fibra fī^bra, ae, f.acc. to Doed. Syn. 3, p. 22, kindr. with filum (cf. the Eng. string in both senses), a fibre, filament, in a plant, in a part of an animal's body, etc. (cf. nervus). Lit.: viriditas herbescens, nixa fibris stirpium, sensim adolescit,Cic. de Sen. 15, 51: omnes radicum fibras evellere,id. Tusc. 3, 6, 13: recurvae radicis,Ov. M. 14, 633: alliorum,Verg. M. 88: tubera undique terra circumdata nullisque fibris nixa aut saltem capillamentis,Plin. 19, 2, 11, § 33; Col. 11, 2, 9; 11, 3, 21: pulmo in duas fibras ungulae bubulae modo dividitur. .jecur in quatuor fibras dividitur,i. e.
parts
,
divisions
,Cels. 4, 11: perlucentes numerare in pectore fibras,Ov. M. 6, 391: quid fissum in extis, quid fibra valeat, accipio,Cic. Div. 1, 10, 16; cf.: pericula praemonent, non fibris modo extisque, sed alia quadam significatione,Plin. 8, 28, 42, § 102: altera fibra (jecoris),id. 11, 37, 76, § 196; 32, 6, 21, § 60: fibrae cincinnorum madentes, Cic. Fragm. ap. Serv. Verg. G. 1, 120 et saep.Transf., entrails in gen. (poet. and in post-Aug. prose): tura focis, vinumque dedit fibrasque bidentis,Ov. F. 4, 935; cf.: caesorumque boum fibris de more crematis,id. M. 13, 637: Promethea,i. e.
,Pers. 1, 47.Trop., like our word bowels, of the interior of the earth: persequimur omnes ejus (terrae) fibras,Plin. 33 praef. § 1.
fibratus fī^brātus, a, um, adj.fibra, fibrous: allium,Auct. Priap. 52, 22.
Fibrenus Fībrēnus, i, m., a small river in Latium, near Arpinum, that flowed around a country seat of Cicero, still called Fibreno or Fiume della Posta, Cic. Leg. 2, 1, 1; 2, 3, 6; Sil. 8, 401.
fibula fībŭla (post-class. contr. fibla, Apic. 8, 7; Inscr. Orell. 2952; plur. heterocl.: fibula, ōrum, n., Spart. Hadr. 10, 5), ae, f.contr. from figibula, from figo, that which serves to fasten two things together, a clasp, buckle, pin, latchet, brace. In gen. Lit.: ubi fibula vestem, Vitta coercuerat neglectos alba capillos,Ov. M. 2, 412; so on clothes (frequently set with gold and precious stones, and given as a mark of honor to deserving soldiers),Verg. A. 4, 139; 5, 313; 12, 274; Liv. 27, 19, 12; 39, 31, 18: fibula crinem Auro internectat,Verg. A. 7, 815: trabes binis utrimque fibulis ab extrema parte distinebantur, braces, * Caes. B. G. 4, 17, 6; Vitr. 1, 5: iligneae, ulmeae, etc.,
bands
,
fillets for making baskets
,Cato, R. R. 31, 1.Transf.: P. Blessus Junium hominem nigrum, et macrum, et pandum, fibulam ferream dixit,Quint. 6, 3, 58. Trop.: sententia clavi aliquā vel fibulā terminanda est,
,Tert. Cor. Mil. 11. In partic. A surgical instrument for drawing together the lips of a wound, Gr. ἀγκτήρ, Cels. 5, 26, 23; 7, 4.A stitching-needle drawn through the prepuce, Cels. 7, 25, 3; Mart. 7, 82, 1; 11, 75, 8; Juv. 6, 73; 379; Sen. ap. Lact. 1, 16; Tert. Cor. Mil. 11; id. Pudic. 16.
fibulatio fībŭlātĭo, ōnis, f.fibulo, a brace or bolt that fastens together, Vitr. 10, 3.
fibulatorius fībŭlātōrĭus, a, um, adj.fibula, provided with clasps or buckles: saga, Claud. Imp. ap. Treb. XXX. Tyrann. 10; cf. fibulo.
fibulo fībŭlo, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a.fibula. * To bind or fasten together, Col. 1, 6, 13. * To fit with clasps or buckles: pallia fibulata, Valerian. Imp. ap. Vop. Prob. 4.
Ficana Ficāna, ae, f., a small town of Latium, near Rome, on the road to Ostia, Liv. 1, 33, 2; Plin. 3, 5, 9, § 68; Fest. s. v. ‡ PVILIA, p. 250, 33 Müll.
ficarius fīcārĭus, a, um, adj.ficus, of or belonging to figs, fig-: crates,Cato, R. R. 48, 2: culices,Plin. 11, 35, 41, § 118: vasa, Paul. ex Fest. s. v. ‡ ORCA, p. 180 Müll.: Fauni (perh. so called on account of their rank luxuriance),Hier. Iesai. 5, 13, 21.Subst.: fīcārĭa, ae, f., a fig plantation, Pall. 4, 10, 28.An island near Sardinia, Plin. 3, 7, 13, § 34.
Ficedulenses Fīcē^dŭlenses, ium, m.ficedula, sellers of small birds, a comic name of a sort of soldiers, along with Placentini and Turdetani: opus est Ficedulensibus,Plaut. Capt. 1, 2, 60.
Ficeliae Fīcĕlĭae, ārum, f., a place on the Quirinal hill, Mart. 6, 27, 2.
fictio fictĭo, ōnis, f.fingo (post-Aug.; esp. freq. in Quint.). A making, fashioning, forming, formation (cf.: confictio, figmentum): (animalis) fictio a capite sumit exordium,Lact. Opif. D. 12: hominis,i. e.
creation
,id. 4, 4; 2, 9: nominum fictio adjectis, detractis, mutatis litteris,Quint. 6, 3, 53; 8, 3, 19; Ὀνοματοποιΐα, id est fictio nominis, id. 8, 6, 31; 9, 1, 5: Furium, veterem poëtam, dedecorasse linguam Latinam hujuscemodi vocum fictionibus, quae, etc., Gell. 18, 11, 2. In partic. A feigning, counterfeiting, disguising: in figura totius voluntatis fictio est, apparens magis quam confessa,Quint. 9, 2, 46: poëtarum,
fictions
,Lact. 1, 21 fin.: fictiones personarum, quae προσωποποιΐαι dicuntur, Quint. 9, 2, 29: personae,id. 9, 3, 89; 11, 1, 39; Vulg. Sap. 7, 13. Rhet. t. t., an assumed or fictitious case, a supposition, fiction: adhuc est subtilior illa ex simili translatio, cum, quod in alia re fieri solet, in aliam mutuantur. Ea dicatur sane fictio,Quint. 6, 3, 61; cf.: duci argumenta non a confessis tantum, sed etiam a fictione, quod Graeci καθ’ ὑπόθεσιν vocant, id. 5, 10, 95 Spald.: est et illa ex ironia fictio, qua usus est C. Caesar, etc.,id. 6, 3, 91. Jurid. t. t.: fictio legis,
fictor fictor, ōris, m.fingo, one who makes images of clay, wood, wax, etc., an imagemaker, statuary. (Syn.: pictor, scalptor, sculptor, plastes, statuarius.) Lit. In gen.: deos ea facie novimus, qua pictores fictoresque voluerunt,Cic. N. D. 1, 29, 81; id. Fragm. ap. Lact. 2, 8, p. 120 Bip. In partic. in relig. lang., a baker of offering-cakes: apud Ennium: Libaque, fictores, Argeos et tutulatos ... Fictores dicti a fingendis libis,Varr. L. L. 7, § 44 Müll. (cf. Ann. v. 124 ed. Vahl.); so Inscr. Orell. 934; 2281; 2458; cf. Cic. Dom. 54, 139. A maker, creator, Vulg. Isa. 29, 16; 45, 9.Trop. In gen., a maker, former (Plautin.): (fortunae) ... vitae agundae,Plaut. Trin. 2, 2, 85 sq.: omnium Legum atque jurium,id. Ep. 3, 4, 86: somniorum,Vulg. Deut. 13, 5. In partic., a feigner: fandi fictor Ulixes,
fictrix fictrix, īcis, f.id., she that forms or fashions: ejus universae materiae fictrix et moderatrix divina est providentia,Cic. N. D. 3, 39, 92; so Tert. Resurr. Carn. 16.
fictura fictūra, ae, f.id., a forming, fashioning (ante- and post-class.): fortunae,Plaut. Trin. 2, 2, 86: satis placet fictura,i. e.
disguise
,id. Mil. 4, 4, 53: avarus ab uno solum verbo inclinatum, quod est aveo eademque fictura, qua est amarus,
Ficulea Fīcŭlĕa, ae, f., a small but very ancient town of the Sabines, situated on the Via Nomentana, near Fidenae, Liv. 1, 38, 4. Derivv. Fīcŭlensis, e, adj., of or belonging to Ficulea, Ficulean: REGIO,Inscr. Orell. 111: Via Nomentana, cui tum Ficulensi nomen fuit,Liv. 3, 52, 3 (this is the correct read., inst. of Ficulnensi). Subst.: in Ficulensi,
ficus fīcus, i and ūs (dat. sing., gen., dat., and abl. plur., always of second decl.; in other cases of second or fourth; v. Neue, Formenl. 1, 532 sq. Masc., Mart. 1, 65, 4; 7, 71, 6; Macr. S. 2, 16. The declension and gender were disputed even among the ancients; cf. Varr. L. L. 9, § 80 Müll.; Charis. p. 103 P.; Prisc. p. 713 ib.), f.etym. dub.; cf. σῦκον, σvυκον, a fig-tree.Lit.: cortex levis fico,Plin. 16, 31, 55, § 126 sqq.: fici, quarum radices longissimae,id. 16, 31, 56, § 130: exceptā fico,id. 16, 26, 49, § 113: ficos mariscas in loco cretoso serito,Cato, R. R. 8, 1, v. marisca: homini Phrygi, qui arborem fici numquam vidisset, fiscinam ficorum objecisti,Cic. Fl. 17, 41: Ruminalis and Rumina, v. 1. Rumina, II. A. and B.: quod diceret, uxorem suam suspendisse se de ficu,Cic. de Or. 2, 69, 278 (for which Quintilian, in making the same statement: quod uxor sua e fico se suspendisset,Quint. 6, 3, 88): sub una ficu,Plin. 7, 2, 2, § 21. Poet.: pepedi diffissa nate ficus, i. e. ut ficus (cuius lignum magnopere fissile),Hor. S. 1, 8, 47.Transf.The fruit of the fig-tree, a fig: fici dulciferae, Enn. ap. Charis. p. 103 P. (Ann. v. 71 ed. Vahl.): ficis victitamus aridis,Plaut. Rud. 3, 4, 59: Zacyntho ficos fieri non malas,id. Merc. 5, 2, 102: per ficos, quas edimus,Varr. R. R. 1, 41, 5: ex fici tantulo grano,Cic. de Sen. 15, 52: suamque pulla ficus ornat arborem,Hor. Epod. 16, 46: dum ficus prima calorque, etc., the first ripe figs (denoting the beginning of autumn), id. Ep. 1, 7, 5: pinguibus ficis pastum jecur anseris,id. S. 2, 8, 88: nux ornabat mensas cum duplice ficu,
a split fig
,id. ib. 2, 2, 122, v. also in the foll. Ante- and post-class. in masc.: sicuti cum primos ficus propola recentes Protulit, Lucil. ap. Non. 154, 27: grossi,Macr. S. 2, 16.The piles (from their shape): cum dixi ficus, rides quasi barbara verba, Et dici ficos, Caeciliane, jubes. Dicemus ficus, quas scimus in arbore nasci: Dicemus ficos, Caeciliane, tuas (al. tuos, v. the commentators, ad loc.),Mart. 1, 65, 4 (cf. the same sort of pun in another place, Mart. 7, 71). Hence poet. transf., of one who has the piles, Mart. 4, 52, 2.
fidedictor fĭdĕdictor, ōris, m.1. fides-dico, a surety, bail: fidejussor, Bonifac. ap. Aug. Ep. 23.
fideicommissarius fĭdĕĭcommissārĭus, a, um, adj.fidei-committo, of or belonging to a fideicommissum or feoffment in trust.Adj.: hereditas,Just. Inst. 2, 23; Dig. 31, 1, 77, § 24: libertas,ib. 40, 5; 26, 2, 32; Cod. Just. 7, 4, 9: epistola,
in which a fideicommissum is created
,Dig. 32, 1, 37, § 3: praetor, that takes cognizance of such feoffments, Ulp. Regul. tit. 25.Subst.: fideicommis-sarius, ii, m. (sc. heres), one who receives an inheritance through a fideicommissum, a feoffee in trust, Dig. 32, 1, 11.
fideicommissum fĭdĕĭcommissum, i, v. fideicommitto fin.
fideicommitto fĭdĕĭ-committo (also separately fidei committo), mīsi, missum, 3, v. n. and a. [fides; lit., to intrust a thing to a person's good faith; hence], jurid. t. t., to leave any thing by last will and testament to be delivered to a third party, to bequeath in trust: pater filium praedia alienare prohibuerat, sed conservare liberis et ceteris cognatis fideicommiserat,Dig. 32, 1, 38: avia nepotibus heredibus institutis fideicommisit, ut solida legata fratribus solverent,ib. 35, 2, 14; 30, 1, 114, § 3: qui intestato decedit et scit bona sua ad fiscum perventura vacantia, fidei fisci committere potest, ib. § 2: fideicommissa libertas,
given by fideicommissum
,Gai. Inst. 2, 267; Dig. 40, 5, 1 sq. Hence, fĭdĕĭcommissum, i, n., a bequest given for the benefit of a third person, by way of request, not of command; and held to be equitably due out of respect to the wish of the testator (cf. legatum): fideicommissum est quod non civilibus verbis, sed precative relinquitur, nec ex rigore juris civilis proficiscitur, sed ex voluntate datur relinquentis,Ulp. Fragm. 25, 1: De fideicommissis,Dig. 30-32; Gai. Inst. 2, 246-289; Cod. Just. 6, 42; Suet. Claud. 23; Quint. 3, 6, 70; 9, 2, 74.
