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  • 1 integer

    intĕger, tēgra, tēgrum (long e in intēgri, intēgros, etc., Lucr. 1, 927; Verg. E. 4, 5; Hor. S. 2, 2, 113 al.), adj. [2. in and root tag-, tango], untouched, unhurt, unchanged.
    I.
    Lit.
    A.
    Undiminished, whole, entire, complete, perfect:

    integer et plenus thensaurus,

    Plaut. Truc. 4, 12, 13:

    exercitus,

    id. Bacch. 4, 9, 148:

    annus,

    Cic. Prov. Cons. 8:

    quarum (sublicarum) pars inferior integra remanebat,

    Caes. B. G. 7, 35:

    integris bonis exulare,

    Suet. Caes. 42:

    nec superstes Integer,

    Hor. C. 2, 17, 7:

    puer malasque comamque Integer,

    with beard, and hair on his head, Stat. Th. 8, 487:

    signa (litterarum),

    unbroken, Cic. Cat. 3, 3, 6.— Adv.: ad integrum, wholly, entirely:

    corpore carens,

    Macr. Som. Scip. 1, 5. —
    B. 1.
    Absol.:

    adulescens cum sis, tum, cum est sanguis integer,

    Plaut. Merc. 3, 2, 7:

    aetas,

    Ter. And. 1, 1, 45:

    cum recentes atque integri defessis successissent,

    Caes. B. C. 3, 94;

    so opp. defessi,

    id. B. G. 7, 41;

    opp. defatigati,

    id. ib. 7, 48; 5, 16; id. B. C. 3, 40:

    integris viribus repugnare,

    id. B. G. 3, 4:

    si ad quietem integri iremus, opp. onustus cibo et vino,

    Cic. Div. 1, 29:

    integra valetudo,

    id. Fin. 2, 20, 64:

    integrum se salvumque velle,

    id. ib. 2, 11, 33:

    omnibus rebus integros incolumesque esse,

    id. Fam. 13, 4:

    florentes atque integri,

    id. Planc. 35:

    integros pro sauciis arcessere,

    Sall. C. 60, 4;

    so opp. saucius,

    Cic. Mur. 25, 50:

    Horatius,

    Liv. 1, 25:

    nasus,

    Juv. 15, 56; 10, 288;

    so opp. truncus,

    Plin. 7, 11, 10. §

    50: cecidit Cethegus integer, et jacuit Catilina cadavere toto,

    not mutilated, Juv. 10, 288:

    opes, opp. accisae,

    Hor. S. 2, 2, 113:

    mulier aetate integra,

    in the flower of her age, Ter. And. 1, 1, 45:

    corpora sana et integri sanguinis,

    Quint. 8 praef. § 19;

    tantum capite integro (opp. transfigurato),

    unchanged, Suet. Ner. 46:

    quam integerrimis corporibus cibum offerre,

    free from fever, Cels. 3, 4:

    antequam ex toto integer fiat,

    id. ib.:

    integra aetate ac valetudine,

    Suet. Tib. 10. —
    2.
    With gen.:

    integer aevi sanguis (= integri aevi sanguis, i. e. juvenilis vigor),

    Verg. A. 2, 638; 9, 255; Ov. M. 9, 441:

    integer annorum,

    Stat. Th. 1, 415 (cf. II. A. infra): deos aevi integros, Enn. ap. Serv. Verg. A. 9, 255 (Trag. v. 440 Vahl.). —
    3.
    With abl.:

    fama et fortunis integer,

    Sall. H 2, 41, 5:

    copiis integra (regio),

    id. ib. 1, 95:

    neque aetate neque corpore integer,

    Suet. Aug. 19: pectore maturo fuerat puer integer aevo, Ped. Albin. 3, 5:

    dum vernat sanguis, dum rugis integer annus,

    Prop. 4 (5), 5, 59.—
    4.
    With a ( ab) and abl. (rare):

    a populi suffragiis integer,

    i. e. who has not been rejected, Sall. H. 1, 52 D.:

    cohortes integrae ab labore,

    Caes. B. G. 3, 26:

    gens integra a cladibus belli,

    Liv. 9, 41, 8.—
    5.
    Esp. in phrase ad or in integrum (sc. statum), to a former condition or state:

    potius quam redeat ad integrum haec eadem oratio,

    i. e. to have the same story over again, Ter. Heaut. 5, 3, 8:

    quod te absente hic filius egit restitui in integrum aequum est,

    id. Phorm. 2, 4, 11:

    quos ego non idcirco esse arbitror in integrum restitutos,

    Cic. Clu. 36, 98; id. Fl. 32, 79:

    (judicia) in integrum restituit,

    Caes. B. C. 3, 1, 4. —
    C.
    Not worn, fresh, new, unused:

    ad integrum bellum cuncta parare,

    Sall. J. 73, 1:

    consilia,

    id. ib. 108, 2:

    pugnam edere,

    Liv. 8, 9, 13.—Hence, esp. adv.: de integro, ab integro, ex integro, anew, afresh:

    ut mihi de integro scribendi causa non sit,

    Cic. Att. 13, 27; id. Clu. 60, 167:

    acrius de integro obortum est bellum,

    Liv. 21, 8, 2:

    relata de integro res ad senatum,

    id. 21, 6, 5:

    columnam efficere ab integro novam,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 56, § 147:

    magnus ab integro saeclorum nascitur ordo,

    Verg. E. 4, 5:

    recipere ex integro vires,

    Quint. 10, 3, 20:

    navibus ex integro fabricatis,

    Suet. Aug. 16.—
    D.
    Untainted, fresh, sweet:

    ut anteponantur integra contaminatis,

    Cic. Top. 18, 69:

    fontes,

    Hor. C. 1, 26, 6:

    sapor,

    id. S. 2, 4, 54:

    aper, opp. vitiatus,

    id. ib. 2, 2, 91.—
    E.
    Not before attempted, fresh:

    ex integra Graeca integram comoediam Hodie sum acturus,

    Ter. Heaut. prol. 4:

    alias ut uti possim causa hac integra,

    this pretext as a fresh one, id. Hec. 1, 2, 5:

    eum Plautus locum reliquit integrum,

    not treated, not imitated, id. Ad. prol. 9.
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    Blameless, irreproachable, spotless, pure, honest, virtuous:

    cum illo nemo neque integrior esset in civitate, neque sanctior,

    Cic. de Or. 1, 53:

    (homines) integri, innocentes, religiosi,

    id. Verr. 2, 4, 4, § 7:

    integerrima vita,

    id. Planc. 1:

    incorrupti atque integri testes,

    id. Fin. 1, 21:

    vitae,

    Hor. C. 1, 22, 1:

    integer urbis,

    not spoiled by the city, untainted with city vices, Val. Fl. 2, 374:

    vir a multis vitiis integer, Sen. de Ira, 1, 18, 3.— Of female chastity: loquere filiam meam quis integram stupraverit,

    Plaut. Truc. 4, 3, 47:

    narratque, ut virgo ab se integra etiam tum siet,

    Ter. Hec. 1, 2, 70:

    quibus liberos conjugesque suas integras ab istius petulantia conservare non licitum est,

    Cic. Verr. 1, 5, 14:

    virgines,

    Cat. 61, 36.—
    B.
    Of the mind or disposition.
    1.
    Free from passion or prejudice, unbiassed, impartial: integrum se servare, to keep one's self neutral, Cic. Att. 7, 26, 2:

    arbiter,

    Juv. 8, 80:

    scopulis surdior Icari Voces audit, adhuc integer,

    untouched with love, heart-whole, Hor. C. 3, 7, 21:

    bracchia et vultum teretesque suras Integer laudo,

    id. ib. 2, 4, 21.—
    2.
    Healthy, sound, sane, unimpaired:

    animi,

    Hor. S. 2, 3, 220:

    mentis,

    id. ib. 2, 3, 65; cf.

    mens,

    id. C. 1, 31, 18:

    a conjuratione,

    without complicity in, Tac. A. 15, 52:

    integrius judicium a favore et odio,

    Liv. 45, 37, 8.—
    C.
    New to a thing, ignorant of it:

    rudem me discipulum, et integrum accipe,

    Cic. N. D. 3, 3:

    suffragiis integer,

    Sall. H. 1, 52 Dietsch—
    D.
    In which nothing has yet been done, undecided, undetermined:

    integram rem et causam relinquere,

    Cic. Att. 5, 21, 13:

    rem integram ad reditum suum jussit esse,

    id. Off. 2, 23, 82:

    integram omnem causam reservare alicui,

    id. Fam. 13, 4, 2:

    ea dicam, quae ipsi, re integra saepe dixi,

    id. Mur. 21:

    ut quam integerrima ad pacem essent omnia,

    Caes. B. C. 1, 85:

    offensiones,

    not yet cancelled, Tac. A. 3, 24:

    integrum est mihi,

    it is still in my power, I am at liberty, Cic. Att. 15, 23:

    loquor de legibus promulgatis, de quibus est integrum vobis,

    id. Phil. 1, 10:

    non est integrum, Cn. Pompeio consilio jam uti tuo,

    id. Pis. 24:

    ei ne integrum quidem erat, ut, etc.,

    id. Tusc. 5, 21, 62. —

    So, integrum dare,

    to grant full power, to leave at liberty, Cic. Part. 38. — Adv.: intĕgrē.
    1.
    Lit., wholly, entirely:

    mutare,

    Tac. H. 1, 52.—
    2.
    Trop.
    a.
    Irreproachably, honestly, justly:

    incorrupte atque integre judicare,

    Cic. Fin. 1, 9:

    in amicorum periculis caste integreque versatus,

    id. Imp. Pomp. 1. — Comp.: quid dici potest integrius, quid incorruptius, Cic. Mil. 22.— Sup.:

    Asiam integerrime administravit,

    Suet. Vesp. 4:

    procuratione integerrime functus,

    Plin. Ep. 7, 25. —
    b.
    Purely, correctly:

    integre et ample et ornate dicere,

    Cic. Opt. Gen. 4, 12:

    proprie atque integre loqui,

    Gell. 7, 11, 2.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > integer

  • 2 tragelaphos

    kind of wild goat or antelope; stag with beard like goat (horse-stag) (L+S)

    Latin-English dictionary > tragelaphos

  • 3 tragelaphus

    kind of wild goat or antelope; stag with beard like goat (horse-stag) (L+S)

    Latin-English dictionary > tragelaphus

  • 4 capella

        capella ae, f dim.    [caper], a she-goat, V.: graciles, O.—A piece of statuary, C.—Capella, a star in Auriga: sidus pluviale Capellae, O.: signum pluviale, O.
    * * *
    I
    chapel; choir; dirty fellow, old goat; man with a goat-like beard; body odor

    a capella -- unaccompanied (song); capella magister -- choirmaster

    II
    she-goat; meteor type; star in constellation Auriga (rising in rainy season); dirty fellow, old goat; man with a goat-like beard; body odor

    Latin-English dictionary > capella

  • 5 dubio

    dŭbĭus, a, um, adj. [for duhibius, duohabeo, held as two or double, i. e. doubtful; cf. dubito, Corss. Ausspr. 2, 1027].
    I.
    Moving in two directions alternately, vibrating to and fro, fluctuating (cf. ambiguus, anceps, incertus, perplexus, duplex).
    A.
    Lit. (very rare):

    ut vas non quit constare, nisi humor Destitit in dubio fluctu jactarier intus,

    Lucr. 6, 556; cf.:

    fluctibus dubiis volvi coeptum est mare,

    Liv. 37, 16, 4.—Far more freq. and class.,
    B.
    Trop., vacillating in mind, uncertain.
    1.
    Act.
    a.
    Wavering in opinion, doubting, doubtful, dubious, uncertain, = ambigens, haesitans, etc.:

    sin est is homo, anni multi me dubiam dant,

    Plaut. Ep. 4, 1, 17:

    quae res est, quae cujusquam animum in hac causa dubium facere possit?

    Cic. de Imp. Pomp. 10.— With an interrog. clause, A. and S. Gr. §

    213 R. 4 (1.): temptat dubiam mentem rationis egestas, ecquae nam fuerit mundi genitalis origo,

    Lucr. 5, 1211; cf.:

    equites procul visi ab dubiis, quinam essent,

    Liv. 4, 40:

    dubius sum, quid faciam,

    Hor. S. 1, 9, 40:

    dubius, unde rumperet silentium,

    id. Epod. 5, 85:

    spemque metumque inter dubii, seu vivere credant, Sive extrema pati,

    Verg. A. 1, 218; cf. Liv. 1, 42:

    Philippus non dubius, quin, etc.,

    id. 31, 42:

    haud dubius quin,

    id. 42, 14; Curt. 5, 12.—With acc. and inf.:

    dictator minime dubius, bellum cum his populis Patres jussuros,

    Liv. 6, 14; so,

    haud dubius,

    id. 31, 24; Curt. 9, 7:

    nec sum animi dubius, verbis ea vincere magnum Quam sit,

    well aware how hard it is, Verg. G. 3, 289; so,

    dubius with the genitives animi, Auct. B. Alex. 56, 2: mentis,

    Ov. F. 6, 572:

    consilii,

    Just. 2, 13:

    sententiae,

    Liv. 33, 25 Drak.:

    salutis,

    Ov. M. 15, 438:

    vitae,

    id. Tr. 3, 3, 25:

    fati,

    Luc. 7, 611 al.; cf. Zumpt, Gr. § 437; A. and S. Gr. § 213 R. 1 ( a.).—
    b.
    Wavering in resolution, irresolute, undecided (very rare):

    dubio atque haesitante Jugurtha incolumes transeunt,

    Sall. J. 107, 6; cf.

    hostes (opp. firmi),

    id. ib. 51 fin.:

    nutantes ac dubiae civitates,

    Suet. Caes. 4 fin.:

    quid faciat dubius,

    Ov. M. 8, 441.— Poet. transf.:

    cuspis,

    Sil. 4, 188.—
    2.
    Pass., that is doubted of, uncertain, doubtful, dubious, undetermined (so most freq. in all periods and kinds of composition):

    videsne igitur, quae dubia sint, ea sumi pro certis atque concessis?

