working+it

industrious, diligent, assiduous, hard-working.

caementum, i, n. (access. form cae-menta, ae, f., like armenta, ae, to armentum, Enn. ap. Non. p. 196, 30, or Trag. v. 422 Vahl.; v 373 Rib.) [contr. from caedimentum, from caedo; hence Engl. cement].

A rough, unhewn stone, as it comes from the quarry, a quarry-stone, used for walls.

Plur. (so most freq.), Vitr. 1, 2, 8; 7, 6, 1; Cato, R. R. 38, 3; Varr. ap. Non. p. 96, 5 al.:

in eam insulam materiem, calcem, caementa, arma convexit,

Cic. Mil. 27, 74; so id. Div. 2, 47, 99; id. Q. Fr. 3, 9, 7; Liv. 36, 22, 11; 21, 11, 8; Hor. C. 3, 1, 35; Tac. G. 16.—

Sing., Vitr. 1, 5, 8; 8, 6, 14; Tac. Or. 20; Plin. 35, 14, 48, § 169; Mart. 9, 76, 1.—

Caementa marmorea, pieces that fly off from marble in working, chips of marble:

caementa marmorea, sive assulae,

Vitr. 7, 6, 1.

cămīnus, i, m., = hê kaminos [Germ. Kamin; Fr. chemine/e; Engl. chimney], a furnace.

A smelting-furnace for the working of metals, a forge, Ov. M. 7, 106; Pers. 5, 10; Plin. 33, 4, 21, § 69; 35, 6, 16, § 35:

crescunt (patrimonia) incude assiduā semperque ardente camino, i. e.,

by incessant labor, Juv. 14, 118.—

Poet., the forge or smithy of Vulcan and the Cyclopes, under Ætna, Verg. A. 3, 580; 6, 630; 8, 418; Ov. F. 4, 473; Plin. 2, 106, 110, § 237.—

A furnace for heating an apartment, Hor. Ep. 1, 11, 19; Suet. Vit. 8.—Hence,

Meton. = ignis, fire:

camino luculento uti,

Cic. Fam. 7, 10, 2; Hor. S. 1, 5, 81; Sen. Thyest. 766.—

Prov.:

oleum addere camino,

to pour oil upon the fire, to aggravate an evil, Hor. S. 2, 3, 321. [p. 275]

cĕler, ĕris, e ( masc. cĕleris, Cato ap. Prisc. p. 760 P.; fem. celer, Liv. Andron. ap. Prisc. l. l.; cf. acer; sup. celerissimus, Enn. and Manlius ap. Prisc. l. l.) [cello; cf. Doed. Syn. 2, pp. 123 and 93, urging, pressing forward; cf. also 1. cello], swift, fleet, quick, speedy (with the access. idea of energy, struggling, and even power; v. Doed. above cited; syn.: expeditus, promptus, velox, citatus; opp. tardus, segnis, lentus).

Of corporeal objects:

face te propere celerem,

Plaut. Trin. 4, 3, 1:

hasta, Liv. Andron. ap. Prisc. l. l.: sagitta,

Hor. C. 3, 20, 9; Ov. M. 5, 367: configebat tardus celeres (sc. aves), Att. ap. Cic. Fin. 5, 11, 32:

pennae,

Hor. C. 3, 29, 53:

Mercurius,

id. ib. 2, 7, 13:

Cynthia,

id. ib. 3, 28, 12:

Diana,

Ov. M. 4, 304:

deae,

id. ib. 2, 119:

rivi,

Hor. C. 3, 11, 14:

curriculum,

Plaut. Stich. 2, 2, 13:

flamma,

Lucr. 2, 192; cf. id. 5, 302:

ignis,

Hor. C. 3, 4, 76:

motus,

Lucr. 4, 177; cf.:

celer atque instabilis motus,

Caes. B. G. 4, 23, 5:

receptus,

id. B. C. 1, 59:

lapsus,

Lucr. 4, 324; Ov. M. 6, 216:

ictus,

Lucr. 3, 636:

impete,

id. 6, 334:

turbo,

Verg. A. 12, 855:

venti,

Hor. C. 1, 12, 10; 1, 15, 3; 1, 14, 5:

cerva,

Cat. 64, 341:

canis,

Tib. 4, 3, 14:

equus,

id. 1, 2, 70; 4, 1, 91:

lupi,

id. 2, 1, 20:

classis,

Cat. 64, 53:

ratis,

id. 63, 1:

navis,

id. 4, 2:

carina,

Ov. M. 9, 447:

lintres,

Prop. 1, 14, 3:

pedes,

id. 3 (4), 9, 18:

remedia,

quickly working, efficacious, Nep. Att. 21, 2.— Poet. with gen. gerund:

nandi,

Sil. 4, 587.—With inf.:

excipere aprum,

Hor. C. 3, 12, 11; so id. ib. 4, 6, 39; id. Ep. 1, 20, 25.— Poet., celer for celeriter, Ov. M. 2, 119; 2, 838; 9, 765.—