fideiubeo fĭdĕ-jŭbĕo (also separately fide ju-beo), jussi, jussum, 2, v. n.fides, jurid. t. t., to be surety or bail, to give or go bail for any one: filiusfamilias pro patre poterit fidejubere,Dig. 46, 1, 10: servus inscio domino pro quodam fidejusserat et eo nomine pecuniam solverat,ib. 19; Ambros. de Tob. 12, 59. Separate: fidejussores et ita interrogantur: ID FIDE TVA ESSE IVBES?Dig. 45, 1, 75, § 6; cf. Gai. Inst. 3, 115: quare scias, quodcumque ab ea ex hac causa stipulatus fueris, id me mea fide jussisse,ib. 17, 1, 60. Pass. impers.: pro quibus fidejussum est,Dig. 46, 1, 2: qui fidejusserit,ib. 46, 3, 38 fin.
fideiussio fĭdĕjussĭo, ōnis, f.fidejubeo, jurid. t. t., a giving or being surety; suretyship, bail: servus fidejussionis nomine obligari non potest,Dig. 46, 1, 20; id. 10, 2.
fideiussor fĭdĕjussor, ōris, m.fidejubeo, jurid. t. t., one who gives security for any one, a bail, a surety under the most binding form known to the Roman law, Gai. Inst. 3, 115-127: De fidejussoribus,Just. Inst. 3, 20; Dig. 27, 7; 46, 1; Cod. Just. 5, 57; 8, 41; Ambros. de Tob. 12, 89; Vulg. Prov. 20, 16.
fideiussorius fĭdĕjussōrĭus, a, um, adj.fidejussor, relating to surety or bail: causa,Dig. 46, 3, 38 fin. al.
fidele fĭdēlē, adv., faithfully, v. fidelis fin.
fidelia fĭdēlĭa, ae, f., an earthen vessel, pot. In gen., Col. 12, 58, 1; 12, 13, 2; for wine: tumet alba fidelia vino,Pers. 3, 22; in paronomasia with Fides: O Fides, mulsi plenam faciam tibi fideliam,id. Aul. 4, 2, 15. Esp., a pail of whitewash. Prov.: de eadem fidelia duos parietes dealbare, i. e. to kill two birds with one stone, to reach two ends by one action, Cur. ap. Cic. Fam. 7, 29 fin.
fidelis fĭdēlis, e, adj.1. fides, that may be trusted or relied upon, trusty, faithful, sincere, true (class.; syn. fidus). Prop. Adj., constr. absol., with dat., or with in and acc.Absol.: cum et civis mihi bonus et firmus amicus ac fidelis videretur,Cic. Cael. 6, 14: doctus, fidelis, Suavis homo, etc., Enn. ap. Gell. 12, 4 (Ann. v. 249 ed. Vahl.): boni fidelesque socii,Liv. 22, 37, 4; 9, 2, 5; 29, 7, 2; 22, 37, 4 Drak. N. cr.; cf.: sociis multo fidelioribus utimur,Cic. Att. 5, 18, 2: est urbs Massilia fortissimorum fidelissimorumque sociorum,id. Font. 1, 3: fidelissima conjux,id. Q. Fr. 1, 3, 3: medicus multum celer atque fidelis,Hor. S. 2, 3, 147: minister,id. C. 4, 4, 3: seu visa est catulis cerva fidelibus,id. ib. 1, 1, 27: multorum opes praepotentium excludunt amicitias fideles,Cic. Lael. 15, 54: consilium,id. Agr. 2, 2 fin.; cf. id. Clu. 31, 85: opera,id. Caecin. 5, 14; cf.: operā Commii fideli atque utili,Caes. B. G. 7, 76, 1: cura,Ov. H. 1, 104: silentium,Hor. C. 3, 2, 25: desideria (patriae),id. ib. 4, 5, 15: lacrimae,i. e.
true
,
genuine
,Ov. H. 14, 127. With dat.: qui (Cn. Pompeius) unum Deiotarum fidelem populo Romano judicavit,Cic. Phil. 11, 13, 34: cave tu illi fidelis potius fueris quam mihi,Plaut. Aul. 4, 2, 11: illi fuisti quam mihi fidelior,id. Capt. 3, 5, 58: habere aliquem fidelem sibi,id. Bacch. 3, 3, 87: quem sibi fidelem arbitrabatur,Caes. B. G. 4, 21, 7; Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 1; Quint. 11, 2, 42. With in and acc.: quam fideli animo et benigno in illam fui,Ter. Hec. 3, 5, 22; cf. Cic. Mil. 10, 29: in amicos,Sall. C. 9, 2 (others read: in amicis, v. Kritz. ad h. 1.).Subst.: fĭdēlis, is, m., a trusty person, a confidant: si quem tuorum fidelium voles, ad me mittas,Cic. Fam. 4, 1, 2.Transf., in gen., of things, to be depended upon, sure, safe, strong, firm, durable (rare but class.): nam et doctrina et domus, et ars et ager etiam fidelis dici potest: ut sit, quomodo Theophrasto placet, verecunda tralatio,Cic. Fam. 16, 17, 1: in nave tuta ac fideli,id. Planc. 41, 97: lorica,Verg. A. 9, 707: portus,Ov. Tr. 4, 5, 5: materies terebinthi ad vetustatem,Plin. 13, 6, 12, § 54; structura,Front. Aquaed. 123: rimis explendis fidelior pice,Plin. 16, 36, 64, § 158: fidelissimum glutinum,id. 28, 17, 71, § 236. Hence, adv., in two forms: fĭdē-lĭter (class.) and fĭdēle (ante- and postclass.). Faithfully, trustily, certainly, surely, honestly. Form fideliter: constanter et fideliter in amicitia alicujus permanere,Liv. 33, 35, 9: vivere simpliciter, fideliter vitaeque hominum amice,Cic. Off. 1, 26, 92: obtestatur per sua antea fideliter acta, etc.,Sall. J. 71 fin.: aliquid fideliter curare,Cic. Att. 15, 20, 4: valetudini inservire, Tiro ap. Cic. Fam. 16, 17, 1: colere amicos,Plin. Ep. 7, 31, 5: discere artes ingenuas,Ov. P. 2, 9, 47: retinent commissa (aures),Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 70; cf.: ejus (memoriae) duplex virtus, facile percipere et fideliter continere,Quint. 1, 3, 1: exstincta parum fideliter incendia,Flor. 3, 5 med. Form fidele: fac fidele sis fidelis,Plaut. Capt. 2, 3, 79: militare, Prud. στεγ. 10, 428. Comp.: quo propior quisque est servitque fidelius aegro,Ov. M. 7, 563; Plin. Ep. 6, 24, 3.Sup.: ut is optime te laudasse videatur, qui narraverit fidelissime, Plin. Pan. 56, 2. (Acc. to II.) Surely, strongly, firmly: per quorum loca fideliter mihi pateret iter, Planc. in Cic. Fam. 10, 23, 2: oratoris futuri fundamenta fideliter jacere,Quint. 1, 4, 5: quod fideliter firmum est, a primis statim actionibus arripere optimum est,
fidelitas fĭdēlĭtas, ātis, f.fidelis, faithfulness (as shown in one's acts), trustiness, firm adherence, fidelity (class.; most freq. in Cic.): simplicem praeterea et communem et consentientem ... eligi par est: quae omnia pertinent ad fidelitatem,Cic. Lael. 18, 65: quantum studio et fidelitate consequi potuit,id. Fam. 13, 16, 2: maxime operam et fidelitatem desideravi tuam,id. ib. 16, 12, 6; cf.: in hac fortuna perutilis ejus et opera et fidelitas esset,id. Att. 9, 17 fin.: amicorum,id. Phil. 12, 9, 22; cf. id. Planc. 29, 71 fin.; with benevolentia,id. Fam. 13, 20: fidelitas atque auxilia provinciae illius,Hirt. B. G. 8, 46 fin.: fides fidelitasque amicum erga,Plaut. Trin. 5, 2, 2: erga patriam fidelitas, Planc. in Cic. Fam. 10, 17, 2.
fidenter fīdenter, adv., confidently, boldly; v. fido, P. a. fin.
fidentia fīdentĭa, ae, f.fidens, from fido, confidence, self-confidence, boldness (a philosophical word of Cicero): ejus (fortitudinis) partes sunt magnificentia, fidentia, patientia, perseverantia ... fidentia est, per quam magnis et honestis in rebus multum ipse animus in se fiduciae certa cum spe collocavit,Cic. Inv. 2, 54, 163: fidentiae contrarium est diffidentia, et ea re vitium est; audacia non contrarium sed oppositum est ac propinquum, et tamen vitium est,id. ib. § 165: si fidentia, id est firma animi confisio, scientia quaedam est et opinio gravis non temere assentientis, metus quoque est diffidentia exspectati et impendentis mali,id. Tusc. 4, 37, 80.
fidepromissor fĭdĕprōmissor, ōris, m.fidepromitto, jurid. t. t., a surety, bail: pro eo, qui promittit, solent alii obligari: quorum alios sponsores, alios fidepromissores, alios fidejussores appellamus. Sponsor ita interrogatur: IDEM DARE SPONDES? fidepro missor: IDEM FIDEPROMITTIS? fidejussor ita: IDEM FIDE TVA ESSE JVBES? etc.,Gai. Inst. 3, § 115: In another orthogr.: fidei promissor, πιστικελευστης, Gloss. Philox.
fidepromitto fĭdĕ-prōmitto, ĕre, v. n.1. fides, jurid. t. t., to be surety, go bail for a person, Gai. Inst. 3, 115, v.the preced. art.
fides fĭdes, ĕi (gen. sing. scanned fĭdēï, Enn. ap. Cic. de Sen. 1, 1; Lucr. 5, 102. Ante-class. and poet. form of the gen. fide, like die, facie, etc., Plaut. Aul. 4, 6, 1; id. Poen. 4, 2, 68; Ov. M. 3, 341; 6, 506; 7, 728; 737; Hor. C. 3, 7, 4; cf. Prisc. p. 781 P.; Charis. p. 53 ib.; Ritschl, Proleg. p. 90. Dat. fide, Plaut. Trin. 1, 2, 80; 91; 105; Enn. ap. Non. 112, 1, or Ann. v. 111 ed. Vahl.; Hor. S. 1, 3, 95), f.fido, trust in a person or thing, faith, confidence, reliance, credence, belief (syn.: fidelitas, fiducia, confidentia). Lit. In gen.: si sciat noster senex, fidem non esse huic habitam,
that he has not been trusted
,Plaut. As. 2, 4, 52; cf.: fides ut habeatur, duabus rebus effici potest ... iis fidem habemus, quos plus intelligere quam nos arbitramur ... bonis viris ita fides habetur, ut nulla sit in iis fraudis injuriaeque suspicio ... prudentia sine justitia nihil valeat ad faciendam fidem, etc.,
to give confidence
,
produce confidence
,Cic. Off. 2, 9, 33; see in the foll.: neque pauci, neque leves sunt, qui se duo soles vidisse dicant; ut non tam fides non habenda, quam ratio quaerenda sit,
,Cic. Agr. 2, 8, 22: tibi fidem faciemus, nos ea suadere, quae, etc., will convince, Balb. et Opp. ap. Cic. Att. 9, 8, A. fin.: mihi fides apud hunc est, nihil me istius facturum,Ter. Heaut. 3, 3, 10; cf.: cum vix fides esset, rem ullo modo successuram,Suet. Vesp. 7: male fidem servando illis quoque abrogant fidem,Plaut. Trin. 4, 3, 41: quorum rebus gestis, fidem et auctoritatem in testimonio inimicitiarum suspicio derogavit,Cic. Font. 7, 13; cf.: alicui abrogare fidem juris jurandi,id. Rosc. Com. 15, 44; and: omnibus abrogatur fides,id. Ac. 2, 11, 36: quae res fidem abrogat orationi,Auct. Her. 1, 10, 17: imminuit et oratoris auctoritatem et orationis fidem,Cic. de Or. 2, 37, 156: multa fidem promissa levant,Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 10: fidem addere, to give credence (opp. fidem demere): ex ingenio suo quisque demat vel addat fidem,Tac. G. 3 fin. In partic., in mercant. lang., credit: cum fides totā Italiā esset angustior, neque creditae pecuniae solverentur,Caes. B. C. 3, 1, 2; cf.: scimus, Romae solutione impedita fidem concidisse,Cic. de Imp. Pomp. 7, 19: fides de foro sublata erat,id. Agr. 2, 3, 8: labefacta jam fide,
,Hor. C. 3, 16, 30: at tibi ... Persolvat nullā semina certa fide,Tib. 2, 3, 62: fallax fides unius anni,Plin. Pan. 32, 4: quia hanc ejus terrae fidem Menander eludit,Quint. 12, 10, 25.Transf., that which produces confidence or belief. The quality that produces confidence in a person, trustworthiness, faithfulness, conscientiousness, credibility, honesty; in things, credibility, truth, etc. In gen. (erroneously regarded by Cicero as the primary signif. of the word; wherefore he derived it from fio; v.the foll. passages): fundamentum justitiae est fides, id est dictorum conventorumque constantia et veritas. Ex quo, audeamus imitari Stoicos, credamusque, quia fiat, quod dictum est, appellatam fidem,Cic. Off. 1, 7, 23 Beier; cf. id. Fragm. ap. Non. 24, 17 (Rep. 4, 7, p. 428 ed. Mos.); id. Fam. 16, 10 fin.: justitia creditis in rebus fides nominatur,id. Part. Or. 22, 78: meo periculo hujus ego experiar fidem,Plaut. Capt. 2, 2, 99; cf.: fides fidelitasque amicum erga,id. Trin. 5, 2, 2: homo antiqua virtute ac fide,Ter. Ad. 3, 3, 88; cf.: exemplum antiquae probitatis et fidei,Cic. Rep. 3, 5: esse summa probitate ac fide,id. ib. 3, 17: vir aequissimus, singulari fide,id. ib. 3, 17: quorum fides est laudata,id. ib. 2, 36: quibus facillime justitia et fides convalescit,id. ib. 2, 14: unde justitia, fides, aequitas?id. ib. 1, 2: cujus virtuti, fidei, felicitati (Gallia) commendata est,id. Prov. Cons. 14, 35: aequitas et fides,id. Rep. 1, 35; cf.: si pudor quaeritur, si probitas, si fides,id. ib. 3, 18fin.: quanta fide, quanta religione,id. Font. 6, 13: hinc fides, illinc fraudatio,id. Cat. 2, 11, 25: ille vir haud magna cum re sed plenu' fidei, Enn. ap. Cic. de Sen. 1, 1 (Ann. v. 342 ed. Vahl.): ubi societas? ubi fides majorum? Cato ap. Gell. 10, 3, 17: nulla sancta societas, nec fides regni est, Enn. ap. Cic. Off. 1, 8, 26 (Trag. v. 412 ed. Vahl.): mea eraga te fides et benevolentia,Cic. Fam. 1, 5, 1: pro vetere ac perpetua erga populum Romanum fide,Caes. B. G. 5, 54, 4: in fide atque amicitia civitatis Aeduae,id. ib. 2, 14, 2: in fide manere,id. ib. 7, 4, 5; cf.: sincera fide in pace Ligures esse,Liv. 40, 34, 11: si tibi optima fide sua omnia concessit,Cic. Rosc. Am. 49, 144: praestare fidem,id. Div. 2, 37, 79; id. Top. 10, 42; id. Att. 16, 7, 2; id. Fam. 1, 7, 6: te oro per tuam fidem, ne, etc.,Ter. And. 1, 5, 55: Eu. Dic bona fide: tu id aurum non surripuisti? Ly. Bona. Eu. Neque scis, quis abstulerit? Ly. Istuc quoque bona, Plaut. Mil. 4, 10, 42: de pace cum fide agere,Liv. 32, 33, 10: jussas cum fide poenas luam,Hor. Epod. 17, 37: haecne marita fides?Prop. 4 (5), 3, 11.Aeacidae dederat pacis pignusque fidemque,
,Hor. C. 3, 24, 59 et saep. Prov.: fides ut anima, unde abiit, eo numquam redit,Pub. Syr. 181 (Rib.): fidem qui perdit, quo se servet relicuo,id. 166. Of inanim. and abstr. things: nam cum Gabinii levitas ... omnem tabularum fidem resignasset, etc.,
trustworthiness
,
credibility
,Cic. Arch. 5, 9; cf.: nunc vero quam habere auctoritatem et quam fidem possunt (litterae)?id. Fl. 9, 21; and: visa, quae fidem nullam habebunt,id. Ac. 2, 18, 58 fin.; and: qui non speciem expositionis sed fidem quaerit,
truth
,Quint. 10, 1, 32: aliter oraculorum, aliter haruspicum fides confirmari aut refelli potest,id. 5, 7, 36: probationum,id. 4 praef. § 6: liber spectatae fidei,Gell. 1, 7, 1: paulum distare ab eo (lapide) in unguentorum fide multi existimant Lygdinos, etc.,
Verg. A. 6, 346. In partic., in jurid. lang., bona fides, good faith, sincerity; hence, EX FIDE BONA or BONA FIDE, in good faith, sincerely, honestly, conscientiously: arbitrum illum adegit, QVICQVID SIBI DARE FACERE OPORTERET EX FIDE BONA,Cic. Off. 3, 16, 66; cf.: quanti verba illa: VTI NE PROPTER TE FIDEMVE TVAM CAPTVS FRAVDATVSVE SIEM, etc.... Q. quidem Scaevola, pontifex maximus, summam vim esse dicebat in omnibus iis arbitriis, in quibus adderetur EX FIDE BONA; fideique bonae, nomen existimabat manare latissime, idque versari in tutelis societatibus, fiduciis mandatis, rebus emptis venditis, conductis locatis, etc.,id. ib. 3, 17, 70; id. Att. 6, 1, 15: praetor ait: QVI BONA FIDE EMIT, etc., Dig. 6, 2, 7, § 11 sq.; cf.: bonae fidei emptori subrepta re quam emerit,Just. Inst. 4, 1, 15: ubi lex inhibet usucapionem, bona fides possidenti nihil prodest,Dig. 41, 3, 24: tot judicia de fide mala, quae ex empto aut vendito aut conducto aut locato contra fidem fiunt, etc.,i. e.
