without auspices

ĭn-auspĭcātus, a, um, adj.

At which no auspices were taken, without auspices:

lex,

Liv. 7, 6, 11.—Hence,

in-auspĭcāto, adv. (lit. abl. absol.), without consulting the auspices:

quod inauspicato pomoerium transgressus esset (Ti. Gracchus),

Cic. Div. 1, 17, 33.—

Of bad omen, unlucky, inauspicious (only post-Aug.):

inauspicatarum animantium vice,

Plin. 18, 1, 1, § 4:

nomen,

id. 3, 23, 26, § 145:

exemplum,

id. 7, 16, 15, § 136:

garrulitas (cornicis),

id. 10, 12, 14, § 68:

bibente conviva mensam tolli inauspicatissimum judicatur,

id. 28, 2, 5, § 26.—

Unhoped for, unexpected (late Lat.):

successus,

Ennod. Ep. 1, 5:

bona,

id. ib. 4, 29.

auspex, spĭcis, comm. [a contraction of avispex, from avis-spicio], a bird inspector, bird-seer, i. e. one who observes the flight, singing, or feeding of birds, and foretells future events therefrom; an augur, soothsayer, diviner (in a lit. signif. far more rare than augur).

Lit.:

latores et auspices legis curiatae,

Cic. Att. 2, 7:

ego cui timebo Providus auspex,

Hor. C. 3, 27, 8.—Of the birds from which auguries were taken:

(galli, gallinacei) victoriarum omnium auspices,

Plin. 10, 21, 24, § 49.—Since little of importance was done in Rome without consulting the auspices, hence,

Transf.

1.. In gen., an author, founder, director, leader, protector, favorer:

divis Auspicibus coeptorum operum,

Verg. A. 3, 20:

Dis equidem auspicibus reor etc.,

id. ib. 4, 45, and Ov. F. 1, 615: auspice Musā, i. e. under the inspiration of the muse, Hor. Ep. 1, 3, 13:

Nil desperandum Teucro duce et auspice Teucro,

id. C. 1, 7, 27.—

Esp., as t. t., the person who witnessed the marriage contract, the reception of the marriage portion, took care that the marriage ceremonies were rightly performed, etc., paranumphios:

nihil fere quondam majoris rei nisi auspicato ne privatim quidem gerebatur, quod etiam nunc nuptiarum auspices declarant, qui re omissā nomen tantum tenent,

Cic. Div. 1, 16, 28; cf. Val. Max. 2, 1, 1; Serv. ad Verg. A. 1, 346; Plaut. Cas. prol. 86:

nubit genero socrus nullis auspicibus, nullis auctoribus, etc.,

Cic. Clu. 5, 14; so Liv. 42, 12, 4:

auspicum verba,

Tac. A. 11, 27; 15, 37:

alicui nubere dote inter auspices consignatā,

Suet. Claud. 26;

veniet cum signatoribus auspex,

Juv. 10, 336 Schol.; Luc. 2, 371 Schol.—In fem., Claud. in Rufin. 1, 1, 83; cf. pronubus; auctor, II. F. 3.; and Smith, Dict. Antiq.—

A beginning (post-class.), Eum. Pan. Const. 3; Pacat. Pan. Theod. 3.—

Adj., fortunate, favorable, auspicious, lucky (post-class.):

clamor,

Claud. IV. Cons. Hon. 610:

victoria,

id. VI. Cons. Hon. 653:

purpura,

id. Ep. ad Seren. 57.

Ăventīnus, i, m.

