with little trouble

nĕgōtĭum ( nĕgōcĭum), ii, n. [necotium; cf.: negotium, quod non sit otium, Paul. ex Fest. p. 177 Müll.; v. 1. ne], a business, employment, occupation, affair (cf. munus).

Lit.:

negoti nunc sum plenus,

Plaut. Ps. 1, 3, 146:

quamquam negotiumst, si quid vis, non sum occupatus, etc.,

id. Merc. 2, 2, 17:

qui deum nihil habere negotii volunt,

Cic. Off. 3, 28, 102:

in extremā parte muneris ac negotii tui,

id. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 16, § 46:

forensia negotia,

id. de Or. 2, 6, 23:

qui omnibus negotiis interfuit,

id. Fam. 1, 6, 1:

negotium municipii administrare,

id. ib. 13, 11:

procurare,

id. Verr. 2, 3, 64, § 149:

suscipere,

id. Cat. 3, 2, 5:

mandare alicui,

id. Fam. 13, 26, 2:

versari in negotio,

id. Att. 5, 10, 3:

emergere ex negotiis,

id. ib. 5, 10, 3; Liv. 3, 4:

transigere negotium,

Cic. Phil. 2, 9, 21:

negotio desistere,

Caes. B. G. 1, 45:

in magno negotio habere aliquid,

to regard a thing as important, of great moment, Suet. Caes. 23: est mihi negotium cum aliquo, I have to do with one:

mirabar, quid hic negotii esset tibi,

Ter. Ad. 4, 5, 8; Cic. Fam. 8, 8, 9:

adparatus, quem flagitabat instans negotium,

Amm. 20, 10, 1.—Esp. with reference to affairs of state:

nostrum otium negotii inopia, non requiescendi studio constitutum est,

Cic. Off. 3, 1, 2; cf. Suet. Aug. 32:

publicis adfinis fuit an maritumis negotiis?

i. e. in farming the revenue or in private commerce, Plaut. Trin. 2, 2, 50.—Of the management of domestic concerns:

qui suum negotium gerunt otiosi,

Cic. Lael. 23, 86:

praeclare suum negotium gessit Roscius,

id. Rosc. Com. 12, 34:

suum negotium agere,

id. Off. 1, 9, 29; cf. id. ib. 1, 34, 125.—So of trade, traffic:

aes alienum negotii gerendi studio contractum,

Cic. Sull. 20, 58; id. Vat. 5, 12:

negotii gerentes,

tradesmen, id. Sest. 45, 97:

Trebonius ampla et expedita negotia in tuā provinciā habet,

id. Fam. 1, 3, 1: Hor. Ep. 1, 6, 33.—Of a lawsuit, Quint. 3, 5, 11; Suet. Calig. 40; id. Rhet. 6; cf. Plaut. Aul. 3, 4, 2.—

Transf.

Difficulty, pains, trouble, labor:

ita et hinc et illinc mi exhibent negotium,

give me trouble, Plaut. Most. 3, 1, 38:

huic exhibui negotium,

id. Men. 5, 9, 13; id. Poen. 1, 2, 30:

viden egestas quid negoti dat homini misero male,

id. Trin. 4, 2, 5:

satis habeo negotii in sanandis vulneribus,

Cic. Att. 5, 17, 6:

magnum negotium est navigare atque id mense Quintili,

id. ib. 5, 12:

negotium facessere alicui,

to give one trouble, id. Fam. 3, 10, 1:

negotium exhibere alicui,

id. Off. 3, 31, 112:

facere innocenti,

Quint. 5, 12, 13:

nihil est negotii libertatem recuperare,

Cic. Fam. 12, 2, 1:

Cato Siciliam tenere nullo negotio potuit,

id. Att. 10, 16, 3; id. Fam. 2, 10, 2:

non minori negotio,

id. Verr. 2, 5, 68, § 175:

quid negotii est haec poëtarum, portenta convincere?

id. Tusc. 1, 6, 11: facili negotio, with little trouble (post-class.), Aur. Vict. Caes. 39, 38; cf.:

levi negotio,

Amm. 20, 10, 2 al.:

magno negotio,

Cels. 7, 5 init.;

Auct. B. Aiex. 8, 4: plus negotii est, si acutus quoque morbus is factus est,

Cels. 4, 6.—

Like the Gr. pragma, for res, a matter, thing:

quid est negoti?