,Liv. 2, 24, 6. Pregn., a given promise of protection or security, a guaranty; hence, in gen., protection, guardian care: introduxi Vulturcium sine Gallis: fidem ei publicam jussu senatus dedi,
promised him protection
,
security
,
in the name of the public
,Cic. Cat. 3, 4, 8; cf.: Vulturcius interrogatus ... primo fingere alia; post, ubi fide publica dicere jussus est, omnia uti gesta erant aperit,Sall. C. 47, 1: cum se diceret indicaturum de conjuratione, si fides publica data esset,id. ib. 48, 4: uti L. Cassius ad Jugurtham mitteretur, eumque interposita fide publica Romam duceret,id. J. 32, 1; cf.: privatim praeterea fidem suam interponit, quam ille non minoris quam publicam ducebat,id. ib.fin.: qui Romam fide publica venerat,id. ib. 35, 7; so, too, simply fides: Lusitani contra interpositam fidem interfecti,Cic. Brut. 23, 89: fide accepta ab legatis, vim abfuturam,Liv. 38, 33, 3: Thais patri se commendavit in clientelam et fidem,Ter. Eun. 5, 9, 9; cf.: se in Chrysogoni fidem et clientelam contulerunt,Cic. Rosc. Am. 37, 106: quaere in cujus fide sint et clientela,id. ib. 33, 93: aliquid in fidem alicujus tradere,Liv. 38, 31, 2: frugi hominem, plenum religionis videtis positum in vestra fide ac potestate: atque ita, ut commissus sit fidei, permissus potestati,Cic. Font. 14, 30; cf.: se suaque omnia in fidem atque potestatem populi Romani permittere,Caes. B. G. 2, 3, 2: in alicujus fidem ac potestatem venire,id. ib. 2, 13, 2: in fide alicujus esse,Cic. Planc. 41, 97; cf. id. Fam. 13, 65, 2: ea (jura) fidei suae commissa,id. Off. 1, 34, 124: civitas in Catonis fide locata,id. Att. 6, 1, 5: recipere aliquid in fidem,id. ib. 15, 14, 3; cf.: aliquem in fidem necessitudinemque suam recipere,id. Fam. 13, 19, 2: recipere aliquem in fidem,Caes. B. G. 2, 15, 1; 4, 22, 3: hortatur, ut populi Romani fidem sequantur,id. ib. 4, 21, 8: jura fidemque supplicis erubuit (Achilles), the protection due to a suppliant, Verg. A. 2, 541: di, obsecro vostram fidem!
,id. Ep. 1, 3, 12.Sing. (poet.): sume fidem et pharetram: fies manifestus Apollo,Ov. H. 15, 23; so, Teïa,Hor. C. 1, 17, 18: Cyllenea,id. Epod. 13, 9: quodsi blandius Orpheo moderere fidem,id. C. 1, 24, 14. Prov.: vetus adagium est: Nihil cum fidibus graculo, i. e. ignoramuses have nothing to do with poetry, Gell. N. A. praef. § 19. Esp., Fides, is, f., a constellation, i. q. Lyra, the Lyre: cedit clara Fides Cyllenia,Cic. Arat. 381; Varr. R. R. 2, 5, 12; in the form Fidis,Col. 11, 2, 14; 40; Sid. Carm. 16, 5.Transf., in sing., i. q. nervus, chorda, a string of a musical instrument: quae tuba quaeve lyra Flatibus incluta vel fidibus,Prud. Cath. 3, 81.
fidicen fĭdĭcen, ĭnis, m.2. fides-cano, a luteplayer, lyrist, minstrel, harper: Socratem fidibus docuit nobilis fidicen,Cic. Fam. 9, 22, 3; id. N. D. 3, 9, 23 (with tibicen); Val. Max. 3, 6, 4; Mart. Cap. 3, § 296. Poet. transf., a lyric poet: Latinus,Hor. Ep. 1, 19, 33: Romanae lyrae,id. C. 4, 3, 23: lyrae Pindaricae,Ov. P. 4. 16, 28; and in apposition: doctor Argivae fidicen Thaliae (Apollo),Hor. C. 4, 6, 25.
fidicino fĭdĭcĭno, āre, v. n.fidicen, to play on the lute or lyre (late Lat.), Mart. Cap. 9, § 298; cf. FIDICINO, λυρίζω, Gloss. Philox.
fidicinus fĭdĭcĭnus, a, um, adj.id., of or for playing on stringed instruments, for luteplaying: ludus,Plaut. Rud. prol. 43.
fidiculae fĭdĭcŭlae, ārum, and rarely fidicula, ae (syncop. fidicla, Prud. στεφ. 10, 481; 550), f.dim.2. fides, a small stringed instrument, a small lute or cithern.Lit. In gen.: quid si platani fidiculas ferrent numerose sonantes,Cic. N. D. 2, 8, 22. Esp., Fidicula, a constellation, i. q. Fides or Lyra, the Lyre, Col. 11, 2, 37; Plin. 18, 26, 59, § 222.Transf., a cord, line, a sort of instrument of torture (postAug.): apparatus illi reddendus est suus eculei et fidiculae et ergastula et cruces, Sen. de Ira, 3, 3; Suet. Tib. 62; id. Calig. 33; Cod. Th. 9, 35, 1.
fidicularius fĭdĭcŭlārĭus, a, um, adj.fidicula, II., like a cord, i. e. twisted; trop.: verba contorta et fidicularia, i. e. entangling, delusive, Fronto de Eloq. p. 229 ed. Mai.
fidis fĭdis, is, f., v. 2. fides, I. fin.
Fidius Fĭdĭus, ii, m.1. fides, a surname of Jupiter, in Dionys. Halic. called Ζεὺς Πίστιος, identical with the Sabine Sancus: Nonas Sanco Fidione referrem,Ov. F. 6, 213; more usually connected with deus (dius) or medius (i. e. dius or deus, with the demonstr. part. me), and also joined into one word, mediusfidius, as an asseveration, qs. by the god of truth! as true as heaven! most certainly! itaque domi rituis nostri, qui per deum Fidium jurare vult, prodire solet in compluvium, Varr. ap. Non. 494, 30; cf. id. L. L. 5, § 66 Müll.: per deum Fidium quaeris,Plaut. As. 1, 1, 8: unum medius fidius tecum diem libentius posuerim, quam, etc.,Cic. Fam. 5, 21, 1: quam mediusfidius veram licet cognoscas,Sall. C. 35, 2: non mediusfidius ipsas Athenas (loqui) tam Atticas dixerim,Plin. Ep. 4, 3, 5; Quint. 5, 12, 17 al.; cf. Paul. ex Fest. p. 147, 8 Müll. Of Hercules, Tert. Idol. 20; cf. Serv. ad Verg. A. 4, 204.
fido fīdo, fīsus sum (ante-class. form of the fut. fidebo, Nov. ap. Non. 509, 4), 3, v. n.root in Sanscr. bandh, unite; Gr. πείθω, persuade, πεῖσμα, cable; Lat. fidus, Deus Fidius, foedus; cf.: fascis, fascia; Georg Curtius Gr. Etym. p. 262; but Fick refers fido to root bhidh; Goth. beidan; Engl. bide, to expect; Vergl. Wört. p. 380, to trust, confide, put confidence in, rely upon a person or thing (rare; in the verb. finit. mostly poet.; but class. in the part. praes. and P. a.). With dat.: fidere nocti,Verg. A. 9, 378: fugae fidens,id. ib. 11, 351: pestilentiae fidens (with societate fretus),Liv. 8, 22, 7: taedae non bene fisa,Ov. M. 15, 827: qui sibi fidit,Hor. Ep. 1, 19, 22; id. S. 2, 2, 108: puer bene sibi fidens,Cic. Att. 6, 6, 4. With abl.: hac (Cynosurā) fidunt duce nocturnā Phoenices in alto, Cic. poët. N. D. 2, 41, 106; id. Ac. 2, 20, 66: arcu fisi Getae,Ov. P. 4, 9, 78: cursu,id. M. 7, 545: ope equinā,id. ib. 9, 125: pecuniā,Nep. Lys. 3 fin.: prudentiā consilioque fidens,Cic. Off. 1, 23, 81. Doubtful, whether dat. or abl. (v. Zumpt, Gr. § 413; cf. confido): nec nitido fidit adultero,Hor. C. 3, 24, 20: pictis puppibus,id. ib. 1, 14, 15: (Jugurtham) Mario parum fidere,Sall. J. 112, 2: ingenio,Quint. 10, 7, 18; cf.: ingenio suo,Plin. Ep. 4, 13 fin.: suis rebus,Cic. Att. 10, 8, 2. With inf.: fidis enim manare poëtica mella Te solum,Hor. Ep. 1, 19, 44; Sil. 1, 432: parum fidens pedibus contingere matrem,Luc. 4, 615: fisus cuncta sibi cessura pericula, Caesar,id. 5, 577.Absol.: ubi fidentem fraudaveris, i. e. who trusts (you), Plaut. As. 3, 2, 15. Hence, fīdens, entis, P.a. (lit., trusting to one's self, self-confident; hence), confident, courageous, bold: qui fortis est, idem est fidens, qui autem est fidens, is profecto non extimescit: discrepat enim a timendo confidere,Cic. Tusc. 3, 7, 14: fidenti animo gradietur ad mortem,id. ib. 1, 46, 110; cf.: tum Calchas haec est fidenti voce locutus, id. poët. Div. 2, 30, 64: fidens animi,Verg. A. 2, 61; Tac. A. 4, 59 fin.; so, fidens armorum,Luc. 9, 373. Comp.: Romanus, fidentior,Amm. 16, 12 al. Sup.: fidentissimo impetu acies motae, Amm. 27, 10, 12. Adv.: fīdenter, confidently, fearlessly, boldly: timide fortasse signifer evellebat, quod fidenter infixerat,Cic. Div. 2, 31, 67: agere,id. Ac. 2, 8, 24: confirmare,id. de Or. 1, 56, 240; cf. id. N. D. 1, 8, 18. Comp.: paulo vellem fidentius te illi respondisse,Cic. Att. 6, 1, 21. Sup.: accedere fidentissime,Amm. 17, 1, 9; August. Ver. Rel. 3.
