placabilis plācābĭlis, e, adj.placo. Pass., easy to be pacified, easily appeased, placable (class.): inimicis te placabilem, amicis inexorabilem praebes,Auct. Her. 4, 15, 21; 4, 45, 58: animi,Cic. Att. 1, 17, 4: ut eo placabiliorem praebeas, Anton. ap. Cic. Att. 14, 13, A fin.: omnia habuisset aequiora et placabiliora,Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 38, § 95: que quisque est major, magis est placabilis ira (al. irae),Ov. Tr. 3, 5, 31. With ad: Hortensii tam placabile ad justas preces ingenium,Liv. 4, 42, 9. Poet.: ara Dianae,
placable
,
mild
,
gentle
,Verg. A. 7, 764; so, ara Palici,id. ib. 9, 585.Transf., act., pacifying, appeasing, moderating, propitiating, acceptable (ante- and post-class.): te ipsum purgare ipsis coram placabilius est,
placabilitas plācābĭlĭtas, ātis, f.placabilis, readiness to be appeased, placable disposition, placability: nihil magno et praeclaro viro dignius placabilitate atque clementiā,Cic. Off. 1, 25, 88.
placabiliter plācābĭlĭter, adv., v. placabilis fin.
placamen plācāmen, ĭnis, n.placo, a means of pacifying or appeasing, a lenitive: caelestis irae placamina,Liv. 7, 2, 3: duc praedicta sacris duro placamina Diti,Sil. 13, 415; cf. placamentum.
placamentum plācāmentum, i, n.id., a means of pacifying or appeasing, a lenitive (postAug.): hoc veluti placamento terrae blandiuntur,Plin. 21, 7, 19, § 42. In plur.: deŭm placamenta,Tac. A. 15, 44; id. H. 1, 63.
placatorius plācātōrĭus, a, um, adj.id., of or belonging to pacifying, appeasing, or propitiating; appeasing, placatory (post-class.): hostia,Tert. Patient. 13.
placatrix plācātrix, īcis, f.id. through placator; not in use, she that appeases or propitiates (late Lat.): dei (ecclesia),Salv. Gub. D. 3, 9.
placatus plācātus, a, um, Part. and P. a., from placo.
placens plăcens, entis, Part. and P. a., from placeo.
,Cic. Brut. 46, 172. In plur. subst.: Plă-centīni, ōrum, m., the inhabitants of Placentia, the Placentines, Liv. 27, 10; 31, 21 al. In a burlesque double sense: Placentini milites, Placentine soldiers and placenta (cake) soldiers, i. e. pastry-cooks, Plaut. Capt. 1, 2, 59.
placeo plăcĕo, cŭi and cĭtus, cĭtum, 2, v. n. (part. fut. pass.: dos placenda,Plaut. Trin. 5, 2, 35; v. I. A. fin.) [cf. placo], to please, to be pleasing or agreeable, to be welcome, acceptable, to satisfy (class.). Lit. In gen.: ungor ut illi placeam,Plaut. Cas. 2, 3, 11: meo neque cara'st cordi neque placet,id. Ep. 1, 2, 30: si placeo, utere,Ter. Phorm. 3, 2, 43: non placet Antonio consulatus meus: at placuit P. Servilio,Cic. Phil. 2, 5, 12; Ter. Ad. 1, 1, 34: et quae vobis placita est condicio, datur. id. Hec. 2, 1, 44: nec dubito, quin mihi (Erigona) placitura sit,Cic. Q. Fr. 3, 1, 4, § 13: exspecto quid illis placeat de epistolā ad Caesarem,id. Att. 13, 1: tibi Ne Enipeus Plus justo placeat,Hor. C. 3, 7, 24: dis, quibus septem placuere colles,id. C. S. 7; id. Ep. 1, 7, 45; 1, 17, 35: quid placet aut odio est,id. ib. 2, 1, 101: quod spiro et placeo (si placeo) tuum est,id. C. 4, 3, 24; Plin. 12, 7, 14, § 29: sibi non placere, quod (Aristides) cupide elaborasset, ut, etc.,Nep. Arist. 1, 4: quis gener hic placuit censu minor,Juv. 3, 160: Deo placere non possunt,Vulg. Rom. 8, 8. As act.: si illa tibi placet, placenda dos quoque'st quam dat tibi,
must be pleasing
,Plaut. Trin. 5, 2, 35. In partic. In scenic lang., of players or pieces presented, to please, find favor, give satisfaction: primo actu placeo, Ter. Hec. prol. alt. 31: cui scenico placenti,Suet. Ner. 42; id. Galb. 12; id. Vit. 11: populo ut placerent quas fecisset fabulas,Ter. And. prol. 3; id. Hec. prol. alt. 12: ubi (fabulae) sunt cognitae, Placitae sunt,id. ib. 13. Placere sibi, to be pleased or satisfied with one's self, to flatter one's self, to pride or plume one's self: ego numquam mihi minus quam hesterno die placui,Cic. de Or. 2, 4, 15: nolo tibi tam valde placeas,Petr. 126; Plin. 35, 9, 36, § 63: tu tibi tunc curruca places,Juv. 6, 276: omnes competitores placebant sibi, omnes omnibus displicebant,Sid. Ep. 7, 9.Transf.: placet mihi (tibi, etc.), or simply placet, it pleases me, it seems good, right, or proper to me; it is my opinion, I am of opinion, I hold, believe, intend, purpose; and in perf., placuit, or placitum est, it is decided, resolved, determined (mihi, nobis, etc., or absol.). In gen. With dat.: ut ipsi auctori hujus disciplinae placet,Cic. Fin. 1, 9, 29: ut doctissimis sapientissimisque placuit,id. Div. 1, 49, 110: postea mihi placuit, ut summorum oratorum Graecas orationes explicarem,id. de Or. 1, 34, 155: ita nobis placitum est, ut, etc.,Auct. Her. 2, 1, 1: sic Justitiae placitumque Parcis,Hor. C. 2, 17, 16: si placitum hoc Superis,Val. Fl. 3, 296. With subject-clause: duo placet esse Carneadi genera visorum,Cic. Ac. 2, 31, 99; id. Rep. 1, 38, 60: sic visum Veneri, cui placet impares Formas, etc., mittere,Hor. C. 1, 33, 10: quis paria esse fere placuit peccata, laborant, Cum, etc.,id. S. 1, 3, 96. Without dat., Cic. Rep. 1, 46, 70: sed, si placet, in hunc diem hactenus,id. ib. 2, 44, 71; id. Sest. 51: placitum est, ut in aprico maxime pratuli loco considerent,id. Rep. 1, 12, 18. With neutr. pron. as subj.: hocine placet?Plaut. Am. 1, 3, 16. With subj.: placuit ad hunc primum ferremus aditum,App. M. 4, 9. With subject-clause: placet enim esse quiddam in re publicā praestans et regale, etc.,Cic. Rep. 1, 45, 69; 1, 36, 56: si enim pecunias aequari non placet,id. ib. 1, 32, 49: hos corripi placitum,Tac. A. 4, 19; 6, 7; Hor. S. 1, 3, 96. In partic. In publicists' lang., to resolve, will, order, determine: senatui placere, ut C. Pansa, etc.,Cic. Phil. 14, 14, 38: senatui placere, C. Cassium, etc.,id. ib. 11, 12, 30: deliberatur de Avarico in communi concilio, incendi placeret an defendi,Caes. B. G. 7, 15: quamobrem placitum est mihi, ut, etc.,Cic. Att. 8, 12, A, § 4: edixit, mulieres ante horam quintam venire in theatrum non placere,Suet. Aug. 44 fin.; cf.: quid placeat, die,
your decision
,Juv. 10, 338. Si dis placet, please the gods; and in eccl. writers: Deo placere,Vulg. Num. 23, 27; v. deus. Hence, * plăcens, entis, P. a., pleasing, charming, dear: expetendum esse quod non placens sit,Cic. Fin. 3, 8: placens uxor,Hor. C. 2, 14, 21. Acceptable: hostia placens Deo,Vulg. Phil. 4, 18: sibi placentes,
self-willed
,id. 2 Pet. 2, 10.plăcĭtus, a, um, P. a., pleasing, agreeable, acceptable (mostly poet.): placita es simplicitate tuā,
you are pleasing
,
you please
,Ov. Am. 2, 4, 18: oliva,Verg. G. 2, 425: amor,id. A. 4, 38: bona,Ov. H. 17, 98: in locum ambobus placitum exercitus conveniunt,Sall. J. 81, 1: artes,Tac. A. 2, 66: exemplum,id. ib. 4, 37: eum (regem creari) quasi placitissimum diis. qui, etc.,Just. 18. 3. 9 (the reading acceptissimum is a later emendation). Abl. absol.: sic placito ocius surrexit. App. M. 2, 24: placiti dies,
appointed days
,Vulg. 1 Reg. 13, 11.Subst.: plăcĭtum, i, n. Prop., that which is pleasing or agreeable: ultra placitum laudare,
more than is agreeable
,Verg. E. 7, 27.Transf.An opinion, sentiment (post-Aug.): Catonis placita de olivis,Plin. 15, 5, 6, § 20.A determination, prescription, order: medicorum placita,Plin. 14, 22, 28, § 143.A maxim, principle: ipse (Rubellius) placita majorum colebat,Tac. A. 14, 22: sapientium placita,id. ib. 16, 19: Stoicorum,id. H. 3, 81: philosophorum,id. Or. 19: nec est quare hoc inter nostra placita mireris,Sen. Ep. 66, 45: decreta, quae Graeci vocant dogmata, nobis vel decreta licet adpellare vel scita vel placita,Sen. Ep. 95, 10: philosophiae placita, id. ib. § 37: Babyloniorum,Plin. 2, 79, 81, § 191; Col. 9, 2, 1.
placibilis plăcĭbĭlis, e, adj.placeo, that can please, pleasing (post-class.), Tert. Resurr. Carn. 43.
placide plăcĭdē, adv., v. placidus fin.