A.. (Sc. mons.) The Aventine, one of the seven hills of Rome, extending from the Palatine to the Cœlian Mount; until the reign of Ancus Marcius, without the city proper, Cic. Rep. 2, 18; Sen. Brev. Vit. 14; Gell. 13, 4. The origin of the name is uncertain; acc. to Liv. 1, 3, 9, it was named from Aventinus, an Alban king buried there; other etymologies are given by Varr. L. L. 5, § 43 Müll.; cf. Serv. ad Verg. A. 7, 657, where, beside the etymologies given and referred to, another is given from Varro; cf. Creuz, Antiq. p. 23 sq.; Smith, Dict. Antiq.— Neutr.: Aventī-num, i, Liv. 1, 33, 1 and 5; 21, 62, 8.— Hence,

The adjj.,

Ăventīnus, a, um, of Mount Aventine:

cacumen,

Ov. F 4, 816:

jugum,

id. ib. 3, 884:

arx,

id. ib. 6, 728:

humus,

id. ib. 6, 82: Remus, because he consulted the auspices there (therefore its summit was called Remuria;

v. Remurinus),

Prop. 5, 1, 50:

Diana, because she had there an ancient and very distinguished temple,

id. 5, 8, 29; cf. Hor. C. S. 69; Mart. 12, 18, 3; 7, 73, 1.—

Ăven-tīnensis (Fest. s. v. nesi, p. 165 Müll.) or Ăventīnĭensis (Val. Max. 7, 3, 1), e, of or belonging to Mount Aventine: Diana, who had a temple upon the Aventine Hill —

A son of Hercules, Verg. A. 7, 657.

Ăventīnus, i, m.

A.. (Sc. mons.) The Aventine, one of the seven hills of Rome, extending from the Palatine to the Cœlian Mount; until the reign of Ancus Marcius, without the city proper, Cic. Rep. 2, 18; Sen. Brev. Vit. 14; Gell. 13, 4. The origin of the name is uncertain; acc. to Liv. 1, 3, 9, it was named from Aventinus, an Alban king buried there; other etymologies are given by Varr. L. L. 5, § 43 Müll.; cf. Serv. ad Verg. A. 7, 657, where, beside the etymologies given and referred to, another is given from Varro; cf. Creuz, Antiq. p. 23 sq.; Smith, Dict. Antiq.— Neutr.: Aventī-num, i, Liv. 1, 33, 1 and 5; 21, 62, 8.— Hence,

The adjj.,

Ăventīnus, a, um, of Mount Aventine:

cacumen,

Ov. F 4, 816:

jugum,

id. ib. 3, 884:

arx,

id. ib. 6, 728:

humus,

id. ib. 6, 82: Remus, because he consulted the auspices there (therefore its summit was called Remuria;

v. Remurinus),

Prop. 5, 1, 50:

Diana, because she had there an ancient and very distinguished temple,

id. 5, 8, 29; cf. Hor. C. S. 69; Mart. 12, 18, 3; 7, 73, 1.—

Ăven-tīnensis (Fest. s. v. nesi, p. 165 Müll.) or Ăventīnĭensis (Val. Max. 7, 3, 1), e, of or belonging to Mount Aventine: Diana, who had a temple upon the Aventine Hill —

A son of Hercules, Verg. A. 7, 657.

Ăventīnus, i, m.

A.. (Sc. mons.) The Aventine, one of the seven hills of Rome, extending from the Palatine to the Cœlian Mount; until the reign of Ancus Marcius, without the city proper, Cic. Rep. 2, 18; Sen. Brev. Vit. 14; Gell. 13, 4. The origin of the name is uncertain; acc. to Liv. 1, 3, 9, it was named from Aventinus, an Alban king buried there; other etymologies are given by Varr. L. L. 5, § 43 Müll.; cf. Serv. ad Verg. A. 7, 657, where, beside the etymologies given and referred to, another is given from Varro; cf. Creuz, Antiq. p. 23 sq.; Smith, Dict. Antiq.— Neutr.: Aventī-num, i, Liv. 1, 33, 1 and 5; 21, 62, 8.— Hence,

The adjj.,

Ăventīnus, a, um, of Mount Aventine:

cacumen,

Ov. F 4, 816:

jugum,

id. ib. 3, 884:

arx,

id. ib. 6, 728:

humus,

id. ib. 6, 82: Remus, because he consulted the auspices there (therefore its summit was called Remuria;

v. Remurinus),

Prop. 5, 1, 50:

Diana, because she had there an ancient and very distinguished temple,

id. 5, 8, 29; cf. Hor. C. S. 69; Mart. 12, 18, 3; 7, 73, 1.—

Ăven-tīnensis (Fest. s. v. nesi, p. 165 Müll.) or Ăventīnĭensis (Val. Max. 7, 3, 1), e, of or belonging to Mount Aventine: Diana, who had a temple upon the Aventine Hill —

A son of Hercules, Verg. A. 7, 657.

