weapons

Samnĭum, ii, n. [contr. from Sabinium, from Sabini:

ab Sabinis orti Samnites,

Varr. L. L. 7, § 29 Müll.], an ancient country of Italy, in the neighborhood of Latium, whose inhabitants were an offshoot from the Sabines, Liv. 7, 32; Cic. Clu. 69, 197; id. Att. 14, 20, 2; 16, 11, 6; id. Rep. 3, 7 al.—Hence,

Samnīs (collat. form of the nom. Samnītis, Cato ap. Prisc. p. 762; Prud. adv. Symm. 2, 515), ītis, adj., of or belonging to Samnium, Samnite:

ager,

Liv. 24, 20:

exercitus,

id. 10, 16 fin.:

bellum,

Plin. 34, 6, 12, § 26:

ursae,

Sil. 4, 560: habitator Samnitis (terrae), Prud. steph. 11, 207.— Subst., in plur.: Samnītes, ĭum ( gen. Samnitum, Cic. de Or. 2, 79;

but cf. Samnitium,

id. ib. 3, 23 Orell. N. cr.; and so usu. and very freq. in Liv., Plin., and Tac.), m., the inhabitants of Samnium, the Samnites, Varr. L. L. 7, 3, 86 fin.; Liv. 7, 19; 7, 29 sq.; 8, 1 sq.; 9, 1 sq.; Cic. Off. 1, 12, 38; 3, 30, 109; id. Sen. 16, 55 al.—Gr. acc. Samnităs, Flor. 1, 16, 7; Aur. Vict. Vir. Ill. 34, § 6.—In sing.: Samnīs, ītis, m., collect., the Samnites, Liv. 10, 35; Luc. 2, 137.—

Transf., the name of Samnites was also given to a class of gladiators who were armed with Samnite weapons, Varr. L. L. 5, § 142 Müll.; Plin. 7, 20, 19, § 81; Liv. 9, 40; Cic. de Or. 2, 80, 325; 3, 23, 86; Inscr. Orell. 2569.—So in sing.: Samnīs, Lucil. ap. Cic. Tusc. 2, 17, 41; and ap. de Or. 3, 23, 86.—

Samnītĭcus, a, um, adj., Samnite:

bellum,

Suet. Vit. 1; Flor. 1, 16, 2:

vasa,

Capitol. Pertin. 8.

Samnĭum, ii, n. [contr. from Sabinium, from Sabini:

ab Sabinis orti Samnites,

Varr. L. L. 7, § 29 Müll.], an ancient country of Italy, in the neighborhood of Latium, whose inhabitants were an offshoot from the Sabines, Liv. 7, 32; Cic. Clu. 69, 197; id. Att. 14, 20, 2; 16, 11, 6; id. Rep. 3, 7 al.—Hence,

Samnīs (collat. form of the nom. Samnītis, Cato ap. Prisc. p. 762; Prud. adv. Symm. 2, 515), ītis, adj., of or belonging to Samnium, Samnite:

ager,

Liv. 24, 20:

exercitus,

id. 10, 16 fin.:

bellum,

Plin. 34, 6, 12, § 26:

ursae,

Sil. 4, 560: habitator Samnitis (terrae), Prud. steph. 11, 207.— Subst., in plur.: Samnītes, ĭum ( gen. Samnitum, Cic. de Or. 2, 79;

but cf. Samnitium,

id. ib. 3, 23 Orell. N. cr.; and so usu. and very freq. in Liv., Plin., and Tac.), m., the inhabitants of Samnium, the Samnites, Varr. L. L. 7, 3, 86 fin.; Liv. 7, 19; 7, 29 sq.; 8, 1 sq.; 9, 1 sq.; Cic. Off. 1, 12, 38; 3, 30, 109; id. Sen. 16, 55 al.—Gr. acc. Samnităs, Flor. 1, 16, 7; Aur. Vict. Vir. Ill. 34, § 6.—In sing.: Samnīs, ītis, m., collect., the Samnites, Liv. 10, 35; Luc. 2, 137.—

Transf., the name of Samnites was also given to a class of gladiators who were armed with Samnite weapons, Varr. L. L. 5, § 142 Müll.; Plin. 7, 20, 19, § 81; Liv. 9, 40; Cic. de Or. 2, 80, 325; 3, 23, 86; Inscr. Orell. 2569.—So in sing.: Samnīs, Lucil. ap. Cic. Tusc. 2, 17, 41; and ap. de Or. 3, 23, 86.—

Samnītĭcus, a, um, adj., Samnite:

bellum,

Suet. Vit. 1; Flor. 1, 16, 2:

vasa,

Capitol. Pertin. 8.

