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1 illuminus

illūmĭnus ( inl-), a, um, adj. [in-lumen], without light, dark (post-class.):
nuptiae Proserpinae,
App. M. 6, p. 174, 10.

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2 inluminus

illūmĭnus ( inl-), a, um, adj. [in-lumen], without light, dark (post-class.):
nuptiae Proserpinae,
App. M. 6, p. 174, 10.

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3 levis

1.
lĕvis, e, adj. [for leg-vis; Sanscr. laghu-s, little; cf. O. H. Germ. ring-i; Germ. gering; Gr. elachus], light in weight, not heavy (opp. gravis).
I.
Lit.:
leviora corpora (opp. graviora),
Lucr. 2, 227:
aether,
id. 5, 459:
aura,
id. 3, 196:
levior quam pluma,
Plaut. Men. 3, 2, 23:
stipulae,
Verg. G. 1, 289: armatura, light armor:
levis armaturae Numidae,
the light-armed Numidians, Caes. B. G. 2, 10; also, by metonymy, lightarmed troops; v. armatura, and cf.:
sed haec fuerit nobis tamquam levis armaturae prima orationis excursio,
Cic. Div. 2, 10 fin.; so,
miles,
a light-armed soldier, Liv. 8, 8; cf.
of clothing: nudi, aut sagulo leves,
Tac. G. 6:
flebis in solo levis angiportu,
Hor. C. 1, 25, 10.—Of the earth upon the dead:
terraque securae sit super ossa levis,
Tib. 2, 4, 50;
esp. freq. on tombstones: sit tibi terra levis (abbreviated, S. T. T. L.): per leves populos,
the shades, bodiless persons, Ov. M. 10, 14:
virgaque levem coerces aurea turbam,
Hor. C. 1, 10, 18.— Poet. with inf.: fessis leviora tolli Pergama Grais, a lighter burden, i. e. easier to be destroyed, Hor. C. 2, 4, 11.—
B.
Transf.
1.
Light of digestion, easy to digest (mostly poet. and post-Aug.):
quae in aqua degunt, leviorem cibum praestant. Inter domesticas quadrupedes levissima suilla est, gravissima bubula,
lightest of digestion, Cels. 1, 18:
leves malvae,
Hor. C. 1, 31, 16 (cf.:
gravi Malvae salubres corpori,
id. Epod. 2, 57).—
2.
Light in motion, swift, quick, fleet, nimble, rapid (syn.:
agilis, alacer, pernix): ipsa (diva) levi fecit volitantem flamine currum (i. e. Argo),
a quick, favorable wind, Cat. 64, 9; cf.:
leves venti,
Ov. M. 15, 346:
flatus,
Sil. 15, 162:
currus,
light, swift, Ov. M. 2, 150:
levi deducens pollice filum,
light, nimble, id. ib. 4, 36; so,
pollex,
id. ib. 6, 22:
saltus,
id. ib. 7, 767;
3, 599: peltam pro parma fecit, ut ad motus concursusque essent leviores,
Nep. Iphicr. 1:
Messapus levis cursu,
Verg. A. 12, 489:
leves Parthi,
id. G. 4, 314:
equus,
Val. Fl. 1, 389:
Nympharumque leves cum Satyris chori,
Hor. C. 1, 1, 31:
quaere modos leviore plectro,
nimbler, gayer, id. ib. 2, 1, 40:
et levis erecta consurgit ad oscula plantā,
Juv. 6, 507.—With inf. ( poet.):
omnes ire leves,
Sil. 16, 488:
exsultare levis,
id. 10, 605:
levior discurrere,
id. 4, 549:
nullo levis terrore moveri,
Claud. IV. Cons. Hon. 514:
hora,
fleeting, Ov. M. 15, 181:
terra,
light, thin soil, Verg. G. 2, 92:
et ubi montana (loca) quod leviora et ideo salubriora,
Varr. R. R. 1, 6, 3;
so (opp graviora),
id. ib. —
3.
Slight, trifling, small (mostly poet.): ignis, Ov. M. 3, 488:
tactus,
a slight, gentle touch, id. ib. 4, 180:
strepitus,
id. ib. 7, 840:
stridor,
id. ib. 4, 413.
II.
Trop.
A.
Without weight, i. e. of no consequence; hence, in gen., light, trifling, unimportant, inconsiderable, trivial, slight, little, petty, easy (class.):
nunquam erit alienis gravis qui suis se concinnat levem,
Plaut. Trin. 3, 2, 58:
grave est nomen imperii atque id etiam in levi persona pertimescitur,
Cic. Agr. 2, 17, 45:
leve et infirmum,
id. Rosc. Com. 2, 6: quae mihi ad spem obtinendae veritatis gravissima sunt;
ad motum animi... leviora,
id. Deiot. 2, 5:
quod alia quaedam inania et levia conquiras,
id. Planc. 26, 63:
auditio,
a light, unfounded report, Caes. B. G. 7, 42:
cui res et pecunia levissima et existimatio sanctissima fuit semper,
something very insignificant, Cic. Rosc. Com. 5, 15:
dolor,
id. Fin. 1, 12, 40:
proelium,
Caes. B. G. 7, 36:
periculum,
id. B. C. 3, 26:
in aliquem merita,
id. ib. 2, 32, 10:
leviore de causa,
id. B. G. 7, 4 fin.:
praecordia levibus flagrantia causis,
Juv. 13, 182:
effutire leves indigna tragoedia versus,
Hor. A. P. 231.—As subst.:
in levi habitum,
was made little of, was regarded as a trifle, Tac. H. 2, 21; id. A. 3, 54:
levia sed nimium queror,
Sen. Herc. Fur. 63:
quid leviora loquor? Petr. poët. 134, 12: non est leve tot puerorum observare manus,
no easy matter, Juv. 7, 240:
quidquid levius putaris,
easier, id. 10, 344.—
(β).
With gen. ( poet.):
opum levior,
Sil. 2, 102.—
B.
In disposition or character.
1.
Light, light-minded, capricious, fickle, inconstant, unreliable, false:
homo levior quam pluma,
Plaut. Men. 3, 2, 23:
ne me leviorem erga te putes,
id. Trin. 5, 2, 34:
tu levior cortice,
Hor. C. 3, 9, 22:
vitium levium hominum atque fallacium,
Cic. Lael. 25, 91:
quidam saepe in parva pecunia perspiciuntur quam sint leves,
id. ib. 17, 63:
leves ac nummarii judices,
id. Clu. 28, 75:
sit precor illa levis,
Tib. 1, 6, 56:
levi brachio aliquid agere,
Cic. Att. 4, 16, 6:
quid levius aut turpius,
Caes. B. G. 5, 28 fin.:
auctor,
Liv. 5, 15:
leves amicitiae,
Cic. Lael. 26, 100:
spes,
vain, empty, Hor. Ep. 1, 5, 8:
leviores mores,
Ulp. Fragm. 6, 12.—
2.
Mild, gentle, pleasant (rare):
quos qui leviore nomine appellant, percussores vocant,
Cic. Rosc. Am. 33, 93; and:
levior reprehensio,
id. Ac. 2, 32, 102:
tandem eo, quod levissimum videbatur, decursum est,
the gentlest, mildest, Liv. 5, 23 fin.:
nec leves somnos timor aut cupido Sordidus aufert,
Hor. C. 2, 16, 15; id. Epod. 2, 28:
exsilium,
mild, tolerable, Suet. Aug. 51.—Hence, adv.: lĕ-vĭter, lightly, not heavily.
1.
Lit. (rare):
armati,
light-armed, Curt. 4, 13.—Of the blow of a weapon:
levius casura pila sperabat,
Caes. B. C. 3, 92, 2.—
2.
Trop.
a.
Slightly, a little, not much, somewhat:
leviter densae nubes,
Lucr. 6, 248:
inflexum bacillum,
Cic. Div. 1, 17, 30:
genae leviter eminentes (al. leniter),
id. N. D. 2, 57, 143:
qui (medici) leviter aegrotantes leniter curant, gravioribus autem morbis, etc.,
id. Off. 1, 24, 83:
saucius,
id. Inv. 2, 51, 154:
non leviter lucra liguriens,
id. Verr. 2, 3, 76, § 177:
agnoscere aliquid,
id. Fin. 2, 11, 33:
eruditus,
id. de Or. 3, 6, 24.— Comp.:
quanto constantior idem In vitiis, tanto levius miser,
so much less, Hor. S. 2, 7, 18:
dolere,
Ov. P. 1, 9, 30.— Sup.:
ut levissime dicam,
to express it in the mildest manner, Cic. Cat. 3, 7 fin. —
b.
Easily, lightly, without difficulty, with equanimity:
id eo levius ferendum est, quod, etc.,
Cic. Fam. 4, 3, 2; cf.:
sed levissime feram, si, etc.,
id. Prov. Cons. 20, 47; Liv. 29, 9.— Comp.:
levius torquetis Arachne,
more dexterously, Juv. 2, 56.
2.
lēvis (erroneously laevis), e, adj. [Gr. leios, leuros], smooth, smoothed, not rough, opp. asper (class.).
I.
Lit.
A.
In gen.:
corpuscula quaedam levia, alia aspera, etc.,
Cic. N. D. 1, 24, 66:
in locis (spectatur): leves an asperi,
id. Part. Or. 10, 36:
Deus levem eum (mundum) fecit et undique aequabilem,
id. Univ. 6:
pocula,
smooth, shining, Verg. A. 5, 91:
pharetrae,
id. ib. 5, 558:
brassica,
Cato, R. R. 15, 7:
levissima corpora,
Lucr. 4, 659:
coma pectine levis,
Ov. M. 12, 409:
nascunturque leves per digitos umerosque plumae,
Hor. C. 2, 20, 11:
levior assiduo detritis aequore conchis,
Ov. M. 13, 792: inimicus pumice levis, rubbed (cf. pumicatus), Juv. 9, 95.— Poet.: levi cum sanguine Nisus labitur infelix, slippery, [p. 1055] Verg. A. 5, 328:
levis Juventas ( = imberbis),
smooth, without hair, beardless, Hor. C. 2, 11, 6; so,
ora,
Tib. 1, 9 (8), 31:
crura,
Juv. 8, 115:
sponsus,
id. 3, 111:
caput,
id. 10, 199; 2, 12; hence, also, poet. for youthful, delicate, beautiful:
pectus,
Verg. A. 11, 40:
frons,
id. E. 6, 51:
umeri,
id. A. 7, 815:
colla,
Ov. M. 10, 698.—Also, finely dressed, spruce, effeminate:
vir,
Ov. A. A. 3, 437; Pers. 1, 82: argentum, smooth, not engraved or chased, Juv. 14, 62.—In neutr. absol.:
externi ne quid valeat per leve morari,
smoothness, Hor. S. 2, 7, 87; so,
per leve,
Pers. 1, 64:
per levia,
Aus. Idyll. 16, 4.—
B.
Transf., rubbed smooth, ground down, softened, soft (rare), Scrib. Comp. 228; Cels. 2, 8.—
II.
Trop., of speech, smooth, flowing (rare but class.):
oratio (opp. aspera),
Cic. Or. 5 fin.; so,
levis verborum concursus (opp. asper),
id. de Or. 3, 43, 171:
levis et aspera (vox),
Quint. 11, 3, 15:
levis et quadrata compositio,
id. 2, 5, 9:
levia ac nitida,
id. 5, 12, 18:
(aures) fragosis offenduntur et levibus mulcentur,
id. 9, 4, 116.— Adv. does not occur.

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4 levis

levis e, adj. with comp. and sup. [2 LEG-]. —Of weight, light, not heavy: terra, light soil, V.: levis armaturae Numidae, light-armed, Cs.: miles, L.: nudi, aut sagulo leves, lightly clad, Ta.: Per levīs populos, shades, O.: virgāque levem coerces Aureā turbam, H.—Of digestion, light, easy to digest: malvae, H.—Of motion, light, swift, quick, fleet, nimble, rapid: venti, O.: pollex, O.: ad motūs leviores, N.: Messapus cursu, V.: Quaere modos leviore plectro, gayer, H.: hora, fleeting, O.— Slight, trifling, small: Ignis, O.: tactus, gentle, O.: querellae, O.—Fig., without weight, of no consequence, light, trifling, unimportant, inconsiderable, trivial, slight, little, petty: labores, T.: haec leviora fortasse: verba: auditio, unfounded report, Cs.: cui res et pecunia levissima fuit, insignificant: proelium, skirmish, Cs.: leviore de causā, Cs.: praecordia levibus flagrantia causis, Iu.: versūs, H.: Flebis levis, neglected, H.: rati, leviorem futurum apud patres reum, L.— Easy, light: non est leve Observare, no easy matter, Iu.: quidquid levius putaris, easier, Iu.: leviora tolli Pergama, H.—Of character, light, light-minded, capricious, fickle, inconstant, untrustworthy, false: mulieres sunt levi sententiā, T.: homo: tu levior cortice, H.: iudices: quid levius aut turpius, Cs.: auctor, L.: spes, empty, H.— Light, not severe, mild, gentle, pleasant: alquos leviore nomine appellare: audire leviora, milder reproaches, H.: eo, quod levissimum videbatur, decursum est, mildest, L.: Sithoniis non levis Euhius, i. e. hostile, H.
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leve, levior -or -us, levissimus -a -um ADJ

light, thin, trivial, trifling, slight; gentle; fickle, capricious; nimble; smooth; slippery, polished, plain; free from coarse hair/harsh sounds

