vulnera Veg

1) к, на, до (epistula ad aliquem, mittere aliquid ad aliquem, venire ad Pompeji castra C; reverti ad aliquem Cs)

2) близ, на, у, при

1) около

2) до, на, в

3) через, спустя

1) в, числом

2) около, почти

3) сверх, помимо

4) до

1) направленности ( ad-duco)

2) начинательности ( ad-amo)

3) дополнительности ( ad-doceo)

4) присоединения, придачи (ad-do, ad-hibeo)

5) близости ( ad-jaceo)

pālus, i, m. ( neutr. collat. form pālum, i, Varr. ap. Non. 219, 18) [for paglus (cf. dim. paxillus); root pag-; Sanscr. pācas, snare; Gr. pêgnumi, fasten; Lat. pango; cf.: pignus, pax], a stake, prop, stay, pale.

Lit. (very freq. and class.;

syn.: sudes, stipes): ut figam palum in parietem,

Plaut. Mil. 4, 4, 4; id. Men. 2, 3, 53:

damnati ad supplicium traditi, ad palum alligati,

Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 5, § 11:

palis adjungere vitem,

Tib. 1, 8 (7), 33; Ov. F. 1, 665:

palos et ridicas dolare,

Col. 11, 2, 11; Varr. 1. 1.—The Roman soldiers learned to fight by attacking a stake set in the ground, Veg. Mil. 1, 11; 2, 23;

hence, aut quis non vidit vulnera pali?

Juv. 6, 246.—And, transf.: exerceamur ad palum: et, ne imparatos fortuna deprehendat, fiat nobis paupertas familiaris, Sen. Ep. 18, 6.—In the lang. of gladiators, palus primus or palusprimus (called also machaera Herculeana, Capitol. Pert. 8), a gladiator's sword of wood, borne by the secutores, whence their leader was also called primus palus, Lampr. Commod. 15;

Inscr. Marin. Fratr. Arv. p. 694.—Prov.: quasi palo pectus tundor, of one astonished, stunned,

Plaut. Rud. 5, 2, 2.—

Transf., = membrum virile, Hor. S. 1, 8, 5.

pălus, ūdis ( nom. sing. pălŭs, Hor. A. P. 65;

but usually pălūs,

Verg. A. 6, 107; v. infra; gen. plur. paludum, Caes. B. G. 4, 38, 2 Oud.;

rarely paludium,

Liv. 21, 54, 7 Drak.; Plin. 2, 68, 68, § 174; Just. 44, 1, 10; Eum. Pan. Const. Aug. 12, 2), f. [= Gr. pêlos, mud; cf. Sanscr. palvala, pool; perh. -ud of the stem = hudôr, water], a swamp, marsh, morass, bog, fen, pool (cf.: stagnum, lacus).

Lit.:

ille paludes siccare voluit,

Cic. Phil. 5, 3, 7:

paludes emere,

id. Agr. 2, 27, 71:

palus erat non magna inter nostrum atque hostium exercitum,

Caes. B. G. 2, 9:

propter paludes exercitui aditus non est,

id. ib. 2, 16:

Cocyti tardāque palus inamabilis undā,

Verg. G. 4, 479:

sterilisve diu palus aptaque remis,

Hor. A. P. 65:

udae paludes intumuere aestu,

Ov. M. 1, 737:

stagnata paludibus ument,

id. ib. 15, 269:

nigra,

Tib. 3, 3, 37:

exusta,

Verg. G. 3, 432:

alta,

id. ib. 4, 48:

putida,

Cat. 17, 10:

nebulosa,

Sil. 8, 382:

sordida,

Stat. S. 4, 3, 8.—Hence, Palus Maeotis, = Lacus Maeotis, now the Sea of Azof, Plin. 2, 67, 67, § 168; Mel. 1, 19.—

Transf.

A reed that grows in marshes:

tomentum concisa palus Circense vocatur,

Mart. 14, 160, 1; 11, 32, 2.—

Water:

(cymba) multam accepit rimosa paludem,

Verg. A. 6, 414.

sĕdeo, sēdi, sessum, 2, v. n. [Sanscr. root sad-; Gr. ἙΔ, to sit; cf. ἕδος, ἕζομαι; Lat. sedes, insidiae, sedare, sella, etc.; Engl. sit, seat], to sit.

Lit. (very freq. in prose and poetry); constr. absol., with in, the simple abl., or with other prepp. and advv. of place.

In gen.