    Cic. Div. 2, 51, 106; cf. id. ib. 2, 50 fin.; id. Fin. 4, 24, 67; id. de Or. 1, 20, 92; id. Mur. 32, 68; Quint. 3, 4, 8; 7, 8, 6:

    nihil aegrius est quam res secernere apertas Ab dubiis,

    Lucr. 4, 468 (cf. verba, vague language, opp. aperta, Quint. 7, 2, 48):

    jus, opp. certum,

    id. 12, 3, 6;

    opp. confessum,

    id. 7, 7, 7:

    in regno, ubi ne obscura quidem est aut dubia servitus,

    Cic. Rep. 1, 31:

    dubium vel anceps genus causarum,

    Quint. 4, 1, 40; cf. id. 9, 2, 69: dubii variique casus, Auct. ap. Cic. Clu. 21, 58:

    et incerta societas,

    Suet. Aug. 17 et saep.:

    quia sciebam dubiam esse fortunam scenicam, Ter. Hec. prol. alt. 8: salus (opp. aperta pernicies),

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

    spes pacis,

    id. Att. 8, 13:

    victoria,

    Caes. B. G. 7, 80, 6; cf.:

    victoria, praeda, laus,

    Sall. J. 85, 48:

    Marte,

    Vell. 2, 55, 3:

    spes armorum,

    id. 2, 71:

    discrimen pugnae,

    indecisive, Sil. 5, 519:

    proelia,

    Tac. G. 6:

    auctor,

    unknown, Ov. M. 12, 61 et saep.:

    an auspicia repetenda, ne quid dubiis diis agerem?

    i. e. unassured of their favor, Liv. 8, 32:

    dubii socii suspensaeque ex fortuna fidei (opp. fideles socii and certi hostes),

    id. 44, 18; cf. Caes. B. C. 1, 3, 5:

    Hispaniae,

    Tac. A. 3, 44; cf.:

    gens dubiae ad id voluntatis,

    Liv. 9, 15:

    lux,

    i. e. morning twilight, dawn, Ov. M. 11, 596:

    sidera,

    Juv. 5, 22; cf.

    nox,

    evening twilight, Ov. M. 4, 401:

    caelum,

    i. e. over cast, Verg. G. 1, 252:

    fulgor solis,

    Sen. Herc. Fur. 670; cf.:

    et quasi languidus dies,

    Plin. Ep. 6, 20, 6:

    dubiāque tegens lanugine malas,

    i. e. between down and a beard, Ov. M. 9, 398; 13, 754; cf.:

    dubia lanuginis umbra, Claud. Epith. Pall. et Cel. 42: vina,

    not sure to ripen, Plin. 18, 31, 74, § 319:

    consilia,

    wavering, Tac. Agr. 18 et saep.:

    hunc annum sequitur annus haud dubiis consulibus (shortly thereafter the contrary: Papirius Semproniusque, quorum de consulatu dubitabatur),

    Liv. 4, 8; so,

    haud dubius praetor,

    id. 39, 39 fin.:

    haud dubii hostes,

    open enemies, id. 37, 49:

    haud dubii Galli (opp. degeneres, mixti, Gallograeci vere),

    id. 38, 17: cena dubia, see below, II.—
    b.
    In the neutr. absol.
    (α).
    (Non, haud) dubium est, it is ( not, not at all) doubtful, uncertain, undecided. (aa) Absol.:

    si quid erit dubium,

    Plaut. Ep. 5, 1, 40:

    haud dubium id quidem est,

    id. Poen. 3, 4, 27; Ter. And. 2, 3, 25; cf.

    in the interrog.: o! dubiumne id est?

    Ter. Eun. 1, 2, 49; id. Heaut. 3, 3, 46; id. Phorm. 5, 2, 9; and with the dat.:

    an dubium id tibi est?

    Ter. Heaut. 5, 1, 38; Cic. Fam. 4, 15.—(bb) With de:

    de Pompeii exitu mihi dubium numquam fuit,

    Cic. Att. 11, 6, 5; so,

    de eorum jure,

    id. de Or. 1, 57:

    de re,

    Quint. 7, 3, 4; cf. id. 7, 6, 3.—(ng) With an interrog. clause:

    illud dubium (est), ad id, quod summum bonum dicitis, ecquaenam fieri possit accessio,

    Cic. Fin. 4, 24, 67; cf. Quint. 7, 9, 12:

    hoc ergo, credo, dubium est, uter nostrum sit verecundior,

    Cic. Ac. 2, 41, 126:

    hoc enim dubium est, utrum... an,

    Quint. 6, 3, 83:

    Ambiorix copias suas judicione non conduxerit... an tempore exclusus, dubium est,

    Caes. B. G. 6, 31, 1:

    an dubium vobis fuit inesse vis aliqua videretur necne?

    Cic. Caecin. 11, 31 et saep.—Since the Aug. per. freq. dubium, absol. and adv.:

    codicilli, dubium ad quem scripti,

    Quint. 7, 2, 52:

    quo postquam dubium pius an sceleratus, Orestes venerat,

    Ov. Tr. 4, 4, 69; Suet. Caes. 58; id. Aug. 28; id. Tib. 10; Flor. 1, 1, 12; 2, 14, 3:

    Erechtheus, Justitiā dubium validisne potentior armis,

    Ov. M. 6, 678; cf. id. Pont. 3, 1, 17:

    neque multo post exstincto Maximo, dubium an quaesita morte,

    Tac. A. 1, 5; Flor. 1, 1, 8; 4, 2, 91 al.—(dd) Non dubium est quin uxorem nolit filius, Ter. And. 1, 2, 1; id. Eun. 5, 6, 27; Cic. de Or. 2, 8, 32; id. Att. 13, 45; Quint. 11, 2, 10 et saep.:

    haud dubium est, quin,

    Ter. And. 2, 3, 17; 3, 2, 50; id. Ad. 5, 9, 19;

    and interrog.,

    Quint. 3, 2, 1; 10, 1, 5. —(ee) With acc. and inf.:

    periisso me una haud dubium est,

    Ter. Hec. 3, 1, 46; so Liv. 38, 6; Suet. Caes. 52 fin.; cf.

    interrog.: an dubium tibi est, eam esse hanc?

    Plaut. Mil. 2, 5, 9.—Ellipt.:

    si exploratum tibi sit posse te, etc., non esse cunctandum: si dubium sit, non esse conandum,

    Cic. Fam. 1, 7, 5.—
    (β).
    Dubium habere, to regard as uncertain, to doubt:

    an tu dubium habebis, etiam sancte quom jurem tibi?

    Plaut. Capt. 4, 2, 112:

    an dubium habetis, num obficere quid vobis possit? etc.,

    Sall. H. Fragm. III. 61, 8 Dietsch; cf.:

    haec habere dubia, neque, etc.,

    Cic. Ac. 2, 9 fin. —
    (γ).
    In dubium:

    in dubium vocare,

    to call in question, Cic. de Or. 2, 34; cf.: illud me dixisse nemo vocabit in dubium, Asin. Pollio ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 31, 5. Vid. also under 3. b.:

    venire in dubium,

    Cic. Quint. 2; id. ib. 21, 67; Liv. 3, 13; cf.:

    alii non veniunt in dubium de voluntate,

    i. e. there is no doubt what their wish is, Cic. Att. 11, 15, 2. Vid. also under 3. b.—
    (δ).
    In dubio, in doubt, in question, undetermined:

    dum in dubio est animus,

    Ter. And. 1, 5, 31; cf. Luc. 7, 247:

    in dubioque fuere utrorum ad regna cadendum esset, etc.,

    Lucr. 3, 836; cf. id. 1085; Quint. 7, 9, 9:

    aestate potius quam hieme dandum, non est in dubio,

    Plin. 25, 5, 24, § 59 et saep.:

    ut in dubio poneret, utrum... an, etc.,

    Liv. 34, 5. Vid. also 3. b.—
    (ε).
    Sine dubio, without doubt, doubtless, indisputably, certainly (very freq.; in Cic. more than twenty times; not in Caes. and Sall.): Th. Numquid dubitas quin? etc. Gn. Sine dubio, opinor, Ter. Eun. 5, 9, 14; Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 2; 47; id. Cat. 2, 1; id. Balb. 24, 55; id. Tusc. 2, 7, 18; id. Off. 1, 29, 102; id. N. D. 1, 9, 23; id. Att. 1, 19, 2 et saep. Vid. the passages in Stuerenb. Cic. Off. p. 134 sq. Sometimes, esp. in Quint., with adversative particles: sed, verum, at, etc., no doubt, doubtless... but, yet, etc.: cum te togatis omnibus sine dubio anteferret... sed, etc.. Cic. N. D. 1, 21, 58; so with sed, id. de Or, 3, 57; Quint. 1, 6, 38; 5, 10, 53; 6, 3, 64;

    with sed tamen,

    id. 12, 6, 7;

    with tamen,

    id. 3, 8, 21; 5, 7, 28; 6, 4, 12;

    with verum,

    id. 8 prooem. § 33;

    with at,

    id. 8, 3, 67;

    with autem,

    id. 1, 6, 12 Spald.—
    (ζ).
    Procul dubio, beyond question, undoubtedly (very rare), Lucr. 3, 638; Liv. 39, 40 fin.; Plin. 18, 21, 50, § 187; and:

    dubio procul,

    Lucr. 1, 812; 2, 261.—
    3.
    Meton., like anceps (4), doubtful, dubious, i. e. precarious, dangerous, critical, difficult (freq. but mostly poet.):

    res dubias, egenas, inopiosas consili,

    critical condition, Plaut. Poen. 1, 1, 2; so,

    res,

    id. Capt. 2, 3, 46; id. Most. 5, 1, 1; Sall. C. 10, 2; 39, 3; id. J. 14, 5; Liv. 2, 50 fin.; Tac. A. 2, 62; Verg. A. 6, 196; 11, 445 al.; cf.

    pericla (with advorsae res),

    Lucr. 3, 55; 1076:

    tempora (opp. secunda),

    Hor. C. 4, 9, 36:

    mons erat ascensu dubius,

    Prop. 4, 4, 83; cf.:

    quae (loca) dubia nisu videbantur,

    Sall. J. 94, 2.—
    b.
    In the neutr. absol. (i. q. discrimen, II. B. 2, and periculum):

    mea quidem hercle certe in dubio vita est,

    is in danger, Ter. And. 2, 2, 10 Ruhnk.; Sall. C. 52, 6; cf. Ov. Am. 2, 13, 2:

    sese suas exercitusque fortunas in dubium non devocaturum,

    Caes. B. G. 6, 7, 6; cf. Cic. Caecin. 27, 76:

    tua fama et gnatae vita in dubium veniet,

    Ter. Ad. 3, 2, 42; cf. id. ib. 2, 2, 35; Ov. H. 16, 138 Loers.— Plur. as subst.:

    hinc Italae gentes in dubiis responsa petunt,

    Verg. A. 7, 86:

    mens dubiis percussa pavet,

    Luc. 6, 596.
    II.
    For the syn. varius, manifold, various (only in the foll. passages): o multimodis variūm et dubiūm et prosperūm copem diem, Pac. ap. Non. 84, 23 (Trag. Rel. p. 115, ed. Rib.). And so prob. is to be explained dubia cena, a multifarious, richly provided supper, Ter. Ph. 2, 2, 28 (for the subjoined explanation of Terence: ubi tu dubites, quid sumas potissimum, is only outwardly adapted to the meaning of dubius); so,

    dubia cena,

    Hor. S. 2, 2, 77; and:

    fercula dubiae cenae,

    Aus. Mos. 102; Hier. Ep. 22, no. 16.—Hence, adv., in two forms.
    (α).
    dŭbĭe (acc. to I. B. 1.), doubtfully, dubiously (not in Plaut., Ter., or Caes.):

    potest accidere, ut aliquod signum dubie datum pro certo sit acceptum,

    Cic. Div. 1, 55.—Esp. freq. (particularly since the Aug. per.) with negatives: haud (rarely non) dubie, undoubtedly, indisputably, positively, certainly:

    etsi non dubie mihi nuntiabatur Parthos transisse Euphratem, tamen, etc.,

    Cic. Fam. 15, 1 (nowhere else as an adv. in Cic.):

    non dubie,

    Quint. 7, 2, 6; 9, 4, 67; Front. Strat. 2, 3, 16; and with sed (cf. dubius, I. B. 2. b. e), Quint. 11, 2, 1; so,

    too, nec dubie,

    Liv. 2, 23 fin.; Quint. 2, 14, 2;

    and with verum,

    id. 3, 4, 1;

    with sed,

    Tac. A. 4, 19 fin.: haud dubie jam victor, [p. 615] Sall. J. 102, 1 (cf. on the contrary in Cic.: sine ulla dubitatione hostis, Phil. 14, 4, 10; cf. Liv. 3, 38; Cic. Cat. 4, 3, 5); so,

    haud dubie,

    Liv. 1, 9; 13; 3, 24; 38; 53; 4, 2; 23; 5, 10 fin.; 33 fin.; 49 fin. et saep. (about 70 times; see the passages in Stuerenb. Cic. Off. p. 138); Quint. 10, 1, 85; Tac. A. 2, 43; 88; id. H. 1, 7; 46; 72; 3, 86; 4, 27 fin.; 80; id. G. 28; Suet. Caes. 55; id. Calig. 9; id. Galb. 2; Vulg. Lev. 13, 43.—
    (β).
    dubio = dubie, App. M. 9, 2.

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  • 6 dubium

    dŭbĭus, a, um, adj. [for duhibius, duohabeo, held as two or double, i. e. doubtful; cf. dubito, Corss. Ausspr. 2, 1027].
    I.
    Moving in two directions alternately, vibrating to and fro, fluctuating (cf. ambiguus, anceps, incertus, perplexus, duplex).
    A.
    Lit. (very rare):

    ut vas non quit constare, nisi humor Destitit in dubio fluctu jactarier intus,

    Lucr. 6, 556; cf.:

    fluctibus dubiis volvi coeptum est mare,

    Liv. 37, 16, 4.—Far more freq. and class.,
    B.
    Trop., vacillating in mind, uncertain.
    1.
    Act.
    a.
    Wavering in opinion, doubting, doubtful, dubious, uncertain, = ambigens, haesitans, etc.:

    sin est is homo, anni multi me dubiam dant,

    Plaut. Ep. 4, 1, 17:

    quae res est, quae cujusquam animum in hac causa dubium facere possit?

    Cic. de Imp. Pomp. 10.— With an interrog. clause, A. and S. Gr. §

    213 R. 4 (1.): temptat dubiam mentem rationis egestas, ecquae nam fuerit mundi genitalis origo,

    Lucr. 5, 1211; cf.:

    equites procul visi ab dubiis, quinam essent,

    Liv. 4, 40:

    dubius sum, quid faciam,

    Hor. S. 1, 9, 40:

    dubius, unde rumperet silentium,

    id. Epod. 5, 85:

    spemque metumque inter dubii, seu vivere credant, Sive extrema pati,

    Verg. A. 1, 218; cf. Liv. 1, 42:

    Philippus non dubius, quin, etc.,

    id. 31, 42:

    haud dubius quin,

    id. 42, 14; Curt. 5, 12.—With acc. and inf.:

    dictator minime dubius, bellum cum his populis Patres jussuros,

    Liv. 6, 14; so,

    haud dubius,

    id. 31, 24; Curt. 9, 7:

    nec sum animi dubius, verbis ea vincere magnum Quam sit,

    well aware how hard it is, Verg. G. 3, 289; so,

    dubius with the genitives animi, Auct. B. Alex. 56, 2: mentis,

    Ov. F. 6, 572:

    consilii,

    Just. 2, 13:

    sententiae,

    Liv. 33, 25 Drak.:

    salutis,

    Ov. M. 15, 438:

    vitae,

    id. Tr. 3, 3, 25:

    fati,

    Luc. 7, 611 al.; cf. Zumpt, Gr. § 437; A. and S. Gr. § 213 R. 1 ( a.).—
    b.
    Wavering in resolution, irresolute, undecided (very rare):

    dubio atque haesitante Jugurtha incolumes transeunt,

    Sall. J. 107, 6; cf.

    hostes (opp. firmi),

    id. ib. 51 fin.:

    nutantes ac dubiae civitates,

    Suet. Caes. 4 fin.:

    quid faciat dubius,

    Ov. M. 8, 441.— Poet. transf.:

    cuspis,

    Sil. 4, 188.—
    2.
    Pass., that is doubted of, uncertain, doubtful, dubious, undetermined (so most freq. in all periods and kinds of composition):

    videsne igitur, quae dubia sint, ea sumi pro certis atque concessis?