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5 expedītus

expedītus adj. with comp. and sup. [P. of expedio], unfettered, unimpeded, unencumbered, without a burden: in Galliam proficisci: Sagana, tucked up, H.: legiones, without baggage, Cs.: expedito exercitu pervenit, Ta.— Masc. as subst: novem dierum iter expedito, a nine days' forced march, Cs. — Ready, free, prompt, easy, unembarrassed: expedito nobis homine opus est: ad dicendum.— Convenient, at hand, ready, commodious: iis expedito loco actuaria navigia relinquit, Cs.: via expeditior ad honores: Caesaris victoria, complete, Cs.: reditum in caelum patere expeditissimum: pecunia expeditissima, readiest.—Neut. as subst: in expedito habere copias, L.
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I
expedita -um, expeditior -or -us, expeditissimus -a -um ADJ

unencumbered; without baggage; light armed
II
expediti N M

light armed soldier

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6 inane

ĭnānis, e, adj. [etym. dub.; cf. 2. in-], empty, void (opp. plenus; freq. and class.).
I.
Physically:
cum vas inane dicimus, non ita loquimur ut physici, quibus inane esse nihil placet, sed ita, ut verbi causa sine aqua, sine vino, sine oleo vas esse dicamus,
Cic. Fat. 11, 24:
aqualis inanis (opp. plena),
Plaut. Mil. 3, 2, 41:
tune inane quicquam putes esse, cum ita completa et conferta sint omnia, ut, etc.,
Cic. Ac. 2, 40, 125:
quae spatium pleno possint distinguere inane,
Lucr. 1, 527:
domum ejus exornatam et instructam, fere jam iste reddiderat nudam atque inanem,
Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 34, § 84:
granum inane cassumque,
Plin. 18, 17, 45, § 161:
quae (naves) inanes ad eum remitterentur,
Caes. B. G. 5, 23, 4; so,
naves (opp. onustae),
id. B. C. 3, 8, 3; 3, 40, 4; Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 50, § 131; cf.:
inde navigia inania et vacua hinc plena et onusta mittantur,
Plin. Pan. 31, 4:
lagenae,
Cic. Fam. 16, 26, 2:
mensa,
Plaut. Pers. 3, 1, 26:
vix incedo inanis, ne ire posse cum onere existimes,
without a burden, id. Am. 1, 1, 174; cf.:
ego bajulabo: tu, ut decet dominum, ante me ito inanis,
id. As. 3, 3, 70:
janitor ad dantes vigilet: si pulset inanis Surdus, etc.,
emptyhanded, without presents, Prop. 4 (5), 5, 47:
hic homo est inanis,
without money, without fortune, Plaut. Most. 3, 1, 44; id. Bacch. 3, 6, 2; id. Trin. 3, 2, 75:
misera in civitate et inani,
Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 66, § 160:
egentes inanesque discedere,
id. ib. 2, 2, 9, § 25 fin.:
structores ad frumentum profecti inanes redierunt,
id. Att. 14, 3, 1; cf. id. Off. 3, 2, 6:
equus,
without a rider, id. Verr. 2, 2, 66, § 160; cf.:
quid, quod omnes consulares... simul atque assedisti partem istam subselliorum nudam atque inanem reliquerunt?
id. Cat. 1, 7, 16:
absint inani funere neniae,
without a corpse, Hor. C. 2, 20, 21:
parasitus,
unfed, hungry, Plaut. Stich. 1, 3, 78:
venter,
hungry, Hor. S. 1, 6, 127; cf.:
siccus, inanis Sperne cibum vilem,
id. ib. 2, 2, 14:
quod inani sufficit alvo,
Juv. 5, 7:
laeva,
without rings, Hor. S. 2, 7, 9:
litterae,
empty, Cic. Fam. 6, 22, 1:
paleae,
empty, light, Verg. G. 3, 134:
nubila,
id. ib. 4, 196:
venti,
id. A. 6, 740: tum ebur ex inani corpore extractum (a transl. of the Platon. apoleloipotos psuchên sômatos), lifeless, dead, Cic. Leg. 2, 18, 45 Mos.:
corpus,
Ov. H. 15, 116; id. Am. 3, 9, 6; cf.
in the foll.: vulgus,
i. e. the shades, Stat. Th. 1, 93; cf.
umbra,
Ov. Tr. 3, 11, 25:
imago,
id. F. 5, 463:
regna Ditis,
Verg. A. 6, 269:
Tartara,
Ov. M. 11, 670: leo, a lion ' s hide, Stat. Th. 1, 483; so,
tigris,
id. ib. 6, 722:
vultus,
i. e. blind, Sen. Phoen. 43: Gaurus, i. e. hollow (an extinct volcano), Juv. 9, 57. —
(β).
With abl., gen., or ab (the last rare):
nulla epistula inanis aliqua re utili,
Cic. Att. 2, 8, 1:
Agyrinensis ager centum septuaginta aratoribus inanior est,
id. Verr. 2, 3, 52, § 121:
sanguinis atque animi pectus inane,
Ov. H. 3, 60:
corpus animae,
id. M. 13, 488; 2, 611; Prop. 3, 18 (4, 17), 32:
lymphae dolium,
Hor. C. 3, 11, 26:
pectus deorum,
Sil. 2, 309: inanis a marsupio, Prud. steph. 2, 104. —
B.
Subst.: ĭnāne, is, n., an empty space, a void (most freq. in Lucr.):
scilicet hoc id erit vacuum quod inane vocamus,
Lucr. 1, 439:
namque est in rebus inane,
id. 1, 330 sq.; cf. id. 1, 569; 2, 236:
ita nullum inane, nihil esse individuum potest,
Cic. N. D. 1, 23, 65:
plus esse inanis,
Lucr. 1, 365:
inani,
ib. 524:
inane,
id. 1, 369; 426; 507;
514 et saep.: ad inane naturae,
Plin. 30, 1, 4, § 13:
per inane,
through the air, Lucr. 1, 1018; 2, 65 et saep.; Verg. E. 6, 31; id. A. 12, 906; Plin. 8, 43, 68, § 169 et saep.— Abl.:
inani,
Lucr. 1, 742; 1009:
ab inani,
id. 1, 431:
in inani,
id. 1, 1078; 2, 122:
sine inani,
id. 1, 510; 532; 538:
per inania,
id. 1, 223; Ov. M. 2, 506.
II.
Trop.
A.
In gen., empty, useless, worthless, vain, unprofitable:
aures ipsae, quid plenum, quid inane sit judicant,
Cic. Brut. 8, 34:
quod honestum nos et laudabile esse dicamus, id illi cassum quiddam et inani vocis sono decoratum esse dicant,
id. Tusc. 5, 41, 119; cf.:
honesti inane nomen esse,
id. Ac. 2, 22, 71:
sin vera visa divina sunt, falsa autem et inania humana,
id. Div. 2, 62, 127:
voces inanes fundere,
id. Tusc. 3, 18, 42; cf.
elocutio,
id. de Or. 1, 6, 20:
damnatus inani judicio,
Juv. 1, 47:
vox,
Quint. 11, 3, 32:
verba,
id. 8, 2, 17; 9, 3, 100; cf.
verborum torrenti,
id. 10, 7, 23:
crimen,
Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 72, § 177:
o inanes nostras contentiones!
id. de Or. 3, 2, 7:
o spes fallaces et cogitationes inanes meae!
id. Mil. 34, 94; cf.:
inani et tenui spe te consolaris,
id. Rosc. Com. 14, 42:
spes,
Verg. A. 10, 627:
religio,
Cic. Rep. 1, 15 fin.:
delectari multis inanibus rebus, ut gloriā, etc.,
id. Lael. 14, 49; 23, 86:
cupiditates,
id. Fin. 1, 13, 46:
causas nequidquam nectis inanes,
Verg. A. 9, 219:
minae,
Hor. Epod. 6, 3:
tempus inane peto, requiem spatiumque furori,
vacant, leisure, Verg. A. 4, 433; so,
ternpora (with morae),
Val. Fl. 3, 657: tempora, in prosody, i. q. the Gr. kenos chronos, the use of a short syllable for a long one, Quint. 9, 4, 51 Spald.—
(β).
With gen.:
omnia plena consiliorum, inania verborum,
poor in words, Cic. de Or. 1, 9, 37:
quae inanissima prudentiae reperta sunt,
id. Mur. 12, 26.—
B.
Of persons, vain, worthless, petty:
Graii,
Lucr. 1, 639:
homo inanis et regiae superbiae,
Sall. J. 64, 5:
imagines, quibus inanissimi homines serviunt,
Lact. 2, 17, 8:
inanes Hoc juvat,
Hor. S. 1, 4, 76; Liv. 45, 23, 16; Lucr. 1, 639:
hi pressi et integri, contra inflati illi et inanes,
Quint. 12, 10, 16; cf.:
illud vero pusilli animi et inanis,
Cic. Fam. 2, 17, 7:
non negaverim totam Asiae regionem inaniora parere ingenia,
Liv. 45, 23, 16.—
C.
As subst.: ĭnāne, is, n., that which is empty or vain; emptiness, vanity, inanity:
o curas hominum! o quantum est in rebus inane!
Pers. 1, 1:
inane abscindere soldo,
Hor. S. 1, 2, 113.— Plur.:
dum vitat humum, nubes et inania captet,
id. A. P. 230:
inaina famae,
idle reports, Tac. A. 2, 76:
inania belli,
id. ib. 2, 69.—Hence, adv.: ĭnānĭter, vainly, idly, uselessly:
exsultare,
Cic. Tusc. 4, 6, 13:
moveri,
id. Ac. 2, 15, 47; cf. id. ib. 2, 11, 34:
pectus angere,
Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 211:
medicas exercet inaniter artes,
Ov. M. 2, 618.

Lewis & Short latin dictionary > inane
7 inanis

ĭnānis, e, adj. [etym. dub.; cf. 2. in-], empty, void (opp. plenus; freq. and class.).
I.
Physically:
cum vas inane dicimus, non ita loquimur ut physici, quibus inane esse nihil placet, sed ita, ut verbi causa sine aqua, sine vino, sine oleo vas esse dicamus,
Cic. Fat. 11, 24:
aqualis inanis (opp. plena),
Plaut. Mil. 3, 2, 41:
tune inane quicquam putes esse, cum ita completa et conferta sint omnia, ut, etc.,
Cic. Ac. 2, 40, 125:
quae spatium pleno possint distinguere inane,
Lucr. 1, 527:
domum ejus exornatam et instructam, fere jam iste reddiderat nudam atque inanem,
Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 34, § 84:
granum inane cassumque,
Plin. 18, 17, 45, § 161:
quae (naves) inanes ad eum remitterentur,
Caes. B. G. 5, 23, 4; so,
naves (opp. onustae),
id. B. C. 3, 8, 3; 3, 40, 4; Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 50, § 131; cf.:
inde navigia inania et vacua hinc plena et onusta mittantur,
Plin. Pan. 31, 4:
lagenae,
Cic. Fam. 16, 26, 2:
mensa,
Plaut. Pers. 3, 1, 26:
vix incedo inanis, ne ire posse cum onere existimes,
without a burden, id. Am. 1, 1, 174; cf.:
ego bajulabo: tu, ut decet dominum, ante me ito inanis,
id. As. 3, 3, 70:
janitor ad dantes vigilet: si pulset inanis Surdus, etc.,
emptyhanded, without presents, Prop. 4 (5), 5, 47:
hic homo est inanis,
without money, without fortune, Plaut. Most. 3, 1, 44; id. Bacch. 3, 6, 2; id. Trin. 3, 2, 75:
misera in civitate et inani,
Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 66, § 160:
egentes inanesque discedere,
id. ib. 2, 2, 9, § 25 fin.:
structores ad frumentum profecti inanes redierunt,
id. Att. 14, 3, 1; cf. id. Off. 3, 2, 6:
equus,
without a rider, id. Verr. 2, 2, 66, § 160; cf.:
quid, quod omnes consulares... simul atque assedisti partem istam subselliorum nudam atque inanem reliquerunt?
id. Cat. 1, 7, 16:
absint inani funere neniae,
without a corpse, Hor. C. 2, 20, 21:
parasitus,
unfed, hungry, Plaut. Stich. 1, 3, 78:
venter,
hungry, Hor. S. 1, 6, 127; cf.:
siccus, inanis Sperne cibum vilem,
id. ib. 2, 2, 14:
quod inani sufficit alvo,
Juv. 5, 7:
laeva,
without rings, Hor. S. 2, 7, 9:
litterae,
empty, Cic. Fam. 6, 22, 1:
paleae,
empty, light, Verg. G. 3, 134:
nubila,
id. ib. 4, 196:
venti,
id. A. 6, 740: tum ebur ex inani corpore extractum (a transl. of the Platon. apoleloipotos psuchên sômatos), lifeless, dead, Cic. Leg. 2, 18, 45 Mos.:
corpus,
Ov. H. 15, 116; id. Am. 3, 9, 6; cf.
in the foll.: vulgus,
i. e. the shades, Stat. Th. 1, 93; cf.
umbra,
Ov. Tr. 3, 11, 25:
imago,
id. F. 5, 463:
regna Ditis,
Verg. A. 6, 269:
Tartara,
Ov. M. 11, 670: leo, a lion ' s hide, Stat. Th. 1, 483; so,
tigris,
id. ib. 6, 722:
vultus,
i. e. blind, Sen. Phoen. 43: Gaurus, i. e. hollow (an extinct volcano), Juv. 9, 57. —
(β).
With abl., gen., or ab (the last rare):
nulla epistula inanis aliqua re utili,
Cic. Att. 2, 8, 1:
Agyrinensis ager centum septuaginta aratoribus inanior est,
id. Verr. 2, 3, 52, § 121:
sanguinis atque animi pectus inane,
Ov. H. 3, 60:
corpus animae,
id. M. 13, 488; 2, 611; Prop. 3, 18 (4, 17), 32:
lymphae dolium,
Hor. C. 3, 11, 26:
pectus deorum,
Sil. 2, 309: inanis a marsupio, Prud. steph. 2, 104. —
B.
Subst.: ĭnāne, is, n., an empty space, a void (most freq. in Lucr.):
scilicet hoc id erit vacuum quod inane vocamus,
Lucr. 1, 439:
namque est in rebus inane,
id. 1, 330 sq.; cf. id. 1, 569; 2, 236:
ita nullum inane, nihil esse individuum potest,
Cic. N. D. 1, 23, 65:
plus esse inanis,
Lucr. 1, 365:
inani,
ib. 524:
inane,
id. 1, 369; 426; 507;
514 et saep.: ad inane naturae,
Plin. 30, 1, 4, § 13:
per inane,
through the air, Lucr. 1, 1018; 2, 65 et saep.; Verg. E. 6, 31; id. A. 12, 906; Plin. 8, 43, 68, § 169 et saep.— Abl.:
inani,
Lucr. 1, 742; 1009:
ab inani,
id. 1, 431:
in inani,
id. 1, 1078; 2, 122:
sine inani,
id. 1, 510; 532; 538:
per inania,
id. 1, 223; Ov. M. 2, 506.
II.
Trop.
A.
In gen., empty, useless, worthless, vain, unprofitable:
aures ipsae, quid plenum, quid inane sit judicant,
Cic. Brut. 8, 34:
quod honestum nos et laudabile esse dicamus, id illi cassum quiddam et inani vocis sono decoratum esse dicant,
id. Tusc. 5, 41, 119; cf.:
honesti inane nomen esse,
id. Ac. 2, 22, 71:
sin vera visa divina sunt, falsa autem et inania humana,
id. Div. 2, 62, 127:
voces inanes fundere,
id. Tusc. 3, 18, 42; cf.
elocutio,
id. de Or. 1, 6, 20:
damnatus inani judicio,
Juv. 1, 47:
vox,
Quint. 11, 3, 32:
verba,
id. 8, 2, 17; 9, 3, 100; cf.
verborum torrenti,
id. 10, 7, 23:
crimen,
Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 72, § 177:
o inanes nostras contentiones!
id. de Or. 3, 2, 7:
o spes fallaces et cogitationes inanes meae!
id. Mil. 34, 94; cf.:
inani et tenui spe te consolaris,
id. Rosc. Com. 14, 42:
spes,
Verg. A. 10, 627:
religio,
Cic. Rep. 1, 15 fin.:
delectari multis inanibus rebus, ut gloriā, etc.,
id. Lael. 14, 49; 23, 86:
cupiditates,
id. Fin. 1, 13, 46:
causas nequidquam nectis inanes,
Verg. A. 9, 219:
minae,
Hor. Epod. 6, 3:
tempus inane peto, requiem spatiumque furori,
vacant, leisure, Verg. A. 4, 433; so,
ternpora (with morae),
Val. Fl. 3, 657: tempora, in prosody, i. q. the Gr. kenos chronos, the use of a short syllable for a long one, Quint. 9, 4, 51 Spald.—
(β).
With gen.:
omnia plena consiliorum, inania verborum,
poor in words, Cic. de Or. 1, 9, 37:
quae inanissima prudentiae reperta sunt,
id. Mur. 12, 26.—
B.
Of persons, vain, worthless, petty:
Graii,
Lucr. 1, 639:
homo inanis et regiae superbiae,
Sall. J. 64, 5:
imagines, quibus inanissimi homines serviunt,
Lact. 2, 17, 8:
inanes Hoc juvat,
Hor. S. 1, 4, 76; Liv. 45, 23, 16; Lucr. 1, 639:
hi pressi et integri, contra inflati illi et inanes,
Quint. 12, 10, 16; cf.:
illud vero pusilli animi et inanis,
Cic. Fam. 2, 17, 7:
non negaverim totam Asiae regionem inaniora parere ingenia,
Liv. 45, 23, 16.—
C.
As subst.: ĭnāne, is, n., that which is empty or vain; emptiness, vanity, inanity:
o curas hominum! o quantum est in rebus inane!
Pers. 1, 1:
inane abscindere soldo,
Hor. S. 1, 2, 113.— Plur.:
dum vitat humum, nubes et inania captet,
id. A. P. 230:
inaina famae,
idle reports, Tac. A. 2, 76:
inania belli,
id. ib. 2, 69.—Hence, adv.: ĭnānĭter, vainly, idly, uselessly:
exsultare,
Cic. Tusc. 4, 6, 13:
moveri,
id. Ac. 2, 15, 47; cf. id. ib. 2, 11, 34:
pectus angere,
Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 211:
medicas exercet inaniter artes,
Ov. M. 2, 618.