fiducia fīdūcĭa, ae, f.fido, trust, confidence, reliance, assurance (class.). Lit. In gen.: prope certam fiduciam salutis praebere,Liv. 45, 8, 6; cf.: jam de te spem habeo, nondum fiduciam,Sen. Ep. 16: spes atque fiducia,Caes. B. C. 1, 20, 2: tyrannorum vita, nimirum in qua nulla fides, nulla stabilis benevolentiae potest esse fiducia,Cic. Lael. 15, 52: hoc se colle Galli fiduciā loci continebant,Caes. B. G. 7, 19, 2: tantam habebat (Curio) suarum rerum fiduciam,id. B. C. 2, 37, 1: arcae nostrae fiduciam conturbare,Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 12, 5: vitae nostrae,Ov. M. 1, 356: falsa'st ista tuae, mulier, fiducia formae,Prop. 3 (4), 24, 1.Ov. H. 16, 321: fiducia alicujus,Cic. Verr. 1, 14, 40: nihil est, quod in dextram aurem fiducia mei dormias,
,id. ib. 10, 152: mirabundi, unde tanta audacia, tanta fiducia sui victis ac fugatis,
self-confidence
,
confidence in themselves
,Liv. 25, 37, 12: mei tergi facio haec, non tui fiducia,i. e.
at my own peril
,Plaut. Most, 1, 1, 37; for which, with the pron. possess.: mea (instead of mei) fiducia opus conduxi et meo periculo rem gero,Plaut. Bacch. 4, 4, 100: nunc propter te tuamque pravus factus est fiduciam, reliance on you (for tuique), id. ib. 3, 3, 9: hanc fiduciam fuisse accusatoribus falsa obiciendi,Quint. 7, 2, 30: praestandi, quod exigebatur, fiducia, id. prooem. § 3: nec mihi fiducia est, ut ea sola esse contendam,id. 5, 12, 1. Concr.: spes et fiducia gentis Regulus,Sil. 2, 342; Ov. Tr. 5, 6, 1. In partic., for fiducia sui, self-confidence, boldness, courage: omnes alacres et fiduciae pleni ad Alesiam proficiscuntur,Caes. B. G. 7, 76, 5: timorem suum sperabat fiduciam barbaris allaturum,Hirt. B. G. 8, 10, 1: consul ubi, quanta fiducia esset hosti sensit, etc.,Liv. 34, 46, 5 and 8: hostis,id. 30, 29, 4: nimia,Nep. Pel. 3: fiduciam igitur orator prae se ferat,Quint. 5, 13, 51: simplicitate eorum et fiduciā motus,Suet. Claud. 25: non quo fiducia desit (mihi),Ov. H. 17, 37. With a play in the meaning A. supra: Pe. Qua fiducia ausus (es) filiam meam dicere esse? Ep. Lubuit; ea fiducia,Plaut. Ep. 5, 2, 32.Transf. * Objectively (synon. with fides, II. A.), trustiness, fidelity: ut quod meae concreditum est Taciturnitati clam, fidei et fiduciae, Ne enuntiarem cuiquam, etc.,Plaut. Trin. 1, 2, 105: ibo ad te, fretus tua, Fides, fiducia,id. Aul. 3, 6, 50. Jurid. t. t., that which is intrusted to another on condition of its being returned, a deposit, pledge, security, pawn, mortgage: si tutor fidem praestare debet, si socius, si, cui mandaris, si qui fiduciam acceperit, debet etiam procurator,Cic. Top. 10, 42: fiduciā acceptā ... fiduciam committere alicui,id. Fl. 21, 51: per fiduciae rationem fraudare quempiam,id. Caecin. 3, 7; cf.: judicium fiduciae,id. Rosc. Com. 6, 16; id. N. D. 3, 30, 74: reliquorum judiciorum haec verba maxime excellunt: in arbitrio rei uxoriae, MELIVS AEQVIVS; in fiducia, VT INTER BONOS BENE AGIER, etc.,id. Off. 3, 15, 61; cf.: ubi porro illa formula fiduciae, VT INTER BONOS BENE AGIER OPORTET,id. Fam. 7, 12, 2 (cf. also id. Top. 17, 66); Gai. Inst. 2, 59 sq.; Paul. Sent. 2, 13, 1 sqq.; cf. Dict. of Antiq. p. 443.
fiducio fīdūcĭo, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a.fiducia, to pledge, mortgage: EA CONDITIONE, NE FIDVCIENT, NE VENDANT, NEVE ALIO QVO GENERE ID SEPVLCRVM ALIENARE VLLA POTESTAS SIT,Inscr. Grut. 638, 4; id. Murat. 794, 1; cf. FIDVCIAT, ὑποτίθεται; FIDVCIATVS, ὑποτιθέμενος, Gloss. Philox.: sub pignoribus fiduciati,Tert. Idol. 23.
fidus fīdus, a, um, adj.fido, that one may rely on, trusty, truslworthy, faithful, sure (class.). Prop., constr. absol., with dat., poet. also with gen.Absol.: nihil est stabile quod infidum ... Neque enim fidum potest esse multiplex ingenium et tortuosum,Cic. Lael. 18, 65; cf.: (amico) probo et fideli et fido et cum magna fide,Plaut. Trin. 4, 4, 4: tum se intellexisse, quos fidos amicos habuisset, quos infidos,Cic. Lael. 15, 53: amici,Hor. Ep. 1, 5, 24: sodales,id. S. 2, 1, 30: fidissima atque optima uxor,Cic. Fam. 14, 4, 6: conjux,Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 142: bonus atque fidus judex,
,Verg. A. 12, 659; and with gen. partit.: juvenum fidos, lectissima bello Corpora, sollicitat pretio,
the trusty ones
,
trustiest of the youth
,Stat. Th. 2, 483. With in or ad, and acc.: in amicos fidissimus,Eutr. 7, 8: fidi ad bella duces,Nemes. Cyn. 82. With in and abl.: sperabam te mihi fidum in hoc nostro amore fore,Cat. 91, 1 sq.Transf., objectively of inanim. and abstr. things, sure, certain, safe, trustworthy (mostly poet. and in post-Aug. prose; in Cic. Att. 9, 6, 10, fuga fida is not critically certain; v. Orell. N. cr. ad loc.). Absol.: aures,Ov. M. 10, 382: spes fidissima Teucrum,Verg. A. 2, 281: ensis,
trusty
,id. ib. 6, 524: alii litora cursu fida petunt,id. ib. 2, 400: nec unquam satis fida potentia, ubi nimia est,Tac. H. 2, 92: pons validus et fidus,id. A. 15, 15 fin.: male fidas provincias,id. H. 1, 52. With dat.: (oppidum) naviganti celerrimum fidissimumque appulsu,Tac. A. 3, 1; cf.: statio male fida carinis,Verg. A. 2, 23: montem tantos inter ardores opacum et fidum nivibus,Tac. H. 5, 6. Sup.: nox arcanis fidissima,Ov. M. 7, 192: camelino (genitali) arcus intendere, orientis populis fidissimum,
figmentum figmentum, i, n.id. (post-class.), formation (cf. fictio). In gen. In abstr.: verborum,
the forming of new words
,Gell. 20, 9, 1. In concr., a figure, image: animalis,Gell. 5, 12, 12: figmento deae caelitus lapso,Amm. 22, 9: aerea figmenta,id. 14, 6, 8.Any thing made, a production, creation, Vulg. Isa. 29, 16 al. In partic., a fiction: poëtarum,Lact. 7, 22: somniorum,App. M. 4, p. 155.
figo fīgo, xi, xum, 3 (archaic part. perf. ficta, Lucr. 3, 4; Varr. R. R. 3, 7, 4), v. a.Gr. σφίγγ‐ω, to bind fast; σφιγμός, φῖμός, muzzle; cf. fīlum, for figlum. Georg Curtius Gr. Etym. p. 186; Germ. dick. dicht; Engl. thick. etc., Corss. Krit. Nachtr. p. 233, to fix, fasten, drive or thrust in, attach, affix (class.; cf.: pango, configo, defigo). Lit., constr. aliquid, aliquid in with abl. (poet. also in with acc., or aliquid with abl. only): imbrices medias clavulis,Cato, R. R. 21, 3: palum in parietem,Plaut. Mil. 4, 4, 4: mucrones in cive an in hoste,Cic. Phil. 14, 3, 6: tabulam decreti Caesaris aut beneficii,
to post up
,id. ib. 1, 1, 3; cf. id. ib. 12, 5fin.: Antonius accepta grandi pecunia fixit legem a dictatore comitiis latam,i. e.
posted it up as having been carried
,id. Att. 14, 12, 1; cf.: adsentiri, ne qua tabula ullius decreti Caesaris figeretur,id. Phil. 1, 1, 3: fixit leges pretio atque refixit,Verg. A. 6, 622: quique aera legum vetustate delapsa, noscerent figerentque,Tac. H. 4, 40: nec verba minacia aere fixo legebantur,Ov. M. 1, 91: quam damnatis crucem servis fixeras,
,Mart. 1, 61, 4.Trop.To fix, fasten, direct. With in and abl.: ego omnia mea studia, omnem operam, curam, industriam, cogitationem, mentem denique omnem in Milonis consulatu fixi et locavi, Cic. Fam. 2, 6, 3. With in and acc. (rare): fixus in silentium,Tac. A. 6, 50. In other constructions: beneficium, quemadmodum dicitur, trabali clavo,Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 21, § 53: nostras intra te fige querelas,Juv. 9, 94: penitus hoc se malum fixit,Sen. Tranq. 15: nequitiae fige modum tuae,Hor. C. 3, 15, 2. (Acc. to I. B.) Of speech, to sting; taunt, rally a person: aliquem maledictis,Cic. N. D. 1, 34, 93: adversarios,id. Or. 26, 89. Hence, fixus, a, um, P. a., fixed, fast, immovable.Lit. (very rare): illud maneat et fixum sit,Cic. Rab. Post. 9, 25: inque tuis nunc Fixa pedum pono pressis vestigia signis,i. e.
,Manil. 2, 35; so, flammae,Ov. Tr. 4, 3, 15. Far more freq., Trop.: vestigia (integritatis) non pressa leviter, sed fixa ad memoriam illius provinciae sempiternam,Cic. Sest. 5, 13: non ita fixum, ut convelli non liceret,id. Clu. 45, 126: fixum et statutum, id. Mur., 30, 62; cf.: consilium fixum,id. Att. 6, 14, 2: animo fixum immotumque sedere, ne, etc.,Verg. A, 4, 15: fixum est, with a subj.-clause, it is fixed, determined, Sil. 2, 364; 3, 114: decretum stabile, fixum, ratum,Cic. Ac. 2, 9, 27; cf.: ratum, fixum, firmum,
permanent
,id. ib. 2, 46, 141: illud fixum in animis vestris tenetote,
Figulatus Fĭgŭlātus, a, um, adj.2. Figulus, made a Figulus of, Asin. ap. Quint. 8, 3, 32 Spald. N. cr.; cf. 2. Fimbriatus.
figulinus fĭgŭlīnus, a, um, v. figlinus.
figulo fĭgŭlo, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a.figulus, to form, fashion (post-class.): figulat ita hominem Demiurgus,Tert. adv. Val. 24: corpus hoc nostrum de limo figulatum,id. Carn. Chr. 9.
figura fĭgūra, ae, f.v. fingo, a form, shape, figure (syn.: forma, species; tropus). Lit. In gen.: corporis nostri partes totaque figura et forma et statura quam apta ad naturam sit, apparet,Cic. Fin. 5, 12, 35; cf.: hominum, vel etiam ceterarum animantium forma et figura,id. de Or. 3, 45, 179; and: quae figura, quae species humanā potest esse pulchrior? ... Quod si omnium animantium formam vincit hominis figura, deus autem animans est: ea figura profecto est, quae pulcherrima sit omnium, etc.,id. N. D. 1, 18, 47 sq.; with this cf.: esse aliquem humana specie et figura, qui, etc.,id. Rosc. Am. 22, 63; Liv. 29, 17, 11: uri sunt specie et colore et figura tauri,Caes. B. G. 6, 28, 1: gemina tauri juvenisque,
the Minotaur
,Ov. M. 8, 169: Himera in muliebrem figuram habitumque formata,Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 35, § 87; cf.: figura et lineamenta hospitae,id. ib. 36, § 89: conformatio quaedam et figura totius oris et corporis,id. de Or. 1, 25, 114: pulmonum vis et figura,id. Tusc. 1, 16, 37: formae figura,id. N. D. 1, 32, 90: formaï servare figuram,Lucr. 4, 69: navium figura (shortly before: navium species),Caes. B. G. 4, 25, 2: lapidis,Ov. M. 3, 399: dohorum,Plin. 2, 25, 22, § 90: lenticulae dimidiae, id. 27, 12, 98, § 124: quadriangula grani,id. 13, 22, 38, § 118: triquetra,id. 3, 16, 20, § 121: rotunditatis aut proceritatis,id. 13, 4, 9, § 49 et saep. Concr., a sketch, figure, drawing (lat. Lat.): figurae quae σχηματα vocant, Gell. 1, 20, 1; 2, 21, 10: κύβος est figura ex omni latere quadrata, id. 1, 20, 4. In partic. In the lang. of the Epicurean philosophy applied to the atoms or molecular parts of bodies: caelestem fulminis ignem Subtilem magis e parvis constare figuris,Lucr. 2, 385; 2, 682 sq.; 778; 3, 190 al.; cf.: illas figuras Epicuri, quas e summis corporibus dicit effluere,Quint. 10, 2, 15 Spald.Poet., a form, shade, phantom of the dead: in somnis, cum saepe figuras Contuimur miras simulacraque luce carentum,Lucr. 4, 34: morte obita quales fama est volitare figuras,Verg. A. 10, 641: CVM VITA FVNCTVS IVNGAR TIS (i. e. tuis) VMBRA FIGVRIS,Inscr. Orell. 4847.Trop., quality, kind, form, species, nature, manner. In gen.: de figura vocis satis dictum est,Auct. Her. 3, 15, 25: majus et minus et aeque magnum ex vi et ex numero et ex figura negotii consideratur,Cic. Inv. 1, 28, 41: figura orationis plenioris et tenuioris,id. de Or. 3, 55, 212; cf.: suam quandam expressit quasi formam figuramque dicendi,id. ib. 2, 23, 98: occurrunt animo pereundi mille figurae,
figurate fĭgūrātē, adv., figuratively, v. figuro, P. a. fin.