Placideianus Plăcĭdēiānus, i, v. Pacideianus.
placiditas plăcĭdĭtas, ātis, f.placidus, mildness, gentleness of nature or disposition, placidity (very rare): oves assumptas propter placiditatem,Varr. R. R. 2, 1; Auct. ap. Gell. 13, 22, 19.
placido plăcĭdo, āvi, āre, v. a.id., to soothe, calm (late Lat.): cursus suos,Ambros. Virg. 3; id. de Cain et Abel, 1, 3, 11; id. Jac. et Vit. Beat. 2, 6, 28.
placidulus plăcĭdŭlus, a, um, adj. dim. [id.], gentle, quiet, still (post-class.): cinis placidula,Aus. Parent. 27.
placitis plăcītis, ĭdis, f., = πλακῖτις, a kind of calamine produced in a furnace, Plin. 34, 10, 22, § 102.
placito plăcĭto, āre, v. freq. n. [placeo], to be very pleasing: neque placitant mores,Plaut. Bacch. 4, 10, 6.
placitum plăcĭtum, i, n., v. placeo, P. a. B. 2.
placitus plăcĭtus, a, um, Part. and P. a., from placeo.
placivus plăcīvus, a, um, adj.placeo, pleasing: ἀρεστός, placivus, Gloss. Gr. Lat.
placo plāco, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a.etym. dub.; cf.: placeo, planus. To reconcile; constr. alicui, aliquem (class. and freq.): agedum, fac, illa ut placetur nobis,
that she be reconciled to us
,Ter. Phorm. 5, 3, 1: vereor ut placari possit,id. ib. 5, 8, 72 (cf.: redigam vos in gratiam, v. 73): coeperas eum mihi placare,Cic. Att. 7, 1, 8: rogavit ut te sibi placarem,id. Fam. 13, 1, 3: his vocibus cum in se magis incitarent dictatorem quam magistro equitum placarent,Liv. 8, 33, 1: Hannibalem pater filio meo potui placare,id. 23, 9, 4: placare aliquem rei publicae,Cic. Cat. 2, 8, 17. Pass.: quae fuit eorum tanta iniquitas, ut placari populo Romano non possent?Cic. N. D. 3, 6, 15: neque nullam spem habebat, patrem sibi placari posse,Liv. 40, 20, 5. In mid. force; usually with in and acc.: numquam animo placari potuit in eum, be reconciled, i. e. consent to a reconciliation, Nep. Pelop. 5, 3; cf. id. Iph. 3, 3: homo quietus et sibi ipsi placatus,
plaga plăga, ae, f.root πλακ‐ of Gr. πλακοῦς; cf. planca, plancus, plānus. A region, quarter, tract (mostly poet.; v. Madv. ad Cic. Fin. 2, 4, 12, where de plagis omnibus is the reading of the best MSS., but pagis of the edd.; but cf. Mütz. ad Georg Curtius p. 516 sq.; and Krebs, Antibarb. p. 869; syn.: regio, tractus, terra): aetheria,
the ethereal regions
,
the air
,Verg. A. 1, 394: caeli scrutantur plagas, Poët. ap. Cic. Div. 2, 13, 30: et si quem extenta plagarum Quattuor in medio dirimit plaga solis iniqui,
plagiarius plăgĭārĭus, ii, m.plagium. A torturer, oppressor, plunderer (class.): Licinium plagiarium cum suo pullo milvino tributa exigere,Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 2, 2, § 6: inter avaros, circumscriptores, latrones, plagiarios unum esse cui noceri non possit,Sen. Tranq. 8, 4. Esp., a man-stealer, kidnapper (post-Aug.), Dig. 21, 1, 17; 47, 2, 49; 53; 48, 15, 1; Callistr. Ib. 6; Vulg. 1 Tim. 1, 10.Transf., a literary thief, plagiarist (one who pretends to be the author of another's book), Mart. 1, 53, 9.
plagiaticius plăgĭātīcĭus, a, um, adj.plagiator, of or belonging to a plagiarist, plagiary: plagium, plagiarius, plagiaticius,Not. Tir. p. 80 (al. plagiaticus).
plagiator plăgĭātor, ōris, m.plagium, same as plagiarius. A man-stealer, kidnapper (late Lat.), Tert. adv. Marc. 1, 23; Mos. et Rom. Leg. Coll. 14, 6, 6.A seducer, corrupter of youth (late Lat.), Hier. Ep. 5, n. 3.
‡† plăgĭaules, ae, m., = πλαγιαύλης, a player on the cross-flute: plagiaules, monaules, axaules,Not. Tir. p. 173.
plagiger plāgĭger, gĕra, gĕrum, adj.1. plagagero, stripe-bearing, born to be flogged: genera hominum,Plaut. Ps. 1, 2, 22 (Ritschl, ex conj. plagigerula; v.the foll. art.).
plagigerulus plāgĭgĕrŭlus, a, um, adj.1. plagagerulus, stripe-bearing, born to be flogged (ante-class.), Plaut. Most. 4, 1, 19; id. Ps. 1, 2, 20 Ritschl.
plagio plăgĭo, āvi, 1, v. a., to steal (a person), kidnap (late Lat.): Moyses dicit, quicumque plagiaverit quemquam in Israel, etc., Mos. et Rom. Leg. Coll. 14, 1, 1.
Plagiosippus Plāgĭŏsippus and Plāgĭoxippus, i, m.1. plaga ‐ἵππος, a fictitious name, Beater, Bruiser, Auct. Her. 4, 31 fin. dub.
plagium plăgĭum, ii, n., man-stealing, kidnapping, the selling of freemen as slaves, Dig. 48, 15, 6; 48, 15, 1.
plago plāgo, āvi, āre, v. a.1. plaga, to strike, wound (eccl. Lat.): aliquem, Aug. Civ. Dei, 21, 11; Vulg. Zach. 13, 6; Juv. Schol. 6, 655; 13, 133.
plagosus plāgōsus, a, um, adj.id., full of blows.Act., fond of flogging (poet.): Orbilius,Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 70.Pass., fullof blows or wounds (post-class.): dorsum,App. M. 9, p. 222, 27: crura,id. ib. 8, p. 203, 17.
plagula plăgŭla, ae, f.dim.3. plaga, C.. A bed-curtain, a curtain (class., but not in Cic. or Cæs.): deme plagulam de lecto, Afran. ap. Non. 378, 10; Varr. ib. 86, 7: ii primum vestem stragulam pretiosam, plagulas et alia textilia Romam advexerunt,Liv. 39, 6; Suet. Tit. 10.A part of a garment which is to be sewed to the other parts, a breadth (ante-class.), Varr. L. L. 9, § 79 Müll.A sheet of paper (post-Aug.), Plin. 13, 12, 23, § 77.
planca planca, ae, f.root πλακ‐; v. 2. plaga, = πλάξ, a board, slab, plank (post-Aug.): plancae tabulae planae, Paul. ex Fest. p. 231 Müll.: roboreae,Pall. 1, 21, 2.A slab of marble, slab upon graves, Inscr. Don. 278, 3; Inscr. Murat. 1427, 4.
Plancianus Plancĭānus, a, um, v. 2. Plancus, II.
Plancina Plancīna, ae, f., wife of Cn. Calpurnius Piso, Tac. A. 2, 43; 55; 75; 6, 26.
Plancius Plancĭus, i, m., the name of a Roman gens. Thus, Cn. Plancius, a friend of Cicero, and defended by him against a charge of bribery, in an oration still extant; cf. Cic. Red. in Sen. 14, 35; id. Att. 1, 12, 2.
planctus planctus, ūs, m.plango. In gen., a striking or beating accompanied by a loud noise, a banging, rustling, roaring (postAug. and mostly poet.): unum omnes incessere planctibus, of the flappings of the Harpies' wings, Val. Fl. 4, 494: tremuit perterritus aether Planctibus insolitis,Petr. 136: planctus illisae cautibus undae, of the roaring of the waves, Luc. 6, 690. In partic., a beating of the breast, arms, and face in mourning; a wailing, lamentation, lament (syn.: plangor, lamentum, ploratus): clamor barbaro ululatu planctuque permixtus,Curt. 3, 12, 3: lamentis et planctibus tota regia personabat,id. 10, 5, 7; Sen. Cons. ad Marc. 6, 2; Val. Max. 2, 6, 7; Sen. Troad. 92: pectora illiso sonent Contusa planctu,id. Thyest. 1045: verberabam aegrum planctibus pectus,Petr. 81; Luc. 2, 23: gemitus ac planctus,
Plancus Plancus, i, m. (flat-footed), a Roman surname: plancae tabulae planae, ob quam causam et planci appellantur qui supra modum pedibus plani sunt, Paul. ex Fest. p. 231 Müll.: vola homini tantum, exceptis quibusdam: namque et hinc cognomina inventa Planci, Plauti, Scauri, Pansae,Plin. 11, 45, 105, § 254: plancus, πλατύπους, Gloss. Cyrill.: στεγανόποδες, planci, Gloss. Gr. Lat. So, Munatius Plancus, v. Munatius. Hence, Plancĭānus, a, um, adj., Plancian: Diana, who had a shrine in the house of the Planci, Viscont. Mus. Pio Clem. 2, p. 21 Mediol.
plane plānē, adv., v. 1. planus fin.
planeta plănēta, ae (-tes, is), or plănēs, ētis, m., = πλανήτης, πλάνης, a wandering star, planet (late Lat. for the class. stellae errantes, erraticae, errones). Only plur. form planetae, Firm. Math. 2, 2; Serv. Verg. A. 3, 284; Isid. 3, 70, 20; 19, 24, 18; Aus. Eclog. de Nomin. Sept. Dier.: Inscr. Fabr. p. 709, n. 307. Form planetes, Gell. 14, 1, 12.
planetarius plănētārĭus, ii, m.planeta, an astrologer (eccl. Lat.): illos planetarios, quos mathematicos vocant,Aug. Conf. 4, 3 (al. planos).
planetes plănētes, is, v. planeta init.
planeticus plănētĭcus, a, um, adj., = πλανητικός, wandering, wandering about (postclass.): sidera,Sid. Ep. 8, 11.
plango plango, nxi, nctum, 3, v. a.from the root ΠΛΑΓ, πλήσσω; cf. Lat. plāga, to strike, beat, esp. with a noise. In gen. (poet.; cf. plaudo): fluctus plangentes saxa,Lucr. 2, 1155; 6, 115: moribundo vertice terram,Ov. M. 12, 118: humum,id. H. 16, 334: quanto planguntur litora fluctu!id. ib. 19, 121: tympana palmis,Cat. 64, 261: nunc (Boreas) ipsas alis planget stridentibus Alpes,Sil. 1, 588. Pass., of a bird when caught: plangitur,
beats with its wings
,Ov. M. 11, 75. In partic., to beat the breast, head, etc., as a sign of grief (class.): qui multis inspectantibus caput feriebas, femina plangebas, Cic. aer. alien. Mil. Fragm. 2, 4 (t. 11, p. 32 B. and K.): laniataque pectora plangens,Ov. M. 6, 248: femur maerenti dextrā,id. ib. 11, 81: lacertos,id. ib. 9, 636: pectus,Petr. 111. Pass. (= κόπτεσθαι): scissaeque capillos Planguntur matres Calydonides Eveninae,
beat themselves for agony
,Ov. M. 8, 526.Transf., to lament aloud, wring the hands; with aliquem or aliquid, to bewail a person or thing (poet. and in post-Aug. prose): planxere sorores Naïdes ... Planxere et Dryades: plangentibus absonat Echo,Ov. M. 3, 505: ab omni plangitur arce,Stat. Th. 11, 417: plangentia agmina,Verg. A. 11, 145: plangentium gemitus,Just. 19, 2 fin.: modo Sporum hortabatur ut lamentari ac plangere inciperet,Suet. Ner. 49; id. Oth. 8: plangentis populi derisor,Juv. 6, 534. With an object: tendit palmas, ceu sit planctura relictam Andromedam,Caes. Germ. Arat. 198; Val. Fl. 3, 297: Memphiten bovem (i. e. Apim),Tib. 1, 8, 27 (7, 28): damna,Stat. Th. 11, 117: malum,Claud. Rapt. Pros. 3, 159; Vulg. Judic. 11, 37. Pass.: virtutes quas neque lugeri neque plangi fas est,Tac. Agr. 46: majore tumultu Planguntur nummi quam funera,Juv. 13, 131.