Lewis & Short latin dictionary > inanis
8 aperio

ăpĕrĭo, ĕrŭi, ertum, 4, v. a. ( fut. aperibo, Plaut. Truc. 4, 2, 50; Pompon. ap. Non. p. 506, 30) [ab-pario, to get from, take away from, i.e. to uncover, like the opp. operio, from obpario, to get for, to put upon, i. e. to cover; this is the old explanation, and is received by Corssen, Ausspr. I. p. 653; II. p. 410, and by Vanicek, p. 503], to uncover, make or lay bare.
I.
Lit.:
patinas,
Plaut. Ps. 3, 2, 51: apertae surae, Turp. ap. Non. p. 236, 16:
apertis lateribus,
Sisenn. ib. p. 236, 26:
capite aperto esse,
Varr. ib. p. 236, 25;
p. 236, 28: ut corporis partes quaedam aperiantur,
Cic. Off. 1, 35, 129:
caput aperuit,
id. Phil. 2, 31; Sall. H. Fragm. ap. Non. p. 236, 20:
capita,
Plin. 28, 6, 17, § 60:
aperto pectore,
Ov. M. 2, 339; and poet. transf. to the person:
apertae pectora matres,
id. ib. 13, 688:
ramum,
Verg. A. 6, 406 al. — Trop., to make visible, to show, reveal, Liv. 22, 6:
dispulsā nebulā diem aperuit,
id. 26, 17 (cf. just before:
densa nebula campos circa intexit): dies faciem victoriae,
Tac. Agr. 38:
lux aperuit bellum ducemque belli,
Liv. 3, 15:
novam aciem dies aperuit,
Tac. H. 4, 29:
his unda dehiscens Terram aperit,
opens to view, Verg. A. 1, 107.—From the intermediate idea of making visible,
II.
Metaph.
A.
1.. To unclose, open: aperto ex ostio Alti Acheruntis, Poët. ap. Cic. Tusc. 1, 16, 37:
aperite aliquis ostium,
Ter. Ad. 4, 4, 26; so id. Heaut. 2, 3, 35:
forem aperi,
id. Ad. 2, 1, 13:
fores,
id. Eun. 2, 2, 52; Ov. M. 10, 457; Suet. Aug. 82:
januas carceris,
Vulg. Act. 5, 19:
fenestram,
ib. Gen. 8, 6:
liquidas vias,
to open the liquid way, Lucr. 1, 373; so Verg. A. 11, 884:
sucum venis fundere apertis,
to pour out moisture from its open veins, Lucr. 5, 812:
saccum,
Vulg. Gen. 42, 27:
os,
ib. ib. 22, 28:
labia, ib. Job, 11, 5: oculos,
ib. Act. 9, 8:
accepi fasciculum, in quo erat epistula Piliae: abstuli, aperui, legi,
Cic. Att. 5, 11 fin.; so id. ib. 1, 13;
6, 3: aperire librum,
Vulg. Apoc. 5, 5; 20, 12:
testamentum,
Plin. 7, 52, 53, § 177 (cf.:
testamentum resignare,
Hor. Ep. 1, 7, 9); Suet. Caes. 83; id. Aug. 17:
sigillum aperire,
to break, Vulg. Apoc. 6, 3 al.:
ferro iter aperiundum est,
Sall. C. 58, 7:
locum... asylum,
to make it an asylum, Liv. 1, 8:
subterraneos specus,
Tac. G. 16:
navigantibus maria,
Plin. 2, 47, 47, § 122:
arbor florem aperit,
id. 12, 11, 23, § 40 et saep.: aperire parietem, to open a wall, in order to put a door or window in it, Dig. 8, 2, 40: alicui oculos aperire, to give sight to (after the Heb.), Vulg. Joan. 9, 10; 9, 14 al.; so,
aures aperire,
to restore hearing to, ib. Marc. 7, 35.—
2.
Trop.:
nec ita claudenda est res familiaris, ut eam benignitas aperire non possit,
Cic. Off. 2, 15, 54: amicitiae fores. id. Fam. 13, 10:
multus apertus cursus ad laudem,
id. Phil. 14, 6 fin.:
tibi virtus tua reditum ad tuos aperuit,
id. Fam. 6, 11:
philosophiae fontes,
id. Tusc. 1, 3, 6; id. Mil. 31, 85 et saep.: alicujus oculos aperire, to open one's eyes, make him discern (after the Heb.), Vulg. Gen. 3, 5; 3, 7; ib. Act. 26, 18; so,
alicujus cor aperire,
ib. ib. 16, 14: ventus [p. 136] incendio viam aperuit, Liv. 6, 2:
occasionem ad invadendum,
id. 4, 53; so id. 9, 27: si hanc fenestram aperueritis (i.e. if you enter upon the way of complaint), nihil aliud agi sinetis, Suet. Tib. 28 (cf. Ter. Heaut. 3, 1, 72:
Quantam fenestram ad nequitiem patefeceris!): quia aperuisset gentibus ostium fidei,
Vulg. Act. 14, 27; ib. Col. 4, 3.— So of the new year, to open it, i.e. begin:
annum,
Verg. G. 1, 217:
contigit ergo privatis aperire annum (since the consul entered upon his office the first of January),
Plin. Pan. 58, 4 Gierig and Schaef.—So also of a school, to establish, set up, begin, or open it:
Dionysius tyrannus Corinthi dicitur ludum aperuisse,
Cic. Fam. 9, 18; so Suet. Gram. 16; id. Rhet. 4.— Poet.:
fuste aperire caput,
i.e. to cleave, split the head, Juv. 9, 98.—
B.
Aperire locum (populum, gentes, etc.), to lay open a place, people, etc., i.e. to open an entrance to, render accessible (cf. patefacio);
most freq. in the histt., esp. in Tacitus: qui aperuerint armis orbem terrarum,
Liv. 42, 52; 42, 4:
Syriam,
Tac. A. 2, 70:
omnes terras fortibus viris natura aperuit,
id. H. 4, 64:
novas gentes,
id. Agr. 22:
gentes ac reges,
id. G. 1:
Britanniam tamdiu clausam aperit,
Mel. 3, 6, 4; Luc. 1, 465 Cort.:
Eoas,
id. 4, 352:
pelagus,
Val. Fl. 1, 169.—
C.
Transf. to mental objects, to disclose something unknown, to unveil, reveal, make known, unfold, to prove, demonstrate; or gen. to explain, recount, etc.:
occulta quaedam et quasi involuta aperiri,
Cic. Fin. 1, 9, 30:
explicanda est saepe verbis mens nostra de quāque re atque involutae rei notitia definiendo aperienda est,
id. Or. 33, 116:
alicui scripturas aperire,
Vulg. Luc. 24, 32:
tua probra aperibo omnia,
Plaut. Truc. 4, 2, 50: ne exspectetis argumentum fabulae;
hi partem aperient,
Ter. Ad. prol. 23:
non quo aperiret sententiam suam, sed etc.,
Cic. de Or. 1, 18, 84:
eo praesente conjurationem aperit,
Sall. C. 40, 6:
naturam et mores,
id. ib. 53 fin.; so id. ib. 45, 1; 47, 1; id. J. 33, 4:
lux fugam hostium aperuit,
Liv. 27, 2:
aperiri error poterat,
id. 26, 10:
casus aperire futuros,
to disclose the future, Ov. M. 15, 559:
futura aperit,
Tac. H. 2, 4.—So also, se aperire or aperiri, to reveal one's true disposition, character:
tum coacti necessario se aperiunt,
show themselves in their true light, Ter. And. 4, 1, 8:
studio aperimur in ipso,
Ov. A. A. 3, 371:
exspectandum, dum se ipsa res aperiret,
Nep. Paus. 3, 7; Quint. prooem. § 3.—Sometimes constr. with acc. and inf., a rel.-clause, or de:
cum jam directae in se prorae hostes appropinquare aperuissent,
Liv. 44, 28:
domino navis, quis sit, aperit,
Nep. Them. 8, 6; so id. Eum. 13, 3: de clementiā, Auct. ad Her. 2, 31.—In a gen. sense (freq. in epistt.) in Cic. Att. 5, 1, 2: de Oppio factum est, ut volui, et maxime, quod DCCC. aperuisti, you promised, i.e. that it should be paid to him (= ostendisti te daturum, Manut.); cf.
the more definite expression: de Oppio bene curāsti, quod ei DCCC. exposuisti,
id. ib. 5, 4, 3.—Hence, ăpertus, a, um, P. a.; pr., opened; hence, open, free.
A.
Lit.
1.
Without covering, open, uncovered (opp. tectus):
naves apertae,
without deck, Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 40; Liv. 31, 22 fin.; cf. id. 32, 21, 14: centum tectae naves et quinquaginta leviores apertae, et saep.; v. navis.—Also, without covering or defence, unprotected, exposed:
locus,
Caes. B. C. 3, 84.— Poet., of the sky, clear, cloudless:
caelo invectus aperto,
Verg. A. 1, 155:
aether,
id. ib. 1, 587:
aperta serena prospicere,
id. G. 1, 393.—
2.
Unclosed, open, not shut (opp. clausus):
Janua cum per se transpectum praebet apertum,
since this affords an open view through it, Lucr. 4, 272:
oculi,
id. 4, 339:
oculorum lumine aperto,
id. 4, 1139 et saep.:
nihil tam clausum, neque tam reconditum, quod non istius cupiditati apertissimum promptissimumque esset,
Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 20:
caelum patens atque apertum,
id. Div. 1, 1 (diff. from 1.); so Ov. M. 6, 693:
vidit caelos apertos,
Vulg. Marc. 1, 10:
apertus et propatulus locus,
Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 49:
iter,
Liv. 31, 2:
apertior aditus ad moenia,
id. 9, 28:
campi,
id. 38, 3:
per apertum limitem (viae),
Tac. H. 3, 21; Ov. M. 1, 285:
fenestrae,
Vulg. Dan. 6, 10:
ostia,
ib. ib. 13, 39:
aequor,
Ov. M. 4, 527; so id. ib. 8, 165; 11, 555 et saep. — Poet., of a battle: nec aperti copia Martis Ulla fuit, an action in the open field, Ov. M. 13, 208.—Very freq. ăpertum, subst., that which is open, free; an open, clear space:
in aperto,
Lucr. 3, 604:
per apertum fugientes,
Hor. C, 3, 12, 10:
impetum ex aperto facerent,
Liv. 35, 5:
castra in aperto posita,
id. 1, 33; so id. 22, 4:
volantem in aperto,
Plin. 10, 8, 9, § 22:
in aperta prodeunt,
id. 8, 32, 50, § 117:
disjecit naves in aperta Oceani,
Tac. A. 2, 23.—
B.
Trop.
1.
a.. Opp. to that which is concealed, covered, dark, open, clear, plain, evident, manifest, unobstructed:
nam nihil aegrius est quam res secernere apertas ab dubiis,
nothing is, indeed, more difficult than to separate things that are evident from those that are doubtful, Lucr. 4, 467; so id. 4, 596; 1, 915; 5, 1062:
cum illum ex occultis insidiis in apertum latrocinium conjecimus,
Cic. Cat. 2, 1:
simultates partim obscurae, partim apertae,
id. Manil. 24:
quid enim potest esse tam apertum tamque perspicuum?
id. N. D. 2, 2, 4:
quid rem apertam suspectam facimus?
Liv. 41, 24:
non furtim, sed vi aperta,
id. 25, 24:
apertus animi motus,
Quint. 10, 3, 21:
invidia in occulto, adulatio in aperto,
Tac. H. 4, 4 et saep.—So, in rhet., of clear, intelligible discourse:
multo apertius ad intellegendum est, si, etc.... apertam enim narrationem tam esse oportet quam, etc.,
Cic. de Or. 2, 80, 328; cf. id. Inv. 1, 20.—Hence,
b.
Esp. as subst.: in aperto esse,
(α).
To be clear, evident, well known, notorious, en tôi phanerôi einai:
ad cognoscendum omnia illustria magis magisque in aperto,
Sall. J. 5, 3.—
(β).
To be easily practicable, easy, facile (the figure taken from an open field or space):
agere memoratu digna pronum magisque in aperto erat,
there was a greater inclination and a more open way to, Tac. Agr. 1:
hostes aggredi in aperto foret,
id. H. 3, 56:
vota virtusque in aperto omniaque prona victoribus,
id. Agr. 33.—
2.
Of character, without dissimulation, open, frank, candid:
animus apertus et simplex,
Cic. Fam. 1, 9; id. Off. 3, 13, 57:
pectus,
id. Lael. 26, 97. —Hence, ironically: ut semper fuit apertissimus, as he has always been very open, frank (for impudent, shameless), Cic. Mur. 35.—Hence, ăpertē, adv., openly, clearly, plainly.
I.
In gen.:
tam aperte irridens,
Ter. Phorm. 5, 8, 62:
ab illo aperte tecte quicquid est datum, libenter accepi,
Cic. Att. 1, 14, 4; id. Or. 12, 38; id. Am. 18, 67:
cum Fidenae aperte descissent,
Liv. 1, 27:
aperte quod venale habet ostendit,
Hor. S. 1, 2, 83:
aperte revelari,
Vulg. 1 Reg. 2, 27:
non jam secretis colloquiis, sed aperte fremere,
Tac. A. 11, 28:
aperte adulari,
Cic. Am. 26, 99:
aperte mentiri,
id. Ac. 2, 6, 18:
aperte pugnare, id. ap. Aquil. Rom. 10: aperte immundus est,
Vulg. Lev. 13, 26.— Comp.:
cum ipsum dolorem hic tulit paulo apertius,
Cic. Planc. 34; id. Att. 16, 3, 5; Curt. 6, 1, 11:
ab his proconsuli venenum inter epulas datum est apertius quam ut fallerent,
Tac. A. 13, 1.— Sup.:
hinc empta apertissime praetura,
Cic. Verr. 1, 100:
equite Romano per te apertissime interfecto,
id. Har. Resp. 30:
largiri,
id. ib. 56:
praedari,
id. Verr. 1, 130.—
II.
Esp. of what is set forth in words or writing, plainly, clearly, freely, without reserve:
nempe ergo aperte vis quae restant me loqui?
Ter. And. 1, 2, 24; id. Phorm. 4, 3, 49:
aperte indicat (lex) posse rationem habere non praesentis,
Cic. ad Brut. 1, 5, 3:
Non tu istuc mihi dictura aperte es, quicquid est?
Ter. Eun. 5, 1, 3:
narrare,
id. Heaut. 4, 3, 24:
scribere,
Cic. Fam. 5, 7, 3; Quint. 1, 5, 43.— Comp.:
Planius atque apertius dicam,
Cic. Rosc. Com. 14, 43:
distinguere,
Quint. 3, 6, 45.— Sup.:
istius injurias quam apertissime vobis planissimeque explicare,
Cic. Verr. 2, 64, 156:
aliquid apertissime ostendere,
Quint. 5, 12, 11.