    Cic. Div. 2, 51, 106; cf. id. ib. 2, 50 fin.; id. Fin. 4, 24, 67; id. de Or. 1, 20, 92; id. Mur. 32, 68; Quint. 3, 4, 8; 7, 8, 6:

    nihil aegrius est quam res secernere apertas Ab dubiis,

    Lucr. 4, 468 (cf. verba, vague language, opp. aperta, Quint. 7, 2, 48):

    jus, opp. certum,

    id. 12, 3, 6;

    opp. confessum,

    id. 7, 7, 7:

    in regno, ubi ne obscura quidem est aut dubia servitus,

    Cic. Rep. 1, 31:

    dubium vel anceps genus causarum,

    Quint. 4, 1, 40; cf. id. 9, 2, 69: dubii variique casus, Auct. ap. Cic. Clu. 21, 58:

    et incerta societas,

    Suet. Aug. 17 et saep.:

    quia sciebam dubiam esse fortunam scenicam, Ter. Hec. prol. alt. 8: salus (opp. aperta pernicies),

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

    spes pacis,

    id. Att. 8, 13:

    victoria,

    Caes. B. G. 7, 80, 6; cf.:

    victoria, praeda, laus,

    Sall. J. 85, 48:

    Marte,

    Vell. 2, 55, 3:

    spes armorum,

    id. 2, 71:

    discrimen pugnae,

    indecisive, Sil. 5, 519:

    proelia,

    Tac. G. 6:

    auctor,

    unknown, Ov. M. 12, 61 et saep.:

    an auspicia repetenda, ne quid dubiis diis agerem?

    i. e. unassured of their favor, Liv. 8, 32:

    dubii socii suspensaeque ex fortuna fidei (opp. fideles socii and certi hostes),

    id. 44, 18; cf. Caes. B. C. 1, 3, 5:

    Hispaniae,

    Tac. A. 3, 44; cf.:

    gens dubiae ad id voluntatis,

    Liv. 9, 15:

    lux,

    i. e. morning twilight, dawn, Ov. M. 11, 596:

    sidera,

    Juv. 5, 22; cf.

    nox,

    evening twilight, Ov. M. 4, 401:

    caelum,

    i. e. over cast, Verg. G. 1, 252:

    fulgor solis,

    Sen. Herc. Fur. 670; cf.:

    et quasi languidus dies,

    Plin. Ep. 6, 20, 6:

    dubiāque tegens lanugine malas,

    i. e. between down and a beard, Ov. M. 9, 398; 13, 754; cf.:

    dubia lanuginis umbra, Claud. Epith. Pall. et Cel. 42: vina,

    not sure to ripen, Plin. 18, 31, 74, § 319:

    consilia,

    wavering, Tac. Agr. 18 et saep.:

    hunc annum sequitur annus haud dubiis consulibus (shortly thereafter the contrary: Papirius Semproniusque, quorum de consulatu dubitabatur),

    Liv. 4, 8; so,

    haud dubius praetor,

    id. 39, 39 fin.:

    haud dubii hostes,

    open enemies, id. 37, 49:

    haud dubii Galli (opp. degeneres, mixti, Gallograeci vere),

    id. 38, 17: cena dubia, see below, II.—
    b.
    In the neutr. absol.
    (α).
    (Non, haud) dubium est, it is ( not, not at all) doubtful, uncertain, undecided. (aa) Absol.:

    si quid erit dubium,

    Plaut. Ep. 5, 1, 40:

    haud dubium id quidem est,

    id. Poen. 3, 4, 27; Ter. And. 2, 3, 25; cf.

    in the interrog.: o! dubiumne id est?

    Ter. Eun. 1, 2, 49; id. Heaut. 3, 3, 46; id. Phorm. 5, 2, 9; and with the dat.:

    an dubium id tibi est?

    Ter. Heaut. 5, 1, 38; Cic. Fam. 4, 15.—(bb) With de:

    de Pompeii exitu mihi dubium numquam fuit,

    Cic. Att. 11, 6, 5; so,

    de eorum jure,

    id. de Or. 1, 57:

    de re,

    Quint. 7, 3, 4; cf. id. 7, 6, 3.—(ng) With an interrog. clause:

    illud dubium (est), ad id, quod summum bonum dicitis, ecquaenam fieri possit accessio,

    Cic. Fin. 4, 24, 67; cf. Quint. 7, 9, 12:

    hoc ergo, credo, dubium est, uter nostrum sit verecundior,

    Cic. Ac. 2, 41, 126:

    hoc enim dubium est, utrum... an,

    Quint. 6, 3, 83:

    Ambiorix copias suas judicione non conduxerit... an tempore exclusus, dubium est,

    Caes. B. G. 6, 31, 1:

    an dubium vobis fuit inesse vis aliqua videretur necne?

    Cic. Caecin. 11, 31 et saep.—Since the Aug. per. freq. dubium, absol. and adv.:

    codicilli, dubium ad quem scripti,

    Quint. 7, 2, 52:

    quo postquam dubium pius an sceleratus, Orestes venerat,

    Ov. Tr. 4, 4, 69; Suet. Caes. 58; id. Aug. 28; id. Tib. 10; Flor. 1, 1, 12; 2, 14, 3:

    Erechtheus, Justitiā dubium validisne potentior armis,

    Ov. M. 6, 678; cf. id. Pont. 3, 1, 17:

    neque multo post exstincto Maximo, dubium an quaesita morte,

    Tac. A. 1, 5; Flor. 1, 1, 8; 4, 2, 91 al.—(dd) Non dubium est quin uxorem nolit filius, Ter. And. 1, 2, 1; id. Eun. 5, 6, 27; Cic. de Or. 2, 8, 32; id. Att. 13, 45; Quint. 11, 2, 10 et saep.:

    haud dubium est, quin,

    Ter. And. 2, 3, 17; 3, 2, 50; id. Ad. 5, 9, 19;

    and interrog.,

    Quint. 3, 2, 1; 10, 1, 5. —(ee) With acc. and inf.:

    periisso me una haud dubium est,

    Ter. Hec. 3, 1, 46; so Liv. 38, 6; Suet. Caes. 52 fin.; cf.

    interrog.: an dubium tibi est, eam esse hanc?

    Plaut. Mil. 2, 5, 9.—Ellipt.:

    si exploratum tibi sit posse te, etc., non esse cunctandum: si dubium sit, non esse conandum,

    Cic. Fam. 1, 7, 5.—
    (β).
    Dubium habere, to regard as uncertain, to doubt:

    an tu dubium habebis, etiam sancte quom jurem tibi?

    Plaut. Capt. 4, 2, 112:

    an dubium habetis, num obficere quid vobis possit? etc.,

    Sall. H. Fragm. III. 61, 8 Dietsch; cf.:

    haec habere dubia, neque, etc.,

    Cic. Ac. 2, 9 fin. —
    (γ).
    In dubium:

    in dubium vocare,

    to call in question, Cic. de Or. 2, 34; cf.: illud me dixisse nemo vocabit in dubium, Asin. Pollio ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 31, 5. Vid. also under 3. b.:

    venire in dubium,

    Cic. Quint. 2; id. ib. 21, 67; Liv. 3, 13; cf.:

    alii non veniunt in dubium de voluntate,

    i. e. there is no doubt what their wish is, Cic. Att. 11, 15, 2. Vid. also under 3. b.—
    (δ).
    In dubio, in doubt, in question, undetermined:

    dum in dubio est animus,

    Ter. And. 1, 5, 31; cf. Luc. 7, 247:

    in dubioque fuere utrorum ad regna cadendum esset, etc.,

    Lucr. 3, 836; cf. id. 1085; Quint. 7, 9, 9:

    aestate potius quam hieme dandum, non est in dubio,

    Plin. 25, 5, 24, § 59 et saep.:

    ut in dubio poneret, utrum... an, etc.,

    Liv. 34, 5. Vid. also 3. b.—
    (ε).
    Sine dubio, without doubt, doubtless, indisputably, certainly (very freq.; in Cic. more than twenty times; not in Caes. and Sall.): Th. Numquid dubitas quin? etc. Gn. Sine dubio, opinor, Ter. Eun. 5, 9, 14; Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 2; 47; id. Cat. 2, 1; id. Balb. 24, 55; id. Tusc. 2, 7, 18; id. Off. 1, 29, 102; id. N. D. 1, 9, 23; id. Att. 1, 19, 2 et saep. Vid. the passages in Stuerenb. Cic. Off. p. 134 sq. Sometimes, esp. in Quint., with adversative particles: sed, verum, at, etc., no doubt, doubtless... but, yet, etc.: cum te togatis omnibus sine dubio anteferret... sed, etc.. Cic. N. D. 1, 21, 58; so with sed, id. de Or, 3, 57; Quint. 1, 6, 38; 5, 10, 53; 6, 3, 64;

    with sed tamen,

    id. 12, 6, 7;

    with tamen,

    id. 3, 8, 21; 5, 7, 28; 6, 4, 12;

    with verum,

    id. 8 prooem. § 33;

    with at,

    id. 8, 3, 67;

    with autem,

    id. 1, 6, 12 Spald.—
    (ζ).
    Procul dubio, beyond question, undoubtedly (very rare), Lucr. 3, 638; Liv. 39, 40 fin.; Plin. 18, 21, 50, § 187; and:

    dubio procul,

    Lucr. 1, 812; 2, 261.—
    3.
    Meton., like anceps (4), doubtful, dubious, i. e. precarious, dangerous, critical, difficult (freq. but mostly poet.):

    res dubias, egenas, inopiosas consili,

    critical condition, Plaut. Poen. 1, 1, 2; so,

    res,

    id. Capt. 2, 3, 46; id. Most. 5, 1, 1; Sall. C. 10, 2; 39, 3; id. J. 14, 5; Liv. 2, 50 fin.; Tac. A. 2, 62; Verg. A. 6, 196; 11, 445 al.; cf.

    pericla (with advorsae res),

    Lucr. 3, 55; 1076:

    tempora (opp. secunda),

    Hor. C. 4, 9, 36:

    mons erat ascensu dubius,

    Prop. 4, 4, 83; cf.:

    quae (loca) dubia nisu videbantur,

    Sall. J. 94, 2.—
    b.
    In the neutr. absol. (i. q. discrimen, II. B. 2, and periculum):

    mea quidem hercle certe in dubio vita est,

    is in danger, Ter. And. 2, 2, 10 Ruhnk.; Sall. C. 52, 6; cf. Ov. Am. 2, 13, 2:

    sese suas exercitusque fortunas in dubium non devocaturum,

    Caes. B. G. 6, 7, 6; cf. Cic. Caecin. 27, 76:

    tua fama et gnatae vita in dubium veniet,

    Ter. Ad. 3, 2, 42; cf. id. ib. 2, 2, 35; Ov. H. 16, 138 Loers.— Plur. as subst.:

    hinc Italae gentes in dubiis responsa petunt,

    Verg. A. 7, 86:

    mens dubiis percussa pavet,

    Luc. 6, 596.
    II.
    For the syn. varius, manifold, various (only in the foll. passages): o multimodis variūm et dubiūm et prosperūm copem diem, Pac. ap. Non. 84, 23 (Trag. Rel. p. 115, ed. Rib.). And so prob. is to be explained dubia cena, a multifarious, richly provided supper, Ter. Ph. 2, 2, 28 (for the subjoined explanation of Terence: ubi tu dubites, quid sumas potissimum, is only outwardly adapted to the meaning of dubius); so,

    dubia cena,

    Hor. S. 2, 2, 77; and:

    fercula dubiae cenae,

    Aus. Mos. 102; Hier. Ep. 22, no. 16.—Hence, adv., in two forms.
    (α).
    dŭbĭe (acc. to I. B. 1.), doubtfully, dubiously (not in Plaut., Ter., or Caes.):

    potest accidere, ut aliquod signum dubie datum pro certo sit acceptum,

    Cic. Div. 1, 55.—Esp. freq. (particularly since the Aug. per.) with negatives: haud (rarely non) dubie, undoubtedly, indisputably, positively, certainly:

    etsi non dubie mihi nuntiabatur Parthos transisse Euphratem, tamen, etc.,

    Cic. Fam. 15, 1 (nowhere else as an adv. in Cic.):

    non dubie,

    Quint. 7, 2, 6; 9, 4, 67; Front. Strat. 2, 3, 16; and with sed (cf. dubius, I. B. 2. b. e), Quint. 11, 2, 1; so,

    too, nec dubie,

    Liv. 2, 23 fin.; Quint. 2, 14, 2;

    and with verum,

    id. 3, 4, 1;

    with sed,

    Tac. A. 4, 19 fin.: haud dubie jam victor, [p. 615] Sall. J. 102, 1 (cf. on the contrary in Cic.: sine ulla dubitatione hostis, Phil. 14, 4, 10; cf. Liv. 3, 38; Cic. Cat. 4, 3, 5); so,

    haud dubie,

    Liv. 1, 9; 13; 3, 24; 38; 53; 4, 2; 23; 5, 10 fin.; 33 fin.; 49 fin. et saep. (about 70 times; see the passages in Stuerenb. Cic. Off. p. 138); Quint. 10, 1, 85; Tac. A. 2, 43; 88; id. H. 1, 7; 46; 72; 3, 86; 4, 27 fin.; 80; id. G. 28; Suet. Caes. 55; id. Calig. 9; id. Galb. 2; Vulg. Lev. 13, 43.—
    (β).
    dubio = dubie, App. M. 9, 2.

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  • 7 dubius

    dŭbĭus, a, um, adj. [for duhibius, duohabeo, held as two or double, i. e. doubtful; cf. dubito, Corss. Ausspr. 2, 1027].
    I.
    Moving in two directions alternately, vibrating to and fro, fluctuating (cf. ambiguus, anceps, incertus, perplexus, duplex).
    A.
    Lit. (very rare):

    ut vas non quit constare, nisi humor Destitit in dubio fluctu jactarier intus,

    Lucr. 6, 556; cf.:

    fluctibus dubiis volvi coeptum est mare,

    Liv. 37, 16, 4.—Far more freq. and class.,
    B.
    Trop., vacillating in mind, uncertain.
    1.
    Act.
    a.
    Wavering in opinion, doubting, doubtful, dubious, uncertain, = ambigens, haesitans, etc.:

    sin est is homo, anni multi me dubiam dant,

    Plaut. Ep. 4, 1, 17:

    quae res est, quae cujusquam animum in hac causa dubium facere possit?

    Cic. de Imp. Pomp. 10.— With an interrog. clause, A. and S. Gr. §

    213 R. 4 (1.): temptat dubiam mentem rationis egestas, ecquae nam fuerit mundi genitalis origo,

    Lucr. 5, 1211; cf.:

    equites procul visi ab dubiis, quinam essent,

    Liv. 4, 40:

    dubius sum, quid faciam,

    Hor. S. 1, 9, 40:

    dubius, unde rumperet silentium,

    id. Epod. 5, 85:

    spemque metumque inter dubii, seu vivere credant, Sive extrema pati,

    Verg. A. 1, 218; cf. Liv. 1, 42:

    Philippus non dubius, quin, etc.,

    id. 31, 42:

    haud dubius quin,

    id. 42, 14; Curt. 5, 12.—With acc. and inf.:

    dictator minime dubius, bellum cum his populis Patres jussuros,

    Liv. 6, 14; so,

    haud dubius,

    id. 31, 24; Curt. 9, 7:

    nec sum animi dubius, verbis ea vincere magnum Quam sit,

    well aware how hard it is, Verg. G. 3, 289; so,

    dubius with the genitives animi, Auct. B. Alex. 56, 2: mentis,

    Ov. F. 6, 572:

    consilii,

    Just. 2, 13:

    sententiae,

    Liv. 33, 25 Drak.:

    salutis,

    Ov. M. 15, 438:

    vitae,

    id. Tr. 3, 3, 25:

    fati,

    Luc. 7, 611 al.; cf. Zumpt, Gr. § 437; A. and S. Gr. § 213 R. 1 ( a.).—
    b.
    Wavering in resolution, irresolute, undecided (very rare):

    dubio atque haesitante Jugurtha incolumes transeunt,

    Sall. J. 107, 6; cf.

    hostes (opp. firmi),

    id. ib. 51 fin.:

    nutantes ac dubiae civitates,

    Suet. Caes. 4 fin.:

    quid faciat dubius,

    Ov. M. 8, 441.— Poet. transf.:

    cuspis,

    Sil. 4, 188.—
    2.
    Pass., that is doubted of, uncertain, doubtful, dubious, undetermined (so most freq. in all periods and kinds of composition):

    videsne igitur, quae dubia sint, ea sumi pro certis atque concessis?

