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1 Caeci
1.caecus (not coecus; sometimes in MSS. cēcus), a, um, adj. [akin to skia, skotos; Sanscr. khāyā, shadow], having no light, devoid of light.I. A.Lit.:2.Appius, qui caecus annos multos fuit,
Cic. Tusc. 5, 38, 112:traditum est enim Homerum caecum fuisse,
id. ib. 5, 39, 114; Lucr. 5, 839:catuli, qui jam dispecturi sunt, caeci aeque et hi qui modo nati,
Cic. Fin. 4, 23, 64:si facie miserabili senis, caeci, infantis,
Quint. 4, 1, 42:caecum corpus,
the blind part of the body, the back, Sall. J. 107, 1:perdices caecae impetu,
Plin. 10, 33, 51, § 102:gigni,
Vell. 1, 5, 2.—Prov.:B.ut si Caecus iter monstrare velit,
Hor. Ep. 1, 17, 4:apparet id quidem etiam caeco,
even a blind man can see that, Liv. 32, 34, 3:caecis hoc, ut aiunt, satis clarum est,
Quint. 12, 7, 9.—Trop., mentally or morally blind, blinded (freq. in prose and poetry):2.o pectora caeca!
Lucr. 2, 14:non solum ipsa Fortuna caeca est, sed eos etiam plerumque efficit caecos, quos complexa est,
Cic. Lael. 15, 54; cf.casus,
id. Div. 2, 6, 15:caecus atque amens tribunus,
id. Sest. 7, 17:caecum me et praecipitem ferri,
id. Planc. 3, 6:mater caeca crudelitate et scelere,
id. Clu. 70, 199:cupidine,
Sall. J. 25, 7:amentiā,
Cic. Har. Resp. 23, 48:quem mala stultitia Caecum agit,
Hor. S. 2, 3, 44:amatorem amicae Turpia decipiunt caecum vitia,
id. ib. 1, 3, 39:mens,
Tac. Agr. 43.—With ad:caecus ad has belli artes,
Liv. 21, 54, 3.—With gen.:caecus animi,
Quint. 1, 10, 29; Gell. 12, 13, 4:fati futuri,
ignorant of, Luc. 2, 14; cf. Claud. Rapt. Pros. 1, 138.— Subst.: Caeci, ōrum, m., the blind people, i.e. the people of Chalcedon, according to the oracle at Delphi. Tac. A. 12, 63; cf. Plin. 5, 32, 43, § 149. —Meton. of the passions themselves:3.caeca honorum cupido,
Lucr. 3, 59; Ov. M. 3, 620:ac temeraria dominatrix animi cupiditas,
Cic. Inv. 1, 2, 2; id. Pis. 24, 57:exspectatio,
id. Agr. 2, 25, 66:amor,
Ov. F. 2, 762:amor sui,
Hor. C. 1, 18, 14:festinatio,
Liv. 22, 39, 22:furor,
Hor. Epod. 7, 13:caeca et sopita socordia,
Quint. 1, 2, 5:ambitio,
Sen. Ben. 7, 26, 4.—Pregn., blind, i.e. at random, vague, indiscriminate, aimless:C.in hac calumniā timoris et caecae suspitionis tormento,
Cic. Fam. 6, 7, 4:caeco quodam timore... quaerebant aliquem ducem,
id. Lig. 1, 3:caecique in nubibus ignes Terrificant animos,
Verg. A. 4, 209:caeca regens filo vestigia,
id. ib. 6, 30:ne sint caecae, pater, exsecrationes tuae,
Liv. 40, 10, 1:et caeco flentque paventque metu,
Ov. F. 2, 822:lymphatis caeco pavore animis,
Tac. H. 1, 82:cervus... Caeco timore proximam villam petit,
Phaedr. 2, 8, 3:timor,
Ov. Am. 1, 4, 42.—Transf.1. 2.Of the large intestine:II.intestinum,
the cœcum, Cels. 4, 1, 28; 4, 14, 1.—Pass., that cannot be seen, or trop., that cannot be known, invisible, concealed, hidden, secret, obscure, dark.A.Lit.: sunt igitur venti nimirum corpora caeca, winds are accordingly bodies, although invisible, Lucr. 1, 278; 1, 296; 1, 329;B.2, 713: vallum caecum,
Caes. B. C. 1, 28; cf.: caecum vallum dicitur, in quo praeacuti pali terrae affixi herbis vel frondibus occuluntur, Paul. ex Fest. p. 44 Müll.; so,fossae,
covered, Col. 2, 2, 9; Pall. Mai, 3. 1:in vada caeca ferre,
Verg. A. 1, 536:fores,
private, id. ib. 2, 453:spiramenta,
id. G. 1, 89:colubri,
Col. 10, 231:ignis,
Lucr. 4, 929:venenum,
id. 6, 822:tabes,
Ov. M. 9, 174:viae,
blind ways, Tib. 2, 1, 78:insidiae armaque,
Ov. F 2, 214; cf. Sil. 5, 3:saxa,
Verg. A. 3, 706; 5, 164:vulnus,
a secret wound, Lucr. 4, 1116;but also,
a wound upon the back, Verg. A. 10, 733; cf.in the same sense, ictus,
Liv. 34, 14, 11; Sil. 9, 105 (cf.: caecum corpus, the back, I. A. supra):caeca manus, i.e. abscondita,
Ov. M. 12, 492:caecum domūs scelus,
Verg. A. 1, 356.—Trop.:2.caecas exponere causas,
Lucr. 3, 317:improba navigii ratio, tum caeca jacebat,
lay still concealed, id. 5, 1004; so,venti potestas,
id. 3, 248; 3, 270: fluctus, Sisenn. ap. Non. p. 449, 10:caeca et clandestina natura,
Lucr. 1, 779:res caecae et ab aspectūs judicio remotae,
Cic. de Or. 2, 87, 357:obscurum atque caecum,
id. Agr. 2, 14, 36:fata,
Hor. C. 2, 13, 16:sors,
id. S. 2, 3, 269:tumultus,
secret conspiracies, Verg. G. 1, 464:amor,
id. ib. 3, 210; cf.:stimulos in pectore caecos Condidit,
Ov. M. 1, 726. In Plaut. once, prob. taken from the vulgar lang.: caecā die emere, upon a concealed ( pay-) day, i.e. to purchase on credit (opp. oculata dies, i.e. for ready money): Ca. Pereo inopiā argentariā. Ba. Emito die caecā hercle olivom, id vendito oculatā die, Plaut. Ps. 1, 3, 67.—By poet. license, transf. to the hearing:III. A.murmur,
Verg. A. 12, 591 (as we, by a similar meton., say a hollow sound; cf. on the other hand, in Gr. tuphlos ta ôta); so,clamor,
Val. Fl. 2, 461:mugitusterrae,
Sen. Troad. 171.—Lit.:B.nox,
Cic. Mil. 19, 50; Lucr. 1, 1108; Cat. 68, 44; Ov. M. 10, 476; 11, 521:caligo,
Lucr. 3, 305; 4, 457; Cat. 64, 908; Verg. A. 3, 203; 8, 253:tenebrae,
Lucr. 2, 54; 2, 746; 2, 798; 3, 87; 6, 35;3, 87: silentia, i.e. nox,
Sil. 7, 350:latebrae,
