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  • 1 prīmus

        prīmus adj. sup.    [PRO-], the first, first: Primus sentio mala nostra, T.: primae litterae: primus Graecae civitatis in Thraciam introiit, N.: primus de mille fuisses, O.— Plur m. as subst: in primis stetit, among the foremost, N.: in primis pugnantes, in the van, S.: Utque pedum primis infans vestigia plantis Institerat (i. e. ut primum), V.—In time or place, first, fore, foremost: in primā provinciā, at the entrance of the province: sol, i. e. the rising sun, V.—With quisque, the first possible, the very first: primo quoque tempore, at the very first opportunity: me tibi primum quidque concedente.—As subst n., sing. and plur, the first part, beginning: quod bellum, si prima satis prospera fuissent, L.: utinam a primo ita tibi esset visum, from the first: equites in primo late ire iubet, in the van, S.: qui numerus in primo viget, iacet in extremo, first part.—Fig., of rank or merit, first, chief, principal, excellent, eminent, distinguished, noble: evocat ad se Massiliā quindecim primos, Cs.: sui municipi facile primus: primis urbis placuisse, H.: iuvenum primi, V.: apud te primus, first in your favor, T.: otium atque divitiae, quae prima mortales putant, S.: primas partīs qui aget, plays the leading part, T.: si Allienus tibi primas in dicendo partes concesserit.— Plur f. as subst. (only acc; sc. partīs), the first rank, lead, highest place: actioni primas dedisse Demosthenes dicitur, ascribed supreme importance: amoris erga me tibi primas defero, i. e. the first place among those who love me.—Plur. abl. as subst., in the phrases, in primis, cum primis, among the first, with the foremost, eminently, chiefly, especially, principally, particularly: vir fortis in primis: oppidum in primis Siciliae clarum: homo in primis improbissimus: in primis... deinde, in the first place, S.: homo cum primis locuples.
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    I
    prima, primum ADJ
    first, foremost/best, chief, principal; nearest/next
    II
    chiefs (pl.), nobles

    Latin-English dictionary > prīmus

  • 2 frons

    1.
    frons (also anciently fruns; plur. frundes, Enn. Ann. 266 Vahl.; cf. Charis. p. 105 P.—Also in nom. fros or frus, Varr. ib.; Enn. v in the foll.; cf. Prisc. p. 554 P.; and FRONDIS, acc. to Serv. Verg. G. 2, 372), dis, f. [etym. dub.], a leafy branch, green bough, foliage.
    I.
    Lit. (class.; in sing. and plur.; syn. folium).
    (α).
    Sing.: populea frus, Enn. ap. Aus. Technop. (Edyll. 5) 158 sq. (id. Ann. v. 562 Vahl.):

    ilignea, quernea,

    Cato, R. R. 37, 2:

    in nemoribus, ubi virgulta et frons multa,

    Varr. R. R. 2, 5, 11:

    bobus praestabit vilicus frondem,

    Col. 11, 3, 101: alta frons decidit, Varr. ap. Non. 486, 13:

    ne caules allii in frondem luxurient,

    Plin. 19, 6, 34, § 113:

    perenni frunde corona,

    Lucr. 1, 119:

    nigrae feraci frondis in Algido,

    Hor. C. 4, 4, 58:

    sine fronde,

    Ov. Tr. 3, 10, 75:

    immaturam destringere,

    Quint. 12, 6, 2.—
    (β).
    Plur.: russescunt frundes, Enn. ap. Charis. p. 105 P. (Ann. v. 266 Vahl.):

    deserta via et inculta atque interclusa jam frondibus et virgultis relinquatur,

    Cic. Cael. 18, 42:

    viminibus salices fecundi, frondibus ulmi,

    Verg. G. 2, 446:

    frondibus teneris non adhibendam esse falcem,

    Quint. 2, 4, 11:

    bovemque Disjunctum curas et strictis frondibus exples,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 14, 28; id. C. 3, 18, 14.—
    II.
    Poet. transf., a garland made of leafy boughs, a garland of leaves, leafy chaplet: donec Alterutrum velox victoria fronde coronet, Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 64; so in sing., id. C. 4, 2, 36; id. Ep. 2, 1, 110:

    nos delubra deum festa velamus fronde,

    Verg. A. 2, 249; 5, 661; Ov. M. 1, 449; 565; id. A. A. 1, 108.—In plur., Ov. F. 1, 711; 3, 482.
    2.
    frons, frontis, f. ( masc., Cato ap. Gell. 15, 9, 5; and ap. Fest. s. v. recto, p. 286, b, Müll.; Plaut. Mil. 2, 2, 46 Ritschl, N. cr.; id. ap. Non. 205, 4; Caecil. ap. Gell. 15, 9, 3; Vitr. 10, 17) [cf. Sanscr. brhū; Gr. ophrus; Germ. Braue; Engl. brow; v. Curt. Gr. Etym. p. 296], the forehead, brow, front (syn.: vultus, os, facies).
    I.
    Lit.:

    frons et aliis (animalibus), sed homini tantum tristitiae, hilaritatis, clementiae, severitatis index: in adsensu ejus supercilia homini et pariter et alterna mobilia,

    Plin. 11, 37, 51, § 138:

    tanta erat gravitas in oculo, tanta contractio frontis, ut illo supercilio res publica, tamquam Atlante caelum, niti videretur,

    Cic. Sest. 8, 19: frontem contrahere, to contract or knit the brows, id. Clu. 26, 72; Hor. S. 2, 2, 125;

    for which, adducere,

    Sen. Ben. 1, 1:

    attrahere,

    id. ib. 6, 7: remittere frontem, to smooth the brow, i. e. to cheer up, Plin. Ep. 2, 5, 5;

    for which: exporge frontem,

    Ter. Ad. 5, 3, 53; cf.:

    primum ego te porrectiore fronte volo mecum loqui,

    Plaut. Cas. 2, 4, 3:

    explicare,

    Hor. C. 3, 29, 16;

    solvere,

    Mart. 14, 183: ut frontem ferias, smitest thy forehead (as a sign of vexation), Cic. Att. 1, 1, 1; cf.:

    nulla perturbatio animi, nulla corporis, frons non percussa, non femur,

    id. Brut. 80, 278:

    femur, pectus, frontem caedere,

    Quint. 2, 12, 10:

    frontem sudario tergere,

    id. 6, 3, 60;

    for which: siccare frontem sudario,

    id. 11, 3, 148:

    capillos a fronte retroagere,

    id. ib. 160:

    mediam ferro gemina inter tempora frontem Dividit,

    Verg. A. 9, 750:

    quorundam capita per medium frontis et verticis mucrone distincta, in utrumque humerum pendebant,

    Amm. 31, 7, 14:

    insignem tenui fronte Lycorida (a small forehead was regarded as a beauty by the ancients),

    Hor. C. 1, 33, 5; cf. id. Ep. 1, 7, 26; Petr. 126; Mart. 4, 42, 9; Arn. 2, 72.—Of the forehead of animals:

    est bos cervi figura: cujus a media fronte, etc.,

    Caes. B. G. 6, 26, 1:

    tauri torva fronte,

    Plin. 8, 45, 70, § 181:

    equi,

    Ov. Tr. 5, 9, 30:

    ovis,

    id. F. 4, 102:

    cui (haedo) frons turgida cornibus Primis,

    Hor. C. 3, 13, 4:

    (vitulus) Fronte curvatos imitatus ignes lunae,

    id. ib. 4, 2, 57.—In plur., Lucr. 5, 1034. —
    2.
    The brow as a mirror of the feelings:

    non solum ex oratione, sed etiam ex vultu et oculis et fronte, ut aiunt, meum erga te amorem perspicere potuisses,

    Cic. Att. 14, 13, B, 1; cf. Q. Cic. Petit. Cons. 11, 44; and:

    homines fronte et oratione magis, quam ipso beneficio reque capiuntur,

    expression of countenance, id. ib. 12, 46:

    si verum tum, cum verissima fronte, dixerunt, nunc mentiuntur,

    Cic. Rab. Post. 12, 35:

    haec ipsa fero equidem fronte et vultu bellissime, sed angor intimis sensibus,

    id. Att. 5, 10, 3: frons, oculi, vultus persaepe mentiuntur;

    oratio vero saepissime,

    id. Q. F. 1, 1, 5, § 15; cf.:

    oculi, supercilia, frons, vultus denique totus, qui sermo quidam tacitus mentis est, hic in fraudem homines impulit,

    id. Pis. 1, 1; id. Fam. 1, 9, 17:

    fronte occultare sententiam,

    id. Lael. 18, 65:

    tranquilla et serena,

    id. Tusc. 3, 15, 31; cf.:

    reliquiae pristinae frontis,

    id. Fam. 9, 10, 2:

    laeta,

    Verg. A. 6, 862:

    sollicita,

    Hor. C. 3, 29, 16:

    tristis,

    Tib. 2, 3, 33:

    gravis,

    Plin. Pan. 41, 3:

    humana, lenis, placida,

    Sen. Ben. 2, 13:

    inverecunda,

    Quint. 2, 4, 16:

    proterva,

    Hor. C. 2, 5, 16:

    urbana (i. e. impudens),

    id. Ep. 1, 9, 11:

    impudens, proterva, Aug. Op. imperf. c. Jul. 6, 21: impudentissima,

    id. ib. 26; cf.:

    impudentia frontis,

    Hier. adv. Rufin. 1, 7:

    fronte inverecunda nummos captare,

    Val. Max. 8, 2, 2.—In plur.:

    si populo grata est tabella, quae frontes aperit hominum, mentes tegat,

    Cic. Planc. 6, 16.—
    3.
    Prov.:

    frons occipitio prior est,

    i. e. better work before the master's face than behind his back, Cato, R. R. 4; Plin. 18, 5, 6, § 31.—
    B.
    Transf
    1.
    The forepart of any thing, the front, façade, van (opp. tergum and latus):

    copias ante frontem castrorum struit,

    Caes. B. C. 3, 37, 1:

    aedium,

    Vitr. 3, 2:

    parietum,

    id. 2, 8:

    januae,

    Ov. F. 1, 135:

    scena,

    Verg. G. 3, 24:

    (navium),

    id. A. 5, 158:

    pontis,

    Hirt. B. G. 8, 9, 4:

    collis ex utraque parte lateris dejectus habebat, et in frontem leniter fastigatus, etc.,

    Caes. B. G. 2, 8; 7, 23: intervallum justum arborum quadrageni pedes in terga frontemque, in latera viceni, Plin. 17, 23, 35, § 202; cf. Quint. 1, 10, 43:

    octo cohortes in fronte constituit,

    Sall. C. 59, 2:

    quatuor legionum aquilae per frontem,

    Tac. H. 2, 89:

    una fronte contra hostem castra muniunt,

    only in front, Caes. B. C. 1, 80, 2 Herz.:

    aequa fronte ad pugnam procedebat,

    Liv. 36, 44, 1:

    nec tamen aequari frontes poterant, cum extenuando infirmam mediam aciem haberent,

    id. 5, 38, 2:

    recta fronte concurrere hosti (opp. in dextrum cornu),

    Curt. 4, 13 med.; cf.:

    directa fronte pugnandum est,

    Quint. 5, 13, 11:

    veritus ne simul in frontem simul et latera suorum pugnaretur,

    Tac. Agr. 35:

    transisse aestuaria pulchrum ac decorum in frontem (i. e. fronti),

    for the front, the van, id. ib. 33: dextra fronte prima legio incessit, on the right front, i. e. on the right wing, id. H. 2, 24 fin.:

    laeva,

    Claud. in Ruf. 2, 174; cf.:

    frons laevi cornu haec erat,

    Curt. 4, 13 fin. — Poet. transf., of clouds:

    ut non tam concurrere nubes Frontibus adversis possint quam de latere ire,

    Lucr. 6, 117;

    of a precipice: Fronte sub adversa scopulis pendentibus antrum,

    Verg. A. 1, 166.—Esp. freq.: a fronte, in front, before (opp. a tergo and a latere):

    a tergo, a fronte, a lateribus tenebitur, si in Galliam venerit,

    Cic. Phil. 3, 13, 32:

    a fronte atque ab utroque latere cratibus ac pluteis protegebat,

    Caes. B. C. 1, 25 fin.:

    totis fere a fronte et ab sinistra parte nudatis castris,

    id. B. G. 2, 23, 4. —
    2.
    The outer end of a book-roll or volume, Tib. 3, 1, 13; Ov. Tr. 1, 1, 11.—
    3. 4.
    In measuring land = latitudo, the breadth:

    mille pedes in fronte, trecentos cippus in agrum Hic dabat,

    Hor. S. 1, 8, 12; Inscr. Orell. 4558; 4560.—
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    The outside, exterior, external quality, appearance (cf. species and facies;

    mostly post-Aug.): Pompeius Scauro studet: sed utrum fronte an mente, dubitatur,

    Cic. Att. 4, 15, 7:

    plus habet in recessu, quam fronte promittat,

    Quint. 1, 4, 2; 11, 1, 61; cf.:

    frons causae non satis honesta,

    id. 4, 1, 42 Spald.:

    decipit Frons prima multos,

    the first appearance, Phaedr. 4, 2, 6; cf.:

    dura primā fronte quaestio,

    Quint. 7, 1, 56:

    ex prima statim fronte dijudicare imprudentium est,

    id. 12, 7, 8.—
    B.
    The character or feelings expressed by the brow.
    1.
    Poet. in partic., shame:

    exclamet perisse Frontem de rebus,

    Pers. 5, 104 (for which:

    clament periisse pudorem,

    Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 80).—
    2.
    Impudence, boldness (late Lat.; cf.

    os),

    Aug. Civ. D. 3, 30.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > frons

  • 3 Mullus surmuletus

    ENG red mullet, surmullet, rock mullet
    NLD mul, zeebarbem, [barbeel, barbereintje, gestreepte zeebarbeel, koninkje, koning van de haring, koning van de poon, zeebarbeel, zeekoning]
    GER Streifenbarbe
    FRA rouget de roche, surmulet