Lewis & Short latin dictionary > aperio
9 aperte

ăpĕrĭo, ĕrŭi, ertum, 4, v. a. ( fut. aperibo, Plaut. Truc. 4, 2, 50; Pompon. ap. Non. p. 506, 30) [ab-pario, to get from, take away from, i.e. to uncover, like the opp. operio, from obpario, to get for, to put upon, i. e. to cover; this is the old explanation, and is received by Corssen, Ausspr. I. p. 653; II. p. 410, and by Vanicek, p. 503], to uncover, make or lay bare.
I.
Lit.:
patinas,
Plaut. Ps. 3, 2, 51: apertae surae, Turp. ap. Non. p. 236, 16:
apertis lateribus,
Sisenn. ib. p. 236, 26:
capite aperto esse,
Varr. ib. p. 236, 25;
p. 236, 28: ut corporis partes quaedam aperiantur,
Cic. Off. 1, 35, 129:
caput aperuit,
id. Phil. 2, 31; Sall. H. Fragm. ap. Non. p. 236, 20:
capita,
Plin. 28, 6, 17, § 60:
aperto pectore,
Ov. M. 2, 339; and poet. transf. to the person:
apertae pectora matres,
id. ib. 13, 688:
ramum,
Verg. A. 6, 406 al. — Trop., to make visible, to show, reveal, Liv. 22, 6:
dispulsā nebulā diem aperuit,
id. 26, 17 (cf. just before:
densa nebula campos circa intexit): dies faciem victoriae,
Tac. Agr. 38:
lux aperuit bellum ducemque belli,
Liv. 3, 15:
novam aciem dies aperuit,
Tac. H. 4, 29:
his unda dehiscens Terram aperit,
opens to view, Verg. A. 1, 107.—From the intermediate idea of making visible,
II.
Metaph.
A.
1.. To unclose, open: aperto ex ostio Alti Acheruntis, Poët. ap. Cic. Tusc. 1, 16, 37:
aperite aliquis ostium,
Ter. Ad. 4, 4, 26; so id. Heaut. 2, 3, 35:
forem aperi,
id. Ad. 2, 1, 13:
fores,
id. Eun. 2, 2, 52; Ov. M. 10, 457; Suet. Aug. 82:
januas carceris,
Vulg. Act. 5, 19:
fenestram,
ib. Gen. 8, 6:
liquidas vias,
to open the liquid way, Lucr. 1, 373; so Verg. A. 11, 884:
sucum venis fundere apertis,
to pour out moisture from its open veins, Lucr. 5, 812:
saccum,
Vulg. Gen. 42, 27:
os,
ib. ib. 22, 28:
labia, ib. Job, 11, 5: oculos,
ib. Act. 9, 8:
accepi fasciculum, in quo erat epistula Piliae: abstuli, aperui, legi,
Cic. Att. 5, 11 fin.; so id. ib. 1, 13;
6, 3: aperire librum,
Vulg. Apoc. 5, 5; 20, 12:
testamentum,
Plin. 7, 52, 53, § 177 (cf.:
testamentum resignare,
Hor. Ep. 1, 7, 9); Suet. Caes. 83; id. Aug. 17:
sigillum aperire,
to break, Vulg. Apoc. 6, 3 al.:
ferro iter aperiundum est,
Sall. C. 58, 7:
locum... asylum,
to make it an asylum, Liv. 1, 8:
subterraneos specus,
Tac. G. 16:
navigantibus maria,
Plin. 2, 47, 47, § 122:
arbor florem aperit,
id. 12, 11, 23, § 40 et saep.: aperire parietem, to open a wall, in order to put a door or window in it, Dig. 8, 2, 40: alicui oculos aperire, to give sight to (after the Heb.), Vulg. Joan. 9, 10; 9, 14 al.; so,
aures aperire,
to restore hearing to, ib. Marc. 7, 35.—
2.
Trop.:
nec ita claudenda est res familiaris, ut eam benignitas aperire non possit,
Cic. Off. 2, 15, 54: amicitiae fores. id. Fam. 13, 10:
multus apertus cursus ad laudem,
id. Phil. 14, 6 fin.:
tibi virtus tua reditum ad tuos aperuit,
id. Fam. 6, 11:
philosophiae fontes,
id. Tusc. 1, 3, 6; id. Mil. 31, 85 et saep.: alicujus oculos aperire, to open one's eyes, make him discern (after the Heb.), Vulg. Gen. 3, 5; 3, 7; ib. Act. 26, 18; so,
alicujus cor aperire,
ib. ib. 16, 14: ventus [p. 136] incendio viam aperuit, Liv. 6, 2:
occasionem ad invadendum,
id. 4, 53; so id. 9, 27: si hanc fenestram aperueritis (i.e. if you enter upon the way of complaint), nihil aliud agi sinetis, Suet. Tib. 28 (cf. Ter. Heaut. 3, 1, 72:
Quantam fenestram ad nequitiem patefeceris!): quia aperuisset gentibus ostium fidei,
Vulg. Act. 14, 27; ib. Col. 4, 3.— So of the new year, to open it, i.e. begin:
annum,
Verg. G. 1, 217:
contigit ergo privatis aperire annum (since the consul entered upon his office the first of January),
Plin. Pan. 58, 4 Gierig and Schaef.—So also of a school, to establish, set up, begin, or open it:
Dionysius tyrannus Corinthi dicitur ludum aperuisse,
Cic. Fam. 9, 18; so Suet. Gram. 16; id. Rhet. 4.— Poet.:
fuste aperire caput,
i.e. to cleave, split the head, Juv. 9, 98.—
B.
Aperire locum (populum, gentes, etc.), to lay open a place, people, etc., i.e. to open an entrance to, render accessible (cf. patefacio);
most freq. in the histt., esp. in Tacitus: qui aperuerint armis orbem terrarum,
Liv. 42, 52; 42, 4:
Syriam,
Tac. A. 2, 70:
omnes terras fortibus viris natura aperuit,
id. H. 4, 64:
novas gentes,
id. Agr. 22:
gentes ac reges,
id. G. 1:
Britanniam tamdiu clausam aperit,
Mel. 3, 6, 4; Luc. 1, 465 Cort.:
Eoas,
id. 4, 352:
pelagus,
Val. Fl. 1, 169.—
C.
Transf. to mental objects, to disclose something unknown, to unveil, reveal, make known, unfold, to prove, demonstrate; or gen. to explain, recount, etc.:
occulta quaedam et quasi involuta aperiri,
Cic. Fin. 1, 9, 30:
explicanda est saepe verbis mens nostra de quāque re atque involutae rei notitia definiendo aperienda est,
id. Or. 33, 116:
alicui scripturas aperire,
Vulg. Luc. 24, 32:
tua probra aperibo omnia,
Plaut. Truc. 4, 2, 50: ne exspectetis argumentum fabulae;
hi partem aperient,
Ter. Ad. prol. 23:
non quo aperiret sententiam suam, sed etc.,
Cic. de Or. 1, 18, 84:
eo praesente conjurationem aperit,
Sall. C. 40, 6:
naturam et mores,
id. ib. 53 fin.; so id. ib. 45, 1; 47, 1; id. J. 33, 4:
lux fugam hostium aperuit,
Liv. 27, 2:
aperiri error poterat,
id. 26, 10:
casus aperire futuros,
to disclose the future, Ov. M. 15, 559:
futura aperit,
Tac. H. 2, 4.—So also, se aperire or aperiri, to reveal one's true disposition, character:
tum coacti necessario se aperiunt,
show themselves in their true light, Ter. And. 4, 1, 8:
studio aperimur in ipso,
Ov. A. A. 3, 371:
exspectandum, dum se ipsa res aperiret,
Nep. Paus. 3, 7; Quint. prooem. § 3.—Sometimes constr. with acc. and inf., a rel.-clause, or de:
cum jam directae in se prorae hostes appropinquare aperuissent,
Liv. 44, 28:
domino navis, quis sit, aperit,
Nep. Them. 8, 6; so id. Eum. 13, 3: de clementiā, Auct. ad Her. 2, 31.—In a gen. sense (freq. in epistt.) in Cic. Att. 5, 1, 2: de Oppio factum est, ut volui, et maxime, quod DCCC. aperuisti, you promised, i.e. that it should be paid to him (= ostendisti te daturum, Manut.); cf.
the more definite expression: de Oppio bene curāsti, quod ei DCCC. exposuisti,
id. ib. 5, 4, 3.—Hence, ăpertus, a, um, P. a.; pr., opened; hence, open, free.
A.
Lit.
1.
Without covering, open, uncovered (opp. tectus):
naves apertae,
without deck, Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 40; Liv. 31, 22 fin.; cf. id. 32, 21, 14: centum tectae naves et quinquaginta leviores apertae, et saep.; v. navis.—Also, without covering or defence, unprotected, exposed:
locus,
Caes. B. C. 3, 84.— Poet., of the sky, clear, cloudless:
caelo invectus aperto,
Verg. A. 1, 155:
aether,
id. ib. 1, 587:
aperta serena prospicere,
id. G. 1, 393.—
2.
Unclosed, open, not shut (opp. clausus):
Janua cum per se transpectum praebet apertum,
since this affords an open view through it, Lucr. 4, 272:
oculi,
id. 4, 339:
oculorum lumine aperto,
id. 4, 1139 et saep.:
nihil tam clausum, neque tam reconditum, quod non istius cupiditati apertissimum promptissimumque esset,
Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 20:
caelum patens atque apertum,
id. Div. 1, 1 (diff. from 1.); so Ov. M. 6, 693:
vidit caelos apertos,
Vulg. Marc. 1, 10:
apertus et propatulus locus,
Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 49:
iter,
Liv. 31, 2:
apertior aditus ad moenia,
id. 9, 28:
campi,
id. 38, 3:
per apertum limitem (viae),
Tac. H. 3, 21; Ov. M. 1, 285:
fenestrae,
Vulg. Dan. 6, 10:
ostia,
ib. ib. 13, 39:
aequor,
Ov. M. 4, 527; so id. ib. 8, 165; 11, 555 et saep. — Poet., of a battle: nec aperti copia Martis Ulla fuit, an action in the open field, Ov. M. 13, 208.—Very freq. ăpertum, subst., that which is open, free; an open, clear space:
in aperto,
Lucr. 3, 604:
per apertum fugientes,
Hor. C, 3, 12, 10:
impetum ex aperto facerent,
Liv. 35, 5:
castra in aperto posita,
id. 1, 33; so id. 22, 4:
volantem in aperto,
Plin. 10, 8, 9, § 22:
in aperta prodeunt,
id. 8, 32, 50, § 117:
disjecit naves in aperta Oceani,
Tac. A. 2, 23.—
B.
Trop.
1.
a.. Opp. to that which is concealed, covered, dark, open, clear, plain, evident, manifest, unobstructed:
nam nihil aegrius est quam res secernere apertas ab dubiis,
nothing is, indeed, more difficult than to separate things that are evident from those that are doubtful, Lucr. 4, 467; so id. 4, 596; 1, 915; 5, 1062:
cum illum ex occultis insidiis in apertum latrocinium conjecimus,
Cic. Cat. 2, 1:
simultates partim obscurae, partim apertae,
id. Manil. 24:
quid enim potest esse tam apertum tamque perspicuum?
id. N. D. 2, 2, 4:
quid rem apertam suspectam facimus?
Liv. 41, 24:
non furtim, sed vi aperta,
id. 25, 24:
apertus animi motus,
Quint. 10, 3, 21:
invidia in occulto, adulatio in aperto,
Tac. H. 4, 4 et saep.—So, in rhet., of clear, intelligible discourse:
multo apertius ad intellegendum est, si, etc.... apertam enim narrationem tam esse oportet quam, etc.,
Cic. de Or. 2, 80, 328; cf. id. Inv. 1, 20.—Hence,
b.
Esp. as subst.: in aperto esse,
(α).
To be clear, evident, well known, notorious, en tôi phanerôi einai:
ad cognoscendum omnia illustria magis magisque in aperto,
Sall. J. 5, 3.—
(β).
To be easily practicable, easy, facile (the figure taken from an open field or space):
agere memoratu digna pronum magisque in aperto erat,
there was a greater inclination and a more open way to, Tac. Agr. 1:
hostes aggredi in aperto foret,
id. H. 3, 56:
vota virtusque in aperto omniaque prona victoribus,
id. Agr. 33.—
2.
Of character, without dissimulation, open, frank, candid:
animus apertus et simplex,
Cic. Fam. 1, 9; id. Off. 3, 13, 57:
pectus,
id. Lael. 26, 97. —Hence, ironically: ut semper fuit apertissimus, as he has always been very open, frank (for impudent, shameless), Cic. Mur. 35.—Hence, ăpertē, adv., openly, clearly, plainly.
I.
In gen.:
tam aperte irridens,
Ter. Phorm. 5, 8, 62:
ab illo aperte tecte quicquid est datum, libenter accepi,
Cic. Att. 1, 14, 4; id. Or. 12, 38; id. Am. 18, 67:
cum Fidenae aperte descissent,
Liv. 1, 27:
aperte quod venale habet ostendit,
Hor. S. 1, 2, 83:
aperte revelari,
Vulg. 1 Reg. 2, 27:
non jam secretis colloquiis, sed aperte fremere,
Tac. A. 11, 28:
aperte adulari,
Cic. Am. 26, 99:
aperte mentiri,
id. Ac. 2, 6, 18:
aperte pugnare, id. ap. Aquil. Rom. 10: aperte immundus est,
Vulg. Lev. 13, 26.— Comp.:
cum ipsum dolorem hic tulit paulo apertius,
Cic. Planc. 34; id. Att. 16, 3, 5; Curt. 6, 1, 11:
ab his proconsuli venenum inter epulas datum est apertius quam ut fallerent,
Tac. A. 13, 1.— Sup.:
hinc empta apertissime praetura,
Cic. Verr. 1, 100:
equite Romano per te apertissime interfecto,
id. Har. Resp. 30:
largiri,
id. ib. 56:
praedari,
id. Verr. 1, 130.—
II.
Esp. of what is set forth in words or writing, plainly, clearly, freely, without reserve:
nempe ergo aperte vis quae restant me loqui?
Ter. And. 1, 2, 24; id. Phorm. 4, 3, 49:
aperte indicat (lex) posse rationem habere non praesentis,
Cic. ad Brut. 1, 5, 3:
Non tu istuc mihi dictura aperte es, quicquid est?
Ter. Eun. 5, 1, 3:
narrare,
id. Heaut. 4, 3, 24:
scribere,
Cic. Fam. 5, 7, 3; Quint. 1, 5, 43.— Comp.:
Planius atque apertius dicam,
Cic. Rosc. Com. 14, 43:
distinguere,
Quint. 3, 6, 45.— Sup.:
istius injurias quam apertissime vobis planissimeque explicare,
Cic. Verr. 2, 64, 156:
aliquid apertissime ostendere,
Quint. 5, 12, 11.