Absol.:

hi stant ambo, non sedent,

Plaut. Capt. prol. 2; cf. id. ib. 12; id. Mil. 2, 1, 4:

quid sit, quod cum tot summi oratores sedeant, ego potissimum surrexerim,

remain sitting, Cic. Rosc. Am. 1, 1:

sedens iis assensi,

id. Fam. 5, 2, 9:

lumbi sedendo dolent,

Plaut. Men. 5, 3, 6:

supplex ille sedet,

Prop. 4 (5), 5, 37.—

With in:

in subselliis,

Plaut. Poen. prol. 5:

sedilibus in primis eques sedet,

Hor. Epod. 4, 16:

in proscaenio,

Plaut. Poen. prol. 18; cf.: aliquem in XIIII. sessum deducere, Asin. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 32, 2; Suet. Caes. 39 (v. quattuordecim): malo in illā tuā sedeculā sedere quam in istorum sella curuli, Cic. Att. 4, 10, 1; cf.:

in sellā,

id. Div. 1, 46, 104:

in saxo (ejecti),

Plaut. Rud. prol. 73; Ov. H. 10, 49:

in arā (mulieres supplices),

Plaut. Rud. 3, 6, 9:

in solio,

Cic. Fin. 2, 21, 69; Ov. M. 2, 23:

in equo,

Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 10, § 27:

in leone,

Plin. 35, 10, 36, § 109; and with a gen. specification of the place where:

in conclavi,

Ter. Eun. 3, 5, 35:

in hemicyclio domi,

Cic. Lael. 1, 2:

bubo in culmine,

Ov. M. 6, 432:

cornix in humo,

id. Am. 3, 5, 22:

musca in temone,

Phaedr. 3, 6, 1.—

With simple abl. (not ante-Aug.):

bis sex caelestes, medio Jove, sedibus altis sedent,

Ov. M. 6, 72:

solio,

id. ib. 6, 650;

14, 261: sede regiā,

Liv. 1, 41:

eburneis sellis,

id. 5, 41:

sellā curuli,

id. 30, 19:

carpento,

id. 1, 34:

cymbā,

Ov. M. 1, 293:

puppe,

id. F. 6, 471:

humo,

id. M. 4, 261:

equo,

Mart. 5, 38, 4; 11, 104, 14; cf.:

dorso aselli,

Ov. F. 3, 749:

delphine,

id. M. 11, 237:

columbae viridi solo,

Verg. A. 6, 192:

recessu,

Ov. M. 1, 177; 14, 261:

theatro,

id. A. A. 1, 497.—

With other prepp. and advv. of place:

inter ancillas,

Plaut. Men. 5, 2, 46:

ante fores,

Ov. M. 4, 452; Tib. 1, 3, 30:

ad tumulum supplex,

id. 2, 6, 33:

sub arbore,

Ov. M. 4, 95:

sub Jove,

id. ib. 4, 261:

ducis sub pede,

id. Tr. 4, 2, 44:

post me gradu uno,

Hor. S. 1, 6, 40:

apud quem,

Cic. Rep. 3, 28, 32 (ap. Non. 522, 30) et saep.:

non sedeo istic, vos sedete,

Plaut. Stich. 1, 2, 36:

illic,

Ter. Hec. 5, 3, 4; id. Phorm. 1, 2, 41.—

Late Lat., pass., of animals, to be ridden (cf. Engl. to sit a horse):

sederi equos in civitatibus non sivit,

Spart. Hadr. 22;

Cod. Th. 9, 30, 3: cum (Bucephalus) ab equario suo mollius sederetur,

Sol. 45:

animalia sedentur,

Veg. 2, 28, 12.—

In partic.

Of magistrates, esp. of judges, to sit in council, in court, or on the bench:

(Scaevolā tribuno) in Rostris sedente suasit Serviliam legem Crassus,

Cic. Brut. 43, 161:

ejus igitur mortis sedetis ultores, etc.,

id. Mil. 29, 79; id. Clu. 37, 103 sq.:

si idcirco sedetis, ut, etc.,

id. Rosc. Am. 53, 153; so,

judex,

Liv. 40, 8:

Appius, ne ejus rei causā sedisse videretur,

id. 3, 46, 9; Phaedr. 1, 10, 6:

sedissem forsitan unus De centum judex in tua verba viris,

Ov. P. 3, 5, 23; Plin. Ep. 6, 33, 3:

Minos arbiter,

Prop. 3, 19 (4, 18), 27; cf.:

sedeo pro tribunali,

id. ib. 1, 10, 9: a quibus si qui quaereret, sedissentne judices in Q. Fabricium, sedisse se dicerent, Cic Clu. 38, 105; cf. id. Rab. Post. 5, 10.—Also of the assistants of the judges:

nobis in tribunali Q. Pompeii praetoris urbani sedentibus,

Cic. de Or. 1, 37, 168; id. Rosc. Com. 4, 12.—In Quint., also of the advocate, Quint. 11, 3, 132.—Of witnesses:

dicendo contra reum, cum quo sederit,

Quint. 5, 7, 32.—Of a presiding officer:

sedente Claudio,

Tac. A. 11, 11.—Of augurs sitting to wait for an augurium:

sed secundum augures sedere est augurium captare,

Serv. ad Verg. A. 9, 4; cf. id. ib. 1, 56; Interp. Mai ad Verg. A. 10, 241; Fest. s. v. silentio, p. 248, a Müll.; cf. Becker, Antiq. 2, 3, p. 76.—

To continue sitting, to sit still; to continue, remain, tarry, wait, abide in a place; and with an implication of inactivity, to sit idly, be inactive; to linger, loiter, etc.:

isdem consulibus sedentibus atque inspectantibus lata lex est, etc.,

Cic. Sest. 15, 33 (cf. id. Pis. 9):

majores nostri, qui in oppido sederent, quam qui rura colerent, desidiosiores putabant,

Varr. R. R. 2, prooem. §

1: quasi claudus sutor domi sedet totos dies,

Plaut. Aul. 1, 1, 34; cf.:

an sedere oportuit Domi,

Ter. Ad. 4, 5, 38:

iis ventis istinc navigatur, qui si essent, nos Corcyrae non sederemus,

Cic. Fam. 16, 7:

quor sedebas in foro, si eras coquos Tu solus?

Plaut. Ps. 3, 2, 11:

in villā totos dies,

Cic. Att. 12, 44, 2:

circum argentarias cottidie,

Plaut. Truc. 1, 1, 48:

sedemus desides domi,

Liv. 3, 68:

statuit congredi quam cum tantis copiis refugere aut tam diu uno loco sedere,

Nep. Dat. 8, 1:

non cuivis contingit adire Corinthum. Sedit qui timuit, ne non succederet,

sat still, stayed at home, Hor. Ep. 1, 17, 37.—Esp. of waiting on an oracle or a god for an answer or for aid (= Gr. ïzein):

ante sacras fores,

Tib. 1, 3, 30:

illius ad tumulum fugiam supplexque sedebo,

id. 2, 6, 33:

custos ad mea busta sedens,

Prop. 3, 16 (4, 15), 24:

meliora deos sedet omina poscens,

Verg. G. 3, 456; so of a lover at the door of his mistress: me retinent victum formosae vincla puellae, Et sedeo janitor, Tib. [p. 1659] 1, 1, 56:

et frustra credula turba sedet,

id. 4, 4, 18.—

Of long, esp. of inactive encamping in war, to sit, i. e. to remain encamped, to keep the field, before an enemy's fortress or army:

hostium copiae magnae contra me sedebant, Cato ap. Charis, p. 197 P.: septimum decimum annum Ilico sedent,

Naev. 6, 2:

dum apud hostes sedimus,

Plaut. Am. 2, 1, 52:

sedendo expugnare urbem,

Liv. 2, 12:

sedendo et cunctando bellum gerere,

id. 22, 24:

quieto sedente rege ad Enipeum,

id. 44, 27:

ad Suessulam,

id. 7, 37; 9, 3; 9, 44; 10, 25; 22, 39; 23, 19; 44, 27; Verg. A. 5, 440:

apud moenia Contrebiae,

Val. Max. 7, 4, 5.—Hence, prov.:

compressis, quod aiunt, manibus sedere,

Liv. 7, 13, 7; and:

vetus proverbium est, Romanus sedendo vincit (prob. originating with Q. Fabius Cunctator),

Varr. R. R. 1, 2, 2.—

For desideo (2.), to sit at stool, Marc. Emp. 29; so,

sordido in loco sedere,

Val. Max. 9, 13, 2.—

Trop. (in prose not freq. till after the Aug. per.; not in Cic.).

