vŏlātĭlĕ

vŏlātĭlis, e, adj. [id.], flying, winged (class.; cf. ales).

Lit.:

bestiae,

Cic. N. D. 2, 60, 151:

puer,

i. e. Cupid, Ov. Am. 2, 7, 27.— Subst.: vŏlātĭlĕ, is, n., a fowl (late Lat.):

omnia volatilia caeli,

Vulg. Ezek. 32, 4:

omne volatile,

id. Gen. 1, 21.—

Transf.

Swift, rapid:

telum,

i. e. an arrow, Lucr. 1, 970; Ov. A. A. 1, 169; id. M. 7, 841:

ferrum,

Verg. A. 4, 71: cervus, Varr. ap. Non. p. 559, 23, and 515, 20 (al. volabile).—

Fleeting, transitory:

aetas,

Ov. M. 10, 519:

gloria vanum et volatile quiddam est aurāque mobilius,

Sen. Ep. 123, 15:

lepra,

changing from one part to another, Vulg. Lev. 13, 57.

vŏlātĭlis, e, adj. [id.], flying, winged (class.; cf. ales).

Lit.:

bestiae,

Cic. N. D. 2, 60, 151:

puer,

i. e. Cupid, Ov. Am. 2, 7, 27.— Subst.: vŏlātĭlĕ, is, n., a fowl (late Lat.):

omnia volatilia caeli,

Vulg. Ezek. 32, 4:

omne volatile,

id. Gen. 1, 21.—

Transf.

Swift, rapid:

telum,

i. e. an arrow, Lucr. 1, 970; Ov. A. A. 1, 169; id. M. 7, 841:

ferrum,

Verg. A. 4, 71: cervus, Varr. ap. Non. p. 559, 23, and 515, 20 (al. volabile).—

Fleeting, transitory:

aetas,

Ov. M. 10, 519:

gloria vanum et volatile quiddam est aurāque mobilius,

Sen. Ep. 123, 15:

lepra,

changing from one part to another, Vulg. Lev. 13, 57.

tēlum, i, n. [for texlum; root tek-, of tiktô, to beget; tuk-, tuch-, of tunchanô, to hit, chance upon; v. texo; cf. toxon, a bow], a weapon used for fighting at a distance; a missile weapon, missile, as a dart, spear, javelin, etc. (while arma signifies arms for defence or close fight; v. arma; cf.: jaculum, tormentum).

Lit.: tela proprie dici videntur ea, quae missilia sunt: ex Graeco videlicet translato eorum nomine, quoniam illi têlothen missa dicunt, quae nos eminus;

sicut arma ea, quae ab umeris dependentia retinentur manibus,

Fest. p. 364 Müll.; cf. id. p. 3; and Serv. Verg. A. 8, 249; 9, 509: telum vulgo quidem id appellatur, quod ab arcu mittitur, sed nunc omne significatur, quod mittitur manu. Itaque sequitur, ut et lapis et lignum et ferrum hoc nomine contineatur, dictum ab eo, quod in longinquum mittitur, Graecā voce figuratum apo tou têlou, Dig. 50, 16, 233: arma rigent, horrescunt tela, Enn. ap. Macr. S. 6, 4 (Trag. v. 177 Vahl.); so,

opp. arma,

Sall. C. 42, 2; 51, 38; id. J. 43, 3; Ov. M. 9, 201: tela manu jacere, Enn. ap. Macr. S. 6, 3 (Ann. v. 438 Vahl.); cf.:

si quis jaciat volatile telum,

Lucr. 1, 970:

tela depellere...telum jacere,

Cic. Quint. 2, 8:

conicere,

Caes. B. G. 1, 26; 1, 46; 1, 47; 2, 27; Cic. Quint. 16, 52 al.; cf.:

nubes levium telorum conjecta obruit aciem Gallorum,

Liv. 38, 26, 7;

and with this cf.: it toto turbida caelo Tempestas telorum ac ferreus ingruit imber,

Verg. A. 12, 284:

telum ex loco superiore mittere,

Caes. B. G. 3, 4:

Romani omni genere missilium telorum ac saxis maxime vulnerabantur,

Liv. 44, 35, 21; cf. Sisenn. ap. Non. 449, 3:

priusquam ad conjectum teli veniretur,

Liv. 2, 31, 6:

tela vitare,

Caes. B. G. 2, 25:

telis repulsi,

id. ib. 1, 8; Cic. Rep. 1, 3, 5:

non primus Teucer tela Cydonio Direxit arcu,

Hor. C. 4, 9, 17:

in medios telum torsisti primus Achivos,

Verg. A. 5, 497:

tela spargere,

Luc. 3, 326; Quint. 4, 5, 14:

aërias telum contendit in auras,

Verg. A. 5, 520:

telum volatile sensit,

Ov. A. A. 1, 169:

volucre,

Val. Fl. 2, 524:

hic confixum ferrea texit Telorum seges,

Verg. A. 3, 46:

nubes telorum,

Liv. 38, 26, 7:

nimbus,

Luc. 4, 776. —

Transf.

In gen., an offensive weapon of any kind, as a sword, dagger, poniard, axe, etc. (class.): Ajax gladio incubuit;

Ulixes intervenit... e corpore cruentum telum educit,

Auct. Her. 1, 11, 18:

ex quibus (telis) ille maximum sicarum numerum et gladiorum extulit,

Cic. Cat. 3, 3, 8:

elatam securim in caput dejecit: relictoque in vulnere telo ambo se foras eiciunt,

Liv. 1, 40, 7:

non tuba terruerit, non strictis agmina telis,

Ov. M. 3, 535:

tela aliis hastae, aliis secures erant,

Curt. 9, 1, 15:

clavae tela erant,

id. 9, 4, 3:

stare in comitio cum telo,

Cic. Cat. 1, 6, 15;

so esp. freq.: esse cum telo,

to be armed, id. Att. 2, 24, 3; id. Vatin. 10, 24; id. Verr. 2, 5, 3, § 7; Sall. C. 27, 2 al.; cf.:

esse cum telo hominis occidendi causā (lex) vetat,

Cic. Mil. 4, 11:

qui caedem telo quocumque commiserint,

Quint. 10, 1, 12:

ut pereat positum rubigine telum,

my sheathed sword, Hor. S. 2, 1, 43 et saep.:

pars caret altera telo Frontis,

i. e. a horn, Ov. M. 8, 883;

so of the caestus,

Verg. A. 5, 438; Stat. Th. 6, 772.—

Poet., like the Gr. belos (v. Lidd. and Scott, sub voce),

A sunbeam:

non radii solis neque lucida tela diei,

Lucr. 1, 147; 2, 60; 3, 92; 6, 40.—

Lightning:

arbitrium est in sua tela Jovi,

Ov. F. 3, 316:

excutere irato tela trisulca Jovi,

id. Am. 2, 5, 52.—

A stitch in the side, Ser. Samm. 22, 402; cf. Isid. Orig. 4, 6.—

= membrum virile, Mart. 11, 78, 6; Auct. Priap. 9; Just. 38, 1. —

Trop., a weapon, shaft, dart (class.), Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 113: usque quāque sapere oportet: id erit telum acerrimum, Poët. ap. Cic. Fam. 7, 16, 1; cf.: nec mediocre telum ad res gerendas existimare oportet benevolen, tiam civium, Cic. Lael. 17, 61:

nec gelidis torpet telis perfixa pavoris,

Lucr. 3, 305:

Veneris telis accipere ictus,

id. 4, 1052:

necessitas, quae ultimum ac maximum telum est,

Liv. 4, 28, 5; 5, 29, 9:

quā lege tribunitiis rogationibus telum acerrimum datum est,

id. 3, 55, 3:

de corpore rei publicae tuorum scelerum tela revellere,

Cic. Pis. 11, 25:

tela fortunae,

id. Fam. 5, 16, 2:

lucubrationis telum,

Suet. Calig. 53:

vis tribunicia, telum a majoribus libertati paratum,

Sall. Or. Macri Licinii ad Pleb. 6; Liv. 6, 35, 8:

sentire et linguae tela subire tuae,

Ov. P. 4, 6, 36.