Lewis & Short latin dictionary > aperte
10 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.
Act., not seeing, blind.
A.
Lit.:
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.—
2.
Prov.:
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.—
B.
Trop., mentally or morally blind, blinded (freq. in prose and poetry):
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. —
2.
Meton. of the passions themselves:
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.—
3.
Pregn., blind, i.e. at random, vague, indiscriminate, aimless:
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.—
C.
Transf.
1.
Of plants, without buds or eyes:
rami,
Plin. 16, 30, 54, § 125; cf. caeco and oculus. —
2.
Of the large intestine:
intestinum,
the cœcum, Cels. 4, 1, 28; 4, 14, 1.—
II.
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;
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.—
B.
Trop.:
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.—
2.
By poet. license, transf. to the hearing:
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.—
III.
Neutr., that obstructs the sight, or trop., the perception; dark, gloomy, thick, dense, obscure.
A.
Lit.:
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.—
B.
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.
Caecus, i, m.; agnomen of Appius Claudius Crassus, as being blind, Cic. Brut. 14, 55; cf. Liv. 9, 29, 11; Cic. Sen. 6, 16.

Lewis & Short latin dictionary > Caeci
11 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.
Act., not seeing, blind.
A.
Lit.:
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.—
2.
Prov.:
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.—
B.
Trop., mentally or morally blind, blinded (freq. in prose and poetry):
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. —
2.
Meton. of the passions themselves:
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.—
3.
Pregn., blind, i.e. at random, vague, indiscriminate, aimless:
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.—
C.
Transf.
1.
Of plants, without buds or eyes:
rami,
Plin. 16, 30, 54, § 125; cf. caeco and oculus. —
2.
Of the large intestine:
intestinum,
the cœcum, Cels. 4, 1, 28; 4, 14, 1.—
II.
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;
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.—
B.
Trop.:
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.—
2.
By poet. license, transf. to the hearing:
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.—
III.
Neutr., that obstructs the sight, or trop., the perception; dark, gloomy, thick, dense, obscure.
A.
Lit.:
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.—
B.
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.
Caecus, i, m.; agnomen of Appius Claudius Crassus, as being blind, Cic. Brut. 14, 55; cf. Liv. 9, 29, 11; Cic. Sen. 6, 16.

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12 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.
Act., not seeing, blind.
A.
Lit.:
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.—
2.
Prov.:
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.—
B.
Trop., mentally or morally blind, blinded (freq. in prose and poetry):
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. —
2.
Meton. of the passions themselves:
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.—
3.
Pregn., blind, i.e. at random, vague, indiscriminate, aimless:
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.—
C.
Transf.
1.
Of plants, without buds or eyes:
rami,
Plin. 16, 30, 54, § 125; cf. caeco and oculus. —
2.
Of the large intestine:
intestinum,
the cœcum, Cels. 4, 1, 28; 4, 14, 1.—
II.
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;
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.—
B.
Trop.:
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.—
2.
By poet. license, transf. to the hearing:
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.—
III.
Neutr., that obstructs the sight, or trop., the perception; dark, gloomy, thick, dense, obscure.
A.
Lit.:
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.—
B.
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.
Caecus, i, m.; agnomen of Appius Claudius Crassus, as being blind, Cic. Brut. 14, 55; cf. Liv. 9, 29, 11; Cic. Sen. 6, 16.

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13 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.
Act., not seeing, blind.
A.
Lit.:
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.—
2.
Prov.:
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.—
B.
Trop., mentally or morally blind, blinded (freq. in prose and poetry):
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. —
2.
Meton. of the passions themselves:
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.—
3.
Pregn., blind, i.e. at random, vague, indiscriminate, aimless:
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.—
C.
Transf.
1.
Of plants, without buds or eyes:
rami,
Plin. 16, 30, 54, § 125; cf. caeco and oculus. —
2.
Of the large intestine:
intestinum,
the cœcum, Cels. 4, 1, 28; 4, 14, 1.—
II.
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;
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.—
B.
Trop.:
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.—
2.
By poet. license, transf. to the hearing:
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.—
III.
Neutr., that obstructs the sight, or trop., the perception; dark, gloomy, thick, dense, obscure.
A.
Lit.:
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.—
B.
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.
Caecus, i, m.; agnomen of Appius Claudius Crassus, as being blind, Cic. Brut. 14, 55; cf. Liv. 9, 29, 11; Cic. Sen. 6, 16.

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14 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.
Act., not seeing, blind.
A.
Lit.:
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.—
2.
Prov.:
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.—
B.
Trop., mentally or morally blind, blinded (freq. in prose and poetry):
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. —
2.
Meton. of the passions themselves:
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.—
3.
Pregn., blind, i.e. at random, vague, indiscriminate, aimless:
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.—
C.
Transf.
1.
Of plants, without buds or eyes:
rami,
Plin. 16, 30, 54, § 125; cf. caeco and oculus. —
2.
Of the large intestine:
intestinum,
the cœcum, Cels. 4, 1, 28; 4, 14, 1.—
II.
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;
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.—
B.
Trop.:
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.—
2.
By poet. license, transf. to the hearing:
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.—
III.
Neutr., that obstructs the sight, or trop., the perception; dark, gloomy, thick, dense, obscure.
A.
Lit.:
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.—
B.
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.
Caecus, i, m.; agnomen of Appius Claudius Crassus, as being blind, Cic. Brut. 14, 55; cf. Liv. 9, 29, 11; Cic. Sen. 6, 16.

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15 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.
Act., not seeing, blind.
A.
Lit.:
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.—
2.
Prov.:
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.—
B.
Trop., mentally or morally blind, blinded (freq. in prose and poetry):
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. —
2.
Meton. of the passions themselves:
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.—
3.
Pregn., blind, i.e. at random, vague, indiscriminate, aimless:
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.—
C.
Transf.
1.
Of plants, without buds or eyes:
rami,
Plin. 16, 30, 54, § 125; cf. caeco and oculus. —
2.
Of the large intestine:
intestinum,
the cœcum, Cels. 4, 1, 28; 4, 14, 1.—
II.
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;
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.—
B.
Trop.:
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.—
2.
By poet. license, transf. to the hearing:
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.—
III.
Neutr., that obstructs the sight, or trop., the perception; dark, gloomy, thick, dense, obscure.
A.
Lit.:
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.—
B.
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.
Caecus, i, m.; agnomen of Appius Claudius Crassus, as being blind, Cic. Brut. 14, 55; cf. Liv. 9, 29, 11; Cic. Sen. 6, 16.

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16 nūdus

nūdus adj., naked, bare, unclothed, stripped, uncovered, exposed: Capillus passus, nudus pes, T.: nudum (Roscium) eicit domo: nuda pedem, O.: membra, V.: capite nudo, bareheaded, S.: nudo corpore pugnare, without a shield, Cs.: sere nudus, without the toga, V.: nudum corpus ad hostīs vortere, his defenceless back, S.: Gratia Nudis iuncta sororibus, in light attire, H.: silice in nudā, bare, V.: Sedit humo nudā, O.—Striped, spoiled, vacant, void, deprived, destitute, without: partem subselliorum nudam atque inanem relinquere: urbs praesidio: agris nummis, H.: Messana ab his rebus: loca nuda gignentium, S.: Arboris Othrys, O.— Without property, poor, needy, destitute, forlorn: senecta, O.: quis tam nudus, ut, etc., Iu.: plane nudus ac desertus: nil cupientium Nudus castra peto, H.—Bare, mere, pure, simple, sole, alone, only: nuda ista si ponas: operum nudum certamen, simply a rivalry in achievements, O.—Simple, unadorned: Commentarii (Caesaris): dicendi facultas: nudis incompta capillis, O.: veritas, H.
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nuda, nudum ADJ

nude; bare, stripped

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17 inānis

inānis e, adj. with comp. and sup, empty, void: vas: domum reddere inanem: naves (opp. onustae), Cs.: naves, dismantled: tumulus, cenotaph, V.: sepulchrum, O.—Void, stripped, deserted, abandoned, unoccupied: civitas: egentes inanesque discedere, empty-handed: equus, without a rider: Absint inani funere neniae, without a corpse, H.: venter, hungry, H.: quod inani sufficit alvo, Iu.: laeva, without rings, H.: litterae, empty: paleae, light, V.: corpus, lifeless: galea, i. e. harmless, V.: umbra, O.: verba, a semblance of speech, V.: Gaurus (an extinct volcano), Iu.: epistula inanis aliquā re utili: ager centum aratoribus inanior est, less populous by: Sanguinis pectus inane, O.: lymphae dolium, H.—Fig., empty, useless, worthless, vain, unprofitable: Laborem inanem capit, T.: honesti inane nomen esse: elocutio: damnatus inani iudicio, Iu.: minae: multae res, ut gloria, unsubstantial: causas nectis inanīs, pretexts, V.: simulatio, Cs.: fama, unfounded, V.: Tempus, leisure, V.: omnia plena consiliorum, inania verborum, poor in words: quae inanissima prudentiae reperta sunt.—Of persons, vain, puffed up, worthless, petty: homo, S.: inanīs Hoc iuvat, empty heads, H.: animus: inaniora ingenia, L.
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inanis, inane ADJ