In gen., to sink or settle down, to subside:

cum pondere libra Prona nec hac plus parte sedet nec surgit ab illā,

Tib. 4, 1, 42:

quod neque tam fuerunt gravia, ut depressa sederent, Nec levia, ut possent per summas labier oras,

Lucr. 5, 474; cf.: flamma petit altum; propior locus aëra cepit;

Sederunt medio terra fretumque solo,

Ov. F. 1,110:

sedet nebula densior campo quam montibus,

Liv. 22, 4:

sedet vox auribus,

sinks into, penetrates, Quint. 11, 3, 40: rupti aliqui montes tumulique sedere, Sall. Fragm. ap. Isid. Orig. 14, 1, 2 (H. 2, 43 Dietsch); cf.:

sedisse immensos montes,

Tac. A. 2, 47: memor illius escae, Quae simplex olim sibi sederit, sat well upon your stomach, i. e. agreed well with you, Hor. S. 2, 2, 73; Quint. 9, 4, 94.—

Of feelings, passions, etc.: his dictis sedere minae, subsided, i. e. were quieted, = sedatae sunt, Sil. 10, 624; cf.:

nusquam irae: sedit rabies feritasque famesque,

Stat. Th. 10, 823. —

Of places, to sink, i. e. to lie low, to be in the valley or plain:

campo Nola sedet,

Sil. 12, 162:

mediisque sedent convallibus arva,

Luc. 3, 380; Stat. Th. 1, 330; cf.:

lactuca sedens,

i. e. lower, Mart. 10, 48, 9 ( = sessilis, id. 3, 47, 8).—

In partic., to sit, sit close or tight, to hold or hang fast, to be fast, firm, fixed, immovable; be settled, established, etc.:

tempus fuit, quo navit in undis, Nunc sedet Ortygie,

Ov. M. 15, 337:

in liquido sederunt ossa cerebro,

stuck fast, id. ib. 12, 289;

so of weapons, etc., that sink deep: clava (Herculis), adversi sedit in ore viri,

id. F. 1, 576:

cujus (Scaevae) in scuto centum atque viginti tela sedere,

Flor. 4, 2, 40:

librata cum sederit (glans),

Liv. 38, 29; hence, poet. also, of deep-seated wounds: plagam sedere Cedendo arcebat, from sinking or penetrating deeply, Ov. M. 3, 88:

alta sedent vulnera,

Luc. 1, 32.—Of clothes, to fit (opp. dissidere, v. Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 96):

ita et sedet melius et continetur (pars togae),

sits better, Quint. 11, 3, 140 sq.; so,

toga umero,

id. 11, 3, 161; cf.:

quam bene umeris tuis sederet imperium,

Plin. Pan. 10, 6.—Of vessels:

sicco jam litore sedit,

Luc. 8, 726:

naves super aggerationem, quae fuerat sub aquā, sederent,

stuck fast, grounded, Vitr. 10, 22 med. et saep.:

cujus laetissima facies et amabilis vultus in omnium civium ore, oculis, animo sedet,

Plin. Pan. 55, 10:

aliquid fideliter in animo,

Sen. Ep. 2, 2:

unum Polynicis amati Nomen in ore sedet,

Stat. Th. 12, 114; so,

Cressa relicta in ingenio tuo,

Ov. H. 2, 76:

sedere coepit sententia haec,

to be established, Plin. 2, 7, 5, § 23; cf.:

nunc parum mihi sedet judicium,

Sen. Ep. 46, 3; Amm. 14, 1, 5; 15, 2, 5. —Hence, also of any thing fixed, resolved, or determined upon:

si mihi non animo fixum immotumque sederet, Ne cui, etc.,

Verg. A. 4, 15; cf.:

idque pio sedet Aeneae,

id. ib. 5, 418:

bellum,

Flor. 2, 15, 4:

consilium fugae,

id. 2, 18, 14:

haec,

Sil. 15, 352. —With a subject-clause:

tunc sedet Ferre iter impavidum,

Stat. Th. 1, 324:

vacuo petere omina caelo,

id. ib. 3, 459:

Aegaei scopulos habitare profundi,

Val. Fl. 2, 383.

signum, i, n. [perh. Sanscr. sag-, to cling to, adhere; cf. sigilla].