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.

trunco, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [2. truncus], to maim, mutilate, mangle, or shorten by cutting off, to cut off (mostly poet. and in post-Aug. prose;

syn.: mutilo, amputo): truncata simulacra deum,

Liv. 31, 30, 7:

statuis regis truncatis,

id. 31, 23, 10:

truncat olus foliis,

strips, cuts off the leaves, Ov. M. 8, 647:

truncato ex vulneribus corpore,

Tac. A. 1, 17; cf. id. H. 3, 33:

truncatā corporis parte, partem corporis,

Just. 11, 14, 11; 15, 3, 4:

cadavera,

Luc. 6, 584:

caput,

id. 6, 566: lacertos, Claud. ap. Ruf. 2, 411:

frontem,

i. e. to deprive of an eye, Sil. 4, 541:

manibusque truncatus et armis,

deprived of his hands and weapons, Claud. B. Get. 88:

quia antiquum illud (signum) vetustate truncatum est,

Plin. Ep. 9, 39, 4:

truncatis arboribus,

Suet. Calig. 45 init. — Poet., transf.:

aquas,

to cut apart, rend asunder, separate, Claud. Gigant. 70:

heroos tenores gressu,

i. e. to shorten hexameters into pentameters, Stat. S. 2, 3, 98.—Pregn.:

cervos,

i. e. to kill, Val. Fl. 6, 567; Amm. 15, 4, 11. —

Trop.:

tunc omnibus fere membris erat truncata respublica,

Eum. Pan. Const. Caes. 10.

verber, ĕris (nom., dat., and acc. sing. do not occur, and the sing. in gen. very rarely; Neue, Formenl. 1, p. 476), n., a lash, whip, scourge, rod (syn.: scutica, flagrum),

Lit. (rare; perh. not in Cic., but cf. in II. B.).

Plur.: Tr. Quid me fiet nunc jam? Th. Verberibus caedere, lutum, pendens, Plaut. Most. 5, 2, 45:

verberibus caedere,

id. Pers. 2, 3, 17; Ter. And. 1, 2, 28:

adulescentem nudari jubet verberaque adferri,

Liv. 8, 28, 4:

verbera saetosa movebat arator,

Prop. 4 (5), 1, 25; Verg. A. 5, 147; Quint. Decl. 19, 3.—

Sing.:

illi instant verbere torto,

Verg. G. 3, 106:

Phoebus equos stimuloque domans et verbere Saevit,

Ov. M. 2, 399:

conscendit equos Gradivus et ictu Verberis increpuit,

id. ib. 14, 821:

pecora verbere domantur,

Sen. Const. 12, 3;

of a top: volitans sub verbere turbo,

Verg. A. 7, 378.—

Transf.

Concr., a thong of a sling and other similar missile weapons ( poet.;

syn. lorum),

Verg. G. 1, 309; Sil. 1, 314; Luc. 3, 469.—

Abstr., a lashing, scourging, flogging, etc. (class.; syn. plaga).

Lit.

Plur.:

dignus es verberibus multis,

Plaut. Mil. 2, 3, 71:

tibi erunt parata verba, huic homini verbera,

Ter. Heaut. 2, 3, 115:

mitto vincla, mitto carcerem, mitto verbera, mitto secures,

Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 24, § 59:

aliquem vinculis ac verberibus atque omni supplicio excruciare,

id. Imp. Pomp. 5, 11; id. Phil. 11, 2, 5; id. Rep. 1, 38, 59; 2, 37, 62; id. Fin. 5, 20, 55; id. Tusc. 3, 27, 64; XII. Tab. ap. Cic. Leg. 3, 3, 6; Quint. 1, 3, 15; 4, 2, 113; 11, 1, 40; 11, 3, 90; 11, 3, 117; Hor. S. 1, 3, 121:

cum positā stares ad verbera veste,

Ov. Am. 1, 6, 19:

saeva,

id. ib. 1, 13, 18:

tergum foedum vestigiis verberum,

Liv. 2, 23, 7:

post verbere,

Stat. Th. 2, 143; 2, 172.—

Sing.:

percutimur caput conversae verbere virgae,

Ov. M. 14, 300; Sen. Herc. Fur. 801.—

Of inanim. things, a stripe, stroke, blow (mostly [p. 1972] poet.).