plangor plangor, ōris, m.plango, a striking, beating, attended with noise. In gen. (poet.): (undae) leni resonant plangore cachinni,Cat. 64, 272: feminis,Auct. Her. 3, 15; Ov. M. 3, 498. In partic., a beating the breast or face in token of grief; loud mourning, wailing, lamentation (class.): plangore et lamentatione complere forum,Cic. Or. 38, 131: feminei,Verg. A. 2, 487: dare plangorem,
planguncula planguncŭla, ae, f.dim., = πλαγγών, a little wax doll: inventae sunt quinque plangunculae matronarum (al. lagunculae or imagunculae),Cic. Att. 6, 1, 25 Orell. N. cr.
planiloquus plānĭlŏquus, a, um, adj.plane-loquor, speaking clearly or intelligibly, speaking plainly (ante-class.): di immortales, ut planiloqua est!Plaut. Truc. 4, 4, 11.
planipes plānĭpes, pĕdis, m.planus-pes, flatfoot, barefoot, a kind of pantomime or ballet-dancer, who performed without the comic soccus or the tragic cothurnus: exsultat planipes, Atta ap. Diom. p. 487 P.: planipedes audit Fabios,Juv. 8, 191: planipes saltans,Gell. 1, 11, 12.
planities plānĭtĭes, ēi (collat. form plānĭtĭa, ae, very rare; Cic. Div. 1, 1, 2; Caes. B. C. 1, 43), and plur.planitiae, f.id., a flat or even surface, level ground, a plain (class.): aequata agri planities,Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 48, § 107: erat inter oppidum et collem planitia,Caes. B. C. 1, 43: planities erat inter sinistros montes,Sall. C. 59, 2; id. J. 48 fin.: speculi,Lucr. 4, 294: propter planitiem regionum,Cic. Div. 1 1: pars planitiae,Liv. 44, 6; Vitr. 7, 3: CLIVOM MARTIS IN PLANICIEM REDEGERVNT S. P. Q. R.,Inscr. Grut. 152, 6; a similar inscription with the form PLANITIAM,Inscr. Grut. 152, 7: nulla planitia dividit, Auct. B. Hisp. 28 fin.: planitiae coronarum,Vitr. 7, 3.
plano plāno, āre, v. a.id., to level, make plain, flat, even, etc. (post-class.): planate vias, Coripp. Laud. Justin. 2, 223.
planta planta, ae, f.for plancta; cf. plānus; root v. plango. Any vegetable production that serves to propagate the species, a sprout, shoot, twig, sprig, sucker, graft, scion, slip, cutting, Varr. R. R. 1, 55: malleoli, plantae, sarmenta, viviradices, propagines,Cic. Sen. 15, 52; Verg. G. 2, 23. A young tree, a shrub that may be transplanted, a set, slip, Ov. R. Am. 193: plantas ex seminario transferre in aliud,Plin. 17, 11, 14, § 75: plantae sinapis primā hieme translatae,Col. 11, 3, 29: thymi novellas plantas disponere,id. 11. 3, 40: puteusque brevis ... in tenuis plantas facile diffunditur haustu,Juv. 3, 227: planta, quam quis in solo nostro posuerit,Gai. Inst. 2, 74 (but not used in the general sense of a plant, for which, in class. Lat.: res quae gignitur e terrā, etc.,Cic. Fin. 4, 5, 13; v. Madv. ad loc., and Krebs, Antibarb. p. 890).A sole, sole of the foot: ah! tibi ne teneras glacies secet aspera plantas,Verg. E. 10, 49: citae,Ov. M. 10, 591: cubitales,Plin. 7, 2, 2, § 24: pedum plantae,Verg. A. 8, 458: mihi summa licet contingere sidera plantis,Prop. 1, 8, 43: plantā duci,
plantaris plantāris, e, adj.planta. Of or belonging to sets; subst.: plantārĭa, ĭum, n.plur., sets, slips, or young trees, Verg. G. 2, 27: plantaria transferuntur,Plin. 21, 10, 34, § 60: non Epicurum Suspicit exigui laetum plantaribus horti,
trees
,
plants
,Juv. 13, 123.Transf., the hair, Pers. 4, 39.Of or belonging to the sole of the foot (poet.); of Mercury: summa pedum propere plantaribus alligat alis,Stat. Th. 1, 304. Subst.: plantārĭa, ium, winged shoes or sandals: aërii plantaria vellet Perseos,Val. Fl. 1, 67.
plantarium plantārĭum, ii, n.id., a nurserygarden, nursery: plantaria instituunt anniculasque transferunt, et iterum bimas,Plin. 13, 4, 8, § 37: caedua,id. 17, 20, 34, § 149.
plantarium plantārĭum, ii, n.id., the sole of the foot: quod tamen de plantario ferri orietur (statua),Vulg. Dan. 2, 41.
planto planto, āre, v. a.planta. To set, plant, transplant (cf. sero): hoc modo plantantur punicae,Plin. 17, 10, 13, § 67; Pall. 4, 5: vineam,Vulg. Luc. 20, 9 et saep. To fix in place, and hence, to form, make: qui plantavit aurem, non audiet?Vulg. Psa. 93, 9.
planula plānŭla, ae, f.dim.1. planus, a little plane: planula, ἐγκοπίς, Gloss. Philox.
planum plānum, i, n., v. planus, I. B.
planus plānus, a, um, adj.for placnus; root plac-; Gr. πλακοῦς; cf. 2. plaga, planca, even, level, flat, plane (class.; cf. aequor). Lit.: facilis et plana via,Plaut. Trin. 3, 2, 19: cum duae formae praestantes sint, ex solidis globus, ex planis circulus aut orbis, Cic. N. D. 2, 18, 47: planum et aequabile corpus universitatis,id. Univ. 5: planus et aequus locus,id. Caecin. 17, 50: litus,Caes. B. G. 4, 23: carina,id. ib. 3, 13: pisces,
,Dig. 13, 6, 5; Aus. Grat. Act. 21: ad planiora,Vulg. Judic. 1, 34. In partic., jurid. t. t.: e plano or de plano, on level ground, below, not on the bench, i. e. out of court, extrajudicially: aut e plano aut e quaesitoris tribunali,Suet. Tib. 33: custodiae non solum pro tribunali, sed et de plano audiri possunt,Dig. 48, 18, 18; ib. 37, 1, 3.Trop.Lowly, inconsiderable, humble (post-Aug.): haec magnanimitas melius in tribunali, quam in plano conspicitur,
,Inscr. Grut. 208; cf.: et plane quid rectum esset diutius cogitare malui,Cic. Att. 8, 12, 3.By all means, assuredly: eo acrius te rogo ut plane ad nos advoles,Cic. Att. 2, 24, 5 fin. In partic., in affirmative answers, certainly, to be sure, exactly so (anteclass.): ego et domi privatus sum et perii. Ge. Plane istuc est, Plaut. Truc. 2, 7, 57; id. Ps. 4, 7, 73: De. Etiam argentum est ultro objectum, ut sit, qui vivat, dum aliud aliquid flagitii conficiat Ge. Planissume, Ter. Phorm. 5, 2, 4.Besides, but (late Lat.), Dig. 9, 2, 7; 32, 1, 52.
planus plănus, i, m., = πλάνος, a juggler, impostor, cheat (class.; cf. erro): ille planus improbissimus,Cic. Clu. 26, 72: fracto crure planum attollere, Hor. Ep. 1, 17, 59; Petr. 82.
plasma plasma, ătis, n., = πλάσμα, something formed or moulded. Lit., an image, figure, a creature (eccl. Lat.): emancipator servientis plasmatis,Prud. Cath. 7, 184.Transf., an affected modulation of the voice (post-Aug.), Pers. 1, 17: sit lectio non in canticum dissoluta, nec plasmate, ut nunc a plerisque fit, effeminata,Quint. 1, 8, 2.Trop., a fiction (post-class.), Aus. Ep. 10, 1; Mart. Cap. 9, §§ 913, 998.
plasmatio plasmātĭo, ōnis, f.plasmo, a forming, fashioning, creating (eccl. Lat.), Hier. Ep. 22, n. 38; Ambros. Par. 1, 4, 24.
plasmator plasmātor, ōris, m.id., a former, fashioner, creator (eccl. Lat.): deus hominis plasmator,Tert. adv. Jud. 2.
plasmo plasmo, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a.plasma, to form, mould, fashion (eccl. Lat.): corporis effigiem,Prud. Apoth. 933: homo plasmatus,Tert. adv. Jud. 13 med.: me,Vulg. Psa. 118, 73: aestatem,id. ib. 73, 17.
plasso plasso, āre, 1, v. a., = πλάσσω = plasmo, to form, mould, shape (post-class.), Apic. 2, 1.
platanetum plătănētum, i, n.platanus, a grove of plane-trees: πλατανών, platanetum, Gloss. Philox.
plataninus plătănīnus, a, um, adj., = πλατανινός, of or belonging to the plane-tree, plane-, Col. 12, 16, 3.
platanista plătănista, ae, m., = πλατανιστής, a fish in the Ganges, otherwise unknown, Plin. 9, 15, 17, § 46.
platanon plătănon, ōnis, m., = πλατανών, a grove of plane-trees, Vitr. 5, 11: postero die in eundem platanona descendi,Petr. 131; Mart. 3, 19, 2 (in Plin. Ep. 1, 3, 1, written as Greek).
platanus plătănus, i (nom. plur. platanūs, Verg. Cul. 123), f., = πλάτανος, the platane or Oriental plane-tree: sub platano umbriferā, Cic. poēt. Div. 2, 30, 63; id. de Or. 1, 7, 28; Plin. 12, 1, 3, § 6: steriles platani,Verg. G. 2, 70: caelebs (because it did not, like the elm, serve to support vines),Hor. C. 2, 15, 4; 2, 11, 13; Juv. 1, 12.
platea plătēa (plătĕa, Cat. 15, 7; Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 71), ae, f., = πλατεῖα. A broad way in a city, a street (class.): quis hic est qui in plateam ingreditur?Plaut. Trin. 4, 1, 21: in hac habitasse plateă dictum est Chrysidem,Ter. And. 4, 5, 1; Caes. B. C. 1, 27: purae sunt plateae,Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 71.An open space in a house, an area, court-yard (post-class.), Lampr. Elag. 24.
platessa plătessa, ae, f., a flatfish, plaice, Aus. Ep. 4, 58.
platice plătĭcē, adv., v. platicus fin.
platice plătĭcē, ēs, f., = πλατική, general or summary instruction, a general plan or scheme (post-class.): nunc ad platicen revertamur, Firm. Math. 2, 16.
platicus plătĭcus, a, um, adj., = πλατικός, general, compendious, summary (post-class.): dispositio, Firm. Math. 3, 2. Adv.: plă-tĭcē, in general, generally (post-class.): platice institui, Firm. Math. 2, 16.