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dē-cĭpĭo, cēpi, ceptum, 3, v. a. [capio], primarily signifies to catch away, catch up, seize an animal while running, fleeing, etc. (whence decipula, a snare, trap); but occurs only in the trop. sense (acc. to capio, no. II. B.), to catch, ensnare, entrap, beguile, elude, deceive, cheat (for syn. cf.:

fraudo, emungo, circumscribo, circumvenio, frustror, verba do, impono, fallo): fiunt transennae ubi decipiuntur dolis, etc.,

Plaut. Rud. 4, 7, 9 sq.:

ita decipiemus fovea lenonem Lycum,

id. Poen. 1, 1, 59; id. Amph. 1, 1, 268 et saep.:

eo deceptum, quod neque, etc.,

Caes. B. G. 1, 14:

T. Roscius novem homines honestissimos... induxit, decepit, omni fraude et perfidia fefellit,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 40, 117; cf.:

illa amphibolia, quae Croesum decepit, vel Chrysippum potuisset fallere,

id. Div. 2, 56 fin.; Verg. A. 4, 17 al.: homines imperitos et per colloquium deceptos crudelissime interfecisse, Caes. B. C. 1, 85, 3;

so per aliquid,

id. ib. 3, 82 fin.; Liv. 1, 9 al.:

in nullo verbo eum memoria decepit,

Sen. Contr. 1. Praef. 18:

jam semel in prima spe deceptos,

Liv. 36, 40;

for which spe affinitatis deceptum,

Suet. Tib. 65; cf.:

deceptus nocte,

Quint. 4, 2, 71:

cupidine falso,

Hor. S. 1, 1, 61:

specie recti,

id. A. P. 25 et saep.:

amatorem amicae decipiunt vitia,

id. S. 1, 3, 38.— Poet., in Gr. construction: Prometheus dulci laborum decipitur sono, is beguiled of his sufferings (i. e. forgets his sufferings, being beguiled with sweet melody), Hor. Od. 2, 13, 38.—

Of inanimate objects:

exspectationibus decipiendis,

Cic. de Or. 2, 71, 289; cf.:

quo opinio decipitur,

Quint. 6, 3, 64:

oculos,

Ov. R. Am. 346; cf. id. M. 3, 431:

nervos,

Pers. 4, 45:

volatile pecus facile custodiam pastoris decipit,

Col. 8, 4, 3:

judicium error,

Ov. Pont. 3, 9, 11:

specimen istud virtutis,

Liv. 8, 7:

sic tamen absumo decipioque diem,

Ov. Tr. 4, 10, 114; cf. id. H. 19, 55 Loers.; Stat. Silv. 4, 4, 19; Plin. 16, 43, 84, § 233:

quomodo vinum potantem decipit,

Vulg. Hab. 2, 5.—

Absol.:

victima deceptus decipientis ero,

Ov. Am. 3, 3, 22:

ab tergo et super caput decepere insidiae,

Liv. 22, 4; Plin. 18, 24, 56, § 204.

pĕcus, pecŏris, n. [Zend, pacu, cattle; cf. Goth. faihu; Angl.-Sax. feó, cattle; Germ. Vieh; Engl. fee. Fick refers the word to root pag- of pango, etc.], cattle, as a collective, a herd (opp.: pecus, pecudis, a single head of cattle).

Lit.

In gen.:

bubulum pecus,

horned cattle, Varr. R. R. 2, 1, 13; Col. 6, 13, 2:

ovile,

sheep, id. 1 prooem.:

caprile,

id. ib.:

pecus majus et minus... de pecore majore, in quo sunt ad tres species naturā discreti, boves, asini, equi,

Varr. R. R. 2, 1, 12:

equinum,

a stud, Verg. G. 3, 72: setigerum pecus, the bristly herd, i. e. the herd of swine, Ov. M. 14, 288:

flammatum pecus,

the thirsty steeds, Stat. Th. 4, 733:

volatile pecus,

fowls, hens, Col. 8, 4:

ignavum fucos pecus a praesepibus arcent,

i. e. the drones, Verg. G. 4, 168.—So of bees, Col. 9, 8, 6.—Of seals:

omne cum Proteus pecus egit altos Visere montes,

Hor. C. 1, 2, 7; cf.

of fish: aquatile,

Col. 8, 17, 7.—

In partic, of sheep, small cattle, a flock:

pecori et bubus diligenter substernatur. Scabiem pecori et jumentis caveto (shortly after: frondem substernito ovibus bubusque),

Cato, R. R. 5, 7: boni pastoris est pecus tondere non deglubere, Tiber. ap. Suet. Tib. 32:

balatus pecorum,

Verg. G. 3, 554; Plin. 8, 47, 72, § 187.—

Transf.