    Animal Names Latin to English > Mullus surmuletus

  • 4 ā

       ā    (before consonants), ab (before vowels, h, and some consonants, esp. l, n, r, s), abs (usu. only before t and q, esp. freq. before the pron. te), old af, praep. with abl., denoting separation or departure (opp. ad).    I. Lit., in space, from, away from, out of.    A. With motion: ab urbe proficisci, Cs.: a supero mari Flaminia (est via), leads: Nunc quidem paululum, inquit, a sole, a little out of the sun: usque a mari supero Romam proficisci, all the way from; with names of cities and small islands, or with domo, home (for the simple abl; of motion, away from, not out of, a place); hence, of raising a siege, of the march of soldiers, the setting out of a fleet, etc.: oppidum ab Aeneā fugiente a Troiā conditum: ab Alesiā, Cs.: profectus ab Orico cum classe, Cs.; with names of persons or with pronouns: cum a vobis discessero: videat forte hic te a patre aliquis exiens, i. e. from his house, T.; (praegn.): a rege munera repudiare, from, sent by, N.—    B. Without motion.    1. Of separation or distance: abesse a domo paulisper maluit: tum Brutus ab Romā aberat, S.: hic locus aequo fere spatio ab castris Ariovisti et Caesaris aberat, Cs.: a foro longe abesse: procul a castris hostes in collibus constiterunt, Cs.: cum esset bellum tam prope a Siciliā; so with numerals to express distance: ex eo loco ab milibus passuum octo, eight miles distant, Cs.: ab milibus passuum minus duobus castra posuerunt, less than two miles off, Cs.; so rarely with substantives: quod tanta machinatio ab tanto spatio instrueretur, so far away, Cs.—    2. To denote a side or direction, etc., at, on, in: ab sinistrā parte nudatis castris, on the left, Cs.: ab eā parte, quā, etc., on that side, S.: Gallia Celtica attingit ab Sequanis flumen Rhenum, on the side of the Sequani, i. e. their country, Cs.: ab decumanā portā castra munita, at the main entrance, Cs.: crepuit hinc a Glycerio ostium, of the house of G., T.: (cornua) ab labris argento circumcludunt, on the edges, Cs.; hence, a fronte, in the van; a latere, on the flank; a tergo, in the rear, behind; a dextro cornu, on the right wing; a medio spatio, half way.—    II. Fig.    A. Of time.    1. Of a point of time, after: Caesar ab decimae legionis cohortatione ad dextrum cornu profectus, immediately after, Cs.: ab eo magistratu, after this office, S.: recens a volnere Dido, fresh from her wound, V.: in Italiam perventum est quinto mense a Carthagine, i. e. after leaving, L.: ab his, i. e. after these words, hereupon, O.: ab simili <*>ade domo profugus, i. e. after and in consequence of, L.—    2. Of a period of time, from, since, after: ab hora tertiā bibebatur, from the third hour: ab Sullā et Pompeio consulibus, since the consulship of: ab incenso Capitolio illum esse vigesumum annum, since, S.: augures omnes usque ab Romulo, since the time of: iam inde ab infelici pugnā ceciderant animi, from (and in consequence of), L.; hence, ab initio, a principio, a primo, at, in, or from the beginning, at first: ab integro, anew, afresh: ab... ad, from (a time)... to: cum ab horā septimā ad vesperum pugnatum sit, Cs.; with nouns or adjectives denoting a time of life: iam inde a pueritiā, T.: a pueritiā: a pueris: iam inde ab incunabulis, L.: a parvo, from a little child, or childhood, L.: ab parvulis, Cs.—    B. In other relations.    1. To denote separation, deterring, intermitting, distinction, difference, etc., from: quo discessum animi a corpore putent esse mortem: propius abesse ab ortu: alter ab illo, next after him, V.: Aiax, heros ab Achille secundus, next in rank to, H.: impotentia animi a temperantiā dissidens: alieno a te animo fuit, estranged; so with adjj. denoting free, strange, pure, etc.: res familiaris casta a cruore civili: purum ab humano cultu solum, L.: (opoidum) vacuum ab defensoribus, Cs.: alqm pudicum servare ab omni facto, etc., II.; with substt.: impunitas ab iudicio: ab armis quies dabatur, L.; or verbs: haec a custodiis loca vacabant, Cs.—    2. To denote the agent, by: qui (Mars) saepe spoliantem iam evertit et perculit ab abiecto, by the agency of: Laudari me abs te, a laudato viro: si quid ei a Caesare gravius accidisset, at Caesar's hands, Cs.: vetus umor ab igne percaluit solis, under, O.: a populo P. imperia perferre, Cs.: equo lassus ab indomito, H.: volgo occidebantur: per quos et a quibus? by whose hands and upon whose orders? factus ab arte decor, artificial, O.: destitutus ab spe, L.; (for the sake of the metre): correptus ab ignibus, O.; (poet. with abl. of means or instr.): intumuit venter ab undā, O.—Ab with abl. of agent for the dat., to avoid ambiguity, or for emphasis: quibus (civibus) est a vobis consulendum: te a me nostrae consuetudinis monendum esse puto.—    3. To denote source, origin, extraction, from, of: Turnus ab Ariciā, L.: si ego me a M. Tullio esse dicerem: oriundi ab Sabinis, L.: dulces a fontibus undae, V.—With verbs of expecting, fearing, hoping (cf. a parte), from, on the part of: a quo quidem genere, iudices, ego numquam timui: nec ab Romanis vobis ulla est spes, you can expect nothing from the Romans, L.; (ellipt.): haec a servorum bello pericula, threatened by: quem metus a praetore Romano stimulabat, fear of what the praetor might do, L.—With verbs of paying, etc., solvere, persolvere, dare (pecuniam) ab aliquo, to pay through, by a draft on, etc.: se praetor dedit, a quaestore numeravit, quaestor a mensā publicā, by an order on the quaestor: ei legat pecuniam a filio, to be paid by his son: scribe decem (milia) a Nerio, pay by a draft on Nerius, H.; cognoscere ab aliquā re, to know or learn by means of something (but ab aliquo, from some one): id se a Gallicis armis atque insignibus cognovisse, Cs.; in giving an etymology: id ab re... interregnum appellatum, L.—Rarely with verbs of beginning and repeating: coepere a fame mala, L.: a se suisque orsus, Ta.—    4. With verbs of freeing from, defending, protecting, from, against: ut a proeliis quietem habuerant, L.: provincia a calamitate est defendenda: sustinere se a lapsu, L.—    5. With verbs and adjectives, to define the respect in which, in relation to, with regard to, in respect to, on the part of: orba ab optimatibus contio: mons vastus ab naturā et humano cultu, S.: ne ab re sint omissiores, too neglectful of money or property, T.: posse a facundiā, in the matter of eloquence, T.; cf. with laborare, for the simple abl, in, for want of: laborare ab re frumentariā, Cs.—    6. In stating a motive, from, out of, on account of, in consequence of: patres ab honore appellati, L.: inops tum urbs ab longinquā obsidione, L.—    7. Indicating a part of the whole, of, out of: scuto ab novissimis uni militi detracto, Cs.: a quibus (captivis) ad Senatum missus (Regulus).—    8. Marking that to which anything belongs: qui sunt ab eā disciplinā: nostri illi a Platone et Aristotele aiunt.—    9. Of a side or party: vide ne hoc totum sit a me, makes for my view: vir ab innocentiā clementissimus, in favor of.—10. In late prose, of an office: ab epistulis, a secretary, Ta. Note. Ab is not repeated with a following pron interrog. or relat.: Arsinoën, Stratum, Naupactum... fateris ab hostibus esse captas. Quibus autem hostibus? Nempe iis, quos, etc. It is often separated from the word which it governs: a nullius umquam me tempore aut commodo: a minus bono, S.: a satis miti principio, L.—The poets join a and que, making āque; but in good prose que is annexed to the following abl. (a meque, abs teque, etc.): aque Chao, V.: aque mero, O.—In composition, ab- stands before vowels, and h, b, d, i consonant, l, n, r, s; abs- before c, q, t; b is dropped, leaving as- before p; ā- is found in āfuī, āfore ( inf fut. of absum); and au- in auferō, aufugiō.
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    I
    Ah!; (distress/regret/pity, appeal/entreaty, surprise/joy, objection/contempt)
    II
    by (agent), from (departure, cause, remote origin/time); after (reference)
    III
    ante, abb. a.