Plaut. Most. 2, 2, 27; 3, 2, 54:

quid negoti est, quamobrem succenses mihi?

id. Capt. 3, 5, 11:

ineptum negotium et Graeculum,

Cic. Tusc. 1, 35, 86. —So of persons Teucris illa lentum negotium, a slow affair, Cic. Att. 1, 12, 1; cf. id. Q. Fr. 2, 13, 4:

elinguem, tardum, inhumanum negotium,

id. post Red. in Sen. 6, 14. —As transl. of to pragma, euphemism for sensual sins, Vulg. 1 Thess. 4, 6; ib. 2 Cor. 7, 11:

a negotio perambulante in tenebris,

some indefinable terror, ib. Psa. 90, 6.

nĕgōtĭum ( nĕgōcĭum), ii, n. [necotium; cf.: negotium, quod non sit otium, Paul. ex Fest. p. 177 Müll.; v. 1. ne], a business, employment, occupation, affair (cf. munus).

Lit.:

negoti nunc sum plenus,

Plaut. Ps. 1, 3, 146:

quamquam negotiumst, si quid vis, non sum occupatus, etc.,

id. Merc. 2, 2, 17:

qui deum nihil habere negotii volunt,

Cic. Off. 3, 28, 102:

in extremā parte muneris ac negotii tui,

id. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 16, § 46:

forensia negotia,

id. de Or. 2, 6, 23:

qui omnibus negotiis interfuit,

id. Fam. 1, 6, 1:

negotium municipii administrare,

id. ib. 13, 11:

procurare,

id. Verr. 2, 3, 64, § 149:

suscipere,

id. Cat. 3, 2, 5:

mandare alicui,

id. Fam. 13, 26, 2:

versari in negotio,

id. Att. 5, 10, 3:

emergere ex negotiis,

id. ib. 5, 10, 3; Liv. 3, 4:

transigere negotium,

Cic. Phil. 2, 9, 21:

negotio desistere,

Caes. B. G. 1, 45:

in magno negotio habere aliquid,

to regard a thing as important, of great moment, Suet. Caes. 23: est mihi negotium cum aliquo, I have to do with one:

mirabar, quid hic negotii esset tibi,

Ter. Ad. 4, 5, 8; Cic. Fam. 8, 8, 9:

adparatus, quem flagitabat instans negotium,

Amm. 20, 10, 1.—Esp. with reference to affairs of state:

nostrum otium negotii inopia, non requiescendi studio constitutum est,

Cic. Off. 3, 1, 2; cf. Suet. Aug. 32:

publicis adfinis fuit an maritumis negotiis?

i. e. in farming the revenue or in private commerce, Plaut. Trin. 2, 2, 50.—Of the management of domestic concerns:

qui suum negotium gerunt otiosi,

Cic. Lael. 23, 86:

praeclare suum negotium gessit Roscius,

id. Rosc. Com. 12, 34:

suum negotium agere,

id. Off. 1, 9, 29; cf. id. ib. 1, 34, 125.—So of trade, traffic:

aes alienum negotii gerendi studio contractum,

Cic. Sull. 20, 58; id. Vat. 5, 12:

negotii gerentes,

tradesmen, id. Sest. 45, 97:

Trebonius ampla et expedita negotia in tuā provinciā habet,

id. Fam. 1, 3, 1: Hor. Ep. 1, 6, 33.—Of a lawsuit, Quint. 3, 5, 11; Suet. Calig. 40; id. Rhet. 6; cf. Plaut. Aul. 3, 4, 2.—

Transf.

Difficulty, pains, trouble, labor:

ita et hinc et illinc mi exhibent negotium,

give me trouble, Plaut. Most. 3, 1, 38:

huic exhibui negotium,

id. Men. 5, 9, 13; id. Poen. 1, 2, 30:

viden egestas quid negoti dat homini misero male,

id. Trin. 4, 2, 5:

satis habeo negotii in sanandis vulneribus,

Cic. Att. 5, 17, 6:

magnum negotium est navigare atque id mense Quintili,

id. ib. 5, 12:

negotium facessere alicui,

to give one trouble, id. Fam. 3, 10, 1:

negotium exhibere alicui,

id. Off. 3, 31, 112:

facere innocenti,

Quint. 5, 12, 13:

nihil est negotii libertatem recuperare,

Cic. Fam. 12, 2, 1:

Cato Siciliam tenere nullo negotio potuit,

id. Att. 10, 16, 3; id. Fam. 2, 10, 2:

non minori negotio,

id. Verr. 2, 5, 68, § 175:

quid negotii est haec poëtarum, portenta convincere?

id. Tusc. 1, 6, 11: facili negotio, with little trouble (post-class.), Aur. Vict. Caes. 39, 38; cf.:

levi negotio,

Amm. 20, 10, 2 al.:

magno negotio,

Cels. 7, 5 init.;

Auct. B. Aiex. 8, 4: plus negotii est, si acutus quoque morbus is factus est,

Cels. 4, 6.—

Like the Gr. pragma, for res, a matter, thing:

quid est negoti?