In gen., a mark, token, sign, indication (very frequent in all styles and periods; cf.

insigne): meo patri torulus inerit aureus Sub petaso: id signum Amphitruoni non erit,

Plaut. Am. prol. 145 sq.:

ut eam (nutricem) adducam et signa ostendam haec, i. e. crepundia,

Ter. Eun. 4, 7, 38; 5, 3, 5:

ut fures earum rerum, quas ceperunt, signa commutant, etc.,

Cic. Fin. 5, 25, 74; so (with notae) id. de Or. 2, 41, 174; id. Lael. 17, 62; cf.:

omne probabile aut signum est aut credibile... Signum est, quod sub sensum aliquem cadit et quiddam significat, quod ex ipso profectum videtur, etc.,

id. Inv. 1, 30, 47 sq.:

aut pecori signum aut numeros inpressit acervis,

Verg. G. 1, 263; cf.:

servitii signum cervice gerens,

Ov. M. 3, 16:

jaculo mihi vulnera fecit.—Signa vides: apparet adhuc vetus ecce cicatrix,

Ov. M. 12, 444:

metam Constituit signum nautis pater, unde reverti Scirent, etc.,

Verg. A. 5, 130:

scutum signi gratia positum,

Quint. 6, 3, 38:

signa pedum,

tracks, prints, Ov. M. 4, 543;

and simply signa,

Verg. A. 8, 212 al.:

oculis mihi signum dedit, Ne se appellarem,

Plaut. Mil. 2, 1, 45:

dare,

Ter. Eun. 4, 7, 11:

dicere deos gallis signum dedisse cantandi,

Cic. Div. 2, 26, 57 al.:

signa esse ad salutem,

Ter. And. 3, 2, 2:

animi pudentis signum,

id. Heaut. 1, 1, 68:

color pudoris signum,

id. And. 5, 3, 7:

signa doloris ostendere,

Cic. de Or. 2, 45, 190:

mortis dare,

Lucr. 6, 1182:

timoris mittere,

to exhibit, display, Caes. B. C. 1, 71 et saep.—With obj.-clause:

magnum hoc quoque signum est, dominam esse extra noxiam,

Ter. Heaut. 2, 3, 57; Nep. Att. 17, 2.—In predic. gen. with neutr. pron.: hoc est signi;

ubi primum poterit, se illinc subducet,

Ter. Eun. 4, 1, 14:

id erit signi me invitum facere, quod, etc.,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 30, 83; Auct. Her. 4, 5, 8; Cato, R. R. 38, 4; 88, 2:

nil tamen est signi,

Lucr. 5, 918; cf.:

quid signi?

Cic. Cael. 16, 38, 2.— Hence, a surname, epithet (rare):

huic signum exercitus apposuit,

Vop. Am. 6; cf. Capitol. Gord. 4.—

In partic.

In milit. lang.

The distinctive sign of a division of an army.

A military standard, ensign, banner (including the aquila):

signifero interfecto, signo amisso,

Caes. B. G. 2, 25:

ut neque signiferi viam, nec signa milites cernerent,

Liv. 33, 7:

Hasdrubal ut procul signa legionum fulgentia vidit,

id. 28, 14; 22, 21; Col. 9, 9, 4:

inter signa militaria,

Hor. Epod. 9, 15:

cum unius signi militibus pergit ire,

Liv. 33, 1:

signa militaria ex proelio relata,

Caes. B. C. 3, 99; so,

militaria,

id. B. G. 7, 2; Plin. 33, 33, 19, § 58.—

Hence the expressions: signa sequi,

to follow the standards, to march in military order, Sall. J. 80, 2; Liv. 24, 48, 11:

signa subsequi,

to keep in order of battle, Caes. B. G. 4, 26:

signa observare,

Sall. J. 51, 1:

signa servare,

Liv. 8, 34, 10; Veg. Mil. 1, 9:

ab signis discedere,

to desert the standards, leave the ranks, Caes. B. G. 5, 16; 5, 33 fin.; id. B. C. 1, 44; Liv. 25, 20 al.; cf.:

ab ordinibus signisque discedere,

Front. Strat. 1, 5, 3:

signa relinquere,

to desert, Sall. C. 9, 4; Liv. 5, 6 al.:

signa deserere,

Liv. 8, 34, 9: signa ferre, i. e. to break up the camp, Caes. B. G. 1, 39 fin.; 1, 40; Liv. 2, 49, 3; 10, 5 al.;

for which: movere signa,

id. 1, 14, 9; 27, 2, 12; Verg. G. 3, 236; and:

tollere,

Vell. 2, 61, 2; Auct. B. Alex. 57, 1;

but: ferte signa in hostem,

attack, Liv. 9, 23, 13:

signa constituere,

to halt, Caes. B. G. 7, 47; cf.:

infestis contra hostes signis constiterunt,

id. ib. 7, 51:

signa proferre,

to advance, Liv. 4, 32, 10: signa convertere, to wheel, turn, or face about, Caes. B. G. 1, 25 fin.; 2, 26: Liv. 8, 11; 2, 14; 4, 29; for which, [p. 1698] vertere signa, id. 9, 35:

signa inferre (in aliquem),

to advance to the attack, make an assault, Caes. B. G. 1, 25 fin.; 2, 26; 7, 67; id. B. C. 2, 42; Cic. Phil. 5, 8, 23; Sall. J. 56, 5; Liv. 2, 53; 9, 27; 44, 12 al; cf.:

signa conferre cum aliquo,

to engage with, engage in close fight, Cic. Att. 7, 5, 5; id. Pis. 21, 49;

and cf.: collatis signis pugnare, superare aliquem, etc.,

Plaut. Cas. 2, 5, 44; Liv. 1, 33; 2, 50; Cic. Imp. Pomp. 23, 66; but conferre signa also means simply to bring the standards together (to one place), Caes. B. G. 7, 2; 2, 25; Liv. 37, 21:

signa in laevum cornu confert,

concentrates his troops, id. 7, 15, 4:

signa transferre,

to desert, Caes. B. C. 1, 24: signa convellere, to take up the standards, which had been fixed in the ground, Liv. 3, 7, 3; 3, 54, 10; 5, 37, 4; so,

vellere signa,

id. 3, 50, 11; Verg. G. 4, 108:

revellere signa,

Luc. 7, 77; cf.:

signa figere,

to encamp, Amm. 27, 10, 9:

defigere signa,

Sil. 8, 625:

sub signis ducere legiones, ire, esse, etc.,

together, in order, in rank and file, Plaut. Ps. 2, 4, 71 (with ordine); Cic. Att. 16, 8, 2; Liv. 3, 51; Tac. H. 2, 14:

signa hostium turbare,

to throw into disorder, Liv. 9, 73:

ante signa,

before the army, id. 5, 18; 6, 7; 7, 16:

post signa,

id. 2, 49.—

Transf., in gen.:

infestis prope signis inferuntur Galli in Fonteium,

Cic. Font. 20, 44 (16, 34).—

Esp., the standard or ensign of single cohorts and maniples (opp. aquila, the standard of the entire legion):

cum fasces, cum tubas, cum signa militaria, cum aquilam illam argenteam... scirem esse praemissam,

Cic. Cat. 2, 6, 13; Galb. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 30, 5; Suet. Calig. 14 fin. Oud.; Tac. A. 1, 18; id. H. 2, 29 fin.; Plin. 13, 3, 4, § 23; Luc. 1, 6; 1, 224 al. (cf. aquila, 2.):

manipulos exercitus minimas manus quae unum sequuntur signum,

Varr. L. L. 5, § 88 Müll.—

Meton., a cohort, a maniple:

octo cohortes in fronte constituit, reliquarum signa in subsidio artius collocat,

Sall. C. 59, 2; Liv. 8, 9; 25, 23 fin.; 33, 1; 27, 14; 28, 14; Auct. B. Hisp. 18, 3.—

A sign, signal; a watchword, password, given by a wind-instrument, by the tessera, or otherwise:

signum tubā dare,

Caes. B. G. 2, 20; 7, 81:

proelii committendi dare,

id. ib. 2, 21:

recipiendi dare,

id. ib. 7, 52:

receptui dare,

Liv. 4, 31; 26, 45; 3, 22; cf. Cic. Rep. 1, 2, 3:

signum dare ut, etc.,

Liv. 2, 20; 4, 39:

proelii exposcere,

Caes. B. G. 7, 19:

concinere,

id. B. C. 3, 92 fin.; Liv. 30, 5; cf. Tac. A. 1, 68:

canere,

Sall. C. 59, 1; id. J. 99, 1; Liv. 1, 1; 4, 31; 27, 47; Cic. Rep. 1, 3, 3 al. (v. cano).—For the chariot race:

signum mittendis quadrigis dare,

Liv. 8, 40, 3: signum mittere, Enn. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 48, 107: signo Felicitatis dato, the word, watchword, Felicitas, Auct. B. Afr. 83:

signum petere,

Suet. Calig. 56; id. Claud. 42; id. Ner. 9; cf.:

it bello tessera signum,

Verg. A. 7, 637.— Transf.:

tu illam (virtutem) jubes signum petere,

i. e. to be in subjection, Sen. Ben. 4, 2, 2.—

A sign or token of any thing to come; a prognostic, symptom (cf.:

portentum, indicium): ipse et equus ejus repente concidit: nec eam rem habuit religioni, objecto signo, ut peritis videbatur, ne committeret proelium,