    Cic. Div. 2, 51, 106; cf. id. ib. 2, 50 fin.; id. Fin. 4, 24, 67; id. de Or. 1, 20, 92; id. Mur. 32, 68; Quint. 3, 4, 8; 7, 8, 6:

    nihil aegrius est quam res secernere apertas Ab dubiis,

    Lucr. 4, 468 (cf. verba, vague language, opp. aperta, Quint. 7, 2, 48):

    jus, opp. certum,

    id. 12, 3, 6;

    opp. confessum,

    id. 7, 7, 7:

    in regno, ubi ne obscura quidem est aut dubia servitus,

    Cic. Rep. 1, 31:

    dubium vel anceps genus causarum,

    Quint. 4, 1, 40; cf. id. 9, 2, 69: dubii variique casus, Auct. ap. Cic. Clu. 21, 58:

    et incerta societas,

    Suet. Aug. 17 et saep.:

    quia sciebam dubiam esse fortunam scenicam, Ter. Hec. prol. alt. 8: salus (opp. aperta pernicies),

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

    spes pacis,

    id. Att. 8, 13:

    victoria,

    Caes. B. G. 7, 80, 6; cf.:

    victoria, praeda, laus,

    Sall. J. 85, 48:

    Marte,

    Vell. 2, 55, 3:

    spes armorum,

    id. 2, 71:

    discrimen pugnae,

    indecisive, Sil. 5, 519:

    proelia,

    Tac. G. 6:

    auctor,

    unknown, Ov. M. 12, 61 et saep.:

    an auspicia repetenda, ne quid dubiis diis agerem?

    i. e. unassured of their favor, Liv. 8, 32:

    dubii socii suspensaeque ex fortuna fidei (opp. fideles socii and certi hostes),

    id. 44, 18; cf. Caes. B. C. 1, 3, 5:

    Hispaniae,

    Tac. A. 3, 44; cf.:

    gens dubiae ad id voluntatis,

    Liv. 9, 15:

    lux,

    i. e. morning twilight, dawn, Ov. M. 11, 596:

    sidera,

    Juv. 5, 22; cf.

    nox,

    evening twilight, Ov. M. 4, 401:

    caelum,

    i. e. over cast, Verg. G. 1, 252:

    fulgor solis,

    Sen. Herc. Fur. 670; cf.:

    et quasi languidus dies,

    Plin. Ep. 6, 20, 6:

    dubiāque tegens lanugine malas,

    i. e. between down and a beard, Ov. M. 9, 398; 13, 754; cf.:

    dubia lanuginis umbra, Claud. Epith. Pall. et Cel. 42: vina,

    not sure to ripen, Plin. 18, 31, 74, § 319:

    consilia,

    wavering, Tac. Agr. 18 et saep.:

    hunc annum sequitur annus haud dubiis consulibus (shortly thereafter the contrary: Papirius Semproniusque, quorum de consulatu dubitabatur),

    Liv. 4, 8; so,

    haud dubius praetor,

    id. 39, 39 fin.:

    haud dubii hostes,

    open enemies, id. 37, 49:

    haud dubii Galli (opp. degeneres, mixti, Gallograeci vere),

    id. 38, 17: cena dubia, see below, II.—
    b.
    In the neutr. absol.
    (α).
    (Non, haud) dubium est, it is ( not, not at all) doubtful, uncertain, undecided. (aa) Absol.:

    si quid erit dubium,

    Plaut. Ep. 5, 1, 40:

    haud dubium id quidem est,

    id. Poen. 3, 4, 27; Ter. And. 2, 3, 25; cf.

    in the interrog.: o! dubiumne id est?

    Ter. Eun. 1, 2, 49; id. Heaut. 3, 3, 46; id. Phorm. 5, 2, 9; and with the dat.:

    an dubium id tibi est?

    Ter. Heaut. 5, 1, 38; Cic. Fam. 4, 15.—(bb) With de:

    de Pompeii exitu mihi dubium numquam fuit,

    Cic. Att. 11, 6, 5; so,

    de eorum jure,

    id. de Or. 1, 57:

    de re,

    Quint. 7, 3, 4; cf. id. 7, 6, 3.—(ng) With an interrog. clause:

    illud dubium (est), ad id, quod summum bonum dicitis, ecquaenam fieri possit accessio,

    Cic. Fin. 4, 24, 67; cf. Quint. 7, 9, 12:

    hoc ergo, credo, dubium est, uter nostrum sit verecundior,

    Cic. Ac. 2, 41, 126:

    hoc enim dubium est, utrum... an,

    Quint. 6, 3, 83:

    Ambiorix copias suas judicione non conduxerit... an tempore exclusus, dubium est,

    Caes. B. G. 6, 31, 1:

    an dubium vobis fuit inesse vis aliqua videretur necne?

    Cic. Caecin. 11, 31 et saep.—Since the Aug. per. freq. dubium, absol. and adv.:

    codicilli, dubium ad quem scripti,

    Quint. 7, 2, 52:

    quo postquam dubium pius an sceleratus, Orestes venerat,

    Ov. Tr. 4, 4, 69; Suet. Caes. 58; id. Aug. 28; id. Tib. 10; Flor. 1, 1, 12; 2, 14, 3:

    Erechtheus, Justitiā dubium validisne potentior armis,

    Ov. M. 6, 678; cf. id. Pont. 3, 1, 17:

    neque multo post exstincto Maximo, dubium an quaesita morte,

    Tac. A. 1, 5; Flor. 1, 1, 8; 4, 2, 91 al.—(dd) Non dubium est quin uxorem nolit filius, Ter. And. 1, 2, 1; id. Eun. 5, 6, 27; Cic. de Or. 2, 8, 32; id. Att. 13, 45; Quint. 11, 2, 10 et saep.:

    haud dubium est, quin,

    Ter. And. 2, 3, 17; 3, 2, 50; id. Ad. 5, 9, 19;

    and interrog.,

    Quint. 3, 2, 1; 10, 1, 5. —(ee) With acc. and inf.:

    periisso me una haud dubium est,

    Ter. Hec. 3, 1, 46; so Liv. 38, 6; Suet. Caes. 52 fin.; cf.

    interrog.: an dubium tibi est, eam esse hanc?

    Plaut. Mil. 2, 5, 9.—Ellipt.:

    si exploratum tibi sit posse te, etc., non esse cunctandum: si dubium sit, non esse conandum,

    Cic. Fam. 1, 7, 5.—
    (β).
    Dubium habere, to regard as uncertain, to doubt:

    an tu dubium habebis, etiam sancte quom jurem tibi?

    Plaut. Capt. 4, 2, 112:

    an dubium habetis, num obficere quid vobis possit? etc.,

    Sall. H. Fragm. III. 61, 8 Dietsch; cf.:

    haec habere dubia, neque, etc.,

    Cic. Ac. 2, 9 fin. —
    (γ).
    In dubium:

    in dubium vocare,

    to call in question, Cic. de Or. 2, 34; cf.: illud me dixisse nemo vocabit in dubium, Asin. Pollio ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 31, 5. Vid. also under 3. b.:

    venire in dubium,

    Cic. Quint. 2; id. ib. 21, 67; Liv. 3, 13; cf.:

    alii non veniunt in dubium de voluntate,

    i. e. there is no doubt what their wish is, Cic. Att. 11, 15, 2. Vid. also under 3. b.—
    (δ).
    In dubio, in doubt, in question, undetermined:

    dum in dubio est animus,

    Ter. And. 1, 5, 31; cf. Luc. 7, 247:

    in dubioque fuere utrorum ad regna cadendum esset, etc.,

    Lucr. 3, 836; cf. id. 1085; Quint. 7, 9, 9:

    aestate potius quam hieme dandum, non est in dubio,

    Plin. 25, 5, 24, § 59 et saep.:

    ut in dubio poneret, utrum... an, etc.,

    Liv. 34, 5. Vid. also 3. b.—
    (ε).
    Sine dubio, without doubt, doubtless, indisputably, certainly (very freq.; in Cic. more than twenty times; not in Caes. and Sall.): Th. Numquid dubitas quin? etc. Gn. Sine dubio, opinor, Ter. Eun. 5, 9, 14; Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 2; 47; id. Cat. 2, 1; id. Balb. 24, 55; id. Tusc. 2, 7, 18; id. Off. 1, 29, 102; id. N. D. 1, 9, 23; id. Att. 1, 19, 2 et saep. Vid. the passages in Stuerenb. Cic. Off. p. 134 sq. Sometimes, esp. in Quint., with adversative particles: sed, verum, at, etc., no doubt, doubtless... but, yet, etc.: cum te togatis omnibus sine dubio anteferret... sed, etc.. Cic. N. D. 1, 21, 58; so with sed, id. de Or, 3, 57; Quint. 1, 6, 38; 5, 10, 53; 6, 3, 64;

    with sed tamen,

    id. 12, 6, 7;

    with tamen,

    id. 3, 8, 21; 5, 7, 28; 6, 4, 12;

    with verum,

    id. 8 prooem. § 33;

    with at,

    id. 8, 3, 67;

    with autem,

    id. 1, 6, 12 Spald.—
    (ζ).
    Procul dubio, beyond question, undoubtedly (very rare), Lucr. 3, 638; Liv. 39, 40 fin.; Plin. 18, 21, 50, § 187; and:

    dubio procul,

    Lucr. 1, 812; 2, 261.—
    3.
    Meton., like anceps (4), doubtful, dubious, i. e. precarious, dangerous, critical, difficult (freq. but mostly poet.):

    res dubias, egenas, inopiosas consili,

    critical condition, Plaut. Poen. 1, 1, 2; so,

    res,

    id. Capt. 2, 3, 46; id. Most. 5, 1, 1; Sall. C. 10, 2; 39, 3; id. J. 14, 5; Liv. 2, 50 fin.; Tac. A. 2, 62; Verg. A. 6, 196; 11, 445 al.; cf.

    pericla (with advorsae res),

    Lucr. 3, 55; 1076:

    tempora (opp. secunda),

    Hor. C. 4, 9, 36:

    mons erat ascensu dubius,

    Prop. 4, 4, 83; cf.:

    quae (loca) dubia nisu videbantur,

    Sall. J. 94, 2.—
    b.
    In the neutr. absol. (i. q. discrimen, II. B. 2, and periculum):

    mea quidem hercle certe in dubio vita est,

    is in danger, Ter. And. 2, 2, 10 Ruhnk.; Sall. C. 52, 6; cf. Ov. Am. 2, 13, 2:

    sese suas exercitusque fortunas in dubium non devocaturum,

    Caes. B. G. 6, 7, 6; cf. Cic. Caecin. 27, 76:

    tua fama et gnatae vita in dubium veniet,

    Ter. Ad. 3, 2, 42; cf. id. ib. 2, 2, 35; Ov. H. 16, 138 Loers.— Plur. as subst.:

    hinc Italae gentes in dubiis responsa petunt,

    Verg. A. 7, 86:

    mens dubiis percussa pavet,

    Luc. 6, 596.
    II.
    For the syn. varius, manifold, various (only in the foll. passages): o multimodis variūm et dubiūm et prosperūm copem diem, Pac. ap. Non. 84, 23 (Trag. Rel. p. 115, ed. Rib.). And so prob. is to be explained dubia cena, a multifarious, richly provided supper, Ter. Ph. 2, 2, 28 (for the subjoined explanation of Terence: ubi tu dubites, quid sumas potissimum, is only outwardly adapted to the meaning of dubius); so,

    dubia cena,

    Hor. S. 2, 2, 77; and:

    fercula dubiae cenae,

    Aus. Mos. 102; Hier. Ep. 22, no. 16.—Hence, adv., in two forms.
    (α).
    dŭbĭe (acc. to I. B. 1.), doubtfully, dubiously (not in Plaut., Ter., or Caes.):

    potest accidere, ut aliquod signum dubie datum pro certo sit acceptum,

    Cic. Div. 1, 55.—Esp. freq. (particularly since the Aug. per.) with negatives: haud (rarely non) dubie, undoubtedly, indisputably, positively, certainly:

    etsi non dubie mihi nuntiabatur Parthos transisse Euphratem, tamen, etc.,

    Cic. Fam. 15, 1 (nowhere else as an adv. in Cic.):

    non dubie,

    Quint. 7, 2, 6; 9, 4, 67; Front. Strat. 2, 3, 16; and with sed (cf. dubius, I. B. 2. b. e), Quint. 11, 2, 1; so,

    too, nec dubie,

    Liv. 2, 23 fin.; Quint. 2, 14, 2;

    and with verum,

    id. 3, 4, 1;

    with sed,

    Tac. A. 4, 19 fin.: haud dubie jam victor, [p. 615] Sall. J. 102, 1 (cf. on the contrary in Cic.: sine ulla dubitatione hostis, Phil. 14, 4, 10; cf. Liv. 3, 38; Cic. Cat. 4, 3, 5); so,

    haud dubie,

    Liv. 1, 9; 13; 3, 24; 38; 53; 4, 2; 23; 5, 10 fin.; 33 fin.; 49 fin. et saep. (about 70 times; see the passages in Stuerenb. Cic. Off. p. 138); Quint. 10, 1, 85; Tac. A. 2, 43; 88; id. H. 1, 7; 46; 72; 3, 86; 4, 27 fin.; 80; id. G. 28; Suet. Caes. 55; id. Calig. 9; id. Galb. 2; Vulg. Lev. 13, 43.—
    (β).
    dubio = dubie, App. M. 9, 2.