Lucr. 1, 409:iter,
Ov. M. 10, 456:loca,
Prop. 1, 19, 8:cavernae,
Ov. M. 15, 299; Sil. 7, 372:latus,
Verg. A. 2, 19:cubiculum si fenestram non habet, dicitur caecum,
Varr. L. L. 9, § 58 Müll.; so,domus,
without windows, Cic. Or. 67, 224:parietes,
Verg. A. 5, 589:pulvis,
id. ib. 12, 444:carcer,
id. ib. 6, 734:sardonyches,
not transparent, opaque, Plin. 37, 6, 23, § 86:smaragdi,
id. 37, 5, 18, § 68: acervus (of chaos), chaotic, confused, Ov M. 1, 24; Col. 4, 32, 4' chaos, Sen. Med. 741, Sil. 11, 456.—Trop., uncertain, doubtful: obscurā spe et caecā exspectatione pendere, i.e. of an uncertain consequence or result, Cic. Agr. 2, 25, 66:quod temere fit caeco casu,
id. Div. 2, 6, 15. cursus (Fortunae), Luc. 2, 567:eventus,
Verg. A. 6, 157:caeci morbi, quorum causas ne medici quidem perspicere queunt,
Col. 1, 5, 6; so,dolores,
Plin. 29, 2, 10, § 38; 29, 3, 13, § 55:crimen,
that cannot be proved, Liv. 45, 31, 11.— Subst.: caecum, i, n., uncertainty, obscurity ( poet.):verum in caeco esse,
Manil. 4, 304.—* Comp., Hor. S. 1, 2, 91.— Sup. and adv. not in. use.2. -
2 caecum
1.caecus (not coecus; sometimes in MSS. cēcus), a, um, adj. [akin to skia, skotos; Sanscr. khāyā, shadow], having no light, devoid of light.I. A.Lit.:2.Appius, qui caecus annos multos fuit,
Cic. Tusc. 5, 38, 112:traditum est enim Homerum caecum fuisse,
id. ib. 5, 39, 114; Lucr. 5, 839:catuli, qui jam dispecturi sunt, caeci aeque et hi qui modo nati,
Cic. Fin. 4, 23, 64:si facie miserabili senis, caeci, infantis,
Quint. 4, 1, 42:caecum corpus,
the blind part of the body, the back, Sall. J. 107, 1:perdices caecae impetu,
Plin. 10, 33, 51, § 102:gigni,
Vell. 1, 5, 2.—Prov.:B.ut si Caecus iter monstrare velit,
Hor. Ep. 1, 17, 4:apparet id quidem etiam caeco,
even a blind man can see that, Liv. 32, 34, 3:caecis hoc, ut aiunt, satis clarum est,
Quint. 12, 7, 9.—Trop., mentally or morally blind, blinded (freq. in prose and poetry):2.o pectora caeca!
Lucr. 2, 14:non solum ipsa Fortuna caeca est, sed eos etiam plerumque efficit caecos, quos complexa est,
Cic. Lael. 15, 54; cf.casus,
id. Div. 2, 6, 15:caecus atque amens tribunus,
id. Sest. 7, 17:caecum me et praecipitem ferri,
id. Planc. 3, 6:mater caeca crudelitate et scelere,
id. Clu. 70, 199:cupidine,
Sall. J. 25, 7:amentiā,
Cic. Har. Resp. 23, 48:quem mala stultitia Caecum agit,
Hor. S. 2, 3, 44:amatorem amicae Turpia decipiunt caecum vitia,
id. ib. 1, 3, 39:mens,
Tac. Agr. 43.—With ad:caecus ad has belli artes,
Liv. 21, 54, 3.—With gen.:caecus animi,
Quint. 1, 10, 29; Gell. 12, 13, 4:fati futuri,
ignorant of, Luc. 2, 14; cf. Claud. Rapt. Pros. 1, 138.— Subst.: Caeci, ōrum, m., the blind people, i.e. the people of Chalcedon, according to the oracle at Delphi. Tac. A. 12, 63; cf. Plin. 5, 32, 43, § 149. —Meton. of the passions themselves:3.caeca honorum cupido,
Lucr. 3, 59; Ov. M. 3, 620:ac temeraria dominatrix animi cupiditas,
Cic. Inv. 1, 2, 2; id. Pis. 24, 57:exspectatio,
id. Agr. 2, 25, 66:amor,
Ov. F. 2, 762:amor sui,
Hor. C. 1, 18, 14:festinatio,
Liv. 22, 39, 22:furor,
Hor. Epod. 7, 13:caeca et sopita socordia,
Quint. 1, 2, 5:ambitio,
Sen. Ben. 7, 26, 4.—Pregn., blind, i.e. at random, vague, indiscriminate, aimless:C.in hac calumniā timoris et caecae suspitionis tormento,
Cic. Fam. 6, 7, 4:caeco quodam timore... quaerebant aliquem ducem,
id. Lig. 1, 3:caecique in nubibus ignes Terrificant animos,
Verg. A. 4, 209:caeca regens filo vestigia,
id. ib. 6, 30:ne sint caecae, pater, exsecrationes tuae,
Liv. 40, 10, 1:et caeco flentque paventque metu,
Ov. F. 2, 822:lymphatis caeco pavore animis,
Tac. H. 1, 82:cervus... Caeco timore proximam villam petit,
Phaedr. 2, 8, 3:timor,
Ov. Am. 1, 4, 42.—Transf.1. 2.Of the large intestine:II.intestinum,
the cœcum, Cels. 4, 1, 28; 4, 14, 1.—Pass., that cannot be seen, or trop., that cannot be known, invisible, concealed, hidden, secret, obscure, dark.A.Lit.: sunt igitur venti nimirum corpora caeca, winds are accordingly bodies, although invisible, Lucr. 1, 278; 1, 296; 1, 329;B.2, 713: vallum caecum,
Caes. B. C. 1, 28; cf.: caecum vallum dicitur, in quo praeacuti pali terrae affixi herbis vel frondibus occuluntur, Paul. ex Fest. p. 44 Müll.; so,fossae,
covered, Col. 2, 2, 9; Pall. Mai, 3. 1:in vada caeca ferre,
Verg. A. 1, 536:fores,
private, id. ib. 2, 453:spiramenta,
id. G. 1, 89:colubri,
Col. 10, 231:ignis,
Lucr. 4, 929:venenum,
id. 6, 822:tabes,
Ov. M. 9, 174:viae,
blind ways, Tib. 2, 1, 78:insidiae armaque,
Ov. F 2, 214; cf. Sil. 5, 3:saxa,
Verg. A. 3, 706; 5, 164:vulnus,
a secret wound, Lucr. 4, 1116;but also,
a wound upon the back, Verg. A. 10, 733; cf.in the same sense, ictus,
Liv. 34, 14, 11; Sil. 9, 105 (cf.: caecum corpus, the back, I. A. supra):caeca manus, i.e. abscondita,
Ov. M. 12, 492:caecum domūs scelus,
Verg. A. 1, 356.—Trop.:2.caecas exponere causas,
Lucr. 3, 317:improba navigii ratio, tum caeca jacebat,
lay still concealed, id. 5, 1004; so,venti potestas,
id. 3, 248; 3, 270: fluctus, Sisenn. ap. Non. p. 449, 10:caeca et clandestina natura,