Cic. Div. 1, 35, 77:

medici signa quaedam habent ex venis et ex spiritu aegroti,

id. ib. 2, 70, 145; cf. Verg. G. 3, 440; 3, 503; 4, 253; Cels. 2, 3:

prospera signa dare,

Ov. H. 18 (19), 152.—

An image, as a work of art; a figure, statue, picture, etc. (syn.: effigies, imago, simulacrum);

inerant (classi) signa expressa, Titani quomodo, etc.,

Naev. 2, 13: statuas deorum, exempla earum facierum, s gna domi pro supellectile statuere, Cato ap. Prisc. p. 782 P.:

signum pictum in pariete,

Plaut. Merc. 2, 2, 44:

signum in fano,

id. Rud. 2, 7, 2:

aëna signa,

Lucr. 1, 318:

ante signum Jovis Statoris concidit,

Cic. Div. 1, 35, 77:

signum aeneum, marmoreum, eburneum,

id. Verr. 2, 4, 1, § 1; cf. id. Off. 1, 41, 147; Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 248:

cratera impressum signis,

Verg. A. 5, 536; 5, 267; 9, 263:

(vestis) auro signisque ingentibus apta,

Lucr. 5, 1428:

ex ornatis aedibus per aulaea et signa,

Sall. H. 2, 23, 2 Dietsch:

pallam signis auroque rigentem,

Verg. A. 1, 648:

e Pario formatum marmore signum,

Ov. M. 3, 419; cf. id. ib. 5, 183;

12, 398: statuas, signa, picturas commendet,

Plin. Ep. 1, 20, 5.—

An image or device on a seal-ring; a seal, signet: ostendi tabellas Lentulo, et quaesivi, cognosceretne signum. Annuit. Est vero, inquam, notum signum, imago avi tui, etc., Cic. Cat. 3, 5, 10:

(patera) in cistulā obsignata signo est,

Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 265; cf. Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 45, § 117:

tabulae maximae signis hominum nobilium consignantur,

id. Quint. 6, 25:

imprimat his signa tabellis,

Hor. S. 2, 6, 38:

litterae integris signis praetoribus traduntur,

Cic. Cat. 3, 3, 6; Sall. C. 47, 3:

signo laeso non insanire lagenae,

Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 134:

volumen sub signo habere,

to have under seal, Cic. Att. 9, 10, 4; cf.:

sub signo claustrisque rei publicae positum vectigal,

id. Agr. 1, 7, 21:

nec pacta conventaque inpressis signis custodirentur,

Sen. Ben. 3, 15, 1:

cum sol duodena peregit signa,

Ov. M. 13, 618.—

A sign in the heavens, a constellation (cf. sidus):

caeli subter labentia signa,

Lucr. 1, 2:

loca caelio Omnia, dispositis signis ornata,

id. 5, 695:

signorum ortus et obitus,

Cic. Inv. 1, 34, 59:

signis omnibus ad idem principium stellisque revocatis,

id. Rep. 6, 22, 24:

in signo leonis,

id. Div. 1, 53, 121:

signorum obitus speculari et ortus,

Verg. G. 1, 257; id. A. 7, 138:

signum pluviale Capellae,

Ov. F. 5, 113:

ponemusque suos ad vaga signa dies,

id. ib. 1, 310:

nox caelo diffundere signa parabat,

Hor. S. 1, 5, 10; cf. id. C. 2, 8, 11.—

Miraculous works (eccl. Lat.), Vulg. Dan. 3, 99; id. Matt. 24, 24; id. Joan. 2, 11 et saep.

stringo, inxi, ictum, 3, v. a. [root strig; Gr. strang-, to squeeze; stranx, a drop; cf. O. H. Germ. streng; Engl. strong], to draw tight, to bind or tie tight; to draw, bind, or press together, etc. (syn. ligo).