Of mental and abstract objects:

oderunt Sedatum celeres,

lively, Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 90; cf. Vell. 2, 73:

mens, quā nihil est celerius,

Cic. Or. 59, 200; cf. Lucr. 3, 183:

oratio celeris et concitata,

rapid, hurried, Cic. de Or. 2, 21, 88; cf. Quint. 9, 4, 138; 9. 4, 83; 9, 4, 111;

9, 4, 135: consilium,

Ter. Phorm. 1, 4, 1.—

Implying reproach, rash, hasty, precipitate:

consilia,

Liv. 9, 32, 3; so id. 22, 38, 13; cf. id. 2, 51, 7;

and so iambi (of the fire of youth),

rash, hasty, Hor. C. 1, 16, 24:

victoria,

Caes. B. G. 7, 47, 3:

desperatio rerum,

Liv. 21, 1, 5:

ratione,

Lucr. 4, 144; 4, 255; 4, 775:

fata celerrima,

Verg. A. 12, 507:

mors,

Tib. 4, 1, 205.— Adv., quickly, speedily (syn.: velociter, cito, continuo, confestim, festinanter).

cĕlĕrĕ, Enn. et Nov. ap. Non. p. 510, 9 sq.; Plaut. Curc. 2, 3, 4.—

cĕlĕrĭter, Plaut. Curc. 5, 2, 2; Cic. Att. 15, 27, 1; id. Fam. 3, 1, 2; 9, 11, 2; Caes. B. G. 1, 18; 1, 52 et saep.— Comp. celerius, Cic. Verr 2, 3, 24, § 60; Caes. B. G. 1, 48; 2, 3; Nep. Cim. 3, 2 al.— Sup. celerrime, Cic. Fin. 2, 14, 45; Caes. B. G. 1, 37 al.

Cĕler, ĕris, m., a Roman cognomen in the gens Caecilia, Domitia, Egnatia, etc., Cic. Brut. 89, 305; id. Att. 10, 1, 4; Sall. C. 30, 5 al.

Cĕler, v. Celeres.

cĕler, ĕris, e ( masc. cĕleris, Cato ap. Prisc. p. 760 P.; fem. celer, Liv. Andron. ap. Prisc. l. l.; cf. acer; sup. celerissimus, Enn. and Manlius ap. Prisc. l. l.) [cello; cf. Doed. Syn. 2, pp. 123 and 93, urging, pressing forward; cf. also 1. cello], swift, fleet, quick, speedy (with the access. idea of energy, struggling, and even power; v. Doed. above cited; syn.: expeditus, promptus, velox, citatus; opp. tardus, segnis, lentus).

Of corporeal objects:

face te propere celerem,

Plaut. Trin. 4, 3, 1:

hasta, Liv. Andron. ap. Prisc. l. l.: sagitta,

Hor. C. 3, 20, 9; Ov. M. 5, 367: configebat tardus celeres (sc. aves), Att. ap. Cic. Fin. 5, 11, 32:

pennae,

Hor. C. 3, 29, 53:

Mercurius,

id. ib. 2, 7, 13:

Cynthia,

id. ib. 3, 28, 12:

Diana,

Ov. M. 4, 304:

deae,

id. ib. 2, 119:

rivi,

Hor. C. 3, 11, 14:

curriculum,

Plaut. Stich. 2, 2, 13:

flamma,

Lucr. 2, 192; cf. id. 5, 302:

ignis,

Hor. C. 3, 4, 76:

motus,

Lucr. 4, 177; cf.:

celer atque instabilis motus,

Caes. B. G. 4, 23, 5:

receptus,

id. B. C. 1, 59:

lapsus,

Lucr. 4, 324; Ov. M. 6, 216:

ictus,

Lucr. 3, 636:

impete,

id. 6, 334:

turbo,

Verg. A. 12, 855:

venti,

Hor. C. 1, 12, 10; 1, 15, 3; 1, 14, 5:

cerva,

Cat. 64, 341:

canis,

Tib. 4, 3, 14:

equus,

id. 1, 2, 70; 4, 1, 91:

lupi,

id. 2, 1, 20:

classis,

Cat. 64, 53:

ratis,

id. 63, 1:

navis,

id. 4, 2:

carina,

Ov. M. 9, 447:

lintres,

Prop. 1, 14, 3:

pedes,

id. 3 (4), 9, 18:

remedia,

quickly working, efficacious, Nep. Att. 21, 2.— Poet. with gen. gerund:

nandi,

Sil. 4, 587.—With inf.:

excipere aprum,

Hor. C. 3, 12, 11; so id. ib. 4, 6, 39; id. Ep. 1, 20, 25.— Poet., celer for celeriter, Ov. M. 2, 119; 2, 838; 9, 765.—

Of mental and abstract objects:

oderunt Sedatum celeres,

lively, Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 90; cf. Vell. 2, 73:

mens, quā nihil est celerius,

Cic. Or. 59, 200; cf. Lucr. 3, 183:

oratio celeris et concitata,

rapid, hurried, Cic. de Or. 2, 21, 88; cf. Quint. 9, 4, 138; 9. 4, 83; 9, 4, 111;

9, 4, 135: consilium,

Ter. Phorm. 1, 4, 1.—

Implying reproach, rash, hasty, precipitate:

consilia,

Liv. 9, 32, 3; so id. 22, 38, 13; cf. id. 2, 51, 7;

and so iambi (of the fire of youth),

rash, hasty, Hor. C. 1, 16, 24:

victoria,

Caes. B. G. 7, 47, 3:

desperatio rerum,

Liv. 21, 1, 5:

ratione,

Lucr. 4, 144; 4, 255; 4, 775:

fata celerrima,

Verg. A. 12, 507:

mors,

Tib. 4, 1, 205.— Adv., quickly, speedily (syn.: velociter, cito, continuo, confestim, festinanter).

cĕlĕrĕ, Enn. et Nov. ap. Non. p. 510, 9 sq.; Plaut. Curc. 2, 3, 4.—

cĕlĕrĭter, Plaut. Curc. 5, 2, 2; Cic. Att. 15, 27, 1; id. Fam. 3, 1, 2; 9, 11, 2; Caes. B. G. 1, 18; 1, 52 et saep.— Comp. celerius, Cic. Verr 2, 3, 24, § 60; Caes. B. G. 1, 48; 2, 3; Nep. Cim. 3, 2 al.— Sup. celerrime, Cic. Fin. 2, 14, 45; Caes. B. G. 1, 37 al.

Cĕler, ĕris, m., a Roman cognomen in the gens Caecilia, Domitia, Egnatia, etc., Cic. Brut. 89, 305; id. Att. 10, 1, 4; Sall. C. 30, 5 al.

Cĕler, v. Celeres.

ēmŏlŭmentum or ēmŏlĭmentum (cf. monumentum), i, n. [emolior; lit., a working out; hence],

A striving for success, i. e. effort, exertion, labor (cf. elaboro;

rarely): neque enim magnum emolumentum esse potest,

can present no great difficulty, Varr. R. R. 3, 14, 1 (but in Caes. B. G. 1, 34, the true reading is molimento). —

Concr., a work, a building, etc.: vetera, Cod. Th. 15, 1, 19.—Far more freq.,

The attainment of success, i. e. gain, profit, advantage, benefit (syn.: lucrum, quaestus, compendium, commodum, fructus, reditus).

Absol.: et emolumenta et detrimenta (quae ôphelêmata et blammata appellant) communia esse voluerunt, Cic. Fin. 3, 21;

so opp. detrimentum,

id. 1, 16, 53; cf.

opp. damnum,

Suet. Aug. 25:

nullum emolumentum esse, nullum injustitia partum praemium tantum, ut, etc.,

Cic. Rep. 3, 16 fin.;

so with praemium,

id. de Or. 2, 85, 346; cf.