Lucr. 1, 779:res caecae et ab aspectūs judicio remotae,
Cic. de Or. 2, 87, 357:obscurum atque caecum,
id. Agr. 2, 14, 36:fata,
Hor. C. 2, 13, 16:sors,
id. S. 2, 3, 269:tumultus,
secret conspiracies, Verg. G. 1, 464:amor,
id. ib. 3, 210; cf.:stimulos in pectore caecos Condidit,
Ov. M. 1, 726. In Plaut. once, prob. taken from the vulgar lang.: caecā die emere, upon a concealed ( pay-) day, i.e. to purchase on credit (opp. oculata dies, i.e. for ready money): Ca. Pereo inopiā argentariā. Ba. Emito die caecā hercle olivom, id vendito oculatā die, Plaut. Ps. 1, 3, 67.—By poet. license, transf. to the hearing:III. A.murmur,
Verg. A. 12, 591 (as we, by a similar meton., say a hollow sound; cf. on the other hand, in Gr. tuphlos ta ôta); so,clamor,
Val. Fl. 2, 461:mugitusterrae,
Sen. Troad. 171.—Lit.:B.nox,
Cic. Mil. 19, 50; Lucr. 1, 1108; Cat. 68, 44; Ov. M. 10, 476; 11, 521:caligo,
Lucr. 3, 305; 4, 457; Cat. 64, 908; Verg. A. 3, 203; 8, 253:tenebrae,
Lucr. 2, 54; 2, 746; 2, 798; 3, 87; 6, 35;3, 87: silentia, i.e. nox,
Sil. 7, 350:latebrae,
Lucr. 1, 409:iter,
Ov. M. 10, 456:loca,
Prop. 1, 19, 8:cavernae,
Ov. M. 15, 299; Sil. 7, 372:latus,
Verg. A. 2, 19:cubiculum si fenestram non habet, dicitur caecum,
Varr. L. L. 9, § 58 Müll.; so,domus,
without windows, Cic. Or. 67, 224:parietes,
Verg. A. 5, 589:pulvis,
id. ib. 12, 444:carcer,
id. ib. 6, 734:sardonyches,
not transparent, opaque, Plin. 37, 6, 23, § 86:smaragdi,
id. 37, 5, 18, § 68: acervus (of chaos), chaotic, confused, Ov M. 1, 24; Col. 4, 32, 4' chaos, Sen. Med. 741, Sil. 11, 456.—Trop., uncertain, doubtful: obscurā spe et caecā exspectatione pendere, i.e. of an uncertain consequence or result, Cic. Agr. 2, 25, 66:quod temere fit caeco casu,
id. Div. 2, 6, 15. cursus (Fortunae), Luc. 2, 567:eventus,
Verg. A. 6, 157:caeci morbi, quorum causas ne medici quidem perspicere queunt,
Col. 1, 5, 6; so,dolores,
Plin. 29, 2, 10, § 38; 29, 3, 13, § 55:crimen,
that cannot be proved, Liv. 45, 31, 11.— Subst.: caecum, i, n., uncertainty, obscurity ( poet.):verum in caeco esse,
Manil. 4, 304.—* Comp., Hor. S. 1, 2, 91.— Sup. and adv. not in. use.2. -
3 Caecus
1.caecus (not coecus; sometimes in MSS. cēcus), a, um, adj. [akin to skia, skotos; Sanscr. khāyā, shadow], having no light, devoid of light.I. A.Lit.:2.Appius, qui caecus annos multos fuit,
Cic. Tusc. 5, 38, 112:traditum est enim Homerum caecum fuisse,
id. ib. 5, 39, 114; Lucr. 5, 839:catuli, qui jam dispecturi sunt, caeci aeque et hi qui modo nati,
Cic. Fin. 4, 23, 64:si facie miserabili senis, caeci, infantis,
Quint. 4, 1, 42:caecum corpus,
the blind part of the body, the back, Sall. J. 107, 1:perdices caecae impetu,
Plin. 10, 33, 51, § 102:gigni,
Vell. 1, 5, 2.—Prov.:B.ut si Caecus iter monstrare velit,
Hor. Ep. 1, 17, 4:apparet id quidem etiam caeco,
even a blind man can see that, Liv. 32, 34, 3:caecis hoc, ut aiunt, satis clarum est,
Quint. 12, 7, 9.—Trop., mentally or morally blind, blinded (freq. in prose and poetry):2.o pectora caeca!
Lucr. 2, 14:non solum ipsa Fortuna caeca est, sed eos etiam plerumque efficit caecos, quos complexa est,
Cic. Lael. 15, 54; cf.casus,
id. Div. 2, 6, 15:caecus atque amens tribunus,
id. Sest. 7, 17:caecum me et praecipitem ferri,
id. Planc. 3, 6:mater caeca crudelitate et scelere,
id. Clu. 70, 199:cupidine,
Sall. J. 25, 7:amentiā,
Cic. Har. Resp. 23, 48:quem mala stultitia Caecum agit,
Hor. S. 2, 3, 44:amatorem amicae Turpia decipiunt caecum vitia,
id. ib. 1, 3, 39:mens,
Tac. Agr. 43.—With ad:caecus ad has belli artes,
Liv. 21, 54, 3.—With gen.:caecus animi,
Quint. 1, 10, 29; Gell. 12, 13, 4:fati futuri,
ignorant of, Luc. 2, 14; cf. Claud. Rapt. Pros. 1, 138.— Subst.: Caeci, ōrum, m., the blind people, i.e. the people of Chalcedon, according to the oracle at Delphi. Tac. A. 12, 63; cf. Plin. 5, 32, 43, § 149. —Meton. of the passions themselves:3.caeca honorum cupido,
Lucr. 3, 59; Ov. M. 3, 620:ac temeraria dominatrix animi cupiditas,
Cic. Inv. 1, 2, 2; id. Pis. 24, 57:exspectatio,
id. Agr. 2, 25, 66:amor,
Ov. F. 2, 762:amor sui,
Hor. C. 1, 18, 14:festinatio,
Liv. 22, 39, 22:furor,
Hor. Epod. 7, 13:caeca et sopita socordia,
Quint. 1, 2, 5:ambitio,
Sen. Ben. 7, 26, 4.—Pregn., blind, i.e. at random, vague, indiscriminate, aimless:C.in hac calumniā timoris et caecae suspitionis tormento,
Cic. Fam. 6, 7, 4:caeco quodam timore... quaerebant aliquem ducem,
id. Lig. 1, 3:caecique in nubibus ignes Terrificant animos,
Verg. A. 4, 209:caeca regens filo vestigia,
id. ib. 6, 30:ne sint caecae, pater, exsecrationes tuae,
Liv. 40, 10, 1:et caeco flentque paventque metu,
Ov. F. 2, 822:lymphatis caeco pavore animis,
Tac. H. 1, 82:cervus... Caeco timore proximam villam petit,
Phaedr. 2, 8, 3:timor,
Ov. Am. 1, 4, 42.—Transf.1. 2.Of the large intestine:II.intestinum,
the cœcum, Cels. 4, 1, 28; 4, 14, 1.—Pass., that cannot be seen, or trop., that cannot be known, invisible, concealed, hidden, secret, obscure, dark.A.Lit.: sunt igitur venti nimirum corpora caeca, winds are accordingly bodies, although invisible, Lucr. 1, 278; 1, 296; 1, 329;B.2, 713: vallum caecum,
