: fundus sollertissimus, qs. most creative, i. e. most productive, fruitful, Cato, R. R. 8 fin. — Hence, adv.: sollerter ( sōlert-), skilfully, dexterously, shrewdly, sagaciously, ingeniously:

aliquid consequi,

Cic. Leg. 1, 8, 26:

patefacere futura,

Tac. A. 6, 21:

explorans,

Spart. Hadr. 10.— Comp.:

simulata sollertius,

Cic. N. D. 2, 35, 88:

exprimere incessus, vultum, etc.,

Ov. M. 11, 635:

colere hortos,

id. ib. 14, 624: imperare, Treb. Poll. Gall. 13.— Sup.:

aliquid sollertissime perspicere,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 44, § 98:

tempora persequi,

Vop. Car. 4.

somnĭo, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. ( dep. collat. form:

hic aedes non somniatur,

Petr. 74, 14) [somnium], to dream; to dream of or see in a dream (freq. and class.).

Lit.:

mirum atque inscitum somniavi somnium,

Plaut. Rud. 3, 1, 5; so,

somnium,

id. Mil. 2, 4, 28; 2, 4, 47:

aliquid (in somnis),

id. Rud. 3, 4, 68; id. Curc. 2, 1, 32; 2, 2, 4; Ter. And. 5, 6, 7; Cic. Div. 2, 59, 121 al.; cf.

aurum,

Plaut. Stich. 5, 2, 18:

ovum,

Cic. Div. 2, 65, 134:

speciem fortunae querentis,

Suet. Galb. 18 al.; cf.:

me somnies, me exspectes, de me cogites,

Ter. Eun. 1, 2, 114.— With obj.-clause: videbar somniare med ego esse mortuum, Enn. ap. Cic. Ac. 2, 16, 51 (Epich. v. 1, p. 167 Vahl.); Plaut. Mil. 2, 4, 39; Cic. Div. 1, 20, 39; 2, 65, 134 init.; Suet. Aug. 91; 94; id. Claud. 37 al.—With de:

hanc credo causam de illo somniandi fuisse,

Cic. Div. 2, 67, 140:

puer, de quo somniasset,

Suet. Aug. 94.— Absol.:

totas noctes somniamus,

Cic. Div. 2, 59, 121; id. Ac. 2, 16, 51; Plin. 10, 75, 98, § 211; Suet. Ner. 46 al.— Impers. pass.:

Aristoteles et Fabianus plurimum somniari circa ver et auctumnum tradunt,

Plin. 28, 4, 14, § 54. —

Transf., as in Engl. to dream, i. e. to think idly or vainly, to talk foolishly:

eho, quae tu somnias! Hic homo non sanus est,

what are you dreaming about? Plaut. Merc. 5, 2, 109:

quos Summanos somnias?

id. Curc. 4, 3, 14: de Lanuvino Phameae erravi;

Trojanum somniabam,

Cic. Att. 9, 13, 6:

ineptias,

Col. 1, 8, 2:

ah stulte! tu de Psaltriā me somnias Agere,

Ter. Ad. 4, 7, 6; Plaut. Pers. 2, 3, 5.— Absol.:

vigilans somniat,

Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 65; id. Capt. 4, 2, 68:

portenta non disserentium philosophorum sed somniantium,

Cic. N. D. 1, 8, 18.

somnĭum, ii, n. [id.].

Lit., a dream, Cic. Div. 1, 20, 39; 2, 58, 119; Plin. 10, 75, 98, § 211; Macr. Somn. Scip. 1, 3; Lact. Opif. Dei, 18: rex Priamus somnio perculsus, Enn. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 21, 42 (Trag. v. 59 Vahl.):

dum huic conicio somnium,

interpret, Plaut. Curc. 2, 2, 3; cf. id. Rud. 3, 1, 19:

interpretes somniorum,

Cic. Div. 1, 58, 132:

jucundissima somnia,

id. Fin. 5, 20, 55:

per somnia loquentes,

talking in their sleep, Lucr. 5, 1158; cf.:

quae somnio visa fuerant,

Liv. 8, 6, 11 Weissenb.—

Personified: Somnia, dreams, as divinities, Cic. N. D. 3, 17, 44; Ov. M. 11, 588; 11, 614 sq—

Transf.

For any thing idle, silly, or without foundation (cf. somnio, II.), a dream, an idle whim or fancy, stuff, nonsense:

tu, quantus quantus, nihil nisi sapientia es: Ille somnium,

Ter. Ad. 3, 3, 41:

de argento, somnium,

id. ib. 2, 1, 50; id. Phorm. 5, 6, 34.— Plur.:

fabulae!... logi!... somnia!

Ter. Phorm. 3, 2, 9:

et vigilans stertis nec somnia cernere cessas,

visions, Lucr. 3, 1048; cf. id. 1, 105:

spes inanes et velut somnia quaedam vigilantium,

Quint. 6, 2, 30: exposui fere non philosophorum judicia, sed delirantium somnia, Cic. N. D. 1, 16, 42:

Chrysippus Stoicorum somniorum vaferrimus interpres,

id. ib. 1, 15, 39:

leviter curare videtur, Quo promissa cadant et somnia Pythagorea,

Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 52.—

Poet.:

Somnus, tibi somnia tristia portans,

i. e. fatal sleep, Verg. A. 5, 840.