    in calendar expression a. d. = ante diem -- before the day

    Latin-English dictionary > ā

  • 5 aciēs

        aciēs ēī (old form ē; acc. aciem, disyl. V.; plur. only nom. and acc.), f    [2 AC-], a sharp edge, point, cutting part: securium: falcis, V.—Fig.: horum auctoritatis, the edge, i. e. efficiency. — Meton., of sight, sharpness of vision, keen look: aciem oculorum ferre, Cs.: fugere aciem: cum stupet acies fulgoribus, the sight, H. — Brilliancy, brightness: neque tum stellis acies obtunsa videtur, V. — Concr., the pupil of the eye: acies ipsa, quā cernimus.—Poet., the eye: huc geminas nunc flecte acies, V.: huc atque huc acies circumtulit, V.—In war, the front of an army, line of battle, battle-array: triplex, i. e. the legion in three ranks, Cs.: duplex, Cs.: mediā acie, Cs.: exercitūs nostri: aciem instruere, Cs.: extra aciem procurrere, Cs.: neque in acie, sed alio more bellum gerendum, S. — Of a line of ships: productā longius acie (navium), Cs.—The battle-array, an army in order of battle: hostium acies cernebatur, Cs.: unius corporis duae acies dimicantes, two divisions of an army: prima, the van, L.: tertia, Cs.: novissima the rear, L. — Of cavalry: equitum acies, L. — Poet.: Volcania, a line of fire, V.—A battle, engagement: in acie Pharsalicā: in acie vincere, Cs. —Fig., of mind, acuteness, sharpness, force, power: mentis: animi.—A verbal contest, disputation, discussion, debate: in aciem prodire.
    * * *
    sharpness, sharp edge, point; battle line/array; sight, glance; pupil of eye

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  • 6 āgmen

        āgmen inis, n    [ago], that which is driven.— In gen., a multitude, throng, host, troop, crowd, number, band: perpetuum totius Italiae: ingens mulierum, L.: puerile, of boys, V.: Eumenidum agmina, V.: navium, a line of ships (for a breakwater), L.: graniferum, ants, O.: agmina cervi fugā glomerant, V.: (stellarum) agmina, O. — Esp., an army on the march, column: medium hostium, the centre, L.: novissimum hostium... nostrum primum, rear, van, Cs.: extremum, rear guard, Cs.: confertissimo agmine contendere, in close array, Cs.: certum agminis locum tenere, place in the column: transverso agmine, by a flank movement, L.: agmine tacito, i. e. without signals, L.: agmine quadrato accedere, in solid column: quadrato agmine incedere, in a square, S.—An army, host, troops (cf. exercitus, acies): instructo agmine, L.: agmina curru Proterit, V.: horrentia pilis, H.: coniurata undique pugnant Agmina, O.: venti, velut agmine facto, as if for battle, V.: agmen agens, the naval line of battle, V.: rudis agminum, i. e. in war, H. — A course, train, line, stream, succession: leni fluit agmine, V.: immensum aquarum, V.: agmine longo formicae, in a long line, O.: agmine remorum celeri, with a quick stroke of the oars, V.: extremae agmina caudae, movements, V.: agmine certo, in a straight line, V.—Of an army, a passage, progress, march: de castris, de agminibus... dicere: in agmine, on the march, S.: in agmine principes facti, to lead, S.: educenda dictio est medium in agmen, before the public.
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    stream; herd, flock, troop, crowd; marching army, column, line; procession