figuraticius fĭgūrātīcĭus, a, um, adj.figura, = figurativus (very rare): quatenus a figuraticiis transirent ad veritatem, Primas. in Epist. ad Hebr. c. 10.
figuratio fĭgūrātĭo, ōnis, f.figuro (post-Aug.). A forming, fashioning; shape, form, figure: nervi hic teretes, illic lati, ut in uno quoque poscit figuratio,Plin. 11, 37, 88, § 217: zona duodecim signis conformata exprimit depictam a natura figurationem,Vitr. 9, 4: Apollinis,App. Dogm. Plat. 1.Trop.Imagination, fancy: si spei figuratione tardius cadit,Quint. Decl. 12, 27; vanae,id. ib. 6, 4.Form of a word: (diurnare) ex ea figuratione est, qua dicimus perennare,Gell. 17, 2, 16.Figurative mode of speaking: quisquam illorum his figurationibus uteretur, quae Graeci schemata vocant?Fronto, Ep. ad Anton. 1, 2; Lact. 1, 11, 24; 30.
figurativus fĭgūrātīvus, a, um, adj., pertaining to the figurative mode of speaking, figurative (late Lat.), Cassiod. Varr. 8, 31. Hence, Subst.: figurativa, ae, f., figurative mode of speaking, Myth. Vatic. Fab. 127 ap. Mai. Auct. Class. 1, 3, p. 46.
figurato fĭgūrātō, adv., v. figuro, P. a. fin.
figurator fĭgūrātor, ōris, m.figuro, one who forms or fashions (post-class.), Arn. 6, 196.
figuratus fĭgūrātus, a, um, Part. and P. a., v. figuro.
figuro fĭgūro, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a.figura, to form, fashion, shape (rare but class.). Lit.: mundum ea forma figuravit, qua una omnes reliquae formae concluduntur,Cic. Univ. 6: aes in habitum statuae,Sen. Ep. 65: medullas in lapidis naturam,Plin. 36, 22, 45, § 161: caseos,id. 16, 38, 72, § 181: barbam peregrina ratione,Petr. 102. Absol., Cic. N. D. 1, 39, 110.Trop. In gen.: voces lingua,
,Prud. Psych. 66. In partic. To imagine, fancy, picture: qui in crepidine viderat Marium in sella figuravit,Sen. Contr. 3, 17 med.: quales ad bella excitanda exeunt Furiae, talem nobis iram figuremus,Sen. Ira, 2, 35 med.: inanes species anxio animo,Curt. 7, 1 fin. In rhet. lang., to adorn with figures: tam translatis verbis quam propriis figuratur oratio,Quint. 9, 1, 9: plurima mutatione figuramus,id. 10, 1, 12. Absol.: affectus efficaciter movit, figurabat egregie,Sen. Contr. 3 praef. Hence, fĭgū-rātus, a, um, P. a.Lit., formed, fashioned, shaped: boum ipsa terga declarant non esse se ad onus accipiendum figurata,Cic. N. D. 2, 63, 159: (hominis) ita figuratum corpus,id. Fin. 5, 12, 34: signum in modum Liburnae figuratum,Tac. G. 9: venter ei, qui a periculo tutus est, reddit mollia, figurata,
well-formed stools
,Cels. 2, 3; 2, 8med. Of a word, derived: dicatur a Graeca voce figurata esse,Gai. Inst. 3, 93 fin.Trop., of speech, figurative (not in Cic., but very freq. in Quint.): oratio ἐσχηματισμένη, id est figurata (opp. ἀσχημάτιστος, figuris carens), Quint. 9, 1, 13; cf. id. 8, 3, 59: verba,id. 8, 1, 1; 9, 2, 7: controversiae,id. 9, 2, 65; 88; 9, 1, 14. Adv. (acc. to B.), figuratively; in two forms: fĭgūrāto, Tert. adv. Marc. 3, 14 al.: fĭgūrāte, Ascon. ap. Cic. Verr. 2, 6: figuratius,Sid. Ep. 5, 8.
filatim fīlātim, adv.filum, thread by thread: filatim distrahere,Lucr. 2, 831.
filicina filicina, ae, a plant, also called radiolus, App. Herb. 83.
filicones filicones (al. ‡ felicones), mali et nullius usus, a felice dicti, Paul. ex Fest. p. 86, 10 Müll. N. cr.
filictum fĭlictum or fĭlectum, i, n.filix, a place abounding in ferns, Col. 2, 2, 8; Pall. 9, 3.
filicula fĭlĭcŭla (felic-), ae, f.dim.id., a plant, also called polypodion, rock-fern, polypody, Plin. 26, 8, 3 7, § 58; Cato, R. R. 158, 1; Col. 6, 27, 11; Cels. 2, 12.
filietas fīlĭĕtas, ātis, f.filius, sonship, the descent of the son from the father (late Lat.), Cassiod. Hist. Eccl. 1, 14; Hier. in Did. de Spir. 31 init.
filiola fīlĭŏla, ae, f.dim.filia, a little daughter.Lit.: educare aliquam pro filiola sua, Plaut. Cist. 2, 3, 29: L. Paullus filiolam suam Tertiam animadvertit tristiculam,Cic. Div. 1, 46, 103; Plaut. Cist. 4, 1, 13; id. Rud. prol. 39; M. Aurel. in Fronto, Ep. 5, 53 ed. Mai.; Juv. 6, 241: quoniam mihi videris hanc scientiam juris tamquam filiolam osculari tuam,Cic. Mur. 10, 23.Transf., sarcastically of an effeminate person: duce filiola Curionis, i. e. C. Curione C. F.,Cic. Att. 1, 14, 5. Poet., of the letters of Cadmus: Cadmi filiolae atricolores,Aus. Ep. 7, 25.
filius fīlĭus, ii (voc. filie, Liv. Andr. in Prisc. p. 741 P., dat. plur. FILIBVS, Inscr. Grut. 553, 8; 554, 4, like DIIBVS from deus), m.root fev-o, to give birth to (fe-o), whence: fecundus, femina, felix, etc., lit., he who is born, a son (syn. plur.: nati, liberi). Lit. In gen.: Marci filius, Enn. ap. Cic. Brut. 15, 58 (Ann. v. 306 Vahl.); id. Rep. 2, 19; id. Lael. 1, 3: Venus et remisso filius arcu, i. e. Cupido,Hor. C. 3, 27, 68 et saep. In partic.: filius familias, or, in one word, filiusfamilias, v. familia.Transf. With terra, fortuna, etc.: terrae filius, a son of mother earth, i. e. a man of unknown origin (opp.: nobilis, honesto genere natus): et huic terrae filio nescio cui committere epistolam tantis de rebus non audeo,Cic. Att. 1, 13, 4; id. Fam. 7, 9, 3; Pers. 6, 59; cf.: Saturnum Caeli filium dictum, quod soleamus eos, quorum virtutem miremur aut repentino advenerint, decaelo cecidisse dicere: terrae autem, quos ignotis parentibus natos terrae filios nominemus,Lact. 1, 11: fortunae filius, a child of fortune, fortune's favorite (Gr. παῖς τῆς Τύχης), Hor. S. 2, 6, 49; called also: gallinae albae filius,Juv. 13, 141: Celtiberiae filius,i. e.
an inhabitant of Celtiberia
,
a Celtiberian
,Cat. 37, 18. Filii, in gen., children: Συνεζευγμένον jungit et diversos sexus, ut cum marem feminamque filios dicimus, Quint. 9, 3, 63; Cic. ad Brut. 1, 12, 2; Gell. 12, 1, 21; cf. sing.: ut condemnaretur filius aut nepos, si pater aut avus deliquisset,Cic. N. D. 3, 38, 90.Descendants: natura docet parentes pios, filiorum appellatione omnes, quiex nobis descendunt, contineri: nec enim dulciore nomine possumus nepotes nostros, quam filii, appellare,Dig. 50, 16, 220, § 3. Of animals, Col. 6, 37, 4.
,Lucr. 3, 383: tineae,Ov. M. 15, 372. Poet., of the thread of life spun by the Fates: sororum fila trium,Hor. C. 2, 3, 16; Verg. A. 10, 815; Ov. M. 2, 654; id. Tr. 5, 10, 45; Sil. 4, 28; Mart. 10, 5, 10 al. Prov.: pendere filo (tenui), to hang by a thread, for to be in great danger: hac noctu filo pendebit Etruria tota, Enn. ap. Macr. S. 1, 4, § 18 (Ann. v. 153 ed. Vahl.): omnia sunt hominum tenui pendentia filo,Ov. P. 4, 3, 35; Val. Max. 6, 4, 1. In partic., the fillet of wool wound round the upper part of the flamen's cap, similar to the στέμμα of the Greeks; hence, in gen., a priest's fillet: APICVLVM, filum, quo flamines velatum apicem gerunt, Paul. ex Fest. p. 23 Müll.: legatus capite velato filo (lanae velamen est), Audi, Juppiter, inquit, etc.,Liv. 1, 32, 6: filo velatus,Tib. 1, 5, 15.Transf. (mostly poet. and in post-Aug. prose). Of any thing slender and drawn out like a thread, a string, cord, filament, fibre: tractat inauratae consona fila lyrae,
fimbriae fimbrĭae, ārum, f.cf.: fibra, filum, fibres, threads, shreds, fibrous part, fringe (for syn. cf.: limbus, ora, instita, patagium): antiqui FIBRVM dicebant extremum, a quo in sagis fimbriae et in jecore extremum fibra,Varr. L. L. 5, § 79 Müll.; cf. Paul. ex Fest. s. v. FIBER, p. 90 Müll.: si quis in febre aut acuto morbo ... in veste floccos legit fimbriasve diducit,Cels. 2, 6; so Plin. 7, 51, 52, § 171; App. M. 11, p. 258: madentes cincinnorum fimbriae, i. e. the outer curled ends, * Cic. Pis. 11, 25: mappa laticlavia, fimbriis hinc atque illic pendentibus,Petr. 32. Sing. (late Lat.), a border, fringe: vestimenti,Vulg. Matt. 9, 20; 14, 36 al.
fimbriatus fimbrĭātus, a, um, adj.fimbriae, fibrous, fringed (post-Aug.): folia,Plin. 21, 15, 55, § 92: capillus (milii),id. 18, 7, 10, § 53: usus est lato clavo ad manus fimbriato,Suet. Caes. 45: flagrum,App. M. 8, p. 214.
Fimbriatus Fimbrĭātus, a, um, adj.Fimbria, made a Fimbria of, Asin. ap. Quint. 8, 3, 32 Spald. N. cr.; cf. Figulatus.
finalis fīnālis, e, adj.finis (post-class.). Of or relating to boundaries: quaestiones,Dig. 10, 1, 11; 47, 21, 3; Sid. Ep. 8, 14.Of or relating to the end, final: horizon, id est finalis circulus,Macr. Somn. Scip. 2, 5: beatitudo,Aug. Civ. D. 19, 4 fin.: causa, Don. Ter. Eun. 5, 5, 18. Adv.: fī-nālĭter, at last, to the very end (late Lat.). Cassiod. Amic. 19, 3; Ven. Fort. Vit. Mauteil. 25.
finalitas fīnālĭtas, ātis, f.finalis, the being last, Serv. Verg. A. 1, 120; Eutych. Disc. Conj. proem. 2143 P.
,Pers. 3, 8: cor meum et cerebrum finditur,Plaut. Bacch. 2, 4, 17: Marsis finduntur cantibus angues, Ov. Med. fac. 39.Trop., to divide (poet. and very seldom): Idus sunt agendae, Qui dies mensem Veneris marinae Findit Aprilem,Hor. C. 4, 11, 16: fissa voluntas,Prud. Psych. 760. Hence, fissum, i, n., a cleft, slit, fissure. In gen. (very rare): postquam implevisti fusti fissorum caput,Plaut. Aul. 3, 4, 7: ad ani fissa,Cels. 5, 20, 5. Esp., in the lang. of augurs, of the divided liver: jecorum,Cic. Div. 1, 52, 118; cf.: fissum in exitis,id. ib. 1, 10, 16; jecoris,id. N. D. 3, 6, 14: familiare et vitale,id. Div. 2, 13, 32.
fingo fingo, finxi, fictum, 3, v. a.Sanscr. dih-, dēhmi, smear; Gr. θιγ, θιγγάνω, touch; whence figulus, figura, etc.; prop., to handle. Lit.To touch, handle, stroke, touch gently (rare): mulcere alternos, et corpora fingere lingua,Verg. A. 8, 634: saepe manus aegras manibus fingebat amicis,Ov. F. 5, 409. Esp., to form, shape, fashion, frame, make (class.), whence also figulus: esse aliquam vim, quae finxerit, vel, ut tuo verbo utar, quae fabricata sit hominem,Cic. Ac. 2, 27, 87; cf.: ab aliquo deo ficti esse videantur,id. de Or. 1, 25, 115: fingere et construere nidos,
build
,id. ib. 2, 6, 23: favos,id. Off. 1, 44, 157: ut illa bestia fetum ederet informem, lambendo postgea fingeret, etc.,Gell. 17, 10, 3. In partic. Of the plastic art, to form or fashion by art (in wax, clay, stone, etc.), to mould or model, as a statuary: quorum alterum fingere opinor e cera solitum esse, alterum esse pictorem,Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 13, § 30; cf.: in ceris aut fictilibus figuris,id. N. D. 1, 26, 71: similitudines ex argilla,Plin. 35, 12, 43, § 151; cf., sarcastically: hic homullus, ex argilla et luto fictus Epicurus,Cic. Pis. 25, 59: pocula de humo,Ov. Tr. 2, 489: Alexander ab Apelle potissimum pingi et a Lysippo fingi volebat ... qui neque pictam neque fictam imaginem suam passus est esse, etc.,Cic. Fam. 5, 12, 7; cf.: fingendi ars,
of making statues
,
statuary
,id. de Or. 3, 7, 26: corpora fingendo pingendove efficere,Quint. 5, 12, 21. With the access. notion of arranging, adorning, etc., to set to rights, arrange; to adorn, dress, trim (poet. syn.: componere, excolere, ornare): Bene cum lauta est (mulier), tersa, ornata, ficta est: infecta est tamen,Plaut. Stich. 5, 5, 4: cum se non finxerit ulli,Ov. R. Am. 341: isti ficti, compositi, crispi cincinni,Plaut. Truc. 2, 2, 32; cf.: canas fingere comas,Tib. 1, 2, 92: comas presso pollice,Prop. 3, 10 (4, 9), 14; Ov. A. A. 1, 306; Mart. 6, 57; cf.: comas auro,Stat. Th. 5, 228: crinem,Verg. A. 4, 148; cf. also Phaedr. 2, 2, 9: vitem putando,Verg. G. 2, 407 Forbig. With the access. notion of untruth, to alter, change, for the purpose of dissembling: hi neque vultum fingere, neque interdum lacrimas tenere poterant,Caes. B. G. 1, 39, 4; cf.: vultus quoque hominum fingit scelus,i. e.