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  • 8 barbātulus

        barbātulus adj. dim.    [barbatus], with a small beard: mulli: iuvenes, i. e. foppish.
    * * *
    barbatula, barbatulum ADJ
    having small/foppish beard

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  • 9 florentes

    flōrĕo, ŭi, 2, v. n. [flos], to bloom, blossom, flower (class.; esp. freq. in the trop. sense; cf.: floresco, vigeo).
    I.
    Lit.:

    per terras frondent atque omnia florent,

    Lucr. 5, 214: florere omnia, Poët. ap. Cic. Tusc. 1, 28, 69:

    haec arbor una (lentiscus) ter floret,

    Cic. Div. 1, 9, 16:

    possetne uno tempore florere, deinde vicissim horrere terra?

    id. N. D. 2, 7, 19:

    imputata floret usque vinea,

    Hor. Epod. 16, 44:

    vinea, segetes,

    Ov. F. 5, 263 sq.:

    narcisso floreat alnus,

    Verg. E. 8, 52:

    florentes ferulae,

    id. ib. 10, 25.— Poet.:

    si bene floreat annus,

    Ov. F. 5, 327.—
    B.
    Transf.
    1.
    (Acc. to flos, I. B.) Of wine, to froth:

    si vinum florere incipiet,

    Col. 12, 30, 1:

    vina quoque in magnis operose condita cellis Florent,

    Ov. F. 5, 270.—
    2.
    To get the first downy beard:

    libat florentes haec tibi prima (dies) genas,

    Mart. 3, 6, 4.—
    3.
    To be filled with, to abound with any thing (ante-class. and poet.): mare velis florere videres, Cato ap. Charis. p. 185; cf.:

    mare velivolis florebat puppibus,

    Lucr. 5, 1442; cf.:

    hinc laetas urbes pueris florere videmus,

    id. 1, 255 Lachm.:

    Hybla multis thymis,

    Ov. P. 2, 7, 26:

    jam pridem regio... undat equis floretque viris,

    Val. Fl. 1, 547.—
    4.
    To bloom, i. e. to be bright with varied colors:

    pampineo gravidus autumno Floret ager, of the ripening fruits,

    Verg. G. 2, 6;

    of an army on the march: variis floret via discolor armis,

    Val. Fl. 5, 565; cf.:

    floret cristatus exercitus undique turmis,

    Claud. III. Cons. Hon. 133.—
    5.
    To be bright (cf. P. a. infra):

    lumina floruisse,

    Tert. Apol. 11:

    caelum luminibus floruisset,

    id. adv. Marc. 4, 42.—
    II. A.
    Of persons and animate things.
    (α).
    With abl.:

    in sua patria multis virtutibus ac beneficiis floruit princeps,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 49, § 128:

    privatis officiis et ingenii laude floruit,

    id. de Or. 3, 2, 7:

    omni genere virtutis,

    id. Brut. 7, 28:

    cum acumine ingenii tum admirabili quodam lepore dicendi,

    id. Ac. 2, 6, 16:

    honoribus et rerum gestarum gloriā,

    id. de Or. 1, 1, 1:

    gratiā, auctoritate, gloriā,

    id. Fam. 4, 13, 2:

    laudibus,

    id. ib. 9, 14, 2:

    nobilitate discipulorum,

    id. de Or. 3, 35, 141:

    omnibus copiis (Crotoniatae),

    id. Inv. 2, 1, 1:

    tria genera dicendi, quibus quidam floruerunt,

    id. Or. 5, 20.—
    (β).
    With in and abl.:

    in re militari Epaminondas,

    Nep. Epam. 5:

    ille vir, qui in Curia, in Rostris, in re publica floruisset, etc.,

    Cic. Cael. 24, 59:

    in foro,

    id. Ac. 2, 1, 1:

    in sententis senatoriis et in omni actione atque administratione rei publicae,

    id. Fam. 1, 9, 2:

    in senectute,

    id. Lael. 1, 4.—
    (γ).
    Absol.:

    ergo in Graecia musici floruerunt,

    Cic. Tusc. 1, 2, 4; id. Ac. 2, 6, 16; cf.:

    floret Epicurus,

    id. Off. 3, 33, 116:

    qui inter illos florebas,

    id. Quint. 26, 80:

    cum multis simul floruit,

    Quint. 3, 1, 9:

    floruit circa Philippum,

    id. 12, 10. 6:

    circum tribus actis impiger annis Floret equus,

    is in his bloom, prime, Lucr. 5, 884.—
    B.
    Of inanim. and abstr. things.
    (α).
    With abl.:

    illa vetus (Graecia), quae quondam opibus, imperio, gloria floruit, hoc uno malo concidit,

    Cic. Fl. 7, 16: familia, quae postea viris fortissimis floruit. id. Phil. 9, 2, 4:

    doctissimorum hominum familiaritates, quibus semper domus nostra floruit,

    id. N. D. 1, 3, 6; id. Font. 14, 31:

    meus ad urbem accessus incredibili hominum multitudine et gratulatione florebat,

    id. Sest. 63, 131:

    aliquid floret laudibus,

    Lucr. 5, 1279.—
    (β).
    Absol.:

    quae (magna Graecia) nunc quidem deleta est, tunc florebat,

    Cic. Lael. 4, 13:

    quae familia admodum floruit,

    Suet. Ner. 6:

    quorum auctoritas maxime florebat,

    Cic. Rep. 2, 34:

    gloria generis floret,

    id. Fl. 11, 25:

    verborum vetus interit aetas, Et juvenum ritu florent modo nata vigentque,

    Hor. A. P. 62:

    aetherii dono cessere parentes Aeternum florere genas,

    to shine in perpetual bloom, perpetual youth, Stat. Th. 1, 705.—Hence, flō-rens, entis, P. a.
    A.
    Lit., shining, glistening, glittering, bright ( poet. and in postclass. prose):

    Ennius et Lucretius florere dicunt omne quod nitidum est,

    Serv. Verg. A. 7, 804:

    lucernarum florentia lumina flammis,

    Lucr. 4, 450; so,

    smaragdi arcano igne,

    Stat. Th. 2, 276:

    postes arcano lumine,

    id. ib. 1, 210:

    catervae aere,

    Verg. A. 7, 804:

    exercitus insignibus argenteis et aureis,

    Gell. 5, 5, 2.—
    2.
    Abounding in flowers:

    vertice de summo semper florentis Hymetti,

    Ov. M. 7, 702.— Subst.: florens, ntis, f., a garland:

    do hanc tibi florentem florenti,

    Plaut. Pers. 5, 1, 18 (cf. B. 1. b infra).—
    B.
    Trop. (acc. to II.), flourishing, prosperous, in the prime, in repute, fine, excellent.
    1.
    Of animate things.
    (α).
    With abl.:

    complecti hominem florentem aetate, opibus, honoribus, ingenio, liberis, propinquis, affinibus, amicis,

    Cic. Fam. 2, 13, 2:

    gratia atque hospitiis florens hominum nobilissimorum,

    id. Rosc. Am. 6, 15:

    regina Berenice florens aetate formaque,

    Tac. H. 2, 81; cf.:

    ambo florentes aetatibus,

    Verg. E. 7, 4.—
    (β).
    Absol.:

    qui te beatum, qui florentem putas,

    Cic. Par. 2, 18:

    quos ego florentis atque integros sine ferro viceram,

    id. Planc. 35, 86:

    oratores florentes et leviter ornati,

    id. Or. 6, 20:

    florens et illustris adolescens,

    Caes. B. G. 7, 32, 4: exorta semper florentis Homeri species, Enn. ap. Lucr. 1, 124.— Plur. as subst.: flōrentes, um, the prosperous (opp. afflicti), Nep. Att. 11, 4.—
    2.
    Of inanim. and abstr. things.
    (α).
    With abl.:

    florentes viribus anni,

    Sil. 1, 226; so,

    anni vigore,

    Petr. 132:

    animus vino,

    joyous, Gell. 6, 13, 4.—
    (β).
    Absol.:

    (majores nostri) ex minima tenuissimaque re publica maximam et florentissimam nobis reliquerunt,

    Cic. Rosc. Am. 18, 50; cf.:

    civitas (Ubiorum) ampla atque florens,

    Caes. B. G. 4, 3, 3:

    invidetur praestanti florentique fortunae,

    Cic. de Or. 2, 52, 210:

    florens amicitia (opp. afflicta),

    id. Quint. 30, 93:

    quod eo consilio florentissimis rebus domos suas Helvetii reliquissent, uti, etc.,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 30, 3; cf.:

    neu florentes res suas cum Jugurthae perditis misceret,

    Sall. J. 83, 1:

    florentes Etruscorum opes,

    Liv. 1, 2, 3:

    florentissima Samnitium castra,

    Cic. Div. 1, 33, 72:

    equus florenti aetate,

    Lucr. 5, 1074:

    aevo florente puellae,

    id. 3, 1008; cf.:

    adhuc florente juventa Fervidus,

    Hor. A. P. 115:

    florentissima ejus erat aetas,

    Liv. 30, 12, 17: nostrum opus tibi probari laetor: ex quo anthê ipsa posuisti, quae mihi florentiora sunt visa tuo judicio, Cic. Att. 16, 11, 1; cf.:

    modus nullus est florentior in singulis verbis (quam translatio),

    id. de Or. 3, 41, 166; id. Or. 27, 96:

    oratio florentissima,

    Gell. 15, 28, 5; cf.

    also: florentis facundiae homo,

    id. 19, 9, 2 — Adv.: flōrenter, flourishingly, famously (late Lat.): florentissime docet, i. e. with great repute, celebrity, Hier. Chron. Euseb. an. 358.

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  • 10 floreo

    flōrĕo, ŭi, 2, v. n. [flos], to bloom, blossom, flower (class.; esp. freq. in the trop. sense; cf.: floresco, vigeo).
    I.
    Lit.:

    per terras frondent atque omnia florent,

    Lucr. 5, 214: florere omnia, Poët. ap. Cic. Tusc. 1, 28, 69:

    haec arbor una (lentiscus) ter floret,

    Cic. Div. 1, 9, 16:

    possetne uno tempore florere, deinde vicissim horrere terra?

    id. N. D. 2, 7, 19:

    imputata floret usque vinea,

    Hor. Epod. 16, 44:

    vinea, segetes,

    Ov. F. 5, 263 sq.:

    narcisso floreat alnus,

    Verg. E. 8, 52:

    florentes ferulae,

    id. ib. 10, 25.— Poet.:

    si bene floreat annus,

    Ov. F. 5, 327.—
    B.
    Transf.
    1.
    (Acc. to flos, I. B.) Of wine, to froth:

    si vinum florere incipiet,

    Col. 12, 30, 1:

    vina quoque in magnis operose condita cellis Florent,

    Ov. F. 5, 270.—
    2.
    To get the first downy beard:

    libat florentes haec tibi prima (dies) genas,

    Mart. 3, 6, 4.—
    3.
    To be filled with, to abound with any thing (ante-class. and poet.): mare velis florere videres, Cato ap. Charis. p. 185; cf.:

    mare velivolis florebat puppibus,

    Lucr. 5, 1442; cf.:

    hinc laetas urbes pueris florere videmus,

    id. 1, 255 Lachm.:

    Hybla multis thymis,

    Ov. P. 2, 7, 26:

    jam pridem regio... undat equis floretque viris,

    Val. Fl. 1, 547.—
    4.
    To bloom, i. e. to be bright with varied colors:

    pampineo gravidus autumno Floret ager, of the ripening fruits,

    Verg. G. 2, 6;

    of an army on the march: variis floret via discolor armis,

    Val. Fl. 5, 565; cf.:

    floret cristatus exercitus undique turmis,

    Claud. III. Cons. Hon. 133.—
    5.
    To be bright (cf. P. a. infra):

    lumina floruisse,

    Tert. Apol. 11:

    caelum luminibus floruisset,

    id. adv. Marc. 4, 42.—
    II. A.
    Of persons and animate things.
    (α).
    With abl.:

    in sua patria multis virtutibus ac beneficiis floruit princeps,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 49, § 128:

    privatis officiis et ingenii laude floruit,

    id. de Or. 3, 2, 7:

    omni genere virtutis,

    id. Brut. 7, 28:

    cum acumine ingenii tum admirabili quodam lepore dicendi,

    id. Ac. 2, 6, 16:

    honoribus et rerum gestarum gloriā,

    id. de Or. 1, 1, 1:

    gratiā, auctoritate, gloriā,

    id. Fam. 4, 13, 2:

    laudibus,

    id. ib. 9, 14, 2:

    nobilitate discipulorum,

    id. de Or. 3, 35, 141:

    omnibus copiis (Crotoniatae),

    id. Inv. 2, 1, 1:

    tria genera dicendi, quibus quidam floruerunt,

    id. Or. 5, 20.—
    (β).
    With in and abl.:

    in re militari Epaminondas,

    Nep. Epam. 5:

    ille vir, qui in Curia, in Rostris, in re publica floruisset, etc.,

    Cic. Cael. 24, 59:

    in foro,

    id. Ac. 2, 1, 1:

    in sententis senatoriis et in omni actione atque administratione rei publicae,

    id. Fam. 1, 9, 2:

    in senectute,

    id. Lael. 1, 4.—
    (γ).
    Absol.:

    ergo in Graecia musici floruerunt,

    Cic. Tusc. 1, 2, 4; id. Ac. 2, 6, 16; cf.:

    floret Epicurus,

    id. Off. 3, 33, 116:

    qui inter illos florebas,

    id. Quint. 26, 80:

    cum multis simul floruit,

    Quint. 3, 1, 9:

    floruit circa Philippum,

    id. 12, 10. 6:

    circum tribus actis impiger annis Floret equus,

    is in his bloom, prime, Lucr. 5, 884.—
    B.
    Of inanim. and abstr. things.
    (α).
    With abl.:

    illa vetus (Graecia), quae quondam opibus, imperio, gloria floruit, hoc uno malo concidit,

    Cic. Fl. 7, 16: familia, quae postea viris fortissimis floruit. id. Phil. 9, 2, 4:

    doctissimorum hominum familiaritates, quibus semper domus nostra floruit,

    id. N. D. 1, 3, 6; id. Font. 14, 31:

    meus ad urbem accessus incredibili hominum multitudine et gratulatione florebat,

    id. Sest. 63, 131:

    aliquid floret laudibus,

    Lucr. 5, 1279.—
    (β).
    Absol.:

    quae (magna Graecia) nunc quidem deleta est, tunc florebat,

    Cic. Lael. 4, 13:

    quae familia admodum floruit,

    Suet. Ner. 6:

    quorum auctoritas maxime florebat,

    Cic. Rep. 2, 34:

    gloria generis floret,

    id. Fl. 11, 25:

    verborum vetus interit aetas, Et juvenum ritu florent modo nata vigentque,

    Hor. A. P. 62:

    aetherii dono cessere parentes Aeternum florere genas,

    to shine in perpetual bloom, perpetual youth, Stat. Th. 1, 705.—Hence, flō-rens, entis, P. a.
    A.
    Lit., shining, glistening, glittering, bright ( poet. and in postclass. prose):

    Ennius et Lucretius florere dicunt omne quod nitidum est,

    Serv. Verg. A. 7, 804:

    lucernarum florentia lumina flammis,

    Lucr. 4, 450; so,

    smaragdi arcano igne,

    Stat. Th. 2, 276:

    postes arcano lumine,

    id. ib. 1, 210:

    catervae aere,

    Verg. A. 7, 804:

    exercitus insignibus argenteis et aureis,

    Gell. 5, 5, 2.—
    2.
    Abounding in flowers:

    vertice de summo semper florentis Hymetti,

    Ov. M. 7, 702.— Subst.: florens, ntis, f., a garland:

    do hanc tibi florentem florenti,

    Plaut. Pers. 5, 1, 18 (cf. B. 1. b infra).—
    B.
    Trop. (acc. to II.), flourishing, prosperous, in the prime, in repute, fine, excellent.
    1.
    Of animate things.
    (α).
    With abl.:

    complecti hominem florentem aetate, opibus, honoribus, ingenio, liberis, propinquis, affinibus, amicis,

    Cic. Fam. 2, 13, 2:

    gratia atque hospitiis florens hominum nobilissimorum,

    id. Rosc. Am. 6, 15:

    regina Berenice florens aetate formaque,

    Tac. H. 2, 81; cf.:

    ambo florentes aetatibus,

    Verg. E. 7, 4.—
    (β).
    Absol.:

    qui te beatum, qui florentem putas,

    Cic. Par. 2, 18:

    quos ego florentis atque integros sine ferro viceram,

    id. Planc. 35, 86:

    oratores florentes et leviter ornati,

    id. Or. 6, 20:

    florens et illustris adolescens,

    Caes. B. G. 7, 32, 4: exorta semper florentis Homeri species, Enn. ap. Lucr. 1, 124.— Plur. as subst.: flōrentes, um, the prosperous (opp. afflicti), Nep. Att. 11, 4.—
    2.
    Of inanim. and abstr. things.
    (α).
    With abl.:

    florentes viribus anni,

    Sil. 1, 226; so,

    anni vigore,

    Petr. 132:

    animus vino,

    joyous, Gell. 6, 13, 4.—
    (β).
    Absol.:

    (majores nostri) ex minima tenuissimaque re publica maximam et florentissimam nobis reliquerunt,