Caes. B. C. 1, 28; cf.: caecum vallum dicitur, in quo praeacuti pali terrae affixi herbis vel frondibus occuluntur, Paul. ex Fest. p. 44 Müll.; so,fossae,
covered, Col. 2, 2, 9; Pall. Mai, 3. 1:in vada caeca ferre,
Verg. A. 1, 536:fores,
private, id. ib. 2, 453:spiramenta,
id. G. 1, 89:colubri,
Col. 10, 231:ignis,
Lucr. 4, 929:venenum,
id. 6, 822:tabes,
Ov. M. 9, 174:viae,
blind ways, Tib. 2, 1, 78:insidiae armaque,
Ov. F 2, 214; cf. Sil. 5, 3:saxa,
Verg. A. 3, 706; 5, 164:vulnus,
a secret wound, Lucr. 4, 1116;but also,
a wound upon the back, Verg. A. 10, 733; cf.in the same sense, ictus,
Liv. 34, 14, 11; Sil. 9, 105 (cf.: caecum corpus, the back, I. A. supra):caeca manus, i.e. abscondita,
Ov. M. 12, 492:caecum domūs scelus,
Verg. A. 1, 356.—Trop.:2.caecas exponere causas,
Lucr. 3, 317:improba navigii ratio, tum caeca jacebat,
lay still concealed, id. 5, 1004; so,venti potestas,
id. 3, 248; 3, 270: fluctus, Sisenn. ap. Non. p. 449, 10:caeca et clandestina natura,
Lucr. 1, 779:res caecae et ab aspectūs judicio remotae,
Cic. de Or. 2, 87, 357:obscurum atque caecum,
id. Agr. 2, 14, 36:fata,
Hor. C. 2, 13, 16:sors,
id. S. 2, 3, 269:tumultus,
secret conspiracies, Verg. G. 1, 464:amor,
id. ib. 3, 210; cf.:stimulos in pectore caecos Condidit,
Ov. M. 1, 726. In Plaut. once, prob. taken from the vulgar lang.: caecā die emere, upon a concealed ( pay-) day, i.e. to purchase on credit (opp. oculata dies, i.e. for ready money): Ca. Pereo inopiā argentariā. Ba. Emito die caecā hercle olivom, id vendito oculatā die, Plaut. Ps. 1, 3, 67.—By poet. license, transf. to the hearing:III. A.murmur,
Verg. A. 12, 591 (as we, by a similar meton., say a hollow sound; cf. on the other hand, in Gr. tuphlos ta ôta); so,clamor,
Val. Fl. 2, 461:mugitusterrae,
Sen. Troad. 171.—Lit.:B.nox,
Cic. Mil. 19, 50; Lucr. 1, 1108; Cat. 68, 44; Ov. M. 10, 476; 11, 521:caligo,
Lucr. 3, 305; 4, 457; Cat. 64, 908; Verg. A. 3, 203; 8, 253:tenebrae,
Lucr. 2, 54; 2, 746; 2, 798; 3, 87; 6, 35;3, 87: silentia, i.e. nox,
Sil. 7, 350:latebrae,
Lucr. 1, 409:iter,
Ov. M. 10, 456:loca,
Prop. 1, 19, 8:cavernae,
Ov. M. 15, 299; Sil. 7, 372:latus,
Verg. A. 2, 19:cubiculum si fenestram non habet, dicitur caecum,
Varr. L. L. 9, § 58 Müll.; so,domus,
without windows, Cic. Or. 67, 224:parietes,
Verg. A. 5, 589:pulvis,
id. ib. 12, 444:carcer,
id. ib. 6, 734:sardonyches,
not transparent, opaque, Plin. 37, 6, 23, § 86:smaragdi,
id. 37, 5, 18, § 68: acervus (of chaos), chaotic, confused, Ov M. 1, 24; Col. 4, 32, 4' chaos, Sen. Med. 741, Sil. 11, 456.—Trop., uncertain, doubtful: obscurā spe et caecā exspectatione pendere, i.e. of an uncertain consequence or result, Cic. Agr. 2, 25, 66:quod temere fit caeco casu,
id. Div. 2, 6, 15. cursus (Fortunae), Luc. 2, 567:eventus,
Verg. A. 6, 157:caeci morbi, quorum causas ne medici quidem perspicere queunt,
Col. 1, 5, 6; so,dolores,
Plin. 29, 2, 10, § 38; 29, 3, 13, § 55:crimen,
that cannot be proved, Liv. 45, 31, 11.— Subst.: caecum, i, n., uncertainty, obscurity ( poet.):verum in caeco esse,
Manil. 4, 304.—* Comp., Hor. S. 1, 2, 91.— Sup. and adv. not in. use.2. -
4 caecus
1.caecus (not coecus; sometimes in MSS. cēcus), a, um, adj. [akin to skia, skotos; Sanscr. khāyā, shadow], having no light, devoid of light.I. A.Lit.:2.Appius, qui caecus annos multos fuit,
Cic. Tusc. 5, 38, 112:traditum est enim Homerum caecum fuisse,
id. ib. 5, 39, 114; Lucr. 5, 839:catuli, qui jam dispecturi sunt, caeci aeque et hi qui modo nati,
Cic. Fin. 4, 23, 64:si facie miserabili senis, caeci, infantis,
Quint. 4, 1, 42:caecum corpus,
the blind part of the body, the back, Sall. J. 107, 1:perdices caecae impetu,
Plin. 10, 33, 51, § 102:gigni,
Vell. 1, 5, 2.—Prov.:B.ut si Caecus iter monstrare velit,
Hor. Ep. 1, 17, 4:apparet id quidem etiam caeco,
even a blind man can see that, Liv. 32, 34, 3:caecis hoc, ut aiunt, satis clarum est,
Quint. 12, 7, 9.—Trop., mentally or morally blind, blinded (freq. in prose and poetry):2.o pectora caeca!
Lucr. 2, 14:non solum ipsa Fortuna caeca est, sed eos etiam plerumque efficit caecos, quos complexa est,
Cic. Lael. 15, 54; cf.casus,
id. Div. 2, 6, 15:caecus atque amens tribunus,
id. Sest. 7, 17:caecum me et praecipitem ferri,
id. Planc. 3, 6:mater caeca crudelitate et scelere,
id. Clu. 70, 199:cupidine,
Sall. J. 25, 7:amentiā,
Cic. Har. Resp. 23, 48:quem mala stultitia Caecum agit,
Hor. S. 2, 3, 44:amatorem amicae Turpia decipiunt caecum vitia,
id. ib. 1, 3, 39:mens,
Tac. Agr. 43.—With ad:caecus ad has belli artes,
Liv. 21, 54, 3.—With gen.:caecus animi,
Quint. 1, 10, 29; Gell. 12, 13, 4:fati futuri,
ignorant of, Luc. 2, 14; cf. Claud. Rapt. Pros. 1, 138.— Subst.: Caeci, ōrum, m., the blind people, i.e. the people of Chalcedon, according to the oracle at Delphi. Tac. A. 12, 63; cf. Plin. 5, 32, 43, § 149. —Meton. of the passions themselves:3.caeca honorum cupido,
Lucr. 3, 59; Ov. M. 3, 620:ac temeraria dominatrix animi cupiditas,
Cic. Inv. 1, 2, 2; id. Pis. 24, 57:exspectatio,
id. Agr. 2, 25, 66:amor,