void, empty, hollow; vain; inane, foolish

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18 sol

sōl, sōlis, m. [Sanscr. svar, shine; cf. Gr. Seirios, seir, selas, Helenê; and Lat. serenus].
I.
Sing., the sun, as a heavenly body.
A.
In gen.:
tempora duorum generum sunt, unum annale, quod sol circuitu suo finit,
Varr. R. R. 1, 27:
solis cursus lunaeque meatus,
Lucr. 5, 77:
annum ad cursum solis accommodavit,
Suet. Caes. 40:
liquidi fons luminis aetherius sol,
Lucr. 5, 282:
quid potest esse sole majus?
Cic. Ac. 2, 26, 82:
illud dubium esse nulli potest quin arcus imago solis sit,
Sen. Q. N. 1, 3, 11.—
B.
Esp.
1.
Sol oriens or solis ortus, the east, as a quarter of the heavens:
spectant in septemtrionem et orientem solem,
Caes. B. G. 1, 1; 5, 13; 7, 69; cf.:
a sole exoriente supra Maeotis paludes, Cic. poët. Tusc. 5, 17, 49: si illud signum solis ortum conspiceret,
id. Cat. 3, 8, 20:
facem stellae ab ortu solis ad occidentem porrigi visam,
Liv. 29, 14, 3:
ab ortu solis flare venti,
id. 25, 27, 6.—
2.
Sol occidens or solis occasus, the west:
alterum (litus) vergit ad solem occidentem,
Caes. B. G. 5, 13:
laborant ut spectent sua triclinaria ad solem occidentem,
Varr. R. R. 1, 13 fin.:
spectat inter occasum solis et septemtriones,
north-west, Caes. B. G. 1, 1:
quae (pars insulae) est propius solis occasum,
id. ib. 4, 28.—Cf. poet.:
sub sole cadente,
Manil. 4, 791.—In phrases, sol is often omitted by ellipsis: unde sol oritur oriens nuncupatur aut ortus;
quo demergitur occidens vel occasus,
Mel. 1, 1 init.; v. orior, ortus, occĭdo.—
3.
Sol oriens or sol (solis) ortus= sunrise; sol occidens or solis (sol) occasus = sunset:
qui solem nec occidentem umquam viderint, nec orientem,
Cic. Fin. 2, 8, 23:
sole orto Gracchus copias educit,
Liv. 24, 15, 1:
prius orto Sole,
Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 113:
certi solis lunaeque et ortus et occasus sunt,
Liv. 44, 37, 7:
numquam ab orto sole ad occidentem... a curiā abscessit,
id. 27, 50, 4:
ut, equis insidentes, solis ortu cursum in quemdam locum dirigerent,
Val. Max. 7, 3, 2 ext.:
solis occasu,
Caes. B. G. 1, 50; Liv. 24, 17, 7:
ad (sub) solis occasum,
towards sunset, Caes. B. G. 5, 8; 2, 11:
in occasum declivi sole,
Plin. 8, 50, 76, § 203.— Poet.:
surgente a sole,
Hor. S. 1, 4, 29.—For sol occasus, v. occidere, and Plaut. Men. 2, 3, 87 (ante solem occasum); id. ib. 5, 7, 35 (ad solem occasum); cf.:
ab exortu ad occasum perstare contuentis solem,
Plin. 7, 2, 2, § 22.—
4.
To designate a clime, country, etc., as eastern or southern (post-Aug.):
ille Liberi currus triumphantem usque ad Thebas a solis ortu vehat,
Sen. Vit. Beat. 25, 4:
terminos civitatis nostrae cum sole metimur,
id. Ot. Sap. 4 (31), 1. it tamen ultra oceanum solemque, id. Ep. 94, 63:
sub alio sole,
in another clime, Manil. 4, 171; cf.:
ut sua orientis occidentisque terminis finiat (sc. solis),
Sen. Ep. 92, 32.—
5.
Trop., of a great good or a great man:
sol excidisse mihi e mundo videtur,
Cic. Att. 9, 10, 3:
solem e mundo tollere videntur qui, etc.,
id. Lael. 13, 47:
P. Africanus, sol alter (with sole geminato),
id. N. D. 2, 5, 14; cf. Hor. S. 1, 7, 24:
neque mundum posse duobus solibus regi, neque orbem, etc.,
Just. 11, 12.—
6.
Prov.:
et sceleratis sol oritur,
Sen. Ben. 4, 26, 1; cf.:
qui solem suum oriri facit super bonos et malos,
Vulg. Matt. 5, 45: nondum omnium dierum sol occidit (Germ. Es ist noch nicht aller Tage Abend) = there are more days yet to come, sc. when the tables may be turned, Liv. 39, 26, 9.—
C.
The poets reckon time in many ways by the movement, etc., of the sun:
bis me sol adiit gelidae post frigora brumae,
two years, Ov. Tr. 4, 7, 1:
donec sol annuus omnes conficeret metas,
within a year, Stat. Achill. 1, 455; cf. Nemes. Cyn. 122:
octavo lumine solis,
on the eighth day, Lucr. 6, 1195:
sol septimus,
Juv. 15, 44:
cum sol Herculei terga leonis adit,
in midsummer, Ov. A. A. 1, 68: O sol Pulcher, O laudande (= dies;
sc. Augusti reditus),
Hor. C. 4, 2, 46; cf. id. S. 1, 9, 72:
supremo sole,
at noon, id. Ep. 1, 5, 3:
sub medium solem,
Manil. 4, 651; cf. id. 4, 593:
sol abit,
it is growing late, Plaut. Merc. 5, 2, 32; cf.:
a primo ad ultimum solem,
all day long, Amm. 14, 6, 10.—
D.
Transf., the sun, sunlight, sunshine, heat of the sun:
ager soli ostentus,
exposed to the sun, Cato, R. R. 6:
sarmenta imponito quae frigus defendant et solem,
id. ib. 48 (49):
uvas ponite in sole biduum,
id. ib. 112 (113):
sol semper hic est a mani ad vesperum,
Plaut. Most. 3, 2, 80:
quin exta inspicere in sole etiam vivo licet,
id. Aul. 3, 6, 29:
nec res posse in sole videri, ni, etc.,
Lucr. 5, 292:
nunc quidem paululum a sole,
out of the sun, Cic. Tusc. 5, 32, 92:
cum in sole ambulem,
id. de Or. 2, 14, 60:
apricatio in illo Lucretino tuo sole,
id. Att. 7, 11, 1; cf. id. ib. 12, 6, 1:
iter in calescente sole factum erat,
Liv. 44, 36 init.:
torrente meridiano sole,
id. 44, 38:
ex vehementi sole,
id. 28, 15, 11:
urente assiduo sole,
id. 44, 33 fin.:
ut veniens dextrum latus aspiciat sol,
light of the morning sun, Hor. Ep. 1, 16, 6:
reformidant insuetum lumina solem,
Ov. P. 3, 4, 49; cf.:
nam et solem lumina aegra formidant,
Sen. Vit. Beat. 20, 6:
adversi solis ab ictu,
sunstroke, Ov. M. 3, 183:
altera (spelunca) solem non recipit,
Sen. Ep. 55, 6:
sole correptis,
Plin. 29, 6, 38, § 119:
pisces, quos sole torreant,
id. 7, 2, 2, § 30:
siccatur in sole,
id. 19, 1, 3, § 16:
in agmine (Caesar) anteibat capite detecto, seu sol seu imber esset,
Suet. Caes. 57:
patiens pulveris atque solis,
Hor. C. 1, 8, 4.— And trop.: in solem ac pulverem procedere, or producere, into heat and dust, i. e. into practical life (opp. umbra eruditorum), Cic. Brut. 9, 37; id. Leg. 3, 6, 14.—In a similar sense:
cedat stilus gladio, umbra soli,
Cic. Mur. 14, 30.—Prov.:
clarior quam solis radii,
Plaut. Mil. 1, 1, 2:
sole ipso est clarius,
Arn. 1, n. 47; cf.
the class. luce clarius, and: cum id solis luce videatur clarius,
Cic. Div. 1, 3, 6.
II.
Plur.
A.
Suns, images of the sun (class.):
neque pauci neque leves sunt qui se duo soles vidisse dicant,
Cic. Rep. 1, 10, 15:
Albae duos soles visos ferebant,
Liv. 28, 11, 3:
et rursus plures soles simul cernuntur,
Plin. 2, 31, 31, § 99:
quid eas vocem? imagines solis? Historici soles vocant, et binos ternosque adparuisse memoriae tradunt,
Sen. Q. N. 1, 11, 2.—
B.
Poet. = days (v. I. C.):
nec tamen illis solibus ulla comparebat avis,
Lucr. 6, 1219:
saepe ego longos Cantando puerum memini me condere soles,
to spend the long summer days in singing, Verg. E. 9, 52:
tres soles... Erramus,
id. A. 3, 203; cf. Sil. 3, 554:
Bajani soles,
the sunny days of Bajœ, Mart. 6, 43, 5:
O soles!
id. 10, 51, 6: soles fulsere quondam tibi candidi, Cat. 8, 3, 8:
soles occidere et redire possunt,
id. 5, 4:
longis solibus,
Stat. Th. 5, 460:
solibus arctis,
short winter days, id. S. 1, 3, 88.—So, to describe certain seasons:
solibus hibernis... gratior,
than the sun in winter, Ov. M. 13, 793:
si numeres anno soles et nubila toto,
the sunny and cloudy days, id. Tr. 5, 8, 31.—
C.
Light or heat of the sun ( poet. and in postAug. prose; cf.
D. supra): pars terrai perusta solibus assiduis,
Lucr. 5, 253; cf. Ov. H. 5, 112:
pluviis et solibus icta,
Lucr. 6, 1101:
quae carent ventis et solibus,
i. e. are buried, Hor. Epod. 16, 13; 2, 41:
et soles melius nitent,
id. C. 4, 5, 8; cf. id. Ep. 1, 10, 17:
ex imbri soles Prospicere... poteris,
Verg. G. 1, 393:
inque novos soles audent se gramina tuto Credere,
id. ib. 2, 332;
similarly,
Ov. F. 4, 404; Stat. Th. 1, 363; 4, 421; 4, 831:
tum blandi soles,
Ov. F. 1, 157:
frigore soles juvant,
id. R. Am. 405; so Mart. 10, 42:
Romulus et frater... Solibus et campo corpora nuda dabant,
Ov. F. 2, 366:
aequora semper solibus orba tument,
id. P. 1, 3, 54:
solibus rupta glacies,
Juv. 4, 43:
geminā pereunt caligine soles,
Stat. Th. 5, 154:
aestivos quo decipis aere soles?
id. S. 4, 4, 19:
tacent exhausti solibus amnes,
id. Th. 3, 2, 59; 4, 56; Mart. 10, 12, 7; 8, 14, 4; 14, 28; Ov. M. 1, 435:
cura soles assiduo quaerendi,
Plin. 26, 3, 8, § 16:
perpeti soles,
id. 36, 22, 45, § 162:
evitatis solibus,
id. 28, 12, 50, § 186:
(sal) siccatur aestivis solibus,
id. 31, 7, 39, § 73:
merguntur in aquam solibus tepefactam,
id. 19, 1, 3, § 17:
nec campi minus soles accipiunt,
id. 17, 4, 3, § 29:
sarculatio novos soles admittit,
id. 18, 21, 50, § 184; cf. id. 12, 5, 11, § 23; 12, 7, 14, § 26:
aurea pellebant tepidos umbracula soles,
Ov. F. 2, 311:
dum patula defendimus arbore soles,
Stat. S. 3, 1, 70.—Very rarely of the sun's revolution, without reference to light or heat:
quae via soles praecipitet,
Stat. Th. 6, 362.—In class. prose sometimes solis ardores, with the force of the poet. soles:
et nimios solis defendit ardores,
Cic. Sen. 15, 53; cf.:
propter nimios solis ardores,
Sen. Ep. 90, 17.
III.
Sol, the Sun-god.
A.
Lit.
a.
The ancient Italian deity Sol, represented as driving the four-horse sun-chariot from east to west; later identified with the Greek Helios, and hence often called Titan or Phœbus by the poets:
signi dic quid est? Cum quadrigis Sol exoriens,
Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 269:
Sol... aeternam suscepit lampada mundi,
Lucr. 5, 402:
rapax vis Solis equorum,
id. 5, 402:
quod magni filia Solis eram,
Ov. R. Am. 276; id. M. 14, 346:
Solis currus,
id. P. 4, 6, 48:
secundum (invocabis) Solem et Lunam,
Varr. R. R. 1, 1 med.:
grates tibi ago, summe Sol,
Cic. Rep. 6, 9, 9:
Sol Phaëthonti filio facturum se esse dixit quidquid optasset,
id. Off. 3, 25, 94:
Quid? illum filium Solis nonne patris ipsius luce indignum putas?
id. Tusc. 3, 12, 26:
qui Solem aurigando aequiperare existimaretur,
Suet. Ner. 53:
Solis colossus Rhodi,
Plin. 34, 7, 18, § 41; 34, 8, 19, § 63.—Comic.:
credo edepol equidem dormire Solem atque adpotum probe,
Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 129.—
b.
The Phœnician sun-god Heliogabalus (Elagabal), whose worship was introduced by the later emperors (Aurelianus, Heliogabalus):
ad templum Heliogabali tetendit... et Romae Soli templum posuit,
Vop. Aur. 25; cf. id. ib. 4; 14; 35; 39; Lampr. Heliog. 1; 3; afterwards called Sol Invictus, whose birthday, acc. to the Calendar. Const., was celebrated December 25th; cf. Julian. Or. 4, p. 156.—
c.
Of the sun-worship of other nations:
(Germani) deorum numero ducunt Solem et Vulcanum et Lunam,
Caes. B. G. 6, 21; cf.:
rex regum, frater Solis et Lunae,
of the king of Persia, Amm. 17, 5, 3.—
B.
The sun-god as emblem of omniscience:
non potuit reperire, si ipsi Soli quaerundas dares, lepidiores ad hanc rem quam ego dabo,
Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 206:
meliorem neque tu reperis, neque Sol videt,
id. Stich. 1, 2, 53:
at vigiles mundi... Sol et Luna,
Lucr. 5, 1435:
si hoc uno quicquam Sol vidisset iniquius,
Cic. Off. 2, 8, 28:
O Solem ipsum beatissimum, qui antequam se abderet fugientem vidit Antonium,
id. Phil. 14, 10, 27:
Solem consule, qui late facta diurna videt,
Ov. F. 4, 582:
quis Solem fallere possit?
id. A. A. 2, 573; cf. Plaut. Bacch. 2, 3, 21; Sen. Herc. Fur. 595.—Hence represented as betrayer of conspiracies: propiusque honos [p. 1718] Boli, qui occulta conjurationis retexisset, Tac. A. 15, 74;
to him was commended the detection of murderers, in inscriptions over the slain: SOL, TIBI COMMENDO QVI MANVS INTVLIT EI,
Inscr. Orell. 4791:
SOL, TV INDICES EIVS MORTEM,
ib. 4792.—
C.
Poet., to describe the times of the day: solverat flagrantes Sol pronus equos, = it was night, Stat. Th. 3, 408: Sol operum medius summo librabat Olympo Lucentes, ceu staret, equos, = it was mid-day, id. ib. 5, 85.
IV.
In gen., solis as an appellation.
A.
DIES SOLIS, Sunday (late Lat.), Inscr. Orell. 508.—
B.
Solis gemma, a precious stone, Plin. 37, 10, 67, § 181.—
C.
Solis insula, off the coast of Gedrosia, Plin. 6, 22, 24, § 86; 6, 23, 26, § 97.—
D.
Solis fons, in Marmorica, Curt. 4, 7, 22; Mela, 1, 8, 1; Plin. 5, 5, 5, § 31.—
E.
Solis promunturium, in Africa, Plin. 5, 1, 1, § 9.—
F.
Solis oppidum, a town in Ægina, Plin. 5, 9, 11, § 61.