makes men change countenance
,Ter. Heaut. 5, 1, 14.Trop. In gen., to form, fashion, make: Ly. multa eveniunt homini quae volt, quae nevolt. Ph. Mentire, gnate, nam sapiens quidem pol ipsus fingit fortunam sibi, Plaut. Trin. 2, 2, 84; cf. the vv. foll.: natura fingit homines et creat imitatores et narratores facetos,Cic. de Or. 2, 54, 219: animos fingere, formare,id. Brut. 38, 142: cf.: moderari et fingere mentem ac voluntates,id. Leg. 3, 18, 40: ea quae nobis non possumus fingere, vultus, facies, sonus,id. de Or. 1, 28, 127: formam totius rei publicae velim mittas, ex qua me fingere possim, regulate myself, i. e. proceed, act, id. Att. 6, 3, 4; cf.: ad eorum (qui audiunt) arbitrium et nutum totos se fingunt et accommodant,id. Or. 8, 24: ea (verba) nos sicut mollissimam ceram ad nostrum arbitrium formamus et fingimus,id. de Or. 3, 45, 177; cf. also: arbitrio fingere,id. Brut. 79, 274: fortuna humana fingit artatque ut lubet,Plaut. Capt. 2, 2, 54; cf.: vitam subito flecti fingique posse,
shaped
,
directed
,Cic. Sull. 28, 79; cf. id. ib. 25, 69: jure erat semper idem voltus, cum mentis, a qua is fingitur, nulla fieret mutatio,id. Tusc. 3, 15, 31; cf.: circumspexit amictus et finxit vultum,
composed
,Ov. M. 4, 318: lingua vocem immoderate profusam fingit et terminat,
forms
,Cic. N. D. 2, 59, 149; cf.: Peripateticorum institutis commodius fingeretur oratio,id. Brut. 31, 119: ego apis Matinae more modoque operosa parvus carmina fingo (like the Gr. πλάττω), make, compose, Hor. C. 4, 2, 32: carmina,id. Ep. 2, 1, 227; id. A. P. 331; 240: versus,id. ib. 382: poëmata,Suet. Tit. 3: opprobria in quemvis,Hor. Ep. 1, 15, 30. In partic. With a double predicate, to form, make into something or in a certain manner: finxit te ipsa natura ad honestatem, gravitatem ... ad omnes denique virtutes magnum hominem et excelsum,Cic. Mur. 29, 60: nec, si miserum fortuna Sinonem Finxit, vanum etiam mendacemque improba finget,Verg. A. 2, 79: (illum) spissae nemorum comae Fingent Aeolio carmine nobilem,Hor. C. 4, 3, 12: di bene fecerunt, inopis me quodque pusilli Finxerunt animi,id. S. 1, 4, 18: timui, mea me finxisse minora putarer Dissimulator opis propriae, to have lessened, i. e. purposely disparaged it, id. Ep. 1, 9, 8.To form by instruction, to instruct, teach, train: idem mire finxit filium,i. e.
caused him to play his part
,Ter. Heaut. 5, 1, 25; cf.: voce paterna Fingeris ad rectum,Hor. A. P. 367: fingitur artibus,id. C. 3, 6, 22: fingit equum tenera docilem cervice magister Ire viam, qua monstret eques,id. Ep. 1, 2, 64.To form mentally or in speech, to represent in thought, to imagine, conceive, think, suppose; to sketch out: fingite animis ... fingite cogitatione imaginem hujus condicionis meae, etc.,Cic. Mil. 29, 79; cf.: omnia quae cogitatione nobismet ipsi possumus fingere,id. N. D. 3, 18, 47: fingere animo,id. de Sen. 12, 41: cf. also: animo et cogitatione,id. Tusc. 5, 24, 68: ex sua natura ceteros,
,id. Or. 2, 7: finge tamen te improbulum,Juv. 5, 72. With double acc.: quod si qui me astutiorem fingit,Cic. Fam. 3, 8, 6: Tiresiam sapientem fingunt poetae ... at vero Polyphemum Homerus immanem finxit,id. Tusc. 5, 39, 115. With an object-clause, and in pass., with a subject-clause: finge, aliquem nunc fierisapientem, nondum esse,
suppose
,Cic. Ac. 2, 36, 117: finge solum natum nothum,Quint. 3, 6, 100. Ellipt.: interfecti aliqui sunt; finge a nobis,
assume
,
grant
,Liv. 39, 37, 11: fingamus Alexandrum dari nobis,Quint. 1, 1, 24: non omnia corpora fingunt in medium niti,Lucr. 1, 1083; cf. id. 2, 175: qui naufragus fingitur se suspendisse,Quint. 8, 5, 22: qui suos artus morsu lacerasset, fingitur in scholis supra se cubasse,id. 8, 2, 20. Pregn., with the access. notion of creating by thinking, to contrive, devise, invent, feign something (esp. untrue): argento comparando fingere fallaciam,Plaut. As. 2, 1, 2; 4: fallacias,Ter. Heaut. 3, 2, 22: fallaciam,id. And. 1, 3, 15; cf.: nonne ad senem aliquam fabricam fingit? id. Heaut. 3, 2, 34: fingit causas, ne det, sedulo,id. Eun. 1, 2, 58: falsas causas ad discordiam,id. Hec. 4, 4, 71: si mihi aliquam (rem publicam), ut apud Platonem Socrates, ipse finxero,Cic. Rep. 2, 1 fin.; cf. id. ib. 2, 11: ex eventis fingere,id. Fam. 6, 6, 4: (crimina) in istum fingere,Cic. Verr. 1, 5, 15: ea quae sunt in usu vitaque communi, non ea, quae finguntur aut optantur,id. Lael. 5, 18: in faciem moresque meos nova crimina fingis,Ov. H. 12, 177: fingere qui non visa potest, commissa tacere Qui nequit,Hor. S. 1, 4, 84: quaelibet in quemvis opprobria fingere,id. Ep. 1, 15, 30: finguntur et testamenta,Quint. 7, 4, 39: nemo dolorem fingit in hoc casu,Juv. 13, 132: qui sub obtentu monituum deorum scientes eos fingunt, Mos. et Rom. Leg. Coll. 15, 2, 6. With double acc.: bonois se ac liberales,Sen. Ben. 4, 17, 3. With inf.: ignorare fingit,Claud. in Eutrop. 2, 306. Hence, fic-tus, a, um, P. a., feigned, fictitious, false: in amicitia nihil fictum est, nihil simulatum,Cic. Lael. 8, 26; cf. id. ib. 18, 65: ficto officio et simulata sedultiate conjunctus,id. Caecin. 5, 14: in re ficta (opp. in vera),id. Lael. 7, 24: falsum est id totum neque solum fictum, sed etiam imperite absurdeque fictum,id. Rep. 2, 15: commenticii et ficti dii,id. N. D. 2, 28, 70: fabula,id. Off. 3, 9, 39: in rebus fictis et adumbratis,id. Lael. 26, 97: amor,Lucr. 4, 1192: gemitus,Ov. M. 6, 565: cunctatio,Tac. A. 1, 46: ficto pectore fatur,Verg. A. 2, 107. Poet. and in post-Aug. prose also, of persons: pro bene sano Ac non incauto fictum astutumque vocamus,
finio fīnĭo, īvi or ĭi, ītum, 4, v. a.finis, to limit, bound, enclose within boundaries (class.). Lit. In gen.: populi Romani imperium Rhenum finire,Caes. B. G. 4, 16, 4: quo (jugo) Cappadocia finitur ab Armenia, Auct. B. Alex. 35, 5: Tmolus Sardibus hinc, illinc parvis finitur Hypaepis,Ov. M. 11, 152; Vell. 2, 126, 3: rem res finire videtur (followed by terminare),Lucr. 1, 998: riparum clausas margine finit aquas,Ov. F. 2, 222: signum animo,Liv. 1, 18, 8: in ore sita lingua est, finita dentibus,Cic. N. D. 2, 59, 149. In partic.: finiens orbis or circulus, the horizon: illi orbes, qui aspectum nostrum definiunt, qui a Graecis ὁρίζοντες nominantur, a nobis finientes rectissime nominari possunt, Cic. Div. 2, 44, 92: circulus,Sen. Q. N. 5, 17, 2.Trop.To set bounds to, restrain, check: equidem illud ipsum non nimium probo, philosophum loqui de cupiditatibus finiendis: an potest cupiditas finiri?Cic. Fin. 2, 9, 27; cf.: cupiditates satietate,id. ib. 2, 20, 64: deliberativas miror a quibusdam sola utilitate finitas,Quint. 3, 8, 1. For definio, to prescribe, determine, fix, appoint, assign: sepulcris novis finivit modum,Cic. Leg, 2, 26, 66: AD EAM REM RATIONE CVRSVS ANNVOS SACERDOTES FINIVNTO,id. ib. 2, 8, 20: spatia omnis temporis numero noctium,Caes. B. G. 6, 18, 2; cf.: Hercyniae silvae latitudo novem dierum iter patet; non enim aliter finiri potest,i. e.
,id. 1, 5, 25. Pass., to come to an end, close, be ended, terminate: ut senten tiae verbis finiantur,
end
,
close with verbs
,Cic. de Or. 3, 49, 191; cf.: nec solum componentur verba ratione, sed etiam finientur,id. Or. 49, 164: Latinum (verbum), quod o et n litteris finiretur, non reperiebant,Quint. 1, 5, 60; cf. id. 1, 6, 14. In partic. (poet. and in post-Aug. prose), to come to an end, to cease.To finish speaking, draw to a close, end: finierat Paean,Ov. M. 1, 566; 13, 123; 14, 441; cf.: finiturus eram, sed, etc.,id. A. A. 1, 755: ut semel finiam,Quint. 1, 12, 6; 8, 3, 55; cf.: denique, ut semel finiam,id. 9, 4, 138: 5, 13, 3; 11, 3, 59.To come to one's end, to die: sic fuit utilius finiri ipsi, Cic. poët. Tusc. 1, 48, 115: sic Tiberius finivit octavo et septuagesimo aetatis anno,Tac. A. 6, 50 fin.; for which, in pass.: qui morbo finiuntur,Plin. Ep. 1, 12, 2: Seleucus quoque iisdem ferme diebus finitur,Just. 27, 3, 12; cf.: finita Juliorum domo,
become extinct
,Tac. H. 1, 16. Hence, fīnītus, a, um, P. a. In rhetor., of words, that terminate properly, well-rounded, rhythmical: et ipsi infracta et amputata loquuntur et eos vituperant, qui apta et finita pronuntiant,Cic. Or. 51, 170. Sup.: finitissimus,Prisc. 1076 P. Adv.: fīnītē. * (Acc. to II. A.) To a certain extent, within limits: avarus erit, sed finite,Cic. Fin. 2, 9, 27. * (Acc. to II. B.) Definitely, specifically: referri oportere ad senatum aut infinite de re publica, aut de singulis rebus finite,Gell. 14, 7, 9.