Lit.:

te stringam ad carnarium,

Plaut. Ps. 1, 1, 66:

stringit vitta comas,

Luc. 5, 143: caesariem crinali cultu, Claud. Cons. Prob. et Olybr. 85:

stricta matutino frigore vulnera,

Liv. 22, 51:

pectora pigro gelu,

Luc. 4, 652:

strictos insedimus amnes,

Val. Fl. 1, 414:

mare gelu stringi et consistere,

Gell. 17, 8, 16:

quercus in duas partes diducta, stricta denuo et cohaesa,

having closed together, id. 15, 16, 4:

habenam,

to draw tight, Stat. Th. 11, 513:

ferrum,

Plin. Ep. 3, 16, 6.—

Transf. (through the intermediate idea of drawing close), to touch, touch upon, touch lightly or slightly, to graze (syn. tango):

litus ama, et laevas stringat sine palmula cautes,

Verg. A. 5, 163; cf.:

stringebat summas ales miserabilis undas,

Ov. M. 11, 733:

aequor (aurā),

id. ib. 4, 136:

metas interiore rotā,

id. Am. 3, 2, 12:

latus,

Prop. 3, 11 (4, 10), 24:

vestigia canis rostro,

Ov. M. 1, 536 et saep.:

equos,

to stroke, Charis. 84 P.:

tela stringentia corpus,

i. e. slightly touching, Verg. A. 10, 331; cf. Sen. Ben. 2, 6, 1:

coluber Dente pedem strinxit,

Ov. M. 11, 776:

strictus ac recreatus ex vulnere in tempus,

Flor. 4, 12, 44.—

To pull or strip off, to pluck off, cut off, clip off, prune, etc. (cf. destringo):

oleam ubi nigra erit, stringito,

Cato, R. R. 65, 1; so,

oleam,

Plin. 15, 2, 3, § 12:

bacam,

Varr. R. R. 1, 55, 2:

quernas glandes,

Verg. G. 1, 305:

folia ex arboribus,

Caes. B. C. 3, 58; Liv. 23, 30, 3:

frondes,

Verg. E. 9, 61; Hor. Ep. 1, 14, 28:

hordea,

Verg. G. 1, 317:

arbores,

Col. 6, 3, 7:

celeriter gladios strinxerunt,

drew from the sheath, unsheathed, Caes. B. C. 3, 93:

strictam aciem offerre,

Verg. A. 6, 291:

ensem,

id. ib. 10, 577; so,

gladios,

id. ib. 12, 278; Ov. M. 7, 333:

ensem,

id. ib. 8, 207;

14, 296: ferrum,

Liv. 7, 40 al.:

cultrum,

id. 7, 5, 5; 3, 50, 3; and poet. transf.:

manum,

to bare, Ov. Am. 1, 6, 14; id. Tr. 5, 2, 30 al.—

Trop.

Of speech, to touch upon, treat briefly, Sil. 8, 48.—Hence, to compress, abridge:

narrationis loco rem stringat,

Quint. 4, 2, 128 Spald.—

To hold in check, to rule, sway (syn. coërceo):

quaecumque meo gens barbara nutu Stringitur, adveniat,

Claud. B. Get. 371.—

To waste, consume, reduce:

praeclaram stringat malus ingluvie rem,

Hor. S. 1, 2, 8.—

(Acc. to I. B.) To touch, move, affect; esp. to affect painfully, to wound, pain:

atque animum patriae strinxit pietatis imago,

Verg. A. 9, 294:

quam tua delicto stringantur pectora nostro,

Ov. Tr. 5, 6, 21:

nomen alicujus,

id. ib. 2, 350.—

To draw in hostility, attack with:

in hostes stringatur iambus,

Ov. R. Am. 377:

bellum,

Flor. 3, 21, 1.—Hence, strictus, a, um, P. a. (acc. to I.), drawn together, close, strait, tight, etc.

Lit.:

laxaret pedem a stricto nodo,

Liv. 24, 7, 5:

duriora genti corpora, stricti artus,

Tac. G. 30:

strictissima janua,

Ov. R. Am. 233:

si strictior fuerit pedatura,

Hyg. Grom. 3, 1:

emplastrum,

thick, Scrib. Comp. 45 fin.:

venter,

i. e. bound up, costive, Veg. 3, 16:

strictior aura,

more severe, colder, Aus. Idyll. 14, 3.—

Trop.

Of language, brief, concise:

quo minus (Aeschines) strictus est,

Quint. 10, 1, 77:

qui (Demosthenes) est strictior multo (quam Cicero),

id. 12, 10, 52.—

Of character, severe, strict:

Catones,

Manil. 5, 106:

mentes,

id. 1, 769:

lex,

Stat. S. 3, 5, 87.—

Rigid, exact (law Lat.):

restitutio stricto jure non competebat,

Dig. 29, 2, 85; 39, 3, 3 al.— Adv.: strictē and strictim, closely, tightly:

in foramen conicies,

Pall. Mart. 8, 2.— Comp., Pall. 1, 6.— Sup., Gell. 16, 3, 4.—

Fig., accurately:

strictius interpretari,

Dig. 8, 2, 20.