platycoriasis plătycŏrĭăsis, is, f., = πλατυκορίασις, an excessive dilatation of the pupil of the eye, Veg. Vet. 2, 16.
platyophthalmus plătyophthalmus, i, m., = πλατυόφθαλμος (eye-dilator), a name for antimony, because it was supposed to enlarge and beautify the eye, Plin. 33, 6, 34, § 102.
platyphyllon plătyphyllon, i, n., = πλατύφυλλον (broad-leaf), a broad-leaved species of the plant tithymalus, Plin. 26, 8, 44, § 70.
platys plătys, yos, adj., = πλατύς, broad (post-Aug.; found only in nom. sing.): nervus, qui platys appellatur,Plin. 26, 8, 58, § 90.
plaudo plaudo (plōdo, Varr. ap. Non. 478, 5, and Quint. 6, 1, 52), si, sum, 3, v. a. and n.Act., to clap, strike, beat any thing (poet.; cf. plango),Verg. Cir. 179: pectora manu,Ov. M. 2, 866: clipeum pectore,Stat. Th. 7, 134: aquas,id. S. 1, 3, 74: choreas pedibus,
to execute a choral dance
,
stamping with the feet
,Verg. A. 6, 644: plausis alis,Ov. M. 14, 507; 14, 577.Neutr., to clap, strike, beat (of two bodies striking together). In gen. (poet. and in postAug. prose): alis Plaudentem figit sub nube columbam,Verg. A. 5, 515: pennis,
with her wings
,Ov. M. 8, 238: rostro,id. ib. 6, 97. Absol.: aversas inter se manus collide, non plaudent,Sen. Q. N. 2, 28. In partic. To clap the hands in token of approbation, to applaud, clap (class.): manus suas in plaudendo consumere,Cic. Att. 16, 2, 3: huic ita plausum est, ut salvā re publicā Pompeio plaudi solebat,id. ib. 2, 19, 3. In the theatre, at the close of the piece: nunc, spectatores, Jovis summi causā clare plaudite, Plaut. Am. fin.; id. Ep. fin.; cf.: usque Sessuri, donec cantor, vos plaudite, dicat,Hor. A. P. 155; and: cum ventum est ad ipsum illud. quo veteres tragoediae comoediaeque clauduntur, Plodite,Quint. 6, 1, 52 Spald. N. cr.; cf. also: manibus clare, Plaut. Cas. fin.: spectavi ego pridem comicos ad istum modum Sapienter dicta dicere atque is plaudier,id. Rud. 4, 7, 24: in aliquem, to express disapprobation of any one by clapping, pounding, stamping, i. e. to hiss him off, Min. Fel. Octav. 14.Transf., in gen., to express approbation, to approve, applaud: plaudit sepultis,Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 88: dis hominibusque plaudentibus,Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 4, 1; Juv. 3, 157: funus,id. 1, 146: sibi, to applaud one's self, to be satisfied or well contented with one's self: populus me sibilat: at mihi plaudo Ipse domi,Hor. S. 1, 1, 66: nec ipse tibi plaudis,Plin. Ep. 9, 14.To strike hands in completing a bargain: stultus homo plaudet manibus,Vulg. Prov. 17, 18.
plaumoratum plaumŏrātum, i, n. (Rætian), akind of plough, Plin. 18, 18, 48, § 172; v. Sillig ad h. 1.
plausibilis plausĭbĭlis, e, adj.plaudo, deserving applause, praiseworthy, acceptable, pleasing (class.): censorium nomen (with populare),Cic. Div. in Caecil. 3, 8: oratio,Sen. Ep. 5, 9: locus,Quint. 4, 3, 1. Hence, adv.: plau-sĭbĭlĭter, with applause (post-class.): ingenium plausibilius manifestare,
with more applause
,Sid. Ep. 8, 10.
plausilis plausĭlis, e, adj.id., that claps applause, applauding, plausive (post-class.): plausilibus ulnis (al. plausibilibus),Sid. Ep. 9, 14; cf.: plausilis, plausibilis,Not. Tir. p. 172.
plausito plausĭto, āre, v. freq. n. [id.], to clap (poet.): plausitat arborea clamans de fronde palumbes, i. e. flaps its wings, Auct. Carm. Philom. 21.
plausor plausor (plōsor, Sid. Ep. 9, 3; id. Carm. 9, 300), ōris, m.id., one who claps applause, an applauder (poet. and in post-Aug. prose): in vacuo laetus sessor plausorque theatro,Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 130; Petr. 5; Suet. Ner. 25.
plaustra plaustra, ae, v. plaustrum.
plaustrarius plaustrārĭus (plostr-), a, um, adj.plaustrum, plostrum, of or belonging to a wagon, wagon-: asini,Cato, R. R. 11, 1: juga duo,id. ib. 2.Subst.: plau-strārĭus (plostr-), ii, m.A wagon - maker, wheelwright: plaustrariorum vectigal,Lampr. Alex. Sev. 24.A wagon - driver, wagoner: si Aquiliae actione plaustrarium (al. plostrarium) teneri placet,Dig. 9, 2, 27 fin.
plaustrilucus plaustrĭlūcus, a, um, adj.plaustrum-luceo, shining like Charles's Wain, brilliant (post-class.), Mart. Cap. 9, § 912.
plaustrix plaustrix, īcis, f.plausor, a female applauder, acc. to Non. 150, 29.
plaustrum plaustrum (plostrum, Cato, R. R. 2, 10; 62; Varr. R. R. 1, 22, 3; cf. Suet. Vesp. 22: plaustra, ae, f., v.infra), i, n.Sanscr. plavas, ship; prop., that which sways hither and thither; root plu-; Gr. πλέω, πλύνω, a vehicle for carrying heavy loads, a wagon, wain, cart.Lit. (class.): vendat plostrum vetus,Cato, R. R. 2, 7; Plaut. Aul. 3, 5, 31: in plaustrum conici,Cic. Div. 1, 27, 57: stridentia plaustra,Ov. Tr. 3, 10, 59; id. M. 2, 177: sicut stridet plaustrum onustum foeno,Vulg. Amos, 2, 13: tecta,id. Num. 7, 3. Prov.: plaustrum perculi,
I have upset! I am done for!
Plaut. Ep. 4, 2, 22.Transf., the constellation Charles's Wain, the Great Bear (poet.): flexerat obliquo plaustrum temone Bootes,Ov. M. 10, 447; id. P. 4, 10, 39; Amm. 15, 10, 2 (called plaustra Parrhasis, Sid. Carm. 5, 282 sq.).
plausus plausus, a, um, Part., from plaudo.
plausus plausus, i, v. 3. plausus init.
plausus plausus (plōsus, Macr. S. 6, 1), ūs (a later collat. form, plausus, i, Cod. Th. 15, 9, 2), m.plaudo, a clapping sound, the noise that arises from the beating or striking together of two bodies. In gen. (poet. and in post-Aug. prose): it eques et plausu cava concutit ungula terram, Enn. ap. Macr. S. 6, 1 (Ann. v. 419 Vahl.), Of cocks: plausu premunt alas, Enn. ap. Cic. Div. 2, 26, 57 (Trag. v. 251 Vahl.). Of doves: plausumque exterrita pennis Dat tecto ingentem,Verg. A. 5, 215: laterum,Plin. 10, 21, 24, § 46: aeris,id. 11, 20, 22, § 68: palma cum palmā collata plausum facit,Sen. Q. N. 2, 28, 1. In partic., a clapping of hands in token of approbation, applause (class. and very freq.): si voletis plausum fabulae huic clarum dare,Plaut. Rud. 5, 3, 65; cf. v. 67 and plaudo, II. B.; Cic. Sest. 58, 123: a plebe plausu maximo est mihi gratulatio significata,id. Att. 4, 1, 5: tantis plausibus, tantā approbatione infimorum,id. ib. 14, 16, 2: a cuncto consessu plausum multiplex datus,id. Sen. 18, 64: alicui plausus impertire,id. Att. 2, 18, 1: plausus quaerere in aliquā re,id. ib. 8, 9, 3; id. Clu. 47: captare,id. Tusc. 2, 26, 64: petere. Quint. 4, 1, 77.
Plautianus Plautĭānus, a, um, v. Plautius, B.
Plautinus Plautīnus, a, um, v. 2. Plautus, II.
Plautius Plautĭus (Plōt-), i, m., name of a Roman gens. M. Plautius Hypsaeus, a consul A. U. C. 630, Cic. de Or. 1, 36, 166. M. Plautius Silvanus, a tribune of the people A. U. C. 666, Ascon. Cic. Corn. p. 79. L. Plotius Gallus, a rhetorician in the time of Marius, Suet. Rhet. 2. L. Plotius, a poet who celebrated the Mithridatic war, Cic. Arch. 9, 20. Hence, Plautĭus (Plōt-), a, um, adj., of or pertaining to a Plautius (Plotius), Plautian, Plotian: Plautia lex, of the tribune of the people M. Plautius Sylvanus, Ascon. Cic. Corn. p. 79: ipse (Catilina) lege Plautiā interrogatus est,Sall. C. 31, 4; Cic. Mil. 13, 35: Plautia rogatio,Gell. 13, 3, 5: Plotia rogatio,Suet. Caes. 5.Plautĭānus (Plōt-), a, um, adj., Plautian: fabulae,
plautus plautus (plōt-), a, um, adj.Flat, broad: plauti appellantur canes, quorum aures languidae sunt ac flaccidae et latius videntur patere, Paul. ex Fest. p. 231 Müll.: conchae plautiores,Tert. Pall. 3. Among the Umbrians, flat-footed: (plotos appellant) Umbri pedibus planis (natos . . . unde et Maccius) poëta, quia Umber Sarsinas erat, a pedum planitie initio Plotus, postea Plautus coeptus est dici,Fest. p. 238 Müll.; cf. Paul. ex Fest. p. 239 ib.