Ov. F. 2, 762:amor sui,
Hor. C. 1, 18, 14:festinatio,
Liv. 22, 39, 22:furor,
Hor. Epod. 7, 13:caeca et sopita socordia,
Quint. 1, 2, 5:ambitio,
Sen. Ben. 7, 26, 4.—Pregn., blind, i.e. at random, vague, indiscriminate, aimless:C.in hac calumniā timoris et caecae suspitionis tormento,
Cic. Fam. 6, 7, 4:caeco quodam timore... quaerebant aliquem ducem,
id. Lig. 1, 3:caecique in nubibus ignes Terrificant animos,
Verg. A. 4, 209:caeca regens filo vestigia,
id. ib. 6, 30:ne sint caecae, pater, exsecrationes tuae,
Liv. 40, 10, 1:et caeco flentque paventque metu,
Ov. F. 2, 822:lymphatis caeco pavore animis,
Tac. H. 1, 82:cervus... Caeco timore proximam villam petit,
Phaedr. 2, 8, 3:timor,
Ov. Am. 1, 4, 42.—Transf.1. 2.Of the large intestine:II.intestinum,
the cœcum, Cels. 4, 1, 28; 4, 14, 1.—Pass., that cannot be seen, or trop., that cannot be known, invisible, concealed, hidden, secret, obscure, dark.A.Lit.: sunt igitur venti nimirum corpora caeca, winds are accordingly bodies, although invisible, Lucr. 1, 278; 1, 296; 1, 329;B.2, 713: vallum caecum,
Caes. B. C. 1, 28; cf.: caecum vallum dicitur, in quo praeacuti pali terrae affixi herbis vel frondibus occuluntur, Paul. ex Fest. p. 44 Müll.; so,fossae,
covered, Col. 2, 2, 9; Pall. Mai, 3. 1:in vada caeca ferre,
Verg. A. 1, 536:fores,
private, id. ib. 2, 453:spiramenta,
id. G. 1, 89:colubri,
Col. 10, 231:ignis,
Lucr. 4, 929:venenum,
id. 6, 822:tabes,
Ov. M. 9, 174:viae,
blind ways, Tib. 2, 1, 78:insidiae armaque,
Ov. F 2, 214; cf. Sil. 5, 3:saxa,
Verg. A. 3, 706; 5, 164:vulnus,
a secret wound, Lucr. 4, 1116;but also,
a wound upon the back, Verg. A. 10, 733; cf.in the same sense, ictus,
Liv. 34, 14, 11; Sil. 9, 105 (cf.: caecum corpus, the back, I. A. supra):caeca manus, i.e. abscondita,
Ov. M. 12, 492:caecum domūs scelus,
Verg. A. 1, 356.—Trop.:2.caecas exponere causas,
Lucr. 3, 317:improba navigii ratio, tum caeca jacebat,
lay still concealed, id. 5, 1004; so,venti potestas,
id. 3, 248; 3, 270: fluctus, Sisenn. ap. Non. p. 449, 10:caeca et clandestina natura,
Lucr. 1, 779:res caecae et ab aspectūs judicio remotae,
Cic. de Or. 2, 87, 357:obscurum atque caecum,
id. Agr. 2, 14, 36:fata,
Hor. C. 2, 13, 16:sors,
id. S. 2, 3, 269:tumultus,
secret conspiracies, Verg. G. 1, 464:amor,
id. ib. 3, 210; cf.:stimulos in pectore caecos Condidit,
Ov. M. 1, 726. In Plaut. once, prob. taken from the vulgar lang.: caecā die emere, upon a concealed ( pay-) day, i.e. to purchase on credit (opp. oculata dies, i.e. for ready money): Ca. Pereo inopiā argentariā. Ba. Emito die caecā hercle olivom, id vendito oculatā die, Plaut. Ps. 1, 3, 67.—By poet. license, transf. to the hearing:III. A.murmur,
Verg. A. 12, 591 (as we, by a similar meton., say a hollow sound; cf. on the other hand, in Gr. tuphlos ta ôta); so,clamor,
Val. Fl. 2, 461:mugitusterrae,
Sen. Troad. 171.—Lit.:B.nox,
Cic. Mil. 19, 50; Lucr. 1, 1108; Cat. 68, 44; Ov. M. 10, 476; 11, 521:caligo,
Lucr. 3, 305; 4, 457; Cat. 64, 908; Verg. A. 3, 203; 8, 253:tenebrae,
Lucr. 2, 54; 2, 746; 2, 798; 3, 87; 6, 35;3, 87: silentia, i.e. nox,
Sil. 7, 350:latebrae,
Lucr. 1, 409:iter,
Ov. M. 10, 456:loca,
Prop. 1, 19, 8:cavernae,
Ov. M. 15, 299; Sil. 7, 372:latus,
Verg. A. 2, 19:cubiculum si fenestram non habet, dicitur caecum,
Varr. L. L. 9, § 58 Müll.; so,domus,
without windows, Cic. Or. 67, 224:parietes,
Verg. A. 5, 589:pulvis,
id. ib. 12, 444:carcer,
id. ib. 6, 734:sardonyches,
not transparent, opaque, Plin. 37, 6, 23, § 86:smaragdi,
id. 37, 5, 18, § 68: acervus (of chaos), chaotic, confused, Ov M. 1, 24; Col. 4, 32, 4' chaos, Sen. Med. 741, Sil. 11, 456.—Trop., uncertain, doubtful: obscurā spe et caecā exspectatione pendere, i.e. of an uncertain consequence or result, Cic. Agr. 2, 25, 66:quod temere fit caeco casu,
id. Div. 2, 6, 15. cursus (Fortunae), Luc. 2, 567:eventus,
Verg. A. 6, 157:caeci morbi, quorum causas ne medici quidem perspicere queunt,
Col. 1, 5, 6; so,dolores,
Plin. 29, 2, 10, § 38; 29, 3, 13, § 55:crimen,
that cannot be proved, Liv. 45, 31, 11.— Subst.: caecum, i, n., uncertainty, obscurity ( poet.):verum in caeco esse,
Manil. 4, 304.—* Comp., Hor. S. 1, 2, 91.— Sup. and adv. not in. use.2. -
5 cecus
1.caecus (not coecus; sometimes in MSS. cēcus), a, um, adj. [akin to skia, skotos; Sanscr. khāyā, shadow], having no light, devoid of light.I. A.Lit.:2.Appius, qui caecus annos multos fuit,
Cic. Tusc. 5, 38, 112:traditum est enim Homerum caecum fuisse,
id. ib. 5, 39, 114; Lucr. 5, 839:catuli, qui jam dispecturi sunt, caeci aeque et hi qui modo nati,
Cic. Fin. 4, 23, 64:si facie miserabili senis, caeci, infantis,
Quint. 4, 1, 42:caecum corpus,
the blind part of the body, the back, Sall. J. 107, 1:perdices caecae impetu,
Plin. 10, 33, 51, § 102:gigni,
Vell. 1, 5, 2.—Prov.:B.ut si Caecus iter monstrare velit,
Hor. Ep. 1, 17, 4:apparet id quidem etiam caeco,
even a blind man can see that, Liv. 32, 34, 3:caecis hoc, ut aiunt, satis clarum est,
Quint. 12, 7, 9.—Trop., mentally or morally blind, blinded (freq. in prose and poetry):2.o pectora caeca!