Plaut. Most. 2, 2, 27; 3, 2, 54:

quid negoti est, quamobrem succenses mihi?

id. Capt. 3, 5, 11:

ineptum negotium et Graeculum,

Cic. Tusc. 1, 35, 86. —So of persons Teucris illa lentum negotium, a slow affair, Cic. Att. 1, 12, 1; cf. id. Q. Fr. 2, 13, 4:

elinguem, tardum, inhumanum negotium,

id. post Red. in Sen. 6, 14. —As transl. of to pragma, euphemism for sensual sins, Vulg. 1 Thess. 4, 6; ib. 2 Cor. 7, 11:

a negotio perambulante in tenebris,

some indefinable terror, ib. Psa. 90, 6.

glădĭus, ĭi, m. (also archaic glă-dĭum, ii, n., Lucil. ap. Non. 208, 13; cf. Varr. L. L. 9, § 81 Müll.; Quint. 1, 5, 16; v. gladiola under gladiolus, I.) [perh. akin to clades, cardo; cf. kladasai, to brandish], a sword (syn. the poet. ensis, acc. to Quint. 10, 1, 11; cf. also: spatha, acinaces, sica, pugio).

Lit.:

arripuit gladium,

Plaut. Capt. 4, 4, 7; id. Cas. 2, 4, 28:

eripite isti gladium, quae sui est impos animi,

id. Cas. 3, 5, 9: succincti gladiis media regione cracentes, Enn. ap. Paul. ex Fest. p. 53 Müll. (Ann. v. 497 Vahl.): contecti gladiis, id. ap. Philarg. ad Verg. G. 4, 230 (Ann. v. 415 ib.):

occursat ocius gladio comminusque rem gerit Varenus,

Caes. B. G. 5, 44, 11:

pila miserunt, celeriterque gladios strinxerunt,

drew, id. B. C. 3, 93, 1:

gladium stringere,

Cic. Phil. 2, 9, 21; Verg. A. 12, 278:

destringere,

Caes. B. G. 1, 25, 2; 7, 12 fin.; id. B. C. 1, 46, 1; 1, 47, 3; Cic. Off. 3, 31, 112; id. Cat. 3, 1, 2; Liv. 27, 13, 9 et saep.:

educere,

Caes. B. G. 5, 44, 8; Cic. Att. 4, 3, 3; Sall. C. 51, 36; cf.:

educere e vagina,

Cic. Inv. 2, 4, 14:

nudare,

Ov. F. 2, 693:

recondere in vaginam,

Cic. Inv. 2, 4, 14; cf.

condere,

Quint. 8 praef. §

15: xiphion gladi praebet speciem,

Plin. 25, 11, 89, § 138.—

Prov.

Suo sibi hunc gladio jugulo, fight him with his own weapons, Ter. Ad. 5, 8, 35; cf.

the same,

Cic. Caecin. 29, 82.—

Cum illum (Clodium) plumbeo gladio jugulatum iri tamen diceret (Hortensius), i. e. with very little trouble, Cic. Att. 1, 16, 2. —

Ignem gladio scrutare, stir the fire with a sword (= pur machairai skaleuein, Pythag. ap. Diog. Laert. 8, 17), Hor. S. 2, 3, 276.—

Gladium alicui dare qui se occidat, to give one the means of ruining himself, Plaut. Trin. 1, 2, 92.—

Transf.