Plautus Plautus, i, m.flat-foot, v. 1. plautus, an Umbrian surname. So, T. Maccius (or Maccus) Plautus, a celebrated Roman comic poet, a native of the Umbrian village Sarsina. (On the name Maccius, instead of the earlier reading Accius or Attius, v. Ritschl, De Plauti poëtae nominibus, in his Parergon Plautinorum I. pp. 3-43; and respecting his life and writings,id. ib. pp. 47 - 579), Cic. Brut. 15, 60; Quint. 10, 1, 99.Transf., the works of Plautus, a comedy of Plautus: adporto vobis Plautum linguā non manu,Plaut. Men. prol. 3. Hence, Plautīnus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Plautus, Plautian: pater,i. e.
a father in a play of Plautus
,Cic. Ep. ad Brut. 2, 2 fin.: numeri et sales,Hor. A. P. 270: sermo,Quint. 10, 1, 99: stilus,Gell. 3, 3, 13: prosapia, i. e. poor, mean, because Plautus was said to have worked in a mill, Min. Fel. Octav. 14. Sup.: versus Plautinissimi,
plebeius plēbēĭus (-ējus), a, um, adj.id.. Of or belonging to the common people or commonalty, plebeian (opp. to patricius), Liv. 4, 4, 11; Cic. Fam. 9, 21: familia,id. Mur. 7, 15: consul,Liv. 6, 40; 10, 23: Pudicitia, the goddess of Chastity of the plebeians, as there was also a Pudicitia patricia, id. ib.; cf. Fest. p. 237 Müll.: ludi,
popular sports
,
shows instituted by the commonalty
,Liv. 29, 38 fin.: fatum (opp. divitibus responsa data),Juv. 6, 588: Deciorum animae,id. 8, 254. Subst.: plēbēĭus, i, m., a plebeian, Enn. ap. Fest. s. v. mutire, p. 145 Müll. (Trag. v. 376 Vahl.); Paul. Sent. 5, 4, 10.Transf., in a contemptuous sense, plebeian (opp. to refined, elevated), common, vulgar, mean, low (class.): quamquam nos videmur tibi plebei et pauperes,Plaut. Poen. 3, 1, 12: licet concurrant omnes plebei philosophi; sic enim ii, qui a Platone, et Socrate, et ab eā familiā dissident, appellandi videntur, i. e. the Epicureans),Cic. Tusc. 1, 23, 55: purpura plebeia ac paene fusca,id. Sest. 8, 19: vina,Plin. 14, 6, 8, § 69: charta,id. 13, 22, 23, 75: gemma,id. 37, 9, 45, § 128: sermo,Cic. Fam. 9, 21, 3. Adverb., Petr. 93.
plebes plēbes, is and ĕi, v. plebs.
plebicola plēbĭcŏla, ae, comm.plebs-colo, one who courts the favor of the common people, a friend of the people (class.): ab hoc plebicolā tribuno plebis eicitur,Cic. Agr. 2, 31, 84; id. Sest. 52, 110; Liv. 3, 33.
plebis plēbis, v. plebs.
plebiscitum plēbiscītum (also separately plēbi scītum, Plaut. Ps. 2, 4, 58), i. n. (abl. plebis scitu, Decret. ap. Cic. Att. 4, 2, 3) [plebs-scitum], a decree or ordinance of the people (opp.: senatus consultum),Cic. Dom. 17, 44; Just. Inst. 1, 2, 4: plebis scitum igitur est secundum eum Capitonem lex quam plebes, non populus, accipit, Gell. 10, 20, 6; cf. plebs, I., and scitum, s. v. scisco, P. a.
plebitas plēbĭtas, ātis, f.plebs, the rank of a common citizen, plebeian rank or condition (ante-class.): propter tenuitatem, et plebitatem, Cato ap. Non. 149, 4: Hemina,id. ib. 149, 5 (plebitatem, ignobilitatem, Non.).
plebs plebs (in inscriptions often PLEPS), -bis, and archaic plēbēs (‡ plēbis), is and ĕi (plebium, Prud. στεφ. 10, 709: plebibus,Aug. Ep. 166), f.root ple-, fill; whence Gr. πίμπλημι, πλήρης; cf. πλῆ θος, multitude. Lit., the common people, the commons or commonalty, the plebeians (opp. the patricians, senators, and knights; whereas populus signifies the collective people, including, therefore, the Senate),Cic. Leg. 3, 3, 10: plebes in hoc regi antistat loco, licet Lacrumare plebi, regi honeste non licet, Enn. ap. Hier. Epit. Nep. p. 590 Mign. (Trag. v. 271 Vahl.): plebs a populo eo differt quo species a genere: nam appellatione populi universi cives significantur, connumeratis etiam patriciis et senatoribus: plebis autem appellatione sine patribus et senatu ceteri cives significantur,Just. Inst. 1, 2, 4; cf. Gai. Inst. 1, 3: plebes dominandi studio permota a patribus secessit,Sall. C. 33, 3: ita tribuni plebei creati duo,Liv. 2, 33, 2: dum decem tribunos plebi faceret,id. 3, 65, 4: non enim populi, sed plebis eum (sc.: tribunum plebis) magistratum esse,Liv. 2, 56: populo plebique Romanae,Cic. Mur. 1, 1: in duas partes ego civitatem divisam arbitror in patres, et plebem,Sall. Or. ad Caes. 2, 5; Liv. 2, 56: Martia Roma triplex equitatu, plebe, senatu,Aus. Idyll. 11, 78.Transf., in gen. The great mass, the multitude: in Hyrcaniā, plebs publicos alit canes, optimates domesticos,Cic. Tusc. 1, 45, 108: plebem et infimam multitudinem delinire,id. Mil. 35, 95. With accessory notion of contempt, the populace, the lower class or order, the mass (poet. and in post-Aug. prose): multitudo de plebe,Liv. 5, 39: si quadringentis sex septem millia desunt, Plebs eris,
you shall be plebeian
,Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 59: misera,id. S. 1, 8, 10: ventosa,id. Ep. 1, 19, 37: immensa nimiaque,Juv. 11, 194. Among the gods: plebs Superūm, Fauni, Satyrique, Laresque, Fluminaque, et Nymphae, Semideūmque genus,Ov. Ib. 81. Of bees, a stock, swarm, hive (meaning the great mass, opp. to the queen); in plur. (rare): tres alveorum plebes,Col. 9, 11, 1: corona plebium, Prud. στεφ. 10, 709.The whole people, nation, community, = populus (late Lat.), Vulg. Gen. 23, 13: plebs tua Israel,id. Luc. 2, 32 et saep.
plecta plecta, ae, f.1. plecto, archit. t. t., a border of interwoven lines in relief, Vulg. 3 Reg. 7, 29.
plecto plĕcto, xi and xŭi, xum, 3, v. a.root plek-; Gr. πλέκω, πλοκή; Lat. plicin sim-plic-is, im-plic-o, etc.; cf. 3. plaga. To plait, braid, interweave (rare; mostly in the part. perf. and poet.; not in Cic. or Cæs.; syn.: plico, flecto, necto]. Lit.: crines plexueris,Vulg. Judic. 16, 13: coronam de spinis,id. Matt. 27, 29: plexa colligata significat ex Graeco, cui nos etiam praepositionem adicimus, cum dicimus perplexa,Fest. p. 230 Müll.: plexae coronae,Lucr. 5, 1399: flores plexi,Cat. 64, 284: colligationes,Vitr. 10, 1.Trop.: ple-xus, a, um, P. a., involved, intricate, entangled, ambiguous (ante-class.): plexa, non falsa autumare dictio Delphis solet, Pac. ap. Non. 237, 4.To twist, bend, turn: monstrabat vitulus quo se pacto plecteret,Phaedr. 5, 9, 3 dub. (al. flecteret).
plecto plēcto, ĕre, v. a.πλήττω, to beat, punish; in class. lang. usually in pass., to be punished, suffer punishment, be beaten.Act. (post-class; syn. punio): capite aliquem plectere,Cod. Just. 9, 20, 7: quae sibi ignoscunt et plectunt deum, Aus. Idyll. 6 praef.Pass.Lit.: Venusinae Plectantur silvae,Hor. C. 1, 28, 26: ego plectar pendens,Ter. Phorm. 1, 4, 43: tergo plecti,Hor. S. 2, 7, 105; id. Ep. 1, 2, 14. ut in suo vitio quisque plectatur, Cic. Leg. 3, 20, 46: ut in judiciis culpa plectatur,id. Clu. 2, 5: jure igitur plectimur,id. Off. 2, 8, 28: multis in rebus neglegentiā plectimur,
because of negligence
,id. Lael. 26, 85: inscia quod crimen viderunt lumina, plector,Ov. Tr. 3, 5, 49. With gen.: insimulationis falsae plecti,App. Mag. p. 274, 14. With abl.: morte plectendum est (sc. peccatum),Vulg. Deut. 21, 22.Transf., in gen., to blame: cavit, ne quā in re jure plecteretur,Nep. Att. 116.
plectripotens plectrĭpŏtens, entis, adj.plectrumpotens, master of or skilful with the plectrum, great in lyric poetry (post-class.), Sid. Ep. 9, 13.
plectrum plēctrum, i, n., = πλῆκτρον (an instrument to strike with; esp.), A little stick with which the player struck the chords of a stringed instrument, a quill, plectrum: itaque plectri similem linguam nostri solent dicere, chordarum dentis, naris cornibus illis qui resonant, etc.,Cic. N. D. 2, 59, 149; Ov. M. 11, 168: plectra movere,id. H. 3, 113.Poet., transf., a lyre or lute; also a lyric poem, lyric poetry: plectro modulatus eburno,Tib. 3, 4, 39: et te sonantem plenius aureo, Alcaee, plectro,Hor. C. 2, 13, 26; 2, 1, 40; 1, 26, 11.A helm, rudder (poet.): non plectro ratis Parcitur,Sil. 14, 549; 403.
Pleias Plēïas and Plējas (dissyl.), (Plī^as), ădis, f., = Πληϊάς and Πλειάς. One of the Seven Stars, a Pleiad; usually in plur.: Pleiades (Pliades) = Πλειάδες, the constellation of the Seven Stars, the Pleiades or Pleiads (pure Lat. Vergiliae), acc. to the myth, the seven daughters of Atlas and Pleione (Electra, Halcyone, Celaeno, Maia, Sterope, Taygete, and Merope): Pleïas enixa est,Ov. M. 1, 670: Plias,Stat. S. 1, 6, 22; Ov. F. 3, 105: Plĭadum nivosum Sidus,Stat. S. 1, 3, 95.Poet., transf., a storm or rain, Val. Fl. 4, 268; 2, 405: Pliada movere,
Pleione Plēĭŏnē, ēs, f., = Πληϊόνη. A daughter of Oceanus and Tethys, wife of Atlas and mother of the Pleiades: hinc sata Pleione cum caelifero Atlante,Ov. F. 5, 83; Hyg. Astr. 2, 21: Pleiones nepos,i.e.