finis fīnis, is (abl. regularly fine; fini,Lucr. 1, 978; also fine,ib. 976; and adverb. fini, ea fini, qua fini,Cato, R. R. 21, 3; 28, 2; 154; Gell. 1, 3, 30; 7, 3, 29; Dig. 16, 2, 19), m. (f. mostly ante- and post-class. and poet., and only in sing., Att., Caecil., Varr., Sisenn. ap. Non. 205, 6 sq.; Lucr. 1, 107; 551; 555; 561 sq.; cf. Lachm. p. 43; Verg. A. 2, 554; 5, 328; 384; 12, 793 al.; rarely in class. prose,Cic. Leg. 2, 22, 55; id. Fam. 12, 1, 1; id. Att. 9, 10, 4; Liv. 4, 2, 4 Weissenb. ad loc.; 9, 26, 9; 22, 57, 5; Plin. 30, 10, 24, § 82; 33, 1, 1, § 3; 33, 6, 31, § 98 al.; plur. f. only Varr. L. L. 5, 1, 13; v. Neue, Formenl. 1, 703) [for fidnis, root bhid-, fid-, v. findo; for the suffix, cf.: pa-nis, ig-nis, etc.], a boundary, limit, border, = terminus, ὅρος. Lit.: accessit propius et jam ingrediens intra finem ejus loci, quem oleae terminabant, etc.,Cic. Caecin. 8, 22: fere ad extremum finem provinciae Galliae,Liv. 40, 16, 5; cf. id. 33, 37, 6: Philaenōn arae, quem locum Aegyptum vorsus finem imperii habuere Carthaginienses,Sall. J. 19, 3: quem ad finem porrecta ac loca aperta pertinebant, cedentes (hostes) insequi,
as far as
,Caes. B. G. 2, 19, 5: quibus venientibus ad finem legatio Veientium obviam fuit,Liv. 4, 58, 1; cf.: nulla legatio ad finem praesto fuerat,id. 38, 15, 10; 10, 35, 1: haud procul Argivorum fine positis castris,id. 28, 5, 5; cf. id. 35, 27, 9 Drak. In plur.: vicini nostri hic ambigunt de finibus,Ter. Heaut. 3, 1, 93: nec Mamilia lege singuli, sed ex his tres arbitri fines regemus,Cic. Leg. 1, 21, 55 (v. rego, I. B.): in finibus Lycaoniae, mihi litterae redditae sunt,id. Fam. 15, 1, 2: Q. Fabius Labeo arbiter Nolanis et Neapolitanis de finibus a senatu datus ... fines terminare, id. Off. 1, 10, 33; cf.: SEX. ATILIVS INTER ATESTINOS ET VEICETINOS FINIS TERMINOSQVE STATVI IVSIT,Inscr. Orell. 3110: fines proferre, propagare,Cic. Rep. 3, 12; id. Mur. 9, 22: inter eos fines, quos feci,Liv. 1, 18, 9: atque hominum finem Gades Calpenque secutus,Sil. 1, 141.Transf. In plur., borders, and hence territory, land, country enclosed within boundaries: propere de finibus suis exercitus deducerent,Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 60: per agrum Sequanorum iter in Santonum fines facere, qui non longe a Tolosatium finibus absunt,Caes. B. G. 1, 10, 1; cf.: si suas copias Aedui in fines Bellovacorum introduxerint,id. ib. 2, 5, 3: civitatum fines incolere,Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 8: ego his finibus ejectus sum, quos, etc.,Sall. J. 14, 8: neque flumen neque mons erat, qui fines eorum discerneret,id. ib. 79, 3: Multum interest, alienos populare fines an tuos uri exscindive videas,Liv. 28, 44, 2: veteres nullum animal sacrum in finibus suis esse patiebantur, sed abigebant ad fines deorum, quibus sacrum esset,
where these gods were worshipped
,Macr. S. 3, 7, 6. Fine or fini alicujus rei, up to, as far as, a certain point (very rare): matresfamiliae de muro pectoris fine prominentes passis manibus obtestabantur Romanos, ut, etc.,Caes. B. G. 7, 47, 5 Oud. N. cr. (al. pectore nudo); so, fine inguinum ingrediuntur mare,Sall. H. Fragm. 3, 38 Gerl. (in Arus. Mess. p. 231 ed. Lind.): fine genūs vestem ritu succincta Dianae,Ov. M. 10, 536: per mare umbilici fine ingressi, Auct. B. Afr. 85, 1: amphoras nolito implere nimium ansarum infimarum fini,Cato, R. R. 113, 2: Asiam orientis fine a Macedonibus perdomitam, Justin. 30, 4.Trop., a limit, bound: Crassus mihi visus est oratoris facultatem non illius artis terminis, sed ingenii sui finibus, immensis paene, describere,Cic. de Or. 1, 49, 214; cf.: certos mihi fines terminosque constituam, extra quos egredi non possim,id. Quint. 10, 35: finem et modum transire,
to go beyond all bounds and measure
,id. Off. 1, 29, 102; cf.: transcendere fines Juris,Lucr. 3, 60: modum aliquem et finem orationi facere,Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 48, § 118: est modus in rebus, sunt certi denique fines, Quos ultraque citraque nequit consistere rectum,Hor. S. 1, 1, 106: intra Naturae fines vivere,id. ib. 50: (dixit) mulierem quinque pueros enixam ... eumque esse finem multijugae hominum partionis,Gell. 10, 2, 1: consulta, quibus sedecim stipendiorum finem expresserant,
,Verg. A. 1, 279: pigetque actorum sine fine mihi,Ov. M. 2, 387: poscens sine fine oscula,id. ib. 4, 334 al. Adverb.: ad eum finem, until that: amor bestiarum in educandis custodiendisque iis, quae procreaverunt, usque ad eum finem, dum possint se ipsa defendere,Cic. N. D. 2, 51, 129: mansit in condicione usque ad eum finem, dum judices rejecti sunt,Cic. Verr. 1, 6, 16: quem ad finem, till when? how long? quamdiu furor iste tuus eludet? quem ad finem sese effrenata jactabit audacia? id. Cat. 1, 1, 1: piratam vivum tenuisti: quem ad finem? dum cum imperio fuisti,Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 29, § 75; id. Mur. 5, 11; id. Fam. 9, 26, 1; cf.: Lu. Sequere... In. Sequor: sed finem fore quem dicam nescio (i. e. sequendi),Plaut. Trin. prol. 2. In partic. The end of life, latter end, death (not till after the Aug. per.): comperit invidiam supremo fine domari,i. e.
after death
,Hor. Ep. 2, 11, 12: tu ne quaesieris, quem mihi, quem tibi Finem di dederint, id. C. 1, 11, 2: nec quicquam jam de fine, si fata poscerent, recusans,Vell. 2, 123, 2; Sen. Ep. 30, 3; Val. Max. 3, 3, 4ext.: septem a Neronis fine menses sunt,Tac. H. 1, 37: Augusti,id. A. 1, 4; 1, 16; 2, 39: voluntarius,id. ib. 4, 19; 15, 63 et saep.The end, extremity of an ascending series, i. e. the highest point, greatest degree, summit: sentis credo, me jam diu, quod τέλος Graeci dicunt, id dicere tum extremum, tum ultimum, tum summum: licebit etiam finem pro extremo aut ultimo dicere,Cic. Fin. 3, 7, 26; cf. id. ib. 1, 4, 11; and: ad finem bonorum, quo referuntur et cujus causa sunt facienda omnia,
the chief good
,id. Leg. 1, 20, 52: fines bonorum et malorum,id. Fin. 1, 17, 55; hence the title of Cicero's treatise De Finibus, analog. to the Gr. περὶ τελῶν; cf. id. Att. 13, 21, 4, with ib. 19, 4: honorum populi finis est consulatus,id. Planc. 25, 60: quemque sperandi sibi, eundem bene dicendi finem proponerent,id. Tusc. 2, 1, 3: duodecim tabulae, finis aequi juris,Tac. A. 3, 27. An end, purpose, aim, object (but an end subjectively regarded, as an intention, or design, is propositum, consilium, mens, etc.): omnes artes habere finem aliquem propositum, ad quem tendunt,Quint. 2, 17, 22: laudis et gloriae,id. 8, 3, 11: domus finis est usus,Cic. Off. 1, 39, 138: officium ejus facultatis videtur esse, dicere apposite ad persuasionem: finis, persuadere dictione,id. Inv. 1, 5, 6; cf. id. ib. 2, 51, 156; id. Part. Or. 4, 11; id. de Or. 1, 42, 188; 2, 34, 145; Quint. 2, 15, 6: quem finem vel quid summum et ultimum habeat rhetorice,id. ib. 38: volgaris liberalitas referenda est ad illum Ennii finem, Nihilo minus ipsi lucet, etc.,Cic. Off. 1, 16, 52: ad finem vitae,Quint. 2, 17, 41: medicinae,id. ib. 25; 2, 21, 3.An intention, design, end in view (very rare; cf. γ supra): quod ad eum finem memoravimus, ut, etc.,Tac. A. 14, 64. In rhet. lang., i. q. finitio and definitio, qs. an explanatory limiting, a definition, explanation (perh. not in Cic., but repeatedly in Quint.): dicuntur argumenta ex finitione seu fine,Quint. 5, 10, 54: est frequentissimus finis, rhetoricen esse vim persuadendi,id. 2, 15, 3; id. ib. 11 sq.; 4, 4, 3 Spald. N. cr. In the later jurid. Lat., a measure, amount: placuit, ut fructus hypothecarum usuris compensaret, fini legitimae usurae,Dig. 20, 1, 1: finem pretii, deminuere vel excedere,ib. 21, 2, 66: ad finem peculii legata praestare,ib. 49, 17, 17.
Finite Fīnīte, adv., v. finio P. a. fin.
finitimus fīnĭtĭmus or fīnĭtŭmus, a, um, adj.finis; cf. maritimus, bordering upon, adjoining, neighboring (class.; syn.: vicinus, confinis, conterminus, contiguus, continens). Lit.Adj. With dat.: sumus enim finitimi Atinatibus,Cic. Planc. 9, 22: Galli Belgis,Caes. B. G. 2, 2, 3: homines bellicosi locis patentibus,id. ib. 1, 10, 2: regnum Ariobarzanis vestris vectigalibus, Cic. de Imp. Pomp. 2, 5: aër mari,id. N. D. 2, 39, 101: latus Boreae,i. e.
,id. Ac. 2, 21, 68: deterrimum genus optimo,id. Rep. 1, 42: consensus principum administrationi,id. ib. 1, 28: poëta oratori,id. de Or. 1. 16, 70; cf.: historia huic generi,id. Or. 20, 66: Autronii nomen finitimum maxime est hujus periculo et crimini,
finitio fīnītĭo, ōnis, f.finio (post-Aug.). Alimiting, limit, boundary, Vitr. 2, 1 fin.; 5, 4fin.; 8, 1.A determining, assigning, viz., Lit., a division, part, Hyg. Astr. 1, 6 fin.Trop.A definition, explanation (esp. freq. in Quint.): finitio est rei propositae propria et dilucida et breviter comprehensa verbis enunciatio,Quint. 7, 3, 2 sq.; 2, 15, 34; 3, 6, 49; 5, 10, 63 et saep.; Gell. 15, 9, 11.A rule: illam quasi finitionem veluti quandam legem sanxerunt, eos tantum surculos posse coalescere, qui, etc.,Col. 5, 11, 12.An end; esp., The end of life, death, Inscr. Grut. 810, 10: FATI,Inscr. Orell. 4776.Completeness: progressum esse ad hanc finitionem,Vitr. 2, 1, 8.
finitivus fīnītīvus, a, um, adj.finio (post-Aug.), rhet. and gram. t. t. In rhetoric, defining, explaining: status,Quint. 3, 6, 5; 26: causa,id. 7, 3, 26. In gram. Modus, definite, i. e. the indicative, Diom. p. 328 P.Final: litterae,Mart. Cap. 3, § 240: quaestio,id. 5, § 466.
finitor fīnītor, ōris, m.id.. One who determines boundaries, a surveyor (syn.: decempedator, metator): quaestori permittant, finitorem mittant: ratum sit, quod finitor uni illi, a quo missus erit, renuntiaverit,Cic. Agr. 2, 13, 34; 2, 17, 45; 2, 20, 53; Non. 1, 37. Comically: ejus (argumenti) nunc regiones, limites, confinia Determinabo: ei rei ego sum factus finitor,Plaut. Poen. prol. 49.Transf.: circulus,
firmamentum firmāmentum, i, n.id., a strengthening, support, prop (class.; esp. freq. in the trop. sense and in Cic.). Lit.: transversaria tigna iniciuntur, quae firmamento esse possint,Caes. B. C. 2, 15, 2: ossa nervique et articuli, firmamenta totius corporis, Sen. de Ira, 2, 1, 2: vincula et firmamenta membrorum,Gell. 13, 22, 9.Transf., the sky fixed above the earth, the firmament (late Lat.), Tert. Bapt. 3; Aug. de Genes. ad lit. 2 et saep.Trop. In gen., a support, prop, stay: eum ordinem, qui exercet vectigalia, firmamentum ceterorum ordinum recte esse dicemus,Cic. de Imp. Pomp. 7, 17: firmamentum ac robur totius accusationis,id. Mur. 28, 58; cf.: multo plus firmamenti ac roboris,id. de Imp. Pomp. 4, 10: parum firmamenti et parum virium,id. Clu. 2, 5: rei publicae,id. Planc. 9, 23; cf.: imperii populi Romani,id. Phil. 3, 5, 13: stabilitatis constantiaeque fides est,id. Lael. 18, 65: dignitatis,id. Tusc. 4, 3, 7: honor sacerdotii firmamentum, potentiae adsumebatur,Tac. H. 5, 8: si ullum firmamentum in illo teste posuisses,Cic. Fl. 37, 92: legionem ex subsidiis in primam aciem firmamentum ducit,
as a support
,Liv. 29, 2, 9. In plur.: Romulus cum haec egregia duo firmamenta rei publicae peperisset, auspicia et senatum,Cic. Rep. 2, 10. In partic., rhet. t. t., the chief support of an argument, the main point, τὸ συνέχον, Cic. Inv. 1, 14, 19; id. Part. 29, 103; Auct. Her. 1, 16, 26; Quint. 3, 11, 1; 9; 12 sq.
Firmani Firmāni, ōrum, m., v. Firmum, II.
Firmanus Firmānus, a, um, v. Firmum, II.
firmator firmātor, ōris, m.firmo, a confirmer, establisher (post-Aug. and very rare): missus Drusus paci firmator (so acc. to Cod. Med., not pacis),Tac. A. 2, 46: disciplinae militaris,Plin. Ep. 10, 38, 1.
firme firmē, adv., v. firmus fin.
Firmianus Firmĭānus, a, um, v. Firmius.
Firmicus Firmĭcus, i, m., Julius F. Maternus, a Roman mathematician in the time of Constantine the Great, author of a work entitled Matheseos libri octo; cf. Bernhardy, Rom. Lit. pp. 645, 648.
firmitudo firmĭtūdo, ĭnis, f.firmus, firmness, durability, strength (less freq. than firmitas, but class.). Lit.: tanta in eis (navibus) erat firmitudo,Caes. B. G. 3, 13, 8; cf.: tanta erat operis (i. e. pontis) firmitudo,id. ib. 4, 17, 7: vocis,Auct. Her. 3, 11, 20. Trop., firmness, constancy, stability, strength of mind: animi,Plaut. As. 2, 2, 54; cf.: quod firmitudinem gravitatemque animi tui perspexi,Cic. Fam. 5, 13, 3: quantum esset hominibus praesidii in animi firmitudine,Caes. B. C. 3, 28, 4: animi,Tac. A. 4, 8: in patientia firmitudinem simulans,id. ib. 6, 46fin.; cf. ib. 15, 62: non quod salus ab isto data quicquam habitura sit firmitudinis,Cic. Att. 11, 14, 2: haec constitutio habet firmitudinem,id. Rep. 1, 45: (translationes) per se minus habeant firmitudinis,id. Inv. 2, 19, 58.