Murder, death:

cum tanta praesertim gladiorum sit impunitas,

Cic. Phil. 1, 11, 27; cf. id. Fam. 10, 2, 1; Vell. 2, 3, 3; 2, 125, 2;

gladiorum licentia,

Cic. Fam. 4, 9 fin.; id. 2, 22, 2:

qui universas provincias regunt, jus gladii habent,

i. e. the power of life and death, Dig. 1, 18, 6, § 8:

potestas gladii,

ib. 2, 1, 3; Capitol. Gord. 9.—

A gladiatorial combat:

qui cum maxime dubitat, utrum se ad gladium locet an ad cultrum,

Sen. Ep. 87 med.:

comparare homines ad gladium,

Lact. 6, 12 fin.:

servus ad gladium vel ad bestias vel in metallum damnatus,

Dig. 29, 2, 25.—

Gladius vomeris, a ploughshare, Plin. 18, 18, 48, § 172.—

The sword-fish, also called xiphias (xiphias), Plin. 9, 2, 1, § 3; 9, 15, 21, § 54; 32, 11, 53, § 145.

prĕtĭum, ii, n. [Sanscr. root par-, pana (for parna), wager, loan; Gr. pi-praskô, to sell; priamai, to buy; cf. pornos], that for or by which any thing is bought or sold (class.).

Lit., money spent for any thing:

nil pretio parsit, filio dum parceret,

Plaut. Capt. prol. 32:

femina... urbem Exiguam pretio posuit,

for money has founded a small city, Verg. A. 4, 211:

vectigalia parvo pretio redempta habere,

for little money, cheaply, Caes. B. G. 1, 18:

pretio mercari ordinem senatorium,

to purchase, to gain with money, Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 49, § 122:

permutare pretio noluit, aliāve merce,

Plin. 9, 55, 81, § 171.—

In gen., money, wealth, etc. ( poet.), Ov. P. 2, 8, 6:

in pretio pretium nunc est,

id. F. 1, 217:

converso in pretium deo,

i. e. into a shower of gold, Hor. C. 3, 16, 8.—

Transf., worth, value, price.

In gen.: nec mi aurum posco nec mi pretium dederitis, Enn. ap. Cic. Off. 1, 12, 38 (Ann. v. 200 Vahl.):

pretium statuere merci,

to set, fix, Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 133:

pretium certum constituere,

Cic. Att. 12, 33, 1:

enumerare,

id. Rosc. Am. 46, 133:

pacisci pro re aliquā,

to agree upon, settle, id. Off. 3, 29, 107:

exsolvere,

Plaut. Men. 5, 6, 26:

quibus hic pretiis porci veneunt?

at what prices are they sold here? id. ib. 2, 2, 15:

vendere aliquid pretio suo,

id. Pers. 4, 4, 30; id. Ps. 1, 2, 36:

parare sibi pretio aliquid,

id. Merc. 2, 3, 7:

multi extulerunt eorum pretia,

Varr. R. R. 3, 6, 6:

jacent pretia praediorum,

are low, down, fallen, Cic. Rosc. Com. 12, 33.—

Esp.

In phrases: magni, parvi pretii esse, to be high or low in price, of much or little worth, of great or of small value:

nullus est tam parvi pretii, quin,

Plaut. Aul. 4, 10, 60:

ne tu habes servum graphicum, et quantivis pretii!

id. Ep. 3, 3, 29:

agrum majoris pretii nemo habet,

Ter. Heaut. 1, 1, 12:

noli spectare, quanti homo sit: parvi enim pretii est, qui jam nihil est,

Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 2, 4:

de illis potissimum jactura fit, quia pretii minimi sunt,

Sall. Or. ad Caes. 2, 9: pretium habere, to have a value, to be worth something:

vendat oleum, si pretium habeat,

Cato, R. R. 2, 7:

annona porro pretium nisi in calamitate fructuum non habet,

Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 98, § 227; but also: pretium habere, to have a price, be for sale:

quis ignorat quin id longe sit liberalibus disciplinis dignissimum, non vendere operam: cum pleraque hoc ipso possint videri vilia, quod pretium habent,

Quint. 12, 7, 8; hence: pretium non habere, to have no price, be above price (late Lat.):

nihil esse pretiosius, immo eum pretium non habere testatur,

Aug. Serm. 36, 8: in pretio esse, to be of worth, value, or estimation, to be in repute:

tum coquus in pretio esse (coeptus),

Liv. 39, 6, 9:

nec in pretio fertilis hortus erat,

Ov. F. 5, 316; Plin. 33, 1, 6, § 22: in pretio habere, to regard as of value:

in magno pretio habere,

Sen. Ep. 75, 11:

aurum et argentum in pretio habent,

Tac. G. 5;

for which cf.: pudebat libertatis majus esse apud feminas quam apud viros pretium,

Curt. 8, 2, 28: pretium facere, to fix or set a price or value; of a seller: indica, fac pretium. Do. Tua merx est;

tua indicatio est,

Plaut. Pers. 4, 4, 37;

of a purchaser: quis faceret pretium, nisi qui sua perdere vellet Omnia?