Ăventīnus, i, m.

A.. (Sc. mons.) The Aventine, one of the seven hills of Rome, extending from the Palatine to the Cœlian Mount; until the reign of Ancus Marcius, without the city proper, Cic. Rep. 2, 18; Sen. Brev. Vit. 14; Gell. 13, 4. The origin of the name is uncertain; acc. to Liv. 1, 3, 9, it was named from Aventinus, an Alban king buried there; other etymologies are given by Varr. L. L. 5, § 43 Müll.; cf. Serv. ad Verg. A. 7, 657, where, beside the etymologies given and referred to, another is given from Varro; cf. Creuz, Antiq. p. 23 sq.; Smith, Dict. Antiq.— Neutr.: Aventī-num, i, Liv. 1, 33, 1 and 5; 21, 62, 8.— Hence,

The adjj.,

Ăventīnus, a, um, of Mount Aventine:

cacumen,

Ov. F 4, 816:

jugum,

id. ib. 3, 884:

arx,

id. ib. 6, 728:

humus,

id. ib. 6, 82: Remus, because he consulted the auspices there (therefore its summit was called Remuria;

v. Remurinus),

Prop. 5, 1, 50:

Diana, because she had there an ancient and very distinguished temple,

id. 5, 8, 29; cf. Hor. C. S. 69; Mart. 12, 18, 3; 7, 73, 1.—

Ăven-tīnensis (Fest. s. v. nesi, p. 165 Müll.) or Ăventīnĭensis (Val. Max. 7, 3, 1), e, of or belonging to Mount Aventine: Diana, who had a temple upon the Aventine Hill —

A son of Hercules, Verg. A. 7, 657.

lĭto, āvi, ātum, 1, v. n. and a., to make an offering which exhibits favorable prognostics, to sacrifice under favorable auspices, to obtain favorable omens.

Lit.

Neutr.:

si istuc umquam factum est, tum me Juppiter Faciat, ut semper sacrificem nec umquam litem,

Plaut. Poen. 2, 41:

nec auspicato, nec litato instruunt aciem,

without favorable omens, Liv. 5, 38:

Manlium egregie litasse,

id. 8, 9, 1:

non facile litare,

id. 27, 23; 29, 10, 6; Suet. Caes. 81;

curt. 7, 7, 29: impia tam saeve gesturus bella litasti,

Luc. 7, 171.—Prov.: mola tantum salsa litant, qui non habent tura, i. e. a man can give no more than he has, Plin. praef. § 11.—

With dat.:

cum pluribus dis immolatur, qui tandem evenit, ut litetur aliis, aliis non litetur,

Cic. Div. 2, 17, 38:

litatum est ei deo,

Plin. 10, 28, 40, § 75.—

With abl.:

proximā hostiā litatur saepe pulcherrime,

Cic. Div. 2, 15, 36; so Plin. 8, 45, 70, § 183:

humanis hostiis,

Tac. G. 9.—

Of the victim itself, to give a favorable omen, promise a successful event:

victima Diti patri caesa litavit,

Suet. Oth. 8; id. Aug. 96:

non quacunque manu victima caesa litat,

Mart. 10, 73, 6.—

Transf., in gen., to make an offering, offer sacrifice:

qui hominem immolaverint, exve ejus sanguine litaverint... capite puniuntur,

Paul. Sent. 5, 23, 16.—

Act., to offer acceptably ( poet. and in post-class. prose):

exta litabat ovis,

Prop. 4 (5), 1, 24:

sacra bove,

Ov. F. 4, 630:

sacris litatis,

Verg. A. 4, 50:

sacris ex more litatis,

Ov. M. 14, 156:

Phoebe, tibi enim haec sacra litavi,

Stat. Th. 10, 338:

tibi litavi hoc sacrum,

Luc. 1, 632:

diis sanguinem humanum,

Flor. 3, 4, 2:

hostias,

Just. 20, 2, 14.—

Trop.