Plur.:

turgentis caudae,

Hor. S. 2, 7, 49:

ventorum,

Lucr. 5, 957; 6, 115:

radiorum (solis),

id. 5, 485; 5, 1104:

aquarum,

Claud. Laud. Stil. 1, 288.—Of the strokes of oars:

puppis Verberibus senis agitur,

Luc. 3, 536; Sil. 11, 493; cf. Ov. H. 18, 23.—

Sing.:

remorum in verbere perstant,

Ov. M. 3, 662:

trementes Verbere ripae,

Hor. C. 3, 27, 24:

adverso siderum,

Plin. 2, 8, 6, § 33.—

Trop., plur., lashes, strokes:

contumeliarum verbera subire,

Cic. Rep. 1, 5, 9:

verbera linguae,

i. e. chidings, Hor. C. 3, 12, 3 (cf.:

verberari verbis, convicio, etc., under verbero): fortunae verbera,

the strokes of fate, Gell. 13, 27, 4.

vī̆bro, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. and n. [cf. Sanscr. vip, to tremble].

Act., to set in tremulous motion, to move rapidly to and fro, to brandish, shake, agitate (class.; syn.: quatio, ventilo).

Lit.:

hastas ante pugnam,

Cic. de Or. 2, 80, 325:

hastam,

id. Off. 2, 8, 29:

flamina vestes,

to cause to flutter, Ov. M. 1, 528:

faces,

Claud. Epith. 97:

multifidas linguas (draco),

Val. Fl. 1, 61:

tremor vibrat ossa,

makes tremble, Claud. Rapt. Pros. 3, 152:

viscera vibrantur (equitando),

are shaken about, Tac. A. 12, 51:

impositus scuto more gentis et sustinentium umeris vibratus, dux eligitur,

id. H. 4, 15:

digitis vibratis jactare sententias,

Quint. 11, 3, 120:

thyrsum manu,

Sen. Oedip. 420:

serpens squalidum crista caput vibrans,

id. Herc. Oet. 1254.— Poet.:

vibrata flammis aequora,

i. e. glimmering, sparkling, Val. Fl. 8, 306:

crines vibrati,

i. e. curled, frizzled, Verg. A. 12, 100; Plin. 2, 78, 80, § 189.—

Mid.: sic mea vibrari pallentia membra videres,

Ov. H. 11, 77.—

Transf., to throw with a vibratory motion, to launch, hurl:

sicas et spargere venena,

Cic. Cat. 2, 10, 23:

conferti et quasi cohaerentes tela vibrare non poterant,

Curt. 3, 11, 4:

tremulum excusso jaculum lacerto,

Ov. H. 4, 43:

per auras spicula,

id. M. 8, 374:

fulmina (Juppiter),

id. ib. 2, 308; cf.:

vibratus ab aethere fulgor,

Verg. A. 8, 524:

jaculum ex arborum ramis vibrari,

Plin. 8, 23, 35, § 85. —

Trop.

Of language, to fling, hurl, launch:

truces vibrare iambos,

Cat. 36, 5; cf. 2. vibratus, II.—

To threaten:

tela undique mortem vibrantia,

Amm. 31, 13, 2. —

Neutr., to be in tremulous motion, etc.

Lit.

In gen., to shake, quiver, vibrate, tremble:

linguā vibrante (serpentis),

Lucr. 3, 657; Ov. M. 3, 34:

terrae motus non simplici modo quatitur, sed tremit vibratque,

Plin. 2, 80, 82, § 194.—

Of the voice or sounds, to tremble:

(haec vox) sonat adhuc et vibrat in auribus meis,

Sen. Prov. 3, 3; cf.:

sonus lusciniae vibrans,

Plin. 10, 29, 43, § 82:

querelā adhuc vibrante,

Val. Max. 5, 3, 2:

ejusmodi fabulae vibrabant,

Petr. 47.—

To glimmer, glitter, gleam, scintillate, etc.:

mare, quā a sole collucet, albescit et vibrat,

Cic. Ac. 2, 33, 105: signa, Flor. 3, 11:

in tremulo vibrant incendia ponto,

Sil. 2, 664; Val. Fl. 2, 583; 2, 342; Claud. Rapt. Pros. 2, 2.—Of bright weapons:

juvenes Tela tenent dextrā lato vibrantia ferro,

Ov. M. 8, 342:

gladius,

Verg. A. 9, 769; cf.:

clipeum Vibranti medium cuspis transverberat ictu,

id. ib. 10, 484.—

Trop., of language:

cujus (Demosthenis) non tam vibrarent fulmina illa, nisi numeris contorta ferrentur,

would not have been hurled with such vigor, Cic. Or. 70, 234; cf.:

oratio incitata et vibrans,

id. Brut. 95, 326:

sententiae,

Quint. 10, 1, 60; 11, 3, 120. —Hence, vĭbrātus, a, um, P. a., impetuous, forcible:

iambus flammis fulminis vibratior,

Aus. Ep. 21, 5.