Lewis & Short latin dictionary > sol
19 habeo

hăbĕo, ui, itum, 2 (archaic perf. subj. habessit, Cic. Leg. 2, 8, 19; inf. haberier, Plaut. Mil. 2, 6, 111), v. a. and n. [etym. dub.; cf. Gr. kôpê, handle; Lat. capio; Germ. haben, Haft; Engl. have], to have, in the widest sense of the word, to hold, keep, possess, cherish, entertain, occupy, enclose, contain (cf.: teneo, possideo, etc.).
I.
In gen.
A.
Of personal subjects.
1.
With persons or things as objects: SI INTESTATO MORITVR, CVI SVVS HERES NEC SIT, AGNATVS PROXIMVS FAMILIAM HABETO, Fragm. XII. Tab. ap. Ulp. Fragm. 26, 1: ex tui animi sententia tu uxorem habes? Cato ap. Cic. de Or. 2, 64, 260; cf.:
aliquam habere in matrimonio, Cic. Scaur. § 8: ipsum ex Helvetiis uxorem habere,
Caes. B. G. 1, 18, 6:
si et prudentes homines et non veteres reges habere voluerunt,
Cic. Rep. 1, 37 fin.:
quae cum patrem clarissimum, amplissimos patruos, ornatissimum fratrem haberet,
id. Rosc. Am. 50, 147:
cum ille haberet filium delicatiorem,
id. de Or. 2, 64, 257:
quod non ingenuous habeat clarosque parentes,
Hor. S. 1, 6, 91:
habebat saepe ducentos, saepe decem servos,
id. ib. 1, 3, 11:
fundum habere, Cic. Tull. § 14: cur pecuniam non habeat mulier?
id. Rep. 3, 10:
tantas divitias habet,
Plaut. Bacch. 2, 3, 99; so,
aurum,
id. ib. 2, 3, 35; and:
vectigalia magna Divitiasque,
Hor. S. 2, 2, 101:
tantum opum,
Cic. Rep. 1, 48:
classes,
id. Phil. 9, 2, 4:
naves,
id. Verr. 2, 5, 40, § 104:
denique sit finis quaerendi, cumque habeas plus, Pauperiem metuas minus,
Hor. S. 1, 1, 92:
tacitus pasci si posset corvus, haberet Plus dapis,
id. Ep. 1, 17, 50:
Dionysii equus quid attulit admirationis, quod habuit apes in juba?
Cic. Div. 2, 31, 67: faenum habet in cornu;
longe fuge,
Hor. S. 1, 4, 34:
leges in monumentis habere,
Cic. Rep. 2, 14:
hostis habet muros,
Verg. A. 2, 290:
hostis habet portus,
Val. Fl. 3, 45 al.:
quam vellem Panaetium nostrum nobiscum haberemus,
Cic. Rep. 1, 10:
Ciceronem secum,
id. Att. 4, 9, 2; cf.:
ea legione, quam secum habebat,
Caes. B. G. 1, 8, 1:
secum senatorem,
Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 31, § 77; cf.
also: magnum numerum equitatus circum se,
Caes. B. G. 1, 18, 5:
haec si habeat aurum, quod illi renumeret, faciat lubens,
Plaut. Bacch. 1, 1, 12; cf.:
quid non habuisti quod dares? Habuisse se dicet, Cic. Scaur. § 19: quod non desit, habentem,
Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 52:
qui in foro turbaque, quicum colloqui libeat, non habeant,
Cic. Rep. 1, 17.—
2.
With abstr. objects: quid illos, bono genere gnatos, opinanimi animi habuisse atque habituros dum vivent? Cato ap. Gell. 10, 3, 17:
quod uno et eodem temporis puncto nati dissimiles et naturas et vitas et casus habent,
Cic. Div. 2, 45, 95:
febrim,
id. Fam. 7, 26, 1:
instrumenta animi,
id. Rep. 3, 3:
nec vero habere virtutem satis est, quasi artem aliquam, nisi utare,
id. ib. 1, 2:
in populos perpetuam potestatem,
id. ib. 2, 27; cf.:
in populum vitae necisque potestatem,
id. ib. 3, 14; so,
potestatem,
id. ib. 2, 29; 32;
36: eo plus auctoritatis,
id. ib. 3, 16:
ornamenta dicendi,
id. de Or. 2, 28, 122; cf.:
summam prudentiam summamque vim dicendi,
id. ib. 1, 20, 89:
Q. Lucilius Balbus tantos progressus habebat in Stoicis, ut, etc.,
id. N. D. 1, 6, 15:
neque quem usum belli haberent aut quibus institutis uterentur, reperiri poterat,
Caes. B. G. 4, 20 fin.:
nonnullam invidiam ex eo, quod, etc.,
Cic. de Or. 2, 70, 283: nimiam spem, Cato ap. Gell. 13, 17, 1:
spem in fide alicujus,
Cic. Inv. 1, 39, 71; cf.:
tantum spei ad vivendum,
id. Att. 15, 20, 2; id. N. D. 3, 6, 14; cf.
also: summam spem de aliquo,
id. Lael. 3, 11:
odium in equestrem ordinem,
id. Clu. 55, 151:
metum,
Prop. 3, 11 (4, 10), 6: consolationem [p. 834] semper in ore atque in animo, Cic. Fam. 5, 16, 2; cf. Varr. L. L. 6, § 56 Mull.:
rogavi, ut diceret, quid haberet in animo,
Cic. Att. 8, 10:
neque modum neque modestiam victores habere,
observe no bounds, Sall. C. 11, 4;
v. modus: haec habebam fere, quae te scire vellem,
Cic. Att. 1, 6; cf.:
haec habui de amicitia quae dicerem,
this is what I had to say, id. Lael. 27 fin.: fidem, gratiam, honorem, rationem; v. these nouns.—In a play on the word lumen: Arge, jaces; quodque in tot lumina lumen habebas Exstinctum est, the light for so many lights ( eyes), Ov. M. 1, 720.—
(β).
With inf. (analog. to the Gr. echô), to have something to do, be able to do something:
habeo etiam dicere quem contra morem majorum dejecerit, etc.,
Cic. Rosc. Am. 35, 100:
de re publica nihil habeo ad te scribere,
id. Att. 2, 22, 6.—So with inf. or with the part. fut. pass. (ante-class. and post-Aug.), to have or be obliged to do something, I must do something:
rogas, ut id mihi habeam curare,
Varr. R. R. 1, 1, 2:
filius hominis, quod carne indui haberet in terra,
Lact. 4, 12, 15:
habemus humiliare eum in signo,
id. 4, 18, 22:
quod plurimae haereses haberent existere,
id. 4, 30, 2:
etiam Filius Dei mori habuit,
Tert. Hab. Mul. 1:
si inimicos jubemur diligere, quem habemus odisse?
id. Apol. 37:
de spatiis ordinum eatenus praecipiendum habemus, ut intelligant agricolae, etc.,
Col. 5, 5, 3:
praesertim cum enitendum haberemus, ut, etc.,
Plin. Ep. 1, 8, 12:
si nunc primum statuendum haberemus,
Tac. A. 14, 44:
cum respondendum haberent,
id. Or. 36.—
B.
Of inanim. or abstr. subjects:
prima classis LXXXVIII. centurias habeat,
Cic. Rep. 2, 22:
locus ille nihil habet religionis,
id. Leg. 2, 22, 57:
humani animi eam partem, quae sensum habeat,
id. Div. 1, 32, 70:
animus incorruptus agit atque habet cuncta, neque ipse habetur,
Sall. J. 2, 3:
divinus animus mortale nihil habuit, Cic. Scaur. § 50: habet statum res publica de tribus secundarium,
id. Rep. 1, 42; cf.:
nullum est genus illarum rerum publicarum, quod non habeat iter ad finitimum quoddam malum,
id. ib. 1, 28:
ipsa aequabilitas est iniqua, cum habeat nullos gradus dignitatis,
id. ib. 1, 27:
nulla alia in civitate...ullum domicilium libertas habet,
id. ib. 1, 31:
nostri casus plus honoris habuerunt quam laboris,
id. ib. 1, 4; cf.:
viri excellentis ancipites variique casus habent admirationem,
id. Fam. 5, 12, 5:
habet etiam amoenitas ipsa illecebras multas cupiditatum,
id. Rep. 2, 4:
quid habet illius carminis simile haec oratio?
id. ib. 1, 36:
magnam habet vim disciplina verecundiae,
id. ib. 4, 6 et saep.:
quomodo habere dicimur febrem, cum illa nos habeat,
Sen. Ep. 119 med.; cf.:
animalia somnus habebat,
Verg. A. 3, 147; Ov. M. 7, 329:
me somno gravatum Infelix habuit thalamus,
Verg. A. 6, 521; cf.:
non me impia namque Tartara habent,
id. ib. 5, 734:
habentque Tartara Panthoiden,
Hor. C. 1, 28, 9:
qui (metus) major absentes habet,
id. Epod. 1, 18; Sen. Const. Sap. 7:
et habet mortalia casus,
Luc. 2, 13:
terror habet vates,
Stat. Th. 3, 549.
II.
In partic.
A.
Pregn., to have or possess property (mostly absol.):
miserum istuc verbum et pessumum'st, habuisse et nihil habere,
Plaut. Rud. 5, 2, 34; cf. Ter. Ad. 4, 7, 10: qui habet, ultro appetitur: qui est pauper, aspernatur, Cic. Fragm. ap. Prisc. p. 792 P.:
habet idem in nummis, habet idem in urbanis praediis,
Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 86, § 199; so,
in nummis,
id. Att. 8, 10:
in Salentinis aut in Brutiis,
i. e. to have possessions, id. Rosc. Am. 46, 132; cf. id. Verr. 2, 5, 18, § 45: nos quod simus, quod habeamus, etc., Curius ap. Cic. Fam. 7, 29, 1:
et belli rabies et amor successit habendi,
Verg. A. 8, 327; cf.:
amore senescit habendi,
Hor. Ep. 1, 7, 85; Phaedr. 3 prol. 21; Juv. 14, 207: quid habentibus auri nunquam exstincta sitis? Sil. 5, 264; so, habentes = hoi echontes, the wealthy, Lact. 5, 8, 7. —
2.
With an object - or relative-clause, to have the means, ability, or knowledge, i. e. to be in a condition, to be able, to know how to do or say any thing.
(α).
With an objectclause:
de Alexandrina re tantum habeo polliceri, me tibi cumulate satisfacturum,
Cic. Fam. 1, 5, 3:
de re publica nihil habeo ad te scribere,
id. Att. 2, 22, 6:
haec fere dicere habui de natura deorum,
this is the substance of what I had to say, id. N. D. 3, 39, 93; cf.:
quid habes igitur dicere de Gaditano foedere?
id. Balb. 14, 33:
habeo etiam dicere, quem de ponte in Tiberim dejecerit,
id. Rosc. Am. 35, 100:
illud affirmare pro certo habeo, etc.,
Liv. 44, 22, 4:
sic placet, an melius quis habet suadere?
Hor. Epod. 16, 23.—
(β).
With a relat.-clause (usually with a negative: non habeo, quid faciam;
or: nihil habeo, quod faciam, dicam, etc.): de quibus habeo ipse, quid sentiam: non habeo autem, quid tibi assentiar,
Cic. N. D. 3, 25, 64:
de pueris quid agam, non habeo,
id. Att. 7, 19:
usque eo quid arguas non habes,
id. Rosc. Am. 15, 45:
quid huic responderet, non habebat,
id. Mur. 12, 26:
nec quid faceret habebat,
id. Verr. 2, 4, 23, § 51; id. Off. 2, 2, 7:
qui, quo se reciperent, non haberent,
Caes. B. G. 4, 38, 2:
nihil habeo, quod ad te scribam,
Cic. Att. 7, 19:
nil habeo, quod agam,
Hor. S. 1, 9, 19; and:
nihil habeo, quod cum amicitia Scipionis possim comparare,
Cic. Lael. 27, 103.—
B.
To have in use, make use of, use (very rare, for the usual uti, opp. abuti):
anulus in digito subter tenuatur habendo,
i. e. by use, by wearing, Lucr. 1, 312; cf.:
aera nitent usu: vestis bona quaerit haberi,
Ov. Am. 1, 8, 51:
quippe quas (divitias) honeste habere licebat, abuti per turpitudinem properabant,
Sall. C. 13, 2 Kritz; cf.:
magnae opes innocenter paratae et modeste habitae,
Tac. A. 4, 44.—Hence,
2.
To hold, use, wield, handle, manage:
nec inmensa barbarorum scuta, enormis hastas, inter truncos arborum perinde haberi quam pila,
Tac. A. 2, 14.— Trop.:
quo modo rem publicam habuerint (majores), disserere,
Sall. C. 5, 9; cf.:
reipublicae partes,
Tac. A. 4, 6 init. —
C.
To hold or keep a person or thing in any condition; to have, hold, or regard in any light:
aliquem in obsidione,
Caes. B. C. 3, 31, 3:
aliquem in liberis custodiis,
Sall. C. 47, 3; so,
aliquem in custodiis,
id. ib. 52, 14:
aliquem in vinculis,
id. ib. 51 fin.;
for which also: in custodiam habitus,
i. e. put into prison and kept there, Liv. 22, 25; Tac. H. 1, 87; cf.:
quo facilius omne Hadriaticum mare in potestatem haberet,
Caes. B. C. 1, 25 Oud. N. cr. (al. in potestate):
cum talem virum in potestatem habuisset,
Sall. J. 112 fin. Kritz N. cr.:
quae res eos in magno diuturnoque bello inter se habuit,
id. ib. 79, 3:
alios in ea fortuna haberent, ut socii esse quam cives mallent,
Liv. 26, 24:
aegros in tenebris,
Cels. 3, 18:
aquam caelestem sub dio in sole,
Col. 12, 12, 1:
in otio militem,
Liv. 39, 2, 6; cf.:
legiones habebantur per otium,
Tac. H. 1, 31:
externa sine cura habebantur,
id. A. 1, 79 init.:
exercitus sine imperio et modestia habitus,
Sall. J. 44, 1:
quos ille postea magno in honore habuit,
Caes. B. C. 1, 77, 2;
for which: quos praecipuo semper honore Caesar habuit,
id. B. G. 5, 54, 4:
habeo Junium (mensem) et Quintilem in metu,
i. e. I fear, Cic. Att. 6, 1, 14.— So with an adj. or a perf. part., to denote a lasting condition:
ita me mea forma habet sollicitum,
Plaut. Most. 4, 2, 95 Lorenz; id. Men. 4, 2, 12; 21:
miserrimum ego hunc habebo amasium,
id. Cas. 3, 3, 27 al.:
laetum Germanicum,
Tac. A. 2, 57; 65:
sollicitum habebat cogitatio,
Cic. Fam. 7, 3, 1; 2, 16, 2.—Hence,
2.
With a double object, esp. freq. with the part. perf. pass., to have, hold, or possess a person or thing in any quality or capacity, as any thing; to have, hold, or possess an action as completed, finished (a pregn. circumlocution for the perf.):
cum haberet collegam in praetura Sophoclem,
Cic. Off. 1, 40, 144; cf. Quint. 10, 1, 93:
an heredem habuerit eum, a quo, etc.,
id. 7, 2, 37:
istaec illum perdidit assentatio, nam absque te esset, ego illum haberem rectum ad ingenium bonum,
Plaut. Bacch. 3, 3, 8:
cur ergo unus tu Apollonidenses miseriores habes quam pater tuus habuit umquam?
Cic. Fl. 29, 71:
obvium habuerunt patrem,
Quint. 7, 1, 29:
reliquas civitates stipendiarias,
Caes. B. G. 1, 30, 3:
quod (cognomen) habes hereditarium,
Cic. Rep. 6, 11:
quae habuit venalia,
id. Verr. 2, 3, 62, § 144; Brut. ap. Cic. Fam. 11, 11, 1:
qui auro habeat soccis suppactum solum,
Plaut. Bacch. 2, 3, 98:
me segregatum habuisse, uxorem ut duxit, a me Pamphilum,
have kept him away, aloof, Ter. Hec. 5, 1, 25; cf.:
inclusum in curia senatum habuerunt,
Cic. Att. 6, 2, 8:
(Romulus) habuit plebem in clientelas principum descriptam,
id. Rep. 2, 9: satis mihi videbar habere cognitum Scaevolam ex iis rebus, quas, etc., id. Brut. 40, 147; cf.:
si nondum eum satis habes cognitum,
id. Fam. 13, 17, 3; ib. 15, 20 fin.: fidem spectatam jam et diu cognitam, id. Div. ap. Caecil. 4, 11:
decumas ad aquam deportatas,
id. Verr. 2, 3, 14, § 36:
domitas habere libidines,
id. de Or. 1, 43, 194:
omnes philosophiae notos et tractatos locos,
id. Or. 33, 118; id. Rep. 2, 6:
innumerabilia, quae collecta habent Stoici,
id. Div. 2, 70, 145: quantum in acie tironi sit committendum, nimium saepe expertum habemus, Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 24, 3:
quare velim ita statutum habeas, me, etc.,
Cic. Fam. 6, 2, 1: habeo absolutum suave epos ad Caesarem, id. Q. Fr. 3, 9, 6:
in adversariis scriptum habere (nomen),
id. Rosc. Com. 3, 9:
de Caesare satis dictum habebo,
id. Phil. 5, 19, 52:
bellum habere susceptum,
id. Agr. 2, 6, 14:
quam (domum) tu iam dimensam et exaedificatam animo habebas,
id. Att. 1, 6, 1:
ut omnes labores, pericula consueta habeam,
Sall. J. 85, 7:
compertum ego habeo,
id. Cat. 58, 1; cf. Nep. Att. 17 fin.; 18, 1: neque ea res falsum ( part. perf. pass.) me habuit, Sall. J. 10, 1 al. From this use is derived the compound perf. of the Romance languages: ho veduto, j'ai vu, qs. habeo visum, I have seen).—
3.
Also, with a double object, to make, render:
praecipit ut dent operam, uti eos quam maxime manifestos habeant,
Sall. C. 41, 5:
qui pascua publica infesta habuerant,
Liv. 39, 29, 9; 34, 36, 3:
necdum omnia edita facinora habent,
id. 39, 16, 3; 31, 42, 1:
anxium me et inquietum habet petitio Sexti,
Plin. Ep. 2, 9, 1:
sed Pompeium gratia impunitum habuit,
kept, Vell. 2, 1, 5.—
4.
Hence:
in aliquo (aliqua re), aliquem (aliquid) habere (rare): ea si fecissem, in vestra amicitia exercitum, divitias, munimenta regni me habiturum,
Sall. J. 14, 1:
in vobis liberos, parentes, consanguineos habeo,
Curt. 6, 9, 12:
majora in eo obsequia habiturus,
Just. 8, 6, 6; cf. Cic. Fam. 2, 16, 5.—
5.
To have or hold a person in any manner, to treat, use:
is, uti tu me hic habueris, proinde illum illic curaverit,
Plaut. Capt. 2, 2, 64:
equitatu agmen adversariorum male habere et carpere,
Caes. B. C. 1, 63, 2; cf. Cels. 3, 20; 3, 21:
exercitum luxuriose nimisque liberaliter habere,
Sall. C. 11, 5 Kritz; cf.:
eos ille non pro vanis hostibus, ut meriti erant, sed accurate et liberaliter habuit,
id. J. 103, 5; 113, 2:
Fabiis plurimi (saucii) dati, nec alibi majore cura habiti,
Liv. 2, 47, 12; 29, 8, 6; 37, 34, 5:
video quam molliter tuos habeas,
Plin. Ep. 5, 19, 1:
militant vobiscum, qui superbe habiti rebellassent,
Curt. 8, 8, 11:
virgines tam sancte habuit,
id. 3, 12, 21; 4, 10, 33:
male habere aliquem,
Nep. Eum. 12, 1:
neque conjugem et filium ejus hostiliter haberi,
Tac. A. 2, 10.—
6.
With se, and sometimes mid. or neut., to hold or keep himself or itself in a certain manner, i. e. to be constituted or situated, to find one's self, to be, in any manner.
(α).
Habere se:
Tironem Patris aegrum reliqui...et quamquam videbatur se non graviter habere, tamen sum sollicitus, etc.,
Cic. Att. 7, 2, 3:
praeclare te habes, cum, etc.,
id. Verr. 2, 2, 61, § 149:
ipsi se hoc melius habent quam nos, quod, etc.,
id. Att. 11, 7, 4:
Bene habemus nos,
id. ib. 2, 8, 1:
ego me bene habeo,
am well, Tac. A. 14, 51: praeclare se res habeat ( is well), si, etc., Cic. de Or. 1, 25, 114:
male se res habet, cum, quod virtute effici debet, id tentatur pecunia,
id. Off. 2, 6, 22; cf. id. de Or. 2, 77, 313:
quae cum ita se res haberet, tamen, etc.,
id. Verr. 2, 2, 50, § 124; cf.:
ita se res habet, ut ego, etc.,
id. Quint. 1, 2:
sic profecto res se habet,
id. de Or. 2, 67, 271:
scire aveo, quomodo res se habeat,
id. Att. 13, 35, 2; cf. id. de Or. 2, 32, 140:
ut se tota res habeat,
id. Verr. 2, 2, 5, § 15; cf.:
ut meae res sese habent,
Ter. Phorm. 5, 4, 1.—
(β).
Mid.:
virtus clara aeternaque habetur,
exhibits itself, is, continues, Sall. C. 1, 4:
sicuti pleraque mortalium habentur,
as for the most part happens in human affairs, id. ib. 6, 3.—
(γ).
Neutr. (as also the Gr echô): Tullia nostra recte valet: Terentia minus belle habuit, Dolab. ap. Cic. Fam. 9, 9, 1:
volui animum tandem confirmare hodie meum, Ut bene haberem filiae nuptiis,
I might enjoy myself, Plaut. Aul. 2, 8, 2: qui bene habet suisque amicis est volup, id. [p. 835] Mil. 3, 1, 130:
bene habent tibi principia,
Ter. Phorm. 2, 3, 82:
bene habet: jacta sunt fundamenta defensionis,
it is well, Cic. Mur. 6, 14; Liv. 8, 6:
magnum narras, vix credibile! atqui sic habet,
so it is, it is even so, Hor. S. 1, 9, 53: illasce sues sanas esse habereque recte licere spondesne? Formula emendi, ap. Varr. R. R. 2, 4, 5; 2, 3, 5.—
D.
To hold, account, esteem, consider, regard a person or thing in any manner or as any thing; to think or believe a person or thing to be so or so:
aliquem fidelem sibi habere,
Plaut. Bacch. 3, 3, 87:
deos aeternos et beatos,
Cic. N. D. 1, 17, 45:
id habent hodie vile et semper habuerunt,
id. Balb. 22, 51:
maximam illam voluptatem habemus, quae, etc.,
id. Fin. 1, 11, 37:
eum nos ut perveterem habemus... nec vero habeo quemquam antiquiorem,
id. Brut. 15, 61:
Ut et rex et pater habereter omnium,
id. Rep. 1, 36; 2, 21:
parentem Asiae et dici et haberi,
id. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 10 fin.:
eos dicit esse habitos deos, a quibus, etc.,
id. N. D. 1, 15, 38:
cum esset habendus rex, quicumque genere regio natus esset,
id. Rep. 1, 33; cf. id. ib. 2, 12 fin.: non habeo nauci Marsum augurem, Poet. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 58, 132:
cujus auctoritas in iis regionibus magni habebatur,
Caes. B. G. 4, 21, 7:
nihil pensi habere,
Quint. 11, 1, 29; cf.
also: an perinde habenda sit haec atque illa,
id. 7, 3, 11:
sese illum non pro amico, sed pro hoste habiturum,
Caes. B. G. 1, 44, 19; so,
aliquem pro hoste,
Liv. 2, 20; Curt. 6, 2 al.:
nisi in provincia relictas rationes pro relatis haberem,
Cic. Fam. 5, 20, 2:
licet omnia Italica pro Romanis habeam,
Quint. 1, 5, 56; 12, 10, 73:
istuc jam pro facto habeo,
Cic. Att. 13, 1, 2:
Pompeium pro certo habemus per Illyricum proficisci in Galliam,
to consider as certain, id. ib. 10, 6 fin.:
id obliviscendum, pro non dicto habendum,
Liv. 23, 22, 9:
hoc velim in maximis rebus et maxime necessariis habeas,
Cic. Att. 5, 5 fin.:
aliquem in deorum numero,
id. N. D. 1, 14, 36:
aliquem in hostium numero,
Caes. B. G. 1, 28, 1:
aliquem suorum In numero,
Hor. S. 2, 6, 41;
for which also: hostium numero haberi,
Cic. Att. 11, 6, 6:
numero impiorum ac sceleratorum haberi,
Caes. B. G. 6, 13, 7; cf. also Quint. 3, 7, 2:
quem Aegyptii nefas habent nominare,
Cic. N. D. 3, 22, 56:
mutare nefas habent,
Quint. 12, 8, 6:
nec tamen est habendum religioni, nocentem aliquando defendere,
to scruple, make a conscience of, Cic. Off. 2, 14, 51; cf.:
nec eam rem habuit religioni,
id. Div. 1, 35, 77:
quando tu me bene merentem tibi habes despicatui,
you despise, Plaut. Men. 4, 3, 19:
non sic ludibrio tuis factis habitus essem,
Ter. Hec. 4, 1, 11.—Hence: sic habeto, or sic habeas aliquid, or with an object-clause, hold or judge thus, be convinced or persuaded, believe, know:
sed hoc nihil ad te: illud velim sic habeas, uod intelliges, etc.,
Cic. Fam. 3, 13, 2:
unum hoc sic habeto: si, etc.,
id. ib. 2, 6 fin.:
sic habeto: omnibus, etc.,
id. Rep. 6, 13:
enitere et sic habeto, non esse te mortalem, sed corpus hoc,
id. ib. 6, 24; so with an object-clause, id. Fam. 2, 10, 1; 16, 4, 4.—Without sic:
id primum ergo habeto, non sine magna causa, etc.,
Cic. Fam. 13, 29, 2:
tantum habeto, civem egregium esse Pompeium, etc.,
id. ib. 2, 8, 2.—
2.
To take, accept, bear, submit to, endure:
neque cuiquam mortalium injuriae suae parvae videntur: multi eas gravius aequo habuere,
Sall. C. 51, 11:
egestas facile habetur sine damno,
id. ib. 6, 37:
quae in praesens Tiberius civiliter habuit, sed, etc.,
Tac. A. 4, 21:
neque tantum maleficium impune habendum,
id. ib. 3, 70;
12, 48: nec ita aegre habuit filium id pro parente ausum,
Liv. 7, 5, 7 Weissenb.—
E.
To hold, have possession of, occupy, a place:
urbem Romam condidere atque habuere initio Trojani,
Sall. C. 6, 1:
qui mortales initio Africam habuerint,
id. J. 17, 7; 18, 1; cf.
Siciliam et Sardiniam per legatos habuit,
rule, administer, Flor. 4, 2, 22:
urbem Romanam a principio reges habuere,
Tac. A. 1, 1:
Hispaniae tribus legionibus habebantur,
id. ib. 4, 5; 12, 54.—
2.
More freq. neutr., to dwell, live anywhere (perh. only ante-class.; in good prose habito is used instead): quae Corinthum arcem altam habetis, Enn. ap. Cic. Fam. 7, 6, 1 (Trag. v. 294 Vahl.):
ille geminus qui Syracusis habet,
Plaut. Men. prol. 69: quis istic habet? id. Bacch. 1, 2, 6:
ubi nunc adulescens habet?
id. Trin. 1, 2, 156:
apud aedem Junonis Lucinae, ubi aeditumus habere solet,
Varr. L. L. 5, § 50 Mull.; cf.:
situm formamque et universorum castrorum et partium, qua Poeni, qua Numidae haberent...specularentur,
Liv. 30, 4, 2 (but v. Weissenb. ad loc.).—
F.
To spend, pass (time, etc.):
aetatem procul a republica,
Sall. C. 4, 1:
vitam,
id. ib. 51, 12 al.—
G.
To have in one's mind, to know, be acquainted with:
siquidem istius regis (Anci) matrem habemus, ignoramus patrem,
Cic. Rep. 2, 18 fin.: habes consilia nostra;
nunc cognosce de Bruto,
there you have, such are, id. Att. 5, 21, 10:
habetis igitur primum ortum tyranni,
id. Rep. 2, 27:
habetis sermonem bene longum hominis,
id. de Or. 2, 88, 361; cf.
also: habes nostras sententias,
Suet. Claud. 4:
habes, quae fortissime de beata vita dici putem,
Cic. Tusc. 5, 28 fin.; cf. id. de Or. 2, 71, 291. —
H.
To have as a habit, peculiarity, or characteristic:
habebat hoc omnino Caesar: quem plane perditum aere alieno egentemque cognorat, hunc in familiaritatem libentissime recipiebat,
Cic. Phil. 2, 32, 78; id. Pis. 32, 81.—
K.
To hold, to make, do, perform, prepare, utter, pronounce, produce, cause:
alium quaerebam, iter hac habui,
made, directed, Ter. Eun. 5, 9, 35; cf.:
ex urbe profectus iter ad legiones habebat,
Caes. B. C. 1, 14, 3; so,
iter,
id. ib. 1, 51, 1; 3, 11, 2; 3, 106, 1; Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 6, 2:
vias,
Luc. 2, 439:
C. Cato contionatus est, comitia haberi non siturum, si, etc.,
to be held, Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 6, 6:
senatum,
id. ib. 2, 13, 3; id. Fam. 1, 4, 1; Caes. B. C. 1, 2, 1:
concilia,
id. B. G. 5, 53, 4:
contionem,
Cic. Att. 4, 1, 6:
censum,
id. Verr. 2, 2, 55, § 138:
delectum (militum),
id. Phil. 5, 12, 31; id. Fam. 15, 1 fin.; Caes. B. G. 6, 1;
v. delectus: ludos,
Suet. Rhet. 1:
sermonem,
Cic. Tusc. 1, 24, 57; cf.:
orationem,
to deliver, id. Rep. 1, 46:
multis verbis ultro citroque habitis,
id. ib. 6, 9 fin.:
disputationem,
id. ib. 1, 7; Caes. B. G. 5, 30, 1:
dialogum,
Cic. Att. 2, 9, 1:
verba,
id. de Or. 2, 47, 190:
querelam de aliquo apud aliquem,
id. Q. Fr. 1, 2, 1, § 2:
controversiam de fundo cum aliquo,
id. Fam. 13, 69, 2 et saep.:
deinde adventus in Syriam primus equitatus habuit interitum,
caused, occasioned, Cic. Prov. Cons. 4, 9; cf. id. Div. 2, 46, 96:
latrocinia nullam habent infamiam, quae extra fines cujusque civitatis fiunt,
Caes. B. G. 6, 23, 6.—
L.
Habere in animo (or simply animo), with an objectclause, to have in mind, to intend, to be disposed, inclined to do any thing (=propositum habere, constituisse, decrevisse):
istum exheredare in animo habebat,
Cic. Rosc. Am. 18, 52; id. Att. 1, 17, 11:
hoc (flumen) neque ipse transire in animo habebat neque hostes transituros existimabat,
Caes. B. G. 6, 7, 5:
neque bello eum invadere animo habuit,
Liv. 44, 25, 1 dub (al. in animo), v. Drak. ad h. l.—
M.
Habere sibi or secum aliquid, to keep to one's self (lit. and trop.):
clamare coeperunt, sibi ut haberet hereditatem,
Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 19, § 47:
per vindicationem his verbis legamus: DO LEGO, CAPITO, SUMITO, SIBI HABETO,
Ulp. Fragm. 24, 3; cf. ib. § 5; Gai. Inst. 2, 209.—So the formula used in divorces:
res tuas tibi habeas or habe,
Plaut. Am. 3, 2, 47; Sen. Suas. 1, § 7:
illam suam suas res sibi habere jussit ex duodecim tabulis,
Cic. Phil. 2, 28, 69. —Comic. transf.:
apage sis amor: tuas tibi res habeto,
Plaut. Trin. 2, 1, 32.— Trop.:
secreto hoc audi, tecum habeto, ne Apellae quidem liberto tuo dixeris,
Cic. Fam. 7, 25, 2:
verum haec tu tecum habeto,
id. Att. 4, 15, 6.—
N.
Of a sweetheart, to have, to possess, enjoy:
postquam nos Amaryllis habet, Galatea reliquit,
Verg. E. 1, 31; Tib. 1, 2, 65; Prop. 3, 8 (4, 7), 22:
duxi, habui scortum,
Plaut. Bacch. 4, 10, 6; Ter. And. 1, 1, 58: cum esset objectum, habere eum Laida;
habeo, inquit, non habeor a Laide,
Cic. Fam. 9, 26, 2.—
O.
Gladiatorial t. t., of a wounded combatant: hoc habet or habet, he has that (i. e. that stroke), he is hit:
desuper altus equo graviter ferit atque ita fatur: Hoc habet,
Verg. A. 12, 296; Prud. Psych. 53.—
2.
Transf.:
hoc habet: reperi, qui senem ducerem,
Plaut. Most. 3, 2, 26; id. Rud. 4, 4, 99: egomet continuo mecum;
Certe captus est! Habet!
Ter. And. 1, 1, 56 (id est vulneratus est. Habet enim qui percussus est: et proprie de gladiatoribus dicitur, Don.).—Hence: hăbĭtus, a, um, P. a., held or kept in a certain condition, state, humor (ante-class.).
A.
In gen.
1.
Lit.: equus nimis strigosus et male habitus, Massur. Sabin. ap. Gell. 4, 20, 11; v. in the foll.—
2.
Trop.:
ut patrem tuum vidi esse habitum, diu etiam duras (lites) dabit,
Ter. Heaut. 2, 4, 22.—
B.
In partic., physically, well kept, well conditioned, fleshy, corpulent:
corpulentior videre atque habitior,
Plaut. Ep. 1, 1, 8:
si qua (virgo) est habitior paulo, pugilem esse aiunt, deducunt cibum,
Ter. Eun. 2, 3, 23: (censores) equum nimis strigosum et male habitum, sed equitem ejus uberrimum et habitissimum viderunt, etc., Massur. Sabin. ap. Gell. 4, 20, 11.