Mart. 1, 86, 7; Dig. 10, 3, 19.—

Wages, reward (mostly poet.):

pro pretio facio ut opera appareat,

Plaut. Ps. 3, 2, 59:

operam Epidici nunc me emere pretio pretioso velim,

id. Ep. 1, 2, 17:

reddere alicui pro benefactis,

id. Capt. 5, 1, 20:

palmae pretium victoribus,

Verg. A. 5, 111.—

Trop., worth, value:

quales ex hac die experiundo cognovit, perinde operae eorum pretium faceret,

would estimate their services, Liv. 27, 17:

sive aliquod morum Est pretium,

Ov. Tr. 1, 9, 43: corticis etiam ad medicamenta pretium est, Plin, 12, 25, 54, § 118; 12, 19, 43, § 95.—

Transf., pay, hire, wages, reward, price (cf.: stipendium, merces).

In a good sense: majores seorsum atque diversum pretium paravere bonis atque strenuis, decurionatus... aliosque honores, Cato ap. Fest. s. v. optionatus, p. 201 Müll.; so,

= praemium (opp. poena), ita et pretium recte facti triumphum haberet L. Paulus pro egregie bello gesto,

Liv. 45, 37, 5:

ut pretium honoremque debito beneficio addat,

id. 45, 14, 1:

cum pro cujusque merito consul pretia poenasque exsolvisset,

id. 26, 40, 15 Weissenb. ad loc.:

satis ampla pretia,

prizes, id. 21, 43, 6:

virtutum pretium,

Sen. Clem. 1, 1, 1.— Plur.: tam longā valetudine conflictabatur, ut haec tanta pretia vivendi mortis rationibus vincerentur, rewards of living, i. e. motives for living, Plin. Ep. 1, 12, 4.—Esp. in phrase pretium curae, and more freq. pretium operae, a reward for trouble:

mihi visum est pretium curae, ipsum, senatus consultum quaerere,

seemed to me worth the trouble, worth while, Plin. Ep. 8, 6, 2:

est pretium curae cognoscere, etc.,

Juv. 6, 474: facturusne operae pretium sim, etc.,... nec satis scio, what will pay for the trouble, Liv. praef.:

operae pretium habent libertatem, civitatemque,

id. 25, 6; 21, 43: audire est operae pretium, etc., Enn. ap. Acron. ad Hor. S. 1, 2, 37 (Ann. v. 454 Vahl.); so Liv. 3, 26, 7: reddere opis pretium pro factis, Enn. ap. Sen. Ep. 108 (Epigr. v. 6 Vahl.):

quo in genere est operae pretium diligentiam majorum recordari,

it is worth while, Cic. Agr. 2, 27, 73:

captā urbe, operae pretium fore,

Sall. J. 81, 2;

so without operae (post-Aug.): Germanico pretium fuit convertere agmen,

thought it of importance, Tac. A. 1, 57:

ni pretium foret Pisonis sententias noscere,

were it not worth while, were it not of importance, id. ib. 2, 35:

posse eum, si operae pretium faciat, principem popularium esse,

if he does any thing worth while, any thing of importance, Liv. 25, 30: duos servos ad hostes transfugisse et operae pretium fecisse, have done valuable service, Quadrig. ap. Sen. Ben. 3, 23:

scriptor minime utilis, cujus libro adtingere nullum pretium operae sit,

Gell. 12, 2, 1; so,

operis pretium est,

Sil. 16, 45.—

In a bad sense (i. q. poena), reward, punishment, like the Gr. timê, misthos ( poet.): si malos imitabor, tum pretium pro noxā dabis, Liv. And. ap. Non. 365, 27:

verbera, compedes, molae... haec pretia sunt ignaviae,

Plaut. Men. 5, 6, 10:

ego pretium ob stultitiam fero,

Ter. And. 3, 5, 4:

et peccare nefas, aut pretium est mori,

Hor. C. 3, 24, 24:

ille crucem pretium sceleris tulit, hic diadema,

Juv. 13, 105.—Of bribery:

adduci pretio ad hominem condemnandum,

Cic. Caecil. 10, 29:

pretio judicem corrumpere,

id. ib. 25, 72:

nec prece, nec pretio a rectā viā deduci,

Auct. Her. 3, 3, 4.

dĭgĭtus, i, m. [Gr. daktulos; cf. Germ. Zehe, Eng. toe; from root dek(dechomai), to grasp, receive; cf.