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  • 7 agō

        agō ēgī, āctus (old inf pass. agier), ere    [1 AG-], to put in motion, move, lead, drive, tend, conduct: bos Romam acta, L.: capellas, V.: pecus visere montīs, H.: ante se Thyum, N.: in exsilium, L.: Iris nubibus acta, borne on, V.: alqm in crucem, to crucify: Illum aget Fama, will carry, H.: quo hinc te agis? whither are you going? T.: se primus agebat, strode in front, V.: capellas potum, V.—Prov.: agas asellum, i. e. if you can't afford an ox, drive an ass. — Pass., to go, march: quo multitudo agebatur, L.: citius agi vellet agmen, march on quicker, L.: raptim agmine acto, L.— Esp., to drive away, carry off, steal, rob, plunder: pecoris praedas, S.; freq. with ferre, to rob, plunder: ferre agere plebem plebisque res, L.: res sociorum ferri agique vidit, L.—To chase, pursue, hunt: apros, V.: cervum, V. — Fig.: dum haec crimina agam ostiatim, track out from house to house: ceteros ruerem, agerem, T.: palantīs Troas, V.—To move, press, push forward, advance, bring up: multa undique portari atque agi, Cs.: vineis ad oppidum actis, pushed forward, Cs.: moles, Cu.: cloaca maxima sub terram agenda, to be carried under ground, L.: cuniculos ad aerarium, drive: per glaebas radicibus actis, O.: pluma in cutem radices egerit, struck deep root, O.: vera gloria radices agit: tellus Fissa agit rimas, opens in fissures, O.: in litus navīs, beached, L.: navem, to steer, H.: currūs, to drive, O.: per agmen limitem ferro, V.: vias, make way, V.: (sol) amicum Tempus agens, bringing the welcome hour (of sunset), H.—To throw out, stir up: spumas ore, V.: spumas in ore: se laetus ad auras Palmes agit, shoots up into the air, V.—Animam agere, to expire: nam et agere animam et efflare dicimus; cf. et gestum et animam ageres, i. e. exert yourself in gesturing and risk your life. — Fig., to lead, direct, guide: (poëmata), animum auditoris, H.— To move, impel, excite, urge, prompt, induce, rouse, drive: quae te Mens agit in facinus? O.: ad illa te, H.: eum praecipitem: viros spe praedae diversos agit, leads astray, S.: bonitas, quae nullis casibus agitur, N.: quemcunque inscitia veri Caecum agit, blinds, H.: quibus actus fatis, V.: seu te discus agit, occupies, H.: nos exquirere terras, V.: desertas quaerere terras agimur, V. — To pursue for harm, persecute, disturb, vex, attack, assail: reginam stimulis, V.: agentia verba Lycamben, H.: diris agam vos, H.: quam deus ultor agebat, O.—To pursue, carry on, think, reflect, deliberate, treat, represent, exhibit, exercise, practise, act, perform, deliver, pronounce: nihil, to be idle: omnia per nos, in person: agendi tempus, a time for action: industria in agendo: apud primos agebat, fought in the van, S.: quae continua bella agimus, are busy with, L.: (pes) natus rebus agendis, the metre appropriate to dramatic action, H.: Quid nunc agimus? what shall we do now? T.: quid agam, habeo, i. e. I know what to do, T.: quid agitur? how are you? T.: quid agis, dulcissime rerum? i. e. how are you? H.: vereor, quid agat Ino, what is to become of: quid agis? what do you mean? nihil agis, it is of no use, T.: nihil agis, dolor, quamvis, etc.: cupis abire, sed nihil agis, usque tenebo, you cannot succeed, H.: ubi blanditiis agitur nihil, O.—Esp., hoc or id agere, to give attention to, mind, heed: hocine agis, an non? are you attending? T.: id quod et agunt et moliuntur, their purpose and aim: qui id egerunt, ut gentem conlocarent, etc., aimed at this: sin autem id actum est, ut, etc., if it was their aim: summā vi agendum esse, ut, etc., L.: certiorem eum fecit, id agi, ut pons dissolveretur, it was planned, N.: Hoc age, ne, etc., take care, H.: alias res agis, you are not listening, T.: aliud agens ac nihil eius modi cogitans, bent on other plans: animadverti eum alias res agere, paid no attention: vides, quam alias res agamus, are otherwise occupied: populum aliud nunc agere, i. e. are indifferent.—To perform, do, transact: ne quid negligenter: suum negotium, attend to his own business: neque satis constabat, quid agerent, what they were at, Cs.: agentibus divina humanaque consulibus, busy with auspices and affairs, L.: per litteras agere, quae cogitas, carry on, N.: (bellum) cum feminis, Cu.: conventum, to hold an assize: ad conventūs agendos, to preside at, Cs.: census actus eo anno, taken, L.— Of public transactions, to manage, transact, do, discuss, speak, deliberate: quae (res) inter eos agi coeptae, negotiations begun, Cs.: de condicionibus pacis, treat, L.: quorum de poenā agebatur, L.— Hence, agere cum populo, of magistrates, to address the people on a law or measure (cf. agere ad populum, to propose, bring before the people): cum populo de re p.—Of a speaker or writer, to treat, discuss, narrate: id quod agas, your subject: bella per quartum iam volumen, L.: haec dum agit, during this speech, H.—In law, to plead, prosecute, advocate: lege agito, go to law, T.: causam apud iudices: aliter causam agi, to be argued on other grounds: cum de bonis et de caede agatur, in a cause relating to, etc.: tamquam ex syngraphā agere cum populo, to litigate: ex sponso egit: agere lege in hereditatem, sue for: crimen, to press an accusation: partis lenitatis et misericordiae, to plead the cause of mercy: ii per quos agitur, the counsel: causas, i. e. to practise law: me agente, while I am counsel: ii apud quos agitur, the judges; hence, of a judge: rem agere, to hear: reos, to prosecute, L.: alqm furti, to accuse of theft. —Pass., to be in suit, be in question, be at stake: non capitis eius res agitur, sed pecuniae, T.: aguntur iniuriae sociorum, agitur vis legum.—To represent, act, perform, of an orator: cum dignitate.—Of an actor: fabulam, T.: partīs, to assume a part, T.: Ballionem, the character of: gestum agere in scena, appear as actors: canticum, L. — Fig.: lenem mitemque senatorem, act the part of, L.: noluit hodie agere Roscius: cum egerunt, when they have finished acting: triumphum, to triumph, O.: de classe populi R. triumphum, over, etc.: ex Volscis et ex Etruriā, over, etc., L.: noctu vigilias, keep watch: alta silentia, to be buried in silence, O.: arbitria victoriae, to exercise a conqueror's prerogative, Cu.: paenitentiam, to repent, Cu.: oblivia, to forget, O.: gratias (poet. grates) agere, to give thanks, thank: maximas tibi gratias: alcui gratias quod fecisset, etc., Cs.: grates parenti, O. — Of time, to spend, pass, use, live through: cum dis aevom: securum aevom, H.: dies festos, celebrate: ruri vitam, L.: otia, V.: quartum annum ago et octogesimum, in my eightyfourth year: ver magnus agebat orbis, was experiencing, V.— Pass: mensis agitur hic septimus, postquam, etc., going on seven months since, T.: bene acta vita, well spent: tunc principium anni agebatur, L.: melior pars acta (est) diei, is past, V. — Absol, to live, pass time, be: civitas laeta agere, rejoiced, S.—Meton., to treat, deal, confer, talk with: quae (patria) tecum sic agit, pleads: haec inter se dubiis de rebus, V.: Callias quidam egit cum Cimone, ut, etc., tried to persuade C., N.: agere varie, rogando alternis suadendoque coepit, L.—With bene, praeclare, male, etc., to deal well or ill with, treat or use well or ill: praeclare cum eis: facile est bene agere cum eis.— Pass impers., to go well or ill with one, be well or badly off: intelleget secum esse actum pessime: in quibus praeclare agitur, si, etc., who are well off, if, etc.—Poet.: Tros Tyriusque mihi nullo discrimine agetur, will be treated, V.— Pass, to be at stake, be at hazard, be concerned, be in peril: quasi mea res minor agatur quam tua, T.: in quibus eorum caput agatur: ibi rem frumentariam agi cernentes, L.: si sua res ageretur, if his interests were involved: agitur pars tertia mundi, is at risk, O.: non agitur de vectigalibus, S.—Praegn., to finish, complete, only pass: actā re ad fidem pronius est, after it is done, L.: iucundi acti labores, past: ad impediendam rem actam, an accomplished fact, L.— Prov.: actum, aiunt, ne agas, i. e. don't waste your efforts, T.: acta agimus: Actum est, it is all over, all is lost, T.: iam de Servio actum rati, L.: acta haec res est, is lost, T.: tantā mobilitate sese Numidae agunt, behave, S.: ferocius agunt equites, L.: quod nullo studio agebant, because they were careless, Cs.: cum simulatione agi timoris iubet, Cs.—Imper. as interj, come now, well, up: age, da veniam filio, T.: en age, rumpe moras, V.: agite dum, L.: age porro, tu, cur, etc.? age vero, considerate, etc.: age, age, iam ducat: dabo, good, T.: age, sit ita factum.
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    agere, egi, actus V
    drive, urge, conduct; spend (time w/cum); thank (w/gratias); deliver (speech)

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  • 8 frōns

        frōns frontis, f    the forehead, brow, front: frontem contrahere, to knit: Exporge frontem, T.: explicare, H.: ut frontem ferias, smile: ferro inter tempora frontem Dividit, V.: tenuis, a low forehead, H.: (bovis) a mediā fronte, etc., Cs.: ovis, O.: frons turgida cornibus, H.—The brow, front, countenance, expression, face, look: ex voltu et fronte amorem perspicere: verissimā fronte dicere, truthful: reliquiae pristinae frontis: laeta, V.: urbana, H.: durior, shameless, Iu.: salvā fronte, without shame, Iu.: tabella quae frontīs aperit hominum, mentīs tegit.—The forepart, front, façade, van, face: castrorum, Cs.: ianuae, O.: tabernae, Ct.: scaena ut versis discedat frontibus, V.: cohortīs, S.: unā fronte castra muniunt, only in front, Cs.: recta, the centre (of an army), L.: prima, L.: dextra, Ta.: aequā fronte ad pugnam procedebat, L.: Mille pedes in fronte, breadth, H.: inpulsa frons prima, vanguard, L.: superasse tantum itineris pulchrum ac decorum in frontem, i. e. favorable for an advance, Ta.: Fronte sub adversā scopulis pendentibus antrum, V.: a tergo, fronte, lateribus tenebitur, in front: a fronte atque ab utroque latere, Cs.: frontes geminae, i. e. the ends (of a rolled manuscript), Tb., O.: nigra, O.—Fig., the outside, exterior, external quality, appearance: Scauro studet, sed utrum fronte an mente, dubitatur: decipit Frons prima multos, Ph.
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    I
    foliage, leaves, leafy branch, green bough, frond
    II
    forehead, brow; face; look; front; fore part of anything