with utilitas,

id. ib. 1, 8 fin.:

boni nullo emolumento impelluntur in fraudem,

id. Mil. 12, 32; cf. id. Font. 8, 17; id. Fin. 2, 18, 59; id. Fam. 7, 10 fin.; Liv. 5, 4; 6, 39; 21, 43; Quint. 3, 8, 7; * Lucr. 5, 166 et saep.; of persons:

ut quam maximum emolumentum novis sociis esset,

Liv. 22, 22, 7.—

With gen.:

emolumenta rerum fallacibus judiciis vident... poenam non vident,

Cic. Off. 3, 8, 36:

victoriae,

Vell. 2, 105 fin.:

belli,

id. 2, 114, 4; Just. 9, 1, 2:

pacis,

Tac. A. 11, 7:

ergastulorum,

Plin. 18, 3, 4, § 21:

laborum,

Juv. 3, 22:

sacramentorum (with praemia),

id. 16, 35 et saep.:

honoris,

Plaut. Trin. 3, 2, 68.

fā̆brĭca, ae, f. [1. faber], the workshop of an artisan who works in hard materials (syn.: taberna, officina).

Prop., Ter. Ad. 4, 2, 45; 4, 6, 4:

Vulcanus, qui Lemni fabricae traditur praefuisse,

Cic. N. D. 3, 22, 55:

armorum,

armory, Veg. Mil. 2, 11 (for which:

armorum officinae,

Caes. B. C. 1, 34 fin.).—

Transf., the art, trade, or profession of such an artisan, Vitr. 1, 1:

pictura et fabrica ceteraeque artes habent quendam absoluti operis effectum,

architecture, Cic. N. D. 2, 13, 35; cf. id. Div. 1, 51, 161; and:

natura effectum esse mundum: nihil opus fuisse fabrica,

id. ib. 1, 20, 53:

omnis fabrica aeris et ferri,

id. N. D. 2, 60, 150: aeraria, ferrea, materiaria, the art of working in brass, etc., Plin. 7, 56, 57, § 197 sq.; cf.:

aerariae artis,

Just. 36, 4, 4; and: ejus fabricae, quam Graeci chalkeutikên vocant, Quint. 2, 21, 10.—In apposition with ars:

abies Graeco fabricae artis genere spectabilis,

Plin. 16, 42, 82, § 225:

servus arte fabrica peritus,

Dig. 33, 7, 19 fin.:

fanum solerti fabrica structum,

with artistic skill, App. M. 6, p. 174, 25.—

In gen., any skilful production, a fabric, building, etc.: admirabilis membrorum animantium, [p. 713] Cic. N. D. 2, 47, 121; cf. id. Off. 1, 35, 127; Pall. 1, 7, 4; 1, 9, 2 al.—Of man as the creature of God, Prud. Hymn. de Rad. Dom. 45. —

In the comic writers, a crafty device, trick, stratagem:

ei nos facetis fabricis et doctis dolis Glaucumam ob oculos obiciemus,

Plaut. Mil. 2, 1, 69; id. Cist. 2, 2, 5:

nescio quam fabricam facit,

id. Ep. 5, 2, 25; id. Bacch. 2, 3, 132:

ad senem fingere,

Ter. Heaut. 3, 2, 34 al.

fā̆brĭcātio, ōnis, f. [id.], a making, framing, structure, manner of construction (rare but class.).

Lit.:

si erit tota hominis fabricatio perspecta,

Cic. N. D. 2, 54, 133:

auri,

working, Vulg. Sirach, 32, 8.—In plur.:

aedificiorum,

Vitr. 2, 1:

artificis,

id. 9, 2:

non sentiunt has injurias et contumelias fabricationis suae dei vestri,

Tert. Apol. 12.—

Trop., of speech, structure, skilful construction, Cic. de Or. 3, 42, 167.

făcĭlĭtas, ātis, f. [facilis], easiness, ease, facility in doing any thing.

In gen. (mostly post-Aug.):

haec in bonis rebus, quod alii ad alia bona sunt aptiores, facilitas nominetur, in malis proclivitas,

inclination, disposition, Cic. Tusc. 4, 12, 28; cf.:

aetatis illius (i. e. puerilis) facilitas,

capability, Quint. 1, 12, 11:

audendi facilitas,

id. 12, 6, 7:

pariendi,

Plin. 21, 24, 95, § 167:

oris,

i. e. easy enunciation, Quint. 10, 7, 26:

corporis,

a tendency to blush, Sen. Ep. 11:

soli,

facility in working, Plin. 18, 19, 49, § 178:

picea tonsili facilitate,

id. 16, 10, 18, § 40:

(smaragdi) ad crassitudinem sui facilitate translucida,

i. e. facility in transmitting the rays of light, id. 37, 5, 16, § 63.—

In partic.