Firmius Firmĭus, ii, m., a Roman proper name, e. g. Firmius Catus, Tac. A. 2, 27; 4, 31. Hence, Firmĭānus, a, um, adj., of Firmius, an unknown silver-worker of that name: Firmiana vasa,Plin. 33, 11, 49, § 139 (Jan. Furniana).
,Cels. 1, 3; Plin. 14, 18, 22, § 117.Trop. In gen., to fortify, strengthen, secure; to make lasting, durable, permanent: (Romulus) urbem auspicato condere, et firmare dicitur primum cogitavisse rem publicam,Cic. Rep. 2, 3; cf.: urbem colonis firmare,id. ib. 2, 18; so, novam civitatem,id. ib. 2, 7: provinciam pace praesidiisque,id. Fam. 1, 7, 4: locum magnis munitionibus,Caes. B. G. 6, 29, 3: turres praesidiis,Sall. J. 23, 1: aditum urbis,Verg. A. 11, 466: aciem subsidiis,Liv. 9, 17, 15: latronum opes firmare atque augere,Cic. Off. 2, 11, 40; in aliquos imperium,id. Sull. 11, 32: vocem,id. de Or. 3, 61, 227: firmari consuetudine,Quint. 11, 3, 24: quorum (hominum) cum adolescentiae cupiditates defervissent, eximiae virtutes firmata jam aetate exstiterunt,Cic. Cael. 18, 43; cf.: animus adolescentis nondum consilio ac ratione firmatus,id. Clu. 6, 13: firmata stirpe virtutis,id. Cael. 32, 79: pacem amicitiamque,Liv. 9, 3, 10: memoria praecipue firmatur atque alitur exercitatione,Quint. 1, 1, 36; so, memoriam,id. 2, 4, 15: opinio omnium gentium firmata consensu,Cic. Div. 1, 1, 1: non tamen pro firmato stetit magistratus ejus jus,Liv. 4, 7, 3. In partic. To strengthen in resolution, to encourage, animate: cujus adventus Pompeianos compressit nostrosque firmavit, ut, etc.,Caes. B. C. 3, 65, 2: donec firmaret consilio patres auctor,Hor. C. 3, 5, 46: suos, Just. 2, 11: plebem hinc provocatione, hinc tribunicio auxilio,Liv. 3, 55: cunctos alloquio et cura sibique et proelio,Tac. A. 1, 71: animum exemplis,id. ib. 16, 35: animum praesenti pignore,Verg. A. 3, 611: firmatus animi,Sall. Hist. Fragm. 3, 24, p. 236 ed. Gerl. (ap. Arus. Mess. p. 232 ed. Lindem.). In fidelity, to make sure of, secure: civitates obsidibus,Hirt. B. G. 8, 27.to confirm, show, prove; to affirm, assert, declare, promise the correctness or truth of a circumstance, statement, etc. (less freq. than confirmo, affirmo): cum intelligat, quam multa firmentur jure jurando,Cic. Leg. 2, 7, 16: si vis et natura fati ex divinationis ratione firmabitur,id. Fat. 5, 11: firmatam dare fidem,Plaut. Mil. 2, 5, 45; so, fidem,Ter. And. 3, 1, 4; id. Hec. 4, 2, 5: vix quidquam firmare ausim,Tac. A. 1, 81; 6, 6; id. H. 2, 9: hoc genus in rebus firmandum est multa prius quam Ipsius rei rationem reddere possis,
to prove
,Lucr. 6, 917: da augurium, atque haec omina firma,Verg. A. 2, 691; so, numina,id. ib. 8, 78. With object-clauses: seque et ibi futurum, ubi praescripserit et ea facturum, quae imperarit obsidibus datis firmat,Hirt. B. G. 8, 48, 9; cf.: paratis omnium animis reversuros firmaverunt,Tac. H. 2, 9: firmare necesse est, nil esse in promptu, etc.,Lucr. 6, 940. In pass. with a subject-clause: sata bene provenire firmantur,Pall. 11, 12.
Firmum Firmum, i, n., a fortified sea-port of Picenum, now Fermo, Mel. 2, 4, 6; Vell. 1, 14, 8; Pompei. ap. Cic. Att. 8, 12, B. 1. Deriv.: Firmānus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Firmum, Firmian: cohors,Liv. 44, 40: L. Tarutius Firmanus,
firmus firmus, a, um, adj.Sanscr. dhar-, dharā-mi, hold, support; Gr. θρᾶ‐, θρή‐σασθαι, to sit down, θρῆνυς, θρόνος; cf.: frētus, frēnum, firm (in opp. to frail, destructible), steadfast, stable, strong, powerful (freq. and class.; esp. in the trop. sense; syn.: constans, stabilis, solidus). Lit.: nos fragili vastum ligno sulcavimus aequor: Quae tulit Aesoniden, firma carina fuit,Ov. P. 1, 4, 35: robora,Verg. A. 2, 481: arbor,Ov. A. A. 2, 652: vincula,id. F. 1, 370: janua,i. e.
,Varr. R. R. 2, 11, 2: firmius est triticum quam milium: id ipsum quam hordeum: ex tritico firmissima siligo,Cels. 2, 18: effice ut valeas, et ut ad nos firmus ac valens quam primum venias,Cic. Fam. 16, 8, 1 and 2; cf.: mihi placebat, si firmior esses, etc.,id. ib. 16, 5, 1: nondum satis firmo corpore,id. ib. 11, 27, 1: hinc remiges firmissimi, illinc inopia affectissimi,Vell. 2, 84, 2. With dat.: area firma templis sustinendis,Liv. 2, 5, 4: testa in structura oneri ferendo firma,Vitr. 2, 8, 19: adversis,Tac. Agr. 35 fin.Trop., firm in strength or durability, also in opinion, affection, etc., fast, constant, steadfast, immovable, powerful, strong, true, faithful: quae enim domus tam stabilis, quae tam firma civitas est, quae non odiis et discidiis funditus possit everti?Cic. Lael. 7, 23: res publica firma atque robusta,id. Rep. 2, 1 fin.; cf.: civitas imprimis firma,Caes. B. G. 5, 54, 2: Trinobantes prope firmissima earum regionum civitas,id. ib. 5, 20, 1; cf. also: Mutina firmissima et splendidissima colonia,Cic. Phil. 5, 9, 24: tres potentissimi ac firmissimi populi,id. ib. 1, 3fin.; and: evocatorum firma manus,id. Fam. 15, 4, 3: Antonius ab equitatu firmus esse dicebatur, strong in cavalry, Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 15, 2. With ad and acc.: satis firmus ad castra facienda, Pomp. ap. Cic. Att. 8, 12, A, 1: Chrysippi consolatio ad veritatem firmissima est,Cic. Tusc. 3, 33, 79: exercitus satis firmus ad tantum bellum,Liv. 23, 25, 6; cf.: cohortes minime firmae ad dimicandum,Caes. B. G. 7, 60, 2; Sall. H. 4, 62, 16. With contra: Jugurtha nihil satis firmum contra Metellum putat, Sall. J. 80, 1. With adversus: firmus adversus militarem largitionem,Tac. H. 2, 82: firmior adversus fortuita,id. ib. 4, 51: adversus convicia malosque rumores,Suet. Tib. 28. Absol.: cum neque magnas copias neque firmas haberet,Nep. Eum. 3, 3; Caes. B. G. 1, 3, 8; Sall. J. 56, 2: concordi populo nihil esse immutabilius, nihil firmius,Cic. Rep. 1, 32: praesidia firmissima,id. Fin. 1, 10, 35: fundamenta defensionis firmissima,id. Cael. 2, 7: firmior fortuna,id. Rep. 1, 17: constitutio Romuli,id. ib. 2, 31 (ap. Non. 526, 10): illud ratum, firmum, fixum fuisse vis,Cic. Ac. 2, 46, 141: officii praecepta firma, stabilia,id. Off. 1, 2, 6; cf.: opinio, firma et stabilis,id. Brut. 30, 114: firma et constans assensio,id. Ac. 1, 11, 42: ne in maximis quidem rebus quicquam adhuc inveni firmius,id. Or. 71, 237: spem firmissimam habere,id. Fam. 6, 5, 4; cf., transf.: firmior candidatus,i. e.
fiscalis fiscālis, e, adj.fiscus, II. B., of or relating to the public or the imperial treasury, fiscal (post-class.): res fiscales quasi propriae et privatae principis sunt,Dig. 43, 8, 2, § 4: jus,ib. 2, 14, 42: debitores,ib. 49, 14, 45, § 10: calumniae, complaints made for the advantage of the revenue, i. e. the fines resulting from which were to go into the treasury, Suet. Dom. 9: molestiae,i. e.
fiscarius fiscārĭus, ii, m.id., a debtor to the treasury (post-class.): annuae fiscariorum praestationes, Firm. Math. 3, 13 med.
fiscella fiscella, ae, f. (also fiscellus, i, m., Col. 12, 38, 6, v. fiscellus), dim.fiscina, a small basket for fruit, cheese-forms, etc., woven of slender twigs, rushes, etc. (syn.: fscina, qualus, canistrum, calathus, sporta, corbis),Tib. 2, 3, 15; Verg. E. 10, 71; Ov. F. 4, 743; Col. 12, 18, 2; Varr. R. R. 2, 2, 14. As a muzzle for cattle, Cato, R. R. 54, 5; Plin. 18, 19, 49, § 177. As a form for cheese: fiscella = forma, ubi casei exprimuntur, Gloss. Isid.
fiscellus fiscellus, i, m.dim.fiscina. I. q. fiscella, q. v. FISCELLUS casei mollis appetitor, ut catillones catillorum liguritores, Paul. ex Fest. p. 90, 2 (acc. to Müll. we should perh. read FISCELLO; see his note ad loc.).
Fiscellus Fiscellus, i, m., a chain of mountains in the Sabine territory, in which the river Nar takes its rise, now called Monte Fiscello or Monti della Sibilla, Plin. 3, 12, 17, § 109; Varr. R. R. 2, 1, 5; Sil. 8, 519.
fiscus fiscus, i, m., a basket or frail woven of slender twigs, rushes, etc. (like fiscina, fiscella, q. v.); used, For olives in the oilpress, Col. 12, 52, 22; 54, 2. Far more freq., For keeping money in, a money-basket, or, as we say, a money-bag, purse (cf. aerarium): fiscos complures cum pecunia Siciliensi a quodam senatore ad equitem Romanum esse translatos,Cic. Verr. 1, 8, 22: mulus ferebat fiscos cum pecunia,Phaedr. 2, 7, 2; Suet. Claud. 18. Poet.: aerata multus in arca Fiscus,i. e.
much money
,Juv. 14, 259. In partic. The public chest, state treasury, public revenues: quaternos HS, quos mihi senatus decrevit et ex aerario dedit, ego habebo et in cistam transferam de fisco,Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 85, § 197: qui fiscum sustulit,id. ib. 79, § 183: de fisco quid egerit Scipio, quaeram,id. Q. Fr. 3, 4, 5 Manut.; Eutr. 2, 16; Vulg. 1 Esdr. 7, 20. In the times of the emperors, the imperial treasury, imperial revenues, emperor's privy purse (opp. aerarium, the public chest or treasury): quantum pecuniae in aerario et fiscis et vectigalibus residuis,Suet. Aug. 101; 40; id. Claud. 28; id. Ner. 32; Sen. Ben. 7, 6: fisci de imperatore rapti,Tac. A. 1, 37: bona in fiscum cogere,id. ib. 6, 2; Dig. 39, 4, 9 fin.: fortasse non eadem severitate fiscum quam aerarium cohibes,Plin. Pan. 36 et saep.: Judaicus,
the tax paid by the Jews into the imperial treasury
fissiculo fissĭcŭlo, no perf., ātum, 1, v. a.fissum, from findo, in the lang. of the haruspices, to divide the entrails (post - class.): extis fissiculandis,App. de Deo Socr. p. 45; Mart. Cap. 2, § 151; and: fissiculatis extorum prosiciis,id. 1, § 9.
fistuco fistūco, no perf., ātum, 1, v. a.fistuca,to ram down or in, to ram fast: fundamenta,Cato, R. R. 18, 7: solum,Plin. 36, 25, 63, § 188; Vitr. 7, 4 fin.: rudus pedali crassitudine,Plin. 36, 25, 62, § 186. In the part. perf. absol.: terram circa radices fistucato spissandam, by ramming down, i. q. fistucatione, Plin. 17, 11, 16, § 87.
fistularis fistŭlāris, e, adj.fistula (post-class.). (Acc. to fistula, II. A. 2. a.) Like a shepherd's pipe: versus,
which gradually increase by a syllable
,Diom. p. 498 P. (Acc. to fistula, II. B.) Of or for a fistula: medicamentum,Veg. Vet. 2, 13.
fistularius fistŭlārĭus, ii, m.id., a player on the shepherd's pipe, a piper (in Cic. fistulator), Inscr. Fabr. p. 625, no. 218.
fistulatim fistŭlātim, adv.id., in the shape of pipes (post-class.): excussus fimus,App. M. 4, p. 144, 4.
fistulator fistŭlātor, ōris, m.id., a player on the shepherd's pipe, a piper: fistulatorem domi relinquetis,Cic. de Or. 3, 61, 227 (see the passage in connection); Cael. Aur. Tard. 5, 1, 22.
fistulatorius fistŭlātōrĭus, a, um, adj.fistulator, of or belonging to a player on the pipes: artes,Arn. 2, 73.
fistulatus fistŭlātus, a, um, adj.fistula (postAug.). Furnished with pipes: tabulae,Suet. Ner. 31 Oud. N. cr.Pipe-shaped: venae,Arn. 2, 84: aera,Sid. Ep. 9, 13 Carm. 4.
fistulesco fistŭlesco, ĕre, v. inch. n. [id.], to become full of holes (late Lat.): ligna fistulescunt,Fulg. Myth. 2, 19.
fistulosus fistŭlōsus, a, um, adj.id.. Pipeshaped, full of holes, porous (post-Aug.): terra bibula et pumicis vice fistulosa,Plin. 18, 11, 29, § 110; so, terra,id. 17, 5, 3, § 34: telum culicis sorbendo fistulosum,