Lucr. 2, 14:non solum ipsa Fortuna caeca est, sed eos etiam plerumque efficit caecos, quos complexa est,
Cic. Lael. 15, 54; cf.casus,
id. Div. 2, 6, 15:caecus atque amens tribunus,
id. Sest. 7, 17:caecum me et praecipitem ferri,
id. Planc. 3, 6:mater caeca crudelitate et scelere,
id. Clu. 70, 199:cupidine,
Sall. J. 25, 7:amentiā,
Cic. Har. Resp. 23, 48:quem mala stultitia Caecum agit,
Hor. S. 2, 3, 44:amatorem amicae Turpia decipiunt caecum vitia,
id. ib. 1, 3, 39:mens,
Tac. Agr. 43.—With ad:caecus ad has belli artes,
Liv. 21, 54, 3.—With gen.:caecus animi,
Quint. 1, 10, 29; Gell. 12, 13, 4:fati futuri,
ignorant of, Luc. 2, 14; cf. Claud. Rapt. Pros. 1, 138.— Subst.: Caeci, ōrum, m., the blind people, i.e. the people of Chalcedon, according to the oracle at Delphi. Tac. A. 12, 63; cf. Plin. 5, 32, 43, § 149. —Meton. of the passions themselves:3.caeca honorum cupido,
Lucr. 3, 59; Ov. M. 3, 620:ac temeraria dominatrix animi cupiditas,
Cic. Inv. 1, 2, 2; id. Pis. 24, 57:exspectatio,
id. Agr. 2, 25, 66:amor,
Ov. F. 2, 762:amor sui,
Hor. C. 1, 18, 14:festinatio,
Liv. 22, 39, 22:furor,
Hor. Epod. 7, 13:caeca et sopita socordia,
Quint. 1, 2, 5:ambitio,
Sen. Ben. 7, 26, 4.—Pregn., blind, i.e. at random, vague, indiscriminate, aimless:C.in hac calumniā timoris et caecae suspitionis tormento,
Cic. Fam. 6, 7, 4:caeco quodam timore... quaerebant aliquem ducem,
id. Lig. 1, 3:caecique in nubibus ignes Terrificant animos,
Verg. A. 4, 209:caeca regens filo vestigia,
id. ib. 6, 30:ne sint caecae, pater, exsecrationes tuae,
Liv. 40, 10, 1:et caeco flentque paventque metu,
Ov. F. 2, 822:lymphatis caeco pavore animis,
Tac. H. 1, 82:cervus... Caeco timore proximam villam petit,
Phaedr. 2, 8, 3:timor,
Ov. Am. 1, 4, 42.—Transf.1. 2.Of the large intestine:II.intestinum,
the cœcum, Cels. 4, 1, 28; 4, 14, 1.—Pass., that cannot be seen, or trop., that cannot be known, invisible, concealed, hidden, secret, obscure, dark.A.Lit.: sunt igitur venti nimirum corpora caeca, winds are accordingly bodies, although invisible, Lucr. 1, 278; 1, 296; 1, 329;B.2, 713: vallum caecum,
Caes. B. C. 1, 28; cf.: caecum vallum dicitur, in quo praeacuti pali terrae affixi herbis vel frondibus occuluntur, Paul. ex Fest. p. 44 Müll.; so,fossae,
covered, Col. 2, 2, 9; Pall. Mai, 3. 1:in vada caeca ferre,
Verg. A. 1, 536:fores,
private, id. ib. 2, 453:spiramenta,
id. G. 1, 89:colubri,
Col. 10, 231:ignis,
Lucr. 4, 929:venenum,
id. 6, 822:tabes,
Ov. M. 9, 174:viae,
blind ways, Tib. 2, 1, 78:insidiae armaque,
Ov. F 2, 214; cf. Sil. 5, 3:saxa,
Verg. A. 3, 706; 5, 164:vulnus,
a secret wound, Lucr. 4, 1116;but also,
a wound upon the back, Verg. A. 10, 733; cf.in the same sense, ictus,
Liv. 34, 14, 11; Sil. 9, 105 (cf.: caecum corpus, the back, I. A. supra):caeca manus, i.e. abscondita,
Ov. M. 12, 492:caecum domūs scelus,
Verg. A. 1, 356.—Trop.:2.caecas exponere causas,
Lucr. 3, 317:improba navigii ratio, tum caeca jacebat,
lay still concealed, id. 5, 1004; so,venti potestas,
id. 3, 248; 3, 270: fluctus, Sisenn. ap. Non. p. 449, 10:caeca et clandestina natura,
Lucr. 1, 779:res caecae et ab aspectūs judicio remotae,
Cic. de Or. 2, 87, 357:obscurum atque caecum,
id. Agr. 2, 14, 36:fata,
Hor. C. 2, 13, 16:sors,
id. S. 2, 3, 269:tumultus,
secret conspiracies, Verg. G. 1, 464:amor,
id. ib. 3, 210; cf.:stimulos in pectore caecos Condidit,
Ov. M. 1, 726. In Plaut. once, prob. taken from the vulgar lang.: caecā die emere, upon a concealed ( pay-) day, i.e. to purchase on credit (opp. oculata dies, i.e. for ready money): Ca. Pereo inopiā argentariā. Ba. Emito die caecā hercle olivom, id vendito oculatā die, Plaut. Ps. 1, 3, 67.—By poet. license, transf. to the hearing:III. A.murmur,
Verg. A. 12, 591 (as we, by a similar meton., say a hollow sound; cf. on the other hand, in Gr. tuphlos ta ôta); so,clamor,
Val. Fl. 2, 461:mugitusterrae,
Sen. Troad. 171.—Lit.:B.nox,
Cic. Mil. 19, 50; Lucr. 1, 1108; Cat. 68, 44; Ov. M. 10, 476; 11, 521:caligo,
Lucr. 3, 305; 4, 457; Cat. 64, 908; Verg. A. 3, 203; 8, 253:tenebrae,
Lucr. 2, 54; 2, 746; 2, 798; 3, 87; 6, 35;3, 87: silentia, i.e. nox,
Sil. 7, 350:latebrae,
Lucr. 1, 409:iter,
Ov. M. 10, 456:loca,
Prop. 1, 19, 8:cavernae,
Ov. M. 15, 299; Sil. 7, 372:latus,
Verg. A. 2, 19:cubiculum si fenestram non habet, dicitur caecum,
Varr. L. L. 9, § 58 Müll.; so,domus,
without windows, Cic. Or. 67, 224:parietes,
Verg. A. 5, 589:pulvis,
id. ib. 12, 444:carcer,
id. ib. 6, 734:sardonyches,
not transparent, opaque, Plin. 37, 6, 23, § 86:smaragdi,
id. 37, 5, 18, § 68: acervus (of chaos), chaotic, confused, Ov M. 1, 24; Col. 4, 32, 4' chaos, Sen. Med. 741, Sil. 11, 456.—Trop., uncertain, doubtful: obscurā spe et caecā exspectatione pendere, i.e. of an uncertain consequence or result, Cic. Agr. 2, 25, 66:quod temere fit caeco casu,
id. Div. 2, 6, 15. cursus (Fortunae), Luc. 2, 567:eventus,
Verg. A. 6, 157:caeci morbi, quorum causas ne medici quidem perspicere queunt,
Col. 1, 5, 6; so,dolores,
Plin. 29, 2, 10, § 38; 29, 3, 13, § 55:crimen,
that cannot be proved, Liv. 45, 31, 11.— Subst.: caecum, i, n., uncertainty, obscurity ( poet.):verum in caeco esse,
Manil. 4, 304.—* Comp., Hor. S. 1, 2, 91.— Sup. and adv. not in. use.2. -
6 coecus
1.caecus (not coecus; sometimes in MSS. cēcus), a, um, adj. [akin to skia, skotos; Sanscr. khāyā, shadow], having no light, devoid of light.I. A.Lit.:2.Appius, qui caecus annos multos fuit,
Cic. Tusc. 5, 38, 112:traditum est enim Homerum caecum fuisse,
id. ib. 5, 39, 114; Lucr. 5, 839:catuli, qui jam dispecturi sunt, caeci aeque et hi qui modo nati,
Cic. Fin. 4, 23, 64:si facie miserabili senis, caeci, infantis,
Quint. 4, 1, 42:caecum corpus,
the blind part of the body, the back, Sall. J. 107, 1:perdices caecae impetu,
Plin. 10, 33, 51, § 102:gigni,
Vell. 1, 5, 2.—Prov.:B.ut si Caecus iter monstrare velit,
Hor. Ep. 1, 17, 4:apparet id quidem etiam caeco,
even a blind man can see that, Liv. 32, 34, 3:caecis hoc, ut aiunt, satis clarum est,
Quint. 12, 7, 9.—Trop., mentally or morally blind, blinded (freq. in prose and poetry):2.o pectora caeca!