Of speech, facility or fluency of expression (post-Aug.):

Fabianus disputabat expedite magis quam concitate, ut possis dicere, facilitatem esse illam, non celeritatem,

Sen. Ep. 40:

quae in oratore maxima sunt, ingenium, inventio, vis, facilitas,

Quint. 10, 2, 12; 10, 5, 1; 10, 7, 20; 11, 1, 42; Suet. Gramm. 23 al.; cf. Quint. 10, cap. 7.—

(Acc. to facilis, II. A.) Of character.

In a good sense, willingness, readiness, good-nature, courteousness, affability (freq. in Cic.;

syn.: lenitas, humanitas): male docet te mea facilitas multa,

Ter. Heaut. 4, 1, 35:

si illius comitatem et facilitatem tuae gravitati severitatique asperseris,

Cic. Mur. 31, 66; cf. id. Lael. 18, 66:

pro tua facilitate et humanitate,

id. Fam. 13, 24, 2:

facilitas in audiendo,

id. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 7, § 21; cf.:

facilitas et lenitudo animi,

id. Off. 1, 25, 88 Orell. N. cr.:

facilitas indulgentiaque,

Suet. Caes. 72:

facilitate par infimis esse,

Cic. de Imp. Pomp. 14, 41:

sermonis,

id. Att. 12, 40, 2:

magis id facilitate quam alia ulla culpa mea contigit,

id. de Or. 2, 4, 15:

actio facilitatem significans,

id. ib. 2, 43, 184.—

In a bad sense, levity, heedlessness, Suet. Claud. 29; cf.:

fornicationis,

Vulg. Jerem. 3, 9.

ferrĕus, a, um, adj. [ferrum], made of iron, iron.

Lit.:

Britanni utuntur aut aere aut taleis ferreis... pro nummo,

Caes. B. G. 5, 12, 4:

vomer,

Lucr. 1, 314:

ensis,

id. 5, 1293:

furcae,

Varr. R. R. 1, 22, 3; for which absol.:

ferreae,

Cato, R. R. 10, 3:

clavi,

Caes. B. G. 3, 13, 4:

hami,

id. ib. 7, 73 fin.:

manus,

id. B. C. 1, 57, 2; 1, 58, 4; 2, 6, 2:

clathri,

Plin. 8, 7, 7, § 21:

fibula,

Quint. 6, 3, 58:

anulus,

id. 7, 6, 8; cf. Plin. 33, 1, 4, § 9; Suet. Aug. 100:

litterae imagunculae,

id. ib. 7:

Hercules,

an iron statue of Hercules, Plin. 34, 14, 40, § 141.— Poet.: hastati spargunt hastas, fit ferreus imber, Enn. ap. Macr. S. 6, 1 (Ann. v. 287 ed. Vahl.);

imitated: imber,

Verg. A. 12, 284; cf.:

seges telorum,

id. ib. 3, 45:

ager,

i. e. glistening with weapons, id. ib. 11, 601.—

Transf., like or pertaining to iron:

color,

iron-color, Plin. 37, 10, 61, § 170:

fabrica,

the art of working iron, id. 7, 56, 57, § 198.—

Trop.

Hard, unfeeling, hard-hearted, cruel:

qui virtutem duram et quasi ferream esse quandam volunt (opp. tenera atque tractabilis),

Cic. Lael. 13, 48; cf.:

quis tam fuit durus et ferreus, quis tam inhumanus, qui? etc.,

id. Verr. 2, 5, 46, § 121; and:

ferreus essem, si te non amarem,

id. Fam. 15, 21, 4:

ferus et ferreus,

id. Q. Fr. 1, 3, 3:

ferus et vere ferreus,

Tib. 1, 10, 2:

quis tam esset ferreus, qui, etc.,

Cic. Lael. 23, 87:

o te ferreum, qui illius periculis non moveris!

id. Att. 13, 30, 2:

illa (carmina) tamen numquam ferrea dixit Amo,

Prop. 2, 8, 12; Tib. 2, 3, 2; 3, 2, 2:

praecordia,

Ov. H. 12, 183:

bella,

id. ib. 13, 64:

sors vitae (with difficilis),

id. Tr. 5, 3, 28:

os ferreum,

shameless, impudent, Cic. Pis. 26, 63: ferrea tum vero proles exorta repente est, i. e. the iron age, Cic. poët. N. D. 2, 63, 159; cf.