To bring an offering to, to make atonement to, to propitiate, appease, satisfy:

litemus Lentulo, parentemus Cethego,

Cic. Fl. 38, 96:

publico gaudio,

Plin. Pan. 52, 4: aliquid poenā, Auct. B. Hisp. 24. — Impers. pass.:

sanguine quaerendi reditus, animāque litandum Argolicā,

Verg. A. 2, 118:

postquam litatum est Ilio Phoebus redit,

Sen. Agm. 577:

de alicujus sanguine legibus,

App. M. 2, p. 132 fin. —

To devote, consecrate: plura non habui, dolor, tibi quae litarem, Sen. Med. fin.:

honorem deo,

Tert. Patient. 10:

victimam,

Prud. Cath. 7, 5.

pōmērĭum and pōmoerĭum (the first is most freq. in inscrr., the latter in MSS.;

but the better manuscripts have also,

Varr. R. R. 1, 2, 13, and Tac. A. 12, 23 and 24, pomerium. A third form, post-moerium, Varr. L. L. 5, § 143 Müll., seems merely to have been assumed from the etymology; a fourth archaic form is posi-merium, pontificale pomoerium, qui auspicato olim quidem omnem urbem ambiebat praeter Aventinum... estque prosimerium quasi proxi-murium, pontifices auspicabantur, Paul. ex Fest. p. 248 Müll.), ĭi, n. [post-moerus = murus].

Lit., the open space left free from buildings within and without the walls of a town, bounded by stones (cippi or termini), and limiting the city auspices, Varr. L. L. 5, § 143 Müll.; Liv. 1, 44; Gell. 13, 14, 6; 15, 27, 4; Tac. A. 12, 23 and 24: POMERIVM, Inscr. (746 A. U. C.) Orell. 1; Inscr. Grut. 242 (Orell. 1, p. 567); Inscr. Orell. 710;

Inscr. (A. D. 121) Orell. 811: pomoerium intrare, transire,

Cic. N. D. 2, 4, 11:

de pomoerii jure,

id. Div. 2, 35, 75:

sales intra pomeria nati,

i. e. of the city, Juv. 9, 11.—

Trop., bounds, limits (ante- and post-class.):

qui minore pomerio finierunt,

who have prescribed narrower limits to themselves, Varr. R. R. 1, 2, 13; Macr. S. 1, 24.

pōmērĭum and pōmoerĭum (the first is most freq. in inscrr., the latter in MSS.;

but the better manuscripts have also,

Varr. R. R. 1, 2, 13, and Tac. A. 12, 23 and 24, pomerium. A third form, post-moerium, Varr. L. L. 5, § 143 Müll., seems merely to have been assumed from the etymology; a fourth archaic form is posi-merium, pontificale pomoerium, qui auspicato olim quidem omnem urbem ambiebat praeter Aventinum... estque prosimerium quasi proxi-murium, pontifices auspicabantur, Paul. ex Fest. p. 248 Müll.), ĭi, n. [post-moerus = murus].

Lit., the open space left free from buildings within and without the walls of a town, bounded by stones (cippi or termini), and limiting the city auspices, Varr. L. L. 5, § 143 Müll.; Liv. 1, 44; Gell. 13, 14, 6; 15, 27, 4; Tac. A. 12, 23 and 24: POMERIVM, Inscr. (746 A. U. C.) Orell. 1; Inscr. Grut. 242 (Orell. 1, p. 567); Inscr. Orell. 710;

Inscr. (A. D. 121) Orell. 811: pomoerium intrare, transire,

Cic. N. D. 2, 4, 11:

de pomoerii jure,

id. Div. 2, 35, 75:

sales intra pomeria nati,

i. e. of the city, Juv. 9, 11.—

Trop., bounds, limits (ante- and post-class.):

qui minore pomerio finierunt,

who have prescribed narrower limits to themselves, Varr. R. R. 1, 2, 13; Macr. S. 1, 24.

sĭlentĭum, ii, n. [sileo].

Lit.