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  • 9 prīncipium

        prīncipium ī, n    [princeps], a beginning, commencement, origin: origo principi nulla est: motūs: principio orationis hoc pono, in beginning my speech: omnium rerum magnarum ab dis inmortalibus principia ducuntur: Scribendi recte sapere est principium, H.: Ab Iove principium, V.: imperi, L.: a sanguine Teucri Ducere principium, O.— Abl adverb., at the beginning, in the beginning, at first, in the first place: Principio vementer velim, etc., T.: principio ausus est dicere: Principio... tum, V.—In the phrase, a principio (rarely de principio), from the beginning, from the first: ut a principio dixi: de principio studuit occurrere, etc.— Plur, beginnings, foundations, principles, elements: diligenter explorata principia ponantur: naturalia: principia rerum, e quibus omnia constant, elements.—Prov.: obsta principiis, O.— That which begins, a leader, founder: Faucia curia fuit principium, i. e. was the first to vote, L.: Graecia principium moris fuit, O.—In the army, plur, the foremost ranks, front lines of soldiers, front, van: ero post principia, in the rear, T.: Marium post principia habere, S.: post principia tutus receptus fuit, to the rear, L.—In a camp, the headquarters, principal place, general's quarters (an open space, for councils and assemblies): iura reddere in principiis, L.: in principiis statuit tabernaculum, N.
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  • 10 vannus

        vannus ī, f    a fan, van, winnow: mystica Iacchi, borne in the festival of Bacchus, V.
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  • 11 veneror

        veneror ātus, ārī, dep.    [VAN-], to reverence, worship, adore, revere, venerate: deos: simulacrum in precibus: eos in deorum numero: Larem Farre pio, V.—To revere, do homage to, reverence, honor: secundum deos nomen Romanum, L.: patris memoriam, Ta.: amicos, O.—To ask reverently, beseech, implore, beg, entreat, supplicate: nihil horum, H.: vos precor, veneror... uti victoriam prosperetis, etc., L.: Et venerata Ceres ita surgeret, i. e. honored with the prayer that she would spring up, etc., H.: cursūs dabit venerata secundos, V.
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    venerari, veneratus sum V DEP
    adore, revere, do homage to, honor, venerate; worship; beg, pray, entreat

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  • 12 venia

        venia ae, f    [VAN-], indulgence, kindness, grace, favor: ab Iove ceterisque dis pacem ac veniam peto: precor hanc veniam supplici des, ut, etc., L.: Caesar tibi petenti veniam non dedit: da veniam hanc mihi, do me this favor, T.: Extremam hanc oro veniam, this last kindness, V.: cum data esset venia eius diei, indulgence for that day, L.—Esp., in the phrase, bonā veniā, or cum bonā veniā; with audire, kindly, with favor, without prejudice: bonā veniā me audies: cum bonā veniā, quaeso, audiatis id quod invitus dico, L.— With verbs of saying, by your leave, with your permission, without offence, respectfully: nisi vero (bonā veniā huius optimi viri dixerim) tu, etc.: bonā hoc tuā veniā dixerim: bonā veniā vestrā liceat, etc., L.— Permission: veniā petitā puerum ad canendum ante tibicinem cum statuisset, L.: datā veniā seducit filiam ac nutricem, L.—Forbearance, forgiveness, pardon, remission: errati veniam impetrare: pacem veniamque impetrare a victoribus, L.: maximorum scelerum: veniam tuis dictis Supplice voce roga, O.: peccatis veniam poscens, H.
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    favor, kindness; pardon; permission; indulgence

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  • 13 venus

        venus eris, f    [VAN-], loveliness, attractiveness, beauty, grace, elegance, charm: Quo fugit venus? H.: Fabula nullius veneris sine pondere et arte, H.—As a proper name, Venus, goddess of love, C., V., H., O.—Love, sexual love: sine Cerere et Libero friget Venus, T., V., O., Ta.—A love, beloved object, beloved: mea, V.: quae te cumque domat venus, H.— The planet Venus.—Of dice, when each of four dice showed a different number, the best throw, Venus throw (poet. for iactus Venereus), H.
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    Venus, Roman goddess of sexual love and generation; planet Venus; charm/grace; sexual activity/appetite/intercourse

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  • 14 vindex

        vindex icis, m and f    [VAN-, DIC-], a maintainer, defender, protector, deliverer, liberator, champion: vos legi vindices praeponere: aeris alieni, i. e. of debtors: iniuriae, from wrong, L.: periculi, in peril, L.: aurum Vindice decepto misistis in urbes, O.: dignus vindice nodus, H.—An avenger, punisher, revenger: (carcer) vindex scelerum: parentis, O.: deae... vindices facinorum et scelerum: vindice flammā, O.
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    defender, protector

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  • 15 acies

    ăcĭēs, ēi, f. [v. 2. acer] ( gen. acii and [p. 23] acie, like dii and die, facii and facie, fr. dies, facies, Cn. Mat. ap. Gell. 9, 14; Caes. B. G. 2, 23; Sall. ap. Serv. ad Verg. G. 1, 208, or Sall. Fragm. ed. Kritz. p. 118; cf. Prisc. p. 780 P.), a sharp edge or point.
    I.
    Lit., of a sword, dagger, sickle, etc.:

    gladiorum,

    Plaut. Truc. 2, 6, 11: Vulg. Heb. 11, 34:

    securium,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 43, § 113:

    falcis,

    Verg. G. 2, 365:

    hastae,

    Ov. M. 3, 107:

    ferri,

    Plin. 7, 15, 13.—
    B.
    Transf.
    1.
    Of the sense or faculty of sight,
    a.
    Keenness of look or glance, sharpness of vision or sight: oculorum, Lucil. ap. Non. 34, 32; cf. Plaut. Mil. 1, 1, 4; Lucr. 1, 324;

    also acies alone,

    id. 2, 420; and in plur., id. 4, 693:

    ne vultum quidem atque aciem oculorum ferre potuisse,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 39:

    pupula ad te dirigit aciem,

    Cat. 63, 56:

    tanta tenuitas, ut fugiat aciem,

    Cic. Tusc. 1, 22:

    bonum incolumis acies, misera caecitas,

    id. Fin. 5, 28, 84; so ib. 4, 24; Verg. A. 12, 558 al.—Hence,
    b.
    Concr., the pupil of the eye, Lucr. 3, 411; cf.

    with 414: acies ipsa, quā cernimus, quae pupula vocatur,

    Cic. N. D. 2, 57:

    in Albania gigni quosdam glaucā oculorum acie,

    Plin. 7, 2, 2 (cf. ib.: glaucis oculis); and poet. (as pars pro toto) for the eye, Lucr. 3, 363; 4, 249; 281; 358;