saecula,

Tib. 2, 3, 35.—

With the idea of firmness, fixedness predominating, firm, fixed, rigid, unyielding, immovable:

(Cato) in parsimonia, in patientia laboris periculique, ferrei prope corporis animique,

Liv. 39, 40, 11:

vox,

Verg. G. 2, 44; id. A. 6, 626; cf.: scriptor (Atilius), Licin. poët. ap. Cic. Fin. 1, 2, 5:

jura,

Verg. G. 2, 501: olli dura quies oculos et ferreus urget Somnus, ironsleep, i. e. death (a transl. of the Homeric chalkeos hupnos), Verg. A. 10, 745; 12, 309:

decreta Sororum,

Ov. M. 15, 781.

festus, a, um, adj. [Sanscr. bhas, shine; lengthened from bha-; Gr. pha-, phainô, v. for; cf. feriae (fes-iae)], orig., of or belonging to the holidays (in opp. to the working-days), solemn, festive, festal, joyful, merry.

Lit.

Adj. (syn.: sollennis, fastus).

With expressions of time:

festo die si quid prodegeris, profesto egere liceat,

Plaut. Aul. 2, 8, 10:

die festo celebri nobilique,

id. Poen. 3, 5, 13:

qui (dies) quasi deorum immortalium festi atque sollennes, apud omnes sunt celebrati,

Cic. Pis. 22, 51:

Syracusani festos dies anniversarios agunt,

id. Verr. 2, 4, 48, § 107; id. Q. Fr. 2, 1, 1:

dies festus ludorum celeberrimus et sanctissimus,

id. Verr. 2, 4, 67, § 151; id. Fin. 5, 24, 70:

lux,

Ov. Tr. 5, 5, 42; Hor. C. 4, 6, 42:

tempus,

id. Ep. 2, 1, 140; Juv. 15, 38:

observare festa sabbata,

id. 6, 159.—Hence,

Transf., of everything relating to holidays:

chori,

Ov. Tr. 5, 12, 8:

clamores,

Plin. Ep. 2, 17, 24:

corona,

Ov. M. 10, 598; cf.

fronde,

Verg. A. 4, 459:

dapes,

Hor. Epod. 9, 1:

mensae,

Sil. 7, 198; Val. Fl. 3, 159:

lusus,

Mart. 1, 1:

pagus,

Hor. C. 3, 18, 11:

urbs,

gay, merry, Sil. 11, 272; 12, 752:

theatra,

Ov. M. 3, 111:

Lares,

Mart. 3, 58, 23:

licentiae,

of the holidays, Quint. 6, 3, 17:

pax,

Ov. M. 2, 795; Plin. 14, 1, 1, § 23:

plebs,

Tac. A. 2, 69:

domus ornatu,

id. ib. 3, 9:

ritus,

id. H. 5, 5:

omina,

id. A. 5, 4:

cespes,

Juv. 12, 2:

janua,

id. 12, 91.—As a term of endearment:

mi animule, mea vita, mea festivitas, meus dies festus, etc.,

my holiday, Plaut. Cas. 1, 49.—

Subst.: festum, i, n., a holiday, festival; a festal banquet, feast ( poet. and late Lat. for dies festus):

cur igitur Veneris festum Vinalia dicant, Quaeritis?

Ov. F. 4, 877; 1, 190; id. M. 4, 390:

forte Jovi festum Phoebus sollenne parabat,

feast, id. F. 2, 247:

cum dii omnes ad festum magnae matris convenissent,

Lact. 1, 21, 25.—In plur.:

Idaeae festa parentis erunt,

Ov. F. 4, 182:

festa venatione absumi,

Plin. 6, 22, 24, § 91; Ov. M. 4, 33; 10, 431; Hor. Epod. 2, 59; id. Ep. 2, 2, 197; Vulg. Exod. 23, 14 al.; Greg. Mag. Homil. in Evang. 2, 26, 10; Lact. 1, 22, 24.—

Meton., public, solemn, festal, festive, joyous (post-Aug. and rare):

dolor,

Stat. S. 2, 7, 134:

festior annus,

Claud. III. Cons. Hon. 3:

festissimi dies,

Vop. Tac. 11:

aures,

i. e. gladdened, Claud. B. G. 206 (but in Stat. S. 2, 7, 90 the right read. is fata).