Plemmyrium Plemmyrĭum (Plēmyrĭ), ii, n., = Πλημμύριον, a promontory of Sicily, near Syracuse, now Punta di Gigante: undosum,Verg. A. 3, 693.
plene plēnē, adv., v. plenus fin.
plenilunium plēnĭlūnĭum, ii, n. (sc. tempus) [plenus-luna], the full moon (post-Aug. for luna plena), Col. 11, 2, 85: cum vero occidente sole orietur ex adverso, ita ut pariter aspiciantur; tunc erit plenilunium,Plin. 18, 32, 75, § 323; in plur., id. 9, 15, 20, § 53.
plenitas plēnĭtas, ātis, f.plenus, a being full, fulness, repletion (post-Aug.). Lit.: nubes propter plenitatem et gravitatem liquescendo disperguntur,Vitr. 8, 2, 2; 5, 9, 5.Transf., abundance, copiousness: humoris plenitas,Vitr. 6, 1, 3.
plenitudo plēnĭtūdo, ĭnis, f.id., a being full, fulness, plenitude (generally post-Aug.). Completeness: plenitudo syllabarum,Auct. Her. 4, 20, 28.Fulness, abundance: terrae (i.e. frugum),Vulg. Deut. 33, 16 al.Thickness, stoutness, e. g. of a rod, of a man (post-Aug.), Col. 4, 30, 4; Plin. 11, 37, 87, § 216.
plenus plēnus, a, um, adj.from the root ple-; Sanscr. prā-, to fill; Gr. πλα‐ in πίμπλημι, πλήθω; Lat. plerus, plebs, populus, etc.; whence compleo, expleo, suppleo, full, filled with any thing (class.; cf.: refertus, oppletus). Lit. In gen., with gen.: rimarum,Ter. Eun. 1, 2, 25: corpus suci,id. ib. 2, 3, 27: Gallia est plena civium Romanorum,Cic. Font. 1, 11: domus plena caelati argenti,Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 14. § 35: vini, somni,id. Red. in Sen. 6, 13: stellarum, id. Rep. 6, 11, 11. With abl.: plena domus ornamentis,Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 57, § 126: vita plena et conferta voluptatibus,id. Sest. 10, 23: plenum pueris gymnasium,Quint. 2, 8, 3. Absol.: auditorium,Quint. 2, 11, 3: plenissimis velis navigare,
with swelling sails
,Cic. Dom. 10, 24. As subst.: plēnum, i, n., space occupied by matter, a plenum, Cic. Ac. 2, 37, 118. Adverb.: ad plenum, to repletion, copiously, abundantly (poet.), Verg. G. 2, 244: hic tibi copia Manabit ad plenum benigno Ruris honorum opulenta cornu,Hor. C. 1, 17, 15; so Veg. 2, 9: philosophiae scientiam ad plenum adeptus,Eutr. 8, 10. In partic. Of bodily size, stout, bulky, portly, plump, corpulent (class.): pleni enective simus,Cic. Div. 2, 69, 142: vulpecula pleno corpore,Hor. Ep. 1, 7, 31: frigus inimicum est tenui: at prodest omnibus plenis,Cels. 1, 9: femina,Ov. A. A. 2, 661. Comp.: tauros palea ac feno facere pleniores,Varr. R. R. 2, 5, 12. Sup.: plenissimus quisque,Cels. 2, 1. Of females, big, with child, pregnant (class.): et cum te gravidam et cum te pulchre plenam aspicio, gaudeo,Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 49: femina,Ov. M. 10, 469; Val. Fl. 1, 413: sus plena,Cic. Div. 1, 45, 101; cf.: Telluri plenae victima plena datur (preceded by gravida),Ov. F. 4, 634.Filled, satisfied (poet.), Ov. Am. 2, 6, 29: plenus cum languet amator,
,Liv. 4, 32. Neutr. adverb.: in plenum, on the whole, generally (post-Aug.), Plin. 13, 4, 7, § 31; Sen. Ep. 91, 9. Of the voice, sonorous, full, clear, strong, loud (class.): vox grandior et plenior,Cic. Brut. 84, 289: voce plenior,id. de Or. 1, 29, 132. Of letters, syllables, words, full, at full length, not contracted, unabridged: pleniores syllabae,Auct. Her. 4, 20, 28: ut E plenissimum dicas,Cic. de Or. 3, 12, 46: siet plenum est, sit imminutum,id. Or. 47, 157: plenissima verba,Ov. M. 10, 290. Of food and drink, strong, hearty, substantial: pleniores cibi,Cels. 3, 20: vinum,id. 1, 6.Full, abundant, plentiful, much: non tam Siciliam, quam inanem offenderant, quam Verrem ipsum, qui plenus decesserat,Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 4, § 12: urbes,id. Pis. 37, 91: pecunia,
pleo plĕo, ēre, v. n., to fill, to fulfil, the root of plenus, q. v., compleo, expleo, suppleo: plentur antiqui etiam sine praepositionibus dicebant,Fest. p. 230 Müll.
pleonasmus plĕŏnasmus, i, m., = πλεονασμός, in gram., a pleonasm, Mart. Cap. 5, § 537 al.
pleromarius plērōmārĭus, ii, m.pleroma, a seaman in large ships of burden or of war (opp. to lenuncularius), Inscr. Orell. 4104.
pleroticus plērōtĭcus, a, um, adj., = πληρωτικός, serving to fill out, complemental (postclass.): termini plerotici,Front. Colon. p. 131 Goes.
plerumque plērumque, v. plerusque.
plerus plērus, a, um, adj.root ple-, v. plenus, very many, a very great part, most (anteclass. prim. form, for the class. plerusque, plerique): ager, campestris plerus, for the most part, Cato ap. Prisc. p. 668 P.: pater Achaeos in Caphareis saxis pleros perdidit, Pac. ib.: plera pars,id. ib. and ap. Fest. p. 230 Müll.: minores magistratus partiti iuris ploeres in ploera sunto,Cic. Leg. 3, 3, 6. Neutr. adverb.: plerum (like plerumque, v. plerusque), for the most part, mostly, commonly: fieri solet plerum, ut, etc., Asell. ap. Prisc. p. 668 P.
plerusque plērusque, răque, rumque, adj.a strengthened form from plerus, very many, a very great part, the most, most (rare in sing., and only in Sall. and post-class. writers; but in plur. freq. in all periods and styles). Plur.: habent hunc morem plerique argentarii,Plaut. Curc. 3, 7: pleraeque hae (meretrices) sub vestimentis secum habebant retia,id. Ep. 2, 2, 32; Ter. Eun. 1, 2, 38: multi nihil prodesse philosophiam, plerique etiam obesse arbitrantur,Cic. Inv. 1, 36, 65: ut plerique meministis,id. Sest. 3, 6: plerique Belgae,Caes. B. G. 2, 4: pleraeque boves,Varr. R. R. 2, 5: pleraque tecta ... alia, etc.,Liv. 27, 3. With ex and abl.: plerique e Graecis,Plin. 5, 1, 1, § 8: plerisque ex factione ejus corruptis,Sall. J. 29, 2. With omnes, almost all: plerique omnes subiguntur sub suum judicium, Naev. ap. Don. ad Ter. And. 1, 1, 28 (Naev. Klussmann, p. 80): plerique omnes adulescentuli,id. ib. 1, 1, 28; cf.: dixi pleraque omnia,id. Heaut. 4, 7, 2. Less emphatically, a considerable part, very many: rapti e publico plerique, plures in tabernis intercepti,Tac. H. 1, 86; so, like plures: non dubito fore plerosque, qui hoc genus scripturae leve judicent, Nep. praef. 1: pleraque testimonia,id. Tim. 4, 2: deum ipsum multi Aesculapium, quidam Osirim, plerique Iovem, plurimi Ditem patrem conjectant,Tac. H 4, 84 fin. With gen.: plerique nostrūm oratorum,Cic. Or. 42, 143: Poenorum,Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 6, § 12: vestrum,id. Clu. 42, 117: quorum plerique,id. Lael. 20, 71; Sall. J. 74, 1: urbium pleraeque,Liv. 5, 6, 9: eorum plerique,Cic. Top. 21, 80; id. Fam. 5, 21, 1: legentium, Liv. praef. 4: Graecorum,Plin. Ep. 5, 20, 4: militum,Tac. H. 1, 5. Gen. plur. (rare and post-class.): scientia plerarumque litterarum,Vitr. 1, 1, 11. Subst.: plērăque, n.plur., all, every thing: nec ratione animi quicquam, sed pleraque viribus corporis administrabant,Cic. Inv. 1, 2. Also, the most, the greatestpart.: pleraque ejus insulae,Curt. 4, 8, 15. plērăque, adverb., mostly, for the most part (post-class.): is erit pleraque impeccabilis,Gell. 17, 19, 6.Sing.: juventus pleraque Catilinae favebat, the greatest or largest part, Sall. C. 17, 6: pleraque nobilitas,id. ib. 23, 6: quā tempestate Carthaginienses pleraeque Africae imperitabant,id. J. 79, 2: exercitum plerumque opperiri jubet,id. ib. 54, 9: Graecia,Gell. 17, 21: comae pleramque contegebant faciem,App. M. 9, p. 231, 5. Neutr.: plērum-que, subst., with gen., the greatest part: ubi plerumque noctis processit,Sall. J. 21, 2: Europae,Liv. 45, 9; Just. 41, 1, 12; Mel. 1, 4, 2. More freq.: plērumquē, adv., for the most part, mostly, commonly, very often, very frequently: haec ipsa fortuita sunt: plerumque enim non semper eveniunt,Cic. Div. 2, 5, 14: plerumque casu, saepe naturā,id. Or. 51, 170; Plaut. Rud. 4, 7, 11: ridiculum acri Fortius et melius magnas plerumque secat res,Hor. S. 1, 10, 15: hi plerumque gradus,
pleuritis pleurītis, ĭdis, f., = πλευρῖτις. A sharp pain in the side, pleurisy (pure Lat. dolor lateris): arthritis, tussis, pleuritis, phthisis,Vitr. 1, 6.The register in a hydraulic organ, Vitr. 10, 13 dub. (al. plinthis).
Pleuron Pleuron, ōnis, f., = Πλευρών, a city in Ætolia, now Castle of Irene, Plin. 4, 2, 3, § 6; Stat. Th. 2, 727; Ov. M. 7, 382. Hence, Pleurōnĭus, a, um, adj., = Πλευρώνιος, of or belonging to Pleuron, Pleuronian: Pleuronius Acmon,Ov. M. 14, 494. Subst.: Pleurōnĭa, ae, f., Ætolia, or that part of Ætolia in which Pleuron is situated, Aus. Epit. 10.
Plexippus Plexippus, i, m., = Πλήξιππος. One of the fifty sons of Ægyptus, Hyg. Fab. 170.A son of Thestius, Hyg. Fab. 173.
plexus plexus, a, um, Part. and P. a., from 1. plecto.
plicatilis plĭcātĭlis, e, adj.plico, that may be folded together or doubled up, flexible, pliable (post-Aug.): upupae crista,Plin. 10, 29, 44, § 86: naves,id. 5, 9, 10, § 59.
plicatrix plĭcātrix, īcis, f.plicator, she who folds clothes, Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 101.
plicatura plĭcātūra, ae, f.plico, a folding or doubling, a fold, plicature (post-Aug.): vestis,Plin. 7, 51, 52, § 171.
plicitus plĭcĭtus, a, um, Part., from plico.
plico plĭco (plĭcāvi, plĭcui, acc. to Prisc. p. 680 P.), plĭcātum and plĭcĭtum, āre, v. a.root plic-; Gr. πλέκω; v. plecto, to fold, to lay or wind together, to fold up, double up (poet. and in post-class. prose; cf.: complico, plecto, necto, flecto),Lucr. 4, 828: quaedam plicata,id. 6, 1086: chartam,Mart. 4, 83, 7: seque in sua membra plicantem (anguem), winding or coiling himself up, Verg. A. 5, 279; Gell. 17, 9, 9: decas plena his quattuor numeris gradatim plicatis integratur, foldedtogether, i. e. added, Mart. Cap. 7, § 734: ostiola plicabantur,Vulg. Ezech. 41, 24: et cum plicuisset librum,id. Luc. 4, 20.