    720: huc geminas nunc flecte acies,

    Verg. A. 6, 789; 12, 658 (hence the word is also used in the plur., cf. below, 2.).—
    c.
    A looking at an object with fixed attention, look, aim:

    ad eam rem habeo omnem aciem,

    Plaut. Mil. 4, 2, 38.—On the contr., prima acie, at the first glance, Lucr. 2, 448 (cf. primo aspectu, Cic. de Or. 3, 25, 98).—
    2.
    In milit. lang., the front of an army (conceived of as the edge of a sword), line of battle, battle-array.
    a.
    In abstr. (cf. Vitr. praef. 1. 7, p. 154 Rod.):

    quibus ego si aciem exercitus nostri ostendero,

    Cic. Cat. 2, 3, 5:

    aciem instruere,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 22:

    dirigere,

    id. ib. 6, 8:

    extra aciem procurrere,

    id. B. C. 1, 55:

    statuit non proeliis, neque in acie, sed alio more bellum gerendum,

    Sall. J. 54; cf. Liv. 5, 41, 4;

    also of the arrangement of ships for a naval engagement,

    Nep. Hann. 11; cf. Caes. B. C. 1, 58.—Hence, metaph.
    b.
    The battlearray; in concr., an army drawn up in order of battle: acies est instructa a nobis decem cohortium, Galba ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 30:

    hostium acies cernebatur,

    Caes. B. G. 7, 62: altera pars acii vitassent fluminis undas, Matius ap. Gell. 9, 14 (as transl. of Il. 21 init.):

    dubitavit acie pars, Sall. Fragm. l. l.: stabit ante aciem,

    Vulg. Deut. 20, 2; 1 Par. 12, 33:

    prima acies hastati erant,

    the van, the first line, Liv. 8, 8:

    tertiam aciem laborantibus subsidio mittere,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 52: ab novissima acie, from the rear:

    ante signa procedere,

    Liv. 8, 10:

    dextra acies (= dextrum cornu),

    the right wing, Liv. 27, 48, 8:

    agmina magis quam acies pugnabant,

    in marching order, rather than in order of battle, id. 25, 34 (acies is here, and in similar cases, considered as the sing. used collectively; v. Oud. and Herz. Caes. B. G. 7, 62; yet the plur. is more than probable). Rarely of cavalry, Liv. 8, 39; Vell. 2, 112.— Poet.: acies Vulcania, of a long line of fire, Verg. A. 10, 408.—
    c.
    The action of the troops drawn up in battlearray, a battle, engagement, = pugna: in acie celebri objectans vitam, Pac. ap. Non. 234, 25; Plaut. Mil. 1, 1, 4: mea facta in acie obliti, Att. ap. Non. 502, 1:

    in acie Pharsalica,

    Cic. Lig. 3; so id. Fam. 6, 3:

    in acie vincere,

    Caes. B. G. 7, 29:

    dimicare,

    ib. 7, 64:

    copias in aciem ducere,

    Liv. 31, 34:

    producere in aciem,

    Nep. Milt. 5:

    excedere acie,

    Caes. B. C. 2, 41; Liv. 31, 17:

    direxerunt aciem contra eos,

    Vulg. Gen. 14, 8; 2 Par. 18, 33.—
    3.
    Acies ferri, steel, Plin. 34, 14, 41.—
    4.
    Poet., sheen, brightness:

    obtunsa stellarum,

    Verg. G. 1, 395.
    II.
    Fig.
    A.
    (Acc. to I. B.) (like acumen.) Acuteness of the mind, sharpness, force, power (so very often in Cicero, but always with the gen. mentis, animi, ingenii):

    (cum animus) exacuerit illam, ut oculorum, sic ingenii aciem ad bona eligenda, etc.,

    Cic. Leg. 1, 23, 60; so,

    ingenii,

    id. Ac. 2, 39, 122:

    mentis,

    id. N. D. 2, 17, 45; id. Tusc. 1, 30, 73:

    animi,

    id. Sen. 23, 83; id. Phil. 12, 2; Vell. 2, 118, 4; cf.:

    rerum diversitas aciem intentionis abrumpit,

    Flor. 1 prol., § 3.—
    B.
    A verbal contest, disputation, discussion, debate:

    orationis aciem contra conferam,

    Plaut. Ep. 4, 1, 20: ad philosophos me revocas, qui in aciem non saepe prodeunt, Cic. Tusc. 2, 25, 60:

    nos jam in aciem dimicationemque veniamus,

    id. Or. 13 fin.; cf. id. Opt. Gen. Or. 5, 17; Quint. 2, 10, 8; 6, 4, 17; 10, 1, 29.

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  • 16 alga

    alga, ae, f. [from ligo, qs. alliga, as binding, entwining, Van.], sea-weed, comprising several kinds, of which one (Fucus vesiculosus, Linn.) was used for coloring red, Plin. 26, 10, 66; 32, 6, 22, § 66. Freq. in the poets, Hor. C. 3, 17, 10; Verg. A. 7, 590; so Mart. 10, 16, 5; Val. Fl. 1, 252; Claud. Ruf. 1, 387. In prose, Auct. B. Afr. 24 fin. —Hence also for a thing of little worth:

    vilior algā,

    Hor. S. 2, 5, 8:

    projectā vilior algā,

    Verg. E. 7, 42.

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  • 17 amnis

    amnis, is, m. ( fem., Plaut. Merc. 5, 2, 18; Naev. and Att. ap. Non. 191, 33; Varr. R. R. 3, 5, 9; cf. Prisc. pp. 652 and 658 P.; Rudd. I. p. 26, n. 37; Schneid. Gram. 2, 98; abl. regularly amne;

    but freq. amni in the poets,

    Verg. G. 1, 203; 3, 447; Hor. S. 1, 10, 62; Col. R. R. 10, 136;

    also in prose,

    Liv. 21, 5; 21, 27 al.; cf. Prisc. p. 766; Rhem. Pal. 1374 P.; Rudd. I. p. 85, n. 85) [qs. for apnis from Sanscr. ap = water; n. plur. āpas. Van.; v. aqua], orig., any broad and deep-flowing, rapid water; a stream, torrent, river (hence, esp. in the poets, sometimes for a rapidly-flowing stream or a torrent rushing down from a mountain = torrens; sometimes for a large river, opp. fluvius (a common river); sometimes also for the ocean as flowing round the land; it most nearly corresponds with our stream; in prose not often used before the histt. of the Aug. per.; in Cic. only in Aratus and in his more elevated prose; never in his Epistt.).
    I.
    Lit.: acervos altā in amni, Att., Trag. Rel. p. 178 Rib.: apud abundantem antiquam amnem et rapidas undas Inachi, Att. ap. Non. 192, 4 (Trag. Rel. p. 175 Rib.):

    Sic quasi amnis celeris rapit, sed tamen inflexu flectitur,

    Naev. Trag. Rel. p. 12 Rib.; Plaut. Poen. 3, 3, 15:

    molibus incurrit validis cum viribus amnis,

    Lucr. 1, 288 (v. the whole magnificent description, 1, 282- 290):

    Nilus unicus in terris, Aegypti totius amnis,

    id. 6, 714:

    ruunt de montibus amnes,

    Verg. A. 4, 164:

    amnes magnitudinis vastae,

    Sen. Q. N. 3, 19.—Also in distinction from the sea:

    cum pontus et amnes cuncti invicem commeant,

    Sen. Q. N. 4, 2.—On the contr. of the ocean, acc. to the Gr. Ôkeanos potamos (Hom. Od. 11, 639):