Festus, i, m., a Roman surname.

Sex. Pompeius Festus, a Roman grammarian of the fourth century A. D., author of a lexicographical work, De verborum significatione, in twenty books, of which only the last nine, in a very imperfect form, remain to us; with an abstract of the whole compiled by Paulus Diaconus in the eighth century. (Edited by Ottfr. Müller.)—

Portius Festus, Governor of the Roman Province of Judea, Vulg. Acts, 25, 32 al.

festus, a, um, adj. [Sanscr. bhas, shine; lengthened from bha-; Gr. pha-, phainô, v. for; cf. feriae (fes-iae)], orig., of or belonging to the holidays (in opp. to the working-days), solemn, festive, festal, joyful, merry.

Lit.

Adj. (syn.: sollennis, fastus).

With expressions of time:

festo die si quid prodegeris, profesto egere liceat,

Plaut. Aul. 2, 8, 10:

die festo celebri nobilique,

id. Poen. 3, 5, 13:

qui (dies) quasi deorum immortalium festi atque sollennes, apud omnes sunt celebrati,

Cic. Pis. 22, 51:

Syracusani festos dies anniversarios agunt,

id. Verr. 2, 4, 48, § 107; id. Q. Fr. 2, 1, 1:

dies festus ludorum celeberrimus et sanctissimus,

id. Verr. 2, 4, 67, § 151; id. Fin. 5, 24, 70:

lux,

Ov. Tr. 5, 5, 42; Hor. C. 4, 6, 42:

tempus,

id. Ep. 2, 1, 140; Juv. 15, 38:

observare festa sabbata,

id. 6, 159.—Hence,

Transf., of everything relating to holidays:

chori,

Ov. Tr. 5, 12, 8:

clamores,

Plin. Ep. 2, 17, 24:

corona,

Ov. M. 10, 598; cf.

fronde,

Verg. A. 4, 459:

dapes,

Hor. Epod. 9, 1:

mensae,

Sil. 7, 198; Val. Fl. 3, 159:

lusus,

Mart. 1, 1:

pagus,

Hor. C. 3, 18, 11:

urbs,

gay, merry, Sil. 11, 272; 12, 752:

theatra,

Ov. M. 3, 111:

Lares,

Mart. 3, 58, 23:

licentiae,

of the holidays, Quint. 6, 3, 17:

pax,

Ov. M. 2, 795; Plin. 14, 1, 1, § 23:

plebs,

Tac. A. 2, 69:

domus ornatu,

id. ib. 3, 9:

ritus,

id. H. 5, 5:

omina,

id. A. 5, 4:

cespes,

Juv. 12, 2:

janua,

id. 12, 91.—As a term of endearment:

mi animule, mea vita, mea festivitas, meus dies festus, etc.,

my holiday, Plaut. Cas. 1, 49.—

Subst.: festum, i, n., a holiday, festival; a festal banquet, feast ( poet. and late Lat. for dies festus):

cur igitur Veneris festum Vinalia dicant, Quaeritis?

Ov. F. 4, 877; 1, 190; id. M. 4, 390:

forte Jovi festum Phoebus sollenne parabat,

feast, id. F. 2, 247:

cum dii omnes ad festum magnae matris convenissent,

Lact. 1, 21, 25.—In plur.:

Idaeae festa parentis erunt,

Ov. F. 4, 182:

festa venatione absumi,

Plin. 6, 22, 24, § 91; Ov. M. 4, 33; 10, 431; Hor. Epod. 2, 59; id. Ep. 2, 2, 197; Vulg. Exod. 23, 14 al.; Greg. Mag. Homil. in Evang. 2, 26, 10; Lact. 1, 22, 24.—

Meton., public, solemn, festal, festive, joyous (post-Aug. and rare):

dolor,

Stat. S. 2, 7, 134:

festior annus,

Claud. III. Cons. Hon. 3:

festissimi dies,

Vop. Tac. 11:

aures,

i. e. gladdened, Claud. B. G. 206 (but in Stat. S. 2, 7, 90 the right read. is fata).

Festus, i, m., a Roman surname.