Germ. Finger, from fangen,

Curt. Gr. Etym. 133. Corssen, however, still refers digitus to root dik-, dico, deiknumi, as the pointer, indicator, Ausspr. 1, 380; cf. dico], a finger.

Prop.:

tot (cyathos bibimus), quot digiti sunt tibi in manu,

Plaut. Stich. 5, 4, 24; id. Most. 5, 1, 69; id. Mil. 2, 2, 47; 4, 2, 57 et saep.—The special designations: pollex, the thumb; index or salutaris, the forefinger; medius, also infamis and impudicus, the middle finger; minimo proximus or medicinalis, the ring-finger; minimus, the little finger, v. under those words.—

Special connections:

attingere aliquem digito (uno),

to touch one lightly, gently, Plaut. Pers. 5, 2, 15; Ter. Eun. 4, 6, 2 Ruhnk.; Licinius ap. Gell. 19, 9, 13; Cic. Tusc. 5, 19, 55; cf.

with tangere,

Plaut. Rud. 3, 5, 30; id. Poen. 5, 5, 29:

attingere aliquid extremis digitis (with primoribus labris gustare),

to touch lightly, to enjoy slightly, Cic. Cael. 12:

attingere caelum digito,

to be exceedingly happy, id. Att. 2, 1, 7: colere summis digitis, to adore (to touch the offering or consecrated gift) with the tips of the fingers, Lact. 1, 20; 5, 19 fin.; cf. Ov. F. 2, 573:

computare digitis,

to count on the fingers, to reckon up, Plaut. Mil. 2, 2, 51; Plin. 34, 8, 19, no. 29, § 88; cf.:

numerare per digitos,

Ov. F. 3, 123:

in digitis suis singulas partis causae constituere,

Cic. Div. in Caec. 14, 45.—Hence, venire ad digitos, to be reckoned, Plin. 2, 23, 21, § 87; and:

si tuos digitos novi,

thy skill in reckoning, Cic. Att. 5, 21, 13; cf.

also: digerere argumenta in digitos,

to count on the fingers, Quint. 11, 3, 114: concrepare digitos or digitis, to snap the fingers, as a signal of command, Petr. 27, 5; Plaut. Mil. 2, 2, 53; Cic. Off. 3, 19; v. concrepo; cf.

also: digitus crepans,

Mart. 3, 82, 15:

digitorum crepitus,

id. 14, 119:

digitorum percussio,

Cic. Off. 3, 19, 78:

intendere digitum ad aliquid,

to point the finger at any thing, Cic. de Or. 1, 46 fin.:

liceri digito,

to hold up the finger in bidding at an auction, Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 11;

for which also: tollere digitum,

id. ib. 2, 1, 54. The latter phrase also signifies, to raise the finger in token of submission, said of a combatant, Sid. Ep. 5, 7; cf. Mart. Spect. 29, 5;

and Schol,

Pers. 5, 119:

loqui digitis nutuque,

to talk by signs, Ov. Tr. 2, 453;

different is: postquam fuerant digiti cum voce locuti,

i. e. playing as an accompaniment to singing, Tib. 3, 4, 41; cf.:

ad digiti sonum,

id. 1, 2, 31; cf. also Lucr. 4, 587; 5, 1384:

digito compesce labellum,

hold your tongue, Juv. 1, 160.—For the various modes of employing the fingers in oratorical delivery, cf. Quint. 1, 10, 35; 11, 3, 92 sq.; 103; 120 al.: monstrari digito, i. e. to be pointed out, to become distinguished, famous, Hor. C. 4, 3, 22; Pers. 1, 28;

for which: demonstrari digito,

Tac. Or. 7 fin.; Cic. de Or. 2, 66, 266; id. Rep. 6, 24; Nep. Datam. 11, 5; Suet. Aug. 45.—Prov. phrases:

nescit, quot digitos habeat in manu, of one who knows nothing at all,

Plaut. Pers. 2, 2, 5:

in digitis hodie percoquam quod ceperit,

i. e. he has caught nothing, id. Rud. 4, 1, 11: ne digitum quidem porrigere, not to stretch out a finger, like the Gr. daktulon mê proteinai, ekteinai, for not to give one's self the least trouble, Cic. Fin. 3, 17, 57; cf.:

exserere digitum,

Pers. 5, 119 Scal.;

and in like manner: proferre digitum,

to move a finger, to make any exertion, Cic. Caecin. 25, 71:

scalpere caput digito, of effeminate men fearful of disarranging their hair,

Juv. 9, 133; cf. Sen. Ep. 52 fin.; a habit of Pompey's, acc. to Calvus ap. Schol. Luc. 7, 726, and Sen. Contr. 3, 19; Amm. 17, 11. (Cf. Echtermeyer's Ueber Namen und symbolische Bedeutung der Finger bei den Griechen und Römern, Progr. d. Hall. Pädagogiums, v. 1835.)

Transf.

A toe (cf. Heb., Gr. daktulos, Fr. doigt), Lucr. 3, 527; Verg. A. 5, 426; Petr. 132, 14; Sen. Ep. 111; Quint. 2, 3, 8 et saep.; also of the toes of animals, Varr. R. R. 3, 9, 4; Col. 8, 2, 8; Plin. 10, 42, 59, § 119 al.—

A small bough, a twig, Plin. 14, 1, 3, § 12; 17, 24, 37, § 224.—

As a measure of length, an inch, the sixteenth part of a Roman foot (pes), Front. Aquaed. 24 sq.; Caes. B. G. 7, 73, 6; id. B. C. 2, 10, 4; Juv. 12, 59 al.: digiti primores, finger-ends, as a measure, Cato R. R. 21, 2;

digitus transversus,

a fingerbreadth, id. ib. 45 fin.;

48, 2.—Prov.: digitum transversum non discedere ab aliqua re,

not to swerve a finger's breadth, Cic. Ac. 2, 18, 58; cf.

without transversum: nusquam ab argento digitum discedere,

id. Verr. 2, 4, 15;

and ellipt.: ab honestissima sententia digitum nusquam,

id. Att. 7, 3, 11.

Dĭgĭtus, i, m., a proper name; in plur.: Digiti Idaei = Daktuloi Idaioi, the priests of Cybele, Cic. N. D. 3, 16, 42; cf. Arn. 3, 41 and 43, and v. Dactylus.

dĭgĭtus, i, m. [Gr. daktulos; cf. Germ. Zehe, Eng. toe; from root dek(dechomai), to grasp, receive; cf.

Germ. Finger, from fangen,

Curt. Gr. Etym. 133. Corssen, however, still refers digitus to root dik-, dico, deiknumi, as the pointer, indicator, Ausspr. 1, 380; cf. dico], a finger.

Prop.:

tot (cyathos bibimus), quot digiti sunt tibi in manu,

Plaut. Stich. 5, 4, 24; id. Most. 5, 1, 69; id. Mil. 2, 2, 47; 4, 2, 57 et saep.—The special designations: pollex, the thumb; index or salutaris, the forefinger; medius, also infamis and impudicus, the middle finger; minimo proximus or medicinalis, the ring-finger; minimus, the little finger, v. under those words.—

Special connections:

attingere aliquem digito (uno),

to touch one lightly, gently, Plaut. Pers. 5, 2, 15; Ter. Eun. 4, 6, 2 Ruhnk.; Licinius ap. Gell. 19, 9, 13; Cic. Tusc. 5, 19, 55; cf.

with tangere,

Plaut. Rud. 3, 5, 30; id. Poen. 5, 5, 29:

attingere aliquid extremis digitis (with primoribus labris gustare),

to touch lightly, to enjoy slightly, Cic. Cael. 12:

attingere caelum digito,

to be exceedingly happy, id. Att. 2, 1, 7: colere summis digitis, to adore (to touch the offering or consecrated gift) with the tips of the fingers, Lact. 1, 20; 5, 19 fin.; cf. Ov. F. 2, 573:

computare digitis,

to count on the fingers, to reckon up, Plaut. Mil. 2, 2, 51; Plin. 34, 8, 19, no. 29, § 88; cf.:

numerare per digitos,

Ov. F. 3, 123:

in digitis suis singulas partis causae constituere,

Cic. Div. in Caec. 14, 45.—Hence, venire ad digitos, to be reckoned, Plin. 2, 23, 21, § 87; and:

si tuos digitos novi,

thy skill in reckoning, Cic. Att. 5, 21, 13; cf.