Of a single animal:

inque pecus magnae subito vertare parentis = pecudem,

the young lion, Ov. Ib. 459; Mos. et Rom. Leg. Coll. 6, 7, 9.—In late and eccl. lat. the distinction [p. 1323] between pecus, f., and pecus, n., nearly disappears, and the latter is found in all senses of the words; cf. Vulg. Lev. 20, 15; id. 2 Par. 14, 15; id. Isa. 66, 3.—

Contemptuously, or as a term of abuse, of persons, cattle:

mutum et turpe pecus,

Hor. S. 1, 3, 100:

o imitatores, servum pecus,

id. Ep. 1, 19, 19:

simul ite, Dindymenae dominae vaga pecora,

Cat. 63, 13:

sed venale pecus Corythae posteritas,

Juv. 8, 62.

pĕcus, ŭdis ( masc.: pecudi marito, Enn. ap. Prisc. p. 659 P. or Trag. v. 336 Vahl.— Nom. sing., Caesar ap. Prisc. p. 719; cf. Charis. p. 72.— Plur. collat. form, neutr., pecuda, Att., Sisenn., and Cic. ap. Non. 159, 11; v. infra), f. [same root with pecu and pecus, ŏris], a single head of cattle, a beast, brute, animal, one of a herd (opp.: pecus, pecŏris, cattle collectively; different from animal, which includes man).

Lit.

In gen.:

Neptuni pecudes terrestres pecudes,

Plaut. Ps. 3, 2, 45:

squammigerum pecudes,

the fishes, Lucr. 2, 343:

genus aequoreum, pecudes pictaeque volucres,

land animals, Verg. G. 3, 243:

genera pecudum ferarum,

Varr. R. R. 2, 1: anates buxeis rostris pecudes, Varr. ap. Non. 460, 9:

quā pecude (sc. sue) nihil genuit natura fecundius,

Cic. N. D. 2, 64, 160:

quantum natura hominis pecudibus reliquisque bestiis antecedat,

domestic animals, id. Off. 1, 30, 105:

ista non modo homines, sed ne pecudes quidem mihi passurae esse videntur,

id. Cat. 2, 9, 20; id. Att. 1, 16, 6.— Plur. neutr. pecuda: vagant, pavore pecuda in tumulis deserunt, Att. ap. Non. 159, 11; Sisenn. ap. Non. 159, 17: cum adhibent in pecuda pastores, Cic. Fragm. ap. Non. 159, 13.—

In partic.

A head of small cattle, one of a flock:

at variae crescunt pecudes armenta feraeque,

Lucr. 5, 228.—

A sheep:

haedi cornigeras norunt matres, agnique petulci balantum pecudes,

Lucr. 2, 369; Ov. F. 4, 903:

pecudem spondere sacello Balantem,

Juv. 13, 232:

pecus et caprae,

Plin. 24, 11, 53, § 90.—

Collectively, = 1. pecus, id genus pecudis, horses, Col. 6, 27, 13.—

Transf., as a term of reproach for an ignorant, stupid, or filthy person, a beast, brute:

istius, pecudis ac putidae carnis consilium,

Cic. Pis. 9, 19:

istius impurissimae atque intemperantissimae pecudis sordes,

id. ib. 29, 72; id. Phil. 8, 3, 9; cf.:

Gaius Caesar pecudem auream eum appellare solitus est,

Tac. A. 13, 1.

pĕcus, ūs, m., i. q. 1. pecus, Lucil. ap. Gell. 20, 8, 4.

vŏlātĭcus, a, um, adj. [2. volo], flying, winged.

Lit.:

homines,

Plaut. Poen. 2, 27 sq.:

Pegasus,

App. M. 8, p. 208, 32.—

Transf.

Fleeting, flighty, volatile, inconstant, transitory:

o Academiam volaticam et sui similem, modo huc, modo illuc!

Cic. Att. 13, 25, 3:

volaticum esse ac levem,

Sen. Ep. 42, 5:

Psyche (with fugitiva),

App. M. 5, p. 172 fin.:

gaudium,

Tert. Poen. 11:

desideria formae (with temporalia),

id. ad Uxor. 1, 4.—

Fickle, turning from one to another:

suspicari illius furentis et volaticos impetus in se ipsos posse converti,

Cic. Har. Resp. 22, 46.—

As subst.: vŏlātĭca, ae, f.

A witch, sorceress, acc. to Fest. s. v. strigem, p. 314 Müll. —

Witchcraft, sorcery, Tert. Pall. 6.