Lucr. 2, 14:non solum ipsa Fortuna caeca est, sed eos etiam plerumque efficit caecos, quos complexa est,
Cic. Lael. 15, 54; cf.casus,
id. Div. 2, 6, 15:caecus atque amens tribunus,
id. Sest. 7, 17:caecum me et praecipitem ferri,
id. Planc. 3, 6:mater caeca crudelitate et scelere,
id. Clu. 70, 199:cupidine,
Sall. J. 25, 7:amentiā,
Cic. Har. Resp. 23, 48:quem mala stultitia Caecum agit,
Hor. S. 2, 3, 44:amatorem amicae Turpia decipiunt caecum vitia,
id. ib. 1, 3, 39:mens,
Tac. Agr. 43.—With ad:caecus ad has belli artes,
Liv. 21, 54, 3.—With gen.:caecus animi,
Quint. 1, 10, 29; Gell. 12, 13, 4:fati futuri,
ignorant of, Luc. 2, 14; cf. Claud. Rapt. Pros. 1, 138.— Subst.: Caeci, ōrum, m., the blind people, i.e. the people of Chalcedon, according to the oracle at Delphi. Tac. A. 12, 63; cf. Plin. 5, 32, 43, § 149. —Meton. of the passions themselves:3.caeca honorum cupido,
Lucr. 3, 59; Ov. M. 3, 620:ac temeraria dominatrix animi cupiditas,
Cic. Inv. 1, 2, 2; id. Pis. 24, 57:exspectatio,
id. Agr. 2, 25, 66:amor,
Ov. F. 2, 762:amor sui,
Hor. C. 1, 18, 14:festinatio,
Liv. 22, 39, 22:furor,
Hor. Epod. 7, 13:caeca et sopita socordia,
Quint. 1, 2, 5:ambitio,
Sen. Ben. 7, 26, 4.—Pregn., blind, i.e. at random, vague, indiscriminate, aimless:C.in hac calumniā timoris et caecae suspitionis tormento,
Cic. Fam. 6, 7, 4:caeco quodam timore... quaerebant aliquem ducem,
id. Lig. 1, 3:caecique in nubibus ignes Terrificant animos,
Verg. A. 4, 209:caeca regens filo vestigia,
id. ib. 6, 30:ne sint caecae, pater, exsecrationes tuae,
Liv. 40, 10, 1:et caeco flentque paventque metu,
Ov. F. 2, 822:lymphatis caeco pavore animis,
Tac. H. 1, 82:cervus... Caeco timore proximam villam petit,
Phaedr. 2, 8, 3:timor,
Ov. Am. 1, 4, 42.—Transf.1. 2.Of the large intestine:II.intestinum,
the cœcum, Cels. 4, 1, 28; 4, 14, 1.—Pass., that cannot be seen, or trop., that cannot be known, invisible, concealed, hidden, secret, obscure, dark.A.Lit.: sunt igitur venti nimirum corpora caeca, winds are accordingly bodies, although invisible, Lucr. 1, 278; 1, 296; 1, 329;B.2, 713: vallum caecum,
Caes. B. C. 1, 28; cf.: caecum vallum dicitur, in quo praeacuti pali terrae affixi herbis vel frondibus occuluntur, Paul. ex Fest. p. 44 Müll.; so,fossae,
covered, Col. 2, 2, 9; Pall. Mai, 3. 1:in vada caeca ferre,
Verg. A. 1, 536:fores,
private, id. ib. 2, 453:spiramenta,
id. G. 1, 89:colubri,
Col. 10, 231:ignis,
Lucr. 4, 929:venenum,
id. 6, 822:tabes,
Ov. M. 9, 174:viae,
blind ways, Tib. 2, 1, 78:insidiae armaque,
Ov. F 2, 214; cf. Sil. 5, 3:saxa,
Verg. A. 3, 706; 5, 164:vulnus,
a secret wound, Lucr. 4, 1116;but also,
a wound upon the back, Verg. A. 10, 733; cf.in the same sense, ictus,
Liv. 34, 14, 11; Sil. 9, 105 (cf.: caecum corpus, the back, I. A. supra):caeca manus, i.e. abscondita,
Ov. M. 12, 492:caecum domūs scelus,
Verg. A. 1, 356.—Trop.:2.caecas exponere causas,
Lucr. 3, 317:improba navigii ratio, tum caeca jacebat,
lay still concealed, id. 5, 1004; so,venti potestas,
id. 3, 248; 3, 270: fluctus, Sisenn. ap. Non. p. 449, 10:caeca et clandestina natura,
Lucr. 1, 779:res caecae et ab aspectūs judicio remotae,
Cic. de Or. 2, 87, 357:obscurum atque caecum,
id. Agr. 2, 14, 36:fata,
Hor. C. 2, 13, 16:sors,
id. S. 2, 3, 269:tumultus,
secret conspiracies, Verg. G. 1, 464:amor,
id. ib. 3, 210; cf.:stimulos in pectore caecos Condidit,
Ov. M. 1, 726. In Plaut. once, prob. taken from the vulgar lang.: caecā die emere, upon a concealed ( pay-) day, i.e. to purchase on credit (opp. oculata dies, i.e. for ready money): Ca. Pereo inopiā argentariā. Ba. Emito die caecā hercle olivom, id vendito oculatā die, Plaut. Ps. 1, 3, 67.—By poet. license, transf. to the hearing:III. A.murmur,
Verg. A. 12, 591 (as we, by a similar meton., say a hollow sound; cf. on the other hand, in Gr. tuphlos ta ôta); so,clamor,
Val. Fl. 2, 461:mugitusterrae,
Sen. Troad. 171.—Lit.:B.nox,
Cic. Mil. 19, 50; Lucr. 1, 1108; Cat. 68, 44; Ov. M. 10, 476; 11, 521:caligo,
Lucr. 3, 305; 4, 457; Cat. 64, 908; Verg. A. 3, 203; 8, 253:tenebrae,
Lucr. 2, 54; 2, 746; 2, 798; 3, 87; 6, 35;3, 87: silentia, i.e. nox,
Sil. 7, 350:latebrae,
Lucr. 1, 409:iter,
Ov. M. 10, 456:loca,
Prop. 1, 19, 8:cavernae,
Ov. M. 15, 299; Sil. 7, 372:latus,
Verg. A. 2, 19:cubiculum si fenestram non habet, dicitur caecum,
Varr. L. L. 9, § 58 Müll.; so,domus,
without windows, Cic. Or. 67, 224:parietes,
Verg. A. 5, 589:pulvis,
id. ib. 12, 444:carcer,
id. ib. 6, 734:sardonyches,
not transparent, opaque, Plin. 37, 6, 23, § 86:smaragdi,
id. 37, 5, 18, § 68: acervus (of chaos), chaotic, confused, Ov M. 1, 24; Col. 4, 32, 4' chaos, Sen. Med. 741, Sil. 11, 456.—Trop., uncertain, doubtful: obscurā spe et caecā exspectatione pendere, i.e. of an uncertain consequence or result, Cic. Agr. 2, 25, 66:quod temere fit caeco casu,
id. Div. 2, 6, 15. cursus (Fortunae), Luc. 2, 567:eventus,
Verg. A. 6, 157:caeci morbi, quorum causas ne medici quidem perspicere queunt,
Col. 1, 5, 6; so,dolores,
Plin. 29, 2, 10, § 38; 29, 3, 13, § 55:crimen,
that cannot be proved, Liv. 45, 31, 11.— Subst.: caecum, i, n., uncertainty, obscurity ( poet.):verum in caeco esse,
Manil. 4, 304.—* Comp., Hor. S. 1, 2, 91.— Sup. and adv. not in. use.2. -