In gen., a being still or silent, noiselessness, stillness, silence (freq. and class.; cf.

taciturnitas): otium et silentium est, Ter. Hec. prol. alt. 35: et ipse conticuit et ceteris silentium fuit,

Cic. de Or. 3, 35, 143; cf. id. ib. 1, 35, 160; id. Rep. 2, 38, 64:

auditus est magno silentio,

id. Q. Fr. 2, 1, 1:

silentio auditus,

Caes. B. C. 3, 19, 3:

huic facietis Fabulae silentium,

Plaut. Am. prol. 15:

fac silentium,

id. Pers. 4, 3, 50; cf. Cic. Div. 1, 28, 59:

nec longa silentia feci,

kept silence, Ov. F. 1, 183: silentio facto, silence being obtained, Quadrig. ap. Gell. 9, 13, 10; Liv. 24, 7 fin.; Petr. 14 fin.; Quint. 2, 5, 6 al.; also with the signif. to make or procure silence:

Fabius cum silentium classico fecisset,

Liv. 2, 45; Tac. H. 3, 20; Curt. 10, 6, 3; Phaedr. 5, 5, 15:

facere silentia majestate manūs,

Pers. 4, 7:

tribuni plebis, cum inviti silentium tenuissent,

Liv. 5, 9, 4; so,

tenere silentium,

id. 1, 16, 2; 1, 28, 8; 9, 38, 14:

silentium obtinere,

id. 1, 16, 2; cf.:

obstinatum silentium obtinuit,

id. 9, 38, 14:

tenuere silentia cuncti,

Ov. M. 1, 206:

se silentium fieri jussisse,

Cic. Div. 1, 28, 59; Luc. 1, 298:

silentium imperare,

Sen. Vit. Beat. 26, 7; Tac. G. 11:

silentium significare,

to give a signal for silence, Cic. Brut. 84, 290:

cum silentio animadvertite,

Ter. Eun. prol. 44:

Athenienses cum silentio auditi sunt,

Liv. 38, 10, 4:

cum silentio ad aliquem convenire,

id. 7, 35, 1; so,

cum silentio,

id. 25, 9, 15:

agere per silentium,

Ter. Heaut. prol. 36; cf. id. Hec. prol. alt. 21; id. Phorm. prol. 30:

per silentium noctis,

Liv. 3, 42, 3; Tac. A. 4, 53; id. Agr. 3:

ego illas omnes res egi silentio,

Cic. Prov. Cons. 12, 29; cf.:

ut nulla fere pars orationis silentio praeteriretur,

in silence, without applause, id. Brut. 22, 88;

more freq.: praeterire silentio,

to pass over in silence, to say nothing about, id. Sull. 21, 62; id. Part. Or. 23, 82; id. Phil. 13, 6 Orell. N. cr.; Plin. Ep. 5, 20, 6;

for which: silentio transire,

Cic. Att. 2, 19, 3; Quint. 2, 3, 1; 5, 12, 23:

periculosissimum locum silentio sum praetervectus,

Cic. Phil. 7, 3, 8:

transmittere aliquem,

Tac. A. 1, 13 fin. al.; cf.:

cum M. Tullius de omnibus (oratoribus) aetatis suae silentium egerit,

keeps silence, is silent, Quint. 10, 1, 38:

tenere se intra silentium,

Plin. Ep. 4, 17, 8; 7, 6, 6:

de Partho silentium est,

nothing is said, Cic. Att. 5, 16, 4:

ut laudem eorum a silentio vindicarem,

i. e. obscurity, id. de Or. 2, 2, 7; Sen. Ep. 21, 5; Plin. Ep. 9, 14, 1:

gravissimas plagas ferre silentio,

Cic. Tusc. 2, 20, 46:

quam maximum silentium haberi jubet,

Sall. J. 99, 1:

lacrimae omnibus obortae, et diu maestum silentium tenuit,

prevailed, Liv. 40, 8, 20.— Poet.: fer opem furtoque silentia deme, remove silence from, i. e. tell of, disclose, Ov. M. 2, 700.—Of the stillness, silence, dead of night:

silentio noctis Caesar ex castris egressus,

Caes. B. G. 7, 36:

in silentio noctis,

id. ib. 7, 26; cf.:

se vocem noctis silentio audisse clariorem humanā,

Liv. 5, 32:

paulo ante mediam noctem silentio ex oppido egressi,

Caes. B. G. 7, 11; cf. id. ib. 7, 18; 7, 60; Liv. 8, 23, 9, 38.— Poet., in plur.:

silentia noctis,

Lucr. 4, 461; Stat. Th. 1, 441:

quid me alta silentia cogis Rumpere,

Verg. A. 10, 63; Ov. M. 7, 184:

taciturna silentia,

Lucr. 4, 585:

torquent illum furibunda silentia,

Stat. Th. 10, 890.— The stillness, quietness of the fields:

nactus silentia ruris,

Ov. M. 1, 232; cf.:

vidit desolatas agere alta silentia terras,

id. ib. 1, 349.—Of wood that makes no noise, does not snap, Plin. 16, 16, 28, § 70.—

In partic., in augural lang., freedom from disturbance; hence, faultlessness, perfectness in the taking of auspices:

id silentium dicimus in auspiciis, quod omni vitio caret, etc.,

Cic. Div. 2, 34, 71; cf. Fest. p. 348 Müll.; s. v. sinistrum, p. 351 ib.; and v. Becker, Antiq. vol. 2, pars 3, p. 76 sq.—

Transf., a standstill (opp. to motion or activity); cessation, repose, inaction, tranquillity, etc. (rare but class.): mundus caeli vastus constitit silentio, Enn. ap. Macr. 6, 2 med.:

silentium perpetuum judiciorum ac fori,

Cic. Pis. 14, 32; cf. Tac. Agr. 39:

vitam silentio transire,

Sall. C. 1, 1:

silentium otiumque inter armatos,

Liv. 2, 45: biduum deinde silentium [p. 1699] fuit neutris transgredientibus amnem, id. 37, 38:

idem praeturae tenor et silentium,

Tac. Agr. 6:

quantum distant a morte silentia vitae?

Sil. 3, 145.

tăbernācŭlum, i, n. [taberna], a tent (syn. tentorium):

tabernacula dicuntur a similitudine tabernarum, quae ipsae, quod ex tabulis olim fiebant, dictae sunt, non, ut quidam putant, quod tabulis cludantur,

Fest. p. 356 Müll.; cf.: unde (sc. a tabernis) et tabernacula sunt dicta, licet ex tentoriis pellibus fiant, id. s. v. contubernales, p. 38 ib.

In gen.:

tabernaculo in litore posito,

Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 33, § 87:

in ipso aditu portus tabernacula carbaseis intenta velis collocabat,

id. ib. 2, 5, 12, §

30: collocassem mihi in campo Martio,

id. Pis. 25 61:

militare,

id. Brut. 9, 37:

Caesar eo die tabernacula statui passus non est,

Caes. B. C. 1, 81; Nep. Eum. 7, 1:

tabernaculis stantibus castra reliquerunt,

Liv. 22, 42, 2:

tabernaculis detensis,

Caes. B. C. 3, 85; Liv. 41, 3, 1:

militare,

Cic. Brut. 9, 37:

regium,

Liv. 24, 40, 11:

regis,

Curt. 3, 3, 8; 7, 10, 14:

ducis,

Tac. A. 1, 29:

qui in unā philosophiā quasi tabernaculum vitae suae collocarunt,

as it were, have pitched their tent, settled down, Cic. de Or. 3, 20, 77. —

In partic., in relig. lang.: tabernaculum capere, to choose a place for a tent without the city, wherein to observe the auspices previous to holding the comitia:

tabernaculum recte captum,

in the proper manner, with due ceremonies, Cic. Div. 2, 35, 75; cf.:

parum recte tabernaculum capere,

Liv. 4, 7, 3:

cum tabernaculum vitio cepisset imprudens,

improperly, Cic. Div. 1, 17, 33:

tabernaculum vitio captum,

id. N. D. 2, 4, 11; Val. Max. 1, 1, 3.—

The Jewish tabernacle, Vulg. Num. 7, 1 et saep.