also: digerere argumenta in digitos,

to count on the fingers, Quint. 11, 3, 114: concrepare digitos or digitis, to snap the fingers, as a signal of command, Petr. 27, 5; Plaut. Mil. 2, 2, 53; Cic. Off. 3, 19; v. concrepo; cf.

also: digitus crepans,

Mart. 3, 82, 15:

digitorum crepitus,

id. 14, 119:

digitorum percussio,

Cic. Off. 3, 19, 78:

intendere digitum ad aliquid,

to point the finger at any thing, Cic. de Or. 1, 46 fin.:

liceri digito,

to hold up the finger in bidding at an auction, Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 11;

for which also: tollere digitum,

id. ib. 2, 1, 54. The latter phrase also signifies, to raise the finger in token of submission, said of a combatant, Sid. Ep. 5, 7; cf. Mart. Spect. 29, 5;

and Schol,

Pers. 5, 119:

loqui digitis nutuque,

to talk by signs, Ov. Tr. 2, 453;

different is: postquam fuerant digiti cum voce locuti,

i. e. playing as an accompaniment to singing, Tib. 3, 4, 41; cf.:

ad digiti sonum,

id. 1, 2, 31; cf. also Lucr. 4, 587; 5, 1384:

digito compesce labellum,

hold your tongue, Juv. 1, 160.—For the various modes of employing the fingers in oratorical delivery, cf. Quint. 1, 10, 35; 11, 3, 92 sq.; 103; 120 al.: monstrari digito, i. e. to be pointed out, to become distinguished, famous, Hor. C. 4, 3, 22; Pers. 1, 28;

for which: demonstrari digito,

Tac. Or. 7 fin.; Cic. de Or. 2, 66, 266; id. Rep. 6, 24; Nep. Datam. 11, 5; Suet. Aug. 45.—Prov. phrases:

nescit, quot digitos habeat in manu, of one who knows nothing at all,

Plaut. Pers. 2, 2, 5:

in digitis hodie percoquam quod ceperit,

i. e. he has caught nothing, id. Rud. 4, 1, 11: ne digitum quidem porrigere, not to stretch out a finger, like the Gr. daktulon mê proteinai, ekteinai, for not to give one's self the least trouble, Cic. Fin. 3, 17, 57; cf.:

exserere digitum,

Pers. 5, 119 Scal.;

and in like manner: proferre digitum,

to move a finger, to make any exertion, Cic. Caecin. 25, 71:

scalpere caput digito, of effeminate men fearful of disarranging their hair,

Juv. 9, 133; cf. Sen. Ep. 52 fin.; a habit of Pompey's, acc. to Calvus ap. Schol. Luc. 7, 726, and Sen. Contr. 3, 19; Amm. 17, 11. (Cf. Echtermeyer's Ueber Namen und symbolische Bedeutung der Finger bei den Griechen und Römern, Progr. d. Hall. Pädagogiums, v. 1835.)

Transf.

A toe (cf. Heb., Gr. daktulos, Fr. doigt), Lucr. 3, 527; Verg. A. 5, 426; Petr. 132, 14; Sen. Ep. 111; Quint. 2, 3, 8 et saep.; also of the toes of animals, Varr. R. R. 3, 9, 4; Col. 8, 2, 8; Plin. 10, 42, 59, § 119 al.—

A small bough, a twig, Plin. 14, 1, 3, § 12; 17, 24, 37, § 224.—

As a measure of length, an inch, the sixteenth part of a Roman foot (pes), Front. Aquaed. 24 sq.; Caes. B. G. 7, 73, 6; id. B. C. 2, 10, 4; Juv. 12, 59 al.: digiti primores, finger-ends, as a measure, Cato R. R. 21, 2;

digitus transversus,

a fingerbreadth, id. ib. 45 fin.;

48, 2.—Prov.: digitum transversum non discedere ab aliqua re,

not to swerve a finger's breadth, Cic. Ac. 2, 18, 58; cf.

without transversum: nusquam ab argento digitum discedere,

id. Verr. 2, 4, 15;

and ellipt.: ab honestissima sententia digitum nusquam,

id. Att. 7, 3, 11.

Dĭgĭtus, i, m., a proper name; in plur.: Digiti Idaei = Daktuloi Idaioi, the priests of Cybele, Cic. N. D. 3, 16, 42; cf. Arn. 3, 41 and 43, and v. Dactylus.