7 orba
orbus, a, um, adj. [kindr. with Gr. orphanos; cf. Fest. p. 183 Müll.], bereaved, bereft, of parents or children; parentless, fatherless, childless (class.; cf. pupillus).I.Lit.:II.senex,
Cic. Par. 5, 2, 39; cf.:parens liberorum an orbus sit,
Quint. 5, 10, 26; 7, 4, 23:filii mei, te incolumi, orbi non erunt,
Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 3, 10.—With gen.:Memnonis orba mei venio,
Ov. M. 13, 595.—With ab:a totidem natis orba,
Ov. H. 6, 156.—Of beasts:liberis orbae oves,
Plaut. Capt. 4, 2, 38.— Subst.: orba, ae, f., an orphan:ut orbae, qui sunt genere proximi, iis nubant,
Ter. Phorm. 1, 2, 75; Quint. 7, 4, 24.—Also, = vidua, a widow:censa civium capita centum quatuor milia... praeter orbos orbasque,
orphans and widows, Liv. 3, 3, 9 (for which:praeter pupillos et viduas,
id. Epit. 59; cf. Becker's Antiq. 2, 2, p. 205).—Transf., deprived, bereft, destitute, devoid of any thing, esp. of something precious: arce et urbe orba sum, Enn. ap. Cic. Tusc. 3, 19, 44 (Trag. v. 114 Vahl.):(β).plebs orba tribunis,
Cic. Leg. 3, 3, 9:ab optimatibus contio,
id. Fl. 23, 54:rebus omnibus,
id. Fam. 4, 13, 3:forum litibus,
Hor. C. 4, 2, 43:regio animantibus orba,
without inhabitants, Ov. M. 1, 72:verba viribus,
id. H. 21, 142:fide pectora,
id. Am. 2, 2, 42:orbus omnibus sensibus,
Vell. 1, 5, 4:cubile,
empty, widowed couch, Cat. 66, 21:palmites,
bereft of buds, Col. 4, 27. —With gen.:orbus auxilique opumque,
Plaut. Rud. 2, 3, 19:pedum,
Lucr. 5, 840:luminis,
Ov. M. 3, 518. -
8 orbus
orbus, a, um, adj. [kindr. with Gr. orphanos; cf. Fest. p. 183 Müll.], bereaved, bereft, of parents or children; parentless, fatherless, childless (class.; cf. pupillus).I.Lit.:II.senex,
Cic. Par. 5, 2, 39; cf.:parens liberorum an orbus sit,
Quint. 5, 10, 26; 7, 4, 23:filii mei, te incolumi, orbi non erunt,
Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 3, 10.—With gen.:Memnonis orba mei venio,
Ov. M. 13, 595.—With ab:a totidem natis orba,
Ov. H. 6, 156.—Of beasts:liberis orbae oves,
Plaut. Capt. 4, 2, 38.— Subst.: orba, ae, f., an orphan:ut orbae, qui sunt genere proximi, iis nubant,
Ter. Phorm. 1, 2, 75; Quint. 7, 4, 24.—Also, = vidua, a widow:censa civium capita centum quatuor milia... praeter orbos orbasque,
orphans and widows, Liv. 3, 3, 9 (for which:praeter pupillos et viduas,
id. Epit. 59; cf. Becker's Antiq. 2, 2, p. 205).—Transf., deprived, bereft, destitute, devoid of any thing, esp. of something precious: arce et urbe orba sum, Enn. ap. Cic. Tusc. 3, 19, 44 (Trag. v. 114 Vahl.):(β).plebs orba tribunis,
Cic. Leg. 3, 3, 9:ab optimatibus contio,
id. Fl. 23, 54:rebus omnibus,
id. Fam. 4, 13, 3:forum litibus,
Hor. C. 4, 2, 43:regio animantibus orba,
without inhabitants, Ov. M. 1, 72:verba viribus,
id. H. 21, 142:fide pectora,
id. Am. 2, 2, 42:orbus omnibus sensibus,
Vell. 1, 5, 4:cubile,
empty, widowed couch, Cat. 66, 21:palmites,
bereft of buds, Col. 4, 27. —With gen.:orbus auxilique opumque,
Plaut. Rud. 2, 3, 19:pedum,
Lucr. 5, 840:luminis,
Ov. M. 3, 518. -
9 praestringo
prae-stringo, inxi, ictum, 3, v. a., to bind fast or hard, to bind or tie up; to squeeze tight, compress, etc.I.Lit. ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose):II.praestrictā fauce,
Ov. Ib. 551:praestricta manus,
Sen. Troad. 560:pollices vincire, nodoque praestringere,
Tac. A. 12, 47:dracones circumplexu facili (elephantos) ambiunt, nexuque nodi praestringunt,
Plin. 8, 11, 11, § 32:praestringere et strangulare,
id. 17, 24, 37, § 234:vehementer praestringere aliquid,
id. 10, 72, 92, § 192:umor praestrictus gelu,
id. 17, 24, 37, § 217:ventus praestringit atque percellit radices arborum, i. e. comprimit,
id. 18, 34, 77, § 334:panis datur ex vino ad discutienda, quae praestringi opus est, i. e. coërceri, sisti,
id. 22, 25, 68, § 138.—Transf.A. B.To graze, touch:2.portam vomere,
Cic. Phil. 2, 40, 102 (al. perstringere):Taifalorum terras praestringens,
Amm. 31, 3, 7:praestrictis palatii januis,
i. e. passed without entering, id. 14, 7, 10.—Trop. (post-class.):C. 1.rerum novarum lugubri visu praestrictus,
touched, struck, Amm. 29, 6, 9; cf. id. 16, 10, 13.—Hence, esp., to touch in speaking, to mention:nomen,
Amm. 26, 1, 4; cf. id. 22, 15, 3.—With acc. and inf., Amm. 21, 7, 2.—In gen.:2.illi quorum lingua gladiorum aciem praestringit domi, i. e. by boasting,
Plaut. Truc. 2, 6, 11:acies ferri praestringitur,
Plin. 7, 15, 13, § 64:nitorem eboris,
to dim, id. ib.: vites, to deprive them of their eyes or buds, id. 17, 24, 37, § 227.—Esp.: praestringere aciem oculorum or oculos, to blind (class.):aciem oculorum,
Plaut. Mil. 1, 1, 4; Lucil. ap. Non. 34, 32; Liv. 40, 58, 4; cf. oculos, Varr. ap. Non. 35, 5; Cic. Vatin. 10, 24; Sen. Ep. 110, 17:obtutum oculorum,
Amm. 17, 7, 2.— Trop.:vos aciem animorum nostrorum virtutis splendore praestringitis,
Cic. Fin. 4, 14, 37; so,aciem animi,
id. Phil. 12, 2, 3; Vell. 2, 118, 4:aciem mentis,
Cic. Div. 1, 29, 61; cf.:oculos mentis,
id. Sen. 12, 42:aciem ingenii,
id. Div. in Caecil. 14, 46:mentes,
Amm. 30, 1, 15: praestigias, Caecil. ap. Cic. N. D. 3, 29, 73 (Com. Rel. p. 59 Rib.).
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