Plinius Plīnĭus, i, m., Pliny, name of a Roman gens. The most celebrated are, C. Plinius Secundus, also called Major (the Elder), author of an encyclopedical work in 37 books, who lost his life in an eruption of Vesuvius, A. D. 79. His nephew, C. Plinius Caecilius, also called Junior (the Younger), author of Letters and a Pane gyric on the emperor Trajan: facundus,Mart. 10, 19, 3. Plinius Valerianus, a physician in the time of the emperor Constantine. Hence, Plīnĭānus, a, um, adj., belonging to or named after a Pling, Plinian: rasa,Plin. 15, 25, 30, § 103.
plinthis plinthis, ĭdis, f., = πλινθίς (a square tile). A square; in architect., a square base, a plinth, for plinthus, Vitr. 3, 3, 2; in land-surveying, for plinthus,Hyg. Condit. Agror. p. 210 Goes.Plur.: plinthĭ-des, a register in the hydraulic organ, Vitr. 10, 8, 8; v. pleuritis.
plinthium plinthĭum, ii, n., = πλίνθιον, a hollow square figure, a kind of sundial, Vitr. 9, 9.
plinthus plinthus (-os), i, m. and f., = πλίνθος (a tile). In archit., the large flat member under the inferior moulding of a column, the base, plinth, Vitr. 3, 3; 4, 7, 3. In land-surveying, a tile-shaped figure, containing a hundred acres of land: quae centuriae nunc appellantur plinthi, id est laterculi,Hyg. Condit. Agror. p. 205 Goes.
plisima plisĭma, sup. form for plurima; v. plurimus, under multus, III.
Plisthenes Plisthĕnes, is, m., = Πλεισθένης. The son of Pelops, brother of Atreus and Thyestes, and the father of Agamemnon and Menelaus, who were brought up by his brother Atreus (whence they are called Atridae), Serv. Verg. A. 1, 458; acc. to others,
the son of Atreus
,Hyg. Fab. 86 and 97. Hence, Plisthĕnĭdes, ae, m., = Πλεισθενίδης, a male descendant of Plisthenes, a Plisthenide: felix Plisthenide, i. e. Menelaus, Sabin. Ep. 1, 107.Plisthĕ-nĭus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Plisthenes, Plisthenian: Plisthenius torus,i. e.
Plitendum Plitendum, i, n., a town of Asia, Liv. 38, 18, 3.
ploce plŏcē, ēs, f., = πλοκή. In rhetoric, a repeating of the same word with a different meaning, Mart. Cap. 5, § 532; Jul. Rufin. p. 236 Ruhnk. (ad Quint. 9, 3, 41, written as Greek). In music, a combining of different tones together, Mart. Cap. 9, §§ 936, 958.
plodo plōdo, ĕre, v. plaudo.
ploeres ploeres, ploera, archaic for plures, plura, Cic. Leg. 3, 3, 6 B. and K.
plorabilis plōrābĭlis, e, adj.ploro, lamentable, deplorable (poet.): plorabile si quid Eliquat,Pers. 1, 34: plorabile quiddam,Claud. in Eutr. 1, 261.
ploratio plōrātĭo, ōnis, f.id., a wailing, weeping, lamentation (late Lat.): a convalle plorationis,Aug. Serm. S. S. 17.
ploratus plōrātus, ūs, m.id., a wailing, weeping, lamenting.Lit.: virginalem ploratum edere, Cic. poët. Tusc. 2, 9, 21: ploratum infantis cohibere,Plin. 36, 5, 4, § 29: vox ploratūs,Vulg. Matt. 2, 18. In plur.: omnia mulierum ploratibus sonant,Liv. 29, 17.Transf., of the weeping or bleeding of a tree, Plin. 12, 25, 54, § 116.
ploro plōro, āvi, ātum, 1, v. n. and a. [etym. dub.; cf. pluo]. To cry out, to cry aloud = clamare: SI PARENTEM PVER VERBERIT. AST OLLE PLORASSIT, and he cry out, Lex. Serv. Tull. ap. Fest. p. 230 Müll.To wail, lament, to weep aloud.Neutr. (class.; syn.: lugeo, fleo): ego hercle faciam plorantem illum,Plaut. Poen. 1, 2, 164: ne plora,id. Merc. 3, 1, 3; id. Ps. 4, 4, 1: eam plorare,Ter. Phorm. prol. 8: plorando fessus sum,Cic. Att. 15, 9: date puero panem, ne ploret, Auct. ap. Quint. 6, 1, 47: lacrimandum est, non plorandum,Sen. Ep. 63, 1: jubeo te plorare, I bid you howl (in a double sense, alluding to their lachrymose poetry and to the chastisement its authors deserve), Hor. S. 1, 10, 91. With dat., to or before one: ille suae (puellae) plorabit sobrius,Tib. 2, 5, 103: plorabo tibi,Vulg. Jer. 48, 32.Transf., of things: mimus quis melior plorante gulā, a complaining or clamorous appetite, Juv. 6, 158: at tu, victrix provincia, ploras,id. 1, 50.Act., to weep over any thing, to lament, bewail (poet.). With acc.: turpe commissum,Hor. C. 3, 27, 38: raptum juvenem,id. ib. 4, 2, 22: funera,Stat. S. 5, 3, 245: quam multi talia plorent,Juv. 14, 150; 15, 134: Rachel plorans filios,Vulg. Matt. 2, 18; id. Jer. 31, 15. With object-clause: aquam hercle plorat, quom lavat, profundere,Plaut. Aul. 2, 4, 29: ploravere, suis non respondere favorem Speratum meritis,Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 9: me tamen obicere incolis Plorares Aquilonibus,Hor. C. 3, 10, 3 sq.
plosor plōsor, ōris, v. plausor.
plostellum plostellum, i, n.dim.plostrum, plaustrum, a small wagon or cart: plostellum Poenicum,Varr. R. R. 1, 52: plostello adjungere mures,Hor. S. 2, 3, 247; Aug. Civ. Dei, 7, 21.
Plotinus Plōtīnus, i, m., = Πλωτῖνος, a famous philosopher of the Eclectic school, who flourished in the third century A. D., Amm. 21, 14, 5.
ploxemum ploxĕmum, ploxĭmum, or plo-xĕnum, i, n.Gallic, a wagon-box: gingivas vero ploxemi habet veteris,Cat. 97, 6 (quoted ap. Quint. 1, 5, 8, and ap. Fest. p. 230 Müll.).
pluit plŭit, v. pluo.
pluma plūma, ae, f., a small, soft feather; in plur., fine, soft feathers, down.Lit. (clas.; syn. penna): (animantium) pluma alias, alias squamā videmus obductas,Cic. N. D. 2, 47, 121: plumae versicolores,id. Fin. 3, 5, 18: mollis,Verg. A. 10, 192: in plumis delituisse Jovem,i. e.
in the form of a swan
,Ov. H. 8, 68. They were used esp. for stuffing pillows and the beds of litters: dormit in plumā,Mart. 12, 17, 8: pensilibus plumis vehi,i. e.
in litters
,Juv. 1, 159: in plumā paternā dormire,id. 6, 88. Also in clothing: non avium plumae in usum vestium conseruntur?Sen. Ep. 90, 14. As an image of lightness, triviality, insignificance, like feather with us: homo levior quam pluma,Plaut. Men. 2, 3, 23: levior plumā est gratia,id. Poen. 3, 6, 17: ipsi plumā aut folio facilius moventur,Cic. Att. 8, 15, 2: pluma haud interest, patronus, an cliens probior siet,
there is not a pin to choose
,Plaut. Most. 2, 1, 60.Transf. Of the first beard, down (poet.): insperata tuae cum veniet pluma superbiae,Hor. C. 4, 10, 2.The scales on a coat of mail, Stat. Th. 11, 542; cf.: equus, quem pellis aënis In plumam squamis auro conserta tegebat,i. e.
scales of brass overlaid on a skin
,Verg. A. 11, 771 Serv. and Heyn. ad loc.: equis operimenta erant, quae lintea ferreis laminis in modum plumae adnexuerant,Sall. H. 4, 59 Dietsch.
plumacium plūmācĭum, i, n.pluma, a feather pillow, down pillow (eccl. Lat.), Ambros. Ep. 26, n. 12; Cassiod. Hist. Eccl. 7, 16.
plumalis plūmālis, e, adj.id., feathered (poet.). Of Leda: plumalem de Jove fecit avem (Jupiter, who, for love of her, changed himself into a swan), Poët. in Anthol. Lat. 3, 275, 58.
plumarius plūmārĭus, a, um, adj.id., of or belonging to soft feathers; transf., embroidered with feathers: vestes plumariā arte contextae,
the art of embroidering
,Hier. Ep. 29, n. 6; Adelh. Laud. Virg. 15: ars,
embroidery
,Vulg. Exod. 39, 28.Subst.: plūmārĭus, ii, m., an embroiderer, Varr. ap. Non. 162, 27: plumariorum textrinae,Vitr. 6, 7; Firm. Math. 3, 13, 10; Vulg. Exod. 35, 35; Inscr. Grut. 649, 8; Inscr. Rein. cl. 11, n. 114.
plumatile plūmātĭle, is, n. (sc. vestimentum) [from pluma; embroidered like feathers], an embroidered garment: cumatile aut plumatile,Plaut. Ep. 2, 2, 49.
plumatus plūmātus, a, um, Part. and P.a., from plumo, q. v.
,id. 33, 7, 40, § 119. Subst.plumbārĭus, ii, m. (sc. artifex), a plumber; plur., Dig. 50, 6, 6.plumbārĭum, ii, n., a place to keep leaden vessels in: plumbum, plumbeus, plumbarium,Not. Tir. p. 164.
plumbatae plumbātae, ārum, v. plumbo, II. B.
plumbatura plumbātūra, ae, f.plumbo, a soldering with lead (post-class.), Dig. 6, 1, 23, § 5.
plumbeus plumbĕus, a, um, adj.plumbum, of or belonging to lead, made of lead, leaden, lead-.Lit.: plumbea glans,Lucr. 6, 306: pistillum,Plin. 34, 18, 50, § 169: vas,id. 33, 6, 35, § 109: ictus, blows given with a scourge to which a leaden ball is attached, Prud. στεφ. 10, 122. Subst.plum-bĕum, i, n., a leaden vessel, Cato, R. R. 105: Nicerotiana,Mart. 6, 55, 3.plum-bĕa, ae, f., a leaden ball: ut mortuus ictu plumbeae crederetur,Spart. Sever. 11, 2. Transf.Leaden, blunt, dull (class.): plumbeo gladio jugulatus,Cic. Att. 1, 16, 2: o plumbeum pugionem!id. Fin. 4, 18, 48.Leaden, bad, vile, poor, worthless (poet.): nummus,Plaut. Cas. 2, 3, 40; id. Trin. 4, 2, 120: faber, qui cudere soles plumbeos nummos, to coin leaden money, i. e. bad jokes, id. Most. 4, 2, 11; so, plumbei, as subst. (sc. nummi), Mart. 10, 74, 4: vina,Mart. 10, 49, 5: mala,id. 10, 94, 4: carmina,Aus. Ep. 6, 1.Leaden, i. e. heavy, oppressive, burdensome (poet.): nec plumbeus Auster Auctumnusque gravis,Hor. S. 2, 6, 18.Trop.Leaden, i. e. heavy, weighty (ante-class.): si quid peccatum est, plumbeas iras gerunt,Plaut. Poen. 3, 6, 16.Leaden, dull, stupid, stolid (class.): caudex, stipes, asinus, plumbeus,Ter. Heaut. 5, 1, 4: nisi plane in physicis plumbei sumus,Cic. Tusc. 1, 29, 71: cor, without feeling, Licin. ap. Suet. Ner. 2.