    Cic. Rosc. Am. 18, 50; cf.:

    civitas (Ubiorum) ampla atque florens,

    Caes. B. G. 4, 3, 3:

    invidetur praestanti florentique fortunae,

    Cic. de Or. 2, 52, 210:

    florens amicitia (opp. afflicta),

    id. Quint. 30, 93:

    quod eo consilio florentissimis rebus domos suas Helvetii reliquissent, uti, etc.,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 30, 3; cf.:

    neu florentes res suas cum Jugurthae perditis misceret,

    Sall. J. 83, 1:

    florentes Etruscorum opes,

    Liv. 1, 2, 3:

    florentissima Samnitium castra,

    Cic. Div. 1, 33, 72:

    equus florenti aetate,

    Lucr. 5, 1074:

    aevo florente puellae,

    id. 3, 1008; cf.:

    adhuc florente juventa Fervidus,

    Hor. A. P. 115:

    florentissima ejus erat aetas,

    Liv. 30, 12, 17: nostrum opus tibi probari laetor: ex quo anthê ipsa posuisti, quae mihi florentiora sunt visa tuo judicio, Cic. Att. 16, 11, 1; cf.:

    modus nullus est florentior in singulis verbis (quam translatio),

    id. de Or. 3, 41, 166; id. Or. 27, 96:

    oratio florentissima,

    Gell. 15, 28, 5; cf.

    also: florentis facundiae homo,

    id. 19, 9, 2 — Adv.: flōrenter, flourishingly, famously (late Lat.): florentissime docet, i. e. with great repute, celebrity, Hier. Chron. Euseb. an. 358.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > floreo

  • 11 pono

    pōno, pŏsŭi (Plaut. posīvi), pŏsĭtum, 3 (old form of perf. POSEIVEI, Inscr. Orell. 3308:

    posivi,

    Plaut. Ps. 5, 1, 35: posivimus, id. Fragm. ap. Prisc. p. 898 P.:

    posiverunt, Cato, R. R. praef. 1: posiveris,

    id. ib. 4, 1; Plaut. Trin. 1, 2, 108: POSIER unt, Inscr. Orell. 5061:

    POSIT, contr. from posivit,

    ib. 71; 732; 1475; 3087 al.; part. perf. sync. postus, a, um, Lucr. 1, 1059; 3, 87; 6, 965), v. a. [for posno, posino, from old prep. port, = proti, pros, and sino; cf.: porricio, pollingo, etc., and v. pro, sino], to put or set down a person or thing, to put, place, set, lay, etc. (syn.: colloco, statuo); constr. with acc. alone, or with in and abl., or with adv. of place; sometimes with in and acc., or absol.; v. infra.
    I.
    Lit.
    A.
    In gen.:

    tabulas in aerario ponere,

    Caes. B. C. 3, 108:

    castra,

    to pitch, id. ib. 1, 65 fin.:

    castra iniquo loco,

    id. ib. 1, 81:

    milia passuum tria ab eorum castris castra ponit,

    id. B. G. 1, 22 fin.: qui indicabantur, in senatu sunt positi, Cic. Fragm. ap. Quint. 9, 3, 50:

    tabulas obsignatas in publico,

    Cic. Fl. 9, 21:

    sejuges in Capitolio aurati a P. Cornelio positi,

    Liv. 38, 35, 4:

    tyrannicidae imago in gymnasio ponatur,

    Quint. 7, 7, 5; cf. id. 1, 7, 12:

    collum in Pulvere,

    Hor. C. 4, 6, 11; cf.:

    artus in litore ponunt,

    Verg. A. 1, 173; and with simple abl.:

    saxo posuit latus,

    Val. Fl. 4, 378:

    in curulibus sellis sese posuerunt,

    seated themselves, Flor. 1, 13.—With in and acc.: hodierno die primum longo intervallo in possessionem libertatis pedem ponimus, Cic. Phil. 3, 11, 28 B. and K. (Klotz, possessione):

    Cyzici in Prytaneum vasa aurea mensae unius posuit,

    Liv. 41, 20, 7 Weissenb. ad loc.:

    stipes erat, quem... in flammam triplices posuere sorores,

    Ov. M. 8, 452:

    omnia pone feros in ignes,

    id. R. Am. 719:

    oleas in solem,

    Cato, R. R. 7:

    coronam in caput,

    Gell. 3, 15, 3.—With sub and abl.:

    pone sub curru nimium propinqui,

    Hor. C. 1, 22, 21:

    fundamenta,

    Vulg. 1 Esd. 6, 3:

    ubi pedem poneret non habebat,

    might set his foot, Cic. Fin. 4, 25, 69:

    genu or genua,

    to bow the knee, to kneel, Ov. F. 2, 438; 5, 507; Curt. 8, 7, 13:

    num genu posuit? num vocem supplicem misit?

    id. 4, 6, 28:

    oculos,

    to cast one's eyes on, Vulg. Jer. 24, 6:

    faciem,

    to turn one's face, id. ib. 42, 15.—
    B.
    In partic.
    1.
    In milit. lang., to place, post, set, station a body of troops:

    ibi praesidium ponit,

    Caes. B. G. 2, 5:

    praesidium ibi,

    id. B. C. 1, 47 fin.:

    legionem tuendae orae maritimae causā,

    id. ib. 3, 34:

    insidias contra aliquem,

    Cic. Agr. 2, 18, 49.—
    2.
    To set up, erect, build (mostly poet.):

    opus,

    Ov. M. 8, 160:

    templa,

    Verg. A. 6, 19:

    aras,

    id. ib. 3, 404:

    tropaeum,

    Nep. Dat. 8, 3; so,

    in inscrr., of erecting monuments of any kind: POSVIT, PONENDVM CVRAVIT (usu. abbreviated P. C.), etc.: columna rostrata quae est Duilio in foro posita,

    in honor of Duilius, Quint. 1, 7, 12.—
    3.
    Hence, poet., to form, fashion works of art:

    Alcimedon duo pocula fecit... Orpheaque in medio posuit,

    Verg. E. 3, 46:

    hic saxo liquidis ille coloribus Sollers nunc hominem ponere, nunc deum,

    Hor. C. 4, 8, 8.—
    4.
    To set, set out, plant trees, etc. ( poet. and in postAug. prose;

    syn.: planto, sero): pone ordine vites,

    Verg. E. 1, 74:

    vitem,

    Col. 4, 1; cf.:

    ille et nefasto te (arbor) posuit die,

    planted thee, Hor. C. 2, 13, 1.—
    5.
    To lay, stake, wager, as a forfeit; to lay down, propose, as a prize: pono pallium;

    Ille suum anulum opposuit,

    Plaut. Curc. 2, 3, 76:

    pocula fagina,

    Verg. E. 3, 36:

    invitat pretiis animos et praemia ponit,

    id. A. 5, 292:

    praemia,

    id. ib. 5, 486:

    praemium,

    Liv. 41, 23, 10.—
    6.
    In business lang., to put out at interest, to loan, to invest (less freq. than collocare): pecuniam in praedio ponere, Cic. Tull. § 15 Orell.; cf.:

    pecuniam apud aliquem,

    id. Verr. 2, 3, 70, § 165:

    dives positis in fenore nummis,

    Hor. A. P. 421:

    pecuniam Quaerit Kalendis ponere,

    id. Epod. 2, 70.—
    7.
    To place, set, appoint a person as a watch or guard, accuser, etc. (less freq. than apponere):

    Dumnorigi custodes ponit, ut, quae agat, scire possit,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 20 fin.:

    custos frumento publico est positus,

    Cic. Fl. 19, 45: alicui accusatorem, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 12, 3:

    puer super hoc positus officium,

    Petr. 56, 8.—
    8.
    To serve up, set before one at table (rare for the class. apponere), Cato, R. R. 79; so id. ib. 81:

    posito pavone,

    Hor. S. 2, 2, 23; 2, 4, 14; 2, 6, 64; 2, 8, 91; id. A. P. 422:

    positi Bacchi cornua,

    Ov. A. A. 1, 231:

    vinum,

    Petr. 34, 7:

    calidum scis ponere sumen,

    Pers. 1, 53:

    porcum,

    Mart. 8, 22, 1:

    da Trebio, pone ad Trebium,

    Juv. 5, 135.—
    9.
    To lay aside, take off, put down, lay down, etc. (as clothing, arms, books, the hair or beard, etc., = deponere):

    cum pila ludere vellet tunicamque poneret,

    Cic. Tusc. 5, 20, 60; cf.:

    veste positā,

    id. ib. 1, 47, 113:

    velamina,

    Ov. A. A. 2, 613; cf.:

    velamina de corpore,

    id. M. 4, 345:

    arma,

    Caes. B. G. 4, 37:

    sarcinam,

    Petr. 117, 11:

    barbam,

    Suet. Calig. 5; cf.:

    bicolor positis membrana capillis,

    Pers. 3, 10:

    libros de manibus,

    Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 8, § 23; cf.:

    cum posui librum, et mecum ipse coepi cogitare,

    id. Tusc. 1, 11, 24.—
    10.
    To lay out for the grave:

    toroque Mortua componar, positaeque det oscula frater,

    Ov. M. 9, 503; Verg. A. 2, 644.—Also, to lay in the grave, to bury, inter ( poet. and in post-class. prose;

    syn.: sepelio, condo): corpore posto,

    Lucr. 3, 871:

    te... patriā decedens ponere terrā,

    Verg. A. 6, 508; Ov. F. 5, 480:

    ubi corpus meum positum fuerit,

    Dig. 34, 1, 18 fin.; Inscr. Orell. 4370:

    IN HAC CVPA MATER ET FILIVS POSITI SVNT,

    ib. 4550; 4495:

    HIC POSITVS EST, Inscr. in Boeckh. C. I. Gr. 4156: CINERES,

    Inscr. Orell. 4393; 4489.—
    11.
    Ponere calculum or calculos, transf., to weigh carefully, to ponder, consider:

    si bene calculum ponas,

    Petr. 115, 16:

    examina tecum, omnesque, quos ego movi, in utrāque parte calculos pone,

    Plin. Ep. 2, 19 fin. —
    12.
    To arrange, deck, set in order (cf. compono):

    qui suas ponunt in statione comas,

    Ov. A. A. 3, 434:

    quid totiens positas fingis, inepta, comas?

    id. ib. 1, 306; cf. id. H. 4, 77; id. M. 1, 477.—
    13.
    To subdue, calm, allay, quiet:

    quo non arbiter Hadriae Major, tollere seu ponere vult freta,

    Hor. C. 1, 3, 16:

    magnos cum ponunt aequora motus,

    Prop. 4 (5), 14, 31.—Hence, neutr., of the winds, to fall, abate ( poet. and late Lat.):

    cum venti posuere omnisque repente resedit Flatus,

    Verg. A. 7, 27:

    tum Zephyri posuere,

    id. ib. 10, 103:

    simul ac ventus posuit,

    Gell. 2, 30, 2.
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    In gen., to set, place, put, lay a thing anywhere: noenum ponebat rumores ante salutem, Enn. ap. Macr. S. 6, 1 (Ann. v. 314 Vahl.):

    pone ante oculos laetitiam senatūs,

    Cic. Phil. 2, 45, 115:

    at te apud eum, di boni! quantā in gratiā posui,

    id. Att. 6, 6, 4; cf. id. ib. 5, 11, 6; 6, 1, 22: ponite me ei (Appio) in gratiā, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 6, 5:

    apud Lentulum ponam te in gratiā,

    Cic. Att. 5, 3, 3 B. and K. (Orell. gratiam):

    se quoque in gratiā reconciliatae pacis ponere,

    Liv. 44, 14, 7:

    in laude positus,

    Cic. Sest. 66, 139:

    aliquem in metu non ponere,

    i. e. not to fear, id. Top. 13, 55:

    virtutum fundamenta in voluptate tamquam in aquā ponere,

    id. Fin. 2, 22, 72; cf. id. Pis. 4, 9:

    aliquid in conspectu animi,

    id. de Or. 3, 40, 161; cf.:

    sub uno aspectu ponere,

    Q. Cic. Petit. Cons. 1, 1: ponendus est ille ambitus, non abiciendus, to lay down gently, i. e. close gracefully, Cic. Or. 59, 199:

    super cor,

    to lay to heart, Vulg. Mal. 2, 2.—With in and acc.:

    te in crimen populo ponat atque infamiam,

    Plaut. Trin. 3, 3, 11.—Elliptically: et quidem cum in mentem venit, ponor ad scribendum, when it occurs to Cœsar, he sets me (i. e. my name) to the Senate's decrees, Cic. Fam. 9, 15, 4.—
    B.
    In partic.
    1.
    Ponere aliquid in aliquā re, to put or place a thing in something, to cause a thing to rest or depend upon:

    credibile non est, quantum ego in consiliis et prudentiā tuā, quantum in amore et fide ponam,

    Cic. Att. 2, 23, 3:

    spem in aliquo,

    id. ib. 6, 1, 11:

    salutis auxilium in celeritate,

    Caes. B. G. 5, 48; cf.:

    spem salutis in virtute,

    id. ib. 5, 34, 2:

    ut in dubio poneret, utrum, etc.,

    regarded as doubtful, doubted, Liv. 34, 5, 3: sed haec haud in magno equidem ponam discrimine, I shall attach no great importance to it, id. prooem. § 8.—In pass.: positum esse in aliquā re, to be based or founded upon, to rest upon, depend upon:

    ut salutem praesentium, spem reliquorum in vestris sententiis positam esse et defixam putetis,

    Cic. Fl. 1, 3; id. Agr. 2, 9, 22:

    omnia posita putamus in Planci tui liberalitate,

    id. Att. 16, 16, F, 2; id. Or. 8, 27:

    in te positum est, ut, etc.,

    id. Att. 16, 16, B, § 8. —
    2.
    To lay out, spend, employ a thing, esp. time, in any thing:

    tempus in cogitatione ponere,

    Cic. de Or. 3, 5, 17:

    si in hac curā vita mihi ponenda sit,

    id. Fam. 9, 24, 4:

    diem totum in considerandā causā,

    id. Brut. 22, 87; cf. id. Fam. 5, 21, 1; id. Att. 6, 2, 6:

    sumptum,

    id. Q. Fr. 3, 1, 2; id. Fam. 13, 54 fin.; cf.:

    totum animum atque omnem curam, operam diligentiamque suam in petitione,

    id. Mur. 22, 45:

    id multo tum faciemus liberius totosque nos in contemplandis rebus perspiciendisque ponemus,

    id. Tusc. 1, 19, 44:

    apud gratissimum hominem beneficium ponere,

    id. Fam. 13, 55 fin.:

    itinera enim ita facit, ut multos dies in oppidum ponat,

    id. Att. 11, 22, 2.—
    3.
    To put, place, count, reckon, consider a thing in or among certain things:

    mortem in malis,

    Cic. Fin. 3, 8, 29:

    in beneficii loco,

    id. Fam. 15, 4, 12; id. Cat. 2, 9, 20:

    si quis motus populi factus esset, id C. Norbano in fraude capitali esse ponendum,

    id. de Or. 2, 48, 199:

    in laude,

    to regard as praiseworthy, id. Top. 18, 71:

    in vitiis poni,

    to be regarded as a fault, Nep. Epam. 1, 2.—
    4.
    To appoint, ordain, make something:

    leges,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 11, § 28:

    festos laetosque ritus,

    Tac. H. 5, 5 fin.:

    ut male posuimus initia, sic cetera sequentur,

    Cic. Att. 10, 18, 2:

    ne tu in spem ponas me bonae frugi fore,

    to hope for, reckon upon, Plaut. Capt. 5, 2, 4 Fleck.: nomen, to apply or give a name (= imponere):

    sunt enim rebus novis nova ponenda nomina,

    Cic. N. D. 1, 17, 44; id. Tusc. 3, 5, 10; Verg. A. 7, 63:

    qui tibi nomen Insano posuere,

    Hor. S. 2, 3, 48: rationem, to furnish an account, to [p. 1397] reckon, Suet. Oth. 7; cf. Col. 1, 3:

    pecuniae,

    Dig. 46, 3, 89.—
    5.
    To make or render vows or votive offerings to the gods:

    Veneri ponere vota,

    Prop. 3, 12, 18:

    nunc ego victrices lauro redimire tabellas, Nec Veneris mediā ponere in aede morer,

    Ov. Am. 1, 11, 25:

    hic ponite lucida Funalia et vectes,

    Hor. C. 3, 26, 6:

    libatum agricolae ponitur ante deo,

    Tib. 1, 1, 14; Ov. M. 3, 506:

    ex praedā tripodem aureum Delphi posuit,

    Nep. Paus. 2, 3.—
    6.
    In speaking or writing, to lay down as true, to state, assume, assert, maintain, allege, take for granted, etc.:

    quamobrem, ut paulo ante posui, si, etc.,

    Cic. Fam. 1, 9, 21; id. Fin. 2, 31, 100:

    recte Magnus ille noster, me audiente, posuit in judicio, rem publicam, etc.,

    id. Leg. 2, 3, 6: verum pono, esse victum eum;

    at, etc.,

    Ter. Phorm. 4, 3, 25:

    positum sit igitur in primis, etc.,

    Cic. Or. 4, 14:

    hoc posito atque concesso, esse quandam vim divinam, etc.,

    id. Div. 1, 52, 118; cf.:

    quo posito, et omnium sensu adprobato,

    id. Fin. 3, 8, 29; id. Leg. 2, 19, 48:

    pono satis in eo fuisse orationis atque ingenii,

    id. Brut. 45, 165:

    aliquid pro certo ponere,

    Liv. 10, 9 fin.:

    nunc rem ipsam ponamus quam illi non negant... Est haec res posita, quae ab adversario non negatur,

    Cic. Caecin. 11, 32.—
    7.
    Esp.: exemplum ponere, to cite an instance:

    eorum quae constant exempla ponemus,

    Cic. Inv. 1, 38, 68:

    perspicuo et grandi vitio praeditum posuimus exemplum,

    id. ib. 1, 47, 88:

    ab adjunctis antea posui exemplum,

    id. Top. 11, 50:

    horum exempla posui ex jure civili,

    id. ib. 14, 58:

    horum generum ex Cicerone exempla ponamus,

    Quint. 5, 11, 11; 6, 3, 108 al.—
    8.
    To set before the mind, represent, describe:

    nec ponere lucum Artifices, nec, etc.,

    Pers. 1, 70:

    pone Tigellinum,

    Juv. 1, 155.—
    9.
    To propose, offer, fix upon a theme for discussion (= proponere):

    mihi nunc vos quaestiunculam, de quā meo arbitratu loquar, ponitis?

    Cic. de Or. 1, 22, 102; 2, 1, 2:

    ponere aliquid, ad quod audiam, si tibi non est molestum, volo,

    id. Fat. 2, 4; cf.:

    ponere jubebam, de quo quis audire vellet,

    id. Tusc. 1, 4, 7:

    ponere praemium,

    Liv. 39, 17, 1; and impers. pass.:

    doctorum est ista consuetudo eaque Graecorum, ut iis ponatur, de quo disputent quamvis subito,

    id. Lael. 5, 17; so,

    cum ita positum esset, videri, etc.,

    id. Tusc. 3, 22, 54.—
    10.
    To put away, leave off, dismiss, forego, lay down, surrender (= deponere):

    vitam propera ponere,

    Plaut. Curc. 4, 3, 4:

    vitia,

    Cic. de Or. 3, 12, 46:

    dolorem,

    id. Tusc. 3, 28, 66: inimicitias, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 6:

    curas,

    Liv. 1, 19:

    metum,

    Plin. Ep. 5, 6:

    iram,

    Hor. A. P. 160:

    moras,

    id. C. 4, 12, 25; Ov. F. 2, 816:

    animos feroces,

    Liv. 8, 1:

    corda ferocia,

    Verg. A. 1, 302:

    vires (flammae),

    id. ib. 5, 681:

    ipsum rudimentum adulescentiae bello lacessentem Romanos posuisse,

    had obtained his first experience, Liv. 31, 11 fin.; Suet. Ner. 22; also,

    tirocinium,

    Just. 12, 4, 6:

    animam,

    to lay down life, Vulg. Johan. 10, 15; 17.—Esp., milit. t. t.: arma ponere (= deponere), to lay down arms, yield, surrender:

    Nepesinis inde edictum ut arma ponant,

    Liv. 6, 10, 5:

    dedi imperatorem, arma poni jubet,

    id. 4, 10, 3; cf.:

    positis armis,

    id. 35, 36, 4; id. Epit. 88.—
    11.
    To make, cause to be (eccl. Lat.):

    cornu tuum ponam ferreum,

    Vulg. Mich. 4, 13:

    posuit me desolatam,

    id. Thren. 3, 11; with quasi:

    ponam Samariam quasi acervum,

    id. Mich. 1, 6; with in and acc.:

    posuerunt eam in ruinam,

    id. Isa. 23, 13.—
    12.
    To assume, suppose, put a case (of mere suppositions; only late Lat.; cf. 6 supra): pone tamen ab evangelistis scriptum, Ambros. de Fide, 5, 16, 194; Ps.-Quint. Decl. 273.—Hence, pŏsĭtus, a, um, P. a., of localities, placed, situated; situate, standing, lying anywhere:

    Roma in montibus posita,

    Cic. Agr. 2, 35, 96:

    Delos in Aegaeo mari posita,

    id. Imp. Pomp. 18, 55:

    portus ex adverso urbi positus,

    Liv. 45, 5:

    tumulus opportune ad id positus,

    id. 28, 13:

    urbs alieno solo posita,

    id. 4, 17.— Poet.:

    somno positus = sopitus,

    lulled to sleep, Verg. A. 4, 527.

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  • 12 promitto

    prō-mitto, mīsi, missum, 3 (sync. forms:

    promisti for promisisti,

    Ter. Ad. 5, 8, 17; Cat. 110, 3:

    promisse for promisisse,

    id. 110, 5:

    promissem,

    Plaut. Bacch. 5, 1, 12; archaic inf. pass. promittier, id. ib. 4, 8, 32), v. a.
    I.
    Lit., to let go forward, to send or put forth, to let hang down, let grow, etc. (rare;

    not in Cic.): ramos vel ferro compescunt vel longius promittunt,

    suffer to grow longer, Col. 5, 6, 11.—Reflex., to grow:

    nec ulla arborum avidius se promittit,

    Plin. 16, 26, 44, § 107.—Of the hair, the beard, to let hang down, let grow:

    satis constat multos mortales capillum ac barbam promisisse,

    Liv. 6, 16, 4; 5, 41; cf.:

    pogoniae, quibus inferiore ex parte promittitur juba,

    Plin. 2, 25, 22, § 89.— Transf.:

    (Sonus lusciniae) promittitur revocato spiritu,

    is drawn out, prolonged, Plin. 10, 29, 43, § 82;

    Gallia est longe et a nostris litoribus huc usque promissa,

    Mel. 1, 3; v. infra, P. a.—
    II.
    Trop., of speech.
    A.
    To say beforehand, to forebode, foretell, predict, prophesy (very rare):

    praesertim cum, si mihi alterum utrum de eventu rerum promittendum esset, id futurum, quod evenit, exploratius possem promittere,

    Cic. Fam. 6, 1, 5:

    ut (di) primis minentur extis, bene promittant secundis,

    id. Div. 2, 17, 38.—Of signs or omens, to forebode, portend:

    pari in meliora praesagio in Caesaris castris omnia aves victimaeque promiserant,

    Flor. 4, 7, 9:

    promittunt omina poenas,

    Val. Fl. 6, 730: clarum fore (Servium) visa circa caput flamma promiserat, Flor 1, 6, 1; 1, 7, 9.—Also, in gen., to denote beforehand:

    stella... vindemiae maturitatem promittens,

    Plin. 18, 31, 74, § 309.—
    B.
    To promise, hold out, cause to expect, give hope or promise of, assure (class. and freq.; syn.: polliceor, spondeo, recipio), constr. with acc., an object-clause, or de:

    domum,

    Plaut. Most. 1, 3, 28:

    sestertia septem,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 7, 81:

    carmen,

    id. Epod. 14, 7, dona, Ov Tr. 4, 2, 7:

    auxilium alicui,

    id. M. 13, 325:

    opem,

    id. F 5, 247:

    salutem,

    Luc. 4, 235:

    ea quae tibi promitto ac recipio,

    Cic. Fam. 5, 8, 5:

    si Neptunus quod Theseo promiserat, non fecisset,

    id. Off. 1, 10, 32:

    dii faxint, ut faciat ea quae promittit!

    id. Att. 16, 1, 6.— With inf. (usu. fut. inf.):

    promitto, recipio, spondeo, C. Caesarem talem semper fore civem, qualis hodie sit,

    Cic. Phil. 5, 18, 51; cf.:

    promitto, in meque recipio fore eum, etc.,

    id. Fam. 13, 10, 3:

    quem inimicissimum futurum esse promitto et spondeo,

    id. Mur. 41, 90:

    surrepturum pallam promisit tibi,

    Plaut. As. 5, 2, 80; id. Aul. 2, 2, 42; cf. id. Men. 5, 4, 6:

    promisit Apollo Ambiguam tellure novā Salamina futuram,

    Hor. C. 1, 7, 28; id. S. 1, 6, 34.—With inf. pres.:

    si operam dare promittitis,

    Plaut. Trin. prol. 5; id. Bacch. 4, 8, 79; id. Rud. 2, 6, 56: magorum vanitas ebrietati eas resistere [p. 1465] promittit, Plin. 37, 9, 40, § 124; cf.:

    se remedium afferer tantamque vim morbi levaturum esse promisit,

    Curt. 3, 6, 2 monstrare, Amm. 22, 7, 5:

    promittere oratorem,

    to give promise of becoming, Sen. Contr 4, 29, 10; cf.:

    per ea scelera se parricidam,

    excite fears lest he become, Quint. Decl. 1, 6:

    me Promisi ultorem,

    Verg. A. 2, 96.—With de:

    de alicujus voluntate promittere,

    Cic. Fam. 7, 5, 1:

    de me tibi sic promitto atque confirmo, me, etc.,

    id. ib. 3, 10, 1; Hor. S. 1, 4, 103:

    promittere damni infecti,

    i. e. to promise indemnification for, become answerable for the possible damage, Cic. Top 4, 22.—
    C.
    With ut and subj.:

    promiserat ut daret,

    Vulg. 2 Par. 21, 7.—Of things' terra ipsa promittit (aquas), gives promise of, leads one to expect water, Plin. 31, 3, 27, § 45:

    debet extremitas (picturae) sic desinere, ut promittat alia post se,

    to lead one to suppose, to suggest, id. 35, 10, 36, § 68; Sen. Hippol. 569.—
    2.
    In partic.
    a.
    To promise to come, to engage one's self to meet any one, to dine, sup, etc., Plaut. Stich. 3, 2, 19 sq.; 4, 2, 16:

    ad fratrem,

    Cic. de Or. 2, 7, 27:

    ad cenam mihi,

    Phaedr. 4, 23, 15; Petr. 10; so,

    tibi me promittere noli,

    to expect me, Ov. M. 11, 662.—
    b.
    To promise something to a deity, i. e. to vow:

    donum Jovi dicatum atque promissum,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 72, § 184:

    nigras pecudes Diti,

    Tib. 3, 5, 33; Juv 13, 233; Petr 88; Flor. 1, 11, 4.—
    c.
    To offer as a price (post-Aug.):

    pro domo sestertium millies promittens,

    Plin. 17. 1, 1, § 3. —Hence, prōmissus, a, um, P a.
    A.
    Lit., hanging down, long; of the hair: coma, Varr. ap. Non. 362, 32; Liv. 38, 17, 3; Ov. Tr. 4, 2, 34:

    Britanni capillo sunt promisso,

    Caes. B. G. 5, 14; so,

    capillus,

    Nep. Dat. 3, 1:

    barba,

    Verg. E. 8, 34; Liv. 2, 23, 4:

    barba omnibus promissa erat,

    id. 5, 41, 9; Plin. Ep. 2, 7, 7; Just. 4, 4, 1.—Of the dewlap:

    boves palearibus amplis et paene ad genua promissis,

    Col. 6, 1, 3.—Of the belly:

    sues ventre promisso,

    Col. 7, 9, 1.—
    B.
    Subst.: prōmissum, i, n., a promise (very freq. in prose and poetry; cf.

    promissio, pollicitatio),

    Cic. Verr 2, 5, 53, § 139:

    voto quodam et promisso teneri,

    id. Att. 12, 18, 1:

    constantia promissi,

    id. ib. 4, 17, 1:

    promissum absolvere,

    Varr. R. R. 2, 11, 1:

    facere,

    Cic. Off. 1, 10, 31; 3, 25, 95:

    exigere,

    id. ib. 3, 25, 94:

    ludere aliquem promisso inani,

    Ov. F. 3, 685.—In plur.:

    pacta et promissa servare,

    Cic. Off. 3, 24, 92:

    illis promissis standum non est, quae, etc.,

    id. ib. 1, 10, 32:

    promissis manere,

    Verg. A. 2, 160:

    promissa firmare,

    Ov. M. 10, 430:

    multa fidem promissa levant,

    Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 10:

    dic aliquid dignum promissis,

    id. S. 2, 3, 6:

    quo promissa (Ennii) cadant,

    i. e. the expectations which he raises, id. Ep. 2, 1, 52:

    promissa dare,

    to make promises, Cat. 63, 239; to fulfil, Ov. M. 2, 51.