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20 nanciscor

nanciscor, nactus and nanctus (cf. Mai. ad Cic. Rep. 1, 10, 16; Drak. ad Liv. 24, 31; 25, 30; inf. nanciscier, Plaut. As. 2, 2, 59), 3, v. dep. a. [Sanscr. naç, obtain; Gr. enek- in ênenka, etc.; cf.: anankê, necesse] (in pass. signif, nactus, v. infra fin.), to get, obtain, receive a thing (esp. by accident or without one's co-operation), to meet with, stumble on, light on, find a thing (syn.:
offendo, reperio, deprehendo): unde anulum istum nactus?
Ter. Hec. 5, 3, 27:
quoniam nacti te, inquit, sumus aliquando otiosum,
Cic. Fin. 1, 5, 14:
nactus sum etiam, qui Xenophontis similem esse se cuperet,
id. Or. 9, 32:
cum plus otii nactus ero,
id. Fam. 3, 7, 1; id. N D. 3, 36, 87:
immanes beluas nanciscimur venando,
id. ib. 2, 64, 161; id. Fam. 13, 7, 4:
eum Philolai commentarios esse nanctum,
id. Rep. 1, 10, 16 Mai.:
Cato sic abiit a vitā, ut causam moriendi nactum se esse gauderet,
id. Tusc. 1, 30, 74:
se in silvas abdiderunt, locum nacti, egregie et naturā et opere munitum,
Caes. B. G. 5, 9; hence, to possess by birth, to have by nature: maleficam (naturam) nactus est in corpore fingendo, Nep Ages. 8; of evil as well as [p. 1186] good fortune:
quod sim nactus mali,
Ter. And. 5, 6, 3:
ex nuptiis tuis si nihil nanciscor mali,
id. Phorm. 3, 3, 10.—Esp., to catch, contract by infection or contagion:
nactus est morbum,
Nep. Att. 21, 2: febrim, to contract or catch a fever, Suet. Tit. 10:
milvo est quoddam bellum quasi naturale cum corvo, ergo alter alterius ubicumque nactus est ova, frangit,
Cic. N. D. 2, 49, 125. —
II.
Transf., to light upon, meet with, reach, find; of inanim. things or living beings:
meum quod rete et hami nacti sunt, meum potissimum est,
Plaut. Rud. 4, 3, 46:
vitis claviculis suis quicquid est nacta, complectitur,
Cic. Sen. 15, 52:
nactus idoneam ad navigandum tempestatem,
Caes. B. G. 4, 23:
nactusque silentia ruris Exululat,
having reached the quiet country, Ov. M. 1, 232:
nactus, as passive,
App. M. 7, 15; Hyg. Fab. 1 and 8.

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