plumbo plumbo, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a.id.. To lead, to solder with lead (ante-class. and post-Aug.): modiolos indet et plumbet,Cato, R. R. 21: argentum,Plin. 34, 17, 48, § 161: scyphum alieno plumbo,Dig. 41, 1, 27.To make a thing of lead; hence, plumbātus, a, um, Part., leaden (postAug.): plumbatae sagittae,Plin. 10, 33, 50, § 97: jacula,Sol. 3, 3: canales,Front. Aquaed. 124: tabulae,Val. Max. 3, 7, n. 2. Subst.: plumbātae, ārum, f.Leaden balls, Veg. Mil. 1, 17.Scourges to which leaden balls are attached: plumbatarum ictus, Cod. Th. 9, 35, 2.
plumbosus plumbōsus, a, um, adj.id., full of lead, having much lead mixed with it (postAug.): plumbosa molybdaena,Plin. 34, 18, 53, § 173. Sup.: faex plumbosissima,Plin. 33, 6, 34, § 103.
plumbum plumbum, i, n.for mlumbum; Gr. μόλμβος, μόλυβδος, lead.Lit. In gen.: dolia plumbo vincito,Cato, R. R. 39: plumbum album,
,id. 34, 16, 47, § 159. In partic. A leaden ball or bullet (poet.): Balearica plumbum Funda jacit,Ov. M. 2, 727; Verg. A. 9, 587.Leaden pipes (poet.): purior in vicis aqua tendit rumpere plumbum,Hor. Ep. 1, 10, 20.A scourge with a leaden ball at the end of it (poet.), Prud. στεφ. 10. 116.A pencil or ruler: membrana plumbo directa,Cat. 22, 7.Transf., a defect in the eye (post-Aug.): plumbum (quod est genus vitii) ex oculo tollitur, Plin. 25, 13, 97, § 155.
plumella plūmella, ae, f.dim.pluma, a small feather: pluma, plumella,Not. Tir. p. 171.
plumesco plūmesco, ĕre, v. inch. n. [id.], to begin to have or get feathers, to become fledged (post-Aug.), Plin. 10, 53, 74, § 149; Hier. in Matt. 24, § 28.
plumeus plūmĕus, a, um, adj.id.. Lit., downy, covered or filled with down, down- (class.): culcita plumea,Cic. Tusc. 3, 19, 46: aures,Plin. 10, 23, 33, § 68.Transf.Downy, like down, i. e. light, soft, delicate (poet. and post-class.): plumea pondera,Mart. 4, 19, 7: nives,Arn. 2, 84: plumea et lactea cutis,App. M. 3, p. 135, 26.Embroidered: indumenta,Prud. Ham. 295.
plumo plūmo, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. and n.pluma. Act.To cover with feathers, to feather (poet. and post-Aug.): plumato corpore corvus, Cic. poët. N. D. 2, 44, 114: molli plumatā lanugine,Plin. 8, 32, 50, § 117: plumare se in avem,i. e.
to transform
,App. M. 3, p. 138, 18.To embroider (poet. and post-class.): pars auro plumata nitet, pars ignea cocco,Luc. 10, 123; Vop. Carin. 20: plumato amictus aureo Babylonico,Petr. Poet. 55, 6.To cover with scales (post-class.): loricae plumatae,Just. 41, 2, 15.Neutr., to put forth or get feathers, to become fledged (postclass.): pullis jam jam plumantibus,Gell. 2, 29.
plumosus plūmōsus, a, um, adj.id., full of down or feathers, covered with feathers, feathered.Lit.: aucupium,Prop. 4 (5), 2, 34.Transf.: folia,
plumula plūmŭla, ae, f.dim.id., a little downfeather, a little feather (post-Aug.), Col. 8, 5, 19; App. Flor. p. 348 fin.
pluo plŭo, plui (or plūvi in Plaut. and Liv.; cf. Prisc. p. 881 P.; Varr. L. L. 9, § 104 Müll.), 3, v. n., usu. impers. (ante-class. and late Lat. also pers.;v.infra) [root plu-, to swim; Gr. πλύνω, to wash; cf.: πλέω, πλεύσω, to sail; cf. ploro], to rain; constr. absol., or with abl. or acc.Lit.: pluet credo hercle hodie,Plaut. Curc. 1, 2, 42: ut multum pluverat,id. Men. prol. 63: has Graeci stellas Hyadas vocitare suerunt, a pluendo: ὕειν enim est pluere, Cic. N. D. 2, 43, 111: aqua, quae pluendo crevisset,
pluralis plūrālis, e, adj.plus, belonging or relating to more than one, relating to many (post-Aug.). In gen. Pluralis elocutio testium, Dig. 22, 5, 12.Plural, consisting of more than one: deitas,Arn. in Psa. 67. In partic., a gram. t. t., plural: praeterea numeros, in quibus nos singularem ac pluralem habemus, Graeci et δυικον, Quint. 1, 5, 42: genitivus,
of the plural
,id. 1, 6, 26. Absol.: cum singulari pluralis subjungitur,
pluralitas plūrālĭtas, ātis, f.pluralis. Plurality (opp. to unitas), Ambros. in Psa. 118, prol. § 2; plur., Boëth. Arithm. 1, 4. Gram. t. t., the plural number, Charis. p. 50 P.
pluraliter plūrālĭter, adv., v. pluralis fin.
plurativus plūrātīvus, a, um, adj.plus, plural, gram. t. t. (post-class.): plurativus numerus,Gell. 19, 8, 4. Subst.: plūrātīvum, i, n., the plural number, the plural (postclass.): mei interrogandi casus est, et ab eo declinatur, quod est ego. Hujus deinde plurativum est nos,Gell. 20, 6, 8.
plures plūres, v. plus, under multus, II.
pluries plūrĭes (-ens), adv.plus, often, oftentimes, frequently (post-class.; cf.: saepius, identidem), Treb. Poll. Gall. 1 (but in Caes. B. C. 1, 79, 1, the correct read. is pluresque).
plurifariam plūrĭfārĭam, adv.id., in many parts or places (post-Aug.), Suet. Aug. 46; 80; id. Tib. 43; id. Calig. 54; id. Ner. 24; id. Vit. 9: gladiatoria munera plurifariam exhibuit,id. Claud. 21 (al. plurifaria).In many ways, manifoldly, variously (post-class.), App. Flor. p. 357, 37; p. 178 Bip.: mons Taurus pro gentium ac linguarum varietate plurifariam nominatus,Sol. 38.
plurifarius plūrĭfārĭus, a, um, v. plurifariam.
pluriformis plūrĭformis, e, adj.plures-forma, having many forms, manifold, varied (postclass.): pluriformi modo,App. Flor. p. 341, 14; Mart. Cap. 7, § 729.
plurilaterus plūrĭlătĕrus, a, um, adj.plus-latus, having several sides (post-class.), Front. Expos. Form. p. 35 Goes.
plurimus plūrĭmus, a, um, v. multus, III.
plurivocus plūrĭvŏcus, a, um, adj.plus-vox, having several or many significations: quaeritur quid sit aequivocum, quid univocum, quid, ut ita dicam, plurivocum,Mart. Cap. 4, §§ 339, 357.
plus plūs, plūris, v. multus, II.
plusculum pluscŭlum, adv., v.the foll. art.
plusculus pluscŭlus, a, um, adj. dim. [plus], somewhat more, a little more; rather many (only as subst. class.): tum pluscula Supellectile opus est,Ter. Phorm. 4, 3, 60: sal,Col. 12, 50, 12: ad cujus noctis exemplar similes adstruximus plusculas,
several nights
,App. M. 2, p. 122, 25: pyxides,id. ib. 3, p. 138, 25. Neutr. subst., a somewhat larger amount: plusculum etiam, quam concedit veritas, amori nostro largiare,Cic. Fam. 5, 12, 3. With gen.: plusculum negotii,Cic. de Or. 2, 24: ut plusculum sibi juris populus ascisceret,id. Rep. 2, 33, 57.Adv.: pluscŭlum, somewhat more, rather more (ante-class.): invitavit sese in cenā plusculum,Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 127: plusculum annum,
plutearius plŭtĕārĭus or plŭtĭārĭus, ii, m.pluteus, a maker of balustrades, Inscr. Don. 417, 9.
pluteus plŭtĕus, i, m., less freq. plŭtĕum, i, n.A penthouse, shed, or mantlet, made of hurdles covered with raw hides, and used to protect besiegers (cf. vineae): plutei crates corio crudo intentae, quae solebant opponi militibus opus facientibus, et appellabantur militares. Nunc etiam tabulae, quibus quid praesepitur, eodem nomine dicuntur, Paul. ex Fest. p. 231 Müll.; cf. Veg. Mil. 4, 15: pluteos praeferre,Amm. 21, 12, 6; so Caes. B. C. 2, 9; Liv. 21, 61, 10 al. Transf.: ad aliquem vineam pluteosque agere,i. e.
to turn all one's weapons against him
,Plaut. Mil. 2, 2, 111.A permanent breastwork, a parapet, on towers, etc.: pluteos vallo addere,Caes. B. G. 7, 41: plutei turrium,id. ib. 7, 25; id. B. C. 3, 24: rates a fronte atque ab utroque latere, cratibus ac pluteis protegebat,id. ib. 1, 25, 9; 2, 15, 3: viminei,Amm. 19, 5, 1: locus consaeptus cratibus pluteisque,Liv. 10, 38, 5.The back-board, back, of a settee or couch, Suet. Calig. 26; so of the couch on which guests reclined at table: somni post vina petuntur, ... puer pluteo vindice tutus erat,Mart. 3, 91, 10.Meton., a couch, dining-couch, Prop. 4 (5), 8, 68.The board on which a corpse is placed, Mart. 8, 44, 13.A book-shelf, bookcase, desk, Pers. 1, 106; with busts upon it,Juv. 2, 7; cf. Dig. 29, 1, 17, § 4; Sid. Ep. 2, 9.A partition-wall between two columns, a balustrade, parapet, Vitr. 4, 4, 1.
Pluto Plūto or Plūton, ōnis, m., = Πλούτων, the king of the Lower World, the husband of Proserpine, and brother of Jupiter and Neptune, Cic. N. D. 2, 26, 66; Hyg. praef.; Verg. A. 7, 327; Juv. 13, 50. Acc. Gr. Plutona, Hor. C. 2, 14, 7. Hence, Plūtōnĭus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Pluto, Plutonian: et domus exilis Plutonia,i. e.