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  • 13 vestiō

        vestiō (imperf. vestībat, V.), īvī, ītus, īre    [vestis], to cover with a garment, provide with clothing, dress, clothe, vest: satis commode vestiti: et ali et vestiri a Caeciliā: te Vestiunt lanae, H.: Phrygiā vestitur bucca tiarā, Iu.—Of animals, to clothe, cover, robe: animantes villis vestitae: sandyx vestiet agnos, V.—To clothe, cover, deck, array, attire, surround, adorn: campos lumine (aether), V.: vestitum vepribus sepulcrum: montes vestiti, i. e. covered with verdure: trabes multo aggere, Cs.: genas vestibat flore iuventa, i. e. beard, V.: vestiti messibus agros, O.—Fig., to clothe, dress, surround, adorn: exquisitas sententias pellucens vestiebat oratio: Gloria quem supra vires vestit, H.: iuventa oratione.
    * * *
    vestire, vestivi, vestitus V

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  • 14 purgo

    purgo, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [contr. for purigo, from purum ago], to make clean or pure, to clean, cleanse, purify (class.).
    I.
    Lit.:

    oleam a foliis et stercore purgato,

    Cato, R. R. 65, 1: cum falcibus purgarunt locum, cleared the place, freed it from bushes, etc., Cic. Tusc. 5, 23, 65; Liv. 24, 19:

    arva longis ligonibus,

    Ov. P. 1, 8, 59:

    domum muribus,

    Phaedr. 1, 22, 3:

    fossas,

    Plin. 18, 26, 64, § 236:

    proprios leniter ungues cultello,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 7, 51: cana labra, i. e. to clear or free from beard, Mart. 9, 28, 5:

    pisces,

    Ter. Ad. 3, 3, 22:

    segetes,

    Plin. 18, 26, 65, § 241.— Absol.:

    levi sarculo purgare,

    Plin. 18, 26, 65, § 241.—Mid.:

    purgor in amni,

    wash, Sil. 8, 125.—
    2.
    In partic., in medic. lang., to cleanse by stool, vomiting, etc., to purge:

    quid scammoneae radix ad purgandum possit,

    Cic. Div. 1, 10, 16; Cato, R. R. 157, 3:

    si is, qui saepe purgatus est, subito habet alvum suppressam,

    Cels. 2, 12:

    qui purgor bilem sub verni temporis horam,

    Hor. A. P. 302:

    se helleboro,

    Val. Max. 8, 7, 5 fin.:

    se per inferna aut vomitione,

    Plin. 25, 5, 21, § 51.—
    B.
    Transf.
    1.
    To make even by clearing away, to level, Inscr. Murat. 582 fin.; cf.:

    purgare viam proprie dicitur ad libramentum proprium redigere, sublato eo quod supra eam esset,

    Dig. 43, 11, 1, § 1.—
    2.
    To clear away, remove:

    rudera,

    Suet. Vesp. 8:

    vermes clavo aëneo,

    Pall. 4, 10, 4:

    lapides,

    id. 3, 6:

    sordes,

    Claud. in Eutr. 1, 383; cf.:

    scindit se nubes et in aethera purgat apertum,

    melts away, Verg. A. 1, 587.—
    b.
    In partic., in medicine, to remove or expel by purging, rinsing, etc., to heal, cure:

    purgatum te illius morbi,

    Hor. S. 2, 3, 27:

    pituitas,

    Plin. 20, 17, 73, § 188:

    fastidium lauri folio,

    id. 8, 27, 41, § 101:

    suppurationes,

    id. 23, 1, 16, § 24:

    tarditatem aurium,

    id. 23, 2, 28, § 59:

    succus purgat cicatrices et nubeculas (oculorum),

    id. 27, 12, 85, § 109.—
    II.
    Trop., to cleanse, purify (syn. lustro).
    A.
    In gen.:

    pectora,

    Lucr. 6, 24:

    urbem,

    Cic. Cat. 1, 5, 10:

    amplissimos ordines contaminatos veteri neglegentiā purgavit,

    Suet. Vesp. 9:

    rationes,

    to clear up, settle, pay, id. Calig. 29.—
    B.
    To clear away, remove:

    metum doloris,

    Quint. 12, 2, 3.—
    C.
    In partic.
    1.
    To clear from accusation, to excuse, exculpate, justify (syn. excuso):

    ut me purgarem tibi,

    Plaut. Am. 3, 2, 28:

    QVIBVS DE REBVS VOS PVRGAVISTIS... QVOMQVE DE EIEIS REBVS SENATVEI PVRGATI ESTIS, S. C. de Tiburt. lin. 3 and 12 (ap. Grut. 499, 12): quod te mihi de Sempronio purgas, accipio excusationem,

    Cic. Fam. 12, 25, 3:

    cui se purgat,

    id. Or. 29, 230:

    ego me tibi purgo,

    id. Fam. 15, 17, 1; so,

    Caesarem de interitu Marcelli,

    id. Att. 13, 10, 3:

    si quis tibi se purgare volet, quod, etc.,

    Q. Cic. Petit. Cons. 9, 35:

    si parum vobis essem purgatus,

    Cic. Phil. 14, 6, 17:

    velle Pompeium se Caesari purgatum, ne, etc.,

    Caes. B. C. 1, 8; cf. id. B. G. 1, 28:

    ea pars epistulae tuae, per quam te ac mores tuos mihi purgatos ac probatos esse voluisti,

    Cic. Att. 1, 17, 7; Ter. Hec. 2, 2, 12:

    accedebant blanditiae virorum factum purgantium cupiditate atque amore,

    Liv. 1, 9 fin.:

    factum,

    Ov. P. 3, 2, 24:

    facinus,

    Curt. 7, 5, 39; 5, 12, 8:

    crimina,

    to disprove, Cic. Clu. 1, 3; Liv. 38, 48, 14; cf.

    probra,

    Tac. A. 4, 42:

    adulescentem crimine civilis belli,

    to acquit, id. ib. 3, 17:

    innocentiam suam,

    to vindicate, Liv. 9, 26:

    suspicionem,

    to remove, id. 28, 43:

    ea, quae ipsis obicerentur,

    to refute, id. 8, 23:

    purget miles, quod vicerit hostem,

    Sil. 7, 510:

    aliquem alicujus rei,

    Liv. 37, 28:

    se adversus alicujus criminationes purgare,

    Suet. Caes. 55:

    illi lacrimantes nunc purgare se,

    Curt. 5, 10, 11.—With acc. and inf.:

    laborare regem, ut purganti se nihil hostile dixisse aut fecisse, fides habeatur,

    Liv. 42, 14:

    qui purgarent nec accitos ab eo Bastarnas nec auctore eo quidquam facere,

    id. 41, 19.—
    2.
    To cleanse or purge from a crime or sin with religious rites, to make expiation or atonement for, to expiate, purify, atone for, lustrate, = expiare, lustrare ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose):

    di patrii, purgamus agros, purgamus agrestes,

    Tib. 2, 1, 17:

    populos,

    Ov. F. 4, 640:

    myrtea verbena Romanos Sabinosque,

    Plin. 15, 29, 36, § 119:

    pontifices purgantes moenia,

    Luc. 1, 593:

    domus purgantur lustranturque,

    Plin. 25, 9, 59, § 105. —With the crime or act as an object: nefas, Ov. M. 13, 952:

    crimen gladio,

    Luc. 8, 518; Vulg. Ecclus. 47, 13.—Hence, purgā-tus, a, um, P. a.
    A.
    Cleansed, purified, pure ( poet.):

    auris,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 7:

    somnia pituitā purgatissima,

    Pers. 2, 57:

    purgatioris auri vena,

    Mart. Cap. 1, § 7 (cf. Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 179).—
    B.
    Excused, exculpated: ita fiducia quam argumentis purgatiores dimittuntur, Sall. Fragm. ap. Non. 310, 22, and ap. Don. Ter. Phorm. 1, 4, 28.—
    C.
    Pure, freed from sin (eccl. Lat.):

    vota purgatiora, Aug. Civ. Dei, 6, 2: purgatissima ecclesia,

    id. Doctr. Christ. 2, 16:

    pietas,

    id. Ver. Rel. 1. —Hence, adv.: purgātē, purely:

    enucleate dicitur purgate, exquisite,

    Non. 60, 5.

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  • 15 vestio

    vestĭo, īvi or ĭi, ītum, 4 ( imperf. vestibat, Verg. A. 8, 160; inf. vestirier, Prud. Psych. 39), v. a. [vestis], to cover with a garment, to dress, clothe, vest (syn.: induo, amicio).
    I.
    Lit.: Vatinii strumam sacerdotii dibaphhô vestiant, Cic. Att. 2, 9, 2:

    vir te vestiat, tu virum despolies,

    Plaut. Cas. 4, 4, 4:

    candide vestitus,

    id. ib. 4, 1, 10:

    vos tam maestiter vestitas,

    id. Rud. 1, 5, 7:

    homines male vestiti,

    Cic. Pis. 25, 61:

    fasciae, quibus crura vestiuntur,

    Quint. 11, 3, 144:

    te bis Afro Murice tinctae Vestiunt lanae,

    Hor. C. 2, 16, 37:

    sic Indos suae arbores vestiunt,

    Plin. 12, 11, 22, § 39:

    Phrygiā vestitur bucca tiarā,

    Juv. 6, 516:

    unam vestire tribum tua vellera possunt,

    Mart. 2, 46, 5.—Mid.: vestiri in foro honeste mos erat, Cato ap. Gell. 11, 2, 5:

    lino alii vestiuntur aut lanis,

    Mel. 3, 7, 3.—So, in late Lat., in the active form:

    tu mihi vitio dabis, quod parcius pasco, levius vestio,

    am clothed, App. Mag. p. 287, 26; Tert. Pall. 1.—
    B.
    Transf.
    1.
    Of animals:

    animantes aliae coriis tectae sunt, aliae villis vestitae,

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

    sandyx pascentis vestiet agnos,

    Verg. E. 4, 45:

    pleraque contra frigus ex suo corpore vestiuntur,

    Quint. 2, 16, 14.—
    2.
    In gen., of inanimate things, to clothe, cover, deck, array, attire, surround, adorn, etc.:

    campos lumine (aether),

    Verg. A. 6, 640:

    natura oculos membranis tenuissimis vestivit et saepsit,

    Cic. N. D. 2, 57, 142; cf.:

    deus animum circumdedit corpore et vestivit extrinsecus,

    id. Univ. 6 fin.:

    sepulcrum saeptum undique et vestitum vepribus et dumetis,

    id. Tusc. 5, 23, 64:

    his tabulis templi parietes vestiebantur,

    id. Verr. 2, 4, 55, § 122.—
    3.
    Esp., of vegetation:

    montes silvis,

    Liv. 32, 13, 3:

    vite hederāque vestiti montes,

    Just. 12, 7, 7.— Absol.:

    montes vestiti,

    i. e. covered with verdure, Cic. N. D. 2, 53, 132:

    trabes multo aggere,

    Caes. B. G. 7, 23; cf.

    of the beard: molli lanugine malas,

    Lucr. 5, 889:

    genas flore,

    Verg. A. 8, 160:

    oleā magnum Taburnum,

    Verg. G. 2, 38:

    gramine vestitis accubuere toris,

    Ov. F. 1, 402:

    incendit vestitos messibus agros,

    id. ib. 4, 707; Curt. 6, 5, 15; Prop. 3, 13 (4, 12), 31:

    ubi se vites frondibus vestierint,

    Col. 4, 27, 1:

    se gramine (terra),

    Verg. G. 2, 219.—
    II.
    Trop., to clothe, etc.:

    reconditas exquisitasque sententias mollis et pellucens vestiebat oratio,

    Cic. Brut. 79, 274:

    inventa vestire atque ornare oratione,

    id. de Or. 1, 31, 142:

    gloriā aliquem supra vires,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 22:

    res, quae illo verborum habitu vestiuntur,

    Quint. 8, praef. § 20; cf.

    of mental culture: aridum atque jejunum non alemus et quasi vestiemus?

    id. 2, 8, 9.—
    B.
    Esp., to invest with the imperial purple, to make emperor:

    quaere quem vestias,

    Amm. 26, 4, 1.—Hence, vestītus, a, um, P. a., clothed, clad (very rare):

    neque unā pelle vestitior fuit (Hercules),

    App. Mag. p. 288, 28.—So comp., Tert. Anim. 38.— Sup.:

    id pecus (oves) ex omnibus animalibus vestitissimum,

    Col. 7, 3, 8.

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  • 16 ab-sum

        ab-sum āfuī    (not abfuī), āfutūrus (āforem, āfore), abesse, in general, to be away from, be absent: dum abs te absum, T.: qui nullā lege abessem, i. e. since my exile was unlawful: Athenis, N.: hinc abesto, stand off, Ph.: omnia quae absunt, unseen things, Cs.: Unus abest, is missing, V.: nec Teucris addita Iuno Usquam aberit, will ever cease to follow them, V.: barba dum aberat, i. e. until the beard grew, O. —With distance in space or time: ab urbe abesse milia passuum ducenta: longe: procul, S.: cuius aetas a senatoriā gradu longe abesset, was far too young for: a quibus paucorum dierum iter, Cs.: profectus mensīs tris abest, three months ago, T.: nec longis inter se passibus absunt, V.: quod abest longissime, and that is far from the truth: tantum abest ab infamiā, ut, etc.: neque longius abesse quin proximā nocte... exercitum educat, i. e. nor was the time more remote, Cs.—In the phrase: tantum abest ut... ut, so far from... that, etc.: tantum abest ut gratiam quaesisse videar, ut simultates intellegam suscepisse, I am so far from being shown to have courted popularity, that, etc.: tantum abest ab eo, ut malum mors sit, ut verear, ne, etc. — Hence, to be away from, be free from: a culpā: ab eius modi crimine.—To be removed from, be disinclined to: ab istis studiis: tantum aberat a bello, ut, etc., he was so averse to war, that, etc.: ab hoc consilio afuisse, took no part in, Cs.: ceteri a periculis aberant, avoided, S.: paulum a fugā aberant, were almost ready to flee, S.—To be removed from, be different from, differ: qui longissime a te afuit, i. e. had the largest majority: abest virtute Messallae, is far inferior to, H. — To be unsuitable, be inappropriate: scimus musicen abesse ab principis personā, N.—To be wanting: quaeris id quod habes, quod abest non quaeris, T.: nusquam abero, V.: ratus pluribus curam, omnibus afuisse fortunam, that most had been negligent, all unsuccessful, Cu.: Donec virenti canities abest Morosa, H.: curtae nescio quid semper abest rei, H.—Hence with a negative or paulum (not parum), followed by quin, not much, little, nothing is wanting that, etc.: neque multum abesse ab eo, quin, etc., Cs.: paulumque afuit quin, Cs.: legatos haud procul afuit quin violarent, they came very near, L.—Abesse alicui or ab aliquo, to be wanting to, fail, not to help: longe alcui, O.: longe iis fraternum nomen populi R. afuturum, Cs.: quo plus intererat, eo plus aberat (tua virtus) a me, i. e. the more it would have helped me, the more it failed me: iussis mora abesto, O.: nec dextrae erranti deus afuit, V.: remo ut luctamen abesset, so that the rowing was without effort, V.

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  • 17 comāns

        comāns antis, adj.    [P. of comō, āre, from coma], hairy, long - haired, covered with hair: colla equorum, V.: saetae hircorum, bristling hair, V.: galea (i. e. cristata), plumed, V. — Hairy, leafy: stella, a comet, O.: sera comans narcissus, late in putting forth leaves, V.
    * * *
    (gen.), comantis ADJ
    hairy; long-haired; flowing (beard); plumed; leafy; w/foliage; w/radiant train

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  • 18 flōs

        flōs ōris, m    [FLA-], a blossom, flower: sepulchrum floribus ornatum est: recentes, H.: qui (odores) adflarentur ex floribus: flores rosae, garlands, H.: piabunt Floribus Genium, H.: crocum floresque perambulet Fabula, the stage strewn with flowers, H.: caput impedire flore, H.: floribus oras explent, i. e. honey, V.: prima genas vestibat flore iuventas, the first down (of a youthful beard), V.—Fig., a flower, crown, ornament, prime, best part, freshness, promise: veteris ubertatis: nobilitatis ac iuventutis: quod floris in iuventute fuerat, L.: Graeciae, most flourishing condition: gratia aetatis flore conlecta: in flore virium esse, L.: flos ipsus (sc. aetatis), T.—Of speech, a flower, embellishment, ornament: conspersa (oratio) quasi verborum floribus, etc.: eloquentiae.
    * * *
    flower, blossom; youthful prime

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  • 19 barbo

    barbare, barbavi, barbatus V TRANS

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  • 20 caesaries

    caesărĭes, ēi, f. [kindr. with Sanscr. kēsa, coma, caesaries, Bopp, Gloss. p. 85, a], a dark (acc. to Rom. taste, beautiful) head of hair, the hair (mostly poet.; only sing.).
    1.
    Of men (so most freq.), Plaut. Mil. 1, 2, 64:

    ipsa decoram Caesariem nato genitrix afflarat,

    Verg. A. 1, 590:

    nitida,

    id. G. 4, 337: flava, *Juv. 13, 165: pectes caesariem, *Hor. C. 1, 15, 14:

    umeros tegens,

    Ov. M. 13, 914:

    terrifica,

    id. ib. 1, 180:

    horrida fieri,

    id. ib. 10, 139:

    horrifica,

    Luc. 2, 372 et saep.—In prose:

    promissa,

    Liv. 28, 35, 6; Vulg. Num. 6, 5.—
    2.
    Of women, Cat. 66, 8; Verg. G. 4, 337 Forbig. ad loc.; Ov. Am. 3, 1, 32; id. M. 4, 492.—
    * B.
    Transf., the hair of dogs, Grat. Cyn. 272.—
    II.
    Barbae, the hair of the beard (very rare), Ov M. 15, 656.

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