Sex. Pompeius Festus, a Roman grammarian of the fourth century A. D., author of a lexicographical work, De verborum significatione, in twenty books, of which only the last nine, in a very imperfect form, remain to us; with an abstract of the whole compiled by Paulus Diaconus in the eighth century. (Edited by Ottfr. Müller.)—

Portius Festus, Governor of the Roman Province of Judea, Vulg. Acts, 25, 32 al.

festus, a, um, adj. [Sanscr. bhas, shine; lengthened from bha-; Gr. pha-, phainô, v. for; cf. feriae (fes-iae)], orig., of or belonging to the holidays (in opp. to the working-days), solemn, festive, festal, joyful, merry.

Lit.

Adj. (syn.: sollennis, fastus).

With expressions of time:

festo die si quid prodegeris, profesto egere liceat,

Plaut. Aul. 2, 8, 10:

die festo celebri nobilique,

id. Poen. 3, 5, 13:

qui (dies) quasi deorum immortalium festi atque sollennes, apud omnes sunt celebrati,

Cic. Pis. 22, 51:

Syracusani festos dies anniversarios agunt,

id. Verr. 2, 4, 48, § 107; id. Q. Fr. 2, 1, 1:

dies festus ludorum celeberrimus et sanctissimus,

id. Verr. 2, 4, 67, § 151; id. Fin. 5, 24, 70:

lux,

Ov. Tr. 5, 5, 42; Hor. C. 4, 6, 42:

tempus,

id. Ep. 2, 1, 140; Juv. 15, 38:

observare festa sabbata,

id. 6, 159.—Hence,

Transf., of everything relating to holidays:

chori,

Ov. Tr. 5, 12, 8:

clamores,

Plin. Ep. 2, 17, 24:

corona,

Ov. M. 10, 598; cf.

fronde,

Verg. A. 4, 459:

dapes,

Hor. Epod. 9, 1:

mensae,

Sil. 7, 198; Val. Fl. 3, 159:

lusus,

Mart. 1, 1:

pagus,

Hor. C. 3, 18, 11:

urbs,

gay, merry, Sil. 11, 272; 12, 752:

theatra,

Ov. M. 3, 111:

Lares,

Mart. 3, 58, 23:

licentiae,

of the holidays, Quint. 6, 3, 17:

pax,

Ov. M. 2, 795; Plin. 14, 1, 1, § 23:

plebs,

Tac. A. 2, 69:

domus ornatu,

id. ib. 3, 9:

ritus,

id. H. 5, 5:

omina,

id. A. 5, 4:

cespes,

Juv. 12, 2:

janua,

id. 12, 91.—As a term of endearment:

mi animule, mea vita, mea festivitas, meus dies festus, etc.,

my holiday, Plaut. Cas. 1, 49.—

Subst.: festum, i, n., a holiday, festival; a festal banquet, feast ( poet. and late Lat. for dies festus):

cur igitur Veneris festum Vinalia dicant, Quaeritis?

Ov. F. 4, 877; 1, 190; id. M. 4, 390:

forte Jovi festum Phoebus sollenne parabat,

feast, id. F. 2, 247:

cum dii omnes ad festum magnae matris convenissent,

Lact. 1, 21, 25.—In plur.:

Idaeae festa parentis erunt,

Ov. F. 4, 182:

festa venatione absumi,

Plin. 6, 22, 24, § 91; Ov. M. 4, 33; 10, 431; Hor. Epod. 2, 59; id. Ep. 2, 2, 197; Vulg. Exod. 23, 14 al.; Greg. Mag. Homil. in Evang. 2, 26, 10; Lact. 1, 22, 24.—

Meton., public, solemn, festal, festive, joyous (post-Aug. and rare):

dolor,

Stat. S. 2, 7, 134:

festior annus,

Claud. III. Cons. Hon. 3:

festissimi dies,

Vop. Tac. 11:

aures,

i. e. gladdened, Claud. B. G. 206 (but in Stat. S. 2, 7, 90 the right read. is fata).

Festus, i, m., a Roman surname.

Sex. Pompeius Festus, a Roman grammarian of the fourth century A. D., author of a lexicographical work, De verborum significatione, in twenty books, of which only the last nine, in a very imperfect form, remain to us; with an abstract of the whole compiled by Paulus Diaconus in the eighth century. (Edited by Ottfr. Müller.)—

Portius Festus, Governor of the Roman Province of Judea, Vulg. Acts, 25, 32 al.