    Oceani amnis,

    the ocean-stream, Verg. G. 4, 233:

    quā fluitantibus undis Solis anhelantes abluit amnis equos,

    Tib. 2, 5, 60: Nox Mundum caeruleo laverat amne rotas, id. 3, 4, 18 al.—
    II.
    Transf.
    A.
    Poet., of the constellation Eridanus:

    Eridanum cernes funestum magnis cum viribus amnem,

    Cic. Arat. 145 (as a transl. of the Gr. leipsanon Êridanoio, poluklaustou potamoio, Arat. Phaenom. 360): Scorpios exoriens cum clarus fugerit amnis, Germanic. Arat. 648; cf. id. ib. 362. —
    B.
    Also poet. and in post-class. prose, any thing flowing, liquid, Verg. A. 12, 417; 7, 465:

    amnis musti,

    Pall. 11, 14, 18.—
    C.
    Of a writer, whose eloquence is thus compared to a flowing stream (v. flumen, II. B. and fluo, II. 2. B. 1.): alter (Herodotus) sine ullis salebris quasi sedatus amnis (i. e. a noiseless stream flowing on in majestic size and fulness) fluit;

    alter (Thucydides) incitatior fertur,

    Cic. Or. 12, 39.—
    D.
    Like flumen, as abstr., a current, stream: secundo amni, down or with the stream, Verg. G. 3, 447:

    adverso amne,

    up the stream, Curt. 10, 1 al.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > amnis

  • 18 apex

    ăpex, ĭcis, m. [etym. acc. to Serv. ad Verg. A. 10, 270, and Paul. ex Fest. p. 18 Müll., from apo, to join to, whence aptus; cf. Van. Etym. p. 33], the extreme end of a thing, the point, summit, top (syn.: cacumen, summa, fastigium, culmen, vertex); hence,
    I.
    Lit., the small rod at the top of the flamen's cap, wound round with wool, Serv. ad Verg. A. 2, 683; 10, 270.—Hence,
    II.
    Transf.
    A.
    (As pars pro toto.) The conical cap of the flamen, ornamented with this rod:

    QVEI. APICEM. INSIGNE. DIALIS. FLAMINIS. GESISTEI, Epitaph. Scip. Grotef. 2, 299: apicem dialem,

    Liv. 6, 41:

    apex e capite prolapsus,

    Val. Max. 1, 1, n. 4.—Hence, of the priesthood itself: homo honestus non apice insignis, Sen. ap. Lact. 17, 6.—
    B.
    Any hat or helmet, a crown:

    ab aquilā Tarquinio apicem impositum putent,

    Cic. Leg. 1, 1:

    regum apices,

    Hor. C. 3, 21, 20:

    ardet apex capiti,

    Verg. A. 10, 270; 2, 683.—Of birds, the crest, Plin. 11, 37, 44, § 121.—
    C.
    A projecting point or summit.
    1.
    Lit., of trees:

    lauri,

    Verg. A. 7, 66.—Of a headland:

    sublimis,

    Juv. 12, 72:

    montis apex,

    Sil. 12, 709; so Vulg. Judith, 7, 3.—Of the point of a sickle, Col. 4, 25, 1.—Of the summit of a flame, Ov. M. 10, 279 et saep.—
    2.
    Trop., the highest ornament or honor, the crown of a thing:

    apex est senectutis auctoritas,

    Cic. Sen. 17, 60:

    hinc apicem Fortuna sustulit, hic posuisse gaudet,

    Hor. C. 1, 34, 14.—
    D.
    1.. In gram., the long mark over a vowel, Quint. 1, 7, 2; 1, 4, 10; 1, 5, 23;

    Victor. p. 2469 P.—Hence, trop.: nullum apicem quaestionis praetermittere,

    Arn. 3 init.
    2.
    The forms or outlines of the letters:

    litterarum apices,

    Gell. 13, 30, 10; 17, 9, 12.—Hence (per synecdochen),
    E.
    A letter or any other writing:

    apicum oblator,

    Sid. Ep. 6, 8:

    Augusti apices,

    i. e. rescripts, Cod. Just. 2, 8, 6 fin.
    F.
    Of the point or apex of a Hebrew letter, put fig. for the least particle, tittle (eccl. Lat.; Gr. hê keraia):

    iota unum aut unus apex non praeteribit a lege,

    Vulg. Matt. 5, 18; ib. Luc. 16, 17.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > apex

  • 19 assus

    assus, a, um, adj. [qs. artus, then arsus, then assus; cf.: areo, ardeo, Van.], roasted.
    I.
    Lit.:

    elixus esse quam assus soleo suavior,

    Plaut. Most. 5, 1, 66:

    mergi,

    Hor. S. 2, 2, 51:

    turdi,

    id. ib. 2, 2, 73:

    passeris assi,

    id. ib. 2, 8, 29 Bentl. (K. and H., atque):

    quibus (piscibus) assis Languidus in cubitum jam se conviva reponet,

    id. ib. 2, 4, 38; so Vulg. Luc. 24, 42: res eadem magis alit jurulenta quam assa;

    magis assa quam elixa,

    Cels. 2, 18; so,

    pulmo,

    Plin. 30, 15, 51, § 145:

    carnes assae igni,

    Vulg. Exod. 12, 8:

    assa caro bubula,

    ib. 1 Par. 16, 3:

    assum (quid) igni,

    ib. Exod. 12, 9:

    ova,

    Scrib. Comp. 221.—Also, subst.: assum, i, n., a roast, roasted meat:

    vitulinum,

    roast veal, Cic. Fam. 9, 20.—On the pun with assum = adsum, v. adsum init.
    II.
    Meton. (prop. dried with heat, hence), dry, simple, mere: sudatio, a steam or sweating-bath, Gr. xêroi hidrôtes, Cels. 3, 27; also, subst.: assa, ōrum, n., = sudatorium, a sweating - bath, sudatory (without bathing), Cic. ad Q. Fr. 3, 1, 1; cf.: assa cella: aphidrôtêrion, Gloss. Vet.: sol, a simple basking in the sun without a previous anointing, Cic. Att. 12, 6.— Absol. or with nutrix, a dry-nurse:

    Hoc monstrant vetulae pueris repentibus assae,

    Juv. 14, 208:

    assae nutricis est infantem magis diligere quam adultum,

    Front. Ep. ad Ant. 1, 5:

    VOLVMNIAE DYNAMIDI NVTRICI ASSAE ET LIB....,

    Inscr. Murat. 1512, 6:

    lapides,

    rough, unhewn stone, Serv. ad Verg. G. 2, 417: vox, the simple voice, unaccompanied by any instrument, Non. pp. 76 and 77; cf. Ascon. ad Cic. Div. in Caecil. 17; inversely, assae tibiae, [p. 183] pipes not accompanied by the voice, Serv. ad Verg. G. 2, 417.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > assus

  • 20 attegia

    attĕgĭa, ae, f. [acc. to some, an Arab. word; acc. to others, as if from attego, ĕre, to cover; so Van.], a tent:

    Maurorum attegiae,

    Juv. 14, 196; Inscr. Orell. 1396.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > attegia

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